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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1900-10-18, Page 6[Copyright, 1S05, by D. Appleti & Co. All rlutts reseryed.1 glass and paid something• to the mate, did not eateh what It was, but master Pradey gave a nod, as, though of sails - faction, and at once swung down to the Sleek. "Run up the colors!" he shouted, flourishing hack the knot of men sylio preeently drew about him. A ;sailor sprang aTHE PEACH CROP.way and in a few PMeon.ci,s the flag was mounting aloft en tale this Wa.,$ doing I saw Mr. Tym de- scend from the mizzen rigging, his telescope strapped on his back, aud guessed from his easy mien that he, too, was satisfied with the looks of the c traager. After a little Capt. Sehinges ehut up his glass and descended to the deck, and upon espying me coiled 11le to him and ordered me to put the Industry in , A posture for defense. "Yon ship dies "Oo Sleek, there, how fares it?" be .; After a tirne the Industry's (mune the English flag," he said, "but she may Inquired, peering down. Then perceiv- was ellangea, and sI e was laid with be an enemy for all that, and we vein Ing the body of the old matao• her nose abnost due north, and this she not be caught napping. She drew gradually nearer, and soon with the naked eye we could make out tae design upon her flag. It was St. George's Cross, as we had suspected, and, moreover, we could now read Eng- lish build and rig. in a score of little peculiarities, discernible at least to a 6hape1y, and with a perfect cloud of white, well -fitted canvas on her tall man, he answered his own question— held as the Devonshire coast gradu- "So they have slain poor Dingsby! ally rose and cut a clearer outline. By Carry him a bit aside, some of you, this time poar Hans nutterbox had be: and bestow him in a seemly sort. We eome discouraged and. given ep the will do 'better anon. What say you, phase. Master Sellinger, have you a sbarp 1 I was beginning to be surprised that word back?" nothing had been done touching the "Aye, aye, 411'1" growled the mate, : eispoan of the bodies of the captain "Luff her, and I will give her is shrewd , gad Dingees, which were still exteac.17 answer enough." ' ed on the quarter-deck, covered With "Luff it is, then." the tarpaulins, but 1 waS 110NY to un - Again we came into the wind, and derstand the reason of the delay and again the mate sighted and applied his epparent neglect. Master—or I must linstock. The smoke drifted astern, now say Captain—Sellieger presently' and I eagerly jumped into the shrouds came to the confines of tbe quarter - and stared through the first clear (leek, and, having called us before him, opening. What was my delight when told us thnt it was Capt. Houthwick's I saw the great buth of the Dutchman oft -expressed desire le be buried in the sawing wildly into the wind, beating; Pea vsbich desire, he said, hebad de - up a yeest of foamand all a wreck for- , termined to comply with. As Dings - ward, where his fore topmast and foreOur captain took his trumpet, and' a by was an old sailer, and wee not topgallant mast hung in a dreadfultall, dark -bearded man 'coming to the known to have any family, it was the moss from the foremast head. rail of the other ship, also with a opinion of Mr. 'Nm and himself that sailor's eye. She was a handsome craft, not too narrow in the beam, yet fl -war's Is Graded. and Packed by a suceessfui atichigau Gres:ecr. , A wagon 'filled with the rouud peek picking baskets, each 'basket full of peaches just as they ca,mea from the tree, drove up to the barn door.- The pickers use a strap that hooks on to the baskets and thea goes over the shoulders; leaving both hands free to work with. When. a basket is filled it is taken -to ,the wagon and exchanged for an empty one, unhooking. mid re - hooking being an elsy etter Thus 41) I. -)1? 71 ii 111711P sq:Peo, When we were less than half a male Svg apart. the stranger began edg- ing along only with .a snsall Wan, and . GRADIN6, PEACELES MACELINEXY".• so crept within a quarter of a mile, I. when he clewed up some Mr his sails, the fruit reaCaes. the barn' Without. and came squarely into the wind. The being rehandied. When .the wagon' two ships now lay head and head, 11-S-; reached the barn One man lifted the ing and falling gently. With the swell. baskets. from it and carefully peered the fruit, as desired,' into the boriper,. or upper end of the grades'. Another Man sat on a stool and Presently thd orden came to handle sit woula be well and fitting to let Isis trumpet, the hailing beganworked the foot , treadles which ,keep the ship and fill away upon mar old( bis okl captain"Ship ahoy!" bellowed the other ca.p- the scren, feeders in Motion. 