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$. " rl t - ft, ! "- It I: !V, $, T OF ALL S But Not of Conditions, and Hart ridge Was the One .Among Many. By H. M. EGBERT. Hartridgo know thnt he would bo chosen, though thoro had been thirty. Boven applicants, by tho head nurso's count, In answer to tho hospital's brief advertisement. Thlrty-slx others! Hartrldgo had never realized beforo how low ho had sunk, until ho actual ly found hlmsolf sitting In a lino with thom In tho reception room. There were men of nil sorts and ngeB, but not of conditions. Tho men roso awkwardly bb tho physician sauntered In, accompanied by the head nurso. Ho looked tho men over as though they were anl raalB. "You can go wo don't want you," ho said to tho first. "Nor you," ho added, to tho next. The third man looked more reputable, but when tho doctor approached ho detected the Bmoll of spirits upon his breath. "Nor you nor your kind," ho continued angrily. So ho wont down tho line, dismissing tho majority at a glance. He looked at Hartrldgo and passed him over and continued )iIb mono logue until at last there remained only Hartrldgo nnd three others. "Now, men," said tho doctor, "It's between you four. You read the ad vertisement; we want a healthy man for blood transfusion, to save a wom an's life. It won't bo a trlflo, either. It's going to mean more than you es timate, rb lose a couple of quarts of blood. Don't think you'll earn your five hundred easily. You may die. Now then, does anyone want to go?" There waB a pause; then two men shuffled out awkwardly. Poor, broken spirited creatures though they were; tho love of life was strong in thom. Dr. Briggs looked at the two who re mained, and his choice fell upon Hart rldgo. Ho selected him. Two min utes later ho was taking down his pedigree. "You're willing to sign an agree ment absolving ub from further re sponsibility?" ho aEked, when tho Pa. "Dr. Briggs Has Spoken to Me About ..... .j tm. i You." medical tests were ended. "Good! Have you any friends to be communi cated with, in case tho operation is unsuccessful?" Hartrldgo knew what that meant. " "No, 6ir," ho answered. "But why do you want to risk your life for five hundred dollars?" con tinued Dr. Brigg3. "Are you out of work?" "No," answered Hartrldgo quietly; "out of prison." The doctor looked at him keenly. "I was sent away ten months ago for forgery," said Hartridge, In ex planation. "I was a bank clerk In tho Merchants' and Oriental underpaid, wretchedly poor, and married. I want ed to play tho market, and I lost. Tho judge let me off with a year as a first offender. My wife divorced mo. Now I want the fivo hundred to go west." Half an hour later Hartrldgo, bath ed, clothed in a clean nightrobe, was lying In bod, waiting the Bummons to tho theater. His nurso enlightened him as to tho process of tho opera tion. Strapped in his Btretcher, he wan carried to the operating room and transferred thoro to tho glass table. On one side of this a flimsy screen of linen had been erected, and on the other side, so near that he could feel tho screen tremblo with overy breath she took, was tho patient. Hartridge wondered whether she were young or old. Somehow he obtained tho lm prcEslon that she was a young woman. Ho felt a sudden dignity in his posi tion; tho thought of tho money mado him wince now. Ho who had done so much barm and ruined ono woman's life might ho not have gratuitously given this much to save another? Aft er an Inappreciable interval the sur gan began his work. Hartridge felt tho momentary sting of the lancet; ho saw tho other doctor's head over tho top of tho screen as ho performed the same service. Ho felt comfortable. His mind, moro actlvo than was Us wont, re curred Incessantly to the woman not a cubit distant, so near that once his hand touched hors, with only the frail linen barrier between them. The money had now become a hideous menace to his peaco of mind, rob bing him nt onco of his self-esteem, so much as was left of it, and of his I IMS wJ 'A A W w 1 chance of making reparation for his sin. Ho must rofuso it. Ho must tell tho surgeon instantly. Ho tried to spoak to him, but thoro was an un canny silence in tho room which ho did not daro disturb. Something had gone wrong with tho lights, too, for all had gono out except a tiny globe In one corner, which burned with a strange sputtering sound that seemed to keep tlmo with tho beating of his heart. And all thin sacrifice was vain, for ho was selling Ills soul selling his righto reparation for fivo hundred dollars. Ho must Btop tho operation and make a new bargain. Ho found his voice at last and shouted, but tho light was roaring like a dynamo and tho sound drowned his cries. Ho wrenched hiB arm away and "How aro you feeling?" asked tho nurso. He opened his eyes. Ho was back in his bed and tho daylight was streaming In through tho