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DR. JACK'S WIFE
BY ST. GEORGE RATHBORNE.
CONTINUED.
It is evident that uuseen enemies are
• around him, ready to strike in the dark.
Ete groans to think that Avis is here
with bine exposed to thee dangers. If
she were only hire, he could better afford
to laugh at the plottiugs of his enemies.
Below he duds Larry, to whoin he cone
des the new and alarming turn which
such a powerful secret society as your
eaemies. The recent events in this region
bave torn our relations asuuder, We are
almost in chaos as yet. Crime rens ram-
pant I hardly InIONV Which men to trust.
The figure clingiug to the well naakes
another movement. Evidently lie has
stopped to rest upon a ledge, or else be-
cause Jack's footsteps on the pavement
alarmed hina; but if this latter is the
But I shall do my best," he says, case he has bravely overcome his fear,
eince his movement is certabely upward.
gravely.
"It is all can ask. do not know 13y this time the fellow has his heads
whether it is oustornary to have a permte uPon the windoev-sill. What if Avis
binutyoluwe ocuityid flourre thyewcait;rywinrgite,o,froaorrz _..uslheseetplearesistflieetliwiotanttleciaheeortheeesrus :it:sable° frusgt monaluyubswtainbtiii
one. Then I shall defend myself.
" And, we will hear a good aec,oent of watehing over his fortuaes,
It is tire° something was done, and
you. Por Dios! I was in Madrid at the
time you played your part in •the plaza Jack slowly raises his baud to wing the
los teros, and, I was forced to admiee darls reas.s thus outliaed against the „sky,.
htakenAmith bring bine down to the pavement a
as
tiaSe . s ght be rpm'- grit."
ed, this worthy is astounded, and shows ' Doctor Jaole smiles. It pleases him to crippled evretcla, howliug with agony and,
It en his face. Like a brave man he feels remember those old scenes once In a fear*
able to meet open but this cowardly
while, when the panorama of the past -
at this moment oceurs the event net
fees,
way of seeking revenge, adopted by the sweeps before laina. Aim:memo the ethehe down en the bilk, Doctor Jack plainly
seems cabaa against whom Doctor Jack dertth writes. hears the swish of liquid thecae, and sees
has pitted biniself, is of such a terrify. "That covers the case, Doetor Jack. It
somethietie shoot from the window,. A
h.q. v‘odiotive, eliabolieal nature that it Is hardly necessary, since every one car- few drops -een splash upon his face and
ab wet freezes the bloodries arms in these disturbed tunes Flow
feel like flashes of fire, such is the heat
. . -
Leering the little man on guard, jaele ever, in ease you bowl over half a dozen contained in them.
pa's outside to gad a eebiete whieh of these fellows you will be held guilt- ' As for the xogue who clings to the
will t"..trry him to the Intendencia. One less." wall, and receives the full benefit of the
haniems ta be mar. It looks like a lucky "They take their lives in their hands fiery deluge, he gives oue wild shriek of
eh aiee, which be is oney too willing to when they run across my pull. I AM a anguish. His hande release their clutch.
emlicetee. If he die but anew that this peaceable man, sir, but retest be let alone upon the windowsill above and down he
same driver has twice refused a fare to attend to my business. As for this emu's in a heap.
within the lase half hours, perhaps his impuoent English buil-dog who wants th , le:ome good fortune causes hire to drop
suernaions inight he the sooner an:eased. wed Doctor Jack's widoweao ! in a sitting posture, and this, although
.
the iiight ride begins. The °facer laughs eland. ou tless eat T
It is au chain:Iry back in watiela Doe. "Pardon, but it is too comical. I have fractured linab. Perbaps he fearsasecond
tor -teen. finds hinteelf.. Hepays little seen much of these Engleshenea. They deluge et hot wattr: or 1 nay bo s
az: ettion to the vehicle itself, since its are brave, too, but so full of boast -car. , buries have set hint wild. At may rate, le
etretie zuovement presently engage his relabel the -world belougs to theni-we is thelicrous to eee the way in which the
r.egerds. . all breathe only bemuse they are meg- . demeralized chap scrambles to his feet
The driver must be drunk, be at first nanheous. Doctor Jack, I tell you. I my.' awl rushes down the ealle, groaning, and.
