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A STUDY IN SCARLET.
BY A. CONAN DOYLE.
CHAPTER IV.
It was 1 o'clock when we left - 3
Laurlston Gardens. Sherlock Holmes
led me to the nearest telegraph office,
when he dispatched a long telegram.
He then hailed a cab and ordered the
driver to take us to the address given
us by Lestrade.
"There's nothing like first-hand evi
dence," he remarked ; "as a matter of
fact, my mind is entirely made up up
on the case, but still we may as well
learn all that is to be learned."
"You amaze ihe. Holmes," said I.
"Surely you are not as sure as you pre
tend to be of all those particulars
which you gave."
"There is no room for mistake, he
answered. "The very first thing which
I observed on arriving there was that
a cab had made two ruts with its
wheels close to the curb. Now, up to
last night we have had no rain for a
week, so that those wheels, which left
such a deep impression, must have
been made there during the night.
There were the marks of the horse's
hoofs, too, the outline of one of which
was far more clearly cut than that of
the other three, showing that there
vas a new shoe. Since the cab was
there after the rain began, and was
not there at any time during the morn
ing i have Gregson's word for that
It follows that it must have been there
during the night, and. therefore, that
It brought those two individuals to the
house."
"That seems simple enough," said I;
"but how about the other man's
height r "
"Why, the height of a man. In nine
cases out of ten can be told from the
length of his stride. It is a simple cal
culation enough, though there is no
use my boring you with figures. I
this fellow's stride, both on the clay
outside and the dust within. Then I
had a way of checking my calcula
tions. When a .man writes on a wall.
hia instinct leads him to write about
the level of his own eyes. Now, that
vrlitnir wa lust over six feet from
the ground. It was child's play."
"Anil hia aire?" I asked.
"Well, if a man can stride four and
b half fppf without the smallest effort.
he can't be quite in the sere and yel
low. That was the breacitn or a pud
dle on the earden walk which he had
evidently walked across. Patent
!.-.ather boots had gone around and
cauare toes had hopped over. There
la nn -mvntopv ahoirt. It. 'at all. I ft-fH
simply appyling to ordinary life a few
cf those precepts of observation and
deduction which I advocated in that
article. Ia there anything else that
nuzzles you?"'
"The finger nails and the Trichinop
oly." I suggested.
"The writing on the wall was done
with a man'a forefinerer dipped in
Wood. Mv glass allowed me to oh
nerve that the nlaster was slightly
scratched In doing It. which would not
have been the case if the man s nail
had been trimmed. I gathered up
some scattered ash from the floor. It
was dark in color and flaky such in
ash as Is only made by a Trichonopoly
I have made a special study of cigar
ashes in facU.1 have written a mono
vi-gnh unon the suhiect. - I flatter my-
nt.lf that T can distinguish at a elance
the ash of any known brand of cigar
or of tobacco. It is in ust sucn ae
tiiils that the skilled detective differs
from the Gregson and Lestrade tvpe
"And the florid face?" I asked.
"Ah. that was a more daring shot
hon p-h T have no doubt that I was
right. You must not ask me that at
the present state of the affair."
T nnssp.l mv hand over mv brow.
"Mv head Is in a whirl." I remarked;
"the more one thinks of it, the more
mvsterinus it exows. How CR.me these
two men if there were two men in
to an empty house? What has become
of the cabman who drove them? How
could one man comnel another to take
poison? Where did the blood come
from? What was the object of the
murderer, since robbery had no part
In It? TTow came the woman's ring
there? Above all, why should the sec
ond man write up the German word
Rache before decamping? I confess
that I cannot see any possible way of
reconciling an tnese tacts.
Mv comnanlon smiled aunrovtnglv
"You sum up the difficulties of the
situation succinctly and well." he said
Thorn la much that la still obscure
taoneh I have quite made up my mind
on the main facts. As to poor Le
strade's disovery. it was simply a
blind Intended to put the police upon
n wrong track, by suggesting social
ism and secret societies. Tt was
rot done by a German: The A
If von noticed, was printed some
what after the German fashion
Now a renl German invariably prints
In th T.ntin character, so that we may
cnfolv sv that this was not written bv
one. but by a clumsy imitator, who
overdid his part. It was simply a
ruse, to divert inquiry into a wrong
channel. I'm not going to tell vou
mnih mnrp of the case, doctor. You
know a conjurer pets no credit when
once he has explained his trick, and
U I show you too much of my method
of working you will come to the con
clusion that I am a very ordinary Indi
vidual after all."
