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A STUDY IN SCARLET
BY A. CONAN DOYLE.
PART II Chapter II Continued. !
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In the meantime. Ferrier. having re-1
guished himself as a useful guide and
An tnriefatlerahle hunter.
So rapidly did he gain the esteem of
his new companions, that when they
reached the end of their wanderings,
It was unamimously agreed that he
should be provided with as large and
as fertile a tract of land as any of the
settlers, with the exception of Young
himself, and of Stangersoa, Kimball,
Johnson and Drebber. who were the
four principal elders.
On the farm thus acquired John Fer
rier built himself a substantial log
house, which received bo many addi
tions in succeeding years that it grew
into a roomy villa.
In three years he was better off than
his neighbors, in six he was well-to-do,
in nine he was rich, and in twelve
there were not half a dozen men in the
whole of. Salt Lake City who could
compare with him.
There was one way, and only one, in
which he offended the susceptibilities
of his co-religionists.
There were some who accused him
of lukewarmness in his adopted relig
ion, and others who put it down to
greed of wealth and reluctance to in
cur expense.
Whatever the reason, Ferrier re
mained strictly celibate. In every
other respect he conformed to the re
. ligion of the young settlement, and
gained the name of being an ortho
dox and straight-walking man.
Lucy Ferrier grew up within the log
house and assisted her adopted father
In all his" undertakings.
The keen air of the mountains and
the balsamic odor of the pine trees
took the place of nurse and mother to
the young girl.
As year succeeded to year she grew
taller and stronger, her cheek more
ruddy, and her step more elastic.
Many a wayfarer upon the high road
which ran by Ferrier's farm felt long
forgotten thoughts revive in hia mind
as he watched her lithe, girlish figure
tripping through the wheat fields, or
met her mounted upon her father's
mustang, and managing it with all the
ease and grace of a true child of the
West.
So the bud blossomed into a flower
and the year which saw her father the
richest of the farmers left her as fair
a specimen of American girlhood as
could be found in the whole Pacific
. slope. . . -
It was not the father, however, who
- first discovered that the child had de
veloped into the woman. It seldom is
in such cases.
That mysterious change is too sub
tle and too gradual to be measured by
dates. Least of all does the maiden
herself know it until the tone of a
voice or the touch of a hand sets her
heart thrilling within her, and 6he
learns, with a mixture of pride and
fear, that a new and a larger nature
has awakened within her.
There are few who cannot recall
that day and remember the one little
incident which heralded the dawn of a
new life.
in fha of Lncv Ferrier the occa
sion was serious enough in itself, apart
fiom its future influence on her desti
ny and that of many besides.
It was a warm June morning, and
the Latter-Day Saints were as busy as
the bees whose hive they have chosen
for their emblem.
In the fields and in the streets rose
tbe same hum of human industry.
Down the dusty highroads 'defiled
long streams cf heavily laden mules,
all heading to the west, for the gold
fever had broken out in California, and
the Overland route lay through the
city of the Elect.
There, too, were droves of the sheep
and bullocks coming in from the out
lying pasture lands, and trains of
tired Immigrants, men and horses
equally weary of their interminable
journey.
Through all this motley" assemblage,
threading her way with the skill of
an accomplished rider, there galloped
Lucy Ferrier, her fair face flushed
with the exercise, and her long chest
nut hair floating out behind her.
She had a commission from her
father in the city, and was dashing in
as she had done many a time before,
with all the fearlessness of youth,
thinking only of her task and how it
was to be performed.
The travel-stained adventurers
gazed after her in astonishment, and
the iinpmnMnnal Indians, journey
ing in with their peltry, relaxed their
accustomed stoicism as tney marveiea
. t, Kosiitv nf the nale-faced maiden.
She had reached the outskirts of
the city when she found that road
h preat drove Of cattle.
driven by a half dozen wild looking
herdsmen from the plains.
In her Impatience she endeavored to
naco ttiis nhsta.de' bv tmshing her
into what appeared to be a gap
Scarcely had she got fairly into it,
however, before the beasts closed in
vkini inn- and she found herself com
pletely imbedded in the moving stream
or fierce-eyed. iong-nornea duhcuks.
