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About Washington County news. (Forest Grove, Washington County, Or.) 1903-1911 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1905)
OLA/NDE BY Pi T W IL L IA M BLACK alone. Deaplte heraelf, tears began to trickle down her face, and her lipa were tremulous. This new day seemed terri ble, and ahe was helpless— and alone. “ Dear me, miss,” said Jaue, happening to wake up at this moment, “ what is the matter?” “ It 1» nothing,” her young mistress said. “ I — I hare scarcely slept at all | these two nights, and I feel rather weak [ and— and— not very well. It ia no mat ter.” But the tears fell faster now; and this ! sense o f weakness and helplessness com pletely overpowered her. She fairly broke down. Im p r o v e d H a y D e vic es . Yolande had resolved, among other The tuan who has stood w ith his things, that, while she would implicitly obey Mr. M elville’s instructions about back to the stack pitching hay by making that appeal to her mother entire hand under a hot July sun w ill ap ly unaided and unaccompanied, ahe might preciate the picture here shown, says alao prudently follow her father's advice a w riter in the Ohio Farm er. The der and get auch help a* wae neceseary, with rick or pitcher w ill cost the man regard to preliminary arrangements, from on the farm about $5 in cash. I t is hie solicitors; more especially as ehe had mounted on runners tw e lv e feet long, met one of those gentlemen two or three The base o f the fram e ia 10 by 10 feet times, and so far was on friendly terms square and the top B by 5 f e e t Th e with him. Accordingly, one of the first things the did was to get into a cab, telephone pole In the center is twenty- accompanied by her maid, and drive to five fe et high. The arm la fourteen the offices of Lawrence & Lang in L in feet long and the brace about tw elve coln’ s Inn Fields. She asked for Mr. f e e t T h e pole and arm can be turned Lang; and by and by waa shown into in a com plete circle by means o f that geutlemban'a room. H e waa a tail, crowbar Inserted in the pole near the elderly person, with white hair, a shrewd, bottom. thin face, and humorous, good-natured An entire haycock can be easily smile. lifted straight from the ground to a Take a seat. Miss Winterbourne,” said he. "V e ry lucky you came now. In another ten minutes I should have been off to seek you.” “ But how did you know?” “ Oh, we lawyers are supposed to kuow everything," he answered, good-natured ly. “ And I may tell you that 1 know of the business that haa brought you to London; and that we shall be most hap py to give you all the assistance in our power.” But how can you know?” the girl aald, bewildered. " I t was only the day before yesterday I decided to go; and It w u only thia morning 1 reached London. Did my papa write to you, then, without telling me?” m t M y dear young lady, If I were to an swer your questions, you would uo long er believe in the omniscience of law yers!” be said, with his grave smile. No, no; you must assume that we kuow everything. And let me tell you A H A Y D E R B 1 CK. that the step you are taking, though It level w ith the top o f the stack, then la a bold one. deserve* to be successful; perhaps it will be successful because it carried over and dropped at any place is a bold one. I hope ao. But you must on the stack. I t w ill keep tw o men be prepared for a shock. Your mother busy on the stack all the time, and has been ill.” they w ill not have to reach over the " A h !” said Yolande— but no more. edge o f the stack to help get the hay She held her hands clasped. up. Besides, it does not drag up the I say ahe has been 111.” said this el derly suave person, who seemed to re side o f the stack, as many pitchers do, gard the girl with a very kindly Interest. nor does it make the stack heavier on Now she Is better. Three weeks ago one side than the other. A round my clerk fouiid her unable to elgn th e ! stack can be built tw en ty fe et high receipt that he usually brings away with 1 and easily made to hold from tw elve him; and I was about to write to your to fifteen tons. It saves tim e, money, father, when I thought I would wait a help, muscle, patience “ and other day or two and see; and fortunately, ehe things too numerous to mention.” got a little better. However, you must be prepared to find her looking ill; and and— well, I was going to say she C ostly Crop Pests, might be Incapable of recognising you; T h ® Proceeds from the w heat crop, but I forgot. In the meantime we shall 01e average annual farm value of be pleased