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St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
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Nasien's lawmakers Pay Tribute g
Amertca's Prominent Bards.
A group Of senators had gathered
IN the committee room. II had been
a hard day. In which there had been
incessant study Of schedules. inter.
spersed with wrangles over technical
points, that had been wearisome. In
the midst OF the silence and gloom
some one started to hum an old song,
half-forgotten by many present. Then
others began to Sing or whistle famil.
lar airs. and tell incidents OF interest
and moment connected with those
songs that had been turning points in
their own lives. Finally II was agreed
among the small body Of senators that,
after Q summary was made of the
songs Of the country, two names stood
out prominently in American music
John Howard Payne. whose remains
we're brought back to Washington from
foreign soil by a grateful republic, and
stephen G. Foster, says Joe Mitchell
Cbapple in the National Magazine.
The many melodies connected with
those two names will live long In the
hearts OF the people. II was suggest
ed that the remains Of Stephen g.
Foster ought also to be brought to
Washington ond rest beside those Of
John Howard Payne In oakhill Cems.
terry.
II is . singular thing that the I'm
mortal song. Home, Sweet Home"
should have been written by an Amer
lean. and yet was sung first on foreign
soil In 1923. II was Jenny Lind who
Immortalized this song In Washington.
The lawmakers Of the nation stood
here In the twilight and paid . trib-
ute to these two great song writer's
which was certainly Indicative Of the
,ower Of music over the human heart.
II was agreed that the songs Of Ste
,hen G. Foster. the Pennsylvania bal.
adist. which have been translated into
very language under heaven. and
AVE touched the hearts Of human bc-
ngs Of every race and cline. have i'm
their writer. The senators
greed that this sweet minstrel Of the
United States ought to have q monu-
,ent such ~ would be worthy OF one
rho had left so deep m impress upon
he worlds history.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

IL Is not good plan to take all the
Digs from the SOW. unless one or two
OF them can be turned with her some
hours after. to draw the milk she will
have at that time. and again. say aftcr
lapse OF twenty.four hours. Tho pre-.
ferred way Ia to leave about two Of tho
smallest with her for several days,
ana after that leave only one for two
or three days more. by which time the
now OF milk will have been 80 grad.
uaiiy diminished that no Injury will
result to the SOW by keeping them IN.
tirely away from her. This extra sup.
ply OF milk helps also to push tho
smaller pigs along In growth and put
mem more nearly on an equality In
size with their thriftier mates.-Co.
1urn's Swine In America"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

There Is some truth In the assertion
OF James J. nm. who says: "It Ism,
the high cost OF living; it's the cost
OF high living that disturbs the con.
sumers OF the country" MIR. hin In.
sists that the main reason for the high
prices OF food is the falling on In pro.
duction. II to this failure OF supply.
which would indeed be an ADEQUATE
cause OF increased prices, be added
the restraint OF trade effected by the
tnterposition OF trusts aud middlemen
between producers and consumers and
the further restraint occasioned by
high tariffs the cost OF living Is fully
explained without reference to the
lesser cause OF the cost OF high living.
High living and waste are evils that
In the long run bring about their own
correction. They are incidental 10 hu.
man weakness. but In so far as the
high cost of living arises from trade
restrictions the people have the rem.
edy In their own hands. They can cut
the ground from under legalized plum.
dering aud unlawful restraint OF trade
at the hands OF greedy monopolists
by exercising the power lodged In
their hands to repeal or modify hurt.
ful laws and to compel the enforce. |
ment OF laws intended to protect the
public against piratical Adventures |
who seek to turn all avenues OF indus
trial effort into trading posts Of plum.
der.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
cRuELrrEs OF FASHION.
usrbnric Taste Exhibited IN the
Atgrette Hat aud Seal Coat.

