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The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-22

Neil was intensely angry. and his
dark eyes glowed beneath their
dropped lids with passionate hate.
But he left his father with an as
sumed coldness and ca!mness.
The sarcastic advice annoyed him,
and he wanted time to fully consider
his ways. He was no physical cow
ard; he was fine swordsman, and ne
felt that it would be real JOY to stand
with a drawn rapier between himself
and his rival But what if revenge
cost him too much? What II he sic"
Hyde, and had to leave his love and
his home. and his fine business pros
poets? To win Katherine, and 10
marry her. in the face of the man
whom he felt that he detested; would
not that be the best of all "satlsiac-
tions?"
He walked about the streets, DIS
cussing these points with himself I'LL
the shops all closed and on the stoops
of the houses in Maiden Lane and Lib
erty street there were merry parties
of gossiping bellies and beauX. Then
he returned to Broadway.
Still debating with himself, he came
to a narrow road which ran to the
river, along the southern side of Van
Heemskirk's house. Coming swiftly
up it, as if to detain him, was Capt.
Hyde. The two men looked at each
other defantly; and Neil said with
cold, meaning emphasis:
AT your service, sir
"Mr. Semple, at your service, and
touching his sword,-"to the very hilt,
sir
Sir yours to the same extremity.
LAS for the cause, Mr.. Semple, here
it is;" and he pushed aside his em-
broidered coat in order to exhibit 70
Neil the bow of orange ribbon be-
meath it.
81 will dye it crimson in your blood,
said Neil passionately.
''In the meantime. have the felicity
of wearing it; and with an extensively
deep salute, he terminated the inter
view.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-22
Spraying and Dustinq.

When the petals fall from the apple,
the coding moth is on hand to lay her
eggs; the calyX is then wide open,
and the young caterpillars will seek
the calyx for their first meal; later
this calyx will close up tightly and
II poison can be introduced before
this closing it will be better retained.
says Prof. F. NJ. Webster. The whole
object of lifetime with these moths
is to deposit their eggs and will do
this, largely at least, as soon as the
bloom 1alls. Then is the time to spray,
and not after the other work is over
and the eggs laid and hatched and
the young worms making their way
into the young apples, and the calyx
OF those not affected so closed over
as to prevent the free admission of
the spray. The young canker worms
are minute and very hungry, easily
killed by poisons about this time, but
let them alone until they are one-half
to two-thirds grown, and they seem
to thrive on poisons. The potatoes
are just coming out of the ground
there are few beetles only and but
little plant to treat. Get an old fruit
can. punch fine holes in one end and
fix broom-handle to the other so as
to hold the can vertically over the
young plants, and tapping it lightly
with light stick, sift mixture of one
pound OF paris green and ten pounds
OF low grade of flour directly on the
surface, where 1t is needed and where
it will adhere to the leaves. This is
not spraying, but it will kill off the old
beetles that first appear, or at least
many Of them, before they lay their
eggs
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-22
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Canadian Cheese Exports.

The Canadian foreign cheese trade
ago passed the United States in the
matter of exports of cheese, and has
been ever since increasing its lead.
report from Montreal says that this
year tfat port was virtually cleared
OF old cheese by April first, whereas,
that does not usually occur till the
first of May. The cheese export sea
son OF 19O2-O3 is therefore closed.
There had been exported from that
port up to the first of April 2,432 ,682
boxes of cheese, as compared with
2.225,561 boxes the previous season,
which means an increase OF 1871, ,121
boxes for this year The value OF
cheese exported from Canada in the
last twelve months is estimated a:
$21 100000. The Canadians are plan
ming great things for the future, and
are expecting great run of cheese
making this coming season on &C.
count of the fine way in which the
pastures are starting out. None OF the
meadows are reported to have winter
killed and the recent seedlings are COM
ing through the winter in good shape.
At the present time large hay crop
is looked for. In England the cheese
market is said to be demanding large
supplies, which cannot be filled before
the beginning of summer. 1t is believ-
ed that cheese making in England is
on the decline, which would be fur
ther factor in favor of the Canadian
cheese makers.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-22
Ito be continued.)
"BAIT" FOR WILD TURKEYS"
Hundreds Of the Birds Have Fallen
Before Gun of Expert

