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,/’ VOLUME vn, uumazn 279: An1sr;.onir..o1= .co1_nA\cn;;% ‘lfiiii coux1*iri.iiii:'§rAt1orz. INDIAN. GRA:i_‘E” ..PlCI£El$- THE BREAKING PLOW. I am the plow that't_urns the sod I£f!pli'n.ns. Wm ~!'Iér,-Ir; as.~.’A,.‘-.-,x ‘:19- ‘~()‘_gm_ng 1;-.euisV \thy ‘Reservations :l.ti' . to the. l.I.eLi-in ‘H1113’- the afpnroaeh of the grave §f1§;a 2'1-'I1dVJt':zisin» making season tatfhe \'In'dians_fi'bm the Reservations in =IDQl1ntai baokiof the San Diego 1}€gTin~I;ol the valleys where the 1§x?§;i:n:ey.alrds lie; Among these the beau- .Ca;iY0n. Valley‘ with 155 broad ':'z;(_:‘tl-7\gV=.\ of vines’ attracts» many of the «a~<.*«,-.z:,.s1iy people. ' I;-é1\‘::UOsVve1 the gra..des, they come, bumping rough places and raising clouds f;:a;:_';d‘ust in them ric‘kety“o1'd Wagons and :;;§§,1§riages.. Horsebaek,. ‘nurroback and ;pgg:1qq:t'eney. ! in large and spell 1 naxfties. ’E‘hé fco }1i~e'usna11y‘ Ef di1'api‘date‘d a purchased lgfgom the rubbishétheap ‘of some rancher secondhand dealer‘ ‘and. patched wTith—,_*be1ing wire, as is har- '=:.xi‘e'.‘s-!*»‘.-.: Bub Asometimesl a ‘prosperous ;ii;;tibesman,, .the‘-ow‘-ner of a. little place ;i..,bf' \his own, ‘passes’ _b_y, his ‘wagon new the squaws andrlchildren comfor- ’-tably. though very gaudily. dressed- ‘f?T‘i_2j0ld carriages, Which have e seen; better days. are met with, the \head of the family occupying the box land the wom’e'n';_{and~ children piled. Vmgether with household teifects, feed- ;;«i,f¢>g- the team end,e..tew dogs. Frequently one sees a family of two, the‘~squa.w” V,1Xjo_tznted on the.‘ only horse and hubby --‘Fhoo -it.” at the other end- of the .iéading rone«.—like the true. gentleman {her is. They‘ are can-'e*fr_ee, lighthearted ;,p__eople, and this joupnpyinp; at harvest. ftiine is a. —»holiday excursion to them. ‘Hot-sen races, peonn games and other pleasures dear_to the India.n’s- heart are to be enjoyed \between spells of hard but wealth yielding work when 'tl,1e destination ‘is reached and camp {pji'tched,. Old »acqnaint}anées among those from other reserva‘.t;io_ns- will be __r.6newed, and an old feud or two‘*settled «perhaps. ;; 1_On‘ the roadi from! the reservation to, ',t_h'fe valley are many Indian “hotels,” ~wi‘t.h excellent, accommodations for A Public Service, lconunlspion near- ‘ ing. in_ tl,I_e»'.l‘!‘a'tt_~er.-.. State of New York. Public Service Commission, Second District, Albany, April, 29, 1913. In the matter of the complaint of Schuyler County Pomoha Grange against The New York Central and Hudson \River Railroad Company, ask- ing that the abandoned County Line Road Station on the Pennsylvania. division of said company’s railroad at Watkins, be re-established. JOHN CORBETT, Esq., . Representing complainant. ' Watkins, N\. Y. Dear’ Sit-:—Tn the above entitled matter Commissioner Hodson of this Commission will hold a. public hearing at the Common'Council Chamber in the City of Elmira on Thursday, June 5, 1913, at eleven o’clock a. m. Very truly yours, ‘ l J. S. KENNEDY, Secretary. That has lain for a thoqsaud years; Where the praix-ie's_ windptossgzd nod And the wolf her wild. cub tea\:-s. I come, and in my wake, like rain, _ Is scattered the‘g6lde,n seed: ' ‘ I change the leagues of lonely plain ' To fruitful. gardens and of 'gra.in For men and their hungry breed. V. Wh the first fa<5'b.ua1VVcoinij1g of; money is: attributed; 1-.o~ Pheidon. Kfirig’r.:I of A‘z‘,.