THE RED STORM
Or the Days of Daniel Boone
By JOEL
CIIAPTF.il VI.
Allan Norwood had moved silently
sway walked along the liank of the
river. Ae ha wn proceeiling slowly,
1 Hiking for amn iiiilicatimia of an In
dian trail, Veeuviua ran by him with
Ma mm to tlx groiinl am 11 1 not atop
until ha hail gone quit down to tha
water'e edge; ha then aeeiued at fault,
wain Into tha water ami barked.
Attracted by hia coniluct, Allan care
fully approach.?'! tha spot. Upon niak
lug a critical i a ml nation of tha reed
a ill hrulihfry. ha perceived that they
tad been bent down ami troiMen upon
ml inline llatelv concluded that light
V";tt or rami ha 1 been drawn up tbera
nil launched again. The young man
);iick in hia decision and deeply esrnest
lu whntfver enterprise ha engaged In,
Hike kindly and. encouragingly to tha
iog and proceeded down th river at
nor rapid puce. Vesuvine looked after
f i i in a moment, aa if doubtful in which
direction hia duty lay, and then followed.
keeping chine to the water edge.
The aiugiilnr request of Le Hland. tn
tiara the whole affair of the pursuit of
the Indiana ami the recovery of Hosal
the ooiii mit ti-1 exclusively to hia hand,
had not been without ita Influence npon
A linn. It hud aroused all hia energies
and canned him to feel Jiutly indignant
that the Frenchman'! assurance ahould
extend ao far. In consequence of thla
feeling and tha Impression which Miss
Alston' beauty had made upon him, ha
resolved to make vrr effort la bia
power to unravel the mystery that now
tiling over the fate of the maiden.
lie moved on like one in a dream.
Kosnlthe waa In danger. It la true; but
hail not fortune ao ordered It that he
hould be her deliverer? Had he not
read of aucb thing a hundred tlmea In
Iiooka? lie waa young, atrong and dar
ing; he would discover her, In position
of great danger, anil aare ber, after
achieving unheard of tioloit.
linniel It. Mine, Simon Kenton or Joel
Logston would have reaaoned rather dif
ferently and aeen things in another light,
unquestionably; but they could not have
drawn more vivid pictures than did Al
lan. When the mind la occupied with great
nd hopeful subjects, time flies quickly;
and an hour with Allan was such a
mere fragment that It passed unnoticed;
although during that period he had walk
ed aeveral miles through a tract of coun
try ao dolightful that it called tip the
Idea of another Eden, planted upon Ken
tucky river. Allan atopped, and leaning
upon hia rifle, contemplated the beauty
of the acene. A low, warning growl
from Vesuvius caused him to turn his
eyes In another direction. An Indian
was standing beneath the spreading
branches of a patriarchal oak. Allan's
first impulse was to cock his rifle; but
the Indian calmly rminted to his own,
which was reclining against the tree
within his reach, and tha young man
felt assured that bia intentions were not
hostile. The red man was tha first to
speak.
Son of the paleface, fear not. Had
Otter-Lifter intended you harm, you
would have ceased to live already; for
Ma eye has been on you for a long time,"
eain tne nuiinn, In very good Kngllsli.
"I feel that the words of the red man
re true." replied Allan, adopting the
style of speaking characteristic of the
Indian races.
"Whence c.une you, and where do you
go?" asked Otter-Lifter,
"I am from Boonesborough." said Al
lan. "One of our young maidens has dis
appeared from the fort."
"The paleface is hunting for her?"
"Yes."
"And you suppose that some of my
people have stolen her away?"
"That was my thought," replied Al
lan. Otter Lifter looked soarchingly l the
young hunter, ami said:
"Men who have red skin can tell
truth as well as those who have white.
It one of your maiden haa been car
ried away by any of our people. It is
oinetliing unknown to me."
Allan could not help being struck with
the noble bearing of th Cherokee. II
had heard him spoken of by Captain
Iloone aa one who condemned and de
spised the cruelties of his race, and he
felt that he had good reason to congrat
ulate himself that he had fallen lu with
chief ao celebrated for hia love of Jus
tic and humanity.
Otter-Lifter was a remarkable man.
He had raised himself to renown aa a
warrior without ever having killed wom
en or children or prisoner. Hia friend
hi word and hia ritln were alt he cared
for. He said the tireat Spirit, when
he made all the rest of the animals,
created man to kill and eat them, lest
they should consume all the grass; that
to keep men from being proud he Buf
fered them to die aso, or to kill one
another and make food for worms; that
life anil death wer two warriors always
fighting, with which the Ureat Spirit
amused himself.
