Corvallis gazette., May 06, 1902, Image 1

SEMI-WEEKLY.
SJEKJSCSuiT'Si.. i Consolidated Feb., 1899.
COBVALIilS, BEIfTON COUNTY,; OBEGON, TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1902.
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HERR STEINHARDT'S NEMESIS
!
BY J. MACLAREN COBBAN.
CHAPTER V Continued.
That was all I wanted, and I soon
left the little draperv I went to call
on Freeman. I found him sitting with
Lis pretty, pleasant wife at an early
dinner. They invited met to sit down
and partake. I declined, on the ground
of having just had breakfast.
"I." said he, "have managed with
more economy. This is my breakfast
and dinner combined."
"I wished," said I, "to have a little
talk with you."
"If," said be, "it is about that affair
of the night, say on; I and my wife are
one."
I then told of my gossip with the
draper and its purpose.
"You need not have gone to him,"
said he; "I could have told you that
there has been no death of that sort
since we have been here, and that's
nearly five years. Of course, it's ab
surd to suppose that the death of 15
years ago is the one poor Dick was
thinking of. No: I've come to the con
clusion that he had eome hair breadth
escape from death in bis mind, and
that the rest was delirium."
"But, dear," said Mrs. Freeman,
"don't yon -forget, both of you, that
Dick's confession, according to himself,
was of a murder which has not been
found out?" ' -
"You sir.ii right, my dear," said he.
"But, at the same time, there has no
one ben missed who could have been
disposed of in that way. Two men, I
remember, have disappeared, but they
- had nothing to do with chemicals, ana
they were last seen near that deep pond
in the clough; it would be detective
speculation thrown away to imagine
how they could be done to death in a
chemical vat. "'Come," said he. seeing
my serious, anxious look, "let the mat
ter alone, we can do nothing with it.
The chemical works are an abomina
tion, but the only recent death I can
suspect them of is that of an unfortu
nate dog; some one had dyed him a
blazing scarlet; for a while he slunk
about the streets, an object of loathing
to himself, and of terror, curiosity and
scorn to the whole dog world ; then he
disappeared withdrew, probably, in
shame and despair to that pond in the
clough and put an end to the glaring
anomaly of his existence. But, after
all, I think the chief harm they do is
to ejr?ry greon tfcirga&d to Steinhardt's
reputation for honesty. I see this
morning," lie continued, turning and
picking up the newspaper, "that he is
again in court for infringement of some
patent."
Our talk then turned on the former
case of the same kind, the heavy dam
ages paid, and the strange disappearance
of Mr. Lacroix. I asked him if he had
ever heard the romantic history of the
Lacroix family. lie knew all about it;
he had heard it from Birley.
I broached to him my hope of either
finding the lost Mr. Lacroix, or at least
of finding out what had become of him ;.
and I told him I had written 6ome
weeks before to some friends who, I
had thought; might make inquiries for
me in London, but that I had - heard
nothing from them, and that therefore
I thought of going to London myself on
that errand as soon as my six months
had expired. He shook his head.
"I fancy," said he, "all inquiries
have been made. However, since it is
desirable to find out if possible some
thing for certain" he - paused . and
looked at me "I tell you what. We
are going foi our fortnight's holiday at
the end of the month: I well gladly
do what I can if you like.
I agreed with him that it might, or
might not, result in something: a very
safe concord and so it was settled that
it less than three weeks he would be in
London doing his best to emulate Le
cocq. CHAPTER VI.
I had tacitly assented to Freemadn's
suggestion, that no more was to be
thought or eaid of Dick's horrihle pan
tomimic confession : but it impressed
me as being too vivid to be lightly dis
carded as without any basis of fact. I
continued to think of it very much: I
thought of it more ' because, in spite of
the unreasonableness of such a conjunc
tion, and its manifest "waste of detec
tive speculation" (as Freeman would
have said), the vapors, so to say, of
Louise's dream would persist in ming
ling in my imagination with the va
pors of Dick's delirium. Could it
really be that Mr. Lacroix had met his
death in some such way? And if he
had, how had he come by it? and
where? Was it even possible iu the
mystery of things that Lacroix had
been smothered in one of his own vat?
