pockerbook o r gold brick np to tno j
latest Spanish fraud, and to g iro tt the; .
widest circulation possible.
Let th o 1
good man o f the house make a place for I
It alongside his w ife ’s cook book, the ’
almanac, and the volume o f ready rem
edies. When he leurns that he has a
beautiful cousin Imprisoned In a con
vent In Spain let him turn first to the
Index o f the swindle book, look under
"cousin” or “ convent," and there put
the romance to the test before going
ahead to learn by experience. Nearly
all the successful deceits are o f proved
antiquity.
The confidence man does
not Invent new tricks when he has at
A. C O N A N DOYLE
his hand old ones whleh bare proved
their efficiency and which hare not lost
ralue because o f their age and long
service. A handbook of swindles, If It
could be given general circulation,
would aid In retiring the ancient frauds
C H A P T E R X I I I . — (Continued.)
to a deserved rest. In the days o f a
“ I am sorry to be late, mother,” the lad
state bonk currency, when counterfeits
•aid, kissing the old lady. ” 1 have been
were more numerous than now, such
down at the docks all day, and have been
works as “Thompson's Bank Note De busy and worried.”
tector’’ served the same purpose In pro
Mrs. Dimsdale waa sitting in her chair
tecting jteople against bad money as a neaide the fire knitting when her son came
handbook o f swindles would serve In in A t the sound of his voice she glanced
fhe prevention o f deceits which con anxiously up at his face, with all her
tinue to have an almost ridiculous suc motherly instincts on the alert.
“ What is it, my boy?” she said. "You
cess. N aturally the confidence man
would be driven to greater Invention don’t look yourself. Something has gone
wrong with you. Surely you’re not keep
and a crop o f new frauds might be ex
ing anything secret from your old moth-
pected. but even these could be Incor
porated In annual revision o f the hand
‘‘ Don’t be so foolish as that, my hoy,”
book and much protection might be giv said the doctor earnestly. “ I f you have
en to people who now seemingly find no anything on your mind, out with it.
way to Inform themselves from the m is There’s nothing so far wrong but that it
fortunes o f others.
can be set right. I ’ll be bound.”
Thus pressed, their son told them all
that had happened, the rumor which he
B U IL D E R OP S T A N D A R D O IL.
had heard from Von Baumser at the Cock
It W aa No« R o c k e fe lle r b at a a Ob and Cowslip, and the subsequent visit to
Eccleston square. ” ! can hardly realize
scure L a w y e r Nam ed Dodd.
There was a time when the Standard it all yet,” he said in conclusion. **My
head seems to be in a whirl, and I can’t
Oil trust was nothing more than so
reason about it.”
Idea In the brain o f one man.
The old couple listened very attentively
W ho was that man?
to his narrative, and were silent some lit
H ow did his Idea originate?
tle time after he had finished. His mother
And what was hls purpose. In build first broke the silence. “ I was always
ing the greatest millionaire-making or sure,” she said, ’th at we were wrong to
ganization that ths w orld has aver stop our correspondence at the request of
Mr. Girdlestone.”
seen?
“ It's easy enough to say that now,”
T h e answering o f these three ques
tions makes It necessary to d ig up the said Tom ruefully. “ A t the time it seem-
ad as if we bad no alternative.”
romantic story o f Samuel C. T. Dodd,
“ There’s no use crying over spilt milk,”
the legal builder o f the Standard Oil remarked the old physician, who had been
trust, who rose from a log cabin In a very grave during his son’s narrative.
Pennsylvania wilderness to be the first “ We must set to work and get things
great corporation law yer In the world, right again. There is one thing very cer
says Herbert N. Caason In the Broad tain, Tom, and that is that Kate Harston
is a girl who never did or could do a
way Magazine.
One o f the main reasons why the dishonorable thing. I f she said that she
would wait for you, my hoy, you may feel
Standard Oil Is now In a state o f prac
perfectly safe; and if you doubt her for
tical outlawry la, perhaps, that Dodd la one moment you ought to be deuced well
dead. The brain that created the pio ashamed of yourself.”
neer trust and protected It for twenty-
“ Well said, governor^” cried Tom, with
five years baa ceased to think. Three ber.ming face. “ Now that is exactly my
years ago Dodd resigned hls position own feeling, but there is so much to be
as legal chaperon to John D. Rocke explained. Why have they left London,
fe lle r ; and several months Ister he and where have they gone to?”
“ No doubt that old scoundrel Girdle-
died, with hls name practically unknown
•tene thought that your patience would
to the American people.
soon come to an end, so he got the start
Among lawyers S. C. T. Dodd was of you by carrying the girl off into the
the “ man with the Iron mask.” H e was country.”
the Inventor o f trusts. Ills clients bold
“ And if he has done this, what can I
a world record for the sudden acquisi d o r
tion o f wealth.