eanebueel, Tee,e ie gashes threao his self would glve ten pesos to be present grim:hag tout Chillau curses with a pro-
raimi that evben be betel his brief con -
vet -ween with this worthy the man gave
tate evidence of beteg under the iefluence
of liquor. Indeed, Jack was inellned to
bell ae. him unusuelly Might and Smart
ethen you again come in contact with tioieney acquired en the any
this Plyrapt•on," A few people come runtilug up and out
Really, Doctor Jack is begiening to of the hotel to see what is the matter, for
believe the Valparaiso chief of polica may although scenes of vialenoe are frequent
be a pleasant sore of fellow after all, in the streets, they never fallattract
for a h alp:tea:so Jetta. When he leaves him he has not learned. etteetiouA cochafighe or battle or the
Ties, then, bringe tho case down to 3 grt'at deal to he eigh but the nasal° bulls hes always been a drawing card in
wield 41,..„ign, If the man es eue of his of police protection is cast upon him, Chili, theugh of lath the laws me becom-
mind. there is a uaethod in his madness. whatever that may count for. At auy lug more severe in this regard, and a
ihis health -he movements, passing up rate, he tuts the right th protect himself. . live Yanithe circus pleases the populace
Ona.. Sv."`i.; and down auother, might do The Chilian has suggested that be go about as well. They are fast becorniug
hor a man trying to throw another off on board the Baltimore. Captain Selaeley eaucated along the republio ot the Andes.
the traek, but: they are certainly entirely would daurtless receive a fellowoitizen Nothieg is to be see% save a wet spot
out of pleee for a driver who has been of the great republic, who has become so on the pavement, mad ooly through
;Med et a round figure to take a fare to well kJ:KATI:1 AO Doctor Jack, wItti the seem:dation can they reach the truth.
polite. headquarters as seen as possible, greetest pleasure in the world, and inane Doctor Jack does not Hager, but a min-
eteeneound the fellow, what eau he quarters for birnself awl wife on board ute leter givee the peculiar rap on his
mesas" innttere the Americau, as for -at least until their vessel leaves. door witiott Avis recoguizes, and it
the third time his vehicle leaves the it is worth thinking aver. proves an "open eesanac " adraittiug him
main avenue and pinups down Imo a Jack reaches the street. No vehlele can to the sacred precincts. eieyond,
dark .i. C.ilte. be seen, and, be is now realty sorry be While Avis reiceles and. barricades the
It lies gene beyond a joke. Doctor Jack let the other go. Be might have kept the dour her lieee lord gropes fora, chair,and,
aeateies a moment ere eeeiaing what river in his employ, and between the gift throwing 14.1)11Eelf 1iit0 itS depths, htuglie
em -ht to be done, and then pokes bit cif silver and the threat of lead influencect as though he would take A ilt.
head out of the window, halaexpecting . him to be faithful. , "Well, you seem a.raueeel. Suppose Ton
to see some footpads with whom the There is only one thieg to be dome- " share the eubeect?" she says, sitting on
eirseer is in collueion. , be must use shanks' nare andtbus reach , the arm of tbe chair and stroking Doctor
'Lite rattle of wheels drowns his voice i the fondle His thoughts are with Avis. „ Jack's curly hair.
when be speaks, ante he eeleounh eon.; Ileaven grats nothing else has occurred , "Ye gods! 1 snail never forgot how
thinplittes firing a shot past the fellow's „ during his absence. Tbe terrible nature that fellow came down, doundering like
ear that must bring him to terms. a. i of the last shaft, so recklessly aimed at a great bear. You brave little wonta.n, I
stout, however accomplishes the same : him that it might easily have taken an- deelere-"
thing. The Jelm turns, beholds his fare I other innocent party for a victim, bas "Oh, that's it! Well, I meant he should
malting a threatening movement, and. given Jack an uneasiness quite foreign maand gave him the benefit of the whole
putts hastily up. 1 to his nature. can of hot water beated on our little oil
Doetor Jaen fiercely deroauds the Iva- He begins his walk. , stove here," she remarks, composedly, as
ben for Ms erratic, movements. whereupon The hour has grown late and it is though such a feat were an everyday
the man abjectly apitingiees. The only i just lacking seventeen minutes of mid- ocourrence. "And now, hack, if you can
=vivo he manes is that the pavement Is; night 'when ' be leaves the Intendencia. control your laughter, tell me what you
bad on (Termite feetions of the maw,: At this time the Chitin seaport might have seen and done since you lea here."
street which it is policy on his part to .
I naturally be expected to have an air of -
avoid. i quiet resting upon its streets. ; CHAPTER IX,
"Well, get to the (Alice of the Int -en- It is just the contrary. ,
dente as speedily as possible. It's all I. The success of the rebellion against;
! The balance of this singular night In
• Balmaeeda bas excited all the elements Valparaiso plisses without adventure.
ask "
P alums his excuse is valid, but Jack i in the ety to such an extent that they t Doctor Jack., taking warning froxu what
pienie of re. ! bits already occurred, does not neglect the
hae reeal Imough of life to doubt it. He , seem to be holding a sort of
;
helievee the man has another motive. and t ioicing all the while. One from the proper precautions for safety, and while
a; in beigue with outside parties, though i States might readily believe an election the door is secured, no one could pee-
wit ,a his purpose May be is a mystery. had just taken place, for bonfires blaze : sibly enter at the window, left open for
The niatt air is ehilly, but Jack keeps here and there, while it is nothing un- • air, without disturbing bis slumbers, and
usual to h ar a gun go off Perhaps be- to arouse a mau of his caliber would be a
fore settling down to abusiness life again • Poor piece of business for the daring in -
the Chili:ins desire to use up the super- truder, -whose reception must partake of
!thous aramunition left over after the late a more serious nature than a sudden hot
unpleasantness. water shower -bath.
