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Copyrlfhted 1891 by Robert Bonner's Sons.
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CHAPTER XVn.—(Continued.)
And thus was the work accom
plished; and with a result not to be
wondered at. The Arabs had been
arave enough over their rich prizes,
nut they had lacked the sinew and
,'orce of the attacking party. In fact,
upon foot, hand to hand, and front to
front, either Julian or his lieutenant
alight have been a match for half of
:hem.
"Those two rascals are not worth
pursuing,” said our hero, as he noticed
(;hat Hobaddan was looking after the
.feeing Arabs. “Det them go. We
save gained all we sought.”
After this Julian turned towards the
females. IJlin saw him coming, and,
with no thought save that of tenderest
gratitude, she moved forward to meet
k him.
* "Heaven bless you. kind sir! ” she
said, as she extended to him her
hand,
"Sweet lady," returned the chieftain,
fervently, "talk not of blessings to
me. Let me be the one to call down
blessings. I know to whom I owe my
life and my liberty. Hobaddan lias
told me all. Oh, let me bear ever with
me the blessed privilege of remember
ing thj?e in my prayers to God!"
Tears gathered in the eyes of the
maiden, and her lips trembled; and
when she spoke her voice betrayed
the deep emotion that stirred her soul,
"Indeed, fair sir," she said, with her
hand still resting in his, “you should
not deny to me the privilege which
you claim for yourself. If you can
feel pleasure in cherishing a holy grat
itude, I can feel the same. When I
remember the dreadful fate to which
the Arabs had doomed me. 1 cannot
forget the blessings which are due to
the kind power that delivered me.”
"As yon please, lady,” replied Julian,
letting go her hand. “The thought
that thou art blessing me will be a
blessing indeed. And here is our fair
Albia,” he continued, turning to the
bondmaiden—and a close observer
might have seen that he thus turned
in order to subdue emotions that were
rising to trouble him. “I do not for
get that some blessing belongs to
yrou.”
"I have served my mistress,” said
Albia, modestly. And then, perceiving
H that a change of subject would be a
relief to both parties, she added, “We
ojj;e you so much, sir, that you will be
feffeed to accept my grateful blessings
with those of my lady. And now. if l
may dare to interrupt you, will you
tell us how you chanced to discover
us?”
“It was very simple, lady," replied
Julian, directing his answer to the
pitneess; “and though seemingly an
accident, still I cannot help thinking
that some kind spirit must have super
intended the work. When we left Da
mascus we took a course slightly dif
ferent from this; hut on the way we
met a poor traveler who informed us
that he had been robbed. He did not
tell us that the robbers were Arabs,
and 1 fancied that they might be some
of my own people. Fearing this, 1
determined to follow them. Their
course was a crooked one, and when
I finally reached the grove of date
palms, I had made up my mind to
search no more. We were asleep in
the gro/e, and Osmir awoke just as
a party of horsemen were leaving the
spring. He ran out and discovered
that the strangers were Arabs, and
that they had two females with them.”
* * * * * *
The chieftain directed the slaves to
drag the bodies of the dead Arabs to
gether, and take from them the gold
and jewels which had been taken from
the princess, and then to cover them
up in the sand; after which ho re
quested Hobaddan to examine his
wound. It seemed to lie but a slight
puncture, just below the collar bone,
upon the left side, and as it was
bleeding but slightly, Julian concluded
not to have it probed. A simple com
press staunched the blood, and it was
thought that there could be no dan
ger.
When the slaves had done then
work. the chieftain approached our
heroine, and asked her whither she
wished to go.
“I will see you safe to your journey’s
end,” he said, "even though it be to
the gates of Damascus.”
"I go not that way, sir,” she replied.
“I wish to find the cave of an old her
mit named Ben Hadad.”
Julian started as he heard this; but
he quickly recovered himself.
"Do you know that old man?” he
asked.
