The Signal, 1899-3-9, Page 73EATON'S BARGAIN.
ST MILS. ALEICA.SDIEL
(cotTlNVI*.)
Ono quad:We raked Mar by day and b,
Was be houud by ids know-
• ot the facts to tell the true state
again to Miss \'Pian, and so destroy
aloe's otanee?--"r ought he to be
friendtbe a klis
to trio first? Ile could mot answer iter
t es was eesvlmed that tete foresee
W brines was grafi, goatlus dower
sum to her emtale"stl•ef1. "fie could
ver be satisfied with such • 11fe
ti Wirrlegtou's. She needed a real
me to be a abetter from sun or storing
busba°d who would go band In trod
tit her through every step of ifs s
id; and what with J�ktortitf rtnd mooting and
watching,
ew to think there could not be a faint
thaa to be that husband.
Moues Miss Vivian as generally hard -
over to Beaton in the many parties
d expeditions organised by Mrs. Win-
ston, Maitland found opportunities for
eventuation more frequently than Mn.
inington noticed and these confirmed
m in his idea that Edith's was no Wee
in nature nor was her gentleness in
,y way weak.
'1'bere was something touching le the
let preference eke unconscioaely shoe -
ben and wbich completed her attract-
is.
ttno-os. He twit, without the slightest die
!Veit to her, that had he a fair bead
m/gtt have won her heart and made
✓ happier than I.t711e Beaton ever
old. Her girlish curiosity and !rusk
iestio°ing about himself, he history, hie
eple, belt amused him. Had be both
thee ead mother ally'?—ted vistas,—
was rich indeed! A mother sort be
delightful! --some one wbo would al -
aye love you even if you did wrong.
drs. WIdngton was like a mother Gad
der teeter in one; but," added Edith
coking down. '1 feel in an odd way that
,me time or other I shall pea out of
re lite, and she out of mine;
,e longer I know her, the moo
sae how unlike we are, and wben she
is time to see it too, she will sat like
, be bored..'
"At present you are a prime favorite,
let the morrow take care of itaelt,"
turned Maitiaod; "you an too mound
P d truthful to bore any one."
"Do you think w? I am very glad"—
eking candidly into his face; and Malt-
ed thought bow charnsiag It would bolo
.. those eyes avoid his with the deten-
te continuum:w s of love—love of him
sty.
Time, however, waits neither for men
or their wooing, and Beaton thought he
•d served long enough for he Rachel;
D regardless of kis niter's warn:nt not
, be rash, and without her knowledge,
pervuaded Mies Vivian to stay at
..me one afternoon in order to see souse
!autographs of Hungarian scenery, which
fforded him an excuse for a tete-a-tete,
ed then to Edith's impends, ennoble,
Lith fervor made her an offer of hit hand
ad beset, his ancient name and high
w eal podtion.
Whets Mrs. Winiugton retarded •Midi
Ran was expected she found her brother
hag to and fro in deepest anger asd
fgt:whsid, to Make Mt Meat my few
stsp. Whereas earns em I to de at Whir
toed? 1 shall ant my thrust!'
"Better do that than live on • Na.
owl, gentleman,". cried Mn. Wiulueto•.
"How any one eau submit to poverty
whop a sbitlug's worth of putwu at to
ousro of lead would deliver yowls tncom-
prehenible to u.. However, I emit
menus to keep you hog in exile; there le
tolerobie fishing."
"1 hate fishing," ejaculated ileutoo.
"Old Mrs. Gubbjus, the housekeeper, Is
a very fair cook, and you must write me
despairing lettere every day- that will oc-
cupy you. In • week or two 1 will bring
our,llti. startled fawn to hear remote,
!rias
eottooin tyre back amide et1uf1Z
nes-; Md oar "
"Very well; I suppose I may go and
coulees illy sins to Lady Mary before I
dart."
It will do you ao good."
"Ought we to communicate with that
uld screw, Deegan?"
"1 will think about it," maid Sirs. Whf
ingtuo, slowly. "I may ultimately need
hie help; but if we tell him too aeon it
might set him on the lookout for rums
better spec than you have preyed."
"Ah! then I may leave Dargan to you.
And I suppose you have no more to say?"
"No; and it would be a relief nut to
see you. I never was so angry with yea
before. Really, Edith Vivian 1s a greet
deal too good for you; she has more
setae. I suspect you have been betray-
ing your absurd fancy for Indy Mary
more recklessly than 1 imagined to rouse
Edith's suspicions."
"Not more recklesely then you have
shown your absurd fancy for Jack Mait-
land. If I were Winington--"
"You would be a better man than you
are," taterruped Mrs. Wlningtna, quietly;
but her eyes darkened and she grew pale
with anger—"and not Put *eh collate -tie'
limns on a eine*, natural liking for au
old friend."
Boston laughed aloud cynically.
