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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1905)
mm s- CHAPTER XIII. Pauline made an effort to look unlike keraelf; but hers wait an Individuality not easily hidden under a large plaid traveling wrap and a plain black bonnet nil roil. At any rate, Mr. Daws wit not deceived by them, and guessed whi) bit risitor was the moment he wu shown into his dusty little private office He remained standing silent and mo tionlesa, with his bright, beadlike ryes Witching her from under bla heavy brows until aha felt almost hysterical. "I have come with reference to an ad vsrtisement iu this morning's Time. alie bsgan. "I believe you inserted Itt" "No." She looked incredulous for l moment, then said: "Then, if you did not, you know who did, and you will favor ma with their address," -What for?" "I wish to see them." "Why?" -Why:" Pauline draw herself up proudly, for she was getting irritted. as he answered. "I think that ia my busi ness." "Not at all! It is ours." "You will surely not refuse to let me have the address of the person who put that notice in this morning's Times, when I te!i yon that I came on Sir Geoffrey's behalf. I am. in fact, a relative of his. It saya It is for Sir Geoffrey's 'decided Jvautage." But how?" "That's my client's business. Lawyers never reveal their clients' affairs." "But, if you will neither tell me your self nor give me your client's address, how can I find out for Sir Geoffrey what tha advantage is?" "Send him here himself." "He can't come. He ia very 111," ahe told the lawyer. "Then we must wait until he's well." "You will absoultely tell nobody but himself what thi:i wonderful advantage ur "No one." Pauline rose from her chair, and they looked steadily at each other for a few seconds. She gathered her energies for her last effort. She placed her hand on the table between them, and leaned for ward slightly. "What ia your price for the address I want?" Daws' eyes glittered. Two thoughts passed through his mind before he an swered: "You have shown your fear by the offer of a bribe; and heaven save the Frenchwoman if I betray her, for you will certainly murder her!" Then he apoke: "The information yon ask for la price less." "I can give more than you think, per haps. One hundred pounds?" A pause. "Two hundred three hundred four hundred five!" "I have answered; it is priceless." She looked for one instant aa If she would spring on him and tear the secret from him; then there came the aullen look of one beaten and baffled, and ahe turned without another word, went down the rickety stairs, and re-entered the cab which had been waiting for her. Pauline had counted confidently on making a bargain with Messrs. Daws & Raven. She believed that some unknown person had accidentally found out cer tain facts of her past life which she had pressing reasons for keeping secret, and he thought ahe had only to offer them good price for their silence and the matter would end there. Now that she was once more in her own room, wrap ped in s warm dressing gown, and with leisure to think, she began to see that there waa something more than the mere freed of gain prompting her unknown ad versary. Thia fighting In the dark waa alarming. If ahe only knew from what quarter to expect the attack ahe might be able to make aome sort of resistance; as It waa, there waa nothing to be done but sit down and calmly await the onslaught. On one point only could she make op ber mind ahe must hurry on her mar riage. Let her once be Jack's wife, and, no matter what phantoms should rise from the paat to threaten her, ahe would t least be anre of his love; for ahe would love him so dearly, she would be so gentle, so winning, that he would not be able to withhold his love from her, even though he should grieve to find her other than he had thought. And ao that evening she got Jack'a consent that they should be married a fortnight hence, on the 18th of Septem ber, the day after ahe reached her twenty-fifth year. CHAPTER XIV. Ethel was certainly very courageous. She was also strong, young and healthy, nd had an unusual amount of self-pride, 11 of which kept her from giving way under the load of grief that came upon her after Jack's faithless behavior. But she felt her sorrow none the less deeply, nd hid It from her father'a sight. Captain Pelllng had been away nearly week on a visit to an old friend, and Ethel was feeling the daily monotony of ber life very Irksome aa she once more set about making her father s coffee. There were letters on the table, but she did not feel particularly curioua bout them. As ahe placed the coffee pot on the table the writing on the envelope next to ber own plate caught ber eyes. The blood ruahed to ber fuce, and, with nervous haste she picked up the envelope and opened it. She read the Invitation card, and the flush fade slowly, leaving a expression of sorrowful contempt on her face. "Poor Jack!" ahe aighed. "I wonder If he thinks a