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About The Santiam news. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1897-1917 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1907)
aI* M of the torch that faintly tllumlned tbe hell, that among the meo who «urre- in-i—I him f»w wore th« Meilcan caelum». It was true, sad they bad ttawir («•■•• hidden by » pier« of black trap«, furmlug a •peetas ef ma«k. and ao well taatvMd round tbelr i»cka, that It was entirely Unpcranlbl» to recognlM them. “What do thraw men want with m»T* b» muttered, a» b« l«t bu brad fall on hi» rhMt aadly. "Fatlvnce !" «nid tbe man who Lad al ready apukao, "you will auun know. --------------- >>>> CHAPTER V. Th* aun row; It* b««mi played oo th* trembling yellow Iravra of the troe-v. and tinged them with a thuueand •!>•<!»• <>' fold »0*1 purple The bird», coolly nratl»-l la the boabeo. »truck up I heir matin •arol. the awakralng ot nature waa a» •pl eodld and imposing aa It la la al! •tountalti-.ua countries Tha leader of the caravan left bla tent and gate ordera to atrlk» tha camp Th* tent ••• at ooca folded up, the rauiea were loaded, and. ao soon a» the Lor»»« were saddled. the l*rty started without waiting for the morning meal. for they geaeraliy breakfaated at the 11 o'clock halt The cararan adrance.1 along the roafi from Hants F« to the I'nltrd Kia tea. at a »pee*l unusual under auch rlrvum Ma neat. When ha left the camp, the chief of the eararao spurred hie hurae and joined the Indian, who woe marching slaw» lu front eiamlniug the bushrw and apparrot ly performing ail the dutlee of an »*;>* rlenced guide Curumllla. though he beard the hurried pa ea ,,t the Mexican's bore» did not turn round, but continued tivciiua euxig >*<i hie aurry mule "Indian." »aid the cararan chief In Rpauiah. "1 with to speak with you on an Important »object he good enough to put aff your usual »ilence for a while and • newer Ilka an honeat man. You engag •d with me at Manta 1» to lead me. for th» »um of four oun-»a. »afely to the frontier» of rpper Mexico Mince you bare been In my aerrlce I must allow that I har« only had reaaon to pre!•» your prudence. but we are at this mo Biewt In the heart of the Rocky Moun tain», that la to any, we have reached the moat dangerous part of our journey Two day» ago you lifted tha trail of Crow Indiana, eery formidable aaetnies ef cararan». and I want to ronsuit with you aa to the mean« to employ to foil the anarea In which tbeee Indiana will try to ratcb ua." The Indian felt In ■ bag of «tripod calico thrown orar hla ah.*ulder. and pro duced a grraay paper, which bo opened •nd offered the Meilcan. "What la (Ida?" the latter saksd. "Oh. yea. certainly; your engagement Well, what haa thia to do with the question I aaked you?" Cururnllla, Mill Impaaalre. laid hie fin ger« on tha paper, at the laat paragraph •f the engagement. “Well, what then?" the Meilcan et claimed III butnorrdly. "It la Mid there, !< le true, that I moot trust entirely to you. and learo you at lllrarty to act •• you plena» for tha common welfare. What prove» to ma that you are acting for our common welfare, and that you are not ■ traitor V At thia word traitor, ao distinctly ut tered by the Mexican. Cururnllla gare a tiger glance at the »|>»ak»r. while hla wbola body waa agitated by a mnrnlalra tremor be uttered too or three In-con prehenallda guttural aiclaiuatlona, and •re tha Mexican could auepeef bla luten linns be waa aelaed round the waist. lifted from tha «addle, ami hurled on the ground, where h» lay »tunned. Curu Inilia ¡»aped from bla mule, drew from bla belt four gold ounce«. hurled them at the Meilcan, and lhen bounding orer the precipice that bordered tbe road, dlaap pea red. The situation waa hemming moat crlt leal for the chief of the cararan; be found hlmaelf abandoned without a guide, In unknown region«, doubtleas watched by hidden fora, and aipoead at any moment to an attack. Tha march waa continued, no auapl Moua algn waa discovered ; and tha Meg lean a were Justified In hollering that. With tbe exception of the time they would be compelled tn loaa. the flight of the Indian would aolall no dlaagreeable con •equrareo. Singularly enough, Carnero aeemrd rather pleased than annoyed at tha die appearance of tha guide. Far from cum