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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

"Who is?" The chiefs wonder grew.
What meant these peculiar sentences?
"Wouldst put thy hand into gold as
far as the wrist and take what thou
couldst hold?"
yes. holy one; for am human.
Whittier lead these questions? What
IL it you would of me?"
There ore some who need to be far
away to see things. Well, good man.
there is e treasure under your feet"
falling into the vernacular.
The chief could not resist looking
down at the ground, startled.
Nay" smiled Umballa, mot there.
Think; did not something unusual
happen here five years ago."
The chief smoothed the tip of his
nose. my father died and l became
headman of the village"
Would you call that unusual?"
ironically.
No. Hal" suddenly. Five years
ago; yes, yes, l remember now. Sol
diers, who made US lock ourselves in
our huts, not to stir forth on the pain
of death till ordered. My father alone
was permitted outside. He was COM
PEELED to row out to the island. There
he was blindfolded. Only two men &C.
companied him. They carried some
thing that was very heavy. My father
never knew what the strange, shining
h4x 1II
away and we came out. No one was
allowed on the island till my father
died"
did he tell you what it was he
helped bury yonder?"
No, holy one. He was an honorable
man. Whatever the secret was, it
passed with him. We were not curl.
GUS"
1T was the private treasure of the
king of Alfalfa. and the man was the
king himself"
The fisherman salaamed
And / am sent, because l am holy.
to recover this treasure, which was
willed to the temple of Juggernaut."
But, holy one, know not where it
is hidden!"
Il do. What / want is the use of
your sloop and men l can trust. To
you. as much gold as your hands can
hold"
Il will furnish you with men as hon.
est as myself"
THAT will be sufficient; and you
shall have your gold"
The word of holy man is never
subjected to scrutiny in India.
Umballa was in good humor. Here
he was, several hours ahead Of his
enemies. He would have the filigree
basket dug up and transferred to the
sloop before the Colonel Sahib could
reach the village. And Umballa would
. have succeeded but for the fact that
the wind fell unaccountably and they
: lost more than an hour in handling the
sloop with oars.
When the sloop left the primitive
landing the chief returned to his hut
and told his wife what had taken place,
like the good husband he was. They
would be rich.
Suddenly the child set up wailing.
Through the window she had seen
bold leopard trot over to the bullock
cart and carry away the kid. The
chief at once summoned his remaining
men, and they proceeded to set trap
for the prowler. The cat had already
killed one bullock and injured another.
They knew that the beast would not
!, return for some hours. having gorged
itself upon the kid But it was well to
be prepared.
Toward noon the other treasure
seekers drew up within a quarter of
a mile behind the village. The men
: folk thought it advisable to reconnoi-
. ter before entering the village. One
never could tell. Winnie declared her
, intention of snoozing while they wait
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12
CHAPTER XIV.
In Search of Treasure.

