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SxEit?,z;;c1.8!2!8. Consolidated Feb., 1899.
CORVAL.LIS, BENTOK COTXNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY-, MAECff 3, 1903.
VOL. I1X NO. 45.
COEVA
A Tale of the Early Settlers!
of Louisiana.
BY AUSTIN C. BURDICK
CHAPTER VII. (Continued.)
"Speak to me, Louise," uttered Gou
part, now speaking quickly and eagerly,
"and tell me if you have forgotten those
words I used to speak. Have you for
gotten them?"
"No not one."
"Then-let 'me speak them again. Let
me now speak them as one who knows
the ways of life; and to one who can
judge for herself of the deep meaning
that passing years have given to all those
emotions that have outlived the destroy
ing wear of time. In the heart where
thine image was first enshrined, none oth
er has ever come. I have cherished your
sweet face, and in humble prayer have I
begged that I might see you on:e more
on earth. And, at times, my soul has
been' wild enough in its flights of hope
to picture that one most holy thought of
all life-union with the dearly loved one.
When my feet first touched these shores,
I dreamed not that I was near to thee.
But I found you, and here I sat me down
to pray with more of hope, and to hope
with more of promise. And now, Louise,
let me ask you, as I have asked you a
hundred times before, will you be" my
wife?"
"Goupart, I have a father whose every
earthly wish is for the good of his chil
dren, and not for worlds would I I '
"I understand," said St. Denis, as the
maiden hesitated and stopped. "And be
assured that I would not ask, even for
life itself at thy hands, against thy no
ble father's wish. But suppose I ask
him and he bids me take you?"
"Then I am by his permission only
what In heart I have been for years.'
A short time longer those two sat there,
and their words had a solemn, prayerful
cast, such as marks the holiest gratitude
of the human soul; and as they walked
towards the house, they spoke not of the
subject upon which their life joys hung.
It was already dusk when they reach
ed the hall, and while Louise went to re
move' her moccasins, St. Denis went to
seek Brion St. Julien. He found him in
his library.
"How now, Goupart?" cried the old
man, as his young friend took a seaf .
"What has happened? Any more In
dians? What on earth makes you look
eo sober?"
"It is a deep' and sober subject which is
on my mind," answered the youth. ,
:' "Then out with it, for I am father eon
'fessor kere4 -t---
St. Denis knew the marquis too well to
hesitate,- and he spoke boldly and to the
point.
"My friend," he said, "that I love ev
, ery member of your immediate family
must be apparent to you; but you will
Dot be, jealous if I also inform you that
my love for Louise is rather stronger
than for-any on,e else."
St. Julien arose and placed his hand
upon " the youth's head, and, while big
tears gathered in his eyes, he said:
"Goupart, my noble boy, you have
: made me the happiest of men. O, I have
- prayed for this moment many a time,
and now it has come. Among all my ac
quaintances, you were the only one to
whom my hopes could turn. You shall
take my child, and-you shall take me.
I am growing lazy, ' if not old, and not
much longer will Simon remain With me"
"Ah," uttered the youth, with a look
of relief, "is Simon going?"
"Yes. He isn't just the man for me.
I will not have, dissension, and so we
keep peace; but yet much of my nephew's
conduct makes me nervous. I do not like
his plans about the estate, and yet he
Ehows an abfupt, willful spirit if I offer
a word of expostulation. He seems bent
on realizing all the ready jnoney he can
from the place without the least regard
to its future worth and improvement. I
do not like it. Yes, yes Simon must
seek some other home."
"Harkr interrupted Goupart. "What
was that noise?"
"I heard nothing," said the old man.
"Let me look a moment." And thus
peaking, the youth went to the door
and looked out. But he saw nothing. He
stepped out into the entry but there was
ps one there. "I must have been' mis
taken," he said, as he returned to the
library and closed the door after him.
Ah! he did not look in the right place.
