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COBB. JR.
Copyrighted 1891 by Robert Bonner's Sons.
CHAPTER III.
Love In Danger.
A bright, beautiful morning, with a
gentle breeze sweeping down the frag
rance of flower and shrub from the
mountain slope. Ulin had eaten her
breakfast, and, with Albla by her side,
sat upon an open window, gazing out
upon the park of fountains. As she
thus sat, the slave woman Calypso en
tered the apartment and announced
that the robber wished to see the Lady
Ulin.
"What robber?” asked the princess.
"The same one that came yester
day.”
Ulin did not stop to think whether
the visit would be pleasant or other
wise. The man had signified his pur
pose, and as he was master in the pal
ace, she had no idea of opposing him.
Calypso withdrew, and presently af
terwards the robber entered. He came
in with the same noble step and bear
ing; the same pleasant, genial face;
and with the same look and salute of
reverence and respect.
"I trust that the Lady Ulin has pass
ed a quiet night,” he said, in deep sin
cerity.
"I have rested w’ell, sir,” she re
plied.
“Good. I am glad of that. I feared
you might have bad dreams.”
"Not many, sir.”
"Ah—and did you have any such?"
“Not—not many.”
“You dreamt that Julian was a de
mon, eh?”
“No, no, sir—my dreams were not
of him.”
"I hope, sweet lady, that you dream
ed not darkly of me.”
“No, sir. It was of—”
The maiden hesitated, and seemed
troubled; but her visitor came to her
assistance.
"Never mind, lady. I meant not to
inquire into the secret twinings of
your mind. I only hoped that I had
not been unfortunate enough to ex
cite the apprehension of your slumber
ing fancies.”
He smiled as he spoke, at the same
time moving a step nearer, and then
adding:
“I am glad you have not suffered
from our coming; for I have the more
courage to ask you if you will see
Julian.”
“You said you would accompany
him, sir.”
"Yes.”
“Then I may as well see him at one
time as another. You may inform him
that the lady Ulin rests her safety and
honor in his manhood.”
“He has been so informed, fair
lady.”
“Then, let him come.”
"Gentle lady, pardon me if I have
led you upon a fanciful way of
thought. T am Julian. I am he whom
men call the Scourge of Damascus.
And now I crave your indulgence; but
still I shall bow most humbly to your
commands. At your word I leave this
apartment; yet, I should like to speak
a little further. I should like to ex
plain more fully why I am here.”
Was Ulin frightened? Not at all.
She was startled when she first knew
that the man before her was the dread
ful Scourge of whom she had heard
so much; but it was an emotion of as
tonishment. At first she could hardly
believe that she had heard the truth.
"You—Julian?” she murmured, gaz
ing into his face.
"Aye, lady.” And then he added,
with a smile, "I suppose you expected
to find me black and ugly, like the
foul genii whom Solomon imprisoned
in the sea. Am I right?”
"I did not think you were Julian,”
the maiden said, after some hesitation.
As she spoke she seemed to gain new
confidence and composure; and pres
ently she added, “I had heard so much
of your terrible deeds, that I expected
to find a—”
“A monster,” suggested Julian, help
ing her out.
“Not exactly .that,” returned Ulin,
with a smile, “though I am free to
confess that I should not have been
60 much surprised as I have been, if
I had seen a worse looking man.”
"Thank you,” cried the robber
laughing. “I shall take that as a com
pliment, and lay it up among the most
precious of my recollections. I under
stand you; so, upon this point, I need
only assure you that I am Julian, and
that I must own the somewhat dubious
title which has been bestowed upon
me. And now, lady, may I sit here
for a few moments, and speak with
you further?”
The very thing Ulin had been upon
the point of suggesting. She did not
like to see him standing before her;
nor was she anxious that he should
leave her. She had a strong curiosity
to hear him speak further. There was
something in the appearance of the
youthful adventurer that deeply inter
ested her. She bade him be seated,
and then, without intending to be
heard, she murmured:
“So young!”
