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l. m grist's sons. Publisher*. [ % cfamiln Jletcspaper.: Jfor the promotion of the political, Social, Agricultural and (Tommercia! Interests of the people J ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE,"S. C., FRIDAY^ DECEMBER 10, 19T6. NO, 100. *?*A *5*A *#+A *&+A ?MH i .FORTUNl I ^ Novelized by Lc | From the Play o < by Wine ^ Copyright 1910, by Winchell S X&+A **+A *$+ H?+A t?+A *?4 CHAPTER XII. Duncan went home for his midday meal. It wasn't much of a walk from Sam Graham's store to Miss Carpen ter's, and he didn't mind in the least. On this particular day he was sincerely hungry, but he had much to think about besides, and between the two he just bolted his food and made ofT hotfoot for the store. Naturally, knowing nothing about Sam's note, although he knew Pete Willing by sight as the sheriff and town drunkard in one, it didn't worry him at all to discover that gentleman tacking toward the store as he hurried up Beech street, eager to get back to his Job. The first intimation that he had of anything seriously amiss was when he entered, following Pete. Pete Willing, sheriff and born drunkard, is the best natured man in the world, as a general rule. Drunk or sober, Radville tolerates him for just jMM Ink mm "TOU GOT A NOTE DUB AT THE BANK * that quality. On only two occasions is he irritable and unmanageable?when his wife gets after him about the drink and when he has a duty to perform in his official capacity. Tall, gaunt, gangling and loose joint ed, Duncan, returning to the store from lunch, found Pete standing in the middle of the floor, hands in pockets and a noisome stogy thrust into a corner of his mouth. "I'm sorry about this, Sam," he bel"hnt there ain't no use wastin' words 'bout it. I'm here on business." "But what's the matter, sheriff?" Graham asked, his voice breaking. "Ah, you know you sot a note due at the bank, don't you?" "Yes, but"? "Well, it's protested. Y' understand that, don't you? I'm here to serve the papers on to you." "But?but there must be some mistake." Sam clutched blindly for his hat. "I'll step over and see Mr. Lockwood. He's always been kind, very kind." "Now!" Pete bawled. "Mr. Lockwood don't want to see you unless you can settle. Y' can save yourself the trouble. Y' gottuh put up or git out. I got orders from him soon's I got judgment to close y' up. And that goes, see!" "To?to turn me out of the store, Pete?" Graham's world had slipped from beneath his feet. He was overwhelmed. And it was with a child's look of pitiful dismay and perplexity that he faced the sheriff. The father who has fallen short of his child's trust and confidence knows that look. To Duncan Its appeal was irresistible. He had his hand in his pocket, clutching the still considerable remains of what Kellogg had termed his grubstake, before he knew it. "But?there must be some mistake." Graham repeated pleadingly. "It can't be. Mr. Lockwood surely wouldn't"? "Now, there ain't no use whinin' about it!" Willing roared him into silence. "Law is law, and"? He ceased quickly, surprised to find Duncan standing between him and his prey. "What"? he began. "Wait!" Duncan touched him gently on the chest with a forefinger, at PBTK TUBNED BACK TQK LAPEL OF HIS COAT. the same time catching and holding the sheriff's eye. "Are you," he in A HS^A H-I*+A *?>>fA *-I-+A *-IH*A Hfcj a HE... I r I HUNTER, i = uis Joseph Vance f the Same Name ' J hel Smith w ^ ^ ii mlth and Louis Joseph Vance. ? > *?*A *#+A **+A X&+A ***A 1?>: quired quietly, "laboring under the impression that Mr. Graham is deaf?" "What!" h Duncan turned to Sam apologetically. "He said 'what.' Did you hear it, ' sir?" * But by this time Pete was recover- 8 ing to some degree. "What've you got to say about this?" he demanded crescendo. c "I'll show you," Duncan told him in the same quiet voice, "what I've got to say if you'll just put the soft pedal on and tell me the amount of that * .. r' note." "With interest and costs," he said P less stridently, "it Aggers up three ^ hundred 'n' eighty dollars 'n* eightytwo-cents. There's no use denying that Duncan P was staggered. For the moment his J* poise deserted him utterly. He could only repeat, as one who dreams. ^ "Three hundred and eighty dollars!" His momentary consternation afforded Pete the opening he needed. The room shook with his regained sense of prestige. "Yes, three hundred 'n' eighty dollars 'n'? Say, you look a-here!" Again the calm foreAnger touched K him and like a hypnotist's pass checked the rolling- volume of noise. "Listen," begged Duncan. "If you've j got anything else to tell me please retire to the opposite side of the street and whisper it. Meantime be quiet." ^ Duncan turned and made for the soda counter, beneath which was the till. His scanty roll of bills was in his right hand and there concealed. He stepped behind the counter (old Sam watching him with an amazement no less absolute than Pete's), pulled out the till, bent over it with an assured air and pushed back the coin slide. Then quite naturally he produced with his right hand his four hundred and odd dollars from the bill drawer, stood up and counted them with great deliberation? "One, two, three, four." He smiled winningly at Pete. "Four hundred dollars, Mr. Sheriff. Now will you be good enough to hand over that note and the change and then put yourself and that pickle you're wearing in your face on the other side of the door?" "I ain't got the note with me, Mr. Duncan." "Then perhaps you won't mind going to the bank for it?" A Half suffocated. Pete assented. "Aw" ? right, I'll go and git it. Kin I have jo the money?" | "Certainly." Duncan extended the k bills, then on second thought withheld I them. "I