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The Lamar register., 1906-05-23

weeks. 1t was thought by some that
Ashley and Hamilton were one and
the same"
did you believe that your husband
and Ashley were identical?" asked the
sick man, raising his head and look
ing full at Constance.
NO. never believed it; but after
time thought he must be dead. and
| ordered a monument to be made.
intending to erect it to his memory"
But when did | appear on the
scene? Was it before the monument
AFFAIR.""
Yes
Then you really did not know me,
and yet you say you saw me and
spoke to me- Was there nothing
about me to recall your husband, Con-
stance?"
"Oh, there was. there was" she
cried. but no one else could see it.
You looked siclily. old. and bent. Your
hair was a different color. You did
not know me. You worked in our
mill like an ordinary workman. You
boarded here: and, though you did
seem to be attracted toward me and
my children, there was nothing in
your manner to SAVIOR of any right to
MS. Then. too, you played the violin,
and my husband knew nothing ab1ut
music, except that he loved to hear it:
and, besides, you were a good machin-
list and very ingenious in many ways,
while my husband had no such facul-
ty at all
"And you say can play the VIC
linz"
yes"
well. now know l cannot l
can't play. and never could. You
have been deceived. 1t was some
other person"
81 have heard you play often" said
Constance.
We'll. have been living a dual
life. then. | have heard of such
things All | know about ii is | left
home in May, and l went little ways
on the train. and | came to myself in
a machinist and played the violin |
knew nothing about it."
You did not work as a machinist,
but as common millhand You,
however. showed good understand
ing OF machinery ana often relneu!eu
defects in it.
Another person has had a similar
experience to your own, or processes
to have done so. But we Will not
talk of it now. Another time will do
as well. | dare say DR.. Peck will say
that we have talked too much al
ready" and Constance, anxious herself
to say no more at the present time,
not until she had recovered her full
powers of reasoning, arose to go.
You know best. l am tired, but
you will come again. Constance.
What, are you going without saying
Goodbye"
"Good-by," said Constance. family.
But that is not the way to say
good-by. Come here and will show you
how" and a roguish look came i1fo
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and allowed him to draw her toward
him.
My darling" he said, kissing her
tenderly. while she sobbed in his
arms. Don't cry, but sit here best L.
me and let us talk awhile. You know
whether | am Vane Hamilton or not.
Mrs. Fry" and he smiled at the good
woman, who stood as if petrified, pre-
tended she did not know me-"
THE good Lord deliver me-" was
all she could say. Then in dumb
founded manner she walked from the
room.
is she right in her mind. do you
think, Constance?" he whispered.
"Oh. l don't know, don't know"
said Constance, taking a chair at the
window, in a distressed tone. Il feel
as il we were all demented.
You have been at work here for
several months in the mill. You are
known by the name of Primus Edes,
and about three weeks ago you were
shot. whether by accident or not is
not known, and as you were at the
time a boarder here you were natur-
ally brought here when you were
wounded"
He listened intently, with the look
of amazement growing on his face.
Constance, Is it possible? How
came to do all that? Have | been in
sane?"
81 don't know"
But don't you know me? Didn't
you ever see me?'
Yes, | saw you at church here, and
,,,acinpa in other DlacpS'
Did | ever speak to you?"
Yes. several times
"And you?"
Il spoke to you. but l did not know
you"
Am so changed, then"
For answer Constance went into the
adjoining room and brought small
mirror to him He took it and held it
before him.
cry broke from his lips.
Bring me another he said; this
is good for nothing"
Obediently she went into Mrs. Fry's
bedroom and brought him another,
larger and better.
What does it mean, Constance?'
he asked, lifting a wild. haggard face
to hers. is my hair a dark brown,
or is it the fault of this damnable
glass;"
your hair is dark brown, GER
tainly-almost black"
Can a mans hair turn from light
to dark"
81 never knew that it could"
well, 1t has, whether any such
case was ever known before or not;
but when did it happen?"
Il cannot say, for l know nothing
about the matter in any way. But you
say you are Vane Hamilton. How
can you prove it,"
Say that l am Vane Hamilton? Is
not that enough? Don't you know that
ann" and he looked at her evidently
egsatly astonished.
No, l don't know to- you are.
The Lamar register., 1906-05-23

