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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1898-8-12, Page 6DK JACK'S WIFE By Sl. GEORGE RATUBORN.E. jereiniel Green gives a hainsuppressed cheer as he tears the cover from the pac- ket, glances tit th.e eontents and waves them above his head.. "These tetrtifieettet ere in Doctor Jack's name. They have lett% bought outright, giving him a majority of net stot.k. Gen- tlemen, youx neon h, over. Henceforth this compane will 1:e worked in the true interest of an holders,. British holders must ftilow raultee push, for Doctor Jaelt leas won." The defeated conspirators who have in- tended freezing the minority out, and ruiuing Herter Jack, now admit that they are uten, end beg for the hese terms they eall get. Avis, now that the crises, has passed, and sueeess won, sinks into 3 eheir quite wearied. The meeting is mon adjourned to await the pleasure of the man who now con- trols the compatey. Jeremieh Green sees A.17iS to the Astor Howe. The first thing the does is to send a, message to Harris- burg, direeted to the hotel where Jack -meant to stay. It simply says in the lartguege of old -- "Vein, vidi, matte, I saw, Deetter Jack. swine: in Ms room, with hie litint feuttlegeti. and net yet' nine Ott trowel, ree.evee thee etc:en:et me:elate, easeZ.tromentieus iez nee rifted from it., e intows Avis re:et:tot W.:1ZZ ta rravei to Ly ten -.r.4• -.' eer nem ;het 4 1.V.V.7't • th ‘L•7;.'. t'eess up. Ctn tse inaesee and all, the com- •, ei' I.ord . • has taitglals eade.eei tryivg • :A. especially girls eiesees of. seenrieg Ait-erieo lunge. A.:cs. .t. . Faia grows better atel the !mew where she could use the eaa, Es meeeseg meshy well? I (ain't knew that she haen't te the ,,,r7.1:°..:•7 n o vvhiele he lam re- used her pesition as librarian to steal oth- er hoelts. Heaven knows where she got atey money to sena to you At college. shell eall a meeting of the library trestees • at onee and see if they will not agree with , me to preeeeute her to the mteut of the L law, And now don't you step over my I threshold again so long m you live. I I don't want Anything to do with any breed of thieves. either you, or your"— Sprague took A sudden stop and "tac- kled" Barrie as he had many a time tac- kled a runnine half back at foothall , dee. Barrie tell heavily and looked half afraid up into the stern young face above "Now get up," said Sprngue, "and it you ever say another word against my aunt in my presenee give you an- other lesson in football tricks of the goal kicking description," he finished, half smiling to hinteelf. Only the. morning before this interview the town of Norwell had been thrown into a spasm of excitement by the news that "our hook" had been stolen. When Peter Hackett died, he divided his really notable lil miry towing, the public!, libraries of his native state, and to Norwell fell his fa- mous Walton, the objeut of many a book- worm's pilgrimage to his library. Its be- quest was hetitad about by many condi- teme, the fetrezatist of whieh was the sol- emn injunetion that under no chew-n- em:lees was it to be removed from the li- brary. It was this partieular condition which caused Barham _Myles to experienee a con- firm:el oppreeeieg tonse of respeneibility. The Welt; w wite never absent from her mine, mid .he visited its reeling place in the Inners; n hwen times a day. Beyond the sleuder salary whielt came front Inr pottitliee the had little except an unusual education and the bibliophile's love of Meths. Jelin Sprague was her only reletive, and site Iowa him with the love of a mother. I/titter Barrie. bringing her the quarter's salary, his daughter Marion, and uf late eccentric Joh Doyle comprised the liet of her Norwell callers. Young Sprague repaid her love and sac- rifice with alitmet the devotion of a lover. He knew theetery of the extra cataloguing done for the big eity library that he might complete his college course. His love for Marion Barrie, too, was no secret from his gentle little aunt, and she fed him, hungry for news of his sweetheart, with constant lettere. She herself had discovered the loss and reported it to the chairman of trustees, Robert Barrie, with fear and trembling. He had told the village constable, and that Sherlock Holmes, being told the remark made to Miss Timmins about the value of the Walton, immediately arrested Barbara Myles. It was this that caused the inter- view ending with the football lesson. John Sprague left the house realizing that probably his love dream was over for good and all, but not