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The Exeter Advocate, 1898-6-24, Page 6worrrl, rm‘ DR. JACK'S WIFE By ST. GEORGE RA.TliBORNE., Agein it Is night. hien who plot evil love n aarattess, and vthett the nighe has settled down it may 1114 expected, thee those who hide from the light et day, and ate eye a Jack Evans,. will be on deck again, m talk anti plan werhape to work. Jaek has talked it all over with Ms brave wife, and Avis knows the danger *hat menaces them. She is on her guard, and armed, Lord Ruckert may iind he has come in coatect vrith Ere ehould hel peek to giale her trouble. The night titre:gene storm. 131aelc ateuds drift at intervals aerues the heti- nem, anti the wind has arisen, so that ilhc as begin to ran. Vases* is something faminatiag to Doe - tor Jaen, abet the neek inasees that rush hissing and seethiag along the side of the stennier. He has never grown wear,' ot watching' their passage, and leaning 'over the mil. While thus engagetal in meditaelon, he hea re the sound a footsteps behind hire. Of cement+ iets Kirke, who lefe his side little while before aled Promised to ro" then when he had inveetigated certain toleiags. So he does net- rum his head, and no- t:duo warns him of the daager haver/tag near. The first that Deetoe Jaete knows nis earn' is wheia tame weapen comes. slowa alesa his heatl with crashing ferce. .A.t tine veiry ineteent it emus to him he leeare wearan's se" e'ait alieve the witiet'e of the wind thrown: rhe rigging. Then nuele hereiseizo hint ly the Ie e• he is given a lose, whirls ehreugh the air, and after ene upseceeentil cluech at the rail, tine into the eurging Itillows as they tome foaming at hissing from aloe th0vc4s e*ge to clutelt their Prey. CHAPTER. XXII. Deeter 4 dont nen cry out Ireseed euelt a thine is leyond hismfer the Nave, delivered with considerable pewee y the arm of Lett., tagetht,r AVith th,' Salt water that rasitas into It:s 211011Th when he dips /ate the' s '.ee are en 'ugh t4Irr,I.,thr Ere. at eree eit2e te the. eneirea eta -t- ine: eta .,rattnev te a. atie ka. Then eh te h- etVgrql41,11 .^ • 4', rest 1,•°anti- ka% •.1* 47.4t1 ta f eaineae arn• se. ---el.•;') LOt.: • ena 7!4 `.1 !am en; le et - , feel. nes die - „r: t tht,‘ rcrL; hay t T.h 3, .h4 thou r 26, MO t I ' h'''' inite at art , env. h' ”. 40t1, al tant i.1 teitt tel be heard Sate a t away. noel even the lights' of the steamer are last to his vision. :et 3 WILVP rolls be- tween, a0041 fleeter nuelt Evans is facer to faeo with about as deadly a peril as ever beset Itle pathway. He slips the Me preserver on, and, as hie shoes event heaey, his next act ieto xemove them, seeming them to the cork fleet. The danaer is great, and death seems very near the intrepid traveler. Does he flinch? He has everything to nunte life pletteant—money, health, and a loving -wife. The thoug,ht of Avis forces a groan from his lips, but, taken in all, he meets the terrible danger with valmness. It may be the offerring of utter despair, that !grim setting of teeth and quietiug of nerves that marks the soldier's rush to death. Eagerly he hulks beyond every time he Irises on a wave, indulging in a vague hope that his absence may have been eliscovered, the steamer stopped, and bats lowered. This hope gradually forsakes him as 'time passes without his discovering any light. Then follows despair, for Doctor Jack is human, and this danger is one so entirely different from anything he ever experienced before. The storm fortunately is not severe, else would he have perished. Now and then billows break over him, but, as a general thing, he rides their crest Thus the dreary night drags on, the militates seeming hours to the wave -tossed Yeakee. Re longs for dawn to come, not that he has much hope of seeing a vessel, tor crafts are not plentiful on the Pacific :in these pasts; but darkness renders his position doubly irksome. At last the streaks of dawn appear, and by degrees the gloom passes away. Doctor Jack still finds himself buffeted about by the waves, which, however, have not in- creased in violence, although the sky is clouded over. His eyes scan the surface of the sea on all sides, but nothing meets his view. Even a glimpse of land is denied him. The day begins, and its hours pass like lead to the drifting American. He knows the folly of trying to