The Corvallis gazette., October 15, 1897, Image 4

OOPYKKJHT By AMERIOAN PRIM ASSOCIATION, 1894
He picked tip bis bandies and has
tened on and 10 ruinates later was tell
ing Steve Brayton what had happened.
-Glad of it!" replied the latter.
"Beckon I orter go np thar and make
shore he's dead, far I sorter think his
same are Ike Baxter-. Hain't got no
time, though not jest now. This way,
Uncle Ben."
They passed between two great bowl
ders which had fallen from the bank
above, followed a ravine into the hills
for about 200 feet, and after a climb np
the right hand bank fonnd the hiding
place among the rocks. There was a
email fire burning against a great bowl-
' der, and on a bed of leaves and branch
es lay Eoyal Kenton with a -bullet
wonnd in the calf of the right leg. It
was a bit of good lack for him in the
midst of adversity that the ballet had
passed clear through without touching
the bone. It was a painful and tem
porarily disabling wonnd, and he had
lost much of bis strength before the
bleeding con Id be checked, bat be was
inclined to make light of the situation
as Brayton and Uncle Ben appeared
The old darky knew Kenton only by
sight; bat the sight of him lying there
in that helpless condition was a call for
him to throw himeelf down on his knees
and moan oat :
"Fo de Lawd an fo' de Lawd, but
what am Miss Sunshine gwine to say an
do when she knows dat he has .bin
shotted wid a dozen bombshells?"
Kenton soon made the situation plain
to him, and then as the two talked about
affairs at the house Steve Brayton
washed and bound np the wonnd afresh,
made np a comfortable bed, arranged
one of the blankets for a shelter and
aw that Kenton ate as well as talked
The adventure which Uncle Ben had on
the road .was felt to be another menace
to be guarded against. After leaving
the house where they had taken break
fast and encountered the Confederate
sergeant, they had hastened np the side
of the mountain and headed direct for
Best Haven. Within an hoar they found
that a number of men were on their
trail, and two or three times during the
day they were obliged to hide them
selves for an hoar or two. No shots
were exchanged until about 5 o'clock in
the evening, and then they were fired
upon by three men in ambush. Kenton
. was hit and fell, bat be . straggled ap
and made a ran of it, with Steve Bray
ton covering his retreat. Fain and loss
of blood finally brought the wounded
man down again, and he appealed to
bteve to leave him and make his own
escape.
"Couldn't think of it, Tank couldn't
possibly play any sich dirt on a man
who has font longside o me so often!
was the hearty reply. "Thar was only
three of 'em when they fast popped at
us, and I'm sartin shore thar hain't bat
two now, and mebbeoneo' them is wuss
off than yo' ar'l I hain't been shootin
five or six times jest far the-f an of it
If yo' can't-walk, yo'va got to be car
ried!"
Heeding none of Kenton's protests, the
faithful fellow got him on his back and
picked his route through scru bs and over
rocks until he reached the spot where
Uncle Ben found them. He knew it was
within a mile or two of Best Haven,
and he was about starting for the house
when the old man came along.
' "I'll take a trot np the road and see
how the nigger's dead man is," said
Steve when he could do no more for
Kenton. "It's my everlastin opinyun
that the chap will torn out to be Ike
Baxter, and I shan't be overly sorry if
sich ar' the case. I'll hev to git the
body outer the way anyhow, befo' any
body stumbles over it.".
In the course of 20 minutes he reached
the spot, but no man, living or dead,
was to be found. He made a thorough
hunt, bat nothing con Id be discovered.
CHAPTER XXIV.
Uncle Ben returned to the hoase at
midnight and found Marian anxiously
waiting for news. Royal Kenton had
told him what to tell her, and while she
Was comforted in one direction she was
frightened in another. If Kenton and
Brayton had been followed over the
mnnntninR nnr! rilnnri . -rrnil' TiAan shod
would the pursuit cease until they had
been hunted down? If the man whom
Uncle Ben had struck down in the dark
ness was Ike Baxter, wouldn't his in
formation bring Captain Wyle and his
company into the neighborhood at once?
Provided it was not Ike Baxter at all, it
certainly was an enemy of some sort,
who would demand revenge. The oat
look was indeed an anxious one, but
they could only wait and hope.
It was well for the mother that she
was too ill to realize that anything un
usual was happening. The doctor had
"?rcised his skill to no benefit, and
though permitting Marian to hope that
a favorable change might occur he re
alized that the chances of recovery were
veiy remote. All that long night she
lay as one sleeping heavily, and but for
the many distractions the daughter
would have noticed that the change was
for the worse. f
Neither Marian, nor Uncle Ben had
reason to suspect that Mrs. Baxter had
seen or heard anything that night, but
he mast soon know all; - . The girl had
determined that . Kenton should be
brought to the house and cared for. The
thought of .bis rode shelter, wounded
and suffering as be was on that cold
winter's night, almost drove her wild.
It was hardly 7 o'clock in the morning,
and she had simply tasted breakfast,
when she went oat . to Uncle Ben and
aid:
"I am ready to go and can't wait an
other minute. . We will take some more
provisions, bat I shall have Mr. Kenton
brought to the house."
