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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-12-14

Ghan know" he said, ..if Fenning
sends back the newspaper accounts !"
But though they waited some time,
Miss Endicott communicated nothing
further. ''They are hurrying away"
she said, ION horses"
.'What do You make out Of it," asked
/ Stocking. ITO me it is unintelli-
gible."
I'm the light of what l already
know" said Calicot, st is plain
enough. Let me interpret it. Hendricks
has lost thirty-two men in the fight.
and he has driven off his opponents.
He now has twenty-four hours before
a larger force will arrive. In that time
he expects to consummate his plans by
having all the head conspirators here
in the Laran where they cannot be
disturbed. Mrs. Hendricks and the
men who were with her are on their
way here now. Bayou clear, means
that they shall come to that entrance
and Hendricks will have q force to
meet them. By calling in Mrs. Hen
not need the cottage any longer and is
ready to emerge into an open fight.
From all that have been able to de-
duce, think he is calculating on q
hundred thousand men in the country
who have been secretly preparing
themselves for the signal of outbreak
and who will flop to his standard when
he takes the field. The men who are
to meet here will represent the differ
ent wings and elements of that
revolt"
"And you still think" said Stocking,
with a rather pathetic stare, ''that this
diabolical and crazy anarchist will
continue to meet with success?"
Il am afraid that he will up to GER
tain point. He is using elements that
can only expend themselves in explo-
sion. He is now calculating with an
ingenuity that is both devilish And
magnificent how to surprise and de-
stroy the forces that will be sent here.
With every new genius in villainy, So
ciety has to take lessons in defeat be-
fore it can take the perpetrator, simply
because society does not concentrate
its energies on the study of villainy.
But it is not our business now to spec
ulate on reform, but to save ourselves.
You promised to do as babe you, and
I have promised to save you If You
will"
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-12-14
TO THE EAST.


The Rock Island is foremost in
adopting any advantage calculated to
improve speed and give that luxury,
safety and comfort that popular pat
ronage demands. Its equipment IS
thoroughly complete with vestibaled
trains, magnificent dining cars. sleep
ers and chair coaches. all the most
elegant, and of recently improved
patterns.
The importance Of this line can be
better understood if short lesson IL
geography be now recited:
What is the great Eastern termini
the Rock ISLAND RourE?-C Chicago.
What other sub Eastern termini has
it?-Peoria. To what important points
does IL run trains to the Northwest
st. Paul and Minneapolis. MinnesetA.
and Watsrtown and Sioux Falls, Da-
kotG To what important Iowa and
Nebrsska points?- Des Moines, Daven-
port, Iowa; Omaha and Lincoln, Ne
braskx.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-12-14
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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-12-14
CHAPTER XXI.

One night not long after this Ca1icot
woke Lieut.. Stocking up about twelve
o'clock rather urgently. LISTEN" he
said.
His friend sat up on his cot and re-
marked that Calicot looked very white
IN the dim light. The harsh hum of
many voices reached him in a confused
and disagreeable way, intermingled
with occasional shouts Of command
and the tread of feet and accompanied
by the loud drone Of the machinery.
what is it?" he asked.
Hendricks is sending up all his
forces. 1t has been going on now for
two hours. Get up and dress yourself;
the women are frightened. I think q
battle is going on overhead or is im1
pending"
Stocking then got up and the two
men went into the adjacent quarters,
where they found Miss Endicott with q
shawl around her head and Miss La
port rubbing her hands. Both of the
women were very much alarmed. as in
deed they we'll might be with all that
hideous din going on in the arena
Calicot then explained to them as calm
ly as he could that the armed forces
were being sent mp as fast as the lift
could carry them. ''There is" he said,
''a struggle about to take place. Let
us preserve our wits SO that we can use
to the best advantage the only means
we have Of obtaining information"
Miss Endicott, in spite of her trepi-
dation, appeared to understand the sit
uation, and when Calicot asked her II
she could put herself en- rapport with
Mrs. Hendricks, she answered prompt
~: Eyes. 1t requires no effort what
ever now" She merely closed her eyes
q. moment as if collecting herself and
then said: 'She is packing her trunk
she is attired in riding habit; there
are four men with her; they look as il
they had been travelling; now she goes
to the instrument; she is reading its
message to the men. I cannot hear
what she says They are all listening
to her eagerly. They are disputing;
the man who was with her before
writes something and reads it to them;
the woman shakes her head; she doea
not approve of it. Yes, can read it.
We start at three o'clock. Miss Frank
lin must come back with Mrs. H."
Here Miss Laport made an ejacula-
ton. 81 am lost" she said. ''They
are coming to take me-.
Lieut.. Stocking ground his teeth In
an impulse Of helpless indignation.
Calicot held his hard up der;Scat-
angly; Miss Endicott went on: F'She
has gone to the telegraph; the man il
waiting for her with paper and PEN
ell in his hand"
1.-THE man." Calicot explained to
Stocking, lis Fennin1. He will write
down the dispatch that comes from
Hendricks Listen
''She is speaking" said Miss E:di-
colt. He is writing; they ars III
listening"
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-12-14

