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About Washington County news. (Forest Grove, Washington County, Or.) 1903-1911 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1906)
W a ll W o o n d s C H A P T E R X X I X . — (Continued.! " W e ll.” said John Re*, “ we are In pri vate'. W b a t nave you to say?" “ I want to tell you that I forbid yon to carry out the plan you have for break ing up Sir Richard'« property." “ Forbid me?” cried Rex, much re- H | lleved. “ W hy, I only want to do what " m y father's will enables me to do." "Y ou r father'a will enable* you to do |lj nothing of the sort, and you know it l|’ She spoke, as though rehearsing a series of set speeches, and Sarah watched her { ¡"S U l with grow ing alarm. — in th* «tern sat. wrapped in a cloak, the figure of a man! A fierce gust of wind drove the sea-rack over the moon, and the boat disappeared, as though swallowed up by the gathering storm. North staggered back as the truth struck him. W a s it possible that a Just heaven had thus decided to allow the man whom a coward had condemned to escape, and to punish the coward who remained? Oh. this man deserved freedom; he was hon est. noble, truthful! H o w different from himself— a hateful self-lover, a drunk ard! The looking glass stood upon the A n to in e tte C h ick e n F eed er. table, and North, peering into it, start The feed box or trough at the bot ed in insane rage at the pal* face and bloodshot eyes he saw there. W h at s tom for the chickens to eat out of Is made out of 1x6 Inch boards, 3 feet hateful wretch he had become! __ ( To be continued.) long, with slats on the side 3 Inches wide, making the trongh 2 Inches de ep ; C IG A R S W I L L C O S T M O R E . end pieces of 1-incb lumber, 1 foot wide, 18 Inches high. The middle partitions G reat D a m a g e C au sed to th e C aban T o b a cco Crop. are cut 6 Inches wide at the bottom to The A m erican charge tie affairs at fit bottom of trough 3 Inches high, then H avan a has reported to the State D e ta[>ers out to 10 inches at top, that partment that the tobacco crop of the makes It a V-shape from both sides, so finest regions in Cuba is almost a total chickens can eat from either side of loss, says the W ashington Star. The feeder. One side is fastened to end destruction is the result o f torrential pieces anil middle partitions, the other rains, which w ilLred uce the yield from side has pieces to slide up and down 469,328 bales, the figures o f 1905, to lietween cleats, so you can shut the feed less than 160,000 bales fo r 1906. This clear off or raise It up any height ac amount w ill in all probability be still cording to what you have in the bins. further reduced, as the acreage this The bottoms o f these bins are 1 Inch year is sm aller than that o f the pre from bottom of feed trough, so as the vious crop. chickens eat more feed It will come The effect o f the torrential rains has down. You can have eoru in one. wheat been to blight the seedlings, and the next crop w ill be almost a fiat fa il ure. A s It takes at least 110 days from the planting o f the seed to the cutting o f the m ature leaf, there w ill be a long Interval o f distress and short age. The government has received appeals fo r aid from many quarters, and pro TH E A U TO M ATIC C H IC K E N EEEDEB. poses a series o f public works which w ill give some relief to the workmen in one and grit or oyster shells in a thrown out o f employment and will third. The chickens can help them tend to control the rivers In case of selves whenever they want to eat, and future floods and heavy rains. their feed is always clean and they The shortage In the supply o f the can’t waste their feed by getting it in tobacco leaf which Is now assured will the mud or snow, and the lid is on affect prices to a considerable degree. hinges, so It can be shut down and fas The market already has been strongly tened. so that feed Is perfectly dry. Influenced, and a corresponding rise In Each bln will hold one peck of feed.