Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 18, Number 46, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 27 January 1897 — Page 7

A WOMAN'S WAY. <rhta can b® nld of a woman’s way, ’ And indeed.to truth may be not denied, ohe loves him best whom she least can W sway. ‘ r be you humble, she cries you nay—"rhe key to her heart is a careless pride, Thls can be said of a woman’s way. Plead with her, fool, till your locks are * gray: Follow and close by her steps abide— , ■be loves him best whom she least can sway. _ te w ise man says: "I will love her, yea; 1 But I keep my strength if she stand defied,” ■nils can be said of a woman’s way. Many a swain will her smile obey, But others this precept their path shall guide: ghe loves him _ best whom Bhe least can sway. Anri he who yields and comes to pray Far better indeed at her feet had died— This can be said of a woman’s And I, in a smiling mood I say, What fate in the old days prophesied: . “This can be said of a woman’s way, ghe loves him best whom she least can sway.” —Ernest McGaffey, In Chicago Post. [Copyright by A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Cos ] - CHAPTER X. —Continued. In the open air the squire perused his letter and, after he had done so, turning to hie boys, he said: •It is too true. In a few hours more iny Clara would have been left the wealthiest widow ift the state, if all accounts of Loyd’s wealth be correct.” Tom thought it very strange that the first thought of his fathes should be of the wealth that Clara came so near inheriting, and though the fortune of the banker would now descend to Fannie, We will do Clarence the justice to say that he had not even thought of it when his father remarked: “Your wife, now, Clarence, will probably inherit all.” “Poor Fannie,” said Clarence. “I must go to her at once.” “We must all go,” the squire said, “by the return boat. They have requested it. Clarence, you and Tom try to console your mother and sister, and get them ready for the trip. Angus Bruce the murderer! I can hardly credit it.” “Strange! most strange!” said Clarence; “he must have lost his mind. But for his flight, I could not believe it." The startling wail of Clara: “Angus! Artfe-us!” and her fainting at tlie knowledge that he was the murderer of hei betrothed, while she had previously so well stood the shock that the news conveyed that the banker was murdered, was not understood by Lieut. Hill. This was not entirely the case in regard to tlie squire and Clarence. The two men entered the house, and the squire proceeded to the stabler, and ordered the carriage to the door at four o'clock to convey the family to the landing. CHAPTER XL V “A GIIIE CAPTAIN’S PLACE IS WI TH HIS ' SCHOONER." On the arrival of the .Sunshine at Smithville the two detectives hurried ashore ; Hdthing had been seen or heard of the Clara Belle; they had, of course, been uncertain as to whether she had' been up the river or not. Three Or four pilots were standing on the wharf. To one of theni Capt. Harper said: “Piver, has the Clara Belle passed out ’ecently?” “At four o'clock this morning,” was the reply; “she went up yesterday empty aud returned the same, I was waiting till sunrise to take a brig out; she came down the river under full sail,, and rounded to. . and dropped anchor just off there, some 200 yards in the stream; she lowered a boat, and Angus went ashore, I was sitting in my pilot l>out there, and didn’t hail him, though 1 could see his form and three others iff the boat pulling the oars. Angus went off toward his house-cleaving the other men in the boat, but in half an j hour’s time he returned. The sun was then rising, and I could see that it was Angus, but when they pulled the,yawl out into the stream this time there were but two men with him. I understand he had left his cook behind- —something strangfe about it. I hailed him thh tiine, but he did not reply, I saw him look off up the river aa he mounted the •leek of his schooner. Then they raised anchor, hoisted all sail, and with a stiff breeze and the tide with them, went •cudding out of the inlet. I doubt if 1 ncle Sam has a sloop that would overhaul them.” “You may as well go back with me. *aid the captain to the two officers; bird has flown. If I mistake not, you will nevermore Sec Angus Bruce.” “What is it, captain?” asked Piver. “Has Angus fled, and for w hat?” “Merely for murder, Piver— for the murder of Banker Loyd, in Wilmington.” “That’s