And yet Dodd lived
“ Nothing.
I t is entirely within his
and died in com parative oblivion, with right to do it.”
“ And have her stowed away In some
out either fame or millions, when uo
little cottage in the country, with that
might have had both fo r the asking.
Durlug the time that Dodd waa the brute Ezra Girdlestone hanging round her
attorney In chief for the Standard Oil all the time. It is the thought o f that
that drives me wild.”
trust It paid $500,000,000 In dlrldemD.
“ You trust in her, my boy,” said the
It Increased its share o f the American old doctor. “ W e’ll try our best in the
oil business from 4 per cent to S3. It meantime to find out where she has gone
enlarged Its yearly output from a few to. I f she is unhappy or needs a friend
trainloads o f oil to 22,000,000 barrels you may be sure that she will write to
And It widened the scope o f Its activi your mother.”
“ Yes, there is always that hope,” ex
ties until it became the most Interna
tional o f all corporations, carrying Its claimed Tom, in a more cheerful voice.
“ To-morrow I may learn something at the
oil to fifty countries with Its own fleet
office.”
o f a hundred steamships.
“ Don’t make the mistake of quarreling
It was Dodd who saved the Stand
with the Girdlestones. A fter all they are
ard Oil trust from Attorney General within their rights in doing what they
David K. Watson o f Ohio In 1892 and appear to have done.”
from Attorney General Frank 8. Mon-
“ They may be within their legal rights,”
nett o f the aame State In 1899. It was Tom cried indignantly, “ but the old man
he who unlocked the doors o f foreign made a deliberate compact with me, which
countries; who kept the Standard re he has broken.”
“ Never mind. Don’t give them an ad
finery at Havana In operation during
tile Spanish w a r; and who. during tho vantage by losing your temper.” The doc-
toi chatted away over the matter for
Russo-Japanese war, secured such com
some time, and his words, together with
plete protection for hls company that those of his mother, cheered the young
tt did not lom- so much as a quart o f fellow’s heart. Nevertheless, after they
oil or a Inuipwlck.
had retired to their rooms. Dr. Dimsdale
Dodd brooded over the Standard Oil continued to be very thoughtful and very
grave.
“ I don't like ii,” he said, more
like a man with one chicken. H e was
not like the conspicuous men o f the than once. “ I don’t like the idea of the
trust, who had other Interests. J. D. poor girl being left entirely in the hands
of that pair of beauties.”
Rockefeller had hls Iron ore mines and
railways, bis church and hit Chicago
C H A P T E R X IV .
university.
Rogers had hls coal and
John Girdlestone and his ward were at
copper, Flagler hls Arcadia on the Waterloo station. He gave orders to the
Florida heacli, and Lockhart hls P itts guard that the luggage should he stamped,
burg Iron mills. But I>odd was abso but took care that she should not hear
lutely single-minded.
He was a man the name of their destination. Hurrying
her rapidly down the platform amid the
o f one Idea and one Job.
From an Insld» point o f view It was confused heaps o f luggage and currents
of eager passengers, he pushed her into a
he— the cort*orntlon law yer— who was
first-class carriage, and sprang after her
the central figure In the Immense trust.
just as the bell rang and the wheels be
I t was he who solved the hard prob gan to revolve.
lems. “ W h at does Dodd say?" was the
They were alone. Kate crouched up
dally question at 26 Broadway.
I f Into the corner among the cushions and
John D. R ockefeller wished to consult wrapped her rug round her, for it was
with R ogers or Flagler o r any o f his bitterly cold. The merchant pulled a note
other partners, he called them to hls book from his pocket, and proceeded by
office; but In most coses. If he wished th«- light of the lamp above him to add
up columns o f figures, lie sat very up
to see Dodd, he want to Dodd's office.
right in his seat, and appeared to be as
He ran to Dodd as a child runs to a absorbed in his work as though he were
parent.
among his papers in Kenchurch street. He
“ I feel that I can’t do wrong," he neither glanced at his companion nor
would o ften say. “ i f Dodd la behind made «n r inquiry as to her comfort.
As she sat oppose* to him she could
me.”
not keep her syes from his hard, angular
A » h o s t Vmder th e Sea.
face, every rugged feature of which was
The atory Is told o f a diver who saw exaggerated by the flickering yellow light
tw o ghosts “ full fathom five” under • hove him. Those deep-set eyes and sunk
the surface. l ie had gone down to the en cheeks had been familiar to her for
years. How was it that they now. for
wreck o f a large steamer and was i
th»* first time, struck her as being terri
crossing the main saloon when two ble? Was It that new expression which
gray shapes o f enormous size came 1 had appeared upon them, that hard, inex
shambling toward him.
