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sew reeittersts, elate the high and 1. e
shielti of proof Shietd me from om
!,)trase
Of those lierue thirts despair at me dell thro
Oh, nuke in me those civil wars to oease;
will good tribute pay, ir time do so,
iralte thou of 010 smoot11 pillows, sweetest b,,s;
A chamlKa (Ise( to ttoiso find blind to llgli
A V08,4' garland atr1 a weary head,
And 11 these things, as being thine hy ti
' not thy hoary gmoo thou shalt. in 1.11(t
hlvoli tr than elSOVIlere, St0.1,14'11 'ttXtagt, 000.
--Sir Philip Sicint.;\
BEAFRICIA ANI)
ic THE IMAGE VENDER.
A Tale of Italy and
New York.
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The snow Hurtles Were bliuding 1111
eyes of the passing thsong, but Piety:
stood valiantly at the curb bolding ow
his plaster intagefor sale. It seenatet
bitterly coal to the muffled, scurryin
crowd, but it was warm rani balmy a
Pietro. Though the hands which helo
out the little white image, of the wiug
ed victory 01 a lanst of 13eetlaoven west
blue and stiff and the uarrow shoulder: -
of the thin fratne were doubled togeth
er in an attitude of cringing eubjee
tion, yet the eyes of Pietro were look
ing fav beyoud the brilliant shops or
Fifth avenue. In his imaginetion 111
was wandering in the Elysian fields
with his Beatricia where the sunlight
gilded the naeadowe and the smile ei
nature shone everywhere.
011, valiant heart of' Pietrol laor twat
years 11010 he had molded plaster caste
and images and sold his wares on
street corners and hoarded the meager
gnin to be able to get back to his Bea
trieia, 011 the banks of the 'Tiber he
had left her picking grapes with the
men and girls in the Roman vineyards.
and he had come to seek an El Dorado
before he chinned laer as his bride.
For one long, sad year of separation
she wrote to him. She upbraided him
for his slowness in winning the wealth
they had clreamed of, she scolded him
for only luicesvarm affection, she
wounded his sensitive soul with re-
peated attacks on his loyalty and love,
and gradually these criticisms, emanat-
ing from the restless, passionate soul
of the young girl, tender, but selfish,
giving much, but deamnding more,
crushed the ardent spirit of the young
Italian, and he drew his love within
the recesses of his heart aud brooded,
over it, and ceased to pour out the
souPs desires in the little message
whieh he sent occasionally across the
water.
Finally, when she believed her lo-ve
too little appreciated, she ceased alto-
gether to write. Pietro had beeu wait
-
Mg and wateaing and counting the
clays for the letter which she owed.
Weeks went by, tben months, and no
word came to lighten his labors and his
loneliness. The first sharp pain of dis-
appointment gave way to a long, dull,
censeless agony that filled his heart
to the brim and macle it throb wildly
at times within the tender walls. "011,
beloved Beatricia," he would cry out
In the wakeful watches of the long
aight, "have you forgotten your
Pietro?"
The plaster Venuses aud alercurys
and Sacred Marys stood side by side
along the shelves of his shop, gazing
down on him from their classic gran-
deur with cold, unpitying eyes. Some-
times at night be thought that he saw
the linperious 111110 shake her head dis-
dainfully when lie cried aloud. Aier-
envy sneered, and a dimpled Cupid's
bead, by Praisiteles, broke Into amused
mirth. Once io his grief be knelt be-
fore a Slary, which he had himself
naolcled that very day, and he prayed
"wildly and despairingly, and, as if in
compassion, it seemed to him that the
sacred lips of the image moved to in-
tercede.
Ho live° alone. Others in "Little
Italy" sought to know him and to draw
hen out of himself. Ile was a hand-
some youth, perhaps 22 years of age,
and many of the American born young
Italian girls cast amorous glances at
him. He did not evc-in notice them. He
looked fay beyond them and saw a
little dark eyed girl, with a clear,
white, transparent skin, more beautiful
than the day -a cameo with but the
merest blush of pink.
"He no goeda; he no gooda," shouted
the mob of merrymakers, tossing back
their heads in unbridled, mocking
laughter. They would look at one an-
other when he passed silently, and
then raise 'their eyebrows significantly
and smile with Itnowing, conclusive
smiles as they touclied their foreheads
with a finger.
