THE CITIZEN, FlMDAl'i JUNE 17, 1010.
FAM1
warn
BY
F.E.TRIGG
CENTRAL POIHT
ROGUE RIVER
VALLEY
OREGON
correspondent:
solicited
This matter must not bo reprinted
out special permission.
THE CELERY BED.
There Is no relish for tho table
which Is more delicious thnu crisp,
nutty flavored celery from the home
garden, the growing of which Is In no
sense n dllllcult matter. If one has
not thought of tho matter In time to
ralso plants from tho seed, which re
quire two or three weeks to germinate,
they may bo secured from a neighbor
or market gardener. For early use
there is no variety which Is superior
to the Golden Self Illauchlng, but any
variety that one can get will do well
with proper care. The Important point
Is to set out stalky, vigorous plants,
taking care to pruno back both top
and roots nt the time of transplanting.
A simple plnn for the bed Is to re
move about eight Inches of earth from
a spot In tlio garden which will bo
convenient for watering, pay 4 by 20
feet, or from a still larger tract if
more celery Is wanted. Into the soil
nt the bottom of this trench should be
worked three or four wheelbarrow
loads of fine, well rotted fertilizer.
Tho plants should be set six to eight
inches apart In the rows and the rows
ten inches opart, enough to permit of
frequent hoeing. Being set below the
surface of tho ground, the bed will not
dry out rapidly, while the work of
watering Is thereby greatly simplified.
If there Is no one nbout tho house suf
ficiently strong of arm to dig the
trench the plants may be set on the
level ground and given the same culti
vation nnd somewhnt more frequent
wnterlng thnn In tho low bed. When
the plnnts have reached n foot or fif
teen inches the hilling process may
be begun and five or six Inches of
the soli originally removed from the
trench replaced, care being exercised
to hold the stalks of the plants close
together so as to prevent dirt getting
Into the crown. Three or four weeks
later, depending somewhat upon the
rapidity of growth, four or five Inches
more of earth should be filled In about
the plants, and under usual conditions
this will give nil the bleaching neces
sary. In a relatively short time after
this second hilling the celery will bo
bleached sulficlently for the table. If
any Is left nt tho beginning of winter
the plants may bo taken up with plen
ty of roots nnd the earth adhering and
put In a box in tho cellar, where they
will continue bleaching and be crisp
and tender until after the holidays.
THE PRECOOLING OF FRUIT.
Great benefit is expected to come to
the fruit growers of the Pacific coast
from tho plants which have been In
stalled at several poluts In California
and will shortly be erected at other
points for the precoollng of fruit des
tined for transcontinental shipment.
Iu the past, even with the most care
ful refrigeration en route, both trans
portation companies and growers have
sustained serious loss as a result of
fruit spoiling In transit. In these new
precoollng plants, which are really
mammoth refrigerating plants, whole
train loads of fruit can bo reduced to
a temperature close to tho freezing
point in tho course of two or three
hours, artificial means being used to
draw tho warm air from and inject
the cold nlr into tho cars. Car loads
of fruit made ready for shipment in
this way are given tho usual icing In
transit, with the result that the fruit
arrives at Its destination In as nearly
perfect condition as possible, the loss
rcsulling from the fruit being In heat
ed condition nt the time of shipment,
as has been the case heretofore, being
virtually nothing. The Installation ol
these plants at important shipping
points not only In the west, but In
other parts of the country, will mean
Increased revenue for the growers of
fruit and a greatly Improved quality
for the consumer.
THE BIG FREEZE,
Harvest time alone will reveal the
extent of the damage wrought by the
fearful cold spell which visited some
fourteen or fifteen of tho lake, Ohio
nnd Mississippi valley states during tho
last ten days In April. It caught fruit
trees of all kinds iu full blossom or
tender young fruit and not only seared
nnd blackened these, but killed tho
now leaves nnd tender twigs of shrubs
and forest trees and killed or greatly
weakened tho vitality of thousands of
ncres of newly sprouted grnln nnd
corn. Farther south, In the tobacco
nnd cotton belts, tho damngo was enor
mous, tho extent of which can only bo
determined Inter. To tho west on tho
great plains immense damngo was
dono to grain nnd fruit, whtlo fruit
growers In Utah nnd Colorado report
their losses nt from 50 per cent up.
