The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, October 31, 1906, Image 6
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gyyp.tt..........sBy MORRIS
CHAPTER 1.
. hzappr.ed to be :ive years to the
ery ahy---?eiay 7th -since I had be
ar my c"reer as a medical man.
Perhps :he date, roviving, as it did.
3o many youthful ambitions, was re
p for the fact that instead o
2akin-: th mo*st of the un usual I.x
(.r d niglt's rc!st I begau tW
-: : distinctly p'easant drean
Icl ! '-d rEehed the poInt where I
-va stam -yCrSpondinlhg toa voce of
h.haris ;,posed Ly an mit me'u
o Ry Soeoty i h acknowi
4;s-m ei my recent imprtantdi
r : . ' sc"e w honoi
'ec a ipihs i otu'hn Dr. audinc
-X uC~~in' t 0 h: Ccp" s he"',
phea ; ':1- M 3it 'ou anor.
-7x2ed infor hinai s a couc al
3t'~-'T~ P'r~cs, akbTidge, Surre.
w.71v c-A -:-ing Mlary Staniford -tallD,
Jeu a cyo. Don'c 1hod ari one
_,Pao " t sai. slee excuses-i, is
te a ol lit-- ad-diath!
iv ide r word ended ia sgharp
So: then camo silenco Sonic
11' Iad abruptly rc1placed Lhe re
*Thr s. put a to t1We the wn
The P nes, Oak'bidge, url
-,01. -:A; !.it w On to tiieem againd
i'e lc-igo wr intarrupted just
* ixv' as a -paasu, wiACh r u tl-L
Sve ychauffetz, anid, :!a,.
. o hny clothes as : . -l, as
e v, s bnd sy packing a surgica
i-Whni th iIephone be :arg
:uDv. Ai'msL.--ong. Wb'h
dem ndied mlepy t b
Thcai esomoethiroa wroakbridg
2io k d the ulber. cnyk;
k rumn them up three Urdc w
72d n wr Fo it's no ear-thly- use_
_-. tryig to put you on to then
e me-nigh. We'll eu the wis
Engkditu in the morning. Good
*Almosi befor the sleepy youth 'had
a , rhis explamnatio I bad made
:T -y mind that, if I kew anything
A the wian voice, there ws no mis
Trung the nuancness of that ao
-2zcd appeal that had reached me
sg the wires a few moments be
dihed hisow wxpianain Ihad pmade
roi hay midtha' I c e anyItiugc
-p rf thbuaand toicptere pas my mth
akingrt the nuieeso that ao
i;ed apay wthaut adreahem
* onte ~oc wicrpresmontsd ae
oc.
Thea eker.n woman s haIppae
o mefor elp bed-"y Gog, she
dall ave t!" atdecder , as ie
2a9 my tagan itod pastmpe ioh
F'r'suoo inthe ontr I.haght shou
set rewaectigthut wfoing comonr. c
"oingua lit, Hay?" clle theyo
entle vIcwsemwichreprwsnted saly
Geatla uniul aever knheof a rdma'
~t he Pnes beaeryIg," ad ye
~eeI ws a minigt traveling at
considerbly ove reumiopedt
.t h ear ofth Surey hills iace
brough thrtobyte nstreets adout
elfn unflectnta wora' ce.oplc
odividua ofike mynssir?"themunedo
hichauffeas emanore lae, as say
the dowast entule slp hadntoe theardl
Iaofh PaieOkrde.n e
hereI ae' any midight traveding abt
tletere reto bye n oe statippeor
nm angknwhen weman vice."
*Dt don' ehapetoko like ithefr
bous ofThie, sir?" din etorteda
bed down slownl throuent the vil-e
"t he't evy dea?" sai Iobu
thueeure nd ee thple dostationed
"It dontainly ookhe ank ot sof far,
-alsitl psir?" Sbbaning tedoa
stbrethereSevey hlose was ciose
ailte shtng evn the dogsleteme
though it were in the hollow of a
:;iant's hand.
"The~ place is evidently too small
Zor a police station, sir," said Steb
ning; "had I better knock them up at
a,' inn, or-"
"No, we'll explore a bit first; T fan
sied I saw a light just beyond the
N!'ngp of trees along tha: road tc the
dight: ycu'll have to steer carefully,
as it's rather narrow, but there's a
noujse at the end all right, and-by
George! Ltis is Tihe Pines," I added,
passing to examine the lettering on
tde bIr. white grte. "Th 3re's no need
tr takhe the muotor any further. I'll
juist walk up to the hcoure and-"
"Better let me come with you, sir,"
.-.aid Stmbbing.
"Why"?" I qtsitioned.
