T h e T rail of the D ead:
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THE STR4MCE EXPERIENCE
OE DR. ROBERT MARLAND
By B. ELETCHER ROBINSON
and J.
MALCOLM ERASER
(Copyrllht >905. by Joseph B Bowles)
the ‘Plough Inn.' ’E allowed ’im to be
a funny zort of toad, vur 'e 'ad 'is orders
to keep a week's vittles on board, though
the reasou was passiu’ his understand­
ing.”
“ Would Penny told take a trip to
France if he were asked?”
“Surely, zur, ef ’e be paid accordin’.
'E be most mazed on the color of a bit
of gold is Mark.”
“That settles it. Miss Weston,” con­
tinued Graden in his short, businesslike
way. “ N ow please to remember my in­
structions. You have the facts concern­
ing Professor Marnac in my letter. Lay
an information against him for an at­
tempt ou your life, and see that the coun­
ty authorities circulate his description
aiong the coast.
I don’t think there is
the slightest chance that he will return
to trouble you, but be on your guard,
and have a man to sleep in the house.
Now, my lads, who has the swiftest boat
iu the harbor?”
“ Now* you be askin’ a question,” said
their spokesman gloomily. “ You zee, it
be this wise.
At the regatty, as my
Pride o' Cornwall was reaching for the
west buoy, there comes, all of a sudden
like, a girt wind from over the eastern
beacon which-------”
“H e means, Sir Henry, that his boat is
i
reckoned the fastest, but at the regatta
she was disabled iu a squall,” broke in
Miss Weston, Interrupting a story which
was evidently familiar in its length and
detail. “This is Sir Henry Graden, Isaac
Treherne, and he is trying to capture the
wicked man iu the Agues Jane yonder,
the man who, as I told you, tried to
kill me. W ill you take him in the Pride
of Cornwall?”
Isaac was a study of indecision. He
twisted np his mouth, scratched his head,
regarded the sunset attentively, and
kicked a pebble over the edge of the
A hand fell on my ahoul 1er. It was quay.
r i,
Graden’s. He had heard and understood.
T da wish. miss, as I 'ad been nigh
And ao we two stood together watching j-OQ when ’e tried It,” he said at last,
the red sails fade slowly Into the flit- ••£ would ’ave set about the hugly toad
tering haze of the night and the storm, proper, that I would. But. beggin’ your
V.— TI1 E A M M O N I A C Y L I N D E R .
pardon, and seem* he be got away,
~
; twould seem a matter for the perlice
C H A P T E R X Y IL
J more'n for we una. Moreover, there be
The sail crept forward down the river
contract, and the Pride is only
of sunset gold that streamed in wild waiting her crew to zaiL”
splendor from a e m u s n the mages
**it meaQa a hundred pounds in your
of cloudland. The Light that bumn*hed pocket, my man,” snapped Graden.
the sea glowed »po a the Poilewen diffe.
’undred pounds ia a ’undred
tinging with fire the breaker» at their
replied Isaac with a sententious
feet; it threw fierce shadows amongst the ai.„nsetiuence.
clustered cottages of the Cornish l.sher-
-B u t. Isaac,” broke In Miss Weston,
folk, and painted a richer scarlet .*n the “when the story gets round to Mark
•ails of the trawlers huddled beneath
he will say that y<*i refused
the sheltering arm of the little quay. It because you knew that the Pride could
was a scene that rise* before me. a* I never catch the Agnes Jane.”
write, with a curioue detail, though, in­
“Zo he wall— the Hard!” cried Isaac,
deed, at the time I took no peine to ob­ with a sudden burst of indignation. “ I
serve it
For on that departing vessel never thought on that, miss. A pretty
mM [y
waa he whom we had chased across tale he will be telling in every public
Europe, madman aa we supposed, mur­ from Bude to Penzance!
Come along,
derer as we knew him to be. W e had gentlemen, come along.
I ’ll show 'e a
saved an Innocent girl from hie vendetta, thing, and Mark. tn. the Hard!”
and in mjr heart I thanked Providence
W e ran to where the little trawler lay
for that mercy; but Rudolf Maniac, the moored to the quay, and tumbled on
Heidelberg profeasor, waa »till free, free board. One man was sitting in her stern
with fresh schemes of vengeance against mending some tackle, and Isaac apparent­
his scientific opponents hatching in his ly considered his services sufficient, for
twisted brain, and with all the wisdom of he cast off the ropes at once. Miss W es­
his great learning to help him In his ton was waiting on the head of the quay
deadly purpoics.
