A
Political Vendetta
WELDON J. COBB
C H A P T E R IV.
The last year of a century, the last
day of the year, the last hour o f the day
— la the solemn hush of an eerie scene,
Gideon Hope stood alone, awaiting the
final token of power that was to
him master of a vital situation!
It was six months after the sealing of
that strange compact which, through a
fair young girl's sterling confidence, had
hound to him the Tremaines, father and
daughter, with links of steel, for weal or
woe.
'htis had happened:
A ll that tragic story o f a beloved broth
er’s cruel assassination Hope had told—
all the dark suspicions and blacker cer
tainties o f the seerrt culpability o f Per-
civ-al Keene he had laid bare.
That this man, waxed ridh and power-
ful by some caprice o f Luck— or, through
sinister finesse, made master of millions
and potent king of a vast industrial com
bination, was now known as “ Percy V,
Kane,” there could not be the slightest
doubt.
Inch by Inch, hour by hour, from the
crisis of his political dethronement, Gid
eon Hope had traced this ex-magnate of
the rotten Consolidated Silver Company.
In and out of a labyrinth of deception,
evasion, disappearance- reappearance in
a new guise and a fresh role— he had fol
lowed the arch-swindler until he had pat
hia finger upon him as the central figure
of that mastodon 1 c ring of capitalists, who
controlled the metal industries o f a State,
and who had “ roped in" and raised foe
unsuspicious Albert Tremaine.
And now !-----
Gideon Hope had divulged his p la a : To
degrade, to humble, to drag down to .bit
ter defeat, the person who must answer
to him for the slaying of the one being
on earth upon whom all hia love and
hopes had been centered !
Thus it was that the “ sleeping city”
became a mouldering ruin, and the mag
nificent mansion on the hill a closed, aban
doned home. It was given out that the
Tremaines had gone abroad, to exhaust
In pinched retirement the remnant of a
once great fortune.
Bat all the while the hidden hand of
the master genius behind the scenes work
ed deftly, cautiously, slowly, the wires
that were soon to focus on this man Kane,
a purpose bitter as death and cruel as
the grave.
In Che eastern story, thfe heavy slab
that was to fsll on the bed of state in the
flush of conquest was slowly wrought out
of the quarry, the tunnel for the rope to
bold it to its place was alowly carried
through the leagues of rock, the slab was
•lowly raised and fitted to the roof, the
rope was rove to it, and slowly taken
through foe milea of hollow to foe great
Iron ring.
A ll being made ready, with much labor,
and the hour come, the sultan was aroused
in the dead of the night, and the sharp
ened ax that was to sever foe rope from
foe great iron ring was pat into hia hand,
and be struck with it, and tha rope part
ed, and rushed away and the ceiling fell.
80 , in the case o f Gideon Hope— the
foan with a pnrpooe -all the work, near
and far, that tended to the end was being
accomplished, and in an instant the blow
was to be struck, and the roof of Percy
Kane’s stronghold was to drop in upon
h im !
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Midnight!
Gideon Hops stood where n ledge of
rock, fir-fringed to the extent o f a semi
circle, looked out upon s free, broad ex
panse— down, towards a stretch that
would have awed and puzzled the unfa
miliar beholder.
The moonlight shone like day. It irra
diated a vast valley, flecked far as the
eye could see with dots, splotches, vivid
bursts of light— here, a mammoth blast
furnace, opening its hot, molten throat to
shoot out and upwards darts of spectral
fire; there— and everywhere— the myriad
coke ovens, uncovered to show a dazzling
nest o f red, seething cinders.
The world seemed spread at hia feet—
for good or bad. it lay before him ! When
he reflected, with some of the old-time
managerial vim, bow he, a master hand
nt Inception and direction, might turn the
sixty thousand souls in that valley as pup
pets to his designs— he, s being of will
and resource— s gilded flash of opulence
tempted for s moment.
Then came the infusion of the one great
purpose o f his life— the wan, sad face of
his brother seemed to float before him,
and the sudden, stern whiteness of his own
told that no temptation* of wealth or
honor could turn him from his plan.