Had he cast his eyes up to the ceiling,
he would have seen a small hole where
the host once had a copper pipe lead
down to feed a showering bath. And had
he but gone. up into the small lumber
room overhead, he would have found a
man there, lying flat, like a serpent, with
his eye to that small aperture; and he
would have seen at a glance that the
watcher could both see and hear all that
transpired in- the library! -
CHAPTER VIII.
Days flew on now upon golden wings,
and suspicion bad ceased to work in even
Goupart's mind. Old Tony had watched
carefully, but he could, find nothing to
excite fear. Only one thing came up to
help the doubts the young men had en
tertained, and that was a sudden visit
of Simon Lobols to New Orleans. He
professed to have business there. He
said he would see how much corn he
could find a market for, there being sev
eral hundred bushels now in the granary;
but the marquis Informed him that he
need not trouble himself about the corn,
as he already had a use for it, meaning
to keep a large quantity on hand to serve
In case of a falling crop. Yet Simon
must go, for he had business of bis own;
and one fine morning, down the river he
went, in company with some men who
had come down from Fort Rosalie.
Lobois had been gone a week, and the
remaining members of the family were
having.some joyful times. In a few days
more, the priest would be there, and then
the two waiting hands would be united.
Father Languet. sometimes made it his
home at St Julien's place, but he had
now been for some months upon a mis
sion among the Yazoos; but he .had been
heard from, and he would soon be there.
It was a bright, moonlight evening, and
the young people had been more gay than
. usual. Goupart, and Louise, and Lonis
had been playing at childish games, and
as tht? went out and snuffed up the
sweet. balmy air of the beautiful even
ing, Louise clapped her hands and pro
posed a game of "hide and seek. The
others shouted acquiescence, and even
the old man was bound to join in the
sport. Louise and her brother knew all
the hiding places within the enclosure,
and the former pulled Louis aside, and
whispered merrily with him.
"Now, none of that," said' Goupart-
"none of that! It is not fair for yon to
conspire against me. If you two put
your heads together I'll go and charter
old Tony to come and help me. iow
mind!"
But the only answer he received was a
joyous langh as Louise ran away to dress
herself for the out-door sport.
The moon rode high in the heavens,
and her face was but slightly turned
away from earth. In the wide courtyard
the merry voices rang tunefully out upon
the calm niehit air, and the glad notes
were caught up and flung back by the
distant forest.
Away over the brow of a gentle hill,
where a copse of beautiful acacia trees
were left standing, moved many dark
objects. They were crouching in the
wood, and listening to the shouts that
came from the distant dwelling. Anon
they gathered together and conversed in
a strange tongue, and then they moved
slowly up the hillside, and crept down
toward the corn field. On they moved,
like specters in the moonlight,' until they
neared the high barricade, and then set
tled lower down and crept on like huge
cats approaching their prey. Straight
they moved towards the postern, and
there they lay, beneath the wooden wall,
and listened to the merry voices from
within. Soon one of them arose to his
feet. He was in the shade of the wall,
but yet the many colored paint upon his
dark skin could be seen, and the dusky
browed warrior was no more concealed.
They ere all a score of them painted
in the same fantastic manner, and the
same dusky hue marked the brow of
each. He who had arisen to his feet pro
duced something from his pouch, and
applied it to the lock of the heavy post
ern. It was a key! And how came that
child of the forest by the key of St. Ju
lien's gate?
The shouts now come from the garden.
Hark! Yes they are all there upon the
other side of the house. They have just
found Goupart, and are now dragging
him forth from his hiding place.
Carefully the Indian turns the key in
the lock, but the gate is fastened within.
The heavy bolt has been surely thrown
back, and yet the gate opens not. But
there is no time to be lost. The red men
whispered together a moment, and then
one of them bends upon his knees, and
when a second has mounted upon his
shoulders, he arises. They are both tall
men, but he who stands upon his com
panion's shoulders cannot quite reach the
tops of the stout pickets. Another man
stands firmly by the side of the lower one
and then he above places one foot upon
,the . second- shoulder th us, offered him..
