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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1906)
Gtwecn Two fires Cy A.THO.Y HOPE "A wic m.in will make more i-pportiinlties than he find." Francis P..uoii. CHAPTP.lt IV. -i Continued. The o!.l I.i. Iv mi.1 the young on.- lived together in gr-'it apparent comfort ; for they probahiy g t through more money than any .mi.' in tho town, tin. I tle-re al ways seemed lo he pictity in re wti.-rc that cane from. Tho Signorina w is now at, ii years of sg-, mil of rem i rk 1 1 ' y pre possessing appearance. She leoatue al most :it otic a 'oil us rigure in souety : lior pirlor was the -. l.v.i meeting place of nil parties arid most sets; she revived liisny gracious intentions from t!io (;i.l-n House. She was also frequently the hostess of members of i!io opposit ion. and of no o:io more often !'.i.i:i their leader. Colonel (Joorco M.-iir.-gor. a gentleman of Sen ch extraction. !ut tin pronounced li national cliar.ioteris. ics. who had at tained a high pos tioti in tie laud of his ndoption: for not on!v -.1:1 !io leal tie npposi . ion in ;!;; second in .';ir:i.i,i I Imt lio was a No (!) army, llo en- fr -d dent's tho , r o;i: hau-.h-r -i o:io of tho Presi-ti.s-s i f.r :! latter li i. r--;oivr to r.o:n'.:i.it. the f-n.'J to tiieni'-er i . h It M t : ll 1.1 .1 i:i !.: .I tho 1 : ::no : w .tu !i 1 wri.--. -l his fortn.T h:-f. ;.!. il.i : i:!i t!io ;' ii 'o ii 'o iiolp h-' "y.iii"-' rr.-i.i-:it .!: ; I i- r I. i'iiv !i iro l. .l .i.;iroM'! .li.l not il l r oivii:; M -dro ihe C '.:!-! nr. 1. i;r. for . i.-:i-!i;i.l r Natii:. a t'-'h liked him, l;u; h;s e :.'n.'.v lirM"!lt th Sicn ror with croat oori.a.i'v. ttiouirh hore h Biain w'.th no tn n than hi position oonifil to ii.-nian.l. I havf h much curiosity as my noish txr.. anil I was proportionately cratitioj vh'n the d.vrs of M n K5w." as tho Sinorina calU-J h -r roi.lon.-. wore open l to me. My curiosity. I must confess, was not unmixol with other foelinps; for I was a younj man of heart, though events had thrown sobering responsibili ties upon me. an. I the sUht of the Sig rorina in her daily drives was en.nih to inspire a thrill even in the soul of a tanK tnanajer. Mie was o-t.ii?i'y very UMiitifuI a tall, f ur pirl. with s-rai.'ht features and !au ;! i:;' eyes. I sni! not 'tempt more d.-s. ri-.-i on. I jii a:' such jlesrriptiyns u: I comtnorp'.a.. and the Ssijtiorina was. ev-i by the admission of lier enemios. at least very far fr mi com monplace. It must 5U.h' ti ay thif. like Fa'he: ( lytin. she "ha l su -h a way with her" that all of us mori in Au-r-italand. c'.l and yjun;. ri. h at: I poor, wore at lier feet, or r. ady to le rhere on tiie least en onraemout. She was. to niy thinking, the very conias of health. b' au'y and gaiety; and she put thu crown Jn touch to her charms by very openly nd frankly soliciting and valuing the admiration she received. It may be supposed, then, that I thought my money very well invested when it procured me an invitation to "Mon Hepos," where the lady of the house was in the habit of allowing a genteel amount of card playing among her male friends. Sue. never played herself, bat stood and looked on with much interest. On Occasion she would tempt fnrtunf by the hand of a chosen deputy, and nothing could be prettier or more artistic than her behavior. She was jus( eager enough for a girl unused to the excitement and fond of triumph, just indifferent enough to show that her play was merely a pas time, and the gain of the money or its loss a matter of no moment. Ah, Sig norina. you were a great artist ! At "Mon Kepos" I soon became an ha bitual, and, I was fain to think, a wel com guest. Mrs. Carrington, who enter tained a depp distrust of the manners of Aureataland, was