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CORVALLIS
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CORVALLIS,. BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1902.
GAZETTE Estab. Dec. 1862.
VOL. III. NO. 10.
HERR STEINHARDT'S NEMESIS
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BY J. MACLAREN COBBAN.
CHAPTER XIV Continued.
I had much ado to keep quiet, but I
did manage to bold my tongue. I bad
my eyes fixed on him, however; as he
again tumid to go, his eyes encountered
mine, and, I thought, fell before them.
In a moment we heard the door slam
behind him, and Louise eank sobbing
into a chair. It took all Birley's efforts
and mine to calm her. I think I must
have become very much engrossed with
my own efforts, for when at length
Louise sat composed and I turned to
Birley, Birley was gone.
"You will not leave me," she said,
laying her hand on mine, "till he
conies back?"
That touch precipitated feeling in
me, and the confession which I had not
intended I should make for some time
yet. Considering the highly wrought
condition of the nerves of both of us, I
do not think it i9 surprising that we
should then have opened our hearts to
each other.
"I wish," I said, "that I need never
leave your side again."
On an impulse of ehvness she tried
to withdraw her hand, Lutl kept it and
she let it stay.
"Lcuise," I said, "do you know
what that man meant when be accused
nie of seekin.tr to marry an heiress?"
"Yes," i-aid t-le, with hanging head
(the beautiful l.-ad), "I think I do.
He 6aid something of the same to me
at Blackpool."
"And do you think," I urged, 'that
if I told that heiress how I loved her,
how I had loved her and thought of her
from the first moment I bad seen her,
before I guessed that she might be an
heiress do you think if I said that, it
would only be becaute I expected she
would be rich one day?"
".h, I do not think that at all!
But," she said, looking up with a
bright, uncertain smile (which was so
winning! so ravishing!) "but I am
not an heiress."
"You guess, then, it is you I would
say this to? that it is you I love and
have ever thought of?"
She trembled" violently (dear fluttered
heart!) but I still held her hand.
"I did not guess," she murmured,
"until he made me think of itat Black
pool. Then I understood why you had
been so very good to me, and I "
"What, Louise? What, dear?" I
urged.
".'hen I I think," she faltered, "I
began to Do not make me say it!"
"To love me a ilttlt?" I asked.
"Do, do say it."
"Yes," she whispered. Her face
was bill against my shoulder, and my
arms were about her before she added
"but not little very much!"
It was some moments before either
of us spoke again.
"Do you think," she said at length,
it is "right that we should have said
thee things at such a time.' when we
do not vet know anything certain about
mv dear, dear father?"
"Loime." I answered, "darling, I
would, von know, save you the small
est pang of pain. But I think I ought
to sav at once, dear, that you must give
up the hope that you have clung to, I
know, in secret, that you might after
all tind your father alive. He does
not live, I am sure now indeed I may
say I as good as know where he lies
buried, though I must not tell you
more at present. All we can hope to
do then, darling, is to give him a de
cent resting place. Then we shall go
away out of this terrible region of
money grubbing, of horrible toiling
End moiling in smoke and steam and
poisonous vapors, where the eye cannot
rest upon one single spot of nature tin
abused wo shall go away to a place
where the people are poorer and milder,
where we may see clear skies and
pure water, and trees and flowers bright
and wholesome. Won't that be a wel
come change? and to get away from
the constant talk of 'brass.' "
"Oh, yes," she exclaimed "that will
be sweet. Let us go do let us go as
soon as evfr all things are settled, and
we have done somet! ing for our dear
uncle liirley! We shall do something
for him shall we not?"
We were thus talking when, "dear
Uncle Birley" canio in. He probably
suspected the understanding we had
come to, but, like a kind and discreet
old gentleman as he is, he said nothing
then.
"Wondered where I've been, have
you? Well, lad, I've just walked down
to thy lodgings to tell th old woman
she mav go to bed, for thou'rt to stav
here the rest of this night the last
night but one, very likely, that I slia.l
be here myself!"