"You are In danger here," added Otter-Lifter.
"Hetiirn to the big wigwam
or you will perish at the bands of my
warriors. (So, paleface, go In peace, and
tell your people that there la one among
the red nations that love mercy."
"You apeak like a great chief," aald
Allan; "but how can I go back without
the maiden? Her friend are aad; all
hearts are heavy at the great fort."
"Otter-Lifter haa spoken. II knows
nothing of th paleface maiden. Ia It
not enough?" replied th Cherokee with
dignity.
"It la poaalhl that nm of your war
rior hav carried her away without your
knowledge," returned Allan.
"Then they ahall carry her hack."
aid th Cherokee grimly. "I would
fain live In peac with th palefaces, al
though they art driving n from our
la ride and destroying our glorloua bunt
ing grounds."
Ther la," returned Allan, after
pa use, "a Frenchman at th big wig
wam, who talks. It la said, of making
large purchase f land. Do yon know
hlmr
"My whit brother la Inquisitive; he
peak of that which dives not concern
Mm. What cars Otter-Lifter about the
Frenchman' cheme? If he I treat
ing for land, la th chief of th Chero
kee woman that he ahould tell all ha,
know to every on that aska htm?
"I meant no often," aald Allan. "It
en only yeaterday that th Frenchman
had a talk with th missing maiden, and
he need language that I liked not" .
"II 1 called among my people Shole
k. which means Smooth-Tongn," re
plied th Indian, with a disdainful smll.
And without another word walked swift
ly away. Norwood fated after htm a
moment nd then turned to retrace hi
Sep to th fort II bad accomplished
boat two-third f th distance, when,
ROBINSON
feeling aomewhat fatigued, he aat down
to rest a moment
Suddenly Vesuvius started op and
sniffed the air anil at the earn time
Allan caught a glimpse of a human
figure moving hurriedly among the trees,
He Immediately concealed himself bah In
a log as well as he could, and putting hi
baud on the neck of his canine com
pa n Ion. kept him still.
The figure approached and proved to
he that of a white man. Allan waa
about to rise from hia place of conceal'
metit when another party appeared an
caused hlin to forego his purpose. The
second comer waa an Indian, and the
two advanced to within a few paces u
our hero.
"Where la Bunxith-Tongue?" asked the
Indian, rather Indifferently.
"Haan't come. I've been waiting
long time." replied the white man.
The white man waa Silas (iirty, an
individual well known to tha settlere of
Kentucky. He waa a faithless, treach
erous fellow, celebrated for nothing save
being friendly to the Indians, and Incit
ing them to acta of aggression and cru
elty. He led many of the attacka that
were made upon Boonesborough and
Harrodsbitrg. Ilia companion waa
chief of the Miamis, called the I.lttle
Turtle, a character also mentioned In
tli annals of frontier warfare.
"Are the Miamis ready to make an
attack?" asked (Jirty.
"The bold Miamis are ready; they are
alwaya ready when the warwhoop Bound
along th border," said Little-Turtle.
"1 have seen the Wyandot they are
ready also. Why ahould there be any
more delay about the matter? or my
part, I don't ae no uae In It; every hour
that goes by without being Improved is
an hour lost. I'eople will say that we
make war like women and not like men,
"The chief of the Miuuii la ready to
lead hia warrior to battle. Let the
Wyandota come on, and w wilt level
the big wigwam with the dust"
"You talk well; you are a wlae chief
but th Frenchman com not according
to his appointment
(iirty and Little-Turtl waited a short
time longer, and then walked from the
spot. Allan arose hastily from his place
of concealment, and returned to th fort
without loss of time.
CHAPTER VIL
When Norwood reached th fort he
found Daniel Iloone, Simon Kenton and
Joel Logaton ready to go In search of
the missing maiden. Le Hland stood
near, with brow overcast and sullen
He gave Allan one of his peculiar look
as he joined them.
"Imprudent young man! why did you
leave ua?" exclaimed Itoone.
"I would see yo i alone, air," aald Al
lan.
"This way, then," replied th pioneer.
"Now I will hear yon."
Allan without further delay proceeded
to relate circumstantially all that b
had heard.
