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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-6-25, Page 6LIFTED BY LOVEI had, Just before starting he put a note- s 1 book containing all his ready money in , his pocket on the chance of money being Ineeded for the rescue of Tares, and some of these notes he changed into Wharf How the Waif Russian money at Moscow. He pulled out his case again, and opening it found. Became a Princess. that besides the note for a thousand rubles he had two of a hundred and five Pch. tJRLISEED BY SPECIAL ARNot RAMMIENT. English notes £ Nenough,, " saa iddeIvan in a tone of (coNTWETED) disappointment. • "But put them up, witsyour views,' said. Gordon, "I Guard. them as you would your life. am surprised that you did not at least They may be worth more than that make off with the note." even." ' "Perhaps I overlooked that alterna- With the fear that some of the escaped tive in the greater temptation to kill convicts might even now be watching you, The probability was that you had us, ,I turned my head, and glancing other notes in your case—money enough among the scattered trees behind us I to make escape certain." • distinctly saw a white face standing out "If you felt yourself justified why of the darkness. "Put, my dear fellow, you said"— — "That it cost Peter Schemyl 500. I believe it. He spoke in the honesty of drink, You cannot expect him to do au act of charity for nothing " "I suppose not." "He runs a certain amount of risk and must be paid for it, like any other honest man of enterprise; If the cost is 500, he would require at least 500 for his benevolence. Virtue must be re- warded, and the virtuous always look for 100 per cent. on their investments," "An infernal set of thieves!" growled Gordon, thinking of government officials rather than the representatives of virtue. "There's no screwing• him down any way? "None. What pressure can we bring to bear? You are at his mercy, and he will make the most of it, naturally. He didn't you kill me?" I sprang up with a cry of alarm. knows that he shall get every penny you "For a fool of a reason --a sentiment Gordon was by my side in a moment. have for food, and two-thirds of it will tal one. Something in your build, your "There's no danger," said Ivan, who be clear profit, He takes the minimum face -not the murderous expression in had stepped forward a couple of paces amount of risk, and it costs him nothing it, you may be sure -deterred me. I with his stick tightly grasped. `It's except an occasional bottle of villainous felt, just at the critical moment, as if I only my friend, honest Schemyl:" spirits to blind those who might find were about to kill my dearest friend. Schemyl stalked across the opening, that he is taking more bread than his And I can't shake off this womanly feel- a rifle resting in the hollow of his arm. family bas been in the habit of consum- ing while I look at you—that's the queer thing." "Some personal resemblance?" Gordon suggested. Ivan Dontremember nodded gloomily and turned his eyes again on the fire. "It's an odd coincidence that my re semblance to a Russian has not only saved my life, but was the cause of my life being in jeopardy. "What Russian?" asked Ivan, turning "They are English, traveling in Russia quickly, for pleasure, as you know English will "Taras—Prince Borgenaky." at this season of the year. But =for - "Tares I" nfor-"Tares!" cried Ivan, starting to his tunately they have lost their way" ---- feet. "Is he alive?" "And their papers perhaps?" said "He was when we left him not two months ago." "Where was he then?" "In London," "Thank the fates I" "You know him?" "What honest Russian who lived five years ago does not know Tares?" Then he broke into Russian, apostro- phizing Tares with poetical fervor in words that I failed to follow. Suddenly he checked himself, and turning to us he said, as if to excuse himself: "I have been dead five years and buri- ed in the fortress of Petropavlovsk. One hears nothing there. There was no political prisoner in our gang—all cut- throats and scoundrels—they could tell me nothing. What should they know of Tarns?" And after a pause he added, with a that the smoke doesn't blow down the pathetic tremor in his voice: road. If a posse of Cossacks should "I thought he must be dead, too—my friend." He walked slowly round the fire to in- dulge his reflections, touching an ember here and there absently with his stick. Coming close to where we sat, silent in sympathy, he said: "Did you know him--Taras?" "Intimately." "Is he well? What is he doing? How does he pass his days? Tell me all about him." "You can answer these questions bet- ter than 1," said Gordon, nodding to me. I spoke, telling of our everyday life and of the work Teras was doing. "Ha, ha!" exclaimed Ivan gleefully when I had described the groups of statuary. "He still sticks to his guns, that good. fighter Tares. ' But do they leave him alone—the police?" "No, worse luck!" Cordon replied, and then he told of the attempts made to kidnap Tares and of