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have presented these coupons eae by see,
H.Ì.UM* u«iii.:ntsa
and got them paid aa they fell du% with­
out questions asked— that is, he could un­
til I stopped them. Oh! I could stop
them, and I did; but I could never get
them paid until I presented them through
my own bankers. David, i f you are re­
vengeful, you may laugh; for it la a blow
from which I have never recovered. They
eay that the paralysis In my legs waa
caused by falling from the pony, where­
by I got, It seems, concussion o f the
B y S IR W A L T E R B B S A N T
brain. Bat I know bettor, David. A
man like me does not get paralysed la
the lags by falling on his head. *Twaa
the loss o f all the money that caused
the paralysis. I And now I sit here all
Most fan n ers m ake some attem pt to
day long— I who used to ride shout on
“ Take It to Daniel to-morrow and my own land all day longl— and I try provide ahade in the pasture fo r their
C H A P T E R X IV .
On the nest day, Monday, a vary sin­ show It to him, WUL H e always de­ to think, all day and all night. If I could horses and cows, but let the swine,
gular and inexplicable thing happened— clares that he was robbed o f this money have left that box anywhere, er given sheep and poultry g o w ithout i t which
nay, two singular thing»— the full mean­ as well aa o f hie bonds and securities. to aay one that bag o f twenty sovereigns. is certainly a mistake, fo r all anim als
ing of which I did not comprehend until Nobody has ever believed him, because It David, toll me— I will reward you If you aud birds like shade In summer. I t Is
accident put the eolation Into my hands. seems unreasonable that a robber should tell me anything to my advantage— have an easy m atter to erect a number o f
I left Sidcote at eight, before the take twenty pounds and leave fifty. But you heard something?” '
small shade places on the pasture, and
morning freehneas was quite gone from If it Is proved that he Is right about the
at sm all expense. I f one Is w illin g to
CHAPTER X Y L
the air, and followed the road which money, he may also be right about the
Invest the sm all amount o f labor neces­
leads to Widdicombe. A fte r H ey tree, bonds.”
David nodded hie head slowly.
Strange that neither o f us thought of
"T h ree thousand pounds,” he repeated. sary. I f there Is a w ood lot on the
the road runs for the best part o f a mile
farm w hat Is easier than to cut a num­
»▼er the open down where Mr. Leigh an connecting David’a box with hla uncle’s “ I t was three thousand pounds.”
bonds. But then I did not know that
“ Pm not a rich man, David, though ber o f poles to use fo r1 posts, and then
met hla accident.
I soon had the whole o f the great flat the bonds were In a box; one thinks of you think I am. Aa for taking your a number o f ligh ter branches to uae
farm If , haun’t taken It, somebody as the foundation fo r the roof. Set
ridge to myeelf ae I left King*» T o r and bonds as a roll o f paper.
“ Aa for David’a box,” eald George, else would; for you were a ruined man. the poles firm ly In the ground, m aking
walked briskly southward.
H a lf way
along thia upland plain there stands an “ I agyee with you. W ill, that it Is beet And now, even, if I leave it to you In my
four posts fo r tbe corners, then, with
upright atone of gray granite, etx feet to eay nothing about it. Let him keep will. It would be little use, because
the
branches and a lo t o f w aste hay o r
high. Beside It lies a small flat stone; hie secret. I f it la valuable, so much M ary’a money must come out o f It. Oh!
It is called the Gray Wether. W ho put the better. W e w ill keep the thing to It was a hard*blow— a cruel, hard blow.” straw, a thatched ro o f la easily con­
“ Yea,” said David. “ A s a judgment. structed.
It up, and why it was put up, not the ourselves. But ae fo r the canvas bag,
you must certainly take It to Gratoor It was a— a— a— wanner. I never heard
Spend enough tim e dn the w ork to
oldeet Inhabitant can telL
W hat happened was' this.