plaining or deploring the delay In tbe con tlnuance of the journey he laughed at what had happened aud made an Inflnl tude ot more or leaa witty jeata about It. which considerably annoyed hla mae ter. wh*we joy waa merely on the aurface, •nd who. lu hla heart, cureed the mishap which kept them In tha mountain» and •spread them to the Inaulta of the pluu derera. "Pray, what do you And ao agreeable tn what ba» hap;>ened that you are or affect to ba ao merry, No CarneroF* be at leugth aaked. "Forgive me, ml amo," tha capatac an awered; "but you know th« proverb, *What can't tw cured mint ba endured.' " "Hum!" raid the master. "And beeidea,” tha cwpataa added, »a be «looped down, "however lad our po •Itli-n may be. la It not -otter to pretend to cooebl»» It goo,!?" A little before II a m. tha caravan reached tbe terrace, and It waa with a feeling of joy, which they did not at tempt to conceal, that the peona recog ■laed lb» atrength of the position. "We »hell ««op here fcr tha p.-*»rol," th» Meilcan mid "t'nluad th« mulea, •nd light tha fir»«. Immediately after breakf»at we will begin entrenching our salve«." Tbe peona obeyed with tha apeed of men who bare made a long journey and are beginning to feel hungry; the Area were lighted In an inatant, and a few mo menta later the peona vigorously at tacked their mail» tortilla«, their toclna •ad their ceclna thoee Indispensable ele ment« of every Mexican meal. When tbe hunger of bla meo waa appraaed the •hlrf row. "Now," bo «aid, "to work." CHAPTER VÎ. The poeltlon which the leader of the caravan fancied be had been the flrat to diecover, and where be h»d made up hla mind tn halt, waa admirably «elected to •etablleh an Intrenches! camp. Tbe Im menoe voladero hot ering at a prodigtou« height alxrva the preriplcea. and guarded an the right and left by enormoua maaoea sf rock, offered auch conditions of arcur ty that the paona regained all their merry • roleaansos, and regarded tbe myaterfoua flight of the guide ae an accident of oo real Importance. It waa, hence, with well pramialog ar dor that they roae on receiving their Kief» command and prepared under hie direi-tlona to dig tbe trench which waa mended to protect tlram from a eur- >!>rla». Thia trench waa to be bordered by a line of tall etakra. running acrono the open a{«re between the rock«, which gave th» sol» accena to the terrace. At the moment when the leader pro eded with arteral peona armed with pick* »nd apa'lee toward the entrance, with the probable Intention of marking the eiact •pot where the trench waa to be dug. th» *apataa approa- bed, and raid with a re •pectful bow; “Mi am», I have an Important commu nication to make to you." Illa maater turned and looked at him with III concealed diet root. "An important communication to uiaks to me*" he repeated. "Ye." "What fa It? Apeak, but be brief." ”1 here discovered a grotto." "WuaiT" uia maater aiclalmad. In aur- priaa. "Yra. etcellency." "Where*" "There." he raid. stretching out hla arm ; "behind that ma as of rock» ” A suspicion» look flashed from behind hla master's eyelash»«. "Well, we will eoter it together. Fetch ac>me torvbaa of penta wood, and show mt the way By the by. do not forget to bring wen: >ns. for we know not what men or beasts we may And In car erne thus o|>»n>ng on a high road" Th» Meilcan «elected all of hla peona. ■tn whntt courage he thought be could rely, ordered them to take tbelr muakets, and. bidding tbe others keep a good watch, but not liegln anything until he returned, bo mad» a algnal to the capatai that he • •• ready to follow him. f'arnero bad followed the arrangement« mado by hie maater with in evil eye. but probably did not deem It prudent tn rlak any remark, for be silently bowM bla head, and walk cd toward the pile of rocka that tuaakvd the entrance of the grotto. Thera grault» block« piled one on top of th» other, did not apjiear, however to have been brought there by accident, but. on the contrary, they apiwared to have belonged In aotwa early and remote age to a clumsy but aubatantlal edlflc«. "It would not be prudent." Mid the chief, "to venture without precaution« Into thia cavern. I'rejiare your arma, mu chacho«. and keep your eyee open; at tbe •ilghteet auapl. loua Bound, or tbe email eat object that appear«, Are. Capataa, Ugh: the torches." The latter obeyed without • word; the leader of the caravan aagurad himralf at • glnuca that hla order» had l>een prop erly carried out; then taking hl» platola from hla belt, be cocked them, took one In each hand, and raid to t'arnero : "Take tha lead. It 1« only juat that you abould do the honor» of thl» place »htcb you ao unetpectedly diacovered. Forward, you otbera, and be on your guard." The eight men went Into the cavern at the heel» of the capatai. who raise.I the torch»» above hla head, doubtleaa In order to cast a greater light. They thu» reached a rather largo hall. Into which raveral (•«»«•g»» o(>»ned. AU at once th» leader Mopped and Itatraed. "Mateo," ba Mid to the capatai, "do yon not hear something?" Th» latter bent hla body aligbtly for ward and remained motlonl»M for aome ammila. "1 do," ha raid, drawing hlmaelf up. "It aounda like dlatant thunder." "la It not? or. perhaps, tbe rolling of •ubterranran water»." "I can «wear that you are right. It would be a place of luck for ua to And waler In tha care, for It would add great ly to our «ecurlty. aa we ehould not be obliged to lead our boraea, perhaps, a long distance to drink. "I will «mure myralf at one« of the truth. The nolae proceed« from that t>aa •age, ao let ua follow It. Aa for our men. they can wait here; we bare nothing to f»ar now. for If tbe pirates or tbe Indiana are ambuahed to aurprlae ua. they would not have waited «o long before doing as, and hence th» »Mlatance of our peona 1« unnecessary." The capatai »h.*.,k hla head doubtfully. “Hum.” he Mid, "the Indiana are very clever. I believe It would be more pru dent to let tbe jraina accompany ua." "Nonranae." Mid hla maater. "It 1« un necesaary; we are two reeolute and well- armed men; we hare nothing to tear, I tell you." They then entered tbe paaaage It waa very narrow, and ran downward a »trap Incline. The further tbay pro<-eeded the more diatinct tbe eound of water became; It waa evident that at a very abort dis tance from the spot where they were, per hape but a few atepe. there ran on» of the»» subterranean atreama ao frequently found In natflral cavern» All at once, without being warned by tbe alightrat sound, th» leader of th» cara van felt hlmaelf «el»»d round the waist, hla torch snatched roughly from hla hand, and eitlngulahed against a rock, and him self thrown down and aecurely bound, be fore he waa able to attempt th« alighteM resistance^ so sudden and well calculated ' had tbe attack been. Camera had been I thrown down at tbe asme lime aa his j master, and bound. "Coward^ demons !" the Meilcan yell e.1, "show youraelvea, at least, sr> that 1 may kn.rw with whom I have to deal " "Rilenca! Hen. t>on RebaMlan Guer rero, resign yourself to your fata, for you bare fallen Into the piower of m»n who will not liberate you." G»n. Guerrero made a movement of Im potent rage, but be waa eilent; he per ceived that the originators of tbe snare of which he waa a victim were Implsca bl« eaemias. Whe« bla conqueror« had borne him to the hall, where hl» prams were die- ■rmad and guarded, b« saw, by the light CHAPTER VII. Thera wsa a abort delay, during whlrh tb< rouquerora appeared to be rouaulting The Illustration shows one of th« most together In a low roles; while doing ao, an Indian chief, who waa no other than destructive of tbe summer Inarat peat« tha J rater, entered th» hall. Th» general which attacks both fruit and urns- • nd tbe raps’«* were then again picked ■ mental tree«. It Is known •■ th« yel- up by th» rmtaklno, and at a sign from , l<rw-ueck caterpillar, and la usually on» of the masked t»»n. trauaportad on found In numbers along tbe brauebea to th» voladero. uf trees finding on th« foliage until <H»a hundred and fifty to two hundred the limb Is entirely deuudral. when they Indian«, mostly armed with gun«, and ranged In good order round th« terrace, migrate to an-dlwr llinh Th« female th» center of which remained fre«, fared deposits the eggs on th« leaf of th« th» ravern. having among them th» dl«- I tree, where they are usually batched anued Mr 1 Irena, th» baggage, horaea »nd during July, awl the young I muc I s tra niu lea. gi n feeding on t!»e leaves. Th» tent »till atood In the tnlddl. of The full grown nw>th 1« «bown In th» what waa to bar» bra-u th» eru-a.