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SYNOPSIS.
▼W • 'owe at the vfrnitic of the rfnrv !«
hM in the tariff of an old worn-out
awwthree ptar<’«!Wn knm »■ the H*r
JgP TV# *4*te la to be *old and It*
M*lari and tU! *.f the own era. the
WHlartb. n f. •* subject *>f 4t»cumon by
JMMithaa Crewahaw. a tiu> r.rti man. *
•drmwgev fcromn «• B Vn. and Bob
Ybwr>. a fare-t »hn ilanhtbli Wayne
Haa«fd a « >* rrf*»ua t hild of the old
■M "r • * mmM+rn i « *r-r* *r*n. e
fancy t* ■ * * >* tine adopted file boy Si
fb«w*e! K.tn» bov* the Ifor mv but tha
'Jvtwlar*. «e»y any in***led^o of the
**•? la»j to keep Itinmluii. Captain
■ei' a f* -t.d * f the i^umtardk. ap
» *wd J .» *|vt*:«v:« aUlif ( • Bar
Tn*yW at hnl i Hill arhen Ilia
•'*■ kid* Aped |»i 1>«H- CUoWfkt. «*»p
Murcv * 1r • v overtake*
dm »••♦«! a thradunx mt»d *ecnre*
i** Tivjr appears before Sou ire
Haiaatn. and t» f-viurc«d with coots for
• be alam* r IPm Malrjv a ft .end of
•he r»cet»**. baa an eft* «• unlar m:th i'as>
tohi Miwho (otres t.u attend >n* on
h* nnd la r*-*» oed by Bnau Carrington
■tttf art* out for her Tran eases home
<*arrtafi«a tai*o the same »ia«r Ysocf
*od Ha nr.ft, disappear *r»th Murrel! on
•heir trail llii nitai arrive* at ?n« home
•f #tod«e Mvnifli Pries The Judge m ot
•Ose* it. Che t* . the «rr*t»da«*ci of an old
t«awr friend Marret! nrrtv** a’ Judge**
home 4*a%'t»4t»h family wd raft r*wut
Tapry via i* apparently 4e*,! price
feewnha J**l Befit and (Vrlfitton arrive
M HrO> I'tain llamiitaal * rifle dtncUweo
o«me atari 1*kc thing* to the ju4r- Han
•Hal and Hetty n «—t again Murrell ar
rive la MW Plain la playing for btr
o Taney awakes from k»r.g dream
shop «n burl the raft. Jud£~ Price
startling d - uva«.»* tn looking up
Uag r#t lea Cturky Norton a yotang
plaarter w ho ar».*t» the fudge. ♦* mva
•erlnnely oMu'irC Norton informs Car
ringioo that Bet tv ho* pr*«ml«ed to marrv
h'm. Non -* I# mysteriously shot. More
i*«ht •* Mb t ana uprts*
a«d negr<*e» Jpdg Pit t. with Ifatml
viwit> Ibtfjr. and she keens the hoy
•• • camf Ataetwa In a stroll Betty 'akes
•ffk Mit-tal the* m*-et Bey» ffkk*
f*Ugh ter if •># temper WHO Harris
Hetty *«f larcrr and <mun*e|* !»* r ff
leave tv -ie Ph* r at once flatty, t•mrr-.~
hed. m» *n Hr#! adV ire. and on their
way their 4t» s*- t» < b) fficacon.
the lav • ? r k-*(»r and a c .nfederat*- and
Hefty and lii .abai »r** iim> prisoner*
The *0.* *fr »• i to if k»* eat;»m. in an
aJanne *♦.•«. re t**e »|*»4 and there Mur
refl %*♦'* H- i and rev * «■* id- part :n
the |4«t and lus «b*e, * IV tv s’urn*
Ida pcwfSsml Wve and 4lie tftimt w is
ewded t. t *rival of Ware lerrtlsd
ai jw**'-.-# <aj’ n.- of the mn.' Judge
TrV-e |ear>‘ £ *f the atef j-*t .**ti plana *r
Tie Je:.- takr* charge «*f the
sstturt < r inf *• arrh for the rata*:t*g one*
la ImmMuted Cam.igi *« visit* the judge
ami sitae* af» diaut emd Judge Price
•Mb Cokmel Fratraas. where he meet*
lobf and Cavsmfiah
CHAPTER XXIV. (Continued).