Now a third man springs nimbly up, and
having mounted upon the shoulders of
him who stands thus elevated, he gains
the top of the barricade, and in a mo
ment more' he drops upon the ground
within. Soon the postern is opened and
six men enter, leaTing the remaining ones
without, and then the gate is almost
closed, and thus held, so that it can be
opened when need comes.
Away towards the stable these specters
glide, and soon they are hidden ; for they,
too, will play at the game" that the pale
faces have set on foot.
Many times had Goupart hidden, and
as many times had he been easily found.
And now he and the marquis chose to
hide together, and after a deal of shout
ing, the brother and sister pull them out
from behind the thick cluster of vines
that grow against the garden fence. Next
Louis and Louise scamper away, laugh
ing and clapping their hands, for the
utter delight of the father, when they
purposely let him find them, has warmed
them into almost a frenzy .of joy.
" "Stop stop!" cried the marquis, as his
children start. "Isn't it becoming too
damp for you Louise?"
"O, no! Never fear for me."
"But the dew is now fairly wet upon
the grass, and I fear you'll take cold. .
"No no, father!" cries the joyous girl.
"Dont let the first chill frighten you."
"Well go this once, and then we'll
go in. I'm growing chill and cold."
"Ay you shall have a job before yon
find us. Now watch for the word."
Away they went towards the barn,
and as they turned, the angle of the
house, and were thus lost to sight, Gou
part -remarked: ,
"It is growing cold."
"Ay," returned the old man. "This dew
is" falling fast, for I can feel the damp
ness on my feet. While we were excited
I did not . feel it. But I can stand it,
only I feared that Louise might take
some cold; and you know that would not
be pleasant."
"No," said Goupart-and the tone of
his voice showed that he, too, had enter
tained some fears. """Hark!" he added.
"I think I heard them call. Ah, they've
got some deep hiding place this time, for
I heard the voice as though It were
stifled. But we'll find them. Comer
And away they ran towards the point
from which the voice had proceeded.
They searched all around the barn, under
the cart, in the straw, behind the doors;
and then they went to the stable, and
here, too, they overhauled everything
they could move, the old man even mov
ing a board that lay against the fence. .
"They must have slipped around into
the garden," said Goupart.
And so back -to the garden they turned.
They hunted and bunted, but the hiders
could not be found. -
"It's getting too late," said the mar
quis, at length. "I think I must call
them."
"I'll give up in welcome," returned
Goupart; "for I'm. sure I should never
find them. Shall I call to them?"
"Yes." V
- So Goupart shouted that he gave np
the game.
"I give up!" he cried, at the top of his
voice. "Come, Louis!" . , r
He waited a few moments, expecting to
be assailed with a burst of joking at his
want of success. The smile was already
on his face, and the exclamation with
which to meet the hidden ones was upon
his lips all ready for utterance. But no
one came.
"They could not heve heard," suggested
St. Julien. '
"Ah," uttered Goupart, "they must
have gone into the house." ' .
. "So they have," said the father. "That's
hardly fair. Tney ought to have spoken
to us. But we'll find some way to pun
ish thm."
They then went into the house, but
neither was there.
"Why, It's funny isn't it, Goupart?"
"It fa, Furely."
"I'll start up some of the boya."
And accordingly, half a dozen of the
men were sent out in different parts of
the enclosure to inform the hiders that
the game was up. But they returned
bootless. It was old Tony who announc
ed that they couldn't be found. The
marquis gazed upon Goupart, and Gou
part gazed upon the marquis, and thus
they stood for some moments.
"Do you think any danger can have
befallen them?" whispered the youth,
with a trembling lip.
"I don't think there could," returned
the old man, nervously. "But we must
search."
In a very few moments the whole
household was in alarm. The startling
adventure with the Indians some time
before had prepared the minds of the
people for an easy access of fear, and as
soon as it was known that Louis and
Louise were not to be found, consterna
tion was depicted upon every face. Huge
bundles of pitch-wood were always kept
in readiness to be used in case of. alarm
at night, and some of these were lighted,
and Boon the whole household were in the
wide court. They divided at the barn,
and in fifteen minutes they all met there
again. But they had found nothing.
