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i 1 n ft K4 THE RED s n u E M TRAIL 9 CHAPTKH IX. (Continued.) The traveler looked nt him fixedly for a moment or two, and then laid his hnnd firmly on his nrm nnd pulled him toward the table. "Now, look here," ho said to him curtly, "I Intend to pass two hours In your hovel, at nil rinks j I kno.v that between this and eleven o'clock you expect a Inrge party." The landlord attempted to give r de nial, but the traveler cut him short. "alienee," he continued, "I wish to bo present at this meeting; of course I do not mean to be seen; but I must not only see them, but hear all they say. Put me where you please, that Is your con corn ; hut as any trouble deserves pay ment, here nro ten ounces for you, and 1 will give you as many more when your visitors have gone, and I assure you that what I ask of you will not in any way compromise you. Now, I will add, that if you obstinately refuse the arrangement I offer " "Well, suppose I do?" "I will blow out your brains," the tmveler nald distinctly. "Hang it, excellency," the poor fellow answered, with a grimace, "I. think that 1 linve no choice, and am compelled to accept." "Good ! now you are learning reason : lut take three ounces as a consolation." The landlord, forgetting that he had de clared a few moments previously that he had nothing In the house, instantly cov ered the table with provisions, which, if not particularly delicate, were sufficiently appetizing. When their hunger was at length appeased, the traveler who seemed "to speak for both thrust away his plate and addressed the landlord, who was mod cstly standing behind him, hat in hand. "And now for another matter," he roiid; "how many lads have you to help your "Two, excellency the one who took your horses to the corral, and another." "Very good. I presume you will not Tequire both those lads to wait on your friends to-night?" "Certainly not, excellency ; Indeed, for greater security, I shall wait on them alone." "Hetter still : then, you see no incon venience in sending one of them into the Ciudad?" "No inconvenience at all, excellency; what is the business?" "Simply," he said, taking a letter from his bosom, "to convey this letter to Senor Don Antonia Rallier, in the Calle Mon tterilla, and bring me back an answer." "That is easy, excellency ; if you will ihave the kindness to intrust the letter to me." "Here it is, and four piastres for the journey." The liost bowed respectfully and im mediately left the room. "I fancy, Curumilla," the traveler then said to his companion, "that our affairs are going on well." The other replied with a silent nod of assent. The travelers rose; in n twink ling when the landlord returned and re moved all signs of supper, and then hid his guests behind an old-fashioned counter. CHAPTER. X. The travelers had scarce time to con ceal themselves ere several knocks on the door warned the landlord that the myste rious guests he expected were beginning to arriv. The door was hardly ajar ere several men burst into the inn, thrusting each other aside in their haste, as if afraid oi being followed. These men were seven or eight in number, and it was easy to wee they were officers, in spite of the pre caution of some among them who bad put on civilian attire. 'They laughed and Jested loudly. The door of the rancho had been left ajar by the landlord, who probably thought it un necessary to close it; the officers succeed ed each other with great rapidity, and their number soon became so great that the room was completely filled. As for No Lusacho, he continually prowled round the tables, watching ev erything with a corner of his eyes, and being careful not to serve the slightest article without receiving immediate pay ment. At length, one of the officers rose. "Is Don Sirven here?" "Yes, senor," a young man of twenty at the most answered as he rose. "Assure yourself that no person is ab cent." The young man bowed and began walk ing from one table to the other, exchang ing two or three words in a low voice with each of the visitors. When Don Sirven 3iad gone round