- "What about dat woman?" he asked.
"I don't care foi her. '- If she doesn't
like bis being here, she can go."
"Jest look into her room, Miss Sun
shine!" The door was ajar, while the woman
herself was at the other house. There
was a bloody towel on a chair, bloody
water in a washbowl, spots of blood on
a chair and on the floor.
murder her I" exclaimed Marian as she
looked about in astonishment.
"I know what happened," replied
Uncle Ben.- "Dat passon I knocked in
ter de middle o' last summer was Ike
Baxter. He was follerin me. from de
house. Boaf of 'em knowed what was
np. He cum to arter a bit an cum yere
to hev his harts tooken car' of. I beard
a noise 'boat daylight, an I reckon dat
was when he left. " -
"I'm glad yon didn't kill him, but I
expect Mrs. Baxter will now feel like
taking revenge, npon the whole house
bold. Let os be going. "
Half an hcrur later they were chal
lenged by Steve Brayton, who bad al
ready prepared breakfast for the wound
ed man and was able to report that Ken
ton had passed a comparatively comfort
able night. He met them just outside '
the camp, and with a wink to Uncle
Ben he said to Mai ian.
heard yo'r voice and is waiting fur yo'
I want to speak a word or, two to Uncle
Ben.'". ... ' 1
wnat. yor want to spoke to me
'bout?" cautiously inquired the old man
after they bad walked away a few steps.
f'Nuthin, yo' old son of Africa!" an
swered Steve. , "Don't yo'. nn know
what b'longs to good manners? D yo
reckon that gal wants anybody around
when she fust claps eyes on the feller
she loves like a house afire and is gwine
to marry arter this cussed scrimmage is
over?"
"Hut ' I see!" chuckled Uncle Ben.
"Of co'se yo' sees arter I has pin ted
out the way, but- then yo" is only an
ole nigger and can't be spected to hev
any feelin's on less kicked by a mule or
licked by a passel of guerrillas." ;
Ben then told him of the discoveries
made at the house and of his belief that
his victim was Ike Baxter, and Steve
looked very serious as he replied: -
"Then yo' kin bet we ar' in fur a red
hot time! Ike Baxter will be back befo'
noon with a gang at his heels, and the
chances ar' . that somebody will git
shot!"
At this moment Marian called to
them, and as they entered the camp they
found her dressing Kenton's wound and
preparing for bis immediate removal to
the house. While the raiding party had
stolen the horses, as before mentioned,
none of the vehicles bad been taken,
and she argued that it would be easy
for the two men to get Kenton down to
the road and then convey him fa the
house in one of the carriages. He looked
upon the plan favorably, bat when she
turned to Steve Brayton he said
"Beg pardon, miss, but I can't agree
with yo'. 5Tere ar the situation : Over
thar on the other road yisterday ruawn
at once identified him as Ike Baxter,
There were others in citizens' dress, and
while he was wondering who they might
be one of them laughingly exclaimed:
"Hello, yo' old son of satan! How
does yo' nn feel after the lickin yo got
last night?"
- There was a sergeant in command of
the squad, but. Ike Baxter appeared to
direct operations. He at first drew his
saber as if to give the old negro a cut,
but checking himself he said:
"Now. men, look alive! Some of yo
nns search the house and drag out mat
cussed Yankee and Steve . Bray ton, and
the rest of us will drjve a stake and find
a chain and some firewood! I'm goin
to burn this old nigger alive far tryin
to kill me last night!"
The girl had determined that Kenton
should be brought to the hou$&. .
in we uns was toosen fur Yankee spies.
He' un's a Yank straight 'nuff, but not
a spy, while I'm a party good rebel, as
the t'other side calls us. We nns had a
fuss with a fool of a Confederate, and J
he got help and tried to run ns down.
It wasn't over two miles awav that I
dropped one and winged another. Is
that plain to yo', Miss Percy?"
'Yes." " -
"Waal, them critters hain't goin to
give it up without knowin who we ar'
and all about ns. We nns will bear
from them today fur shore. Then thar
js Ike Baxter to look out fur. Pity yo'r
nigger didn't strike a leetle harder and
finish' him. but it seems that Ike. got '
away. He un was probably sent to'spy
on yo, and yo' kin bet that Captain
Wyle and bis critter company hain't tur
off. We shall also hear from them befo '
the day's over."
"Well, suppose we do?" asked Ma
rian. Mr. Kenton has been irue and
loyal to Virginia and the south. He is
here in Confederate anilorm and has
only escaped from the Federals after be
ing taken prisoner in another battle. .
Suppose the Confederates do come?"
"That's yo'r way of Iookin at it, Miss
Percy," said Steve as he twirled his hat
in his hands. " My way is a leetle di Her-'
ent. Captain Wyle, Ike Baxter and the
rest of the crowd want revenge. If they
find Mr. Kenton in yo'r house, they'll
take him out and carry him off to some
camp. They'll use bim rough. They'll
make charges. They'll stick right to
him till they hev his life. I'm not fig-
gerin. on myself 'tall.. If they don't
shoot me" offhand, I'll git - court jnaT--''
tialed and . be chained up sumwhar till
the eand of the war. Fact is. Miss Per
cy, I've jest about dun cut loose from
this glorious old southern confederacy
and gone over to the Yanks!" - .
