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I
A
Political Vendetta
WELDON J. COBB
C H A P T E R X V I.
| Twice a day a wooden-faced man of
TTie big fellow »trained and struggled— sixty shambled down the corridor, brought
»ainly. Then he bent hia bead, mastiff- 1 food and water, retired. Twice a day
like. Bellowing with wrath, he sank his for those three wearying days Hope had
teeth into one imprisoning hand. They , endeavored to draw the man into couver-
almoet met. In freniy at the pain, Hope 1 sation, to learn where he was, and why
released his other hand. The fellow seised there.
it with both of his own, holding on still
Feigned or sincere, apparent stupidity
with his teeth. Hope was queerly baffled of glance and demeanor was his mute uni-
as to the exercise of any free strength.
! form response— the attendant would not,
This was the opportunity of the man in ! or could not, hear or speak,
among the trees— he came flying from his
On the morning of the fourth day, as
covert.
j this man left the breakfast tray, Hope
A blunt-edged piece of iron was his noticed that it bore three unfamiliar ar-
wcapon. He had full scope— Hope was j tid e s ; first, a folded note: second, a
not only hampered, but bad not even seen blank sheet o f paper; third, a lead pencil,
sharpened to a fine point.
him approach.
Eagerly he. opened the folded missive.
One, two, three— the blows came in
rapid succession. The skull bones seemed It was unsigned, and the writing was rude
to crack. At each blow Hope staggered, and unfamiliar.
sank, his head plunging forward— then he
Thus it ra n :
was on his knees, and, dragging his first
“ You bare 24 hours to do as directed—
assailant along with him, he struck the or die. On this blank aheet write a plain
and correct statement of where you have
ground a huddled, senseless heap.
The big fellow tore himself loose, arose hidden those 280 half-thousand-dollar
erect, ground his teeth at the prostrate notes. I f we find them, you go free. I f
Hope and kicked him with his foot.
we don’t— it’s all up with you !”
“ No need of that, partner!” glibly pro­
Now the issue was perfectly plain to
claimed his confrere. “ I guess I ’ve done the captive. His eye flashed vindictively
more than bargained.”
as he realised that he held the enemy at
“ Killed?” exclaimed tbe other, with a defiance in one particular; that of the
start.
great essential of money.
“ He looks it,” was coolly retorted. Then
But this emotion died down and his
the speaker stooped and examined the gap­ heart sank dull and spiritless within him
ing wounds in the back of Hope’s head. as he thought of Claire. What mattered
“ No,” he announced, "he’s got it good and : aught else, now that he had doomed her
strong, but he's breathing all right. Keep to become legally bound to a monster
watch.”
whose presence must be poison to her
He began to ransack Hope’s pockets, gentle. Innocent nature!
while the other ran his eyas constantly
So Hope raved, wept, grew moody and
up and down the lane.
desperate to madness by turns, as the
Suddenly he uttered an exclamation of alow hours dragged themselves along— so
decided emphasis and disappointment.
another day passed. To the menacing
“ N o !” he said, with fierce fury, arising note only too well understood he vouch­
to his feet.
safed no thought or care. The attendant
“ He hasn’t got the stuff?”
waited for him a moment or two when
“ No cut-in-two bank bills, as said— ”
he came with the food that evening, as
“ By K ane!”
if allowing s chance to send an answer,
“ No names 1”
but the prisoner only eyed him with lurid,
“ Where are they, then?”
rageful glance, and when he was gone
“ Maybe at his home— hey?”
threw himself on the hard, bare bench
“ T liet’e got to be found out, you that waa hia bed, and lay atotid, and yet
know.”
acutely suffering, merged in awful thought
“ It has, surely.”
concerning Kane, torturing self-condem­
“ You see to it.”
nation when Claire'a aad, reproachful face
“ Yes.”
haunted hia mind.
“ And be quick."
He coaid fancy Kane playing hia wait­
“ As lightning.”
ing game. The man cared nothing for
'"Th ey dragged Hope In among the trees, reputation, tbe crimes of the past were
half burying him in a hollow blown full to him only useful stepping stones of ex­
o f dead leaves. The giant stood watching perience for the future.