the room, he went to the person who had addressed him and said with a respectful bow : "Senor colonel, the meeting is complete nnd only one person Is absent; but as he did not tell us certainly whether he would do us the honor of being present to-night, 1 "That will do," the colonel interrupted ; ""remain outside, watch the environs and let no one approach without challenging him, but if you know who arrives Intro duce him Immediately." "You can trust me, colonel," the young man answered, and, after bowiug to his superior officer, he left the room and clos ed the door behind him. The officers then turned round on the "benches and thus found themselves face to face with the colonel, who had sta tioned himself in the middle of the room. The latter waited a few minutes till per fect silence was established, and then -spoke as follows : "Let me, In the first place, thank you, caballcros, for the punctuality with which you have responded to the meeting I had (the honor of arranging with you. I am delighted at the confidence it has pleased you to display in me, and, believe me, I shall show myself worthy of it; for it .proves to me once again that you are Teally devoted to tho Interests of our couutry and that 1 may freely reckon on you in the hour of danger. You under stand as well as I do that we can no longer bow our necks beneath our dls jpotlc fTnunent. The man who at thin moment holds our destinies In his hands has shown himself unworthy of his man date. The hour will soon strlko for tho man who has deceived us to be over thrown." Tho colonel had mode a stnrt, and would probably have continued his plaus ible speech for a long time In an em phatic voice, had not one of his audience interrupted him : "That is nil very fine, colonel," ho said, "we are all aware that wc oro gentlemen devoted, body and soul, to our country ; but devotion must be paid for. What shall we get by this after all?" Tho colonel was at first slightly em barrassed by this warm apostrophe; but he recovered himself at once, and turned with a smile to his Interpreter: "I was coming to it, my dear captain, at the very moment when you cut across my speech." "Oh. that Is different," the captain an swered. "In the first place," tho colonel went on, "I have news for you which I feel assured you will heartily welcome. This is the last timo we shall meet." "Very good," said the practical cap tain. The colonel saw that he could no long er dally with the matter, for all his hear ers openly took part with their com rade. At the moment whon he resolved to tell all he knew, the door of the inn was opened, and a man wrapped Ih n large cloak quickly entered the room pre ceded by the Alferez Don Sirven, who shouted in a loud voice : "The general, Cnballeros, the general." At this announcement silence was re established as if by enchantment. The person called the general stopped In tho middle of the room, looked around him, and then took off his hat, let his cloak fnll from his shoulders, and appeared In the full dress uniform of a general offi cer. "Long live Gen. Guerrero," the officers shouted as they rose enthusiastically. "Thanks, gentlemen, thanks," the gen eral responded with numerous bows. "This warm feeling fills me with delist; but prny be silent, that we may properly settle the matter which has brought us here ; moments are precious, and, In spite of the precautions we have taken, your presence at this inn may have been de nounced. I will come at once to facts, without entering into idle speculations, which would cause us to waste valuable time. In a word, then, what Is It we want? To overthrow the present govern ment, and establish another more in con formity with our opinions, and, above all. our interests." "Yes, yes," the officers exclaimed. "In that case we are conspiring against the established authority, and are rebels in the eyes of the law," the general con tinued coolly and distinctly; "as such we stake our heads. If our attempt fails, we shall be pitilessly shot by the victor; but we shall not fail." he hastily added, because we are resolutely playing a ter