The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 13, 1902, Image 4
LOVE.
Love is a day
With no thought of morrow.
Love is a joy
With no thought of sorrow.
Love is to give
With no thought of receiving.
Love is to trustWithout
quite believing.
?From "With Lead and Line," by Charles
Henry Webb.
I A FAREWELL J
i BACHELOR DINNER. {
* *
It was the Van Waggeraans who introduced
Judith Tankerville to society,
and she v.*as so much of a success
that in six weeks she counted her men
friends by the score and not a dowager
nor a debutante could find fault
with her. Refinement, beauty, tact
I ?vn0rinTl/.o MfC Ta T? UprVI 11P hild
? UU ^AUtHtUVV *?** M. ?
them all. Money? Nobody knew, but
the women made shrewd guesses
when they recounted the number and
rare splendor of the jewels which she
wore. At every ball or reception
a different and more singuar brooch
or necklace was at her matchless
throat, some odd, barbaric gem was in
her billowy black hair.
As for her antecedents, everybody
knew what the Van Waggemans knew
? that the Tankervilles w-ere an oil
Irish-English family of high blood and
big achievements. The Van Waggemans
had met Miss Judith at Florence
and later in New York in the
company of the "best people." Her
distingue bearing and foreign air did
the rest. She had the style Parisian,
the English poise, the Dublin brogue
gave its inimitable twang to the musij
of her voice. The debutante envied
and imitated her amiable stateliness
and saw with eminent gratification
that she elhded, though she could not
discourage, the pursuit of the "eligible"
young men. Mammas with mar
riageable sons and daughters commended
the brilliant foreigner's mingled
discretion and brilliancy and
"took her up," safe in the certainty
that she was neither an adventuress
nor a fortune-teller. She became the
"rage" among the men and the protege
of the women?evidence in itself
of a masterly diplomacy.
It was late in Dember at one of
Mrs. Boileau's afternoons that Carrie
Hunter Grant, widow of the millionaire
coffee roaster, twitted her hostess
about a "possible case" between
Mrs. Boileau's elder brother and the
Tankerville.
"To me he looks 'hit,'" whispered
the widow, affectionately. "Whenever
Judith appears he becomes distrait,
blushes?actually blushes. Just fancy
a whitehaired veteran like the major
blushing at sight of a girl."
"Carrie, Carrie, you inveterate
plotster," sighed the hostess, "brother
George will never marry again unless
?" (arching her eyebrows knowingly.
She knew that Mrs. Grant had her
heart set on the rich widower.)
"Besides," she resumed, "hid
daughter is of age now, and I'm sure
he has no thought of himself till she's
settled in life." ,
. "By the way," said Mrs. Grant,
changing the topic, 'did you ever notice
that marvellous watch Miss Tankerville
wears?"
'Which one? I've noticed that she
wears a different watch every week or
so."
"I mean that flat, antique thing encrusted
with filigree. There never
was anything like it on earth. I'm
dying to know where she got it. If
you ever get a chance ask her. will
you, dear?"
It was almost dark when Mrs. Grant
started for her carriage. In the vestibule
she met Major Glendennin,
Mrs. Moileau's brother, who paused
under the lamp to greet her. Mrs.
Boileau was at her shoulder, chatting
and both women stood to chaff the
old beau. Finally said the widow:
"Major, what time is it? I want to
Stop at Mrs. Henry's if I have time."
The major fumbled under his overcoat
and pulled out his watch?a
queer, outlandish flat one encrusted
with amber filigree.
"What a queer watch!" snapped the
widow, laying her hand cn Mrs. Boileau's
arm, 'why, it's something like
one Miss Tankerville wears."
Both women peered at the bauble,
but it was jerked back into the major's
pocket in a trice.
"Quarter fast five," blurted the widowner,
flushing and bolting into the
house. "Aha, my foxey major," giggled
the widow, 'what do you think of
him now, Mrs. Boileau?" The hostess
laughed nervously, said "I can't believe
it" and went in.
It was a week later that Major
Glendinnin gave a dinner at his club
to ten of bis old cronies. They were
all old soldiers of war or finance; rich,
gray old foxes of the fatherly sort;
sleek, well groomed men of fashion
who "knew the world." Widowers and
bachelors all of them who knew the.
Tankerville, all good friends of hers
and of each other. They had come to
the coffee when Glendennin proposed
a toast:
'To Judith Tankerville. who is to
be my wife."
