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By ELLEN E. "All he carth is fIll of tales to him vho listens." l'. sail shone on lie far horizon Iine a nlere speck. Whlite as the wing of atwhilig gull it fiashed, then slip lied into te koncelin. depths of blue "Now sie's gone'" "Yes. It's like the slpping away of a life, isn't it? Onr, instant here in the seeni--the next, beyond In the unseen. Yet to John, who is sail iug away from its. it Is hut a pushing forward of his hori"ron line. He is not conscious of the earth-,-rve that hides hilim frot us sil ing hrte on the beach. Perhaps," he added musingly, "perhaps that is what th'ath is, simnply tie curve of our life ocean that draws us below the line to those watching on the shore, while to ourselves we are still sailing on 'level seas' wit hi the horizon yet far ahead." '''T'h:at is a bealtifuI thought." Y'."I le sliiftedI his position slight ly. I'aning ;''ase- filly aannst the sandy bantk that rose behind the driftwood h* - i b:h t hey sat. lie clasped his hands ieii..d his head, staring nedita ti\, i o\er :I n h waiter. "Yos, it is. I found it in a little poem that I read the other day. Shall I re p''at it for youl?'" ''l)o; I should like to hear it.'' Tlh s nid-Ianlk rose to a 11arrow ter ra' t" abo\ e Ihem, where a grottp of wil iows i hrew\ at wel(come sihade aroaund. Tlht water' ranl inl endless shlininlg r'ip llle. up the white beach, lapping softly On1 I he wrt I. A little breeze rus tied through the tall bunches of beac"h-. grass just feathering into great, grace fil plumes. " 'lease, let ie hear it." "Weil, it is a. simple thing, - but stime('tling in it pleased le. and watchi ing .john sail away as we sit her e, called it back to my muind. 'I watched a sail until it dropped from sight Over the rounding sea. A gleam of white, A last far-flashed farewell. and, like a thought. Slil(t out of mind, it vanished and was not. "'Y(t to the helmsman standing at the wheel ir(::I seas still stretthed beneath the gliding keel. Ii eter? Change? lie felt no slight e:a .d:ln, .Nor, dr,amled he of that far ho,rizrotl line. " . tuiay it b)r. per "halner. vien4 doVnt ie tide (i1l'rc ' ones viiis!h. P(ea(eflliy they -lid". 0:: :e' seas, not' maril'k lie unk11'low1 bound. \\'" all it teathl---to ten 'tis lit'e he oidi.' ii is vicet dr'olpped to Silnit; his u II Qli'earche the unanswering dis :a ''. Te giril biesidec him sat mnoti on i . et' head turned slightly away, hintitg in one handi a willowv branch withI which she hatd be'n idly brushing thle war'm, drty sandt at her' f'eet. He~ nnela ~sped hiis handts, hend intg fori ward to lotk at her. 1ller fingers swvept the willow switchi Slow' 3'ly bak andit torthI over the sand i, atid shte still turtn'i away her headl. \\ 'ii she C pale. hir voiten was nt. < I:; teady: "h i it v'ery munh tith is beautIifl, and if' we knew that it wa1s trute,' hiow (0omfo'rtinHg it wtothlI be. Oh !"' withl a studden paissi :nte o note of longing in hier voice, "'why ent we know that it is so? I have known what it is to watch somue one slIp (iut of sight that way,. and how I hav~e ioniged for' some1 to(keni ---jutst, a word or' the sight of a face to show that death is not the end, and hat all is wvell. "Bt,".' sht added, aftr a plauise, during whith his eyes studied lier averted face sympathet.ically, "it has neover come." She turned toward him: "Do you be li' ve it ever does come to any one?" "I think," he saId slowly. "1 think no, I know it does-sometimes. May I tell you ani experience of my own, Miss IEvans?" "Yes," she said, eagerly, "tell it to0 me." Again his eyes searched the misty horizon line. "I had a very deair friend with wvhomn I was Intimately associated f'or' a num her of years. We weie almost like btrothe,rs, and I knew welt wvhat a thor otughly good fellow he wvas; honest, kindly, and as t ender-hearted as he wvas sItrong and manly. "Hou had a wile and a baby girl about I wo yeai's old. Ils wire was a lovely wvomani, and t hey were the fondest, happilest palir of' lovers it has ever bretn my lor'tutne to meet. hlut tl as,. t lie hah y. was thle very (ore of his heart, and sh' atdoriedt her fath er. lie itsd to spen it hour's talking to nme about. her. p)lani intg her' futur'e, wh ic'h was to be all bri ghiItness if lht tould ma ke It 5o. 1'iT'e wasil nothiung lie was not willing to dot 1'tr her.'' :Idi. lCvans stirri'd slightly, and the willow branch in her finger's tapp)ledl lhe sandi l)rotestingly. lie glanceid qulic(kly at her. "No, Miss IEvans, yout must not tink hat l3ess never' ursurped her mnothlet"s place ini his hear't, bt betwveen her and heri father there was a peculiarly strong h)ond( of sympathy "Frank fell ill of a fever. At fir'st ii did not appearki to 1be serious, but a sild1 dlen change took place, andl we soon saw that the worst Was to bo feared. "Dttring his