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between the strike and the train rob
beries Bascom, superintendent of the
L. and W. road, was having his hands
full. Secretly he believed the latter to
bo the result of the former. Ho had
made a clean sweep of the malcontents
at Solent, and the strikers bad been
stranded high and dry financially.
There had been ugly rumors and
threats, too, but Bascom had gone
quietly on bis way. Sympathy In the
small interior city ran with the strik
ers, and what he thought the super
intendent wisely kept to himself.
When ho bad ordered the posters of
fering a reward of $500 for Informa
tion leading to the apprehension of the
train robbers, he had felt that It was
money wasted. The average inhabit'
ant of Solent was not looking for
trouble.
And now on a crisp morning In De
comber two young people stood before
one of those same posters, gazing as
if fascinated at the "$500" In startling
j crimson capitals.
I "If we had that, we'd get- married
' tomorrow," murmured Harry Brouson.
Pretty I3essie Millar sighed profound
ly and looked no longer at the printed
characters, but into her lover's eyes.
They were honest gray eyes, and she
wondered how her father could be so
heartless. Ho had said she should not
marry Bronson until the latter had at
least $500 to his credit in the Solent j
Savings bank, and how was a shipping
clerk at the freight depot to save up
$500 on a salary of $40 a month?
"Time's up, Bess!" he exclaimed as
I a distant whistle proclaimed the ap
I pronch of the northbound freight.
"I've Just a minute to help yon into
tlio slelgn. How's the Ice up your
way?"
"Splendid," she answered as he tuck
ed the robes snugly nbout her. "I tried
It this morning, and it's as smooth as
glass."
"Well, be at the willows tonight at
8, and we'll have a skate. The two
mile spin will Just limber mc up:"
She nodded, and then Pete, the Swed
ish man of all work at the Millar farm,
snapped the whip, and away they flew. I
Tho Millar home was two miles be- j
low Solent, on the river, and midway !
TII12N mtONSO.V'S COAT LITCItAliIiY WENT VV
IN SMOKE
a huge bridge spanned the stream
where the L. and W. crossed to the
town. Below this the road ran several
miles toward DIgby. At 7 o'clock
Bronson
Ma and vlth tho lml at I
fnlllli rl.
r 7.: 1:1 :vl" 10 w" 11 a.1 1
toward the brldtre. .Inst ns hn c-n-i,!
this point n snan soinwlo.l n,i i. fn
The strnp holding the heel of the right
skate bad rotted during tho summer's
inactivity.
He Bnt down on the stone pier of a i
span and adjusted an extra strnp. , I
ring on the Ice caught his attention I
Two men approached, and, drawing'
the slide over his skating lamp, he I
crouched, listening. Quickly ho recog. i
mien uju voices as tnose or Harrlty and
Stevens, two yardmen who had been
dismissed by Bascom. They were
grumbling because switchmen had
been stationed at either end of the
bridge and they were obliged to climb
one of the piers.
"We'll fix him good this time!" growJ
ed Harrlty. "tie's duo nt Solent In his
special nt 8:20."
"I don't see why you hnvo to pick
out n climb like this" snarled Stevens.
Wo could drop down tho road and
pull out n rail easier tlinn this Job."
th ,l ,nt'8 c,,mb t0 damping
the su m In the river? The plunge will
?oi'd .the rnln through the Ice! wl Hi
water twenty feet deep. Put out the
old men, win ho? Well, the last one's
gouo by,h8,orrter8.',V
As flnnn no tlm
tLe Unrry skated uolseleBsly to
w luuiiuiM were sare on
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the Solent side of the river, Where the
.i.n,inni ivni'n ilnnnnaf Ac lie ronnhod
bliutiu M n u i- -
the shore something heavy shot
through the air and struck the Ice with
a crash. It was the rail. Later came
the sound of saws. They were cutting
the timber guard rails.
Rapidly the horrltled young fellow
reviewed the chances. To return to
Solent would bo too slow n process.