"No, sir—l never saw him; but he
was a friend to my mother and I think
he will be a friend to me.”
"Ah—do you go out from Damascus
to find a friend?”
"I pray you, sir, ask me no ques
tions. If you know where Ben Hadad
lives, and it would not trouble you too
much, 1 freely accept your escort.”
"Noble lady, 1 not only know his
place of abode, but my own course lies
directly that way. If we start at once
and meet with no further obstacle,
we may reach it by the rising of an
other sun.”
“The sooner we start the better,"
said Ulin; “and I can ride a long time
without resting."
“We will ride as fast and as far as
our horses are willing,” added Julian,
as he truned to prepare for the move.
In a few minutes they were mount
ed, Ulin and Albia once more taking
the horses that had brought them
from Damascus; and when all was
ready, the chieftain and his lieutenant
led off, leaving Shubal to ride with
the females, while Osmlr and Selim
brought up the rear.
A few hours past noon they stopped
in a pleasant grove, where pure fresh
water bubbled forth from a basin of
white sand, and here they made a din
ner of bread and fruit while the horses
rested. Julian spoke with the princess
and asked her how she bore the fatigue
of the journey; but his manner was
free from any shade of familiarity.
She in turn asked concerning his
wound, and expressed the hope that it
might not prove serious. When he
had gone. Albia remarked:
"The more 1 see of that man, the
more do I love and honor him. He
is no common man, my lady."
"I shall always remember him with
gratitude,” returned Ulin, gazing down
as she spoke.
“And I," added the bondmaiden,
earnestly, “should like to remain with
him, and serve him always."
"You are generous, Albia.”
“Because 1 am but a poor slave, and
can only pay such debts with grateful
service.”
“No, no, Albia—a slave no more.
When we left my father’s house you
stepped forth free. You are my com
panion—not my slave."
The girl caught the hand of her mis
tress, and bathed it with tears.
“Free!” she murmured. “Aye—free
to serve you now and evermore! Still,
dear lady, there is a holy satisfaction
in feeling that the servile badge is
stricken off. Y'our poor slave loved
you truly, and you may be assured
that she will love you none the less
now that she is a slave no more.”
Shortly after this, and while yet Al
bia was drying her eyes, Julian called
up the horses, and made ready for an
other start.
Late in the evening they reached the
bank of the Pharphar, and once more
stopped to rest. The cave of the her
mit was only a few leagues distant,
and could be easily reached by mid
night. For himself the chieftain did
not care. He wished the princess to
act her own pleasure.
The cave of Ben Hadad was in a
deep valley, where the river wound
between two long, high huis; and
thick woods shut it out from the heat
of the noo"day sun and from the gaze
of the stranger. A good path led to
it from the plain, though a person
needed acquaintance with the way in
order safely to follow it. Julian was
surely used to the path, for he thread
ed its various windings without any
hesitation, and at length drew up be
fore a bold face of rock, beneath an
overhanging shelf on which was the
entrance to Ben Iiadad’s cave. It was
too dark now to see all this plainly,
but those who had been there before
knew very well where they were. A
loud call from Hobaddan soon brought
a lighted torch from the cave, borne
by a black slave.
“What ho, Ortok; where is your
master?” demanded the lieutenant.
“Ho. ho—it is Hobaddan.”
“Yes, you grinning rascal, it is I;
and it is also Julian; and, further
more, others are with us. Where is
Ben Hadad ”
“He is in his bod, sir, sound asleep.”
"And where is my—where is Eza
bel?”
"She is also asleep, sir.”
“Then call them at once. But hold
—lead us into the cave first.”
The negro came out with his torch,
and while Hobaddan stopped a few
moments with the slaves to look after
the horses, Julian led Ulin and Albia
into the cave. It was a broad, high
chamber in the solid rock, and the
light of the torch revealed the fact
that there must be other chambers be
yond.
