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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Events of the Week. 
DOMESTIC.—'President Roosevelt has commuted the sen¬ 
tences of William L. Kendig and William M. Jacobs, who, 
being convicted of counterfeiting were sentenced in 1000 
to 12 years imprisonment and to pay a tine of $5,000 each. 
The commutation is granted on the ground that the sentences 
were excessive, and orders that they expire immediately. 
Kendig and Jacobs were the principals in one of the most 
noted counterfeiting cases with which the officials here have 
had to deal. In addition to putting out a vast number of 
fraudulent internal revenue stamps for cigars, they printed 
a counterfeit $100 silver certificate, necessitating the recall 
of an entire issue of $40,000,000. Kendig's part in it was to 
print the spurious stamps and money. Ilis two engravers, 
Arthur Taylor and B. F. Bredell, also were arrested and 
sentenced to seven years each. James Burns, a helper 
around the warehouse where the printing was done, was 
sentenced to two and a half years. The plates were en¬ 
graved in Philadelphia and the internal revenue stamps 
were printed in Lancaster, Pa., and used on the products 
of Jacobs, who was a cigar manufacturer in that city. The 
counterfeiting conspiracy was widespreading. Ellery P. Ing¬ 
ham, a former United States District-Attorney, and Harvey 
K. Newltt. who was his Assistant District-Attorney were 
found guilty of conspiracy and the attempted bribery of a 
revenue officer in connection with the counterfeiting. Jacobs 
paid Ingham a heavy bribe monthly. It was reported dur¬ 
ing Jacob's trial that he was about to put in operation a 
scheme to counterfeit $10,000,000 in twenty, fifty and one 
hundred dollar notes, and had the machinery to make paper 
identical with the Government's money paper. 
John It. Rockefeller has made a gift of $10,000,000 for the 
cause of higher education. The money is vested in the Gen¬ 
eral Educational Board. . . . Killed and injured in the 
tornado that swept through Montague and Jack counties, 
Texas, and into the Indian Territory, July 5. show a total 
of 117 dead and til! injured. In Nocona, Montague. Salt Creek 
and Jacksboro about 20 buildings were damaged. Crop, 
farm, railroad and town damages will reach $500,000. . . . 
According to dispatches received July 5-6, from 150 of the 
principal cities in the United States, 55 persons were killed 
and 2,705 injured in celebrating July 4. A curious death 
was reported from Davenport. Iowa, where Mrs. G. W. 
Dunwell died from shock sustained on the Fourth, when a 
eelebrator discharged a revolver near her. The woman was 
prostrated by fright and died from heart failure. At Rock 
Island. Ill.. Mrs. V. Mold died of heart disease upon hearing 
her son had been burned in an explosion of fireworks. At 
Philadelphia. Pa., Mrs. Jennie Clemons was shot through the 
abdomen while seated on her own porch, and died the next 
day. The doctors found that she had been shot by a dum¬ 
dum bullet tired from a Krag-Jorgensen rifle, and two other 
persons in the same neighborhood were wounded by similar 
projectiles. The murderer remains unknown. ... At 
least 40 firemen were more or less injured at a fire which 
wrecked Wing A Son’s piano factory, Hudson and Thir¬ 
teenth streets. New York, July 7. Only the walls of the 
seven-story brick structure were left standing. Six firemen 
were so badly burned about the face, hands and body that it 
is believed they cannot live. Three were almost roasted to 
death, although alive when taken to St. Vincent's Hospital. 
They were caught by a bac? draught in the burning fac: 
tory. Fifteen of the 40 who were carried unconscious from 
the fire, almost suffocated, went back to work after receiving 
medical treatment. A dozen were taken to hospitals. . . . 
Fire in the lumber yard district of the South End of Boston. 
