Exeter Advocate, 1913-1-2, Page 6lk
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ONLY A MONTII;
r OR, A CURIOUS MYSTERY EXPLAINED.
O AFTER XXX.--(Cont'ci)
"Sigrid anti •Swanhilcl have been.
away with Madame Lechertior, have
they not I" asked Cecil, after a
lenee.
"Yes, they went to Hastings for
a fortnight, We. shut up the rooms,
and I went down to Herr Siver•tsen,
who was stayint� near Warlingham,
weinikt zi le plaen,in• t'lie !Sur-
rey hills,"
"Sigrid told me you were with
him, but 1 fancied she meant in
London."
"No; onoe a. year he tears himself
from his dingy den ie Museum
Street, and goes down to this
plaice. We were out-of-doors most
of the day, and in the evening
worked for four or five hours at a
translation of Darwin which he is
very anxious to get finished. Hallo!
what is wrong?"
He might well ask, for the horse
was kicking and plunging violently.
Shouts and oaths echoed through
the murky darkness. Then they
would just make out the outline of
another horse at right angles with
tittle, C J. ;+GDI I!1 ARMOUR.
Sto see, sir, winter and. summer, did not begin as ay oorrwman, Be
unday and week -day they have top
/drudge ozi, He's a kind husband 'was rich when he started, but lie
and a gaol father too, and he will helped to •make the Armours orae
(go on working for the sake q keep- of the brreatest, of Anieriean es
-
mg the home together, but it's littletotes,
of the benne he sees when, he has to I Philip. Danforth .Arznour;^, founder
be away from it sixteen hours every of the great Chicago peeking house,
day. They say they're going to had not intended that J, Ogoen,
give more holidays and shorter his youngest eon, should assume
hours, but there's a long time spent executive control of the vast bush
in talking of things, it seems to me, ness that has ramifications in all
and in the meanwhile John's dy- parts of the world, The logical
ing." successor to the founder was Philip
It rit)riof ;remembered hew Sigrid Danforth, Jr., but his death iu
had mentioned this very-, thing to 1900 changed the plans of the "elder.
him in the summer when he had J. Ogden Armour was born in
told her of his disgrace, I ]Milwaukee forty-nineyears ago,
"Perhaps they will want ,the doe- ,Since he has taken charge of the
for fetched. I will come with you business he is known as "the head
° said the girl; "Ws the long
in f.
ours of the triune hes dms y g IA Ogden Aa'zuour who utzw ire
Theres never any rest for thelia, ,worth ar_proxirnatei $1350,Q00,QQ0,.
e
ue that tee tree. �ata:rk l
Whenever you ace, is well gloved
PERRIN
hand. think of GLOVES ERI OV+i<J11
ilwarsteseieladadadalleieloesieseseweste erage farm operated underan ins
tensive system.
On tile Farmbe Inseeitorsrcase
from moreasow revenueduring too
mush
ted
year than that produced in the
feeder steer or heifer receiving
the
ntire rode t oe mof th
to the door, and you shall lust roar=
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see," he said. Ile went to the Public schools un -1, // hey Bad for Piga. ing it.
And the girl, thanking him, til prepared for college, and then ( It is true that pedigreed animals,
knocked at her sister's door, spoke.' entered Yale, where he did not re- We once visited a farmer who had especially of the beef classes, rear-
to
earto some one inside, and returning, main to be graduated. about 75 pigs of various ages. The ed for sale for breeding or for show
asked him to come in. To his sur- I After an extensive ' European youngest were about two months old purposes can be profitably suckled
prise, he found Sigrid in the little tour he returned to Chicago. The and they ran in age up to about by their dams because of the higher
kitchen ; she was walking to and second day after his arrival his fa- six months. I prise they bring. The rearing of
fro with the baby, a sturdy lithe ther invited him to visit the steak The farmer whd lived near a town , cheap feeders by the pail method
fellow of a year old. yards. From that trine he has of about $,000 bought slop from the has become an important question
was opened by Mr: $onifa him_ "You are back at last," she amid, worked steadily. hotel and ray addition fed a greatwith the beef. producers.
