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isn't he! Why, he's mussed up my hair awfully. But he is sweet, isn't he, Miss Fisher?" She smiled wicked. ly and went out.
 Into the studio Flodie shot, bullet out of gun. Hall was not in sight She pounded at the door of the dark room, stopped and listened, pounded again. Bang! Bang! Bang!
 Hall emerged scowling.
 Whats the matter?"
 She grabbed him by the arm.
 "Mr. Bonistelle! Oh, MT. Bonistelle, ' she cried, you haven't gone and done it again, have you?"
 Why, you see"-Hall began to stam really I think she's the best of the three-don't you? It just came over me-shes so devilish pretty. Flo die-and-well, she's going to give me my answer tonight"
 "Oh. MT. Bonistelle!" Flodie, de spairing, dropped into a chair and stared at him glassily. Then she shook her head, and sighed
 Well" she said in hard, dry voice i've heard of men who went out looking for trouble, but you are the first one 1 ever knew actually to SC and order it delivered at the house!'
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DRUGS GIVEN TO LIVE STOCK
Medicines Are Administered by People Without Knowledge of Action
 Study Symptoms of Animals.

Frequently drugs are administered by people without any knowledge of their action One individual only re- gently asked what he should give his horse when aconite and nitre had failed to cure. It is always best for one to know the action of drug be- fore it is administered to live stock. A thorough study of the symptoms of the animal should be made before any drugs are given. Just because certain drugs have succeeded in some neigh bor's horses, there is no reason they will cure yours. To Illustrates horse is suffering from collie. A dose of opium would be correct to give if 1t Is spasmodic collie, while if the patient has impaction of the bowels a dose of opium would only pack the bowels the harder. A dose of aconite should never be given when the heart is weak and slow, for the reason that aconite depresses the heart and will cause death. On the other hand, aconite would be the proper drug to give when the heart was beating full and strong and very rapid. A common mistake is to give horses sweet spirits of nitre when suffering from frequent trina tion, as this drug is diuretic or in- creases the flow of urine. It only az gravates the trouble in this particular case.
 In diseases of the respiratory tract when the high fever has caused con stipation one should never use aloes on account of the danger from super purgation. Raw linseed oil Is prefer able, as 1t is much safer.
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Rouehage Feed Rack for Swine.

quantity that you would all take steps to be more careful in the future.
 One of the most common ways of wasting feed is to feed 1t upon the ground when the surface is wet or soft. Feed scattered about in this fashion will soon be tramped upon and buried under the mud. Pigs, especially. are wasteful of feed given to them in this way. but many feeders have real ized the loss and have prevented it by building concrete feeding floors which will not only pay their cost in the feed they save in few years, but enable the quarters to be kept in more sanitary condition.
 Feed may bo wasted when it r. fed in the managers in excess of the ami. malls needs. This is loss that is easily preventable. for the feeder if he is observing will know just how much the animal will eat up clean.
 For feeding alfalfa, clover, soy bean hay or other coarse feed, a rack of the kind shown in the illustration is handy and prevents waste. More sim pie racks are often constructed on tho inside of hog house by placing them against one of the sides of tho build ing or adjoined to the pen partition.
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1 He was a tall. gaunt, stoopshoui. Deep lines. sharp as saw cuts, ran down his cheeks, and from the ends of his gashlike mouth. His neck was | flabby, the cords showing like the ribs of fan. Rusty provincial garments | hung loosely upon him, draping his bony body, and in his hands he held a l soft, felt, prehistoric hat. He was not at all a city person; one almost smelt salt marshes at low tide. and clans. His ill-cut hair, too suggested wet | seaweed.
 Flodie, at another time. would have had trouble in restraining her smile. Now her heart was too heavy; her sense of the ridiculous inhibited. She | merely looked him over carelessly. added him up as some sort of drum mer person, and replied that her em- ployer was not in. "Ain't in, eh?" He looked her over inquisitively. What be you, anyway, his wife?" He pierced her with his little blue eyes.
 The words stung her to the quick: her nerves were all exposed. She managed her face, however, and re- piled. No. I'm his assistant. that's | all. Bookkeeper, sort of"
 He was still watching her shrewdly. "Aint going to marry him, be yer"
 Flodie, sensitive as she was, could not help showing little of her dis tress. The color began to rise on her cheeks. In her embarrassment she bridled. ''Is that any business of yours?" she answered in meek resent ment
 Yep" he said, considerable. as 1t happens. Hassingbury's my name. Jonas B. Ain't never heerd O me, be ye?"
 Flodie gasped. "Oh! Not MT Boni- stelle's cousin Jonas?"
 He nodded solemnly. "Fust cousin once removed"
 "Oh.' she exclaimed. MT. Bonis- telle will be awfully sorry to have
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CHAPTER V-Continued.