"A white man and an Indian," re
peated Boone, thoughtfully. "I have
it," he added. "Th first was Silas
(Iirty a man, to uae a scriptural phrase,
'full of subtlety and mischief.' "
"The Indian was of small stature.
and chief of the Miamis," said Allnn. '
"He ia called Little-Turtle, and la a
dangerous fellow. They spoke of an at
tack, did they?"
Norwood replied In the affirmative,
stating aa much of the conversation as
he could remember.
"The French ma n referred to was no
doubt our amiable friend yonder." con
tinued the pioneer, losing toward Le
Illaml. "I have lc.,g suspected him of
playing a double game like this. Leave
him to p;e; say nothing of this matter,
ami w will see what can be done. He
had an appointment with (iirty and the
Miami chief, no doubt, but did not think
it prudent to go. I'm much obliged to
you, Mr. Norwood; you have rendered
an important service to tne. and to all
the settlers. Y'ou have commenced nobly
the life of a pioneer."
"Hut what do you think of Otter
Lifter? Can his word be relied on?"
asked Allan.
"It la my opinion that It can. If be
haa assured you that he know nothing
of Misa Alston, I am. for oue. Inclined
to believe him." said Itoone.
"What, then, can h accomplished?
In what direction shall we look for th
young lady?" continued Allan earnestly.
"Those are difficult questions. If a
number of us leave the fort In search of
Itoaalthe, that Very moment will prob
ably be the aignal for an attack by our
enemiea," replied Itoone.
He made a gesture for Kenton and
Logaton to approach, L Hland being at
that moment busily engaged with Mr.
A Iston.
The Information which Allan had
brought was briefly stated, and for a
short space not a word was spoken by
either party, each striving to find out
by some mental procesa what waa best
to be done.
"If my opinion," said Joel Logston.
at length, "that the Frenchman had bet
ter b done for. What do you think,
Kenton r
"Watch him, and shoot him down on
th first appearance of treachery," re
plied Kenton.
"And what la your opinion?" asked
Iloone, turning to Allan.
"I concur with Mr. Kenton."
"Yoa are wrong, all of you!" exclaim
ed Iogston. "Why not atop th mis
chief while ther' an opportunity to do
it? What aatlafactlon can you get
when he's brought th Wyandota and th
Mlamla and a lot of hia own klnj down
npon oa In sufficient nnmber to eat us
all at two bite? What on alrth will
b car for your watching arter he'
don Jest what he wants to do? Why
not put atop' to It now? Thrust him
Into on of th block-bouse and keep
him ther."
"Ther la much reason and good sens
In what you sy. Joel," returned Captain
Boon, thoughtfully. Ton ar about
right t believe, all things considered. I
am sorry that anything of this kind
hould bar happened among us, but I
can no way to avoid It now. Mr.
Alaton wtll feel deeply aggrieved, and
discredit th whole etory of hia treach
ery. But what's th us to falter when
duty point th way, and th live of all
ar depending upon promptness of ac
tion? Kenton, yoa and Logston may
cag L Bland a a soon a yoa pleaa.
rut him Into th black-hous and lav
him to hi pleasant reflection.'
"It'll h th best Job I v don foe
twelvemonth." as id Jo-el
Th Frenchman and Mr. Alaton wer
conversing earnestly when th partle
approached.
"Ther ha been ton mack delay about
thla basin! exclaimed L Bland,
turning toward them.
"That'a Jeat what I think." replied
: Joel, dryly, laying hia great band on
th Frenchman shoulder. "Cum with
us, my lad."
"What do you mean, air?" asked I
Bland, th blood auddeuly forsaking hi
face.
"Thla way." added Joel, tightening bit
grasp, "this way, my gentleaiaa."
Mr. Alston looked at Captain Boone,
then at Allan, anil then at Kenton, ev
ery feature expressing auprem aston
ish meut
"I ae that you are surprised. Mr. Al
ston, but It Is necessary that thla per
son's liberty ahould b curtailed, at least
for th present." said Boone, calmly.
"And he may thank bia stars thst It'a
no worse than that." added Logstou,
dragging th Frenchman away.
"I am not only surprised, but Indig
nant," replied Alaton.
"I am aorry that you feel ao about
it, hut I am only doing what my con
acienc approve. ' returned Boone.
"Tell me my crime. What base villain
haa slandered me?" cried Le Blan.l,
struggling vainly tn th baud of Log
aton. "Treachery la your crime," returned
Boone.
" 'Tie false! Y'ou can prove nothing,"
retorted I.e Bland. "That young fellow
baa a personal spite against m because
I chastised his Impertinence to Mis
Alston no longer ago than yesterday,
I dare aay you can find the truth of my
axavrtlon written upon bia shoulder lu
good round charaetere."