sorry, on the whole, that he had defended his aunt's good name in such a suunnary fashion. The news of the finding of the book stag- gered him. and he sought to explain it to himself, never once questioning his aunt's honesty. On his way to ber house, where she was confined in the absence of a more suitable jail, he met Job Doyle. Job was as eccentric and absentminded as Pudd'n- head Wilson and withal a bookworm of the wormiest kind. This morning he was full of the missing book and as indignant as Sprague himself at the turn affairs had taken. "John, my son," said he, 'what fuddle headed piece of business is thist If I could get hold of that. constable, I believe I'd cane him. I do. Why, the fool, to think Barbara—I mean Miss Myles—took it. The angel Gabriel might steal it, but she wouldn't. See here, John, I suppose I ought to tell you something, seeing you are the only living relative she's got. Pm in love with that little woman—yes, sir. I am, and, by olU Izaak Walton himself, I'm going to many hr if she'll say yes. Meanwhile we'll get her out of this scrape, you and I." "Mr. Doyle," said Sprague, "1 are sur- prised. Go in and win, though. I'll do all I can to help things along. But this is no time to talk of such things. I've been to Barrio's, and we had a scrap, and he's forbidden me the house." "Poor bay!" replied Doyle. "And Ma- rion, how does she feel?" "I haven't seen her since she got here, but it's easy to imagine how she will treat "That reminds me. I went to see Bat- tle myself this morning, and a new maid came to the door whom I never saw, and when she asked me my /mane I couldn't tell her. No, sir, I couldn't, and she thought she'd got a lunatic, I goess, be- cause she slamened the door in my face, and I couldn't think what my name was "MY SONGS ARE ALL OF THEE.0 lily songs are an a the. what thoegh I sing Of morning- when the stars are yet in sight, Of evening or the melancholy night. Of bires that o'er the reddening waters wing Of ;Tong, et are, .;tf winds or mists that Hine. To uetentain tops, of. winter all in vellite. Of rIcers that towara ocean take their eight, Of etuneter when the rose is blossoming, th%::: no theneht that not thine; no breath 0 tee bootee beyontl thy sauetity. Th.:11 art the neve that silent* uttereth, Aral te ad weed Ulmer* the sense. From thee The MUSIC of my song at wbat it saith Is tett the beat of thy heart, throbbed througb me. —Richard Watson Gilder. NORWELL TREASURE "Why, it's absolutely absurd., Mr. Berrie, and yall ought to beashamed. even to listen that if she had the book it must be in the honee somewhere? She has had nooppor- tunity to dispose of it." Robert 13arrie, Scotch/mum had tried hard to keep his temper through this in- erview with young Sprague for many reasons. One Of these was his suspicion that ttprague loved his daughter Alamein the very apple of his eye. Another was his respect for Sprague himself, and per- haps the strongese of all bis boast that he never let his temper nmeter him. This occaeion, however. was too much.' To be told by a young "wuppersnapper" that he ought th be asharned of anything Inas rot to he tolerated Besides, Sprag-ue hitt:self evidently did nor know thatr the noel,: heti imen Onnel in the Imeee of his aunt, Bernath, itieles. ll o tura, a on his el Me purple :mger reauvairg to his fore- eati and shout. d: "Yes, I can that the took muet of mutat lot in the hon.'." fle tame it p nearer it waled: •• And it Ww, f,r1DIti there this morning. Here it is now." And he. le Id tett the priteet ss may of Winten that had long hekll the pris ofNiol.Wi 11, ;err:Igoe tornee white Mei t• emeti ;then to tail. leeinti in my auto s htetee, y qsar- he falteretl. Barrie. "Now. eari you deny she et, le it?" “WIto else knew mote of its vain..? Didn't she tell l'aise Timmins it would sell for at least eeeti euette ht ore. and welch is now azeos hes e l3r.ri..i intereste ni,!.;1 xnust he heueeforth mend iy hut' es he has Ids r..te invettai they must either follow in hes lead or Lem him one. letter eeemes, for roma JAM.: is Willing to 411 et a peeilt, entecially sineat the time one, ...gene eauger ef war -between the 'Canal elates and the republic of Chili. Larry. wee has invested heavily, shares 4.13 the preeito whicli allow him another near of elletetes on the Cootinent, so he %name for 'rely as 'seen as his arm heals. Kirke Smith. eceompaules Doctor Jack atm hie wife to Egypt, a Country he has long denied ttt and they emend eome ieenthe on an elegant dahabielt on elet Nile until VW Zipprozo,h of hot weather drives thma ot more