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The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09

gun ship, and say four hundred and
fifty of a crew? A single broadsldc
would blow us into ribs"
At four O'Clock in the afternoon tn"
frisate was still in chase, but the Ii..ht
breeze and the keen entry of tho f-l..
had helped her as though with the
gift of an auxiliary screw. and now
when you looked at the man-oi-yyar
you saw that she was sunk To her
ports. but still she hung astern. a full
majestic moon of canvas deadly in
resolved pursuit.
Amt the wind scanting." said Grin
dal to Captain Pope creasing his
nose and snufiling as he brought his
wicked eyes to bear on his commafl-
der.
We may have it out of southeast" >"
answered Pope, Il shall keep all on,
everything abroad, dead before it until
we can sail her into darkness which
cant be far OF; though hre seize that
sun, dye notice how slow he always
is in his going when nights wanted
in hurry"
1t was famous saying of Nelson.
that at sea good deal must be left
to chance" and very often chance.
which is another name for fortune.
will show mercy to the undeseryiug
even to pirates. though meritorlous
frigate has been sweating astern all
day in their wake For by six O'Clock
the sky southeast was painted a
threatening dark gray with mass of
loose stuff sulkily scaling off it; and
now it was that both Pope and Crys-
tai stood waiting breathiessly: it vas
life or death to them; they stared into
the horizon and their faces looked
their tremendous intentions. Each
man as he gaZed saw the brig filed
with men-of-warsmen and his own
corpse crimsoning the white planI:
No! these starving master mariners
had hoisted the abhorred flag for a
fortune. not for a gibbet.
Then with no further scanting the
wind shifted all of sudden slap with
the run of the swell.
kldi Spui kSldI bpdi u
your helm!" roared Pope. See what
are they doing yonder?"
Such cheer as a man reprieved
from death would send up to heaven
or being scoundrel pirate would send
down to the devil, broke from Pope's
deep throat as he dropped the tele-
scope and turned to Crystal. The fri
gate with shift of wind had down
helm and was bracing her yards up to
join the two vessels out of sight be-
hind the rim of the sea. She had
abandoned the pursuit.
With huge oath Crystal dashed his
cap on to the deck, shouting, What
an escape."
Scarce had he said this when all
hands began to see what had hap
pened and they fell mad. The decks
were covered with dancing figures.
the air was split with their hideouS
roars of joy.
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College and Station Notes.

w. l.. Carlisle, professor of Animal
Husbandry in the University of Wis
consin, has resigned to accept the po-
sition Of agriculturist at the Colorado
station.
The appropriation by the Florida
legislature for agricultural buildings
at the University OF Florida has been
declared unconstitutional in the way
in which it was passed, and the erec-
tion of the buildings will have to be
delayed till after other session of the
legislature. Co-education at the uni
versity has been abolished.
F. R. Marshall, assistant in animal
Eusbandry at the Iowa Station has
resigned. The vacancy has been filled
by the appointment Of W. J. Ruther-
ford, of Guelph, Canada.
Prof. H. ]. Waters, dean and direc-
tor of the Missouri college and station,
has been appointed superintendent of
agriculture for the Missouri exhibit at
the st. Louis Exposition. and has been
granted leave of absence to take
up the work. F. B. Mumford has been
appointed acting dean and director in
his absence.
The forestry school at Cornell Uni
versity has been discontinued.
H. c. Price, recently horticulturist
at the Iowa Agricultural College, has
been elected dean OF the Ohio Agri-
cultural College.
At its recent session the legislature
Of the state Of Pennsylvania appro-
priated tor the agricultural college a
total OF $25O,S05.55
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Caustic Criticism.

r. X. Munkittrick. editor Of Judge.
tells good story of one of his neigh
bors out in the wilds of New Jersey.
The said neighbor. while in a prepara-
tory school, concluded that he would
one day startle the world with his
lofty literary style.
Having devoured many works OF
rhetoric. he finally landed in Harvard
where he determined to begin with
his startling" tactics. He prepared.
at great length. an essay that he says
he considered masterpiece of sub
lime and lofty style. When it came
back he was quite astonished to find
the following brief criticism written
across its face in large blue-pencil
letters:
Don't you think You took pretty
long run for so short slide New
York Times.
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Thetis, West indiaman.

