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Presently every nan in camp is
aware of the con'ing attack the
sound of axes ringing on the
timber is heard some keep guard
while the axnien strengthen their de
fenses. Dick personally superintends
the fastenings of the horses, tied in
the mouth of a little blind canon that
runs off from their camp, and makes
a natural corral with the help of a
few logs stretched az a barrier at 'its
mouth. The animals are precious to
their progress, and they must take
30 chances of losing them through a
stampede.
Between the two leaders every de
tail is looked into, the men have
plenty of ammunition, and know how
to use it. There will be dreadful
slaughter when they open on the des
peradoes whom Mexican gold has
hired to attack them.
The desperate srenor has indeed
adopted deperate means when he
comes to this. His plans are work
ing badly, and he has reached the low
est level such a nature can descend
to, when, utterly regardless of human
life, he determines to annihilate the
Jittle party, if need be, in order to
grasp what he desires.
A silence like unto death hovers
over the camp of the Americans.
These brave men crouch at their
posts and wait to grapple with the
running foe who will come crawling
through the grass and over the fallen
.timber lilce murderous wolves creep
ing upon their expected prey.
The fires have all been extinguished
'and now only the starlight remains
to give them light, which, with the
eternal bills all around them, is faint,
.indeed.
When all Is made ready the com
trades talk it over, and Dick ap
proaches the tent which the women
occupy.
"Miss Westerly," he says softly.
"Yes," conies the reply on the in
jstant. "You had better be warned we ex
pect an attack" a little gurgle is
heard from Dora, always quick to take
"the alarm "and it might be wise for
.you to hf ready."
"We aio dressed w? did not retire.
Enter. Dick," comes in the clear voice
Jhe loves.
"What does this mean?" he asks,
passing in.
"That I suspected something Colo
nel Bob's uneasy manner warned me.
We waited up then we heard the
bustle, the chopping, the low com
mands. Ah! my Difh, you must not
think Pauline Westerly is deficient in
common sense."
He staits to protest. bat she laughs
It off.
"Now that we Know the absolute
truth, tell us all Keep nothing back,"
she commands, and as Dick is her
slave, her adorer, he obeys, not omit
ting to relate how her sweet songs
won the heart of Tampa Garcia back
.from evil..
Miss Pauline does not seem afraid
the soul of a heroine occupies that
lovely form.
"It Is a terrible thing to think what
the passions of a bad man may bring
about, but I shall .-tand up for the
rights Heaven gave me. It is my
duty, and if blood be shed he must
take the blame, this man who has
pursued me across the Atlantic."
The sound of a single rifle-shot
echoes through the valley, instantly
followed by a loud shriek.
"That means business. They
come! Keep in the tent, I beg of you,"
and with the words Dick Denver
bounds through the opening, eager to
get in line and inspire his men to do
their duty.
CHAPTER -XX.
"They Come the Greek! The Greek!"
Silence no longer holds sway in the
Valley los Muertas this fatal rifle
shot seems to have teen the signal
for throwing aside the mask; hideous
yells break forth from this point and
that, which are immediately answered
by shouts of defiance from the Ameri
cans who crouch behind the rude re
Moubt Colonel Bob is certainly in his ele
ment he was born a fighter, and
r.eer learned the meaning of .-the word
fear. His clarion voice is heard above
all the rest, like trumpet notes:
"Hold your fire, boys, make every
shot tell! We'll show the greasers
how Yankees fight. Steady it is,
boys. Listen to tht," as an outburst
is heard more fierce than before.
"Take 'em on the jump, my hearties!
They come the Greek, the Greek!"
Perhaps Colonel Bob has things
mixed a trifle, for in the historical
event to which his words refer, it was
the Turkish host that lay in camp;
the Turk who awoke "mid death and
battle smoke," but Bozarris and his
little hand could not have presented
a braver front to the foe than does the
company under the comrades two.
Then, with a crash, guns are dis
charged, and the shouts and shrieks,
and yells that arise are but a sin
gle feature in the pandemonium that
reigns.
