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Exeter Advocate, 1901-2-21, Page 7• r-fH • cOVVIELL°' [Copyright, xtage bY D. ApP_le14,4_8iCo. An.rights reserved.) g think on' dialogue might have peared too late on the scene ancl gone on a moment, r two longer, for 1 waa quite satisfied to are Eo poorly the aegurnent, when I eaw that my companions had begun to take steps toward, clearing, the boat, beginning ,vvith drawing aside the bodies, and hastily broke off and joined them. Dy this time .the three swimmers ,had reaghed their boat, and were now pulling sluggishly toward the ship, she banging calm -bound aa before. 1 first gave ve glance about the hori- zom, looking both for egsail and any • eordrig of Wincl, but perceived neither, and without further delay - fell to w o rk. I should remark here 'that we might be gupposetl to have some fears lest the buccaneer Amnia send another boat, and this was at first true, but now we had pretty, well decided that she had dispatched the sole one She 4. !had, a thing the more credible as she le mast have, sailed at exceeding short notice. , • We stood on no eereniony in dis- posing' of the bodies, the captain mere - AY stopping to strip one of a helmet to take the place of his own broken one, wfhich done, we tumbled the re- mains hastily over the rail. A few buckets of water were then drawn and clashed over the deck, an a the disagreeable business was ended. We badealready determined to ran tee alociaa for the. coast, for the wind not spring„ up, favoring 'the ship, or if -it did aml she did not choose to pur- sue, we could then fetch out; but if she €110Uld follovv we could hope to beat her tie the coast. Mr. Tym and the captain had al- ready tied up their wounds, Mac Ivraeh's needing no attention, and when the boat was ready the Scotch - man and I sat down to. the oars. We, were insno case for hard work, but de - sized to be making a start, it being uncertain, hided, how long this fa- voring calm would hold. Though we NVETt- so near the surface of the water, and „therefore com- inanded no great range of distance, it seemed a long time tb.at we were drop- ping the buccaneer. But atalast we peak- his hull and then his lower sails, and finally the topgallants dwarfed to an insignificant speck an the sea line. The day was by this time nearly spent, e and the even reds of the tropic sun- set began to flush the west. A fair- weather palenees of blae appeared . • above ,these colors, and the sky com- ing down to it •darkened Without clouds, presaging etars and calm as on the previous nights. We were near -enongh now, as I thought, to make out the coast, and:I • asked Mac Ivrach to -give over rowing while I took an observation. I proved Lo be right, for distinct on the eastern boundary was a dark, well -marked line. , -By this time the Scotchnian and I were pretty weary—he, indeed, hardly, able to wag the heavy oar—and I pro- posed n short rest. Mr. Tyne anti the captain offered to i spell us, but I ob- jected—I was sPeeially mindful of Mr. Tym's infirmity and of his •present state, Which must Make the task too great—and in the end the sloop was suffered to, drift. My companions, novvehacl an oppor- tunity to see to their wounds, and it was found that Mr. Tym's long cut and the gash over the captain's ear needed , a few stitches. Luckily Mac Ivrach had a housewife, and though it was now nearlydark I got out thread and needle and managed to do arough job of surgery. • This ended, we concluded to have supper, there being no immediate dart= grandwe standing' inneed of refresh- me,nt after what we haclbeentlarough. Mac Ivrach actordingly got out the provisions and openecl•a bottle of wine, „and we fell to, our appetites not seem- ingly, much affected by our trying ex- perience. While we were eating 1 cle- sired Mr. Tym to tell me how he had eseaped. from Cradde; likevvise what had given the buccaneers their final fright, causing them to quit the boat. A very short story, he answered. Tt might almost he eueerued up by say_ "I'ray take no thought •of it," ing that our friend Crackle was, ca re- said, hastily. "We are Christiana and less. You see, lie flung me torthe deck end drew his knife, haviag droppedhis sword as he closed, and bent over me 'to end my troubles. I, as it chanced, had cleared ni,y arm dagger, and when he thoughtlessly stooped over I, ee-seeed up and did that for him he •had intondee to do for me, Then one of -the other fellosv,s toade toward me, and just at the moment the.captain rose and charged them in the .rear. Theernan about to fall upon me pulled up, and I fetched a scramble and • gained my feet. With that the three •fellcags loet heart' and jumped over- board. That le the whole bigness of the.matter, except thati have forgot- ten to Say that Paul Cradde Showed , further his inconsiderateness by fct,ch- s ing each seenttip, I prodded him, that he fell'overboard. I cannot be certain, th ere forea—sivh,ether trilled' him or he drotteued." "Weil, and par ainlyeit was a great • cecapc," said, veithert long breath. "Aye, and very., like COI. us all, for had you not dispatch ed,craddelhere is no ' saying what would have happened. 