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The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06

gan TO learn to write. and learned as
tonishingly fast. writing the name
Constance over and over again. He
purchased a violin and began to pay.
Ashley was a fine player, as We shall
prove. and he was also well educated.
Mr.. Hamilton could not play at all.
Neither was he an ingenious work.
man. Ashley was Mrs. Hamilton put
on mourning and had monument
made to erect to the memory OF her
husband. She often opened her win
dow to listen to the strains Of the vio-
lin played by Primus Edes as she
knew him.
Then Mr.. Hamilton returned With
a Straightforward story of loss Of
memory as the reason for his deten-
tion from home, and, very honorasly.
settled up the bank troubles. as ne
said he could not absolutely affirm
that he had not done what was alleged
of him, for he knew nothing of his
acts after he left Grovedae on the ff-
teenth of May. Mr.. Carter and his
Not so his wife She preferred 10
doubt him. Mr.. Hamilton took up his
place in the mill and in the comm mi
ty. unchallenged by soul except his
wife. Reports were brought to hin. of
her affection for the man known as
Edes. but he paid no attention to them,
except to call him to the Office and
warn him against being seen on his
premises.
In about a week afterwards Edes
was shot there by some one unknown,
probably by Edes himself, to awaken
suspicion against Mr.. Hamilton. He
was i'll for three or four weeks after
wards, and when he was partially re-
covered he professed to recollect that
he was Hamilton instead of Edes.
Mrs. Hamilton professed to believe his
statement, or at least did not deny his
claims. Proof would be offered that
before his illness she wrote him a let
ter. calling him her dear husband and
signing herself Gala Lily, as she
sometimes did in her letters to her
friends, it being pet name applied to
her fair, stately beauty when a school
girl.
(To be contnued.)
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ANIMAL POINTS.

Poor care degenerates good stock.
Hogs are frequently made sick by
soap in the kitchen slop.
Hog feeds from restaurants and
hotels should be carefully looked over
for SOAP glass and other dangerous
things.
We used to think we would not have
a separator as there was SO much to
wash, but would not have cows with
out one now.
Keep the colts in pasture by them.
selves They will run more flesh off
COWS and sheep than you can put on
with the best of feed.
There should be good stallion in
every locality. Often he would have
to be purchased by horse breeders
association of local breeders.
The heavily padded collar is all right
for heavy drawing in cool or cold
weather, but not the thing for a hot
summers day.
Keep big lump of rock salt where
the cows can get at it every day. If
salted only once week they eat too
much at time causing looseness Of
the bowels. 1t also retards digestion.
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GRAIN FOR COWS ON GRASS
In Opinion Of Prof Thomas Shaw II
Pays to Use the Grain Re-
tion in Summer,

Several experiments have been con
Quoted TO test the advantage of feed
ing grain thus. The conclusions
reached were. that the grain fed when
grass was plentiful and while it was
yet succulent, did not bring any prof
it over and above the cost of the
grain. In some instances, as when
grain was fed in large quantities, it
was said that the increase in milk
and butter fat did not pay for the cost
OF the grain. The conclusion has gone
extensively abroad. therefore, that it
does not pay to feed cows grain or
meal on grass. when the supply OF the
grass is abundant.
am not prepared to accept such
view, Prof. Shaw goes on to de-
clare In presenting his views in the
Orange Judd Farmer 1t seems to me
1t is conclusion reached without con-
sidering every phase of the question.
If the increased return in milk or but
ter fat pays for the cost of the grain.
and no more, my contention is, that
in the end, such feeding is attended
with profit
II the grain is thus paid for. one
item OF profit is found in the pasture
saved. 1t is only reasonable to sup
pose that for every pound of dry mat
ter consumed in the grain, an equal
amount of dry matter will remain un-
consumed in the pasture. This would
mean that the carrying power Of a
pasture Is increased to the extent Of
the saving effected by feeding grain.
A second item Of profit will prob
ably be found in what is termed the
residual effect of the grain feeding.
This has been we'll brought out by
Prof. Roberts, of Cornell. Six cows
were selected that had been given a
liberal allowance Of grain on pasture
the previous season, and six were al
so selected that had been grazed in
the same field but without grain. All
were put upon pasture without grain.
The lot grained the preceding summer
produced 16 per cent. more milk than
the other lot. The heifers in this lot
in milk. also. made a better develop
ment than the heifers in the other.
This result is in accord with the view
Of many practical men on this ques-
tion.
A third item of profit would arise
from the fertilizer obtained from the
grain. Where wheat, bran and cot
tonseed meal were fed, the advantage
would be considerable from this
source. Putting these three items to-
gether. they should represent sat
isfactory profit. even when the in
crease in milk production and butter
fat did not more than pay the cost Of
the grain
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HINTS TO HOUsEKEEpERs,

