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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1899-10-19, Page 2• • Senieseireweeireeeeelee-e-ria-emetereepat-es • * Wee ' * Miss Caprice *It' . t It 2f* Itt*.-kii te-lelilele Sy Si. Oeo. Rathburn. -4,41 *1.-.4. , ** 1 1111,1=1-grat***Itt* 4.,v, , eJovel you are right, professor. I imagine that must be the Menial stye his eonntrv." philander eheckles. "Yoe' have to guess eleeer to the tirk than thatmy boysteheu yo e want to steke the tete. eWhet an you treen. "Weiss you, it's the s•ime man, No - %lee iris walk: doesn't he brel lees re?" elerefeeser, erotere awake. I ad- mit 1.. i say, There is a. wonderful resemblance. 'Yes, I belieee it is the sae man- Re3,Uy, this affaie grows more end more interesting- Belk about ;our comedies, they're not ia :t.e FS:ether ecnvereation is eat. off by the fact of their guide ushering ;them hue 4 nom that is lighted with an autique lamp. -Wait here," be fetes and diette p et; re. ,loitn Cleaig manages to retain his relf-posseesion, though it eves him a tbrill to think that he may be leekitag, epee e eeene which wee only reeeely geteetl by the preseeee or tee being, whom he tieeke fer stud wile—hie mo- ther. NiAr some oue comes: they hear the z,tsth t eldrbs„ and keow it is no matt 'oleo advances. "Swaey, boy," wares Philander, knowing the seusatioe pro4uce4 fl eetnets quivering, expertant ateert: 44Steady t inow, and keep our wits brght." "Steady it is." replies Jell; who knee's it i$ only right he &noted brace eft, The the party Adeareing entera the apartment, and looltieg up the VIVO leen behold one we* is garbed in a peen /car habit. the insignia of en order: a lwavy blank gown cerded at tbe waist, with a white flowing collar, tied it sttange boanet heth Mack and wh:te, The elre e whit% is astoniening. lier tem thee de cot see, ea gauze Tea 1i'ee it from morel vnav. In this city or orders. where the ne- tiens ist the world seem to vie what ea* otter creating strange ceintreander- lee it is nothing te meet wiet steel o ,yebe Craig ie a gel:elem.:ea: he ;lees fram iiseliair find bows: ditto Phil - ender, who lerepn a little in flies rear, es beeornes a eensible. eehatlow." Tile eresn of the woman gives Torn an idea she is at the head of some chairable organization which bee set rules for &see and linty. Although his knowledge of such matters is not moat ptefound. "nfaviame. pnrdon this intrusion," he attys. at the team% time worelerng whe- the she is English, Fretted' or a native efalta. Her reply comes in a low voice, enol tells him she is as familiar with the English language as IthuseIf, no mat- eer what her nationality, "It is no intrusion, reeler Craig. bare been expecting' you." "indeed- you snrprise me,mielame, ewe,'1 ent no word of my coming." "Alt! a little bird sent me the news." 9to yen know why I enter yeur abode without an invitation, madame?" "You seer news, nailer Craig." *That et true." • eNetvs ot one who has king been lest; news coneerning a member of our bolY order; the ;lear sister who has eonee- crated her life to charity, and who, un - &'r my fostering care. has loner since redeemed her past—Sieter Magdalene' The Wordo almest unnerve ;barn: he fins a feeling that perhaps Heaven means to he kind and allow him the bliss he craves. "Ale medame, yen know my secret. It is true. T wnuld find her, would hear frem her own lips the story of the past. I believe yon can help me. She has oceupied this house." "That very (-hair npon which you are eeated sustained her fainting form one afternoon nhen she eame in. I thoeght she was dying. In brr hand she car- ried a paper, an Arneriean deity. I glanced at it to see if I (Told learn the ?truth, and saw it there as plain as day. She had read a notice of a fire in Chicago where a young man named John Orain mid to be a. medical stu- dent, perished." " Did she see dust account? It was cruel. The next day's paper refuted the lie. and explained how he escap- ed," says John, warmly. "Yes, 7 saw it. She would give us no reet until we procured a later copy of the, same paper, and there she read the truth. Sister Magdalen was all miles from that hour; she said that Heaven had Indeed answered her ;prayer." "Tell me, is she here now?" holding bis breath with suspense. "Oh! no, nae went away several weeks ago. We shall not see her again 'unless she chances to be one of three lay delegates now on their way here from. a sister saneturay." "Then you can give no hope; let me istow where I may find her?" "If I see my duty in that way, Doc- tor Craig," is the astonishing reply he receives. He