When they entered the library Fen
tress turned and took stock ol bis
Curst* Makif; be bad seen before;
Taocy and Cavendish *ere of course
stranger* to bun. but Weir appear
soce ear is med t ten.. last ol all hi*
glaare Wilted to We Judge He nad
beard something at those activities by
means el shirt Slocum Price bad
strife* to distinguish himself, and be
bad a certain curiosity respecting tbe
man It was Immediately satisOed.
Tbe Judge bad reamed a degree of
skabbwess seldom equaled, and but
foe bis mellow, effulgent personality
>4ghi wed bare passed for a common
vagabond, and II bis dress advertised
tbe mate of bis finances, bis face n
platted hi* habits So misconception
• a* possible about either
“May I offer you a glass of liquor”
ashed Pent rets, breaking We silence
He stepped to We walnut center-table
■ here there *a# a decanter and
gWanes By n gesture We Judge de
« bed We Invitation Whereat tbe
•••oneI looked surprised. but not so
surprised as Mahaffy. There was an
other silence
1 dont Wink w# ever met be!ore”
obnenred Fe*’res* There was some
thing I* the Hied stare bis visitor was
bene.:.-: upon him that be found dis
«metu*g Just why. be could not have
•etd
But Wat fixed stare of We judges
eowur-aed So. the man bad not
changed—be bad grown older certain
*y. b_t age bad net come ungraceful
*». be became (be glossy broadriotn
•od spotless Use* be wore Here was
a nun who eowtd o.-mmand We good
thing* of it!*, using item with a ra
Ooe* temperance Tbe room itself
was ta harmony wtw bis cnaracier;
H was plain but net in Its appoint
mesrs at ooce bis library and bis ©r
*oe. wbtie the well filled cases ranged
about the walls showed bis (astes to
be la the main scholarly and ntel
lactaal
“Ho* long bate you lived here T
•skad tbe p-idge abrufly Fentress
aawsned to berltatd. but tbe judge t
glance, ecrmpetttng sod insistent, de
manded aa answer
. “Te* years*
“Ton have known c.my men of all
oWs.es as a lawyer sod a planter T~
Mid the Judge Fentress inclined bis
bond Tbe Judge toon a atep nearer
“People base a great tnck or
•omteg and going in these western
atates—at: sorts « dunned riffraff
drift in and out of these new lands."]
A deadly earnestness lilted the Judge's
words above mere rudeness. Fen
tr*-<s. cold and distant, made no reply.
For the past twenty years 1 have
been looking for a man by tbe name
uf Gatewood—Iiavld Gatewood." Dis
ciplined as he was, the colonel start
ed violently. ‘Tver heard of him.
! Fentress?" demanded the Judge with
I a savage scowl
• What's ail this to me?” The words
cattie with a gasp from Fentress
• vitching lips I'he judge looked at
, fcirn moody and frowning
1 have reason to think this man
j Gatewood came to west Tennessee,"
■ he said.
If so. I have never heard of him."
' Perhaps not under that name—at
any rate, vou are going to hear oi him
now. Thi~ man Gatewood, who be
j tween ourselves was a damned scoun
drel"—the colonel winced—"this man
Gatewood had a friend who threw
, money and business in his way—a
planter he was. same as Gatewood. A
sort of partnership existed between
the pair It proved an expensive en
terprise for Gatewood's friend, since
be came to trust the damned scoun
drel more and more as time passed—
even large sums of his money were
n Gatewoods hands—" Fentress
countenance was like stone, as expres
| sloniess and as rigid.