No telegram could now reach the.
special. He must warn tho superin
tendent, for to inform tho switchmen
either cud of the bridge might pre
cipitate a fight. Ilarrlty and Stevens
were desperate. Down the river lie
sped to meet the train, lifting his feet
so tho blade would not click as it left
the Ice. He bad won the racing chain-1 hen eggs, though the temperature is
plonsliip the year before, but never bad j 0ften run from one-half to one degree
lie attained the present speed. As he CSSi uut somo successful operators con
shot by the willows jutting out from tcn(J tJmt llnc,. cgs dff0P materially
the Millar farm he saw a slender fig- i hoae of othnr fow,8 aml rcf,uiro
reached bis ears,
bis ears, but ho could only
wave bis hand in response. Three
miles beyond he heard the faint whis
tle of the special, sounded for a grade
crossing. It must be at Holt's, two
miles below.
He swung in shore and clambered up
tlio steep bank, not stopping even to
remove his skates. Beaching the track,
ho hastily jerked off his coat, saturat
ed it with oil from his skating lamp,
then with matchbox In band awaited
the appearance of tho special around
the bend. A sharp whistle and a Hash
of light, then Bronson's coat literally
went up In smoke. The warning was
so sudden that the train rolled past
him before the engineer could bring
it to u stop.
With Bascom came the president of
the road, Mr. Harding, and the two of
ficials listened In amazement to Bron-
son's tale,
The president spoke deel-
sively
"There must be no mistake this time.
We must get those two men. We'll
run up as far as the bridge and then
send on to town.
Harry glanced up quickly.
Excuse my making the suggestion. !
but if you'll give mo a note to the
sheriff I think we can lnnd them all
right. You hold tho train here, so their
suspicions will not be roused, and
they'll probably wait In town till the
wrecking train starts out."
President Harding gave the young
clerk a shrewd glance.
"You're right. Here, Bascom, give
the boy your coat. There's an extra
one in the car. If not. he needs it more
than you do. He lias a goodisb spin
before him yet. And I'll write the
note."
The next moruinir Bessie Miliar.
waiting for tho mall at the postoflico,
again stoou rending the L. and W.
poster. Some one walked to her side,
and she turned her head haughtily.
"Oh, good morning. Mr. Bronson!"
Harry led her to the deserted corner
near the money order department and
opened his batteries.
"Now, see here, Bessie," lie said;
"there's no use getting huffy. I admit
I owe you an apology for uot stopping
last night, but"
"You prefer Jennie Holt for a skat
ing partner. I saw you shoot round
the bend toward their place."
"Yes, hut I didn't stop. I guess you
haven't heard the news. I was on the
trail of train robbers and wreckers and
'sieh.' " There wns a sparkle of mis
chief in his eyes as Bessie turned round
slowly and looked at him. "You know
I said only yesterday morning that if
wo had tho $500 we'd get married at
once, and as you didn't say nay I hold
you to the agreement."
"I don't understand," murmured Bes
sie, but her eyes were fairly shining.
"Where were you going? What were
you doing then when l saw you?"
And when Bronson hnd explained
his mission ho ndded, with a sigh of ab
solute satisfaction:
"I not only got tho $500, but when
wo re married I'm to have a position
in the Denver oflices with the president
urn private secretary,
lie liked mv
, i ,fS? " yc"' Bcs"' Now
y e good
. ! . s.mlletl ,m nt
I,U"K wo C0"1 otli
be L'nnil
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uvuiuruiy,
Vt to Dnte Coop.
Coops like the one shown In the lllus
trntlnn tvn ,
Kiuwmg SI0CK on
the poultry farm of T. W. O. A liny.
A CONVENIENT COOP.
Tlvertou Four Corners, n r xr- .
(py likes Jhlsjatylo ofWa"ndlJi W
;uay replacing his old ones wlfh'ffi
mo photograph was taken by rem-e
tentative of Farm Poultrv. 7 pre
HATCHING DUCK EGGS.
lomc Volnatile InformnUon on now
to linn Your Incubator.
One of our correspondents wishes to
know If duck eggs are treated in the.
same manner In the Incubator as ben
eggs. He writes: "I have four Prnlrje
State special duck machines which 1
operated a portion of last season with
varying success. I have thought that
perhaps I did not handle the machines
right, as I found a good ninny dead in
the shell In some of the batches. I ran
the machine the same as for hen eggs."
