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"Bssfore we go tots farther," Doll
itaid, after a long pense, "I should
like to search the hones) front top to
bottom. iv e got a pretty sound
theory la rey head, but 1 don't likes
lo ity anythinee o emote. We
shall be pretty certain to find some -
I am 'entirely in your heads,
David said, wearily. "$o far as I
em capable of thin -Idea' out auything
it seems to -rue that we have to lind
the woman."
"Cherchez la, femme is a fairly
sound prendee la a, case like this,
but when we have found the woman
we ellen hat e to flnd the man who
is at the bottom of the plot,
mewl the man who is not ouln
thwarting the woman, but giving
you a pretty sevete lesson as to the
advisabifity of minding your own
business for the future."
"Then you don't think I am being
•rnado the victim of a rile conspire
any?"
"Not by the woman, certainly. You
aro the victim of some fiendish coun-
terplot by the man, who has not
quite mastered wbat the woman is
driving at. By Nadas, you in dire
peril he compels the womaii to speak
to save you, and thus to ()sties° her
hand."
"Then in that case I propose to sit
tight," David said grimly. "I am
bound to be prosecuted for robbery
and attempted murder in due course.
If my man dies I am itt a tight
place."
"And if he recovers your antagon-
ist may he in a tighter," Bell chuck-
led. "And if the man gets well and
that brain injury proves permanent -
1 moan if the man is rendered infix -
cite -why, we are only at the very
threshold of the rayStery. It seems
a callous thing to say, but this is the
prettiest prcrblem I have had under
my hands."
"Make the most of it," David,"
said, sardonically. "I daresay I
should see the matter ie a more ra-
tional light if I were not so directly
concerned. But, it wo are going to
make a search Of the premises, the
sooner we start the better."
Upstairs there was nothing beyond
certain Juniper. There were dust
• and dirt everywhere, save in the hall
and front dining -room, which, as
Bell sapiently pointed out, lied ob-
viously been cleared to make sea.dy
for Steel's strange reception. Down
in the housekeeper's room was a
large collection of dusty furniture,
and a number of pictures and en-
gravings piled with their faces to the
wall. Bell began idly to turn the
latter over.
"I am a maniac on the subject of
old prints," he explained. "I never
pee a. pile without a wild longing to
examine them. And, by dove, there
are sonae good things here. 'Unless
1 am greatly mistakenr-here, Steel,
pull up the blinds ! Good heavens, is
it possible?"
"Found a Sistine Madonna or a
stray Angelo?". David asked. "Or a
ghost? What is the -matter? Is it
another pliase of the mystery?"
"The Rembrandt," tell gasped.
"Look at it., man!"
Steel bent eagerly over the engrav-
ing. An old print, an old piece of
china, an antique jewel, always ex-
ercised a charm over the novelist. He
had an unerring tye for that kind
of thing.
-"Exquisite," he cried. "A Rem-
brandt, of course, but I don't recol-
lect tho picture."
"The picture was destroyed by ace
cident after Rembrandt, had engraved
it with his own hand." Bell pro-
ceeded to explain. He was quite• co -
'went now, but lie breathed fast and
loud. "I shall proceed to give you
the history of the .picture presently,
and more especially a history of the
engraving."
"Has it any particular name ?"
David asked. •
"Yes, we found that Out. It was
called 'The Crimson Blind!' "
"No getting away from the erim-
soh blind," David inurmured.
I can quite inin.gine that to have been
the name of the picture. That shut-
ter. or blind might have had a sett-
ing sun behind it, which would no -
count for the tender warmth of the
kitchen foreground and the deep
gloom where the lovers are seated.
By . dove, Bell, it, is a magnificent
piece of work. I've a special fancy
for Retnbrandt engravings, Mit I
'never Saw one equal to that."
