Exeter Advocate, 1909-08-12, Page 6TSE MYSTERIOUS ICY
Olt, PLANNING FOR TIH
FUTU RE.
CHAPTER XVI.
Tho hours that followed that joy -
'us reunion are sacred to the !ov-
ers elene, and who cau desire to
trespass upon thein I To Gerald,
Allison seemed like one miracul-
ously given back from the dead.
He had believed her lost to him for-
ever, and so all his hopes had seem-
ed to die with her. Life for the fu-
ture hud held no special attraction
for him, although since, perforce,
he must live out his allotted tune;
being governed by a conscientious-
ness that was innate, ho would have
treed to spend it to sonic purpose
for others, even though he might
reap no consolation therefrom.
But now all this was changed!
The dead was alive, the lost was
found, and henceforth the star of
hope would gleam with no uncer-
tain light. His listlessness, his
apathy, was all gone, and it seem-
ed a blessed thing once more to be
an inhabitant of earth.
The lovers took no note of time
nor their surroundings. To them
it was sufficient that they were in
each other's presence—that they
could look into each other's face
and know that, life and time were
&till theirs in which to live and love
and hope.
They were only brought back to
other realities about them when
Lady Bromley came to summon
them to a little feast which had
been prepared in honor of this bles-
sed reunion.
Gerald insisted upon carrying Alli-
s son down -stairs, although Mr. Ly-
man smilingly assured him that he
was better able to perform that ser-
vice, since he had long been accus-
tomed
were it ssib;e, I shouldprefer to: Gerald drew a wallet from his large aerial tort-edoes, filled with `largest yield 1 have ever raised was
to it. p"' took ',wo folded papers from
. uithhuld from you. When 1 am pocket,P P high explosives. It has been pop- on a field that tied not had any
"Yuri are like a feather, my poor, ,
wasted darling," he said as he lift- p ly I through, you will senderstand why' it. sand placed them in her hands. j iiiarly assumed that missies of this stable or barnyard manure fo. six
ed her in his arms, a thrill of pain f have hesitated, from a feeling of Reed those, lose; they will ex- Il kind would he simply dropped from years. The field had been rota ed,
shooting through his heart as ho y p ser �itiveness, to disclose it. It is !'lain everything to you,"he said the airship. This would be ridicul- cern one year, whsat one year,
found how very light sho was. bl h a story, however, w1.ich it would be in a tone that sounded rather ous. No possible aim can he clover two years. The seal was
But her spirits had not failed, if impossible, to keep secret, and 1 strained and unnatural to her. secured by dropping any object. turned May 1st !end kept well werk-
ber body had, for throughout the suppose 1 am the proper one to re- Allison unfolded the one upper- v down through a mile of air, filled co until June IOth, when the po-
nieal she was as bright and merry y late it to you. To begin, I wit 1say most and found it to bo the deco- i with conflicting cross -currents. ( tatoes were planted and the above
as of old. In fact, she was the that Mr. Brewster had been mar- ment certifying the marriage of formula of fertilizer used. All the
only one of the party who did not t g ried previous to his union with the Adam Brewster to Miriam Harris. commercial nitrogen that was used
scene to bo at all affected by the g was what the fish scrap contained.
memory of the terrible shadow b 1 " When - I plant pote.tues on land
c hich had enveloped her for so that has no sod, I use in addition
many months. P the above formula 100 pounds of
And why should she be affected man Juhn Hubbard prod is d nitrate of soda to the acre at plant-
l.y it 1 To her those months had eci as your father s wife ig an nn- g ing time, and a second 100 pounds
*amply been a blank; to them they poster arc d' h Id est nstnnig,ment written on nor when the tops aro about 8 inches
!sad been full of suffering, every day should have nil fallen int t the possibly nttach Itself to either ht r. high. The last application is sown
having been marked by a sorrow Bands of that wicked man the ugh or hire Prewster, as he attempted glee a son h' along the sides of the rows and
and hopelessness that they would y t y cultivated in immediately, as it is
be long in forgetting. p P b I f t1i' M' very soluble and dterinrates fast
Gerald tried bravely to respond a if left exposed to sun and moisture.