Pale and trembling, the old man turn
ed to the gate. It was locked, but the.
bolts .were not shot. He called for the
key. Tony had it, and the postern was
soon flung open, and the torches flashed
out upon the broad hillside back of the
buildings. Suddenly a sharp, quick cry
from old Tony startled the party, and
quick as thought, Goupart was by his
side.
"What is it?" the latter asked.
"See that foot!" the black man gasp
ed, trembling like- an aspen.
"What of it?"
"It had no heel! It is the . print of a
moccasin!"
While the people were crowding about
the spot, one of the women found an
arrow, and in a moment more a mocca
sin was picked up.
"The Chlckasaws!" exclaimed Tony,
as soon as he saw the moccasin.
"O heavens!" gasped Brion St. Ju
lien. And with a deep groan he stag
gered back. But he quickly revived, for
the thought of pursuit -came to him. .Gou
part hastened the men to pursuit in wild,
frantic tones. r
Just as the great old clock' in tha hall
told the hour of four in the morning, the
party returned to the house, pale and fa
tigued.' The first gray streaks of dawn
were pencilling the eastern horizon as the
marquis and Goupart stood in the sitting
room. One of the women brought in a
lamp, and the youth started when he saw
how pale his host looked. And St. Ju
lien started, too; for he looked Into his
companion's face, and it looked terror-
atrickesk even, to. ale
They spoke not a word.- The old man
moved forward and extended his hand,
and on the next moment his head was
pillowed upon Goupart's shoulder, and
such deep, mighty sobs broke forth from
his lips that it seemed as though his
heart were rent in sunder. And one by
one the eager servants came into that
room, for they dared not yet trust them
selves to sleep. They stood and witness
ed the great grief of their loved master,
and with one accord they wept with him.
Truly that was a dark hour!
(To be continued.) ' .,;''
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COULDN'T FOOL THESE GIRLS.
They Had Heard of City Frauds and
Were Wary.
It was a brand-new and enterprising
advertising dodge that caused these
two young women to think they had
been "bunkoed" and likely to get into
difficulties. The "dodge" consisted in
a 15-minute vaudeville performance
which one of the big retail houses put
on in a room in Its building to amuse
customers and to make people talk
about the store.
The two young, women were from
one of the suburbs of the city,, and on
the lookout for traps and sharpers.
Having finished their shopping they
were in the elevator on their way out
when the- elevator man called:
"All out here to see the famous
show!" ,
With the other passengers the two
young women left the car, and found
themselves In a little theater, says the
New York Times. It was dimly light
ed, had a small stage, a smaller orches
tra and chairs in which a number of
people had seated themselves. Sud
denly an idea occurred to one of the
young women. .
"Helen," she whispered to her com
panion, "this Is some trap that we hare
fallen into. I know mamma told me of
a similar case once. When she and
papa were spending their honeymoon
twenty-three years ago at Niagara
Falls they went into a show that was
all just as .this Is. ' On the outside
there was a sign which said: 'Entrance
Free.' All went well until it came to
going out, when there was another
sign, 'Exit $1.' That Is what this thing
is, and I know It Let's get out before
the show begins."
They made at once for the door of
the elevator shaft. "The show will be
gin In an Instant," politely announced
the attendant, at whom the young wo
man looked scornfully.
"You must think we are easy," said
one of the girls, falling into slang to
show that she was no ordinary proposi
tion to be .dealt with. "We know this
dodge, and have seen it before."
Then both' went down to the street
feeling sure that they had escaped one
of the shrewd "dodges" of a great city.
Paid the Freight. X
"Your wife," remarked the old friend,
"tells me yon are getting into society
now."
"No," replied the plain man, who bad
to payfor his wife's ambitions, "society
is getting - Into me."-Philadelphia
Press. .: '''' .
Dead ancestors are said to occupy too
much of the areable land in China.