a dom lie,” said another pilot standing by; “there’s ncH.one here in Smithville will belief? it- Angus Bruce a murderer? I lay Lo, and I will stand afore the mon as says he is. He might lay out* mon in self-defense, botdo .v murder? No!” ] \ : ‘Tier*, Grissom, take this paprt. read ) that," said the captain, pointing to an arCcTe headed: I “Horrible Murder of John Loyd,the Banker, by Angus Bruce, Captain of the Para Belle.” “Brigga,” said one officer to the other, “let’s gu to the widow’s boose and see *hat we can. learn.” . _ “Ail right, Carr,” replied the men ad* drip jid; Sre may find Tobe, the cook., ’here, if be left bin behind, but not i much eaa be pumped outef him.” t -

Arr,ved at the house, Carr knocked at tbedoorand the widow heraelf opened it. ’Pardon me, mad&me,” said Cart, “but are you the mother-of Angus Bruce?” Thet is an honor I may weel be proud of, .mon. What wud ye wtith Angus Bruce?” He is a murderer, dame. He last mght murdered Banker Loyd in Wilmington.” * “It is a lee, mon] A wuked lee! My ■ ain son is na murderer. Sen you wud cotch a murderer,, then best thee cotch one a Wee bit nearer hame. Cotchet the young Lathrop, then belike thou wilt have the mon.”' Why, Lathrop is the witness who caught your son in the act." He did na doot. He killet his uncle ahind my Angus back. I doubt not he do want hees wealth. Aye, and there be mair he wants.” “We have warrants for tile arrest of Angus, dame.” Then why dost stand dnimeing Margot Bruce—why don’t thee cotch the lad?” “Where is he, dame?” | “Weel, thou art a sorry mon to ask a mi’.her where her son be, arid thou full read}’ to hang un.” “We will surely catch him, Mrs. Bruce—did he pass out, in his schooner?” “A gude captain’s ptace is wuth hea schooner, and if thou wuTt cotch the lad, why catch tin—belike he is not on the sea, ho is on the dry land.” “\Vhea did you see him last, dame?” “W hen I looket at, hem with my two ecu.” “Is Tobe, the cook, here? [Ye hear he left him behind.” "“Dost want tip? kuke? Dili Tobe cormit murder, too? Come thee in, he is at the wud pile now. lam getting too oold fer a kuke, and Angus left the boy behind.. Tobe! Tobe!” “Here Iks, missis,” said a j coal black chunked-built darky of probably 25 years of age, aa he came running in. “Tobe, there’s ooflieers searching for your mecster; they ue-ooee hem of murdering John Loyd. Noo, Tobe, toll-the ooflieers where eca Angus-Bruce, thy rueester.” “Suah, missis.” “Mr. Hoffieers, I’ll tell yer right wlior Mars Angus is this berry minute.” “Where! Where!” exclaimed both officers at once. “Will yer gibe mea piece of tnbacccr if I tells yer?” “Yes, if you tell no lie.”“I’ll tell de God’s trute, marster, but gimme de terbaocer fust.” “Here!” said Carr, “take this, it’s good tobacco, too; now, where is he?” “Mars Angus is—is—in he own skin,” and away he flew. “Come on, Carr,” said Officer Briggs, “tve can learn not hing here." “Mayhap my dootor wud tell thee, wudst see her—nay! nay! thou hast enough—good riddance to thee. “Throw up the window, lass, und let the fooul air out. “Oh, Angus! Angus! my ain son, God be wuth thee lad, and He wul! and lie wul!” and Margaret Bruce sank weeping in a choir. CHAPTER XII. “WHY DO YOU STAND THEBE, WOMAN, STAKING AT THE BED 7” On the third of June the remains of John Loyd were consigned to the grave. Squire Hill and his wife and son Clarence wore present at the funeral; they had been With Fannie since the evening ofothe Ist, having returned on the Sunshine tile evening of that day. Clara Hiil had been too much overcome to attend the funeral, as much as she may have desired to be with Fannie. Many said that the dead man’s betrothed was so much overcome by the murder, and the sad death of the man to whom she was so soon to have been united, that she was completely prostrated. She was completely prostrated—-heart-broken would have been the word -and knew that should she behold the face of the dead, she would not lie able to control her emotion; hot because of his death, not because of the.,fact that lie had been murdered, but because of the knowledge that Angus Bruce was a fugitive from justice for having committed the deed; or rather for having boon accused of the crime. For Clara Hill in her inmost heart did not believe Angus guilty. “And yet," she asked herself, “how can it lie otherwise? If Herbert and Fannie caught him in the vejjr act?” If she dosed her eyes at night, in imagination the dead man lay before her