Wild turkeys are still quite plentiful
in some portions of North Carolina,
as they also are in Arkansas. Texas,
Indian Territory, Oklahoma and South
ern Missouri, says the American Field,
but just how long they will be plenti-
full in any of these states is question,
if the states possess a Gil McDuffie,
as does North Carolina, who, it is
said, only a short time since killed
seven turkeys at one shot 1t is
claimed that McDuffie has killed 1900
wild turkeys and 700 deer in his time,
besides countless numbers of smaller
game. The way he makes his war on
turkeys is by batting He finds
where a flock of turkeys use and he
lays train of corn to a locality where
he can arrange a good blind. The
blind is made and corn is put out in
good quantity for the turkeys not far
away, he being careful to place the
corn in such shape that when the tur-
keys feed upon it they will be well
punched. He then secretes himself in
his blind and lies in wait for the
turkeys. When they come and get
punched up over the quart or two of
corn, he turns loose with a shotgun,
and the slaughter is tremendous.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-22
Build Sjlos,

There are several very good reasons
why men should build silos, If they
have large numbers of cattle to feed
There Is less waste of fodder when it
is preserved in the silo than when
taken care of in any other way. It
requires very much less room to store
in silos than in any other way. 1t is
claimed that when the fodder is dried
and stored in the barn it requires
three times the room it does when
stored in the silos. Silage is also more
valuable than the dry fodder for milk
production. just as June pasturage
gives more milk than dry hay. Silage
is as succulent and far more valuable
that roots. Silage keeps the digestive
organs OF the COWS in excellent con.
dition, and thus disastrous outbreaks
OF disease are prevented. Silage can
be put up when it would be impos-
slble to cure the crop, on account of
wet weather. 1t is less trouble To
get silage made right than it is to get
crop of corn in the glazing stage
cured properly. If silage is left over
In the spring it may be used for helm.
ing out the pasturage with the hest
results, for it is even superior to good
pasturage. With silage there is no
sudden change from green to dry food
which always means a shrinkape of
the milk flow.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-22
Marking PoIIed Cattle.

Thomas McFarlane, secretary Of the
American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders
association. has the following to say
regarding the marking of polled ami
mails: Cattle uniform in color and
without horns need permanent and
ready means OF Identification. The
use OF ear tags. marked halters, tat
tooing, branding Of body or hoof, etc,
have not proved permanent nor en-
urely satisfactory. Notching the ears
OF a young animal marks it for life.
The hair grows over the marking, but
marks remain and can be readily dis
tlnguished. The objection to this
method are not serious when COM
pared to the advantages resulting
from certain identification Of the an
imal. Such ear marks can be dupli-
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-22
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N%6E %6E7sST.E}HNS,
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Pollination of the Martha.

There has been rather extensive
planting of the Martha Crab through
out the northwest, and, since the trees
have got into bearing age, an almost
equally general complaint that while
it blossoms freely it is shy bearer.
| was told a few days ago OF one case
where a Minnesota man had been In
duced to plant a large orchard OF the
Martha and was now considering the
project to cut them all down or top
work them entirely to other sorts. he
told me that they would come out full
of bloom and then have little or no
fruit. Mr.. D. c. Hazelton of Nichols,
Aitkin Co., Mimi, north of St. Paul,
came before the Minnesota Horticul-
tural Society at it's December annual
meeting with a statement OF his ex-
perience with the Martha that seems
to demonstrate that all this variety
requires to convert it into a good crop
per is to be neighbored closely by
other varieties to pollenize it, and 1t
confirms what many of us suspected
for many years, and perhaps some
have known that we have other varie-
ties that may be benefited by the use
of pollen, not their own. Mr.. Hazel
ton is a man of excellent standing in
the Minnesota society and any state
ment Of facts he makes on his own
knowledge can be relied upon. His
statement as to the Martha Is as FOL.
lows: Three Marthas set in spring OF
1888 always blossomed full. but did
not bear anything to speak of till
1900; then they bore about seven
bushels each; this Is in his plat No.
l. In the same plat is Martha set in
1892 that has borne a fair crop for
four years; this tree has had for a
pollenizer an old early Strawberry
crab twenty feet east that bears ev-
cry year; these Marthas always bear
heaviest on the side next to other
bearing trees. In that year, 1900, he
had six swarms of bees that worked
hard on the apple trees especially on
the Marthas. In his plat No. about
200 fet away from the others were two
Marthas set in 1888 one of these
stands in an open space between the
rows; fourteen feet east is an old
Wealthy that has been bearing since
1898; another, twenty feet southeast,
and an old early Strawberry forty
five feet nearly southeast. This
Martha commenced bearing before he
had any bees and has borne heaviest
on the south and east sides. Standing
thirty-fve feet west is another Martha
set in 1883. This stands in the cen
ter of square OF four trees, two
early Strawberry and two Hibernal,
so close that the limbs touch They
all began bearing about the same time
and that Martha bears heavily on all
sides. Plat No. has three Marthas
in the center of row, all set in 1897
These Marthas commenced bearing in
1900; there is a Whitney on one side,
Hibernals and Hislops on the other.
If the Martha can be made an an
nual good cropper Mr.. Lyman may
have to look out for his laurels with
his Prolific, and possibly the reputa-
tion of my favorite crab, Mr.. Peffers
Glib, may be enhanced-Oliver Gibbs,
before Wisconsin Horticulturists.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-22
Cows on Cement Floors,