"Aye, lady,” he said, catching the
whispered words. “I am young
younger, perhaps, than I look. Only
three-and-twenty years have cast their
shadows upon me. At that age the
youth of the city just breaking from
the bonds of parental restraint,is as a
child; but with me it has been differ
ent. A parent 1 never knew. A kind,
generous woman, who was my nurs .
took the place of a mother during my
earliest childhood; and a white-haired !
old man, who lived apart from the
world, gave me my first lessons of
life, and led me up till I could protect
myself. A father’s fostering care I
never knew. A mother’s love I never
realized. The cruel blow which shat
tered the cup of my Joys, killed my
poor mother ere my tongue could lisp
her name. As I grew to manhood I
knew that I was an orphan, and that
my misfortune was the work of the
King of Damascus. O! how the iron
settled into my soul. I had grown
strong and resolute, as though heaven
would enable me to work retribution
upon the tyrant. Do you ask me if I
enjoy the life I have led. I answer—
I have made enjoyments for myself. I
have felt a peculiar satisfaction in
knowing that the king feared me.
When I have heard my name spoken
by the rich and powerful with fear
and trembling, I have liked it; and
when I have known that Horam dread
ed my approach, I have felt that my
labors were not without their result.
But these have not been my Joys. In
Damascus the name of Julian is a ter
ror; but there are other places where
that name is spoken with love and
gratitude. Upon the plains of Abilene,
and in the mountain passes of Leban
on, where the busy craftsmen prepare
timber for Jerusalem—there Julian is
hailed as a friend and benefactor. The
grim satisfaction of torturing the
cruel King of Damascus is tempered
and softened by the calmer atmos
phere of these friendly regions.”
Why did Ulin sit so still and listen
with such rapt attention to the words
of the speaker? She bent her head as
though soft music were stealing o’er
her senses; and she gazed upon the
man before her as though a grand, in
spiring picture had been unfolded to
her vision. His words carried truth in
their very sound, and all her sympa
thies had been aroused. She was a
woman whose nature had not been
warped by art; and the avenues to her
soul were guarded only by the pure
instincts of virtue and humanity. Not
always the safest guard; but still the
happiest when surrounding influences
are not evil.
"And now, lady,” pursued Julian, ‘T
must tell you why I am here; and in
doing this I speak only those words
necessary to the truth. On my way
from the plains I met a messenger,
who informed me that a fair maiden
had been shut up in the Palace of the
Valley. I could not believe that a beau
tiful young virgin had willingly given
herself to the desires of Horam. I
thought she had been shut up thus
against her own pleasure. With this
belief I resolved to release her. The
result you know. I have heard your
story from the lips of the black slave
who attends upon you, and she in
forms me that you are affianced to the
king by your own consent, and without
any desires on your part to the con
trary. Is it so?”
"The slave told you truly, sir,” re
plied Ulin, bowing her head, and
speaking in a very low tone.
“And you came here to this p’ace of
your own free will?”
‘‘Yes, sir. My period of mourning
was not passed, and the king brought
me hither that I might be more re
tired.”
“And but for the death of your
mother you would have been the
king’s wife ere this?”
Ulin replied in the affirmative; but
her voice trembled, and she seemed to
shudder at the thought thus presented.
"Lady,” said Julian, showing some
emotion, which he evidently did not
mean to show, ‘‘for my seeming wrong
I most humbly beg your pardon. I had
thought to wrest from the grasp of the
king one who was an unwilling cap
tive; but since I And myself mistaken
I will do all I can to make amends. A
"And,” said the robber, rising to his
feet, "it is better that I should leave
you at once.”
He stopped, and swept his hand
across his brow, and when he resumed,
his speech was very low, and his voice
tremulous:
“This has been a most strange ad
venture; and as I now look upon it,
it seems as though some mischievous
sprite had planned it. As I live I
thought when I came hither but such
as I have told you of. I have met you,
lady, and for the first time in my life
I have felt my heart drawn warmly
towards my native city. Henceforth
there will be something in Damascus
towards which my thoughts will turn
with other sentiments than those of
bitterness. Lady Ulin, we may never
meet again. In this moment of our
strar:ge companionship, may I not take
you by the hand?”
