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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1909)
r J. . . , . , . _ . - - .M - z . . . . . S .q ! .4 ' . . . . . ' : : r r For Litter , Bladder , Kidney 1 . and Stmmub : Troublel t : & i . , TAKE ; 1 .Gold Medal j"HaarlcDlOil i 'I' ef 1 Capsules \ ' ' "Odorlest and Tasteless. " ' Ton will find that relief follows the use of ( ' I the first capsule. : ; This time-honored and effec- , tive "home remedy" has a reputation of over i 100 years back of it. GOLD MEDAL HAAR. LEY OIL is the ONLY genuine. / ' Holland Medicine Co. , Scranton , Pa . _ . Dear Sirs : I must say that your Gold Med J. al Haarlem Oil is the greatest medicine in the world. My back was in a bad fix for six weeks , and I have been taking your Haarlem Oil two nights , and the pain is all gone. I . . trill do aH-1 can for you. Wishing you good ' luck , I remain Your friend , - ANTHONY C. MORAN , Hastings - on-Hudson P. O. Box 201 , Feb. 19 , 1909. New York Capsules : 25 and 50 cents. Bottles 15c and \ ISc at all druggists. . HOLLAND MEDICINE CO. , Cole Importers _ Scranton , Pa. If your Druggist cannot supply you I write us direct. In Perfect Innocence. , . The Bea-nty ( turning from long gaze tn : mirror-I do envy you ! The Friend ( pleased but incredu- lous ) - Y u envy me , my dear ! I won- - Jer why ? The Beauty-Because you can see the real me. I can never see anything but the mere reflection' - Punch. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury , as mercury will surely destroy the sense ol imell and completely derange the whole system when entering It through the mu cous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions ! ; ; , from reputable ihyslclnns , as the damage they } will do Is ten-fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cij ' : e , manufac lured by P. J. Cheney & Co. , Teredo , 0. , con , : , tains no mercury , and Is taken Internally , acting ! directly upon the blood and mucous ' ' surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's I Cataarh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It Is taken internally and made In Toledo , Ohio , by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. 1/ / / free.Sold by Druggists. ! ' Price , 75c. per bottle. I' Taie Hall's Family Pills for constipation. I . ii ! i FASHION HINTS - I Ii , i. I- Ii i I \ Ii . . I 1 : , H II I ! I . ' J I' i : , I' I'I I ' ; I 1 t I , i 'ff1/I/I / / , - - There is a revival of yoke effects for tnl , timpler dresses , and skirts are growing fur- ther and further away from sheath lines. The model illustrated here is a light-weight & Qovelty cloth , in one of the new blue grays. , Younes ( rent-Grandmother. Mme. : Edna Bertonelle , a seamstress in the Quartier Montmartre , Paris , is : ! ledi held to be the youngest great-grand mother in the world. She was married a at the age of 14 , and her first child , a girl , married at the same early age tcn When Edna was 31 she was a grand. tccc mother. Her grandson married at 17 ccm a young woman a few days his junior m r' On her forty-eighth birthday Mme. tlk tltl Bertonelle was a great-grandmother. tl A BANKER'S NERVE ai aiol of olh Broken by Coffee and Restored by h Postum. A banker needs perfect control of hi the nerves and a clear , quick , accurate stSi brain. A prominent banker of Chat- Si in I I tanooga tells how he keeps himself in inD : i" condition : to J "Up to 17 years of age I was not tcw I , allowed to drink coffee , but as soon as te i -I II I got out into the world I began to use is i It and grew very fond of It For some le j years I noticed no bad effects from its fr ; ; ; use , but in time it began to affect me : ; " unfavorably. My : hands trembled , the Qi . , . . . or . . . , 'I muscles of my face twitched , my men- to , ! tal processes seemed slow and in oth rli . , er ways my system got out of order. th These conditions grew so bad at last ne ' I . that I had to give up coffee altogether. Ell "My attention having been drawn to St J Postum , I began its use on leaving oft a of 1 , the coffee , and it gives me pleasure to te'stify to its value. I find it a deli- deW cious beverage ; like it just as well ed as I did coffee , and during the years In that I have used Postum I have been re free from the distressing symptoms . that accompanied the use of coffee. site . _ The nervousness has entirely disap- e lh peared , and and I am as steady of st hand as a boy of 25 , though I am more kc than 92 years old. I owe all this to po Postum. " "There's a Reason. " Read Stl , , the little book , "The Road to Well- rille , " In pkgs. Grocers sell. ed Ever read the above letter ? A fum new one appears from time to time.ml : ' They : are genuine , true , and 1.II.f tie w ; kumaie interest. . . .r t . . - . j - = - . . . - . - _ . - - . . - - - - . , . - - - - . - - - " ; . - - . . " , ' ' 'or. " - . , . . - . . , . . ! . . ' = ' . ' 1.