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ilcs. The gentleman of Nihilistic proetty- we shall wait outside this wall, amt tint QRO W IN Q H C G S IN IDAHO. conserve the w ater. Tim soil around ities was somewhat tall and thin, with of us can go in as a skirm isher and hud Quincy ia an light th at the w ater will a long frock coat buttoned almost up to out how the laud Ilea. I.et him ascertain away mid lie lost, titlleaa you put his throat, whioh showed signs of giving from tin» young lady hersidf if she r«>- Industry la R acaixing G re a te r A tten seep in such pipes. A ten horse power en at the senuts every here nnd there. Hie quirea immadiate help, ami what she tion T han E ver B efo re, wonl<l be sufficient to rais» w ater grizzly hair fell over his collar behind, would wish done. If lie can't make hi* I’rof. 11. T. t'tniuh. I* r.ili.r l«ishu K>|i»rlnwnt gine for t«‘ii acres, but it m ight be uoeessary and he had a short bristling board. 11« way to her, let him hang about the house, Htadun. to sink than one well, I am lie stood with one hand stuek into the front and see and hear all that he can. We The hog industry in Idaho is rc ginning more to believe a t irrigation will of his ooat and the other U| mui his hip, as shall then have something solid to work reiving more attention now than ever l>e neeesenry in the th Quincy Hertioli to though rehearsing the poaitiou in whioh on. I have a whistle here on me watch before in the Instory of the state. obtain the brat resu lts.” his statue would be some day ereoted in chain. O ur skirmisher could take that The tendency to diversify farm o p the afreets of his native Hussia, when the with him, and if he wants immndint«» help erations is stronger n >w than iu the B aird__ " I have b««*n quite success fill with corn in this locality, except people had their own, and despotism was one blow of it would be enough to bring past. All alfalfa, or all sheep or all that the corn m atures rath er small, «'an no more. In spite of his worn attire the four of us over to him. Though how of any other one thing, unless it you advise me of varieties of corn th at there was something uobl« and striking the devil I am to git over a wall," con should lie fruit, is out of «late for the I m ight tr y ? ” FA KM KK. about tbe man. Ilis bow. when Hatim- cluded the mujor ruefully, looking down majority of farmers of Idaho, both in B T ser introduced him to the major and Tom, at his own proportions, “ ia more than 1 the northern part of the state, where “ I advise thnt you experim ent with Kaffir corn, since it seems thnt it will would have graced any court in ,Kurope. .an tell." irrigation is not practiced, and in the •In well in your region. Try a good, A. CO N A N DOYLE Hound his neck he iiad a coarse string "1 hope, my vriends," said Von Baum irrigated sections of southern Idaho. early Dent variety. This from which hung a |>air of double eye ser, “dnt you vill allow me the honor of The most sticccsful farmer, here as should m be aturing preferable the Flint, anil elsewhere, is the one who is making 't certainly makes b to etter glasses. These he fixed upon his aquilin« going first." a t m w t w t t w f m w f * feed. The none, and took a good look at the gentle "T hat ia my place," said Tom with de livestock on the farm one of tiie irn conditions of your ri'giuu require th a t portant factors. As the «Tory indus men whom he had come to serve. cision. you cu ltiv ate to retain m oisture, us well Hulow, of Kiel, » as a small, dark-eye«! It was nearly eight o'clock by the time try increases in interest the raising us to destroy the weiils. ” of hogs will receive more attention clean shaven fellow, quick and energetic they reached th«»ir destination. 'The sta CIIA PTK H X X II.— K 'ontinued.) Cheweiah. - ” Is wood as «lesirable ss his movements, having more the a|>- tion master dirii-tnl them to the Flyiug A farmer who is n >t adverse to milk Another moment and the door was iu ing cows will, as a rule, be a success cem for buiM ing a silof Is sdsgo ptarnnee of a Celt than of a Teuton. He Bull, where they secured the very vehicle stealthily opened. Once again the broad s»-emed to he full of amiability, am! as In which Kate and her guardian had been in handling pigs, because no one can apt ent to fri'c/.e iu this country? W hat golden bar shot out across the lawn al sured the major in execrable Knglish how succeed in either line, to the fullest forage plants should be grown in the originally driven up. By the time that most to the spot