presume you're a regular sheriff?" he Inquired. Very proudly Pete turned back the lapel of his coat and distended the chest on which shone his nickel plated badge of office. Duncan examined it with grave admiration. "It's beautiful," he said, with a sigh. "Here." Gingerly Pete grasped the bills, thumbed them over to make sure they were real and bolted as for his life, his coattails level on the breeze. There floated back to Duncan and old Sam rj his valedictory, "Waal, I'll be dod- sc gusieu: si With a short, quiet laugh Duncan a made as though to go out to the back d< yard, where the new stock was being delivered. ly "I'm going," he said hurriedly, "to hi find me a hatchet and knock the stuff- th ing out of some of those packing g\ cases. Want to get all that truck in- ai doors before nightfall, you know." m But old Sam wasn't to be put off by any such obvious subterfuge as that. w He put himself in front of Duncan. ac "Nat. my boy," he said, tremulous, gr "I can't let this go through. I can't allow you"? "There, now," Duncan told him un- ej certainly, yet kindly, "don't say any- -j thing more. It's over and done with." m "But you mustn't. I'll turn over the n( store to you if"? so "Oh Lord!" Duncan's dismay was as genuine as his desire to escape Gra- sj ham's gratitude. "No?don't! Please Y don't do that!" "But I must do something, my boy. I can't accept so great a kindness unless," said Graham, with a timid flash ly of hope, "you'll consider a partner- Si ship"? "That's it!" cried Duncan, glad of I> any way out of the situation. "That's si; the way to do it?a partnership. No; please don't say any more about it just hi now. We can settle details later, ra We've got to get busy. Tell you what jo I wish you'd do while I'm bursting y< open those boxes. If you don't mind going down to the station to make sure D that everything's"? "Yes, I'll go; I'll go at once." Sam th groped for Duncan s nana, caugni ana ar held it between both his own. "If?if h< fate or something hadn't brought you ia here today I don't know what would m have happened to Betty and me." th "Never mind." Duncan tried to soothe him. "Just don't you think w about it." ec Graham shook his head, still bewil- af dered. "Perhaps," he stumbled on, te "to a gentleman of your wealth $400 isn't much"? "No," said Duncan gravely without u? the flicker of an eyelash, "nothing." He in remembered well the few dollars that sh now represented all his worldly goods. Then he smiled cheerfully. "There, uj that's all right." "To me it's meant everything. I?I pi only hope I'll be able to repay you st some day. God bless you, my boy! God bless you!" He managed to jam his hat awry on D his white old head and find his way U out, his hands fumbling' with one an- ai other, his lips moving inaudibly, per- fr haps in a prayer of thanksgiving. m It was perhaps within the next thirty minutes that Betty (who had been left in eharge of the store while Dun- ly can. with coat and collar off and of sleeve's rolled above his elbows, hack- in ed and pounded and pried and banged ca at the packing cases in the back yard) ought him on the scene of his labors. "Pretty good work for a York dude? iot?" he laughed. There was a shadowy smile in her rrave eyes. "It's an improvement," he said evenly. He shot her a curious glance. Ouch!" he said thoughtfully. "I Just came to tell you," she went i n, again, Immobile, "you're wanted inide." "Somebody wants to see me?" he denanded of her retreating back. "Yes." i "But who?" "Blinky Lockwood," she replied over ; er shoulder as she went into the ouse. "Lockwood?" He speculated, for an istant puzzled, then suddenly "Faher-in-law!" he cried. Shivering nakes, he mustn't catch me like this -I, a business man!" Hastily rolling1 down his shirt leeves and shrugging himself into his oat, he made for the store, buttoning is collar and knotting his tie on the ay. He found Blinky nosing round the [>om, quite alone. Betty had disapeared, and the old scoundrel was havlg quite an enjoyable time poking in> matters that did not concern him nd disapproving of them on general rinciples. So far as the improvelents concerned old Sam Graham's irtunes, Blinky would concede no ealth in them. But with regard to >uncan there was another story to tell. >uncan apparently controlled money ) some vague extent. "You're Mr. Duncan, ain't you?" he sked, with his leer, moving down to leet Nat. , "Yes, sir. Mr. Lockwood, I believe?" ( "That's me." Blinky clutched his , and in a genial claw. "I'm glad to ] leet you." . j "Thank you," said Duncan. "Some- j ling I can do for you, sir?" ( "Wall, Pete Willln' was tellin' me ou'd just took up this note of Gra- , am's?" ( "Not exactly. The firm took it up." Blinky winked savagely at this. { rhe firm?what firm?" , "Graham & Duncan, sir. I've been iken into partnership." . "Have, eh?" Blinky grunted myste- ( ^ fry S M jfcg ' ^^Bj firagR ^B^R H gaats gjll|S t mAn BV^^S ?$ Sgffiifl * 4{Hffii t RcgSg ^-/SSi a BbSE y^Si ' W HB^L. BH ^^Pik, HB b "YOU'BK MK. DUNCAN?" HE ASKED. h t ously and fished in his pocket for >me bills and silver. "Wall, here's r g ime change comin' to the firm. then. s nd here," he added, producing the c )cument in question, "is sam's note, i ^ "Thank you." Duncan ceremonious- I ^ d posited both in the till, going- be- j| nd the soda fountain to do so, and t len waited, expectant. Bllnky was J unting busily in the key of one fj )out to make an important com- t unication. f "I'm glad you're a-comin' in here ^ ith Sam," he said at length, with an id grimace that was meant to be a c nlle. b "Oh, it may be only temporary." }l at endeavored to assume a seraphic e :pression and partially succeeded, u "m devoting much of my time to y studies," he pursued primly, "but f, ?vertheless feel I should be earning p tmething too." ? "That's right?that's the kind of ^ >irit I like to see in a young man. ,s r>u always go to church, don't you?" e "No, sir?Sundays only." a "That's what I mean. D' you drink?" s "Oh, no sir," Duncan parroted glib- s , "don't smoke, drink, swear, and on e jndays I go to church." p The bland smile with which he faced o sckwood's keen scrutiny disarmed f< ispicion. t( "I'm glad to hear that," Blinky told n m. "I'm at the head of the temp'- h nee movement here, and I hope you'll P in us and set an example to our fast ? >ung men." "I feel sure I could do that," said b uncan meekly. n Lockwood removed his hat, exposing le cranium of a baldheaded eagle, h id fanned himself. "Warm today," tl ? observed in an endeavor to be gen- ? 