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New-York tribune., 1910-07-31

it's president choosing one from among
themselves Here we have Junior repub-
Ii of play. The clubs rule themselves,
decide OF the sports they wish TO engage
in and report their decision TO the super
visor of the playground. He arranges
schedules and provides materials Games
are chosen in which the rival clubs can
compete and the victors receive points
The points are recorded on big bulletin
board which is found on the side OF the
playhouse. which is the supervisor office,
tic captains council room, the storehouse.
etc
"At the end of every month the cho
on eacl, playground that has received the
greatest number of points is presented.
every man-jack Of them, with handsome
prize provided by the city. AT the end of
the season the victorious clubs in the parks
OF each district compete for championship
in the district and the champions of these
contests compete for city championships.
So thai next .gJi there will be some club
or twenty-fcur boys VINO will be cham
pions OF the city OF New York ia the
junior republic OF play
Points are gained for three thinss-at-
sendance service and victory n sports.
Each boy gains point every day for his
club by merely being present. Hence the
captains see to Ii that their fellows are
all there Every DAY one or two clubs are
appointed 20 take charge OF the grounds.
Their duties are TO keep order. arrange
benches for spectators OF match games.
settle disputes. etc. They are called per-
lice. or patrols, or anything they like. but
they wear yellow badges of office for the
day, and each boy is credited with one
point for service. This giving OF authority.
each one having turn at il. is a great
success. The 'perlice' are always obeyed,
simply because every one has chance OF
being boss.
In rompkins Square Park alone there
are fifty-five clubs already organized since
the 18th of July. That means ! 30 boys
from this one ne.ghborhood. Ii is no won
der that you do not see any on the
streets. Is 49,
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latter exploiting the situation 50 ciev-
erIv thar to-day there is not an ofnclai
In The duchy who does not attribute his
straitened circumstances and his pc
.uniary difficulties to the selfish greco
of his sovereign III refusing To submit
to taxation The suicide of two or three
officials Since the beginning OF the yedH
ewing to noaetary troubles mas sefVed
to envenom the situation. and the popu-
lar movement in favor o. the subsection
of the sovereigns and the members OF
the reigning family to.tthe same nscai
burdens as their subjects and fellow cit1-
zens mas now spread far beyono the
borders OF Saxe-Menin9en not only
throughout the length, and breadth o.
Germany but even to Austria and TO
Hungary.
Some years ago tie meGlauZed 'ah-
lies of Germany and Austria we're
obliged by public sentiment to surren-
der the Immunity from taxation " men
had been granted them, along with o1her
prerogatives by the congress or vienna
by way OF compensation for the loss OF
the Detty sovereignties of which they hao
been deprived by Napoleon and which
the congress did not consider II wise 20
restore Before very long the no"
reieuing sovereigns and thelv faIailes
will ne Obliged to follow: suit, and sub
nit TO the taxation not only Or ~heir reai
, estate holdings but also Of the many ~
dus1riaI and commercial enterprises in
which they are engaged. When kings
and e1lperors as well as sovereign
grand dukes, endeavor 10 add 10 theh
resources by the construction and the
running of hotels and restaurants, such
as. for instance, the Kaiser, the Kings
OF Sweden anu of WurtemberS, the
reigning house OF Bavaria and the Grand
Duke OF Hesse, It is only right that they
should Day the same taxes, rates and
license dues as their rival bonifaces OF
| less exalted rank Otherwise the COM
petition is unfair, and consequently
bound to prove unpopular AND un-
popularity is a great peril to monarchy
in these days Of the twentieth century
when the throne is no longer based on
| divine right. but ON the will-the good
will-of the people. Formerly the people
were taxed for the benefit OF royalty
We may yet live to see royalty oeine
! taxed for the benefit OF the people.
! Perhaps it may be Of interest to ado
here that in Prussia the immunity from
taxation is restricted TO the sovereign
and does not extend to the members ol
his family. This was determined by the
Prussian tribunals three years ago
! when the Crown Prince was obliged By
their decision to pay taxes on his estate
at Oels. But in other monarchical coun
tries the exemption extends not only te
the members Of the reigning family but
even TO foreign royalties. Thus. IT
Austria, where number of former
! reigning houses have sought refuge
their scions possess the same extra terri
! torial rights as foreign ambassadors
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
The KEYS or MEXICO.

