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By this time it was 11 o’clock, and the
C U A P T E R X I I I . —«Continued.)
“ W e will, Charley; we will, my boys.” number o f those present had rea> hed
Mr. HanJy »aid earne»tly, and rousing twenty. The greater portion o f them
himself at the thought. “ I must go up were English, but there were also three
and break it to your mother, though how Germans, a Frenchman and four gau
I »hall do »o I know not. I)o you give chos, all accustomed to Indian warfare.
Each man, with the exception o f the
w’ hat order» you like for collecting our
friends. First, though, let us question young Hardys, who had their Colt’s car­
bines. had a long rifle; in addition to
this man. When was it?’*
“ Last night, signor, at eleven o’ clock. 1 which all had pistols—most of them har­
had just lain down in uiy hut, and I no­ ing revolvers, the use of which, since
ticed that there were still lights down­ the Hardys had first tried them with
stairs at the house, when, all of a sud­ such deadly effect upon the pampas, had
den, I heard a yell as of a thousand become general among the English set­
hends, and I knew the Indians were up­ tlers. Nearly all were young, with the
on us. I knew that it was too late to <Ieep sunburned hue gained by exp»»sure
tiy, but I threw myself out o f the win­ on the plains. Every man had his poncho
dow. and lay flat by the wall, as the In­ —a sort of native blanket, used either
dians burst in. There were eight of us, as a cloak or for sleeping in at w*ill—
and 1 closed my ears to shut out the rolled up before him on his saddle. It
sound of the others' cries.
Up to the would have been difficult to find a more
house, too, I could hear screams and some serviceable looking set of men; and the
pistol shots, and then more screams an I expression of their faces, as they took
cries. The Indians were all round, ev­ their last look at the grave of the M er­
erywhere, and I dreaded lest one of them cers, boded very ill for any Indian who
should stumble up against me. Then a blight fall into their clutches.
sudden glare shot up, and I knew' they
C H A P T E R X IV .
were tiring the house. A fte r a time all
There was no difficulty in following.the
became quiet; but I dared not move till
daylight. Then, looking about me care­ tracks. Mr. Mercer had possessed near­
fully, I could see no one, and I jumped ly a thousand cattle and five thousand
up and never stopped running until you sheep, and the ground was trampled in
a broad, unmistakable line.
Once or
met me.'*
Mr. Hardy now went up to the house twice Mr. Hardy consulted his compass.
to break the sad tidings to his wife. The trail ran southwest by west.
A t nightfall there was a general un­
Charley ordered eight peons to saddle
horses instantly, and while they were do­ rolling of ponchos, and soon afterward
ing so he wrote on eight leaves of his only sleeping figures could be seen by
pocketbook: “ The Mercer’s house destroy­ the dim light of the smoldering fire. Mr.
ed last night by Indians; the Mercers Hardy, indeed, was the only one o f the
killed or carried off.
My sister Ethel party who did not fall to sleep. Thoughts
with them. Meet at Mercer’s as soon as o f the events of the last twenty-four
possible. Send this note around to all hours, o f the best course to be adopted,
and o f the heavy responsibility upon him­
neighbors."
One of these slips o f paper was given self as leatler o f this perilous expedition,
prevented
him from sleeping. H e heard
to each peon, and they were told to ride
for their lives ¡a different directions, for the watch rouse the relief and lay down
that Miss Ethel was carried off by the In their places. In another half hour he
Indians. This was the first intimation of himself rose, and walked out toward the
the tidings that hud arrived, and a per­ sentry.
It was a young man named Cook, one
fect chorus of lamentations arose from
the women, and of execrations of rage of the new settlers to the east of Mount
Pleasant. “ Is that you, Mr. Hardy?”
from the men.
