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The Chauffeur
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C o p yn ih t, I « * , by J. B. L i p p i n c o t t C o u p a n t .
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By
Edith M organ W'UHétt
valet. I had to leave the man bAInd at
the last moihent with a case of measles—
the reporters did the rest! I beseech you.
do not be afraid of m e!” He spread ouV
his hands in comic deprecation. *‘ I have
had that dangerous disease myself years
ago, I assure you ! I do not want to be
avoided in the least.”
And for the next half-hour he was most
certainly not avoided, being undoubtedly
the lion of.the occasion, the chief ceuter
of attraction; and at the end o f that
time— such is the magic influence of that
trio of forces, a ready tongue, a ready
smile, and an attractive personality—
B u d d in a f r u i t Ti
there was not a man in the large, dimly
It la sometimes desirable to bud or-
lighted room who would not have been • hard trees at a time when cleft g r a ft
wilting to swear that Del Pino was not
Ing can not be done. The work can be
only a capital good fellow but 4 born
aristocrat with every sign of his.birth done in late August, September • and
tn ily October. Th e purpuse o f budding
and breeding!
A little while after he had been borne trees Is very much the same as that
off by two attaches in the direction of the o f prat ting. Th e apple, plum and rose
embassies, a lithe, middle-aged man was bush imrtlcqilarly, may be operated up
admitted at the front door, left his hat on to advantage and with good results.
in the hall, with a glance at the stacks
T h e work o f budding can be done by
of cards arranged in circular rows on a sharp, round-pointed knife and
the table, and, hurrying upstairs, pushed
piece o f yarn. Usually the best results
his way past the footman, entering the
follow by selecting a place where the
drawing room unannounced.
to 94 inch In dlame^
At sight of him there was a general branch Is from
turning of heads and a cry of “ Soura ter, and where the bark Is smooth and
healthy.
W ith the rounded part of
vieff ! You here 1”
“ Why, M. le Comte,” Gussie looked the knife cut lengthwise o f the branch,
around. “ This is a surprise! We thought hist through the bark, a slit about 1%
you were in Newport!’’
itches long, and at the top o f this
Count Souravieff bowed over her hand.
'l i t out across about 94 inch, as shown
“ I am only here for the day,” he said.
N ext remove from a branch
“ I must return to Newport to-night— at a.
in fact, I am due there this very minute o f the same season's growth o f the de
(this impressively). You are reaponsi- sired variety one o f the strong, healthy
ble for my not keeping my appointment.
Ah !” he settled down in the chair beside
Mrs. Waring and dropped his voice to a
confidential pitch. “ The Fates have been
working against me of late. I had in
tended to be on the docks to greet you
on your arrival yesterday, but, alas!—
yolir miserable steamship companies over
turned my cart of apples!”
He waved
his white hands. “ Concevez done, when
I reached there with my permit, you had
gone. Even my friend Del Pino had de
parted. There was no one to speak to
me but his chauffeur.”
“ W b a t!” exclaimed Gussie at this junc
ture. She stared at him with suddenly
awakened interest. “ Who did you say
was the only person to be seen?”
Souravieff disliked
interruptions ex
T H E STETS IN BUDDINO.
eessively. Checked in the full flow of
his eloquence, he raised his eyebrows as
buds by cutting from below the bud up
well as his voice, and explained to Gussie
in a tone of mild reproof. “ The man and under R. Start about 1 inch be
whom I met, madame, was the chauffeur low the bud and come out again 1 inch
above the bud. as at b.
Cut deep
of my friend Del Pino.”
Then, conscious that he had the undi enough Into the wood so as not to in
vided attention of the room, he went on jure the bud, and cut it so as not to
with restored equanimity:
“ Eh bien! have too much wood under the bud.
from the fellow I acquired the informa Then place the bud, c, on the end o f
tion that his master would be at the Club
the knife and push down Into the slit,
Union at the hour of four, so to that
as
above described. Push securely In
abominable place I repaired, in order to
find out if Del Pino knew of your where place, so that the bud Is about 1 inch
below the upper cu t Then wrap care
abouts.”
