Newberg graphic., August 06, 1908, Image 2

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The Ç h a u lfe u r
and the Jew els
C ow rtrtt, iena, hr J. B. L im a ç o n - C o m f a x t .
AU rfehta n n r n
C H A P T E R V.
It was a full hour later that a tal
young man in a spring overcoat mount e<
the shallow Rtepa of the Albemarle A de'
phi hotel and entered the lobby, whir'
seemed curiously full of people.
Sour
were sauntering about, others sitting 01
standing in little groups, while quite r
number were leaving.
The attention o '
the crowd was riveted on the hotel om
nibus which stood in front o f the door.
The young man pushed past the throne
of loiterers with scant ceremony and
made his way to the clerk's desk.
" I » o k .here!” he said, addressing that
individual: “ just a minute, please ! Any
truth in this report about the Prince de’
Pico ’s attack? Pm on the Morning Post
and have been sent to g.'t the facts."
The clerk did cot look up from his
writing.
*
*
“ Report officially denied," he said, in
his usual singsong. “ Hoxes taken down
to the docks this morning.
The prince
himself leaves this afternoon.
W ill be
down in the course of an hour.”
His speech created a little hush in the
buss o f talk around, and two or three
people turned their heads to listen.
"T h at's true," said a man who was
standing near the clerk's desk. “ I saw
those trunks myself go out In the van
three hours ago— creat on every one o f
them."
H e was speaking to a showily-
dressed woman, evidently an American^
who shrugged her shoulders incredulously .
"H e 'll have to let his trunks go with­
out him, then," she remarked in a low
tone. “The doctor’s been here three times
to-day, and you know what the chamber­
maid said. No. I won’t believe he's going
till I see him with my own eyes. Look !
There comes the proprietor!”
She stop­
ped short, as a stout man in a frock coat
walked pompously to the telephone near
the cferk’s desk and took up the receiver.
“Give me Adelphi stables!” he ordered,
in a voice that carried through the entire
lobby. “ H ello ! Jim, send a covered four-
wheeler right here for H is Excellency the
Prince del Pino.”
Then, turning his hack to the room, he
became absorbed in an interested
talk
with a man who had just come in— a
trim-looking man with a very white face
and dressed in black.
“The prince’s v a le t!” the American in­
formed her husband, in a lond whisper
that reached the ears o f the reporter
standing near.
Stepping across, be ac­
costed the valet ingratiatingly.
“ W ould it be possible for me to obtain
an interview with the Prince del Pino? 1
come on behalf of the M orning Post.
T he valet shook his head.
“T he prince in very hurry,” he explain­
ed suavely; “ be leaves in one all little
moment for to take passage o f the M a ­
jestic for N ew York.”
H e dropped his
voice.
“ H is Highness trusts that yon
will most kindly contradict the so false
report, which has unfortunately been cir-
.culated.
Son Altesse has had a severe
cold, from which he has but now recov­
ered. You will excuse me?”
B ow ing politely, he passed out, follow;
ed by the proprietor, just as a large
fotyr-wheeler drew up in front of the en­
trance.
Rome minutes passed.
T h e little groups in the lobby began to
show signs of impatience and that rest­
lessness which heralds the appearance o f
a long-expected star, and there was a
general tnurmu.' of relief when the whis­
pered announcement, “ Here he comes!”
was passed around.
A t the other end o f the lobby a lift
door shot back and four men came quick­
ly out. The porter was ahead, much en­
cumbered with luggage, then came the
valet, followed by the proprietor himself,
who walked
loftily
across
the hall,
abreast with a tall slight man muffled in
a triple-caped military overcoat with a
high collar and wearing a tall silk hat.
A s he passed rapidly, the lobby caught
a glimpse o f a handsome, clean-shaven
face and a glistening monocle.
“Certainly he looks well enough,” ad­
mitted the smartly dressed woman near
the clerk's desk, in an aggrieved tone.
The reporter drew a step towards her.
“ Do you know H is Highness by sight,
madam?** be inquired, in the confidence-
inspiring voice of his class.
But the American was not to be drawn
out.
“ No. I don’t," she said s h o rtly ;
“ be came here a week ago and has been
in bis room sick all the time. Nobody's
seen him before.”