AoiMistnmed as she was to deal with
cattle, she was not alarmed at her
situation, but took advantage of every
opportunity to urge her horse on in
the hope of pushing her way through
Unfortunately, the horns of one of
the creatures, either by accident or
design, came in violent contact with
the flank of the mustang, and excited
it to madness.
in an instant it reared upon its
hini i with a snort of rage, and
pranced and tossed in a way that
would have unseated any but a most
skillful rider.
The etuatton was full of peril
Every plunge of the excited horse
brought it against the horns again,
and goaded it to fresh madness.
It was all that the girl could do to
herself In the saddle.. Yet a sliD
would mean a terrible death under the
hoofs of the unwieldy and terrinea
l , 1
Unaccustomed to sudden emergen
cies her head began to swim, and her
grip upon the bridle to relax.
Choked by the rising cloud of dust
J tte fitruggling
creatures . she might ve "anoonea
her effort's In rierinair but for a kindly
voice at her elbow -which assured her
o' assistance.
At the camp moment a sinewy brown
hand caught the frightened horse by
the curb, and, forcing a way through
the drove, soon brought her to the out
skirts.
"You're not hurt, I hope, Miss," said
her preserver, respectfully.
She looked up at his dark, fierce
face and laughed saucily.
"I'm awfully frightened," she said,
naively; "whoever would have thought
that Ponsho would have been so scared
by a lot of cows?"
"Thank God you kept your seat,"
the other said, earnestly. He was a
tarr, savage looking young fellow
mounted on a powerful roan horse,
and clad in the rough dress of a
hunter, with a long rifle slung over his
shoulder. "I guess you are the daugh
ter of John Ferrier," he remarked. "I
saw you ride down from his house.
When you see him, ask him if he re
members the Jefferson iopes 01 oi.
Louis. If he's the same Ferrier; my
father and he were pretty thick."
"Hadn't you better come and ask
yourself?" she asked demurely.
The young fellow seemed pleased at
the suggestion, and his dark eyes
sparkled with pleasure.
"I'll do so," he said; "we've been in
the mountains for two months, and are
not over and above in visiting condi
tion. He must take us as he finds us."
"He has a good deal to thank you
for, and so have I," she answered;
"he's awful fond of me. If those cows
had jumped on me, he'd have never
got over it."
"Neither would I," said her; com
panion. "You? Well, I don't see that it
would make much matter to you, any
how. You ain't even a friend of ours."
The young hunter's dark face grew
so gloomy over this remark that Lucy
Ferrier laughed aloud.
"There, I didn't mean that," she
said; "of course, you are a friend
now. You must come and see us.
Now I must push along, or father
wont trust me with his business any
more. Good-bye."
"Good-bye," he answered, raising his
broad sombrero, and bending over her
little hand.
She wheeled- her.; mustang . round.
cave It n. nit. wth hef ridine-whiD.' and
darted away down the broad road in
a roiling cioua or dust.
Young Jefferson Hope rode on with
his companions, gloomy and taciturn.
He and they had been among the
Nevada mountains prospecting for sil
ver, and were returning to Salt Lake
City in the hope of raising capital
enough to work some lodes which they
had discovered.
He had been as keen as any of them
upon the business until this sudden in
cident had drawn his thoughts into an
nther channel
The sight of the fair, young girl, as
frank and wholesome as the Sierra"
breezes, had stirred his volcanic, un
tamed heart to its very depths.
When aha had vanished rrom nis
olo-ht he realized that, a crisis had
come' in his life, and that neither sil
ver cneciila.t.ioTis nor anv other ques
tions could ever be of such importance
to him as this new ana an-aDsorDing
one.
Tl.o love which had sprung up in his
heart was not the sudden, changeable
tnnrv nf n. hov but rather the wild
fierce passion of a man of strong win
anil Imnerioiis temoer.
He hd been accustomed to succeed
in all that he undertook.
We swnre tn his heart he would not
fail In this If human effort and human
nersevernnca could render him suc-
neeafiil
Ha called on John Ferrier that nlht
and many times again until his face
was a familiar one at tne rarmnouse.
Tnhn Tinned nn in the valley, and
nhsnrhed in his work, had little chance
of learning the news of the outside
world durin the last twelve years.
n thU Jefferson Hone was able to
tell him. and in a style wnicn interest
a T.iifir no well ns her father.