A tear glistened in his eye, and a
lump rose into his throat; but, after a
momentary pause, he talked on, and
these signs of emotion disappeared.
We soon went to bed, but I think no
one of the three slept much.
In tl.e course of an intimate talk
with Louise which I had that Sunday
I learned how near I had been to losing
her while she was at Blackpool, where
her vigilant duenna had been a hard,
faithful old German servant of Stein
hardt's. It was only gradually that I
got to know all the anxiety, and even
terror, of those days of detention and
surveillance, but that day I heard to
my horror that the poor girl had been
so wrought upon by Steinhardt's repre
sentations of her duty to her fathei,
of the l.eniousness of refusing to fulfil
what (Steinhardt declared) had been
his frequently expressed wish, that she
was on the paint of accepting Frank for
a husband, when he and his father were
called away, the pne home and the
sther to Loudon.
CHAPTER XV.
as x recall trie hpal episodes ot my
story so far as they concern the arch-
villain Steinbardt, I am so affected
with a shuddering horror that I scarce
write legibly. Yet they have such a
fascination that I am drawn to the de
scription of them, to the risk of omit
ting one or two matters of quieter inter
est, which are yet vital to my story.
These I must dispose of. Wednesday
and Thursday passed away, end the
Friday arrived, which to think of even
now makes me tremble. It was a dar
ing experiment we were about to at
tempt, and so very little would make it
ridiculous! I had taken partly to my
confidence the big son of the landlady
(a staunch Lancashire lad of the old
breed). With him I went through the
slides of my story several times, and
showed him how to manage them with
effect.
The evening came and I was almost
sinking under excitement. The place
of entertainment was that public -hall
in which Freeman had delivered his
famous lecture. The kind of thing was
rather new in the village, and there
was a crowded attendance of work peo
ple, especially of Steinhardt's own.
Steinhardt, with his wife and son, sat
right in front, where the reflectioon
from the sheet fell full upon him.
When the lights were turned, some out
and others low, Freeman and I crept up j
behind the, sheet, where I waited with
trembling pulse and sudden creeping
chills till the, to me, uninteresting j
part of the entertainment came to an
end. The curate acted as lecturer, and
explained with fluency what the views
meant, or told something about the
places represented. I cannot tell what
it was about. At length his series of
views and his lecture were finished.
There was a moment's pause to me
wild throb of anxiety and then the bass
voice ot the manager of the lantern
boomed forth the annoucement: "A
Lacashire Mystery." Without another
wortrthe first picture came upon the
sheet (I crept to its corner to watch
Steinhardt). It was two men in an
attitude of quarrel, surrounded by col
ored vapors. The second followed
quickly without a word of explanation;
the same two men the one half suffo.
catea, struggling to get out ot a vat or
bath of vapors, while the other, with
mouth muffled, held him down. Still
no word of explanation. Rapidly
canie tne inira picture tne man one
lying dead ai.d dyed before the other,
and beside an open box. Awful whis
pers began to stir among the spectators,
who were the more impressed no doubt
by the silence amid which the pictures
appeared. I ventured to peep at Stein
hard ; he was gazing fixedly, with part
ed lips. The fourth picture called
forth an instantaneous cry of horror; it
was, perhaps, too realistic. The dead
body lay stripped and quartered before
the living man, who stooped over it. I
fancied that at this sight I heard a low-
moan ironi tne iront bench, nut on
glancing at Steinhardt I saw him sit
ting as before, as if fixed as much by
utter astonishment as by horror. The
next picture rapidly blotted out the
gruesomeness of the other; the portions
of the body lay wrapped in three can
vas packages, and the man stood by as
if pondering. Quickly came the next;
the man digging near a ruined build
ing, with the three packages by him.
"Th' owd spinning mill!" some one
exclaimed aloud; I had not thought the
resemblance was so recognizable. That
was almost immediately succeeded by
the same view of the mill, with the
packages gone, the hole covered in, and
the man standing as if pulling a rope
which pas?ed over the top of the wall.