(To b continued.)
ABOUT "ESPERANTO."
Brief
Ltwua la lb New
-l nlver.
al" l.auwuaK.
Esperanto, the new "universal" lan
guage, seem to be making no little
progress tn Europe. When It waa put
forward by Its Inventor, Dr. Zameiihof,
after Volapuk hud failed as a cointiiou
tongue for all races, Its chances seem
ed very nl I in, but now great many
persons are studying It and there ar
societies fur its propagation In half the
big cities between .Stockholm and
Cairo. Like Its predecessor. It Is pro
poned as a solution of the great prol
lem of Babel, says the Baltimore
News. If all the world understood it
there would be no need for the German
to wrestle with English, French and
Russian, or for the American to tackle
German, French, Italian, Ituaslan,
Spanish and Greek. On the common
ground of Esperanto all men could
meet and hold converse.
Like Volapuk, It Is an artificial lan
guage, made of the choicer cuts of all
modern tongues. English, apparently,
as ttie world's chief language, has giv
en It more words than any other. Thus
beefsteak," to the Esperantlst, be
comes "blfsteko," and "alphatiet," "al-
phabeto." French comes next In order,
with "fromago" for cheese, etc., and
after It come German, Itallnn, Span
ish, Swedish, Dutch and Russian. Ev
ery civilized tongue has made Its con
tribution.
A study of the Esperanto vocabulary
Impresses upon one the fact that there
are an enormous number of words that
are practically the same In every Eu
ropean language. Thus, the word for
price"' Is almost Identical lu English,
German, Swedish, Dutch, French,
Spanish, Italian, I'ollsh, Hungarian,
Bohemian and Dmlsh. So, also, are
thotisandi of other words "coffee,"
beer," "salt," "wine," "sugar,"
night," etc. Dr. Zameiihof. In fashion
ing Esperanto, took full advantage of
this fact, and In consequence an ordi
nary sentence In his new tongue Is un
derstandable, as a rule, to almost ev
ery one. Thus, a European would guess
that "In rozog estas stir la tnblo
meant "The roses are on the table,'
and that "Lu iIdiiio d In Slnjorl H.
estas tre beln" was Esperautese for
The home of Mr. II. Is very beauti
ful."
That such n language has claims to
serious consideration Is very plain.
With Its simple grammar and Invarl
able Inflections, It Is Infinitely less ditll-
cult to the student than any modern
tongue. Mark Twain once said that
any Intelligent man could get a fair
working knowledge of English lu thir
ty days, of French In thirty weeks and
of German In thirty years. Esperanto
tops all of these In simplicity. A glance
at a lesson book shows that a pretty
good acquaintance with Its chief fea
tures should be obtained lu thirty
hours.
At the recent Zionist congress at
Basel some of the delegates from re
mote countries communicated with one
another through the medium of this
neutral tongue. In a few years, per
haps. Its usefulness may be extended,
and If the linguistic experts now per
fecting It give It a more English caste.
It may yet serve the world gloriously.
Self-Uefease.
"Why In thunder did Eddie Ott
friends work so hard to get him elected
to Congress."
"iiiey wanted to semi mm some
place where he could talk politics all
he wished to and they wouldn't have
to llsteu to him." Cleveland Leader,
I aroaselna.
"our menu woodiiy lert some
verses with me to-day that were very
amusing," said the editor.
You don't say? I didn't think he
was a humorous poet."
Neither does he." Philadelphia
Press.
Aa Rsreptloa.
So you think they're not - well
mated. I thought you always declared
that 'matches are made In heaven.'"
Yes, but In this case there seems to
have been a mistake In delivering the
good." Philadelphia Press.
Ta Coat.
Dumley Still paying for your auto
mobile, you say? Why, I didn't know
you bought It on the Installment plan.
Newman I dldn t, but I'm paying
my doctor's bill that way.-rMls.de;.
phla Press.
laresasi.
"I have here." said tha long hatred
man, "a short poem I wrote on 'Mag
ara Falls.'"
"Well! Well" exclaimed the editor.
"How did yon manage to keep your
paper dry r Philadelphia Press.
The title "colonel" la derived from
the Spanish. The name la "coronet,"
which may account for the Engllah
pronunciation.
We pardon
Rochefoucauld.
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I'rotvrtluar Plaala.