"I shall never do that." I answered:
"you have brought detection as near
nn exact science as It ever will be
brought in this world."
Mv companion flushed up with pleas
Tire at mv words and the earnest way
In which I uttered them. I had al
ready observed that he was as sensi
tive to flattery on the score of his art
as any girl could be of her beauty.
"I'll tell you one other thing," he
said. "Patent-leathers and Square
toes rme in the same cab and thoy
walked down the pathway together as
friendly as possible arm In arm. In
all probability. When they got Inside
they walked up and down the room
or rather. Patent-leathers stood still,
while Square-toes walked up and
!own. I could read all that in the
dust; and I could read that, as he
walked, he grew more and more ex
cited. That is shown by the increased
innirth of hia strides. He was talking
all the while, and working himself up, I
no doubt, into a fury. Tnen tne trag
edy occurred. I've told you all f know
uyself, now for the rest is mere sur
mise and conjecture. We have a'good
working basis, however, on which to
start. We must hury up, tor l want
to go to Halle's concert to hear Nor
man Neruda this afternoon."
Thia conversation had occurred
while our cab had been threading Its
way through a long succession of
dingy streets and dreary fiy-ways.
In the dingiest and dreariest of them
our driver suddenly came to a stand.
"That's Audley Court in there, ne
said pointing to a narrow slit in the
line of dead-colored brick. you li
find me here when you come back."
Audley Court was not an attractive
locality. The narrow passage led us
into a quadrangle paved witn.nags ana
lined by sordid dwellings.
We picked our way among groups of
llrtv children and through lines of dis
colored linen until we came to No. 46.
the door of which was decorates witn
a small alio of brass, on which the
name Ranee was engraved.
On inquiry we found tnat tne non
stable was in bed; and we were shown
into a little front parlor to await nis
coming.
He appeared presently, looking a Ht-
i ii-T-itahlo at bin sr disturbed in his
slumbers.
"I made my report at the omce,
he said.
Holmes took a half sovereign from
his pocket, and played with It pen
sively.
"We thonc-ht that we should like to
hear it all from your own lips," he
said.
"I shall be most happy to tell yon
onvthinr T can." the constable an
swered, with his eyes upon the little
golden disk.
'Just let us hear It all In your own
way, as It occurred."
Ranee sat down on the horsehair
enfo and Vnltted hia brOWS. as though
determined rot to omit anything in
his narrative."
I'll tell it ye from the beginning.'
he said. "Mv time is from eight at
night to six in the moruine-. At eleven
there was a fight at the White Hart:
but. bar that, all was quiet enough on
the beat. At one o'clock it began to
oin and T'met Harrv Murcher him
who has the Holland Orove beat and
we stood ' together atrthe corner of
Henrietta street a-talkin'.. Presently
maybe about two. or a tittle atter i
thought I would take a look round ana
see that all was right down the Brix
ton road. It was precious dirty and
lonely.- Not a soul did I .meet all
the way down though , a cab or two
went past me. I was a-strollin' down.
thinkln' between ourselves how un
common handy a four of gin hot would
be. when suddenly a glint of li-jht
cnught my eye in the window or tnat
same house. Now, I knew that them
two houses in Liauriston Gardens was
empty on account of him that owns
who wont have the drains seed
to though the verv last tenant ths?t
lived In one o' them died o' tynhoid ,
fever. I was knocked au in a nnP. ;
therefore, at seeing a ngnt mtne win-
dow. and I snanected as etn.ng .
was wrong, wnen we got to
door-
You stopped and then walked back
to the garden gate," my companion in
terrupted. "What did you do that
for?"
T?nnc fsvs a violent iumo and
stared at Sherlock Holmes with the ut
most amazement upon his features.
"Whv, that's true, sir," he said,
'though how you come to know ,it.
