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The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-15
For China.

China day" is an important oc'
casion in a household. A wooden tub
should be lined with a soft cloth, pearl
ash dissolved in warm water, and the
best antique cups and saucers, vases
and plates washed carefully in it. A
pastry brush always should be kept,
with which to work out dust which has
collected in the crevices of china fig
ures, while after draining the china
on a wooden board, 1t is dried with
soft cloth and then polished with a
silk handkerchief.
Putty to clean antique glass and
wet whiting for pewter are two other
secrets of a successful cleaning day.
For the insides of decanters and
bottles nothing is better than to soap
small pieces of blotting paper and fill
the bottle with them, adding water
to reach halfway up, and then
shaking energetically until the con-
tents froth.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-15
Climbing-and Climbing
Ccopyright, iSii, By Associated Literary Presa)
By M. J. PHILLIPS

/ sight that for the moment struck
them dumb with horror.
Two of their party. Mr.. and Mrs.
Dan Pomeroy. had just landed ana
drawn their rowboat into the cluster
of other small craft. Barely had they
stepped ashore when the huge, black
bearded figure OF man darted from
clump OF underbrush with club up
raised. Mrs. Pomeroy had screamed
at sight of him.
The group above saw the next act
in the tragedy. Pomeroy advanced
bravely, but the club swept downward
through the guard of his arms and
struck him on the head. He dropped
and shrek on shrek burst from his
wife.
That's the maniac who nearly Kill
ed his keeper at Fairview asylum yes
terday and got away! They teie-
phoned me his description" gasped
Patterson, editor Of the village paper.
"Oh. what shall we do" moaned
Jessie Dane. See, he's going to grab
Ednal" She turned to white
faced young men. "Oh, run, rum!
Peter Price slipped off his coat and
shoes. mo time" he said swiftly
Shed be killed before we could get
down the path. I'm going this way,
He stepped down onto ledge or rock
on the perpendicular face of the clin.
Living foot had never pressed the
face of Snake Island cliff before. IL
seemed a sheer drop OF ten score rect
from the grass roots to the sand But
there were lodges and shelves whicn
furnished handgrips and foorhoids'
however precarious.
Price worked his way downward.
He dared not look. for when he did
his head swan dizzily. He groped
with his feet, already stockingless.
torn and bleeding from the. jagged
rock. and found support somehow.
Hand under hand he crawled over the
flint as fly crawls on the side OF the
house.
He was careful-but not too care
full. For too much care meant delay
And Edna Pomeroy's screams even
now echoed pitifully as she struggled
in the madman's clasp.
Once he lost his hold and fell for
a yard or more; fingers and toes
spread talonlike, rasped over the
merciless rock. Peter Price reverted
to type, went back ten thousand years
in the flicker of an eyelash. once
again he was a man-monkey who had
missed a waving branch in the high
way of the trees. His fingers had
eyes in them; his toes clutched with
fierce suppleness.
He found crevices no wider then
the bridge of his nose. and clamped
onto them. Slipped-caught; and
clung again. The fall was stopped
He climbed, with no time to be thank
full for his escape.
The picknickers, struggling, Sob
bing and painting. reached the beach.
They found Peter tying the subdued
maniac with a painter from one OF
the boats; Dan Pomeroy was laving
his throbbing head; his wife was cry
ing a little, but quite calm-consider-
ing her experience-and wholly un-
harmed.
Jessie Dane went straight to Peter
and took both his SCARED hands In
her own.
BE careful Jessie; they're bleed
ing. You'll get all stained up" He
tried to speak in his old, matter-of-
fact way, but his voice trembled.
"I don't care" she said, and her
eyes shone with light that dazzled.
Peter-dear!"
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-15
A M,tter of Form.