few civilities of this kind will make amends for his conduct in the paat? Does he Imagine he can repay 014, for the loss of bla love Dy iioiuing out the hand of friendly patronage? Can be believe It would give me pleasure to nend an evening In watching his atteu lions to his handaome hostess?" She threw the card from ber with an lmpa tlent sigh. "How contemptibly foolish It Is of me to care so much after all this timet Perhaps dad would like to sat his The Vifc's Srctj OR A BITTER RECKONING ! By CHARLOTTE M. BRAEMB j. old home again: and, as It does not really matter much whether I go or not, I will do as he wishes about it." As she heard her father'a atep on the stairs ahe turned as brightly as usual toward him to say, "Good morning." Then she held his envelope behind her playfully, saying: "A thousand guesses, and you will not guess where this letter is from, papa.'" "I ahall not make ouv -to tell me." "It ia an invitation to Malilngford for the seventeenth of thla month from Miss Mailing herself, for ball." "A ball:" he repeated. "Why in the world should Miss Mailing Invite me to a ball?" He looked at the envelope curiously, and then said: "It Is addressed to "G. Mallett. Esq.,' and in Jack Dorn ton's writing: Oh, I begin to under stand."' he went on. In a voice of genu ine relief, as he took the card from the envelope. "I feared for the moment that Summers had been doing a kindness, as he calls it, aud persuaded Pauline Mail ing to iuvite her poor relatives to her balL But this civility ia evidently due to Dornton's good nature, and is sent in all good faith, to 'the Malletts, old friends of mine,' as he would say in de scribing us." Who la Summers, papa?" Lord Summers is your cousin's guar dian." "Of course I remember the kind- looking old man we met at the Exhibi tion last May." "Yes. I've been In constant dread ever since that unfortunate meeting that he would seek me out and try to do sonie- thing for me. That was why I was ao annoyed when you told him you copied In the galleries; I thought he might pounce on yon and worm our address out of you." Do you think he would tell Miss Mailing about my copying at the gal leries, papa?". No doubt of it; he ia an inveterate talker." Ethel had a sudden conviction that Miss Mailing had used this information to obtain their address, if Lord Sum mers had not, and believed she had at last found out to whom she was indebt ed for her anonymous letter. This be lief did not increase her desire to go to Malilngford; but ahe held to her resolu tion to leave the decision in her father'a hands. "Do you want to go to the ball?" he asked. "I don't care one bit about it, if yon don't want to go, dad." I don't care about the ball, either; but I should like you to see the old place, EtheL If we were to go to the ball I ahould most likely run up against some one who would remember me aa Geoffrey Mailing, and there would be quite a little sensation over my reappearance; but this invitation entitles as to call on Miss Mail ing, in any case. Send an acceptance, my dear; we can follow it np by an ex cuse on the morning of the 17th. In the meantime we will run down one day and leave our cards and take a look round just aa ordinary strangera, and no one will think we are anything else." Ethel waa glad the queatlon was set tled in this way, for ahe, too, wished to see the old house that should in justice have been her father'a. Mr. Malett open ed the other letter and threw it across to her. "Read it out, EtheL It's from Pelling. I've talked so much that I've no time to eat." Ethel read the letter, which ran aa follows: "My Dear Mallett I aend some birds by to-night's train; hope they will arrive all right. I am tired of this place, but can't get away under the promised fort night. My old friend haa taken a wife aince 1 laat saw mm. cam wue nas three sisters at present staying with ber; and, as they are all of the genua 'blue stocking,' my life has been a burden to me 'since my arrival here. Sport Is ex cellent, but just the least bit monotonous. The house ia full of pleasant people and yet I miss your society more than I could have thought possible; and I am really anxioua to get back, to our work. Tell Miss Mallett not to forget her prom ise " "What promiae was that?" Mr. Mal lett asked. "I'm not quite sure what he means, unless " Ethel blushed slightly. "Never mind; finish the letter to your self, my dear, for I must be off directly." After seeing her father off and finish ing the letter, Ethel did not feel alto gether happy. She was afraid Captain Pelling had set too high a value on her words, and she tried to recall exactly what ahe had said when he had called to Bay good-by. What had really occurred was this. When Ethel put her hand into Pelling'a he held it while he said: "I wish I could flatter myself by be lieving you would miss me a little while I am away, Miss Mallett; but perhaps It would be a welcome miss, for I know I'm a terrible bore sometimes." He looked so