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Independence for Ireland A Would Lead to an Irish MUance With England and Strengthen the Empire . ? By Thomas Ji Jfcdffan. F Ireiaad wm glrw hor frxtoa, tho flra*. Urtag ?ho would do would bo to form an. alltoio with F^Aitui Hor first formtlw of a foreign pdllcy would 1>% M ofldal declara tion of tha obvious fact that tho prosperity of Irolsad. a aatloa. Must dopoad upoa tho prosperity of Bnflaad, hor safety upon ?atfsnd's oafo tj, Yj* welfare nnon th* n? th? BrltlBb h"* "?? "" g lratanil were * nation 'jtm would need England's b?tj ?r and protect, ujr atdDplnz she could areata. woma ot voo poor to vul ? say Bu??'/'dr energy on the maintenance o t military and uti> anmnta to b? nsod ^alnsfr England or nay other Mr tlon. An alliance with, mtod would fear* her fre?j to give all her attention to domestic concerns. It would mean that tialsi* could never be attacked hy any Continental nation. Such an alliance ?o?U be Ireland's only for eign policy, and It -would be maintained aa 'stoutly as we fp**""'" the Moa bm doctrine. Ireland's welfare and prosperity wfuid be at stake whenever England attacked. England's. prosperity be the aouroe of Ireland's lichee. because England would be. the conrMm9r of the surplus products of Irish Arms. Ireland when developed seek aa ^s"tah market for her surplus foodstuffs, for her fowls, ens, ar.d dairy products. She would supply Eng land with high priced grades of moat* which cannot be obtained from the muscular cattle of our westr^ ranches and which England cannot provide for herself. This English market tf * Irish products would be a community of Interests between the two. Ireland would be the warmest friend thst England could have, becaure her frienf .ship would hairs the warmth ot self-interest, which Is the warmest thing oo this side of the grave. England's alliao ce with Ireland would do more than anything else could to strengthen tor vision with her colonial possessions She has seen the neces alty of a closer r^ion with her colonies. During the South Afrlcsn wpr she called for their help. The gratitude of the Irish race would bring her more from her colonies than tie ran see any other way of gaining. If the Sen wv-re wssring beside the flag of England there would not be a true t In Canada or Australia whose heart would not leap with enthusiasm for aft Anglo-Tjsltic cause. If there was an alliance between Englsnd and Ireland ?he Drttf'jh Empire would renew its youth. The Incomparable Value of. Business Tact By E. E. Perkins. A NY man who bu to meet the public and whose success de pends on the public's attitude toward him needs to study himself constantly that be may become tactful. How easy to say the wrong word, to ms-ke an unfortui\pte Impression, to canvass a prospect at an Inappropriate time, or not to realise when to stop talking. < There are two eminent examples of what tact will do. James O. Blaine was a most adroit man. Me was a friend maker, a moulder of men. A wonderful memory for names ?ana racea aide him. He used to know and call by name people whom he had iMen but once many years before. That was one of the secrets of Ms great popularity. He approsched people right. So did Mr. McKinley, who was remarkably considerate of the opinions of others. He was so tactful that political enemies often were transformed by him Into friends at a sitting. Qualities like these are necessary to the successful, high-grade insurance petleltor. .They should be cultivated at every turn. You are in "public life" ?>d dally have to meet people. It Is absolutely necessary that you employ jpplomacy as did these two eminent tacticians. You know how you warm ftp to the man who treats you as you like to be treated ? in a business-like way ?