But a discovery I made about this
time trivial, apparently, yet to me
significant fixed my idea more firmly
in my imagination. One night while
I sat thinking of my return to London
I took up my Biadshaw, and carelessly
began noting the times of trains from
the neighboring large town to the me
tropolis. The lines of three companies
passed through it, and I became inter
ested in noting how the rivals ran fast
and still faster trains against each
other. In this survey my attention
was fixed by a very small fact: one
company ran one of its two quickest
trains so that it reached the neighbor
ing town about midnight the only
very quick train within two or three
hours of that time. I found easy op
portunity to test in some degree what
significance this fact might have.
Early in the week following Dick's
confession, Mr. Steinhardt had gone to
London to attend his trial, in the court
of Queen's bench, I think it was. He
would be absent for more than & fort-
night, and I had therefore many wel
come chances of being- in Miss La
croix's company. I was asked several
times to dinner, and was encouraged to
find other and sundry occasions for
calling.
On one of these occasions I found
Miss Lacroix alone. After some casual
remarks I began to work toward my
purpose by alluding to Steinhardt's
business in London.
"It will be a serious thing for him,"
said I "wont it? if he should be so
unsuccessful in his defence as your
father was?".
"He will not be unsuccessful as poor
father was," answered she, "with a sad
shake of her beautiful head: "Mr,
Steinhardt is not scrupulous as father
was; he tells falsehoods with rude sim
plicity, like his great chancelloi, and
so people think him to be all honest
truth. He will succeed in his case. I
think I have heard him talk it to
Frank and he will come back more
aespot than ever. Poor father!" She
leaned back, and looked sadly out over
the valley, from which rose the smoke
and sound of its daily toil, fatigued
and forced, I thought, on that warm
summer afternoon.
"I have thought a geat deal," said
I, seizing the opportunity her exclama
tion afforded, "of that strange dream
you told me of.
"Yes," said she, turning with sud
den interest.
"Do you still dream it?" I asked.
"Yes, I do; but not often now."
It is a veiy strange thing. Does
the dream eome at any particular hour
of the night?"
"It does," said she; "and that, I
daresay, makes me think more of it
It always comes . two or three hours
after I have gone to bed. I dream it,
and then become wide awake; and after
I have lain awake a little I always hear
the hall clock strike two my room is
over the hall.
"And the first night yon had the
dream do you think it came then
about, the same hour?"
"Yes," said she, "I think so. But,"
and she leaned forward, eager and pale,
"why do you ask me these questions?
Have you found out , something from
your friends in London, perhaps? You
had heard nothing when last I asked
you, I know. Tell me have you heard
something now? '
"No, I am sorry to say, I have not.
Still I do not despair, I have a hope I
may learn something soon.
"Oh, what?" she eagerly demanded.
"I think," said I, "you had better
not ask me; it may only end in disap
pointment, and this matter already
preys upon you too much."
"You are very kind tome," said she,
My pulse beat tumultuously, and I
was on the point of saying something
rash concerning my devo.ion, when she
added, almost as if she knew what I
was thinking of, "But I can think of
nothing else much I can be interested
in nothing else. It is very foolish of
me, but I cannot help it. Mr. Stein
hardt sometimes is rather rude to me
about it ; he wants me to marry
Frank," said she, simplv; "but I do
not wish to marry Frank, and Frank
does not wish to marry me. I do not
wish to think of marrying at all just
yet.
"I suppose," said I, piqued, and jeal
ous, too, I dare say, "Mr. Steinhardt
wants you to marry his son that he
may keep your father's money, which
you will inherit, in his business."
"I do not think," said she with a
smile, "that there is much now of poor
fathers money ; Mr. Steinhardt reckons
off it that 20,000 pounds which, he
says, father lost without any cause."