General NioX, the director of the Army
Museun OF France. has received lnstruc-
tions tn hand over to the Minister OF For
eign Affairs, for transmission to the Mex-
can government, the keys of Mexico, which
are now preserved In the Museum OF His
tory at the IHvaldes. I'd. Sebastian Myers.
the Charge dAnaires of Mexico IN Paris.
has expressed wish that the keys should
be returned in time for the forthcoming
celebrations of Mexican independence. He
desired that the Mexican flags captured
during the fighting in 1S6A by the French
should be given back. But to this request
an unqualified non possumus has been re-
turned, for IL is an unbroken tradition never
to return trophies taken In battle. The
keys however, are only symbol. They
never opened anything, and Mexico has no
gates. The keys We're only the sign OF sub
! mission offered by tho Mexicans to- General
Fprep Il axrdcfl- AsinDA
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Hosv Greaf Britain Benefits King Georges Generosity
TIE King Also. Voiun7orHy. ToyS D"''S'
on All His Costly Imported
Wines and Tobacco.

and ontv a snort time before the de@th
of the ex-Duke OF Parma. who had been
d.suossessed of his Italian throne when
a mere child and had spent his entire Ga
istence in Austria, where he owned lfn
rriense estates, he Indignantly res'steo
the attempt made by the fiscal autnor-
Ities to assess him for small amount
in connection with some real estate On
the ground that he was exempt from tax
ation.s,
There is one point 10 wnien it is neces-
sarv. TO draw attention in closing
namely, that there is no country III the
world with the possible exceptions OF
Iiechtenstein and Monaco, that con-
tributes so little to the maintenance OF
its ruler as the gigantic British En-
pire The chief magistrates OF the
United States. of France, Of Mexico and
OF every Central and South American
republic and even the President OF
Switzerland, with his insignificant emoi-
unlents of $4,000 a year. cost more 10
their respective nations than KING
George and the members of his family
The British colonies. to begin with, DO
not contribute single penny piece
while the crown property, which belongs
10 George V ex officio as a life tenant,
much in the same way as the MAJORITY
of the territorial masnates OF England
hold their entailed ancestral estates ana
which he has, in accordance with the
custom set by his father and his grand
mother, Queen Victoria, relnquished Tor
the duration of his reign TO the national
treasury. yields TO the latter far
greater revenue than the amount or the
81. 800 600 which has just been voted to
him as a civil list. Owing 70 the careful
mana cement and extraordinary develop
ment of the crown property, coupled
with the amazing growth in the value or
building land during the last seventy
years the Treasury was able during the
greater part of Queen Victoria'S reign
to net profits of S5OO0OO per annuTn, and
during the last thirty years of over
81 600 900 a year, from the proceeds OF
| the crown property. after all the ex-
penses of its management and the CIVIL
| list OF the sovereign and the allowances
| of the princes and princesses OF the
| reizning house had been deducted, so
| that instead of the English royal family
having been a source Of any expense TO
the national exchequer it has benefited
| the state financially to the extent of
! some $4,000. O.O0O-that is to say, the
royal family has relieved the British
taxpayer from that amount OF fiscal
burden, thanks TO the extremely advan-
! tageous bargain concluded by Parlis-
ment with Queen Victoria seventy-thres
years ago, and which has now been re-
newed for the duration of his reign by
her grandson, King George V.
/ EX-ATTACHE.
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triotic preference for German "Schaum-
vein" or 'Sekt,' over French cham
pagne-a profession which no one quite
believes Indeed. it is alleged on ex-
ceIlent authority that the champagne
served on William lis table is wholly
French, although the labels on the bot
ties are aggressively German. The late
Prince Bismarck was manifestly igno-
rant of this pious fraud on the part Of
his sovereign. for he was wont to as
sert that German champagne was dis
sstrous to his digestion and that while
he was perfectly ready to give his life
for his country he hesitated about sac
rifcing his stomach on the altar Of
patriotism.
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whose reputation and ability meet ali the
requirements of the case. Mr.. LIE Barber
was dreadfully busy. but he was kind
enough TO see me almost Immediately, SO,
in consideration, I stated my case as
promptly and briefly as 1 knew how
Now don't you really think the courts
grant such liberal alimony that many
women are led to seek divorce who other
wise would remain contentedly in their
homes?" / asked
To my surprise, he shook his head.
NO, l don't" he said. "A woman har-
no:iously and happily married can read
stories of aimony all day long without
applying them to her own case. 1t is only
when discord enters the home that she
seeks divorce. IT is the desire TO get away
from diseord that is the primary considera-
ton. the question of alimony Sc purely sec
cndary.'
But there have been perfectly tremen-
dOUs awards ! said. Mrs. o. II. P. Bel
mont, when she was divorced from Mr..
Vanderbilt, got S250,000 year
Not from the courts. That was a pri-
yate settlement, and there were children
10 be educated and provided for
But Mrs. Howard Gould's $4,000 year
was awarded by the courts, and SO was
the S1o,Uto received Dy MRS. W. Gould Bro
kaw w. E. Corey is said 10 have settled
100000 on his trst wife"
Yes, yes said Mr., lie Barber, smiling,
but aren't you forgetting something"
What asked
"Those awards." he replied, vast as they
ere, are only smell percentage Of the in
comes OF the men concerned In each OF
these cases while the wife lived with the
husband. she had an infinitely larger yearly
Income. so il it had been merely o financial
question the weight of the argument would
baye been against divorce
.'y-e-s-maybe."
Take, for example, Airs. Howard Could.
rhe evidence showed that while she was
living with MI Gould as his wife she spent
annually a sum many times in excess 0f
ss9 0ca. The court always has to consider
Ghe station in life of the persons involved.
In a recent case, In which ths husband was
q client OF mine. he had been allowing his
wife over ;20O0 a month This Bum tie
,corye r-tuce6 70 saea nat oerta;u.y IT. not
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31

