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anU wean la,as eaatii Acts has gene,
oul^' lieeey remaining hie elan. Leery.
oteleres the pain cof his broken arm
Or grim her,Aseu of a maryr,
siree. is•Avisi who ,arries
12,1;:t piee.1,445 plieket,it sera:Meetly pr.eper
eta' es, '4"•!-IIV her j !".'W t'rgasor
ethe 't1,0
•ter 1881..s A: -8 wliere the
entlue anaks them. In. ^- gray 4e.,,,va
ebe seen ego‘.0, distr.essim.". .ef
%Tee% tee..-,..onts
r.J.ii.^y it is the .-..,;(4:5 ti.at re4kes
we -
have manilla to de with the minter. hav-
ing. evaehed his hande• of it at the teme of
the wreek. Henee,it devolves upontlidela
V044 leading part.
The warning whietle sounds very often
as they evcsees ;Iowa the grade like a
whielwitel. Men riteh to the doors of
e tease,. 11.,'Atitql under the 'hill eides, to
esee in -gentler ;et the remarkable' eivift
t:ee wild -eat engine. They do
e; ;,..,;•00.tilla What -1.214'11115$ fOr,
the vreek bas as yet
e at el en- tie- lease
eee eutotiel crosees to
we•see _eves she. ee.-8 kr. 'v etiinks
the pneiiet,ai
vi et;sei kref,e-eti. As
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f:xeolsetthe final poretou of a journey the
Philadelphia, at last. Thank heaven,
1. and very dose to time.
! Two hours and a half ought to see her
in New York. For Jack's sak-e more than
; her teem elle is glad. He will be so proud
of her.
Why do they not start again—preetous
noflinthuetelisetzitr4 fl:kl•ntgleA EftszteevlilloPuurenti°a_ya
mean dollars—a million is the stake
played for.
When Avis, more nervous than ever
before in all her life. is reacninga poiut
when the situatitta lee:ein(s almost un -
:..v ;We. she sees the emu/actor, whom
en :eel wen heti with feverish eagereess,
w-. his arms. Thank heaven.: they axe
at. ea to seat.
..'tt a ','nztirs Pees, it seelnn to held thels
tsenet, m4-4 tea of 1' 1a( Oilee the City
ttet *eh.; l?; int-therly J. 8ve te left behind their
- e lei), atae,:,-„a,,,-s 1:8v, ts more rt) 81 and at length ti
whdh thd„h.a.adh. , e nemuni is reached when trees and
A.V.* 4 f hi* *pied. I:1 1Nz--In 1.-iY
.1:4 8:8 inset 4 f P 1:18,31) AV:.; SitS co1;110 rag the minutes. At
Ir'itt010 r 1:0Nre reede up eight, and It
n se is tee krzan,4; Ljung not; as though, after all, -they
, ‘2, iney ye: 8e,et In on time. If the man at
tbdt foragmo ane tee ter etle knew of her iniesion alld
8fa 1. c :rat :01 cm, tn.". 114,;::!Ii•zed with her, he nand h'araig
Yen C. 'V sensetliing I have 11A'Ave 8 11 the Ird111 1111 211°re nobly -
Every Liner of leer being thrills with
Lena leteseintiee te escure. I must •
n.
llelethenand exult:Anent ae tho long race against times Avoid tr a. , hate;
a to an! a nan one Tote soy asaee drew* near a close It is like a well-bal.
enend scale—a eery small thing will sant
el ;des oace."
is wee; he =Fs, In anne an_ it up or down, but the result is freighted
with enormous results to a few.
eons -es is a. tone ot autherity. He natter be •
etenesterxel to seeing his relaters peep ane -thing they inerease their eed.
aree reenible at his tvanie hie frewn, but - The Irdek elegaut e°211.11ti°11, and
it W with ono seizo has seng oucki thk, Mart ill t1l0 eab has the reputation
hitfor the best time resale on an Amerleae
set him down at. s ree valne.