I getting Iiia first job was that of office deal of whey, which he obtained I Dairymen, of necessity, have long
self. " was quite anxious about
"Why, Cecil," he cried. "We you, !kir. Hallifield was taken eo may` but he was soon promoted to from a neighboring cheese . factory. r practised rearing calves on'skin
have been quite anxious about
you."
much worse to -div, and hearing the a cYerkship at $ill a week. Under
r,
baby crying, I cane in to help.
"Frithiof saw me home because "How about the doctor? Do they •
of the fog," she explained. "And want him fetched 71'
our hansom was overturned at Bat "No ; he came here about ten
tereea, so we have . had tai walk o'clock, and' he says there is no
from there. Please ask Frithiof to thing to be done ; it is only a ques
come in, father, we are so dread*. tion of hours how."
fully cold and hungry ; yet he will I At this moment the poor wife
insist on going straight home." • came into the kitchen ; she was still
"It's not to be thought of," said quite young, and the dumb angu-
Mr. Boniface. "Lome in, Come jail ish in her face brought the tears.
I never saw such a fog," to Sigrid's eyes. •
So onoe more Frithiof found 1 "What, Clara 1" she exclaimed,
himself in the familiar house which ' perceiving . her sister, "you back
again l"
"I was too late," said the girl,
"and they had locked me out. But
it's no matter now that the gentle -
always seemed so home -like to him,
and for the first time since his dis-
grace he shook hands with Mrs.
Boniface. -
"I am sure we are very grateful man has let me in here. Is John
to you," said Mrs. Boniface, when worse again 7"
she had heard all about the adven- "He'll not last long," said the
tore, and Ms rescue of Cecil. "i wife, "and he be that set on get -
can't think what Cecil would have ting in here to the fire, for he's
done without you. As for Roy, find- mortal cold. But I doubt if he's
ing it so foggy and having a bad strength to walk so far."
headache, he came home early and "Frithiof, you could help him
their own. He was almost upon is now gone to bed. But come in in, said Sigrid.
them, struggling frantically and and get warm by the fire. I dont "Will you, sir 1 I'll thank you
a.t shaft of the cab belonging to know why we are all standing :in kindly if you will," said Mrs. Hal -
14 have struck Cecil vie- the hall." lifield, leading the way to the bed -
the face had not Frithiof She led the way into the drawing- room.
'r .gelled it away with room, and Cecil' gave a cry of as- Frithjof followed her, and glen°-
1
den • sudden y the
backward, their
and finally:
-cast; shewail ecd-
.t: e, and just felt in the
arae moment of falling .a sense
of relief, when Frithiof threw his
arns around her and held her fast;
then for en interval realized no-
thing at all, so stuanang was the
violencewith which they came to
the ground.
"Are you, hurt 1" asked rithiof,
replied Cecil, ;gasping for
s "Only she. Ce e. low are
t Gaut. I" ' . hearth -rug and rose to go. Cecil's
ad her away from him and thanks and warm hand -clasp brag
-
FOR OR with some difficulty
ered with him pleasantly, and he with the four chiatieen d ou'il nave through the lift his father gave him
up. Then, before she had
think of the peril, he had setout on his wahome lk hos all the
a hard struggle to live'' G that J. Ogden Armour has become
better for has visit to the Rowan For the first time she broke down Ione of the leading financiers of Am-
end hid her face in her apron. But erica, and one of the nineteen
Mr. .1. Ogden ,Arwour.
He also fed some skim milk and a
little grain. He compla'iped that
many of his pigs suffered from
what he believed to be rheumatism
and many of them, particularly of
the younger ones, were limping
around stiff in their joints and a
few quite lame.