-because he has properly sized you .up. You know how susceptible to such ta^uences you are. If he went at you properly he could get your signature, mc your last dollar, as the saying goes. Turn It around; get yourself Into the ?ame relative attitude toward the other fellow, from whom you want first an interview, then an application. Twill enhance your success. In other words, constantly study the art of being tactful In order that you may excel in it. There is Nothing That Will Endure I By President Eliot, of Harvard. HAVB often wondered If our civilization will leave anything to the archaeologist of 2000 year* hence to study. You have studied materials that have endured under the earth for 3000 years. I have found it difficult to find any such dur able things in our buildings, arts and great manufactures. Do we make any vases that record, as the Greek vases, our costumes, arts, religion, etc..? None. It may be that ours are not worth recording. Instead we attempt to put the records of 2000 years ago on our vases, much to the con guslon or the archaeologists 2000 years hence. N Across the river there is a structure of concrete durablo in spite of the frost of winter and the beat of summer. Will It stand?: What will be the ruins of the Stadium 2000 yeara hence, or #111 the structure of steel and con crete stand? All the products of our trade and commerce are the temporary. Our ?tone walls are mere veneers of three or four Inches thick backed up by bricks. If you examine the producers of our great industries, they are perish able In a high degree and all are becoming more so. The old books of Germany will last, but ours will not, for the paper will rot or dry in a short period hence. Where, then, shall we find material for the archaeologist 2000 years hence? There is only one thing that will last ? our subways. There are our cbancee. The Brooklyn Bridge, which is the foremost of our engineering structures, needs constant care. I trust that out of your labors as they penetrate the minds of our people will come worthier arts and buildings to record our civilization to the future. ft. Paying Too Much for Success By Orison Swmtt Marden. I P * vigorous young business man, anxious to push his busi ness and make money, were offered a million dollars to shorten his life ten years, would he accept the money on such termsT For what stocks and bonds would he exchange the peace and tranquility of his mind for the rest of his life? What price would tempt a man to trade his steady nerves for shaky onea scarcely enabling htm to sign his name, or substitute for buoyant spirits and a vivacious manner Jaded ennui and dull apathy? What would he ask for his bright. youthful countenance. If It wa? to be Immediately replaced by a wrinkled, oareworn visage, stamped with anxiety? How much would he take for his athletic figure, his quick, elaatlc step. If offered In exchango a bent form and a shuffling gait? How much real estate would ho consider a fair compensa tion for the companionship of hla wife, the Joy and comfort of his home, and the sweet love of lltttle children? Suppose that a bright, hopeful college graduato were asked to sell, off hand, the result of his four yeara* work, to give up his grssp of human nature, and to olose forever all the doors of Intellectual progress that his studies have opened to him, ? how much money would olose the bargain? ?sk some man what he would take In exchange for <ho friendships -that have made his life rich with hallowed experiences and perpetual Inspiration, and which promise him pleasure and profit in future years. Ask some rospected citizen, Influential for good In his community, whose advloe la sought, who Is held up as an example to growing youth, to sell ht? Hofl aame his Influence, his community's respect, what sura would he aamet Pointed Paragraphs. If all men warn wise the gold brick industry would ceaae to flourish. Values of commodities depend on whether you want to buy or aell. A Juvenile Idea of a hero la a bad little boy who keepe peeterln* a good MM. When ? man la flaaaplally ember fHsed ha la Mt to feel sorry that he M HOO WwO only leal eofry for R?fl*ctlon? of ? Bachelor. When they nay a man la all heart, generally he la no head. The aun aeta on moat people while they are waiting for It to rlae. A woman's walat la located any where between her chin and hei kneea according to her dreaamaker. A man'a Idea of a One holiday !? being allowed to drink coffee foi break faat that doean't agree with him aad to throw cigar *ahea on the floor. X wait Ikmdk tha 4m dark Wrtil, TIB my akip of mn mm Imm Tkt I Ml ? a www ndwrtM Through ft Itag, ma, T? Dm ibiiM of my iiyiuft pkee?% ultimate iila ?