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CHAPTER IV.
And the Professor, Too.
Perhaps it was a rash resolve—pos
sibly Charlie Stuart should have ac
cepted the baron’s well-meant warn
ing for its full value, and have left
Antwerp by the first train. But it was
only the word of the baron against
his own powers of perspicacity, and
Charlie did not see why he should
yield so easily.
In other words, he was not ready to
believe in the story the wonderful
baron had related, without more
abundant proof.
Perhaps he might even doubt it until
the action of Arline Brand convinced
him of her guilt, or her own sweet
lips confessed it.
That was Charlie’s idea of friend
ship.
With the disappearance of the baron
from the scene, Charlie supposed the
show was over for the morning.
He was mistaken.
While he stood there on the curb, a
prey to distracting thoughts, he was
being closely watched by a man who
had been lounging just inside the en
trance of the Steen courtyard.
When Stuart started to move away,
the gentleman appeared to lose the
last vestige of control which he pos
sessed.
He" ran after the retreating figure.
The patter of footsteps just behind
him natuarlly caused Charlie to half
turn; perhaps he thought it might
be the baron, with yet another choice
bit of information with which to add
to his stock of cheerfulness, or mayhap
Artemus desirous of overtaking him.
He was immediately undeceived.
A florid-faced gentleman, who look
ed as though he might have been dal
lying with the wine too long, but with
hot passion glowing in his eyes, was
close upon him.
Even as Charlie stepped back a pace.
thinking the man was drunk, or in a
great hurry to catch a train, to his in
tense surprise the stranger slapped
into Charlie’s face a pair of kid gloves
he carried.
Luckily, Stuart had a cool head for
one of his race, or they would have
had it out then and there in the re
spectable street of the Steen.
He saw that the man had a griev
ance, though utterly in the dark, as to
what its nature might be.
“See here! Who are you?" asked
Charlie.
“Aha! I am Herr Professor Richter
of Dresden.”
Charlie shook his head.
“Still I am groping in the dark. To
my knowledge I never had the pleas
ure of meeting you, professor.”
The German scowled angrily.
“Which Is one good thing for you,
sir; and now that you have met mo.
you shall give me the satisfaction of
a gentleman. To-morrow morning it
must be, with pistols—or do you prefer
swords? Blood alone can wipe out the
base insult.”
“Suppose you tell me, Herr Profes
sor, how I have offended you. Surely,
it could not be a matter serious enough
to call for a duel.”
“How?” roared the German, dancing
up and down, his eyes glaring, his
hands working as though eager to
clutch the other’s throat. “After des
troying my honor, you profess ignor
ance, scoundrel! Then I will tell you,
even though every gossip in Antwerp
learn of my shame. By running away
with my wife!”
“What?”
PlmrUo nrnc cn .Qtaf'p'prprl hv thp ftf
cusation that he could hardly catch his
breath.
He had passed through some
strange experiences during his life,
hut this was really the first time he
had ever been accused of such an es
capade.
“But, Herr Professor, I swear to
you I never set eyes upon the lady in
question.”
“You lie, rascal! Did I not with my
own eyes see you put her in the car
riage, and stand there watching her
drive away! You are guilty!”
Poor Charlie felt as limp as a dish
rag.
This connection with Artomus and
his irrepressible dramatic fever was
bringing about the most agonizing e
sults.
“Well, all I say is. I must have done
it in my sleep. But I gave you my
word, and if I cannot prove my in
nocence, I will give you the satisfac
tion you demand.”
“To-morrow, at sunrise?” eagerly.
“As you say. There is my card, pro
fessor. Leave the particulars at my
hotel.”
Stuart stood looking after the learn
ed disciple.
“She the wife of that bow-legged,
heavy-brained scholar? Perish the
thought! There is another infernal
mistake about it. This queer old town
is all upset, it seems.”
Then he suddenly remembered the
card she had given him, with her ad
dress; as he had not thought to look
at it, so he hastily drove into his pock
et and drew out the case in which he
had placed it fresh from her hand,
only to receive a sad shock as he
read:
"MADAM SOPHIE RICHTER.