1 ear Me 6 Tvrach and I wouldhaVe ap- othe captain was dangerously over- tnat,checl." ."True and I was," admitted Sel- .1iiiger, "though I showed as bold and gerce a front as I could." --a-- CITAPTEll XXI. OF THE STRANGE AND Lacr,LLENT lel ENDING OF OUR F GIngUNE S. We discussed the matter a little fur- ther, and all were of it mind that we came ahnost neiraculcrusly off. In- deed, but for such wonderfully favor- ing circumstances as the buccaneers' weakness in firearms and the too great crowding of their boat—causing then' to hamper one another at the last and malting them good targets—we should almost certainly leave come by the -Worse. I then persuaded the senorita to go to her cabin, promising tocall her if there were an alarn), which done, we arranged the watches, and all but.Mr. Tyan, who had the first, turned in. The night passed cruietly. About sunrise a little breeze bronghi a wrinkle on the water, and we rail up our sail. By sit of the clock we had way enough on the boat to exceed our speed with the oars, and with this, we were very well satisfied. We drove - along lightly that day. getting a little more wind in the afternoon, still ftrom the right quarter, and by nightfall reckoned that we had made sonic Eve - and -thirty miles. We continued to keep tile coast in sight, though now at greater distance, as the clanger frora the buccaneer decreased. Matters lee- ing thus so ouTet, I thought it a favor- able time to have a little talk with the senorita, some things =in which she was 'concerned standing to be settlei.1, es- pecially her future plans. I went for- ward, therefore, to where she sat. • "Well, senorita," I began, "we are so far out of our strait, and all goes -very blithely. t opine that we shall have no more ca -use for worriment, and it might be well to take a little thought upon future matters. Have you yet any plans made, as where you mean eventually to go or whom you wish to communicate svith? In especial, have you friends in this part of the coun- try?" "Alas!" she said, sadly, "now that my poor uncle and aunt are gone, but one person remains that can have any interest itt me. Ile is another uncle— my mother's brother—who lives in Ha- vana, in the West Indies. I do not know, indeed, if he be still alive, for he bad planned to come this season to Visit us, yet for a considerable time we haee., not beard from him." "That," said T, "is a matter we ran col:epees. Yon shall presently write him a letter, and will see that he re- • ceivee it. Aye, and 1 may be going to Havana myself. I was bound the.re when the mutiny occurred and our ship was lost, audit is as like a port for me now as "You keep the Always in your debt," she said., with a grateful look. "Well,' I will write it, and we will see in what manner it may be sent:" "'Then one thing more," said I, "and I trust you will pardon me for speak- ing 6f it. You have no money, and it is an ill thing to be left aanong strang- ers with an empty purse. Have you those at Buenaventura or elsewhere who will supply'your present needs`nr, She snailingly shook her head. "Nay, senor, I know no one,at thosel places. Yet let not that give you con-' cern,_for all will go safely and well', with me. No home will be closed, against me when I shall have,tolcl rap story." ' ""But I would not have you reduce41, to that strait," I said, rather hastily. "That is, it is a pity that one in your; talion alaould comae to it. We three: ,friends have a little money, and out, of it you shall takeenough to answer your present wants. So natieb NV8 inaist upon." "Certainly we shall not quarrel about that," she said, with a smile, the, tvater eeiertheless starting te her eyes. "I • perceive there is no way but that you must do the utmost for mc." , . Englishmen, and that should be enough to evarrant, what we may do itt this affair. But DOW will you gly,,e rae the name or your' uncle? Possibly the, captain may be acquainted with 3im?"