to be of every assistance to w hich may be roughly put at four you In our power. In fact, we have been | hundred m illion dollars, have In more Instructed to consider you ae under our than one yea r been cut down as much protection. Aa for your personal aafety, as fifty per c e n t as' a result o f the that need not alarm you. Your friend» ravages o f the chinch bug and the may be anxiou. about you no doubt; Hessian fly. K in g Cotton alone was but the very worst that can happen will - __ . . .. . . . , be a little Impertinence. You won't mind d a“ a*'* the extent o f nearly fifty that. I «hall have a policeman In plain m llllon d ollar* * * the a vailed Mexi- clothes standing by; If your maid should can boll w eevil. In the single State o f consider It necessary, she can easily Texas, In 1903, according to a care- summon him to you. She will be Inside; fu lly com piled report Issued by the he outside; eo you have nothing to fear." Census Bureau. T h e apple crop has Then you know ail how it has been been reduced as much as tw en ty-five arranged !’ ehe exclaimed. per cen( [n manv seasons through the Why, yes; it is our business here to operatlong of the codllnf? raoth and know everything, said he, laughmg, other lng#ctg So one m l f h t K0 ^ b though we are not allowed sometime« to .. .. ... 7 . . .7 any how we came by the Information. the entlre lls t The bl,rden ls dla' Now what else can we do for you? Let tresslngly heavy, but It Is safe to as- me eee. I f your poor mother will go serf that farm ers them selves— who, with you, you might wish to take her to obviously, ought to know ns much o f eome quiet seaside place, perhaps, for this phase o f the m atter as anybody— her health?" | w ill agree that their losses. In practl- Oh, yes; I wish to teke her sway cai]y every Instance, would be far from London at once. Yolande said, eag- g,rea (er Were the scientific knowledge C H A P T E R X IV . lng down the hill. I wish to speak Th* pale, clear glow of the dawn wae word or two to him by himself.” telling on the higher alopee o f the hille "Oh, yea, yea; why not?" said Mrs, when ehe aroee, and all the bouse was Bell, cheerfully. " I ’m Jnat going indoors asleep. The heart-searching of that long to put a bit string round the flowers for night had calmed her somewhat. Now ye. And there's a wea bit basket, too, she waa chiefly anxious to get aw ay; to ye mann take; I made a few sweets, seek forgetfulness o f this sad discovery and comfita, and such thlnga for ye last in the immediate duty that lay before night, that’ll help to amuse ye on the her. In the sllenoe of this pale, clear journey.” morning she sat down and wrote a mes She did not hear; she waa regarding sage of farewell, the terms of which she him as he approached. Hie feature« ttad carefully, and not without some smlt- were as pale aa her own; his lips were lngs of conscience, studied during the thin and whits. When he came to her long wakeful hours; he stood before her with his eyes cast "Allt-nam-ba, Vl'ednesday Morning. down like one guilty. The pallor o f hla “ Dear Archie— A grave duty calli face waa frightful. me suddenly away to the south. No “ I — I could not go away without doubt you can guess what it is; and you word o f good-by.” will understand how, in the meantime Here she stopped, fearful that her at least, all our other plans and arrange •elf-poeaeaeion would desert her. Her ments must yield to Probably, as I hands were tightly clinched, and uncon am anxious to eotch the early boat at sciously she was nervously fingering her Foyers, I may not see you to say good engagement ring. bye; and so I send you this message. I do not see why the truth should From your affectionate Y O LA N D E .” not be said between ns— It la the laet She regarded this letter with much time. I did not know, you did not know; self-humiliation. It was not frank. P er It was all a misfortune; but I ought to haps she had no right to write to him have known— I ought to have guarded so, without telling him o f what bad hap myself; It Is I who am to blame. W ell pened the day before. And yet, again, if I have to suffer, It is no matter, it is what time was there now for explana you that I am sorry for------” tioa? and perhaps, as the days and the “ Yolande, I cannot have yon talk like months and the years went by, there that!” he exclaimed. might never be need of any explanation. “ One moment," »he said— and strange H er life waa to be all different now. ly enough her French accent seemed The household began to stir. There more marked in her apeech, perhaps be was a crackling of