<:-63,; in 895 B. (1., in muss, nop”;r‘9aj vsuiiposed t'b3«19 chore Had x;.ot- e;<ist9i1’ii:'~ kegené appreciation “of the value j §'ti1 \ .1; sf of __mox\1‘ey ,fQz- caning-ies pr;ev._iQt;s=} /I:'_bh‘0; ipuroduc of coinpge.» Wncienb Egyptians hEd;a«g0ld' andvs.i1?v'ei“ ‘ [standard of Quirency, ‘and, their money wafs” \ix; ,;u,1he form of gol and s11ye:*_. 4ornam,enbs,' finxzs and nuggets, ‘tghg purchasing value of which depended?‘ 61i_ t'.hei'r—wei‘ght. A ‘ A I Tlié“G?€e@(s‘im*provéd~ -some-what; -0:11: this isystemxby first: mka.rk,inAg the we‘igIit}‘ on gold -and silver nuggets, so than ’.it.2.F _W.oul_d no u Io'rj1g‘er- ‘bé_ ‘necessary £9; rgwe‘i'gh\them '__evgr;y time: they lxvereg be ‘used ‘fgrg purposes o’f’_éexcHang‘e.. dx*J trade. '.[‘»h,erig'cam_e' the i‘ntnoducbion».bf:. ‘ gold. si‘1.“veI?* andl <;bpp1ez: Lnugzets; <;5‘f.: graded,‘ uniform. sizes Bud‘ value. ‘ 1 next.:.step-gwas. ,ino'1'di‘ng and stamp+:': ;'i_ng_*~_—of disks: lmagde from the .p:'.eci9'u\s I_n_etals. I Thé_.SW'i‘ss- were ‘me, i;qau,e their c.o(in;zge..., ;Théy‘inEr;bdgiée§;_ the da;t.edg~coin._100 yezufsé ago, l.5, Istyie was. un'i.vex;sa11y .g.dopted w[ithii_n_' :a—ve_ry' s'hortAbime.- H ” ' f-j I greet the earth in its rosy morn, lam first to stir‘ the soil. I bring the glory of wheat and com For the,crowxiiu_g of those who toil; I am civilizatx‘on’s seal and sign, Yea. I am the -‘mighty pen That writes the éod with a pledge divine. A proniisc to pay with bread and wine For the sweat of honest meg. I am the end of things that were, And t'he, birth of things to be, My coming makes the earth to 5111- _ with 41 new and strange decree; After its slumbers, deep and long, I vyaken the drowsy sad, And sow my fun-ro§v with lifts of song To glad the heart of the mighty throng- Slow feeling the way to God, A thousand Summers theprairie rose Has gladdened the hermit bee. A thousand Winters the drifting snows Have whitened the grassy sea; Before me curls the wavering smoke Of.‘ the Indiau’s smoldering Behind me _rise‘—-was it God who spoke? At the toil’-_enchant‘ed hammer‘: stroke. The town and the glittering spire. The Special Elecjion. The Special Election otfbhe Taxpaye ers of Watkins, men and women, on Friday, May 9, 1913, is one of great importance, and all should express their views at the ibaliot box. The pr§Iposi'tions’are as follows: 0; 1. For the purpose of making the new lead pi-pe water connections the entire length of Franklin Street and installing new hydrants, the sum of $3,000, or so much thereof as may be needed. I give the soil to the one who does, For the joy. ofhxm and his, I rouse the slumbering world that was ~ 'To the diligent world that is: Oh, Seer with vision that looks. away A thousand long year}; from now. The marvelous nation your eyes survey Was born of the purpose that here, today, Is guiding the breaking-plow‘ —-NIXON‘ WATERMAN. The earliest trade Qf\the use \of gold} ,as -money is to be fonnd_i_n,'t.he. pic‘:ft’.\iji‘x-{es} of the;_ancient —EP.'3'Dt’ians. weighing: in s<_':“a.les heaps of, rings of gold and silver. .'1lhei*e is no actual record, however‘; ‘that these-..1;in'gs ’we1;e what. may,’ be termed chins-.with;a.' ! jsilver formed the: basis for the: early ?Greek coins, and was introduced‘ in -Rotliain 269.13.. C. _Megdie.v‘al‘ money was Ip‘r:i‘n.ci1-.f pally composed of silver. Copper has- been more widely“ employed as -money} thaneither of“tl1_e two last mentioned’ metals. The early Hebrew coins were chie composed of it. while down to: '269 B. 0., the sole Roman coinage was an alloy o§copper.~ . » T Coined moneyvwas on the continent of Europe tWen.ty~ years hefore the Christian era. It was in. cozpperea-nd. silver. Gold was not c’dined’f ‘there ‘till.