rible game, and each of us knows that his fortune deends on winning. "Yes, yes," the captain whose observa tions bad, previous to the general's ar rival so greatly embarrassed the colonel, said, "all that Is very fine; but we were promised something else in your name, ex cellency." The general smiled. "You are right, captain," he remarked; "but I Intend to keep all promises but not, as you might reasonably suppose, when our glorious enterprise has suc ceeded." "When then, pray?" the captain asked, curiously. "At once, senores," tho general ex claimed. Joy and astonishment so paralyzed his hearers that they were unable to utter a syllable. The general looked at them for a moment, and then, turning away with a mocking smile, he walked to the front door, which he opened. The officers eag erly watched his movements, ana the gen eral, after looking out coughed twice. "Here I am, excellency," a voice said, issuing from the fog. "Bring in the bags," Don Sebastian ordered, and then quietly returned to the middle of the room. Almost Immediately after a man enter ed, bearing a heavy leather saddlebag. It was Carnero. At a signal from his mas ter be deposited his bundle and went out, but returned shortly after with another bag, which he placed by the side of the first one. Then, after bowing to his mas ter he withdrew. The general opened the bags, and a flood of gold poured In a trickling cas cade on the table; the officers instinctive ly held out their quivering hands. When all the gold had disappeared nnd the effervescence was beginning to sub side, Don Sebastian, who, like the Angel of Evil, had looked on with a profoundly mocking smile, slightly tapped tho table to request silence. "Senores," he said, "I have kept all my promises, and have acquired the right to count on you. We shall not meet again, but at a future day I will let you know my intentions. Still be ready to act at the first signal ; In ten days Is the anniversary festival of the Proclamation of Independence, and if nothing alters my plans I shall probably choose that day to try, -with your assistance, to de liver the country from the tyrants who oppress it. However, I will be careful to have you warned. So now let us sepa rate; the night Is far advanced, and a longer otay at this spot might compro mise the sacred Interests for which we have sworn to die. CHAPTER XI. The Alameda of Mexico Is one of the most beautiful In America, It Is situat ed at one of the extremities of the city, and forms a long square, with a wall of clrcumvallatlon bordered by a deep ditch, whose muddy, fetid waters, owing to the negligence of the government, exhale pes tlleutinl miasmas. At each corner of the promenade a gate offers admission to car riages, riders and pedestrians, who walk silently fcentatk a thick awning of vw- dure formed by willows, elms and poplars that bordor the principal road, Theso trees a.-o selected with great tact, and am always green, for although tho leaves nro renewed, It takes placo gradually nnd Im perceptibly, so that tho branches nro nev er entirely stripped of tbclr foliage. It was evening, and, ns usual, tho Alameda was crowded; handsome car riages, brilliant riders nnd modest pedes trians wero moving backward and for ward, with cries, laughter nnd Joyous calls, as they nought each other In tho wnlks. By degrees, howover, tho promo linden wont toward tho Ducarelll; tho cnrrlages bocame scarcer, and by tho tlmo night had set In the Alameda was desert ed. A howeman, dressed In a rich Cam presino costumo and mounted on a mag nificent hone, entered the Alameda along which he galloped for about twenty min utes examining the side walks tho clumps of trees and tho bushes; In a word ho seemed to bo looking for somebody or something. At the momeut when tho traveler reach ed the Bucnrolli tho Inst carriages wero leaving It and it was soon ns deserted as the Alameda. Ho galloped up nnd down the promenade twice or thrice look ing cnrofully down the side rides and at the end of his third turn n horseman, coming from tho Alarueda, passed on his right hand, giving hlra In a low volco