But at this point in his narrative there fu lly with yarn, as at d. In two or
was another unaccountable interruption. three weeks examine and see i f the bud
“ Excuse me,” Gussie said, in a curious bus grown fast and so that the yarn
ly strained voice; “ what was the name Is not injuring i t
Should the yarn
of the man who directed you to the club? be loose, retie. The bud should start
The Prince del Pino, as far as I know,
to grow the follow ing spring.
hasn't any chauffeur.”
Success largely depends upon wheth
Souravieff eyed her with rising dis
er
the stock is growing vigorously or
pleasure.
Never having heard of the
whether the bud Is healthy. The bud
Waring robbery, he considered this ■
ond interruption on the part of his host serves the same purpose as the scion
From it springs a limb
ess absolutely inane and in conspicuously in grafting.
bad taste.
which w ill produce the kind o f fru it
“ Pardon, madame,” he said formally; borne by the tree from which the bud
“ but the prince has a chauffeur— a man was taken.— W. H. Underwood, in
named Ludovic Sarto, who managed his
Farm and Home.
motor while we were in the Tyrol.”
There was a pause, while everyone in
P r o t e c t t h e B ir d s .
the room looked wonderingly at the pair
Th e farm er is liable to forget his
by the tea table, one of whom was lean
bird friends.
I wish to tell
some
ing forward, her eyes unnaturally bright
of
my
farm
er
friends
what
I
have
done
and dilated, her manner more and more
this spring, In regard to our quails.
excited.
.. "You aaw Ludovic Sarto J” she ejacu When our assessor came around I
lated at length. “ I really can't believe gave in some quails, as well as do
it!”
mestic fow ls fo r taxation, as I knew
Count Souravieff now began to think about bow many we had on our farm
that Gussie Waring was going out of when w inter was over. Some w ill say
her mind.
that you could not tell how many
“ W e ll!” he said, laughing in a con
strained way and glancing around for birds you have, because they w ill lie
sympathy, “ I can only state that 1 met rn your farm one day, and on your
the Prince’s chauffeur— or his dou ble- neighbor’s the next. W hile that is
coming out of the steamship docks yes true, do not our domestic fow ls go
terday morning. Behold my deposition, over on our neighbor’s place, also,
madame!”
i f you give them opportunity to do
There was another pause. “ Then the so?
W hich most people do that 1
prince was rig h t!” remarked Gussie
know of. But do they not come back
slowly. Her face had grown curiously
It is
pale and she shivered a little. “ Yes,” home every evening to roost?
she repeated, as if to herself. “ He was the same with the quail, and he will
rig h t! Oh, think of i t !” — this with a roost on the farm where he was bred
half-frightened gasp— “ that man must and hatched, providing he Is unmolest
have been on board with us all the ed by hunters, hawks, etc.
I f you
tim e!”
were to chase your domestic fow ls
(T o be continued.)
with dog and gun one-tenth as much
as you do the poor little quail, In the
T o o S tea d y .
fa ll o f the year, do you think thut
Th e Irate old farm er entered the
there would be many chickens on the
employment office.
roost in your chicken house at night?
“ You sent me out a batch o f farm
Th e w riter has known coveys that
bands, didn’t you?” he blustered.
a fter being chased and shot at all
“ Yes, sir.” replied the clerk meekly.
day, would be whistling the call Just
“ And when I asked you i f they were
at dusk, and a fter getting back to
sw ift workers you said they were reg
gether would fly to roost
ular engines?”
I think that anything that is ns
“ I think so.”
valuable as the quail and stays with
"W a l. by heck, they must be station
you through
such
circumstances,
ary engines then.”
should be protected better than most
"W h y so?”
o f our farm ers are doing.— J. H. T., in
“ Because when they once get out on
the Indiana Farmer.
the barn fence they don’t move until
they hear the dinner horn.
G e ttin g a S ta rt w it h S h ee p .