Pietro searcely knew of their pres.
ence. Ile 1.10,-i to hear, their uproarions
laughter, lam it did not attract bin).
Ire had no respect l'or them. 'Slone
wee hut provinend born, find lad, why,
he. Pietro Orsas:nice, had 1:ifieu born 111
I1.10010 If Sell', 41,130re 1 110 81101) Where
G011'1,111e8, the elder had chiseled the
hende of prointes of the V11tic:1n from
the finely veined, dazaling while vibe
of marble rrOla owe hills n.nd
luad beim 110.110 nrtiet. in Ids day full)
had loved art find Ititioved for it in the
pure joy of creating. Stoney to him
was nothing. Ile did not know hoW to
earn it well, or to keep ft. Art was
everything. Ile deemed it worth the
snag:ince of 1110 0011, WI10111 he foreed 10
go to Anierica 111 order to extinct a for-
t:tine team the eety world.
But Pietro was beginning to learn
that fort:matte are slow in coming, e'en
in young, thieving proviaccis, and his
art sees more than the art Of chiseled
Infirlees or of plaater enets. love
W110 his timbition, Ile placed it above
laie art, above his duty, above life itself.
And the object had only grosen lo inock
hint fan' his devotion.
Oftea as be efruntered throng the city
streetta abserbed in thoughts 01 1301'. be
<t,
wail a 01;11110.1 l'Ut/it 1(110
Search the faee of some naeserby that
reminded him Vividly of lala Beraricia.
1' 11' saw her Often in thie way, foe 1101-
bitage WaS rnally neyer abeeat
WS Mind's eye. In his eeveriott of her
Sae need to appear to hint, flati, 11.0 11.1
113.0 old days, she 300010 'wind tier
soft, gentle arms af0111111. LIS 1100.11 aud
wtaspor, oBolovect pieti,o, -thou ;ea a
goa."
For a yeae now he 11111 not heard
from her. "She il131i0 lat /lend," he
thought at timee, "IS ehdtWere olive,
she could not feel the vowel' of my
love, though an ocean, Iles between ue."
But, like oll LOVerS, he W115 selfish Mai
seneitive, and he had sworn on hie
Imam- never to, write to late ago 0, tual
he could ilietare 1101' 011011 thakillS lora
to Marcella and Valeutino and others
ha the vineyards, ae she had made love
10 111(11,
A secona summer: of sileuce came,
and Pietro wandered out into the coun-
try and walked among the woodaferns,
crushing thena to his breast with his
passionate love of beauty. He would
go and spend days under the sky, beg..
giug for food as he went. He eould
not work, He was steeped, saturated,
overcome by the accumulated longing
withiu him. The army of laughing
fairies and Dominican moults stood on
their sbelves, a neglected array, un -
dusted atia unsold.
The citizens of "Little Italy" forgot
his very existence. \Vilma be did not
appear, they concluded that Ile had re-
turned to Italy for a time, and they
did not even care to inquire. One day
a little, old mamma in shabby black,
with a coarse vell tied around her head
So that her face, was wbolly concealed,
came to "Little Italy" and inquired
for Pietro. She could speak no Eng-
lish, and she seemed greatly agitated.
The women were consumed with
curiosity, and led her willingly to
Pietro's little workshop. Fier terror
was pitiable when she found that he
heel gone and had not been seen for
a month. She called on all tbe saints
in the, calendar to help her, and then
on death to relieve her, and she flung
herself on ?tetra's own couch and
moaned for hours. She barred the
door and covered the window so that
the curious oues could not watch her
from without, and sae herself only
emerged when she wanted to buy food.
It 'MIS some days aftep this occur-
rence that Pietro, walking in the coun-
try, saw a vision Or his Beatricia
stretching out bee Ct0113S to LliM fltla
crying out to him in a sad, distressed
way. The vision was so distinct that
for a moment he thought it was real,
"She is dying," he cried to the sky,
"and she is sorry and would ask my
forgiveness. and I canuot go to her.
0 God of the poor, I cannot go!"
It made such a powerful impression
upon his mind that he turued about
immediately and began to retrooe his
way back to the city and to his shop.
When be reached "Little Italy." a doz-
en eager men and women rushed upon
him, seized himbodily and dragged
him toward his abode.
"Thy mother, thine old mother, is
hese," they screamed. "Ungrateful fel-
low, she is alone .and waiting thee."