He did not orable set about the mouth, which gave
w ait to make notes fo r the Psychical a more sinister character to his whole
Society, but gave the danger signal and ! face? As she gazed at him an ineffable
was at once pulled up. Told In the j loathing and dread rose in her soul, and
cheerful light o f day. It seemed rather •he could have shrieked out of pure ter
ror. She put her hand np to her throat
a lame story, and another d iver went
with a gasp to keep down the sudden in
down to see what he could make o f it. clination to cmy out. As she did so her
Tow ard him also came the shambling guardian glanced over the top of the note
gray shapes. H e stood irresolute fo r a book with his piercing light grey eyes.
moment and then, going boldly fo r
“ Don’t get hysterical!” he cried. “ You
ward, struck hls hatchet through— a have given ns trouble enough without
m irror!
T h e ghosts were only a dim ♦hut.”
“ Oh, why are you so harsh?” she cried,
reflection o f hls own legs, much en
larged, o f course, as everything is that throwing out her arms towards him in
eloquent entreaty, while the tears coursed
s diver seee through the great frontal
down her cheeks. “ What have I done
eye o f hls helmet.
that is so dreadful? I could not love
The Firm of
The wild birds ttint sing the sweet« st
always hide themselres In the bushes.
A German eeicntlst says that m ar
riage develops «rill power. Also won't
sower.
The motto goes back on the coins
again. W e hope the coins w ill not go
back on the people again.
Mrs. Paderewski paid $7,1100 for four
chickens a few days ago. She ought to
let her husband do the marketing.
Cobalt stocks sre capitalized at $473,-
000,000. I f all that watered stock ever
freezes over, the skating up there w ill
he flue.
It won’t be long until poor men may
begin to complain that tho
bankers
and financiers are crowding them out
o f the Jails.
Secretary Wilson o f the agricultural
department says the public cannot tell
fresh eggs from stale. A fte r It has
eaten them It can.
I f we understand the matrimonial slt-
natlon In the Panama canal zone, a
leap-year girl wouldn't be able to get a
proposal In edgewise.
A preacher says girls should not ob
ject when young men wish to hold their
hands. Naturally this leads to the sus
picion that tome girl baa been objecting.
A Berlin detective went Insane be
cause be waa unsuccessful ln his e f
forts to catch a thief. Incidents o f this
kind are not uncommon, but they are
found usually in works o f fiction.
A Georgia woman has been deserted
by her fourth husband because he
didn’t like her cooking. A woman with
her experience ought to have been able
to pick out a man who was able to
fairs a cook.
Some people escape the rocking boat,
the unloaded gun, the exploding kero
sene can, and the reckless chauffeur,
only to get hold o f the carbolic acid
bottle In the dark when looking for
cough syrup.
A returning arctic traveler announces
that the north pole la shifting. Hence
forth explorers canuot hope to bring
back a splinter ofi the pole, but must
content themselves with a piece o f the
bole as proof that they reached the final
“ farthest north.’’
Some Idea o f the present Importance
and ralue o f great tracts o f timber
land may be gathered from the fact
that an Australian company hns secur
ed a concession from ths Russian gov
ernment to take out thirty million feet
o f lumber a year from Siberian forests.
Prlees are so high In Australia that
the Siberian lumber can be transported
eight thoiiKand miles to Melbourne at a
handsome profit.
T o find new names for old colors
must tax tho Ingenuity o f weavers an j
dyers, yet the demand for novelties
never falls to bfe met. This year blue
will ho known us “ hydrangea,”
or
“ bluet,” or twelve other things, and
there sre fourteen nnmes for mauve,
nine for pink, four for deep red and
scarlet, and sixteen for green. Facing
luch an array, a merchant, being only
t man, may sometimes become bewild
ered ; but probably no experienced
“shopper" will ever entertain a doubt
as to whether her new gown should be
colored rose o f the Alps, mirage, ame
thyst, mlnnet, Bengali, or Niger.
A conspicuous American statesman
hss lifted up his voice In the East to do
honor to the great American pay roll.
Hare are bis words: “ W e hare much
to show the world as an evidence of
America’s greatness, but I venture to
•ay that there Is nothing that we should
regard with as much pride as the Amer-
loan pay roll. It lias no equal any-
where. In a large sense It has made
the American home, the American
school, and the American savings hank
the envy o f the world, tempting thou
sands to our shores every day to share
our prosperity and our contentment."
The American pay roll— the listed re
wards o f American Industry In all
ranks and walks o f life— Is unequsled
In any nation. It Is a proper subject <>f
national pride, for It proves the comfort
o f the average man o f America above
the areroge man o f any other country.
The American pay roll hns been some
what neglected o f late by our moat con
splcuous statesmen. It has not been
often mentioned as an uplifting Influ
ence. It hss not been numbered for
several years among the ’’ forces that
make for good.” Tet there Is no Influ
ence more potent for moral advance
ment as well as for material welfare.