"But does Mr. Birley, your other
guardian, agree to that fraud? for
fraud it is."
"I do not know," said she listlessly.
"But I think dear Mr. Birley is some
how in Mr. Steinhardt's power; I think
he fears to say much."
Mr. Steinhardt returned from London
resplendent with success and self satis
faction. He had won his case. He
had been able to lead the court to be
lieve that he had found out for himself
the chemical process for which the
plaintiffs had taken out a patent, with
this difference, that he had employed a
wet method, whereas they used a dry
or vice versa; I do not remember which
it was. The plaintiffs were going to
carry their case to a higher court, but
he did not care for that. He called
together his friends and his neighbors
to rejoice with him, of whom I was
one; for since he got the better of me
over the lecture affair he had been as
amicably disposed as before. The din
ner was a very sumptuous affair, and
Mr. Steinhardt thought himself so much
master of the situation that, I think,
he indulged rather mere freely in wine
than was his habit. In the drawing
room after dinner his eye was the
brightest and his talk the loudest and
most voluble. He watched bis son
paying gallant little attentions to a
strange young lady, while Miss Lacroix
was surrounded by the beaus of the
neighborhood, and he called him, in
audible asides, "Fool!" "Idiot!"
"Blockhead!" At length he became
so impatient that, shouting "Frank, I
want you!" he strode -out of the room.
.Frank at once arose and followed him
ia evident alarm.
After some time he returned, looking
pale and agitated. He came up to me
(I sat talking with Mr. Birley), and to
my great surprise said :
"Mr. Unwin, the governor wants to
speak to you in the dining room." I
had a disagreeable recollection of a
former interview there, but . before I
could say anything he continued "I7m j
afraid I've got yon into a row, without
-meaning aught of- the sort. The gov
ernor's always at me to to make love
to Louise; he wants tae to marry her."
(Mr. Birley shifted uneasily in his
seat.) "That was what he called me
out about now; be jawed ma, and I told
him I didn't want to marry Louise; he
got very angry, and then I said, what
was the use of my mating love to a girl
that was in love with somebody else.
I shouldn't have said that, I know, but
I was very riled ; I am very sorry." ;
The hot suspicion now dawned joa.me
that I was the fortunate "somebody!
else" of his legend. I felt I grew;
burning red; I scarcely heard what .he
said afterward, but it was to the effect
that this father angrily dismissed., him
with the order to send me to the dining
room. Birley sat unusually silent and
disturbed.. I also was silent a moment.
I turned to him. '..
"Da you think I ought, to go?". I
asked him. '
"Yea, iad; go," said he, laying" his
hand on my shoulder, "and ITI go wi'
tha." . - -
We entered the dining room together.
Steinhardt stood on . the hearth rug..
He frowned and pulled his great mous
tach on seeing Birley with me. ''-
"I wished to speak to Mr. TJnwjn
privately, Jim," said he. ' '' '
-""Well," said Birley, "I've come to
be a sort of interpreter, 'Manuel, lest
you, being a. foreigner like, leastways
not altogether English yet, mightn't
undestand some things an Englishman
like my friend here would very likely
say. You see, 'Manuel,.for one thing
you don't seem to understand that' an
English clergyman is not the flunkey
you may get a pastor of the fatherland
to be. You mustn't say 'Come here!'
and 'Do this!' or 'Don't do that!' with
out any rhyme or reason but your own
high and mighty will. That may be
Bismarckian, 'Manuel, but it's not
English. An Englishman would say,
'You be d d, sir! ' Who are you-
talking to? A'dog at your heel?' as,
I daresay, my friend here would say if
he didn't happen to be a parson."
"When you've quite done, Jim'
said the brother-in-law.
"Eh?" said Birley, as if he caught
faintly a distant interrupting sound.
"Perhaps, Mr. Birley," said I, "I
had better hear what Mr. Steinhardt
wishes to say to me."