-the o‘le'venth- century; and money did‘ not receive the round form _to which we are accustomed until the‘ la'pse of a hundred years or so. Tin money was once used in‘ England, probably'.on account ofthe rich tin mines of Cornwall. Early English ‘coinage contained much of this tin money, principally in the form of farthings and halfpence. Iron, judging from the ‘statement of Aristotle, was once extensively employed as currency. Lead has alsouserved as .money. In fact, its-till does so in.Burrn:a‘.. The o other metals for money are plati- num and ,.nick'el. The former was coined for a short time by the‘ Russian government and then given” up as pnsuitable. The ‘latter isTused zis an alloy, and in this country for the_ cent. piece fa.milia.rly-referred- to_ as the .nickel.—Boston Herald. . . ‘CI}tl th'e»%%Ch*n;,I1‘iie_l'Vof thg ‘Waterway. through ‘ th_e ' r %, %%T:j:ca:harine vaney.% ' _%T-he Ba'_r7ge_\Ciana‘rl _tIi‘rough- the ' Catharj1ie Valley from’Watkins .4 Vic Mdntour Faills will be 'I',7_o_ feet. across the top, 75 feet in; width at vb‘Vo4t t-or n,A and fe;ét.i;n' depth. The’ éhannel is to follow t}.1e‘ course of the old 1a1<e.-1e've1\of thé: Chemung Cana1M—-a‘ waterwav w.a_s‘ T .excavated'.‘ 86 years ago, and. vssas subseq_u§jntIy eh. ;1a1“g‘_e,d1 froxnits origina_1d’imensi.ons. ' . , ' ‘ ~.__ \1~.‘heL'Bérge- Canal. Drédge, which- began operations‘ on this ex‘te‘xj1si.on’ at the Head of Seneca. Lakevfat the 1 ppening of April, jI9I‘3’,_A is 1.25, \feet ‘in-l'e1;1gtI1‘, 55$ feet in {vidth‘,. and .has a’ draught of 7, _ feet. The bbi‘1é rs' are two in’ ximnbér, each -1.2 feet in 1ength.and 6 No. 2.’ For: the purpose of lying new storm sewers and laterals in_ Franklin Street, ‘the sum of $13,500 or so much thereof as. may be needed. ' No. 3. For the purpose of. comp1eb~ ing payment. for the pavement of Fourth and Franklin Streets, the sum of.$5,000'. or so much thereof as may be needed. ~ Donald Peter mum. The‘ April. number of the‘North Da- kota Sheaf gave the following tribute» to a. former resident of VVa.tkins, who died recently in Memphis,‘ Tenn. _ Donald Peter Mann,—-whose baptismal rfame came from hig two gx;a,ndfa.thers,—-' was the fourth son of thé Reverend Duncan Czimeron Mann and his wife, Caroline Brother Schuyler.‘ ' No. 4. For the ‘purpose’ of installing 9. conduit on Franklin Street; from the fgke. to Tenth Street, in which the telephone, telegraph and other wires a.re‘to be placed. the sux\x;_-of $6,900,‘ or so much bheireof’ as may be needed, No. 5. For the purpose of instelljng ea. boulevard lighting system on Frank- lin Street. t.r‘o;n the lake to Tenth Street; the sum of $2.000 or-,dso much thereof as may be needed. _ He was born ‘in the rectory of St. John’s parish, Cn.tl1zu'ine, Schuyler houn- ty, No.\v\‘York on the 10th day of De- uonxbext 1862.. fawn digxixigétérf wit ’é1’E7ai§aE1'Ey’6f\’§66 .a tbh.Qf ¢oa1.an‘ hour when they ;are_ worktlug. \.[‘he mairf Engine orse por_, an and. boasts. To. the white. map: chése establishments-would seem mean, ‘but. go the Indian they are the‘ most ideal of hostel:-ies. They consist, of a. \spring of, warmer, some shady trees, a. little dry and some grass in which to stake the ponies. Once in camp at. the ranch upon which he has been engaged to work‘ the same old round of picking, burning‘, sorting, stacking and t._he~ rest of the various stages of raisin making will be gone through with. and the-pay'resu1t.ing therefrom spent on provisions for the family and lost. in betting? on the races or an the fascinating game of peon.