'There are boy' accompany 's. o course. one raised any opposition to thisN , or taia• "What ship is that?'' two of these revolving feeder. roda one. We had got everything to drawing, indeed struck in with a wore, and so • "The Industry, Sellinger master," on each ' . , side, and their mission is :to . and 1 had climbed upon the weather : the sea burial for both these brave rettirried dur skipper. ' ', keep the . peaches. moving steadily bulwarks, my mind very content, and mariners was settled upon, We sewed "Where bound?" came from the along down the incline. As the fruit the two bedies up in their canvaa other trumpet. casting looks of exultation at the passed before the treadle man he Mild - shrouds, heavy weights were placed at "Havana." . "This is the Happy BessacaPt• Tor- • ming on ed it with his hands to prevent jam- , floendcring Dutchman, when, Nvith very startling suddenness. a spit of fire crowding; at the same time their feet, and they were balanced on darted along his cumbered foredeck, planks across the bulwark. All rutt- rycorn," announced the skipper of the throning. out (into the small basket ATICI a terrible whistling ball rushed covered, and Mr. Tym read a prayer. other ship after ti little pause. ‘'IV -‘;10.1 at the top) all overripe or imperfect close above my head. I distinctly felt As a rough voice or ewo joined in the are from New York :91. London' 'I— peaches. the wind of it, and was off my perch, amen, Capt. Sellinger gave the signal 'you take a letter for us?" , drops through an opening and rolls.out half tumbling, indeed. to the deck, in and the bodies were shot into the "Aye, ayel" bellowed our captain Passing downward, the smallest fruit of the, first (or upper) canvas spont, As 'I steadied rn3-self an my legs I At once there was a stir on the deck lost in the raci back. • water. The splashing. they made was ng by of the next sea, an instant. s - beneath; beard a laugh above me, and on leonine; of the other ship, and in a few mo - and we solemnly drew in the bare lar est falls into the next basket, and' planks. and the doleful business was so gon down to the end—the largest up saw Capt. Instithwick standing at inents a boat denied down from the the top of the poop ladder. He shook over, davits the captain ancl two sailors in ' his' shaggy bead at Inc mig•btily amused, i We ran into Sidmouth without as it seemed, at the svay 1. rolled off the trouble or delay, and when the anchor bulwark, and as i looked up he said was cast, Capt. Sellinger ordered the something in a kind of chuckling voice, gig, and was pulled ashore. He did and turned away. 1 had his tall, broad not return till morning, and thea figure for an instant in my eye, and fetched with him a stranger, whom then came the boom of another gun he -presently declared to vie as the from the Dutchman, and before I could move or scarce think the captain took new mate, I immediately fell, into some wonderment at the looks of this a long, sinking, step backward, whirled, man, He was tall—taller by an inch raced to the edge Of the poop, nd a-- Iban I—tound-backed, gaunt, and mar - rounded down in a lecse heap, one aim viciously old looking in the face,thongh hanging over the verge. very likely know: By some going ' fancy; the culls are largely fed to I he could not have been above five -and - astray it was put aboard my ship, ,and pigs and the soft fruit is sold locally. L :thirty. Elis hair was jet black and but for you must have taken a long It took only ten minutes to run. the en- CTIAPTER HI. 1 coarse, and there was scarce a thread • 'tack before it was delivered " tire wagon load of peaches (eight bush - OF THE COURSE OF EVENTS TILL wE of gray in it, despite that his corm- . s' ' "I will cheerfully relieve you of it," els) througb the machine. Still more answered Capt. Sellinger. "I do not surprising, the graded fruit did not ap- know Mr. Hope, but have heard of him, pear bruised in the least by the opera - and understand that he is a gentleman tion. . . of worth and consequence. But step i "It's all owing to how you pick , into my cabin now, and let us have a them," explained tbe grower. "To drop, as we say, to sweeten the bilge. grade or ship decently, peaches must After that we will go into matters be taken from the trees while still hard—that is, when they have fully more at large." Before Capt. Sellinger closed the , matured, but have not yet started to door he ordered me to summon Master soften." specimens making the entire journey her, and dropped with a neat splash and then rolling into a fifth basket (not into the water. - Shown in picture), placed at the lowest "Put over the gangway ladder," said Capt. Sellin,ger; which we dicn, and the end of the machine. Now, counting other captain was soon with us. backward (or up hill), we have, first, After passing a word or two of the "selects," then No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 a.nd .usual sort—that is, concerning their culls. In packing, each is, of course, respective ships, ports and so on— packed separately, and