Through the agMcy of Doo Jaim« Lop«,
you divided among tbam two baga of
gold, brought by you for them, and emp
tied In your praaanc*. 1 mesa that, after
thia distribution, tha final arrangements
were mad*, and tba day waa a I moot flxad
for th* prvoum-iameuto. Am ! d*c*ived.
general, or do you now e* that I am
• ell Informed, and that my aplea ars
quit« equal to yours, who «era tpvt aven
able to inform you of my arrival st tba
ciudad, »bars I have baa» for mors than
a week and you bar« no* known a word
about itr
"I will Imitate your fraukneaa. avnor.
tlwwee t«e Terkvrv-
Of shat use would It be to dtawlmulato
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVI.
In colder cllti.airw. where «belter
Genera) Uuerro waa one of tboae pow
W* *111 leave tba Mother Huperlor lor
with ao enemy «o wail informed?"
must be provided, a b»»uae may be built
• llttl* «hila and return to the two yuun< erfui atblataa who do not allow them
“Irat ua for tba preweot." Valentín«
with tbe alani Ing ruoli and an (»(»art
ladle« H«> m >. ii •• th« al-1>««a bad with •elvea to ba overcome easily.
Ilia re
went on, «till calmly and coldly. "I«ava
drawn they dr«» closer t.»gerb*r, Ihoia vol ted pride rretored hla expiring cour thia rvmaplracy, to wbkb w* will rever* van tila tor abouhl tie placavi In front,
Helena taking «ta amt on th« bench pro age. and alma an Implex-abla warfare waa presently, and paaa lo a mora interesting clu«« to tba roof, ami never be clonar!
Tba ruuot
vtoualy ocauptad by th« abt-ma.
declared agalnat him. be «»or* that hr subject. I believe. Heuor Itou Mebaatian. ex<-«"pt in cold weather.
"My dear Anita." aha Mid. "lot ma would fight to tba and, whatever tba con
you have a ward of tbn uama of lioaa •huuld t* placed oa • level lu the
profit by tba few mluulaa *a are laft w-queiw-ea for him might ba.
Anita de Torrs« T"
front of pi« boriar. with a alidlng or
Moreover, two montha had alapoed alnce
•Iona to Import to you tba cnolaota of
Tba ganara! atartad, but rvmalnad al rolling d<>or lu tbe rear. Only light
hla
arrival
In
Mexico,
and
hla
«•»«my
had
• letter I rocalrad thia morn in*
It la
ien t.
aoough la iHwvlv-,1 fur tba turkeys to •*•
not revealed hla prewar* by ona of iho«»
moat Impotaol."
"Now," continued Valentina. "In coo-
tbe way tn and from tbe rnvwta Tha
"What do you maun, my dm» llalena? terrible blow a which buret Ilka a viap of eequet,-« ut a frightful cataMropbe. tbto
door abould ba left o;»n all day. that
Doaa tha lattar to which you refer intar thunder «bova hla bred.
young lady be»«ma Ioanna
But that
The general gradually began auppoelng du*« do * prevent you from Inaletlng on tb»y may rom» a tu! go at pleasure.
»at iu«F'
"I cannot positively ««plain to you. that tba hunter bad only wished to fore* marrying bar. In contempt of all law. Within this bouse they may be fed In
but It will ba aufleteat for you to know him to abamlon Honora, and that. In da- divina and human, for Iba «Impla rewaon cold, an -wy weatbrr. writ*« T K Me
that my broth*»« ar* «ary Intimate with ■pair of carrying out hla plana advantage- that «ba la aoormoualy rich. It la true Grew, t'nltev! Htalrvi I >e;>artn>etit of Ag
a country nan of onra who takaa tba oualy in a city Ilk« Mexico, ba waa pru
that the young lady dowa out love you. ricotture In tbe cold northern climat«
dently keeping aloof, and If he had not ■ nd navar did lore you; It la also true of Canada one <»f tbe most atewMaful
great *«t Intaraaf to you."
"That la atranga," «old r«»na Anita, completely rvnouticad hla vengeance, dr- that bar father Intend«] bar for a not her. turkey growers haa a double Inclosed
(«tialug. "1 never knew but on* Frarvh eumatancea at any rata. Independent of • nd that oilier you Inaiat oa declaring to
ai-artmrvit liouve for bls breeding atnek
man. and I Kara told you tba and story hla will, compelled him to defer II.
be dead. altb->ugh he I» aliv«. ! nfortu
’H»e general ao aovn •■ be waa willed nately, ona of my Intimata frlenda, of In winter, connected with which la an In
which waa tha cauaa of all tba mlafor
tunaa that overwhelmed ma.
