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SYNOPSIS. I
Barton H. Barnes, a wealthy American
touting Corsica, rescues the youni; Kns
tUk Heu tenant. Edward Gerard An.trutli
er, and liis. Corsican bride, Marina,
daughter of Un' Panlis, from the mur
derous vcndottn. understanding that his
reward i to l the hand of the girl lie
laves. Knid Anstrutiter. sister of the Kns
tUh lieutenant. Th four fly from Ajar
cio to Marseille on hoard the French
Steamer Conatantino. The vendetta pur
sues and an the. qi;nrtt are about to
hoard the train for fMiJon at Marseille.
Maria is handtl a mystriou note
wMch ctiMM tier to onllapse and necessi
tates a postponement of the journey.
Barnes eU part of the mysterious note
and receive letters, which inform 1dm
taat ho is marked by the vendetta, -He
mS)loyii an American detective and plans
te beat Uie vemletu at their own came.
Ftor the purpose of securing the safety
ef the wonicn Barnes arrange to ha.-e
fMy Chartrl. lwe a secluded villa at
Nice to which he prty is to li- taken
ia a yacht. Rarnea and Knid make
arraagemenU Tor tiieir marriage. The
net tighten bout Barnes. He. r
ceives a note front Tn Hello Blacfcw.Kl.
the American adventur.e.is. Barnes hears
that Elijah Kinorv. his dettftive. ha
been murdered hv the Corsicans. He
learns that tho man supposed to he Cnr
reglo, who ftillttwed the party on thesr
way to the boat, was Salleeti. a nephew
T Muv count, and that Count Corregio
liad teen,in Nice for sinn1 time prior to
the party'K arrival. Tlie count warns
Barnwj not to marry Enid unless he
would have Icr .Iho involvi-d in the mur
derous feud. fUru.-'J anil Knid are mar
ried. Soon afb" their w-ddlng Barrio.-'
hrfdo disappear. Barnes dlseovers he
liiut hwn hiiliuin;.! and taken to Corsica.
"Hie groom M-cures a fishing vessel anJj
J snoot to wart in pursuii ni m imac
captors when he hear a scream from
the villa ami riuttit4 bark to hear that
Anatrnther'.H wifi. Marina, is also n:::s
ing. Barnes i onoll"l to depart for
Comic without dolny. and so he leaves
the search for Marina to her husband
while he goeH l hunt for Knid. Just be
fore Uarnci boat laiuK on Corsica's
shore Marina is discovered hhline in a
corner -of the ve!. Slie explains Iter
taction by Maying: she has come to help
Barnc-i rcHcue Iiih wife from the Corsi
rMiL When B.irne and Marina arrive
In Corsica he i given : note written hv
Knid infomunK iei that the kidnaping
is for tho punKVi- of entiapping Barn;s.
an the venj.(.t.i may kill hhu. Barnes
and Marina lta unusual adventures in
their searcli for Knid. . Tltev come In
ight of Jirt and her captors in the Cor
alcan mciunbii, vilils just as night at
wroachete. In s-vkiitK shelter from a
atornt tlie couple ont.-r a hermitage and
there to their amazfiient they discovei
Tomasso. the fo.ler father of Marina.
who wan impii'Meal to have Ihvji kil'eul hv
'He BeWoc'a wjldjer. and for who death
Barnes hal teeii vendettaed. To!nn.so
te4rn that Marina's husband did not
hill her brut .e-.
CHAPTER XIII. Continued.
Here, an they warm themselves be
fore tlie fire. Tomasso remarks: "I
have little to offer you. dear mistress,
but. Hfime dfifu sheep's flesh."
'PihJi! huugev is nothing. You
ar alive, dar ohl Tomasso," re
Itextii the gi!. as he agaia
mumhlci ti?r hand. Stil! the
ycniBS latly'a eyes seem liappier
whea Barm, opening his haversack,
thrust, out caaa of preserved meats,
ixttlod chlck? and tinned biscuits;
also; tea and cotfeo and tin cups and
plateg. Thtga ling followed by a bos
mT ctgani, the American emits a snor
of joy. and rewarke: "Little Lehoet
in ajgcalMB."
Isiaiedtetalr H .together they go to
vwk to taake a mountair tnsaper.