the happy chance With men of his rank the process is, as by which I had saved him, though he you see, simple enough. With men of attributed my success not to chance, higher grade the bribe must be higher, but to courage and devotion. and one has to employ a little tact. "I beg your pardon," said Ivan, bow- ing to me, "I did you an injustice, thinking that you English women could Pio nothing except talk. But who is at the bottom of the conspiracy—do you know that?" "I am ashamed to say he's a country- man of mine. At least he speaks the haven't enough. Every official on the same language," said. Gordon. roadto the frontier would have to be "An Irishman?" asked Ivan sharply. bribed." "Yes •" "But I have enough money in Eng- land." "How are you to get it?" "Write for it. The letter could be ad- dressed to Schemyl." Ivan Dontremember laughed. "Not a letter comes into Schemyl's hands that has not passed through a dozen on the road. Every official is on the look- out for a means to bleed another. Your letter would be opened to a certainty, her?" be asked ea-eriy. "Don't be and Peter Schemyl would be forced to afraid to speak if you know more than hand you over to some one else. Yon that." would never get your remittance, We assured him that we had never thouch in time, by paying one and then Beard of his having a wife. another, you might at last get away ; but "I pray to God she is dead," he said it would take years, and we haven't a fervently. "Better that she should be day to lose. Twelve hundred rubles and murdered by him than live to share his treachery. She was my sister," he ad- ded after a pause. •'That is why I He wore a comical fur cap pulled down to his brows and a long frieze coat that came up to his ears. A bristly mus- tache, a red snub nose and a pair of ferrety eyes were all one could see of his face. He looked fiercely at us as he stopped in the full light of the fire. "I have stopped to have a chat with two acquaintances, Peter Schemyl," said Ivan in almost a bantering tone. Peter Schemyl grimly. "You have divined the truth. Peter Schemyl, with your usual astuteness. My friends have bought a loaf of me for a ruble, and 'i was just telling them where they might buy more when that is gone." "Hum ! tread is very scarce in the country, and the price goes up daily. I may oblige an old friend now and then with a loaf at cost price, but a stranger must expect to pay a few kopecks over an'd above," "I will tell them. The gentleman does not speak Russian; the lady only understands a little," "Tell them likewise that it's against the regulations to make fires in the for- ests, and though I may allow it now and then they must be particularly careful come along, there would be such hack- ing and coughing that I should never hear the last of it." "I will warn them." "Very good. At the same time let them know that the governor of this province strongly objects to any one camping within half a verst of the road, and that I have excellent dried fish and tea of the first quality. Peace be with you!" • And with this parting salutation Peter Schemyl turned on his heel like a guard on parade and marched off. CHAPTER XXXVIL THE TIDE SEWS'S TO TURN.. "Is that fellow a type of his class?" asked Gordon when Peter Schemyl was gone. "Yes, and the class is typical of the whole genus of government of&cials. Every one of them is to be bought. That is the only difference. You might have bought yourself off at St. Peters- burg had you known how to handle the minister.' "In that case why should we not get. back.to England?" "I have thought of that. But you "His name? Quick!" "Barry Kavanagh." "Infernal villain !" muttered Ivan 'through his clenched. teeth. "Do you•know him'?" "Aye, and with good reason. Is he married? Do you know of any woman who calls herself his wife? A women— she should be 30 now—with blue eyes and a timid, pretty face. Do you know £25 English"— He made a mental calculation, then, shaking his head, said: inThere was an interval of silence, and then. Gordon, turning to me with a sigh, said: "Well, my dear girl, I'm afraid you trusted him. And when he knew all "I am afraid there's no chance for you, that I would tell him he sold me to the but I can ask Peter Schemyl. Yes, I police. To conceal that fact I have been will go back and have a dram with him kept all these years in prison. Never ' on the strength of having sold a loaf to mind that. Tell me all you know about advantage. Give ins a few kopecks. I him—every detail that comes into your have spent my last." mind. Who knows what this may lead. Gordon took the loose silver from his to?" I pocket, and putting it in Ivan Dontre- We told him all that we knew, all that we thought about Kavanagh. His emotion had subsided, and he listened with intense fixity of purpose in his set features, not uttering a sound until the last word we had to say on the subject was spoken. Then, without debating member's hand sax : "Whatever arrangement you make with the fellow, you will bear one thing in mind—we take you with us, or we stay