sickness, whienever lie rousedt from his stupior, he would call for hess: 'Bring me the baby, Mary, hr would say to his wife, and she would b)ring Bess to the bed, The~ child woldt cuddle down by him, looking so wise and grave, and stroke lisa hot face with her dimpled fingers, calling 'Papa! Papa!' till It broke One's heart to hear her," His voice choked. Rising from his seat on the log, he walked quickly dIown to the edge of the beach, and stood lookirig out upon the tranquil waatr that lay an undulant reflection of 1t, e lue above, Her eyes followed him wiuttully, b\at ehe did not speak; and presently he came back and! sat down ning sail, H. WILDiMAN. "ix'xeuse my foolishness'' 1c icl 'rather shtu!a et(:edly. "I do not ("all it fool i:einess shi ,aid (lu1ietly: "'pleatse go on. "Well, the end (ame( Soi)n, an one sad day we w%ere gat hiered around w'atchlinug hiin as he slipped away from us as (ltlic"kly and as silently ats .Johnl's boal Vanished from our sight this at ternoon, lie lay uitterly motionless and Voieeless. iils wife knelt lobbing be side hlmut, While Bess sat on the bed close to him1, her blue eyes wide with wonder but with no fe'r in them." lie looked at her inquiringly: "Do you read Kipling, Miss Evans?" "Yes, someic." "DO you remeb!;;, what he ,Ays aboutt Ameera when she lily dlying?'' She shook her head. "Wliat does he say ?" " 'She made I1o sign when I lolden e Iered, because the Iulman soul is a very lonely thing, and vlienl ii is g(' ji'g ready to go iway, hides itself i n a1mis ty borderland(I where the living imlaiy not follow.' "Those words seemecd to riii inl il 'ar's almost as if somneone had spoke them alolid, as I wat'ied Prank pas ing ad making 'no sign,' and I thouglht he wans gon1', when ;mihlnly the baby ,"nled him: 'P'apa! Papa!' I \'erit\y bc' lieve Ihat his escaping soul Imned n(It the ver'ge het ween this worll and tha 'm1isty bore':lIand' beyond. to at.w,' her, for, a:; she e:lled hi:, Ie- t ! ple(d his ('yes, ool,ed : 11 her. 111(11 alt li:; Wife, and spoke I!heir ilailes faiitly." lie stopped 11r1)t y. A light winrt righed thrc;ough tHl' droot)ing willow branehes, and e',pt oul over ih1 Wll er in a 61o-.tandl shining (rinles. Th'e p,mndulo:;s caves of the pplais oin the side of the steep bluff rising from the sandy terrace pattered like t e sound of falling raindrops. F rom the upp.-r air the call of a bir,l (r;)ppl'd clear anld sweet through the stillness. "Do I seem to you"'-a puzzled frown drev: his heavy brows dewn to a black line over his keen eyes- -"like a person easily (eceived by anp(<aran('es, or eas ily tricked?" A little smile of amu 1emIent grew arolund the red ((urve o!' herr lip)s. ''Anything bit tlit,' sie answered. "Whly?", "1cer:te that is what I am I aIllf pe' 'unde!d nt tI~nim Ili-it I was -a c'redu lou: incll, I rickIed ini :omne way. A nd yet - uu; 111know tha l a"- not. H ut." w:it h an imt m li' t .igh. "It is all its . 1 ) n.. b''o by a ny n :cy;,;;; m , o "Wi is 'ii il l the ' w e':I . o '. .. I-- die lis ey:s o b liof of he: . i :i ir 'I' . h enl ' e l m!, ' t + b e g ; 1 , 5p - : 1 t il g +'o l y , as ii s-'are ing his . tle eller'y l . O dletail: "Abiosi a wveek: afier i t1)k's death, I wans iitting alone in my roc m, which was on1W th e aton tilo baend a1 thle 1'ear1 ofi th house.(0 iiti g't .I "Tee wIabt on80( 1 e oor o' (1room that. filenin nl the upper)i(C.M aleO the11( nierl opposte cte dotr twas a'0 Lth gral tO sood a largei jar of rose that1' filled all4 th open Ill pae.ok My1( 1able mIl in01'L fron of) the11( bire tle. Sl of I he r'oom, ::ave ihe I witter' of the droll playing.l~ As I 8sa1, I had1( an1 un1(ob structed a ( viewi of t he' en1tire room,~j)( x 'opt thle cornler jttat lbeh~;ind me , anel( that1 was fililed with booksh11elves. "'I am!) plarticula,' inl descr'ibing to you all these mlIime detaii, inl ord'(er that you)l maIy judlge i,rl y(urIlVfit whethler 0.nyone0('11 co l l hve (in'ered t he r'oomn aIter'ward occurr'1edI. ''Glancing ip frIoml my book as I turnedl0( a pa~ge, 111y eyes flm'ihanically to(ok nlote of thIe famililir' objects be for'e me, thie hooks, thle p)icturesO on1 lhe wall, thle ('lock 01n the mantel just plointing the half-houar anid the jar of r'oses in the firelace, a mass of p)ink, fragrant bloom, Slanting in between tile partly openi slats of' the shuAtter', a ray of suInshine fell ac'ross a dish of pansies on t.he windol(w-silI, making them look like whlIisical balby-faces, all a-smiling. The quiet, sunny room was c'ertainlly empty of aniy humflanl form except. my own, "Driopping my eyes to my boo0k, 1 r'e suimed mfy r'eadling, whieni instantly sc:mething ipelled me1 1;) 10ok uIP aigin. and1( thlere bef'ore m11, sI and og5 at I ;m0 1)p thel~ i1ieplace. aId noi. ite feet awvay, a ar 4Lu'it that 110 wi:Is S0amI!bir' to me, Ills face wore the4 Olame ple:e:ai smile (1used to kno so\/ ( w:'ll. het' hi'I eye's, itough kind, hl:li a . i':ange. grv tlin-.1 teIne118ss inl their' hteadfasLt look th1at ;m' I pessed me1 L'0 111 appiteal. "As th1e fact. 01 hiis presencOue ilased upon01 me in (liat swift glance, he spokn to ('o111 to me1.' "'1Vhy (10 you i"ant heCr to come?' I aIsked. 