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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1904-2-4, Page 2;Oleg tgia,442<4#44e*ie4e4m4tig4,eoE4,4A4tEg41.4*..<44<eck“., OMAN'S LO A A A OR, A BROTHER'S PROCHSE rik kef OffSTEit 'V11.-(0ontitteed,) Whoa the waiter Sad gone Hector went to one of Lis portmanteaux and drew out the beadle of documents whit% had been giver: him by Queen thethialena, ott tbe eve of his de- parture. Slow often had he reed :Ind reg end them during the short, vote age ! °lege enough, et least, for him to know them by heart. Yet .be wished to eons:tat -the particular one that conveyed inst•ruetions Seer to act and etneport himself during the lest days of his stay la the land. This as what he read. in Bravo's angulur handwriting : If any one shows you a cross-bill,- etl dagger or polite/SI bearing the letter It in silver, unhesitatirgly ask hitn for the password. Ile Motile reply : 'For Palmetto, freedom.' If he does not, he ass coins) by the sign wrongly, and you should Dud ea. who he is, so as to be able to re- port him to our friends that be may Le watched. Ge receiving the tortect, reply, yOlt will say 'Free- dom is' bet half.' The reply is. 'Freedom and Illadelatena is all.' 'You will then say : 'fler Majesty flume Maddalena,' and the answer must be: 'Whom God preserve.' There- after you mere conduct the conversa- tion as you please, only having re- sard to preset -0e your character of anvoy of her Majesty, and ia all things to eomport yourself in ac- cord with the dignity and honor of your position." Ifector then turned 14 the Direc- tory of Persons aad looked up the name of the colonel of Clastaldi's re- giment.' "Doia Miguel Ortona y Cajal," he read. "Resides on his estate of Frie ganeta, in 'the district of Telde, rat - teen miles from Palm City. Believed to be a worthy man, but not very enthusiastic.. Bound to the cause chiefly through the devotion of his daughter„ the Senorita 'Asunta, whose hatred of Hispaniola and adoption of our side dates from the death of her favorite brother, Mau- rice, as a. Hispaniolan conscript in San Domiego. Don Miguel ran be remedied through his 'daughter. Among- your 'documents you Will find IL letter of introduction to her." While Hector was debating in his mind in what way hest to spend his first day in Palm City -whether to roam about and familiarise himself with the toun and its environs, or at once to seek out the leader in- dicated in Bravo's •memoranda -the matter was being settled for Min by the Orange Xing. That alert, per- sonage: buret into the room as Hec- tor was packing away his papers. '(fl ,� see you're up so early, Grant," he cried airily., 'Tbe early bird may not catch the worfn, but at least he stands an excellent chance." Ifee waved his hand towtuals thet _window. 'Been takiug in the view 'What do you think of it ?" "A little bit like the scenery of a comie opera," said Meter, reverting to his first impression. "Wait. The hills will remove ,the idea. They impress even me -an un- imaginative business nam" "It's all so 'dusty here." . "Dust, tobacco, naanane-, oranges -- these are Palmetto," answered Mr. Thomas Smith. "Didn't know you made epigrams" "I don't. I make money," "Anti queens." "You're too clever by half this morning, young man. Now, look here, 'This is what I came to say: These troops in camp are on their way.home to Hispaniola. They are only stopping here to recruit - their health after the malarial fever of the west. The general is stopping in • this house. 1 caught him this morning. He has heard of me -- everybody in Palm. Clity knows me -- and he invited me to accompany him to parade in half an hour. Will you come? You'll see the sort of mat- erial you've got to tackle. It'll be worth your while." "Of course I'll come." "All right. Get downstairs • as soon- es you can. I'm going to get something to eat." fleeter ate his fruit and -drank his wine as he dressed, arid in tea Min- utes he Was seated in the room, opposite opposite General Stampa,, one of the sauerest Hispaniola n gen- tlemen, and Ot10 of the timeliest of the century, His record as com- mandant -general of the forces in Aruba, Ifispaniola's thief. 