with you and share what we have in equal parts till all is gone." Ivan Dontremember looked gravely in any point in our statement, he said at Gordon's face for a minute, then, with once: a smile, turned and left us in silence. "There is more villainy underlying A long time elapsed—more than two this than you dream of. Does he owe hours, I think—before we saw him you money?" "A trifle—a few pounds upon our last game of cards, that's all." . Ivan dropped his voice and asked a. question which wasnot intended for my ears. Gordon shook his head in the negative and then asked: "Was there sufficient reason for send- ing us out of England?" "For getting rid. of mademoiselle, cer- tainly, but for sending you here—well, there was motive enough for an ordin- ary villain, but not enough for such a villain as Kavanagh." "At any rate, now we are here, we may console ourselves with the belief that poor old. Tares will be left alone unless the minister of police, who must know that I am not Tares" --- "Oh, he knows that well enough!" aid Ivan Dontremember with a toss of his head. "Kavanagh wouldn't at- tempt to deceive him, The whole plot has-been carried out with his consent. The minister's main object was to satisfy his master the czar. That is- done, and Kavanaugh has- given a sufficient guar- antee that Tares shall be heard of no more. He will be silencedbefore that terra cotta is burnt, unless"—he added reflectively. - Then after a• moment's pause he asked abruptly, "You have money?,,, "Plenty—in London." "Pat here?" Gordon did not know how much he turbed by any emotion imparted by the prospect of escape. "one thing which you should bear in mind from the very first -- Kavanagh must not know that von are in London. If he finds that.you are in London, he will silteice Tares to earn. his wages from the police and fly. to save himself from thepursuingvengeance of Our society." "I understand you," 'said I. "Be shall not know' that I am in London." ( CO tilt; CO2CCIxt•L+'U,1 JAPANESE MEMORY. Tokio's Curious Street Numbering Never Staggers Jlurikistia Men. The Japanese memory is one of the 'wonders of the world. For example, it is the custom to number the houses in a street in what might be called their chronological order instead of their se- quence; that is, in the order of their erection, so that No. 11 may adjoin No. 999 on one side and No. 70 on the other. No. 1 may be three -miles from No. 2, tied No. 10 may be midway between. them 'In the city of Tokio there are 1,880 streets, and by the last census, 818,320 houses, which are divided into 15 ku,or wards. When a street passes through will have to go alone." more than one ward the houses are I looked at him and then at Ivanutrenumbered independently, so there may wl I ,n -w surregardingera in mute astonishment. be five or six numbered 20 and eight or Iu .es Gordon with a ten numbered 2—perhaps miles, apart. Therefore, when a stranger sets out to find No. 217 Motomara machi, which is the name of the street, and Azubu, the name of the ward, he might as well look for a needle in a haystack. After hunting for three or four hours and finding seven or eighthousesin the street with the same number six or eight miles apart, the will sit down in the nearest tea -house and weep. Then he will hire a jinrikiha man, write the address on a piece of paper, and go whirling up and down streets and alleys, round the corners and through short cuts until he is lauded at the proper place without the slightest damage, The jinrikisha men are coolies, with- out education or mental training. Most of them can read and write the names of streets and men, and merchants and factories. They know the location and the number of every one of the' $18,320 houses in Tokio, and the name of al- most every one of the 1,500.000 inhabit- ants. They are very seldomed puzzled to find an address, even though it may be given incorrectly. The same phenomenal memory ap- pears in other classes of the people. This is the result of centuries of train- ing. But the reasoning powers have had no such exercise, although Japan- ese science is rapidly advancing. curious look on his face, but was not surprised. - "I go alone!" said I at length, with bated breath. "I don't see any help for it, for it's clear neither of us can go with you." "It isn't going alone that I'm thinking about: It's leaving you behind," said I, "Oh, don't you bother about us. If this old rascal will take you to Berlin for 1,000 rubles we shalt still have 200 left. And that will carry us on capitally —eh, old chappie?" he asked, turning to Ivan Dontremember and clapping him familiarly on the shoulder, as thourh he had made up his mind to break down all barriers and begin as they were going on in perfect brotherhood and good fellowship. "There's one alternative," said Ivan gravely when he bad overcome the shock of this accolade. "We may find out where we are, get some sort of a map, make our waytothe frontier on foot, and so escape.' "Why, certainly. It sounds as if there were something in that," said Gordon. "Not