'Do0 you thin1k it. would be0 bet ter' fot' heri to go to youI than to stay here? Hiave you1 any knolOVedge of fu.. tur'e evils that ighit befall her11 On eath1?' "'No, I have not1,' he r'eplied; 'bult I wanlt 11er wvithI me. I wenlt to) her t oday and called 11er, anld she lifted up her hanilds and1 cr1iedl for "PIap)a!"' I know sile wanlts to c!ome.' "'But.,' 1 said(, 'poor Mar'y-' "'I know,' lie initerru'pt.ed, add ig Inl a solemn tone that awved me, 'yet1 she shall he comIfor'ted. Silo shail find 1s after a little,' "'Well,' I saId, 'I will go to her1 and tell her what you-" then I was alone, There was no one in the room but myself, What was the matter'? Hlad I been dr1eaming? Impossible! My head Was a clear ando my senlSen as keenlly alert as now wvhile I am telling you this. "Whore was thle presence with which I had been conversing a moment be fore, with all tile calmness of ordinary every-day intercourise b)etween friends, and without the qulickening of a heart bat?9 "l'nt il theu I had. ll;,t t'lized any (hin 1u1t atila in the al)1)e'arnce t fti it' ia l bel o r rt. bi:1> i' faIet l slis .iit' ilin Io l1ii t'; tat ht ' or . I t'd I t'l la:11' i t 1It Iu i It :t 'iul I I th a cold a Ill was !,11, ill lanit ' ani Ibefohal ot nowt\' t wah ,te' i l\w'. N : tchrouh t It' door, for t a xit " a ils t t tithed , i:. I o,1n's i i.ull lookedl out into lh iali. No on waS in sight. I sklo'k(d a!ondl the r'ooll a;ilin: no ottnv r 1t Il. ehad not goee through the wi .dow. for tht shtiters were still selth, and the dish of tan ses still tad humtistrhed on he sill "I dir(pped brr'athless and trembling into my chair. What did it mdean? Somet hhtg o I ahe side of t he table whiere F'ranh had sto(:d, caught my eye. Iol(oed elosl'r: it was , rose. I pit-l,d it i)p. It was fresh. it' stein still wvet. and an ixael couiterparl in color and forml of i hosein he jar. out I was sute that there had been no rose on hee tabl(e when I sat dlown. \\I'-t did this mnean? lIlad irank drop d .I tli-re as at loken? 'FTh'n I remill nblered the mes sage which I had promlsed to deliver. "I left the htouse at on< ". withouli having s(en or spol'n to anly one, and w\ent (lirectly to the homet wheire 1''rauk's widow lived. As I rang the hell she opc'ned the dtoor to Iur. "'Oh, 'lMr. iorster. sit' said. 'I felt slre you woiull in . la ss is ill. and I ant so anxious aout her.' "I followed her into( the r"ooml wheitre the child ilay in her crib in a ieverisil slI11mb)1S'r, the lose-lIish of her iheekcs ttrncu to a burning red. her ham(l:; hot. hwr hreat lat bored: amd as I looketl at her my healt gre' he;tvy .ith for'buclin;;. It mu11st he tru:"! liir f'atiher hadl called her to comle to him, anl I must tell th' mlother! ''Slh mt m5i have Seeni somlletiiii g stI'atnge in m1y fat(' aln mInntiller. I'or she trned to me with a qtic'k atpr'hetn sion of coming trouble paling her laie. 'What is it. Mr. l"orster'? o youl 1ti k she is--' "Iotr 'oie f ailed her, and she sank onl her knees by the child and mloaned, '0 my baby, must you go too?' "Then she turned to me and said in a low voice. '\Ir. Forster, I almost be lieve that rank has talled her to come to him. for this morning. as she lay quiet and I thought she was asleep, she suddenly opened her eyes and lifted up her hands, talling out in such a glad, pleased way, ''"apa! Papa! Papa!" She looked as if she saw him. Whtat do yot hink ? Did she'?' "I told ht tten as ceut.ly as I 'ould what I had se:n and heard, and gave her the imessage that had lbeen gi\en tO 11e by sothlltiig that Ihad worn Frank's face and spolii with F-'rank's "she looked at me st(adily while I tohtl her all. and when I had finih(d, al! en said was. 'oIess will go too. Aii sit' diid. It was only at few tavs =r. lit:h- !i's died. and we laidt her i:thi her who had so lovel her. !lit w.ho bi(,i t"(ml' bal"k from ll that 'un1 InOWit l,. mdt' to t ill her to him. \\'ith in a y"e: ,- .\biry h:ol 1"ollt)w"(d thvnm. "Nov.. .\lI-t t'ivani., 'hat w\ats it stood before t' itn the solitite of mily room.), wear11ing!1 ;Ihe living st'mb1lanlle of - mly dead friend. andti 'qpeakaing to mIe int is OWn) wellknownt voice? \\'as it a dtreatm --aln illtusioin? 