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IC**1**- The Main Chance er Meredith Nicholson COPYRIGHT IW Tw » lo in - H n u u C om u T » ▼ ▼ T T ^ ^ t T ▼ P C H A P T E R IV .— (Continued.) I I I They «pent the day in the saddle ridint aver the range. The ridieulooa charac ter of the Poindexter undertaking could not spoil the real value of the land. There was, ism ion could see, the making here of a great farming property ; he felt his old interest in outdoor life quickening as he rode back to the house in the even ing. Snyder cooked supper for both of them, while Saxton repaired a decrepit wind mill which had been designed to supply the house with water. He had formed a poor opinion of the caretaker, who had no «'ell-defined duties. There was noth ing for any one to d, unless the rang« were again stocked and cattle raising un- dertaken as-a serious business. Saxton u»*d to rough men aud their ways. He had a happy faculty of adapting him self to the conversational capacities oi Illiterate meq, and enjoyed drawing them out and getting their point o f view ; bu Snyder's was not a visage that inspire« confidence. He bad a great shock oi black hair and a scraggy beard. He lack ed an eye, and he had a habit o f drawing hie head around in order to accommodatt his remaining orb to any necessity. He did this with an insinuating kind of de liberation that became tiresome in a long Interview. “ TW * place is too fancy to be o f much use.” the man vouchsafed. “ You may . some dude that wants to plant money where another dude has dug the Aral hole; but I reckon you’ll have a hard time catching him. A real cattleman wouldn’ t care for all this house. It might be made into a stable, but a horse would look ridiculous in here. You .might have a corn crib made out of it ; or it would do for g hotel if you coaid get dudea to spend the summer here; but I reckon ll • * little hot out here for summer boarders.” “ Hie only real value Is In the land,” said Saxton. “ I ’m told there's no better on the river. The bouse is a handicap, or would be so regarded by the kind oi men who make money out of cattle. Have you ever tried roanding up the cattle ,tbat strayed through the fences?. The Poindexter crowd must have branded their last calves about two years ago. Assuming that only a part of them was sold or Fun off, there ought to be some two-year-olds still loose in this country and they'd be worth finding.” “ Yer jokin’ I gums. These fellers around here are good fellers, and all that. , but I guess they don’t give anything back. I gu e«» we ain't got any cattle riming to us.” ( “ TVbo've you been reporting to, 8uy- dert” “ How's that?" “ Who have yon been considering your self responsible to?” “ Well, Jim Wheaton at the Clarkson National hired me, and I reckon I ’d re port to him if I reported to anybody. But if you’re going to run this shebang and want to be reported to, I guess I can report to you.” “ I want you to report to me,” mid John, quietly. “ In the first place I want the house and thé other buildings cleaned but. A fter than the fences must be put in shape. And then we’ll see if we can’t find some of our cows. You can’t tell ; we may open up <« real raoch here and go into business.” "W ell, If you’ re the boss I ’ ll do it your way. I - got along all right with Wheaton.” Saxton determined to leave for Clark son the following morning, and formulat ed in h:s mind the result of his journey and plans for the future of the incon gruous combination of properties that had I pen entrusted to him. He sat for an hour looking out <jver the moon-lit val- 1 ;. , He followed the long sweep of the plr. n, through which be could see foi mil's je bright ribbon of the river. A train of cars rumbled fa r away, on the iron trail between the two oemna, inten sifying the loneliness of the strange house. " I seem to find only the lopely places,’ be said aloud. In the morning he ata tba breakfast of coffee, hardtack-and bacon which. Sny der prepared. Hnyder rode with him to the railwqy »fatioo. “ Give my regards to Hr. Wheaton,” be said, cs Saxton swung himself into the train. “ You’ll find me hare at the old stand when you come back.” “ A queer. customer and undoubtedly a *1>ad lot.” wn* Saxton’s reflection. When Hsxton had written out the re* port o f his trip he took it to Wheaton, to get his suggestions before forwarding It to Boston. Me looked upon the cashier ai hi» predecessor, and wished to