gWNûtiUfti HHMW' , M
ment o f another equally sacred
cent vow.
“ H ie dynamite ! " be gasped.
A Political V endetta
WELDON J. COBB
C H A P T E R X X . — (Continued.)
H e raised bis manacled wrist, and grit*
fla g bis teeth, shook the chain till
It
Jangled, but at once relapsed inte the
amused and defiant and over-confident
master o f aa inexplicable situation.
«
“ Sit down,” he invited next, with his
slippered foot slightly moving a chair to
wards the intruder.
“ S o l " flared out Hope. “ I — "
“ B e reasonable.” equably retorted Kane
— “ it w ill pay you, believe me. You are
surprised, groping in the dark, at
better let me be you pilot, for a spell at
least."
“ Listen to m e!’’ snarled Hope fiercely,
striding up to the man and seising one
shoulder in his biting grasp until he
winced with a cowering Shudder— “ I dis
covered you by accident, but fortune
would sooner or later have led me to
your la ir !”
"Lair?” derided Kane loudly— “ don't
you see it is rather a prison?"
“ I came,” huskily pursued Hope, “ to
demand o f you your w ife.”
“ Which is cool, eh?” mocked tha mis
creant.
“ And ju s t! You defy me—w—”
“ Not s o ; at the first step I show her
to you."
“ That w om an!” hotly cried Hope.
“ My w ife— exactly."
“N oT
“ Mrs. Percy Kane------”
“ A lie r
“ E lite !”
This name Kane called in s dear, quick
tone.
.
Gideon Hope started.
Its mention
aroused some bint, some vague memory
o f the past.
- It was an unusual nam e: where had
be heard it before? under what circum
stances connected with a dark chapter in
the black life o f this man o f plots and
cruelty ?
Before his perturbed mind could focus
and connect the loose ends o f the dim
chain o f retrospect, a silken swish again
swept the atmosphere. A shadow crossed
the draperies, they pirted. The woman
o f the tragic face and fathomless eyes
stood in their presence, statuesque and im
pressive as before.
Uncompromising sternness was in the
glance she bestowed on Kane.
H e es
sayed a fam iliarity that was uneasy de
spite his audacity.
“ This gentleman," he said slnrringly
with a light gesture towards Hope, “ dis
putes my statement that you are my
w ife.”
“ H e need not,” coldly returned the
Toman.
“ I*roof. Elita?”
She reached within her corsage, pro
duced a folded paper, unfolded it, and in
au automatic way held it before him.
Hope's quick eyes read - the words
traced across it. la due form o f legality
and ¡«»disputable genuineness it evidenced
that a duly appointed officer o f the law
had joined in holy wedlock this man.
Percy V. Kane, with, this »roman, Klita
M a n « leu, upon a certain n ig h t; upon’ a
night, in fact, succeeding to the ooimnm-
m t i m o f that political vendetta which
hod seen the extinguishment o f the stock
swindler's social and commercial career.
“ I know— n o w !” involuntarily cried
Gideon Hope— and quick as lightning.
That is. he knew whp this woman was.
he “ remembered.” the name “ Marsden”
supplied the missing link— this woman
was the daughter o f that unfortunate
man. Gabriel Marsden. who intruding up
on Kane at the acme o f his greatness with
threatening fierceness, had been sent to
jail on a trumped up charge, and, for all
Kane knew, languished there nqw. or was
a wanderer, a fugitive, with a broken life
and blasted energies.
And this woman— K lita— was the fair,
innocent girl Kane had wedded in a dis
tant Ohio town, deserted, placed in an
insane asylum, and then, securing a di
vorce by fraudulent means, forgot her,
until the fateful day when her father
brought him word to have a care for him
self. for she bad escaped and was "on
his t r a il!"
A Nemesis, tr u ly !— dimfy. but with a
half-suspicion that she was Kane’s gaoler.
H ope began to read between the lines.
“ Is that all?” fe’ l from the woman's
lips in hard, metallic tones.
