s
Strong and Steady
By IIORATK) ALGER, JR.
CHAPTER VI.
Mr. Drummond's store wns of fair
Aire, nnd contained n considerable and
varied stock of dry roods, Resides Mr,
Drummond there wns a single salesman, n
young man of twenty-two, who wore n
cinvnt of immense size and ostentatiously
dl&plnycd In his 'bosom a mammoth breast
pin, witho glass imitation diamond, which,
had it been real, would have been emml
in value to the- entire contents of the
store. This young man, whose name was
Nichols, received from Mr. Drummond the
munificent salory of four hundred dollars
per annum. Having a taste for dress, he
patronized the village tailor to the extent
of his means, and considerably beyond,
belug at this moment thirty dollars in
debt for the suit he wore.
Resides this young man there had for
merly been n younger clerk, recclvlns a
salnry of four dollars weekly. lie had
been dismissed for asking to have his pay
raisel to flvo dollars a week, and since
then Mr. Drummond had got along with
but one salesman. As, however, the busi
ness really required more assistance, he
was quite willing to employ Walter on
lioard wages, whicli he estimated would
not -ost him, at the most, more than two
dollars a week.
"Mr. Nichols." said Mr. Drummond. "1
hove brought you some help. This is
W'nlfer Conrad, a distant relative" had
Walter been rich, Mr. Drummond would
tio doubt have styled him a near relative
"as he knows nothing of the business,
yon can take him in charge, and give him
some idea nbout prices, and so forth."
"Ves. sir," said the young man, in an
inijmrtant tone. "I'll soon break him in."
Mr. Nichols, who gave up what little
rr.ind he had to the subject of clothes, be
gan to inspect Walter's raiment. He had
sufficient knowledge to perceive that our
hero's suit was of fine fabric, and taste
fully made. That being the case, he con
cluded to pay him some attention.
"I'm glad you've come," he ''said. "I
h4ve to work like a dog. I'm pretty well
ued up to-day. I wan up till two o'clock
dancing."
"Were you?"
"Yes. There was a ball over to Cramp
ton. I go to all the balls within ten
miles. They can't do without me."
"Can't they?" asked Walter, not know
ing what else to say.
"No. You see there isn't much style at
these country balls I mean among the
young men. They don't know how to
dress. Now I give my mind to it. and
they try to imitate me. I don't trust any
tailor entirely. I just tell him what 1
want and how I want it. Iliggins, the
tailor here, has improved a great deal
since he began to make clothes for me."
Just then a customer came in, and Mr.
Nichols was drawn away from his disser
tation on dress.
"Just notice how I manage," he said
in a low voice.
"Have you any calicoes that you can
recommend?" asked the woman, who ap
peared to be poor.
"Yes, ma'am, we've got some of the
best in the market some that will be
sure to suit you."
He took from the shelves and displayed
a very ugly pattern.
"I don't think I like that," she said.
"Have you not some with a smaller fig
ure?" "The large figures are all the rage just
now, ma'am. Everybody wears them."
"I should like to look at something
else." v
"I'll show you something else, but this
la the thing for you."
He brought out a piece still uglier; and
finally, after some hesitation, his customer
ordered ten yards from the first piece. He
nu-asured it with. an air of triumph and,
folding it up. banded it to the customer,
receiving in return a two-dollar bill,
which the poor woman sighed as slip ren
dered It, for she had worked hard for it.
When the customer had left the store,
Nichols turned complacently to Walter.
"How did you like that calicoV" he
asked.
"It seemed to me very ugly." '
"Wasn't it, though? It's been in the
store five years. I didn't know as we
should ever get rid of it."
"Haven't you got any prettier pat
terns?" , -,
"Plenty. I wanted to get off the old
rubbish first. It isn't everybody that
would buy It: but she swallowed every
thing I said."
"She seemed like a poor woman, who
could not afford to buy a dress very
often." ... . ,
"No, she doesn't come more than twice
a year."
"I think you ought to have given her
the best bargain you could."