Jack keeps to the main street, and So the day comes, that fateful October
avoids all crowds that seem noisy, if by day that almost precipitates a bloody war
crossing over to the other side he can do between the valiant little South hmeri-
so. Many a fracas occurs, but as the can free country and the greatest republic
participants are natives, the spark is the world as ever seen.
entered, hence it nenet be exhaled from not applied to the magazine. That ex- 1 It opens auspiciously for .Tack.
e mine receptacle as they jolt along over plosion is left for another twenty-four As he comes down stairs he is accosted
the road.
hours. by a man -who has just entered Valper-
He is at nnce suspicious. The very fact At last he sights the hotel. His own also's thief caravansary -a man, upon
that the odor has a eoothing effect, and position is now assured, and the fear whom the dust of travel rests, and. who
makes him drowsy, causes alarm. Such that pushes itself into his mind is in con- has undoubtedly ridden far and hard.
things he has read of as happening in nection with his wife. At sight of him Doctor Jack receives a
leaden and Paris. where wonderful He glances up at the -windows which shock, for although the man's face is
games of fraud are inaireurated, but who belong to his rooms. All is dark there, soiled with dust and perspiration, he re -
would ere= of such a thing in old Val- and no sign of life can be seen, but this cognizes him.
paralethe is just as Avis has said it would be. "Kirke Smith!" bursts from his lips.
Doctor Jack can circumvent a game it was here, just beneath the window The man holds out his hand, which is
that is even better played than this. He at the corner, that the English lord and seized by Doctor Jack and heartily
squeezed. Then the two step aside to a
puts his head out of the window, and.
breathes the fresh air of the night, which
Invigorates him so that he can decide
neon the next move. On a former occa-
sion he remembers pulling himself out
of the window of a hack, and reaching
the roof. He tries it again, and succeeds
as before, nor does the driver suspect his
presence near until Jack gives him a dig
in the ribs that causes the fellow to roar
aloud In sudden fright.
Turning, he beholds his fare coolly
zeated othe roof of the vehicle, and
hears spoken in Spanish the words :-
"I'll finish the tide on top, man; the
-odor of your vehicle doesn's please me.
Now, make a bee -line for our destination,
or I'll tumble you. overboard in a jiffy."
Baffled in all he has undertaken the
aim heads once more for the main
Street. His look amuses the Anaerican,
who would fain draw from him the secret
he guards, but the fellow at least has the
merit of being taciturn when ugly. When
at length he alights before the flaming
red lantern that marks the Inteedente's
office, Jack believes he can well afford to
spate the driver who has played him
false, so he pays the fellow off and enters
the office.
CHAPTER VI=
The office of the ' Valparaiso eltief ef
police is not a model of corafort by any
means, and a strong odor of tobacco
(smoke impregnates the air at all hours.
Doctor Jack finds the Intendente an
agreeable raan, however, more than
ordinarily shrewd for a Chili= officer
though not to be compared with the
Frenchman -who occupies molt a position
in Paris.
So Jack tells his story, or at least as
:much of it as he deems necessary. From
elm manner of the other he concludes
'that the main facts are already known to
the officer. Perhaps he has means of
collecting infoaTaation. Perhaps he is in
some way connected with the secret cabal
, against Which Jack Evans struo•gles. If
the latter proves to be the truth'', there te
small chance of help from this quartet
At last the American completes his
eaarrabive mad demands protection. He has
pot Molten the lawe of Chili, and It is
elle wrath of individuals in the mad race
ger wealth that has been kindled against
"X will do what I am able. hhankly,
Doctor jack, I must tell you. my office at
. Flame is pooAT equipped to engem with_
a WindOW open, then:eh he bas to fasten
it, ne .entei secret spring pushes it shut.
His mind is wrought up by the recent
events that have occurred, and he finds
pleney to think about, vehicle will form
the hasis of his conversation with the In -
end n?.'
Pres.-ntly it strikes Jack that there is
a peculiar, though pleaeent odor in the
vehiele. He diet net notice it when he
his Milian ally came to a halt as if by
accident, and held. their pointed converse -
tion concerning Doctor Jack, which was
saturated with vemon and especially in-
tended for the ears of the wife seated
above. Jack smiles as he remembers how
this carefully arranged scheme fell to the
ground, because Avis Evans had such
perfect confidence in her husband.
Then, as he stands there, he remem-
bers, too, the beautiful Chili= woman
who has conceived such a passion for
hine and shudders as he thinks for
somehow her adoration acts upon him as
might the evil charm of a -serpent, for
Doctor Jack is an honorable man, deeply
in love with his wife.
He has only stopped here a minute or
so to recover breath after his rapid walk,
and cahn himself ere appearing before
Avis.