Instead of cleaning the windows
with soap and water try rubbing them
with a cloth dipped in a mixture of
ammonia and whiting and then pol
sh with a clean chamois. This makes
them much brighter than if soap and
water are dsed.
An unusually thrifty mother sug-
gests that when holes in the heels or
toes of the children's stockings are too
big to darn, a good plan is to cut out
the worn parts entirely, then with a
crochet needle and some SaXony wool
or darning cotton to go round and
round the hole, gradually diminishing
the number of stitches until the hole
is completely filled up. This, no doubt
takes less than if an attempt were
made to darn the hole to say nothing
of its being more lasting.
When using stale bread for puddings
always soak it in cold liquid. Bread
that has been soaked in cold milk or
water is light and crumbly, whereas
that soaked in hot liquids is heavy.
1t always seems pity to have to
string pictures up on wires or cords.
The question is whether it is not more
of a pity than to drive small nails into
the wall paper. The latter procedure
defaces the walls, to be sure, but so DO
the picture wires deface the walls
Small pictures can be hung on very
slender nails, which. when withdra wn,
leave a scarcely visible hole If wires
must be used, let them be as fine as
possible, and the pictures should be
so hung as to rest perfectly fiat against
the wall Anything more hideous than
a picture tilted at an angle of 45 de-
grees is unimaginable.
Remove the scratches from vanished
furniture by going over them carefully
with a camel's hair brush that has
been dipped in shellac varnish until
they disappear. Nothing should touch
the places until they are quite dry.
Have your refrigerator sweet and
clean and ready for use by burning in
it small disinfecting sulphur candle;
then leave the doors wide open, al
lowing it to air thoroughly.
If mothers, when buying new shoes
for the children, would adopt the fol-
lowing hint they would find that they
would last twice as long and also resist
the damp. Procure some boiled lin
seed oil, pour it into a large fiat dish
or tin and allow the shoes to stand in
it for about II hours, or until the soles
are well soaked. This does not. how
ever, apply to brown shoes.
For a dangerous wound made b.; a
rusty nail or a jagged knife, the best
remedy is to apply pork rind. 1t should
be changed often for several days,
when the poison will be entirely
drawn out and there will be no in
fiammation.-Bost Budget and Bea-
con.
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THE MISSING MAN
BY MARY r. p HATCH
Author "The Bank Tragedy"
Copy.tgA By

Boston at the very date when the al
tered note was presented at the bank.
That since then he had been convert
ed under the auspices of the Salvation
i Army. and had seen in newspaper
the advertisement inserted by the
plaintiffs counsel for information re-
garding the suit, and he had answered
it in person.
When he left the witness-stand and
the case closed for the plaintiff, there
were many among the audience, and
among the jurymen, too, If their faces
did not belle their minds, who were
more than half persuaded of the
claims of the plaintiff.
Next day MIR. Ferguson spoke for
upwards of an hour in an easy, grace
full manner natural to him, and his
outline of the case held the enrapt at
tention of every person in the court
room that morning. There was little
of labOred argument, but starting
with the supposition that his client
was suffering fraudulent attempt at
election from his own premises. he
proceeded to put the matter before the
jurymen in this light. He said in sub
stance something like the following:
My client, who is none other than
the true Vane Hamilton-as you can
see for yourself. his looks fully corrob-
Grating my statement-returns after
an absence of many months to his
home. He has been in the habit of
taking his yearly outings in May, as
he is inclined to bilious difficulties and
! is not so well able to pursue his busi-
ness in the spring as in the summer
Far from making any mystery of the
matter, he has invariably told his wife
that he went away for his health On
one or two occasions he had other
business of a special nature connected
with the mill Which it was believed
best to keep secret for a time
you all know how that is, and that
ladies' are sometimes apt to mention
such matters in their condolences with
! other women. so that they leak out,
often to the serious detriment of their
husbands business. Knowing this,
Mr.. Hamilton did not always explain
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Opera in Arkansas,