In a little while a tall, broad-shoul
dered old man, with hair and beard as
white as the breast of a swan, came
forth from a distant passage, and al
most at the same time an a god woman
came from another direction. Julin
quickly approached them, and spoke
a few words in private and then said,
aloud:
“These ladies, good father and moth
er, seek your aid and protection. Ask
them no questions tonight, for they
are worn and weary, and need repose.
On the morrow they will tell you their
story.” He then approached the prin
cess.
The old woman, when she saw Al
bia’s face, recognized her at once; and
as she gazed upon the beautiful fea
tures of the princess, the latter sai(fr:
tures of the princess, she said:
“Good mother,” replied Ulin, “I shall
tell you the whole truth and then you
will know jnst how much protection
we need.”
And thereupon she went on. and re
lated all that had transpired to the
present. She told how she had con
sented to be the wife of the king—she
told of the death of her mother—and
then she told how, in her bereavement,
she bgean to dread and fear the man
she had promised to marry.
The woman took Ulin’s hand, and
pressed it warmly between her own.
"Dear child,” she said, with much
emotion, for she had been deeply
moved during the recital—“you could
not have told your story to one who
could have better understood it. I not
only sympathize with you, but I will
protect you, if need be. with all the
power I possess; and 1 assure you that
our good Ben Hadad will join me with
all his heart. You did right in fleeing
from the wicked king. 1 know him
well, lady; and 1 believe you have not
only saved yourself from an unhappy
fate, hut you have saved Horam from
committing more crime. Thus much
we understand; and now. my deai
Ulin, if I may venture upon the in
quiry. what do you propose to do in
the future?”
“My thoughts in that direction have
been vague and troublesome," replied
the princess. She spoke frankly, foi
Ezabel had won her entire coniidence
“I have reflected upon the subject, and
my mind has found but one resting
place. I must remain away front
Damascus until the king is dead. I
can think nothiug more. Where I
abide 1 care not, so long as 1 am saf>
from harm.”
The princess fell upon the woman's
neck and blessed her; and after a little
time sne became calm, and wiped th»
grateful tears from her face. Her next
question was of Julian. Had he yet
left the cave?"
“No,” replied Ezabel; "nor will In
leave it at present! He is wounded in
the breast, and-”
“Wounded!” repeated Ulin, catching
suddenly at the word, and turning
pale. “Is it dangerous?"
“No, not dangerous, lady; but he
must have rest and nursing. It is
more serious than he at first thought;
but if he is careful, there will be no
danger.”
“Oh." cried the maiden, in a tone o(
relief, "I am glad it is not dangerous.
If he had suffered on my account, the
joy of my escape from Horam would
have been sadly darkened.”
CHAPTER XVIII.
Ezabel bowed her head, and pressed
her hands upon her brow. There was
certainly some deep and sudden emo
tion moving within her, for her frame
trembled, and incoherent whisperings
fell from her lips.
“Julian will not suffer," she said,
when she at length raised her head.
"Ben Hadad has examined his wound,
and it can be easily healed.”
“You have known Julian for some
time,” pursued Ulin, musingly.
"Yes. I have known him from child
hood, and my son has been his con
stant companion.”
“Your son?”
“Ah—perhaps you did not know that
Hobaddan was my son.”
"I did nt.”
"Well—such is the fact. Hobaddan
is my only child. He was a strong
youth, with the stature of manhood
while yet Julian was an infant; and
from those early years the two have
been always together. In the begin
ning Hobaddan was the guide and pro
tector; but in later years, since Julian
has reached the age and strength ol
maturity, my son has been content tc
call him master.”
Julian is much feared in Damascus,'
said Ulin.
"The king fears him,” returned Eza
bel, quickly; “and he has occasion foi
fear; but no poor man fears him
However. I will not take it upon my
self to excuse Julian’s faults. He maj
have sinned; he may have pursued his
revenge too far. Let those who hav’t
suffered what he has suffered con
demn htm if they can.”