The soft, tender influences of the holy
boar mingled with the memory o f s fairer
foce. A vision of a home blessed with
love, a Ilfs crowned with the gladness of
children’s voices, o f old woes forgotten in
tbs soothing bliss of a new experience,
stole over this man’s soul.
Hs shat it oat— all o a t! Hia face was
lifted, towards heaven in fudden sternness,
Ms hand described an involuntary, almost
wild, spasm of passion— no I n o ! no ! The
dia was cast! Hs lived, prayed, for but
one consummation; to verify what he
knew, to prove what he suspected, straight
as an arrow to the target’s heart, fats
must impel him towards foe moment when
Percy Kane should stand before him un
masked, -at his mercy!
There was a rustle of foe near shrub
bery. Hope turned. A half-eager sen
timent swept his face, then he was sim
ply imperturbable, expectant.
A twa« stood before him, masked to the
lips. For a moment be was tragic, statu-
saque, in Us pose. Then ha reached out
a hand— calm, rigid, as one of Iron.
“ You are tbs man?” hs said, simply.
“ By this token.”
Hope drew from hia breast a disc of
steel, or silver.
“ You are admitted to the secret council,
I know not how. You have been given
the right to command the service o f every
camp, lodge and circle of the great Amal
gamated Association. I know not why.
It is mine, aa tbs representative o f the
head o f an order, comprising eight hun
dred thousand loyal acolytes, to deliver to
you a power that can call to your com
mand an army in a twinkling, that can
destroy every mill and ms chin« in opera
tion in sixty minutes’ time. Your hand
is thus placed on an engine o f destruc
tion or progress, as you elect. Taka head
how you use this power!”
“ Eventually, for the aggrandisement of
the order, I swear i t !” said Gideon Hope,
solemnly.
“ Taka”
With thia simple word the speaker
placed in Hope’s palm what resembled a
broken coin, a medal fragment— what not,
only that as it lay there momentarily,
curiously and keenly regarded by its new
possessor, there showed tbs half-surface
of some official seal.
“ You hare promised certain results” —
began the giver.
“ T o push forward the cause ten years
in six months’ tim e!” interrupted Hope.
“ Tou have given me foe power; now show
me bow to use it.”
“ Tou have announced two objects,” pur
sued the other. “ To reach foe man con
trolling the patents on foe Kane-Latimer
metal process----- "
“ O n e!"
“ To have placed in your keeping dar
ing the next election the political machin
ery of the Amalgamated.”
" T w o !”
Gideon Hope’s eyes biased ont— he was
s war horse scenting foe battle flavor!
"Ton will go from here,” resumed the
mystic messenger, “ to shop L, o f the
Kanawha group.”
“ But it is closed r
T h a t is true— for repairs. But you
will find in charge Michael Delehanty.
He will take your orders, to be transmit
ted down foe line— swiftly, perfectly. Ex
ercise no reticence, give perfect confi
dence to this man. As are ws the head,
he is the body. What you dictate, he will
fulfill.”
“ Good!” said Hope, with faith and sat
isfaction.
“ Tou will show him, you will show
others, that,” continued the speaker, indi
cating the broken teal.
“ It w ill 'be
enough. Only one w ord: Should you ever
be tempted to sacrifice the order for pure
personal designs, beware!”
“ That day,” announced Gideon Hope,
gravely, “ that hoar, I shall deliver myself
np to the doom------”
,
“T o foe doom yon could npt escape,
were you hidden in the heart o f the dark
continent itself!” aa solemnly supplement
ed the messenger.
Hs disappeared aa secretly and sudden
ly as had hs originally corns into view.
Gideon Hope slowly, musingly, walked
down into foe valley.
What hs had striven for— that for
which he had exhausted the influence of a
lifetime— was his! His eyes often spar
kled, then grew set, severe, decisive.
C H A P T E R V.
M ill L , of the Kanawha group, was
the center of a neat of workshops, grim
and silent just now. Hope approached its
entrance, catching the glint of vagrant
light beyond foe broad, imperfect plank
door.