Famines would be less frequent if the
country was not one vast cemetery
X
i Winn i i !' i ! ;
Runnin' Away.
You've done it, I know
. , yer hev! Most
.f every youngster
Gets his dander up
reggeler, once in
- ,y eo long;
Gets to thiukin' the oP
f folks is too domi
, neerin',
An' that he's in the
- right an' his eld-
- - ers is wrong.
Seis he fig'gers that,
; round the ol'
. place, he's consid
' i. ered 1
The smallest perta-
ter, about, in the hill,
Tells his pa an hia-ma they'd be power-
rui sorry ? -Ef
he run off an' left 'em an' reckons
he will!
Once I i tried it myself. Won't fergit it,
: . I reckon! ,
Got to , threatening round I wuz gouv
ter go. a . v "
Thought 'twould frighten the folks into
treatiu' me diffrunt
Didn't hev no Intention of doin' it,
though. I
Got riled an' talked uppisfa an' peart.
Never see 1
That father an' mother wuz kind an'
unselfish, j
An' a-wearin' their rlives out, a-workin
fer me.
I
Well, father he called me ter where he
was settin',
An' smiled, kinder sober-like, into-my
1 face, " -
An' sezi "Son, I'm sorry we can't seem
7 ter suit yer,
An' yer wants ter leave mother an me
au' the place.
When you're ready, : though, boy, I won't
make no. objections;
Ef you're tired o'Jiome, I've .got. noth
in' ter say.
But yer needn't snenk off without tellin'
- U8 ofit-r- J.-' i-.
Cos I'll hitch up an' carry yer part
.i-i.i..iiiinT-.r the t way, '.r-i&aiiinniM mucosa
I dunno how it wuz,. but the way that he
sed it " 1 '
Sorter took all the starch 'outer me,
quicker'n scat;
An' I tell yer, I didn't hev nothin'. par
tic'lar ' - .
Ter say about runnin' ' away, after
that. i ' -
I jest see how thunderin', ornery foolish
I'd bin. An' I hope that ef ever again
I get one er them (tantrums some fel
ler!! be handy.
Ter bring me up standin', as father did
then. - -
Farm and Home.
How Early Sleds Were Hade.
From history we jlearn that the boys
in the time of George III. coasted on
sleds made of a small board with beef
bones as runners, ! but these dropped
out of sight when an Inventive genius
built one out of a barrel stave, for his
Invention was extensively copied. The
barrel stavea -was' called "Jumpers"
and "skippers," and were made of , a
single barrel stave of moderate width,
to which; was nailed' a twelve-Inch
seat-post about midships. A piece of
barrel head constituted the seat. To
navigate this craft required no little
skill, the revolutions and convolutions
performed by the rider while "gitin
the hang f the denied thing" ' being
akin to- the antics jot a tenderfoot on
a bucking bronchcu l A more stable
and docile jumper was made by fas
tening two or three staves side by
REMAINED. FIRM.
Man Living Who Was Concerned in
Strike Lasting; Forty Tears.
"This investigation by Congress of
the- local coal conditio as a result of
the recent anthracite strike reminds
me of the longest; strike of which I
have ever heard or rather, I should
say of which I have ever known,"
said R. H. Rawlins of Concord, N. H.,
at the New Willard the other day. A
"Forty years ago,; when I was a boy.
living In Concord, a man built a fac
tory for the manufacture of sleds and
wheelbarrows. It was a water power
concern, and I think the : cost was
about $20,000. When the forty em
ployes had turned out about one hun
dred wheelbarrows a difference of
opinion arose between them and the
boss. I cannot recall just what it was,
but it was stated over and over In after
years that it would have made a dif
ference of less than a dollar a week on
either side. The owner wouldn't give
in and the men stood , firm, small as
the matter was, 'and a strike took
place perhaps the first in New Hamp
shire. When the men walked out the
owner told them they Miould go, but
at the same time Informed them he
wouid see the factory rot to the ground
before he would give in. '
"The reply of the men was that they
would starve before they would yield.
and so the factory was closed up and
the strike went on. A score 'of at
tempts were made to , arbitrate, but
Without avail. The owner grew old
and gray and the hands died or dis
persed, and five years ago, by personal
investigation, I found that v only the
owner and . one of the - strikers were
left alive In Concord. . ;;;
"Knowing . them both I had a talk
with them about the btrike, and both
I -"W! . Jit
Little Stories and
Incidents that Will
Interest and Enter
tain Young Readers
i- .. .. .. i . .. .. n, n. .. ,.
side, but these wera not considered as
fast travelers as the single staves.
