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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1900-1-4, Page 2steseseesse askIlaPtssitaftassi-* SS , Caprice r Uy Ste Geo. Rathhurne. e'sissfiess aYedaek **4X****:3,,,A*4s**44sletorsts4s;ot. sFat*Stsi-skasse**-Seit*-S-4-isast*. He comes in before they are don( eatiug, but voluuteers no hal' Ae \alien eenceraing his wanderiegee e wee they of couree Conclude he ens oaly bees for a Walk, Sir Lionel seems rather ehy. 'Arost roett upon making eueli a dismal fail - are oe 'twa separate ocensioes, would probably be willing to give up the game, but there 1G something of the Isuld-dog about Sir Lionel. He will held out un- til the end. He fears John Cratg has penetrated Ids schemes, and this makes hini as- sume a dogged air. EvIdently he still (thugs to hope of ultimate euecese. As for Craig, he is undecided evhethes o call Sir Lionel a tool or a knave., atad is rapidly drifting to a belief that the Tarlton may be a composite of both - They have much to see in Algae's. Alcsques, bazaars and the semarltable features that cluster about this famoas resort A thousand and one things un- ite to charm a traveller 'who str kes Algiers in the winter time, and they uzually "go hence with many regrets. Olid memories that will never fade. John wateliee his chance to speak to the girl at his side. He feels that the time has come when he must tell her what he has ha his heart—that he loves her. Le she gives him his conge, he will go his way and try te forget; but he has Lopes of a different answer; eye speaks to eye, and there is a language of the heart that needs not lips to proclaim a secret telegeaphy that brings.so- nether those who love. The touch of a hand thrills as no other touch can, and the sound of a voice heard unex- pectedly causes the heart to almost cease beating. At length he makes an opportunity, as only a bold and deter -mined lover cant They have gone in the street -cars to the terraced heights of Mustapha Superieur, to visit a house which most tourists see—a house with a rema-k- able history—and in departing, John and Lady 'Ruth somehow are separated from the rest. The fault lies withhim, because atthe last moment he proposed a final view of the. wonderful scene siltread out below, to which Lady Ruth consented, and as the others boarded the tram -car that would take theui back to the city, John called out their at- teration, and that they would join them gator. There is nothing singular about this, and yet Lady Ruth's cheeks -turn rosy as she hears Aunt Gtven's laugh, and stealing a glance over her shoulder dis- covers that quaint individual shaking her finger out of the car -window. Upon a rustic seat the two rest. The grand panaroma spread out before them charms the eye, and they .feast upon the glorious scene. Hotv blue the sett appears,and the numerous sails are like splashes of white agatnet she ceeme,4aelt. ground. There lies Algiers an all her glory, modern structures almost side by side with Mohammedan mosques, whose chmes shine like great balls of gold, and whase minarets guard the sacred edifice like sentries thrown out in the nature of defences. Who could, gaze upon such a vision and not feel his lirert stirred must in deed be dead to everything that appeals to the better senses. John Craig, M.D., might ordinarily be set down as en enthusiastic lover of nature, atal such a scene when hi first gazed upon it aroused the deepest emotions in his artist heart; but strange to say he pays little heed to what is before him now. It is evItat" occupies the rustic seat in common with John Craig that takes his whole attention. How shall he say et? What words can he frame into an animated expres- sion of his feelings? It was all map - red out before, but the words have utterly slipped his memory, as is al- ways the ease in such events. He turns to Lady Ruth. Her hand Is in her lap. Ile boldly reaches out and takes it. There is only a feeble resistance. Their eyes Meet. "Lady Ruth. will you give me this hand?" "Your-I—what could you do with. it?" she asks, turning rosy red. ,'"Well, to begin wIth—this," and he presses it passionately tohis lips. "Ohl Doctor Craig, what if some one should see you!" now struggling todfree her band, which he holds firmly. He laughs; recklessly, this hitherto shy young man. Onto in the affair, he cares little for prying eyes, and indeed there is small chance of amy one notie- ing them in this retired spot, as there art' no other sightseers around. "I don't care who sees met I've got to tell what I'm sure you already know, that I leve you -1 love you." He leans forward. and looks in her face, which is downcast. She has ceas- ed to struggle now, and her hand lies