"The devil!" exclaimed Steinhardt,
starting suddenly to his feet. But he
recollected himself, and sat dawn again.
At once the last picture of all flashed
upon the sheet; the wall lay flat on the
ground, and the man stood by with the
loose rope in his hand!
Up started Steinhardt, and strode
down the room, amid an ominous
silence, to where the big Dick stood by
his apparatus.
"Where the devil," I heard him ex-
claim, "d d those horrible pictures
come from? Thev were not among the
lot I bought! Come, nod d nonsense!
You must tell me where you got them.
Who gave them to you?
There was now a wild hubbub of
talk. Dick, I was sure, lfad refued to
tell him anything about them. Iu the
midst of this the. lights flashed forth
again, and the people began Mowly to
disperse, with hushed but earnest
speech. Freeman and I slipped out by
a side door.
I went straight to Jaques's cottage.
There I found Birley. In low, anxious
voices we began to discuss what would
he (meaning Steinhardt) do now.
Louise wished she had been there, and
Birley had just said it was as well she
had not, when a heavy foot rapidly ap
proached, the latch was noisily raised,
the door was dasl.ed open, and Steir
hard stood before us.
"Soli!" he exclaimed, glaring at Bir
ley and me, "I have found you, sneaks
and cowards! Yon think with your
fool's tricks and your pictures you will
annoy me, and spoil me! Piff! You
aie nothing! you are beggars! you
are dirt! I will have you, Sir Parson,
arrested for making calumnious charges
against nie!" How in his fury had he
committed himself!
"Herr Steinhardt," said I, at once,
"the pictures, so far as I heard, were
unaccompanied by a single wrd of
comment, except what they drew from
the people, and no one could say that
the figures represented were likenesses.
But your guilty, black heart has charged
von. Ab it says, I eay: "You are the
murderer of your partner, Mr. Lacroix
and his remains will now De louna se
curely locked, whence you can't remove
them, under that fallen wall!"
His jaw dropped, and his great body
trembled for a moment, then as with a
sudden impulse of fury he made as if
he would crunch me with a ' bearish
hug, when Birley came between as.
"Come, 'Manuel, none of that. As
I told you, you'e not yet done with law
and Lancashire. You'd better go
home, or go to our experiments."
"Fool!" he cried, still glaring at me,
"Idiot! What scrap of proof have you
of the ridiculous charge you make?"
"For one thing I have proof that Mr
" J Lacroix, before he went to you at the
works, called here to see his old
uncle."
"Soh! Has the old idiot found his
tongue at last then?"
We we all amazed, Steinhardt as
-much as any, at the electrical effect of
this upon the old man. I had casually
noticed throughout the scene that he
had eagerly though painfully listened
I was smitten with fright, as if I saw a
dead man rise to his feet, when he now
rose at once to his full towering height
a height which I could not have con
ceived he possessed as he reclined hud'
died in his chair and, quivering with
excitement, strove to give utterance,
This he could not do, but with light
ning gesture he pointed with out
stretched arm to the door. Steinhardt
stood and stared open-eyed, when he
made as if he would himself compel
him to go.
"Go, "Manuel; go, man!" urged
Birlev, holding the door open.
Steinhardt went without a word, and
the old man fell back in his chair and
was soon rigid in death.
CHAPTER XVI.
Birley remained that night at
the
my
cottage. When I left to return to
lodgings I was surprised, even for
the
moment terrified, to see lights across
the stream, hovering about the spot
which I knew was the temporary grave
of Mr. Lacroix. In the moving lights
I presently saw figures ; I heard sounds,
too the sounds of a pickaxe.
"They are breaking into the grave!"
I exclaimed to myself, and resolved
would go and see.
I hurriedly picked my way round to
the place. About the fallen wall the
gigantic tomb-slab of Lacroix, which
brawny pickman, naked to the waist,
was hewing at there stood, in eilent,
stolid expectation, a crowd of thirty or
forty men and lads, with two or three
'women with shawls over their heads.
Many of the men were in the colored
garb of the chemical works.
