CHAPTEU XI —(CoSTiaosn.)
Upon returning to his senses he told
me, with great excitement, that he had
again seen Madeline; moreover, this
time he had seen a man with her—a
man who had placed his hand upon
her wrist and kept it there; and so,
according to Carriston’s wild reasoning,
became, on account of the contact, visi
ble to him.
He told me he had watched them for
:some moments, until the man tighten
ing his grip on the girl’s arm, endeav
ored, he thought, to lead her or induce
her to follow him somewhere. At this
juncture, unaware that he was gazing
at a vision, he had rushed to her assist
.ance in the frantic way I have de
scribed—then he awoke.
- He also told me he had studied the
man’s features and general appearance
most carefully with a view to future
recognition. Ail these ridiculous state
ments were made as he made the for
mer ones, with the air of relating sim
ple, undeniable facts—one speaking the
plain, unvarnished truth, and expecting
full credence to be given to his words.
XII.
T was too absurd!
too sad! It was ev
ident to me that the
barrier between
his hallucinations,
dreams, visions, or
whatever he chose
to call them, and
pure insanity, was
now a very slight
and fragile one.
But before I gave
bis case up as hopeless I determined to
make another strong appeal to his com
mon sense. I told him of his cousin’s
visit to me—of his intentions and prop
osition. I begged him to consider what
consequences his extraordinary beliefs
and extravagant actions must eventu
ally entail. He listened attentively and
calmly.
“You see now,” be said, “how right I
was in attributing all this to Kalph
fair is ton—how right I was to come to
you, a doctor of standing, who can
vouch for my sanity.” *
“Vouch for your sanity! How can I
when you sit here and talk such arrant
nonsense, and expect me to believe it?
When you jump from your chair and
rush madly at some visionary foe?
Sane as you may- be in all else, any
evidence I could give in your favor
must break down in cross-examination
if an inkling of these things got about.
Come, Carriston, be reasonable, and
prove your sanity by setting about this
search for Miss Rowan in a proper
ic He made no reply, but walked up and
fhrwn the room apparently in deep
thought. My words seemed to have
had no effect upon him. Presently he
seated himself; and, as if to avoid re
turning to the argument, drew a book
at hazard from my shelves and began
to read. He opened the volume at ran
dom, but after reading a few lines
seemed struck by something that met
his eyes, and in a few minutes was
deeply immersed in the contents of the
book. I glanced at it to see what had
so awakened his interest. By a curious
fatality he had chosen a book the very
worst for him in his present frame of
mind—Gilchrist’s recently published
life of William Blake, that masterly
memoir of a man who was on certain
points as mad as Carriston himself. I
was about to remonstrate, when he laid
down the volume and turned to me.
“Varley, the painter,” he said, “was
a firm believer In Blake’s visions.”
“Varley was a bigger fool than
Blake,” I retorted. “Fancy his sitting
down and watching his clever but mad
friend draw spectral heads, and believ
ing them to be genuine portraits of
dead kings whose forms condescended
to appear to Blake!”
A sudden thought seemed to strike
. Carriston. "Will you give me some
paper and chalk?” he asked. Upon be
ing furnished with these materials, he
seated himself at the table and began
to draw. At least a dozen times he
sketched, with his usual rapidity, some
object or another, and a dozen times,
after a moment’s consideration, threw
each sketch aside with an air of dis
appointment and began a fresh one.
At last one of his attempts seemed to
come up to his requirements. “I have
it now, exactly!” he cried, with joy—
even triumph—in his voice. He spent
some time in putting finishing touches
to the successful sketch, and then he
handed me the paper.
“That is the man I saw just now
with Madeline,” he said. “When I find
him I shall find her.” He spoke with
Jill sincerity and conviction. I looked
at the paper with, I am bound to say,
a great amount of curiosity.
