CORVA
SEMI-WEEKLY.
SKiA'S&fci'g.. (ConsoUdatedFeb., 1899.
COKVAIililS, BEKTON COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1902.
VOL. III. NO. 8.
GAZETTE
HERR STEINHARDT'S NEMESIS
BY J. MACLAREN COBBAN.
CHAPTER XII Continued.
"It is not for me. Fraulein." I
answered, "to say how wicked he is
But I have told you he is behaving
very harshly to the dead man s daugh
ter more than harshly, for he has even
hid her away in a strange town, to try
every means to make her marry hie son,
in order that he may not have to give
an account of the dead man's property.
And here is a letter which I have re
ceived this morning from her other
guardian, who was Herr Steinhardt's
beet friend when he first came to Eng
land, and whom he has almost rained.
He has found the young lady, and
taken her to his own house; but he
fears he cannot keep her, for Herr
Steiiihardt may now ruin him outright.
I must therefore return; and tnis,
Fraulein, is my only hope of effectual
ly hindering Herr Steinhardt from do
ing what he will by frigtening him
with my knowledge. But I do not yet
know enough to do that.
It will thus be seen that I told Frau
lein Haas just enough of the case to
convince her of its urgency; but she
guessed something I had not told her.
"I understand now, Herr Pastor,"
ehe said, "why you are so interested in
Emmanuel Steinhardt's crime; it is
more love than vengeance that pushes
you on. And tliat, too, Herr Pastor,
will make you beircr understand why I
am interested in Emmanuel Stein
hardt," she said, simply, looking cot
at me, but at her thin clasped hands.
"He was many years ago not the Herr
6teinhardt he seems to be now; he was
good and gentle, though his heart and
mind were set on being rich. But I
detain you, ' she added, glancing up
suddenly. Her hands tightened their
clasp on each other. "If,-' ehe said,
with rapidly growing vehemence, "I
tell you what I have seen, in order that
you may be able to deliver the dis
tressed young Fraulein, promise me,
Herr Pastor, for the sake of my past,
and as you hope to be happy and peace
ful in the future promise me that you
will u?e what I tell you only for the
purpose you say, and that you will keep
it, so far as ever you can, from becom
ing public!"
I gave the promise at once without
reserve.
"And," . she said, "you will leave
Emmanuel Steinhardt's punishment in
the hands of Almighty God?"
I answered I would though it was
ajatrange question to have to answer.
She then turned almost away from
me, partly, I thought, that she might
be less conscious of my presence, but
more that she might concentrate her
attention on her " recollections. Her
hands clasped and unclasped several
times before they settled, the one in
the other, and ehe began :
"It was, I think, " in the March
month of a year ago. I had slept a
loug time very soundly, for I had been
very tired, when suddenly I felt as if I
were taken up and carried away far
away; and I was made to look at Em
manuel Steinhardt. He looked at me
as if he wished me to help him; at his
feet was a large wooden box, the lid of
which, I was made to understand,
would not close. From the opening
protruded a human hand, strangely
discolored. I awoke all trembling. I
put out my own hand to make Eure I
was in my own bed ; my mother was
sleeping quietly beside me. I tried to
dismiss the vision from my mind fool
ish dream, I thought it. But I could
sleep no more. In two or three hours
it was daylight, and I arose. I went
about my duties all the day as usual;
I was bii!y, and had the impression of
tho vision much worn away when I
went t bed in the evening rather
early, because I was very tired. I had
slept not very long, when again I was
as if seized up and whirled away, again
to see Emmanuel Steinhardt, with
something at his feet again not now
the wooden box, which was aside, but
three packages of canvas. Again Em
manuel Steinhardt looked at me, as if
he wished me to go to him, and again
I awoke, all trembling."
She paused in her story of the vis
ions, took her handkerchief and wiped
her damp brow with trembling hand.
I watched her intently, a sensation
of creeping excitement and mystery
held me bound to her quiet but intense
recital. She resumed suddenly, with
out looking at mo.