.
as our boat crept by. I shall always re­
“ So this Is the end of your clever member that picture of my darling as
plans!” I cried, turning savagely on my she stood on those old grey stones, with
burly cousin, " l i e has escaped again, their seaweed beard dropping to the awirl
got clear away. W hat are you going to
of the tide below. The fire of the sunset
do? Shall we follow him?”
lit her tall, graceful figure leaning to
“ In the face of the etorm?”
the breeze. On# hand" was to her hair,
vS
“ W hy not— if t-at it the best yon esn
the other waving ad;eu. No fairer figure
Suggest ?”
of encouragement could men desire who
“ You have changed, my little cousin.”
started on a potiloos adventure
said he, regarding me with a kindly look,
"Good-bye! God keep you both!” So
though,
Indeed,
my
words
had
been
un­
ev
ebe cried to a t
mannerly.
“The
Kates
have
played
the
in ri*
W e shouted a reply, hot I doobt if she
very deuce with the sedate student it
Heidelberg just twelve days ago. How heard It. lo r et that moment the wind
that youngster grumbled at prospective caught the greet red sad on our fore­
discomforts! H ow he ehrank from the mast. swinging it across with a thunder­
the thought of being mixed up in a ous fiapp.ng that shook the little vessel
business that was ‘better left to the po­ from stem to stern. In another moment
we were rushing forward in pursuit, with
lice'! Do you remember?”
the spray from the bows in our face* and
"D o n ’t we waste time?” said I.
"Perhaps.
Ah! here she comes— Just a white trail of foam marking our path
from the land.
the thing for which I was hoping.”
Running down the village street came
I do not think that more than ten
Miss Weston, with three or four men minutes had passed from the moment i»t
behind her. W e met her at the entrance our arrival on the qnay, though by my
to the quay.
writing it may seem that I have under­
' “ W e ll! have you caught 'him?" she estimated the time.
The Agnes Jane
panted.
was, as far aa I could judge, about a
" N o ; there he goes.” My cousiu point­ mile away to the southward, a distance
which we decreased to barely a thous­
ed an arm at the distant anil.
“ Oh, thank God!” she exclaimed earn­ and yards before the full strength of the
estly.
" I knew he waa armed, and I growing wind we brought had reached
A fter that, however, we gained
w aa so afraid for the brave men who had her.
very slowly, if at all.
eaved my father and me.”
She looked from one to the other of
I waa never a good sailor, a fact which
ua with an honest gratitude In her eyes the long rollers toon recalled to my
that to me teemed worth the risk of all remembrance. The occasional bursts of
the
in the world.
spray which flew over ua added greatly
lie dangers
daBL
"A n d Dr. W eston?” asked my cnualn. to my discomfort, for my clothes, though
"M y father is no worse; but of course warm, were not waterproof. I have al-
I did not tell him all. H e Imagines that waya been susceptible of chills, and the
1 waa annoyed by tome tramp, and de­ prospect of passing the night in dripping
clares he will have a man about the (trm ents seriously alsrmed me. It was.
cottage In the future.
You and your therefore, with a sense of relief that I
friend must come hack with me. Sir observed Isaac produce some oilskins,
H enry. I want to Introduce you to him.” and boots happily lined with fiannel.
The seafaring appearance which I as­
“ Some other time, I hope.
A t pres­
ent this young firebrand here Insists that sumed did not, however, allay my in­
ternal Bufferings, which soon became
w e should follow M arnac by aea.”
"T h a t la quite Impossible, sir,” she acute. Huddled on the leeward aide of
■aid, turning upon me with an anxious the boat, 1 watched the chase with an
» look. “ I have enough experience o f the appearance of Interest which was mere
weather to kuow that a storm is coming. hypocrisy. To be sincere, I reganled my
I am certain that Sir Henry Graden will cousin, who was enjoying a pipe of
strong-smelling tobacco on the windward
help me to dissuade you.”