"Weli, sir, it's an out of the way
52:n for one thing. and somehow
tnat Lelephoremssg didn't sound
:ite' strraightforwar'd. If the lady
ieeded a d'octor, why shouldn't she
M~ve semt for hcc' own medical at
"OTh, ther's no' accouating for a
eime cases--what was that?" 1 brcokeo
'X. su: nrco:.:nor''lyi ke the
~raaking of a windov,. Rather a
-:aow , a va,o lizne t:rees,
..d f'ound'. ourselve e" a wide moss
-, 1'v ~~.c.. ~ z~n
the bgnt. m
tsss.og r fc h :aac
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COLEBORN..........-A I
flower hezds 1 po*nted to the sheets
of bro:en gkm. "That settles the
qucsriou as to their not all being in
ed and as!-:p. and th? first thifirn
se've got to do is to fild out wheLher
liss Stamford---"
Stamiford! " ecoedI Stebbing;
'why, that was the iamz- of the
young la l :.?y wre mn:::ng such a
Iuss alw2 i t : ig papers; but
)crhae,, yoU did'a. ';Ayen to see
them, sir-'"
"No: v. hyv?"
"W ,Si., they v r full! of, The
41in~ppear(".e of(~ .is dTary Stamnford,
daug.ter of a wealthy American. it
pa she' landed fomn New York
a. - -. Yesterday, and while
he d go:m to arrange sonmt
b wita the customs olticials
the ii- and her maid disappeared
and havcn't been sen :sinct. 1 he
pcolicz s'e;em to think she may have
ben kidnap-ed in order to extort
money frora her father, ani"
"D-id p papers give any descrip
: 'in of the missing girl'" I broke in
S. Sir, they Said she was tali,
v."ith golden2f hair and brown eyes.
and-"
"That's thes exact description given
of the :iatient at The Pines," said I.
"WC'd hav.e done better, Stebbing.
to b'ringa couple of policemen and
;ome - ndeaffs instead of a surgical
bag."
"Chioroform might come in bandy,
p;-erickler if we 'appened to be out
numbr-ed, sir," suggested Stebbing,
quitlY.
"A capital idea." said I, "but in
thmenntime we must keep our cyes
and ears open and if possible try to
find cut the position sr the room
with the. broken window."
-Very good. sir," whispered Steb
bing, and in another moment we
tram pea ncisily up the gravel sweep
and rang a loud Veai on the ponder
ens bol!.
It was quite ten minutes before the
door was opened 'by a zmall, wiry
looking manm, whose dishevelled hair
and collarlesz shirt indicated that he
hadi just sprung out of bed. though
his neatly laced boots rather gave tho
lie to that impression.
"Bog pardon. sir." he said curtly.
"there must be sorm mirtake; there's
no0 -onei'at The Pines, sir. You
see," he added. bei wcen a yawn and
a. smile. "the fa'.mnily is not cxpected
home fromU the RceVra till next
week, so there's no one to be ill, ex
cent me or the wife or 'er niece. She
don't ail much really. but she's not
what you might call quite-quite all
there, you know, sir, and she's al
ways wanting to see the doctor. She
rang one up on the telephone this
evening, -eastways the wife thinks
sh was going to "
I"She did. I was the doctor in ques
tion,"' said I Quietly. "and though she
only gave a very fragmentary mes
sage, I gathered that she was suffer
ing. and therefore-"
"She didn't describe her symptoms,
or give 'er family 'istory, I suppose,
sir?" ouestioned the man quickly.
I"No, she had only timo for a very
few words before she was run off."
"Yes, my wife did that," said the
man. evidently relieved. "She said
it was a shame to troublo any doctor
to come from a distance, when there's
a medical man in Oakbridge."
-"B3ut since I am here," said I, de
positing my bag on the floor of the
dismantled hall, "don't you think I
had better see the patient?"
"Well, sir, it's very good of you,
of course, but you see, sir, she's in
bed."
"My patients generally arc," said I,
good humoredly.
The man hesitated, then:
"Very good, sir, if you don't mind
waiting a moment, I'll just fetch the
wife, if you'll excuse 'er being in dis-j
H~e disappeared without waiting
for my reply, and Stebbing andI
were left alone irn the big hail, which
was lighted only by a small hand
lamp placed on the window sill.
It was with the assistance of this
lamp that I silently pointed out to
Stebbing .the imprint on the dusty
foor of a second and larger pair of
masculine boots than those worn by
~the man we had interviewed. I had
just replaced the lamp when the care
taker came from a door at the back
of the hall, which apparently led to a
back staircase.
"The patient Is awake, is she?