Hoasi alert . they eat, Barnes re
hUMrka: "This taV ntightr curious co
incAeace. -6 yau know, old Tomasso.
that' Sallceti.. the young politician
here, tho oae who is to atarry your
faaffhter. theria. has sworn a ven
lotta agalasl me for tutting the troops
oa yoHr track and getting you shot to
dodta?"
' "A- veadctta aaiust you? Well, it
was his duty, freeing he is to marry rijy
daughter, had your soldiers killed me."
returns the old Corsican. in his simn!e
way.
, ' A DtoBteov after, however. Iih chuck
' leu to hiaiKClf: "Per Dio. that was
what Bochjiil and Romano wanted me
to. do lo-day-rf was to kill you."
"Tbose awful monsters,' shudders
Marina.
"VThat makea you think that. Mon
aldi?" asks flarne.-?. surprise upon his
face.
"Well, this Rochini. :md his male,
have been run out of Rotondo. the
farmers there having got tired of their
sheep digappoaritig too rapidly, and
have coma over to this mountain. To
day theno two approached me yjnic
f;Mir luiun Ann Mi& said: 'Hrother
!Madit out cit-:? jsh". join us. A mes
:uiager liaa iicctt sent ahead and we
am going dwu to help Saltcetl make
vutes for himself by killing the Amei
no down in the vale toward Gu
:igno. "Hum! thon yon did not aecept," re
markK llarnes. lighting his cigar.
"I am tfeK quite bandit enough io
shoot a ina'i I have never heard of he
fore." answers old 3Ionaldi proudly,
"so I said: Xo 'Ah. but he will have
gold "with him.' cried Uochini. For
gnnrH always have gold.' said Roma
no, and tho two went on their way.
They are 'down the valley now."
That is not all of, it," says Rarnes
earnestly. "Your loved .mistress her
Ufa is ia danger, too.'
"Not by those or any other men
-while I. Tomasso. am alive," answers
the old man savagely.
"No. but by Clpriano Danella. Mus
ao'a brother, and the scar-eyed young
man. Maaao's nephew."
"Ob., yea:. I know them both. They
' thej flwtwteir herV" The old Cor-
gases with love and reverence
the being he adores. "Threaten
4mm- these pdOfde?" he exclaims vin
cUveJy. "Yes. because your stiletto killed
at asao, they say she plotted with you
far has asarder, so as to save her hus
band." remarks Barnes, puffing his
tgar. '" '
"What, when she 'shrieked to me
not to strike through the curtain. Ah.
"uitt.1 have sosaethlag to say to Mus-
a'e retajUres. And my friead, Saliceti,
I omce voted for. who ts to
rv say' Etheria if. he is with
theam. I wiH. hare a word with Saliceti.
ad anoaM he aot prove pliable Ethe
ria ataat get'aaether for husbaad.
tVrte ahoald aet amarry corpses, and
SaKeeti will he daad. ' As if tho nat
ter is elated. oM If oaaldi Ills a bat
tered cherrywoad pipe with the straag.
hitter, awUve.tOwaccqef the isUai,
lights it and goes to puffing content
edly. "Neither of the Danellas is in Cor
sica." remarks Barnes. "The danger
will come to your mistress when she
returns to her husband oa the French
maiulard. But Saliceti has abducted
my wife and brought her here so that
I. following him. shall come to my
death in Rocoghano."
"Pah, nothing will come to your wife
to-night." says old Monaldi. "Girls
picking wild strawberries were talk
ing that the day after to-morrow the
people vote. They have a meeting this
evening in Bocognano. I Jisfc
ted .from
behind a rock and heard them
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But Barnes is not so easy about his
captured bride; he steps out of the
cabin and finds the wind has died-
away, the mist has cleared' with the
rapidity usual to mountain storms.
He steps in and says anxiously to
Marina: "The evening is very clear.
You know my anguish do you think
you have strength to venture down the
heights, assisted by Tomasso and me,
and enter your own village?"
"Certainly, I am refreshed. Aaother
cup of tea and I will go with you."
cries the girl so eagerly that Barnes
puts' grateful eyes upon her. for he
knows it is her spirit more than her
strength that produces her assent to
further journey.
They are making hurried prepara
tions to leave the 'cabin. Barnes is
bending over the fire, brewing Ma
rina's tea their guns, and even the
American's revolvers are lying in their
belt on the pile of boughs near the en
trance. Tomasso is saying: "Will I j
Certainly I Am Refreshed, Another
not astonish the men who swore a
vendetta against you for my death! I
who am alive and and " when sud
denly Tomasso stops. There is a rat
tle in his throat' that causes Barnes to
look hurriedly up. Marina has retreat
ed to the corner of the cabin and Mon
aldi's eyes are full of horror.