Tie had heen a Dioneer in California.
ta omilil narrate manv a strange tale
of fortunes made and fortunes lost in
those wild, halcyon days.
He bad been a scout, too. and a trap
nor a ailver emlorer. and a ranchman.
Wherever stirring adventures were
tn be had. Jefferaon Hope had been
there In eearrh of them.
We soon became a favorite witn tne
old farmer, who spoke eloouentlv of
his virtues. On such occasions Lhcv
was silent but her blushlnsr cheek ani
her britrht. hspnv eyes showed only
too clearly that her young heart was
nn longer her own.
wer hnnest father may not have ob
served these symptoms, but they were
assuredly not tnrown away upon me
man who had won ner anecuons.
it was a summer evening when he
rnme jrallonine down the road and
nil aA nn at the fate.
She was at the doorway, ana came
down to meet him. He threw the bri
dle over the fenco and strode up the
pathway.
"i am nff J.nrV." he said, taking her
two hands in his, and gazing tenaeriy
down into her face; "1 wont asK you
to come with me now, but will you be
reanv to come when I am here again?"
"And when will tnat oer" sne asxea,
blushing and laugning.
nle of months at the outside
I will come and claim you then, my
darling. There's no one who can
etnrnl hetween 11B-
"Anil how about father?" she asked
"Uo o-lven his consent, nrovided
we get these mines working all right.
I have no fear on that neaa.
nil well of course, if vou and
father have arranged It all, there's no
more to be said," she whispered, with
her cheek against his broad breast.
"Thank God!" he said, hoarsely.
stoonincr and kissing her. "It is set
tied then. The loneer I stay the
harder It will be to go. They are wait
inar tor me at the ctayon. Good-bye,
m v own darline eood-bye. In two
months you shall see me."
He rtore himself from ner as ne
spoke, and," flinging himself upon his
horse, galloped inriousiy away, never
even looking round, a though afraid
that his resolution mignt iau mm 11
he took one glance at what he was
leaving.
she stood at the ate. nzine after
him until he vanished from her sight.
Then she walked back to tne nouse,
the happiest girl in Utaji.
. CHAPTER III.
Three weeks had passed since Jef
ferson Hope and his comrades had
departed from Salt Lake City.
John Ferrier's heart was sore
within him when he thought of the
vonner man's return ana oi tne im
pending loss of his adopted child.
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mding loss of his adopted child. ,
Ie "r.'8ZL'I
conciiea mm to me arninBeiueui uuio
than any argument could have done. !
He had always determined, deep down,
in his resolute neart, mat nounug
would ever Induce him to allow his
wouia ever jnauce mm to bhuw ma
daughter to wed a Mormon '
marriage t aU but as a shame and a 1
disgrace Whatever he might think
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fh. nrmnn rintrinea ,mon that
imp noint he was inflexible. i
to seal his moutn on tne
the Saints.
Yes, a dangerous matter so dan
gerous that even the most saintly
dared only whisper their religious
I I 11. KkaAK 1 (If f arkTVlA.
thine which fell from their lips .mignt
me misconstrued and bring down a j
cwlft retrihntion nnon them.
The victims of persecution Bid now
turned persecutors on their own ac
count, and persecutors of the ' most
terrible description.
Not the Inquisition of Seville, nor
the German Vehmgericht, nor the se
cret societies of Italy, were ever aDie
to put a more formidable machinery
in motion than that which cast a
cloud over the Territory of Utah.
Its Invisibility and the mystery
which was attached to it made this
organization doubly terrible. It ap
peared to be omniscent and omnipo
tent, and yet waa neitner seen nor
heard. "
The man who held out against the
Church vanished away, and none
knew whither he had gone or what
had befallen him.,. His wife and chil
dren awaited him at home, but no
father ever returned to tell .them how
he had fared at the hands of his secret
judges. ;
A rash word or a nasty act was 101
lowed by annihilation, and yet none
knew what the nature might be of
this terrible power which was sus
pended over them.
At first this vague and terrible -power
was exercised only upon the recal-
citranta,. wo having-. embraced; th
Mormon faith, wished afterward to
pervert or to abandon it. boon,- now
ever it took a wider range.
The aiinnlv of adult women was
running Bhort and polygamy without
a female population on wnicn to
draw was a barren doctrine Indeed.