"He has suffered much, good moth
er?”
“More than I can tell, my child.”
“He is of Damascus born?”
■Yes.”
“And—perhaps—of honored family?’
“The blood which runs in his veins
is as pure and noble as ever supportei
a human life. The king himself can
not boast a nobler origin; aye,” con
tinned Ezabel, with startling earnest
ness, “and even now, with the whol
story of his life up to this presen'
hour, stamped upon his brow, he is
nobler, and better, and purer, than tin
lords of Damascus. He is a man, an'
his heart is true; and I love him fo>
the generous, devoted love there is it
his soul.”
(To be continued.)
INDIVIDUALITY OF A CHILD.
Children Derive Many Traits from Tlieli
Fara way A ncestry.
No two children, even in the samf
household, are alike. Twins, horn ir
the same hour, and externally bearinj
lineaments which possess such close
resemblance that strangers do noi
know the little ones apart, are often
very dissimilar in disposition and
mental traits. Who can tell what pe
culiarities, derived from some fara
way ancestor—a little child has inher
ited? This wee maiden, unlike either
parent, may be repeating in her tem
perament, her looks, and her ways
a great-grandmother long since van
ished from the earth. Each mother
for each child needs to make a special
study, and she need not be surprised
to find herself so often baffled and af
her wits’ end to solve certain prob
lems, and to manage in certain un
looked for contingencies. If she wil
take the trouble to keep a record o
her children, setting down in a Jour
nal day by day the interesting inci
dents, the small happenings, and the
conclusions at which she arrives, shi
may be able by-and-by to assist othe’
puzzled mothers. Of one thing thi
mother may be very sure, and that is
that time is well spent which is de
voted to the intelligent understandin;
of what is really for her child's good
The little one whose life is rulec
according to fixed hours, who is care*
for wisely and nourished on the bes
food, who has plenty of sleep, plent;
of fresh air, the right kind of clothing
is kept free from excitements and dls
turbances, and ensphered in an at
mosphere of tender love, will thriv.
and grow, and show in every move
ment the happiness of his environ
ment.
REASON VS. REVISION.!
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' THE INSINCERITY AND UNWISDOM
**c THE AN1 l-TARIFF CRY.
History of Legislation Against Trusts
Nlmvj Tliat tlis 1 >«■ inn*'ruth IVin-n In
Power Talked One Huy and Voted
Mi* Other.
Hatlonal and convincing letters from
:ongressineu continue to come in in
.-esponse to the American Economist's
inquiry about tariff revision. Mr. Bar
nam of California disrusses the ques
tion in particular as related to trusts.
He exposes the Insincere character of
;he democratic anti-trust war cry by
pitting practice agRinst profession, and
lo the puzzled and patriotic citizen
anxious to do awry with monopoly Mr.
Barham points the way to proceed:
Congr«Mman Itarlmm.
Editor American Economist: Califor
nia is practically unanimous for the
present protective policy as contained
in the Dingley tariff. Some one over
anxious to promote or advance his per
sonal political ambition may suggest a
modification or recasting of the Ding
ley tariff. Such excess of ambition
will probably rebound so as to pester
him In the future and remove him
from the political horizon altogether.
A republican of ordinary intelligence
could not, in my judgment, conscien
tiously advocate a revision of the pres
ent tariff.
"It may be thought popular to go to
any extent in agitating the question of
“trusts,'' and that the people can he
misled into the belief that ''trusts'' can
be destroyed by removing the tariff
from the output of 'trusts.' Anyone
who so believes is misleading himself.
Every one who lias given attention to
this question knows perfectly well that
‘trusts' do not eome from, or grow cut
of, the protective tariff system. The
people are quite well informed upon
this subject, and he who thinks differ
ently will find himself, where he ought
to he, in the dust of the procession of
progress and prosperity. The revision
of the tariff means loss of confidence—
loss of confidence means closing down
of industries and preventing the up
building of new ones, lower wages,
want, poverty. The wage-earner and
capitalist know this full well. There
is no danger of revision. Labor will
not tamely submit to he returned to
the condition in which it was so re
cently; neither will capital tie com
pelled to go out of business by rank
demagoguery.