"Pick on that spot where you see the
green," I called to the hewer; I had
hastily come to the conclusion that
since I could not hinder the opera'
tions I ought to help.
When I said this they all turned and
looked at me.
"You know summat about this, do
not yo', parson?" asked one.
''Something," said I.
"I'm thinking, Mr. Unwin," said an
old man, whom I recognized as the
father of the man to whose death bed
had been summoned months before;
"I'm thinking this that you've shown
tonight in th'. pictures is th' same busi
ness as my lad raved about.
So my connection with the pictures
had been discovered.
In silence the hewer picked the
bricks loose, pausing now and then to
let a comrade throw the debris aside.
Soon a space was cleared, and he began
carefully to pick into and loosen the
soil. A shovel was brought into requi
sition, ana tne eartn ana rubbish were
thrown aside. And the old ventil
ating cowl overhead kept grinding
stiffly and slowly about, with painful,
long-drawn moans, as if it were op
pressed with the spirit of the scene.
I ve struck on summat!" exclaimed
the hewer, pausing abruptly and speak
ing in a hurried whisper.
Several hands were now tearing at
the soil, and fearfully sounding it.
I feel a clout," whispered one man.
and he began to tug at it.
"Ah," I exclaimed in alarm, "you
mustn't disturb them not tonight, at
least!"
"Yea, parson," said the man, "but
we mun. We mun see which on ns it
is he's done for like this. There's Jim
Riley gone missing, and Job Kershaw."
(To be continued)
WANTED TO CLIMB THE GATE,
Story of Secretary Moody and Haughty Bol
ton Woman.
They are telling a story in Washing
ton about the new secretary of the
navy. Mr. Moody was riding on one of
the Boston surface cars, and was stand
ing on the platform on the side next
the gate that protected passengers from
cr.rs coming on the ether track. A
lady a Boston lady came to the door
of the car, and, as it stopped, started to
move toward the gate, which was hid
den from her by the man standing be
fore it.
"Other side, please, lady," said the
conductor. He was ignored as only a
born and bred Boston ian can ignore a
man. The lady took another step to
ward the gate.
"You must get off the other side,"
said the conductor.
"I wish to get off on this side," came
the answer, in tones that congealed the
official into momentary silence. Be
fore he could either explain or expostu
late, Mr. Moody came to his assistance.
"Stand to one side, gentlemen," he
remarked quietly. "The lady wants to
climb over the gate." JNew York
Times.
Spread of Civilization. I
The first Tagalog-English and Ene-
lish-Tagalog dictionary has just been 'half the strength of the preceding one.
completed. It is the "work of Dr. I These series were extended by auccc3
Stomple of New York, who worked on sive dilutions till It was impossible to
the Tagalog grammar before our war ', detect the odors. The order of the bot
with Spain. ' j ties containing these solutions waa com-
A Short Story.
"Just a short one. Uncle Vance a
weenty, teenty, short one!" coaxed the
children. And Uncle Vance laughed.
"Well, then, Just a short one, chicks,"
he said. "Once there was a short boy
who wore very short trousers indeed.
He belonged to the Short family, and
everybody called him Shorty! for short.
He went a short distance to school, and,
dear me, how' fond be was of his pretty.
short teacher! I expect that was be
cause she gave him short lessons and
I held only short sessions of school
"Shorty liked short things you see It
ran in the Short family unless It was
something to eat. He didn't like short
pieces of shortcake. He was very fond
crZ shortcake. Sometimes he couldn't
tell which he liked best that or his
pretty, short teacher.
"One day, a short time after this
short story opens, something happened.
Little Shorty missed a word in his
spelling-class. He couldn't spell short.
All the other short boys laughed, but
Shorty cried.
" 'You must stay In at recess, I am
afraid,' the teacher said, shortly. 'Short
boys must study their lessons. There is
no short cut to knowledge.' -
"Poor little Shortyl , He was short
stop on the baseball.! nine, and they
were short of substitutes. What would
they do without binrY There was a
short shower, and then shortly it clear
ed off. .