where the confederates v« ry happy he was to be able to do a ser extent, unless he looks carefully after Cheweiah region f ' ’ HTOCKM AN. were crouching. In the center of the «one vice to one »ho had shown kindness to the horse was put in it was close on to details. "B ru m e grass m ight if thn the half hour. of light there stood a figure—the figure their esteemed colleague and persecuted Idaho the dairy industry is grow soil is not too gravelly, <lo but well, it should "D rive as hard as you can go to the ing, In therefore of the girl. Keen at that distance they patriot. I expect a more rapid bo grown iu roeky soil. Vetches Itaumser. Indeed both of Priory, me man,” said the major. could distinguish the i>earl-grey mantle the men Von development of the hog industry. In not will in such soil ns you showed great deference to the The sulky ostler made no remark, hut a w hich she usually wore and the close fit there is a strong indication that have, be us desirable these plants resee«! them selves. nnd the major Ivegnu to perceive look of surprise passed over his phleg fact, ting bonnet. She had wrap|>ed a shawl German, this is the case just now in severa1 If you can get lum ber at a reasonable his friend was a very exalttil indi matic countenance. For years hack so sections rouud the lower i<art of her fa<>* to pro that .if the%.statc In holding far price in your vicinity, it would be morn vidual in socialistic circles. He liked tlie tect her from the lioisterous wind. For a look of the two foreigner*, snd congrat little had lieen heard of the old utonustery mers' institutes in southern lilah«« costly to build of cement than of wood, minute or more she stood peering out into ulated himself upon having their co-op- that its very existence had Ui-n almost much interest was noticed in the sub tiling« stays wurm, and it is not ap t to forgotten iu Bedsworth. Now, whole ject of fccilmg and breeding hogs tfeezo in this country; but if it sticks the darkness of the night, as though un in the m atter on hand. troops of Ism douers were coming down in Several shipments of pure bred stock to certain whether to pro.-e.si or to go back. eiaton the siiies of the silo from any cause, Ill luck was in store for the oxp«‘dition, succession, demanding to lx> driven there. have recently been ma«le into south it should Then, with a quick, sudden gesture sh however. be trnm piil dow n in onler to On inquiry at the ticket office closed the J«H»r behind her. The tight was they found that there was no train for He pondertil over the strange facts as lie ern Idaho. Pure broil Poland China. prevent it from settling unevenly.” dtove through the darkuess, but the only Duroc Jersey, Chester White and no louger there, but they knew that she L eahy— * ‘ I would like to know if it of two hours, and then it was a conclusion to which his bucolic mind could Berkshire pigs are found in increas was outside the house, and that the ap upwards low one, which would not land them un come was thnt it was high time to raise ing numbers iu every farming section wiiulil be advisable to plant the Aus pointment would 1st kept. eight o'clock at Bedsworth. At this the fare to thnt particular |siint. of the state. Poland Chinas predomi trnliun salt bush in this r-giniif Has W hat an age it seemed before the. til piece of information Tom Dimadale fairly It win a miserable night, stormy and nate. no doubt; but t?ie Duroc is be the plant uny desirable q u alities?” heard her footsteps. She came very slow broke j , a. down, and stamj>ed about the sta wet and bitterly «Did. None of the five corning a close competitor in many ly. putting one foot gingerly before the tion. raving sections. and beseeching the officials ” f advise you to let tho A ustralian men find a thought to spare for the weath other, as if afraid of falling over some to run a sjiccial, be tbe cost what it pasture, with a small ration salt bush nlone. Tho plant has a few thing in the darkness. Once or twice sh< n.ight. This, however, could by no means er, however. The two foreigners hn«l b«-«-n nf Alfalfa shorts, ground wheat or finely desirable qualities, but we have heard so infecttil by the suppress«-«! excitement stopp.il altogether, looking round, u.