Nothing happened the next two
days. The crew were bitterly dis
appointed by the escape of the Madre.
They admitted that their commander
had not deceived them. That sort
of fortune over which the black star
trembles had admitted them to Il sight
of the object of their cruise; but for
Bland and his accursed schooner. the
Spaniard might have been theirs.
However, it was to be the next
ship; Captain Pope had s"orn it. Cap
tain Crystal had echoed the oath. The
men, defeated in their greed wild to
get money and end the dangerous
cruise, were furiously determined
1t was a Sunday morning. fair and
PEACEFUL one Of those sweet, warm
mornings. which at sea make you
think of the glad music of the noun
ing lark. while memory calls up the
woodland scene, the dusty road the
little highway inn.
Crystal had come up from breakfast,
leaving Pope at table, and Grindal re-
lieved from his watch on deck. was
rolling forward, when a loud. clear
voice, sang from the fore-top gallant
yard, Sail ho!"
tTo be continued)
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The Two Captains
by w. CLARK RUSSELL.
Copyirh b p F yHh by MeadG %
tBy W. CLARK RUSSELL.

of grog apiece, the two captains went
on deck.
1t was not until five bells, half.past
sight ahead; two showing from the
deck before the third. 1t was plain
they were keeping company and SAIL
ed close together. Pope and Grindal
had been watching the ships on the
bow through the telescope intently
for some time in silence, when Grindal
exclaimed:
The little 'un to the right is a
schooner. She's under small canvas
while t'othT shows all she's got to
spread and the amidship vessel" he
added after a pause, letting the glass
sink from his eye and speaking in a
hollow voice, while he fastened his
mander's countenance, lis a frigate-
as l should say by the histe of the
tawsls. of all fifty guns"
Quick! the glass;" shouted Pope.
He wrenched it with the violence of
sudden passion of excitement out of
the boatswain's hands, looked, and in
note of thunder bawled:
It's an English frigate as you say.
conveying the Madre, that's half
wrecked aloft, and the schooner Julia
Morton is her prize, by heaven!"
He then rushed aft, roaring. Shift
your helm two points; let the shift be
gradual, Grindal. trim with caution!
A hellish trap to stumble on! All of
a sudden, too!" He was blood-red with
sensations and passions.
Pope was perfectly right: but then
no seaman aided by glass could
have mistaken; the schooner was un-
do.lbtedly the beautiful fabric COM
manded by Captain Bland, and the
ship with her fore-topmast gone an
swered in every minute point to the
description Pope had received of the
Madre de Dios.
'Damnation! she's after u.s." below
ed Crystal.
And sure enough the frigate might
be seen with yards slowly squaring,
rounding slowly out from her con-
sorts, and as she brought her bow
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CHICAGO Milk Trade.

A report Of the United States De
partment of Agriculture says that
Chicago uses daily 1G9,4G5 gallons OF
milk. There are 1929 firms engaged
in selling milk. Over $4,000 quarts of
bottled milk come into the city each
day, but only two companies fill all.
of their bottles in the country. TherN
are 80 dairy herds inside the city lin.
its, which have an aggregate of 420
cows. There are 1880 cows kept pri.
vately. These city cows produce daily
4,5O0 gallons of milk. There are 1000
dairy farms outside of Chicago that
send milk to the city. and most of the
milk goes in over 16 railroads. The
railroad charge is from to % cents
per can. The largest haul is 142 miles.
but most of the milk comes from
territory within 100 miles of the city.
This milk producing territory includes
Southern Wisconsin, Northern Illinois
and Northern Indiana. There is no
uniform charge among the railroads
for hauling milk, but each road has a
tariff of its own.
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Washington Oairyina.

The number of creameries il the
state OF Washington in 1901 was 249.
an increase of So over the preceding
year. The amount of butter manu-
factured was ASSESSES pounds. an in
crease over the preceding year of
l,l5O.141 pounds. Last year the num-
Der OF creameries was 345, and the
manufactured butter product amount
ed to 5,SS3,251 pounds, an increase
OF 99t,423 pounds over the preceding
year. The report of the State Dairy
Commission shows that the average
wages paid buttermakers is $66.66 per
month and the average wages paid
assistants was $40 per month. The
average value of each creamery plant
is estimated at $500.
There are Al cheese factories in the
state and their product last year was
l,12S,735 pounds, an increase of %, ,802
pounds over the preceding year. The
average value of the cheese factories
is $1,9OO. The local creameries and
cheese factories are not by any means
supplying the state. even with the
help of the farm dairies Millions of
pounds of butter and cheese have to be
imported to make uD the deficiency.
A part OF the butter made in Wash
ington is shipped to Alaska, where
the price is very good. During some
years the amount shipped reaches
nearly million pounds.
The law relative to inspection Is
poorly enforced on account of lack of
appropriation. Preservatiyes in milk
are used to some extent; but the users
when discovered are prosecuted and
fined. Formalin is the most common
preservative used as it can with diff
Guilty be detected after the milk be-
gins to sour.
The average price of butter for ten
months during 1902 was four cents
per pound higher on the Seattle mar
ket than on the Elgin market There
are 125,OO0 milch COWS in the state
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Time Of Seeding Wheat.