One other pOint-thls man Fennlng in
tends, with Hendricks assistance, to
get possession of Miss Franklin. They
are only waiting for favorable oppor-
tunity to send her away. At any mo-
ment she may disappear forever so far
as you and / are concerned. She is
breaking down with the apprehension.
To save her. at least, count upon
your faith. If it were merely q matter
of bravery, 1 would not have to ask
you"
Stocking was evidently touched.
"You are thinking" he said, ''only Of
Miss Franklin and me-. VIII you not
free yourself?"
!. Calicot hesitated a moment. His
face looked white and hard to Stock
ing. YES" he replied, 81 will be
free, but it depends on your implicitly
following my directions"
There was a moments silence. The
two men looked at each other.
81 wish.' said Stocking, ''that you
would tell me frankly what is in your
mind"
But he had placed his hand in that
of his friend.
All Calicot said was: Il will write 10
all down carefully for you"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-15
THE VETCH.


ltr Value Forage Plant to Southern
Farmers.
If it We're not for the difficulty of
saving the seeds of vetch, it would be
one of the most popular of southern
forage plants.
1t belongs to the legumes, and the
little pods that bear the seed pop open
as soon as they get little dry, and
scatter the seed over the ground. On
account of the care involved in saving
seed, there is comparatively little seed
saved, and the price is such as to deter
most farmers from sowing it.
If crop of vetch is allowed to seed
even once on piece of land, a crop can
be made for a number of years in the
same manner that a crop of burr clover
is renewed.
Netch and burr clover are much alike
in habit, springing up in the autumn,
thriving in the winter, yielding fine
pastures or good moving in the early
Spring, making seed and dying down
completely before the hot weather of
June. The seeds lie in the ground,
with no disposition to sprout until the
fall rains occur.
Along in September or October, some
times as early as August, the seed
terminate after saturating rains, and
where the land is rich u good pasture
will result sometimes before Christmas
Stock should not be turned on to it
until it gets well esta blished, and if
the full benefit would be derived from
it, never let stock run on it when
the ground is wet. Such practice
will soon spoil a good pasture The
reckless pasturing of soils through all
kinds of weather has much to do with
impoverishing them. Such practice
should he followed no longer. One
should be particularly careful in the
treatment of a winter pasture The
southern stock-grower and dairyman
will find the vetch a very useful plant
sown along with those previously
commended for their quality and per-
manency.
Like few others, such as burr clover
and white clover. the vetch makes m
excellent combination plant. Like
peas and' clover, il is helpful to the
soil is easy to manage and is very nu-
tritious, making the richest of milk and
butter.
II seed could he Sc cured readily and
cheaply, il would always he in order to
sow some vetch win the oats. rye and
barley that are sown for carly cutting
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-15

for forage. 1t can = ar Rer.
muda sod the same as NW0 Nv, nryr
clover, alternating With the Drrmuda.
doing it no harm. but rathe- good
Where the vctch occupies lana TO ~
self, after it dies down in the early
summer, : crop of corn can be made on
the land, nd in the fall the vetch will
come up again after the corn and re-
new the pasture and be the means OF
supplying humus to the soil. Har-
rowed in with a heavy, sharp tooth
harrow on Bermuda sward in October,
it makes a very good pasture in the
early spring, and as soon as it dies
down in May or June, the Bermuda
will renew it's growth more vigorously
than it would have done without the
vetch's influence for good Mixed
crops make more per acre, and mixed
food is better for stock of all kinds.
have never seen weather severe
enough to damage vctch in the winter,
when it was sown early enough to
catch good hold before the freezing
weather.
On good land rye and vetch together
give very heavy crop for forage very
early in the season. These remarks
apply exclusively to the winter vetch.
Southern Farm.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-15

