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Exeter Advocate, 1905-12-21, Page 2The Qualityof Ceylon Natural Cr_en To.a Is unappro:tchab;e. It is en'iroly Imo from du3t. d:r t and coloring rnat.cr, thert_io: o it is ab::olutoly pure. 40c, roc a. d hue p -r Ib. By all (ir.,:er . 11 UIS! AW ARI)—,T. LOWS. 1004. 4- +:'+v+0+01.0• 40+0+0+O+10+O+p+0,*•`:' G•O+C 7,! �1 **+OI+0,0+0+0+G+Li+tr+*+0+O4-? %4.00:i+04.(4 .40+ .04.0. OF La +0+0++ + 4 0 0 0 0 .4 0 THE STEWARD'S SON 4 CIIA('TER XX\'II,-(Coitinu0d). Ile was -going straight to his roon whorl he saw that the door w11s ha lod away by her fe Iings. i havo rover mentioned it to you, but 1 )tad a dreud of her hotouting ontangled by If that young scouuuirel who ran away 1 with Betsy North -South -1 have for- '' gotten her name." ,) i "Oh. no, toy lord," said Gulidfohd� Iterton, in a low vesico. "You wrong -I ed Lady Norah by s,:ch a suspicion." o! "1 umdelighted to hear it," falter- ed the old mon. "But she is-Inlpre-i sionablo and impulsive; she ntig'.t u merry-impru41 ntly; I should ha•:0 t s en to it. Y.•s!" Re drew a hin"y I sigh. "I fear--" he was going to say. "1 havo not done my duty,•• but ho could not bring himself to odor s such self -condemnation. "The -the! t subject pains too." "And 1110 a1so," said Guildford Berton. open of a sinal) room tt hi, It the oar usod as his own, and uoticiug out (hero was a li•;ht bin Moto, lie though that the ser:ants had forgotten t put out the lamp. Even with this trivial matter h connoctod Norah in his thoughts. "If the house would only catch tiro and 1 'night ire lucky enough to gat- her!" ayher!" he t hough t. "i'erhaps flab: might -help me; I'd burn down al Loudon if by so doing I could occur. her." lie pushed open the door, and wa surprised to soo tiro earl sitting a the table. "1 beg your pardon," ho said. " did not know you were here, and was coming to put out the lion).—" Then he stopped, and hurried to the earl's side, for he saw that his fact: was white and drawn and that ha was ill. "What is tho matter?" be ytskcil. "Are you 111?" Tho earl put out his hand warning- ly. and looked toward tho door. "Vis, 1-1 am act well, Quildforl. Don't -don't le alarmed." "But 1 atm alarmed. What is it?" The earl tried to rise, but (ll back; and even as he did so he took Otht his pneket handkerchief and tries to wave It in his taus! stately fash- ion. "It 1s -or -nothing tory much," be rebus). "A -a sudden faintness. I bolo% tho nuxlicnl then tonin it-er-- presure on the heart. Probably I hate been-er-reading too long." "VII get you smoothing," toolGuildford limon. and ho wont up to his roost and broi•ght some sal -vola- tile, thinking swiftly all tho time: Would it be better for hint that tt!e earl should dio or lite? •"I'hrtnk sou, thank vol," said the old man, with a stately bow of Lia shaking bend. "Have you had nu attack like thio llofore?" asked Guildford Berton. "Yes," replier) the earl, "this is the third. Ilut I beg sou will not alarm yourself; it is o -n mere nothing. I •-I am not a young man" -he waited a moment, as if he hoped that Guild- ford would be bold enough to contra- dict him -"azul these-cr attacks try me." There was silence for a moment, thou he veld: "There hett is a Oasts of perfume In that drawer; w111 you gl%o it me, pleas•1 'thanks. Did you--or-spend a 1'i as - ant evening?" "Yes." said Guildford. "You aro lator than usual." "1 looked in at the club alto(: I hod lent Lady Norah Ionto," said ((uild- ford, still watching the white, drawn taco closely. yew, she hag come !intim?" murmured tins earl. passing his hand over Ili forehatil with a confust•(1 nit. "Sho did not tonne in to wish 1110 good -night n, Its • il." he udder, after n pause, and with a kind of re- pres:c.vl anxiety. 