By the door stood Mtthaffy with
| Vanry and Cavendish: they under
stood that what was obscure and
i meaningless to them held a tragic
, Mgnftican e to these two men The
• judge g heavy lace, ordinarily battered
and debauched, but Infinitely good
nat .red. bore now the markings or
’ deep passion, and the voice that rum
bled lorth from his capacious chest
I tame to their eats like distant thun
' der.
' This friend of Gatewood s had a
■ wife—" The judges voice broke, emo
I non shook him like a leal: be was
j tearing open his wounds. He reached
I ever and poured himseii a drink, suck
i mg it down with greedy lips. "Tnere
; was a wife—” he whirled about on his
i heel and faced Fentress again. "'1 here
was a wife. Fentress—" he flxed Fen
tress with bis blazing eyes. "A wile
and child. Well, one day Gatewood
and the wife were missing. Under the
circumstances Gatewoods friend was
well rid of the pair—he should have
been graieiul. but ne wasn t, lor his
wife took his < hild. a daughter: and
Gatewood a trifle of thirty thousand
dollars his friend had intrusted to
him!"
There was another silence.
"At a later day I met this man who
had been betrayed by his wtte and
robbed by his triend. He had tallen
out of the race—drink had done tor
him—there was just 'one thing he
seemed to care about, and that w-as
the fate of his child, but maybe he
was only curious there. He wondered
if she had lived, and married—" Once
more the judge paused.
"What’s all this to me?” asked Fen
tress.
"Are you sure it’s nothing to you?”
demanded the judge hoarsely. "Un
derstand this, Fentress, Gatewoods
treachery brought ruin to at least two
lives. It caused the woman's lather
to hide his lace lrom the world; It
wasn't enough tor -him that his
iriends believed his daughter dead; he
knew differently, and the shame of
that knowledge ate into his soul, it
cost the husband his place In tne
world, too—in the end it made of nim
a vagabond and a penniless wan
derer."
"This ts nothing to me." said Fen
tress.
"Walt!" cried the judge. "About six
years ago the woman was seen at her
lather's home in North Carolina. 1
reckon Gatewood had cast her off
She didn't go back empty-handed She
had run away irom her husband with
a child—a girl; after a lapse ot twen
ty years she returned to her lather
with a toy of two or three There
are two questions that must be an
swered when 1 find Gatewood: what
oecame ot me woman, ana wnat Be
came of the child; are they living or
dead; did the daughter grow up and
marry and have a son? When 1 get
my answer it will be time enough to
think of Gatewoods punishment!"
The Judge leaned lorward across tne
table, bringing his face close to Fen
tress' lace. "Look at me—do you
know me now?"
But Fentress' expression never al
tered. The judge fell back a step.
"Fentress. 1 want the boy," he said
quietly.
"What boy?"
"My grandson”'
"You are mad! What do 1 know
of him—or you ?" Feu tress was gain
ing courage from the sound ot his
own voice.
"Y’ou know who he is and where he
is. Your business relations with this
man Ware have put you on the track
of the Quintard lands in this state.
You intend to use the boy to gather
•hem in."
You're mad!" repented Fentress.
"Unless you bring him to me inside
of twenty-four hours I'll smash you!"
roared the judge. "Your name Isn't
Fentress, it’s Gatewood; you've stolen
the name of Fentress, just as you
have stolen other things. What's
come of Turberville's money? Damn
your soul! I want my grandson! I'll
pull you down and leave you stripped
and bare! I'll tell the world the false
mend you've been—the thief you are!
I'll strip you and turn you out of
these doors as naked as when you en
tered the world!” The Judge seemed
to tower above Fentress; the man
had shot up out ot his deep debase
ment. "Choose! Choose!" he thun
dered. his shaggy brows bent in a
menacing frown.
"I know nothing about the boy."
said Fentress slowly.