— the price o f cigars must Inevitably fo l Farm Progress. low. The American smoking public S u m m er C u ltiva tion . w ill feel the Increase In price before Summer plowing will answer well on the foreigner, owing to the fact that the Am erican consumer prefers the ground that has long been in sod, and “green" cigar, while the Englishman, which has been turned under in the Such land Is usually planted German and Frenchman place a higher spring. value on the "seasoned” cigar. In E ng to corn or iiotatoes, and the frequent land and Germ any It Is possible, con use o f the cultivator keeps the ground sequently, to keep on band large stocks loose and promotes decay of the sod. o f cigars. Th e Am erican importer pre But potatoes for an early stock are fers a much smaller stock because of harvested as soon as possible, which the fact that he has superior and more leaves the soil not only rough, but In numerous advantages fo r obtaining new an excellent condition for weeds. By supplies of the weed In a short time. (flowing the soil after the potatoes are Furthermore, the enormous Import duty off it will be reduced to a finer condi on cigars undoubtedly operates strong tion. the weeds will be destroyed and ly In discouraging the American Im the second crop of weeds retarded, so porter o f limited capital from laying that by the time the land should be gotten ready for wheat (when It should In a large stock o f cigars. be plowed again ) the seed bed for the W h ip p e d R24 P a p lla . wheat can be harrowed down fine and A lfred B unker o f Boston has become nice, while all the weeds will not only famous, not because he has been a have been destroyed, hut prevented schoolmaster forty-seven years, but be from seeding. I f the plowing on corn cause he has whipped 524 pupils o f the land Is done as soon as the corn Is out, Quincy school during the Inst h alf year and again the land plowed before seed of 1905. The school board has declared ing the wheat. It will be a great bene that It wns not necessary to whip a fit to the wheat. single child, and Bunker la facing a F in e W o o l Sheep. crisis. H is pupils are a hard set, being The Wensleydnle breed of sheep Is largely Poles, Italians, Syrians, A rm e nians and Jews, and the district Is, fa r from common even in Its home, o f course, Illiterate. Consequently, the England. None Is in America. It is a pupils of the Quincy school were w ith fine sheep, superior In some respects out home Influence fo r betterment. to all Withers. It Is said that for cross T heir educating Influences began when ing on any other breed the Wensley- they came Into the school and ended flale has no equal. Since the Royal A gri when they left it. Moreover, It was cultural Society of England commenced peculiarly difficult to understand their giving prizes for wool three years ago, natures. The duty devolved upon the the Wensleydale wool has each time se principal am} stnff of the Quincy cured first prize In the “any other Iong- school, first, to get close to these chil dren of foreign birth or foreign parent a g e ; next, to keep them In o rd er; next, to teach them the rudiments o f knowl edge. a murderer, a villain and a coward: but you suit me. I save you, but I mean to keep you. I will bring you to Australia, where the first trooper will arrest you at my bidding as an escaped convict. I f you don’t like to come, stay behind. I don’t care. I am rich. I have done no wrong. The law cannot touch me. Do you agree?” H aving housed him at last— all gloomy and despondent— in a quiet tav ern near the railway station, she tried to get some information as to this last- revealed crime. " H o w came you to kill Lord Bella- sis?” she asked him, quietly. “ I had found out from my mother R “Oh, nonsense!” cries John Rex, in that she was his deserted wife, and one O f sheer amazement. “ I have a lawyer's day riding home from a pigeon match I told him so. H e tannted me, and I L j opinion on it.” ( ■ “ Do you remember what took place struck him. I did not mean to kill him, [ H a t Hempstead this day nineteen years?” bnt he was an old man, and in my pas sion I struck hard. As he fell, I thought |B “ A t Hempstead?” said Rex, growing ] I saw a horseman among the trees, and IQ suddenly pale. “This day ninetee I galloped off. M y 111 luck began then, ^ ■ • f t o ? No! W h at do you mean?' |^H “ Do you not remember?" she contin- for the same night I was arrested at the B l tied, leaning forward eagerly, and coiner's.” "B u t X thought there was robbery?” S 'i speaking almost fiercely. “ Do you not said she. « ^ ■ r e m e m b e r the reason why you left the “ Not by me. But talk no more about J ■ house where you were