Mr. Hardy and the boys kept up as he asked, as he approached. “ I was just
coming in to wake you."
well as they could, in order to inspire tbe
“ What is it, Mr. Cook?"
mother and sister with hope during their
“ It strikes me, sir, that there is a
absence, and with many promises to
bring their missing one back they gallop­ strange light away to the southwest. I
ed off. They were scarcely out of the have only noticed it the last few minutes,
gate when they saw their two friends and thought it was fancy, but it gets
from Canterbury coming along at full more distinct every minute."
Mr. Hardy looked out anxiously into
gallop. Both were armed to the teeth,
and evidently prepared for aa expedition. the gloom and quickly perceived the ap­
An exclamation o f rage and sorrow* pearance that his friend alluded to. For
burst from them all, as only a portion a minute or two he did not speak, and
then, as the light evidently increased, he
of the chimney and a charred post or two
showed where the Mercer home had said, almost with a groan, “ It is what I
stood. The huts of the peons had also feared they would do; they have set the
disappeared; the young trees and shrubs prairie on fire. You need not keep watch
around the house were scorched up and any longer. W e are as much separated
burned by the heat to which they had from the Indians aa if the ocean divided
us."
been exposed, or had been broken off
Cook gave the two short whistles
from the spirit of wanton mischief.
agreed upon to recall the other mep on
W ith clinched teeth and faces pale
guard,
and then returned with Mr. Hardy
with rage and anxiety, the party rode
past the site of the huts, scattered round to the rest of the party. Then Mr. H ar­
dy roused all his companions. Every mau
which were the bodies o f several of the
murdered peons. They halted not until leaped up, rifle in hand, believing that the
Indians were approaching.
they drew rein and leaped off in front of
“ W e must be up and doing," Mr. H ar­
the house itself.
dy said cheerfully; “ the Indians have
In half an hour they were able to say tired the pampas."
with tolerable certainty that no human
There was a thrill o f apprehension in
beings had been burned, for the bodies the hosoiii o f many present, who had
could not have been wholly consumed in heard terrible accounts of prairie fires,
such a speedy conflagration.
but this speedily subsided at the calm
“ Perhaps they have all been taken pris­ manner o f Mr. Hardy.
oners," Hubert suggested, ns with a sigh
“ The fire," he said, “ may be ten miles
of relief they concluded their search, and away yet. I should say that it was, but
turned from the spot.
it is difficult to judge, for this grass docs
Not as yet could they so© into the not flame very high, and the smoke drifts
ditch. A t ordinary times the fence would between it and us. The wind, fortunate­
have been an awkward placé to climb ly, is light, but it will be here in little
over; now they hardly knew how they over half an hour. Now, let the four
scrambled over, and stood by the side of g a u eh os attend to the horses, to see they
the ditch. They looked down and Mr. do not stampede. The rest form a line a
Hardy gave a short, gasping cry, and couple o f yards apart, and pull up the
caught at the fence for support.
grass by the roots, throwing it behind
Huddled together in the ditch was a them, so as to leave the ground clear.
pile o f »lead bodies, and among them The wider we can make it the better.“
peeped out a piece of a female dress.
A ll fell to work with hearty zeal. Look­
Anxious to relieve their friend’s agoniz­ ing over their shoulders, the sky now
ing suspense, the young men leaped down appeared on fire. Flickering tongues of
into the dltdh and began removing the flame seemed to struggle upward. There
upper bodies from the ghastly pile.
was an occasional sound o f feet, as herds
First were the two men employed in of deer flew by before the danger.
the house: then came Mr. Mercer; then
“ H ow far will it go, papa, do you
the two children and an old woman ser­ think?" Hubert asked his father, next to
vant; below them were the bodies of Mrs. whom he was at work.