Some of the assailants have reached
the rude fort, and tight hand-to-hand
over the barriers. The only light they
have comes from the stars, and the
flash of guns that spem to be contin
ually booming; but the eyes of hate
are keen, and these enemies who
grapple over the logs can see enough
to know how to fight like demons.
All has happened in an incredibly
hrief space of time. Five minutes be
fore peace and silence brooded over
the valley; and now a stranger com
ing through the define above would
believe bedlam had broken loose, and
all the fiends of Tophet were having
high carnival below.
The two women, sitting in the tent
which, through the forethough and in
genuity of Bob, has been pitched in a
spot where it could not be struck by
Stray lead, hear the awful clamor.
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different natures Pauline is white,
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does not tremble a particle; while
Dora's teeth chatter, and she clings
to the arm of her mistress, moaning
about her sad lot, and wishing she
had never come to Mexico, though as
soon as the danger is past she will
be sorry for having said as much.
Although the confusion is so ter
rible, Pauline has the utmost con
fidence in the management of her
lover, and beliees that his arrange
ments are as near perfect as can be.
Dick and Bob have divided their
forces, so that one can be at each
end of the little fort, encouraging the
men by precept and example. The
Mexicans who have attacked them
show an unusual fierceness, and Dick
immediately surmise? that Secor Lo
pez must have given them liberal
doses of pulque or some sort of strong
liquor, so as to fire their nerves, and
arouse their most savage passions.
Surely the love of money alone could
not make them take such risks.
So desperately does the battle rage
that there is some dacger lest friends
shoot down each other. When Dick
realizes this he roars:
"Light the funeral fires! We'll toss
the yellow dogs into the blaze! A
torch! a torch!"
One is almost immediately thrust
into his hand, and, springing to a pile
of dead leaves and brush, gathered
for this very purpose, he applies the
fire. Instantly flames shoot upward,
other hands have done the same in
three different quarters, and as many
fires illumine the scene.
It is dark no longer, indeed the sun
could hardly do more toward dispell
ing the gloom, for as the blaze eats
into each pyramid of dry grass and
debris, it mounts upward into a solid
pillar at least ten feet high.
Every man can tow see those
around him. and the bitter hand-to-hand
struggle promises to be more
desperate than ever.
In one place in particular the as
sailants seem to have determined to
force an entrance; they have massed
there in numbers, and those opposed
are in danger of being swept under.
Dick has prepared for just such an
emergency he springs forward and
Finds Himself Face
hurls some object which he snatches
from a box. It whirls through the air,
and. striking the ground just at the
outside edge of the enemy's line, ex
plodes with a flash and a roar that
shakes the very earth.
Consternation naturally ensues
among the Mexican assailants, who
believe they are abcut to be blown
to atoms. Perhaps not a great deal
of damage has been accomplished, as
the force of dynamite is generally
downward, but Dick's object has not
been slaughter, but lather to produce
a panic among their assailants, in
which endeavor he iu.s been signally
successful.
Some slink away like whipped curs,
and the remainder fight with less vim
than before. When a second bomb
bursts, with a concussion even more
deafening than the first, the last straw
has been laid on the camel. The
Mexicans have engagd to fight with
men, but not dynamite bombs, and
they diaw the line there.
So quickly do the Mexicans melt
away that presently all who may be
seen are those lying upon the ground,
or a couple locked in a fierce hand-to-hand
struggle with some of the de
fenders of the little valley fort, and
these are soon secured.
As the battle seems to be over, the
brave Americans set to work looking
after their wounded, and quite a num
ber have received hurts during the
brief but exceedingly desperate ac
tion. Two saddles will be vacant on
the morrow. By the light of the fires
the voyagers dig graves and clear the
battlefield of all its terrible evidences
of action, so that in the morning the
eyes of Miss Pauline will not be hor
rified by the sight of ghastly scenes.
Although the enemy has received
such a signal drubbing, that Is no sign
he will give up the endeavor to con
quer. As soon as possible after the
retreat. Dick hasten? to the tent to
reassure the one wno is ever in his
mind. He finds Dora almost in con
vulsionsthose two heavy explosions
were too much for her nerves, and
she believes all have been buried in
one common grave, including her Bob.