-npmant; tipper part of th« Illustration. The but th» curtain waa raleraL and a bora» caterpillar Is ahouf two Im-hre long rt.»n »•• atandlng In front of It, aa If to band Just bark of l»f»nd th» entrance. I with • dull yellow This |>eat Is familiar At th» IBoaiMt when tb» party etnergwd th« black head from th» cav» sod appeared on tbe tMH to moat farmers, for It may be fount! rare, th» horsemen drawn up at th» »n- lu nearly every section of th« country. tranre of th» d»fll» op»n»d out to th» right and l»ft, l»«vlng a paoaaga for a small troop of men dr ea ee d In hunter's garb, and whom It waa <a»y to rerognlM aa whit» men; two ladivo, mounted 00 aa*b>:ng tnuleo. were lo th» midst of them. Thia trep» of »trang»rs «»» ronipral of eight perrons altogvthar, Iredlng with tb»n> two tiaggag» mulea. As the tn»n »«re dlaarmral, and walked on fuot amid ootu» fifty Indian bore»tn»n. they bad, In • II proiiability, been aurpriaed by a party of redakloa. The two ladle«, on» of whom waa of a certain age. while ths other appeared •rare» IN, and who might he «opposed cbawdy related, through tb» reeeniblanre of th»lr feature«, were treated with an •iquiait» polite»»«« they were far from expecting by th» Indiana, and conducted tn th» tent. Th» curtain waa tb«n low- •-cd. to conceal them from lb« glanraw of the Indiana. Th» newrotuara. at a signal from tbelr con duct ..ra. ranged thetuseli»« with tha oilier prisoners, they were powerful men A good way tu rld tlte tre«« of tbem whom th» Indiana had probably not given la by «prnylng wlth parla green, but a cbanre to defend ; otherwlM tb«y look tf thl» la m>t tieolrablw t>ra-au«e of fruii ed aa if they would «oon»r b« killed than un tbe trova, a torch mad« of ctotb or yield. ’ amali ragw and saturate*! wlth kentartw 1 wo masked nien took th«lr »eat« on may tie appurai to the fnfeetral litui« th» granite blocks, and tb« Indiana who - ,1-r rl tb» ««-neral lai I him ->n th» ground and tbe Inaa-cts destroyed In thia man '■> ?r :.t rf • of tribunal I ba ncr. peraon who Seemed to be th» president ot ••"a a««»««» Na Job». thia sinister aaeembly gnra • sign, tbe Tbe old juke about eating "hot dog" prisoner's bonds at onre fall off. and ha found hlmaelf once more ahis to more 1» no joke lu Germany any more, for .no I vm than 7.000 cnnlnea of vario»« bl« llinbo. Th» general drew himself up. croeee-1 •'•••'• Slaughtered ami eaten by bla hand« on hla chsat, throw hl« body the subjects of Kaiser William liât tack haughtily, raised bla brad «nd look year, according to a report from <Y>naul ed at hi« judge« with a glaure of with <b-urgw N. |fft at Annaherg. The e»t ering contempt. Ing of Iwrse meat Wvtnt Io to quite “What do you want with ma. bandit«?" general In Germany, for no leas than ha Mid; "«n-vugk of thia; thee» luaoleut IttOOO horses were •laughtvml fur maneuvers wljl not alarm tn» " "Nilenre!" tha president Mid, coldly; human food In Hast. "Ilorwfleah Is very generally adver- '*1t la not your plan to speak thua" aaya Then he remarked to th» Jratar, who Used In the German papcre," | Consul Ifft, waa atandlog a few pare« from him: "e»|ra-lal)y In tboe« In. "Bring up th« othar prisoners, old and Isrgv Industrial centers, and m<wt Ger new . »verybody must hear w hat la going man cities have at least one market lo be said." gwulch makes It a a|s*clalty. claimlug Th« J »«ter gave a signal to tbe war for It a higher percentage of nourish rfoni; asm« ot them dismounted, ap- j meut than that of bref. veal. mutton proschad th» prisonera and. after loosen Ing tbs cord that bound tbs espataa, they or pork. Neither la It unusual to And led him. as well ae th» (won« and prta- I advertisements of dog meat or fur the on«ra of th» «»cond caravan. In front purchase of d<*gs for slaughter. In the of tha tribunal, Then, at a signal from city of Cassel recently tbe polio. In th» Jester, lb» horsemen closed up raund searching for a lost dog. discovered a tha white meu. private »laughter Itouse and a Treated (To be continued ) the proprietor«, wlu> were api«arently making a regular bualtw-aa of stealing l>»h«»rni»w a HhlMraeerw». and killing dogs." A rhinoceros which lived In II» Ixm- In the city of chemnlti alone. Con <1<>n too was troublral by Its horn, which sul Ifft reixirta. 