She sat bolt upright and stared at him with harder and more glittering eyes Today? What in the world do you mean, Hall Bonistelle?"
 Why, I'm in hurry-aren't you?"
 She rose and smoothed down her skirts. Why, you know, Hall, of course I've got to get mas consent first, anyway. Naturally. I suppose she'll want to know whether you're able to support me, and all that. You don't really have to work, do you?"
 I'm afraid 1 do." He looked at her Queerly. Why"
 "Oh, nothing, only-I don't know mas funny, sometimes-it really doesn't matter, but-well, you know I'm crazy about you, in spite of any thing. no matter what happens!"
 When can you find out?" he asked little angrily. It was maddening. just as he had his millions within reach. For with her consent again the millions beckoned.
 ''Oh, don't see that there's any par ticular hurry Of course I'd have lot to do in any case. There's my clothes" "
 Bother your clothes! I'll get you anything you want after we're mar ried. I'll be we'll able to afford it."
 You will?" She eyed him shrewd- fly. Oh, we'll, then, I'll go right home and speak to ma. Of course you want it settled, I understand. l tell you, I'll let you know tonight, when l come to the party"
 Fine! You will come, then?"
 "Of course I'll come. I say, Hall. If ma gives her consent, we'll announce our engagement tonight" Her eyes sparkled, as she held out her hands and let herself be folded in his arms for a farewell kiss. In that caress his fears were forgotten. Then she freed herself and walked to the office door.
 "Good-by, Hall, dear! Oh, hope we can be happy! And say won't those swells open their eyes, though, when they hear the news?" She hur- ried through the office without so much as nod to Flodie.
 Flodie jumped up. "Oh, your boa, Miss Gale!" and handed it to her.
 "Oh, yes!" Rosamund took it, and emerged from her dream to look the
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little assistant over with scornful triumph. Thanks" She threw it about her neck jauntily, "Oh, say, never mind those prints, Miss Fisher: I'll get them when come tonight" Up went her chin.
 All right" said Flodie sweetly. ''If I have time to find them will"
 Time? I'd like to know what you're here for!"
 ITO wait upon" Flodie paused for customers!" and brought it out with force
 Well. you may not be here so very long, if you don't look out" said Rosa. mund. ~But while you are, it wouldn't hurt to be a bit more polite. Miss lFisher.s
 Flodie held herself in we'll, replying l"Np. that's true. But everyone is so kind. usually, and MT. Bonistelle is al ways so nice and dear to me, sup pose ain spoiled"
 "Ohi" Rosamunds eyes were Dis tols. Yes. he is a dear!" She gave glance in the mirror. He's a say age when he's affectionate, though
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missed you. But I'm afraid he won | be back till late this afternoon"
 Wont, eh? Wall, now, that's too bad l did want to have little dish O gossip with Hall. But, come to think of it l dunno but perhaps you'll do just as we'll" Again he inspected the room. Nice place he's got here Don't live here, though, does he?"
 Flodie pointed into the studio. Yes, he has room in there."
 And where do you live, miss?" Jonas demanded boldly.
 His tone was offensive, and Flodie's blush deepened. She managed to be polite. "Oh, quite a way from here In darkest Harlem"
 "H'm!" Jonas eyes were fastened on her keenly, watching every change in Flodie's expressive face. "Aint sweet on him. be yer"
 Flodie rose in wrath. What right had he-why should he stumble so on the truth! It was torture for her. She walked toward the stockroom trembling. If you'll excuse me, MT. Hassingbury, I've got some pictures to print" She started to enter.
 Hold on a minute, miss, I want to talk to vel" said Jonas, beckoning | with bony finger
 I'm sorry. but Pm awfully busy" | Flodie stammered.
 Wall" he remarked, "so be I. This Is important, though. l guess you can spare me five minutes or so l didn't come up all the way from Branford. | Connecticut. and miss prayer meetin' night at that just for the fun of it. See here; Is Hall married. or not? That's what l want to know"
 Still Flodie's color mounted. No, he's not. Why?"
 See here, miss!" Jonas beckoned again. Set ye down; you needn't be afraid. I aint goin' to hurt ye. I'm a religious man and church member: ye can trust me. Mebbe you think I'm stickin' my nose into what's none of my business, but. land! I'm his cousin. and I guess l got good right to know his plans on the subject O l udtTiiuOuy. I1e sdZeu dt HeT CTuelly. And I expect you know why Now, don't yer"
 "No." said Flodie faintly. leaning on the desk for support.
 'I see ye know more'n you're willin' to let on," he continued. q want born yesterday, miss, nor yet the day before. and l know somethin' about women, if I be a bachelor. Up in Branford they call me weather-wise. Wall, the signs on womans face is just as easy, sometimes. Now see here" he hitched his chair nearer to Flodie. You don't want Hall Beui. stelle to git married no more'n I dn Ain't that so?'
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DAMAGED WHEAT FOR SWINE
Greater Gains Obtained in Tests in Feeding It Alone Than With Corn
 In Fatteninp Hogs.