Just across the fire from him stand
two dark mountaineers. Rough, un
dressed sheepskins cover their brawny
shoulders; long guns are in their
hands and stilettos in their belts. One
is a big. powerful looking ruffian; the
other slighter, but his brown limbs
Uthc and sinewy. The eves of both
are shining malevolently in the blaze.
"Corp di diavolo. this is a rare catch
you have made, hermit bandit, whose
name we do not know." chuckles the
bigger of the two men; "this Ameri
cano whose pockets Saliceti declared
were lined with gold, he whom we
waited for and missed in the vale be
low." "Ah. you are Rochini and Romano, I
believe from your speech, .gentlemen."
gays Barnes quietly.
"Aye. that we are. And who is this
woman of the beautiful eyes? Hand
thy captives over to us, hermit bandit.
Divide your spoils with ns and we will
save you the trouble, of cutting the
man's throat." jeers the slighter mis
creant. "As for the woman, the fire tells me
she is very lovely both as to limbs and
face, and 1 have a better use for her,"
guffaws the bigger man.
And never was Marina more beauti
ful. She confronts the ruffians with
undaunted mien, and says command
ingly: "Fellows, dare, to lay your
hands on me and the whole of Bocog
nano will hunt you down. The Bella
coscia will destroy you. I am Marina
Paoli."
"Oh. she is merry with us, this girl
who runs after foreign gentlemen.
Now we will show her that Corsican
kisses are as good as those of this
Americano."
Brutally they draw Bear to her. . As
the girl draws hack from. the coatam
lasting clasp of the aaoasters, Totaas
so with a savage .cry. aad uplifted
stiletto, stand between.
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In a second the old man will be dead
under their knives and the brave girl
their prey. Marina's undaunted eyes,
turning, in apiieal to the American, aee
with astonishment that he makes ao
move to aid her, but is abjectly equina
ing toward -the cabin door." Suddenly
she utters a gasp of despair and a sigh
of contempt; this great pistol shot is
running timidly away, flying out of the
cabin, though as he passes the pile of
boughs he seizes the belt holdinghis
two revolvers.
"He has the gold! After him!" cries
Rochini. m -
"We'll knife him in a minute!",. yells
.Romano, and the two, cocking their
gfjas, fly after the dastard American.
But as they reach the door, the mo
ment their athletic forms are outlined
by the blaze of the fire, two quick,
sharp pistol reports come from the
outside, and Rochini and Romano,
without even a cry, fall to the earth,
inert and dead.
The smoke of Barnes' revolvers is
sues from them as he quietly re-enters
and says apologetically: "I knew 1
wouldn't have time to grab my guns
and shoot before they'd knife me, so I
imitated the trick of Jerry, the Denver-
barkeeper, and ran away till 1
could get my weapons ready." -
A moment later he says: "Come!"
and taking Marina carefully in bis
arms, whispers: "Turn your face from
them," and steps over the dead men
lying in the entrance of the cabin.
Behind him, Tomasso, following, car
rying the American's rifle, is saying:
"Ob, you will be worshiped in this
commune for this. So many poor men
have been butchered, so many poor
women have been carried away to the
mountains by these dead devils."
But the reports have drawn others
to the. spot. As Barnes steps over the
dead men lying iu the entrance of the
cabin, he suddenly says: "By heaven,
here are more of them!" puts Marina
down and would draw his revolvers
were he not seized by three athletic
young fellows who rise silently from
the shadows alnrat them.
A clear, commanding voice remarks:
"No more of Rochini and his fellows
You have saved us the trouble of their
killing. We are the Bellacoscia. Your
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Cup of Tea and I Will Go with You.
the execution of these ruffians we were
pursuing, who have brought discredit
on the honored name of bandit."
And Tomasso is crying. "Antonlc
Bonelli." to a man of noble bearing,
who. carbine a hand, comes into the
cabin followed by eight stalwart young
men. all armed as he is.
But the young men fear the super
natural and stand back, their eyes
gleaming, and one shudders: "'Tis
the ghost of old Monaldi, killed by Dc
Belloc's troopers two weeks ago." For
a moment they would retreat, but their
leader laughs at them: "Tis flesh
and Mood that is kissing my hand."