the various they came to the business in hand, and numbers are designated by crosses: Capt. Torrycorn produced his letter. One cross for No. 3, two crosses for "It is for Mr. ;Jeremiah Hope, of Ha- No. 2 and three for No. 1. The big vana," he said, "a gentleman that you peaches are marked "selects" or WERE FINALLY SOUTH BOUND. tenance was so worn. Some one behind me shouted, and I could hardly cohceive why Capt. there was a rush of the men and cries, Sellinger sliould choose such a man, and in the midst of it I saw the little for it seemed to me that he must be supercargo dart from some place aft harsh and of an ill temper, which the end raise the captain's bead. I leaped captain was not, and had never seemed to the poop ladder and flung myself up, to approve of. It soon came out that and then I turned to the poor captain, the port was almost bare of good sea - with \Thom it -had fared, indeed, after men, as some were gone in the new the worst. His lower face, save for the fieet (of the king's), ansi others had gimps, to which some beard hung, had shipped in the many vessels bound for Pradey, who was Oil the after part 01 i Rural New Yorker, giving an illus - been shot away, and he was a dead America, so that a choice of mates, (he poop, and likewise to have aboard 1 trated account of a paying Michigan man, even before I had stopped_ to speak • As the case stood, must needs be pass- the two sailors, that were till ,now orchard, in which occurs the foregoing, to the sailor. I iing narrow. . keeping, the gig. I yeetured to ask if further says that for shipment the reg - "This is sorrowful business," said the 1 We soon made sail, and after a.time we might not, for the ship's sake, . ular fifth busheabasnet, with slat cov- ' supercargo, rising with a sigh, and C07- ' worked out from the coast and fete -bed broach a casItto? lire, and Was kindly er and red tarlatan beneath, is used, ering the shattered face with his pock- our bows once naore to the west., ViTe answered in the affirmative; where- ; Dealers seem to prefer the tarlatan et handkerchief. "He was a brave man kept a sharp lookout for suspicious upon I hastened to execute beth coin- i covering; they object if it is not 'used. ma and true." craft, but saw no signs of any, d mantis, i , l'i Putting on the tarlatan and corers is I summoned three Seamen, -and svith at last began to think that csur bad Master Pracley was never a soci able ione at a separate table fitted with sev- great tenderness we brought down luck was over, and that we migh man, but I suppose he conceived that eral revolving trays, the latter being Capt Houthwick's body, which we laid be speeded by good fortune, -having for the time on the quarter-deck, cov- ering it with a tarpaulin. When these things. were attended to the mate dis- patched us again forward, and for a t now begun so 111. CHAPTER TV. ,OF THE MOVING TALE OF THE !little we gave our sole attention to the 'YOUNG SAILOR AND TEE STRANGE handling and better speeding of the BEHAVIOR OE' AN OLD ONE. ship. The Dutchman's crippled, fore- In reasonable time we cleared the mast contenued to fret him, but he channel and began to climb the long would not, give over. and so for a long .Atlantic swells. We saw nothing more pipes and gather round for the iaews. It is bard work to turn filled baskets tirne we bothiceptourcourse,though the of the Dutchman and little apprehend- I took my own stand near by, a bit all day long by main strength; this lit- Industry- all the while made a small but ed any further alarms frorn him, as ontside the circle, but within hearing. erriteeewriegged at a glance ttliemiee.volvingtray 'saves both effort and steady gain. It must have been half he must by this time have consulted Both the an hour after this that 'Master Sellinger prudence and taken hunself out of —were ordinal's. English sailors, brown. Formerly it was thought necessary to called roe, and uponmy responding said these waters. We bad repaired the blu±i and sturdy, ' with jaw tackle sew down the tarlatan, now they sim- that he must now retire to the cabin 'little damage be had done to our spars doubtless on an easy run, once the ply tuck up the four corners Under the for a little, the further disposition of and rigging, and thus, as we finally pk-CIWI had passed. They gave us a brief basket rim—and them you are! That the voyage standing to be settled, arid made the opea sea, we seemed in good accpunt of their ship, growled over the saves tiine too. that meanwhile I was to command the case to go blitbely on with the voyage. provisions, which, it seems, were of a hip. With that, anal upon my ascend- : Several days new passed, 'during particularly wretched sort, and in turn 1 Lifting Gladiolus Bums. ing to the quarter-deck, he made a which we hag] favorable winds, and the ?ell to questioning ns. We gave them ! 