"If you defy and irritate me." said his
sister, rising and standing erect before
Mm, "I shall give you up; hitherto I
have been weak enough to care what
became of you. If I turn agsluat you,
It will be as exceedingly bad day for you,
Ladle Beaton." She opened her purse
and threw him a couple of notes. '•i
expect you to repay me, remember. Now
go; I well write to tubbing in time for
pot, and tell bet to have luncheon ready
turryou at one to-morow. You must get
away by the 8.30 train in the morins."
She turned from him with • look of
ccatempt, and left the room.
Ladle Beaton follower slowly and bot
lea steps to the resideoce of Mrs. Hay. a
seven •°d wealthy dowager, under
Whose oppeesave Prutectlou Lady Mary,
Ws1••t osteAteeisseli w, ibeagbt 'at tuts lite
present to abide.
Mrs. W'iaington paused in her own sit-
ting -room, and took up some notes and
letters, glancing through them me.hanic-
440.414..
'ter_bg. gytet he very fond of her althea
live -ladyship. Now .11 thifi: pleasant.
easy intercourse was at as end, sad ebe
rosily liked Beaton. It would ludeed b
Painful to meet him and Mrs. W'todns-
ton. Whet would she say? Edith felt
rather than thought that it was quite
Possible Mn. Wiuingtou could be very
angry, and what more likely to anger her
than ending her brother, to whom she
ow w usual atteehed, uud of wham, u
:t seemed to Edith, she was so proud,
had proposed to • little countrified entitle -
toe, which in Itself was bad enough, and
worse still that she had had the tem-
erity to refuse him!
What should she do 1f Mrs. Wining -
tett waroa and Quarreled with he-•?
j1�j� no mesUOipfiisted TiT-4life
at treeless excltt'weut, she felt she moll
cot go back to her former mouutuaoUs
esisteoce. And her guardians? What
would Mr. Tilly say? Restos bad Inti-
mated that be bad secured her guardlaa's
merest. Would every one be reel entry?
Then she wondered why ebe did nut Ilket
to marry Mr. Beatoe. It was curious,
for be was nice, and good-looking. Next,
fancy suggested, "If Mr. MaWaad ted
asked you to be his wife world you have
refused?' Cooscleuce instantly meteor-
ed,
newered, "No." Of course, he would nevut
think of asking per. Ile was tar above.
out of her reach. It was with no paa-
aiouate burst of emotion that Edith re-
uognlzed the; she was not in love wen
Maitland, *r rather she did not know
tate was In love, and with a sigh of
gentle regret she turned from the idea,
ideating at her own temerity.
At lame her maid tapped at the deur
to say that Mrs. 11'iningtoo had come
in, and wished to know 1f Mies Vivlaa
would Dot have tea.
"No thank you, I have a had head -
oche, and will 11e down till dinner -time,"
raid Edith, beginning to realise tete ap-
palling trial before .her in meeting him
\Vtningtou's keen eyes with am* a
w'eret weighing en her soul.
"SbaU I bring you a cup of tea it ve,
Miss?"
"If you please," returned Edith, .- ger
to be left alone; nor was she disturb -el
for a long time.
ThenMn. Widiugtuo broke in upon
her, on the way trent her dressiog-ro ni
to the carriage and a solemn dinner -
party. She rarely took her young poo-
tegee out with her in the evening, save
to the theatre or a crolleett.
"I■ your bend better, dear?" ebe ask-
ed, kindly, but to Edidt'a anxious ear
there was unusual gravity, almost aid -
nese. 1■ her tone.
"4*, yes! certainly better."
"I have brought you tate hew Corn -
hill, if you are •bee to reed, Try ani
eat same dinrer or supper, and get to
ase• airrre emetreetwileet-yeti wedge welt
to -morrow morning. Goodnight, dear."
A gende kis, accompanied by a ugh.
and Mrs. \Vinirgton was gone.
Edith 'seldom naw her hostets In the
ally. "1 will not speak to her yet." rhe .morning before she went to the studio,
thougtt. "Let be chew the cud of sweet w here she worked s'eadily in sprite of
and bitter reflection for awhile. What • the distractions wh•oh surrounded her,
sod when, perhaps, she was ►appieat.
Ilia uneasiness and fearful looking :for-
ward to the meet:ee that nwoited h
was prdopged, utter a disturbed night,
through the hours that, preceded luuch-
Beaton had titsnlrpewredi anfy the welt-
dresahf, aeleposseseed young person who
deigned to bre ler attendant - name to
recoil her back. This wee no small
relief'
At luncheon there sea• only Mrs. Win-
ingtoa, who received her kindly, but
n'th a subdued and ts'udve air. "You
misfortune to have two such idiots to
deal with! Edith's utter ignorance of Ute,
not to say society, prevents her from
seeing that she could scarcely do better
thea marry Leslie. He would make •
eery tolerable sort of husband, end I
could be of immense use to her. Aa to
ladle, his weakness is too contemptible.