born, anil which it! I a m sick— my brain ia going round. r F j / o u wish now to sell to strangers?” I want to sleep.” Aj John Rex stood dumfounded. the blood gained— and felt that “ Be careful, please! L ift him gently!” ] I ■ D s u he f f u had s i n g nerar his temples. lie he knew that n ffth is secret was to of be the revealed to crush s'5. ^ among the secrets man whose in said Mrs. Carr, as the boat ranged along u t i H * Bheritance r him now. he had st side the Dido, gaunt and grim, in the Sarah, trembling also, but more with early dawn of a bleak M ay morning. rage than terror, swept toward Lady De- “Gentleman seems to have had a Tine. “ Speak out,” she said, " if you stroke,” said a boatman. have anything to say! O f what do you It was so. There was no fear that accuse my husband?' John Rex would escape again from the “ O f imposture!” cried Lady Devine, woman he had deceived. The Infernal all her outraged maternity nerving her genius of Sarah Purfoy had saved her td . to abash her enemy. “This man may lover at last— but saved him only that be your husband, but he is not my son! she might nurse him till he died— died, have not stood the test, for you can- ignorant even of her tenderness, a nitre ■ I * 3' i * You ........ i.Tftiot recall ree the day of your quarrel and animal, lacking the intellect he had in over my cousin, Armigell Esme his selfish wickedness abused. Lord Hellasis.” ■ I John Rex gasped for breath; his hand CHAPTER XXX. , . tflbltugging at his neck-cloth, rent away "This is my story. Let It plead with kl\v.„jthe linen that covered his choking throat. you.” Tv-' in w [T h e whole horizon of his past was liglit- It had grown dark in the prison, and t J V U e d up by a lightning flash which stuu- as he ceased speaking, Rufus Dawes felt ¡j' rjtied him. H is brain, already enfeebled a trembling hand seize his own. It was t;t; i [b y exceaa, was unable to withstand this that of the chaplain. (jj,* tflnst shock. H e staggered, and, but for “ Let me hold your hand! Sir Rich M U t h e cabinet against which lie leaned, ard Devine did not murder your father. I s ffiiw o u ld have fallen. The secret thoughts H e was murdered by a horseman who, o f his heart rose to hie lips, and were riding with him, struck him and fled.” — uttered unconsciously. "Lord Hellasis! "H o w do you know this?" J E s w as my father, and— I killed him!” "Because I saw the murder commit ‘U A dreadful ailence fell; and then Lady ted, because— don’t let go my hand— I jn jD e v I n e , stretching out her hands toward robbed the body.” ^tc’f.t h e self-confessed murderer, with a sort “ You?” a ,) . | o f frightful respect, said In a whisper, “ In my youth I was a gambler. Lord I A , in which horror and supplication were Bellasis won money from me, and to , rlKjui Otrangely mingled, "W h a t did yon do pay him I forged two bills of exchange. __ je ft ff jt with my son? Did you kill him also?” Unscrupulous and cruel, he threatened i S 9^1 But John Rex, wagging his head from to expose me If I did not give him dou H aM R o ld e to side, like a beast in the sham- ble the sum. Forgery was death In , A e y i !bles that has received a mortal stroke, those days, and I strained every nerve IB DO reI''y- Sarah I’ urfoy, awed ns to buy back the proofs of my folly. I S igjjjohe was by the dramatic force of the succeeded. I was to meet Lord Bellasis U le W r l’ situation. nevertheless remembered that near his own house at Hampstead on the it f a ^ . i j Francis W ade might arrive at any mo- night of which you speak, to pay the ; ffgjinent, and saw her last opportunity for money and receive the bills. When I u thW i * " ,e,y ' a(i vsnced and touched the saw him fall I galloped up, but instead I m ^ B B > o t h e r on the shnuliier. of pursuing his murderer I rifled his “ Your eon Is alive!” pocketbook of my forgeries. I was afraid th ft Where?” to give evidence at the trial, or I might i c ^ k J “ W ill you promise not to hinder us have saved you. Ah! you have let go lea ring this house if I tell you?” my hand!” T , cl ‘T ee. yes.” “ God forgive you!” said Rufus Dawes Fo Y . " W i ll you promise to keep the ronfes- and then was silent. :-/ * jB > lo n which you have heard secret until "Speak!” cried North. “ Speak, or '■( H 'vre have left England?” you will make me mad. Reproach me! Suli&J " I promise anything. In