1 aim sutre it was nilther't. if ever't I tmay bel ieve t he'1. evidenle (of lmy senlses, lhen lmust---I do bl'ieve that. it. was Fran k htimtself, drawn hark fr'om tha1t 'ilmist y border'lantd' by a love sItrontger t haln death ittsi'lf; anid t his be liet' hats beeni a gr'eat and (01omforiIng assurialnce to mue." They -alt Silnt, D)ickl's tface gtrave, i l ook i 1 abtratedi fromt out1war'd thlings. Thle b)ids were* fiyig wvest wvard to the wood)ts where their tnestinug platces wvere. All thlte air wats fll of a golden gloa'y. Across tihe swelling watt'r a shlimmtiering Path led away to thle red hearit of tile sillking stil. A fresht bree'z" out of' the northeast seint the long wav~es r'ttuning to Ithe shore to bIreak in 'ttrling foamu-fri nges (li tite pebbly beach. Outt of the shtadowy dlept hs along the hloriz/on line grew a whliit e sail, re turnt ing. "'See!' site s;aid, poinltinlg to it. Tlhen site heild out. her htand to him, smilIinig gentIly- 'I thank you."-Th'eo Cr'iterion. Devil's L.ake In North Dakota, the largest b)ody of water in the state, cov ers about 350 square miles. It. Is a glacial lake, andi once hail ant outtlet to the soutth Into the Cheyennte river, through a channei which Is now well mlar'ked and enmpty. Observations fotr tile last nineteen year.s show an almost iinlterruplted sinking of the water level. Groves of tr'ees. which onc(e stoodi at, thte bea' hI, aire no0w sdeparated fr'omt it by) b)roadl strIps of land, and a th shlallow parts of tile lake nlotab)ly t he long arms and bays, have beenl left rinit e dry. Antother'i itatngo is int the water' from fresht to salt. This htas taken pllace wihhin the mtemlor'y of manli andh Is In simite patiiciularis prtodiing seious i'e ills.isht wvero founld iln great. abunti tdac a''i to abt ))1 1888S, buit now~ pr'ae Thet'ited-i States grolitgical surtvoy a '. ::ihi hed a ('itchmtai'k near thte t'rda andtt a :;enertal stuady of' t h' lhielua:. An Aimitiont Mhu,u. Whent 'th itlg 14-inh gtin was towed to Santdy Iliook te great floating dler' rIck lotnarchel andl th itIightter' Captain i Tlott eatried the weIght,. wiIle thle pow did( thte pJillig. At. the govr nmuentt dlo'k thte Merritt diroppeid beindti the othe lt'vessels and pushdedi them in agalinst the hier, at the end of wie(la an I naigilt ll'at.iIttle pile div~er was tied tup. The huge M~on arch'l swung (lose to Ie pile dti vet' andi a matn aboard tite lattI er, fearing the pileo drtiver' was Int dlatger' of being erntshled, andl with io i1 dea (of the eter' ntal fitness of things, reatched( out and tried to pusht derrick, float, gun and steamer all away'at thte same timb. It was like a fly trying to kick dlown a Otit oIf the pilot house of the Mer rltt the captain stuck is htead, and, In a voice so tremendotts that it shat tored the atmosphere, roared at the man on the pile driver: "Don't bother. We'il make a line f tast to keel) the derrick there. Yout can't hold it!"-New Mor Mall antd . xureas. . I nM4n t4'y 'j t I 'i 3'i44' In at ensh o' water sufficient to scald a 200-ploun hog. throw in three or' four handils of Iinielly pulverized pine pitch. Stir the wat(r a little. then1 scald your hog, ani it you'll keep it onI tlie wIter long enouglh all the bristles, with the seurf skinl, will peel off with the great est ease, sun.rely leaving a bristle any whel'e. iven the toenails will mostly alll c o1(>' off. At the scalding of each slubse(et+unl ho 1(1(1 another hland111l Of pileh. TIhe eTfec1 (of pitch Inl walter will -iolish1l anyone who has never se('n it tried. Shotild somleonl' sngg:'st that. ta'r is is good or anlything ap 1r"oaching it, sly p0Sitivrly 31). After a hug is sealded in this way there is hardly a bristle left on to shave off. -('h.lles HIailnes, in Orange .ludld Far n er. Val2s nr ( (ir'e n ('1u1 ino e. 'oim)pa red with other food:. We ('))t. sider green lhone the eheap"S"I. for the resuilts acculriig from its 4s'. of an11y onle 'oodi nearly (I( ubli11g (as it (t(!esl the amount of eggs, and very matelrial ly in 'ceasiig t 'heir frt ilit y. besides prodilneing het tI'' itimage and 1)lin laining a more heallfthfl (o)nditiont i1 t he fowls so fed. The (r'I'ore, wN"hettatr fro1 a d 'esire to inerease (1. Ite \if121' of the fowl of d'velop its egg p-ilt')d;Ilg1 (plalities, we eann miost hi'ar-tily e-in r)14)e i ihe 1 se of gren; i 1)1 l'. fo' 1)11'e tical ('xperi(ne"(' as well as se"ienc e ai chemistry has ttn(Iisplataly denm1111 str'ated that the lomnpolivinl parts of its struetrt'e afford the highest degrCe ot nutriment and sustena1ln(' for pollitry. --Alma Cole Picke'ing, in 'T'he W\'iscon sin Agri("ult urist. (:rinna )i'Ihteint tu 1.si . The grains are defieient in lim)e and mineral matter. while clover is -icl in those materials. Corn contains 10 per rent of wtter and elover hay 15 per (ent. Of the dry matter corn has but 1 1-2 percent. of ash (lime magnesia. potash. Soda, etc.). WIil,- clover has Over t; percent. Clovet' hay contains 12 pJ'orernt o f prot('in and corn 1 1-2. ('orn is rich inl starch and fat, however, con taining t wiee as much as clover. Clover hay has more erudle fibre than the grain , hen e is less val)able in that dir(e tion. While many farmers h'Ive alw"ay:; made clover hay a specialty inl 11:"'dingl; : llts. ' 'et. it is mo( re ValtOhle for ytJlmlg stock th2an1 may h' Suppos:)ed1. 