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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-06-27
From To-day's Daily.

Silver Cloud is a peach but
Billy McNutt made him move
some.
That dark horse that was run
in, in Yesterdays bicycle race
was pretty fast but not fast
enough.
The best time made last year
in the 800 class was made by
Raleigh, time 2:32A. In yester-
days SEQ race Coxswan Jr.
made it IN 5:34A. Not up to
last years standard. Will it be
beaten today?
There was nothing so slow
about~the Steele County horses
in yesterdays races. g..
We told you so in yesterdays s
tips on the races that Springer
was good on the bike @
That old war horse, Joe Ralph
did some good work in yester'
days races.
Josephine looks a good thing ir
the 1886 class. She has beer
miles in a workout in 2:34 with
speed left to burn.
Dick Morrow behind Wings ir
Yesterdays race did some fine
work but was a little behind Cox
swan each time.
Wax Major, with Miss Osborn
cut quite a swell dash taking the
first two heats and then loosing
three and winning out in the
sixth.
Waif was not so slow in the
Steele Co. race and many Of ou1
sports we're betting their money
on her. She certainly can move
some but not quite fast enough
for Miss Osborn this time.
I Who can guess the winners il
the BIG RACE? Mollie O. re
cord 2:14A; Wyandottc, record
2:22E; Maud Scalf 2::23. AL
. bred in the purple and in the
!. pink ot' condition. We thinl
Maud will be right close to the
front. What do you think?
C. S. Moores, President of the
| Driving Assn, owns and drives
i Maud Scalf. Charlie made Red
strath step some last year t
beat him and will probably re
peat the trick with some of thu
others this year. Maud wen
lame a few days ago but he think:
she will be all right to start.
Jno. Flynn Of Cooperstowl
owns and drives Wyandotte
They say Jack drives like pro
! fesslonal.
The Judges III yesterday:
races we're J. Flateland OF Port
land, f D Washburn and E
Pepper. Time-keepers A Kins
and r N Gilmore. The Hol
! Chas Wilson Of Fargo as starter
/ Thos Malone acted as Secy,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-06-27
Title r1ADE TODAY.

In the 2:56 min. class. Mile
heats 3 in 5-Pursc $4,000. Lady
Brakken won first money, Dorval
second and Della third. Time,
2:29A, dead heat time 2:31-2:32H
2:34-2:34H
In the Free-for-all Trot or
Pace. Mile heats 3 in 5-Purse
$4,000. Maud Scalf won first
money, Wyandotte second, Mol
lie 0. third and Billy the Kid
fourth. Time 2:2SH-2:34-2:33a
2:28-2:32.
In the running. race Free-for
all. Half-mile heats 2 in 3-Purse
$500 Silver Cloud won first
money, Billy McNutt second
Maid of the Mist third and DAISY
Bell fourth-Time 54 -54T.
In the bicycle race, Free-for-al
Mile heats 2 in 3-Purse $1,000
Springer, of Mayyille, Brown o:
NC Henry and Reed of Fargo, en-
tered. Springer won first none,
and Brown second. Time 246-
247.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-06-27

Smoke Ferris G. Grady's Best.
One trial will convience you it is
best in name and quality. Once
tried you will smoke no other.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-06-27

There was nothing so very
slow about the 1886 class in this
afternoons race, but then it was
not near as exciting as the free
for-a1l. S II;
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-06-27

Maud Scalf is simply peach
and can go around the best o:
senl.
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Oatmeal and Dyspepsia.

The Scotch are the greatest dyspep-
tics on earth. largely owing to their
use Of half cooked oatmeal and soft
bread. Next to the Scotch are the
Americans, and no single thing has
contributed more to American dyspep-
sia than half cooked oatmeal mush
for breakfast. In rural France. where
dyspepsia is practically unknown.
hard bread and vegetables, with a very
moderate amount of meat, comprise
the chief items Of the bill Of fare.
Take the centre out Of a hot biscuit
and roll 1t a minute in your hand. and
It soon becomes a solid mass of dough,
a 'lead pill" That is the thing your
stomach wrestles with when it at.
tempts to digest hot bread or biscuit.
A good deal Of the cold bread is just
about as bad. Such food may be nu-
tritious for the chap in the circus who
relishes ground glass and eats swords
and tenpenny nails, but it shortens
the lives Of average people.-Leslie's
Weekly.
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y VMWT G3[E[R GRAY SWITCH

