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SEMI.WEEKLY. ST.c??!. Consolidated Feb.,-1899. corvallis, bento county, Oregon, Tuesday, February 24, 1903. VOIi ITr n iwhte Hand o o o A Tale of the Early Settlers of Louisiana. Z BY AUSTIN C. BURDICK CHAPTER VI. The two companions walked on for some distance without speaking, for they both had plenty to think of, and each seemed to have thoughts which he wish ed to keep from the other. Goupart was the first to break the silence. "Louis," he asked, in a half careless " tone, "does Simon Lobois love your sis' ter?' Louis fairly started at the strange question, and after regarding his com panion for a moment, as if to assure himself that he had heard aright, he re plied: "Love her? Simon live Louise? What do you mean?" I mean what I ask. Has Simon Lo bois ever thought of marrying with Louise I "Why, what a question! Are your wits turned? But why do you ask?" "Simply because I I wished to know.'' "Ha! Qoupart, you suspect something. Now, out with t, if you lpvp me, telj me all. ' Am I not right?" "I cannot say that I realjy suspect, Louis, but I can see some small straws In the wind, and I should like to find which way . they lie," "Go ahead. Speak on," "Then listen, Louis. You beard the answer that red villain made when you asked him who sent him to kill us? He said they did not mean to kill you. Do you believe he spoke the truth then?" "Yes, Goup; they meant to kill one of us, and only one. The arrow that came near your head was meant for you, only you must have moved after the shaft - jgtarted. Had they meant death for both of us, we should hardly have known what killed us, for then they would have been at home in their 'work. When we (started upi they could nof welj shoot you without endangering my life,' and thus they got bothered. They . were mistaken in their estimate of my character, for they really ' believed, when they drew their tomahawks, and pommenced their (Jeath-how! and dance, that we should be frightened put of pur wits." 'They were mistaken, in truth," return? ed Goupart, And then, in a changed tone, he added, "But you see they meant to kill me, and only capture you. Now, Ytrhflt ( noa If moan V fan xrmt Infnum -ma of any possible pin whereon to hang a thought?" For some distance Lonis walked yolce was "very low and distinct. ' TYou" jasked me' if Simon' Lobois loved uif tuaiecz xau yu any reason ior sus pecting such a thing?" ' - It was now Gouparfs turn to hesitate, but it was not for a long time. "I have reason to belleve4.hat be bates me. Now, why should he be ro? While . I knew him in Prance, we wtve on the most friendly terms. To be sure, I used Jo beat him at the pistol, but then" he more than made up for" it" in the"sword ' play. 'But we were the best friends" im aginable. 1 Now. however' he Tiates or ... pars me, and the more he fries" tg hide. It, the in'oce plainly cag llgee" it. 'Kaafa wnence comes it, r not from, nis Tea losing Louise?" "Goupart, there's a show of substa here! Tget I never thought that Sfi; was a map to ipve deeply." Tq love what?'' '-' "Wbyany female," "Ah," returned Goupart, "he may h . a strong affection, however, for sa . thousand pieces of hard, -yellow gl .The. dying man said, if you rememll that there was a J strange bird in eagle's" nest J" 1 f'Yes yes::' V.f might' feae feared fhaf suspid would Vftlj OW nje, had pot I been one! the Intended victims. Bat tell me, Lo what you think of it." "I '.know not what to think now! you - have touched a" strange point. JU watch SimQ Lobois when we re "We will," uttered Goupart, eagerl "We will watch him." Ay," resumed Louis, upon whq mind the' startling suspicion seemed work now, "we will work it so that 4 will cumt; ljiuu nun jjauucuij , uuu Hill we tell pf our adventure, we ypill not bis face. I have lpved that man in da gone by, for he. has been faithful to nil yet I hftve found him growing somewhl ptrange of late, Ha! what's that Louise, as I'm a sinner! Goup, I'll as her a question now, ere we reach tl house!" The two hunters had now reached th field' next to the dwelling, and they sa Louise, accompanied by Tony and or 'female slave, coming to meet them: A gbbn as"' the first' merry greetings' wei fiver., and Tpqy ha.4 takeii the Venispi Louis, drew his sister- aside., "Lfluise, he sad, assuming a smil though he felt it pot, "I know you wd pardon me if I ask you a very foolisJ question, but yet I hope you will answq me truly. Has Simon Lobois ever sal anything to you whereby you could su pectdthat he wished to possess you fd his?" " "Why, Loujs, what has put such thing into your bead?" uttered the beau tiful.girl, looking her brother'in the fadj with a smiling expression. " ?'The thought has come to me, and it really f pr my interest to know. Now te pie if he has ever let drop any word ti tnat enec-i. "Really, Louis, I ought not to "Aha ! ' you've exposed yourself. No gut with it." "Well, then, he bftV' I thought so." "I told him I should fear he was craa if he ever spoke so again." 