For the first time 112 many menthe
Pietro smiled.
the saints and happy! • What canst
"My mother," be whispered, "is with
thou mean?"
"Go, look for thyself, half witted
sluggard and beggar," they, bawled Out.
And they pushed him toward tbe door.
The tittle, old woinan who had im-
prisoned herself within caught the
shouts and tbe voice of Pietro, and her
beart gave one Wild bound, and she
stood trembling at tbe door, ready to
fling it open.
Pietro stepped cautiously and touch-
ed the handle. He did not know wbom
he might encounter, so his advance
was timid. As the door swung back
he gazed stupidly for a moment. Then
a cry ot soy and pfgla broke trow his
lips as be laid his basal on his heart to
still its awful beating,
"Beatricia, my beloved! Is it thou?"
he gasped. "Dost thou love me?"
"Madly, Pietro!"
"Thou didst come to find me, Bea-
tricia?"
"Thou, alone."
"Thou hast come to stay, Beatricia?"
"Always!"
Phe Sebetne
In "Under Three Flags In Cuba," by
Musgrave, the author tells how a
scheme \vas hatched to capture the no-
torious General 'Weyler:
General Weyler 'walked nightly down
the Prado with only an alii and three
secret ponce sttunteging Itelaind. Some.
Cubans often debated with nae the
feasibility of seizing him there ene
night, dragginghint down the steps -to
the Punta beach and shippinti laim
down the coast to Gomez, to be held as
a hostage foe all Cubttu prisoners. This
1 would have been easy in the datemess
with a launch arid a tug in the offing
that could race the obsolete boats in
1 the harbor. ,
1 'kV° wort:cid persiaently In planning
; this, The guards were to be overpow-
erecl hy sliddec onslaught from. the
ieste, 11i0 geoeral seized, pinioned and
etoliniated. Lack of lamas delayed the
fitteritpt. tve, enarterhil a tug
in Key 'West, hut the owner drew back
at the last, and just as :soother 'beat
W110 offered ;Veyler Was recalled.
,
tiffs UnfrientIlr Stortreottou.
Augustus Van \V37c113 of Netv York
was nn able.- and petit:nut ineMber of
the supreme court 13 011011. Though al-
ways dignified tvhen presicling In court,
he occeeionally WfliViti the rine by it
little quiet fun, A pompons oriel tood
voiceo 111av3'er rose one 113011311g lu
chamberS.,
"This, if the court please, 1511 curi-
ous ease. I ana teteined in it"- Dere
be paused for a wotel. Tracre was f
painful Silence, Gilded by tat! nang
istrate's inquiry:
"Is it curious for you to be retadaed
in 11ca:Se?"
Is APRIL.
the 8weet Elequestereal silence of the reenwoo.i
glade,
Sitting in the shadow that the spreading pines
hove, 11111(10,
I 1t111 list'ning, idly dreaming, through the golden
Itouts of day •
Tor the voice of sPringtinte with Ito.
PrOlnises 01 311)0.
Where tile rippling waters of the brooltlet elear
and sweet .
INInralur fair,y tousle Elti they flow just at iny feet,
Tune thy soul 10 hoar it, for 'tit of higher birth,
5(11111 Ullltt spirit come (110 (ICEtreSt 1.1ailgs of carili.
WIana; arbutus hails ifs modest bloom of dainty
And p.itriot hetiatica, with aosvers red, white and
blue, "
List their spirit 'Voices, "We have not come to
But jtv.t to bring a promise that will bo
in May," .
-11ose Van 13.,flpeaco in Scranton isibune.
s7.00eseoaso*o<>oaat>oaso-Sso<>o<>o<apas
o
s'g
• he Prot liaLared
0
O 0
<43 Sliewing now the Plan of a Novel '0'
o 11153' 113e Intricate °
1.
We fellow's bad missed Dielt'e cheer-
ful face a good deal from the Levity
club of late, and the idea tookposses-
sion of us that he must be.11or in love,
As his especial friend I WaS 0011111315-
sioned to investigate. To .this' end I
called .upon him at his chambers in the
Temple.
I knocked, but received no reply, so
I pushed open the door and entered.
I expected to find tbe rOom empty;
but, to nay surprise, right before me as
I catered sat Dick Graham at a writ-
ing table which was strewn with mal1.
uscriats and odd scraps of paper.
"Dick, old ellen," said I, stepping
forward to his desk and laying my
hand upon his shoulder, "what's up'
Turned deaf all of a sudden?"
