“THE PORTENT.
A Sto/y of the Inner Vision of the
H'/ghlanders, Oommonly Called
the Second Sight.
Bj GKOllOB MACDONALD.
CHAPTr.lt VI.—(Continued.)
“Whnl right lintl you to l>o there?"
“I licanl u cry uml could not help
going."
“ ’Tin I 111 |IOHnI tile, I HIM'. Sollll'
wretch told you, tind you watched for
me."
"I did not, Igiity Alice.”
She hurst Into team and fell hack on
the couch, with her face turned away.
through her sobs:
"Why illil you not lenvo me where I
fell? You Imil done enough to hurt tno
Without bringing me here."
And again (die fell n weeping.
Now 1 found words.
“Lnily Allee," I mild, ‘‘how could I
leave you lying In the moonlight? Bo
fore the huh rime the terrlhle moon
might have distorted your beautiful
face.”
"He alien!, sir. Wlmt have yon to do
with my face?”
"And the wind, Lady Allee, wax
blowing through the corridor windows,
keen and cold as the moonlight. How
could I leave you?"
“You could have called for help.”
“Forgive me, l.ady Allee, If I erred
In thinking you would roller command
the silence of a gentleman to whom nu
accident had revealed your secret, than
to have been exposed to the domestics
who would have gathered round us."
Again she half raised herself, and
again her eyes Hashed.
"A secret with you, sir?"
“Hut, besides, l.ady Alice," I cried,
springing to my feel In distress at her
hardness, "I heard the horse with the
clanking shoe, and In terror, I caught
you up. nnd tied with you. almost be
fore 1 knew what I did. And I hear
It now—hear It now.” I cried, as once
more the ominous sound rang through
my brain.
'i'lio angry glow failed from her fage,
nnd Ms paleness grew almost ghastly
with dismay.
"Do you hear II?" she said, throwing
back her covering, nnd rising from the
conch. “I do not.”
She stood listening with distended
eyes, ns If they were the gates by
which such sounds entered.
“I did not hear It," she said again,
nfler a pause. “It must be gone now."
Then, turning to me. she laid her hand
on my arm, and looked at me. ller
black hnlr, disordered and entangled,
wandered nil over her white dress to
to her knees. Her face was paler than
ever: nnd her eyes were so wide open
that 1 could sco the white all annual
the dnrk Iris.
"Did you hear It?" she said. “No
one ever heard It before but me. 1
must forgive you—you could not help
It. 1 will trust you, too. Tuko tne to
my room."
Without n word of reply I wrapped
my pin Id nlsuit her. Then, bethinking
me of my chamber candle, 1 lighted
It, nnd opening the two doors, led her
out of the room.
"How Is this?" she asked. “Why do
you take me this way? I do not know
the place."
“This Is the way I brought you In,
Lady Alice," I answered. I know no
other way to the spot where 1 found
you. And 1 can guide you no further
than there—hardly even so far, for l
groped my way there for the tlrst time
this night or morning—whichever It
tuny be."
"It Is past midnight, but not morning
yet,” she replied. “I always know.
But there must be nnothcr way from
your room."
“Yes, of course, but we would have
to pass the housekeeper's door—she Is
always lute.”
“Are we near her room? I should
know uiy way from there. I fear It
would uot surprise any of the house
bold to see me. They would say—‘It
Is only Istd.v Alice.’ Yet I can not tell
you how I shrink from being seen. No
—I will try thi> way you brought me—
If you do not mind going back with
mo.”
This conversation passed In low
tone and hurried words. It was
scarcely over tie fore we found our
selves at the foot of the staircase. Lady
Alice shivered, and drew the plaid
close round her. We ascended, and
soon found the corridor; but when we
got through It. she was rather bewil
dered. At length, after looking into
several of the rooms, empty all, except
l, for stray articles of furniture, she ex
claimed, as she entered one, and. tak
lug the candle from my hand, held it
above her head:
“AU, yes! I am right at last. This Is
the haunted room. I know my way
now."
• I caught a darkling glimpse of a‘
large room, apparently quite furnished;
bow, except from the geueral feeling
of antiquity and luustiuess, I could not
tell.
At the door of this room she said: T
must leave you here. I will put down
the light a little further on. and you
can come for It. I owe you many
thanks. You will uot be afraid of be
ing left so near the haunted room?”
i assured her that at present 1 felt
strong enough to meet all the ghosts
In or out of Ilades. Turning, she
smiled a sad. sweet smile, and then
went on a few paces, and disappeared.