good enough to consider me eminently respectable, while the Sig uorina was graciousness itself. It was even admitted to the select circle at the dinner party, which, as a rule, preceded her Wednesday evening reception. The Colonel was, not to my pleasure, an equally invariable guest, and the I'resi-d-nt himself would often honor the parry iih his presence, an honor we found rath er expensive, for his luck at all games of skill or chance was extraordinary. "I have always trusted fortune," he would say, "and to me she is not fickle." "Who would be fii kle if your excellen cy were pleased to trust her':" the Sig noriria would respond, with a glance of almost fond admiration. This sort of thing did not please Mc Gregor. He mad.; no concealment of the fact that he claimed the foremost place among the Signorini's admirers, utterly declining to make way even for the Presi dent. The latter took his boorishness very quietly and I could not avoid the conclu sion that the President held, or thought he held, the trumps. I was, naturally, Intensely jealous of both these great men, and, although I had no cause to complain of my treatment, I could not atifle some resentment at the idea that I was, after all, an outsider and not allowed a part In the real drama that was going on. My happiness was further damped by the fact that luck ran steadily against me, and I e.tw my bonus dwindling very rapidly. I supose I may as well be frank, and confess that my bonus, to speak strictly, vanished within six months after I first set foot in "Mon Hepos," and I found it necessary to make that temporary use of the "interest fund" which the President had indicated. My uneasiness was light ened when the next installment of inter est was punctually paid, and, with youth ful confidence, I mude little doubt that luck would turn before long. CHAPTKK V. Time passed on, all leading an appar ently rnerry and untroubled life. In pub lic affair the temper was very different. The acarcity of money wan intense, and Herious murmuring had arisen when the ...,! Miiinniloreil" bis ready tnonev & ICHIUril, i.'ji.i. . tr w i In paying interest, leaving his civil ser-H vanta and soldiers unpaid, ima wan iue topic of much discussion in the press at the time when I went up one March evening to the Signorina's. I had been detained at the bank, and found the gaiety In full swing when I came In. The Sig tioriua sat by herself on a low lounge by the veranda window. I weut up to ber nd made my bow. "You spare us but Utile of your Uine, Mr. Martin," she bald. "Ah. but you have all my thoughts," I replied, for a was looking charming. "I don't care s much about your thoughts," she said. Then, after a pause, she went on, "It's very hot here, ivmo into the conservatory." It almost looked as though she had Iwn waiting for me, and l follow od in high ilo l:ght into the long, narrow glass house, llvo green plants hid us from the t iew of those insult', and ne only heard dis tinctly his exivllen.-y's voii-e, saiir.g with much gvnialty to the Colonel. "Well, you must be lucky in love. Colonel." from which l concluded tint the Colonel was not in the loin at cards. The Signorina smiled slightly as she heard: then she plucked a whire rose, turned round, and stood facing me. slight ly flushed as though with some inner ex citement. "I am afraid thos. wto gent'.etueti do iiot love one another." she said. "Marry." I ns,onte I. "And o.i, da you love them or cither of thorn-:" "I lo e only one person in Aurcata- .an I replied, as .ir!. n:.'.v s I . lire. I. The Signorina b: up at me w;;h 1 1 V.easore. I thick I t !i-r rose, g.atii-itig i gno l a :n is.