to her lively sallies with equal wit 1 I 1 have never had such good success
and jollity, but he was often ("Wig- with potatoes planted after any
ed to pause and take a swallow of other crop, as I have on a clover
water before he could trust, his h d d 1 this a grc tt speed by the time it sod.
juice to reply. 11 1
When their feast was over, Alli-
sonPIGS. was carried back to her chain- 1 1 d The value of pasture for hogs is
Fier, and condemned to perfect rest. 1 t g - . more generally recognized now than
and quiet for two hours, during it ever was. Of course its value per
w hich Lady Bromley, Gerald, and h 1. f h h t f H acre depends upon what kind of
the Lyman' had a confidential in- q pasture it is. Clover pasture has
terview, ellen the whole history of g been recognized lunger as profit -
the accident, its consequences and t h t I' 1 able for this purpose than any other
Allison's recent discovery by Feller f ," Ifi } p 1 1 P kind. But the cowing into use
were discussed. more generally of alfalfa in some
During the afternoon the lovers Pd' P a sections has trade it a favorite for
event se%eral hours together, when hog pasture at certain seasons.
the past and their plans for the fu 1 He told her about the Package of Napo is also greatly esteemed for
Th re girt coot of (iceman s arm t hogs because it grows so rap.dly,
torp naturally became the theme is oyer 8100 000 000 a car t sus destroying I•ut it requires more grain feeding
of couccrsatiorl' with it. Any"f these pastures are
Allison, during the mutual ex I °ti0 000 reserves. A fleet of 500 I e u risk. position t k it valuable for for it makes them
change of confidences, told herald - phogs,
of John Hubbard's efforts to drive airships could be mawtaincd for pia<ticnlly ornnlseient so far as the very healthful and gives them rapid
her into a marriage with him, and 1 1 ! >RI� 000 000 a scar, and 100 new n ei cot of enemies the growth.
how, upon her refusal to submit, .ldain flrewster nodi Miriam Har ships added annually for $'5 000 i i er i Only pre-
! Swine feeding upon a pasture
he hail revealed the fact that she 'ion of the Brewster fc,rtun, a .d ilii together with the baptismal
000. The incentive to renlace large ; pared artillery can possibly bit it ; probably require more food than
was not the child of Mr. and Mrs. in proving this, we also estnblIsn certificate of their only child, who, bodies of troops by the new instru- ; therefore. it will attack only when do those in yards because more en -
Brewster, together with the proofs the fact that his accomplice — three was now the claimant for the Brew- moot of war will be extremely' artillery is not rs ady. It will work orgy is required in grazing than in
in his pus'raswn, woman—was never your father's gree fortune. Powerful on the ground of mere to windward •t a low Icvel; then laying around a yard. Itut they
"And, Gerald," she observed, wife." "Why 1•' exclaimed enliven. when economy, in the present period of 'rise into the hie!' winds of the zone get more out of the food given them
while speaking of this, "these "Then no reproach can rail upon he concludedd, "it is equal to the enormous war taxes." Such is the of safety, and swoop oyer unpro- while in pasture than etherwi'e,
!reefs were in one of those boxes mamma's memory. She was papa's t f h Ii y r t t 1 I I f t d v because of the nature and likely
which papa --he will always be lawful niter
I battleship. H e
"I did write and write, Gerald,
hit you never answered one of my
letters."
Gerald now grew crimson, then
pale, and a savage light began to
blaze in his eyes.
"Ah ! I understand it all now,
and it trust be as 1 have long sus
peeted," he returnd. "John Huh
bard must have intercepted .►u-
letters. That rascal did his work
pretty thoroughly, but, like ale
rogues, he has come to the end e f
his rope at last."