It opened at his knock— firm, impera
tive. A lantern's bright rays were focus
ed full upon him, and a hard-faced man
In working attire, backed by two compan
ions, beetle-browed and suspicious, con
fronted.
“ Who are you?” was challenged.
“ Are you Michael Delehanty?”
“ Yes,’’ came crisply.
“ Admit me.”
“ Against orders— in charge of a shut
down.
“ L o o k !”
Hope unclosed his palm. Delehanty’s
eyes opened wide, lowered with subser
viency. Tbs two peering others drew back
with a respectful droop of head and ahoul-
o f party tradition— Percy Kane at
head.
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“ Eight congressional districts— foe four
pivotal votes on the senatorial appoint
ment, the power to divert or forward leg
islation, aa I choose,” said Hops. “ Do
you understand?”
“ Completely,” bowed the other, but
thunderstruck at fola man’s audadty and
ability.
“ It can bs dona?”
“ It shall be done, If you say I t ”
“ Tha Amalgamated says so. I am Its
Instrument. Tou will ‘ resign’ hern. Se
cretly yon will lay tha wires as I direct,”
D a i r y Id o ls .
•aid Hope. “ I f It la a man needed to np-
Cows becomes favorites with their
eet a ballot box at a certain moment he
must be on hand; If It is a necessity of owners not altogether by reason o f tha
repeaters, they must act promptly, effec milk they produce. W e have known
tively, leave no trace.”
cows that their owners thought a great
“ That is easy.’*
deal o f because o f the kindly disposi
“ W e will meet again for furthar de tion o f the animals. One cow that tha
tails," proceeded Hope, “ for this is a cam
writer remembers gave but a few
paign needing shrewd, careful engineering.
quarts o f hiUk a day, but she was a pet
But I shall not meet you as now.”
of
the family. She would prefer the
‘“ You mean------”
“ You must find me a safe, a full, a per company o f members o f the fam ily
manent disguise. I might bo recognised.” rather than that o f other cows. I f tha
He said foie bitterly. He was thinking cows were being taken to pasture she.
of Kane. This man might have made It would Insist on w alking by the aide o f
hia business to know him, during those the one In charge o f the herd. It la
sinister, hopeless days o f search for hia
hard to order a cow o f this kind sent to
lost, murdered brother, Everett Hope. He
had ao far kept out of Kane’s path pur the butcher, and many people w ill not
Instead, the animals are kept
posely. There must be no risk, no mis do I t
for a dozen years, and not^only allowed
take«, now.
“ That, too, la easy,” began Michael to eat np the provender without re
Delehanty end Interrupted himself.
turning a compensation fo r I t but are
For there was a sharp sudden rattling slowed to add to the herd more cows
o f the door. O n e'of the men In the out after their own ability not to produce
side room opened It slightly. An Impa
milk. These may fa irly be ca llM dairy
tient, Imperious hand swung It clear back.
idols.
Th eir owners claim great things
Where’s Delehanty?" spoka a dicta
for them without being able to substan
torial voice.
“ The Boas!” muttered Delehanty, with tiate the truth o f what they say.
But the fam ily pet is not the only
start.
“ K a n e!” whispered Hope, hotly, to him brand o f dairy idol. Th ere are the gen
self.
eral purpose cows that quite generally
“ I want to leave you word about the have the entire confidence o f their own
starting up, Delehanty,” began tha ele
ers aa to their great value. They are
gantly dressed intruder in a true master’s
Idols that the single-purpose cow men
tone, as the workman advanced. “ Ah, who
have demolished again and agaltn, to
have you got in there?”
Only a pal— one of foe care-men,” lied their own satisfaction, but they are still
to be found all over the land.
Delehanty, quickly.
I sent three here,” spoke Kane, se
The dairy idol la a thing that can be
verely, “ not four!
Who Is he? Let’s dispensed with to the advantage o f
have a look at him. You act like plotters, the owners o f the cows. The w arfare
my men!” he challenged,
stingingly. against them w ill be kept up, and little
Who’s your comrade; a walking dele
by little the factors we are warring
gate, eh?”
He was coming straight for the core- against w ill disappear, i f may, how
room. There was no escape for Gideon ever, take about as long to eliminate
them as It took C h ristian ity to drive the
H ope!