Deotor sieek'* wife looks bine squarely ; railway. Thus the fates work for the
lu the eyes, mad then. strinnte to sea, I breve end the fair.
laughs. She has little fear a tide fellow,mtrehra°s7rohal4NoetwiigBlit.rnart 1°1111 atbiloeuYt Pbrits
"1 nrefer retaiu what belongs to me,
Colonel Genie. Your interest is no doubt past tea. Then conies ti stretch of coma -
try, Aifter which Elizabeth shows up.
to your credit, but I refuse to consider a
request that savorTheir speed is ebeeked in croesinn the
e robber."
Reading tracits, after vsbieh they race
He begins to reellze that the vletory
for Newerit And pass througlt with no
may net be so eaeily won, since a etumbl-
ing-block. Las already arisen in his path. delay -
Another beret of speed over the raea-
The freveu on hie tiee deepens. Fte nett). loekfierce Turk. dexp.4,o, rush through the cut, and pros-
e
Senera, no telling. enough to scare a
would not like ently they dash upon the elevated tracks
“
to lay hand on you, but that packet I int° Jersey City.
-kris is ready to leave the train as soon
must; have at any price. It, is worth much
to me." as it stops. The time is so short sbe feels
her heare flutter with deep anxiety. To
•*.erel triklr I gave him
en11 10.s5 even oac, heat inity ruin all This
as.e tv—e it,- she replese,
ao eying teamsters then hot 11 eppen. itrul -ho presently finds
es,•• se8.re. ,•• statute still. You, • 11 1r ere- -Ang the North River. New
-d• ' i• nes, r the Len thee, YdrIt, her n 88,1. tha there itt the sunliglit,
s „A- s. en we: ,yq11 head me the pee- wil" 6'11" "1"1 sPire8. Wh'n
r , be issues forth from the ferry house 1.5
.• es,. ; en i ger
thi.n. ....• . .• est, A . • see•er 'iy
tr, ,,,,I;t1:1`...1. 1.,• oi i ein a,
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. • 1; 8 . , a, !seat
ts. ta Ate A 8. •e•-; ti itt
▪ rrele *tin s ho s*iveq 'Arne
Alemeet ire , we
are tet
r.ilte. ;mem taiille rushes down the
Lratt'k like a. roe.tea.e ,er itte, en Ark it is
a new 182581*lei:any novel seneatien.
'Under other cereneacittees 41.8 might 4e..
peeienee son: .ttripg of alarm, 1,115 !1W05
they seem to fairly leap e•rward throng,h
spieee, the .114 t'n: 5110 11:1-1 15 Fano. of
exultation at i3O" 1,' .1.Z4itt 11
distant,. Eeery mil • wit ielt they leave
behind brings 21..8 1115.011 tit,S-1• to New
York.
it'ite sits there, 1:..1'1kir. on firthle, ;or
th..1 eneeite jump* and 1.84.1%s !I
• 5,t ''18the. p...n; ei t
Ing aver. Tent st se! el.:0 .Nale Entre; will
mever tore.," so long .1* she lives.
1..11 *effering; and
=Lave ft-.' a sae -
reed duty thet ../e, Lee seeve to perrm
fe.
The tee mm e •,1 her huseeiel anti 8815 that
1,851111.. biloyS
r 111: the denger, ,a; aer
ventaree ene Seuriese 885150.4 21.1.1114.1"011.4,
2ret Siict
Ati the neoninit •Irassee Ain apes. and
darkness Weep/mare Wee inn eee the wide
Seseelehanna en her left. The is
irosty.and yet in the eattine 'lab, with the
winclews (*.dosed, it is very comfortable.
Avis looks around. Up to this time she
bee been engroseed with her
thoughts, while her gaze has been fas-
tened outside.
rshe discovers that she is not the only
passenger who goes to Harrisburg by
spetial engine. Several men are aboard,
and her eyes fall upon one after another
-with a somewhat uneasy feeling.
The first face she sees is the red one of
Lard Hackett, who bows and smiles, yet
does not come to speak to her.
Beside him is Colonel Garcia, the agent
of the syndicate, against whom Doctor
Tack has pitted himself. Two others are
present, and. Avis conceives a suspicion
that, judging from their black looks and
general appearance, they are Chilians.'