How did 1 come to have such • brother?'
She wrote • few replies to the notee she
had read, @topping now and then_ to
and descended to the carriage which
all this time had been slowly driven to
and fro by the exasperated but sedate
coachman, whose patience was Alen must have rnmman(e :ted your bead -
tried by he whimsical and Ioperioas me eche to me, 1-.d:t'e." s.te said, after they
trees. hadaMuhaneed gre'•nugs. "I feel quite
Meanwhile Edith, much disturbed and good for notttint:, I -!all not be at home
bewildered, had down ■way to her .,war to anyone, and r: Eve we will take a
room, asd locking the door, sat down le drive far from Coe, madding crowd."
the darkest corner robe could find• tr in There are a few ' eople rousing to din-
t* steady leer thoughts after the to :nor nee, and I two; brace myself for my
dimity avowal to wheel the had jar:. .e. otiew."
listened. Her moat vivid imptesa.on wit "It will le• • pleasant," said F,dltb,
immense astonishment that any man ..''areely davit.. to look up, yet thank -
should think of her as a wire, especially ful to find that Mrs. Winington was not
• man so clever and indifferent to every-
t2.ing as Beaton appeared to be.
Edith bad a very bitable °Meese of
herself: not that she was uneasy or self-
eonee4ous about her deficienees—self did
lot trouble her in any way. She wanted
to learn and to enjoy, to help where elm
Could, and do what her hand found to d•,
difigeetly. The tact of being an heiress
had never penetrated to her underotalel-
ing; she had never known what it was
to have the command of money. Even
Mn. Miles wbo was mysteriously in awe
of her careful brother, never t.,ld bar
she was rich, only that she need not want
for anything. indeed, Mn. Miles sus
kept very much in the dull herself; the
was au hooted, kindly, warm-hearted wo-
man, somewhat indolent and inert- Ed%h
coneequeotly did a great deal more for
her than doe did for her young charge,
and tens the girl grew ap Nogulariy na-
spoiled; sad without the least idea that
she was of importance to any one ex-
cept Mrs. Miles. Moreover, she thought
herself too plain to be attractive when
the thought on the •ohject at all. whittle
sea@ perhaps , until dream and ad -
°est t eel was forced on her notice by Mra
Wlningtos. Wheat compering herddf
with two such distinguiahedlo.kin* wo-
men as Lady Mary Hay and her hogws,
she decided that her own appearance was
poor indeed.
Few iris had ever dreamed less of love
and m•.rrlage. She had read few novae,
and heard lea sonde- Thore sus redly
no one to gossip about et rAttlemere, The
levers she had read about•in Sir Walter
Scott's and Miss Fertier's stories le -
tainted her Immeneefy; but If she ever
aMt11ev1 the moral of the tales to herself,
It was in the faraway future, when elle
had emerged from the very low tneetel
statue which she allowed herself.
To be kind, considenW, prompt to do
any one a service, teemed to EItb a
satursl and normal state of treeing, sad
ahs wee too ignorant of life, as It works
In the society Into which ebe had drifted
en cnrionaly, to understand what wile
imDllai
hy the extraordinary exertion
made by Beaton to meet her at the
studio, to Inspect bee preereen. cid
escort her home as be did two nr three
time a week. Such attentions from s
man of Becton's tyle and standing wool e.
have Muttered all or any of the seam n'"
debntantea, or even mutt experienced
goon` Indies; wblle to Ed!th ft ate,tned
Ow simplest thing in the world that her
guardian's old friend, as she ,on•;•ier"l
film, her dear. deilghttnl Mn. 'Mem:-
ton's
Vin'neton's brother,.boald takes kind, ptrheys%
patfootslae. Interest in ber,ett and her
work. the was heartily obliged to Bale
ter, het sl*jbtly dlatrustful of ides, ha
mdse he teemed to mock at all things;
sed we/cern the book in the drift el
els oomp(imesta, and that they ware
rally meant for bee, Siff was diegemd to
teak he was laughter et bar.
When, therefore, he made as avowal el
dm ardent sffecdef, sad pnfeend 4edie
to make her his wife, Sete was Ieseise-
deity Iseredalose asd more trigttened
:baa pieeeed• Why domsld so gram' a
madwant to merry an lgeausrt
Ste girt who war not even pretty? ter
was quits int owrprebetielblel inexperlise
id as slew was, eh. had !eaglet the or
Priendea et' his eyes than dew to time as
he Meted st er seek* to iId] Merl; end
!raters that marvelous ia@etrectres, aY
i :, ir-
'•'l'he isnora•t little savage," he ee-
l:rimed. "I made the lovelieeit contends,'
I my feelings you can Iraagine. It won:d
are melted the heart of a—of a Csl-
iuck, and the tittle fiend was Nruply ear -
aimed, contused, overwhelmed; yet toe
old me coolly the thought I had ink -
Men my owe feelings --that she wee
1114! sun I liked Lady Mary better than
did herself; that she was too --too some -
mag oe other, to be sty wile, sad.$hat
de Meted me so much the would es bar
marry ewe one else."
