NEWPORT. - - ARKANSAS.
JOURNEY’S END.
I halted in the chill light of the morning
And saw your town all still across the
bay—
The quaint white town with green of
hills adorning,
The fair white town unwakened with
the day.
And first a nameless awe, bred of your
nearness,
I doubt not, helu me fast upon the
shore;
Until, with firm and fast-increasing
clearness,
The sun aroused the world to life once
more.
Then sped my glance along the dusty
highway
And scanned each, shining cottage on
the street,
Down every tiny lane and dewy byway
To where the terraced slopes and wa
ters meet.
And suddenly I knew that I, the va
grant,
Had found as finds the homing bird his
nest,
Thy dwelling clad with vines and blos
soms fragrant—
The end of all my long and eager
quest.
Dear one, I feel no vague, half-startled
wonder
If ’tls some magic tells me your abode;
Full well I know it was no Idle blunder
I.ed my faint steps so straightly on the
road.
Then cheer, worn heart! Cry hall the
journey’s ending.
'Tis but a step the pilgrim now must
trace;
And then all earth, all sky, all beauty
blending
In one • re woof of home—dear one,
thy face!
—James Owen Tryon, in Good House
keeping.
(Copyright, 1003, by li*lly Story I'ub. Co.)
DICK CARTER was making for
the Mexican border as fast as
his horse could carry him. The
horse in question was an excellent
one, yet the possession of it made
Dick extremely uncomfortable, not
to say nervous. For the horse had
belonged to Scotty Farrell until the
evening before, when Dick appropri
ated it without the formality of ask
ing the owner’s permission. Such
eccentricities are not looked upon as
jocular in the southwest. Dick
learned that a lynching party was
being quietly organized. Hence his
haste to get out of United States
territory. Now the foothills were
•only a short distance ahead. Dick
was pretty certain that i,f lie could
get a good start among the hills he
AS THE GIRL RODE OFF DICK
LOOKED GRIMLY AROUND.
could throw off his pursuers, who,
while no doubt strenuous in their
chase, were not yet in sight.
Scarcely had he ridden over the
first slight ridge of the foothills
than Dick saw a sight which tilled
him wi,th a good deal of wonder
ment. Ahead, stretched out on the
ground, was a pony. It had evident
ly twisted its leg and fallen on the
treacherous ground. A short dis
tance from the pony was a girl, a
much frightened girl, who was run
ning as fast ns possible. At Dick’s
hail she looked around in terror and
then gave a gasp of relief as she
noticed that Dick was an American.
She stopped running and waited for
him to ride up. As Dick halted his
horse the girl broke into a torrent
of entreaty.
“The Indians! the Indians!” she
gasped. “The Yaquis have made a
raid over the border. They are on
my trail now. Can’t you save me?
You know,” she added, her voice
breaking, “how they treat women
they capture. And my pony has
broken its leg.”
Dick drew in his breath with a
little whistle. He did know how the
Yaquis treated women. But they
treated men the same way, their
course of treatment beginning with
burning splinters and ending with
even more unpleasant things. But,
while Dick Carter was far from be
ing a good man, it never occurred to
him to ride on in safety and leave
the frightened girl to the mercy of
the Yaquis. A second later, the girl
mounted behind him, he was making
the best of speed towards the sec
ond ridge of the foothills.
But when the second ridge was
reached one tiling was certain. The
horse could not long carry double
. • /-'over that rough ground. Dick halt
ed at the top of the ridge and looked
back. To the north could lie seen u
faint cloud of dust. That was from
the vigilantes, following fast on his
own trail. To the west was a second
and larger dust cloud. Dick knew
that was from the Yaquis. He gave
■ little sigh. It seemed tough luck,
just when he had supposed he would
be safe if he reached the foothills.
But Dick did not hesitate as to his
choice.
"The horse can't carry double,” he
said, briefly, dismounting as he
spoke. “You ride south to the One
Trail rancn. There you will be safe.
Hurry, hurry! This isn’t the time
for talk.”
Even with the terror of the Yaquis
on her the girl hesitated.
“I won’t ride away on your horse
and leave you to be killed,” she said,
in determined tones.
Then Dick lied, a noble lie.
“There’s a little gully I know of,
where one person can hide, espe
cially as they will be watching the
trail of the horse and not looking
for ine. I won’t run half the risk
that rid:,ng double would be.”
As the girl rode off Dick looked
grimly around.
