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IIVINCENNES I
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By MAURICE THOMPSON 0
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'y CC " R :SH<. 1900. ty R IKb EOWEK-KE VSTLI CO MP
CHAPTER 111.
TII£ EA!'E OK TLTK DEMIJOHN.
fib row d v.-n at th • river hoxv
twas more uoise than fight, so
far as results seemed to indi
cate. It was all about a smr.ll
dame jeanne of fine brandy which an
Indian of the name of Long Ilair h-d
Eeizcd and run off with at the height cf
the carousal. He must Lave been FO-
Krer than Lis pursuers or naturally
fleeter, for not one of them could catch
him or even keep long in sight of him.
Some pistols were emptied while the
iace was on, and two cr three of the
men swore roundly to Laving seen Long
Hair jump sldewise and stagger, as if
one of the .'hots Lad taken effect. But,
although the moon was shining, he
some way disappeared, they could not
understand just how, far down beside
the river below the fort aud the church.
It was not an uncommon thing for an
Indian to steal what he wanted, and In
most cases light punishment followed
conviction, but it was felt to be a cap
ital offense for an Indian or anyljody
else to rape a demijohn of fine brandy,
especially one sent as a present by a
friend In New Orleans to Lieutenant
Governor Abbott, who had until re
cently been the commandant of the
post. Every man at the river hou «
recognized and resented the enormity
of Long Hair's crime, aud each was for
the moment ready to be his Judge and
his executioner. He had broken at
once every rule of frontier etiquette and
every bond of sympathy. Nor was
Long Ilair Ignorant of the danger in
volved in his daring enterprise. lie
had beforehand carefully and stolidly
weighed the conditions, and true to his
Indian nature had concluded that a lit-
tie wicker covered bottle of brandy
was well worth the risk of his life. So
he had put himself in condition for a
great race by slipping out and getting
rid of his weapons and all surplus
weight of clolhes.
This incident brought the drinking
bout at the river house to a sudden
end, but nothing further came of it
that uiglit and no record of it would be
found in these pages but for the fact
that Long Hair afterward became an
important character in the stirring
historical drama which had old Yin
centies for its center of energy.
Rene de Ronville probably felt him
self in bud luck when he arrived at tho
river house Just too late to share in
the liquor or to Join in chasing the
bold thief. He listened with interest,
however, to the story of Long Hair's
capture of the confmandant's demijohn
and could not refrain from saying that
if he had been present there wonld
Lave been a quite different result.
"I would have shot him before he
got to that door," he said, drawing his
heavy flintlock pistol and going
through the motions of one aiming
quickly and firing. Indeed, so vigor
ously in earnest was he with the pan
tomime that he actually did fire, unin
tentionally of course, the ball burying
itself in the doorjamb.
He was laughed at by those present
for being more excited than they who
witnessed the whole thing. One of
them, a leathery faced and grizzled old
sinner, leered at him contemptuously
and said in queer French, with a
curious accent caught from long use
of backwoods English:
"Listen how the boy brags! Ye
might think to hear Itene talk that
he actually amounted to a big pile."
This personage was known to every
loul in Vincennes as Oncle Jazon, and
when Oncle Jazon spoke the whole
town felt bound to listen.
"An' how well he shoots, too," he
lidded, with an intolerable wink.
"Aimed at the door and hit the post
Certainly Long Ilair would have been
In great danger! Oh, yes, he'd 'ave
killed Long Hair at the first shot,
wouldn't lie though 1"
"All right, Oncle Jazon," said Rene.
Inughlng and blowing the smoke out
if his pistol. " 'Twas you, all the same,
who let Long Ilair trot off with the
governor's brandy; not I. If you could
have hit even a doorpost it might have
been better." 1
Oncle Jazon took off Lis cap and
looked down Into It In a way Le Lad
when about to say something final.
"Ventrebleu! I did not shoot at LOIIK
Hair at all," he said, speaking slowly,
"because the scoundrel was'unarmed.
He didn't have on even a knife, and he
was havln' enough to do dodgin' the
bullets that the rest of 'em were
plumpln' at Mm without any compll
monts from me to bother 'im more."
"Well," Rene replied, turning away
with a laugh, "If I'd been scalped by
the Indians as you ave I don't think
there would be any particular reason
why I should wait for an Indian thief
to go and arm himself before I ac
cepted him as a target."