open window near his head. Ho looked at her, as tonished, uncertain. "You fainted," aho explained. "Peo ple generally do. But you'll bo all right in a little while. It's only ten minutes slnco they brought you back." "Put tho operation?" "Perfectly successful." "I didn't do anything? Didn't I shout or struggle?" Hartridge was silent for awhile. "Nurse," ho said presently, "do you do you think sho would see me be foro aho goes?" - "Wliv9M aataA iin niiron htitnMv "That's never allowed, Mr. Hartrldgo. Sho wasn't nllowcd to seo you on tho table they threw a blanket over you. If you'll think a little you'll under stand that that's tho only thing pos sible." "But If sho wanted to" ho falt ered. "Well, of courso. In thnt caso I sup pose sho could. But why do you want to see her?" "Because," said Hartrldgo slowly, "I want to thank her for doing some thing that sho never dreamed of. She looks on mo, no doubt, as you all do as a convenience, as a poor man who has sold something which ho pos sessed for money. There can bo no thought of obligations on either side, of course. But I'm not going to take tho money. I'm a Jail-bird. 1'vo Just como out of tho penitentiary where I served a year's sentence for forgery. She has given mo back my self-respect. I feel that I'va done some good In the world at last I can't very well explain it, but I want to thank her. Won't you tell her nt least?" Tho nurse was looking at him very strangely. "Yes, I'll tell her," ho heard her say, and he resigned him self to the feeling of intense weari ness that was creeping over him. Two dnys passed. Hartrldgo mado no further reference fo tho fulfilment of his request. He did tell Dr. Briggs that he would not accept tho money. "There's a gentleman coming to Bee you this morning," the nurso an nounced triumphantly that day. "A gentleman?" repeated Hartridge with a puzzled frown. "I don't know anyone. It must be a mistake. What Is his name?" But tho nurso would not tell Hart rldgo his name. At twelve o'clock, however, the ward doors were thrown open to tho stream of visitors who came to see the patients. Hartridge, who had been dozing, heard his name spoken and looked up. A man with very well remembered features was standing by his bed. "Mr. Hartridge rny dear fellow " he began, somewhat nervously. "Mr. Cummlng!" gnsped the man In the bed and bowed his head misej ably. Tho bank president sat down be side him and placed ono hand on his shoulder. "I want to tell you," ho said, "that Dr. Briggs has spoken with mo about you and mado clear some things that I did not understand last year. If I had realized your circumstances I might have been Icbs harsh In exact ing Justice. Nono of us can afford to exact that to tho uttermost. They toll mo you have refused compensa tion for your bravo Bacrlflco. Hart ridge, wo aro starting a branch bank at Clifton. I want you to go there as assistant cashier. Nobody will know of your past. That Is all atoned for. You will go with our complete confi dence and at a salary adequate to support yourself and your wlfo com fortably " "My wife?" Bald Hartrldgo bitterly. "Perhaps you don't know that " "Here's somebody como to seo you and thank you for you:- for her life," said the nurse, coming up softly. Hart rldgo glanced up. A woman camo swiftly toward his bed and sank dqwn beside hlrn. She flung her arms round his neck and drew down hlB head to her breast and her tears, falling on him, washed his soul clean at last from all Ub bitter memories. (Copyright, 1913, by W. Q. Cliapman.) Return of the Sea Serpent. Capt. Ruser, who Is now comman der of the Kalserln Augusto Victoria and has been designated to command the collassal Impcrator, says in his log of July 5, 1912 (as quoted In An nalen der Hydrogaphle), that at G:30 a. m. of that day he, as well as hla first officer and an Elbe pilot who was on hoard, saw a sua serpent In the water close alongside tho ship, then off Prawle point. Tho creature was twenty feet long and appeared to be engaged In combat with some other marlno animal, as it was lashing tho sea violently with Its tall. Its color was grayish blue on tho back and whitish under tho belly. Tho body was between a foot and a foot and a half In diameter. Capt. Ruser says that the whole length of tho animal was visible, and there could be no mlstako about its reptilian form. NOTES cW PPQWBROOK . T mm S. vv m,7Mi, iPjh Keep tho sheep dry. Keep tho milk cans clean. Alfalfa la a business crop. Soil for onions should jo Bandy. Eggs are a perishable food product. As a soil enrichor, vetch ranks close to tho top. Give the poultry tho caro and at tention they deserve. Skim milk Is ono of tho best supple ments to corn now known. Don't miss tho chllcken shows with in reach. They aro educators. Colored butter need not bo labeled If tho coloring matter Is not injurious. Hens will not lay when permitted to run