The light, however, remained; and I
found the candle, with my plaid, de
posited at the foot of a short tlight
of steps, at right angles to the passage
abc left tne in.
~ CHAPTER VII.
LOVE AND rOWEIt
"When the morning onme I bdgan tr
doubt whether my wakefulness hat
not been i«rt of my dream, and I hat
not dreamed the whole of my supposet
adventures. There was no sigu or t
lady’s presence left In the room. Hov
could there have been? But throwlnj
the plaid which covered me aside, tn;
hand was caught by a single thread o
something so tine that I could not se
It till the llg'it grew strong. I woum
It round and round my finger am
doubted no longer.
At breakfast there was no I.ad;
Alice—nor at dinner. I grew uueasj
-ij S-'-uv
Imt what could I do? I soon Icnniod
Hint slm wm III; und a weary fortnight
passed Is-fore I saw her nttnln. Air*.
AVI Ison told mo Hint she lind caught
cold, and was contlnoil to her room.
So I was III nt ease, not from lave
alone, liut from anxiety ns well.
I continued my work in the library,
nltliounh It did not ndvnnee with the
same steadiness ns lieforo. One ilny,
In listless mood, I took up a volume,
without knowing what It was, or what
I sought. It oiHUied at the “Amorettl"
of Kdmiind Spenser. 1 was on the
point of closing II again, when a line
caunlit my eye. I read the sonnet;
rind another; found 1 could under
stand them perfectly; and that hour
the iss'try of the sixteenth century,
hitherto a sealed fountain, became an
o|sui well of refreshment, and the
strength that comes from sympathy.
That same day, I remember well,
Mrs. Wilson told me Hint I.ady Alice
was niiioli better. Hut us days passed,
and still she did not make her appear
ance, my anxiety only changed Its ob
j*" r, aim i reared that it wait mini
aversion to mi- that she <llil not Join
tho family. Hut her 11111110 was never
mentioned In my hearing by any of
the other members of it: and her ab
sence appeared to be to them a mutter
of no moment or Intercut.
One night, an 1 sat in my room, I
found, us usual, that It wan lmjioNsi
ble to rend; and throwing the Isiok
aside, relapsed Into that sphere of
thought which now filled my soul, and
had for Its center the I.ady Alltv. I
recalled her form as she lay on the
emieli. and hrtsided over the remem
brance till a longing to see htjr, al
most unbearable, arose within me.
"Would to heaven," I said to myself,
“that will were power!"
In this occurrence of Idleness, dis
traction and vehement desire, I found
ail at once, without any foregone con
elusion, that I wie concentrating and
intensifying within me, until it rose
almost to a command, the operative
volition that I.ady Alice should come
to me. in a moment more I trembled
at the sense of a new power which
sprung into conscious being within me.
I had no preversion of its existence,
when I gave way to such extravagant
and apparently helpless wishes. I
now actually awaited the fulfillment
of my desire; but In ti condition Hi
ll 11 <-d to receive it. l’or the effort had
already exhausted me to such a de
gree that every nerve was In a con
scious tremor. Nor had I long to wait.
I heard no sound of approach; tho
closet-door folded back, and In glided,
open-eyed, but sightless, pale and
saint like, the Lady Alice. I shudder
ed from head to foot at what 1 had
done. Site was more terrible to me In
that moment than any imle-cyed ghost
could have boon. For had I not exer
cised a kind of necromatle art, and
roused without awaking the slumber
ing dead? She passed me, walking
round the table at which I was seat
ed, went to tln> couch, laid herself
down with a maidenly care, turned a
little to one side, with her face toward
me and gradually closed her eyes. In
something deeper than sleep she lay,
and yet not In death. I rose, and once
more knelt beside her, but dored not
touch her. lit what far realms of life
might the lovely soul he straying!
Wluit niyterlous modes of being might !
now he the homely surroundings of!
her second life! Thoughts unutterable I
rose In me. culminated and stink, like!
the stars of heaven, ns an absent life—
a life that I loved by means of the
symbol; a symbol that I loved bemuse
of the life. How long site lay tints,
how long I gazed upon her thus, 1 do
not know.
1 knew that site was awake, sonic
moments before she opened her eyes.
When at last those depths of darkness
disclosed themselves, slowly uplifting
their while cloudy portals, the same
consternation she had formerly mani
fested, accompanied by yet greater
anger, followed.
"Yet again! Am I your slave because
I nm weak?” she rose I11 the majesty
of wrath and moved toward the door.