Fate sonaetimes manipulates things in
a queer way. Even this thirty seconds,
during which he stands there, are des-
tined to be marked by an event. It would
seem as though he bas been allowed to
reach the scene in order to be a witness
of the bravery of the woman he calls his
wiAfeS he glances up again toward the
point where, as he well knows, the Win-
dows of his rooms aro situated, Dootor
Jack receives a start. Not nacre than fif-
teen feet of space lies between, ansi against
the background of sky he sees le protub-
erance fastened to the face of the build-
ing.
While Jack gazes, spell -bound, it
moves, and he makes out beyond all
question the figure of a man. This is a
strange place for one to cling to like a
monkey. No man would be in such a
position unless he has evil intentions. It
flaehes through the mind of the Ameriaan that some enemy seeks to do him
harm. He is surroended by so many who
wish labia ill that 15 is folly attempting
to bother his head cencerning the identity
of this fellow.
Of course, he may be an ordinary thief,
for the city has more than its usual quota
of this selectee. Doctor Jack ponders con-
cerning his best move, and shandle his
reeolver with the air of a man who feele
half Impelled to use it, yet hesitates be-
cause he bates to shed the blood of a hit
-
man being, however much the other may
deserve it
,And while he thee deliberates the mat-
ter is taken out of 1 is hands. gome one
It concerned in the earne whom he has
foegetten to fiere n-Ayis.
quiet corner where they may talk with-
out being overheard, for already several
Chili:ins watch them with interest.
"You are twelve hours ahead, Kirke.
What am I to believe, good. or bad.
news?" is the first thing Jack Evans
asks.
"Both," returns the Texan rider,
whose equal on a horse it would be hard
to find.
Doctor Jack preserves his wonderful
calmness, although his whole fortune is
at stake. The man's nerve is simply
astonishing, and it has won him more
than one battle in the past.
"Explain what you mean, my dear
fellow. Have you brought it with you?"
"Yes; lost it on the way and recovered
It again. I've ridden like Satan, Jack,
,ancl met with some adventures that will
do to amuse you another time."
"Quite right -.they'll keep. Now, where
is the -package you were to fetch?"
"Concealed outside the oity. I dared
not bring it in until I had seen you."
Doctor Jack heaves a deep sigh of re-
lief.
"That much Is safe, them Once we
get it on board the steamer all will be
well."
"When do you sail?"
"In the morning, and you also, Kirke,
my boy. Don't think I mean to lose sight
of you so easily. Besides, your presence
may be needed to confirm the statements
in New York."
"'Are you bound there:" with eager
interest,
"Possibly. I have received news in the
last ten hours that inAkes me alter my
piens. Your coming, with. words of cheer,
brightens the skies which were getting
very dark above. I am .surrounded by
enemies here, and can hardly turn with -
oat knocking the elbow of a men who
hopes to pick a quarrel."
The other gives a lowwhistle of sur-
prise, but his face expresses no alarm.
Kirke Snaith has bean in some of the
most desperate Situations ever faced by
a hmnan being, and no one ever knew
him to flinch.
Up conies Larry at this 3uncture, and
is delighted to see the man for whom
Jack has been waiting, on the ground.
His idea is that they can go on board
the steamer at once, but is met by the
relay that, however profitable such a
MOTO might be, it is not to be thought
of until evening comes.
A boat, will be engaged awl kept in
waiting at a certain point angst oonv.eaa
teet and when they bave secured that
which girhe Smith dares not being into,
Valparaiso in broad daylight,. a short
pull will briug them to the ste,senet
All they must avoid will he the Argus
eyes of the enemies waorn Jae* and Ws
trusted agent have thns tar baffled, and
it may be set down AS certain that these
men will be eonstantly on the alert.
The hart rider who conaes from the
nitrate region of Chili goes to brush Up
little, and. theoappeare ready for break-
fast. Avie joins them, and in low toned
they converse. Kirke bee mach of drape-
atie interest to tellend bolds them spell,
hound while he relates hie adventures.
(To be contioueda
Fr.,tid.trit His Owa .1t9 tigtiter Reader,
The long standing ocoupation of one
of the White House clerks is gone.
Bach through several administratious it
has been the duty of one man to rea,4
the newspapers for the presideat. Vale
man read and clipped and peeted. te
filled scrapbooks with such articles oa
the administratiou as he thought the
president might want to see at some
future time. But besides this he rea4
with reference be what miglae be of
mediate concerti to the president. When
he found anything he thought the pres-
lelent weuld like to see at once, he clip-
ped it Mad pasted it on a sheet, with the
date and the name of the paper. These
sheets were laid down before the presi-
dent as regularly as tias mail requiring
his attention. The reader for the presi-
dent had a place on the White House
staff as far back as Grant's time, it not
earlier, ble went through all of the
principal papers of tile aountry Lt WAS
in this way that Mrs, Grant saw the
beautiful tribute to her daughter at the
time of the Sartoris wedding, written
by the late John N. 'Edwards of Mis-
souri, which she acknowledged grace-
fully as the expression that bad touched
her most deeply. The reader for the
president has been abolished, lfr„ Por-
ter is a newspaper man and believes he
has a better way to accomplish the eaule
purpose. Furthermore, the president
has a select number of newspapers
which he prefers to go through himself.