00101V' in the West Indies, was uneuvia.ble 'even among a, entople net partieularly aoted for lundliness of heart. Fire arid rapine had merited his progress of pacification -he had had the task of quelling a potty rebellion, arid he had traneformod an insignificant ris- ing into a chronic insurrection last- ing over years -death and wholesale vobbery had raged wherever his tent - pegs Sad 13een 'driven. His name was used by Hiepanfolan mothers• as a bogey to fright their babes, and his soldiers bated him as much as they feared him. He was now re- turning home laden with the fruits of years of peculation and thievery, smiling and blend as a professor of moral philosophy, seeming to live only for his coffee, his cigarillo, and the sight of his home. "Ah 1 armor, to the wary axile, what a beautiful word is home, with the loved ones waiting. with open arms 1" • If report were true, the general lived up to the Maxim that tyranny, like charity, sliould be,gin at home. "I sorrow over the 'delay that keeps- me in. gdurance here, even though it be a paradise. There is a villa in the shadow of the Sierras, where little ones are longing, not for the general,the mldter, no 1 -for the indulgent parent. But, thank the, Holy Virgin 1 duty is )aly wateb.- werd-duty-:duty," And he Sit an- other cigarillo reflectively, while Efector wondered if this soft-spoken, oft -hearted gentleman were really the ogre, blood-stained and crime - stained„ common talk had made Min; wondered, too, if this were the man ho might have to oppose in the day of battle. "Ah ! yes," murmured StamPae" "duty. I have other children, the King's, ten thousand of them here. We go to pay theni a little morning visit -in their nursery. Come, gen- tlemen, time flies." At the door of the -hotel they found three fine Andalusite)barbs, at the head of each a Ilispaniolan orderly. "I have taken, the liberty, Senor Smith---" Stampa indicated the horses with courtly wave of the hand. • "You are, more than kind." said Mr. Smith, "but—" "They are as gentln as rave no !Ser.". 'Ver. easteme—" "We do touble about fashions here. Cell' e They tunic., air horses' heads to the right end rece slowly along to the Alameda, where the General's staff, gli rt ng wi tit gold, awaited him. lie.tor, conscious of his own strenp,alb and fine physique, nurtured amorg the purple hills of the North, felt a certain amount of reasonable coetempt for the puny individnalie ties- of the General's entourage, and to himself he commented adversely on their slovenly appearance. Most of them wore beards, in no very kempt oondition, while some • even grew small mutton -chop • whiskers. Nor was impreseed 'much by their :demeanour; some were openly ser- vile, while oChers had an air of bor- ed haughtiness that could be read to Mean the indifference of the de- generate. There was not one open, frank countenance aiming them; suspicion, cunning, dissipation -the marks of these were plentiful. The Staff saluted Perfunctorily. and fell in behind the General and his friends. They came -soon to 'the camp, a little city of :White tents, 'beautiful in tlie sem. As they paesed. through on their way to the parade -ground, a parallelogram of lava -dust, Hec- tor noted that the tents were not so beautiful as they had seemed at a distance. They were tattered and old, and had they belonged to any other nation than Hispaniola, would lambs. hich is Your Weakest Point ••••••,-jsraci.e. In Regard to Health? — Where Do You Tire M081 Easily? What Organ Gives Out First? Most people aro not coestrueted like the deacon's one-horse Shays which Was equally strong at every Point, and showed no sign of weak- ness until it all went to pieces. Itmay he weak action of the beast lungs or stomach, pain and weakness of the back,. failure of, memory, eye- sight or hem -lug -some weak point of which you at times feel conscious. Dr. Chase's Nerve Food is most valuable, because of its strengthen- ing and building -up influence, The two mediums of the blood and nerves are the only ones ter which the body of marl ean be influenced in health or diasase- It is by forming Dew blood and cleating new terve force that this great food cttre sends tiew streegth extd vigor to every organ of the body. It searches out the weak spots and niakes them stroeg, By rioting your increase in weight while using it, you con prove that new, fixert flesh and tissue are being formed, Mrs. Chas, sr,„ Owen Sound., Ont,, writes 1 -"It pleasure to tell what benefit 1 have danived from Dr, Cluesa's Norte reach1 ael abeett fifty-five years old arid for about Ave years my- life was otie of great seaming from ner- vousness, weakness and extreme physical adiaustion. I could not _sleep and hot flushes would pass through nee body. from feet to head, I constflted my family physician and two other doctors, but they told me that about my tine of life I was likely to be troubled that way. continually grew worse and despair- ed of over being cured, Dr. Chase's Nerve Food came to my entice and as we have Dr. Chase's Receipt Book I have confide/tee in the Dee - tor, 1 was so surprised at the help I teceived from the first box that I bought three more. They built nue right up and nicisle nie feel heelt-Ity and young again. They have prated a great blessing to me euid hope this testimonial will be or help to some Weak nervotts woMea suftering fl.g 1Sid." Dr, Chase's Nerve Flood, 50 cents rt bon, six boxes for S2,50, at ell dealeror Sichnansata. Ete &flo.. Toreute. 