Nat said "Bill, I'm goin' 't'git that gal
r know the reason why"
There might haye been. treason
why" but Bill was not that kind Of a
partner. Nat married Sophie all right,
and Bill was at the wedding, sitting
round sheepishly and wishing every
body well. He didn't even have sand
enough to kiss the bride till Nat
forced him to face the music. and
then he seemed so ashamed and scared
that lie went home looking quite pale
and done"
Nat and his bride settled in Placer
vile till the placerS seemed about
played out, and then Bill staked him
for prospecting venture in the back
country.
But the chasm between them grew
wider. Bill lived alone, worked hard
er, drank harder and spoke less than
ever. Nat struck it richer and richer.
He offered to pay back to Bill all Of
his money, but the silent one got an
cry and swore that 1t wasn't loan,
but gift, and added:
"a married man amt got no right
payin' out money ef he kin git outen
it. The money amt yourn. nohow.
Leastaways It's as much Miss So
phie's as yourn.'
So Nat kept the money and waxed
richer and richer. while Bill. all alone,
worked his rocker from day to day.
till everybody said he had washed out
the last grain Of gold from the aban-
doned diggings.
Poor Bill, growing old, became the
joke of the neighborhood. Nobody be-
lieved that he was getting even q liv-
ing from the exhausted placer, and
yet he worked away, summer and
winter, sluicing the familiar sands,
nibbling his bacon alone in his hut,
speaking to no one, dreaming at the
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-10-12
CauliHOwer on Sandy Soil.

The general impression is that
cauliflower cannot be successfully
grown on sandy soils, and for the
best results it should be grown on
lively loan. Experience has proven
to the Long Island growers most con-
clusiyely that it is not the character
of soil, but it's condition, that insures
success. The cauliflower, in common
with all other plants, does not feed
upon soil, but upon the elements of
plant growth contained in the soil,
aQi these can be furnished by the
light as well as by the heavy soils.
Then the question arises can it be
fertilizer? Yes, but l should prefer,
under some circumstances, its use.
For instance the caulinower has de-
cided thirst for salt, an element that
can only be furnished by the use OF
chemicals. On saline coasts the at
mosphere will furnish that to con-
siderable extent. but not sufficient for
its needs, which on Long Island Is
furnished by the salts used in the
commercial fertilizers.
Last season was one of vicissitudes
with this crop. and showed in a few
instances the value of salt Let me
state an instance. One of our best
farmers had field. in which he was
to grow cauliflower the past year,
completely flooded by remarkably
h;nh ho in, q CT 0f
the farm. When the time fo- set
ting the plants came they were set
here the same as in the other fields,
which had been given the same pro-
portion Of fertilizer. When the har-
vest came the flooded field produced
one of the heaviest crops ever
known, and it has been stated that
profits were more than $1,000 per
acre, while most other fields were
total failures.
If l were to grow a cauliflower on
a sandy soil, l should take piece of
sod and treat it literally with we'll
rottei manure, which should be put
on the surface and plowed unler
about June 1, then narrowed smooth
ly, and left until about time to set
the plants. Then l should cultivate
as finely as possible, without dis
turbing the sod and at the same time
work in 500 pounds common salt to
the acre, and look with confidence for
satisfactory crop-C. L. Allen, in
New England Homestead.
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FRANKLIN, LA SATURDAY, OCTOBER ~, 1901