Aisrette Hat and Seal Coat.
think we might leave Paris to lool
after Its own conscience and begin to
day In London an intelligent selection
of the fashions which II sends us. Il
we have no great oracle OF our owr
we might at least exercise some dis
elimination with regard to these i'm
ported Inspirations. And OF all cryins
scandals none is more In need OF re-
form than the aigrette hat and the
seal coat. says a writer in the Graphic
of that city.
The former has many fighters in the
cause. AS aforesaid. the League for
the Prevention OF Cruelty to Birds has
Interested many notablltles, from
royalty downward. Everybody knows
the facts, and even the toughest fash.
ionable conscience cannot ignore the
way In which those pretty, FUZZY.
feathery things are obtained. And. in
TRUTH aigretted hats we're never real.
ly popular in London for reasons un.
connected with expense, whereas in
Paris one saw them last summer on
almost every other head.
The tale OF the seal coat. on the
other hand. is not matter for con.
graduation. and I cannot but believe
nat the grewsome facts connected
with seal fishing are not an affair Of
common knowledge. The horrors of
ne aisrette pale before them. Notable
men have denounced them without af.
Getting the market. and pamphlets
eeking with tales OF blood have at.
empted' all In vain, to check the pop
'larity OF the fashionable coat. In
pite OF bald, unexaggerated accounts
seals skinned alive, and of puppies
NECESSARILY destroyed to attract
heir mothers. the long seal coat ,s
lore popular and more worn than any
ther.
truly. our taste II somewhat bar.
aric. We bedeck ourselves with tho
tins OF animals In a manner which.
believe. has not been surpassed for
rutaiity since the stone age. The
FAD. the tail and the claws OF the
retehed animal dangle, au naturel.
ON our smartest stoles and muffs
'me people prefer 10 tone down the
'Idness OF these trophies with lace
"a Chiffon and thus obtain an in.
nsruous and scarcely happier re.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

sandwiehed In the papers between
articles protesting against the high
prices OF food and the latest report
from the meat boycott was the state.
ment that one contractor had offered
TO furnish meals for the Ellis Island
Immigration station at Ave cents for
each breakfast, nine cents for dinner
and six cents FOR supper Not all food
Is prohibitive In price. thenl Unfor.
tnnately. bills OF fare were not quoted.
40 II Is hard 10 Judge whether full.
nedged American citizens would be
ready to put up with the proposed
fare.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

The essentials to profitable egg 2ro.
duction are q healthy flock of fowls
possessing constitutional vigor, bred
from laying strain; proper housing,
and correct feeding. The best way TO
secure a laying strain on the farm IL
TO select the hens Of greatest vigor
that naturally produce the most eggs
during the winter. Mato these hens
with a good male. also from a laying
strain. and then select only the best
daughters from this mating.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
Potash coass.s OF Ci.y s.al..

According TO a recent bulletin OF tAs
New Hampshire Station. the clay ana
clay loan soils carry sufiicient potash
for the production OF maxiuxn yields
OF hay. and that a large part Of the
potash applied In fertilizers is lost so
far AS the crop is concerned. In other
words. the addition OF commercial
potash TO such soils Is unnecessary.
When barnyard manure. which con.
tains large amount OF potash. IL
added. the value lies. not In the pot.
ash. but In the other fertilixIns els.
ments. and In large part In the i'm.
provement OF the physical condition OF
the soil.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
QuftR}DoRlB

