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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1901-4-25, Page 7.1.,» , ., ivl I " i teal 1 as te4t7t.VI SP i1 THE WHITE ROS. e4:3tetWen8M0Olteeiele=iel=ettelli k /Te2eeeeWelelelieeZre41=331Pelli `. SYNOPSIS QV PRECEDING t°IIAP- Dolores, et will be ase evil day fox lL116,—lila story opane in the north any one who comes between Sir Karl of Stagnance at White Cliffe, the rest- end myself.—an evil day and an evil deuce of Squire °Norden. Itis spaeu, hour P' lateens have failed and be ld a ruin- "Yeo are tacking nonsense," seed ad men, Ila is old, and lei orusaed Lady IRbyswortb. by tba dread of the poor -house, Lord .0I hope I ala," netted Lola. "But Tthyeworth, the wealthy master of tb''ere is no thence of any math thing, leaving Muret, at this point makes a e need not fear," proposal5of marrlago to Doloraa Chief,- Delores turned .away. 'She would den, The Squire urges hid daugh- have nothing tc aey in the matter. ter to aooept the offer and thus pr.o. She treed to make heraolf believe that vide for her aged and peenilese fathe et did not in the :lout concern her, er. Dolores gives Lord I1+hyssrortb Then Lola declared that it was time a temporiving answer ad bis propos foe* her to 'go, She would not re- al awakens hex to the feet that she make when Doloroa asked her ; and iovea Sir Karl Ailanmore of Scare- her visit ended in a struggle between dole—a Ione of which ahe was net be- horaolf and little Kathleen for a kiwi. lore fully aware.Lola do Perris, a In after years La•dy'Iihysworth often French refugee and e playmate oe thought how Strange it was that, I)ploros' childhood -day$, also loves tbe bribe, coax, i,ersuade bee as elle would debonair Sir Karl and eonfeaees to little. Kathleen would have nothing to Dolores that she has made up her do with Lola. mind to win hips, Dolores and Lola are known as the white and red roses. Both are strikingly beautiful. -Dol' ores, gentle, niodeat and lovable, is of the fair type; Lola brilliant and, passionate is of the dark type. Ile, twcen the two springs) up a rivalry for the affeetians of Sir Karl. leoloree, modest and withdrawing constantly imagines that Sir Earl shows a pre- ference for Lola. At last, misled by a trivial occurrence into thinking Mat he has finally chosen between them, and tbat he prefers Lola, she sings him a pathctie farewell which he is at a loss to understand, and ac- cepts Lord 11'hystworth's offer. It is only when, betrothed to Lord Ithys worth, she hart reoeived a dower of land whish places her father in af- fluence, that she learnt that Sir Karl loves her, The truth l$ bitter to both. Dolores, evith tweet resigna- tion decides to be a true wife to her betrothed. Sir Karl determines to travel ea Franco in an endeavor to for- get his disappointment. Lola goes bitter sorrow he would not remind to Scarsdale to upbraid him for not her of the past. It was to him as calling at Beaulieu, her mother's though she were ill a sanctuary where residenoe, to gay good-bye. He does i no profane thoughts must follow not wish to give her grounds for I her. thinking that he cares for her and f During all these long montbs be is brusque. She asks him to be had heard continually from Lola. Ile friends. Sir Karl' consents and leaves; I did not answer mob, letter ; he mere - Dolores Is married. Two years pass ; ly wrote when politeness required it. she has a daugbter, and her Husband He never liked to think about the dies, little scene that had taken place bee tween himself and Lola ; the glamour CRAPTER AIIL—Continued.: of her rich, dark beauty, the passion GRAPIER. MeV. Sir Karl was 7A Italy when he read the news of the sudden death of Lord B,hyahvorth and understood that the woman he loved was free. His first feeling was one of sorrowful regret. Re had always esteemed and liked the master of beeping Runt, and it seamed sad that lie should die so soon after hie marriage with a girl whom he loved ao dearly, His second thought was that Dolores was free. More than that he Would not realize ; he would bot pursue the subject. Tho woman he loved was mourning the loss of her husband, and she should have his respectful sympathy. No let- ter of condolence, that Dolores receiv- ed expressed greater kindness than Sir Karl's. Be told her that no one felt more sincerely Sorry than himself that a good man bad been so suddenly taken away. (Nota word more did he say (While her head was bent in " If I were you," continued Lola en- in her face and voice, the intense dove for him expressed in her whole de- th'usiastically, " 1 should take care to meaner had