-— Los Angeles Times. ’ He. graduated from Hobart Colfége in 1883,——to.king the second’ honor of‘ his class as $alutaito1'ian, and receiving the Phi Betta. Kappa. key. ' . In 1884 he can1e.to Kansas City, Mis- souri; and was for several years on the stall‘ of the.Ko.nsas City Journal. Start- ing as a reporter, he soon becn_me city‘ ed‘ itor, and \later an associate editor. The daily articles from his pen were forcible, bright, scliolarly,-zmd always true to his honest convictions. - . \.l“111‘1S4_\()I1',.‘lE'-80' pounds pressure; Ia'n’d 'the. 1\ov’v-Lpresétire ehginé 25 lpoundsg with a sha'ft..speed of 200 revolutions‘ per minute, This -_c[qune'cts with an 1,200 ropedrive which runs the pump at 30.0 ‘revolutions. per minute. ’_1‘.he vacuum on the pump is from 1'0 to 25 pounds, and from 25 to a6‘ on the condenser. ' - , ‘ The Catharine‘ Marsh soil is of varying degrees of consistency, and the earth-is loosened by a revolving cutter, of which several types are used as the material to be excavated requires. The » vacuum in the pump sucks the loosened dirt into the receiving end of the. discharge\ pipe, through which it is forced to its place-of deposit.. The discharge pipe is _2o inches. ‘in diameter,’ and is carried on pontooiis out to deep water and along the beach at pres« ent ctimle, the line consisting» of iron sections. connected by thick _ rubber sleeves! Nearly 89 per cent of the material which is pumped is water, and the amount of excavation every 24 hours‘, is between 10,000 and 20,006) cubic ,yards, depending’ upon the nature of the earth to be remoged. - ' ' 4 - The Central Dredging Company. of Cleveland, 0., has the contrac—t\for the work now ‘underway, 7witl1_ Charles E. Newell. as Su’pe'rin»tendent of the qpnvdertaking.‘ Th'e Dredge‘ is‘ called gthe .-I-Iudson, .a_nd its, parts; were brought. to the Head of Seneca Lake ‘lastgfall, for assembling during the winter iiio Iii addition to its nfammotlri machinery, ‘it is fully equipped‘ with a rep;air..out‘ and a complete Aelectric lighting plant. The operation ‘of excavation his t'g;c,ontinue'night and'd'ay, three corps of workmen being em‘-. -'ploy\ed- in\shifts of eight hours each, the ‘entire. force numbering some‘ Sixty inert‘. The “mechanism of “this establishxnent of ponderous: power, is ‘control-led by special ‘engines’ located in a toviier‘ o1rth.e<ti1pp.é'r deck, vghére-. the Captaiu”’s o also hasits vantage outlook, -« - '~‘ — ‘V . Lake Waneta Fishihg. The Lake Waneta. conditions a_re similar to those oi Lake Lamoka. and both bodies of water have been noted for their abundance of fish. This ‘was ‘especially the case in the early da.ysTbefoi'e game l':iWs‘had been thought of as applicable to this neck 0’ the woods. «:5, In 1891 he entered the Chn.pman-Dew- ey_ Land and Lumber Coizlpiuiy,-—o\vning forests and mills in Missouri and Arkan- sas. For quite a. while his occupation was amongst the woods and swamps and petty towns. There he toiled stead- ily and coheering1y,—.-enjoying.to the full all the quaint and humorous conditions, and rendering himself beloved by the workmen and oi Supervisor Swarthout of Tyrone‘is a. dweller «along the east shore of_ Lake Waneta, and has its waters all «his lifetime. He -is not anxious for notoriety, and does not know that this is to be rwritten, but in a. talk with him the other day, he explained why undergame protection, the fishing‘ was not now as good as when there were no closed seasons. In the days of settlement and in later years when every man or speared at will, the waters were full of picket-el, and there were eels and bullheads in abundance. Then seines _were_ drawn on oceasipn, and the small- er thrown back into the lake, for none were sold. About twenty years ago two Dundee men stocked the lake with carp, and now these mud-hogs are everywhere, while the piekegel through the use of gill-nets by licensed pot-hunters‘. are gnowing scarce. His idea; is to out out the gill-nets and the closed season, and t0 allow the unde-' slr'able- fish to be taken by the pot- hunters at all times. ‘ - a Gold From Ocean '$a.