swim, and saves his strength. At about three o'clock as near as he can judge, lie makes a discovery. Some object is floating near him. He can see nt with every wave, and at once begins to push in that direction. When he dis- covers the nature of the floating object that a wonderful Providence has sent „within his reach, Jack finds new hope. He begins to believe that after all he may be saved, and that his time has not yet come. It is a boat Washed from some vessel's deck, or drifting from some harbor, it comes to his hand as though a strange destiny brought it. His hand clutches the side, and with a tremendous effort Doctor Jack drage himself into the boat. What a glorious feeling it Is to have stanch planks between one's feet and the heaving sea. He lies there for some time resting. The sun peeps out and begins to dry his clothes. This stirs him to life again. He sits up and. examines the craft which heaven has sent to his assistance. There is an oar under the thwarts and a small mast and sail lashed to them. 4, jug attracts his eye. Joy, it is full of fresh water. He quenches his thrist, and feels a thousa,nd per cent. better. In a locker at the 'stern he discovers a rude basket, opening which he finds some food, enough for several scanty meals. Truly he must be favored of heaven. Those who fights against him will need the powers Of Satan to. gain a victory. When night closes in again, he has his sail set and heads to the northeast. leigh it (*Foe will being him nearer land at leastlie dozes through the night, eomed sleep being out a the question. Another day operts with a squall that almost seuds him to the bottom. Doctor Jack's stout heart becoxnes cold with sudden, alarm, but his steady hand guides the little boat, and he saves her. Later on he remixes a remarkable diss covery. In the basket he Ands a small kerchief, and ou it a name he worthipe —Avis. Eagerly he presses it to his lips as he reanzes that her hand has ban much, te do with the opportune coining a thw life -boat. Heremembers now. Seeing sue A cntft on board the steamer, is haying been picked up adrift There coald be but one chance be a naillion that man and boat eveuld 40=9 together, yet the Leith ef WcOnan has eeut the craft to his rescue. How he breathes her dear name la an ecstasy of devotion. Did ever man have so sensible a wife before? Will a hind fortuue bring them together again? He feels cheered and invigorated by the discover,v just, made. It gives hire new lifo to keep up the good fight. ; Thus artother day passes, and pigbit Ands him. sailing 0/1 in the old course, headed northeatn, with a genele wind waftieg hina on. Agent he dozes, for the day has been warm, and Jack's rest Lae been terribly Itroken of late. From one of these cae- naps he is aroused by some sound, and, stirs up suddenly. Surely that linnet be the whirl of 0, steamer's serew, that elitaralog gonad he hears. Peetor Jack twits hie heed to the right as far es it will go, and gives a green leeentee he dl -avers nothing. Then he tame ou the left loohe eager - 1,y, and reenives an eieetrie thrilL The Pacific is alnent absolutely still, save for a long glean; swell, mad not a ; sound proeeeils from its troubled bosom. Peeltars half a rnfle away Jack. sees ; liahts. l'hey are relleeten from the water; they move steadily on, while that churn- ' leg setitin eentieues. ; "It is a steamer:" he elaeuhates Almost ; feveriehly. • Perhaps he ire:mines It mav Ire the Panama, which has perehartex• been eruis- 1 tag around the spat at which he was lost, and is now pursuing, her regular coerce tiOnlUti neeth. At any rate it is a steamer wiltat hy a/0:, ta leave him. Inew eau Ito draw ;mention item these alentelt feettanio iv Jaen he e.-mat.ieree :greet it was just as . 'LL w...t12. MS 1.41..2 t1,1;,•; 4;-.74,1t 013 t • tit t t • 4t.s-4 11. frPti •73,. tat fire ae tEratee settlien. lierets it : peva E.XT101.1t4, witile 1;4. 01,14•71y With' FrMAlatrf.,T. Th. fie thee te 144 •teee- tiZ- qo;.z.zirr tre;14•6.9wirshnvitstlar011,41 r• She. NI., e1)1110 to a etand. anti Hackett is the cause of his recent experi- „„ ence, cannot but admire his self-posses- sion and essuraiace, for it must be a tiremendous shock to hint "You can see for yourself, milord," he says, coldly. "Doctor Jaok, Inn dused glen to see you. tune up. We are externies in one sense, man, but hang me it I want to see eveu the fellow I hete worst ou earth treated like that, The, rascal clipped you . on tlae head, aucl had you overboard , before one coald say Jack Robinson." The American realizes now that milord, litleasuirdesinittjame vilaieloi:onuoswgnanIteh,ayt eterehmaaemen, hexing the climb, upon his au4es, and bow readily he was tossed over the rail jack is far from convinced, "Yon saw me go over, milord?" he asks, curtly. "Ay, and rushed to the side to Re yeas struggling there. TO happened.- that an other also saw the rascally deed—the Fenorita, Marina. 'Woman's wit is quick- est. By Jove; while I gaped she had the good sense to toss a life preserver over- board. Then we lost eight of you." "Ab, indeed! aly dear Plymptott, wbn didn't you see the captein, and have the tteamer brought to? A boat loweeetl, ,nlighe have fonud t The Englishman bullies, and OtVgkell his luxarmut whishers. "I was en tilled with horror, by Jova! that for a minute 1 could not move. Then 1 heeeted for the esprain. Inquire o him and you will lava that I appear- ed before Eatin oue of breath, end mit noweeed the Fad uewe, The eteemer wea stopped, beats loweren, awl home spat in Feerching, but in was of no avail, and every oue believed you were lost." Very plausitie this, hat sabsequeut int vestiganon ebOWS. Jack that about an hour clasped betweete the time of his ac- eident and. the exace minute the Eaglish- ' matt appeared in etunt 4 disturbed state before the captain. It is very difficult to 12401 ow ow- ', mantles on, barn a ereamer, you kuow. , Duriva this hour the veseel must have ' passed over about 311fteen miles, so that the chances of their discovering Jaele upon the heaving sea were about one in teu thoutemet. The stmeriean puehes past, for he hes . ion desire to cent:mite the cenversation. sines his heart heats HIM a trip-hammer at the thought of reunion with, Avis, itas 541, atYi‘lord then Jeek tetne atane 411,', lithe 17.0E5 WIN), Wax 'LL a ve-)Fi.A in h4-', ht' 341:111: 1.;100214'33 ":tee neg. nen eryine 1:1:o ixe'sl':.1. ..;‘,' it ingterleal. ,:i e..414:,;,.'., '4 1,5 1,."..,37, end the Eittie :- a nags a irrd.,,-.... f '.i, ...4 ,..!: • '73 Lie inarante 11„,,:fa,,,itre In an in t • ..7?1,...4,, eat,11. evc,:'i ',14','.27 4 1,41 i 1,,. " 77 °Z.4,Trql xT0.?%, fl'L'ivieS hint ease-, e :Cita ne-eing. et: et ,e tee e n1e,•.8 it, le 4 Mir .1-6741P.r47 .",4(pris. Zrt‘ "1,-. 1 T" ".•• 37 .' lat e.r.1 t'V'a •Tien E. 4 3 t' 4 1 '24 •' rl'.` Gi .F44 lltat haVe ver ; 1' foal • !.44w*, Ala he e-1 Ing eni. 73 the brat Yen t'eut.,' r 'II him heaven we..1 eatte: VI...•4 1Y t040Sr7X4Z"t1 fare 111,tt ecer w; 11 OW? 1+4 fortUnPF, 10 C.0110 t.t the ;44a0 who would have per- ,t leiten but for tie aid. Aisle with her own bands peeked the bitehie Net ae interected, and her ; tears wet the little Iterahlef she dropped into It, wlith praying that heaven might ' guide it to hint. 1 This was done 'while the steamer lay to, some Mem miles away frora Jaolt. Leaving Larry, the doctor makes hia . way to the state -room, eager to embrace his own Reachrng it he pauses to listen. Avis is an early riser. She has already been in the cabin, so the steward tells Linn A. few seconds he listens to her =eying about within, and unable to oontrol longer his eager hand he knocks. There is a peoullar significance In his manner of doing this which Avis must recognize. Hardly LIVVO his knuckles repeated. the knock than he hears a slight scream Then a figure comes flying to the door with all the swiftness of love. The frame of wood that separates them is dashed open. A pair of grayeyes distend- ed with thr11119ag hope, a white face marked by eager anticipation, followed by a pair of plump arms that fasten around his neck tightly—this is the welcome that greets the returned yoya- ger. "Oh, jack!" That is all she can say. Words do not count for much at a time like this, but her heart is attuned vsith happiness and thanksgiving for the wonderful blessing heaven has seen fit to bestow upon her. Doctor Zack notes that several curious people gather in the cabin. He is pleased with their hearty congratulations, but desires to avoid their gaze at present. So he draws his now weeping wife—her tears are for joy—into the state -room where, with his strong tender arms around her, they can talk in