1t eii 111 \ ery line,"" and the11 s ald: , it make. (:1ne of the best rations in wvin tt"r 1or Ioulltry andl wil! promnote lay ing. ''or uc and geese it cannot. he exi"elled. Ii (lt very fine and mixed wiith Itooked t nrnil)s and carrot.;, elover hay will h relished by yontg pigs, andl: 1t nill0 ('14 r) i1 growth. !n some Set"ti(inl: elovver hay is gr<mndl( into what is tem':,'d "lov-eri mtea)," a11(1 it is then sol in bags. C'orllnmal is too fat tening for certain animtals, bujt inl winl ter it myb'us 1 more fe'ely., being When plalinig st ock1 inl storage. ('On sider thle amount of y'ouri tratie, so as5 to have t he 4!1lry roadfIy at th~e p)roper1 time)4. Yott must2 have aL 81ul14icent 'ontl ) of' thle tem11pera1ture of4 th 1le s1t)r age pi1t to be able1 to) ke'ep certin1 11 arts8 of' it warmer14 ' thIat ohers, 4 s18 as) to on trol thle r'ipen )1ing The di'essinig shotild he dlone in the p)it to) avoid breakal(lge in handling and savinlg mov)3ing the Walste, at a 1time4 lent to) (14 so. H4itemoe all y'ellow (or dec4aye4d sta)lks, then 1 ('ut the rootI'4 14) a point, b. eing en1)refulllno 1))o <u)t t(o4 hiighi. Tlhis8 takes4 live 01' six strokes10 with a ;i inch1 )1 btcher1'11 knfe. Hold414 the plantI withI the r'oot i'from y'ou and1( (ut w~ith a m114 tion1 as5 if y'ou wereC whiittling shav1ings. The wa'~shinig r'oom1 shold4 be in a wuar'm basemen)41t or room where1'4 water is (conveni l ent. and4 a bioller' or valdron01 at hand 1t) warm)fl wat.er'. A square ('or nier'ed1 tuis 1mIlost (conv1enient. Use plen ty oif wuater' and1 have it qite warm, 90 to 100 dlegrees. This gives a gloss to the celery riot obtaInable with c'old water. Dump a box of celery Into the tubl with (lie butts toward you; then with a comn mon soft scrubing brusih give eac'h head two or three downward strokes with the brush. This takes all the dIrt out of the creases and1 gives it a bright shiny appearance. Thle tier standcs at the table and tics It up four' lmneihes to tile dozen, usIng common wvhite wvrappilng twinle for the putrp)ose, and( tmning it twice aroun)d each bunch. All decayed leaves or tIps shouild be care'4fully elIpp)ed off. it is now ready to pack for shiplment. or home dlelivery. If yotu have a large amount of 0Oclery, It Is iometinmes we'llI to gr'ade it. makIng a1 fancy oIf thle larg est , and)4 a st and(ard( grade ofI the re maflinder1. D) 11ot tr'y 14) br'ing your11 tr'ade to the size' of your' )l4I1 pakg4's 1o 81!it thbe trade(l. WVe have14 found ( thantIta(18 1as 4 'hol lng about11 (1n)e buish)l is a1s large as1 it is prof0ital to1)4 use154. Th'is2 will hold1( about11 t4 n dI(ozenI good( siz'/ed 4'elery'3. 1.11ne ('ases with 1aper 1 1(o av1oid drying in warm 1)wea1ther' and1( free'.zig in ('4)14. SI)ill by 1)48 xpes after' ('old4 weathe) r 8('ts inl.- -I. C. Smith, in Amieri'an~ Agri P'rofit in. f?llck' -t'wn 1'eer. 11 igh pi'es(' f'or beCef have gr'eaNy3 incrI'-as8:i the4 inte4r'est in)(1114 1attle8raisg t hrouighout11 the I5tstern StatIes. Thle ad dr'ess d' ,I. it. Sanborn11 at North1 A dams, l\ass., hefor'e th' 81at board)t1'( or agri New 10nglandl4," and4 wasIi listened to wvith attention)1 by a1 lar ge audi41enlce of farmer's. SaId Professor' Sanbhorn: "Conditions pera'nrent in ('haracter have brourght the steer 1 again) Into t he range of pr'oftable prIOdnlIt Ion in) NewI l'aigland. T1he pr'oiltab11e steerPm here musl1t 1)e the produlct.' of hI gh art.' il murst hav th Ile beef frm, as5 thIs brings more than41 the dairy'3 form, with) its maximulm of ('heal) parts1. iIe is neces.. sarily a hothous~e pr1oducl(t, growving andI fatt enling (con tiously from hirt.h to dheath). Maintenance Is eleven p)ounlds a dlay onl his average weighlt, and1 should not. bIe lost hy a sIngle dlay's failure of rapid1 growth. Nor can a year's time be necessarily add(edl, for It means two tons of fodder to run (lhe machine this time-a fatal amount. lie muist go to the shamb)les at (lie howvest weight that will commndr the hIghest valuen a,. i Will ri' lir( three finut tle footd to 1111k(' 1( 41uti (1 Of" growtl tt a )11 11 1al tiring St ' ( r that itlia 11 1 i pOr the lir t four h ndtltet lpou(ll::nd' t;wth\'11. It is shown tiat i e nr thelll growth at (day)- is made the ilr,t :,'ar that twt)rs the fotrth "' (I, ti 111at ;I doub le 1lO s <1 -Ilrs t - 't(" 11 ,ll.i1 .; ;1 I(Illlt ';s aril y lh a i vy 11 "1'altaabh fOOtis itn abnni1htnCO or r tl sh li i i I (e ding are r'(Ittire ti. as fre i et"mIsutip on i.i t11,h u sis of rapid i ir.