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Black
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By RALPH CONNOR
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CIIAPTKR IX.
Tin: i.i:.i.i'K'tf iitvKNon.
a j.N wo siocmi outside or i rniK 8
- j shack ill the illin starlight we
could not liiili' from ourselves
that we were beaten. It was
not so i.r.!'-li prli'f us a blind fury that
Midi my In-art, ami, looking at the
faces of iln- iiii-n alpoiit mo, I read the
same f.i liii;; tln-ri-. Hut what could
wo do. 'rin- yi-iis of carousing minors
down at Shiviu's told us that nothing
could le done with thi-m that night.
To In- so iiiiiily lii-ah-n and unfairly
and wi'h no chance of revenge was
ln:i"M"T-i:iir.
IM i to e.et back at 'cm," said
Abe, :: 1 4 riil!y reprcssin-,' himself.
"I'm- .--I it. iiii-n," said (Iraeine sud
denly. "1 liis town does not require
till t'u- whisky there is In It." And he
unfolded his ilan. It was to rain pos
session i f Shiviu's saloon and tin- bar
of tie- Bli.-k Ko. k hotel and rh-ar out
till th-- r
places.
1-ut ; ;
ii,d. r;1
It's I ' I
wa- i.'."
Hut '
I J--i- I-- he found in to t !i those
1 di 1 led uiui-h like the i-h-a,
saM: "I'm :::iVn aifter the
I...-- h!'i" t.!i ih:o wi' N on.
:'.i it ;:. an' it's a sinfu'
! to try
wi,;;.-
it, and
i M Neh
t a
uple
'.oil.
ii at
.'t 1
: i
n.n
!: of
aaaitl,
. hut
i I
1'ohoW
a -hed
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. in
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:a ; -! Vir - .-!.d
i- ." 1.- v. .,; "if
i.i 1 r- ,.U i iie l.i in
rf'i V eli'l K-oliblo
ns i . ;. ;i v.-:;i i a
Lfea! :'!'' : .' c:-.W too
lev ; ... ;: ; ... -.
I ::! : ! : :. . i-rtaking t r.r.-t.
bli' i I ' ''J;! l !' the Whole v.-tvi. l.ed
ill("a' ! ' !C llourishing cpoll t'.-'
tveakia .-. of tie' men in' tie- mines ;:m.I
i-amp-', whom 1 had learned to r-.-.-ir )
lis 1 i- ; , nd ,.';.-c:aily as I 1'. ..jtl.t
(,f the ee.var-l-i ti.at did for ' . :. :. !
let i...; .-. : i:pl s o an-1 d.-i.-r.i:. .
.wiJi A ' -, to "g.-l buck a! 'i i.. "
Wi ha i no diiiiei.liy getting ; :. i out.
Abe In v.in to yell. Some men l athed
out to J. i II..- iai!.-i'. He seized the
fore;., i-t man, making a hideo'.is up
roar a!! i,. while, and in three minutes
had cv. iy man lit of ll.j hotel and a
lively i a. ,, going on.
In tuo miniiti's more Craeme anil I
had (In- door of the ballroom locked
ut.d b.a l ieadi d with empty casks. We
then closed the door of the barroom
leading to the outside. The barroom
was a siroiigly built log shack, with a
heavy i '.oor leeuied. after the manner
01 the early cahiin, with two strong
u.ik bar -, sj that we felt safe from at
tui k Ii - :.- that iiuarter.
The b.ii'.ioom we could not hold lon.T,
for the door wis slight and entrance
was p.. ihle thr-amh the window. Hut
ns titiiy a few ca.-ks of liquor were left
there our main work would be In the
liar, so that the I.lit would be to bold
the passageway. This we barricaded
with caks and tables. I!ut by this
time the crowd had begun to reali.e
what had happened and were wildly
jelling at door i.inl windows. With an
n whieli liraeme had brought with
him the casks were soon stove 111 and
left to empty themselves.
As I was about to empty the hist
rnsk (Irai-me stopped me, saying: "I.ct
that Man-1 here, it will help us." And
so it did. "Now skip for the barri
cade:" veiled ilraenie as a man on me
i-rashi-'g lliioiigh the window. Hut be
fore he eollhl regain his feet (Iraenie
had seized him and Hung him out upon
the le ads of ihe crowd outside. Hut
lliioa,. Ii the oilier windows men were
coining in. and liraeme rushed for the
hairiei.de, followed by two of the ene
my, the foremost of whom I rceeied
lit the top and hurled back Upon lln
dtlleis. "Now be quick:" said ( interne. "I'll
hold this. Hoii't break any bottles on
the HiK'f. Throw them out there,"
sua KitniiiiiiK.