Then I think we may as well go up
at once. No. thanks; my assistant"
(I emphasized the word as I shot a
meaning glance at Stebbing) "will
bring the bag. It's just as well to
have a second medical man when
the patient suffers from delusion.
They're often a little violent,
and-"
"Oh ,Eliza Morton ain't wot you
might call violent, sir, though she 'as
'or little delusions. For instance, she
fancies to-day as 'er name is Mary
Stamford-you've seen the evening
paper, of course, sir?"
"No, I happeaed to be too busy to
night; but what's that got to do with
your niecc?"
"Only that a young woman named
Stamford seems to 'ave eloped, or
something, and our Eliza was read
ing about it at tea, and so, of course,
she began to think she was the young
lad:: 'erself, didn't she, missis?"
"Yes, 'Lizta's always Imagining
sonme rubbish of that sort!" said a
tail, muscular looking woman who
had joirned us at the head of the stairs
and busied herself buttoning her
soiled dressing gown as she ushered
me into the patient's room.
The m-an had disappe'ared in obe
cdienre to his wife's irritable:
1ls i right, Bill; you can go
I owu. You're not wanted 'ere; the
doctor and mec can manage 'Liza all
right:'
But as I bent orer the lethargic
isure ona thme bed the older woman's
n.getion~ of possible violenceseemed
abi:urdl. The patient had all the ap
pearance1 of a aomer.'hat lheavily-built
youngz voumun, who had been roused
out of a :nd sle;'p. and her half
:noent, h'.f-irritable replies to my
-s'~tions cert'ainly b<1 rc out this im
p:c:ior.. Then I took her nulse, and
-~ -Kr:i-^.mCnt found it beating
In a fshinn that betra-ed at once
the fact that for all her apparent
lethargy, tae patient was lboring
under some strong excitement.
"Wil, you 0. kind enough to hand
me that candle, please? Thank you
-yes, that will do," said I, address
ing the older woman, and I hiatter
minself that my voice was as perfectly
ralin and collected as though [ had
not made the important discovery
that not only was the girl deliberate
y shamming sleepiness, but that in
no particular of her ;ersonal appear
ance v:as she in the least like he
voman I had been anaoned to The
Pines to see.
"She's all rig't, ain't, she. doetor?"
said the tall woian, with a porten
tious yawn.
"Wel, t nothng serious; the
matter, certai'ly." said 1, hypocritic
ally; "but I'll .inst write a prescrip
tion which you can get male up ir'
the morning. Stebbing." I added,
stepping on to tle landing, where n
chauffeur had discreztly taken up his
position, "iiust hand me thar. bag a
momeont, '.ill you?"
Stebbing obeyed. but insteal o
rummagir g among thE c-ontunts of
the bag, I scribbled a fey: words on
a piecr of paper, and thrust it into
his hand.
"I'm convinced theres sonm sort
of foul play' Lose your way going
downstairs; do anything as long as
you find out whether there's another
woman in this house."
"No, I shan't require your assist
ance," I said, aloud. "You can wait
for me -in the.hali."
"Very good, sir," said Stebbing,
and when 1 returned to the patient's
room, I made a great show of being
engrossed in the writing of my pre
scription, although n reality I was
busy watching the two women as
closely as I dared.
Once, when I lookcd up suddenily,
I caught a quick glance of under
standing pass from !he alert eyes of
the woman or. the 'oed to her com
panioi, but when 1 t:urned once more
to the patient, she was apparently
more sleepily inclined than ever, and
before I was half way down the stairs,
accompanied by the older woman. a
loud snore betrayed the fact that she
had only waited to 1be relieved of our
presence to fall into a heavy sleep.
"Not much wrong with 'er, is there,
sir?" said the woman. thea added in
a conciliating tone, *)ut she'll be all
the better for that. physie, I'm sure.
Left your 'at upstairs. 'ave :.'ou. sir;
then I'.l run Eack anc* ,ctch it. Keep
straight or! down the stairs. please,
and you'll come cu:. into the front
'all.'
As the woman hirred up th sLairs
I turned to Stebbing. who wa liter
aly panting with exciteen. a f'ew
steps lower down.
"This way, sir! " gasped. as he
raced down the long corridor, then
up a second flight of stairs and along
anther corridor, only pausing when
he: reached a door at the further end.I
'It's the room wiu ihe broken
window, sir," he whispcred. "and I'll
s.rear I heard a w.oman's voice call
ing for help. Ye.s, the dloor':. locked
right enough, but if we both shove
our- shoulders so-g;ot it. sir, this
time!" hie add'.'d triumphantly, as the
door gave war with a wrench of
splintered woodwork, and Stebbing
and I found ourselves lprecipitated
into a big, bare room. lighted only
bf th~e rays of the moon which shone
through the bars of the unglazed
window and fell on the meshes of a
woman's golden hair.