Strange rumors began to De Danaiea
about rumors of murdered . immi
grants and rifled camps in regions
where Tndians had never been seen.
Fresh women appeared in the harems
of the elders women wno pmea ana
wept, and bore in their faces the
traces of an unextinguishable horror.
Belted wanderers, upon the moun
tains spoke of gangs of armed men,
masked, stealthy, and noiseless, wno
flitted by them in . the darkness.
These tales and rumors toolc sud-
stance and shape, and were corrob
orated and re-corroborated, until they
resolved themselves into a . aennite
name. " .
Tn thin dav in the lonely ranches
,-.f the West the name of the Danite
Band, or the Avenging Angels, is a
sinister and an lll-omenea one.
Fuller knowledge of the organiza
tion whirh Ttrodnced such terrible re
sults served to increase rather than
to lesson the horror which It inspire!
in the minds of men.
Nnnn Vne-mr who beioneea to mis
ruthless society. The names of the
TiortiMnators In the deeds of blood
and violence, done under the name of
religion, were kept profoundly secret
Tha verv friend to Whom YOU COTO
munlcated your misgivings as to the
nmnhet and his mission might be one
of those who would come forth at
nisht with fire and sword to exact a
terrible reparation. Hence every man
trr.A neichhor. and none 8DOTe
of the things which were nearest his
heart
(To be continued.)
Retribution at Last
"Thene racincr automobiles Oreht to
be suppn ssed," remarked the indig
nant man.
"Oh, I don't know," replied the
lowlv citizen. "I get some enjoyment
out of them."
"You! Why, you never rode in one
in your life."
Of conr?e not. but think how in
teresting they are making things for
the scorching bicyclists, who nave
heretofore mononolized the roads. I 1
tell you it looks to me like righteous
"1
retribution."
Settling the "Tip" Question.
The awkward qnestion of the -tip was
solved by a big New Englander from
the state of Maine who was dining in a
London restaurant the other evening.
Having paid his bill, he was informed
by the waiter that what he had paid
"did not include the waiter."
tVool Q;.I the etranwr. "T ate
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2i J:.l to 1
no waiier, uiu n
And as he looked qnite ready to do
. r .1 1 : nn ,Ka ,mK-
SO On any JUIWier pruvmnvu i.lkj cult-
ject was dropped.
Falling Bodies.
A falling body moves at the rate oi
32 feet the first second of its drop, at C4
feet the next, 96 feet third, and so on,
increasing 32 feet er second during
each second of its fall.
Apricots and Figs. "
The apricot, it soaked is its own
bulk of cold water for 43 hours, is said
to be almost like fresh fruit. Figs
should be immersed inhot water for an
hour.
SEMI.WEEKL.Y,
TOW!
Folks
Simple Doable 8wlnr.
In getting ready to make the swing
described here the" best: j thing to do
first Is to study Figure f. in this pic
ture. It shows the swing complete,
3 V.n. tVn !1n Vin laan lYlflO.
auu w ucu na ucuuw. uoic
tered the gteps told heri wm be per-
fectlv clear. Jfr
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To begin, get two old j-ooden chairs
of the common kind usefl-In kitchens. !
saw tne legs on neatiyj so iuui iue
bottom of the seats will be entirely !
bottom or tne seats wiu oe eni.reiy
smooth. . . V''
Then get two 8trong bowto of good
wood about.twelve inches wide and at
least nne Inch " tlilolr The lenerth of
least one incn mica, ibk icugiu ui
these boards must be such that each
one will project twelve incnes on eitner
nails first, with a sham gimlet
xow get two boards six feet long.
I each twelve Inches wide Sand one inch
or more in thickness. St the boards
that have the chairs fastened to them
on the floor, the proper distance apart,
DOUBLE 8WIKG MADE ;AT HOME.
and lay the long boards, C and D, over
the ends of the short boards, lE and F
(Figure 4).
Screw them together with the largest
screws that you can handle. If possi
ble, bolt them instead of screwing them.
Boys do not use Bolts often enougn for
their work. They are qujte as easy to
put in as screws; and they not only
make a. ruuebj firmer JbuUlso one
that ig far neater?- --"'
Whether, bolts , or screws are usea,
enough must be put in to assure com-
nlete rleldltv. If only one is usea at
each corner, the entire frame will have
a constant liability to give sideways.