conceives the idea what this m,ay mean. , "Madame, I am ready to do what I can foe the good of year order, if you will being about this long anticipated meeting" "Your word shall be your bond. We steed five hundred dollars to endow an - ether bed in the hospital at Rome." "It sh,all be yours; I swear it." . "Hush, impious man! Your word Is enough. On my part I promise that ere en hou-r goes by you shall be In a fair way to look upon tate face of one who loves you more dearly than if you had sever been lost to her." Jahn hears and believee; he is not suspicious enough to put a double meaning upon the words. , "An hour—so goon? What ata 1 to do in order to gain this consummation ef ray topes?" he askes, in deep sur - Prise. . "Nothing, only be content to remeln here as my guests," John looks at Philander, and the lat- ter nods, for k all steeple clear and aboveboard. , "We agree, madame," says the young a he )ther Superior,as they take her to be. bows ber head.solenuds. "It is well," she says, and touches *le Almost immedinieev the natiee serv- ing appears. to whom she speaks in nev fence, were John, wonders he se greet a revolution in the affairs of ...niers like this occurred whereby they are enabled to have menrweeants., Hardly ha'e, the native eaniehed than *nether sister appears carreing a, small tray upon whiela are seen a oreetal bot- tle full of grape Juice, tluee odd glasses and a Planeof pima fiat eaees. 'Doe tor Craig, our order refuses the use at wines; ;this is the pure juice of the grape. expreesed at our own Tate - yard on this island, re is as hermlees as water, but refreshing. It as our ple habit to invite our guests to join ne in. this war: we believe in ;the Arab vole of breaking bred; these witn uhom we take salt are ever more our freezes. You will utot, cannei. refuee. Iw eliould they? John looks at nhe Professor, and in tura the latter looks ot John. ..edadame, you are gleee me muse to happlates; we will join you ie ,your simple lunch." returns the young man. "You are water -tiled," nodeing hes erm in its sling. "Not seriousiy." "By chanee I eiter your adveeture this day. I ant proud to have the here et that neble deed for my enieetd` "Pardee; Please do not menden it," Ile -accepts a glass of the grape juice and an aniseeeed mite, for cdaie plant is grown in Melte for export. The liquid is obi auti eery refresh- tng. John bas a dozen questions on the tip of hie tongue, afl of wkith relate to Sister Magtialea, bet he dote not rut them, for his thoughte become aomewhat incoherent, and it ie Ito OM' ea; rtahle eetting there Wheu the Mother Superior seises he tee to sip from the anther gas o ute fermented wine, John Craig. M.D., ha* sere enough to notice two thing's: the hated that holds the glass is plemp aed tabs and the lire wider the vet form Cupld'a bow agth ea age eau never 1°'711°Ivfa arouttee, av,Ild curiosity in WI mind; he wondere what thie woman* WIloa wears ouch a strange habit, eau. be like. and watehea her wfah isomer thlne: like ogereess. Surely the room is growing eery dem: seemlier (heeled would be a good thing he believes, and re 4,0117,01201V lacks the :tem- to open it. turr.s Ws bead, and SeeS the prafeesor iying back in his chair fest asleep. Tide eves ;aim a faint shook, but his nerves are deadened; nothing would sue. pre* him ver,y mutt now, unless an earthquake occurred, "Rest your bead, Doter Craig; the back of tbe chair is very comfortable," he tears a soft voice say. Werra breath fans his fa.ee, The lift:o- tter Superior bas thrown aside tbat ugly bonnet.; it is a young. Dane. a !tar face, surrounded by golden cures, that loeke demn upon him, es with a stage lateth the woman testa one heed on the hoad of the drugged med.eal stu- dent from Chicago to exeltdmi "At last! he belongs to Pauline Potterr OTIA.PTER Teem Craie dreamer. He fancies him- self bathing with demon apes in the wilds of Africa, having rod an ex- plorer's account of suth a. scene eery reeently. They press him herd, and he can see no hope of escaping with this life. In the midst of his nzental torture he opens his eyes, and the disagreeable features of the case are suddenly swept away. Where can he be? Soft music throbs upon the scented alr. He hears the gentle plash of U. fountain in a come near by; a mellow light, anething but garisee shows him the most luxurious surroundings, silks and velvet, bright- ness in color and gorgeousness in. taste, everywhere. This amazes him; almost takes hit breath away; et is so different from his dream, which left him in. a desper- ate hole. His mind seems dull of compreheno sion, which