81 have come to ask for your daugh-
ter's hand in marriage" stammered
the young man.
And what II l refuse?" asked her
father.
"That will make no difference. We
shall get married just the same"
Realizing that nowadays he was
lucky even to be- consulted in the mat
ter. the father gave his consent and
his blessing.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-15

mentioning save at the ends OF lts
branches. All the rest Of 1t is mainly
thorns. In fact, according to popular
belief, 1t is the plant from which the
crown of thorns was made. which
the Savior wore.
Specime ems of it are not often seen.
One comes across 1t once in while
in botanical gardens in this country,
where, in accordance with an old-tme
custom, it is made to grow In such
ingenious fashion as to take the form
OF a thorny crown fastened upon
cross. The effect thus artistically
produced, taken together with the
naturally weird aspect of the plant,
is most bizarre and striking.
But the oldest thing of all about
the crucifxion plant, perhaps Is that
it bleeds. When cut with knife,
drops of a red juice resembling blood
exude from 1t. No wonder, then,
that in the old world, where religion
and superstition SO frequently merge,
this strange vegetable should be re-
garded with awe. The ignorant peas
ants, indeed, are fully persuaded that
the red juice Is really blood, and to
them 1t is an additional sign OF the
supernatural that the small pink1sh
flowers turn to a dark crimson as the
season advances.
Imagination wields a master brush
and lays on the colors with skill
most deft for purposes OF Illusion
What a most wondrous flower IT was
that the Spanish priests first discoV-
cred in the primeval forests OF South
America, its lovely blooms hanging
in rich festoons from the branches
of the trees! No wonder that they
called It the flower of the passion and
saw in It a divinely exhibited token
that all of the pagan Indians would
he converted to Christianity For
did not the miraculous blossom con-
tain within itself the whole of the
sacred story OF the Savior's suner-
ingsf
The Five Wounds.
Another name they gave 1t was
aover of the fivo wounds, and said
(aa one holy monk wrote In pains
taking script that 1t had clearly
been designed by the Creator that II
might in due time assist III lne WI,
version of the unfortunate heathen.
In further explanation Of which dis
tinguished commentator. one Jacomo
Bosio. remarked in valuable work
on America published in the year
1910:
"The flaments above resemble
blood-colored fringe, as though sug-
eesting tho scourge with which our
blessed Lord was tormented. The col
umn of the nagellation rises IN the
middle. The three nails are above 1t.
The crown of thorns encircles the col
umn and close in the center OF the
f,ower from which the column rises
10 norton of yellow color, In
which are five spots or stains OF the
bue of blood, evidently setting forth
tha Ave wounds received by the Sa-
vior on the cross. The crown itself
"a surrounded by kind OF skein, OF
violet color, the strands of which
number 72, answering to the number
of thorns with which. according to
tradition, our Lords crown was set
And the leaves of the plant. abundant
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-15
A Possible Solution

'I wonder what Bluebeard had in
that secret room?"
Probably some haircloth furniture.
We keep ours out of sight since mis-
sion styles came in"
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-15
His. Reward.

Motorist-Yes, 1t took me about six
weeks hard work to learn to drive my
machine.
Pedestrian-And what have you got
for your pains?
Motorist-Liniment
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-15
nm1MZN<\

ONE of the most re-
markable plants In
all the world are d.
rectly associated with
Easter.
Take the crucifix-
ion plant for example.
1t is a species of eu-
phorbia and grows in
a very curious way,
with no leayes worth
The new era., 1911-12-28
BEETs VERY HARD ON SOIL
Western Farmers Fearful Lest Crop
VIII Rob Land and Make It
Worthless for ANY Other.