"1 am afraid not, Mias W eston,” broke aide of me, with a more immediate en­
In my cousin before I could reply. " W e mity than I felt towards Marnac himself.
hare beer, like over-eager hounds, losing
C H A P T E R X V III.
the scent by Hashing forw ard too quick­
The ann sank amidst a cloud confla­
ly.
It must be sheer, dogged hunting
now, and no more cutting oflf corners. gration of sullen and thunderous magnifi­
B y the way, there la a little fact which cence. T he coastline behind na darkened
perhaps one of yon can tell me," he said, and faded nntil the crests of the breaking
turning to the little group that hung waves rose ghastly white against the
But for­
behind her skirts watching us with a bu­ gloom of the shrouded land.
colic interest.
“ Did tbs Agnes Jane tunately the tky above ns was still clear,
and a silver crescent of the moon, swing­
yonder carry provision* on board?"
“ Surely, m r,” said one who stood a ing at an angle as if the wind had tilted
little forw ard of the rest— a stout, beard­ her, showed ns the chase heading south­
It was evidently some port in
ed man with a face at brown and seamed ward.
■s a withered cider apple. “ M ark Pen- France for which she pointed. My consin
Byfold, as ia ownar, waa telling about had joined Isaac, who was at the tiller,
this furrin geut only I*M m«ht down tu and the pair conversed ia low tones.
C H A P T E R X V I.— (Continued.)
And so, her story ended, the brave girl
passed into the house, while we dashed
away in pursuit. M y cousin stuck to his
work most manfully; but age will tell
in
and I was a minute to the good when I
•tumbled into the parlor of the inn. They
had not seen Mr. Hermann, they told
me, since lunah-time; perhaps he was
down at his boat.
“ Boat— what boat?“ I gasped.
MYVhy, sur, said the landlord's wife,
grinning at my eagerness, “the guid gen
I tlemau be mighty vond o’ zailing, an’ he
hath hired Mark Pennyfold’s noo trawl
er, the Agnes Jane, for a matter o’ two
months. And now I comes to think on
It, I did hear Mary zay as how he an’ his
■un were going out with Maister Her*
mann betwixt dree an’ vour o’clock.
I ran down the narrow street towards
the quay, between the quaint old cot­
tages. with their fish stretched out to dry.
and their nets, fishing-boots, and gear
tumbled before the doorsilla.
As 1
reached the little breakwater the sun.
low on the west horizon, was throwing
golden
streamers through gaps in
■ great k
----- -------
I the purple clouds that were piled as high
cataclysm of Nature had set the
IN I «
“ • on the Himalayas. From their
Andes
feet came gusts of wind, fierce and icy
Even to my shore-going eyes It
tcV ! cold.
threatened dirty weather.
Hj j«
But I had not time for cloud effects.
There, fair In the glittering path that
I
the aun had daubed upon the waters, a
red-sailed fishing-boat was running close-
hauled to the sou’-west ward.
“ W hat boat is that?” I asked a lad
who lounged against a mooring-post at
my elbow.
“That, maister— whol. It be Mark Pen-
nyfold’s Agues Jane, ’er as was ’Ired by
the stranger from Lunnoo. ’Erinaan by
i
r
O'
t.
m
lift!
M
9m
•n*
glancing frequently to the northwest,
from which the wind blew strong and
cold.
It was, according to my remembrance,
past nine o'clock that the steady pres­
sure of the wind failed.
In its place
came gusts, fierce and uncertain, spaced
with lulls of restless calm. Ignorant as
I was of sea weather, I began to grow
uneasy. There seemed a menace in the
dark, mysterious wall of cloud to wind­
ward, a rampart edged with silver from
the moon.
Motionless it hung like a
heavy curtain that at its rising would re­
veal some monstrous spectacle. For the
first time I realized the Insignificance
of our boat, its loneliness amidst the hur­
rying wastes of the sea, and my anxiety
passed into alarm.
It was about this
time that my nausea suddenly left me
This was a great relief to me, for I was
well aware that an excess of sea-sickness
may result in a serious prostratiou.
It was in one of the lulls I have men­
tioned that Isaac gave my cousin the
helm and with his man's assistance low­
ered the sail on the smaller mast at the
stern which, I believe, is known nautieal-
ly as the jigger.
They also reefed the
larger canvas on the foremast.
The
Agnes Jane, which was now not more
than four hundred yards away, showed
no sign of following our example.