From Farmers Review: We have
about 25 cows at the Ohio State Uni.
versity that recline more or less, six
months in the year. on cement floors.
Thus far, rheumatism has not pre-
vailed in our herd, within my knowE-
edge. have no evidence, from exper-
ience or otherwise, that corroborates
Professor Carlyles view that cows
standing on cement floors become
rheumatic.-C. S. Plumb, Ohio State
University.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-22
Typhoid Spread by MIX.

The water supply is almost always
connected with outbreaks of typhoid
fever. Sometimes the connection is
indirect, as through milk, which has
been contaminated by a contaminated
water supply. Could we but know the
facts. it would doubtless appear that
there are hundreds of local epidemics
each year that have been started by
contaminated milk supply. Only last
fall we reported an epidemic in a
small village in northern Illinois,
which was due entirely to milk from
small dairy in the outskirts of the
village. About thirty cases resulted
and at least two deaths. Just now
typhoid Is raging at Stanford Uni
versity in California and dispatches
say that 1t is due to milk from a local
dairy. About 100 students are down
with the disease. The dairy that was
known to have been the cause for the
outbreak has been closed down, while
some other dairies under suspicion
have had to go out of business tenn
porarily. The fever has also appeared
in the university town of Palo Alto,
due probably to the use of the same
milk that started the disease in the
university. One-third of the pupils are
out of school. This is but another
costly lesson Of the danger of using
unclean milk. If there were no other
reason for waging war on dirty sur
roundings of the dairies, the readiness
with which milk conveys disease
should be sufficient
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-22
Feeding Grain to Mich Cows ~,
Pastures.

From the Farmers Review: Nv ex.
perience is limited in the line referred
to and l am governed by circum.
stances. If pastures contain a largo
per cent Of protein, as alfalfa and
some of the clovers, and are sufficient
ly luXuriant that a COW will fiji I'm
in an hour. do not believe grain
ration is best. With grasses low in
protein, or where it requires constant
grazing to satisfy, it would Justify to
supplement with grain CONTAINING q
good per cent of protein provided
wheat bran could be bought at so
per ton and butter fat was worth ~
cents. The above basis will do to
figure upon If you figure for immadi,
ate profit; if you consider the future
welfare of the COW go slow with CON
centrated feeds containing a LARGO
per cent of protein. The last observa.
ton opens up another question NOT
well understood nor appreciated and
could not be properly discussed here
A. A. Adams, Shawnee county. Kan
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-22
CHAPTER vi.
At the Swords Point.