None hns soothed more anxiety, dried
more team, produced more happlunia,
o r prevented more crime. Other na
tions appreciate Its benefits even while
we do not, and their people come by
the thousand dally to find places upon
It.
_________
When an engaging swindler o f fasci
nating demeanor finds It possible to do
business with a romantic fraud o r ven
erable antiquity It becomes apparent
that ordinary methods o f exposing
these well worn deceits do not avail to
prevent them from catching fresh vic
tim s at regular Intervals. A majority
a t the frauds could be catalogued. They
have been In use for generations. They
b a re been dramatized, "novelized,” and
made the groundwork o f the Joke book.
T h e y have been In every police court
and In avery newspaper with such fre
quency that It would be natural to sup-
puss that one could not show Its face
without being recognised from one end
o f the land to the other. In Rflta o f
a ll this ths venerable .Taud* hare only
So lot down their nots and they catch
fkesh fish. T his loads to the suggestion
th a t It would bo highly desirable to
haws compiled a handbook at swindles.
your son, and I do love another. I am so
grieved to have offended you. You used
“ Must I wash my hands bsfore 1 tm be kind and like s father to me."
corns to tbs tsbls, mamma r
“ And s nice return you have made me.
“ O f courts, Georgia.”
( heve to blame myself to some extent for
“ Why, ain 't w t goto' to hava Angst having allowed yen te go on that moat
bowls
to-day,
mamma r — T in k ers pernicious trip to Scotland, where yon
etf this
K m .
1 young adventurer by hla scheming old
fail.er.”
“ You may say what you like of me.”
■he said bitterly. “ 1 suppose that is one
of your privileges as my guardian. You
have no right, however, to speak evil of
my friends.”
“ You are h elm in g impertinent.” tie
antwered. and resumed his calculations
in his note hook. Kate cowered hack into
her corner again, while the train thun
dered and screeched and rattled through
th#» darkness. Looking through the steamy
window nothiug was to be seen save the
twinkle here and there of the lights of
the scattered country cottages. Occasion
ally a red signal lamp would glare down
upon her like the bloodshot eye of some
demon who presided over this kingdom of
iron and steam. Ear behind a lurid trail
of smoke marked the way that they had
come. T o Kate's mind it was all as weird
and gloomy and cheerlaas even as the
thoughts within her.
And they were gloomy enough. Where
was she going? How long was she going
for? What was she to do when there?
On all these points she was absolutely
ignorant. What waa the object o f this
sudden flight from London? Her guardian
could have separated her from the Dims-
dules in many less elaborate ways than
this. Could it he that he intended some
s\stem o f pressure and terrorism by which
she should be forced to accept Ezra as a
suitor?
She clenched her little white
teeth as she thought of it. and registered
a vow that nothing in this world would
over bring her to give in upon that point.
There was only one bright spot in her
outlook. When she reached her destina
tion she would at once write to Mrs.
Dimsdale, tell her where she was, and
ask her frankly for an explanation of
their sudden silence. How much wiser if
she had done so before. Only a foolish
pride had withheld her from It.
The train had already stopped at one
large juuction. Looking out through the
window she saw by the lamps that it
was Guildford. After another intermin
able interval of clattering and tossing and
plunging through the darkness, they came
to a second station of importance, Peters-
field. “ We are nearing our destination,”
Girdlestone remarked, shutting up his
book.
This proved to be a small wayside sta
tion, illuminated by a single lamp, which
gave no information as to the name. They
were the only passengers who alighted,
and the train rolled on for Portsmouth,
leaving them with their trunks upon the
dark and narrow platform. It wa9 a dark
night with a bitter wind which carried
with it a suspicion of dampness, which
might have been rain, or might have been
the drift o f the neighboring ocean. Kate
was numb with the cold, and even her
gaunt companion stamped his feet and
shivered as he looked about him.
“ I telegraphed for a trap,” said he to
the guard. “ Is there not one waiting*?”
“ Yes, sir, if you be Mister Girdlestone.
Here, Carker, here’s your gentleman.”
At this summons a rough-looking ostler
emerged into the circle of light thrown
by the single lamp, and touching his hat,
announced in a surly voice that he was
the individual in question. The guard
and he then proceeded to drag the trunks
to the vehicle. It was a small wagonette,
with a high seat for the driver in front.
“ Where to, sir?” asked the driver, when
the travelers had taken their seats.
“ T o Hampton Priory. Do you know
where that is?”
“ Better’n two mile from here, and close
to the railway line,” said the man. “ There
hain’ t been no one livin’ there for two
year at the least.”
“ W e are expected and all will be ready
for us,” said Girdlestone. “ Go as fast
as you can, for we are cold.” The driver
cracked his whip, and the horse started
at a brisk trot down the dark country
road.