“ M ark Pennyfold must be mazed,”
said Isaac on his return aft. “’E must
have seen us were chasin’ 'e, yet 'e gives
we no chance o’ speaking ’im; and now
'e be chancing his boat by carrying on
with that press o’ sail. Plaze to keep thy
hand on the tiller, zur.”
Th e little Cornishman rolled forward
to where I sat, and stood, making a hol­
low of his hands. A great stillness held
the sea and air, save for the whisper
of the gliding waves.
“The Agnes Jane, ahoy!”
H e drove the words over the black
waters like the blast of a trumpet.
“The Agnes Jane, ahoy!”
Again he called, and this time there
came an answering voice.
’’H elp!” It cried— the one word— and
was silent. W e waited, but that was all.
“ It is no good, Treherne.” said my
cousin. “They have an ugly customer on
board who does not mean to be taken.
H e has his pistol at their heads as like
as not. They must take their chance
of-------”
H is words were lost in a stirring note
like the throbbing of a giant harp-string,
a note that rose to a shriek and then
melted into a rattling, drumming ronr,
the uttermost diapason of the storm-
wind. For some seconds we heeled over,
so that I could have dipped my face in
the babbling waters; and then, slowly
gathering way, we shot forward through
the flying spray, with Treherne yelling
to his man in tones that even out sounded
the squall itself.
W e were upon her almost before I re­
alized the disaster that had befallen her.
I caught a glimpse of the level line of
timbers about the keel, the red sails
awash in streaks of hissing foam; and
then I saw my cousin lean out and grip
a something in the water.
F or a mo­
ment I thought he would be dragged from
the boat, but Isaac, letting go the tiller,
circled his legs with a pair of muscular
arms and held on like the little bulldog
he was. W ith three great heaves G ra­
den lugged the dripping thing he held
to the boat's edge; with a fourth he
landed it fairly on board.
The Agnes
Jane had gone, and with her the unfor­
tunate men she carried— save Marnac
only.
Thus Fate in its own strange manner
had given him to ns at last!
Shouting like a madman, I started to­
wards the stern, where my cousin was
bending over the huddled body he had
saved.
But even as I did so I saw
a black mass, crested and streaked with
hissing white, rush up from the obscurity
to windward. F or a space it seemed to
hang above as,, while Isaac yelled as he
tagged wildly at the tiller. Then, with
a wild roar that drammed in my ears
like the explosion of a mine, it threw it­
self upon us, hurling me into the bottom
of the boat, choked, deafened, and blind­
ed.
(T o be continued.)
Ju st a F a v o r .
T he old farm er was deaf and did not
hear the steam whistle on the big tour­
ing car. It struck him. The chauffeur
paled and the wom an shrieked.
"Thanks, mister,” chuckled the old
man as he picked himself up out o f the
dust. “Come around again sometime.”
"B u t aren't you hurt?” gasped the
chauffeur.
“ Not ’tall.”
“ But why do you say ‘Thanks?’ ”
"Because, mister, that thar Jolt un­
loosened a m ustard plaster on my shoul­
der that I have been trying to get off
fo r the last week.”
“ W i l l l t e t n r n K a r ly .* *
Mr. Rounder (te n d e rly )— I>o you re-
mernber, dear, during our courting days
how I used to tell you the old, old
story ?”
Mrs. Rounder— Yes. and you still tell
me the "old, old story.”
Mr. Rouuder (In su rp rise )— When,
dear?
Mrs. Rounder— W hen you start for
the club.
C a lle d .
"W illia m Henry?”
“Y e * — yes, M a ria .”
"W h a t are you doing?"
“Reading about the ‘man with the
muck rake.' ”
“W ell, you go right in that garden
and let me nee you lie the man with
the garden rake and be quick about I t ”
E a s ily
C o n v in c e d .
" I t ’s the unexpected that usually hap­
pens, you know,” said the slow board­
er.
“ I guess that'» right,” rejoined the
landlady. “A t least I know the money
I expected from you last week hasu’t
materialized ns yet.”
An
In jn atlce.
U lggs— I understand that H iggins I*
quite a clever financier.
B iggs— Well, he Isn't. W hy, that man
never beat anybody out o f a cent In his
lit*.
At
IS .
H .r s s l.
Sate.
“ Aee,” said
his wife, proudly. " I
saved 39 cent* by coming here to-day."