About this time in the year we see
quotations in the market reports of
grass hogs" and it will be noticed
that the prices quoted for these are al.
most al Ways lower than those for regu-
lar fed stock. This is because the flesh
of hogs fattened out ON grass or slop il
not as firm as that of granted animals,
and is not as valuable in the eyes OF
packers or users. 1t does not pay to
send such stock to market one time in
ten, and this year. when the wheat
crop is large and the price is low, it Is
an absolute waste of good material tc
sell grass-fed hogs. A hog that is well
fed and in good condition from grass
feeding may be made to put on weight
very rapidly if fed cracked wheat with
little corn, and at present prices OF
hogs there is no way in which greater
price can be realized for wheat than to
feed it to them. A well-fnishet! lnt OF
hogs which has been fed out on wheat
and corn will make the best OF pork,
and in market win bring the top pgices.
Farm News
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-15
Rufe took The big sliff. ann

hnie took The big slsiff. andN er,
I No., WIN Olive sitting in tho ~
"A not thick haze hn,----~ neared the
and frQp,sfoe.
- Suddenly all the vapor that had filed
the air seemed to gather into black
cloud; and soon this cloud glowed
with streaks of flame, and emitted
hoarse growls
at will be a thunderstorm" eS.
claimed Mrs. Loring. Il wish Olive
was here with me; she's so afraid Of
thunder
1t happened that Pruliette Kelly had
come to the camp with pail of but
ter. They invited her to stay till the
shower was over.
Now a blast of hot wind swept over
the lake and caught the haze up with
it, carrying it off to the angry black
cloud, which had swollen till it filed
nearly the whole sky As the haze
vanished objects near the opposite point
could be more clearly distinguished.
See cried Mrs Loring, "isn't that
the boat pulling out from shore? Oh,
why dosn't Rufe stay at the farm
house! How can he be SO foolishr
Pruliette drew Mrs. Larned back
The little gal is alone in tibet there
boat" she said in solemn whisper.
"Rufe must a-left her in it when he
went up to the house; an that sudden
wind druv it off the shore. The Ran
dali boat must be away from horne;
fur kin see Rufe runnin' up an down
the bank, an lift was there he'd foller
her The wind is drivin' the boat right
toward us"
The rain began to fall in torrents,
churning the already veXed water till
it seemed to boil. 1t was one of those
violent thunderstorms to which Lake
Ontario is subject during the hot sea-
son. 1t grew dark, and the boat was
hidden. When the rain stopped cold
hurricane rushed by, and the panic
stricken water fed before it in swift,
headlong waves. Now the boat was
visible again, tossing about. seeming
to share the agony Of the water,
The woman could see Olive clingng
to seat, in constant danger of being
thrown out; the blast carried her shrill
screams to their ears. See, the boat
may be driven against the pointr'
cried one of them. But as it came on
they saw the wind would take it by,
outside the point.
An open shed had been built for the
boats on the western side of the point,
where, asawas now the case, the water
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-15
HERE AND THERE.