"I slept no more that night fer
thinking of what I had seen, and so I
saw Emmanuel Steinhardt no more; I
tried to sleep in order that I might,
but I could not. A terrible night to
me it was. But next night I was
sleeping a light, disturbed bleep, when
I was taken away again to Emmanuel
Steinhardt; this time I knew I was not
in a room; there was no light. He
looked at me across a newly dug spot
of ground, and then turned away. I
did not really wake, though I felt con
scious I was in my own bed at the same
time as I was held where he had left
me, close to a wall. After some time,
how long I cannot tell, he came back
with a rope. 1 knew at once what he
was going to do before he had done it
fasten the rope in an iron something
on the other side of the wall and pull it
over. I do not know why I did not
think it impossible for a single man to
pull a wall down with a rope, but I did
not. In a little while he pulled, and
the wall fell flat, and, curiously, un
broken, covering over the newly dug
spot and all arouund it. Then I awoke,
as with the noise, and slept no more.
After that night I saw him again for
several nights, for a dim moment or
two, at the Bame place. They were
but glimpses, which, as the nights
passed on, became dimmer and dimmer,
and then ceased altogether until some
weeks ago, when again I was summoned
to face him at that eame place with
the fallen wall. He looked at me
earnestly, and then over his shoulder
at some one whom I did not see, but
who I knew he feared was watching
him. This happened three, four
times, and then no more. There has
been no more yet. but what may be,
God only knows. That is all," she
saidwith a sigh as of relief, turning
to me. "And now, Herr Pastor, you
know what I have had to tell, and you
will not forget your promise to me
you will not set yourself to bring pun
ishment on Emmanuel Steinhardt."
"I shall hold my promise to you,
Fraulein," said I, "as sacred."
Possessed as I was with the exciting
thought engendered by her story, I was
almost forgetting that I had no result
ofmy mission which I could show or tell
to Steinhardt, and the time at my dis
posal must be very short. I looked at
my watch; I had half an hour to spare.
There was no time for the expression of
wonder, or of any kind of fitting com
ment upon what I had heard. Seeing
me look at my watch, she rose.
"And now," ehe said, "you must go
quickly, I suppose, to your hotel, and
then to the station."
"Yes," I said. "Eut there is one
thing, Fraulein, I had almost forgotten;
not of a painful sort," I made haste to
add, for she had reasaumed her expres
sion of close endurance and resignation.
"I came as Herr Steinhardt's messen
ger, and I have no message I can carry
back to him."
She sat down again, took a sheet of
paper from a drawer, and wrote in the
middle of the page, in a small German
hand, a few words, which she signed.
When she had written ehe handed the
paper to me, saying, "You may read."
I read (the words were in German)
- "Repent, and turn away from your
evil, before it is too late."
This, enclossd in an envelope, and
addressed, I put in my pocket for
Steinhardt. There remained now but
one thing for me to do to say farewell
to Fraulein Haas, the poor, lonely lady,
who still with fond regret cherished
her memory of a man who was to me
the greatest villain on earth. How I
longed I could do something to cheer
her life, eay even some proper word of
comfort and hope! But ' I felt . hei
spirit dwelt on heights too great for any
commonplace words of consolation from
ir.e to reach. I therefore Dade her a
silent farewell. She held my hand a
moment.
"If anything happens to him," she
said, "you will send me word?"
I answered I would ; and the next
moment she was turned away from me.
and the next I was out of the room,
and had seen my last of Fraulein Haas.
When I was in the train, rushing
back toward England, I unexpectedly
found that I .was bearing away with me
a pathetic memento ot ner, ana mat
I had left her a memento of myself. I
put my hand into my pocket to find
Birley'a letter, but could find only the
following lithographed form, instead.
I suppose I had taken it from her table
when I meant to take up the letter
which I had laid down. The poor lady
might have been looking at it before I
entered her room. This was the form:
"Meine Verlobung mit
Fraulein Emilie Haas von Liestal
seige ich hiemit ergebenst an
Basel, November, 1854.
"Emmanuel Steinhardt."
(My engagement with Fraulein
Emilie Hass of Liestal I herewith make
public in Basel)
CHAPTER XIII.
In what a fever of excitement, anx
iety, and hope I made the journey
home, I need not stay to describe.
The story of Lacroix's fate I could now
fill in to its last detail; I knew where
his mutilated remains lay buried, or at
least I knew a spot which coincided
with that described by Fraulein Haas,
so what remained for me to do was to
bring the fact of my knowledge home
to Steinhardt in a manner so forcible
that he could not refuse to make terms
to me more than this I could not ac
complish, even if I would, considering
my promise to Fraulein Haas. But in
the sequel I had my conviction re
im pressed that I was in this business
but the agent of a Higher Power.