- - T i - . . . , - . I 1 , The ftedemptiotJ 2 ? J . vid eotsoti By CHARLES FREDERIC GOSS , , . Bowen-Merrill Company. All ' Copyright 1900. by The - Rights Reserved " ' - - - - . . . - . . " - CHAPTER VIIL A little before dusk the three com- panions started upon their evening's business. The horses and carriage were waiting at the door and they mounted to their seats. David was embarrassed by the novelty of the sit- uation , and Pepeeta by his presence ; but the quack was in his highest spir- its. He saluted the bystanders with easy familiarity , ostentatiously flung the hostler a coin , flourished his whip and excited universal admiration for his driving. During the turn which they took around the city for an ad- I vertisement , he indoctrinated his pu- pil with the principles of his art. "People to-day are just what theV were centuries ago. G-g-gull 'em jus ; as easy. Make 'em think the moon is made of g-g-green cheese-way to catch larks : is to p-p-pull the heavens down-extract sunbeams from c-c-cu- cumbers and all the rest ! Theres one master-weakness , Davy. They all think they are sick , or if they d-d- don't , you can make 'em ! " "What ! Make a well man think he is sick ? " the Quaker asked in aston- ishment. "Sure ! That's the secret of success. I : can pick out the strongest man in the c-c-crowd and in five minutes have pains shooting through him like s-.S- greased lightning. They are all like jumping-packs to the man that knows ! them. You watch me pull the string and you-you'll see them wig-wig-wig- gle. " "It seems a pity to take advantage of such weakness in our fellow men , " said David , whose heart began to suf- fer qualms as he contemplated this rascality in his own connection with it , "Fellow men ! They are no fellows of mind. They are nuts for me to c- c-crack. They are oysters for me to open ! " responded the quack , as he drove gaily into the public square and checked the horses , who stood with their proud necks arched , champing their bits and looking around at the crowd as if they shared their master's contempt. Pepeeta descended from the car- riage and made her way hastily into the tent which had already been pitch- ed for her. The doctor lighted his torch and set his stock of goods while David , obeying his directions , began to move among the people - to study their habits. Elbowing his Way hero and there he contemplated the crowd in the light of the quack's philosophy , and as he did so received a series of painful mental shocks. : "The first principle in the art of painting a picture is to know where to sit down ; " in other words , every- thing : depends upon the point of view. Now that David began to look for evi- dences of the weaknesses and follies of his fellow men he saw them every- where. For the first time in his life he observed that startling prevalence of animal types which always com- municates such a shock to the mind of him who has never discovered it be- fore. : Every countenance suddenly seemed to be the face of a beast , but thinly : and imperfectly Veiled. There were foxes and tigers and wolves , there ; were bulldogs and monkeys and swine. He had always seen , or thought he saw , upon the foreheads of his fel- low men some evidence of that divin- | ity which had been communicated to , them when God breathed into the | great : ] first father the breath of life ; but now he shuddered at the sight of those thick lips and drooping jaws , those dull/ or crafty eyes , those sul len , sodden , gargoyle features , as men do at beholding monstrosities. I A few weeks ago he would have felt , profound pity at this discovery , but so rapid and radical had been the al- teration in his feelings that he was now < seized by a sudden revulsion and J contempt "Are these creatures really men [ ? " he asked himself. lie stood there among them taller , straighter , keener : < , handsomer than them all , and , , the : old feelings that have made men ' aristocrats and tyrants in every age If the world , surged in his heart and hardened ; it against them. I By this time the quack had finished his few simple preparations , and , : standing erect before his audience , be- gan the business of the evening. Hav- 1 1 ing : observed the