"You can fold up those goods- on the
counter, and put them back on the
shelves," said Nichols. "Customers put
.us to a great deal of trouble that way
sometimes. Mrs. Captain1 Walker was in
yesterday afternoon, and I didn't Know
,ut I should have to get down all the
stock we had before we could suit her."
"Why didn't ypu pick out something
and tell her it was all the rage?" asked
Waltpr, smiling.
"That wouldn't go down with her. She s
rich nnd she's proud. We have to be care
ful how wo manage with such customers
a she is. That reminds me that her bun
dle hasn't gone home yet. I'll get you to
tarry it up right away."
It hadbeen a considerable disappoint
ment to Joshua to find that Walter was
poor instead of rich, for he had proposed
to make as free use. of Walter's purse as
the latter would permit. Even now It oc
curred to him that Walter might have a
supply of ready, money, a part of which he
might borrow. Ha accordingly took an
opportunity one day to soiind our hero on
his subject.
"Walter, have you a couple of dollars
about you to lend me for a day or two?"
ho asked, in a tone of assumed careless-
U16S.
"Yes, I have that amount of money,
but I ani afraid I must decline lending.
You know my circumstances, Joshua, and
that I am in no position to lend anybody
money."
Joshua stalked away In a fret, angry
that Walter would not permit himself to
bo swindled. From that time he cherished
a dislike foV our hero, and this ho showed
by various little slights and annoyances,
of which Walter took little notice. He
thoroughly despised Joshua for his mean
ness and selfishness, Knd it mattered very
little to him what such a boy thought of
him.
This forbearance Joshua utterly mlsin
'erprcted. He decided that Walter was
deficient in courage and spirit, and it en
couraged him to persevere In his system
of petty annoyances until they might nl
most be called bullying. Though Walter
kept quiet under these provocations, there
was often a warning Hash of the eye
which showed that It would not be safe to
so too far. Hut this Joshua did not no
tice, and persisted.
"Joshua," said his mother one day, "I
really think you don't treat Walter right.
You are not polite to him."
"Why should I be? What is he but a
bosKar?"
"lie is not that, for he works for his
living."
"At any rate, he's a mean fellow, and I
hall treat him as I please."
One afternoon there were a few young
fellows standing on the piazza in front of
Mr. Drummond's store. Joshua was one
of them, and there being no customers to
wait upon. Walter also had joined the
-ompany. They were discussing plans for
a picnic to be held in the woods on the
ntxt Sunday afternoon. Jt was to be
quite a general affair.
"You will come. Walter, won't you?
asked one of the number.
"No," said Joshua : "he can't come."
"I didn't authorize you to speak for
me," said Walter quietly.
"Y'ou didn't authorize me to speak for
you !" repeated Joshua, In a mocking
tone. "Big words for a beggar!"
"What do you mean by calling me a
lieggar?" demanded Walter, quietly, but
with rising color.
"I don't choose to give you any expla
nation." said Joshua scornfully. "You're
only my father's hired boy, working for
your Iwnrd."
"That may be true, but I am not a
beggar, and I advise you not to call me
one again.
Walter's tone was still quiet, and
Joshua wholly misunderstood him; other
wise, being a coward at heart, he would
have desisted.
"I'll say it as often as I please," he
reepnted. "You're a beggar, and if we
hadn't taken pity on you, you'd have had
to go to the poorhouse."
Walter was not quarrelsome; but this
last Insult, in presence of half a dozen
boys between his own age and Joshua's,
roused him.
"Joshua Drummond." he said, "you've
insulted me long enough, and I've stood
it, for I didn't want to quarrel ; but I
will staud it no longer."
He walked up to Joshua, and struck
him in the face, not a hard blow, but still
a blow. Joshua turned white with, pas
sion, and advanced upon our hero furi
ously, with the intention of giving him.
as he expressed it, the worst whipping he
ever had.
Walter parried his blow, and put in an
other, this time sharp and stinging.