flattering M. his. Such scenes as these the novelist has no business to linger over. The ernes thins, that are brought out at such a time should be satred frorn the public gaze. John doe e not wait long for dais ans- wer, as Lady Ruth is a, sensible girl, and really cares a great deal m,Ore for this young man than she has beea ready to admit even to herself. Sc, she tells him tient she is afraid she does Pike an uncommon interest he Welfare, and Met perheps It would be as well for her to later on assume such. a position, as will give her the right to ewanii over him. So it ei,colir -ectilsd, and John feels firPrornolY haPPY, jut es 4111 sincdre and succeesfel wooers have done from tune inintemoriel. After a short time John /el:net-rib-ma that he meant to introduce a certain eubject, and puttieg osi le his feel ugs of newloned joy—there will be pleety of t tor 011 that—lie speaks oe 51 Lionel. etesseses * "tderhaps i can geese whet yon WOOld * alout the affair last ethane" "Poor Sir Lionel is ralhee quiet te d 1Y. 1e ie not ea young as he w Le, • * 41110. AIDOgal thnt , Seveve exerooes et lest night Itave oaused Ithat arlany T; twinges tosdata" slr "Perhaps. It was the most tetuark- * able tuffair I ever 'witnessed." "you saw it all?" "Yee, 111eet:trate and inyeelf were in lidding not far atvey. We were as. touuded at the easy way those fellows At this Lady Ruth giyes a merry peal of laughter. "It was ildiculous." "Did you guess it et the time?" "Well, certain things looked very strange to me. 1 was amazed as we were leaving to see a anan, whom I was positive had twice fallen as if dead, raise his head and look after us with a smile on his ugly face. 4'Whatever I thought, I was so gLed te get away on any terms that I said nothing, and when the next engage - meat took place I found Sir Lionel very much in earnest "Ou this account, although feeling sure, that he was the cause of all the trouble, I have been disposed to for- give him. You know the poor 'Celle\ professes to be in love with me, though I have had some reason to believe it is my leartune lie is after as well, fo. My lather unfortunately left me el• heiress." "Well, I'm in a positien to be gen- erous, and, though I condemn his me.. thocls, I can easily see hew, in his de- spair, he might forget his thonor. I 'tame good reason to believe this is not the first time he has tried to play the hero." Lady Rath looks surprised. "How is that?" she esks. Thereupon John narrates weitat the boatman said to him off Malta, con- cerning a broken planIt in the bottom of the little craft, which of course aston- ishes the young girl. She shows some indignation at the thought of his imperilling her life - "The joke of the whole thing lies in the fact that it was you who saved the would -he hero of the occasion," re- marks John, and this fact induces both of them to laugh. On the whole, they feel so happy th.tt it is hard to bear a grudge even against the veteran who has been baffled by fate. Lady Ruth cannot forget that Sir Lionel gave many evidences of beirig in love with her, and a woman is apt to forgive even a fault i11 a man who professes to have sinned for her, to have even given up honor in the hope of winning her favor. "I have arranged a little scheme whereby I hope to pay Sir Lionel back in his own eoin," says the young Chi- cagoan, grimly. "Why, John, I thought you said just now that you could forgive him. Now toil pretend to be quite blood -thirsty.' "Oh, no; not that. I'm looking out for the poor fellow. He's gone it alone quite long enough, and 1 .want te see him caught" "Caught? Explains please. Perhaps I'm a little obtuse. but really ander the cheumstances---" "Yes, I know. It's all excusableony dear girl. In plain Dnglish, I want to see the veteran married." "Alarried?" "And I shall take upon myself the task of selecting the girl who will,rule htia hereafter." "John, what do you mean? Surely-- elethat b nonsense. Toll me who she "Pauline Potter," calmly. "Why, that's the actress." "The actress who professed to be so niacily in love with one Doctor John Craig." . "a,oty that you knew 1 rm, not fat all JOI/I0i,1 1,,,'1 10 talk ebout another— firhe ,Lionef ItheSt" ller' face lights up with a Smile. "And as the said Craig is already tak en, she is lett out in the cold. Now, you behold my tittle scheme. We are happy—why should n,ot these two peo- ple be the same?" "Why, Indeed?" "Their greatest fault lies in loving not wisely but too well. This has carte - ed them to sin. Now. in order to pre vent any feture plots that may give us trouble, I propose to so arrange it that Sir Lionel shall have a wife and Pauline a husband." "A clever idea." ' "I want your assistance.' "You can have it at any