avail him self of Wheaton’s Knowledge of the local conditions sffecting the several proper* ties that had now passed to his care. Wheaton undoubtedly wished to be of a » aistance. and in their disetttrion ot the report, the cashier made many sugges tions of value, of Which Saxton was glad to avail himself. “ As to the Poindexter pise».” salt ftaxton finally, “ I ’ve been advertising It for sale in tbe hope of finding a buyer, but without results. Tbe people at bead 'tjqarterw can’t bother about tbs details o f these things, bat I can’ t am why ws ahould maintain a caretaker. T h en ’s nothing to take care of. That bouse Is worse than useless. I ’m going back In a few days to see If I can’ t coax home some of the cattle we’ re entitled to, and then I s-ippom we may aa wall dispense with Hnyder.” " I don’t see that tbert’s anything else to do,” Wheaton answered. “ I ’ve been to the ranch, and there’s little personal property then forth earing tor. That gum Snyder earn» along ana day and naked for a Job and I sent him oat there thinking he’d keep things In order nntil the’ Trust Company aent Its own tepro- asntatlvs ben.” There w en times when W heat«*’» black eyes cautrsrtsd curiously, and this was one of the times. , “ I don’t like discharging a man that you’ ve employed,” Saxton replied. “Oh. that’s all right. You can’t keep him if bs performs no service. Don't trouble about him on my account. How soon a n yon going back then?” “ Next weak some time.” Saxton was not surprised when he re turned to the ranch to find that Snydet had made no effort to obey hia Instruc tions. H e mads h ls'vlslt unexpectedlv. He reached the house in the middle of the morning and found the front dnot bolted and barred on the inside. After much pounding he succeeded in bringing Snyder to the door, evidently both sur prised aud displeased at his interruption. “ Howdy, boas,” was the salutation oi the frowsy custodian; " I wasn’t feeling just right to-day and was takin’ a little nap.” The great hall showed signs of a ca rousal. The dirt had increased since S ax ton’s first appearance. Empty brittle» that had been doing service as candle sticks stood in their greasy shrouds or the table. Saxton sat down on a kag, which had evidently been recently emp tied. He reeolved to make quick work of Snyder. “ How many cattle have you rounded op since I was here?” he demanded. “ Well, to tell the truth,” began Sny«ler “ there ain’t been much time for doing that since you was here.’’ “ N o ; I suppose you were busy mend ing fences and cleaning bouse. Now you have been drawing forty dollars a month for doing nothing. I ’ll treat you bettei than you deserve and give you ten dol lars bonus to get out. I believe the pony in tbe corral belongs to you. W e’ll let it go at that. Here's your money.” “ Well, I guess as Mr. Wheaton hired me, he'd better fire me.” “ Yea, I spoke to Mr. Wheaton about you. He understands that you’ re to go.’ “ Ha does, does he?” Snyder replied with a sneer. “ He must have forgot that 1 had an arrangement with him by the year.” “ Well, it’s all off,” said Saxton, rising Hs began throwing open the winders and doors to let in fresh air. “ Well, I guess I ’U have to see Mr. Wheaton,” Snyder retorted, finding that Saxton was paying no 'further attention to him. He collected his few belongings, watching in astonishment the violence with which Saxton was gathering up and disposing o f rubbish. “ He seems to be more interested in Wheaton than Wheaton is in him,” ob served Saxton to himself. Saxton spent a week at Great River. He hired a man to repair fences and put the house in order. Ha visited several oi the large ranch owners and aaked them for aid in picking oat the scattered rem nants of the Poindexter herd. Nearly all of the mvolunteered to help, with the re sult that be collected about one hundred cattle and sold them at Great River for cash. He expected to see or hear of Sny der in the town bat the fellow had dis appeared. C H A P T E R V. James Wheaton was 80 years old, and was* reckoned aming the solid business men of Clarkson. He had succeeded far beyond hie expectations and waa fairly content with the round of the ladder that h* had reached. He never talked abput himself and at be had no intimate friends it k id never been necessary for him to give confidences. Hia father had been a harness-maker in a little Ohio tow n ; he and hia older brother were expected to follow the same business; bat