peace. Much is said. Jack learns all that has passed since his mishap. He is more than positive that the English athlete it was whose hands took hola of his ankles, and with such an easy toss sent him i overboard, whoever may have struok the stunning blow he received. It is thought best, however, not to mention the fact promiscuously, as he cannot prove the accusation, and it will do no good. Later on they go out on deck. To every one Doctor Jack tells the same story, that he was struck on the head and. thrown overband by some unknown party. This agrees with the story the Englishraan has told when he sought the captain of the steamer one hour after Doctor Jack's mishap. Much speculation is indulged in, but no one guesses the truth. Only for the accident to the Panama's screw, which necessitated a delay of sev- eral days at the Peruvian port, Jack might not have overtaken his wife.for weeks. There is a sad lack of telegraphic facilities in these South and Central American countries that causes travelers infinite trouble. The northern voyage continues, and as the days pass on they draw nearer to the Clalffornia coast. Doctor Jack, warned bn• the attempt on his life, becomes more cautions. He only ventures on deck at night tin company. There are a number of men on board who seek his downfall, and it pays him to be careful. He has heard an interesting story from Avis, which proclaims the fact that there are those near who have sworn to secure the package Kirke Smith brought in, and which Jack seems to value so On the very next evening after his dis- appearance, while Aerie, almost distracted by the various emotions that naturally took possession of her, was on deck talk- ing with Larry, some one entered her o tate-room and tumbled things about in a search. Fortunately she had given the package to Kirke Smith to take 'care of, so the !perch wae * vein. _An another °cattalo* tel enters date over the water to Intek's • t„ Ale! the levee are teeing lowered. Soon they will pick tiehat traveler up. How hie heart Is thrilloa at the proFpeet of a meeting with his dear wife; for as vet he does not suspeet that the steamer can he any other than the Panama. tiruff voices call, he answers as best he can, and lights dance over the water heading toward him. Then a boat looms up, and Jack shakes hands with the °Meer in the stern sheets. This party Is an utter stranger, and here he receives his first hint that the steamer weaving so opportunely may be another vessel than the Panama. He has undergone much, but 15 18 the mind that is wearied.more than the body. In five ritinutes lie reaches the steamer, and clambers aboard where the captain meets him kindly. "Come to my eabin, sir," he says, when his first officer has assured him there is no one else in the small boat. Once there it remains for Jack to make a discovery that pleases him. "Can this be Captain 'Washburn?" he exclaims. "That is my name, sir, but you have the better of me. And yet, duse take it, where have I seen you? Bless my soul, can it be possible this is my friend, Doc- tor Zack Evans?" "Rig,lit you are, captain. I've come to you over troubled seas. How under the sun do I find you hbre, and what vessel is this?" "The tramp steamer Itasca, in which I have bought an interest,bound for Cali- fornia with a mixed cargo. Now, tell me your story, man." It is a long one, captain." "Then let us wait until you are in the humor. Take a glass of this to put lffe in you. The steward will soon put a meal before you." So Doctor Jack finds himself in good hands and. well looked after. With 'invig- orating food Ms strength returns, and the captain soon hears all he has to tell. Jack is, of course, anxious to overtake the Panama, but the chances seem against them, as the other steamer has several days the start. If they reach a port, he may at least learn some news, and. this buoys his spirits up. So they steam on, heading for Quito, where the tramp steamer expects to do some business. She flies the British flag, of course, and will go completely around the world ere reaching her starting point, Liverpool, again. One evening they sight land, and push- ing on enter the harbor of Quito at dawn. Doctor Jack rushes on deck eagerly, glances about him at the town and the hills, and then gives a shout, for there not fifty yands away is anchored