The applause which followed was
rot instantaneous, but it came at last,
came strong and hearty when they
saw the major was not joking. Till
then none knew the purpose of this
little feast. Indeed, It was but one of
many of the same kind, but Glendennin's
announcement fell like a bomb
among his chums. They rallied with
tactful readiness and were standi ug
with cheers on their lips and wine
glasses ready before their host could
see through the clouds of smoke above
the table the looks of surprise, chagrin
or merriment that were exchanged.
"You lucky old rascal." Colonel
Gregory was saying when the waiter
entered, salver in hand, and gave the
major a sealed envelope.
The old fellow growled as he tore
off the end, turned pale an instant,
cursed in his white mustache and then
bawled:
"v/here he?"
"Right here, sir," said a stranger,
who slipped suddenly in behind the
servant; "I made bold to come right
up, sir, because all of these gentlemen
know Miss Tank?"
"Shut up" roared Glendennin, purpl^with
rage.
a moment, major," cooed the
interlop^l^^ Then, to the waiter,
"Please go
The waiter reiL** a signal f^m
the angry majona^J^16
ccolly sat down on th^l?** wall
"Gentlemen," he said to the^MSj^'
wondering guests, "I'm Hogan,
tective from central, and I butted >iP
here because I knew all you gentlemen
were?well, I might say, personal
friends of Miss Tankerville, Judith
Tankerville" (taking a bunch of papers
out of his pocket), "Miss Judith
Tankerville, alias Mignonne Dupre.
alias 'The Princess,' and so forth."
There was dense silence in the
room. Glendennin looked like a man
in the throes of apoplexy.
' The Tankerville woman is wanted
in Paris for fraud?selling for a speculator
in watches, jewels, diamonds
and stealing the money. They've been
following her all over Europe, you
know. She's awful slick. Started out
j right a year ago and for two months
j sold more antique jewelry than any
i one and cashed in on the square. She
j began the bunko in Florence eight
j months ago and has swindled everybody
since."
i The detective coughed, reached for
a glass of wine, drank it off an i concluded:
Now, major, that watch you've got
on. the one with the filigree and the
funny carving, how much did yon give
her on that."
"Why, it's a family heirioom, you
dog," roared Glendennin. "I found
out she wa^ pressed for funds and
" 4 U"
lec rer nave uaire jumu?
'Well, ii ain't a family noth'ng,
sir," said Hogan. "It's just a faky 'antique.'
they call 'em, made to sell for
! 75, prcbably worth 50. Now, gentlc|
men" (turning to the company). "I
know you've all been 'stuck* in the
same way. The best way to tlx things
up is to give up the gim-cracks. I
won't saj' a word abcut the matter.
Nobody knows SHE'S arrested, and
we'll just see that she DISAPPEARS."
****??
When Major Glendennin and Mrs.
Carrie Hunter Grant had been marrie.l
about six months she asked him:
"What had ever become of that curious
watch you used to wear?"
"Oh, that?" he grunted, looking a
bit sheepish, "I gave that to Colonel
Gregory as a keepsake when he left
for California. He took a fancy to
it, and as it was more of a lady's
watch, I never liked it."
"Where did YOU get it, dear?"
"Oh, I ah?er, hem, it was an heirloom
in my first wife's family, dear."
And his wife locked on in wondering
awe and was silent.?John H.
Raftery, in the Chicago RecorJ-IIeraid.
PORCUPINE QUILLS,
Thej Are Loosely Fastened In arv? May
15e Shaken Out.
The myth that the porcupine can
discharge its quills to a distance is
one of very great antiquity, and, like
many myths, it has at its foundation
a grain of truth. The porcupine's
defensive armature lies in the
quills scattered over its body, and,
above all, thickly implanted in its
tail. When threatened by enemies, it
uses the tail as a weapon, thrashing
and jerking it about from side to side,
tc the great danger of any living
creature that may be within reach
of it. Now the quills of a porcupine
are so loosely inserted in the skin that
they become detached very easily.
They are. sharp-pointed and barbed,
and so stick into anything that they
may be roughly brought in contact
with. Any one who has ever poked
a porcupine "with a stick will remember
that in a very short time many
quills were found with their points
buried in the stick. The violent
thrashings and blows given by the tail
of the porcupine which is defending
itself loosen many of those quills,
which often are thrown short distances,
but never more than a few
inches, since the quills are far too
light in weight to carry any distance.