• 1 "His name is Jeremiah Rope," she answered, "and, since he is a man of ftairs and somewhat interested ha, chipping, it is not unlike'that Capt. Sel- livager may know hinaa' "Jeremiah liope,?" I cried, in sur- prise. "Why, thatIs an English. name. Is it passible that your another was English?" "By blood, yea," :she answered, smil- ing. "But Spanish, or, rather, Cuban, otherwise, for elm Wae 'born and reefed in Havana." ' "Now, I call this a bit of news," I said, with lively interest.: "So you are the same as my countrywoman? Thio, to be sure, a ecoun ts for the color of your hair, which I have all along thought rather extraordinary for a Spaniard. But Jeremiah Hope? 1 sup- pose I niust be wrongs yet—may, I think I-Itav'e heard the name. Let us se,e what the captain hasto say. Capt. Solline'er " 1 called to him "Eave ou , 5 Y. ' an ajilnaintance with one Jeremiah Trope? He lives in 'Ruvuma" "Why," was the anewer, the captain TOOking TIP ill a little surprise, "no ac- quaintance, but be is the person to whona 1 am carrying the letter. I mean Capt. 'Iorrygorn'a, letter," •gealg ae the Thatitge Peed. to Keen' It was blatantly cle,ar to me, Of lease Itseona Tooling; Out or Turning e°nrse 1 littd bard the aanie, and it Grag --4. Our Cirantimotnere Were was a wonder I had not recognized it Paid Dentate Their Many Remedies. bef°re' I ilaste/led t° eXPlain wilY I 1g it is fair to judge by the way.t4 shed" has 'bee.n provided with an electricbreeds' of ht), -1° es probablY thv '111°°.,. . , had asked the cometioa, a,nd added what the senorita had previously told w°men talk, tills quesuon of what to do • g6notating plant, 'and frequently the n denlaiad are 'work horses and ear - me. tor the hair is the gri,uitest riyal,that the wlres are strung along cAntry, roads riage horses for pleasure driving. As, • .. Naturally m eom anicins ittAlcedre ..,:vt: isaeirit:.annutougirlit qattleestri 3.0.annkhi;s.wor'EvIlleod5,0 vitiV1hi 10e f t Om -crwn to town. Thls fact led' -Mr.' a rule, work 'heres are used for heavY. ,. gr ea tly surprised as I, those who stly hoth4ig are craietly expeti, McNair to attempt the use of electrici, 'draft, while ealraige ball'es are intelia-.. all agreed that we had seldom beard ty on the farin. For sheep feeding be ed to pull ‘a light load at a madefatel"7; devised a envious pen smile 15 feet rat" rate al eriee-d' ' more ej4gomr oirotimst,anee. 0.10ilting witb. washes 'and lothms recom. eluded, "It may come to it -that we broad, fiat wheels. This pen ls,deSign- place ilaYe size and substance.. Ile' . The draft fferse, must •in the first "Theo," said selling.er, as we coll. tuencled by specialiste or by synipathetie Scaler°, built of wire and mounted 0/1 friends. if yonr haii: is "falling out by „must ha're heavY 'bone to carrY hiS; must be a good walker and a fairly! , . , shlili eiii,i,y Mr. H„pe his niea ce s wcp handful.s," there is soine comfort, iu the ed in to run any pasture, even though a'a as his letter, for otherwise it would thought tht your iteighbora isloing the it be hilly. Wires connect it with a great weight: A.long with • size be be much the same as cutting b el v e IT same thing, and ir Yon find nearlY sthall motor' stationed at one side of pdrift,o everything 3,0U try a bliielt failure so far the pasture, this ip turn being connect- easY trotter1:10WeVerthe mos "To which I say amen," said I, vQry as remedying the evil is Concerned rest •,d with the electric wire, from which serviceable gait for a draft horse 1.4f heartily. At other times F had been content that she is having' the Same exPa- Paaver is derived. " A tura of a button, 'the 'walk - WORRY IN TEE HAIR A SUBJECT THAT IS EARNESTLY CON- SIDERED BY MANY WOMEN. FEEDING EY ELECTRICITY., FUTURE OF GO,Oi9 HORSES,a, An Up to Date Invention Fp'. Varna. Geedmpeets For • Preeders Cril Now ott firviat hi aricalealnu. Diast 1,44 aCerriage lierseal .4 Jima named meNair ha8 devised a In hartnony With progNss generally • System of pasturing Sheep by eleetriel-: tile breeders In Amerlea have learned! that ty, and experiments are being Made 1-1°1"er 4 .,2gitist be raih'ed for 14Peelai s'ivtiatthionit :bulSoiulgt°htstiesii4sU eBisfsLt'§iii:icolnsbt ITT)lieredo fie:Nita' abtwilin,ualsdiaT3':0A4cil)::...11 'Cent ,years pearly eVery town of . any Itatin. Of alb the different types an wont to let Mr. Tym speak first, but ricacc. After all, though, tae P'ers°n and the pen slowly creep' s across th, . With the renewal of industrial activ., uow I did not wait. Both Mr. Tyra Ind Mac Ivrach, as might be expected, were prompt to agree with us. "This being our decision." said I, greatly pleased, "1 will make it known to the senorita. She cannot fano be relieved by it." I returned to her with