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VOL, XXVIII. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N: C THURSDAY. MAY 3, 1906.
NO, 38.
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CHAPTER X. :
Continued.
I had even gone down uponlofy kiiees
tiud looked under the bed to appease
his curiosity. And yet now a vague
uueasiuess possessed me as I raised
the lamp shade and looked round the
room. The dark oak wainscot, the
sombre hangings, -the painted ceiling
overheadabsorbed the light; there was
a black void on the opposite side of
the bed, where the lamp was intercept-
cd by curtains; I could not see even !
the outline of the great press
I readjusted the shade, turned the
wick higher, and. half undressed,
threw myself upon the bed. I was not
afraid; in strength I was a match for
any natural foe, and I did not believe
in the existence of any other; yet I
felt myself infected with Van Hoeck's
presentiment of impending calamity.
Van Hoeck's theory of Lola's com
plicity in a. plot to steal the diamond
had been upset by the fact that I was
watching her asleep at my door at the
very time Edith believed she. saw the
girl looking through her blinds; but
this had in no wise shaken his convic
tion that the mysterious . appearance
was connected with the .scheme to rob
us.
" Are a man's convictions to be lim
ited by his senses?'' he asked. "You
r.re convinced that a cloud is rising in
the horizon because you see it, but am
1 to deny its existence because I have
no sight? Are you justified, then, in
declaring that we are not menaced
by this disaster which is to overwhelm
us because you have not my faculty
of precision? You who cannot denj'
the prescience of a bee. the presenti
ment of coming storm to cattle, , tell
me that my conviction is nothing. It
is only by conviction that we live;
What saves us from. destruction but
the conviction that by stepping into
an a by s.s, we- must fall? I tell you to
look about 3"ou; you are oh the edge of
an abyss. There are signs to" strike
tlie dullest intelligence. Your turn
.will coine!"
I had hung my watch in the pocket
upon the hanging at the head, of the
bed; its lively ticking sounded strange
ly out of keeping with the gloom and
stillness of the surroundings. The
shaded light gave a funeral, aspect to
the bed hanging; the baldaquin over
my head might have been a cata
falque for the dead. I wondered how
many men had ended their days ou
this bed since those hangings had been
put up. Would Van Hoeck's presenti
ment be fulfilled? Should I be found
there in the morning dead?
It was well suited for a murder, that
bed. with its pall-like hangings to con
ceal the lurking murderer.
Tic-tac, tic-lac, tic-tac, tic-tac, tic
toe. My oar had become so familiar to
the brisk movement of my watch that
the slightest sound was audible above
it. And a 'sound slight, it-deed, I heard.
To my mind, dwelling then upon as
sassins, it sounded like the drawing
of a dagger from Its sheath.
Turning my head, toward the side
from which the sound proceeded, I
fifuokd I saw the heavy curtain move;
it was between me -and tUo lawn. The
.::ovo;flent was n fcJJgUt as. the sound.
U it was a fjiot that J heard one, it
rvns a tm I saw the other.
I drew myself up gradually, and,
U' King forward, i suddenly flung
back the curtain with my left hand.
There was no resistance to my hand;
nothing to be seen beyond but the
lamp burning steadily on the table,
he saddle-back chair and the dim out
line of the big chimney piece.
I got upon my knees and pushed the
cm-lain flat against the wall, to be
sure that there could by no possibility
be any one concealed in the heavy
folds to assure myself that my sus
picion was utterly without foundation.
The end of the room was compara
tively light, and the saddle-back chair
yas so placed as to preclude the pos
sibility of anyone hiding beyond It..
