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J CHASTER II—Contlnnail. *1 will defeat the purpose of those Wrecker*, or will cell my life dearly,* lio murmured, grimly. “Caution and vigi lance, Darrel Grey, and you may become a hero In spite of yourself." He paused as ho had proceeded only a short distance down tho tracks. Par to the south he heard tho dim echo of advancing sound, like tho dla- tantnolso of a horse's hoofs on tho hard, rocky road that led toward Miner's Gulch. “The depot agent," soliloquised Groy. “He Is returning. Had I bottor wait and sucure his aid? Harkl" A sound that thrilled him keenly broke the stillness of the sceno. Par down tho canyon echoed tho mullled whistlo of an engine. “The train Is coming!" ho cried ex citedly. “There Is no time to lose." He diverged from tho track and struck olT toward tho curva Through tho trees at ono point he saw the obstruc tions on tho track and the forms of men noar It, and, making a wldo dotour, reached the tracks farther on. Two shadowy forms dashed past him as ho did so, but ho noticed that they wore horses, and tlion heedless of tho discovery as ho realized that tho train must soon reach tho place, began to run up the ascending roadway of the trosllo grade. At t' at moment a wild shout rang bo- hlnd him. “Discovered!” ho mutterod. “If I can reach tbo trestle crossing the canyon I can defy pursuit." Half a dozen shots rang out on tho still night air, but Darrel Groy sped on his mission of peril undaunted, Hu roached tho lovol roadway that curved to tho trostle and started across It. Half way over the yawning chasm below bo paused appalled. A glaring headlight, the advance guard Of tho oncoming train, had Just turned a point of rocks dlroctly beyond tho trestle. It was so snnden, so noar, that he was bewildered—horrified. “The lantern!" he gasped, wildly. “Oh, cau 1 signal them bufore It Is too late?" With trembling hnmls ho opened the lantern, groped In his pockots for a match, Ignited It, and applied It to the lantern. A steady flnmo shot upward, lie braced himself on tho Iron girders of the (rail trestle, and swung tho lantern up I and down Too lute! Shrieking notes of warning, the train j came thundering over thu rails and dashed upon tho trestlo. It qulverod and throbbed to the noisy jangle of Iron tones. Durriol Groy saw Ills own peril and tho . futility of thu warning he had attempted tu give at a single glance. Doath—awful, sudden, apparently In- j evitable -stared him lu tho face. Tho red eye of llame, lurid, menacing, the glowing headlight of the engine came bearing down upon hi in. He turned sick at heart; tho lantoru dropped from Ills hand, ami he fell me chanically as lie Imagined he could feel the hot hissing steam of the approach ing Iron monster upon his face. The pilot Struck tho lantern, and tear ing it to pieces sent it ovor tho trestlo to the abyss below. Darrel Grey felt It Just graze his hoad. Then ne was swinging lu spneo, his foot danglln-, his hands alono grasping a tie. And ovor his head, thundering on to disaster and deg^h, dashed tho midnight, express. HI A FT Kit IlL riuoiiT Crash! A mingled jangle of sound, torrlblo and uminous. broke upon the still night air u low moments aftur tho thrilling experience of Darrel Groy at the trestle. If the engineer had seen the signal lantern it hud seemed like a firefly on the fast swooping landscape, or It had been given too lato to enable him to stop tho truin on its mad rush down tho sleep Incline of the depot grade. He had applied tho brakes to slow up at the station, but this did not prevent » terrible collision as tho engine met the obstruction on the tracks. There was an awful plunge, a shud dering halt, and then, amid tho sounds of splintered wood, Iron and glass, there echoed the shrieks of tho terrified pas sengers. Dyke Despard's murderous plans to enrich Ills asso latos In crime and carry out his own schemes hud boon sue- i osaftil. Scarcely had tho crash come than those men, cool and export from long experience lu such scones, surrounded the passenger i ouches. Four of them sprang to tho doors of the two coaches, while two others rea hod the baggago-car, and with lev- elod revolvers hold the frightened train men at hay. Dyke Uosparil passed by the Injured passengers with scarcely u glance, as he entered the forward coach. Dauton was liy his side. The formor uttered a satisfied cry as ho observed a young girl, pule but . omposod, extricat ing herself from a broken seat “The girl!” ho spoko hurriedly to his compani n; “we must gel her from tho car ut once. ” “To the horses?” “Yes. You attend so that” “But if she refuse?” > “ Kmploy force, Quick, while thoso terrified wretches are too cxcitod to notice what we are about'” Dauton hurried toward the young girl bis accomplice had pointed out She was one of the most beautiful cruaturos bo had ovor seen, but neither her beauty nor apparent Innocenco and loneliness hud any cllect on tho evil hearten Dauton. He crowded closo to hor, and to where the fr.ghtcned passengers -.voro hasten ing toward tho door of the coach, ami saw her roach the platform and then the ground. “tVhat has happened? Is any nno In jured?” she inquired, In a tremulous, silvery tone of voice. “This way, Miss Traroy. ” Dantou had spo ,en and seized her arm hs he gently led her away from the spot, {die was too much oxoitod at tho epi sode *f the moment to notloa hi* fa miliarity, ■You know my namel* aho exclaimed. In surprised tones. “Yes; yon have frlonds awaiting yon.