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Show fA I S n rnw DETERMINE AGE OF HORSE BY EXAMINATION OF ITS TEETH THE7 V Average Animal Has Reached the Limit of Elis Usefnlnebt at Twenty-Fiv- e Years of Age Shape of Front Molars Gradually Changes With Growth , At Five Years Mouth is Full. AmE or THC PLAINS Padbi sh- C?y Pahdall, Of ' Or The Apt hoo South Hy Lady Wmm WiLDteriCift Walking.' Ctc.Itc (Copyright, U 1" A. C. McClure A Co The age of a horsd determines. In a general way, the tmlt of its usefulness. Still, It la not always a sure A guide to follow. horse of good disposition and nervous temperament la often younger at sixteen, aa far as activity'snd usefulness W iw 1SMO tugels av Htven, If It tRn't the svne the il Cm, ral waa allowin' me IS the iiariv ' ,The oth-- r sat ?up suddenly, her white shoulders ami rounded throat graining :"'TI e old Ceneral. you said What oSC SYNOPSIS. Jack Keith, a Virginian, now a bor Is riding along tha Santa lookout for roaming ar lea of Ha notices a camp aavagea part fire at a distance and than met a team atta tied to a wagon and at full gallop When Keith pursued by meu on ponlea reaches tha wagon the raiders have mas aired two man and departed He searches the vlitlma finding papers and a locket with a woman's portrait He resolves to hunt down the murderers Keith Is arrested at ('arson City, charged with the murder hta act t ser being j rufion ii.i.ticJ Black Bart Hw goes to Jail fully realii tng the peril of swift border Justice A companion In hla tell Is a negio. who tells him he Is Neb and that ha knew the Keith family back In Virginia Neb says one of the murdered men was John Sibley, the other Uen Willis Walle. fot merly an officer In the Confederate army Tha plainsman and Neb tacape fiom the call, and later the two fugitives betome kyat In the sand deseit i'hey come upon a cabin and And its lone otcupam to be a young girl, whom Keith retogmzes as s ne aaw The Carson at singer City girl eaplaina that she tame there In seatch of a brother who had deserted fiom thjr army A Mr Hawley hid need her lo-to coma to the cabin w title he sought to cate har brother Hawley apears and Keith In hiding recognizes him as Btuik Bart. Hawley tries to make love to the girL There Is a terrific buttle In the darkened room In whnh Keith overcomes Black Bart. Horses ate appioprlated and tha girl who says that her name Is Hope Joins In llie escape. Keith eyplaina Lis situation and tha fugitives make for Curt where the girl Is left with the hotel landlady. plainsman dr Ke trail on tha CHAPTER s -- I?f--' When was he here" f Shore now. he alsy, hone), an Ot'tl tdl ye all there Is to tl Its not hla Gkneiui nlme nlver heard maybe till av pm I was the 'Ulueral' they ctlled him ail right. He waa here nvbe thiee days outlinin' a nolce spoken ol' glntlemln, wld a gray beard, al' onc't he showed me the lockel b the powers, if It do be his. tbere'a a openin' to It an a picter Inside " The girl touched the spring, reveal-tathe face wl'liin. but her eyes were blinded with tears The landlady looked t her In alarm !'Vhal Is It. honej What la It? Ild von know him" pi e slender form swa)ed forward, ataken with sobs pile was my father, and and this ta picture which he always iy mother's cirried " Then whnr is )our name" Hope W aile " Kate Murphy looked at the face half hJd'lon In the bedclothes That was nst the name which Keith had glvpn lr. but she had lived on the border tfo long to be inquisitive The other her badk lifted her head, flinging loosened hair with one hand fMr. Keith dropjied It. she exclaimed Where do ou suppose he got It? Tken she gave a quick, startled cry. br eyes opening wide In horror. Tbs (Immaron Crossing, the murder at the Ctmuiaron Crossing! He he told me about that; but be never showed, me this this. Do you do you think-4-- " Her voice failed, hut Kate Murphy ithered her Into ber arms. Cry here, honey," abe said, a if to a child. "Shure an' Olm tellln ye It nlver was Jack Keith what did It murther aint hla stoyle. Ol know . Oi 11 g XV. Again Christie Maclaire. Keilb possessed sufficient means (or several months of Idleness, and even if he had not. his reputation as a plains scout would Insure him employment at any of the more Important scattered army posts. Reliable men fop such service were In demand. The restlessness of the various Indian tribes, made specially manifest by raids on the more advanced settlements and extending over a constantly widening territory, required contin uous Interchange of communication between commanders of detachments. Bold and reckless spirits bad flocked to the frontier in those days following the Civil War, yet all wore not of the type to encourage confidence in Keith had , almilitary authorities. ready frequently served in this capacity, and abundantly proved his worth under rigorous demands of both endurance add intelligence, and he could feel assured of permanent employment whenever desired; Not a few of the more prominent officers he had met personally during the late war Including Sheridan, to whom he had once borne a flag of truce yet the spirit of the Confederacy still lingered In his heart; not In any feeling of either hatred or revenge, but In an unwillingness to serve the blue uniform, and a memory of antagonism which would not entirely disappear. He had surrendered at Appomattox, conquered, yet