‘‘It is an assured fact, also, that too
much reciprocity will not meet favor
able consideration. The numberless
reciprocal treaties proposed by Mr.
Kasson are clear proof of his entire
want of proper information on indus
trial conditions. Some of his miscon
ceived ideas would have worked great
injury had the senate ratified his pro
posed treaties. While the doctrine of
reciprocity is the true one, yet it must
not be misapplied.
"If the word ‘trust' is used in the
sense of monopoly, then every 'trust'
now in existence can, by proper pro
cedure in the courts, be destroyed. No
monopoly, except for a limited time
under patent rights secured by the
constitution, can exist under our laws.
The common law established the in
validity of monopolies over four hun
dred years ago in England, and that
rule has come down to us and exists
in every state in the Union; and the
Sherman law of 1890 covers the ques
tion in so far as the power of congress
goes. No monopoly, with the excep
tion above mentioned, can or has a
legal existence in the United States or
in any state in the Union. The
courts have so held whenever and
wherever the question has arisen. To
destroy a monopoly the machinery of
the courts need only to he put in mo
tion. This every lawyer within the
corporate limits of the Union knows.
Further, every lew upon the statute
books of the United States against
combines, trusts and monopolies has
been put there by a republican con
gress and signed by a republican presi
dent.
"Although the Sherman law was
passed in 1890 by a republican con
gress and signed by a republican pres
ident, the democratic party, in its plat
form of 1892, promised to destroy
‘trusts’ if put into power. Unfortu
nately for the country, that party was
put into full power. They had the
house, senate and president. What
was done? Eleven bills against ‘trusts'
were introduced into the house and
senate, and six of these went to the
committee on ways and means. Mr.
Bryan was in the house and was a j
member of that committee. What be- !
came of all tliet•* bills? Nothing. They
were never reported out of the com
mittee. Why not? Why were ‘trusts’
not crushed? They had full power to
pass any constitutional law. If the
Sherman law was not complete, why
not correct it? Why not make it com
plete? Was one of these bills (intro
duced for publication only) ever re
ported out of a committee ami voted
on? No. The records of the Fifty
third congress show all these facfs.
What demagoguery! Congress ex
hausted its power over the subject in
the Sherman act. President Cleve
land knew this and said so in his an
nual message (1887) to congress.
"The democrats always talk against
'trusts’ and always vote for them. The
last vote was on the proposition of the
republicans to amend the Constitution,
so as to give congress more power over
'trusts.' Democrats in the house de
livered prepared speeches against
'trusts,' while the records of the Fifty
sixth congress show that they voted
for ‘trusts’ and against the amend
ment.
"Republicans ought to let the demo
mats have a monopoly of demagogue
ry. I want to suggest to my repub
lican friends not to enter that field.
The combine is too strong and you will
certainly be crushed. The other side
arc too well equipped; you must not
enter, you will be destroyed. Save
yourself by keeping out
Prosperity in the United States to
day is without nn original, and is un
parallelled in the whole history of the
country. Who would disturb present
'conditions must be a bold a(’venturer,
indeed. Because some combination
takes advantage of the conditions is
no reason for the agitation of a ques
tion which will seriously menace the
prosperity of the country, paralyze in
dustries and bring in its path ruin, dis
aster, misery, want, poverty.
No. do not attempt revision. Uet
reciprocity be carried on when and
where it will benefit the people and
do no Injury to any of us.—J. A.
Barham.”
FARMERS PROTECTION.
He U llent Off with » Sieurliy Market
for tils Produce.
It i" the stock argument of the free
traders that protection is of all things
inimical to the Interests of the farmer.