the news ac- eordingly, and bad the great satisfac- tion of andino her as eel,oiced and heartened as 1 had anticipated. In- deed, she was deeply moved and grate- ful, anti inher touching manner .of saying so fairly brought the tears to say eYas. This matter, then, being so well set- tled, we addressed ourselves anew t Th ,She wai deeply moved. field. This is tlie ess'enee. of the inven.' tt3" in this coiintrY the demand' for who declares that baldness is on the la • - crease is a good deal of an alarmist. tog, , draft horses has very largely increased. Look at the woman or 50 years of age. 1, 1 d , f et.el t, aim For Ito other alas's of borsea have the ` Two annis an part o e e au It is only in rare instancee that she is market prices advanced po rapidly as old ewe liave been pastured in the pen narrowed doWli to it thin wiep of hair, • while the woman of the generation be - during the EllrarcleV at the station at tileY have. 1 -.My draft 11"ses in all al.° •, American markets. Consequently there Lansing, The field Is planted with lu- fore her was often the victim of a bald pate and of a cap to cover it long befere cern, growing thick and heavy. The is a larger demand for stallions anien sheehad reachee the half century inark, g• pen is so arranged that it crawls the fa.rmers and breeders at the present time than has ever beenknotyn before ,alast perseeegala os if this een es sewing el -,11,1 ienath of the Pasture in one month, t t, t hour. At in thig:' country. Tile demand bas de- , /lair. were sometlaieg entirely lona. It it titl,1e inig about Iv° ee an vele )e'd' so' rapidly and has become So' - f 't with the 1- that why did out. gvandtnothers reel it nee. the enc of. this tittle it is witched „ • , „ essary to anoint thetr heads with tea or , around and travels back again. As it • with sage tea, and why were all the po- • moves the sheep eat' every bit of the W.9,;':I1aa,i'e not holm 4°1,43 to, ntid in eel„ee manes and washes lrid lotione concocted?: fodder, eagerly cropping ne,a-t the for.. og!"-the draft ''llore-hreeding oelPtriP9 i Considering the advice and halt iuvig-, ward, side of the pen, as it afet e 'World .one-teiitli enough .stallions, orators which used to be generally ae- runs .08' This condition of things leads us to Sfl ground. 1.)11: of'‘canyas duck 1$ a. coated, it is no wonder tient the cap was raise as many draft horses in America believe that it will ae impossible to. only a metter of time. The as 1 bung over one corner of the pen so that• ' the sheep may be well seeltered was to brush, the scalp until redness aral - . ., t a warm glow were obtained hen and tto curious.as it may seem, they have be- I's there is'a delorlandor? arta as there • ' Yearig dab among the roots of the "hair with come so accustomed to the moving of will be a demand for, ifOr 10 or I. in the immediate future. , The present prosperous condltiona sorne one of the hair lotions. It this lo- the pen that when they Ile down to tion produced a smarting sensation, all sleep they snuggle up close'to the for - sight end good; if not, the briishiug was a.ei,d e a , • lea i • 1 C. ' cl ' d f • •-ve increased the eman 01 pleas. of •the pen so that they may resettled. The basis of most of the invig- tire horses as well. Men who are stic possible without being . orators was eiblier the tincture or the he as long as 'cessful in their business, who are mak elisturbed by the rear end of the pen as vinegar of cantharides, and cantharides is really another name, for Spanish fees; it creeps toward them. , ing money, are, much inclined to invest the chief ingredient in very hot plasters. When tile pen has,passed, the lucern;In fine carriages and horses. There IS It stands to reasou that tee process of that has been cropped by the sheep probably no other meana that contrite,. Pummeliug an already sensitive eealp grows up again, and by the thne the 'tites more to a ruael's Pleasure eicd belle with it stiff hairbrush, then adding it blis- pen has made its riaonthly circuit the, niness than . driving, or riding behind s again n. goo con ion. The ,bandsorne, leigli ac.ting, que a ) 'I' " tering eompound of fire and cologne and pasture i I d dit times tea was mixed in, and an old faste that the sheep are leept from running i peal ng, , perhaps a little tosewater was enougt - attractive horses advantages of this electrical pen are Lo set up an answering irritation. Some- AI * • though bigh class coach borsee' a ioned hair tonic was made by scalclieg over, half eating and trampling aeg,ti sold for high prices during times of de. two cameos of black tea with one gallon , large amount of pasture, mad apression on account of their scarcity,t keeps of boiling water, straining off the lkp.tel the sheep quiet, so that they takyet the demand for damn has also in -,e on •'a d d pricesh ' ad an ed -flesh rapidly, • , and adding to it glycerine, eantharides and bay rum in generous proportions. Thie of course made it large supply of the business of continuing the veYage• the wash, but since it was to be applied We had decided, 1 sh,outd say here, to r twice a day it was well to have plenty on run first for Buenaventura, which Sel- hand, lieg•er thought wee not much above a Pomatums for the growth of the hair bandred leagues distant. From there, fusee alwaes been considered inferior to ,gee.gd need require, we could make a the lotions in efficacy. Pomatums or po- mades were often used merely as a chess- • further voyage in the boat, but we ing for the hair without any idea of re- eopecl to light upon some way of 0013- newing its growth. The pomades were tinning in a larger craft. Once in one of the important.. southern porta, and scented, often delicately colored and delicately but nevertheless the fact re - we could not fait to find a ship sailing mains that the basis was in most cases to the Atlantic side of the continent. nothing more or less than a mixture of The next day and the next passed lard and suet. The combination might without incident, and we continted te be of two parts lard and one part beef work slowly but steadily south. The third day sorne.thin.g rather important happened, for the wind, which had hitherto .so greatly favored Us, quite abruptly changed, ILt was now almost dead from the southwest, and at once rnoting the growth of the hair, perhaps because its rankness made it seem pow- erful. As a matter of fact little of the so called bear's grease which • eager searchers after something to improve their hair used to try had ever been in sight of it bear. The dealers readily con- cocted a mixture of pure lard and palm oil with a few other ingredients and passed it off on the satisfied and unsus- pecting pulolie. All of these and many more tonics have had their firm admirers, tbose -who were ready to say that they were the best things in the world for the hair, and that proves very conclusively that ev- ery scalp has its own peculiar little traits, and what evill make one person's bair cease from falling and crop out in a luxury of new sprouts will bring the next person down with her locks to de- spair. .11 is as nonsensical trying to lay down a course of treatment for all heads as trying to devise a treatment for all com- plexions. In both cases the health.must be taken into account. One person with a most beautiful skin may declare that it is the result of never using soap on her face, while if another blindly followed her example • the result would be Inc from charming. It is a bad plan to try anything just because s0rn4 one else has fetind it good. F01; instance, one woman w hose hair by right of age should be thin has a heavy mass of soft, pretty hair. Her chosen hair tonic, has been a pat- eeted remedy in which sugar of lead, sul- phur, amnion i a, glycerin n n d seater ap- par in varying proportions. A person of nervous temperament, with a highly irri- table skin, tvonld be very unwise to fol- low her example. Furthermore, what is good for an oily scalp would be the height of folfy for a dry scalp. Evem with the same indiviamtl the treatment frequently needs changing. The scalp, in the first place, might be covered with dandruff. To cure this there is nothing better than some mixture containing core rosive sublimate. After the symptoms of dentin-1ff have disappeared there is no longer need of the corrosive' sublimate, and eoinethingto merely nourish the roots of the hair should be substituted. The only unvarying rules are: Give your suet or of five parts lard and two parts.; mutton sect, the letter mixture used chiefly ie white' pomades: In either ease I the suet was subjected to a purifying process. For a long stime 'the fat of the. bear was held in high esteem for .prce. ted aced oar speed at least three parts. In fact, with our shoal keel and high bow we could melte no more than a knot an hour. This, was rather dis- couraging, but the captain salt) it was to be anticipated, for we had lio-tv c,orne to tae region where there were pre- vailing southwesterly and. southerly winde, and these, we should find, con- tinued to the eesnator. This was more philosophital than comforting, but we eocled do ro otherwise than make the best ef it, and so the noon of the third day drew on. .1 was at