he could not quite ad-- . just himself to becoming companion-in-armwith those against whom he had fought valiantly for four years. Some of the wounds of that conflict still smarted. A natural soldier, anxious to help the harassed settlers, eager enough to be actively fmployed, he stll held aloof from army connections except as a volunteer in case of emergency. Just now other considerations caused him to- - desire freedom. He had been accused of murder, Imprisoned for it, and In order to escape, had been .compelled to steal horses, the most heinous crime of the frontier. Not only fdr his own protection and safety most the truth of that occurrence at the dmmaron Crossing be made clear, but be also had now a personal affair with Black Bart" Hawley to be permanently settled. They had already clashed twice, and Keith Intended they should meet again. Memory of the girl was still In his mind as he and Neb rode silently forth on the black prairie, leading the extra horse behind him. ' He endeavored to drive the recollection from bis mind, so he might concentrate it upon plans for the future, but somehow she mysteriously wove her own persouall ty Into those plans, and he was ever seeing the pleading In her eyes, gnd listening to the soft Southern accent of her voice. Of late years he had been unaccustomed to association with Women of high type, and there was that touch of the gentlewoman about this girl which (lad awakened deep Interest Of course he knew that in her case it was merely an Inheritance of her past and could not truly represent the present Christie Maclaire of the music hs'ls. However fascinating she might be. she could not be worthy any serious considers tlon. in spite of his rough .life the social spirit of the old South was Implanted in his blood, and no woman of that class could hold him captive. Yet, some way. she refused to be banished or left behind. Even Neb must have been obsessed- - by a similar spirit for he suddenly observed: Dat am sutUnly a mighty fine gat Massa Jack. 1 aint seen nothin to compare wld her since I quit ol Virginia deed I ain't" Keith glanced back at Ms black satellite, barely able to distinguish the fellows dim outlines. You think her a lady, then?" he questioned, giving thoughtless utter- - .n ' i j ;,r SuiuiiiShLd.iii Horses Teeth, One Year ml Old. another grinder on each Jaw The set of milk tetb Is then complete At the age of from thirteen to sixteen mom he the cavities in the fare of the rtTUdle fore Jeeth are effaced or razed; and the same process takes pla e in the torner teeth by the end of the second year The shedding of the teeth and the beginning of tha setoud set or pennauent teeth onur at from two, and one half to threa years years o t age The first or milk teeth may alwavs bs recognized hy their shortness, whiteness and hy a constriction or neck. Tbe middle frout teeth are shed first the Intermediate ones follow at the age of three and one-hal- f to four years, and the corner teeth are shed at from four and one half to five years of age. Tbe determination of the age of many another boise Is at eight. While twenty-fivyears is considered the limit of a horses usefulness, exceptional rases may not have outlived their usefulness at thirty, and Instances are recorded of horses having lived for more than fifty years. A horses age determined by an examination of the In- - 1 go, than e Four and One-Ha- lf "Vcara Old. dividual teeth. This Is usually an accurate method until the tenth or twelfth year. After thia period tbe general appearance of the teeth and tha bones of the bead are relied upon in determining age. At birth the foai commonly baa no CHAPTER XVI, teeth In tbe front of the mouth and only four grlndera In each Jaw. After few days- fere teeth ap Introducing Doctor Falrhsln. Headed as they were, and having no pear and ffter a month another grindother special objective point In view. It er breaks through on each side of each waa only natural for the two fugitives to drift Into 8herldan. This waa at that time the human cesspool of the plains country, a seething, boiling maelstrom of all that waa rough, evil, and brazen alofljt the entire frontier. Customarily quiet enough during the hours of daylight, the town became a mad saturnalia with the approach of dark' n6S. its ceaseless orgies being noisily continued unTH dawn.' But at this period all track work on the' Kansaa Piclflc being temporarily suspended by Indian outbreaks, the graders made both night and day alike hideous, and the single dirty street which com shacks, posed Sheridan, lined with crowded with saloons, the dull dead stretching away on every aide prairie Flv Year Old. to- - the ' horizon, waa congested with hour tbs qf jismanlty during every Jaw. After four mflnlha tbe Intertwenty-four- . mediate fore teeth appear, and at the ea(TO BE CONTINUED.) age of from six to eight months the aide fore teeth or corners appear and Strict School Rules. John Wesley held that school children abould do without holidays altoGOOD POINTS IN gether. When he opened Klngswood school In 1718 be announced that the MAKING OAT HAY children of tender parents, eo called, have 'no business here, for the rules will not be broken In favor of any Wizen Allowed to Almost Mature Nor la any child person whatsoever. i There Will Do Greater received unless bis parents agree that