time." lure must protect ourselves, and the easiest way to do this will be to dis- erne our fees." ' "Really, Doctor Chieliges I didn't give you credit for so much shrewd- ness. Tell me if you have any plans arranged." "Well, only the skeleton of one as yet, but I will tell you all about it as Thr as I have gone." They sit upon that bench for a full hour. Time la not taken into account when -love rules the occasion. It is Lady Ruth who finally jumps un with a cry of consternation. She has heard a clocle upon a tower in new Al- giers strike the hour. "What will they think of us, John?" she says. "Little I care, for I mead to an- nounce our engagement to Aunt Gwen on sight, and she is the only one who has auy business to complain," retires the successfui wooer firmly. "Oh! it GO sudden; perhaps we'd bet- ter wait o. little while." 'With your permission, not an, hoer. You belong to me, now—see, let me put this solitaire diamond on your finger. It was my mother's ring. By that to- ken I simply desire to warn all men thands off.' Tell nie, ami , right, Ruth?" "Yes; I ean ofrep no objections Do as ,on think beet, doctor." This is a beautiful beginning. Clouds will be rare in their future A/ they keep on In this way. So they once more go back to the hotel, and find Mint Gwen on the look- out, her kindly face Wearing an anxi- ous etpreseion that, becomes a quizzi- eel one when she sees John ensile. "Your blesisleg, Aunt Gwen," he ;saga. "My what?" "Ohl it's all settled. Imbed to be my wife," looking 'very 'happy, wee pee - oh a "The diekeus she Ives!" and Philan- der piethee into view from bellied the waurniequs akirte of, his bettee half, "dthat busineseh1sg site to accept arty one withotit consulting her doting*" "PlIllanderl" "—Amid? Don't take um sole:0es- Iy, my boy. Accept nee ecnagratulatiord evi.sh you joy, and, thank geaveli, ft isn't that pompous baronet." "Atnen!" GO.IG John, warmly. "New that you allow me a. chance, Phidauder, I.'want to say just this; it suits rue to a dot. I am delighted—en- chanted. Of coume you'll live in Ohl- cego, That's another blow against John Bull. We'll be mistress of the seas yet. Here, let inc ides you both, lily el:dithers, and take the blessing of a woman who has not lived fifty years for nothing." X'XII. Even in the midst of his happiness, John Craig has not forgotten the one imperteet fact that brought him to Al - While lie can devote himself to lay- ing a plan for the accomptishmeat of a certain object, and with the assist- ance of Lady Ruth arrange to surprise Sir Lionel 13luot, he is at the same time anxiously awaiting news. Will Ben Tale') carry Out his pro- mise? The heart ofthe young man beats lash with hope. a Unconscious ot a peat surprise In store for hint, John enters the hotel with Lady Ruth. "A gentleman, in the parlor to See you, sir." John's face flushes; the In.stantane ous thought flashes into his mincl thet a messenger hes it length come from the Aloorish doctor. tile enters. His eyes are dazzled n little by the glare of the sun o'u the white build-ings, and the TOOM. is dim. A man's figure advances toward him. Surely th step le familiar. God heavens, what a shock comes upon him! `)`Father!" "John, my boy!" Ile has believed his father to be at the other side of the world. He is sur- prised at the warmth of the greeting he receives. Really, this is quite un- like the proud man John has known all has life, a man who seemed to ever surround himself with a wall of cold- IteSS. smiden shock yens through John's t. ;e ea if ho has been gismo giers. the negative and positive ends of a ba tcry. He believes thot.' his mother his city- Can that have any- thing to do with his father's coming? A feeling of resentment springs un, -then dies away as he gets N geed look at his parent's face. "Idather, what has happened? Have you failed; has any disaster come upsit us?" "Why do you s.slt that, john?" " Your face; it has changed so. trass something I have beeu accnstom- ed to see there." Duncan Craig smiles. "Ah! John, my boy, please Heaven, I am changed. I have been humbled in the dust, and I believe I ha -ye emerg- ed from the furnace, I trust,th far bet- ter man." John is puzzled. He cannot make cut what has caused tleis humbling on the part of his proud paternal ancestor, eor is the able to hazard a guess as to the effect it may have upon his for- tunes - Craig, sr., does not explain what brings him to Algiers at this particular time, but immediately starts asking questions regarding the scenes John has gazed upon since leaving the Ger- man college of medicine, where he re- ceived his gratination diploma. White they are yet talking, who Should appear on the scene but Lady Ruth. "You carried off my fern, John, mid I wanted to mend it while I had the chance. 