heaven's Spurn me! Spit upon me! You cannot name, woman. If you have a womau'e think worse of me than I do myself.” heart, apeak! W here is my son?” But the other, hls head buried In hls Sarah Purfoy roae over the enemy who hands, did not answer, and, with a had defeated her, and said, in level, de wild gesture. North staggered out of the liberate accents, “They call him Rufus cell. Dawes. H e is a convict at Norfolk Isl Nearly an hour had passed since the and, tranaportsd for life for the murder chaplain had placed the rum flask In which you heard my husband confess to his hand, and Gimblett observed, with having committed------ A h !” semi-drunken astonishment, that it was Lady Devine had fainted. we 1 Sarah flew to Rex. "Rouse yourself, not yet empty. I f he didn't finish the flask, he would be oppressed with an John! W e have not a moment!” everlasting regret. I f he did finish It, John Rex passed hia baud over his he would be drunk; and to be drunk on forehead wearily. e v jf duty wns the one unpardonable sin. H e “ I cannot think. I am broken down. looked across the darkness of the sea, I am ill. My brain aeema dead." to where the rising and falling light Nervously watching the prostrate fig A H Bare. marked the schooner. The commandant ore on th* floor, she hurried on bonnet, The “old clothes” man arrived at the was a long way off! A faint breeze aw cloak and veil, and In a twinkling had which had arisen with the night, brought door o f the m ultim illionaire's mansion. him outside the house and into a cab. up to him the voices of the boat’s crew "A n y old clothes?” he asked, me “You won't give me up?” said Rex, from the jetty below him. His friend chanically. turning dull eyes upon her. Jack Mannix was coxswain of her. He “ N o p e!” snapped the cold-storage CO ( "G iv e you up! No! Rut the police would give Jack a drink. Leaving the w ill bs after us so soon ss that woman butler. gate, he advanced to th* edge of the thf; '* "A n y old shoes?” ! c » n speak, and her brother summon hi* embankment, and, putting his head over, lawyer. I know what her promise is "N o .” called out to hls friend. The breeze, worth. • W e have got about fifteen however, which was momentarily fresh "Nothing? Surely there must be 1 hour*.” ening. carried hls voice aw ay; and Jack something In the closets you don't " I c a n t go far, Sarah,” said he; “ I Mannix, hearing nothing, continued his want?” I am sleepy, and stupid." conversation. Gimblett was just drunk "N o t a thing. There were a lot of She repressed the terrible fear that enough to be virtuously indignant at this | tugged at her heart, and strove to rally incivility, and seating himself on the miscellaneous skeletons, hut the society him edge of the bank, swallowed the remain reporters have tooted them out long “ N ow , eit still and be good, while I go der of the rum at a draught. The ef ngo and sent them to N ew Y ork.” and get some money for yon.” feet upon his enforcedly temperate stom •M Mlii: l i t l i e T r u e . She hurried Into the bank, and her ach was very touching. H e made one I Blabbs— That boy o f mine Is the name secured her an interview with the feeble attempt to get upon his legs, cast manager at once. a reproachful glance at the rum bottle, roost truthful little fellow In town. Gé “T h a t'« a rich woman,” said one of essayed to drink out of Its spirituous Jabbs— Then there must be some the clerk* to his friend. emptiness, and then, with a smile of thing In the old maxim after all. “ A widow, too! Chance for yon, reckless contentment, fell fast asleep. Blabbs— W h at old maxim? Tom ,” returned the other; and. presently, North, coming out of the prison, did Jatnbe— The one about the suppressed I from out the sacred presence came aii- not notice the absence of the jailer; in other clerk with a request for "a draft deed. he was not in a condition to notice qualities In the father cropping out In I on Sydney for three thousand, less pre- anything. Bare-headed, without his the son. ■ mim n," and hearing a check signed cloak, with staring eyes snd clinched M o v e m e n t In H e a l En tiite. I "S a rah C arr,” for two hundred pounds. hands. he rushed through the gates Into Stranger— I hear my old college I which he “took” In notes, and so return- the night a* one who flies headlong from chum. Dr. Sawbones, has been quite ■ ed