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555 a tenderfoots wooing by clive phillipps wolley author of gold geld in cariboo etc chapter xiii contd- heave him up on to the pinto bill hes dead to the world how is he going to stick on you heave him up insisted combe from the other side of the stolen horse ill fix that hell ride as well as the pintos last passenger the old man in there replied bill cold the spirit was dying out in his blood and his tightly bound extre mities were beginning to freeze he became conscious that he was no longer in the streets of soda creek he could hear horses feet and gravel which rattled and slid beneath them and a jerk which threw him heavily upon his horses neck woke him to the fact thae he was riding down an extremely steep incline into a grey looking over his shoulder nervously and speaking in a hushed voice yes can yousteady him ke that 7 said that doctor pro- whist throw a hutch around him 1m f t i f i- i ij the faculty of becoming drunk adoz- ill try jm but his egs are 1 ke n twentyfour hours water you can t hold them they every from the effects of drink slip all ways at once as m as his into drunk they wont do that long vli gs am h brain bcgan to hows that work again almost normally combe had taken the tie rope from was rf he pintos saddle and with t had his his alms inioned for the doctor and hsabductor ashed the doctors feet together under h for your nerves sake when they jump and throb you can quiet and sooth them with vaseline trade mark analgic pftrokum jby a combination of the remedies your doctor prescribes and pure vaseline sold in clean handy tin tubes at chemists and general stores everywhere refuse sub stitutc free booklet on request chesebrough mfc co cooaohditcd iftso chabot atc montreal tho farm a stable wall decoration the dairy department of the wis consin college of agriculture is urg ing that the following be pasted up in every dairy barn in the stjite j practise the following advice and you will make more dollars in dairy ing others have done it why cant you use purebred dairy sires from cows having large and profitable pro ductions of milk and butterfat do not tjurn cows out to remain and suffer in cold stormy weather raise well the heifer calves from cowt which for one or more genera- tions have made large and profitable productions of milk and butterfat i breed heifers at the age of six- d fa teen to twenty months the virtue of tke natural leaf is perfectly preserved in the sealed hdatafljih mules deserve many war merals beat camels in transporta tion problem h kfl great credit is due to the drivers in mesopotamia as elsewhere edmund candler an english cor respondent in mesopotamia writes as follows regarding the servants of the british army on the tigris the camel the mule and the drabi the first and second lino transport is served by pack mules indian army ing is also necessary when the ground i humors of visitors books transport carts drawn by mules and is dry than when it is moist on the ponies camels and a bullock train for average the best depth is from 1 to- amusing effusions on some hotel the heavy guns it is doubtful if any 1 is inches books other army can count on being so ef- oats should be sown as early in the ficiently served in the country the spring as it is possible to make a uiaf elsfc s and t man with his wide b104 packet young tender leaves only grown with utmost care and with flavour as the prime object are used to produce the famous salada blends the exact date of hotels and boardinghouses and asking visitors to leave behind them some experience of campaigns in diverse feed heifers liberally and milk re- ktv iv sea writte rec of their stay has been climates hot and cold moist and dry with the locality i his does not productive of many witty effusions i from somahland and the sudan to gularly in summertime do not try to save feed by turni mean that the preparation of the land j the humor of which however could should be neglected in order to sow scarcely be appreciated in some cases early better yields will be produced b mine host it ing to pasture too earlv m his saddle his arms pinioned and didnotmattermuch h could easily i provide plenty of pure f resh s s chivs the bey of ahorse after whichhej 5gg ffis3s jj 9h carseinounu st anet 11 had passed the bight of the rope ft of a floo from irnil liip iintimp iriict 9m spnrrrl around his victims waist and secured him ly to form but he turned towards his flies during hot weather captive it was no use keeping him j supplement poor pastures with the seed to germinate fi s which came a roar and an incessant 7 corn silage or green soiling corps like in k f bed e best rate of firmly by it to the horn of the are awake are you rye zzrti ks2 i guess he ride like that jjwz j f s vp wo k sk tefl sjs f the tsh c lst buthe mj feed c js slsund of grain a doesnt he atd ttking the ortoi bv meadow sweet an1 ft ed towards him and released the doc- for every three pounds of milk pro t itfof h docn n and t by jvc witshire or at thc wi or ducei twent five to fort poumig of gro a lower rate of seeding may junction of little brown rills which i mi ht urtie hanis corn silak0 and what ciovel or alfalfa be used fo smallkerneled varieties i wind chattering to the r meeting place i vm thev are hav thev will eat than for