grub and tharked Jenkins into the
bargain. The pile of yellow dust that
the hermit weighed out was very
little pile, but the trader knew better
than to pry into poor Bin's affairs.
A week later Mrs. Nat Harkins, nee
Tittin, arrived in Placerville, and was
duly heralded In the weekly news
paper. She found Bill, and. wanting
to help him, didn't kEow how to &C
about 1t, She argued to the effect
that the money he had loaned he,
husband was source Of annoyance
to her, but Bill only shook his head
and answered.:
Loan? 1 never loaned Nat nc
money, Miss Sophie. Nary cent
nary, nary-nary."
She tried to cheer him up. invited
him to Sacramento, rallied him about
his splendid head Of snow white hair
and showed him how her own once
raven tresses had not only whltened
but grown thin and scant.
"Will you sell me your hair Bill?''
she laughed one day, after she had
coaxed a vague smile to his wrinkled
face.
"I'll give it to you. Miss Sophie" he
quavered, seriously. Really, now,
would you like t. git tn hnir:"
+ II have my heart set on it. Bill"
She saw a chance at last. 'But I
won't take it for nothing. III by 1t
nj
actly. Law. what a lovely switch 1t
would make! Come. Bill, for old
times sake. Will you take five hun
dred for your hair:'
Gee law! Miss Sophie, six bits IL
git it all. wliskers throwed in" But
she insisted on paying fair price,
and at last he agreed, "for old times
sake" to go to the barber at Placer
vile and get a hair cut. When he
walked out Of the shop with a close
cropped poll Placerville marveled and
the gossips agreed that THE Wilder
Harkins was courtin' Hermit Bill
But when the barber circulated the
story that Bill had collected a hun
der dollars for his hirsute crop, the
listeners allowed that bill was q
purity peart, onsentimentaf old cock"
Year after year Mrs Harkins came
to Placerville to buy old Bills crop of
hair. He was persuaded that whis-
kers We're as good as any other hair
''to make switches and rats" and SO
he continued to hang on to life by a
hair. But at last Miss Sophie found
no answer to her rap on the door.
Bill had been expecting her. for he
was dressed in his old suit of faded
black. sitting by the window in the
sun. But he had drifted away from
the bar at last as his partner, his gold
and his long white hair had drifted
long ago.-John H. Raftery, in the
!, Chicago Record-Herald.
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Hay and Fertility.

A good way to run down the Ter
tility of farm is to raise successive
crops of hay on the land without any
special attention to improve methods
of restoring to the soil the elements
which the hay takes from it. In many
parts of the country, where haying
was formerly very profitable. 1t Is
now a pretty poor sort of farming,
simply on account of this robbing OF
uosly, and money was made thereby;
but gradually the hay crop proved
smaller and less profitable. and in
time the land was good for nothing
else. There are at present many
such rundown farms. and the owners
will tell you that there is no money
in raising hay, nor in any other kind
of farming. 1t is not that the price OF
hay is not satisfactory, but the land
which formerly yielded such good
crops fails now to respond.
l believe in raising good hay for
market, and do it every year. finding
therein as good profit as in any 9th.
er crop. But years ago came to the
conclusion that hay as a market crop
would not pay unless it was raised
as part OF good system OF crop
rotation. Consequently while other
farms arounl me have in many in.
stances shown unmistakable signs OF
degeneration through too heavy hay
cropping, mine is really in better fer
tility than at the beginning. / have
always contrived to get back to the
land as much II not more than !
took from it. The soii must be in the
right condition to yie'd a heavy crop
of timothy, and timothy takes from 1t
more life and fertility than any other
crop. That is one rsason why fancy
timothy hay always brings the high.
est price In the market. Yet with
forethought and planning a big crop
Of fancy timothy car be raised almost
as easily as any oticr hay grass. 1t
is all in the rotatio., and the method.
In this rotation clover must al
ways play conspicuous part. Let
clover follow wheat to add to the
|. soil all the rich fertility that this
plant carries with it. The clover
crop must be planted often to make
it possible to secure good catch
without difficulty The trouble often
is that clover is used only as last
resort. Other crops are planted and
harvested until the soil is robbed of
nearly all it's fertility; then it is ex.
pected that clover will suddenly re-
store the land to its normal cOn1i-
ton. This it would do If the clover
could be made to grow luxuriantly,
but the fact is the soil is then so
poor that the clover fails to make a
good catch, and as result efforts
must be made to induce the clover
to grow. This is much like the other
crops. 1t does not pay to let the
soil run down too much. The time
for repairing it is when the degener-
acy first begins. Each year the re-
pairs to the soil should be male.
Then we would have no rundown
farms and soils that will not produce
paying crops.-C. S. Walters, in
American Cultivator.
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tree OF this kind need not necessarily
be unprofitable because it is Old
though if it is old and has been neg
ledej it must be. We find that many
OF this class of tree are what they
are through neglect. The heads have
for years been allowed to become a
tangled mass of growth. The head
wood has become crowded, so that too
many fruits set, and in the end dc
not come to salable size, neither do
they color up as they should do. In
such cases the remedy IS simple. The
old, dead growth must be cut out
thoroughly. The moss covered bOughs
must be cleaned All branches that
cross and rub against each other
must be regulated by removal AMI
generally the pruning or thinning out
process must be carried out in such
a way that when finished the heads
of the trees will be open and airy
which will insure a free crop of the
best fruits.
If any one will look into the mat
ters with which we deal they will find
that the majority Of the proftless
fruit trees We refer to are planted In
grass land. The fact is instructive
and it justifes in the most emphatic
manner the .denunciations that we
launched against the system for
years. It is utterly impossible to
grow the best apples and pears in
grass lani-there can be no doubt
about that. If we pay visit in the
fruiting season to the fruit trees set
in grass we shall be struck with the
small size Of the fruits the trees
usually bear. There may be plenty OF
apples or pears. but there will be few
good sized fruits to be seen among
them. Tillage is of the utmost i'm
portance to fruit trees, but this i'm
portant operation cannot be carried
out when the trees are surrounded
with grass. Aeration, so necessary
in the production Of large sized
fruits, becomes impossible, and the
fine surface tilth that is so needfu)
under good culture cannot be pro
Iuced unless the land is open and un
cropped by grass or any crops grow
ing right up to the stems Of the
trees.-London Globe.
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The partners had been living on the
Il par two years when the Tiff1n family
= eguek Placerville. They came from
Y sVnaosSand of course Nat "looked them
There was a daughter-Sophie,
saad Nat discovered her. Then Bill,
g b duty bound. also discovered her.
nat 90 ~ ''e
Finest ever seen the dayw echoed
BM," said Nat. after a long pause.
rn goin'' t git that gal r know the
aason whyw
You kin git r." said Bill. with an
4 salphasis on the "you," because he
nsught Nat was 80 superior that he
ient have anything he went after.
AZ hrst Daddy Tiff1n, Nanny Tiffln
sad Sophie herself were inclined to
Iavor"' Bill. He was handsomer,
eadier and came from the county
sch Tifilns called "Home." But he
1ever got within hailing distance Of
dsvely. Sophie. Nat was SO all
ID eloquent that he talked the whole
miiy into loving him before Bill
~ summoned enough nerve to
1eeze the girls fingers. Everybody,
eluding Nat, knew that Bill was
nd hit when his partner left him
lght after night to woo the buxom
MO girl, but nobody except Bill him.
~ knew that the biggest sacrifice OF
- npael6sh life began the night when
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-10-12
sky and the river and watching the
purple shadows creep across the green
and yellow shoulders Of the Sierras.