“Y e * " growled her husband, “and I
lost $3 worth o f time coming with you,"
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ITHCWEEKLY
«ISTORIAI
±
—-
H u r . e . fr o m
F o r R l n v l n g H oar«.
A ringing trap for hogs is a necessity
on many farm s, and the accompanying
sketch shows a good form. Th e fram e
of trap Is two Inch by four Inch pieces,
D. D. and D., lapped and bolted at
corners as shown, and a tight, smooth
floor.
Also side and top boards are
solidly nailed to Inner edge o f
the
frame, as shown, m aking a strong crate
from which boards cannot be crowded
off. R ear end is fltted with slide door
to raise up as Indicated by dotted line
V.
Front end has a door, A A , made
of two thick, strong boards on Inside
cross cleats at top and bottom. A, A,
Is Joined at bottom by
two
strong
hinges to fram e D, and held up when
In use by the Iron clamp F, being plac­
ed down over top o f door and frame,
D. Door has a central opening B, be­
low which are several bolt holes, fo r
fastening an Iron lever, C. Th e top of
door also has w ide cleat, E, bolted at
one end with blocks behind to hold
It out from door, so the other end w ill
form a guide fo r lever C, which, when
pulled forward, partially closes open­
ing B, and firmly holds hog, with head
through the opening. Lever C Is fa s ­
tened while In use by a spike nail In­
serted as shown, In one o f several holes
bored through side cleat and door at
Z. Opening B Is twelve Inches long and
TRAP FOB RI .VOINO HOOS.
nine and one-half Inches wide at widest
place near lower end, and lower end of
opening Is ten
Inches
above
floor.
C rate is four feet two Inches long, two
feet four Inches high, and one foot six
inches wide, inside
measure.
Place
trap squarely with rear end close up
to hi g house door, with lever C thrown
b a c k ; raise slide door, drive In a hog
and drop slide door belling him, and
he w ill thrust his head through the hole
B. P u ll lever C tight against his neck
and Insert spike to hold It there, and
you can ring with ease a hog weighing
nearly 400 pounds.
T h e S e le c tio n
o f S eed C o rn .
There Is no time which Is put In to
better advantage or which fetches a
larger return than that devoted to se­
lecting the seed corn during the latter
part o f September and the first half of
October. The advantage which secur­
ing the seed ears at this time has over
the ordinary method of selecting at
husking time lies in the fact that a
choice o f the earliest maturing ears
can be made, a distinction that Is im­
possible when all of the crop Is ripe
and ready to husk. For all the north
h a lf o f the corn belt that type of corn
Is best which bears Its ears low on the
stalk. This means as a rule that such
corn will mature early, and while the
ears produced may not be quite so
large as those which one has to reach
above his head after they are much
more likely to produce hard corn, which
w ill keep after It is put In the crib. The
shape and depth o f kernel and form
and type o f ears-are o f very trivial im­
portance as compared with the main
question as to whether the corn Itself
Is o f a variety which w ill mature a
crop in the latitude In which
It Is
planted.
G ood
Y ie ld
of
F le e © «.
R o y a l S ta b le * .
One o f the most interesting studies
in the Interstate live stock and horse
show held at S t Joseph,
M o,
was
found In the exhibit o f shire horses
from the royal stables of K ing E d w a rd
and Lo rd Rothschild o f Sandringham ,
England. S t Joseph w as fortunate In
securing this stable as It had not been
the Intention to exhibit the horses this
side o f the Atlantic except in the king’s
dominion, Canada. Louis F. Sw ift, of
S w ift & Co., w as Influential In pre­
vailing upon M anager
Beck,
repre­
senting K in g E dw ard, to exhibit the
horses. In two United States shows,
viz., at the Interstate In St. Jo­
seph and the Am erican Royal at
Kansas City.
“O u r object In brin g­
ing the horses to this side of
the
Atlantic w as prim arily to stimulate in­
terest In the big sKlres w ith the C a n a­
dians,” said Mr. Beck. “ Until within
a fe w years the shire has been too
scarce and high priced for the general
run o f breeders. They nre still high
priced.but nre coming within the range
o f general breeding and are a profit­
able anim al to breed fo r the big d ra ft
trade.”