largckerncled ones for tliere slirllrrt through the purple heather of that ry fuigx have water whiclj ma m0 of the shoulder he swayed him tentative lv in the raddle it was quin the actor says london titbits who many years ago wrote the following at the oncefamed peli can inn near newbury the famous inn at speenhamland that stands beneath the hill may well be called the pelican from its enormous bill which english folk call a mountain i the ferryman i f roe in a matteroffact tone thats mv trouble im blanked if i and gathered and united wander jm iooked at him in some surpri i well twice or three tsmes daily i know how im going to fix that unl on p p a httle frieno here and the soberin effect of the ride had brush cows daily if you can pos- another more fully grown further on been even greater than he had antici- sibly find the time for it pays better is not colder than that from a deep uv s department of a less i gag him too i wish the doctor was not too drunk to sit on by him self if he wasnt he wouldnt go yes he would with this and the light flickered on a barrel hardly harder than the speakers face bill looked at combe doubtfully he had known jim many years but until together they turn a millers wheel or dream through lush hay fields to the sea but the fraser by which that silent figure led him is not a river of this legs before freeing his hands kind steady dont fall off as you ride born of the snows in that barren back and dont try any monkey tricks land where earths ribr show above with me it aint worth it and pated than does grooming of horses which i guess you can sit on then by as a rule is not neglected yourself he remarked unfastening the rope which bound his captives germans fear russia the russian is terrible say teu ton army officers as to the qualities and characteris- tibet and thc abor country has come near to perfecting his art thanks to the inestimable virtues of the mule and the drabi camp follower or driver in the old days before the war tho drabi was a worthy drudge and as such respected he got home kicks and less halfpence than anybody else in the army perhaps it is adversity that has moulded him now like so many of the obscure he has achieved a hotel keeper in argentina proud- dis no 0 any longer thinks lv points to the following recommend- 4 i a ih i kisi f the drabi as a noneombatant at ation written by an english visitor if you have no objection to garlic sa and shaiba alone six members in your food treacle in your wine of the corps were awarded the indian mosquitoes in your bedroom and dis- order of merit and in france the honesty in your landlord if you are drabis reputation was high it was content with a saucer for your bath i a drabi who pursued his escaping and if you like being hurled out of bed muie a into the german lines at in the morning by an earthquake i lo ing out t the beast had can from experience recommend this broken his head rope and that his hotel needless to say the landlord could not read english at a pretentious suburban hotel says london truth one may read i had never seen the man he saw nowl the last of tbe black pines the then reassured by the doctors ap the sight staggered him and made fraser is bitter and savage from its him doubtful of the share he had birti there are n0 lush grass lands for it to now through no miller s wheels for it to turn its course is through sand and gra vel that it is gold gravel makes it no more beautiful past grey benches stained in leprous patches by vivid pearance he let his hands go now you might as well ride back where he was you aint afraid your way are you price for all the feed she has con about finding sumed asked combe give cows six to eight weeks rest metallic colors it has nothing to theyll be here pretty soon now if between lactation periods do with framing until weary of life they dont fallin and get drowned belong to a dairy cattle breeders and retired from business it reaches im not coming along soda creek association a cowtesting association its muddy delta where it farms be- might not be healthy for me just and every organization that will help cause it is too feeble to do anything now i to keep you posted and in touch with stilt trie-doctor- sat where he was the best uptodate methods of man- stretching his cramped legs feeling aging- your dairy her taken in the proceedings you dont mean no foul play by iim do you no of course not a dead ass nint no good hand me his bridle and combe- reached from the saddle for it but bill held on to it see here jim this is a mighty ugly business it is for a woman j for a woman sure hand overj or theyll be after vis still the man doubted and combe else saw a bar of light in the front of the its li w was mruing it is ideal some one had opened thedjeptiregrsst sfuicesjott61 northern bri- to look out vtlie cr tish columbia we great water power impatient for its drinks which eats avay the goldbearing there was no time to be lost it rocks which builds the sand bars and was cruel but he had to do it feeds them year by year with much bill he hissed when she died fine gold which tempts the strongest wouldnt you have done this or any of our men with the possibility of other blanked thing to save her quickly earned wealth and having tion my god yes was the startled an- sucked thir lives out of them leaves swer