tho Mexican salute, "Santlsslma noche cabol lero 1" Although tho sentence had nothing pe culiar about It the horseman started, and Immediately turning his hone round, started In pursuit. Within a minute tho two horsemen wero side by side; tho flnt comer, so soon ns ho saw that ho was followed, checked his horse's paco, as if with tho Intention of entering Into direct communication. "A fine night for a rldo, senor," tho first horsomnn said, politely raising his hand to his hat. "It is," the second answered, "although It is beginning to grow Intc." "The moment Is only the hotter chosen for certain private conversation." The second horseman looked around, and bending over to the speaker, said : "I almost despaired of meeting you." "Did I not let you know that I should come?" "True; but I feared that some obsta cle " "Nothing should Impede an honest man from accomplishing a sacred duty," tho tint horseman said. The other bowed with an air of satis faction. "Then," he said, "I can count on you, No" "No names here, senor," the othor sharply interrupted him. "Cnsplta, an old wood ranger like you, a man who has long been a Tlgrero, ought to remember that tho tres have enra and tho leaves eyes." "Yes, you are right. I do remember It, but permit me to remark that if it is not possible for us to talk hero whero cwn we do so?" "Patience, senor, I wish to servo yu, as you know, for you were recommended to me by a trusty man. Be guided by me, if you wish us to succeed in this affair." "I ask nothing better; still you must tell me what 1 ought to do." "For the present very little; merely follow me at a distance to tho place whero I purpose taking you." (To be continued.) Her Plot Cunnlnalr Laid. A story of an amazingly audacious swindle conies from Mudrld, Spnln. Tho heroine Is n handsome, elegantly dressed woman who the other day vis ited a specialist in mental diseases on behalf of her husband, who, she said, was a sufferer from religious mania. Having explained the case. It was ar ranged that she should return In about an hour with the afflicted husband. The next scene of action wns a Jew eler's shop In another part of tho city, where she selected diamonds to the val ue of $5,000 on the understanding Hint she would buy them If her husband ap proved. Would someone accompany her home In a cab and the money would be paid Immediately? A trusted clerk wns sent and with him the lady drove back to the doctor's house. In an ante-room she took tho Btones, "Just to show them to her hus band," then entering with sublime as surance the doctor's study, she In formed the specialist that her husbnnd was now In the ante-room nnd ready to be examined. Leaving n visiting card, tho lady took her departure and the doctor, bid ding the supiwsed patient to enter, pro ceeded nt his leisure to ask profes sional questions. The Jeweler's man was puzzled at first, but soon ho real ized that he bad been made the victim of a clever fraud. Tho doctor, how ever, Interpreted his agitation ns caused by his complaint nnd when after two hours mntters wero finally explained tho lady Impostor had van ished with her spoils without leaving any trace. i A riOTUIlKSqUE JUDOK . Kiintw M, IiHtiiiu. II...... MiuoUliitr Mrnt. fn tho homo smoking of meat I hnvo learned something by experimenting that Is n groat saver of work and of much more consequence keeps tho meat In letter shnpo during the smok ing process. I used n low smokehouse, and, hnndle the little necessary lire ns best I could, It would sometimes heat the meat more than wns good for It. I hud the fire covered In a little llt In the center of the smokehouse. Then I tried n pit outside several foot from the building with an underground Iltio. but nil the hent generated In that wont Into tho smokehouse, so It wns unsat isfactory. I placed an old heating stove, with the legs taken off. on the ground about eight foot front the side of the smoke house, put nn elbow on the stove mid ran a pipe In through the side of tho smokehouse. Then 1 started a little fire In the stove, nnd ns the smoke poured from tho funnel It occurred to mo to turn