wood in the kitchen; cause she was not thinking of any ac ontslde, Sandy could be heard opening cent. “ One moment. When I am gone the doors o f the coach house. Then Jane away, do not think that I regret having put in an appearance, to finally dose met you and known you. I t has been her young mistress' portmanteaus. And a misfortune for you; for me, no. It has then, everything having been got ready, been an honor to me that you were my when she went downstairs t» the dining friend, and an education also; you have room, she waa surprised to find her shown me what this one or that one may father there. "W h y did you get up so be in the world! I had not known it be early?" said she, hi protest. fore; you made me expect better things. “ Do you think I was going to let you It wae you who showed me what I should leave without saying good-bye?” he an do. Do not think that I shall forget swered. "You are looking a little better what I owe you; whatever happens, I this morning, Yolanda— but not well, not will try to think of what you would ex well. Are you sure you won’ t recon pect o f me, and that will be my ambi sider? W ill you not wait a few days, tion. I wished to say thia to you before accustom yourself to think of it, and I went away,” said she, and her fingers then go, If you will go, with Mr. Short- were trembling eomewhet, deeplte her lands?" enforced calmnees. “ And aleo that— “ Oh, no, that is all over, papa,” said that. If one cannot retrieve the past, if She. “ That is all settled. I am going one hae the misfortune to bring euffering this morning—-now.” on------” It was almost in silence, end with a "Yolande, Yolande,” said he earneatly, face overshadowed with gloom, that he and he looked up and looked Into her saw the last preparations made. H e fol eyea, "do not speak of It— do not think lowed her out to the dog cart. H e him of It any more! Put It behind you. Yon self would fasten the rug round her are no longer e girl; yon are a woman; knees, the morning being somewhat you have a woman's duties before you. chilly. And when they drove a w ty he W hatever Is past, let that be over and stood there for a long time regarding gone. I f any one is to blame. It has them, until the dog cart disappeared at not been you. Look before you; forget the turning of the road, and Yolande what la behind. Do you know that It waa gone. This, then, was the end of la not a light matter you hare undertak that peaceful security that he had hoped en r to find at AIH-nam-bat H e waa firmer then the wae; he re Yolande waa not driving this morn garded her calmly, though etlll hie face ing; she had too many things to think of. wae o f a ghastly paleness. She hesitat But when they reached the bridge et the ed for a moment or two; then ehe glanc lower esid of the loch, ehe told Sandy ed aronnd. to stop and took the redna. ” 1 wish you to— to give me a flower,” “ Here la a letter for Mr. I/eslle,” ah« she aald, "that I may take it with me.” said. “ You need not take It up to the No,” be said at once. “ No. Forget bouse; put H In the letter box at the everything that haa happened here, ex gate." cept the duty you owe to others.” Then they drove on again. When they “ T h at I hare deeerved,” ehe said, lu had climbed the hill ahe looked over to a low voice. "Good-by.” Lynn Towers, but she could not make She held out her hand. H e took It and out any oue at any of the windows. held It, and there was a great cornpas There were one or two stable lada about elon In hla eyes. T o her they ecemed the out-houaee, but otherwise uo sign of glorified eyea. the eyea of a saint, full of life. She was rather glad of that. I f a and and yearning pity. he had waved hla handkerchief to her. “ Yolande,” said he, and the tones of could she have answered that signal hla voice seemed to reach her very heart, without further hypocrisy and ahnuie? " I have faith In you. I shall hear of L ittle did he know what traitress was you. Be worthy of yourself. Now. God passing by. But Indeed ahe waa gradu bless you and good-by.” erlT' „ . . . . . . . , o f the D epartm ent o f Agriculture's ally ceasing to reproach herself In this W ell, a client o f ours haa Just left . . . . . "A dieu — adieu!” she murmured; and _ . at . ...__. . . _ In « fact, . . . we staff not . put A careful way, for the reason that ahe wae censing then, white-faced and all trembling, but some i lodgings w orthlng— . . to . account. . have recommended them, on one or two survey o f the facts leads to the eonclu- to think about herself at all. It was of etlll dry-eyed and erect, ehe got through another that ehe waa thinking. It was the house somehow, and out to the front, occasions, and we have been told that *lon that the total dam age each year would be from tw o to four tim es as hla future that concerned lier. What where M n . Bell wee awaitlug her by the they gave eatlsfactlon.” would all hia after-life be like? Would aide of the dog cart. 