Mercer and her brother. There were no
“ I should say that it would most likely
more. Ethel was not among them.
stop at the stream where we halted to­
Charley and Hubert turned toward day, Hubert. The ground was wet anti
each other and burst into tears of thank­ boggy for some distance on the other
fulness and joy. The suspense ha«l been side."
almost too much for them, and Hubert
The horses were how getting very res­
felt so sick and faint that he was forced tive, and there was a momentary pause
to lie down for awhile, while Charley from work to wrap ponchos round their
•went forward to the others. Fie w*as ter­ heads, so as to prevent their seeing the
ribly shocked at the discovery o f the glare.
murder of the entire party, as they had
The fire could not have been more than
cherished the hope that Mrs. Mercer at three miles distant, when the space clear­
least would have been carried off. As. ed was as wide as Mr. Hardy deemed
• however, she had beeu murdered, while necessary for safety. A regular noise,
it was pretty evident that Ethel had been something between a hiss and a roar, was
spared, or her body would hav© l»een plainly audible: and when the wind lifted
found with the others, it was supposed the smoke the flames could be seen run­
that poor Mrs. Mercer ha»l been shot ac­ ning along in an unbroken wall o f fire.
cidentally. perhaps in the endeavor to Birds flew past overhead with terrified
aare her children.
cries, and a close, hot smell of burning
The bodies were now taken from the was very plainly distinguishable.
ditch and lai»l side by side until the oth­
Starting about half way along the side
er settlers should arrive. It was not long o f the cleared piece of ground, Mr. H ar­
before they began to assemble, riding up dy set the dry grass alight. For a mo­
in little groups »>f two« and threes. Hage ment or two it burned slowly, and then,
and indignation were upon all their faces fanned by the wind, it gained force, and
at the sight of the devastated house, and spread in a semi-circle of flame.
The horses were already unplcketed,
their feelings were redoubled when they
found that the whole of the family, who an»! half o f the party held them at a
were so justly liked and esteemed, were short distance in the re.y. while the rest
dead. The Edwards and the .!aniiesons st»H>»l in readiness to extinguish the fir»»
were among the earliest arrivals, bring if it erased the cleared space.
ing the gaucho Martinos with them.
Ovea ami over again the fire crept par­
Terex, too, shortly after arrived from tially across—for the clearing had been
Canterbury, he having l*een out on the done but roughly—but it was speedily
farm when his master left.
stamped out by the heavy boots o f the
A grave was dug in the center of the watchers.
apace once occupie»! by the house. In
The spectacle as the fire swept away
this the bodies of Mr. Mercer and his before the wind, was fine in the extreme.
fam ily were laid. An»l Mr. Hardy hav­ The party seemed inclosed between two
ing solemnly pronounced such parts #f walla of fire. Tbe main eeaflagrauon
the burial M rvlce aa he remembered over was now fearfully close, burning flakes
them, all ataading by bareheaded, and were already falling among them, and
•tern with aupprrssed sorrow, the earth the sound o f tbe fire was like the hiae of
was filled in over the apot whore a father, the surf upon a pebbly beach.
“ N ow ," Mr. Hardy said, “ forward with
mother, brother and two children lay to­
gether. Another grave was at the same the horse«. Every one to his own ani­
time dng near, and in this the bodies of mal. Tut your poncho« over your own
the three serrant* whoa# remains had head« aa well as your horse*.”
In another minute the party stood clua
been found with the others were laid.
old tren has stood In , a,—
R A M 'S HORN B LA S T S .
tered upon the black and smoking ground
these years unattended and ’ *"1-
which the tire they bad kindled had
for except In cherry Ume.-
swept clear. There, for five minutes, they „ • r u i n g N o te * C a llin g th e W ic k ed In
L if e in Am erica.
B ep en tan ce.
remained without moving, unacorchad by
A L V A T IO N I*
the raging element around them, but
T e s t i n e f o r P I , , « Food.
half-choked with the smoke.
more than a sou-
O n e o f the simplest method!
Then Mr. Hardy spoke: " I t is #ver
nation.
certain ing w hat plant food'l»
now. You can look up."