Now vou have your framework com
plete. The next step is to bore holes
for ropes to hang the swing.
If the rooes are simply put through
holes bored to receive them, the chafing
that occurs constantly when tne swing
is In motion will soon fray tnem out
and thev will be dangeronsly weak be
fore the swing has been used many
days. But this difficulty can be over
come in a slmole and easy manner.
Get a piece of old, wornout garden
hose, which can be obtained almost
anvwhere. A hardware store will be
sure to have some if you cannot find a
piece knocking around the house, iut
it Into sections, afew inches In length.
Then heat a poker red hot and with it
burn holes, lust large enougn to auow
the hose to pass through, into each
corner of the frame, six Inches from
the ends and sides.
Then comes the operation of making
the stay block," which Is to act as sup
port for the swing when it Is hung.
This stav block is shown as Figure G
m Figure 1. It Is simply a good strong
block of wood, hickory preferred, with
holes bored Into It just as m tne irame.
Its dimensions are four feet long by
four inches square, and. the holes are
four inches from 'the end. Figure 2
shows one direction in which 'the ropes
nmsr he nassed through the frame, up
to and through the stay block and the
loop that they form above It
Betty's Way.
It helps Betty. You might try It
some time, unless, of course, you don't
need any help perhaps you like to
wipe dishes! Betty dear me, how
Betty doesn't like to! Although -now
it isn't nearly as bad, since she made
a play of it It's almost fun now.
When you are 10 years old you can
make a play out of almost anything.
That Is the advantage of beiug 10
years old. You will be surprised how
much it helps ask Betty.
"Come, girls dishes!" mamma calls.
after tea.
I i.i.n
In the mornings and at
noons there are the lessons, and mam
ma washes them herself.
"Dishes! Dish-es! Call for volun
teers!" and two. volunteers appear.
' Glory Is the older,' and1 - washes'; Betty1
J wipes. She waits until the drainer is
full of shiny, bubbly glasses and
spoons. Then she begins.
"Oh, dear," she groans dismally,
I "how many debts I owe! I must be-
ein right off and pay 'em up. It will
O ' - - -
1 A 1a t-hla oa nn anv lonoor
uci uu w - t
. There, there's one debt paid a'ready!
V I X 1 . wtlfV-0l ' A TA
j I utfgiu LU itrxr. a uluc; ii.j i
that one's paid, ana tnat one, ana tnat
one! I'll work ve-ry hard, and p'r'aps
some day," sighing. "I'll be out of debt!
What a comfort it will be!"
She wines away busily, a little scowl
between her eyes. The tumbler debts,
the snoon debts, the enn debts are all
paid. The plate and saucer ones come
next and she settles them. .
"Why.JTm getting ialong beautiful
ly rTiEe murmurs, presently,-and the
scowl te certainly smoothing out There
is a breathless last minute or two, and
then a shout of triumph.
-7,?-& 1 The towel -waves; Betty aances on iarflrjSSiT-S r-
FiEfe. Iher toes, the Gray Princes, wakes up. teggB.- -1
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GAZETTE.
'Doner - . V i I
The towel -waves: Betty oances on
her toes, the Gray Princess wakes up.
and purrs .her congratulations, ureat
times! . ' - - -
"Oh," breathes Betty, "It feels so
good to be out of debt!" Youth's Com- ,
panion. ' - "
Crown Prince of Portueal- J
The Crown Prince of Portugal may
make no stir in the world beyond his 1
father's little kingdom, but he is said
to be a dear boy for all that He is
only 17. and very good looking, but,
better than looks is the young man's
disposition. During his visit4 to Lon-
don, where he was sent to represent tjie j
King of Portugal at the coronation. It j
waa soreiv. tried. Yet despite every-
' thing, adverse, to put -t mildly, the
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tlllDff . adverse, 10 yuir .1
prince was so cheerful and so devoted
wrh relatives that the Queen ,
"t - . -
entreated the King to give him the
order of the Garter. With the excep-
tion 0f the lU-year-oia iing 01 oimiu,
hi rier-nratioh has not been be-
tnjs royai dec-oration nas not ueeu ue-
'stowed on any save princes of the blood
and much older personages. The con-.