Between to-morrow, and give Daniel the chance o f a nobler judgment Three thousand majke It strong enough so that the w ind
pounds!— and a fall off your pony!— and w iil not blow It over. W hen yen finish
the upright stone and the flat stone the o f claiming it.”
a paralysis!— all for robbing me o f my
edges of the latter being Irregular, there
land. Did you ever offer any reward T '
is, at a certain place, an aperture or re-
CH APTER XV.
“ No. W hat was the good?”
H ad I taken that canvas bag to Grat-
"W ould you give any reward?”
I carried with me a stick, on which I nor early in the morning instead o f the
“ I would give— I would give— yea— I
was leaning.
Now, by this kind of evening, many things might have turned
chance which we call accident. In chang­ out differently; among other things, Da­ would give ten pounds to get that box
ing my position I stuck the point o f the vid’s extraordinary scheme of revenge back again.”
stick into the aperture— a thing o f which might never have been possible. I f I
“ Ten pounds for three thousand.
one would hare been hardly conscious had told Daniel Lelghan the strange Th at’s a generous offer, isn’t it?”
but for an unmistakable clicking which thing I had witnessed from Hooknor Tar,
“ I ’d give .fifty pounds— I ’ d give a hun­
followed, as o f coins. The opening, I he must certainly have connected the dred— two hundred— four hundred, D a­
found, was too small for a man’s hand. box taken from Grimspound with the vid.” H e multiplied his offer by tw o ev­
Th e flat stone was immovable. Perhaps box oC his own papers.
ery time that David shook hla head.
with the stick I could at least feel the
“ You’d have to come down more hand­
The scheme was almost worthy o f D a­
coins? Yes, I made them rattle.
vid’s American pals— the gentlemen who some than four hundred to get back three
Now, when I took out the stick again had all "done something.”
The box, thousand pounds. W ell,” he roes aa If
a bit o f yellow leather showed for a mo­ when D avid had carried it home, proved to go, “ that’s all I ’ve got to aay this
ment just hooked up by the ferule as
> be quite full of papers. Hla own morning. That w ill do for to-day. Much
fa r as the light penetrated. The eight
nowledge o f their value was slight, but more handsome you would hate to come you w ill have a ahade house something
o f the leather Inspired me with a faint be knew very well that signed papers down.”
like that shown in the cut, and the
hope. I reversed the stick and Ashed had been his own destruction, and that
“ David P cried his unde,
eagerly, stock w ill en joy It and be all the bettor
with the handle, to such good purpose the possession o f signed papers made his “ what do you mean by being more hand­ fo r i t T h ey w ould thank you fo r it i f
that in a very few momenta I had the uncle rich.
some? T ell me, David— do you know
they could, so spend a little tim e build­
leather thong In my fingers and hauled
David called upon his uncle about 11 anything?”
It out
“ W hy,” said David, " I may know, er in g some, even tw o or three, by w a y o f
o’clock in the forenoon. H e was receiv­
The (hong tied up the mouth o f a ed with the cordiality generally extended I may not know. W hat did I tell you? experim en t— Indianapolis News.
email brown canvas bag. The bag was to all needy relations. Mr. Lelghan shuf­ Didn’t I eay that I might have something
F e ed in g Too M an y Fow ls.
a modern bank bag, and its treasure was fled his papers as a- sign that he was to sell? W ell— that’s enough for this
a collection of twenty coins.
When the hatching season is over
busy and wished the call to be short, morning!” H e moved toward the door.
Tw en ty sovereigns in a bag, a modern nodded his head with scant courtesy, and
“ David, David, come back! W hat have there is no necessity fo r retaining the
brown canvas bag.