Wise
benevo­
• soil ls to test the soil with ,
There was a general expression of as­
lence is alw ays
in g plant. I f the soil 1, fe g J
tonishment as the heads emerged from
good business
nitrogen the leaves o f grasses sm
their wrappers, and the eyes recovered
™ Fatherhood
I s
J*
eal grain * w ill be either bluish*
sufficiently from the effects o f the blind­
an essential fac­
lowlsh, the latter in the case of!
ing smoke to look round. W here had the
fire gone? Where, imleed! The main
tor in fraternity.
grain, w h ile a deep, vivid grew, u
conflagration had swept by them, bad
G ive up tbe holy
eaten a good Bupply o f nitrogen 1»,
H ou se fo r lir jr ln g t-w eet C orn.
divided in two when it reached
the
day and we lose
soil.
A n y soil In which rap, *
| I have for several years been rats-
ground already burned, and these col­
bages and other members of the tm.
umns. growing further and further asun­
lo tio n
1 f to* sweet corn under contract, and tbe
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accompanying Illustration w ill convey fa m ily th rive indicates that such,
der as the ..s.
newly . ------
kindled
fire .................
had widen
. 1, were already far away to the right the best exposition of Scripture.
gome Idea of my drying house. It Is ban a good supply o f phosphoric,
and left, while beyond and between them
God w i l l deny our desires If w e deny nl(w my g rtn lry i t be upper floor con- W here potash In the soil i8
the leaven o f the growing plsnuj
was the fire that they themselves had our duty.
talnlng grain bins on one side, l b s
a yellow ish green cast, while if u.
kindled, now two miles wide, and alrea»ly
H e who w ills our being w ills our iower floor and south side o f tbe up-
far in the distance.
la deficient tbe shade of green I,
well-being
P
«
floor
*
re
arranged
for
sweet
corn.
The fires in the pampas, although -they
bluish color. Naturally it reqm,
No
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b
r
e
d
heart
can
lead
Tbs
most
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f
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ln
.
frequently extend over a vast tract of
sweet coni is to have a free circulation practiced and observant eye to i
country, are seldom fatal to life. The a little life.
o f air. Therefore I cut doors through mine accurately these things, but B
grass rarely attains a height exceeding
The figurative ¡ » the Bible need not as shown. These doors are on both plan la correct and worth f<dl0y
three feet, and burns out almost like so
sides and on the back. T h ey are hung T h e Indication o f sorrel in a i
much cotton. A man on horseback, hav­ be fictitious.
N ever trust the man who w ill not on hinges and cnn'be opened nDd shut seeded to m ixtures such as ndml
ing no other method of escape, can, by
blindfolding his horse and wrapping his trust another.
when needed. The sweet corn should tim othy and elovers, 1« a pretty , *
own face in a poncho. ride fearlessly
Oo(j . , pronllgeg are w eighty because be spread in layers; therefore wn usn indication that tbe soil needi |_
through the wall of ffre without damage
..
rucks made o f 1 by 3 Inch slats placed H ow ever, the litmus paper teat
to horse or rider.
' * * * are * old’
tw enty Inchea to tw o feet apart, one acid to ll la the quickest and It ¿ 1
A t daybreak they were soon in the sad-
They who play with life now "
above the other. I f the corn la green oughly reliable.— Indianapolis K'en f
die and on their way. They had many pay for it then.
and milky when husked it should be
an hour’ s ride l»efore they came npon the
(io<j jia8 wedded real happiness to
V n in e o f D r y Barth.
put on the racks very thin, not more
trail They followed it all that day. To- „ ncer# boiines«.
It is w e ll known that fine, dry 1
than
tw
o
or
three
ears
In
depth,
and
wards sundown one of the gauchos told
, .
.
Mr. Hardy that he knew that at a short
Hum anity’s debts to us make our turned frequently, but If it ls more ls one o f the best absorbents audit
Infectants known. It la also plet
distance further to the west there was a credit with God.
matured and the kernela are glazed It
and costs nothing but the labor'!
spring of water much used by the In-
T h e more noise a lamp makes the
handling. I t makes excellent bet
dians.
