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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1908)
I BY MISADVENTURE ; : dy ; : FRANK BARRETT :: CHAPTKH I. My name Is Kcene Anthony Kccne. I mm n Inn-vnt alvtt.fniif Von r la m V niTP. You may sec what kind of man I am by my portrait; not over pleasant wim any one. George Flexmore and I were friends, lie was my first client when I 6et up In Cnnovford. n Kninll town fust larce enough at that time, as I believed, to keep a law yer of its own; there are a couple or us now, and we have as much to do as we need. Flexmore had just then come Into a fortune and he did not know what to do with it. I prevented him from losing it, as he certainly would have done with out proper direction, for he was an easy going man, of a credulous disposition, such as your needy adventurer and shifty speculator love to take in hand. For ev ery man that has money there are ninety nine who are anxious to spend It for him. , "If any one asks you for money, Flex more," said I, "don't refuse him; send him to me." And he did so, with this re sult he never lost a penny by these good natured friends. He had a great respect for me more than I deserved doubtless. He seemed to think that whatever I did must be right, and I believe it was the sheer force of ex ample that kept him out of matr.mony so long: because I did not care to take a wife, he thought it best to keep single. But the conditions were different. I am not an easy-going man, and marriage would have been purgatory for me or my wife, and the result must have been equal ly bad for both of us in either case. But Flexmore had nothing to do from morning to night that might not very well be set aside to attend to the wants of some body else. He saw that he ought to have some other object in life than to eat and sleep and kill time that his life was in complete In fact But he still made pre tense of being content with a bachelor's existence. One day I caught him singing his old song, "When a man's single he lives at his ease," but in such a lugubrious strain that it would have made me laugh If it had not irritated me. That's humbug. Flexmore," said I, "and you know it. A man's happiness consists in making other people happy unless he's a lawyer. You're not a law yer, and you ought to be making some body happy. You'd be more at your ease if you bad somebody else to think about, and somebody else to think about you." "Do you mean that 1 ought to marry, Tony?" he said, blushing like a girl. "That is exactly what I do meafc, George. There's little Miss Vaughan, who has been waiting to be asked these three years; there are dozens of girls to be chosen from." "Do you think she would have me?" he interrupted eagerly. "Well, the best way of deciding that point Is to go and ask her this afternoon," said I. The result of this advice waa that Flexmore married Miss Vaughan just six weeks after. , She was much younger than he, as a wife should be. A happier couple I never aw. He lived to please her, and she to please him that was the chief object of their lives. A year after their marriage they had a child," and a nice fuss they made about it. She grew up a pleasant little thing, shy and timid, with a clinging affection for lovable persons and things. I never saw anything like the passionate attachment that existed between her and her sweet tempered mother. Poor Mrs. Flexmore had never been a robust person, and well, to cut short a story that is too pain ful to dwell upon, she died when little Laure was eleven yeirs old. Flexmore was then sixty-two, but he was not too old to suffer. The loss un manned him completely. He took on like a woman; and he would have been less a man if he had not, perhaps. "My poor old friend," said I, "It would have been better to let you live on an old bachelor." "No, no," he replied. "After such hap piness an eternity of suffering would find me still a gainer." "You have your child your little Laure," said I : and then, to turn his thoughts from the past, I talked about the future, and what he should do for the child's welfare. Indeed the child's grief gave me almost as much concern as the father's. It was not a passionate out burst, that spends itself like a summer shower and gives place to peace and Btniles, but a continued fruitless yearn ing for that loved one to come back who was gone forever. "You must have a woman here to com fort her," I said to Flexmore. He agreed to this, and sent for his de ceased brother's widow, who had married again and been a second time left a widow, as being his nearest female rela tive, and she came readily enough a woman of fifty, hard as nails, and stringy as an old crow. She looked upon little I.a lire's distress as unnatural in a child, and her morbid condition as the result of defective education; and she set about correcting all this