If the curtain had indeed moved, It
must have been by a hand from under
the bed. It was easy to believe that
I had been mistaken In seeing the
slight movement than to suppose that
I had overlooked a concealed thief
when I looked under th bed to satis
fy Von Hoeck; so I let the curtain fall
I lay down again. -
My thoughts still dwelt upon the Idea
f assassination. Setting aside the
idea of au intrigue in which Lola was
concerned, there was yet nothing pre
posterous in Van Hoeck's presenti
ment. There were eight or ten ser
vants in the hoijse, and undoubtedly
every one of them knew of thermal'
velous treasure in my keeping. They
would tell tbeir friend in the adjacent
village, the keepers, the tradespeople
in a few days the story would be ear
ned out and made known to hundreds;
and was there none among them
whose cupidity might take practical
form? it was quite possible that un
der this very roof there was one with
the ingenuity and daring to plan and
execute the robbery. A servant inti
mately acquainted with the arrange
ment of the rooins and the peculiarities
of the building would probably know
of the external means of communica
tion between the bay and the oriel
".MiMvs. unuout mis icnowieuge no j
on, it seemed to me, would dare to J
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attempt that hazardous passage at
night and in the dark; buj with that
knowledge, and possibly some previ
ous practice, the feat was sufficiently
practicable. "In that case, Edith might
actually have heard and seen what she
had since attributed to imagination.
But what end could be served by
these repeated attacks upon her sensi
bility? A cause is sometimes discovered by
examining the effeeh Now. what ef.
tect had been produced by these-at-
tacks? The first had frisrhtened Ethel
excessively; the second had made a
slighter impression thus far the effect
had been conHueu. lo iier; but the third
-for only to a third fright could I at
tribute her scream of terror had
brought her father and myself from
our rooms. Instantly, something like
the truth , flashed upon my mind:
To bring mi from my -room was the
very object with which the attack up
on Edith had been made.
Uiiridding the mystery with this
key. I assumed that the thief had
watched me close the door upon Van
Hoeck and return to my room; that,
after allowing me sufficient time to get
info" bed, but not to fall into sound
sleep, ho had made the attack upon
Edith, opening her door beforehand,
to provide a speedy means of escape
and to allow her cry to be more dis
tinctly heard; that, having succeeding
in terrifying her, he had sped down
the stairs in the left block, passed
through the library and dining-room,
and ascended by the stairs iu the right
block about the same time that I might
be supposed to have reached Edith's
room, and that, reckoning upon my
keeping the Great Hesper under my
pillow, and leaving it there in my
alarm upon Edith's account, he had
expected to have possessed himself of
Lour treasure. If what I thus assumed
was the fact, then, indeed, this plan
might have succeeded but for Van
Hoeck's prudent insistence upon my
strapping the diamond to my wrist.
As I thus explained what had hap
pened, a more startling reflection oc
curred to my mind. The thief had
been disappointed -in not finding the
diamond beneath my pillow, but he yet
might not have relinquished the hope
of getting it.
He might not have left the room. He
might be hidden there at that very mo
ment. What was more easy, being In the
room, than to conceal himself in it?
The curtain that masked the oriel, the
great chest, the settle, the press, were
all suggestive of that course. The fel
low might be under, the very bed I
was lying upon!
The movement I had seen in the cur
tain, the sound similar to the drawing
f a blade from its sheath (which might
well have been caused by the move
ment of the'heavy valance of the bed,
strengthened the suspicion. Was he
lying there waitiug for the sound of
my heavy bcathing to assure him that1
I slept? , '
There was scarcely the necessity to
wait for that, for what resistance
could I, lying upoi my back, make
ngainst ji foe springing putL flf the
lark upon nie?
I thought of the claspknife Van
Hoeck had given me, and, stretching
out my hand, I felt for it whore I had
stuck It between the mattress and
the' bedstead, I could not find it,
Pushing back the curtaing go that
the light from the lamp fell upon the
edge of the bedstead, I assured my
self that it was not where I had left it.
It must have slipped through or been
drawn out.
The latter supposition explained the
sound and movement I had heard and
seen. Yet it might have made that
sound in slipping through its fall upou
the -floor deadened by the carpet or its
point sticking in the boards, but I fan
cied its horn handle was too wide to al
low of its slipping through.