Mass., July 7. heavily damagbd the yards and wharfage 
property of several firms. The total loss is estimated at 
$ 200 , 000 . The heavy losses are C. W. Leatherbee Lumber 
Company, $75,000: Union Coal Company, $70,000; Benjamin 
F. Lamb & Co., $40,000. . . . The law passed by the 
Kansas Legislature last Winter appropriating $410,000 to 
build an independent oil refinery at Peru was declared un¬ 
constitutional July 7 by the State Supreme Court in an 
opinion rendered by Associate Justice Greene. The oil re¬ 
finery law was considered one of the most direct blows struck 
at the Standard Oil Company by the last Legislate r<i, 
which adopted several measures tending to restrict 
that concern in the handling of the Kansas product. 
Fire in the village of Panama, Chautauqua County. 
N. Y.. July 7, destroyed the postoffice, the hotel, and every 
store and business place in the village, including the Bell 
and Independent telephone exchanges. There was no fire 
apparatus or organization in the village to fight the flames. 
The loss is $100,000, with insurance of $26,000. . , 
During a thunderstorm on July $ lightning struck a great 
elm tree in Prospect Park. Brooklyn, N. Y., under which a 
number of persons had collected for shelter. Twelve persons 
were shocked by the bolt, three of them being seriously 
burned. The same day one man was killed and scores of 
women and children injured at Warwick, Orange County, 
X. Y., by tHe wrecking of the tents of Sautelle and Walsh 
Brothers’ circus by a cloudburst and tornado which swept 
through tHe lower part of the village. The afternoon per¬ 
formance of the circus was in progress, and so suddenly did 
the storm arise that the large crowd in the tents did not 
have time lo get out and were buried under the failing seats 
and tents, . . . One hundred pounds of Contractor II. S. 
Kerbaugh’s rock powder exploded July ft near Harrisburg. 
Pa., directly across the Susquehanna River from the scene of 
the big wreck of May 12, when a carload of the same contrac¬ 
tor’s explosive blew up a Pennsylvania Railroad express train 
and killed 28 passengers. The explosion of July ft killed 
eight and injured two. All the victims were employees of 
Kerbaugh and were at work on a new Pennsylvania freight 
line across the river from South Harrisburg. ... In 
view of the recent decision of the Court of Errors granting 
property owners along the Passaic River the right to sue the 
city because of the reduction of the volume of water in the 
river, Paterson. N. J„ has begun a suit for $10,000,001) 
against the East Jersey Water Company for diverting the 
waters of the stream. The water company built the new 
water works for Newark and Jersey City, and besides fur¬ 
nishing many other towns with water it Is preparing to 
carry water to Staten Island. Paterson charges all her pol¬ 
lution miseries to the East Jersey Water Company. . . 
Three saloons at Iola. Kan., were demolished by two explo 
sions of dynamite July 10. The dynamite was exploded in 
the alley on the east side of the Eagle saloon. The buildings 
were wrecked and tHe plate glass and window panes of 
buildings for blocks were broken. Many buildings In the 
vicinity of the wrecked saloons were badly wrecked and 
brick walls were cracked. The damage is estimated at $100.- 
000. The work was done by an unbalanced temperance crank. 
During the past three weeks temperature in the 
Nevada desert has reached 140 degrees. Nine prospectors 
are reported dead and three insane from thirst and heat in 
Death Valley. The heat wave was widespread, and deaths 
ensued from it in all large cities. 
FARM AND GARDEN.— i ne annual convention of the So¬ 
ciety of American Florists will be held at Washington, D. C., 
August 15- 16. 17 and IS. 
The eleventh annual meeting of the International Apple 
Shippers Association will be held at Hotel Victory, Put-Tn- 
Bay, Ohio, August 2-4. for the election of officers for the 
ensuing year and the transaction of any business coming be¬ 
fore the meeting. _ 
CROP PROSPECTS. 
There are as many Potato beetles as ever this year. Very 
few spray. Crop Is only fairly good. L. S. s. 
Tolono, Ill. 
Fruit report from "Washington County, R. I., is as fol¬ 
lows : Apples, peaches, nectarines, plums, fine crop ; grapes 
and pears poor. w. b. w. 
We have the best wheat I have ever raised, and it stood 
up through all the rains until July 1. when it went down. 