1 that all but sprained his tempera- j, ent. Indeed, so great was the strain at he winked violently. Duncan observed this phenomenon w ith natural astonishment not unmix- tl I with awe. "Yes, sir; very," he a freed, wondering what it might por- n nd. w "I believe I'll have a glass of sody." 1< "Certainly," Duncan, by now habit- y ited to the formula of soda dispens- v g, promptly produced a bright and o lining glass. a "I see you've been fixin' this place > some." b "Oh, yes." said Nat loftily. "We ex- o * * ? i a j -a - ?- :.. tl 'CI lo nave ine nesi uiuk ?iuit hi me ate. What sirup would you prefer?" "Just sody," stipulated Lockwood. y His spasmodic wink again smote 1( unc-an's understanding a mighty blow. a nable to believe his eyes, he hedged p id stammered. Could it be? This o om the leader of the temperance d ovement in Radville? "I beg pardon?" v His denseness irritated Blinky slight- d . with the result that the right side his face again underwent an alarmg convulsion. "I say," he explained b refull.v, "just?plain?sody." P "On the level?" "What?" grunted Blinky, and blinked again. A smile of comprehension Irradiated Nat's features. "Pardon," he said. "I'm a little new to the business." Blinky, fanning himself industriously, glared round the store while Duncan, turning his back, discreetly found and uncorked the whisky bottle. He poured out a liberal dose of raw red liquor. Then, with his fingers clamped tightly about the bottom of the glass, the better to conceal its contents from any casual but inquisitive passerby, ho milnbltr fllloH It u'llh andn And I placed It before Bllnky, accompanying the action with the sweetest of childlike smiles. "I SAT. JUST?PLAIN?SODT." Lockwood, nodding his acknowledgnents, lifted the glass to his lips. Duncan awaited developments with some ipprehension. To his relief, however, Blinky, after an experimental swalow, emptied the mixture expeditiousy into his system and smacked his :hin lips resoundingly. "How," he demanded, "can any one vant intoxicatin' llkkers when they ?an get such a hracin' drink as that?" "I pass," Nat breathed, limp with idmlratlon of such astounding hypocrisy. Blinky reluctantly pried a nickel oose from his finances and placed It >n the counter. Duncan regarded It svlth disdain. "Ten cents more, please," he suggested tactfully. "What for?" "Plain sody." The explanation was iccompanied by a very passable 1mlatlon of Bllnky's blink. [To be Continued.] JUDGE LINDSEY'S METHODS. Jsed For Reformation of Colorado Convicts. In the Colorado state penitentiary here are some seven hundred and ifty prisoners. Over half of this lumber are outside the walls, the ree winds upon their faces, their vhite tents pleasantly flecking tlm' rreen of many a mountain valley and rrassy plain, and never a sign to show hat they are the condemnees of so iety. No striped ticking shames their lacus; tney sing ana laugn auer me nanner of free men as they swing heir roads pasts granite ledges or tack alfalfa on leased farms and (either during the day nor through he night do armed guards stand .round in sullen watchfulness. In hese road camps and farm colonies re criminals of every degree and erm?crooks, highwaymen, murderrs, train robbers and border desperaoes?yet the sole precaution against ight, the one thing that holds them ack from escape, is the "word of lonor" they pledged the warden as hey left their cells for the open. In a wholesome environment, hapiily and healthfully employed, they row in mental, moral and physical trength, wind and sun washing them lean in mind, soui and body. Instead f a dead weight on the back of the axpayer, they stand for themselves, iroducing and developing, ever workng to the reformation and regeneraion that society intended. Judged rom the old and still accepted crimnological viewpoint, the scheme is angerously revolutionary, and yet hat it works well is shown by the act that less than one-half of one ?er cent have broken faith and atempted escape. It is from the farms and the board amps that the Colorado convict goes ack to the world. There is no prisn pallor on his face, no hate in his ieart. nor does he hurry to the city, ager to hide himself in the slums ntll such time as he can take more. The doing away with the armed uards appealed to Warden Tynan rom two standpoints. In the first lace, there was the not inconsiderble matter of expense, and. secondV. he felt that the continual menace f guns and revolvers made for re- ( entment and revolt. He ad banishd armed keepers from prison yard nd cell-house by appealing to the onvicts' own fairness and common ense. and he saw no reason why ome similar plan could not be workd out in connection with the road amps and farm colonies. And so he ut his "word-of-honor" scheme into peration. simply asking each man ar a personal pledge not to attempt a escape. He had seen judge Lindey send boys to reform schools withut escort, trusting their "word of onor." and even out of his brief exerience it had come to him that riminals, after all. were only "bad oys grown up." Today over seven hundred acres are eing farmed, great stretches of the lost beautiful scenic highways in the orld have been scientifically built, nd more are building, and three 8 undred and fifty men are working in f he open, each day coming Into closer ccord with the standards that soietv sets for her decent, honest mem ers.?The Delineator for January. ? 