"And you never will," Bell replied,
"save in one instance. The picture
itself was painted in Itembrandt's
modest lodging inthe Xelserskroon
Tavern after the forced 'sale of his ;
paintings it that hotel in the year
1658. At that tinie Rembrandt was
'painfully poor, as his recorded tav-
ern bills show. The stime bills also
disclose the fact that 'The Crimson. •
Blind' was painted for a private cus-
tether with a conditioa that the sub-
ject should be engraved as well. After
one impression had been taken of the
plate the picture Was destroyed by a
careless Servant. In a sudden fit of
rage, ftembraudt destroyed the plate;
having, they say, onlY taken one
impreselon from it."
"Then there is onlysaite, of these en-
gravings fn the world? What a
• o
"There 10 one other, as I lenow to
my cost," 13e11 said, significantly.
"frail a few days ago I never enter-
tained the idea that there were two.
Steel, yon ave •the 11h:tire of A. vile
conspiracy, hilt 11, is nothing to the
conspiracy %filch has ,fiarkeeecl iny
fife.
"Sooner or litter 1. itiWtty'S telt
that 1 :4110111a Pt .€0 the' bottom of
tho mystery, mai now I am. certain
that he was on tho right track. The
disnovery that both those, bouSes Pad
been ferhished 'exaotly (dike at one
time was a most bnportaut one. And
David no longer believed that he lied
been to No. 219 an the night of the
great adventure- Then 'he fennel Mins
self thinielog .about Ruth Gatos's gene
tie fade Sind lovely °yea,- uutil he
looked - up • and :saw the .girl before
hint ,
"You -you. wanted to speak , to
me?" he statue/oared,
"I followed you on pupate," the
girl sal& quietly. "I can't tell'dom
everything, because it is net my soce
rot 'tie tell, 13ut believe inc every-,
thing will come out right iii the end.
Don't 'think badly of me, don't bo
.fotfv-iotr. ily 'Aoici,illi,o, rtatzelete 30,os:tomes. ri,r.ro, i iese„(Bi ofoiontellsobi ttier oahnecaufloot-thil:g' at
the
hunting the same man 'down -that •kind," David smiled.. .•Et is -Mapes-
thin ono man is at the bottom0- f the snit° to look into a face like yours
two evils- litili you s'lluu 114-'4r ru'Y and doubt you. And 1 am certain
ory
stpreeeutly. . What we lia,ve to elute you aeo adtin loyally and
iind out now is. who was the last ,
faithfully for the .sake of others who
..._-_, " • ,
"Yes, ;yes, and for yous sake, too.
great dav for me!" :Pray try and nentembee ' that. li'or
Bell spoke exultingly, a great light your sake, .too, Oh, if you.. only
shitiing M his eyes. • And David ea- know how •I admire and -esteem yea1
piently•asked no further cpsestions 10.1', 11' only—",
the presout. ' All that he wanted to She paused with a 'deep blush orbit -
know would come •Isi tinio. , The mixt 1 oolling her face. David' caught her
move, el CoOse. . was to 'visit the . hand, and it seemed to him for 4
agent -of the property. inoinent that she returned the pries -
A smart, dapper little nounlook- send, . . •
mg absurdly out of place in an ex- "Let me, help you," he whisPerea.
wetting -1y spacious office, was quite -"Only be my friend and X will for -
ready to give evert- luforauttion. lto give evervthins "
. • .•
was ceri•ainly true SA'S, Brunswick ' She -gave him a long look of her
'Square, was to Ms let at an exceed- l• deep, velvety 'eyes, she flashed him a
, ingly low rent on a reltairiag lease, Intel° mans; end was gones • • .. •
land that the owner had a lot inoSe I ,
!property in Wigton to be let on the
I same terms. The lady was exceed- . CHApTER XII.• .
ingly rich and eccentric; indeed, by
asking such low roots she was doing Hatherly Bell turned .uPS at Down -
1
her besst to seriously diminish her and Terrace -gay -anti debonair as it
income.
he had, not a Single troidele in the
,
I "Do you know the lady at ell?" world. His evening dress wat of the
Bell
smartest and he had a rose in his,
asied.1
Not personally," the agent ad- buttonhole. Froth his crib he took
mined. "So far as 1. can toll,. the a square brown 'panes parcel, , which
property came into the present Own- he' deposited in 'David's study with
er's hands some years ago .by inhere particular tare. - .