While the German Emperor has thus to
pay duty on French wines imported from
abroad for his table. he. like his fellow
sovereigns of the confederation constitut-
ing the empire, enjoys immunity from
taxation in his own dominions. How
long this immunity will last it is difficult
to say, for a popular movement was
started last year for the purpose of put
ting an end to this prerogative Of the
anointed OF the Lord. 1t may be said to
have originated in the Duchy of Sake
Meiningen, where the aged ruler is the
largest land owner and the richest citi-
zen. Last fall the government made a
demand upon the Diet for appropria,-
tions to ena bic it to increase the emolu-
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31

award in New York State. and obtain judg-
ment there. Then. if hubby heard an ur-
gent call from the State of Texas, you could
follow him there and do it all over again.
If he then decided that the climate of Michi-
gan was what he needed-but by that time
you'd probably be tired out. One would
need rather 4 large private income to col
iect alimony under those circumstances"
That's harder than working for a liv-
ing
Unless one is fond of travelling" he sug-
gested.
But in this state a woman can have d
man sent TO jail for non-payment of ali
nony, can't she?"
yes. persistent refusal 10 pay alimony
can elect man to membership in the AL
mony Club at Ludlow street Jail for a term
of from three to six months. according to
his Indebtedness"
And then what?-after he gets out, I
mean What happens them"
why. nothing"
What. Can't he be sent back AGAIN.
mo. one term in jail is all he has to
serve for the offence"
well, I call that an easy way out l
think Ludlow street Jail is a fine place. I
don't think that's any punishment. Men
always get the better of everything.' -
Mr. LIE Barber kindly laughed at me
by the way he said, "are YOU often as
bioodthirsty and ferocious as You appeare
Just them"
''Yes-when I'm on this subject.
What subject"
oh husbands-marriage. divorce ali
mony The editor has found it out and
I'm always getting questions like this hand
ed to me. He says my hatred and fear of
men give my remarks 'tang'-I think he
said rang'-that is quite lacking when [
write on more congenial topics
Mr. LIE Barber gave me a sort of look
with which I ina gine he sizes up the wit
ness for the other side. look that weighed,
measured AMI made quick and final de-
cision. shook in my shoes.
Dear me- he said when the inspection
was over, and I felt myself properly classi-
fed like an insect impaled on pin. TO
look at you never should have taken yoa
for ;nsanthrope or a miSogamist.'
Now what on earth do you suppose he
meant by that: GEORGIA EARLE.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31