-nient and have mentioned that. she did:i"t object to ii ciest admiration. "Is i; possible you moan me-.'" she si:. I. making me a little cnirtosy. "I only think so because most of the Whit t inghnni la dies would not satisfy your fastidious taste." "No lady in the world could satisfy me except one," l answered, thinking she took it a little too lightly. "Ah, so you say." she said. "And yet I don't suppose you would do anything for me. Mr. Martin." "It would le my greatest happino-," I cried. She said nothing, but stood there, biting the rose. "(Jive it to me." I said; "it shall be my badge of service." "You will serve me, thou?" said she. "Fur want reward?" "Why. the rosel-' "I should like the owner, too," I ven tured to remark. "Tho ro-.e is prettier than the owner." she sail; "and, at any rate, one thing at a time, Mr. Mirtin! M you pay your servants all their wages in advati'-eV" My practice was so much to the con trary that I really couldn't deny the force of her reasoning. She hold out the rose. I seized it and held it close to my lips, thereby squashing it considerably. Then she said abruptly: "Are you a Constitutionalist or a Lib eral, Mr. Martin?" I must -explain that, in the usual race for the former title, the President's par ti had been first at the ;ost, and the Colonel's gang i as I privately termed It) had to put up with the alternative desig nation. Neither name bore any relation to facts. "Are we going to talk politics?" said I, reproachfully. "Yes. a little. Tell me." "Which are you, Signorina?" I asked. I really wanted to kDow ; so did a great many people. She thought for a moment, and then said : "I have a great rgird for the Presi dent. He has leen most kind to me. On the other hand, I cannot disguise from myself that some of bis measures are not wise." I said I had never been able to disguise it from myself. "The Colonel, of course. Is of the same opinion," she continued. "About the debt, for instance. I believe your bank is in terested in it?" "Oh, yes, to a considerable extent." "And you?" she asked, softly. "Oh, I am not a capitalist; no money of mine has gone into the debt." "No money of yours, no. Put aren't you interested in it?" she persisted. This was rather odd. Could she know anything? She drew nearer to me, and, laying a hand lightly on my arm, said reproachfully : "Io you love people, and yet not trusi them. Mr. Martin?" This was exactly my state of feeling toward the Signorina. but I could not say 1 . ! II so. I was wondering now rar i snouio be wise to trust her, and that depended largely on how far his excellency had seen fit to trust her with my secrets. I said finally : "Without disclosing other people's' se crets, Signorina, I may admit that if any thing went wrong with the debt, my em ployer's opiniop of my discretion would be severely shaken." 'Of your discretion," she said laughing. "Thank you, Mr. Martin. And you would wish that not to happen?" "I would take a good deal of pains to prevent its hapjiening." "Not less willingly if your interest and mine coincided V" I was about to make a passionate re ply when we heard the President's voice saying : "And where is our hostess? I should like to thank her before I go." "Mush," whispered the Signorina. "We must go back. You will be true to me, Mr. Martin?" "Call me Jack." said I, idiotically. "Then you will be true, (J Jack?" she said, stifling a laugh. "Till death," said I, hoping it would not be necessary. She gave me her hand, which I kissed with fervor, and we returned to the par lor, to find all standing about in groups, waiting to make their bows till the Presi dent had gone through that ceremony. I was curious to hear if anything passed between him and the Signorina, but I was pounced upon by Jonna Antonia, the daughter of the minister of finance, who happened to be present as a guest of the Signorina's for the