He waa aafe
him and the road, while bis companion from exposure, while he, Hope, waa out
disappeared.
o f the way. Hia scheme waa patent: to
He was gone a full hour. The big fel­ wring from his captive the secret of the
low was uneasy enough before he re­ hiding place of the severed treasury notes.
turned.
I f this failed, he would certainly trag­
“ Well?” he challenged, eagerly, the mo­ ically remove him from hia path. With
ment hia comrade came within hailing dis­ time given, he coaid adopt some specious
tance.
plot to secure at least a few thousands
“ No good !” growled the other, scowling- from the Trust wreck. He had Claire,
lf.
had he not? What more could he wish—
“ You searched----- ”
taking her to some distant part, and be­
“ Everywhere.”
ginning a new course of swindling. This
“ And found?”
.
finale well nigh drove Gideon Hope mad.
“ Not a trace.”
Suddenly he raised bis head and listen­
“ Then the stuff's planted!”
ed. There was a alight clatter in the cor­
“ O f course.”
ridor. Some one was moving about there.
“ What we going to do?”
Then he heard the words:
“ You tell!”
“ He’s asleep. It’a late and we’ll give
H ie bdg fellow stood stupidly rubbing him another day to change his mind. Then
his chin. His associate pulled away the the red-hot torture irons. If he won’t give
leaves and examined Hope once more. up the secret of that money reasonably
Finally he came up closer to his compan­
Footsteps retreated. Grimly Hope re­
ion :
flected over this new phase of the case.
“ See here,” he said, “ you listen to m e!” He waa certainly in a critical situation,
and in bad hands.
“ I ’ m listening.”
Once more he sank to the bench, and
“ There’s no use dallying over this.
once again a foreign sound attracted his
Kane told us what to do------”
notice. It proceeded from one end of the
“ Yes— get those cut-in-two bills."
“ That’s it. Now then, this man is laid heavy wooden partition evidently separat­
ing the apartment he was in from the one
up, and maybe for a spell.”
adjoining. He moved about. The noise,
“ What then?”
“ We must get him to some place doubly resembling sawing, ceased. Amid his deep
misery Hope forgot all about it. and final­
secure.”
ly sank into a sudden sleep.
“ What do yon mean by that?”
He awoke with a queer sensation, and
“ Where we can mend him up----- ”
opened hia eyes with a vivid start. His
“ A h !”
“ And hold him till he tells where he’s cell held sn occupant other than himself.
At first, discerning treachery and attack,
planted that stuff.”
Hope raised both hands, fists clenhced.
“ Ay r
Bat he dropped them, as in the light of
“ I know such a place,” the speaker
chuckled elfisbly. “ You get a cab, and faint daybreak he more closely observed
drive it yourself, and hurry back here, tbe figure standing a foot away from hia
and we’ll soon have this gentleman where couch and regarding him fixedly.
It was that of a man about his own
we can learn his secret at leisure.”
age, though very wan and wild-eyed. Hia
“ I f he tells it?"
“ He will,” confidently proclaimed tbe attire was disarranged, and he had hia
other. “ He will, or he’ ll never see sun­ head bonnd up in a cloth, as though in­
jured there. But hia pose was friendly.
light again!”
“ Who are you? How did you get in
C H A P T E R X V II.
here?” questioned Hope, quickly, spring­
Two, four, six, eight!— two, four, six ! ing to bis feet and atarlng vaguely at tbe
Over and over, and over again. Gideon intruder.
Hope counted the paces, till utterance had
“ Not by the door,” answered a hollow,
grown to a maddening mumbling mono­ fluttering voice.
tone— always the same result— along,
“ Then— how----- ’’ began Hope In pro­
across — a grated door, a blank, sealed found wonderment. Then succeeded In­
wall.
tense curiosity, for the intruder bad point­
Then, too! ever the same dim prospect; ed toward the partition. A square about
the heavy oaken door beyond one of thick­ two feet In sise had been cat from the
est Iron bars, a diamond bole letting in heavy timbers and lay upon the floor,
light from some far source down a nar­ amid a litter of sawdust. The disturbing
row, desolate hallway.
sound of the night previous was now ex­
This was his third day in this den, this plained.
prison— that is, his third conscious day—
C H A PT E R X V III.
and he knew no more concerning his real
Hope waa burning with eager desire to
whereabouts and environment now than
when his senses had first roused to the Interrogate bis visitor, to learn of hia en­
vironment, of the world without, bat
fact he was a captive.