'gThat was-or-ui .. like herr, (luildford." inv artily surprised, Guildford ilor- ton said: '1 expect ,ho thought you 111 ' writing or reading. and did not to tfisturb you, sir." "Ali, perhaps so," he assented. "1 -you may have noticed, Gotldfu! that Norah bus an agcctiondto 11.1 tura.., "I11.!red, yes." •'1-er-should not like her to be alarmed." Still more surprised at this nov,•l exhibition of the earl's regard for his (fought or'. feelings. Guildford Merton nodded assent. . "1 bcq you will not menton this - er-slight attack of aline to he• . (1uildford." "Certainly not. my lord. 1 should be the Mot pe3,on in the world to enure Lady :Norah any dis(luietude Anxiety. "Volt are conslderntenes+s Guildford. 1---er-think I will con- sult Sir Andrew to -morrow morning '!'hese nttneks may bo of little grav- ity, but still--" Ile stopped, and startled Guildford by suddenly es- rlaitndng, with 1'nrfewt not urn Ine••s: "Mo God! am 1 going to died'" "l)h, no, no Everybody is solo jectmore or less to t.hesn-faintl•g fit s, my lord You witi find Sir An- drew sill attach no sit -Astor Dh we - tanco to them." "1 hope not: 1--'r-hope not," fal- tored the old man; and then, aa .( adtalued of hi, sudden outburst., !.e said, "1---er-was thinking of Norab, Guildford it would be-terrlblet to lenv.t her alon .. Mhe has no mother, no ono. 1f she Were tnarrie4--" "Yon would fed moro at ease," 111 said: "Veto yea• sho la young anti- 4cout- J]erfeneed. 111►e !s lust tits gtrl to he , hould ho sore the opportunity created by tho old man, and av ,o himself? "1 bog your pardon, Gundfort? Painful to you?-' ho nskal. "Yee, my ford. It is not the time" -ho moistened his lips-"tho o can 16) t no time. po•hnps, in which 1 shoot 1 speak of what lice to near my heart as to bo a matter of life or death to me, but your lordship's words --your , mention of Lady torah's po-sit le mart iagtt---" 1 fear I fail to comptehertd," he said. "Aro you in any trouble? What 11118 Norith to do with it?" "Everything, alas! 1 must speck out now. my lord," Ito went on, "oven though by :to doing 1 lose y,•u•- friondship. But, oh. I do trust pool will Ming yours •If to rememter how much your words will mean to me, a that for years past [havo expori:*v•- i al nothing but kindnesv at your hands, and that now I ncod it an t your forbearanco rnoro than I have e ever Holger Ito generous, I beseech; you!" + 11 "What is this?" he said, hnskilv.I "11arts you -been getting into dont t G ullrlfurdr' "Debt? No, my lord. If that wet - o all, 1 should fear far htas acutely tho I, doubt and fear that oppress ni0. My v lord, what I have to tell you, the cont.:*sign i must make, will, I know, 1t take you by surprise, hit 1 plead for Li your tttrt.enrance, your generosity. 1 lute, 1 Norah) "1-1 hog your pardon," ho sail "What as Out you said about trot!; 1%ot,h? 1-1 ant afraid this attac's bus left me a little d.•uf, Guildford. - "I said, sir, that 1 loots tools - Norah. 1 have loves) her, "Von have buten-:hiukiig, sir!" Guildford Horton ,tartel as 11 the eld man had -tris: bili!. "1'.xcuso me," said the earl. "I- -or -Luso not Loon web this toe Into, its you aro 11w111t•, 4)11d :1111 ne in a tit condition to .,joy this tits jest. Will you -o1• -1-4%o not. pleas,? and ho wutod a shaky hand tows. the door. "You -5(111 Clare to insult snot" he 541(I. how sc(y "\-olt treat it as n -a jebt! You drit0 m0 away as if wero a dog! Ily God, you 511011 lin it no jest, niy lord! I'vo told yo tont I love 1.er-1 say it again. L you hear? 1 Live bur, lovo her! a\r, I siiy more. 1 1)111 marry heel 1' marry her for all your scorn, yo i old fool!' - "In "k dtairo to find some extent ation for your conduct, Mr. Morton,' he said, slowly and :city, "1 ascuso you of being lntoxicatod. I four cannot grant you even that oxcusn. Yuu are simply impertinent. Mo good 1 oriough to leave Chu room; to-nior- t row you will lea'o the house." ito pltus.