| tnlt, WWm I buried ft la idfr llllWH Is tha- riahnma of my jronth ? AiDtr tmi sp?cs ibq com# nsrirff'jyjsr.f* Aid I hIM iwajr, nloMviaf I wonld eooM that way m more. But my ahip ahall find ft Rowing-' Ift the aand of the aoerot shore/ Ther will lift and load tho plndor, Till my ahip .hall |Bwbw bright With tho wealth of my old-time wonder. And tho dream of my old delight. % lad I wait by tho a!ow yean failing; It is long aate aho wont to aea. And I barken to hoar bar hailing; Bat aha eosaea not bfdt'to ftk Waa aho aaeked by the eon a of alanghter, 8ankby the ahipa of crime. That sweep the past s weird water. Black bnecaaaara of tDna? - I hare mm their fiaga ill-fa Ud. v I have Ml their dark blockade; And they knew ahe waa treasare-freighted ; And they knew what cowr? im laid Bat at ill by the alow aea'a drifting. Where the ghoatly Tontnroa roan, I watch for her topeaila lifting That ia bringing m traaanra homo. ? Yonth'a Companion. Mr. Raspberry's Em By Mary Kyle Ballas. T O see my friends mourn for me after I am dead would be the most charm ing emotion 1 could experi ence." Mr. Raspberry used often to My this to bIS valet, and the valet alwaya an awered: "La, air, you couldn't do it, sir, you know; because after folks la expired, why, they air removed from this here wnie of teara, air. I think? begging pardon, air? that It would be an unhap pineas." "No, no, Perkina," said Mr. Basp berry? "no, no; you don't understand these finer feelings." To which the valet always replied: "No, sir? probably not, air." Thla was before Mr. Raspberry's wedding, and for a year after thla cere, mony Perkins had heard nothing of the formefly often-expressed wish. But one winter morning, aa Mr. Rasp* berry read the account of n dreadful railway accident, be aaid again, aa though he had never left off: "How delightful It would be to aee one's friends mourn for oner* This time Perkina anawered: "But missus would take on so." "Tha very thing," aald Mr. J B VP* berry. "Perkins, can you keep a se cret?" "Inwaluate," said Perkina, who waa prone to the use of words but vaguely understood? "Inwaluate." "Then, Perkins," said Mr. Baspberry, "I am going to meet with a railway accident. It'a all arranged," aaid Mr. Baspberry. "Gracious!" said Perkina. "Dear me, sir; I hope not, sir!" said Perkins. "I'm to be put at the head of the llat of killed," said Baspberry. "A reporter I know has promised to do It. On an average, tliere'a an accident a week? tbe next one I'm to be In." '/Beg pardon, air? won't It be suain clde?" asked Perkins. "I don't mean to be killed," aald Baspberry? "only reported so." "La!" said Perkins; "but poor young missus." "The very thing," said Baspberry. MI am much older tbnn ahe la? twenty years." He was forty-five. "And I should like to see bow she would mourn for me after I waa gone. If It ahonld be my fate to go first. I shall bid her adieu as though going upon a journey, and then hide myself in these rooms of mine. When the accident occurs a?d she sees the paper, l"ll take care to be at hand. My nephew, Julius, will grieve, too. I've been indulgent to him, and she will break her little heart." "Yes, sir; but, air, won't she be angry when she finds out It's n hoax?" asked Perkins. "Bhe shall never find It out," said Baspberry, "never. I'll tell her it was a false report. That. 1 was on the train, but escaped." "Yes, sir," said Perkins, doubtfully, and he brushed bis master's bair in a thoughtful manner. Bemonstrance was in his eye, but Mr. Raspberry cared nothing for that. He had determined on his course of conduct. That very day he went through a little drama of his own concoction, re ceived a letter, declared that urgent business required his presence in an other city, packed a valise, bade adieu to his wife, and Jumped Into a cab at the door. At midnight he waa pecretly assisted to re-enter tbe bouse by a back win dow, and repaired to hia dressing room, aecretly provisioned aa for a siege, with poted meats, biscuit, canned fruit and other delicacies, by the active Per kins. There be remained for at leant a week before Perkins, glancing over the morning paper, mw a lint of the killed and wounded In great black letters on the front page, with Mr. Royal Rasp berry'* name at the bead thereof. Then Perkins* heart quailed. "It's too bad for missus," he mused. "If she Is sorry It may half kill her. If abe Isn't, she'll pay for It. I'll tell her, and If I am flred for It. * hope I'll find a master with more hair to tlx and less anxious to bare It dona various and becoming." Then Perklna took the paper and walked Into bis lady's alttlng room. "Pleaa^'m," be said, "I've got aome thlng to tell you -don't be alarmed? It's ?bout master." *0h, Ptrkiut:" viitd ibe lad/. "Ob, what*' wT&iJSi ? hr WWlf+frt It aiil sUMC if ttat utu^," nH fHklM. -uSm im iUtc, and iwU, tad upstate*, eadag potted shad u? cnckMi" -when m? come?" 11M tM wife, "and wbatdo you ncu by sha*. ting the doort! . "Parkin*" ctHI Mr. Raepbervyt nephew, JotbM, "if Too hare anything to ted. oat w*b It; don't stand there 'alarming ua. My dear undo is not mr ? "He will bo It bo eats macb mora 1 shad." aald Perkins. "But he's well at present, bat he's too romantic. Ho'a attomptln* to harrer op your feelings. In p'lnt of facti In order to aeo yon mourn for bin, feo*a biding upstairs, wblle be'a icpoitod squashed la tbla here railroad accident. It's a dretfnl one." He paid a reporter to put bin In, mum, tbo drat tbat happened." "Don't abow na the dreadful thing," aald Mrs. Basphjii/. "Ob. bow could Royal be so hasttlaee? how could he? No matter, IH pnnlsb blm, snd I*U not betray you, either. Tell Mr. Raspberry I bare the-newa. and let blm apy upon me when be pleaaae." "Tea, ma'am," aald Perkins. "She's got It, air," aald Perkins, ten minutes after. "It waa carried Is." "Aha!" aald Raspberry. "Now I shall see what grief my demlae will csusst Julius Is there?* - "Tea, air," aald Perkins,. And Raspberry, In slippered feet, re paired to a peephole prepared before hand In a door panel. All waa alienee. "She la lying In a swoon upon the floor," thought Raspberry, wlthr a qualm of conscience. But in a moment be saw the lady smiling and beating time to an air aho hummed with the folded newspaper. "She has not read It yet," thought Raspberry. "How delightful! I shall aee the whole." ? He applied hie eye more closely to the aperture. Juat then the lady spoke. "If all we read la true, we are rid of blm." "Tea, the old atupld!" said Mr. Jullna. "I auppose he's left you everything?" "1 hope so," said the lady. "I shall go Into deep mourning nnd a cap? the style becomes me? and I shall be a dashing young widow as soon as I dare. I bate being mewed up here. I shall trarel to the watering places and en Joy myself." "Good Hearen!" moaned Mr. Rasp berry. "What do I hear?" "And I will accompany you," said Julius. "Certainly," aald the lady. "And you need not call me aunt any more." "Never again," aald Julius. "But by a dearer name aoon." "Ob, go away! Don't.. It's improper so soon," said the lady. "I shall die!" said Mr. Raapberry. "Oh, I shall die in earnest." Rut rage and curiosity rooted him to the spot. Julius had aunk on his kneea before Mrs. Raspberry, and taken her hand. "Tou will be mine," he aald. . "Ob, ye*. Jullua," said Mrs. Rasp berry; "but for form's sake we ought to attend to Mr. Raspberry 'a remains." "Bother!" said Julius. "Since they're smashed the old fellow, let them sweep him away and finish It What do Wo want of him?" The horrible worda broke the apell cast upon Mr. Raspberry; he daahed the door open and darted forward. "You'll find me more difficult to sweep away than ^rou imagine," ho cried. "Perjured woman, false and wicked Julius, behold me and dread my vengeance!" Then Mr. Raspberry shook both his fists and lifted them heavenward, at which Mrs. Raspberry laughed more heartily. I "Tou can langh? you!" he cried. "Tea, I," aald Mrs. Raspberry; "pnd when next you get up a little farce, re member that other people may be able to do likewise. For one rehearsal, Jullua and I have done very well. Now, sir, beg my pardon for trying to alarm mt. Tou ought to be ashamed, of yourself." "Then you? you knew!" gasped Mr. Raspberry. "Ob, Adelaide, tell me yor* knew!" "I certainly knew," aald Mrs. Rasp berry, "and prepared a little surprise* for you. If, Instead, you bad seen me drop dead upon the floor, you would, have been happy, crufl man!" "Thank Heaven!" aald Mr. Rasp berry, sinking Into chair. "Tou almost killed me, Adelaide? how could youC And, Julius? ah, I suffered too much. Sweep me away. As a Joke It waa bad: enough, but in earnest " Then Mre. Raspberry condescended to offer her lips to Mr. Raspberry, and Mr. Raspberry consented to receive the proffered forgiveness, though he still looked doubtfully at Jullua; and domes tic felicity was restored by the arrival of a hot dinner, -which, after the cold refreshments of the paat week, were highly acceptable to Mr. Raspberry. "But, Perkins," said Mr. Raspberry, as his valet performed his next toilet. "But, Perkins, I will never try to play a trick upon a woman again. I'm not sharp enough for them. If I had really been killed, she would bavo grieved? eb, rerkins?" "Undoubtedly, sir," said Tcrklna; "and Mr. Julius, too, sir." But for all that, nephew Julius was sent out to Paris rts correspondent for an Important house, very shortly, and found on his nncle'a death that bla name was not remembered In the will. He had acted too naturally, and Mr. Raspberry never forgave him.? New. York Weekly. LlignlMi ?! Dlntr. At the dinner given bjr Father He!