Congenial :Nees. THE END. lloly Days. It has been wall -said that the poet Tnenytena NCM4lw,iy,112MitiO to give ex- esnal to the ittiereen of joy. Perhaps this was lerettly Invert to the feet thee he was the poet of the time end thit poet of MS country. joy does not enter vtey 3argely into the life of the metlern world. Peeple noseadaye .itre auxioue, curious and restless. niter elan filo the future, tiny eotermi fer La- 'go ante they lebor Ineeseently. Tee eine remedy for tide ten -.,,r, is a ittlIt4.if•f1ietrIlS1: and a more tl•tist in t :ma Tho huhit of waging upen Providence iSa ra- t:earl:ably resittil babit. "t:alineall your are mien Hint" is a greet seeing of taerve power, epiritual arid intelleetma ante my; i ie tly to leave more room ' or an w41 i pley in rho inetincts of nimple enttymma, suelt a:4 are eetql 10 ohildren, A u zee eL thenksgiviug to God, is an et:Minn ine't, Him of all the- bless , ergs we eietty. The great eatienal festi- val of Theatkegiving• looks back with gratitude to the peer, with hope and con- Sidence to the future. " The joy of hart vest" becinues- real telly when it Is found- ed upon a, rectilliterimi if the lemurs. the uneliengeableuess end the orattipotenee of God. Life can have no real holiday unless it he also a holy des-. True joy eprines from religious dependence upon God eReasice in the Lord always, and agent I say unto you. Rejoice. There can be no better corremive to the feverish baste and are of imetern life than the due eittervance etteh year tt the day on which thanks andnraise are given to God for His pest. mercies. The thought of His previdenee alone can give leisure and undistractednets for the experience of that joy which shouli be a pert of life here, as it is revealed in Serlpture as part of the better life in heaven. Do Negroes nowt? Benshing has often been considered as a peculiarity of the white Mall, and has been fienleci to other ra. es, and especially to the near(); but several trustworthy observers atsured Darwin that they had seen on the faceof negroes an appear- re•,:otladinci a hhiSh under circum- stances which lariat bave excited one in us, altheugh their ekins were of an ebony -black tint. Seine describe it as bluehing brown, but most any that the blackness becomes more intense. An increased supply ot blood in the skin teems io some reenoer to intensify the blackness. Sears remain for a long time white in the negro, and Dr. Burgess, who had frequent opportunities of observ- . ing ane on the faco of a negress, noticed that it invariably becanie red whenever she was a,bruptle spoken to or oharged with any trivial offence. The blush could be seee proceeding from the eireumfer- ence of the scar towards the middle. Mulattoes are often great blushers. From these facts there can be no doubt that megroes blush, though DO reddening of the skin is visibls. Lean Fork for Import. Secretary Wilton, of the Agrioultural Department, has been trying to learn why. more Atnericnta bacon cannot be sold in the English market. Denmark and Canada send large quantities of bacon to England, which brings from 11 ee) 14 oeats per pound, while Ameriottn bacon is rated from 6ee to 8 cents. Tbe trouble is that Amer/tan bacon is too dab. The Baglish wane xxtore lean meat, and the Danes and Canadians have learned this fact. In order to get more money from the foreign bacon trade, the American termer must feed and breed ler lean meat. tll I got round the corner. But about the book. Of coarse the thing has just been mislaid, and I'll make Barrie smart for this. Why, darn it all, I WAS reading the book myself that afternoon, and I went home with Barbara—I'll call her that this time without the Miss—and she didn't have it. Put it back? Why, certainly. I always do. Of course. Fuddle headed fool, I'll cane him!" John went straight to his aunt's, deter- mined not to tell her of the futile iuter. view with Barrie aucl xts ending. But Cupil ruled otherwise. Be found Marlon Barrie in the house, trnd, realiziug how laopeless his love muse be now, was hardly civil to her, Even his aunt noticed it and saiU "wine John, Marion has been my only comfort, except always you, since this happened, and you act as if you were an- gry with her. Oh, witat are they going to do with me, John? What did Mn Barrie say?" And John could keep in no longer. It au came in a rush of passionate word.e, re- strained only by Marion's presence, As ehe listened the color left her fee, and a great tear filled, each eye. She loved her father, but now she realized that she loved John Sprague more, and