'W ill you give me the address. If you large w ere it not fo r the D epartm ent there be some reparation? Would time When ehe had driven away. Mrs. Bell please?” o f Agriculture's unrem itting w arfare heal that aa It healed all things? H e wrote the address on a card, and a g aiust the pests, and that a maxi- remained for a minute or two looking a f When ahe got to Gres* ahe saw that ter the departing vehicle— and perhaps gave It to her. nium annual destruction o f tw o billion (T o be continued.! Mrs. Bell waa In the garden behind the rather regretfully, too, for she had taken dollars, or nearly one-half the whole bouse, and thither ahe made her way. n great liking to this bright young Eng y ea rly value o f the country's crops, at Yolande'a face waa pale, hut her man lish lady who had come into these wilds; C O N N E C T C U T 'S H A P P Y L O T , present, w ould be possible.— C. Arthur ner wan quite calm and Arm. but presently she was recalled from her “ W ell, here are doings!” anld fh« reveries or regrets by the calling of Mr. S ts te f le e N o D ebt an d N e v e r fin d One W illiam s in "Success M agazine.” K x c e p t D u r in g th e W a r . cheerful old lady. “ Ami I was Just hur- Melville. She went Into the house at B r c u k in g f o r W b e a t . a Connecticut lias about aa many dta- Tying ou to get a few bit flower» for Je. once. T h e early broken wheat grouud Is •Deed, ye're early this morning.” "N ow , Mrs. Bell,” said he, and ho tin ctlve peculiarities. In relation to afma„ y the land from w h ich the larg- “ It la very kind of you. Mrs. Bell; but seemed in an unusunl hurry; “ do you Massachusetts. as if It w ere situated In est yields are taken. T h e land breaks plenee do not trouble. You expected me, think one o f the girls could hunt out another part o f the country and had w ell. N o clods to lunsb, no packing to then? Mr. M elville told you?” for me the waterproof coat that haa the been settled by people o f different c r do late In August. W hen the ground 'T h a t he did. And I'll Just he de strap attached to It for slinging over the Igln, says the Springfield Republican. peooni(.s hard and breaks Into large lighted to be of any kind of eervlce to ye shoulders? And I suppose she could that la possible. I ’ ll be ready to go up pack me eome bit of cold meat or some One o f these peculiarities Is its f re<>" . clods a great deal o f labor Is required W e In this to ^ tbe seed bed fine and w ell to Allt-tiam-bn by mid day; and I'm thing of the kind, and half a loaf. In a dom from a State debt. State have a large public debt, direct pac^eii for the proper germ ination of thinking I'll take one o' the young lassie« little parcel.” wi' me. In case there's any needeesstty “ Dear me. sir, I will do that myael'; as w ell as contingent, and would not ge^)1 for a helping hand. Ths other one will but where are ye (oiug, sir, If I may be able to reorganize ourselves w ith Then again the doubling up o f work do very well to look after thi* place when aek ?” out one. I t ls accepted here as an In that causes so much extra labor and both Mr. M elville and me are away.” The fact that It waa so unusual for dication o f progress. E very energetic, w orry may be prevented later on at "B u t is hs going— Is he going a w e j? " Jack Melville to take any precautions w ide-awake, progressive State, we are sow ing time. Instead o f h a vin g to said Yolandt. with a su.l.Wn slarm. of thia kind— even when he was starting apt to reason w ith ourselves, has a debt break land, harrow, drag and roll, then “ I think he Is; though It's no my place for a long day'a fishing on eome distant to ask,” said Mrs. Bell, placidly. “ Laet moorland loch— that Mrs. Bell luetantly and usually a large and g ro w in g oue. Im m ediately fo llo w w ith the drill. A night I saw ht was putting toms things Jumped to the conclusion that he wae and the same It gen erally to he said surface harrow in g may be all that the o f municipalities snd private business seed bed n ee Is before sowing the seed. In order In the hone«. And 1 Jalouse he bent on some very desperate excursion. "W h ere am I goingT” he said. "W h y. corpora tlons. stopped in the laboratory ths whols night T h e work o f sow ing wheat need not