Then, turning, she stood on tiptoe,
craning her head like the rest of the room
to get a glimpse of the four-wbeeler con­
taining the departing grandee, aa it bowl­
ed rapidly ont of sight.
A s it rattled off in the direction o f the
qnays, Ludovic Sarto, the undeserving ob­
ject of so much solicitude and interest,
sat leaning back on the cushions o f the
cab, smoking One of the I>el Pino cigars,
and outlining his plans to Alceste with a
loquacity that had not hitherto character­
ized the prince's treatment of his valet.
“ It will be easy enough to keep this
up," he said hopefully, in French, “ now
that it's started. I shall avoid people as
much as possible on board and stay in my
stateroom. There’s one chance in a hun­
dred that there will be any one on the
steamer who has ever known either the
prince or myself before.”
“ Most improbable," the valet agreed ;
“ and you swear that you will leave those
trunks at the W ald o rf as yon found them,
precisely?*'
There was a sharp note o f
anxiety underneath his nervous insistence.
“ Remember. Barto. what I am risking.”
The other met bis glance imperturba­
bly.
“ H ave I ever failed y o u r he asked
quietly; “you and I have been through a
great deal together, tnon vieux."
There was a pause.
* -
" I hope the money I have given will he
enough for all immediate needs,” Alceste
pursued, changing the subject restlessly.
“ For myself, I do not know what the
qutcome of this affair w ill be. The pro­
prietor has promised to do his utmost,
b at''— he sighed— “ I shall neither sleep,
nor eat bread, till Son AlteaM la safely
By
E Jitb M organ W ille tt
tnd secretly out o f that maudit hotel—
hat is, provided he dees not die before hr
an be moved."
.
“ M a c h e the chauffeur laughed deris
vely. “ T h e prince has no more the scar
> t fever than I who speak to you. Can
ou not see what the doctor really thinks?
lie w ill be ill enough but to realise that
t is his faithful valet who has saved his
’ife.
Hein A lceste!
And, if questions
ire asked, thou hast thy story ready.”
“T h e trunks had to go to allay suspi
'■ion,” mumbled the valet, a s if he were
repeating a lesson.
“ Exactly. And they went in the charge
o f a trusted, discreet friend o f thine—
remember, my name does not appear—
who has left them safely at the W ald o rf
Thou wilt get my cablf assuring this be­
fore the prince is well enough to inquire
into the affair. H o w he will be diverted
by thy witty plan for hoodwinking the
hotel ca n a ille !"
. “ I never should have thought o f it my­
self," confessed the valet, with a certain
enthusiasm.
“ D uring the ten years we
have known each other, it was alw ays
you, Ludovic, who devised the daring
plans."
“ And thou who carried them out suc­
cessfully,” finished the other graciously.
I have faith in thy diplomacy. Remeni
her, the prince must lie perdu while he
is in England, and travel to Am erica in­
cognito. resuming his identity only on
the other side of the ocean.
Del Pino
was alw ay s ready enough for a masque­
rader* he chuckled reminiscently.
“ The
quay a lre a d y !”
A s the shades o f evening fell and Rod-
erigo. Prince del Pino, lay tossing irrita­
bly on bis unwelcome sick bed in a dark­
ened room o f the Adelphi, his ex-chauffeur
stood in the most sumptuous stateroom of
which the Majestic, queen of Star Liners,
could boast, taking in his new quarters
with much satisfaction.
Certainly Alceste had managed artis­
tically, the two steamer trunks backing
the w all, with the Del Pino crest in full
sight, being proofs sufficient to convince
the most suspicious steward that their
owner w as actually on board.
W ith a sense of security and relief that
he had not known for three long days.
Sarto’s eyes dropped to an inconspicuous
looking waterproof valise at hia feet.
Stooping, be opened it and drew out a
long, narrow parcel.
W ith deft fingers
he unwound its chamois wrappings and
let the contents roll out on the floor.
H e had seen superb jewels in his day, but
the eye o f a connoisseur told him that
M rs. W a rin g 's diamonds were deservedly
renowned.
.T ak in g up a snake of brilliants, the
chauffeur held it by its emerald fangs,
picturing the gleaming fo ld s ' around a
certain white th ro at; and then with a
curious impatience whipped
back
the
gems into their fittings and, closing the
bag on them, remained kneeling by it
absently, his mind going back over the
events o f the past few days.