'Po proteet you against imitations the Portrait and signn- tete of Dr, W, Chase, the !amens receipt book author, are on eveity baat. letTe been condemned loeg since, Fortunately.,111 tbe glorious, alatest rainless chinate of Palmetto, tenta did not matter. Stills the Mot Made another point towards his estiatiatO of tile IllisPestiolits army, The para'deground Was, quite a. Mile loss by ebeiett half e iiiilu in breadth. Here Pieta= had his fleet view of the paha trees that give their softname to the ,is1anU They enclosed the ground on tinge sislea, their Metbery green tops meting a grateful Mellow oil the hot Week grit, that to Welk on was a torture:. Alorig, one of the sides stretched: lino of carriages, the smart Sictorias and lumbering berouches of theis- land aristocracy, and the ricketty tartenas of the less wed -to-do; erbile ea the opposite side, i the full gime of the MottlingSun, sprawled the atimeson people, With here and there a mountaineer seated on his dOn14(,,, OA' mule. In thecentre of the space the troops steed to attention, shab- by in. bleached bine and dingy white. Thd General turnedhis horse's head towards the line of carriages, "Our first 'duty," he said, twirling Lis grey Moneta-4.M with a:fat hand: toward the 'fait. Beauty and Duty, the soldier's twin -Stars from time immemorial. Good thyme in your Eeglish tongue, and ratist reaSen, in all teinguea," The , Orange King grunted on Stempas right, andon his left, Heater, remenaboriag the maxi's re - Ord,: grew .hot with 'disgust, "We" have to make distiectioes here, senor," Wont on the General, "We tbe not teeogriize Or only. dis- tantly, these Palmetto animals: there are sufficient of our awn aoun- try-women hero to make life not all an 'Eyeless Eden. The Palmetto wo- men are not devoid of charm, but thee are -whet shall 1`. say Stretecli- broils cats, Man and woman 'alike are rebellious animals. Fire • and : He paused to how to an Over- dressed matron in tight purple, swelling in a vast green barouche. "Charming Wonian-ewile of our Superintendent orf Cestoms. Fire and Weird, as 1 was saying, Woul'd work wonders amoeg these rebels." ' "Rebels, 'did you say ?" interrupt - et); the Orange King.. "Tr nitO? 0,nd rejoined Stampa. "I only hope that they tale it into their heads to rise while commend -here. I promise they shall have short shrift.'' "But I always thought the, pal- mettos were the most peaceable race—'' "Then, my 'dear Senor•wnito, You _ thought Wrongly. Why, catty yes- teday Our Governor had news from our ambassador in your gay capital transmitted from Madura, that a plot is beteg hatched there, asSplot to pverturn the rule of his Most Catholic' Majesty." • : .), Hector stiffened himself in the sad- dle. . • "Myself„ place small faith in.: the rumour. It ,is nothing but One Of . But if it these anarcl should be tr stay with us a little while, show you how deal with such .1e." He reined up ide a large open earriage, ixi whi sat a dark Nita. ty, radiant by the side of a prophet - like hidalgo, with a long white beard and flowing moustache. Stem - pa bowed low'. "Senorita Asunta,," he said, "this is a red-letter day in my calendar. Two suns shine on me," and he' made a grandiloquent sweep of his arm as if to include the heavens and the fair lady. "Don Miguel, I greet You. I desire to present to you my friends, Senor Thomas Smith and Senor Hector Grant." The senorita flashed her wonderful eyes On Hector, who for one dazzled moment sat his horse in silent ad- miration. Then he bowe'd and mur- mured something inaudible. "I go." said Starnpa, "to my duties. I leave you, senores, in hos- pitable hands. Farewell, senorita -- farewell, senor." Fortune,. thought Hector was be- ginning to smile upon him: nothing happier could have been destine'd. surely. For a moment he reeente'd the almost ,cavalier fashion in which the Ilispaniolan general had should- ereS Smith and himself .,. into the company of the Ortonas, and