“I.ady Alice, 1 have not touched you.
I am to blame but not ns you think.
Could 1 help longing to see you? And
If the longing passed, ere I was aware,
Into a will that you should come, and
you obeyed It, forgive me."
I lild my face In m.v hands, overcome
by conflicting emotions. A kind of
stupor came over me. When 1 lifted
my head she was standing liy the
closet door.
“1 have waited,” she said, “to make a
request of you.”
“Do not utter It. Lady Alice. I know
what It Is. I give* you my word—my
solemn promise, If you like—that 1 will
never do It again.” She thaked me
with a smile, and vanished.
Mach to my surprise she nppeared
at dinner next day. No nodee was
taken of her. except Ivy the younger of
m.v pupils, who called out:
“Haifa Alice! Are you down?”
She smiled and nodded, but did not
speak. Everything went on as usual.
There win no change lu her behavior,
except in one point. I ventured the ex
periment of paying her some ordinary
enough attention. She thanked me
without a trace of the scornful ex
pression I all but expected to set* upon
her beautiful face. Hot when I ad
dressed her about tlto weather, or
something equally Interesting.sho made
no reply; aad Lady lliltou gave me a
stare, ns uinch as to any, "Don't you
know it Is ef no use to talk to her?"
Alice saw the look, and. coloring to
the eyes, rose, and left tile room.
When she had gone I July lliltou said
to me:
"Don’t speak to hen: Mr. Campbell.
It distresses- her. She la very, peculiar,
you know.” 1
CHAPTER Virt.
A NEW VCPIL.
One day. exactly tltree weeks after
her last visit to my room, as I was sit
ting with my three pupils in the
school room. Lady Alice- entered, find
began to look on the book shelves a*
if site wanted some relume. After a
few moments, she turned, and ap
proaching the table, said to me, In an
abrupt, yet hesitating manner:
"Mr. Campbell, l cannot spell, llow
, am 1 to leant?”
1 thought for a moment, and replied:
: “Copy a passage every day. Lady
Alice, front some favorite book. Then
' if you will allow me 1 shall toe most
> happy to point out any mistakes you
l tuny have made.
I “Thank yon. Mr, Campbell. I will;
but l am afraid you will despise me,
r when you tlud how badly 1 spell."
. “There Is no fear of that." 1 rejoined.
“'It l* a mere peculiarity. rlo long as
one can think well, spelling la alto
gether secondary."
“Thank you, I will try,” she said,
and left the room.
Next day she brought me an old bal
lad, written tolerably, but In a school
girl's hand. She hud copied the an
tique spelling letter for letter.
“This Is quite correct,” I said: “but
to copy such ns this will not teach you
properly; for It Is very old, und cou
sei|iiiMitly old-fashioned.”
“Is It old? Don’t wo s|H‘ll like that
now? You see I do not know any
thing about it. You must set me a
tusk then."
This I undertook with more pleasure
than I dared to show. livery day she
brought me the np|s»lntcd exercise,
written with a steadily Improving
hand. To my surprise I never found a
a single error In the spelling. Of
course, when advancing a step in the
process, I made her write from my die
union, Kill1 iimi mane Diunin rs, uui ool
so iniuiy ns I had expected; and she
seldom repented one after correction.
Ismg liefore I.ady Alice had tnailo
thlH progress nty nightly struggles be
gun to illiMlnl.sh in violence. Tliey had
now entirely c nst d. The temptation
hud left me. I felt certain that for
week she hail never walked in lier
sleep. She was beyond my power, and
1 was plad of It.
I was, of course, most careful of my
behavior during all this period, and
strove to pay I.adv Alice no more at
tention than I paid to the rest of my
pupils; and I cannot help thinking that
1 succeeded. Itut now and then in the
midst of some Instruction 1 was giv
ing I.ady Alice, I caught the eye of
Lady Lucy, a sharp, common-minded
girl, Ilxeil iijHvn one or the other of us,
with an Inquisitive vulgar expression,
which I did not like. This made me
more careful still.
Whether it was from Lady Lucy’s
evil report, or that tin.* change In Lady
Alice's habits and up|xiirnnco had at
tracted (lie attention of Lady Hilton, I
cannot tell; but one morning site ap
peared at the door of my study, and
ealhsl her. Lady Alice rose and went,
with a slight gesture of impatience. In
a few minutes she returned, looking
angry and determined, and resumed
her seat. 1 tut whatever it was that
had passed between them, it bad de
stroyed that quiet llow of feelings
which wes necessary to the working
of her thoughts. In vain she tried; she
cifald do nothing correctly. At last
site burst Into tears and left the room. I
was almost beside myself with distress
and apprehension. She did not return
that day.