I reached Timperley very late on Sat
urday night, but in spite of the late
ness of the hour and my weariness 1
went at once to Birley's; I had warned
him of my coming by telegram from
London. I found him waiting for me,
and with him, as I had hoj-ed, but
scarcely expected, his ward Louise. I
fear his cheerful greeting passed for
almost nothing with me in comparis"n
with hers. Her manner was undemon
strative, but there was, I felt, a cordial
sincerity in it which came from her
true heart, and I was flattered with
hope. There were, however, things
more serious and immediate to be
talked of than matters of love could
then be considered.
I inquired concerning Steinhardt,
and was told that they had not yet
seen him. What, I asked Birley, did
he propose to do it Steinhardt came
and demanded the surrender of his
ward? would he admit him?
"Admit him?" he exclaimed. "Of
course. There is no use in shutting
him out. He can sell me up In- this
house and then turn me out, he has a
bill of sale on every thine, and he has
been holding it back for some time, to
use it now, I expect, but Louise shan't
go back to him, unless she likes; I'll
find some roof to shelter ma and her.
Yea," said be, turning hie bright face
upon her, "we'll get thro' it all right."
"You are both very good, to me,"
iaaid . ehe, going to him, and shedding
some tears on bis shoulder.
"There now there," said he, pat
ting her. Then turning to me, "She
means yon, too, my lad."
"Yes," said she, resuming her seat,
and looking down, ''Mr. Birley has
told me al I you have done for me to
find out about my poor father and all
that he and you suspect, too. And I
cannot oh, I cannot!" she cried,
shuddering and pressing her hands to
her eyes "look at that terrible, cruel
man again!"
"I could not help telling her, my
lad," said Birley, in answer to a look
of reproach from me. "The old chap
wrote questions to her about th' papers
you found, and I had to explain."
"But," said I, in some alarm, "you
know, Miss Lacroix, we must not, we
cannot denounce him we must not, I
doubt, say anything till we have some
evidence that he is really the man. I
think, I am sure, I soon shall have
that evidence, but even then we must
be careful what we say."
This, I was glad to find, was not re
garded as more than a general, though
confident, expression of hope, so I was
not asked awkard questions. Now that
my anxiety concerning Louise was for
the time allayed, I felt exceedingly
tired. I promised to call next day to
tell them about my journey, and rose
to go to my lodgings, where my land
lady, I knew, or her herculean son,
would still be sitting up for me.
Birley accompanied me to the door,
talking according to his wont. He put
on a cap which hung in the hall, and,
leaving the door adjar, walked with me
to the gate. The air refreshed me,
and, full as I was of Fraulein Haas's
revelation, I felt impelled to tell Birley
something of it. Thus, almost uncon
sciously, we wakled away from the gate
down the lane leading to the high road,
and I was led into telling him all, the
more so that he did not seem sceptical
of the value of her visions. We had
thus left the house some minutes, how
many I cannot tell, when several
sounds like screams in rapid succession
rose behind us into the still night.
We stopped together and looked at each
other.
"By the L d!" exclaimed Birley.
' 'I left the door open ! "
We were hurried back by a common
impulse. We found the door adjar,
apparently as we had left it, but when
we entered and approached tho room in
which we had been sitting we heard
Steinhart's voice.
"Well, 'Manuel," said Birley, when
we were in the room, "so you've come;
I expected you wouldn't be long," ;. ,
Steinhardt turned (Louise watched
him from the other 'side of the table
with fear in her eyes) ; he did not
answer his brother-in-law, but stared at
me.
"What is the meaning of this?" he
asked. " Were do you come from?"
"From Basel," I answered, "whers
I was not wanted. Fraulein Haas
wised to see you, not me; she is well,
and it is for you she is anxious, not for
herself. She sent you a line by me;"
I handed him the letter.
He impatiently tore the envelope,
and read with a frown. I knew the
words ; I tried to read from his face
how they affected him. Their point, I
thought, found a joint in his harness;
he evidently winced; he looked on the
floor, on this side and on that, as if
for once he were made to pause and
consider. But this was only for a
moment; he looked up at me and then
at Birley, the same insistent, master
ful Steinhardt as before.
(To be continued.)
SIGNIFICANT NUM3ER SEVEN.
Woven Into the History of the World in Many
Peculiar Ways.