"See you had a comic opera here
night before last" said the patent
churn man, who had just come to
town on one of his periodical visits.
How was it? I notice the bills prom
ised great scenic production, and all
that"
"Ps-s-s-st! Come here!' Kissed the
landlord of the tavern at Polkville,
Ark. Hooking foretinger through a
buttonhole in his guests raiment. he
led the astonished man of from the
porch, out across the yard and around
behind the smokehouse. "Ps-s-s-st
That's what they called it, on paper
"a scenic production'-but my wife
(she amt anywhere around within
hearinD said-you know how women
are, that-away, ee-specially the best
but kind o skinny ones; wife, VIXEN
she seen the chorus in tights-well.
from the way she acted then and what
she's said to me most ever since, I
sorter surmise that she considered It
an obscenic production. San Fran
cisco Call.
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the full reason of his trips, and his
wife chose to make "a mystery of
them. They had nothing to do with
seeking for twin brother. That silly
fiddle-faddle has no part in the de.
Tense. The only other children born
to the Hamilton parents were boy
end girl, who died in their infancy.
The confession of Hannah Sargent is
OF no account, she having told at least
half dozen different stories about the
matter.
when Mr.. Hamilton was away he
was taken with a peculiar maIady, a
species of insanity. He forgot his
name, place of residence. everything.
Mr.. Barnstead shall prove by the ev-
idence of his friend Hurd, did not see
Hamilton on the fifteenth; that it was
the next Thursday that he witnessed
the meeting at Portland depot, instead
of Friday, when Mr. Hamilton left
home. The claimant is none other
than the notorious Ashley, who got
cornered at Portland depot that very
day, and was arrested by the sheriff
from Goodwill, Harrison county, Ne
braska.
You will recollect that Mr. Barn
stead in his testimony could not swear
that he saw the meeting take place
Friday; but Mr.. Hurd is ready to af-
firm, on his oath, that it was nearly a
week later that he heard the account
from Mr.. Barnstead, and that it was
| told to him as if it occurred on Thurs
day.
ASHLEY was taken to Goodwill and
| incarcerated in Jail there, and it was
in that town his hair changed from
| light to dark. The prosecution does
not deny that this man, the prisoner
was the claimant, or that it was there
the remarkable change in the color OF
! his hair took place. 1t would be use
less to do it. They only venture to
pat in the plea that he was arrested
| in the place of another, and to base
this they are compelled to set up the
absurd story of the twin brother
/ There is no twin brother, for he died
in infancy.
ASHLEY was visited next morning
| Ill jail DN MS VIE. he denied tlat Sne
was his wife. and she did not contra
dict him until afterward. Then she
said that she was his wife. Ashley
got clear on the plea of being insane
and was sent to the asylum. From
there he escaped. was supposed tc
have been drowned, worked awhile al
a mill, and then came to Grovedale
where he got employment in the mil
here. He gave his name as Frmus
Edes. said he was never married
could not write: indeed. he appeared
to be very illiterate. He worked as a
common hand at the mill un-il he
chanced to meet Mrs. Hamilton al
church and fell violently in love witt
her.
He began TO persecute her with at
tentions, and finally won her iEteres
by finding her little boy who Wandered
away to the woods and got los. Mrs
Hamilton made him sundry present
and professed to think he rct;embet
her husband. Ashley, alias Edes. be
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OMELET AND CARNiSE.
Successful Omelet Must Be Cooked il
Smooth Pan-Small One Best
Eggs Not Beaten Too Much.