Finding that it was not more jesfl jjgh t It gives.
if covered o ver with a few inch«
than half an hour’s ride, Mr. Hardy, af- i _ . . A
...
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ter a brief consultation, determined to
^
^
ie g( o
*-
straw, and It really keeps the i
go over there to water the horses and ( ^ a* one
God.
clean, even when used In the i
breakfast, before retracing their foot- j
without straw, as It is easily rem
H IS S H IP W A S HIS PRISO N .
steps across the burned prairie.
from tbe hair w ith a brusb. a m||
In a little over the time named they P e r i,ou. K xperiet.ce o f the Captain of
bedded w ith dry earth can be cltudl
came to a small pool o f bright water, j
a Germ an B ailin g Vessel,
out in t much shorter time, and, m |
from which a little stream issued, run
A decidedly unusual but uncomfort-
absorbs the liquids and gases, quite 11
ning nearly due north across the plain.
saving Is effected in that manna. !b|
A fte r drinking heartily themselves, and able and dangerous experience was
use goes beyond the stall. As
filling the water skins and kettle, the I that o f the master of the steel sailing
horses were allowed to drink; and Dash ship Ernate, which was recently relat-
stable should be cleaned dally, quiteal
h.rge quantity o f dry earth will g l
plunged in with the greatest delight, ed in the maritime court at Dantzig,
emerging with his usual bright chestnut Prussia. H e le ft Marnel, a port on the
used in tbe course o f s year, and iM
color, whereas he had gone into the Baltic, with a cargo o f planks on April
necessarily be addtd to the mu«
water perfectly black.
18 for Oldenburg. Captain Engellandt,
beep. Although it adds nothing to I)
A fte r he had come out and shake him­ who also is the owner, remained at the
heap Itself, yet its presence tbe
self, he commenced hunting about, snif­ wheel during a gale which overtook the
w ill double tbe value o f the minml
fing so violently that Hubert’s attention
vessel next night, and at 4 in the morn­
by preventing lots of fertilizing m.|
was attracted. Presently the dog ran
tertal. I t Is a better absorbent thu|
forward a few paces and gave a sharp ing went to his cabin to change hia
straw or cornstalks, nnd Is easily h
bark of pleasure, and Hubert, running w et clothes.
H e had just got into dry undercloth­
died when the manure is haultd |
forward, gave so loud a cry that all the
ing w’ hen the vessel tipped over, and
party rushed up.
the fields.
Hubert could not speak. There, half he found him self standing on the roof
f r a n l n s an Orchard.
buried in the ground, and pointing west, o f the cabin, o f which the sea had
I am opposed to tbs too comssl
was an Indian arrow, and round the herm etically closed the door.
practice o f trim m ing trees as high ul
A COmti DRYIITQ H O D S «.
head was twisted a piece of white calico,
By unloosening the boards o f wrhat
a man's head, leaving tbe long, i
with little blue spots upon it, which Mr. was now the floor he got into the
may bn put on thicker.
I can dry stem exposed to the ravages of ini
Hardy instantly recognized as a piece of
hold, which contained only loose sails. 800 or 600 bushels In this building.—
and the dam aging Influence of the ■
the dress Ethel had worn when she left
Fortunately some shelves o f a high Correspondence Ohio Farmer.
home.
and winds.
I f the tree Is low
cupl>oard
standing
in
the
cabin
re­
Oh, papa, papa," cried Hubert, “ I
branching near the ground dsop
A l a n d , W o n d B lo c k .
mained
intact,
and
from
them
he
col­
know this arrow !"