wistful that Ethel felt quite a thrill of sympathy for him, and, on the impulse of the moment, respond ed: "I'm sure I shall miss you, and I shall be glad to see you back again." And Pelling had left her with a face so glorified with delight that she bad feared aud wondered continually what such glorification might mean, and had alternately blamed herself for her Im pulHive words, and him for his misinter pretation of them. Pauline was rather staggered a couple of daya later when she received affirma tive replies from Mr. and Miss Mallett; but she was in such a whirl of excite ment by this time that so small a peril as a visit from her uncle and cousin pass ed by unheeded. It was now the 8th of September, and she was to be married on the 18th. Ba bette was the only member of the house hold who bad been taken iuto her mis tress' confidence with regard to her ap proaching marriage, and the vivacious French woman was delighted At the ' prospect of going up to town every day between then and the ISth, to after the piles of new finery Indispensable at such a time. CHAPTER XV. The 1.1th of September bad come, and to Bahctte's groat discomfiture Messrs, Da A- Raven had not yet discovered S r Geoffrey's address. Only live days remained to the date of the wedding she had sworn to frustrate. She had been to town to get some luce for her mistress, nnd Incidentally (o Interview the lawyers, and was now re turning dispiritedly to Mallingford. At the station, as she was about entering a conveyance, she beard some one be hind her asking for a fly to go to Mall Insford Park. She turned to look at the inquirer, and for a moment stood staring at a tall, well-bred looking man. evl dently on the wrong side of fifty, with a sweet faced girl of eighteen on his arm. She recognised the girl aa the young lady she had followed from the Museum to her home, anil whose name she had dis covered from the neighboring trades peo ple by her mistress' orders about two mouths before. Then she remembered posting a letter to this young lady for her mistress, nd next she recalled hav ing seen Dornton's letter to the same person a few days Inter, and In a olin I fashion without knowing why, she con nected their appearance at Malliugford with those letters, and a wild hope sprang up in her heart that this elderly aristocrat and his pretty daughter had come to Malilngford to help on her pur pose of preventing Miss Mailing's mar riage. Babette was soon deposited at Malilng ford House. She made herself presenta ble, and went down to Miss Mailing's boudoir on the ground tlo r on the pre tense of discussing her morning's pur chases with her mistress, but really with the determination to hang about the neighborhood of the reception rooms, and witness if possible, overhear the Inter view between Miss Mailing and these Malletts. The windows of the tsuidoir overlooked a long stretch of the principal drive. When Babette reached the room It was empty. She placed herself to watch for the arrival of the fly from the village. She saw it come up the long avenue and stop at the main entrance. Then she went to the hall and bujied herself look ing for an Imaginary missing shawl among the numberless wraps lying about. The hall porter, for some unknown rea son, was not at his post, and an inexpe rienced footman informed Mr. Mallett that Miss Mailing was not at home. Ba- ' bette, thinking she saw the chance of help from these people gradually slipping away, came forward boldly. "Are you sure you are right In de nying Miss Mailing to this gentleman. Philip?" she asked. In a low voice. "I think you have made a mistake. If you will follow me, monsieur, I will see if Miss Mailing haa returned from her drive." She took them to the boudoir, stoo.I for a moment In thought, and then flew i off to the picture gallery. As she ex pected, she found Jack and Miss Mailing In the deep recess of a window at the far end. She announced: "Mr. and Miss Mallett In your bou doir, mademoiselle!" j Pauline sprang from her chair and stood glaring at Babette as If she were a messenger from another world. The words "Sir Geoffrey" rose to ber lips, but she remembered In time that his in dividuality was not known to any one but herself, and ahe checked the name with an effort. "I am not at home." she told her maid. "I left word to that effect." "Yes, so they said, mademoiselle; but I hardened to be In the hall, and I thought I heard the gentleman ask for Monsieur Dornton; so I offered to see if he was In." (To be continued.) , Vhat a Holiday Ought to Be. Gen. Ferdinand W. Peck, the Chi- caeo capitalist, nays, according to the New York Globe, that the way the av erage man spends his annual vacation la all wrong. "It's only now and then," he said, "that a man finds out what a holiday ought to be. We all think that it means going away from home, drink ing more or less and wearing our bodies out by walking, or cycling, or mountain climbing, or something like that That sort of thing Is supisjsed