Omelets are helpful in solving the
problem of getting sufficient num-
Der of dishes for the light breakfast,
as there is almost an unlimited varie-
ty. To be successful the pan should
be clean and spooth. they must be
eaten Immediately, the omelet must
be small, fou1 eggs being better than
six, and the eggs must not be beaten
too much
four eggs, add four tablespoonfuls OF
water, first mixing one-half teaspoon
full of flour in tablespoonful of the
water; put in one-half teaspoonful of
salt and dash of pepper. then gen
tly fold in the beaten whites. Drop
cne-half tablespoonful of butter into
lot frying pan, tipping the pan so
that the sides and bottom will be
thoroughly covered. Turn in the ONE
let quickly, and when the center
looks dry run knife around the edge,
then under the half nearest the han
die and fold over. Slide carefully on
to warm platter and garnish with
parsley. Serve Immediately
Ham Omelet.-To the yolks Of four
eggs add four tablespoonfuls Of water
a small teacupful of finely chopped
ham. and few sprss of parsley. and
beat vigorously. Beat whites stiff and
gently stir them into the mixture
Have tablespoonful of butter treat
ed In spider pour in the omelet
and stir with fork till 1t becomes
quite thick. Cook five minutes over
brisk fire. fold, and serve garnished
with parsley.
The Esthetic Side. &C Garnishing
should never interfere with carving
or serving. and should at least have
an appearance of being simple II not
so in fact.
Parsley and watercress are the most
practical garnishes. for they look well
with almost any dish. If parsley is
not obtainable fine celery tips may be
| used.
Fried Parsley-Use fresh. curled
| dry parsley; have dish of fat hot
enough to brown piece of bread in
| minute. Put the parsley into a
frying basket. then drop the basket
| into hot fat; let it remain half min
ute, then lay on coarse brown paper
till wanted for garnishing
Eggs are used either hard boiled
and sliced. or the hard boiled yolks
| may be grated and sprinkled over or
around dish; the grated yolks are
| effective on spinach.
Lemons are used more for fish than
meats. such as fried oysters and lob
| ster outlets. They are cut in quar-
| ters and a portion served on the plate
| of each person.
Paper frills for decorating broiled
| chops are made by folding and firing
ing thin letter paper. then wrapping
around the end of the chop to keer
the grease from coming through.
Boiled carrots and beets, sliced with
vegetable cutters into fancy shapes
are nice for cold meats. and have a
pretty effect around white entcse
Chicago Tribune.
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Wine Off the Sweat.

When working team comes from
work covered with sweat and dust
they should not be left for the night
covered with such coat. They
should be rubbed over with a handful
Of straw or bedding as soon as the
harness has been removed This will
comfort of the animals. 1t also saves
them the next morning when the
horses are cleaned with the curry
comb and brush. However, there is
nothing that will so clean and invig
crate the skin of horse as LETTING
them out in gentle rain.
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CHAPTER XXI.
The Test.

The Test.
A stiffness SO tense as to be almost
painful succeeded the plaintiffs words.
and the summons to admit the defend
ant while the plaintiff passed him on
his way to the seclusion of the office.
Mr.. Hamilton, for such he was. un-
dOubtedly, whether the true or false
claimant. was deeply moved, as was
apparent to all when he stood in the
witness-box before them all. His face
was pallid. his eyes were cleaning.
his hands were tightly clenched.
All glances were riveted upon him
with astonishment as he said in a
Iatrange tone, not waiting to be ques.
tianed at all:
Il will go to get it. will go to get
It,"
Twice he said it, and then stood
looking at vacancy rather than at the
Judge.
The judge directed that the counsel
tend the defendant to his destination,
II not too distant. and see the search
take place. Meanwhile the court
would adjourn until one o'clock. And
His Honor went to dinner. The sher-
III followed the thirteen, who filed
down the street toward the bank build
ing no doubt the place to which the
defendant was leading them. Tall,
erect. impassive, he passed on as in
= dream. never hesitating, never
speaking, neither looking to the right
nor to the left.
Thus he led them to the bank and
mp the steps, Pushing open the door,
M. Morley explained their errand to
the cashier
ut is in the vault the safe, the
small drawer" said the defendant, and
the cashier successfully opened each
receptacle except the drawer.
Il have no key to that" he said ~
have never been able to find it, The
directors told me nothing was ever
kept in it, because it was not account
ed safe receptacle, being poorly con-
strunted."
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Good Cattle Feeds