III SCdISIi VI ICdSIIC.
Those ropes were cut" declared
Ahmed.
But who in the world could have
cut them?" demanded the colonel.
Ahmed shrugged. I'VE may have
been followed by thieves. They could
have gotten here before us, as we were
forced to use the elephant trails. Let
us keep our eyes about us, sahib.
When one speaks of gold, the wind
carries the word far. And then =. :"
He paused, scowling.
And then what?"
81 do not want the memsahib to
hear" Ahmed whispered. But who
shall say that this is not the work of
the gurus, who never forget. who never
| forgive, sahib?"
But they would not follow"
Nay, but their servant would, on
the fear of death. will watch at
night hereafter"
Ahmed searched thoroughly about
the ledge from which the east side of
the bridge had swung, but the barren
rocks told him nothing. Armed with
his rifle, he plunged boldly back along
the elephant trail, but returned with
out success. Whoever was following
them was an adept, as secret as a
Thuggee. All this worried Ahmed not
little. He readily understood that
the murderous attempt had not been
directed against Kathlyn alone, but
against all of them. But for her eager.
ness and subsequent warning some oil
them would have been dead at this mo
ment.
"Sahib, it would be better to make
camp on the other side of the ford
The memsahib is weak from the shocl
and might collapse if we proceeded"
II leave everything to you, Ahmed
But is there not some place farther
below where the water does not run SC
fast?"
"Ramabai will know
But Ramabai knew only the bridge
They would have to investigate ant
explore the bank. Half an hours Jour
ney-rather difficult one-brough
them to still and shallow -1ater. Her,
they crossed and made camp beyond
in natural clearing. They erecte,
thessmall tent for Kathlyn. inside O
which she changed her clothes, dranl
her tea and lay down to sleep.
What does Ahmed Think" aske
Bruce anxiously.
That we are being followed b
some assassins hired by our friend
the priests"
Colonel, let US make straight 70
the port and let this damnable bushe
OF trinkets stay where it is" urge
, Bruce, the lover.
THAT Is not possible now" replie
Ramabai. I'VE can now reach Their
only by the seacoast itself, or retur
, to the desert and journey over the oil
trail. We must 60 on"
The colonel smoked his pipe moo,
!, lily. He was pulled between necessit
and desire. He had come to Asia Il
. this filigree basket, and he wanted |
with a passion which was almo.
:, misery. At one moment he SILENT
vowed to cast the whole thing into tt
sea. and at the next his fingers woul
!, witch and he would sigh.
: Sometimes 1t seemed to him tn,
: there was some invisible force wor
ing in him. drawing and drawing hi
!. against the dictates Of his heart. +
had experienced this feeling back
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

Nobody has ever explained, scien-
tifically or otherwise. how 1t Is that
one man will haul in nice string of
fish In an hour or two. while another,
fishing near him. catches nothing but
an old shoe and the left leg OF pair
Of overaIls. Has Psychology anything
70 do With II?
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

More open space between dancers
has been decreed by dancing masters
and in some of the new steps dancers
barely touch the fingertips of their
partners. In the course of time the
strange hold will be barred from po
lite society.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

Again, incontrovertible proof of
prosperity is afforded in the fact that
the nation now has three major base
ball leagues.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

You may have noticed that the
daughters of rich papas who marry
the coachman, chauffeur or gardener,
repent and hurry back to the protec-
ton and joys of papa's pocketbook
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

The futurists declare that no good
taste will be required in the deciding
of future fashions. So far as that is
concerned it does not seem to have
an imperative demand in the inven-
ton of the present fashions.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

These are the days when the straw.
berry church festival replaces the
oyster supper and the charitable ex-
cursion steps into the vacancy made
by the theater benefit. And to the
pocketbook Of the charitable public all
these occasions look alike.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

The inconsistency of man is proved
by the fact that he objects to the ex-
IRENE fashions of the day only when
worn by some member of his own
family.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

There are two great labor problems.
One is to find work for the unem-
ployed, and the other is to get work
out of the employed.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

A fly that especially deserves exter-
mination. whether by swatting or in
some other way, is the Hessian fly re-
ported to be threatening the wheat
fields of the Southwest.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

Professor Langley, pioneer aero
naut, whose flying craft was ridiculed,
died of broken heart. Much worse
one can believe than broken neck.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

Now a health expert condemns the
family bathtub as insanitary. Great
guns? Are we to have individual bath
tubs?
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

And why is 1t that canned vege-
tables taste so much better at coun-
try clearinghouse than on your own
table in the city?
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

Those who claim that Nature never
made a mistake should explain how
it is that she turns out pretty man
occasionally.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

The frown that was born without
contemplation can be driven away by
a moment of good-natured considera-
ton.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

Act and talk cheerfully That is one
way to show the world you did not
come to it in vain.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

Those of us who have to work won
der how those who loaf manage to
provide themselves with daily bread.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

II the wrong man tries to kiss girl
she screams for help. but If the right
man tries it she helps herself.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

The test of widows uncomfortable
grief Is found in her ability to pass up
those fetching ear curls six months
later.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

A huge sea bat was recently cap
tured at Mobile bay, the sea bat being
more of fish than bird
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