W h at a dose shave it had been !— one
hair-breadth escape after another in the
desperate race with his pursuers from
the Hotel M aritime to the Majestic. H e
had won, to be sure, beaten them for the
nonce: there was a note o f triumph in
the th ought: but— in the gradual reac­
tion that w as setting in with him now—
the chauffeur asked himself moodily if
the game had been really worth the can­
dle?
W h at had he gained, after al l ;
what w as that serpent o f diamonds at
the bottom o f the valise compared with
the tremendons price it had cost?
D is­
honor. flight, probable capture, eventual
im prisonm ent; why had he done this
thing?
A gain and again the question recurred
to him persistently, and. like others of
his sex, beginning with the very first
man long ago in a garden, Sarto shifted
the blame on to feminine shoulders, mak­
ing use o f Adam 's time-honored plea. A c­
cording to the Italian 's fatalistic creed,
it w as a woman's malign influence, com­
bined with that mischievous power known
hs force of circumstances, which had
brought him to this pass— was responsi­
ble for his being here in the cabin of
the Majestic, with a borrowed identity
and fifty thousand dollars’ worth o f bor­
rowed ( ? ) jewels.
A t this point Barto's scattered thoughts
concentrated, narrow ing to an inevitable
focus.
W h at was to be done with the
W a rin g diamonds?
The answer seemed
obvious, but it met the chauffeur unpre­
pared.
W hatever moralists may say, between
the man who commits a crime and the
professional criminal there is a great gulf
fixed. Harto had fallen very low in tak­
ing the je w e ls ; but when he faced the con­
sequences of his act, the adventurer, hard­
ened as he was, shrank from the th iefs
career that lay before him and, hesitat­
ing. looked half-longingly back.
And while be hesitated, from the deck
outside came the ceaseless tramp o f feet,
and against the shuttered window shad­
ows of different shapes and sizes passed
and repaased.
A s he knelt there Barto
found himself watching the shadows fu r­
tively, and from time to time he glanced
at the stateroom door opposite, quite un­
necessarily, for he had locked It himself.
A t last, obeying a perfectly inexplica­
ble impulse. Jie rose, rather sheepishly,
and felt the knob, trying the lock, mere­
ly for the satisfaction o f reiterated cer­
tainty. And then, crossing the room, he
crouched down, with his head to the level
o f the window, and looked out with a
vague, interrogative glance, which gave
w ay instantly to ooe of blank, startled
incredulity.
F o r ¿here on the deck, within ten feet
o f him, leaning quietly on the rail, bis
head and shoulders outlined by the even­
ing sky, was the man In the brown over­
coat.
C H A P T E R V I. "
The detective bad bis back turned.
That w as a momentary advantage,'giv­
ing the breathless chauffeur an Instant
to take in
full ominous meaning of
the situation.
F o r there was only eoe
possible w ay o f accounting for that k g u n
aside the shutters.
He had been vec-
gnlaed, even through the l>el Pino die
uiae, followed all the w ay front tb<
\delphi and was at that instant a prls
«tier In hia stateroom.
W ith his eyes on the locked door opp<>
-its, Barto stood an instant aud meditat
■ii, a dangerous glint in hia queer eyes
'■is right hand thrust into a waistcon'
«H-ket, lightly fingering something thai
ay there— a chilly, metallic object— a las'
/mart if it edme to the worst.
Then
>aking up his mind with characteristi.'
nviftness, he swung himaelf down to thi
Vvel o f the window and
peered out
t
A H a y S ta c k e r.
i lirough ’ the shutters.
A hom e-m ade stacker th at w ill do
W h at in the world w as the matter with
the man outside?
I f all had gone with food service In h a n d lin g h ay la sh o w n
him as the chauffeur supposed, where war In the Illu stration. T tyire a r e no cast­
the alertness, the unmistakable watchfui ings to break a u d the tim ber requ ired
ness o f the pursuer who has landed hit In Its construction can be re a d ily pro-
prey?
W h y that languid droop o f tht
tired. T h e dim ensions o f the v ario u s
brown overcoat?
T h e careless pose of
parts a r e ;
the head? ' And even as the chauffeur
T h e lo w e r tim b ers w hich a r e m arked
watched this last it turned slowly in hi-
x
a
re ab o u t 12 feet long an d a re m ade
direction, a profile came into view, sd
of 4 by 5-Inch scantling. T h e aide u p ­
eye glanced around negligently.