Were his fond chances to be blasted'? Idols out o f the pagan world.— Fanners*
Would this man* after the lapse of years, Review.
know him, if he had, indeed, ever known
R is k Is D m e k d
C a ttle .
him?
Doctor
D
avid
Roberts,
State
Veteri
The stress for evasion was positive------
narian o f Wisconsin, gives thia advice:
Splash!
Gideon Hope, resourceful. Sew to foe Perhaps the best w a y o f demonstrating
the danger o f drenching cattle is to ad
first suggestion offered.
He tore off his coat, as Kane snatched vise the reader to throw buck his head
the lantern from a keg and advanced Into as fa r as possible and attempt to sw al
the core-room.
low. This yon w ill find to be a dtffl-
Aa quickly donning a* grimy working cult task, and you w ill find It more
blouse lying on a bench, he next sprang
difficult and almost Impossible to swal
over the washing trough, as hs supposed
low with fo e month open. It la fo r
it to be.
He would pose as foe aatural work- this reason th st drenching cattle Is a
naturally “ taking his wash,” and dangerous practice. However, I f a cow’s
seek to evade facing the inquisitive and head be raised as high as possible and
suspicious-minded “ Boos” direct.
her mouth kept open by the drenching
But though he dipped hands and head bottle or horn, a portion o f the liquid
to the neck Into the trough, Kane cante la very apt to pass down the windpipe
steadily up to him, and he was forced to
Into the lungs, sometimes cansing In
half-confront him.
stant death by smothering, at other
“ Not wanted hero; find some other loaf
ing place!” offered the tyro, with a casual tim e* causing death to follow In a few
glance, and no token o f recognition in days from congestion or Inflammation
o f the lungs.
Give all cattle their
Ma eyes.
Gideon was relieved. He smeared the medicine hypodermically or In feed. If
towel over his face, heard Kane retire, they refuse feed give It dry on the
and then Delehanty returned to foe room. tongue. Th e proper method o f g iv in g a
His entrance waa dramatic. About to cow medicine la to stand on the right
refer to an immediate departure, he re
able o f the cow, placing the le ft arm
coiled, stared, gasped.
around the nose and at the same time
“ Heavens, man!” he aspirated, breath-
opening her month, and w ith a spoon In
leesly.
the right hand place the
medicine,
“ What Is It?” demanded Hope.
“ You— you wanted a disguise?
Oh, which should be in a powdered form,
you've got one! Murdoch— McNally— back on the tongue; she can then swal
look!”
low with safety.
“ Why, what ara you staring at?" In
H a a S r (u s l e r l l s g P o t a t o « « .
sisted Hope.
"Cast a glance for yourself!"
In sorting potatoes s time-saver can
With a manner akin to real consterna be made o f boards and common wire.
tion Delehanty took down from a beam Th e best w ire should be smooth and
a looking glass.
about the thickness o f ordinary clothes
One glance, and Gideon Hope gave a
keen shndder of dismay.
Hs was “ disguised” indeed, and at once
he traced the truth!
He had mistaken for a washing trough
a receptacle for a powerful liquid employ
ed in solidifying foe baked sand cores.
Hands, face and neck, Gideon Hope,
was imperishably brown as any Malay I
(T o be continued.)
H is C o a t • (
A ra te .
A man applied to the college o f her
“ This way," said Delehanty.
He led Me guest— his master— Into a aldry fo r a coat o f arms, aays a writer
small, sealed room, littered with shelves in the Cornhlll Magazine, and was ask
of casting cores, and a trench or trough ed i f any o f bis ancestors had been re
filled— Hope supposed, from a cursory
nowned for any singular achievements.
glance— with water for washing the faces
and hands of workmen, for coarse crash Th e man paused and considered, but
could recollect nothing.
towels filled a roller neafoy.
“ Your father,” said the herald, aid
Delehanty sat astride a box.