the helm, which had recently taken, and WaS Shak- ing out a kink int the nattinsheet, when, happening to glance to windward. I saw that which instantly suspended my operation and brought me with a leap to illy feet, Low down on the water line, but perfectly distinct, was the white, 'unmistakable canvas of a ship. • ' I did not wait for a second look, but bawled out, as though I had been at tee masthead, "Sail hol" They all sprang up, lilce many puppets in a shcrw. - "Where eet-ay'?" cried the eapta,ie and Mac Ivrach together. Aar. Tyra, who wa,s on the other side' of the boom, scranabled under, and we idi etood. in a group. ""Yoader,"' said, pointing at the speck. '"I'llanic God, ahe is not from the direction ot Panama!" "No, she cannot be abuccancer, coma - tug from that etiartea," said the cap- tain, with a breath of relief. "The next thing is to determine her eon ree," said Mr. Tyre. "Would we had a glees!" "We mann mak' it up in patience,e observed Mac Tvrach "whin( is no a setiefactory,subse.itute." We greed with him an d sat down to -wait for the unresolvable speck to grow, Very slowly, as it seemed to our im- patience, it ssveIlecl and whitened. At hair as 1/111011 freedom as possible by ncy7 last we got the square of the upper er knotting it at night for one thing. Do sails, and could be sure she was bound not brush and mangle your scalp as you cur way. She was coming down exact- would sceab a floor, but rather treat it ly,b,ie:oui;ep,o.thvee,,N,Visnadid, Tyrn, svealcing ge).elnl, .e.anvdo favorcloe tanads hyeoeuvywiomueled. alisei ck s out sleeping room cool, and look out for with that compoture which scarce ever your general health. IC you are obliged lersoblc bit, "alai We are bir inthd to do much nerve or brain workeyou may what we .shonla do. Our ease, t,hough expect yoar hair to grow thin, but if yOu not a desperate one, is landeslira+hie, eat keep a good. digestion there is hope. end it evoeld: be better to try to mend —New York Sun. - it, by boarclang this ship—that is, if she will receive us." , We looked tt,t one another ; but there was no contrary opinion. " To be Coastinued '80TeDIHT.V.S WIT•, (Nr,fisit'o'r-:--!Why are - you Walking uP , • and' d OWn her e •(Saidin..5,---rm oh), ,seth t ry, dtity, Why don't yhti sit down? necAuse, 'am pert of the vtairitli 'altuay. . ' washing )1SabyPe Bottles. theSe are well washed, first in hot water and then in cold, directly after tiSe, there will, be no difficulty in keeping. theM clean. Don't use brush, as there is al- ways the danger that bristles may be lett in the bottle and swallowed later on. Us- ing shot is equally dangerous. Instances of lend poisoeing have occurred when thie has been done. Add'a Very little soda to the hot water, and after well tensing leave the bottle to soak in cold water till will breed taento high class coa b • The only thing to 00 for tle insati - stallions are sure to derive a profit in' ble Anaerican taste for mutton Is to any event, because no matter whetherl "take something for it," a lamb chop times continue prosperous or tile re - or a leg o' mutton, says The Breeder's verse there has been and always wilil Gazette. Comment has been recently be a demancl for the kind of high act.i , made on the capital demand at this ing carriage horses they will raise. . market tor sheep and Iambs, inquiry outstri I , the supply and absorbing j The farmers and breeders who have good trotting bred read mares and who The irinelonaster'n PP he the enormaus..receipts wit') scarcely a Lenniein the market. From Kansas City comes a complaint that packers are unable to get sufficient supplies of . fates cep to keep their .1 in, plants itt operation to full capacity. So keen has been the demand eor mutton that pack- ers bave been obliged to enter into coinpetition with feeders for the range bred sheep that should by rights go in- to fe.et1 lots rather than to the sham- bles. Now that the rim from the range is largely over, dependence must he placed on the supplies from the feed lois, and it does not seem that the de- mand at that market is likely to be met. All this comes from the increase In the appetite of our people for mut- ton. Packers at Kansas City have planned to increase their output of mutton if they can obtain the raw ma- terial. Observe the situation: Last fall so °sally sheep weregoing on feed that" conservative heads feared for the fu- ture of the industry. The enormous numbers tbat.came from the feed lots during the winter and spring were lick- ed up at satisfactory prices, and now kh killers are competing wit- feeders for sheep. Thiscertainly argues