Straw very long, some nearly six feet. Beaus hurt very 
badly with wet weather: clover hay very heavy, but down 
so it Is almost impossible to cut without raking the opposite 
way before cutting. Apples very light crop. Bartlett pears 
light crop in most orchards. We have had rain enough this 
Spring for two years. clark alias. 
Orleans Co., N. Y. 
Potato beetles arc as plentiful as ever in this 
vlelnitv, and poisons will have to be used. Practically no 
farmers in this part use the Bordeaux Mixture. Last year 
a friend of mine living near Green Bay sprayed his potato 
patch with the Bordeaux, making three applications, and 
reported no rot, while unsprayed fields nearby rotted more 
or less, and yielded considerably less. This season I shall 
use the Bordeaux Mixture, applied with a four-row spray¬ 
ing outfit. About the same acreage is planted as last year. 
Laney, Wis. l. n. n. 
TJie outlook for apples is not encouraging. There will be 
a lighter crop than was anticipated soon after the hlooin 
fell. Spraying has done positive injury in our own orchards, 
owing to the heavy rains which continued all through the 
month of June. The rains dissolved the lime in the Bor¬ 
deaux and caused burning of the fruit and leaves. At 
spraying time indications pointed to a dry season, and an 
excess of lime was not used. The leaves turned yellow and 
much of the fruit withered and dropped. Fruit has dropped 
in unsprayed orchards quite generally also. The crop in this 
section will be the lightest since 1001. w. a. b. 
Interlaken, N. Y. 
I have spent most of the last three weeks in southern 
Ulster and northern Orange counties. Although they had 
a very heavy bloom the apples are quite thin. I 
think there are very few trees that will need thinning 
this year. Peaches set very heavily, but the June drop 
has thinned them very much. I think there are enough 
left to make a good crop. Pears are very scarce. Hay 
crop will be light on account of dry weather. Corn anil 
potatoes are looking fine, but need rain very much. Straw¬ 
berries have been a fair crop; drought shortened them. 
Currants are a very good crop. w. b. b. 
Newburg, N. Y. _ 
FRUIT AT LEWIS AND CLARK EXPOSITION 
STRAWBERRIES.—(June 10 I left my home in the East 
for a prolonged visit to the Pacific Coast, where I am to 
judge the fruits at the Lewis and Clark Exposition at 
Portland, Oregon. The work will take me until October 
15. I have already begun the judging, because the early 
fruits have been ripening for some time, and they have 
to be judged as they are in proper season. The straw¬ 
berries of Oregon, Washington, California and Idaho are 
very little known by eastern people, because of the great 
distance between the two sections of our country, and I 
think the eastern people do not realize how abundant and 
how good they are. I do not think I have ever eaten 
better strawberries than I find here at this Exposition, and 
I am sure I have not tasted them at their best, because 
the distances from which they are usually shipped to the 
Exposition are so great that In many cases they come 
here in a damaged condition. The range of varieties is not 
go great as it is in the Eastern States, so far as I have 
seen the strawberries here, and the two leading varieties, 
which are the Clark and Magoon. are peculiar to this 
coast. They are of excellent quality, large in size and seem 
to be good shippers. The ordinary varieties that are well 
known East do credit to themselves, as anyone would say 
who had an opportunity to taste them. 
CHERRIES.—These Northwestern States grow more and 
better cherries than any other part of North America, and I 
think excel the world in the production of this fruit in point 
of size and color. It is really amazing to see the cherries on 
the trees. They hang in such abundance that in many 
cases there is a solid mass of fruit larger than one's arm 
for a distance of a foot or more, and in some cases the 
stems cannot be seen for a distance of three or four feet 
up and down the branches, because of the heavy load of 
fruit. The size of the cherries seems to correspond with 
the quantity produced. I have measured many that are an 
inch and a quarter in diameter, and have heard of some 
that were an inch and a half, but have not seen any of 
them yet. An inch In diameter is a very common size 
for several of the varieties. There are no worms in the 
cherries here, and one may eat them with this assurance. 