Hope
stood erect before him.
ing his memory, “your grandfather,
There was a low-toned exchange of your great-grandfather?”
words, explanation initiatory to the main
**No»” returned the applicant “ I nev
object o f bis visit.
er knew that I bad a great-grandfather
Then, plainly, bluntly, In a rare, clear,
husinesa-liks way, this past grand master or a grandfather.”
' “ O f yourself?” asked thia creator o f
of politics mads patent his design.
It was to overturn, to sidetrack, a vast, dignity.
a conclusive majority in the approaching
“ I know nothing remarkable o f my
election, so deftly, ao secretly that not t self,” returned the man, “ only th a t be
soul of the enemy would know what had ing once locked np In Ludgate prison
happened until tbs votes were counted.
fo r d eb t I found means to escape from
H s drew out a closely written sheet—
an upper window, and th a t You know,
names, numbers, figured upon It. Here,
comprehensive, though in wondrous de la no honor In a man’s escutcheon.”
“ And how did you get dow n;” M id
tail, were all the thousand and one facta
concerning the personnel o f party lead the herald.
en, the predilections, the standing of sub
“ Odd enough,” retorted the man. " I
ordinates, the history of foe last ten elec procured a cord, fixed It round the n^cK
tions in s nutshell: averages, conclusions, o f the statue o f King Lud on the out
possibilities.
side o f the building and thus let my-
And as Hope talked, in a rapid, con aelf down.”
vincing tone, as he combined, cut apart,
“ I have i t ! " said the herald. “ No
rejoined, grouped; at the dizzying array
of arguments, projects, plots to upset, honor! Lineally descended from King
schemes to absorb this, that majority, L n d ! And his coat o f arms w ill do for
Michael Delehanty, skilled political un you.”
dergraduate though he was, marveled,
T h a P o o r M ow .
gasped.
Nall— A girl shouldn't marry a man
In theory, Gideon Hope, In twenty
v
minntea’ talk proved bow, by finesse, by till aha knows all about him.
Belle—
Good
gracious!
I
f
aha
knew
bribery, by force, bis will might come
to pass. He peneed at no schema or sub all about him aha wouldn't want to
The glinting moonlight showed graven terfuge to gain his ends; he showed “ the marry him.— Philadelphia Record.
a
symbols upon it. It passed into the poe- winning side” of the practical politician.
Parliam entary Blnebooka wars first
It was to be a complete, a terrorising
aaaelon of foe other. His voles fell low.
Issued In 1081, but not sold until tha
H e began to speak la the tons of one re swoop upon unsuspecting
opponents—
citing a sat story :
calm, supremely confidant In tha triuavhe year 1880.
you SOSTINO POTATOES.
line. The side-boards should be about
18 Inches wide to keep the potatoes
from rolling o ff the sides. The wires
are fastened to a pnlley at the top to
tighten them so they w ill not M g and
let the large potatoes through. Shovel
the potatoes In at the top and the
■mall potatoes w ill drop through the
screen Into the box.
.. ,
T o T o ll th e A s m
o (
k s t r i u e s l 1«
To
fs lte s
F o w l«.
Shut tha fow ls up In a darkened
place with just enough light fo r them
to aee to eat, and feed on cornmeal,
ground o a ts cracked wheat and aborts
which may be mixed In equal propor
tions and scalded. Feed aa often dur
ing the day aa they w ill eat np the
food clean. Th at la tp say, stuff them.
Take a light and feed again just be
fore your bedtime, and as early in the
morning aa . possible.
Supply them
with grit and w ater and keep the
premises clean. H a lf a dozen fow ls to
gether w ill fatten more quickly than a
large number, aa they w ill not pine fo r
company. Cooked potatoes rice, corn-
bread. cracked corn and whole wheat
may also be fed. G ive no green stu ffs
aa It la too filling and w ill do no good.
Fowls crowded this w ay -should be In
fine condition In tw o weeks. Shut up
longer, they are likely to begin to mope
and w ill go back rather than increase
In weight.— Rural World.
■
Im p r o v e s H o « P e a .