= 1t is reported that farmers in the
west are fearful lest the sugar beet
will rob the soil and make 1t worth
less for any other crop. A Colorado
correspondent says: The beet is SO
vigorous a grower that it extracts the
elements from the soil for a long dis
tance. 1t Is therefore serious prob
lem with farmers. especially those
In the Arkansas Valley whether they
can afford to plant beets on cantal-
oupe ground. The raising of beets
has not been continued long enough
in this country to determine the
length Of time required to restore the
soil after raising one or more crops
OF beets on the same land. In Cal
ifornia and other countries where
beets have been raised for several
years the land will grow nothing but
beans.
There is no doubt that beets raised
continuously on the same soil without
proper manure will exhaust 1t Dust
as corn or wheat or any other crop
will exhaust the soil under similar
conditions. But II farmers will put
back into the soil the elements which
the beet took from 1t they will be all
right.
Raise clover. alfalfa. soy beans and
three years at least-two would be
better-and you will find your soil
will respond as well as 1t ever did.
The new era., 1911-12-28
WATER FOR CROP PROTECTION
Requirement Increases With Higher
Temperature and = Greater
Amount Of Sunshine.

By D. W. FREAR. Colorado Agricultural
College.)
Various investigators have found
that it requires from about 400 to
1000 pounds Of water to produce q
pound of dry matter Of farm crop. The
water requirement increases with
higher temperature. q greater amount
OF sunshine and q dryer atmosphere.
In the arid regions moderately high
temperature. cloudless sky and dry
atmosphere prevail. Consequently
the water, requirements Of plants nat
urally tend to be higher for the same
kinds of crops. 1t is concluded that
about 750 pounds of water are re-
quired In the arid regions for the
production Of one pound Of dry matter
Of common farm crops.
The straw forms about one-half of
the total weight of harvested grain.
On this basis the total weight Of
straw and grain for every bushel Of
wheat is 120 pounds. About 80 per
cent. Of this or 10S pounds is dry mat
ter. Therefore, 1t will require $50
times 108 or $4,000 pounds Of water
" udtuTe one puSuel OI WuedI 1ulb
Is equal to 40h tons of water.
One inch Of rainfall per acre weighs
approximately 113 tons. 1t is estimat-
ed that Under good tillage methods.
about two-fifths of the total rainfall
Is available to the crop. therefore.
about 45.2 tons Of every acre inch OF
rainfall are used by the plants. and
one inch of rainfall can produce about
1h bushels of wheat. Under these
conditions, ten inches of rainfall would
produce 11A bushels, is inches II
bushels. Where two years precipita.
tion is stored in the soil 1t will be pos.
sible to produce about 27 bushels OF
wheat per acre on 12-inch rainfall
Efficiency of conservation and ac'
tual water requirements of plants
vary SO much in different sections
that for many localities the above fig.
ures must necessarily be suggestive
rather than actual
The new era., 1911-12-28
HANDLE MANURE
DIRECT Is BEST
Prof. GaImors Of New York Sta.
tA0n Finds Much Loeo Where
Allowed TO Be Exposed
20 Weather.

On the subject OF hauling manure.
Professor Gilmore OF the New York
experiment station, says:
I'VE think, all things considered, 1t
is better to haul manure directly from
the stable to the fields than 1t is to
pile it up for any length Of time.
IF well-rotted manure is desired
for trucking purposes or for top
dressing for hay lands, then 1t must
be stored. but under ordinary condi-
tions for this purpose losses from 25
to As per cent. in the fertilizing value
of manure occur, and II it is not kept
reasonably wet and stirred from time
to time, excessive fermentation re-
suits, to say nothing Of dry burning
and teaching. Losses amounting to
81 to 81 per cent. have been recorded
when manure has been exposed to
weather.
This loss refers mainly to the fer
tilizing material In the manure. 1t is
still available as humus or organic
matter when applied to the SOIL"
The new era., 1911-12-28
NOTES OF THE HOG LOT.