• By God. you lie!" stormed tne
judge.
He Tossed the Glass and Contents In Fentress’ Face.
How Birds Change Plumage
Bed Jeers- Cr.nrcil Make* So^e in- •
b'tn «( D ccitr ti We.Ch Agree
M W.th Co-nrecn Belief.
M t»» bee* generally bettered ibat
(be bn; I lent plumage exhibited t>r The
of Mil apertet of Mrda dune*
•prt**—rust la. durtag tbe mating tea
fft-W directly roe bee’ed with tge
pt.-wwiogica: condition of I be birds at 1
this t.'e and «a nous theortea bare
bees tome-eied to account tor The
facia l*ia» Joorp* Grtanell baa found
lb tbe CaMlorwta* linen some farts
llmi fe set agree »ttb tbe common
belief la tbs* bird tbe male presents
a bftniahi red breast and seek during
tbe Ksftsg season. wberras fa the au
Usi sad • inter tbe feathers bare a
Ball grayish coloring with a mere
suggea' ;«i of ptsk. But the bird doer
•or moult «change ns feathers I In
(be asrlsg oar la There new pig meet
germ id la tbs fsatbera By cnllectlr.g
a aeries of feather* trots August when
tbe gird does mo oil. to the ! olio wing
vpr'ng and examining these care
fully. It was found that In the new
feathers the brilliant red is confined
to a narrow band, which is overlapped
hy the edge of the adjacent feathers
The overlapping portions are white
and brittle During tbe winter these
delicate portions are rubbed oil and
lost, so that when tbe mating season
*rr,*e* the bird has its brilliant coat.
Mr Grlnneli emphasizes especially the
fact that this brilliant coloring Is ac
tually produced In the autumn, after
the mating season, at a time of the
year when the vitality of the birds Is
supposed to be at Its lowest ebb.
New Thoreau.
Prank S Black, former governor of
New York, haa proposed a pleasing
system of philosophy
"Men sit at their desks," says Mr
Black, “and year after year trade their
vitality for money they do not need."
He aayt that after a certain point
time, not money, ta what should be
sought. A man who continues to work
beyond that point trades his vitality
tor money with no possible prospect of
adequate recompense
So. at 58. in perfect health and with
the prospect of many years of remu
neratlve activity ahead of him. Mr
Black has decided to slop working. He
has all the money he needs. He is de
termined to do now only the things he
wishes to do.
Out in the country, on a farm. Mr.
Black expects to spend the rest of
his life. He looks upon this as a le
getimate reward for years of work, a
reward he would be foolish not to
;ake. He hopes to dismiss every ma
terial care as finally did Thoreau at
Walden. Simplicity, ease and rest are
what be now claims from life.
All He Got.
“When I was a boy.” says Cohn,
“there were seventeen of us at home.
And being so many we had to eat at
two tables. And It was always my
luck to have to eat at the second ta
ble And do you know I was sixteen
years old before I knew a chicken had
anything but a neck."
“I know nothing about the boy."
and Fentress took a atep toward tbe
door.
"Stay where you are!” commanded
the judge, /if you attempt to leave
tilts room to call your niggers Fil Klil
you on its threshold!”
But Yancy and Cavendish had
stepped to the door with an intention
that was evident, and Fentress' thin
face cast itself in haggard lines. He
was feeling the judge's terrible ca
pacity, his unexpected ability to deal
with a supreme situation. Even 3la
haffv gazed kt hts friend In wonder.
He had only seen him spend himself
on trifles.
"1 tell you 1 had no hand in carry
ing off the boy," said Fentress with
a sardonic smile.
"I look to you to return him. stir
yourself, Gatewood, or by God, I'll
hold so fierce a reckoning with you—"
The sentence remained unfinished,
for Fentress felt his overwrought
nerves snap, and, giving way to a
sudden blind fury, struck at the Judge.