'Then fee spoke plainly he "I'll tell you," Louis. He swore ii should die if I did pot wed him; and laughed at him, and told him he waj crazy. ' I never dreamed of such a thin before." "And when was this?" "On the very next night after Goupart' arrival." " ... Shortly after this the brother and sis ter allowed St. Denis to rejoin them understand the truth. They took the way around back of the barn, so that no one could see them from the bouse until they arrived,' and thus they entered by the postern; and when they reached the hall, Louis just caught a sight of Lobois standing upon the piazza, and looking earnestly off in the direction of the river path. 'The youth bade Goupart remain behind, and then he walked out upon the niazza. Lobois started when he saw him. "Ah. safe back!" uttered Simon. "Where's St. Denis?" "Alas. I fear he's a prisoner!" return ed Louis, sadly. "A prisoner! How?" articulated Si mon. And as he spoke, the youth looked in vain for the first expression of sor row. "Why, I left him just now with Louise, and upon my soul, I think the poor fel low's captivated! But what's the mat ter, Simon?" "Nothing nothing; only you startled me . somewhat when you said St. Denis was a prisoner, for I knew not but that some roving band of Indians might have fallen upon you. Jesting upon such mat ters is rather out of place." And with this Simon Lobois walked away. "Aha, Simon Lobois!" muttered Louis to himself, after the man had gone, "you were startled in the wrong place. 'Twas the truth that startled you, and not the jest!" Lobois did not show much of his real feelings when he sat down to the table. for he came in smiling to the supper room, and hardly had he taken his seat ere he turned to Goupart and said "St. Denis, master Louis came nigh frightening me a short time since.' He told me you were a prisoner, and, for the moment, feared you had really fallen into the hands of the Indians, ' "Well," returned Goupart, "we both pf us came within an ace of it; so Louis had some foundation for his report 'How? What?" uttered the marquis Did ye meet with any danger? "Only six stout Indians, who tried tP kill Goupart, and take me prisoner," re turned Louis. Simon Lobois did not appear surprised, but he trembled, and the color forsook his cheeks. Sharp eyes were watching him. . Louise looked up with a startled, incredulous expression while the old man made three ineffectual attempts to ask a question. " But Louis relieved him by commencing with the first sight of the deer, ajjd ending with the death of the fellow who died by the tree. "They were Natchez," said the mar quis, hreathlessly. "No. They were Chickasaws all of them, For the next fe"w moments, various were he questions asked ftrjd angwerpd, ana tne 01a maq seemeq apout equatiy balanced between astonishment and pride in his brave boy. 'But what could It mean?" uttered Si- man, who felt it necessary to say some thing, Ay, what could it?" repeated Louise, .trembling ,.with apprehensioiC-4utiYey strangely" indeed, looking oftener and longer upoh' Goupart than upon Louis." 0"Yoo.tliiit'a' it'"1 fried ! the "nlrT'nVnn What could they meap?'' "Why," returned Louis, "I caq imag ine but one cause. They know your wealth, father, and they must have hop ed that if they could secure me, they would have received a great ransom for me. They pxbably saw that Goupart .was- a stranger, and so they ' meant to put" him ouf of the way, in order1 that he Ml IS "I CAIIUSB I.UCU1. . Simon breathed Very freely now; and the narquis looked upon. 'this, as 3 veicy probable explanation qf the mystery. V tne 311- on ;ert st- qf ill He ut- ch lily fcld elr I I He I P pm de ip he h- p.s- u. Ies "Yes, Goupart; t remember very well. "Ah, those were happy times, Louise! "Yes yes. And yet, in all, they were no happier than we find them here now, for my father was not happy there." "I know I know. And, after all, what is happiness, but the offspring of con tent? Those were happy hours there in the old garden at Clermont, and I have seen some happy ones here." "O and we'll see a great many more," "I hope so I believe so. But tell me Louise, do you remember how we used to laugh and talk there, in that old gap? den, and in the old chateau, and how you used to plague and pester me?" "Yes. I remember very well. And how well you used to bear It!" "And do you remember how you used to pinch my cheek, and box my ears?" "Yes." "And why was it? Why did you do those things?" "Because because, you used