as she real- ized it her eyes told the story. Barbara had stolen from the room, and they were alone. John finished with, "And that's why I have little to say to you, Miss Barrie." " 'Miss Barrie!' Ale no, John, not that! I" --and she bluehed and hesitated don't agree with father, John." Ten minutes later tbey sought Barbara Myles to aesure her that neither -agreed with father." ••Now. John," said Alarion, "I believe that ycll Mal I can fathom this. Of course the most natural theory is that FOIne my of nilee Myles hes tett this hook here haen'i any enemies. But there was the againet that. Nu one Las boon The hoil.4. Ina Ohl Job Doyle, and MISS Myles heizee. len there are two facts ' "Where was it found?" aeliecl John. "In the box under tho seat here by the Dreplece," Answered, Darlare. ',Dew could it have teem, there unites after I had left here the morning I found it was gone stone one had come here and placed It in the"IsN'''tt,tiel:411'ere any signs of anyone's coin- ing in, Auut Bareara? Tell es the whole story again lean the last time you saw • the hook," said John. alnlien 1 Cattle IMMO to lunch, the book was there in its acoustoined piece. That was the last I saw of it. Oh, no—Job Doyle had it that afternoon!" "Yes, he' told me so when I met 14m. Did he put it back?" "Why, John, you don't think—of course he put it back." "Did you see it after you saw it in his hands? Think hard mow." The poor little woman blushed and Welted uncomfortable and ibeally said: "No. Mr. Doyle vsas waiting outside for me, and it was storming fiercely. So I just put out the remaiuing lights, and I do believe I did not look to see if the Wal- ton were safe." "Yes, yes," said John. "What then?" "Why, we walked home together," sho said shyly, "and I asked Job in to have a cup of tea, and he took off his coat and put it"— "Where?" demanded John. "Why—why in the settle—why—John, yots don't thitik--wity, where are you go- ing, John?" John rushed out of the house, saying something as he went about "that absent- minded chap will forget where he lives next.'' He went to ,Tob DOyle's house, and the maid told him sbe expeeted her master baek at any moment. So he eoneluded to wait. Soon in came Job, wearing a far- away look, and greeted John with a very formal "How do you do, sir? What can I do for you?" "Tell us what you stole the Walton for," said John. "God bless nay soul!" ejaculated Job. "What do you mean, sir?" "Nothing but what I said," said John, laughing in spite of himself. "Now, see here, Ma Doyle, you 'told me you were reading the book that afternoon. Did you put it back? Now, for Barbara's sake, Doyle, do try and recollect." "No, I have no recollection of replacing it." "Now, as a matter of fact, isn't this what happened: You read. the Welton all the afternoon, and when 6 o'clock struck and .A.unt Barbara began to put the lights out you put your great coat on"— "And, like a fuddle headed fool that I am, slipped the book into my pocket." "Exactly." "But how did it get into the settle?" "Simplest thing in the world. When you went into the house"— "I took my coat off, and it slipped out of the pocket." "Right again." "Well, John Sprague, I'm a baldheaded idiotl Come on down to Barrie's and tell him the story, and then we'll go aim hunt- ing for the constable with a shotgun." "No; you'd better send for Mr. Barrie and tell him about it." Accordingly Mr. Barrie was sent for, and Job told him the whole story, con- cluding with: "Robert Barrio, you'd better take back some things you said this morning to John here. But if you want to play any football tricks on me, why, I guess I'd make a good way back. Did you over in your life meet a bigger addlepated ape than me?" And Robert Barrie was forced to admit that he never bad.—Pioneer Press. Jack Tar and the Actor. A famous Irish actor of the last cen- tury, named John Moody, early in life, be- fore he went on the stage, had been to Jamaica and worked bis passage home as a sailor before the mast, One night some thne after he had been engaged at Drury Lane, when he was acting Stephan° in "The Tempest," a sailor in the front row of the pit got up, and, standing upon the seat, hallooed out, "What cheer, Jack Moody; what cheer, =smote?" This utaexpeeted address rather aston- idled the audience. Moody, however, step- ped forward, and, recognizing the roan, called out: "Tom Hallett, keep your jawk- ing tacks aboard. Don't disturb the crew and passengers. When the show is over, make sail for the stage cloor, and we'll fin- ish the evening over a jug of punch. But till then, Tom, keep your looker shut' Moody, ib is related, was as good as his word.