impressed him then, as enjoy myself. I should go to London was only natural, and he had In some always for the season ; '1 would be a' D aasura been thrown off bis guard t queen in society ; I would rule my lit- appeared the scene nmv, her aide ny appeared to chem bold and tinmridenhy tle world royally. I wuuld accept all He could pot but regret also the sol - the homage offered to me, but take enn pledge of friendship that had care that my heart was never touched, bean almost wrung from 'him. It bad 1 would enjoy life to the utmost, but teen'ghgment, and it was at his bet- ter judgment; and it was against his I would never marry again, Your life better judgment now that the friend - would be spoiled by a second mar- ship continued. rialto." In hie letters to her he was most "That is hardly a fair way of look- roe*arededha3t3eooudd not islead bre ; seh- ing at it," said Dolores. "I should oar- merely thanked her for the news she tally never live that life." so constantly sent bine, gave ber in - A dark look came over Lola's beau- formation aa to Lis travels; or re- tiful face. She was silent for some lated any little passing event likely ode her;' but he avoided all aliu- little time, but by no means baffled. citoonaneither to friendship or love . It " Have I told you my news, Dol- was not Lola who told him of L.0 ord ores 1" she asked, "I talk so quick- Rhysworih's death—she had said ly, I cannot remember everything I say, nothing even of bis illness; but, when Sir Karl read of it in the papers;he wrote at once and asked her if the " I do not remember any particu- news was true. She was compelled to Jar news," answered Lady lthysworth, answer then. It wawa at this time he "Rave you any?" wrote to her. more frequently than "Yes; that energetic at any other. g young wan- Lola had two aims in life ; the first darer of mina, Sir Karl, is coming was to marry Sir Karl—the second, home. Hs will be here in a few to keep him apart from Lady 'Rhys - wort . h She wrote aveoks:' t a him, telling him Therm was no change in the fair fico how 'hneoneolable Dolores was, and bow flim was Ler resolutinever to of Dolores, no`flusb, no anxious look. marry again—how deeply grieved she She wee calm and pale. was at her husband's death, how sur- " Yours 1" she said quietly. "Why prised people were to discover that, do you call leen yours?" after all, she oared so greatly for Lim, and that, on her part ae well as " Ile is mine, after a fasblon," re- on bis, it bad been a love -match. Sir plied Lola, "Do you think, it were Karl smiled a little when he read nothing to him and be were nothing this. It certainly bad no very do - to me, that we would correspond re- pressing effect upon him, "As he de- gulariy with each other ? If you knew stroyed tbo letter, be murmured, all that passed between us on the "Poor Lola!" and :half wondered why evening before he went away, you the girl eared so much for him, see - would not ask uta why I call him keg that lie had never given her any mine." In her heart of hearts, Lady Rhys- worth did not believe Lola. Row could she when she remembered what Six Karl had said to ber 1 She made no reply, but ,gazed thoughtfully at the beautiful, agitated face before her. " Wloy are you looking at me?" ask- ed Lola. "Do you not ,believe me? Ab, Sir Karl hall d• ecided what hie plans sbould be. Ile would finish his Con- tinental tour ; he would not return to England until LordlZhysworth had been dead at Neat fifteen months; but, when he did go, ',he would do hie best to win the only woman he loved on earth. 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Thi.,y' she had dorsa frequently, theugh they were all vague, mysterious 1acsta, urasubatantiel as the bopee they relat- ed on. She had gone ovor to Deep - log Hurst un that bright morning, because she had received a note from Sir Karl. Site bad written, asking him, if be returned' by way of Genoa, to execute ammo trifling oomrniselon for ber; and he bad replied, saying that heshould take quite another route; but hoped to be back in ling - Mod in a few weeks. By return of Poet she wrote to remind him of his. promise that he would see her before any ono else on his arrival, Sir Karl. tore that letter Into shreds; if he kept his promise, Lola would pot gain any advantage by it, ;she bard basreeed to beeping Hurst with the Jntelligeenee of hid return, wishing to see for' herseIf what ef- fent it would have upon ,Dolores. In no other way but by that one ques- tion, "Why doyou call him youre 1" had Lady Ttbyswortb betrayed the toast interest in the matter; and that question Lola had found