much, I am afraid. The diffi- culties are enormous, especially with the winter upon us. The chance of running the blockade is very small indeed. "Any chance is better than none at all. Come, my dear girl, this will reconcile you to leaving us." "Not at all. Why shouldn't I go with you? Do you think I am selfish, after all we've gone through together?" • I asked, my eyes filling with tears. "Heaven forbid I should do you that injustice. But these difficulties you hear our friend speaking of—remember you are but a girl, though quite as brave as the best of us." "I won't hinder you. You shall never hear me complain," I urged. "I have not the slightest doubt that mademoiselle could face all that we may encounter and be a help, as she certainly would be a comfort to us," said Ivan,. with more courtesy and kindness than he had yet shown. me. "But there is one serious objection. This journey ' must occupy months, and during that time we are doing nothing to save Tares." My heart sank within me in shame. I had. forgotten Tarn—Heaven forgive me I—for the moment. ' "At any moment Kavanagh may re- ceive orders to silence Tares. The pro- duction of that statue would inevitably lead to the order being given. When it is given, Kavanagh will obey it ruth- lessly." - "I will go to him," said I, as eagerly as I had prayed to stay with Gordon the minute before. "It is advisable to look well at that before you decide," said Ivan. "It is by no means certain that you will reach London. Schemyl, with the greatest incentive to get you through may fail. Some trusted confidant may think it advisable to betray him; some jealous official maybe dissatisfied with his bribe. In that case you lose all hope of seeing Tarns again. If you are arrested on the road, you will never see this friend again. You will be banished or kept in prison where no tidings of you will ever reach us, or word from us reach you." "No matter," said. I. "I will venture anything, everything, to save Taxes." "It is advisable that you should go— if we can . arrange the affair with Schemyl—for the sake of Tares and for yours as well." He added, turning to Gordon, "You have money'?" "At my bankers' in London." "They would pay a certain sum to your order?" "I haven't a checkbook, but I suppose that is not necessary. An order with my signature would be met all right." "Schemyl deals in furs. He has an agent in London—Houndsditch, I think he called the part. Your order could be made payable to him. On receipt of the money he could telegraph a word or two—such as 'Send sables' or any other phrase agreed upon—to Schemyl, who would then find means to get us across the frontier." . "By Jupiter, that's it! Why on earth didn't you suggest this at first, old fellow, instead of proposing a scheme that would take years to work out?" "We are venturing upon treacherous ground, and every step must be sounded.. It's a waste of time to be in a- hurry." "You have wasted no time at any rate. You spent to have thought of everything and got your plan all cut and dried." - "Schemyl gave me plenty of time to think," observed. Ivan dryly:. " You see how it is to be done?" said Gordon, addressing me in great excite- ment. "Yes. When shall I go?" . "Nothing is certain," observed Ivan. "It may take several days to bring Schemyl to terms, but I think the pros- pect ofgain will tempt him." "He shallhave as. much as he asks to take us to. Berlin,. and twice as much the day we reach London," said Gordon. "I hope you will not, let him know that. If we excite his cupidity, he may keep us dawdling here for an age in -the hope of getting a, iansem that you even :you—cannot ,pay, He is subtle and must . be dealt with subtly. That is why I did not take you with me to sound him upon the business.. "Oh, I shall be cooler to -morrow. This awful good luck has turned' my head." "There is one thing, mademoiselle, said Ivan, with ,great composure, undis- again. When at length he returned, we saw by his quick, firm step and the ani- mation in his deep sunken eyes as he drew near the fire that our case was not hopeless. "I had to make the rascal drunk on his own liquor, he said, in explanation of his long absence, as he threw him- self down on the ground beside us. That's a long job with a Russian peasant, even when he helps himself at your ex- pense. There was no getting a word of truth out of him while he was sober; would not on any consideration—no, not for all the gold in the world—betray the trust placed in him by the govern- ment; preferred death to dishonor and all the rest of it. However, little by little, as he grew more and more drunk he confessed to having at different` times got five exiles out of Siberia and two of them across the frontier. Final- ly he let rile know exactly what it cost him to get these two to Berlin—that is what I wanted to find out. As I expect- ed, the cost is greater than your means'. will allow you to pay."