011! I bog your pardon; I did not know you were engagel. The clerk told inc you were in hero, but—" John has eagerly darted forward and has hold of the fair girl's arm. 'a want to introduce some one to you, some one yen wOuld gee -sooner Or later. Sir, this is Lady Ruth Stan- hope, a young lady to whom I haye loot ray heart, and my promised wife." "What!" exclaimed Craig, sae, "bless my soul, your only a boy, Sohn." "Twenty-three, sir," promptly. "Yes. you're right Time flies. You've given me quite a shock, but, by Jove! I'm already fayorably impressed with your taste. W311 you allow me the privilege of a kiss, my dear?" ,"Sir!" indignantly, for in the dim light she does not see that his mons - tache is snow-white, as is also his hair. Fier tragic attitude rather alarms 1 - Is it connected with the feet he cher- ishes; the presence of this other one in Algiers?ad, if so, what dots Delman Craig meen to do; eat him off with a' penny beeause he hes dared allow the longtag of hte heart to have its way, and hae endeaYored to And the mother so, long lost? When he steald,another look ,at the elder Craig's face, he cannot see that there is 'anything like doeS auger there,. and yet John admits that he te not a good, hand at analyzuig Metives. He dares not mention the, nutttes Itiniselt, anti is therefore- boundtto :wait until 'his reapected father speaksmifthe does ea at all. tro rio CONTINUILD.1 WHY DO WE DO IT? Souse of Our Iramiliar Customs and Their Ancient It is surprising what a number of little' things we do without knowing the seat son. e Why, for instance, do widows wear caps? ' Perhaps you would say because they make them look pretty and intedest- ing, but the real reason is that whop/the honaans were in England they sbaved their heads as a sign of inousitha . Of course 1 woman couldn't lei her..elf be seen with a bald head, so she ma le her- self a pretty cap. And now, though the neeessity of wearing it has passett away, the cap renames. Why do we have bows on the left side of our hats? In olden times wheu men were much in the open air and -hats couldn't be bought for half a dollar it was the habit to tie a cord around the crown and let the ends fall on the left side, to be grasped on the arising of a squall. They fell on the left Side so they might be grasped by the lett hand, the right usually being, more usefully engag- ed. Later on the ends got to be tied in a bow, and later still they became useless, yet the bow has remained and will proba- bly remain till the next deluge or sotue- thing of -that sort. I What is the Meaning of the crosses or X's on a barrel of beer? They signify degrees of quality nowadays, but origi- , nally they were met on by those ancient rameks ias a sort of trademark. They were crosses in those days and meant a sort of oath on the cross, sworn by the manufacturer that his barrel contained good liquor. Why are bells tolled for the dead? This has become so familiar a practice that a funeral withoet it would appeor un -Christian. Yet the reason is quite bar. barons. Bells were tolled long ago when people were being buried in order to it frighten the evil spirits who lived in the air. Why do fair ladies break a bottle of wine on the ship they are christening? Merely another survival of barbaric cus- tom. In the days of sacrifice to the gods it was customary to get some poor victim when a boat was being launched and to cut his throat over the provr, so that his blood baptized it. Why are dignitaries deafened by a sa.- I lute when they visit a foreign port? It seems a curious sort of welcome this fir- ing off of guns, but it seenis the custom arose in a very reasonable way. Origi- nally a town or a warship fired off its guns on the approach of important and friendly straugers to show that they had such faith in the visitors' peaceful eaten-. tions they didn't think it necessary te keep their guns loaded. Why do we sometimes throw a shoe after a bride? The reason is not -very, complimentary. Prom of gold irhas been , the habit of mothers to chastise their children with a shoe. Hence the custom arose of the father of a bride malting, a present to the bridegroom of a shoe as a sign that it was to be his right to keep her in order.