left them -there in their moment of sue - prise; and then he realited that• Stamps, had all unwittingly doee him a service he would have been at some trouble to accomplish for him- self. A moment's glance at the Soft sunlit blue of sky and sea, and he took new courage betwden his two hands -he turned towards Astm- ta. Her face- was surely the morning : the clear blue of sky and sea be had just been invoicing for inspiratioe was in her eyes; in the flash of her white teeth was the snowy sparkle of foam. that marked the surf -line; her hair -no, that was not morning, it was the hour of night that comes before the dawn. She was beautiful indeed not as Maddalena, the in- comparable Queen. was beautiful - hers was the loveliness and brooding fairness of night; but alive and quiv- ering with the life and brio of a Palmetto inorning. Why, you could see her dancing as she sat smiling, half lost in the gaping depths of the great family carriage. "You are from London, then sen- or ?" Tbe question Wee a sigh -a curve in the silence more than a bi eak. "From London last." "And you arrived—" "Bet, last night." "Yet you must have been afoot °ally, We take a 'Week's eleep be- fore coming YO a morning parade. Bet the English are a sleepless raCO -they make a work of pleastwe." rather, they makci a Pleas. tire of their woila-that's why they "Ah 1 do you also boast like all other ^English ?" "No, no. 1 oely speak for them, am. not Enslith, I ran 0. Scot, end perhaps T do Sot love my brothers otermucli; yet I cannot be silent when solid virtue is attacked "But are liot, Scot teed English one ?" ''Thank God, no 1 The desire to Semmvmdui ha to rem cite pc), site- I eeevea eaeli of us alit% and strong:1 like echnetition between traders, the 't*tit+ettist.s.StteaitireSie'sitageSso-SeessSet higher majolica rivalry nutices us re- spectful of eaeh other." "Alt ! so you ere a Scot." "Worse than thet,'" laughed Hector, "mach worse -I ant what is sUlied a HiShlatuler," A. little shadow of inquiry dark:oil- ed the whiteness of her brow. "How shall I explain? Perhaps ;you Mune the same "distinctions here. It is the differeace between ono born on the Meet° end one born demi. in Palm City or the plaits.” She tools the_poiet. "I myself," elm saniletl, not a. tie proudly, "was born in the Monte." • "Then the subtle distinction----" "0 'yes, I feel it. But tell me— and she paused as it finding her geasp of Seashell ireeflicient to ex- press her meaning; as if, too, she Snow her question was abrupt, are you here, fee pleasure or for work ? 1 mean, do you make holi- day, or aro you lite Mr. Smith, on business '2" s Hector looked at her etraigStt. Sbe 'bail turned away her twee, musing inteat On nothing but the swaying lino of troops' that Died, by with a tired, half -awake sort of plod, a slouch that was the outcome of or- ders, not of will, - 'Moth,'he answered. ''Woelc, not business, I know; and, I hope, please tiro tee." She flashed on him again. • "It is difficult to combine the two." "Duty does 'that for xis." "You have the last word/' alio cried, 'very Pleased. "It pays to have it," said Hector, half consciousthat by saying- it be hail spoiled her implied compliment. Yet she nodded in agreement. Smith was :doing his best to carry on. 11 conversation with Dos Miguel. It was rather a one-sided affair, for Smiths knowledge of the Palmetto tongue was limited, tufa Don Miguel katew no other. But by 'dint of ex- pressive gesture, he managed to con- vey to the Orage :King a quantity of interesting mis-information. - The parade was nearly over. Stain- paand his staff finished their march of inspectiort through the opened ranks and took' up their places -at the saluting -base, under the limit folds of the liispaniolan flag. The troops .were whmlotl into long wav- ering lines for the marchapiest. • The massed bands made a prema- ture dash at the Hispantolan Nee tional Antheru; but at the end of two bars a staff officer sprang at them with windmill arms, and they fell asleep, or lit their cigarillos again, as the whim took them. Asunta looked up at Hector, and smiled contemptuously.. Ire smiled baa a question. "The Anthem. !" she said "Waa that one of the shadows ?" "Shadows ?" Goeung events, you know." "Alt !