On most of the large duck farms the
, eggs are Incubated very slmllnrry to
"',lt:i ' -
at Illverton, Vn ami tne manager, who
was very succesiiful hatching duck
eggs, explained in part his methods,
which at tho time we noted very care
fully, as we were then hatching quite
, Q ,mmbcr of t.uclc8j nmi afterward fol-
lowed his methods as closely as pos
sible and are free to assert that the
result wna far better than our old
method, which was practically the
same as for hen's eggs. Wo ennnot say
that we operated our machines In ex
nctly the same manner, or oven re
membered all we heard there, but this
is the rule we adopted after our visit:
Slowly heat the machine to 100 de
grees with the thermometer resting on
tho trays with the bulb free and hold
it steadily for twenty-four hours, when
it Is ready for the eggs. After placing
the eggs In the machine place the
thermometer on the eggs, the top of the
bulb just even with the top of the eggs,
and then turn up the lamp so as to
bring them to the desired 102 degrees
as quickly as possible without unduly
overheating the egg chamber. When
the heat hns reached 102, adjust the
regulator so that the damper valve is
slightly raised and then hirn down the
lhune so as to just balance the lever. If
the incubators are In a room where the
temperature is liable to fall suddenly,
turn the flume so the valve is slightly
raised. The regulator will then do the
rest. Do not disturb the eggs for the
next forty-eight hours, but after that
turn them twice n day, cooling as little
as possible. Before the animal heat has
developed In the eggs adjust the tray
by raising or lowering so the ther
mometer on the different trays will
read alike and then do not again
change their position no matter how
much tho temperature seems to vary,
but shift the trays each day so as to
equalize or average the variation in
temperature.
Test the eggs on the fifth day, plac
ing all live germs at the back of the
tray, leaving the unfilled rows next to
the door. In tho last of these (tho one
farther from the door) place tho ther
mometers, which should then read 09
degrees when resting on the bottom of
the tray, with the bulb free. Test again
on tho fifteenth dny, when, if devel
opment has properly advanced, the egg
will bo nearly opaque, the allantols
having almost or entirely encircled the
embryo. Handle the eggs very care
fully when testing and turning, so as
not to jar them.
After the twelfth day the creative
forces will have done their work. This
will bo noticed by a rise in tempera
ture, and with the adjustment you
have It will require less heat from the
lamp, and the regulator will doubtless
have to be altered somewhat. If the
muchlne Is full of live germs, it will
need watching very closely or it may
run up to 105 degrees or more, espe
cially during the third week, which
would cause many to die. They may
not die Immediately, but they will bo
fore the end of the hatch. Cool the
eggs dally during the third week, so
that n thermometer resting on the
eggs will register 00 degrees, but do
not cool any during the fourth week.
During the fourth week the danger of
owrhenting is not so great, as the nn
mini heat declines or remains about
stationary until piping, when it In
creases and a temperature of 105 or
100 Is desirable at the time tho duck
lings are breaking the shell, and under
no circumstances should It then be al
lowed to fall below 1Q3 degrees. When
the last duckling Is well dried off, open
one of tho doors about an inch nnd se
cure it in this position, so as to accus
tom them to n slightly lower tempera
ture before being removed to the
brooder, but If the nursery under the
tray is not too full let them remain in
the Incubator for twenty-four hours.
There is not so much necessity for
ventilation with duck as with hen
eggs, nnd all currents of air ahould bo
avoided. This was the principal point
we earned on our visit to the Virginia
duck farm,-NaUonai Poultry Journal.
Price For the Fnncr.
Who says the poultry fancy is on the
own grade ri.. wo eon read of the
trading that s mo tf,ii ' !
of tho beat . ,
Serosa the w; . t ? ;n hiti-nxi u...
Slater's dni .m-, .........
200 had to go to seeo'-; -.ti. n....
other two hundred dollar pun-hase,
pullet, held her place, nnd to add lo the
McJtement the second prize pullet wu
claimed at her catalogue price of $2o0.