Oncle Jazon lifted a hand Involuntar
ily and rubbed his sealplcss crown;
then ho chuckled with a grotesque
grimace as if the recollection of hav
ing his head skinned were the funniest
thing Imaginable.
"When you've killed as many of 'em
as Oncle Jazon has," remarked a by
stander to Itene, "you'll not be so
hungry for blood, maybe."
"Especially after ye've took fifty-nine
scalps to pay for yer one," added Oncle
Jazon, replacing his cap over the hair
less area of his crown. .
The men who had been chasing Long
Hair presently came straggling back
with their stories—each had a distinct
one—of how •he fugitive escaped. They
were wild looking fellows, most of
them somewhat intoxicated, all pro
fusely liberal with their stock of pic
turesque profanity. They represented
the roughest element of the well nigh
lawless post.*
"I'm positive that he's wounded,"
baid one. "Jacques and I shot at him
together, BO that our pistols sounded
Just as if only one had been llrcd—
bang! that way—and he leaped side
ways for all the world like a bird
with a broken leg. I thought he'd fall;
but vc! he ran fa*ter'n ever, and all at
once he was gone—Just disappeared."
"Well, tomorrow we'll get him," said
another. "You and I aud Jacques,
we'll take up his trail, the thief, and
follow him till we find him. lie can't
get off so easy."
"I don't know so well about "that,"
Bald another, "It'it Long Ilalr, you must
remember, and Long Ilalr Is no com
mon buck that Just anybody can find
asleep. You Long Ilalr Is.
Nobody's ever got even with 'lm yet.
That's so, ain't it? Just as# Oncle
Jazon, if you don't believe it!"
CfUe next morning Long Hair was
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tracked to tho river's edge. He h:id
been wounded, but whether seriously
cr i: : ok 2d only be coajcctuivd A
sprinkle of Moo '.. Uere a::J thora quite
a dash of i:. reddened the grass and
clninps cf weeds he had run through,
and ended close to the water, into
whi;-h it looked as if he had plunged
with a view to battling pursuit. In
deed pursuit was bafiled. No further
true could be found by which to fol
low the cunning fugitive. Sotue of the
men consoled themselves by saying,
without believing, that Long Hair
was probably at the bot
tom of the river.
"I'as iiU tout," observed Oncle Jazon.
his short pipe askew far over in the
corner of his mouth; "not a bit of it Is
that Indian drowned. He's Jes' as
live as a fat cat this minute, and as
drunk as the devil. He'll get some o"
yer scalps yet after he's guzzled ail
that brandy and slep' a week."
It finally transpired that Oncle Jazon
was partly right and partly wrcug.
Long Hair was alive, even as a fat
cat perhaps, but not drunk, for In try
ing to swim with the rotund little
dame Jeanne under his arm he lost
hold cf it and it went to the bottom
of the Wabash, where it may be lying
at this moment patiently waiting for
some one to fish it out of its bed deep
j in the sand and mud and break the
| ancient wax from its neck!
j Rene de Ronville, after the chase of
Long Hair l ad been given over, went
I to tell Father Beret what had hap
pened, and, finding the priest's hut
empty, turned into the path leading to
the Roussillon place, which was at the
head of a narrow street laid out in n
direclion at right angles to the river's
course. He passed two or three dlmin
Utlve cabins, all as much alike as bee
hives.
As Rene passed along he spoke with
a gay French freedom to the dames
and lasses who chanced to be visible.
His air would be regarded as violently
brigandish in our day. We might
even go so far as to think bis whole
appearance comical. His Jaunty cap.
' with a tall that wagged as ho walked;
his short trousers and leggings of buck
skin and Ills loose shirtlike tunic, drawn
; in at the waist with a broad belt, gave
his strong figure Just the dash of wild
ncss suited to the armament with
which It was weighted. A heavy gun
lay in the hollow of his shoulder, un
der which hung an otter skin bullet
pouch with its clear powder horu and
white bone charger. In his belt were
two huge flintlock pistols and a long
case knife.
"Bon Jour, Mile. Adrienne," he cheerily
called," waving his free hand in greet
ing to a small, dark lass standing on
the step of a veranda and Indolently
swinging a broom. "Comment allez
vous au Jourd'hui?"