"Good heavens!" he -cried. ""I -1 --
you gave me a fright, Harold. I didn't
know any one Was in the room."
"I beg your pardon," I replied. "But
I knocked several times, and as I re.
ceived no Invitation to come, In Inen.
tered." -
"The fact is"- be began apologeticat
ly, with a glance at his desk.
"Yes, yes," I Interrupted, "I see --
your confounded old yarns. Well,
you've simply got to turn them up for
a spell. Now, eonae."
"I would," relined Dick, "were I en-
gaged upon any ordinary story, but
this one I tun working at now is my
masterpiece."'
"I -I'm!" I coughed slightly.
"Really," said Dick, "i'm in earnest
this time. Look here, I've east conceiv-
ed the idea for a plot which. when
worked intd a story will startle the
world with its brilliancy. Just have a
squint fit the outline. Perhaps a sug.
gestion might help me."
Eagerlyhe raked together about a
dozen scraPs of paper covered with dia-
grams and a sheet oi' paper closely
written upon.
"'Sly Idea," he began, "is this: Two
fellows, named respectively Dick and
Harry, are in love with two girls, Lucy
:Ind Mabel. Now, Dick loves Lucy,
while Harry's affections are centered
upon Mabel. Very tvell. But there is
troubre-1. e., Alabel doesn't care n
straw about Harry. Her fancy is
Dick. And the object of Lucy's tender
passion is Harry. D'you see?"
"Yes," rather faintly.
"Well," he continued, "there is to be
a masked ball -in their town, and my
four characters will be present. Dicl.
intend8 to go -as a Chinaman and Harry
as Mr., Answers, Mabel Is going as
Queen Mary and Lucy as Mrs. Kruger.
Bs, some means they all get to Ituoty
what the disguises of the tattlers will
be. But at the last moment each
couple exchange their dresses, revers-
ing the characters. D'you see?"
"I-1 think I grasp it," I muttered
between my set teeth. ,
"Well," continued Dick, "the 'corn
sequence is that Harry, 'who was going
as Mr. Answers, but who has really
gone as a Chinaman, proposes to Lucy.
who is made up as Queen Mary, taking
het to be Mabel, who as a matter of
fact is masquerading as Mrs. Kruger."
A cold sweat was beginnhast to break
out all over me, and I believe I must
have W01-11 that same kind of bunted
expression which vvas now increasing
on poor Dick's face. He had gathered
two or three scraps of paper, and vvas
illustrating the "idea" to rne by means -
of rough sketches of the character;
from one to the other of whom he drew
arrows to point las meaning.
"Go on," I said desperately.
"You see," he said: in compliance,
"here is an arrow pointing from Dick
to Lucy, sbotving be loves her; here is
another from Lucy to Harry, showing
she loves liarry." I fairly trembled
now, aml Graham's hair was assonaing
ft rigid perpendicular. "Then here is a
curved line from Harty to Lucy in the
diagram, showing then) at time ball.'
which points to the fact" --
"Heavens. man!" I broke outs "drop
it, or I'll go lima!"
"Do have ft lithlo patience!" lie cried
excitt.fily. "It's getting (Suite simple,
I assure you. There are only a re•W
points to clear up,' and It'll bo as,simple
as A 13 0,"
Ire dipped his pen Ira the init, and
drew another diagrani 101)10140(1 ting
the foor chn meters.
"You seelty this," he said, p011 11111
10 it, "thin' DM:. who ought to be n
Chinaman, is really Mr, Answera,
while the girl he --that is, her --and
lIa rry has cheinsed his diSgatise from
Aos-aveN to it Chinaninn. Well,
Dick loves Lucy --Queen Mary, refills --
Wit he tabes Mrs. Klemm: to he shit.
See, if"--
"Ilarrion me, Dick, oicl fellow," 1 in.
tetrupted. "it met" be that I am very
dense. hut I Diktat C0112000 that I Can't
follow' you."'"
"Thatte 1)0011 1100 3'0l1't0 11 feel!" he
snapped. "ihis is the grandest; MOSt
povel, situplest and, as tlie' same ties
most iutricate plot ever hatched."
"Well, Intve auotluir tin' to extant
'said I,
11,
Setting Ids teeth and fixing a 010113
leek upon the papers bermes
coal 111011Ced:
"Dick loves Lucy, and littrry love.