Looking round her Kate saw that they
were passing through a large country vil
lage, consisting of a broad main street,
with a few insignificant offshoots branch
ing away on either side. A church stood
ou one side, and on the other the village
inn. The door wfas open and the light
shining through the red curtains of the
bar parlor looked warm and cosy. The
murmur of cheerful voices sounded from
within. Kate as she looked across felt
doubly cheerless and lonely by the con
trast. Girdlestone looked, too, but with
different emotions.
The road was lined on either side by
high hedges, which threw a dense shadow
over everything. The feeble lamps of the
wagonette bored two little yellow tunnels
of light on either side. The man let the
reins lie loose upon The horse’s back, and
the Animal picked out the roadway for
itself. As they swung round from the
narrow lane on to a broader road Kate
broke out into a little cry of pleasure.
“ There’s the sea,” she exclaimed joy
fully. The moon had broken from behind
the clouds, and glittered on the vast sil
very expanse.
“ Yes, that’s the sea,” the driver said,
“ and them lights down yonder is at Lea
Claxton, where the fisher folk live; and
over there,” pointing with his whip to a
long dark shadow on the waters, ” is the
“ Oilywoite.'*
“ Ths what?”
“ The Isle of Wight, he means,” said
Girdlestone.
The driver looked at him reproachfully.
“ O f course,” said he, “ if you Lunnon
folks knows more about it than we who
arc horn and bred in the place, it’s no
matter o’ use our tryin’ to teach you.”
W ith this sarcastic comment he withdrew
irto himself, and refused to utter an
other word until the end of their jour
ney.
It was not long before this was attain
ed. Passing down a deeply rutted lane
they came to a high stone wall which ex
tended for a couple of hundred yards. It
had a crumbling, decaying appearance, as
far as could be judged in the uncertain
light. This wall was broken by a single
iron gate, flanked by two high pillars,
each of which was surmounted by some
weather-beaten heraldic device. Passing
through they turned up a winding avenue,
with lines o f trees on either side, which
shot their branches so thickly above them
that they might have been driving through
seme somber tunnel. This avenue termin
ated in an open space, in the midst of
which towered a great irregular white
washed building, which was the old P ri
ory
All below it was swathed in dark
ness. but the upper windows caught the
glint of the moon, and emitted a pallid
and sickly glimmer. The whole effect was
so weird and gloomy that Kate felt her
heart sink within her.
The wagonette
pulled up in front of the door, and Gir
dlestone assisted her to alight.
There had been no lights or any symp
toms of welcome, but as they pulled down
the trunks the door opened and a little
old woman appeared with a candle In her
hand, which she carefully shaded from the
wind while she peered out into the dark-
“ Is that Mr. Girdlestone?” she cried.
“ O f course It is,” the merchant said im
patiently. “ Did I not telegraph and tell
you that I was coming?”
"Ysa, yea,” she answered, hobbling for
ward with the light. "And this la the
young lady? Come In, my denr; come In.
W e here not get things very «mart yet,
hot they will mm ease right.*
She led the way through a lofty hal*
int-' a large sitting room, which, no doubt,
hAd been the monkish refectory in bygone
days. It looked very bleak and cold now.
although a small fire sputtered and spar
kled in the corner of the great iron grate.
There was a (tan upon the fire, and the
deal table .In the ceuter of the room was
laid out roughly as for a meal. The can
dle, which the old woman had carried in,
was the only light, though the flickering
fire cast strange fantastic shadows in the
further corners and among the great oak
en rafters which forme*, the ceiling.
“ Come up to the fire, my dear,” said the
old woman. “ Take off your cloak and
warm yourself.” She held her own shriv
eled arms towards the blaze, as though
he; short exposure to the night air had
chilled her. Glancing at her, Kate saw
that her face was sharp-featured and cun
ning, with a loose lower lip which exposed
a line of yellow teeth, and a chin which
bristled with a tuft of long grey hairs.
From without there come the crunching
o f gravel as the wagonette turned and rat
tled down the avenue. Kate listened to
the sound of the wheels until they died
away in the distance. They seemed some
how to be the last link which bound her
to the human race. Her heart ‘failed her
completely, and she burst into tears.
“ W hat’s the matter then?” the old
woman asked, looking up at her. “ What
are ye crying about?”
“ Oh, I am so miserable and so lonely,”
she cried. “ What have I done that I
should be so unhappy? Why should I be
taken to this horrible, horrible place?”
“ What’s the matter with the place?"
asked her withered companion, “ 1 don’t
see nought amiss with it.
Here’s Mr.
Girdlestone a-comin’. He don’t grumble
at the place, I warrant.”