to be a great rest to a tired man who works with bis brains. How a vaca tion spent in that way could possibly be of benefit to a professional man who has to use bis brains I have never been able to understand. Very likely a professional ass might be benefited In that way, but It's all nonsense to say that It rests a lawyer's, or editor's, or author's, or even a politician's brains. Ia my opinion, the best and most beneficial way In the world for the man who makes bis living solely by the use of bis gray matter to spend j bis holidays Is simply to ao the gentle loaf In some green and shady spot far away from the madding crowd, and to keep himself In touch with the out side world by having bis favorite newspaper mailed to him every day." Himilarltr. "They call these 'dog days,' " re marked the man with the wilted collar and palm-leaf fan. "Any particular breed of dog?" spoke up the warm-weather wit. "Yes, I should say 'greyhound.' " "Why so?" "They are so long." All Trouble. "May I ask what you are looking for?" said the clerk In the ticket ollioe. "I arn looking for trouble," replied the man who was running his finger over the big wall map of the world. "Looking for trouble?" "Yes, sir, I am bunting up Russia." Ueualtlve Houl. "There are two mosquitoes singing In this room and It's making me nerv ous to the point of insanity." "I wouldu't let the hum of two lit tle Insect affect me that way." "But, man, they're not singing la harmony." Cleveland Leader. What the world needs Is more work ers and fewer dreamers. Tile Mutual Life should bo renntned "The McCurdy Living." Atlanta Journal. All friends of free government should unite to advlso and assist the people of Russia. Putin News. Making Billy Loeb ottlolnl purveyor of all government new Is rather a Into adoption of the Russian method. Pittsburg Pout. Our Audubon societies have now succeeded In getting every sort of bird pretty well protected except the stork. New York Mail. 1 President McCnll any that there are two side to the Insurance business, but he seems to hate awfully to show the Inside. Atlanta Journal. Now that "Pat" Crowe I safe In Jail, there hardly seems to be any rea son for retaining the Omaha police force. Kansas City Times. The Czar Is bunding out pardons 11 freely a a candidate elves 11 way elec tion cigars. And bis object Is the same to win popular favor. Kansas City Journal. As we understand It, the public would have been willing to forgive Put Crowe If only he hud kidnapped Mr. John A. McCnll or Mr. Richard A. Mo Curdy. Atlanta Journal. Also It should bo borne In mind tint if Irritated too much McCnll, McCurdy et al. may decide next time Just to let the blSmed old country go to the bow wows. Ind In 1111 polls News. Robert A. McCurdy any a life In surance company Is an eleemosynary Institution. This Intimates that the pol icy bolder will get his dividends In heaven. Pes Moines News. Arizona preachers want a clause In the State constitution making prohibi tion perpetual. At that rate the bal ance of Arizona probably won't want statehood. Atlanta Journal. . Goldwin Smith, to encourage matri mony, believes that two votes should be given to every married man. Now what has the woman suffragist to say to that? Houston Chronicle.' Minneapolis 1 a well advertised town, but the recrudescence of Poe Ames Is not one of the advertisements to which the thoughtful citizens point with pride. Pnluth News Tribune. It Is no doubt Interesting to Mr. Bryan to learn that had he been elect ed in 1MK1 or KMX) It would have been a great Joke on the companies In which he was Insured. Kansas City Star. The cotton growers have shown the Wall streeters that they can do some thlng despite the money they have up there. The South Is getting to be line on "showing." Columbus (Ga.) Ledger. It Is announced that the cashier of the Enterprise Bank at Pittsburg left a confession,' and the depositors will at once proceed to feel glad that some thing Is left. Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. A Kansas man who invested $7,.r00 In a farm cleared up a net profit of J.'i.fiOO In two years. Almost, but not quite, as good as bring president of a life insurance company. Colorado Springs Gazette. J It Is Important not to forget that the grafter Is a grafter, first, last and al ways, and that he calls himself a Democrat or a Republican merely as a matter of convenience. Chlcugo Record-Herald. An exchange remarks that In all his 89 years of successful life I'ncle Rus sell Sage has never been accused of handing out tainted money to churches and charitable organizations. Duluth News and Tribune. Joseph II. Chonte tells us that we are working too hard and too fast and doing too much. He would probably be jogging along at the same clip as the rest of us If he needed the money as badly. Buffalo Times. Cabinet ofllcers have been Instructed by the President not to talk to report ers. And there are four Presidential aspirants in the Cabinet fairly burst ing to tell