"Hotel de la Praix, Antwerp.
Dresden.”
Weil, there it was.
Is black and white he saw the mis
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erable evidence before his eyes.
Still he was grimly determined to
keep his engagement for that evening,
come what might.
Oh! sublime faith! It would re
quire mountains to crush a positive
belief In the conviction of his own eyes
and his own intuition.
Dinner came next.
He could amuse himself with a
thousand and one theories bearing
upon the case.
Charlie was enjoying his dinner
with a fair amount of satisfaction,
considering what a load he carried
upon his mind, when Artemus, who
had been given his address, made his
appearance.
Stuart immediately decided to make
a full disclosure.
An opportunity came in good time
whereby they could converse without
being overheard. .
Then Charlie let loose.
He fairly staggered his companion
with his first volley, containing the
account of the famous baron and his
charge that Arllne Brand was the most
dangerous as well as notorious adven
turer in all Europe.
While Artemus was yet gasping
from the effect of this hot shot, Char
lie poured in grape and cannister. He
sketched the dramatic advent of the
professor on the scene, the challenge
to a duel he had flung at the supposed
disturber of his family peace, Charlie’s
amazed questions concerning yellow
hair and blue eyes, and finally the sol
emn agreement that had been reach
ed between them.
Charlie, having exhausted his reper
toire, now turned the tables.
“What became of you, my dear
boy?’’ he asked.
“I waved you farewell,” Artemus
said.
"Then you were not in the second
pna pVi
“Ay, ay. You see, the fair lady
neglected to favor me with one of her
cards, and I was compelled to adopt
measures of my own in order to dis
cover her residence. She went to the
hotel In the Rue de Mennisters.”
“That’s the De la Paix,” with a
frown, remembering the card he held.
“Yes, my boy, the same. I was sat
isfied that I had found out just where
she put up but curiosity induced me
to waylay the doorkeeper, he who
opened the carriages and exercised
the functions of factotum. So, put
ting a bit of silver in his hand, I ask
ed him who the lady might be—she
with the veil over her face. He
scratched his head as though a bit
puzzled himself, and then suddenly
answered, as though at random:
“ ‘Mile. Brand.’ ”
Charlie had been listening eagerly.
He gave vent to an exclamation of
satisfaction.
“Artemus, you aro a brick!”
“So,” continued the other, with a
grim smile, as though he could scent
something that had not yet become
visible to the naked eye, “I came to
the conclusion the young lady had
given us her true name, after all,
though she hinted at possessing an
other.”
"Yes; why did she say that?” mused
Charlie. “But one thing seems clear—
there is an Arline Brand, after all; and
to-night I am bound to discover what
relation, if any, connects her with this
bold, intriguing countess, or the run
away wife of the Herr Professor—
either that, or to-morrow I am booked
for a duel.”
Charlie Stuart saw the shades of
night close in upon the old city of
Antwerp with a sigh of deep satisfac
tion.
Reaching the hotel he boldly asked
to see Madam Sophie Richter.
Some time elapsed while he waited.
He was on needles and pins—hung
up, as it were, on tenter-hooks by sus
pense.
“The lady awaits melnherr in tne
little parlor over yonder,” at last came
the message.
Charlie drew in a long breath and
entered.
He felt a sensation of tremendous
relief.
For the lady, while pleasant and
even handsome in her appearance,
was a stranger.
He bowed courteously to the lady.
“I am a stranger to you, lady—an
Englishman, Stuart by name. Through
some misadventure I have become,
much against my will. I assure you,
mixed up in your domestic arrange
ments, and I have come here to throw
myself upon your mercy and beg your
gentle indulgence as an intercessor.”
The lady looked astonished.
“Sir, explain. Who seeks to do
you harm, and of whom am I to beg
indulgence?” she asked.
“Madam, there is at large in Ant
werp a man who has sworn to have
the life of the wretch who has robbed
his quiet home of its one bright jewel
—who prowls hither and yon, regard
less of his personal appearance,
breathing vengeance, and ready to
sacrifice all he has on earth if he can
but avenge his honor.”
“You really mean that the profes
sor is here in Antwerp?”