night. She was a handsome young lady, a .Spanish brunette of the approved pattern, but with man ners formed at a New York boarding school, where she bad undergone a train ing that had tempered without destroy ing her native gentility. Sha bad dis tinguished me very favorably, and I was vain enough to suppose she honored me 1 svi-" jealousy of my penchant f.r th ' S -no: "I !..; i oil li n cnjoje.l N 1 1 r--1 f iti the conseri a t oi y." she maliciously. "i were ti'king business, Ionua A li tems." I replied. "Ali, business! I heir nothing hut business. There is pupa gone ) n to the country mi I burying himself nlive to work out .mo great scheme of busl- Hess . "Ah, what scheme is that?" I asked. "Oh! I don't know. Something shout that horrid !t. l'.nt 1 was told not to say anything about it 1" The debt was lncoiiung s bore. The whole air was full of it. 1 hastilj paid Monna Antonii n few Incoherent compli ments, and took my loae. As I was put ting on my coat Colonel MctJregor join ed me and, with more friendliness than lie usual ilow n t he i showed me. nccoiupanied me !ietm, toward the I'iaua. After some iu.liiTer. nt remarks, h remarks, he began : "Martin. uu and I have separate In terests in some matters, but 1 think we hao tho same in others." I knew at once what he meant; It was that debt over attain ! I remained silent, nud he com inue.l : "About the debt, for instance. You are interested in the debt?" "Soiuewhat," said I. " banker gon ernily is interested in a debt." "! thought so," sail the Colonel, " time may conn1 when we can act togeth er. Meanwhile, keep your oyo on the il. bf. Cood night." We parted at the door of his chamN-rs in the 1'iaiza. and I weut on to mv lo.lg itigs. I got into he I, rather pur.lod and irrv lllie.lsv. ciiAi'in: vi. o tV.-ht of time br. eight no all., to the troubles ..f Aureataland. Tl n v i a If an individual hard up is a pitho-je si sight. eot a - a nation mini up is an alarm, ng clo ; and Aureataland was very liar l-u;. I suppose somebody bad some money. Mat the government had none ; in consisjuence the government employes had none, the officials had none, the President had none. and finally. I had none. The bank ha a little of other people's, of course but 1 was o,uite prepared for a "run" on us any day. and had cabled to the directors to implore a remittance in cash, for our notes were at a discount humiliating to contemplate. Political strife ran high. I dropped into the House of Assembly one afternoon toward the end of May, and. looking down from the gallery, saw the Colonel in the full tide of wrafhfu declamation. Me was demanding of the miserable 1 (on Antonio when the army was to be paid. The lifer sat cowering under his scorn, and would, I verily be lieve, h ive bolted out of the House had he ti.it been nailed to his seat by the col I eye of the President, who was looking o:i from his box. The minister on rising had no'hing to urge but ague promises of speedy payment; but ho utterly lacked the confident effrontery of his chief, mil nobody was deceived by his weak protes tations. I left the House in a considerable up roar, and strolled on to the house uf a friend of mine, one Madame Jlevarges, the widow of a French gentleman, who had found his way to Whittinghiuu from New Caledonia. Politeness demanded the assumption that he had found his way to New Caledonia owing to political trou bles, but the usual cloud hung over the precise date and circumstances of his pat riotic sacrifii-e. Madame sometimes con sidered it necessary to bore herself and others with denunciations of the various tyrants or would be tyrants of I"?ance; but, apart from this pious offering on the shriue of her husband's reputation, she was a bright and pleasant little wom an. I found