She could not have refused had she
wished; but that she had no wish so
to do was evident from the free and
friendly manner in which she arose to
meet him. She gave him her hand,
and suffered him to raise it to his lips.
“Dear lady, should we never meet
again, I trust that you will bear one
kindly thought of Julian. If you are
forced to think of the wrongs he
has done, let a memory of the wrongs
he has suffered be some extenuation.
Bless you, lady! All good spirits
guard and protect you; and peace be
thine forevermore! Farewell!”
He turned and was gone. Ulin felt
a warm spot upon her hand—a drop of
moisture—a tear! She gazed upon it,
and knew that it came not from her
eye. It fell there with the kiss. A
strange tribute from the Scourge of
Damascus!
“Albia, I think I shall never see
that man again; but I shall remember
him with emotions far removed from
fear or terror.”
“You will remember him as little
as possible, my mistress,” said the
slave girl, taking a seat close by ITlln’s
side, and resting her hand upon her
arm.
"What mean you, Albia? Why
should my memory be narrowed or
shortened?”
“Because you are to have a husband
who will demand your every thought
and feeling. Horam Is deeply versed
in all the secrets of the female heart,
and his eyes will not sleep while you
have a thought which he does not
understand.”
“Indeed, Albia.” cried the princess,
with a look of amazement, “you mis
understand me.”
“If such be the case,” replied the
girl, very quietly, ‘you will forgive me
for what I have said; and of Julian
we will think no more.”
Ah—was it so? Had Ulin been mis
understood? Had the keen-eyed Albia
been mistaken? Would there be no
more thought of Julian?
The day passed away, and towards
evcningAswad returned fromthemoun
tains. He said he had not fled from
fear of the robbers; but that, when ha
saw that defeat was inevitable, he had
sought safety from capture so that he
might communicate with Damascus.
Perhaps he old the truth. At all
events, he resumed his command, and
once more posted his guards about the
valley; and then came to assure the
princess that she was safe.
It was in the evening, just as the
last gleams of day were fading out,
and before the lamps had been lighted
—at that season when the thoughts
are most apt to wander and strange
fancies visit the mind.
• • •
It was not to be that Uiin should
spend the alloted time at the Palace
of the Valley. The king had heard of
the attack of Julian, and he came
with a large army to bear the princess
away from a place which was no
longer safe. He was somewhat sur
prised when he found that the Scourge
of Damascus had been within the pal
ace, and had withdrawn again; and
when he had heard the story from
Calypso, he ordered one half the pal
ace guadsmen to be executed within
the valley.
The maiden had heard from Calypso
of the bloody deed which had been
done by the king's order, and when she
knew that he was coming, she declar
ed her intention of refusing to see
him. But Albla persuaded her to a
different course.
“As you value your future welfare,”
plead the bondmalden, "so must you
behave before the king. If you would
live in peace, let him have no occasion
to mistrust your real feelings. He is
coming. Beware!”
The warning was most seasonable;
and Ulin, by obeying it so conducted
herself that Horam thought she only
suffered from the dreadful fright oc
casioned by the appearance of the ter
rible Julian. He spoke to her words of
cheer and assurance, and announced
his purpose of carrying her back to
Damascus.
“We will rest tonight, sweet love,”
he said, “and on the morrow you shall
find a safer shelter.”
Ulin gazed upon the wrinkled face,
and upon the quaking limbs, and upon
the sparse gray hairs; and she cou!d
not repress a shudder. She looked
upon the thin, hard hands of the mon
arch, and they seemed covered with
blood. She watched him as he depart
ed with her father; and when he had
gone she sank down, and leaned her
head upon Albia’s bosom.
“O,” she murmured, “I fear that I
have undertaken more than I can ac
complish. I cannot be that man’s
wife! I never knew him until now. He
will kill me!"
“Peace!” whispered the bondmaid
en. But she whispered in vain.
(To be Continued.)
ECCENTRIC WILLS.