Who can In the capital ot Maxlco. organised a band whom you probably never heard. Kenor cb-aed run that will protect them from
thia (ootlaman ba »ho taka* ao Healy an of highly |«ld aplea, who had order« to I »on Heraplo de 1« l<oo<ia. baa beard thia th« elements, at the w*n»r tima furnish
l»a eonetantly on watch, and Inform him affair alluded lo
Ing <q>t>ortunlty for o|ien air ex erri wa
tntaraat In ma do you know hlmF‘
I will tell you coafi
"Vary allgbtly," tba young lady an of Valentine'« arrival.
dentlally tlmt l*un He rapio la greatly ra- during tbe day Tbla hind of bouae la
Haven or eight daya bad elat-ead. Gen
•warad. »Itb a blush. "but aufllcUotiy to
apei-trd, and haa vary considerable power
ba aid« »» aaour« you that be )- m aaea Guavraro, after a long conversation with i»on Heraplo, I koow not why. taken an
a notda heart
11« dum not know you Ool. I ton J alma Lupo, I ton Hlrvan and lattgwl ta Dam Am-«, and haa made
parootially ; but." aha added, aa aha draw two or three other« of bl« moot faithful op hla mind, whether you like It or no*, to
a lattar from bar boaorn. "aball I road a [«trtiaana a conversation In which the marry her to the man abe lovao."
paaaa«« In my brotbar'a lattar which ra final arrangement« ware made for tba pro
"Tha villain la dead," tha general ax-
nunciameuto which waa to ba attempted claimed. furiously.
fata to you and him?"
Immediately gave audleore to two of hla
"Pray read It, ciy dear llalana "
“You know to tba contrary." Heoor
"I.Iatan, L*MM>. ‘Valentina )>•<• 'a*, dmr apiee. who aaaurad him that the person Valaotina anawarad, "but to r«mova any
aiatar. to sab you to tall your friend that wboaa movements they war« ordered to doubts you might «till happen to have,
tba confmat.r aba a«k<-d for will coma to watch bad not yet arrived In Meilco.
I will give you tba proof. I »on Martial,"
When the hour for going to the tba
the con rant thia awry day. liotia Anita
he Mid aloud, "come lu. pray, and tall
muat arm bsroelf with courage, for aba • ter arrived, the general prepared to be Gen. Guerrero yourself that you ara no*
»111 learn today soma news ptteeeaalng present at an extraordinary performance, dead."
ImmeiuM Importance.'
Thia la under but at tha moment wban be wae about to
"Oh !" tba general muttarad furiously,
ooon n xxtt not ax.
Hnad." the young lady adtled. pointing to giv* orders fur hla carrlag«. the door of "thia mao la a demo»."
m<>«t
useful
In cold climat«», but It
tba aentenco with tba tip of bar rosy the room. In which ba waa alttlng. opaned.
At thia moment tha door «penad and
finger.
might be uae<! In all iocalltlr-a and pre
and a footman appeared on the threshold, a new peraooaga -ntered tbe room.
vent midnight mamuders uf all kind«
(To ba continuad.)
TTiat la atning«," |h>na Anita mur- with a raeiwdful buw.
"What do you want?” tha general
from carrying away tha turkey»
•»urwl "Ates' «hat />»«• ran I learnf"
"Who knows F' aald bar young com aakad.
BACON AND EOG« A TAVOB.ITK
"Kicallency," tha valet replied, "a
Bhae* as* «aeetarle« tn* Aalawala.
panim
"'Before all. Delta Anita muat
caballero
dee
I
roe
a
few
mlnuta«'
canvar-
be prudent; and however extraordinary
In Bohemia wtu-n gi-es»- are to t*
Fwoa K*e*rf. «> l»vaatl«ati»«, Alaa
what aha bear« may appear to her, «he aatlon with you."
drltvn long distances to market they
rt«a« !>»»••* fwe < bewwa.