Hope had a dim memory o f the double glancing at a watch he carried, the Utter
assault in tbe lane, and later, after studi­ said hurriedly:
“ W e mast not risk talking now. The
ous reflection, a vague suspicion as to
attendant will soon be here.
Set the
the motive of the same.
The condition of his clothing showed pieces o f board in place as soon as I
that the assault involfed meditated rob­ crawl back through the bole yonder, and
bery. • Yet his personal valuables were ln- brush the sawdust out of sight.
"But— U terT’
tsct. and the grim conviction bore upon
“ As soon os the attendant has retired
his mind tfcat tbe severed bank notes must
I will return,” promised the other.
have been (he booty sought for.
He moved about feebly. Hope noticed,
Then he readily surmised that Percy
Kane must be at the back of this new aa be reciosed the aawed-throngti boards.
stroke of villainy. He was equal to It. The strongs occurrence hod roused him
Such a man bad trusty tools at command. oat of hU apathy. He anxiously awaited
The stroke wss s royal one. Besides, his the arrival of the attendant with tbe
own safety demanded that Hops be put morning meal. No sooner had tbe man
retired than the occupant of the next
out of the way,
“ Out of the way” he w ss! as surely apartment pushed oat tbs boards and
and securely ns though entombed In some crept into Hope’s presence again.
He panted weekly from tbs exercise,
castle fastness. It was a grim prison
in which Hone found himself, and full af and sat down on the bench to recove» his
mystery
“ How long have you been here?"
“ A week— more or less."
“ And— why?" queried the man, scan­
ning Hope critically. “ You don't appear
— that la----- ”
Tie stumbled in fils speech, and stopped
dead short.
"Go o n !” urged Hope. “ Mod, you ware
going to say?“
“ Yes."
"Then this place------”
“ la 's mad house, a privata Insane asy­
lum. Didn’t you know that?”
" I half suspected It," answered Hope.
“ I was, however, brought here while un­
conscious.”
"Then you never was— queer?”
"N ot that I know of.”
The other shook hia head dubiously.
“They are a pretty hard set, on gen­
eral principles, than,”
he; continued
“ ready to do almost anything for money,
I fancy.
But your plight ia different
from mine. I was brought here really a
raving maniac.”
"You seem rational enough now,” sug­
gested Hope, quietly.
“ Oh. yea! It waa a terrific Injury on
the head. In a railroad accident, and sub­
sequently fever and delirium, that induced
an unskilled surgeon and a careless friend
to trust me to the tender mercies of these
human harpies here. I was in their hos­
pital room, as they call It, for a week.
Then I got sensible enough to be trouble­
some. They shut me in this terrible pris­
on. a place dreary enough to drive a man
really mad— the violent ward !”
“ But if. you have recovered your rea­
son----- ” began Hope.
“ They will release me when my friend
makes his monthly visit, of course.”
“ Soon?”
“ Day after to-morrow.’’
“ That is not long to wait,” remarked
Hope, mentally calculating how he could
utilise this patient’s liberty to bring about
his own.
He waa amaxed as hia
companion
sprang sharply to his feet, an absorbing
wildness In his face and manner.
“ Dong?” he repeated, shrilly— “ man!
I f I am not outside these walls, a free
man. by another midnight, if a mission
l have to perform is not executed before
the next day at dawn. I am a lost man.
and I shall batter my brain oat against
these walls, cruel and unrelenting as the
■tony-hearted monsters who treat my
heartbroken pleadings aa the ravings of
a wild maniac 1”
Hope regarded his companion strange­
ly. The man’s very soul was in voice and
face. There could be no doubt of his
urgent rational sincerity.
“ I do not understand you,” murmured
Hope.
“ Let me calm myself— let me be calm !”
panted the other, placing a shaking hand
over hia heart. “ It is so necessary! You
see. I am still physically weak. That is
why, whein I found the saw. doubtlessly
secreted by some former victim, I cut my
way first to this cell, suspecting its occu
pancy— for I need help, and if I give yon
your liberty yon must swear to help me.”