Then Stebbing stru'k a match, and
as I caught sight of the rascally care
taker with his hand pressed against
a woman's- mouth, I made a sudden
rush that sent the scoundrel spinning
against the opposite wall. But the
fellow was stronger than he locked
been in fair training I could hardly
have kept my grip on his throat
while I panted out:
"Quick. Stebbing--the small stop
pred bottle! Yes, that's it! Empty
it on to a towel-anything-right!
Now-look out, man!" I broke off;
"the others are coming!"
Stebbing turned as the rush of feet
neared the door, and in another mo
ment he was hurled to the ground by
a big, burly rascal, while the two
women flung themselves savagely
a pri:- me.
Luckily the chloroform had already
rendered the first ruffian practically
harmless, and I soon decided that the
contents of the stoppered bottle
would prove the safest and most effi
cacous way of meeting the wildcat
attacks of the two women.
Then I rushed to Stebbing's as
sIstance, and between us we succeed
ed in overpowering the burly rascal,
who gave vent to a series of blood
curdling expletives as he found him
self being firmly secured to the stout
iron bars that protected the window.
"Silence!" said I angrily; "if you
say another word in this lady's pros
ence, I'll give you such a dose of
chloroform"
"Don't do that, guv'nor," whined
the man; "as likely as not you'll be
'ad up for three mnurders as it is,"
he added, glancing at the inert forms
of his three accomplices.
"In that case a fourth wouldn'tI
make much difference," said I grim
ly, as I forced a stiff dose of sal
volatile between Miss Stamford's
trembling lipsm. "Don't speak! Just
drink it!" 1 urged, and as the girl
obeyed, I turned and whispered to
Stebbing, "Bring up the motor as
fast as you can. Those wretches
will revive directly, and 1 haven't an
other drop of chlor'oform."
Stebbing was off like a shot, and
a moment later, when the girl had
somewhat recovered. I seized a cloak
from the back of a chaiir, wrapped it
round her, and without more ado,
picked her up in my arms and hur
r ied out of the house.
Luckily, Miss Stamford was a
light weight, for though I'm six feet
two and fairly fit, it's no joke car
rying any woman bundled up in a
cloak like a baby. However, I was
soon able to transfer heri to the
motor. and as we raced down the ave
nue at top speed, Stebbing remarked
coolly:
"I think we'd better raise Cain
with the motor horn, sir; that'll
rouse Oakbridge, if anything will."
It did; in fact, I doubt whether
that peaceful hamlet had ever ex
perinced anything like it before
indeed there was such a hubbub that
atr the ie nraminnr exnlanlationls
been gone through I decided to lea
Stebbing and several amateur p
licemen in charge of thc mattu
while I drove Miss Stamford .back
town, it. order to place her under n
mother's wing as quickly as pos:
eie.
"My mother will be delighted
you will remain with her," I a
plained. "until you can communica
with your father-unless you wou
ther put up here, or- -"
"No; place. please take me aw.
with you!" said the girl, laying
imploring hand on my slecvc.
"Right! L wiil,'' said 1. and sa
very littic else. till 1 handed tbc gi
over to my mother's care, but som
how, when the latter 'nisisted oi n
<.oing to bed tor a few hoirs befo
begiinig the work of the day,
lid not dream this time of the sha
ovy honors that might possibly f,
to my lot in the dim future, but of t]
ery tangib'e reality of a girl's bea
ifui face, framed in masres of gol
n hair, which in dreamland 1 ve
.urcd to caress vs I gazed into il
ilear denths er the lovelight eyes
t1ae world.
Curiously enough, some mont'
'ater the dreara came true.
The rascally -gang had bcen trii
and sentenced that day, and in t1
evening my flancee and I strolli
out. on the balcony of my Lond<
house, leaving our elders engrossi
.in an animated discussion on "crii
inal instincts," or something equal
fascinating.
"1 was thinking how quickly y,
came to my rescue that night," si
iaid.
"And I was thinking what a luci
whim of fortune it was that mai
vou ring me up on the telephone
I replied. The words suggested
rain of inquiry that had never bet
:leared up. "By the way," I adde
"why was I the fortunate person
Why did you ring up my numbe:
We had never met: we had not evt
acard of one anoth;r."
"But I did not ring you up:
least, not intention:;lly," she sai
with a little :aischiovous laug
"You see, I seized the telephone al
simply screamed into it the first nui
ber that came into my head."
"But w ht made you -hit t
7505?"
She shook her head. "I dor
know-- was a chance, I suppos
Or, no-I remember, now. It w
the date-the 7th of May. 1905."