"At thia hour," tba ganarnl aald. look
muat be careful to con<-«al the effect pro
'Tall ma wbat a man eatA," aald are ab.<l for tba journey The mctlmd
dured by thia revelation. for aha muat Ing at tha clock, "impoaalbla, anyone you
Goethe, “and 1 will tell you wbat be of ahoclng la •■ aingde aa It la rffer-tlva.
out forget that If alia baa devoted frien.U, know, laldro?"
"No. axcellancy ; he la a caballaro whom la." Thl« Is true aa well of nattuoa. Tha g»vwa are made to walk r*t<es(<•!!/
aha la clooely watched by all powerful
I
have not yat bad tha honor of awing Food play* such a prominent rule in over patettra uf tar mixed with aaial.
anenilea, and the allghteat Imprudence
human Ilf« nnd la such a mighty fac Tills forma a band cruat on tl»elr fret,
would bopelaealy neutrallae all effort«.' In tba bouse."
"Hum." sold tha general, «baking hla tor In hu:uan vxlstencw that tbe view« which enablea thou to walk long dla
The reat," the maiden added, with a
bead thoughtfully, "Is he a gentlemanT" of G Q. Nottcr, an expert In mat' »™ lances without loiwulng fUotaoro.
am lie. "only relate« to wyaalf."
"That I can aaaura your axcellancy;
At tbla moment the lay elater, who had
Evon more useful than abore for
of fiwxj. on th« favorite d I ali es of New
already Informed tha .Mother Superior ha told ma he had a moat Important cum
Yorkers are Inlenwlltig. »ay« tba New g»*»« are th« ap«ct»,'l«s worn by tbv
munlcatlon to mak«.“
of tba arrival of I Hen Serapio de la lion
York World. Mr. Nottar ta at pranaut cow« that food ou the Ituaalan atcfgiea.
de. appeared.
In tha general'« praaent poaltion. •■
preparing
a re|H>rt for tba government a region »bare tba auow lbw for alx
"Heuorlta,” abe aald, addreealtig Itona head of • conspiracy on th« point of
month« of tha year.
Helena. "our holy mother aldteaa alahee breaking out, no detail muat ba neglected, on tba cbeew Industry tn tbe United
Ttu-aa catlie pick up a living fn»m
HI
at»-«
ami
It
Is
hla
opinion
that
the
no
communication
dcepleaxi.
ao.
after
re
to apeak to you both, without delay.
Americana, naxt to tbe French and tlw the tufta of gn»M that emp up above
Ehe la waiting for you In her private call flecting a llttl«, ha continued :
“You ought to have told tha gentle H h I m . will become the grvntiwt cbemm rb« anew
Ttie min ohltiea ao daxxltigly
in tba company of a holy Franciscan
man that I could not racalva him so lata, manufacturers ami ctwoan eaters In th« u;>on tbe white aurface that many of
monk "
•nd that ha bad batter call again to
tlie anlmnla Buffered ft»m»rrly
fnon
They follcwad tha lay elater, who lol
world.
morrow."
•Bow-bllndnere It occurred to an In-
them to th« Mother Superior’« rail, and
"In
a
great
coonopolitao
city
Ilk«
"1 told him an, excwllancy."
dlarraetly withdraw on raaeblug th* door
New York." Mid Mr. Notter, "every geni >ua and human« Individual that
"And h* Inalatedr
“Coma, my child." eh* aald, aa aha
horn« haa Its own culalnw -American. thia aftuatlon might tw rnmadted ; ao ha
"Havaral time«, axcallancy."
bald out bar arm« to Ilona Anita; "cutna
"Wall, do you know bls name, at French. Gwriuan, Italian or Hungarian, at once experimeated In the manufac
and thank heaven who haa deigned to
leaatr
ax Hie case may be
But In no other ture of amokecolored igsvlarlea that
perform a miracle on your behalf."
"When I asked tha cal«Haro for It, be city of the United Ntatra do foreigners might be adjuatm! to cattle. TIi* re
Tba maiden «topped through Involun
tary emotion, and ¡<--k;d wildly around •aid It waa use!e«a, aa you would not become •> quickly Auierbwntxv'd ; and sult waa aticxwaful and tba animate
know It."
her
At a algti from the able-ea the monk
American Idea« are quickly at^>>rbad w«>re naval much suffering.