The grade and market price of part Of the 1915 wheat crop has been so much reduced bysprouting in the shock that 1t is not too high for hog feed. Recent feeding tests by l.. A. Weaver at the Missouri experiment station have shown that wheat fed alone gives greater gains in fattenings hogs than either corn alone or corn mixed with wheat. The addition of tankago to the ration resulted in still more econom- ical gains, especially during the early part of the feeding period.
 If ground. the wheat is better digest. ed and three pecks produce as much grain as bushel of unground wheat. both being soaked
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SYNOPSIS.

Hall Bonstelle, st-photographer, pre- pares for the days work in his studio. Flodie Fisher. his assistant reminds him night and that his business is in bad financial shape. MT. Doremus, attorney and justice of the peace, calls and informs Hall that his Uncle Johns will has left him $4, ,0O0 eco on condition that he marry before his twenty-eighth birthday, which begins at midnight that night Mrs. Rena Royalton calls at the studio and Hall asks her to marry him at once. She spars for time. but finally agrees to give him an an swer at the party that night Miss Caro- lyn Dallys calls and Hall proposes to her. She agrees to give him an answer at the party. Rosamund Gale. art model calls. Halls tries to rush her into an immediate marriage
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CONCRETE FLOOR IS FAVORED
ed by Average Farmer-Rou9ha0e Rack for Swine ls Shown.

There is great deal of feed wasted on the average farm each year. but SO little Is lost at time that you seldom notice it. If you would take the time to count up what is knocked out of the troughs by the animals and tram pied under foot in one months time you would be so surprised at the large
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Pin EeeaInn Experiment.

At the Ontario station. 100 pounds of meal. when fed to 40pomd pigs. proved equal to 406.9 pounds of skim milk and to from S7.6 to 4S.5 pounds of tankase. depending upon tEo grade used. The skim milk was fed in the proportion of about one and a half pounds to one pound of meal. the tank. age one pound to about six pounds of meal.
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SHORT ARKANSAS ITEMS.