'A sniff at the barrels containing
the whey and plop disclosed the
cause of the trouble. Sour whey
will cause stiffness in pigs and this
man's whey was about as sour as
fermentation could make it. • It
had that queer sharp pungent odor;
almost strong enough to knock a
milk supplemented by grain, hay,
silage, etc., and some have eves
dispensed with pure milk feeding in
quite a large measure.
As a general thing the pail -fed
ed
suffers from neglect and want
of sufficient
feed of the proper
character, but there is no secret to
success in rearing calves onekim
milk and supplementary feed when
it is combined with judicious man-
agement.
mail down and it was swarming
with bacteria, some of the stuff ac-
tually foaming, where . the barrels
were exposed to the sun.
The slop barrels were equally as
Little Helps on the Farm.
It is, not bad -practice to treat the
wheat seed to a liquid spraying o!'
one pound of ,formaldehyde in 40
gallons of water. It will prevent
the smut damage.
There is one big advantage in
bad. e aTh firmer ' admitted that he sowing the winter wheat late, and
rmer a mia that is, you stand a good chance to
never cleaned them out, but added escape the Hessian fly, which does
camelop to them from day to day as it so much damage to the wheat fields.
from town._ Same of them Plow the garden this falland see
smelled to heaven. The troughs in bow it goes to be able to work the
which the pigs They contained fed were om- soil which, in the early spring, had
ally bad. decom-
position material of all kinds and this fall plowing.
so exacting a taskmaster as his fa the slop had been spilled over the b Don't tfedforget that
he the s eau
ther, the struggle to the top was a sides on the floor and even into theOverfeeding p°
long and wearying one, but when
dirt forming a putrid mass.
tonishment, for, standing on the ing toward the bed could hardly it was over J. Ogden Armour had The pigs were allowed' to run into
hearth -rug was a little figure in a control the awful surprise which a pasture, but were always fed in
red dressing -gown, looking veal seized frim as for the first time he acquired a first-class business edu-
cation. this filthy hole. We suggested to
much like a wooden Nutn.'a toy saw a man upon whom the shadow .
a,'n
ark, of death had alreadyfallen. Philip D. Armour, the elder, did the farmer that he give the place
. ' ° • not longsurvive his favorite son a thorough cleaning up, scald his
' hy, ; isa`o4e9 she cried, . you "The Norwegian gentleman . is ° whey barrels and keep on hand only
up at this time of night!" here, and will help you into the and upon his death J. Ogden was as much as could e fed in its na-
The little fellow fie* to meet her kitchen, John," said the wife, be- Placoci in Full charge of a grRantic
and clung round her neck.
``Had you not better stay here
ginning Co swath L. bl nkets plant. From the first he showed a tural state and before it became
As 'to the slops, while we do not
e rm in
a +o 1 remarkable .:business-faoult and sour.
d went in affairs in excess of his
"Thank you, sir, . said the man, y
for the night " said Mrs. Boniface, gratefully. "It's just a fancy I've.
ers is an easy matter and the ex-
cess of feed leads to diseases of the
blood, liver and bowels.
Using the tank heater need not
be wholly an act of mercy on the
part of the dairyman—it, toe, has
its commercial side.
The fall calf, colt and pig will
see rough weather. and _now is a
good time to make preparations for
their protection and the getting
"In't bear to think a 1u g much favor this sort of feed for them through to their best advent,-
muchp
resently. of to die in there by the fire, years. a e•
of your having that. long walk though I doubt I'll never get warm Once at the head of the packing' sad bstill if it is efore decomposiitionwhsets in it The original cost of the machin -
through the fog " )9 I nastitufion there was never again•
Frithiof carried him in
f�
"You are very kind," he said,'set
gently and' a question about his financial st l is all right, but we do not relish
but Sigrid would be frightened ifI pork made from sour and filth
g up," g set him down in a cushioned chair bility. He gains especial recogni- I lops, which have stood for days
I didn't turn and kissing drawn close to the fire. I tion through the fact that he worked
theycontain verylittle
Lance, he set him down on the "It's a nice little, place !" he hard for years, despite the advant- Ibecause
food value and much material that
said. "I wadi I could think you; age offered him through the wealth` .
would keep it trugether, Bessie, out' of his father. It was not entirely .is not fit even for hogs.
ken ner in his arms and, rashly
rhaps, but very dexterously, ear-
ned her out of danger.