•d a moment to gain his breath, Guildford Berton watchir him, glarino at hits. "You c•all0d me, I think, a foot With humility, 1 admit that you ha.. tho right to do so. 1 have been fool to placo Confidence In, to loot 1 my h•ir ndship ufx,n, t! person who, i he enteral my house at all. shoal. Ta•• o occupied his proper placo in it ii that of a servant." Guildford Burton's face went livid "And as a Inst word permit lege whiles thanking you for the mann ser vices you hit• o rendered 1110, to Sao that wt..—perSurls of our rank, (to not giro their (1(1111001'r 111 naoringe t th.•ir footman. Choir butler, or to a -Mr. (lu11(110rd Dorton." Guildford 11o:•ton uttered a cry, lho cry of a mild animal driven beyond endurance, and sprang forward, but boforo he could strike the earl, if such had been his ilitention, tho tan thin figure staggered and fell natio into the chair. "Will you -or -rig the hell, my decor Guil(1ford," he stammered and stutterod, brokenly, es a strange an 1 curious twitehipg convu'se'1 his atio- tocr•utic face. "I-er-think it is time to dress for dinner." Then his head fell forward, and he uttered a crowing kind of laugh. Glob -feed ilort•in leaned over him hen dashed to the bell. In a moment or two the porter and a footman camo to the door. "quit:.!" lists) Guildford Berton. 'Hun for the doctor! Tho earl has 111(1 a pornlrlic tit." (To be Continued). 4 PERMANENT FORESTS. .1 it- it t.t • .1 u 0 11 u 1- • 1 1 e . vrv•:v.wt 1- 111U t + ♦ + ++++++++++++++++++♦+++ l-:\It\I pa; 1`i 01 iha nuttierutlo styles of chu there is none Letter for the en -.,I nhan tlr^n the barrel churn. says 1' J• hl) !Michel 4. Before ridding cream, the churn should be seat With hot wader lord then rinsed cn1(1. This w)11 freshen the churn 011 up the pol'.:s l)1 1110 wood water so that thocut:lm and bond -% t•ils 11)- rnf. Ihe tied with wet wilt► vol not stick. The churning ternpe►altiro should he st'cl► that the cream will ehurn in from 30 to 45 minutes. Slrt.in the cream into the churn to remuvt posctbilily of while spe• ks in bid "Those usually consist of curl or di particles of crew)). The amount ,;f or to be addod is tlelerinitiOd by "i - mantle of (be uiarkot. Color the t.t,t to suit your ctwkuer. Duller should le churned until granules are about half the sizo of pea. %%'hen largor than this it is di cult lo renlovo the buttermilk and I (ribute the ;alt; when smaller, so of the fine granules are apt k1 pass oath the buttermilk. When the gr: Woo havo reached not right size, ri toiler should be added lo the churn cease 111-' butter to float. Salt will Baer the same purpose. The churn mos- rivet) a few revolutions and 1 Llillernlilk drawn off. After the but till., Leen thoroughly removed. et muter is added lo 1110 butler and t Churn revolved a few limes. 11 »moon t of washing usually suffices. soon as the wash water has drniht away, add One dairy salt at the rale about one ounce per pound of butt• r ►, and revolve the churn villa or 1, I. limes to (fslribute lin stilt thorn»• !;! Where only n small amount of mi.' s made, it may 11e worked with a lad in the chum. For Inrger amounts it desirable, however, to have n serous worker. nutter Is pref.rnbly wort; . twice. The first time just enough • fairly incorpornto lho salt. 1t is Its., I nllowed to stand six or eight hour-. slier which white streaks are »sun 's no'iceable on cutting the butler with string. The second working should cease lie soon as 111c1e streaks n: mottles have !wen removed. In small dairies whore only n fe horning;: are made weekly, care shoal t taken never to mix sweet nn sour cream Just 1.