"Yes, of course," sa id he, and im
posed an unwelcome silence upon him
self. "
"I only wish to tell you, Mr
Unwin," said Steinhardt, looking hard
at me, since you have seen a good
deal of my ward, Miss Lacroix" (Bir
ley evident! v chafed at that) , especial
ly lately. I understand, and since it
may have entered your head that some
time .she might make you a beautiful
wife,' I wish to tell you that you must
give up thinking anything of the sort,
because she is going to marry my son
Frank."
"Oh, that d dfor a tale, 'Man
uel" exclaimed Birley, before I could
say a word. :
"Will you be quiet, Jim?" said
Steinhardt, with restrained voice, but
glaring eyes, and that apoplectic, pur
plish flush suffusing his head and face,
'JSay, lad," said JtJirley; "that's a
point on which I mun ha my say. Be-
fre you tell anybody Louise is going to
marry Frank, you must 'get the consent
of at least three people the girl her
self, your son, and her other guardian,
that's me." Steinhardt looked at him
in unfeigned surprise, hut he went on :
"Your son, that's your affair, of course;
but the girl, that's partly mine; and I
shall not see Paul's Louise engaged to
marry anybody against her own wish
and liking." .
"Liking!" scoffed Steinhardt.
"What has liking to do with it? Lik
ing should come after marriage with a
proper, modest girl, not before.'-' (-: .
"ihat may be your toreign way,
'Manue, but it's not our English way,-
nor our Lancashire way, nowther." r
Confound your Lancashire! cried
Steinhardt.
"If it had not been for Lancashire,
my lad, said Birley, thoroughly
roused, "you wouldn't be the big man
you are!
"Are you mad? exclaimed Stein
hardt, striding up and down the hearth
rug, and glaring from Birley tome.
"You shall repent this! Mr. Unwin,
I had better have a talk with you an
other time."
(To be continued.)
Rugy With a History. .
The king's correlation crown is to be
adorned with what is termed "the
Black Prince ruby." It is not gener
ally known that this stone, which now
forms the center of the Maltese cross
on the late Queen Victoria's crow'n, is
not a ruby at all, but' simply a red
spinel. It is of large .size, and if it
were a- true ruby would far surpass in
value the Koh-i-ncor itself, for rubieaj
never run to the same size as diamonds,
and being also far rarer are . consider
ably more valuable in price per carat.
A four carat ruby, for instance, - would
be worth about $10,0CQ, probably even
more if it were a flawless stone; a four
carat diamond would not be worth the
half of that sum.
The so-called "Black Prince ruby"
derived its name from the fact that it
was given to Edward, the Black Prince,
by Don Pedro of Castile in gratitude
for the victory of Longoro in April,
1367, which restored the throne of
Spain to Don Fedro. Henry V wore it
in his helmet at the battle of A gin-
court, and it has ever since formed iart
of the crown jewels of England. In
spite of its having been proved to be
nothing but a spinel it still figures in
the description of the regallia as a
"ruby," and as such was shown at the
famous exhibition of 1S62, when the
royal jewels were one of " the most in
teresting exhibits.
True Enough.
The trcuble with most of us is not so
much that we have a hard row to hoe
but that we dislike hoeing. Puck-
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1 vAavfe
: Chestnntting in Thessaly.
It Is said that the chestnut was dis
covered by tB& ld Sot&AHs at a place
called Castanea, In fhessaly. They
eailefl 'Itthe Castana: nut, r whence
tomes our name of chestnut, r Strange
to" say,-they held It. in light esteem, and
the patricians would not eat leaving
4t to the common people. And the com
mon people soon found out how good
and nutritious it was, and It Jbecame a
regular article of food with them.
In Italy to-day the nutting time Is
one of the Important seasons of the
yearfor . many of .-the people almost
depend,, on the chestnuts for their, food.
So important Islt that the schools are
required by law to have a vacation at
that time; so that the children may go
'out and shelp the- Ider people gather
the nuts. It Is by no means a pleasure
excursion, but a"Tegular industry.