Heaven onlv knows! You see. when I
when I
p-ot nn to the door. It was so still and
r" , "J. r;;m:(i,,f t hht tm h none
tho worse for some one with me. I
.. - -
!.. J nnfV;nr on 'thla cilia
the grave; out I tnougnt mayoe u
aa him that died o' typhoid inspect
ing the drains what killed him. The
thouebt gave me a kind O turn, and
walked back to the eate to see it I
could see Murcher's lantern, but there
wasn't no sign of him nor any one
else?"
'There was no one in the street?"
'Not a livin' soul, sir, nor as much
as
- ... a j
j a i t-
seiner ami wt-nt uauiv o.u fuucu
j ah mnn tnoMh t
went Into the room where the light
woa n-hnrnin'. There was a CP"Me
flickerirV on the mantel-piece a red
wax one and by its ngnt l saw
"Yes. I know all that yon saw. You
wnllrort . round the room several times
and you knelt down by the body, and
then you walked through and tried the
kitchen door, and then "
John Ranee sprang to his feet with
a frightened face and suspicion in his
eyes. "
"Where was yon hid to see all
that?" he cried. "It seems to me that ,
you know a deal more than you i
should." . I
Holmes laughed ana tnrew nis cara j
across the table to the constable.
Don't get arresting me for the mur
der, he said, I am one ot tne nounris,
and not the wolf; Mr. Gregson or Mr.
L,estrade will answer for that. Go on,
though. What did you do next?"
T?nnc rfanmd his seat, without.
however, losing his mystified expres-
sion.
"I went back to the gate and sound-
ed my whistle. That brought Mur-
"Was the street empty, then?"
"Well, it was so far as anybody tna
could be of any good goes."
"What do you mean?"
The constable's features broadened
s - . .
I ye seen many a drunk chap In my
time." he said, "but never any one so
cryin' drunk as that cove. He was at
the gate when I came out. a-leanln' up
agin the railin's and a-singin' at the
pitch of his lungs about Columbine s
New-rangiea Banner, or some sura
stuff,
help.
He couldn't stand, far less
"What
sort of a man was he?"
a aired Sherlock Holmes.
John Ranee appeared to be some
what irritated at this digression. ..
"He was an uncommon drunk sort o'
ruan," he said. "He's ha found hisself
im the station if we hadn't been so
look up." ' '..
"His face his dress -didn't you no
tice them?" Holmes broke In, impati
ently. " ' . .
"I should think I did notice them,
seeing that I had to prop him up me
and Murcher between us. He was a
long chap with a red face, the lower
part .muffled .round -"
"That will do," cried Holmes," What
became of him? - - :
"We'd enough to do without lookln
after him," the policeman said, in an
aggrieved voles- "I'll wager he found
his way home all right." . ;
"How was he dressed?"
"A brown overcoat."
"Had he a whip in his hand?"
I "A whip no." -
"He must have left it behind," Mut
tered my companion. "You didn't
happen to see or hear a cab after
that?"
"No." - -
"There's a half sovereign for you,"
my companion sld, standing up aDd
jUno- hia hat ' "T am afraid. Ranee.
hthat you will never rise in the force.
mat you win never rise m liic iui
Tnat neaa oi yours bhouiu ub iui
as well as ornament. You might hff;
gained your sergeant s stripes last
of thla mvaterv. and whom we
are seeking. There is no use of argu
ing about it now: I tell vou that it is
so. Come along, doctor."
Z We started off for the cab together,
leaving our informant Incredulous, but
obviously uncomfortable.
"The blundering fool!" Holmes said
bitterly, as we drove back to our lodg
ings. "Just to think of his having such
on incomparable bit of good luck, and
not taking advantage of it."
"I am rather in the dark still. It Is
true that, the description of this man
tallies with your idea of the second
party in tnis mystery. But why should
ho come back to the house after leav
ing it? That it. not the way of crimi
nals." "The ring, man the ring! That was
what he came back for. Ifwehaveno
other way of catching him we can al
ways bait our line with the ring. I
shall - have him, doctor I'll lay you
two to one that I have him. I must
thank you for it all.- I might not have
gone but for you, and so have missed
the finest study I ever came across; a
study in scarlet, eh? Why shouldn't
we use a little art jargon? There's
tho ccnrlot thread of murder running
through the colorless skein of life; and
our duty is to unravel it and isolate it,
and exnose every inch of it. And now
for lunch, and then for Norman Neruda.