about tho farm in tho wet nnd cold. If the cream Is still warm after sep arating, don't put tho Hd on tho can down tight Only In rare cases do cutworms bother crops that nro planted on fall plowed land. A well-established alfalfa field should graze from fifteen to twenty pigs per acre. Hens that nro put out Into the cold and snow are soon chilled out of tho egg-laying notion. It Is quite common to sow buck wheat, especially on poor land, as a green manure crop. Corn fodder that is dry and dusty will bo Improved a little by sprin kling In the mangers. Feeding chicks when too young and too much at a time aro fruitful sources of bowel trouble Pound for pound, vetch hay has al most exactly tho came feeding value as cowpea hay and alfalfa. Get catalogues of tho best nursory and seed houses. Make careful selec tions for next yenr'B planting. Sheep dogs In England, Scotland and France aro tho most serious of animals, and are hard-working. Good fruit can bo raised only with caro and attention given to spraying, pruning and generally good caro. Sweet sorghums are moro palatable and therefore rellshod hotter by both horses and cattlo than corn stover. Tho dairy farmer should know what his milk costs him. This Is Just as Important as knowing what It brings. If sheep aro in a good, thrifty condl Hon at the stnrt, two months of good feeding will properly fatten for mar ket. When some men get on tho track of a dollar, they think of no other In terest until they havo tracked It to Its lair. Sudden fright nnd excitement at onco tells on the egg crop. Never nl low strange dogs about where the hens are. There Is hardly any question that there Is as much in tho care of tho trees after planting us In tho selec tion before. Feeding troughs raised abovo the Utter of the floor should bo used if soft food Is allowed to stand beforo the chickens. No other class of animal so readily lends Itself to the demands of n rural household for a supply of fresh meat as a young sheep. Light framed birds that maturo quickly, such as Leghorns nnd Minor cas, should not bo kept with those of tho heavier fowls. Keep In mind tho perishable nature of tho product and do not hold eggs on a rising market without proper facili ties for storing thom. Draft horses In tho corn belt fed largely on corn and timothy, or corn Btover, lack bone development, as Is found In Imported horses. Have slop warm for hogs this; cold weather if possible. If it cannot bo warmed do not feed it thin, but roako it thick. Always slop them beforo feeding grain. Shorts mako tbo best hog slop with oil meal second. Two thirds shortB nnd one-third oil meal makes a slop hard to beat. Whltowash the stables. Keep tho hons scratching. Koep tools In their places. Breeding nnd feeding go together. Keep tho ncstB clean and sanitary. The big milker must bo a big cntor and drinker. I Bluo or white spruco trees on tho lawn nro attractive now. '' Tho ram should bo In porfect condi tion, but not fat, at mating. For n feed to push tho young calf, try ground oats and alfalfa hay. ' Use corn stalks to protect fruit troos from tho ravages of rabbttB. Sklmmllk, swoet or sour, can bo, mado good uso of by tho chickens. , Goo'd feeding Is an Integral part of buccosb In breeding pure-bred bwIuo) Poor quality In dairy products can never bo cured. It must bo proventi ed. Baro ground makes a cold bed lot bows thoso nights. Straw Is plenti ful. Animnls grown largely or exclusive ly on corn aro likely to havo wcalt bones. Watch your machlnory for loost bolts and nuts, nnd don't forgot thej oil can. Dairying Isn't nlwuys easy work, but neither 1b any olhcr Job thnt really pays well. No man can mako a success ol dairying who docB not take good care of his calves. Sheep, if given half a chance, and If of good healthy stock, are suro tq pay their way. Alfalfa under congenial surround ings or conditions Is a business cror and no loafer. A dozen oggs will buy nlmost s bushel of oats. And oats mako a goouj winter rca for eggs. Provide roomy nests and plonty ol clean nesting material, preferably dry shavings or cut hay. Do not attempt to raise moro hogt than you can hnndlc, else they will eat up all tho profit. Castrate every malo lamb that will bo an eyesore to yourself or do mis chief to any purchaser. Ono of tho most essential things foi good seed corn is not only to pick early but to dry It thoroughly. Tho cost of feeding an animal In creases with its weight, but not in di rect proportion to Its weight. What the dairy Industry needs most Is an improved breed of dairymen In stead of a now breed of cows. A brush or old whisk broom is handy to brush off loose hair nnd dirt from tho udder before milking. Plant diseases of nn Infectious char acter aro caused by microscopic or-, ganlsms, either fungous or bacterial. ( Vetch stands out as ono of tho very best green manuring crops to seed In the fall