—Cornhill Magazine. A Really Good Story. "I've a great story to tell you, boys," said a man to a group at the city hall. "I don't think any of you ever heard me tell it before." "Is it a really good one?" asked one of the party doubtfully. "It certainly is." "Then you never told it before," echoed the crovvd.—Philadelphia Cale THE SUNDAY SMOOT:, LESSON VII, THIRD QUARTER, INTER, NATIONAL SERIES, AUG. 14. ext of the Lessen, IT Kings tv, 25.37. Memory verses, 32-35—Golden Text, vs. ee—COmmentere by the Aevr. D. X. Stearns. 25. "So she went and Mae unto the roan of God. to Mount Carmel." In the town of Shun= there was a great woman who, with the consent of her husbaud, prepared a chamber for Elisha and fur- ulsbetl it with bed, table, stool and candle- stick and constrained him to turn be thithe en whenever he passed that way (verses 8-10). They bad no children, and Blithe in gratitude for their kindness to him asked God, and He gave them a son. One day when the lad was growo he was in the field with the reapers and his father. He was suddeely tal“na with pain in his head, was carried home and in a very short time oenie clt boon bhaids nor?: 'Isnkann eoefs. eSohd,e slhaiudb Litihme door, called for a servant and an ass and hastened 'to Carmel to Ensile. 26. -RIM now, I pray thee, to meet bee and Pay unto her, Is it well with thee? la it well with thy husband? Is it well witt the child? And she answered, It is well." Even though our grief be very great and our lacart be breaking, with confidence in God we can say, "It is well." We can say with Eli,"It is the Lord; let Him do what seemeth Him goon" (I Sam, fii, es), or with Job, "The Lord gave, and the Lard bath taken away; blessed be the mum al the Lerd" ;Job 1, We "And the man of God said, Let her alone, for leg soul is VeN0.1 Withill her, mei the Leal bath bid it front me and tea h ato: v.:a me." (iti:.cri would have On en leo wily, es the to -melee would have emit t ne t a, rill the Oil - then. anti I - at Mg of the eatee spirit se e, , ete, eiend fault with ,ry pr. note, olio , , 41;:.r 1.0 ,eti and ". 1; ‘. 1` the to their teun . : .,1 t her eeme. • wet; • • ,• •tot who find fault with time i• • , :;:z tho clue tly to our Lorte be: It y • est whom "eller.mu."slium taie u.hb 11U I desire a son of ray Lorin' 1M: Let sew Ilo not deceive me?" I burtritw she litonght it better never to limo had styli a gift than to have reecived him and teen wheu he had taken hold of her heart thus to luso him; but she did riot know all God's plan for bor. Wo must not jmige of C.oti's ways till we have seen the end (Jas. v, /1; Ezek. xiv, 28). 29. "Then be said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take ley staff in thiue hand, and go thy way, and lay iny staff upon the face of the child." This seems a little perplexing; it looks like making light of tbe case on the part of the prophet, though we do not so judge. Better to bave at once done as Elijah did (I Kings xvii, 21), and as he afterward did. When Joshua made light of Al and sent only a few men to take it, they were defeated. Contrast Joshua vii, 8, 4 and viii, 1. 80. "As the Lord liveth and as thy soul livoth I will not leave thee." She did not see God in Gehazi, nor in Elisha's staff, but she had recognized God in Elislaa, It is our Lord's desire that He should be so seen in us that people may be drawn to Elun througb no (Gal. 1, 16, 24). Take the cases of Ruth, Ittai and Ellsha himself as parallels in clinging (Ruth i, 16; II Sam. xv, 21; II Kings ii, 2). 31. "And Gehazi passed on before them and laid the staff upon the face of the child, but there was neither voice nor hearing." One has said, "Deliver us from Gebazis wive only carry a staff." Those who would lead others to life must have life themselves. The truth we use must be a part; of us, not something eve hold as a staff in our hand. 32. "And when Elisha was come into the house behold the valid was dead and laid upon his ha." Witen the woman prepared the bed for the prophet, she little dreamed that she would ever use it for such a purpose. In doing good to others we are often malting a resting place for our own sorrows and also a place of de- liverance from them In dealing with the children for their settle' salvation we must remember that they are dead in sin (Eph. 11, 4, 5) and must be placed in the warm- est sympathies of our hearts. 