This surprises her, because Sack has felt
confident that all their enemies, save the
Briton and the South American colonel,
had been left far behind in the mad race
against time.
The more she watches these men the
stronger becomes her belief that there
has been some miscalculation made. She
sees Garcia look at her closely, and
epeak to one of these men who, in turn,
nrobably communicates the intelligence
to his companion.
Doctor Jack's wife is quick to recog-
Anize the gravity of the situation. She
carries on her person documents that it
would. be worth a million dollars to the
eyndicate these men represent, could they
enema them. That is vrhat Colonel Gar-
cia, the unscrupulous Chilton, has c.oeue
thousands of miles to accomplish—that
is why he is here.
Four men against one frail woman. It
:looks as though the packet might be. in
greater danger now than ever before.
Doctor Jaek's wife carries on her per
eon, however, an antidote for this evil.
She is armed, and her husband has
taught her how to use a revolver in an
emergency. With ore hand she holds to
the rail. The other is lost amid the folds
et her dress.
Thus they plunge on toward Harris-
burg. Every mile left behind lessens the
danger she feels hovering over her. It
seems to nerve the men who plot against
her to desperation.
Their progress is such that in less than
an -hour they will cross the long bridge
qapanning the Susqu,ehanna, and enter
;the capital. Whatever is to be done must
'rlbe accomplished speedily.
Avis knows a Crisis is near. She seee
end% of the Ohillans move up until he is
Just behind the engineer. The seestead fel-
low Is talking with the fireman. Lord
Etaakett holds back as though he would
is just ten minute.* t ZWOIVt...
shall A haelettion held, the doer of his vehn
.r 881.011..
yrowki 1.1:01•Mi?'"
nan who van be a
driver Vial 0.2411.1S
A gl"r61
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e; n time
1 ,1`,41.r.411 t9 the "Ten 8101Las if yon p•aeli Will street
i1:77.11 r.gf IS, Futiden IF lit ft ire et.; r,th (Merged° little
st.,;!,,,gy 31 1 88eis nal. wain . weman, ins she 44048115+0,825 Within the
leg:a:est • gas Insiently diseover that : •
k is in it teen:it:cm te go lLflV "3 410. goes the door shut, With. one
02w. and when a woman., finger panya bound the energetie reliu gains his seat,
wnit the triester th•-re is no telling whet an whlrls, his horses ;Around. Ten dollars!
athient rimy happen. the fee is worth striving for,
ee
, "Hold, senora:" heexcleinas, endeav-
"Make wag—ease of life and. death!"
OrIrig to e t sou e f ors est se. •
do
d hhe n 0, NN
p y , 1 up.
, as
Once over West street to Courtlandt he
may he sent suddenly upon a long jour -
has overcome the heaviest difficulty. Still
ney.
he urges his horses on at a gallop. Ob -
Another element enters the game at
stades appear, but a veteran hackman is
this point, and briags about a change.
an adept at &voiding there. Now, they
The engineer, leaeing his throttle. has
are in Liberty street, and nearing its
ite -8 blow 4 1145 -• t t th
junction trith Broadway. Avis looks ma
man back of hint sprawling among the
A jam would ruin her hopes, but such a
coal. He has heard the bold. Garcia's
thing seldom mown so far down, the
words about owning the engine, and
thing
now sets about proving him a falseongestion of wagons being from the
prophetPost-Uffice, north,
.
Otte step takes him to the side of the
Broadway at last. Avis breathes in re-
Chilian, whom he seizes and shakes as a lief, for her mission is a success,
Just as they turn into Wall street the
terrier might a rat. The insulting man -
dine ball, on the Western Union build-
ner of the colonel has aroused all the
stalwart engineer' anger.
"Talk to a lady like that, will you—
I've got a wife as well as Doctor Jack,
and I feel like you'd Insulted her as
well, you miserable dog."
More shakes follow. and Lord. Hackett,
vrho is eeated on the tender, feebly claps
hie hands, and exclaims: Bravo, braver*
for something he has taken to steady his
nerees appears to have gone to his head.