to pes ter me." "How did I pester you? Come now tell me." And as Goupart thus spoke, he reached out and took the fair girl's hand. But she made no reply. Her eyes were bent upon the ground, and the warm. rich blood mounted to her cheeks and temples. "If you will not tell me, may I tell you?" whispered the young man, tremu lously. "But I may have forgotten what yon mean," said Louise, casting a furtive glance up into her companion's face, but dropping" her eyes again when she founcj how eagerly his gaze was fastened upoi heri "You used to pester" me in many ways.'' " ' . ' "--' "Yet I can remember qf but one. Shall I speak jt?" "Certainly ypi may speak,' "Then 'twas, for calling yon my little, wife that you- used to do these things. And more, too; you used to assure me that when you became my wife in earn est, you should be strong enough to pinch and box me as I deserved. Don't you remember?" "But but I was a child then," mur mured Louise, trembling. "Ay and we were both children. You were then a laughing, buoyant girl of iti fln.l T a wiM rntith nf seventeen. Those "were, "'times when the heart ; hiq hone of its emotions. Ah, Louise; mans a time since tfyen ' hve ' J looked back upon those" hours, a'nd tried to analyze the emotions that moved me then. It seemed strange that I should have then taken an image upon my heart that tne, hand of time could never efface and that, too, the image qf a. mere chjld. Bu aq yqq rememper wneR tne paijuer, yjv ani,' came to the old chateau, and I hired him to paint yeur miniature on ivory t ''xes, murmured iouise, now ioqkib$ up St. Denis opened his vest and from beneath it he drew a golden locket that opened by means of a spring, He press ed it, and the case separated, revealing a sweet face a childlike "countenance, yet-fell of-sonl. -arid 4if etThe ? gokteni hair hung in wild profusion abqut the dimpled cheeks, aqd . a. beaming smile. dwplf in the deep blue eyes, and upon, the parting Hps, to you -know whom that was taKen for? ' Goupart whispered O, yes tis me; tis mine. I remem ber It well. O, how like Louis it looks I' "Because it looks even now like you, But listen, Louise, beven years yes. eight ' years-I have owned this swee transcript, and not for. one moment, dup iug qll that time, has. it left my posses-- sion. . IS ever have my eyes closed to, sleeR but it has rested upoij my bosom, and 'never- a waking hpnr but I have worn ft next my heart. Think you I have forgotten the sweet love of my boyhood?" Gradually the fair girl s bead sank upon her, companion a bosom, and when she Iqqked up again, her eyes were filled with tears, (To be continued.) Bringing Him to Terms. 'I would like to have your photo-; graph for an article to be. published in our Sunday .paper," said the represen tative of the sensational Journal," "Couldn't think of it," said tne maq whose sudden fame was due to the fact . tbat his son bad eloped with a, variety acresg. "I have no desire for- notoriety." Of course,'-' was the reply, '-'if you. prefer to have me sketch, you from, paemory af teri I get back to the pf flee Take it!" cried the man, hastily ten qenng tne pnotograpo. "I ve " seen; some pf those memory sketches," Chi cago EYening Post, . , Looking Forward. Old GotroxSo you want to marry my daughter, eh? What are your fi nancial prospects? Young Brokeleigh First-rate, thank you especially if I succeed in getting the position I am after. Old Gotrox And what, may I in quire, Is the. position yp.u, speak of 2 oung ur.oKeieign .nat or son-in.? The Clever Kittens. Aly cat speaks French," said little Jeanne, "As plainly as can be: ays su vous plait' (that's 'if you piease j, And thanks me with 'merci!' I know, because I understand Each word she says to me.'' And mine speaks. German," with a nod, Said Lisa from the Rhine: j "Says 'bltte' when she wants a drink, And 'ja,' of course, and 'nein;" . 1 woman t have a cat that spoke A different tongue from mine!" "That's thrue for you!" sweet Nora said, With merry look demure; "Me own shpakes Oirishl Whin I set A saucer on the flur.e, An' ask her would she like some milk. The arlint .tells me 'Shure!' "- I met those kittens afterward, : Nq matter where nor how; I listened well tq what' they said, Wqulq" yp.u believe it now J They spoke in English, every one, And ajl. they said was "Miaow!" Woman's Home Companion. Chinese Shadow Pictures. We will show you a simple way of making shadow - pictures that appear in front of the spectators, while all preparations are being made behind them (see Illustration). Place a light, preferably a candle, on the table and a sheet of white paper on the wall in, the same height witbj the Ughl, Place any npn;-transparn,t ebjeet, a large HQW THE PICTURES ARE MADE. book, for instance, between