“ Yes.” bowed Kane aimply. and d ie de
parted w ith the same uncanny tread that
had signaliaed her appearance at his hail.
Hope drew a perplexed hand across bin
clammy forehead.
H e almost unconsci
ously dropped to the chair that had been
¡»offered by Kane. Voidly he gaaed at the
schemer who always seemed to bare some
strong trump card in reserve.
“ E x p la in !’ be said in cracked, dry
tone*.
Knne laughed jarringly. On the table
near by was a skein o f silk, lying beside
some fancy embroidery work, carelessly
left there. It seemed, by some feminine
worker o f the household.
,
W ith his deft, nervous fingers, Kane
seised it. twirled, twisted, disarranged it.
A hopeless mass o f mingled threads, he
cast it into Hope's lap.
“ A tangle— a rid d le!’ he scoffed— “ as
soon hope to solve the enigma to which I
alone ran furnish the key.”
" A challenge?” cried
Hope wrathlly.
“ You fo r g e t: I have found y o u ! I have
escaped, defeating your kind intentions for
my welfare. I bare bat to proceed on my
way, apprise the police, and— ”
“ Stop there.” directed Kane insiiiuat-
ingly, leaning forward and fixing bis
glance significantly upon his vis-n
"'yo u forget
roughly
demanded
“ Forget
what?”
Hope.
“ C la ir e !"
Hope ahivered from the shock. T r u e !
— it was C laire bow , Claire on ly: any
thing and everything for C la ire!
“ W e have arrived," pronounced Kane
bluntly, “ at a vital, a final stage o f tho
B at
I
know yoar hope, yoar
rom an ! W ell, then, move
without me. stove against me.
B at she w ill be loot,
, The dirs. threat struck a chill to Gid
eon Hope'a staunch heart.
“ I am reck leas because I am a beaten
man,” continued
Kane— “ I am, too, a
desperate one. But it is. not you who have
circumvented me. You made a great play
— a etake and a trust for the stake. But
I had the reeerve— that money. Even o f
half o f that you robbed me— the severed
bonk notes. — W ell, you had cut my daws,
for without money I was at the law’s
mercy. Still, I proved myself a resource
ful man. There was Claire— the peerless
Claire— whom you fairly drove into my
.
C H A P T E R X X I.
Hope gnashed bis teeth, but he tried to
content himself for the sake o f ths facta
Kane might divulge.
“ I am going to tell you a little history,"
proceeded Kane, “ because I have a point
to gain— because-I have a compact, a bar
gain, to make with you.”
“ N o !” declared Hope, uncompromising
ly-
“ But— yen. F or her sake, for Claire’s
sake, you know P
Hope was shaken. H e paled. He dis
cerned the precipice towards which he
was hastening— was being hastened by the
sheer villainous force o f this man’s cool
and calculating finesse.
He had pulled this man down, and now
be could at his will send him to the gal
lows, he believed. Hia sworn holy duty
bad been to run down this man. He had
been baffled, circumvented. Now at the
final ending he was diverted from his ori
ginal purpose— for a woman’s sake!
“ Speak !” he said mandatorily.
“ V ery w ell," answered Kane, somewhat
more seriously. “ I determined to abandon
the field when you secured the half o f the
bank notes, though I was not entirely
penniless, and as I vaunted there was
Claire. W hile you were resting on your
oars in fancied security I had hastened
to my pretty secretary. My will seemed
to be her law— I only knew later your
hideous plot in which hatred and revenge
alone actuated her. I placed her in . the
hands o f a trusted friend while I hastened
my arrangements to wed her and fly the
country and you. I had not heeded mad
old Gabriel Marsden's threat. Yon might
say at the very altar Klita, the woman
you just saw, confronted me. She Was
my Nemesis. She had learned o f the pre
carious position I was in— she was armed.
I t was exposure, betrayal, death— or I
must wed her. Worse than that, she had
baffled me concerning Claire.