A large hog pen with apace fo r both
sleeping and feeding can be arranged
with a floor on one-half to ensure a
PIU WITH SECTIONAL FXOOS.
dry bed. Th e size o f the whole pen la
8 feet by 10 fe e t ao that tha floored
section o f the pen la 8 feet square. It
la made o f strong m aterials usually 2
In. by 4 In. stuff, and rests on (fiesta In
the bottom o f the pen.
Tho
M ilk
M e s e r la Ir r fe a t le a .
T w o hundred feet o f the levee on the
San Joaquin R iver tn California gave
w ay and flooded 4,000 acres o f growing
crops causing a loss o f 85,000,000.
Crops worth $1,250 an acre are not
rare In an Irrigated district, though the
figures above given would look like a
misprint to an Easterner. About 800
acres o f the Inundated area were in
celery, and the value would run fa r
above the average stated.— El Paso
Herald.
R e n ta
th e
S te a m
Day In and day eat there la that feeling
of weakness that makes a harden of Itself.
Food does not strengthen.
'sleep doaa not refresh.
It la bard to do, hard to bear, what
should ba easy,—vitality la on tha abb, and
tha whole system Buffers.
For this condition take
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
It vitalises the blood and gives vigor and
tone to all tha organa and functions
In naual Uqold form or In chocolated
tablets knows as g a r s a t a b e . 100 doses $t.
A C lim a tic D le e o e n e e m e e t .
“ Do f o u think there la ahy reliable
way o f foretelling the weather?”
“ Yep." answered Farm er CorntaMei.
“ Jea’ think o f tha kind you don’t i f ant
and than prophesy
I t ” — Washington
Star.
l a a e a e h t.
"Lobelia,” sternly demanded Mr. Me-
Swat, “ I want to know what you’ ve been
doing to my safety razor 1 ”
• “ Nothing,” was Mrs. McSwat’e Indig
nant answer, aa the moved around with a
•light limp. “ Besides Billlger, I don’ t
believe it’s a safety razor, anyw ay!” —
Chicago Tribune.
r r H e a r te d .
Customer— Can you tell me whether the
stuff they put on this sticky fly paper la
sweet?
Druggist— N s ma’am; I don’t know
whether It is or not.
Customer (w ith a sigh)— Well, I ’ll taka
5 cento’ worth, but my conscience would
be ever so much clearer if I could be sure
that the poor flies when they get stuck
on It die happy.— Chicago Tribune.
Truth
and Quality
appeal to the W ell-Inform ed In e v e ry
w alk o f Ufa and are essential to per
manent success and creditable stand
ing. Accordingly, it la not claim ed
that Syrup o f F ig s and E lix ir o f
Senna la tha only rem edy o f known
value, bat one o f many reasons w hy
It la the beat o f personal and fa m ily
laxatives la the fa ct that It clea n ses
sweetens and relieves the Internal
organa on which it acts without any
debilitating after affects and without
having to increase the quantity from
tim e to time-
I t acta pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved b y
physicians, aa It la free from all
objectionable substances. T o get Its
beneficial effects alw ays purchase the
genuine— manufactured by the C ali
fornia F ig Syrup Co., only, and fo r
sale by all leading dru ggists
U O V A H D R . B U RTO N .—Aaaayar a r z Chemist.
• I LeedvUlet Colorato Specimen prices! Gold,
Stirar,L-ad, tl : (»Old. eaver.IAc: Gold,Me; Elocor
Copper, H. Cyaotd« taata. MAillag ««veiopee end
Itoli price net aaatoa aprttiwtl»«. Control and Pm-
Win work sol lei led.
M ià n a n i C w haaaf Me-
Uonal back.
TOWERS FISH
WATERPROOF
OILED CLOTHING;
look» belter-w ea rs longer
Doatiy comion
fy r y
because cut on
large patterns, yet
costs no more than
Ihe "just a» good kinds'
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S h o v e l.
A Kansas paper M ys that If all the
hogs raised In that State last year
could be rolled Into one bog. It could
dig the Panama Canal In two roots
and a half, and wants to know how
long It would take a Missouri ben to
scratch out the canal. W e don’t know
about that, but we do know that the
Missouri ben can pay fo r the big ditch
in one and a h alf y e a rs — Humansville
(M o .) Star.