Joshua was an inch or two taller, but
Walter was more than a match for him.
Joshua threw out his arms, delivering his
blows at random, and most of them failed
of effect. Indeed, he was so blinded with
rage that Walter, who kept cool, had
from this cause alone a great advantage
over him. Joshua at length seized him,
nnd he was compelled to throw Wm down.
As Joshua lay prostrate, with Walters
knee upon his breast, Mr. Drummond,
who had gone over to his own bouse, ap-Ic-ared
ujwn the seen?.
"What's all this?" he demanded. In
mingled surprise and anger. "Conrad,
what means this outrageous conduct?"
Walter rose, and, turning to his em
ployer, said, manfully, "Joshua insulted
me, sir, and I have punished him. That's
all."
CII AFTER VII.
without wnitinir to hear Mr. Drum
mond's reply, Walter re-entered the store.
H hnil nn disnosition to discuss the sub
ject in the presence of the boys who were
standing on the piazza.
Mr. Drummond followed him into the
store, and Joshua accompanied him. He
wns terribly anery with. Walter, and de
termined to get revenged upon him
through his father.
"Are you going to let that beggar pitch
into me like that?" he demanded. "He
wouldn't have got me down, only he took
n.v at a disadvantage."
"Conrad." said Mr. Drummond, I de
mand nn exnlnnation of your conduct. I
come from my house, and find you fighting
like a street rowdy, instead or auenuing
to your duties in the store."
"I have already given you an explana
tion, Mr. Drummond," said Walter, firm
ly "Joshua chose to Insult me before nil
the boys, nnd I don't allow myself to be
insulted if I can help it. As to being out
of the store, there was no customer to
ait upon, and I went to tue door lor a
ipntli of fresh air. I have never been
accustomed to confinement before."
"Y'ou say Joshua insulted you. Uow
did he insult you?"
"I was asked if I would go to tne pic
ilc on Saturday afternoon. He didn't
rait for me to answer, but said at once
that I couldn't go."
"Was that all?"
"Wlion T nil fwted to his answering for
me, he charged me with being a beggar,
and said that but for you I would have
been obliged to go to the poorhouse. If
i.aH uxn the first time ho had an
noyed me, I might have passed It over,
I It is far from being mo. nrsi; to i
knocked him down."
r nnimmnnil wns bv no means a
partisan of Walter, but in the month that
our hero had been in his employ he had
efficient clerk. Wbat-
IVUUU ' "
ever Walter undertook to do he did well,
and be bad mastered the details or me re
tail dry goods trade in a remarkably short
time, so that his services were already
aa valuable a uw o
who received eight dollars a week. There
fore Mr. Drummond was disposed to
smooth ovc." matters, for the sakcot re
taining the services which he obtained so
cheap, llo resolved, therefore, to tcraoor
Ire. "You are both of you wrong," he said,
"Joshua, you should not have called Con
rad a beggar, for he earns his living, Yea,
Conrad, should not have been so violent.
Y'ou should have told me, and I would
havo spoken to Joshua,"
"Excuse me, Mr. Drurumood, but 1
don't like tale-bcarlng. I did the only
thing I could."
"Aheral" said Mr. Drummond, "yot.
were too violent. I would suggest that
you should such leg the other's pardon,
shake hands, and have done with, it."
"Catch mo begging pardon of fHy fath
er's hired boy 1" exclaimed Joshua, scorn'
fully. "I haven't got qulto as low as
that."
"As for me," said Walter, "If I thought
I had been In the wrong, 1 would beg
Joshua's pardon without any hesitation.
I am not too proud for that, but I think
I acted right under the circumstances,
and therefore I cannot do it. As for
being a hired boy, I admit that such Is
my position, and I don't see anything to
be ashamed of in it."
"Y'ou are right there," said Mr. Drum
mond ; for this assertion chimed in with
Ids own views and wishes. "Well, it
seems to me you arc about even, and you
may as well drop the quarrel here."