The variety most commonly grown is known here as Royal 
Ann, which is the synonym used on the Pacific coasfj 
for the Napoleon. It is a light-colored cherry, usually 
being a mixture of pale yellow or cream color' and pink 
or a light red. The flavor Is very good, but I would not 
call it best. The Bing is the next most popular one, and 
some think it Is ahead of alI_others. It certainly is better 
In flavor than the Napoleon, being sweeter, richer and more 
solid In flesh. It is almost black in color when ripe, but 
is very eatable when it is only dark red. Its size is very 
large. The Lambert is the largest of all cherries, but 
is not quite so dark-colored, nor so rich in color as the 
Bing. It is also very late in ripening, and is quite an 
addition to the list because of this peculiarity . The 
Black Republican is a deep black when fully ripe, as its 
name would indicate, and exceedingly sweet in flavor, 
although not so large as the other two just mentioned 
Oregon has another cherry similar to the Lambert, and 
is of a very recent origin, only a few having It growing 
in their orchards as yet. All of these four last mentioned 
varieties are of western origin, and were grown from 
seeds planted near the city of Portland. All of the varie¬ 
ties grown In the East do exceedingly, well here, both the 
sweet and the sour varieties, but the latter are rarely 
grown because the others are better to ship and to can for 
the trade and for family use. It is very pleasing to see 
the eastern visitors at the Exposition go into ecstacles 
over the cherries, and the exhibitors here from the States' 
of Oregon and Washington, in particular, take great pains 
to give them all they can eat, and this pleases them still 
more. I think I have eaten several quarts each day myself, 
and so far I have felt no ill effects, and expect to’continue 
to do so as long as the cherries last; and I try to! have 
my friends participate. 
APPLES.—(The display of apples from cold storage in 
the Oregon and Washington exhibits is very fine; the Hood 
River region in particular is making an exhibit that I do 
not think can be equalled in point of color, firmness, size 
and freedom from blemishes anywhere in the Eastern 
States. The opinion seems to be prevalent that western 
apples are not good in flavor, but while this is true of the 
apples of the valleys in California, and to some extend 
elsewhere, it is not true of those of the true apple-growing 
regions out this way. Only to-day I was having some 
people from Indiana taste some specimens of the old Genet. 
They did not recognize the variety because of the high 
color and perfection of the specimens, but they recognized 
the flavor when they came to eat them. They at once 
said that they had never tasted better Genet apples. Esopus 
Spitzenberg seems to reach about its highest perfection 
in this country, and the orchardists here are taking advan¬ 
tage of the fact, and are planting It very largely. The 
Newtown Is another variety that grows to perfection, and 
is being extensively planted. Jonathan, Grimes and all 
of the higher class of apples are grown for eastern ship¬ 
ment, as well as for use at home. They also cater to the 
markets across the ocean Fn Europe, and some of the 
best apples are sent there. The Ben Davis and its kind 
are grown here too, but these are largely sent to Alaska 
and to China and Japan, and sometimes to Mexico. Cali 
fornia also buys a good many of the apples grown in 
Oregon and Washington. 
THE PEACHES here are just beginning to ripen, but 
California has been shipping them for some time, although 
in small quantity, to show the visitors at the Exposition 
what they have there. Southern Oregon grows excellent 
peaches, but in the northern part of the State very few 
are grown, and the same is true of Washington, exce;*) 
along the Columbia River. The climate is so cool that it 
exactly suits the apple, but does not suit the peach 1,0 
well. No matter how warm the days may "be the nights 
are always cool, and the temperature in the day time is by 
no means uncomfortable, so far as I have experienced it. 
The pears, plums, grapes, quinces, etc., will come a little 
later. 
RUSH FRUITS.—Currants and gooseberries do remark¬ 
ably well, and are seen on the tables in their highest per¬ 
fection. The same is true of the raspberries, both the 
red and black varieties. The Loganberry is one of the 
leading fruits here, and it does remarkably well. The 
fruit is as large as the biggest of our blackberries, and 
almost as long in shape as the mulberry. The fruit being 
very soft, it does not ship very well, but is essentially a 
fruit for home consumption. Its color Is red and the 
flavor quite tart, which makes it less desirable to eat fresh 
than the raspberry, but when cooked it has a most peculiar¬ 
ly delicious flavor. As many may not know, it is a cross 
between the red raspberry and the wild dewberry of this 
coast. It grows like a vine, on the ground, and is somewhat 
difficult to cultivate because it has to be tied to stakes. 