must be the effect of the drug, so that for a brief time he is un- able to understand the situation, or grasp his condidon. Then it dawns upon him, the mission that took him away from the hotel; and having reached that point, he is wrestling with what must have fol- lowed when something touches his face, something that is cool and pleas- ant—the soft, white heed of a woman. Then Doctoz Chicago's eyes flash open again, and he looks up startled; he has just recollected Lady Ruth's story, and a wild :hope :rushes into ex- istence, a hope that could not be put into words, but will& takes the form of an idea that she whom the English girl met as Sister Magdalen, his mo- ther, is near. frie looks up; hie eyes fall up tvn a face that boasts of extreme beauty, a pair of wondrous black eyes and cheeks aflame, a face that, set in sable coils of hair, would drive an artist wild with the desire to transfer its charms to can- ' vas. And John Oraig,strange man, frowns. Evidently there is something in his compesietian that preventsfli'm from accepting what :the prodigal gods have thrown in hits path. "You?" he says bluntly, and with disdain. The women with the black eyee smiles sweetly, as she contin,uee to soothingly touch his forehead, which throbs and burns as though he endures the keenest pain. "Did you imagine it could be any other, my dear John? You deserted me, but I believed you failed to know your own mind. At any rate I have &tee - mined not to desert you." "Pauline, you do not—it is impossible for you to care for me after what has happened." "Impassible! Why should it be? I can't help myself. I have seen others profess to love me, have played with them as a queen might have with her subjects who prostrated themselves fore her. Yet, John Craig I never loved but once. You have stirred my b.eart to its depths. I ant not able to analyze these feelings. I only Ittiow what I know." She does not feel the modenty of a yvgag girl; ran.ch acting beer, the e publie has made her benzen, this mid- night beauty weili elus glowing eyes, black as sieve. the poninag lips, tile fige rue ot 0 IIeles John Craig neer have seen adventures before in hie liZe, and probably has been in many a fix, being fond, Qs speed- ing is racations in rambling over the wildernees away up in the Michigan penniusula, with 'a gun oz o Ids shoulder; but plainly he has now met the crisis of hie whole eareer. "Pouline, I am a frank fellow, aa you know. It is net in me to dissem- ble. I am going to speek plainly with you:* he says. rising to a. sitting pos- ture, and looltireg the actrees tull in the eyeeee $lie moves uneaslee endher cheeks, which were ershebile tinted with sear- • Jet, grow palid. Then OW se IS her teeth, and with a sinie core:Ines; ,erbat is right. I hate a II velter worse Than ally114ne else an earth. It erne tronr retiree were, Orin tvaAg, that 3flons4 uld171.211e toward you. Yee, speak Eveleney she is en part peepated for. the worst though she has boped that the old witehery nalgba he thrown about *II•llh e'.k:oleinngyrol.(:treated me in that meree less way, long age, the regard 1 felt for you died out of my heart—your spell was broken." omit! Joeu, you have :thought en eerlaaps, just as I did, but I learned that these effeetions of ours are deep- er than we pespect, I believed I had die PPM an forever, hut time hes intight me what a terril4 wretten it Must be that would ten the intege et John Craig from Per heart.' "1 ant sorry to hear you say so. 1.0.111111e. for on my part I have been effectually cured. I even look back tied regard our lovemaliiug its a fool- ish, hoyien Riney, in -wheel neither of us knew our own minds. Why ealet you do the mime?" he says, colmly- "I am not built that way—me Pee ore is of the tropical order, for nne mother W.95 bare in Corslea. you know. Some of theste fair Engreit girls may he fickle. but Pauline Potter is the same as when she knew Foe in Chi- lt3cSe, IIR;r•fiaar.etu joluleiralge; hate;is itae ot-CIIII step between the two. and tea magi - clan's wand is needed to make the trerefornnation." Aire:Ay a ehange bas swept over her ewe; it does net look se lovely BOW. for the arelted black brows meet in a frown, While from the inialliglet eeto-essiintli4natitrize of arpa oused seion begin Craig knows that when he stirs up the pool be amuses tbe worst elements) in her nature. Still he will not dissguiee be; feeling. Mentally he eontraste ands gild with the English ntaid, and Pauline suffers by the eomperlson. Perhaps a trifle of tbe scorn he feels shows upon bis face. Paidine on no Iceger cafl tint ber slave, and it may