Rastern Man-How are things ia
Dugout ( ity now? '
We-tern Man Hooining, just ft
boomir:g. Why, I happened to want a
little pending money last week, and
it didn't take me half an hour to pet
a third mortgage on my house, N. V.
Weekly.
llolihi-il lilt rrleiiil.
She- Did you ever get the c-rttre for
making a collection of some particu
lar thing?
He- Oh, yen; I started once to
make u collection of umbrellas, but
there were so many strenuous objec
tions that I had to give it up.
Yonkcrs Statesman.
A Lani of I.ove.
Iream of a havvn above.
Hut thi for Ilfe' brkf day;
A little lamp of love
Can light a great world's way!
I Atlanta Oonrtltutlon.
R
polntlnp to a Ilttl window high up la
tbe wall.
I made all haste. Tbe casks did not
take much time, and soon the whisky
and beer were flowing over the floor.
It made me thluk of (ieordie'a regret
over the "slufu waste." The bottles
took longer, and, glancing up now and
' then, I saw that Graeme was being
hard pressed. Meu would leap, two
' and three at a time, upon the barricade,
i. ml Interne's anus would shoot out,
an-l over they would topple upon tbe
heads of those nearest. It was a great
r.l.t t j see lil in standing alone, with
i. Mn;ie on his face and the light of bat
lie in his eye, molly meeting his as-t-adants
with those terrll'.e, lightning
i::.e Mows. In lifteen minutes my work
was i'.o::e.
"What next?" I asked. "How do we
pet out';"
"How is the door?" he replied.
I looked through the porthole nnd
said:
"A crowd of men waiting."
"We'll have to make a (lash for it, I
fatiey," he replied cheerfully, though
his face was covered with blood and
I, is breath was coining in short gasps.
lii t down the liars and Ik- ready."
I'-ut even ns he spoke n chair hurled
fi-otu lili.w caught him on the urni,
and before he could recover a man had
c! -an d tin- barricade and was upon
him like a tiger. It was Idaho Jack.
"Hold the barricade:" Cnieiuo called
cut as they both went down.
I ,- rang to his plan1, but 1 had not
mia-h I:i.pi' -f holding it long. I had
the heavy i-ak bar of the door In my
hands, and, swinging It found lay head,
1 i:.ade the crowd give back for a few
liionn ats.
Mi .1 lit imp Cracinc had shaken off Ids
e:a in-', uli-i was circling about him
upon his tiptues, with a long knife in
his
spriii
"1
SOI. II-
big.
"Y-
sr i :v
lloW
ca-lii
id. I
aii.d. wailing for a chance to
1 axe
time
been waitlm
Mr. (!r.n me,"
for this for
he said, suiil-
-." rcplii
I yo-:V
is the li
:;l!y.
.o's I'il'v
led w i;h
.1 his V.I
is v,-:
:. wi: h
! ai'llie
real i:
aver since I
Me
be i
ill I
aide
,1 t,
risen.
I sar-
c;tm
, spi:-
, i!l I e boo re I
:.ri ia :
"Ah.
n:
I
Idaho."
., a hi ll,
a'. 1 ea;
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a '.I a::
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tl.,
oil le -i
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hum: h'i
V. i i'e i a ,
1 V.'.". s
th was
oMill.Hlt
.y. th" knife
e:, 1. T. I w hy
I I !,e:i I saw
in fioia the
e. i!::i ; upon
in despair.
going fa--:.
fury Idaho
I. eld h!
I .va. I.,
his ii.
wri: '!.
. ti.
i'al
'lien
i.aii
With ;.
tl.lew I1''
(interne
They s
as the;
U'iOII' the
!
'' with all his weight upon
i c'nilil only cling to him.
ad together toward me, but
ell 1 brought down my bar
upraised hand and sent the
! life Hying across the room. Idaho's
howl of rago mid pain was mingled
! with a shout from below, and there,
i dashing the crow il to right and left,
i came old Nelson, followed by Abe, San
i dy, I'.aptiste, Shaw and others. As
j they reached the barricade it crashed
: down ami, carrying me with it, pinned
! me fast.