Several homemade remedies failed
to cure the roup so | tried swabbing
the chickens threats with turpentine.
1 used feather dipped in turpentine
and followed 1t by giving a teaspoon
of goose oil. Since then | have not
lost a chicken.
The Lamar register., 1906-05-23

lost some of my best turkeys once,
q neig..por killing them for his own.
Then 1 put metal bands on their legs
and numbered each one. After that /
Dad no trouble in keeping run of my
turkeys.
The Lamar register., 1906-05-23
A WOOL-TYlNG BOX.
Convenient Device Which Aids the
Small Shipper in Market
ing His Wool,

A very useful device for tying feeces
in compact bundle is hown in IL
lustration. 1t is made of one-inch
boards hinged together on central
square piece. This is one foot square
and the sides are three feet long at
The Lamar register., 1906-05-23

Physical culture exercises. vibratory
massage or vichy AMI kissengen salts
taken alternate days, tablespoonful
in a half glass of water 10 minutes
after each meal and on retiring. Ell
Their one of these methods will reduce
superhuous flesh.
The Lamar register., 1906-05-23
snlnhnr for the Hans.

A little sulphur in the hens feed
occasionally is benefit. but don't put
1t on the sitting hens or those that
have chicks. IL it gets into the chisGf
eyes it will make them blind.
The Lamar register., 1906-05-23

The Natal government will pay
$500 for the head of Bambata, thu
rebellious Zulu chief. 1t Is stated
that this handsome offer has made
even the lukewarm chiefs less indif-
ftrent"
The Lamar register., 1906-05-23

designed by an Ontario authority will
help our reader This is shown in the
accompanying. b. is the elevation
some two or three feet above the floor
and is reached by the approach at dot
led line. A. p. is the passage 'ay
while FL represents the feeding floor
sloping to meet with the approach to
the sleeping platform.
The Lamar register., 1906-05-23
ELEVATED BED FOR HOG.
Sleeping Platform Which VIII Con-
tribute to Comfort and Health
of Piggy.

A reader wants to know how he can
devise an elevated sleeping platform
in his hog house. Perhaps the plan
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-14
SUMMER CROPS.

For the animals it is not always
necessary to mix the grasses in the
fields, as they can be mixed at time
Of feeding, if preferred. Glover is the
main hay crop but such a crop as
Hungarian grass which grows in sum-
lner, and in a short time, will add
largely to the supply that cow peas
and oats, cut when not TO ripe, will
give good yields of hay that may per-
haps be better than clover in some
respects One of the most valuable
crops, in proportion to cost, is COW
rows and plant the COW peas in the
same rows, but between the corn
hills, the corn being one foot apart
in the rows. Cultivate one way and
allow the pea vines to grow upon
the corn. 1t may be mentioned that
such mixed crop may be harvested
at any time, as the corn need not ma
ture. 1t adds variety to ensilage,
and the ensilage may be more nutri-
tious, and also more highly relished
by stock in winter, than if the en-
silage is made extensively of corn.
But the farmer should make himself
familiar with all kinds OF grasses and
hay crops, for there are kinds that
thrive on rich soils only, while 9TH
ers will grow on sandy soils, damp
soils, medium soils, etc, and if they
cannot be grown on different fields.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-14
EARLY APPLICATIONS.

Opinions vary as to the best mode
If applying manure. Flowing it into
The ground is one method of working
Il into the soil, but all farmers cannot
plow their lands the same DEPTH nor
turn under their manure in the same
manner. If the manure elapsed before
5he roots of the young plants will get
down to it, though the plans will
eventually find the manure and utilize
1t, and early in the year it is very
important that such a crop as corn
should get good start, as the loss of
q week at the beginning may have an
Injurious effect on the crop should
the season come on dry. If the ma
aure is spread on the surface, and
then worked into the top soil with
a harrow, the young plants will be
enabled to use the plant foods from
the start, and the harrow will also
render the soil fine. Two objects will
be accomplished by so doing-frst,
che manure itself will be made finer
and second, the fineness of the soil
will result in better disintegration OF
IuS LAiheIdl eieLiSHlS casting IAelG1H,
independently of the manure, thus
providing the plants with available
food at the beginning, and also
throughout the growing season. Ma
nure that is plowed under will be
very useful at the time the plants
are maturing, but the more rapid the
growth of the plants when young the
greater their rot power and feeding
capacity, Manure is the most. import
ant material which the farmer EN-
ploys for increasing the products Of
his farm Even though naturally fer
tile. the farm will, if some equivalent
for its loss is net returned to it, be-
come barren at some time.-Philadel-
phia Record.
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EARN NOTES.