by setting the little thing to read some Instructive and moral books which no conceivable creature could find interest or pleasure in. After she had been there three days Dr. Awdrey had to be sent for. Laure was feverish and couldn't "hold herself up properly." Dr. Awdrey ordered her to be put to bed at once, gave directions respecting treatment, and sent physic to be administered every two hours. Mrs. Yeaines had studied medicine from n shilling handbook that she carried with her as If It were an amulet; she diluted the physic and administered doses when she thought fit. Little Laure was very much worse when the doctor called the next day; and It was not long before he discovered the reason. He came down Into the library where I waB sitting with Flexmore. "Your child Is in a very dangerous con dition," he said firmly. "Heaven have mercy upon me!" ex claimed my old friend, clasping his hands. "What'a to be done?" "She must have a proper nurse, to be gin with,' said Dr. Awdrey. "I can get you one whom I can rely on implicitly, and who can do more than all my physic for the poor child. She is In the hospital for little children at London, and I be lieve she would come at once if I asked her." "Then for mercy's sake, telegraph for her at once." When the doctor was gone Flexmore In some embarrassment turned to me. "It will never work, Tony," said he do spondently. "The nurse will never be able to put up with Mrs. Yeamcs." "Yes; sho's turned the whole place topside turvy In putting things In order, and left not a bit of comfort anywhere." "Yes, yes; all tho things that my darl ing loved she has packed away the lit tle trifles with which Bhe made these rooms so bright and pleasant I can't bear to see the place altered; and those trifles, Tony, I miss them I miss them." "We'll have 'em all back again In twenty-four hours." "I asked her to come and live here. How can I get rid of her?" "Don't bother about that, George. You leave her to me. Give me full authority to act in your behalf, and stick to my directions." He gave me his word most Impressively that he would. I went into the sitting room and sent at once for Mrs. Yeamcs. Then we had It out. She was a tough one to deal with, but not nearly so tough as I am. I tried to be polite, but I fear I insulted her. She certainly said I did. and went Into the library to know If her brother-in-law would tolerate such a want of respect on the part of a mere at torney ; and the question being put direct ly to Flexmore whether she or I were to leave that house at once and forever, he replied that he felt convinced, taking all th.ngs into consideration, that he could better afford to lose her than me. ' After that there was nothing for the indignant widow to do but to pack up and pack off which she did, happily, be fore her fury gave place to more pruden tial considerations. CHAPTER II. I expected to see a comely, motherly, middle-aged woman, and was taken alto gether by surprise when Nurse Gertrude presented herself in the person of a slight young woman of twenty-two or thereabouts. Of course I am no judge of female beauty, but I don't think Nurse Gertrude at that time could be considered hand some, or even very pretty. If I have any predilection, it is for large women with round, full figures: and I think I rather like a saucy eye and a nice little turned up nose. Now Nurse Gertrude, though by no means short, was, as I have said, slight and thin. She bad a very delicate, fair complexion and pretty, dark hair, to be sure; but her nose was long, and her eyes were by no means saucy, hut calm and deep and thoughtful. Her expres sion was cheerful, and she had a pretty trick of blushing, but In repose her face was full of intelligence and solicitude. One could not look at her without being impressed with the belief that she was essentially a pure and honest girl, with a very earnest purpose, an amiable dis position, and a clear-seeing, right-feeling mind. Her eyes were so true and frank and loyal, that one was attracted to wards her as to a friend whose fidelity and love could never be doubted. One thing struck me, and this was that in some peculiarity I know not what she bore a resemblance to Mrs. Flexmore as I had known her in her younger days. And this seemed also to have struck Flexmore, tor more than once I saw blm, forgetful of the table, looking at her with the tenderest interest on his poor old woe-begone face. "Oh, I see how this will end," said I to myself. "He'll marry that girl If she'll have him." Mrs. Yeames, like an old buzzard that has missed Its prey, hovered about the neighborhood, watching the quarry with the jealous intention of preventing any other creature of her own species clawing up what she bad failed to secure. She took a cottage at the other end of the town and joined a clique of ladles famous for their ability