"Then what would you advise?" 7
"Leave he un right yere fur awhile.
We uns' got two guns and a revolver,
and if the crowd comes we kin stand
era off a good deal better than at the
house. Meanwhile let Uncle Ben sot out
down the valley to find the Yankee sol
diers and tell 'em what's ap. If -nuff
of 'em cum, and they cam in time, we
will be all right. If not, w might as
well say our prayers!"
Both Marian and Kenton realized the
situation as he presented it, and within
five minutes Uncle Ben bad his instruc
tions. It was believed that he would
run across Federal cavalry within 10
miles of Rest Haven. He was to ask for
General Caster, and if be found that
commander to ask him in the name'df
the Percys to come at once. He was to"
call at- the house and say to Mrs. Baxter
that Marian would be home within an
hour.
"And while yo' nn's yere to lodk out
far the patient," said StevjB Brayton to
the girl as' the old man moved, Away,
I II jest git ready fur the call I'm ex-
pectin!" . .
The camp bad plenty of natural de
fense, but by moving some of thw-fcowl-ders
with a lever and using such stones
as be could lift as "chinking" he-had
the place proof against anything but .ar
tillery within an hour. While he works
and Marian and Kenton plan let as fol
low Uncle Ben. ' He had been intrusted
with a message to Mrs. Baxter, but on'
his arrival at the house be failed to find
her. Entering her room in the "Quar
ters" in his search, he found things in
such disorder that be felt certain she
had packed np a few articles and fled
from the place. Under no other circum
stances would be have dared to lpolc
into the bedroom of the "missus", in the
other house. Alarmed at the thought
that she was helpless and abandoned, he
ventured to intrude. She was lying with
her face toward him, and the first ..glance
brought a moan to his lips. He called to
ber, passed into the. room, called again
and finally reached out and touched the
white and wasted hand resting on the
cover. It was cold as ice. He pushed
forward an old black . hand which bad
served her and hers for half a century
and more and laid it on bur face.
Fo' de great Lawd in heaben, bat
de missus has dun died!" be cried aloud
as he hurried from the room with chat
: . CHAPTER XXV.
Although surprised and confounded
by the sudden turn of events, Uncle Ben
did not entirely lose bis head. - When
he beard the men crying out for revenge
and looked into their pitiless faces, he
felt that his last hour had come. And
yet the devotion of the old slave was
never" better illustrated than in what
followed.. .. As a portion of the crowd
started for the hoase, no doubt fully ex
pecting to find Kenton there, the old
man shouted at the top of his voice: '
Uum back yere cum back! "Yo
kin kill me if yo' wants to, but fur
God's sake doan' put yo'r feet in dat
bouse!" .... , .
"What's the matter?". asked, one as
the gang came to a halt.
- "De ole missus am lyin in dar dead
an all alone, an it hain't fitten dat yo'
snouia go inr
"Whar's that Yankee? Whar's the
gal? Whar's Steve Brayton?" was
shouted at him.
"Dun gone all dun gone!" he an
swered. "It's jest like I tole yo' no
body in dar but de dead missus!"
1 T'Goon, go on ravelled Ika Baxter,
"but look-ont fur yo selves! The hall
crowd of 'em ar' in thar, and they'll
likely make a fight far it!"
The men cautiously entered the house,
firearms held ready for instant use, but
at the end of seven or eight minutes
they "came out to report that " the cussed
eld nigger" had told the truth.
"Dead, eh?" exclaimed Ike Baxter as
they told of the. corpse cn the bed.
"Waal, I'm goin to burn the house jest
the same, though mebbe some of yo'
nns will lug the body outdoors fust.
Time 'nuff fur that after we git through
with this old nigger. Rnn he nn up to
mat post l JNow, then, chain him there!
Yo' old black devil, bat I'll make yo'
suffer fur the rap yo'giv me last night!
1 m goin to begin at yo'r chin and skin
yo c-l'ar down to yo'r heels! After
yo've bin skun we'll build a fire around
yo and roast what's left!"
, He went to his saddle for a rawhide.
one Be had seemingly brought along for
tne occasion. -.When he returned with it.
Uncle Ben was stripped or coat and vest
and bs shirt torn away trom his shoul
ders,. They were going to take his Jife,
not merciiuiiy, as one Kills a savage
beast by a bullet through ' the heart or
brain, bat they would torture him for
hours pefhaps. He could nor fail to re
alize this, but he did not beg for Mercy.
lie simply shut his eyes and prayed God
to-give him strength to endure every
thing for the sake of those in hidinc
down the road". ' He would be "asked to
i betray .them. His refusal would, bring
. other tortures, but he would refuse. -- -
"Now, then, yo' black hound,, whar
ar' the rest of the folks?" demanded
Ike Baxter as - he walked up to Uncle
Ben and flourished the cruel whip'.-
"Aye, be knows the exact spot whar
they ar' hidin, and he's got to tell!"
shouted two or three in the crowd.