Mabel. Mr, AnsT,'vess is going to a bat;
-HO, no; Harry svill be MI% 11.13SAVel',,
alld it 113 Ile Who will be at the bell
with ales. lartig.dr"-
"Haven't you got it a bit mixed?" 1
1'ell1 111'0(1 ti 1111a1Y,,
"Not it bit," he said feverishly, "Lel
me coutinue before I lose the thread."
In awe I listened to illm as he pro-
ceetied:
"They change clisguis'es. atm: Kale
ger and Queen 'laity 'are Mabel and
Lucy, only the other wtty about. The
Chinaman proposes to Mis. Kouger anti
is aceep-I mean, Mr. Answer(( 10"-
1 -le bad jumped to his feet and ivas
turning over the diagram feyerishly.
"Stop it, man!" I cried, "You'll go
off your head!"
"Mr. Kruger' and Queen Afars, went
a s
to a masked ball," I heard him mutter,
`Once again I besought him to desist.
"If the fancy ball -that is, suppose
Mrs. Kruger were a Chinarn--no, no" -
He was fairly dancing about now
with exaitement and, bad sign, had
started to work the thing out on his
finger tips.
I waited for no more.
Without delay I dashed off to tile
Levity and fetched half a dozen
friends, We arrived at Dick's cham-
bers.
The poor fellow was sitting quietly
set
on the floor, surrounded by mann,
scripts and sheets of paper bearing dia-
grams.
"If Mrs. Kruger were to meet. Alr.
Answers at the carnival, would LtiO3'
be engaged to a ChMarnan or to Queen
iarary?" he was muttering. "Stippose
Queen Mary were INIrs. I'iruger--impos-
sible! Then Mr. Answers must be a
Chinaman, and I know be isn't. Sup.
pose a Chinaman married a fancy dress
ball! Who proposed to Mrs. Kruger?"
We stole away as softly ea: we had
come, a.scared loolc on our faces.
A week later poor old Dick Grattan)
was safe in Bedlam.
From a scrap of paper I found in
Dick's rooms I have copied the most
concise description of the plot tie ever
wrote, Here it is: '
"Diclt is in love with Lucy and Har-
ry with Mabel. But Lucy loves I-Iarry,
and Mabel loves Dick. They are all
going to a masked ball and know each
other's intended disguise: befosehancl.
Dick intends to go as a Chinaman and
[tarry as Mr. Answers; Mabel is going
as Queen Slary and Lucy as Mrs. Kru-
ger. But at the last moment each cou-
ple change over disguises. Of course
at the ball Harry proposes to" --
Here the writing breaks off. The at-
tempt to work It out drove Dick (Ira -
liana mad, and .1 defy any one else to
do it without the same result. ---Chicago
Times -Herald.
Never Noticed It.
A traveler in Corsica, says that, al-
though Porto Vecchio is so filthy that
one would like to dip it in the
Mediterrauean for a thorough wash, it
is wonderfully lovely at a distance.
las white giemite houses with red tiled
voofs and fragtnents of old walls, with
the blue sky above and the green knoll
beneath and abdut, make up as allur-
ing a southern picture as ever haunted
a northerner's ruemory. But do the
southerners themselves appreciate it?
If one may judge by coniparlson, ap-
parently not. Says a,Writer in -Travel:
' They do not seem a deeply intelligent
folk on this east coast. I stopped in a
very hot part of' the road to ask a man
the name of it certain noble mountain
peak inland, with veins of snow upon
"I do not know," said he heavily.
"Ala, then you do not live here?"
"Yes, I ant of these parts."
"But you were not brought (it) here?"
"Yes, I -was born here."
"Anil you do not Snow the !Rune Of
that very higl) mountain?"
"I know nothing about It."
He spolte conclusively. 'The nmst
conspicuous object in his daily land-
scape had, Iii his eyes, no significance
whatever.
, Deutli tand Snuff.
A 'Certain M'argaitet Wilson of West-
minster, who was 1111 inveterate' statiff
taker, enjoined that a quantity of
-Scotch snuff sltould be placed In her
aottin. She also ordered that the ar-
rangements conneeted with her: l'uneral
should be as follows: "Six naen to be
illy bearers wile are known to be the
arctatest snuff takers in the pttrish of
•
$t. James, Westminster. Instead of
mourning, encli to wear a snuff colored
beaver hat, which I 'desire may be
bought for the 01111)050 and gis-en to
thein, Six ,tnititlftns of iny ' old ac-
quitintance to bear nay pall. cacti to car.