Somebody asks why boat races do
not start on time For the same rea-
son that parades never start on time.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

The reason a woman is an angel Is
that she can kiss another woman
VIXEN she really wants to bite her.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

Every time we hear of wife beat
ing, we wonder why civilization travels
with such snail pace.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

Blessed is the man whose Sunday
is safe and sane. for he shall find COM
fort on Monday morning
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-12

The Houston Post printed this head
line; Man Was Made to Sing Not
to be taken seriously.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-08-06
FIRST LADY, IS
WELL EQUIPPED
FOR DISTINCTION
Mrs. Robert Lansing Has Grace,
Charm and All Social Ac-
compIishments.
PROMOTION MEETS APPROVAL
New Secretary Of State, Besides Being
Lawyer and Diplomat. Colts and
Fishes and 10 Baseball Fan
Protege Of Former Sec
rotary Foster.

Washington.-With the appointment
b. President Wilson of Robert Lansing
as secretary Of state. the figure Of
Mrs. Lansing begins to loom large up
on the social horizon of Washington;
for the wife Of the premier is. ex-of-
ficio. an important parsonage. and
none the less in this instance that Mrs.
Lansing is bit Of parsonage in her
own right. AS the daughter of John
w. Foster, some time secretary of
state. she has had large experience
Of official life here and abroad; and
she is thoroughly versed in the GUS
toms of Washington society and fitted
to assume the role of leader of the
Official contingent.
Since the retirement Of William J.
Bryan there has been a tendency to
speak Of Mrs. Bryan as the social ar.
bitter" of Washington officialdom and,
since Mrs. Wilson's death. first lady
Of the land" Besides ignoring entire
ly the existence Of Mrs. Thomas Riley
Marshall. wife of the vice-president.
who by all the canons of official Ell.
Quette is entitled to this distinction.
and of Miss Margaret Wilson. the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-08-06

be made highly profitable. The man
who goes into 1t. however. should
make up his mind that he must be
prepared to grow q good percentage
Of his steers and not rely entirely
upon feeders to be picked up on the
markets.
Recently the prediction was made
that beefsteak would advance to 80
cents a pound and that pair of shoes
In the fairly near future will sell for
SO. Possibly these predictions will
never be literally fulfilled. as 1t Is
certain that the amount Of beef con-
sumed will be tremendously reduced
as soon as the buying public Is con-
fronted by such prices. However.
the limit of price climbing Is usually
fixed by the amount people are both
willing and able to pay and It 10 GER
tain that beef will be higher before t
goes lower and stays. there.
There never will be much relief In
the cattle shortage until more cattle
of beef size, type and age are pro-
duced in the corn belt sections. That
time seems a good way on. Calves
are still being vealed In the dairy dis
tricts in spite of all the agitation
against 1t. and all over the corn belt
grain and roughage Is being grown
and sold on the farms where 1t should
be fed Feeding these products to
beef steers would be q far better way
Of marketing them than the present
system. but 1t takes time to convince
a region that a change Of methods
would be a benefit.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-08-06
HOGS REQUIRE CLEAN WATER
Strictest PRECAUTIONS to Guard
Against Infection.

AS hog cholera and many other dis
eases can be spread by an infected
water supply 1t behooves every farm
er to observe the strictest precau-
lions to protect his hogs against such
sources Of infection. During the hot
summer weather hogs love to wallow
II the mud and will take advantage Of
every opportunity to crafty their de-
sires. But to force them to depend
upon the filthy. stagnant water of .
mudhole to quench their thirst IL to
take desperate chances on losing the
hogs. A thimbleful of water from .
hog wollow contains about 5000 900
germs. so the scientists say The
farmer who will make hogs take these
germs into their systems should not
be surprised II they should sicken and
die.
There are few pastures that are
well supplied with clear running
streams that can be depended upon
for stock watering during the summer
months. Even though they Are suit
able during the spring. they dry MP
when hot weather comes. The safest
and best way IL for the farmer to
adopt some other means of providing
his stock with safe water. For hogs,
there are sanitary drinking fountains
upon the market that answer the need
very well. They are comparatively
cheap and are certainly better than
the ordinary trough that must be
filled every time the hogs need q
drink. Most times the ordinary
trough is empty and the hogs do not
get as much water a. they need for
their best growth and development.
Some farmers make provision for wa
tering the hogs when they construct
their concrete tanks for other live
stock and thus solve the problem for
all time.
Whatever method IL employed Il n
very essential that a plentiful supply
Of clean. healthful water be provided
for the hogs. Their life and well BE-
ing depend upon 1t.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-08-06
Wounded Soldiers Stop Traffic.