—Cincinnati Enquirer. "Ruth, it is my father," he cries. This alters the -ease. "Your father! Ohl Sohn, has he--" She sees the warning, finger lier be- trothed raises up, and stops suddenly, Lor she has been about to say some- thing relative to the presence of Sister Magdalen in the city. The elder Craig raises the shade, end in the new light Lady Ruth sees a re- nuirkably handsome titan of middle age, even distinguished in his manner. Then he is Johnhi father, too, and that nutkes quite a difference. She are. proaches, with hand extended. "F'orgive me, sir. I did not dream John's father was within five thousend miles of Algiers." "And if you hut -re agreed to be my only boy's wife you must be my daugh- ter'ltso°'t'i' This me he bestows a paternal sa- nte upon her velvety cheek. Possibly Lndy Beth is reedy to believe she is entering the Craig family very rapid- ly; but with n women's idea or the eternal fitness of small thing, she feels very muell Pleased to know that her future father-in-law la such a tlistin- guished-looking gentleman,. Ari Ls proper, she excuses herself, ang leaves the roont. Doubtless father and e3Ort have tritieli to toll( over. When John finde himself alone with the parent for When Ise haa ever felt the greatest respeet withOut deep filiti Offection, h frroNvs Whitt can have brought the °flier across the nee at thie particular time; att . Ministers and Doctors. Altogether it must be admitted that the medical man, inadequate as his earn- ings may be, is much more fortunate than the clergyman. Tbe latter, it is true, gets his rent free, with occasional yearly donations of potatoes, hay, flour and the like, but his living expenses inust be within the limits of an income scarce- ly equal to that of an average mechanic with regular daily employment. It is somewhat of a surprise to learn that a first class clergyraau in a country town averages only from $500 to $800 as yearly salary, while those in the large cities are not endhgla above those figures to make up the relative differences in in- cidental expenses of living. The latter tunounts are said to range from $1,000 to $1,200 yearly. • Certainly the average doctor must do much better than this; otherwise he must either run in debt or look for some other occupation. If the doctor in practice must make any living at all, he is bound to calculate on a sum one-third more nnd perhaps double that which the preacher'can get: We are now speaking of the average man in both pro- fessions, it being well known that spe- cial skill and recognized ability in either calling always command proportionately increased remuneration.— Medical Rec- ord. The Curse of Leisure. Leisure, except for needed rest, for time to plan new work or for an oppor- tunity to aid others in doing their work, is not a blessing, but a curse. If nothing comes of it, if no work is done because of it or if better work does not follow on account of it, ,then leisure has not been a blessing to him who enjoyed it and invariably works harm to him or to others who are affected by it. Among the practical evils coming from, the desire to escape the drudgery of manual labor is the overcrowding of the places where the manual labor is light, the growth of the niilitary spirit among men who think it more honorable to fight than to work and the increase of that army of incapable:a, who find no oppor- tunity and prefer to be supported by oth- ers rather than to soil their) !lauds or harden their muscles by doing the work which the world offers them to do. Carlyle was right when he said that all the happiness that a true man ttski is happiness enough to get his work done.— Cliristian Register. Doubly Gifted. "I think Mrs. lilinhcat Is the 1 talkative wornan I ever istet.P1 tr11111 01:40 (veld you., expect? Miters, didn't giee her that thelble ebin for tiotbitte"---Chimest) Tribune „ On the (liher First Englishinan—ilow ridletilous A reit ie d resei.s. 1)tit Aries ienn; p. ye knoW.—P'hIla- delphia North A znerican. a HORN FLY PEST. - uterekidg avoids sit tbe Kansas t.sszoerianent Mutton.. Oweseartegns-en-aes."-de-dwde""'"'' Flow( to furnish better protection to i( our d my herds and cattle against the attacks of the herr fly is a ClEeSti011 of etowiug importance. The serious lossrand fieeh through the attacks of this fromt the decrease of butter fat pest/ certaiuly demand that some sort of /relief be furnished to our stock. ',Di ung the past year the Ieensas ex- kfriment station has carried on a se- ries of experiments with this object in view. Among the many measures employed, considerable time was spent in trying to construct a trap which would catch and kill the flies and not _ merely repel them, as is often the case ' with so many of the born fly mixtures. It The general plan of,eiur trap was to pass the cattle through a dark space. or room. At the center of the room, in - the roof, was a glass cupola the sides of which were composed of four win- dow sashes, with a large pane of glass for a roof. All the joints were made tight, so as to leave no openings through which the flies could make THE WHITE.GRUB. ,Plosv Now to Prevent itsMe-vanes Next Year. , What Is commonly