Whole families go' out into the hills
and camp there s for a month. During
this,, time they scour the. woods every
day men, women and , children each
person having a canvas bag suspended
from the waistv'Into wnIch are put the
nuts as. they are picked up from the
ground. They do riot throw sticks and
stones, into the trees' to knock the nuts
down, as the boyis Inthts country do,
but gather 'only those that have fallen
out of the burrs. , The nuts ripen under
the combined action of the sun and the
frost, and the burrs then open and the
nuts drop to the ground. The crop Is so
abundant that the gatherers always
find enough to keep them busy.
Some of the nuts are saved to be
eaten as nuts, but-most of them are
dried and ground into flour, from which
a kind of porridge called "polenta" is
made. ., Little cakes, called need; are
also made out of It.
The drying Is done in huts built out
on the hills specially for that purpose.
The nuts are spread out on the floor.
and a low fire is kept In the hut to give
a certain degree of heat, which soon
dries them. The drying is merely the
evaporation of some of the water from
the nut by means of the warmth.
This is the Pie that Kate made!
This is the Cook,'-with the" apron white,
That heated the-even exactly right,
vTo, hake the piie tbat,.Kate made. . ,
This is the Rat that left its hole
To' taste the cream in the china bowl,
And smelt the pie that Kate made!
This is the -old but active Gat,
That; caught. the meddlesome, nimbler rat,
That nibbled, the pie that Kate made.
This is the Maid, so trim and tall,
That waited at. table and swept the hall,
And carried the pie that Kate made. ,
This is the Dame, so short and fat,
That owned the old but active cat,
And carved the pie that Kate made.
And these are the hungry girls and boys,
Full of merriment, fuu and noise,
Who ate the pie that Kate made.
.,m -'story of Livingstone.
When David Livingston was a boy he
showed that the words fail and discour
agement were not to be found" in his
books. At the age of 10 years he was
put to work in a factory. Long hours
and hard labor did not move him from
his purpose. Early in the morning and
late at night he continued his education
so that he was able to read both Horace
and Virgil with ease on his sixteenth
birthday. He felt that it " was his duty
to be a missionary; yet his tastes turn
ed in the direction of medicine.
In the early days of his African work
he spent much of his time relieving dis
tress among the natives and visiting
the sick. Writing to a friend he said:
I know that if I gave much attention
to medicine and medical studies some
thing like a sort of mania which seized
me soon after I began the study of
anatomy would increase, and I fear
would gain so much power over me as
to make me perhaps a very good doctor.
but a useless drone of a missionary. " I
feel the self-denial this requires very
much, but It is the only real sacrice I
have been called on to make, and I shall
try to make It willingly.".
. 7 " A Gigantic Tunnel. . - ,
The subject of a tunnel connecting
Ireland and Scotland has been brought
before the British Government, and the
"project will be pushed if -the requisite
financial support can be obtained. The
estimated cost Is $50,000,000. The route
provisionally selected Is from Stranraer
iA Scotland to Belfast In Ireland. The
total distance Is 51 miles, of which
34 miles would be tunnel and 25 miles
of the tunnel would be under the sea,
along a line where the maximum depth
is 480. feet Electric motors would be
used to drive the trains at an average
speed' of "sixty t seventy miles per
hour.; ' '-'
The City Boy.
God help the boy who never sees
The butterflies, the birds, the bees.
Nor hears the music of the breeze
When zephyrs soft are blowing.
Who -cannot in sweet comfort lie
Where clover-blooms are thick and high.
And hear the gentle murmur nigh
Of brooklets softly flowing.
God help the boy who does not know
Where all the woodland berries grow;
Who never sees the forest glow
When leaves are red and yellow;
'Whose childish feet can never stray
Where Nature doth her charms display.
For such a hapless boy, I say,
God help the little fellow!
Origin of the Irish Potato.
The Irish" potato, the common, ot
white, potato, as distinguished from the
sweet, or yellow, potato, is so called
from its being a staple food In Ireland.