> Is* done, owing to the press of Saturday of their «Duipnnions, or had so ideutitinl ground birley, will grow pigs very that in the W alla Wulla country it has doubt, to make sure of her whereabouts traffic. There wns nothing for it but to themselv<»8 with their iDmraih-s' cause, rapidly. This, supplemented with sep developed into a pest. It resem bles A: the instant the moon shone out front wait. The orator milk, will produce a growth tum ble w«*«*«l in its m anner of grow th, thru- foreigners went off in that they were as «-ager as the others. behind a cloud, and they saw her dark search of something equal5to thqt secured in the corn bolt, an«l iu windy w eather will break off and to eat, and having “ An* we n«»ar?" the major nsk«»d. figure a short distance off. The light en found a convenient cook in «quality we (latter ourselves roll for a gr«-at distance, scattering shop they dis- "The gate is just at the en«I o' the lane, and abled her to see the withered oak. for tplienred therein and feasted seed as it goes. Kxccpt when young that it is superior. royally at she came rapidly towards it. As she ap \ on Hauinscr'* ex]>ense. M ajor Tobins sir.” anil tender, it is undcx.rnble for sto ck .” In growth, our pigs can be made to "Itoti't pull up nt the gate, but take u* proached she satisfied herself apparently Clutterbuck remained with the young compare «juite favorably with those W ashtucna— ” 1 have a white clover that she was the first on the ground, for train, who resolutely refused to leave the a little past it." fed on corn Numerous reports were lawn, and would like to know w hat sort she slackened her pace once more and platform. The major knew of a snug lit 'T h ere ain't no way in except the made last winter at farmers' meetings of bone fertilizer is best to use on i t .” gate,” the driver remarked. walked in the listless way that people as that it was not difficult to produce a corner not far off where he could have W. A. P. "I»o what you're order«!." said the pig sume when they are waiting. The clouds tle that would weigh two hundred “ I question tho advisability in the time very comfortably, but he major sternly. of using were overtaking the moon again, and the put pounds at eight mouths old. •ouId not bring himself to desert his corn- Once again the ostler's face betrayeu Some sugar beets md other roots a bone fertiliser on your lawn. Cora- light was getting dimmer. even for a minute. srcial fertilizers are generally poorly tinboutulul astonishment. He slew«-«) half *‘I can see her still." said Hzra in a I union be fed. an«l are being used in m adapted Indeed, it was well that day that young way round in his sent nnd took as good a ran to the soils in si-mi arid r«i- whisper, grasping bis father's wrist in his Dimsdale feeding hogs in Idaho. Potatoes boiled had good friends at his back. look as wns possible in the iinct-rtnin light and mixed with one and a half to two K*00"' W-H-rotted m anure placed on excitement. His apiicarance was so strange and wild a t the fa«-«-s of bis |«assengers. It hnd oc- pound« of grain per hundredweight of the land late in thn fall and ruked off The old man said nothing, but he peer that the passers-by turned back to have ci.rre«! to him that it was more than like- pig, will produce good gains in live in the spring would, I believe, h«i far ed through the darkness with eager, another look at him. His ey«n were ojien 1} that he would have to swear to them at J w eight. A lfalfa, cut up w ith fceil r.u more prcf«irnhle. The mi) in your re straining eyes. and staring, a fear-inspiring char some future date in n |K>lire court. " I’d ter, and so ftened by steam in g or even gioa needs humus rath er than fertiliz "There she is, standing out a little acter to bis giving expression. could not know that thick 'un wi' the red fnre," he a sprinkling of cold w ater, w ith a li ing elem ents. M anure is well supplied from the oak," the young merchant said, sit still for an instant, but He paced and muttered to himself, "and him wi’ the tie grain, makes a good ration for w ith phosphates nnd nitrogen, and pointing with a quivering finger. “ She's lown and backwards and forwards up under sbnuhl therefore give your soil the brood sows during winter A great needed jadler beard and th«» stick." not near enough for him to reach her." stim u latio n .” the influence of tbe fierce energy which many hogs are wintered largely on They passed the stone pillars with the "H e's coming cut fro rnthe shadow (Dnsumed him, while the major plodded dry alfalfa hay, and they do very Hunnyside, “ W ould your station nil- now,” the other said huskily. "D on't you along manfully at his side, suggesting ev weather-l>eat«*n heraldic devices, and drove well. vise me to feed gram hay with alfalfa? along by the high park wall. IV hen they see him crawling