14 feet
A h ! Sarto bit his lip sharply to sup rights, m arked 2. a r e about
press an irresistible laugh— a laugh at long, a n d m ade o f the sam e m aterial
his own expense. F o r he had been abso­ na N o. 1. T h e sla n tin g pieces, m arked
lutely mistaken. W hatever might be the 3, a r e about 16 feet long, a n d m ad e o f
detective’s purpose in crossing the ocean,
4 by 4-luch scantling.
The arm « of
certain it was that, his being in the sam>'
the stack er m arked 4, a re 16 feet long,
steamer with the man he wan after w a-
The
something of which he was sublimely un­ an d m ad e o f 4 by 5 inch stuff.
aware.
That lack-lustre eye gave away cross piece, N a 5, Is IS feet long, an d
N o . 6 Is
the situation. F o r the moment the blood­ m ahe o f 3 by 5 Inch stuff.
o f 2 by 5-lncb stuff, and Is bevelled on
hound w as off the scent!
A t this top notch in the chauffeur's de the fro n t edge to a llo w the h ay to Bllde
ductions. a distant bell-like note, came over It easily w h en being shoved on by
along the decks.
It rose, sang, swelled the sw eep. T im b e rs num bered 7, 8, 9
with a dosen measured modulations, fill
an d 10, a re m ad e o f 2 by 6-lnch stuff,
ing the ship with the unmistakable braz
an d a r e 10 feet long, except N a 7 an d
en clamor o f the bugle.
N o. $, w hich sh o uld be only a s lon g na
Starting at the noise, the detectiv»
E ach end
glanced at his watch interrogatively. Then the stack er fr a m e la wide.
he sniffed the air. hesitating, and finally, o f N os. 9 a n d 10 sh o u ld p ro je ct a foot
turning on his heel, his hands in his on each end o v e r N o. 2.
pockets, followed the guiding sound.
Noe. 11 an d 12 a re m ade o f 2 b y 4-
" F u ll cry for dinner !*’ sneered the tnch stuff, ab o u t 10 feet
lo n g ; those
watcher behind the shutters. “ W ith the bolted to N o. 13 a b o u t 15 inches from
man he's after and the money w lth ia six the h igh er end o f N o. 13. -
feet of his nose! U gh ! Rkh !”
N a 13 Is m ade o f 2 by 4-lnch stuff,
And. with a snap o f his fingers in the
a b o u t 8 feet lo n g ;
the h igh er
end
direction of the vanishing brown over
about 8 feet
ab o v e the
coat, the chauffeur moved aw ay from the should be
grou nd, so that w hen the stacker is on
window.
g ro u n d
the w eight box, N o . , 14,
F o r some minutes longer the bagli- the
blew sonorously, but to one at least of should be ab o u t tw o Inches from the
the steamer’s five hundred passengers its tw o pu lley s on the up p er end o f N o.
brazen clamor was absolutely inaudible, 13; also w h en the stacker Is upright,
as. standing in the strip o f light from his a s It Is w han the b a y is th ro w n on the
window, Sarto opened a Russia-leather
stack, the w eigh t box should be about
photograph case he w as holding an d scru­
2 Inches b elo w the tw o pulleys on the
tinised the face inside with intense an x ­
iety. A long, narrow , clean-shaven b e e
it was. with pin-point eyes embedded in
bristling eypbrows that met uncompro­
misingly.
And yet the high bony nose
and the thin-lipped mouth had a certain
harsh distinction— the hall-mark
of a
dosen generations.
W ith a smothered ejaculation. Sarto
took a step forw ard, staring h alf defiant­
ly at the man who came to meet him out
of the opposite mirror. A tall, slenderly
HO M E -If ADR STACKEM.
built, olive-faced man, who moved with
sinuous grace, his clear-cut features very u p p er end o f N o. 13; a n d w hen
the
subtly moulded— as Impassive In their stack er is h a lf-w a y d ow n the w eigh t
aquiline setting as a - handsome brouse. box. N o. 14, sh o uld be ju s t c le a r o f the
There w as no trace o f the brown-bearded
grou nd .
artist in this attractive personage, no
N o. 14 la the w eight-box, an d should
sign o f the mustached, bearded, begog-
be m ad e o f 2-Inch stuff, ab o u t 8 to 10
gled chauffeur— and, on the other hand,
no resemblance to the man he w as person­ Inches deep, an d ab o u t 2 feet s q u a r e ;
It m ust be w ell spiked together.