Benjumln Franklin Left a Small Sum
Which la Now Available.
When Benjamin Franklin died, in
1790, he left a small sum of money,
which was not to be used until the
twentieth century. His gift is at last
available, and the sum now amounts
to $375,000, having been invested at
compeund interest, says the Pittsburg
Press. The trustees of the Franklin
fund have decided to use the money
for the erection of a Franklin insti
tute in Franklin square, Boston. Curi
ous provisions made by will are more
common than one would suppose.
Within the last few months, there have
been several examples of eccentric dis
posals of property. To one young
woman has been left $25,000 by her
brother under the express condition
that she neither marries nor becomes
a nun. If the conditions are not ful
filled, the money is to be distributed
among other relatives. To his three
daughters an Italian who recently died
left $500 a year each if they remained
single and $2,600 each a year if they
married. A late member of the En
glish parliament left by will to his two
daughters $720,000, with the provision
that the money is only to be payable if
they attain the age of 35 years, without
marrying either a citizen of the
United States or a Hebrew.
A new claimant for the fortune left
by the composer Verdi has appeared.
He is a farmer named Verdi,living near
Athens, Greece. He says that the
Verdi family came originally from the
east, one branch establishing Itself at
Athens, and the other going on to
Italy, and that he is the closest surviv
ing relative of the deceased composer.
NO TARIFF REVISION.
REPUBLICAN SENTIMENT
STRONGLY AGAINST IT.
President McKinley and the Leading
Senators anti Congressmen Deprecate
Any Attempt to Tinker with the Duty
Schedule at Next Winter's Session.
In response to a request by The
American Protective Tariff League for
an expression regarding the reopening
of the tariff question, either by direct
legislation or by the roundabout meth
od of special trade treaties framed for
the benefit of a few Industries and at
the expense of the general body of In
dustries, a number of letters have been
received from conspicuous members of
the Fifty-seventh Congress. All of those
letters are identical In tone and tenor.
They are positively adverse to any
scheme of meddling with the tariff
schedules, now or in the near future.
They tally exactly with the expres
sions of Congressman Taylor of Ohio
before the Industrial commission, and
of Congressman Dalzell of Pennsyl
vania in an interview published after
his return from an extended western
tour.
A New England senator writes:
It Is the old story over again—a Pro
tective Tariff secured after long agita
tion and effort, resulting in business pros
perity; then a movement In the direction
of free trade In which those who would
have reaped the benefit of protection are
foolishly tempted to Join, it Is very dis
couraging.
A Mississippi Valley congressman of
marked prominence says:
Nine-tenths of the sentiment In favor of
the Habcock bill Is based upon Ignorance,
misstatements of fact and prejudice
growing out of recent consolidation of
productive Industries.
In a recent interview at Cleveland
Senator Hanna declared that he did
not believe the President over said to
M. Siegfried that he had ceased to be
an ultra-protectionist and that the ne
cessity for protection had largely dis
appeared. Senator Hanna said:
From all the talks I have had recently
with President McKinley I am of the
opinion that he Is as great a believer In
protection as ever. This talk that the
next Congress will tinner with the Ding
ley tariff law at the suggestion of the
president Is all nonsense. The Dtngley
law Is a scientific measure and will last
for years to come. The president be
lieves It Is as necessary as ever before
and will not, In my belief, advocate any
changes whatever. He still believes In
{irotectlng American Industries wherever
t Is necessary. The president, however,
Is a strong advocate of reciprocity, ami
would, I think, consider treaties along
the line of mutual Interest between this
country and another. If another country
is willing to offer ua something without
duty which we need badly we shall be
willing to reciprocate by opening the tar
iff wall a little and giving them some
thing free of duty, as long as It does not
Interfere with the protection of our In
dustries. The French reciprocity treaties
would have been accepted had It not been
lor some objectionable tariff features.
The treaties as they stood. If ratified by
the United States, would have killed the
knit goods Industry In the New England
States and the pottery business In Ohio.