Leaving them in a much more
peaceful frame of mind, Dick hastens
to see that the defenses are restored
to their normal state, and everything
placed in readiness for another at
tack, should the Senor Lopez manage
to arouse a still fu-ther feeling of
desperate valor in the breasts of his.
followers.
Bob, being relieved of duty, hastens
to reassure his only Dora that he is
very much alive.
"Send him to me," she has implor
ed Dick, "for I shall not believe he
is alive unless I can see his dear
face and pinch him."
So Bob goes only too gladly love
does not pinch very severely, and
there are those who rather enjoy the
little twinges of pain when inflicted by
loving fingers.
All is finally in readiness for farther
business, im 'case Senor Lopez influ
ences his men to advance once more,
which, after the severe punishment
they have received on this night, is
an exceedingly problematical thing.
Guards watch at every point one?
half of the little garrison is on duty
at a time, while the others seek to
recuperate their energies in sleep. So
the night moves on the night that
would have been their last in the Val
ley los Muertas had Senor Lopez been
allowed his way.
Dawn comes at iast and every one
rejoices. They do not fear much now,
as i five hours ought to take them to
the El Dorado.
When breakfast has been eaten a
start is made. Extra precautions are
taken to guard against a surprise
men sent ahead to explore each de
file ere the column passes through.
Dora notices one strange thing. Col
onel Bob and six men remain behind
at the camp. She does not suspect
the truth, and wonders why they have
apparently deserted the main column.
When they have lost sight of the
late camp she turns to Miss Pauline.
"What does it mean? Will they
desert us? I never thought that of
Bob," she says, sadlv.
"Foolish Dora, you forget that your
Bob is a sheriff. I am afraid,' with a
shudder, "that it is a stern duty that
keeps him back. You remember that
they had two prisoners this morning?"
"Yes, the ugliest Mexicans in the
country," declared Dora, not yet
grasping the truth.
"They are not with us. There! "
as two shots were heard in quick suc
cession. "I presume justice has been
meted out it was an execution."
"The horrid men! I won't speak to
Bob, I" with tears and traces of
horror in her voice.
"It is you who are foolish. Think,
girl, what fate those men would have
condemned you to, and from which
you have been saved by the bravery
of Bob Harlan, and my Dick. Don't
ever let me hear you reproach the
colonel for having done his stern
duty, or I will disown you. silly Dora."
Probably Dora's eyes are now open
ed, and she sees matters in their true
light, for when Bob and his men come
galloping up later, without the two
ugly prisoners, she gives him a ravish
ing smile, and throws numerous kisses
across the space that separates them,
much to the amusement of the rough
rangers, not one of whom but secretly
to Face with Juanita.'
envies the Sheriff of Secora County
his good luck.
Once beyond the Valley of Death,
all of them breathe a sigh of relief.
A temporary halt is called on top of
the divide to rest the animals after
the laborious climb. From this point
they can look back into the valley,
and all are struck by the somber ap
pearance It presents one would im
agine a cloud of some sort hung over
it, preventing the sunlight from enter
ing and chasing the shadows away.
In great contrast lies the open coun
try bevond here all nature seems
bright and joyous, and the golden rays
of old Sol lend the surroundings a
cheerful aspect! birds that avoid the
gloomy valley at the foot of the de
file here whistle and warble merrily.
"Yonder lies the El Dorado.' says
Pauline, as she points across the
plateau.
They look eagerly, fcr with most of
the men this is their first trip to the
most famous of a.l Mexican mines,
and from the hints that have been
dropped they have a pretty good Idea
that all the scenes of excitement will
not be confined to the road leading to
the El Dorado.
The real fight for the possession of
the mine will be made at the scene of
the rich deposits. For this they were
enlisted, for this they will receive dou
ble pay, and during the journey they
have become so attached to Miss Paul
ine and her fortunes that there is not
a man among them who would not
risk his very life in her behalf her
ways are so winning, her manners so
gentle and yet dignified, that she
draws all honest hearcs to her.