difficult to answer. Sho thought much about it, and it puzzled ber a little. If Sir Karl had loved Dolores and Dolores had loved bine, there had been noth- ing ao far as she know, to prevent them from marrying, She never dreamed .of the Dross -purposes and misunderstanding: that had taken place. When theidea oaourred to her that perhaps all the difficulties and dagere she had had to encounter and combat before 'Dolores's marriage might return 'with her widowbood she scented it ; it should not be so. She would move heaven and earth to pre- vent Sir Korl'a being won by Del- ano. She had given fair warning that she would hot suffer any one to come between herself and him. Rightfully or wrongfully, she consid- ered him bar own. The love had grown In leer heart until it had become a part of her life, and would cease with it alone. She had many Rovers, many offers of mar- riage ; and bfademc de Ferrate won- dered why Sho had accepted none, why she sent every one away. When she had first returned from Germany, her one idea and aim had been to marry for money; and to forego everything elm; ehe did not remember now that she bad ever bad {such a thought. The passionate nature, so long repressed, was now thoroughly aroused. She would: have giveu up everything for Sir Karl, even to the last drop of. blood in her veins, and would have been happy inso doing Madame de Ferran would lay to ber at times— "For whom are you waiting, Lola? You send away some of the best ;nen se to m 7bounty. Do you mean never gr y " When the right one comas, nam- ab will ecce s e ahvays revile leek et$ faireit he was ooining who would make all Wage iae'iglit to her. She resolved, last elle should miss him, not to leave home that day at haat. Ke migbt coma in the mere- bag, at noon, or at ncght; bet let kilo Dorno when ha would she meet be there, She would not for all the treasures on naa'tla anise the first look into his fame, the first sound of bis rains., glia had longed for bit Pres• moo ell these months, and 'now BIOS Wad to see him. In vain, during that lovely mined day, did Madame de Ferree beg that Lola would either drive out or walk out with her ; the girl was resolute ; the would not have risked missing Sir Karl to harm been a quocn. She vowed not plead boadacbe, for she look- ed so well and happy, All that she could answer was— " am not inatinee to go out toe dri raamma, Will you excuse mei" {Cjirough tbe Iong haurd of the morning, dressed in the most teetie- tie fashion, elle waited. But morning, noon, and afternoon pureed without bringing him. The dressing -bell rang, and she donned her prettiest attire, a silk of pale amber riobly trimmed with black lame, her neck and arms gleam- ing like white marble, She wore am- ber roses in her hair, and the clouds of black lace were looped up by the same flowers, Site looked long and earnestly at herself in the glass; she thought of the pale sweet Mee and golden head of Dolores. Weighing the merits of herself and her rival, she grave the decision in her own favor; there was no nomparison between the fair tranquil loveliness of Lady Rims - worth and her own magnificent beau- ty. " There It no fear," she said to her- e -elf; "he mould never hesitate be- tween Lady R•hysworth and myself, --mo man could. Setting aside the feet that I lova him and that my great lova must win some return, lie could never prefer her to me." Madame do Ferris guessed a little of tbe truth when she saw her elaugbe ten's face suddenly grow deathly pale. It was at themound of carriage- wheels followed by a loud peal at the ball- bell. Who can that be i" cried ma- dame. Lola bad said something in n vague way about Sir Karl's return, but had not told ber the date. " Surely," said madame, "it cannot to Sir Karl 1" One glance at Lola was a revela- tion to ber. Now she could see why her daughter bad refused one love after another, why, in the very springtime of her loveliness, ebc had cared apparently for no one; it was all because she .loved Sir Karl. Ma- dame felt a thrill of terror. What if Sir Karl did not return that love 1 Before she had time to say more, before she had recovered from her surprise or Lola from her emotion the young Baronet was announced. He came in, locking handsomer than ever. The warm suns of France and Italy had bronzed hie lace, and be was al- together greatly improved. Madame de Forras, as she: looked at him, own- ed, that it was' no wonder her daugh- ter was infatuated with him ; but Sir Karl and madame herself were both artled when Lola went forward to tet him. They had never seen any- thing like her face then, and probe ly never