"J'm'porte tres blen, mercl," M'sieu'
Rene," was the quick response. "Et
*ous?"
"Oh, I'm as lively as a cricket."
"Going a-hunting?"
"No, Just up hero a little way—just
on business—up to M'sieu' Rousslilon's
for a moment."
"Yes," tho girl responded in a tone
Indicative of something very like
spleen. "Yes, undoubtedly, M'sieu' de
RonvlUe. Your business there seems
quite pressing of late. I have noticed
your industrious application to that
business."
"Ta-ta, little one," he wheedled, low
irlng his voice. "You mustn't go to
making bugbears out of nothing."
"Bugbears!" she retorted. "You go
on about your business, and I'll attend
to mine," and she flirted into the house.
Rene laughed under his breath, stand
ing a moment as if expecting her to
come out again, but she did not, and
ho resumed his walk singing softly:
a !es joues vermeilles, vermeilles,
Ma. bell*, ma belle petite."
But ten to one he was not thinking of
Jllle. Adrieixie Botircier. His mind,
however, must have been absorbingly
occupied, for in the straight, open way
he met Father Beret and did not see
him until he came near bumping against
the old man, who stepped aside with
astonishing agility and said:
"Dleu vous benlsse, mon lils, but
what Is your great hurry? Where can
you be going in such happy haste?"
Rene did not stop to parley with the
priest. He had In his mind what he
was going to say when Alice and he
should be alone together. It was a
pretty speech, he thought indeed a
very thrilling little speech by the way
It stirred Ills own nerve centers as he
conned it over.
Mine. Rousslllon met him at the door
In not a wry j-ootr humor.
"Is Mile. Alice here?" he ventured to
demand.
"Alice? No, she's not here; she's
never here Just when I want her most.
V'la le picbois et la the
woodpecker and the robin) eating tho
lie lifted hi* head and glared.
Cherries, eating every one of them, and
that girl running off somewhere instead
of staying here and picking them," she
railed In answer to the young man's
polite Inquiry. "I haven't seen licr
these four hours, neither her nor that
rascally hunchback, Jean. They're up
to some mischief, I'll bo bound!"
Mme. Rousslllon puffed audibly be
tween phrases, but she suddenly be
came very mild when relieved of her
tirade.
"Mais eutrez," she added in a pleas
ant tone, "come In and tell mo tho
news,"
Kenc's disappointment rosbwl into
Lis face, but Le mnnagetl to laugh it
aside.
"Father lierc-t has just been telling
me," said Mine. nous.-?il!on. "tbat our
friend Hair made some trouble
last niglit. llow about it?"
Rene toid her what he knew and
added that Long Ilair wonld probably
never be seen again.
"He was shot, no doubt of it." he
went on. "and is now being nibbled by
fish and turtles. We tracked him by
his blood to where he jumped into the
Wabash. Tie never came otlt."
Strangely enough, it happened that
at the very time of this chat between
Mme. lioussillon and Rone, Alice was
bandaging Long Hair's wounded leg
with strips of her apron. It was under
some willows which overhung the bank
of a narrow and shallow lagoon or
slough, which in thoae days extended
a mile or two back into the country
on the farther side of the river. Alice
aad Jean went over in a pirogue to see
if the water lilies, haunting a pond
there, were yet begiuning to bloom.
They landed at a convenient spot some
distance tip the little lagoon, made the
boat fast by dragging its prow high
ashore, and were on the point of setting
out across a necU of wet, grassy land
to the pond, when a deep grunt, not
unlike that of a self saUsiied pig, at
tracted them to the willows, where
they discovered Long Hair, badly
wounded, weltering in some black mud.
Ili.s hiding place was cunningly
chosen, save that the mire troubled
him. letting him down by slow degrees,
and threatening to engulf him bodily;
and he was now too weak to extricate
himself. He lifted his head and glared.
His face was grimy, his hair matted
with mud. Alice, although brave
enough and quite accustomed to start
ling experiences, uttered a cry when
she saw those snaky eyes glistening so
savagely amid the shadows. But Jean
was quick to recognize Long Hair. He
had often seen him about town, a figure
not to be forgotten.
"They've been hunting him every
where," he said in a half whisper to
Alice, cluteLing tLe skirt of her dress.
