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KIING DON:
A STORY OF MILITARY LIFE IN INDIA.
BY MAVOR ALLAN
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CHAPTER VIII.
"He is here to answer!"
As the Prince spoke those fateful
words Lillie turned and would have
flown to Don's side; but at sight of his
face she stopped Bhort, paralyzed with
amazement or fear or anguish. Which
wan It? Had she followed the first im-
pulse to fly to him and beg him to deny
this vile slander, what might Don's an-
swer not have been? But he saw her
hesitation and that spasm of conflict-
ing emotions which swept her face, and
lie strode forward, like a man who
knows his doom pronounced and goes
recklessly to meet it, realizing theie is
no escape.
"I have heard, and I will answer,"
camo his deep, rich tones.
He spoke no other words of greeting
to his untoward visitor
•oitaer at him nor his wife, but
Btraight before him, aB it he saw writ-
ten there the self-denunciation he was
fated to speak.
"It is true that I was with Captain
Verwent at the time of death; that In
ft moment of passion I had pointed my
revolver at his breast; but, as heaven
Is above us, I know it was not my
shot, but a rebel bullet, which killed
him."
"An accomplice, perhaps?" suggested
the Prince, with a sneer.
Llllio had spoken no word. She
stood an motionless as one turned to
stone; and though he would not meet
her eyes, Don felt them to be fixed
upon him with an agony that was
harder to bear than the fiercest words
of accusation.
"Sir"—Don wheeled round now upon
his adversary, and his voice grew
harder and stronger—"what I did I tell
Jroti was done in a moment of passion—
a moment I shall regret to my last
hour. I do not know by what means
you have got your information; but to
accuse me of taking his life In cold
blood I will not suffer—and I defy you
to prove his death was by my hand!"
"I have no desire to prove it fur-
ther," was the contemptuous reply of
the Prince, whose calm complaisance
now was as intense as was Don's hot
passion. "I have not the shadow of a
Idoubt I could do so if I chose. My
faithful sepoy, who followed you when
you left Pindi for the camp, and Bhad-
owed every step you took whilst you
were there, could testify to each word
of vour last converse with Captain
Derwent. He could tell how you de-
clared you would kill both myself and
Captain Derwent sooner than allow
this lady to become my wife."
' He bowed to the motionless Lillle.
! "He could swear that, when Captain
Derwent repeated his refusal to your
own suit, you deliberately fired your
revolver, and he fell your feet, cry-
ing: 'For Lillle'a sake, Gordon, have
a care!' All that I could prove. Can
you deny it?"
For one instant there was tense si-
lence, then Don's voice came, strained
and hard:
"If your sepoy could prove all this,
why did he not come into camp and
.denounce me before the whole army?
And for what purpose was he follow-
ing me from Plndi, may I ask?"
"You may." And the.Prince's smile
was not a pleasant one to see. "You
must know, Captain Gordon, where one
of our royal house loves, It is not cus-
tomary for another man to lift his
eyes. My jealousy of you was roused,
and my sepoy was sent to watch you
and warn Captain Derwent of my dis-
pleasure. As for your first question,
your movements were a secret with
him alone until be had my sanction
to divulge them. He will never receive
that sanction, for now, with this Un-
fortunate marriage, my interest in the
subject has wane !. You may rest as-
sured you are free to pass as an hon-
orable soldier for the rest of your nat-
ural life."
The supreme sarcasm of the Prince's
words was lost upon the haggard man
who faced him.
• Sinoo art" o generous," said
Don. with some calm scorn In his voice
also. "I fail to see the object of such
refined cruelty in bringing about this—
this painful and untimely scene."
His tones broke a little in spite of
himself The sight of Lillie's immov-
able features was killing him.
"My object"—and now Prince Cle-
ment* Sing laughed shortly and moved
to the doorway— my object was mere-
ly to bring home your guilt to you,
and to humiliate yonder foolish crea-
ture. who might have been a princess,
and has made herself the wife of a fel-
on. I have the honor to bid you both
adieu."
