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CHAPTER XVIII.
The Way of a Maid.
The Halfway House was an oasis In
the desert. To-day it wns an oasis
nnd a battle ground. Frnnkllu watched
Mary Ellen aB she passed quietly
about tho long, low room, ungaged In
household duties which she performed
deftly as any servant. He compared
these rude necessities with the asso
ciations amid w hlch he knew this girl
had boon nurtured, nnd the thought
gavo him nothing but dissatisfaction
nnd rebellion. Presently ho rose, and
xcuBlng himself, wont out to Join
Uuford at tho corral.
"Come," Mild the latter, "and I'll
show you around over our Improve
ments while we uro waltln' for a bite
to eat. If ever this land comes to bo
worth anything at all, we ought to
grow into something worth while."
"Yes." said Franklin, "it will make
you rich," and as they walked about
he pointed out with Western enthusi
asm the merits of the country.
The "bite to cat" was in time duly
announced by a loud, sonorous note
luat arose swelling upon the air. Aunt
Lucy appeared at the kitchen door,
her fat cheeks distended, blowing a
-conch as though this were Tidewater
wcr again.
Tin long table was spread in the
large room of general assembly, this
room being, as has been mentioned,
excavated from the earth, so that, as
they sat at table, their heads were
perhaps nearly level with the surface
of the ground. The short side wulls.
topped with a heavy earthen roof,
mode of this sort of abode n domicile
Tilde and clumsy enough, but one not
lacking in a certain comfort. In the
winter It was naturally warm, and In
the summer It was cool, the air.
caught at either end by the gable of
the room, passing through and afford
ing freshness to the somewhat cellar
.like interior. Cut off from the main
room were three smaller rooms, In
cluding tho kitchen, from which Aunt
Lucy passed back and fortli with mas
sive tread. Tho table wan no polished
mahogany, but was built of rough pine
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As though this wer
boards, and along it stood long
benches instead of chairs,
"You will oblige mo, captain." said
Buford as they rose from the table, "If
you will be so good as to drive Miss
Beauchamp over to the claim shanty
after a while.1'
Franklin assented to this proposi
tion with such eagerness that he
blushed as he saw how evident had
been his pleasure at this opportunity
for a moment's speech alone with tho
girl who sat so near but yet so unap
proachable. "I'll bo delighted," said
he.
Mary Ellen said nothing. The pink
spot In her cheek was plainly deeper.
It did not lessen as she stood watch
ing tho struggle tho two men had In
again hitching to tho buggy the wild
black horse. Seiging the tug with
one hand and tho singletree with tho
other, Franklin fairly swept the ob
durate beast off Its balanco as he
lorced it to Its place at the pole. H'.s
strength was apparent.
"Are you afraid to ride behind' that
horse?" asked he.
"I don't think so," she replied sim
ply, and her uncle helped her in, while
Franklin steadied the team. Yet how
Franklin hated the wild black horso
now! All the. way across the prairie
during tho short drive to the shanty
tho beast gavo him plenty to do to
keep It inside the harness, and ho
had no time for a single word. Tho
girl sat silent at his side, looking
Btralit ahead. At tho shanty he
helped her down. Ignorant, he saw
not tho talo of a bosom heaving, nor
lead correctly tho story of the pink
in the cheek. Ho believed rather the
import of a face turned away, and of
featuros set In a mask of repose.
Thoro had as yet been no word.
The claim shanty was indeed in
somo need of repair. One corner of
the roof had fallen In, carrying with it
a portion of the sod wall that made
the inclosure, and spilling a quantity
of earth in tho bed customarily occu
pied by Aunt Lucy when she "resided"
hero in company with her mistress In
their innocent process of acquiring
one hundred and sixty acres of land
apiece by means of a double dwelling
place.
In order to make the needed repairc
to the roof, it was necessary to lay
up again a part of the broken wall,
then to hoist tho fallen rafters into
place prior to covering tho whole
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AT THF,
HOUSE
ngaln with n doon laver of earth
Franklin, standing upon a chair, put
his shoulders under the sagging beams
nnd lifted them and their load of dis
arranged earth up to the proper level
on the top of the wnll, while Uuford
built tinder them with sods. It wan
no small weight that he upheld. As
he stood he caught an upturned tell
tnle glance, a look of sheer feminine
admiration for strength, hut of this
lie could not be sure, for It passed
fleetly us it came. He saw "only the
look of unconcern nnd henrd only the
conventional word of thanks.