"It's Long Hair, the Indian who stole
the brandy. I know him."
Alice recoiled a pace or two.
"Let's go back and tell 'em," Jean
«ddcd, still whispering. "They want to
kill Lim; Oncle Jazon said so. Come
on!"
He gave Lbr dress a jerk, but she
did not move any farther back. She
was looking at the blood oozing from a
wound in the Indian's leg.
"He is shot; he is hurt, Jean; arc
must help him," she presently said, re
covering her self control, yet still pale.
"We must get him out of that bad
place."
Jean caught Alice's merciful spirit
with sympathetic readiness and
ihowed immediate willingness to aid
her.
It was a difficult thing to do, but
there was a will and of course a way.
They had knives with which they cut
willows to make a standing place ou
the mud. While they were doing this
they spoke friendly words to Long
Hair, wLo understood Frencli a little,
aud at last tLey got Lold of Lis arms,
tugged, rested, tugged again and finally
managed to Lelp Lim to a dry place,
still under the willows, where Le conld
lie more at ease. Jean carried water
in Lis cap with which they washed the
wound aud the etrfild HH »face.
Then Alice tore up her cotton apron, in
which she had hoped to \>ear home a
load of lilies, aud with the strips bound
the wound very neatly. It took a long
time, during which the Indian remained
silent and apparently quite Indifferent.
Long Hair was a man of superior
physique, tall, straight, witL the mus
cles of a Vulcan, and while he lay
stretched on the ground, half clad and
motionless, he would have been a
grand model for a heroic figure in
bronze. Yet from every lineament
there came a strange repelling Influ
ence, like that from a snake. Alice felt
almost unbearable disgust while doing
her merciful task, but she bravely per
severed until it was finished.
It was now late in the afternoon and
the sun would be setting before they
could reach home.
"We must hurry back, Jean," Alice
said, turning to depart. "It will be
all we can do to reach the other side
in daylight. I'm thinking that they'll
be out hunting for us, too, If we don't
move right lively. Come."
She gave the Indian another glance
wlie# she had taken but a step. He
grunted and held up something in his
hand—something that shone with a
dull yellow light. It was a small,
oval, gold locket which she had al
ways worn In ber bosom. She sprang
and snatched it from his palm.
"Thank you," she exclaimed, smiling
gratefully. "I am so glad you found
It."
The chain by which the locket had
httng was broken, doubtless by some
movement while dragging Long Hair
out of the mud, and the lid bad
sprung open, exposing a miniature por
trait of Alice painted when she was a
little child, probably not two years old.
It was a sweet baby face, archly
bright, almost surrounded with a fluff
of golden hair. The neck and upper
line of the plump shoulders, with a
traco of richly delicate lace and a
string of pearls, gave somehow a sug
gestion of patrician daintiness.
Long Ilair looked keenly Into Alice's
eyes when she stooped to take the
locket from his hand, but said nothing.
She and Jean now hurried away, and,
so vigorously did they paddle their
pirogue, that the sky was yet red In
the west when they reached Lome and
duly received tlielr expected scolding
from Mme. Rousslllon.
Alice sealed Jean's lips as to tLelr
adventure, for sLe Lad made up Ler
mind to save Long Hair if possible,
and she felt sure that the only way to
do It would be to trust no one but
Father Beret.
It turned out that Long Hair's wound
was neither a broken bone nor a cut
artery. The flesh of his leg, midway
between the hip and the knee, was
.pierced. The bullet had bored a neat
hole clean through. Father Beret took
the case in hand and with 110 litUe
surgical skill proceeded to set the big
Indian upon his feet again. The affair
had to be cleverly managed. Food,
medicines and clothing were surrepti
tiously borne across the river, a bed of
grass was kept fresh under Long Hair's
back, his wound was regularly dressed
and Anally his weapons—a tomahawk,
a knife, a strong bow aud a quiver of
arrows-vwhlch he had hidden 011 the
night of his bold theft, were brought to
him.
"Now go and sin no more," said good
Father Beret, but ho well knew that his
words were mere puffs of articulate
wind In the ear of the grim aud silent
savage, who limped away with an air
of stately dignity into the wilderness.