C H A P T E R V I I I . — (Continued.)
glimpses of brilliantly colored facades,
The chauffeur's eyelids flickered. "W a- terraces and vivid flower beds, sloping to
reeng!" he repealed. "The name is famil stately slices and broad avenues, gay with
iar— I think 1 have heard it before. I* pedestrians, carriages and automobiles.
she a tall, slim blonde, with reddish While visible at intervals, near at hand
hair?”
seemingly and yet curiously remote, aloof,
"Parfaitem ent!” The Count spread out the monument, like a silver arrow, pierced
his hands. “ 1’ ne faille de goepe!” he ex the stil air, pointing heavenward.
plained. "and of an. elegance! A h !” be
Occasionally askihg his way and al
dropped his voice solemnly, “ she has an ways keeping a diligent eye on the lamp-
Income of sevent.v-Sve thousand.”
tMists, the foreigner’ found himself at last
With swift eagerness he turned on his walking dowu the cloistered aisles of
comiHinion. “ The prince— does he know Massachusetts avenue, where be began to
them, are they connaissanccs— intimes? look questioningly at the different house
A h !” a light of inspiration leaped into fronts he was passing and consult the
his eyes,— ” 1 have it ! those were the two card in his haud.
ladies whom you said he was helping into
Stopping before a white exterion of or
a cab— Hein?”
nate lines, framed by an Italian garden,
• The chauffeur saw that there was no he glanced up at the slightly bowed shut
use in denying it. “ Very likely,” he said ters and then, coming to a decision, step
calmly, inwardly cursing himself for his ped rapidly along the carriage drive and
momentary imprudence.
lifted the ponderous brass knocker.
Souravieff eyed him an instant specu
" Is Mrs. Waring at home?" he asked
latively. "Then Son Altesse doubtless in due time of the functionary in livery
knows where Madame Waring is stay who opened the door, and, receiving an
ing," he said, jumping swiftly to an in answer in the affirmative, followed a sec
evitable conclusion. “ O f course, he pos ond footman into a great hall, whose
sibly even gave the direction to the cab shrouded chandeliers and vast uncovered
man. Good! That is what I want to expanse suggested that its hostess was
know,— the name of her hotel— where she only there on the wing for other latitudes.
is staying.”
Following his guide up a wide, shallow
His beaky noose was intrusively near staircase, he stopped before a curtained
the chauffeur's his keen eyes searching door, long enough to have the portiere
the other’s face. "T ell me,”
repeated drawn back and hear his name announc
eagerly, “ how am I to see Son Altesse?” ed in muffied tones.
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Sarto's face was expressionless. “ I can
Refore him was unmitigated dimness
not tell Your Excellency” he' was begin at first, out of which presently a circle
ning, when the count broke in impatient of black dots resolved themselves, sur-
roundiug a white object— all of this de
ly —
“ Yes. yes! You can tell— you must tell. veloping an nearer view into Gussie W ar
Look yo u !”
He gesticulated violently ing, a seraphically mundane figure in
with his strong white hands. “ I must see crepe de chine, behind her tea table, with
the prince this very afternoon. It is a ne half a dozen men around her.
cessity. Tell me where to find him, my
" I hoped you would come in,” she said,
good fellow.” His tone was coaxing in the holdiug out a hand of welcome to the
extreme, and with one hand he rustled newcomer. Then, turning gayly to her
something suggestively in his pocket.
little court, “ This is the Prince del Pino,
The chauffeur smiled enigmatically. He arrived yesterday in America— the very
had been doing some rapid thinking dur latest thing out, you see. We must make
ing the last five minutes.
the most of^him, my friends, for he’s only
“ One likes to be obliging,” he said. “ Let here for a few days.”
me see.”
Motioning the honored guest to a chair
He appeared to reflect a moment, and beside her, she introduced him in h>r
then, turning to the other with an engag characteristic, off-hand fashion to the
ing smile, “ I f M. le comte follows my ad men about him, and resumed her tete-a-
vice,” he said quietly, “ he will be at the tete with the stodgy-looking Senator on
Club Union this afternoon at about four her other side.
o'clock. That is the best I can do.’
The rest of the room looked at the
Souravieff put his hand with impulsive Prince del Pino.
gratitude into his pocket, and then, moved
“ What does Your Highness think of
by the counter currents of prudence, drew our little village?” asked a stout man
It forth empty.
savoring unmistakably of the far West.
“ I am exceedingly obliged to you. Sar “ Plenty of room to turn about In, eh?”