That Is the reason they failed. As long
as the United States Is able to make reci
procity treaties with foreign countries
without Injuring Amerlcun Industries they
will be made, and gladly.
The following vigorous nnd compre
hensive presentment of the question of
tariff tinkering is from the pen of Gen
eral Grosvenor, the Ohio congressman,
who has been said to be in a peculiar
sense the reflector of the views of
President McKinley on the floor of the
house of representatives:
House of Representatives. U. 0., June 1,
1901. Editor American Economist, Now
York.—Dear Sir: The great danger to the
future welfare of the American people
lies In tho shortness of their memory.
Twp things have njgde tills country pros
perous and rich, and are moving forward
with enormous strides toward making
us the richest country on earth. Those
two things are, flrst, the Dtngley tariff
law, and, second, the confidence which
up to a recent period the American peo
ple had that we were to have steadfast
adherence to the status quo, that It was
to be maintained and that disturbers of
the peace and prosperity of the country
were to be relegated to tho rear. The de
mand for tariff reform, tariff revision,
tariff anything whatever other than what
we have now comes altogether from two
classes of people. First, the free trader
In all his forms, semblances and phuses,
and, second, the man who, stampeded
about trusts and combinations, has been
carried off his feet by the cry of the
tariff reformer that we ought to repeal
the tariff on certain products In order to
break up the trusts. It Is a small matter
to get up on an elevation where there Is
a reservoir of water and bore a gimlet
hole through the structure nnd let a
stream of water the size of n straw pro
ject Itself out upon the city below, but
when it Is entirely apparent that ih.-ro Is
that sort of a gimlet hole which will be
come an auger hole and finally a breach
fn the wall and that the flood will come
down on the town, then the old Hible
Illustration becomes forcible, ‘It Is the
beginning of strife.”
Admitting that the repeal of the duties
upon certain products or .American in
dustry might Injure and even destroy
certain of the trusts, agitation of the
question of the modification of the pres
ent tariff syslem would do more finan
cial Injury to the welfare of the country
In one month than all the benefits that
the most enthusiastic ralnbo.v chaser of
the suggestion has ever dreamed of Let
a party with political power enough sol
emnly decide that they will enter upon
the reorganization of the schedules of
tho present tariff law and business will
stop as quickly as human life will stop
when the blood ceases to circulate. By
"stop” I do not mean to cease absolutely
but the heart will beat more slowly, and
the blood will flow In paucity of amount
and speed.
I do not believe that the placing of our
products of Iron and steel upon the free
list would break up a single trust or lm
Sair the value of the stock of the United
tates Steel Company or any other of
the combinations. I do believe that It
would wipe out the small manufacturers
and that the great combination would
control absolutely the markets of the
United Btates In company with and upon
a basis of division of profits with the
trusts now organized abroad. I do not
care to discuss this subject now. I be
lieve the whole matter to be an Inspira
tion of the devil of free trade, and It has
been seized upon because of the supposed
anxiety of the people to break down
trusts and combinations: but my point
is that a present ugllatlon of a serious
character backed by force enough to
make It effective of a general revision of
the tariff laws would be absolutely de
structive of the present prosperity. There
la no trouble about the trusts. Under our
constitution as at preset t formed Con
gress, In co-operation with the state leg
lslatures, has ample power to do all that
1h necessary, all that Is just, all that Is
fair, In the regulation of combinations of
money, capital and labor. Yours truly,
C. H. Grosvenor.
Babcock's raise Move.
Congressman Babcock seems to
think that catering to anti-trust senti
ment by removing the duty from
“trust’’ made products is "living up
to the Republican theory of Protec
tion.” If he tmaglnos tho Republican
majority la Congress can be kept up
by this kind of tactics he Is doomed
to disappointment. When tt comes to
mere posing for popular applause, Mr.
Bryan can win every time. If the Re
publicans are to keep their power at
all they must rise to the level of hon
est and Intelligent Protection to
Industrial Interests. It Is true that
there are products upon which the
tariff may properly be modified or even
removed, but that should not be done)
for any such foolish reason as the
formation of a so-called '‘trust."’ Mr.