St,. Louis elobe-Democrat.
The eiurei Tower Tweited.
The daily movement ot the Eiffel
tower, due to expansion and contrac-
tion, has been studied by Colonel Bas-
set, who recently explained to the
Academy of Sciences that the expansion
of the metallio components of the struc-
ture produces a torsion movement from
sunrise to sunset. This movement is re-
peated in an inverse dtrection during
the night, as the column becomes cool-
ed, so that the lightning rod on the
sunuuit of the tower is in constant mo-
tion, Colonel Laussedat, director of the
Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers, being
appealed to for conarmetion of Colonel
Basset's statements, stated that be bad
carefully followed Colonel Basset's in-
vestigations, which extended over ten
years, and that the results given -were
perfectly exact.
The laws of the expansion and con-
traotion of iron by heat and cold are
well known, and the tower simplyobeys
the physical law of temperature influ-
ence. In summer the expansion is great-
er than in winter, and the movement
reverses at night, owing to contraction
duo to the cooling down of the mass.
Yet this twisting, this torsion, in no
case compromises the solidity of the
structure, which is absolute.-Ledus-
tries and Iron.
Milk and a Zork Frian One Cow.
"A ratherhmusual thing occurred up
at our town one day recently," said Mr.
B. F. Davis, a well knoven and reputa-
ble merchant of Ezel, Ky.
"While milking a cow Mr. D. 5:
Rose, one of our respected citizens, no-
ticed the tines of an old fashioned table
fork protruding from behind one of the
animal's fore legs. Wondering how the
fork could have got there, Mr. Rose
attempted to extract it from the cow's
skin, but found the thing stuck fast and
causing the old milker much pain.
"Dr. A. B. Nickell, a neighboring
physician, was called in and found a
surgical operation was necessary to re-
move the fork and relieve faithful old
Pide's sufferiug. .An incision was made
In the animal's shoulder, and it four
tined fork taken from the dunab brute's
flesh.
"It is supposed that the cow swal-
lowed the fork while eating bran from
a box last spring, and the piece of table
cutlery had just worked out behind the
fore leg after all those months. The
wonder is that the fork didn't strike it
vital spot and kill the heifer. Dr. Nick-
ell has the fork on exhibition at his
office in Ezel. "-Louisville Post.
Watching For the Alen to ran.
A heavy platform 6 feet square, to
the corners of which heavy chains are
fastened, the four, chains meeting at it
ring about eight feet above the plat-
.
form, the ring in turn being at the clad ,
of a steel rope wound about the wind-
lass, is used to hoist building naaterial
from the street to the top of the Syndi-
cate building in Park row. The struc-
ture is now about 26 stories high, and
a huge derrick swings the platform free
from the side of the building. Workmen
frequently use this platform in prefer-
ence to climbing ladders. Recently sev-
eral barrels of cement were placed on
the platform and three naen sat on the
barrels. One of the men carried a small
American flag, which he waved as he
ascended. In five minutes Park row was
choked with people who got cricks in
their necks looking up. The perilous
trip was made safely by the inen and
then the crowd melted away. Two
young women who had come out of a
"hurry up" lunchroom shuddered as
they went their Way, one remarking,
"Suppese they had fallen. "-hiret
Sorry He Spoke.
He --There are at least a dozen women
who would be glad to gems if you were
to die.
She -I hetet doubt it. They know I
have got you pretty well trahied.-Indian-
OORT OF RUTTER FAT,
Row much Cows of /Different Breeds
charge For enticing I.
An instructive experiment was con-
ducted at the Minnesota station some
time ago. Its object was to find out
the cost of food per cow to each pound
of butter fat she produced. The beef
breeds were tried in connection with
the dairy breeds. Three animals of the
beef breeds were selected, two Short-
horns and one Polled Angus. The aver-
age weight of these beef cows was
1,240 pounds. The amount of food each
consumed and the amount of butter fat
Bear TWA'.
her milk yielded were carefully noted.
It was found that a pound of butter fat
when produced by a Shorthorn or Polled
Angus cow cost on the average 17,8 cents
in the winter season.
The cows of the beef breeds were of
the shape of the ono in the illustration,
plump, blocky and small boned, covered
with thick meat. Another group of
cows used for the experiment belonged
to the distinctive dairy breeds, bony.
thin fleshed and sharp, with heavy ud-
ders end curving bind legs. They w. re
of the shape shown in the second pie-
ture. There wore other groups included,
In the general experiment, but the two
specimens here represented will illus-
trate sufficiently the point we wish to
make plain -namely, the extravagance
involved in using a beef cow as a dairy
animal.