. trast between the behavior of this
tMna arwl another, who Shall
crow
De nameless, as he Is now a king, has
I 11 mw. uuu '
tamalofis as he III nOW a kiniT. haS
An Kxplanatlon,
'I wonder how the stars are made.
Anil where they sot the gold?"
Said. Bob to bigger brother Fred.
Now. Fred was 5 years old.
And he was wise in many things,
Aa. little Bobbie knew.
So now he thought a little while; . ..
His brown eyes darker grew.
Why, don't you know," at length ue
said, , .
"That when God made the moon "
He had some shiny" pieces left, .
And so he cut them soon
Up to tiny little bits
T anstttor thrnnirh the skvl
And that Is how the stars were made
Thnt twinkle nn so hliru.
Louisville Courier Journal.
THE "CHIPPEWAY BREAKFAST."
General WinBeld Scott'a Narrow Es
cape from Being taptnrea.
An incident In the life of Gen. Win-
field Scott, told by himself very rarely,
well Illustrates how trifles may ehange
the current of events. It was a trifle
which saved his life at what is known
. . . 1 U 4. tt J"..-.
a a the "UlllODeway Di eumusi..
July 4, 1814. Gen. Scott's brigade had
been skirmishing all day witn uen.
mall's forces.-and liad driven the ene
my dQwtdwaWyrerwn-of-Chip
pejva, .The two armies were encamped
on both sides of the creeK.
Just at dusk a man came to Gen.
Scott with a message from a lady who
lived In a large house on the opposite
aiio f the creek. She asked that a
sentinel might be placed at the bridge
to prevent straggling soldiers from go
ing to her house. Her husband was
in Canada, she wrote, and- she was
alone with her five children, save for
the presence of one friend, a young
lady. Word was senf that her request
would be granted. v
"Early' the next morning the same
messenger again appeared,' says Gen.
Scott "bearing the lady's thanks and
the request that I, with as many of my
staff as I chose to bring with me,
would breakfast with her that day.
"Acting on the impulse of the mo
ment I called two of my aids and re
turned with the messenger. Our host
ess met us cordially, and at once ush
ered us into the dining room, where' we
were Dresented to a charming youug
lady. It was a rare pleasure for us to
be in ladies' society or to sit down to
a well-orJered table, and we were pre
pared to enjoy the meal.
"Before we had broken our fast
Lieut. Watts rose from the table to get
his bandanna, which had been left In
his hat at a side table near the window
Glanclmr out. he saw Indians approach
Ins the house on one side and redcoats
on the otberwith the evident intention
of surrounding the house and capturing
us.
" 'General, we are betrayed!' he cried.
"Snrlncrlng from the table, we ran
from the house and as fast as our legs
would carry us toward our own camp
Several shots were fired after us, but
we were fortunate enough to escape un
hurt
"But for the bandanna we should
have been captured.
It was a most mortifying experience
for me that I should so heedlessly have
walked Into a trap. And yet even to
this day, I am not sure that my hostess
intended to betray me."
Insanity Among: Negroes.
Twentv-flve years ago insanity was
rare among the colored people of . the
South and suicide almost - unknown.
Since then there has l?eeiv a distinct
change for the worse. Ir, Babcock,
superintendent of the Soutb Caroljn,
asvlnm Tor the insane, reports an
alarming Increase of mental diseases
among the negroes and other physi
cians bear him out in tms statement
Dr. Babcock says there are more In
sane blacks among the inmates of the
asylum than ever before and the num
ber Is Increasing at a greater ratio than
the nonulation. The prevalence of
hrain disease is attributed to the com
mon use of drugs and bad whisky. The
crreat maloritv of the patients come
B -
from the towns and cities and most of
them are victims of eoca'.ne, morphine
or alcohol.
Hia Picture in Papers.
"A famous man?"
"Yes: he's been cured by almost
every patent medicine firm In the coun
try." Detroit Free Press.
Any girl calling herself "Mae will
become angry if yon say her name used
to be May.
U?. 45-L--3S!5ffil the
Cl. nt a ftnnil Milker.