"Well, Leslie, you an a greeter t'.o1
Wan 1 took you for," mild his //.ter,
iemming sternly.
Could it be the mime face that looks.'
up OD tenderly la Jack Msitland's?
"You tried to shake the the before the
fruit was ripe, new yea have lost the
Fame. That do you intend to do?'
'To do! How do you mean? I have
acted on your instnu O. no, and made se
w of myself to no purpose. I have
'rarely a rap left, and Father Abraham,
who advanced nae the lest supply on the
strength of baring an better in tow,
woo't give me a sou more. By (leaven
i .fell lose my character if it is know°
that I here failed with the unsophisticat-
ed one,"
"Yom mtut sot fall," Mrs. Wiatngton
returned. "i mat repair your mistake;
you shall not lost this little airnpletb.a.
B7 your own idiotic rashness you will
k.. mnctb valuable time. I wonder I
have the patience to speak to loll yam
here bees a trouble to us all you: lite,
and you have nearly thrown away your
last chane of relievers as of the bur -
dee. Now, you mat he absolutely guided
by me."
"if you explain your plans I'll try and
take thee► in," said Beaton, who wase a
edema,. crestfallen,
"Very welt Leave Mho Vivian to me
for the Present- I will desoribe yopr
broken-0earted 000dirion, and roam bee
oo0Waallon. There is a good demi to
h ope till from the fact that she ac-
cused you of liking Ludy Mar hotter
than you liked her."
"She is not far wTesg." sltrnnrect
Beaton.
"Do not be childish, Leslie. if you
berried Lady Mary you would hate eaeh
ether, ■nil be miserable in two Mouths."
"I ,should bsve those two;; tlrlosths,
"Lady Mary hes more sense,' tasting -
ed Mrs. Wlnlmgton, not heetlhg Klin.
"Yen see, though 1t mast be dietaete!al
/to her, the has made ap her sated to
marry Mr. Brown."
"Hee cid Thr-baag' proposed?' cried
Beaton. eagerty.
"1 dos'tl4aew, and 1 don't eery, I Irv.,
though to t'hink of with your affair, asd
mianrragemeat. You mart go out of
e get someweere; if will be the boot sad
ser../ way to show yonr despair,"
'.itnt, JH., I c.osot stir without cash,
and 1 tell you I haven't a farthing. Your
meet get Wintngton to siren nut."
"it would be ext °o use to ask him, end
1 would not do It if it a -ere," returned Ye
d ater, resolat.iy. "Wiatetgttou keg mors
very g'esernee, bat you have tried his
patients to far. I don't Mink i amid
have bad you ea much here .bad be net
believed Paan would marry Edith Vivian,
sed free are from the harden et your
mtintettance. I cast 41s help myself; i
h elve gone tar beyod my allowance;
Madame Leery has sat me is a hideous
bit-"
"Tees you moms .ave me some ease
rennet," mid 8est1a, tndffwrofiy,
"Look here"-- he pulled a handful ot gold,
elver lad !'shoe cyan Nets his pocket
—"i have a ample of five-pread sups 1°
14-7 hewers' � �stdo.. that 1 raw
ince to Pars or dew to Cowes, i meat
rnn
IM so hold UV Mee the barfgtd.-"
Yon shall not res ever to Paris sr
!:awes, reser," NAe fat@rrepted; "yea
staff a down sod Mita rest woes sad
Yourself at Wistetd, sad i ea dee yea
yaw railway tare,"
Vied 1p yleaslye*, flet r l.i• W..
roar.
Luncheon was soon dispatched; Edith
could hardly eat ■ morsel.
"It is a farce your sitting down to
table," said her heaters. "You are look-
ing pale. too, deer. You must reale, in
De. 'Tweddell. He Is the great mien
for nerves now, and your nerves are all
wrong. I am sure."
"I think I do - feel nervous," faltered
Edith.
"Come with me; we will ovate our-
selves In my room, and have a nice Leg
talk."
F.dith followed her as if to execution.
Mrs. Winingtoa's psl►ets room was a
delightful apartment on the second
boor, with a large corner window com-
mending the gardens in the rear, and
a glimpse of Hyde i'ark; simply though
most comfortably furnisbed, and adorn-
ed with a few good pictures/, a statuette
or two, and abundant bowers is choice
china bowls and vases. It was de
lieioaaly cool and fresh; the roar of the
treat came to them softened tato •
mellow undertone, deepening the 'ewe
of restfulness by the suggestion of the
mese and struggle without.
[to n ocerTr fUsa.)
WATTR FOR COWS,
They heel Drink la Winter as ■se>i
as la /reamer.