1 Bits of Philosophy.?Heaven is always found within the heart whenever he obstructing veil of doubt is rent part?peace presides when doubt is t ut. i You are an egotist to pray for that j hich helps you on your way. and ?ave your neighbor always out that 1 ou may hear your own self shout. v Suffering comes from selfishness and , hen man does not give a chance to ther men he gets chaos for himself, nd chaos brings a crisis. ' We think ourselves sincere when we t ive up and cry, but we are always laming others who won't try?to us c ur troubles are most real always hinking that other people's troubles ( re not. * The more fresh air you take into < our lungs the less you will want to I >unge; if you inspire deeply you will f spire and desire. p Your power is paramount to all the 8 ests of life; the misfortunes and trials r f life can never batter down your 1 oor. when you within, keep it securely 1 arred against these intruders. r The man is made of the right stuff r ho will call the bluff of the one who c oubts his ability; man with ability I 11 things can do in the face of every oubting hoodoo. \ You can't put yourself into heaver d y always laboring to keep other peo- I le out; you are never much better II ourself than you think other people " ) be.?Exchange. t jfHiscrUiuuous heading. SOUTHERN RAILWAY'S PIONEER. Friendly Little Sketch of Fine Old Col. A. B. Andrews. August Kohn In News and Courier. Columbia, Dee. 9.?Seated In an arm chair at the Metropolitan club Wednesday night was Col. A. B. Andrews, first vice president of the Southern Railway system. Mr. Sam H. Hardwick and I had a little argument about Col. Andrews' first railroad experience and we went over to Col. Andrews to have him settle the issue. The point fn A# wAtifannnAK WfclH UCUIUCU ill lavui ui Hie ncnoi/apci man, and, by way of explanation, Col. Andrews took from his trouser pocket two well rubbed and shining Mexican silver dollars. There were two of them and they had rubbed against each other for a long time, for there were perhaps no companion pieces. These two Mexican dollars represented the worldly possessions of Col. Andrews when he left the Confederate army, at the close of the struggle, except two mules. The mules and two unspent Mexican dollars represented the beginnings of his present accumulations. But the point is: When did Col. Andrews begin his railroad service? It was before the war, before 1860, when as a lad of 17 he was given charge of the trains that hauled the stone used In the construction of the masonry on the present Blue Ridge railroad, running from Belton to Walhalla, via Anderson. Col. Andrews' uncle had the contract to construct the Blue Ridge railroad?the pioneer road that was to have pierced the mountains and provided a through line from the coast to the west. The original contract was for the company to haul the stone to be used in the construction work, but the deliveries were so unsatisfactory that Col. Andrews, then a mere lad, was put in charge of the train that hauled the rock. That was his first service as a superintendent of a railroad. Later he was a real superintendent and he has gone the entire gamut of railroad service?active and actual service. Then came the war and Col. Andrews. as he is now called?and he is a real colonel, and not one by post-war service?entered the First North Carolina cavalry as a lieutenant. He served in the Hampton cavalry, and with distinction and courage. He was in the stress of many of the serious engagements with Wade Hampton, and the last time he Saw Gen. Hampton that distinguished chieftain remarked to him: "Andrews, I am going to write something that I hope will give full credit to your North Carolina men in my command, for I do not think you have ever gotten full Justice in recorded history." Unfortunately that promise was unfulfilled, for Gen. Hampton died about two weeks later. With his two dollars and mules Col. Andrews went to work. He saw the destruction that had been wrought and It occurred to him that there would be money and service in rebuilding bridges?railroad bridges. He borrowed money and got the job of reconstructing the bridges on the old Raleigh and Oaston railroad. He remained with the Raleigh and Oaston railroad for ten years, during which time he was its superintendent. Then he went with what was formerly the Richmond and Danville road; perhaps his devotion to this system is accentuated by the fact that Col. Andrews' wife is the daughter of Col. Johnson, who was the first president of the Charlotte and Augusta railroad. Thirty-five years ago Col. Andrews entered the service of the nucleus of the present great Southern Railway system. It has been largely Jue to his constructive genius, his capacity for work and his knowledge of men that the weakling roads here and :here have been brought together until :oday the system aggregates over 8,000 miles. When Samuel Spencer and his predecessors were gathering in weak roads, pulling them out of bankrupt courts and whipping the lines into shape Col. Andrews was his right-hand ind his safety check. Col. Andrews :hen as now was first vice president of he system. He kept unceasingly at >vork to make the Southern Railway a ?reat system and he as persistently <ept in the background. When Mr. 3peneer was