Those who nro acquainted with tho
meteorological antics of tlio sections
under tho sway of tho Medicine Hat
weather hierarchy feared Just such a
contingency when tho wires got cross
ed nnd April nnd May weather was
dispensed all through March, now
over, It la too early in the season to
loso courage, for nature may bo ex
ceedltg kind the rest of tho year.
7 J 1 J.T V . -I
(ZSJi
with i
Tlio prnctlco of clipping off tho
wings of Leghorn lions to keep them
from flying over n sixteen foot fence
hns been In vogue for somo yenrs, but
not until lately havo wo seen tlio snmo
plnn BUggestwl for keeping queen bees
from lending now swnrms nwny from
tho nplnry. There nro tricks In nil
trades, even (he beo business.
Few of nt.ture's agencies prove un
mixed blessings. Thus the bee, every
where recognized ns a most valuable
nld In tho cross fertilization of mnny
kluds of fruits, Is tho chief distributer
of tho germs of tho blight which has
wrought havoc with npplo and pear
orchards in many sections of tho coun
try, getting hold of the germs from
hold over cases of blight from old
oozy Infections In tho ore' nrd or In
nearby hawthorn or mltvIco berry
shrubs.
Tho balklness of tho mulo Is prover
bial, but tho western mulo seems to
have tho tmlt unduly developed, If nn
Instance can be credited that was re
lated to us by the owner the other
day. This one wns n bunch grass ani
mal from eastern Oregon. He balked
on tho road while his owner was try
ing to fetch him over tho mountains
nnd couldn't bo budged by nuy force
or persuasion that could bo brought to
bear. He kept this fit for five days
nnd nights, flnnlly dropping dead from
sheer exhaustion without hnvlng taken
a step.
Ilogglng down corn Is nn economical
feeding practice familiar to dwellers In
certain sections of tho corn belt brief
ly, turning the hogs Into small fenced
portions of n field of mnturc corn nnd
letting them cat it nt will. A Colorado
sheep grower seems to have adapted
this Idea to sheep and beets nnd last
year harvested twenty ncres of beets
by turning sheep Into small patches of
tho field set off by hurdles. They ate
tops, roots and all, the only nsslstauco
received being a loosening of the deep
er rooted beets with a spading fork.
Tho feeder commends the plan as a
successful one.
While tho tomato will produce some
fruit of fair size with little or no at
tention, very satisfying results In tho
matter of an Improvement In the size
of the fruit can bo had by thorough
and frequent cultivation and a pruning
of the vines so that they will set fruit
on but three or four leaders or
branches. When this plan is followed
It Is well to stake the plnnts In an up
right position, using a strip of cloth to
fnsten the vines to the sakes. Should
fruit of exceptional size bo desired
this may be brought about by still
further restricting the number of to
mntoes nllowed to ripen.
While housewives are generally of
tho opinion that it is more difficult to
make good bread from soft than hard
wheat flour, the following recipe gives
excellent results: One quart of wet
ting, Including one cupful of soft yeast.
Add two level tablespoonfuls of salt
and three and three-quarters quarts of
sifted flour. Mix and knead fifteen
minutes, let rise, mold down, let rise
again and put In tins. Let' rise again
and bake. Tho nbove recipe gives
equally good results with hard wheat
flour by reducing the quantity of flour
to three quarts. With this recipe one
can start a batch of bread at 0 in tho
morning and bake it with the dinner
fire.
Several points havo been pretty well
learned about f enceposts seasoning
them, their durability, etc. Among
these are that the post timber should
be cut during tho summer or early
autumn, that the bark should be peeled
off at once so that the drying process
will bo hastened nnd that if possible
from eight months to a year should
elapse between the tlmo of cutting the
posts and sotting them In the ground.
More recent experience proves quite
conclusively that giving tho butts of
tho posts a bath of hot creosote will
Increase their llfo from two to three
times. Whether such treatment would
pay In any particular case would de
pend on the price of posts and tho
cost of creosote.