habits of the game , David ) now chose a favorable : position ) study those of the hunter. He : : watched with an almost breathless in- terest every - expression upon that sin- ( I ister face and listened with a bound- 1 less ! interest to every word that fell n from those treacherous lips. % Ho was not long in justifying the ' uack's honest criticism of his own h 1 oratory. His voice lacked the vibrant h tones of a musical instrument knd his i rhetoric that fluency , without which | j the highest efforts of eloquence can I 1 never be attined. By speaking very slowly and deliberately he avoided stammering- : this always acted like r dragging anchor upon the movement f : his thought. These were radical defects , but in every other respect he ' was ! a consummate artist He arrest- S 1 the attention of his hearers with an 0 Inimitable skill and held it with an ir- ( J resistible po\ . 'er. 0 His piercing eye noted every e pres- sion on the faces of his hearers , and s seemed to read the inmost secrets of 1 ] Iheir hearts. He perceived the slight- I inclination to purchase and was as v keen to see a hand steal towards a r pocket-book ) as a cat to see a mouse s steal out of its hole. n He coaxed , he wheedled , he banter- s ! , he abused-he even threatened. He h fulfilled his promise to the letter , "to " make the well men think that they g were sick , " and many a stalwart fronh tiersman whose body was as sound as F. , s an ox , began to be conscious of rack- ing pains. Nor were those legitimate arts of oratory the only ones which this arch-knave practiced. "I gave , you two dollars , and you only gave me change for one , " cried a thin-faced , stoop-shouldered , help- less-looking fellow , who had just pur- chased a bottle of the "Balm of the Blessed Islands. " With lightning-like legerdemain the. . quack had shuffled this bill to the bot- i tom of his pile , and lifting up the one that lay on top , exposed it to the view of his audience. "That's a lie ! " he said , In his slow , impressive manner. "There is always : such a man as this in every crowd. Some one is always trying to take ad- vantage of those who , like myself , are living for the public good. Gentlemen , you : saw me lay the b-b-bill he gave me down upon the top ! Here it is ; judge for yourselves. That Is a bad man ! Beware of him ! " The bold effrontery of the quack si- lenced the timid customer , who could only blush and look confused. His blushes and confusion condemned him and the crowd hustled him away from the wagon. They believed him guilty and he half believed it of himself. David , who had seen the bill and knew the victim's innocence but not the doctor's fraud , pressed forward to defend him. The quack stopped and silenced him with an inimitable wink , and then instantly and with consum- mate art diverted his audience with a series of droll stories which he always reserved for emergencies like this. They were old and thread-bare , but this was the reason he chose them. He had one for every circumstance and occasion. There was a man standing in an outer circle of the crowd around whose forehead was a bandage. "Come here , my friend , " said the quack. "How did you get this wound ? Don't want to tell ? Oh ! well , that is natural. A horse 'kicked ' him , no doubt ; never got in a row ! No ! No ! Couldn't any one hit him ! Reminds me of the man who saw a big black-and-blue spot on his boy's forehead. 'My son , ' said he , 'I thought I told you not to fight ? How did you get this wound ? ' 'I bit it , father , ' replied the boy. " 'Bit it ! ' exclaimed the old man in astonishment , 'how could you bite yourself upon the forehead ? ' " 'I climbed onto a chair , ' says he. "And you have been climbing on a" chair to bite your forehead , too , my friend ? " he asked with humorous grav- ity , while a loud guffaw went up from the crowd. "Well , " he continued , soothingly , "whether you : did it or not , just let me rub a little of this b-b-balm upon it , and by to-morrow morning it will be well. There ! That's right. One dollar is all it costs. You don't want it ? What the d-d-deuce did you let me open the bottle for ? I'll leave It to the crowd if that is fair ? There , that is right. Pay for it like a man. It's worth double its price. Thank you. By to-morrow noon you will b-b-be sending me a testimonial to its value. " The novelty of the scene , the skill of the principal actor , the rapid growth of the piles of coin and bills , the fran- tic desire of the people to be gulled , all served to obscure those elements which were calculated