"Htay!" Don's voice shook with the
frenzy of his passion. "I will allow no
roan, not even Prince Clement Sing, to
call me by that name! Your sepoy
shall be made to owa It as a per-
jury'"
Find him and prove that, by all
means, if you can ' was the sneering
answer; "for who will believe that the
«h> f. to which you hive confessed was
not, as he says, the shot which caused
Captain Derwent'3 death? 1 repeat,
your ignoble secret is safe with me."
The Primv waited for no reply. For
s long moment there was silence—a
silence full of the bitterness of
death.
Lillle still stood there motionless, It
Beemed almost without breath or be-
ing. She was not looking at Don any
longer now. Her blue eyes were gaz-
ing into vacancy, with an expression
of horror in them, as If they gazed in
reality upon that ghastly scene the
Prince had painted—her husband's re-
volver pointed at her father's breast.
The silence and the anguish of It all
grew more than Don could bear.
"Lillle!" he cried.
She made no movement It was as if
she had become unconscious of his
presence or even life itself.
"Lillle! For mercy's sake, Lillle,
look at me! Lillle! Lillle!"
He had gone to her Bide now and
touched her cold hand, and at the
touch 'ttj-cd a little and would
have fallen senseless, but he caught
her in his arms and laid her on the low
divan. He threw himself on his knees
beside her, and looked at her with his
breath coming In hard, quick gasps.
Despair and shame overwhelmed
him to suffocation, and paramount
through It all came the proud fear for
that self which had hitherto ever been
first with him all his life long—the self
lor which he had often sacrificed the
happiness of others or well-nigh for-
feited honor, for which at last in a
moment of frenzy he had even sold his
soul.
He saw himself in that awful mo-
ment for what he was, and even with
Captain Derwent's dead body at his
feet he had failed to see himself.
Scorned and shamed before men, it
brought near to him another tribunal,
higher and all-powerful, at whose por-
tals he miiBt needs stand at the last
day, and he bowed his head In the
first real prayer that had ever rent his
bleeding heart.
"My God, my God, be merciful!"
How would she for whom he had
sinned look at him when those closed
eyes opened? Would she not shrink
from his touch as from some unclean
thing? Would her love not fall be-
fore this blow he had dealt it, or was
it that love possessed of a divine pity
which would not turn even from the
hand that struck It? He took the ivory
fan which had dropped from her nerve-
less fingers and wafted it softly over
her palid face.
Her long, thick lashes quivered, the
white eyelids opened at last, and her
blue eyes were looking into his.
He covered his face with his hands
and bowed his head on the cushion be-
side her, for he could not dare to look
at her now. She put out a trembling
hand and touched his thick brown
hair.
"Don," she whispered faintly, "tell
me it is not true!"
"I cannol!ft The hoarse reply
pierced her very soul. Her hand
dropped. She burst Into sudden and
passionate weeping. With a strong
effort Don recovered his self-control,
and spoke with labored intensity.
"It was not my shot that killed him
—as God is my Judge, I swear to you
it was not; but, in a fit of anger, I
fired, and it might have killed him.
He insisted you were to marry that
dark fellow, and he would not listen
to me, and I lost my head. Lillie, Lll-
lie! don't look like that! Don't! I
cannot bear it!"
She had stayed her convulsive sobs,
and her blue eyes were regarding him
in a way that made his proud lips
quiver.
"You did that, yet you came back to
me and told me nothing of it, and you
made me marry you!" The words
broke from her in low, halting sen-
tences, as if they choked her to utter
them.
"Lillie, be merciful! It was my love
for you that made me reckless. What
good would it have done to tell you of
our quarrel? For I never dreamt you
would come to know of it."
"Oi , why did you make me marry
you?" she wailed. And now she broke
down once more and wept bitterly.
••Lillle!" he cried, beside himself
with remorse and suffering, "you don't
believe me guilty of his death? Don't
tell me you doubt me!"
"I do not doubt you," she spoke at
last; "but you have deceived me, and
oh, Don, it has broken my heart!"