the brother grew restless under tbe threat of enforc ed apprenticeship and prevailed on James to ran away with him. They became tramps and enjoyed themselves roaming through the country, until finally they were caught stealing in a little Illinois village and Imth were arrested. James was discharged through- the gen erosity of hia brother in taking all the blame on himself; tbe older boy was sent to a reformatory alone. James then wenT to Chicago, where be sold papers- and blacked boots for a Oear until he found employment as a train boy, with a com pany operating on various lines running out o f Chicago. This gave him a wide acquaintance with Western towns, and incidentally with railroads and railroad men. He grew tired of the read, and ob tained at Clarkson a position in the of fice of Timothy Margrave, the general manager of tne Transcontinental, which, he had heard, was a great primary school for ambitious boys. He attended night school, was assidu ous In his dnties, and attained la due course the dignity of a desk aa which he took tbe cards of Margrave's callers, in dexed the letter books and copied, figures under the direction of the chief clerk. A fter a year, hearing that one of the. Clarkson National Bank’s messengers was about to resign, he applied for this place. Margrave recommended him; the local manager o f the news ager-y vouched for his integrity, and In due eours» his wend ed the street» of Clarkson with a long bill-book, the outward and visible sign o: his position as messenger. He was stead ily, promoted in the bank and 'felt his past receding farther and farther behind him. - •'• - When, at an important hour of his life, Wheaton was promoted to be paying tell er, be wps in the receiving teller’s cage. He had known that-the more desirable position was vacant and bad heara his fellow clerks speculating an to tbe possi bility of a'promotion from among their number. Thompson, the cashier, had a nephsw In the bank; and among the clerks he was thought to bavs the best chance. They all knew that tbe directors were la sessi on, and several whose tasks for the day were finished, lingered later than was tbelr wont tff~see wfiat would happen. Wheaton kept quietly at his work: but be had an eye on the door o( the directors’ room, and an ear that In sensibly turned toward tbs annunciatoi by which messengers were called to the board room. It rang at last, and Whea ton wiped hie pen with a little mors than his nsnal cars as hs waited for the re sult of tbs summons. This was on his twenty-fifth birthday. , “ Mr. W heaton!” Tbs other elsfhsr looked at one another. The question that bad bean uppermost with all oi thorn tor a wash past was answered. Thompson’s nephew slammed his bask •hat and carried it Into the vault. Wbse- fea ’ pot soldo tbs Nbaisaeo sheet «sat which fee had been lingering and wont Into tbs directors’ room. There had been ao aota of joy among his associates. He knew that he waa not popular with them; hs was not, In'thslr sense, a goal fellow. When they rushed off sftsi hours to tho boll games or horns race* he never joined them. When thsir books did not balance he ngrer volunteered to help them. Aa for himaelf, he always balanced, and did not need their help; and thpy hatad him for It. Thio waa his hour of triumph, but be went Jo bis via tory without the cheer o f his comrades Later, when need arose for crsatlnr the position .pf assistant cashier. It WS- natural that tne new desk should be as signed to Wheaton. He was faithful and competent; neither Porter nor Thompson had a son to install in the bank; and, as they said to each other and to tholr fol low directors, Wheaton had two diatiti guishing qualifications— bs did hia -work and he kept his mouth shut In the course o f time Thompson')' 'health broke down and the doctors order ed him away ter New Mexico, and again there seemed nothing to do but to pro mote Wheaton. Thompson wished to sell his stock and reaign, but Porter would not have it so; but when, after two years, It wss clear that the cashier would nevn again be fit for continuous service in the bank, Wheaton was duly elected c a s h ie r and Thompson was made vice president The relatione between . Porter and Wheaton were strictly of a business char acter. This was not by intention on Por ter’s part. He assumed that at some time he or Thompson had known all about Wheaton’s antecedents; and after ao many yeara of satisfactory