known, as, ths white grub, or 'grubworm, is the yeung ' al' the brown htay beetle or .1une, bug, which appears in such abundemee 10 late May and June, and is not, 00 10 44,7 tee suggested, the young of the common tumblehug. These Alay beetles deposit their eggs 'in .Time, usually about the roots of gross. These egge. hatch in about a mouth, and the young grubs, dthough very small, even inimediately after hatching appear to be larger than the egg. they feed upon the roots of grass and by the 1st of November, are about half au inch in length, having all the appearance of the full grown grub excepting in the matter of size. With the coming, of ,cold weather, or perhaps, more properly speaking, In late ,autunin, they go deeper Into tho ground, sometimes a foot or even more. and make for themselves small earth- en cells by packing the earth more densely about their bodies and in these cells pass the winter, coming up- ward in the spring, feeding upon the grass roots throughott the entire sum- mer, and at the end of the second au- tumn they bave reached about two- tbirds of their ultimate dimensions. They now burrow into the ground and again pass the winter in an earthen cell, coming to the surface againln the spring and feeding until the latter part of May in the latitude of the Ohio eta - tion, when they Abandon the grass roots, burrow down into the ground and again make an earthen cell, withIn which they transform to the adult bee - It is possible that an occasional indi- vidual may appear above ground In the fall, but the mass of them pass the winter in this condition and come to the surface as adults the following May. Thus it will be seen that they have fed during a portion of three years. The young of the insect is by nature a grass feeder, and therefore they are always more abundant In fields that have remained in grass for • a long series of years. The major pora tion of their Injury in cultivated fields occurs the first summer immediately following a series of grass crops. Prom the life history of these pests, as just stated, the Ohio station con- cludes: Now, the insect cannot be kept off grass lands, nor is there any prae- ticaleway of reaching these grubs san- der ground, and as they never get to the surface their bontrol by topical ap- - plications Is not only difficult, but prac, teeny impossible. As yet we have found but one practical way of dealing with these pests, and, while that is not infallible, it seems to prove effective in the majority of cases. This consists in fee fall plowing of grass lands as a preparation for the grain crop the fol- lowing year. While early fall plowing is known to be often effective, It is quite probable that late fall or winter piewinetelite, much more dependable. The reason for this is that after the grubs have con- structed their winter quarters they are probably too stupid to construct oth- ers. If then the ground is broken, the grubs within their winter quarters are, either 'thrown up to the Action of con- tinued freezing and thawing or, If not thrown up, are exposed to the more di- rect effects of rain and frost, and thus killed' by the winter weather. That this 'method is effective In the majori- ty of cases there can be harclly a - doubt. their escape. A few feet from the en- trance and exit doors of the room were roofed screens, allowing the cattle to pass in and out, but cutting off the direct light from the outside, tints making the space itnniediately below the cupola extremely light as compar- ed with the rest of the room. As the animal passes under the cupola, it en- ters through the exit doorway, which Is lined with a series of brushes, sweeping all parts of the body. The flies, being disturbed and brushed off, would, it was hoped, be attracted by the greatest light and would therefore swarm up into the. cupola. To catch the flies in the cupola small tin troughs containing kerosene were attached firmly to the base of each pane of glass. The troughs were one inch deep,one inch wide and of the length of the distance from side rail to side rail of the window sash. The flies, in dancing up and down the win- dow panes, will at some time or other strike the bottom rail of the sash, but when troughs are attached they will, instead, fall into them and be destroy - By this style of horn fly trap we. were able to kill but about one fly out of 20 upon the cattle. After passing 15 cows through several times in suc- cession only 300 flies were caught in the troughs of kerosene. Quite often the troughs would be nearly filled with other species of flies where only one horn fly would be captured. This style of trap, however plausible it may seem, was certainly not a suc- cess. It was never possible