She bad
lured her away to an isolated place, bid
put her in charge o f an accomplice, a wo
man knitted to her by ties o f unwavering
fidelity. Thus was I baffled. She brought
me here— I dared .not defy her— and I
knew she had proofs— that is, the disposi
tion |o doom me by the law if I resisted
her commands. Thus far she combined
with m e: to • have you imprisoned, in
hopes o f securing the half o f the severed
hank notes that you had secured posses
s I ob of. I promised1 to go with her to some
foreign country If she succeeded. But she
she did not trust me. She has made me
a continual captive, as you see.”
“ And C laire?” eagerly insisted Hope,
with lustrous eyes o f anxiety— and love.
Kane shrugged bis shoulders.
“ W ell.” he said, annoyedly gnawing the
ends o f his moustache, conscious o f being
a baffled, beaten man, “ She has the per
severance and fierceness o f a tigress— in
fact, she has kept Claire, too. a prisoner.”
“ W here?”
Kane smiled provokingly at the ingenu
ous eagerness o f the other.
“ Do you suppose I would tell yoa
that?” be inquired sardonically.
“ A fte r all the wrongs yon have done
M
m
C H A P T E R X X II.
Yea, the dynam ite!
H e had pledged
hia word to the Imprisoned agent o f the
Vulcan Company to hasten to M urryvills
on wings o f speed, and here he was dal*
ly in g !
•
It hod been a solemn compact between
W arren and himself, that i f he, Hope,
escaped he was to hasten to the Vandyke
Honan a X that town, and remove, sink,
diffuse, obliterate the death-dealing ex-
ploaiv* ere It-had ripened to the full point
o f spontaneous combustion ths next morn
ing.
H e had been on hia way to fulfill hia
pledge when, applying at thle house for a
borne and vehicle, he bad so strangely
discovered hit enemy.
He had lost valuable time— tw o whole
hours in thle house!
Would he bo too
late?
Despite hia Interest In Kane, hia har
rowing anxiety concerning C la ire ! Hope
felt the spur o f action like a sudden dag
ger thrust.
The unsuspected agent o f destruction
repotted, according to the dynamite agent,
in a closet in a room at the Vandyke
House at M urryville, now
about
ten
miles distant, and when it exploded acores
— a hundred— lives might be blotted o u t!
The urgency, the horror o f the affair
consumed
Hope— he
unceremoniously
dashed from the room, leaving Kane a stal
ed at the motive o f hia audden evanish-
ment.
H e heard Kane call out sharply to the
'wom an:
“ E lita— It Is Hope, that man. Rouw
yoar friends. H e knows a l l !’’
And a minute later, as he sped by the
window outside, Hope shot a glance past
its waving curtains to see the woman
roused to excitement and rushing Into the
apartment occupied by her husband to
learn more o f hia meaning.
“ I f they have accomplices in reach, 1
shall be pursued.” reasoned Hope.
So he did not pursue the open road,
but striking through the dense brnah- esti
mated the precise direction in which Mur
ryville lay, and amid the vigor o f intense
excitement and resolution disdained all
obstacle^ that lay in his way.
A strange, new sense of exultation po*
sessed his soul as he dashed madly on—
coherent, cjear-cut purposes were out
lined in his thoughts, o f tactical, logical
sequences. Thus, he seemed to see the
work o f a forward twelve hours all mark
ed out and executed through time and en
deavor— he would' secure, dispose o f the
fearful explosive out o f harm’s way. Then
a bold, uncompromising descent on the
lonely haunt o f the strangely mated bus
hand and wife.
And then— C la ire!
There was the star o f hope at the eon
o f the long venture. I t inspired him l He
might not locate her at once, but love
would find a way to trace her mysteri
ous whereabouts, although these new dis
coveries might be but the prelude to a
new series o f complications.
The end
was nearer, tragically nearer, than Gidaon
Hope fancied.
It was an uncanny hour when, torn by
briers and mud bespattered and bruised
from frequent folia, he entered the silent
town o f M urryville.