Her attack and her bowing are splen
did. What's that little thing of Chop
in's she plays so magniflcenrfy; Tra-la-lalira-UMtlay?":
.. .
Leaning back- In the -cab, this ama
teur bloodhound caroled away like a
krk. while I taeditated upon the
many- sidedness of the human mind.
STRANDED IN THE DESERT.
Fully Equipped Steamer Rests on Snds Bor
dering the Colorado River,
There doej not seem' to be much use
for a ship in the desert country of Cal
ifornia, whiih borders on the Colorado
river, yet travelers in that region may
see there a veritable "ship of the des
ert." Far from any body ot water ca
pable of floating even a mudcow,may be
foun(j a big stern-wheel steamer, accus-
tomea to ply up and down the river,
flrrvine Do8Seneers and freight. She
-- there since iast SePtem
'AoT u;u anA Ar
sands a mile and a half from the
stream's nresent course.
This strange condition of affairs has
come about simply because Jthe Colo
rado, a mighty stream, but one of the
most tieaeherouH ot rivere, cnose to cud
a new channel for iUelf early in the fall
without notice or warnine.
One night last September the AIviso
L. , .. .f ., , - i f si
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above JNeeuies, awaiting teiegrapnic
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BPlTS mm BUDDUCS. U11U tua navel la
Bunreuures icmuicij r"""
Colorado, au hands turned in lor a
good night's sleep. Eetween 3 and 4
o'clock. Caotain Babson was arouFed
: by Indians, who warned him that for
some reason the river was fa Ulna: rao
idly, and advised him to pull out into
midstream as quickly as poetiDle.
This' the captain tried to do, but the
i i j 1
woipr ii i h rHHiiv iriiitH I li in I fit in w
that hia orow stuck fast in the mud
--- --
nlipn lift sot no "steam and tried to
: turn the paddle wheels and move out
into navigable water. And there he
has stuck ever since, becoming resigned
to bis situation perlorce and nope.uuy
naiatinv the flood, water that comes
down at the-times of the melting of the
Colorado and Wyoming snows.
WHAT THE WISE ONES SAY.
He that hath wife and children hath
given hostages to fortune; for they are
impediments to great enterprises,
either of virtue or mischief.
The only real belief . in ahso ate
conquest ; and the earlier the battle ,
begins, trie easier ana tne snorter it
will he. If one can keeD irritabliitv
! under, one may escape the struggle to
. the death wilh passion. Juliana
i Ewing.
j There are twenty-four hours in a
i day, and not a moment in the twenty-
lour in which a woman may not change
mind.De FiuoU
- . . -. . . .
! it you wisn to ne miseraoie vou must
at think ahont yourself about what v..ii
j ant, what you like, what respect peo-
'pie ought to pay you, and then to you
nothing wili pilre. you wi)i t as
wretched as you choose Charles Kings-
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j
As many as 7,287 men have been
to the national house since the
American congress was organized. The
mw ,i. ..sMn.l th wh
have occupied seats and
oat on contests.
been thrown
TOR:,
TOUNI
Wfcat a fialny Day Taught Helen.
Down came the rain with, a steady
patter; patter, as though It never meant
to stop. . The prospect was anything
but pleasing to little Helen-Worcester,
as she stood with gloomy face pressed
against the window pane, watching the
bedraggled sparrows hunting for eeds
in the wet road. . ,
Poor Jittle Helen's face -bad grown
darker and darker as she stod watch
ing the rain drops, for It wa Saturday
and she- had planned to spend It all
out of doors. Mamma had even prom
ised her that she anight have luncheon
under the apple tree with ime of her
..... . J . t s.aa - v.In.
nrtie scnoomaies. v nu n no
jng so hard that even li it snouia siup,
wbJca did not seem at ail likely, it
d he altogether too wet to go out
lost their charm, and she was feeling
so disconsolate that two big tears were
lust making their way down ner
cheeks, when mamma opened the door
and came into the room.
Why, Helen, dear, whatever is the
matter? Is that mammas sunbeam
weening?"