(To Be Continued.)
Gave the Directions.
Jean Gerhardy, the well-known
'cellist, at a dinner in Philadelphia,
praised American wit.
"You are all witty," he said. "From
your millionaire down to your gamin,
you are quick, nimble and sparkling
in retort.
"Your gamins' wit is cruel. It!
caused a friend of mine to flush and
mutter an evil oath one day last week
in New York. My friend, in a hurry to
catch a train, ran out of his hotel
toward a cab, and a ragged little boy
opened the cab door for him and hand
ed him in his valise. He gave the
boy nothing. In his hurry, you see,
he forgot
"The disappointed urchin smiled
sourly and called this order to the
driver: 'Nearest poorhouse, cabby.' "
American Spectator.
"I suppose you object to railway re
bates?" "I dsnno as I do," answered Farm
er Corntassel, "exceptin' when they're
only jest' another way of stickln' up
the price on the fellers that haven't a
pulL" Washington Star.
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SWEET. POTATO CULTURE..
Sweet potatoes can be grown much
easier if their nature and require
ments are understood. It must be re
membered that sandy clay soil con
tains the elements required for their
best development, and that rich black
loam, while it will produce a heavy
growth of vines, will give a crop of
poor, stingy sweet potatoes.
The ground should be thrown up in
ridges with a lister or plow, the top
slightly flattened, and the plants set
from 12 to 16 Inches apart on the mid
dle of the top ridge. The object of
the ridge is to run off the rain and
admit the heat of the sun to the roots,
as the sweet potato is a semi-tropical
plant and we make the conditions as
near as may be like the southern
climate. A moist time, if not too cold,
is favorable for setting the plants, but
after they are once started a dry sea
son is the best for them.
Soon after setting the plants, the
flattened ridge should be stirred on
top with a wheel noe or hand hoe or
rake. The sides of the ridge of the
ridges can be worked with a horse
hoe or cultivator, followed in a few
days with the lister, winch may read
ily be drawn by one horse, throwing
back to the ridges the dirt that has
been torn down by the cultivator.
Continue thl3 at frequent intervals
till the vines cover the ground and
meet across the rows. Use the lister
the last time to lay them by.
The row may be kept frco from
weeds with but little hoeing if done
at the right time. Later in the sea
son the scattering weeds that come
in can easily be pulled by hand.
Slightly disturbing the vines in tend
ing does little or no harm when they
are young, but later on you must not
disturb them by lifting or trimming.
Let them take root as much as they
please, as the vines thus take up
nourishment and carry it to the po
tatoes. Dig in dry time if possible and cure
in a dry airy place. After a week or
two of curing, put them away in a
warm, dry room and "cover with dry
sand or road dust. Dry oats may be
used instead. Thus fixed they will
keep all winter if kept warm and dry.
Cellars are usually too damp and
cool. A place near a chimney in an
upstairs room is better.
A sweet potato bed is made al
most like an ordinary hot bed and the
same principles apply to both. Start
the bed and put in the seed potatoes
about five weeks before you will need
the plants.
THE COW AND THE HEN.
We much prefer the combination of
cows and hens to a mixture of even
pigs or calf-raising in certain circum
stances. Skimmilk will make better
returns fed laying hens than to any
animal. It contains the much sought
for protein and is easily digested. It
can be fea sweet or sour, as butter
milk or curd. Perhaps the best way,
at least it affords a variation is to
make a curd, or feed it straight or
mixed with meal or chopped clover or
anything else the farmer may deem
advisable.
We approve of every cow owner
raising his own herd. Buying cows is
ticklish business, and buying good
cows is a very rare proceeding. Get a
good bull who will really prove to be
half the herd, and raise all the prom
ising heifer calves from the choice
dams. The number a dairyman can
take care of is often less than the
skimmilk supply. The surplus of this
valuable product can be fed with great
profit, to the young growing chicks or
to laying hens. A laying hen is like a
milk cow, she should not be fat. Corn
is as fatal to egg production as its in
discriminate use is disastrous in the
dairy.