killed he showed the same keen spirit of co-operation towards a younger man, President W. W. Finley, recognizing in him a man if abundant ability and energy. Col. Andrews was severely wounded n the war. Several years ago the ih.vsicians told him his "boilers would lot stand full pressure," but it is even low difficult to keep him from doing oo much work. Of course he is interested in the lending "merger" litigation, for it was le and Col. B. I* Abne.v who handled he transaction by which the Southern | Railway took the properties "out of the vet" and undertook to develop them, md thereby the state. At that time 7ol. Andrews went over the entire lystem and saw what was ahead, and s abundantly satisfied with his proph- ! >cy that South Carolina had not then | leen the dawn of the great industrial i uture that was ahead. i A PUBLIC LOAN SHOP. How Kansas City Expects to Aid the | Poor By Loans. Kansas City is one of the most en- I erprising of the numerous enter>rising cities of the great southwest, t has demonstrated this by pushing , o success many public movements 1 rhich have contributed very mate- 1 ially to its rupid growth. When It J omes to the conclusion that it needs something. it immediately proceeds o get busy and go after it. This is the spirit that builds great i ities on enduring foundations. i Furthermore it may be said in behalf 1 In L-ooblnp tn Villi 1*1 it >1 lllcll lllj I I I CI I .1. ...... .. las been more mindful of the welfare if the man at the bottom?the hum)le laborer who tolls for a meager laily wage and sometimes finds himelf without a job and without food it one and the same time?than nany ambitious cities, by providing daces of refuge from the "wolf of lunger" until he again finds employr.ent. The city that thus builds can est secure in the knowledge that no ompetltion is powerful enough to irevall againt it. In this connection, as supporting vhat has been said above, we reproluce the following editorial from the Cansas City Times referring to a pubic enterprise, just started In that city: The starting of the public loan under he direction of the board of public welfare will be an even harder blow to the sharks than has been their persecution in the courts. By making use of the law's delays and by various subterfuges the sharks have been able to stay In business. But the public loan shop threatens them in a vital spot. For It will cut their profits. When people find they can get money on reasonable terms from the new institution why should they go to the shark and pay 10 per cent a month? In making possible the public loan office Mr. Volker, president of the board of public welfare, has added another fine service to the long list of his contributions to the general welfare." Here Is a movement that might find imitation in many ambitious cities. The loan shark Is a curse to any city, yet to the under man In the struggle for existence he has made himself a necessity. These things should not be In any community where Its peonle nrofess to love their fellowmen. It is short-sighted, uneconomic policy on the part of any city that permits It.?Houston Post. FEEDING BEEF CATTLE. Clemson Expert Discusses the Subject In General Way. The following article by Prof. A. Smith of Clemson college contains some suggestions that will prove of interest to people who are considering the subject of cattle feeding: One of the most important industries at present being developed In the state is the extensive feeding of beef cattle on the large cotton plantations. The object in feeding these cattle is to secure fertilizer for the farm at a minimum cost and to permanently Increase the fertility of the soil and improve its physical conditions which cannot be done with commercial fertilizers. At the same time these cattle furnish a profitable market for cheap, rough forage which would otherwise have little value. By exchanging cotton seed for meal ?to be fed?and selling only the lint and oil which contain no fertility, the farmer is enabled to return to the soil all the fertility taken from it and thus maintain its fertility and productiveness. On visiting the farmers who are feeding cattle this winter we find that with many of them this is an entirely new Industry and that some serious mistakes have been made. The cattle were nearly all bought in Tennessee and North Carolina. The buyers In many cases taking the weights of the dealers without seeing the cattle weighed and In many cases the cattle were weighed full of water and feed, and as a consequence suffered an excessively heavy shrinkage in weight In transit. The prevention of this unnecessary loss would In many Instances have meant a fair profit In feeding. In buying cattle that have not been driven a long distance it is customary to weigh them after having been kept in a dry lot without feed or water for twelve hours, or deduct three per cent from the weights. Many farmers contra/'*ed for cattle of definite weights witnout sufficient regard for quality or condition and obtained animals of poor breeding and undesirable conformation and too thin to finish in the time they desire to feed them. While it is desirable to buy heavy cattle when feeding cotton seed meal, quality and condition are of more importance, as they are the chief factors in determining the price of fat cattle. Cattle for feeding should be of the broad, smooth backed, blocky type and carry sufficient flesh to finish well on cotton seed meal in about one hundred days, making a gain of about two pounds per day. The writer also noticed that many farmers had purchased discolored and aamageu coiron seea meai, maue largely from heated seed. This meal Is totally unfit for feeding purposes and Is likely to cause serious Injury to the