service, during the greater part of which the bank had been protected against Whea ton, as against all the rest of the em ployee, by a bonding company, he accept ed the cashier without any question. Be fore Evelyn's return he had one day sx pressed to \V heaton his satisfaction that he would soon have *a Home again, add Wheaton remarked with civil sympathy that Miss Porter must now be “ quite a young lady.” “ Oh, yes; you must come ‘ up to tbe bouse when we get going again,” Porter answered. Wheaton had -seen the inside o f few houses in Clarkson. He had a recollec tion o f having been sent to Porter’s sev eral times, whiiy be was still an errand boy in the bank, to fetch Porter’s, bag on occasions when the president had been called sway unexpectedly. He remem bered Evelyn Porter aa she used to come aa a child and ait in the carriage outside tbe bank to wait for her father; the Porters stood to him them, and now, tot wealth and power. Raridan had a contempt for Wheaton's Intellectual deficiencies; and praise of Wheaton’s steadiness and success vexed him as having some .»ting for h lim slf; but his own amiable impulses got tbs bet ter of hia prejudices, and hs showed Wheaton many kindnesses. When the others at The Bachelors' nagged Whea ton, it wss Raridan wno threw httaself into the controversy to take Wheaton's part. He took him to call at soma of the houses be knew best, and though this was a matter of propinquity be knew nevertheless that he preferred Wheaton to the others in the bouse. Wheaton was not noisy nor pretentious and the others were sometimes both. Wheaton soon found it easy to do things that he had never thought of da ing before. He became known to the flqrist and haberdasher; there waa a lit* tie Ilambletonlan at a certain liveryman’s which W arry Raridan drove a good deal, and be had learned from Warry how pleasant It was to drive out to the new country club in a runabout Instead of using the street car, which left A margin of plebeian walking Lt the end of ths line. But while he acquired the superfi cial graces, he did not lose his Instinc tive th rift; he bad never attempted to plunge, even on what his associates at The Bachelors' called “ »are things;” and he waa equally incapable of personal ex travagances. I f be bought flowers he sent them where they wou.u t(11 in his favor. I f he had five dollars to give to tbe Ic< Fund for tbe poor, he considered that when the newspaper prjnted bis name in its list of acknowledgements, between Timothy Margrave, who gave fifty dol lars. and William Porter, who gave twen ty-five, he had received an adequate re> turn on hia investment. (T o be continued.) W »a «s the Stage. D avid Belaaco was In his best mood at a dinner preceding hie vacation— his first vacation in twenty long, hard years. In the course o f a learned re view o f barefoot dancing, problem plays and suchlike outcroppings o f stage history, he smiled and sa id : " I t may be true, as some have claimed, that immoral plays are dne to the Immoral taste o f woman. Yep, that may be tru e; but, gentlemen, did you, ever watch at tbe theater an elderly, staid, i>erbaps somewhat un- pre|M>ss<fislng w ife, brooding over a' husband a Tittle yonnger than h ersclfl These wires, surely, are no supporterf o f the Immoral stage sj>e< tnole. Such a w ife sat In one o f my theaters dur ing the production o f a drama. T h e heroine, a beautiful girl, said at a dramatic moment: " ‘Merciful heavens, I am undone !* Ag ‘T h e w ife rose hurriedly. “ Tom e, Clarence,’ she murmured,’ sternly. *We’ve had enough o f this. I ’m not going to have you drlnkin’ In any Salome dance or disrobin’ a c t’ ” A B o lin s «» Secret. Mr. Isaacs— I sells you dot coat at a gread sacrifice. Customer— But you say that o f all your goods. How do you make a liv ing? Mr. Isaacs— Mein frelnt, I makes a schmall profit on de paper and string.