"To be sre. Thnat. explains ever
thing. It was my greut day. the d
I quaiifid." I ai,. taking her sm:
hand in mine. "now the day of r,
grect ferrunie. '-Biek and White
IEN TIFIC&
Scicntists ha'. alv.as contend'
that the od.r of gasoline is fatal
the mosquito. -
Th..- manfaciture of tantalam. c.
oi the harde>t metals known, in
sheets and bars is no-v, it is sai
being practiced in Germany by ti
squirting proess, the material in
riginal powdered form being mixt
with water and gunm tragacanth, am
then successfully forced into rol
and shapes, as desired.
in parts of Michigan larg~e quan
tis of apple wood logs are cut at
sold for saw handles. Apple timbi
is hard, tough and without mut
grain, and once it is shaped it sc
:om splits or shreds. Xo other lum
ber is so well fittc'd for saw har.dk
The supply in Michigan comes:
short logs, six or eight feet Ion
from abaudoned orchards.
A new form of self-prope.lled canx
boat has been tried on the Ri;'
Rhine, and connecting canals, b
ween Strassb urg and Antwer'p.
as a carrying capacity of 280 tot
nd is driven by au engine of twent
ive horse-power placed at the re
end. The novel feature of the bo
onsists in a device whereby the pa
le-wheels automatically rise or sin
ccording as the boat is light
avy laden. Great importance
claimed for this feature, becau
hitherto it has been found that tl
propellers of canal-boats get foulf
with aquatic vegetation, growing <
the bottoms of canals and rivers.
Attention is called to the fact th:
the project, which seemcd somewh:
wild a few years ago, of obtainir
nitrogen in large quantities dirc
from the atmosphere is now taking
cmmercial shape. The Atmospherx
Products Company is using the pow
f Niagara to m-ake nitric acid am
itrates by means of electric di
:harges through air; the Eschweile
Woltereck process. for producing su
phate of ammonia from peat, abo
to be employed on a commercial sea
:mong the Irish bogs, draws nitrogi
from the air; and in Sweden a pr
cess is in practical operation at N
todden whereby about a ton and
half of nitric acid is produced eve:
day. The chief object in view is
furnish fertili':ers for the soil. b
to most of the processes heretofo
in use it has been objected that th
supply a mixture of nitrites and n
rates and nitrites are harmnful
vegetation.
Sometimes in blast-furnaces tl
tap-hole becomes clogged with s
lidifed iron. As this is a dangero
situation, and may lead to exp]
sions, overflows and other troublh
a quick remedy is required. B
heretofore none has been found th
can always he depended upon. Eva
a powerful ciectrie current acts ti
slowly in clearing out the stopped-'
tap-hole. Recently a blast of oxyg
has been applied with satisfactoryr
suIts. At first a flame of oxygen al
hydrogen is blown against. the p1i
of iron until the temperature reach
a high point. Then the hydrogen
withdrawn as the heat increases, un
only a blast of pure oxygen und
great pressure remains. This swift
burns the iron. at the same tim
keeping the hole free from the pr
ducts of the combustion. A sol
block of iron sixte'en inches thick ci
hs 1 c -per.een cue or two mi
0
to "~
Idd
Public Roads of Maine.
ly In 1904 there were 25,52S miles
L )f nublic road in the State of Maine,
f which 2236 miles were surfaced
id pith gravel and eighty-seven miles
rI Nith stone, making a total of 2323
e- miles of improved road. It will be
17 ;een from these figures -that nine
Der cent. of the roads have been im
I proved. By comparir the total
d- :oad mileage with the area of the
Lti State, it appears that there was O.S5
e Af a mile of public road per square
U- mile of area. A comparioson of miie
d-ge with population shor:s that there
n- as one mile of road to every twen
le ;y-sevea innabitants, bat only one
i :nile of improved road to every 29S
inhabitants.
U The necessary funds for making
nd repairing hikghways, "townways"
A3n.md bridges are raised by the voters
it the annual town meetings in
ad March. These funds are assessed
yn and collected in the same manner as
d ther town taxes,. and are expended
by. the. road commissioner . or com-,
ly missioners, or by the belectmcn, as
each town may determine.
)U Towns establishing State roads
aiay receive-State aid to the extent
af one-half the .mount devoted by
Cy .he town to the permanent improve
mcnt of such roads. Under the law
in force in 1904. no town could re
a ceive from the State a greater sum
) than $200 in one year, but in 1905
d, this limit was raised to $300. In or
der to secure this State aid the town
must, before October 1, have raised
, and expended in the improvement of
atsuch State road, in a manner satis
factory to the county commissioners,
d' at least $100 over and above the
I. amount regularly raised in the town
i for highways and bridges.