Fifty breeding ewes are as many as
should be kept in one flock and these
should be of equal size and strength.
The dairy COW is milk-making me-
dunn and should be kept in the best
working condition, which is one of
quiet.
Disease always turks in filth. This
being true, the cleaner the stables
and surroundings where the stock are
kept, the less liable they are to dis
ease.
Give house plants as much light as
possible during the day and darkness
with lower temperature at night.
The irst point with pigs after far
rowing is to get them started well
by good care of the mother, feeding
her for a strong flow of milk, looking
more to quantity than to quality.
If neither the farmer nor his wife
has the time or inclination to care
for poultry, they should encourage
the growing boy or girl to take up
this work and this earn something
of practical use Oh the farm and ac-
uuire a sort of business education.
For one who likes pets of any kind,
poultry should furnish a pleasant
and profitable employment. There
is nothing more interesting than
watching poultry develop from the
time they come out of the egg till
the time they go into the pot or skill
let
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-14
BIG HORSES SELL BEST.

The London Farm says that big,
well proportioned horses sell better
than any others as rule. 1t says:
The call is for big horses, and
plenty of size is among the principal
qualities sought, for in all classes Of
horses, be it hunter, harness-horse, or
cart-horse. 1t is trite saying among
horsemen that good big horse will
always beat a good little one, and it
certainly holds good in so far as con-
Germs the market value of horses.
The fact of a horse possessing plen-
ty of size renders it more readily
saleable, as we'll as more valuable.
Two inches more or less in the height
of a horse may make all the differ
ence to breeder between profitable
sale Mere height at the withers alone
does not constitute what is really
meant by size at any rate, not from
the breeders point of view. Size
means bigness generally, height be-
ing combined with a corresponding
degree of substance; and in the case
of cart-horses, of weight. When a
horse is merely tall, having plenty
of height at the withers, but lacks
the requisite substance and bigness
of build, being unduly leggy or we'd
dy, it will not impress a buyer favor
ably, but the reverse
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-14
THE HEN BRINGS CONSTANT RE-
TURNS

1t may be two or three years be-
fore a calf can mature and can be a
producer, but with fowls less than
ten months will enble the farmer to
hatch and raise his flocks to a laying
stage if he selects the quick-matur'
ing breeds. The hen should lay eggs
at least nine months in the year and
she thus begins to pay expenses as
soon as laying commences. Farmers
who have no returns during the win
ter, or after harvest, will find cash
every day from so to 100 hens great
help. and it is surprising that they do
not take advantage of the opportun-
ity offered by poultry to make the
farm more productive in winter
Farmers Home Journal.
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HOW LAw,e Jaws GNAW.

HOW EAW'S JAWS GNAWs
Jaws jest-a paradox,
With a grim, rapacious paw; !
Laws goose, and laws fox Q
Yea, a lawless thing is law!
Every status has flaw
lat the lawyers know and use:
Law rests on the ancient saw,
sVdeads win and tails you lose"
Raw is always orthodox,
Viewing precedents with awe;
Laws a snake and laws an OK
Yea, a lawless thing is law.
Law is iron, law is straw
Works whichever may you choose,
If you are a lawyer-pshaw!
"Heads I win and tails you lose!"
Running water wears out rocks
So does law-it's greedy claw
Skins you to your very socks
Yea, a lawless thing is law!
Law, as cooked for us, is raw
Food of knaves that knaves abuse,
Try it-get the loud guffaw-
"Heads l win and tails you lose!"
L'ENVOI.
Law, thou hast greedy NAV!
Yea, a lawless thing is law.
Thou hast driven me to booze
Heads you win and tails lose!"
Cleveland Leader
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Found a Father.