Often there are pinnts In th garden
which enn Dot well be taken tip anil
pls.vd In the cellar to winter, yet which
aie too tender to leave without protec
tion of some kltnL The plan descrllsst
will give ample protection tn any sec
tion, the straw being added In loca
tions where the wluter I very severe.
Tak an old splint basket, such as are
now generally used for vegetables, and
remove the bottom. Give the plant
what protection Is needed at the has'
with soli heniKsl up and then set the
bnskt over It. In locations where thi
witiNfs are very severe the plant should
first be protected by wrapping It In
straw und mounding up the soli at ttie
inoTEiTio.f roa pi-axts.
bottom so that mice can not make a
bed In the straw. Tie the straw loose
ly about ench plant, theu set the basket
over It The Illustration shows the Idea
plainly, except that the artist has left
no opening at the top of the plant
which should be done that a circula
tion of air pass through. The cost of
this arrangement Is so small there
ought to lie no reason why all plants
needing winter protection can not be
given It
RaUlaai fork at Low Coat.
It Is so easy to feed corn and hogs
like It so much In-tter than anything
else thut It Is little wonder that most
pork Is raised on corn. But The
Farmer says :
It Is now being found that swine can
lie pastured lu good form ou rnpe or
clover or both, and finished on cow-
IH'as or soy beans. Of course, If a cer
tain amount of corn can lie made to
supplement the foods mentioned, the
swine will do much Is-tter. This meth
od of raising swine can lie done with
out great labor. The growing of these
crops has a tendency In Itself to enrich
the land, and when they are pnstured
off by swine the Increase In fertility
Is Just so much greater. There Is an
other very great advantage In grow
ing pork In tills way. Swlno are llkIy
to keep lu condition and they will make
a quality of pork that Is tf anything
ahead of that grown In the corn coun
try. We have often wondered ttiat this
method of growing swine did not com
mend Itself to fanners, earlier. That
It did not, however, Is Just In keeping
with the slowness with which ninny
other Important crops engaged the nt
tendon of those who ought to be most
Interested In them.
Gran Hoot IMirarera.
The Illustration shows two styles of
grass root diggers which, according to
a recent bulletin Issued by the Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington, have
been effective aids In the task of get
ting rid of Johnson grass, and which
possibly may render the same service
In the fight against quack grass. To
clear out these creeping roots the tool
must reach down under the surface and
rip the roots out A Sir. Clark, of Con
trncTlvg nnoT mooia.
nectlcut uses the upper one like a one
horse cultivator In preparing old sod
land for re seeding to grass with good
fleet
Alfalfa Widespread Crop.
Only a few years ago, alfalfa was
practically unknown In most parts of
the I'nlted States, but it Is now grown
In all parts of the country. A writer
truly says :
Alfalfa has conquered. There Is prac
tically no part of the United States
where thla will not grow and flourish.
If Best led In the proper manner and on
inoculated soil If Inoculation Is neces
sary. Thla Is a triumph or scientific
agriculture and ' the co-operation of
practical farmers. Such success en
courages agriculturists to persist In
trying to grow profitable crops even
though these crops are not commonly
produced In their locality.
Compost for llaat.
An excellent com p sit for pot plants
rr anything else ran be made by skim
ming off slice of soda, adding some
Bne stable manure and tben allowing it
to decompose. It should be One aa pos
sible when osed. Compost may be
Bade In various ways, however. Some
Jullect leaf mould, soda and dirt, add
ing liquid manure, ana occasionally
fresh, solid manure, wsrktng It over
frequently, nntll the whs le la fine. It
should not contain too ranch manure,
being more aerrlceable U. tM form of
rick dirt.
'tf.
J I
Bill I
fast nf reodarlaar Milk.
The New Jersey Experiment Sthtln
siitiiiiiur..es its record or tne cos: m
rtxluciug milk from tin) college her
us follows: "The dally cost of total
f'MKl per cow vnrl.it from 1 1 . cent
In ls:l to 12.SS cents tn V.1. The
dally cost for flue feed varied from .!
cent In isisl to 7.i- cent lu 1'"1 I the
(Met of roughage varied from 5.-3 cent
In l'.sC to .iil cents In 1:L The cost
of production per quart varied from
2.1M cents In l'.arj to 2AJ cents In 1"!.
and the average annual yield er cow
was (l.o-S 'Mumls. The study of the
records of Individual cows also allowed
that hut little profit can be derived
from cow that does not produce O.oisi
pound of milk i'r year, particularly If
the product Is sold at the low price of
1 cent ar jMumd; no stronger argu
nient 1 needed lu favor of the necessity
of testing the animals, and thus learn
Ing their exact value, than Is afforded
by these records. Furthermore, the
facts brought out by the records Indl
cate that there Is but little profit from
a cow that docs not prisluce -iK iMiunds
of butter per year, und jsilnt to the
neesslty of a careful selection of cow
for the butter dairy."