As Mary Ellen stepped Into the
buggy for the return home her face
had lost Its pink. One of the mys
terious revulsions of femininity had
set In. Suddenly, it seemed to her.
she had caught herself upon the brink
of disaster. This tall and manly man,
she must not yield to this Impulse to
listen to him! She must not suc
cumb to this wild temptation to put
her head upon n broad shoulder and
to let it llo there while she wept and
rested. To her the temptation meant
r personal shame. She resisted It with
all her strength. The struggle left
her pale and ery calm. At last tho
way of duty was cloar. This day
should settle It once for nil. There
must bo no rcnowal of this man's suit.
He must go.
It was Mary Ellen's wish to be
driven quickly to the house, but she
reckoned without tho man. With a
sudden crunching of tho wheels the
buggy turr-'Ml and spiju swiftly on.
headed directly away from home. "I'll
just take you a turn around the hill,"
said I-'rnnkllii, "and then we'll go in."
"It isn't the way home," said Mary
Ellen.
"I can't help It." said Franklin.
"You are my prisoner. I am going to
take you to the end of the world."
"It's very noble of you to take me
this way!" said the girl with 3Com.
"What will my people think?"
"Let them think!" exclaimed Frank
lin desperately. "It's my only chance.
I can't do without you! It's right for
us both. You deserve a better life
than this. You, a Beauchamp, of the
e Tidewater analn.
old Virginia Keauchamps good God!
It breaks my heart!"
"You have answered yourself, sir,"
bald Mary Ellen, her voico not steady
as she wished. "I live out hero on
the prairies, far from home, but I am
a Beauchamp from old Virginia."
"And then?"
"And tho Beauchamps kept their
promises, women and men they al
ways kept them. They always will."
"I know," :;ald Franklin gently. AI
Would rely on your word forever. I
would risk my life and my honor In
your hands. I would believe in you
all my lite. Can't you do as much for
me? There Is no stain on my name.
I will love you till tho end of the
world. Child you don't know "
"Ah. you have your answer! Now.
listen to me, Mr. Franklin. I shall
keep my promise as a Beauchamp
should as a Beauchamp shall. I have
told you long ago what that promise
was. I promised to love, to marry
himMr. Henry Fairfax years ago.
I promised never to love any one else
so long as I lived. He he's keeping
his promise now back there in old
Virginia, now. How would I bo keep
ing m!no how nm 1 keeping mine,
now, even listening to you so long?
Take mo back; take mo home. I'm
going to going to keep my promise,
sir! I'm going to keep it!"
Franklin sat cold and dumb at this,
all tho world seeming to him to have
gone quite blank. He could not at
first grasp this sentence In Its full
effect, it meant so much to him. Yet.
rr his fashion, ho fought mute,
struggling for some time before he
dared trust his voice or his emotions.
"Very well," he said. "I'll not crawl
not for any woman on earth! It's
over. I'm sorry. Dear little woman.
I wanted to be your friond. I wantod
to take care of yen. I Wantod to love
you and to fee If I couldn't make a
future for us both."
"My future is done. Loave me.
Find some one else to love."
"You woro tho only one," said
Franklin slowly, "and you always will
be the only one. Good-bye."
It seemed to him he heard a broath,
a whiapor, a soft word that said "good
bye." It had a tondarnoss that set n
lump In his throat, but It was fol
lowed almost at once with a calmer
commonplace. "Wo mi3t go back,"
said Mary Ellen. "It is growing
dark"
Franklin wheeled the tonm sharply
about toward the house, which was
Indeed becoming indistinct In the fall
ing twilight. As the chicle turned
about, the crunching of the wheels
started n great gray prairie owl. which
rose allnost beneath the horses' noses
nnd flnpped slowly off. The appari
tion set the wild black horso Into n
Midden simulation of terror, as though
ho had never before seen an owl upon
the prairies. Bearing nnd plunging,
ho tore loose the hook of one of tho
Flngletrees, nnd In a ilRsh stood half
free, at right angles now to the e
hlclo Instead of at Us front, and strug
gling to break loose from the nopk
yoke. In a flash Franklin saw that
ho was conlronted with nn ugly acci
dent. Ho chose tho only possible
course, but handled tho sltuntlon In
tho beV possible way. With u sharp
cut of the whip ho drove tho attached
horse down upon the one that was
half free, and started the two off at
a wild race down tho steep coulee,
into what seemed sheer blnckness and
immediate disaster. In some way,
stumbling and bounding and lurching,
both horses and vehicle kept upright
all tho way down tho steep descent, a
thing which to Franklin later seemed
fairly miraculous. At tho very foot
of the pitch tho black hcrso foil, tho
buggy running full over him nn he lay
lashing out. From this confusion, In
somo way never quite plain to him
self, Franklin caught tho girl out In
his arms, and tho next moment was
at the head of the struggling horses.