A load fell from Alice's mind when
Father Beret informed her of Long
Hair's recovery and departure. Day
and night the dread li st some of the
men should find out hia hiding place
and kill him had depressed and worried
her. 1-ong Hair's Imperturbable calm
ness, his stolid. Immobile countenance,
the mysterious reptilian gleam o( his
shifty black eyes and the soulless cx-
) pression always lurking in thorn kept
t a fascinating bold on the girl's meraoifr.
They blended curiously with the lin
; pressions left by the romances she had
read in M. Rousti lion's mildewed books.
Long Haia was not a young man. but
it would hare been impossible to guess
I near his age. His form and face sim
r ply showed long experience and im
measurable vigor. Alice remembered
with n shudderiug sensation the look
he gave her when she took the locket
from his hand. It was of but a sec
ond's duration, yet it seemed to search
every nook of her being with its subtle
t power.
<R , [TO be cowti.vited.]
FROST FAIRIES.
The Vondrrtnl Deaiicna That Win
dow Paan Picture.
When the frost fairies have a mate
rial ready for original design they often
produce in the hours of darkness most
exquisite decorations. The window
panes are their drawing paper, and the
window frames serve as picture frames
on those particular occasions. There
are said to no less than a thousand
forms of snow crystals, every one of
them of the finest finish and of unim
peachable symmetry. Some are like
the patterns in honiton lace, while oth
ers are elaborated with geometrical
patterns so complex that It Is difficult
to analyze them. But on the window
panes the frost pictures are by no
means confined to what are "standard
patterns" In snowflakes, but show the
most various and dainty schemes of
ornament. Some are like starry flow
ers, set with stars In the center and
with starry shoots and comets flying
into space around them. Others take
the shape of leaves arranged In set
form by some human designers. The
endive pattern Is among the most beau
tiful, the curves and "motive" being
often scarcely distinguishable from
those in which a goldsmith of the days
of Louis XV. modeled the ormolu In
which he graced some priceless vase of
Jasper or crystal. Scale patterns, like
the scales of fishes, with striated lines
upon the overlapping disks, wavy pat
terns, set with stars, fern patterns,
moss patterns and formalized sprays
of maidenhair are among the choicest
on the list.—London Spectator.
Americana on Gnard.
There is no record that any such or
der as "Put none but Americans on
guard" was issued by Washington.
Those who quote it do not know when
it was supposed to have been issued.
But it is a fact that on April 30, 1777,
in an order Issued at Morristown, N. J.,
for reorganizing the Improperly called
"Washington's bodyguard" he did sty
that he thought that men having an In
terest In the country -would bo less
likely to prove traitors than foreigners.
The order continued, "You will, there
fore, send me none bat Americans."
Washington directed that this prefer
ence for Americans should not be made
known, as he feared it might excite
the many foreigners in the army.—Ex
change.
Hon a Miser Selected an Heir.
As like afreets like, so It is with mi
sers, and gold will go where cold is.
This is strikingly illustrated by the act
of a celebrated Greek, one Dichmus
Dichoems, a descendant of the Byzan
tine emperors. This man. by the exer
cise or extreme niggardliness, managed
to amass the sum of $50,000, an Im
mense fortune In those days. Then
came the question to whom should he
leave it. One day a distant relative
sent him a letter written upon a square
inch of paper. This was sufficient. In
the fitness of things the parsimonious
correspondent became the miser's heir.
COLLECTIVE NAMES.
Old English Term* For (ironpa ot
Persons and Animals.
In a book on British sports, written
In the eighteenth century, Joseph
Strutt gives the old English terms for
groups of various beasts as follows:
"When beasts went together in com
panies there was said to be a pride of
lions, a lepe of leopards, a herd of
harts, of bucks and of all sorts of deer;
a bevy of roes, a sloth of boars, a
sownder of wild swine, a drift of tame
swine, a route of wolves, a lnirras of
horses, a rag of colts, a stud of mares,
a pace of asses, a baron of mules, a
team of oxen, a drove of kiue, a flock
of sheep, a tribe of goats, a skulk of
foxes, a cete of badgers, a richness of
martins, a fesynes of ferrets, a huske
or a down of hares, a nest of rabbits,
a clowder of cats and a kyndall of
young cats, a shrewdness of apes and
a labor of moles."