" I won't cry, Shbrtf said. 'I'll learn
to SDell short. I guess that's the short
est way out,' and It "wis. So the trouble
was short-lived, for Shorty was not
short-witted. That wap not one of his
shortcomings. In short, he could spell
even a short word if he set about it. So
in short order he was out 'short-stop
ping' a grounder from the Shortest Boy
of All's bat. It takes a boy who Is not
short-winded to play baseball, you
know, and Shorty could run as easily
as a deer. But he was snort-signtea
that was a drawback.
'When Shorty got home from school
that night, Grandmother Short was
just shortening a batch of doughnuts,
and Mamma Short was giving Big Sis
ter Short her leson in shorthand. There
was nobody to amusehlm, so he decid
ed to go upstairs and amuse the Short
baby. He sang a short-meter hymn
and danced a short-walsted rag dolly in
short dresses up and down and round
about until somebody either he or the
Short baby or the short-waisted dolly
was short of breath. And that Is the
end of my short story," said Uncle
Vance.
The children clapped their hands with
delight The oldest child said It was a
splendid "short story."
"Yes," the tiniest one said, gravely;
and then It was such a nice long one,
too!" Youth's Companion.
How a Water Rat Swims.
In Germany a close study is being
made of tne manner in which various
animals swim, and pictures have been
made to show how the water rat
swims, both when he is at his ease and
when an enemy is pursuing him.
While he Is looking for prey and
scents danger, this wily little animal
goes through the water leisurely, but
PERFECTLY AT HOME IS WATER,
the moment he sees or hears an enemy
he changes bis attitude and darts
away, breasting the water at a great
rate.
Moreover, It is a singular fact that
not only water rats, .but all other rats
and mice which live near the water,
are splendid swimmers and, thanks to
their skill,- are frequently enabled to
escape from their enemies.
It was not easy to obtain good photo
graphs of swimming water rats, but
they were obtained at last
A Young Kidd.
I think I'll be a pirate,
And sail the billows blue,
And gayly brag of the dread black
flag
With nothing else to do.
A pocket full of yellow gold,
Swords, guns and pistols manifold
Oh, yes! I'll be a pirate bold,
And I'll find a berth for you.
We'll not be like those pirates,
Preparing for a fight,
Who stamp and swear to raise your hair;
Of course that isn't right.
We'll have no swearers in our crew,
Although we'll fight for booty, too.
And run our foes with our rapiers
through.
When they do not die of fright
St Nicholas.
- - Delicacy of Smell.
Very careful experiments have lately
been made to test the delicacy of the
sense of smell In human beings. A
series of solutions of five different sub-
stances was prepared, each series being
so arranged that every solution was of
pieteiy aiaarrangea, ana the teat con
sisted In the attempt to classify them
by the sense of smell alone. An equal
number of male- and female observers
were selected from the . best apothe
caries' shops, and each was required to
arrange the bottles. The males were
able to detect the smell of the nitrate of
amyl in the solution of one part to 783,
000 of water, and the females were able
to detect it in the solution of one part
to 311,000 of water. The oil of winter-
green was detected In about the same
proportion and to the same extent of
dilution. There was, therefore, a very
great preponderance in favor of the
males as to the sensitiveness and dis
crimination of the sense of smell. This
is certainly an astounding fact, ex
claims the Gentleman's Magazine.
Do It Yourself.
The boy who will make a success in
life is not the one who Is continually
asking another to do his tasks for him.
The boy who. as a boy, wants contin
ued assistance, will continue to want
assistance when he has reached man's
estate.
He who attains success Is he who has
sufficient push, energy and pride to do
for himself everything that he Is capa
ble of doing. It Is well never to ask
for assistance until such assistance is
absolutely necessary.
Papa Found Ont.
Little Bobble I opened my drum the
other day to see where the noise came
from.
Little Ellis Did you And out?
Little Bobble Pa found It out then
the noise came from me.
Skin Off a Letter.