the ex- pansion and the' permanency, of the in- dustrY: It' is noerely the taste 01ino- Prti oved intion tbat has wrought this regolution: The public knows a good thing when it tastes 1±. The, industry is capable of, considerable extension .et, sindtee mao evho breeds and fecris good sheep is veey apt to come out wins , • ner. , • „ esseerseavensent o± Englisil Sherthornft.' Professor C. P. Curtis says: The; Shorthorn type appears to be morei firmly established in this country than in England, breeders in -the latter coma--; try being divided in their adherence to the true Shortlrorn type. Tbeee is more variation in public-. opinion there than here. 1 was disappointed in many of.; the herds I saw in England, This is. the , case with every American. Our, • foremost breeders raise as good cattle, • _ as .the best in England. The Brig itis have more good breedersham 'e than we hae; in this country, but none better tea* our best. Great empbasis is placed ore size. They are continually on the look- out for something that may improvel their herds. Their best :animals aro! not sold, but are kept as long as fit foe • service. Inbreeding is practiced by all the; leading breeders, but line breeding is preferable. More attentiou is given • to the important matter ot selecting a sire thaa here. Each breeder tries • to get the best male out of his rival?S herd. Even eorremon breeders are look, ing for high priced sires. First cora 'sideration in purchaae of sire is indi- vidual; next, pedigree; third, price. it • Mall had better pees, $1,000 for a sire if . needed to balm:bye his 'herd. Not • doing this he had better Atop. Make your. cattle 'good •enougb, put them in , good' condition' and they will sell them- selves': 'Tee. greatest barrier to sue- , ceeaful ,ieeding today is the scarcity of -good sires' and'the plenitude of Peoe Ifletti4t Over Wire Feneem. A wire lenge is an ugly• affair to erose eitber by climbing over or crawling un- der or between 'tire strands. The ac- companying &it front The American ones. • STILE FOR WIREFENCE. Agricultmest shows ,a, handy arrange- ment where one Must cross it wire fence occasionally and dees,not wish to lose the tension on the wires by cutting a gateway, This double stepladder can be put together ha a few moments and will prove a very convenient"affair. • stack nays Feed stair bay befere that stored in the barn to ,avold-loes. While teeffiay will dry out nearly as much in one place as in another, there is a, far greet- er losa in feeding, value in teat put bp itt stacks due to spoiling on top by the werftber and on the bottom by claret). ness Tram the ,ground. The Colorado ,experitnent station found the loss to be ,12.4 per cent in feeding value in stack- ed hay and but 2.5 ,per cent in that stored in barns, a difference of • 1r* IC cent. Thue niae tons of bay put teethe barn will feed as meth stock as 10 toes put in stack.. When this test was made, the conditions were more favora- ble than the average seaeon for feeding stack bay.—Americati Agriculturiet. Sree,di From Mature Swine. The gnateticeeof breeding the young; 'sow but once and, again selecting a :young sow—the produce of a young sow1 ycamg' boar—and eoi,Itinuing this will each year Show a smaller, more delicae,e, little mother, which will in a' ' few,yeare farrow but two or three Ogg sosveab 'that they are all ready for any, ailmen't that cothes along aud general- lyagold the -troubles of life by dyingl at; 'Once, says, The. Prairie Varmer. •WO:ctitl' Say, then, 'breed from maturit a.n- seleetin.g only , enourt young sows -to keep up the required "amber of . breeding annuals asythe old one drop out. Feed carrectly,. breed for • tWO litters each year, thus having ttvo crops of bogs to.turn off yearly; tretit yont• hogs asyou srould any other ani - Mal that paid yoti well, and youwill • find that the well bred Peg; well Isoue- 'ed and well fed, will always bring y011 a,laege peofit.. • :it 'litter 9f pigs should not be weartecil till neerly 3 -nlontbS of age, and if fedl where theY -cannot be molested'by their, dam or (ither pigs from the time Iheyi are 4 to 0 'Weeks old they will never, know they are weaned, but will eiStee tinue to grow very fast and have n�i setback. Pigs weaned at Qti- weilks age,must surely have a hard setbacritr their thrift, but if. not weaned till alArrith 3 months old "and, fed aSVeb0.,e, , , with suitable feed they are alrnost.reaAy for, market any day from this 'age ,en. to. or S months., • I2. this practice' ishfol-.)e lowed up ..for a generation, we ,wotild, hear but little of swine..-.,7,:iseaSe.—Pra1. lee Fat:Met, '