And so good had been his training
at such matters that it was not with
out method that ho proceeded to quiet
the team and to set again In partial
order the wreck that had been cro
ated In the gear. In time ho had tho
team again in harness, and at tho
bottom of the coulee, where the
ground sloped easily down Into tho
open valley, whence they might
emerge at the lower level or tho
prairie round about. He led the team
for a distance down this floor of tho
coulee, until ho could see tho better
going in tho Improving light which
greeted them as they came out fiom
the gullyllke defile. Ho did not like
to admit to ills compnnion how great
had bec'.i the actual danger Just In
curred, though fortunately escaped.
Franklin was humiliated and ashamed,
as a man always is over nn cccident.
"Oil. It's no good saying I'm sorry,"
ho broke out at last. "It was my
fault, letting you rido behind that
brute. Thank God, you'ro net hurt!
I'm always doing somo unfortunate,
Ignoble thing."
"It wasn't Ignoble," said the girl,
and again ho felt her hand upon his
arm. "It was grand. You wont
straight, and you brought us thrdugh.
I'm not hurt. 1 was frightened, but I
am not hurt."
"You've pluck," said Franklin. Then,
scorning to urge anything further of
hio suit at this time of her disadvan
tage, though feeling a strnngo new
sense of nearness to her, now Hint
they had seen this distress In com
mon, he drove home rapidly us he
might tl'roiigh the gathering- dusk,
anxious now only for her comfort. At
the house lie lilted her from the bug
gy, and as he did so kissed her
cheek. "Dear little woman," he whis
kered, "good-bye." Again he doubted
whether he had heard or not the soft
whisper ot a faint "Good-bye!"
"But you must come In," she said.
"No, I must go, Make my excuses,"
ho said. "Good-bye!" The horses
sprang sharply forward. Ho was
gone.
In her own little room Mary Ellen
sat, her face where It might have been
Keen In profile had there been a light
or had the distant driver looked round
to see. Mary Ellen listened listened
until she could hear hoof and wheel
no more. Then she cast herself upon
the bed, face downward, and lay mo
tionless and silent. Upon the llttlo
dresser lay a faded photograph, fallen
lorwnrd also upon its face, lying un
noticed and apparently forgot.
(To be continued.)
WAY TO ACQUIRE ELOQUENCE.
Former Governor Black Did It Try.
ing to Sell Sewing Machines.
Ex-Goveinor Frank S. Black became
governor r New York through his
eloquence. AVhen he took tho gavel
as temporary ehnlrmnn of the repub
lican state convention of 1800 his
name hnd not even been suggested
for the nomination. After his open
ing speech, noveer. tho whisper
went around among the delegates,
"What's the matter with Black for
governor?" The following dny tho
regular candidates wero dropped and
Mr. Black was nominated. After the
convention Mr. Black told somo
friends how he acquired his elo
quence. "When I was n young man," he said,
"I went down from Troy to New Eng
land to make my fortune. I soon
found that fortune was not running
after me, and, whon my funds ran
low, I took the only Job in sight--that
of agent for a sewing machine.
I traveled through the country dis
tricts selling machines, and In that
way built up whatever eloquence I
possess. You have no idea how hard
It was to sell a machine in tho back
woods In those days. Somo of tho
farmers thought they woro inven
tions of tho tovil, while othors re
garded them Ai swindling devices.
Holding a convention spellbound is a
cinch comparen to the difficulty I had
In convincing a. fnrmor that a bewing
machine was a good thing." Success.
Distilled Spirits.