to appeal to the Quaker's conscience. He felt like one awakened from a dream. While he was still in the half dozed condition of such an awakening , the quack gave him a sign that this part of his lesson was ended , and following the direction of the thumb which he threw over his shoulder towards Pepeeta's tent , ho eagerly took his way thither. Before the door stood several groups of young men and maidens , talking under their bretath. Now and then a couple disentangled itself from the g crowd , and with visible trepidation en- tered. As they reappeared , their friends gathered about them and be- sought them to disclose the secrets they had discovered. Some of them giggled and simpered , others laughed boisterously and skep- tically , while others still , looked scared and : anxious. It was evident that even f. those who tried to make light of what they had seen and heard were moved by something ; awe-inspiring. David listened to their silly talk , ob- served their bold demeanor and their vulgar manners , while the impression of weakness , of stupidity , of the low- ness and bestiality of humanity made upon his mind by the aged and the s mature , was intensified by his obser- vation of the young and callow. W From the outside of the gypsy's tent he could make but few discoveries of at her method ; and he waited I impatient- ly until Ue last curious couple had den parted. When they had disappetired. he entered. At the opposite side of the tent and reclining upon a low divan was the n gypsy. Above her head a tallow can dle was burning dimly. Before her was a rough table covered with a ' e' shawl , , upon which were scattered cups ; of tea with ' w floating grounds , ivory.v. dice , cards , coins and other implements st of the "Black Art. Pepeeta sprang to her feet when she saw who her visitor was , and ex- hibited the clearest signs of agitation. to David's own emotions were not less \ \ violent , for although the gypsy's sur- roundings were poor and mean they served rather to enhance than to di- minish : her exquisite beauty. Her w shoulders and arms were bare , and on her wrists were gold bracelets of writhing serpents in whose eyes gleamed diamonds. On her fingers and .tl 1 her ears were other costly stones. Her dress was silk , and rustled when p ; - - - - - - - - - - - - . , , -f , , , ' J ' - " ' - \ T i - J . he moved , with soft and sibilant sounds. "The doctor has sent me here to study the methods by which you do your work : , " said David , approaching the table and gazing at her with . un disguised admiration. "You should have come before. How can you study my methods when I am not practicing them ? And any way , you have no faith in them. Have you ? I always had until I heard your ser- mon in the little meeting house. " "And have you lost it now ? " "It has been sadly shaken. " " "Yhu \ can at least show me how you practice the art , even if you have lost your faith in it. I too have lost a faith ; but we must live. \ \ "hat'are these cards for ? " "If you wish me to show you , you may shuffle and cut them , but I would rather tell your fortune by your hand , for I have more faith in palmistry than in cards. " He extended , his hand ; she took it. and with her right forefinger began to trace the lines. Her gaze had that in- tensity with which a little child peers I into the mechanism of a watch or an astronomer into the depths of space. I A thrill of emotion shot through the . frame of the Quaker at the touch of those ( delicate and beautiful fingers. Neither of them spoke. The delicate finger of the gypsy moved over the lines of the palm like that of a little I school-girl over the pages of a primer. I They did not realize how dangerous * * 1 was that proximity , nor how fatal that 'I touch. Through . those two poles of I Nature's most powerful battery , the magnetic and mysterious current ct ' love was passing. "Let me now examine the lines , " she said. "Here is the 'line of the heart. It passes clear across the palm. It I is well marked at every point and : s , I most pronounced upon the upper side. ! } ] But look ! it is joined to the head be.hc : . ] low the finger of Saturn. It is the , sign of a violent death ! " As she uttered this exclamation , she ( pressed the hand convulsively between , t her own , and looked up into his face. t The involuntary and sudden action re- , called him to his consciousness. "What i did you say ? " he asked. I E "Have you not been listening ? " she replied , repressing both her anxiety and her annoyance. "No ; was it a good story or a bad one which