Next morning she entered at the
usual hour, looking composed, lint pal
er than of late, and showing signs of
recent weeping. When we were all
seated, and had just commenced our
work, I happened to look up, and
caught her eyes Intently llxed on me.
They dropped instantly, but without
any appearance of confusion. She
went on with her arithmetic, and suc
ceedod tolerably. Itut this respite was
to bo of short duration. Lady Hilton
again entered aiul called her. She
rose angrily, and my quick ear caught
the half-uttered words, “That woman
will make an idiot of me again!” She
did not return, and never from that
hour resumed her place in the school
room.
I was lying on I lie floor of my room
one midnight, with my face to tho
ground, when suddenly 1 heard a low,
sweet, strange voice singing some
where. The moment I became awnro
that 1 heard it, I felt ns if I had been
listening to it unconsciously for some
minutes past. 1 lay still, either charm
ed to stillness, or fearful of breaking
the siiell. As I lay. 1 was lapped In
soughs, and the waves fell with a
threatful toue upon the bench, mutter
ing many maledictions as they rushed
up, and whispering cruel portents ns
they drew back, hissing and gurgling,
through the million narrow ways of
the |K‘bbly ramparts; and I knew that
a maiden In white was standing in the
cold wind, by the angry sea singing. I
had a kind of dreamy belief in my
dream; but, overjtoweretl by the spell
of the music. I still lay and listened.
Keener and stronger, under the Im
pulses of my will, grew the power of
my hearing. At last I could distin
guish the words. The ballad was
“Annie of Lochroyau,” and Iaidy Alice
was singing it.
(TO HE CONTINUED.)
SHE WAS A HEROINE.
A Tate of the Death of Uneoln In Which
■ LowDton Lady Figured.
“Thore,” said a Ix'wlston official, “Is
a ■woman passing up I’ine street, who
I personally know is a heroine. I was
In the city of Sherbrook, province of
Qttttlav, Canada. the day tliat Abraham
Lincoln was shot and tills woman was
the- wife of a dealer In ship- timbers,”
quotes the Lewiston Journal. "They
lived in Gordon street In that city and
on tiie top of rltelr house was a flag
staff. When she heard that Lincoln
was dead her husband being away,
she put np the United States flag at
bait-mast. After breakfast a soldier
eatno up the street and seeing the flag,
weat up t» the door and requested it
taken dawn. She explained why It
was up and refused politely but decid
edly to take It down. He smiled warn
ing and went away, saying:
“■‘Well, X have‘done my duty.’
"•A short time after a lieutenant with
six soldiers catuo up the street and
opening the gate, entered the yard.
“■•What do you want';' inquired the
woman.
“ ‘I want you to take down that flag,’
responded the officer.
“Again she explained' that Lincoln
was dead and she was an American.
“ ‘I can’t help that. I have orders te
take down that flag and I shall do It.’
(the officer responded,
i “He started to go around the house
to enter It, when he- was encountered
by a man named Charles Goodrich
from Clinton, Me., who said: ‘If you
take another step toward that flag IT]
dye the ground here the color of your
coats.* The officer stepjwd back to tho
line and ordered his men to advance
Hut they looked at the upraised as
and stood still. Seeing his advantage
Charles Goodrich ordered them out ol
the yard and they went. The next day
when the horrible murder of Lineolr
was more fully realized the mayot
sent an apology to the lady and at tl«
indignatiou meeting which was short
ly held, she was applauded for hot
action. She lives in Lewiston now ant
one of her daughters married a Lisbot
street merchant.''
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Hgrreufol Farmers Operate This
Department of tUe Homestead—Hints
as to the Care of Lire Stock and
Poultry.
Selling Batter. I
ICon'encoil from Farmers' Kevlew Stenogra
phic Heportof Iowa Dairy Convention.]
Mr. John Goldsworthy of Burnside
spoke on the question of selling butter
by co-operation. The pith of his ad
dress was that co-operative selling les
sened the cost of disposing of it. Dis
cussion took place as follows:
Q■—Have you gone far enough into
the subject to develop a plan of selling
by which it will be a permanent suc
cess, that is, as to selling butter?