And old Tomasso says: "You know
how well the troopers shoot. Do you
think they'd hit a man at 200 yards
hiding behind a rock in the gloom of
the morning?"
But the flashing-eyed man orders:
"Stand back, while I question this
stranger who has done Bocognano a
service to-night." ,
Marina has risen, murmuring: "An
tonio Bonelli!"
"Gran Dio! Mademoiselle Paoli."
says the man. and gallantly sinks upon
his knee and kisses devotedly the fair
hand the girl extends to him. After
a moment he continues most emphati
cally: "It was with sorrow that Cor
sica heard that you bad forgotten the
oath of the vendetta in the arms of
the English officer who killed your
brother." . .
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Tin Mines in Malaya.
A correspondent from the Malay
peninsula states that the projected
railway from Hongkong will be likely
to traverse the rich mineral regions
of Siamese Malaya. Laag Suan has a
tin supply that cannot 'he exhausted
in a hundred years to come, while the
same may be said of Reaang. There :
are 70 mines in the region of Lang
Suan, most of which are worked by
artives. but the European concessions
in the latter place, as well as In Re
aang. are exceptionally encouragiag
and already are giviag excelleat re
turns. There -is no lack of capital,
even the natives making theauelves
.better acquainted with modern- ma
chinery aad bringing It into mse.
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A FUNNY GIANT.
frfew a Little Fun Can Be Had in
Social Company.
Some evening when' your friends
have come in to spend an hour with
you and conversa
tion lags, yon and
one of your
friends can im
personate this
queer-loo king
giant and cause
much merriment.
Select a boy
-much smaller than
yourself and seat
him astride on
your'shoulder.
draping yonr com
bined figures with
a shawl or long
cloak. Disguise
your friend's face
by making a mus
tache with a piece of burnt cork and
ornament his head with a high hat.
The more complete the disguise the
more effective is the giant. If some
ready-witted and genial member of the
party will undertake to act as show
man and exhibit the giant, holding a
lively conversation with him and call
ing attention to his gigantic idio
syncrasies, a great deal of fun may be
produced. The joke should not, how
ever, be very long continued, as the
feelings of the person carrying the
other must be considered.
A NEW CUT-OUT.
1 Cut Out White Space Around the
Head.
Cat out the disk and fasten it to
back of the card at the dots. Turn
and see jourself as others see you.
A THRILLING ADVENTURE.
The Escape, Pursuit and Lassoing ef
a Tiger in Tennessee.
A tiger in Tennessee may be set
down as a decided novelty, and the
account of its capture makes an in
teresting story.
One day a circus came to Knoxville,
and on the eve of departure the circus
wagons were being loaded on the cars.
A switch engine was shoving some
cars about, when one of them became
derailed, colliding violently with two
cage-wagons, and the cage containing
three tigers was badly damaged. The
woodwork was crushed in, leaving a
hole of sufficient size for the tigers
to get out.
One of. the animals leaped from the
cage on to the flat car, and from, there
to the ground. The 'two remaining
ones were about to follow suit, when
the trainer and several other employes
of the circus rushed up to the cage
and prevented the exit. But one of
the tigers was at large, and as soon
as the fact became generally known a
stampede of the people in the vicinity
occurred, while the circus men rushed
to inform the managers.
Preparations for the capture of the
tiger were made. One of the Texas
cowboys, and the one most perfect in
handling a lasso, was detailed to make
the attempt. The man handling the
tiger was also instructed to assist in
the dangerous duty, and the pair went
to work.
They located the tiger about a
stone's throw from the cage in which
he had been confined. The huge brute
was crouched under a box car. be
tween the rails. His eyes shone
brightly and looked to his captors as
large as two full moons.
A large dry goods box was procured,
a bole bored in the bottom and the
box placed on its side; convenient to
the animal. One end of the lasso
was shoved through the hole and the
Texan threw the rope. His judgment
was perfect, and the lariat ' dropped
over the neck and left foreleg of the
tiger to a nicety.' Then the work of
landing the animal in .the box began.
He was pulled up to it slowly, and
although he resisted considerably, was
at last -safely lodged in the box, but
not until he had torn off one glove
worn by the cowboy and lacerated bis
hand badly. The box was then nailed
ap and the tiger hauled away, growl
ing spitefully.
Teacher (reading aloud) The
weary. sentinel leaned on his gun and
stole a few moments'- sleep.