A t the hotel, a light horned only in
the office, where half slumbered the tired
night clerk.
Warren . Gideon’s fellow captive In the
private madhouse, had fully equipped him
for the contingency o f haring to proceed
alone for the satchel o f dynamite.
( T o be continued.)
A T h s a g k lfs l C s a is e ta r.
Ign oran ce often saves much dla-
quietude. M any have heard the story
o f the wom an whose first experience
in a ra ilw a y train ended w ith an acci
dent. T h ro w n from her seat and shaken
np gen erally, she nevertheless retained
her equanim ity. W hen asked I f she
w e re frigh ten ed, she replied. “ F rig h t
ened ! No. I d id n ’t know but th at was
the w a y they a lw a ys stopped.”
It is
to be hoped that the tfo lle y passenger
In Mr. H o w ells' anecdote, Introduced
Into “ Confessions o f a Sum m er Colo
nist.’’ w as possessed o f the same trust
in the event. T h e conductor, at least,
preserved his presence o f mhid. Bays
Mr. H o w e lls :
I had long expected to see some one
th row n out o f the open tro lle y car at
some o f the short curves. One day a
wom an w as actu ally hurled from her
seat Into the road. Lu ckily, she alight
ed on her feet, and stood looking about
aa i f in a daxe.
“ O h ! o h !” exclaim ed a passenger
“ She’s le ft her um brella !’’
T h e conductor prom ptly th rew It out.
“ W hy, did that lady w ish to
get
out?” I asked.
T h e conductor pondered a moment
b efore he n n sw ered :
“ W ell, she'll want her um brella, any
w a y ."
“ Coll quits, then !’’ hoarsely, suddenly
spoke Kane, dropping his tones to a whis
per. “ Let np on me for a crime you can
never tally prove.”
“ I have sworn------”
“ B a h ! Is not she. Claire, all in all,
now?”
It was true. Gideon Hope lowered his
head— in humiliation. Truly, he was pal
tering with this enemy, for he surmised
the daring proposition that was coming.
Rut he was only human, and— he loved
C laire Tremaine.
“ Go o n !” he said, without lifting U »
head.
“ I will make a bargain with yon— fair
exchange : Rid me o f this woman who has
me in chains, that is, give me the chance
to fly. She has not, and I have secreted
the half o f the severed bank notes. Se
cure my freedom, as I say. and give me
your worthlesa half o f the money, a start
K nd o f th s R ou te.
o f twenty-four hours againftt pursuit, and
One cold, w in try morning, says a
I w ill tell you what this woman wilt
never tell while I am on the same conti- w rite r In the Argonaut, a man o f tall
pent with the being she deems her rival— and angular build was w alk in g down a
the whereabouts o f Claire Tremaine.”
steep hill a t a brink pace. A piece o f
The tempting bait allured, but only for Ice under the snow caused him to slip
a moment did ft daxxle. Then there was and lose control o f his feet. l i e began
a sudden revulsion o f feeling with Gideon
to slide, and w as nnnble to stop.
Hope.
A t a crossing h a lf w a y down he en
H e abruptly aross to his feet.
His
bead came erect, his eyes were stern, duty, countered s large, heavy woman. The
m eeting was sudden, and b efore either
resolve, shone from bis soul.
realized It a collision ensued, and both
“ N o !” he said— once and defiantly.
w ere sliding down hill, the thin man
“ No?” echoed Kane, thunderstruck.
" I shall find Claire Trem aine without underneath, the fa t woman on top.
yoar help. As to yon— heavens!"
W hen the bottom o f the hill
was
Gideon Hope started aa i f from a vio reached, and the woman w as tryin g to
lent electric shock.
recover her breath and her feet, these
H e had resolved not to palter with this
fa in t words w ere Itorne to her e a r :
man. and he now determined to free him
“ Pardon me. madam, but yon w ill
from that hampering chain and drag him
have
to get o ff here. T h is Is as fa r as
to the nearest jail— fo r \he sanctity o f
his vow to N s dead brother's memory be I go.”
must do this!