W ho could have asked his nephew what he came for.
you got to eell?"
roosters, as the hens w ill lay w ithout
climbed up Ham il Down in order to hide
" I ’ve come, unde,” David began very
“ That le my secret” — he stood with their presence, and their room Is val­
tw enty pounds in a little hole like this? slowly, spreading himself upon a chair his hand on the door handle— “ i f you tell
uable, w hile they cost more fo r food
I put the gold Into the bag, tied it up and producing a small brown paper a secret, what is the good o f it?”
again, and put it into my own pocket packet “ I'v e come, uncle— — ”
“ David, stop— stop!
Do you know than they are worth, says Farm and
Then I walked on, meditating.
“ Don’t be longer than you can help, where that box was taken? Oh! David, Fireside. I t la w e ll to retain the best
W hile 1 was thinking, a figure, which David. Get to the subject at once, If put away your hard thoughts. Remain o f the early pullets, but all pullets that
I began dimly to perceive through the you can. Say what you came to aay, bar you were rained already. I didn’ t do not show evidence o f th rift or o f
nebulous veil o f thought was working and then go away and leave me with my ruin you; my heart bled to see your fath­ reaching
m aturity
before
w in ter
his way alowly down the hillside opposite own business. It’s high time you were er’s son ruining himself.”
should be disposed o f.
T h e young
by nearly the same way as I had my­ looking after your own.
W ill George
“ Look here, uncle; perhaps the box ex­ cockerels should be disposed o f Just aa
self picked among the bowlders.
H e Sidcote give you a job? I hear you bor­ ists, and perhaps It doesn’t
Perhaps soon as they are large enough fo r mar­
came plodding stong'Wtth.tfcgJieavy step rowed a bed yesterday, and a chair and I have learned where it la and perhaps
ket or the table. I t la better to give
and rolling shoulders o f <
Perhaps I ’ve got a paper out
table, and that you have settled In the 1 haven’t
much over ploughed fields and heavy
age. V ery good. I don’ t o f the box in my pocket at this minute, the grow in g stock plenty o f room than
land.
mind i f you k r v e —it_ je o t free till you and perhaps— well, what would you give to crow d them. Th e poultry house is
H a stopped finally. Then he looked get Into work, when you'
me for a paper out o f the box, taken usually a w arm place in summer when
around him quickly, as if to assure him­ roar rent like your neighbors, ¡ f
.this very morning, none o f the other w ell filled w ith birds, due to the ani­
self that no one was present to observe gin any more nonsense about robbing you papers having been so much as touched? mal heat o f the bodies, and the flock
him; I wonder he did not see me. Then o f your land you go out at once.”
W hat would you g tn for that just to should consequently be reduced to the
he stooped down, reached within some
David, at the risk o f seeming monot­ akow that the others can be
west number consistent w ith the fa-
cavity and drew out something.
onous, uttered a forceful wish fo r the
It wee in a big bine bag. I could destruction o f his uncle’s cottage.
“ Oh! give It to me, David,” the old
plainly see that the blue bag, like my
“ I f that In all you came to aay, man stretched out both bands with yearn­
canvas bag, was weather-stained.
He nephew, the sooner you go the better. ing eyes; “ let me look at i t Can it be
T b ere are people w ho have
Laid the bag upon a stone, and proceeded And the sooner you clear out o f my oot- that the box is found after all, and safer* troubles, but the w o e o f genuine trou­
to draw out its contents, consisting of tage and leave the parish, the better, or
" I f it is found, depend upon It that ble is nothing compared to troubles
a single box. I t was a box about two I ’ ll make the place too hot fo r you------•” it la safe, uncle. Take your oath of th a t
which are expected and which never
feet long and eighteen inches wide, and
“ I didn’t come to rail at you, unde,” Th e man who’s got that box won’t let it
tw o or three inches deep. It was a tin eald David, more meekly.