They grudgingly concede that the
manufacturing industries thrive under
protection, but they point to the trusts
as the legitimate result of the protec
tive policy, unwilling or unable to see
that the relation of protection to the
trusts is simply this: Protection al
lows American industries to exist. The
trusts, so far as they are hostile to the
general good, are abuses of this con
dition, not its legitimate or intended
effect. The remedy for any evil caus
ed by tbe trusts is not free trade, but
regulation. Under free trade there
possibly would not be any trusts.
There wouldn't be much business of
any kind.
Amputation of everybody's legs Is
not the most sensible remedy for the
habit of kteking people. I>egs can be
regulated without being taken off and
especially without depriving the inno
cent of something to stand on.
The free traders have always con
tended that the farmers didn’t need
anything to stand on. and lots of
farmers honestly believe they would be
better off without protection. What
do they think of Germany's agrarian
tariff, designed to protect the German
farmer by the imposition of heavy
duties? If protection helps the Ger
man farmer, why not the American?
Of course, the protection afforded is
different in kind, but the same in ef
fect. This country doesn’t import
farm products and Germany does.
The American farmer is not in need of
protection, except in isolated cases
from neighboring countries, from com
petition in his own products. But
when the workingman has no wages
he has no flour and meat and vege
tables, and that's what the farmer has
to sell and he doesn't want to depend
too much upon the foreign market for
his sales.
The peculiar speciousness of the
free trade argument lies in its appeal
to class cupidity. The prosperity of
each class depends upon that of all.
Wheat at $2 and corn at. 75 cents on
the other side of the globe may appear
an ideal condition from the farmer’s
view. But it is much better to have
$1 wheat and 50-eent corn with money
in the pocket of the American con
sumer to buy it.—Kansas City Journal.
Kx-Congrcnsmaii Aldrich, of Aiahwma.
Editor American Economist: I arc
not a member of the Fifty-seventh
congress, not having been a candidate
for re-election.
In reply to your question. 1 am ol
the opinion that carefully considered
reciprocity treaties would tend to the
enlargement of the American markets
for manufactured goods and be more
beneficial to the country than any
general revision of the tariff would be.
It seems to me that it would be bet
ter for the republican party not to re
open the tariff question, as it is and
must continue for a long period the
chief corner stone" on which American
prosperity has been built and will be
maintained. Very truly. W. F. Aid
rich.
Worse Than Idle Caosslp.
Tlie talk about European nations
uniting in a tariff war on the United
States is funny enough in view oi
their own relations on the tariff ques
tion. The Russian government has
seml-officially informed Germany that
the proposed new German tariff, it
carried into effect, will result in Rus
sian reprisals. The Austrian govern
ment, through its prime minister, has
made a similar statement. Harmon)
on the tariff question has not existed
in Europe in the memory of man. Ths
talk about a union against the United
States is worse than idle gossip.—Al
lentown (fa.) Register.
Winter Feed.
It .is too early to decide what will be
the cheapest combination of feeds for
winter. The shortage will be In rough
ness. There is enough straw in Kan
las to supply roughness for every an
imal in the state, and with many
stockmen straw will be the feed to use.
Farmers usually feed from 20 to 3C
pounds of hay or fodder a head per day
‘.o stock cattle. Very much less may
be fed If a proper grain ration is used,
in 1888 a milk man in Manhattan
wintered his entire herd of dairy cows
without a pound of roughness, and h-*
sold milk all winter. The cows wers
fed all the grain they wanted and in
the spring were strong, but they
looked gaunt and rough. It always
pays to feed a llitle roughness. The
writer has brought cattle through the
winter In good condition on three to
live pounds of hay per head a day
feeding grain. Bran or wheat will
take the place of nearly ail the rough
ness and can be mixed with cotton
seed. gluten, germ oil or linseed meals
oats, corn or Kafir-corn, which ever
is cheapest and make a good ration al
a reasonable cost. Wheat is worth
about as much pound for pound a;
corn, and middlings are worth mors
as a hog feed. Fattening hogs fed ail
the alfalfa or clover hay they will eai
will fatten on much less grain than
without hay. Sorghum hay is good
for hogs. A few winters ago sonu
farmers in northwestern Kansas car
ried their stock hogs through the
winter on alfalfa hay alone. Stoci.