For feeding cattle for the general
market, | find clover and timothy give
the best results. This, of course is
supplemented by pasturage. The
grains l feed are corn and some oats,
During the usual fattening period
give to each steer from 80 to GO BUSH
els OF corn. l give oil meal the last
six weeks, one to two pounds per day
per steer grind all corn, cob and
corn together. have my own grind.
er and 12-horsepower steam engine.
can grind enough corn in one day
10 supply load Of cattle three weeks.
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NEEDED MATERIAL TO WORK cN.
Inventor Couldn't Guarantee to Per-
form Impossibiitie

The late John Y Muggridge, bril-
liant lawyer of Concord, N. H., while
trying a certain case in court il that
city. recognized in the witness on the
stand man of great eccentricitJ
from small adjoining town; in fact,
quite character, although consiL-
cred mentally unbalanced.
Mr.. Muggridge being great hand at
joking, and seeing here chance 70
make a little fun for his brother law
yers, with SLY wink in their direction
began his examination Of the witness.
We'll, my good man. said the law
yer. what is your name?"
MY name, sir" replied the witness,
sis Clough-Dr. Clough."
"Ah,' remarked the lawyer, 'Dr.
Clough-a physician, presume?"
No said the witness, not a ply
sician exactly"
Wen, then, why are you called doc
tor?' said the lawyer.
You see, SIR" said the witness,
they call me doctor because | male
a kind Of salve that when rubbed IN
the head makes the brain work btt-
ter"
Here Lawyer Muggridge. who was a
man of great size, drew himself up 10
his full height, and with another wink
at his colleagues. pompously remarked
to the witness: And do you mean to
tell me, DR.. Clough, that if I should
take some of this salve of yours and
rub it on my head that it would quick
en- my intellect?"
"Oh, no. sir! No. sir!" exclaimed tie
witness; you have to have son g
brain to start with"
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BRIGHT BITS BY THE WITS.

Will & Must hold a mortgage on
success.
The busybody butts in without any
IFS or butts.
Charity begins at home. but If it
is the real brand it soon outgrows its
native place.
It is hard to work much confidence
In a man who wears ring on his
middle finger.
A mans knowledge cannot be
Judged by the fool things Ao says
when In love.
The golden calf will always be wor-
SHIPPED, though it wear the tail OF .
monkey or the ears of an ass.
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LIEYESSToCk
1- ~GLh,
@=:|EgEAA&|:'s
SUMMERING OF l:oGS.
Experience Of a Missouri farmer
How He Arranged His Farm
TOR the Animals.

Last fall our Is sows saved over 100
pigs, and all Of these. except the few
which have been sold at extra prices
for breeding purposes. are ready for
market. writes Missouri correspond
ent of Farm and Home. An aged sow
was sold and the remaining dozen gave
nearly 100 pigs this spring. The cut
shows the 40-acre farm ross-fenced
into four equal squares. The south
east quarter is further divided into a
three-acre barn lot, blue grass pas
ture. d. of about equal size, somewhat
smaller piece containing orchard and
garden, and along the west side 60
foot lane from the house to the barn.
The fences are of hog-tight wire.
For three yars the house quarter, C,
has been in grass. This field is roughly
divided by a ditch into two parts of
four and six acres respectively. The
former Is in red clover and the latter
in alfalfa. Since its first year this