oqa-snow-tvbite couch, the sheath knife driven to Its hilt in his breast, and the form of Angus bending over him; and as he seized the sliaf’ and drew it forth, the life blood of the banker followed it, dyeing all red! red! with blood. Bhe saw tin: look of horjor on the features of Angus, as he turned from the bedside with the reeking weapon clutched in his hand, and with a shriek of blended horror and despair, she would leap to her feet like a frightened deer. What wonder that she was not present at the funeral, and that her brother Toni remnined at Orton to attend her; Mr*, "frill des+red-to remain .but Clara insisted on her going, knowing that no one else could comfort Fannie, a* coTild her mother. "3—' .. f . “And mother." she said, * 1 tiring the poor, stricken dear home to Ort<m, we most take the place of all that she baa loat”' / 'A. '■ The third daY after the funeral the family were gathered in the spacious parlor of the.-residence of the la"? hanker, to listen to the reading of his will. _ .. There were few comments made by tboae present, but Abner Hill was much surprised at the goodly fortune left Herbert Lathrop. and more so at hi§ being designated as administrator of the will. Without bond. “This." he thought, "does not com port with what from John JLoyd*s words I should have judged would base been.bis actions, however, aa the will Was drawn two jreata ago, ha doabt|m since that time changed his estimate of Herbert, and had drawn •*•* '- * \

will, deferring It from “time to time, until his death.” On the sth of October Fannie would be 18 years Os age, and the squire determined to keep an eye on Herbert Lathrop until that timer then he must place her in possession of her inheritance, but the bank, the banker's moneys were to be withdrawn from that institution and invested in realty, bonds and stocks—decidedly! Herbert Lathrop must be watched, and yet, as he had been remembered to the tune of $50,000, perhaps he would deal honestly by Fannie. “If my friend Loyd hail lived another 24 hours,” thought the squire, “my Clara would have been left at least half of this fortune, and I know Loyd would have preferred to hnve enriched her to anyone else. Well, so it all goes to Fannie and Clarence and Herbert Lathrop. Who knows—perhaps Clara may wed him. I can’t understand her infutua-, tion for Angus Bruce—why, yea, ( can; he saved her life, and that fact made him a hero in heTaijfldk I actually believe that she grieved more at the thought of his being a murderer than because of the death of her betrothed; Well, now that he is a murderer, she will soon get over that infatuation." At the time the will was being read, there was standing just without the open parlor door a negress. Bhe stood a little back from the door facing, but was eagerly bfcnt forward, her ears taking in every word of the instrument read by the lawyer, and when the clause was read leaving Herbert Lathrop $50,000, she clasped her hands together and muttered to lierself: “That’s why you killed old marster, Herbert Lathrop. You feared that after he was married he would make a new will." And further on, when the clause was .read making Herbert the administrator of the estate, she said: “Iknow enough. A nigger can’t testify, but a nigger can watch and wait and pray.. Herbert Lathrop, I can do all of that, and I may doniorr.” The day after the will was read Fannie returned with the squire and Mrs. Hill to Orton. Os course, her marriage with Clarence would now lie deferred. One night ten days after Fannie’s departure Herbert Lathrop was seated in the late banker’s library at a desk examining his private papers and making plans for the future. “Everything works smoothly,” "he said, as he brought his hand down on his knee. “Fifty thousand dollars in

“W* h *v warrant* for th* *rr**t of Aocu* Sruo*.’’ my own right, and the handling of an estate of hulfm million for ut leunt flv# montliH. Not (ill October 5 will Fanniu lie of age, nnd in five nipnths a liiierul percentage of tliut half million slioidd become the property' of the adriiliiKtrator. All fiuui* an- uovv in accordance with tlie provision* of the will withdrawn from tlie bank. . “There is a good round sum to lie invested in real estate and bond* lienk itrg bumiteaa t too confining tor my temperament. I must have a more active life.y Now a plan U-r's life would suit me; n fine plantation, lot* of nigger*, a good overseer, line horse*, u pack of hound*, nnd—well, either (’lam Hill or Fannie for a wife. Now Clara Hill has got the mo*t style, Fannie tbe inoat money. Clara would Vie tlie hardest to manage; th-n why not marry my little cousin? “Why not! that i* *lmple imotigh, Herbert; she won’t have. you. and then, she i* engaged to Clnrence Hill. Clearly I will have to lie satisfied with Clara. I can’t antagonize the *quire and Fannie and Clarence, for they will have to akl me in capturing (,’lsrn. A planter’s life requirca, fire*, at all—a plantation; I have it! The mpiire i>#fore leaving for home informed me that Kendall was for sale, and I imagine he would be pleased If I w ould buy it ; it Joins Orton, and w otdd lie the very place. I suppose it would take a hundred thousand dollars to bur the place with the slaves upqp ito-clearly my $50,000 would not avail. I'll buy it. though, from funds of the e*tate, and if the purchase prove# a good one, and everything turns happily for me- >.. , “Why, then, 1 liougbtthe property for Herbert lathrop; otherwise I but follow the provision* of the will —there’s lot a of picking* in 'his administration buxines*, y?By the way.! must offer that reward, I *u(i|*l*e,for tbe apprrbension of Brace, it is rumored on th# street tlistl’m to do so, but every i hrig move* off *o well that I hope h# w tl not be captured. It would li# disagreeable to have to confront hine-tb‘-re was danger in bts eye that night as he stood there, with the sheath knife in hi* hand, when he realized the trap I had set Tor him. I Imagine h# would not tie a very safe roan for me to encounter. ’fStrange that the ('tars Bell# has not been located yet. Bruce evidently 1* aboard h#r, or she would have Been. IT be stay aboard her, and on this *o**t. it is only a of time until he he captured. Now. If be uduld only resist arrest and get shot without rojr having to confront him it would be well; as 1$ ia, all I can do la to hope for a continuance of my former luck- 111 go

down to-morrow and eoamlt Bqufrt Hill. It would be we!) to show confidence in hia judgment, and if it coincides with mine FU purchase Kendall Os course, he’ll think tfiat I was ruled bj him alone; now, that wfiuld be a strok< of policy." Here there was a tap on the Horary door, and Herbert started suddenly t* his feet. “IVhy. how the least sound startles me. I must get out of here; this house can’t hold me soother night. Pahnw! It’s but Aunt Mag,” and he sank into hls seat again. “Come in." It was Aunt Mag that entered. In one hand she held a tray, and on it was a pitcher filled with something evidently hot, as the steam was rising from ill surface. “Mnrse Herbert, I brings yonr hot Scotch.” “How is jt, Aunt Mag, that you have taken to bringing roe hot Scotch every night since my uncle’s death?" “Well, yer see, Morse Herbert, I always brought it to Marse John every night before he went to bed, and now since you have taken his place I bring* it to you." “Taken his place?" “Why, yes, to his very chair. There’s where he set, ijight after night, sipping his hot Scotch down; you’ve taken hit place in everything, perhaps you will take it .with Miss Clara Hill." "Do you think so, Mag?” “Why should you not ? it was wealth she was after, you have got it nog; but I thought I got all of thipiif blood spota off the carpet, they’re as plain as ever, let me get a rug and cover them." ilYe*, cover them, Aunt Mag! cover them!" Here Mag opened the bedroom door, and Ihstantlv gave a fearful scream, tHat brought Herbert trembling to his feet. Ito ins eoNTiNuan.] ILLUMINATED BIRDS. Boais (Taolu re. That Tly M*ht Thais Waj la Dark l'lsoe*. Stories of luminous bird* have been related liy sportsmen occasionally, but, ar. stir us I know, exact facts and data have never before been obtained on this most Interesting and somewhat sensational subject. A friend in Florida told me that he had distinctly seen a light moving about in a flock of cranes at night, und. become satisfied that the light was upon the breast of the bird. Another friend informed me that on entering a heron rookery at night ho had distinctly observed lights moving about among the birds. That herons have a peculiar iKissflile light-producing apimrutu* is well known. These are tailed powder-down patches, and can be found by turning up the long feathers on the heron’s breast, where there will be found a (Mitch of yellow, greasy material that some’smes dro|M off or fill* the feathers In the form of a yellow powder. This powder is produced by the evident