- "Of co'se he knows, and I'll hev it
outer he un mighty quick!" replied Ike.
"I'lttgoin to give yo' a powerful lickin,
ole man, fur the way yo' banged me last
night, but IH make it a leetle easier if
yo'll fell whar they all is hid away,'
"f has nnthin to say," quietly re
plied the old. man as he looked about
him. : ' - - r . ' ' '
'What! i Yp won't tell We?"
"Give it to him! Cut his hide into
strings!" yelled the crowd. ; .
Ike responded by striking Uncle Ben
about 20 blows across the bare back.
Each blow -raised a welt, and as each
one fell the victim strained and tugged
at nis lasnings. 1 Uncle Ben had been
whipped the night before, but that was
more in the nature of an assault, or an
attack by armed men. . For the first
time in his life he had been tied up and
his back bared. He felt the shame and
indignity almost as much as the blows.
"Yo' kin see what brung on this yere
war," said Ike as he paused for breath.
"Them air Yankees was tellin our nig
gers that they was jest as. good asthar
masters. Yere's a case of it right yere.
If he'd bin my nigger-; he'd hev bin as
humble as pumpkin pie, but the Percys,
who hev -alius bin half Yankee them
selves, brung him np to think he nn was
as good as anybody!'.'
"Hurry np. Give he on some more!"
yelled the crowd. '
"Thar hain't no rush about it," re
plied Ike as be flourished the whip. "I
want to make it last as long as I kin.
It's a dod Tgasted pity we hain't' got 15
or 20 other niggers yere to look on and
take wa'rnfn by his fate. I've alius
itched to 'lick a nigger, but never had
the chance befo'. Ar' yo' goin to tell
me. yo' infernal old imp, whar that
Yankee is hidin oat?" Uncle Ben sim
ply shook his head. "Yo' hain't, eh?"
ecxeamed Ike. v"Then everybody stand
back, fur I'm goin I'm goin to make
the blood fly all over the yard!"
-"Stop!" .
'-. ' To be Continued.)
Jim and John were townsmen a nd chums
and went out to see base ball. It was
red hot afternoon, and the bleechers were
like frying pans at breakfast time. Jim
had a bald head and John had a crick ' in
the back. They sat for an underdone roast
and laughed at everything. Jim's bald
spot was a shining mark, like a brass doof
piate. A stray ball, tierce and sharp, from
a false bat, struck the spot and ploughed a
furrow. It dazed him. Jim's eyes and face
looKea iiKe a sick owl's, and John laughed
He laughed an hour straight along. The
game ran late into twilight. Meanwhile
John had shed his coat, and a cool damp
draft got in its work on his back. The time
came to leave, but John couldn't. He
couldn't bend or get up. Lumbago had set
in, in its worst form. He laughs best who
laughs last and Jim had revenge. But
they got down town to Jim's room,-, when
ueaaiu, -nere s sometmng all those ath
letes use for hurts and ailments, and it'i
tne best .Jaiown cure for lame back." - He
rubbed it on John's back and some on his
own head. They were both feeling cured
and comfortable from the use of St. Jacobs
Oil, which Jim always kept in a handv
piace. lie was a sport himself and knew
what was best. Thev went to bed. John
laughed in his sleep. Both rose in the
morning iresn as daisies ; then Jim laughed
Nebraska's New Ballot Lair.
The new ballot . law. of Nebarska.
passed last winter by the legislature, is
causing some contusion, as it revolu
tionizes the. manner of arranging the
Danots. Tne tickets will be printed in
separate columns, with a pictorial de
vice at tne bead, and not a single col
umn, with the names of the candidates
arranged alphabetically, as heretofore,
The choice of judges and clerks of elec
tion is also vested in the countv judges.
The changes are so radical as to create
Ua fear of trouble at the November elec
tion. ; . .- '--..,.
Mob Drill in the Navy, '-. ;
.ine men oi tne united states navy
are to be taught how to handle mobs.
Whether -this decision has been brought
about by the frequent eruptions among
th.e labor element in the last few years
or just on general principles, the naval
authorities refuse to say. Certain it is
that the drills are to be generally intro
duced, and the results are expected to
De highly beneficial to good order.
Greater New York's Police.
Greater New York will have a good
sized army of peace - preservers. The
uniformed force will be increased to
about 10,000 men, and they will all be
clad in blue, with plenty of brass but'
tons and gold lace. The police sur
geons and matrons will have to don the
blue. -Paper
Insulated Cables.
A new invention is one to insulate
telegraph cable wires with paper. The
interior cable is lead covered, and thin
spirals of paper are wound around each
interior wire. The cost is said to be
one-fifteenth of rubber insulated cable
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
v;Taking off the hat or cap as a sign of
reverence or respect was mentioned in
the time of Caesar.
In Larue county, Kentnky, it is said
that ,. Charles Williams-has -grown a
banch.of white blackberries.