ments of the miserably paid officials OF
high and low degree. The legislature,
however. in which the Radical element
predcminates and in which Socialism
is very largely represented, absolutely
declined to vote the money in question
unless the duke consented to submit to
other property, pointing out that owing
taxation his extensive real estate and
to the area of his possessions and their
exemption from taxation, the imposts
and ratings on the holdings Of the peas
antry. petty farmers and small house
holders were necessarily rendered more
onerous. The duke refused to yleid,
and a full fledged fight ensued De-
tween the duke and his parliament, the
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31

AIildred-kitty had some mighty hard
luck Yesterday. She slipped while she was
out playing golf and sprained her ankle.
Gwend olyn-Poor child!
Nildred-Yes and she had a pair Of old.
darned stockings on.-SornerXille Journal
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-02-15
Horticulture

pleasantly sub-acid, almost sweet and
articularly enjoyed by many who do
not enjoy the acid, tart varieties such
as the Sritzenburgs. With such the
Delicious apple Will stand at the head
of tie list. look for a strong demand
for this variety for many years,
though | do not think, as CONNER
clal variety, that it should be planted
in large areas. l believe as soon as
we handle apples by the thousands of
carloads instead of the hundreds, as
we do now, the WInesaps, the Rome
Beauty and many similar varieties will
make the best net returns. The
Delicious apple Iipens a little too
early in this section, but this of course
can be overcome, to some extent, by
packing at the proper season and plac-
ing in cold storage
regard this letter as valuable
testimony of the Delicious and fully
agree with Mr.. Gilbert in what he
says of the Winesap, Rome Beauty
and similar varieties. There may be
some uncertainty about what is meant
by large areas. | would not recon-
mend the planting of any new variety as
extensively as the old well-tried varle-
ties. Still | have said and repeat it
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-02-15
Big Orchards Planted.

Wenatchee, Feb 4.-The develop
ment of land in Douglas, Chelan and
Okanogan counties last year is shown
by a recent report Of District Inspect
or Darlington, who reports that
l, 152, 1856 fruit trees were set out.
OF these 685, 28l we're set out in
Chelan county, 800, 935 in Okonogan
county and 137, 142 in Douglas county.
Great preparations are being made
in the Methow valley in Okanogan
county and in sections along the Co
lumbia river for this season. 1t is
estimated that 100000 fruit trees
will be set out.
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An
Enormous Sale