037 a tiox 11110)1 with the best Scotch
enuff, to tal:e for their' ret'reetimept as
they go along." Smilf was alsO to be
titres-teatin die tIll'OSItold Or deceased's
dwelling liefore the vortege' passed
01.1C, snuff NV'as Ise strewn on the
erotiti(I at f.very 20 yards in adl'ance
of tile eoftin, and tLe otliciating clergy-
num's fee woes to be proportionate 10
the quantity of snuff lie consumed dur-
ing the 5e1etnonyantle05e11010 'Words.
A itottae of nttirtoilteo.
l'he first pin *313 or woesleip in 'West-
orti AustrItila was quite urtique both
11-001 its frail form of construction tin)]
1.00 11 Several purtioses tta, wIlIch it
et; as (1evet (al. This re in n r Ise I e 11,11110-
'11g seas nmtle nt Perth, then merely a
tosert site, lay soh:lie:el of nie Second
sonipaity, Sixty-thied regimen), slairtly
ofiter detncinnent nrritesi ttie
eolona in 1820, fend tete, emmeteed al-
most entirely of bulrushes, In ad-
dition to this tante little 011110(i beina
fleet] on StunIttys for divine Worehip, it
sotne,titnes 1100*' 011 1111 1111 /1 111 11 10111' 11011.
ter dltritig, wns ' 110t1
during the tsdi ale tittle lig a bar '0):110.
FIELD BEETS,
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Dlltril OrolvillLt rfltetlt loot' ataneas-Whest te
SolV-..{.10041. Nzt, raetteit.
KEE1) ollT TFIE .
Nantv inosICtsaalicttat. DEVICE '20.1.:
AVOID 'TILE CONTAIIIINA-
•• T1ON 0 10 MILK.
1, •
4 II 21.'44
• •
Doctors, scientists and agricultural
experts are all very much concerned ttt
the present tium about the contamina-
tion of milk and the serious conse-
quences that are apt' to 'result from It.
In the up to date dairy eYery effort is
made to keep the milk from being con-
taminated by stable dirt or foreign
.matter, which May adhere to the cow's
teats or flanks, or which may he float-
ing around in the air in the stable.
Among: the precautions suggested are
naechatical milkers, but these have not
come into extensive use,, altlaough in
one form or another there are isolated
examples of their nse in dairies in dif-
ferent parts of the world. The ifins-
trittion here presented 10 a suggestion
along this line and represents the idea
of Sohn C. Dulgan of Melbourne, Vle-
,44-VTittro
NEW MILGING mstacE,
toria. It comprises teat cups, wi n
finger loops for the thumb and finger
arranged, longitudinally on opposite
sides, which prevent the 113ilke 's
hands from coming In contact WitLi t ae
teats and thus transferring dirt or d s-
ense germs from one animal to another.
Thealailk is conducted to the tnilk pail
through rubber tubes, and, as the pail
is inclosed, there is no contanilhation
there, so that, provided the milk is
frOm a good, healthy cow, the clairy-
man is assured of milk as pure and
free from coutaminetion as it is pos-
sible to -get it.
,• Dant Pttrpose Cow.
Numerous have beentbearticles re-
garding the dual purpose animal, and
it has been noticed tLat the last ditch
in the line.of defense taken by the op-
ponents, of this valuable animal is the
diflieulty of 'producing her, writes Pro-
fessor sa. G. Hopkins of the Wisconsin
College of Agriculture in The Breeder's
Gazette. Judging from the standpoint
of the special purpose man, this objec-
tion is well nigh insuperable,and yet
when inveetigation is rnade among
those pure breds and their grades,
which are allowed to corne the nearest
to dual purpose stock, we find that the
objection stated is no longer tenable.
No one will deny but that the special
purpose cow has her place, and in all
fairness Are Sh011Id also allow as inuch
for the'dual purpose anunal. To be
-specific, the lance for the dual purpose_
COW, a cow that will not only. give a'
Cale quantity of milk and butter, but
that will also produce a calf that will
utak°, if properly fed, a marketable,
fat animal, is in the west, in northern
WiSe011Sirl, Iowa, Minnesota, the Da-
kotas and the Canadian northwest.