•'! lire churning. Th always results In n heavy loss of tat the buttermilk on account of the di ference in the ehtn•nnbility of sweet no sour cream. A common difficulty 1 churning Is to pit cream to churn in reasonable length of lime. This lin. lite may be due to one or more of Ih following causes: '1'no thin cream, lo sweet cream, too high or Ino tow speer of churn. too low temperature, t... strum milk from strippers or cows fo advanced in lactation, MARNE-PING TIIE PRODUCT. Where it is difficult to keep butte cool until )1 reaches the consumer there i r' s nocot 1 ler1l) ckn e I 1, in which It market it than the common glnz..r stone jars. These packages are espeei ally to be recommended (r local trade For fancy trade, one pound print wrapped in parchment paper ars Tho most popular. These prints are mn I with a small hand prtnler which should have Tho nitumfachwer's Mono gram cut into it. The imprint of the monogram cut into the butter wit serve ns a guarantee of its genuln,- ness. 11 is also declrable to hl)+o t•, • ie neat felhering on the parclunent wrap- per, such, for example, as Pan -y Dairy nutter, (ioldon Jersey huller, . Pants must be kept cold to pro• roe their attractive rectangular sp- nr•ancc. I! t .1.i 1•, The Question Will be Discussed at the Forestry Convention. Tho question. whether our forests ro to Ins peratencnt is ono of special Merest to Caliti•la as tho prtvu,0 wealth and public reveiuo deriv.•J horefruui has always been largo 0d they liuv'o been the support of segs numbers of our people. 'Ito ormanency of tho forests depends on everal considerations. To nrguu hat forest should be continued 113 itch on Cho rich agricultural lands 1 the eaote1 n Provinces, on tiro fairies of the West or the fruit!vl alloys of British (;ulwmbin world be n absurdity. These lauds are b ht - •r sated for tiro pLlpose to which I,• • aro being dovoted. Every i ie t 11, ( ' CALVES AND DAY DEEP Tr- -.wt. 1 I Baby beef is the highly finieheti pros tart that sells for the h:ol:est figure because the musclks, tendons and tissues are not hardened by egg and use. It is tender end juicy, l ike a oapry, yo:1n'tree. It costs, on the av'ul'se, about 3c to m_ke 1 Ib. of gain at one year, and about 7c. at two years, and soon, bccatt a the digestive powers are &lore energetic in younger than in older stock. There should be no let tip is feeding tl;e � days t.f the year. Clydesdale Stock Post can be f._'d 1 i:h the greatest benefit to calve', 'spec:allytvich Scparatcr bdilk, as it takes the place of the extracted butter fat=. It prevents "scours," therefore, th;:re is no "let op" in t•row;h. It has the bans: and mt:_,cle producing ingredients that helps to build a frame tin which to put the tender flesh quickly, and, at a profit. Nath injurious in it, :tnJ can stop feed ng it without harmful effects. 1loran beings can take it with benefit. We take it every day. Your mt ncy cheerfully refundad by the dealer if any Clydesdale Preparations do not give satisfaction, Try Hercules Po_Itry rood, CLYDESDALE STOCK Fool) Co., Limited, Tclonto t� •ItEQ J �G TLhak or It a 6 act•e.t rnT et Mar :•o*, 1Ls n, • r'tetaouabia: ar tr,ru. 1in•n •M �'t'-y Ore. 8r.,), an CR,' War Ile,. r w:a:e i..:,. e. Tu. 04.7 r......n v.. as Y1.,.-.1 in C.. it it 1:.1 Ka arr,t•,,0 r..r IOW a Iar:r,N,ce i' rad..t r.1r ofl.,n! .ra.: i.. 111.- s..:,,.,. r, . u.l _ot th,m 1.•at'y Mt col. Iha U: -1r I. It i•.•-1.. h• ug mail; 4 . t n,d.,. m .:, alt Oat his d.nv.,•, L•:.. r••• rm. r t ,wrn-.a1..rl,.'}lira a'.1' SIA nag,. ,. e..l rY, i.va In,.. tolls((15.o l7r ea.. S.- ha ..a. -Jr -.:r r' c h•aa u•.rr -..re Leri. -. rcn..y'07, 0.1 yaw. n .tfl�.0-y 4.,1 .en.! lit 'o r tame sad a•;drai1. j.