The fact is that quills may be?and
often are?shaken from the tail of a '
porcupine and fall near it. Stansead
in the last sentence or two of his letter
explains precisely the way in
which these quills are loosened and
then fall to the ground. It is interesting
to notice that the thrashing of
the porcupine's tail against wood or
the ground or leaves is accompanied
by considerable noise, and that the
quills rattle against each other. It
has been suggested that this sounds
like a challenge and that it is also a
warning.?Forest and Stream.
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
Delicacy is to the affections what
grace is to beauty.
They are never alone that are ac- ,
companied with noble thoughts. (
We cannot judge for each other. We ,
have each our peculiar weakness, and ;
temptations.
Sympathy is easy to get, but when
you need help you will find that is a 1
different question. <
Instruction is a teacher, but Example
is an artist, and our emotions are
the colors he mixes on the heart's palette.
The people who help us most are
those wno mane ngnt oi our auuevc
meats and have faith in our possibilities.
For things never come quite right
in this world. The threads seem to ,
slip out of our hands as we are go- ,
ing to tie the knot.
The inward influences and illuminations
which come to us through those
who have loved us are deeper than
any that we can realize; they penetrate
all our life, and assure us that
there must be a fountain of life and
love from which they and we are continually
receiving strength to bear
and hope.
It is seldom that a man loses his
temper, even under the greatest prov- <
ocation, without having cause, sooner
or later, to regret his want of selfcommand.
There are few of our fellow
creatures so important that it is
not worth while to conciliate them,
none that may not some time have it
in their power to inflict on us an injury.
The Voracious linllfrojj.
"Bullfrogs are about as voracious
as anacondas," says Keeper Thompson,
of the Zoo's reptile house. "What
do you suppose a full-grown bullfrog j ;
especially likes? Birds. The clumsy j
looking, sleepy frog is a marvel of :
swiftness when it comes to capturing 1
a meal. He will lie motionless along ; ;
the banks of a pond or stream, and i
when birds come down to drink or
bathe they are swallowed in a twinkling
if they get within range. A bullfrog
is just like a snake. He can gulp
down a meal as big as himself. Let 1
an unwary sparrow venture within a !
few inches of the motionless frog and J (
there will be a lightning-like leap, a
gulp and the frog again assumes his ' ^
immovable attitude, but he will look .
i as if hfflSnTswanowed a mattress. Of '
coji^e, if birds can't be had bullfrogs :
^fill appease their appetites with in- j !
sects, but they are always on the watch 1 .
\ for unwary members of the feathered
J Xnbe. I have several full-grown bull- j
in one of the tanks, and they '
'birds to any other food. Once
j *n 1 catch mice and feed them
j to the i?Qgs, >*hich bolt them whole
j with the gteateav. *ase "?Philadelphia j
Record. ^
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X
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
Smelting promises in a few years
to become one of the most notable in- i
dustries in California. Many millions
have already been invested in the j
business, and plans have been already ;
formed which will involve the expen
diture of many millions more in the j
near future.
i ,
Paris is doubtless the most inter- j
national telephone centre, its central
office being connected with London to J '
the west, Hamburg to the north, Ber- j
lin to the east, and Milan and Turin to i 1
the south. The Ime of Paris-Berlin is j
the longest of all. being nearly G(>3 |
miles; next comes the line Paris Ha.u- j 1
burg, with 505 miles, while the line j '
Paris-Milan has a length of about 460 j i
miles.
i ;
The rapidly extending uses of hard j '
woods have given rise fco the manu- ! j
facture of veneered doors. The base j 1
or core of such doors is a light wood, j
such as pine, over which is laid a !
veneer of oak. birch," mahogany 01 '
other hard wood. It is claimed that, j |
aside from being cheaper than the j
solid doors, they are lighter, and if j t
anything, more durable, as the com J
bination prevents warping and twist- j
ing, that very often ruins a solid j
door. i
! i
j 1
The name "Queen Itegcnt" has been j '
given to a pearl which was recently i [
found by a fisherman in the upper j j
waters of the Mississippi river, and ! <
which is said to be the largest fresh j j
water pearl ever found in the United j j
States. The pearl is now in posses j
sion of a Chicago man and is valued ;
at $13,778. Its weight is S3 grain:., .'-.n 1 | 3
it has the soft, velvety-white color j
so much admired in pearls. The shell i
from which the pearl was taken was !
unusually large. The shells are j
thought to be about 75 years old.