When it comes to buying or raising
ft aalry COw too many neglect to con-,
glder whether the ; cow, from her gen-j
erai appearance, seems to be fitted to
do good work ,n the dairy 0r not Now. j
- j i.ijn. .n mnnnt
J I g IIUUIIIIVU LUAV J "
..I I ... t nl r. -U n-y,r a nnvir la ft deeD. !
rich milker from her general appear-
HnHnAnro era
one's herd. One of these special signs
tt,a- la ovtremelv Imnortant may be
comprehended under the' term "ca
pacity." "
In order to turn a large amount of
hay, grass, ensilage and grain into
A GOOD MILKER.
milk and butter a cow must have a
large, deep body and a large udder.
The cow illustrated shows the great
deep body and the splendid develop
ment of udder that characterize tne oig
milkers. A cow's body is a butter and ;
milk factory. You cannot expect to
make much butter and milk in a small
factory. The "wedge-shaped" cow has
a deep. body where depthls needed
.wbere .emacblnery of the body Is at
work converting fodder Into dairy proa-
ucts.
Notice the fullness In the fore part
of the udder 'and how well It runs up
behind, with the large, well-piacea
teats and Its . general :. appearance of
large capacity. Such an udder, when
milked out drv. will fall in loose, sort
folds, like an empty bag. : It Is a good
type to breed to, . -..
flowing: unaer utem vivpai j
While we advocate plowing under ,
green crops, when they are notworth
more for stock food than for manure,
we believe that there are some sous
where this practice may do injury 1
rather than good. If the soil Is light
and sandy, lacking nitrogen, or when
it is stiff and needs to be made more
porous, then almost any green crop is (
a good manure for It Where It is low j
. . . .-' .a v. . I. n . m.h :
ana wet, miu peruana u muv.
acid in it a heavy crop of clover or
other green manure will usually De an
Injury to the succeeding crop, unless
It is given "also a dressing of lime In
some form, and we would prerer to
pay more for a good phosphate of lime
, j tj
or fine ground phosphatic rock, with
'v . j .3tj.i..H . -l naVi than ' v naa
ah addition or potash, than to use
either slaked lime or sulphate of lime.
Yet In a limestone so:l we have seen
green manuring work wonders, and so
it will on land recently ciearea. wnere
the bushes and brush bad been burned
on the ground. Phosphates, potash and
n-iml ashes mav be nut on to grow
the green crop, and if used liberally
.tii huAAiit that and the aucceedintr
crops. Sowed on tne surface ana nar -
rowed in they do not waste or ao any
harm if the amount is much more than
one crop needs. American Cultivator.
How to Set a" Hen.
r-r A . 4 UAn Tit.
riere S a uuuu viaj iu on p ucu. x
nest is made- In a roomy box, with a
cover. Nailed to one siae or iue dox
is a little slat yard, slats on top also,
in which water and food are kept con
stantly. The hen can go out into the
yard at any time, eat and drink, and
NEST FOB A SETTER.
has no temptation to wander away and
let her eggs get cold. Where several
hens are sitting, a contrivance like this
for each saves all bother of. looking
after them, to see that two do not get
on one nest etc. You put food and water
in the dishes the hen "does the rest."
C. D. Young, in Farm and Home.
Shade Enriches Soil.
The complete shading of the soil rap
idly enriches 1J, even without the appli
cation of manure. It may be that shad
ing causes a. deposit of nitrogen from
the air; every farmer knows that wher
ever a stack of hay xr straw has stood
for several months the ground under
neath Is not only enriched, but grows
much darker In eolor. Anyone may try
an experiment as follows: Select the
poorest spot of ground on the farm. lay
over a strip of any length, but about
a yard wide, a few Inches of straw,
!
cover with a board, or, if preferred,
only a board on the grouud. If
olace is seeded to something after
i covering Is removed the difference
growth between the portion prevl-
shaded and that not shaded will
very marked.
. Status of the Farminsr Indnstry.
There ar 10.43S.022 persons eugaged
In agricultural pursuits, while jail oth
er, industries engage 18,845,000 poi sons.
One-third of the entire area of this
country is devoted to tilling of the soil.
There are to-day 5.739.C57 farms in the
Unlted state8 nlld the value of farm
property. including improvements, stock
aad implements, is $20,514,001,838. The
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UliUJUCl UL IttlUJS UilO UilUI Ufttu ' " mw
nna flfw -n .i-l, ?!. tl.A v.illtn nf Ilia
farn,lnir land to-dnv Is five times as
. .