be this that arouses the new feeling in her heart, for o. woman will never hear the sneers or one wboat she has madly toyed, eThis is worse than foolish, Inc. You seem to know at least a por- tion of ray missile), abroad, and hence must be awere that I am in ne hu- mor tor lovemaltingeithat my whole soul is bound up in my search." "Weil, I can help you, Johu," she says quietly, holding, tier feelings in check until she has ventured upon this bet resort, "You ean? Then I beg of you, Paul- ine, to give me assistance. To And ray mothar d$ the one thought oe my ex- ietence, and any one who can shorten my quest must have any deepest grati- tude," ' Palatine frowns agelm, "I hate that word; it hes no place with rue, John Craig. Felendship I despise—it is either love or hate with me. Let me tell you what I am in a position to do—find your mother for you, bring you face to ewe, or, on the other hand, render it impossible for you to ever set eyes upon her." Her mannetr proves it to be no idle boast, but the young men will notnle- scend to deceit, even when he might accomplish so much. "Will you bring about this meet- ing?" he asks. • "On one condition, John." "Well"—hesitatingly—"name it." "That you marry me," is the prompt reply, and, even Pauline, 'actress by na- ture and vocation as she is, turns a nitle rosy Under his gaze, though not abashed. "That is a sudden ultimatum. Kfind- ly tell me when you would like thill iittile a.frair to come off?" he asks kightly. "Now—before I take you to the one you have long sought." "Pardon me; I can hardly collect ntY wits. You see I had not dreamed of Marrying for years, le l very, very sudden-." "Oh! give you time to reflect upon it, John. I wouldn't hurry up such grave business." "I don't believe I need much time. Don't you think it is a rather strange thing to demand payment before you deliver the goods?" "If you gave me your word, John. I would wait until I had carried out my word." "You think you could trust me?" "I am willing to accept the chances." "Indeed!" . "Will you make the promise?' "Not I." "Then you were simply gaining time," with a clenching of the small hands and a gathering of the black brows. "I wanted to uncover ewer batter- ies; to learn what you knew; to un- derstand your designs. Now that you give me no :alternative, I am compelled to hurt your feelings by declaring mY- self able to find the one I seek 'without the old of Pauline Patter." As he speaks the last word he rises to his feet, once More feeling like him - elf. "'What would you do now, John °Ilvigr" "Leave this building, since I was lur- ed here under false pretences. What have you done with my coompa.neen?" "The funny litle man? Oh, he left here Song ago, when he learned You had fallen among old eriends," she re plies, carelessly. John remembers something now; it is the sight of Philander Sharpe lying back in his chair drugged, and there- fore he does not credit what the ac- tives says. "Will yen chow nte -the way out?" he asks, "I will -do more" She clasps ber .thande together In the Oriental way of surnmouing a. servant InstaneTY tbe euetains move; three. men, enter the apartment,. and John realizes that Paidine Potter is aboet to show ber teeth ee draws hie, figure up, for \\lane feet a purememus roam he knows bow to defend leimeelf, As tohis bravery,. who eau queetion it, after nis Actiop. of the afternoon? "Does it take three to show me to the door? With your permiesion I will depart" "Not yet, Doctor Chicago—not yet!" onel you would attempt 'violence. Well, len ready to meet tbese fellows, thenke to the forethought that caused me fe arta myself before etartleg 01 this quixotic errand to -night," (TO= corretetterrei RLEOTRICAle COOKING. A, Grit** Suomi's* wherever Therougete TrIed„ Electricity is making ite way into the kitehen through the parlor and dining -room, says The Cosmopolitan. For some time it has been used for the heating or the five-o'clock tea, kettle, eliminating the dangers 'which - are nimayS incurred when an alegabol larap is used. A tee kettle, coffee pot or dialing dish may be adjusted to the nearest lamp in a leatme wired for eleetric lighting. The experience cook knows that there are dishes which are never seen in thew perfection ten feet from the tere that cooked them. People who have passed their youth in the coun- try grow peevish over the way years bave deteriorated the flavor of isortne simple early favorite of tbc table. Electrical appliances ba.ve done some- thing to brew back the old condi- tions. Griddle cakes baked on a steel griddle, electrically heated to the exact