! '
During the last few years the j J
United States government has been in- ;
stalling a number of storage batter- ;
ies for coast defense service. One of 1
these is a Willard battery of 64 cells, I
installed in a casement at Fort Perry, ! 1
Plum Island, Conn. The elements of :
this battery are of 560-ampere-hour ! ]
capacity and arc placed in lead-lined i
tanks on racks and insulated with j
glass petticoat insulators. The batter* j
ies are used for lighting purposes, as ! ]
well as for operating small motors in j j
the various mechanisms employed m j <
frhio rvffir-p
, w ; i
i
Interference with submarine cable J
service due to fish bites occurs from
time to time in shallow water, but j \
lines in deep water have not hither- j e
to suffered from this cause. An Eng- ]
lish telegraph company, however, now <
reports that in repairing a fault in i
one of their cables at a depth of 330
fathoms, the section removed was
found to contain a tooth firmly fixed j
in the core of the cable, although the j
core was protected by the usual j
sheathing of thick iron wires and in- i
sulating material. An examination of j ,
the tooth showed it to be from some !
species of shark.
An exceedingly simple device an J
Englishworkingman has just invented, j
whereby writing or drawing is made j
easier. The complete apparatus con- i j
sists of a ring, which carries a smail j ;
steel ball, so placed as to revolve free- ! ^
lxr 4r> amr ii/-in Wilh tho rinc Oil I '
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one's little finger so that the little ball ! ]
is at the point of contact wi.b the ! i
paper, almost every bit of friction in j
the movement of the hand upon the | <
writing or drawing material is removed.
Doubtless, the novelists wiil
be the first to take advantage of this I ]
easy writing ring, though many of us j i
would prefer that writing be made no '
easier for them; we have more books :
written and published than we car. j
ever hope to read, and the output is j 1
constantly increasing.
j 1
Giants of Smnll Stature. ' ^
Once more the strongest man in the ;
Intercollegiate world is what would j 1
be known in ordinary descriptive !
words as "a little fellow." Arthur ! x
Tyng, who has just sent the all-around ; *
test record upward almost 300 points, j
U the smallest and least striking of ,
the Harvard competitors. His superi- j *
ority, as attested by himself and his j
examiners, lies in his nerve, ag'ility t
and perfect physicial balance. 1
C. J. Herbert, intercollegiate champion
of two or three' years ago, was t
even smaller than Tyng. He too was =
of Harvard. Allis, of the University of j
Minnesota, now dethronged by Tyng,
rs but five feet five inches in height.
"Good things," says the old saw,
"come in small packages." The truth i '
of this proverb may be applied to I
men in the matter of the physical da- !
velopment obtained by wise and systematic
work?by the mingling of san- i
ity and discretion with "gumption."
No one of these little strong men j
of the colleges is a monstrosity. Each I
of them points the moral of Chief Sur- 1
geon Kimball's recent report from a j ]
United States Army department on the
general lack of stamina on the part j
of the youths under 22 years of age.?- j
New York World.
Intellicence of Insanity.
Insane people frequently make
statements which gives evidence jf j
keen intelligence. An instance of this [
kind occurred a day or two ago in j
Judge Bonham's court. A Scandina- j
vian woman from one of the range j
towns was undergoing examination !
as to her mental condition. Her hus-1
band, a weazened inferior looking lit- j
tie fellow, had told the story of his
wife's condition, and sh/ took in every J
word he said.
She was then interrogated and ans- j
wered all the questions about herself ;
and her children in a vague, rambling j
manner. Finally she protested that ; ^
there was nothing the matter with her. j .
"Do you think that your husband j ]
is out of his mind?" asked the doctor. 5
"Ay don't tank so. Ay don't tank nc *
never hav mind to ben out of," replied ! ^
J
the woman, uespue ner seeming j
sanity on this point she was commit- j ^
ted.?Duluth News Tribune. '
Where Nature i* at Her li *t. i
Maine's woods are known of all *
men, but few realize that, vast and ! !
deep as they are, they exceed seven- i ,
fold the extent of the "Black Forest" j
of Germany, and cover nearly one-half j i
(9,000,000 acres) of the area of the I 1
state. Hidden within these shaded f
wilds, the home of the moose, Amer- i ^
ica's largest game animal, there are ! 3
more than 1800 lakes, comprising one- ! fifth
of the surface of the state. Their j
pure, pelucid waters fairly abound in ^
fish of many kinds. In only three or , *
four spots on this globe may one find
in the same area an equal number < f *
lakes and ponds. Combined, they rep- ?
resent a water surface of 2300 square z.
miles. From these sources flow ?J0o0 ?
rivers and streams.?Pearson's Maga- j
zlne. ' j ?