the public the things they are doing. Cruelty could not go to greater length. Milwaukee News. The Rev. Dr. Huntington, of New York, says that one Is not authorized to assume that there are any "female angels," while the fact Is that every man has known one female angel, and many men have known dozens, while no man has ever come across a male angel. ..ouisvlllo Post. Paul Morton contends that publicity is the only certain cure for corpora tion evils. In a few years the news papers will be printing certificates like this from prominent trust magnates: "The doctors could do nothing for me. I was run down and nearly all In, when chance put me next to n bottle of your celebrated keep-lt-bef ore-people remedy. I do not hesitate to say Hint It saved my constitution and by laws." St. Louis Globe-Democrat Friends of President McCall of the New York Life say he Is a poor man nnd In debt. If that bo true, Mr. Mc Call ought to ask those friends to kick him. He was simply a fool to waste all the money he got. Birming ham Ledger. The story that Cole Younger, the ex bandlt, had reformed was premature, and now, alas! Is not likely ever to come true. He has secured a street railway franchise and started out to bond and otherwise exploit It Port land Oregonlan. Ventilating I nr Shocks. Sometimes a streak of foggy or rainy weather will cause the stack of corn In the Held to mould badly, which may bo overcome If a ventilator Is used. The ventilator rack are made of rough lumber or, If one has access to the wood, pole could be cut which would answer the purpose quite well. This rack I not of necessity used In the Held, but can be used near the barn after the stacks hnvebeen garnered and In this way a considerable quantity can be stored. It consist of four up right piece each ten feet long, which are used as corner posts; cross piece are fastened on all shies sit or eight Inches from the bottom, these piece being three feet long; a set of shorter cross piece Is provided for placing at about the middle of the rack and an- con SHOCK VrSTlI.ATOB). other set near the top, the latter pieces each being eighteen Inches long. The Illustration shows the construction or thla rack clearly. I.oaara bjr Insert a. Pr. I. O. Howard, entomologist of the Department of Agriculture, "ha Just tiiailc public some startling state ment of the property losses caused by Insects. He believes they aggregate over $:tim,(Ni,(KS a year. The Rocky Mountain locust, or Western grasshop per. In 1ST! nte up $ 1oo.inio.mio worth of growing crop. The chinchbug alone has eaten $.i:io,OM000 worth of corn and wheat In the Western States since 1S.V). As for the mosquito, apart from the losses believed to be due to Its per nicious activity In the spread of yellow fever and malaria. It Is an Immense depredator of real estate values. A New Jersey newspaper recently esti mating that It extermination In that one State nloue would add to It real estate valuation not less than $1oo.mn. It certainly would pay to wage a con tinuous war of extermination against all these Insects." FevdlnaT Floor for Hoc. When one has a number of hogs to feed the trough Is not always the best thing to use for the purpose, for the swine are apt to break it down or else are unable to get the food fast enough to suit thorn, and so get to quarreling. One of the best methods of feeding Is a large pan or floor made of cement and rough logs; this may be of any dimensions desired, although it Is best made Just wide enough so that the ani mals can feed from both sides, which will accomplish much in the way j of keeping them out of It with their feet. Make the frame of rough lumber or of log cut In half and some six or eight Inches high. Fasten this frame securely at the corners and also fasten securely to the floor so thnt the swine will not root It np. Then make a floor Inside of ce ment not making It very thick, but of about the same grain as would be used for a stable floor. If desired the frame may Include a board floor over which the cement floor Is laid. The edge will prevent the corn from being pushed aside and trampled upon. It Is not intended to use this feeding floor for slop or for soft food of any kind, but only for grain, roots and rouglmge. The Illustration shows the plan clearly and any one can easily build such a floor, which, If carefully made, will last for years. Value of (juuil Itoxla. After careful Inquiry It has been found that the average haul of the American farmer In getting his prod uct to' market or to the nearest ship ping station Is twelve miles, aud the average cost of hauling over the com mon country roads Is 25 cents a ton per mile, or $'l a ton for a twelve-mile haul, says Portland Oregonlan. An estimate places the total tons hauled at 300,000,000 a year. On the estimate of (3 a ton for twelve miles this would make the total cost of getting the sur plus products of the farm to the local market or to the railroad no less than $900,000 a figure greater than the operating