"We are too old for rough and tum
ble," said the judge, who had dis
played astonishing agility In avoiding
the blow. "Furthermore we were once
gentlemen. At present I am what 1
am., w hile you are a hound and a
blackguard! We ll settle this as be
comes our breeding" He poured him
self a second glass of liquor lrora i
Fentress' decanter. "I wonder if it
is possible to insult you." and he
tossed glass and contents tn Fentress'
face. The colonel’s thin features were
convulsed. The judge watched him
with a scorntul curling of the lips. I
j am treating you better than you de
j serve." he taunted.
■'Tomorrow morning at sun-up at
| Boggs’ race track!" cried Fentress.
The Judge bowed with splendid cour
j tesy.
"Nothing could please me hair so
well," he declared. He turned to the
others. "Gentlemen, this is a private
matter. When 1 have met Golonel
Fentress I shall make a public an
nouncement of why this appeared
necessary to me; until then I trust
this matter will not be given pub
licity. .May 1 ask your silence?" He !
bowed again, and abruptly passed
irom the room.
His three friends followed tn nis
stops, leaving Fentress standing by
; the table, the gnost of a smile on nis
thin lips.
As if the very place were evil, the
judge hurried down the drive toward
the road. At the gate he paused and
turned on his companions, but bis
features wore a look or dignity that
forbade comment or question. He
held out his hand to Yancy.
"Sir,” he said, "if I could command
the riches of the Indies, it would tax
my resources to meet the fractional
part of my obligations to you"
"Think of that!” said Yancy. as
much overw helmed by the judge s
manner as by his words.
"His Vncle Bob shall keep his place
in my grandson's*life! Well watcn
him grow into manhood together"
The judge was visibly affected. A ‘
smile of deep content parted Mr.
Taney’s lips as his muscular fingers
closed about tbe judge's hand with
crushing force. ,
"Whoopi” cried Cavendish, delight-;
ed at this recognition or Yancy’s love
lor the boy, and he gleeiully smote
the austere Mahaffy or. the shoulder.
But MaijafTv was dumb in the pres
ence of the decencies; he quite lacked
an interpreter. The judge looked
back at the house.
"Mine!" he muttered- "The clothes
he stands in—the food he eats—
mine! Mine!”
CHAPTER XXV.
The Bubble Bursts.
At about the same hour that^ the
judge was hurling threats and Insults
at Colonel Fentress, three men were
waiting ten miles away at the heart ot
the bayou which served to isolate
Hicks' cabin. Now no one of these
three had ever heard of Judge Slocum
Price; the breath of his lame had
never blown, however gently, in tbetr
direction, yet they were preparing to
thrust opportunity upon him. To this
end they were lounging about the
opening in the woods where the
horses belonging to Ware and Murrell
were tied.
At length the dip of oars became
audible in the silence and one ot the
trio stole down the path, a matter ot
fiity yards, to a point that overlooked
the bayou. He was gone but a mo
ment.
"It's Murrell all right:” he said tn
an eager whisper. "Him and another
fellow—the Hicks gtri is rowing
them.” He glanced from one to tfi.6
other of his companions, who seemed
to take firmer hold of themselves un
der his eye. “lt‘11 be ail right." he
protested lightly. "He's as good as
ours. Wait till 1 give you the word."
And he led the way into an adjacent
thicket.
Meantime Ware and Murrell nad
landed and were coming along the
path, the outlaw a step or two in ad
vance of his triend. They reached the
horses and were untying them when
the thicket suddenly disgorged the
three men; each held a cocked pistol;
two of these pistols covered Murrell
and the third was leveled at-Ware.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Maid's One Good Quality.
Servant girls know their own good
points, and ihey take care that every
body else shall know them. One maid
who was obliged to lock for a new sit
uation because her employers were
leaving town, listened critically to the
enumeration of her virtues as set
down in the recommendation that had
just been written by her former mia
treas.