the light and the sheet of paper. Stand a mir ror on one side of the table in such "a way tbat it throws a round or square light, according to the shape of the mirror, on the sheet of paper. Little figures cut of paper are then placed between light and mirror and set in motion. Their shadows will appear on the sheet of paper as shown in the illustration. Boy Weaver of Persia. Boys from 8 to 12 years 0I4 do a great part qt the carpet and rug weav ing in Torol Th toiv rtoft " , . Havine been shown the desiam and ! - 1 the boys rely on their memories for the rest of the task, says, the American Boy. It is very seldom that you win see on. any of the looms a pattern set before the workers. The foreman of a loom is frequently a boy of from 32 to 14. He walks up and down behind the workers calling out in a sing-song manner the number of stitches and the colors of the threads to be used. He seems to have the design imprinted in his mind. A copy of a famous carpet now at the South Kensington Museum is being made. The design and the coloring are unique, but the boys who are working on the copy are doing it without the design before them and at the rate of from thirty to thirty-Qv stitches a minute. Nothing but hand work is employed.-in the manufacture of Persian carpets, and rugs, and none but natural pr vegetable ayes are usea. This accounts for the superior quality of the Persian products. The secret of the beautiful dark blue dye used in the older days has been lost.- . -A Voyage at Night. ' The hands of the sitting-room clock were moving rapidly toward half past seven." Carl watched them from out the corner of his eye. Sometimes he glanced- cautiously at mother. She seemed to see nothing except the lit tle coat she was sewing, but Carl knew from long experience that she never failed to notice when the min ute touched the half after. He kept on -playing with his solders, but he played very quietly. The hand moved nearer, nearer; it touched- Mptheriaid down the sewing and went to the closet for Carl's night gown- . "O mother, it is as cold as Greenland up there!" he complained. "Must I go now J" "It ia Greenland," responded mother in a matter-of-fact tone. "What?" demanded Carl, dropping bis soldiers in astonishment. "Captain Peary and his crew are Just starting on" a voyage there," she con tinued. Carl knew all about Captain Peary; bow he sailed away for the -frozen North and stayed three years, search ing for the north pole, which wasn't a tH44to4.H..MH!.jM..M.., t, T f 1 11 r i H 1 1 I 1 I I t 1 I Little Stories and Incidents that Will Interest and Enter tain Young Readers 1 1 1 M..t..M.4..M"Mi'M'''i had been able to reach because of the snow and ice, the northernmost place In the world. "I choose to-be Captain Peary," he said, "and you're the crew. Now let's get ready," Captain Peary came over to the fire place and sat on the crew's knee while she got him out of his every-day clothes and into his arctic suit. "Hadn't I better take some proviso ions for the voyage?" he inqqlred. The crew said, tbat was a wise thought, and got him an oyster cracker out of the pantry. Then Captain Peary was wrapped up in a largo gray shawl that trailed behind, and holding the crew'si band, started out of New York; narbor. First they sailed up the Atlantic which stupid people called the front hall till they came to CUmbup Moun tain. Captain Peary's legs were short and the shawl was bothersome, but he puffed bravely up to the landing. There tho crew said, "If I may be so hold. sir, I'll carry you; I've oJten carried young men up this, mountain!" And Captain Peary accepted this kind of fer. After the mountain climb came, a dash across the plain to the bier ice berg for. which they were aiming. Cap tain peary scaled this, and slid right into the middle of it. me crew saluted respectfully, "I'll be ready to go b,ack; to, New York with you at 7 to-morrow morning, sir," said the crew. Captain Peary, cuddled warmly in the middle of the Iceberg, and clasping the oyster cracker in one moist little hand, giggled comfortably. Youth's Companion. Misdirected Efforts, My little sister was, told to blow out the lamp and she did not know how, so Mother said: "Dim the light and blow in the chim ney." . She dimmed the light and took the screen away from the fireplace and . .. . ouu 1 iHw linn snA vao tinfi i. j. Mother, saying: "Mother, I blewed and blewed up the cnimney, but the lamp didn't go out New Mininar Product. James, a boy of 8 years, heard his elder brother reading in the paper one day, about the strikes. When he came to the word union, he pronounced it onion. The next morning James asked his teacher: "What kind of onions do tney mine in Pennsylvania?" A Watery Waste. A 8-year-old was taken on