He looked at her wildly, and seemed
to realize, with a new sense of deso-
lation, that it was Indeed true. He
had shattered alike her faith in him
and her love.
"Oh!" he cried out, "ifyou had loved
me as I love you, you would under-
stand and be pitiful!"
"I do love you," she answered bro-
kenly—"you as you should be, as God
meant you to be, not what you are."
"Don't!" he cried again. "Oh, if you
only knew what a purgatory remorse
has made my life ever since that fatal
night, you would pity me and for-
j give!"
"I do forgive you." she said, after a
silence that seemed an eternity to the
man who hung upon her words: "but
life can never be the same again—
never, never!"
She staggered to her feet and flung
back the long strands of her flaxen
hair from her face with a despairing
gesture. With a wild rush of memory
it had dawned upon her that this was
her wedding day, and that In sn hnr'n
time she was expected to leave tor
maldou home a happy bride.
Her wedding day! Was it indeed
only a few hours since she laid her
hand in Don's and vowed that him she
would love and cherish and obey tiU
death them did part?
She turned now and looked at him,
with the misery of that remembrance
writ large upon her face, and Don
winced beneath that look as if she had
struck him a blow.
"Oh, that we could undo this day!"
she said.
He knew then the thing he dreaded
had come upon him. He had lost her
love, and he was yet to lose herself.
And a fierce despair fell upon him. He
strode to vards her and took her in a
passionate embrace.
"No, I will not let you say it!" hs
cried hoarsely, "for I could not live
without you, Lillie!"
CHAPTER IX.
Bombay at last!
"Oh, the terrible strain of those
nights and days since the garrison of
Rawal Pindl had bidden the newly
married pair "God speed," and that
journey had begun which should have
been one all-too-swlftly-passing stream
of happiness, and held nothing but the
long-drawn-out agony of tortufed
hours—hours spent together In closest
companionship, yet in which they were
kept apart by the widest gulfs.
Don thought there could well bs
nothing bitterer than that stage of the
journey which was over. The forced
Inaction on board the trains, the fierce
satisfaction of arranging every little
detail for his wife's comfort, always
with the knowledge that that right to
do so would all too soon cease to be
his; the constant strain to keep up ap-
pearances before servants and officials,
the utter inability to break down the
barrier of pain when they were alone.
Sometimes he told himself It had
been better to speak that last goodby
at Bombay and prolong the agony no-
longer; but as a drowning man clings
to the rope of succor, he had not the
courage to be the one to cut the cord
which bound theni. She had consented
he should take her home, and he would
go through with It to the bitter end.
His thoughts never went beyond that
end. After their farewell had been
spoken, what mattered it wither he
went?
And now they were on board the big
steamer at last, and the May day was
dying in a golden haze over land and
sea. The pilot had long since gone
ashore in the tug steamer, and the
great Indian land of glory and death
was sinking fast astern into the world
of waters.
Lillie stood on the poop and looked
her last upon it with a bursting heart.
She had come hither a gay and happy
girl, she was going hence a broken'
hearted woman, a wife in name alone.
Don was below, conferring with the
steward anent their luggage and cab-
ins. She was free to let fall those salt
tears she hid from him with proud,
Spartanlike fortitude. If she suffered,
she suffered in silence, and perhaps
Don never guessed how deep that suf-
fering was. He came up by and by,
and found her still standing by the
taffrail alone. She had checked her
tears and recovered her habitual calm;
but though she had drawn her veil
down, through its thin texture Don saw
how pale and worn her lovely face
looked.
"You are tired," he said, compassion-
ately. "Shall you go below at once?"
"I would rather stay here a while.
I sm not in the least sleepy."
(To be continued.)
SURVIVAL OF THE UNFITTEST.
Instances in Natura Wliere (Jood Gives
Way to Seeming Kvll.
A matter that has attracted the at-
tention of all outdoor students for
ages, and which still remains unset-
tled, is the fact that, although the
farmer wages a constant warfare on
weeds in order that his crops may
grow, the food-bearing plants often
fall to seed fruition, but the weeds
never. The more noxious the
plant the more certain it is
to flourish, says a New England
writer. What is true of the plant
world Is true of bird and mammal life.