"I'm afraid I'm not a sunbeam at au
to-dav mamma; this rain Is so very
disappointing I really can't help .cry
lnr" .
no vou think, dear. It will help mat
ters to have rain In the house as well
na ontV
No. I suppose not; but there Isnt
nnvthinir to do. and It's so lonesome
when it rains. I don't see why it had
to rain to-dav."
"Ttiin and eet mamma her menaing
basket, Helen, then bring your little
chnir over here by the window, ana
we'll see if a story will not relieve that
lonoa'ome feeling.
Th mpndins basket was Drongnt,
and aa she worked away on a big hole
In Helen's stocking, mamma began her
story. " ; . '
nh dear. oh. dear, what snau
do??' siched the rose. "I am so thirsty
I can hardly endure it: - i nave i
rootlet 1ust as far as I can after
water, and now I have used it all up;
I really amafraid r shall die. I love
feo iJiin mt oh Ma btafesjare so hot
they are withering me upf and sheH
dropped her beautiful head m utter uib-
Aiirflr(mpnt. -
'And I," sighed the grass, "am neany
norishin? too. My beautitui green
dress is all turning a dirty brown, and
all for lack of a good bath. Oh, that
tha wood aonth wind would seno. us
li'.- j5V"M "
anmo rain!"
".Tnat think of me," moaned tne pea-
vine. "Here I have been doing my nest
to get my peapods filled for the good
folks of the bouse, but how can i wueu
ivo hnrdiv strength enough left to
hold myself up? If the rain doesn't
come soon I shall die before I get half
..I tt wovlr done.1
Aina Rie-hed the berry bush, I, too,
shall fail of mv work If the ram uoes
n't help us speedily. How can any
one expect me to produce juicy uein
if t have no water to put into them?
Sunshine Is nil very well, but it won't
do alone, and the children will be so
disaDbointed if I am not aDie to give
them some berries." v
"You people down there are not we
oniv ones that are suffering," chirped
the bird from the apple-tree. "The
ground is so dry that tne worms nave
find a single one,
and you can't imagine how hard I have
to work to nna enougu tu
family alive."
"If this is a complaint-bureau. 111
enter mine," snorted the horse, poking
his head over the fence. "It's so long
since I've had a mouthful of f.resh
grass, I've almost forgotten how .it
tasts
Just then up stole the south wind,
and softly caressing these complain
ing children, whispered: "I know you
are suffering, dears; but just be patient
a little longer, and I will do my best
for you," then she hurried away to
find some clouds.
sho worked so hard all flight that
when morning came the sky was cov
ered with clouds, and as soon as they
understood the situation they sent the
..imirnna down in a hurry to comfort
these poor, forlorn children of Mother
Nature.
Af th comforting touch of the rain
wr. th. drooning things began to re
vive; the rose began slowly to lift her
hi nti fnl head, the grass Degan to iook
o.rn a ?a in. the peavine straightened
itself, the berry bush began work at
robin chirped this thank8
, . k a , fat
as he flew down to pick up a big, fat
worm.
"Thank vou. mamma," said Helen,
looking ud with a happy face. "I
jMnf t-nonr t was so . selfish in not
U1UU I. cvuv ..
Tontintr It to rain when everything
needed it so much. Now I am going to
the window to see how happy things
are growing, and, oh, mamma, tnere is
the robin
pulling up a great, long
, rt 1 ( ,1 nnip tlii t It'a rninv
worm, iuibu -
for after all I'll get the. most benefit
from ItM
' "Yes, dear, our heavenly Father
knew what was best better thair yoa
ma and we can always trust him dar
ling,, to do the best thing for us, even
though we can not see it at the time."
Observer.
I Unknown Children.
I meet them in the country lane,
In villfltra shnn and city street.
With cheeks all glowing in the rain.
I Or voices gladdening in the sleet.
How fair ereation'is to them! '-. ;"'
They dance opon it lustrous hem,
And. lose In rainbows au tneir tears,-
How easily the hearts o'erflow . -Of
-childrenr we- shuald like to know! V
Their sleep is deeper than our peace, .-'".N
Their waking gladder than our dreams,
Their guardian angels never cease--.'
To speak to them in winds ana streams,
The days are lifetimes, sweet and slow.
To children we should liKe to Know, - r,
Ob. little heart above this page.
: The .road is long; the road is hard,
But do not thou obscure in age , - .