33. "He went lu therefore and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the Lord." He now does as Elijah did. It is good to take the children one by one alone with God. It is well sometimes to have those with us in prayer who are in sympathy, as when Jesus took Peter, James and John, and the father and moth- er of the Hello girl whom He would re- store to life. It is at other times wiser to be alone with God. 34. "And he went up and lay upon the child." The verse goes on to tell just how he did it, mouth to mouth, eyes to eyes, /mods to hands. The late C. H. Spurgeon, to whom I ant indebted for many thoughts on this lesson, said that to stretch oneself down to a child was, the hardest kind of stretching, but unless we can find grace to put ourselves as far as possible in the place of the children whom we seek to reach, seeing and thinking as they do, we may not hope to reach them. 35. "Then he returned and walked in the house to and fro and went up and stretched himself upon him, and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes." First tbe flesh waxed warm, then followed the seeezieg and then tbe opened eyes. The boy might have veviveci at 01100, as in the case of the little girl or the widow's son or Eutychus, but our Lord does not often do the same work in the sante exact way any more than' Ha makes two leaves or two faces exactly an8ke.. 6"And he waled Gehazi and said, Vall this Shunamite. So be called her. And when she was come in unto him be ,said, Take up thy son." Now she received hint alive from the dead, more to her than e -ver befone yet doubtless held henceforth with very different feelings from formerly. In the first place, he was, like Isaac, a su- pernatural child (verse 14), and new he was a child aotually given back front the dead, so that this great woman of Shunem was made to see the great power of the God of Israel in a twofold way, 37. "Then she went in and fell at Ids feet and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son and went out." Let some mother who has lost an only son deseribe this mother's joy at such a time and under such oirournstanees. We may imagine her bowing before God with him and saying like Hannah, "He sball be given to the Lord as long as he lives." Let all our hearts turn more fully to the Only Begot- ten Son of God tvhont God spared not, but deli vered Hint up for us all, and let us ro- luevubor that with Him He has freely,giv- en us all things (Rom. viii, 32). May na one and no thing come between our neut. and Rim. IN A DANISH CREAMERY. Row Dairymen In Denmark Manage the Co-operative Butter namely. The executive committee visit the dairy constantly, keep the manager up to his work, test the quality and quan- tity of the batter and see that it is made according to the most ecouomical meth- od. They must also be on the alert to keep down the working expenses of the dairy, to discover the best and cheesiest kinds of fodder and to find out new markets for their produce. They receive ao salaries, but they are paid their ex- penses when engaged on the work of the society. The manager is their represen- tative and is responsible to them for all that takes place at the dairy. Upon the manager's fitness for his work depends the success of the dairy, Pa% poeition is a most difficult one. Not oaly must he superintend the malting of the butter, but he must lsnep a elose watch on the proceedings of the mem- bra of the society. Ile must ineeect ale ir farms, examine their cows to see lett they' are in a healthy coaclition, and Insist upou the et as -houses and the yee,sels bit n Welt the uts7.".:is traneparted being, perfectle• ciente All evil° join the agree tat tAoSiCTVe certaiu rnies • h rogard to Teo feellingef their mews. " t,y undertake, 1" 'r instance, tte give te , emit cow at least teie pound of rapecake slay finning wiener; also DOM to use cabbagt8 or turnip tops as fodder, and to give noti,•e at the dairy when boy aro twing paatucs, vetchos, inttlifi, Cie. It is the duty of the inarair 50 6:•0 that these rule,' are rigidly ob,q rved. kuy farmer who infringes them 1. , bit be first thStIttlee, Warned.. aura ,tit re- Ir•at big offongn 11,‘ is tined. Under cer- tain circumstances he may be expelled Ir' 'cu the society. The manager is pro- vided with a lion4ze and garden, ana it paid a small salary and a commission On every 100 pounds of butter sold at a sat- isfactory rate, Tbe dairy officials collect the milk from the various farms, weigh, it—the Daum have no faith in meaeuring—test it and hand it over to the butter =alters, who have been specially trained for their work. The place is fitted up with mu- trifugal Separators and all the best