The spirits distlllod In tho Unltod
States for the fiscal year amounted to
141,000,000 gallons; an Increaso of 13,
000,00 gallons over tho previous ) ear,
a'though tho number cC dlstill-ntcs di
minished (97.
NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA'S GAMBLING LAWS.
Defects "that May Render Them Uiv
, constitutional.
LINCOLN Defects In Nebraska's
gambling laws may render them un
constitutional and then tho state would
bo n parudlso for gamesters.
An cxnminnlion or the rocords at
tho office of the secretary of state hns
rovealed tho fact that nn amendment
to tho title of the net of 1887 wns not
copied In the Journal of tho proceed
lnga, probably rendering tho niuonil
monts void. There nre no gamblers In
the penitentiary at present, but should
one bo soul thoro linhons corpus pro
ceedings would at onco bo started.
The law amended Is sections 211 and
215 of the coda of criminal procedure
relating to gambling and the keeping
of gaming tables, devices and mn
chines of any description. Previous
to 1SS7 the penalty for gambling was
a flno of not exceeding $100 or Im
prisonment in the county jail not more
Innii throe months. Tho penalty for
keeping a gaming tablo was n flno of
not Iors than $50 nor moio than S100.
The legislature of 1887 amended this
law. tho net being known ns senate
file DS of that session. This bill was
introduced under tho tltlo ot "A bill
for nn net to amend sections 211 nnd
215 of the crlminnl code." Under this
tltlo It was read three times nnd pass
ed by tho senate. No nmoudmont to
tho title appearing in tho records of
the proceedings of the senate, It wns
rend In tho houso under Hie title "A
bill for nn act to amend sections 214
nnd 215 of te criminal code and to
provide for tuo recovery of money or
other property lost In gnmbllng."
Tho Journals of tho house and son
nto fnll to dlscloao whon this amend
ment to the tltlo was made. The bill
wns then road in tho houso for the
third time and passed under tho or
iginal title. It was then presented to
tho governor under tho title "A hill
for nn act to nmond sections 214 and
215 of tho criminal codo nnd to pro
vide for tho recovery of money or
other property lost In gnmbllng, and
to repeal said original sections." Tho
Journals of both houso nnd somite fail
ed to show whore this last clause or
iginated. Tno law as aignod by tho
governor nnd as at prosont on file In
the secretary's office bears this lattor
tltlo.
Skin Grafted Six Times.
NEBKASKA CITY Word has boon
received from Omaha that Miss Olllo
Holbrook has undergone tho sixth op
eration In skin grafting to have her
head covered. She had her scalp
torn orf on Christmas morning nnd
tho physicians In the hospital whore
she was tnkon from lore have been
trying to cover the head with skin
over since. All of the grafts that
they have put on from tho bodies of
other persons have sloughed off nnd
now they are grafting from her body,
cutting the flesh from lor limbs.
Mourn Death of Dr. Swencon.
OAKLAND Dr. E. J. C. Sward of
this city received a telegram from A.
J. Colson of Omaha, now In Los An
gelos, Cal.. stating that Dr. Carl Sv.W
son, presldont or Bethany college at
Lynchburg, Kan., died in Loa Angclos
very suddenly of pneumonia. Dr.
Swenson is well nnd favorably known
here, as In his connection with tho
Lutheran church ho has visited here
frequently nnd nlso mndo several
speeches hero during presidential cam
pnigns. Saved Boy from Death.
NEBRASKA CITY A young son of
Mr. and Mrs. William Clinkenbtard
tried to bonrd a moving train at the
H. & M. passenger depot nnd fell un
der the car. Yard Master Jock GIr
ardy chanced to bo standing near at
hand and rescued tho llttlo-one just
as the wheels or one of tho coaches
caught his clothing.
Brief in Lillle Case.
Hnnior & Humer, nttorncys for Mrs.
LIIllo, chnrgod with tho murder of her
husband, navo filed In tho supreme
court a second brief 'In defense of their
client. In it they stato thero is noth
ing to sustain tho contontion of the
state that she killed her husband.
They contend that LIIllo was shot from
the west side of the bed nnd this,
they claim, shows that Mrs. LIIllo did
not do tho shooting. They claim fur
ther that Mrs. 1.1111b was veil able to
pay all tho bills that Bhe had contract
ed by her deals on tho board of trade
nnd therefore the facl that her bus
band's lifo was Insured would not do
for a motive ror the deed.