Mrs. Ed. Roop had two turkey hens
to die of cholera. They left twenty
three little turkeys that did not know
what to do with themselves. In their
distress they turned to the old COB
bier who at first treated their adj
vances with scornful indignity. But
the kept after him, as he locked
more like the real thing than any
thing else in the neighborhOod, and
almost tormented the life out of him.
Finally his masculine heart melted,
for the motherless brood began to
droop and grow faint for the lack OF
sympathy, and he did the handsome
by squatting down and lowering them
beneath his big wings. Once done
it was easy to do it again, and when
night came his majesty did not fly
up to his lofty perch, but he wander
ed away to a secluded spot with his
gladstone brood and lowered them in
the most approved manner. Since
then he has been unfailing ~ his at
tentions to his adopted family, TAX
ing them oat each day to the pastures
and teaching them how to find the
tenderest and best bugs and grasshop-
pers. And woe be it to any other
turkey, male or female, who comes
near. He can whip anything in the
country-Warrensb (Mo.) Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-14
THE COMMERCIAL DUCK.

A sandy soil is best suited for
| 1ucks.
Ducks, like geese, make their own
! 1ests.
Duck eggs over week old rarely
latch well.
! When Matching duck eggs under
aens the young should be removed as
soon as dry as they become restless
| md the hen often in her excitement
! rad on them Hens do not make
good mothers; as they are more of a
| Gaming disposition, and the ducklings
being weak in the legs, cannot keep
! Up this activity, and in consequence
he young die from exhaustion.
There should be trough of crack
I'd oyster shells constantly before the
ducks, and in addition sand or chick
sized grit should be mixed with TIE
nash.
The duck, with good treatment, will
average about four eggs a week from
February to about the last of June,
Until the last of July, when the sea-
son ends.
The duck yards must be partly
shaded. If there is no natural shade
erect canopies, so that the fowls can
, nave cool, shady place to go during
the heat of the day.
Never suddenly change the bill of
fare of laying ducks, as it will Grip
pie the egg yield.
1t is best to use second-grade flour
n the mash, so as to make it more
umpy.
1t takes about two and a half years
20 fully mature a duck.
Ducks require more bulky food
lhan do chickens or turkeys. Steamed
clover hay, green food, turnips or po-
;atoes should be mixed up with the
1ran. The roots should be well cook
I'd and mashed.
Contrary to all former notions,
sary for duck culture, but where the
breeding ducks can have acces to II,
hey will gain needed exercise, and
keep in better breeding condition. But
growing ducklings should not be al
lowed to battle, especially if intend
ID for market. They grow much fast
ar if kept out of water, and if proper
" fed will, at ten weeks of age, av-
erage ten pounds to the pair.
Two or three times week shake
up the bedding in the duck pens, sep
arating the manure from the upsoiled
bedding.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-14
NOTHING LEFT

John D. Rockefeller stood on top of
a hill and looked around him.
He was taking in his surroundings
Come to think about it, he mIr'
INJURED to himself, these surroundings
are about all there is left to take in.
Whereupon he made memorandum
about boosting oil another cent.-St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-14
Jury WAS EXPERIENCED.

"Flatman, hear you were arrested
the other day for insulting and brow
beating a janitor How did you come
out?"
81 was tried for it and acquitted. ;"
ION the ground that it was justifi-
able?"
mo; the jury couldn't be made TO
believe such thing was possible -
Chicago Tribune.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-14
A TERROR

Fond Mother-I wonder sometimes
what Bertrand's occupation in life
will be when he grows up.
Impartial Visitor-Well, I don't
know, of course, but from what |
have observed of him since | have
been here, if he gets his deserts he
will lead the line in the lock-step pa
rade twice a day to and from the
shops.-Somerville Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-14

The more numerous tho varieties the
less the. liability of loss during the
dry season, as some hay crops will
give good results, while others fail
under the same condition Soils
vary, even on the same farm, and
conditions must never be overlooked.
Philadelphia Record.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-14
AN HONEsT MILLIONAIRk.