decomposition of the small feathers, producing just such a substance as one might expect would become phosphorescent, as there is little doubt that it does. The cranes aud herons are not the only bird* having these oily lamps, if so we may term them. A Madagascar bln!, called kirn in bo, has a large jtatch on each side of the rump. The bitterns lwve two (stirs of patches; the true herons three, while the curious boutbills have eight, Which, if at times all luminous would give the bird a must conspicuous, not to say spectral appearmice at night. Koine year* ago a |*trty of explorers entered a large cave on the island of Trinidad that had hitherto been considered inaccessible. To theJr astonishment, they found it filled with birds w hich darted aliotit in thedyrk in such number* that, they struck theexpk/ws nnd rendered their passage not merely disagreeable, but dangerous. The birds prove*! to lx* night-hawks, known saoilbirds, and In gtent demand Tor the oil they contain, and It Is barely possible that these bird* are also light-givers. The powder-down patrhee of the oil bird* are Upon each side of the rump.— Philadelphia Time*. llMkn sad Ik* IstlM. Beethoven never married. Hut it was from no defect of sensibility that tbs tribulations which were distributed among many successive housekc.- (*i * were nothenfied upon tlie devoted head, of a wife. If Jove he a disease, Beethoven was always 111, or at best, but convalescent. No. less than 40 ladies save four has he immortalized by his dedications to them.. To llettlna von Amlin- - Goethe’* Bet.tins -for whom lie long cherished a hofieless passion, he once said, after trying over a com (and tion which he had Just wj-Uten: “I mads that for you; you Inspired me with It. I saw It written In your eyes;” and this I* hut a specimen at the g*|lantrie* ito which be was addicted. Twice at least be proposed on one occasion to the lady, who aa he found*!* fo* mortification, was already the fiancee of bis friend Hummel. That marriage would have aaved him from 4 good many worries Is certain enough; for it must be allowed that, aa Emit Nsumann delicately puts it, lie “did not posses* any aptitude for household aid Rogemea t."—Black wood's Magazine, *. - .'-KM Macs*. T'■ ; - r ‘" Freddie was seot downatalra by hi* uncle to bring up a pair of tan shoes. Tlie youngster returned wHh two ahoes, one of which wu laced and the other buttoned. “That isn’t the right pair, Freddie,” said hia uncle. “I can’t wear those. They are not mates. Where are the others?" The little boy looked somewhat puzzled for a moment, and then said: "f don't think yottewn wear the other pair, uncle; H isn't alike, either.”— Harper's Bound Table. That tm Ik* Coast War, ~ "Let me are," ejaculated Mr, Philip Task, "aa near aa I eaa figure it. 1 only paid fill tut the whiaky and tMt tba hospital. It reminds me of one of yomr dresses. The tremens goat much mars than tba good*."—aaeianatl Kngairer.

FARM AND GARDEN. THIS IS GOOD NEWS. ___ ft Has n WIU Make tbs Farmers at the West ladepeadsa.lj Mich. Prof. Gibbs made the speech of the evening, which Waa the.reason for the gatberiug, ut a dinner given to western senators und representatives by Messrs. Jrapp, of Philadelphia. I.f half he said .was true aa industry is opening up to the corn-growing region of this conn try which seems more like a vision than the belief and utterance of scientific experts and fur-sighted business men. The cornstalks would aoon be n* valuable, If aot more so, to the funner than the eons Itself. The pith has been discovered to be more valuable thun any other substance for protecting the sides of battle ships from inruahlng water after being struck by shells. To-day the best of that padding is made from cocoon ut liber imported ut-lnrgc cost. Messrs. Crainp, proprietors of the largest private ship-building plant in this country, have pronounced In favor of the cornstalk pith, both for service und cheapness. They believe thill In a few years all the buttle shi|>s of the world will be protected by this pith condensed into a sufficient hardness. Its manufacture into protective pads is bring perfected by actual experiments. Prof. Glbbe further says that from the fiber smokelees powder can lie made at n coat es 15 cents per pound, while that which the government now uses cost* several dollars for a like, quantity. A beautiful lacquer, waterproof und hard, can also tie made from the stalk. Celluloid, too, it is claimed, cun lie