I f the woman Elita interfered, j o much
N ew York C ity Is gro w in g rap id ly In
the worse for her.
Its population o f m illionaires.
Thera
Bat, about to adrance upon hia enemy a re about 2,000 o f them
now, w hile
and carry into execution this design, as there w ere only th irty a qu arter o f g
has been said, Gideon Hope was suddenly
century ago.
electrified.
The life currents of his being checked
their flow and hia heart stood still.
H e had Wasted, wan wasting, precious
sacrificing duty, and men
nity appealed for tha fulfil)-
W H Y E G G S AR E H IG H .
Some Ways This Expansive Necessity
May Ba Turned to Profit. .
*F * S » s s Orrdsn. PsuKiym u O m an Aeric*l-
tiual C alks«. Corvallis.
seasons o l the year when insects »«id
worms are plentiful and the fowls have
the liberty o f the farm, little animal
fo od may be fed.
Another point about feeding grain:
Should it be gyound or fed whole? It
is known that a certain proportion o f
the food o f fowls is used to produce
energy to grind the food, and from this
point o f view it is cheaper to have the
food ground at the mill.
mill- ___
But __ it ______
has
been found by experiment that fow ls do
not do well when fed .altogether on
ground food.
The final point in this discussion Is
the laying capacity o f the hen. I f all
the three things mentioned above be
properly attended to. there w ill ¿till be
a scarcity o f eggs unless the fow ls have
the laying capacity, and it is no fault
o f the hen if she hasn’t ; the trouble
goes back to her ancestors.
THE WEEKLY
Eggs are SO cents a dozen, because
the hens don’t )ay. Th e inpin reason
why they don’t lay is because this is not
tne natural laying season. In a state
o f nature fowls lay and breed in the
spring season, and they haven’t got
quite away from that habit. Old hab
its die hard with hens as with men.
This explains- why with little care the
hen will lay in the spring and with
much care m tjie fall and winter she
won’t lay, or very seldom will.
But
through
centuries o f
trainitqr and
breeding the hen is gradually getting
away from her old habit o f laying a
few . eggs in the spring and hatching
them, and it is possible now, with the
proper skill in handling, to make her C O M M E R C IA L P O T A T O G R O W IN G
lay in winter whether she w ill or no.
But the first thing we have to learn is Som a G ood Pointa on Ono o f tho
that to get eggs in winter means a fight
Moat Profitable o f Crops.
against nature, against the old hen na
By
A
.
O.
Crai*. Assistant Horticulturist. State
ture. W inter is not the natural laying
Cotisas o f Washington, Pullman.
1802— Columbus
entered
the
harbor
season.
which be called Porto Bello.
When a pullet has reached maturity
Potato land should bo plowed in the
no matter at what season o f the year, fall and allowed to lie rough during the 1580— S ir Francis Drake returned from
his 'Voyage round die world.
if she be maintained in good health and winter. Thia favors the catching of
vigor and gets the proper kind and
winter moisture, and allows the sub 1018— 8*ir W alter Raleigh beheaded la
quantity o f food, she w ill lay eggs if
London.
surface soil to settle and the surface
she has the laying capacity.
Let us
1820— T h e Plymouth company was ©p
can
be
worked
earlier
in
the
spring.
analyze that sentence a little.
The first point raised is a question o f I f the fall plowing ia impossible, the
maturity. The pullet must be mature land should be disced in the fall so that 1701— T h e first constitution o f Pennsyl
vania was adopted.
before she lays. I f a pullet lays in O c the surface may be rough and open
Deep plowing 1788— Gen. Oglethorpe re-embarked fo r
tober she must be hatched early enough through the winter.