a steamer excursion. Looking at the foam-crest ed waves, he exclaimed to his grand father: " "Gampa, who frew 4ere soap away?" Might Have Overlooked It. During a lesson in spelling, Everett was asked to spell "anecdote." "Why, teacher." he exclaimed. "1 don't. see any nannle goat in the les son." - A Lark's Lofty Elieht. Some Bavarian officers experimenting wnn a Daiioon o.uuu reet aloft noticed a little black speck which, seemed to accompany tb.ein,. and which they th.OTgl?t was one of the cards which they carry for throwing out reports, and that the dropping of the balloon drew it along, but on looking at -the barometer they found that the balloon wrs rising and not dropping. Suddenly, however, a loud chirping showed that it was a lark, flying at this extraordi nary height, which had been frightened by the balloon. In a Sad Predicament. A vaudeville artist out West recent ly adopted four pickaninnies, ranging in age, from 4 to 6 years, in order that she might use them in a comedy sketch. Now she has lost her voice and her employment, and will be obliged to hustle for a livelihood in some other field In order to support the little negroes until they shall be 21. ' , --r..K- :- . - -. - Some of the Men Esoape. ' . Slllicus Every man makes a fool of himself at least once in his life. Cynicus Ob, I don't know. Some men remain single. Philnrfpinhtgj I mm Care ot Grape Vines. The illustrations are from ' bulletin 156, entitled 'The Home Vineyard," by W. H. Ragon. If you will apply to the United States Department of Agri culture you will get this Interesting and valuable treatise on. the grape without cost. Cut I of the illustra tions represents a one year old grape vine at planting, showing how deep it should be planted and where- the canes should be cut off leav-ine only two buds on the newly planted vine. Cut & represents the grapevine aa it should look; after one year's srrawth. and the line crossing the vine shows where it should be- cut off, leaving two buds to grow to make the two arms that will be needed for the next year. Cut 3 represents the same grapevine the sec- ana year with two branches produced. all others having been removed- Cut 4 represents the manner- of making a trellis, and of bracing the end posts so they will not pul over by the strain Of the tightened wires that support the vine. Cut 5 shows how a grapevine may be propagated by lagering the new green growth in July. Cut 6 rep resents the grajjv-rne as it should ap- pear at the beginning of the third sea- son's growth. The last cut shown is the vine in full fruiting properly trained. Green's Fruit Grower. Heating a Plant house Cheaply. Here's a method for heating a plant- house measuring about 8 by 17 feet. I use a hot water circulation in Iron pipes, and the heating is done by kero- I sene lamps under two tin boilers. The ' boilers are bell shaped and set up with mouth down. The hot air, after hav ing done its work of heating the water, is controlled by a tin drum, at the top of which is a smoke pipe, by which all fumes are carried off. The lamps were made to order by -the tinsmith and are fitted with common flat wick burners. Four of them can be placed under each boiler. Thus In the sever est weather therei are eight lamps burning, and they may burn 23 cents' worth of oil in a day. The planthous walls were built with care to make them warm, and I have a system of screens, made by stretching cotton cloth on wooden frames, which I put up cvcij vuw mgm uuuw iub gmsa and take down in the morning, Tihis operation taking not over five or six minutes each day. Under these cir- C0W5EBVATOBY HEATED WITH LAMPS. cumstancea my heating system has worked admirably and has never fail ed. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon I can light as many lamps as I think necessary and leave them with the most perfect assurance that I. shall find everything right the next morn ing or the middle of the forenoon, if I am as late as that. Correspondence Rural New Yorker. Whitewash Formula. Take half a bushel of unslacked lime. slake It with boiling water, cover dur ing the process to keep in steam, strain the liquid through a fine sieve or strainer, and add to it a peck of salt, previously dissolved In warm water, three pounds of ground rice boiled to a thin paste and stirred in while hot, half a pound of Spanish whiting, and one pound of clean glue, previously dissolved by soaking In cold water and then hanging over a slow fire in a small pot bung In a larger one filled with water. Add five gallons of hot water to the mixture, stir well, and let it stand for a few days covered from dirt. It should be applied hot, for which purpose it can be ket In, a kettlPpr-T"Ttti0J'",,"t",Q- - WW - .f1 . m jm m Tf-.J c " -' gin