“Lots of little gullies,” he thought,
“but none that would hide a rat
from those sharp-eyed Indians. Well,
I’ll shoot as long as I can and keep
the last bullet for myself. No little
fires on his stomach for Mr. Dick
Carter.”
The course the Yaquis and the
lynching party were taking prevent
ed each from seeing the other, a low
ridge intervening between them. The
Yaquis reached the foothills first,
swung around a curve and, intent
on the trail left by the girl, came
on at a gallop. Then suddenty the
lynchers rode over the ride, a con
siderable distance to the northwest.
Before either party had time to
more than barely realize the pres
ence of the other they were within
shooting range.
The Indians, although taken by
ikiirnrisf* ■na + nrallv
that the lynchers were on their trail,
not being acquainted with the inci
dent of the disappearance of
Scotty Farrell’s horse. They scat
tered to such cover as could be
found and opened fire. The lynchers
were even more surprised than the
Indians. But they were well armed
and not the kind of men to meekly
submit to being shot at. In a mo
ment a very pretty, if wholly un
looked for, fight was in progress.
For a short time Dick Carter
watched the fight with feelings of
unholy joy. Both parties were
equally his enemies. The more they
Injured each other the better were
his chances for ultimate escape.
Then his emotions began to change.
The Yaquis outnumbered the Ameri
cans and slowly, but surely, were
getting the better of the contest.
After all, thought Dick, the lynchers
were men of his own race and breed,
even though they had planned un
kind treatment of himself. Should
he look on while they were killed
and wounded by a lot of Indians, and
Indians from across the border at
that? Dick stretched himself outi in
the little gully, got a good sight and
began pumping at the Yaquis with
his repeating rifle.
This practically settled the fight.
The Yaquis were dismayed at the
rear attack and supposed it meant
the arrival of reinforcements for the
white men. They scattered, their
firing grew desultory and a few min
utes later the entire band were in
full flight.
There, was no use trying to run
away on foot and Dick sauntered
coolly over to the somewhat dimin
ished band of lynchers. The recog
nition of their unexpected ally gave
them considerable of a surprise.
“You turned up just at the right
second for us. Dick,” observed 1 he
leader. “By the way, if it’s not a
personal question, what’s become of
Scotty Farrell’s horse?”
“A girl's got It,” said Dick, with
rnther more nonchalance than he
really felt. “A girl the Indians were
chasing and whose horse broke its
leg. She's ridden it down to the One
Trail ranch. Scotty can get it there.”
“Seeing the way you bobbed up
just when we were needing you, I
guess everything is all right this
time.” replied the leader, glancing
at the rest of the band and at Scotty
Farrell in particular. Scotty nodded
his head. “But the next time you
borrow a horse don’t be quite so
impromptu nbout it. Grab one of
those Indian ponies. We’ll ride on
to the ranch, see that, the girl is
safe and Ere.t the horse.”
“Blamed if I didn't make the right
choice for all parties,” thought Dick,
as he mounted the pony. “Though I
dvdn’t think so at the time. When I
saw that girl galloping away on
Scotty’s horse I thought it meant
either torture or a bullet in his bead
for Dick Carter.”
Anniversary of Jamestown.
The state of Virginia has chartered
the Jamestown Ter-Centeuary Exposi
tion company, a body of prominent cit
izens who will make it their business and
pleasure to see that the founding of
Jamestown is suitably comemorated
In 1907. "Let us all praiBe famous men,”
should be the general watchword, when
that anniversary approaches. One
could find no place more fitting to ac
knowledge the debt we owe the found
ers and patriots than the spot where
English laws and representative insti
tutions were first Implanted in this soil.
The term, “a brilliant man,” takes on
a new meaning. Prof. Goodspeed, of
the University of Pennsylvania, has dis
covered that the human body gives off
light enough to affect photographic
plates used in X-ray work. There
seems to be something more than po
etic fiction in the idea of the lover that
he basks in the light of his lady’s eyes.
Kansas is calling for 28.000 men to
gather the wheat crop. What is the mat
ter with women? Are they to be crowd
ed out? Equal rights for all, a fair
wheat field, and no favor.
SHEARING THE GOATS.
A Table Thai Will Hold the Animal*
In a Position Where They
Cannot Get Away.
The shearing table shown in the Il
lustration we have found indispensable
at shearing, branding and at other times
when it becomes necessary to hold the
goat in a position where it cannot get
away or bother one. In shearing we
place it upon its back in the trough and
close the stanchions around its neck.