"Where is he now ?" Allison in
quired
then--I--thought that perhaps now
--after all that has happened, you
night not bo quite so proud and
--.,b-.,irate, and would be willing
to t• • e ire with toy fortune," she
couctuded appealingly.
At this Gerald's laugh rang out
clear and hearty, and a itt. a note
of exultation in its tones.
"1 nue afraid 1 should have been
sore.y tempted to waive my oid
scruples, in view of the unexampled
devotion of a certain true -hearted
little woman," ho gaily respond-
ed. "But, sweetheart, I am bound
to confess that I ani better satis-
fied to havo matters stand just as
the yare."
"But I don't understand it all,''
said Allison, deeply perplexed.
"You seem to imply- I am not to
have the property, after alt ; but
if John Hubbard's plot has been
proved a fraud—if that woman was
never his w.ie-1 do not see why
papa's will should not stand, and
I bo recognized as his heir."
"It is because another claimant
has appeared," Gerald explained.
"Another claimant!" repeated
the startled girl "Papa had no
relatives. Ah ! yes, there is Cou-
sin Annie Manning! Has she
"In New York " Gerald replies+ claimed his estate on the ground of pr
and g
td, begin upon the story of th s
man's arrest --its whys and whet:
iores, that afternoon.
"I suppose that woman and her
daughter—who, he said, were the
real heirs—got all of papa's
money," tho girl pursued, with a
regretful sigh.
"Yes, the suit was decided in
their favor," said her lover, but
with a queer little sn,ilo beginning
to play about his lips.
"And did he marry that girl?
Anna Brewster, he called her. Hr
told me he should, for 'he had nu
notion of allowing such a fortune
to slip through his fingers.' "
"Did tie dare talk like that to
you 1" exclaimed Gerald sternle .
"Yes," he added, "they were roar
ried shortly after the girl was pro-
nounced the legitimate heir, wtterI
they went immediately abroad. 1
met John Hubbard on the Strand'.
in London, ono day, and had a sp c•
ited conversation with him regarri
ingthe rascallybetrayal of tits
ti ust in connection withyou."
"Well Gerald," said Alliso•i,
somewhat plaintively, am ver,
thankful to bo well again; but t
looking rather disturbed over hay -
tug it stated thus.
"And it is so wonderful, too,"
she went on thoughtfully, "to think
of papa having had a sun living all
these years, and Bever knowing it1
I wonder if mamma knew that he
had been married before sho bo-
tanic his wife!"
"1 am suro she never knew it,
Aliison," Gerald gravely returned.
•"1'ho fact of all that secrecy hav-
ing been preserved in connection
with the first uniou, and that the
N110 was never claimed, or the birth
of the son never discovered, wuuld
seen► to prove that that episode was
buried in hid heart."
"And yet he trust havo learned
of the death of the first wife, or he
would not have married again," the
young girl argued.
"Yes, but that part of it is a ntys•
h 1 i will never bo
tery whit ear
solved," said her lover, with a
sigh. "And cow---"
''Have you- have you see him,
inter-
bofore
nice ?"
Gerald•
—this sou ?" A i1ison
posed rather incoherently,
he could go on.
"Oh, yes, many times."
"What is he like? Is he
"That depends upon your
elation of the word 'nice,' dose,•'
replied, smiling, but flushing
ing that I was not his own chil(11 suddenly.
1 would not have thought that of "Is he a worthy son of my fa -
Annie," sho concluded, a note of ther 1" she questioned, her clear,
keen pain in her voice. serious eyes lifted to his face. "lf
Annie Manning had always been he is, I can shake hands cordially
her ideal of a sweet, noble woman, with him, and tell him ho is wel-
and she had heel, very fond of her. come to the fortune."