“Raging around like a mad bull.”
"That at last he has left his musty
old books?”
“Very much in evidence, I assure
you.”
“Then our strategem worked,’’ she
laughed. • « . —
“Pardgn my ignorance, madam,
but f am Inclined to think It worked
only too well, since I, an entirely Inno
cent man, am booked to meet the pro
fessor in a duel to-morrow at sunrise,
because, forsooth, he chanced to see
me place a lady In a cab—a lady who
had golden locks, and whom the old—
I mean the jealous professor—chose to
fancy was the wife of his bosom."
The lady laughed aloud.
“In a duel! He fight for me! Oh,
charming! It is too good! What will
Cousin Hlldegarde say?”
“I’m sure I don’t know; but I’m
anxious to convince this old fire-eater
that he has gotten hold of the wrong
man. and I am certain you will assist
me to prove my Innocence.”
“Oh, sir, most certainly; especially
as there Is no man in the matter at
all, and the object of our little esca
pade has been accomplished. Since
you have been put to more or less In
convenience In the premises, It would
be only fair for me to explain.”
The story was nothing new, though
its sequel gave evidence of consider
able originality, thanks to the appear
ance of the bright-witted Hlldegarde
on the scene.
Madam and the professor had not
been the happiest couple in the world.
He was wedded to his books, and
neglected his pretty wife. Long had
she suffered, and doubtless wojjld
have continued to do so, onfy that his
cousin took the bull by the horns and
suggested a strategem whereby the
student should be aroused and made
to realize how dear to his heart this
wife of his really might be.
It was the old principle over again
—of not missing the water until the
well ran dry.
And one day, when the learned man
found his blue-eyed spouse gone, and
a few lines simply signed H. begging
her by her love to meet the writer in
Antwerp, which note she had appar
ently dropped in the haste of her de
parture, the professor threw his books
to the winds and started in pursuit.
“To think—he would even fight, and
for, me!” she said, almost incredu
lously.
‘■Indeed, he Is distracted enough to
defy Fate itself. But, madam, you
may do me a favor,” boldly.
“You have but to name It, sir.”
“This lady whom I had the pleas
ure of serving—this lady whom your
furious husband saw me put into a
carriage—gave me a card and invited
me to call upon her here at the hotel
to-night.”
“Ah! yes,” with a bright smile.
"She gave me a card. I did not
look at it just then, but after the ridi
culous encounter with your husband,
in which he accused me of stealing his
wife, and threatened me with death on
the field of honor, I took occasion to
Investigate, and found—this.”
He handed the card to her.
One glance, and the professor’s wife
laughed.
“Yes, It Is my carte-de-visite; but,
on my honor, Meinherr Stuart, I did
not give it to you.”
“That I know very well. What I
wish to discover is, who did? There
is a young lady, also with such gold
en hair and blue eyes as you yourself
possess; she Is stopping at this hotel.
Now, you must have at some time ex
changed cards with her. Can you not
remember the circumstance?”
The professor's wife nodded eagerly.
“Well do I remember; it was only
yesterday. She quite charmed mo
with her naivete and her flattery. I
had never before met one so fascinat
ing.”
"It was the Countess Isolde Bra
bant.”
“And—her name?” asked Charlie,
his heart sinking.
(To be continued.)
WHERE PERSONS ARE EVERYTHING
Position of Congressman's Wife In
Washington Society.
The rural congressman’s wife, am
bitious to be in society, and who fond
ly imagines that election to the Hou=e
of Representatives carries with it the
golden key to unlock all doors, learns
her first and bitter lesson, says Mr.
Low, when she discovers that position
means something, but persons are
everything. Such a woman comes to
Washington full of her own import
ance, profoundly impressed with the
greatness of her husband, fondly be
lieving that the wife of the president,
the wives of the members of the cabi
net, the wives of the senators, will
receive her with open arms; that she
will be invited to the dinners of which
she has read in her local paper; that
she will get her name in the news
papers, and her dresses will be des
cribed, as was that of the governor’s
wife at the last charity ball. Alas for
her disillusionment! She learns that
while a congressman may be a very
big man in his district, he is a very
small man in Washington until he has
established his right to be regarded
as above the average. If he has money
and tact he may soon attract attention
and cross the golden boundary; or if
he has no money, but much ability,
he will reach his destination by an
other route; but if he has neither one
nor the other, if he is simply an ordi
nary member of congress, a very fair
specimen of middle class common
place intelligence, the social recogni
tion for which his wife sighs will
never be hers. The wives of senators
from her state will return her call, she
may be invited to a tea, even to a din
ner at the fag end of the season, but
that will be the limit of her insight
into society.—Harper’s Weekly.