• - "How much?" Gordon asked in a tone of anxiety, still tinged with hope. "The cost of getting one from here to Berlin is, roughly, 500 rubies." "That means 1,500 for 8, and we have but 12! But there are the English notes. Won't that make enough?" "Not enough :for two. I didnot over- looli the English notes." Yellow Shirts Versus Sunstroke. THC DAIRY GOOD MILK TANK. 'Home-made Device That can be UsedW121110 or Without goo. Some ono ;asked for plans for a home- made milk tank or creamer for six or eight cows, to be used with or without lee, I describe one that we- have used with good satisfaction with water only. It Is simple; convenient, durable and ,heap. Any kind of cans can be used. Com- mon. Dans, holding 14 quarts, can be had of a tinner for about 75 cents, with cover. have them made to order, with, a flange all around the bottom and a bail like a pail to lift- by. A round can of this description, 8% inches in diameter and 15 inches deep, will hold about 3% gallons. 1t is a nice size, convenient to handle, and in -my judgment preferable to an .oblong can. To accommodate four cans of this size the bank ought to be about 44x18 inches inside, and 18 inches deep. By making it 20 inches longer it will hold two extra onus, and it will be a good place in which to keep the cream cans in hot weather. The additional cost will be but little. The tank can be made of -two-inch ma- terial, well fitted and firmly bolted; it const be made of lighter boards and lined with galvanized iron. It should have tight -fitting hinged clover, and if unpro- tected from the direct rays of the sun, the cover cught to be double, with an air space between. The tank should be placed near the pump, and be connected with it by a three -quarter -inch pipe, or larger if the tank is inrush larger. The pipe should enter the pump about 18 inches below its disehurge spout, and should onm"r the tank at the top. Every time they pump is used there will a gal- lon or more now inrct the tank, depend- ing upon the bore of the pump, the sire of the pipe and the. length of thus the pump is used. Tse chatter the weather, the more pumping is done, asarule, and the cooler the water will be kept in the tank, `i'he tank most have au outlet at the opposite end from watch the feed pipe enters, and a little larger than the feed pipe. This outlet must be about two inches lower than the top of the cans. The Water should always be a little higher than the milk. 11 it is po.ssibl.+ to utilize the waste water for stock it should be done. It will save that much extra pumping. In our raise it is conveyed tarougih an under- ground pipe (U) tutu the barn basement into a tank, and used for the horses as needed. In the diagram, the water enters the tank throngs the feed pipe (F). The A hint comes from India which is worth filing away for use when the hot summer days are upon. us. Lassi- tude and loss of appetite are among the first evidences of the effect of the sun's heat upon the body, and in hot weather many persons who have never had sunstroke are debilitated by what might fairly be called sun fatigue, which, although not serious, renders work of every kind much more labori- ous than. it would otherwise be, The influence of the sum varies enormously' on different individuals, some of whom have to take special precautions in order to be able to resist it. A spinal pad. is used by soldiers in many tropical countries. It arrests the light, which often works such injury, but is'un- comfortably hot, and soon becomes objectionable from its absorption of perspiration. According to a royal engineer, who is stationed in India, the boon and blessing beyond compare to those who have to spend. part of their lives under a tropical sunlight is an orange -colored shirt. He declared that he frequently fell sick after duty in the sun until he treated himself as a photographic sensitive plate and surrounded his body with yellow light, All clothing, however thick, allows certain rays to pass, and al- though thick clothing would arrest all the injurious elements of sunlight, it would interfere with the escape of bodily heat. The yellow shirt, for sensitive people who are much in hot sunlight, is an excellent protection. only inferior to that simplest and best of all Indian protectives, a white umbrella, which has not yet been acclimated in this country. Bringing the Moon "Within Thirty -Eight Miles. French astronomers are congratulat- ing themselves that they will soon have the most powerful telescope - in the world, one that will bring the moon within thirty-eight miles. The huge block of crystal which will become the mirror for the great telescope has safe- ly arrived. in Paris. Hitherto astronom- ical stronomical lenses and mirrors have been pol- ished by hand by slowly rubbing the glass with the naked hand, sometimes, but not always, moistened with oil, albumen and other substances, which are the -maker's secret.