itance. The property also included 'te made no allusion whatever to
a very old house, called Longdea.n the sterner business of the evening;
Grange, net- far from Rottingdean, he. was gay and lighthearted as . a
where the lady, Mrs. He.nson, lives at child, so that Mrs, Steel sat up „gait()
present. Nobody ever goes there, an hour later than her usual time,
nobody ever visits there, and to keep absolutely unconscious of the' tact
the place free from prying visitor0 that she had broken a rigid rulo of
a large number of savage dogs are ten years' standing.
allowed to prowl about the grounds. "Now lot ns go into the study and
Bell listened eagerly. Watching smoke a cigar," David suggested.
him, David could see that' his eyes Bell dragged a long deck -chair lute
glinted like points of steel. There tho donservatery and lighted .a Mese
was something subtle behind all this sa. Steel's offer of Whisky and Soda
common -place that touched the image was declined,
ination of the novelist. "An ideal place for a novelist. who
"Has 218 beeu let during the occu- has a keen eye for the beautiful," he
pation of the present owner?" Bell said. "There you have your books
asked. - and pictures, your stainedglass and
"No," the agent replied. "But the chin -a, and when you turn. your :eyes
present Owner -as bele to Iso. pro- this way they are gladdened by green
perty-I ant told, was interested in foliage and lovely .flowers. It's hard
bath 218 and 219, which used to be to connect such a room with a tettg--
a kind of high-class convalescent edy." . . .
home for poor clergy and the widow s "And yet the tragedy was 'Worked
and daughters of poor clergy in want out close by where you are sitting.
of a holiday. The one hooso was But never mind that: Conte to your
for the mon and the other for the story, and let me See if we can fit•It
women, and both were furnished ex- into mine." • • •
oafy alike; in fast, Mr. Gatos's land- . Bell took a fresh pull at his tiger
lora, the tenant of 219, bought the and plunged into .his subject.
furniture exactly as it stands adien "About seven years ago professional
the seheme fell • through." business took me to Amsterdam; a
Steel looked up swiftly. A sud- brilliant yeueig medical genius .• wil�.
den inspiration came to him. ' was drinking- himself prematurely hie
"In that case what became of tlie to -his grave had some wonderful dis-
precisely similar furniture in 218?" &ivories relating to tirain 'and psy-
be asked. etiology generally-, se I decided to
"That I cannot tell you," the learn what I could -before it was too
agent Said. "That house was let as late. 1 found the young 'doctor to be
it stood to some sham philanthropist anexceedingly good felons only too
whose name I forget. The whole ready to speak of his discoveries, and
thing was a fraud, and the swindler, there I stayed for a year. My word!
only avoided arrest by leaking the what do X not owe to that misguided
country. Probably the goods . were mind ! And whata revolution he
stored somewhere or perhaps 'seized would have made in medicine and
by some creditor. But I really caa't surgery had he only livedl
say definitely without looking the "Well, in Amsterdam I got to
matter up. There are some :'books know everybody who was worth
and prints now left in the house out knowina-medical. artistic), social.
of the wreck. .We shall probably put And amongst the rest was an Eng -
them •in a sale, only they have been Hellman .calIed LOrd Li -Selmer, his
overlooked. The whole lot will not son, . and an exceedingly clever nep-
f t Re-." •haW of his, Henson by name, who
"Would you take 25 for' thorn?" was the sen's tutor. Littimer was
Bell asked. a savant, a scholar; and a fine con -
"Gladly. Even if only to get noiseeur -fie regarded pietures, He
then' carted away." was popularly ettp•poSed to 'hove the
Bell gravely produced a £5 note, finest aollectiOn Of old paints in Eng-.
for whioh he asked and received a re- land, Ho would travel anywhere in
ceipt. •Then he and Steel repaired to search of something fresh, and the
218 once more, •whence they recover- rumor of some apocryphal treasure in
ed the Rembrandt, and subsequently Amsterdam had. brought- him thither.
returned the keys of the house to the Hici and I were friends /rote the first,
agent. There was an air of repress- as, indeed; were tho son and myself.