buts ter makbbes appliances, malty of which are too costly to he bought by any oue small producer. Thus the work is car- ried b'n there under =eh more favorable conditions than in any ordinary farms house daivy, with the result 1:105 1:10 but- ter made isuniforitily of a better quality. It is produced, too. at a less cost, for in a co-operative dairy, owing to the exten- sive scale of the ote‘rations, many econo- mies are made Which would. be impossible in a small one. The farmers aro puid monthly, at a rate fixed by the executive committee, for the milk they send to the dairy, and they are required to buy back from the dairy, also at a fixed rate, a certain quan- tity of separated milk or churn mfllr cheese. Every February the accoums of the dairy are carefully balanced, and a statement of the receipts and expendi- tures is drawn up by the executive and presentecl at a gencral meeting. What money remains after defraying curr,..nt expenses goes to paying off the debt fur the initial cost of the buildings, etc. As soon as the dairy has cleared itself an inventory of the society's assets is made, and their value is divided into shares, which are allotted to the mem- bers in proportion to the quantity of milk they have supplied since the open- ing of the dairy. From that time the annual profits of the society are devoted to paying interest at 5 per cent on the shares, and if any balance remains when this is done it is divided among the members, each of whona receives a bonus proportionate to the quantity of bis milk during the previous year. The mem- bers are responsible, each in proportion tothe number of his cows, for any losses the society may sustain. It is only clarion' the last few years that Denmark is becoming abutter mak- ing country. tip to 1869 it exported on au averaese only 10,$87,000 pounds, while in 1891 itt'sent to England alone 98,365,- 000 pounds, and in 1892 considerably more.—Exchange. Cement Moor For Cow Stable. Secure good drainage so that water cannot stand underneath the floor; make a solid foundation from 2 to 6 inches thick of durable broken material, as stone or brickbats well pounded down; over this spread a coating 1 to 2 inches thick of one part good, fresh ce- ment to two parts clean, sharp sand, thoroughly mixed while dry, and then enough mortar added to make a stiff mortar. The mortar should be so stiff that it will not spread too easily and but a small quantity should be wet up ab a time. Dampen the surface of the stone or brick before spreading the mortar to secure a firm union. The first coating applied should fill all the spaces between the broken material and be thoroughly pounded down and the surface be left somewhat rough, It should also be kept clamp by sprinkling or by covering with a damp cloth until it is thoroughly hard. Then a second coating may be applied in the same man- ner, except that instead of pounding it may be worked down and smoothed with a trowel. Such a floor ought not to be used for a month after being laid in order that the mortar may become perfectly solid and dry.—Professor I. P. Roberts. Testing Rennet. III testing rennet, renaember that the time required to produce Coagulation de- pends on the strength of the rennet and the temperature of the milk. An ex- perienced. Iowa cheesemaker says that the time of bringing coagulation varies in the test from one to tvvo hours. He also thinks it needs three hou.rs to de- velop the right stage of acid. .G.RASS.E,$. AND 0.1...DVE,R.S, Varieties Nfost commonly Cultivated Ia tne Easteru States—Native Grasses, The most commonly cultivated grass, es in the eastern states are timothy, orchard grass, red top ancl KentuokY blue grass, or June grass, It would be difficult to find a farmer who is not fa - miller with these, and yet there are comparatively few who have ever tried to grow one of the dozen oe more valu- able grasses which are constantly being reconunended by seedmen and progress- ive agrioniturists. Nearly all are familt iar with white, red, crimson and alsike clovers, alfalfa, the cowpea and the soy beau, but many farmers are 'uninformed as to the merits of numbers of species Which are well known and which might be profitably grown. Jared G. Smith, assistant agrostolo- gist, United States department of agri- culture, tells that thexe aye a greater number of native grasses be North America than in any other one conti- nent a,ud there are as many in the United States as in Europe and Asiatic Russia c,ombined. There are more than 200 native clovers, vetobes and lupines, none of whicli has