On every farm there Is more or less from these difficulties are lesseued. I
lected tw o tins o f condensed milk,
Know the arrow!” he repeated.
wood
chopping to do, and, as a rule, w ill grow fuatcr and stronger and b
three
pounds
o
f
prunes,
some
rice,
Yes, I am quite, quite sure I know it.
more fruit, which is more easily pfiJ
Don’t you remember, Charley, the day sugar and sausage. H e also found a It la back-breaking work unless some
ered. I f watched closely when yonngl
device,
something
like
that
shown
in
that those woun«led Indians started,
hammer.
and grow in g It w ill not be necesisry»|
we were taking the quivers down to them
For tw elve days the man lived In his the cut, is used. This ls simply made
l noticed that one arrow had two feath­ prison, eating as sparingly as possi­ and consists mainly o f tw o pieces o f take off tbe young limbs. Occult;
clipping off the ends o f the brancbntl
ers which I had never seen before, and
ble and drinking sea water, which ap­ logs sawed smooth so that they w ill
could not guess what bird they enmo
give proper shape nnd removing twipl
pears to have had no ill effect.
H e stand firmly. These are aet about four
from. They were light blue, with a crim­
feet apart and each log Is about three that cross or crowd each other lull
son tip. I pulled one off to compare it spent his free time In hammering on feet high. On top o f these logs
Is that w ill be required for most M J
the steel bottom o f the ship to attract
with my others. It is at home now.
placed another, which reaches from The tree ls easily trained if the wefil
remember that I chose the one I did be­ the attention o f chance passing vessels,
Is accomplished at the right tintl
cause the other one had two of the little and slept quite well at nights, fo r a f t ­ end to end o f the base logs, as shown
si»le feathers g»»ne. This is the feather. er the first few* days the sea was in the cut. Stakes are cut and fasten­ Pruning should not be neglected—
I can almost solemnly declare, and you smooth. l i e knew when it was day, ed to the log as shown, so as to hold Jones in Am erican Agriculturist
It firm ly In position.
The whole ar­
see the fellow is gone. That arrow be­ for a dim light penetrated the water.
O ats f o r Blar V erd ins.
longs to one of the men we recovered.'
W e h are been feeding oats to |
On the tw elfth day the Norw egian rangement is planned so that the log
A ll crowded round to examine the ar­ steamer saw the wreck and sent a boat w ill be o f the right height for cutting for tile past fe w winters and coniA
row, and Mr. Hardy said solemnly:
without causing one to bend over too It the best feed w e have ever ui
to take it in tow.
Engellandt had
“ Thank God for His mercy. He has dt1
far. In order to prevent danger from Is one o f the best bon# and
fallen
asleep,
but,
hearing
footsteps
cided our way now.
Untloubtedly. as
flying pieces of wood, such as small builders that I know of, rays a ctrrtl
over
his
head,
he
began
knocking
with
Hubert says, one of the men we aided
tw igs o f trees, an Iron, bent at shown
spondent In Successful Firming. E>|
is of the party and wishes to show his his hammer and shouting.
in figure B, is fastened to the chop­
like corn, it does not tend to prod«
The
Auroaa’
s
men
returned
to
their
gratitude. So he has managed to got a
ping log. and under this iron is placed
fattening. As a food for brood ;
piece o f Ethel’ s dress, and has tied it to ship for tools and bored a hole through
this arrow, hoping that we should recog­ the wreck’s keel where they had heard
It la hard to beat. W * plan to p!i»|
nize the feather. Thank God, there is the knocking.
our oata with ons-thlrd cornmall
W hen they drew out
no more donbt, and thank heaven, too. their borer a man’s finger followed,
W here possible w e add to this okto-l
that Ethel has at least one friend near and they soon learned that Engellandt
med milk, m aking a slop which <1
her."
had food for four days more and
Ideal in the production of growth!
A ll was now joy an»l congratulation,
Those farm ers who have plenty «II
nnd Hubert rubbed his hand« and said wished to be tow ed to land, for it wus
oats w ill find that they can bo anil
triumphantly: “ There, Charley, you wore Impossible to release him in the open
as a hog food to an excellent tdn»|
always chaffing me and wanting to know sea. H e also desired to have the hole
tage.
what was the good of my collection, and plugged again, ns he was afra id that
now you see what was the good. It has the loss o f air would cause the ship t«
B e c s a n d IV* m a * M.
put us on the right trail for Ethel, and sink lower In the water.