along the ground?" which might cheer him had gone a hundred yards or so the major In a state where so much cheap for I am a dairym an, ami huve b«*cn feeding “ I see him,-’ returned the other in the ery consideration and narrating many tales, true and ordered the driver to pull up, and they age can be grown for hogs, there i« only alfalfa. ” p. w. same subdued, awestruck voice. "Xow he up, great encouragement for t'»r industry a|KX*ryphal, most of which fell upon heed all got down. The increased fare was T‘ I am sure th s t there would be econ has stopped; now he goes on again ! He less ears. paid without remonstrance, and the ostler Large yields of wheat and barley - an omy in com bining alfalfa w ith grain. is close behind her ! She is looking the Kzra Girdlestone had four hours' start rattled away homewards, with the inten he secured on irrigated lands, and I rom four to ten miumts of grain per other way." of them. T hat was the thought which tion of pulling up at the county police often the wheat is of low mil'irg «lav should be sufficient, using rolled A thin ray of light shot down between rankled in Toni’s heart and outweighed station and lodging information as to the quality, making it much more profit - hnrley rath er than wheat or bran. Tho the clouds. In its silvery radiance two every other He knew suspicious visitors whom he had brought ab lf ^ frei it than to «ell it in the bran would practically be waste«!. You figures stood out hard and black, that of Kate's nature consideration. sack A b u sh el of w heat will make would get good results, I believe, by so well that he was con down. tbe unconscious girl and of the man who vinced from 12 to 15 pounds of gain in live feeding Hbout one half a pound per that she would never have express " It is loikely that they have a watch crouched like a beast of prey behind her. ed such fears to Mrs. Scully unless she w eight w hen fed to th rifty young of linseed meal. A lfalfa is en tire He made a step forward, which brought had very assured reasons for them. In at the gate,” said the major. "W e must hogs w eighing from 75 to 175 pounds. 'lay ly nitrogenous and keep away from th e m 'This wall is a him within a yard of her. She may have fact, apart from her own words, what In young pigs even g reater g ains can shoulti bo balanced in by com a position, more concern great height. We'd best keep on until heard the heavy footfall above tbe shriek •ould this secrecy nnd seclusion mean ex be secured. we find the aisiest place to scale it.” of the storm, for she turned suddenly and cept Field peas are grown in some sec trnteil form of the carbo h y d rates.” foul play? After what he had learn "I could get over it here,” Torn said faced him. At tbe same instant she was tions for hog pasture, and serve ;m about the insurance of the ships and eagerly. Q U E R IE S BY FA R M ER S. struck down with a crashing blow. There ed important purpose in providing good the manner in which the elder Girdlestone "W ait a bit. A few minutes can make was no time for a prayer, no time for a during the summer before induced him to cense corres|»onding no difference one way or the other. Ould pasturage the stubble fields are ready to glean E xperim ent S tation C alled U pon fo r scream. One moment had seen her a mag had with Kate, he could believe anything of nificent woman in all the pride of her his employers. He knew, also, that in Sir Colin used to say that there were There is a period in summer when Advice on V arious S u b jects. more battles lost by over haste than by there is a lack of good pasture in the youthful beauty, tbe next left her a poor case From the Washington Sut* Coil««*, Pullman. of K ate's death the money revert til battered senseless wreck. The navvy had to her guardian. There was not a single slowness. W hat’s the high bank running grain growing sections of the state along on the right here?" A Seattle correspondent asks for a Little alfalfa or clover is grown on earned his blood money. link missing in the clinin of evidence “ D at’s a railway bankment,” said Von many of the farms, and often pigs statement of the experience the sta At the sound of the blow and the sight which that a crime wns in contem- Baumser. "See the posts and the little make very small gains during this tion has had with the "novelty veg of tbe fall both the old man and the plation. showed Then, thnt butcher-like red lights over yonder.” nerio«l. Some farmers sow grain, etables.” He was informed as fol young ran out from their place of conceal man whom Kzra who was wns taking down with "So it itt. The wnll seems to he to be such as wheat or barley, for hog pas lows: ment. Hurt was standing over the body, him? lower here. W hat's this dark thing? ture. but even this dors not produce I he station has experimented with his bludgeon in his hand. The m ajor has put it on record that Hullo, here's a door lading into the as good results as would a pasture of all " of them, and 'finds that they will “ Not even a groan,” he said. "W hat those two hours appeared to him the long grounds." alfalfa, pens or clover grow successfully in eastern W ash d'ye think of th at?” that ever he passed in his life, nnd Blucgrass and white clover will ington. I lie tomato and egg plant " It is locked; though.” Oirdlestone wrung his hand nnd eon- est Tom, no doubt, would indorse the senti “ Give me a hoist," Tom said imploring make a good pasture in some locali should be started early in the season giatulated him warmly. “Shall I light ment. Kverything must have an end, ly. “ Don’t throw a minute away. You ties where there is plenty of moist in hotbeds, or col«l frames. With tbe lantern?” he asked. however, and the station clock, the hands can’t tell what may be going on inside. At ure and good soil. This does not, in this care a creditable crop will be ma "D o n 't!” Ezra said earnestly. which seemed several times to have this very moment, for all we know, they our opinion, give as good results tured. The egg plant is a native of “ I had no idea that you were so faint of however, as the crops mentioned warm climates, and, like the tomato, stopped altogether, iiegan at last to aje may is- plotting her murder.” hearted. my son,” the merchant rem ark preach the Idaho farmers are much en should be given a high, warm eleva hour at which the Portsmouth "H e has right,” said Von Baumser. above, ed. “ However, I know the way to the train was timed couraged in raising hogs from the tion. The okra and artichoke hava to depart. Baum ser nnd “ We shall await here until we hear from gate well enough to go there blindfold. his two friends had come back, all three fact that large plants are he each done very well with us, requiring W hat a comfort It is to know that there smoking cigarettes, nnd looking the lietter you. Help him, my vriends—shove him ing established packing on the coast, thus in only the ordinary garden culture.” is no blood ab o u t! T hat’s tbe advantage for their visit to the cookshop. The five up.” suring a steady demand for live Tom caught the coping of the wall, al and while the price may not he hogs, A farmer of Arden wishes to know of a stick over a knife.” any what got into a first-class railway carriage nnd apples would do well where he “ You're correct there, guv’nor,” Hurt waited. Would they never have done ex though the broken glass upon the toil more satisfactory than in the past, dteply into his hnmls. W ith a great heave with a limited supply, there will he a live*. Professor Thornber advised said, approvingly. amining tickets and stamping luggage and he swung himself up, nnd was soon permanency to the demand even him as follows: “ Will you kindly carry one end and I’ll going through nil sorts of tedious form ali »stride upon the top. the number of hogs produced "For the soil and general climatic take the other. I’ll go first, if you don't ties? At last comes the shrill whistle of “ Here’s whistle,’ said th* major, though conditions you have, I advise the use increases several times. mind, because I know the way best. The the guard, the answering snort from the standing on the to reach a downatretch- in e«|ual quantities of the Jonathan, train will pass in less than half an hour, engine, and they are fairly started u|>on ed hand. “ tiptoe If you w ant us give a good Rome Beauty and Wegener. It is we have not long to wait. W ithin that their mission of rescue. Q U E S T IO N S AND A N SW E R S. blow at it. We'll be with yon in a brace possible that you might make use of time every chance of detection will have There was much to he arranged as to of shakes. If we can’t get over the wall a great many other varieties, but gone.” their plan of action. Tom, Von Baumser we'll have the door down. V aluable Inform ation to Pacific N o rth these are apples that the all doing Girdlestone raised up the head of the and the major talked It over in a low Tom was in the act of letting himself well, and sell for very good market w est In q jlre rs murdered girl, and Burt took her feet. voice, while the two socialists chatted to drop prices the annual markets. into the wood, when suddenly the Kzra walked behind as though he were in get her in German and consumed eternal watchers below saw him crouch down By J. L. Axhlock. W»«hin«rtnn Experiment Bu ‘‘Vary in the number of tree, accord tton. Pullman. «erne dreadful dream. He had fully rec cigarettes. Tom wns for marching upon the wall, nnd lie motionless as ing to whether you are going to irri ognized the necessity tor the murder, but straight up to the Priory, ami demanding though listening intently. Elm a.—“ I have a tra c t of land near gate or not. If yon are going to irri he had never lx*fore realized how ghastly that Girdlestone should deliver his ward "H u sh !” he whispered, leaning over. Quincy, W ash., th a t I wisn to irrigate. gate, plant your trees from twenty- the details would lie. Already he had be up to them. To the major and the G er "Some Ir order to do this 1 will have to u*o five to twenty-seven feet apart, in one is coming through the wood.” well w ater, and possibly do the pum p alternate rows. If you are not going gun to repent that he had ever ar-oui- man this seemed an unwise proce-din.». It The wind hnd died away nnd the storm esred in it. Then <am<* thoughts of. the wns to put themselves hopelessly wrong subsided. Kven from the inne they could ing w ith a gasoline engine, or some to irrigate, you had better plant them splendid possibilities of the African btisi- from n legal point of view. Girdlestone hear the sound of feet, and of muffled o ther m echanical device. Will you on the hexagonal plan, placing the please give me any inform ation th a t trees in the rows thirty three feet tn ss, which could only be saved from de had only to say, as he assuredly won id, inside the grounds. They all bears on this su b je c t? ” A. L. C, apart, with the rows themselves about struction by this woman's death. How that the old story was a ridiculous mate'« c voices rouched down in the shadow of the wall. ; could he, with his luxurious tastes, hear nest, and then what proof could they ad Tom “ I nm quite fam iliar with the con twenty-seven fret apart It will not lay flat upon the glass-studded cop the squalor ami poverty which would be duce, or what excuse give for their inter ing, and no one looking from below could ditions around Quincy, nnd believe thnt injure the trees to grow vegetables his lot were the firm to fail. B etter a ference? However plausible their suspi distinguish him from the wall itself, irrigation in th a t region would bring between them for the first three to very good results, providing the cost five years, but, of course, you should rope and a long drop than such a life as cions might i»e. they were, after all, only (To be continued.) was not too much. In th a t locality the plant nothing that will take the th a t! All these considerations thronged suspicions, which other people might not depth to w ater is quite considerable, moisture or plant food from close to It.to his mind as he plodded along the view in as grave a light as they did. Spiteful. slippery footpath which led through the W hat would you advise, then?" Tom Miss Elder—I’m having Just the |ove- ami thn cost of operating a pump would the young trees.” forest to the wooden gate. asked, passing his hand over his beattd 1 Io«t gown made. It’s tan cloth with therefore ho heavy. The farm ers there M ild P n n U h m en t. use windm ills quite exclusively, using forehead. rose trimming. Don’t you think j gasoline engines only when the wind Stranger— In your town they eloae tha I’ll tell you now,” the old soldier an old CIIA PTK H X X III. will be becoming? | fails. However, the w ater is quite front ffoora of the saloons on Humbly, and When Torn and the major arrived at swered, “and I think me friend Von thnt M iss Ghellus— Yes. the ‘old’ rose will abundant when it is reached. I do not open tha slda doora, do they? Isn’t that W aterloo station, the latter in a breath Baumser will agree with me. I under believe th at it would bo profitable for whipping the devil around tha atiimp? less condition, they found the German stand that this place Is surrounded by a be especially ap p ro p riate for you.- I you to irrigate as m any as ten acres Native— Yea, and th* whipping doesa’I w aiting for them with his two fellow es- wall to which there la only one gate. .Sure Philadelphia P ress unless you hava a system of pipes to hurt him a bit, either. The Firm of Girdlestone li I tv v i i n ^ bo i ' fc, i ill i «|. i i i '« • ■ «it ' m s l»' 'll' m |.r