The more water that • oow will drink
when subsisting on dry fodder the bet-
ter she will do provided, of course,
that the water le at a moderate temper-
ature when take° Into the stomach.
This leads u', says George E. Newell 1111
the Boston Cultivator, now that we are
on the threshold ef winter, to look
about and inspect the water supply of
our dairies with its attendant facilities.
How many dairymen intend to drive
their cows to • neighboring creek Shia
winter and through • bole in the ice
them to dridla''erada at'ttetreee
the point of temperature/ If each to
your plan, lei me ay right now that 1t
will be as bard to wriug profits from
your herd as to extract blood from a
turutp.
I consider tbewater subject as impor-
tant as the feeding subject in fie rela-
tion to winter milk production. Cows
need relatively more water in wiutef
than in summer, to b•lanoethe quantity
of dry food they consume. !f, however,
the water offered them is treeziog cold,
and /bey are forced to seek it by brav-
ing incitement weather, the animals
will often turn tail and go back into the
stable wltbont even drinking.
With supreme indiffereuce to the real
anent I have then beard many dairymen
exclaim their cows were not thirsty.
I knew one dairyman of this class,
more energetfo than the rest, who used
to employ • whip in forcing his oows to
the drinking hole. There the poor crea-
tures bad to kneel on the ice and drink,
whether they would or not. This man
had a dim idea that water in the cow'r
eropcuuy pluxed a. importaut part in
milk production—perhaps he bad read
that water formed 87% per cent of milk
—bairn bad only a brutal oonoeption
of how or under what conditions water
&Could Le given to oows-
In • more or less modified degree a
large clash of dairymen all over the
country hold to this man's idea. They
may not whip their rows to an ice bole,
but they give them the alternative d
going to ane daily or choking wltb
thirst, and that 1N just as bad.
There is one humane and profitable
way, and that is to water cows througb
flee winter in as comfortable a manner
as you feed them. I have found it beet
to water ear va shortly after they have
eaten, which means three times daily.
Above all /hinge they should not be
illan.liaisr..at1:an iewolald.tagaieeratare.
n-rlrwe�r'1�iC� u a ,
sensible. Geese.
theseare not supposed to he very sensi-
ble cmetores or at all particular about the
cleanliness of the food they oat- Popular
t54enee News, however, record@ an in-
stance in which they were better than their
reputation.
The geese 1n question wen on the bank
of the York river, Virginia, and lied dis-
covered • good supply of that delicacy of
southern goose diet—pieces of watermelon
rind Unfortunately these particular
pieces wee Po covered with mud and mod
s to be in • very uncomfortable condition
for marg. But the geree—• large flook—
tGitow how to overcome the difficulty.
As each bird pinked out • pied of rind
from the garbage heap 11 inspected It, and
if It seemed too dirty for immediate con-
sumption carried 1t at ono* to the river,
dropped it into the shallow water and
*food watchtng It until the running stream
had carried sway tho extraneous matter
end left the tempting pulp fresh and com-
paratively etcan. This accomplished, the
goose stepped Into the shallow water hy
the side of Its freshly washed food and gob-
bled off the edible pulp with maob appar-
ent
pp arent appreciation.
Thewriter watched the geese for half an
hour or more and saw the thing done re-
peatedly, and that hy general bird& I/
teemed as 1f thee particular flock had ate
quired that habit ot thus washing their
iced.
Trott 5trrt..l...
Mary—Stop, Johne i must mend your
glove before we go to ehureh.
John—Bother the glove, my dear. Let's
remember the !Liht.ath day and keep It
holy.
1m th. %octal N arid.
BHnh—b them witting waves feta° to
have is suet yen nan't amuse
Wink—Yes; to he the guest of • man
that can't ammo yen
-
When am I get some of Hnlleway's
Corn Can t I wee stands mired et
servos by MM remedyMesta
mon of k Sas t�-
.1.1111111110.
Colorel'petal ha Cheese,
Coder the direction of tbadairy,00m•
miasiouerof Canada a caretukstudyand
report of an catbresk of colored spots in
• Canadian factory were made by Dr.
W. T. Connell. The factory was foond
to be well located, bat not well kept.
e is too frequently the case with cheese
factories the Utensil@ and vats in daily
use were fairly well cleaned, but in
general the I'..:Weary had an untidy ap-
pearance- In p nrticnlaLlhe dna' were
very defective and filthy. The drainagf
from the factory was intended to,entei
a drain under tae floor, but a close 000
nection betweeu Ito Poor and drain wet
not made, ani it bad to fall about 18
Inches to the trnngh. A considerable
part of it eplaebed owes on to the ground
underneath. which was kept oonstantly
maturated, and in a ,limy condition.