would again—the mingled ma you ll h ed. She had refused Lord Marley, a rich old nobleman who bad spent the last five years of his life in looking for tbe most beautiful wife to could find, and who finally decided that Lola was pleasure and pain, the happiness, the expectation, the fear. Sbe could not speak to him; but sbe went forward with outstretched hands. Madame watched the whole scene with tremulous anxiety. She saw that ber daughter loved Sir Earl but e handsomest woman he had ever the was by no means so sure ofthe aeen. But she sent beim away wi the knowledge quite new to him, that his money footled not buy every- thing. She refused Sir Alec Forbes, a handsome talented [young Scotch - ram who adored the very ground sbe walked on. Sbe even said, "No" to Mr. Newton, w ou, a millionaire, who would have made her one of the wealthie women in ECngland. One after anot er she dismissed them, to the won der and annoyance of Madame de F ran and the surprise of the wool neighbourhood. No one could divin why she had dismissed all her admix ens. E°eople shook their heads as one lover after another was sent away. Lady ridden said the girl must be waiting for a Royal Duke. No one ac- quainted with her, would have believeos) that Lola de Perris, proud, beau- tiful, imperious as .she was, had giv- en her whole heart and passionate love unsolicited ; no one ever seemed to associate the word "love" with her proud dark beauty and imperious grace, Pe t]i state of biz feelings. She saw noth- ing but simple pleasure an bis face there was no light of love in the frank blue eyes. " I am very pleased," he said, " to see you once more, madame," and you Miss De Ferris" There was no rapture in bis voice or manner. He looked, as he said,pleas- st h_ ed, and nothing more. To Be * ontinned. AT THE SIEGE OP PEKI i. • llmcers Danced While Fiends Yelled for Their nand/. Lola would not listen to the hate- ful suggestions that perhaps she would have all the battle to fight over again, and that Dolores as a widow might be as dangerous as she was before marriage. The girl would. not credit tbat any such misfortune was in store for leer. She looked for- ward to a happy ending for her love story: Sir Karl would return''; she would be the first whom he would s'ee; he would tellber how be bad missed her, how be valued her friend- ship, and be Would ask her to bo bis wife. He would bear how many lov- are she had refused, and he would feel, without any,, words from . her, that it was for his sake., Sho per- suaded herself that it would not be decorous for Sir Karl to think of Lady Rhysworth. At the same time, she determined to be with Dolores as much as possible, so as to keep wateb and guard over her. Sir Karlhad not given the date of hie return, nor mould Lola guess ex- actly .%ellen it would be. She was watching for it impatiently, At last she thought of an ingenious device. She persuaded one et madama's ser - vaults to ego over to Scarsdale on some pretext, and while there to ascertain the precise day that Sir Karl was ex - weed Imam. It wag oleverly manage Tier messenger told her that he at to return on the third of Only; nd, from the moment Lola heard he noses until tee stood before her, hese word,, never loft het—" The isd of Salt'.') On tat day all Ser orrows were to end. and the Paradise on earth for which she had been wait - g Wag to begin. CHAPTER 'XV. 12 ell w a Lb Jm The tided of July had come at last; and, wben Lola rose in the morning, anti opened hat: window, ,letting in Cie balmy air, deer heart beat with happiness., Well might the birds sieg joyously, Well might the green earth Probably tbo most extraordinary dance ever known was one given at the British Legation during the siege of Peking last year. Death: was treading on the very heels of the dancers, but they gave a very successful ball with a hand, supper, programme, etc. The dancing began at 10 p.m., and lasted most of the night; when all the time thousands of Chinese fiends were swarming round the place, yell- ing far blood, When the relieved of- ficers came off duty they repaired to the ballroom, wnihe the former male partners took up their rifles, and went out to the defense. Not a single casualty had occurred than, nor did one happen during tbo ball, by some extraordinary chance ; yet some deter- mined essaults were made by the be- siegers, and three times a waltz was. stopped for all the men to turn out aped help in the defense. THE HEN. . A hen is. rn:ure productive in pro- portion to ber size than any animal on the farm. The average well fed hen will lay from 100 to .100 °.ggs in a year, each ono of