*4a)y, ctrl '1 otlh mall 700200,..et or Pi�t411'C; !ri't st=Cz:l':is 1a w'1 at 10 a act n• .r.l, to a alai They ase aea,.tln,lty c.,yyM.. 11 the .-. d n. 1 11), 1., t c 1-v. 8,. 1* xa o p.nu Ily wax, • r..•Tered Mrere to 111.. ,.ra ',teacart, 1 •vucyit 1. 7 xr, 1i..t4 in tlm V,.t .note, that *mild r(.Ler. 1. mar. D .,a,..rg'recon •,yl..h, and n,nen,a . 1t gait r .•t lull . t<. glut. Writ, e .lay m•• .01.01 7.-u x(1 etre l: a IL:4aa r.., -a arra t. at aid. colonial Art l:tw, 1514. Toren$. is who are willing to pry for n good pro •1 duel. 11 these are not within easy f- reads by road, try to tench them ',y I rail. Ten pounds of butter may easily n bt; sent 50 or G1 miles by express for .1 25 cents. Ten pounds nhuy be sent Icer t- about 30 cents and 15 les 20 li0ur.d pac__ e ng.:s can be sont 150 miles for 50 cents. o 11 Is certainly a buoiness plvlposili)n 1 Lather to pay 3 or even 4 cents n pound expears-age than t,► lose 10 or 15 ce►r!s ✓ a pound by selling it to the counti•y gri:cer. Mnkp n goon qualify of bulla•, put it up in deal and attractive pack- ages, and sell it to select customers, r: and you will find both pleasure and profit in farm butter -making. 1 FRES(' MEATS f'Oit TIIE iiO\1F,. - 1 when filled with boiling water from 't )liege iron kettle several hot stones aro tout into it to keep up the• t^mperalure, 1111- hog is dropped in and drown In r.nd •out by two sli•ong mon standing upon the platform. As soon as one end of . , Ihe body Is scalded, 11 is reversed zrt.i i the operation completed. 'I'Iro hog is then drawn n'11 upon the ptalfor'n, scraped and clnr.n.•.1. The gambrel is then put in the hind legs and Iha' body lifted and hung upon a senffol:l by the aid of the arrangement which is terry simple to construct. The pole is sel!nm used unless there is a shorlago of help in handling large Laves. The test of Iha cleaning tool removal of internal parts is done while Ihe.l,o:ly hangs upon the scaffold, nfter whirs the: carcass is allowed to hang for sett - (rat hours it the day is c.i!tl. -Whorl lho animal heal Ins entirely lett this 11:.dy, and it is stiff and dry. it is talon dawn upon the platform and cut into pieces suitable fur curing. Our harts are smoked in a simple Stone smoke house, where they lire hung to the rafters above n soma flr° 01 cobs nnit ehips built upon the sto'te floor. To kill 1,114 cut a lieeve regoir•s n better arrnngenlent for senffol.bnt, sim`e the body usually eannt be !Wel although we practice 'killing ste'rs that weigh not over 1.000 lbs., and flr,4 that they can be handled by throe or four men without difficulty. -♦ $25 FOlt A BEETLE. Marvellous are the lives of cren- tures condenm d to Ike aI8' Cys in a darkness as black as night. Ono of these, a very raro npecimori, is stylod tho cavern hectln. It wag first discovered x01110 seventy ye1tra ago in nn Austrian cave, the grotto of Adrfsticrg. One specimen only wag caught, and, though its discovir,;r offered a prize of Its for another, it• was fourteen years before n soeonrl was found. Brought out from i!v gloomy haunts into the light of tho sun it dies almost immediately. Tho sunlight looms to wither and shrivel up Motto insects, Just as though Choy had been placed in front of a hot. fire. Yet, in spite of this fnct, it is known that the blind ':awe creature.' aro dcwcended from others s Lich orb ginally lived in the light of tiny. 11 i* hard for a conn to stand on lig dignity when he has sore feet. To see a farmer buying pork al 1!