~nds. . It. would appear’ from‘ an a.rt.ic1‘e in the “Technical World” magazine for March, t.hat_.fgok1 can be got. in re- munerat.iveé,gua.nLities from the sands of the Oceanfhun it is not. 0:: t.he.'Maine coast; that this can be -dohe.» _bur. on Califofnian shores, where for ages the rivers have “rolled down their golden wads.” During his residence in Arkansas he was helpful to the church missions Kat glpnesborough and Marked Tree,-—though he“ ‘early attached himself to Calvary church, Memphis. For, after a few years he made his home in that city. On April 25, 1906, he married Miss Madeline Hildreth, or Nofth Herkiiiief, N. Y., antfthencefortli he dwelt in M_gn- phis, where he built a beautiful house’ in a. neighborhood of his friends. He died in that home, March 15, 1913, leaving his widow and two children, 9. dang'hter and son. His funeral was held four days later. All his brothers and sisters were there. The Reverend Doctor W’. D. Buckner, of Calvary church, officiated, assisted by the Rev. John B. Cannon, of Grace church. ,Cn‘-ystal Sin-ing's.'~. The Penn Yan papers are reviving memories of Crystal Springs, which was once a place of resort at. the headwafers of, Bigastrealn seven miles ,fr_om Dundee, in the tovyn‘ of Barring- ton,_Yat.es County, just over the line of the town of Tyrone, ‘Schuyler’ Coun- by. The site of bhe.extensiv'e sbrucbui-e than once marked t,_he~spot, is ‘again a ivaste as primitive‘ as “when a well- -drilling derrick was the erected nearly‘ half a .ce’nt:‘u‘1-y ago. ‘ ' Olev‘eland’s History of Yates Cou'n_t.‘y' s'bate5$~oL.Cn.ystaL .Spj.‘.iD.E'5, is -iolloyvTsT: ‘.‘In the spring’ Of. 1865, when thecoun-I try was .cr‘aZy wichloil, speculation, “indilcat;idns of petroleum were ‘believed to ‘exist: whe gases’ Vof“ an‘ ‘i1‘1 mable character e_scaped‘ from--the earth. A \deer—1iék\‘ 011.103 50 in Barrington affording rich_ appearance of this son, a company was formed. in _t.bI'3' vicinity 1‘;0‘..L1)().li'_6..f_0.!f.'y5_’.i.1_-.,..‘.A._!'“ E Jlep ' 05 three f_e,eb~_ me waiter éE&i.Tags “so 'a'b‘u‘n_dan6l»yl it was dit to go fur-. them This was soon found my have medicinal virpues ‘for which in has ac- quired a great‘. fame; lEvasmus’ Wright. and: Benson Srpiuh, b;ecom‘ing- *pro’pri‘e- torso-ovf the location, l‘erec;.ed ‘in 1867, “a house -of foujr stor'ies,a one hundred feet» long: and tdrney-nvfvo feet wide, with a two-stgoriy wlbgk seventy by thirty-two feet. The place has become a very popular 1-es0r.t;,l and ‘very many people-‘who havevtest.ed the 'vint.ues of the\ water have believed themselves much. bene by its use. The glow of. water is su to —a two-inch. tube éonstantly. A. ‘house was even-ed by Syllvesner Bowers’ in 1866, before the larger structure _was hum.” V “Fr-om Shasta to San Diego, all the way along‘ the shores of the ‘Paci I ean, there is gold in the black sand which, for‘ the greater part of the length of the State, undefllesthe gray and yellow simd die the beach. This has been knqwn to mining men for a score -of years or more, ‘but ever since they found it out they have ‘been eon)- pletelx bat in all efforts at getting‘ it.