For four years past the Oklahoma
station has been experimenting with
the seeding OF winter wheat to get
the best yields. The plan has been
to make one seeding in the middle
OF September, another in the middle
Of October, and third in the middle
of November. The experimenter says:
Red Russian wheat has been used
in this experiment and seeded on all
plots at the rate of IL bushels per
acre. The crop of 1902-03 was OF the
very finest quality. The yield and
quality Of the grain from the Septem-
ber and October seedlings usually diff
fers but little. The September seed
ing usually affords more pasture and
during some seasons on rich soils suf
fers II 1t is not pastured. The Octo-
Der seeding Is less likely to be hurt
In the fall by such insects as grass
hoppers. chinch bugs, and Hessian
fly. The November seeding is usually
very uncertain and backward and the
crop is always more affected by rust
which often makes the quality very
poor"
The heavy rains of last fall kept the
ground SO wet that the November
seeding of 1902 had to be omitted.
Averages for the previous three years
give only 20.49 bushels from November
seeded ground. The average for four
years OF the September seeded land
was 31.S2 bushels, and for the Octo-
ber seeded land 3106 bushels. show
ing that good results may be obtained
by seeding from September 10 to Oc-
tober Is. This is a point of value for
farmers residing in Oklahoma and 10
calities where conditions are similar.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09
Side Shows at Fairs

Within a few years the most obiec-
tionable features of the side shows at
state and county fairs have been elm
mated. 1t was not so long ago that
some of these shows were so indecent
as to draw upon the fair managers
strong condemnation and energetic
protests. From year to year we have
noted steady improvement, till in
most cases the really Objectionable
features have disappeared The prin-
cipal criticism now made is that these
shows are mostly worthless. They
neither instruct nor entertain. The
crowd is assured that inside the tent
it will hear the real Georgia min.
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Sesame Oil and Maroarine,

1t is declared that when less than
ten per cent of margarine is mixed
with butter it is impossible to detect
its presence. Several foreign govern
ments have therefore passed laws
compelling the manufacturers of mar
garine to mix with their product a
very small quantity OF sesame oil,
which can be readily detected on an
alysis, but which does not affect the
flavor Of the margarine. So far Ger
many. Austria and Belgium have
made this rule. Now the French min.
lister of agriculture has introduced
bill into the national assembly max
ing the use Of sesame oil compulsory.
The bill provides in addition that
henceforth no oleomargarine can -
Imported into that country that does
not have some sort of ingredient in it
that will make its character easy OF
detection.
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guns to bear upon the Gypsy flash!
and her most Ineligible hint of
thunder yelled the fok'sle in blue pow
der smoke.
The brig was put dead before the
wind. Her people toiled in frantic
haste, and in a frenzy of desire to
escape; for well did they know the
penalty that many of them would have
to pay if that shapely cloud of soft
swelling whiteness astern brought the
grinning artillery of the hull below
within easy reach of the Gypsys
spars.
Il expect that scoundrel Bland has
peached,' says Crystal fiercely to
Pope, while the two captains stood to-
gether near the wheel watching their
lofty, swaying pursuer. Does he
gain on us?"
No" answered Pope, with the sud
den decision of conviction But
curse seize this swell. Is it the fore.
runner of calm? Then we are dead
men, Johnny. Or is there wind be-
hind it,"
Il believe l see wind in that sky"
answered Crystal, looking into the
southeast. What shall you do if she
overhauls u.s."
Strike" answered Pope
'Ill not be taken alive" said Crys-
tai. so help me God, will shoot
myself when you strike, if. after fight
ing them, | am alive. I'll not swing"
Again the frigate tried the range:
to no purpose. All the pirates looking
as one man could not see where the
shot hit the water.
There could be no question that the
Gypsy was not only holding her own,
but that she was distancing her pur-
suer. When her people made sure of
this. their savage civilizations broke
out. They filled cans of gin and rum.
and Pope, fourishing a glassful roar
ed out:
Here's to our brave little sweet
heart. Here's to her darling heels. my
lads. Drink to her-drink to her."
And roaring huzza went up from
the crew.
''lf they're going to broach the liquor
casks in this fashion, muttered Crys-
tai in Pope's ear. making a dreadful
face as he slowly turned his eyes
from the frigate. "there'il be no fight
ing when fishting's wanted"
"There'll be no fighting anyhow"
! answered Pope. What! with fifty
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strels." The crowd enters. expecting
to hear some good singing. The whole
thing proves to be farce, as any one
among the audience could sing as well
as the people on the platform. So 1t
is with the Indian war dance. One
aborigine pounds drum, while an
other limps around singing How. how
howl" But people don't object; they
expect that sort of thing at the fair,
AS the side show cannot be eliminated
It should be improved. 1t can be made
both entertaining and instructive.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09
Demand for Condensed Milk.