>thd . Ohll hbushy laout '; t'annot b)(' tt b(asis (,f ('1)4 a1) he'l .) r 1:11'y atlord1 t' nteither aluab lti t 1o' palatable foods. T hese pmstures i(sl he rid of weeds. antd bilsh, s ;1n(d fedf. 1'rotein foods int to 'to it'hr the toarse foods fed1 or i tthe grains or nleals Im sl i otnstitile a patt a (f the ration,h though no( Ito hei' extett adiVotedt'i by stldetls of, Germ' ani (e('d ingt tales. It req(uire's for a pou)tnd of :t b1tleri fat flndeirr high feeding 5omet' ' of 1 tIlty -li1e 11'xt s or more of food, IhI This ood will lkle Over' two pl:mnd1 1 of s tu sl ter. I robably I wo and une-11alf oUltinds, as I have mnadte a uound of gI'rmthll on a s'tefr of av'watrage weight on Iine tol xIfly i n5 f ' atter. If h ' the t'at is thv poduct of at gooti brt"td'r aid feei-r it will n' xt a lit t he ( n'Ie as butt r, labor t"onsile ld I."i tr t ris-n et i n 1),i -vi tl'.t.i ihrg sat growing teldoet'ny to makie Il, riforuls ill heil dairies at n 'rl i 11 1 h i' II'1)tllt' xl; l pat'en1 on thl ' fa 1n ' w ti i I inalmdls 1 1i4'or tOls:i'er t il'i ' I i ') I l:," p1reset'll I i m eth os e (f haidlin'., IIoth' 1 1 cows and their 211ilk. it is 41,i1medf tiat( there is t Ieo0 filh 11 and 1 ri illn dairying than in almost any tht'r Or 41a1t . The milk is 1to he "m 2 and "lhe 1-'aler is not). p) rti(ula(r," whilt' the consum er islin blissful i ml>ran1.'b of al y of the ("1ndit11 d ons affe t hi 1 e' ll preparation of mlilk2 . \l k pil'::::ta"; )1 t tbrough 5o' mnyhai n fromhe Util) the ow to the lonsnuner as to rendler2 ilt ma2' t t ter' of obtaining pure Iand t'lean miilki II a d1flu 'ill oni(. The airyman coo1)11les himself with th1 fact hat he strain(e1 i the milk before :elling it, it the 1t" strainer does not reollv1e soluble filth. l A l)in(h of sall or ;ugar in mfik is not i a yaother shstane tia is dissolved by t the milk during the iate of milking. is Those who handle cows know ilhat it Is not utulsulal for a cow to get down oil the floor of her stall to r(s1, Without w' regard to whetherI' the lor is overed O with manure or l rine. and her id1er it and teats may habest rqateta during the t night on a heap of fresh ma1nur1to e. TI'ho tiII tow Is not as ieanl as te hog as far dli as selei('n10 g a sti l il(' for (e'sting is cont"(ruetl. and where the dairyntan ltl himltseflf is t'ar"eiss andt doet S not) keep II th i stalls lan, as well as bruSho and l hve n wash footw. S, it is almost im1 - Oie aossib1e o 1 (a e ('l ilk. It is gratI - d fying to n 1 itt' , 1owv rthl't 11111 some I liryme,lll('n wash Ill 1 (t(e udderS andl teats II1 oft )1b y 11 2m 1t 'Ver l( ilkin , wef iping a with (elt Iow\'s:, avoidng ev'ery (' .1:".(,, 1 f IlthI 'n wr'ile the mIiik. butl :,uth dlairymnt get.g tO (Irp1ic(s, which arP Secur<l b2y their reputllatio n:; for tl 11illfu l lnmtnlagemi ent of tei l OW 1o s and i lhrir 21 odc(l S. 2i he 11 rdh in'all dairyman21(' 111 in.jue h 11111 inf foodesh iows from i' I''211 othe eImli. (I asiongl e hed.om2 s dry' andlti (If on2 1) in5 ll)l her 0plac ta t s 23'fresh, I bu t)ich. ma be much1 11(tl21 in irto 10h' 1.90 1oh1.(1 Ihn theire 12111s the eiai'y of12 binging a2 d9101eln i)'(d 11. ls'hat 2ea scourg211 e ifth a Iryaabrion2JOO'2( )1'I am'ong 01ows-f is contag121ilos, being2( fcred from one a1.9 hed tanoth01 erp thiou Itheni IraIc C'(r nt'tlhetIl wrth 1the room(llt,hl the uy andI( (If milk fron their dams Ill ade moi 21111t taken frIomiI t ftew yeows of the' h11, (If though1 such2 1) ilk2) is 1)1 py v) bious tohilren whore tila pin it.' ' 1the2 cafl('f unti'l byi at 11r1 st 1a 1month 2 ) old,2(2 but0as t averag dairyman.9 1116 milks.' his 11cwill flordshe b Imrpoelpof1 sellin riflee tthe eni an artile.9 that21 he.enn Eu nIhe market.111 Thel resut tis that1 th ofIk li thl iti i lIfl varabl suf quai'y fr ch tof lit. 11s unclean,o an' some 'oftit forit folihuma use.1 10her1 1* s room for l'irproemntrInd therae hunes s 211 consum2ersf ready andl wil- I ig to lpay. the firymnefr ihich extra elnrles he tl prov0d21the wihv milk man2(11( w iaelYit a poin titee Jouchl 'W( II APVESTFEIlS' WOhIK 1HAT THE CORN HARVESTER AND THE S.IREDDER HAVE DONE. Nhiy-)t",t' 1n,,. t i r i1 r 1('1" I 1.n0;t t'Lhu F1-c I i' ,vbr t"I- -. ( rl. Iiny 1 Neart.v inl 11 ma1tc l e lS y Or I)Oe1-' In< Nct,iy 0114 ( ~ 1 ( 11 A1,,- 1)111'"" 114 1 Eight Atrev r a i ti in a Sl). a I)i1 )ny. ''1( illnl1S . w t' of 111Ov411e1h in o Shape O of (orn stalks which has mlle oin for ian1y year'S in 11he ('Ornl atls of this oun a ry. has been a url"ee of w( li:t4 rI and t"omlent. Sta tlicians aI t(. tIoil of ("uamp)utin;; the tal lws, fromt thiS; sourc ,. anid w (' startle:! by h ei lg'l s aunl:; whiilh , allow to slit) throutgh our tingers elh yt'ar. To( grow\ at (ropl of 1"trn,i 141 Ith<'in allow more than1 on.-third it to -!co to waste' is In 'noh11 , it that is not all. Th'l <l'adl c'orn :111:;h'ti inl thle liehcl are a tucstanlt 111.('< I (i a 11};1 r. !4 Ittle. t111irti(44 i t111o 'ic a fi' ild art' iaim t ) sir n sik n 1' within a f(w hour:;. TIhey' ar said1 di- with "'or) IL. lc 5' ises," but1 (' 11111 1' >f i bb: d 1 1 ' i. tinl iowil. ,1 I: ii e ur; !.:4 IIOl y t hel' 4 Ot14 i. '41 'Irgit wich11 :niijests' 1)rn sm114t [time(1'l1 i ,s i:li 1 rg s .e T hetl l14 i Ii;,tt (:4 1 . 