The
ating.
the w eigh t la to
s ta rt the
Seting his brain to work, the discom idea o f
Ated Barto now tried experiments with a stack er back to the grou n d aa soon aa
bit o f charcoal, d raw in g his brows to­ the load la d eliv ere d fro m it on to thp
gether. slightly accentuating the
lines stack, an d w hen the stacker la h a lfw a y
about the eyes and mouth. But. a la s ! the xo the ground, the w eigh t acts aa a
result w as in the main the same— so was
b ra k e fo r the other h a lf o f the w a y
the difference: beyond being of approxi­
dow n . T h e box la filled w ith atones.
mate height, build and coloring, the real
T h e rope w hich attaches the w eigh t-
Prince del Pino bore not the slightest
b o x t o - t h e stacker should
be three-
likeness to hia counterfeit self.
“ I f B row n Overcoat has ever met Del q u a rte r Inch, p assin g from the w eigh t
Pino before, my game is u p ," mused this up betw een the tw o p ulleys on the up-
lie r eu d o f N o. 13, au d d o w n to the
last.
B ut It was a long “ I f . "
center o f stacker head N o. 5. T h e p u l­
The chauffeur's chance lay in the eter­ leys on the fra m e o f the stacker should
nal chance— the infinitely small possibil­ be attach ed by m eans o f wooden blocks
ity that on the vast checker-board of
w ith a notch cut out so that the pulley
Europe these two particular pieces should
can fit betw een the block an d fram e.
have been jostled together.
T he prince
and the detective! Odds— enormous odds P u lle y s fo r this purpose a re 6 Inches
— lay on the probability that they had In d lah ieter a u d m ade o f turned h ard
wood. T h ese a r e fastened In place by
never laid eyes on each other.
m eans o f a h a rd w ood pin fo r an axle.
(T o be continued.)
T h e p u lley s should be kept w ell oiled
G la d a to is a n d V ic to r ia .
to keep them fro m calking.
N a m e s la rg e ly fo llo w lines o f histor­
T h e rope fo r
ra isin g the
stacker
ical developm ent, but th eir re al sig­ sh o u ld be either Inch o r Inch an d a
nificance can o nly be kn ow n by noting q u a rter.
T h e teeth on the
stacker,
the latest phases o f that evolution. can be m ad e o f 2 by 4-lnch pine scant­
T h e re
w as a
time,
in d e a l,
w hen
the
ling. 10 feet lon g an d bevelled on the
u p p er side to a llo w the h ay to slide
ish P a rlia m e n t an d rely on h av in g hia- on easily. T h e a b o rt u p righ t teeth on
w ill ca rrie d Into Im m ediate execution. the stack er head should be a b o u t 5
B u t It cam e to pnaa In the p rogress feet long. T h e y a re bolted to the long
o f the ages that the K in g w a s only teeth about 2 Inches from the stacker
s a fe in the theory that he could do 'lead, No. 5, an d rest again st the stack­
no w ro n g because' his m inisters w ould er head. N o. 6. T h e stacker arm s, N a
not let him. T o rein force this theory 4 sh o uld be bolted to N o .'2 w ith a large
K in g could m ake a speech to the B rit­
it -w a s necessary to adopt In practice
a p ro g ra m Hint no ro y a l edict had
bolt, a b o u t 12 inches fro m the ground.
force
8 i S a e r W o r k W i t h P o n lt r y .
P ro v id e shade.
T re e sh ad e la the
beat, but i f ‘ there are no tr^es In the
ru ns then the next best thing Is to erect
unless
signed
hy
a
minister.
F ro m th at canie. in time, the Idea that
an edict signed by a m iulster must be
sign ed by the sovereign.
(ju een V ictoria had a
moment
ox
v acillatio n atiout that. B be had, doubt­
less. som e recollection o f the theorlen
o f the divin e right o f kings, w? when
M r. G ladstone, then p rim e m inister,
bro u gh t her a pnper to be signed she
s a id ;
“ I cannot sign It.
T h a t does not rep ­
resent m y sentim ent«.”