- The State has also, by legislative
enactment in specific cases, assisted
the poorer towns and plantations to
build roads and bridge,. In the last
twenty-five years such State appro
*e. priations have amounted to a total of
as $176,830.29. For the year 1904 tho
amount was $11,40.
Y- The average annual rxpendiLuie
ly for town roads for 1901-'34 1'-s $1.
L 377,196.14. The amoun . exreadcd
2 on State roads by the towns in order
to receive State aid was S50.312.07
in 1904. The amount etonnded in
the various towns by the State was
$33,4S5.40. The total amount cx
pended therefore i y Lhe towns and
by the State. including the State's
special appropriation referred to
above, amounted to $1,472,393.70 for
190-i. By comparing the total ex
penditures with the total niileage of
-d public: road and .'ith the population
of the State, it is found that the
funds collected and expended for
road purposes, including roads,
Sbridges, sidewalks and snow ex
Spenses, amounted to $57.67 per mile
d of public road, or $2.12 per inhabil.
ant. -Maurice 0. Eldridge, Chief of
tRecords. Approved: .James Wilson,
SSecretary of Agriculture. Washiug
dton, D.-C., 1906.
Dustless Roads.
H-ow to bring about dusiless high
;.i- ways is a problem, the quick solution
id of which interests all automobilists.
eTrue we have such remedies as oil
:h ing, tarring, westrumiting, and the
- latest is the -use of calciumi, but the
n- true abatement of dust must trace
s. back to the construction and repair
in of the road itself. On the other side
g, the question is just now receiving
unusual attention in England, where
a Dustless Roads Association has
.- been organized. its membership com
er ing substantially frm the ranks of
e- the automobilists.
it Secretary Vaughan, in calling at
S, tention to the association, says: "The
Y- trouble is mainly attributable to the
tr fact that the roads in many instantes
at Iare made or repaired with materials
E- which are easily converted into dust.
k Our efforts are. therefore, chiefly di
r rected toward the elimination of this
is fault by bringIng to the notice of the
s various road authorities concerned
C the means by which improvements
id may be economically effected. Be
> cause automobiles raise a large pro
portion of the dust that happens to
be on the road than any other vehi
at cle, they are frequently blamed for
-t the very existence of the dust, and,
ig consequently, have to endure much
et unfair criticism. "-The Automobile.
ic A Road Plane
id Upon the highways adjoining our
s- farm we are using a read plane that
r- keeps the road in excellent donditionl
I- for the traveling public, and is but
t very little labor for us. says George
e W. Brown, of Mount Corey. Ohio, in
m writing to Farm Journal. This im
- plement is made of two solid oak
- planks two by eight inches and nine
a feet in length, set up cdgewise and
y framed together by two by four
to scantling, braced in the back with
t short iron braces. The lower cdges
rc of the plank are beveled upon the
y back, and arc shod by bolting on tire
t- iron from discarded grain drill
to wheels. An evener and doubletrees
taken from the harrow complete the
outfit. We hitch our team to this
ie plane and drag it down one side of
0- the roadway and back the other side,
s- grading all the dirt to the centre of
o- the track. When rains come, the
s, water quickly runs from the road'
ut way and leaves it in good conditionl
at for travel.
o "Saleing" Supers.edinig "Shopping."
--Saleing" or sailing is rapidly su
e- perseding shopping as a word to ex
id press visits to mark-down sales. It i~
gLondon's latest "verbal tabloid." an~
es many women who have little interest
s in the sales which are agitating mosi
ii of the feminine community at presenti
r will go and buy what they coulc
y never want just for the pleasure of
e using a new phrase that is English.
o- "Are you going saleing to-day?"' asks
id the bargain hunter, and then sallies
mn forth to the shop where there are
n. alarming sacrifices and incredible
SOUTHERN +
70PICS O INTEREST TO Y HE PL A
Various Sorts of Mules.
All mules are not alike. There
a ;reater difference between mul,
than horses, although they vary le
in size. Most peoplc regard the mu
as an animal with abnormal ears,
raucous voice and abnormally deve
oped muscles in his hind legs.
The principal class of mules a
knov. 2 on the market as cott(
mules, lumber mules. railroad mul(
sugar mules. farm mules, lev
mules. city mules and miner mulE
Miners are classed'as pit and surfa
animals.
The commonest kind is the cott(
mule, and there are more of th
class than any other. They ran,
from thirteen to sixteen hands, ai
are at their best between four
seven years. It makes little diffe
ence how they are built, so long
they are smooth. They bring in t]
Southern markets from $50 to $1(
each.