“There's one thing, you've left out,
ma’am." she said. “1 never cut my
fingers. I wish you’d put that right
up at the bead of tbe list. Ladies will
like that Some girls cut their fingers
terribly, and it looks bad.”
“Why, that Is true, you never do."
said her mistress. Mid the unusual
point of efficiency. “She never cuts
her fingers," was inserted as request
ed.
Recognized His Limitation.
“But," her father objected, “you
have never shown that you are capa
ble of supporting a wife." “Oh." the
young man replied, “if you want her to
marry a widower I'll have to confess
that 1 can't qualify."
PROPER ATTENTION TO BREEDING EWE
DURING AUTUMN SEASON IS DESIRABLE
Extra Labor and Care at This Time Will be Repaid Many Times
Over at Lambing Time^r-Rape Makes One of Most
Excellent Feeds for Flock.
(By EI.MER HENDERSON.)
A Book of ewes just weaning lambs
and in thin flesh at the time of con
ception are apt to be very poor -sub
jects for maternity in the spring. No
matter how well the' ewe may be fed
just previous to the time of lambing,
she will not be in her best condition
to nourish her offspring unless she is
in fair condition at the time of mat
ing.
The reason is at once apparent. If
a ewe is thin when she is bred the
burden of growing the young is too
much of a strain upon her to allow of
her gaining much flesh. This brings
us to what is known as “flushing"
among old shepherds.
Flushing may tie defined as putting
the ewe upon highly succulent and
nutritious feeds just previous to mat
ing.
I have said before that it was neces
sary to have the ewe in good flesh at
the mating season. This is just the
object of flushing.
It has been found by all practical
shepherds that a pint of grain in
September is worth a quart at lamb
ing time. The reason is that the ewe
fed grain in the fail has very little
burden to bear in the shape of the
growing young, while in the case of
the ewe heavy with lamb all the food
eaten goes mostly to nourish the
foetus. It will be inferred that if
grain will make the difference in the
new- vigor which puts her in much the
same condition that she is In the ad
vent of cool weather.
Whether this is the reason or not
does not matter to the farmer if he
knows whether this or some other
reason applies, he gets the results
looked for, which is of vastly more
importance.
Oftentimes the means nearest at
hand are the best and this is true in
our particular case. The meadow is
always at hand and could easily be
I used for fall feed for the ewes. The
aftermath that springs up in the fall
makes good growth and furnishes a
very nutritious and highly palatable
food. If there is some clover in it so
, much the better, as there is no food
' better for sheep.
Rape makes a very excellent food
| and I am very partial to It. A small
patch of rape sown in the summer,
! by this time is large enough to make
| a lot of good feed. Another way is to
sow rape in the corn at the last culti
vation and turn the she'ep in the corn.
If a few sheep are turned into a lot
j of rape and corn they may be allow
ed to run there for some time before
| they will in any way damage the
. corn.
Then, too. this furnishes One feed
for the lambs after the ewes are tak
I
| en out. They may be allowed to run
here all fall and will live on the rape
: and lower blades of corn, and If the
1 i
Flock of Hampshire Oowns on an English Farm.
condition of the ewe. grass will do
the same thing—and this is just what
happens. The ewe that has plenty of
good nutritious grasses In the fall Is
almost sure to come to lambing time
In good heart and raise a good, lusty
lamb, while the reverse Is true of the
ewe that is not given a good chance.
Flushing is especially desirable In
large flocks where it is desirable to
have the ewes all lamb at nearly the
same time.
With many fiockm&sters it is con
sidered desirable to have the ewes
bred as early as possible so as to
have the lambs ready for the early j
and therefore best market.
it has been found that by flushing
the ewes they may be made to breed
earlier than they would otherwise, and
most of them will lamb la a compar
atively short period.
It Is well known that ewes come In
heat with the coming of cool weather,
and it Is probably true that the fresh,
palatable grass, by cooling the sys
tem and Invigorating the ewe by a
fresh flow of blood, infuses into her
corn is not down too much they will
not bother the ear.