The average pig. II given free range.
will take enough exercise to keep in
the best OF health.
In order to insure uniform growth.
the pigs should be fed when all Of
them are at the trough.
Other things being equal. the old
SOW Is preferable to the young one.
She has proven her worth.
The young pigs should have the best
of care and should get to eating nice
ly before they are weaned.
In selecting gifts to take the place
Of brood sows turned off. pick them
from the litters that had good milk
ing dams,
The main interest OF the farmer is
what number of pounds Of hog can be
secured for every hundred pounds OF
grain fed.
In fattening hogs to the best advan-
tage they should be graded: that is.
the smaller ones should be in a pen
by themselves.
Do not forget that hogs are grazing
animals. and that pastures offer a
mighty cheap place to keep them dur
Ing the summer.
In starting lot Of pigs 1t is easy
to get in the habit Of giving a certain
quantity of feed. and failing to In
crease as they grow.
It costs no more to raise a pure
bred hog than a scrub, and the pure
bred gives you chance OF selling
breeders at profitable price.
Just because sunshine Is scarce In
winter is the best reason why our hog
house should be SO constructed as to
give the hogs every ray possible.
It is easily possible that pigs can
be made SO fat before they have
reached weight at which It is profit
able to sell them that they will not
make a satisfactory gain.
Hogs are still high. and all other
farm animals are bringing such
prices that the farmer who can
should make all of them do their
best and grow more of them.
The bedding Of SOW at farrowing
should be sufficient only for cleanli-
ness and dryness. II furnished In too
large amounts the pigs will burrow
into 1t and get lost or get crushed.
The new era., 1911-12-28
Metals.

New York.-Standard copper firm;
spot, $13.25@13.5O; December. $13.32h
@1350; January, $13.35@13.45; Febru-
ary. $13.4O@13.55; March, s13.42h@
1850; April, $13.42k @13.60. Lake cop
per. $13.S7k @14.0O; electrolytic
$13.75@14.O0; casting. $1S.37k@
13.62h. -.......................
Tin-Quiet; spot, s4sSO@@43.s7h;
December. $4350@43.75; January,
$43.OO@43.5O: February, $42.O0Q42.75:
March, $41.50@42.35.
Lead - Quiet; $440@4.50, New
York; $4.30Q4.37h. East st. Louis.
spelter = Quiet. t6.25@6.35. New
York; $6.OO@6.2O. East st. Louis.
Antimony.-Dull; Cookson's. SITS.
Iron-Locally iron is steady; No. 1
foundry Northern, $14.75@1500; No.
2, $14.50@14.75; No. l Southern and
No. / Southern soft, $14.25@14.75.
The new era., 1911-12-28
EXCELLENT STUDY FOR FARM
BOYS DURING WINTER MONTHS
Plant Described Espscaa1y
tn 0ensnk II az Youths Who Wish to Make 1t
OBJECT Lesson Durin4 Severe Cold
N2onths-NeedE11 Things.

takes . microscope Of quite high
power to detect them. These are the
plants lungs. ThrouSh them 1t gets
the air It needs to live on.
II you cover = plant 30 tightly that
It cannot get air, It will smother just
a. surely as you would with . blan-
ket over your head. That 10 what will
happen II you get your seeds in too
deep, or II you let tho ground get hard
above them before they como up.
II you wish to be sure just how
deep to plant your seeds, try this lit
tie experiment.
Take . tall glass tumbler, or q pint
fruit-jar, and fill 1t with earth. Press
down into 1t, next the glass. three
seeds Of any kind you wish to test.
Press the nrst clear to the bottom.
the second about half way to the bot
tom, and the third leave within an
inch of the top. Do not put them
directly over one another. Wrap .
heavy paper around the glass to keep
out the light, and keep the earth in
1t moist and warm.
Every day slip of the paper, and
note how the seeds are doing. Which
ever one thrives the best is the one
you want to take as your guide in the
matter Of depth. What do you think
will happen to the one at the bottom
You have noticed that there is' q
great part of the seed that is not
filed up by the baby plant. This
part is filed with food upon which
the plant lives until 1t gets roots long
enough to feed itself.
After the food in the seed Is all
used up, there must be other food in
the soil ready for it to live on. This
is the critical time in a young plants
life. II 1t is starved and stunted now.
it will never make up for 1t.
Remember, then. that good seed, a
well prepared seed-bed, and plenty of
The new era., 1911-12-28