you : were reading ? " "It was both. " 'Yell-it is no matter , those acci- dental marks can have no signifi- cance. " . "Why should not the character and destiny of the man disclose itself in signs and marks upon his hands ? " As they stood confronting each oth- er , they would have presented a study [ J of equal interest to the artist or to f c the philosopher. There was both a b poem and a picture in their attitude. I I Grace and beauty revealed themselves . [ on every feature and in every move- i i ment. They had arrived at one of those i " dramatic points in their life-journey , e where all the tragic elements of exfa , istence seem to converge. Agitated by lJ incomprehensible and delicious emoth : tions , confronting insoluble problems , c longing , hoping , _ fearing , they hovered ' ' 1 over the ocean of life like two tiny J n sparrows swept out to sea by a tem- all pest t.They They were awakened from their rev- ereis by the footsteps of the quack , ' ge and by his raucous voice summoning fo them back into the world of realities be from which they had withdrawn so , tjc completely. a "Well , little wife , " he said , "how is ath " t ] b-b-business ? thi "Fair , " she said , gathering up a dou- ble hand-full of change and passing itOW over to him indifferently. tic The question fell upon the ears of I en the Quaker like a thunder bolt. It be was to him the first intimation that U Pepeeta was not the daughter of the lai I quack. "His wife ! " The heart of the laim m ] youth sank in his bosom. Here was a new and unexpected complication. What should he do ? It was too late to turn back now. The die had been cast : , ! . and ! he must go forward. ( To be continued. ) ms goi tin Foxy : : Hiram. 'Well , now , if that ain't surprising ! ' pr ejaculated Mrs. Ryetop as she shaded I de her eyes with her hand. "There goes ' va old Hiram Skinflint , and rather than W , step on a poor black ant he picked it i m up , and I bet he is going to drop it ' cai somewhere ; out of the reach of dan- 'tin ' ; " lot ger. Her husband laughed knowingly. is "Not Hiram Skinflint , Mandy. He'll ] , he go down to Jed Weatherby's general store ; and order a pound of granulat- toc : ed sugar. Then while Jed is looking ma : I another way he'll drop the ant among w , ] the grains and tell Jed as long as his ha it i sugar has ants in it he ought to sell * it at half ' set ; price. Like as not he'll try to get Jed to throw in two or three we raisins and a yeastcake. Yeou don't m-e ! know : Hiram Skinflint. " - Chicago sq News. dee eV7s. at i expectation. : : poi His Daughter-FathG.r ' tw Daughter - Fathor , I wish you'd stay home to-night. Mr. Slowboy will fill ] want to ask you for my hand. 4 : Her Father-Has he really proposed Its t last ? ly His Daughter - No ; but he will todi ] night. - Boston Globe. he tg grc A Farmer's Troubles. co\ "I dunno how to please these sum of mer boarders. " ' grc "What's the matter , SI ? " er "They're clamoring for the moss-cov ered bucket after I had fitted up the j J well with sterilized drinking cups in- del [ stead. : " - Washington Herald. a ny : suf Sure to Do It. pre "He is such a lazy man that he took aon ) manufacturing fans as the easiest . . Bfil" way of malung 1 a Ii nng. b re "The easiest way ? " "Sure. Isn't , it certain to raise the * er ing ' " Baltimore American. ng 'indBaltimore . in me Help ! WI "I suppose the hired girl does all b iad. the heavy work in your house ? " bp ( "Not at all ; my wife makt tilt pai pies and puddin ! . " 1D . . - . - . . " . 1 H j-i ) O * Af ull . . y ' ® .u - - - . . . : . . : . - . . . /j ? ' - . , } \ ; 0 : . " V . . . r. . , . . . = , r. . . . . . . Ffghtinl the Rat Pln ae. One way of combating the rat plague Is the devising of some economical and convenient way of disposing of domestic garbage to prevent its ac- cumulation : in or about the house. The She Goat as n 3IiIlcer. The milk goat , like all goats can make a living on brushy and hilly land , where most other animals would starve. They are very beneficial to land In cleaning it of weeds , sprouts and brush. They cannot endure low , wet land , but thrive perfectly on rough , hilly land. Those giving milk should be fed on good grass , hay fod- - der , and wheat bran , but no grain o ? any kind. The cost of maintaining a goat in milk is about 5 cents a day , and she will give from one to two luarts of milk a day. Scaly Lea : In Poultry. The first thing to do for scaly leg Is to get every bird troubled that way out : of the flock by itself. Then the roosts and all the woodwork of the houses