"No, dear." Gerald gravely re- "Allison' what a grand. true -
turned, and dreading to reveal the hearted little woman you are.!" ex -
ti nth to her, yet he knew that sho claimed Gerald admiringly. his face
would have to know it sooner or
later. "One who is nearer of kin
tnan Mrs. Manning has appcar-
wonderer if it would be bd:-t being the nearest of kin upon learn- • ho
ed
"How can that be possible? You
deal in enigmas, Gerald !" exclaim-
ed Allison, becoming somewhat ex-
cited "If papa was never married
luminous in view of her unexampled
nobility and unselfishness.
"But you havo not answered my
question. Is he worthy?"
"I hole he will prove himself to
be so, " he responded, with un-
mistakable embarrassment.
"Why!" Allison cried, starting
up and searching his face with
possible of realization by anyone TN+!eee++t•4•e4/e++$•••P$
who has not flown itt a ballo.,u. I .
They eau thus mark the striking of •
bullet3 I,erfectly. And the range
OU t the rarm
of their guns is nearly doubled on jj•
account of their position. The fire •
•
•
of all airship will un•uhilate infan-
tre and cavalry beneath it, as sure-
ly as the hand of God. It will not
be directed long at any coherent
body which could be called troops.
Human nature forbids the possibili-
ty of men remaining to be shut du•,vn
•
t ++++++eee•aregi+♦•+t**
THE POTATO CROP.
I have grown potatoes succeasfuln
like rats iu a pit. ly on various suds, writes 8. O..
"A Zeppelin airehip is not a bal- Cubbage. But conditions must be
loon, but a true ship—exactly dor- right ora failure will result. 1
responding to an iron ocean ship have grown good crops on low bots
The Zeppelin lin 1 and le , olio lI, tum land, where the drainage was
1 Ix 1 p perfect. The potato delights in re
two huge power -driven arrows, 440 moist soil,but water should nob
feet long, are satiable of being stand for any leugth of time. New-
,
,driven at a speed of 35 miles an ly cleared land has nearly always
hour quickly
le the air; and handled given me good crops, but my pre -
1 as quickly and easily not merely as S�renco of soil is a medium loans
. an ocean-going ship, but as a-• auto- with a good clover sod, as 1 caea
mobile. Nothing could ho [porn grow a crop much cheaper. Phos,
wonderful than the control obi 'hese i•troric seed and potash are the pre-,
great craft. Turning figure- of wiling ' g !' t potato (ec-
cight is
A COMMON TRICK.
in re leu s in a
tilizer with a small per cent of nit
rugen. This is not a very expen-
sive fertilizer, and has always giv-
"An aerial ship 150 feet long and en me good crops when used ois
51 feet wide could carry a dozen clover sod. 1 buy the ymaterial-
men smile high in the air over • , and mix the fertilizer by the fol -
radius of 500 utiles, and back.; that 'lowing formula: Acid phosphate
is, it could reach every principal and fish sera 8S0pounds each, sou -
This
capital of Europe from the borders i .,sits about 814.80 a ton. I used
of German territory and return. 11060 pounds to the acre of this mix -
It could, in addition, devote at litsure, 500 broadcast after the land
least five tons of cargo weight to plowed. This is worded well in -
arms and ammunition. This could � tN the soil with a i^,cling cultivator
include ten machine rifles, each and heavy spike• tooth harrow.
equipped with ammunition enough land
ready to plant, I open the.
for a full hour's work, and two furrows six inches deep, three and
machine guns of the type hulls for ! •ne-half feet apart, and distri-
the Zeppelin I, with 800 shells for bt.te evenely the tither 500 pounds
each weapon. Tw., and a half tons in the furrows.
of dynamite torpedoes could . be Tho seed is selocted at digging.
substituted for half of the machine time from the must productive hills.
guns and their ammunition, if it
were desired to attack fortifications
or cities. Forty craft of this kind
could be built and armed at the
before ho wedded mamma, and had cost of nne Dreadnought battleship.
no children, how can thorn bo a curious eyes, "ho.v strangely you. And such a fleet, without opposi-
direct heir 1" act! You seem very mysterious! ls' tion from other airships, could con -
"My darling, pray be cairn,'' this young man some one whom 1 quer Western Europe. The mo -
pleaded Gerald tenderly. "I would already know• 1 Oh, tell mo, Ger- ; ment it is launched, the standing
not for the world cause you a too- aid. „I am just wil I with curio- armies of Europe become an anach-
sity. ronism.