Commencing at the brisket, shear
back on the underside of the belly; then
take opposite foreleg and shear as far up
I- IT l~~l-1
HAND SHEARING TABLE.
the shoulder and neck as possible, then
from the brisket on neck to stanchion,
then near fore leg, and shear same as
other side. This cleans all the hair
from underside of animal. Next throw
left leg across animal's body, release
stanchion and bend the neck across your
knee. Shear all the neck and replace in
stanchion. Then take the animal by
the hind leg and stretch the flank mus
cles smooth and shear up leg and along
side to where you left off on fore leg.
Drop one side of table, which will allow
the back and sides to be sheared. When
through almost the entire fleece should
be on the table. Put this fleece all by
itself and keep clean, and see if the man
ufacturers do not pay you more for your
^a*r-—E. D. Ludlow in Breeders' Ga
zette.
WHEN HOGS ARE SICK.
Reliable Medical Treatment fa* m
Number at Ailment* That Are
Quite Common.
It is better to give medicine to swine
in food. But if one wants to drench,
fasten a piece of rubber hose securely
in a bottle containing the medicine.
Throw the pig, put a stick in the mouth,
and allow the fluid to slowly run down
the throat.
Inflammation of nostrils, or cold in
the head, is caused by exposure of some
kind; a cold, wet pasture, want of dry
shelter at night, sudden change from a
warm nest to outside cold, etc. A good
warm mash, with ginger in it, will help
in such cases, with good care. If fever
ish, give a dose of epsom salts, followed
with 10 to 15 grain doses of nitrate
potassium.
If your pig’s feet get sore, give a dose
of epsom salts, and follow with ten
grains of nitrate of potassium two or
three times daily, in feed, which will
cool the system and afford relief to the
feet. Proud flesh between the toes
should be touched once with ter
chloride of antimony, using a leather.
If necessary, repeat the third day. To
heal the sore use chloride of zinc, one
dram to one pint of water. Keep the
pig warm and dry.
If pigs are seriously constipated give
castor oil direct and not to the sows.
But continue to give the sows oil-meal
in their food. Feed to prevnet constl
patiou, which is easily done.—Midland
Farmer.
WARTS ON SHOW CATTLE.
Two Different Way* of Removing
Them from Different 1‘nrta of
the Animal'* Body.
“Many breeders of show cattle are
often troubled with warts growing in
very conspicuous places on their prize
animals,” says Prof. L. A. Cottrell, for
merly of the Agricultural experiment
station in Kansas. “We had much
trouble with the pure blood stock, and
several successful methods were em
ployed in their extermination. In order
to experiment on talking off warts a
Red Poll heifer was selected on which
the warts were so thick that it was im
possible to place one’s hand on her with
out coming in contact with several large
growths. We tried two different ways
on different parts of the animal's body.
On her head and shoulders we applied
castor oil—well rubbed in—twice daily
for a week. Shortly after each applica
tion a portion of the wart would scuff
off. and In two weeks the warts were en
tirely cured without any pain to the
animal in any respect. On the back
and hips of the same heifer we used
concentrated acetic acid, applying it
with a fountain pen filler, and soaking
the wart up thoroughly after applying
grease around the root to keep the acid
from eating the flesh. About twelve
hours after the operation the warts
could be pulled out easily. This was the
iiuicker way, but it caused considerable
pain and irritation, and it is accom
panied by some danger of the acid being
dropped upon the skin and thus causing
trouble.”
Be interested in your work, and half
the labor is accomplished.
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OLD WAYS MUST GO.
The Farmer Who Dot* Wot Adopt th«
Advanced Method* of the Dajr
1* Snre to Fall.
The man who is engaged In agricul
tural pursuits at the present day is ex
pected to keep up and advance with the
agricultural progress of the world. Ho
must dispense with the old methods
and adopt the new and later inventions.
We cannot raise and fed our stock as
our forefathers did a hundred years ago
because we are advancing and land is
more closely taken up; consequently w«
must work more on the order of the in
tensive system. We know it is hard for
some farmers, who have been taught
and raised to do a thing a certain way,
to change to the better methods. It
seems to them that it is wrong, and oft
en they cannot be blamed for feeling so.
But we must gradually free ourselves
from these ideas. All the other depart
ments of the business world are advanc
ing, and why should not agriculture ad
vance with it? The whole race of hu
manity is depending upon agriculture
for a living and the trade should not be
thought any the less of by anyone. The
man who is engaged in other pursuits
of life should honor the farmer, as he
must understand that whatever he eats
comes from him. If the farming class
does not advance with the rest of the
world it will be to its own loss. It is
not natural that wre should be satisfied
to work in the same road we did years
ago, or even one year ago. We should
strive to do better this year and make
an advancement "wherever possible.