“ M ad a m ,” s a id the prem ier,
"y o u
must sign It.”
“ D o you s«.w m ust to me, M r. G la d ­
stone?
I am the Queen o f E n glan d .”
“ M ad a m . I am the people o f E n g­
land.
Sign.”
A n d she signed.— C o u rie r J o u rn a l
A ll the horses belonging to tb s lata
B ritish am bassad or at Constantinople,
S ir N ich olas O ’Conor, have been sold
at auction. T b s u su al notice v a i put
in the local new sp ap er*, but the censor
took exception, as there w ere horse« in
the list w ith the nam es o f P ash a, Hellm
and Ila ro u n , w hich b e considered w a s
offensive to Tu rk s, and the list b a d to
a p p e a r w ithout the nam e«.
H e that w ill lose b is friend fo r a Jest
d eserves to d ie a
gain .— F u ller.
begg ar by the b a r
can opies o f some kind.
H ave
places
provided ao th at the
fo w ls an d chicks cannot only get into
the shade d u rin g the hot w eather, but
have a place o f re fu ge d u rin g rainy,
sto rm y days.
C u t d o w n the sup ply o f heat-p ro d uc­
in g g ra in s In the diet an d feed lib erally
o f green food.
A a they m atu re
sep arate
the
cock­
erels from the p ullets and g iv e the fo r­
m er a ll e x tra allow an ce, aa they
w ill
stan d m ore forcing.
It* la a d v is a b le each w eek to gath er
op a ll hens th at a re becom ing broody
an d put them hi a sep arate coop w here
no nests a r e provided.
W it h
thla
change it w ill requ ire but a week to
b re ak them from th eir broody Instincts
and they w ill go hack to lay in g again.
C r v a k r i B r e a s t l a C h ic k e n s .
C rooked brerfst bones la chickens are
caused by the h eavy b ird s roosting on
poles o r fences. T h e bones o f the young
b ird s
a re so ft an d are
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A r t lS e la l H o n ey .
A rtific ia l honey can n o w be m ade ao
like the gen uin e article In flav o r that
even the e x p ert cannot tell the d iffe r­
ence. T h ick s iru p o f au gur Is boiled w ith
a m inute q u au tlty o f m iu ^ral acid, w hich
co uverts It Into the sam e fo rm occur­
rin g In honey. T h la la m ixed w ith aonie
n a tu ra l honey o f stron g flavor, an d
thus closely stim ulates the real article.
It la said that the fo llo w in g, know n as
L e y 's reagent, w ill detect the spurious
h o u e y : T e n p a rts o f s ilv e r n itra te are
d issolved in a hu n dred p a rts o f w ater,
a n d to thla tw en ty p arts o f a 15 per
cent
solution
added.
of
The
soda
carbo u ate
precipitate
la
la
filtered,
w ush ed an d dissolved In a 115 p arts o f
a 10 per cent solution o f am m onium
1044— Crom well defeated the Royalists
at battle o f Maraton Moor.
chloride.
It m ust be kept In the d a rk
in a w ell-stoppered bottle. T h e honey
1701— Jacques Francois de B rouillan ap ­
pointed Governor o f Acadia.
to be tested m ust be d ilu ted w ith tw ice
Its w eigh t o f w a te r.
A fe w d ro ps o f
1758— Louiaburg taken
under Amherst.
the reagent a r e to be ad d e d an d heated
fo r five m inutes on a w a t e r bath In
the d ark .
N a t u r a l honey tu rns brow n
1750— Quebec bombarded by W olfe.
an d s h o w *
c e n ce; the
a green ish -y ello w fluores­
Im itation tu rn s a lighter
tint an d sh o w s no fluorescence.
co m p arativ ely
sm all
one,
th erefore
they a r e not ns w ell ad ap ted to eating
aa a re ru m in a n ts ; consequently It goes
w ith o u t sa y in g th at M is m ore than
lik ely that the y oung g r o w in g p ig w ill
not
obtain
enough
protein
fo r
m ax i­
mum gro w th from a ratio n m ade up o f
a lfa lfa an d corn. N ev erth eless a lf a lf a
la one o f the best sources o f protein
fo r p igs th at can be h ad an d should
be used to the greatest extent.