"You are a Chilian officer, eh?" con-
tinuee the engineer. -Well. I don't won-
der they had a, revolution down there if
mane like you are to be found. There's
only one thine to he done with such ver-
min. Run this machine, do you? Order
it stopped when you please, eh? Bale!
good -by to you, colonel"
The engineer gives the Chili= a whirl
and a toss, and actually throws him out
of the cab. Avis holds her breath until
she sees Garcia alight with a tremendous
splash in a large pool of water that, ly-
ing alongside the track, has caught the
driver's eye.
Looking back as they go whirling
down the steel rails, they are able to see
the wretched colonel scramble to his feet
and stand waist deep in the duck pond.
Then a sudden bend shuts out the view.
The engineer's hand is on the throttle,
and a long whistle for the bridge pierces
the morning air.
CHAPTER emeriti.
Across the great bridge they roll, then
the pace quickens again unvil finally
Harrisburg is reached. Avis is in sus-
pense, not knowing what fate awaits her.
She thanks the engineer for his friend-
ly assistance. People stare to see a lady -
leave the locomotive; but she has no
time to notice these things now.
Her eyes seek an official, and toward
him she hastens.
Inquiry develops the fact that the next
train leaves for Philadelphia and New
York in half an hour. She regrets the
delay, but at least it gives her time for
an early breakfast.
AlriS consults her watch frequently
She has set it an hour ahead, knowing
that the time changed at Pittsburg.
There is time to reach New York, but
nothing to spare.
When the train hauls out she breathes
a sigh of relief. To be moving means a
great deal.
On another track she sees the wreck-
ing train hurrying off to the scene of the
disaster. It takes her thoughts to Jack.
How he must be suffering both mentally
and physically duringthese hours, round-
ly abusing the cruel fate that prevents
him from finishing the good work.
Avis smiles. Be has -a trusty messen-
ger, she believes, and if the train will
otaly reach its destination at Jersey City
on time, Doctor Jack's wife will do the
rest.
She has a time -table, and consults it
whenever they arrive at a station. Wlao
has more interest in the journey than
this brave little woman, coming them -
sands of miles fy sea and land, encount-
ering and conquering dangers at the side
of her husband, in order to be in New
York at a certain hour?
It is a long, weary ride—one always
nig, drops. It is high noon, and bells and
whistles proclaim the fact.
In a certala office in Wall street a
number of gentlemen have congregated.
Their appearance would indicate men of
business standiag ana wealth. Thousands
like them can be met with any day in
this section, where meetings are being
held that involve the handling of mil-
lions.
Most of them appear very anxious, and
consult their watches frequently.
At the first stroke of the bens announc-
ing the mid-day hour, one of them rises
and raps on a desk with his knuckles.
"Gentlemen, it is time to take a vote.
We will decide the destinies of our com-
pany. Is there are objection?"
One man springs up.
"I have had a telegram from Doctor
Evans."
"Ah I"
"He is on the way from Chili with
documents that give him the right to
vote the shares of Judge Frazer, which,
added to his own, makes a majority of
the stock."
The other gentlemen smile.
"Where is Doctor Jack Evans? Let him
produce these documents, and we submit.
But if he is not here, we must shape the
future policy of the nitrate company we
repreasee,"
"He left Cincinnati at noon yesterday."
"On what road?"
"The Permsylvania"
The smile grows broader now.
"Ah 1 fate was too much for him—that
train was delayed by an accident in the
mountains, so I learn from the bulletins.
Gentlemen, we will go on with the vot-
ing. It is all in our hands, since Doctor
Jack is not here."
The door has opened, even while he
speaks, and a figure steps in. The figure
of a woman, whose handsome face glows
with eagerness.
"Madam," says the chairnaan of the
meeting, itt haste, "you have mistaken
the room; the next door leads to the
divorce lawyer's office."
She steps forward.
"Is this the stockholders' meeting of
the Rising Sun Nitrate Company, lim-
ited?" she asks, very distinctly,
tt res.')
The one member who had plead for
delay jumps to his feet eagerly.
"Is Jeremiah Green present?"
"I ani that party," he exclaims.