The supposed nobleman smiled gra
to,” he said warmly, “ And I am indeed
glad to have been able to give you this ciously.
lift. Here is your hotel. No, do not
•“ T o turn around in?” he ejaculated. In
thank me; the obligation is on my side, his precise English. “ After the maelstrom
and remember, my man,” — he lowered his of your New York, Washington seems to
voice confidently, “ if anything should in me a blessed retreat— in truth a rest-
duce you to give up your present position cure. But it is charming— this place!
Everywhere fine houses, wide boulevards,
you must be sure to let me know.”
well-dressed men, and as for your far-
That afternoon at four o’clock, while. famed American woman— but— (he made
In company with two fair ladies who a bow toward the figure behind the tea-
ahall be nameless, our friend Ludovic Sar table)— I made her acquaintance five days
to was sitting tranquilly in the Congres ago, you see!”
Conscious that be was acquitting him
sional Limited speeding to Washington, a
perturbed Russian diplomat paced up and self well, he broke off, little realizing the
down the spacious reading-room of the ordeal Fate had in store for him !
“ Prince.”
Gussie bad deserted
the
Union Club, straining his eyes anxiously
Out of the broad windows with increasing Senator and was smiling over her shoul
Impatience as the minutes passed by and der with covert mischief in her half-clos
ed eyes. “ You will have to prove an alibi.
'he I ’rince del Pino did not appear!
We .have, all been reading about you in
the morning Post.”
C H A P T E R IX .
She bent forward with *the paper in
Saturday in New York had been cold
and blustery ; Sunday in Washington was her hand. “ See, Your Highness! Over
warm with the breath of the tropics. On there— on that column to your right.”
Adjusting his monocle, the man she ad
the wide pavements the summer sun fell
glitteringly wherever the black-etched dressed glanced over the sheet with an
shadow of the long tree arcades gave it air of polite interest.
“ What can it be?” he exclaimed, even
a chance to fall at all. There was touch
of languor in the still air, a breathless as he realized with instinctive certainty
ness. the masses of greenery hardly mov what he should find.
“ A h ! This sounds alarming!”
And.
ing a leaf, above them a palpitating blue
with apparent amazement, he read aloud r
sky.
“ Special from the Liverpool
Daily-
In the Metropolitan Club the big elec
Transcript :
tric fang were whirling madly all day, but
“ It has just transpired that a certain
the very few loungers in the comparative
patient who is occupying a private room
ly deserted rooms preferred to sit by the
in the Queen’s Hospital here is no less
front windows looking out into shady H
a person than the Prince Roderigo del
street, down which an occasional saun-
Pino, whose anticipated trip to America
terer passed in the lightest of summer
was interrupted by the attack of measles
clothes.
from which he is just recovering. It is
As the day wore on the atmosphere be hoped that the distinguished invalid will
came heavier, the sky veiled in an omin soon be able to carry out his first plans.”
ous gray opaqueness near the horizon.
So this was the end of the scarlet fever
"Going to have a thunder storm,” pre scare and Alceste’s well-guarded secret.
dicted a tall man in white flannels who In spite of his precautions, the truth was
was standing by one of the club windows ou t! Something had gone wrong. 8ome
at about five o'clock. "Th at’s because one had blundered.
I'm dining at the Country Club to-night.
Pulling himself together with a decided
Just my luck.” He groaned. " I t ’s diffi effort, the chauffeur looked up to find
cult going through an electric storm in seven pairs of eyes confronting him with
my automobile.”
,
varying degrees of interest and curiosity.
“ Pocket your pride and take a trolley It was a difficult situation to carry off.
car,” suggested the other man who was appealing irresistibly to the adventurer's
looking out. “ These clouds won’t work love of risk, to the actor’s instinct for
up before midnight, anyway, if they do a dramatic climax.
at all.”
“ This is an equivocal position in which
He put up an eye-glass. “ There’s an I find myself! IIow am I to prove an
other Hip coming along. Funny how you alibi!'” he ejaculated solemnly.
can tell them instantly by their w a lk !
"That is your affa ir!”
A ll of us Americans have our individual
Throwing his head back, he faced them
ways of trotting about, but on the other squarely, daringly, his thin lips twitch
side they seem to have been drilled into ing. "Yes,” he pursued gravely, "this is
A B r i l l i a n t Id e a .
the same step by the same dancing mas the issue— either this report is false or,”
“ Speaking o f the money question,”
ter.