"What a strange parson," tha general
rove, and throwing hark hla hood at
muttered to hlmealf; “vary good," ba and aaalmllnted In every borne what
Traaa Ueew at Night.
tha aame lima aa ho fell on hie kueeo !■»
I ban added aloud, "lead tba gen I Ionian to ever tbe original nationality may be
On« of the foreign agents of th« Bu
fore th« maiden, ha aald to her In a vole«
The
moot
favor««!
dishes
of
New
York
tha «mall mirror room, and I will ba
reau of Foreatry. now tn Tasmania, re
faltering with emotion •
with him Immediately.
ers I find are cgreala, vegi-tnblea, bam.
"Anita, do you rerognlae met"
porta aa tbe result of a »»rli-a of meaa
tuicou. vggw. fruit and chevwe
Poul
At the aound of thia voir«, who«« eym
urema-nta of growing apple and prer
CHAPTER XVIH.
try ami gam«, while popular, cannot trees and ruse and geranium bushes
pathetic note« made all the til-era of her
The mirror room waa an Immense always tw afforded by the maieww. ex
heart vibrate, the maiden auddenly drew
ars! other planta that Ni |wr cent of the
ber«elf bock, tottered and (all, aa abe ■ partinant. only ee pa rated from tha cor
cept occasionally on a Hunday or holi growth of tree« take« place between
«■red
gallery
by
two
antaneuiia.
It
waa
frantically «bricked out•
day, when chicken or turkey will ap midnight and d o'clock tn tba morning
furnished with princely luxury, and It
"Martial! oh. Martial!"
pear on the table. If I were to pick
waa
here
that
tba
general
gar«
tboaa
Tbe growth continues at a much dl
A aob burnt from
her overcharged
out ona favorite dish I would give the mlnlabe,! rate until 0 o'clock.
banquets
which
ara
«till
talked
about
in
After
bnaotn. and ehe buret Into tear«.
She
prrferrnor to bacon an«! eggs.
that It te very alight until noon, when
waa «aved. alnce the Irnmenee joy aha had the high Mexican circle«.
Thia room, maraly lighted by two lamps
"In tbe big botrla and restaurants It th« tree falls luto a condition of com
So eudilanly etperlanced had not killed
her The Tlgrero, aa weak aa the woman standing on a consola, was at thia moment Is different, however. Nearly every bo plete rent, testing until <1 o'clock. Than
tel am! rvetaumnt baa Its specialty, ttiara 1a a gradual renewal of the
he loved, could only find tear« to eipreea plunged luto a aeuil obscurity, when own
pared with tha other a part manta in the
all hla feeling«
which la the cvmiblncd work of the growth, which, however, does not be
mansion,
which
wars
full
of
Ilghta.
, "Anita." he cried. "! have found you
chefs and strwarvia. who are always come rapid until tba middle of the
A
gentleman
dmaed
In
full
black,
and
again at laat ; no human power aball asp
I night.
with tba rad ribbon of tha Legion of trying to find aomethlng different
• rata ua again."
Hunor careleaaly knotted In a buttonbola rvinemt>er aome time ago. wt»ru Mr.
"Navar. never!" «he murmured, aa «he of hla coat, waa leaning hla elbows oo Von Arnim waa the ateward of the Wal
■torse Faats.
let her head fall on tha young man'« the cousol* where the lamps stood, and
Hav« hla barueoa fit
dorf Aatorla, be s|ioke to ma about a
shoulder; "Martial, my balovad Martial, •armed ao lost In thought that when the
He'll teat much longer.
dinner party that he Iwd to prepar«.
protect me, eave ne!“
general enterad th« noto tha aound of hla ■ nd he did not have the least Idea of
Above all, don't overtax bls strength.
"Oh. yea I Will «ara you; angel of my ■taps, half subdued by tba petate«, did
Give him a little water very often.
where
be
was
going
to
get
all
tha
spw
Ufa" be axclalmad, looking up defiantly. not reach th* vlaltor’i ears and he did not
I ain't give him a big drink directly
"la that the prufietir* you promised turn to rec*tve him. I »on Helastlan. gf- ctaltlaa which «»war Tschlrky had put
ma?" the abbess «aid. Inttrpoaing. "Ke t*r closing tbe door behind him, walkrd on the elaborate menu. It wae In Feb- after a meal.