Outing.
Blackbirds and Kittens.
The blackbirds have no confidence In
the kitten; they regard neither her
youth nor the season of the year, says
a writer In Longman's Magazine.-, "A
cat," they say, "is a cat, whether
young or old, whether we have our
bantlings to keep out of her clutches
or whether we have only our own
skins to protect!" Therefore they
curse her, pursuing her with maledic
tions wherever she goes. You may
know at any moment exactly where
she is, because blackbird pere and
mere follow her up; and this spoils her
stalking game, for naturally her sur
prises do not come off while two
spiteful, eharp-tongued persons are
forever sitting or flitting over her head
scolding, chiding, cursing, pillorying
the poor thing until she must be sick
to death of their voices.
What a nuisance they must be!
They will not even allow her to sleep
peacefully In some sunny spot she has
found and occupied, but plant them
selves close by to keep her" awake
with their maledictions. No wonder
she rises presently, glares in their di
rection for a moment with a cold eye,
opens her mouth as though to say,
something, shakes herself, and goes
home In disgust.
In the Wrong Place.
Little Josephine gathered up her doll
and playthings one day, and told her
mother tha? she was going to visit her
best friend, a dear old lady who dearly
loved to see her. The mother only had
time to call after her, "Be quiet and
don't forget what you should say when
you leave!"
"No, mamma'," came a voice from
the other side of the street, as the lit
tle figure with doll's iegs hanging
from her arms ran up to a big front
door, and on tiptoe reached up to the
big brass knocker.
The friend opened the door, and lit
tle Josephine, anxious to do her mam
ma's bidding, stepped in and said.
Goodafternoon, Mrs.; Adams! I have
had a very pleasant visit, thank you."
Then her mind was free, and Jose
phine and her hostess had adellghtful
time. Youth's Companion.
Domestic Statistics.
One of little Paul's sisters had been
married only a few weeks when he
was asked by a workman to whom he
had been talking for quite a long
time:
"How many sisters have you?"
"One married and two alive," was
the amusing answer.
A Thoughtless Boy.
Three-year-old Paul's father was
playing Santa Claus, and in reply to
a question said, "I'll bring you an old
broken horse or something. What do
you think of that?"
"I don't fink nuffin," replied Paul,
"Cos what I finks is naughty."-
Nothing to Betnrn.
My little brother was crying for a
pencil, and Father lent him one. At
noon he asked my bnother to return
It, and he replied:
"Oh, Father, I have sharpened it
all up." "
. ' Reflected on Her Ancestry.
Little Mary was fond of using big
words she heard. One day she said,
"I dess I's a doose" (goose).
"Why," asked papa.
"I dess I Inherited it."
were still - firm. I was in Concord
again a month ago, and the last of the
strikers was dead. The owner was
hobbling about the streets on crutches
with only a few . months of life left.
When I asked him If he Intended to
start up the factory again, 'No,' , he
said, 'being as I have been a fool for
forty years, I am going to keep it up
the rest of my, days.' "Washington
Star. ' ". - -: - ,
Time Was No Object?
' A shrewd old . farmer named Uncle
Harvey was approached by a bright,
breezy young man who was selling in
cubators. The Green Bag, which tells
the story, says that the salesman gave
Uncle Harvey the usual eloquent ar
guments. There was not another such
incubator to be found,' the prices were
remarkably low, and so on.
Uncle Harvey did not respond The
young man talked himself out and
made no impression. Finally he said,
"You don't seem to appreciate tEese
Incubators."