Cultivate the ground around newly
planted fruit trees, at regular inter
vals say once every two weeks. The
only usual exception to this is in the
case of bearing cherry or, perhaps,
pear trees. These, when full-grown
sometimes do fairly well in sod, after
a few years of preliminary cultiva
tion. If you have a cow that Is in the
habit of sucking herself, place an old
horse-collar on her neck and buckle
It tightly. As long as the collar is
kept on, it will prevent her from re
peating her old trick. This simple
method is both effective and humane.
Thought moves the world. With
one class of men it tends towards ex
pression in words, with another class
towards expression in deeds, and It is
equal honors as to which is the nobler.
The ignoble are the thoughtless. They
are ignoble both in word and in deed.
Rape will make a full crop if it is
sown now. Those who do not wish to
risk a large crop of if. can buy a small
package and put it in after they have
dug their early potatoes, or sow a few
rows in the cornfield at the last culti
vation. Machinery on the farm even when
well taken care of will wear out Mow
er wheels will last long after the other
parts of the machine are worn out.
We have seen some first-class farm
trucks made with the wheels of old
mowers.
The loss of crops from wind, hail
and flood is apt to be overrated. Na
ture has a wonderful recuperative
power. When a few days are past the
damage is found to be much less than
was first estimated.
Give poor Shep a chance to get a
cool drink. Dogs on a farm often
suffer from lack of water. Nothing
on a stock farm pays any better for
his keep than a well-trained shepherd
dog.
One "get there" is worth a score of
wise-to-be-theres. The way to suc
ceed is to adopt business methods and
tick to them.
RYE.AS FOOD FOB SWINE.
The rye crop is not grown to the
same extent to which, in na judg
ment, it ought to be grown, either as
a pasture plant or as a garden plant
The growing of rye at the present
time is. confined very largely to light
lands, whereon other crops, as for In
stance wheat and barley cannot be
grown with nearly so much success.
It is well that rye is grown on such
land, but there is also a place for it
occassionally on other land.
A strong point in favor of growing
rye, even for grain, is that after it has
been grown thus the ground can be
plowed and another crop of some kind
can he made to follow the same sea
son. This is owing to the fact that
the rye is harvested at such an early
date. One great objection, however, to
growing rye thus is the fact that more
or less of the grain Is likely to shell,
and being a very hardy plant, lives
over winter and grows up again in
other crops.
Rye furnishes excellent food for
swine. Of course, it is not well, as a
rule, to confine them to rye entirely.
It should be fed with moderation to
young pigs, because of he fact that It
possesses so largely carbohydrates.
But when pigs have passed the wean
ing stage and are being pastured
largely on leguminous crops, as
clover, rye can be fed to them with
advantage with considerable freedom.
It may also be fed to swine with
much advantage during the fattening
period. Of course, if corn is fed along
with the rye, so much the better, but
even where corn cannot be obtained,
rye alone during the fattening period,
or rye along with barley, will finish
the pigs up in pretty good shape.
SUMMER SHADE FOR POULTRY.
When poultry are confined during
the summer to yards or varying di
mensions there must be a certain
amount of shade provided in order to
keep them in the best conditions. The
shade of a building for a portion of a
day is all right, although the shade
of bushes or trees is more desirable.
If the poultry yard is located where
it is not possible to obtain shade in
the manner Indicated, it is a good
plan to either train vines over a por
tion of the poultry fence or to plant
two or three rows of corn just outside
the fence on the sunny side. In a few
weeks this will be high enough to
provide considerable shade and as it
grows, of course, will furnish more
shade.
If It is possible to locate the poultry
yard where there are bushes or tree3
of no particular value, it will be a
good plan to arrange it in this way
so that the fowls may have the ben
efit not only of the shade, but of dust
ing In the soil under the trees or
plants.
If a fair amount of, shade is pro
vided during the summer with an
abundance of fresh, cool water during
the day, and the fowls allowed to run
for an hour or two just before roost
ing time, most of the breeds wi'l
bear confinement very well. It will
be a little hard on the smaller and
more active fowls like the Leghorns,
but the Wyandottes and Plymouth
Rocks will stand the confinement and
keep in good condition.