which will weigh two ounces or more, thus yielding in solid matter forts- times her own weight in the twelve mottles. At the same rate of product, a pow would yield two tons of choose and butter in the ramie year, and this compari- son shows c0nsplouously the relative superiority of the ben over the cow. Moreover, it addition to her contri- button of eggs, who will rear a brood of teh car twelve chielrs, and Dare. for them until they are attic to look af- ter themselves, while the cow retire but one duplicate of herself yearly, If the hen balls to doing this: it is fez' want of her `bwnor's core, and from eborop,gh inismab!agemeine, tvhtoh drverts sueeess frim her own well -meant and motherly care. A COLLEOTOIi. So your lather 11 a coin. cancan ]teeter P Yes; he keeps the toll -gate, GREAT RIVER OF OM, SGISiVTJST.S SAY THE TEXAS .STtllltir MAS TAPPED IT, An intereeling 'T'heory Which the RIIFecathe st NeDwI40orlflery et the ItOaumont Spontee semen Vouaa— r hetivtty' tell, Tho great oil strike le Texas rovioee in• tercet in the tbooee get forth by various seientiats that an Jmmonse river of erode petroleum ilows from the northwestern portion of the Reitee States throubb Col - oracle and Texas and out under the gulf of Mexico. It is claimed that the Beau Riont gusher tapped this great reservoir, The presence of ae oil lake under the gulf hat long hem known to senora, and many a sea captain bas searched for 11 as a be. ren of refuge during severe Storms, (lertahlly the oil well discovered by Captain A. F. Lame was no ordinary gather, When it broke Ioose, it was es if the power of a confined Niagara was behind the epoutei', Where were five mon working at the well en the morning el the strike. It is the custom in sinking these wells to de - crew 'the size of the pipe aceording to the increase of depth. They were far enough down to warrant the use of Your inch pipe, and the men were engaged in putting this size In place, A little over 600 feet had Ince lowered into the well wben the pipe suddenly began to come up Of its own accord. One man was work- ing on top of the 00 foot derrick, and he shouted to the others below: "What' are you hoisting it for?" They replied that they were not hoist- ing it, and the words were scarcely out of their mouths before there was the, muffled sound of an explosion and the pipe allot into the air with terrific force, About 800 feet of it was broken off and the remaining 800 feet forced into the air. Following the report a quantity of water was forced from the well, and aft- er that came the oil. The men on the ground scurried out of danger, and the man on top of the derrick hurried down. He was not injured, but was drenched with the torrents of oil and bad to almost swim out of It, Tbo oil came from the month of the well with sufficient force to throw it two-thirds of the way up the 60 foot derrick in a solid stream six lathes in diameter. The ae- TIIE heitatONT Mom photo talon sig days after the strike.] tion of the wind then caused it to spray, feeandt, it fiew into the air fully a hundred It took nine days to get the giam stream under control, and .during that time an immense lake of oil formed which covered 64 acres of ground ten Inches deep. The bank of this lake, which had been hastily thrown up, gave way in one place and about 200,000 barrels of oil es- caped. It ran down n branch for several miles and made a veritable river eta, It is estimated that Lally hall a million barrels are still in the lake. At the first calculation it was thought this ought to be worth 50 cents a barrel. Later the owners thought it was so mixed with dirt that they might not try to save it. 11 they decide not to utilize it, it will be turned into ditches and gradually burned. The Bow of the oil was estimated by the owners to be fully 30,000 barrels per day, which was over four times that of the largest one known in the United States prior to this time, In color the oil found at Beaumont is a dark browu and casts of a strong odor of petroleum. In quality it Is what is known as heavy or lubricating oil. Captain Lucas not only opened the big- gest spouter in the world, but was the immediate means of a boom in Beaumont real estate. During the first 80 days aft- er the strike 773 separate leases or trans- fers were recorded, and many more were on file waiting to be entered. The size of the deals ranged from smell leases -to be worked for a share of the possible output —to Inrgo treaders covering immense tracts of lahlj filed Calling tor an excbange of thousands of dollars. Beaunm et has been in a prosperous condition for some time past on amount Of the largo lumber and rice interests which coater there, but since the big oil gusher broke loose lumber and rice have had to tato a back sent. Pully 50 com- panies have beets formed to prospect in the now field, and there ere .elrendy more then a amen completed Derricks within e radius of n half mile of the big Ltteau Well. ,i 6 QA the Farm. il�Ir1�9►'9age'1AtiIF�A-- .,.