* Almost mechanically she followed him, until she noticed that they ware some distance from the track. “Whero are you taking me?* sho i asked, In a tone of sudden alarm. “To some frlonds, I told you, Miss , Tracoy.* “Where are they—who are you? I go no farther unless I know.” “Wo will wait hero. Tbs accident has mado some confusion. Hal there Is trouble, it soems. ■ ' Just then soveral shots wore fired In tho vicinity of tho train. They evidenced a resistance on tho part of tho tralnmon. Dauton glancod anxiously toward tho train, and then at a little thlckot where tholr horses wore tethered, as If Impa tient to get away. The sounds of firing Increased In tho neighborhood of the train. Then a man’s figure came flying to ward tho spot Danton advanced to meet It. “Dospard?” bo callod. “Yes.” “Our men!” “Tbo tralnmon haro resisted, and wo are beaten badly. There Is no tlmo to loso; to tho horsosl* “And tho girl?” “We must got her away at onco.* “Dospard! Y’ou hero?” Unawares the girl had come upon them. They could boo her shrink In amazement and alarm, as sho viewed tho evil face of the leader of tho band. He uttered a cry of dissatisfaction and annnynnco at tho Incident. “Yes,” he said; “It Is I.” “You are tho friend who sont yondor man to mo?” demanded Inei Tracoy. “Yes. You urn not safe lioro You must go with mo.” “Nevorl” Inez drew back with Indignant face and flashing eyes. Despard abandoned all gentleness of manner, as he realized the peril of delay. He sprang forward and clutched her wrist In an Iron grasp. “Girl,” ho hissed, “thoro need be no deception between you and me!" “Coward! release my hand I will oall for help I wish to return to tho train.” “Bring tho horses, quick!” commanded Despard to Danton. Inoz Tracey struggled vainly In tho powerful grasp of thu outlaw. “You are ill my power at last,” ho hissed. “I told you wo should meet again when you last rejected mo with scorn. To secure you, Inez Tracey, wo wrecked yondor train. ” “Assusslnl Vlllalnl* ■You will como with me whether you choose or not Quick, Danton!" lio shouted excitedly to Ills companion, as thn firing was repeated In tho vicinity of the train. “You cotvard, take that!” As Inez 'Tracoy uttered a loud cry for help a form sprang from the thicket Dyke Dospuru released his grasp of tlio girl and turuod to inuot a new foe. It was Darrel Gray, lie had munugod to retain Ills hold on the tie to which ho had fallon od thn trestlo, and the train had passed over him, lonvlng him unharmed. Hastening towards tho scono of thn | accident, I10 happened to como to tho i very spot where Inez Tracey was strug gling In the grasp of Dyke Darrel. Tho outlaw's words rovoalod his com plicity lu thn crlmo of train-wrecking, and thu fact that n helpless girl was in Ills power awakened all tho chivalry of Darrel Grey’s goncrous nature. It was lie who, acting on a quick Im pulse, Imd stepped forward, and with a single blow of his fist sont Despard fool ing tu tho ground. Inoz, horrified and howlldurcd at all the fastroecurring oplsodos of tho night, had sought safety In Immoillato (light. Sho had started to hurry back to the truin when she saw that a desperate en counter between tho wreckers and the tralnmon was In progress, and darted oil In an opposite direction. Danton obsorvod hor flight. Ho sprang from thn thicket whore tho horsos were to Intercept her. Barrel Groy did not wait to moot the bafilod Despard, but as he discovered tho girl's dll uima, dashed after hor. Ho caught Danton by thu throat and Hung him to the ground. Inoz. recognized him as a protector. “Quick!" she said, wildly; “lot us llyl" , “Why should wo Ily? Do not be alarmed; these mon shall not Injure you. ” “You do not know,” cried Iuoz, ex citedly; “these mon have associates. Sec! They will pursue us. Do not put yourself In peril for my suko.