Iton't allow him to eat too faat
member the perils of every deerrlptlon toward his visitor, attempting to rocu*
uarjr, and among the dl«h«w on the
that surround you. and th« Implacable nlae him.
menu waa Argvnell a^-aragua
Mr. Evan scatter hla grain ou a clean floor
foea who have «worn your dawtructlon.
Don’t tx-at a stupid home that only
Tarhlrky cabled to Parla for thia vege
"I>on Valentin«!" ha aald.
lock up In your heart three feeling« which,
"Myself. Geueral,” replied tbe visitor, table and It was received In time for proven the driver's stupidity.
If rvvaaled before one of the count lew«
Stay with him while he la shod—
with an a 1 moat Imperceptible am lie and a the banquet.
•plea who watch you. would cauaa your
the aboer may bit him over tba bead,
profound bow.
“Another dish which la becoming very
death and that, per ha pa of the poor girl
ruining him.
"Pray alt down. May I offer you any
you loan"
popular la caviar, but frewb caviar la
rafraohmentsT"
A few days’ rest, with earth to stand
’Thank you. madam," tha Tlg»»m re
very expensive and only pnmilnent bo
"I will no* abuaa your patlenca, G*n
on. unshod, will do him more good
plied; "thank you for having reminded
tela
and
restaurant*
will
serve
It
at
than veterinary trvatuieut In many
me of th« part I muat play for a few •ral," aald Valentine. “I bava maraly
price« varying from fit to fil.fiO a por-
caaea.
day« longer. If I forget It for a few co»»« to propoaa a bargain."
Uon.
"A bargainT" Ih>n Kebaatlan exclaim
aaconda aubdttad by th» paaelon that da
A Uo«<l *praj Wlitir«.
"( bees*. e«i>eefally creamy cheese,
enure toy heart, I will henceforth adhere •d with aurprlae, "I do not understand
Taris grean does not dlaaulvo, but la
haa become a moat favorite fix»! with
to It carefully. Ito not leer laat I ahould you."
Imparil th« happlnrea that la preparing
"Allow ma, tn tha first plac«, to sx
tbe mooMA becauto peop** bave b» held In «u«|>ens1on In water, hence the
for ma; no, I will restrain my favllnga plain to you what our poaltion to sacb gun to recognise Its Dour tab I ng quail
water must be constantly agitated to
and let myealf be guided by th« couneel other la."
apply It The Ohio Kxj>rrlm«ut Htatloo
tie*.
of the «Incar« frlenda to whom I owe the
"Go on, sanor," tba general remarked,
"Among the vegetable« tbe potato I* recommend« a much cheaper mixture,
momenta of ineffable bappitieaa I am now with a «tulla.
still
king, nnd will no doubt remain ao which la aulutd« In eater. It te made
•»joying."
“In two word«, thia 1« your poaltion.
Feas, string bean«, by dloaolrlng two [munda of remmerclal
In the first place, you wish to ovarthro* for a long time.
"I now understand." ltona Anita ex
turnip«,
rie«
and
artichoke«
are also white arsenic and four pounds of car
General
H
-------
,
and
have
yourself
pro
elalmad. "th« myatari .ua hint« given me.
claimed
I'realdant."
favorite«,
and
endive,
a
Belgian
vege bonate of (washing) wida In two gal
Alaa ! m la fortune uta<la ma eueplcioua .
"Ah, ah," aald the general, with a table much used ■• a salad, la alao Ions of water. Use one and one half
K> forglva toe, holy mother."
”1 forgive you. my poor child." the forced laugh; "you muat know, señor, coming to the front. Tbla vagetabl«. pinta of tbla mixture to each barrto
abtwea anawarad ; "who could blame that In our bleoswd country this ambition waa practically unkn«wTi hare up to a 1 of Bordeaux mixture when spraying
la constantly attributed to all officers.
youF'
for blight and scab.
few years ago "
Ihxia Helena p r e«««! bar friend to bar Thia accusation, tbarafora, la not very
Mr.
Notter
added
that
while
Baria
•erioua."
heart without Baying a word.
Vina Fertlliatag.
"It would no* ba ao, If you limited Dindon. Berlin and Vienna hare *>m«
"Ob. no* our mlafortunea ar« at an
Grapevines usually need very little
excellent
reatauranta.