The color of the slimy masa varied from
reddish to reddish yellow or reddish
gray. Baoteriologie•I examination of
this substance revealed nlany forma of
low organic lite, anti bacilli were dis-
covered which closely resembled a form
found in the affected cbeeee. The alt,
rennet and samples of milk delivered
by the different patron' were also ex-
amined, but without finding suspicion'
germs in any of them. There seemed
little doubt but that the defective drain
and its surroundings were the source
of infection, and to prove that the
cbromogeniogerm, abundant about the
drain, could cause the trouble. A lot of
milk in a factory entirely tree from the
Infliction bad • culture of the bacilli
introdnoed into it and was made into
cheese. Within • few days the spots ap-
peared. Processor F. C. Harrteon re-
ports that the same bacillus io found i°
dirty sinks, vats, eta
FEEDING DAIRY COWS.
Intereetlag Teets by the gasses ma-
',rtmeat staled.
Some dairy farmers teed their cows
on the supposition that the lea feed
°unarmed the greater the profit. It fa
interesting in this connection to note
the difference in quantity and quality
ad the tiled (lives --a4 -the .pttus"st ars
herds and contrast it with that given to
the best five herds out of 82 herds of
Meroden creamery patrons investigated
by the Kansas experiment station dur-
ing the summer of 1898. One herd oat
of the poorer five received no grain dur-
ing the year, three received ear Dorn as
their sole grain ration. and the fifth
herd received a little oats and rye in
connection with cornmeal For rough-
ness, only one herd out of the five re-
ived any clover, the rest being fed on
millet, prairie liay or corn fodder.
With one exception the beet five herds
received oats, bran or aborts in connec-
tion with the corn fed, and in moat
cases the roughness of corn fodder or
millet was balanced with alfalfa or
clover. The composition of the feeds
given to the five poorest herds shows that
they contain entirely too much oarboby-
drates and fat in proportion to the
amount of protein, the element in feed
that fa absolutely necessary in the man-
ufacture of milk: The feed given to the
best five herds approached more nearly
to a "balanced ration" for the reason
that bran, osis, aborts, alfalfa and clo-
ver contain a larger percentage of pro-
tein.
Now let ns look at results. Not all
the difference in the income of these
her'da is to be attributed to the feed,
but a larger part of it can be. Suppose
we estimate the colt keeping • oow at
$15 per annum for the poorest five
herds, which sem is doubtless below ac-
tual cost, and one-third more, or $20
per cow, for the beet five herds. There
would then be $8.04 annual profit per
cow from the poorest herd and $84.88
annual from the beet herd a difference
of $81.84 per cow. This means that one
cow from the beet herd brings as much
clear cash toamaanrtfiea'Wttoa4iel
poorest herd. If we take the average of
the poorest five herds there is a profit of
$8.59 per cow, while from the beet five
herds the profit amounts to 325.18, s
difference of $16.54. In other words,
one cow from the best herds will bring
a man as much clear profit as three cows
from the poorest herds.
It should ever be borne in mind that
it requires a certain amount of feed to
keep np the anistal machine, just as it
requires a certain amount of feed to run
an empty locomotive, and that the profit
comes from the feed eaten over and
above that necessary for animal suete-
nance,,jna4.aa the efficiency of a loco-
motive comes from the fuel coneanted
over and above that necessary to move
its own weight. Economy along the line
of withholding feed from a good dairy
cow is false economy. It is simply ex-
travagance.—D. H. Qtis.
straining Wilk.
There are some pointe about straining
milk that ire not generally thought of,
and therefore the milk is not wholly
cleared of its bacteria. In the first pleoe
It 1s important that the milk should tee
put through the strainer and set where
its cream 1■ to rias as soon as possible
after it comes from the cow. It often
accumulates baoterie very rapidly if left
In stables exposed to foul odors. Se-
ddon, 11 left long Nome of the Dream
will rise and will be so mixed with the
milk that what doer not cling to the
strainer cloth or wire will not rise as
Dream again. The 'trainer should be
thoroughly washed by dipping it first
in cold water and moving it rapidly
through both ways, so that bacteria
will not adhere to the underside. as
they are apt to do 1f the rinsing water
is merely poured 011 the strainer from
above. Tben repeat this prooese with
water pretty near scalding heat. In that
way if tbere are any bacteria on the
strainer they will be killed.—Boston
(MIS va tor.
Warm the Milk.
Atthis time of year It is often a dif-
ficult matter to churn cream and extract
i1. butter fats. Warming the milk to
140 degrees is an effective remedy for
this. It will alio enable the dairyman
to get a greater amount of cream from
the same intik than be otherwise would,
but the milk should not be allowed to
biome mach warmer than 140 degree.
or it will snake the better'o(t As the
warmed ntflk in soled pretty mach all
the cream will rise at once. It 'Mould
rte skimmed before the tap hardens Into
• cruet, as it speedily will. When pat
away to await churning a1 thin spasm,
cream .hoold be 'tarred once • day, to
a to rnix all ita parte together and pre-
vent mold farming on the surfaoe.—
Boslon Cultivator.
ries Preen Kind.