These horses are fine speci­
mens o f the thoroughbred shire and are
attracting much attention and favor
w herever they are being shown. They
are nil great, heavy boned, thick mus­
cled anim als whose very carriage and
bearing and spring motion when In ac­
tion
announce them
as
something
above the ordinary in horse flesh.
B eat
P r e p a r a t io n
fo r
W h e a t.
I f I could have my choice of ground
to sow on, says a Pennsylvania farm er,
I would choose a field where a heavy
clover sod, o r where cowpeas had been
plowed down and potatoes raised the
present year, using at least 1,500 pounds
high-grade fertilizer on the potatoes.
The potatoes having been kept clean,
and dug In good time, I would not plow
for the wheat, but harrow at least four
or live times, and then drill
In the
wheat, drilling with It 400 pounds of
good fertilizer, with at least 3 per ceat
quickly available nitrogen, 8 per cent
phosphoric acid and 0 per cent potash.
Then In the spring, if It did not start to
grow promptly, I would sow broadcast,
150 pounds nitrate o f soda per acre.
A heavy dressing o f stable manure will
make a large stand o f straw which w ill
make a large stand o f straw which w ill
not fill w ell unless one Is sure the
ground contalus plenty o f phosphoric
acid and potash.
Th©
Piar P e n .
The pig sty Is nearly alw ay s filled
with materials for absorbing manure,
but they are not cleaned as frequently
as should be the ease.
In winter, if
the yard contains absorbents, they be­
come soaked during rains, and nre dis­
agreeable locations fo r pigs. T he pig
prefers a dry location, as it suffers se­
verely on damp, cold days. T he m a­
terials In the pig sties w ill be o f more
service If added to the manure heap
and a plentiful supply o f cut straw
thrown Into the yard In Its place. The
covered shed, or sleeping quarters,
should be littered a foot deep with cut
straw, which may be thrown Into the
yard after being used, but the y ard
should alw ay s be cleaned out after a
rain and dry m aterial then added.
H om em ade
Post
D river.
The construction o f this post driver
can be easily taken from the lllustra-
w ir
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1332— John Ballot crowned King of Sci
land.
1555— Famous peace of
lished at Augsburg.
1505— Massacre of Fort
John's river, Florida.
religion eitq
Caroline,
1043— New England colonies declaij
w ar against Niantick Indians.
1004— Fort Orange (Albany, N. Y.)
rendered to the English.
1737— Gottingen university opened.
1777— Col. Ethan Allen captured
British near Montreal.
1792— Allied armies of Prussia and a J
tria defeated by the French at b]
tie of V a lm y ... .First French
public proclaimed.
1700— English frigate Amphion blown ]
at Plym outh; 200 lives lost.
1797— United States frigate (’.instil
tion ( “Old Ironsides” ) launched!
Boston.
1803—
Robert Emmet put on trial.
1811— Dutch surrendered island of
to the British.
1814— British, under Gen. Drummoi
raised siege of Fort Erie.
1839—
Feargus O'Connor arrested.
1841— London
and
Brighton
opened to traffic.
raili(
1840—
American forces under Gen.
lor commenced siege of MonteJ
Mexico.
1850—
Congress abolished slave trade|
District of Columbia.
1851—
Louis Kossuth and oth»r IIuiJ
rian revolutionists sentenced to del
1854— M a n y lives lost in the wreck!
the Queen Charlotte....... Battle |
Alma.
1857— Delhi captured by the British.|
Relief of Lucknow.
1801—
Maryland Legislature closed I
provost marshal; secession memlj
sent to Fort McHenry.
1802— Confederates
recrossed PotoJ
into Virginia, having been in Mi
land two weeks.. . . Habeas Coif
suspended by United States govl
m e n t....G e n . Rosecrans began |
tack on the Confederate forces!
Iuka, M is s ....T h e revolving tuf
patented by Timby____Gen. Md
recaptured Mnnfordsville, Ky.
1804— Confederates defeated at battl^
Fisher’s Hill.
1807—
Fenians attacked a prison vaif
Manchester.
1808— Gen. Hindman
Helena, Ark.
assassinated |
1809— Black Friday.
1870—
Siege of Paris began.
1871—
Disastrous fire in Virginia
N e v a d a .. . .Lincoln statue unvd
in Fairmount Park. Philadelphia)
Disastrous fire in San FranciscoJ
1870— Hell Gate, Hallett’s Point
blown up.