1 So long as the leaves of the g adi o- eign to Mr. Tym and, They both went , industry made very good progressthe home news, and added some spice lus continue green tbe bulbs are to re - below. 1 One morning, being Sent On sonie teat- at the end by an account of our brush main undisturbed in the ground, the After a little Mee Tym and the mate . ter to the hold, I heard running about with the Dutchman. This broaglat out green leaves being an evidence that returned to the deck, their COUIrte- i and shouting on deck, and on calling, a lively round of talk, the purport of. ,. the preparation for next summer's the captain's 'wish was well enough to ' something of a novel idea. When the regard; wherefore, with a cold nod to workman takes up a filled basket, he me, he repaired to the cabin. sets it down on one of these trays, puts I made known the captain's good rm.- on the tarlatan (or the cover), fastens ture to the men, by whom it was re- one end, and then, instead of lifting calved with. great favor, and they were : up the basket and changing ends by not slow nn having the two tars out muscular effort, he simply gives the of the boat. Then, haying fetched uP handle a whirl with his fingers until the ale, all proceeded to set off their the desired end swings into position. uP to learn the cause was told that a waicb saas filet the Dutch lied won - notices, though sober, cleared, as I blood is not completed. The cornple- be sufficient, , , thought, as it might be they had set- , large ship sva,s in eight. 111'011,S aSStll'a 710e, but for a fair fi ht' tied their business to their minds. i "She's a fast craft—by the way we with even metal, were naught beside g , tion will be shown by the leaves turn- other corr pondeuts havefound e's Ing yellow and dying or, what amounts was speaking, owlet the captain is in a poree one beenee up the drojog of to the same thing, being killed by frost. ' mix the pails nothing better than parts green. "We '..rbey fi,rst devoted their attention for , are raising her," said the fellow who the Englieli. When this had passed il brief space to the Dutchman, wbo greeu witb twig° its bulk In either case. alien the leaves godly to follovv us, and when this serti- life," , " • of , "Nay, mates, said the younger bulb, and after drying a few days in 'are ; dry yPlaster 01 Paris and blow R. on in, a about beginning to head." was still by li i ties falling behind, hurry tcebring her into his glass. Ile. pur shine abroad, and notably inarirat- dead, the ,bulbs are to be dug up, the thong,h he bad at last set some manner , state. We tannic it svill be safe to is half way up the weather shroud leaf waters and from' here we net, ral- . • - , of fore topsail, and continuedly dog- a -goggling avsay as though for his py fell to ta'lking of the buccaneers.? top cut off about an inch above the apply the green till the plants ate the shade the old bulb (winch has be- , , , tiny wns ended they svallseil over to T. dropped what I was doing and 1 the twO sailors, "I thinlc I ean say a come worthless) is to be separated 1, 'Removing Honey From the 'live. where I was atandieg, climbed hastily out of the hatch. 'word here that shall put a little tingle . from the new one — snore than one ' It is very Iniportant to remove honey "Wen, Master A.rclicir," began Mr. I. was up the main shroud's. at once, pito yotir blood. I ti -ow ever e jack ot sometimes—which has formed above it just as soon as it is well sealed and Tyra, "doubtless 3101.5 and the crew the captain paid Master Pradey being rou has heard:of Henry Morgan?" ,and thrown asyny. The new lailbs-- completed. If it is left in the hive ss-orild ny this time. relish sorne Informa- in tli e fore, and when I liacl well cleared 1 "Ay, ay," cried airier alt om. fellows the ones which formecl above the old any great length of' tittle, it will be- tn ioas to the future business of the the deck 7 stopped and took a long together. "The grnu eat freebooter " . ,. • e • ' , lk—are then to be laid away sate come travel staine c i by tile bees, and Voyage. Master Sellinger and I have look. acklad se mah taken counsel t,ogether, and think,etranger was in the southwest- "Belay. there, Mate$, 213(1 hear will destroy its beauty , 1 from frost until spring. thuS tinted it please Clod, -to go presently on vsilli it We shall stand forthwith into Sid - 1:11011t111 where we hope to procure a 'first mate, which done, with Master Sellin- ger raised to be captain, we shall Straightway fetch one eourse again for 'IN van a," 01 courseesny opinion was not sought, sontbwest, He was rising rapidly, as but merely my Mirlosity was vouch- Ids Swift whitening and enlanging riarod to be satisfied, 50 I only bowed, howed, and at this rate 'would be lion aml seid than the decision svould please Isp and distinct 'in tbe eoltrse of a fesv (the foreens- ns s. ',f enn 1 1 ,,, 1,01(1 with i-nir,,i(,,,,I,„ libakt. r wit .......ruv,( tifld 1111(5, 1.