—" His eyes gloomed, but he answered lightly enough. "So you rend out poets, senorita." "0 ! we have a proverb ourselves - 'over 'the shadow is the cloud. There was some commotion arid outcry at the saluting -base that st•oppetl Hector's reply. The His- paniolan flag kiroope'd from a tall and heavy pole, fixed loosely in the shifty , Came a. sudden flaw, arid the silk flapped out to its full glory. All the morning it hall hung lazily; this was its effort, and it was too great. The pole came down with it crash on a little group of officers who scattered with strange unmanlike cries of conster- nation; and the flag of Hispaniola, the old orifinnune of conquest, cast a cloud of black sand to the sena-- Reefer's superstition took the sign, arid met a companion superstition in Asunta's eyes. She stood up in the carriage and laughed. Her father spoke to her sharply, and she gave him the explanation. Ile. too, etood up, and so they remained until a squad had raised the flag again. . SThe.shadows gather fast," she said. "The clouds too," said Hector; "the chnids with the lightning:" • :Donna ASunta iu•mbleil with her hand milting the chigons on her breast. She 'drew forth something whish slie held out to Hectore-a tiny brooch, a .silyer ,dagger with the siginfieent.R. Ile was not taken by surprise , "Give me the word." "For Palmetto, freedom." It was the merest whisper, "Freedom is but half." "Freedom and Maddalena. is all." "Her Majesty Queen Maddalena." "Who God Preserve 1" He' gave her baek the jeweL • The march past was now going on • to the blare of trumpets and the clang of cymbals and 'drums. • "We must see you soon' at Frigan- eta," :she said. "As sooraas it is eonvenient •for you to receive me." She whispered to her father. The old man glanced paned swiftly: there was none to see -every eye Was fixeil on the undulating lines of sol- diery : he raised bis h.arid, and in military fashion saluted Hector. "To -morrow," said Dolma Asunta. Then silence fell, and eontinued until the parade was over. The troops dled off to 'their ground, and the dark plain, 11 113 igannt-1 hot and dusty, was soOn filled with tbe breaking croevtl, Smith and Hoc - tor fell in, 0110 On, each ,side of the Cliatter began: Oagratoinha carriage, Jest outside the town, and at the ease of the parade -ground, a road terned off to the left. "Our way lies here," said Asunta. 'For tell fence straight, through the orange groves. The road is Cray.' "'Neu till to -morrow, farewell," 8ai'cllirtect.c"c'ai `iTiiltenorrottr," she laughed, "Do ti 11 e 1 tl s ear e ' ' "Batclaesare, ? No, ITeetor--Ettore, as you say," he replied, "Ettoee ? 'Well, teat, may conics Let it be Baldassare now, Adios f "Ashoe 1 Adios !" TTertor wondered why she should 1) ANC! cal loci iiiw by 1.1) et oil ilandielt a0.10. ITe was soon to know - (Te be Continued.) 4 a :rt1 V..1, 1 IS A sitaft.00abie and Profitable 't• fOf the soii. 4 flints for the Busy liners .': 9.1 -HE TY*1'4C;CILI*D.A.1174'0"(OW:641 At the recent anneal meeting of the Ayrshire Breeders' Association in Albeey, a Very; able wiper by Secre- tary Winslow, on structure and char- acteristicof the dairy cow was rend. We have space only for the conclud- ing' portion. After describing the street:m.01 characterietics of the beef tyrAtt cslaundda.try fo ditilenl,ho said:renclebot.een that a "In studying the outward form of the cows of ell breeds that have giv- en the highest yields at„ the debar, yau will flucl them lacking in that shapeliness ascribed to the beet Ani- mal, and tallith to a aecf breeder would be considered homely and ill - "It has always seemed that the breeders of dairy cattle was trying to obtain the highest results at the oail front a beef typo and let ge the straight contour of the beef producer with the greatest reluctance. "It is almost" proverbial that a peat producer in the dairy breeds stands no show in the ring beside her more shapely sister of the best type in winning the ribbons which should denote superiority. I have heard our Cana.dian cousins in the ring, condemn a scrumpled honied Ayrshire cow regardless of her milk- ing ,appearance, because her horns were not characteristic of the breed, aud SHOULD BE TJPRIGHT. "The highest excellence of a dairy cow is her capacity to give the larg- est dairy product from the least food consumed, and when you study the outward formation of the great pro- ducers you do not find them having large horns or straight backs. While you may now and thee get a fairly good product from a cow lacking in one or more of the dairy characteris- tics, still it is the exception, and in breeding should not be encouraged. Perfection in all those points that in themselves fit the cow to do her highest work should be encouraged and those points which are not found in cows doing the highest work be discouraged. "Constitution