sky and the river and watching the
purple shadows creep across the green
and yellow shoulders Of the Sierras.
Meanwhile the Harkinses had moved
to Sacramento, living there IN sur
passing grandeur, rich beyond the
young dreams of Partner Nat" and
forgetful of the silent one left alone on
the bar. Bill never visited. Nat never
visited. But only one Of them forgot.
One day a black bordered letter ad-
dressed to "Mr. William Shea" came
to the Placeryille postoffice. Bill got
It. and the next day, dressed In an ola
suit of shining broadcloth, he went
down in the stage to the west-bound
train. Sophie didn't know him at the
funeral. If she saw him at all through
her tears she did not recognize the
wh,te-haired. bent old hermit of the
har He came back silent as he went,
and resumed the aimless routine OF
washing the sands from which all gold
had vanished.
One Saturday old Bill failed to show
up at his trading place in Placervllle'
and Jenkins, the trader, knew some
thing was wrong. Jenk was one OF
the old-timers, and he had figured ou'
the silent one for himself So he
rode over to the bar with BilFs week
" supply of bacon and flour. ne
found the hermit sick and in Ded.
The hearth was as bare as the old
zine cupboard, but Bill paid tor the
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-10-12
Look After Young Turkeys.

After young turkeys have passed
the danger period they are then very
hardy, and will take care of them
selves with but little assistance. They
are naturally great foragers and are
therefore liable to destruction from
dogs, foxes and other enemies. They
will always prefer high roosting
places, and in alighting therefrom
they sometimes become lame. Even
when we'll advanced in growth they
sometimes succumb to the attacks Of
the large gray lice, which are found
under the wings and on the skin Of
the heads and necks. The remedy
is to apply little melted lard or
grease Of any kind will destroy the
lice; but if too much is used it will
also injure the young turkeys. An
occasional busting with insect powder
will also be found beneficial.
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y yERYBODY in the American