According to my own observations and
experience, I have no hesitation in say-
ing that4he Shorthorn will give us
the dual puspe,so animal. ancl doubtless
euch breeds rig the Red laells rutty also
tio it. As to the other breeds lain un
-
111)10. through lack of experience, to
clatna such a valuable quality 01' char.
neteristic for them.
COOking Food POI' CONI'St.
There is 110 advantage in cooking 01
steaming -food for cows in the sense of
et:ringing the character of the food by
heat 'as is done ha domestic cooking.
Corn fodder and similar food will be
more readily eaten by cows If it is.
softened by moisture, and steaming is
often a convenient way of doing this.
'Clae grain should be fed uncooltecl or
i he cut, fodder moistened by steaming
or otherwiSe. Cottonseed meal is liver-
oralate to oil meal for cows on attempt
of its lower cost. Both should he fed
iu moderfttion, the cottonseed because
it is soulewhat feverish fmcl constipat.
mg and the oil meal because it is lax'ig
live and- tends also to make a soft, oily
butter.--Couutry Gentleman.
ntreeineen Crean*.
The oreferttble degree 01' ril)eness 113
file crerun. )vill be indicated bse the fol-
lowing -points, stays Pe02e0e00 Itobet‘t.
5011.01 Clitanala: A mil(1, pleasant, acid
ta8te, 11 uniforuily -thick consistency
;Ina fl glossy a ppenganee stimewilat like
oll paint. if not fit the exact to.inpera,
010 (11(:7111'61(1 fear clieirning, it 1(11001(1 he
pooled or wartneel to flint poifat, 30111311
t'ony range fitm at to (11 degrees
at'e(trclints to the, eenson1 t should lie
'±)'1(i11 p01 Into 1110 cliurn, and the 01101.11
elnatild not be, fillsid to more ilian two-
riftliS 01' its crioncity. buiter color
t.., to be tised, it 0101111d lae-fi,cided to the
(Tenni before the churning is 00111
0131)
Are' You a 111ttieyinenti't
"13ettainse yell (sten cases, do 3700 eon.
81)101' yourself, a. (11(113711111(1 5'' 001101
George NC‘voll lu 'I'he iStnerialin
Cilltigator. "Yeti ftve *lot 11 C11111011111 11
iti the tree e1.11101e' of' word -mortise
374)11*' 01)300 ere eon fitattltaallY
, ,
bot 1)') off' al 1,11(1 01101 (.2 every yettit
floing it?"' ,
'S
1 1)011000 that in all of tile years
have grown beets' I novels once failed
to get a stand, although' sometimes it
WITS not a Cull one. I, attribute this
atore 10 ettlett solving than to any 0111
*31' cause. Scene years ago a cireular
issued by a company thttt was intalchats
beet sugar came into int, hands. One
"Joint svhich they insisted on espettlitlIv
•
was that, the sowing should be clematis '
early as possible. Although the lo-
cality was in one of the northern
states 'where the seaeon was lunch
later than here in southern Ohio, the
circular said, "Plant in March If pots
sible, aud if not early in April," '
Another point which the circular ha
ststecl 011 was that the thinning must
be 'done before the plants are spitallea
and crowded, as this, if alloWed, stunts
the growth and reduces the yield.' 0110
need have no fear of ilanatige by late
spring frost, as the ht -tet is it very
hardy,splant and will „not be injured
by a freeze that naaltes the ground
haid enough to walk over Nth:110,111
bl'ealtillg. 1 pittrit it row of beets hi
the garden every spring the first'day
that the land can be tvorked, and this
Is, often the first week ill Marcia. Usuel-
ly the land freezes hard after the beets
are up so that they cam be seen in
the row, but I have never had theta
killed.
The , thinning. should be done wl.er
the beets are fsbont three inches- high.
We firSt go over tnemwith a hoe and
chop out the rows so /IS to leave bi,uch-
es about eight Inches apart.' The a the
thinning mast be done by hassle for
what sve'crall a beet seed is aeleisk or
pod containing several seeds. There-.
fore the bedts usually come "Ill/ 131 "
bunches, and the best way to thin the
bunches is with a knife, and one must
go over the bed on bands and knees' to
do it. I 'attend personally to the first
thinning, which is done with the hoc,
as by using, a little judgment the hand
work can be teduced., lairs, the space
between the plants front six inches to
a foot, -so as to leave a single plant
•
whereves it is possible. 171 1130 space is.
a foot between .the plants, they wiit
grow larger and a little coarser; but
there will 1)0 about the same weight of
roots in either case.