And yet she had not a suspicion of ( "The weapons of a ship of this
the truth. • Ikind against battleships would be'ous to planting is all right The
ment's pain or annoyance, but I
have a story tr tell you that will be
a great surprise to you, and which,
Tubers of good, medium size and
unifo •ni shape are used. We cut.
the l:.eces with two good, strong.
eyes, and plant 10 inches apart in.
the furrow, and cover by throw-
ing a light ridge with a one-horse
plow from each side of the row. 1
havo discarded the use. of fresh
barnyard manure for potatoes as
it invariably produces more or less
scab with me. Well -rotted manure
applied to the sod the fah preen -
am sorr • to bo so—poor—"
"That does not trouble me int e
least,mydarling," Gerald inte•
posed with a gleam of mischief in
his fine eyes.
Allison flushed the daintiest pir••-
inia inable at his words and look,
but, with her mind still absorbed
in the fact of her poverty, she con
tinned :
"I cannot understand it. It seen•,
very unjust to me, for I know papa
meant me to have that money, and
•t ! t seem at all right that it
ladywhom you called mother—"
"Oh, but you said—" began Al-
lison breatt lessly.
"Hush dear. I said that the wo-
Then eagerly t moothing out the
other. she read the name ofGer
aid Winchester Brewster upon the
baptismal record, and—the mystery
_ was solved.
whom "Oh, Gerald!" she cried. blank-
, e r
! that no is onor sou
i ( UPS not. .,
i lovely face, you are Adam Brew-
,
those two strange women, whit' I, to prove. Nevertheless, he was (To be continued.)
whom papa so loved, should e left married to a Miss Miriam Barrie,
with nothing." of New haven, Connecticut, some
"Allison, that was only .t Islet three or four years previous to his
et John Hubbard's from begi i ► l,3 union with Miss Porter. This first
to end. He has coveted and.s, hem- wife died a little over a year after -
cc' for that fortune ever ince le ward, andun et prccu iar circunt-
Prat became associated with - r. stances—"
Brewster," Gerald returned "What a strange, strange story!"
"Then you do not believe that murmured Allison, witha wonder -
story was true—about his I:avieg ingsigh. "But go on! go on !
been married to and separated from Gerald then related all that he
that. woman previous to his weer knew o the history n Miriam ar-
with mamma?" questioned Inc fa:. ris and her wedded life as reveal -
girl eagerly. ed in his aunt's—Miss Winchester's
"I am sure that she wet rover —letter to him, although se did not
his wife," Geraldpositively a affirm then ex ore the factthat'e was
ed. the child who, upon his mother's
"Oh, but, can it be proved that death, had been left nameless in
she was nut 1"' almost breathlcsely the care of a distant relative.
papers that had been so strangely ° p Y Y ment.
found in an old-fashioned cricket •J I I ! "In troops on the
seri-
which was tieing made ready to be;600,000 men in active service, and ground the airship will take no seri-
newly upholstered, how among' ) s s Its pus' on nn es
thein there had come to light a
eertificato attest'ng the union of ' 1ov n s its e� s on
•
-• . ,- ground are cone . nc•c . n y ) e -
FIGHTING IN THE CLOUDS
DIRE PREDICTION BY AN EM-
INENT EXPERT.