'Kra <l«ga were slaugh grew down In front of Ita mouth, ao tered for human food In Itaal, thia be that only with dlffi<-ulty could It cat or ing an Incrvnw of eighty eight over tbe drink To agvs Ita Ilf« the keeper <1e- prev loua year. cldral ou amputation. Th« born of a llrda« 1rltnm«r, rblnoosrns la not a born at all, but an accumulation of hair and akin which The trimming of a bralgw Is properly has harden«-,! and tracom« revnentral to tbe work of an export, many year« of gether by some gummy autMtancs. Tb« practical ex|«*r!«-nco being required be- owner of thia on» had a vary touchy | furs Oral clam temper and waa not really approacbral. work can be accom Its keepar, however, decided to try plished. As a rule what he rould do. For sum« day» It expert hedge trim nrajulred all hla skill to persuade tha niers employ a cut beast to come to ttm front of the esgw ter having but a and put Its horn through Then for s I n g I a pair of •utue days he stroke«! the born, much blades. A Virginia to the animal'» dlagust at first al man thought that though later It «come«! to Ilk« It W?»»n a trimmer could be It found he meant no harm It let him dev laed which take the horn In hla left hand and then would simplify the with the right Imitate the motion of a | M*‘*’*‘ ’■*»•“»»■ trimming and as- •aw acroas It. When this had been sure greater sccurscy. Accordingly he done some time and the rhinoceros no designed the Implasnent sltown In tbe longer mlndsd It. a piece of won«! was IlJuatration. It «-umprisre a pair of held In tbe right hand, and at laat. knives, rontalnlng uumrroua cutting when even thia no longer worried tbe teeth. Tho knivre are attached to piv animal, a real »aw was brought In and oted handle«, one knife moving over the horn cut off without ths allghtest the other. When the latter are grasp remonstrance fr<un the owner of It ed, one In each hand, cvnaldersble power can l>e a;>plled to the cutter. llargest of All Metals. Whereby over a foot of the toslge can Tantalum baa 1>een hammered Into be trttumral In ■ «Ingle cut. It would •tweto, which are extremely bard. Sir t>e Impossible, with this tool, to trim William Crookes. F. IL A., states that too much In spots, forming an uneven “a hols had to tw bored through a plat« surface to tbe bralgc. The extreme of thia metal and a diamond drill was length of tlw blade« Insures sn even used, revolving at th« date of B.onO rev cut throughout. olutions per nilnuts. Thia whirling < a«*fl a« F*<»«»4I. force was continued ceaselessly fur The New Mexico Experiment Rta- threw days end nights, when It waa found that only a small depression 23 tlon Ma tsurai a very creditable bull« mm. deep bad tra-u drilled, and It was tin dealing with tbe cmnpoaltlon and » moot point which had suffered the feeding value of tbe prickly |w-ar and m»re damage — tbs diamond or tbe tan otiter cacti. Tbe splnrai of the cacti are removm! by singeing with a torch. talum." Tbe protein content In tbe sir dry ma A« Vsual. terial range« fr*«u 2 to 10 per cent Friend—Tou took yonr ao® Into your tt» fruit living tbe richest part Tbe evtabllabmeot aorns mouth» ago to teach cacti compare favorably with many him the bualnvsa, I understand. How forage plants Heretofore the great did It turn out? Buslnesa Man (wear dlffl nilty In tbe way of utilising cacti ily)—Great au c i-em H«’s teaching ms • a forage has been tbe spine«, but now.—Chicago Journal. since they din be removed by tbe torch s large sniount of cheap forage Is made ■ reliable to tbe sto-kmen of the arid plains. »• I AFTER BIGGER GAME Bonaparte Illi tie! Officials of Harriman Lines. * X5? "Book Ivarulug" fur farmer» baa laran a thing to laugh at la tlw past It used to to thought that an almanac and ou» or two patent util's rcj»>rt« • ere all a man uved<-d tu tuak« htu> rompetmt to "run a farm." W« are getting post that day. and doing It at a Proposas to Procssd Against Princl pals In Violations ot Anti* pretty fast pace, lu our time* Think of Tbe report just publlabral by th» ,Trust Laws. caouMlmiuners appointed a cuupta of years ago in th« Ntate of leralalana to Investigate crop peats, with |>artL-ular New York. Aug S A «perlai dis re.'eren-e to tbe bol! weevil sod the ter patch to the New York Times from rible Injury It ba« wrought to tbe cot Ix-nox, Maas. sent under today's dato ton