(10,Va1'a, , .0i a 51)(1(100 the ea./stain lowered hi* ALFALFA IN THE ElAte . A New Jersey Fallow:es :r.periteuee luta oonousions. Frequently in response to Inquiries as to the growing of alfalfa you have advised seeding in June. All fares work, however, cannot be done at once, and it is therefore sometimes not con- venient or possible to seed in that month It is also desirable at times to seed after remos,a1 of early potatoes or vegetables, to take advantage of the manure and fertilizer remaining in the soil after the growing of such crops. To wait until the next year would involve the loss of one year's cutting and the leaching out of aostly fertilizing elements, not to mention the • growing of a beautiful crop of weeds. I think the best time to seed is when the ground and weather are right and when one can find time to do it prop- erly before the end of' the summer, writes a New ;Jersey farmer to Cram- ry Gentleman. Laet year I put in three 'acres of light, sandy ground, the poorest that I have, with 11 quarts, or 20 pounds, of alfalfa per acre Aug. 28, It came up quickly and withstood a very trying winter, as well as I ex- pected. Some exposed spots failed to stand. Nor could I get a "take" on these places this spring in May owing to hot and dry weather, June 7 we cut 1% tons of sheep hay anal expect to get two more cuttings of improved ' quality this season. Better than wait- ing until this June, is it not? I put this patch in alfalfa because I could not raise any other profitable crop on it. As to the most suitable soli, our gravel hilla do the best. The roots make a wonderful growth, six to seven feet in four years, and have known theint o down eiaht or ten feet after several years in favorable places. A drought has absolutely no effect if the plant is deeply rooted in the right aoil, although very hot July weather will occasionally scorch the leaves and check tbe growth, practically spoiling the second cutting. Cut when the first bloom appears as nearly as possible or the stems will be woody and theleaves will fall off. The right time here is about June 5. I as clover. One needs to watch the weather closely and cut and get it In promptly as soon as -it Is fit. In ray opinion there is no day to equa i or general farm feeding provided" It is cut at the proper time, cured without getting wet and put in promptly. My father, William II. Grant, began ex- perimenting with alfalfa about 1885, and we have since then never been svithout it. Concerning' the way it affects the soil, I would state that It appears to benefit rather than impoverish the land. It is very difficult to break up owing to the long taproots, Tending the following crop Is also difficult, but the land seems to be decidedly benefit- ed, _Last year and this year also 1 have been following small pieces of alfalfa with corn with the best results. However, I would not advise doing this except vehere it has run out or to square up fields. Nor would I advise mixing a little alfalfa with other grasses for a year or two rotation. It would outlast the others and would not •be thick ,enough to leave alone. Alfalfa is not at its best until tlie third year. A peculiar fact is that timothy will grow about twice as fast in alfalfa its it will among grasses following grain.. Last summer, after the third cutting of a five acre field. I put on a little timothy and harrowed it, in to cover some of the places where the alfalfa was getting thin, not expecting to make another cutting. The weather being favorable, I was obliged to cut a fourth time to clear the ground. Thi8 year the timothy was up to the top of the alfalfa at the first cutting, June 4. I , have found no other grass suitable for , mixing with it. If properly cured, it will retain its green color no matter, how long it has been kept and is more attractive to , horses than any hay I kuow of. For a horse red clover cannot compare witb it, while it Is equally good for cow or , sheep. The only objection I have to alfalfa is that it makes the haying sea- son extend over four inotiths and Inc to be taken care of when it is ready, regardless of other work. I Cabbage Worm Itemedies. The best plan I have ever tried or seen for the destruction of the cab- bage worn) is a mixture of kerosene and milk put on with an ordinary sprayer, one part kerosene to five of milk. This is a specific, gays a Itural New Yorker correspondent. Paris green can be used with good results, applied in the same manner as with the potato, only about one-half the amount used in the potato vines would have not found it as difficult to cure outhful President of the untteo ' mine workers of Americo- rl'he youthful president et the United 'Atha!, Workere of merica is not yet 81 Years old, name is John Mitchell, and lie was born 10 nr;tid wood, Ind, narents died at an early age, and he is is every way a self matle man. Ile be came a farm laborer