THE AERIAL TORPEDO
will be fired from a long, light tube,
by compressed air or some similar
means, with sufficient force to give
it some initial speed, and a rotation
which will keep it from turnip
over. It will consist of 150 or 200
pounda of high explosive. like
maximite, which cannot be set off
b • concussion, but is exploded b a
fuse wnich concussion will ignite;
and will carry a steel cap at its
end. The initial velocity, and the
force of gravity acquired in the fail
of a mile through the air will give
reaches the deck of a ship. It will
puss through the upper decks to
the armored deck below, where the
slowly burning fuse will at last ex-
plode it, and its force, directed
against the sharp -pointed steel cap,
will drive this through the armored
deck and tear away the inside of
the ship. There is no reason why
this weapon should not, become as
Aerial will to an dangerous as the submarine tor-
plistted fact at an early date, not ds, whose explosion against the
only because they are highly effci- side of a warship is conceded to
ent, but because they are cheap. mean its destruction or disisble-
Great Tinier R'hen the Aerial Bat-
tleships Gets Busy in the Game
of War.
navies
acceim-
demanded the pretty invali 1
"Yes, Allison. Mr. Lyttlet•,a and
I have been at work for many weds
oinking out a case of fraud agfiinst
that rascal, and we can now prove
beyond dispute that it was only
through forgery that Jona Hui•
bard succeeded in getting posses
'papa' to nee, even though I did not
neatly belong to him ---sent you to
get from the bank that Suuday he
died.••
Gerald started slightly at this.
"That account• for what he said.
end what seemed rather strange to
ole at the time he asked me to get
them," he said. "He made Inc sol-
emnly premise that 1 would never
"Yes, my darling," said Gerald,
bending to kiss the sweet, !seem -
lour lips. "Never allow that
thought to trouble you again. Tha
reputation of neitler Mr. nor Mrs.
Brewster has ever been tarni•hed,
and this will soon be proved to
the world. There is to he a nee
trial about the first of February. '
"And then I shall get my Honey
allow any one to eu'pect my visit back, I suppose," said Allison,
41 errand to the bank, and to be with a bright little laugh.
careful not to excite the suspicions! ,;Oh. what, an avaricious little
of any one while taking the boxes party," gaily retorted her lover.
to him. One, he raid, contained .,;ire you 50 very anxious to re-
aluable jewels which had belonged coyer your fortune'" he added
tcs his wife, and which he wanted more gravely. "Would it seem so
fou to have; 'the other,' he added vers hard to have to share a lim-
e and
im--and f wondered what in.;die him ited income with a poor clerk1"
grow so pale—'holds nothing of any "No. it wouldn't he hard at a11,
epeeist importance to any one save Gerald,•' she responded, flushing.
i►'y self." "I could be as happy as the day is
"Poor papa ' That proves fiat long with you under any condi-
1 e wanted to destroy its contents, tions." she concluded earnestly,
tie that i should never learn the tied was rewarded for her delight-
truth-- that i was not his own fur assurance by being caught pas -
child•'' said Allison. with a regret- 'ionately to Gerald's breast.
ful sigh, and then she fell to mus- "But," she continued, as s•,on as
ing upon the perplexing mystery of sho was allowed to recover her
Ler origin. 1•reath. "I cannot help feeling sor-
"If you had only written me how ry to lose this money. on your ac-
.1..!vn Hubbard was prosecuting count as well as my own. I know
e• u - Gerald began. after a mo- that papa would have been greatly
n crit. when Allison exclaimed. distressed if he had known that I
(-talent; violently: was not to be benefitted by it, and
must excitingnovel I ever read :' ! riser ion o an enthusiastic a ie a teeted bodies ofinfant infantry an
"It certainly is. 11 seemed so to. in the aeria a goes • cavalry with the speed of
me when I was following out the' on to say:
tangled threads," :said Gerald, re. "A new machine of war has ar- AN EXPRESS TRAIN.bcring with a thrill the sen- rived. It will be a ship as large and
mem
nations which he had experienced eventually much larger, than our
t.pon finding those names upon the present ocean battleships. It will
New Haven books so mixed. and fight from the height of a mile above
also his shock of astonishment up- !the earth, and will maneuver dur-
on visiting the "Winchcater" lot ing battle at a rate of no to t15 miles
the following day. . an hour. The general discussion
"And you and Mr. Lyttleton are of experts for a number of years ,
to hese charge of the suit for the has establistial a so-called zone of
plaintiff—this newly discovered, safety, in which the lest German
heir t„ musingly observed Allison.' airship, the Zeppelin iI, has been
"Yes.” And the young than built to travel in time of action.
