9m Tn Want to Know What You Swallow? There is s growing sentiment In this aonirtry In fsvor of medicines or known toowronmoN It Is but natural that one jtbonld hire some Interest in the compo jsltkm of that which he or she Is expected V swallow, whether it be food, drink or ased trine. Recognising this growing disposition on the part of the public, and satisfied that the fullest publicity can only add to the well-earned reputation of his medi Sas, Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., l "taken time by the forelock,” as it rn, and is publishing broadcast a list ml all the Ingredients entering Into Ills leading medicines, the "Golden Medical SRscorary * the popular liver Invigorator, atoaach tonic, blood purifier and heart lagalator; also of his "Favorite Prescrip tion* for weak, over-worked, broken |own. nervous and Invalid women. TMs hold and out-spoken movement on the part of Dr. Pierce, has, by showing exactly what his well-known medicines are cceaposed of, completely disarmed all lanlag critics who have heretofore un gnstly attacked them. A little pamphlet lias aaea compiled, from the standard ■radical authorities of all the several schools ef practice, showing the strongest ■ndi nwnli by leading medical writers M the several Ingredients which enter Into pr. Pierce's medicines. A copy of this little hook is mailed fret to any one de firing to learn more concerning the valu able, native, medicinal plants which enter Inta the composition of Dr. Pierce's med icines. Address Dr. Pierce as above. Dr. Plena's Pleasant Pellets art tiny. »ur nr Belli aatl-bllloue granules. They resr alile aad Invigorate Stomach. Liver end aoweln Do not beget the “pill habit." but •are csaetlpetlon. One or two each day for a laxative end regulator, three or tour for ea active cathartic. Once tried always In favor. •Ul nnn OIVBN AWAY. Id copies of ROUpllllVI The People's Common Sena* Dadteel Adviser, a book that sold to the ex tent of HADOO copies a few tear* ana, at ti.50 per copy, bd istr «« (iv« ewer PAMworthof these Invalua ble hooka Tala year wa shall give away IGA COO worth of ■on share In this so. send only U imps to cover cost only for book In or 81 at amp* _ j: IK BEST COUCH CURE ij < Cough syrups are all cheap !! —Bp, but it you should get a < > ; | gallon of cough syrup that does not |! i i cure lor the price of a small bottle <, ; ’ of ' i Kemp’s Balsam]| « the heat cough cure, you would « > h«»e made a bad bargain—for one ) ’ i > email bottle of Kemp's Balsam may <, J ' tha worst cough and save a < > , , whereas the cough “cure” that ][ i ' doe* not cure is worse than useless. « > 1 1 Sold by all deal rs at 25c. and 50c. 2 f >_. . <> WMMIHIM»IMI ana motionless before us. But suddenly I was aware of that I whieh his keener senses had already distinguished. A low, stealthy sound came to my ears, not from the direction of Baker street, but from the back door of the house In which we lay con cealed. A door opened and shut. An Instant later steps crept down the pas sage—steps which were meant to be silent, but which reverberated harshly through the empty house. Holmes coruched back against the wall and I did the same, my hand closing upon the handle of my revolver. Peering through the gloom, I saw the vague outline of a man, a shade blacker than the blackness of the open door. He stood for an Instant, and then he crept forward, crouching, menacing, Into the room. He was within three yards of us, this sinister figure, and, I had braced myself to meet his spring be fore I realized that he had no idea of our presence. He passed close be side us, stole over to the window, and very softly and noiselessly raised it half a foot. As he sank to the level of this opening, the light of the street, no longer dimmed by the dusty gluss, fell upon his face. The seemed to be beside himself with excitement. His, two eyes shone like stars, and his feat ures were working convulsively. He was an elderly man, with a thin, pro jecting nose, a high, bald forehead, and a huge, grizzled mustache. An opera hat was pushed to the back of his head, | and an evening dress shirt-front i gleamed out through his open overcoat. His face was gaunt and swarthy, scored with deep, savage lines. In his hand he carried what appeared to be a stick, but. as he laid It down upon the floor It gave a metallic clang. Then from the pocket of his overcoat he drew a bulky object, und he busied himself In some task which ended with a loud, sharp click, as If a spring or bolt had fallen into Its place. Still kneeling upon the floor he bent forward and threw all his weight and strength upon some lever, with the result that there came a long, whirling, grinding noise, ending once more In a powerful click. He straightened himself then, and I ■aw that what he held In his hand was a sort of a gun, with a curiously misshapen butt. He opened It at the breech, put something in. and snapped the breech-lock. Then, crouching down, he rested the end of the barrel upon the ledge of the opifn window, and I saw his long mustache dtx>op over the stock and his eye gleum as it peered along the sights. I heard a lit tle sigh of satisfaction as he cuddled the butt to his shoulder, and saw that amazing target, the black man on the yellow ground, standing clear at the end of his fore-sight. For an Instant he was rigid and motionless. Then his finger tightened on the trigger. There I was a strange, loud whiz and a lond, I silvery tinkle of broken glass. At that Instant Holmes sprang like a tiger on to the marksman's back, nnd hurled him flat upon his face. He was up again In a moment, and with convulsive strength he seized Holmes by the throat, but I struck him on the head with the butt of my revolver, and he ' dropped again upon the floor. I fell upon him, and as I held him my com rade