again. From the bank she was tak some fearful vision. It seemed that, en to a «hipping office. absorbed in hls own thoughts, he took •uccessful since he located here. " I went e cabin in the first ship for no heisl to hi* step*, for Instead of tak Native— Y e s ; he's been with us seven *•? Sydney, please. W hen does the Dido ing the path which led to the sea. he years, and the village cemetery has tell?” kept along th* more familiar on# that been enlarged three times slnca he "T o-m orrow morning. She Is st Ply led to hia own cottage on the hill. “This came. mouth, waiting for th* malls. I f you go man a convict!" he cried. " H e Is a hero S ot Friends. down to-night by th# mall train, which — * martyr! W hat a life! I^ v e ! Yes. “Your ready repartee has made yon ■ leaves at U:30, you will be In plenty of thst la love indeed! Oh. James North, I time, and we will telegraph.” how base art thou In the eyes of God many friends," said the sincere ad " I will take the cabin.” beside this despised outcast!" And so mirer. John Rex was gnawing hie nails In muttering, tearing hia gray hair, and “ Your mistake Is a common one,” an beating hia throbbing templet with •alien apathy. She displayed the pee swered Miss Cayenne. "They are not own •age ticket. “ You are saved. By the clinched hands, he reached hia friend*, They are merely an audience." time Mr. Devine gets hie w it* together, room. Already he fancied he could fee — Washington Star. and hie «liter recovers her speech, we the speck that waa th* schooner move slowly aw ay from th* prison shore. R e • b a ll be past pursuit.” W e ll W ra p p ed . " T o Sydney!” cried Rex, angrily, look must not linger; they would be waiting Piker— I understand that you filled fo r him at tb* jetty. A s he turned, the ing at the w arran t " W h y there?” your Incubator full of cold «fo rage eggs. moonbeam*— • • yet unobso,.r«d by th* S arah surveyed him w it± an ex pres Hatch anything? •ion of contempt " R e c a a s i your scheme rapidly gathering cloud*— flung a silver Peeker— I should ear so! A ll tb* had failed. N ow , this is mine. You streak across the tea. and across that Waa chicken* came out with fu r Instead M have deserted me once; yon will not do •treak North saw ■ boat pass. • e again in aay other country. Yon are hia distracted brala playing h ia false! feathers and wore m u muffs, ft HT ! 1 >V! I I » 1 A T Y P I C A L WENSLEYDALE. woolcd class.” No long wool produced j In the British Isles is equal to the Wensleydale In quality or value. ('a llln ir L iv e S tock. A great many breeders fall to achieve the results at which they aim simply because o f their reluctance to discard an occasional animal which contains a slight blemish. Wanting the best, they use what they know Is uot perfect to produce It, hoping na ture w ill kindly gloss over and not re produce the defect. Such a policy Is suicidal. The breeder who would en joy the highest success must not be afraid to cull. Let every animal which can not he rated as first-class, and strictly so. be matured and sold. Breed from only the best, and on no condition or consideration let your flock deterio rate through failure to reject the im perfect.— Agricultural Ep!tom lst of ( o «l A sh e«. W h ile coal ashes contain no fertiliz ing value they are certainly useful on the farm and should he saved. They are not eutirely valueless In the soil, for they will materially assist in mak ing a stiff clay soil more workable if well mixed with It. The best use for '«»'• * sh*’s- however. Is in the filling in o f wet spots, sifting them and using the fine ashes In the dust boxes In the poultry houses and the coarser por tions for the making o f w a lk « alone or mixed with gravel. They may lie to advantage us a mulch around trees me inly N r the purpose o f keeping the sell moist and keeping grass f roui (lo w in g aroUnJ them. In H o o fs . has long been known that nail pricks and other sim ilar injuries In the horse's hoof may lead to an Infec tion followed by formation o f pus under the born of the hoof und a serious gen eral disease o f the horse or at least the loss o f the hoof. In a bulletin of the South Dakota Station, M oore has recently reported results obtained In a number of cases from applying a strict antiseptic treatment to injuries o f this sort. The method consists In paring away the horn o