eeeds need air for termination. The
beans In both bottles were soaksd
"a hours and then wsre put In dry
bottles. Bottle A contained sum-
eient air to start the few seeds.
Bottle q had not enough. The wa
ter In the tumbIer c did not contain
sufficient air for termination.
tn, tiny plant discovered. 1t lies
snugly Graded in one end OF the bean.
You will see that 1t has two parts,
q small waxen point, and tiny. yell
lowish, folded leaf. The point is the
root, and a tender, delicate thing 1t is.
This little root must work its way
down into the ground, both to feed
and to hold in place the little plant.
II the ground is not well prepared. II
it is too hard and cloddy, the little
root may become 30 broken and
bruised as to hinder, or perhaps en-
tirely check, its growth.
The tiny leaf, too. which must push
upward, needs a soil thatHis soft and
loose, II It is not to be injured.
Plant q few seeds in bed Of wet
sawdust, and you will soon see,
branching out from the main root,
many little rootlets. A little later. q
set Of fine hairs, called root-hairs. will
appear on the rootlets.
1t is through these that the plant
gets its nourishment from the soil.
They take up all the elements that the
plant needs, and send them up
through little veins to the stems and
leaves, as your food Is taken through
your body by the veins. In the shape
of blood. N
The plants blood Is called sap
The tiny mouths can only use the food
in the soil when 1t Is "in solution" !"
that is to say. when 1t Is thoroughly
dissolved. You can see that 1t will
need considerable moisture to do this.
II the ground is too light and loose.
The new era., 1911-12-28
New Mexico.

Drifts on the 400 and 500 foot levels
at the Deadwood mines at Mogollon
were advanced thirty-five feet the
past week. The mill handled lis
tons in addition to considerable GUS
tom ore.
The Treasure mine at Mogollon has
lately had an abundance of water for
power generation and the mine and
mill have been operating at full ca
pacity. About seventy tons are
treated daily. The ore hauling crew
will soon be equipped to transport be-
tween 80 and 100 tons per day from
mine to mill, distance of about three
milen.
Ten of the new Allis-C Chalmers
stamps are working and the erection
of ten more will be started soon at
the Ernestine mines at Mogollon.
Mine developments continue showing
up ore of grade above the average
in this camp. Bullion recovery for
the last ten days of November was
$3.50 ounces Troy; four tons concen-
trates were shipped for the period.
The past weeks ore reduction was
$50 tons.
Regular ore shipments are being
made to the Deadwood mill at Mogol-
lon from development on the Pacific.
on which mine the tunnel was ad-
vanced thirty-five feet during the
week. The portal of the Harry tunnel
IL being timbered.
Parties have been on the ground at
the Cooney mine with a view Of erect
ing a small mill to reduce the values
from zones lately producing consid-
cradle high grade shipping ore. The
little Charlie mine continues shipping
ore to the Deadwood mill.
The new era., 1911-12-28
How tn. Bean Plant Get. Up.

the water will all drain and dry away.
and NO matter how rich the soil may
be, the plant will die for want of
food.
So an important thing to keep in
mind, when preparing the seed-bed.
is that the top soil, to the depth OF
several inches, should be worked up
lightly and loosely enough 10 that the
root can readily push through. and
still be pressed firmly enough 80 that
he moisture can not all escape.
little openings. called "pores." It.
The new era., 1911-12-28
nx MRS. 4 aRIMEs.l