without further demur bill them stranded in such back waters as handed over the bridle and jim soda creek turning the horses sharply down hill i the banks of it under which jim disappeared into the night whilst the combe led the doctors stumbling widower slunk through the back prem- horse were sheer cliffs of gravel the ises into the ideal raw edges of a great earth wound and finish the night with your pals and test the milk of each cow sorry i troubled you i discard the cow which has failed but the doctor remained sitting at the end of the year to pay keep cows in clean welllighted properly ventilated stables at all times treat cows gently and avoid ex citement weigh the milk of each cow at generosity savs the new york times p 5 j the french soldier is gallant nervous to f d and very brave only it is difficult to established posting house in lanca- make him return a second or third f some ambiguous visitor entered time into the same fire the english tb w r food here is excep- fighter is dogged and individually re- m the italian though fere milking time get your neighbors to share with you in owing a babcock milk tester tics of the various nonteutonic sol- have testifying to the bon diers of europe german army officers ths hotel everyone dresses speak interestingly and not without i fo dlnner ex the cook the -pro- mnnmsiiv vo i m vi to i pnetors give the cook next to nothing and at an old tional i feel hungry every day 21 improving sandy soils the addition of vegetable matter to sandy soils is very important it is the stiffened muscles of his arms swaying a little in his saddle rind looking at combe you must have wanted me pretty badly he said at length and there j n increase 7hei water-hold- was no trace of anger in his voice no ing capac a well as to add to their protest against his attempted abduc- due t0 their coarse texture and lack of vegetable matter water is li often the iimitil cropproducing fac tor of sandy soils to prevent winds from blowing a woman you through which the river tore its course took you what is it arent married jim laughed a hard laugh what is it then you arent drunk or a fool aint i that new tenderfoot hungarians want peace i vwua in assault is discouraged by failure he goes on one impulse and hates to repass his own dead for a second charge that is how a german afrud that germany will swallow sees three of his adversaries as to a fourth he volunteers nothing but if he is pressed he will add the russian is terrible the meaning of that assertion de velops slowly with many hesitations it is not that the individual russian soldier is particularly terrible no that is not what he means to say the russians cannot be singularized you have to think of russians infinite in plurality a slowmoving ominous imposing mass ten and twelve deep heedless and heavy so controlled by their own mo mentum that they cannot stop they will go anywhere into anything again and again as if they did not know how to be afraid the only thing j you can do says the german officer is to slaughter them and pray that them up some day the london telegraphs milan cor respondent says that a significant symptom regarding the hapsburg monarchy is shown by an outburst of the hungarian newspapers in favor of peace premier asquiths recent speech regarding peace conditions the despatch says has been commended by hungarians who are anxious on ac count of german aggressiveness re- and the brim of it was no place ofj anstruther has broke himself up but a fringe of great fl m clifford s nurs- chapter xiv i primroses out a innge ot great it seemed to the doctor that his boulders too heavy even for its strong and wa d pace was suddenly accelerated in his watcrs to move and here aml ther ah grunted the doctor a whis- dream flight he began to move with t bones of a stranded pine i tled a strange hollow whistle like that quite phenomenal rapidity in all i of a fog horn it was a curious trick far overhead the two could see a had on occas 0 insight he sand the land may be laid out in longj you will have ammunition enough to narrow fields with alternate grass and keep it up cultivated crops for short distances protection windbreaks of pines or other trees are effective deep planting of seed rolling and harrowing of soil fire necessary to i bring thc moisture to the seed and yet prevent its loss by evaporation rp ispecting small nationalities at the end they come in lines q the in connection with the visit to ber lin made by baron burian austro- hungarian foreign minister it is suggested that germany proposed that the hapsburg monarchy should be divided into small autonomous states presumably in order that they may bo more easily swallowed up by ger many the slav nationalities it is hinted are to be given the minimum of liberty galicia also receiving au tonomy the hungarians have taken umbrage feeling that their turn would come next and that the mag yars would thus succumb to german predominance preparedness goodness maria why are you hid- towering in flnight mist and behind them steady that if he had not seen the steeples and towns going by below him he would have considered him self absolutely stationary in space but now he was going at a great speed and jerkily yes certainly thc f uscd a jm smounting the world are very much aiike every jerkily and the