- It fa said that in the best districts of
China the tea crop -will average' from
300 to 400 pounds per acre. .',
.Rears have - been so thick around
Idaho that it has been said there was a
bear for every bushel.'- '
Over 4,000 frozen rabbits are an-
Pitually exported to the London markets
from Victoria, . Australia. ' -; f . ;
The one thing for which lace ' paper
may be used and - be considered good
form on a table is for cheese.- -" -
Marriage at midnight, the ceremony
being perform edjby a coroner, is the last
Kansan eccentricity reported. ',,-:.?
The tea plant is said by Chinese
writers to have been cultivated in that
country from at least 3,000 B. C. -
. The gossamer iron made at Swansea, '
Wales, is so .thin that 4,800 plates are
needed to make an inch of thiokness."
An Extraordinary Eruption.
A. very singular phenomenon occur
red last winter in Iceland. Along the
seacqast, near the center of the south
ern shore of the island, there is a broad
level region" called the Skeidara Sands,
bordered by glaciers descending from
the mountains. A postman crossing the
sands was startled by a long, groaning
sound Issuing from the glacier two
miles away. ;Then he saw masses of
Ice shooting into the air, followed by a
flood of water , and Ice pouring .across '
the sands. . Being on horseback he
Quickly got out of the reach of dan
ger. After six days, on again visit
ing the spot, he found the sands cover
ed with a "belt of ice-waves" reach
ing from the glacier to the sea, a dis
tance of twenty-five miles. The precise
va-av.r. a. v. J-i ij u c uiiivot X11C JUJtlBt
tering teeth and trembling limbs. She cause of the- eruption, which apparent
'It looks as if some one had sought to Uad seemed to be sleeping when Marian
leu tne uouee an nonr or more before,
but she might have been dying then.
The old man's first thought was to hur
ry back to camp and tell the girl what
had occurred, but as be moved away he
checked himself and mattered:
- "Jest wait now till we figger a leetle.
De good Lawd has dun tooken de missus
away, an my ole heart's ready to break
wid sorrow, bull mustn't give up to de
fee in. Dar's Miss Sunshine,- an dar's
Mars Kenton an dat' soger Steve, dey's
all alive an in danger. If I tole .Miss
Sunshine, she couldn't do nuffin -now
'. 'cept to wing ber bands an cry. - - No, I
won t go back dar! I'll hurry up an
find dem Yankees an tell 'em to cam as
quick as dey kin!" . - - .- .
He bad turned about in bis tracks
when he beard a great clatter, tip the
road, and next minute he was surround
ed by about 20 mounted men. '-- Some
were in uniform, and among these he
j ly ook place underneath the glacier, is
not known,7 but according to a report
In NatHre. it is believed to have some
j connection with the great earthquakes
j that shook Iceland last summer.
"Ofl TTflhf" fllrmiy "1W,n D.. 1,- a'"l noticed one with his bead bandaced and l
, -, E'ectric Power In Arr'o. -
Attention was recently called in this
column to the proposed use of fhe cat
aracts of the Nile for the generation
of electric power. At a meeting of the
Institution of Civil Engineers Jn Lon
flon a short time ago. Prof. Forbes re
ported that he bad been consulted
about another similar enterprise in the
"dark continent." This was -a propo
sition to employ the Victoria Falls of
the Zambesi river In supplying electric
power to the gold mines in Matabele
land and the Transvaal. r He thought
the scheme was not so chimerical as it
had at first appeared tp him. In his
opinion "the distance over-whlch power
might be profitably transmitted by elec-
There are in the United States 70,-
000 bee keepers. The average, product
ol each bive is twenty-two pounds. '
There are in France 1,302,400 nn-
married women between the ages of 25
and 50, and 1,376,6 unmarried men
aged over 80. - ' ; ; . ' .
The difference between a planet and
a star is this: . A, star . shines by its
own light; a planet by light reflected
from another body. - -
Near Alvord, Iowa, a can of stamps
which were stolen from the postofflce
at .Lester, in that state, two years ago,
was plowed up recently. i
The speculative astronomers are now
arguing that the moon is in the shape
of a plumb bob, and., that the large end
is -always towards-the earth. - .
The nephews and nieces of -the Eng
usu sovereign . are entitled to wear
strawberry leaves in their crowns in
stead of the fleurs-de-lis appropriated
to the use of princes and princesses.
Evidence of the complexity of cath
ode rays is found by M. Hv Deslandres
in the fact that when a ray is turned
aside by a neighboring body it is di
vided into several unequally deviated
rays. . - ' ' : '
Anthropologists have ' ascertained
that the Andaman islanders, the small
est race of people in the world, aver
age less than four feet in height, while
few of them weigh more than seventy
six pounds. . ;
Lion tamers, as a rule,, prefer - liops
to lionesses, and dislike a troup of both
sexes mixed. In such cases the danger
of entering the den is quadrupled, and
mischief is pretty sure to result sooner
or later.
THE FARM AND HOME
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARM
ER AND HOUSEWIFE.