blew a shrill call upon a whistle. There was the clatter of running feet upon the pavement, and two policemen In uniform, with one plain-clothes de tective, rushed through the front en trance and Into the room, j “That you. Lestrade?" said Holmes. "Yes, Mr. Holmes. I took the job myself. It's good to see you back in London, sir." “I think you want a little unofficial help. Three undetected murders In one year won’t do, Lestrade. But you handled the Molesey mystery with less than your usual—that’s to say. you handled It fairly well.” We had all risen to our feet, our pris oner breathing hard, with a stalwart constable on eueh side of him. Al ready a few loiterers had begun to collect In the street. Holmes stepped up to the window, closed It. and dropped the blinds, Lestrade had pro duced two candles, and the policemen had uncovered their lanterns. I was able at last to have a good look at our prisoner. It was a tremendously virile and yet sinister face which was turned toward us. With the brow of a philosopher above and the Jaw of a sensualist be low, the man must have started with great capacities for good and evil. But one could not look upon his cruel blue eyes, with their drooping, cynical lids, or upon the fierce, aggressive nose and the reatenlng. deep-lined brow, with out reading nature’s plulnest danger signals. He took no heed of any of us. but his eyes were fixed upon Holmes' face with an expression In which hatted ana amazement were equally blended. “You fiend!" he kept on mut tering. "you clever, clever fiend!" "Ah, colonel!" said Holmes, arrang ing his rumpled collar, " 'journeys end sweet It Is a good plan to start the pre paration of the soil for alfalfa by apply ing about 500 pounds to the acre of un slaked lime and plow under; then Inocu late the soil by spreading broadcast over it 500 pounds of soil from a field which has grown good crops of alfalfa. The soil ought then to be harrowed and re-har rowed until one has as fine a seed bed as he would prepare for wheat. If the soil is rich It will be a good plan to let the field lie for a little time, which may be done If the work is done early in the spring, so that the first crop of weeds will j start and row large enough so that, with j the harrow, they can be gotten out of the | way before the seed alfalfa Is sown. Next I comes the sowing of the seed and it must be said here that the finest seed obtain able. that which has been well cleaned and I cleaned again Is none too good. It will be J expensive but tt will pay. Sow this seed | by Itself (do not mix any other seed with it for alfalfa does not need a “nurse crop") at the rate of 30 pounds per acre. On rich soil the weeds are quite likely to get the start of the alfalfa making It necessary to clip them oft onee and per haps twice before the alfalfa will hold Its own; this will be tedious work but it will pay. A field prepared and sown to alfalfa as directed will become a permanent fix ture on the farm nine times out of ten. VENTILATION FOR COW STABLE. Any dairyman who has had experiences on both sides of the question will say without hesitation that ventilation In the cow stable means an added profit to the dairy. Ventilation by no means can be had through open windows unless they are skillfully placed but even this plan Is much better than the practically closed room. While the best system of ventil ation Is undoubtedly the one that admits the air from the bottom, we have made the same plan we use In the poultry houses work very nicely. In the stable containing 16 cows we have three of these ventilators which are simply hollow fun nelsa foot square running through the roof with holes eight Inches square on the sides at the top, and one board cut out- entirely at the end which rests on the floor. This board Is cut out so as to leave an opening just a square foot. An excellent plan of window ventilation Is that described some weeks since with a double window, one of glass and one of muslin, the latter to slip over the opening when the window of glass Is pulled aside. It Is also possible to provide ventilation without draughts through windows by the use of screens. That Is, arrange a light board screen on the side of the casing next to the cows so that when the window Is opened the wind may be deflected away from the animals. As a matter of fact anyone with a little skllt can arrange a ventilation system which, while it may not be pretty nor the best thing obtainable will answer the purpose admirably. Have some sort at a ventilating system then keep the cows and the stables clean and one will see a de ckled Increase in the pro-fits from the dairy. THE HONEY MUSKMELON. One of the astonishing things In vege table growing o* rather in growing vege tables for the express purpose of supply ing the consumer, Is the utter indiffer ence shown by the grower to the matter of quality. The same thing applies to fruits. It woukl be excusable If there were no other sorts but when there are a dozen more or less far better than the varieties offered it Is strange indeed they are not grown. A family well known to the writer was especially fond of musk melons and bought them in large quan tities until all that were offered them were so poor in quality they stopped using them, and the producer lost valuable trade. The honey melon which has been tested for three years past Is one of the promising new sorts. It Is a nicely formed melon, the skin green and the flesh a yellowish green. The flesh la firm and deep and of a sweet spicy flavor decidedly pleasing to the taste. If it does as well In general planting as on small plats, and there is no good reason why It should not. It will be a variety that should be exten sively planted In all sections where the meskmelon may be grown. It will cer tainly please the consumer. ,