It was recommended for introduction
into Ireland by the London Royal So
ciety In 1663 as a safeguard against
famines. A native of Chili, Peru and
Mexico, the potato was transplanted to
Spain from Peru early in the sixteenth
century and brought to Virginia from
Florida by the Spanish explorers, and
from Virginia to Jreat Britain in 1565.
Japanese Cats and Dogs.
Japanese cats and dogs' have the
shortest kinds of tails, or else none at
all. One of these cats, on being taken
to a European town, refused compan
ionshipwlth the long-tailed cats there;
but, finding a cat whose tail had been
cut off by accident, the two became
friendly at once. Japanese dogs are al
most destitute of noses, having the nos
trils set directly in the head. The
smaller the nose the more valuable the
breed.
GRATEFUL TO A'OMAN SLAVE.
Early Act of Emancipation Passed by
Palmetto State's legislature.
Looking over an old volume contain
ing the acts of the General Assembly
of the State of South Carolina, passed
at Jacksonborough in 1782 and, some
subsequent thereto, I find the follow
ing:
An Ordinance for enfranchising a ne
gro woman and her child, late the prop
erty of Mr. John Smyth:
, Whereas, A negro man named Antigua,
.'a slave, -lately belonging to Mr. John
Harleston, deceased, was employed for
the purpose of procuring information of
the enemy's movements and designs by
John Rutledge, Esq., late Governor of
this State; and
- Whereas, The said negro man, Antigua,
always executed the commissions witlf
which he was intrusted with diligence
and fidelity, and obtained very consid
erable and important information from
within the enemy's lines, frequently at
the risk of his life; and
Whereas, It is but just and reasonable
that the said negro man, Antigua, should
receive some reward for the services
which he performed for the State;
Be it, therefore, ordained by the hon
orable, the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives, in General Assembly met, and
by the authority of the same. That the
said Antigua's wife, named Hagar, and
her child, both lately belonging to Mr.
John Smyth, shall forever and hereafter
be deemed and taken as free persons,
and they shall be, and are hereby, enfran
chised and forever delivered and -discharged
from the yoke of slavery, to all
intents and purposes whatsoever, any
law, usage, or custom to the contrary
thereof in any wise notwithstanding.
" And be it further ordained by the same
authority, That this ordinance shall be
deemed a public ordinance, and all courts
in this State are to take notice of the
same without special pleading.
In the Senate house the 12th day of
March, 1783, and in the seventh year of
the independence of the United States
of America.
JOHN LLOYD,
President of the Senate.
HUGH RUTLEDGE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
In regard to the above it might be
well to inquire if either Connecticut or
Massachusetts can show an earliei-
public act of emancipation than the
Palmetto State. ""
By reference to Grlmke's public laws,
pages 303-311, section 22, it will be seen
that the Legislature of South Carolina,
in February, 1782, before the Revolu
tionary War was really over, In pass
ing an act to dispose of the conhscated
estate of British adherents, provided
that "in all sales of negroes directed by
this act the parents shall not be sep
arated from their children, but the said
slaves shall be sold in families."
Letter in Charleston (S. C.) News and
Courier.
Marriage of Domestic Servants.
In Paris male domestic servants are
encouraged to marry, as they are ob
served to.be more settledand attentive
to their duty than when bachelors. In
London such marriages are discour
aged, as rendering servants more at
tentive to their families than to those
of their masters.
Ocean Liners of 1880. x
By the breaking up of the Servia and
the Alaska there disappeared two of)
the three famous Atlantic liners whose '
appearance twenty years ago was re
garded-as the opening up of a new and ;
most Important page in the. history Of
Atlantic steaming.
" A fiome-Made Barrow.