To satisfy myself at once upon this
point I leaped out of bed, resolved to
strike a match arid look under the va
lance. I stood for a moment stupefied;
the box of vestas was gone from the
table where I was certain I had lajd
them.
They must have been taken while 1
lay screened by the bed curtains. '
. Ijrlanced or" shoulde"
The folds of the" curtain against the
bed were not the same as when I
pushed them back to the wall; one fold
stood out at an angle, and as, slowly
turning round, I looked more closely, I
saw against the dark oak panel of the
wall, about -the mid-height of a. man,
and protruding but an inch or so from
the edge of the curtain, the bright
point of a knife blade.
Now, indeed, there was no longer any
doubt. The man who had come to rob
was there to murder me. Had I stopped
but another moment on the bed he
might have knifed me.
What was I to do? I had him stand
ing there behind the curtain at a cer
tain advantage.
Should I spring upon him and stran
gle him against the wall in the folds of
the curtain? .
It was not a sure victory for me, and
a partial oue might in the end be fa
tal. The thick stuff would prevent my
getting a firm grip of him, and his
right hand, the one that held the
knife, was free. US chance was too
small, the danger too great to Justify
the attack, though the muscles of my
arms and fingers were strung up t
make the tempting effort.
Keeping my eye upon the curtain I
drew back to the foot of the bed. To
get to the door I must cross the room,
and inevitably be seen by the murder
ous rascal as he stood there on the in
ner side of the bed curtain; and ar
rived at the door I must turn the key,
twice, and the handle as well before he"
overtook me. On the other hand, he
had to disengage himself from the
folds of the curtain and recoyer the
start I had of liim.
The chances were pretty equal, and
I determined to save myself by flight
rather than risk the fatal result of
the unequal encounter.
I made, my way noiselessly in a
straight line down the room until I got
opposite the door, then I made a rush
for it across the open space. I got to
the door and with furious haste groped
for the kej- it was gone!
' I grasped the handle in the hope that
I might be able to tear the lock off;
the screw had been taken out. and the
knob slid off the spindle in my hand.
I was lost. '
It astonishes me now. to think with
what celerity and adroitness these pre
cautions "against niy escape had been
made.
The man had not rushed after mej
there was no desperate pursuit of that
kind he knew I was trapped. Only
as I turned my eyes back to the, place
where he stood I perceived thafr the
light was dying out. -
There was but a narrow rim of blue
fame above the wick; it faded away,
aud all was dark.
There are degrees. of darkness; this
seemed to me the last degree. I felt
as if I was suuk in a lake of pitch.
If I called for helpit was not cer
tain that the heavy sleepiug Judge
would hear nie Possibly Sir- Edmund
was yet awake; but I thought of Ed
ith, and, besides, I knew that before
assistance could come, before the door
could be burst, all would be over.
Probably, my foe was already ap
proaching me;, my cry would be the
signal for him to spring upon me.
No, my only chance of escape was
in maintaining silence and keeping
him in ignorance of my position. If
accident brought us into contact, I
trusted to my physical strength and
good luck to be a match for him and
his knife iu the subsequent struggle.
V The diamond buckled to inv wrist
might serve mo in the fight; 1 might
stun the fellow with it if fortune only
favored my arm.
It was a duel between us, and, any
way, I would sell my life dearly.
With this resolve, I drew away from
the door toward that part of the room
where, as I fancied, the carved press
stood. I kept my arms free, my body
crouched together ' and every muscle
tense and ready.
,VI backed a few feet from the door,
and then I stopped, as the reflection
crossed my mind that I might be. back
ing toward my adversary. Then I re
gretted that I had left the door, where
at least I might have stood safe from- a
rear attack.
I could hear nothing but the throb
bing of the blood in my temples and
the tic-lac, tic-tac, tic-tac, tic-tac, tic
tac of my watch behind me, yet I
knew that the murderer must be mov
ing. He had his work to do, and must
have made up his mind how to do it
before putting out the light. I could
see nothing, and the silence and dark
ness were horrible, with the possibili
ty of his falling upon me from behind.