No matter from what visionary
6ource Carriston had drawn his inspir
ation, his sketch was vigorous and nat
ural enough. I have already mentioned
his wonderful power of drawing por
traits from memory, so was willing to
grant that he might have reproduced
the outline of some face which had
.somewhere struck him. Yet why should
•it have been this one? His drawing
represented the three-quarter face of a
>man—an ordinary man—apparently be
tween forty and fifty years of age. It
teas a coarse-featured, ill-favored face.
th a ragged ruff of hair round the
UNA. It was not the face of a gentle
. man, nor even the face of a gently nur
■■tured man; and the artist, by a few
-cunning strokes, had made it wear a
*rafty and sullen look. The sketch, as
I write this, lies before me, eo that 1
am not speaking from memory.
Now, there are some portraits of
which, without having seen the origi
nal, we say, “What splendid likenesses
these must be.” It was so with Carrie
ton's sketch. Looking at it you felt
sure It was exactly like the man whom
It was Intended to represent. So that,
with tho certain amount of art knowl
edge, which I .am at least supposed to
possess, it was hard for me, after ex
amining the drawing and recognising
the true artist’s touch in every line, to
bring myself to accept the fact that it
was but the outcome of a diseased im
agination. As, at this very moment,
I glance at that drawing, I scarcely
blame myself for the question that
faintly frames itself in my Innermost
heart. “Could it be possible—could
there be in certain organizations pow
ers not yet known—not yet properly
Investigated?”
My thought—supposing such a
thought was ever there—was not dis
couraged by Carriston, who, speaking
as it his faith in the bodily existence
of the man whose portrait lay in my
hand was unassailable, said:
"I noticed that his general appear
ance was that of a countryman—an
English peasant; so in the country I
shall And my love. Moreover, It will
be easy to identify the man, as the top
joint is missing from the middle finger
of his right hand. As It lay on Made
line’s arm I noticed that."
I argued with him no more. I felt
that words would be but wasted.
XIII.
DAY or two after I
had witnessed what
I must call. Carrls
ton’s second seiz
ure we were favored
with a visit from
the man whose ser
vices we bad se
cured to trace Mad
eline. Since he
had received his in
structions we had
heard nothing of his proceedings until
he now called to report progress in per
son. Carriston had not expressed the
slightest curiosity as to where the man
was or what he was about. Probably
he looked upon the employment of this
private detective as nothing more use
ful than a salve to my conscience. That
Madeline was only to be found through
the power which he professed to hold
of seeing her in his visions was, I felt
certain, becoming a rooted belief of
his. Whenever I expressed my sur
prise that our agent had brought or
sent no information, Carriston
shrugged his shoulders, and assured me
that from the first he knew the man’s
researches would be fruitless. How
ever, the fellow had called at last, and,
I hoped, had brought us good news.
He was a glib-tongued man, who
spoke in a confident, matter-of-fact
way. When he saw us, he rubbed his
hands as one who had brought affairs
to a successful issue, and now meant
to reap praise and other rewards. His
whole bearing told me he had made an
important discovery; so I begged him
to bo seated, and give us his news.
Carriston gave him a careless glance,
and stood at some little distance from
us. He looked as if he thought the im
pending communication scarcely worth
the trouble of listening to. He might,
indeed, from his looks, have been the
most disinterested person of the three.
He even left me to do the questioning.
“Now, then, Mr. Sharpe,” I said, “let
us hear if you have earned your
money.
“I think so, sir,” replied Sharpe,
looking curiously at Carriston, who,
strange to say, heard his answer with
supreme indifference.
“I think I may say I have, sir,” con
tinued the detective; “that is, if the
gentleman can identify these articles
as being the lady’s property.”
Thereupon he produced, from a thick
lettercase, a ribbon, in which was stuck
a sliver pin, mounted with Scotch peb
bles, an ornament that I remembered
having seen Madeline wear. Mr. Sharpe
handed them to Carriston. He exam
ined them, and I saw his cheeks flush
and his eyes grow bright.
“How did you come by this?” he
cried, pointing to the silver ornament.
“I’ll tell you presently, sir. Do you
recognize it?”
“I gave it to Miss Rowan myself.”
“Then we are on the right track,” I
cried, joyfully. “Go on, Mr. Sharpe.”