“ I f you go in a hurry, particularly when he come. T o o many farm ers borrow trou­
box. W hat had David got in his box, wouldn’t keep on— there, I ’ ve done; now knows what’s Inside i t Three thousand b le when it rains, because o f the fea r
fo r the man was David. I might have hold your tongue and listen. I ’ ve got pounds! and, perhaps, if he knew i t his that the rain w ill continue too long—
walked down the hill and asked him that something very serious to say, and it’s own, for the trouble o f presenting them to e d o w n fa ll w ill be too g r e a t W hen
question, but one was naturally some­ abont your business, too!”
at the right place.”
It discontinues fo r a fe w days the fea r
what ashamed to confess to looking on at
“ T h ey’ ve been stopped,” Daniel ex­ and the prediction Is that a drought Is
“ Then make haste about it.”
what was intended for a profound se­
“ Six years ago, they tell me, you plained for the second time. "You don’t In prospect that w ill destroy the crops.
cret.
were robbed, that night when you fell know what that means, perhaps; it means A ll this borrow ed trouble Is w holly un­
that any one who presents those papers
David was so anxious to keep the se­ off your pony, after I ’ d gone away.”
necessary, and I f It affects toe general
cret that he actually took off his jacket,
“ It was the evening o f that very day.” for payment will find the money stopped,
wrapped it round the bag, and tied it se­
“ Ah I” — David’a eyes smiled, though and himself taken up for unlawful pos­ result at all, It affects it fo r the w o r s t
curely with string. Then, without look­ his lips did not— “ w e little thought when session o f the coupons, David— which Is I t Is better to be cheerful and make
the m ost o f conditions as they arise
ing about him any more, he turned and I used those words with which we part­ seven years, I believe!”
(T o be continued.)
walked back slowly and deliberately as ed how quick they’d come true. When
and take chances fo r the future w ith ­
he had come, carrying the treasure under you lay there on the broad o f your back,
out w orry .— Journal o f Agriculture.
his arm. As soon as his figure had sur­ now, your face white and your eyes open,
T h e P r e s id e n t Sm iled.
mounted the brow of the hill and had dis­ but never seeing so much as the moon in
“ Rough, tough, w e ’re the stuff! W e
S h ropsh ire R em ,
appeared, I got up and sought the hiding the sky, did you think o f your nephew, w ant to fight and w e can’ t get enoughl
place. It really was a place into which 'whose farm you’d robbed, and did you Whoop-e-e-e!”
nobody would think o f looking for any­ say, ‘David, ’tia a judgment?* ”
President Roosevelt stood w ith a cup
thing. The top stone sloped downward
“ No, I didn’t, David.”
over the mouth, so as almost to hide It
“ You felt It all the more, then. Very o f coffee in his hand and ripped out
In this cluster o f four great stones no well. W hile you lay there, as they tell that battle cry ae lustily as the khaki-
oue would have dreamed o f finding or me, some one comes along and robe you. clad rough riders w ho w ere gathered
o f looking for anything. David’s hiding W hat did you lose, uncle? W as it your around him. Indeed, the presidential
place was well chosen.
watch and chain and all your money?” voice put a high G crescendo on that
Then I followed, walking slowly, so
No; my watch and chain were not “ Whoop-e-e-e P’ that drowned every­
that I might not catch him up on his taken, and only a little o f the money.”
thing except the bass o f M aj. L le w e l­
way home with his tin box full o f queer
"Uncle, are you sure you were robbed?
things from the Southern Seas, I sup­ Do you think that robbers ever leave- lyn, says the San Antonio correspond­
money behind them? W as the money en t o f the N e w Y o rk W orld.
posed.
„
T b e president took the lid o ff when
In the evening I told George all that taken in notes, or was it in gold?”
THE CHAMPION SHROPSHIRE.
“ It was all in gold. F ifty pounds In be foregathered w ith his rough riders
had happened, and produced the brown
This champion Shropshire ram Is
canvas bag. George took the bag, looked one bag, twenty pounds in the other, and at the fa ir grounds in the afternoon.
owned by George A llen , o f Verm ilion
at i t opened if, poured out the gold, both bags in one pocket. The email bag U ntil that tim e he had been presiden t
counted i t held it In his hand and weigh­ was taken and the big bag left. But Then, w ith hla high hat pushed back County, Illinois.
ed it; looked at it again, put it into the what does it matter to you?"
displaying every tooth, be waa a rough
P o ta to Q u ality.