New Mill for Fremont.
FREMONT Articles or incorpora
tion of tho Hoyston Milling company
wero filed In tho office or the county
ciork. The capital stock is $50,000,
divided into shares of $100 each.
Flags r.t Half Mast.
As an oxprosBfon or sorrow nt the
death or Senator M. A. Hanna the flog
oyer tho state houso at Lincoln was
kopt at hair mast for several davs.
Not a Candidate for Senator.
LINCOLN D. E. Thompson, minis
ter to Brazil, Is not a candidate ror
United States senator, and in his stato
inont announcing this, publlshod in his
paper, tho Lincoln Star, he conies out
for an unmontlonablo Lincoln man
Perkins Out for Delegate.
ST. PAUly Clark Porklns, editor or
tho St. Paul Republican, has announc
ed himself as a candldato for delegate
from the Sixth congressional district
to the national republican convontion
at Chicago.
STATE NEWS
THE STATE AT LARGE.
Jules Lombard, tho sweet singer of
Omnha. has been ndmlttod to practice
before ho supronio court.
Congressman Hlnshnw has recom
mended the reappointment of Wll
linin Royor as-postmaster at Seward.
W. A. Uourley. a sewing machine
petldtcr, was arrested nt Edgar for in
sulting women and fined for the of
louse. Earl Kluck. the !)-year-ohl son of
Climtnvo Kluck, living two miles north
or Hlehland, had his hand badly hirer
nted In tl I cogs of a toed grinder.
The Missouri Pacific Railway com
puny have been hnvlng a grcnt deal of
trouble this winter locating the thieves
that hnvo been robbing their cars nt
Nebraska City,
Captain Brndncr D. Slaughter, pay
master, has been ordered to Omnha to
repot t to the commanding -general of
tho department of the Missouri for
duty in thai city.
The ladles of Albion gave a leap
year euchre party and dance In the
opera house. Tho whole affair wnn
nmnaged by the ladles of Albion, with
out tho assistance of a mnn.
Gustavo WIck or Gonova, who has
tho hallucination Hint unknown per
sons nre trying to hypnotise him. wnu
adjudged Insane by (he commissioners
nnd taken to the state nsylum.
Preparations Tor the meetings to he
hold March 20 to 31 by tho four teach
ers' associations of the state are about
completed nnd most Interesting pro
grams have been prepared for each.
By the turning of n truck at the do
pot in Nebraska City tWouty-ooven
casps or eggs that wero consigned to
the cold storage company thero nnd
in chnrgo or tho express company were
wrecked.
Henry Orrell, who la charged with
burglarizing n iitore tit Berlin, wont
bororo Judgo Jessen nt Nebraska City
nnd pleaded guilty to the chnrgo nnd
was sentenced to one your In tho pen
itentiary. Mayor A. M. Andcrr.on of Tckamah
hns called n mass meeting nt tho court
house to consider tho ndvlsabillty of
starting a movement to build a new
court houso for Burt county In tho
near future.
Chairman Hall of tho democratic
state central committee lias called n
meeting or that body at Lincoln,'
.March 15, at 8 o'clock p. m., to con
sider tho time and placo or holding a
stato convention.
Tho smallpox quarantine nt tho
Shelby hotel was raised February 15.
Charlea DeVnnt, tho proprietor, wns
tho only ono that had tho disease, i.ut
Mv other persons stayed at tho hotol
all tho time bo was sick.
Robert McCleary fell from n load of
hay at Hogers and suffered Internal
Injuries which caused death in n few
minutes. Whon picked up he was un
conscious and could not toll how it
happened. No ono saw him fall.
A Silida (Colo.) dispatch says: S.
M. Allcnder nnd Ills son Earl, arrested
for keeping two Nebraska girls ror im
moral purposes, wero hold ror trial In
tho district court. Tho Itntckin girl's
homo Is in Nobrnska City and the
Murnhy girl's home is in Omaha.
Word has Just boon received by tho
sheriff of Burt county that 'Goorgn
Keolor. Samuel T. BulIIs and Thomas
Gray, tho parties who It Is supposed
robbed one ol tho Lyons, Nob., banks
a month or so ago, had been arrested
In Kansas City and would bo hold lor
tno olllclnln.