One day little 3-year-old Stella's aunt
received a letter and while reading it
the envelope dropped to the floor. Stella
picked it up and gravely said as she
handed it to her: "Auntie, here's the
skin off your letter."
Tommy Knew What He Was Doing;
"Why did you pray so loud for a
bicycle, Tommle?" asked his sister.
"God isn't deaf."
"No," replied 5-year-old Tommle,
"but papa can't hear very well."
WHAT TAILORS' RECORDS SHOW.
It Appears from Them There Has Been
a Physical Decline.
"The tailor who spends his life in
taking measurements could probably
tell an interesting story about the de
cline physically of men and women,"
said a man who takes a deep interest
in physical culture and other processes
tending to arrest deteriorating condi
tions. "I doubt if the measurements
taken by tailors will show many per
fect men and women. Too many men
are wearing 14 collars and too many
women are short on waist dimensions.
"I was glancing through Fourman's
book a few days ago and I was struck
by the dimensions agreed upon by the
best and most authentic authorities for
physical perfection in both men and
women. Take the measurements, for
instance, of the perfectly proportioned
man, with a height of 6 feet 2Va inches;
girth of chest, 46 inches; girth of waist,
38 inches; length of upper leg, 174
inches; length of lower leg, 14 inches;
larger girth of thigh, 22 inches; girth
of calf, 16 inches; length of arm, 26
Inches; and weight. 190 pounds. Go to
the tailor and ask him how many men
come up to this standard. I imagin
that one would spend much time before
finding the perfect physical conditions
in conjunction in a single man.
"The fact of the business Is that these
proportions are the result of Idealistic
theorizing. A man would be perfect,
Indeed, physically, who could even
show a reasonable approximation of
this standard. Our tailors records
would probably disappoint us badly,
and we -would likely become confirmed
believers In the doctrine of-physical de
generacy in so far as members of our
sex are concerned.
"Man has ben dwindling somewhat
even in the range of one's own memory,
One need not go to the tailor's nor to
the vast wealth of statistics which have
j been compiled by persons who take a
peculiar Interest in mans physical
aspect. One is conscious of being
smaller than one's father, and less ro
bust and lacking In that hardiness of
temperament found in the sire and
grandsire. Yet the tailor's record will
probably show a few isolated instances
where men have preserved the propor
tions in the physical measurements of
the perfect man.
"And this, after all," continued the
advocate of physical culture, according
to the New Orleans Times-Herald, "is
the goal toward which physical culture
is drifting. It is not so much a question
of larger men in stature, but rather a
question of men more perfectly bal
anced physically men whose parts will
approximate at least the equilibrium
found In the perfect measurements of
the physical culture doctrinaire. If one
must weigh 190 pounds, and stand up
to a height of over six feet, one may as
well give up on the start. But one may
at least approximate the ideal propor
tions, and this is what physical culture
proposes to do."
The First Motor-Car.
A great deal has been written lately
about the motor-cars of 1830 to 1840,
and they seem to have been quite for
midable machines. Most of them were
the inventions of Englishmen, but an
enthusiastic admirer of Napoleon has
discovered that long before the first
English motor-car was so cruelly sup
pressed by a horse-loving government
the first consul recommended to the at
tention of his academy the invention of
a Frenchman named Algnot, who
boasted that he could make a carriage
go by steam. The vehicle, however,
was not a great success, and the man
would have died in poverty if he had
not received a pension of one thousand
francs from the government
Remedy for Scaly Jcn.
The disease, scaly leg. is well known
to all who keep poultry, and while it
is considered that the presence of this
trouble does not affect the health of
the fowl, it is an objectionable trouble
and ought to be. removed. There is
good reason to believe that the com'
fort if not the health of the fowl
affected, for the scaly leg is due to. a
parasite and the working of the mite
must be more or less annoying to the
birds.
The Illustration shows how the scaly
leg looks, and it will be seen that it
differs from the other leg trouble
known as tuberculosis leg. The pene
trating of the mites beneath the scales
causes them to protrude so that to
reach the mites and remove the cause
of the trouble the scales must be re
moved. Soak the legs In warm, soapy
water until the scales are softened
somewhat then remove them with
dull knife. If bleeding results, soak
the legs a. little while longer.