ed excitement about Bell which was Henson the nephew was more quiet
not without- its effect upon his coin- -and reserve& but fond, ;le I discovers
panion. The cold, hard lines seemed ed, of a little secret dissipation. •
to have faded from Dell's face; there "In those .days I was net averse to
was a brightness about him that add- a little life myself. ' I was poet -gee -
elf to his alreadyfine physical beau- ately fond of. all games of cards, and,
ty. 1 am, afraid that ,T was in. the Habit
"And now, perhaps, yone will be Of gambling to a greater, extent than
good enough to explain," David seg- I could .afford.• I don't gamble now
gested and I don't play cards; in fact, I
"My dear fellow, it wouldtake too shall never touch a :card again as
long," Bell cried. , Presently I am long as I live. Why, you 'shall' hear
going to toll you the story of the all -in good time. ' -
tragedy of my life, You ha,vo doubt- "We were alit getting on very well
less wondered, as others have woo- together at that time -when 'Lord
tiered; why I dropped out of the road Littimer's sister paid us a visit.,
when the goal was in sight, Well, She came accompanied by a daughter
your curiosity, is about to be grati- called Enid. - I Will not deseribe her,
lied. I am golug to help you, and because no words of mine could :do
in 'return you are going to help me her justice. Ls .ti, word, -I fell ever
to come back into the ram again. head and ears in love With Enid, atid
By way of a start, you are going to in that state I have remained .ever
tisk° inc to came and dine with you to- since. -Of all the crosserothat I have
iiight.'' to ., bear the knowledge that I love
- "At half -past seven, -then. Noth- Enid' and that she loves --and des,
Mg will gine me greater pleasure:" pises--rne, is by far . the heaviest.
"Spoken like n Man and a brother. But I don't want to d.wellupori that.
We will dine; and d: will tell you my "We were a. very hapPy party there
itory after the house is quiet. -.And until Van Seteek , and Vert Gifiden
if 7. ask you to accompany me oh a turnedup. baud and I had Write to
Midnight adventure you will not say 'an undertitanding, lind, , though we,
me nay'?" .
• • - kept our- seeret, we Were not going to
l "Not in my present mood, at :any do • so toe long. Fecan the vety first
rate. Adventure, with a dash - of Von Gulden admired her, He was a
danger in it sults my preeent mood hal: ism() Swaggering soldier, a
exactly. And if there isi to be ph- good-looking, Wealth'y Man, who had
fecal violence, so much the bettoi. fi great reputation for ga
My diplorna.ey May be weak, but !)we eoinething Winte, I'terlittiiiltsul- tY
tlhe' ldenl-
eitally I am not to be deSpis4d in low guessed hod- things lay, foe he
a raw." ' , . • never • ti oabled to comical hi, dielike
"Well, we'll try and avoid the late and contempt for me.: It 11 .no
tee if possible.' Bell laughed. "Still, faith, of mine. that .1 itm eStreniely
for. yew- satiefacti-011, I, Mast, say sionsitive as to my - personal appear -
;theft as just the chance of a Scrim- am°, but Von Gulden played upon it
Maga And now I 'really matt go; :until hp drove inc nearly Mad. Ile
'beeanso I have (my amount of Work challenged Inc, sueevidgly to eeetain
to do for Gates. Till hallepast.seven sports wherin he know I Could not
Shine; heehalleaged meet) ecaete.
Where I fancied I. was Iris master.
"Was 1? Well, we had 'been dining
.front.• The -more he thought 'over' that .Jught, and perhaps too presto,
the mystery the more tangled it be- 1 her I eetirely lost my head befoee I
came, And yet Ine"felt perfectly Sere began the game in earnest. These
,
tenant and who is the present owner
of the house. Ain this has beeu
revoir.
Steel lighted a cigarette and stroll.
ed thoughtfully homewards along the-
• • •
A LETTER FROM
OVER THE SEA
Tells of Good News Received From
Calgary, Atla., Which -Brought
Joy Into His Life.