assembled round" her ten table a merry party, including Honna An tonia, unmindful of her father's agonies, and one Johnny Carr, who deserves men tion as being the only honest man in Au reataland. I sjieak. of course, of the plan? as I found if. He was a young Knglish man. what they call a "cadet," of a good family, shipped off with a couple of thou sand pounds to make his fortune. Land was cheap among us. and Johnny bad bought an estate nnd settled down as a land owner. Iteceutly he hail blossomed forth as a kM-n Constitutionalist atid a devoted admirer of the President's, and held u seat in the Assembly in that inter est. Johnny was not a clever man nor a wise one, but he was merry, and, as I have thought it necessary to mention, honest. (To be continued.) I ii . rirr y I'll m. H.-r Husband -I met 'i man today wli ) envies tin', nnd 1 envy liiin, IPs Wile Who is he? II -r Iliisbntnl Sinn wlert tin? ehtip who useil to be sweet on yull before we wen; iniiriieil. IPs Wife- I StliiKO li envies yull bec'ltlM! Voil liliirricd me, H.T Hu.sbiiml -Yes ; ninl I envy bliu Ix-euuse lie didn't marry you. Tbir Olrla. "So you have really broker your en gagement with Jack?" "I have, lmle?(l." "And do you hate lilin, dear?" "livery bone In Ills body. I ahull never spenk to lilin ngtilli If I live to be u thousiiiid years old." "You iiieiin that?" "I do, and I shall tell litn so the next tlinj I set? him." Ills Cue. (Jjiuier They say this Ixjok entitled "A Step Haekward" wiih liisjiired. I wonder w hero the uutlior ever got his Inspiration? tjiiyer Oh, I KUchh lit vvatidied u woman stopping olT a street ear. 4 liiirueK-rlnllc. Mlfklns What did he say when you called lil m u hoi; for taking up two seats In the ear? IUfUiiiH Oh, lie Kruiited wiinelhlni; In reply, hut I could see that Iio was bristling with indignation. Do Yog Illume Iflmr Ho They used to sing of a bicycle built for two, but She Hut what? He Give me a sofa built apparently for oue every time. llo Thar? "Why do people bite lead pencil?" Inquired the Keeker after truth, ' To get a literary taate, of course," replied Mr. Couu, : i-tts:: 7.. ... a: : ATM I B JJF JT ..A liierv free In .... od,a,d should be 'JfK' ff U J k Jff "4 h XA washed at leas! fwbe u , '" V.' LJU '' rA t&te?'? shoe,,, be ,.,, .,,,1 ; - IW'- the esc f a single ,...lr - ""' I Z'y&V&fi 5S,L.NIr - W ,s.:,tans t , orchard Is II... 111. I" . " - - l l ,' M wren. If farmers will i;Inc him prop 3TSg' ' N cr prot.sflin bv coiisttucllng bocs ry ,iprrB ''' ; ,,,, will, eutr lines so small Dim! Idrd When greet, food Is scare o -nil (t tt.ri (,.n i.iIiM. . ,rl,w wl ,,.1S It.Mioof .he S. .... 1. ,,,: ,,, ob- P,.,,s to plan so,,. w. ( ,m As .1- ,;,-, s,i Will,.,,., W.-.'.la.e I ,. U il. .. .. be wasl.,1. I .. - i i !h)i ;im I fii,v ,,,..,,, ,, Su.-K.iei... s t,,; , lose - p. is of . f... -u ,,,,, XM :l ,,.,. of ...seels l I s.". It-III. I' t i it works we . Cut lo ite. s i ii, i, ii .., ,.,, twi..,tt f.i.r iM.'hes long. ! -ry slmrt Ii and. If ln, ,...s.s , , I. '...;,,: . v s- a - r lly ..nd-r fiiofibh- ,1 rcnis. a ncs. Sl. ,t ,!... , ' 1 ' '- i ! , , i 'f ,., holder ..f !.. i huvc .....'. of -v i.;.;. c ' "f - i..-t h. .1 t I '. . M ' r ' ; , fwcn.v -. I anl lolu.el lo re,,:.!.. In I he C,,,;.-'- .M rti binds foiit feci long a :nl !".' . ' re- I.-'.- wblc tr.d -,,il on 1 "'...-. r.l. !f pr-l-cr fid ' ''s ie .if v ,, . d - , ,,.. ivr end. fordel f -r .heir .r..fe. Il.. and m.voii, ...,. Llat-I. ,, . '. ..M.,s ,,r v.: b.-r to I. d.i tnoda. ..'.... i ;.( i.tb.-.- ..f ih- ' ! ; ) ' c'oc- !'',.' br w'll, coarse M" '' - --"'i'-r W'7 ?ll,,l,:"V:, ,P, Argentin... ..s . Vfrl.'. tnid Asia. - u ,. ,,.,..., ,,. , ,,. 