to get all the flies to remain on the cows till the brushes were reached. Invariably aft- er the COWS had entered the room for two or three feet the flies would sud- denly rise Up and pass out at the en- trance doerway. They did not seem to like to enter the dark room. By equalizing the light a little in the room with that on the outside a trifle larger percentage of flies was secured, but if too much light were admitted from the doorways the light in the cupola was not sufficient to attract the flies; but, instead, the -flies, upon being brushed off, would foiltety after the cattle and again renew theihattacks. Does It Pay to Peed Liberally? At a farmers' institute at Ton- ganoxie, Kan., a dairyman gave In his report on producing milk for the Kan- sas City market from common cows picked up through the country. So far as possible, these cows were fresh in the fall. During the winter they re- ceive a ration consisting of a mixture of 14 to 16 pounds of bran and corn - Meal and' what clover hay and sugar cane they will eat. In the summer they receive, in addition to pasture and soiling crops, four to five poinlds of bran. By thia system of liberal feed- ing a two years' record shows an an- nual Income ber cow of 870.99, the milk being sold at an average of 8 'cents -per gallon. Last year at the Agricultural college our best cow cost us $32.80 for feed, thelthighest of any cow in the herd, and about $3.50 above tile average of the herd, and yet the profit from that cow over the cost of feed was $24.12 above the average of the herd. Does it pay to feed liberally? 'With a good dairy cow it surely does. Had the herd referred to above or the best COW in the Agricultural college been stinted in feed it would have been an extrava- gant piece of economy that would have resulted In a diseased pocketbook. The dairy cow Is a hardworking animal and should be fed accordingly. Keeping at the Top. Only those who keep up with the times in dairying can bope to keep atop of the heap, says E. P. Smith in The American Cultivator. It is not always, an easy matter even then, for there are many local matters- of a discouraging nature 'to overcome. These Worry and irritate land aometimes discourage those of faint heart, But If we, con- tinue everlastingly at it, and never yield to discouraging results and cir- cumetances, we illtISt come out in the end, because there are so many others Who do succeed. What we need most of all is clear toresieht in discovering Whe're It is the screw is loose. It may be In the markets or an unfavorable Fitoaden to them; It May be in our methods `of, feeding, which robsi of all profits, and 'again it may be the low grncle of stock with whirl] we began. It is certainly, slow and toilsome tv,orlt o grade up a herd ,In which scrub sfeek Predominates, it le better 'to, re- duce the herd, weeding out mottle of the poor stock, and put the mottcY you get ter theei In one or tWo flna well bred animals. The reeults will be cpilekeit tutisurer and far 310ili oubstimattat, Timely and Paying Work. Many of our most destructive insects pass the winter either among matted prostrate grass, among fallen leaves or especially along osage hedges, lanes and fence corners. Wherever such places can be burned over in late fall, winter or ,early spring the effect- win be to destroy many of these. Instead of having our annual clearliag up in May, as many do who clear up their premises at all, the Ohio station ad- vises that it be done during one of the seasons above mentioned, as by Blay many of the destructive insects, have left their winter quarters and are be- yond reach. Points About Ditching. In advising, a correspondent as teethe hest shape for a large ditch The Coun- try Gentleman says: The round bottom ditch, Fig. 1, would be far preferable, to the square bottom, Fig. 2. The dia- gram sent, showing a cross section of the ditch, is shown by the dotted lines. The proposed angles as outlined are focesteep. They sheuld be not lese than 35 degrees from the perpendicular, and with this large flow of water an angle _ of 45 degrees might be better, since the sides of the ditch when they are wet 11. PItOPlial 81TAI'Lll FOn A DITC,11. , p,re Illsely to cave in. It Is therefore better econornytte make the sides of the, ditch Ile ttiSli than too have Altera, . . steep, In which case tlaey .are likely to give great Itenota,nce, Unless the fall, . , le considerable, 00 that tile water' worlds, scour tlie ditch oeit at the bottoin t , . , Hech'.,, , ditches would have to be elea,rie,(1 fre. quendly. If for an,y reason It Is thettglIC, hest to ,cuttthe ditellwith a flat botione, ,. the generall shapeof lt,shotild eolneldie' „ ivitii the black 'linos and not with .thl ti;