Paris has $4,000 liquor selling sstab'
iishments.
The army is experimenting with
transmitting bugis calls for long dis
tanoes with the aid OF the megaphone.
In the time OF King Canuts. the
eleventh century. there was law pro-
hibiting English parents from selling
their children 10 tho Irish for slaves.
The Arabic mission Of the Reformed
Church In America has obtained per.
mission 70 erect . hospital at baaso-
rah. near the Persian gulf. according
10 Consul-Gensral Harris at Smyrna.
Nine. Anna RoEstad. the nrst wom-
an member OF the storthing. which 10
the lower house In the Norwegian par.
lament. was . teacher In one Of the
primary grades Of the public schools
In Christiania when elected.
An Alma girl who 10 considered a.
belonging to the high-brow crowd was
the object OF q serenade the other
night. and In telling q friend about It.
said: Il don't think there Is nothing
more nicer than to be woken up at
night with vocal singing."-Aima
(Kas.) Signal.
OF all the strange stories going the
rounds about sidis. the boy mathe
matical marvel at Harvard. the strang.
est. and one that Is vouched for. Is
that he has no sense OF location and
has TO be led from place TO place. He
goes from building 10 building at Har.
ward. but II Is said he can not go from
one town to another without q com.
Record.
Living at the present time near
England. Is Q family Of
eight sisters and brother whose
united ages reaches the stupendous
total Of 607 years. The members Of
the family. named Stevenson, are:
Caroline. n; Jane. "a; Margaret, ~;
Ann. 50: Robert. OF: Betsy. IS; Alice,
IS; Emma. 81. and Sarah. 50. Five Of
he sisters and the brother are mar.
led.
The French end Of the Corniche road
. kspt In perfect repair by q road
Iang that 10 always on patrol. The
nsn live In q big green van. which is
lauled along BY the steam roller, that
lso acts ~ . traction engine. Crushed
tone 10 ready at hand. 1t is spread
y manual labor and rolled In by the
eavy machine. In this way the roads
ever 90 to wreck and the cost of
spairing is kept small.
Bull con-" slang phrase which
leans to fatter. to praise with uIterior
lotivss. had its origin In the west
ears ago. When the gold brick game
~ started the bunko men sprang
no. high sounding combination of
ords upon the simple farmers. They
llled It an investment In bullion
'nsolidated." Years after the word.
ere cut dowa 70 bull con-" and
me to mean any graft that depended
,on the gift of CAB. Still later AZ
y used to describe the method Of
Ittsry.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

The North Carolina experiment sta.
zion proposes a plan to place a buying
and selling value on cows on q basis
Of the yield and quality Of their milk.
According to the brief account OF ths
plan 1t lays down rule to M q price
for cow at the rate Of Si2 per gal.
Ion OF milk given per day that shows
SO per cent fat To this add or sub
tract u for every onefourth on 1 per
cent fat which 10 above or below the
SIS per cent.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

Democracy has made wonderful pro.
xress In Denmark. Until 1891 tho
kingdom was an absolute monarchy.
with most bureaucratic form Of gov.
srnment Now It's new premier is tho
son OF cobbler. and not one OF his
eight associates In the ministry be.
longs 20 the aristocracy.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

The new Queen Of Belgium Is prob.
ably the nrst Queen In history to hold
medical degree. She gained n nj
Leipzig before her marriage. and has
given practical proof OF her interest
IN her profession by founding n free
dispensary. which she visits almost
daily, Her father. the late Duke
Charles Theodore OF Bavaria. won emil.
nence as an oculist.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

A man Ia soon to be released from
the Connecticut penitentiary aftnr
having beon for fifty years n prisoner.
lie VIII find that there are many more
thinss to be lodged than when he
went In.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

The young farmer forester should be
experienced In the art OF stimulating
the growth OF. trees In natural xroyes
by cultivation. When we come to think
how hard the ground is In some woods
IL Is really strange that trees get
enough moisture to support them.
selves. The difference In the amount
Of rainfall absorbed by q Ievei-plow.d
neid and hard-baked hillside is very
great. and II 10 wonderful how an osk
or hickory growing on q hillside ever
attains TO great height and size.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

IT'S an III wind that blows good TO
nobody. The dyspcptio who has for
years been compelled to diet IL not
hnding II necessary TO make any new
sacrifices on account Of the high cost
Of living.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

Al the museum at Innsbruck. In
Austria. there has been for q number
OF years a piece Of pottery In the form
OF basin. which experts were unable
10 locate as TO age. II has now been
determined that Il was made In the
twelfth century. and the great bowl 10
remarkable more for the design which
II bears on the inner side than for its
age. IL shows Alexander the Great
riding In an airship. which Is propeL
led by griffins. Alexander stands hold.
Ing with a great rod food over the
beads of the srifins
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

IL Ia fairly safe prediction that
more human llves will be spent on
aviation this year than ever before.
~ that. tho casualty list may not %
large. considering the extent Of the
sport and It's novelty.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

The Youth-Miss Mabel. I'd Ike To.
once In while. with your permission,
you know. call and zee yeu.
The High School Girl-Mr. sorrsl
top. you will pardon me for sayins
that l do not care for the attentions Of
a young man who not only splits his
,nnnilvss. but tears them wide apasI
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

Some weeks ago Professor Willis
Moore was reported as advancing the
theory that the indomitabls American
spirit was due to the prevalence Of
northwest winds on this continent. The
east wind brings humidity and Patio.
eenic germs; It enervates and demoral.
txss the professor wss represented A
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