The best mules are lumber mule
ranging from. fifteen . to seventet
hands, large, heavy boned and ru
ged. Their value depends upon the
ability to draw heavy loads. Beaul
cuts no figure in- prices, which rani
from $100 to $250. Occasionally e
extra good pair will bring $600.
Railroad mules are lumber muli
that have been somewhat brok(
down, or a little smaller mule the
those used in the lumber ramp
Sugar mules belong to the fan<
class. If they are smooth, rang
with small head and neck, and rt
from fifteen to sixteen hands hig
they will bring from $150 to $200
White and sorrel mules are nevi
used in the mines. They say wh(
the mine shafts are long a white mu
resembles a ghost, and frightens tl
other mules.beyond control. All p
mules must be dark bay or black :
color, heavy boned, good weight, at
from twelve to fifteen bands hig
They bring from $135 to $200, but
used for any other purpose th,
would not bring within $50 as muc
The Government is the best mu
buyer. It pays big prices, but d
mands the very choicest animals -
the market. The demand for muli
is increasing every year, and farme
of the Middle West are learning t"-.
a good sized, smooth mare bred to
heavy weight, large boned, symmct:
cal jack will produce a mule, year
and year out, that will sell readi
from $150 to $200 when three yea
old.-Kentucky Farmer and Breede
Mixed Feed For Hogs.
Some recent tests at this static
(Virginia Agrictltural College) sho
clearly that mixed feed is superior 1
corn 'alone for hogs. These grai:
were, of course, ied without ski
milk. The hogs fed cornmtal ar
later gained .24 of a pound a head
day; those fed on cornmeal two par
.nd aiiddlings one part gained .67
a pound a head a day; those fed cor:
meal one part and middlings one pa
gained .69 of a pound a head a da:
those fed cornmeal one part and mi
dlings two parts gained .86 of
pound a head a day. Another lot f<
cornmeal one part and middlings o1
part gained 1.35 pounds a day, sho'
iag that individuality plays a part
the gains made by animals. Still a
other lot fed shelled corn one pa
and middlings one part gained 1.:
pounds a head a day. While the;
gains are not large, they probab
represent the average gains und
farm conditions, and. moreover, th
oaw very strikingly that hogs w:
make better gailis if fed some prote
food on the order of middlings, 1i
seed meal, gluten meal. etc.. rathi
than corn alone. Corn Is a carboh
drate food and very fattening, ai
while it will finish off mature hog
farmers desiring to grow anima
rapidly and have them gain and d
velop as uniformly as they shou
will find it highly profitable to at
some protein food, as suggest<
above, to the ration.
Sometimes we think it will not pi
us to buy an additional food becau
we happen to have corn on hand, b
these results are so striking and tl
work was done so carefully that
convinces us fully of the wisdom
making a balanced ration for gro'
lg hogs.-Professor' Andrew
Soule, in Southern Farm M~agazine
Make Heavy Bales of Cotton.
One of the first questions we we
asked in regard to cotton was, "HC
much does It take to make a bale
The answer was 500 pounds. Ev
to this day, according to commerci
ideas of the matter, -It takes 5'
pounds to make a bale. It would
better If every farmer would try
put that number of pounds in ea
bale. We can remember when uC
and then a farmer would try to orc
do things and make bales of G00 a:
700 pounds. which caused some
the old weakly presses to brea
Farmers are now ta1ke1 th"' **
Proverbs and Phrases.
ec who does what he likes, de
not what lie ought.-From the Sap
A nig on credit makes a igood wint
and a bad spring.-From the Port
gese.
Circumstarees are beyond the eo
trl of mian. but his conduct is
his own power.--Beaumromt.
Craft mnlst have clothes. hnlt tru
loes to g~o niaked.-J'oz!: the' Fre~(
Let a man keep the hiw-any h
-anid his wa wil! bc .-trewn wi
satsf act ion.-E~merson.
To give way to heavenly forces
1o me cured of cprthly faults..
Nohimnz is more intoleorabte that
o~cessarv-Jeremy Taylor.
Owe no0 man .taing.
It is eas- Lo make allowance i
,iur own saults, but dlangerous; ha
o ma k/allowance for other's fa~ul
Mi-Mitie D.. ikibeock.
FARM I IOTES.
VyEfR, S1OCKMANAND! TRUCK GAW1
treme and are making their bales too
s light. Some do this because they
s think of a small profit they make on
the bagging and ties of each bale.