As a result of using seed of poor
vitality mnny a corn grower is just
now confronted with n stnnd of corn
so poor that It will hardly pay him to
give It the care it should have during
tho remainder of tho season, and natu
rally ho is looking for n substitute,
While buckwheat, cowpcas, soy beans
and sorghum may prove the most de
slrablo substitute crops in certain sec'
tlons, millet will likely provo most sat
Isfnctory In a majority of instances
Of tho threo varieties of millet com
mon, Hungarian nnd Germnn tho
first is considered best for a forage
crop, while tho last will glvo tho best
results In a seed crop. Tho chief ob
jectlou to tho Hungnrlnn millet Is that
it crosses readily with tho common
wild foxtail, a near relative of tho mil
let family. Tho common millet and
Hungarian will do better on light soils
than tho German vniiety. With nil of
tho millets which nro Intended ns for
ago crops It Is Important to cut beforo
tho heads have passed the dough stage.
Tho North Dakota experiment station,
which has been Investigating millet as
a forago crop lately, recommends ono
feed of properly cured millet a day for
horsea nnd two feeds for other stock
ns a stimulnnt tending to produco a
lienlthy physlcnl condition of tho ant
mals. Iu feeding vnluo millet Is less
palatablo thnn timothy hny and info-
rior to it In nutrltlro qualities.
FASHION'S REALM
For the Woman Who Travels.
Tho woman who hns struggled with
tho problems of dressing In a sleeping
car, where no space Is provided In the
dressing room for tho accommodntlon
of brushes, combs nnd other necessnry
toilet nrtlcles, will npprcclnte this
clever little apron, which holds nil th6
toilet needs, ench tucked snugly into a
THE CONVENIENT TRAVELINGS AFRON.
convenient pocket. Tho pockets are
supplied with tlnps and snap buttous,
and when not in use the apron dresser
may be folded up snugly and tucked
Into the traveling bag. This apron is
made of soft gray English mohair,
with red silk linings to the pockets,
but any other firm lightweight mate
rial might be used.
About Bathing Suiti.
The square Dutch neck is a serious
rival to the sailor collar as a finish to
bathing suits this season. On the
beach the latter Is undoubtedly the
more Jaunty looking, but in tho water
and Indeed after a wetting the neat
square neck is the more desirable.
A bathing suit of good mohair (black
and blue) made In scmlprlncess faoh
ion, the full, plain skirt trimmed
around the bottom with a band of
white mohair, outlined with black and
white fancy braid, would be service
able. A well shaped panel placed
down the front and the belt to corre
spond with the skirt trimming would
be a desirable finish, the squaro neck
finished with a broad band of mohnlr
trimmed with three rows of the braid,
the sleeves puffs.
Popular Trimmings.
Tho most popular trimmings for
plain dark silks and shantungs arc the
embroideries done in oriental color
ings and patterns, and the trimming
departments of the largo shops have
furnished them abundnutly. Of course
when such work Is put directly on a
gown its effect Is enhanced, but the
ready made trimmings nro easily made
one with the fabrics which they trim
either with hand stitches or with
braids. Somo of the handsomest of
these trimmings are dono on coarse
linen In silks of enshmero colorings.
Touches of such trimmings on the col
lnr, cuffs, lapels, etc., do much to ralso
a costume from the ordinary to the
smart.
Fashion Fads.
Long nnd short sleeves nre about
equally popular, the long sleeved va
riety, of course, always being used for
street wear.
Among the offerings lu summer fab
rlcs are pastel colored linens einbrold.
ercd In deep flounce effects. This
makes up prettily for dresses, as ono
flounce is deep enough for tho upper
part of tho skirt, and a second flounce,
gathered, finishes it. On tho bodice It
works in most artistic fashion.
Itlbbons with dainty little Dresden
Uko flowers on a pearl colored ground
and n heavy white plcot edge are
among the newest showings.
Fashion Set by Mme. Maintenon.
It Is Interesting to know that the
waist of this year tho ono In which
tho body part nud sleeves nro cut In
one wns first Introduced by Mine, do
Maintenon, tho morganatic wifo of
Louis XIV. Her gowns were uiadu
with high waists that pouched over a
silk scarf fastened nt tho back, but tho
closing of the bodice was In tho front,
whoro Its draperies wero caught with
Joweled clasps. Tho necks opened over
white gulmpes, as they do today.
New Sailor Hat.
There is u now sailor hat, so called
and actually suggcstlvo of tho sailor
hat of yoro, but with differences which
nro purely of today and aro soraetlmt'B
novel and sometimes actually star
tling. Tho now models aro twenty
laches or moro in diameter ns to brim
and nro rolled up slightly all round,
with a moro emphatic roll at tho back
toward tho left side.