hogs fed twice daily all the alfalfa
clover or sorghum hay they will eai
will require much less than ths usua
amount of grain. Hogs should be fee.
sufficient rough feed so that they wil
need to eat the leaves only.—H. M
Cottrell, Kansas Experiment Station.
Testimony for Brotno Urasv
In a report on Australian Broma
grass (Bromus Inermis), as grown on
the Station farm, Prof. Ladd of tha
North Dakota Station, Bays:
"Brome grass, as grown on the Col
lege farm, contains twice as much ni
trogenous matter—protein—as ia
found in the average Timothy hay foi
the whole United States. Brome hay
contains G per cent more protein than
is found in the native prairl'e grass
hay as shown by our analysis above.
In fact the results above indicats
brome hay to contain nearly as much
protein as the average for red clover
hay. Judging from the chemical anal
ysis this hay has a feed value supe
rior to any other hay produced in th«
state, while the experiments show 11
to be a surer hay or pasture croj
than timothy, especially for dry sea
sons or in regions of low rainfall.”
Cow Logic.
Scrub stock would soon disappear l:
there were no scrub dairymen.
It is better to pull four teats than
eight for the same amount of milk.
The worst obstacle to success in
dairy processes Is dirt; the next worst
is dirt, and the third is dirt;
Contentment is not always bettei
than wealth. It is better to make
money with good cows than to be con
tented with poor.ones.
Use the best bull atiainable if Ms
progeny is to be raised. Who would
expect a good crop of corn if he used
half-filled nubbins for seed?—Holstein
Friesian Register.
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During the last few years we have
heard a great deal about the “fishy
flavor” In butter Imported Into Eng
land from Australia. We have come
to look upon the trouble as some
thing belonging only to the other side
of the world. The Investigators ir
Australia have been unable to locate
the cause of the trouble, while th<
jokers have suggested that the dairy
men stop feeding fish to their cows
But now we hear of the trouble in thij
country. The Geneva station recently
had a case of the kind to investigate
This peculiar smell, as though th«
milk had set in a close room with a
oarrel of not-too-fresh fish, was broughi
to the attention of the bacteriologist
at Geneva by a dealer who had already
located It as coming from the milk ol
a certain dairy. Bottles were supplied
by the bacteriologist, which bad been
steamed to insure the death of al!
germ life and then sealed. Thes«
sealed bottles were taken by the dairy
man to his farm; at milking time each
was opened long enough to receive a
little milk from each quarter of th«
udder of a single cow; and then re
sealed. All were brought to the sta
tion; and, upon examination, the odoi
was found only in the milk of one cow
The owner rejected her milk and heard
no further complaint from the deal
er of bad smells. This was the practi
cal point; and it was thus easily and
simply gained. Investigations wera
begun to find the cause but no light
was obtained. The cows had all beet
fed and treated alike.
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In feeding sheep I find that it is nec
essary to start right, the same as ii
any ottier business. The first thing t
feeder should know is, has he propsi
protection for sheep, such as sheds 01
barns for bad weather. Sheep cannot
stand cold rains or sleet.—-J. H. Starr
An eastern poulterer marks with l
punch each early laying pullet. In th>
web of her foot, as soon as she begim
laying, and only such are saved for the
laying flock. Backward pullets an
considered culls and marketed.
The real use of all knowledge it
this: That we should dedicate tht
reason which was given us by God tt
the use and advantages of man.—Lore
Bacon.
At times even the wide-awake drum
mer is caught napping on a sleeper.
The man with the lawn mowei
often wishes that it were less.