New
York
la
tbe
and, Anita." tha Tlgrero «»elalmad paa yourself to mere wishes, possibly lagiti-
manure other than mineral, and that
•Innately ; “wa have friends who will not mat* In tba present atat* ot tba couutry, plac« to get a square meal. and. ■■ for
chiefly potash. In European countries
abandon na In th« «upram« struggle we but, unfortonataly. It la no* ao."
cooking and aervlre» thia city aland«
It la tha habit of vtnayardteta to bora
"IVbat do you m«anT"
are engaging In with our common enemy."
unaun>aaae<L
tha pruning* each year an<! apply the
"I assn, pa oars I. that yon ars the
"Martial." the maiden replied, "I waa
•abrn
No other fwrtlllxar te need. In
weak hecauee I waa alow* but now that head of a oonaplrocy . that thia cooaplr
Dewwta» <»• t.tw«.
I know you If»«, ara near me to support acy, aseara) timas already a failure la
Timkin»--Tbeti you do not favor a fact atat-la manures ara objortad to, aa
ma, oh! If I war* to fall dead at tba feat Honora, you have ranewad In Mtiira, na
they maha th» vino« grow rank, sad tha
csxitral form of governmont!
•f my paroaeutor, I would not ba false dar alamo* InfaJllbl« condition« of sue-
Rimkin» 1 should aay not I mar fruit will lack th« flavor that balongs
to the oath I took to ba your« alone caoo. and whioh, la my opinion, would
to fruits whuas vln»s are only manured
ried a t • lap bon« girt, you koow.
Baltes Ing you dead, I remained faithful •nc.eod. bad I not r«aolvsd on causing
with th« aabaa Much of tbe excalience
I mean that, only a few
tn your memory , but 0<>w, If peraaeutioo them to fall
Expertencs la tba great baffier »f of French wines la possibly due to thia
aaaalled me, I abould fiad th« strength to day» ago. your conspirator« saaamblad In
Oaring use of manure
• velorto kept by • esrtala No Luancho. ■poculattoo.—Goruuuk
••daze U."
E...
I
Wtlhaat
ShSlt*.
Rttsalan exporters, to avoid an sires*
tve freight on egg* aa well as to avoid
toes from breakage and from »pilling
by beat. >hlp them without tbe »hell—
I. a., broken and the contents put up io
air tight block tin boxes, with or with
out salt, according to the taste uf tbe
cuatonier.
Each box contains several *gx* and
to sold by weight, tbe alxe running from
half a kilogram up to a |»ud isome l*i
kllogratua). Tbe prkw of the tetter te
5 ruble» Fur uaw In coohliig and f<>r
a limited time these tlnnad or preferred
eg<a aevm to answer very wail; that la
on tba continent, fur England doesn't
take kindly to them
laiudou. fur Io
•taitca, aaya tba Natloual Druggtet.
' which buys large quantltlre of IluaoJan
aggw pay« k ruble« a pud for tb«m
iagainst 5 for tha prre«r»«d eggs), be
•Id«« tbe weight of tbe ahalte and the
extra freight tariff on eggs
Each bloek tlu b- x of "cunwrved"
egg«, wbethev f half kilo (a kilo te a
little nxira than two ¡»ounda) or 2 pud
•txa, muat bear tba date and hour of
Its cloalng. thus guarding against get
ting ata)« eggs The amount of eggs
put up In buxoa and annually axportod
1« euormoua and constantly gruwing
Prepae'lew “• •«•«« •« »«•two.
Tbe Bureau of Animal Industry «*
th« !*e|>artmeot of Agriculture haa re
rently laaued an Interesting bulletin oa
th« relat1ve.pro|>ortlon of tba two sole«
of pigs at birth. Thia te Information
not heretofore obtainable, for the rea-
win that while tha herd books have
given tbe total number of pigs far
towed, the number of each art waa
glirn ..-oj f..r tb->*-*al«e<l.
I r-.<- re
port included I.4T7 llttere Tba nuralar
of boar pigs waa
tbe oumtar of
•owa •i.'E.’u Tlie average par »>» waa.
t<uare 4A1. aowa g.SM.
For all prac
tical pur|a>ar« tba «exes may be regard
ed as equal Io number at birth, al
though tbe tk*ara are avn tu be slightly
more numerous than aown Expressed
In tlie low ret terms of whole figure«,
the )>nq»-rtlon ataiete 201 boars to 2>«J
■own Tbe reaulta were gather«! from
twenty five Htatr« sim ! Terrltorlea and
represent ad eight breed*, with several
litters of grade« or mixed breeds
Tbe Aewar Wneaa.