The lady has something in her hand.
"I am requested to give this to you.
My husband is unable to be here. I
represent hien."
"Madam," says the chairman, novr al-
most ready to collapse. "Madam, who
are you?"
She gives him a radiant smile.
"I am Doctor Jack's wife."
To be outinued.
Romance Ended.
Papa (to daughter, who has just r
turned from the parlor)—Why, Ethel, ha::
that new flame of yours left?
Ethel (with a perceptible hardness in
her voice)—Yes, papa. 110'13—he's gone
out 1—Chicago Tribune.
NEW CHURN.
Disk oe Hard Wood Revolves Vertically
In the cream.
The English papers contain deserip-
done of what is called the New Era Disc
elearna picture of which is shown. It
is teats described:
eThe elnern consists of an oblong yes -
a.1 whit' a Circular bottom, in which a
diele of nard wood revolves vertically in
tee cream. Over tins 4.1154 IS a hoc& or
enalash guard,' so that when the disk is
revolved the cream picked 'op by it is
588-nw
dathecl into this cover and then retnrned
to the churn at the other end of the ves-
sel. The speed of the disk is Multiplied
by gearing, so that colasiderable ooncuse
eien is given to the cream. aud the lint -
ter is brought iu an ineredibly short
thine
"Uncluirned <tree= is charaeterized
by a goat =mine of viscosity. Now,
this viscosity is the feature wnich has
been utilized in this churn, for by reason.
of it the disk, revolvingperpendicularly,
half ba the cream and half out, gets
coated 'with a layer of cream, wbich is
thrown off by tile tangent force of the
revolving (Bak. Throe= violently into
the hood which covers the disk, it re-
eves ItS COIACUSS:01 there and immeae.
tele, returns zo the eliurn. When, bow -
ever, that change takes place wbich the
dair,ymaid knows as the 'breaking of the
butter,' the viscoatee of the e.ream disap-
pears, and the diee immediately cleara
and shows the 1181'e wood Oltee More.
\Veen thie is edge eyed, the dairymaid
teases and thus preveute 'overchurn-
The churn is open so that the cream
can be constantly wetched.
Tho 11p to Date Dairyman,
Of course, as a progressive and up to
date dairyman, you are having several
new milk COMM these fall months, and
you will want to breed them again in
December and January. Have you such
a bull as a progressive and wise dairy-
man ought to have? If you have a good
one, and he has proved his excellence,
don't change. Otherwise, get a good one.
You can not afford not to do so. It takes
not far from lee pounds of butter to pay
for the care and keep of scow 12 mouths.
The cow that yields you 225 pounds of
butter per year is then just twice as pro-
fitable as the one which yields 200
pained.% And if by selection and 'Judi-
cious breedbag you can raise some cows
that will yield 230 pounds they will be
worth three tines as much as the 200
pound cows. A good bull is a paying
investment. If you never had oue be-
fore, get one this fall. Whatbreed? The
breed that best suits your fancy. But
don't put up with grades of any breed.—
Hoard's Dairyman.
Dairy and Creamery.
If you propose to take up winter dairy-
ing next year, breed your cowrlate this
fall or early this winter, so they will
come in at the right tirae.
Denmark has driven other lands from
the first rank in the butter markets sim-
ply and solely by co-operation among
the plain, common farmers of the coun-
try. They put their little means to-
gether, they studied and experimented,
they found out who in a given neigh-
borhood had the best talent for practical
superintendence of a factory, who on
She other hand. was the best financier
and could make money go farthest, and
again who could take care of the cows
so as to get the most and the best out of
them. This being ascertained, they de-
termined to have everything as clean and
as sweet as possible and to utilize ma-
chinery as fast as it was proved to be
good. The Danish government gave
them encouragement, too, so that now
Denmark holds the banner as the butter
making country of the world. From
Denmark came the cream separator,
from Denmark came the fashion of ster-
ilizing all milk and cream before it was
sold or used. What plain farmers in
Denmark could do, plain farmers in the
United States can also do and do it
better, for here we have every advantage
of soil, eunshbae and climate.