The merchant was not in the best of
tempers, for he had had an altercation
with the driver about the fare, and was
cold into the bargain. “ A t It again,” he
said roughly, as he entered. “ It is I who
ought to weep, I think, who have been
put to all this trouble and inconvenience
by your disobedience and weakness of
mind.”
Kate did not answer, hat sat upon a
coarse deal chair beside the fire, and
buried her ffcce in her hands. A ll manner
of vague fears and fancies filled her mind.
What was Tom doing now? How quickly
h«t would fly to her rescue did he but
know how strangely she was situated. She
determined that her very first action next
morning should be to write to Mrs. Dims
dale, and to tell her, not only where she
was, but all that had occurred. The re
flection that she coulU do this cheered her
heart, and she managed to eat a little of
the supper which the old woman had now
placed updn the table. It was a rough
stew of some sort, but the long journey
had given an edge to their appetites, and
the merchant, though usually epicurean in
his tastes, ate a hearty meal.
(T o he continued.)
K E E P G U N F IR E S E C R E T.
H W
T h . I n fla m e . o f Food.
Linseed meal bus a tendency to maka
a soft butter, provided the meal la fed
In large amounts. I f fed In only me
dium amounts, the butter fata are nor
mal. It Is a valuable mllk-stlmulatlng
food and ran be Used to prevent the
formation o f excessively hard fata In
wluter. The only disadvantage to the
general use Is the price. H a lf or three-
quarter* o f a pound o f llnaeed or oil
meal lu a ration per duy w ill exert a
very favorable lnflueuce upon the quali
ty o f the butter.
Corn meal, when fed In large
amount* with con rue fodders, has a
tendency to produce a firm
butter.
When mixed with other grains, a bet
ter quality o f butter Is produred than
If the corn were fed alone.
Gluten
meal, a by-product obtained In
the
manufacture o f corn starch and glu
cose. produces a softer butter thnn corn
meal. The gluten. It Is to be observed,
contains more, o f the vital nutrient,
protein.— Professor H arry Snyder, Uni
versity o f Minnesota.
A Good W h lte n M h .
H ere la a well recommended white
wash : For 10 gallons nae 25 pounds o f
common lime slaked with boiling w ater;
5 pounds o f clean
wood ashes; 10
pounds o f
melted
beef ta llo w ; 2
pounds o f common salt and one-half
pound o f glue, dissolved. Add any dry
mineral paint to color, such as burnt
umber, yellow ochre or mineral red.
K e e p in g a Gate fro m Sapping.
Most farm gates are heavy, and a f Mix all while hot and appply while
ter a little time they sag. When they warm, keeping It well stirred.
get this way It takes a strong man
T h e Sheep P ea.
to open and shut one.
Hern
la a
As a rale there Is very little mois
remedy.
Get a wheel, either big or
little, from an old piece o f machinery, ture In the aheep pen from the ani
Sheepmen aay tbat
and bolt It to the front end o f the gate mals themselves.
by heavy bedding, particularly at tb#
beginning o f the season, tbe straw w
in
absorb all tbe urine from the aheep
without there being any softness or
rotting o f the straw, and the pens era
often not cleaned more than once la a
season without Injury to the stock.
In such a way that the gate w ill be
held level. Now the smallest child can
open the gate for you. T ry it, for It
Is a saver—eaves your patience, your
back, and the gate.— N. W. 8., la Farm
and Home.
W h a t W as Learn ed h r th e Jnpnneee
R o b i n s , K i l l e d f o r F o o d In t h e S o n lh .
In ISnconncer w it h R o je a tv c n tk r.
A million robin* were killed In Louis
T o those who have enjoyed the op
iana during the winter o f 1907-8, the
portunity to gauge the Japanese char
offender* being men and boys wlio shot
acter at close range the recent state
them for food. - W hile they are pro
ment o f a prominent army officer—
tected as song birds In Northern State*.
none other, In fact, than Gen. W illiam
| It Is * common Southern practice to
Crocler, chief, o f ordnance— that abso-
! shoot them for the table, and In some
lutely no inform ation regarding
tha
i States the hunters kill them In great
effect o f Japanese gun fire on
tha
: numbers at tbelr roosting places.