The Supreme Court of low« M l
you will never be able to laugh at me
T h e Aurora tow*ed the W T e c k safely
A H A S D T WOOD BLOCK.
held, in the case o f Parsons r i Misi
about my collection again."
to Neufahrw*as8er, where writh consid­
ser, 93 Northw estern Reporter, 86, that I
(T o be continued.)
erable difficulty it was attached to a the small tw ig or limb to be cut, the the owner o f bees, who know« t!m|
huge crane, a plate w*as unloosened ax striking it on the side nearest the they are prone to attack bows. »1
D id H o U n d erstan d?
chopper, and the bent iron preventing
and the imprisoned captain freed.
near them, is liable to one wlaul
A well-known Edinburgh profossoi
Engellandt was perfectly conscious It from tiring up and striking the horses wefre stung to death by
I
»>ften became h o interested in his sub­ and even able to walk alone. H e Ls 32 worker. A wood block arranged In the
je ct that when the noon l>ell rang lie years o f age and married, n e has no manner Indicated w ill be found
to bees w h ile fastened to a bitching 7*1
be In the vicin ity o f the blvee. TbeW-l
seemed quite oblivious o f the fact, and Idea o f what became o f the three men save many backaches and can
worked on quite as w ell as If the block ter were neor the highway, awl M l
kept the class fo r several minutes. Cer­ constituting his crew.
post was erected by the owner o( M l
were lower.— Indianapolis News.
tain restless spirits am ong the students
bees fo r tbe purpose of bitchlnfI
T h e C a p tu re o f a M onkey.
decided to g iv e him a gen tle hint, so
G r a in in g C o w , In Su m m er.
horses, and was In tha course nnaill
Ringtail monkeys, one o f the most
they bought an alarm-clock.
London
W h ile in many sections grain feed­ taken by tbe bees in going ts * » |
valuable and expensive o f the smaller
T it-B its tells the resu lt
ing must be done this summer, thn or­ from their hives.
in
Leslie's
T h e clock, set to alarm at precisely animals, says a w riter
dinary practice Is not to feed grain to
S t a r t w i t h G o o d B ir d s
12 o’clock, was placed on the profes Monthly, are caught in an Interesting cows that am on pasture. This is ac­
A fe w extra good birds for the f»® I
sor’s desk. As was anticipated, he be­ way. A cocoanut U split in two, and a knowledged to be a mistake by tboee
gan his lecture without observing the hanana with a piece o f wood running who have tried both methods, provid­ datlon stock la fa r better than twwl
dock. But when the noon hour struck, through It placed lengthwise through ed their cows w ere grade or thorough­ the same number o f ordinary on«x*l
the alarm went off with a startling the nut, the tw o halves o f which are breds. In some sections the belief in good beginning Is the “ short cut” * j
success.
L if e Is too short to breed I
drawn together by wires. Then a hole
crash.
grain has been carried to the extent
Even those not in the secret appre­ Is cut just large enough fo r the mon­ that the cows are barn-fed the year from In ferior birds. It may b e c W l
ciated the Joke. There was a round of key's paw to enter. The monkey spies through. That this results In s geod s t the beginning, but expensive taM j
applauso. The professor sm ilingly w ait­ the tem pting nut from his tree. H e milk flow cannot be denied, but there end.— Am erican Poultry Advoestt
down, looks It over, sees the
ed until the alarm and the applause . hops
,
,
„ .. .
-1* some question as to the advisshllitv
P o u lt r y
ceased, and then said:
hole and smells the banana inside. H e
depriving cows o f gran, „ t í r e , /
Stone drinking vessels srs coti* I
Putting his paw On the other hand, there ^
£ no than tin. ones.