temperature, lightly brusle ed with oil, are a crisp delight as they are flipped from griddle to plate. But while this appliance can be used with the illtneinating cur- rent, it requires an extra, attach- ment. as that current is too weak. This is generally put In at the leg of the dining -table. Up to this time electricity has been used almost ex- clusively by the woman who makes a fad of experimental cooking. And she has her electric kitchen fitted up like a snsall laboratory, far from the domain of the fitfully cuisine. The whole parephernalia might fit Into a tiled closet almost anywhere so hooded and ventilated that no odor escapes into the surrounding rooms. In nue of the apartment houses in New York dainty little electric kitchens have been fitted up where the tenants have asked for them. although I he apa r men t s were not designed for housekeeping origin- ally. Seeretarv For limey People. Few traders are so overcrowded as that of stenograpby, because twenty girls can be found for each pesition offered. A new branch of regular stenography is that of the type- writer -stenographer who works by the piece. She visits her customers each morning, takes notes, and does her work upon her own typewriter, returning the letters promptly for signature. She also does copyeng. To business men who have not sufficient work, Dor office room sufficient to share with a typewriter, she is in- valuable. She is also a valued as- sistant to women wive are busy with club work, answering their letters, copying rules and regulations, and filing away their business papers. How to Stop worryten Suppose you were to go into a completely dark room, wishing it to be light. How would you set about the work? Would you try to scoop the darkness up in buckets and carry it out at the door? Not at all. You would just open the windows and shatters and let in the blessed sun- light. You would replace the dark- ness with light.' no it is with wor- ry. The only possible way to get rid of it is to replace the 'worry attitude of mind with the non -worry attitude. And this can always be done when the person is sincere and patient in his desire to bring it about. All he has to do is to be passive and let nature have her own perfect way with him. Hard to Choose. Admiral Farragut used to relate that a pretty girl on a Mississippi steamer was anxiously sought in marriage by five of the passengers. Viewing them all with favor the girl applied to the captain of the boat for advice in making her selection. He suggested that she leap over- board after he had made arrange.. ments that would make iojury, im- possible. She bib as he saib. Four of her suitors promptly went after her and united in bringing her safely back to the deck. "What shall I do now?" she asked the captaan in great perplexity. ' "I don't rightly know, Miss, but It seems to me that I'd take the dry one." Surprised That Manama Lived. There is a little girl who is rapid- ly causing her father's hair to as- sume the color of' the driven snow. The other day she looked up at him from between his knees and asked: '"Papa, was it a wise person who said 'the good die young?'" "Yes," said the reusing raan, "I guess so." "Well," she went on, after think- ing it over for some tinae, "I'm not so much surprised a.bout you, but I don't see how materna ever managed to get growed up." To Wash Stone Step& If these are in good condition they 'imply require cleaning with hot -water, and afterwards to be hearth - stoned.' Grease can be removed by pouring very strong soda and water on the spots, and then covering them with a, paste made with fuller's earth and boiling water, which must be left on all night. ee-e-ete - FARIMioleogLID gc1RDIg CUTTER OR SHREDD:R. The Shredder For Dr' Fodder rind the cetter Icor Ensilage, The shredder has come lute very general use as an implement for thop. ping up dry corn fodder and is largely Superseding the fodder cutter, Dry stalks, when torn into long, tbin shreds, are much easier to beadle than when cut up tine. They can be han- dled with a fork, In much the same manner as chaff or short hay, and can be readily stacked or put in the MOW. It is al$4) the geueral belief tbat cattle will eat tbe stales better when shred - (led than when cut. The square, sharp edges of beavy stalks whith we get in Cutting are avoided, and cattle do not get sore weenie from the shredded fodder, as they ocasionally do from eating cut stales. Shredded fodder makes much better bedding. because it is softer and lon- ger, Cattle do not eat the shredded stalks any cleaner than wizen they are Cut One. At least saeli has