“‘The values in the sand are low, ’not\mox-eltlhim 25 cents ‘per ton; and “the sea.'w\Ia.shés' heavily, over all man- ‘ner of structures which ‘are set. up on the beach to sergu-ate the sand fro:I3;its.go1d.,. \ . “'l‘hese‘ were the two p ob- lstaclesjto fbe overcolne: To a’. ma.- chine which would withstand. the storms of winter and the tides of sum- ‘ men and-,— at the same‘ time, be ’ieno,ngh“ -to“ d}:’aW\'th6‘ guild‘ from: the black mass of the beach. [At last, howev_‘ex:,.4t;he riddle has been solved,‘ ,despjite- the. wrecking of one of the ‘plants W,it‘h'whj'ch the ‘work was com» menced; and a recent clean-up of one ~da_§7’s:rufn.of1;000 tons of ‘black sand fpaid $200 over‘ and abo've_'all expenses; The efult value of the gold in the sand,’ could it have been entirely re- .moved, would have- been $250; the ac~ ,tu31‘amdunt taken out was about- ‘$235 worth, _'mak'i“ng the cost of handling thai.b1,000 tonshof sand a» trifle more than three-scents a ten, the éheapest mining’ yet known to man.\ The gathering of friends was notable. For, Donald Mann was not 0. public pur- Vsonagc. He was. not a politician; he belonged to no civic or fmternal- orders; he was only a.~ xrasual visitor at his ‘clubs. But, the grief at the loss of him, from a. throng of neighbors and. acquaintances, was immense. .It was displa_ye<1_ in all kinds of hospitality to the relatives who came on for the funéi-al; in the eager volunteering ‘of watchers over his. body; in the wealth of ! above all, in the sad' faces‘ and hushed voicies. If '\ae1;_was.c1.ear...evjx1ence pi _ 1019..- and grief, ,it was there. ' . And such feeling was dpserV'ed‘. Don- ald Mann was an example‘ of the‘ best type of ma.nhoo'd,——‘-a Cllrlstiall and a. c}‘1\urchm_a_n gentleman, in the fullest sense of the term» The Cana1 De'partment_.f)1at1s.of. this great’ ‘pub1ic‘i-mprovement, included mai1L,<:ha.n'ne1. to the... deep water‘ of Seneca- Lake, and a Y\ iinétbetweevtr the biea1;waters;' 200 feet ‘wide and_exté;ndi1jg west-1 wanuy. 'AIo1_;g« ~the—'w'ést[~~-bafxi-k. or 3;';1;q;s'1z,ore,jc;sz:11:_%i;r_1_t,1_i;ng riorther1y«_ ffpi1;_ ‘the beéich to. ‘the in‘ner‘breakwgt5r is tg be %B.u_i-1\t‘Va s‘Tt‘c_;r;éfr’“i71_§‘£\2Eff_’ “’1\he\'§purtfh Str.eetfBridge”wi11I be réconstrucjzed, but whether of an‘, ‘ overhéad‘,. lift or swing type. ._has _.not yct been .annou_m':ed. ‘Through’ _the.1’_nq.r_sh,expan‘s'e the bat;ks.Wi1'1 ‘properly be prioteéted to‘re‘tai3z‘1' ‘the Spoil: of .thE. Watefway; which ,wil’I he f /o‘ve_'r the grbund,f' as ilffis now» b_ein'g laid along. \the TIz;11<e-.front,.7' The .é‘on'.- sitructign.-work is‘ to%'— be ,\con1}pIete in\a11. details o'fspe_j'c.‘i --'J?he‘Sta,te, Enginéer in charge %-is: E. S”. Overlgaugh of Amsterdam; N. Y.5,’ andfhis ‘ass-istants -ar‘e'H. Goldnian, K7. Schulté and M,» A. .Da'ry-izlle, an of New York city.\ ‘ % % ‘ ?I‘hejSEaLte.Sys-tex_1j1»of Qanéls-when complete, will have. capacity Apple Tent Caterpillars. The State Entomologist has issued the followingr t.o'fru_in growers, cqn-V cernidg the oprevenpion of this p’ejst.: Thszégzs ajli ‘arid: destroctive last year, have. commenced to hatch. l\«1an'y of the small’, black‘ ca.ter'pillat-s‘,« only about one-fourth. of an inch long, are waiting for a rise ‘in te.mperatu’re and the appearance of young ’leave\s‘. ‘T1-ees ‘with numerous brown egg belts’ about half an inch long on the s_ma.