and plow under In tho spring.' The hotter your sire, tho bettor your lambs, and so tho moro money you will get from your flock next year. Occasionally winter vetch Is seed ihI In tho Bprlng. hut under such con ditions It does not peom to do so very well. Whllo mutton Is one of, tho most healthful of meat foods produced upon, tho farm it is not or popular as beef or pork. Many of tho details In butter mak ing can bo learned by doing the work. No ono can begin where tho other fel low loft off. Salt, hardwood ashes and charcoal aro Ideal to keep In hog pasture, and If there Is any other one thing needed it Is pure water. Tho day of tho country butter mer chant who wos In the habit of trad lug calico and nails for dairy butter is rapidly passing. People who say that chicken keep ing on tho farm doesn't pay aro usu ally those who do not pay attention to tho chickens. Tho malo bird Is the most Impor tant Individual In u breeding pon through which to raise tho egg laying qualities of young fowls. Give tho poultry-houso n thorough cleaning overy Hprlng and keep It clean; spray often, and whltowash walls, roosts, etc., regularly. Hatch tho chickens early: keep them sopnrato from tho old stock and give them overy posslblo opportunity to grow into strong, healthy, vigorous, well-matured blrda boforo tho cold weather comes, In tho fall und early winter. INVESTIGATION OF INFLUENCE OF TYPE AND AGE UPON UTILIZATION OF FEEDS' Results Given of Experiment Conducted by Officials of the United States Agricultural Department on Two Steer Calves, One a Pure-Bred and the Other a Scrub. ) ny n. a. wkathkustone.) It Is a fnct of common knowlcdgo that marked differences exist betwuen Individual animnls as regards tho re turns which they yield for the feed consumed. A current statement 1b that a good feeder has a greater dl gostivo power than a poor one, or that tho power of asslmllattou of tho ono nnlmnl Is superior to thnt of tho other and It has been assumed that tho ad vantage of tho better type of animal lay in Its ability to produco moro flesh or fat from a unit of food than Bhould tho poorer ono.' It has also been commonly taught, and seems to bo generally accepted by tho uiilnml husbandmen as an es tablished fact, that tho young growing animals not only mako actually larger gains than tho moro mature ones, but llkewlso moro economical gains. The lnfluenco of typo and ago upon tho utilization of feed by cattlo has. therefore, been Investigated by offi cials of the department of agricul ture, with tho following result: Two Btcer cnlveB woro selected aB the subjects of this investigation, one a pure-bred typical beef animal of onu of tho well-known beef brands, tho other a "scrub" of mixed breed ing. Exhaustive feeding trials woro carried out with theso animals, In cluding twenty-four experiments with the respiration calorimeter. Finally the steers woro subjected to a slaughter test, whereby tho qual ity of tho moat and rolntlvo slzo or tho various cuts woro accurately de termined. Tho work Is thoroforo im portant allko to tho practical feeder and tho agricultural scientist, Tho feeding stuffs usod were of tho samo kind for both tho animals in all tho perlodB, and tho different grains UBcd were mixed throughout In tho A Prize Shorthorn. , same proportion for each steer. At intervalB during tho tlmo tho digesti bility of the total ration and tho nltro gen'balanco were determined for each animal. During each of tho three winters covered by the investigation, four ex periments were mado on each animal by means of tho respiration calori meter In order to determine tho per centage of availability of tho energy of tho feed consumed. During tho first winter that of PREPARING BED .. FOR ASPARAGUS K Best Time for Setting Plants Out Is in Early Spring, Abouf End of April. m ) A good asparagus bod la expected to last twenty years. Tho soil should, therefore, be prepared in a most thor ough manner. A wnrm, sandy soil Is best, but it will do well in any good garden soil that Is free from stones. A boII that has been heavily manured a few provlouB seasons is preferable to ma nuring heavily at tho tlmo of setting out tho roots, but at no poriod should asparagUB bo allowed to Buffer from lack of manuring, aB flrst-claBB shoots can only bo grown In very rich soil. For tho homo garden tho plants may bo sot out In rowB about thirty Inches apart, having tho plants about eighteen Inches apart Tho best tlmo for setting out as paragus Is early In tho spring, usual ly about the end of April. Where tho rows nro to bo mako furrows ono foot wide nnd eight Inches deop. In thoso furrows set tho plants in a natural position with tho roots spread well apart nnd about twelvo to eighteen Inchos apart Bo careful to cover tho crown of tho plants not moro than two Inches in tho start, as tho shoots from newly sefplantB are not strong enough