See that fello w !
Think he’s a his eyes twinkled irresistibly, “ I am my remarked Greening, “ whnt tills country
Frenchman or an Italian?”
self. My friends, put it to the vote at needs Is an elastic currency.”
“ A little of both, I should say,” de once! I am in a state of intolerable sus
“Then," rejoined his w ife, proud o f
clared the other, following his glance. pense and exceeding agitation till I hear
her ability to see through a stone wall
"And a swell, too. from the look of him your verdict.”
and the cut of his clothes! I suppose
It was an audacious move, but the w ith a hole In It, “ why doesn’t the gov
he's over here on some ‘special mission !' ” chauffeur knew what he was about. In ernment print banknotes on sheet rub
The object of their attention meanwhile counting the cost, he bad not reckoned ber
was proceeding up Connecticut avenue at without his hostess.
T i m e t o D a e lc .
a leisurely pace, that permitted him to
"Here's my hand !” she said, raising it
H arry— Yes, that pretty heiress said
glance up from time to time at the houses in gay. swift response to his whim. “ I
he passed, many of which sported wooden put my money on the prince without hesi you started to propose and then bucked
bsrricades, wondering inwardly that their tation. IIow about you, gentlemen? Re o u t
owners should tie hurrying sway from this member, he's at your mercy.”
m
Harold— Yes, I backed out o f the
hit of paradise. For paradise it was,
A burst of laughter answered her as window. When I got to that part about
indeed. The evening sky had partially every hand went up, the prodigious clap
only earning $0 a week I heard her pa
thrown off its gray veiling, displaying a ping sealing the verdict.
coming with a shotgun.
sumptuous riot of flaring tints, against
The mock prince had scored another
which the red belfry of a distant church victory, indeed a conquest.
N ot L iv e ly
E nnngh.
struck a solemn note.
" A thousand thanks for your gratify
“ Misery loves company," quoted the
As he pased on, guided by the lamp- ing confidence,” he said, laughingly glanc
moraliser.
posts, tusking scientific cuts through side ing at his new adherents. “ Now for the
“ Yes, I suppose so,” rejoined the de
streets, the roof-line o f the houses seem explanation : As it happens, the “ certain
ed to become more irregular, seen through patient in a private room of the Queen's moralizer, “ but It doesn’t entertain Its
green tree-vistas, under which one caught hospital' is no Isas a person than my company agrees by
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T h e B la c k R a sp b e rry .
Th e black raspberry has Its peculiari
ties, and among them is that o f the
annual travel to new soil by means o f
the tips. Stocks from the hill are com
paratively worthless for new planta
tions ; and growers o f valuable varieties
must obtain their plants from the tips
o f the present year’s growth. The first
part o f July, I f It has not been attend
ed to sooner, when the grow in g canes
have reached the height o f 4 feet, nip
out the point with thumb and finger,
and soon branches w ill come out along
the caue, increasing the number to take
root, and adding to the productiveness
o f the plant the next season. Leave
the bearing cane In Its place until fall
Later, wheu It Is time fo r the tips to
attach themselves to the soil, the root
Ing can be facilitated by a alight cov
erlng o f dirt.
In preparing for the
crop in spring head in the branches to
tw o or three feet, according to their
strength.
T e e t ln * th e H e a lth e l a a
A a la ia l.
Th e pulse o f a horse when at rest
beats fo rty times per' m inute; o f an
ox from fifty to fifty-five; o f a sheep
and a pig about seventy to eighty.
Th e pulse may be fe lt wherever a
big artery crosses a bone. I t Is gener
a lly examined in the horse on the cord
which passes over the bone o f the lower
Jaw in front o f Its curved position, or
in the bony ridge above the e y e ; and
In cattle over, the middle o f the first
rib ; In sheep by placing the hand on
the left side, where the beating o f the
heart may be felt.
Any material variations o f the pulse
from the figures given above may be
considered as a sign' o f disease.
If
rapid, hard and fu ll it Is an indica
tion o f high fever or Inflammation; If
rapid, small and weak, low fever, loss
o f blood or weakness. I f slow the pos
sibilities point to brain disease, and If
Irregular to heart troubles.