"No," said Uncle Harvey.
"But Just think of the time they will
save!" ' - --.
Uncle Harvey gave him one cold
look' and said, "What do you suppose
I care for a hen's time?"
Explained
"I was surprised te hear Bagsley,
who so .cordially Jiates Smith, say the
other night that. he would delight in
inscribing a tribute to Smith that
should last through posterity."
"Nothing Inconsistent . about that.
Bagsley makes a specialty of epitaphs."
H. E. Warner, in Baltimore News. -
Materials as Imports.
One-half of the imports Into this
country are of materials for manufac
ture, r
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A Sam pine Bled.
Manure may' be easily and quickly
unloaded from a dump sled. An old
bob sled with : an extra high bolster
and an elevated cross piece built up
from the race in front, works all" right.
The box is fastened to the high bolster
by means of eye bolts. It is fastened
down to the front support with
strong hook.
With a little. practice, manure may
be spread with this rig in winter, with
very little fork work. For spreading,
a block Is fastened to the runners be
hind that stops the box at the proper
angle to let the manure slide down and
pay out slowly . as the team moves
along.
The angle must be different accord
ing to- the kind of manure, the absorb-
HANDY DUMPING SLED.
ent used in the stable, and the amount
of straw or other substance used for
bedding. The driver can help, or hin
der it with his fork as he drives along.
L. G. Spencer,- In Farm and Home.
Cows with a Cough.
There is always considerable com
plaint during the winter months about
the cows being troubled with a cough.
While there is always a possibility
that this cough-may .mean tuberculo-
ais, it is- well to have, the animal test-
edv with tuberculin, to ascertain If she
has this difficulty. If it is found that
her lungs are in good condition it will
be safe to assume that ventilation and
food need changing. Lack of ventila
tion may be the trouble or there may
be too free draughts through the barn.
The temperature fpr cows should be
about 55 degrees at night, with enough
ventilation to have a current of fresh
air, but not a draught.. Then It may
be that too much dusty food is being
given, which may be readily overcome
by wetting all of the food, including
the hay. If these remedies are ap
plied the cough will leave the animal,
provided her lungs are not affected.
Most barns : for cattle are kept too
warm or too cold.' There Is a great
difference between a comfortable barn
and an over-heated one. All that is
necessary to do Is to keep out the
draughts and give good ventilation
and any well-built .barn will be entire- I
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Making Snow Paths.
, Good winter walks about the farm
buildings are as important as good
summer walks. A bandy plow for the
snow Is shown herewith, the construc
tion being plainly shown in the cut.
The center board, it will be noticed,
runs lower than the sides.- This keeps
the plow from running first to one!
side and then to the other. The flar
ing top boards greatly assist in making
a clean-cut path. John Dibble, In
Farm and Home.
Cost and Besnlts of Potato Spraying.
Spraying, with bordeaux mixture to
prevent potato blight is common and
successful In the Aroostook district
Growers In the Michigan potato belt
are beginning to" believe that they
must also spray. One of them who
has tried it writes that the cost was
about $12 per acre, and the result was
seen in the prolonging of the season
of growth. Untreated rows had died
down early in September, while the
treated ones continued to remain green
nearly a month later. Another Michi
gan grower, Harold Jones, of Leeds
County, also tried spraying, and found
the cost to be below this estimate.
Comparing his yield with those of his
neighbors, who harvested from nothing
to two hundred bushels per acre, Mr.
Jones considers the practice profitable.
Writing of his successful potato crop,
H. P. West, Fayetteville, Wis., rec
ommends for potato scab half a tea
spoonful of sulphur planted with each
piece of seed potato. New England
Farmer. , "
Creamery Versus Dairy. . ;
- One bf the advantages of the cream
ery oyer the dairy Is the making of
butter on a large scale, which con
duces to a greater uniformity of prod
uct, says an exchange. Where a cream-
HOME-MADE SNOW PLOW.
ery gets a good reputation for a nice
and uniform quality of goods In any
quantity and style of package there is
an advantage -to both manufacturers
and dealers in .disposing of them with
out the necessity of personal inspec
tion. .