Walter felt satisfied. He felt thnt he
had won the victory and maintained his
self-respect. There wns one thing more
ho desired, nnd that was to go to the
picnic He would not have urged the re
quest, but that lie wns well aware that
Joshua would report that he was kept at
homo by his desire.
"It won't be very convenient for you
t3 be away Saturday afternoon." said Mr.
Drummond, who was principled against
allowing clerks any privileges. "You
-know we have more trade than usual on
Saturday afternoon."
"I don't tliThk we shall have next Sat
urday," said Walter; "everybody will be
gone to the picnic."
"If you insist upon going." said Mr.
Drummond. reluctantly, "I must try to
let you go." .
Walter felt no scruples about insisting
He knew that he earned his limited pay
twice over, and that his absence would
do his employer no harm. He answered,
therefore, "Thank you. sir; I will be
home at six o'clock, so as to be in the
store all Saturday evening."
Meanwhile Joshua went home In a very
unhappy frame of mind. He had not suc
ceeded in humiliating Walter as he in
tended, but had an unpleasant feeling that
Waiter had got the better of him. He
was very angry with his father for not
taking his part, and was not slow in mak
ing his feelings known to his mother.
"What's the matter, Joshua?" asked
Mrs. Drummond, observing the scow)
upon bis face.
"Matter enough! That beggar has
been Insulting me that upstart, Con
rad. He pitched Into me, and tried to
knock me over."
"What for? I am surprised to hear It;
he seems so politruand well bred."
"Nothing at all. He sprang at me'llke
a tiger, and all for nothing. He took mo
by surprise, so at first he got the ad
vantage, but I soon gave him as good
as he sent."
"I am really sorry to hear this," said
Mrs. Drummond. distressed. "Are you
sure you didn't say something to pro
voke him?"
"I only said, when he was invited to
gi, to the picnic Saturday afternoon, that
he wouldn't be able to leave the store."
"I am afraid you said it in such a
way as to offend him."
"Seems to me you think a good sight
more of him than of me in the matter,"
Stumbled Joshua. "That's just the way
with father. He wanted us both to beg
each other's pardon. Catch me begging
pardon of a beggarly hired boy!"
''He isn't any worse because your
fnther hires him, Joshua."
"Oh, yes. of course, you stand up for
him." said Joshua, sneering.
"Now, Joshua, you know I always take
your part when you are right."
So Joshua continued to scold, and 'Mrs.
Diummond to soothe him. until she found
a more effectual way. by placing at Jiis
disposal half an apple pie which was in
the cupboard. In the evening sue torn
Walter that she was sorry there had
been any difficulty between him and
Joshua.
"So am I." said Walter, frankly, for
he was grateful for her gentle kindness.
"I am sgrry, if only for your sake, Mrs.
Drummond."
"I know he's provoking: but he doesn't
mean what he says, Mr. Conrad."
"I'll try to keep on good terms with
him. Mrs. Drummond." said Walter,
earnestly, "If only in return for his moth
er's kindness.'
"I am sure Joshua was hasty, and mis
judged Walter, said the mother to her
self, trying to find an excuse for her son.
(To be continued.)
GROWING HOGS IN IDAHO.
Tito Type of IllonrrnphlcHl Writing.
It Is an Interesting fact in tne nis
torr of literary genius that two of the
great examples of biographical writing
occur almost slue by slue, i-ess man a
decade sennrutea the completion of
Johnson's "Lives of the Poets" from
the publication of his own life by Bos
well. Yet with the latter book a new
type of biography came Into being.
Johnson, in the nmln, lind, like most of
IiIh predecessors, followed a simple nar
rative and exiwsitory method, prefixing
n plain story of the poet's life to a Hys
tenintic account of his character nnd a
critical estiinnte of his works. Ho gath
ered his facts and Impressions together
and spoke for the author and for him
self. Boswell, on the other hand, mak
ing use of a more dramatic method,
succeeded in his attempt to let the nu
flmr reveal himself, and. Instead of an
exposition of character, painted a pic
ture of nerBonallty to wnieli ma own
comments were aubordlnate. Wha't wo
seo ns a typo of mind and character In
Johnson's work we see ns n living man
In IJoHwell. -William T. Brewster, In
Forum.