Sow
r a il W h e a t
E a r ly .
In the great corn belt o f the Middle
West most farm ers are afraid their
wheat w ill mnke too much top in the
fall and sow very late in order to avoid
the Hessian fly. As a rule, however, it
la better to sow early enough to get
eight or ten Inches growth.
Harrow
the seed bed frequently, making a fine
dust mulch, which w ill conserve moist
ure and cause regular germination.
Wheat put in this w ay makes a strong
er growth In the spring and matures at
least a w’eek earlier. I f early and late
seeded wheat come through the winter
without Injury the early wheat w ill al
ways outyleld the other, although it
may have a tendency to lodge. Watch
your own wheat next spring and see
bow it comes out and then sow next
fall at a time to make it better the fo l
lowing year. •
C u r ta in
F ro n t P o u ltr y H o m o ,
The style o f curtain
front
bouse
shown Is o f the shanty roof type, 8 feet
6 Inches high at the frout and 4 feet 6
Inches at the rear. Th e width o f this
CURTAIN
FRONT POULTBT
HOUSE.
1388— Earl of Douglas killed at the bab.
tie of Otterbourne, Northumberland.
1460— Edward IV . defeated the Lancas
trians at Banbury.
1554— Queen Mary of England married
to Philip o f Spain.
1008— Coronation of James I. o f Eng
land.
1000— Battle between Champlain and the
Indians in Essex county, New York.
1057— The first Sulpicians arrived in
Canada.
1061— Schenectady purchased from the
Indians.
1680— Forces Of William I I I . defeated by
adherents of James II. of Killecran-
kie.
1760— Treaty of Oswego, making peace
with Pontiac.
1711— A British and Colonial fleet sailed
from Boston for the conquest of Can
ada.
1722— New England colonies declared
war against the Indians.
1758— Amherst
and
W olfe
captured
Louisburg.
1759— Crown Point abandoned by the
French on the approach of the Brit
ish. .. English took Ticonderoga from
the French.
1702— Moro fort, at the entrance to Ha
vana harbor, stormed by the English
under Admiral Pococke.
1773— The city of Guatemala laid In ruin
by an earthquake and the eruption of
a volcano.
1780— Rocky Mount, a British post on
the Catawba, taken by the Ameri
cans under Gen. Sumter.
1780— The department and secretary of
“ Foreign Affairs" created by act of
Congress, but changed to the depart
ment and secretary of state soon
after.
1804— The American squadron began the
siege of T r ip o li., . .The New York
State Society of the Cincinnati de
cided to erect a monument to Alex
ander Hamilton.
1806— Buenos Ayres taken by the Brit
ish.
1818— Duke of Richmond became Gov
ernor of Canada.
1821— San Martin proclaimed the inde
pendence of Peru. ' *
1828— Gilbert Stuart, American portrait
painter, died in Boston.
Born in
Narragansett, R. I., Dec. 3, 1755.
1830— Charles X. of France suspended
the liberty of tbe press.
1833— Lisbon surrendered to Dom Pedro.
1838— Bolivian troops entered Lima.
1852— Hudson river steamer Henry Clay
f l a t T b fik »a r »Tfh Toss o T 3 2 "
lives.
oi any o f the houses may be varied to
suit the builder.
The front o f this
house consists o f a curtain on a fram e 1854— The cholera made Its appearance
in the Massachusetts State prison at
hinged In such a way that It may be
Charlestown.
swung to the roof to allow the sunshine
to enter.
The plans o f the curtain 1856— Robert Alexander Schumann, com
poser, died. ’ Born June 8, 1810.
front bouses lend themselves to the
construction o f an enclosed house by 1808— Territory of Alaska organ ized....
Military government ceased in Ar
using lumber Instead o f cotton.
kansas, North Carolina. South Caro
The roosts, nest boxes, drop boards
lina. Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia
and In fact all interior fixtures, should
and Florida.
he constructed and put up in such a
1870— Benjamin Nathan, a wealthy IIs
brew citizen of New York, found
murdered in his home; the mystery
of the crime never solved.
1877— Statue of Richard Cobden unveiled
in Bradford, England.