“ You shall see presently. I am going
bag, and laid the bag on the table.
The
qu
ality
o f potatoes Is the sub­
rider
him
self.
T
h
e
only
draw
back,
W hat else did
“ I t is weather-stained, old man,” he to surprise you, unde.
his comrades said, w as that be did not je c t o f interesting tests by the N ew
eald, “ and smells of the mold. I should you lose besides the little bag?”
Th ere is
“I lost a box o f papers— but what dose w ea r hla uniform. T h eir fond hopes Y ork Experim ent Station.
think it had been there some time.” H e
took H np again and turned it round. it matter to you? Did you come here that in some w a y be w ould g e t fl reason to believe that good quality Is
“ Look!*,’ he said, "here are Initials; they to inquire about my robbery? I suppose chance to put on his khaki suit w ere developed In a soil temperature o f OS
are nearly faded, but they are certainly you are glad to hear o f it.”
dashed early In the-day. Th ere was degrees to 76 degrees, and the tubers
“ Never mind, unde. You go on an­
Initials. I make out an A — no, a B ; or
no bundle under the seat in the ca r­ g ro w in g from one and tw o to five inch­
swering
my
questions;
I'v
e
got
my
rea­
is tl a D?— and an L. Certainly an L ;
es below the surface are subject to
sons. I am going to surprise you. W alt riage. Mr. R oosevelt kept to the presi­
B. L. or D. L., which Is I t ! ”
dential attire, but he entered Into tbe these conditions. G reat fluctuation in
bit.”
“ Looks to me,*’ I said, turning the bag
"W e ll, then; but what can you know? a ffa ir so heartily that his collar was the soil tem perature is detrim ental to
abont in the light, “ looks like B. A .; but
It was a tin box secured by a lock and w ilted when he started home and his tbe best developm ent o f potatoes, and
It may be D. L .”
tubers grow in g too near the surface
“ WIH,” he cried, “ I believe you have tied round with a leather strap; I car­ face streaked w ith d u st
really found something Important. Six ried it in a blue bag— a lawyer’s bag—
T h e rough riders w ere mobilised on are subject to this fluctuation. A too-
years ago, when Daniel Lelghan fell off hanging around my neck for safety.”
the fa ir grounds, about three miles low tem perature also injures toe devel­
“ W hat was in that nox, did you say?”
hie pony, he always declared that he lofct
from Ban Antonio, in May, 1808. Th e opment o f, ripening and toe soil tex­
"D avid 1” the old man changed color,
twenty pounds in gold. It was tied up,
president
had not been in San Antonio ture probably has sometlhng to do with
he always says. In a canvas bag. This and became perfectly white, and clutch­
since,
but
he had not forgotten that ripening add flavor. Hence, I f pota­
ed
at
the
arm
g-of
hie
chair
and
pulled
must be his bag and these must be his
Initials. I am quite sure o f It.”
himself upright, moved by the thougfiL- be started here the career that made toes are planted shallow er than t o n e
“ Very odd, if It is so. W hy should a "D a vld ! have you heard anything? have him president o f the United States. inches or deeper than six Inches the
conditions are unfavorable.
man steel a bag of money only to put you found anything?”
H e spoke about it to the crowd.
* *
'
“ W alt a bit; all In good tim e W hat
It— money and ail— Into a hole and then
“ W h en I w as last here,” he added,
Treatment to r Fanes Ponte..
waa In that box, did you eay, again?”
ge away and leave it?”