America, accompanied by John Wee-
in the spring so that she will reach ma usually gives better results than shal
ley and other mieelonariee.
turity in October. A Plymouth Rock low. The plowed land should be well
hatched the first o f A pril should lay harrowed early in the spring, and if 7780— England
declared
war
against
the middle o f October or first o f N o not immediately planted, it should be
Spain.
v
vember. I f they are to lay a month frequently harrowed in order to con 1763— T h e “ Pennsylvania Gaaette” ap
earlier they should be hatched a month
peared in m ourn(hf fo r tho paaaage
serve moisture and kill the weeds
earlier. The Leghorns should lay the
o f the Stamp Act.
which start after the first harrowing.
first o f October if hatched the first o f
Spring plowed land should be harrowed 1774— T h e I!rat American Congress, hav
April.
ing finished Its deliberations, ad
The next point refers to health and immediately after the plow, to pre
journed.
In the dryer
vigor. Th e pullet must come to ma vent loss o f moisture.
turity with good health and vigor. She sections, some form o f subsurface 1777— John Hancock resigned as Presi
must have had proper care during the packer should follow the plow, and
dent o f the. American Congress.
brooding and growing period. A stunt this should immediaetly be followed by 1783— Continental army disbanded and
ed chick, a chick hatched from an egg the harrow to work up a surface mulch.
returned to their hom ee.. . .T rea ty o f
laid by a hen out o f condition, a chick I f the soil plows up cloddy, a plank clod
peace between Great Britain and the
that has had to battle with insect pests, masher may be used quite profitably,
United 8tat.es proclaim s ^ . ________
or a chick that has not had proper food
The tiihe o f planting should be gov 1708— Execution o f the Girondists daring
and exercise, will ifbt be a profitable
the French revolution.
layer in any season. H ow to maintain erned largely by the climate and the
the health and vigor o f the flock is the purposes for which the potatoes are 1803— John Penn, one o f the signers o f
the Declaration o f Independence from
biggest problem in poultry keeping. T o grown. The potato plant needs ample
North Carolina, died.
get eggs in winter the hens roust have moisture when the tubers are setting;
constitutional vigor.
hence, the grower should endeavor to 1807— Russia declared war against G reet
The third point is that to get eggs have thé plants reach that stage o f de
Britain.
the hens must have the proper kind and velopment at the time when the moist 1810— Mexican revolutionists defeated
quantity o f food.
The hen requires ure supply is likely to be favorable.
the 8pan!sh at battle o f Loe Cruces.
more kinds o f food than a cow o?
For early new potatoes, the seed should 1813-^-Mornvian Town, od the R iver
hog. Th e cow needs no animal fo od ;
be plan 3d as early in the spring as the
Thames, destroyed by the Americana
the hen does. The hen gives more con
soil w ill permit, on light, warm soil.
under Gen. Harrison.
sideration to cleanliness o f the product
than the cow. She seals it up in a For lato potatoes they may be planted 18)8— Convention signed at Lond&n reg
shell o f lime to keep it clean, and she aa late as the middle o f June, provided
ulating the privileges o f the United
therefore must have a liberal supply o f the moisture supply is ample and con
States in the British North American
mineral matter.
AU foods furnish a tinuous ; but where summer rains can
fisheries.
certain amount o f mineral matter, but not be depended upon, the earier the 1825— Final completion o f the Erie canal
not enough to supply all the shell ma potatoes are planted the better, i f the
celebrated at A lb a n y .. . .F irs t boat
terial when hens are laying heavily.
danger from frost is guarded against.
on the Erie canal arrived at Buffalo
What foods should they be fed ?
The distance between rows and be
from Albany.
They should have grain, but grain alone tween hills in the row is an important
1841— Sants Anna entered the C ity o f
won’t do.
What w ill happen if the point in the potato culture.