been my experienee. Wbat they refuse to eat Is better for betiding awl is easily swept out behind the mangers. But for putting the corn into the silo Illie the cutter umett better than the Shredder. Last fall we tried the two methods. In oue 100 ton silo the cern was cut into half luch leugtlas. An 18 Inch cutter with an 11 horsepower ete gine and n00 foot carrier handled the corn easily aud as fast as four men eould work on the wagons and round the machine, After Ailing this silo we Ow ung the curler round to another silo of the same size and put in the shred- der head in place of the knives. While the engine bad an ease time of it before we found that with the shred- der it required all the power available and greater care to feeding so as not to Stop the raaeliine with a big armful, whieb would bave gone through the meter with only a groan. The shred- ded cern came out so loose and light that it was necessary to put a third more speed on the carrier in order to take (Ire of It, Tbe shredded cern filled up much faster, but after the second day's wore; it seemed apparently to settle as fast as we kept putting in. As there were no scales on the plate, and we did not have enough cern to fill this silo full, there was no way of eiosely conmaring which of the two methods would allow the most cern to be put in the silo. But, figuring It out from the number of loads and the acreage, none of us could see that one method bad any de- cided advantage over the other In this respect I have heard it stated that a silo would hold one-third more of shredded than of cut corn, because the shredded corn would Settle firmer, but from our experiment I doubt if there Is as much as 10 per cent difference, if there is any, in actual results. The shredded ensilage was opened and fed first. There was less of it spoiled on top than of the cut, but sot enougb to make much difference. This was undoubtedly dile to the fact tbat the one silo was opened in November and the other in March. The shredded ensilage we could handle nicely with a fork; so we could the other if tbe tines were close together. The shred- ded ensilage does have an advantage over the eut in handling, but that is the only advantage we could see for it. The feeding is the crucial test, and In this the cut ensilage was superior. It was sweeter and brighter In color, and the cattle ate it with less waste. The long, fine shreds of the heavy stalks were not eaten as clean as the cut pieces. For dry fodder I think the shredder is to be preferred, but for ensilage I much prefer to use the knives, is the conclusion arrived at by Mr. Edwin C. Powell of New York, who makes the foregoing comparisons between the cutter and shredder in The Country Gentleman. The Advantages of an Old Stand By. While nitrogen is the fertilizing ele- ment most easily lost from manures and soils it is the most expensive, cost- ing almost three times as much a pound as potash and phosphoric acid. The readiness with which nitrates are washed out of the soil during heavy rains when the ground is thawed sug- gests that during the period of such rains it should be covered with some catch crop, which will feed upon the nitrates formed and store nitrogen in its tissues. For this purpose rye is an excellent crop and is much used. While it adds.no nitrogen to the soil which is not already found therein, as crimson clover does, it is a much surer catch than the latter and is thoroughly hardy. It forms quite a root system during the fall, starts off early in the spring and by ordinary planting time forms a heavy coat of manure to be plowed under, remarks a correspond- ent of Farm and Fireside. New Method In Blanching cetere. On my farm, where Irrigation is practiced, I plant in alternate rows, 10 and 18 inches apart. This plan makes a double row for convenience in the use of boards for blanehing the celery, says W. H. Jenkins in an exchange. When the plants have grown 12 inch- es high, blanching boards 12 to 18 Inches wide are placed along the rows so the two rows that are 10 inches apart are boarded together. The boards are supported on both sides by stakes and are kept well apart until the celery has grown above them. The celery will begin to blanch as soon as the boards are set up and the space darkened, but whep the plants have grown above the boards the boards should be crowded close to- gether, which darkens the space be- tween them, so that the blanching is completed in a few day*. DUCKS AND DUCKLINGS. A Few condensed Bits of Inform*" tion keor the Breeder. Bed well, Ducks (linnet stand aith. The lz.l.en is the snow duck. The