11 ' '. IIisI 1l. 4 'i'414' t;:l:"I t t .; i . hl' t ie'It' it.- t0 c11; ,1 .(ht .i " t fY Ii -r1!)Irly of b)il ,l mIII 11 4' t': e t :mt'1 i, :. .\s a e1''. s lIt. hI (ls ti4 01 'M())' Id m Ie t' ll Ii '--dI SI'; is 1 11 h 11e no s1tl11% 'i. In w hit4h 1 pra::tllrt' tatt . .\Iny u- w ht 4 I r I1 -alt 1hI'll ( (rn.1114tli;s i( i t'. ) e :l : -y1 . ' 10os 1,'" I' r ll' I ,( Ieft in lIt t i oc ( 1 aIt1:1i(In ('.1 iOs- by\" Iterf1i n'1 11 withl u'111 tiva mn. 'I is an id(ire'1 "I loss, a d141 i.l whIt-h is On1ly li' inniing to be unl3 - '!(14d. ('ih 1ug1s, army Worms i thn' like indl a harboring place in o rnstalks. and thus livt' from,n (rne ar o anoth r. 1I4V '. It'n, ((r11 r''t wat % ink w%hich t' ('ornlstall% ('i ti h til- liettl IS at nuisanr'e. li'n h has b1en resor4eil sr( to. but the soil lobbed of 1 large a1molnt of hum hieh1 it woulbd gain if' the stalks we'cre lowt''di to rot In thl field. Nothing ItI'1 but ()he' ash, which is of small tlut'. is'sterne!S canoci understand why ('1'esrn 14arru1er1's do4) not makect foidel'r it o11 theoir' torilstllks and thus S'4 e. ntire ' -r0)p, ins ttatl of allowing m-"Il111s to go to w%astc'. ''hat's ( 4s1 Iith'y (!on't unle rsanll the cil' tio s which irt1vail ott. her('. 1onVert ini th1 e t111 )on rol) into "IhIt'r has b. .-It a1n imIl l)> ssibility, sinl Y bec(as' t11hem w 'r /'n't m'ln llugh i to 1.24 te work. TIhe orl'n 111ing season lasts only about, 11, :11.1cnl there are not halt' enouigh ('n (,n the far1'mts in OWn4 to ( uIl 7, I1-1 i(I(''Iz"rlS o4f1 (" 1rn ill season. II is fa't tai t ('441 hl avent'I u p11 1 a11l) i t e i)1 w' ou1b1. W'y have't w? i"irst. br ti;li:e e(orn-euttint! is hardi, i.t 1reeable work:. I titsking corn 1.(d or is anoltther' t.(lious;, bauck-brt'akingp )b. hal'tting folh ' is alln1) t nIle n 'asant i 'th' irunt t:i he o sttr is or un 41rk it4) Iu,s' e (' n 1 i)t s mell ( i t, and1 I (')4' i s is not ll, 1 1 '4' dder45 left1 10n1ndi1ng11 I i ll thick until44 fe11)1ose lare prt. i1(4t feding value,''~1 10 rogh Ixll ret the wea. Ith. To I(1 lar Is t hasbee found)1114 ipractienble,1 11n1id1ring 'Ill t heI had, dis ageeable 4 41)04 4)1) ils smallafe ing value, t is)1 not '4s' o harvest vlicI Ier ite iS 'f thefir lln4)eropl i thisfway InVi tle atern atlos Moiion lare tviy different.g rlia'll. .'alore than. ~t wi1 a mitieh lrnenn be1( (11ut at. Jste than inol L' ld ay A )'JCI4inhin will shcud allght 'ares. thn a(lay, an1di the men'! willV4St hotk andl41)1 ti i ite same l(1 ime'4 p. 4o wo14r in th(l way,1)4 bto th )e 114d '4r1 'slft4 104141onven'it 'inVnds 4 f)or1 11nd1lng4 3' ) t. i advantage l iu's rthe 04' 1411p to4Y be saved. If~ thes 1bundles r)1e b1)und byte Isn there (is ) gea 311Yrence n113' time btweenoi the two 4(1 0th1od' s. oreta thlis, a'': verys I''large' Lage 11)4 rpeness,) and shoed afler)I'4 111 1remai1eo for41444 the sh1edder to putl441 .e fodder in i good1 ohap to13 stre.n ed.1 ita The.fodder 1utter was145i' 1not a ndoubted fly, for' lCvirtully turn fod-~ ( er~ into ha.'4I rot(oly' 1this,1 bu i' usks4' and1 I sewls the corn.4 l te i -s Prof 1.4 lleny,110 an:authoriy onL4 feds nd feedling,:4 1(tia3) tat 39.: pertht (( fochl4r i')1s4 los when fe:411nshedied. -amatec rial probably1 no ('n41re than in3 peding hay ,111 :3 14 'lhus v, (Ie ' th t ole hId the o)' hler111 is 1(aved1 by sred-ii in. That1)14 whih rjete makes1)1 1" hisLl 1ind If inanue is. eily) handled. l4 i whole wilslks' in8 )Ianure are1~ in. as1r41iltion.I ImtYo' vr ACorn h makes0 nearlys g11ood1 $hay Fh ayothier k Il i ofI hy. I was' 11ar,v at sm(8a towns1h $1.5 the easr. 1nbOhrn.hoted fo<'hr ed.g anm Ifthi anhcove ay roughtm a. hilgher gets one-half. Tle capacity of a shred der runs from six to eight acres a day. It eqtires three mtenl and teams to hauil the f'oddl:r. two muen to pitch in the eiel(. one to cut hanls. another to Itul the shelled corn a%way, besIdes (h- 11-avh0no men(1. If the(, hay 18 nt:k nl tlther man will be required, m1:: i:,1 r: ;l ;1en1 altoget:ler. t; ttl iig the m114':1 :1 1.511 a dlayi, this 1110es $12 for' help; n $t2 fur th!e :;ihreddler, aL total ('I . ! :(.- ('ight ac:-(:3. Thi:; ji siet;o Unla iiin tI' ;',cddei and! l1isk ing at'd :=hellintg ti,e ((rn. n1of whihl mutist ib' he ione even if the fo'Idde is 1 noL, shr'e(/led1. Thel co:--I of inltling andi shock lng is about $l.5,u an acre, whhic wotild make a total of $4.50 an ncre for hiar ve'sting the corn crop, putting tl' silelled corn in the crib and the shtreddedl fodder in the barn. An Illinois farmer who has cut and shredded 25 to 50 acres for seven years pla('1. the most at $5 to $5.50 an a1c're, xith 1:n average yield of two (oil.. An(,tiur roumta $4.20 an acre, and Mill anothn'r $5.05. while iany lth:a'l the total (.os.i at mnuch lower flg lires. "rctl this it will be seen that ''/t in hay 't;I s only $2 to $3 a ton, arl' <\V'ly tlne ut ill admitt that It is ;hr l (Idl o11thb": i.; v'ry api to spoi nnil':. th otnibl\ dil wheln stacked 'r'I pith C :, K. I: the juice cani h e w11i 1; Iromi nnl stalli: in 1 it. is t oo ml;i I t( lhrl !. It mnay be safely it<ld ittt' 318 t :it f toisttitre, biu ii .