Babcock seems to be more interested
In the politics than the economics ot
the tariff.—Guntou's Magazine for
June.
At the Mercy of Europe.
Furthermore, our ocean-borne com
merce, In the absence of American
ships In which to transport It, Is at
the mercy of Europe. An outbreak of
war, the turning loose of a fleet of
commerce destroyers by the enemies of
Great Britain, would put an Instant
stop to American exports; because we
are dependent upon British ships for
the major part of our ocean transpor
tation. Sound considerations of pub
lic policy, not the pecuniary Interests
of any group of American capitalists,
are behind the proposed legislation to
aid In building up American deep wat
er shipping. The Interests of foreign
ship-owners are largely behind the op
position to that measure.—Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
A FLOURISHING GROWTH.
Make a Note of Tills.
Thanks to the American Economist
the press of th£ country Is now Inform
ing Its readers of the reciprocity plank
that was in the last Republican plat
form. We voted for that platform in
1900, not the platform of other years.
President McKinley was elected on
that platform, and he may be relied
upon to uphold it, no matter what
Jules Selgfrled may think he said or
may say he thinks. William McKinley
is for protection and for protective
reciprocity, not for free trade in any
form or under any mask. Our free
trade friends may put this in their
pipe and smoke it.
I.et Well Enough Alone.
When we are well off it is a good
time to quit experiments. The results
of the Wilson-Gorman act are a little
too fresh in the memory of the people.
The reduction in the average tariff by
this act was comparatively small, yet
it was big enough to paralyze industry
and inaugurate a financial panic that
it has taken several years to recover
from. Let well enough alone.—Lincoln
(Neb.) Journal.
Overtime and Halftime.
It will be noted that in all strike
settlements these days, provisions are
made for payment of overtime, either
at time-and-a-half or double rates. The
question of overtime does not concern
wage earners during free trade tariffs.
Half the workmen are satisfied with
full time, and all the rest would be
glad of half time.
“Taking I.'fe” In Turkey.
There Is much excitement In one or
the villages on the Bosporus because
of the sudden disappearance of all the
street dogs. The matter Is likely to
have serious consequences, owing to
the fact that a young French lady
regarded some of these dogs as her
special pets and guardians from rob
bers at night. A few doors oft lives
an English doctor, whose house was
overrun by rats and wild cats, and to
rid himself of these he gave his cook
some poison to put In the kitchen one
night. The poison was highly success
ful, but, unfortunately, the remnants
of the poisoned food were put out
side the street door by the cook for
the dustman to remove. The street
dogs came along and ate it, and then
went and laid down at the doof of
their lady friend and died. She Is very
Indignant, and has told her story to
all the Turks in the neighborhood,
who are always horrified at the kill
ing of dogs. The doctor's cook has
been arrested by the police, who are
holding an inquiry Into the matter.
It Is curious to note that by the Ot
toman code a dog is unclean and not
allowed to enter a house, yet for kill
ing one you are summoned for “tak
ing life."
December 29, 1902, will complete two
hundred years since Peter the Great
sanctioned the appearance of the first
Russian newspaper.
Th© Poland-Chlna.
While It la a fact that we owe prac
tically all of our Improved breeds of
live stock to foreign countries It Is a
matter for satisfaction that at least
one breed of swine has originated In
America. We refer ©f courts to tho
Poland-Chlna breed df hogs. Certain
ly, too, this Is a breed well worthy of
the fame it has attained not only here
but abroad, for exportation of live
animals for breeding purposes has
been carried on to some extent of late
years, and it may be said that if for
eign consumers of American pork and
pork products knew that the Poland
Chlna furnished most of this product
they would more thoroughly appre
ciate the breed as an American ‘‘in
stitution.’* It Is pre-eminently a lard
hog, but at the same time the staple
producer of farm bacon and hams and
of a great proportion of all pork prod
ucts In the market Yet while It Is an
American breed pure and simple it is
known by the complex, perplexing
name “Poland-Chlna"! What had
Poland to do with Its formation? Not
a thing that we have been able to dis
cover and China had almost as little.