Heeling the lilt.
"What became of tho budding
genius?''
"He turned Into a blooming idiot."
Yale Record.
indtlstry Is Hucaixlng Greater Atten
tion Than Ever Before.
Vrot. II. T. Frtnch. Director Idaho Experiment
Station.
The hog industry in Idaho is rc-
ctiving more attention now than ever
uciorc in tne uisiory or wic siaic
The tendency to diversify farm op
erations is stronger now than in the
past. . All alfalfa, or all sheep or all
of any other one thing, unless it
ihould be fruit, is out of date for the
majority of farmers of Idaho, both in
the northern part of the state, where
Irrigation is' not practiced, and in the
ngatcd sections of southern luano.
The most succcsfttl farmer, here as
lscwherc, is the one who is making
"lvcstock on the farm one of the im
portant factors. As the dairy indus
try increases in interest the raising
of hogs will receive more attention.
A farmer who is not adverse to milk
ing cows will, as ci rule, be a success
in handling pigs, because no one can
succeed in cither line, to the fullest
extent, unless he looks carefully after
details.
In Idaho the dairy industry is grow
ing, therefore I expect a more rapid
developments thejiofj industry. In
fact,- there is a strong indication thnt
this is the case just now in several
sections of the state. In holding far
mers' institutes in southern Idaho
much interest was noticed in the sub
ject of feeding and breeding hogs.
Several shipments of pure bred stock
have recently been made into south
ern Idaho. Pure bred Poland .China,
Duroc Jersey, Chester White and
Berkshire pigs are found in increas
ing numbers in every farming section
of the state. Poland Chinas predomi
nate, no doubt; but the Duroc is be
coming a close competitor in many
sections.
Alfalfa pasture, with a small ration
of shorts, ground wheat or finely
ground barley, will grow pigs very
rapidly. This, supplemented with sep
crator milk, will produce a growth
equal to that secured in the corn belt,
and , in quality we flatter ourselves
that it is superior.
In growth, our pigs can be made to
compare quite favorably with those
fed on corn. Numerous reports were
made last winder at farmers' meetings
that it was not difficult to produce a
pig that would weigh two hundred
pounds at eight months old.
Some sugar beets nnd other roots
can be fed, and are being uscd in
feeding hogs in Idaho. Potatoes boiled
and mixed with one and a half to two
pounds of grain per hundredweight of
pig, will produce g6od gains in live
weight. Alfalfa, cut up with feed cut
ter, and softened by steaming or even
a sprinkling of cold water, with a lit
tle grain, makes a good ration for
brood sows during winter. A great
many hogs arc wintered largely on
dry alfalfa hay, and they do very
well.
In a state where so much cheap for
age can be grown for hags, there is
great encouragement for t''e industry.
Large yields of wheat .nd barley can
be secured on irrigated lands, and
often the wheat is pf low mil'irg
quality, making it much more profit
able to feed it than to sell it in the
sack. A bushel of wheat will make
from 12 to 15 pounds of gain in live
wght when fed to thrifty young
hogs wohing from 75 to 175 pounds.
In young pigs even greater gains can
be secured.
Field peas are grown in some sec
tions for hog pasture, and serve an
Important purpose in providing good
pasturage dung the summer before
the stubble fields are ready to glean.
There is a neriod in summer when
there Is a lack of good pasture in the
grain-growing sections of the state.
Little alfalfa or clover is grown on
many of the farms, and often pigs
make very small gains during this
neriod. Some farmers sow grain,
such as wheat or barley, for hog pas
ture, but even this does not produce
as good results as would a pasture of
alfalfa, peas or clover.