crut>. Fur two year» tb-w raimmls slutM-re Mv» been studying and exi»-r says: That criminal prosccuflons will be Imentlng on tM Ntate farms In tbe Rral river region, ami now they «end taken in the near future as a result word out to tbe world that they Lav» of the Interstate Commerce Inveetl- ■ura-evdml In growing rotton that can gstlon of the Harriman railroad sys not be hurt by tbe tioil weevil. Juat tem was the Information obtained bow they have don« ttila we must watt here upon authority this afternoon on to learn. The greet fact Is that they Gave dune It. Think what this wilt torney General Bonaparte to Wash m»-sn In money to the fanners of th« ington. rotton growing Rtntee! Nor will tb« Mr. Bonaparte was asked if action, traient of tbelr Work «top there Other personally, against Individuals would people than tbe rotton growers are In terewted In rottou. We all have use be Included In the prosecutions. He for the plant and It« products From replied somewhat emphatically: "I the ¡»»>r man «town In tl>e nx>at obw-ure have noticed a good many complaints quarter of the city to tb« mIUlonaire that criminal prosecutions agaiMt In bls beautiful boute, we all >>«ral rot 'trust magnates and sentences of Im- ton In aonte form or other. And "book priaohtaeht for them have been very farming” cut» th« cloud which haa infrequent and. In fact, for practical hung over tbe men who grow the plant I purpose« unknown, it la perfectly aud let« tbe aunstilue out all orer tb« (rue that. In my opinion at leaat. n world. better moral effect would be pro duced by sending a few prominent r*l«(. Test» at Cambria*«. mm to jail than by a great deal of The university experiment station at litigation, however sucie«*ful. against ('•mbridge, Mara, rep-rta that a the corporations they controlled. variety of te«ta were conducted on ' Nome time aince two corporations light loam. Tbe sprouting of »«-<!« ■ nd tbelr respective presidents w. re twfore planting did not atqw-ar very Indicted jointly for violation of the anti-trust law. If the corporations uaerul f->r onllrjry pur;«>a«a. 1*1 a nt- were guilty of curb, it would be hard Ing entire tulrars gave better rvvulta for the lay mind, at least, to see how than th» u«r of cut seed pieces, I tbi-lr presidents could be Innocent, weighing nine or ten poun I, Neverthslesa the jury convicted the or l*r to l*k Inclraa In corporut Ions und acqultlvó their presidents. •ultabl« for planting. "It Is the avowed porpora’ of the Neral lmi«>rted from Scotland pro- I department of justice to prosecute dared rtjually good crops tbe first am! criminally any one who la r<wrily re secund years, while the third year the! sponsible for violations of the anti crop waa much reduced. Th« aeo.-d trust law, wherever It cun do ao with kT"»th. luil-.icral If wes’Ler cund' any reasonable probability of suc It does not care to prosecute In 1UM. bad a very Injurious effect on cess tbe crooking quality of tb« potatoes mere underling« who are known to The bc«t results on poor light land everyone to have acted under the di rect authority of their superiors. were eccurvd with a fertiliser applica "If It can get a case agnlnat any of tion conalatlng of 173 pounds of sul the superior« such ns justifies n rea- phate of ammonia, 33o pounds of super »onable hope on the part of exper- phosphate aud lito pounds ot sulphate 1 fenced lawyer» that he can be pun of potash On the light loam soil the ished personally the department will traet yield waa secured where thia undoubtedly take advantage of the Mme ajipllcstlon of fertilisers, togeth (opportunity as soon ns it Is pre- aented.'' er with twelve ton« of barnyard manure per acre, was u«e<l. The barn PROTECT ALL EUROPEANS yard manure alone gnve good results. WOULD RM) OflEhDlRS TO JAIL I Pratt Gatherer. I’rofraaional growers of small fruit« have traen on the lookout for aotnv au h satisfactory device In which the picked fruit can Ira tetn;>orerlly Irald by tbe picker I hrar devices have taken many forms tira majority con sisting of basket« and similar rra-vp taci««, which are ■ecured tu tbe trady of th« picker. A vast Improvement In this line 1« the fruit gatherer stmwn here, ti» Invention of s New Jersry man. It consist» of a lea tirar recep tacle which la attached to tbe arm, one end overlapping th« pnltn of tbe band, tira op;»>altr end living ava led. The oi>»n «in! la shaped like a scoop. As tira operator pl<*ks the frulL such as berriea. clrarrles, etc., be drops It >nto tbe receptacle. The device d««a not In any way Interfere with th« free movement of tb« arm or bamlw nor la there any likelihood of ti» fruit falling out of the reerptaclo. But Morocco Must Also Grant Other Demands ot Francs Tangier, Aug. fl.