In order to be the best kind of a deiry
animal, it was found that a cow must
not ouly be spare bodied, but 410 3ritiSt
also be deep through the middle, as deep,
in fact, proportionally, as the beef cow.
This depth of middle body gives a large
stomach, and hence large power to as.
similate food and turn it into butter.
The cows of the group whose type is
represented in the second illustration
were jerseys, Guernseys and Holsteins,
full blond and grade, with one excep-
tion. Thiswas n Shorthorn of the dairy
shape. In the table herewith given it
will be seen that notwithstanding her
dairy etyle she still gave less butter fat
for the cost of her feed than any others
in her group.
The table appended aliOwS the result
of this prolific experiment We com-
mend it especially to those who keep
cows for profit It represents the cost of
feed in winter. 'twill be noticed in the
table that the cow which produced a
pound of butter fat with the least cost
was a full blood Guernsey, and the price
she charged was 11.4 cents, This -bears
out the claim made for Guernseys that
they give the best returns on the least
amount of food of any breed. For this
DALEY TYPE.
reason, however, putting them on half
rations is not to be recommended. The
average price at which a pound of but-
ter fat was produced by the model daigy
type group was 12.1 cents:
Dairy and Creamery.
The most valuable cows are apt to be
those that have been raised and kept on
their home place.
Dairy cows should have grain feed
nine or ten months in the year.
The Danes generally use commercial
starters to ripen cream.
No 00W is worth her keep unless she
makes 150 pounds of butter a year at
the least.
The patrons of creameries in Dickin-
son county, Kan., are agitating for the
appointment of a county milk tester.
There has been so wide a difference in
the amounts paid thein for the butter
fat in their milk that they want to have
the testing put into the hands of one
man who will travel the county over
and do the work at the various cream-
eries. This is an excellent idea, if the
salary of the official tester can be satis-
factorily arranged for. It would hardly
be fair to tax the whole couhty for that
The patrons of all the crearaeries might
club together and each contribute a
given sum to pay the tester. Then they
could be sure that the difference in but-
ter fat shown to exist between the cows
of one herd and its next neigbbor repre-
sented actual difference in the cows
epees Journal. themselves. . .
CREAM RIPENINO.
Tsvloas Tests Used, in Determining Ada-
ty and Other Conditiops.
Butter makers know that cream from
pure, sweet milk is not nearly so ripe
after standing 20 hours at a tempera-
ture of 56 degrees F. as cream from
slightly sour milk will be if it is kept
at the same temperature for the same
length of time. Creameries have to deal
with milk of many varieties between
these two extremes, consequently they
should test the ripeuess of each lot of
cream, and govern the ripeuing accord,
ingly in order th secure a uniformity in
ittheisrcipz7esdof eaoh lot of cream when
I have received many requests to ex-
plain the use of alkaline tablets fOr test-
ing the acidity el eitlaer milk or oreara
and show how they can be used to aid
thebutter naaker (*tabling uniforraity
in the ripeuess of cream. Bach one of
the tablets contains a standard amount
of alkali, and by dissolving a definite
number of them in a certaiu amount of
water the solution thus obtained will be
of a. standard strength. When this col -
cored liquid is poured into a certain
amount of cream in a white cup, the
ream remains uncolored until all its
acid is neutralized. As soon as the acid-
ity of the cream is completely neutral-
ized by the tablet solution the cream in
the cup becomes pink colored, and the
operator notes bow much tablet solution
is required to produce this pink color in
the Create. The process is something
like measuring the sourness of lemottude
by Sliding out how many lumps of sugar
of u certain size it isnecessary to add to
the lemon juice in order to make it
sweet. The sourer tbe lemonade the
more sugar is required to sweeten it,
and so the ripe cream takes more tablet
solution to produce the pink coler thau
a sweet cream, The amount of acidity
in the cream is indicated by the amoune
01 thblet solution used in each test.
The standard tablet solutiore is easily
Made of a convenient strength by (Us -
solving Ave tablets in 50 centimeters of
water iu A graduated cylinder. A 20
erntimeter pipette is used for rumoring
the (Team, and the per cent of acidity
ha the cream is found by multiplyiug by
two the numher eeutimeters of tablet
solution required, to pruluee the pink
calor in the 20 centimeters Of cream.
Bach centimeter of tablet relation is ap-
proximately equal to two-huudredths of
per cent of aeklity, so that 10 coati.
meters tablet solution represents about
.2 per cent acid, 20 Centimeters .4 per
Cent, 25 centimeters .5 per cent acid,
and so on.
Cream that is sweet to the taste and
smell may contain from .1Z to .30
per cent acidity. This quite a wide
range in the acidity whielt cannot be
measured by taste or smell, but the
sweet cream which coutains .3 per
cent twid will ripen much faster in a
given time then one having only .15
per cent acidity, if both be kept at the
same temperature. This shows the ad-
vantage of testing the acidity of each
lot of cream waen it is first put into the
cream 'nt. The cream with .3 per cent
acid will ripen to much fatter than one
with only .13 eier cent avid that they
must be kept at different temperatures
if it is desired to have the same amount
of acid developed at churning time,
which is usually about the same num-
ber of hours from the time the cream is
put into the ripening vat.