Looking; out between the barrels, I
saw what froze my heart with horror.
In the fall (iraeme had wound his
arms about his enemy and held him
111 a grip so deadly that he could Hot
I strike, but (iraeme's si ivaa.iii was fail
ing, and when I looked I sa v that Ida
ho was slowly dragging bo'ii across
I the slippery Hour to win re :ha- kui'V
I lay. Nearer and nean r his v.:;r.- retch
I id lingers e-iii'.e t- tin- h-i'l'.'. In aiu
I 1 yelled and struggled. My oiee was
lost In the awful din. :"al I'm barri
cade held me last. Above mo, stand
Ing on a barrel heml. was Hapliste,
yelling like a demon. In vain I called
to h!in. My lingers could just reach
his foot, and he heeded not at all my
touch, slowly Idaho was dragging his
almost unconscious victim toward the
knife. His lingers were touching the
blade point when, under a .sudden in
spiration, I pulled out my penknife,
opened it with my teeth and drove the
blade into Iiaptisto's foot. With a
bloodcurdling yell he sprang down and
began dancing round in his rage, peer
ing among the barrels.
"Look: Look!" I was calling In ago
ny and pointing. "For heaven's sake,
look, Baptiste!"
The fingers bad closed upon the knife,
the knife was already high In the air,
when, with a shriek, Hapliste cleared
the room nt ti bound, and before the
knife could fall the little rrenchiuan'a
boot bad caught the uplifted wrist and
sent the knife Hying to the wall.
Then there was a great rushing
sound ns of wind through the forest,
and the lights went out. When I
awoke, I found myself lying with my
head on Graeme's knees and I'.aptiste
sprinkling snow on my face. As I
looked up (Jraeme leaned over, and,
smiling down Into my eyes, he said:
"Good hoy! It wus a great light, and
we rut It up well." And then ho whis
pered, "I owe you my life, my boy."
His Trords thrilled my heart through
and through, for I loved him as only
men can love men, but I only answer
ed: "I could not keep them back."
"It was well done," he said, nnd I
felt proud.
I confess I wna thankful to be so
well out of It, for Graeme got off with
a bone in his wrist broken nnd I with
a couple of ribs cracked, but had It not
been for the open bairel of whisky
which kept tbem occupied for n time,
offering too good n chance to be lost,
and for the timely arrival of Nelson,
neither of us hud ever seen the light
again.
Wo found Craig sound asleep upon
fcia coach. His consternation' oa wak
ing to see as torn, brained and bloody .
Was laughable, but he hastened to find
ns warm water and bandages, and W
oon felt comfortable.
Baptlste was radiant with pride and
delight over the fight and horered
aliout Graeme and me, Kttrtng Tent to
his feelings In admiring French and
Kngllsh expletive. But Abe was dis
gusted because of the failure at Sla
v iii's, for when Nelson looked in he saw
Slavln's Trench Canadian wife In
charge, with her baby on her lap, and j
lie came buck to Shaw and said, "Come
iiway; we can't touch this." and Wiaw,
after looking in, agreed that nothing
could be done. A baby held the fort.
As Craig listened to the account of
the tlgnt he tried hard not to approve,
but lie could not keep the gleam out of
his eyes, and as I pictured Craetue
dashing bark the crowd thronging the
barricade till he was brought diwn by
the chair Craig laughed gently and put
his hand on (Iriu-nu-'s knee, and as I
went on to describe my agony while
Malm's lingers were gradually Hearing
the knife his face grew pale and his
eyes grew wide with horror.
"Hapliste here did the business." I
said, ami the little l'reiichnian nodded
complacently and said:
"Hat's me for sure."
"Ity the way, how Is your foot?" ask
ed Craeme.
"He's fuss rate. Hat's what you call
-Mil' bite of-of-d.lt leel bi'OS. He's
(a re; you p-i! your linger dero, lie's not
deiv. What you call himV"
"i-'lea:" 1 suggested.
"Dili:'' ciieil Hapliste. "Hat's one
bite of Ilea."
"I was thankful I was under the
barrels," 1 replied, smiling.