*, pn?t or of the Church of San Lorenzo, to the Kngllith-speaklng priests of the city there ' were present eight clergy men of the Catholic Church, every one of whom wah a linguist. Including English, which they all spoke fluently, the total number of language* npoken by the party of eight amounted to twenty-eight, an average of three and a half languages to each mau. This fact was ascertained by an actual Investigation, which Father Hunt-Correx, whose Inqulsltlveness In linguistic matters Is well known, mad# during the dinner.? Mexican Herald. ??*?h l??rwaiw. Florida has a peculiar fly called the "borsegnard." which baa the appear ance of a hornet. This fly follows the horses and catohea the horseflies that settle on them, hut o??a not annoy the tftUMlt tit Wl* VM Mm? fck. Experiments recently made la France for the purpoee of ascertaining the nutritive value of salt for sheep, show that sheep which had been fed salt (slaed in weight four and one-half pounds more than those which received no salt . rifrt Plaat SmII Am. Special crops, such as potatoes, fruit and other kinds of vegetsblee, may be 'exceedingly profitable in mauy locali ties, but In making a change In your products be sure and go slow at the beginning, planting but a small area of a crop with which yon are unfa miliar, and learn your market and de mand as well as the adaptability of your soil for It, before engsglng ex tensively lu It. " Wmrm N?Im. ^ ?II stock should be kept out of the young orchard. For pigs milk snd mill feed mske the cheapest feed for winter. Whenever a sheep Is seen to refuse water there Is something wrong with It. With sll stock the vslue of good feed Is wonderfully Increased by close at tention. Pruning the top of the tree to corre spond with the loss of roots In re move 1 Is best done In the spring. A horse does better with just enough food to replace the wastes of his sys tem, snd of a kind to keep him feeling well. j One of the best systems of economy ou the fsrm Is thst which not only maintains fertility, but keeps It con stantly increasing lu the soil. Harness bung at the rear of horses will not last half as long as If hung where the ammonia cannot reach them. Have a harness room. A sufficient amount of bedding* should lie stored under shelter so that It will keep dry and can be uaed as needed. No matter how favorable the season the stock should not be allowed to run In the pastures or meadows too late. The grass plants must make some growth as a winter protection. A cow with a big udder Is not always au enormous milker, nor Is a thick, yel low skin an unfailing sign of rich milk, although these are among the indica tions. respectively, of abundance and richness of milk. Watch the hen that first comas off the roost and that last retires at night. She Is ssid to be the best Isyet. There ought always to he a shallow box full of dry dust In every poultry house, both winter and summer, and It should be often renewed. A constant and never falling dust bath is the very best remedy fyr lice. A CkMp Plgftry. In buildlug a house for pigs it Is more a question of seusible arrangement than of costly material or accurate architecture. The plan described is de signed especially for a farrowing pen, and is ideal for that purpose. The floor space used is ten by fourteen feet, divided Into two five by seven pens with a two-foot alley off. It is six feet high In front, four feet lu the rear, and the partitions aro three feet high. Openings are cut in the rear, so that the yards can be reached, and an opening is cut In each pen to the alley Just large enough for the little pigs to get through ancl feed from the trough set across the middle of the alley. The whole arrangement is simple and Inexpensive, yet thoroughly comforta> ble, even though built of old material so that some cracks are left; these will serve for ventilation if care is taken to have the portion where the bed Is well sheltered from wind. In the Illustration