This is a wrong idea. Our aim should
a be to sell lint cotton and not bagging
and ties. But most farmers who
make small bales dn *.t with the idea
of increasing the number of bales to
n the farm. They want to be able to
s say they made so many bales or so
many bales to a certain number'of
acres. Men who do not make much
cotton are in this way trying to keep
up with others who make a great deal
, of it.
i A look at the gin books will show
that many bales weighing less thnu
d 400 pounds are packed. Some weigh
: only 325 to 350. It takes about as
r- long to haul off cotton 'r a light bale
Ls as for a heavy one. It takes atout as
Le long to haul the seed back to the
place where they are to be kept. It
takes fully as long to carry to market
a light bale as it does to market a
heavy one. Besides, light bales are
objected to by comprese n--ij and all
cotton mill men. Why not make it a
rule to put uv bales of 500 pounds
each as near - as possible?--J. M.
n I Beaty, in Smithfield 'Herald.
The Fall Army Worm.
n These caterpillars are striped in ap
.n pearance,, a black stripe extending
s. along each stde of the body. When
:y full grown they are from, an inch to
F, an inch and a half long. They are
n not usually serious pests, but in sea
, sons when weather and the other con
ditions are just right, they suddenly
r appear in great numbers, devouring
n various grains, grasses, cow-peas,
e clover, alfalfa, sweet petatoes and
e garden crops. Almost every com
it plaint this season mentions them as
n attacking - crab-grass. Mr. Benbow,
d of Guilford County. says they are
2. swarming on his alfalfa, and they
if have been likewise destructive to al
y falfa on the Edgecombe Test Farm
1. and the Etperiment Station Farm
c here at Raleigh. Alfalfa is too valu
able a plant to lose in this way.
n After the worms have become no.
s ticeable, it takes them only a week
-F or so to get full grown when they
,,t burrow in the earth, change to brown
a chrysalids or papac. and from these
come out plain, innocent-looking
n grayish moths'in another week or ten
days. The last brood is thought to
s. pass the winter in the papae state un
r. derground. When they thus sudden
ly disappear, the farmer often thinks
that they have died out, when in real
ity they are only transforming to the
adult moth which will :ay eggs for
another brood.
*If you have a sprayer, It is a sim
Spie matter to protect most of the gar
~den vegetables by the use of Paris
dgreen in water, but this remedy is
a not to be thought of for fields of al
Sfalfa or crab-grass. But, did you
ever think how it would be to run
1-a heavy roller right over the field?
E- Seems to me that it would literally
Scrush the life out of them, and it
- won't hurt the crop eithcr, provided
a it is not to rank and tall. It is not
d likely that we will have another de
eC structive brood of this pest this fall,
Sbut if we do, use the roller.--Franik
liUn Sherman, Jr., Entomologist De
2 partment of Agriculture, Rlaleigh, N.
rt C.
6
-German Kale and Spinach.
r The majority of our farmers and
y gardeners are well acquainted with
11 the turnip gnd collard . for winter
in greens. They are both good, but
a- even in "greens"' it is well to have a
er variety and to try all the varieties
y'- 'until we find ou~t the ones we like the
Ld best. Now, we think German kale
s, one of the very best and certainly
l one of the hardiest and easiest raised
eof all the salads. There is no trouble
d larger and germinate as quickly as
d the turnip. Kale requires about the
same culture as turnips, and while it
ty does not make any root crop it makes
se more salad and a finer variety. It
at will also last longer in the spring as
e it does not run up to seed so early as
it the turnip. If you have never tried
of it, be sure and sow some to see how
- you like it.1
I. Spinach is considered the best of
all salads. Personally we do not like
it so well, but it is certainly worthy
a trial by all gardeners. It is more
e difficult to germinate and requires
wthe richest of soil to yield a paying
Scrop. Both kale and spinach should
a aebeen sown by the first of Sep
al tember, but we suggest you try them
)on a small scale as soon as you can
e get them in. We raised -good kale
last year sown in October, though
h. this is too late in severe winter. It
wants to get a good growth before
rsevere weather and then it is very
id hardy.-Southecrnl Cultivator.
k.- A biblical Sabi-athi day's journey
News and Notes.
es Mrs. .Jefferson Davis, widow of the
,.President of the Confederacy, died in
"NwYork.
The testimony in the case of Dr.
er Frank Brouwer,~ accused of poisoning
uhis wife, was concluded.
The annual meeting of the Ameri
a- ean Bankers' Association at St.
i Louis~ began with sessions of two see
th Riichnre Croker has decided to re
h. tnr home fr~om England in order, it
.W s thought. to take the r-elm of Tamn
thmany.
. That the graina aws ar evaded and I
Sthat the Chicago~ Board of Trade
makes rules in restraint of trade were
is chairges made ia the grnin investiga
tion.
The New York Central and Hudson
or River Rail-oad agreed to a 4sae
ed ment of fact" which seems to estab,
s, lish that it gave rebates on sugar, as