Similar terms were applied to gather
ings of human beings. Strutt gives
them as follows: "A state of princes,
a skulk of thieves, an observance of
hermits, a lying of pardoners, a sub
tlltie of sergeants, an untruth of soinp
ncrs, a multiplying of husbands, a
safeguard of porters, a stalk of forest
ers, a blast of hunters, a draft of but
lers, a temperance of cooks, a melody
of harpers, a poverty of pipers, a
drunkenshlp of cobblers, a disguising
of taylors, a wandering of tinkers, a
malpertness of pedlars, a fighting of
beggars, a rayful—that is. a netful —of
knaves, a blush of boys, a bevy of la
dies. a nonpatience of wives, a gagle
of women, a gagle of geese."
In the old days the word "leash" was
applied to three greyhounds, while two
were "a brace." On the other hand,
two spaniels or harriers were called
"a couple." A number of boumhs went
under the term of "a mute of hounds,"
while it was correct to speak of "a
kennel of raehes, a litter of whelps and
a cowardice of curs."
The Dally l'reaa.
The daily press, as I look at it, is a
wonderful detective. It can run down
public opinion and report It marvelous
ly. In this respect it has an ever wid
ening outlook. As a news gatherer its
facilities perpetually astonish me. The
weapon of publicity it often wields
with undoubted power. But when all
is said Is it much more than a gigan
tic reporter? Does it really instruct
and guide? Or does it simply furnish
by the myriad page the stuff out of
which the peoplo construct their own
Independent Judgment? I confess that
newspapers seem to me more and
more to exemplify Gladstone's defini
tion of the orator, they receive from
the public as mist what they give back
as shower.—Rollo Ogden In Century.
Heady For Her I.adyahlp.
Lady Constance Mackenzie, the Eng
lish traveler and beauty, made a long
trip through Texus. At one place a
wealthy ranch owner invited her to
visit him, and she accepted the invita
tion. The owner of the ranch was de
termined to give his guest a fitting re
ception, so he telegraphed his mana
ger, "Lady Mack j*ie coming tomor
row; make every preparation to treat
her royally." The manager had never
heard of Lady Mackenzie, but as tho
business of the ranch was raising
blooded horses as well as cattle he de
elded this must be some fancy race
horse. The famous guest arrived the
next day, with her party, and found 1
all ready. A clean box stall, with abun
dance of fresh hay, awaited her.
MEAT ON THE FARM.
iadreir BOH of Mlnne»o<a Telia llorr
to Dress a Sheep.
Much of the sheepy flavor of mut
ton, according to Mr. Boss of the Min
nesota College of Agriculture, comes
from tLe generation of gases In the
Stomach after the sheep is killed. For
this reason sheep shonld bo dressed as
rapidly as possible. A platfcrui six or
eight Inches high is a conveu! ?.t thing
to work on and aids in keeping tLe
blood away from the body, insuring a
cleaner carets. A clean, dry place is
UAKKEB OF STICKING A SHEEP.
necessary for neat work. Water or
blood on the wool make 3 It very diffi
cult to dress tLe animal nicely.
If tLe sLoep Is an old one it may be
stunned before bleeding. If a young
one the same purpose is served by dis
locating the neck after cutting the
throat. This is accomplished by put
ting one hand on the poll or top of tLc-
Lead and tLe otLer Land under the
chin, giving a sharp twist upward.
Lay tLe sLeep on its side on the plat
form, with its head hanging over the
end. Grasp the chin In the left hand
and stick a knife through the neck
Just back of the jaw (see the first cut).
The cutting edge of the knife should
be turned toward the spinal column
and the flesh cut to the bone without
cutting the windpipe.
Mr. Boss describes the "legging out"
of the sheep by splitting the skin 011
the back of tie front leg from dew
claws to a little above the knee and on
the hind legs to the middle line. The
latter are skinned around the bocks
and down to the hoofs, and tLe feet
are cut off at tLe toe Joints. Next tLe
knife Is run between the cords and
bone back of (lie shins, and the legs
are tied together Just above the pas
tern joints. The skin is opened from
brisket to chin.
The sLeep should be hung up by the
htn'd legs before starting to skin above
the hock. Start at the brisket to "fist
off" the skin by grasping tLe edge of
the pelt firmly In one Land, pulling It
up tlgLt and working tLe other with
fist closed between the pelt and the
body. Tbe off" is downward
over the fore quarters and upward
and backward over the hind quarters.