A
armored battle ships o f the Russian , government expert suggests tbat the
fleets lias been made public or has even I eastward movement o f the boli weevil
leaked out, w ill not prove surprising, has been facilitated by the killing of
says the Washington
Post. T o tha , the robins. I f that Is shown to be so.
army experts the fact appears to have the cotton growers
w ill not receive
been the occasion o f surprise and dis , much sympathy from the members o f
appointm ent
They bad long experi the Audubon societies.— Leslie's W eek
mented with gnus and armor and bad
ly.
reached certain conclusions which they
T r a n s p la n t in g T re e «.
regard as practically definite. N ever
In Revue Unlverselle. according to
theless, they longed fo r more practical
: another foreign contemporary, there Is
demonstrations even than their experi
a practical article of general Interest
ments afforded o f the actual effect of
on transplanting plants in full foliage
modern rilled guns, using smokeless
at night. The results o f some experi-
powder and discharging ten and twen i menta by Rouault would make nnneoes-
ty-four Inch projectiles at the sides and ! sary the customary transplanting o f de
on the decks o f the modern
battis ciduous trees In the fall or winter. He
ships, carrying an armored belt
of ; hns found that trees may be trnna-
eight, ten or tw elve Inches o f Harvey- ! planted in full foliage In May or June,
lzed steel, and with deck protected with with little or no Injury, providing the
perhaps six Inches o f the same m.i process Is carried on at night. This
terlal.
hue been demonstrated to the entire
W ould the armor-piercing
shell, satisfaction o f some o f the most prom
enrrying a large quantity o f high ex inent horticulturists o f France.
plosive, or the nrmor-piereing shot,
B r e w e r r S to c k F e e d .
carrying a m aterially smaller charge,
Dried brewers’ grains rank close to
but with greater piercing capacity,
create the greater havoc? Would gun hran in feeding value, containing a
fire dlracted at the superstructure prove little more protein and fat, but not
It Is
more effective In tlie long run than quite ao much carbohydrates.
that aimed at the armored sides? Would claimed that In 100 pounds of this feed
It be possible so accurately to plac* there are 13.7 pounds o f protein. 36.3
the shots as to penetrate the lighter pounds o f carbohydrates and 5.1 pounds
armor o f the docks, and If so, at what o f fat. M alt sprouts and dried brew
ranges? These and a hundred oth“ i ers' grains are valuable row fe<-da. es
vltnl questions the ordnance expert» pecially the latter. Sprouts are rich
knew would be solved when Togo's Heel est In protein, hut not much relished
by cows and should be fed only In lim
met Rojestvensky's.
W et brewers’ grains
Thn t the Japanese fire wns merciless ited quantities.
ly destructive they have had ampit are apt to Injure the quality o f the
evidence. But no hint has come o f the milk.
precise effects. No details are vouch
safed.
Japanese admirals and Japa
nese generals meet and exchange com
pliments and commonplaces with Amor
lean officers, but never can they be
Induced to part with one scintilla of
Information which might prove o f valua
to the Americans. They sunk the R n *
slon ships and then they raised them.
They gathered an Immense fund o f In
valuable Information, In the opinion
o f the American ex)>erts. hut they havt
never imparted the smallest fact. P o »
slbly to English officers, their allies
they have given some hint on this all
Important subject. And American offi
tvrs are surprised and disappointed.
Not *o they who know the Japanese
O it a la W ea th e r ro r e e a e tla g .
People have learned by experience ts
make allowance for error In the pre
dictions o f the W eather Bureau, but
Prof. Schuster thinks that the allow
ances should be officially stated. As
tronomers, It appears, ar* In the habit
o f givin g the value o f the “ probable
e rro r" when publishing their observa
tions. But, although meteorology lenda
Itself more readily than
any other
science to the evolution o f deviations
from the mean result, the weather fore
casters have not adopted the custom
o f stating tho probable error.
Prof.
Schuater looks
forward to the time
when weather forecasts w ill be accom
panied by a statement o f the odds that
the prediction w ill be fulfilled. Then,
perhaps, we shall read In the weather
column not simply, "rain to-morrow,”
but “ 3 to 1" or ”9 to 1 fo r rain to-mor
row."
P op u la tion and Food.
The statistician In the Department
o f Agriculture of the United States es
timates tbat In 1931 the population o f
the country will be 130.000.000. T o sup
ply the requirements o f this numl>er o f
people w ill necessitate the production
o f 700,000,000 bushels o f wheat, 1.250,-
000.000 bushels o f oats, 3.430.000.000
bushels o f corn, "00,000,000 tons o f hay ;
and cotton, tobacco, fruits and vegeta
bles In proportion. This w ill necessi
tate bringing under cultivation an addi
tional 150.000,000 acres o f land, and It
Is estimated that we bave only 108,000,-
000 acres available for cultivation.
Spraptnn F r o l« Trees.
AH fru it trees should be sprayed
while dormant, with lime, sulphur and
salt, as a preventive o f San Jose sente
to destroy the fungi. It la also claim
ed that this preparation Is a good fer
tilizer. and will help to keep tbe trees
healthy. Qnlta a number o f Insects at
tack only dead or decaying trees, and
these form a breeding place for many
other varieties o f Insect pests.
D igested F e rtilis e rs .