is the foundation of excellence, because withleut it the best of other points aro useless. By constitution in a dairy cow I do not mean that she is like a beef animal, any more than I would require a run- ning Thoroughbred to have the form of a Clyde or a Percheron. I have heard it said that you must have width between the forelegs of a dairy cow to insure coestitution, but which has the stronger constitution to endure .,o, hard strain, the race horse or the draft? Which has the strogger constitution, the dairy cow thin in the withers and light in the shoulders, that can: produce ten times her weight in milk during the year and a half her weight in butter, or the beef cow that can in the two or &lee years of her lifetime pro- duce half a ton of meat? "Perhaps the next point in import- ance is the inclination and ability to consume' and digest a large amount of COARSE FODDER. Then follows the perfection of udder and milk development, and while we would allow a material departure from straight lines in shape • of the dairy cow, her udder should 'when young, have 'a good degree of con- formity to straight lines, because, other things being equal, the squarer and straighter the udder the greater capacity and the lines of beauty are, hero -the signs of gtility. "Our interest here to -day centres in the Ayrshire breed of cattle, ' and It is for us to inquire how we may breed the Ayrshire cow so as to have her, constantly: progressing in • ability to produce a large amount of dairy product of good quality at a mini- mum cost. It is only recently that any concerted action has 'been taken to' find out what was really her dairy ability, .and while we- have not • as large a number of cases as we would wish to allow ns to.compare the form with the dairy result, we have • a few; and as far as I have been able to observe, the same rule holds title in Ayrshire as M other breeds as to the • dairy form that excels at the pail, as you depart from that from the form the yield. as a rule decreas- ed. ' "The question for Ayrshire breed- ers to decide is whether they will hold to the Ayrshire model as laid down by Scotch breeders for the show ring, or will change somewhat the iditel type as laid 'down in the scales of points,and allow a more decided dairy to be the standard of excel- lence. • Aro the breeders of Ayrshire to Stand still and keep the stand of the Ayrshire cow at a medium grade,. or ,are they ready to push her to the front as a producer? "There is a limit to the product al - Most in proportion to her shapeli- ness 08 laid down in the scale of points forthe show ring. The gees - tion is aro you breeding show Ayr- shire or dairy Ayrshires? The scale of points as issued by the associa- tion is supposed to be the standard of excellence and the rtutt TO GUIDE I3HEM:i11I11S, Now let any breeder go through his herd and keep a eareful record of the dairy yield and compare it with the perfect, type as laid down in the male points, and see where it lands him. Are the cows that scale the highest the ones that pay the best'? Every breeder should, as far as he is able, bate Me herd close to the type of the bteed, and which shall lie sac rifice, looks Or utility? It the scale of Points is not such ea will eneour. ago breedieg Ayrshires of the highest utility, then the mete should be changed 00 11.8 not only to allow but encourage breeders to develope the highest type of et dairy Ayrshire. "The photographs of noted At:r- id-lire at the pail, both in Scotland and here, indicate that tho groatost dairy" yields come from a different looking cow from the one Yon usu.- ally see led lute the stow ring, 81 COW of more distinctively dairy type. "I saw two inipsertatl Ayrshire cows, at the Experimental Farm at Ottawa, and the record of the dairy type was far (Owed of the show type. There is ao gooS VOLISOn why there Should be Such a scarcity of 10,000 Pounds Ayrshire cows, and if breed ers would pay more attentioa to the dairy type a their Ayrshire cows the 500 pounds cows would be more plentiful. "I see no good reason why our Am erican breeders of Ayrshire should fol. low after the Scotch type of large horns and small twits, If the Aye sb ire breeders of Scotland havo. de parted from the original type of their breed that about the time mu early haportations were made, ane from which the best A.yeshires of tie United States and Canada have do seended-I do not see the ;wisdom of our following their lead, especially when it 1.1)4 poorer dairy eows, because removed from the standard deity