He's a notable [ mm L
He ruins the cro|a.
In 1743 be appeared by mlllloM.
That was in struggling New Eng
land.
l»r. Bouton, of Vermont, saw ten
bushels In a heap.
The teat very serious onalnught was
made In IWfi
Ha feeds on th« succulent stalks of
«lw«(. coni, oats and the like.
Fortunately he haa a boat of nat
ural etiemlea.
Hla mamma te a light brown moth,
»ho laya her eggs In meadow graww».
In hla all weeks from egg to moth
fly be does hla great damage to tbs
precious cro(»a.
He's a juicy morsel for the meadow
lark, tbe bobolink, the blackbird, robin
redbreast and many others. The blacfc
beetle alao devcoire him wholesale.
T yr »« for Mul»< folia.
The common cottonwood te one of the
least useful trees for waate planting on
tbe farm, boewnaa» It mi.-wwls well only
In freah. motet »»Ila any»
A Keffar.
In Montana Fruit Grower. In the far
West It te a useful tree for planting In
•«•-png»- »i«>t» and It can t>e well grown
tn all motet aolla It te neither durable
nor strung, ao that Its principal value
te In Its rapid growth, giving an early
•upidy Of fuel Of the wltknvw the lead
Ing one te tbe common white willow,
which te ea;ie«-tal|y useful ■■ a wind
break, but the willow alao Itkre a moist
■oil. unfitting It for moat waste plant
ing.
liar
< aeriae.
Make of muslin or coaree unbleached
muslin six fart wide and a handy
co* »s.» i a.- it mt i a aairn
length tackad to a 2x2 pla«w ou each
■Ide, all but ■ middle ■¡‘•re, which
•bould be left toose for hand hoidn
Htraw. vine» or almost any litter which
te liable to »■attar, can b« carried
readily.
Weak«
ot
Value.
New Zealand fiax te one of a number
of wild weatda that yield tb»lr gath
erer« great wealth, aaya the Scientific
American.
Tbla flax, th« stn>ng»-«t
known, grows wild In marahew When
It te cultivated II dwindle« and Its fibers
berome brittle an«! valueleoa
Indian bernp grows wild, and out of
It haabeeoli. or kaef. Is tnada
Keef
looks Ilka flakes of chopped straw. It
te antoked In a pipe; It te eaten on
liver; It te drunk In water.
It pro
duces an Intense, a dwllrloua happlm-w» .
and among Orientate It la almoat aa
highly prised aa beer and whisky
with ua
The beat nutmegs are tbe wild ones
They grow throughout the Matey archi
pelago.
But tbe moat valuable wen! of all
thew wild growths la the ««»»el The
nitrate beds of Month America, which
«told eemethlng Itka
<««,«*> ■ year.
■ re nothlag twit beda of seaward decom
¡»»ard.
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I
RIOTING IN FRISCO
—
Street Car Barns Sceie ot Bloody
Shooting Affray.
TWO VERSIONS ARE GIVEN OUT
Union Mon Backed by Police Ars Oft
One Eide and Company On
Opposite Side.
S*n
Ftanciaco, Hept. 12.—On Mon-
-lay night a daaperats encounter oc
curred brtwe« n, on the one eld», men
employed by the Unite»! Kailways and
on the other strikingennnen and police.
Five men acre shot, two fatally, one of
the latter being the victim ot a shot
flrr-i by a pul iceman.
Tw<> ««Krtitita ot the affray l>*ve Ireen
furnish«*!, which are dirx-ciiy oppoan!
to each ollu-t in fixing ths blame lor
tbe riding. One accixn.t Is that given
by the policemen concerned in tha fua-
I llladr that was poured into th» lam! of
! employe» of the company, and th» oth
er 1s that <>f the railway official* who
' investigated the matter, aa they claim,
in aa thorough manner aa poMible.
Tire bl-«»ly battle start«»! ahortly
after midnight near the United Rail
road car barn at Twenty-fourth and
Utah .io. ts a: I, . ■ ».Leg to the
■tataCMRl •! lb» polfefi waa tM
-d a plot that has l*ctJ brewing among
Calhoun'a nonunion employee ft>r a
Couple 1 w<<eka. Il was the plan ot
tlie nonunion men to drive out the
union ph'keta w*o liave taken up quar
ters roar the mrlaru ai d have bren
houaeil in tenta there since the bagin
ning of the strike.