the two pens (marked r?x7) are shown. B B is the alley way, A the trough for the little pigs with the openings described cut in each partition near the trough. C C indicate the troughs for the sows. By the way, when pig* are growing, try the virtue of beef meat in the ration; it will do the pigs a lot of good and save feeding ?o much corn, which is bad for them. ?Indianapolis News. Kcfplni Rhatp. Sheep are the moat profitable stock on the fnrni. and no farm is complete without a flock of aheep. Twenty-flve or fifty ewes will destroy more weed* and brlara on the farm than four good men and will *tnrn them Into money, writes a correspondent In Farmers' Guide. Let anyone drive through the country and they will And the neateat and cleancat farma where sheep are kept. It la true that there are some clean farm*, where Ihere are no aiicep, hut they could he kept as clean with aheep. which would prove a profitable Inveatment for the farm. Rheep will rid the farm of weeda where other stock will not. and anyone who will take the care of ahcep can make 100 per cent, on hla Inveatment. The farm will become richer ajwl the flock l>etter. There la no better meat for the table than good mutton. A great many peo ple aay they cannot eat mutton, but I find that Is a mistake where they get Rood mutton, t have been In the sheep bualnesa for twelve years, and we have had a lot of fun about such prejudice. They all eat It. and all we need to do la to send good aheep to market and <here will plenty of de mand for It. The only thing Is to pro duce a good article. We need more aheep and l>etter ones on our farina. There baa never been a time In the twelve years we have been breeding but what good lainba would bring flve or six centa per pound In May or .Tune. Anyone can take even eonlnton aheep and a good rani and have lamb* by that time that will weigh from eighty to 100 pounds. Tlio 9W*f Will "hear Analyses of fresh mixed pasture grasses show digestible nutrients as follows: Protein, 2.5 per cent.; carbo hydrates, 10.2; and fst, 0.5. From this It will be seen, that there Is a liberal supply of protein, and If we are to approximate these conditions In winter it la necessary to furnish feeds that contain plenty of protein. Where cows have been wintered on feeds deficient in protein the milk flow is greatly stim ulated and the yield is greatly in creased when turned on pasture. The experience of this station Is that when we continue to feed plenty of protein there Is not this difference in turning cattle on pasture* In a test conducted with twenty-one cows. In the spring of 1800, we found that in a lot of eleven that were turned on pasture there were seven cows tliat gained In the yield of milk while four lost, the average being a weekly pa in of 3.0 pounds per cow. Eight cows out of eleven gained iu the per cent, of butter fat, the average being 0.18 of one per cent. One cow lost both in yield and In test, while three other* lost lu yield and gained in test. There were five cows that gained both In yield and lu test. This shows that there was very little gnined in total production by turning on pasture, lint this is accounted for by the fact that the cows previous to being on pasture were fed liberally on a ration contain ing pleuly of protein. At the same time that we carried on the pasture experiment, a lot of ten out of the twenty-one were fed on soiling crops. These cows did not yield as well as those on pasture, as might be expected In early spring, when the grass is green and succulent. Only three cows out of ten gained In the yield of milk, the average result being a weekly loss of 4.2 pounds per cow. Seven cows gained in the per cent, of butter fat, the average being a gain of 0.00 of one per cent. As in the pasture lot, one cow lost both In yield and in test, and six lost in yield but gnined in test. As far as theexperience of the station goes, when cows are kept on a liberal ration that Is well balanced and ap proaches the conditions existing with June grass, there is very little increase in yield and practically no decrease in test due to pasture or soiling crops.? I Kansas Experiment Station. from men to ton pounds of good wool, which come* In extra. It don't matter how good or how poor the land la, sheep can be raised at s profit If thej receive the right kind of care. We believe that there la more clear money la the aheep business than In