(6y MHS. La 9fAAGoJ
From fall tin spring seems IKE Q
long time to . boy, especially II he
has . choice lot Of seeds that he u
anxious to put into the ground. But
there II . great deal to be done dur
ing tho time Of waiting.
The boy who does mot mean to
waste his time and labor must learn
something about what his plants will
need before he 10 even ready to pre-
psre his ground. ~. -
The first thing needful is to under
stand something about the makeup Of
tho seed itself. As seeds are quite
similar In general characteristics,
studying one closely will give = fair
understanding Of others.
The common white bean 10 easy to
! get, and to study. 10 We will take In
4s an example.
Soak . few beans in water over
night. Then take ono and cut the
tough outer covering around the edge
with the point Of = pin. The halves
can then be easily spread apart, and
The new era., 1911-12-28
Eastern produe

Chicago. = Butter steady. Cream
cries, 24@33c; dairies, 23@31c.
Eggs, steady; firsts, 25@27c; prime
firsts. 2803Oc.
Cheese, steady. Daisies. 15A @16c:
twins, 15N 015hc; Young Americas,
15A@16c; long horns. 15A @1Gc.
Potatoes, easy. Choice to fancy. so
0S6c; fair to good. 75@77c.
Poultry, unsettled. Turkeys, $50
19c; chickens. 10@11c: springs. 10c.
Veal, steady. 7@11c.
The new era., 1911-12-28
Colorado.

6pclt6E sls vV'AS VV'sS
Colorado.
The Golden Cycle property at Grip
pie Creek is said to be In better con-
dition than for years. The value OF
the property is now placed at S..
100000.
Richie Hughes and company made a
shipment of eight cars, or sixty-five
tons from the Federal mine in Gilpin
county, that gave returns of from $50
to 365 ton.
Ten men, selected from the miners
employed on the Portland. Cripple
Creek, have been given their first les
son in the use of the helmets. and
other rescue apparatus just installed
by the company.
A wonderfully rich strike was made
on the 2OO-foot level south of the main
shaft of Stratton's Independence mine,
at Victor, where twenty-one feet of $40
ore was opened. The shoot gives
promise of being one of the richest
opened there for years.
The Pittsburg mine in Gilpin coun-
ty has been payer for number OF
years, and from the present outlook
will be for years to come. During the
last week a shipment of ore was made
that gave returns Of 9.a4 ounces gold,
7.SO ounces silver and 10 per cent
copper. or over 5000 ton.
A strike of considerable magnitude
has just been made at the American
Sisters mine, situated on Columbia
mountain at Georgetown. In sinking
the Headlight shaft streak of ore
has been encountered and assay tests
show values of 725 ounces silver, one
and one-half ounces gold and rs per
cent lead.
Alderman Frank Gum, operating
lease in the Moose tunnel, Cripple
Creek. has opened good ore at point
about 1900 feet from the portal of
the tunnel and at depth of 400 feet.
1t is strong vein and grab samples
assayed as high as $50 per ton. A
winze is being sunk and in a depth OF
twenty feet values are holding up
we'll
A new flow of 500 gallons a minute
has been opened in the main heading
of the Roosevelt deep drainage tun-
mel. The heading is now about three
miles from the portal and about a
mile and half from the intermediate
shaft. The average bore per day for
the last month was eight feet, being
new tunnel record with only one
shaft.
Water is receding in the Mary Nc
Kinney shaft, on the west slope of
Raven hill. Cripple Creek. at the rate
ty-four hours. There remains about
seven feet on the station at the eighth
level. Indications are that work will
be resumed on this level before the
first of the year, even II 1t be neces-
sary to start the pumps.
Pike & Co., who have the record of
operating successful leases on the
Matte and Old Town mines, have Sc
cured an option on the Victor. Central
and Wenlock veins in Bellevue noun.
tain, Idaho Springs. They are putting
in an electric plant Of machinery and
as soon as completed will sink the
shaft to the 5O0-foot level They will
also drive drifts at each 100 feet to
open the ore bodies which are known
to exist The lessees are driving the
tunnel levels which will cut some of
the veins at the 500-foot level and will
make connections with the shaft, thus
affording excellent ventilation. The
property has never been thoroughly
prospected but from the surface some
very rich ore has been mined, showing
values from 500 to $500 per ton.