On account oi a decision Of the Supreme Court at Little Rock, pro. posed road improvement in Miller county will probably be indefinitely postponed. After the enactment by the legislature of the Josephs bill pro- vidng for the construction of road and bridge. the commissioners of the district decided to build the road and not the bridge. The ruling of the Su- preme Court is that both the bridge and the road must be built, otherwise the procedure will be illegal
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Lintless cotton is being grown near Forrest City, but not purposely. al though the price of seed is very high The cotton is on display at the office of the Planters Bank and Trust Com. pany. The bolls are crowded with seeds and there is scarcely trace Of lint on any one of them
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Ollie w Bradsger of Harrisburg has just been awarded patent on a selr-loading vehicle that bids fair to put him in the front as an inventor It will load a vehicle in very snort time at ve-v snall expense ana with no labor
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Residents of England who are op. posing the purchase by the Peniten- tiary Commission of the Dr. N. E. Beakley farm near that town for a white convict farm may seek to en. join the commission from closing a deal for the land, according to infor. nation received from England.
The Spectator., 1915-11-12

The bonds of the special district comprising the town of Dardanelle. amounting to S30000. have been sold at par. ihe proceeds are to be used in retiring old waterworks bonds and the indebtedness on the plant and to make important extensions and im- provements.
The Spectator., 1915-11-12

After drilling two wells on the Ever. ett Smith farm near Goshen, Wash. ington county, in both of which na- tural gas was found. third well was drilled and gas in larger quantities was found in it. The well drillers wanted water and not gas. It is said a fourth well will not be drilled
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R. F. l.. Wilson of Wilson, Ark, shipped to Memphis seven carloads of corn raised on his plantation. Three cars of the shipment graded No. l. This was the largest consignment of No. 1 corn ever received at Memphis. Grain experts say the amount of No. l corn grown~in the United States is so small as to be negligible.
The Spectator., 1915-11-12

Forty-eight of the 75 counties in Ar. kansas have appropriated S66.725 for farm betterment work during the ifs. cal year and it is probable further re, ports will boost the total to 50 coun. ties, according to C. w. Watson. partment of Agriculture.
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The Eureka Springs Times-Echo tells of a Eureka Springs husband who gave away his two-month-old baby. His wifes screams and applications brought the neighbors. and the neigh, bors brought the police, who gave the baby to the mother and gave a calling down to the father.
The Spectator., 1915-11-12