smiled slightly, yet with something This is about 1,050 3ards (nearly a
of a feeling of uneasiness, fur ho mile) above the surface '.f the earth. '
really did not know how to disclose ; The reason for adopting this level
to her the identity of his newly dis- was that here tho airship is out of
covered heir. range of the military rifle, a hich
"How queer that seems, Gerald. constitutes
Why, I think it. is the strongest iTS (•IIiEF DANGER.
complication �I ever heard of."
How sol "Nothing alive on the ground can
"Why, that you, tho betrothed
husband of the hitherto supposed
heir of Adam Brewster, should bo
employed to work up a case against
your own fiancee. which will result
in diverting tho fortune which her
father willed her, and throw it in-
to the possession of a new claim-
ant whose existence has heretofore
Leen unknown!"
'It is a strange cnmplicatioe. as
you say," observed the young man,
escape the fire of an airship. It
will be armed with rapid-fire guns,
carrying shells, but its chief reli-
ance in fighting infantry or cavalry
will be upon the machine rifle.
1\ nh this weapon it can turn a
stream of 400 bullets a minute on
any troops within two miles, exactly
as a man tiirns the stream of a gar-
denhose against a tree. Its gun-
ners can lee any object on the
ground with a perfect clearness, im-
Or at night it will swing search-
lights (steadied by win( -vanes and
electrically focussed) hundreds of
feet below its car, and fire from the
dark above on a well -illuminates)
mark. Maneuvering will play the
greatest part in its development as
a fighting machine, and in general
its tactics will be that of jiu-jitsu—a
quick and sudden blow of a vital
part, with no possibility of return.
"It. is at this point that the aero-
plane will play its vitally important
part. The speed of these craft will
he some twenty miles an hour great-
er than that of the larger ships;
they will be, by their small size
and rapid and eccentric motion,
absolutely immune from gun fire,
and, when fully developed, they can
he counted on to carry at least two
men and a machine rifle. Scouting
aeroplanes will get in touch with
the enemy while the airships is hid-
den below the windward horizon.
Wireless equipment, for a short.
dietance .can be carried by aero-
planes, and the airship, similarly
equipped. will he exae•tly informed
of all openings ter attacks, before
the enemy has an inkling of their
whereabouts."
combinations of the food and the
greater acti%ity of the digestive
organs brought about by exercise.
The green food increases the di-
gestive capacity of young pigs and
puts them in a butter condition
for latter fattening.
Just what a pasture is worth is
hard to say. though its value per
acre is known to equal from 1.•',00
:o ;t,00 pounds of feed.
FARM NOTES.
Feed hens bone meal or crushed
oyster shell at least once te week
(daily would be better). I'laster
from the gall will alio answer the
purpeen.
The roan who bores auger holes
:n his stable floors to allow the Ii -
quid manure to escape from the
barn, is making holes in his pocket-
book. A simple, inexpensive des ice
should be employed to save it.
The Maine experiment station re-
commends that eight pounds of
acid phosphate. eight of kainit and
half a peck of sawdust thoroughly
mixed can gainfully he used wit
the weekly droppings from 25 chick-
ens: that when no preservatives
were used. at least 50 per cent.
of the nitrogen in hen manure was
lest in the form of ammonia, which
less is entirely avoided by the pre-
servatives mentioned.