“Yes, gentlemen, we are certainly on
the right track; but after all it isn’t
my fault if the track don’t lead exactly
where you wish. You see, when I
heard of this mysterious disappearance
of the lady I began to concoct my own
theory. I said to myself, when a young
and beautiful-”
“Confound your theories!” cried Car
riston, fiercely. “Go on with your tale.”
The man gave his interrupter a spite
ful glance. “Well, sir,” he said, “as
you gave me strict instructions to
watch a certain gentleman closely, I
obeyed those instructions, of course,
although I knew I was on a fool’s er
rand.”
“Will you go on?” cried Carriston.
“If you know where Miss Rowan is,
say so; your money will be paid you the
moment I find her.”
“I don’t say I know exactly where to
• find the lady, but I can soon know if
you wish me to.”
“Tell your tale your own way, but as
shortly as possible,” I said, seeing that
my excitable friend was preparing for
another outburst.
“I found there was nothing to bo
gained by keeping watch on the gentle
man you mentioned, air, so I went to
Scotland and tried back from there.
As aoon as I worked on my own lay l'
found out all about It. The lady went
from Callendar to Edinburgh, from Ed
inburgh to London, from London to
Folkestone, and from Folkestone to
Boulogne.”
I glanced at Carrlston. All his calm
ness seemed to have returned. He was
leaning against the mantel-piece, and
appeared quite unmoved by Mr. (
Sharpe's clear statement as to the
route Madeline had taken.
“Of course,” continued Mr. Sharpe, |
”^was not quite certain I was tracking
the right person, although her descrip- '
tlon corresponded with the likeness
you gave me. But as you are sure this
article of jewelry belonged to the lady
you want, the matter is beyond a
doubt.”
“Of course.” I said, seeing that Car
rlston had no Intention of speaking.
“Where did you And It?”
“It was left 'behind in a bedroom of
one of the principal hotels in Folke
stone. I did go over to Boulogne, but
after that I thought I had learned all
you Would care to know.**
There was something in the man’s
manner which made me dread what
was coming. Again I looked at Car
rlston. His lips were curved with con
tempt. but he still kept silence.
“Why not have pursued your inqui
ries past Boulogne?” I asked.
“For this reason, sir. I had learned
enough. The theory I had concocted
was the right one after all. The lady
went to Edinburgh alone, right enough;
but she didn’t leave Edinburgh alone,
nor did she leave London alone, nor
she didn’t stay at Folkestone—where I
found the pin—alone, nor she didn’t go
to (Boulogne alone. She was accompa
nied by a young gentleman who called
himself Mr. Smith; and, what’s more,
she called herself Mrs. Smith. Per
haps she was, as they lived like man
and wife.”
Whether the fellow was right or mis
taken, this explanation of Madeline's
disappearance seemed to give me what
I can only compare to a Smack in the
face. I stared at the speaker in speech
less astonishment. If the tale he told
so glibly and circumstantially was true,
farewell, so far as I was concerned, to
belief In the love or purity of woman.
Madeline Rowan, that creature of a
poet’s dream, on the eve of her marriage
with Charles Carriston, to fly, whether
wed or unwed mattered little, with an
other man! And yet, she was but a
woman. Carriston—or Carr, as she only
knew him—was in her eyes poor. The
companion of her flight might have
won her with gold. Such things have
been. Still
My rapid and wrongful meditations
were cut short in an unexpected way.
Suddenly I saw, Mr. Sharpe dragged
bodily out of his chair and thrown on
to the floor, whilst Carriston, standing
over him, thrashed the man vigorously
with his own ash stick—a convenient
weapon, so convenient that I felt Mr.
Sharpe could not have selected a stick
more appropriate for his own chastise
ment. So Carriston seemed to think
for he laid on cheerfully some eight
c” ten good cutting strokes.