They We're motoring in to business
in the cool of the morning.
Fine place, that, old Millionaire
Bunk's," said the visitor, as they shot
past a great Elizabethan house set
in a sunken garden. What sort OF
a chap is Bunk, any way?"
Well" said the host, "since his
retirement from business, an honester
man than Bunk doesn't breathe. At
lanta Constitution.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-14
FARMERS
; BREEDING
BETTER

The demand for pure bred fowls
was never greater than at the pres.
ent time, and for fowls that have
been bred for business, as well as for
beauty Breeders are working along
practical lines more and more each
year. Among farmers l have noticed
/ that during the past two or three
they have given extra attention to
getting more uniform stock and to
breeding for better layers and they
are beginning now to see that they
have not lost anything by giving the
poultry this extra attention and that
the income from the hens is q safe
and sure one.
| met a farmer the other day who
has adopted the use of trap nests and
records of his hens. This requires
some extra care and attention, more
than most of farmers feel that they
can devote to the work, but they will
not be losing anything by giving this
ing public will appreciate the in
creased value of stock bred in this
way.
In breeding for eggs there is more
than the number produced to be con-
sidered. The color of the eggs is of
considerable Importance, at least, the
uniformity and evenness of color.
The shape of eggs, too, is of quite a
consideration and the size has re-
ceived a good deal of attention for
some time. To combine the best OF
all these characteristics in one strain
is not an easy matter, and one that
takes time and patience to accomplish.
". M. c., in National Fruit Grow
er,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-14
NO COMFORT IN THAT.

Kwoter-You know they say pity
is akin to love-" and So
Glumley Observation-Disclosures;
bat it's very poor relation-Cath-
Ollie Standard and Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-14
THE PROPER TERM.

81 was drivin' through country
road"
you mean driving over it, do you
not?"
mo; was drivin' through it. 1t
was three feet deep in some places"
louisville Courier-Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-14
SEEMS STRANGE.

Bacon-They say there are more
men killed in time of peace than in
war
Egbert-That seems odd. You'd
think there was good deal more
canned stuff consumed in times OF
war: now, wouldn't you?-Yonkers
Statesman
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-14
THE MIGHT OF PIE.

Il heard of a fellow the other day
who fell from an open window where
he was sitting eating pie, and was in
stantly killed
II don't doubt it. I've often been
knocked out by pie myself. -Balti-
more American.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-14
DANGEROUS.

Mrs Hornbeak Tin the midst of her
reading) Mercy sakes alive! Here
is an item about a surgeon, over at
Biggeryille, removin' an epithelioma
from a mans lip.
Farmer Hornbeak-Well, | sh'u'd
judge it was about time for people to
quit using such long words when 1t
requires a doctor to git 'em out
Puck.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-14
AN IMPOSTOR

Pierce-Do you see that man over
there He is one of the richest men
in Chicago
Pearce-Get out! You can't fool me.
He isn't eating with his knife.-Som-
eryille Journal
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eO|k>z5o5SSyy
s>STE
BUT OH. THE DIFFERENCE.

BUT OH! THE DIFFERENCE.
] loved dark-haired girl last year,
L felt she was my fate,
held that brunette very dear
BLONDES | abominate).
But, when I heard of her this year,
really could have cried,
Excuse (paradox and) tearl
The girl l loved had-dyed.
New York Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-14
LEISURE.

Hello, Pat, what are you doing?"
"Shure, an | spind all my idle tonne
Sawin' wood."-Life.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-14
MORE TO 1T.

I'm surprised you took up with that
tortoise-shell Thomas cat" said the
first tabby. THAT Maltese fellow
told me he loved you as he loved his
own life
YES" the other replied, 'but the
tortoise-shell told me he loved me as
he loved his nine lives."-Philadel-
Dhia Ledger
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-14

The most awful accident in history
was the fall of the Roman ampitheatre
in the time of Tiberis. Fifty thous,
and people were crushed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-14
WHY?
Observation-Disclosures
that ey

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that every
cloud has a silver lining.
Little Bess-Then why don't God
turn 'em inside out?-Chicago News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-14

What the deuce am l doing down
here, my boy? Well, bringing you
some light on this case that seems to
have sent your wits wool-gathering.
don't see how you failed to I'M
ravel It,"
Detective Kranz went deep in his
pocket, and McDermott gave him a
glance of dismay.
Here it is, a letter from some re-
spectacle old domestic who has had Ii