Tho stir kept up In (la me tmnn,
where there were specials worth iK
each to win. A two hundred and fifty
dollar purchase In Brown Beds won
one of these, nnd a bird that cout $10
took nnother, Mr. Stretch won first
in 'Piles with n wonderful cockerel,
which was then claimed by Mr. Tom
llnson for $2r.0. A Pokin bantam was
claimed for $80, nnd so it went on.
There is more life In Hie gmne every
year. Poultry Monthly.
RESULTS INJARLY WINTER
A llroertcr Who Ilnmi't I'onml ft Vnl
nnlilc Secret I'rcMotoncy.
1 have not been successful In getting
early winter eggs. During November
and' December I average only two or
three eggs per month per ben. I try
to give just as good care then as nt
any time of year, although it Is not
always feasible to have a full nupply
. . ... ..... 11....
, of green rood. Jiy nieiiiou oi iramii.
Is the customary one a mash of bran
, nnd middlings with fish scraps or ini
t Imal meal In the morning, mixed with
hut water In cold weather. For a
month past wheat hns made a large
part of the grain ration simply because
It is cheap. I have got no better re
suits than from feeding cracked corn.
Whole corn is now being fed at night.
Have good tight houses, yet I have
not found the secret of a largo supply
of eggs in the early winter. 1 am in
clined to think that to a certain extent
the fowl Is governed by its original na
ture to lay little nt this period while
molting or finishing feather growth.
Something might be accomplished In
the way of getting more eggs at this
season by proper selection of breeding
fowls.
In breeding I do not make it a point
to mate birds not near nkin. I intend
to select the best birds, regardless of
relationship. I do not think it desira
ble to regularly procure fresh blooii.
It is desirable, however, to get fresh
blood if the animal secured Is better
than tho best one lias in Ills own
flock. It would be better if the "new
blood" could come from the Bame
strain as tho one on to which it is to
be bred.
Does any one know of any thorough
ly successful breeder who lias estab
lished a high reputation for his stock
who regularly Introduces "new blood"
into his flock? Of far more impor
tance than the introduction of "now
blood" would it lie to discover in one's
flock an animal of superior merit tbnt
possesses the jiower of transmitting its
good qualities and then hold on to that
bird as long ns it Is capable of breed
ing. Look nt the pedigrees of tho phe
nomenal trotting horses as one after
nnothcr they "break tho record." Near
ly every one of these -great trotters
has in it somo of tho blood of the old
race horse Messenger, transmitted
throught his great-grandson, iiambleto
nian, There nre few
examples of prepotency on record.
In poultry breeding we need to breed
more from individuals and less from
flocks. The trap nest and a careful
following up of the batches from eggs
of different individuals will help us
I prefer a system of somewhat close
breeding when tho stock bred from
possesses extra good qualities, because
by thiB method, combined, of course,
with enrefd! selection, wo can intensi
fy the good qunlities of our stock.
fliy most serious mistake was in
breeding from some badly colored fe
males one year when I wns a very
young beginner, thereby putting me
back a couple of years or so in tho
continuous improvement of mv stock
One of the best moves I know is that
of keeping an accurate account in con
nection with my poultry keeping, so
that when I get bine at temporary bad
returns I can see that, on the whole, I
am coming out right, and when I am
doing well I can try to do better.-W.
H. Bishop in Farm Poultry.
A Ol.-vor Wrinkle.
Cocoanut for cakes, pies, candy, etc.,
Is usually grated. This is not easily
accomplished and takes a long time
Try It in the ment chopper. Pare off the
dark rind nnd proceed ns with the ap
ples. A few turns of the crank.and the
work is done. There are no small
pieces left over, no grated fingers, no
trouble at all. And the flaky, snowy
mass Is just right for the making of nil
torts of good things.
...u 'll,e 0,,Iy Wnr
it i ReK,,ml,1 dearest," she sighed,
"but bow can I be sure that you will
not grow weary of mo after we have
been married a little while?"
"I don't know," he answered, "unlesa
Herald! Bee" Chicago
Sh. HmanH Thoaght of TbM.
Tou should never take anything
"If I'd n Iron no n -.
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Marie, B,d tbe pRt,ent
Tories Wher W0Hld you W-8tr;
The Pronr nlnnn..t
enough wo;u T' ""1 n'
" nvv uomer man
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