through, for he never was in hla bed; and across the hills to Kingussie, to catch But Connecticut Is peculiar. It may come In a lump. I f taken In time. this morning I caught a glint o’ him go the night train to lomdon.” be said not to know what a State debt lng out before any o’ us was up. 1 dare C h u rn O fte n . is. I t never had such a debt at all, cay he wae off to one o’ the moorland C H A P T E R XV. T h e best butter is made by churning apparently, until the civil war. when lochs to bave a last day at ths trout The train roared and Jangled through one o f some $10,000,000 w as contribut ev ery day. but upon most fa rm « there belike.” the long black night; and always before Is not enough cream to do this, if “ H e Is not here, then?” the girl ex Yolande'e shut bnt sleepless eyes rose ed In aid o f suppressing the rebellion. churning Is done but tw ice a week claimed, with dismay In hsr eyes. “ Mrs. vision after vision o f that which ahe wae H o w the good old com m onwealth ever good butter can be made i f the cream Bell, I mutt see him! Indeed, I cannot leaving forever behind— her girlhood. So came, even then, to be shaken out o f go until I have seen him.” qnlet and beautiful, ao rich in affection Its steady, debtless habits la a ques has been kept cool and then ripened Hhe looked at her watch. W ell, she and kindness, that appeared to her now, tion— one testifyin g to the profound properly. Some farm ers that keep but had nearly half an hour to spare, and eke could scarce believe that It waa her upheaving Influences o f that conflict as tw o or three cow s churn but once s sha was determined to stay till the last self ehe saw in those recurrent scenes, so no other single bit o f evidence la able w eek : under such conditions, great minuta if It were needful. But there glad and Joyous and light-hearted. That to. But Connecticut did borrow some care should be taken to keep the cream Already It aeamad far was no figure coming along ths toad, no waa all ovar. money then, and Issue some bonds. to fifty degrees Fahrenheit, If possible. living thing vitlbls on thsee vacant hill away. H ow ever. It has never done ao elDce. W hen cream Is kept at a high tem pera Toward morning sha alept a little, bnt sides, nor a sign of Ilfs along ths wide aa It never had done ao before, and ture fo r a long time, tbe bntter w ill not much; however, on the first occasion moorland of ths village, She was grate fa ) for Mrs. Beil's talking; It lessened of her opening her eyea, aha found that now that debt 1» practically extinguish, have an old flavor. I f cream is kept the overstrain o f ths suspense somehow; the gray light of the new day was ed. It amounted only to about 9100.000 ninch below fifty degrees Fahrenheit, shs had to force herself to listen in a around her. For an Inatant a shock of net several months ago. and the treas it Is likely to develop a better flavor. fear overcame her— a sudden eenee of ury now haa cash on hand sufficient measure. B a ck w h e a t. 'T srh sp s hs is not going sw ay.” said helplessness and affright. Sha wea so to offset that amount. Essentials are that the land be clean, Yolande And than she added, suddenly, strangely situated: aha was drawing near I f you reach a green old age bewara « a r m , and In a fine moldy state to re and with her faoe grown s deadly white; tha great, dread city; she knew not what r a n » the seed. T b e rows may be “ Mrs. Bell, that is Ur. M elville eom lay before her; and aha felt to much o f the bunko steerer. drilled. I f that la the method o f »owing, fifteen Inches a p a rt the seed allghtly covered w ith harrows, and a very light ^ rolling given to level the surface, so ( that all plants have equal chanee o f ¡ starting together. T here Is a good deal in this latter, fo r where irregular d m ¡ grow th is made there are always enemies to take the plants as they ap pear. A Good Stock Tonic. Uncle Sam '» secretary o f state le Each o f the many stock foods, or usually a $25,000 or $50,000 man w-ho condimental spices now on the market, serves his country for $8,000.— Chica- has its ow n particular composition, go Tribune. and it ls better, both from the points I T h e Sultan o f T urkey ls beginning o f v iew o f economy and cleanliness, to t0 wonder how those reports that be make use o f these, but i f this ls quite |lad the worst governm ent in Europe impossible the follow in g recipe may be originated.— W ashington Star, safely adopted: Turm eric, one-naif j T h e Klinsag convict who was pa- pound; cumin, one-half pound; gen tian ,! roled and gent to work ln ti,e harvest three-fourths pound: ground ginger, Held now hag an ldea o f w hat rea, one-half pound; grains o f paradise, punishment means.