(T o be continued.)
L a b o r-S a v in s
S t y le .
Mr. Perkins did not often comment
on bis w ife ’s dress or make suggestions,
but one day he looked at her so long
and thoughtfully that she Inquired If
there was anything he did not like
about her new gown.
“ No, my dear,” said Mr. Perkins,
hastily “ certainly not.
I was only
thinking. Th at w aist o f yours seems
to be so elaborate, with the lace and
alt. W hy not have a simpler mode o f
dress?”
“ W hy not, Indeed?” said Mrs. Per­
kins, sweetly. “ I suppose you’ve seen
one that just pleased you. W hat was
it like?”
“ I t was w hite," said her husband;
“ all white and perfectly plain, my dear,
not a particle o f lace or ruffling or
what I think I have heard you call
tucks—nothing o f the tort. A ll there
was, my dear, was a simple little braid
In flower patterns o f some sort. It
covered the entire waist.
“ I sat beside the lady for half an
hour In the car, and I can assure you
It was quite neat and attractive. Sim­
mons and I spoke o f It on the wHy up
from the train.
He said he should
mention It to hls w ife.”
"Y o u r poor, Ignorant creatures!” said
Mrs. Perkins, tenderly. “Th e days and
days It must have taken to make that
’neat, simple, plain little w a is t!” '
C aaskt
ob
«h o
R ebou n d.
“ John, dear,” said Mrs. 8kimpem, as
she poured the coffee at the breakfast
table. " I f I remember rightly, you have
often said you disliked to see a woman
constantly getting herself into print.”
“ Th at’s right," rejoined 8kimpem.
“ You consider it indelicate and un­
womanly, don’t you?”
“ I certainly do.”
“ And you don’t think a sensible man
wonld allow hia w ife to do anything
like that?”
“ Most assuredly n o t"
“ Well, John, I ’ m glad yon have such
radical views ou the subject, because
they Justify me in asking you for a
new silk dress.”
“ W — what?”
“ You heard what I said, John. For
the last five years I ’ve had nothing but
bargain-counter calico, and I ’m tired o f
getting into p r in t”
And whHt could poor John do?
R ath er Sprtn
Restaurant Proprietor— Meat Is on
the Jump these days, air.
Patron— W ell, I should say so.
Restaurant Proprietor— Yea, those
porterhouse steaks you have been op
dering have Jumped 8 cents In three
(lays.
Patron— Yes, and the last one yon
served roe w a i ao tough it Jumped
three feet from the table, before I could
cut I t
PlBBSlhl«.
Mr*. Giles (re a d in g )— A
scientist
now comes forward with tbe theory
that Jonah waa swallowed by an earth­
quake instead o f by a whale.
Giles— W ell, that Is a plausible the-
o* 7 . Instead o f s fish It wss a Assure.
W
I l l » » * !■ l l m
K eadln *.
The use o f silage In 'feed in g steers
while fattening Is grow ing In fa vo r
steadily, and especially where lauds
are high priced and when
feeding
Stull's generally are high. There has
been a good deal o f prejudice against
sllnge nmong extensive feeders, but us
they are Induced to try It so do they
become converted to Its use.
In feeding experiments conducted at
the Missouri Station in JOOd-7 with
steers weighing about 800 (ou-uls each
at the beginning, those fed sliage ate
less dry matter than those fed whole
stover or shredded stove-, and gained
In, weight, while the dry stover lots
lost. Th e same sort o f results were
also secured from feeding siloed stover
compared flth air-dried material.
Professor Plumb, o f the Ohio A g ri­
cultural College, has this to say on tbe
subject:
“ I f silage Is fed under cover, and to
cattle ro t w allow ing In mud or oozy
manure, then good results w ill gen­
erally come from Its use.
However,
hay or other dry roughage should also
1 m fed. Silage fed twice a nay and
hay once should give good
results.
When cattle are being finished
for
shipment, then the amount o f silage
f<*d should he reduced and tho dry
roughage Increased, this to
prevent
much shrinkage In shipping. However,
In what is known as rational feeding,
but l’ ttle shrinkage Is apt to occur
f-iun the use o f the silage. In experi
monts with steers fed d’ ffe m it rations
at the Virginia 8tatloa, thos» fed sl-
lnire showed no appreciable shrinkage
In the market over those fed exclusive­
ly dry feed."