Householder—DO you pretend to my
that this meter measures flee amount of
gam we born
Inspector—I will enter into Doeon-
tro,.rsy, air. hat I will ay that the
reefer me%eerin the asiotiat of gas yes
have to pay Oir.—Beetan Chiba
War 111. Chao* Hlm.
"How ran she marry • man with
lewdly • thing to eammead bum hal kir
money?'
"lopped, opped, she hue made up her mind
M sk9 MA les *INN be's wards."
Leave It to the Caws.
Not long ago a farmer told nu that he
thought it would have been money in
his poeket if he had begun to feed his
cattle at the barn a week or two weeks
earlier, but the fields looked eo green
that he thought there was enough good
feed there. Probably if he had left the
question to the caws and tested it by
offering them some good hay at night,
when they came ap to be milked, they
would have let him know that the pas-
tnre was not rich enough in antritive
qualities it it wan sufficient in quantity.
Front bitten grass has but little value,
and we think the growth in the cold. wet
and usually cloudy weather of the
early spring and late fall is not as nu-
tritious as that which grows from June
to September, jaet as grams grown in $
dense shade is leen valuable than that
which has the sunlight upon it. Begin-
n ing to add a little hay ration to the
pasture feed for • few weeks before the
cattle are confined to the barn makes
the change is character of food more
gradual, and in this cape at least and
in many others it would have prevented
• shrinkage of 50 pounds weight on
each animal, which it will take several
bushels of grain to put back again.
There were also some cold rains and
winds in October and November when
the cattle .honld have been in the barn
or shed instead of in the pasture.
weeks cortege :an De utade, °tmd' rhe
plants will continue to yield fur about
di weeks. Pftrtlt f leeterPlAnis beta@►
grow by becoming routed iu the soil.
but are produced from material stored
ap in the roots the previous summer.
when this reserve material is exhausted
the routs must be throwu away and re-
placed by brh,heus. Comrbenting spun
this method as • rather wasteful and
expensive ono of forcing lalparagua, a
recent bulletin of the department of
agriculture enumerates various means
watch have been devised to foroe ae-
pdragtrs in the Held, where 1t is so well
established that it ouutinues growth in
the summer as though it had not been
tweed Lta,preyione winter. mOtOOV simple and rather culetitV*
of accomplishing this la to placebarreb
or half barrels over clumps of asparagus
very early in the spring and pile fer-
menting manure shout them, the
warmth from the manure forcing the
shoots into rapid growth. When the
locoing season is over and danger frutu
frusta is past, the barrels are removed
and the plants continue growth in the
open air.
Sometimes asparagus is forced by
placing framed covered with sash over
the plant* in the bald, the rows of ate
poragae being set rather close together.
This is considered a very profitable
method by many market gardeners.
Another method of forcing asparagus
in the field is to dig ditches between the
rows and fill them with fermenting
manure. The surface of the bed may
also be mulched with manure. Some-
times brick tunnels are laid between
the rows and hot water pipes placed in-
side them to furnish the heat.
Tillage Ualoeks Pinot Fool,
Writing of potato experiment* at
Cornell university, a correspondent of
The Rural New Yorker says that for sev-
eral years the experiment station hae
been making a careful study of tillage
and the plant food of the soil Potato&
have been grown upon a soil which oar -
Increasing the Profits,
The Meriden Creamery company of
Meriden, Kan., find that their patrons
who know how to feed get from $40 to
$56 income per year from each cow,
while the patrons who do not know how
to feed get from $18 to $25 per cow per
year, and that the net profits received
from each cow by their best patrons
are 11 times those received per cow by
their poorest, writes Mr. H. M. Cot-
trelL They also find that some of their
patrons get no profit whatever from the
skimmilk, while others who know how
to feed it get from 25 to 50 cents from
each 100 pounds of skimmilk fed. As
there are 5,000 pounds of aldmmilk
from each good cow yearly the way
It 1s handled makes • great difference
in the profit' from dairying. The Meri-
den company believe that if their em-
ployee" are thoronghly instructed in
these lines of feeding they can help the
farmers who sell milk to the creamery
to largely increase the farmer's profite
and at the same time increame the proflte
et the creamery. For thin reason the
stockholders of the Meriden ertmpany
have decided to send all their employ-
ees to the Kanas dairy school at Man-
hattan and require them while there to
make a special study of feeding dairy
saws and of feeding skimm' k to calves
and hogs.
FORCING ASPARAGUS.
simple and Proetable Warm of Defog
It In the Viola.