Scrub horses are as cheap as dirt
that will not sprout peas, and for the
same reason-not wanted.
There is a great advantage in fall
pigs-if you have enough of them you
don't have to buy meat. There is still
greater advantage in spring pigs, for
the same reason.
Second crop potatoes for seed are
coming into general use in the north
as well as in the south and wherever
used they have proved to be better
than the mature tubers.
d. j. Curry, of Mercer county, Ky,
made more money off sixteen acres OF
Irish potatoes this year than he did
from 100 acres of wheat. Sou them
farmers will be better off when they
diversity their crops, and not ontino
themselves to wheat, corn. tobac go and
cotton.
-Oleo made from the fat of horses
and mules is said to cost two 20 three
cents per pound less than that made
from the fat of swine and kinn, and il
makes more deceptive subst itute for
butter, and one more difficult to detect
by the taste, smell or flavor.
"A stone of about one hundred
pounds weight placed near the center
of the COW lot will be found a great
convenience to those who have sense
enough to use it, and not sense enough
to restrain u desire to kick the cows.
Kicking the stone answers the purpose,
and does no harm.
The average weight of hogs re-
ceived at the South Omaha stock wards
during August was 200 pounds. For
the same month in 1893 the average
was 253 pounds. Hog men are reali;.-
ing that meat, and not mountains If
fat, is what is wanted. ..
What man is there among YOU,
who, if he has mill that will grind
one hundred bushels in one h our, will
put but fifty bushels in the hopper?
If such man is an idiot of the first
water, what about the dairyman who
feeds his cow less than she can digest?
Verify they are two of kind.
Few hog raisers have prc1nr
view of the utility of comfort, If any
beast loves comfort more than really
lazy hog raiser, it is hog We don
know precisely how much pork may
be produced to the pound OF comfort.
but we do know that comfort fed with
other food is better than any food with.
out it, and it is cheap
There isinothing hcttelethan clover,
when the catctpis perfect. for suppress
ing weeds, especially of the annual
sort. II viii considerably moderate
the growth Of Canada thistleand .,nari,
grass, though these W., grow MI the
more luxuriaptly when The field is
plowed
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-15

A correspondent requests the pub
location of the most approved method
of killing weevils and other insects in
grain: As this is the season for crib
bing corn, and as much of it has weevils
already, this publication is timely.
Carbon bi-sulphide is the simplest.
cheapest and most efficient remedy in
such cases yet discovered. 1t is a color
less liquid with very offensive odor;
which, however, passes off completely
in short time. 1t readily volatilizes,
and the vapor, which is very deadly to
insect life, is heavier than air and settles
and fills any compartment or bin in the
top of which the liquid is placed. 1t
may be distributed in saturated rags on
the top of grains in bins, and the gas
will settle throughout the mass. In
large bins, to hasten and equalize the
operation, put quantity of the bi-sul-
phide i'll the center of the grain by
thrusting in balls of cotton or rags
tied to a stick aud saturated with the
liquid, or by means of Il gas pipe loose.
ly plugged at one end, down which the
liquid may be poured and the plug
then loosened with rod In moder-
ately tight bins no further precaution
than to close them well need be taken,
but in open bins it will be necessary
to cover the top with a blanket to pre-.
vent the too rapid dissipation of the
vapor. Farm and Ranch
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-15

Lane come along; he was widower
with little gal, Mandy, bout six
years old. Jim made up to Pruliette,
an she seemed to kinder soften. She
didn't talk sharp to him nor to the
little gal, an she was gentler with us
all. Twas all fixed, an they was goin
to be married: but some of the neigh
bors told Jim The was a stranger in
these parts what name she he'd fur
hein' a scold. 1t scairt him out.
'P'rhaps he thought she'd abuse lit
tie Mandy. But she wouldn't hey'.
She was real fond of that gal. an she'd
alters hev' treated her well; fur
changin' her likes and dislikes amt
one OF PrIliette's faiiin's. Wa'al, jim
Lane kinder sneaked off. sayin' he was
goin' ont west to git home ready fur
her. | guess he was scairt to break 1t
right off, after what he'd heard tell OF
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-15