— Washington Post. one-half pound; bi-carbonate o f soda, W hen the beef trust remembers how six ounces; fenugreek, six ounces; Commiasioner Garfield lured it on blood root, four ounces; asafoetlda, w ith false hopes it is not surprised four ounces, brown sugar, five pounds; at any governmental knocks.— Chicago fine salt, 1 3-4 pounds. The above in- News. gredlenta should be well ground by Mr. G eorge J. Gould 1« going into the druggist and be thoroughly mixed poultry farm ing. O f course, ills ex w ith one thousand pounds o f finely ground meal, or, If desired, It may be perience w ith geese that lay golden fed w ithout the meal. W hen mixed eggs w ill be a lot o f help to him.— Bos w ith m aize meal the quantity to be ton Transcript. Oklahoma shows strong reasons w hy fed to a horse, cow, or ox at each feed is one pint, and to each calf, It should be admitted as a State, but foal, sheep, or bog, h a lf a pint. When does It expect the United States Sen fed w ith out the meal It should be g iv ate to be swayed by mere reasons?— en ln the proportion o f a tablespoonful Chicago News. to a horse, cow or ox, and half that Despite bis latest g ift o f $10.000.000, quantity fo r each o f the sm aller farm there Is reason to believe Mr. Rocke animals. fe lle r has laid aw ay enough in a safe spot so he w ill not suffer dpring hi* In d ig e s t io n In Cows. I t is a common expression to speak old age.— D etroit Free Press. I f education Is the greatest moral o f a cow as losing her cud when ahe stops ruminating. Th e trouble is due | force 11 m ight be a good thing fo r Mr, to indigestion wholly, and may be R ockefeller to attend some o f the col his easily remedied, ln most cases, by a leges which he Is helping with proper d ie t Usually this trouble oc money.— N orfolk (Va.) Landmark. curs most frequently ln the winter, T h e beef trust can expect little sym when the cows are heavily grain fed, pathy ln Its battle for the markets o f but sometimes occurs w ith cows in the the w orld ns long ns it is endeavoring summer w h o are on the range, but are ' to escape trial on tue charge that It ls receivin g some grain. In such cases robbing the Am erican consumer.— a good plan is to cut out the grain ra P ittsbu rg Dispatch. Hon entirely fo r a fe w days, or until P ea ry says that his expedition may the cow again chews her cud. F or a open up 3,000,000 square miles of tim e a fte r she resumes ruminating, country hitherto Inaccessible. It w ill feed her largely on the grass with be some time, however, before the some good hay, and gradually get her “ w hy pay rent” sign follow s his trail. on to the grain. A day or tw o after — W ashington Star. the grain ration has been cut off the Abdul Hamid, Sultan o f Turkey, 1# cow should have a single dose o f one reported to be in a critical condition. pound o f Epsom salts and tw o ounces T h e case wouldn’t be so bad I f the o f ground ginger root m ixed In two Sultan coytld only feel sure that the- quarts o f w arm w ater. In the winter doctor wasn’t tryin g to poison him.— reduce the grain ration one-half, give C hicago Record-Heraid. her the medicine named above at the In the light o f past performances on beginning o f the treatm ent, and make up the ration w ith roots or ensilage. the p art o f Russian gunners, it w ould A t all tim es cows should have free ac have seemed safer fo r those Odessa cess to rock salt, fo r it is a g re a t diges m utineers to bid defiance to the rest o f the fleet and take chances on being tive. sunk.— D etroit F ree Press. T o P n t P o ta to e s in C e lla r. Secretary o f the N avy B onaparte H ere is an excellent d evice fo r use in unloading apples or potatoes from a has rejected "N e sto r” and "O restes” cart to the cellar. Tak e a piece o f No. as names fo r colliers. H e points out 12 w ire (telephone w ire) and run it th at one suggests antiquity and the from a stake in front o f the rollw ay other Insanity. Another one o f “ them down through the rollw ay. or potato literary fe llo w s ” in office.— Syracuse bln. String tw o iron hooks on the H erald. Undue attention is being given to w ire and hook the loaded basket upon these, when the load w ill slide smooth- the Missouri Judicial decision that a w ife ls entitled to "fr is k ” her hue- band's trousers and take any m oney she finds. No Judicial determ ination could alter or affect that custom.