Movelty in Charity,
A novel form of charity has been In- !
augurated in Budapest?namely, the
distribution of bread and milk among i
children up to six years of age. The
distribution, which is to be continued j
daily, takes place morning and even- j
Ing at a shop in a by-street. The milk j
is first boiled in four large boilers, j
whence it runs into a cooling apparatus.
Fifty children are allowed to j
enter at a time, either with their j
mothers or alone, while the others j
wait for their turn in a neighboring !
warmestube (warming room), another ;
charitable institution. These large, j
well-warmed rooms are found in '
many places in Austria-Hungary. The |
children are told to bring their own j
mugs for the milk, but there are drink- i
ing vessels for those who have none, j
which after use are cleaned and dis- j
infected. Both the bread and milk
must be consumed on the premises,
and sickly children receive a second j
cortion.?London Standard.
A\T FA'TRRTATNTNTrt TALKRR. i
She?You say she is. an entertaining
:alker?
He?Oh, my, yes! She can enterain
herself for hours at a timo
A Coavlcl Makes Silver Dollars.
A convict, employed in the boiler room, !
succeeded in perfecting a dio for making I
silver dollars without detection, and was dis- !
tribut ing them through outside accomplices.
The ofDeials wcro about as much surprised i
at this discovery as the person who receives I
a substitute article in place of the genuine :
[loetetcer's Stomach Bitters, the only sure
nire for indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation
rod biliousness. Don't fail to try it. Our j
Private Dio Stamp is over the neck of tho !
Dottle.
People who live on tick seem to be immensely
tickled about it.
AT SHAKESPEARE'S HOME.
" Stratford-on-Avon."
"I am finishing a tour of Europe; tho best
;hing I've had over here is a box of Tettorino
[ brought from home."?C. H. McConnell,
dgr. Economical Drug Co., of Chicago. 111.
Tetterine cures itching skin troubles. 50;. a
jox by mail from J.T. Shuptrine, Savannah, j
aa., If your druggist don't keep ft.
If you can't back up j*our assertions, the j
aext best thing is to back down.
Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy Cures Irreguar
Heart Action. At Druggists, 50 cents.
You can't make the father of twins believe
that a man cannot serve two masters, j
8100 Reward. 8100.
The readers of this paper will be pleased to j
learn that there is at least on9 dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that is Catarrh. Kali's Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
:he medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease, requires a constitutional
reatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter- j
lally, acting directly upon the blood and mu- :
'ous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy- j
ng the foundation or the disease, and giving j
:he patient strength by building up the conititntion
and assisting nature in doing its
vork. The proprietors have so much faith in
t? curative powers that they offer One Hunired
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials. Address
F J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Conscience is a good deal like an alarm !
dock. We get so used to it that we don't j
nind.
advertisement ??f EE-M Catarrh Cure In
mother column tlie best remedy made.
When a fellow complains that be is al-* I
vays getting sold he feels pretty cheap.
Best For tlie Covrels.
No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer,
you will never get well until your bowels
are put right. Cascabets help nature, cure
you without a gripo or pain, produce easy
natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to j
'tart getting your health back. Cascabets j
Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal j
boxes, every tablet has C. C. C. stamped on j
It. Beware of imitations.
Consistency is the only jewel that women :
don't seem to care much about.
Earlieet Russian Millet.
Will you bo short of hay? If so, plant a !
plenty of this prodigally prolific millet. 5 to ;
j tons of rich hay per acre. Price, CO lbs.,
51.90; 100 lbs., $3^00; low freights. John A. 1
falser Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. A ;
Some people play the piano as though
they were doing it for exercise.
Putnam Fadeless Dyes do not stain the
rands or spot the kettle. Sold by all drug- 1
fists.
?ir _ i if. J ? -1 J_ Al
luore people nave aiea irom cuius mau
were ever killed in battle.
FITS permanently cured. No fits omervous- j
less after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great j
verveRestorer.22 trial bottle and treatisefree '
Or. E. H. Kline, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Phiia., Pa. |
The trouble with a friend in need is that I
le is always that way.
I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumplon
has an equal for coughs and colds?John j
i1. Boyeb, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15,1900. |
A little change in the pocket is better j
han a decided change in the weather.
IFSofMT
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Mrs. J. If. Ilaskins, of Chicago, |
111., President Chicago Arcade j
Club, Addresses Comforting j
Words to Women Regarding
Childbirth.