Nevertheless, being a respectable doc
tor and man of peace, I was compelled
to interfere. 1 held Carriston's arm
whilst Mr. Sharpe struggled to his feet
and, after collecting his hat and hiB
pocketbook, stood glaring vengefully
at his assailant, and rubbing the while
such of the wales on his back as he
could reach. Annoyed as I felt at the
unprofessional fracas, I could scarcely
help laughing at the man’s appearance.
I doubt the possibility of anyone look
ing heroic after such a thrashing.
'TO SB COMTIXOSn.l
Hardships of Telegraph Poles.
“Yes,” said Joseph Donner, super
intendent of telegraph for the South
ern Pacific railroad, “telegraph poles
along the line have a hard time. Par
ticularly is this so out west, where the
poles are costly and stations are few
and far between. Now out in Ari
zona desert the poles are played the
deuce wtih generally. There is a sort
of woodpecker that picks the posts ab
solutely to pieces, thinking there may
be insects inside the wood. They hear
the humming and haven’t sense
enough to know what causes it. Then
near the hills the black bears imagine
that each pole contains a swarm of
bees and they climb to the (op and chew
the glass insulators to pieces; but the
sand storms are the things that create
the most havoc. When the wind blows
strongly the sand is drifted at a rapid
rate and the grains cut away the wood
at a fearful rate. *It was a common
thing to have an oak pole worn to a
shaving in a day’s time, while I have
seen poles just ground in the surface
of the earth during a single storm.
Things are so bad out there that the
company decided to substitute oteel
poles for the oak and cedar, but that
didn’t remedy the evil at all. Tho sand
just wore away the metal on each side
of the pole until the center was as
sharp as a razor, and all the Indians
used to shave themselves on the edge.
We finally managed to fix things. Just
painted the poles with soft pitch. The
pitch caught the sand, and now every
pole is about two feet thick and as solid
as a rock.”—New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Not Great Tobacco Users.
Less tobacco is consumed in Great
Britain in proportion to the inhabitants
than in any other civilized country.
Husband—“There’s one thing I can
say for myself, anyway: I have risen
by my own efforts.” Wife—“Never in
the morning, John. I notice that it
takes two alarm clocks and all the
members of the household to get you
up then.”—Boston Courier.
POPULIST MONEY.
KANSAS STATESMEN DEVELOP
A NEW CURRENCY SCHEME.
The Legislature la Considering • New
Financial Scheme Introduced by State
Senator Campbell—Wants a State Car*
zency That Would Mean Ruin.
Briefly summarised, the measure pro*
vides for the Issuance of paper cur*
rency to an amount equal to 1 per cent
of the assessed valuation of the state.
These notes are. to draw interest at the
rate of 1 per cent per annum, though
no date is fixed for their final redemp
tion, nor is it stipulated that they are
to be redeemed at all. They are to be
divided out among the several coun
ties in amounts proportionate to the as
sessed valuation of each, and are to
he expended by the county commis
sioners In payment for work upon the
roads at the rate of 11.25 per day fdr
a man and |2 per day for a man and
team. It is also provided that state,
county and municipal salaries shall be
paid in them, and that in no case are
they to go for less than par. To give
them a value they are made receivable
for taxes, both state and county, and
it is provided that when they shall have
been sent to the state treasury in pay
ment of such dues they shall be de
stroyed.
( Senator Campbell says he is well
aware that the federal constiutlon for
bids the making of anything legal ten
der excopt gold or silver, and he does
not declare In his measure that the
state currency shall possess any such
quality, but to assure Its circulation at
par he has inserted a clause which re
cites that if any man shall practice
a “device” which has the effect of de
preciating the currency, he shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
fined and sent to Jail.
Let us Imagine a case which shows
the futility of such an attempt to make
this money “go.” It is not legal tender,
for Senator Campbell has expressly so
declared. The man who refused out
right to take it would therefore not
be guilty of any “device” to depreciate
its value. The man who worked on the
road and was hungry for meat would
perforce be compelled to sell it for
some price, and the instant he com
menced to talk anything less than par
he would be guilty of the crime of “de
vice" and go hence to jail.
Against Trusts.
(Washington correspondence New York
Tribune.)