* He heeded her frantic pleadings anil allowed her to load him beyond the thlckot. Two shots tlroil by Despard caused hint to hasten his flight for thu Imperiled girl's sake. lie started ns ho heard a quick, shrill whistlo. Undoubtedly It was a signal from Despard to Ids band. They crossed the thlckot and gained thu upon plain beyond. Barrel Grey was a rapid thinker and acted quite ns rapidly. There was no safely guaranteed at tho depot, for thu bandits might go thlthor. They could not/ regain tho trojn with out meeting the outlaws. Dyke Despard soomed determined to secure till girl at all hazards. Only In lmmcdlato and rapid flight was there safety. Gluncing back, Darrel saw Despard nnd Danton securing horsos to pursue thorn. Tho girl had kept closo to his side, and kept urging him to hasten Ills flight. lhirrel paused ns lio saw, plainly re veal' d in tho moonlight, tho two horsos which belonged to Hanger Halpli. Des pard's mun Vanco had cut them loose, and nolthor had saddlo or brldlo. From tho neck of ono of them, however, n long lariat trailed on tho ground. Darrel stole cautiously forward. Tho horses, mettled stcods and easily startled, sprang away. Darrel Urey seized tho trailing lariat in lime to prevent one of thu horsos from escaping. lio brought tho animal to Its haunches, nnd then, reaching for Its mane, sprung upon Its back. “Follow me! Keep closo to mot” lie shouted excitedly to the girl. Darrel Groy was an expert horseman. As the stood beneath him dasliod for ward ho unloosed tho lariat. Quckly forming a loop he urged for ward tho horso until It nearly overtook tho freo stoe'd. Then ho flung tho lasso with unerring accuracy. It fell over tho lioail of the flying horse. Both came to a halt and stood trembling In overy limb, owning tacitly, muioly, tho su premacy of a mas er. Inaz. had watched theso maneuvers with tiling od admiration and suspense.” "Caa you ride od horseback?” asked Darrel quickly as sho galucd bis aide. “Oh, yes. ” “There Is no saddlo.” “I have ridden ton miles on an Indian pony, horseback,” replied Inez. Darrel cut tho lasso so as to form tw* bridles. Inez Tracey had boon too long In the West and was too familiar with Its nomadic life to require any prompt ing as to what was required of her In the present emergency. Lithe as u fawn she seized the horse’* mane and was on It* tM*ck in a flash. Darrel had arranged the lariat sp that It he'd both horses togetpy «Ir Aso Inez should lo9n control of/the (toed she redo. # , -j “Look!" Tho young airl.pointed back ward as sho spoke. iDarrel flastCx a swift glan o In tho dl»ctlon. ft'' ’ A pistol-shot whljffod over hi* head a* the horses slarlpd/ “They are In 'pursuit," he said; “four of thorn. It Is aVrace for liberty. Cour age, miss, and Darrel Grey will soo you safely In tho hand* of yoor friends, or die In your service.!" \ And thon, across the broad lovol plain, bogan tho exciting race between Dyke Despard with hit villainous associates and Darrel Grey and his beautiful com panion, which was destined to terminate In a startling and tragic manner. For, In volved In the renegade’s Interest In Inez Tracoy, was a plot that menaced Qio future happiness, fortune, und leva of that orphan waif of tho Wostern pralrlos. [to mi continued. | HAD READ MARC ANTONY. Mot riven the Toughs of HalsleJ Street Could Make Him Forget It. Now and thon soino comical things happen in tho recalvlng room out at the County Hospital. Dr. Hoctor was on duty ono night nnd hail fallon asleep on tho llttlo cot provldod for physicians on duty, when ho was aroused by the rattle of tho patrol wagon at tho front en trance. Ho listened to the shuffling foot steps in thn hull and know It wa9 a ease of drunk, with more or less elaborate trimmings. Finally two policemen struggled Into the room assisting ono of tho most wrcckod nnd dilapidated speci mens of humanity tlint ovor lay on a stretcher. Tho follow had bocomo In toxicated, hud fallon Into a quarrel and had siilferod a terrible boating. Ills face was badly cut In a dozen placos. HI* lips were swollon and bleeding, his eyes were blackened and half shut, his elieeks wore lacerated and his teeth wore loose, and ovor all was the raggudesl, muddi est, most disheveled suit of clothes pos sible to Imagine. They laid him on thn operating table, nnd ono of tlio attendants assisted the doctor torcmnvo the garments and hatha him, while the pollqomon bado good-night and went back to their beats. Spite of Ills liquor and his terrible drubbing the fellow was gamo, nnd a sort of grim humor welled up ovory moment of thn operation that was necossary to lit him for rccovory. Ho Jokml about tlio stitches in his cheek, and told his doctor the ncsdlo must havo boon casa- hnrdened. Ha protested against tho plaster, and clnlmed lie had always iieard a porous plaster rocoramnndnd y try ^ CANDY CATHARTIC 25c. 50c. “Late the all . DRUGGISTS. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES ITEMS OP INTEREST ON AGRICULTURAL TOPICS. The Quality ol Pasture—Beans Among Corn —Planting Potatoee Under Straw—Weedy Strawberry Bede—Etc., Etc. THE QUALITY OF PASTURE. All the grass roots which root near the surface make the best early pas ture, for these only get much warmth In the early spring months. June grass, red top and timothy pasture are best In the order named. Clover Is very poor, Innutrltlous feed until It begins to blossom. Then It very rapidly In creases In value, but should be cut for soiling rather than pastured, as stock will trample down clover In blossom and waste more than they eat. BEANS AMONG CORN. Succotash was an original Indian dish, and to tho Indians we probably owe the practice of growing corn and beans interspersed in the same field. Usually when the early planted corn falls a hill of beans Is placed in the vacancy where the corn Bhould have been. Still another way of growing beans among corn Is to wait until near July, and then plant hills betwoen between every hill of corn, and there after cultivate only In the rows that aro free from the beans. On good land a considerable crop of beans may be grown and without Interfering with the corn crop. Wo have tried this plun when we were living in a city, where all our gardening had to he done on a tho straw over the place dug up, so that the fruit may not be soiled. The wcqds are great robbers of moisture, and If not killed in spring will not only greatly lessen the crop, but make It hard to keep the bed! for another year’s use. FIVE-MINUTE CHURNS. Every now and then there seems to be a need for calling attention to hum bugs and fallacies that pester and live olt the dairy Interests. Oue that makes Its appearance regularly Is the two- minute churn, or, In some cases, the five-minute churn. If farmers were properly educated on the subject ot churning there would be no demand for a churn to bring but ter in less than from twenty to forty minutes. For twent'y-flve years pro gressive and up-to-date dairymen have known this to be true, and have gov erned themselves accordingly In select ing and using a churn. Editors of agricultural papers should know It if they do not know It, and therefore they should not admit to their columns ad vertisements of churns for which the principal claims made aro that butter can be churned In them from two to five minutes. All such churns are con structed with internal devices, such as paddleB, shafts and floats, all of which have a tendency to break the grain of the butter, while the churn of to day that Is Indorsed by those who have a practical knowledge of nutter making has no Inside fixtures.—F. W. Mosely, In The Massachusetts ploughman. THE APPLE BORER. When we came to this mountain lio' finally pulled out a loosened to .th 1 city lot,, and it was necessary to make | country some twenty-six years ago it und offered it to an attendant for a paper wolght. At last tlio patching was completed and ho stood up in an unsteady fashion, his slnglo Kurmont bolng tho shoot with which he had been covorod after his bath and whllo tho doctor had bcon at work upon him. A tali mirror at the end of the offico attracted his attention and he walked toward It, wrapping his sheet about Ms shouldors as if it hail been a Roman toga, struck tho most heroic of attitudos and delivered himself to the sowed and comontod figure in tho glass: pardon me. thou bleeding pleoo of earth. That I am meek and gentle with theso butcher* 1 Thou art tho ruitiR of the noblest man | r l hat ovor lived In Ohlongo. Woe to the hands that shed this costly blood 1 Ovor thy wound* do 1 now prophesy— Which, llko Healed lips, do struggle to exolatm— To bog tho voice and utterauoo of my tongue— A curse shall rest upon the fiends of Halstod street Who basted me with brickbats. "Good-night, Doctor; I’ll go to bed. *— Chicago UcraUL Sra Wai.tjeii Rai.eioit, while yet • young man, fought for months on the sldo of tho Huguenots In tlio French , civil wars, and afterward In tho war in 1 through It, will see the absurdity of the land produce as much as It could be made to do.—Boston Cultivator. PLANTING POTATOES UNDER STRAW. Some years ago some ono wrote a letter in a farm paper claiming the great advantages from putting potatoes on a clover sod, and covering the sets thus planted so lioavlly with straw that no growth of either grass, clover or weeds was possible. He claimed an extraordinary crop with no plowing, no cultivation, and only needing to pull the straw away after tho potato tops had died down, and find a crop of nice clean potatoes lying whero the sod had been. We doubt much whether the or iginal story was a true one, though on a small scale It might have been true If the season was wet enough. Any one who stops to think how much straw it must take to cover 43,. r ill0 square feet of surface deeply enough so that grass and weeds cannot grow Ireland. On his return from Ireland. It Is said that ho won tho quoon’s favor by throwing Ills new plush cloak Into a muddy place In tho road for hor to walk on. Ho fitted out ships and fought against tho groat Armada, or flout, of Spain, when that country tried to