Of Interest
to Women
Teaeh Your Daughter How to
Save Money and How to Spend
It Wisely Take Her to Mar
ket and Let Her Superintend
All Purchases.
When a girl reaches thirteen her
weekly dime should be Increased to
2G cents. Many small Items of attire,
such ns gloves, stockings, collars, she
will ho nblo to see to for herself
through this nddltlon.
Now the mother, having taught her
wise spending, will begin to delegate
some of her own offices to the child.
She has to lenrn marketing properly.
The mother takes the girl with her
for some tlmo on her buying expedi
tions; then she allows her to take tho
reins for a week or bo, checking her
where she goes a little wrong.
Sho learns Inspection of goods, so
thnt she can discriminate between
good and Inferior brands of groceries,
meat, fish and the like. She learns
how to buy and what to buy. Market
tables she studies so as to find out
beforehand what things are In or out
of season and what tho prices are,
Then she Is ready to meet any over
charge with the right knowledge.
Sho learns food values, knows what
foods give energy nnd vitality and
which form flesh nnd build up tho
body. She learns when to buy In
quantity and also when not to buy In
qunntlty on account of certain things
deteriorating through keeping.
She learns the enormous difference
that exists between a cash account
and a credit account. The mother ex
plains all this to her. Her own train
ing with her little weekly Income of a
dime for all those years will havo pre
pared the ground of her mind to re
ceive it all, and she Is an apt pupil,
willing and ready to take her mother's
place In the home at a minute's notice
any tlmo.
When she has the reins sho gets
her requisitions ready for the week,
and, with her mother, checks tho
Items before going out to buy. She
knows how to get the most for her
money at the grocer's, the butcher's
or tho baker's, and will not be cajoled
Into buying anything not arranged for.
She knows her income and its limi
tations and has learned how to re
strict her wants rigidly. Sho will not
give her orders blindly, but will see
everything before she buys It. Meat,
vegetables, groceries, milk, butter,
eggs, fish, poultry she knows their
weak points and reveals them. The
trades-people serve her aright and re
spect her. Sho is a good Judge and
will get full weight m goods. She
checks all bills berore paying them,
so as to detect any mistake either for
or against her. She thus compels ex
tra care In attendance on the trades
man's part.
A girl like this Is a treasure her
mother Is not very willing to part
with. It Is a treasure easily attained,
because girls love this marketing and
delight In doing It. And It is Just as
well to take a little troimle to know
how to do It well. Later on some lucky
m.n will delight in his housekeeping
treasure, too, and still later another
generation of boys and girls may arise
to bless not only their mother, but
the grandmother who was the source
of all her knowledge.
A Decorative Toy Box.
During tho holidays :s a good time
to make out of a small, low packing
box a chest In which to keep best
toys and books. It will fit beautifully
Into the playroom corner and be lots
of fun to make. The edges of the box
aro rubbed down with sandpaper and
stained dark brown. Four panels are
cut out of linen or denim to corre-
Bpond with the front, lid and sides of
tho box. On theso panels are pasted
figures of children and animals cut
out of calico or crotonne. The back
of tho box Is stained, and tho lln. n
panels nro tacked with brass-headed
nails.
Cure for Warts.
A wart Is essentially an outgro vth
of tho scarf skin. It may ho brought
about by friction. Hence it may be
found on tho quite healthy skin of a
healthy person, Just as a corn may be
found. Dut warts sometimes come
without friction, and they come nu
merously, so proving 'hat there must
ho somo Internal cause. Wart crops
nro specially npt to appear between
early childhood and tho sixteenth year.
They aro found usually In children o.
poor phyBlque. They havo bee
known to mnko sudden nppearai.ee
when the child has fallen into poo.
health and to go away when ilu
health has Improved. Small doses v
calcined magnesia In water taK .
dally during many wceKS or mon li
have been found effectual In getting
rid of theso warts.
Itching Scalp.
J, M. Shampoo your head with
caatlle soap and whon It Is dry anoint
tho scalp with a lotion mado from
threo drams of glycerine and four
ounoea of llmo wator. Apply some of
this dally for two weeks, and then to
tho original quantity of tho mixture
odd holt an ounce of tincture of can-
tharldtB. applyln Mly as before.