Farming by Steam.
In Pearson's is an Interesting article
by D. A. Willey, "Farming by Steam,"
in which is described some of the re
markable machinery used in modern
farming. One of the most useful ma
chines is the : great traction engine,
used in the place of horse-power. In
California the new steam "tractors,"
as the engines are called, .are finding
high favor. '
Of course, small steam engines have
long been in use all the world over to
haul farm machinery along the coun
try highways, to operate threshing
machines and now and again' for
ploughing purposes, when the engine
winds in a cable attached to the
plough, and so draws the plough
across the field. But the Western trac
tor does far more important work, and "
Is quite a different type. In the first
place, note its hugeness. The machin- ;
ery Is supported on three great wheels.
having tires five or six feet In width.
so that they appear like enormous bar
rels of steeL On either side a huge
sprocket chain encircles the wheels,
with links made of steel a foot, long
and an inch thick, each tested to with
stand a pull of 250 tons. Every detail
is on a .similar scale of hugeness and
strength.
In its wide tires lies one of the se
crets of the tractor's strength. They.
gain such a grip on the surface, no
matter how sandy or how soft the
field or road may be, that they exert
an enormous tractive force, and the
wheels cannot slip under the heaviest
load.
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Handy Sawbnck. -For
sawing limbs and poles' light
enough .to handle and yet too heavy to
saw- with a bucksaw I ' have used a
sawbuck about four feet long made
upon the plan of connecting two horses
with three cross rods. We had worn
out two In the last dozen years, and
"about a month ago I built a combina
tion buck which was convenient for
both crosscut and buck sawing. It Is
shown In the figure. It is made of
2 by 4 oak scantling halved together,
and the two nearest X's are 1 only,
twelve Inches apart from outside to
outside. Our range takes wood seven
teen inches long,! and I put the- sup
ports near enough together so that I
CONVENIENT SAWBUCK.
can saw outside the end and not have
the saw pinch. This would be Incon
venient, and the buck would tip end
wise if it were not for the third X,
which gives support to long stlcks.and
makps buck sawing much pleasanter,
as much of the fatigue in this kind of
work comes from keeping In place the
sticks that are being sawed. Cor Ohio
Farmer.
Farm Notes. '
It has long been known that heavily
stocking an old garden with red clover, ..
allowing it to remain two years with- -out
plowing, will bring the soil back to '
its fertility and vigor. . -
Asparagus is greatly benefited by air,
which should be given Whenever the
state of the weather and the atmos
phere of the frame permits. At night
preserve an equable temperature by
covering up the frames with litter. .
In transplanting trees all the roots
which may have become bruised or
broken in the process of lifting should
be cut clean away behind the broken
part, as they then more readily strike
out new roots from the cut parts. In
all such cases the cut should be a
clean, sloping one, and made In' an
upward and outward 'direction.
Much working, and especially a sec
ond working, Is Injurious, destroying
as It does the natural grain of the
butter, giving It a green, salvy con
sistency. The aim in packing Is to
exclude air and light. Covering with
brine Is the only sure method of ex- '
eluding air. Store in a sweet,' cool
place, where an even temperature can
be maintained somewhat below CO de
grees. Milk absorbs odor from the moment .
it is drawn from the cow until the
time It Is churned. Whenever milk
reaches the temperature of . one hun
dred It Is claimed to be In an active
state ' of , decomposition. But . while
milk is easily affected by outside In
fluences, the adherence to strict rules
of. cleanliness will greatly aid the
dairyman to avoid the changes that .
often occur. Cooling .the milk renders
the germs inactive and prevents de
composition for a while, but It should
not be overlooked that milk" absorbs
odors very rapidly when cool. Ex
posure to odors, gases or volatile mat
ter of , any kind sliould, therefore, be
avoided and every utensil used La the
dairy should be scalded with boiling
water and thoroughly scoured.
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