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 - __ . .
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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 ^
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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.”
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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
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"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.
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JHIfr»
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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.
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1
There may be some fragm ents, but
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,
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
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selection ls made the pigs should he .
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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
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— 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.