typo that excels in milk pro' (Motion," , WHY nortsEs SHY. An expert in "horseflesh" writing to an English paper says: :Shying is first caused by genuine fear, then it becomes it habit, In the majority of instanoes-in fact always, except in the case of nervous or hysterical shyers -'-had the horse from the first been gradually accustomed to the ob. jects he fears and shown that they would not hurt him he would never have become a shyer. Nearly every horse, for instance, ie terrified by. the beating al a drum if heard at close proximity for the first time and yet I have repeatedly prov. ed that a green colt from. the pas- ture will quietly allow a drum to be tied round his neck or put upon his back and beaten loudly within five minutes of his first introduction to it. The way I do is as follows. First I let the colt look at the druxu and smell it, then I tap it lightly and stop again permitting him to look at it and.smell it. Then I tap it harderetand gradually in- crease to the loudest sound it is cap- able of. It is astonishing to one who Ints never men it done how soon he will allow the drum to be tied to him swung loosely against him and beaten loudly the while. Why? Simp- ly because he has been shown that it will nott hurt him. • In like manner the horse, when first broken to harness should be au customed to every Object that fright. ens him. • But too often he is not, He meets" an object that he fears - perhaps it is a log by the roadside, which his imagination. transforms in to mine great boast, ready to spring upon him. Instead of being shown his error in a rational way he ie presently engaged in a foolish tussle with his driver, and it is ten to one that before it is over the horse is some measure has got the best of it, Thereafter, even though ho gets ova* his fear of that particular object, he will feign terror whenever he sees it. He will a•lso, froin association of ideas, constantly find fresh objects to shy at. To cure the shyer when his feat is genuine, there is no way but tc do Rs should have been done in tht first place and properly accustom hia to all objects that he fears. APPLYING MANURE GREEN, An experienced farmer being asket the question whether it was better te apply- manure green or well rotted, replied: There es less loss in putting manure on land green than in rotting It before it is applied. Besides this, there is ,a, special advantage that it putting the niantue on in the .winten time it is done at less expense. In - rotting the manure under the most favorable conditions chemists tell us that it loses 50 per cent. How- ever, when it is on the land in the green condition and the fermentation allowed to take place in the soili as soon as any plant food is libels ated it is in the place where it it most readily taken up. Besides this the decay of • manure in fermenting San a beneficial effect in warming up a' soil. Experiments carefully • cow ducted at Guelph as to applying ma. nure fresh and rotted, proved that the ordinary way of leaving manure exposed to the weather was wasteful! when protected from rain it svas still subject to loss, and when put on. fres/ the best results were obtained. DEATH D'UE TO MOTHERS. Prof. Lunge of the University o Bale, who has been making research es for many years on the increashe incapacity of women to feed their in • fonts, has just published an alarm ing report on the stlbject. He state that the mortality among children at tificially nourished is fax greater thai among those nursed by the mother also that once the power of feedeu ie lost it is never recovered. If thi mother lute hot tourished her chit dron the daughter is equally incag ttble Bunge, in order to obtain as opinion of the leading medical mei in Europe, issued a circular on tie • subject, and out of 3,000 question received 1,620 satisfactory replies After an examination of the opiniom of the Ettropermadoetors, Prof. Bengt Adds that he Reds that in 1,629 ca.s es only 510 women are capable o' feediug their children, and 1110 ham entirely lost the faculty. • Studying the causes of the climena tion of the ability to nurse ainont women, the professor adduces, as tie principal , nation ol ism, which hab I t, adds, is increasing to a frightful de wee among women. HR. CHAS. S CP CATARRH CURE ... • I. tont direct to the &meted partg Sy the Ithproved Dlovrer. /Coll Ike ulcers, 4..bars the air pwirigns, store droppings in t1141 11,0111end pirmoently outer' CAtorrh mut flAy , „ free, 111 &Sem eg Dr. A, W, Chat 4'44 'Medicine Co,, 'rootlets tee lisitiA