the Pan- ama, with men working at some broken part of her propeller. CHAPTER XXIII. Upon sighting the steamer that carries his wife, Doctor Jack experiences a revo- lution of feeling, such as perhaps comes upon a roan but once in a life -time. All his e.oubts and fears vanish, and he is filled with joy and enthusiasm beyond measure. As speedily as possible he secures a boat and is taken ashore, transferred to another craft naanned by some natives, and in a short time finds himself along- side the Panama. A dangling rope is all he needs, and up he goes like a monkey. Once more he treads the familiar deck. His heart is almost in his mouth, as he starts in the direction of the cabin. The first persozt he meets, as luck will have it, is milord, who at sight of him appears tremendously astonished. "Bless my soul can it be you Doctor Jack, or your ghost?" he says, and the America& believing ajbe does that X,erd Larry caught a Chili= trying the door of his room, The man -upon, being ques- tionen declared he was sitting reading in the cabin when he heard a distinct cry for help coming from that state-roone, as he believed, and. thinleing some one Might be 111 trouble had endegrored to open the door. Of course, Larry knew thia was a story hatched up ler the oce casion, laut tlae fellow told it with such a plausible air he forgave him, though marking the_maaefee future observation. [to nnCUTTINVED.1 FEATHERS OF GRnAT PRICE, Itoote 'lunder From Dirds— Few Aigrettes Worth i$3,610 noes. Many- curious things go-threugh the appraisers' stores, and some of the most interesting through the Well divisioa,. where millinery goons are examined and eppraieed. AU sorts -of birds and feathers are examined by dee, nivision. Within 4 few days several. large boxes were ex- amined, ea.eh containing something - Hike 000 staffed pare-meett. A hex was opened, sins 'week in whinh it was estimated there were nearly 3,000 Japanese swallows. These little birds ere caught by the Jain queen in inUnense numbers by • means of nets., Their plumage Is very plebe, hue tl'eir wings, which are exteaordinatily long. matte thene eipeeially yabgeble to inilliners. The birds when iroportea are z-udeiy stuffea with cottem and each one ie nettle into alinle roll aboue the size ami Amen.' of an ordinary Omer, liefore lng ;leen then are twisted line, various sta,s and dyed, Me wings spreed mad • feethere"added, and they ere made •iuto non and fence lards. 'the umee veluebla kind of fancy fee - tiler geed% that passes through the tip praiser's hands is andoubtelin the aigrette, This feather is worth more aunt in; weightin gold. The aigrette le oh - tinned from a bird called the egret, found itt China. Japan, Egypt and South. and aemetimes in Florida, these feathers come directly from natith America., where, along the upper twatere of the Anaazon, theludians shoot' the hirde with blew tubes end small ;seesaws. But Paris is the market of the weal for aigrettes, jeet os Loudon is for ettri aleemes, and the greatest pert of ' Ilawnrrs eCene threvay from the Ai emend_ witent the eget tine itioreticei to the value of tel0,030 t. ete imperieel. JL 0er 0745 two vageiniei of the aterette, tna.leteit and t:'.o aad then" veleta ri,41,.-,4,1„.4t 50 the?, Tee 04t 4101.1 fr1:44 18 c.,-; t!, 4":)E,7 4, e)71 . at. 41• t y y E AMERY 1 11 CR 0 SRITISH OAIRY STOCK. ThhiAntinnl Won First Frire at the Royal Agricultural Show. . Our readers will be interested in see - tog this picture of the famous English Jersey bull Golden Her, The bull is now 6 years old, He Was calved in the islead o jerSey and was sold. in Eugt land, then to a gentleman in the isle. of r -.7.4. , 01 .4.°,e Ni*,q'tel 4400 4.• teem nne ere mush. et, 4,, 1:14,-7.4 454' 415 1' aq tetra - by the amirettein are 1,1', sa14ir‘.0 11';*4 • z. 004 oiro ifro tiol up 0011 ign,tr.41,1 s% are eneeteten They a-inw valaa.. in the Of value, whit% Is rry ,v1411, thiet figures ' invine the V1tb4l' 4,1 imperte are often - it:wain:ay largo. (hie importation of these feathers was tierently lavineen to the value of ea:sea:en whieh is equal to about. $100. items or thir Smtoish Armatla4 William Frederic Tiltoa writes of "The Spanish Armada" in the Century, and Captain Alfred T. ),Ialatu furnishes an Introduction to the article. Mr. Tilton says: One of the most fabil spots for Armada ships