^I�gy�r•�a SOWING: OATS. All things considered, the eafeet' mule lel bowing oats is to now just ae coon et the first worm, bright days pi11 the sou La suitable eonriction. Oate delight in' moot weather, and if they eau be ,grown and matured before the hot, dry :days of July the bel ter the yitelcl. Oats grow reasonably near the surface, and 011 1145 account there le no special advantage in plowing or stirring the soil deep; On fallow land the plowing may be done in fall or winter, and then when the conditions are favorable he the spring the oats mery be sown' on the plowed ground and worked into the evil with a good liar row. On cern stubble land a very good plan is to sow the send broadoast, wm'k it into the soil with a cultivator aid then ha'rr'ow the sail into a good tlith. Whatever way the seed is sown it will always pay to have the soil in a good tiltb, as not only will there be it healthy germination of the seed and a more vigorous growth, but the crop Ban be harvested to better aide vantage. Whale occasionally very early -sown oats may be injured by late freezing, taking one year with another, the ohanoes of thins are much leas than the risk of injury by bot, dry weather if the seeding be delayed. 2'13ESH MANURE. It inc frege,ently a question of con- siderable importance to decide whether the manure should be ap- glied directly to the field as soon as made, or put into piles and allowed to decompose before it is drawn out Ia thin section the best result is un- doubtedly obtained by epreadeng the manure on the field as soon as made and plowing it under in the spring. The strongest objection to this prac- tice le that In years when severe droaths occur the coarse manure and straw which it usually contains, when mixed into the soil is Injurious to the crop growth. The best way is to ap- ply the manure to some unplowed field, spreading it as evenly as pos- sible aver the .ground when drawn, Then plow the ground about four in - in w e - as of y of e e ahes deep, as early as practicable spring, smooth it downwith a harro and sew it immediately to barley, pr ferabiy using a drill for seeding, it insn:res more even germination the seed. The barley ripens ver early and will be harvested before i jeered by drouth. A very good trop barley is generally obtained, If th field inc plowed immediately atter th removal of the grain, the land will be in the beat condition possible for a crop of wbeat to follow. In fact, the land will be in as good condition as if the moss ore had been composted and applied dhrreet to the crop, and It will be freer fromweeds. - HOW TO SELECT GOOD COWS, It needs no argument to show that it requires good cows to secure a profit in dairying. Now, cows are selected and maintained in many dairy herds, almost universally, on the judgment of the dairyman, If a cow pleases a man bo takes and keeps ber until her years of usefulness are over. He does not inquire about her record, as no records are kept. It does not occur to the dairyman that there may be a. great difference in the individuality dived u r y of the herd thus secared a difference so great that some individuals only will yield a profit and others will be kept at a loss. If this question is raised, not one dairyman ie a thousand takes the trouble to weigh and test the milk of each cow in order to satlsfaetorily answer the question. Soar years ago we. secured a herd of 26 cows. None of these cows hav- ing records, they were pau•ohased on the judgment of the men who selected then. A committee of Jersey breed- ers sent us four Jerseys. In the same way three Guernseys and four Ayr - shins were selected. The remainder of the herd were grades. Some were raised on the farm and others pur- chased, An accurate record was kept of this bend. Each individual cow was charged with the food she consumed at market price, and in addition with the cost of labor expended en her case. Credit was given for the bat - tar produced and for the skimniilk. The variation in the individuality of these cows was shown by the year's record. In the production of milk the range wee trona 8558 lbs, to 3111 the, Inc butter from, 600 lbs to 155 Ibs, in net profit from 642.20 profit to $18.68 toss. The six poorest cows were