Yet, how was I to guard against that
attack, not knowing where be was?
Possibly his Visual power was strong
er than paine.
I knew by the ticking of my watch
that, the bed. wfl somewb6r behind
me, and that I ought to be facing the
oriel i and as X strained my eyes to
catch any rayi at light that might ex
ist, X fancied X detected a dim gray
seam in the blackness before me pos
sibly the curtains masking the oriel
were slightly parted.
As I continued to stare in that direc
tion, I became convinced that this was
the fact, and, slight though the assur
ance was, it gave me some feeling of
security; in that direction I might
know of my foe's 'approach. And,
h - vot" -ejit the
gray seam was blocked out.
- He was there, between me and the
oriel. My first impulse was to end the
terribje suspense, and spring forward
upon him; but prudence checked me.
He might be close to me, or he mignt
be closed to the orjel it was Impossible
for roe to tell merely by the absence
of a faint light If, in springing for
ward, he would have me at his mercy,
and a short death was the only kind
of mercy I had to expect, Again, what
feeble light there was must fall upou
mer as I faced it an advantage for
him, a terrible peril for me.
I resolved to back toward the wall
at. the upper end of the room, and
guided still by the ticking of my watch,
I drew back with the stealthy caution
of a cat.
Suddenly i saw the gray seam of
light again. Had he gone to the right
or left? I knew not. Quickly I
stretched my foot out behind me; I
felt something and for the instant I
thought I had touched the fellow, Jaut,
as turning about I groped my . hand
forward, I encountered the cold wood
work of the bedstead. t was one of
carved pillars. I drew myself up and
got my back against it. Now, at1 least,
that dreaded stab in the back was less
probable. , ;'
To be continued.' ,
"Young Speuderly has, been flying
higti since the death of his million-'
naire uncle." V
"Yes, he has found it smooth sailing
since he came into his heirship."
Town Tonics. '
1 TStJlT.
1 i i m.-
Total UeprTity.
Itefute the statement if you can
Give vent to it I must r
There's no one meaner than the man
Who forni3 a turkey trust.
Causes Many "tincture.
First Chauffeur -"There's one thing
I hate to run over, and that's a baby."
Second Chauffeur "So do I. Them
nursing bottles raise Cain withjires."
--Puck, " '
What He Worked.
"Smoothboy got his new mining
scheme on its feet in a week." -"Worked
wonders, ch?"
"No; worked suckers." ' ' .
Never.
Goodart "Conceited? Oh! I don't
know. I've often heard him say that
he has the greatest respect for the man
who knows more than he does, and
Wise "Yes, but how often have yod
heard him admit that there issuch a
man?" Philadelphia Press. "
A Cause For Wratlfc
"A soft answer turneth away -wrath
sometimes," remarked the observer of
Events and Things; "but it doesn't
make any difference how soft the an
swer is, it doesn't have that effect if
the answer happens to be, 'Line's
busy " Yonkers Statesman,
The Problem SolvedY
She "Do you have any trouble keep
ing your servant?"
He "No, I'm married tocher.'.' Ally
Sloper,, -
Same at Now.
Robinson Crusoe was talking to the
parrot.
"Polly want a cracker?" he asked.
"I refuse to answer," replied the
bird, "on advice of counsel."
Thus we see that the parrot was not
as green as he looked. New York
World.
, . lleassuriogrt
"Well, Tommy," said Spawnger, who
had just called, "hope I haven't dis
turbed your pa and ma at dinner?"
"No," replied Tommy, "we were just
goin to set down, but pa seen you from
the winder . -d he told mo not to have
dinner till you went." PJadelphia
Tress,
A Thoughtful Kid,
"Harry, did you not hear
mother calling you?"
your
"Course I did,"
"Then why don't you go to her 5"
"She's nervous, Jf I ahould go too
quick she'd drop dead," and Harry
went on with Kin playing as If nothing
disturbed his mind, Albany Journal,
Savins Hlmwlf.