The best, easiest and most practical way
to advance ourselves is given in one sen
tence, namely,—“Read plenty of agricul
tural literature and apply the facts
gained to actual experience.” The farm
ing world would be far behind where it
is now if it were not for the help that has
been given us by farm literature. Every
farmer should try to make some im
provement and advancement every day.
Never let your business get the best of
you, but get the best of it, and you can
best do this by advancing with the rest
of the world.—E. J. Waterstripe, in Epit
omist.
AN IRRIGATION HINT.
Hew a Staten Inland Gardener Sup
plement* the Rainfall with
Good Kffect.
The dry season has enabled me defi
nitely to prove the practicability of an
exceedingly simple method of supple
menting the rainfall, which is so cheap
as to be within the reach of garden
ers, while it does not have the objeo
tions of diluting and washing away
the food off the ground, nor endan
gering it in case of a heavy rainfall
immediately after the watering, as is
the case where the soil is flooded by
the old methods. I elevate the water
to a tank 40 feet high, and for a plot
OVERHEAD IRRIGATION,
of 400 feet square run a half-inch pipe
to the center, as shown in the dia
gram, making a cross in the pipe at
the center and placing five one-fourth
inch stands, as shown by the dots.
These stands are eight to ten feet
high, and have two atomizers upon the
top of each one, which will discharge
20 to 25 gallons of water in the form
of a heavy mist each per hour, and
give a total of 2,000 to 2,500 gallons
each ten hours. The water is turned
on only at night, or, if the weather is
very warm at six p. m., and turned off
at seven a. m. Thrown out so fine, the
water is buoyed up by the air, and
drifts more as a heavy dew than as
rain. The number of atomizers may
bo doubled if desired, or only used
each other night. I have found 2,000
gallons a night ample for the finest
plant growth.—S. S. Boyce, in Rural
New Yorker.
lulentinal Worms In II«ko.
Recently while at the Iowa Agricul
tural college the writer noticed the
ground in the hog yard littered with
excreted intestinal worms. The keeper
explained that he had just given the
swine their semi-annual dose of worm
medicine. He said that it was his obser
vation that hogs were frequently sick
as a result of intestinal worms and that
many times diseases arising from worms
were named cholera. This would the
more likely be the case, as a large num
ber of hogs might be sick at the same
time from the same cause. This cause of
disease is too frequently overlooked, es
pecially by the farmer that has only a
few hogs and gives them but little at
tention. When a hog eats well and yet
remains stunted it may be guessed that
worms are at least a partial cavge.—
Farmers’ Review.
Sheep Are Fond of Clover.
The clover crop seems to be of such
supreme value for sheep that it might
be said to be a necessary adjunct of
the successful sheep farm. It is many
sided in value, being excellent for
growing lambs, splendid for nourish
ing ewes and high in rank for fatten
ing in the feed lots. At some stage of
the sheep’s life clover feeding seems
absolutely necessary to attain the best
results. In additioon to being very
wholesome food, it is remarkable that
sheep should be so ravenous for every
part of it, stem, leaf and blossom.—
Prof. J. A. Craig, in Rural WorldL
Pretty Hats and Gowns of
the Summer Fashions
The Dictate, of D,me Ueu.u.My j
Pleasing This Season.
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#D0 not know that I am alto
gether pleased with the fash
ionable headgear of the mo
ment. Of course, there are
1 some beautiful specimens,
but these are mostly very
trying, and on the whole I should
say that the best models are not
universally becoming. To begin with,
they are extraordinarily ftat and wide,
(though in the early part of the season
they were high and narrow) and I think
they are rather apt to dwarf the head and
shoulders when worn in company with
the sloping pelerine.
Most of the toques and the ordinary
practical models are of the wide, flat,
improved sailor shape, simply trimmed
with a wreath of flowers. They have, of
course, all the chic of elegant simplicity,
and suit a piquant French face, but the
real artist will find, when viewing them
from the side and back, that the lines are
not quite right.
The picture hat is mostly of the shep
herdess type, and this is very becoming
I
becoming to the majority. Let us be
careful to avoid these terrible patterns
and zig-zag stripes which destroy all
symmetry of feature.