It la unwise to pull down the skin over
tbe bind legs, as the membrane cover
ing tbe flesh la sure to be ruptured and
an unslghUy appearance given to the
carcass. The wool should always be
held away from the fl»»h for the sake
of cleanliness. The skin on the legs
should be pulled away from the body
rather than toward It in order to pre
serve the covering of the meat. When
the pelt has been loosened over the
sides and back It should be stripped
down over the neck and cut off close
to the ears. The head may then be
removed without being skinned by cut
ting through the atlas Joint.
The manner of opening the carcass
and removing the entrails, heart, lungs
and other organs is shown In the sec
ond cut. For home use split the breast
bone and remove the heart, lungs and
diaphragm together. For marketing it
is best not to spilt the breast and- to
OPENING CARCASS. BEMOVINO INTESTINES
leave tLe liver attached to tLe dia
phragm. Wipe off the blood from tLe
carcass with a cloth wrung nearly dry
out of hot water. Double up tLe front
legs and slip the little cord found by
cutting into the flesLy part of tLe fore
arm over tLe ankle Joints.
Electric Farming by Day and Klarlit.
TLe attempts of the big western farm
prs to replace horsepower with mechan
ical motors have been many. Steam
tractors are now by no means unfamil
iar, but with them there Is always dan
ger to the crops by fire in very dry
weather. Electricity 1b a source of In
terest in these schemes. An exchange
states that a Dakota fanner is experl
men ting, with prospect of success, with j
an electrical motor. The power is gen- .
erated far away from the field and
transmitted in the usual way to a pow
er mast set up in the field. A double
cable connects this with the motor,
which is mounted on a carriage. Gang '
plow, cultivator or harvester is then at
tached to tbe motor. The area to be
worked is extended by setting up pow
er masts at intervals, and the crowning
touch to tbe scheme is to mount arc j
lights on the masts, so that during
wheat planting time tho work may go
on by night as well as day.
WHEN THE SAP RUNS.
tdrondant Sprlne ilrlnna tlie Mnple j
Sap Flow In Vermont.
It begins to warm up a bit along late
in March In Vermont. Tho nights are
still frosty, but the sunny days are
genial, and there Is a suggestion In the
air of the coming of the spring. If at
this time the trunk of the sugar maple
is tapped by boring into It for a depth
of three inches or less and a "sap
spout" or spigot is Inserted the sap
exudes and falls, drop by drop, quick
ly or slowly, according to the weather
and tbe time of day. The flow is er
raUc and is governed by a multitude of
conditions.
The sap at first is a water clear and
slightly sweet liquid, but as the sea
son progresses Uie flow tends to lessen,
and the sap Is apt to thicken and to be
come cloudy or even somewhat slimy
at tlmos. Tbe duration of the sap flow
ts dependent upon weather conditions.
It may be fairly continuous for some
time, but is commonly broken up into
distinct periods known as "runs."
The swelling of the leaf buds prepar
atory to burstlnj marks the end of the
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flow or "season." Moreover, sap flows
mostly In the daytime, occasionally at
night and to any extent only on what
are known as good sap days. A "good
tap day" or "a good run of sap" o<v - |
curs only after the air temperature has
remained below 0 degrees C. (32 de
grees F.) for some time. If, following
this, the temperature rises materially
above that point the sap flows. If the
day be too bright, warm and sunny
the flow is apt to start up briskly and
soon lessen or cease, or if winds be
high the flow is soon checked. If the
sky be overcast and the air has warm
-1 ed up a little a satisfactory run is like-,.
ly to ensue. Alternate freezing and
thawing, moderately warm days foi
| lowed by freezing nights, are the ideal
meteorological conditions which pro
mote the flow. So long as the nir tem
peratures remain constant, whether
warm or cold, there is little or no sap
' flow.
SPRING ORCHARD WORK.
Bearieir Apple Trees Changed From
Worthless to Good Varieties.
Just ns the leaves are pushing out in
the spring is the ideal time for graft
ing, for-then the tree wounds heal read
ily. The top grafting of old trees is
an important operation. By its use the
tops of old trees are changed from un
satisfactory to desirable varieties, and
old orchards may be thus renewed.
Every man who owns an orchard
shouldbe able to do his own grafting.