manufactured cheaper than from other substances. With tbe pith drawn oht the stalk ran be ground with other preparations into a fodder so cheap it would lie within the reach of everyone and .upon which rattle would thrive. Better, finer and cheaper sugar, Prof. Gibbs suys„eun lie made from It than from the rune of He further stated that when these facts became known and |ilunta started, the farmer wotlM receive at least $2.50 |>er ton for hls cornstalks, which he Is now sometimes at an rx|>ens to get rid at. He thinks ten dollars per uere would be pnld for the stalks ufter the farmer had received übout a similar price for the corn, thus doubling the value of the com crop.—Chicago Inter Ocean. SIPHONING WATER. Mmplast Method for (iattlnx • Unppty tor Irrigation or HullUlng. Siphoning vva tor is one of the simplest methods of getting n supply for Irrlgntion nr building. Wpjlre there is a liody o* water above the buildings, but separated from them by such a height of ground or ridge that wa4er will not naturaUy flow through a pipe from the supply td the snurce of conaufhption, It Is often possible to use a siphon. A siphon consists of n tube bent ulu point nearer one end than ut the other, glv-

■UITLTINU WATKIt TIIKOUUH A HII'HON, log a laag and a abort arm, as shown In lOg. T. If tlie lube bu filled with water, the columu of water iu tba long arm Is heavier than the column in the abort arm. As the heavier columu starts to run down out of the tube, a vieiiuia la created at the lieml, and the lighter ooiumn of water lu the short arm is constantly forced up to fill the aomdantly produced vacuum at th# bend, the alreutu In-lug thus made constant. The water uiust first b# started through any large pl|ie by a pump. But when once the flow ! started there Is to need for the puiup. If the pipe and the shut-off are perfectly air tight, the stream will la-gin to flow again when turned on. Orange Judd Farmer. LIVE STOCK POINTERS. ~A good stock farm should tie a good grass farm. . But every part of the farm to ootuc profttahlc use. A stunted animal will affect the profit of Ita future feeding. Thera ia no .proflt lu the average crop. Now hi. th* time to plan to do lietter. Keep charcoal or wood ashes and salt where tbe bogs can help themsrive*. It will help maintain health. One serious objection to the feeding of old sod young stock together la that the older will crowd eway the younger Do aot keep old ew*s. It is a better plan to stop breeding them when tiiey get eld, fatten them well end sell them lot assttoo. Farmers' Union. ■everslng M MM CsKMo. Tbe gaueral custom of farmers la to go to town with an empty wagon and return with n lond of something that In nine eases out of ten they could haw grown on their own farm. A Cobh eouaty farmer bae reversed thia plan. Urn never goes to town unless he carrtee something to sell, if take* a 'nil wagon to town and returns with an empty wagon, but with money in bla pocket#. Begin the new year by Imitating She example of the Cobb eounty farmer. Reverse the euatom of having the "outgo#*" of the farm greater Utaa the “income.”—Southern Cultivator. _____ --- ■ " V*iw mt tmpmnmmi Feape. ' The United Ktote* department of affrleutSuro given the foßowiug aa tba total product And total value of ala of the country's leading staples for the average es eight years ending with MM, approximately: Coro, 1,7*3,000, COO bushel#, value MfiOjOWJM; hny, 51,fiUOAPO teas, value UH/**)J**>i wheat, tnfloojoot besbela, vain# pnjSSSfittOi arttoa, JJiOjtOOjOOO pounds, value , AOOJtOO; ante, twMAM*) bushels, value SSOOfiOOJM>9; potatoes, JF7.WiO.OOO bushale, velue tto/toojm. Tobacco has • total velue hsu than half that es pe- ;

ABOUT HUQ^TftOUOMB. Use la Make Imm Tkal Are CsrtMs W (live istkfMMs. Tbe eustomnry V-haped hog trough la probably the most practical, cheapest and easiest made device for the purpose, and with few changes can be made much more convenient than the narrow little spout which we find on many farms. The trough of our illustration. Fig. 1, is mnde of two tvvo-lnch oak planks; the one on the side from which the hogs feed is eight inches wide, and tbe other anywhere from 15 Inches upward —the wider tho better. The end piecce are also two-inch plank, and to .fit the whole trough tightly between the sides of the |ieu the wide plank should be