- -The drawback of this process is that the mere heat of the hand may cause the surface, to warp. A. new mechanical process, which has been used on the large 'French mirror, will produce a surface approaching a true plane, within 1 -10, - 000th part of a millimeter. Even this marvelous finish will leave a margin, astronomers tell us, for errors. Electricity inlnstantt.neous Photography. A. pretty application of electricity has been made in the photography of instantaneous splashes. The pictures were taken each with anelectric spark, . giving an e: posuue less . than 1-1,000,e 000ths of a second. The:spark could be so timed as to pick out any desired stage of the splash within limits of error not ,exceeding, as a rule, about 2-1,000ths of a second. In this way the ,progress of a great variety of splashes has been followed in detail. Among the points specially illustrated were the formation of bubbles,• and' the man- ner in which the condition of the sur- face affected the disturbance produced by the entry of a solid sphere. overflow escapes through the discharge pipe (D) into the funnel (C). E is • a faucet for emptying the tank, which we sometimes purl nece„ury in hot weather, when more water is needed in the stable, The tank is then refilled with fresh wa- ter. In case we wi;lh to pump direct to the stable, the pipe is closed at B, iu the tank, the funnel removed, ,mud the pipe closed at C. The water is pumped into a reservoir or trough at A, and finds its way to the steble through the u nder- ground pipe (G) independent of the tank. Where this plan can be adopted it will be found very satisfactory, but can only be used where the tank is higher than the stable.—Ohio Farmer. STONE' DAIRY HOUSE. A' *mean's Description of a Very Useful and Picturesque Structure. It is the ambition of all good butter makers to possess the best conditions pos- sible for the manufacture of the same, Cellar,,g are often lacking in the necessary - qualifications for the making of prime butter, either from defective drainage or ill • antilation, and the difficulty or im- possibility of keeping milk and vegeta- bles in juxtaposition without impairing the flavor of the cream and butter, But- ter making in the kitchen also has its disadvantages. We offer a suggestion in the accom- panying illustration of a way out of the difficulty by utilizing the loose stones with which many farms are strewn, and which every year have to be removed and are generally piled around stumps, or .11 74 fi .., a+N;a�c� ;000'e4 tee•`: �Utw 1� ^, carted and dumped in some out-of-the- way nook, A picturesque dalryltouse may be made out of these stones. The house may consist of one room, or the rear may be used, as an icehouse—a very desirable appendage to a dairy. The building should not be near any outbuildings con- taining stock, and should be shaded if possible. No oessponls should be near a dairyhouse. If an icehouse is not practi- cable, thou the house may be partitioned and one part used for a cheese room. If wanted for winter dairying or cheese manufacture, an old-fashioned fireplace, or stove, will be needed, The windows moa: to be provided with screens in sum- mer. A long table will be needed, besides shelves, and the floor should be paved with stone or brick. Here all the work connected with the dairy can be done; from creaming to packing for market, If a stream of water can be conducted into the house then the labor will be very much lessened; and if possible, the dairy - house should be situated near a well or stream of water.—Mrs. A. C. McPherson, in Country Gentleman. Dairy 'Soles. Cotton strainers will do more thorough work than wire strainers. in cold weather many of the creamer- ies churn at a temperature of 50 degrees to 52 degrees. A brush is much better than a cloth to clean milk ve els. It gets at places that the cloth will not reach. Never churn in a room whose temper- ature Is higher than that of the cream. If it is 10 degrees or 15 degrees lower, so much the better: To secure the most exhaustive churn- ing, says. H. B. Gurler, churn at a low temperature. But it is necessary to have a rich cream to do it. - Few realize how much is lost by im• perfect skimming. In some cases As much as 2 per cent. of the fat is left in the milk. This is an enormous loss. It is not a good plan to take the milk from the creameries back to the farm in the cans. If it must be done, be sure to clean thoroughly. It is better to cart tihe milk back in barrels: Abundaut'experiment has shown that the natural flavor of butter cannot be removed by washing it with pure water. Careful manipulation, with the cream and everything else just right, will make good butter without washing. Ventilate your cow stables, keep your cows clean, give them good food and pure water, keep yourself and your sur- roundings clean while handling the pro- duct, from the udder to the buttertub, and you will never be troubled with the "animal odor," says a writer. The main principle to be observed in feeding the mild), cow, is to feed moder- ately. No matter what you feed, do it in reasonable quantities, and no sudden or radical changeshould be made, but in changing feeds do it gradually and with moderation. A. sudden change from dry food to succulent pasturage often causes serious disturbances of the