in picking to pieces the reputation of a fellow-Christian. Meanwhile Nurse Oertrude fulnlletl her duties with the calm self-possession of one conscientiously doing what she feels to be right. What she had come there to do, she did and as if by magic. With Dr. Awdrey s help she got the fever under in a week, and after that she brought a smile back to the poor child's wasted face, which was of still greater importance; for when one can smile, one can eat and enjoy food. She gave little Laure something to love, and nourished her heart with kindness. That was what she needed; that was what she got. She had been craving for love since her moth er was takpn away, and must have died without It, as surely as a plant must die without sunlight. But how was she to be weaned of this love-food in order that Nurse Gertrude might in time return to her hospital? Every day her appetite grew by what It fed on. All the clinging affection she had brn to her mother she now exhibit ed towards Nurse Gertrude. The child had recognized the likeness that had struck me; mother and nurse alike, In some respects, were still of the same type of woman and an excellent type, too. After a time it became obvious that Laure va not to be weaned and that to take wny Nurse Gertrude would In flict the terrible suffering the child had endured In losing her mother. There upon there were consultations between Flexmore, Dr. Awdrey and me. "It Is obvious that Nurse Gertrude Is very strongly attached to your child," said Dr. Awdrey. "She Is not unhappy here; she looks better than when she came," said FJex more. "Oh, undoubtedly he U better," Dr. Awdrcv agreed. "The confinement of the hospttal and the air of London were telling upon her In fact, I must admit that In recommending, her I was influ enced by the consideration that tho change would be to her advantage aa well as your daughter's." "If she would only consent to stay here as a companion to dear Laure In any capacity, on any terms t" said Flexmore. "Do you think she would?" "Go and ask her," said I. She was asked; but Dr. Awdrey wn. tho negotiator, for Flexmoro had not tho courago of a mouse. And Nurse Gertrudo acquiesced setting aside all other con siderations for the sake of the child whoso love had won her heart. So Dr. Awdrey put It; for my own part I could not seo what sacrifice she had mado In exchang ing a close hospital ward for a pleasant and airy house, and an 111-pald slavery for a very remunerative position whero she was free to do just as she liked. No; I looked upon It that the young lady, to gether with other very good qualities, had a very clear perception of her duty to herself, and that sho foresaw as plainly as I did that sooner or later sho would become Mrs. Flexmore. Howover, to stick to tho facta of the case ; that day Nurse Gertrude came down to dinner without the becoming little cap which had previously distinguished her as an official nurse; and It we had come to think her pretty In her cap, we wcro bound to admit that she looked still nicer without It her pretty hair drawn neatly up and coiled plainly on her head. Wo have a flower show In our town once a year. The first day is the best, of course, and, the prices excluding the poorer kind of people, only the upper sort are there. There was a rumor that titled visitors were staying with the Casely's, and that probably they would visit the show in the afternoon; wherefore you may be sure that Mrs. Yeames and her "superiah" set were all thero in full feather. About three o'clock I saw Miss Dal rymple come In with Laure; she never missed any occasion of giving pleasure to the child, or of taking it herself for that matter. She was plainly dressed; but, to my mind, there was no more elegant young lady there. Mrs. Yeames with three of her finest friends stopped them, and with the most distant patronizing In clination of their heads to Miss Dalrym ple, bent down to kiss Laure, and ask after her poor, dear papa. Then Mrs. Yeames, taking the child's hand, led her to a bank of cut flowers, asking her whether she could spell th,e labels at tached. In the midst of this instructive display of her own acquirements, there was a flut ter amongst the visitors, and word was whispered that Mrs. Casely had arrived and had brought Lord Dunover with her. And there, sure enough, was Mrs. Casely with a tall, white-haired, aristocratic old gentleman, coming right down upon the little party. There was not time to get away from little Laure and that horrid nurse Gertrude, when Mrs. Casely met them and Introduced his lordship. Dun over bowed stiffly, but suddenly catching sight of Miss Dalrymple, his face became illumined with a smile of heart-felt pleas ure, and exclaiming, "What, Gertie, my dear, you here!" he took her by both hands and kissed ber pretty Hps. Then turning to Mrs. Casely, he said: "Mrs. Casely, let me introduce yoc o my niece a little democrat who almost shakes my class prejudice, for she prefers independence as a hospital nurse to shar ing the fallen fortunes of her family." Then It was known that Mlas Dalrym ple was actually the niece of an earl. And she and Laure spent a week at Casely Manor, where Mrs. Yeames and her "superiah" set had never been allow, ed to stay longer than half an hour. (To be continued.) FIrat Aid. " A Washington doctor was recently called to tils telephono by a colored woman formerly In the service of blH wife. In great agitation the darky ad vised the physician that her youngest child wns In a bad way. "What secma to be the trouble?" aBk ed the doctor. "Doc, she done 6wallered a whole bottle of Ink." "I'll be over there In a short while to see her," snld tho medico. "In the meantime, have you done anything for her?" "I done give her three pieces o' blot tin' paper, doc," snld the negresa doubt fully. Harper's Weekly. THE WEEKLY I'lntmltiK Homrifouiwla. Because of the iMrmnneney of habi tation on a farm the greatest euro needs to bo taken In deciding uion plans for dwellings, barns, lanes and tree planting. Unlike tho town resident who Is hero to-day and away to-morrow the owner of a farm becomes at tached to his homo and can look for ward confidently to leaving It to his sons and grandsons after him. The site for the house having been fixed the other buildings will group themselves to the side or In the rear. It Is not to bo expected that In the first few years after taking up a homestead that the A SHELTERED HOME. gardens, driveways, lawns anu snruo bery should be completed In nil their details. Indeed for best results It Is well that most of this work lie done gradually though having all the time a fixed plan In view. Land la not so valuablo that an acre or two cannot be devoted to artificial adornment. It Is the rule of life to provide first for necessities, then for comforts and finally for pleasures. Most of our coun try Is too new to permit of much atten tion being given to landscape garden ing. The efforts of the people have been directed to the acquiring of lands and buildings. The Illustrations given herewith are intended to offer sugges tions for improving the nppenranco of the farm home without any consider able expense. The first shows n farm home well sheltered by surrounding trees. The space Immediately nround the house Is clenr to allow of circula tion of the air. The view from the front of the house is unobstructed. The second Is an example of what may be done In plnnnlng the home grounds WELL PLANNED 0I10UN1I8. Scnrcltr of Trnsredlana. Mlra Sue Brette Qulck-growlng ve etatlon Is a great trouble to railway companies In South Australia. Some $80,000 a year Is paid for removing weeds from the roadway. Mr. Foote Llghte Suppose there are hardly enough actors over there to keep 'em tramped down? Yonkers State man. March of Proirreaa. Gunner The arctic atmosphere Is umiBunlly healthy. They say the Eski mos never have a cough. Guyer Oh, Just wait until civiliza tion begins to march toward the pole. Gunner H'm! Do you think civiliza tion will make the Eskimos cough? Guyer Yes, "cough up." A Queer Fnl. Greening Prof. Bughouso certain; has a queer fnd. Browning What Is It? Greening He Is making a collection of the different uncles of mosquitoes. Browning Huh i Most people aro more Interested In dodging the uncol lected ones. More Than I'lraaed. "Weally, I detest slang," said Reggj Boreal 1. "Oh, Joy," laughed the pretty girl with tho box of fudge. "There It goes again. If you Bay 'Oh, Joy 'again I alinll go BtraJght home, I weally shall." "Oh, Joy! Oh, Joy! Oh, Joyl" No Arctic explorers have ever had colds until they returned to civiliza tion. Then, one and nil, they aro prostrated by severe Influenza. not a model to be followed In detail, but embodying some general principles that may be adopted. Straight lines and square plots so desirable In the laying out of fields are not the most desirable for the home grounds. Curved lines especially for the driveways take away the stiffness and add naturalness to the scene. In the Illustration the double driveway In front makes too complicated a plan for tho ordinary farm. A variety of trees and shrubs should be used around the house without having them too close to allow free circulation of the nlr and a view of the roudway In front Mpn Tcul Star. Hibernation of Iloll "Wrevlla. It has been often noticed that In a wooded country noil weevils appear first In spring along the Iwnlcrs of fields next to tho woods and gradually work Inward from the edges, so that It seems probable that In n wooded coun try most of them hibernate In wood laud. Around outbuildings and burns nlso are found favorable places, as there are always more or less rubbish and protection In such situations. In