11 - 1 1 "., the ..,u.t Is a . ,f .Irci.l. tliougl, ' i.' wo.. ;., .r ,. , ;.as ii.ii'i.ed t:;vt r; ..to e,.t t g,.re C. This little feeding '''" "JZ1 ' ' which inn y proxe ..f cnorinons Milue 111, m, n d at I !i u .'!. . . 11 .l..va.atl.M..lsH A!liI.lt.1 .,., 0,.., M.,rh .1 I I I. urge tii.iubcrs of locusts were found, ,.,,.. , ,,., ( I, ,,,i,. . let 1,,, I I I I I I I dead inn I microscopical cmiiiiIii:.. b.n I I 3 I J X. I I f. I f I I showed tint th.-y bad Ih-cii destroy e.l ,s ... K.,.i!h. the llungi.c.!. per,..' yiriJv'iivi '" V-'v-cV I'.v a natural enemy a upeeles of fly escaped from A.istt.a. CsVjl "sNSsJvV Wlilel. ale Into Hie ImhIv of the locust. Sll t Jr.-.it r ft in New Otl-.n. .truw. ' VfryV5' A ""'delH.slf.sl ts :i r VII' which lc- ing out of the Cuban et I.I. .n. 4jjSVC 3 cop,s Into a life prodigiously tilttltl- J ., j, mm I i..-w (..!. y ( JT'-Ei Si'JV" 7 dle.. I:h. lineiif s are now Is-liig inade e cum. i i . I .ntercin . 'i ..! PtSjjggyy y f , test whether this fly can (lirlve III M.:,,.-.uU.s- ,,b t destro.. I ... (iw. '- legions whlcl. iire recg.iled lis the s:,.; die- I...". no Cb.itl.r K.k llirf- . Il . Ilb.ltlng places ef Hie locilst. Till' In I. ('..nil. (.11 d.lie.g a '!'( a. II I ( ; ; ;; t rL N I Argentine agricultural .lcpar'.nicnt l i J .;: i;.. ; ,mm ntn.-l m fr-.tit ' ; n ; : - i b ..ding the t!,.-s f.,r this pure.se. ,,f . :,, t T. i.u. f ii j J jthoiigli under .iTcttve control. . Im'.I I'.ot M- .'.... M "'' ' I ' I.I.-I... I to I'll!. .'It. I llrtis llnn'l l.lUe rn Home. , ... i , . ' ., ..( ' j I ..wis tire erv fond of t'".-:r homes r"' '., ' ...N. .Mil M. IIII'IM. W. ! ...I,,,- , ., ... I . , I '' " !-'- " ' j 111. I dislike b.-lllg llloei to ll' I - -l ! b- A u II eu (Lie the fols to pick at ; tiolis. If eggs .lie flic ob.- t II Is inosf l',- I'? M '! I j :!:. gree.i stufl-. whether it is ! v e r. j ; :i ,j ,,-t.ni t that birds sit ...Id in.t Is- ;, ,., X ,pp, r I. ' gfas ,.r chopped ca:.b.i'". nithoilt any ;i,,o...l fiotn pen to p.-n, as It will do- vs. j;,,,,,., ,,,,,.;,, p. ; , I u; J danger f sollti-g .,r wast. tig It. Such ! ( )V ...... jpr,,,, t i, ,M i,, n'.s diinliil-.h , , Su, iven'.-iees are i n- petisi i e. but ;l'f I suj.j.ly. Pullets f.,r early laying' . ., ,,,.,,.,.,,, f ., ,.-, I'v ... t .. : a vii.U .is ! . m ... i t i 1.1. I ' 1 ill. t !ll!licil-e a no .i ii i ' . - siii nil' I, II I .'.ss lino, no ,. mg-ii op nun ,.. ,,,, r., ; r., ,, ioo.i. .. j i - ..,..., III hlg.'ll ol lll.'ir liliuie i.i.n ioo I ss l I- (,,, (''j ui b..:iibir.l I Ij Ifheni wlieneier po-s ble. Hull niiipoi.s , To Kill siinfr Hools. Says one writer: S.isstifrns Is one of the worst pests that some farmers Inn e to contend with. It limy be grubbed year after year and every root taken out that can be. mid still there will ! roots left that will sprout up. and soon the sassafras will be thicker thai. ever, and the tirea f sassafras brush will be enlarged rather than diminished. No amount of grubbing will permanent ly lid a field of sassafras. The most successful method of lighting sassafras I have ever tried U to cut off the sprout at the top of the ground and to pasture with cattle and sheep until the roofs die, or If the trees are large. 1 1 them two or three feet above the ground and pasture until the roots die. If the land Is plowed and the roots broken, they will sprout, but If pas tured close the roots die In n few years. llalll' of Alfnlfit !-eil. A remarkable test of the vitality of alfl'Ifa se -d Is reHr(ed ill bulletin No. llo of the Colorado Agricultural llx pertinent Station. It is gcie-rally eoii si.leio.l that s.-'d l.lllsf be perfectly new in order to come up freely. In bull. "tin No. O.I of the experiment station, ionic tests wcie glvn .if seeds ranging lr ui one to six years old. Dr. Ilea. Id. u. Iris retained samples of the Mime seed and tests bale I u again made when the se"d has hecil from eleven lo sixteen years old, an I (lie t.