The Independence county Levying Court appropriated Sl,00O to be used in employing an expert accountant to audit the books of the county officers. The work will be started with books of 1893 and continue up to the present time.
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Deposits have been found near Cad do Gap said to contain a large percen, tage of silver ore. Land has been quoted to prospective buyers at $1.. 900 per acre. Large deposits of slate have also been found and freight rates are being asked to Eastern markets.
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The third annual farmers short course in agriculture to be offered by the College of Agriculture of the Uni. versity of Arkansas, will begin No. vember l5 and continue until Feb. ruary l2.
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Mrs Mary Breckenridge Thompson of Eureka Springs offers . reward of S25 to anyone who will give her infor. nation leading to the conviction of the person responsible for poisoning her childs dog.
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Mrs. Sallie Stanfield Riley has sold the Cleveland County Herald to H. B. Dixon, who has assumed control
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J. l.. Parker of Eureka Springs pro posed to the Quorum Court at Berry vile to erect free bridge at its own expense over White river if the county would furnish the labor. The offer was accepted.
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The Cedar Hill farm near Batesville, which has been cultivated for 75 years and is one of the oldest farms in Independence county, recently dis. played at Batesville 21 different prod ucts grown on the place this year. and in these products were not included II different varieties of apples grown there. The fertility of the farm Is kept up by scientific planting and cul- tivation.
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That the fight against hog cholera that is being waged in Arkansas by the extension division of the Univer- sity of Arkansas and the United States Department of Agriculture, co operating. is becoming more effective every day and that it has resulted in the saving of thousands of dollars for the Arkansas farmers and stockmen. Is shown in recent statement of Dr. J. E. Gibson, veterinary field agent of the federal bureau of animal industry, who has just completed his first year of work in the great cru sade against hog cholera in this state.
 'I have just completed my first Eyear's work in Arkansas" said Dr. Gibson, 'and have been cooperating with the extension division of the Uni versity of Arkansas in an effort to necessity of controlling hog cholera, a disease that is levyIng an annual toll of approximately S2000.000 in Ar kansas alone, and while the results obtained are not all that may have been desired or hoped for. careful study of the following figures will show that remarkable strides have been made toward controlling the disease"
 During the period from January to October 31. this year, Dr. Gibson has travelled in Arkansas 16,574 miles. and has visited 56 counties. He has talked to 7.552 people at 13S different points in the state. At IA of these meetings his talks have been illustrat- ed by stereopticon views. At Fl points demonstrations for the proven tive treatment for hog cholera have been given.
 In Dr. Gibson's report to his depart. ment at Washington he says that at these public demonstrations for pre- ventive treatment SIS hogs were treat ed before 1923 persons. 12S of whom were given individual instructions and placed in position to properly administer the treatment to their own hogs.
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The Consumers Portland Cement Company of Chicago has let con tract for the construction at Foreman, Ark. of plant which will have a daily capacity of 2,000 barrels of ce- ment.
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De Witt has let contracts for the building of three and one-half miles of macadam streets.
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There is serious outbreak of scar let fever in Madison county. and coun ty health authorities are handling ii in an energetic manner
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Ark,, or plant which Will have a daily capacity of 2,000 barrels of ce- ment.
 A piece of zinc ore has been found on Main street in Leslie. The dirt used in grading Main street was taken from an excavation in Leslie and the find will be investigated further.
 Marion county leads all other north Arkansas counties in the production of zinc. The monthly revenue from this source is approximately sl00,0O0, or over s1.O00.O0O a year
 Will Mack, who lives near Piggott United States army for about IS years, died in the Philippine Islands a short time ago.
 J. A. Gilpin raised 235 bushels of sweet potatoes on one acre of ground in Heber Springs.
 The United States representatives at Mammoth Spring have had no trouble in restocking the hatchery following the August floods Many river bass have been shipped there.
 There is a serious outbreak of scar. let fever in Madison county. and cuun. ty health authorities are handling it in an energetic manner.
 De Witt has let contracts for the building of three and one-half miles of macadam streets.
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 kept up by scientific planting and cul. tivation.
 Residents of England who are op. tiary Commission of the Dr. N. E. Beakley farm near that town for white convict farm may seek to en. join the commission from closing a deal for the land, according to infor. nation received from England.
 After drilling two wells on the Ever. ett Smith farm near Goshen, Wash. ington county. in both of which na- tural gas was found. third we'll was drilled and gas in larger quantities was found in it. The well drillers wanted water and not gas. It is said a fourth well will not be drilled.
 The Eureka Springs Times-E Echo tells of Eureka Springs husband who gave away his two-month-old baby, His wife's screams and applications brought the neighbors. and the neigh, bors brought the police, who gave the baby to the mother and gave a calling down to the father.
 Forty-eight of the 75 counties in Ar. kansas have appropriated S66.725 for farm betterment work during the ifs, cal year and it is probable further re- ports will boost the total to 50 coun. state agent for the United States De, partment of Agriculture
 Lintless cotton is being grown near Forrest City, but not purposely. al, though the price of seed is very high. The cotton is on display at the office of the Planters Bank and Trust Com. pany. The bolls are crowded with seeds and there is scarcely trace of lint on any one of them.
 The bonds of the special district comprising the town of Dardanelle. amounting to S30,00O. have been sold at par. he proceeds are to be used in retiring old waterworks bonds and the indebtedness on the plant and to make important extensions and nm provements.
 Deposits have been found near Cad. do Gap said to contain a large percen, tage of silver ore. Land has been quoted to prospective buyers at Sl., 900 per acre. Large deposits of slate have also been found and freight rates are being asked to Eastern markets.
 course in agriculture to be offered by the College of Agriculture of the Uni. versity of Arkansas, will begin No. vember I5 and continue until Feb, ruary l2.
 Mrs Sallie Stanheld Riley has sold the Cleveland County Herald to H. B. Dixon, who has assumed control.
 Mrs, Mary Breckenridge Thompson of Eureka Springs offers reward of S25 to anyone who will give her infor. nation leading to the conviction of the person responsible for poisoning her child's dog.
 Ollie w. Bradsger of Harrisburg has just been awarded a patent on a selI-loading vehicle that bids fair to put him in the front as an inventor. It will load vehicle in very snort time at ve-v suall expense ana with no labor,
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J. A. Gilpin raised 235 bushels of sweet potatoes on one acre of ground in Heber Springs.