-^ New Y ork Weekly. H a B eat It, H ow C k olora . In tbe way o f treatment the United States Bureau ot Anim al Industry has discovered a vaccine which saves about 80-odd per cent after cholera ap pears In a herd, and a larger per cent If vaoelnated before tbe disease Is In troduced. Tim e w ill demonstrate tbe practicability of this method. The bacteriology department o f tbe Kansas State Agricultural Collage Is also w orking along these lines, hut Is not yet ready to announce anything but progress. F a r m T e ls p k o w e s . When symptoms o f cholera appear In some parts o f the country tela In n herd, it la wlae to Alp the whole phones are becoming very common. It herd, disinfect their quarters thor seems that once a telephone Is p u b oughly, give them a alight change In lished In the fam ily lt is there to stay. feed, and add to this about five drops Other sections o f ths country are very o f tincture o f prickly ash fo r each much behind the times In this respect, hundred pounds gt bog ones or tw ice • probably because no ona has gone day. The old remedy o f wood ashes ahead w ith the prelim inary arran ge and salt Is good In many Instances. A menta. little powdered sulphate o f copper, A farm telephone is not only a great dried sulphate o f Iron or charcoal luxury, but It la fast becoming an ab given dally when the animals ars not solute necessity. W ith the addition o f ' perfectly healthy frequently does much more bualness to the farm every year good. A fte r all. the old adage, an and the scarcity o f labor anything that ounce o f prevention Is worth a pound saves steps la worth money. When ot curs, holds good here. you get accustomed to doing business Saves the F t r l l H m . over the telephone you realise Its F e rtilizer la expensive. B y the old great value. A short time ago I heard a farm er method o f distributing It there was usually enough wasted to represent a order 100 bushels of seed oats by pretty penny. Then cams phone from another farm er about ten along a V irgin ia man and miles away. He had seen a sample invented the hand te r at the fa ir last fa ll and mads ths na tlllser dropper. T h is da gotiations accordingly. Th s business vice consists o f an odd- was transacted In about five minutes shaped bucket, running w hile the farm er was sitting at hi* to a point at the bottom desk after reading hie m orning n u ll and having a small opep- left at the box by the rural delivery man. It woujd have taken him all lng there, through which the contents filters. A day to get his mall and drive to tke other fa n n er and buy hie seed oats. hinged valve, operated by But th e re . la a social side to farm a rod that leads to the handle of the life that Is fostered by the telephone. bucket, controls the flow. Th e top of It often happens that a woman Is left the rod Is connected to a crossbar, alone fo r the day and she can eaally which runs under tbe handle o f the make arrangements to have a neigh bucket. Th is bar Is In cloae reach, bor call and spend the time pleasant and, when resting on the top o f the ly. Instead o f feelin g lonely. Then It bucket the valve Is open. T o close the Is so easy to make social arrangements valve the operator m erely extends a for evenings or to meet friends aa oc finger and lifts thef bar, thus shutting casion requires. off the fertilizer. Th e valve flares at Th ere are always people In a neigh the'bottom , spreading the fertiliser In borhood who are public-spirited a broad, fine stream. F or small farms, enough to go ahead with the necessary gardens and lawns this device is of arrangements to establish a telephone great convenience, and Is a money- service. Others should encourage them saver. » promptly by subscribing to the fund W a t e r fo r tke Chicks. required. Everybody Is benefited, be Taka as ordinary baking pan and cause the arrangement Is mutual In the neighborhood. — Agricultural have the tinsmith rivet on an “ ea r" on one side fo r nailing to a tree. Epltomlst. Have him also make a hole In the A T ra p Wes«. bottom in one corner, that the water The accompanying plan o f trap neat can be let out every day and the pan Is quite simple and can he made from be kept clean. N a ll tho pan to a tree a box o f suitable size. It ahould be about tw elve Inches from the ground, 12 or 14 Inches square by 20 or 24 so the chicks can drink without get ting Into lt with their feet. The birds w ill soon discover that It Is a fine place fron^ whlch t0 8 «t a drink on hot da ys Sometimes they find, too, that It Is a convenient place for a bath, and this o f course makes the w ater dirty. But It Is not much trou OPEN. CLOSED. ble to refill the pan with clean water, inches long. The slats should be nailed and this should be done two or three to a crosspiece about one-quarter the times a day. Chickens and birds re quire a great deal o f water, and they distance from the top. A couple o f nails are driven through the box and often suffer fo r lack o f I t Don’t neg Into the crosspiece to swing on. H a lf lect them.