Crib W lth o a i a Shovel.
Th is grain storage house
Is de­
signed to allow fo r handling the crop
without unnecessary lifting.
Grain
is hauled in the
upper d rive and
poured from the
wagons Into the
bins, and is then
removed by
be­
ing drained from
tbe bins into the
SECTION o r TH E CBIB
wagons
in tbe
lower driveway. I f built upon a hill-
aide the job o f making the Alia w ill
uot be serious. Even on level ground
this can be done without a great ex­
penditure o f labor with the use o f
a road scraper.
Th e entire building must be raised
upon piers about 4 ft. high, ao that
tile bottom o f the bins ia not much
.di,I
TWO-BTOBY
OBAN AS T.
lower than the bottom o f the wagon
box. allowing the entire contents of
the bins to .be drained into tbe wagons
without lifting.— Farm and Home.
r a h e r e a lo » !» In C attle • ( R aalan d.
Consul Joseph G. Stephens o f P ly ­
mouth, advises that the English auth­
orities are making known through tb-
medium o f the press the disagreeable
facta relative to tuberculosis in cows
and phthisis In human beings In that
section o f England. The relation o f
the two is said to be a scientific fa c t
In many districts o f Devon 25 per cent
o f the cows have tuberculosis. Tho
average number o f deaths from con­
sumption among the people o f tbe sin­
gle County o f Devon alone exceeds 800
per annum. In one charity organisa­
tion 80 per cent o f the children are
suffering from this dread disease.
T k * Haras that P a lis aa Hia Bit.
I t la claimed by one who has tried
it that a driving horse that pulls on
the bit can be cured by fastening a
small ring on each side o f tbe bridle
and as near the brow band as possible.
Pass the lines through bit rings and
snap them into the rings at tbe brow
band.
This, with a common Jointed
bit, w ill enable a child to hold a “ puli
er” or hard-mouthed horse with ease
under almost all circumstances. It can
be used on a fast horse In double team
or on both, aa desired. It Is cheap and
easily applied and It won’t make tbe
mouth sore.
H aw Sae*s A rs S catters*.
Dr. Howard, secretary o f the Amer­
ican Society fo r the Advancement of
Science, w ritin g o f the manner In
which seeds are carried to great dis­
tances by birds, recites an eKperlment
o f Darwin which had a curious result
Adhering to the leg o f a wounded part­
ridge, Darwin found a ball o f earth,
weighing atx and a half ounces. From
tbe seeds contained In this bail be
raised thirty-two plants, belonging to
Are distinct species.
T s K a o » the C ellar D ry.
In many farmhouses the cellar is
not cemented, so that when heavy rains
come In tbs spring w ater is apt to
make trouble. Th ere Is Just one way
to keep such s cellar dry, and that Is
t >j putting in s cement floor, and thor­
ough drainage fo r the outside o f the
walls. Better cement It now-
%
tlo w te Ralaa a B ara.
A fa n n er near Goliad had a novel
experience. A few years ago be bulit
a small barn, and in the construction
used green w illow pouts at the corners
and along the aides. For some time
nothing unusual waa noticed, but after
a year he saw that where be had laid
the floor near the ground It waa three
feet above soil.
H e discovered that
the w illow posts. Instead o f being dead,
were alive, had taken root and were
growing.
In their upward movement
they had carried the barn along. Last
spring the barn was on stilts 0 feet
high, and he put In a new floor ami
surrounded the posts with aiding,
thereby making
a
two-story affair.
There Is now a apace o f 9 inches be­
tween the floor and the ground, and
the owner expects to have a three-story
barn in the course o f time.— Goliad.
(T e x a s ) Guard.
V a lu e o f
[THE WEEKLY
RIAN
M 2
WITT
P o ta to e s aa P o o * .
According to statistics obtained. It
appears that potatoes constitute about 1519— The Spaniards under Cortes en­
13 per cent o f the total
food con­
tered the strong and populous city of
sumed by the average fam ily. They
Cholula.
are essentially starchy and eaten alone 1029— John Wintfanop chosen colonial
would furnish a very one-sided badly
governor of Massachusetts.