DOES PARKING PAYP
Do you know, brother farmer, that
no other legitimate business i-i the
world presents greater opportunities
for profit than ours? Take th.; possi
bilities of a kernel of corn for illus
tration. Planted on a piece of earth
two by two by one feet, and it will
produce two ears, each containing 4C0
kernels, .or an increase of 800 per
cent in four months time. Where Is
the trade or business in any city
which will return half so great a
profit per annum on an investment?
The growth of vegetation pays Nature
she grows rich. And if a field of
corn, increasing at this marvelous
rate, does not pay the owner, there
surely must be something the matter
with the man. It is not the plant.
or the field, or the business which 1?
at fault. Forever and ever, so long
as the world holds men, there will be
a demand for food, and every particle
of it must come out of the earth or
the sea. And every ounce of food is,
first of all, a plant. Forever and ever,
then, will there be a demand for
plants. The growing of food plant?
can never cease to be profitable if the
right man and correct management
are at the helm.
Inbreeding is simply breeding with
in a fixed life without any admixture
of outside blood. Inbreed sock is that
which will trace on both sides to a
common percentage. When close rel
atives are coupled it is known as in
breeding. When it is desired to in
enslfy peculiarities existing in certiin
families the sire is often coupled with
his own female produce in several
generations, but it is something that
only the experienced breeder should
undertake.
Be ready to commence cutting the
grass in good season. Better to com
mence a little early and be able to gat
all up in a good condition than to
delay commencing and then be obliged
to have the last cutting hard, woody
fiber, with but a small percentage of
nutriment in it. The qualit cf the
hay depends almost entirely upon the
stage of cutting and the manner of
curing.
A man of experience says lhat to te
a successful dairyman, you have to be
as patient as Job, as sweet tempered
as a genuine saint, as punctual as a
clock, as steady as a beau, as long
suffering as a true Christian, as wise
as a serpent and as gentle as a turtle
dove. And he is right.
The best time to kill weeds is just
as they are peeping through the
ground. They may then be destroyed
with half the labor that would b re
quired a few days later, after they
have their roots firmly established.
POULTRY NOTES.
In regard to the -pernicious habit ot
feather eating 'which! fowls some
times acquire, (he New York station
has one' preventive and two remedies.
The preventive, is a wide range for
the fowls, and. the first remedy is to
smear the feathers of the fowls that
permit themselves t be fleeced with
lard or vaseline mixed with powdered
aloes. The other remedy is to strip
the feathers . from feather-eaters -and
cook the stripped fowls and eat them,
and for general purposes the latter
cure Is the better way. It alway3
works.
It Is essential In saving the drop
pings that they be kept dry. If al
lowed to stand exposed to sun and
rain valuable elements are lost.
Feed the little chicks late In the
evening and early in the morning and
do not compel them to wade through
long wet grass for their food.
Plaster of parls scattered over the
floors of the poultry houses Is a puri
fying absorbent, preventing the smell
which arises from the droppinrs.
Much of the disease with which the
fowls are afflicted may be traced from
its origin to a neglect in properly ven
tilating the poultry houses.
When the weather is damp and the
poultry yards are muddy, feeding sul
phur often proves injurious. Give
only when the weather is warm and
bright.
Ordinarily a show bird is under
stood to be one that scores 80 or more
points, and one that in good condition
falls below 80 is absolutely unfit for
a breeder. '
When a hen is incubating she comes
off the nest as regularly to dust her
self as she does to feed, instinct
teaching her that it is the best of
methods for ridding herself of lice.
Brush heaps, bunches of tall weeds,
fences overgrown with bushes and
I briars, and piles of old rubbish In the
vicinity of the poultry yard furnish
good hiding places for vermin.
PROFIT OF THE DAIRY COW.
Very few farmers realize the In
come that can be had from a good
cow. The farmer who keeps a cow a
year to raise a $15 or $20 calf usually
thinks he has done as well as any
one, but his profits do not compare
with those of the dairyman. Except
with high-priced registered cattle, a.3
a rule tue milk, not the calf, is the
most valuable product of the cow.