Where it is intended to make rapt
and corn serve this double purpose 01
pasturing the ewes and the weaned ;
lambs it is well to plant a lot ol |
pumpkins for feed for the lambs later
in the fall. They will do their own ;
gathering and they are the best pos- j
sible vermifuges.
However well your fall pasture Is it ;
is always well to remember that a lit
tie grain will not come amiss, and I •
believe it would pay every sheep own
er to feed a half pound of oats to his
sheep every day during the fall and
winter, even though they are on lux
urlant pasture.
There are many other ways of car
ing for the ewes than the ones men
tioned. The only point of great im-,
portance is to give good, green food
and lots of it. What the kind of food
will be. every farmer can best decide
for himself, but this much is certain:
A11 extra labor with the ewe flock at
mating season will be repaid many
times over at the lambing period.
PREVENTING DISEASE
IS MOST DESIRED
Many Farmers Realize That
When Hogs Are Taken Sick
the Case Demands Quick
■ Action.
It ts of the greatest Importance In
the care of the swine that the owner
should always have in view the pre
vention of disease rather than the
cure. Hogs are subject to but few
diseases, and these are malignant,
epidemic or contagious of the most
serious type. It is very difficult to
give medicine to a sick hog, and this,
combined with the rapid course of the
disease which affects them, makes the
treatment of disease very unsatisfac
tory in severe cases of hog cholera,
pneumonia, etc.
The average stockman calls every
disease hog cholera which affects his
bogs. A well-known professor of Cor
nell gives fifteen different diseases
that are generally called hog cholera.
Many of these diseases are very seri
ous. and run their course so rapidly
that sometimes a few days' neglect
causes the loss of nearly an entire
herd of -hogs. This explains why one
farmer will take a remedy and cure
his hogs, when perhaps his nearby
neighbor will take it and not obtain
such good results, in nine cases out \
of ten it will depend on whether the i
farmer is careful and systematic in
following the directions not alone in
giving the treatment, but also in
using disinfectants and the general
j care.
Many farmers realize that when
| hogs are taken sick the case demands
j immediate attention if they expect to
save any of their hogs. Some farm
ers are very careless and wait till
the disease is *ell started, and even
then do not pretend to follow direc
tions. It is surprising that these
careless farmers save any of their
hogs after disease starts.
All these facts simply go to prove
that the sensible way Is to handle
your hogs in such a way as to pre
vent disease. Build up and Improve
the constitutional strength. This is
what will save you great loss from
hog cholera. When your hogs are j
sick with the worst kind of hog chol
era we do not believe ahything will
help them, and the safer way in such j
cases is to take an ax and kill them
at once, and then burn the remains.
This is for the malignant form of hog
cholera. In a majority of cases they
do not have this very fatal form, and
they can be cured with the proper
treatment.
Sets Strawberries Late.
I have had good success setting
strawberry plants in the fall If they
are set late enough and some miser
able failures from setting them in
August or the early part of Septem
ber. I think if the plants are left
growing until their crowns are well
formed and then set out as late as
November 1. I have gained something,
says a writer in an exchange. Unless
I had time to set them very eajly in
the spring I would trust to late fall
setting.
Vegetable* by Weight.
In Cleveland. O.. all vegetables and
other farm produce Is sold by the
pound, eggs being the only exception
Customers are so well pleased that
grocers say they will never go back
to the old style of measurement
Exceptional Apple Orchard.
In a Virginia orchard of 4.000 tree*,
the owner says that during the past
26 years there has been only one fail
ure in apples. The 1909 crop sold for
•’fi.000 cash on the tree*.
A New Plow.
An Ohio genius has invented a new
plow that will stir the soil to a depth
of 12 or even 16 inches, without re
quiring any more power than Is nec
essary to run an ordinary plow 7 in
ches deep.
Cheap Machine Shed.