Neils first emotion was not so much
one of anger as of eXultation. Il shall
have him at my swords point" he
kept saying to himself as he turned
from Hyde to Van Heemskirk's house.
Katherine sat upon the steps of the
stoop. Touching her, to arouse her
attention, Neil said, Come with me
down the garden. my love-
She looked at him wonderingly but
rose at his request and gave him her
hand.
Then the tender thoughts which had
lain so deep in his heart flew to his
lips, and he wood her with a fervor
and nobility as ASTONISHING to himself
rs to Katherine. He reminded her of
all the sweet intercourse of their hap
py lives, and of the fidelity with which
he had loved her. "Oh, my Katherine,
my sweet Katherine. Who is there
that can take you from me?"
mo one will | marry. With my
father and my mother | will stay"
Yes, till you learn to love me as
love you, with the whole soul. You
are to be my wife. Katherine?"
THAT have not said"
katherine, is it true that Capt.
Hyde is wearing a bow of your orange
ribbon?"
Yes. A bow of my st. Nicholas rib
bon | gave him."
Why"
Me he loves. and him | love"
You have more st. Nicholas rib
bons? Go and get me one. Get bow,
Katherine, and give it to me. | will
wait here for it
mo, that | will not do. How false,
now wicked would be, if two lovers
my colors wore."
well, then, | will cut my bow from
Hyde's breast. | will. though | cut
his heart out with it
He turned from her as he said the
words. and, without speaking to Joris,
passed through the garden gate to his
own home.
In the calm of his own chamber.
through the silent. solemn hours,
when the world was shut out of his
life, Neil reviewed his position but
ne could find no honorable way out of
the predicament. He was quite sem
Sible that his first words to Can't.
Hyde that night had been intended to
provoke a quarrel, and he knew that
he would be expected to redeem them
by formal defiance. However. as
the idea became familiar, it became
imperative; and at length it was with
fierce satisfaction he opened his
desk and without hesitation wrote the
decisive words:
ITO Capt. Richard Hyde of His Males
tvs Service:
"Sir-A person of the character |
bear cannot allow the treachery and
dishonorable conduct of which you
have been guilty to pass without pun
ishment. Convince me that you are
more of a gentleman than have rea.
son to believe, by meeting me tonight
as the sun drops in the wood on the
Kalchhook Hill. Our seconds can 10.
cate the spot; and that you may have
no pretense to delay, send by bearer
two swords, of which | give you the
privilege to make choice.
"In the interim, at your service,
Neil Semple."
He had already selected Adrian
Beekman as his second young man
of wealth and good family Beekman
accepted the duty with aacrity. and
indeed so promptly carried ont his
principals instructions, that he found
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-22
Fence of EIks' Horns

A fence nearly 200 feet long at Liv-
ingston, Mont, is made entirely of
horns of the elk-more properly called
wapiti. These animals. like the 9TH
ers OF the deer family, shed their
horns once year and grow new ones.
The old horns are found in large .1um-
bers in the forests and are used for
various commercial purposes.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-22

The formation of large tree from
minute seed is one of the most in
teresting and wonderful occurrences
in nature. 1t is important that the
fruit culturist should SO understanS
the process as to know what will has
other.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-22

The man who carries his salaro
right home to his wife is generaly
good citizen, but he seldom ait.acts
attention with his fine cIothex-
The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-22

If 1t cost money to be a philosopher
the possessors of philosophy would
have to adop. rules and establish a
waiting Kst.-Chicago Herald.
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-26
NEWS NUGGETS.

Ticket No. 465l won the set of dishes at Goodfriend's grocery Christmas eve.
 Tho native who was brought down from the Kobuk by r. c. O'DOnnell. re- cently underwent an operation, frag- ments of bone being removed from his wrist, by Drs. Chace and Hill. The man is doing nicely.
 The Congregational church bazaar closed on Wednesday evening. It was eminently successful in every way.
 An attractive feature of the Congre- gatIonal bazaar, which closed Wednes- day night was fish pond, in charge of Masters Willie ThOrnquist and Russell Jeffreys. It proved a great drawing card and was financial success.
 Two reindeer belonging to Cape Prince of Wales, which with . number of others arrived Thursday, were killed by dogs last night on Peluk creek.
 Mail from Candle and Kotzebue points is due this evening by way of Council. It Is in charge of S. Gallup.
 Russ Leach, of Council, is in town. He will return tomorrow morning.
 Miss Mary Elese Leekley, the little daughter of Mir. and Mrs. George A. Leekley had a fine Xmas tree on Christ mas eve, and tho little lady enjoyed it just as heartily as any of the elders.
 w. H. Webb will leave for tho Inma- chuk Monday morning. He takes up load of supplies for that section.
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-26
IA PIONEER
 MAIL CARRIER
In November 1898 Chas. E. hOxSie Mushed From St. Michael
 To Rampant.