atmosphere was bet down the water s edge the where and doctors know them better coming distinctly colder he hadfft was there moored to the bank than most men entered a stratum of cold air ah i the cc cakes fathering round it as it yes that must be it he was get the fertility needs of sandy soils are nitrogen phosphorus and potash phosphorus and potassium must be previous expeditions of the kind thej- motion had been a steady sailing so fisj up shht tattsrfslw p2 t tream the dull red light which m l ilsgll vt ztir ed the centre of such life as there was cou have made shrewd guesses about imy of feetl t0 d to animals in soda creek iv gu aoout and the manure returned to the land f miss clifford and jim combe and even th nm soil contains but when a cable crossed the river i ii u a it rrt lne aciage sandy son contains out the river ad0ut jjr anstruther the ways of ah liv b mum iu as it what is the matter with anstru- lay but there was no boatman by it ther natural he reflected in the head and it ting higher he was in fact rockettingj an lltte shack i wmch h sh ribs broke two or three and may that was it he was rockctting quite wa t jlm got into the be something worse inside you hit a bird ferry and tned to move t but the he will get over that without rockets the lt was sccurcd b a greatly assistance or die does it mat- whiskey had hit me in the head and u was t for the publics ter it rockets certainly i am rocket- con an the ferrymans profit jim looked at him stupidly j and the ferryman had gone thoughts grew less curse it thats what ting but as his thoughts grew less curse it thats what i might vague his body grew more anil more have expected jim muttered but i didnt see him in the saloon when we left for a time he wrestled with the lock and tried to break it with a boulder from the beach but such attempts had been foreseen and the fastenings were to strong to yield to rude surg ery docrnt matter much if they do come now he said to himself and began to hulloa on the offchance that the ferryman might be within hearing he even took out his revolver and fired a shot but for awhile tliere was no response the ferryman had con cluded that his cowboy passenger of the morning was as other cowboys he sww 19lkw1a had known and would be as long over mb sj his halfhours business as they had r tzttltuzfi s een and caribou being a free coun- ttl r n k rid h9 try he had gone where he listed but the revolver shot had roused others if it had not called the ferry man the red glow in the centre of thc townlet was redder now and larger the door of the ideal was wide open and there were voices on he night air thc voices of men which grew closer as he listened possibly ensom corn starch to you the doctor added to be continued longest siege of war i mora in the camcroons defended for eighteen months what has been the longest siege of thc war it is doubtful whether 1000 brit ons outside of official life could answer the question this is not strange because the story is told here for the first time it comes from a young british officer who had the sanction of the war office to tell the story of the most stubborn scrap of the war whon the history of the war is writ ten it may be known as the siege of mora a siege which lasted for eight een months with mora in the hands ice cream comes cjl cf the freezer with a velvety smoctttesa ana a rev dehciotisnesa when ii is nucie- wllh bensons ard u is pretty hard to as for any- imnr mere deccuthan a clocolalo blarc mace or cream ciatard with fruit made of bensons corn starch our new reclfe book desserts and candles tells hew and ixw much to use write fcr a cory to cur montreal office and besure toteli your frocer to send benson s tie standby in canada fcr more than hall a century the cumm starch co united montht41 pantfobd from onethird to onehalf as much fertility as clay loams legumes are beneficial to sandy soils because they supply the much- needed nitrogen as well as humus where a supply of peat is readily a- vailable it can be used lo advantage as a nitrogen fertilizer the use of lime on sandy soils which are very commonly acid will aid in securing stands of alfalfa any of the clovers and soy beans cow peas lupines and rcrradclla usually do well on acid soil to grow good crops of legumes it is also necessary to inocu late the soils rotations for sandy soils should be so choren as 16 increase the amount of vegetable matter and provide a legume crop to cover the soil at least once every three years canadian farm sowing oats the best way- to sow oats is with the grain drill drilling gives a more even stand than broadcast seed ing for nil the seed is covered to about the same depth in sowing broadcast some of the seed may not be covered at all and some may be covered too deeply germination is better from drilled seed and thc ing all the music so carefully well john the puffers are call ing on us tonight and you know mrs puffer never plays without music if might doesnt always make right it seldom gets left sahib would be angry it was a drabi who sat through the whole of the bombardment at neuve chapelle when all the rest of his column had taken cover he wandered about all night unable to find his destination his cart was written off for the bombardier in charge who had obey ed the order all into your dug-outs- said that