It is of equal importance that the cut
tivation should be.gin as early as possi-
ble. The hand cultivator is indispensa-
ble to get the best results, for math a'
good tool of this 11100 the beets can be
worlteci as soon as you can -see to fol-
ios), the rows and all weeds killed be-
fore they do any ,dainagcs aha the
plants be given an early and "quick
start to grow. WO do not try. to work
the lanai more than ail Mph' deep a
first, and this enables ns to rub yeas
.close to the 'plants without covering
them. The -tool used most is a shovel
or „bull tongue -svhich is reversible, one
end being a littleoveran 'inch Wide
and 110 other about three inches. We
use the -narrow end while tbe plants
are sinall and then loosen:the bolt and
turn the 'wide end down asethe' plan!,
can take more earth. .
.1 have ' experimented for severa
Y.ears to ascertain what varieties ate
best to grow. On my soils which is a
strong linaestone .clay, with, 'enough
sand to make it work ,fairly weir, /
have discarded the sugar beets, and
all things considered I fiudethe Yellow
Globe Mangold the • intist :profitable.
Perhaps a larger yield 01111 be grown ;
of the Golden Tankard -or some Of the
long kinds of beets, but the excess will
be in the longwoody top, Ftliink that ,
shallow cultivation is better. 201' this, •
crop than deep.
NlysacIvice to the farnaers \rho are la -
tending to grots, beets is, that they get
the seed in D'obrutary and at the first
datein alarcla that the laud can be
put in good order theysow the seed.' ,
It sts - best to sow 1),v line, astthe'
straighter the row's the fewer weeas
will escape the cultivator, - Ohio,
Farmer.
itinittiring In Late Winter Ike/
Spring.
, I have na :inured -about ou t 1,1 i rd C 3
1110Wing field In the latter part,of
ter aild 111 Slarch ,and April, thenaliew-
ed the field in ;Cane, 111101 svotild netnure
the balance of the fiel1. ill 11111 and 3011)
ter and put the field ila corit the next
spring; ftnd after the corti titad fodder
,
were in,the barn' I 'have taken 1115 Man
10- the edge cif the field and 0110See0
him by the stalltS that 300 had more
fertility .and better cam *011010 10(1 1110-
11111-0(1. and mowed the field than svlier
we manured aTfter the mowing, says
'Pennsylvanitt correspo lident or The Na
tional StocIttuttn, :Sint whorl 1012 teens
hauling to 'tile barn the 111137 produesea
by the triftnttee triaile in sv,inter, A.101'011,
and Aptii7 my neighbor was 1:1111105, asysme
trantire, inade an the stinae time, fa) his
bare conistalks, [stilling it ()fr tbe \vete
on \vitt) thttt fatuous, diang ,1100113. 01111
tlaere it lay until he, tectit to 11101,
,11'11011 110 0:arced it 111-0111)(1 in diat
clitinks the size- of int. 1(11(1 3110311 ,
seine tittle sve VV(lr(1 1)1010111g ',01.111130)11
e10Ver 011 the same keret of' a (told.
Sitar f.2e New 1orili.-112.1 (311
\Viten the ran servo ,Ivh1111 1111 ,,V1
ter killed. or where ,the 11(11(01111) 2137 turS
11ee11 troubleeorne, epripg stagett nmy,
be sotvii, ceop ataa ,ote:e 'the fe-
vorite in many seciltittS, but II 11(130 .7
alitmaotied to a !ergo, extent, excepting'
in scene nortlae.tar lehetlities, as fit fltina,
da. There they still grew it in ,prefet
enee, arid they (attain as good crops a
ftre usually grosvn from -tvlitter waea,
We see no yeason why seed, obtai,n,ett
frerottlie north should 1102 37101(1 ,111 good
0101; Ne.W York or ()1119, tin ttity lend
tiartt Wciuld 2,TO Wr W t WIlellt, 1100 10
place seller), 110 aliounds it would
111100 to (30:11011(1 only wit!) SO pinny or
them :IS cattle oft the field Ssoniserne
field of ran., 0301) 'wheat tiearlay.' T119'
winter salieftt leis to contend agitlitsf
betli tlie fall laro(al and the iorges
01)0111 i brood ,3011101) results'210111 it,
' says'1fil,iCall ' A 1 '
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