Prepare an ointment of two drachms
of balsam of Peru, mixed with two
ounces of vaseline and apply this after
the scales have been removed. The
ointment should be applied by spread.
ing it on a cloth and bandaging the
legs of the fowls. Renew every two
days until a car; is effected.
Pure Bred Cattle in Iowa.
Iowa not only has the reputation of
being the greatest agricultural State
in the Union, but that it leads as well
In the production of fine cattle. In the
breeding of shorthorns it stands first
and the sale of these cattle clearly
shows that the business is on a good
paying basis. The average of the sales
of Iowa shorthorns the last year has
been from $200 to $725 a head, with the
majority of sales ranging from $300
to $500 a head. The breeders of Here
ford cattle In Iowa enjoy a good
healthy trade in their favorites, breed
ing about one-tenth of all the Hereford
cattle in the United States, and repre
sen ted by over three hundred breeders.
two hundred of whom are members of
the association. Thus Iowa stands
fourth in the production and sale of
Hereford cattle, and the prices obtained
at the public sales averaged from $200
to $300 a head. Although there are
ten times as many shorthorns In the
United States, and three times as many
Herefords as Aberdeen-Angus, yet the
farmers and breeders of Iowa are
reaching out for the latter kind, and
Iowa stands first in the breeding of
Angus cattle, having nearly three nun
dred breeders raising one-third of ail
the Angus cattle in the United States,
showing a growth and Increase within
the State of S00 per cent in the last ten
years. Agricultural Epltomist
Watch the Hoes Carefully.
A hog that does not care for its corn
Is an object of suspicion. It should
at once be separated from the herd.
Both the sick pig and the herd, which
are as yet apparently well, should be
thoroughly disinfected themselves
and their yards, nests and feeding
troughs and put on a laxative, cool
ing diet. On a failure of the off-its-feed
pig to recover at once, or the ap
pearance of further disorders in the
herd, resort immediately to stringent
measures to cure hog. cholera for the
chances are that your herd has this
fatal disease.
We are convinced that every farm
on which swine are kept should be
provided with a dipping tank for
swine, in order to keep the stock free
from lice and skin disease by an occa
sional dipping, and especially to dis
infect the hogs in case of a threatened
outbreak of cholera. The dipping tank
Is a comparatively cheap appliance.
Nebraska Farmer.
Thin Rind Sow.
Won first premium at Kentucky State
Fair in 1897; also sweepstakes premium
In aged herd at Natchez, Miss., 1897
1898. Property of James S. KIger, Ma-
plebrook Farm, Charlestown, Ind.
High Quality Strawberry.
For large berries of high quality Mar
shall, William Belt and Sample are
valuable, but for market berries, where
quality la desired, Excelsior for early,
followed by Warfield, Haverland,
Clyde, Sample, William Belt and Bu
bach, will, with good culture, give de
sirable results. Some of the newer
sorts are promising, but need further
trial. Senator Dunlap, Rough aider.
Empress and Parson's Beauty are all
berries of much promise, but every
grower should carefully select such va
rieties as are suited to his methods of
culture and environment Michigan
Station Bulletin.
Trimmine the Trees.
No farmer should intrust the trim
ming of his trees to an inexperienced
ierson. More barm is done by "tree
butchers" than by leaving the trees un
SCALY LEO OTf FOWLS.
touched. To saw off limbs, right and
left, without regard to the nature of the
tree or Its symmetry, and to simply cut
away limbs that are In the way, should
not be practiced. " The trimming or
pruning of a tree requires skill and
judgment
Don't Use Milk Preservatives.