Amount of Grain be shall observe all tbe rules of the How to Cure. bouse; and that they'Avilt not take him from school, no, not tor a day, (By H B. RURHINQ ) till they take him fc good and all When the bulk of the grain on top no were Further, play days permit head of the beglfisTo turn yellow Is ted, and no time was ever allowed fer time to make oat bay. At that the wtft he Ibe that plays ground play.on stage these top grains are In the when b la a child will play la he becoc les a man. Every Friday the dough state, and the remainder children bad to work till three In mostly In the milk, and stalks and the afte noon without breaking their blades are still green. Wblle as a usual thing stock does fast. i not rpllsh oat bay as much as mixed timothy or clovertfwlll always be found s good substitute It must bewell cured, as It Is one of the worst crops to draw moisture, beat and cold. It should- - be put least tough or Into the baxn when tbe " damp. I have made a good deal o. oat bay and find It fairly good If cut at tbe ight time and properly handled. iHad not St. Hagop tried again and. Many farmers allow it to get too ripe again to reach the suun .It In order to to make the best hay. silence the skeptics about the ark. but When alloaed to almost mature lound himself each rnornlr on wak there will be a' greater amount of !rg quietly deposited at the base, lt'can be more easily cured, and whence h started? Finally an angel grain, will ,be less danger from moldthere presented him with a piece of tbe ark ing. bat It will not be oat bay; it will for his pains, but told him to cease Ye oats in the straw. bis attempts to reach tbe forbidden When handled this way the animals . . ground. wfU eat the grain readily hut will only That was In the fourth century of est tbe straw when driven to It by our era, but the piece o tbe ark is and will get but little good out still to be seen at tbe monastery of hanger, the of It tjie Echmiedzln, where dwell Nor should they be cut while too cntholicos of tbe Armenian church as In that case it will be very green, That Russians or stray lone Engcure sufficiently, wblle green to hard lishman bad really reacbec the top in tbe milk makes very good of Ararat was not to be thought of." oats ent feed for milk cows, but the curing Is difficult owing to the Tong peTbe men who gain distinction are very for broperly drying and necessary riod the men who blaze the trail in tbe difficulty of getting good weathar. ths ' worlda progress. - Eight Years Old. horses between the years of five and ten may be made with considerable certainty by expert from a study of tbe front teeth of the lower and upper jaw a. Naturally these teeth undergo a progressive wearing process which changes tbelr appearance aa tbe animals grow older. In general. It should be remembered that tbe ahape of tbe front teeth gradually changes with age; In youni horse they are wider from aide ta side than from front to back, while to verf 7)1 d horses they become wider from front to back than from aids ta aide, having In many caaea a triangular shape. As already Indicated, a horses mouth la said to be full, or dentition la complete, at the age of five years. At "r. Acrosa Its Face Was Plainly Written, ance to his own Imagination. 'Deed I does!" the thick voice 1 I . reck'n somewhat Indignant knows de real quality when I sees it Fee eoclated wld quality white folks befo." But, Neb, she's s singer in dance balls." I don't believe It Massa Jack." Well, I wouldnt if I could help It he dont seem like that kind, but I recognized her as soon as 1 got her face In the light She was at the Gaiety In Independence, the last time 1 was there. Hawley knew her' too. and called her by name." Neb rubbed bis eyes,, And slapped his ponys flank, unable to answer, yet still unconvinced.'' I reck'n both ob yer might be mistook," he Insisted doggedly. Not likely," and Keiths brief laugh was not altogether devoid of bitterness. We both called ber Christie Maclaire, and'sbs didnt even deny the namp; she was evidently not proud of it. but there was no denial that she was the glrL" Dat wasn't like no name dat you called her when we, was ridin." No; she didnt approve of the other, and told me to call ber Hope, but 1 reckon shes -- Christie Maclaire all ' right. Miss Christie Maclaire." tant grazing antelope, but to the north extended more broken country with a faint glimmer of water between the hills. Satisfied they were unobserved, be slid back again into the depression. At he turned to He down h took hold of the saddle belonging to Hawleys horse. In the unbuckled bolster his eye observed tbdgllmmer of a bit of white paperr He drew It forth, and gazed gr it unthinkingly. It was an envelope, robbed of its contents." evidently not sent through the malls, as It had not been stamped, but across Its face was plainly written, Miss He stared at It, Christie Maclaire. bis lips firm set, his gray eyes darkIf he possessed any doubts eningbefore as to her Identity, they were all thoroughly dissipated now. -- As he lay with bead pillowed saddle, hla body aching from there, on the fatigue yet totally staring open-eye- d unable to Into the they had sleep, blue of the left behind sky, the girl awoke from uneasy slumber, aroused by the entrance mf Mrs. Murphy. For an instant she failed to comprehend ber position, but. the strong