A.—I have not. I would say that the
plan should be something like this: A
company would be organized with 200
shares at a par value each of $50 per
share. This would make a capital of
810,000. A part of this,say 20 per cent,
should be paid up at once. A board of
directors would have the management
of the business. Of course we would
have a secretary, treasurer and general
manager. The latter officer should re
side in Chicago and have the principal
management of the business.
Mr. Wilson—Does it not resolve itself
into an ordinary commission business?
Now, 1 think that the general experi
ence of co-operative selling has not
been a success. In other words, it has
been found that co-operative com
panies do not co-operate. Whether
they can be made to co-operate is
another question. We have tried co
operation in a hundred different ways
but have not yet arrived at a successful
way of doing it. They have made a
great success of co-operation in Eng
land, but not in this country. Now,
»t would be a good plan to have a
central place in Chicago where the
butter of a hundred creameries could
be brought to it and given its proper
grade and placed on the market.
Mr. Frost—This is a question that is
worthy the consideration of both buyers
and sellers of butter. It is a question of
such magnitude that were we to fol
low it to its limits we would consume
a week of time. It would have a ten
dency to briDg up the quality of com
mon dairy butter to creamery make.
If the creameries would all
make extra butter this would
be the best plan that we could
adopt, and I believe that if we had
Buch a central station the commission
men would all be glad to go there,
where they could get what they
wanted. But my experience has been
that our creamery butter is not all
extra or even first, as to the bulk. For
this reason I do not believe the plan
would work very well. In the state of
Dakota they started a co-operative
selling association a short time ago
and are already quarreling about it. I
believe the commission men are work
ing in the interests of the creameries.
To keep on good terms with their pat
rons they try to get as high prices for
the butter as possible, for they know
that if the farmer finds he is not get
ting as much as he might, he will send
his goods to some other man.
To Prevent Contagion.
The Feathered World of London,
England, says that when a contagious
disease appears, say canker, or diph
theritic roup, to give it its proper title
whether it be among fowls or pigeons,
the first thing to be done is to isolate
immediately any bird or birds afflicted
with it. Next we have to consider that
many of the others may have contract
ed it and we must watch for symptoms
and isolate them also promptly. In case
of doubt it is always best to be on the
the safe side and remove any bird that
appears to be ailing, however slightly,
until it is made clear that there is noth
ing the matter. Another important
point is that adiseased bird may cause
others to be diseased by drinking at the
same fountain. The addition of a little
acidified steel tincture to the drinking
water is a means of making it anti
septic and at the same time acts as a
useful tonic to the birds. When once
a contagious disease has been present
in a fowl house or pigeonary it ia folly
to attempt further breeding until the
place has been* thoroughly disinfected.
: The birds should all be removed for a
week or two to other quarters. To
disinfect the place, first close it up
; and burn sulphur in it, allowing the
1 fumes to remain in possession for sev
eral hours. (Best to do this at night,
1 and then it can remain until the fol
lowing morning.) Then scrape the
walls, sweep oat the floor, and have it
thoroughly syringed with water con
■ taining carbolic acid. Afterwards
whitewash the walls and resand the
floor, and after a few days’ interval
the birds in> quarantine may be
re
An exchange says that from, many
examinations made it Is found that the
gizzard of a perfectly healthy fowl
contains at all times a generous quan
tity of gravel or grit* when this arti
cle is freely supplied!—of teatime® more
grit than flood. On the contrary, when
not in vigorous health, a small quan
tity of gri, sometimes not any, is to
he found, while both crop and gizzard
will he overloaded with a mass of
stale, offensive food, which the latter
organ fails to grind and properly pre
pare for nature’s work Indigestion,
bowel trouble, congested and diseased
liver, one or all, and finally death fol
lows, IVe would not have the reader
infer that the use of grit or gravel will
prevent in all cases, the diseases men
, tinned and many others might be
named, but we are thoroughly eon
■ vinced that by its free use it will so
I aid in keeping the fowl in such a vig
i j orous state of health that disease will
j find no place to intrench itself.
Dairy Schools.—At the present time
special courses in dairying are provid
ed in the agricultural colleges of Wis
consin, Minnesota, Iowa, Pennsylva
nia, Indiana, Vermont, New York,
Maine and Michigan. Of these states,
Wisconsin devotes entirely to da ving
a >40,000 building and equipments.