The English sparrows, which nearly
every one hates. Increase at the rate
of millions yearly, in spite of rigid
winters and bounty laws, while the
birds which add the beauty of color
and song to outdoor life are tending to-
ward extinction. The frost that im-
prisons the grouse, by forming a crust
over the snowbank where he has
sought shelter, at the same time pro-
tects the field mouse pest from his
natural enemies. The same crust bears
up the wolf, while It practically im-
prisons the deer. Insect parasites kill
the game birds, while the owl seems
to enjoy their companionship and
cares not how thickly they swarm
within the cover of his plumage. The
crows fly over morning and evening
from roosting to feeding place and re-
turn in flocks as great as those of a
century ago. The ducks and geese re-
turn from the south spring after spring
with constantly thinning ranks. As
the eastern writer puts It, the chances
are that a hundred years hence, in the
dearth of game, the leading sportsmen
will be wrangling over the merits of
their skunk dogs and bragging of
their bags of crows and sparrows.
She Tied Smokeless Powder.
He—That's a peculiar ring you are
wearing. Has it a history? She—Yes,
it's a war relic. He—Indeed! Tell me
about it, pray. She—Oh, there isn't
much to tell. I won it in my first
gagemsnt—Chicago News.
^ARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Some Up-to-Date Hint* About Cul-
tivation of the Soil and Yield*
Thereof—Horticulture, Viticulture and
Floriculture.
Two W ri of Farming.
There are twq ways of farming be-
ing followed In this country, one way
Is called "farming by brute force" and
the other is called "farming by the aid
of brains." This thought is brought
out by the remark that a certain local-
ity in the United States cannot hope
to hold Its present position in the com-
petitive production of agricultural
products, because the farmers in that
locality are all farming by brute force.
Not only are the men working in the
fields, but the women and children also
are working in the fields. The sons
and daughters of these farmers are
being robbed of their privileges in this
land of schools, while for a time they
help their fathers make a hard living.
It Is also reported on good authority
that, even with the whole family work-
ing long hours every day, the returns
are not commensurate with the efforts
put forth. Yet the men that farm this
way will succeed in paying for their
farms, though they will send out their
sons from those farms utterly unable
to cope with the great progressing
world around them. The daughters
will be broken down in health by tne
time they are of age, and will have
that condition as the only reward for
their years of service In the fields.
This is no mere theory, but the writer
has seen it demonstrated in real life.
This style of farming is not the kind
that has built up the country, it is a
late importation from rural Europe.
It is a detriment and a menace to every
community where it is practiced. The
farmer that works the adjoining sec-
tion and sends his children to school
and permits his wife to live and dresa
as a woman should finds the other
farmer a hard competitor in that he is
always underselling his neighbors,
since he has the labor of his family to
help him produce below average cost
Ultimately this farmer will disappear
from the face of the earth, but while
he remains he is an Inconvenience both
to his competitors and the community
in which he lives.
It is a foregone conclusion that the
man that farms by the help of brains
is the coming farmer. He is destined
to drive out the man that farms by
brute force, and the more rapid the
change the better will it be for the
country. The farmer with a high or-
der of Intelligence will make his fields
bring forth such crops as the othsr
farmer never raised; his sons and
daughters will be set free from the
"drudgery" of farm life, but will find
in the air and-sun of the farm the place
of all others where their souls can ex-
pand and glow. ' The new farmer
reaches out to others of his kind and
allies himself with others to gain
mutual ends. The farmer that knows
no method but that of brute force is
incapable of combining effectively with
any one or for any purpose. A new
era has dawned for agriculture, and
•very man that refuses to recognize the
changing conditions, and the new re-
quirements will find himself out if
harmony with progress as it touches
him. He will be entirely incapable of
adapting himself to new situations as
they arise. It is full time for all farm-
ers to abandon the kind of farming
that succeeds only by blind exertion
and take up the new way, which
promises to accomplish more with less
expense of muscle.
Horticultural Observations.