been brought into cultivation on an extended scale. Many of these native erasses are, ac- cording to the authority already quoted, equal to those grasses which have been -ntraduced into cultivation because of their commonness or perhaps bemuse their setele were Melly gathered. Tbe native speeit-s have the advantage over the introduced ones of being acclimated. They are perfectly adapted to those sit- uations win re they naturally grow and tterti not be immediately replaced by in- troduced sans. There is need of every farau r taking an interest in the wild gra:-,vs and image plants, and there is* nodenbt that the aultivatiou of the best of the wild arie ses would benefit hint, both dirt etly—to help fill oat Use grass crop --and indirectly—by producing new crepe whieli would bave money value. AD, the cultivated cereale testi grasses originated Irma small begiunines—frem a few nods gathered in a rneaccow or by the wayside, which were taken care of aud cultivated for a utuber of sums, sivo years on an ever increasing scale. It is -work that eau be doue by the practi- cal farmer as well OS by the experi- mental agriculturist. Gewpeas Sens Beans. Cowpeas and soja beans have been grown in New England to some extent. The former crap bas sometimes done well in Counecticut, but seldom if ever in Vermont. The latter crop bas proved quite successful on the Vermont station farm for several years and has been grown on a largo scale at the Mas- sachusetts station. Results obtained at other Stations in feedinetisilage may be concisely stated as follows:foows: Clowpea silage is eaten read- ily by steers. The dry matter proved to be a little less and the protein a little more diestible than in corn silage. The vines make an excellent quality of silage, and the stock eat it readily. If they can be cured for hay, it might pay better. Soja bean silage has been fed in the Vermont station stable long enough to give assurance of its value. For Intik cows it has eremed to arrest the natural decline in yield for a time when fed aft- er a long period on corn silage. This may have been partly due to other causes or changes in grain and approach of spriug. The dry matter proved less and the protein more digestible when fed to goats than does the average corn silage when fed to cows. Two steers fed soja bean silage following corn silage con- tinued to gain at a rate but little slower. Corn and soja bean silage proved equal if not superior to hay itt producing a yield of milk of equal quality at less cost. Silage from soja beans was eaten by steers nsuch less readily than that from cowpeas. Its "digestibility cor- responds closely to that of clover hay." The Water supply. The one thing lacking on many tarries is a convenient and abundant supply of water. The supply should also be con- tinuous. When the supply cannot be secured from perpetual springs or brooks, the next best thing is a well," says Rural New Yorker. "But the well should be deep enough to tap an under- current that will not fail in the most severe drought. The best way to get at this underground stream is by raeans of the bored well. These may be drilled to any depth and to almost any desired size in bore and diameter." On the subject of wellraaking The Farm Journal claims that winter is the season for this work. "One can soon chop through the frozen crust. The man digging will be warns enough.; the men handling the windlass will be if they put up a windbreak of some boards or corn fodder. There is more time for wellmaking in the winter than during any other season of the year. There is not much water below the surface lay- er; hence if one gets a strong well in winter it is not likely that it will fail him in a time of drought. When the ground is frozen, the brick or stone for the 'walls eau be hauled without injury to the fields," Notes and Comments. E. Hoyt advises for Connecticut the following peaches: Mount Rose, Craw - ford's Early, Stump the World, Old- mixon, Crawford's Late, Globe, Wheat- land and Keyport or Lovett's White. For plums he says: Abuudance, Bur- bank, Satsuma for Japan, and for Eng- lish varieties, Shipper's .Pride, Brad. shaw and Gueii. The butter product of the state of Maine is an insignificant matter com- pared with that of the dairy States of the interior. While the average potato yield of New York state in 1897 was only from 50 to 65 bushels per acre the yield on the agricultural experiment station ground was over 800 bushels per acre. The satisfactory results are ascribed to the culture and treatment given. etteeettnetitnetatee