f the hoof from the affected part until the blood oozes out. The hoof Is then thoroughly washed in a solution o f blchlorid of mercury at the rate o f one part to 500 o f water, after which absorbent cotton saturated in a solution of the same strength Is applied to the wound and the whole hoof is packed in cotton surrounded by a bandage und well coated with tar. This prevents any fu .th er filth from coming In contact with the wound. The operation must usually be done by a qualified veterinarian. Subsequent treatment, however, can be applied by the average farm er, since all that Is necessary is to pour a little of this solu tion of blchlorid of mercury upon the cotton which projects from the upper part of the bandage. The cotton w ill absorb enough o f the solution to keep the wound moistened aud hasten the healing process. It Slut< le t h e l*o iillry Yard. I f It Is necessary to confine the poul try during the summer and the ln dosure cannot be placed near the shade o f buildings or trees, try the plan of g ro w ing some plants Just outside the fence, but fa r enough from It so that the fow ls cannot get at the foliage. One of the best plants for the purpose Is the canna, using the <-neap, tall-growing sorts, and buying the roots, not the seeds. Another quick growing plant Bun one which will make an abundance of shade is the castor bean, which may be grown from seeds planted where they are to s ta y ; that Is, the young plants cannot well be transferred. Even corn set thickly will furnish some shade quickly, and if a vine is wanted, noth ing Is better than the nm m on morning- glory. the seeds being sown thick and the vines trained along strings fastened to the poultry yard fence. W h ile the vines or plants are growing erect a rough roof o f hoards ojien on all sides to supply temporary shade. Form IrrlK H tio n I'ln n t. jHEWEEKtf HISTORI r W l T 'j 1415— John IIuss burned. 1563— France declared war again,t r., I land. •' I 1608— Quebec, Canada, founded. lGSij— Battle of Sedgemoor. 1080 -L e a g u e of against Franee. Augsburg I 1734— Dautzic surrendered to tlx R^J 1754 — Washington defeated at battle 0f Fort Necessity, I’a. 17o5— Gen. Braddock’s expedition against I the French in Camilla defeated. 1758— Clement X I I I . became I'ope. 1762— Peter I I I . of Russia deposed ud I succeeded by Catherine 11. 1764 Ivan V I. of Russia assassinated. 1770— Turkish fleet burned in Cheemek I Bay. ^ 1775— Washington took command of tie I army at Cambridge. 1776— Virginia tion. adopted State eonstitn-l 1777— Americans abandoned Fort Ticoa-I derogn. 1781— Engagement N . Y. at King’s Bridge 1785— Standard of American dollar ej- ] tabiished. 1792— Francis II. elected Emperor. 1809—-Hattie of Wagram. 1814— Americans captured Fort Erie. 1827— Kingdom of Greece treaty of London. erected by I 1828— Daniel O'Connell, elected member I of Parliament, refused to take the | oath, 1830— Algiers surrendered to the French. I A current wheel to run a chain and bucket gearing is quite feasible for farm Irrigation purposes. Herewith Is given an illustra- . tion of such a wheel for oper ating a chain and bucket. The 1833— Pom Miguel's squadron capturtd | by Admiral Napier. 1839— First normal school organized at ] Lexington, now Framington, Mass. 1849— Rome capitulated to the French. 1852— United States mint established it | San Francisco. 1855— First publication of the Kama» | Freeman at Topeka. 1860— Prince of Wales sailed for Amer- | ica. 1866— Austria ceded Venetia to France. 1870— France protested against choice of Prince Leopold for King of Spain. 1872—-International prison reform con gress met in London. 1883— Steamer Daphne capsized while be ing launched on the Clyde. One hun dred and fifty drowned. IRRIGATION BY CURRENT WHEEL. diagram Is self-explanatory. A Po in ted qn en tlon . Tw o cows cost $40 each per year for keep. One of them yields you 4,000 quarts of milk a year, that bring you $86. The other yields 120 quarts, that bring you $26. The lntter loses for you about $14 and reduces the gnin on the former from $46 to $32. W hy do you keep the 1,200-quart cow? You would be better off with the one that d e ars $46, for you would have only half the Investment, half the work, and half the feeding, and you would gain $14 each year. There would tie no surplus butter on the market for years to come and (trices would rule strong if the cows were eliminated which are kept at a loss. Dairy farmers have not yet half waked up to an understanding of the great practical lnqiortanee of weed ing out the unprofitable cows from their herds. Many a man would make a fair profit, that now faces a constant loss. If he would keep only such cows as pay a profit on their keep.