had been Sligo 1.30.y. When Geoffrey Fenton went to view this scene at disas- ter, he found Spanish guns sank half a horseman's staff in the shifting sand, and "numbered in QUO St11.111d of less than five miles in length above eleven hundred dead corpses of mon which the sea had driven upon the shore:" and the country people told hint "tbe like was in other places, though not of like number." Somewbat later, the lord deputy, on his way, as he expressed it, to despatch "those rags" of the Spaniards Which still Infected the country, saw with amaze- ment the masses of wreckage scattered along a beach on the same ociast—tireber enough to build "five of the greatest ships that ever 1 saw, besides mighty great boats, cables and Other cordage, and soma such masts for bigness and length as I never saw any two could make the like." A copy of the sailing directions given by Medina Sidonia, found perhaps In some captain's sea -chest among the wreckage, fell into the lord deputy's hands. A grim smile must have flitted over bis face as imaged the words: "Take great heed lest you fall upon the Island of Ireland for fear of the harm that may happen unto you upon that coast." An Armada relic still more touching than these instructions is part of a letter writ- ten off Dingle by a Spanish captain, begging the President of Munster for frien.dly treatment. Into a, bundle of state papers which tell, in the language of the victors, the awful story of shipwreck and bloodshed on the Irish coast, this frag- ment, rusty and stained as if by salt water, has strayed like a wail from the vanquished. To Clear the Complexion. The scrubbing -brush treatment is a oure for those blackheads which are the bane of a woman's life. Be sure you get a good face brush. Purchase a cake of pure hygienic soap. The brush should be used at night before going to bed. Im- merse the brash in hot water. Rub the soap over it until a good lather is ob- tained. Scrub the facie carefully—not violently, but thoroughly. One minute should suffice for the scrubbing process. Rinse with warm water and again with cooler water. Dry with a soft towel. If She skin is irritated by the unusual fric- tion try a good cream or other emollient. The greasy look will disappear under the face -scrubbing brush Edson -Chicago Trib- une. Some Facts About Dees. • In a colony of bees about swarming time there are three kinds of bees—a queen, the workers and the drones. The queen is the mother; the workers, of course, do the work, while the drones are the gentlemen of leisure. As a gen- eral rule there is but one queen, from 20,000 to 45,000 workers'and the drones vein number from a few dozen to as many hundreds; but these gentlemen of leisure are very short-lived—but few of them ever live to see their mother and sisters gafely quartered for the winter. The life of a worker is about 45 days of actual working time, or about 80 days from the tirne the egg is laid until the bee has died from overwork, if there has been a flow of nectar. .7.,--- ....,...,..s...4 . , 4.4•;,-.4 '4,%;,47.Aa •:.,„r __,---_,-„,— .„......, .07.....,,k; ,-....- ..... ... --.....;-,G.--' • 11, ooLleEis HEM Wight, He is registered and of long pedigree, and has Won prizes at the royal and other shows from the time be was a year old. Reims' therefore he re - ended as representing the flritish idea of a perfect dairy sire. Ile is not that to the Ameriean eye, however; not by a long shot. Ile is too round, smooth, beefy and blocky. noon atere. Faetory ratrous. Reports sent in to the Agrieulturat end Experimental union, of Ontario by Our leading butter roaltere at ere:Mier- les, in answer to questions sent out, agree upon certain facts. which We Will quote, as tilOy aro good authority, or so we consider them. The most frequent faults with milk when deliver 11, at the ereamer,y are ete We fluter, dirty malt UTC,"ITip 1111:it, partially churned en ant not rielt ellereth in 1 tater fat when it is rehe ine Hing theas. The a' Ferili.ltc their zenin et 0 t, tee., raeura tient tag ne .eat • :eel 1,, :A it v.15111, :,'Tte"? 