There la Too Much Waste of Lands
and Crops Proper' Way to Water
Horses -Help for the Threshing Sea
son Have Harness that Fit.
Too Large Farms,
' Our .farms are too large. They are
not tilled thoroughly enough. There is
too much 'waste both of lands and
crops. ,r A man may not be able to be-:
come rich in a few years upon a few
acres, but by care and thoroughness he
can make a comfortable living for his1
family, and also save something-for
old age's support. In Scotland, accord
ing to a recent government report, there
are 9,227 agricultural holdings of one
acre and under, 20,150 of from one to
five acres, 33,921 of from five to fifty
acres, 25,568 of above fifty acres, and
beventy-six of more than 1,000 acres.
There are In this country abundant
opportunities for the "small farmer";
growing cities are consuming more and
more of the products of Mother Earth,
which no one can produce so well as the
"small farm" man, who can give them
the Infinite pains necessary to their
best development,- and Is willing to take
care .to get -them to market in proper
condition. This is the secret of the
"small farmer's" success. Farm News.
enoe bad not been suspected. Not only
will this give a secure basis for - mill'
tary operations, but it' is possible that
water may be found "in sufficient quan
tities to serve for irrigation, in which
casg the Sahara may be turned into a
flower garden. Its aridity comes from
no material sterility of the soil, . but
simply from lack of moisture.
ALMOST INSIDE OUT.
Watering Horses. -In
no other way do farm horses suf
fer so much as from being inadequate
ly watered. , They are compelled to
work steadily for five full hours each
half day in the broiling sun with no
water. The farmer Is - very careful
when he goes to the field to see that his
jug of drinking water is not left be
hind, and he drinks often if the day is
hot. But it never enters his bead that
his horse is a sweating animal, and in
proportion to his body has a smaller
stomach than a man, and needs as
large a supply of water and at as fre
quent Intervals. Not only is it humane
to provide water for the horse, but it
pays. The sweating process Is a cool
ing one. Ths is nature's way of coun
teracting the heat, and when water is'
givien In sufficient quantity to sustain
the sweat the horse can do more work
with safety. . It is but little trouble to
give a team a drink two or three times
each, half day, and any man who will
try the experiment will never abandon.
It. By providing a barrel on a log boat,
or even on a wagon, enough water can
be taken to the field to last two or three
days, and if the. barrel Is a clean one
the water will keep In good condition.
With a pail the horses may be given a
drink a couple of times each half day.
No time need be-lost, for It will take no
longer to give them a sip of water than
to sit on the plow handle while they
are resting. There Is another very great
advantage in this occasional watering.
When so watered the team on coming
to the stable may be allowed to drink
all they want without fear of bad re
sults, and the grain may be given so
as to give them plenty of time to eat it.
When not watered from morning until
jaoon it. Is not safe to give drink until
they have stood and cooled off,, and ev
ery one should know that it is. not the
best way to feed a horse before he has
drank. Germantown Telegraph.
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- i"-" "f" Artesian Water in Sahara.
Get five or slx'gallons of raw linseed ' 0n,e ofhe moet '?8ul of
oil. a miion nr L nf whtto the Egpytian expedition up the Nile
small box of Russian blue, a small box i 3J e h by Baking
of chrome yellow In paste form and ten , lP f " beKfoun?t m the
tn ft L. J wi. r- , desert in many places where its pres-
powder. For the wooden parts there is
nothing better than Venetian red and
raw linseed oil. The mixture will make
a dark red. If a bright red Is preferred
mix some chrome yellow, with it in the
proportion of fifteen parts of Venetian
red to one part of yellow. This makes
vermillion, the brightest red known.
If blue is wanted mix with white-lead,
four parts, with one of Prussian blue.
This will give a dark blue, which can
be made as light as wanted by adding
white. Green is made by mixing yel
low and blue. Any of these, colors will
answer fqj the wooden portions of the
machinery. " Do not use any drier, as
the paint will last much longer without
It. In winter a much longer time be
tween coats is required for paint to
dry than in summer, but when it has
become solid it lasts much longer than
If It dries rapidly. '
Do not use white lead to paint metal
surfaces of any kind, for the acetic acid
it contains will tend to corrode them.
For -all this kind of work use venetion
red and oil or get some of the common
black paint sold especially "for this
purpose. For the portions which are
expected to scour, mold boards, plow
shares and similar points, etc., use a
paint made as follows: Mix yellow
ochre with coal tar and thin to a work
ing consistency with turpentine. This
will effectually prevent rusting, but it
will rub off quite readily when the
plow is to " be used. Orange Judd '
Farmer.
ine stomaon tnnt is not turned thus by a
snaKine np on tne -'briny wave" must be a well
fortified one. The eastrlc annaratns pan he ren.
dered proof against seasickness with that stom-
acnic so popular among travelers by sea ana
land Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It defends
tne system against malaria and rheumatism,
and subdues liver complaint, constipation and
dyspepsia.
To make white soup use veal for
stock, and r beef for brown stock; to
aolor amber soup use a little burnt
sugar, just enough to make the desired
amber shade.
- .Eating Peaches. .