The number seven ia not only con
sidered a lucky number by the super
stitious, but it was a symbolical num
ber in the Bible, as well as among na
tions of antiquity. In the Old Testa
ment we note that the Creator took
seven days, and on the seventh was a
sacred day of rest. Every seventh
year was eacred, and the seven times
seventh year ushered in a year of jubi
lee. There are seven principal virtues
faith, hope, charity, prudence, tem
perance, chastity and fortitude and
there are also seven deadly sins pride,
covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony,
envy and sloth. There were seven
champions of Christendom St. George,
England; St. Andrew, Scotland; St.
Patrick, Ireland; St. David, Wales;
St. Denis, France; St. James, Spain,
and St. Anthony, Italy. There were
seven ages of man, also seven wise
men of Greece. Christ spoke seven
times on the cross. Rome was built
on seven hills, and there are innumer
able other traditions which go to prove
that seven was a number to cling to.'
In these modern times it is wonderful
how often the number prevails. For
instance, vaccination must take place
every seven years, in order to escape
mall pox: fashions change every seven
years, and seven years is always a mile
stone in a person's age.
Characteristics ot Gold.
Many people suppose that all gold is
alike when refined, but this is not so.
An experienced man can tell at a glame
from what part of the world a gold piece
comes, and in some cases from what
particular gold district the metal has
been obtained. Australian cold, for
instance, is distinctly redder than that
from California. The Ural gold is the
reddest found anywhere.
Happy Recollections.
Visitor Well, my man, what are
vou in for?
Convict "Oh, I'm in fer a good
time, lady.
Visitor I don't uderstand you.
Convict I'm in fer lickin' me
mother-in-law, lady. Judge.
(L
Pastor and Parser's Lad.
One of the parish sent one morn
A farmer kind and able
A. nice fat turkey, raised on- cora.
To grace the pastor's -table.
The farmer's lad went with the fowl.
And thus addressed the pastor:
"Blame me if I ain't tired! Here is
A gobbler from my master.
The pastor said: "Thou ehouldst not thus
Present the fowl to me;
Come! take my chair, and for me act.
And I will act for ttwe."
; -
The preacher's chair received the boy,
The fowl the pastor took;
Went out with it, and then came ia
With pleasant smile and look;
And to his young pro tern, he said:
"Dear sir, my honored master
Presents this turkey, aud. his best
Respects to you, hi pastor."
"Good!" said the boy "Tour master is
A gentleman and scholar! -My
thanks to him; and for yourself.
Here is half a dolUnV
The pastor felt around hfc mouth
A most peculiar twitching; ,
And, to the gobbler holding fast,
Hs "bolted" tor the kitchen.
He gave the turkey te the cook.
And came back in a minute;
Then took the youngster's hand aud left
A half a dollar in it : V;
Western Teacher.
Quick and Accurate.
"Fred!" called Uncle: Seth. "Yes,
sir." "Have you flnlshejthat wall?"
Fred came slowly In sight around the
corner of the barn, with ja paint brush
in his hand.
"I've painted about half." he replied.
"Half!" repeated Uncle Seth, re
proachfully. "Why, yon have been two
days at the Job!" f l
"Slow and sure, Uncle Seth," said
Fred, with a sly loofcr- "I've heard you
say that is a good rule.!?
"Ah! that's it, is It?" rejoined Uncle
Seth. "Don't yon know that there are
many exceptions to that rule?"
"No-o," answered Fre&l slowly.
"WelL there are. Suppose you were
in a burning building, end had- to de
vise a means of escape or suppose you
were In India, and should : suddenly
come face to face wlthga roan-eating
tiger in either case wouldn't "you pre
fer to be quick aud accurate rather than
slow aud sure?"
"I suppose I would," admitted Fred,
reluctantly.
"And don't you know," continued
Uncle Seth, "that all great men warri
ors, business men, sailors, and so on
have been celebrated for coming to a
quick decision?"
"Then why do people say that a fel
low ought to be slow and sure?" asked
Fred.
"Because a fellow ought to be," re
plied Uncle Seth, "under certain cir
cumstances; but the saying has been
wilfully misconstrued to mean that the
person who takes the longest time at
any performance does it better. There
is a line to be drawn between laziness
and haste. If you had a large sum of
money to invest, for Instance, It would
be proper for you to be slow in invest
ing It until you were sure of the sound
ness of the security. The same, thing
would be true about choosing a profes
sion, or going out on a long Journey,
and perhaps a hundred or more very
Important projects, but in the thousand
and one little things in life you must
be quick and accurate."