•e village store Is, lo ale, an indication of s tl very lax system of household man- ngeni('nt, writes a correspondent. Not oltogetber bo,;ehold, however, for file duty of furnishing Ihe pleat supply foils n 1 upon the male moirib rs of the fancily. It is so dour)) and altogether advan- :lagcous nn operation la butcher a few dings at hnrno and thus secure an ade- i grate supply of meal of the highest ' (viably. that 1 wonder that more fann- ers do not practice 11. It has nlw'ays been followed In the older settled die - theta of the country, but in some por- tions of the west farmers hnve nevi learned la kill their own meal. This operation requires the ser•t•ices of two or three strong men for ab nil half the day. Ihe rernnin(ler of the work !.ging of n much lighter nature, which may be finished by the wont m folk of the household. Wilk n IilUe ap- paratus, consisting of a scalding vat, e seraping platform, and a convenleot w ffuld, three or four hogs ran ^o Mlle.1 and hung without dilliculty in a ; foo hours. Many home butchers naw practice skinning hogs, which does' away with lho unpleasant operation of scalding and scraping. The quality nt the meat is somewhat be110r than when 1 he. principle on which the quo*- CIC tion should bo considered Is laid se down clearly in tho following par- pe of;raplt by a scientific forester who is: oho) a practical iiimbcrulan•- "I'very fool of national soil shou'd dovotcd to that product lois under hlch it pays best; hence forest., 1 tool.) never (disappear from land nn t tcli, li cousur'valivo forestry is Cho se must remunerative use to which so!! ire may I o put. A national platform Pa ought inviolably to contain thea m8 plank. Iran,) so described is called pat absolute forest land.' " 1 hot In every province of the Dominion t!o'i ure largo tracts of rock.,t,' pr . sandy, or otherwise poor land on Ilia whi••h forret* oro growing or (root wit n1irh they havo boon burnt or cut to (1:f. 'I'ht:•its iit049 prc'hlced retool lith)- tau ber but aro not raiiasral lands or lite a;;ric.dtt►ral lands. They fitly till 1 e, the description of "absolute forest t goo hold." It is 011 such lands If at till, tau t hat tho forests ,hould bo peril.- far. tient. Ivor I '1'11is is one of Cho qualtions which Lav • will no doubt he (liscussod at t ho A Poreotry Convention sl.ich has been till rn)led by Cho Dominion Premier to gen meet in Ottawa In January next, : 12 and It may bo expecte) that Cho dis-, St Le Two Minutes Physicians tell us that all the blood in a healthy human body passes through the heart once in every two minutes. 1f this action be- comes irregular the whole body suffers. Poor health follows poor blood ; Scott's Emulsion makes the blood pure. One reason t\ by S COTT9 ESP UL MON is such a great ad is because it },asses so quickly into the blood. it is partly di- gested before it enters the stomach ; a double advan- tage in this. Less work for the stomach ; quicker and more direct benefits. To bet the greatest amount of good with the least pos- sible effort is the desire of everyone in poor health. Scott's Emulsion does just that. A change for the better takes place even be- fore you expect it. We will stm i you a ample free. fie are that till ratan in the (eon of a lead Is lie the wrap- per of every bottle d PAD41 las re. bur. Scor & Bowm. Chemists Taront., Oat. 'e etsUlGaIl 011.11, ail Amu*. Where butler Is triode In rather large gin/10;1y and shipped vome distance wilh•adl ice, the regular 10 or 20 -pound wooden tub Is Ilse most satisfactory. hese duh* should Int scalded in int voter and then soaked in cold w,lsr veral hours before using. Who, sled In this way and lined with rchment paper, butter will keep re- rkably well in these packages. Other •knges are found on the nlnrkel ding froin Iwo to len pounds .each. \ Isle small butter producer the pre • trouble IS Iinding a suitnl.le rkel for bin produrl. 