the smoke down, so I put on an elbow with mouth jKilntlng down, nnd ns that worked all right I put a length of pipe on that nnd watched to see what the smoke would do. In n moment It poured from tho plpo right NO HEAT, NO HANG EH OF riltE. down near the ground. The end of the plpo Is four or live Inches from the ground and nearly on n level with the bottom of the stove. It works finely. The cooled smoke rising from the ground conveys no hent to the meat, though quite a little fire Is kept In the stove. The fire needs but little atten tion, ns the stove Is kept about closed all the time. It Is very satslfactory. Kansas Parmer. Juat u Hoy. "nold on!" said the learned chemist "Didn't I give you a bottle of my won derful tonic that would mnko you look twenty years younger?" "You did," replied tho patient, "and I took It all. I was then 80 and now I am only 10." "Well, then will you plea so settlo this llttlo bill you owe for tho treat ment?" "Oh, no. As I am only 30' now, I am a minor and minors are not held responsible for tho bills they Incur. Good-day, sir." Made Himself So. Nnybor I called to see Nervey last night, but ho wasn't at home. Hubbubs Oh, yes, ho was. Nnybor Not at all. I tell you " Subbubs But I tell you ho was, and very much at home. Ho monopolized the morris chair In my den all even ing." Philadelphia Press. Every day there drops Jnto tho cof fers of tho New York elevated railways 27,500 nickels, to soy nothing of tha other eoln and bills. reed Cotra Their Oirn Milk. An endless chain arrangement tlint on Its face appears to bo tho most economical scheme ever devised has been started by Prof. Erf, of tho Kim sas State Agricultural College. Prof. Erf takes the milk secured from cows on the college farm, converts It Into a powder and feeds It to tho cows, mak ing whnt Is declured to be the cheap est of all the cow foods. The food Invented by Prof. Erf Is mado of buttermilk. He hna perfected a system of drying buttermilk and then converting It Into a powder. This dried buttermilk contains about TO per cent of protein, twice as much ns cot ton seod meal contalnns, nnd can be manufactured for one and n half cents a jxntnd. Thus a food twice ns rich us cotton seed can bo manufactured nt npproxlmntelly the cost of the latter. One hundred iwunds of buttermilk will make from nlno to ten pounds of the finished product and ns the esti mated waste of buttermilk In the creameries of Kansas is fiOO.OOO Itounds dally, It Is figured that by the adoption of this progress a saving of $-100,000 can bo mado yearly In Kun sas alone. The American Carrliitfo Home. The development of tho American urrlago horse at tho Colorado Agri cultural College and Experiment Sta tion Is progressing very favorably, says Prof W. L. Carlyle of the Colorado Agricultural College, in the Twentieth Century Tanner. At tho present time twenty-two brood marcs nro to bo found on the farm, and of these nine teen are expected to foal this year. Fourteen very hlgh-clnss yearling colts, by tho stallion Cannon, ore exemplify ing tho success of the work undertaken. At tho present tlmo seven very flno foals have come to hand this year and tho Indications aro that they aro supe rior to their brothers and sisters of last year. Tho station and college, In co operation with tho government, will In crease tho brood mares to thirty-flvo head during tho summer, and only thoso of tho very highest class will be secured. Hovr to See PInnta Orovr. To observe plants growing under the mlcroscojHs tho American Monthly Mi croscopical Journal says: "Procuro a little collomla seed. Take one of tho weeds, and with n razor cut off a very tiny slice, cover with a cover glass and place under tho microscope. Tho In strument must bo In a vertical position. When It Is well focusod and lighted, moisten It with a drop of water. Tho seed will nbsorb the molsruro and throw out a very large number of spiral libers, giving tho nppoaranco of veritable germination. Beglnnors will find It easier If one applies tho mols- ! turo while the other looks through tho Instrument." Hut n flrovr CVlerr. Dr. S. H. Partridge, of Knst Bloom . . . . I I f e d. N. Y.. Is raising coiory on u wihu ,.,, mmmim.i.wi n scale on tho bod of n reclaimed swamp. Jm,KH I(m(H, f(U lie sot 125.0(H) plants l.uU year, of tho ,,,, , , ,U...,r .,!, I. .., .mlr.l.ntnlllntf. nnd in ... ....... ' irui ........ .,...v.. -v.. iwoon u result m una t in I In. from l.MK) to 1.800 UOIOII branches of celery per aero, marketable nt from i!0 to UO cents ior dozen. Ms celery kept for winter market U placed In trenches mndo by menus of a crib, 10 feet long nnd 11 Inches wide, which Is placed tu tho row nnd filled with col cry. Then n deep bank of earth Is thrown up on eltlier ldo to tho celery, after which tho crib Is taken up and moved forward Its length, nnd tho saino process Is repeated. Tho trenches are left open nt tho top until tho ap proach of cold weather, when they nro covered with straw nud earth. Now Englntid Fanner. KCNESAW MOUNTAIN LASD1. Muat HnUo Many Crot. Twenty years ago hundreds of North Dakota farmers bought butter, eggs and even potatoes and cabbages at the village stores, but they wore not real farmers, merely wheat raisers. They deHndcd entirely ujhmi oiiu crop, and when that failed, distress followed. James J. MM quickly taught them tho folly of that kind of fnrmlug. nud to-day the State's diversified crops aro equal to thoso of any other Northern State. The educational movement was not that Mr. 1 1 III had any love for tho farmers thou, nor has now, but ho had n big railway to feed nnd wns forced to teach the farmer how to produce thu freight. Now the experiment station are 'carrying on the education com menced by Mr. Hill nud nro doing It better. IIutv lo Aiuilr I-rllllir. Should fertilizer bo applied In tha hills or broadcast? It may not he a mistake to apply very llttlo over each hill as A "starter," but It Is better to broadcast. All fertilizer must be dls-, solved licforo It can bo utilized, anil' the greater tho surface over which III Is spread tho more water It will reJ colve. The roots of nearly all plaiibj hprend and grow near the surface, ami t. . .11. .... ..it.. . ... iimu n Kruni lvvimK vnpacuy ou rm VonwsuuInn txitimlao' controversy wlti the plants as near tlium. 'Io apply fer- ,.:,1K,1(l Wll calved and tho All, tlllzer In the hills In to concentrate It, nnc(1 nn-nr occurred and much of It will 1h unused or lost. wcn GreB,mlll j,wl lMtttU The iKwt results are obtained when ;lt bflt.k ,() Ch to icv ,ftW Is distributed over the surface nnd bar ,,0 mohitvd WM rowed In to bo curried down by tin Htn,v jMlw ru,,w t Judge I.nndls wears hU hnlr rnthtt n..nI..K tho WrUr.. if ' U " ,mWl f M1W,nJ Managing tho workers on n furmjli '",, through It. Ho U n youmfmn a science Hi Itself. It Is u science tha: with nn old man's inniiner. HU to few have studied sulllclently. Plan picturesque nud his saylna nlng out tho work so thnt It miiy ib. 'lnlnt. Ho talks with a drawl, at M done In tho best manner nud tu Uh "II tho Lnndls brothers, nnd hl mjB least time Is equivalent to a Hnvlngfh oxpresslng hlinsejr Is improAiiTc. dollars and cents. Not only should tli, Utlca Globo. work bo properly done nud nt thu rlgte f Judge Keiiosaw Mounlalit i.,,,,,',, I tlio United Htnlos DlMtrlef ij. . '" 'Mi CfiK, lioforo whom John I), u,,,kiJl was examined. In .nh. .m i... .'" I was wounded In tho bnttl,', ()f Kti Mountain, henco his mH Tf Lnndls Is iilcturosquo In nVlJtZ nil manner, Ho wns rh-n'o i35 Hocrotary of Htalo Waller Q nr'? urn from mm to HK. Jndu,, "v mid then' ii'WilDlJ .Militia f. I When Judgo Oreshnin was starting,?; Washington to Ixjcorno Heorotnrj I 8tato In tho cabinet of n DomocritL J'restdent and asked young l.nndU h io with him nn private socrotnry, i4! Ilia 4 1 t Mtl ml T Sv nnaaA..a inn iu.iii.ti w.