'•`Won't you put me down? ' I am
heavy for you," she said. But,
Tree House.
CHAPTER XXXI.
Had it not been for the' fog his
as she spoke, she felt him long walk might have made him
o with laughter at the idea. sleepy, but the necessity of keep-
ouled carry you for miles now ing every faculty on the alert and
we are safely out of the : of sharply watching every crossing
" :he said. "Here is a curb- and every landmark made that out
and—yes, by good luck, the of the question. So he'trahped
a house. Now, shall we along pretty cheerfully, rather en-
the people and ask them to joying the novelty of the thing, but
cru while I just lend a hand making as much haste as he could
cab?" ' an account of Sigrid., He had just
n�i;. it is so late, will , t I 11 wait I reached the outer door of the model
Sigrid, who was rocking the baby
on the other side of the hearth, bent
forward and spoke to him soothing -
richest men in the world.
It is said that the Sultan of Tur-
ly"Don't you trouble about that, key is skilled as a pianist. It is
part of it, she said. "We will be' probable that those who had to list -
her friends. Though we are poor, . en to him gladly welcomed the war.
yet there are many ways in which wirewiwerwwww
we can help her, and I know a lady
who will never, let her want."
He thanked her with a gratitude,
that was pathetic.
"I'm in a burial,club," he said,
after a pause, "she'll have no ex
Fake care you don't get : lodgings and was about to unlock penses that way They' ll bury me
fit with the key which was always very handsome, which 11 be a sat -
peered into the fog and furnished to those whose work de- ` isfaction to her, poor girl. I've of-
tod him well enough to tamed them beyond the hour of ten thought of it when 1 saw a well-
ae would keenly enjoy 6 closing, when he was startled by
q of getting matters something that sounded like a sob
gain. ( by him He paused and listened ; it
' aseidents agree with came again.
m'e apt"�'aid, laughingly, when "Who is there?" ]ae said, strain-
eibited td i ad'he came back to her, ..leg his eyes to pierce the thick cur-
- ?a r° aP civic
tcp,l .usually: cheerful. � tain of fog. that hung before him.
a o 't hel Jahing now to The figure of a woman approached
think of he ridiculous ggirwie n ,which him.
both cabs went down and both hors- "Oh, sir," she said.. "Have you
es stood up," ,he said. "It is won- the key and can you let me in?"
derful . that more damage was not, "Yes, I have a key. Do you live
done. We all seem to have escaped here?
with bruises, and nothing is broken "No, sir, but I'm sister to Mrs.
except the shafts." I :H.alliffeld. Perhaps you know Hal-
"Let as walk home now," said lifield, the tram -conductor. f came of work, . and ' that makes a man
Cecil. "Does any one know where- to see him to -night because he was think twice before giving in—spite
e taken so i11, but I got hindered set of the long hours."
ting out again and didn't allow He had been talking eagerly, and
i ad " some way from Row- time to get - back to Macdougal's. for the time his'strength had re-
sin
Rouseyou . see; but if you I'm in his shop, and the rule '`of turned to him, but now his head
sxu 7.rc, ,
would not be too tired it would his boarding-houses is that the, door dropped forward, and his hands
eertairrly be better not to stay for is closed at eleven and mayn't be clutched. convulsively ab the Wan -
another crib." 'opened any more, and when I got kets.