cattle and loss to the owner. It Is most unfortunate that some manufacturers are selling damaged meal for feeding purposes, as It Is not only a violation of the State Pure Food Law, but Is one of the surest ways of destroying an Industry that they should be as much Interested as the farmers In developing. In many Instances farmers are housing the cattle In stables that are too small and poorly ventilated. The Ideal way of handling cattle In the sandy land sections of the state Is to feed outside in the fields where their fertilizer is required, fencing five to ten acres at a time and moving the feed troughs frequently. Any buildings provided for beef cattle in this state should be merely to keep them dry and not to keep them warm. Each steer will require about 1 thirty-five square feet of space in the i stable and two feet of trough room. j It Is important that the stable be kept well bedded with straw, corn stover or other roughage at all times 1 to make the cattle comfortable and \ absorb the urine which contains . practically all of the nitrogen ex creted, and is the most valuable part of the fertilizer. Cattle that are kept < in filthy stables or yards where they cannot rest comfortably will not increase in flesh and do well no matter how well they are fed. Some farmers have made the mistake of feeding too much cotton seed meal at the beginning and getting their cattle off feed. It Is never advisable to start feeding more than one half pound of cotton seed meal per hundred pounds live weight, and gradually increase one pound of meal every three or four weeks when cattle are to be finished in one hundred days. It is advisable to keep plenty of salt and water before the cattle at all times, and to feed only high grade, fresh, bright meal. The farmers who are feeding corn silage and stover instead of hulls are getting very satisfactory results and many have arranged to build silos next year. At present prices it costs practically as much money for hulls as for meal and while cotton seed meal is as valuable for a fertilizer as for feed, it is also as valuable for a fertilizer after being fed as before. So that the farmer who buys meal for a fertilizer Is getting his feed for U..11*. C i.^mf 1U H A limning, valine- nuns ai c ui >cj j muc value for either feed or fertilizer. Farmers are beginning to realize more fully the advantage of growing the roughage at home and buying only the concentrated meal, which In many cases will mean the difference between profit and loss in feeding beef cattle. We are endeavoring to obtain a correct list of every farmer In the state who is feeding beef cattle in order to assist them In marketing these cattle to the best advantage. Clemson college has employed men who are especially trained in every line of animal husbandry work whose services are available to the farmers of the state at all times free of charge, merely for the asking. Crushing a Rival.?Copenhagen has milliner who succeeded in making successful war on the big hat. Her establishment was the headquarters for the best in the line of millinery and her business was prosperous until a rival from Paris appeared on the scene, whose hats were larger more picturesque and in every way more attractive. She saw bankruptcy staring her In the face, and to avert it resorted to i desperate measure. She sent a friend to the Paris shop ind purchased 20 of the most elaborite hats and had them distributed tiiimiK lilt* imsnt'i wuiucii in iiic |iuuuu market. The gifts were accepted with c thanks, the hats being not only showy j, but good protection against the sun. The joke soon spread through Copenhagen, and everybody laughed except t the fashionable women. Over night n the style was changed. Customers re- j turned to the native milliner, and the French woman closed her shop. 8 Some 3,500 ot tnem are now roving ai iver the lonely sections of Mexico, eucs west ind, although their long cavalry sa- fru() >ers, heavy pistols and carbines never yarc illow the traveler to forget that once tus. Pall heir calling was of a rather strenuous haracter, their presence Is always a gjan rreat comfort. orch There Is likely to be a good deal t,on leard of the "Rurales," should the dls- ac^ urhances now taking place In Mexico plan ontinue for any length of time.?New ranc fork Press. In 1 resp ceivl Pigeon Racing Train.?The pigeon |nrg hat for the last month or more has bart( ieen running with the Iron Mountain for reks between Malvern and Arkadelphla euca las extended Its runs and now makes he trip from Waleo to Gurdon, a dis- har(! ance of thirty-four miles. A brake- in m nan who made the trip over the dlvis- ?ry on this week reported at the union tation that the pigeon made the down chic he world as robbers, those men, In the gr^ apaelty of "Rurales," gave the coun- Inch ry a clean record for safety and tran- he,8 lullllty. Like the Russian Cossacks, they have two etained their picturesque costume, cord tVhlle the rest of the Mexican army Is mlformed after the fashion of the taln '"rench troops, the "Rurales" wear low< ilothes which greatly resemble the at- ber Ire of melodrama cowboys. Immense Spanish or Moorish saddles, from This vhich hang all kinds of arms or camp- on < ng implements, leather incased stir- cror acre ups, Mexican trousers slit on the side a ^ ind showing bright-hued cabzoncllles," yeai i nondescript coat of gray, a straw hat O tne foot and a half high, with a rolledip brim of Merry Widow size. eucj the bandit soon assumes a legendary, 8tr seml-herolc character, and the villages t0 prefer to court his favor than to invite tre his vengeance. The army Itself was made up at that time of unorganized, independent, un- Cal reliable guerrilla bands, almost as dan- nia itfl gerous