?
" Deak Mrs. Pinkham: ? Mothers |
seed not dread childhearing* after they J
mow the value of Lydia E. Pink-*
liam's Vegetable Compound.
While I loved children I dreaded the j
jrdeal, for it left me weak and sick |
MRS. J. H. HA SKIS S. | i
for months after, and at the time I \
ihought death was a welcome relief; j 1
Dut before my last child was born a j
rood neighbor advised LydiaE.Pink"
ham's Vegetable Compound, and \
[ used that, together with your Pills j :
ind Sanative Wash for four months 1
oefore the child's birth;?it brought j i
ne wonderful relief. I hardly had an i
iche or pain, and when the child was ! f
ien days old I left my bed strong in <
aealth. Every spring andfall I nowtake
ibottleof Lydia E.Pmkham'sVeg- ;
stable Compound and find it keeps I (
ne in continual excellent health."? ! i
Mrs. J. If. Haskins, 3248 Indiana Ave., ; 1
Chicago, 111. ? $5000 forfeit if above testlmo- | <
ilal Is not genuine. j
Care and careful counsel is
rrhat the expectant and would-be j j
mother needs, and this counsel
she can secure without cost by [
writing to iters, Pinkham at 1
Lynn, 3Iass, j
A PERFECT SEWINCi MAOniNK for ?.>, .
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J |V C5 quick relief and cnree won't f
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Securinj u Good 3!endow.
To secure a good meadow or pasture
use care in preparing the land. Give
deep plowing and then harrow the land
to a fine condition. Use mixed fertilizer
and then harrow again before
seeding. A variety of seed should be
sown, as some Kinds may not thrive.
The indigenous grasses will in time
crowd out all others and take possession.
On limestone soils blue grass
and white clover should always be included.
The pasture should not be
grazed until well established, as trampling
does more harm than mowing.
Gouts fot I'rofif.
Goats are first-class for cleaning up
pastures, weedy fields, etc. In this
respect they are better than sheep. Certain
kinds of goats can hardly be coufined
as they soon learn to climb over
almost any kind of rail or board fence.
The modern wire fence, however, will
keep them in, one three and one-half
feet high being sufficient. If you are
going into the goat business, why not
try the angora? This goat is much
f.asicr handled than the common goat,
can be kept in by means of an ordinary
fence, has a splendid fleece of
mohair which sells readily on the
market. The flesh is also considered
quite palatable.
J-'ci-tlins; Green Cut Bone.
There is quite a diversity of opinion
on the question of feeding cut bone,
but we have found that best results are
obtained when the hens are given
about an ounce each every other day.
It should be given as a separate feed,
about noon, and followed by a full feed
of grain later in i:he day. Hens fed on
green bone will have a tendency id
grow fat, so that one should be careful
that not too much of other fattening
foods are given.
Green bone will unquestionably make
hens lay more eggs, and will aid in
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pinking tne eggs ieruie. it win ai&u
make young chicks strong and healthy,
and well repays any one for the labor
Of cutting. When fed to chinks it
should be given in very small amounts,
scarcely enough to hold on the point
of a small knife at first, but may gradually
be increased as the chicks grow
older.?Home and Farm.
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Testinjj Milkers by Comparison.
Give the cow all the food she can eat
at regular periods, and weigh the milk.
About two pounds of milk make one
quart. If preferred, the milk may be
measured. Compare the cost of the
food with the sum obtained for the
milk, and the value of the cow as a
producer can then be estimated. Test
her also with other cows, and if there
is one or more of the cows that do
better than the others sell those that }
are lowest in the list and fill their
places with better ones. No farmer
who buys new cows will know what
they can produce until he has tested
them, but by selling off those that do
not produce as much as should be expected
in proportion to the food consumed
the herd will gradually be improved
until each cow will give two or
three or more quarts extra per day, the
value of which will be considerable if
tfc.e herd is a large one.
Barley as Animal Food.