“ nobody In the w orld dreamed I would
A cheap and effectual method o f
“ Papers. I loot with that box papers
"W e ll, I take It that the thief put the
return as p resid en t”
bag there meaning to return for it, but to the tune o f three thousand pounds—
preventing the rotting o f fence posts Is
T b e rough riders disagreed.
aO In coupons!”
forgot where he put i t ”
— m to be practiced by French farm ­
“ H ------ they said. “ W e knew It all
“ I t waa a judgment! W hy, my mort­
"Y o u ean’t forget the Gray W ether
ers. T h e posts are piled In a tank and
Stone, George. There is only one Gray gagee were not so very much more, Three tb e tim e,”
toe w h o le thickly covered with a quick­
W ether Stone on Hamtl Down, and who thousand pounds 1 Gome, even you would
T h en tb e president w aved a depre­ lime, which Is gradu ally slacked with
fa the world would go all up Hamil on feel that, wouldn’ t you? W ere there ae- cating band, but be smiled.
Another plan, used in tola
three thousand pounds to that
purpose to hide
bide a bag
nag o f money
try, Is to char the poets to tbe
T be beauty
is partly to him
places to every
there are hiding place
eC h alf a a inch, and
w be ans
whs stole that
pmB about toe Saldar*
TT-
His Heart’s Desire
E
atr
r
to coal ta g but to e coal tar
should be so used as to extend above
the surface o f the ground, when the
posts are in place, i f h ilt tola may not
preven t decay, yet It %1!l prolong the
period o f durability o f toe poets.
W orking! In th e W hoot Hold.
M ost people ere probably fa m ilia r In
s general w a y w ith the principles and
methods used In w heat shocking. Yet
there are details toe conform ation to
or neglect o f which makes all tha d if­
ference between a flrat-claaa Job and a
poor one. I w ish to show hare some of
the details which make fo r convenience
and excellence In the wock, says a
Rural N ew York er w riter.
I find the fo llo w in g plan o f setting
np a shock most satisfactory: Set down
fo u r bundles in a row and fe llo w w ith
one to the middle on each aide. N ew
place a’ bundle In each o f the fou r va­
cant places and put on tw o capo. For
caps select bundles w ith long straw
above the bands. T h ey w ill cover the
shock better and w ill not fu ll o ff so
easily. Place toe heads o f the eaps to
to e direction from which toe strongest
w inds blow. I f to e heeds fa c t tha
w in d tbe caps w ill not blow o ff as
read ily as they w ill i f the butts face i t
H ere are a fe w general suggestions:
I f the shock has been set np aa here
directed It w ill contain tw e lv e bun­
dles. Experience teaches that tola la
very nearly toe right number. Some
little variation, o f course, la allowable.
But I f a shock Is much sm aller It lacks
stability, and the same la tru e I f toe
shock la much larger, especially I f the
w h eat la dead ripe. W hen to e w heat
la dead ripe the heads stand o u t and,
especially In a large ehock, to e bun­
dles are liable to fa ll down. I f the
heads stand out It Is a good plan to
hug toe shock tigh tly before capping.
In a large shock slightly green w heat
la apt to mold. W hen starting a shock
I f convenient atari It-In the m iddle o f
toe bnnch o f bandies. T h is w ill save
to e tim e and labor Involved in carry­
in g bandies around to e shock.
A N e w A p p le P ick er.
A W ashington State fru it grow er
haa Invented an apple picker which
attracts considerable attention among
fru it g ro w e r« in that section. I t seems
to be a telaacoplc device which can ba
Instantly adjusted to reach to e fruit
on any level o f the tree. A t toe upper
part la a ring with the cutting edge
operated by a trigger. Th e rin g cuts
o ff the Trait which drops from tha
horn, or telescope, to toe canvas bag
attached to the shoulders o f the opera­
tor. I t la claim ed fru it can be picked
w ithout braising and In about half
tha tim e required by the common
method.
W A / W V A A A A A /
I t la naturally presumed that tha
dear lady In Ghlcago w ho w an ts to p ot
a ban oa M other Goose reads H om er
to her little lap flog.— Philadelphia
Telegraph.