Fasti Kind I nar.
T'nfortunately a great many fanner
and furmers' wive are addicted to
fuult finding. Nothing en uses more un
happiness tn family than continual
nagging. There Is tin sense In It, It
does no gmsl and it always makes for
mischief. Fault finding turns more
children away from home than any
thing else. Some men are enjoyed bet
ter out of sight Just for this reason.
Their room Is preferred to their com
pnny.
I'sunlly fault finding Is confined to
the little things things that should tie
passed over lightly. The big things are
taken philosophically enough, talked
over and remedied or borne with as
sit'ins lest. But the little ctty things
are talked over and over, each one
thinking that the other should give In
The hubit grows.- It has sent mnny n
woman to an early grave, wrecked
many a man's usefulness and scattered
families that otherwise would have
lived happily In the farm home.
aboal In Codling Molh.
At the Ohio station, in studies made
by Professor W. J. Green and J. 8,
Ilouser ou the codling moth, It was
found that 72 per cent of the worms
left the apples before they fell. The
destruction of windfall apples, there
fore, seems to be of little avnll. About
HI jier cent of the worms were cati'tht
under bnnds.s Adult larvae were found
throughout the growing season until
Oct. 13. The evidence obtained by the
experts Indicated two annual genera
tions. In spraying experiments 01 et
cent of the apples from sprnyed trees
and 67 ter cent of those from unsprny
ed trees were free from worms. Arse
nate of lead proved suiKTlor to arson I te
of soda, and was not affected by mixing
with Bordeaux mixture. This combi
nation Is recommended for controlling
apple scab and codling moth.
. Simple Mobs Trap.
For a simple mouse trap all you need
Is an old bottle with a mouth or own
ing In the neck alsmt one and one-half
Indies In diameter. Place this In the
isisltlon shown In the Illustration, In
clined by means of bricks or blocks of
wooL Leading up to the mouth of the
bottle place a Isiard or a piece of card
hoard, ami on the cardlKtnrd lay a train
of crumbs of cheese. Drop some larger
hits In the mouth of tlio Isittle and
the trap Is set The mouse will enter
HOllE-MAIlE MOl SI TRAP.
the Isittle to get the bait and will And
that It can not climb out again, as the
slippery glass will uffo. J no hold for
Its little claws.
Japaa liaising- Harare.
In getting a foundation for horse
breeding Japan shows the same dis
position to liegln with the best that
can tie obtained that has characterized
her efforts In other directions. Itepre
sentatlves have liccn sent to the differ
ent countries to see for themselves the
character of the horses raised In eacli,
and It Is a distinct compliment to the
breeders of the L'ulted States that this
country was selected as the one to
draw on for foundation stock. It may
lie noted, too, that the greater part of
the horses purchased In this country by
the Japanese have been trotting horses.
They have Ismght some thoroughbreds
to use In the building up of cavalry
horses, but as the general purpose horse
It seems evident that the trotting tired
horse will take the same prominence lu
Japan as It has In this country.
Give rianta a Drenrhlaar.
When one waters plants It Is best to
make the soli really wet, and then wait
till they need water again before giv
ing them more. An old gardener says
that the little squirts every few min
utes are worse than useless. They wet
only a small part of the soil and the
remainder often becomes actually dry.
When the pot will make a ringing sound
If struck with knuckle Is the time to
oak them. Then do It thoroughly and
top. Why, you drink only when you
are thirsty, not all the time.
Polat la Carina for aa laeakatar.
Study your Incubator.
Read the manufacturer's directions
for setting It up.
Set It up carefully and according to
Instruction.
Never try to run an Incubator In a
drafty place, nor near a stove, nor
where the sun shines upon It
Pet fertile eggs only. Waste no ef
fort upon those that are doubtful.
Learn bow to trim and clean a lamp.
Keep the lamps full and the wick
and tube clean.
Avoid smoke,
gee that the eggs are clean and dry
before setting them.
Balance all eggs, large end up, a few
hours before placing them In the tray.
IK) not overnil tne tray.
Turn every egg the third day.
Cool the eggs every morning.
Be sure your bands are clean when
handling eggs.