"t)ui: Hat's innk i n- ver mad. I
jump and swear uios awful bad. Hat's
pardon in,-, M'siii, Craig, In hV"
Hut Craig only smiled it t him rather
sadly.
"It was awf.d'y r's! y," ho said to
Ciaemo, "and it was hardly worth it.
TlieCII get lai r - whisky, an-1 anyway
tie- le-ir ue is ci.!io."
"Well." hail i I'll eme, w'tli a sii'li of
s .'ivaeii ia. "ii is r.ot i:::(e uc!i a
i id oil a !':': 'r as it was."
hi
.-ay imthii'-r In reply,
r N:oa s:e.ri;oj In th'J
! !' u e e
ul
I -At 1'ooi
lell.V, nil
and lai one had luard of
tie re wi re others of the
v.'-- knew were evi n now
'. i-i's. It was thought best
1-1 ri a :a!n i:i Mr. Craig's
kno.'. iag , : ;f ini.rht hap-
leaaue th,'
i'.iwii :: t Si i
I .at all si '.
: aa-'k. h. J I,
', .'!!. a-'d v ,
: " ! '. e 1. e
p.
'heii I aw
li'id 1 . '
lay whale.;,.-
t.J
We Cl
:!!.
to
SI!
'. stiff f ' d sore,
t J. ::!;. .-in 1 o
e. As ,o were
it was
1 man
! -ted.
I In . :
r
1 1
tiiat he wa i I
-f lla
I I'-id bef-.r.'. His
h.
i;;..- back ; his face win
i ye ch-ar. He was his
i;';i"t an-1 I
0 ..'ii man a-, a in.
"i h-i rd'e has 1 c 'i out nil night, but
has failed to liml I'.iiiy," be aiiiioiii.ecd
(juicily.
We did not talk much. Graeme and
1 worried with our broken bonj, nnd
Ihe others suffered from a general
morning depression. Hut after break
fast, as I fie men were beginning to
move, Craig look down bis Bible, and.
saying, "Walt a few minutes, men,"
he read slowly, In his beautiful, clear
voice, that psalm for u ! 1 lighters,
"(tod Is our ivfueai ami strength,"
and so on to the noble words:
"Th I.or.1 nf Itnsls Is with U.i;
The ' :.! of Jacob Is our rc-fuKC"
How the mighty words pulled us to
gether, lifted us till we grew ashamed
of our Ignoble rage and of our Ignoble
dcprc-slnti!
And lie-'i Cnig prayed In simple.
'' ' " ' i:ig words. There was tie-
I... .' igment of faiiiTo, but I knew
'.- v.:-, thi:. kit::.' ehielly of himself;
there was gra i 1 1 ale, nmi that was for '
the lii- ii about him. ami I felt my face 1
1 urn with shame; there was a petition
I' -r leap. Mid we all thought of Nlxmi
ami Hilly and the men wakening from
their debauch at Slavln's this pure,
bright morning. Then lie asked that
we might be made faithful and worthy
of Cod, whose battle it was. Then wo
all stood uji and shook bands will) him
in silence, and every man knew a cov
enant was being made. Hut none saw
his uieeting with Nixon. He sent us all
away before that.
Nothing was heard of the destruction
of the hotel stock ill trade. Unpleasant
(jucstions would certainly bo asked,
and the proprietor decided to let bad
alone. On the point of respectability
the success of the ball was not con
spicuous, but the antileague men were
content if not jubilant.
Billy Hreeti was found by Ceordlo
late in the at'leruooii in his own old
and deserted shack, breathing heavily,
covered uji in his lilthy, nioldeiing bed
clothes, with a half empty bottle of
whisky at his side, (ieordle's grief and
rage were beyond even his Scotch con
trol. He spoke few words, but these
were of such concentrated vehemence
that no one felt the need of Abe's as
sistance In vocabulary.
Hour Billy! Wo carried him to Mrs.
Mavor's home, put him In a warm
bath, rolled him In blankets and gave
him little sips of hot water, then of
hot milk ai.'l coffee, ns 1 had seen a
J clever doctor In tho hospital treat a
similar case of nerve and heart de
pression. 4 tut the already weakened
system could not recover from the aw
ful shock of the exposure following the
debauch, and on Sunday afternoon we
saw that his heart wns falling fast.