Aeparagne V commonly forced by
transplanting n%$tnre mote to some
warm place, as in hotbeds nr under
greenhouse benches'. Strong plants 4 or
5 years old ere removed from the field
late 1n the fall with s little damage to
them as pxwihle end dread in • cold
plass until wanted for forcing, when
they sae sod einem together in the bowie
pprerpparedt for them and covered with
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A REALTIIT POTATO PLANT
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deafer lees plant food than the average
soils, yet without any commercia. fer-
tilizers or barn manures crops have
been grown which are far above the
average of the state The pecret of the
uniformly Ro fi results, if there is any
secret, seems to lie in tillage. The soil,
which is gravelly, is most thoroughly
prepared before the potatoes are plant-
ed. The seed is deeply covered, and
then intensive culture is practiced.
Bordeaux mixture and pari• green are
freely used, and the'foliage is preserved
from attacks of the beetle's and blight.
The most important 1»eaon which has
been derived from the experiments so
far is that complete and thorough prep-
aration of the soil' before planting the
crop is of the ntmo.t importance. No
after tillage or spraying can make
emendator a lack of proper preparation.
The figure, from the paper mentioned,
shows how a healthy potato plant
should grow and how the tubers form in
the soil when it is perfectly fitted.
Wide, deep furrows were made and the
seed pieces were dropped in by hand.
INCALCULABLE
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alal.tou • Hotbed.
The American Cultivator jets that
the right way iu p'repiFiug a hotbed is
to make a !tont frame of h ,ter a plank
and sink this into the ground a foot or
more deep. All the part below the sur-
face should be tilled with horse manure
and soil to the depth of five or six
inches should cover this. The frame
should front to the south, and its rear
aide should be six inches higher than
its front. It ie likely that for a time
the horse manure will make the soil
above it too hot to grow good planta
But after it has cooled down the hot-
bed made now will give mach better
satisfaction than one hurriedly put up
only two or three weeks before 1t is
needed for nee.
Things That Are Toll.
A German experimenter is said to
have demonstrated that abont 80 per
Dent of marl added to a manure heap
reduced the loss of nitrogen 60 per Dent
C. W. Martfeldt says in the St. Louie
Republic that smear beets. like the
Chinese or African sugar cane, cannot
he grown for angar on landa recently
fertilized, either by farm or commercial
fertilizers. Of conrse the fertilisers
will ordinarily produce large beets, but
these wqi have catty • low peroentage
of sugar.
Pull ant the stnmpe of peach trete
cat down on account of the "yellow& "
Sprouts will shoot out from them, and
the disease will thus spread am well at
if the tree had been left Might as well
have them for winter fnel. says The
Farm Journal
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The Pommes of Rhodope.
Who on earth, or what on earth, are
the Pomaks? is the question which will
suggest itself to most of those who
glance at the heading of this article.
The Pumaks are Bulgaropbone Moham-
medan Bulgarians-t![at Stoney, they
are Bulgarians who have adopted the
creed of Islam, but retained their own
language. With "their native speech
they have preserved. certain usages and
customs of their own race, thea afford-
ing to the ethnologist an admirable held
for speculation as to the extent to which
a change of religion, unaccompanied
by other influences, can modify the in -
'sanitised cbareacter etiaaei * aetiw►. —
There
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There are I'oinaks in many parte of
Bulgaria, but the Powak territory par
excellences lies in the wildest, remotest
region of the Balkan peninsula, in the
heart of Rhodope, a terra Incognita to
She European traveler, and known only
by report to the neighboring races; in
ancient days the haunt a the frenzi d
Bacchantes,
Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard
In Rhodope, when woods and rock. had ears
To ratture,.tilI the savage clamor drove nod
Both harp and voles—
and in later times the inaccessible re-
treat of tierce, fanatical mountaineers,
who scorned for centuries the rule 04
Turk and Chrilatian alike, -and bravely
resisted every effort to bring them into
subjection. It was only quite recently
that a Bulgarian force.sycceeded in co-
enpying the remeteririortion of the
Pomak territory amigetedeeeeen years
ago by the conventiou of Top Khaue to
Eastern • Roumelia.—Fortnightly Re-
viev-
Ito Je117.
Dr. Giglamp s (to Mrs G. after study-
ing scientific jonrnal)—There will be a
real treat for the children these holi-
days, Maria. Professor capricornna is
to lecture on the 19th at the inetitntion
on the "Polphilodoffibona In the Entitle*
elf Hnlphnrettsi Hydrogen. "
(lutenist' delight of Master Euclid and
Mia Zombie Oiglampt who have heard
of such things as pantomimes. )—Punch.
to R1. Owe btlmatlea.
J'irst Venerable Man ---Odd that Ont
eon remember things happening to him
when he was about 90 better than he
an those that happened a felt years
eta
Seamd Venerable Yen—Bat you roast
remember how tnnch more important
be was then.
HEART PAINS
The Heart and Mertes are Often Affected
and Cause Prostration of the
Entire System.
A 0 ors,.
Semmessfnl Brother— Whenever you're
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Unioeor,artfnl Brother Oh, that's an
eat When I'm In the right, I shan't
require it It's when I'm in the Wlbng
that I want sappe t— Blopsr.
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