1t is doubtless true that the de
mand for condensed milk is on the
increase. A good many families that
once used cows milk now use con
densed milk Recently the writer Wis
tied friend living in a small Michi-
gan town, and was surprised to see
condensed milk on the table. Cows
milk was also on the table. but the
family used mostly the condensed
milk. Taking all things into consid-
Grafton they regarded the condensed
article as cheap as the other, though
prices for the latter were very reas-
enable.
There are several reasons why Il
large number of people prefer the
condensed milk. In the first place.
they assume that it has been heated
to point that kills all germ life
which probably is not true. In the
second place, they believe that the
milk from which this condensed ar
ticle was made is cleaner than the
milk generally obtainable-and this isl
certainly true. The public has with
in few years heard great deal
about the filthy conditions in which
many of our dairy herds live and
produce milk, and they are fleeing
from such milk. 1t is also quite gen
orally known that the condensing
factories are very eXacting in the mat
ter of the milk they use. A trip
among the suppliers of milk for con
densing factories shows whitewashed
stables, well-lighted and well-ventilat-
ed, barnyards well-drained and clean
ly kept, milk cans perfectly clean and
bright, and cement cooling watts in
which is running cold water. The
milk inspectors do not hesitate to or
der the methods that will give clean
milk where "ordering' is necessary.
We have known the milk of farmers
refused because they would not put
in ventilator. For such reasons the
companies that make condensed milk
find the demand for their goods con
stantly increasing. The census of
1890 showed an annual production of
37926,S21 pounds Of condensed milk:
the census of 1900 showed an annual
production of 1S6921,7S7 pounds, au
increase of nearly 800 per cent.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09
Good Yields of Wheat,

From Farmers Review: -hresh-
ing has been in progress on the Fort
Hays Branch Experiment Station. and
some of the yields are very crafty
ing. There has been grown here this
year 22O varieties of small grain, 165
being fall wheat. The seed grains of
these were furnished by the Bureau of
Plant Introduction Of the Department
of Agriculture, and were known to be
promising. The surplus seed from
these varieties is being sold to wheat
growers all over the western part of
the state, so that the benefit Of the
station will be felt Immediately.
The following is a list of the va
rieties and yields that are consider
ably above the average:
Kansas No 4 Kharkov, a Russian
winter wheat (bearded). 1870 bushels
per acre.
Kansas No. 5 Beloglna, a Russian
winter wheat (bearded), 1924 bush els
per acre.
Kansas No. 6 Ulta, Russian winter
wheat (bearded), 3635 bushels per
acre.
Kansas No. Z Crimean, Russian
winter wheat (bearded, 4o.61 bushels
per acre.
Kansas No. s Chrka, Russian
winter wheat (bald), 1858 bushels per
acre.
Kansas No. imported Turkey
(bearded), 1852 bushels per acre.
Kansas No. 33 Kharkov (bearded),
;5.2S bushels per acre.
Kansas No. 35 Crmean Importation
(bearded), 1854 bushels per acre.
Kansas No. 81 Thesis (bearded).
1927 bushels per acre.-Fort Hays
Branch Experiment Station, Hays,
Kan.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09
CHAPTER XIII.
The Made.