kept at a money loss of $87.47, and the six most profitable at a profit of $148.78. It ie e. rule 00areely without ex- ception that when records of indivi- duals iu a herd are kept for the first time, some animals axe found running the dairymen in debt and others yield- ing very little profit. et is a con- servative estimate, I believe, that 26 per cent of dairy cows aro kept at a loss, 15 to 20 per Dent. at little or no profit, wello the remainder only yield a profit sufficient to make up the loss of the unprofitable ones and leave a small resulting profit. Dairymen may correct their jcuhg- nnent and secure better cows by keep- ing records of the milk given by each individual and the amount of fat it contains, by form,trug in their minds a better coalception of the form and outline of a dairy cow. She should have a long, deep barrel he order to store and digest a large amount of loud. She should have a good udder, so that the food transferred to the blood may fend room to be elaborated Into milk. She ehnuld have light front and rear quartets and carry little flesh, showing a disposition .to transform her rood into milk and not into flesh, CONUNDRUMS, Tb4 Information and. Eatehanav Bete !tore Get Off Sortie Gooti 0004, "While you're talking anent amok, lug," Bald the exehango editor, a'paaybo you enn tell why a 11 cent cigar 11#. like A young bale breed Indian squaw;" "Maid of poor ttoelt," replied the in- formation editor. "What's the differ - mice between a roller towel And the people who have to use it?" "One Is a wiper, and the other is a generation of wipers. what's the dit- ference liotween a catfsh ane it wad et chewing sunt?" "Not moth, It's all In the mouth. Wily le a ripe apple like the ghetto?" "Pull of juice, Why 10 a grain 01 sand like the faith cure?" • "All in your eye. Why does a" -- "Hold " -"Bold on. That isn't right. leu didn't have the answer, either, about the 5 cent cigar and the young sgnaw,l" "It's A mistake to furnish a match for it, then. You were all wrong, too, about the roller towel and the people who use It" "The one's a crash, and the other's a mirth. 11 that isn't it, I wash my handy of lt" "Soap yourself! It's because the peo• Me are changed every seven years and the towel is never changed. Wby le an— "Then you ought to change boarding houses. You didn't get the right point of difference between the catfish and the; chewing gum." "They're just alike. You can get stuck on both. Why does ae— "Gum oft I say they're note" "I may they arel It isn't meet to use either:' "Allwrong. You can use one for 1 big fry, while it is only; the small fryl that uses tee other." "Worst r ever heard. You made the wrong guess about the ripe apple and the ghetto, besides," "Did it on purpose. Why is a present of a mummy like a wig?" "Because it's a dead give away. Why, doman"— "Wbyes ab is the lender of an orchestra" "Like a fast wateb? Because he beats time. Why is a customer at a dee partment store"— "Like a man 100 years old? Because he's waiting a long time for his change." Then the information editor closed his knowledge box. while tbe exchange editor sheered off. - Not 'What She Meant. Mamma—Johnny, I want you to be good today. Johnny—I will be good le you'll gimme a nickel, Mamma—Johnny, I want you to re- member tbat you cannot be a child o4 mine unless you are good for nothing.— Causes of Comfort. Petted Wife—This old fashioned chair is delightfully antique, but very; uncomfortable. I don't sem bow your, mother could like it l,iusband (mildlyl—I presume she was usually tired when she sat down. "The Window's Pane Es In Its MAWS Kindlima — n What's the matter, mo little man? You seem to be inre g IIS pain. Little Boy (groaning dismalIy)—No, T• ain't, boy` ',men seems ter be a. great pain in me. " Did Anybody Byer Do That? 1 Some one asks what is tact. It Is hat feeling which prompts a woman to dig up the photograph of a friend who 1e coming to visit from the bottom bu- reau drawer gad rat it on the parlor mantel—,. ' A Busy Relative. "Yes, sir; my great-grandfather him ed his way to wealth." "With a pioneer's ax?" "Ax? No. He burned barns and got the insurance.' Qualified. Section Foreman—Do you think yo0 pan boss a gang Of men? Mr. Bear—i think so. I've bad my own troy ?'vie. 80 years of married life. - No Chance to 'Palk. Black—Mumsey is not a good conver- sationalist. White—No; he was the only boy in is family of nine children. The Anxious Rather, Tones—So your daughter is eloping, the Are you going to being her back? Jlaks—Not on your Wel len clanging them to make -that young mat get u tone 0n. Ile might thieve els mind,: