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OREGON CITY COURIER,' FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1903. BOWSER PLANTS SOME SEEDS He Experiments In the Interest of Farmers and Gardeners Copyright, 1903, by C. B, 1w1b. HEN Mrs. Bowser discour aged Mr. Bowser from be coming a farmer, as re- i lated a short time since, she looked upon the agricultural question as Settled for a year to come, but her topes were to be dashed. lie reached home the other afternoon with a pack age, under his arm, and when she ex pressed her surprise at his coming borne at that hour he explained: ' "I thought I would do a little work In the back yard. I'm going to spade tip part of It and do a little garden work." "But It's no place for a garden," be protested,, . -' "It's good enough for what I want I'm going to experiment with a few seeds." "How experiment? Why do you waste your time and money over fads?", "Fads! Fadsl Please ' don't ' apply that word to me. No man Is clearer HE PUT IN TWO GOOD HOURS WITH A SPADH of fads than I am. I experiment now and then, but if Sir Isaac Newton, Franklin and Fulton hadn't done the same thing where would the world be today? Just now I'm going to experiment In the interest of farmers and gardeners. It may cost me a dol lar and be worth millions to the coun try." "And what Is It?" she asked, know ing that be would carry it out any way! " . "Well, the question has arisen as to whether certain seeds planted by day or by night thrive the best It Is also a question as to the date of the month, whether It Is odd or even. Strangely enough, no one has gone at It and settled the dispute." I "And it has been left for you?" ' "Seemingly so. At any rate I'm going to try to. If planting certain seeds at night will hasten the growth by a week, as some claim, the world ought to know It Again, If day plant ing Is the best, our farmers should WITH A CLOTHES ntOP IN HIS TO he posted. Take the matter of en cumbers, for Instance. The crop lust year amounted to 9,000,000 bushels If it had been a week earlier it would have made a difference of tens of thou sands of dollars to the farmers. You may call this a fad, but 1 tell you that K's a matter ot worldwide Importance, and the man who solves it Is ccrtnlu to be looked upon as a great philan thropist.'' Mr. Bowser said no more, and be got into an old suit of clothes and put in two good hours with spade and rake In the back yard. lie lost about three pounds of fat In doing it. but his ambition increased by a bushel and a half. Just before he was called in to dinner, the cook, who had been watch ing hi in aud shaking her bead lu a solemn way, went upstairs to Mrs. ltovscr aud asked: "Is he digging for dynamite, Wa'am?" "Oh, no! lie's only going to plant a few seeds," "And will there be a tornado or any thlngr , "No." "Because, ma'am, if anything is go- w SflSEBBB , i mmrnmrnf lng to bust up or cave In I want to be out of the way before it happens. I'm the sole support of my mother, and she couldn't get along without my wages." Bhe was assured that everything was all right and Mr. Bowser ate such a dinner as would have made a farmer's hired man decide that life was worth the living. His garden beds were all ready and he was only waiting for night to come to make his first experi ment '. ' ;. "I shall plant cucumber, squash, melon and pumpkin seeds tonight" he explained to Mrs. Bowser, "and to morrow try the same by daylight This Is an even day of the month, while tomorrow will be odd. It won't take ore; a fortnight to settle the question, and the results will be at once com municated to the agricultural depart ment, Perhaps I may make a third ex periment to see If the moon really In fluences vegetation. It Is claimed by the farmers of some countries that it does." ' - - ... "You'll have a inme back for a week and that'll be about all you'll have to report on," replied Mrs. Bowser as she surveyed the various seeds. "And you'd probably rejoice if I bad a lame back for a year. Some wives encourage their husbands to ambition, but you sit down on every aim I have and seek to squelch it By John, but if I'd only married the right sort of wo man I niipht have been in the White House by this time." The trouble did not go further. She turned away and he took his seeds and hied him to his garden to wait for the shades of night They were not long In arriving, and it was with a feeling in his soul that the agricultural world was about to be turned topsy turvy that his planted his various seeds and tagged the spots with date and hour. Then ho sauntered up and down for half an hour among the clothespins, fruit cans and beer bottles to communi cate with nature and went in. He had done all he could. If there were no cucumbers, squashes, melons and pumpkins to be picked on the morrow it would not be his fault He had shown his interest and his willingness, 'and no man could do more. He bad scarcely entered the house when the full moon rose up slowly from the direction of Frimrose alley. She was hired by the year and bad no reason to hustle. The cats of the neighborhood rose up with the moon. Two or three of them had witnessed Mr. Bowser's planting as they skulked along the top of the fences, and the pews that he had started several oys ter beds was carried along the block. The felines assembled in knots and groups and sections, and while they spat and cuffed at each other they likewise came to an understanding on this subject of agriculture. Mr. Bowser sot reading and smoking after his arduous labors when there was a long drawn yowl from the throats of fifty cats and a rush and a scramble. "Good heavens, but what's that?" he exclaimed as he rose up and hnlf ex pected to see the walls tumble in. OR ASP HE RUSHED UP TO THEM SLAY. "Cats," quietly observed Mrs. Bow ser. "Cats! Where r "In the back yard, experimenting In agriculture." Mr. Bowser rushed downstairs and ut of doors coatiess nud batlcss, and the sight that confronted him made his heart stand still. Half a hundred cats were tumbling over his garden beds. They were of all sizes and colors, one eyed, squint eyed nud bobtnllcd, but all ambitious. They had scratched up his seeds and leveled his beds and wrought Jeo lutlon. With a clothes prop In his grasp he rushed up to them to slay, but they Taidshed like the morntng dew and mocked him as they went. By and by he laid down the prop and re-entered tho house and stood before Mrs. Bow ser. His face was flushed, his ears i worked snd his eyes glared, and lie balanced on his toes as he tried to give utterance to his feelings. I "Yes. I am to blame for it," she said. I "and Tour lnwrer will see mv lnwvpr I In the morning and arrange for the dl-1 SIAVAa W ATT A Y-V vorce." M. QUAD. $4.00 Sent Free Tiie Well-Known Special, Franklin Miles M. D. LL. 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