Varieties
Mexico.
hen eats nothing but wheat? Remem
that tend to produce very large tubers 1845— T h e United States naval academy
bering that she puts nothing into an
woe formally opened.
egg that she does not eat, that an egg should be planted close. Soil w ill ad
contains about One-fifth ounce o f fat and mit o f dose planting in direct propor 1847— Jerome Bonaparte returned to
that i f she ate nothing but wheat she tion to its fertility and moisture con
France after an exile o f thirty-two
In
would get enough far for three or four tent, and the care given the crop.
years.
eggs a day and about enough protein high priced land, intensive culture
1849— A remarkable meteoric stone fell
fo r half an egg a day, the thin f that should be practiced and the rows and
near Charlotte, N. C.
will happen will be that she w ill re hills planted as closely as the fertility
1880—
T h e Northwest Passage discovered
fuse to make eggs. The hen does not o f the land will perm it
Increasing
by Capt. McClure o f tbs Investiga
adulterate her prpduct, otherwise she the size o f the "seed pieces” w ill ac
tor.
could fill up the egg with surplus fat, complish the same results as clone
like some people /make butter, out o f planting, but the danger o f sunburned 1881— Southern cotton planters met nt
spurious oil or beelf fat. She will make
Macon to devise a plan to prevent
tubers is apt to be increased.
an honest article or none at all. The
fluctuation in the price o f tho staple.
N o fanner who grows six or
point is that the hen should have sjch
1882— F ire destroyed n large section ol
foods as w ill furnish the necessary food seres o f potatoes each year can afford
the city o f Sacramento, Cal.
elements in proper proportions; in to do without a horse planter.
O f the
1861— Gen. IIo u ter superseded John C.
other words, she should have a balanced several methods of hand planting, the
Fremont In command o f the western
ration.
There are different ways o f following is the most satisfactory :
department o f the army.
balancing the ration. For instance, if
A fter the soil is well prepared, open
the hen has access to wheat, to clover up furrows to the proper depth with a 1862— Confederate cavalry under Gen.
StuarV entered Chamberaburg, Pa.
or kale and to grasshoppers, angle single shovel plow. A fter the seed is
worms and grit, she will balance her
1864—
Maryland proclaimed a free 8tate
dropped, cover with the plow and har
own ration. She will eat a little wheat,
by Gov. Bradford.
row thoroughly.
The depth o f the
a little clover and a few grasshoppers
1868— Gen. Ulysses 8. Grant elected
or angleworms and eat enough o f each planting should depend upon the text
President o f the United States.
ure
of
the
soil,
and
upon
whether
early
to furnish the egg-making elements in
1874—
Episcopal conference in session In
or
late
potatoes
are
desired.
Five
right proportion. An occasional feed o f
N ew York adopted n resolution op
corn or oats in place o f wheat would inches is not too deep for late potatoes,
posing ritualism In the church ser
on light, mellow soils, but three to
improve the ration.
vice.
This much for the food. H ow shall four inches is better for an early crop,
1880— James A. Garfield o f Ohio sleeted
it be fed? Again you must take ac or on very heavy, or very wet soil.
President o f tbs United States.
count o f the nature o f the hen. She is
The amount o f seed to use varies
a busy creature naturally; that is part from three to ten sacks per sere, and 1883— Henry Irvin g made bis American
o f her life, and you must keep her busy depends upon the variety o f the soil.
debut In New York City.
or let her 1>e busy. I f she has free
Varieties which tend to produce very 1886— Bartholdi’s Statue o f Liberty, In
range on the farm she will keep herself
N ew York harbor, dedicated by Pres
large tubers should have s large quan
busy and her muscle and digestion in
ident Cleveland.
pood order, but when you shut her up tity of seed. Rich land should receive
I f the seed 1888— T h e first Legislature o f the North
in yards you ar j imposing artificial more seed than poor land.
W est Territories opened nt Regina.
Conditions and you must provide exer pieces are not too large, the number of
cise for her. I have kept hens for a eyes to each piece makes no difference. 1891— T h e Provincial net abolishing sep
year on a bare board floor in a small It is more important that the size o f
arate schools In Manitoba declared
pen and fed them well. They laid about the pieces sohuld be uniform than that
unconstitutional by tbs Supreme
three dozen eggs each daring the year, there should be the sense number of
Court o f Canada.
and at the end o f the year with this sort eyes in each piece.