A wheelbarrow with box Is a handy
tool to have on the farm, but barrows ot
the style mentioned are quite expen
sive. However, one can be constructed
at small cost If one has a lot of old ma
terial at hand. The barrow shown is
a two-wheel affair and these wheels
were the grain wheels from an old
binder, part of the wood from the old
machine also being used in its construc
tion. The dimensions of the barrow
are: Sides, 3 feet 10 Inches long and
13 inches high; handles, six feet from
end to end; length of the bottom of the
barrow, 4 feet and 4 inches. The end
board is run into a slot with a cleat on
each side of each end, the same as a
tailboard on a wagon box, and can be
removed at will to permit of the con
tents of the barrow being easily
dumped. The small illustration In the
upper corner shows the construction
of the endboard. Ttie wheels are fas
tened by a five-eighths Inch Iron rod
and run on the same hub as when they
were on the binder. It -will take but
little time to construct the f barrow
shown, and If one has the material
mentioned the expense for blacksmitn
ing will be small.
(grinding Food for Stock.
While there are differences of opin
ion as to whether or not food for stock
ought to be ground, there is no doubt
but what young stock of all kinds
thrive best on the ground food. This is
but natural, for the Immature stomach
is much better able to digest the ground
food than the whole grain. That ground
food Is also beneficial for mature stock
no one will deny, and yet how benefi
cial depends both: on the food used and
upon the animal.
Wheat fed to hogs must of course be
ground or the hard portions will pass
through the animal undigested; so with
other foods fed to different animals,
and the feeder should use common
sense in determining whether it will
or will not pay to grind the food he has
to give. Many cows of considerable
age would still be profitable if more
care was taken In the preparation of
the food given them. While the sub
ject Is one that must be largely worked
out by the feeder, it will pay every time
to follow the suggestion that food for
young stock be ground.
Heads of Dairy Cattle.
The head of a Jersey cow presents
the perfect type of bovine beauty. The
Holstein cow is somewhat larger in the
head, with a heavier face. In the illus
tration the Jersey head appears to be
the broader. By actual measurement
this is not. generally the case, but the
shorter head of the Jersey, with the
greater dish to the face, causes this ap
pearance. The development of the eye
and brain should be especially empha
sized. time in Insecticides.
While lime is generally used in the
preparation of bordeaux mixture, In the
best known and most reliable of the
insecticides or remedies for fungus
diseases, other neutralizers may be
used with the copper sulphate, such as
concentrated lyes. For the beginner
In the use of the spraying tools the lime
Is, however, the best to use, although
there Is much complaint regarding it
because of the injury to sprayers. This
is due, without doubht, to the fact that
poor lime is used; that it is used too soon
after slaking, and that It is not prop
erly strained. The lime should be of
the first quality, such as is used by
builders, and it should be slaked for
two or three weeks before being used,
so that all possible of the gritty ma
terial that is apt to clog or injure the
nozzle of the sprayer may be dissolved.
Then the lime should be strained
through cheesecloth, to keep out the
grit that was not dissolved.
The Shipping of Eggs.
It is a common practice among fan
ciers to ship eggs by express, but the
average farmer Is afraid to trust the
cars, and contents himself with ex
changing with his neighbor, or with
those that he can reach by a day's jour
ney there and back. But if he would
only try he would soon learn that it is
perfectly safe to ship eggs by express,
and that they will hatch as well after
going a thousand miles as if picked up
out of his own barn loft or manger.
Have a roomy coop, where you can
place the sick fowl for doctoring. It Is ,
A HOME-MADE WHEELBARROW.
JERSEY. HOtSTEIN.
best not to doctor much, but very often
a fowl will get out of condition and
then the others Impose on it and keep
It away from its feed. It is in cases
of this kind that the coop- is needed,
because a few days of rest and careful
attention away from the others will
often be all the doctoring necessary.
Boys on the Farm.
The boy who Is In love with machin
ery ought not to be compelled to give
up that love to remain on the farm.