Several so-called milk preservatives
are being offered this year that were
not on the market a year ago, and the
claim Is made for at least one of them
that It will not in any way injure the
milk. It would seem almost unneces
sary to advise farmers to avoid inese
preservatives, for the use of them will
mean trouble. The local board of
health in nearly every town in the
country sufficiently large to have such
a body of men. backed by the law, will
make more trouble this year than ever
before. Formalin and other chemicals
used for the preservation of milk are
very injurious to health, and laws
against the use of them are rigorously
enforced. Unfortunately, the farmer
cannot control the milk after it leaves
his hands, but as many farmers de
liver the product of their dairies direct
to the consumer this warning is meant
for them. The writer . has personal
knowledge that the utmost precautions
are being taken In many States, and
there is no way of fooling these au
thorities. In some . sections the law
has been changed so that a term of
imprisonment has been added to the
heavy fine that was imposed a year
ago. In other sections fine and im
prisonment takes the place of fine or
Imprisonment
Destroying the Weeds.
One of the best methods of reducing
the labor required in the destruction of
weeds is to destroy them when they are
just appearing above the ground. For
a large field the weeder Is the best Im
plement, but for a garden there is no
tool superior to the old time garden
rake. If the surface of the soil is given
a good raking after each rain there
will be no weeds, as the rake keeps the
top soil loose. A rake allows of perform
ing considerable work between rows
compared with using a hoe, and when
the weeds are high enough to demand
hoeing the work is more difficult and
tedious. The principal Injury done by
weeds Is that they rob the growing crop
of moisture and plant foods. Weeds r re
gross feeders and they soon take posses
sion of the soil. The rake will keep
them down with the least labor and ex
pense. Good Wagon Jack.
My Wagon Jack is made entirely of
oak, except the pins and brace, which
are of Iron. The brace Is of -Inca
round iron, flatten
ed at ends and bent
pJ I at an angle to ht
3 IUJv the unrisrht nieces, a
and b. The up
right, a, is 2x4x28
inches; base, b, is
2x4x18 inches; lev
er, c, 1x4x40 Inches,
while the latch, d.
Is 1x14x14 inches.
Tha Iron brace Is of -inch round iron
and 18 inches long. The cut shows it
self as to how it is made. C. E.
Likens, in Iowa Homestead.
Passing; of the Public Range.
According to a telegram from Helena,
Mont, the cattlemen of the Northwest
are buying land rapidly and settling
down with their herds. They have be
gun to realize that the public range
will soon be a thing of the past, and
that the man who would continue in
the business -wf raising cattle must
have land of his own upon which to
graze them. This is an encouraging
feature of the live stock industry, for
it means more cattle on the same num
ber of acres and better cattle than
have been produced by the ranges. At
the same time it makes the cattleman
independent and no longer at the mercy
of the seasons, compelled to move
hither and thither with his herds in
ofder to find sustenance for them.
Infertility of Egg.
One of the best plans of avoiding in
fertility of eggs, If it be really due to
the forcing of eggs during the winter,
is to have a number of selected fowls
that are kept solely for the purpose of
supplying the eggs that are to be hatch
ed. While this plan would entail con
siderable labor and a separate pen, it
would also enable poultry-raisers to
utilize the valuable two and three-year-old
hens that are not equal to the task
of heavy winter laying.
It is advocated by some authorities
that more heavy grain and less in the
way of mashes be fed to laying hens,
the claim being that the vitality of the
bird can be kept up longer by this
method.
The Mare at Foaling Time.
Much of the success that should at
tend horse-breeding depends upon the
care and attention bestowed upon the
mare toward and at foaling time, as
then not only are her own health and
safety at stake, but the welfare of her
progeny is also a matter for serious
consideration. It is therefore necessary
that extra precautions be adopted and
intelligent observation maintained in
order that mare and foal may pass
through this critical period in the most
satisfactory manned. Prof. George
Fleming.
The Stable Floor.
Undoubtedly the most convenient
floor of a Stable is of cement. The
ideal floor Is made of cement, with
movable plank floors for the stalls. In
localities where the soil is of a clayey
nature the natural soil will make a
very satisfactory floor if the stalls are
floored with plank and plank gutters
are provided for the manure. Such a
floor makes an excellent temporary ar-
rangement, and cement can be pur
chased and laid as time and funds wlU
permit
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