In the absence of the somewhat ex-
pensive implements for sterilizing milk,
It can be done by means of the com-
mon double boiler need for cooking oat-
meal and foode that burn easily. This
artiote eornetineem _called a farina boil-
er, sometimes merely a double boiler.
Whore the sterilized milk is needed in
moderate quantities only, for feeding
an infant, it may be eternized in the
farina boiler as fellows; Let the zuoru-
ing'svsilk sta,nd three hours in a cool
place, then dip oir the top, using only
about half the quantity set; put this in
elie top of the doable boiler and let the
water around it boil for half an hour.
One a,dvautage of this milk is that it
will keep longer without turning- sour.
It is best to prepare a suffioient quantity
at mice to la,st 24 hours.
Says George E, Newell: It always pays
0, dairyman better to eland by a naturd-
facturer who is doing honest work for
him than to take up with a new man
who builds a factory for the purpose of
"running out" the old proprietor.
Begin early to feed ensilage. Add oil-
meal, bran and either cottonseed meal
Dr gluten meal.
DISHORM NG LlATTLE.
El or the Operation Is Setteattfuny rev -
formed Ili Florida.
A .correspondent of The Country Gen-
tlenum says that a :herd of Jerseys
owu-
esi by J. Q. Myers of Florida, has beeu
suceeesfully dishorued. 31r, Myers uses.
small, Rue tooth, sawwithout "set"
and a bull ring in the nose. Care must
be taken to CUT otY the crown or matrix
below the upper • circle of hair, or else
the stump will grow out agein, more or
less. There ies no' danger of Int:rating '
She brain, as matey suppose, as that is •
some distanee below the base of the
horns and sepatated :••froue thane by a
hollow 55Iat.8e..
'41:1ie stump is cevered over With a tar- ,
red• whieh nniet be watched and
we11r8:1.er reateaued every day . if the
atheal dieteras it. XL Myers lies ens-
heeried, for saiinead Data • other.% nearly •
105 eattle and has never had any tron- .
blo. to speak of ia healing up the stunie.e
exeept in two or three cakes in eabieh
nee oration was performed in the
rather eeason, He deesnot recommend it
for tins seasens elm would not !Menet:0
to peeform iv any other time, even en
the hottese weather. -
Contrary to the general (pinto% he
favors postponiug the operation until
She animal has reached the age .of 2 or
8 years. If it is performed on a young'
calf, it becomes a "bunter," which, he
says: "is one of the meauest animals in
o herd." On the other hand, if ie is al-
lowed to become mature or nearly so it
learns to nee awl depend on its horns,
aiad then, when it loses them, its spirit
is Inuniliated, and it becomes one of the
most docile mad salmaiesive members of
the herd. For the above reason he op-
posee the °pored= et preventing the .
growth of the home on a very young,
calf by the application of caustio potash.
eaorie Woods.
Cleanliness of the food, its character
and the manner in which it is given en-
ercise a stroug influence over tbe health
of the horse, bis powers of endineince
and general usefulness, and as a rule a
serious belt of Care or ignorance of the
requiremente arevails to an inexcusable
ening =mug these who grow mid pro
pare the horse feeds that are in general
use. 31ere espeeially dees this apply to
the condi:Tien of the hay that is every
year lierveete1 and sold 205- 1110 purpaee.
Tireeby is the etan(1urd rough yr teeny
feed for the 118) -0, the impreeeion being
almost universal aniong hoese Owners
that this is the only kind of lia,y Suita-
ble or Fate m give him. Numerous
trials and experimeuts, however, bay°
proved this idea to be only partly core
red, as clover hay cut before it has be-
came overripe, carefully cured and
saved, contains more nutrition, and bet-
ter results follow its use for horses than
that of the best timothy obtainable. Of
course it muse be understood that only
the very finest article of clover hay is
included in the comparison—iu fact,
no other sort, for senitary aud econozn-
hen reasons, might to be fed to any
kind of stock. There is a loss and some-
times danger in feeding inferior, dusty,
moldy hay even to cows, and it is by
no means a cheap and desirable feed,
and yet of all the difficult things to
find for sale on the market first class
clover hay is the hardest. It has either
stood too long before it was cut, or
managed badly after, and, is generalle
woody and discolored, more or less
musty and full of dust, irritating to the
eyes, nostrils autl throat. Besides it is
highly indigestible, often causing con-
stipation, ieflanernation of the intestim
and sometimes diarrhea and abortiou
in breeding animals.