All day the miners bad been dropping
' in to inquire after him, fer Billy had
been a great favorite In other days,
nnd the attention of the town hnd been
admiringly centered upon .his fight of
! these last weeks. It was'with no ordl
. nary sorrow that the news of his con
jdition was received. As Mrs, Mavor
snug to him his large, coarse hands
' moved In time to the music, but he did
not open his ryes till ho heard Mr,
Crulg's voice In the next roaui. Then
he spoke his name, and Mr. Craig waa
kneellnc beside him In a moment. The
words cam slowly:
"01 tried to fight hit bout bnt-Ot
got beaten. Hit 'urta to think Va
ashamed o me. Ol'd like t'a done bet
ter Ol would." I
"Ashamed ef you, Billy T said Craig
la a voice that broke. "Not he."
i "And ye hall 'elped me sor he went
on. "Ol wish Ol'd 'a done better Ol
do." And bis eyes sought Geordte and
then rested on Mrs. Mavor, who smiled
back at hint with a world of love In
her eyes. "You hain't liashamed o' me
yore heyes salgb eo," he said, look
ing at ber.
"No, Billy,' she said, and I wonder
ed at her steady voice, "not a bit.
Why, Hilly, I am proud of you."
He gazed up at her with wonder and
ineffable .love in his little eyes, then
lifted his hand slightly toward her.
She knelt quickly and took it in both
of hers, stroking it and kissing It.
"Ol liaught t'a done better. Oi'm
hnwful sorry Ol went hack on Tin. Hit
was the lemonaide. The boys didn't
mean no 'arm, but hit started the 'eh
hillside."
fleordle burled out some bitter words.
"Don't he 'ard on 'cm. tieordle. They
didn't mean no 'arm," he said, and his
eyes kept waiting t.il Ceordie said hur
riedly: "Xa, na, lad! I ll Juist leave them till
tj - Alinichty."
Tin ii Mrs. Mavor s nig softly, smooth
ing his hand, "Just us I Am," and Hilly
dozed quietly for half an hour.
When he awoke again, his eyes turn
ed to Mr. Craig, unJ they were trou
bled and anxious.
"01 tried 'ard. (ti wanted to win,"
he struggled to say.
Hy this time Cra:g was master of
himself, and he answered in a clear,
distinct voice:
"Listen. Hilly. Yntl made a great
fight, and you nro going to win yet.
And, besides, do you remember the
sheep that goi lost over the moun
tains';" Tins parable was I'.iliy's spe
cial delight. "!: didn't beat it when
he got it, did he? lie look it in Ids
arms and carrii d
will yi u."
And Hilly. In - ;:
oa Mr. Crai:-, si- a
"Will '(?"
"Kitc"' sah! ' ', ..
"Will '(;" he 1
eyes upon Mrs. ';
"Wi.;-. ys. ; ;
it home, and so he
his eyes
said:
telK-d
his
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i he
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1 said
main
eyes
or. lie
they
Mrs. Ma via- i a a
Hilly smiled. Ti
r v.
I h-
to Mr. Craig ami inn'i 1
and nt last to Mrs. Mai or, whan
rested. She bent over and kissi
d him
twice on the fori head.
"Tell Vr," he said, with ililliculty,
"e s
took mo 'onic."
"Yes. Billy!" she cried, gazing into
his glazing eyes.
He tried to lift her hand. She kissed
him again. He drew one deep breath
un.l lay unite still.
"Thank the blessed Saviour'." said
Mr. Craig reverently, "ile has taken
him home."
But Mrs. Mavcr held the dead hand
tight and sobbed oiu passionately:
"oh, Billy, Billy, you helped me once
when I needed help! I cannot forget:"
And (Jeordie, groaning, "Aye, laddie,
laddie:" passed out into the fading light
i f the early ( veiling.
Next day lai one went to work, for to
nil it seemed u sacred day. They car
ried him into tin- little church, and
there Mr. Craig .-; !.e of his long, hard
light and of bis i'.ual victory, for he
died without a l'c.ir and villi love to
the men who, not knowin .:. had been
his death. And there was no bitter
ness In any heart, for Mr. Craig read
the story of the sheep and told how
gently he had taken Billy home;
though no word was spoken. It
but,
was
there the league was made again.
They laid him under the pines beside
Lewis Mavor, nnd the miners threw
sprigs of evergreen into the open
grave. When Siavin. sobbing bitterly,
brought his sprig, no one stopped him,
though all thought it strange.