‘1ler twigs -—and there are many such in sections where this “pest was abundant last yea.r'——-will be seriously injured this‘ Season. The caterpillars may be pres» ent in. such numbers. as to devour” most of the ‘foliage ztlmost, as rapidly as ‘the leaves push out of the buds. Apple orchards are especially liable‘ to suffer, though his insect ‘prefers the common wild cherpy. ‘ There is still time to destroy the eggs with the caterpillars clustered upon tbe_tn_,, or the pests may be locat- ed in neat-by crotehes and 'cru'shed~ with a. gloved; hand; The-earlier, this is done the better.» The caterpillars are very susceptible to poison, Early spraying with ersenuteot lead, using two pounds to gallons of‘ water, isione of the most e methods of destroying the enemy. We hgve yet to tea ymgterial damage by this leaf enter» lgn-_ orchards systema‘tica1ly.spray& 'odeach.aeu.on. ** His life’ ‘was, for the most, of /its du- ration, -not an easy one.. He had to 'go ihrough mu\c.h toil, and toyenduré .muc}_1 Vlmrdship. But, th.roughout, _he revinced the utmost courage and lgindliness; [His impte'ssi‘o'n upon the pebple he consorted With, gets some evidence from the fact »t1uyt, when the xnewst of his death reached the judge. of the court, in the» Arkansa_s county whereé he had been a man of busmess; tha judge gaid: “This co‘1u'.t -is adjourned until after Donald MiLnn’s funerzml.-” for the transportation of pr‘od:ufct_s~ -ten ‘tiimes\*greeiter. than at pr'e‘sé;nt4. Each Barge _ will\ carry’ fully as‘. much as ‘fen canal boats, at an average speed 5.5 tixi'1es+Vf2ister—'-*th‘erefore* the e of the Barge féa‘ua'1 willgvbe twenty- ! that ‘of the .Et.ié C’a'n.aIl. As more A.'t1'1ai1 ha‘1‘fo_f:‘th ;e new line is‘ through» lakes or natural\. river channels. .a .gifeater ave‘-r.\age speed is’) pqssible. The Barge Catiai ‘locks, 111-’ ~c1u;‘{ifiig_those leading i-ntoseneca Lake. wiI1~ho1d six ;c a boats- It so. happened tha,t. he was,‘ '60 his mother and others of -ihe family, es~ peeially important and e And he renderetl these services with a. large-‘ ness and *a,. swgetness which made them not only benefactions but benédictionm V V‘Vhe’n if: cdmes toTi:he' relations with Deity‘and_ the outlook on :the etetn&1,-.-.—- _which noble ‘minds’ perceive and -a_a.vow—,—_ the words_of his brief will give \ tesd V. ‘ ‘ Fér, that will,-ewritter: with his own hand, four: months -before his death,-4* closgs ‘with this _sentenqe,‘-—most.*deVr'out in mt: simplicity,-.-“I thank ‘God for His goodniess to me, and I .comn‘1'em1 soul to His me1'oy..” V, ‘ 4 ‘N The mwns-of Ontario County have '_agreéd..n_o;expend_. upwards of $62,000 in guodroad work mis season, accord- ing to aggreements entered into be‘- t;.ween't_I1es towns and their respective Hvighwgy Superintendents. -and med ,«wia5h County Superintendenn‘ of High- 'wsya,_Geo'x:ge W. Pdweil. When the other six towns agreements it. is consideéed likely zhsnhe natal umoutm ‘to be _axpe‘ndod.in‘zhe.- cdunny will ex- ceeq also one hundred. .r.ho;usand dolls: m8l‘k.--B Me . The steamboat began making regu- Jar daily trips‘ to Penn’ Yam Monday, arriving hérg from Hammondépom, in‘ s,he‘.mgx'-'ning and -returning-4in~ the at- te;-noén. While ache water’ ‘is at; its present ,hei'g'hu theabéamer. can get. _do7wn the. chamxml in spite o§‘tbe\ ob- which nu\ inked‘ in by the storm as law\W6.61f81'Igfo. The boat.- lundx now at; she; regular do;=.k.—.—Penn Yum Domoerm ~ , . —-ofTpreseiwsize;-ahd+wiv1~1~acco:hmodatebarge of 3,000‘ tons capacity., 3 5 feet beam. Such afwatevrwayq load of p’t3odu¢ts,. wili freight cats of 80.000 lb_s. each. “ ()omparisot1s~av‘Is- the above”: ;gi“.ye OI}e 'an idea what the B'a.rgeCana1 System Améans to thgcommercial importance. of the Empire State’, and the ‘great center of populafion .about\NeW York Bay, which is to bécomc the: metropolisofthe world.