lOO.'i more than five times as many wee vlls were found In a piece of cotton near the Texas State College barn where cotton 'had been grown the pre vious year, than were found in any other locality In that neighborhood. It Is also noticeable that weevils aro al ways more numerous near gins than at a distance from them. Unfortunately, where iniicli rimniHii ami grass nro present and whero tho soil remains loose and Is not packed by rains, largo numbers of the weevils winter In tho tottoh fields. Kurmrr'a Until, All farmers do not feel able to nf ford a bathroom and furnishings. But what class of peoplo need an evening bath more than a farmer after a busy day In the dusty fields? A good bath at night should bo a necessity that ought not to bo neglected, and hus band and hands should have a bath every night during hot months. But how? Well, get some empty oil bar rels, knock out one end and let oil evaporate, and your bath barrel Is ready. Fill barrels at noon (half or inoro) with water, let set In sun; at night put a gallon of hot water In each barrel and when darkness has fallen then take a bath, and with thin gauze undershirt and drawers they nro ready I for bed. Their sleep will bo Hwoeter and the work lighter on the poor wash erwomun. rrosrn MIH Whenever "'lk Ih HCUrco 1,1 Ul c somebody f'rara ' nbh Unit It bo shlppod from distant points In n frozen condition. wut i.!p.i lias been frequently sug gested during the past years, but It does seem to no wm" - ' , " .. iinn In that tliu use. J no mum , fresh milk should bo frozen oy s meting tho sealed cans In brine chilled far below the melting point m iw. milk would not oniy no u would bo coolel still further to n mini, ,irv in-, which. It Is claimed, woum ro- . ... . ni main In the solid form niicr for a day or two berore mo enuru mass would rlso to n melting point, the keeping qualities being much su perior to that of milk which Is merely frozen at common temperature. The operating plan would bo to es tablish a freezing plant at tho cream- erles and milk stations, uiu product to be sIiIpihmI In ordinary cans, thus doing away with the present high cost of refrigerating cars. It Is claimed that frozen mine Kept .... ,.. .. ,...Ea..ii ttw vrmm over a monui in h;mik showed no chango In taste on thnwlng, and that tho cream remained evenly mixed throughout the solid muss, not rising, as It would when milk Is merely kept liquid at low tempernture. Milk for freezing would need to no in iresn, clean condition when frozen, else Its keeping perils! would be very short after melting. If this plan ever comes Into favor, It would greatly Increase the competition In the business of sup plying milk In tho great cities. Shipping Coopa. For shipping live poultry to market tho following sizes of coops are most generally used In the West: Coops should be KS Inches long, aO Inches wide, 12 Inches high for chickens and ducks, nnd 13 Inches high for turkeys and geese. Use lumber as rouows; iwo uy iww iur wi lier iwsts. or 1x2 will answer. If you cannot get them, get lxl and rip them in two. Cut six pieces ."JO Inches long and nine pieces 12 or 1" Inches long for each coop. Nail the short pieces one at each end and one In the center of the long ones, using ten-penny wrought nails. Make three of these frames, one for each end and center. For tho bot tom use half-Inch lioards or lath, make tho lwttom tight, using six-penny nails. Use 6x2-Inch strips of lath for sides, ends nnd top, put them lVj Inches apnrt; the width of lath Is about right. Leave two laths loose on top In center, or make a door of them to open, In order to put poultry In and take It out. Now nail a lath around the cooiw, each end and the center, outside, the three frames made first. This will keep the lath from coming off and make the coops stronger. For broilers the coops can be made 10 Inches high and 21 Inch- es wide. This will make a good. "s light coop. 1'. II. Sprague. Wltilrr KoriiKe. The iiiestlon of winter forage pasturage ' Is one of the greatest portauce In the Southern States. Carleton It. Ball, of the Bureau and of tr.-i-i ii....... I'm . i . . ...., ...I, privniciy UMrrU .lull uiiirjii ni i niielmll, Ift71 Queen KUnnlx-th opeiml Ik. Hoynl Ihclmnge In Utl(lo. ' 17W1 Virginia Invited the StitMi,.; general conference to form a l J' siricieii coiiHiitution. 17lU-Vlllliun Mratlford of lVnntjTla!. IliwillTll) Allni-n.... 11... . V.'' lW)7-ConKr.-KH olllclnlly InformH J Aaron Ilurr's conspiracy. IU1 lT.,.. 111.... M i. f u.i no, ,n, uismiranl I. rniiiaiiinit'iiti, 1B1.V-Thanksgiving la New Orluui . Gen. Jaekson'M victory. i.S2 Peru evacuated by the SpaoW '.8.'t2 Mnrxlnl founded "Younr Hi!,- , ii t ii.. .. "'J In tho Senate, "To the vlcton Ukw" the spoils." 