C. Gee Wo
The m il h m
reliable
CHINESE
DOCTOR
■h
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K90( ana nero
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et adjr d taoorarna end 1« glee
lag to the world him « r i a l t i
fu i m pvdlas
No Moreary, FeboM or Drags Used—11« Carea .
Without Operation, or Without tho Aid o f a Katfa
He enerante«« to Curo Catarrh. Aatbwk t u a
Prof. Trueman o f the University o f rhroat. Bhanmattam, Nemuanaaa. Nerroua DabilHr.
Illinois, after making a searching In
A SURE CANCER CURE
vestigation, declared that milk dealers Jott Received
from Peking, CMoa—Safe, S o rt
n
and Reliable.
o f Chicago systematically adulterate
and water milk delivered to families
In the poorer sections o f the city. In
c o n s u l t a t io n
p r b b
many Instances the stuff la en tlfely un tt you cannot cell, write for ayxnptoca bleak and o ta *»
fit for food.
In the better residence
“ ----Maatioa Thia Papar.
districts however, the milk waa nearly
always np to standard.
M ilk V easel«.
Use no wooden milk vessels and
after washing milk vessels set them
out to dry scalding h o t Never rinse
ont with cold w ater a fter tha final
scalding. Leave them hot, ao they Hill
dry quickly and not get musty.
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M ot am on O n h a H W o r k .
Select only standard va rieties
borax ’
Sail direct to tha consumar whenever
5 *OT¥£S
Clover, crops prevent soil washing
Buy only o f responsible nurserymen.
,
W u lt o t N ^
Go alow about planting d w a rf varia-
Spray frequently and thoroughly.
p ossible.
Tha hoof o f the mule, being smaller
and tougher than that o f tho average
boras does not need shoeing nnleaa
worked on hard roads a great deal. It
(a better not to have them shod I f con
fined to work on tha farm , nnleaa used
tn haul heavy loads s o froaen ground.
General Debility
M o e k la o .
Thera la mighty
little
sentiment
about a cow. She’s nothing but a deli
cately organised milk-making machine.
Her nervous organisation la well de
veloped, though, and la easily disturbed,
but I f she la well supplied with milk-
making material and la let alone aba
w ill turn ont a good product and plenty
o f It, provided, o f course, abe' la built
on tha right lin es A poor machine o f
any kind la a curse to the owner.
Sw lao.
I t may be interesting to those who
do not already know It, to learn o f
tom s w ay to arrive a t tha age o f pigs,
ao w e give the follow in g:
PIga having their corner permanent
incisors cut w ill be considered as ex
candtng six months. Pigs having their
permanent tusks more than half up
w ill ba considered aa exceeding nine
months. Pigs having their central per
manent Incisors np and any o f the first
three permanent molars cut w ill ba
considered aa exceeding tw elve months
pigs having their lateral temporary
Inciaors abed and tha permanent ap
pearing w ill be considered aa exceeding
fifteen months Pigs having their lat
eral permanent Incisors fu lly np w ill
ba considered aa exceeding eighteen
months
M ilk ;
Bulletin No. 01 from the Btorrs A g
ricultural Experiment Station, Con
necticut, la a moat excellent one on tha
origin or sources o f fhoaa small or
ganisms called bacteria, which are
found ao abundantly tn milk. The
bulletin also contains some rather
startling statements and name whole-
some suggestions
Among tha statements which ought
to make tha average man alt up and
think are the follow in g:
“ A quart o f milk at 8 c la equivalent
In food value to a pound o f beef a t 18c.
Th is means that 4c worth o f milk gives
aa much food energy In tha body aa Ue
worth o f beef.
“ The average Individual consumes
three or four times aa much meat In a
day aa the body actually needs fo r re
pair, and fo r Its highest physical con
dition.
, .
“ I f the American people would eat
one-half leaa meat and consume one-
h alf more milk, they would save about
1150,000,000, In money and In health,
enough to make the doctors’ bills look
■mall."
Form strong symmetrical heads on
all trass
Prepara tha ground tha Call previous
to planting.
Supply an abundance o f plant food
at all tim es