Blucgrass and white clover will
make good pasture in some locali
ties where there is jilcnty of moist
ure and cood soil. This docs not. in
our opinion, give' as good results
however, as the crops mentioned
above. Tdaho farmers are much en
couraged in raisincr hogs from the
fact that large packing plants arc be
ing established on the coast, thus in
suring a .steady demand for live hogs,
and while the price may not be any
more satisfactory than in the past,
with a limited supply, there will be a
permanency to the demand even
though the number of hogs produced
increases several times.
QUE8TIONB AND ANSWERS.
Valuable Information to Pacific North
west Inquirers
By J. L. Aahlock. Washington Experiment Sta
tion, Pullman,
Elma. "I have a tract of land noar
Quincy, Wash., that I wisn to irrigate.
Ir order to do this 1 will have to uo
: well water, and possibly do tho pump
ing with a gasoline engine, or somo
other mcejianical device. Will you
please give me any informal ion that
bears on this subject!" A. L. C.
"I am quito familiar with tho con
ditions around Quincy, and bollovo that
irrigation in that region would bring
very good results, providing tho cost
was not too much. In that locality thu
depth to water is quito considerable,
and tho cost of operating u pump would
therefore be heavy. The farmers thoro
use windmills quito exclusively, using
gasolino engines only when tho wind
fails. Howevor, tho water is quito
abundant when it is rdnclied. I do not
bclievo that it would be profitable for
you to irrigate as many ns ton acres
unless you havo a system of pipes to
Edward Ouerr, who drove n Horse at
tached to a buggy over a railroad tres
tle 150 feet above the Cuyahoga river,
In Ohio, the horse trotting over a plank
a foot wide, was arrested on a cbargo
of lunacy.
Jnt dm Happy.
MJon6s' new stenographer can't spell
a little bit." "
'That's all right. Neither can Jones,
He's happy and If you leave him alono
sho'll hold her Job and he'll never know
the difference." Detroit Free Press,
conscrvo lo wator. Tho soil around
Quincy is so light thnt tho water will
fccop away and bo lost, unloss you put
in such pipes. A ton horso-powor on.
clno would bo sufficient to raiso wator
for ten acres, but it might be neccssnry
to sink moro than ono well. I am be
ginning to bollovo that irrigation will
bV necessary in tho Quincy section to
obtain tho host results."
Bnlrd. "I havo boon qulto success
ful with corn in this locality, oxcopt
that tho corn matures rathor small. Can
you advlso mo of varlotlos of corn tint
I might tryt" FARMER,
"I advlso that you oxporlmont with
Kaffir corn, slnco it sooms that It will
do wojl in your roglon. Try a tfood,
early maturing Dent vatloty. This
should bo profcrablo to tho Flint, and
it certainly makes bottor food. Tlio
onmiiiiiini at vnnr region roaulro that
you cultivato to retain moisture, as well
as to destrpy tho woods."
Chowflah "Is wood as dosirablo as
cement for building n sllof Is silago
apt to frcozo in this country I What
forago plants should bo grown in tho
Chowelah rogiont" STOCKMAN.
"Bromo grass might do well, If tho
soli is not too gravolly, but it should
not bo grown In rocky soil. Votchcs
will bo dcsirablo in such soil as you
have, as theso plants rosocd themsolvOrf.
If you can got lumber at a reasonablo
price in your vicinity, it would bo moro
costly to build of content than of wood.
Silago Btays warm, and it Is not apt to
1'reozo in this country; but if it sticks
to tho sides of tho silo from ncy causo,
it should ho tramped down In ordor to
prevent it from settling unovonly."
Leahy "I would liko'to'know if
would bo advisablo to plant tho Aus
tralian salt bush in this rogionf Has
tho plant any desirable mialltlosf "
J. S.
"I adviso you to lot tho Australian
salt bush alono. Tho plant has ti few
desirablo qualities, but wo havo heard
that in tho Walla Walla country It has
developed into a post. It resembles
tumblo weed in its manner of growth,
and in windy weather will broak off and
roll for n great distance, scattering
scod as it goes. Except when young
and tender, it is undcsirablo for stock."