any other line of farming and stock raising. Sheep are easier to handle than any other farm stock, and the work with them more pleasant. They are the best soli fertilisers we have. OmKIn mi lk? SUMMi SatlM. Moat dairymen find that they get the best results from their cows during the month of June, when they are pas turing on luxurlsnt grass. In supply ing winter feed It should be the aim to get just as near June conditions as possible. The Batter rat In Milk. The contention that the butter fnt of milk lies in the quality of food given to cows seems to be conclusively dis proved. It depends on the cow and not the feed, otherwise any indifferent cow, scrub or "any old thing" might be made a good butter cow by enough good feed ing. But this Is not so. The New York Experiment Station has gone pretty well to the bottom of this matter, and here are the facts from a recent bul letin: 3. A cow fed during ninety five days ou a ration from which the fat had been all nearly extracted continued to secrete milk similar to that produced when fed on the same kind of liny and grain In their normal condition. 2. The^yield of milk fat during the ninety -Ave days was 02.0 pounds. The food fat eaten during this time was 11.6 pounds, 5.7 only of which was di gested, consequently at leant f?7.2 pounds of the milk fat must have had some other source than the food fat. 3. The milk fat could not have come from previously stored body fat. This assertion Is supported by three con siderations. (1) The cow's body could have contained scarcely more than sixty pounds of fat at the beginning of the experiment; (2) she gained forty seven pounds In body weight during tills period of time with no increase of body nitrogen, and was judged to be a much fatter cow at the end: (3) the for mation of this quantity of milk fat would have caused a marked condition of emaciation, which, because of an Increase In the body weight, would have required the Improbable Increase In the body of 104 pounds of water and Intestinal contents. 4. During fifty-nine consecutive days 38.8 pounds of milk fat were secreted, and the urine nitrogen was equivalent to 33.3 pounds of protein. According to any accepted method of interpreta tion, not over seventeen pound* of fat could have been produced from this amount of metabollshcd protein. 5. This quantity of milk secreted bore a definite relation neither to the digestible protein eaten nor to the ex tent of the protein metabollshcd. In view of these facts It Is suggested that the well-known favorable effect upon milk secretion of a narrow nutritive ratio Is due In part to a stimulative, and not only to a constructive function of the protein. 0. The composition of the milk bore no definite relation to the amount and kind of food. 7. The changes In the proportion of milk solids were due almost wholly to changes In the percentage of fat. Vole* Caftnrr. Bnby heard Leila *ay thnt one of the girl* in the rliolr had Ktrnliird her voire. A few day* nfterwnrd I,eila went Into the kitchen and there on tho floor nut bnby, holding the tea-fttralner to her Hp* nnd Ringing through It. "Ob? bnby," alio said, "pnt up the ten strainer." But baby answered, "No, I'm strain ing my Yolce."? Little Chronicle. In the French nrmy Mold lor* arc al lowed to have garden* in nny *p.iro l>s track ground and grow vegetables, Which help out tMr rations. I Cost ud Lin. N a paper read before the Engineers' Club, of Fblla i delphla, General Roj Stone, 1 director of the Office of Road Inquiry In the United States Department of Af riculture, discussed "Various Phase* of the lload Quest Ion," Bays Municipal Kugiueering. Froui data obtained from over 10,000 letters of inquiry sent out froui his office, General 8tone deduced certain figures, referring to the average length of haul from the farms to market or shipping points, the average weight of load hauled and the average cost per ton for the whole length of the haul. The figures, tabu lated, are as follows: i Group of Stair*. Eastern . Northern Middle.. Cotton j" Prairie | 8 8 Pao.Cont.niul Mtn.l 23.3 Whole U. S 12.3 -?35 "Middle Southern Stated. Assuming the correctness of the data, and using the census return of fnnu products and forest nnd mineral out puts, and estimating incidental traffic. General Stone arrives at a total of 313,* 349,227 tons as representing the total annual movement over country roads. At the average cost. $.1.02 per ton, the grand annual cost of hauhtgc on public roads amounts to $i)-H?,414,t>r?.