— Boston Herald. w ay back, on ths Inside, a darrow piece o f board is nailed, back o f which tbe neat is made. T o set the trap simply raise the slats Inward from the bottom 8 or 0 inches high and place a small stick under one o f the slats. A s the hen enters the door is raised off the stick, which falls to the floor. Th ere should he about five slats for a box 12 or 14 Inches In width, slats close against Inch strip at bottom. W h e n V e g a te b le s M a la r » . Th e follow in g list w ill show the gar dener how long after planting the va rious common vegetables w ill mature their grow th and be ready fo r use: Bush beans . . . . . . . . . . . 40 to 05 days Pole beans...................... 50 to 80 days Beets .............................. 60 to 80 days rly cabbage . . . . . . . a 10 to 130 days rrots ........................... 75 to 100 days Cauliflowers ................ .100 to 130 days Celery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 to 150 days Sweet corn ........ 60 to 100 days Cucumbers ......................00 to 80 dsys Eggplants .......... . . . . . 1 0 0 to 140 dsys Onion s e e d .................... f t 0 to 150 dsys Onion s e t s ...................... 90 to 190 days Parsley ............................ 30 to 120 days P a rs n ip s................. . '. . . 125 to 100 days Peas 40 to 80 days Peppers ....... . •••••••• 100 to 140 day* White potatoes ..............80 to 140 days Pnmpklns . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 0 to 140 days Radishes ......................... 20 to 40 days Spinach . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 to” 60 days Bush squsahes . . . . . . . . 00 to 80 days Late squashes .............. 120 to 160 dsys T o m a to e s..........t .......... 100 to 140 days T u r n ip s ..............> <...'.110 to 140 dsys S Its d r F e rtilise r. "*■' *A few sim ple fertiliser, maxims ars so Important a that thay should he fixed In tba mind. P er cent is only another w ay for saying parts in 100. F ertilisers may be direct or indirect In action. Th e fo r infer contains need ed plant food, the latter enables ths plant to get food from eoll or air. Lim e Is not plant food under common conditions; it corrects a had condition o f soil— sourneso—and unlocks soli materials. Sulphate o f Iron (copper a s ), sulphate o f copper (blue stons), sulphate o f magnesia (Epsom salts) and sulphate o f lime (gyp su m ) ars among these Indirect fertilisers. To Ik a ry c s a L a w » M ow er. F irs t rem ove tbe handle, to get It oat o f the way. Taka a flat file and file the edges ot the revolvin g blades, being careful to file each blade alike, and. evenly, so all parts w ill strike ths hortsontal o r stationary blade • te n ly and alike at Its entire length. T b s easiest and safest w ay to d a F ile *»■ « the horlsontal blade, than •troy o rd in a ry' black gunpowder Is to adjust the revolvin g blades ao thay throvf It Into water, which dissolves w ill sligh tly rub on the horlsontal the saltpeter. \ "W h ere did you steal that mat fYom T' deinn tided tbe policeman aa be seized the tramp. “ I didn’t steal I t ” said the tramps “ A lady up the street gave It to m * and told me to beat I t ” — Judge. 4 1635— Henry Bull, the new colonial governor, arrived In Boston. 1641— Richard Bellingham chosen c o l» nlal governor o f Massachusetts. 1692— Jamaica devastated by an earth quake and tidal wave. 1709— Paper money first authorised- and Issued In N ew York. 1756— A bankruptcy act was passed by the Rhode Island Assembly. 1776—C ity o f P ort au Prince, San D a mlngo, destroyed by an earth quake. 1774— Th s Connecticut Committee ot Gorrespoh (fence suggested a time and place fo r a meeting o f iH4 Congress... .Th e Boston port bill went Into operation. 1776— Richard H enry Lee Introduced a resolution Into the Congress, da d a rin g that “ the United Colonies are and ought to be, free and lnda pendent States.” ... .B r it is h fleet arrived at Charleston, 8. C.. to be gin ths campaign in the South. 1785— John Adams, the first American minister to England, presented to the King. 1805— Peace concluded between United States and Tripoli. the 1832— F irst reform bill became law In England. * - 1840— Th e Unicorn, the first steam v e a sel from England, reached Boston. 1845— Mexico declared war against the United States. 1848— W h ig convention at Philadelphia nominated Zachary T a y lo r for tho presidency. 