W han tha K a iser haa com pleted hla
task o f looking a fte r o th er p eo p les
business he m ight g o homo and spend
a fe w months building hla ow n fences.
— P ittsbu rg Dispatch.
T h e popular contem pt o f w a rfa re
against too mosquito proves too ca­
pacity o f tho Am erican public fo r
straining at a gn at and sw a llow in g aa
epidemic.— N o w Y ork M all.
A man Is largely determ ined by his
environments. Christopher Columbus
m ight have bean a N e w Y o rk police­
man fo r tw en ty years w ithou t discov­
ering oven a poolroom.— Puck.
I f old man Sherman had only w aited
around long enough to see to e peace
envoys start fo r Portsm outh ho m ight
n ot h ave om itted such a cantankerous
opinion about w ar.— Philadelphia Tele-
graph.
T u rk ey has ordered In France a to r­
pedo boat destroyer, three gunboats,
tw o transports and a rtillery fittings,
and It is rumored t h f t as soon as these
are delivered the Sultan Intends to p a t
out his tongue a t the Caar.— London
Punch.
^
T h e “ lingo” o f tho ye llo w fe v e r re­
ports m ight bo applied to the d a lly
news from too A gricu ltu ral Depart­
ment at W ashington. N e w “ fo ci” and
“ anb-fod” are constantly appearing un­
der Secretary W ilson’s nose.— Spring-
field Republican.
Portland, Me., la scouring toe conn-
try fo r subscriptions to Its Thom as B.
R eed memorial fund. T h ey w an t $50,-
000 and have on hand about $16,000.
Tom wouldn’t have approved tola dun­
ning hla friends fo r such a purpose.—
Boston Herald.
A woman sw earing offends no m ore
against morals than a man swearing,
bat she Offends more against manners,
and by about aa much aa w a are tha
more shocked a t her sw earin g than a t
hla, by so much do We bold m anner«
above morals.— L ife .
Our old friend, W u T in g Fang, la
said to have been commissioned by tha
Pekin court fo r the task o f forcin g this
country to a fa ir course o f treatm ent
o f Chinese subjects. T h e childlike Mr.
Lew -D om a F e c k fo r Cera.
W h oever raises sorghum fo r any W n know s oa w ell, and how to pinch
purpose but graxlng and cuts com w here It w ill h art us the w o r s t— B uf­
stalks whole w ill need a low-down fa lo Courier.
rack fo r tola sort o f w ork. N o Job oa
T h e Russian govern m en t according
to a S t Petersbu rg dispatch, has de­
cided to Issue a second Internal loan.
Th e amount la said to be $100,000,0001
Th e Russian Internal loan o f $100,000,-
000 last March came like p o llin g teeth;
tola one, It la fa ir to presume, w ill b e
like killin g to e nerve.— H a rtfo rd Coo-
ra n t
tha ordinary farm Is m ore laborious
T h e d irt a t Panam a Isn’t flying, and
than cutting and handling this kind o f the governm ent haa a t last decided
fora ge and anything that facilltatoa the that It w on’t fly until sanitary condi­
loading la a good thing to tions are so Im proved that a sufficient
have. I t aaTka huth_tims and muscle, number o f workm en can be attracted
fo r both corn atalka
to the Isthmus. Tha original idea that
especially to# latter, are very heavy
needed to insure tha
lift and load on a high raek. In the canal w as O jY m euajr has been sub­
absence o f a “ low-dow n” wagon, a stantially modified.— Bui
rack Uka the accompanying Illustration
Bo many subjects o f hla m ajesty Bd-"” - —
w ill be found to be a great help.
w ard V II . fea r that A m erloa’a fu tu re
la threatened b/ China and Japan, the
K n clleb U e i S u lp h u r D ip.