Tho second mail ever taken up the Yukon for the outside was carried by Charles E. Hoxsie. This was in 1898. On Nov. IA he left Unalaklik and went to St. Michael, where he received it. From there he made his way to Nulato, where he secured Indian guides as far as Tanana, making arrangements at Nulato with Leo Dumasky. the trader to forward subsequent mail from the latter place to Tanana. Edwin Engel- stad had the contract from St. Michael to Nulato.
 MT. Hoxsie pushed on to Rampant, where he received bunch of Nusha- gak dogs, that had been first forwarded to Port Clarence, and thence by way of Golovin to Rampant. The dogs were in charge of s. Jephson. The latter met Engelstad, R. T. Lyng and Mike Dowd at Unalaklik. They had left St. Michael the same day that Hoxsie left for the Yukon, but, meeting Linde- berg, Lindblom and Dr. Kittilsen, they came to Nome to look into the strike on Anvil The dogs were sent on to Rampant, and Jephson brought the first news of the strike to that place, and Hoxsie was charged with spread ing the news in the interest of the transportation companies. Hoxsie's trip was hard one. He stayed in Rampant from Dec. 21 to Feb. l3, Tex Rickard and Charlie Wilson having borrowed his dogs in the meantime to go on . stampede. Mir. Hoxsie reached Nome April A.
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-26
NEWS OF
 TELLER The Town is Extremely Quiet and Peaceful. EXODUS LAST FALL Work on Lost River Quartz Ledge Proceeding in Satisfac.
 tory Manner.
EXODUS LAST FALL

Teller, Dec. 2O.-Never since this town was started has it been so quiet and peaceful. Last fall there was Q big exodus of people, about one.half the population leaving for the outside, most of whom, however, will return next spring. Among those who left for Seattle were T. G. Wilson and family. MT. Wilson is 8 pioneer hotel man oi Teller and postmaster, as we'll. The Wilson hotel is being conducted this winter by G. L. Lacy, who is deserved. ly popular with the citizens and tray. cling public.
 Teller has an actual population this winter of about 50. There is consider. able travel between here and the Kou. garok and Good Hope sections; quite a number of miners have come to town recently for supplies.
 Teller's "social season. has hardly started yet, though Q few informal dances have been held. There will probably be . dance given Christmas night at the Wilson hotel.
 Grim, Randt & O'Brien, who are de- veloping the tin ledge on Lost river, located last fall, arc doing good work, and the ledge is said to be constantly improving.
 There promises to be . good deal oi relocating tin and gold placer ground on Jan. l, and Judge Henton, the re- corder, will probably be kept quite busy for some time.
 c. O. Lowell is now arrival in Tel Ter. and is now attached to Deputy Marshal Evans office.
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-26

of Kougarok: N. P. Olson, George V. Borchsenius, Judge Alfred s. Moore, Judge Reed, Frank Schow, Charles Kennedy, Ed Kress, E. P. Cosgrove, Mike Donlan, Louis Hart, Jack Jamie son. Steve Jasper, Albert Rhodes of Garfield creek: A. Schneider, French consul, and party, Ed Junte. Loon Bolougne, P. II. Watt, I. c. Allen, John Oliver and lady, Thos. Preston, Col. Taylor. Lanes Landing; w. w. Ewing, Julius Carstens, J. H. Fleming, Miss Elizabeth Chapman, Charlotte B. Allen and husband, A. J. Bruner, Miss Golding, Louis Stadie, Mrs. Carrie Plough Beaton, Phil Corregan. c. T. Shaw, and others.
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-26
ACCIDENTALLY
 SHOT IN JAW
Mail Carrier w. H. Clifford, the Victim of an Unf0rtu.
 nate Accident.

w. H. Clifford, the mail carrier for Calkins & Co.,, between Death valley and Nome, on Wednesday afternoon, met with an accident and is now con. fined to . Council City hospital. eff. ford was on his return trip from Death valley, and seeing bunch of ptarmi. gsns, he picked up his shot gun, which he carried, to take shot at the birds. Tho gun, from some cause, exploded, portions of the metal striking him in the jaw, inAicting serious, but not dan gerous wounds. He reached Council, whore his injuries were dressed by Dr, Anton, who tslephoned the news to Chas. Ross, of Calkins & Co. MT. eff. ford will be laid up for three weeks.
The Nome nugget., 1903-12-26
On Dexter and Other
 Bench Claims.
ON SUGAR CLAIM
Two Distinct Paystreaks Have Been LOcated---Deep Shaft
 Being Sunk.

Dexter Creek, December 24.-The recent snow fall has been boon to the people on the creeks. Many who had been waiting for the snow to run their drawers or hoists have been enabled to start in work, and as a result much work is being done.
 Shuler, Black and Hyde, after shut down of 2 month have started up with full crew and are working day and night. All the other claims have in- creased their forces to the full compli- ment, and the hills are a scene of