New York a >50,000 building, Minne
sota one costing about >25,000, Iowa
>4,000 and Indiana >1,500. These dairy
schools contain the most economical
and modern equipment for conducting
the work of a home dairy, creamery or
butter factory. The idea is to famil
iarize the student with the theory and
principles in the lecture room, and
practically apply these in the
dairy work room or laboratory
The course of instruction in the dairy^
school is not narrow. The work ex
tends much beyond a direct considera
tion of milk, butter and cheese. The
number of instructors is not limited to
one, but to each subject even, in some
cases, is a special instructor devoted.
These teachers, be it understood, are
not mere theorists, but men who have
given much attention to their special
branches, such as justifies one in term
ing them exDerts.
Egg and Fat Producing Food.—No
thrifty farmer’s wife will allow pul
lets to be killed for the table. Are you
raising pullets for egg producers? And
are you raising all as thoroughbred
stock for breeding purposes? Then
bear this in mind: Feed to secure rapid
growth in bone and muscle, avoid fat.
The corn and fat rations should be
only to secure a juicy condition, with
only small lines of fat along under the
skin. Muscle forming feed is the egg
producing feed—wheat, oats, barley,
with other occasional feeds of buck
wheat with say 20 per cent of corn
in winter and 10 to 12 per cent of corn
in spring and summer, until you wish
to fatten, when corn and raw beef—all
they will eat—will make them exces
sively fat, and the quickest way of any
ration to be named. But this muscle
growing feed builds up the structure
for egg producing work. To do all this
for your fowls is treating them honest
ly and giving them a chance to pay you
well for the work and feed you furnish
them, and also enables yon to sc 11 stock
which will not disappoint the pur
chaser.—Ohio Poultry Journal.
Tiie Incubator in Winter.—From
this time on is the proper period for
using an incubator, as one can learn
before the broiler season comes on.
The hen is an excellent medium for
hatching in the spring and summer,
but as the hens do not sit in winter,
except rarely, the early broiler must
be hatched with incubators, which
bring out several hundred chicks at a
time, and as it costs but little more to
care for a large number of chicks
than to attend to a hen or two
when the snow is on the
ground the incubator is much cheaper.
Broilers often bring 50 cents per pound
in the height of the season, and the
cost of a pound of chicken does not ex
ceed 6 cents. We must not omit the
fact, however, that there are other ex
penses, as well as losses to meet, and
we will also grant that the hen can
raise her chicks better than it can be
done for her, but not in the winter
season. An incubator provides work
in winter, and gives an opportunity to
avoid loss of time by raising early
broilers for market.—Farm and Fire
side.
Fix tide Coops.—At this season ol
the year an examination will show
many repairs necessary about even the
best regulated poultry houses. The
cracks and crevices must be looked
after and carefully closed so as to ex
clude the chill drafts of winter. Broken
and cracked window glasses should be
replaced with new ones, and every
thing put ship shape for the cold
weather. Don’t expect eggs or even
healthy chickens this winter if you
provide quarters which make a heavy
overcoat feel comfortable when you
visit them. If the coops are in an ex
posed position’ a coat of tar paper wild
improve matters, or even a heavy
banking of dry manure or leaves
covered with earth will go far toward
providing protection. Take good care
of your chickens and it will be far
from labor lost.—Farm, Stock and
Home.
Soft Feed.—Soft feed is a prominent
factor m a lien's well-being,- especially
in cold weather, or when the mornings
are frosty. The soft feed should be
served hot. The hens won’t injure
themselves by eating too much before
it becomes sufficiently cool—instinct
teaches them better. Small potatoes,
potato peelings, or rutabagas boiled
and mashed, mixed with middlings so
as to scald and still not be sloppy, is a
food relished. A little wheat or
screenings may be added before remov
ing the mess from the stove. Feed in
two or three vessels, according to the
size of the flock, so there will he no
scrambling or fighting.—Farm, Stock
and Home.
Gut asd> Molasses.—A Massachu
setts poultryman advises the use of gin
and molasses for cholera. To a pint of
gin he adds a gill of molasses, and be
fore using shakes it up well. The
mixture is kept corked when not in
use. A tablespoonful is generally a
dose. It is also said that there is
nothing better for fowls that have
traveled on a long journey. It seems
to act as a corrective and preventive
of any disease arising from change of
air, water and feed. In molting it is
also said to be excellent, and when
ever a fowl appears drooping, from
whatever cause, the gin and molasses,
in nine cases out of ten, will be found
successful.—Ex.
Dok’t say that reports of 300 to 400
pounds of butter per cow all
from ‘‘dudes and liars,” because your
cows have never made over 175 pounds
Hopomam’a Camphor lei with
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