10 1 dieure 1 '11.4 ow1 10,34 To, °` nett r ael eel• r to ti Ei;114'; 1 ra:n em fa.), r 1 y ;hew vine - eratentaihis:4 ,` b!' V.440..1.41104 the N. et,'At',,, 41 14 "' 7.4 t ,t • bti 4g„, „ crt aus ta ;514ff,fi; t' t ,L4 I 1.1tf- ter Lt. 44:7 ticIal 0 "I1,4, 4"*" rii Una: kl 1 t cf 1 tette r int in the elanneilit ut0 t t.. tWee-VIV.t; ; in tho ---neteenicazi Ca1, Vatter. Throw the Tubs Away. What 48 the best way to treat renal butter tubs? / have a lot of expenelve, specially Made oak tubs, *which, uot having boon properly eared for by tho consignees, came hack to me iu bad con- dition as to odor aud flavor. eau they be restored by steam, alkali or other renovator? .13. R V. We doubt the wisdom in this day of cheap packages and imperative demand for fine flavor in butter of attemptieg to renOvate rancid hatter tubs and make them fit receptacles for packing butter, If the attempt is inade, first soak them out in het water, then towns') with house savogran as thoroughly as possi- ble, and then with live stearo—the tubs inverted over the jet. Renovate them for half an hour at least. We know of no other process which equals this. By this means the rancid fats may be forced out of the pores of the wood. Then dry out thoroughly, and when filled with butter line the tubs up with parchment paper, and the danger of transferring the undesirable "cultures" may be lessened to a remote possibility. —Country Gentleman. Cut This Oat. The following table gives the average weight per cubic foot of well matured corn, silage. at different depths, after settling two days, and the average for the entire depth: Average for total depth. Pounds. Pounds. 22.0 22.0 80.0 26.1 39.3 218 43.8 88.8 49.5 86.5 54.5 89.6 live feet Second five feet Third five feet Fourth five feet Fifth five feet Sixth five feet Find the number of square feet in the bottom of the silo, multiply this by the depth of silage and the product will be the total cubic) feet of silage. For instance, if a silo is 12 by 15 feet inside measurement and 20 feet deep, it will have 8,600 cubic feet, and when well filled with mature corn the aver- age weight per cubic foot will be 83.3 pounds, or 120,000 pounds (60 tons) for the whole. The lower layer of 5feet in depth will be nearly 20 tons, the one above it about 17tn tons, and in this proportion for other depths.—Hoard's Dairyman. Fixed the Kicker. The stanchion should be so made that the cow can see the milker, and he should always speak to her when ap- proaching before sitting down to milk. We pet and handle our heifers and have them tame and gentle before they have their first calf and soaroely ever have any trouble -with them. We had a large and strong cow which when fresh Ob- jected to a substitute for her calf and kicked the milker away and kept on do- ing so. I finally remembered that Mag - tier, in his horse book, recommended the war bridle for kicking cows. We need it and it was a success. The war bridle is made in this way: Take a small rope or cord half an inch thick or less and tie one end around her horns, in the absence of horns around her neck; then take a half hitch over the under jaw just back of the front teeth. Take the other end of cord in one hand and Milk with the other hand. Every time she kicks give a sharp jerk on the cord. She will soon give up kicking.—N. Satitler in National Stookmane IS IT YOU? Does This Fine Description Fit Ton, Mr. Creamery Manager?' WO like exceedingly the way in which The Creamery Journal describes the model butter factory manager: The manager must be in constant touch with all phar.es of the work. He must know whether the butter has the right shade ot calor. He raust knoW whether the ealti-ag is right. He must knew whether tbe flavor is -demi. Re must know whether there are any de- fects and know the cause and the rem- edy. laut this is not enough, He most apply the remedy, Even this is mat all that is needed. He must have the tact to apply the remedy in a thorough yet gentleinauly manner. If the manager is not the butter maker, he must be ts co-worke- with hini. If the creem shows pp bitter, the manager must go to the farms and see how the milk or cream is held. Thera are munitions favoring the propagation of germs of bitterness- The manager Must know What these conditions are, and he most see that the conditions are removed which Calla) bitter creant, and so do it as not to needlessly embitter the patron. Is there a cow stable odor to the milk, he must visit the fauns from whence such milk comes and see the conditions under which the milk is kept. He must ellew the pittron wherein