A cheap machine shed may be made
of a few posts and poles and rough
boards. It will cost but a trifle—less
than it will to repair or replace weath
er beaten macbinery.
Pure From Start to Finish.
There Is perhaps nothing In dally us*
In the home In which purity Is so im
portant as it is in baking powder. On
its purity depends the purity of the ma
terials used, the success of the bakings,
etc. And possibly the one thing that
has served to make Calumet Baking
Powder so much of a favorite with the
critical cooks of the country. Is the fact
that Calumet Is pure from start to finish.
You can rely on Calumet's purity for
the simple reason that every ounce of
the materials used Is first tested by ex
perienced chemists and then mixed with
the utmost care to insure‘Its uniformity.
And standing in the can or changes of
weather, etc., cannot alter it in any re
spect.
But perhaps the best thing of ail, is
the fact that Calumet never fails, livery
baking in which Calumet is used, is sure
to come from the oven as light and as
IlufTy as you ran wish. This not only
means wholesome, tasty foods—but a
big economy as well. Try Calumet next
bake-dav—it’s the best baking powder
made—for two World’s Pure Food
Expositions, one 1n Chicago, 1307. one
at Paris. France, 1312-have given it the
highest awards. Adv.
Daddy’s Whack-Whack.
On the occasion of her last visit to
a certain I^ltimore household a young
matron of that city found a liule
friend in tear3.
‘‘What’s the matter with little Ma
rie?” she asked, endeavoring to con
sole the weeping child.
“Daddy has just given me whack
whack,” the youngster replied between
sobs.
"Thoughtless daddy!” exclaimed the
young woman, repressing a smile.
“And where did he whack-whack little
Marie?”
“On the back of my tummy,” was
the answer.
Reason Was Plain.
"My husband has deserted me and
I want a warrant,” announced the
large lady.
“What reason did he give for desert
ing you?” asked the prosecutor.
“I don't want any lip from you. I
want a warrant. 1 don’t know what
reason he had."
“I think 1 understand his reason.“
said the official feebly, as he proceed
ed to draw up a warrant.
Not New.
First Neighbor—Have you heard tell
of them new-fangled trial marriages?
Second Neighbor—I don’t see noth
in' new-fangled about ’em. Mine’s
been a trial for me for the last twenty
years!—Judge.
Ilrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Chiidrrn
teething, soften* the gums, reduces inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind culic, 25c a bottle.
Adv
It Is easy tor a girl to pretencl to
love an old millionaire and tool him
into thinking it is real.
LEWIS’ Single Hinder costs more than
other 5c cigars. Made of extra quality
toiaeco. Adv.
Every time you tell your troubles
you are wasting the other fellows
time.
Liquid blue is a weak solution. Avoid it.
Buy Red Cross Ball Blue, the blue that's all
bl ue. Ask your grocer. Adv.
Never judge a man by his coat; he
may owe the tailor.
BACKACHE
NOT A DISEASE
But a Symptom, a Danger Sig
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Should Heed.
Backache is a symptom of organic
weakness or derangement. If you have
backache don’t neglect it. To get per
manent relief you must reach the root
of the trouble. Read about Mrs. Wood
all’s experience.
Morton’s Gap,Kentucky. — ‘1 suffered
two years with female disorders, my
health was very baa
and I had a continual
backache which was
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not stand on my feet
long enough to cook
a meal’s victuals
without my back
nearly killing me,
and I would have
such dragging sensa
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1 ' * bear it. I had sore
ness in each side, could not stand tight
clothing, and was irregular. I was com
pletely run down. On advice I took
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
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is now more than two years and I have
not had an ache or pain since. I do all
my own work, washing and everything,
and never have backache any more. I
think your medidne is grand and I praise
it to all my neighbors. If you think my
testimony will help others yon may pub
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ton’s Gap, Kentucky.
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Don t Persecute
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Cut out cathartics and purgatives. They an
brutal, harsh, unnecessary. Try^gl^.^
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