.The milk produced by the average
Missouri cow will sell for about $30
at the creamery or when made into
first-class butter. A good cow of the
dairy breeds will make at least $30
cash income every year. I have a list
of about 50 Missouri farmers who
report a cash income of from 50 to
$100 per cow every year. As a matter
of fact, it takes only 60-hours' time
worth about six dollars to milk a cow
ten months.
Now a few facts and figures from
our experience on the state farm.
Last yeaV the cash income from the
herd was $82.50 per cow for butter
sold and $12.50 per cow for milk,
skim milk and calves making a total
income from each cow of $93. This
year the average income per cow from
the same sources will be over $100 for
the entire herd of 28. These results
do not come from feeding expensive
feeds or excessive feedings. 'ii.ey are
not due to fine barns or unusual treat
ment of any kind. But they are the
result of doing the right thing at the
right time in the proper way.
POULTRY POINTERS.
Save the meat scraps for your
fowls.
It is a good rule to scald out the
drinking vessels once a week.
Ground bone can be fed alone or In
soft food.
Proper food and a variety of it
makes strong, healthy chickens.
If you want to keep eggs for any
length of time turn them over every
day.
Clean earth is one of the best ab
sorbents that can be used in the poul
try house.
Whitewashing the nests, inside and
out, is a good means of keeping them
free from vermin.
While there is but little sale in
market for guineas, they are the near
est approach to the wild fowls of any
meat known.
Powdered charcoal mixed with soft
feed aids digestion.
Dust sitting hens with pyrethrum
powder twice or three times before
the eggs hatch, and there will be no
lice on the chicks.
We have settled down to tha con
viction, based on our experience in
i hoeing quack grass, that the p'an of
trying to remove it from a corn hill
or from a corn row when the corn Is
much advanced is not a good on?.
Hoeing done at that stage in the corn
will injure it, and we question very
much if the influence in destrovlng
the quack is at all marked. While
great advantage may result from go-
j ing through corn and cutting out
stray weeds, such as wild oats and
summer grass that would otherwise
go to seed, where time can be got for
such work, we believe the labor is
practically lost, mat is tnus spent in
fighting quack grass. It must be at
tacked in other ways.
It seems to be a very hard ma'ter
to get the patrons of a creamery to
test their cows. They may know that
they have cows in their herd who are
' not paying for their keep, but rather
than to go to the trouble of weighing
, the milk and taking samples to the
creamery to be tested, they will let
the poor cows continue to eat up the
profits of the good ones.
"As mean as pusley." Those who
try to rid their grounds of this per
sistent, troublesome weed now le3i
the force of this old saw. Hoe it up
and it only improves it; turn it on Its
back and the roots will turn and take
hold again as if nothing had hap
pened. The only sure way to get rid
! of it is to put it in a basket and feed
it to the pigs.
Keep your cows in cool stablc3
during the heated season when flka
acnoy them. Cows shriek their milk
if allowed to run out unprotected.
Keep your fences in order. It may
save you a big damage suit, with your
neighbor as plaintiff.
FACTS AS TO ACCIDENTS.;'
t
Showing; That Overwork lv Ire-!
qnent Cause on the IsJ i
roads. Y
On of the most importnal tables
sver compiled by the interstate com
merce commission has teen supplied
by Secretary Moseley te Senator Till
man, who procured Its printing as a
public document, reports the Philadel
phia Record. It is a list of collisions
and derailments where the employes
had been on duty an excessive number
of hours and a list of personal injuries
to employes due to having been at
work excessively long.
These are railroad reports and net
the results of investigations by the
commission and they do not include
personal injuries that had no obvious
connection with the condition of the
employe. The facts disclosed by this
tabulation are startling.
Eight railroad men were killed and
13 Injured as the result of accidents
caused by overwork. In one case a
man who had been on duty 32 hours
was sent out flagging and went to
sleep on the track. In nine other
cases in this list of personal injuries
men had been at work continuously
for 20 hour or more.