"Using a typewriter, for Instance,"
said Fred, who was getting interested,
as well as convinced.
"Exactly; or setting type, or being a
telegraph operator. If you were a
locomotive engineer and ran your en
gine at the rate of ten miles an hour
when the schedule called for forty,
somebody else would take your place
next trip. You belong to a baseball
club, donf your
"I am shortstop of the Alerts," an
swered Fred, proudly. -
"How long does it take you to stop
a grounder and throw to first?"
"Less than no time," said Fred, with
a laugh. "It don't do to hold the ball
when a man's legging for the first bag."
"Don't stop to think?'
"Don't have to. I know Just what to
do."
"That's it, Fred! All the slowness
and sureness has been put in the pre
liminary practice. When it comes to
real business, it's your duty to be quick
and accurate; and if you were not, the
Alerts would soon find another short
stop. That Is the lesson I am trying to
make you learn."
"That I ought to have painted the
side of the barn in a day?" asked Fred,
dejectedly.
"Not exactly that alone, although that
Is the object lesson now. You knew just
what you had to do, you had all the im
plements and you can handle the brush
well enough, yet you have wasted
about two-thirds of your time. There
are plenty of excuses for the man who
feels his way through the woods on a
dark night, but none at all for him If
he dawdles along a well-kept road In
broad daylight. W'hen you get older
and learn a trade, as I hope you will,
you will find that quickness, as well as
accuracy, is required of every work
man. And remember that quickness
does not mean haste. No good workman
is ever in a hurry."
"But he must hurry when he gets be
hindhand," objected Fred.
"He must not get behindhand. A good
workman knows Just what be can do.
and that is why he can work quickly.
You have sen a typewriter and a tele
graph operator at work, and some da)
I will show you a compositor, a weaver,
or, test of all, a mail clerk. You should
see one of those men standing before
a hundred boxes, with a bundle of let
ters In his hand. As quickly as your eye
can follow him he throws letter after
letter, each into its appropriate box,
and it la almost a miracle when he
makes a mistake. It doesn't pay for him
to be slow, no matter how sure he is;
be most be both quick and accurate."
"I guess I'd better get at that barn,"
said Fred, reflectively.
Uncle Seth said no more, as Fred
went quickly back to work, but he
smiled in a gratified way as the young
workman reappeared two hours later
and proudly pronounced that the task
had been completed. Golden Days.
How to Juggle Fire.
During the Middle Ages ordeal by fire
was one of the methods employed for
ascertaining whether a person accused
of a grave crime was Innocent or guilty.
If such person was able to walk, un
scathed over hot plowshares or through
a blazing fire he was adjudged inno
cent; if the heat left any marks on his
flesh he was considered guilty. In per
forming this trick the person who Is
holding the coals feels no pain, simply
because he has covered his hands with
a mixture of gum, starch and the yolk
of an egg. His hands are encased in
Impenetrable armor, and, consequently,
he can toy with the hot coals as safely
as he could with marbles.
Cultivation of Cocoa.
A traveler in South America, where
the cocoa tree Is largely cultivated,
speaks of the great care with which the
young plants have to be protected from
the sun, which If very strong is fatal to
them. To secure this protection the
planters shield them by banana trees
and plantain trees, the broad leaves of
which give them the needed shade. And
even when they are fully grown they
need protection, which is given by trees
known as "immortels," or, as the plant
ers call theni, "the mother of the co
coa." ..Thus the whole cocoa plantation
has a sort of canopy. - --- '.--'
About Cats.
Cats make the most careful toilet of
any animals, excepting some of the
opossums. Lions and tigers wash them
selves like the cat, wetting the dark,
India rubber-like ball of the forefoot
and the Inner, toe and passing to the
face and behind the ears. The foot is
thus a face sponge and brush, and the
rough tongue combs the rest of the
body.
A VALUABLE TYPEWRITER.
Witty Reply of an Authoress Who
Used a Pen.