Nothing answering to the descrip
fion of the Madre hove in sight. Pope
had not known until he met Captain
Bland that ships from Cadiz for two
or three years in succession had been
taken by pirates. He consulted with
Crystal, and they agreed it was pos
sible that the commander OF the
Madre. fearing to be plundered, had
shaped a course for the Horn widely
remote from that pursued by his
predecessors.
Four days had passed since the
Julia Morton parted company Pope
and Crystal were sitting at dinner. A
piece of salt beef steamed upon the
.able: boiled fowl lay before Crvs-
al; on little brass tray, suspended
rom the upper deck. swung three or
sour bottles, containing as many diff
serent sorts of liquor.
Pope, after receiving n leg of fowl
spon his plate, instead of falling to,
sat eyeing his companion steadfastly.
Crystal" said he, Il have made up
my mind to quit this barren. cursedly
hopeless scene tomorrow and go for
the Antilles. 1t is horrible disap.
pointment, but we must face it like
men. Before l take this fresh step
{ will call the crew aft and hold a
souncil with them"
They'll expect it" said Crystal,
helping himself to glass of the Earl's
champagne.
Just then the boatswain called
through the skylight:
Three sail, right ahead. are re-
ported from the t'gallant yard, sir.
Heading for us.
Right" and the boatswain's ugly
hce vanished.
After swallowing another tumbler
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CHAPTER xIl.-Continued.

Il left her in port" replied Captain
Bland, "and I'm here waiting for her :"
Pope fell back with wild look at
Crystal, and struck his thigh slap
that sounded like shot.
Good mercy" cried he with a dull
rather pale face. "'Tis small world
Captain Bland. The Madre's the ship
we are waiting for"
The bearded skipper looked under
d frown, with his black slow eyes at
him. gathered his beard to point in
a leisurely clutch of his fist. and said,
without smiling, I'VE must 90 into
partnership" at which Crystal broke
Into more genuine explosion of
laughter than Pope had ever heard
fly from his lips.
"Who is this gentleman" said Cap
tain Bland.
Captain Crystal, my chief officer"
answered Pope.
Il believe we have met" said Cap
tain Bland. Wasn't you once mas
ter of little barque with a cargo for
london from Kingstown, Jamaica?"
THE William Pitt" said Crystal.
Il boarded you off Turks Island"
Crystal frowned, reflected, and an
swered. Yes, recollect Your visit
was brief, and your usage handsome"
You had nothing aboard good for
as" said Captain Bland.
Pray step below" said Pope, who
wore face OF chagrin. "Grindal, see
that that boats crew have plenty of
grog to toast us in." and he went down
the companion steps, Captain Bland
and Captain Crystal following
The cabin servant placed drink and
cigars on the table and the three cap
tains filed, then chinked glasses, and
smoked.
See here, Captain Bland,' cried
Pope. there are two of us on this job
What do you say to this, that the
ship which first falls in with the
Madre will be the vessel that takes
her? II we're alongside of her and
you heave in sight and come bowling
down upon us-hey. Captain Bland?"
IF you are pillaging her. and come
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Poison Sumac.

Herewith We illustrate poison su-
mac, known also under the appela-
tions swamp sumac, dogwood, poison
dogwood, poson elder, poison ash,
poison tree. poison wood and thunder
wood. 1t is a tree-like shrub 6 to 80
feet high, with long primate leaves,
having from to 13 leaflets. without
marginal teeth. The wood has a
faint sulphurous odor, which, together
with the leaf scars, which are very
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09
Eatteninu Hous,

In regard to fattening pigs, l am
aware that the young hog is the
hog in demand now, and the great
object is to sell the pigs even before
they are hogs; when they are shoats,
less than a year old. have never
nursued that method. I never like to
sell hog until he weighs 400 pounds
and over. know that our professors
tell US that 1t takes more corn to
make pound Of pork on hog over
800 pounds in weight than before.
Pigs, in this respect. are a great
deal like children. used to walk the
floor with our little kids" night after
night; lots Of trouble. They got
past it. They don't require half the
care they did when they were little
fellows. When you get pigs to about
six months old they take less care
and require little attention. They
about take care Of themselves. I have
my pigs come along in May. after we
are sure of good weather. Then
let them run in the pasture the whole
summer. and they grow to be long,
lank, big boned and big muscled fell
lows. No fat on them yet The fol-
lowing September we commence fat
tening them. In February they weigh
400 pounds. A few years ago such
hogs were at a discount. 1t was all
English bacon, English bacon" /
told them then that before long they
woud be wanting fat hogs. 1t wasn't
long. OF course, you must get them
off at the right time, at the regular
season.-John Cowine.