Here is it eincero and unsolleited
letter from an Englishman who was
almost led to take his own life on
account • of tvinii, he suffered froin
itching piles, He Mut (Metered • ad-
vice and remedies' to Ile' (lad ;lad al-
ter sixteeu years' ot suffei•ing was
without hope of recovery: Ile tells
in his letter how he accidentally
heard of Dr. Chase's Ointment.
114, .lefilton Road,
.Margate, England.
[ildatansou, Dates & Co.,
'Toronto, Can.,
Dear Sirs, -I feel it my duty to
write to acknowledge. the great good
Dr. Chase's Ointment has done for
me. X had suffered from itching piles
for over sixteen years, and suffered
badly at that. There liave been.
tones when I could and would have
put an end to it all if it bad not
been for the thought of mooting. ,C
Soule people may think I am stretch-
ing it it point, but those Who have
suffered as I have will know.
•Al other times r have fat T.
could take a knife end cat away the
parts until 1 es ne to the bottom of
the evil, but thank God it is all
past. lt was quite by accident that
I canto to know of Dr. Chase's Dints
ment. I. have nad doctors' advice
and remedies to no end and could
not pay how mile) I spent in that
sixteen years. 1 had a Calgary pa-
per sent -to inc ond there I saw your
Ointment advertised. It just met
my rase, as it weld for itching piles
and saved painful operations.
As I could not get Dr. Chase's
Ointment from my chemist, I wrote
to my brother, Mr. 11. Shelley of
,Calgoxy, Alta., and lie seet"me one
Vox. Before 1 had used one-third of
tho box I was perfectly cured by this
ointment, •
I am sure you will be surprised to
get this letter from, this corner of
the •world, but I felt it my duty lo
'acknowledge the great good Dr.
Chase's 'Ointment has done for me.
You are at liberty to make use of
this letter as yesu see fit. All I
should like to seed to anyone • wbo
suffers from this dreadful complaint
is I know it cures With many
thanks, 1 rentain, .
. Yours respectfully,
T. Shelley.
If you enclose° a stamp for reply,
Mr. Shelley would no doubt gladly
answer- any question about his case.
But there are similar cases among
your own friends and neighbors with
whom you can hove it personal in-
terview.If you are not acquainted
with the Merits of 'Dr. Chase's Oint-
ment you: will be surprised at the
cures which are being brought about
in your own neighborhood. No pre-
paration has ever been more heartily'
endors'ed by People 'who have used it
and none has ever been so successful
,in curing piles.
• Dr. ChaSo's Ointment, 60 cents a
a
box, at all dealers, or Emaxison,
Bates & Co., Toronto.
'covert sneers had nearly driven me
mad. •To make a long story short,
when I got up from the table that
night I owed my opponent nearly
£800, without •the faintest prospect
of paying a tenth part of it. I was
only a poor, ambitious young man
then. with my way to make in the
world. Aad if that were not forth-
coming in the next few days I was
utterly ruined.
(To be Continued.!
M'Lubberty-"Nora, me jewel, 01
hov wau for yes. Av a man is born
in Lapland, lives in Finland, an' dies
in Poland, phwot is, he?" • Mrs.
M'Lubbeety (promPtly)-"A
rrpse." M'Lubleerty (disgustedly)--;
"Begorra. somebody must hov told
d'ez•
Customer (Severely) -"Do you sell
diseased meat here?" Butcher (bland-
ly)--'1Vorse than that." ,Customer
(excitedly) -"Mercy on us! How can
that be possible'?" Butcher (coati-
dentially)-"The meat I sell is dead
--absolutely dead, sir." "Oh!"
Mr. C. --"What are you cryiag
about, my dear?" Mrs. C. -"I have
just been reading the old love -letters
you sent me before we were married.'
Mr. 0. -"That's funny. I was read-
ing them myself the other day, and
they made me laugh."
,Downtont---"Here cornea Binkers.
He's got a new baby, and he'll talk
us ta death." Upton -"Well, here
comes a neighbor of mine who has it
new setter dog. Let's introduce
them to each other and leave 'em to
their fate."