The fact that large and powerful
trusts, combinations, syndicates and so
on, to control the output and prices of
various commodities, exist and flourish
in free trade England, and that like
combinations exist and flourish in this
country to control and regulate produc
tion and prices of various articles
which are not affected by the tariff or
by foreign competition, is a sufficient
and conclusive answer to the charge
that a protective tariff necessarily en
courages and fosters such combina
tions," said a prominent and influen
tial member of the house of represen
tatives who has long been a careful
and thorough student of economic sub
jects, in conversation with a Tribune
correspondent today. “But,” he added,
“it is undoubtedly a fact that manu
facturers in certain lines of industry
who are protected to a certain extent
against foreign competition by the
tariff and who have entered into such
combinations have taken that fact into
consideration and used it as a factor in
their calculations. In framing the new
tariff I trust that Chairman Dlngley
and his colleagues in the committee on
ways and means will#be on the alert,
and not fix a single rate of duty at a
figure which will promote the designs
of such a combination or discourage or
prevent the freest competition among
American manufacturers. We certain
ly do not want another ‘Sugar trust'
tarifT, or any other tariff that will de
serve to have the name of any trust
applied to it.”
mere is prauy good reason to believe
that the members of the committee on
■ways ami means—those of the majori
ty, at least—fully sympathize with the
views above expressed, and that in
framing the bill they will be guided
by a determination to guard as far as
possible against any provision which
would give special privilege to any per
son or combination of persons or hin
der or prevent free domestic competi
tion.
Failure* of 1800.
There were 15,088 commercial fail
ures in the United States in 1896, with
average liabilities of $14,992. This is an
increase of less than 2,000 in the num
ber of failures over 1895 and increase of
less than $900 in average liabilities.
The number of failures to the number
of firms in business is as 12.8 to 1,000
while in 1878 it was as 15.5 to 1,000,
showing a relative decrease in the
number of business disasters last year
as compared with 1878. And the aver
age liability in 1878 was also larger
than last year, being $22,369.
Many of the failures of 1896 come
from crippling losses of previous years.
Many that were able to weather the
financial storms of the three previous
years, could not carry themselves any
longer and had to succumb. Of course
there is a large element of mismanage
ment to account for disaster, and mis
management was sure to show quicker
in years like 1896 than in years like
1892. ,,
The clearing away of these unsound
concerns can not but be a blessing to
the financial world as a whole, and the
building up process which has slowly
begun to exert itself, will find the very
best of foundation upon which to place
Its feet. Surely tho trying times of the
past four years have burned their man
ifold lessons into the very hearts of
the business world of the United States.
•'f Jeff. Davia Still Their Idol. »
Little Rock special: Six years ago
this month the Arkansas legislature
passed a bill appropriating 9350 for a
painting of Jefferson Davis, and in
structed the sergeant-at-arms to hang
it over the speaker's chair, a place
formerly occupied by ' a portrait of
George Washington. Today Jacob
King, of Stone county, introduced the
following resolution relative to the pic
ture:
"Be it resolved by the house of rep
resentatives of the state of Arkansas,
That Hon. Jefferson Davis' picture be
removed from where it now hangs and
placed to the left of the speaker's stand,,
where General George Washington’s
picture now hangs, and that General
Washington’s picture be placed over
the speaker's stand, where Jefferson
Davis' picture now hangs.’’
The house by an overwhelmingly ma
jority rejected the resolution.
Mr. King says he was in the Confed
erate army and was with Gen. Lee at
the surrender at Appomattox, and in
troduced the resolution at the urgent
request of his constituents.
It Meant Protection.
It is simply impertinence on the part
of the free traders to be blathering that
the McKinley policy is to tinker the
tariff, and that there was no issue be
fore the people last summer but that
of “gold." Three times in three suc
cessive years the Democratic tariff
was condemned, and that tariff inflicted
paralysis upon the country and was
the direct cause of hard times. Now
the Democrats who imposed this mis
chief upon the people talk about tink
ering the tariff. If the congress is not
balked by the stiver crowd, there will
be another McKinley law, named for
Mr. Dlngley, of Maine. That is what
the whole nation knew the election of
McKinley would mean—Just that sort
of law—one for more revenue and more
protection. He said so. All his friends
said so. They all were perfectly aware
that a vote for McKinley was a vole
for a protective tariff. There were
no false pretenses—no disguises about
it. There never was a morecandid
campaign so far as the Republicans
were concerned.