1728— City of Copenhagen, Denmark,
nearly destroyed by fire.
1741— David Garrick, the celebrated ac­
tor, made hia first appearance in
London.
1774— Brig Peggy Stewart and its cargo
of tea destroyed by the patriots at
Annapolia, Md.
1775-
— H ie Continental Congress adopted
COMPOSITION 0 » TH E POTATO.
tha Piqe Tree flag.
A, (a t ; b, crude fibre and other carbohydlat-
1» exclusive of starch ; e, protein ; d, ash.
1781— Cornwallia surrendered to the
French and American army at Yotk-
town.
balanced diet that would prove un­
wholesome to most people.
As Indi­ 1801— Swiss immigrants established a
cated In the Illustration the edible por­
settlement at Greenaburg, Pa.
tion, la made up o f 78.3 per cent water, 1812— Cnrted State« frigate President
captured the richly laden British
18.4 per cent carbohydrates (principal­
packet S w allow .. . . Napoleon began
ly starch), 2 2 per Cent protein, 0.1 per
hia memorable and disastrous retreat
cent fat, and 1 per cent ash or mineral
from M oscow... .The United State«
matter. These figures represent gen­
aloop-of-war Wasp captured the
eral averages from which there are
British brig Frolic---- l ’olotak retak­
w ide
variations in Individual speci­
en by the Russians.
mens. When potatoes are eaten with
1814— Americans repulsed the Britidb at
meat, eggs, or fish, which are essenti­
battle of Lyon’s Creek.
ally nitrogenous foods, a well-balanced
1815— Napoleon Bonaparte arrived at th«
diet la obtained.
Island of St. Helena.
1820— Spain ratified treaty ceding F lo r­
Salt fo r Cows.
ida to the United States.
A supply o f salt available whenever
1842— Completion o ( the Croton water
the cow wants it Is necessary to main­
works celebrated in New York.
tain a high milk yield. Salt stimulates
1840—
First public application of ether,
the appetite and assists digestion and
to deaden pain in surgical opera­
assimilation, which Increase the flow
tions, made at Massachusetts gen­
o f the fluids o f the body. Salting feeds
eral hospital in Boston.
f o t dairy cows once a week is not suf­
1850— First national convention of th*
ficient It la a good plan to keep rock
Woman’s Suffrage party met in W or­
salt under shelter where the cows can
cester, Maas.
get It at will and then feed loose salt 1854— The bombardment of Sevastopol
once a week In such quantities aa the
b eg a n ....T h e Ostend manifesto, rec­
cows w ill e a t Loose salt may be used
ommending the purchase of Cuba by
exclusively if It can be sheltered from
the United States, was issued.
rain. Do not mix salt with feed, for 1855— Grand Trunk railway opened to
frequently cows get more salt than
Brockville, Ontario.
they need, which w ill reduce the flow 1850— John Brown’s raid on Harper’s
o f milk. Cows having aalt kept before
Ferry.
them at all times In separate compart­ 1880— The Prince o f Wales visited Bos­
ments w ill not eat too much.
ton.
1883— Gen. Grant appointed to the com­
T k « P o u ltry Hsaaa.
mand o f the departments o f the Ten­
Now Is a good time to disinfect the
nessee, Cumberland and O h io ...B a t­
tle of Bristoe Station, Virginia.
poultry house, ao as to keep the Hoe
from getting a mastery
over
you. 1868— Twenty-five hundred houses de­
Any kind o f liquid lice killer la good
stroyed by fire in the French qsarter
o f Quebec.
,
to spray the house with, being sure
to spray tbe roosts and nest boxes as 1888— The Oregon Legislature withdrew
its assent to the fourteenth consti­
well. I f s cheaper disinfectant Is re­
tutional amendment.
quired, a whitewash can be made of
lime and water, with some crude car­ 1874— Congress o f American women met
in Chicago.. . . . Dedication of tho
bolic acid In i t
This proves a very
Lincoln monument at Springfield,
good deodoriser and disinfectant, and
Illinois.
a large quantity o f It can be naed
without hurting the poeketbook too se­ 1878— Lord Dufferin laid the foundation
stone of Dufferin Terrace at Quebec.
verely.