Belle -"Why, / thought you tvere
in Venice. What brings you back so
soon?" Bert -"When I arrived there
I found the doocid place flooded;
people obliged to get about in boats,
and all that sort of thing, dondtchexd
know.'
Gentleman (at an evening enter-
tainment) --"Pardon me, sir, but am
/ not addressing the Duke of Wynn
Wyfys?'' Person addressed (draw-
ing himself up, with hauteur) -"Sir;
I am the head Waiter."
Practical rather -,"So you want to
marry my daughter, eh?' Poetical
Lover :-"Yes, sir; 1 Would lie down
and die for her," Practical Father
-"}['nn. Would ' you get up , and
work for her?"
DR. A. W. CHASE'S 0
CATARRH CURE AR
Is eein direct to the diseased
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passages, stops droppings In the
ilitoat and pOrmanaEly cures
. Catarrh and Hay hover. menet
(res, All dealers, or Dr, A. W. Chase
Medicine Co., Totohtki iid Dutridel,
FARNifeig$16
hb 171 DIM
Or. RAISING CALVES-.
:A.greet massy experinteets in 1;1;d
flet.,ioxfor, hooft. lit:whom; .harx•ivuonsablosol auvloctoonb4000tiot
as it basis far estinintiug the abso-
lute, vost and 'moats or .animetipro-
duction, beenuse as it rule they ()over
only a -email -portionof the -animal's
life. . `the iluportance . of
more •coMplete data la thiS respect,several. of the expeehnental stations
he:to. (Tr apodo'aracapagtsunoard:t ase,oilents iotnad,
inlets Irma birth to maturity. While
these obsergations need -to ba re-
peated znany times Iseder a variety
of conditions before it would-be' safe
-to • dratv too 'Positive conclusions
from them, the sepias' already- ob-
tained are suggestive and of Peusicis•
erahle Practical value.
Mr. W. Clark has reteorded data
regarding the cost ot raising 'heifer
calves..Itt a number of cases the re-
cord" covered Pecan birth to Maturity
-
s -that is, for approximatelytwo
years. One of the calves weighing
at birth 51'; . pottitds, .censumed Uurirtg
the- first year 159 pound -s of whole
milk, 2,738 poUtids of skim mills 66
pounds bran, 224 pounds of hay, ands
Wag . pastured for one-•halaired and -
sixty -one days, When one year old
She had cost '$12.86 and weighed 4-85
Pounds. During the eecond -year the
ration was made up of sorglittm hay,
.silage, oat straw, corn stover, and a
little cotton seed and bran. The
period oft pasts:tee covered two him-
dred and tiventagfeUr days. The cost
of tho iced .was $9:09 and she weigh-
ed at the end ot the yefo• 005.Pounds•
She droppedher first calf a few
days hefore she was two years old
The• total 'cost of feed up. to 'this .1.inie
was $21.95.
THE FEET) EATEN
by two other calves, which the au-
thor believes made a nOrmal growth.
cost $11..40 and $13.66 respectively,
for the first year.. One of these
calves Weighed 43 Patinds at bieth
and during, the first year consumeel
92 pounds . of whole mills 1,1.92 tbs.
of skim milk, 822 pounds hay, and
204 pounds of bran; and was on pas-
ture one huudred and sixty-five dast.
The other calf weighed 50 pounds at
birth and was fed in much the same
way, weighing; when a year old 850
pounds.
Data are also retorded- regarding
three other calves, which the author
believes consumed too little skim
mulk Miring the- first year and hence
did not make satisfactory growth.
Furthermore, they were accideutly
bred too early- One of these catves
Weighed 50 pounds•at birth. During
the first year 250 pounds. of Whole
1,195 pounds of skim milk,•
180 Pounds of bran, 63 pounds .of
come:Meal,- and 405 pounds:- of .laty
were eaten, - and the calf was an pas-
ture one hundred and twelve days.