1803— An electric car went through n
o f luxury and ease they had lost their
Frequently only s part of the pota
draw at Portland, Ore., end twenty
constitution and their usefulness; while toes which are planted come up.
This
persona were k ille d ... .Steamer C ity
other bens f(d in the same way, but may be due to one or more o f several
o f Alexandria, from Havana for New
with a ground floor and deep litter to
York, burned at sea : thirty llvfes lost.
causées, all of which should be guarded
scratch in and yards to run in, laid
against.
Cut
seed
potatoes
should
1804—
David B. H ill, for the third time,
over twelve dozen eggs each, and at
accepted the Democratic nomination
the end o f the year were still in the never be allowed to remain In piles un
for Governor o f New York.
business. Th e hen needs exercise. The til thèy heat, and are thereby seriously
demand fo r animal food may be sup injured. Seed potatoes that have been 1898— The trial o f H. H. Holmes for
murder began In Philadelphia.
plied in different ways.
Skim milk, exposed to too low temperature will
milk curds and buttermilk w ill take the seldom give a uniform stand. A ll de
1890— F irst
contingent
of
Canadian
place o f meat i f enough o f it can be cayed tubers and those which have
troops fo r Booth A frica sailed from
fed. Skim mitk is largely water, and brown or black spots through the flesh
Quebec.
a heavy-laying hen can scarcely drink should not be planted aa there are two
enough o f it to get the necessary amount diseases which are found in this state 1000— T lie statue o f Qneen Victoria wan
o f animal food. There is nothing bet which are sure to result in an unsatis
unveiled nt M o n t r e a l C e n s u s bu
ter than fresh-cut lean meat and bones,
reau announced the population o f the
factory stand if seed infected with
the danger from uncooked meat scraps,
U n ited 'S ta tes to be 70,298,220, an
them is planted.
however, being that they are liable to
increase o f over 18,000,000 In ten
Cut seed should never be planted
contain disease germs, and unless it is
years.
known to be free from disease it is deeply in the cold wet soil, or unsatis
1901— T h e ship Perseverance, with four
better to cook it. The commercial ar factory germination ia sura to result.
teen men, lost In tne Arctic region.
ticle o f beef scraps put up by the large Finally, in the dryer sections, potatoes
packing houses are largely used; some should be planted to uniform depth be- 1902— Canadlan-Auatrallaa cable com
o f the stuff sold for poultry food is ow the dry surface mulch in order to
pleted from Vancouver to Fanning
only fit fo r fertilizer, however. During secure a uniform stand.
Island, n distance o f 8,488 miles.
■ H fk m r
Is * .
S h o rt
lis s M t lm .
All lard to fry frlttera and doughnuts
Boll four cupfuls of water and on#
a half capfuls of sugar twenty must be slszllng hot before putting fat
minutes. Cool, add two cupfuls of rasp the batter.
berry Juice and two
tableopoonfnls
Candles will burn slowly and steadily
lemon Juice. Strain and frees«, using through the evening If they ere kept
three parts finely crushed Ice to one on Ice all day.
pert rock salt
To obtain the rasp
To koep mold from pickles, la the
berry Juice w ish the berries and stitto top of each Jar or bottle place a layer
Of horse-radish roots, sliced thin.
A wire contrivance to hold a spoon In through doable cheesecloth.
the neck of a medicine bottle Is a Cali
The men who can give satisfactory
I f you are unable to satisfy your
fornia Invention of value In the sick explanations of their failures ere th< self— end you cannot— bow caa
ones who become loafers.
hope to satisfy others?
1903— N ew Irish land net went Into op
eration.
190(1— President Roosevelt sent
tory M etcalf to San Francisco to In
vestigate the anti-Japanese sentiment
on tho Pacific coast.
Its fi|
Btngg*— How have you spent the
summer, JlnngsT
Jlnngs—Haven’t spent It; my wife
and the glrla have looked after ell the
apendtns this as
.— 'Toledo Bled«»
mm