brogue of the energetic landlady broke In sharply: A Jilt v a cup av coffee fer ye. honey." she explained, crossing to-th- e They rode on through the black, silent night as rapidly as their tired horses would consent to travel. .Keith led directly across the open prairie, guiding hie course by the stars, and purposely avoiding the trails, where some suspicious eye might mark tbefr passage. His first object was to get safely away from the scattered settlements lying east of Carson City. Beyond their radius be could safety of the horses they rode, disappear from view, and find time to. develop future plana As to the girl well, he would keep b!s word with her, of course, and see her again sometime. There would be no difficulty about that, but otherwise she should retain no Influence pver him: She belonged rather to Hawley's class than bis It was a lonely, tiresome ride, during which Neb made various efforts to talfc. but finding bis white companion uncommunicative, at last relapsed Into rather sullen silence. The horses plodded on steadily, and when daylight finally dawned, the two men found themselves in a depression leading down to the Smoky River, liere they came to a water hole, where they could safely bide themselves and their stock. With both Indiana and white men to be guarded again!, they took all the necessary precautions, picketing the horses closely under the rock shadows, and not venturing upon buildlpg any fire. Neb threw himself on the turf and waa instantly asleep, but Keith climbed the steep side of the gully, and made searching survey of the horizon. The wide arc to the south, east and west revealed nothing to his searching eyes, except the dull brown of the slightly rolling plains, with no life apparent save some dis die-pos- e , bed. Sbure an' theres nuthin' loike It when ye first wake up. Howly Mlther, but it's tolrd nougb ye do be lookin' yet" I haven't slept very well,"' the girt confessed,, bringing her hand out from beneath the coverlet the locket still See. I tightly clasped In her finder. found this on the floor last night after jou bad gone "Ye did!" setting the coffee on a convenient chair, and, reaching out for the trinket Det's have a look at It down-stairs.- " r Sacred Mount 6f Ararat People of Vicinity for Many Years Considered Its Heights Impoa-- , - sible to Scale. Ararat la not a mountain that Is climbed every dsy, or even every year." say a writer. "Seventeen ascents have been "recorded. When James Bryce, unaccompanied, made bis remarkable ascent in 1876 be was told by every one whom he met In tbe vicinity of the mountain that the top had never been reached, and, what waa more, it never could be Jtnna and fiends and giants had; prevented the rascally Kurds from even attempting to scale the terrible mountain, and since the ark grounded there mortal man had not been allowed to trespass on tha sacred heights, ha was Informed. t Fourteen Year f Old. W six years of age the nippers become worn down even with , tbe middle teeth; the Inner edge of the cornel teeth is also worn off. At seven years of age the tusbed show a dull, rounded point? both edges of tbe corner teeth are worn smooth, and the cavity on the face of the troth Is smalL From this until ten or eleven tbe incisor , teeth of the upper jaw are usually examined for determining ' age. The age Is now indicated tbe amount of wear upoa the tfare of tbe teeth and by the gradual disappearance of tiietr marks or cavities. The marke ln the corner teeth become obliteratetd at the age of from seven to eight years; the takes place in the fore teeth of the upper Jaw more slowly, and when these change have occurred to the upper teeth the horse may ha looked upon aa ten years of age or older. approxb-malely.,fb- same-proces- s -- It Is absolutely necessary that the fodder be dried before storing. When the surface of the ground is smooth I cut the oate with a mower,' and let them remain several days, then turn tbepa over, repeating this operation until thoroughly dried. It usually takes me about a wet k to cure my oats properly.' When the weather is not favorable and 1 fear a rain before they have time to dry in the windrow 1 build very large cocks and build them so as to turn the water as much as possible. These corks go through a sweat and may stand If necessary two oi even three weeks, after which they must he stalked or put into the barn. When unloading every two load ' can be salted thoroughly and tramped ' down. It will then go through another sweat. Such bay when fed with clover win prove excellent for horses and cattle Rape and Pea Forage. The annual forage crop for swine which has giv?n best results at the Missouri experiment station Is, rape In which' havd been sown a few oats. Rape may be sown ns early Id the spring as the ground can be worked, orabopt the same time' that be sown It Is a rapid - growing, succulent-croand henre It is well adapted for twine pasture. The Dwarf Essex It the variety sown for this purpose. GooY results' have been obtained ty sowing five or six 'pounds' ahead ol tbe drill and then drilling lo one-bai- t - oat-woul- Jackrabbtts In West. .. T Six hundred dozen Jackrabbits were1 reporteT to have been killed and shipped to Seattle and Spokane last winter at an average price of 3 pet dozen.' - Well Fed Sow. The well fed sow gives tbe pigs good start in Ufa t f |