We hear some talk of the combina-
tion of small growers to better mar-
ket their products. The term would
better be "co-operation." Certain it is
that the fruit men will gain much if
they are able to properly co-operate.
The markets are sometimes over-sup-
plied merely because there has been
no system In forwarding fruit. It fre-
quently happens that one city has such
a big supply of fruit that the producers
get nothing out of it, while some other
city is short in supplies. Moreover,
shortages frequently exist in small
cities simply because too many grow-
ers have their eyes only on the large
markets.
• • •
There Is not a year when fruit is
produced in large quantities that a big
per cent of it does not go to waste.
This Is very largely due to lack of
system in shipping and selling. The
customer on the other hand d^es not
often reap the benefit. The retailers
wherever they can by mutual consent
keep up the price to the consumers, ar-
guing that it is better to have some
of the fruit rot than to lower the price
and get the people In the habit of ex-
pecting low prices. When the commis-
sion man makes returns to the grower
or shipper he figures in his losses in
rotten fruit and spreads it over all the
consignments. So the grower has really
to suffer the loss of rotten fruit from
his neighbor's consignment.
• . • •
The grower at the present time loses
sight of his fruit after it gets into the
hand of the commission man. A good
system of co-operation would make
It possible for him to follow his fruit to
the consumer. The abuses of delivery
of fruit will not cease till that can be
done. As it Is, the honest fruit man is
plundered at every turn because he is
compelled to share with the dishonest
one in his reputation as well as in his
losses. The man that sends green
peaches to market is likely to get about
as good a reputation for them as the
man that sends fairly good fruit, for
the reason that the two are often mixed
ibefore reaching the consumer and th«
latter gets two baskets of peaches each
with good peaches on top and green
ones in the bottom.
sue of Drain Til*.
The users of drain tile are becom-
ing more and more to use the larger
tile. For a good many years farmers
have dug ditches for and used 2Ms-
inch, 3-inch and 3%-inch tile. Now
they have come to see that 4-inch tile
does better service and costs little
more than the other. The smaller
sized tiles are being discarded to such
an extent that some of the manufac-
turers this year will make no tile
smaller than 4-lnch. The movement
Is a step in advance. It costs just as
much to dig a ditch for a 3-lnch tile
as for a 4-inch, and that is the prin-
cipal cost of the tile drain. Small
tile becomes easier clogged with the
sediment. In case the frost gets at it
and chips off some of the inside it
is the easier to fill up, especially
where the fall 1b suflicie'nt to give con-
siderable current, which in turn
washes into one piece of tile the chips
from many. The larger tile carries
off the flood water much more rapid-
ly than the smaller tile and the
amount of air thus drawn into the
soil is considerable. The men that are
going to put in tile drains this com-
ing summer will do well to contract
only for large tile. Doubtless some of
the manufacturers or their agents
will have on hand small bore tile that
they will want to get rid of and will
make strenuous efforts to induce
farmers to buy. It will be well for
farmers in such cases to remember
that the other fellows are merely try-
ing to "unload" on them. Even a
large reduction in price should fail
to induce intelligent farmers to put
In a tile that will not do the best of
work.
Some Forestry Facta.
B. S. Hoxie says that in Wisconsin
there are yet about 300,000 acres oi
land belonging to the state, and that
about that much more land will prob-
ably come to the state from the na-
tional government. The Wisconsin
Forestry Association is working to
have this public land placed under
such regulations that when the tim-
ber is cut off the land will be left in
such a condition that new trees can
develop. At present the rubbish from
the trees that are cut makes fuel for
fires that burn out the soil. Some of
the other states are working along
this line. New York has bought a
large area of land in the Adirondacks
and is there carrying out a scheme of
practical forestry. There are today
only two states in the Union that have
as much woodland as they had when
they were settled, and those states
are Vermont and Connecticut. In
those states where the old forests
were cut away new forests have grown
up.
Spruce wood has become so scarce
that Canada has prohibited the ex-
port of wood pulp. But we can grow
all the wood we need if our forests
are only properly handled, and the
fires kept out. Fortunately there is
an awakening in this country on for-
estry matters and already some of our
colleges have started classes in for-
estry.