Dottle I bet I know where he stole
it from. '
Teacher 'Where JJbt ?
Dottle From his "nap"-ssck.
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SUSIE.
The True Stery ef, a Littfe fceJtallna
'When Susie was a little sqaealiag
baby. Uncle Hezekiah adopted -her.
She was all alone la the world, and ao
was he. He wrapped her in a piece of
old carpet and tucked her into a box
filled with hay in the wood shed.
" A queer crib for a baby," you say.
But Susie thought it was delightful.
She had never seen such a aloe bed
before, for she had been bora ia the
slummiest of slums to tell the truth,
in a pig pea.
That pigs are really cleanly crea
tures, no one could doubt who saw
Susie's milk-white coat. She was
the dearest, sweetest little baby piggy
in the world, iter pretty piak aose
and little pink ears.and the curl of her
little tail were simply,, irresistible. So
thought Uncle Hezekiah. as he fed her
a bowl of warm bread and milk three
times each day.
But pretty soon Susie was able to
feed herself, for baby pigs are not
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babies long. In a short time she was
trotting all over the farm at her foster-father's
heels; out to the hen
house to feed the chickens; back to
the pump to get a pail of water for
Sam. the old horse; down to the berry
patch to pick berries for supper; over
to the pasture after the cow.
Wherever. Uncle Hezekiah went Susie
went, too, or wanted to. It was very
funny to see the old. farmer andhis
faithful follower.
One day' Uncle Hezekiah had to go
to town on business. He was already
in sight of the court house tower
when he remembered that he had not
locked Susie in her shed as usual, lie
turned around and looked behind him
in some uneasiness. In the distance
was a small cloud of dust. It came
nearer and nearer.
Yes. it was Susie! She had fol
lowed him these three miles to town.
Uncle Hezekiah stopped his horse.
Susie's feet clattered faster over the
dusty road as she saw the beloved
face of her master turned toward
her. When she reached the buggy she
gave a joyous grunt of greeting.
"Well, Susie, what does this mean?"
Uncle Hezekiah spoke sternly. "No
one told you you might come. Go
straight home!'
The joyous twist or Susie's tail un
wound, and she stood loosing at him
with mournful eyes, as he whipped up
his horse and rolled away as fast as
Sam's stiff old legs could carry him.
It was eight o'clock in the evening
before Uncle Hezekiah had finished
his errands and started for the farm.
He had reached r the top of the hill
where he had left Susie in the after
noon, when he thought he heard a
familiar sound in the darkness. He
listened:
"Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!"
Tlie tones were" as full of love and
longing as pig language can express.
It was the voice of the faithful Susie!
She had waited for him all the after
noon and evening in this same spot
where he had left her. How could he
scold her?
"is that you. Susie, my girl?" he
called. "Well! well! You must be
hungry. So am I. Iet's go home as
fast as we can and get some supper."
Susie trotted happily along under
the buggy. She was a very intelligent
pig, and she pricked up her pink ears
to try to hear that song Uncle Heze
kiah was chanting in his deep bass.
He was chuckling so she could hardly
understand him. but it sounded like:
"Thin little pie w'iit to market.
This llttlft Jis RtayftI at home.
This llttlft'pis rrtal: 'W vf-. "
1 c-an't flml my way homo."
Martha D. Taylor, in Detroit Free
Press.
FOR WILLING FINGERS.
A Sewing Convenience Which Mother
Will Like.
Would you like to make this useful
and ornamental sewing convenience?
Jt is easy to mak
and will lie much
appreciated by
your mother, sis
ter or friend. The
p i n c u s h i o n.
needlebook and
scissor-case are
fashioned of any
small pieces of
silk or satin that
you may happen
to h a v e. T h e
emery bag is made of red flannel to
represent a strawberry, or or brown
cloth to look like an acorn, it is tilled
with emery. Fasten to each article a
strip of ribbon a half yard in length.
Join these at the top with a bow and
sew a large safetypin on the under
side of the bow for the jmrpose of
pinning this dainty sewing conveni
ence tO'the dress of the user. .
.
How to Get Poor Quick.
Do not try to save your loose
change. It is too small an amount to
put in the savings bank, it would not
amount to much, anyway, and there
is great comfort in spending it. Just
wait until you get sufficient worth
while, before yon deposit it.