1881— Centenary o f the surrender o f
Cornwallis at Yorktown celebrated.
W o a a d i oa Trass.
No artificial medium can be applied 1884— Republicans carried the State and
to the surface o f a tree wound which
congressional elections in Ohio.
w ill Induce it to heal more quickly. 1891— Phillips Brooks consecrated bishop
Th e activity o f the healing process de­
of Massachusetts.
pends upon the character and position 1894— A memorial to Sir John A. Mac­
and the time o f the year when the
donald unveiled in Toronto.
wound Is made, rather than upon pro­ 1895— Milwaukee celebrated the semi­
centennial of its incorporation.
tective coverings, but where a large
surface o f heart wood Is exposed it Is 1896— The dispute over the Catholic
advisable to protect It from decay by
schools in Manitoba waa settled by
compromise.
a coat o f white lead or other satisfac­
tory covering.
1890— Gen. Jiminei elected president of
tha Dominican republic.
M ilk tav Calves.
1900— Lord and Lady Minto completed a
T b e ca lf finds in fresh milk w hile it
tour of western Canada to the Pa­
Is still warm with the animal beat o f
cific.
the cow, it Is said, a constituent value
1905— Lutheran council in Milwaukee
not found In the milk after it Is allowed
adopted resolution favoring Interna­
to get cold. The chemist cannot define
tiona) arbitration.
it, and It cannot be restored again by
1008— The W . C ..T . U.’a world’« con­
warm ing the milk. I f every ca lf could
gress assembled in Boston.
be fed Its milk sweet, and, while It still
1907— The, first regular wireless dispatch
retained Its animal heat, there would no
for commercial purposes was sent
doubt be few er cat-hammed steers going
over the Atlantic ocean. . . . Philip­
to the block.
pine Assembly opened by Secretary
T
a f t . .. .The Hague peace conference
Tka Sweat P otato Belt.
closed.
Th e northern limit for sweet potato
culture la roughly Indicated by a line
TRAJDB A N D IN D U S T R Y .
drawn from the border line o f Massa­
The pearl button industry ia at a stand­
chusetts and Connecticut on the east still in Muscatine, I a., because 500 blank
coast westward to the northeast corner cutters walked out of tha automatic cut­
o f Colorado, bnt the area where it la ting and finishing plant, the third largest
profitable commercially would be con­ sweet water pearl button factory in the
siderably south o f this, except In the world. A dispute over wages ia the cause.
Mississippi valley, where it extends
The American Smelting and Refining
well Into Iowa, Illinois and Indiana.
Company has Issued Its annual report for
the year ending April 80 last, which
■hows a decrease in earnings, compared
Tha Potato.
Recently, in Hartz,
Germany, a with the previous year, of $3,846,778.
monument was found bearing this In­ President Daniel Guggenheim, in his re­
scription: “ Here, In the year 1747, tbe port to the stockholders, said that tha de­
cline In business had not impaired tbs
first trials w ere made with the cul­
company’s surplus which amounts to $18,-
tivation o f the potato.” By tha way,
408,219.
when Frederick II . Introduced the po­
The Wisconsin (B e il) Telephone Com­
tato Into bis domain hls subjects did pany has absorbed the Western Wiscon­
not like It ; they refused to be both­ sin Telephone Company, which had 1,500
ered with it, and the emperor had to subscribers and exchanges in Arcadia,
force them to cultivate I t
Galesvllle, Trempealeau, Fountain City,
Blair, Kttrick, Whitehall and Indepen­
dence, Wla.
la T r i a * Cklekoaa.
Frost and then warm sun rays de­
When marketing chickens do not tie
several o f them together. They get tbe stroyed 20,000 bnahela of ripe tomatoes la
string twisted around their legs and It the field» on Muscatine island, causing
a loss of $10,000 In one day. H ie toma­
cuts them. Take the chickens to town
toes had been in a frosen state for three
In s coop, or some other humane way.
days and wera being gathered by all ths
They are In absoluta torture when sev­ help available. Thirty minutes after th*
eral are tied together.
son shone tbs crap waa a total loan