Jenks "Why on earth did you laugh
so heartily at that ancient Jest of Bo
rem's?" Wise "In self-defense
Jenks "In self-defense?"
Wise "Yes; if I hadn't laughed so he
would have repeated the thing, think
ing I hadn't seen the point.' Catholic
Standard and Times.
At tbe Tea Table.
Bobby "Is God everywhere?"
Mother (patiently) "Yes, Bobby."
Bobby "Is He In the tea pot?"
Mother (embarrassed) "Why why,
yes." .
Bobby "Is He in the sugar bowl?"
Mother (fvantloally)yes! J tojd you
God was everywhere."
Bobby (triumphantly placing his
hand over the top of the sugar bowl)
"Hurrah! I've got Html" Judge; - ,
Early Tvaluing.
"He is certainly a bouncing baby
boy."
"Yes, and his mother hopes some day
he may go to college and make a name
for himself on the gridiron."
"You don't say.' Is she teaching him
to stand hard knocks already?"
"Yes, she grabs him by. the wrist
and pulls him through every bargain
rush they have downtown." Detroit
Tribune.
A Brute of a Husband!
"No, mamma," said the fair but irate
young matron, "I really feel that 1
cannot live with August any longer."
"What makes you say such a shock
ing thing?" "
"He is just shamefully suspicious."
"Why, what has he said?"
"Accused me of flirting with that
young Lobson.'
"Why don't you tell him to prove it?"
"I I well, I'm afraid that he
would." San Francisco Call.
m
FUEL FOR WORK.
Foods That Stascle and Brain i:epect
iely Require.
Considering the powers, of the body
of the average man at the average
manual labor, the showing of some of
the simpler foods as. fuel for the work
is unusually interesting. Based upon
the complete combustiou of these fowls
in the system the following table is
full of startling comparisons:
Raises Ton
One. Ft. High.
One Pound.
Beef fat..
Oatmea-."2t
GelatinNfr. '.
Lean beef..
2,270
885
618
S90.
2,330
'Potatoes... .
Jilk
ijiiound rice.
Indicating:' : thcKlfiMBerence in . pre
scribed meals f or . IfLaan. who labors
with his hands and thaan who works
with his brain at sedentary pursuits,
two tables are presented in compari
son. . '
Ideal ration for manual worker:
F oot Tons
of Energv.
I,62
36.V
105
205
114
920
175
177
Ounces.
.. 16
.. 18
.. 8
.. 1
.. 4
.. 16
. . 1
5
Bread
jclt
Oysters
Breakfast cocoa.
Milk.. .... ...
Broth..
Sugar
Butter
Total.. ..r. .....
..3,923
Ideal ration for professional or lit
erary mam
Foot Tons
Ouncea. of Energy.
Bread 16 1,S62
Beef 16 .730
Sugar .. 1 354
Butter. 4 700
Milk 8 228
Oysters 4 55
Broth : 4 66
Potatoes 6 233
Eggs - 185
Otttnieal.. 2 38
Cream.. 1 105
Fruit 8 310
Additional liquid tea or
coffee . . . 4. . . , ....... , 30
Total foot tons.. 4,886
These two tables serve to point out
some of the differences that should
exist between the diets of the active
and the sedentary classes.
-With the brain worker meat should
be eaten but once a day unless the
possible rasuer of bacon at breakfast
be expected, says the Chicago Tribune.
Milk, eggs, fish, fruit iu abundance,
with light, dry porous bread should be
staples.
-Men working as stokers, furnace men
in rolling mills, foundrymen and the
like are subject to tremendous heat.
Thirst is aroused aud too often beer is
used to quench it instead of water, or,'
preferably, oatmeal. Any form of al
cohol used under these circumstances
means the shortening of the life of the
drinker."