W h en
a l f a l f a Is fed In the fo rm o f h a y It
m ay b e given to the p igs In racks. I f
they a r e accustom ed to eatin g a lfa lfa
In this fo rm they w ill eat a consid­
e ra b le q u an tity o f It, but m ore w ill be
eaten
I f It
Is chopped
fine an d
then
steam ed o r scalded an d m ixed w ith
finely gro u n d corn into a thick slop.—
F a r m e rs ’ H o m e J ou rn al.
B ritain and Ire ­
1820— First issue o f the Philadelphia In ­
q u i r e r . . . . Si 11st rla surrendered to the
Russians.
1880— W illiam I V . succeeded George I V .
in England.
1832— Cholera
York.
first
appeared
In
N ew
1834— Levy W oodbury of N e w H a m p ­
shire became Secretary o f the United
States T re a s u ry .. . . Indian Territory
organised.
1843— John Nelson o f M aryland became
Attorney
General o f the United
States.
1840— British
Navigation
Acts repealed.
1830— Amount o f the national debt o f
the United States was $03,452,773.
1852— Body o f H enry C lay lay in state
in the national capitol at W ash in g­
ton.
1857— M assacre at Cawnpore.
1850— Blondin first crossed the N ia g a ra
river, just below the falls, on a tight
rope.
1862—
Battle o f Cold H arbor, V s . . . .Gen.
Pope assigned to the command o f tbs
Arm y of Virginia.
w hich a re sufficient to meet the d e­
m ands o f a m uch la rg e r business. Cut
y o u r garm ent accordin g to y o u r d o t h
T h e fa r m e r w h o takes p rid e In bla
business h as the sam e encouragem ent
an d
a d v a n ta g e
o v er com petitors,
who
lock the snap an d sentim ent, th at the
earn est, p ro gressiv e m an in a ll othet
callin gs bas.
T h e m an w ho succeeds
In fa n n in g as w ell a s those In the m lnoi
p rofessions,
m ust
th ro w
b is very
Ilf«
Into the w o rk in w hich he is en gaged
T h is ap plies to fa rm in g w ith
great
fo rce If excellence is expected.— D ak ota
F a rm e r.
W i d e T ir e s N e e d e d .
E v e ry fa r m e r needs one o r tw o lo w ­
w heeled, w id e-tired
w ago n s on the
farm .
T h e y a r e the most convenient
fo r every kind o f w o rk in w hich a
w ago n la used, especially fo r hauling
m anure, filling the silo, h a u lin g grain,
corn fodder, etc.
A w id e-tired w agon
h au ls easily an d does not cut up the
1863— Gen. Meade succeeded Gen. Hook ex
in command o f the A rm y o f the Poto­
mac.
'
1864—
Ninety lives lost in railroad wreck
at St. • H ilaire, Q u e b e c .. . .Congress
chartered the Northern Pacific R ail­
road Company.
1867— Act of confederation
effect in Canada.
came
Into
1870— Senate rejected treaty of annexe
tion o f San Domingo.
1871—
British Columbia entered tbs ^Do­
minion o f Canada. "
1882— Charles Gu^teau executed for the
assassination of President Garfield.
1880— Bartholdi statue unveiled la New
York harbor.
1803— T he Chicago anarchists
by Gov. Altgeld o f Illinois.
pan toned
1804—
M. Cssim lr-Perier elected
P re -
dent o f F r a n c e .. . .United
State-
court issued injunction to prevent in­
terference With railroad trains by
strikers.
-
1898— Oiiter defenses o f Santiago carried
by the Am erican army under Gen.
Shatter.
laud, an d also saves much back-aching
la b o r In lo a d in g and un lo ad in g m a­
nure, eeed grain s, wood, hay, straw ,
1800— International Council
met in London.
etc.
I f one a lre a d y h as high-w heeled
w ago n s outright, there a re m any firm s
1904— Rev. Silas £ . Sw a llo w nominated
for President by the Prohibition
party.
m a n u factu rin g w id e-tired w heels that
w ill fit an y w ago n .
T h e y cost but a
few d o llars, an d a re one o f the best In­
vestm ents any farm e r can m ake.— W is ­
consin A g ricu ltu rist.
W r t c k l a g W i n d m i l ls .
T h e passing o f the w in d m ill In E n g ­
land, an tiq u ated by such recent p ow er
produ cers as the g a s engine and elec­
tric motor, h as given life to a new In­
d u stry — w in d m ill w recking.