In the eastern states barley is in too
much demand for malting purposes to
be sold as food for animals. On the
Pacific coast, where it is more grown,
there is often some discolored that
will not sell well for that purpose, and
it is in demand for feeding to horses,
especially sucn as are not kept at hard
work. In'Canada, it is used for feeding
to hogs, and is thought to^eiake a better
bacon hog than corn, though possibly
not making as many pounds of
gain for bushel of grain as would a
bushel of corn. Such barley is often
used as a poultry food, as the strain
that injures it for the brewers does
not hurt it for feeding purposes, and it
is said that in fattening poultry it
gives a whiter skin and flesh than
corn, and as their English customers
Jo not like yellow-skinned fowl, they
,'eed on barley and barley meal when
fattening for export trade. But at the
Experiment station in North Dakota
they tried it for horses and mules, and
found that while idle either would eat
enough to keep them in fair condition,
it did not prcve worth as much per
pound as oats when they were at hard
work. It did not seem to suit the
mules as well as the horses, and when
they had. barley and oats in equal
weight in alternate months, they
gained flesh on the oats. It has never
been thought a good feed for milch
cows, and is of doubtful value for
sheep. It gives better results crushed
than fine ground, as the meal makes
a pasty substance.
I'arrennosi of Corn and Wheal-.
One of the greatest factors in the
production of corn and wheat is the
relative amount of 1 arrenness in the
Btalks. Every farmer is familiar with
fields of either grain which promise an
ibundant yield, but when the counting
Of the harvest is made there is a great
disappointment. It is found that the
crop was deceptive. There was more
stalk than grain. Every thir 1 or
fourth stalk in some fields is barren.
When grain gets dov. n to such i lowstate
of productivity it is time that
some other farming should be resorted
to. Yet not a few farmers face this condition
and continue to plant the same
and bnne for better times, home will
fay the blame 10 the roil, ociers to
the season, and a few to the seed or
method of cultivation. In my experience
I have found U'at the seed is more
at fault than anything else. Provide
reasonably fertile soil and fair cultivation,
and good seed wiil produce a
f.ietty good crop, but on the finest soil,
ind with the l<vi of cultivation, run3ut
seed will simply increase the stalk
:i'I?ply and not raise the yield of grain
10 bushc'r. It is r.ot soil or cultivation
that will increase the yield of poor
3cu. but new anc: better seed.
Not all of us appreciate the power
if running out that is always present
n seed. Unless systematically improved
L?y "breeding' sed, corn or wheat will
degenerate at itast 10 percent. In a
single year our crops are reduced almost
one-half. All of our crops have
leen raised to their present high standard
through artificial means or breedng
and selection. Now the aveiage
nan cannot breed and improve seed.
That is not his work, bur he can insist
that seed be sold to him lhat has
lot been run out. By insisting upon
vheat and corn that represent the
lighest possible productiveness, the
aimer can increase his yield per acre )
nuch better than by spending anxous
moments and a good deal of
noney in fertilizing and cultivating 1
he fields. The one absolute essen- 1
lal is wheat and corn that, has been
systematically bred to the point wheje
the highest possible returns can be
had from every single stalk that comes
up. We want no barren stalks or very
few. at least.?T. L. Ridding, inAmerb .
can Cultivator. \
Coloring and racking Winter Bttttef?
All winter butter should be colored ,
a trifle. This is because the makers of (
the choicest grades do color, and un- {
less you work up a special market you
will lose two or three cents a pound
just because you fail to please the eye-.
Here and there a creamery is selling at j
three-fourths of a cent a pound higher ,
for leaving the butter unsalted and ]
uncolored, but this is only for a spe- :
cial market, either for some forCga
market or for what i3 known as \he .
Jew market at home. Don't try to ]
color with carrots or any home-made
color. Get one of the standard commercial
colors on the market. I am ]
now using about a teaspoonful of color ]
to tsu pounds 01 Dutter. avoiq rea. it
spoils the sale except for the souther# ,
market. A light straw colof Is f.ll
right.
Churn at as low a temperature as
will bring the butter in half to threequarters
of an hour. Draw off the buttermilk
when the butter is In granules
about the size of wheat kernels, rinse
the granular butter in the churn with
pure water of the right temperature lo
make it of the right consistency for ,
work. It must not be hard or
crumbly on one hand, nor soft and
mushy on the other. If it comes soft,
it was churned too warm. Don't do
that again. Make it into pound prints,
pack in ten-pound spruce tubs, or in
ten-pound ash tubs, according to your
market requirements. Suit the demand.
Don't try to force the public
to accept your peculiar tastes. It is
fatal to success. Keep the milk clean.
Keep the cream clean. Don't oversour
the cream. Don't over-churn it.
Don't over-work the butter. Don't
over-color, nor over-salt. Take special
pains to examine the butter which
sells at top prices in market Take
that as your ideal and work to it,
throwing inherited ideals and ideas to
the winds. Nothing succeeds like success.