It Is somewhat fortunate that the
woolky coating on the shin of the peach
is so- objectionable to most people that
they remove it before beginning to eat
the fruit, ' It is almost always the re
ceptacle of germs, which, if taken into
he. stomach 'under certain conditions,
are extremely injurious. , Hence, when
ever the peaches are eaten raw the skin
should be removed, not alone, because
Its woolly covering is unpleasant, but
still more because It is unhealthful.
For still stronger reasons peaches
should never be dried with their skins
on. In such case the number of germs
which a pound of dried peaches will
carry an hardly be estimated. Still,
if the stomach be entirely healthy, any
number of germs taken into it will do
no' injury. Nobody can surely know
this of himself or herself. That some
can eat the peach, peeling and all,
without injury is no proof that others
can do so.
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS. '
We are asserting In the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word " CASTOKIA," and
' PITCHER'S CASTORIA," as our Trade Mark.
I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Byannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of " PITCHER'S CASTORIA,"
the same that has borne and does now bear the
lac-simile signature of CHAS. H. FI.ETCHER on
every wrapper. .This is the original " PITCHER'S
CASTORIA " which has been used in the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought, and has the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chaa. H. Fletcher is President.
March S, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, MJX
Persons who suffer from the cold
should wear loose clothing in- chilly
weather, remembering that two thin
garments retain more heat than one
thick one.
SlOO REWARD, SlOO.
Make, the Calves Gentle.
Much of the value of a cow depends
on her being gentle. There is no way
to make sure of this except by accus
toming the heifer calf from .the first to
he handled and petted so that she will,
never fear man's presence as threaten
ing injury. There is another object in
this. By free handling of the heifer'i
udders, both they and her teats will be
enlarged. This will also cause the milk
glands to develop, making the cow a
better milker all her life.
The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to core in all its stages
and that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis
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Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the svs
tem, thereby destroying the foundation of the
disease, and giving the patient strength by
building np the constitution aid assisting
nature in doing its work. The proprietors have
so much faith in its curative powers, that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials,
Address, F. J. CHENEY, & Co., Toledo, O.
Bold bv druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
If you should spill grease on your
floor cover it at once with corn meal or
try baking soda. - Moisten the soda and
rub it on the grease spots with a cloth.
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What Neglect Leads To.
: Mrs. Chaa. Kind's Experience. -A
woman's body is the repository of
the most delicate mechanism, and yet
most women will
' let it get out of
order just as if
it were of no con
sequence. Their'
backs ache,heads.
throb and burn
they have wander
ing pains, now here
and now there; ex
perience extreme
. lassitude, thai
don't-care - and
want-to-be-left-
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citability, irritability, nervousness,
sleeplessness, and the blues, yet do
nothing to help themselves. These
indicate womb complications.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound will relieve all this trouble.
Mks. Chas. Euro, 1815 Rosewood
St., Philadelphia, Pa., says: .
"I had bearing-down feelings, back
ache, burning sensation in my stom
ach, chills, headache, and always had
black specks before my eyea. I some
times had four and five fainting Spells
a day. X had several doctors, and tried
many patent medicines. I commenced
to take Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and I never bad anything
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Help for Threshing.
When threshing Is done by steam
power, it is the constant effort of those
who run these threshers to have the
work of threshing In eaich neighbor
hood hurried through in as short a sea
son as possible. Their own expenses
are quite heavy, and the threshing
business will' not pay unless they can
get' steady work while the season lasts.
It is the, farmer's interest, on the other
hand, to postpone grain threshing until
fall work is well out of the way. The
grain is in better condition for thresh
ing then,, and, .what is quite as import
ant, it is not so difficult to secure the
help needed. To keep a steady flow of
grain In the straw mow or stack to the
machine requires three, four or five
men according to the distance the bun
dles have to be pitched. All are needed
that -can work without being in each
other's way. It is the hardest work
that- Is now left to be done on the farm,
and is also the dirtiest. There is al
ways .some heating in the mow or
stack, and this means some dust from
the partial decay of straw or chaff. The
men who go with threshing machines
get bigger wages than they can at any
other farm work,, and they fully earn
what they receive. Few people can go
through a job of threshing without tak
ing cold and having throat and lungs
and nostrils greatly irritated for sever
al days after. It is under such condi
tions that tubercular consumption Is
most apt to begin. American Cultiva
tor. .
Hye as Hog Feed.
On light, sandy soil corn is a very un
certain crop, and many seasons it will
not yield so much grain as a crop of rye
wlilcn usually succeeds well - there.
We have known some farmers on sandy
land to grow rye to. feed their hogs. It
Is excellent for growing pigs, but when
fattening time comes some corn should
be fed, even though it has to he pur
chased. " ''..''
Burning a Clover Field.