el inking vessel must be deep. ilacke do not take kindly to nest tweets. The deckhouse should be well vente, The exclusive duck farni is beeeilling more scarce. Broilers and ducklings xiza.ke a strong combination. leiet sues will kill Mere duckling* than anything else., After breeding season the ducks cast be run in one flock. Too many drakes in the flock are ape to injure the ducks, "The cross of Pekin on AyleSburY, makes a good laying family. The Englisb poulterers mate two to three duck's to a drake. Duck feathers sell at about One -halt the price of goose feathers. Protection from bot sues and heavy rains are important Matters in cluck raising, In France the birds which, are called ducklings are not birds of the present year. but (Melts that were hatched in the previous season. Mr. Palmer says the Pekin duck is glen laser of fine eggs, but lies not tbe tirtelleSS or flesh and the early Ma- turity of the Aylesbury, though equal in growth. English Poultry says; The Cayuga bas certainly claims as e utility duck, the meat being of Inc flavor, but we menet say that it bar; an attraetive appearance on a poulterer's slab. The Freon greatly appreciate the high quality of the Ameriean Cayuga duck, and yet in this country but few Cayugas are bred, Certainly this is a product we are not overproud of. The great secret of fattening duck- lings is to be early, and this eau only be attained by Iteeping the stock ducks eating, says George A. Pabuer, Even as in fowl we get the winter eggs from the pullets, so duelre of the first year will commence layiug long befere the older ones. We find in practice that It does not answer to keep stock ducks more than two years. They should be hatched in March and kept after the first few 'weeks at liberty, as the ob- jot Imre is to build up frame and con. titution. It is never wise to breed from young, immature stock on both sides, and the finest young will be pro- duced by mating the 1 -year-old diteke to a. 2-yeareold drake. Yet to insure fertility It is somellnies necessary to Use a drake of the first year for the early mentlis.—A Pew Hens. Cholera In the Henhouse. Italy has for the poet few months been Saffering from an epidemic of tholera, and since Noventber there have been 2,000,000 deaths in the neighborhood of Milan alone. That is rather an alarming state of things. though the scourge Is not a visitation of the human race, but merely abets the barnyard. Clacken farming, It seems, is a comparatively new indus- try in Italy, and this outbreak of chol- era 'among the fowls, wbich is probably due to some preventable cause, is nat- urally causing very serious trouble and anxiety to those engaged M rearing them, The disease has spread to the Royal park at Monza, and 2,000 birds, chiefly pheasants, have already been laid low. As pheasant Is a favorite article of diet with the king he is great- ly concerned, and when he beard of the 2,000 deaths In his own henhouse he Is said to have exclaimed, "I shall have to turn vegetarlan"—an Incident which ought to bring comfort and joy to the devotees of tbe vegetable cult The epidemic in Italy will doubtless be viewed with considerable anxiety in countries which buy the products of the Italian barnyards. Italy's fowl ex- ports are of a yearly value of 50,000,000 francs.—Glasgow News. Toulouse Geese. The Toulouse variety of geese orig- inated in the vicinity of Toulouse, Prance, where they are extensively bred. These birds are large, compactly built and great layers. They are quiet, A PAIR OP TOULOUSE. er, are not great ramblers, fly little and do without such water. On the other hand, they mature somewhat slowly, their flesh is a trifle coarse, and they are not so highly prized by some for table Purposes as are the African geese or the mongrel produced by crossing the African goose with the Canada gander. They are gray in col- or and well spited for the ThanksgiV- Ing and Christmas trade.—Feather. The Wild Turkey. James H. Wilson in Fancy Fowl says: "The only true bronze turkey is the wild turkey. No one ever heard of wild turkeys having cholera, roup or gapes. They,are the healthiest. hardiest turkeys nown, quick' to de- tect 'danger and fight for their young. They are not hard to manage, as some people suppose They don't stand around and wait to be fed. They get out to get their .feed theraselves and are easy to raise. By the time they are reduced one-fourth wild there is not much wild nature about them, al though the color and constitution are greatly improved. T consider it ad - %Pitiable for turkey, ,breeders to infuse itild blood in their &eke." . I