That early sky so thickly starreo, -Keep
sweet the faitlf'af long ago,
Dear child, whom I shall never know. i
Youth's Companion. - ' . -
An Optical Illusion. -In
the following diagram we have two
circular "figures fitted closely togeth
er. Which Is the larger one tnat is,
has the greater surf ace-1 or 2? Now
turn the paper upside down and con
template the dlagram again. What is
your conclusion as - to their relative
aizes from this point of view? Ask
your friends to guess, and see if they
are not surprised to find that tne two
pieces are exactly the same size and
shape. Montreal Star.- -
He Had to Sneeze. ;
Bobbv came home one day covered
with dirt and bruises and trundling a
broken bicycle.
"What on earth have you been do
ing, my child?" exclaimed the terrified
mother. -
I ran over a big dog and took a
fall," explained Bobby.
Couldn't you see him and give him
the road?"
"Yes, I saw him and was turning
out, but when I got within about ten
feet of him I shut my eyes, and be
fore I got 'em open again I'd run into
him
"For the land's sake, what did you
shut your eves for?"
- "Couldn't helo it. Had to sneeze
If vou. think you can 'hold your eyes
open when the sneeze comes, "you just
try it some day.". - -If
the reader think's Bobby's excuse
was not a valid one, let him try It
.some day "when tne sneeze comes."
Selected.
CALFSKINS MUST BE GOOD.
Those Used for Drumheads and Banjos
Are Prepared wltb Ureat care.
Calfskins are used almost exclusive
ly In the manufacture of drumheads
and banjo heads, and the utmost skill
and care are required In their prepara
tion for these uses to produce a smootn
even, unbroken skin. The drum and
banjo heads are all made from skins.
nnifairin la the- best material, but
sheenskin is good. :
The hides come by rail to the fac
tory in great bundles. They are ex
actly as when taken from the carcass,
except that they have been pickled In
salt.-" On receipt at tne factory tne
hides are thrown into a small pond be
sides the building and lert tnere to
soak In running water till all the salt
is washed out This takes a long time.
Afror heins freshened the hides are
thrown over the frames and "broken."
The bits of flesh remaining on the
hides are removed and the skin is tnen
soft and pliable.
The hide Is next put in a vat wun
lime and left -there for about two
weeks. This loosens the hair, which
la acmned off. Then the skin is
stretched tight on a frame and shaved
on hoth aides. Another Datn in a vat
elves the skin a transparent effect and
puts It In apple-pte order. Once more
the skin is stretched out on a frame,
anA if anv finishing touches are needed
they are given. After being -cut. in
chonA it la ready for tne marKet.
The armv drumheads are nineteen
twenty inches in diameter. Other
sizes vary from the tiny ones used ror
tov drums to the great big bass drums
some of which are sixty Inches in
diameter. Banjo heads are of more
uniform size.
u Cinida Obtained Its Name.
The Spaniards visited the country
wow known as Canada oerore tne
French, and made careful searches for
,oid and silver, and finding none tney
often said aca nada (there Is nothing
hm-Ai. The Indians, wno watcnea
doaelv. learned this sentence and its
-meaning. . After, the departure of the
Spaniards the French arrived and
the Indians, who did not want their
company, and supposed they also were
Spaniards come on the same errand,
wo anxious to Inform them that they
wasting their time by stopping in
that country, and so they incessantly
atd to them the Spanisn sentence,
nada. The French supposed that
this constantly recurring sound was
h name of the country, ana so tney
called it Canada, a name it has' borne
ever since.
If you are riding a free, horse too
hard, and it throws you, take the
blame. Don't whine and say you nevr
did a thing.. "
A girl in the country has good reason
for keeping the date of her marriage
secret; shewants to escape a chari
vari. . ..'
."Automatic Poultry Feeder. -Another
Inventive pen ins has forgot
ten the' needs of man long enough to
devise an Interesting and novel con
trivance for the feeding of. poultry,
which, if itworks as the designer In
tended it should, will mean a large
saving In the amount of labor neces
sary in the are of fowls, nd also In
the amount of food.