-. rit t i" t 'e ini gei'rotis. A nt mit - 111r 11t :t1;lk 11:mn1y bn'' Iwei:;h.edc, dried I an1t oVen a1111 then wveiedtttl again ('111 lit "tl w ei 1.ntnl t. ilthe shtredlhed forblIer mai%y ble staulcl In1 11n1rrnw t' icks and11 1uVer'etl with slough ;;rass or (ar( '. It' llut in a mow, it is best ntll to traip, but jrst allow it o lIi loosely as it o'nfes from tho blower. It i more 1 important to shredl largo atalks 1:1.1n small ones, at; tho l(er arc moure apt to b e eaten whole. T'1'here was almost ai revolution in ctstilng andl shredding fodder in the western states last. year. In south we1c stern l owa, there were over two doi pn sh1r.'dders sold in foutr countieos. An ltnmense amo14 llt of fodder was cut with a himler and afterward hhred ded. Tlhe high price of corn and hay was the ('ause of this innovation.-O. t. 1111nhill, tShelinndoahl, Pa. GUAINT AND CURIOUS. Onte of the Peruvian quicksilver mines is 480 feel deep. Ini this abyss are streets. Xquares and at chapel where religious worship is held. The oil glands of the skin are most numVr t S Ili races living under tho roph-'s, hel'ause the oil is nature's pro te(tionl against. the heat. of the suni. In hiot "oluntries its aetiont is often as sisted by the appliention of vegetable or1 animal oils, Thlitltle of "tlltor" was invented in tho twelfth century and conferred for the tirst. time upon Inerlus of the 111i ersity of hlologan, states the Mett tititcal Matgazine. 'lh' fist ''(octr oft receUivetd thet htonotr fr'om the col lege of 1Aosti, atlso ini Italy, ill 1220). Phoenix, Arizona, the ('entre of Salt rivetr valley, was a fewv years ago a salgebrulsh de(ser't. it. has no0w twenity fivo t houlsand inhabitants, with an as sessed't pr'opet'y valtI11 ion of $10,000,000). All thiis is dute 10 waiter', whlich, b)roulght ini ennals3 1from1I strteamis fed minlIly from1 San1 l"tranelst'o and( (1ther1 ArizonaI r'esrvies, hats turn'ied the deser't Into a 1f1erti1vally, itnvere'td wiith ranches and dlottedl with small11 towns11. When any13 Spantlish sove'reign diles the btody is at1 oncet submlitI td to the pro t'ess 0f fossiliza11 tin, nor1 can1 It. 1he p lat(Cd in the rotyal 1)an1 teoni untilI the Curiouisly enlough,1 the' per'itod reqired'C for1 t ossilizat1 1)1 ion'arties conlsidlerably. Stoe roya3l bodties have become soldi letd inl a1 very' short' pe'riod, wivleI otheris hav'tke year's befor'e tihe fossiliza tion tok place'. II took exaelly tir 1 4en1 year Itt o con((ilverlt the bIody of the fa1 t' of Ite present1 young king of Spain inlo0 stone1. TIhe the halls11111, the sign 0of the ilawn brokers'i' in this coutntry and Great Brit ain1, are der'ive inirecht'Oly from the ('(a31. (of arimns of the0 Medici family of liore'nte, Italy. 'The fatmily sprang i'from ai physician, a medicuts; it became wveaIthIy through transac'ting a banking bus1tiness5 for manIfy yearts, anti when it became noblIle it adioptedl five golden pIlls 01n a. blue groulnd as Its armorial deCvit'e. Hainker's In othet' 'oulntr'ies adopIted'i t' sam111 device, either' ini whole or' ini 11art, as a sign otf theit' busin111ess;11( adwheni 11 bakm's gave up~ the pawnbltrig buisiness the pawn In treslting dIiscovri'esi have r'ecently som111 intscrtipt ions matde on the wvalls 1b3 per somns Iton fined't t her'e ini )ast times. In the wtork of (1)1 repairing a tdefectivye indow)11V tottninlg in the St.. Mar'tiln's 'ITower, a1 1ieCe of' deal framing had t) he~ removed.'t' lehtind iltiVwas fotund the name o1(3(f Ambr hose Ittookwitood, a weal thy younig Suffiolk 5(it'ir, wiho w~as ronl dIivide'd, ''i1oek-w3itd,"' indi enting tho nate cullpr'it was dlrawni andC hilgedi in Palace Yat'd, Westinuster', with other of the conspIrators, on the latst (day of .Janulary, 16061. Ifon'iA Kumn'ktri. 'The Horton (Kaln.) Herald reads this l'ssotn to some11 of Its rellow citizens: "Th'lere js nothIng that hurts business so qu1lickly' as the prominent pre'sence in~ the worldt tof a~ tighlt-faced, claw fisted. ha wkeat-footed, hog-hearted, peniny-squteezinlg, man-hating, cross between1 a glttepot anti a vInegar jtig, whVio ne1vert s;pends a dollar till ho sees a dollar 'anti ninelty-eight cents In sight." ,' rrangementfttt or m1I E'utns. The nmountitngs for ship guns and guns in coast f'ortifications are Bo de signed andl constructed as to throw in to thle pIOwer of 01ne man, in no far as pIossile, the wvhole control of direct-. lng the gutn at the dlesired target and firing it when r'eady, says the EIngl4. nieer ing Magazine. A