1883— Capt. Matthew Webb drowned in
attempt to swim the Niagara whirl
pool rapids.
INTERIOR FIXTURES.
1884— The Imperial Federation of Great
Rritain and Her Colonies formed in
way that they may be easily removed
Ixmdon.
for cleaning and disinfection. The dia
1880—
Insurrection In Honolulu.
gram illustrates how they may be ar
1807—
United States Congress passed tht
ranged wltb advantage In any house.
Dingley tariff act.
The roosts should rest In sockets, and
the drop boards should not be nailed
In place, but simply rest on the cleats
at the ends.
In te n s iv e
F n r n ln s .
1808— City of Ponce. Porto Rico, surren
dered to the Americans,. .The Amer
ican troops advanced on Yuaco, Porto
Itio o .. . . Prince Karl Otto von Bis
marck, German statesman, died. Born
April 1, 1815... .Pugwash, Nova
Scotia, totally destroyed by firs.
Th e possibilities o f a small farm un
der Intensive cultivation are strikingly
shown In the follow ing record o f pro 1800— Gen. Ileureaux, ex-president
of
duction from eleven acres, located neur
Ilaytl, assassinated by Ramon Ca-
ceres.. . . Final sitting of the Peace
Reading, P a .: Three thousand six hun
Conference of The Hague.. . . Reci
dred and fifteen bunches o f radishes,
procity treaty between Francs end
When the farmers in the corn and 30 bushels o f white cfhlna radishes,
the United States signed.
grass states reach the point where they 775 bushels o f onions, 1,800 boxes o f
have their fields all fenced hog tight, strawberries, 675 bunches and 20 bush 1000— Russians captured the forts at
Newchwang.
they should not delay fo r any consider els o f beets, 500 quarts o f limn beans,
able length o f time getting a start in 12 bushels o f soup beans, 75 bushels of 1001— Free trade between the United
sheep, says W allace’s Farmer.
It is pens, 63 bushels o f string beans, 125
States and Porto Rico proclaimed.
not necessary to have a large flock. It bushels o f potatoes, 440 baskets o f to UX)7— The foundation stone laid for the
is a good deal better not to have it for matoes, 1,000 heads o f lettuce, 5,000
Carnegie Palace of Peace at The
tw o or three reasons: One Is that sheep heads o f cabbage, 600 dozen ears o f
H agu e... .Edmund W. Pettua Unit
do not do well with hogs and cattle. corn, 125 baskets o f egg plant, 100,000
ed States Senator from Alabama,
This is the reason why so few sheep are pickles, 40 bushels o f turnips, 12 bush
died.
Born July 6, 1 8 2 1 ....Japn
assumed control of Korea.
kept In the hog and cattle country. els o f carrots, 35 bushels o f parsnips,
Another reason is that those who have 1,000 roots o f borserndlsh, 2,000 stalks
O th er Ils rn tfn I F ood A d u ltera n ts .
had no experience In sheep would do
o f endive, 20,000 stalks o f celery, 25
Dr. Wiley, the government chemist,
well to advance alowly, and, If need be
bushels o f artichokes, and 8 bushel« o f says that the poison squad experiments
retreat rapidly. Twenty-five ewes and
popcorn.
have shown that both bensolc acid end
a good buck are as many as the inex
benzoate of soda should be excluded from
D o N o t R o b Y o o r a e lf.
perienced farm er should start with. The
foods as being injurious to digestion and
H ave you ever noticed that the farm
expense o f these is comparatively small,
to general health.
the possible loss therefore not great In ers who buy corn, clover, hay and oil-»
case the man should prove not to be a cake for feeding their stock alw ays
M in e r s U p h o ld U n io n is m .
fit man to handle sheep. There are some have the most fertile farms? Th e man
The convention of ths Western Federa
men o f this kind. The chances o f loss, who practices selling his grain crops Is tion of Mipers at Denver reaffirmed Its
however, are very small where the taking Just that much fe rtility from his allegiance to the principles of Industrial
farmer has any kind of sheep gumption own farm and selling It at tbe pries o t unionism and to aid In the solidifying
of ths working d a s «
grain. It 1« a very bad practice
about him.