“ Young gentlemen. I thank you for s fond o f !.ana.ms
.
this gift. I had forgotten It was my n. he arnsps it. but the wood prevent, question shoot the value o f graining
A quart o f feed for twelve bent * I
birthday. An alarm-clock is something it from com ing o u t Then the catchers ,0 a moderate extent In r e j e c t on good measurement.
I
my w ife has need fo r our servant for a appear and the monkey runa for a with pasturing. T o commence with
Air-slaked lim e dusted over
I
But he cannot climb because o f th# <upply c f grain should be
long time. It is a very kind remem­
yards It a good preventive of *•**
brance on your part.” Then he wont on the cocoanut on his paw. and he will say , pint a day. Increasing t i e q” an
W hen the egg shells are thin it I* |
not
let
go
o
f
that
so
he
is
captured
tlty
as
the
value
o
f
the
gras,
T
with the demonstration wlii»*h bad been
Indication that the hens need 'ira!’
paw
ing
w
ild
ly
at
the
tree
trunk.
creases.
The
expense
of
,
t
h
£
p7.n
M
interrupted by the alarm, and the stu-
D on't forget to chop up dan**»
»lents w ere never quite able to satisfy
H n g g s r d , fo r H aw ks.
certainly small compared with the re- fo r the little ducks if kept wbert tW I
themselves whether the professor un­
,[
A ll the haw king on Salisbury Plvln
and dur*n* this month and Au- cannot get grass.
derstood the Joke or not.
Bolling the m ilk fed to P mltry
this year has be n dine with “ hag * u ,t '* n * ood »I“ 10 to test it. 8t.
check looseness o f the bowels, • coB’ j
Is a change from 8
h »k u<. 1 aul I>lsP*tcfi.
ganls." It ls
.Shakes­
A p p ro va l.
man trouble in hot weather.
peare's time.
A haggard Is a wild
A G ran d O ld C h e r r y T ree.
“ It seems to me that them la a great
M srket all the early chicks no» '
hawk taken fo r use when In Its adult
Sometimes the fruit on a single tree ed for next year's breeding. If “ I
litera ry aw akening In this country."
plumage, a bird o f much snperior
“ Y e « ," answered the matter-of Tact flight to the hand-reared eyas or nest Is worth more than tw o or three acres caponlze any, let It ba tbs
cl t lien.
lin g which mostly served KlUsbethaa Dri7w7re. t l ^ e " t y V . ^ “ yre re “ *™ batches.
“ I observe It with great approval."
I f done hatching send the »
* « „ . ,
.
—-- g J --s»* ■ old,
falconer».— (Academ y.
(bat has produced an s t erase 0f t m roosters to m srket or to ,h*
“ T hen you are fond o f books?"
N eeded M ere.
worth o f fruit annually for
nearly stnnter.
“ No. I am In the stationery buslnesa
O v e rfa t and brokca v - 1
Em ployer— A raise? What have y o „
I sell pens, ink and paper.” —W ashing­
^ " 7 •T! * r*' OD*
the cherries hens, ditto.
heard that warrants your belief that
ton Star.
N ever give crushed oats ts I*
¡"a n tn\
S tl m r * a* ° this old
w e could pay yon more wages?
I * risrch bore fifty-four peach ba k ts chicks without first sifting **^ a g j
People without reserve are always on
h u ll»
*1
11 -
tH
lio r nn
C lerk — I — er— heard Edith s*v “ y e s ’ o « f debc
fruit, . or - ----
about
eleven uun-
bun- aun».
, . . ous
.
- ^«*»**u
T ’ '• h - e v...
hull«,
either
on Of
or ^ 1
the ragged edge o f troubla.
last night, sir — Philadelph a rreta.
w ú I" n',nd’
And a|l of «hi* fruit has kernel, are liab le to produce • * *
been . free gif, fr0 m nature, a . lh t page in the crop.
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