--t’pon the de mand of the French Charge, Moham med el Torres, the representative of tbe Hultan here, has reiterated the instructions he had previously l»sued to assure the safety of the Europeans at Tangier and other ports and town«. The French steamer Anatole, which brought the news of the bom bardment of Casa Blanca, haa been requisitioned by the French Charge, who will use her ns a dispatch-boat. A guard Io protect the French Consulate will Immediately be landed at Rabat. The French Charge d'Affnlres hns made the following formal demands upon the Moroccan government: "First -That the Moroccan auth orities at Casa Blanca place them selves under the orders of the com mander of the French forces. "Second Thnt the »ecurlty of the French cltlxena at F»t and other places In the Interior be guaranteed. "Third That the Moroccan auth orities hasten the reparation for the murder of Dr. Mauchamp. "Fourth That the Moroccan tu thorltlea stpodlta tho preparation tor f ast,««» Het. Tbe dl»ra»e known to th» cabbage the application of the reforms agreed grower» aa black rut. or atern rut. La« upon by the Algeciras convention.*’ cuti» luto promiuem-s within tbe last Haa Curs for Meningitis. few yeir«, and la Mid to be a serious Chicago Ans «.—A aneelnl dis hindrance to cabbage growing in sev eral Ntatve. From a rra-eut fanners' patch to the Tribune from Cleveland bulletin preparrai by the chief of the says: According to private advices re division of vegetable patbol<<y. It ap ceived laat night front New York and petirà that no way la known of curing Castalia. Ohio, the wealth of John D. tbe disease or of entirely ridding s Rockefeller haa made possible a cure locality of It when once It 1s well tor meningitis. Dr. Simon Flexner tabllalied Tbe whole subject of treat has discovered a serum which will ment may be eummral up In one word cure the heretofore fatal dlsea-e El- preventing. The disease Is not con perlments mad« nt Castalia hnv« demonstrated the efficacy of the lined to the cabbage, but attacks s num serum. Dr. Flexner Is head of the ber of «{ra-les belonging to the mustard Rockefeller Institute fur Medical Re family. Tbe planting of other crops search In New York. for a long aeries of years la Mid to be tbe ouiy satisfactory way to get rid Japan Cooling Down. of thia dlaraae of tbe cabbags wbrn It Victoria. R C., Aug fl.—Tatsnya, baa ou<-e bra-ouiv arrlotts. editor of the Japane»« Trade Journal of Tokio, arrived here today to study •wawnaev r»»«l»« ut Bkee«. the condition of Japanese on the The summsr feeding of alieej. Is not Coast. He said little further diffi difficult Tberw la no other anUual that culty waa expected with regard to the can be shifted front field to Odd In complaints from San Francisco. Ynm- ■u turner to consume tiie wvraia •• can oaka and llattorl, from Seattle, who When handled in thia way. went to Japan to represent real con aitevp ditions to the Japanese had beeg they will keep the fence corners clean. very succeasful, and Japanese who To wltat better use could you put your had not known the real state of af werals than to turn them Into mutton? fairs were less prone to complain. Inquires a grower In New England llomeotoad. But do not overlook tbe Oiaarmlrg Moorish Troops. fact that they also enjoy and thrlva Paris, Aug A.—A special dispatch ttpon gi*d graw In order to keep a from Tangier thia afternoon says that targe number on a small farm you tha Moorish troop« composing th« ehould have mall Ovids and change garrison of Csu Blanca have been disarmed and that their arms and them often, for this gives them short, ammunition have been deposited at teudvr grass, which they like beet, and the French consulate. Ths Moorish also keeps them healthy by not allow- officials have confided tbs protection Ing them to remain upon one ¡lasture of ths city to ths Franco-Spanish forces. too long.