The cost of feed for the nest year
was $11.65 and the weigbt when it
year old 340 pounds. Aside from
pasturage she was .feil durisig tite
Second Year cotton seed, corn Stover.
oat straw and silage. 'She dropped
her first calf when twenty-two
months old. The cost of feeding op
to the time of calving was $7.61,
making • the total cost of feeding,
$19.26.
The second of these calves weighed
36 pounas at birth. She was fed un-
der much the same conditions as the
other, consuming 1,097- pounds al
skim milk the first year, and drop-
ped her first calf whoa two years
old. Her weight when a year old,
wai' 350 pounds, and the total cost
of feeding for two years $19.48.
The third Calf weighed 38 pounds
at birth, and during the first year
was fed skim Milk and whole milk
in addition to some hay, grain rind
pasturage, the ansouet of skim Milk
-consumed being 1,740 pounds, The
first calf was dropped when nineteen
months old, and her • weight Was
then. 445- pounds. The total cost of
feeding up to this time was $17.21..
Considering the test as it whole,
the average .cost for the ftitt year's
growth .of these Calves was $11..77
ne from birth until the time of
calving $19.47, . .
DAIRY NOTES.
There is much less by imperfeet
skimming.
Cream is ripened before chinning
to develop() flavor.
Milking qualities of a high order
are bred into the cow.
It is the millt from the fresh cow
that produces the perfect butterflidiovorieed
cows econoniically yet suf-
nciently, give only what the cows
will'ilmeatniteiptinctlearalf" butter that can be
made is limited by the aznount of
butItteirs Motost •isno. tithpourffiltki.io amount of.
butter a cow produces as what It
pcorostfi.
coststoproduce,. that determines the
A brush is much better than .a
'cloth to clean milk vessels. It gets
at' places that it cloth will not
reachhe
Tlaw of , stimulation holds
good.' in milking •and if well follow-
ed will help to make good milkers.
A cow with a big udder is not al-
-ways .an enormous Mil k01', noe is, a
of it rich milker,
In Dsruell.leohwasisnleti
gi,nito:v
meats two things should be conSider-
ed t Will it perceptibly improve the
p5oduct:4? Will it cheapen produc-
tion ?
The very best butter is that which
is best made, and the breed of the
cow has very -little to do with it •
Ono ol the chief advantages of the
separator Is the esthete:ea Value of
skim milk, which is perfectly sweet.
A poor-proce8s of matinfaeturo
will spoil te product from the finest
cretin). ever collected teem milk.
Tile contact of air does net Miura
or prevent milk from keeping, pro-
vided the air is pure teed free from
any contagious agency,
The lass milk 18 Cooled aft&
ting, the more quickly it seine, arid
, •
souring milk gnickly is egitioStgond
cream raisiate.
(1004 Crizia/D veising meaus -iteepteg,
the milk sweet as long of.; Possible,
and this is Possible by (tooling
down quickly in the cans.
'Hang a 1),M naotte-iip itt Oil) dairy,
and eall it Clearilluess First, it will
ldr.
Come should be milked fit same
time even's' day. • If not some of the
profits will be lost;
Moat of flit lt Mid:bacteria that
find I.110 Way into the milk pad come
from the surface -of ,the udder, •
The teinperature , which cicani
should churn is 50 to 58 dogreeS la
summer, and two to Mut. degrees
moire in whiter. •
Milking :Morita altveYS he donewith
ory hands, and each cow should be
milked, if possible, by the Sallie per--
salitle.entitecilitibdea,
rythere is prafli: itt
keeping dairy cows ueless they use
pey me^ 1heir Way. • Look in 30111.
herd carefully, and weed out the- le -
l -JAPE PASTURE VOL PIGS.
:Prof. W. L. Carlyle gives the fole
the value of rape AS a Pastktvo for
lowing as his conelueione• regarding
lioge : • •
1. That with ,pigs from foes to ten
months old, an acre of hope, whoa
propeely grown, has a feeding value
tsdien combined with a ration of coin -
andshorts, oquivaleot to 2,436
pounds of it mixture of these grain t
feeds and a . :money value of $19.49
11°211 rape is it better green feed
Re- growing pigs than jooti clover ,
pasSame, the pigs fed upon the rape
having made on the average 100
pounds 01 gain on 33.5 pounds less
grain than was required by the • pigs
fod upon clover pasture,
:tc:1The
aPpipgest iatersu andeno1
re 1.1koo
iidosnlrlios
dve_
pondingly better gains when supplied'
with a ratio pastaire in conjunction)
with their grain feed than when fed -
on grain alone.