We begun the 1909-1O selling sea-
son with the largest amount OF nur-
sery stock we have ever grown, in
fact had as much in certain single
varieties of apple as would have
made big stock of all varieties
few years since.
Our faith in the demand and in
our friends and customers was we'll
founded, for we have to date Feb
ruary 1st) sold so per cent more
stock than during all of the 1908-O9
season and still our heavy sale con-
tinues.
This too in the face of the fact
that we will not Intentionally book
an order for stock that we are not
sure we can supply, and that we
have in the past few weeks turned
away over twenty thousand dollars
worth of business.
We have been at work on our
new graft plant since early in Dec
ember, have over 60 men in our
grating crew, preparing from 70,
900 to 10000 gratis daily, and hope
to complete a plant of 5 600, 900
apple gratis by planting time. This
will probably be the largest plant
of apples ever made in single
block.
We have the location, the business,
the management, and the system to
make such plant possible.
We have already booked contracts
for fall and spring 1901 covering
nearly 100000 apples. Large
planters, if interested, will do well
to correspond with us.
WASHINGTON NURSERY CO.
Toppenish, Wash.
Agents Everywhere. More Wanted.
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readily carr led from one tree to an
other. From this experience | can
say that [ am not alarmed about the
crown gall. 1t IS doing no great
amount of harm to our orchards. My
own conviction is that where there is
no bruise or wound there will be- no
crown gall.
The horticultural papers report that
Prof. G. 2. Gillette OF Colorado, has
discovered new remedy for the raw
ages of the codllng moth. He calls it
the sulphide of arsenic. 1t must be
some combination of sulphide and ar
senic but he does not tell how it is
made. If it proves to be good thing
it will not be long, doubtless, till we
know all about its preparation. In all
the sprays for the destruction of the
codling moth, the thing that does the
killing is arsenic in some cOmbina-
tion The best combination that has
come into general use is where arsenic
is com ined with acetate of lead and
is known in trade as arsenate of lead.
This has been largely taken in the
place of Paris green. 1t remains IN
suspension better than Paris green
and will not burn the foliage. 1t can
be used without lime but Paris green
cannot. There might be a sulphide
of arsenic that would be as effective
in the destruction of the moth and
harmless to foliage but these things
must be known before it is extensive
ly used.
A good many inquiries are coming
relative to the paroles post. In our
next issue l will try to take this sub
ject up again and furnish some addi-
tiona facts as to the workings of the
parcels post. The farmers must be-
come aroused il we ever get this much
needed reform.
SDhScPihR f0p "ThR Ranch /"
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want at least 10 Fer cent OF my winter
apples to be Delicious.
Another thing is incidently decided
in this letter, viz, AS there are apples
going under the name Delicious that
are something else, l would want tC
know that | was getting the genuine
Stark Delicious. No one can afford to
take any chances in matter as Vita
as this.
Oliver Allen, Vancouver, Wishing
ton, r. f. ID. No. 5, writes under date
of Jan. oath, as follows: 81 note what
you say in The Ranch of the 10Th inst.
in answering Mr.. J. D. Taggard in re-
gard to his Seeding apples. have a
small orchard of Northern Spy, Ben
Davis and Baldwin and will add to 1t
this year few trees of King David
and Delicious. But of all the apples
have my choice is a Seeding. Good
winter variety, keeps we'll, medium to
large size, fine color, ripen about
Dec. 1st. When we have callers and
the apples are brought out, the call
is invariably for the Seeding.
81 would not like to do with out The
Ranch, have been helped SO much
especially by the Horticultural De-
partment.
From a clipping made from the
Morning Oregonian of Portland, L
learn that Mr.. Allen has named this
new apple the Columbian. From what
he says of this apple | judge that it Is
a promising Seeding. AS said in
writing of Mr.. Taggard's Seeding,
we should keep careful lookout for
the chance seedlings for in this way
our best apples have come into notice.
| hope to get a few scions of this
promising apple and next fall | hope
to be able to sample some Of the fruit.
A few years ago there was quite a
scare about the crown gall and the
matter was discussed in the papers to
a considerable extent. Recently in
one of our exchanges l noticed re-
ference to this disease and note OF
warming that suggests that there is
much Misunderstanding about the
matter. The note of warning referred
to was to the effect that this disease
would spread from tree to tree in on I
orchards. | am confident that the en-
largement commonly called crown gall
is not an infectious disease but that
the enlargement comes from some
damage to the tree. Some seven years
ago Prof. Piper, who was then Ento-
mologist in the State College at Pull
man, visited me and remained over
night on my fruit ranch in the Yaki-
ma valley. At that time the crown
gall was receiving much attention
and many fruit growers were very
much afraid that the disease would
spread and ruin their orchards.
had at that time three trees which very
distinctly showed the crown gall.
called Prof. Piper's attention to the
trees affected. asked him the
question whether it was an infectiO Gus
disease. He replied in substance that
he did not know but requested me tic
leave an infected tree which was sur
rounded on all sides with trees free
f.on, tb,c N i,,pv Tbat troa carooi N &
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If You Didn't
Spray Your Trees
Last Fall,
Do It Now

With the coming of Spring the fungus growths
will start and the insect pests will become
active, menacing the health of your trees and
quality of the coming years crop
A thorough application now of