1901. When the Indian Territory S
opened for settlement, about 1901,
8,000,000 acres of fine farming laud will
be offered for sale at low prices, and
farming will receive another valuable
acauisition to Its ranks. There are 30i,-
000,000 acres of unsettled land in .the
United States ready for immediate oc
cupancy.
The total acreage used for farming
purposes is 841,000,000 acres an nroa
which would contain England, Scot
land, Ireland, Wales, France, Germany.
Austria, Spain, Japan and the Trans
vaal, leaving sufficient room for several
smaller countries to go in around the
edges. None of these countries, or all
of them combined, would make a re
spectable showing with our . agricul
tural iprodjacts.. The.: raluevof avja s-.
ports' in 1901 was $951,02S,331. Re
view of Reviews.
Tields of Cheese From Milk,
With ordinary milk the yield is about
2.5. pounds of cured cheese for each
pound of butter fat in the milk. The
per cent of butter fat iu differei.t
milks very nearly determines their rel
ative values for cheesemakiug. Pro
fessor Van Slyke found by a series of
.fcXj-lmpig. that BdUJie. mJlk j;ajigr, .
iiig ; from 3.4 . .per..cent- to 4.4 per .
cent the amount to each pound of but
ter fat was 2.72 pounds of green cheese,
or 2.5 pounds of cured, five weeks. It
was found that 5 per cent milk made
but 2.4 pounds of cured cheese for
each pound of butter fat but the better
quality of the cheese f fbui the richer
milk was thought to compensate for
the slight difference iu quantity. It
will be seen that a hundred pounds ot
4 per cent milk made ten" pounds' ot
--- , .
cheese and a hundred pounds of 5 per
cent milk made twelve pounds of
cneese. . . ... .
Corn-Hnskins Peir.
Miles U. King, of Maeoupit County,
Illinois, writes iu Iowa Homestead as
follows: vi have not seen an illustra
tion or tne new
husking peg, and
since a great
many of your
F e-ad e r s would
1 1 k e to know
about.them. I
send j ou a sketch
of one-that I .have been using. . It will
Hnn.,l.. .ItAvK tlnin in liPfnltlp aeens-
uremic ix ouuii ..... --
tome(j to oue 0( them after the old-
. . i . i.
fashioned peg lias ueen useu, out wuen
ouce a person gets used to them He can
make good headway in taking out corn.
They are sold in all the markets, and
consist of a stout strap with a hook at
tached, as seen in the Illustration.
RnriwHi with. Pon'try.
Those people who do not have, good
,iia.uu in hatching firirs under bens.
; usually willTnot ao mucu Decier wuh
. tne incubator. Tliey may oe aiviaeu
: mt0 two classes, one that is careless
and neglectful, and the other that
is altogether too russy, wno wants to
be stirring the hen. or feeding her. or
I . . .. -
handling the eggs three - our times
a rtuv. f or eimer or tuese 10 suc
ceed with the incubator there must be .
a thorough reformation; a determina
tion to follow the instructions given
exactly, and do ,no more and no less
than is explicitly laid down, and to do 1
it by the clock. This can be done, of
course, but how many can or will settle
down to those rules?
Ideal Animal for Beef.
The first point observed iu an Ideal
mitrtnl of heef tvne is his form. This
: will approximate the rectangular, it
will show a body tnat is compact, sym
metrical, broad, deep and close to the
ground. Legs are only of use to carry
the animal around. He Is "straight In
his lines" -that Is, the lines from the
top of the shoulder to the tail head,
and from the brisket back to the purse
are as nearly parallel as possible, as are
also those from the center of the shoul
ders to the center of the thighs, no devi
ation from the horizontal being allowed
the top line. This will give the foria a
rectangular appearance.
Baddinsr a.id Top Graftin r. .
Among Northern nurserymen and.
fruit growers budding Is commonly
practiced, in July and August Or-,
chardlsts are taking up this system of
propagation and us'ng it iu place of
or in connection with top grafting. If
the buds fail to live, the branches cim
be grafted the following spi:ng. The
operation is more easily aad qnlekl
done than grafting.
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