So, too, there may be the boy whose
whole soul Is full of music and who
ought to think of no other profession,
or the one to whom questions of law
appeal with supreme force, or the one
to whom the practice of medicine see uia
especially enticing. So, too, there' may
be the man especially adapted for suc
cess in business. The boy who lacks
energy, who Is willing to be led. who
finds It too hard work to think, who is
willing to be directed may pass a life
of more composure working under the
direction of another in some city call
ing. The young men who ought to consid
er whether they may not better remain
on the farm also fall into two classes.
In the first class comes the boy who
loves the farm. There are such boys;
there would bo far more but for the
parents. It Is surprising how many
young men the teacher meets whose
parents urge. If not Insist, that they
shall follow some other calling than
farming.
The second type of young men who
may well consider farm opportunities
is the bright, all round boy who may
easily become interested in anything.
This embraces the largest class of all.
I wish I might Impress upon the
young men belonging to these two
classes the fact that the farm offers
opportunities second to those extended
by no other calling. The chances for
the majority are better in agriculture
than in other lines. These chances do
not include the opportunity to amass
fortune, but one need only consider
the large percentage of business fail
ures to realize that the chances In such
lines are not so great as they seem.
After all mnnev la not tho nip.nsnrn
of success, though this is a hard lesson
for humanity to learn. I can Imagine
a boy becoming so absorbed in digging
bait that he would forget to go a fish
ing, but I never saw such a boy. A
boy has more sense; a man has not
The man keeps on digging long after It
Is too late for fish to bite. Prof. W. F.
Card,-in New England Farmer.
Grafting a Grape Vine.
A year from the graft will transform
a wild, sterile grape vine into a fruitful
member of the farm community. The
work is simple
and easy and it is
s u r p r i sing that
farmers do not
more generally at
tend to it It does
not differ from
common cleft tree
grafting, e x c e pt
that the stock Is sawed off close to the
roots, removing theearth adjoining. Tha
straight dotted line shows the surface
level, and the stock Is sawed slightly
below. In cutting the scion, the idea is
to make an even wedge. No wax is
used, the gummy sap of the. stock being
sufficient Finally the earth is banked
around stock and graft as shown by
the curved dotted line. Farm' nd
Home. -;: i
Green Food for Swine. ""'
Those who have had experience? In
feeding swine during the early days of
spring before there is any pasture-fit to
eat realize that the expense, for. grain
is very heavy without any correspond
ing increase in the weight of the ani
mals. Such results are discouraging,
but the remedies are to' provide such
crops as clover, alfalfa and an abund
ance of root crops to feed at intervals
during the winter, but mainly at this
time, between seasons.
Then if it is still possible to get In
an early pasture composed of'wheat or
rye sown early, following this with
rape at the proper season, and as the
ground becomes warm using sweet
corn or sorghum sown so as to cut
when needed, the want will be sup
plied. : ..' v
There Is some objection- to feeding
heavily of grain food early ; in : "the
spring, but this comes mainly becatise
a supply of salt and ashes is not sup
plied as an aid to digestion and to off
set any tendency to dysentery.; This
question is worth looking info by! those
who raise swine in large numbers.'.
Horses for Draft.
Any horse the purpose of which Is to
draw large loads, whether at the walk
or trot may be spoken of as a "horse
for draft." Common usage has : fixed
the term "draft" on horses, of specified
weight and size, but there are other
classes on the market whose confor
mation is what has come to be known
as the "draft form," but which differ
from the drafter in the matter of size
and weight and the manner of - per
forming their work. The drafter prop
er works always at a walk, while other
classes of horses of draft type do their
work mainly at the trot BirlTetin
United States Bureau of Animal In
dustry. .;
Plant Potatoes Early and Spra
Many farmers plant potatoes. Iat'' in
the season in order to avoid intartthe
ravages of the potato btig.aad ths$! Is
no question about there vbeing seane
advantages In this respect; Bug-jrfpn-tinued
experiments demoustxatpVat
early planting and thorough' spraying
will Increase the crop from lifry'tb a
hundred bushels per acre over 'late
planting and little or no spraying It
would seem a wise policy to plant
early and protect the plants by spray
ing, says an exchange.