nothing could live through that fire in the morning muhammad alim turned up at brigade headquar ters with his ammunition explaining that he had lost thc way when ask ed what the fire was like he said thatrthe wind from the shells was like the monsoon in the hills at dharm- saki and only the other day ali hussein drabi must need report him self sick on january 23 the doctor found a bullet in his shoulder when were you wounded he asked in the battle sahib but that was on the 21st why did you not report yourself before sahib he said fearing reprpof i had no time the wounded- were txio many he had made the journey to the trenches in his cart ten or a dozen times through the darkness anil cold and mud and rain mules earn ribbons three vital questions arc you full of cneriiy vital force and general iood health do yoo know that ood dieat1oa a the foundation of food health palna and op- preaalon in stomach and cheat after eating with constipation headache dizaincat are auro luna of indigestion motherseigeta syrup tho great herbal remedy and tonic will care you after meals take and banish stomach troubles a i all drusfilit or direct on receipt n t price 50c bad 100 the large botlle contnlni three timet cs much a the tnwller a j wiiitb st co limited oral street west montreal three to six doses cure one email flao bottle of sfohxts guaranteed to cure roaho safe for any marej horse or colt j urges t hulinx veterinary specific ever known get t of druggists harhohh dealers or direct front manu facturers express paid bpohits is the best preventive of all forms of dis temper bpohn medical co chemists and bacteriologists qosfcen znd tjsa bmmnwmxkmsma of the british and french the allies came into possession of a country of j growth is more uniform throughout 20950 square miles in area which is the season in numerous tests at as large as the german empire and the experiment stations drilled oats belgium and the part of trance un- mvc oll oats sown broadcast der german occupation at the present i i i u t n time this is the camcroons or s l to ac p the germans spell it kamerun slands of and ciove a 0 obtained in drilled than in broad- the best depth to sow oats varies sweets to the sweet mr w the m and the scason bills suspicions had found voice at slopay gallantly as lie handed a plate ca they shoum be cov01 with ha the last moment the revolver shot of cakes to tho landlady s daughter n inch to an inch of moist soil they having confirmed them and now thel p- s th said shoul1 own jn j whole drunken gang was out looking the landlady significantly than ioams or c a cruel comeback against the suns rays and under wear and tear this paint lasts and lasts and lasts rarjimvs paints arc honest goods made of honest materials by honest palnaukinic method karh finish will honestly meet thc requirements for which it la designed volt may be sure when you buy them lor your own tin that they will give you the service you know yotrouclit to ret courteous service from local agent write for interesting paint literature f1 a ramsay son co eubiihed 1842 montreal que branches ax xobon to and vahcguveb for sale by all dealers i fit i- ii r if beasts were decorated the mule r would be covered with ribbons he also knows not defeat his hardiness is proverbial none of the plagues of mesopotamia have affected his sang froid the packmule as a rule serves the first line in the second line the brunt of thc work has fallen on the ponies and mules of thc jaipur and bharatpur imperial service transport corps the ponies are cuontry breds ungelded and stand ahout 132 one seldom pees a stranded indian army transport cart among the wreckage of a battle the a t carts were at shaiba in january last year plying daily be- tween the camp and basra through five miles of flood in two or three feet of water with frequent bog- holes in which the animals and carts were submerged the ponies had to be unhooked the carts unloaded manhandled with dragropes and loaded again from shaiba they went to ahwaz and thence on that historic desert march in june sand and swamp by illah and bisaitin to amaza thench to ali glierbi kutelamara and ctesiphon back to ali gherbi and on again in the new advance thirteen months with little halt in their daily convoy work with constant covering of their tracks the same carts same animals same men and they look as if they could do it again the camel so far has been but an auxiliary in the second line of trans port but much is expected of him though he is wofully misunderstood like the yak he is a proverbially ascetic beast and has the supremo virtue of living on the soil tho riverain breed or judi as he is local ly called is not like his bedawi bro ther trained to go without water but he is proof against camel fly and has certain virtues of his own he is brittle and will break his leg kicking against a stone andjievyi- i will split up and die if his legs slip apart in the mud in this country v snow kills him he is sensitive to y damp and will catch a fatal cold if asked to doss in a swamp but well cared for sufficiently equipped arid tactfully treated he is second only as a beast of burden to the mule w m m n f i v if a man has money his funny stories will always get a laugh our idea of an innocent woman is cv h iinagivc man chews cloves tecavisc lr nftcy likes them v