Out of door gowns are, of course, the
popular ones at this season, and I am
showing some of the most attractive
models in the illustrations.
Smart simplicity is the key-note of
the very stylish yachting costume. The
material is a blue and white striped
flannel and the numerous sections of
the skirt are held together with fancy
stitches in a new and effective style, and
these are discontinued some inches from
the bottom, so that the fan-shaped pleats
may have full play over the feet. This
novel shirt is cleverly constructed to
get a maximum of smartness, and yet to
preserve the simple outlines which are
obviously necessary to any gown that is
intended for yachting and seaside wear,
when breezy sou’westers are more or
less the order of the day, and this point
will no doubt be appreciated by any
keen sailor. The double breasted vest
f—-:---1
TWO CHARMING FETE GOWNS.
to attractive, round babyish faces, but
absolutely at variance with hard and
strongly marked features. There is
very little variety in this class of “best”
headgear, unless we turn to the Gratns
borough and Romney shapes at colossal
prices.
There is always a certain amount of
danger when pale colors are worn on
the head, such as green, mauve, etc. They
may be beautiful in themselves, but
they are trying even to pretty faces and
good complexions. So, taking it all
round, darker brims should be universal
ly de rigueur.
There are many hats which neces
sitate the use of a little “make-up,” but
A DAINTY BOATING COSTUME.
in choosing your season’s headgear I
advise you to avoid such models as these,
as there are many beautiful ones which
enhance one’s good looks without artis
tic aid.
To wear with country frocks there is
a jaunty little Marquise hat or some
thing similar, which is delightful tn
Chip or tulle finished with cockades of
knife-kilted ribbon. Then there are all
sorts of quaint bows and rosettes, made
in various soft materials which also
form inexpensive trimmings for the
country hat with the addition of a soft
quill or two.
Those made of linen embroidery have
taken the place of the muslin hat of
yore, and when worn with a frock to
match have a decided chic of their own.
Brown vails are charming with the
brown hat. The finest Slussian nets are
is of white pique ornamented with fancy
buttons, and the revers and cuffs are of
wuite cloth, hem-stitched at the edges
in a pretty open work design, and the
tout ensemble 13 altogether charming.
Two lovely felt gowns are pictured.
That on the left is made of hand-painted
chiffon with graduated rows or emerald
green ribbon velvet on the flounces and
bodice, and the broad-brimmed picture
hat is trimmed with pale pink roses and
foliage. The pretty frock on the right is
made of embroidered chiffon mounted
on pale blue slik with handsome real
lace trimmings round the cape and at
the bottom of the flounce, and the waist
band is of folded panne velvet. The
picture hat is of creamy lace with a frill
hanging down over the edge of the brim,
and it is trimmed with rosettes of soft
blue satin ribbon.
How enthusiastic Dame Fashion has
become about the pelerine and every
thing of the pelerine shape. Certainly I
think the fluffy feather pelerines are
much prettier than the flat stoles of the
past season. These are now giving place
to the pelerine collar of mousseline de
soie and chiffon and to the lace scarf
draped in this fashion.
We are still remaining faithful to the
blouse in lace, guipure, net, or what we
will, worn with a pelerine collar or
flehu to correspond in fabric with the
skirt. This is a pretty way of connect
ing the two.
I have lately seen a charming spotted
muslin—a white ground with gradu
ated, red spots—made with a bodice of
fine guipure and a gauged pelerine of
spotted muslin to match the skirt, trim- ]
med with Oriental red embroidery. This
was worn with an all-red, flat sailor hat.
It would look charming at Ranelagh or
Hurlingham and was very fresh and
dainty. The same model is being copied
for a friend of mine In green, finished
with a lovely, mauve glace waist-band.
By the way, blue is a color which is
very much In favor and is produced in
lovely shades, though I still wish fair
haired beauties would leave it severely
alone and take to pale yellow shades ia
its stead. But this does not alter the
fact that pale blue is lovely in Itself, par
ticularly when accompanied by tinted
lace. It takes a beautiful sheen in linen
and the new coarse canvases.
Practical frocks In biscuit, yellow and
ivory shades are mostly trimmed with
black taffeta. But these bizarre con
trasts are not. effective unless carried
out with consummate skill.
It. is in full evening dress that real
artists can exercise to the full their fancy
in the mixing of beautiful colors. The
, craze for lace Is by no means abating,
in fact, it seems to be Increasing, and
really wonderful Imitations are pro
duced.
ELLEN OSMONDE.
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