In many cases where a person eating
meats and vegetables at the same meal
suffers from the combination, he may
find relief from stouiaclv disorders by
making his meal of meat one day and
the next meal of vegetables wholly.
New York Evening World.
The Value of Kye-Teeth.
It Is a mighty nice thing to have
your eye-teeth cut to be "on to the
ropes" to be "wise." About a year
ago the editor of this paper felt in a
jocular mood and finswered.au invest
ment broker's advertisement in au
Eastern magazine. We expected some
bond or manufacturing proposition,
and felt hurt and indignaut upon learn
ing that we were expected to put
money into a gold mine. They had
evidently mistaken us for a fresh one.
For several weeks letters continued
coming, urging us to take a little stock,
in the Blank Mining Company "Bound
to be one of; the best mouey-maklug
proposition in the United SKates,"
etc, circulars with cuts showing the
ore in huge stacks and millions "iu
sight" never fazgd us. We remember
Incidentally figuring pn. the money vth
coulfl pake by SnYGSting 100Q in the
fifteen-cent ttock, if the Increase in
valuation which the producara "knew"
wai, coming materialisedbut we only
figured. We felt that what money we
had to throw eway should be shied
at preachers and orphans. And the
investment brokers finally "caught ou
that we were "next," and quit sendV
ing us their literature, and in the rush
of money-making, friends and a repu
tation we forgot the whole business.
But how strauge things do turn out
By some hook or crook gold was struck
in the Blank diggin's, and the price or
stock advanced from fifteen cents to
14 per share. It is a little painful to
think that Jf we had invested that
$1000 instead, of just figuring it, we
would have besn some $90,000 ahead,
but, re&Jly, what could a man who U
''wise" need With that much, money ?
Granite (Okla.) Enterprise,
Tbe Independent Sharer,
Two barber were disengaged when
the jeustbtijer came In. Both got their
chairs ready, but the newcomer dodged
them. .
"I need a shave all right," he said
to the proprietor, "but I want to
shave myself. Can you accommodate
me here?" '
"Certainly," said the proprietor, "but
I'll charge yon the same as if one of
my men shaved you."
"That's all right," said the man.
"I'm not kicking about the price. All
I want is a chance to do my own bar
bering." A tonsorial outfit was speedily, pro
duced and the.eelf-sufficient individual
set to work.
'Ie'nt that a new wrinkle?" asked
another man who had been an inter
ested observe? of the proceedings.
"Not. at all." returned the proprie
tor. "Every once in a while we run
up against a fellow who prefers' to
shave himself,, but hasn't the ap
paratus at hand. We keep a lot of ex
tra razors in stock for the accommo
dation of just such independent cus
tomers." New, York Press. -
SOUTHERN
TOPICS OFJNTEREST TO THE PLANTER, STOCKMAN AND TRUCK GHCWER.
Grazing; Crops For Hog. ' !
Any farmer can select a six-acre
tract of land convenient to , his barn
and divide it off as -follows: The
tract of land should be rather long and
narrow, and a roadway should be left
along one side.
The first area, Section I., should be
seeded to grass. In some sections blue
grass will be used; in others, orchard
grass; and still others, Bermuda. -The
temporary or permanent shelters for
the hogs should be erected on this sec
tion of land. These need cost very lit
tle, for a suitable shelter for a brood
sow and her litter can be built at a cost
ofc$S or $10. .
Section II. should be seeded to sor
ghum in the spring as early as possi
ble. After it is grazed down, seed to
winter oats and hairy, vetch, or crim
son clover may be used. This will fur
nish some late fall and early spring
grazing.
On Section III. sow cowpeas as early
in the spring as possible. After the
cowrpeas are grazed down, put in crim
son clover, which will be available
early the next spring. -
On Section IV. plant Spanish pea
nuts. On Section V. prepare the laud with
the greatest possible care, and seed
alfalfa. Alfalfa will be the most de
sirable of all the grazing crops, as it
can be grazed over two or three times
during a single season, and will remain
on the land for several years, if well
established.