1881— Chester A. Arthur took oatl(
office as President.
1898— Revision of Dreyfus case ordl
by French cabinet___ United Stf
troops began the evacuation of Pj
Rico.
1901— Czolgosz, assassin of Pre:
McKinley, convicted of murde^
first degree.
1904— Collision on Southern Rai I
near Knoxville, Tenn.; 70 killed,!
in ju red ... .Russia protested agj
the Anglo-Thibetan treaty.
Peter of Servia crowned at Belg
1905— Czar proposed a second
conference at The Hague.
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tion. It can be made to work by man
or horse power.
I f man power only,
use one pulley. This can be made du r­
ing the winter months and be ready
fo r spring fencing.
Cambridge, Mass., provides for
leges o f study and travel one yea|
seven for the public school teaibers
teacher draws a part salary and has i
lar position upon return.
There is a revival of interest in Ka|
In consolidation of rural schools,
number has increased from six m
to twenty in 1900. A large numb
communities are now considering
C h e e s e - M a k tn * G a r d e n in g .
Ten pounds to the fleece Is regarded
Cheese-making has been shown by
large when it Is an average from year­
ling lambs.
A correspondent of In ­ recent bacterial research to be a sort
diana Farm er writes that from a flock o f gardening— an Inverted gardening,
.
o f 1,000 yearling lamb* of McCabe A In which the plants are grown fo r the question.
New Jersey has a new teachers I
The pe­
Nelson flocks, o f Putnam County, In ­ sake o f modifying the soil.
»ion bill. It provides for retiremea|
diana, 10,000 pounds o f a very fine culiar qualities and flavors o f the d if­
one-half the average annual salary
ferent
cheeses
have
been
proved
to
be
quality o f wool has been sheared this
of service, twenty-M
■
when
season, and that the wool 1» very even due to the growth of various species , thirty-five y e w . - -
In fiber and general condition, showing of bacteria and molds in them. A n d It wh,lch mu, , t L
has been fa il m l n n M iR iA ... ------, ___ r etirem en t takes P
that the sheep were fed regularly, and has been found possible to produce the
Claude E. Palmer, an employ
flavor
o f the required cheese from th*
cared fo r In a very excellent manner.
railroad at Osawatomie,
This even condition o f the wool Is al­ milk o f any locality by Introducing the who has been working his way rhri
w ay s a sure sign o f regular feeding appropriate plants. In a recent paper, | ^ u n i v e r s i t y of that State, has be«
and care in management and such wool for example, C. Gorinl shows that the ! pointed to a scholarship in ,he. V *
fam iliar red and green patches which ' School of Applied Sciences “•mug
alw ays brings the best price.
characterize Gorgonzola cheese are the influence of Miss Helen Gould,
r a p * fo r H aycocks.
combined work o f a special mold, and a | An Illinois decision is that critic o
F or the benefit o f those who are un­
These
zuese organisms ers in the
tne practice
praciiw department
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willing to purchase caps for covering species of barillas.
are Introduced as the result o f artificial school may not be paid out ot
*1
the cocks we wish to say that alfalfa,
punctures, made in the process o f man- Th« court held that the w"
d T
properly cooked, w ill shed water Just
teacher Is to teach pedagogy.
ufacture.
aa well as clover— tn fact, many farm ­
has no lawful or proper
ers claim that It w ill shed water even
In the curriculum of the common
P ric e a n d V n la e .
better and that It Is no more difficult to
The price o f the cow does not lndl-
From the first year of the
cure than clover In any season. W hile cate her
va.de
as —
a F-
producer. vini«
Gilt- Normal
—
—»
.»ormai » school
u w i there has t e «
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this may be true, w e urge the use of edged butter is something that depends loan fund and fully 10 P«r
3
n
k iM w I *
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ef»»________ ___
s __ - — V e a n m a r i a T1S© 9 » I* *
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caps for the reason that alfalfa Is so A on
bow It is —
made.
The cow gives the ! graduates
have made use
much more valuable than clover, snd a milk, but upon the management o f the i teresting to note that t,*Tn»e*t *l
little extra expense In this
line is m llk ^crean . and butter depend, th . « J »
appeal* f «
money well Invested.
quality.
J to put It on a permanent