conquer En- g and. Ho was a great statesman, a groat believing that a potato crop of even one acre, was ever grown In this way. What would be the advantage? It would only save plowing and a little cultivation. On the plowqd acre, the potatoes would be best, because there believing that a potato crop of even soldlor, a great soaman, and an excel- I supposing it rotted in time for potato lent poot and hlstoilan. lio is sahl to have first planted the potato In Ireland. King .lainos I. kopt'him in prison In the towor for more than twelve yoars, and thon released him. Ill 1018 tho same king had this great man put to death to plouso the King of Spain. Whon Ra leigh was about to bo boheadod, he felt of tho axe, and said, "It Is a sharp mod- iclno to euro ms of all my diseases. ” Whex Washington becamo President, all tho chief towns woroon tho sea coast, or on tho tldo waterof tho rivers, oxcopt Lancaster, In Pennsylvania. Outside of tiiat State iho roads wore so bad that a largo trading town was not possible away from water convoyanco. Tlio In terior trade of Pennsylvania was carried on In great wagons, known as Conestoga wagons, each drawn by six or eight stout horsos. There were ton thousand or more of thofio wagons running out of Philadelphia Tho wagon trade with the interior mado Philadelphia the chief town of North America. Trade with ro- I ready to blossom, mote districts of tho country was still carried on by means of pack-horses and bateaux, or small boats. roots to use It. The story, though plausibly told, could not deceive any one who had much experience in grow ing potatoes.—American Cultivator. WEEDY STRAWBERRY BEDS. It was the old-time idea that there should be no cultivation of strawberry plants the spring before they are to bear. The plant gets its name from the fact that straw is largely used as mulch for the beds in winter, and this In early spring, if raked Into the spaces between the rows, Is rolled upon to destroy weeds. It will do this to a great extent, nnd will also form a clean bed on which tile strawberries may be borne without getting soiled. There is certainly objection to running a culti vator between strawberry rows In early spring Just before the plants are That will make so much soil disturbance that the soil will not be compacted again, nnd the fruit will he mixed with sand nnd dirt. Yet If the strawberry bed is as rich as it ought to he, what weeds start among the plants will attain large size and In- “1t Is not fair to attack tho Russian Jews who como hero,” said ono of them, “because wo are uiinhlo to engage In the skilled Industries or because wo aro un- I jure tho crop. The best way Is to re move the weeds by hand, pulling them out. If the hoe Is used plae-s some of educated. Whero I camo from ill Rus sia, no Jew Is allowed to learn a trade or to cultivate tho land, or to outer ths learned professions, anil only a fow Jews are permitted to go to any academy or university. We are podulers and pawn brokers and tinkors and small money lenders Iti Russia boeauso wo are kopt out of nearly ovory other business. That which bofits us, ombowerod In beauty and wonder as wo aro, Is elioor- fulne-s and eourago, and tho otideavor tu reali o our aspirations. Should not tho heart, which has rei cived so much, trust tho Powor by which it lives?— Emerson. Giit.li coin is shipped abroad In five- gallon, Iron-bound, oaken kegs. Eaoh keg holds ten bags, and eaoh bag con* tains 54,000, so that tho valtio of a keg Is S50, OiK). Gold from tho Other sld* usually comes In boxes. was a wild, undeveloped country, with no fruits of any kind. The first fruit we set out was apple trees, and nine- tenths of them were dead In two years. We cursed the nurserymen high and low for sending us old, worthless, dis eased trees. What few trees lived soon showed us that we were In a superior apple belt; then we Legan to Investi gate and found the borer was the source of our trouble. Wo used all kinds of washes, oils, tars, and to very little effect, but after long experience we find the moth’s egg that batches the borer has to be laid where it will get the extreme heat of the Bun. The moth lays its eggs at the base of the tree on the south side a half Inch be low the surface, the only place the eggs get the proper heat, unless on the up per sldo of a bent limb In the top of the tree, where there Is a check that gets the direct rays of the sun. Every tree we now set out we wrap with a par^ of un old newspaper from three inches below the ground to a foot above. The first year Is the season the borer gets In the tree. The tree is destitute of sap, and the borer thrives. About the third year, if the tree is in good thrift, the borer dies out or does not get in on account of the abundance of sap. So you will notice it is only the first two years that the tree needs wrapping. What really is needed