Washtucna " I havo a whito ciovor
lawn, and would liko to know what sort
of bono fertilizer is best to uso on it."
W. A. P.
"I question tho ndvisability of using
n bono fortllizor on your lawn. Com
mercial fertilizers arc gonoraily poorly
adapted to tho soils in semi-arid re
gions. Well-rotted manuro placed on
tho land lato in the fall and raked off
in the spring would, I bcliovo, bo far
moro preferable The soil in your re
gion needs humus rather than fertiliz
ing elements. Manuro is wcl supplied
with phosphates and nitrogen, and
should thercforo give your soil tho
needed stimulation."
Sunnyside. "Would your station ad
viso mo to feed grain hay with alfalfat
I am a dairyman, and havo boon fooding
only alfalfa." F. W.
T,I am suro that there would be econ
omy in combining alfalfa with grain.
From four to ten pounds of grain per
day should bo sufficient, using rolled
barley rathor than wheat or bran, Tho
bran would practically bo wasted. You
would got good results, I believe, by
feeding nbout one-half a pound per
day of linseed meal. Alfalfa is entire
ly nitrogenous in composition, and
should bo balanced by a moro concen
trated form of tho carbo-hydrates."
QUERIES BY FARMERS.
Experiment Station Callod Upon for
Advice on Various Subjects.
Fran the Washington State Ccllg- Pullman,
A Seattle correspondent nsks for a
statement of the experience the sta
tion has had with the "nov7l.y teg
ctables." He was informed a fel
lows: .
"The station has experimented with
all of them, and finds' .that thev will
I grow successfully in eastern Wash-
uigujii. me lomaio aim egg plant
siiouui lie started early in the season
in hotbeds, or cold frames. With
this care a creditable crop will be ma
tured. The egg plant is a native of
warm climates, and, like the tomato,
should be given a high, warm eleva
tion. The okra and artichoke have
each done very well with us, requiring
only, the ordinary garden culture."
A farmer of Ardcn wishes to know
vvhaf apples would do well where he
lives. Professor Thornbcr advised
him ns follows:
"For the soil and general climatic
conditions you have, I advise the use
in equal quantities of the Jonathan,
Rome Beauty and Wegener. It is
possible that you might make use of
a great many other varieties, brt
these are apples that the all doing
well, and sell for very good market
prices in the annual markets.
"Vary the number of tree, accord
ing to whether you are going to irr.
gate or not. If you are going to ir-"
gate, plant your trees from twentj
live to twenty-seven feet apart, h,
alternate rows. If you arc not goink
to irrigate, you had better plant their
on the hexagonal plan, placing tlu
trees in the rows thirty-three feel
apart, with the rows themselves about
twenty-seven feet apart. It will not
injure the trees to grow vegetables
between them for the first three to
five years, but, of course, you shouM
plant nothing that will take the
moisture or plant food from close to
the young trees."
Mild Iunllwuent.
"tranger In your town they close tho
fivnt doors of the saloons on Sunday, and
open tho side doors, do they? Isn't that
whipping the devil around the stump?
Native Yes, and the whipping dosn't
hurt him a hit, either.
tiila n IHfTereno.
"What does Vernon do for a llYlntrt
"He workB In a paint shop."
"Why, I understood ho was a writer
for tho magazines."
"Well, you asked mo what ho did tor
a Uvlnir." Bohemian,
Tho bank at Bremen, Kan., having
&ecn burned, experts In tbo treasury de
partment at Washington have figured
nit that a quart of ashes sent on for
redemption will be worth about 1,000.
IUvltur bet SS00 that Jie had seen ons
THE WEEKLY
1471Edward, Prlnco of Wales, Mn of
Henry VI. of England, killed at tb)
battle of Towkeshtiry, '
V00& The prlnclplo of tho appropriation
act adopted by the Comnmnwfilih
and definitely established.
1717 William of Nassau apuointM
Stadtholdcr of the, Netlierlnu'llj.