should be thoroughly washed with kerosene. Boiling water or white wiW wash ! with a few drops of carbolic acid v/ill also do the work. Do any- , thing : to kill the parasites , which make their home in every crack and crevice. When the houses are clean , keep them so. ; This Is your only salvation. To relieve the hens which are suf- fering take sulphur and lard , , mix them : and rub the mixture on the legs once a week till cured. Some good poultrymen use simply gas tar rubbed on well. - E. L. Vincent In Farm and ? ireside. " - Bacon 1-101:01. The bacon type of hog has been developed under different conditions- and In sections where corn is not the arm main [ ; farm crop. These breeds of hogs come : from parts where clover , peas , barley , oats , wheat products and milk -all of which contain a relatively lower per cent of fat forming elements than corn. According to the view gen- erally accepted by physiologists , the fa t which Is stored in the body may have its origin in the digestion of all three classes of nutrients-proteids , carbohydrates and fats-of the food. The two latter , however , form the main source of heat , and fat storage in 11 ordinary rations. - Continued feeding through many generations on highly carbonaceous food : < naturally might be expected to beget , a greater aptitude for the diges tion : of such food , and , consequently , greater tendency to fat storage in th body. It is reasonable to believe that any of the bacon breed of hogs tvould lose tnelr present characteris- I tics If for a sufficient number of genI I jratlons : they were confined In the corn I belt. ! Eventually they would develop the fat-producing tendencies of the I lard type. That Is a conclusion that me would naturally come to. When to Set Grapes. Spring setting of grapes is usually idvlsed for the amateur. While this nay be true In nort central latitudes , jood results may bd obtained by set- ing any time when the soil Is In proper < condition and the vines are lormant. Fall planting has the ad- rantage : that It can be done at a time . . vhen there Is not a rush of work 1 the farm , and the job will be more t carefully done. It also gives the soil ime to settle , so that the plants will ) t suffer from a lack of moisture , : they are liable to do If planted in I .e . spring. I The mistake of setting the plants o early In the fall sh6uld not be v nade. We know of several growers vho do not set them till the leaves lave been killed by frost. At Jeast is certain that they should not be sc t till all danger of excessively hot of veather Is past. One of the best oiO nethods Is to dig a hole 2 or 3 feet li iquare and from a foot to 18 inches cr leep. In the bottom of this hole throw tt quart of beef bones which have been tl lounded into a powder , and about be wice ] as much hardwood ashes. Then sr l in with good mellow , rich soil for ai : or i 5 Inches , plant and spread out fo . roots the way they would natural- se lie and fill in on these with mellow Pi : , t till level with the ground. If he setting is done In the fall the SB ground around the plant should be al lovered with a mulch of some kind r fr straw to prevent heaving of the tu ground : : by freezing and tha.wing.-In- , eE . Ocean. To Keep EfirfiT" ' Fresh sn " ' Fresh ( eggs in cold storage at 34 Its egrees Fahrenheit undergo little if the : 1 change , for this temperature is le ufflcient to limit the activities and ki irevent the growth of the more com- hi In bacteria. The problem of pre- fn ervlng eggs by excluding air has ar irought forth numerous methods. A the erlea ' of tests was recently made ke paI the eggs for about eight montAa ery some twenty different ways. Im- aersed in brine all were unfit for use. Vrapped in paper 80 per cent were mi I. Packed In bran or coated with ca araffln 70 per cent spoiled. Immersed ca a Mlution of salicylic acid 50 per is , cent only were fit to use. Cpa.ed wUti- shellac or collodion , 40 per cent were- bad. Packed in wood ashes 20 per cent spoiled. Coated with vaseline of immersed In a solution of . . . . water glasj- or lime water ail were bO . . Fjom : > these t experiments ! , as well as many ; | others , it has been found that a solu tion of water glass offers about tha- best method of preserving eggs asidfr from cold storage. Water glass is the- common name for potassium or sodium silicate and Is obtained In the ; ucps in the form of thick liquid something like glycerin. One part of this to nine of sterile water makes'a preserv ing fluid of the proper strength. Th $ eggs should be packed In a clean , sweet vessel and the solution poured . - . . t over them until they are well covered. Preserved in this way In a cool placs , they will keep for months and ofteo cannot be distinguished In appearanc from the fresh article. It Is generally ; conceded that they lack the flavor of new-laid eggs , but are in no way in ferior In nutritive value. - Field and Farm. - Corn Cobs as Fertilizer. Corn cobs are rated by farmer * about like sawdust and broom com seed , in point of fertility. ; and all three are thrown away or burned U worthless matter. In fact , at some- ' elevators , where coru Is shelled by hundreds of wagon loads , a furnace is provided and the cobs are clumped into from the sheller , to go up IB- smoke. This is a great waste fullyf ; as great as burning the strawstack . as a contributor to the Indiana Farm er says. The cob is especially ricfr : in soil food. The large residue lit- i the way of ashes indicates potash. The- fierce heat of the cob fire indicates . much carbon , and a chemical analysis- will show the presence of phosphoru ' and lime in no mean quantity. In I fact , there is no waste material 113- the cob. It Is only a little difficult 4 to make available , because slow te- i rOLBut v. But there are two ways in whlc& this may be overcome. First , a farm . er who had a corn crusher can rum- ' y a load of cobs through it In a few- minutes , and thus render them avail- able to oxygen. Second , they may be- plowed under , more easily than any other form of raw unrotted material' except sawdust ; and here their slow : process of disintegration will be thf very thing desired. Nothing can be- better under the surface of meadow land or more useful as a feeder fog the roots of the trees in an orchard I know this by experience. I plowed : and tended my present little orchard. for eight years. Before the last break ing I covered the surface all over C with half-decayed cobs from our ele vator ( which fortunately has no In cinerator ) and , with one-horse bar " shovel plow , I turned them under 4- to 6 inches deep. It is now the third summer since this was done and any t one can notice the effect on the trees. They are thrifty and their fruit Is large and well shaped. The slow de cay Is just what proves best for th- supply of potash and phosphorus and lime for the trees. Incidentally , I noticed there has not been a mole In the orchard since th * cobs were plowed under ; and as they are quite active outside , I suppose mj ; cobs act , as a hindrance. The crushed cobs , when partially rotted , can be used anywhere , as they will thus not be in the way of the plow or the hoa. And after one year underground the- uncrushed cob will sufficiently rot- ted : to be free from that objection. : ' , As the meadow is allowed to run twa- : l to : five years , they will be entirely un- i I objectionable as an under feed there. /1 / f : . notice In my orchard now that when put the spade down for any purpose- ' It brings up a splendid soil well mixe ! with humus. Toad and the Snake. . , The following snake story was told some years ago by reputable citizea , . / f Anson County , the Cha lotteviI1. . , ! Observer says. Driving along a pult' ! lie < road one day he saw a toad frog : ( crossing the road at top speed - hit j ; . ting only the high places and few of I . ; them. As the frog disappeared in the- i bosky underbrush on one side a blaci f .J snake [ In hot pursuit made Its appeal ! l ance on the other. The story tell e1r ! lollorwed the two Into the bushes to- I. w . f see what the result would be. He had 1 I t ; preceded only a short distance ! when. ) , ' , e found the frog at bay , facing the. R } , \ snake and with the latter circling ! 1 : :1F' : ; S about . In the effort to make an attack ! from the rear. His frogship kept. _ 11 turning all the time , always facing ths- rJ ; _ enemy. t ; H . Th reason of this maneuver i ' on th . - lJ snake's part was that the frog , had In. i4. ; ol ! : s mouth , held crosswise . , _ and about. _ t r r Le middle , a stick about the size and f _ length ; of a lead pencil. The frog- . knew the snake could not swallow 1 ? ! l him so long . as he J. presented " such a , Ji , front. The man. watched the perform t ance for some time and when he left \ i' i Ie snake was still f ) , circling the frog _ ( ld the 1 ' latter facing its enemy on ev y turn. ' ; t , , - The system of building embank , ments by running trains of loaded " cars , on railfl hung from a suspension. cable above the line of ' embankme . being uaefl < < with great success _ i t I v C 1 ! ) - ' - i