The great majority of butter makers
ripen cream alemt 20 hours and then.
churn it. Very few practice holding the
cream 40 hours before it is churned.
During its ripening an acid test should
°octagonally be made of the thorougbly
raixed cream. This will show whether
the ripening should be checked by cool-
ing the cream or hastened by warming
it. Since the butter maker can easily
check or hasten the cream ripening by
either cooling or 'warming the cream he
can use it sEa' rter or ripen the cream
without one for either 20 or 40 hours if
be will test the acidity every few hours
and find how fast the ripening is pro-
gressing.
If cream is allowed to ripen maoh be-
yond .6 per cent of acidity, the butter
will often have a sour flavor from over-
ripe cream. When cream has reached
this point of .6 per cent aoid, it should
be cooled at once and kept as cold as
possible -50 degrees F. or lower -until
it is churned. Very little acidity -will
develop in cream which is cooled to 50
degrees F., but it will ripen very fast at
70 degrees F.
The efforts of the butter -maker should
be directed toward ripening the cream
up to about .6 per cent acid and no
further, and this amount of acidity
should be attained a few hours before
churning time in order that the cream
may be cooled during these few hours
and reduced to a low churning tempera-
ture. If the cream has not been suffi-
ciently ripened, there will be a lack of .
flavor in the butter, and if it is over -
ripened the butter will have a sour
flavor. The acid test is an aid to uni-
form butter flavor by showing when the
cream has developed a certain amount
of acidity. -Professor E. H. Farrington
of the Wisconsin Dairy School in Rural
15eTwh:S°irS)CSeill°p"lyngahirtekliCOrke,ainclOtted cream
Which has incorporated in it more or
less of the albumen and -casein of the
mille. The railk is strained into pans 7
to 8 inches deep and allowed to stand 8
to 12 hours, when they are carefully re-
moved and their contents heated to 170
to 180 degrees. To accomplish this
without burning the pans are usually
set in water but we judge the modern
asbestus mat, for sale at any hardware
store, would serve the purpose full bet-
ter. This heating coagulates the albu-
men and "crinkles" the surface of the
cream. The pans are then removed to
the milkroona and allowed to stand 12
to 24 hours, according to the condition
of the weather, when the cream may be
removed. It is a thick, compact mass
and may be out into squares of suitable
size and taken off with an old fashioned
skimmer. ,
Lbs. dry matter
per day per 1,000
lbs. live weight,
Lbs. dry matter
per 1 111. butter
fat.
Lbs: of bufter fat
from 100 lbs. of
dry matter.
Cost of 1 lb. but -
tor fat. Cents.
jersey
25.80
21.68
4.61
12.8
Holstein
22.04
21.29
4.69
12.8
Jersey
22.88
15.44
5.42
11.1
Grade Jersey
03.20
21.53
4.64
12.8
Jersey Guernsey
28.24
20.16
4.96
10.8
Grade Jersey
22.20
22.27
4.49
12.6
Jersey
24.82
21.18
4.72
12.6
Shorthorn
17.87
21.87
4.67
12.9
Grade Jersey
28.52
21.91
4.56
12.4
Guernsey
25.65
28.06
4,82
12.8
Holstein
20.91
20.04
4.93
-12.0
Guernsey
26.46
20.88
4.18
11.4
Average
28.58
21.15
4.78
12.1
Dairy and Creamery.
The most valuable cows are apt to be
those that have been raised and kept on
their home place.
Dairy cows should have grain feed
nine or ten months in the year.
The Danes generally use commercial
starters to ripen cream.
No 00W is worth her keep unless she
makes 150 pounds of butter a year at
the least.
The patrons of creameries in Dickin-
son county, Kan., are agitating for the
appointment of a county milk tester.
There has been so wide a difference in
the amounts paid thein for the butter
fat in their milk that they want to have
the testing put into the hands of one
man who will travel the county over
and do the work at the various cream-
eries. This is an excellent idea, if the
salary of the official tester can be satis-
factorily arranged for. It would hardly
be fair to tax the whole couhty for that
The patrons of all the crearaeries might
club together and each contribute a
given sum to pay the tester. Then they
could be sure that the difference in but-
ter fat shown to exist between the cows
of one herd and its next neigbbor repre-
sented actual difference in the cows
epees Journal. themselves. . .
CREAM RIPENINO.
Tsvloas Tests Used, in Determining Ada-
ty and Other Conditiops.