; It consists of a feed box "equipped
with a-trap door In the bottom opera
ted by a slide, which in turn is at-
POTJLTRT FEEDER.
tached to . an arm reaching to an in
cllned step" on the ground. The step is
really a shallow box In which bait is
put to tempt the fowls. Thebalt is
corn scattered on the bottom of the
box, which Is covered with glass. The
fowls are lured by hunger onto the
board and 'they nick at the kernels they
can see but cannot get The weight of
the fowl releases the slide In the grain
hot- a nd enoneh- food falls - to tHe
irroiind to satisfy the hungriest of owls.
The idea is that a fowl will not walk
onto the bbards unless hunger prompts,
and so the Inventor hopes that the law
of supply and demand will work ad
mirably. '
No Wheat Famine Imminent.
Argentina, according to a book just
published by a German authority, K.
Gerger, has 157,000,000 acres suitable
for wheat This Is three, to four times
our present wheat area.. At present
Argentina produces aDout ao.ouo.oou
bushels a year. Herr Kerger asserts
that It can raise at least twenty-four
times as much, or over 2,280,000,000
bushels, .when all the. land capable of
growing wheat . is . under cultivation.
This would aDout aouDie tne exisuug
whoa aiinnlv in the world. Calcula
tions of this character are always more
or less illusory, but tnere is no qoudi
whatever that In the humid region or
Argentina only about . one-sixtieth of
the surface is as yet under the plough,
and that the supply of wheat lands
seems to be equal to any possiDie ru-
ture demand for years to come. Since
1890 when Mr. Robert wooas- uavis
was predicting that the United States
by this time, would be" Importing wheat
the world supply of wneat nas more
than kept pace, in good years, with
consumption. Philadelphia Press.
Lime with Fertilizers.
Th nan of lime on farm lands is
largely for the purpose of sweetening
the soil, and as It has little or no mauu-
rlal value there Is no good reason wny
it should be applied in connection with
commercial fertilizers, but many rea
whv it ahould not be so mixed. If
the commercial fertilizer contains ni
trogen In the form of ammonia tne ac
tion of the lime will be to-set free the
ammonia and it will escape into the
air; of course if the fertilizer was ap
nlled to the soil at once after being
mixed with the lime the sou mignt re
tain most of the ammonia, but it is
takins a risk that ought not to be
taken. -The same loss of fertilizing ma
terial takes place when lime Is mixed
with some other chemicals, and the
loss is even greater with some than In
the case of mixing with the nitrogen in
the form of ammonia.
rino far the Hoars. '
Ray Eveland sends the Iowa Home
stead a sketch of a gate through
which hogs may
pass and which
will restrain the
cattle and calves
from f o 1 1 o w 1 ng.
Make a small gate
and hang It with a
pairof small hinges
as shown in the il
lustration. Let the
gate hang downward so It can swing
both ways and the hogs will soon get
on to the combination of opening It
Saving Nitrogen in Stables.
F.xnerinients In Europe have proven
that the loss of nitrogen from the ma-
nnr In stables amounts to M.b per
cent where only straw Is used for bed
ding, and but 48.3 per cent where peat
was used. In the sneep snea tney
fnn- a loaa of 50.2 per cent where
straw was used, and about half as
much where peat or eartn was usea.
Dry earth rich In numu or vegetaMe
rnittnF in about eaual to peat A good
plan for using them is to put the earth
or peat over tne straw wuere iue ma
nure drops.
Success with Poultry.
Thrwe neonle who do not have good
in hatching eggs under hens
usually will not do much better .with
the Incubator. They may De uiviaea
into two classes, one that Is careless
and neglectful, and the other that" Is
altogether tco fussy, wno wants to oe
stirring the hen, . or feeding her, or
handling the eggs three or four times
a day. For either or tnese to succeea
with the Incubator there must be a
I thorough reformation; a determination
Ttm Af CaHlnv ITar. '
The Pftsnlts of pTnorimonta conducted
K " .
by different stations show that the de-"
gree of maturity at which bay Is cut
Influences- very largely the shrinkage'
during" curing. At the Pennsylvania
station early cut hay lost on an average ,
29 per cent In weight while late cut
hay lost only 215 per cent 'limotny.
cut when just beginning to. head, lost
75 per ceut of water in curing! wnen
cnt at -the beginning of the. blossoming
period, 66 per cent and wnen cut a
little later, or about the usual time, 5T
per cent. The Michigan station found
a shrinkage of about GO per cent in.
curing clover. At the New York sta
tion meadow fescue mixed with a little
red clover lost in one lot 62.68 per cent
and in another 5S.2o per cent during
curing. The moisture retained in cured
fodder varies with different kinds. At
water states that for New England
timothy bay retains on an average 12
per cent of molsure. clover hay 14 per
cent and cora fodder 25 per cent
" A 40,000-Acre Farm.