r TrT 1 1 at Washington is embellished by this brilliant whitewash. It Is used by the government to whitewash lighthouses. Saving; Feed. Whenever we hear a man talking about what fine stock he has and'how little said stock eats we begin to get suspicious, There may be men who have developed and maintain fine herds or flocks with very light feed ing, but we nave thus far failed to dis cover them. One ofour friends used to be anxious to tell how little feed it took for him to winter a brood sow. He was a beginner then, and he was going to have a whole herd that would winter on roots affd fresh air. He isn't talking about cheap wintering any more, but feeding mlU feed and corn. He had some experience that knocked the cheap wintering, non-feeding fool ishness completely out of him. lie re alises now that those who have such good looking stock on extremely light rations are likely to underestimate some things. The man who Is looking for good stock In order to save hauling out feed is going to be disappointed. The way good stock saves feed is not in eating less, but in making good use of what it ; eats, which is generally more than is allowed to common crit ters. National Stockman. Value of Dry Earth. . Farmers are continually advised to use such materials as gypsum, dried swamp muck and kainit in the barns, and stables, yet very few have any thing of the kind on hand. Many who would like to use preservatives and absorbents are checked by the cost. These will find a hint in the foreign. experiments in the use of dry earth, from which it appears a substance so abundant and easily handled will an swer the purpose. A covering of dry garden soil, only two or three inches' thick, proved enough to hold the am monia In a large heap of manure. It is equally effective in the stable In taking up the liquid manure, prevent ing waste and odors. The earth when stored must be very dry, or there will be some trouble from frezlng. Massa chusetts Ploughman. For Breaking Corn Stalks. When the ground -Is .frozen hard, If the, land is -not too hilly- or rouglv the -breaking of the corn stubble is not dif- . flcult-If the farmer has the proper Im plements. For those living bandy to a railway, it is a good plan to buy an old rail or part of a rail discarded from the track. About four feet from each end of it a hole Is drilled through the narrow part. - A chain Is attachea at each hole by a bolt or hook, and the chains being brought together at the other end, a ring is attached, to which three horses are hitched. The chains may be attached without drilling holes, if Iron rods of suitable size be heated and bent round the rail at the proper places, so as to form eyes or hooks. Another good stalk breaker may be made by selecting a wooden pole of as uniform diameter as possible and long enough to break five or seven rows of 8talks. After ascertaining the center of gravity by balancing over a log or some like object, cut notches at 3 or U feet on each side of this center. Fasten chains around the pole at the- notches and to a doubletree and single- trees, as shown in the illustration. J. G. Allshouse, in Ohio Farmer. PackinK Egjru. A Danish experimenter, writing on the science of packingeggs, concludes after examining many thousand boxes,, large eggs break much -more easily than the small ones. To prevent break age, he recommends that poultry be supplied freely with lime throughout the. year. The eggs, he says should! be graded carefully, and packing ma terial should be used, since the loss by breakage exceeds the additional cost of the packing material. New En gland Farmer. . Farm Notes. Exposure of dairy cows to winter rains results in serious . loss to the dairyman, and the dry cold of winter days calls for additional feed. The egg Industry of , the United: States Is still growing. Ten years ago. we imported many eggs and exported . few. Now the exports exceed the Im ports, but there Is room for still greater- development , There need be no fear of over-production of poultry and eggs in the near future. -Where thereis a large herd the" easi est plan Is to spray with Jkerosene emulsion. This will not only destroy parasites, but will also clean the hogs as welL If only a few are kept, a thorough washing with warm water and soap and the free use of the scrub bing brush is exceedingly effective.. Ground intended for onions , should be plowed as early as the weather will permit,' as the onion crop Is the, first to go in. One method of produc ing onions is to sow the seeds in hot-' beds and transplant the small bulbs later. The seeds may be sown In the hotbeds In January or February. . By thus growing them there is a saving of time and less difficulty with weeds. If and Louis was not long in making him