Regent Parker K. Holbrook or On
nwa, ProL C. C. Nutting, professor or
zoology and curator of the museum,
and Architect Proudfoot will leave
soon for the oast, whero they go to
observo the museum buildings of the
largo eastorn Institutions that the
now museum building which the uni
versity is soon to erect may be built
along tho linos approved by tho great
est talent tho United States affords.
John Trimble, n well known farmer
living sovoral mlloa south of Hum
boldt, sustained n sovero Injury in the
overturning of a load .or hoy upon
which he wns riding. Who he Baw tho
load wns slipping he jumped to tho
ground, crushing his loft nnklo so that
the bones protruded through tho
flesh.
W. F. Jo3Sii, a Burlington brake
man, had a narrow escape from death
nt Columbus. While nwltchlng nt
Pleasant Dalo he lost his balanco nnd
foil from tho top of a car while it
was in motion. Ho was so badly
stunnod by the fall that ho was unable
to crawl off tho track,, but tho engi
neer succooded In stopping the car
within a foot or his bodv
Tho Nebraska supreme court has
emphatically decided that a wire may
teHtiry to tho oxuet ago or hor hus
band ovon ir sho woro not actually
prosont nt his birth. This decision
was fllod In tho caso or Mrs. F. Bartes
or Colfax county against tho Ancient
Order of Unltod Workmen. Her hus
band was accused by the order of mis
stating his ago and the wife was the
only witness. The district court ro
rusod her testimony, but the supreme
court reversod.
Towns or villages must not aid a
private person or corporation In tho
construction or water works. The su
premo court declared an Issue of $4,
000 in bonds issued by the village of
Grant, Perkins county, void nnd I. W.
Shnrrill, tho purchaser, will lose the
amount unpaid.
Tho Duroc-Jersey hog sale by
George Briggs & Son, held at tholr
rami 'near Harvard, Is reported to
havo made an average or a little more
than SCO each. This Is considered ono
or the boat sales had and attracted
many buyetd from various patts of
the state.
rf3mS.l MV
A&icumm
Know the Weeds.
This Is more important than it
scorns nt first sight. Not until &
fnrmor learns something nbout tho
weeds on his farm; their life, hnhlta
and tho injury they nro doing, will ho
bo interestod enough to try nnd erad
icate them, says I'rofossor L. II. Wal
tlron or tho North Dakota station.
Tho quantity of woods upon mnny of
tho Indlnna' fnrm3 In this stato Is
notorious and it Is horo that wo find
tho knowledge in regard to weeds,
and consequently tho interest taken
in tholr removal, nt its lowest ebb.
It is whon wo And tho wood question
becoming n part of tho farmor's con
science, a pnrt of his moral llfo, that
wo hnvo great Lopes for tho futuro of
that man's farm. This can come about
only through tho channel of educa
tion. An observing fnrmor learns in
two or thrco years tho woods that nro
most abundant upon his farm, also
thoso that nro doing him tho greatest
nmount of dnmago. IIo can also learn
tho names of theso upon inquiry, or
they can bo sent to tho experiment
station, whoro information concerning
thorn will bo cheerfully furnished.
A piece of land is infested with n
certain kind of wood which bocomos
moro nbundant than nil other kinds.
Tho method of rotation tho farmer is
using incrcasos rather than decreases
tno weed. If ho knows tho habit of
this weed ho can chnngo his rotation
soon enough to prevent its becoming
very nbundant. If ho knows tho ap
pearance of tho Rood, ho will quit
sowing grain containing that weed
seed. An cxnmplo come under tho
writer's observation somo tlmo ngo.
A pteco of land was infested with wild
morning glory or bindweed. This
wood Is a poronninl nnd Bproads by
means of deop-soatod underground
stems. Tho land had been seeded for
several years in such a wny as not to
hinder tho growth of this weed. By
tho middlo of Juno tho morning glory
had almost cgmploto possession of
tho field nnd from that tlmo the wheat
crop was doomed. Had tho farmer
known this weed and tho naturo of
it n fow ycnrB ago, ho could havo got
ton rid of It without muca trouble,
whereas now tho land is practically
worthless and n largo amount of labor
will bo nccossnry to exterminate it.