Pasturing Sheep In Cornfields.
A man who has tried it greatly favors
pasturing sheep. in fields of growing
corn. The time to start thein in. is after
the 00111, has been laid by and the ears
have begun. to form. There are at that
time, as farmers know to their sorrow,
great stalks and patches of cattail and
other weed pests that choke the grain
plants and make it uncomfortable to go
along the rows. These the sheep clean out
better than a rake could do. They devour
the weeds, seeds and all, and grow fat on
them. The time they are turnedinto the
cornfield is after pastures have become
a little dry and short, and the change
is agreeable to them. They do not touch
She corn unless it is short and stunted
and the ears are in consequence near
enough to the ground for them to reach.
In the rich fiat lands of the corn belt
the stalks at the point where the ears
begin are usually out' of reack of the
sheep. The shady corn blades keep the
flies off the sheep. The cornfield is an
excellent place in which to put the
lambs after they have been taken away
from their mothers. They get fat and
are content. All sheep should, however,
be removed from. the cornfield at nigelit.
They lie down and break the stalks if
they are not. The cornfield pasture lasts
from the last of August to the 1st of
December in most localities.
Dorset Sheep and Dogs.
A Maryland farmer who grows Dorset
sheep offers to sell yearling rams to any
responsible party with the agreement
that if they are killed by dogs they need
not be paid' for. He says he saw one of
his ewes leave the flock to attack a wolf
hound', and Mao made him forget which
way he was intencling.to go. If this is
true, the introduction of the Dorset may
solve the question for those who would
like to keep slieep, but say they cannot
from fear of loss by dogs; yet, pligna-
cious as they are when clogs are round,
it is said that the rams are even less
liable to attack persons who enter the
field than some other breeds., We will
not vouch for this, having had no ex-
perience with them.
Oats and. Peas For Sheep.
Oats and peas are good food for sheep
because they tire not so heating as more
carbonaceous food, like corn andscorn-
meal. The uso of too much heating food
may cause a shedding of wool, and this
may reduce the strength and vitality of
the animal as welL •
AT EEFIGEN, NORWAY,
TWO Officials of the entereatteeelIadalr.
trial and Fisheries EXPesition 00iPg
Held There, This Summer..
•eho dire"--..egetieral of the Bergen,
lee away, International Industrial and,
Fisheries Reposition is Er. Letoukeisi,
who, though a comparatively -young
men; is one of Bergen's leading -citizens.
His treatise on Ash and fisheries baswon
for him natienal and internetional die -
election. The president of the exposition
jS 11br. A5khe1eri, al -so a young man,
stem controls the largest tonnage in,
Nerwey. Norway mei Canada aro elosely
co:elected 'because of their trade in pro-
vniene, flour, leather and sirup, which
N,8s8Vay teases from us, while we buy
Q1 11' aselelee tr0111 that country. Ths
exeesition now going on in liereen 00212 -
pe.. -,8s. many bra -ie. -Awe of inaustry. Its
Seeelliatibg 2'.I i. 1CACIWOVer. is Ash.
Is a tee: eredittible affair
atel .121ese135s inatie features of int ,vest te
eletritlaire, net- only to the numerous
tees elsre `Wl•Mi • as tourists ' iSit the.
eeest . of tee land of the midnight sun.
but aim front a ecenniercial point of
view. The old Ilansaitie city of Bergen.
is in itself very interesting, and, coneeler-
ing the loration and latitude, an lament,
• ty lively. place. Dergen has for centurtei
envied a leading cannuerciai positioa.