Seldom will even a vain and unre.
liable woman give an untruthful an.
swer u you ask her about her age.
She VIII say II is none OF your bust.
ness.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
Ma ~ ~ a's nu.tue..-

Little Minna was saying her prayers
When she had finished her usual petit,
tion her mother said; You have for,
gotten. dear, Make Minna good girl
you know" "oh. mother" she an.
swered. reproachfuly. don't let's
bother God about that; that's your
lookout. ut."-Harper's Magazine.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

II Is predicted that Chicago will one
day have 100000 inhabitants. For.
tunately. that day. like the failure OF
the heat OF the sun. is comfortably dis.
tant.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

DR.. Wiley says that living on vege.
table diet will create a race of weak.
iings. The doctor probably said II
eight after eating porterhouss steak.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01


He used TO wear his pantaioons
Inside his muddy boots:
He used TO sing outlandish tunes
And dress In misnt suits;
He used 10 rise At half past four,
And milk and hoe and plough;
He doesn't do 30 any more,
He's counting money now.
The callouses upon his hands
Were softsned long ago:
FOR employees prepare his lands
For natures fertile show.
There 10 no sorrow In his eye
Nor anger on his brow.
Things are not as In days gone By,
He's counting money now.
Warrington Evening Star.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
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''"M!vM ,Nl,!N,W
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many OF which will TAIL to mature In
an unfavorable season. A sudden
change In temperature. q prolonged
drought or slight frost Ia more like
~ to destroy the weak plants than
the strong. The increased yield at har
vesting time Is quite a consideration
In the illustration the heavy and light
samples Of barley A d G and d pro
duced plants a. indicated with CORE
spending letters above.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

The trunks Ct fruit trees may b
wrapped with paper to protect them
from mice and rabbits. the paper b.
ing tied on with . cord to hold Il In
place. Old newspapers may be Used
for the purpose. the care necessary
being to see that the paper entirely
covers the trunk Of the tree high
enough to prevent the rabbits reach
ing the exposed portion above the
paper.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

The courts have decided that a wo.
man has no right TO open her hus.
bands mail. They have not. however.
decided what they are going to do
about Il.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

Prof. Lowell can logically reply that
the people who don't believe Mars Is
inhabited have never succeeded In fur.
nishing convincing proof that It isn't.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

When Bobby returned In . drench-
ins rain from the children's party, 10
which he had gone with reluctance. he
was vet to the skin. but In high spir-
its.
20 Bobby" said his mother. 'youn
catch IN awful cold. I'm afraid! 1
heard your father tell you to telephone
for . cab II II rainsd hard-and You
with your very best clothes on! Why
didn't you do a. he told your'
Il did" said Bobby. stoutly. "and I
sat on the box with the driver. same
~ I've always wanted to. and had
such . good time I'm almost glad
vent to the party!"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
On the nrsach Line.

The trains on the branch road nevel
went very fast. There we're various
reasons for this. all good ones. New
ertheless. travellers from more popu
lous districts sometimes expressed for
chile opinions on the subject
Silas Wetmore. who rode back and
forth TO and from the junction almost
every day. took II upon himself 10
pacify such as were unduly disturbed
by the waits and stops OF the little
sawed-off string OF ears.
One day a particularly irritable pas.
senger sat next him. lie not only
complained that the train was slow.
but wished to know why Il was slow.
What are We stopping for now2" he
asked.
Silas looked out OF the window.
This Is a station" he said. midi,
Don't see any" said the other.
"oh. there isn't any building" said
Silas. but It's a stopping.place."
by and by the train went on. Pres.
entity II stopped. apparently In the
middle OF field, This time the stran.
ger did not inquire into the reasons
for halting but after another twenty
minutes the same thing occurred.
Finally he broke out again:
What We stopping here forY Isn't
any station here. is they?"
mo station" said Silas. "Were
stopping for water"
"Water." exclaimed the other, "wa.
ter! Why We just took In water not
hve minutes ago. What do you mean?"
Boiler leaks" said silas. patiently;
and the other relapsed into silence.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