If every fnrmor know tho Canada this
tlo on sight and kopt n sharp lookout
for it, many of tho thistle pat.hos
could bo gotten rid of easily ; but, tho
plants becomo deep-rooted urtor four
or flvo years nnd difficult to Eradicate
t
', The Wheat Crop, 19C3.
Below wo give, by Btates and terri
tories, tho yields or winter nnd spring
wheat, for tho year 1903, as compiled
by tho United States Department of
Agriculture.
WINTCK IUAT.
GUitc and Tor- "
ritories. Acrcncc.
Produc,
tion.
rJlu$htli
9,6S.1,8r
1.583.354
2(5,033,4 U
1,1G7,7M
10.J2O.S38!
C.999.640
a.22i,G0tl
l,75fl,G9
1,859,71(
Acrtt.
Ttuitt
cwyork
New Jersey
Pennsylvania ...
Delaware ,
Maryland
Vlrtrlnla
North Carolina .
South Carolina .
Oeorsla
644,039
113,4.
l-,C69,l3t
114,451
m,K7
Wt.557
fi.13,00)
270.201
-Horina
lAIabsma ,
WUsUsippI
Louisiana
'.Texai
'Arkansas........
1,020.410
23.552
19"8807;J
1,922.578.
7.C93.070
4.128.6071
7.728,235-
28,303,51.'.
15,621, MK
23,994.030
16,571.910-
2.4G9.782,
"i!2744fl6;
22.191,614,
M, 310,014
35.809,3021
2.682,939
7.517.179)
6.957,.Vil
20.926, 19.1
24.4S2.6T7
2 996 292
I 3,9
1,483,395
274, CM
1 nfii ii
ilVeit Virginia"" ( UwRJ
.Kentucky v 9a.028
f)h!n O Ar. orl
Tennessee
Ohio
2.0M.950
Michigan...
Indiana ....
Illinois
Wlvcoukln..
Minnesota..
Iowa.. ..
Missouri....
Kansas ..
J .001, ooi
2,399.401
1.972.RJ0
1W.764
eo.i.'ic"
2,531.105
5.951.118
.Nebraska .
i 183. 494
Idaho -f 127,759
Bainirion
373,989
Qlegoii k TC8.12fi
jij ;i
California f 1.8W.410
Oklahoma 1,61.1,130
inuian Territory". 219, cu
. United States :12. 510.510
T 8!7 250
CPIU.NO WHEAT,
States and Ter- Acreaee,'
ritories.
Yield
per
acre.
Produc
tion.
Acrts
- 8,112
' i'.7fb"
40J.80J
, I t'Xi.Slo
Hum I,
25.5
JO''
It 6
It 1
12 1
lUuhrlt
207, 3&
"".i5'G97
5,895 55.1
70.60.'. 597'
I
3 913.51 J(
6 m.253
47.252,994
&5.240,VtO'
2.781,327
473 710
7.421.W
822.701
.483,961
4.156.072
591,358
2.445.0U
12.4C9.1G1,
ft431,2IS
Maine...........
New Hampshire
Vermont
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Missouri.
Kansa....
.Nebraska
South Dakota...
North Dakota...
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado...
New Mexico....
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
Idaho.
Washington
Orecon.
California
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
1 United States .
220.0
. ,'iO.I.MO
. .1,421. ISO
. 4.349,6.-).'
98.735
22.607
2;!'.w
41.712
19.129
1M.897
21.426
.' 114,791
. 'UW,2o2
316.&.15
17,1
12.0
11 8
12 7
V8.2
20 9
20 6
H 4
25.3
22 0
27.6
21 .:v
20.5
17.3
16.93J 457
14 0 i237.M.AS5
Go to the country whoro man lives
close to nature's heart; study him as
ho there meets tho problems of llfo,
and you will find literature which is
realistic in tho best and truest sense.
Men of tho country aro to our national
lifo what tho steel frame is to our
mighty stone or brick structures when
the crisis comes that shakes the na
tion to Its foundation. It is tho loyal
hearts and clear brains of the country
folks which savo it from destruction,
(Ian McLaren) Uev. John Watson.
Farmyard manure Is a universal far-
! tllizor, suiting all crops, climates and
J soils. In the case of leguminous crops
i whero great difficulty has been ox.
perienced In arranging satisfactory
artificial mixtures, farmyard manure
has always given excellent results.