-iuirviui nun accepted n, Ind practiced law In Ohtcnico' u tllonts worn tow, nnd the plmtieo of Z tlllcliil cxporlonco In tho nation's fJ tal wan too nllurlng to resist. Tho Htato Department woko up i.nnuis enmo. ills iniinner wn lis stylo of address original, nnd L!i teeming profundity was Intermit vlth n humor thnt left the tinliiltltW u doubt ns to whether the young buj .vns n Joker or n imrson of grent ilrpti There wns much luqiortntit work louo In tho Htnto Department wb!U I .nnd Is wns there. TJw ('levelnml jr oy to put bnck Queen Mlluoknlnnl tho Hawaiian throne wns undertaken, tho Bering mn arbitration wns on, tb time, hut tho time between dlffcretf pieces of work uhould bo ns small'u poHslble. Hero Is n point at w!mi great waste occurs. It Is llko a mm forgetting something at tho store nu having to drive back miles to get IUN ROOSEVELT'S $40,000 PHOTO. It Hhnvra lllm Titklnic Vrttrv on Hunt! !! Ilrrn Coplrd Wldelf, The most widely published and bj known photograph In existence Is ui4 i .- - ... man can nronerlv imiiniL'it n set rf.to be Hint or rresiticui uihi-iv workers without putting some thoug nwj Mn f"vrlto hunter, mul nn If 'PlilnH.i,- lu twil in ..nuv mL ' flirt WlV York KlIU. Tills llllS Ui seems. To think In a logical mniitvf requires effort. KITecflvn Wnifon J no It. I . .. . ... . . ... ........ ..M.k..M .1,1.1 mlf.S printcii in ninii evcij mK nmi ti nzlno In tho world which ums m tones, and tho sales from It hnvo m ready amounted to moro than mnklng It tho most profitable pbot8 irrnnh over taken. Nearly .1,000 copies hnvo been slpiril bv tho Prcsldont to bo used as siwclilj gifts, and tho demand for It whorcrerJ it tins tioen nlaced on snl has Itfrta alas (1 tf ,i,.rini. the three and n n. .-. j t......-r si net) It wns made. It was mado with a shutter thil onened and closed In one fifteen ln ., l.l. nf n rvim1 Till) PrOHllll'W nwmmnntM hv nu orderly, K'ft tli nai.ltmt mrwtlnc nna mornliiK nnd JoltJ . . . (,(iwinv w . , n i long, mo suon I th nho,0(frnphcr nt Chevy ninw S Tho drawing oxplam . Hlll)Ur,)H of Washington. It vrd necessary for tho President to force horso ovor th fenco a dozen times rrn n Hiiccossftil tilcturo was taken. President Itoosevelt Is probably most photographed man In Uw worM with tho possible exception of Einpcn' uMiiinm nnd nhotoirraphont nssort u reservedly thnt ho Is most dllllnilt t nnim. Ho Is norvous nnd is ounj siinmxid In what might scorn n hit j miss stylo, but overy picture over tnW of him Is thoroughly clinrocteruuo A Is of oak 2x-fx:)3 Inches; B lsj2:(t M Inches; 0 Is 12 Inches long,; ud lever D Is o fen; being 1, foot Itself. i Kxperliiienta In Culll vnllon. Deep cultivation of some croix Is equivalent to pruning tho roots. ? Ttls Is especially the caso with corn, wiu sends Its roots In every direction, cioo to thu surface of tho soil. Kxfrl incuts lu cultivating show tliat vin tho roots wero cut 2 Inches, 4 lm,n and (1 Inches below the surface li in crease of crops was greatest whentlio cultivation was shallow, tho greatest harm being done by deep mltlvnflojnt tho last stages of growth of the J)nts. Tho object should bo to simply mui tho top sol) when cultivating corntml to nvold cutting tho roots as mucins possible. "Don'U" Concerulnir fits Con. r Don't bo unkind to tho milk cow. Don't allow cows to sleep In a hit(jy shed. Don't penult tho cow to drink m. puro water. Don't ubo a club, but kind wordijn. stead. I Do not feed tho milk cow 'r, or decayed corn. 'i Don't allow your finger nails ttr()w long it you aro a uauy mincer. Don't allow any loafers nroun milking, such as dogs, children Don't fall to keep somo sort handy so tho cow may havo fre: to It hon ftts. lalt 'Ida nBlirri ,6 Of a political transaction thnt hno 'J suspicious look, Bonator liovcriugo - one day: "Though In tho thing thoro Is no i nn whtfh wo can lay our hniul, l iniv nnnonrs fishy. It romln mo of a Washington waiter. "A gontleinnn, oftor ontlng n Atnr an ii tn this waiter I 14.II..U., il " 'I am sorry I can't giro you n n hut I find I hnvo only JUBC en in nnv tll( lllll.' anlrn.1 tho lllll hurrtrfV " 'Just lot mo ndd It up again, w' tie nmttorod. Washington Htar. , Obeyud Order, iMtM.ni. . vrni ervlntr about?" "Bobby's got an applo nnd I nnj ti.. r tr,l,1 Mm in irlvn VOI1 A lltl ervln's horofl marks of his tooth." HousUm VoA Boom girls aro very mmsltlYo lxu Uiey Imagine pouting Is become thaw. ..... -r.rro jymvmw-mrtesmi . '-.. f , tmmtAulMitmsif,i ; 2Ai..Iat. aa. J,