The agriculturist who carefully culti
vates 40 or 60 or 80 acres and calls It a
farm Is likely to look upon a "quarter
section" the regulation homestead of
160 acresas a large estate; an entire
section (a mile square) he would doubt
less regard as a tremendous area, and ,
a half dozen sections would seem like a
whole province. What would such a
man think of a farm on which 100 to
150 men are employed; a farm whose
farthest corner is 17 miles from the
farm house; a farm that requires three
bookkeepers and stenographers to make
a record of its activity? That Is the
scale on which M. M. Sherman con
ducts his farm in central Kansas. He
has more than 40,000 acres. Every
year he sells . more than 2,500 . fat
beeves. If a man were to start to ride
around his farm on horseback, follow
ing the fence line and riding 50 miles
a day, he would not make the circuit
in two days. " -
Paner Berry Box.
The paper berry basket has been re
cently Introduced, and if one may
judge from the opinions of those who
have used It the "present season it will
be most welcome. The- Illustration,
from a nhotosrranh. shows the form ot
the box. It Is made of so-called water
proof paper, Is well ventilated and the
Inside is treated to a coat of paramne
so that it Is moisture-proof and odor
less. If manufacturers can get the
nrice of this box down so that It la
cheaper than the splint boxes now used
the paper Jsox Is ; destined to have a .
BERRY BOX OF PAPER.
larere sale. It carries the fruit In good
condition for long distances and, ap
parently, It does not dry out so reaauy ,
as Jn the splint baskets.
The Law About Dishorning,
in some. States it is unlawful for any
one but a graduate veterinarian to dis
horn cows. The Idea is, of course, to
prevent improper treatment of the ani
mals. The reader who Is an expert at
dishorning, and who sees a chance to
do a favor for a neighbor, or to turn a
Denny in this way, should nrst inquire
into the law of the State. If there
are any calves to be kept,, take care of
the small horns before the button ap
pears by applying caustic potash, ob
tainable at any drug store, to tne spot
where the button may be felt. Moist
en the stick of potash and rub It over
the spot, being careful not to cover too
much surface, for it will take off the
hair and burn the flesh. Treat the
youngsters in this way, and there will
be no dishorning to do later. 1
Importing Butterine.
It is now reported that the latest
scheme of the manufacturers of but
terine Is to Import colored margarine
from .Europe, thus avoiding the ten
cent tax, and placing it In the list of
food articles imported In the original
packages. Whether they expect to
send the oil to Holland and Denmark
and have it manufactured there, or
will exDort the completely made ar
ticle, either colored or uncolored, and
then have It sent back as Danish or
Dutch butter, we ao not learn yet.
Possibly If they try the latter method
it will sell at higher prices when it
comes back, as Jamaica rum made In
Massachusetts, or French brandy from
California, or Cliampagne from New
Jersey apples, sell for more after they
have made the two ocean voyages.
Exchange 1
Cheap Lice Killer.
A correspondent m the Poultry Mes
senger says a most effective and cheap
liquid lice killer can be made by dis
solving a pound of naphthalene crystals
In VA gallons of kerosene. Put the
mixture into a jug or can and shake
occasslonally. It will be ready for use
in twenty-four or forty-eight hours.
Paint roosts and dropping platforms.
- Cottonseed Meal for Horses. .
Cottonseed meal is successfully used,
as a feed for horses and mules. It
may be better In winter to combine
the meal with corn, though some ha ye
bad complete success with the meal as
an exclusive grain ration ' for botU
horses and mules. '
Grazing Lands in Large Tracts"
' Sheepmen in Wyoming arestlll -taking
up large tracts of grazing' lands.
One party bought 50,000 acres recently.
It Is stated that the price paid was the
highest ever obtained for similar lands,
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