The scheme in top working nn old tree
is to effect in the course of three to live
years the removal of the old top and
a s ', f ."il
I
CLEFT GRAFTING.
[«. Splitting the stock; 6. scion prepared
tor insertion; e. scion inserted.]
the growing of a new one in its place,
and cleft grafting Is the means em
ploy*#.
In cleft grafting stock is split down
ward, after it has been cut off at the
point where the scion is to be Inserted,
by using a fine tooth saw. The bark
should be cut through first to avoid
being torn and so that the sides of the
cleft will be smooth. A wedge is in
serted to keep the cleft open for the
insertion of the scion, which is cut
wedge shape, with a long slope, one
edge being a little thicker than the
other. The object of this is to have
the pressure of the cleft greatest upon
the outer side where the union Is to
be effected.
If the stock is large enough, a graft
may be Inserted on each side of the
cleft, and if both grow one should
eventually be cut off. After the scions
have been properly Inserted the wedge
should be carefully withdrawn, leav
ing the scion in place, 8Q that the loner
bark of the scion and the stpek shall
coincide. If the pressure of the cleft
be not sufficient to hold the scion In
place, It must be wrapped with cloth or
strings before waxing.
It is now reqdy for tho grafting wax,
which may be applied either in liquid
form with a brush or in plastic condi
tion after having been worked with -
the hands, or sometimes by wrapping
with strips of muslin or manlla paper
previously spread with wax. Great
care should be taken to make every
Joint air tight, or the operation will be
a failure.
Good Malchinv Material.
Shingle edgings (shingle hair) are ex
cellent for mulching either apple trees
or strawberry plants. As in the case
of sawdust, it is better to use material
that Is not quite fresh or take precau
tions so as to keep it from packing
closely about the base of the tree. Saw
dust is the most satisfactory material
ever used at the station as a winter
protection and summer mulch for
strawberries. It conserves the mois
ture effectively and Is free from weeds.
The best mulch for gooseberries, as
for other small fruits, is a fine dust
cover provided by thorough cultiva
tion. If for any reason this cannot
be given I see no objection to the use •
of pine needles or the "shingle hair"
referred to above. Professor C. D.
Woods, Maine Experiment Station.
PROMOTION BY RETORT.""
Apt Auiwtri to Onalat QmiMmi
Which Pleased lavaroC.
I The great Russian soldier, Marshal
Suvaroff, was in the habit of asking
his men difficult questions, sometimes
foolish ones, and bestowing favor* on
those who showed presence of mind In
answering him. On one occasion a
general of division sent him a sergeant
with dispatches, at the same time rec
ommending the bearer to SuvarofPs
notice. The marshal, as usual, proceed
ed to test him by a series of whimsical
questions.
"How far is It to the moon?" was the
first query.
"Two of your excellency's forced
marches," the soldier promptly replied.
"If your men began to give way In
battle, what would you do?"
"I'd tell them that Just behind the
enemy's line there was a wagon load of
good things to eat."
"How many fish are there In the
•ea?"
"Just as many as have not been
caught."
\ And so the examination went on till
Suvaroff, finding bis new acquaintance
armed at all points, at length pnt a
final poser: »
"What la the difference between your
colonel and myself?"
"The difference Is this," replied the
soldier coolly. "My colonel cannot
make me a captain, but your excellency #
can."
Suvaroff, struck by his shrewdness,
kept his eye upon the man and soon
afterward gave him the promotion for
which he had hinted.
llelplnv lilsn Out.
Mrs. Hoyt, wife of Charles Iloyt, the
playwright, added much to the enjoy
ment of a Lambs' club banquet In Chi
cago by her sharp and witty tongue,
always ready for a home thrust. Mr.
Hoyt was second on the list of speakers
and was badly frightened. He con
cluded that he would plunge quickly
into his speech when called upon, and,
with this Idea, he arose briskly when
announced and started in: "Ladles and
gentlemen, I feel honored. I'm sure, by
this request of the toastinnster, but it
is so unexpected I really had no time to
prepare— h— l really had no time to pre
parers"— And he stop)>cd. Every one
felt sorry for him, but Mrs. Hoyt seem
ed in no way disturbed. When she no
ticed his predicament she turned to
ward him suddenly and called out,
"Why, Charley, you did it perfectly
thd moralnjrl!'