-sts have shown that from to '.''. per cent gel'iulnat".!. The screenings showed less vitality, the lirst .piality of screenings running from .".) to 711! j per cent; second .pialily, .".M per cent, ami third iiuality. 10 per cent. Fertility (if Wood A she. All farmers know that wood ashes are valuable us fcrtlllzcm. P.ut thin value, us many know. Is due very nim h lo the material from which the iisIich come. Thus, iiHl.es made from hard wood are more valuable than ashes madi) from soft wood. Ill fact, some ashes from soft wood have not enough value to make It worth while to bother with them. It ha also been found that the value Is largely governed by the part of the tree from which the ashes art? inade. It Is declared by chemists that the ash of young twigs Is of more value than the ash of the trunk of the tree, while ihe iish of leaves Is still more valuable. Mllklnir ly Muc'liliierr. Ill the dairy department of the agri cultural college at Manhattan, Kan., they have for more than a year been successfully milking cows by machin ery. The milking machine Is a queer looking upl'iiratus, driven by a gasoline engine. When one Ih fastened to a cow It inllkH awny in spite of all the kicking and cavorting tho cow may do. Water for Work lloraes. Give work horses a pall of water la the middle of the morning and the nft ernoon. They will ho better for It Help them along and you will have bet ter satisfaction. Flies and hot weather Intake them cranky and poor. Give them a few carrots and a little grass ' now and then. egg product I siii.i.lv. I'll! should, if posslbl. Ill hlg.'ll OI lll.'ir llllllie l.ioil, I oil pen. (ill the contrary, u ii is kiii-h lo delay the laying of a pullet, and to ucourage growth f"l' pt'l.e purposes, her home i.a.st be changed often. A It. lug or broody lieu may be Interfered vith by removing her to a new scene and fresh companions a more reason able and humane way of . becking her maternal Instincts than that of half drowning her, shutting her up In dark liess or resorting to other cruel llieth ods. shullrr fur llarn Window. Sliding windows In a bam, such ns are freijii'-ntly used for throwing ma tune through, tire hardly eier quite tight, and liiuc.i cold (i!r Is often n lowed to rush In upon (he iiiilinnls In side. The Ami rleni. Agriculturist sug gtts the use of this shutter, which Is made of matched hoards and hinged II WIN' W I.N1MIW Kilt Til II. at Ihe t'i so that it can e let down at night to keep out cold air. The shut ier is set at an angle si, Hint Its own weight will keep it closely shut; or It may be shut Hat against the casing and be tightly closed by a hook. I'olul on IIhIsIiik (irrar. Have one gander to four geese, no more. Give them u good run. Do hot try to change their nests, but let .hem set where they lay. Take l.rst egg and set under hens, as a goose will sometimes lay thirty to forty eggs In the season. Goslings sho..hl not be al lowed to run In water or tall, wel grass, but should have a good grits run, grass that Is short and green. Feed dried bread moistened with milk, cooked dry potatoes or cooked corn ineul. lo not feed them too much at tlrst, nnd mix some grit and sand with their feeds. Itoiiu Itemed)'. The fowls should be placed In a (ryi warm and well ventilated house, nnd have plenty of fresh water ami scalded bran or other light food. Take of fine ly pulverized, fresh-burnt charcoal and of new yeast each three parts, of pul verized two parts, of Hour one and one half as much pulverized cayenne as Hour. Water enough to mix well, and roll Into htills or pills the size of , Ha zelnut, give one three times a day. rumiibliis for l.amba. Pumpkins are good feed for lambs In the fall, especially w hen they are trou bled with paper skin, caused by worms In tho Intestines. They will eat thein If they are sliced or cut and Sprinkled with salt, but It Is better to provide flat-bottomed troughs with compart ments, each being large enough to re ceive the half of a pumpkin cut la such fashion as to have tho pieces llo Uut with the Inside uupermost ffiEVEEtlLY .HISTORIAN I i. 