Just at tlie atr -kf of midnight a
Unltc-I Railroad« repair car waa run
out of the larlmrn. It waa manned by
a acore of arme-l strikebttaikeia, and ■•
il »i»e«-de<l ni'iaeleealy along the track«
in the direction of the union pickets all
light» were extinguiahed. When near
ly op|»»site the lento the first shout
were fired, strikebreakers say, by the
union pickets, the plcketo declare by
the armed men on the cars.
The version of the affair given out by
ths United Railroads p>*< ple di fleets
materially from the story of tbe [»dice,
and is in ¡art ■» follows:
“The story of a plot is ridiculous.
That repair car »«« first started out
from the cat tarn f< r the pur|»i»e of
making a -me necif«ary repairs to track«
■nd wire« injured during the day's run.
The men on tt at car when it first went
out were the regular repair gang.
There ware no gun fighters and not one
of the men was armed.
When they
paa««Ml ths tenta of union pickets rocks
were thrown, breaking every window,
■nd then shooting commenced from the
lent«.
“The men in the repair car rushed
bock to the larn for reinforcements and
a trailer leaded with armed men went
out to follow and protect the repair
crew on Its mvund trip.
Fire waa
O|»‘ned agnm when the two cars went
speeding past the union picket tenta
am! our men returned the fire."
SENATOR BORAH ARRAIGNED
Indicted for Conspiracy to Defraud
Government of Land.
Boise, Hept. 12.—Federal court has
opened here, and United States Senator
W. E B rah, charged with conspiracy
to defraud the government in the mat
ter of timlier lands, was arraigned be-
fore Judge F. H. Dietrich, where he en
tered a pl«w of not guilty. Frank Mar
tin, ex-atb-rney general of Idahc, joint
ly indicted with Mr. Borah, ass also
arraigned, but hia attorneys asked threw
daya in winch to tile plea inalmtement,
motion to quash the mdictinent or to
demur, h te aald that the attorneys
for Mr. Marlin will attack the conduct
of United State« Attoreny Buick before
the Fnletal grand jury, which returned
the Indictment against their client, tmt
it is the opinion they will have a hare!
time of it showing that Mr. Ruick did
not pro|»erly condncl himaelf in hie
effort* Io bring blalio land fraudcra to
justice.
I as Commissioner Nhort.
New Orleans, Hept. 12.—A 1100,000
• Irortagv* waa discovered today In the
accounts of the state tax «ximmissioner
of this city, and the |»»lice are sean-h-
Ing for Charles E latten, uhkf clerk
to State Tax Collator John Pitapat»
rick, who te charged with the defalca
tion. Thia is the third <1« fa leal ion in
six month« In the Louisiana tax depart
ment. The two pruviotu thortagM to-
taled nearly 1100,000.
There te no
clew tr> the whereabouto of latten.
He has held the position for 19 jeers,
end no bond can be found.
Convicts Are Put to Work.
Chicago, Kept. 12.—Convict labor
l.aa town trirel on public ini|>ruvemento
In Chicago lor the first time in tbe his
tory of the city, and has met with such
remarkable unceem that crimino).<iate
• nd public men declare it ha« opened
up ■ field of wonderful ponsibilittae.
Prisoners at the Bridewell have put
more tlian filfi.COO worth of improve
ment« on California avenue without
the cost of a cent to tbe city,
John
Whitman vupervlswl the work.
■«•ry.
Big Cudahy Plant Burned.
Fifty years ago George W. M'etael. of
Phitedelphia Hept. 12—The large
Rankolph. HL, bad rxwetwrry pt« for
his wadding dinner Th« other day hr plant f tl»e Cudahy Packing company
relabra tad bls golden wwddlng annl at Ninth Street and t.irnrd avenue was
Loes stoat
»ersary and had ai»<>tber gooseberry destroyed by fire t-day.
¡»to fur dinner
And the gooaatwrrlaa |20o.000. beef weighing 2B,000 pounds
The fire is believed to
grew oa the Mme bn«h froxu which tbe was drwtroyed.
firet pl« was ga Glared. — Louisiana have been canned by a spark from a
pacing locomotive.
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