Do not try to economize. It is an in
fernal nuisance to always try to save
a few cents here and there. Hesideu.
you will get the reputation of being
mean and stingy. You want everybody
to think you are generous.
Just look out for to-day. Haw a
good time as you go along. Just use
your money yourself. Don't deprive
yourself for the sake of laying up
something for other people to fight
over. Besides, you are sure of to
day. You might not be alive to-morrow.
Success Magazine.
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Tmws.
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Urn (ffir
Do your best and' be lacky.
.
A good farmer is one who under
stands his trade aBd worka at it.
Put the brood sows by themselves
whea they begin to get pretty large.
Next season's work will go off
smoother if you think out the tasks
ahead.
. Keep the "barn clean, the cow clean,
feed clean food and then see that the
milker is clean.
Dairying is the one branch in which
no man should eagage who has not a
real liking for cows.
The cows are entitled to as good
care as that given the horse, and are
just as appreciative of such treat
ment. As far as is possible seeds and nur
sery stock should be produced in the
localities where they are to be planted
and grown.
The best breed for you is the one
which will do best under the condi
tions your place affords, and which
will find the readiest market.
Clean milk means more than the
handling of the milk' after it comes
from the barn. All the care in the
world cannot atone for carelessness
by the milker.
The successful poultryman is the
man who knows his flock so well as
to be constantly weeding out the culls
and drones, and marketing them to
pay their overdue board bill.
Pure water on the farm. Have you
got it? It may look clear and good,
but are you sure the well is. so locat
ed that it is not being contaminated
by surface water or some other
agency?
Some people's chicken yards would
not make respectable hog pens. If it
is so low that the water remains there
fill in with sand, gravel, ashes or other
material until it is above, the level
of the surrounding land. Chickens
must have a dry yard if they would
thrive.
i It Is the opinion of one farmer whc
has raised hogs for 30 years that the
animals do best on a free range.' He
claims that the exercise they get. to
getner with the nourishing grasses
they eat. makes them stronger all
around and more able to withstand
disease.
There is a good deal of reason in
the declaration of a successful dairy
woman of Wisconsin that women are
better adapted to look after a cow
barn than are men. for says she:
"There's a bond of sympathy between
the bovine mother and the woman.
The excitable American husbandman
has bred this terror into the cow. and
it will take, years to get it out. You
can Ratter a calf just as easy as you
can a man, and cattle should be
Ietted."
Getting even with the automobil
ists: "Seems to me a man of your
standing in the community ought io
drive a better-looking horse." criti
cally remarked the Cleveland Plain
Dealer's funny man to the old farm
er. "I won't trade him for the fast
est roadster in the hull country." said
Farmer Huckleberry. "That hoss knows
just what to do when he meets an
auttymobile. He cavorts around an'
topples over an breaks up a dollar's
wuth o buggy shaft an
niebby "0 j
cents wuth of harness, an'
I'll bet I've !
collected much as 'leven hundred dol
lars from the auttymobile owners. The
old boss is all right."
The National Corn Growers associa
tion will work during the coming sea
son for the encouraging of the im
provement of corn by breeding, dis
seminating information regarding the
best methods of soil culture and farm
management for corn, encouraging the
holding of a national corn exposition
annually by stimulating interest in
corn culture in undeveloped territory,
unifying methods and standards of
corn judging so far as possible, secur
ing the adoption of uniform classifica
tion for corn exhibits and rules gov
erning exhibits, encouraging the de
velopment and uses of corn products
and opening up home and foreign mar
kets through education regarding the
use of Indian corn and corn products
as fojgfivfjpr man and beast.
' Experimental farms of one acre each
in every section of four of the western
agricultural states is the plan which
has been iiroposed by Congressman
Scott of Kansas, chairman of the
house committee on agriculture. His
proposition involves the establishment
of 100 experimental farms of one acre
aach in every county in four western
agricultural states to give the farmers
a practical demonstration of the best
methods of growing different kinds of
crops. It is proposed that the lands
for this purpose be furnished by the
farmers themselves and that they do
the work of cultivation under the di
rection of the experts of the depart
ment of agriculture. No additional ap
propriation from congress will be re
quired to test Mr. Scott's plan, it is
explained, as the agricultural depart
ment now hap the requisite number of
experts to carry out the plaa.
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. Tthenmatlsa la fowls Is caused by
damp quarters.
See that the disc harrow Is' sharp-:
eaed ready for use.
Save the waste oa the farm aad ap J
ply it to lifting the nrortgage.