Section VI. may be devoted to arti
chokes to furnish feed through tbe
late fall and w-inter.
; Some grain should be fed to the hogs
"on grazing crops one to three pounds
per day, depending On the age and size
of the animals. An ear or two of corn
will often be all that is necessary. By
using grazing crops the corn can be
tnade to go much further, and a better
quality of pork obtained at a lower cost
per pound. Hogs kept on grazing
crops are under the very best sanitary
condition. The plan suggested will
provide grazing for twenty-five to'fifty
hogs, depending on the character of the
land and the crop season.
The several areas should not be kept
in the same crop from year to year, but
a rotation should be practiced that will
enable a variety of crops to be grown
on the land, and so preserve an
equilibrium in the soil food supply
The utilization of grazing crops for
pork production la a matter worthy of
the most serious attention of our farm
er3. Andrew M. Soule, Dean and Di
rector Virginia Experiment Station,
Blacksburg.
Feed routrry CowpM.
In the northern section of the coun
try clover 5s largely used as poultry
feed. Poultry supply houses furnish
clover hay cut into very short lengths
or grouud into meal. In either of these
latter forms If Is mixed with soft feed
and warm water. -Whole clover hay
Is also frequently placed w here poultry
can eat it freely, it is so bulky that a
fowl will not injure itself by over eat
ing, yet clover is so nutritious that it
makes a very cheap poultry feed. Be
ing rich in protein, it produces rapid
growth and many eggs. To a large ex
tent it will take the place of bugs,
wrorms, and other animal food.
, Along the Gulf Coast most clovers
are not grown In sfh abundance that
they can ba pcqpemicaHr PefWefJ f'
even poultry food. It is tQ P8 lQPPf?
that alfalfa piny soon prove an ex
ception among tUe plovers l?i th3 Vpr
spect, For the presenti however, and
probably t&v niuob of the future, cow?
peas may advantageously be subatituN
ed for clover. If cowpea haz hn been
harvested, and properly cured, it Is In
a condition to be used for this purpose.
The idea should not obtain that food
In poor condition Is suitable for poultry
any more than it Is suitable for other
kinds of stock. If it is desired to make
a real test of cowpea hay as poultry
food have the hay first-class and let
the chickens have all the hay tliey
can eat. Do not let them have access
to large quantities to scratch over, be
foul and waste. Feed oftener and
make observations from time to time.
Do not imagine for a minute that the
hay should be thrown oh a manure
covered floor just because it is chickens
or other poultry.
It will be found that chickens will
eat tbe pmall branches and leaves of J
the bay, leaving PQthJp? PSPept tpe
hard, stiff stems, The general health
of tbe fioek will be excellent, The
combs of both sexes will be so fresh
and of such a bright red that no one
can fall to see these indications of good
health. It will not be long before
the number of eggs that are found In
the nests will begin to tell the story of
what the cowpea hay has done. This
feed will also help make good egg
shells and during breeding season will
impart such rigor to the males that
young will be batched that have an
abundance of vitality. ,
Many of us who are not past middle
v Pointed Paragraphs.
Success never comes to a man who
is afraid to face failure.
You can t always tell what is in a
man by trying to pump him. '
The skin deep beauty of a girl may
be good for a marriage license.
His satanic .majesty will "trust any
man who is good at making excuses.
Many a man would at otherwise
but for fear of legal consequences.
FARM fOTES.
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age can remember when clover tea was
commonly recommended as a blood
purifier and a-cleanser of the human
system. Theve are good reasons for
believing that cowpea hay will have a
similar effect on the system cf poultry
to that had by, the clover tea on the
human system. Though clover tea is
at the present a despised and almost
forgotten remedy, owing possibly to its
simplicity and cheapness, yet it. was a
good old home remedy of our forefath
ers. Give cowpea hay a trial as a
poultry feed, and find that there will
be less call or clover tea, or other teas
or concoctions. Aim less to find out
what medicine will cure sick poultry
than what feed will keep poultry from
becoming sick. In searching for such a
feed try the coWpea. liice Journal..