180-1 St. Iuls Cnntlc, nt QutWc, nuujru ujr me. IB-ltT Congress fixed the first TuHm after the first Monday lo NothS as the tlmu for presidential IBTj-I Stephen A. Bonglns of Illlnol Ea t rod need the Knnua-Kebruki Ma B the Senate. IBTiO Steamer Pacific, with Itjfl pta gers, left Liverpool for Ntw Tod' and was never heard of trilo. IJW Library of the SmllbiwDiu I stltutlon at Washington barwi 18111 At his own request, (Jen. HMr lleved of his rouininnd, ' 1870 Prince Arthur, third on oIQks' Victoria, arrived In New York. 1871 Statue of Abraham LIocolj tt Washington unveiled. 1871) British entered Zululand ui It. featt-d the natives. .. .'ulai dttniti the British nt U.indula, 18.81 Egyptian olx-llsk placed In Cettnl Park, New York. 1882 Charles A. Gultrnu, tbe iw of I'rrsldent Garfield, lentncd S Until 1801 Midwinter fair opened it ta Francisco. ibj 1'iiiy-uvf live iosi in coiitj plosion In South Wales. ' 1001 Accession of King KdvrardVll ' 100.1 German ships bombard! fa Cnrlos over the Venezuelan aSiir. ' lOO.V-Samuel H. Pllen elected CtW States Senator from WublnrtM,... Atlantic const swept by a ten blizzard. ; 000 Strainer Valencia wreclfdoITir corner Island, with Ions of 117 H Plant Industry, was sent by the De partment of Agriculture early In the year to make an investigation in sev eral of the Gulf States. In his reort Mr. Ball says, amongst other things; "The production of Southern hay has been a question long under discussion. The amount produced and the yield per ncre have both lnereasiil steadily and encouragingly during the Inst few years. On every hand It Is admitted that It Is both possible and necessary to raise all that Is needed for horn-; consumption. Alfalfa, Bermuda grass, Johnson grass, erabgrass and eowpcas furnish an abundance of liny of the very best quality. This liny can lo pro duced much more cheaply than an equal quality can be shlpied In from Northern and Western States. With better transportation facilities and an Increasing demand, the production will become more and more profitable. At tho same time, with hay raised on tho homo plantations, and henco ehenply and readily available, larger quantities aro being used In fowling the planta tion stock. Count de CnHtellaiic nnd hU Prince de Sngnii, had another itrtri t.. ti.i- ,i.iu ii,i uiili cane. uH I, . U I in, ,,r . iviimt u-n the victor. Tho most decisive defeat t J which the Liberal ministry of has experienced since the SraJ r tions in lOOd occurred In Mld-p.-, when the Unionist rnndldate for ment turned a ninjoriiy of J' Liberals Into a minority of M- ,,,, iinliTrsal auHr? Prussia was projected Into fc e .Ions of the ItelehstiiK by terpeilatlon made by asking on wnni k" - ,!frti, considered manhood MilTrnge M wJ granted for the Pnrllsment eWJJ I harmful to the intensU of one f ml States. Chancel or von Bgj Hhowed great anger in " "W ....... vfrmnllv ft thrent that th sponsible for tho recent ... .1...... 1., ilm directs be severely dealt with by tbe f Owing to a r,HtIttIonl cr i.ijl d. tl Parliament ut 1 ehcran & regularity In Its receipt. One article ' manifesto to the nations 01 ' Itc-Kiilnr IVeilliiK nml Variety- ' Two things are essential to tho thrift of animals a variety In their food and of food cannot supply all the neceBsnryi sustenance, because It may lack somo of tho essential elements, mid Is almost sure to have somo Insufficient quantl ties. Animals do not thrive as well when fed Irregularly as when they get their food nt certain seasons. Tho moro regular tho better the results, in which It Informs then at erelgn Is violating bl-vej"t pioplc," and states that " "J announcement to the n on- of t "COIIVIHCl-U I"" .,.n W' iuvij iu uiu -"i , r(yiden ' allow their rlgh s in tkl food Is supplied tho and' Parliament have thus f H-..I., ...... ui.ro flOHI'll mi" -v. temporarily .u-PmI -. .... ...ulPAVUI lug In harmony in . a set lemciii, " oeeta. to be meeting with so.ao ucct tii... itr ini n - . ..a d Prince. Ilnyll, that a lit won approaching u " , M leniiurnmi' . ..i i, alfi " lll-H nun hit" made " i Tim landing hmi o- ' ,,y DJ .... .1 lm til in ii rii w ..,.1. fflii .ware 1 1 in i luii""- - .. i ni" a.iiriiw I .... Itrpnlrliitr I.MiUy Itonfa. Tnko conl tar and sift coal ashes i , until tho thickness of stiff mortar, Plas ter it around leaks. If used on slnto roofs the snow and rain cannot blow In. This cement will harden llko n Htono and Is apparently as Indestructi ble. It iniHwors admirably for paper rooms and If properly put on It Heenn to Iw there forever. Kurm NuIcn, Tho crusade agnlnst tubereiiluHls in cnttlo may ultimately lead to colder stables and blankets on the cattle. .. ......... ..t In nvt1 . '" : -...-.I and proclaim , uiiu proi;..... the rrr', . urn iifrM(Jiin v o i.ui r uinji a ui nuun nil vit riwi t. ' . . i....mr jih n the animals healthier and make it i I KblteM Journalist, J' iu to keep tho Quarters cleonot HIPPI'M I" " , - .1,1, oral persons chargeo cblfi I' mint, in ins u 0