4, That a. plot of Dwarf Essex for-
age rape, when planted in trills thir-
ty inches apart, early In May, • in
Wisconsin, will yield three good crops
of pasture forage in a favorable
season,
5. That rape is the most _satisfac-
tory and. cheaPost green feed for
swine that we iltrre fed.
6. That every Medar of hogs should
plant etich spring it smell -field of
rape adjoining his hog yard, and
provide himself with a few rods of
movable fence, to properly feed the
ra,pe to brood sews and young pigs.•
7. That rape should be sown for
this purpose ia drills thirty • inches
apart, to faciliate the stirring, of the
ground and cultivation after easth,.
successive growth has been eaten off.
8. The hogs should not be turned
upon it rape pasture until the plants
are at lesset twelve to fourteen inches
high, and that they should be pre-
ftireeicinlied from roofing while in the rape
9. That rape is not a satisfactory
fecal when fed alone, when it. is de-
sired to have any live weight gain
made in hogs, though it has been
found that they will just about main-
tain themselves /without loss of
weight on this feed alone,
BAD TEMPER DIET.
feeler ones.
Dry light milk pails :and dry pase'
Lures usually go together. It is not
too late to sow a patch of corn or
peas mid oats near the farm build-
ings, to be and ue, morning and •
evening feed.
Which is Intended to Effect a Cen
tain Cure.
In a little pamphlet issued by a •
vegetarian society Miss Alice Braith -
wait() "llhrough the investigations ' of
Dr, Haig we now know that, the et.
feet of -certain Mods is ta render. the -
blocrcl acid. These foods are, with
the exception of milk, itheese and
butter, all the products of the.. anii
mal kingdom, including fish and
eggs; peas, beans, lentils, asparagus,
inushroomS, tea, cope, cocoa, and
to some extent oatmeal and brown
bread . We then get slow or impeded -
capillary circulation, and this im-
peded caterpiltary circulation is the
foundation of innumerable evils, for
the uric acid in which the waste pro'
ducts of the body are thrown off it
never completely got rid of, but it
reisdneci in the body, and this, to
gether with tbe high blood pressure'
arising from the inipecksl
brings about it condition of greater
or less disease, of which headache
and neuralgia, rheionatisen and dYs-'
pepsia, depression and bad temper
are corhinort.
The breakfast menu to cure such
bad temper is as follows: ---
"A cup ef milk, or milk and hot,
water, where milk does not suit,"
says Mi 8$ Jlrn1thwait, 'bread . or
toast, and Mater, with a few al -
mends, which for those who like
then; so, may be toasted a pale_
gold color, will snake -a good break= --
fast, but which after it course. of '
eggs, bacon and coffee, will probably
reclaim fe. little prelitninaey dieting
before it will. he enjoyed as it de;
serves .A little Potato may occas-
ionally be given , at, breakfast, with
advantage:"
it is reeommended that the ex -
°Triples of the Buddhist monks, who
were not allowed to eat rood after
noon be followed in a 'Bract form -
that is to Pray, that to induce ge
goal digestion and ae an aid to
Sound andsrestful. sleep, the 'last 01
the three meal's 61 the day sheidd be
as light as possible, and valet not
b6 later than 7.'30 p.in.
Vegetarians who are 'not yet '
aware of the tact, may be interested
to know that -of green vegetable
.13russels sprouts are by far the meet
Valeable as food, as they are about
half the value of bread, one °anat.
containing 17 grains of , albumen,
While other vegatableS average frono
SIX to eight grafile.
"d1fany fruits am usefulfor the to-
tal effeet of -I milt as alkaline, thottglt
the immediate effect may be acid,"
The wise Men Who has nnything
gay, to a Mute sity,s it to his face.