A New York bachelor author, who
writes on a machine, wrote a note re
cently to a spinster authoress, who
still works by hand, and Incidentally
called her attention to the fact that if
she wished him to do so he would se
cure a machine for her at $5 per month,
guaranteed to write poetry, able arti
cles, Action, etc. A day or so later he
received a reply written in a beautiful
ly clear, round hand to this effect:
"My Dear Mr. : This Is my typewriting-machine.
Isn't it nice? It la
called the Blank typewriter. It is
sound, kind, in good repair, warranted
to travel well In single harness, and if
you do not say it is the nicest machine
you ever knew I shall refuse to believe
that you were born when knighthood
was in flower. It is warranted, like
yours, to write able articles, poetry and
fiction with equal facility, but, unlike
yours, it is not for sale at $5 a month.
Its original cost was large and I have
put so many improvements on it since
that I cannot dispose of it save at a
considerable advance and even then
should be unwilling to part with it ex
cept to a responsible person, warrant
ed to treat it with care."
At present, says the Detroit Free
Press, the author is striving strenu
ously to become a millionaire, so that
he may secure the services of this inim
itable typewriter.
Russia's Population,
The census returns give the total pop
ulation of the Russian empire as 125,
668,000, and of St Petersburg itself as
1,264,920. The religious classification
as follows: Greek Orthodox, 87.3S4,
000; Old Greek, 2,173,000; Roman Cath
olic, 11,420,000; Protestants, 3,743,0001
other Christian creeds, 1,220,000; Mo
hammedans, 13,SS0,OO0; Buddhists,
5,180,000; idolaters, 640,000. The pro
portion between men and women is 121
men for every 100 women.
Willing to Compromise.
SheSir, if you persist in making
love to me every time you call I shall
have to ask you to discontinue your
visits.
He Darling, be my wife, and I'll
promise never to speak another word
of love to you as long as I live. Chi
cago News.
Almost an Admission.
"Naturally, this epidemic of grij
gives you doctors lots to do."
"Yes, It keeps us guess er very busy
indeed!" Life. "
If the average man was as good as
he thinks other men ought to be it
wouldn't be long until his vanity made
him top heavy.
HANDS ARE NOT HURT.
Handy New Barrel.
For .farmers who preserve and Al
port fruit, aa well as for growers, but
ter merchants, sea captains and many
others, a new barrel has much Interest
In order to ascertain the condition of
fruit or provisions which are stored In
an ordinary barrel a man must either
empty the barrel or, at any rate, re
move the greater portion of its con
tents. If he uses this new barrel, how
ever, all this trouble will be unneces
sary, since one of Its staves is mov
able and whenever he desires to Inspect
the contents of the barrel all he need
do Is to move this stave to one side.
HANDY BARREL.
After he has satisfied himself that
the contents are in good condition he
can replace the stave, and It will be
held firmly in proper position by the
hoops.-
Another advantage is that In this
way fresh air can at any time be ad
mitted to all parts of the barrel, and
that this will prove a boon In the case
ot fruit and provisions is undoubted.
-f---S--A- eed Seed jTtodW-s-:.,.-
The Importance of having1 land made
well pulverized and mellow before
seeds are sown or planted in it is not
all In the fact that the roots penetrate
it better when so than when it is In
coarse lumps, and thus find more eas
ily the plant food that Is in it though
this is an Important consideration, but
It Is true that the seed germinates more
rapidly after two or three days, and
with some varieties a week, before it
comes up in soil that is but half work
ed, in which, by the way, much seetl
may fall to germinate at all. The soil
that is fine and mellow fits closely
around the seed and gives a supply of
moisture to all parts alike. It excludes
the drvins air. and yet It is more even
ly warmed by a bright sun, which helps
to draw up moisture from below by
capillary attraction. An extra day
spent in putting a field in good condi
tion before the seed is put In will not
only hasten the growth and maturity
of the crop, but will increase its
amount. Exchange.
Inexpensive Corn Marker.
Many of the expensive corn markers
are quite complicated, hence farmers
give up using them and go back to the
old methods. The one shown in the
illustration is so simple and so Inexpen
sive to construct that any farmer with
a considerable area to put Into corn
will find It well worth having.
The construction can be readily seen
from the cut, and by following the di
mensions given one ought to experi
ence no difficulty In making this mark-
er. It is designed, as will be seen, for
two horses. Each of the three runners
is two feet long and made of two-by-six
stuff. Planks are attached to the
runners a shown, and the pole fasten
ed to the center, running by a series
of bolts with nuts.