Grass and Foreign Flanls.
A supply of feed in the way of grass
and forage plants is the most Important
question that concerns every stock
grower,., either in the South, or else-
where. The following from the Tampa
Tribune contains some information on
this subject:' ' .
The farmers of Florida will be glad
to learm that the Department of Agri
culture has made considerable progress
in grass and forage plant investiga
tions during the past year. Largely
through its efforts alfalfa has been
thoroughly established. in almost every
State, Including the Eastern States.
The new Turkestan variety, introduced
by the Government explorers, has
proved to be.of especial value for dry
sections..
Methods of restoring denuded ranges
and - maintaining a productive condi
tion have been worked out. Several
spineless varieties of cactus havo been
introduced from Mexico, the value of
this plant as a forage crop having been
demonstrated.
It has been found possible to con
trol drifting sand by vegetation, and
valuable results have been secured in'
covering railroad embankments and
cuts with plant growth.
Cowpeas, soy beans and new vane
ties of sorghum have all been effective
ly studied and their growth extended.
Several new varieties have . been
studied, and their value' for hay audi
pleasure demonstrated. A number of
wild grasses have .been introduced into
cultivation.
As a wint( ' pasture and forage for
the South the hairy vetch has assumed
importance. A cheap aud complete
method of eradicating Johnson grass,
which Is probably the worst weed iti
tbe United States, has been worked
out.
tVheat For Hoes.
Some very good results have been
reported from feeding young pigs on
wheat mixed with a little corn, increas
ing the corn as the pigs grow. The
corn, of course, predominates during
the final fattening period. We have
known cases where farmers fed young
pigs still with the sow, on soaked
wheat during weaning with excellent
gains. It would be difficult to find a
better food for young pigs and shoats
than two parts (by weight) of wheat,
two parts of corn, and one part of
shorts, or equal parts of - all three.
These mixtures, if fed judiciously, will
prove more satisfactory - than wheat
alone, though hogs on clover pasture
have been fed whole wheat dry with
out injury and made gains of some
thing like fourteen pounds per busuel
offbeat. . .
i feeding whole wheat either ory
of spaced, q pigs there is danger that
cqnsijipvabje wlji pA through the an
Im'als undigested- WU P!ff flr fll"
lowed to bolt the food the wheat is not
sufficiently chewed. , .Ground wheat
may be mixed with corn and snort
and made Into slop. Some have taken
the trouble to grind and then soak the
wheat for hog9, and we are of the opin
ion tha t it pays w hen judiciously fed.
There .N perhaps no better way of
disposing of wheat that has been dam- '
aged, thereby being rendered unsalable,
or when prices are low, than by feed
ing it to young swine.
Ruth Tub Vov Bogs.
The Oklahoma Farmer prints a do- ;
seriptlon of such a convenience which
would be even more useful In the
South than at the North.
I 'saw recently on the farm of one of
tbe large hog raisers of Southeastern
Iowa a cement wallow that was about
one foot deep and si or seven feet
square; This Is filled with water from
an underground pipe loading from a
tank on a hill and is emptied into &
tile drain by removing a plug at the
bottom. This wai done about every ,
three days, and the tank was disin
fected with crude carbolic acid. ' ,
It may -seem ridiculous to some peo- '
pie. to provide a bath tub for hogs, but
i pays every time, because clean water
helps to insure good health. It Is true
that the hog is a non-sweating animal
and that in order to cool himself he re
sorts to mud and water, when he can
not get clean water only. . '
Eefiections of a Batchelor. (
It' would be easy to get rich if it
was as useful as the smallpox. , . :
A girl wouldn't know half so much,
of the things that she oughtn't to if,
her mother didn't try o have her
know less. 1 ' " '
"When one girl meets another she
invariably repeats the conversation,
she had with the last two young met
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