— W ashington Times. L Mil ,|l JHIfr» ■ill"- F O R S T O R I N O P O TATOES. ly down and across the cellar, where the helper can em pty the basket. A light cord attached to the basket al low s the man outside to pull the bas ket back for another load. This saves a large amount o f heavy liftin g . and saves tim e also, since tw o baskets can be kept going, Fig. 1 shows tho books on the wire, Fig. 2 shows the d evice In action. T h e Chinese officials who w ere once regarded as being pro-Russian are fa s t vanishing as the situation changes. T h e y are all entertaining grateful fe e l ings tow ard Japan. D iplom atically there w ill be some subterfuge played, but on tbe whole Japan w ill g et all she wants.— Tokio Asahl. A ccording to the best Judgment that can be form ed at this distance, w e are unanimously o f the opinion that M ayor W ea ver has wiped up the earth w ith the gang ln Philadelphia. . . 1 There may be some fragm ents, but _______. . . . . , they are not able to sit up and take notice.— M ontgom ery Advertiser. T h e State o f Kansas has reached the conclusion that It has no p ow e r S e le c tin g B ro o d S to ck . to control the traffic o f the Pullm an I f one has raised a litter o f tine pigs cars, as the Pullm ans are not common o f good breed there are probably sev- carriers. T h e y 're certainly not com- eral among them that w ill make good mon carriers, nor even common brood sows I f properly brought up. charges— they're Just plain, ordinary T h e Individuals should be carefully conimon plunderers.— P ittsbu rg Tim es w atched as they grow and when the . . ,. . . . . .................. selection ls made the pigs should he . . . * rue'_ Hf ‘ nte. about five months old. From then on . a * ' " ' ’IA. s 1 10 rei' 1 * zur ° f they should be separated from the ,Rus# ?' then Nicholas A lcxandrovltch m arket stock, and until tbe end o f the '* re11® ™ 1 ° f tb * responsibility fo r a season, placed on the best grass p os-[ vas* am ol,nt o f folly, stupidity and sible. A ll fem ales Intended fo r breed- cnl0,f.T - " hether the creature can bo ing purposes should have less carbon- greater than the creator Is a question aeeous food than that given to those ^nr casu*sts. however. Chicago Chron- intended for market. From one-half to lcle. H o w providential It seems that th * two-thirds corn ls enough ln the ration from the tim e the young sow begins only man in Am erica who is known to have tw o hearts is a plain, indus to eat grain. trious carpenter who earns his liv e li T b e B ro o d S o w «. G iv e brood sow « the freedom o f the hood w ith his hands at N ew Rochelle, pasture fields when w ith young pigs N. Y. Just contemplate fo r a minuta and as soon as the pigs are old enough effect on society o f tw o hearts 'n a to eat, feed a little shelled corn and man like John D. Rockefeller.— K a n dry m iddlings w ith a mash o f wheat sas C ity Star. middlings and milk. Sows with pigs should alw ays have access to a good blue grass pasture and should not be fed too much com. The largest part o f the ration shonld be made np o f o a t« and bran with a little oil meal. H a v e plenty o f charcoal and ashes eon- stantly available. An occasional feed A # a.lle M * 111 a., ft » — l. t a o f salt w ill be found profitable. I f the exclusion la w is to be so eon- j »trued or modified as to adm it Chi- nest students, w e 'll probably find th at about 100,090,000 Chinamen have stid- denly become inspired with the m ost Intense desire to stndv everythin g in the books from Confucius down to Laura Jean Libbey and M ary M aclane _ * — Los Angeles Times. T o p D r e s s in g F o r n g « C r o p «, “ T e a r this np.” enjoined Statistician A t the N ew Jersey E xperim ent Sta Holmes, o f the Department o f A g r i tion tests have been made o f nitrate o f culture. In one o f his incrim inating let- toda as a top dressing ou forage crops ters. There ls no known p reservative In connection with the manures and ! of w ritten m atter whose action is so fertilisers generally need. In all cases sure as "b u m this letter” or “ tear this a v e ry marked Increase dn# to the ap- up.” — N orfolk Landmark. plication o f nitrate occurred, ranging T h e warden o f the Ohio State prison from 34.1 per cent fo r corn to 96.« per discovered recently that some o f hla cent fo r barley— 1 > profitable return charges had been m aking coun terfeit from the nse o f the nitrate on all money. Can this have any connection crops except the barley, which, ow in g with the fact that the prison contains to unfavorable weather conditions, a baker's dozen o f ex-b«nkera?—. did not make a large yield. Spokane Spokesman-Review.