| VERYBODY In the American
IL River bottom knew Bill Shea.
VI The newcomers called him
~ hermit" and wondered at
his long white hair and beard. his i'm
Hsuetrable loneliness and utter disre-
SaYd for all mankind. He lived on the
A, near Placerville 80 long that only
the old-timers knew how he happened
10 set up his cabin there and linger
alcne while more progressive miners
sought new diggings or deserted the
placer mines altogether to- seek their
fortunes in buried mines of quartz.
II was In the early days that Bill
Shea and Nat Harkins came to Cali
fornia from Ohio. They were like
brothers. holding together closer even
than. ties OF blood could hold them,
suffering. toiling, fighting and living,
as IL seemed. wholly for each other.
Nat was the more brilliant Of the part
ners. He had the gift Of gab." and
made friends faster than Bill. The
latter talked to nobody but Nat, and
for two years nothing came between
them. Hard work and diligence
netted them each a comfortable sum
from the golden sands Of the river.
and even when smarter gold seekers
drifted restlessly away from the old
bar Bill and Nat bade them goodbye
without sign Of yearning for new
fields of work or adventure. They
had built a cabin, and the place had
become home to them. When Nat
was sick Bill nursed him. When Nat
swore, Bill blasphemed in sympathy.
II one wandered from the path Of vir-
tue amid the red lights of Placerville
the other was always at hand to guide
his errant footsteps, to defend his
rights with words or money, and to
lght il necessary for the cause which.
no matter how slight, was mutual.
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To Secure Good Cows.

Good COWS can only be secured by
keeping the good calves that are
from animals which are known to be
meritorious, but the farmers who buy
their fresh COWS and sell their calves
when they are but a few days old
destroy all opportunities for selection.
A good calf, however, is one that is
bred for a special purpose and the
farmer, therefore, knows in advance
what it should be when maturei. and
the calf will, if it is from good stock,
probably not disappoint him.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-10-12
A WILD DUCKS BATTLE WTHA HAWK
She Brnvely Defended Her Newly
Hatched Brood and Then Saved Herself,

Hatched Brood and Then Saved Herself.
A. green-winged teal is the heroine of
Ernest Seton-Thompson's new story in
the Ladies' Home Journal. After her
brood was hatched she started to take
them across a pond. This was q mis-
take" Mr.. Seton-Thompson writes.
For it exposed them to enemies. A
great marsh hawk saw them, and he
came swooping along sure Of getting
one in each claw. Run for the rushesr
called out the Mother Greenwing, and
run they all did, pattering over the sur
face as fast as their tired little legs
could go. Run! rum! cried the moth
er. but the hawk was close at hand
now. In spite of all their running he
would be on to them in another Sec
ond. They were too young to dive;
there seemed no escape when just as
he pounced the bright little mother
gave a great splash with all her
strength, and, using both feet and
wings, dashed the water all over the
hawk. He was astonished. He
sprang back into the air to shake him.
se,f dry. The mother urged the little
ones to Keep on! and keep on they
did. But down came the hawk again;
again to be repelled with shower Of
spray. Three times did he pounce.
and three times did she drench him.
Now all the downlings were safe in
the friendly rushes, the angry hawk
made a lunge at the mother. but she
could dive, and, giving q good-by
splash, she easily disappeared"
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No Rule for Feeding.

There is no rule for feeding. as each
individual must be considered sepa-
rately from the others. 1t is not an
uncommon error to suppose that the
animals which eat but little are the
most profitable. So long as an animal
is capable of digesting and assimilat-
ing food the greater the amount OF
food it should consume. and the more
profitable the returns, especially with
ton of food required to support an
animal and supply waste Of tissue is
less when a large amount Of food is
eaten than when smaller. quantity
is consumed.
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Renewing the Lawn.

II you wish to renew the lawn this
fall use Kentucky blue grass and
white clover, as they seem to stand
the dry seasons better than some
kinds. II sown in the fall the grass
will get a good start and be ready to
grow rapidly In spring. Sow in Aug
uA and September.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-10-12

In some cases it will be found that
old fruit trees, though proftless at
present consist of good salable kinds,
and the question is, BY what means
can such trees be brought into fruit
full or profitable condition? A fruit
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-10-12

We won't be able to get speaking
likeness of woman until some genius
invents a camera with a phonograph
attachment -
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-10-12

The largest freight clearing yard in
the world is to be established in Chi
cago, where all freight arriving and
departing will be transferred. There
will be los miles Of track in It,