was protected from the gales that
Pruliette Kelly ran to this boathouse,
and, nothing else being there, launched
the canoe. She padded il through the
calmer water out to the edge of the
angry sea that swept around the point
1t was evident that the canoe could
not live for more than moment in
such sea. An instant later the skiff
Olive standing in it, screaming and
stretching out her hands to her mother
on the shore-came scudding by the
point. Pruliette gave stroke with
the paddle that made the canoe shoot
forward; she grasped the skif and
with vigorous push sent it in toward
the calmer water. This push reacted
on the canoe, which slipped out still
further among the waves. The old
woman struggled bravely, trying to
balance the frail craft and drive it
toward the shore. She had only
gained a few yards when bllow
broke over the canoe, filed it and
sank it.
Two of the younger women waded
into the shallow water, dragged the
skiff to land and restored the child to
her mother. They saw something that
the waves rolled toward the shore
They seized it and carried it from the
water Life was not quite crushed
out from the poor old body, and after
working over her for some time she
began to show signs of returning con-
seriousness.
Hiram was found, and he and one of
the hired men carried his sister back
to her home. When the doctor'came
he said it was doubtful if she survived
the shock; she had never been strong
woman.
Toward evening Hiram and the doe
tor and Mrs. Larned and little Olives
mother were in Pruliette Kelly's room,
where she lay motionless on the bed.
OF sudden she reused, glanced around
nervously and laid thin, withered
hand on her brothers arm.
Hiram, I'm agoin to let that old
| blue hen hatch some chickens. / feel
] amt used her right; fur she hes
wanted to set-lots O. times. but !
alters stopped her quick; you know
she was my only company, an didn' t
want her off a-settin' an a-bringin' UP
chickens. | s'pose she's jest longed
fur them chicks" Then. a moment
! before the end, she spoke again: did
Mandy get ashore all safe? Poor lit.
tie Mandy -poor-thing. IN. Y. In
dependent.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-15

boarded, implanted building. Back of
its main house was a summer kitchen,
and back of that large woodshed.
open on the side next the yard. The
wooden steps had rotted away from
the front door and from tine one lead
ing into the kitchen, and now these
two stranded doors gave the place an
almost abandoned look. Evidently
the door from the shed into the sum
mer on back kitchen was the only one
in use. The house seemed to stand in
the midst of a pasture: there was no
4 fence about it. and the grass was
cropped short. as il by sheep.
On the hard earth under the open
shed was table, and sitting by this
table woman She had no lamp, and
as she sat in the gathering shadows
(which had come early into
the great, bare shed as if
finding it congenial place., 1t
was difficult at first to see her clear
ly. She was a thin old woman, with
sharp features-her eyes being per-
haps the sharpest of all. Her dress
was limp gown of blue calico. On
the table rras plate of what looked
like cold boiled potatoes and cup of
salt. She gave us curt nod and then
went on cutting off pieces of potato
and sprinl1ling them with salt.
''Can vou let Inc have a little cream@'
Miss Larned asked.
We'll, | amt goin' to stop eatin' to
git it fur ye-thet's certain"
We sat down on the board platform
around the pump, and waited.
had come the day before to the
Larneds' camp Oh the New York shore
of Lake Ontario. Their tents were
pitched on the end of a long point that
stretches out into the water This
evening Miss Larned had been sent
after cream to the Kelly farmhouse,
which was near by on the shore, and
had gone with her.
We sat for some time on the pump
platform waiting for Pruliette Kelly
to finish her meal. She was not quite
alone. There were no cats or dogs
about, but a bluishsgray hen--which
also seemed to have sharp, discon-
tented expression-sto by her chaif,
and from time to time she fed it bits of
the potato. When the old woman was
done eating she got the pail of cream
for us, and we left. She had hardly
spoken.
short distance from the farmhouse
we met an elderly man. He was tall
and bent, and walked slowly as if his
companions were sober, familiar
thoughts.
Good cvenin'. miss" he said. 'IIev'
you ben to the house?"
I'VE have just come from there. We
got some cream from your sister
Then | was introduced to Hiram
Kelly.
There was a pile of cedar fence rails
at the side of the path. He sat down
on them, with farmers usual desire
to rest his legs whenever possible. 1t
was pleasant July evening, and, as
we were in no hurry, we also sat
down on the rails.
$50 you've been TUX to see Pruli-
ette?" he said, speaking TO me. II
spose you thought her queer-follxs
mostly does. Wa'al, she is queer; but
she's smart, an she's got her good
points, too Pruliette hes he'd trials,
an the wust of all was tibet she was
born with a sharp tongue. I've heard
father tell she got it material from
mothers mother, She alters he'd it,
even when she an was little. When
she grew up the young fellers was
mostly .scairt of her. At last Jim
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-15

-Tramp-"Sir, won't you please
help poor fellow who hasn't eaten
anything for week?" Dyspeptic (who
has dined unwisely, and is suffering
the consequences)-"Help you9 You
are better off than l am, for don't
believe III want to eat anything for
the next month