in the lecatulluavian penliesula, at peti-
tion which le has smear yielded but fulir
eimintained Audit the present day. Cone
entering the population, no City on is
European continent ean boast so lenge
t0Unage 02 rileretpult, eteemere
Bergen, nearly a hundred of which on
couetantly engaged in trading. A curi-
ous fact is nosed In h.at the 'United
States men-of-war, during the present
struggle, meet the Norwegieu nag
(mostly carried by Bergen steamers)
more frequeetlythen that of auy other
nation. Tbe ,steamer tam*. In
15. K It. rEriseentia. MIc7EVRE11.
Direreeeneierai of Preenesne
rapes:tele. Bee
Sentlacze basher. Aran reeent:y a longed
to Bergen. rIittue 1 noe far trine the
(Men coast, the s1$ 8522 enrol:titled on
almost all sides bv bigh rtionntains
fl -.212g sharply several thouseind feet,
That part of the ohl Bergen popularly
known as "Tyskearyggen." consists
entirde of queer -loaning wood struc-
tune built =wears ago by Hanseatio
niercbauts. The newe.r part of the oity
Is prettily built and beasts malty public,
goad private residence -a This is elleciallr
the case in the Nygaard. Park dietrict,
where the exposition is situated On a
very picturesque terraced ground.
EARLY DAYS IN OTTAWA.
Store Viet a subterranean River Bak
Under the city.
The water level in the Rideau river is
low this year, Tho mud hank In the
center of the river, just above Oho bridge
on Sussex street, Ottawa, nearest Neve
Edinburgh, Is now plahaly visible.
Old inhabitants who knew the city.
before it was eeen Bytown tell of how,
although now but a mutt bank visible
at low water, this was a fairly extols -Alva
leland. Once a small grove of trees grew
there, in the centre of which MIS a log
hut. But year by year the ice as it came
down in the spleen Washed away the
island, till now 11, is hut a mud bank
that is eaoh year leeseuleg.
Pages might be written of the early
hietory of this part of the city. Many of
the old residents still talk of the little
hotel tbat occupied part of the site where
now the Basilica stands. Tills hotel was
then the only house between what is
now known as New Edinburgh and the
site of the present post -office, It required
a man of more than. ordinary courage
then to traverse that distance, that can
now be covered in five minutes on an
electric oar, Then what is now Lower
Town was a dense /west in which bears
and other wild animals roamed.
But of all the marvellous tales told of
the village that was to become the
Capital of the Donainion, none is more
weird or strange than the one about the
underground river that flows beneath
the city. The following is the story: A.
gentleman who came to Ottawa in 1836,
and who has since died, used to often
tell of how away back in the forties he
started to build a house on ground near
what is now the corner of Sussex and
Cumberland streets, Of course there
were no streets or even roads then. Most
of the land around there was then a
swamp, but be found some hard ground
on which to build. The foundation of
the house was taken out and the solid
rook reached. To the astonishment ot the
men at work, they found a crack ill the
solid rook through which, far beneath,
could be heard the roaring of a subter-
ranean river.
Many at the time saw the hole in the
rock; and dropped stones through it into
She water below.' The old house has long
since gone and the exaot site forgotten,
but there are still a few of the old people
left who remember the incident, which
caused a great sensation at the time.
Stature Statistics.
The different countries of Europe vary
greatly in the average stature of tater
people. The Scotch are the tallest, aster -
aging 5 feet 10 inches, on a level with
the Polynesians and Armenians. At the
other extreme are the southern Italians,
French and Spaniards, all the shoetest
people, except the dwarf tribes of Africa.
The average height In Ireland is 6 feet 9
inches; in England and Scandinavia, 5
foot 7 inches; in Wales, Germaity and
Denmark, 5 feet 6 inches, eastern
Femme, 5 feet 5 inches. Spain, 'Switzer-
land. northern and central Italy, 5 feet 4
inches; Portugal and southern Italy, 5
feet 8 inclies,-1VIedicalrEtecord.
Pleasing the Birds.
A scientist once put an automatic
musical box on the lawn, and spent
many hours watching the robins, blue-
birds and other birds gathering about it.
A looking -glass put up where the birds
can see themselves in it is also very
attractive, while a combination of
inusical box and a looking glass pleases
the birds more than anything else one
could put out for their amusement.
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