for the population as the out- ^c laws themselves. nes After President Juarez breathed his Eu last, in 1872, his successor, Diaz, de- ?s cided to restore the prestige of Mexico in the eyes of foreign nations by doing wh away entirely with all the freebooters, the Calling the veterans of his campaign together he intrusted them with the pje fearful task. hoc They were to trail the bandits sys- tur tematically to their mountain fastness- tu^ es, taking no prisoners, giving no quar- tha ter. After several months thousands oth of crosses dotted the land, marking the spots where justice had been dealt 10fl summarily to captured brigands. In oth the northern hills a town had to be b? besieged, for a group of fourteen freehooters had taken possession of It, tra' armed and pressed the citizens into spr their service. After a terrible slaughter it became necessary to erect cross- ^ia es over an area of a square mile be- wh< yond the walls. The town lost its 8t,l name which was for shame replaced by Catorce (in Spanish fourteen), in con memory of the fourteen highwaymen, soil Then it was that Diaz conceived an f&ci excellent idea of utilizing the daring tha and energy of these predatory bands, arei and at the same time putting an end euc to that heartrending civil war. He of- j^1 fered a truce and invited, after giving SDrj hostages, some of the guerrilla chiefs stui to confer with him. e,ve ha They returned to the mountains grQ bearing the message that the republic nit? would respect their haunts, leave them bee their arms and horses, and pay them a spri as j regular salary if they consented to j make their peace. An occupation would oak be found for them which would not in- aljl< terfere with their free, adventurous life. They were to police the moun- tha tain regions and act as emergency froi troops when quick and energetic action p was required. The halfstarved bands, not weary of the struggle, made their sub- the mission. Up to the present day they W01 bave constituted the "Rurales," the ?'j 'rack regiment of the Mexican army. piai Acquainted as they were with the to- and [)ography of the bad lands, they very ?ror soon subdued the few rebel chiefs who t^' jtuhbornly held their independence, stoc rhe lure of a fighting life caused them y,el :o pursue their former associates with he same zeal with v '.ich they molested Was :he farmer or the merchant. am Mexico was stricken off the list of :ountries where a traveler had to go of , irmed, where an explorer or a pros- feet lector's life was in constant danger, long Vfter shaming Mexico in the eyes of ^ MEXICO'S CRACK REGIMENT. trl at "The Ruralea" Are One of the Pillare wl of Diaz's Power. ^a In Mexico "the Rurales" have long ^ been the terror of malcontents, and one of the pillars of Diaz's autocratic m? power. an "The Rurales!" When this warning is given, and In the majority of cases it is a perfectly false alarm, all per- ' sons engaged In illegal acts, such as ^ knifing each other, burning hay stacks, or discussing ways of overthrowing ^ the present regime, sober up and flee noiselessly. Witnesses to the affray remember some pressing business demanding their presence a mile or so away. "The Rurales!" This hushes up a crowd of Mexicans as effectively as ] the cry of "The Cossacks!" does a th< Russian crowd. du; Should the rough-looking riders in the their immense sombreros swoop down of on the crowd before everything had wa again become peaceful, serious conse- ed quences might follow. The ringleader ed. responsible for the disturbance might is be soon singled out and led away. At mc a little distance from the village the tin Rurales might very negligently give ab him an occasion to escape. While tak- to Ing to his heels he would hear a shot, and fall face downward, his back brok- pe en. A hole two feet deep, a little dei mound of sandy earth, two pieces of un ere board nailed crosswise. And aR| the chief of the detachment would re port that a disorderly man was killed rlc In accordance to the "ley fuga," the fugitive law. att "Rurales" waste no words and very tre little ammunition. They receive no in- 'la structlon as to how to repress riots; they are merely instructed to repress tre them; and they generally succeed. 401 Riots and uprisings in all parts of Mexico made the country during the Stfi last years of President Juarez's life a fro storm center as insecure for the trav- In eler as some unfrequented districts of for, Albania. Bands of highwaymen plun- att dered villages, raided large towns, and, am mounted on swift horses, carried off br< wh the spoil to their mountain haunts. for Troops sent against them made little the nrnorojq fr?r in Mprlon. as elsewhere, no1 ip with his train, Joining the crew Walco and leaving them at Gurdon, lich was the furthest point south it s been known to go previously. For e past four or five weeks this pigeon s been flying along with the Iron 3untain trains. Some of the train?n are said to regard it as a hoodoo d fear that its presence portends me disaster to them, but as yet no cident has happened to a crew while a bird was along. Others look upon i pigeon as a pet and are always glad have it Join them on the trip.?Arnsas Gazette. FORTUNE IN TREE8. t>ry of Big Values Produced By the Eucalyptus. S'ot a little anxiety has been felt by 38e interested in the various inBtrles using hardwood concerning i future supply. The destruction our native forests has gone on ntonly until the days are number when these forests will be exhaustIn some Instances reforestation resorted to, but at best It will take ?re than one generation for these tber reserves to produce a marketle crop, and it will be impossible turn the whole forest area again 0 timber. America is facing the ne