Emulate the successful buttermaker
~ ;ardless of previously formed
.convictions. Ideal butter Is that which
sells for the highest price. Take that
for your ideal.?E. C. Bennett, in
American Agriculturist.
Getting Jlld of Unprofitable Dairy Stock.
The high prices of feeds are causing
many farmers to dry off their^ cows
and to turn them for beef. This condition
may prove a blessing in disguise,
if it only results in the sale of
the poorer cows. Most farmers would
find greater profit in keeping less
stock if they could only be sure of selling
the poorer animals. This leads to
the suggestion that records of production
should be kept by every farmer.
Only by having yearly records for
study can the feeder tell which have
been the most profitable animals,
many farmers are finding milk production
unprofitable where three cents or
less per quart is obtained for milk anl j
Avor 9c tn sn ppnts ner nound for I
butter fat.
At the present prices of feeds a good
ration for milch cows calls for an expense
of from 11 to 12 cents for grain
and about 8 cents more for coarse fodders,
reckoning hay at $10, stover at
$6.50 and corn silage at $2 per ton.
A well-balanced ration, then furnishing
a full supply of all the nutrients
needed by a cow of fair produc- I
tive capacity, will cost not far from 20
cents. There is little reliable data regarding
the cost of caring for a herd
of cows, but from the best evidence
available I feel safe in placing this at
from 8 to 10 cents per cow per day during
the winter season. This meaus
that a cow must produce approximately
10 quarts of milk daily, before sho
begins to pay a profit, with milk at
three cents a quart
What to do with the unproductive
cows is a question that is puzzling
many farmers today. Much of the
stock on hand will not return the value
of the feed needed to keep the animals
until spring. If the poorer animals
of the herd are old cows which
i Hi air norind ftf llSPflllnfiSS
nave pooocu lu^/n ?
for the dairy, I would advise selling
for what they will bring as second
quality beef. Old dairy cows will not
return in their final value the cost of
the feed necessary to fatten them.
Heifers or cows in the prime of life
may pay for fattening. This depends
on the amount of feed which must oe
purchased and used in this way.
Home-grown corn and cottonseed
meal are the most economical grains
to use in fattening. I would advise
feeding animals that are being fattened
but little coarse fodder, and of
this would use the poorer grades, such
as second quality hay and corn stover,
but would feed liberally of grain for
from four to six weeks and then sell
for what the animals will bring.
A grain ration made up of 400 pounds
cornmeal and 200 pounds cottonseed
meal should produce a rapid gain. This
ration should be fed at the rate of six
to ten pounds per day, according to
the size of the animal. All animals
will gain faster during the early part
of the fattening period, but. at the
present prices of feeds will probably
not gain enough to pay for the feed if
the fattening process is followed up
beyond a certain point This point can
only be accurately ascertained by frequent
weighing, but will probably not
be later than six weeks after feeding
begins.?Professor C. S. Phelps of -'he
Connecticut Experiment Station.
China's Decadence.
The great cause of China's decadence
is the failure to get the right men
tn shenherd the people. There are
only three paths which our dynasty
has opened to office. The first is examination,
the second recommendation
and the third is purchase. Those who
enter by examination are entirely ignorant
of law and taxation and the
principles of government. Hence they
are at the mercy of secretaries and
clerks whose life business it is to man- ~
age things for successive officials, i
Hence abuses galore are inevitable. As J
to those recommended, they are most- (
ly put forward for unworthy motives,
and not on account of their fitness for
the posts. The purchasers of office
are worse still, for in their case the
only question asked is the length of J y
their purse. The really able men (the ; r
vilage Cromwells) are left to waste j ?
their sweetness on the desert air. The i 1
actual incumbents of the shepherd's a
office have neither ability nor knowl- o
edge. Each of them is anxious to j n
make his pile of snowy metal for his , f
family and descent's sake.?The Su . "
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they can't see anything?others like ' j
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"In regard to the proposition of
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a conversation held some years
igo between two noted representa:ives
from my state," said William
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"Both, alas! are dead. One was the
jig-brained and good-hearted David B.
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Dolonel Buck Kilgore. Kilgore was in
1 discontented mood one night, and
remarked to his friend: "Culbertson,
I'm getting tired of this congressional
life. It's stale and flat, and very unprofitable.
A man can't save a dollar
of his salary. I'm going home to
resume my profession. Confound it,
how do they expect a fellow to get
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" T know it's mighty little, Buckmighty
little,' quoth Culberson, 'but
remember. Buck, it's powerful regu
lar.'" ?Washington Times.
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