In
England, an experim ent waa ye llo w peril, that there comes an irre­
sistible temptation to remind them
made In dipping sheep w ith a lime-sul­
phur dip containing 26 pounds o f sul­ that tha United States haa managed
to increase some 70,00,000 in popula­
phur per 12H pounds o f lime. A quan­
tity o f w a ter waa used sufficient to tion in the last century w ithout an ori­
g iv e a dark red color, and before using ental m arket W e can probably play
the liquid waa diluted to 100 gallons. along.— Beattie Post-Intelligencer.
Senator Mitchell, o r Oregon, haa
T h e dip proved effective fo r sheep scab
and did not m aterially Injure the wool. been tried, convicted and sentenced to
six months’ imprisonment and to pay a
fine o f $10,000; bat still holds on to his
W h e a t S creen in g s.
W h eat screenings, either ground or seat aa a Senator from Oregon. Tha
unground, are very satisfactory for salary, m ileage and perquisites o f Sen-
sheep feed. A t the Minnesota station 1 ator Mitchell fo r a year w ill about pay
It required 18 per cent more wheat | hla fine, but tola ia a new w a y to use
screenings than w heat to produce a the office o f U nited States Senator,
given grain. Aa the screenings are a and w ill probably be very unpopular.—
production o f the northwestern wheat Lou isville P o s t %
fields, their value as a feed m ay easily
T h e suggestion that there be a na­
be seen.
tional celebration o f the tw o hundredth
anniversary o f Benjamin Franklin*«
S e le c tin g Seed P o ta to es.
birthday next January wtfs to* be ex ­
V arieties o f potatoes m ay be pre­
pected about this time. Th e day w iil
vented from running ont and even Im­
surely be observed in various places,
proved by selection. T o select pota­
and one o f them should be Boston,
toes, dig by band-picking which w ill
which Franklin ran aw ay from at an
separata and select the seed from the
early age. A truly national celebra­
best hills. In a fe w years by tola
tion, however, m ight be difficult to
process the yield o f merchantable pota­
manage.— Springfield Republican.
toes can ba easily improved.
I t w onld be interesting to know how
much money has been sp e n t first and
F a rm N otes. •
P o o r food fo r to e cow and poor la s t on the search fo r the north pole.
W hen the Imposing total has been as­
treatm ent effect the milk supply.
certained, the question m ay be asked
Cow s In tha stabls can be protected
whether more profitable results w ould
from files; nets and screens a r t both
not have been obtained i f tbe money
used.
bad been spent In aome other w ay.
Sponge o ff the horse thoroughly and Th e backers o f an arctic explorer h ave
dry him wall before putting him In hla
a righ t to spend their money on him
stall.
i f they pleas«, but they w ould benefit
N e w York Glty consumes on an aver­ humanity more I f they put their dol­
a ge about 86,000 sheep and lambs lars into model tenement honsea o r
w eekly.
consumption hospitals.— Chicago T rib ­
Do not nee any preservative to pre­ une.
ven t m ilk from souring; keep it cool
Another plot haa beta discovered In
and dean.
Constantinople the purpose o f which
K ee p a w e t sponge, straw Bat or waa tha rem oval o f the Sultan. T h e
cabbage lea f oa t o « horse's bead on Sultan's tim e Is all filled dodging
w arm days. — - — -------- .
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bombs whan b# la not dodging bllla.—
P ick tomatoes aa soon as they begin Chicago In ter Ocean.
to turn color and spread them ont un­
der glass. Th is w ill help them to ripen
Tolstoi spenda muoh o f his time to
quickly.
roaming through the woods
Gen. Booth, commander o f the Salva­
Pu ll up onions as soon aa t o « bulb«
are w all form ed and leave them on t o « tion army, is said to be a slave to work.
O. B. Bustard o f Duluth, Minn., to a
ground until cured. Then spread them
direct descendant of the old royal fam ily
thinly under outer until wanted.
a t Norway,