In the mild climate here if is not injured by the cold 
weather, but it is too tender to be a success in the Eastern 
States. There is no end of wild raspberries here in the 
clearings and everywhere that they can find room to grow, 
but they are of a different species from those that grow in 
the East. The leaves are very large, and the blossoms look 
almost like those of the apple. The fruit is large, flat in 
shape, and red in color, and commonly called Salmon 
berry. The wild blackberry here is trailing in its habit, 
and the fruit is of good size and of excellent quality. The 
Salal is another wild berry that is found everywhere from 
British Columbia to Northern California, west of the Rocky 
Mountains, but it is not of high quality, and is not used 
when other berries are plenty. The wild currants and 
gooseberries are also very abundant. There are no wild 
grapes here, and no wild plums of any consequence. 
THE EXPOSITION is a success in every way, and any¬ 
one who wants to make a trip here ought to take advantage 
of the occasion. I came by the Canadian Pacific route, 
and it exceeds all the others put together in point of grand¬ 
eur of scenery, and I have traveled them all. It is simply 
inexpressibly grand in the Selkirk and other mountain 
ranges. The vast plains of the Red, Assinlboine and 
Saskatchewan rivers are rich and almost boundless. They 
produce wheat of the highest quality, and by the shipload. 
_ H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
HAY LOADER PROBLEM.—We have used a hay loader 
for three years, and recommend its use even to those with 
a moderate amount of hay. The loader facilitates hay¬ 
making in that a load caa be put on in about one-third as 
much time as by hand pitching, and with less energy on 
the part of the men. To the farmer who depends upon 
extra labor to harvest the hay crop, the loader is un¬ 
questionably an economical tool; to the farmer of a few 
acres who' wishes to be independent of labor, the loader 
again recommends Itself. On the other hand where Alfalfa 
and the clovers make up the hay, the loader will not be 
a useful tool, because it breaks off the leaves. 
Holland Patent, N. Y r . f. h. t. 
FRUIT IN INDIANA.—Apples in southern Indiana, 41 
per cent: central. 52 per cent; northern, 50 per cent. 
Fruit good size and smooth. Codling moth in usual number; 
June drop excessive. Pears, good size, fairly clear skin. 
Blight last year destroyed many trees and orchards—not 
quite so bad’ this years. Average for southern Indiana, 42 
per cent; central", 32 per cent; northern. 44 per cent. 
Prospects for a small crop of merchantable fruit. Peaches, 
promising in nearly all sections of the State, mostly fine. 
Southern Indiana, 55 per cent; central, 40 per cent; north¬ 
ern, 56 per cent. Leaf curl is prevalent where trees were 
not sprayed. Plums, southern Indiana, 65 per cent: cen¬ 
tral, 38 per cent; northern, 56 per cent. Fruit good size, 
trees healthy. Dropping caused by the curculio in all sec¬ 
tions. Grapes, crop fine: clusters and berries large and 
vines healthy. Southern Indiana, 88 per cent: central, ft2 
per cent: northern, 85 per cent. Berries abundant set¬ 
ting of fine quality—needs moisture to insure crop. South¬ 
ern Indiana, 87 per cent: central, ft2 per cent: northern, 
02 per cent. Upon the whole the prospects are fair for 
all the varieties of Summer, Fall and Winter fruits in 
Indiana. Where trees have received proper care the fruit 
is fine—good size and smooth. The prospects are for rea¬ 
sonable prices for all kinds. Reports from the west and 
east are not so good as last year. Michigan reports tine 
prospects for all orchard fruits, grapes and berries. 
Sec’y Ind. Horticultural Society. w. b. flick. 