Ms method lo ' Objeetionable and Show the way to rem- edy it 'which is most practicable for the , patron molor ids circumstances te apt • There are patanat who eet the milk cans behind the cows in the barn and hold it until loaded for the creamery, to long as the milk so treated is accept- ed the patron infers that this is au ac- certahlo way to hold milk. There are patrons who do not properly bed the cows, and some of the filth drops into the ntilk, The manager must preach tho doctrine of cleatiline4s in au acceptable rammer and enforce the fact that the dearine must be aecepted and lived up to or tbo rat.lr, will not be accepted Teem are extrons W110 Milk With Wet heads 1411-11,.? the cew , Keefe • that mane SIV!I 0 11.410114 I4111 14104e4 5.4 Zqnt 11 Mee' hie net :144 ,3,1;10111Vnt Ur4u t"?, t zr: 4:4 41A.1,1. 1z0 ten 4 ' •11Ple t 144e' 4'1 :1:C`11... t• lC UV. tv 044 30.1 at ea: ten. `nay nit • L 5 r 44 tide 00. - 1 " in a • a °I ; in a 1,0 v two 1.3,1 Mt, pppt..t 1 "044. tht ar !It?, air lit 0-, warm 1114.1,44100's I 4417. iat 0 eah „xi an+ ,1 with c, 141 ni 'hes mill:. net rete •tide:Pe, it tilis <7 44411 sway for the dtvel- apment letal einelle and rannelity. There are pntretts who put the covens down tieht n mania mine, with Ito aerie - that and 00 elatnee for the dieselven gag s in the milk to escape In these and other waym the good name of the creamery /8 jeopardized, and in remedying them the manager has the adde*l jolt of hitedlime that hard thing to manage, the creamery patron. It is one thing to detect objectienable Milk, another to diageose the trouble, another to understand the remedy, and still another and often the most difficult to induce the patron to apply the rem- edy. It is like doctoring a sick child in a family where the permits do not be - Hove the child is sick and are not will- ing to change the family diet or give the cbild a hot bath. The manager can no longer stay at home or in his office or in the cream- ery and make suggestions. He must come in personal contact with the milk producer's side of the business, as well as the butter maker's, and although something may be done by sending printed instructions they are only text- books. He must see that the lesson is learned; otherwise patrons will soon pay no more attention to printed in- structions than to the Ten Command- ments. Managers must visit the farms personally nud take the patrons into close relationship. They must know what good milk is, what good butter is, and all the requirements all along the line, and they must themselves be held responsible for these requirements be- ing right. This slipshod way of having better inspected in a distant market and defects pointed out without following it up to the origin of the defects and remedying them must be reforMed. The manager must manage and do his part as skillfully as the butter maker is ex- pected to do his part. Dairy and Creamery. The whole effort of the dairyman, at least a good part of his efforts, should be toward making his cows give him a large quantity of milk cheaply. To do this he must study carefully the bal- anced ration problem as well as the cost of particular kinds of cow feed in his vioinity. Whatever kind is cheapest for nim should be the base of his ration, and he must learn to mix with it other foods in quantity to make a properly balanced ration. We may mention, as we have done before, that the United States gov- ernment bulletins on the subject of feeding milk COWS and other live stock rimy be obtained free of charge by writ- ing to the secretary of agriculture, Wash- ington. Milk containing less than 4 per cent butter fat is Namely worth taking to the butter factory, although it may do for cheese. Milkmen who do not oare what they sell might also naake a profit on it by delivering it to private custom - ere, but we must say we pity their cus- tomers. Breed richness of milk into your cows. Here is a good ration for a 1, pound cow : Ten pounds timothy hay, 5 pounds clover hay, 10 pounds col der, 6 pounds bran, 2 pounds cottneseed meal. The cottonseed meal should be Stirred into the bran. If your cow is not in the habit of eating cottonseed meal, begin with one pound a clay, gradually increasing to two pounda A stone cellar under the factory so au excellent place in which to store cheese in het weather.