LORD KITCHENER. S
C Warrior Declines Duke's )
Post of Inspector General. )
London, June 14. Mr. Haldane, the
secretary for wnr, announced In the
house of commons that Lord Kitchener
had resigned IiIh command ns Inspector
general of the Mediterranean forces.
Lord Kitchener succeeded the Duke of
Connnught In this command last Au
gust. The duke resigned becnuse he
did not think It befitted his standing
to hold such a command.
Lord Kitchener was appointed to
succeed him with the high sounding
title-of high commissioner in the Medi
terranean. Protests have been made
for weeks past against sending the
best organizer In the British army to
such a remote post ns Mnlta and the
announcement of his resignation creat
ed no surprise.
It is known, however, that Lord Kitch
ener only accepted the appointment
nt the express wish of the lnte King
Edward, who, however, shortly before
his death, released him from his obli
gations. it Is understood that Lord Kitchener
shares the view of the Duke of Con
naught, who resigned tho position on
the ground that Is was purely orna
mental. Defined.
I'recoclous Child Papa, tell me what
Is Lumbug? Parent (with a deep
drawn sigh) It Is, my dear, when
your mamma pretends to be very fond
of me and puts no buttons on my
shirt.
i
Tlio Kind You Havo Always
in uso for over 30 years,
and
(tpyy-j2- sonal supervision since its infancy.
3j -CCCCAH Allow no ono to decciro you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-ns-good"nro but
Experiments that triilo with nnd endanger tho health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castorla is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its ago is its guarantee It destroys "Worms
and allays Foverlshncss. It cures Diarrhoea and "Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
nnd Flatulency. It assimilates tho Food, regulates tlio
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
Tho Children's Panacea Tlio Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears tho
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
TMC CINTOUN C0UF4NT, TT MUNNAV TRCCT. NCW YORK CITY.
Biggest Thigh Bone Found.
The first shipment of prehistoric
bones collected by the Germnn expedi
tion In Germnn East Africa, compris
ing forty-six largo boxes, reached tho
Berlin Paleontologlcal Museum ro
cently. Reports from the explorers
Indicate that they havo been highly
successful In finding Important speci
mens. One of the most treasured Is
a thigh hone which measures six feet
eleven and three-quarter Inches, ns
compared with tho four feet eleven
Inches measurement of the corre
sponding bone of the American dinlo
docus. The African specimen Is tho
largest femur In existence, It la
claimed.
The explorers believe the African
saurlnns were the direct progeny of
those whose remains were found In
Wyoming. Times.
Misplaced Sympathy.
He was a kind and benevolent old
gentleman, who took much Interest In
little boys.
One dny as he was walking along
the street he stopped nnd looked with
compassionate sympathy at a lad
whos.- (ace bore clear evidence of hav
ing 1-pen In the wars.
"My poor little fellow," he said,
pnttir g tho boy on tho head. "I fear
you'' e been fighting. You've got a
blar eye. Dear me, now, I'm really
verj sorry, I "
"Never you mind about me," said
the poor' little boy. "You go home
and be sorry for your own little boy.
He's got two black eyes." Human
Life
Devoutly to lie Wished.
A magazine writer says that every
married womau should havo an In
come of 6, 000 a year. If more un
married women had an income ol
thiir size there would bo a heavier
ile- ana for wedding rings. Wash
lnpton Post
HomciMnde Umbrella Stnnd.
rake a -good sized sewer pipe and
emmel It to match the hall. Lse
a 'mall granite pan as catch basin.
T!..s makes a useful and cheap u tri
or. Ha stand.
Nor His King.
Royal names for hotels are some
times the cause for peculiar mlsun
dnrtsandlngs. An aged farmer from
tt.e home country, decided to mako
a visit to Toronto It was the first
time tuat he had been at a city sta
tion, and when a notel crier hurried
to him with the Int-irrogatlon, "King
Edward?" the ewcomer simply
6mtled as he ans vered, "No, sir
Thomas Cox, of Eramosa."
Hnve Pity on the Teacher.
If boys wo jld only leara a'pebra.
i history and the rest as easy as they
i learn batting averages and tha
standing of the baseball club.- in
line for the Herald troph.es, how
much easier the lot of the school
teacher would be! N. Y. Herald.
Bought, nnd which has been
has bonio tho signature of
has been made under his pcr-
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