When the breed found Its starting
place back In the rich Miami valley of
Ohio It Is said that In 1816 John Wal
lace introduced to that county three
breeding hogs called “Big Chinas.”
They were bought In Philadelphia and
were said to be from China or bred
from Chinese stock. This Is the only
trace of China we can find In the
early history of the breed and facts
regarding any Polish blood having
been used are entirely absent so that
It may be taken for granted that no
such blood was utilized. It Is evident
then that our native breed of swine
is poorly named for while It originated
In America neither the Polaks nor the
Chinese contributed anything to its
success or formation yet receive the
credit In Its designation. The breed
should have been called the "Miami
County hog.” or possibly the "War
ren County hog," as It was once called,
or should have been given some other
name more correct and American than
Poland-Chlna. It Is now too late to
change the name and “P-C” will stick
to the breed In all probability through
out the future. Though the name will
remain the same and has since we can
remember It, the breed Itself has
changed and will continue to change
In some slight respects as the result
of continued breeding towards a de
sired standard. The first specimens of
the breed we can call to mind were
much coarser than those of the pres
ent day and had more white spots up
on them, In fact some of them showed
about as much white as black as may
easily be seen by referring to some of
the old cuts of Poland-Chlna swine
such for Instance as those published
by A. C. Moore of Canton, 111., and
other early and extensive breeders. It
would seem to us too that the hogs
have grown shorter and blocker, a
fact that cannot altogether be consid
ered an Improvement except for lard
production; It certainly has not made
the breed more prolific In breeding—
indeed It must we think be confessed
that the breed Is less prolific now than
twenty years or more ago. It has
much Improved In head and ear being
neater and finer and this may also be
said of the bones which are less In
bulk and possibly stronger In texture
than when “all corn” was the prevail
ing method of feeding. In capacity
for lard production this breed has
taken the lead of all competitors and
as an all round farm hog, for feeding
and killing It has very evidently given
universal satisfaction so that al^Qg
with our breed of trotting horses, also
an American breed, we have at least
two examples of successful breeding
which will successfully compare with
anything the foreign countries have
been able to contribute. American
corn made the Poland-Chlna. Ameri
can corn is fast becoming cosmopoli
tan In Its utilization as a food for
man and beast and may yet change
the type of the foreign breeds of
swine should It come to be fed in
large quantities. Too much corn has
proved dangerous to our swine but the
Increased foreign demand hy Increas
ing the value of corn will reduce the
amount used for swine feeding In this
country and Inevitably load to Im
provement of our swine the first Im
provement being Increased prolificacy
of the Poland-China.
Dairy Advance.
J. H. Monrad, writing in New York
Produce Review, says: The separa
tors have increased the butter yield
from ten to twenty per cent, the refrig
erator machines have annihilated the
“Dairy Belt," pasteurization has in
creased the keeping Quality and then
with the aid of refrigerator cars, an
nihilated distance, bringing Kansas
as near to the London market as Den
mark was twenty years ago. Bacte
riology has chased away ninety-nine
out of the hundred witches which
troubled the buttermakers of ye olden
times and enforced the lesson of
cleanliness and lightened the burden
for “the best” buttermakers. while
testing and account keeping has dou
bled the Income of "the best" milk
producers, and dairy schools have
created a new Interest and pride in
the profession.
Fifty-Pound Sheep Tails.
Ac exchange says that the tail of
the Tunis sheep is regarded as the
most delicious part of the animal by
the people of Asia and northern Af
rica, and was so considered in Biblical
times. It differs, however, from the
Turkish or Persian fat-tailed sheep
that are so prevalent throughout Asia,
if in no other particular than the
weight of the tail Is not so heavy, and
Instead of being twenty-five to fifty
pounds in weight, this appendage sel
dom exceeds six or seven pounds.
British farmers and dairymen are to
day milking over 4,000,000 cows, and
producing annually in their dairies
£32,000,000 worth of milk, butter and
cheese.