Growing Vegetables.
Frank Yohnke at the Wisconsin
Horticultural convention spoke on
growing vegetables for the local mar-
ket. The first necessity is a home
market, and it is useless for a man to
attempt to grow vegetables hoping to
find or develop a market later. The
vegetable grower must grow all kinds
of vegetables and even small fruits,
and should also grow apples. The
ground for all early vegetables should
be prepared the fall before, and it i3
useless to attempt to grow early vege-
tables on fresh manure.
Q—At what time should we plant
cabbage for winter use?
A.—I would set out the plants from
the middle to the 28th of June; but
some seasons are of such a character
that it is necessary to plant when the
opportunity presents itself.
Q.—How deep do you plow for cab-
bage?
A.—For late cabbage I never plow
in the fall; but I put on the manure
as early in the spring as possible and
plow it under. It will be well rotted
by the time the cabbage plants are
set.
Pre-Disposition to Tuberculosis.—
There has long been an idea that some
breeds of cattle are more pre-disposed
to tuberculosis than others, but this is
now being disputed by some advanced
thinkers. It has been asserted that the
Shorthorns, Ayershires and Jerseys are
particularly susceptible to attacks. The
writers in question declare that it is
merely because those cattle hava been
kept in conditions more favorable to
the spread of the disease than others.
In United States Jerseys have been
found quite numerously affected, but
here they have been largely confined
for long months in close unhealthful
barns. In the island of Jersey and In
all the Channel islands, where the cat-
tle lead outdoor lives, the disease is al-
most unknown. One investigator says
he has never known a Channel island
cow to react to the tuberculin test.
Crab Apple Cider.—Hewes' Vir-
ginia crab is about as good for the
purpose as any of the crab apple fam-
ily. says Samuel Miller in Rural
World. It is still sweet, no intoxica-
tion from it I sometimes think that
an extensive orchard of it would pay,
as the cider seldom sells for less than
25 cents per gallon and ofttlmes much
more. The most temperate man may
drink it. How much better it would ba
than the vile beer that so many guzzle
dov.'n by the gallon.
A peculiar rose has been successfully
cultivated by Japanese florists. In the
sunlight it looks red the shade
it is white.
Comparative Rainfall of State* I
With the exception of Vermont, tts
New Engand states are well supplied
with rainwater. Vermont hap s (all'
of only about 29 Inches per year. Tlie"
rainfalls of the other states follow:
Maine, 42 to 50; Massachusetts, 47;
Rhode Island, 46 to 50; Connecticut,
50. Of the middle states, Delaware has
the smallest fall—32. inches. In New
York the rainfall is from 38 to 45
inches, according to location; New
Jersey, 42 to 46; Pennsylvania, 37 to
42; Maryland, 44. The south Atlantic
and the gulf states are all well sup-
plied with water, as the following
shows: Virginia, 44 to 52; West Vir-
ginia, 46; North Carolina, 54 to 69;
South Carolna, 57; Georgia, 48 to 55;
Florida, 56 to 63; Mississippi, 57;
Louisiana, 52 to 64; Tennessee, 51 to
56; Kentucky, 50; Alabama, 53 to 64.
Texas has a good supply of water in
the eastern portion, it varying from
36 to 45 Inches. Arkansas is well sup-
plied for a state in its latitude and
longitude, the annual rainfall being
from 42 to 53 inches, according to lo-
cation.
Southern Illinois has a rainfall of 4$
inches, central Illinois a rainfall of 40
inches and the northern part of the
Btate a rainfall of 36 inches. Indiana
has a fall of 45 Inches; Ohio a fall of
from 31 to 41 inches. The other west-
ern states follow: Minnesota, 16 to 12;
Wisconsin, 32; Iowa, 37; Missouri, 3®
to 48; Kansas, 20 to 38; Oklahoma has
a fall of about 21 Inches. The rainfall
of the semi-arid states is as follows:
Idaho, 13; Wyoming, 8 to 12; Utah, 9
to 17; North Dakota, 14 to 19; South,
Dakota, 27 to 37; Colorado, 8 to 14;
Nebraska, 17 to 20; Arizona, $ to 1ft;
New Mexico, 13 to 17. The rainfall of
the Pacific states is as follows: Cali-
fornia, 11 to 25 inches, according to
location; Oregon, 9 to 49; Washington,
27 to 92; Nevada, 9. The District of
Columbia has a fall of about 4i4 Inches.