T h e old
w in d m ill
b u ild ers
understood
their
of
W om en
1907— United States fiscal year closed
with surplus o f $8 7,00 0,00 0.... In
the British House o f Commons a res­
olution in favor of curtailing ths
power o f the House o f 'L o rd s w as
passed. . . . Sir Henry M acLean, com­
mander of bodyguards o f the Sultan
o f Morocco, captured by the bandit
chief, Raisuli.
fcflOOLS
business and m eant th eir h an d iw o rk
to last, an d so the dem olishing o f auch
structures la no sim ple task.
M an y o f
the o ld m llla stood 100 feet high and
h ad eight o r nine floors, fitted w ith
fo u r run o f stones, and confained tons
upon tons o f brick. O ften these huge
m llla stan d ciose to other buildings,
and, say s P o p u la r M echanics, accidents
w o u ld be Inevitable If the w reckers did
not h ave experience In th eir tasks.
T im e ly H in t s o n F a rm W o r k .
A w ell-oiled, sh arp s a w saves tim e
an d tem per.
T h e sign o f the alio m arks
gressive fa r m e r every time.
Too
much
w a te r
and
wet,
a p ro­
m ushy
fo o ds w ill not la y on fat.
I t takes
the concentrateti stu ff to do that.
NaU.a
leath er strap on the side ot
the w ago n box to hold an ax , an d never
leave the a x a t the bouse.
P a in t costs’ pretty high
these days,
but ft w ill p ay In the long run In sav ­
in g the buildin gs— p rovided It la good
paint.
T h e m an w h o cannot kick the hired
m an h a rd e r than the h ired m an kicks
the cow
farm er.
doesn’t deserve the nam e o f
M a k e up y o u r m ind th at you w ill noi
breast
1800— Union of Great
land.
try in g to secure a lu x u rio u s liv in g and
a lot o f fu n out o f a very am ali busi
ness.
A sid e from the fo sterin g o f un
necessary habits, ex|>enses a re Incurred
get m ad a n d m isuse the c a lf you are
h ave no crooked
1776— Continental Congress adopted the
resolution o f independence.
I860— Charles Goodyear, Inventor o f tbs
process for vulcanising rubber, died
in N ew York.
turned to one
w ill
English
M is t a k e o f I k e F a r m .
O ne o f the greatest m istakes a farm et
o r an y one else In business m akes Is In
side by p ressin g on the roost.
I f yon
harff heavy fo w la let them roost on
the floor covered thickly w ith straw ,
a n d yon
the
1803— Massacre of British troops in Cey­
lon.
P r o te in (o r P la t ,
A l f a l f a is a nitrogenous roughage.
P lg a have o n ly one stom ach, an d thla
a
by
try in g to teach to d rin k, no
w h a t the little fe llo w m ay d a
m atter
B e p a­
tie n t Y o n w ill think m ors o f tb s emit
s a i su rely o f youraolf.
The Minnesota State university trus­
tees have accepted the plans for a great­
er campus.
Carleton college graduated a class ot
fifty. Six new instructors were added- to
the faculty.
Ham line university this year returned
tp the old custom of having graduates o f
ie academic department deliver
com­
mencement addresses.
T hs Senate of Michigan university has
ordered the disbandment of . al l drinking
clubs among the students tnd forbidden
them to take any part in pnrties w h e n
drinking Is Indulged In, no matter w h e n
held.
Macalester college o f S t Paul has n
celved a gift of $10,000 from John O.
M artin o f N ew York, to found a depart­
ment of Bible study. T h s college has re­
ceived fo u r.g ifts , aggregating $170,000;
during the year.
T h s new buildings of the college o f ths
city of N e w
York, on
Washington
Heights, which cost $7,000,000, w e n dedi­
cated with Imposing ceremonies.
Secre­
tary of Commerce and Labor Straus was
the chief speaker.
Next to the presence o f “ B ill" T aft, ths
conferring o f the honorary degrees w as
of moat inteieat to the Y ale throng and
to ths public. Chief am ong those so hon­
ored was J. Pisrpont Morgan, tbs N ew
York financier, who received ths degree
of L L . D. In recognition o f bis services
Is ths recant panic. Ex-Senator Spoons«
else honored with a Y ais degrss.
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