1770- Rhodo Island declared Itie'f fr1
Of Great Britain, the llrst of tli
thirteen American colonies to tab
such action.
1770j-Norfolk, Va., occupied by tho Utt.
1701 U. S. Postofiico .Department i-jtal
llshcd by Congress.
171)0 Bonaparte defeated at ft. Jm
I)'Acru....8erlngapatom tnkfii )f
the British and the empire of Hyde,
All extinguished by the death of
his son, Sultan Tlppoo Sahib.
1801 Dutch surrendered the island of
Surinam to tho British.
1800 Robert .Morris, tho financier ot th
American revolution, died In I'hll
delphlii.
181.1 Americans evacuated York, Can
ada, after setting flro to the city.
1814 Oswego, N. Y taken by a com
blned force of British and Canadlm
troops.
'820 Kx-Kmprens 'Eugenic of Franct
bom In Granada.
1828 Test act repealed by the Ilrftlsia
Parliament.
18-10 Many lives and much property tost
by tornado In Adams county, Mis
sissippi. 1840 Gen. Taylor, In command of lU
army of occupation in Texas, naab-'
ed to the relief of Fort Ilrowa.
18T2 Charles Warren Fairbanks, VIm
President of the. United Statu, lorn.
1853 Tin Geneva, the first Atlantic
steamer at Quebec, arrived at that
port.
1854 Sultan of Turkey gare a bangutt
In honor of Emperor Napoleon.
1857 The Indian mutineers selifd Dtlhl.
1858 Minnesota admitted to statehood.
1801 Battle of the Wilderness began.,.
The Danes defeated the Allies in a
naval battle off Heligoland.
1S5 Last fight In the Civil War at Pal-
tnetto Unni-hc, Texas.
1808 Argument Iii the Impeachment
trial of President Johnson cloied.
1870 The Ironclad ship Ismeraln
launched.
1885 Battle at Batoche.
1880 Six policemen killed by anarchliti
In the Hoyinarket riots In Chicago.
1000 Peory discovered the northern
const of Greenland.
1002 Revolutionists In San Dominro de
posed President Jlmlncz.
1001 The Japanese captured Fenjwanc
cheng, the Russians ret rent leg with
out giving battle.
100." More than a score of lives loit in
a tornado near Marquette, Kno.
1000 The Dominion government took
over, the defenses at Ksuulmnult.
1007 Ernest W. IIufTcut, legal advlwr
to tho Governor of New York, com
mitted suicide Gen. Knrokl of
Japan and the Duko of Abruai Ti
lled Washington.
W?SSJVDS,
"
Roscben, once a peerless sprinter,
badly beaten at the Aqueduct track in
his first start this season.
The two Cornell four-oared shell
crashed into each other on the river ana
both were put out of commission-
There seems to bo every probability
that au English lawn tonnU team wm
play In America during the coming
mer.
.Many turfmen bellevo that a hard fiR"
will bo made In tho Tennessee
turo next, winter to repeal Hie antl-pw
selling laws.
'Hie farmers at Ames, In tliclr.'"w
squad, are developing some men n
weight events who may mnko a nw
n tho conference meet In Chicago.
Tom Jones leads tho first basemen el
the American League with .001, Wig"
leads the second basemen with ww,
Lord leads the third basemen w tli i W
and Wagner of Boston the shortstop
vlth 1000. ' .
Notwithstanding the anti-race r a
laws enacted Jn I he last JrfMt " J
Tennessee, Montgomery Pf.rfc ;' '"'
lugs Park, respectively, the
ning and trotting horses at Memphlj
remain open as liomcs for the "CV
Indiana university Ir to havo
world's champion If prcoon prw?
prove a success. "Long j John
tho varsity high Jumper, bids fair to
as much fame as Le Roy Snme, wJJ
came tho world's champion pole vu
while a student tUiero two years ago-.
ler recently cleared iho bar In the w
jump at 0 feet 2 Inches.