at 10 years old and at 13 went into the mines. When 10 years old alitchell joined the Knights of Labor in Barnesville, Ilia es ea, ‘,N4 sums Mal:SELL [From his most recent photograph.] mid a few week e later visited Colorado. New Mexico and other states in the west and southwest, making his livin,g by mining coal. Mitchell was made secretary -treasurer of the north Illinois subdistrict in 1895, and the next year he was sent to Spring- field and obtained the enactment by the legislature of the gross weight law. FIe also carried through the antitrust law and several other measures of great im- portance to the Illinois miners, elitchell was made a member of the Illinois state ex.ecutive board of the United Mine Workers in 1897. He was made vice president of the United Mine Workers of America in January, 1808. , He was elected president of the Unit- ed Mine Workers in January, 1899, and re-elected by acclamation last January, there being no candidate against him. Under Mitchell's management the or- der has grown from 03,000 members to 140,000 members. He has had no fail- ures and enjoys the supreme confidence of the national board members and the rank and file of the organization. Mr. Alitchell has a pleasing appear ance. He is a small man, not weighing more than 150 pounds. He is stuootb shaven and always well though not ex- pensively dressed. He is a good orator, with a clear voice. As a presiding officer he is fair. As the head of the United Mine Workers he is dignified when he needs to be, but to those who know him he is plain Johnny Mitchell. More often he is called Jack, When only 22, he natirried. He has four children, and he makes his home in Spring Valley, Ills, ern seaboard, hull down and with only: his topsails and the upper part al his ,cotirses showing, and at the moment sva,s standing on the Starboard tack: This brOught him well f orWard of our ee be.am, as we wene on thelarboard tank and beaded sernewhat south of said lho eailor, flourishing his pipe for si 1 enee. " Ila et heard eni a 6 Capt. aforgan 15 ;loss' about?" "No, tie!" creed the crew. "Well, nates. it is the a settest thing eonceived hi hniglish sailors ebice the 'dans of Dral:e. 'Naught less than the laaing of .Panerne t To he Continued. , ... ,.. Sunday sehool l'eacher—Johnny,wbe is meant by the "father of lies 9" Johnny, with recent Iiietery in hia naind,---Some Chinee, 1 guesa. Rosa Ragoraft. Coming into bloom at the same time with the, rhododend V013, the Rosa ruge.sa puts in a chitin cm he me e of befnity. It., would be heed to deckle, 1 (3 'af feet in Me foi ms 1 o ee pressive sight. The rhododendron may pleacl its evergreen lea 5e8 as adding to itS flowering elairnse-on the other hand the bright red haws, which 111' the fall the Rugesa rose display's, may be a nth' eel, off to the plea of the beatItiful eVergreen.--Meelian's and will not, demand as high prices. The finest appearing -comb heney is that Which has been removed from the hiye eavly. It is also neeessary", to thus remove it early and to 'fill' the vaMineies with empty boxes to insure the inageat erops. rp110 SeCtiOliS li the Sopere will uSually all be 'finished near the Natter of the Melte firsts and When hate of them are filled they may be taken off ,and thoSe, pniily tilled phieed in the aenter •wlieb agalp, eeno 0- IL Duff In Fagan Field ,tind leireside. FOREST UNIFORMS. Government' Woodm6n, Want c sia ---- ing suitable For Their Worcs. The foresters of Montana have recent-, 13, adopted a uniform, as shown in the ac- companyiug photograph, which will be worn by them while ranging in the pub- , lie forest i•eservations in that state dur- ing the coming winter. These uniforms have been submitted to_the secretary of the interior and the comniissioner of the WOODM S UViirORM. general land office, and efforts nety, be made to have all government forest em- ployees futmished with similar clothing. These men tire exposed to much bad , weather, t suitnble ninform is -certainly essential to their performing their duties satisfactorily. Timber is "in every cotintry 011 Mipor- tent natural produet, and in this entuney, it lias been espeeially plank:el, but up to within inter or five years the Americau forests wore allowed to 11111 down mid left in a badeoncli don. Sinee Commis- sioner Binger I-Lermann bbetune the `Offi- cial head controlling the forests many schemes have been instituted no repai13. the damaged forests, and their present improved condition is largely due to his 'strenuous efforts. One of his most re-, cent -schenies is the telephone system, welch was established in California last spring. This system wns only 1111 0359051., meet, but hi all probability it will °Yenta. nily biit elexis xrteiatclaetcolsto all forest reservea 119 ti Taking It tsars. raseisisart? on—la your daughter a finishd e mri` Yorltiede- -Not yet, but the neighbars are tnaking threats.—Irsachange.