'I; V p m fx iw . a U t. ".jvsj ( ':i ll l. boll'i if! e l r. IH ll. Sturm nnd l..o. created gr-i age in W.-"t ir m i. ISS'.I MtS. M ljbtl. k' sentence llltlte.l tu pi-n.il -f ll.lde for 1V.MI Interest oil Illolle.V III N''.' rui up to I'.' r cent a mon IStt.', At t -in if lo ns.'iss.iiate I'r I Vcipo of V. Iiellel... S'I .1 ipaliese Ii, mister to Korea to- ..rk -.vi (limited. I Vi" -vtta. k made on AtinTicin m! .i! school nt I'oochoW, ('hint. ISHT -Pr-sld.-tit Horda f I'rug'i.iy as sassinated. I'.Hi.'t f.oid Salisbury, prime uiiiii-C'r uf Midland, "In-, I. Pl Mr-. Mai bri.-k, after ndem- frotn I'.ng'ish prison, arrived In lint'd States. .. .Great battle of l.i . oaiij, betwis-n lEussiaiis and .lap. in. . ... . The Mllile In I'orrlmi I.nixIs. The Itritish and foreign I'ible So tj now distributes the Scriptures in no f'--ri than mi languages. This is one of the many Interes'l'1! facts presented r nt 1 y at the so. i. tj't IlliS'tillg .1. I. on.l 01. Copies of the liible are purchased fi'tn the linti-h mi. I I-'.. reign ll.ble So e-'y for cheese, eg,;s, I. r l'i n lo. it nlld lli.Hl .illh'f Illlioilit ICS. Ill the N'eiv II. brides HI- tiw-s pay for the liible in arr.mroot. In Olle of tle eV Hebrides Aliei'.l H'll - so e..,. mis have the native Christ. anl become that during the hut el i.-u yun Ihey have grown and given arrow roo! t Ihe value of ..",, K M I for the V I of ill Christian cause and for stiining utlier churches. Nothing else is used in tin's islands for the purchase of the Scriptures, but arrowroot, lo pounds of which will buy a liible. In Saa, one of Ihe P.rilisli Soioiniin Islands, Itibles are bought w.lh dead ,I.K' teeth. Other things used lo pi. rcl.i.se Iti bles in different parts of Ihe world art hurley, eggs, pigs, goals, fowl and beuiU More Slrlet Miiiidar l.m. The laws recently enacted in Prune nnd I 'lunula niin nt a more general recog nition of Sunday, at least us a day "t rest. In Prm it is inade a rule for all commercial nud industrial establishment' to close for this weekly day of rest, nnd when in any case such closing would I prejudicial to t he Interests of the public I he law requires that an equal amount ' rest be accorded to all workers on sum oilier day, or by shifts in rotation. Pun lulu's new Sunday law Is far more drastic All I railing or remunerative serviis' l forbidden, cx.vpt in works of iiclual ne cessity or mercy. Itailroads nuiy i"l nut excursions or handle any trullic which can Imi Hltenilcd t0 oi, ,my other day. Ihih most remarkable of all, there are t 110 Sunday newspapers either published nt lion... or Imported from abroad. A" I"1'1' He amusements are banished. Heavy pen alties for violations are to be Imposed on employer or corporations as well n on employes, A leohol lievolot Ion ICiHUMeru ( Tim report of Internal Kevenue !(( l.ilasioner Verkes, who was sent lo I''"' rope lo Invest igain tho uses of denatured alcohol, Indicates mt the promise of n Industrial revolution through the phicinl of this article on tho American free l'st is worthless. Ho says tint fact Is tht alcohol hi.s not yet been harnessed fur ef fective nnd economical usu In tlm lul"l' tries. Nowhere In Kurope do they proi1! auto with alcohol or use It. for light ' heat. The picture of tho farmer distilll'1 alcohol will, which to operate lil own farm Implements is mere fiction. I I isss