In collisions and derailments due to
lack of sleep or exceptional fatigue,
35 persons were killed and 147 in-,
jured. In one case the man had beer
at work 48 hours. In nine cases men
had been at work 24 hours or more
one was 47 hours at work and an
other was 38 hours and in several
other instances men had been at work'
more than 20 hours.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
System in Use on England's Sail
ways and Its Method of
Operation.
Train telegraphy without wires is
the English way. The system was
conceived by Sir Oliver Lodge and Dr.
Alexander Muirhead. Their biggest
problem has been with the aerial wire.
In order to make tests under the most
disadvantageous conditions an old
car was used as a receiving station.
The aerial wires were carried on por
celain insulators, the height of the
wires varying from nine to 115 inches
above the curature of the roof. From
the roof the wires are carried in a
small cable through a special insulated
fitting to the interior of the van to
the receiving instrument; here the
message is written by a Lodge-Mulr-head
siphon recorder. The transmit
ting station is situated in a hut near
Derby with an installation of appa
ratus for sending the message into the
air. Outside the cabin is the aerial
wire, which follows conventional lines,
being supported upon masts 40 feet
from the ground and connected with a
spark gap and coil for increasing the
strength of the electrical impulse dis
charged from the transmitting instru
ments at the station. The experiment
ers find the greatest difficulty is due tc
the large amount of electrical energy
required to obtain successful conver
sation on account of the short aerial
wire used at the receiving station.
THE HEN OF THE RAIL.
Through Time and Space In a furious
race
Spurning the midnight gales.
The steel steed reels on flying wheels
Over the shining rails;
With good cigars in the sleeping ears.
Cozy and safe and warm.
Ye pay small heed to the headlong speed
And the men who breast the storm.
When the signal flares and red light
glares
Out of the darkness dread.
Scant time is there for oath or prayer
By the men who ride ahead;
With rapid thought is the quick deed
wrought
That checks the rushing train.
And it's hit or miss, as the air tubes hist
And the brake rods grind and strain.
ITIs theirs to dare both foul and fair
Just as the Ixrd may send.
With steadfast heart from the whirling
start
To the good or evil end;
It's all in the work, though Death may
lurk
In the murky gloom before.
They laugh at fear in the ruddy cheer
That streams from the furnace door.
Now this Is the dream of the sons ot
steam.
Men of the cab and rail.
"A level track and no looking back
From the lure of the homeward trail:
We'll strike right through on a schedule
true
And never a moment late.
For there's no delay on the right of way
When we pay our debts to Fate."
George T. Fardy, in Chicago Examiners.
Scarcity of Freight Cars.
"During 1903," writes George R. Met
calf, M. E., in the March Technical
World Magazine, "the railroads of the
United States ordered new locomotives
to the number of G.300, together with
3.300 passenger care and 340,000 freight
cars. These last figures give a good
idea of the relative importance of pas
senger and freigh traffic to a large rail
road. The rail mills started the new
year with orders for 2,500,000 tons on
their books. "In spite of these
great orders and in spite of the
best efforts of the railroad man
agers, pile after pile of thousands'
of bushels of corn has been heaped up
on the ground in Iowa, Kansas and
Nebraska for want of storage room or
transportation facilities; while in
North Dakota alone, over a million
bushels of wheat has rotted on the
ground for want of freight cars to
move it." ,
Spanking Might Do Good.
The old-fashioned woman said little
and spanked much; the woman of the
present time says much and spanki
little. When we remember the spaak
ings we got when we were little we
think to-day's woman Is the better
but when we see how noisy to-day's
children are we wish we could have
more of the old-fashioned woman
around. Atchison fKan.) Globe.
Really Observing.
"Where yeou going, Hiram?" asked
the old lady on the train.
"Up in the 'observation car,'" re
plied her husband, with a grin.
"Why, the observation car is on be
hind." "No, it ain't; it's up front Thars
four honeymoon couples up thar."
Chicago Daily News.
. Pretty soon the Bobs and the Ben3
.and the Joes will be almost as nu
Jmerous as the Bills in the solema
'United States senate.