Asa rale too little light ia admitted
.to the cow stable, Pat ia some more
windows.
Do not let the roots of the yoaa
aursery stock dry oat. Heel in until
ready to set out.
The low prices of soate anfatals
prevailing now offer a favorable op
portunity of stocking up.
High-priced com aad low-priced
hogs is a comhiaaUoa which has
caused the farmers some coacera.
Dragging the roads whea they are
the muddiest makes them the smooth
est and hardest whea Jthey are dry.
. The food troughs aad driaking foua
tains should be kept clean and sweet.
Foulness here may resalt ia sick
birds.
It is a good Idea to keep track of
the horse's teeth. Sometimes a little
bit of attention will save lots of fu
ture trouble.
The farmer who watches the little
things is the farmer who does the
big things in the way of crops and
stock raising.
If you are not breeding ap. be sure
that indifference aad aeglect is re
sulting in a lowering of the grade of
your live stock.
To be sure a fool of a man can make
a fool of a colt by injudicious han
dling but ordinary petting never hurt
a colt and never will.
Chickens will eat most anything, but
whatever the food it should be good
and wholesome. Moldy or rotten stuff
should never be fed them.
More men fail in the poultry busi
ness through over-enthusiasm and at
tempting too much at the beginning
than from any other one cause.
When a horse's teeth are defective
and no longer have that grinding pow
er which is necessary to the propei
mastication of its food it is well to
feed ground oats..
Some colts, of course, are more easi
ly spoiled than others, but If he early
gives indication -of not having ordin
ary "horse" sense let the other fellow
have him at his first offer.
A place for everythiag aad every
thing in its place is a good motto for
the fanner. How many minutes and
even hours it would save sometimes
when you are in need of some par
ticular tool.
The future value of the orchard is de
termined by the work yoH do in the
young orchard during the 'first few
years of its growth. Proper pruning
must be done to produce the frame
verk on which the fruit crop is to be
- raised, and proper cultivation must lie
given to stimulate to the most vigor
ous growth.
It-is costly business moving, wheth
er in city or country. Even if the work
is done by home help it is the same ex
pensive thing, for the same amount of
work could be done for others in the
meantime aad spot cash be received
for it. Because a man is able to do all
the work himself, no matter what tin
work is. does not make the bill of ex
pense materially less. In this age of
the world, work is work, and its ac
complishment is worth so much, no
matte.- by whom done.
Here is one man's method of crow
extinction which he claims is a grand
success. In his 40-acre field he dug
a pit and then covered it over so that
its presence could not be detected.
After entering this pit, 'he imitates
the
the
e call of the crow until it attracts
e nirus. vtnen wituin suooung dis
tance he uses his gnn. When he kills
a number he fastens them about the
blind in a natural position and their
presence adds to the attractive pow
ers of the deception, lie has already
killed more than a thousand.-of the
birds, bringing him in a revenue in
bounties of over S100. and expects to
Ml s many more during the remain-
der of the winter.
"What man when building a house
sitteth not down and counteth the cost
thereof?" Ami what farmer is there
who having a sowing and growing
and harvesting season ahead of him sit
teth not down and planneth out the
work thereof? Oh, there are lots of
them. The season is upon them be
fore they have taken any thought as to
what they are going to plant. where
they are going to plant it, and how
they are going to prepare and culti
vate the ground, and the result is
that it is a sort or blind farming whicii
begins nowhere and ends dangerously
near bankruptcy corner or next door
to the poor house. What folly! The
wise farmer sitteth himself down and
considereth carefully the work of the
coming season, he recalleth the mis
takes of the past, and resolveth that
he will do better next time. This is
the reason he finds that farming pays.
Try the plan.
Surely the bee is entitled to his title
of busy if the figures of an industrious
mathematician are correct. He says
that to make one pound of clover
honey, bees must deprive 02,000 clover
blossoms of their nectar, and to or
this requires 2.750.000 visits to ;he
blossoms by the bees. In other words,
one bee, to collect enough nectar to
make one pound of honey, must go
from hive to flower and back 2,759,990
times. Then when you thiak how
far these bees sometimes fly ia search
of these clover -fields, ofteaer an
aot one or two miles from the hive.,
yon will begia to get a small idea
or the aumber of miles oae of the In
dustrious little creatures mast travel
la order that you may have the pound
of honey that gives them so much
tfoable. "
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