1859— French and Sardinians defeated the Austrians at Magenta. 1861— A “ Bank Convention o f the Con federate States” met in Atlanta, x 1862— F o rt Pillow , Tean., by Gen. Beauregard. evacuated 1864— The Fed orals were fepulsed In a battle near Cold Harbor, V r . . . . Morgan’s forces defeated by Gen. Burbrldge. near Lexington, Ky. 1866— Dominion Parliam ent poet for the first time In the new buildings at Ottawa. 1872— President Grant signed the Ph il adelphia Centennial b ill. . . .Repub lican national convention at Ph il adelphia nominated Grant .and T h s K l» s S f i t c a . s t V e a tlla t l»». W ilson. ' Ventilation fo r stables and barns Is now regarded as one o f thq essentials 1874— House o f Representatives passed to he provided for In construction. Ths a bill for the admission o f C ola K in g system aa Illustrated In ths dla- rado to the Union. 1875— Charlotte Cushman made her last appearance on any stage at Easton, Pa. (889— F ire at Seattle destroyed $5,000,- 000 worth o f property. 18917-Massacres In H aytl by order o f Gen. H Ip p o ly te ... .Chilean Insur gent steamer Itata surrendered to American naval veesels. 1892- ^The “ H igh-W ater M ark” monu ment on Gettysburg battlefield was dedicated. gram consists o f two sets o f flues, one 1893— Destructive floods In M ississippi set to admit the fresh air, the other to 1893— Business portion o f Fargo, N. furnish an escape fo r tbe vitiated air. D., destroyed by fire. Th e inlet or fresh a ir flues should be 1894— Dedication of the Field Colum placed not more than ten feet apart bian Museum In Chicago. and located In the exterior w alle ot the barn. Th e outlet may include pne 1895— Motion favorin g woman suffrage defeated In the Canadian House or more flues. o f Commons As V m L Hs bought a hoe, a rake, a spade, Solti«* little seeds to sow. A t last bs got tbe garden made And saw the green things grow. 1898— L ie u t Hoheon sunk the Merrl- mac In the harbor o f Santiago da Cuba. 1900— British under Lord Roberts en tered P retoria. He work’d tbe rows and beds each day; 1902— Dotted State# Senate passed the Each little plant he knew. Philippine government b lit And as bs smiled and sweat away Oh, jo y ; bow fast they grew. 1903— Tornado swept over Gainesville, Ga.. w ith loss o f many liv e s . . . . No floods came down to wash things out. Cruiser Tacoma launched at San No frosts to kill or blight; Frenoiaco. No neighbor's chickens scratched about; 1905— Lew is and Clark Exposition No kine strayed In at night opened at Portland, O r e ....N o r Each- seed be planted did its best wegian Parliam ent proclaimed dla And not a one did rot— •plutlon o f the union w ith Swed No other garden,' East or West, en. Such vegetables begot. — ^President Roosevelt appointed a Bnt etill this man did not enjoy datlonal commission on the Con These veg’tablee so new, servation o f National Resources. For every night • neighbor’s boy . . . . A n explosion on the cruiser Stole wbat the garden grew. — Puck. fe n n e w e e killed five m e n .. . . Jury disagreed on tbe fourth tria l ot S p r s p l.g « • K i l l w . Caleb Powers fo r murdering Gov. K ill weeds by spraying. T o make Goebel, o f K en tu cky. . . . Balloon the spraying solution, empty a hun Chicago, flying from Quincy, HU dred pound sack o f sulphate of iron to Clear Lake, N. D., broke ths Into a fifty-gallon barrel; fill to the aerial speed record, averaging aew chine with water and stir with a hoe enty-flve miles an honr. for a few minutes until dissolved. Strain through several thicknesses o f Cross C o n tin e n t A n to R n ee. cheesecloth tacked o ver the manhole A t the same moment that the Pacific o f the spraying machine. Apply with Exposition was set In motion ths a powerful spraying machine, produc Mayor o f New York, by firin g a golden ing a real mist, free from drops. Use revolver oft the steps o f ths City Hall, about fifty gallons to the acre, and started five automobiles on a race •pray on a bright, warm day, or on a across the continent to Beattie. Ths dark, damp day; It does not matter, prize offered by M. R. Guggenheim for so long as rain does not ooma within the w inner Is a $2.000 trophy and eighteen or tw enty boars. T h is spray $2,000 In cash. Th e machines entered w ill*n o t harm grata crops and w ill are two Ford cars, a b ig Shawmnt klU w ild muktard and various other carryin g thro* experts, an Italian cat ta d aa A cm a 1908