As we turned to leave the grave the
light from the evening sun (Mine soft
ly through the gap in the mountains
and, tilling the valley, touched the trees
and the little mound beneath with glo
ry, and I thought of that other glory
which Is brighter than the sun and
was not sorry that poor Billy's weary
fight was over, and I could not hclji
agreeing with Craig that it was thvre
the league bad Its reveu;e.
To I IK I'llNTIMI'.li NKXT WKKK.
Wrnlth ( realcil by Timber.
Orsa. Sweden, has in the course of a
feneration sold S.,7.o,000 worth of
trees, and by means of a judicious re
planting has provided for a similar in
come every .10 or 40 years. In conse
quence of this commercial wealth
there an- no taxes. Railways and tel
ephones lire free, ami so are the school
houses, teaching' and many other
things.
DrillltiK nnd Clirck-RoirlnK.
denerally, we think drilling prefer
able to cheek-rowing, and for the oiw
reason that corn being scattered more
by drilling, lias a better opportunity
to successfully develop. Hows being,
say three and two-thirds feet each
way, it is customary in hill corn to se
cure os nearly as possible an averaes
of two and one-half stalks tothehiil,
or two and one-half stalks every three
nnd two-thirds feet. Jf these Btalks
were distributed along the row as they
are when drilled, they would stand
about 18 inches apart. Now it is quite
reasonable that since drilling makes n
more even distribution, there will be n
better growth. Ohio Farmer.
GOOD FARM BUILDING.
9Mnr t Ceaatraet a foarralrBt Cora
Crlfc and Uraaarr at a Vrrjr
Moderate Kxpraae,
In the illustration, Figure 1, is shown
the elevation of corn crib and granary
vhieli is very convenient ou any farm
where much wheat, corn, out or bur
ley is grown, and a every fannersoon
H...I.. flinf It 1 1,.. ll....tW., ll.ltf to
store grain in the bam along with hay
and oilier roughage, owing to the (le- j
t met ion from mice and rats and j
iaiii.'-er from un bv tire, such an out-
bouoieg is found almost indispensable
n every farm of W or more acres.
The plan covers liOxno feet, with posts
10 feet in height. The coi n crib part in j
lUItX CUIU AND GKANAKY.
11x20 feet and U diiided into a drive
w iy U feet w ide and a corn crib j feet
wide.
The crib posts next to the driveway
ire flared 1C, feet from bottom to top
nnd the crib wiiMiold bet w t-n fidtl and
Tun bushels of ear corn. Tho driveway
when not in use for storing coi n nu.
be iitiiied for the storing i f wagom.
or carriages, ami witn pmnys, ine
wagon box or lmxrack i,.a l e ('lawn
ip out of t !( way.
The granary portion is li'.xSO, with
alli Nwav three feet wide i Mending
along between l - row of bin - which
lover a floor rpi.ee, each, of f.'',ll
feet aial are T ft i 1 high. The-c Llii"
will hold about ',' l..i-'o of jrra'i;.
They are made ' !'. ;c e ale. ed
l;a. leri.,!; t igi t i'i a 1 '' t h - a
!i i'!:.l t h : ' : . ! o;e n t i-
II .or may b ' . ia ' a r or h '. a 1 ".n-
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flred biisbids more corn, which may be
unloaded from corn crib driveway,
thus utilizing- cw!-y foot of rooling
capacity in the Iniihliiig.
Small doors which arc kept tightly
closed, are arranged along the tops of
bins next to the driveway and by the
aid of a portable chute attached by
hooks and staples to side of bin, the
grain can be unloaded right from the
wagon to the bin very easily. This
saves very much heavy luggingof pram
at lliresliMig time and facilitates the
handling. The outside row of bins are
nrranged in same manner, only the
wagon is driven up alongside outer end
of granary building where the chute
nnd port-hole are arranged.
At A. in the era nary coinpiirt ment,
Is left a space r.xU'i feet where the fan
ning' mill is kept ready for use, along
with scales, bag-holder, truck, bags,
measures, etc. The door from drive
way to this room will be found very
convenient if at any t ime it is desirable
to shell corn from the crib and store it
in a granary ion for feedim.'. The cost
of construction would he hard forme
to est 1 m ate. on in? to the difference in
cost of varioii- materials. It is bet
ter to put such a building as this upon
stone or tile pillars, owing to the fae
that all parts will then be accessible
to eats and dogs, which will lessen the
chances of the enterprising rat or
mouse. The building might be erect
ed of hewn or sawed sipiare timber
framed together, or a balloon frame.