Some of the recent magazine articles
seem to prove that a little learning Jj
a dangerous thing.
We like to console ourselves with
the delusion that the grapes just be
yond our reach are sour.
TO CHEAPEN SUGAR.
HOW TARIFF CONCESSIONS MIGHT
HELP THE CONSUMER.
While Reducing the Duty on Cuba's
Raw Product Hie Duty on Refined
Sugar Should Be Correspondingly
Lowered—Prospective Trust Profits
If the friends of the "Cuban Relief"
proposition are really desirous of doing
something for the American consumer
while “relieving” the Cuban producer,
they can accomplish this result by
adopting the plan submitted by Repre
sentative Morris of Minnesota. ThU
plan, briefly stated, provides that the
tariff reduction on raw sugar shall also
apply to refined sugar. The bill as re
ported from the ways and means com
mittee makes a reduction of 20 per
cent In the duty on raw sugar, but
leaves the duty on refined sugar as It
Is now. It cheapens the cost of raw
sugar to the refiners to the extent
of the tariff reduction, without cheap
ening the market price of the refined
product. That Is what Mr. Havemeyer
meant when a few weeks ago he an
nounced that the selling price of re
fined sugar would not be in the least
degree affected by the reduction, or
even the removal, of the duty on raw
sugar. He knew what he was talking
about. He knew that the greatest
boon that a Republican congress could
possibly confer upon the sugar trust
would be to cheapen raw sugar by
means of tariff reduction, while re
taining the full tariff on refined sugar.
He knew that almost the entire bulk
of money thus lost to the United
States treasury would, lu such an
event, find Its way into the sugar trust
treasury.
mere is not a single ttepuuiicau m
congress or out of congress whose
bowels of compassion yearn for suf
fering Cuba who does not know that
in cutting down the tariff on raw sug
ar and leaving intact the duty on re
fined sugar he assists in swelling the
profits of the sugar trust by many mil
lions of dollars. There might be some
excuse for a Republican at either end
of Pennsylvania avenue who did not
know, or did not believe, that the 450,
000 tons of sugar held on the wharves
in Cuba has long since passed out
of the hands of the planters who
raised It and into the hands of the
sugar trust, and hence that the pro
posed “relief’’ measure would prove a
hollow mockery to the original pro
ducers of that sugar. The sugar trust
has covered Its tracks so skillfully that
even Governor Wood might be par
doned for his inability to find the trail
and for publicly asserting that practi
cally all of the held-up sugar is still
owned by the parties who raised it.
Ignorance and excessive credulity
might possibly reach these extremes,
but that is the limit. To vote for or to
approve of a scheme of tariff reduction
that withdraws protection from do
mestic producers and adds millions to
the already swollen gains of the sugar
trust by leaving that concern in the
full enjoyment of a tariff protected
profit margin would be bad economics,
bad statesmanship, bad politics. Wo
cannot believe that the Republican
party will be made to stand for a blun
der so atrocious as to amount to a
crime.
The American Economist, speaking
for the principle and policy of protec
tion, deprecates as ill-advised and un
called for the entire scheme of tariff
reduction for the benefit of aliens and
to the injury of our own producers;
but, if any scheme of the kind shall
unfortunately prevail, It earnestly
hopes that through the retention of
the differential on the finished product
while reducing the duty on the crude
material It will not take the shape of
a big prize package for the sugar
trust.
Not Much Relief.