~?. Not iuclmling the loss of perishable prod ucts for want of access to market ?when prices are good, and the useless iiess of cultivating certain products which depend upon the markets being always accessible, statistics of the cost of operating foreign highways, and the data obtataed from the use of the few good roads existing in this country, would indicate that nearly two-thirds of the above cost is directly chargeable to bad roads. The enforced idleness of men and horses during a large part of the year is another item which should be charged largely to bad roads. The negative or hostile attitude of the rural population toward all effective legislation in this direction is an obsta cle also to road improvements iu this country, while another is the general overestimate of the cost of such im provement. A few years ago the macadam roads of New Jersey cost $10,000 per mile; now equally good roads arc beiug built Tor $3000, even where railway transpor tation of materials Is required; and in localities better supplied with road ma terial, and where a narrower road is deemed sufficient, $ir?00, or even less, will make a mile of good stone road. Experience has demonstrated the fact that in most country districts a single atone road, eight or ten feet wide, .-with a godd earth road on one or both Bides, la more generally satisfactory than a wider road of macadam. . ? The South In the Van. Tho Southern States n.re put tin? to Shame this great Empire State in the matter of good roads. A recent trip through the South disclosed to me the fact that the subject was being more generally discussed and more work done t> the end thot the highways for wagons should be Well constructed than in our own State. In the Carollnas, particularly, I noted many miles of new macadamized roads equal to the famous turnpikes of Vir ginia, Kentucky and Tennessee of the ante-bellum time. This particularly Impressed me, too, In view of the neg lect of roads in the old Virginia Stat*\ Which I observed ot the time of II maneuvres last fall at Manassas. Tlio magnificent road of old from Alexan dria to Worrenton? "the Warrentoi pike"? I found hod been so neglected as to be no longer discoverable as u macadamized road. Florida, Alabamr. and Mississippi ore all wide awake to the value of well constructed and core fully maintained country roads. Ir this State something is being done Ir that direction, but In no measure com mensurate with the vast interests iu volved nor the wealth and ability of the commonwealth to build. It Is to be hoped that the proposed measure of Issuing bonds by the State to on ex tent not exceeding $50,000,000, and with tho proceeds supplying half of tho cost of any public highway to which the county, the towns or private Interests will contribute the other half, will become law. Of course, o system Should be devised for tho laying nut and construction of each rood, and for tho economics I and honest disburse ment of the funds. The materials for good roads in the State of New York are to be found on almost every mile section throughout the State, and tin? agricultural Interest, as well os the Interest# of pleasure driving, are so enormous that It is difficult to under stand the apatliy that hns left the greater part of the highways in n ?ll? groceful condition. If the press of the State generally would take the matter up vigorously, a sentiment could be aroused that In a few 3 ears would cause this State to lead In this matter, as It docs In most others.? New York Town Topics. Instruction Train"* The National (lood Itoads Associa tion bos concluded arrangements with leading railway companies for operat ing good roads special trains in 1005. The chief object is to 0 rouse favor able sentiment, organize locnl associa tions, and to visit the thirty-six State nnd Territorial assemblies to meet In 1005. * A Tftlnnblw fluffRFMtlnn* Mtiny neighborhoods mny hnve Rood rond building mnterlnl rlRhf nt homo and not know it. A Maniple wont to the Bnrenn of Chemistry, Iiepartinent of AKrU-nltnre, Wflglilngton, P. C., will be examined mid reporiert upon. It mny he Hint yott ran yet roo<1 rond* nt n very Hli>{ht cost. Kami and Home. Ant* i.vr the iiiik) brainy >>' nil rren tuit'c, In proportion ^ ? izo an ? nt'* htn iu h larger tl.uu Unit u( ?uf ttHtv living ? ' "