Butter makers know that cream from
pure, sweet milk is not nearly so ripe
after standing 20 hours at a tempera-
ture of 56 degrees F. as cream from
slightly sour milk will be if it is kept
at the same temperature for the same
length of time. Creameries have to deal
with milk of many varieties between
these two extremes, consequently they
should test the ripeuess of each lot of
cream, and govern the ripeuing accord,
ingly in order th secure a uniformity in
ittheisrcipz7esdof eaoh lot of cream when
I have received many requests to ex-
plain the use of alkaline tablets fOr test-
ing the acidity el eitlaer milk or oreara
and show how they can be used to aid
thebutter naaker (*tabling uniforraity
in the ripeuess of cream. Bach one of
the tablets contains a standard amount
of alkali, and by dissolving a definite
number of them in a certaiu amount of
water the solution thus obtained will be
of a. standard strength. When this col -
cored liquid is poured into a certain
amount of cream in a white cup, the
ream remains uncolored until all its
acid is neutralized. As soon as the acid-
ity of the cream is completely neutral-
ized by the tablet solution the cream in
the cup becomes pink colored, and the
operator notes bow much tablet solution
is required to produce this pink color in
the Create. The process is something
like measuring the sourness of lemottude
by Sliding out how many lumps of sugar
of u certain size it isnecessary to add to
the lemon juice in order to make it
sweet. The sourer tbe lemonade the
more sugar is required to sweeten it,
and so the ripe cream takes more tablet
solution to produce the pink coler thau
a sweet cream, The amount of acidity
in the cream is indicated by the amoune
01 thblet solution used in each test.
The standard tablet solutiore is easily
Made of a convenient strength by (Us -
solving Ave tablets in 50 centimeters of
water iu A graduated cylinder. A 20
erntimeter pipette is used for rumoring
the (Team, and the per cent of acidity
ha the cream is found by multiplyiug by
two the numher eeutimeters of tablet
solution required, to pruluee the pink
calor in the 20 centimeters Of cream.
Bach centimeter of tablet relation is ap-
proximately equal to two-huudredths of
per cent of aeklity, so that 10 coati.
meters tablet solution represents about
.2 per cent acid, 20 Centimeters .4 per
Cent, 25 centimeters .5 per cent acid,
and so on.
Cream that is sweet to the taste and
smell may contain from .1Z to .30
per cent acidity. This quite a wide
range in the acidity whielt cannot be
measured by taste or smell, but the
sweet cream which coutains .3 per
cent twid will ripen much faster in a
given time then one having only .15
per cent acidity, if both be kept at the
same temperature. This shows the ad-
vantage of testing the acidity of each
lot of cream waen it is first put into the
cream 'nt. The cream with .3 per cent
acid will ripen to much fatter than one
with only .13 eier cent avid that they
must be kept at different temperatures
if it is desired to have the same amount
of acid developed at churning time,
which is usually about the same num-
ber of hours from the time the cream is
put into the ripening vat.
The great majority of butter makers
ripen cream alemt 20 hours and then.
churn it. Very few practice holding the
cream 40 hours before it is churned.
During its ripening an acid test should
°octagonally be made of the thorougbly
raixed cream. This will show whether
the ripening should be checked by cool-
ing the cream or hastened by warming
it. Since the butter maker can easily
check or hasten the cream ripening by
either cooling or 'warming the cream he
can use it sEa' rter or ripen the cream
without one for either 20 or 40 hours if
be will test the acidity every few hours
and find how fast the ripening is pro-
gressing.
If cream is allowed to ripen maoh be-
yond .6 per cent of acidity, the butter
will often have a sour flavor from over-
ripe cream. When cream has reached
this point of .6 per cent aoid, it should
be cooled at once and kept as cold as
possible -50 degrees F. or lower -until
it is churned. Very little acidity -will
develop in cream which is cooled to 50
degrees F., but it will ripen very fast at
70 degrees F.
The efforts of the butter -maker should
be directed toward ripening the cream
up to about .6 per cent acid and no
further, and this amount of acidity
should be attained a few hours before
churning time in order that the cream
may be cooled during these few hours
and reduced to a low churning tempera-
ture. If the cream has not been suffi-
ciently ripened, there will be a lack of .
flavor in the butter, and if it is over -
ripened the butter will have a sour
flavor. The acid test is an aid to uni-
form butter flavor by showing when the
cream has developed a certain amount
of acidity. -Professor E. H. Farrington
of the Wisconsin Dairy School in Rural
15eTwh:S°irS)CSeill°p"lyngahirtekliCOrke,ainclOtted cream
Which has incorporated in it more or
less of the albumen and -casein of the
mille. The railk is strained into pans 7
to 8 inches deep and allowed to stand 8
to 12 hours, when they are carefully re-
moved and their contents heated to 170
to 180 degrees. To accomplish this
without burning the pans are usually
set in water but we judge the modern
asbestus mat, for sale at any hardware
store, would serve the purpose full bet-
ter. This heating coagulates the albu-
men and "crinkles" the surface of the
cream. The pans are then removed to
the milkroona and allowed to stand 12
to 24 hours, according to the condition
of the weather, when the cream may be
removed. It is a thick, compact mass
and may be out into squares of suitable
size and taken off with an old fashioned
skimmer. ,