Test all Kf by the seventh day.
Test sgatji he the eleventh da.
OLE EST LOCOMOTIVE KOW USED
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The out of date locomotive nerewitn uiusiraii-u - - -
days of railroading In America, but modern progress In this direction haa
not yet succeeded In relegating It to the Junkshop. It Is still in use on tne
Cumberland Valley lints and although It Is not remarkable aa a uiountalo
climber It still does good service as a yard engine.
onco
The ocean rontnlus about 2,130
grains of salt aud other solids per gal
Ion. ami ttie Dead Sea about 10,700
grains per gallon.
Glass bricks, a German product, are
translucent, but not transparent, and
possess the advantage of being acid
nroof and of harboring no disease
germs.
The celluloid wlud screens of auto
mobiles give great risk of fire. Very
fine copper gauze Is said to have proven
a satisfactory substitute, being easily
seen through aud non-luflammable.
while It does not crack like celluloid.
The low efficiency of the steam en-
gluo tempts Inventors with gmat possi
bilities of saving fuel. M. Cantor,
European engineer, has hit upon an
altogether new form of beat engine,
aud proposes to use for power the ex
panslon of the gas produced by the
burning of liquid fuel like petroleum
and alcohol when sprayed upon a
white hot oxidizing material, like
oxide of copper. The oxygen removed
from the copper ovlde would be re
stored by an air Jet Peudlng prnetl
cal test, It la claimed that the highest
possible rate of expansion would be
produced In the working gas, and that
greatly Increased thermoydyuaimc
efllclency would be secured.
Professor W. E. Ayrton points out
that the commou expressions "buying
electricity" and "consuming electric
rurreut" are misleading. No electrici
ty Is used up In lighting buildings,
driving machinery, and propelling cars
and trains. "Just as much electricity
flows away per minute, through the
return conductor, from your electric
ally lighted house as flows to It
through the coming conductor. The
electric curreut Is like a butcher's cart
carrying round meat you no more
consume current than you consume
cart. It Is not the vehicle but what It
leaves behind that the consumers buy,
meat In the case of the butcher's cart.
and energy lu the case of the electric
current."
The construction of an ordinary tele
graph line between Lima, on the Pa
cific side of the Andes In Peru, and
Iqultos, near the Amazon, being alt
but Impossible, because of the density
of Hie forests and the animosity of
ttie Ignorant natives, the wireless
method Is to be employed. Already
communication by wireless telegraphy
rxlsts between Lima and Puerto Ber
niudez, and this line will be extended
to Iqultos, a distance of about (MX)
miles, with three Intermediate stations.
If tlio enterprise succeeds. It Is the In
tention to extend the wireless com
munication across the whole width of
Brazil to Manaos and Para, tints Unk
ing the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
cross the Andes and the great Bra
lillnn plains.
The Pomelo, sometimes called the
Chinese breadfruit, a citrus-fruit
which may be described as a cross be
tween the orange aud the grapefruit,
combining the good points of both, Is
the subject of an Interesting report by
Mr. Anderson, the United States con
sul at Hangchow. Mr. Anderson re
gards It as the finest frutt grown In
the far East He believes that It
might Imj Introduced with profit Into
the southern United States. Already.
It Is understood, a few persons In this
country are cultivating the pomelo,
but not upon a commercial scale. In
China, It Is believed, this fruit has
been cultivated for at least 2,000 years.
The best pomelos In the world are said
to come from a little valley near a
large Chinese city natned Chang Chew,
lying Inland from Amoy, and not yet
opened to foreign trade. The sum
mers In this valley are hot and rather
damp, and the winters are without se
vere frosts.
SIX YEARS AT CANANES.
"Lost Moaatalaa" Mine Now Pro
daelaar fA.OOO.OOO a Year.
Six years ago at Cananes, Mex., one
would have settled an Irregular range
of low mountains, eighteen miles long
"lost mountains" the geologists call
them, because they are connected with
no other range, says Leslie's Weekly.
They are mere "stubs," the tops worn
down by the powerful action of the
elementa, and the valleys Oiled by ero
sion. These "lost" bills were barren
and bleak. Sometimes a bunch of
stray rattle would range among the
mountains, but no white man made his
abode there. Even the beasts of prey
avoided this solitary range. There
was no wilder, lonelier spot In the
whole world than the "lost mountains"
of Cananes.