The cut in duty, making it apply so
that but 80 per cent of the lawful rate
shall be collected on Cuban products,
will not give Cuban sugar planters
much relief. They will have to sell
their raw sugar to the sugar trust,
which owns the only refineries, and
the trust will, of course, see that they
get practically nothing of tho advan
tage which the lowered rate is sup
posed to give them. But if congress
would ndopt the Tawney plan of col
lecting the full duty and giving the
rehate to the planters direct, the re
lief would be sure and they would get
all of it. In that case perhaps the
20 per cent proposed would be enough.
But with the direct cut the refineries
would get the benefits up to a point
where it would be scandalous to refuse
to ijjvide with the sugar growers.—
Salt Lake City Tribune.
Frot— Trade In Cattle.
The Philadelphia Record, in dealing
with the meat trust question, says:
“It is not pretended, however, by
the most sanguine champions of free
trade that mere repeal of the meat
duties would destroy thl3 rapacious
combination against the American
people,"
Nevertheless, the Record thinks that
we should begin by repealing the tariff
“behind which the trust has in
trenched itself with the false pretense
that the duties on meats are imposed
solely to protect American farmers.”
But is it on falBe pretense that
duties on meats are imposed to protect
American farmers. Does not the
Record give away Its whole contention
in this regard when it urges the repeal
of the tariff on live animals so that
cattle can be imported tree of duty
from Mexico and Canada, and thus
cheapen tho cost of meat to American
consumers? How shall the cost of
meat be cheapened to the consumer
unless the price of the American farm
er's cattle be first cheapened? Free
•
trado In cattle would undoubtedly
lower the price paid for American
beeves, but it would not necessarily
lower the retail price of meat. Trusts
know how to get over International
boundury lines.
Friends and Enemies la Accord.
For the first time in nearly five
years the Republican party represen
tatives in Congress have been called
upon to vote on the question. Shall
the Dingley tariff be sustained? In
order to secure an affirmative answer
to this question these Republicans
have been compelled to rely upon the
assistance of their political adver
saries. With the aid of free-trade
Democratic votes these Republicans
have succeeded in attacking and un
dermining the principle and policy of
protection to American labor and in
dustry. Is not this a strange position
of affairs, that a Republican measure
should be assailed by its friends and
its assassination accomplished by the
aid of its enemies? It is done under
the plea that we owe something to
Cuba. A monstrous debt, Indeed, that
requires such payment!
Best Way of Itelp.
The Republicans in the House who
favor relief for Cuba and also believe
in protection, have, it appears, laid
down their ultimatum. They stand by
the principle of the Tawney amend
ment. They oppose any reduction In
the sugar tariff, but will help the
actual planters by granting them a
stated rebate. This takes the matter
out of the hands of the sugar trust,
and gives whatever is to be conceded
direct to the producer of the sugar.
It is undoubted that this is the best
way of help, and it should carry, if
there la to be any concession at all.
But Cuba, from all accounts, i3 in bet
ter Industrial and financial condition
right now than ever she was In all her
history.—Salt Lake City Tribune.
Will He Get In, Hnrap and Allf
a sl. *** k 1 TJi&l 1
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MaU Be Bad Farmers.
Farmers are getting pretty good
prices for their products. But they
are paying good prices for their neces
sities. Many of them think the bal
ance of prosperity is against them.—
Defiance Crescent.
The Crescent must have In mind
either mighty poor farms or mighty
poor farmers. Probably they are what
Is known as "porch" farmers. As a
matter of fact every one knows there
is not a particle of ground for such
a remark as the above. The Crescent
is falling into its old habits contract
ed in the days when it was yelling
for free silver and Bryan.—Bryan
(Ohio) Press.
No Sentiment In Trade.
There is no sentiment in trade, and
foreigners do not buy of us simply be
cause we buy of them. That is amply
demonstrated by our trade with South
America. Brazil imports over $100,
000,000 worth and the United States
supplies about 10 per cent of those
imports. The United States buys from
Brazil five times as much as it sells
to that country, and it carries on a
one-sided trade of that kind with
other South American countries—
Philadelphia Press.
womanly virtues.
First, one must understand that
what attracts men and what they like
are not always the same thing.