When a man is to go into farming
and intends to settle in some stata
where the natural conditions will be
favorable, he should give due weight
to the question of rainfall. A fall of!
an inch per week is considered ideal
for agricultural operations, provided
the fall Is fairly even in its distribu-
tion throughout the year.
Health °t Live Stock.
In Illinois live stock is generally
healthy. In Johnson county there is
complaint of an unknown disease
among horses. A few cases of hog
cholera are reported from Gallatin,
Mercer, Morgan and Henderson coun-
ties, but no general epidemic. Some
milk fever is reported among cows in
Hancock and Madison counties, and
some tuberculosis in Dewitt county.
In Ohio hog cholera is reported from
Montgomery and Cuyahoga counties,
but not to an alarming extent. Musk-
ingum county reports lung diseases
among horses, while Geauga county
has a light touch of pinkeye in the
same animals. Influenza among horses
is reported from Stark county. In
Portage county roup, among poultry
prevails to a considerable extent Ins
Hardin county the sheep are troubled
a good deal with head maggots.
Indiana reports show sore throat
among the horses in Wells county and"
some hog cholera In Parke county.
Michigan reports some hog cholera
in Oakland county.
In Missouri cholera exists in Carroll.
Greene and Andrews counties. In
Knox county there are a few cases of
blackleg.
In Kansas hog cholera exists la
Cherokee, Atchison, Reno, Nemaha
(very bad), Anderson, Dickinson and
Douglas counties. Pinkeye among cat-
tle' exists in Sedgwick county. Black-
leg prevails in Anderson, Butler, Lin-
coln (very bad), Ellis, McPherson and
Roooks county.
In Kentucky blackleg is reported in
Garrard county, and also hog cholera
In Marshall pinkeye exists.
Cow Pea Vine Silage.
A leter from Thomas C. Crenshaw,
Jr., one of the railroad commissioners
of Georgia, published in Hoard's Dairy-
man, carries some interesting and im-
portant information relative to the cow
pea vine as a silage plaint. Mr. Cren-
shaw writes:
"Regarding cow pea vine silage I
desire to say I have a round wooden
silo, twenty feet in diameter Inside
measurement and thirty-five feet high.
I got the plan of my Bilo from page 16,
bulletin No. 59, issued by the Wiscon-
sin Agricultural Experiment Station. I'
have filled my silo twice with cow pea'
vine. I cut the vines in lengths from
one-half inch up to six inches long^
when I put them in the silo. If the'
vines were put in the silo without be-
ing cut up, they would "form an entan-
gled mass and make it difficult, if not
almost impossible, to take them out for
feeding purposes. I have succeeded
well in the ensiling of cow pea vines.
I consider such silage not only first-
class, but superior to any and all kinds
of silage. It keeps well and makes a
most excellent feed. I have never found
as much as a handful of unsound cow
pea vine silage in my silo, after taking
off the top covering. My cows are very
fond of it; they eat every particle that
is fed to them, which is of itself an
.advantage over corn silage, as cows
will occasionally leave some of the
hard chunks of corn silage."
Cranberry Pie.
Line a pie tin with paste and- fill
with stewed cranberries (three cups
of raw berrleB stewed with 1% cups
of sugar), cover with perforated paste
and bake quickly until a light brown.
The sum of $2,637,000 has been ex-
pended in New Jersey, making 440
miles of good roads. Massachusetts
has spent $2,637,300 on 250 miles,
which are as perfect as any highways
in Europe.
Montana Is said to have mined |40,-.
000,000 worth of copper in 1899. ;
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