West Point young men are to be per-
mitted to haze within reason. Now we
shall see whether they know where
reason ends and foolishness begins.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

II Is said injections OF rattlesnake
venom Will cure hookworm. Also pei.
iagra. II is a kill-or-cure remedy.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

Men may hatter each other occa.
sionally. but We have Observed that a
man seldom overestimates his brother
in-law.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

IL is every womans opinnion that II
her children were described In stage
language. they would be referred TO
as IAN all-star company"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

wifs-you disappoint me drsadful
y. You won't q . thing TO help th,
church.
Husband-what's the mattsrl Dom,
! stay home every Sunday 20 some one
else may have my seat!-Harpsr's Be
Saar.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

To rid sheep OF external parasites OF
the scab mite they should be dipped "
some effective dip. Coal tar dips ars
effective, nonpoisonous and do no,
ordinarily injure the wool. They arc
therefore considered among the best
Before using all dips should be tested
MIX one teaspoonful OF dip with fifty
TO seventy-five OF water, according To
directions. Wrap a few ticks or bed.
bugs In gauze and dip them In this
mixture for thirty seconds. Then
place them under a tumbler, and II
they are not dead In six hours the dip
Is not strong enough. It should ,e
made strong enough to make a thirty.
second dip effective. Sheep are to be
kept In the dip one minute. Place the
dip In the tank befoye the water, 20
the mixture will be uniform.
The best time to dip Is when thu
wool Is one-fourth to one-half inch
long. so that the dip will adhere to
the fleece. II the ticks are present at
shearins time the whole flock should
be dipped at once to prevent the tIcks
from getting to the lambs.
Heavy Seeds Give best Plants,
To obtain a good stand Of grain
i Is necessary to use the largest and
plumpest grain for seed Small OF
lhrunken Grain 0ivcs ~e.r ct....
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

They cay loaaAg Il bad habit. and
that every loafor fssls the disgracs v
tesnly hs never sateys Il; but vs'd
liks = tsy 4
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

Electricity. What Ia it7 Nobody
knows. Ajax defied It. Franklin tried
" and now we buy It.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

Always 80 to the man In the case
II you wish to know II the announce.
ment Of marriage engagement is ON.
cial.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
IN CHICAGO.

Every 9 minutes a child is born.
Every 7 minutes there is q funeral
Every 2 days some one is murdered
Every Is minutes a couple gets mar
ried.
Every 10 minutes an immigrant ar
rives.
Every . minutes some one 10 ar
rested.
Every t2 minutes q new business
nIm starts up.
Every IS minutes . ship leaves the
harbor.
Every sts hours some couple is di.
vorced.
Every 10 hours some one commits
suicide.
Every 2 hours some one fails In
business.
Every Ia hours some one is killed
by accident.
Every s hours an attempt TO kin
some one Is made.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

Agricultural teachers have urged
diversinsd farming for many years.
but with little effect until the appear.
ancs OF the boll weevil. This Insect
made cotton farming very precarious
and has led to radical modiAcatiops In
the systsms Of farming prevailing In
that section.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

The thirteenth child OF New York
parents, born the other day. was
twins.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

The art OF love-making has changed
indeed. since the days when the ardent
youth decked himself In rufies and
silken hose, and. rich with delicate
perfumes, recited poems made TO his
mistress eyebrow" Now the suitor
seeks other ways OF winning his lady,s
favor. and there is genuine. II mis-.
taken, romance In the story told the
other day In New York City police
court by a youth arrested on charge
OF petty larceny preferred by the pro.
prietor OF a drug store. The chemist
observed steady dwindling In his
supplies OF benzine. and finally traced
II to one OF his clerks. Arrested, the
youth admitted the theft. and the
druggist expected 10 learn he had SUI.
fered from pilferings In other direc-
lions. Benzlne. however. was the onl,
thing the youth had stolen. and he
had taken that-just little at a time
simply TO scent his clothes SO that a
certain diffieult maiden OF his choice
might believe he owned an automobile.
and thereby presumably. learn to re-
urn his love.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

RaisiaS CAisks rtrss Pstasipss.
The feeding and growing OF littls
chicks b IN art which everyone must
lsarn before they can visA for sueesas
= pealtry raising