It has been announced that Presi
dent McKinley wonld wear at his in
auguration a suit of American-made
clothes, meaning a suit made of Ameri
can wool, woven in American mills,
and cut, fitted and put together by
American tailors. An English paper
undertakes to make fun of the idea,
and has a caricature representing Mr.
McKinley in a baggy, unfashionable,
lll-fltting suit. This is all the funnier
because the English are notorious for
lack of taste in dress, and tor having
the worst clothes of all fhe great na
tions, so far as style and fit of gar
ments are concerned.
ABOUT SHOPLIFTING.
In one of the big department stores
of New York city the throng of eager
bargain hunters is startled every now
and then by the Sharp ringing of a
bell. Sometimes there is but one ring,
again there are two, but the crowd of
customers afte ra wondering pause
goes on and forgets the occurrence.
The ringing of the bell means that a
shoplifter has been caught.
During holiday seasons or when big
bargains are advertised the ringing
of the bell is very frequent. One ring
summons only the house detective,
who knows that a new offender Is sus
pected and must be taken to the offices
and searched. Two rings summon the
whole corps of house detectives, who
are called to take a look at some old
offender caught red handed* with the
goods before the patrol wagon comes
to carry him or her away.
Similar scenes as these are enacted
every day at the big stores In all large
cities, while the tempting shops of the
Jewelers and silversmiths are especial
ly haunted by light fingered customers.
It is curious, but sedate and quiet Phil
adelphia is notorious for the number
of shoplifters caught there. Philadel
phians claim, however, that this is not
because there are more thieves in Phil
adelphia, but because their watchmen
and detectives have superior vigilance.
It is said John Wanamaker employs
more detectives to guard his wares
than any other storekeeper in 'Ameri
ca, and whenever he sets up new stores
he follows the same rule of employing
a large force of detectives. Shoplifting
and catching the shoplifters has devel
oped of late years surprisingly and is
due to the growth of the department
stores.
Shoplifters mostly steal trifles, things
they have no use for, but which they
take simply because they are handy,
nobody is looking, and they cannot re
sist the temptation. A young woman
was caught one day who wore a stout
rubber band for a dress belt, with
pockets hanging to the belt, and in
them were no less than thirty stolen
articles from the store In which shd
was caught and twelve from other
stores. Some of these things were the
merest trash—children’s toys, spools of.
thread and bits of ribbon. The theft
of a ten-cent thimble was detected
and landed her in prison. Many bf
the things stolen would never be
missed by the store if they were not
returned by the detectives. A large
department store has estimated that
$6,000 or $7,000 worth of its goods go
to thieves every year.
He who loses hope, may then part
with anything—Congreve.
Pont Broad.
Probably there is no one thing In bee
keeping that has had more care and
study given it by apiarists than font .
brood, and probably no study which haa
given as little satisfaction, for we ore
but little nearer a solution of the true
cause of the disease than we were when
Quinby wrote about It In the early six
ties, says Gleanings. When a colony
baa this disease a few of the larvae die
aeon after the bees seal them over. The
capping to the cell soon has a sunken
appearance, quite often with a pin hole
In the center, though not always eo»
as some claim. Upon opening the cell
the larva la found stretched at full
length In the cell, having a brown ap
pearance, while all healthy larvae or
pupaa are white. If touched, this dead
brood is of a salvy, soapy nature, and
gives off an offensive smell. From the
first few cells the disease spreads rapid
ly till the combs become a putrefying
mass, generally during the first season,
and nearly always during the second,
the stench at this stage often being
smelled a rod or two from the hive. A
tew of the larvae mature Into bees and
the population of the hive decreases till
they become a prey to robbers, when
the honey is taken off by these robbers
only to carry the seeds of the malady
to the robbers' hive, for the disease is
spread through the honey as well as
from anything coming In contact with
it. The cure Is to drive out all.the bees
from the affected hive and keep them
shut up In an empty box until they,
are nearly starved, so that they shall
have digested all of the diseased honey.