situation that prevails in China, rsla. and Palestine, where forest nudatlon has left hillsides bare and productive, aided the progress of >slon, devastated once fertile fields, d Impoverished people. The experts of the United States agultural bureau end foresty departing together with other students of 1 foresty situation have given more entlon of late to the eucalyptus e. This tree is a native of Austra, where it stands in the forests allng In size our own celebrated big es of California. Specimens of this e thirty feet in diameter and over ) feet high, are frequently met th in the Australian forests. This e was introduced into the United ites in 1856 by people returning m Australia, who planted the tree California. It was planted merely curiosity or ornamental purposes. The rapid growth of the tree soon racted the attention of Callfornlans i it was planted widely for wind>aks, shade, and for fuel. Many ich were planted from twenty to ty years ago in the odd corners of . iaiivnco cliiu aiuiig me runaways iv stand as magnificent trees, tall, alght, and solid. attention has lately been directed the quality of the wood in these es. There are over 160 varieties eucalyptus, some of which would : be of much value as timber, but i species most commonly planted in lifornla today produce a wood rerkable for the beauty of its grain, lasting qualities, either in the >und or under water, and the hardts and strength of Its texture, calyptus is as hard as oak, as tough hickory, and as beautiful as majany. In fact, eucalyptus wood Is v being used for all the purposes ere hardwood Is required. It takes place of hickory In vehicle connction, It replaces oak and elm in construction of agricultural imments, and replaces birch and marany for Interior finish and furnie. 7he thing which makes the eucalyptree especially valuable is the fact t it grows more rapidly than any er tree. These trees at the age of years will average from twelve twenty inches In diameter and from i to 150 in height. There is no er lumber making tree which can compared with eucalyptus in rap* y of growth. Individual trees ke remarkable growths; the writer, veling through California last lng, saw a tree four years old that i fourteen inches in diameter and } shown another tree seven feet in meter and was told that the man 0 planted it forty years ago was 1 living in the house close by ening its shade. 'his tree can grow only under right ditions. It must have the right , the right moisture, and in a nate where it does not freeze. In t, frost seems to be the only thing t can kill the eucalyptus tree. The a of the United States where the alyptus can be grown satisfactoriseems to be limited to the state of Ifornia. Men cut them and they lng up immediately from the mp; three, four, and sometimes n eight trees replacing the one f u/qq nnf TKIo nil ftinc av\A ra. wth apparently can go on indefl;ly, as some of these groves have n cut over several times, and yet Ing up anew, with as much vigor at the first. n the time that it would take an tree or hickory to attain market3 size, the eucalyptus tree would e reached that size and been harted three times, leaving a stump t seemed to have drunk its full n the fountain of youth, ready to duce unnumbered trees in the fu3. If the government reports did bear testimony to the rapidity of growth of the eucalyptus tree one ild hesitate to speak of it for fear being disbelieved, n not a few instances men who ited waste corners of their farms hillsides with eucalyptus trees n ten to twenty years ago have nd that these trees from which / expected nothing but shade for k or at the most fire wood, have ded them fortunes which have le them independent. One of the t remarkable Instances of this kind that experienced by Frank Meachat Petaluma, Cal. Mr. Meacham ited a strip of these trees for a dbreak. There were seven rows the trees planted in a strip sixty wide and one and one-half miles r, containing 4,000 trees, hese trees, eighteen years after iting, by actual measurement, avred a little more than twenty-two les in diameter,-and their average ;ht was estimated at 100 to 180 If they had been but sixteen ies in diameter Instead of twentythey would have contained, acting to the rule for estimating ding timber, 440 board feet each, he 4,000 trees at that rate coned 1,760,000 feet of lumber. The ;st quotation of this class of lumis $40 a thousand for dimension ier. At that rate, 1,760,000 feet umber would be worth $140,000. i amount of lumber was produced ileven acres. In other words, this > of timber yielded $12,800 per ( at the end of eighteen years, or ttle better than $700 per acre a thers seeing the success of the leer eucalyptus growers have ed up to the possibilities which ilyptus offers. The result is that present extensive planting of ilyptus is under way in this great :ern state. In not a few instances, t growers are replacing their vineIs and orchards with the eucalypIn fact, as one travels through fornia today he see* on every il the towering tops of these young ts reaching up above surrounding lards, or planted in grove formafrom six to eight feet apart in age tracts. here formerly these trees were ited In the poorer parts of the hes, they are now being planted he best of California soil and are onding to the care they are reIng with wonderful promise of e results. By the time the native iwuou supply is eximusic-u, mutn he United States department Is set fifteen years hence, vast groves of ilyptus now being planted In Callla will then be ready for the saws and will turn out a grade of Iwood lumber that will be Inferior o respect to the maple, birch, hickand oak which by that time will ? practically disappeared, as the k walnut has already vanished.? ago Tribune.