A motor car driver incurably az
flicted with speed mania returned to
America after a four years stay In
London and Paris.
What brought you back?" q friend
inquired.
THE wounded soldiers" said the
driver. For a man of my habits
there is too much danger of getting
into trouble on the other side now.
"A fellow simply cannot drive as
fast as formerly. We are continually
being held up by wounded soldiers.
The most reckless driver on earth in
voluntarily slows down when those
poor wrecks In khaki. or French red
and blue. or a Moroccan or Indian
medley Of colors. gets in his way.
They move very slowly, those
wounded men. They will recover.
they are able to take exercise; many
of them. no doubt, will return to the
front, but at present they are any.
thing but spry.
They abound in all the streets.
Every time stopped to let one hobble
past my throat choked up. That was
one thing that sent me back home, the
choking-that. and the slow progress"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-08-06

was later chancellor of the state OF
New York.
Mr. Lansing was graduated from
Amherst college In 1886 and began the
practice of law with his father in Wa
tertown in 1889.
He soon became too big for small
town litigation. however. Interna-
tional law was his forte. In 1892 he
was appointed associate counsel for
the United States in the fur seal arbi-
tration and he attended the sessions
Of the international tribunal at Paris
in 1893.
In the course of the next two years
he was counsel for the Mexican and
Chinese legations in Washington and
in 1896 Secretary of State Olney ap-
pointed him counsel for the govern
ment before the Boring sea claims
commission.
He was counsel for private parties
before the Canadian joint high COM
mission in 1889 and later again
served the Mexican and Chinese lega-
lions.
In 1903 he was appointed to be coun.
sci for the United States before the
Alaskan boundary tribunal and he
took a prominent part In the Venezue-
Ian asphalt disputes in 1905. He rep
resented the government in the Allan
tic fisheries and arbitration in 1908
and in 1911. on his return to this
country from The Hague. he was made
technical delegate of the COVER
in the fur seal conference at Wash
ington.
In 1911 he acted as counsel for the
United States in the American and
British claims arbitration and this was
his work up to the date he was chosen
as Secretary Bryan's right hand man.
Appointment Popular.
The appointment is very popular
with the members of the diplomatic
corps, who have been associated with
Mr.. Lansing in an official way for a
good many years, and among whom he
numbers many close personal friends.
No sooner was the appointment made
known than the foreign ENJOYS In
Washington fastened to call upon him
to offer congratulations and pay their
respects, the Japanese ambassador.
Viscount Chinda, being one OF the
first.
Mr.. Lansing's appointment also
meets the approval Of his colleagues
of the cabinet.
Incidentally 1t may be added that
he Is a golfer, a fisherman. a baseball
fan. a landscape painter and drafts
man and writes verse.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-08-06

presidents daughter. who unofficially
and from the point Of view Of SEN
timent may be SO regarded. this is
making a claim for social leadership
that Mrs. Bryan has never cared to
advance.
Experienced In Social Life.
A woman whose interests center en-
tirely In her husband and In her fam
lily. and who Is inclined to agree with
her husband that the social side of
statecraft Is of small consequence,
Mrs. Bryan has been only too glad to
avail herself Of the official mourning
for Mrs. Wilson to refrain from all
entertaining not absolutely necessary
and to evade as much social RESPONSE
bility as possible. Moreover, although
Intelligent. cultivated and travelled,
Mrs. Bryan. until her husband en-.
tered the cabinet. had scant knowl.
edge of official life. Mr.. Bryan's own
experience having been limited to q
term or two in congress.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-08-06