PEACH CROP IN NORTH JERSEY.—The Wantage 
Recorder, of Deekertown, N. .1., gives the following state¬ 
ment, based on the report of Samuel A. Miller, a well-known 
grower : 
“He gives It as a conservative estimate at the present 
time at least half a million dollars is in prospective view 
for the growing crop of peaches in the neighborhoods named, 
lie says there are many growers in the vicinity of Vernon,. 
Glenw'ood. Edenvllle and Amity, who will have 1,500 to 
3,000 baskets each; that there are from eight to ten whom 
he is quite sure will have at least 10,000 baskets each. 
Then there are two or three who will have more than that. 
Capt. Daniel Bailey, of Glenwood, has the prospects for the 
largest yields of anyone. These estimates, bear in mind, 
are formed from the present outlook, and of course are sub¬ 
ject to many chances of being entirely or partially wiped 
out from unforeseen causes. Is the peach growing belt mov¬ 
ing northward? This question seems to be a coming problem. 
Charles Walling, between Unionville and Westtown, has 
good prospects this year for several thousands baskets. 
Other growers in Minisink also will have peaches this year, 
and in northern Warwick and near Goshen peach trees give 
indications of yielding a fair crop. In contrast to this 
there are few orchards south of Wantage in this county 
that are doing well, where a few years ago large yields? 
were had. This would imply that for some reason, at¬ 
mospheric or soil conditions, were driving the fertility of 
peach tree.s to more northern regions. The income from this 
crop will be a great help to farmers who have expended 
much monev in fertilizers, and labor. In cultivating trees 
for the most delicious of all fruits—peaches, and everyone, 
we think, will join with us in wishing that no misfortune 
may happen to the crop.” 
BUSINESS BITS. 
Now is the time to look out for your strawberry crop of 
next June. A number of nurserymen are offering potted 
plants which will produce a good crop next year. A partic¬ 
ularly attractive midsummer catalogue just issued by T. ,1. 
Dwyer & Co.. Cornwall. N. Y.. tells all about the best 
varieties and how to grow them. Whether you grow fruit 
for home use or market this catalogue will prove valuable. 
It means dollars and cents to the dairyman to keep his 
cows protected from flies during the warm weather. He can 
see it in the milk pail. The loss is just as great when other 
animals are tormented, but it is not so apparent. Many of 
our people are using the preparation called “So-Bos-So.” It 
is manufactured by Charles II. Childs & Co., 24 laiFayette 
Street, Utica, N. Y. 
Oru readers will remember the report on the new plant 
food “Ronora" under the head of “Ruralisms” in July 8 
issue. This compound certainly gave a good account of 
itself on the Rural Grounds when used on plants and lawn. 
As it can be used in and about the house without giving 
off any offensive odors, it is bound to become a popular form 
of plant food. The manufacturers, Bonora Chem. Co., 584-6 
Broadway. New York City, are constantly receiving strong 
endorsements of its efficiency from those who have used it 
this season on lawns, gardens and field crops. 
The corn crop Is now on the way. If you intend buying 
silage machinery don’t fall to investigate the line manu¬ 
factured by the Belle City Mfg. Co., at Racine Junction, 
Wis. Their line has become justly popular. Cutters are 
made in various sizes and include both blowers and car¬ 
riers. Where neighbors are in the habit of exchanging work, 
one outfit may very well serve for a whole neighborhood. 
In the meantime it would be well to get into correspondence 
with the Belle City people, get their catalogue with descrip¬ 
tions and prices and have a definite hasis on which to figure. 
Tiie New York State Veterinary College of Cornell Uni¬ 
versity at Ithaca, N. Y., although a State institution, is ad¬ 
ministered by the trustees of Cornell University, and its 
students profit by courses in the university class and labo¬ 
ratories and by the university library. The course is three 
years and leads to the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medi¬ 
cine. Tuition to regular students is $100 per year, but stu¬ 
dents who are residents of the State of New York receive 
tuition free. There are also numerous scholarships open to 
residents of all States. The college offers peculiarly excel¬ 
lent opportunities for young men to prepare for a profession 
which offers large possibilities. Those interested and who 
desire further particulars should address Prof. James Law, 
F. R. C. V. S., Director. 