Any pood carpenter can llgure an es
timate, after knowing the material
that is available for its construction.
(ieurge W. Brown, in Ohio Farmer.
I'roleln for Diilry Cow.
For many years the (iernian stand
ard established by Dr. WollT was ac
cepted us final. A 1,000 pound cow
was supposed to -reipiire 2.5 pounds
of digestible protein. Kecent inves
tigations have partially discredited
this theory. The best dairymen now
prefer to feed protein according to
the capacity of the individual cow.
It is understood that some small
cows will make good use of n ration
that contains the full amount of
protein while other cows that weigh
considerably more, will waste part of
It, because of their inability to con
vert it into milk. Agricultural Ep
itomist. What the- Dairy tow elx.
The relation of the comfort of the
cow to the cash received by her own
er for her products, is one that every
dairyman should study with much in
terest. These condition! enough
good food and pur e water, shelter from
the heat of sun. -ier and storms of
winter, and' kind treatment, are just
the conditions man demands tor his
own comfort, and just what would be
due every animal from every owner,
for humanity's sake, even were there
no business relatione between them.
V atx r u vktlai
yeaaia Id ita worm form. 1 couldiaurf
but milk toast, and at Umaamy uooiwk'
Dot retain and dicrst even thai I H
began takine CASCAKETS nd inrlJ
hav steadily Improved, until 1 a
erer was in my me. V
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UNIQUE WELL DERRICK.
s mrnrni nc in n 11 1, l tr9
vlll IVo llrnnthi.
-ear tne mile town of ;;l jnji
just, across ine ooiimniry nr. jn
..ilili uilti in til i i IO .lie j
there is a very curious well. Tl:f
habitants of this country li,,T
far away from their homes an,,!
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jiave very priiiin ic ideas am: t -t , a
luis well is anout so teet oeia..
u,.,oi mo u.ioi, no iiif;vu:oS ,;fTj
for hauling water from it. If il.i.j),
lean hnd been an educated nam
might have been an inventor.
A tree flourishes near the wt-Uvti
has two branches growing oat ,,;
TP. KB AS WKI.T. IKi:
(A Mixicair.'s !.-!?, i.i.a:- Va .
a W.iti r Supply. I
trunk. These boughs sep'ii. :
four branches higher up. Tin- M, -.
cut the branches in sueh a ,.
they formed a perfiet re-l f ... s
well sweej). lie fastened i ?
ton crossbar, laid across t hi l .. .i
branches in the middle, lish.g (
thongs for the purpose.
Then he fastened a weight tone,
of the sweep and a long rope v
other end. The bucket, is fa-ns-the
end of this long roH-, ami s
has to do is to lower the Inula;
the well. The weight of the stone;
it up again, br'inmin? full.
Hail No 1'iiilli In Hint l.
Banks were deemed mis
Farmer Conrad, of Vestal, X.
savings, amounting to ifl'.iid, I;
fully sewed in nil old coal,
days la. or his wife, a very cai a
lady, sold the eont to a junk
for live cents. With other r:
eont was forwarded to a de.
worn-oat. raiment, and by !
cunt ami money have pi-ol:i:
where the woodbine twiuetli.'
Some Reasons
Why You Should Insist on Ilavint
UREKA HARNESS 0!
Uncoualed by any other.
Renders bard leather soft.
Especially prepared.
Keeps out water.
A heavy bodied oil.
Harness
. jii excellent preservative.
Reduces cost of your harness.
Never burn9 the leather; its '
Efficiency is increased.
Secures best service.
Stitches kept from breaking.
Oil
s sold in all
Localities MannfcetureilLf
Standard Oil CompiH
'Over half a century of i'-
is one of the reasons why
goods stamped
"1847
Rogers Bros."
the product of this long
xperience are best. They
are sold by leading deal
ers. For catalogue No. 19'
explaining points of in
terest to buyers, address
the makers
. lataraatlraul Silver Cmaaaart
JlarlilsB, Ocaa.
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