.1 am decidedly In favor of burning
over my .fields, once in three or four
years, writes Waldo F. Brown, in Na
tional Stockman, as by so doing we kill
myriads of Insects as well as the spores
of fungi, and there can usually be
enough stubble -left on a Mammoth
clover field to do this. There is no crop
better to burn over than clover, be
cause nitrogen is the only thing lost,
as the phosphoric acid and potash are
made more quickly available by burn
ing, and as the larger part of the nitro
gen generated or developed by the
clover Is stored in the roots there is
usually enough of this important ele
ment of plant food left after, burning.
and as the atmosphere Is a great store
house of nitrogen, upon which we can
draw whenever we grow clover, I do
not mind , burning a little of it My
arst experience-in burning over a field
was more than forty years ago, and the
result w as so -satisfactory that I have
watched and experimented with it ever
since, and am convinced that it is "good
farming" and scientific to do. It. The
heaviest yield of wheat grown in Ohio
of which I have any knowledge, an av
erage of fif ty bushels per acre on a ten-
acre -field, 'was on a field of Mammoth
clover which ' was burned over before
plowing, simply because the : owner
found it Impossible to turn, under the
mass of haulm on the land. I have
proven that burning will destroy the
cutworms and save the crop, of corn
also. I would use Judgment in doina
this, and would not burn what I could
turn under on a soil lacking in humus,
but I recommend readers to carefully
experiment alongthis line and note re
sults, and in my judgment' they will
reach the same conclusions that I have,
that under some conditions burning is
an advantage.
Farm Notes.
A flock of turkeys will clean out the
large green tomato or tobacco worms
in short order. In the large tobacco
fields of the South the turkeys are
given full liberty and perform valuable
service. :
mature evidently Intended that the
p t should eat little at a time and often.
and its stomach was fashioned accord
ingly. The most successful breeder Is
the one who recognizes that fact ami
governs "his feeding operations accord
ingly. 4 .
not xeea corn io pigs, colts or
calves, but use ground oats, bran and
middlings, as those foods contain more
mineral; matter than corn and better
promote the formation of bone and tis
sue. It Is time to put the fat on the
animal after the framework is co
pleted. ' . -
Straw may be added to the barnyard
manure because it is pl-entiful, but it Is
better to utilize the straw In some man
ner before It reaches the heap. It
should be cut with a feed cutter and
used for bedding before throwing it
away, In which condition it is an excel
lent absorbent and. more quickly de
composes In the heap. .
We judge of a farmer by his own
farm and of a farm by what we see m
passing it, says a contemporary. If ail
is neat, and tidy, fences and outbuild
ings, as well as dwelling houses, In
good repair; If tools, wagons and ma
chinery are housed and painted and
animals sleek and contented, we are
satisfied that the owner is a good farm
er and is prosperous.
The comparative values of corn,
wheat and barley for pork '- making
seem to be about as follows from re
cent experiments at the Canada and
United States experiment stations: To
make 1 pound of pork, 4 pounds 11
ounces of barley was consumed, mak
ing the, barley net 50 cents per
bushel. Its market value was 25 cents.
On wheat, a pound of pork was made
from 4 pounds 6 ounces, returning 70
cents per bushel. Four and one-half
pounds of corn was required, making
ita cash value 63 -cents. At market
prices, barley; 25 cents; wheat, 55
cents; cornr 85 cents, the pork cost 2.5
cents, 4 cents and 2.85 cents per pound,
respectively. ,; -.
Paper Sails. .
Sails 'of. paper, are coming Into use
and are -found more economical than
cloth ones. They are made by adding
to the paper pulp glue, alum, alkaline
silicate, fat, and bichromate of potash,
then rolling two sheets of paper, which
are pressed together before drying, and
afterwards treated ; with -. sulphuric !
add, which turns the united sheet into j
parchment paper. When washed with
a soda solution and dried, the parch
ment paper becomes very strong and
resisting, and Is made into sails of any
size by means of cement of the same
pulp which enters into the composition
of the paper. . . - -
All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
viuiTine, - YOT Ooraai ifripf is made from
Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale
Dy nrst-ciass grocers, in cans only. Manufac
tured by the Pacific Coast Syrup Co. All gen
uine "lea aaraen Dripg" have the manufac
turer s name -ntnograpned on every can.
For binding of cut and wounds al
ways use ; linen, not cotton, as the
fibres of cotton are flat and apt to irri
tate a sore place, while those of linnen
are perfectly rounded.
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If the glass stopper becomes fastened
in the neck of your bottles try placing
the neck of the bottle in hot water for
a few minutes. This will generally
loosen the stopper. - .
Try' Schilling's Best tea and baking powder.
There is nothing so repulsive as un
derdone game. Be sure it is well done
in the cooking.
Varicocele
Destro s Physical Energy.
Takes the Snap Out of a Man.
Robs Him of Ambition.
Makes Him Weak and Nervous.
Nothing hurts a man's vitality more than
Varicocele. It drains the mental vigor as well
as the physical force, and the man who has it
is only half the man be ought to be. Nothing
cures it so quickly as Dr. Sanden's Electric
Belt, which is now arranged especiallv for this
trouble. Its work is done quickly, the worst
cases yielding in one or two months.
"I bought a No. 6 Belt last March for Varico
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for eight years, and I have not now the slight
est symptom of it. Yours truly James C. Gill,
Russellville, Or."
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season's work is over the better. No i
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