That was six years ago. Now they
are the seat of the third largest cop
per mine In the world, the site of a
ctty of 20.000 inhabitants. In the mine
there are thirty-three miles of under
ground workings; 8,000 men are tak
ing out of the earth and running
through reduction plants and smelters
2.BO0 tons of rock dally, producing In
copper, gold and sliver more then tu.
000.000 every year. Already the mines
cave yielded 133,000,01 W. The "lost
mountalna" are th acene of tremen
doua Industry. Tnere are great fur
naces with smoking stacks, ore bias,
... ... . i. . .An nf tha esrlv
foundries, shops, electric light plants,
l.-e oud water plants, shaft bouses, con
centrators, broad and narrow gauge
railroads, street cars, a telephone sys
tem, banks, stores, schools, a hospital
tuid all the other activities of a modern
industrial town.
On the shores of Lake Nicaragua la
to be found an uncanny product of the
vegetable kingdom known among the
natives by the expressive name of "the
devil's noose." How delighted Toe
would have been to make this canni
bal plant the subject of oue of hia
weird stories.
Dunstsn, the naturalist, discovered
It not long ago while wandering on
the shores of the lake. Attracted by
cries of pain and terror from his dog,
he found the animal held by black,
sticky bands, which had chafed the
skin to the bleeding point These
bands were branches of a newly dis
covered carnivorous plant which has
been aptly named "the land octopus."
The branches are flexible, black,
polished, without leaves, and secrete a
viscid fluid. They are also furnished
with a great number of suckers, with
which they attach themselves to their
victims. It certainly deserves to be
classed as the octopus of the vegetable
world.
SHOEING OF AN AFRICAN MULE.
The picture herewith given conies
from Greytown, Natal, and abows tho
method of shoeing a refractory mule
which is In vogue In that faraway re
gion. By means of pulleys, ropes and
a wide leather baud the animal Is put
Into a frame, Its head resting on
pddded bar, Its front legs bent and
fastened to side bars, and Its hind legs
attached to a stout crossbar. To pre
vent damage from the. hoofs two
coarse bngs are tied about them. Thus
protected from all active Interference;
on the part of the animal, the shoer
may do his duty with comparative
safety.
The Remaaat of a Nearlmeat.
On the opening day of the Sha-IIo
battle there were many deeds of he
roism, writes the author of "An Eye
witness In Manchuria." One Inci
dent, he says, brought out clearly the
terrible nature of the encounter.
During the Ituaslan retreat a gen
eral commanding a division noticed nn
officer and some forty men returning
through the lines. It appeared as If
It were a small party which had been
charged with some outpost duty and
had shown the white feather.
Incensed at their apparent coward
Ice, the general rode up to the ofllcer
and asked him what he meant by de
serting hia post. With a somewhat
grim smile the officer, saluting, said:
"Sir, this Is all that Is left of my
regiment."
That regiment had gone Into action
over two thousand strong.
, A Pamllr la niatresa.
Queen Wllhelmlna of Holland, used
to be as fond of her dolls as any other
little girl, and her dolls went througti
the same experience that dolls with
Imaginative motners usually undergo.
One day, at dinner In the palace, her
small majesty made her apiieoranca
when dessert was served, and placed
herself next to a courtly old general.
After eating some fruit the little glri
turned her gaze up at him and se
riously exclaimed, "I wonder you're not
afraid to sit next to me!"
EveryNsly at the table turned to
ward tho childish voice.
"On the contrary," said the general,
"I'm but too pleased and honored to
sit next to my future queen. Why
should I be afraid r
"Cause." and the little gtrl looked
quite woebegone, "my dolls have the
measles they're all of them down with
It"
Primitive Postal Paellltloa.
The Inhabitants of the Island of Bt
Kllda have to rely upon a novel noatni
conveyance. Letter. ,r. pcke4 ,
cotton wool covered by tarred convaa
and placed In a tla The bundle la
then attached to an Inflated sheepskin
bsg, acting as a buoy, together with a
wooden float with the words 8t Kllda
Mails Please Open." roughly cut S It
Recently a "mall" was picked up
Bhetlsnd which bad been 62 days on
Ita paaaage from St Ktlds u
opened, was found to contain two let.
ters and eight postcards, together with
ia. ior pocrsge. These letter.
In due course forwarded to that Z
pectlve destinations by the poetofBc,
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It Is some wonder women don't
expression to what they regard their
great burden by working tn cardboard.
" uoconmon, IQ1S motto I "Tie.
Patient with Ta."
81m of a woman's hat baa notMna
to do with tha pries.
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