So rtlxe set' off, and ;with much there ,air, being hindered with the With a great cry the poor wife
e ' " ' ., groped their fog, it was five minutes past." started ;forward and flung her arias
�lty "�"'fringtii g g,
wa to Brixton,not getting home? ``And the, wouldn't let you in V' round him, r, "He's
ill y Y " `He's going!" she sobbed. He s
�• . the asked T'rrthwf, ."What an Amin- >* g
till long after midnight. At
door, Frithiaf said good-bye,:, and able thing—the man ought to be gol n 1 John—oh, John 1"
,►
time sine° the accident ashamed of himself for having such' Nine per cent. on their money:!
fox the first
Cecil remembered his trouble. a rule! Come in; why, you must. thought Frithjof. "My God! if they
'°" .west not go 'bask ' without be half frozen! I know your sitter Could but see this .
'You m
restingN and having something
eat," she said, pleadingly.
"You are very kind," he replied,.
"but I etiM not come in."
"But X shall be so unhappy 'about , brother-in-law is
you it yon go all that long way back the window ; my
without 'food ; come in, if only to worse, 1 expect.,,
please me," "What is wrong with him I" asked
Something in her tone touched Frithiof,
hint:° anti it :Mutt moment the door "Oh, he's been failing this long
to -do -looking funeral pass along-
side the tram, but I never thought
it would come as soon as this. I''m
only going in thirty-five,` which isn't
no great age for a man."
"The work was too much for
you," said Frithiof.
"Yes, sir, it's the truth; you
speak, and there's many another
in the same boat along with 'me.
It's 'a erue1. hard life, But then,
you see, I was making my fedi.-and-
six a day, and if 1 gave'up 1 knew
it meant starvation for the wife and
the children ; there is thousandsout
abouts weare?"
"The driver -says it is Battersea
d
n to quite well," (11O be continued.)
"I can newer thank ,you exkough,"
said the poor girl. "I thought I
shotild have had to stay out all The Opposite.
night 1 There's a light, I see, in
"My dear, the coal is all out.""':
"Then th'e teal's very different
from tae,"
"What do you meant"
"I'm all in,"
•
Calves on "Skim Milk.
There has grown up a necessity
for the application of economic me-
thods in beef production. Though
feeders may be produced from cows
with calves at the side on large
areas of cheap grazing Iand, it is
doubtful whether this method can
successfully be employed on the avca
-
ery found on the scrap heap of many
of our farms would set ei young
couple up in business in"very com-
fortable shape.
Many a man who howls for jets-,
tice would probably try to` sneak
up an alley if he saw it coming.
BoysSCd o-
day
end for,Post how toarmatke
and "Easy Pocket
ApRki.
°
p` Money"
i■ v' Send Alt once beforete-are
rill gone, Address P,0.
e BoY 12i'. Mne,r-.l. Cnn,
Use our Lnfluenc.e for
Concret.e Roads
There's no need to point
out the advantages of
good roads. ,
• It used to be that there was little choice..
Macadam for the country and smaller cities was
the only material used. Then, twenty years
ago concrete was introduced. And for these
twenty years concrete has been proving
ftsej
1; is now acknowledged to be one of the
best known materials for roads or for street
pavements -4.W be as far superior to ordinary
'macadam as macadam is 4`uperior to sarin.
Estimating the Cost.
It is not the first cost of a road that deter-
mines it's real cost; nor is it the first six months
of service that determines whether it's a goad
roador a poor one.
• The only sure way to find out what a road
has test, is to add to the first cost all that is
spent for repairs in fifteen or twenty years. .
Now, that's where concrete goads win
every argument ---thein first cost is practically
their wily Cost; they require Tittle or rio upkeep
Address Good Road* .17epar
Canada Cement Corpany, Ltd.,
The kind of good, road,
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]!)cutter.
cost: Concrete, instead of needing repair,
actually becomes stronger with age.
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You can help your community to come to
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roads conies up. Your influence will be a
factor in providing yourself and your neighbors
with thoroughly satisfactory h ghways.
•Ve wish to convince you first --we know
that when you are • "backed up" with facts
which we will gladly furnish yott, you aril; be
able to convince your neighbors. '
Make it your business to get th.ese:faets,
We have a special department. which' will ,>P ►I,
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9
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Ask for'"'Goad !toads �'' send me, Y
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