BkNSUUJC ItOO THOUGH. notched so Uint thejipper part is Just even with the outside of the end pieces (see ttr a). A wide board is fastened by uieuns of a couple of cleats (b, bj tacked to the sides of the pen in s slanting (stallion, ns shown in the cut. In a Urge lien it would lie lietter to use a tvvo-inuh plank for the latter. The advantages of such a trough ami these: The narrow spout Is Imre changed Into no opening tbs whole length of the trough, enabling tho feeder to scatter the feed to neeom* module any number of hoga. This is especially convenient when feeding apples, potatoes, corn or any other kind of grain; ■11 prevent* all lighting, pushing und Jamming to see which can get lien rest to the *|Kiut when being fed. The slanting board (c) prevents hog* from climbing into the trough, and, while It does not Interfere or Infringe uisin the space of the pen, It make*' the feeding alley roomier, which Is quite an Item in a building of limited size. In emptying the pail, this slant is a great advantage; It allows the pall ti I* turned almost Lot tom aide up, as can be seen by (he cross section, Fig. U. The trough Itself Is all that Is needed for a partition; It can tie easily moved In either directh n, ami s nail or two driven through each side of the pen into the end pieces will hold It sacitiely ttt iU place wherever It I* desired. Another iiu|sirtant point about s hog pen, hut one which Is generally neglected, Is a bridge Ut easy pmuuigeway from the pen to the yard. For the health aud comfort of the stock it la psoesisry to give them free seeesa to pure nlr and a chance to keep the pen clean. A sittall yard Is sufficient for this, ami the bridge should lie level with the pen floor, of easy grade and slatted or otherwise rigged to prevent lmg from slipping when passing In ar out.- 0. C, Grenier, In Farm and.Flrskldt. * - beef" TRUST METHODS. A Sstiieet la Whteti Farmers Shoal* He Dsspiji latersais*. The claim made In mitigation of th offenses of certain trusts that they tend Ui c lieu pc n tbe prices of the product* that they handle doe* not apply to tbe l.ccf trust, at any rate, and it Is one of Lite worst In the country, says tba Hi. l.ouU Gtulic Democrat. It does not help anybody In any way except tbe ciiplialUta of whom It la composed. Tit* methods by which It operates are dliretopposed to the Interest*of both producer* ami consumers, It Axes the prlee* si which live steers sell, pushing t hem down to net us I met or less, and dictates the prices at w hieh dressed beef sells, forcing them up to the highest notch. Tlje law of supply snd demand does not cut any figure in It* proceedings, Us prices are adjusted without the least regard to the uun>> In-r at cattle raised or the prevailing rate of consumption Th# cattle raiser Is obliged to take whst It prescribes, berails# It also control* the sale* to rats II den lei’s, and Is able to shut out coiii|ieiltloh. In many cases dealers have been forbidden to handle any other beef than that furnished by Uia trust, under (tensity of having new stores started to run tbem out of business. It Is hard to believe that an organization which thus perpetrates a wrong on the producer, the retailer and the consumer, cannot lie reached with the anti-trust law. vKrvrrsl attempts have liteen made to secure action against It in the federal court*, but they have all failed, Komehow It I* slwaya Impossible topbtaln the necessary witnesses, or, If the witnesses are found, the ingenious lawyers of the trust make their testimony'usele* by pointing out some alleged defect In tbe law or In tba court records. The processes by which tba mischievous work of tbs trust la accomplished are largely of a aecret nature, to be sure, and hence difficult to trace sod exposer tmt there la renaon to believe, iieverrhelea*, that tba task can be performed If men of proper ability and integrity shall undertake It. Aa Iha matter now atonda, the trust practically has things all It* own way. It makes the price on the cattle, hogs and sheep of all the farmer*, and the prlen of meat# at all points where it* refrigerator car* are unloaded. Thia to a situation which ■rgeatiy calls for • remedy of some kind. If the present anti-trust taw la not eqn*l to the emergency, then anew one should be passed that will ha effect I re. The matter to not I hit conor roe slf rlaaeee of people to a positive and serious way, and Hl wilt aot do to say that anek an aril to one that the go#nam*at la powerlean to deal with; Ab ft Alport* t> l poM to iftotfc fwltnf to to IfHJuc* All iPIfPII to OMMMMBO ill 111 ttl Iftoplh** JNPOyOftyn