two of these triangles are wired to-
gether at the tip and pieces laid
across the extending cross pieces. to
make "contraption" like that shown
In the illustration. Five or six Of
these frames are used to the acre. the
hay piled over them as soon as 1t has
wilted Q little and left there until
cured. l have seen hay curing this
way in very damp weather. In fact. 1t
scarcely seems to matter how much 1t
rains when these racks are used.
writes E. E. Miller Of Tennessee. in
Hoard's Dairyman. They were de-
signed. l believe. by the Tennessee ex-
pertinent station. and are now used by
many farmers. Once made. they
should last for years. and they can
easily be taken down and stored out
of the way.
In ordinary weather, however, I have
never found much difficulty In curing
cowpea hay. II 1t is cut when dry,
any Jumps or piles scattered out, left
in the swath until well wilted, then
raked into windows and left until
fairly dry, and put into small cocks,
it will cure almost perfectly in two OF
three days of ordinary weather. II
should not be left exposed to the sun
longer than Is necessary to thoroughly
wilt the leaves. as too much sunshine
will dry them out SO as to cause them
to shatter OF when the hay Is hauled
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-08-06
TO CURE C0WPEA HAY
Rack, Shown in Illustration Here
with, Is Satisfactory.
Does Not Seem to Matter Much u Il
Rains When Device 10 Used
They Should Last for Years
and Are Easily Stored.

Hsy caps can be successfully used
for the curing of cowpea hay. A Vir-
ginia friend reports that in his Sec
ton their use is common and success
full. This confirms the experience Of
others who have tried them for this
as for other hay crops.
A more generally used device for
curing cowpea and soy bean hay in
this section is the curing rack roughly
illustrated herewith. 1t may be made
Of six-foot pieces Of 1x3 lumber or Of
small poles six to seven feet long.
Three of these pieces are fastened to-
gether to form q triangle and then
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-08-06

The dairy COW must be provided
with a market, but the dairy cows
brother makes his own market. The
market will come to the big steer just
as soon as there are enough like him
to attract the attention Of the pack
ers and the Gamers. Witness the
gradual shifting of the packing plants
to Omaha. st. Joseph. Wichita. Fort
Worth and other western and south
western towns and the reshifting east
ward again when the Stalled steer
and the beef cattle grown on the mid
die western farms began to be the big
factor in the market.
The beef steers sister," the dairy
cow. must be in touch with q popuia-
ton center in order for the business
of dairying to reach its most profit
able stage. but the buyer will find out
the big steer and hunt him up. Look
at the millions of cattle that found
their way to market over the old
Chisholm trail and the scores of 9TH
er trails famous in longhorn history.
writes Joseph Cooper of Illinois. in
Farm Progress. Doubtless the dairy
COW is a more paying proposition.
head, than the beef animal, but there
is certainly far l, IS risk in handling
the big steer and. q great deal less
work.
1t Is said that you can take care of
200 beef steers with the same amount
of labor that would be necessary in at
tending to barn of 200 milk pro-
ducers. Gone into rightly the growing
and the fattening Of beef cattle can
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-08-06

the surroundings are pleasing to one
OF her tastes and attachments. Her
abode is large two-story frame house
on an eminence near the station and
overlooking the orchard and pine
covered foothills. with the snow-capped
Sierras for a background A more
slightly spot could hardly have been
selected. In her chosen home Miss
Austin has not lost sight Of the prac-
teal side of life.
Her farm is too large to be cared for
by one person alone. and when the
necessary help Is not to be had she
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-08-06
WOMAN SCULPTOR is FARMER
Help 10 Not Otherwise
Available.

Grass Valley. Cal.-Among those
who have added to the orchard acre.
age Of this section this spring is Miss
Amanda Austin at Applegate.
Miss Austin Is widely known in the
world Of sculpture and artistic paint
ing. The last two years she elected
to live on a farm at Apologize. where