The side arm Is fastened to the sled
with a swivel aud is reversible. In op
eration a rope is simply attached to
the shoe of the marker and the other
end hooked to the singletree. The mark
er Is-thus held taut but by having It
en a swivel and nsing the rope as sug
gested there is no danger of its being
broken by coming in contact with
tones or heavy clods. For the usual
rows three and one-half feet apart, the
arm Is ten and one-half feet long and
made of two-inch material.
Bran and Shorts.
When we speak of shorts for stock
or poultry feeding we mean that which
is entitled to the name. We do not
mean bran that has been reground to
make it finer, and especially would we
avoid it If we thought that the cause
of the regrinding was that the bran
, had been wet soured and caked up. A
' few years ago a neighbor complained
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A SIMPLE CORN MARKER.
to us that his cows were not giving
their usual amount of milk, and were
growing lean, and some of them were
scouring badly. The ration he was feed
ing seemed to be In the right propor
tions, and his ensilage was good. After
examining all else, we asked to see the
shorts, which he fed quite liberally.
We saw It we smelted of it and then
we tasted of It Although It looked
and smelled all right the taste was
enough to reveal that it was as sour
as any pickle. All the good qualities
had been destroyed by overheating
when damp, and while the regrinding
had reduced the caked lumps aud tak
en away the sour smell. It had not re
stored the feeding value. And of that
it probably never had any more than
coarse bran and the sweepings of the
mill that might have been added to It
New England Homestead.
Feeder for Calves or Colts.
About the biggest nuisance on the
farm Is the young calf or colt that
won't learn to drink milk from a pail
until after repeated
efforts have almost
made the farmer
give up in disgust,
but as this is the
way these animals
usually behave, the
labor saving ar
rangement pictured
below will find ready approval among
those whose duty it is to care for these
animals. All that it is necessary to do
with this apparatus is to attach one
end to a fence, hang the pail in the cen
ter and attach the calf to the outer end
for a few feedings, and after that he
will see to the attaching himself, as far
as his end is concerned. It is not nat
ural for a calf to drink at the age they
are usually compelled to begin, and one
of the results is that when the animal
does learn to drink. It swallows the
milk so rapidly that an attack of In
digestion is sure to follow.
Fumigate the Fowls.
A desire is sometimes expressed by
poultry keepers for a box for fumigat
ing fowls. The larger poultry-supply
houses have such in stock and one Is
shown herewith. The essentials are a
tight box with a hole so arranged that
the bird's head Is outside the box. The
space around the bird's neck must be
FOB FUMIGATING FOWLS.
packed to prevent escape of smoke.
During the operation the legs are tied
to keep the fowl steady. The tobacco
stems or similar material must be so
placed as to avoid risk of fire or acci
dent. A smoking of this kind should
last three or four hours, and is the best
way to quickly clear insects from a sit
ting hen or other badly infested fowl.
Grease the bird's bead before smok
ing, to clear the lice from that part
Farm and Home
How to Grow Cow Peas.
To grow cow peas the soil should be
prepared the same as for the corn crop,
and If the best result, especially In the
seed crop,' Is desired, some fertilizer
should be used. The varieties selected
should be those that will ripen the crop
before early fall frosts, hence In North
these sorts should be the early ones,
such as Warren's extra early and Early
Blackeye. The later varieties may be
grown with success in all sections of
the South. According to the section
the seed should be sown from the mid
dle of May to the middle of June,
and be drilled in at the rate of
twelve pounds per acre, drilling
them In rows from two and one
half feet to three feet apart each
way, so that clean culture, which is es
sential, may be given them. Cultiva
tion should be carried on as with corn
and continued as long as the vines do
not interfere with the work.
.Farm Hints.
Neighborhoods must pull together In
these times.
Milk Is a great egg food, as It is
chemically similar to the white of an
farmers who have
tried it do not give encouraging reports
of alfalfa.
Corn should be grown extensively,
and the silo Is the cheapest method of
preserving It
English beans are upright, rank,
bushy growers and have large, oval,
coarse pods, and they are usually shell
ed and eaten as peas. They are rich in
flavor. t-i.i-Don't
keep a drug store for your poul
try. They will do a great deal better
if left alone than to be compelled to
take drugs, teas and all sorts of condi
tion powders. Doctor only when sick
ness appears.
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