They can now be hived in a new hive
containing comb or comb foundation
without carrying the disease with them.
If they are to be hived In an empty
hive this starvation process has been
proved unnecessary, as the diseased
honey is all used up in comb building
before any larvae are hatched to which
It can be fed. Great care should be
taken that ho bees get all the contents
of the old hive before the combs are
rendered Into wax and the honey and
hive scalded. Other cures have been
recommended, but roost of them are
Ineffectual, except In the hands of an
expert.
Followed Dlreralfled Farmlaf.
A successful Ohio farmer write* the
Practical Farmer aa follow*: "We
own a farm of seventy acre*. About
ten year* ago we decided to make a
apeclalty of awlne growing. We in
vented in thoroughbred stock and built
up a good-sited herd. Having every
thing in ilrat-claas condition as re
gards cleanliness, shelter, etc., we
hoped to be exempt from cholera. But
when the time came for us to realise
upon our investment, the cholera
swooped down upon us and knocked
herd and calculations elear out. W»
have since followed diversified farm
ing with good success, until this year,
when our wheat proved a failure. We
raise corn, wheat and clover in regular
rotation; keep hogs, sheep and cattle.
Two years ago we set out a patch of
strawberries and raspberries, from
which we sold this season (95 worth,
which helped to fill up the hole left
vacant by the wheat failure; besides
consuming and canning twenty
bushels of large, luscious fruit, such as
friend Terry talks about. It must be a
tough season if we have nothing to sell
at a good price. How many farmers
depend on one or two crops aa a source
of income and deny themselves the
many luxuries that the farm will pro
duce, if only an effort Is made in that
direction. In addition to having ber
ries for eight or ten weeks in succes
sion a good patch of melons should be
grown by every farmer who enjoys a
good thing."
Avoid Too Much Grain Raising.—
During the past few dry seasons the
farmers have plowed up the low pas
ture land and there are many 160-acre
farms in this section that do not have
more pasture than will suffice for two
or three cows and the calves are sent
to the butcher's block as early as pos
sible, as there la no room to keep them
during the summer months. This move
has been detrimental in many ways.
First, it has caused a large Increase in
the surplus grain used, it has cut down
the home consumption of grain, still
further glutting the markets, and It has
put many farms in bad shape for a wet
season, when much of this ground will.
not grow even grass. To use a homely
expression, "It is best not to carry alt
your eggs in one basket.” The time
has gone by when grain raising will,
one year with another, prove succeas
ful; just as old-fashioned business
methods have given way to newer and
more modern means, so must the farm
er watch for and guard against waste'
and unprofitable crops. There is no
royal road to riches, but care and judg
ment will help to keep the wolf from
the door and lay by a nest egg tor old
age and misfortune.—Manson Journal
(la.)
Canned Beef.—Germany has prohibit*
ed American canned meats, and Ameri
can packers are as mad as wet hens
about It. Perhaps the German inspect
ors have learned to discriminate be
tween canned beef and canned horse.
We are of the opinion that nothing
would do as much to extend out foreign
trade In food products as honest goods.
Our own people—at least all of them
who are up to that sort of stuff—have
long ago prohibited American canned
meats from their tables. The last can
of “beef tongue*’ opened by this writer
contained, besides the tongue, a wad at
hog hair as large as a small apple.—
Ex.
French Excluding American Pork.—
At a mass meeting held at Lyons.
France,, of the organised Farmers*
Unions, the dealers in salt meats adopt
ed a resolution In favor of the exclusion
of American pork products, in view of
tbe fall in the price of swine. We won
I tier what excuse the French “dealer*
will advance when the price et hoga
I gees up? - ' ;