is to shade the butt of the tree on the sunny side. If a little sprig or leaf comes out on the sunny sldo near the ground, leave It there to shade the ground for a year or two. A piece of a board, shingle or the half of a bar rel stave set on the ground on the sun ny side of the body of the tree is suf ficient if It will remain. Trees should bo wrapped before the first hot days of spring. When I set out trees I ex amine each one carefully to see If there Is a borer already in; If so, I dig it out. —Horace F. Wilcox, Julian, Col. HORNLESS CATTLE. Many of the disagreeable features of dehorning may be avoided by prevent ing the horns of calves from develop ing. The horns of cattle consist of two horn can be felt as a slight elevation of button. The horn tissue developes from the skin Just as do hoofs and clows In the lower animals and nails In human be ings. There is a zone In the skin about the base of the horn known as the matrix, from which new horn cells are constantly being formed, the older parts being pushed on. If we destroy the periosteum from which the bony part of the horn is formed and the matrix from which the horny part I* formed, we prevent the further devel opment of the horn. In removing horns which are already more or less de veloped, ns in dehorning mature ani mals, the cut must be made deep enough to Include the matrix or the stump of the horn will continue to grow. It may not be out of place here to remark that there Is no danger of cutting Into the brain cavity, as at this point It lies very deeply. The openings frequently Been on removing the horns are only empty spaces with which the frontal bone is honeycomb ed. In calves the growing points of the horns are small In extent and can be destroyed with little trouble. In our experiments we have made use of caus tic potash. Caustic potash, so called, Is a pure form of the same substance which constitutes the potash sold in cans for soap making and cleaning purposes. It Is in the form of white sticks, in diameter about the size of an ordinary lead pencil. As ts name in dicates, It Is a powerful caustic, rap idly destroying tho skin and other tis sues If kept In contact with them. In this property lies Its value as a preven- tltive of the growth of horns. When properly applied it destroys the matrix or growing point of "the horny tissue and the underlying peri osteum from which the bony pith grows. The hair should be cut away from the young horn as thoroughly as pos sible, so that the potash may come in Intimate contact with the parts to be treated. The only secretion should be removed from the parts to be touched with the potash by wiping carefully with a rag or sponge moistened with soap suds, or water containing a little ammonia. Parts not to be touched should not be moistened. The stick of potash Is rolled up In a piece of paper so as to leave one end exposed. The exposed end Is dipped In water to moisten It and then rubbed on the button or embryo horn until the skin begins to start, care being taken that the whole of the button and the border or matrix is included in the treatment. In young calves a few days old a surface half an Inch or a little more In diameter wllf cover these parts. Caustic potash, or caustic soda, which answers as well, can be obtained at almost any drug store. When not In use it should be kept In a closely stoppered vial, one with a rubber stop per preferred, or it will liquefy. After the calf is two or three days old the sooner the potash is applied the better.—New Hampshire Agricul tural Experiment Station Bulletin. THE CURRANT OR GOOSEBERRY WORM. At the first appearance of the de structive currant worm, prompt action is necessary if complete relief be de sired, as the voracious appe.tite of this pe3t Is wonderful, and the plants are rapidly denuded of their leaves. Prob ably the best remedy is white helle bore, which may be used without fear of injury in its contact with the fruit. It may be applied diluted in water and syringed with water and the powder dusted over them, or the latter follow ing a rain. For a small number of plants the powder dusted will perhaps be found the best, as it seems to at- parts of different origin; the outer I tach itself more lastingly to the leaves, horny shell Is a growth derived from 1 A second application, about ten days the skin; the Inner part or pitch con-' after the first, will usually be found slsts of bone, and is an outgrowth of' necessary. In the course of an hour the skull. I after the applications have been made, At the birth of the calf each of thesej the ground will be found covered with parts Is undeveloped and Only exists 1 the dead or dying worms, and the as a possibility, but they at once begin bushes entirely abandoned.—Meehan’s to grow, and in a short time the young Monthly. E! 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