— Farm Journal. Iln u lin jf 1889— Tw o thousand laborers on strike in Duluth, Minn. 1891— _Four condemned murderers execut ed by electricity in Sing Sing prison .P ark theater. St. Paul, burned. 1892— Business portion of San Jose, Cal, burned. 1893— -Silver purehnse suspended by See retaf.v of the Treasury Carlisle.... Marriage of Duke' of York, heir to British throne, and Princess Mary of Teck. 1894— 'T he Falcon, with the Penrjr aux- iliary expedition, sailed from St. Johns, N. F __ .Federal troops or dered to Chicago to enforce United States laws. 1898— President McKinley signed reso lution to annex H aw aii----- Eidung» of Spanish prisoners of war for Hob son and his comrades. 1994— Alton B. Parker nominated lor President by Democratic convention at St. L o u is ... .Thomas E. t'atsnn of Georgia nominated for President by the People’s party. 1005— Elihu Root appointed Secretary of State in succession to John Hay. Kansan H ay. Farm ers’ B o j c n tt . The farmers of Kansas are threstenmr boycotts on a number of towns becao* of the use of automobiles by businessman- Sedan, Winfield. McPherson and Abilies* are towns where the automobile the place of horses. Many runaways* several serious accidents have o.-eurrel to farmers and their families beeaow the excursions of automobilists into tz* country. The farmers’ horses re?11* ** pass the big touring cars in the azn»* lanes. This has led to a general agitation boycott the towns that permit bilists to tour the country aroond «•** during the hours when farmers are row ing to market or returning to their hot»*' This plan of getting even with the o»^ ers of automobiles was suggested by action of several Missouri towns, tap* cially Harrisonville, the county seat « Cass county, where the farmers met * F a r m T o n i s an<t I m p ! , ™ , , , , . agreed to throw their trade to Pli**Mt . On many farms, hoes, forks, shovels Hill and other towns. This action caused the merehaa’» and other tool, have to be looked un Harrisonville to “regulate" the nma" when wanted, and this looking of automobiles into the country. *o ** sometimes consumes more time thin avoid the farmers on their trip* >nf# would he required by the Job of work town in the morning and their w ar* Itself. Oftentimes plows, harrow, amI the a f t e r n o o n ._________________ cultivators. Instead of being earefullv B ird s th a t E a t B o ll . | housed, are left out o f door* all win- A bulletin edited by the AgricsJ™*^ It Is a very desirable thing to be able to haul all the hay iuto the barn the same day It Is cut. Tne worrlment and anxiety consequent upon the liability of a storm before morning are thus avoid ed, and experience has taught that liny having no more than three or four hours' sun w ill come out In the spring perfectly sweet and m fine condition for the cattle. In adopting this plan it Is well to keep the hay constantly stirred with a tedder. There has been a fear of putting hay into some barns that contain a noticeable amount of water, but if It Is properly packed by being evenly distributed over the mow each forkful trodden upon. an,l the barn kept closed ns much as possible the result will probably be gratifying. ' J, A p p ly a G ood F e r tllu ,, The value o f vegetables largo;, upon quick growth, and ,f j ‘ Top* a " not g ro w in g well some quick M e tin g fertilizer like nitrate o f ,„ ,(, ; guano or poultry droppings, should tJ worked Into the soil close to the roots ¡Freqnent cultivation o f the soil with the cultivator, rake or boe will often l be all that is necessary. Department gives the result of an tigstion of the relation of birds to cotton wee * II, begufl by the bioio-'11'* vey in 1904. It is found < eight spent* of birds feed upon the ^ enemy of cotton, including «ll ^ known birds as the quail. n . . I | phirhe and meadow lark. " " » 1 1 weevils arc destroyed in winter * ^ mmmer, ow ng to the fact that th’ , »re more protected by the enf >1 hr* J * greater number of species f-“ them in wirter.