digestive or- gans, and therefrom results a serious loss to the owner of the cow. Cyclonic Storms. There as no substance known to com- mon human experience so impalpable as air. Ordinarily wo are unconscious of the tasteless, colorless and intangible atmos- phere In which we live and, breathe; and yet in the ' imponderable atoms which: constitute the aerial envelope of this our earth reside elemental forces which, once unchained, mock the boasted power -of man over nature and reveal to the poor, puny lord of creation his real littleness in the scheme of the world. The cyclonic storm which wrought such terrible havoc in Michigan a few days ago was an .il- lustration.' Impelled into vertical motion by causes still imperfectly understood, the usually serene and beneficent ether is converted into a monster of destruc- tion. Rooks, rooted trees and the most firmly :built works of man are sucked up into the funnel of the black storm cloud as ,though the force of gravitation had been annihilated and they were nomore than feathers in weight. Milk in the Cow Barn. When a patron agrees to sell milk to a creamery he is under certain moral obligations to deliver that milk in the best possible condition. Knowing that the price the oreameryman receives for his butter is necessarily dependent to a • very great extent upon the condition of his milk, he should use his best endeavors to deliver the milk sweet and clean and free from all taints which influence the qualityofthe butter. More than this. it is to the patron's interest, financially, to see that the creamery/win receives good milk, for the price he receives for his milk must depend upon the price that the creamery receives for its butter, and this in turn depends largely upon the tit condition of the milk. During tho sum- mer the great trouble is with sour milk, owing to the warns weather. During the winter the trouble is with tainted milk, and the fact that the milk reaches the creamery at a temperature which makes the detection of a taint almost impossible makes such milk all the more dangerous, because when it is mixed with other milk that is free from taint, it may damage the whole. Hence it is a matter of some surprise that patrons will insist upon keeping the mill: in the cow barn when , it must be plain that in doing so they are taking money out of their own pookets as well as their neighbors', As soon as the milk falls to the temperature of the barn it begins to absorb the foul odors, or if it be closely covered to pre- vent this, it becomes tainted from itself "smothered" --because the odors pecu- liar to it have no opportunity to pass off. In either case, the quality of the butter made from such milk, and all other milk that is mixed with it, is impaired and must sell for a lower pricethan it should. if there is no clean place to keep the milk, where the air is pure, it is much better to make a cave of some kind for it. It is not a difficult matter to make a frame of poles and cover it with clean straw deeply enough to prevent milk from freezing in it. This can be done with almost no - expense, and certainly the improved condition of the milk will pay many times over for the labor required to construct such a milk -house. Buying and Selling Cows by Tests of Their Milk. The North Carolina Experiment Station proposes a plan for buying and selling cows. It is based on the yield of their ,milk, together with the quality of the salve, as determined by tests of the milk. The rule is to pay for the cow at the rate of $12 per gallon of milk given per day that is rich enough to show 8X per cent. of fat. To this price add or subtract $1 for every one-fourth of 1 per cent. of fat which is above or below the 334 per cent. By this rule a cow is bought en- tirely on her merits. It is believed to be a conservative plan, and one - which, if adopted—or one upon a similar plan— will certainly raise the standard of cows, and increase their milk and butter pro- duction, for if they cannot be sold easily for milk cows, they will soon be turned over to to the butchery and a better ani- mal be kept or• a willing purchaser be found. The result cannot fail to be bene- ficial to all parties. Brindle's Causes for Thanksgiving. A clean bed. A quiet and gentle milker. An abundance of good food. A stall large enough for her to turn . around in. A stable with no cracks or knot -holes to let in the wind. A yard wherein there are no horses or Dolts to make her afraid, A dry barnyard and a sheltered spot where she can lie down and chew her cud. Water pumped fresh from the well and not allowed to freeze over before she can drink it., , An owner who looks after her general welfare and who shows his kindly adis- position by occasionally stopping to scratch her back as she passes through the barnyard. Getting Back at Him. ' She—Papa says that when coming to see me you must not come in a 'bus any more. hie -Really! Does he expect me to walk all this distance? She—Of course not. He says ail he . asks is; that you will come in a carriage, 1 hired by the hour.