to force through a deep mass of earth. Tho furrow may bo grad ually filled as the shoots advanco In growth. Tho object of Betting tho crowns so far below tho surface 1b to protect them from Injury when cutting the shoots for use, as they nro usually cut about two Inches below tho surface. Although growers differ in their opinions on what the ago of plants for setting should bo, one-year-old plants seem to glvo tho best satis faction. Watering Milk. In many parts of Europe tho water ing of milk lu Imposslblo becauso the cows or goats are driven through the streets to tho door of tho customer and milked In his presence. The milk man hns different mensures, ranging In slzo from un eighth of a pint to a quart, and ono can buy ono cent's worth of milk If desired. KfjiMi&$iil?&Kc'? s WssiUfiiiflA 1908-9 tbo feeding stuffs used dif fered from thoso employed during thi ordinary feeding. Iu tho succeeding two winters tho grain feeds used wer tho samo', only tho amount differing While tho results fall to show any material difference between tho physi ological processes of food utilization in tho two animals, they do show clearly an economic superiority of tile pure-bred over tho scrub steer, duo first to lib) relatively smaller malnttM nance requirement, nnd, second, to his ability to consumo n larger sur plus of food abovo tho requirement. Both of tho facts tend to mnko tho actual production of human food In tho form of meat and fat por unit of Feeding Steer. total feed consumed by tho animal, notably greater by tho pure-bred anl mul. In tho enso of tho pure-bred animal especially, ami to a less degreo In that of tho scrub, rations containing less, available energy and notably less dl gcstlblo protein than tho amountu called for by tho current feeding standards for growing cattlo, produced! entirely satisfactory gains In llvo, weight. A distinct lnfluenco of ngo upon tho; maintenance requirement was oh served between tho ages of fourteen and thirty-nlno months, the require-, ments decreasing relatively as tho ani mals matured. Tho gain In weight of tho Hcrub as compared with that by tho puru-bred steer consisted moro largely of protein with Its accompany Ing water und to n smaller extent or? fnt, and thoroforo, represented a ma terially Hinaller Htorngo of feed en ergy This was alGO Indicated by tho results of tho butchering test. When tho nnlmals woro killed thu scrub was. rated as "common," and the pure-bred waa graded ns "prime." Tho total dressed weight and tho wolght of tho several wholesalo cuts show the con siderably higher porcentago of dressed weight in tho caso of tho pure-bred, which Is characteristic of tho boot animal. Llkewlso tho predominance of tho loin cuts over tho loss valuable cuts of tho foro-quartor In tho beef animal as compared with tho scrub, and tho marketnblo ment of tho retail cuts show that tho proportion of moro valuablo cuts was notably grpntor In tho puro-bred. BREEDING EWES DURING v WINTER Overcrowding Is Direct Cause of Many Losses Outdoor Exerciso Needed. .' Weak, omaclated ewes cannot brine vigorous, well-developed lambH in tho aprlng. It Is Imperative to havo tho ewo flock In good condition during the winter, so that they mny bring good, robuBt lambs and supply them with plenty of nourishment. Overcrowding the ewo flock during winter Is direct cause of many losses. It not only causes ewes to becomo sluggish and dull, but frequently It raises tbo temperature of tho barn and causes tho owes to porsplrn, ami when thoy nro turned out In tho yards they develop colds with tho re sult of catarrh. If possible they should bo kept In flocks of twenty to forty ewes. Iu this way there will bo less danger of crowding, und thoy will exerciso frooly, Breeding owes should havo exercise, nnd every day when tho weather is lino thoy should bo allowed, to roam over tho yards and pastures., Out of door exercise and plenty of pasture will Insusro a crop of thrifty anu wcii-unyeiopeil lambs next spring. 1 Dairymen's Associations. ' Dalrymon's associations can do mucu through Its membership to atlmulato hotter methods on dairy forms, nnd It tho fnctory men would stand shoulder tq shoulder and refuso to tnko milk that was unclean, or that had to ho cooked boforo It could bo used for food, dnlrymen would renllzo tho use fulness of following Euclt methods ns some of them uro following today, and In a few yearH dirty milk would bo a thing of tho past, and every dairyman, would be a better dairyman than ho Iff now, becauso tho bettor dairyman a man Is tho greater would bo his la come bo. Uso of Lime. Tho old proverb In ngrlculturo was that llmo makes tho father rich, but tho sonn poor. That might bo para-i phruBod to say tho lack of llmo makes tho father poor and his sons poorer. Tho Intelligent uso of llmo does not mnko anyono poor; It Is the abuse of llmo that might mako tho sons poor.