11 is custornnry h most of these pr,lducerS to ;ell the country grocer, who, as n nt!e, kgs Illlle discrimination In (1110111✓, gond and the poor selling for prac- illy the some price. No producer r,1 d buffer can afford In sell to Ihe nlry store:. Those who havo mo4o it butler -making n success hnve in• iably colored to privnle trade. or n quilt to Will known huller dealers. great deal of huller could bo sold in ages, towns and cities at 25 and ^!1 Is n prom!. which would bring only and 15 cents in the crnlntry stores. •ek, therefore, private custoniess cussio'1 sill throw considornblo light on it. It may be worth while how. ever to look at Home of Oho fa :to Gott affect the pioblein. In European countries, such ns ('er- many, Cho (moots aro found on nmoua- tnin,08 or poor land. The forests of Germany aro situated, at to tot in the larg.wt compact areas, in the muunt.nitl, of that country, where ,ewenty or eighty por cent of tho Land Is under forget. Mottles (hese the largest ureas are Cho sandy broths in lianot'or and fast and West t'ruesia, so that really only about ton per cent. of the forests are growing on good agricultural la•'d. 'Moto for the most part aro situatl.l in river valley, %%hero the land is subject to Iloode. A gradual pro- rc :as is however taking place wharuhy' lhu fres*)an Slate especially ix boy. lias up 1)001', ,andy land tint is go- ing not of cultivation and pl.unting it with pine. !hiring tho last twenty years $.\ 8l,Oot) boyo been spent an- nually for (110 purpose and largo areas productively stocked with Scotch pine. In Prance the sante policy le followed and tho expendii- ture for repurchase of denuded lands is always an important item In t!•o budget. nut thls policy u not confned to the Continent of Europe. Tho Starts of Now York is Paying up to 59.110 an acre tor Marla in the Adirondack Whkit were disposed of at five mita ter actor too purpose being to sgala cover them with forest. To this ono lho Forest Counnission is going to considerable expenso in replalt'.lg and reseeding thew' lands with vaI- noblo green. Pennsylvania has adopt- ed a similar policy and has given the Commission authority to pl:r• chase lands up to a value of $5.ne per acro. Other of the eastern and central state aro moving in •he sante diroction, but Cho expense of replacing the forests on lhesu poor boobs will be heavy and the time ho - fort, they can reach maturity will Iu long. L1 Canada the pressure of popula- tion is not yet great. ')'here aro vit.- gin agricultural land.* 81111 unscttbsl and uncultivated and it is not ncr1.•s' nary that any person shouts! E o upon land trhich, so soon as the tlta• ber Is gone, will he of no orlon awl will not i oris a of (Inn rwtnblishment. (1f a pt•rinanent home. Germany hoe a population of one to inch two and two-thirds acre but finds It profit- able to (told 35,000,000 note or 10 Per cont. of Its land area in forest. Canaria hail a population of shoat one to 860 acres. It is well 10 Irate from history. Germany finds the profit from and tho unite of thous poor lands, when kept In forest, steadily 'streaming. while the clear. Ing of the forret and tho ett.etnpt to UN theca otherwise left thous meat. and .►wbsea. the bogs aro scalded, and it once un•i derstood the operation is fo'r:y r•aphi, FA11A1 I10(i KILLING. On our own fnrtn we kill a good sup. ply of pork each fall as soon as enn- llimons cold weather ling set in. 'flits sometimes oocurs in Ocloht'r, but us h ally not until Thanksgiving. \Vo use a large, h^av'y barrel for scalding, with ' A platform about Iwo find a halt feet high for scraping. The barrel is setas a slant at one end of the platform, awl LIBERTY OR TH): LASI!. "Yea heaven's sake Trepolf, stand back with that wtdpr