Manure la simply m aterials tbat hava
been softened and decomposed (digest
ed ) within the body o f an animal. T *
apply such raw materials as bran and
llnaeed meal directly to the soil would
be o f no advantage, notwithstanding
that they are excellent fertilizers, their
value being Increased by feeding to
stock.
T o P re v e n t R n u w i r a .
An Iron weight with a strap attached
to It should always be carried In the
farm wagon. The moment the horse
Is stopped and the driver Is to leave
the team, the weight should be dropped
to the ground and the strap fastened to
the horse.
This w ill make It aafpr
than to allow the team to stand un
hitched.
D em and
fo r
H o r s e -R a d is h .
Annually 75,000 barrels, or 7,500,000
pounds, o f horse-radish are
shipped
from St. Louis to the Atlantic coast,
to the Pa.dflc coast, to the lakes and
to the gulf.
F a rm
N e w s a n il N o t e s .
Uncle Snm received $11.500,000 last
year fo r public lands o f all kinds.
A gardener at Tacoma. Wash., last
season marketed $750 worth o f celery
from one acre o f ground.
The explosion of a cream separator
nearly killed Earl Adams and hla moth
er, living near Trempelean, Minn.
Emperor W illiam o f Germany sent
fifteen coarh and cavalry horse* to tha
International show. They were among
tbe most beautiful animals ever seen
In this country.
W yom ing Is sending s large nnmbei
o f her tough little bronchos to Alaska,
as It has been found that they stand
tbe rigorous climate up there better
than any other breed.
Night riders In Tennessee who wera
arrested fo r burning tobacco sheds and
shooting xt farmers were set free be
cause a Jury could not be found In
the county to try them.
The government reports that 2,600.
000 cattle died In the United States
last year, over h alf o f these succumb
ing from exposure.
T be total losses
from all causes Is estimated at $24,000,-
000.
Farm ing In New M exico has been
given a great Impetus dnrlng the past
few years by the work o f the farm ers'
Institutes and many unproductive val
leys have been turned Into rich grain
and fru it fields.
One o f the sights at the In te ra a tlo »
nl Stock Show wns a pure white G allo
way, sired by Scottish Standard, a
thoroughbred Gallow ay bull out o f a
Insect w ith S prlneb oard None.
pure bred white Gallow ay cow. This la
Among the curious Insects o f the a freak, but may produce a new type
R etren ch in g .
M alay Peninsula la one called the lan o f Galloway.
“ Old Scads la in a tight place. J tern fly. which Is remarkable fo r its
sudden leaps, made without the aid of
fear.”
S e lf-P res e rva tio n .
’’ W h at makes you think so?”
Its wings. I t wns only a fte r the first
"T h e man who can be coerced Into
“ H e's doing everything possible to rut specimens o f this queer Insect were paying hush money la either a coward
carried to London for examination, that or a criminal.”
expenses."
It was discovered that a ourlons projec
Hadn't heard o f i t "
” 1 don’t class m yself with either and
" I t ’s so; he’s broken the engagemetv tion on the front o f Its head, a kind I pay hush money.”
between hla daughter and Lord Nuflln.* o f nose with a crease In it, was the
•What for?”
leaping organ. When bent back tinder
— Houston Post.
" I f I didn’t my w ife would talk to
the abdomen and suddenly released It me from one pay day till the next."—«
T h e R a n » « o f S in cerity,
sent the Insect flying.
Houston Post.
Mrs. Fad— No, I do not believe In
T
h
e
W
l.d
o
m
o
f
«h
e
Bee.
R . r l r lo rilm tln n a .
artificial aids to natural appearances
W e marvel St what we call the wis
I think there Is something meretrlcknu
"W h a t makes you think yonr Infant
dom
o
f
the
hive
bee,
yet
there
Is
one
dangbter Is going to be a prima don
about attempts to p a n off the false fo i
thing she never learns from experience, na r
the real.
writes
John
Burroughs
In
the
Atlantic,
"Because," answered the Impresario,
L lttls F sd — Ma. Tommy Is pi ay In»
and that Is that she Is storing np honey “ she keeps vocalizing regardless o f tb *
mousey with your new hair puffs I—
for the use o f man.
She could not surrounding conversation and never
Baltim ore American.
learn this, because such knowledge Is seeme satisfied with anything."— Wa
not necessary to her own well being.
L e n g Reneh.
Ington Star.
Gunner— Many o f our tin ga n go orst Neither does she ever know when she
B a lt a Sa.
has enough to carry her through the
to Europa to reach the high Cte
“ W h at do yon think at Edison’s
G ayer— W all, w h at do th * Europa* » winter. This knowledge, again. Is not
Important. Gather and store honey as crate house?”
singers com# orar her* for?
• be a ll right la the
Gunner—Oh. they come orar bara b long aa there Is any to b* had Is bar
street.’
■ o tto, and hi that rule aha to sate.
kn X ’B and V * .