expenses of all the railroads of the United States. If anything could make an argument for good wagon roads tbla statement, surely mar. KKKDI.NO KI.OOH. ' Comfort la Ihe Host Hon. In repairing our hog house we found that a roll of building paper and one of tarred paper were the best In vestment we hud made In some lime; the one was used on the wall and Hi." oilier on the roof so Hint much undo expensive repair were saved. Then we found It was policy to nrriniKo the sleeping corner lii such t way that It was Impossible for It to get liny of the tilth or the wet which the swine gath ered during the day. It was placed so tlmt none of the slop got Into It and about the only way It got soiled wa when the swine trampled through It with their muddy feet. Even then by taking It out Into the sun each day It made a good bed for a number of night. A hog I a strange animal, stubborn, of course, but It will not long muss It bed If the latter I clean nnd comfortable. Much of the nastlne of hog I due to the neglect of their owner. We also arrange the sleeping corner so that It Is out of the draft, although the house Is properly venti lated; a a result there are few if any case of chills -and cold among our swine. All till extra good care melius healthy swine, it I not well to work on the plan that If the hog escape cholera they 'are dolus; well. Ex change. Wintering Fall Catvea. If the calf Is worth carrying through the winter it I certainly worth caring for properly and by properly I meant good food anil water and proper care. If the calf Is strong and henlthy It ought to pay well for the best atten tion that can be given It; llrt of nil It need a dry, clean place, nut warmed by artificial heat, but 11s warm a lack of draughts In a coiiifortabde stable will make It. The early days of the calf. Just after wcnnllig. sre of great Importance to It ami too much care cannot 1m taken to see that the milk given It I absolutely fresh and puro and fed In proper quantities. As a rule, the enlf will properly take care of eight pounds of milk per day. which amount rsli.be gradually In creased until nt a month old It Is con suming twelve pounds dully. About this time It ought also to tx-come In lerested In hay nod after a while will begin chewing It cud. A calf built up In this manner during the winter will be In excellent shape to turn out to pasture In the spring and get most of its living until fall, when you will have a splendid animal, one you will bo proud to add to your herd. Ilarveatlnei lb H-t Crap. Formerly beans were pulled by hand, but now the work Is done almost exclusively by machinery In the inalu districts. The bean harvester or cut ter, shown here, Is a two-wheeled ma chine, having two long steel blades, so adjusted that as the machine passes over the ground they sweep along Just II KAN II A II VIST K IU at or below the surface and cut the bean stalks or pull them up. The blades are set obliquely, sloping back ward toward out another. Proper Stomas of Apple To decide properly to which kind of storage the grower or buyer shall send his fruit requires the best of Judgment for many factors must be considered in making the choice and upon their Just balancing will depend, to qulto an ex tent, the profit or loss In handling the crop. Growers, generally, are more In terested In storage this year, probably than usual. To all growers, to thoso who usually hold more or less of their fruit for winter sale or home use, and to the buyers who must plan for the best keeping of the purchased fruit, the bulletins of the agricultural experi ment stations will be of Interest and value. One of thoso discusses critically the factors which Influence the keep ing quality of apples, as ascertained through many years' experience at the station or by correspondence and In terviews with the leading apple hand lers of the country. It also gives de tailed results of the storage of 1(15 va rieties of apples, In the ordinary tem perature room of the station fruit stor age house, or In a cold storage build ing, with notes upon most of the varie ties as handled by practical storage men. Fuultrr, Truck, Fruit Farming;. Likely there Is not another combina tion which may bo taken np by the fnrmer, which promises better returns on the amount of capital Invented, for those who are situated right for it, than poultry raising, gardening and fruit culture. Iu order that the very best prices may bo realized for the product of such a farm, and thcreforo the greatest posslblo prollt, it Is neces sary that this bo located at or near a thriving city of perhaps not less than 15,000 or 20,000 population. To bo sure, a profitable business of this kind can bo conducted near a much smaller city than this If there are not too many there that are also engaged lu tho same business. Poultry da one of tho best paying branches on the farm and Is kept fully In keeping with Its Importance by dele gating the work attached thereto to competent help and plenty of It