A man is often attracted by a be
witching smile, but a good-tempered
woman in the end has the greatest
hold on him and wins his respect. It
is a mistake to think that in these
days men prefer brainless, silly wo
men, says the Buffalo Times.
On the contrary, they like those who
have bright, quick brains, who take
an interest In things around them and
can talk sensibly on subjects In which
they themselves are interested, though
if the women possess superior knowl
edge on any one topic they will do well
to keep that fact In the background
and play the part of interested listen
ers.
Irreverent women are an abomina
tion to men. Whatever may be their
own religious opinions. If they have
any, at any rate they like to feel that
women cling to the faith which they
once learned at their mother's knee.
—
KIghteoua(?) Indignation.
W’hen King Edward visited Burton
he attended divine service at Range
more church. An old lady, close upon
80 years of age, who lived many miles
away, thought she would like to see
the king, and presented herself at the
church, but was greatly disappointed
on being told that the church was
already filled, and became highly in
dignant.
“Look here!" said the old lady, re
proachfully, to one of the clergy, “I
ain’t been to ’oly worship for close on
sixty years, and now, when I ’obbles
all this way to see the king, I ain't
admitted. Bah! I'll give up being re
ligious."—Birmingham Post.
•mmrn
At this season of the year complaints
are numerous from sheep owners re
garding a sickness of their pregnant
ewes that they do not understand. The
sheep drop behlnd.lose appetlte.stretch,
lie down flat then rise, stretch and He
down again and die In a few days. We
hare attributed all of these cases to
the feeding of dry fodders without
succulent food of some sort to keep the
bowels properly open, but we now And
that there Is In almost every case "nod
ular disease of the Intentines." which
Is due to the worm known as oesopha
gastoma columblanum. The character
istics of the presence of this parasite
are small greenish lumps or bunches
upon the lining of the small intestines
and while thousands of apparently
healthy sheep are killed at the large
slaughter houses showing the presence
of these nodules and no 111 results
from them, there can be no doubt that
In ewes at least they cause complica
tions which kill in many instances.
We have advised In these columns that
pregnant ewes should be fed upon suc
culent foods along with the best of
hay and some grain such as crushed
oats and bran or otlmeal, but some
times there is need of medicine, and
this is the case when symptoms such as
those mentioned above are seen. An
Arkansas correspondent writes that he
has had the best of success since he
commenced giving zenoleum for this
complaint and now he gives It as a
preventative. When sheep are seen to
be 111 he gives one teaspoonful or even
more for a very large sheep and mixes
It In three tablespoonfuls of milk. This
Is given ns a drench and is to be re
peated In 24 hours and again In 48
hours if the first two doses are not
effective, but as a rule there is no need
of giving more than two doses, accord
ing to his experience. He says that he
has given this treatment to pregnant
ewes some time prior to parturition,
and when done carefully there need be
no loss of lambs as the medicine is
harmless and the only danger Is from
struggling or rough handling of the
ewes. We hope that our readers will
give this treatment a trial In addition
to giving the change of food as sug
gested.
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A Warning to FeadaM.
Bulletin 126, New Jersey: On ac
count of shortage In the corn crop and
the consequent rise In price of all feed
ing stuffs, many materials which or
dinarily are considered as worthless
offal ot milling, or ot other manufac
turing processes, have been attracted
to market, In order to participate in
the high prices now ruling. Feeders
are apt to be misled in the purchase
of these materials because the pries
asked, judged from the prices of stand
ard feeds In ordinary years, would in
dicate worth that they do not possess,
Economical purchase, however, does
not Imply the purchase of the lowest
priced feeds. In most cases these cheaj
"feeds" are not feeds at all, but finely
ground materials that are essentially
Inferior to the common roughage ot
the farm. Following are a few found
on the market: “Cornaline. $20 per ton
protein content 2.43 per cent; Marsden
Feed No. 2, price not known, protelE
content 4.03 per cent; Independent
Fat Feed, $21.60 per ton, protein con
tent 3.30; Rice "Meal” (1. e., hulls)
$17 per ton, protein content 3.67; same
$15 per ton, protein oontent 2.26; same
$20 per ton, protein content 2.14 pei
cent. How foolish a man is to buy
such stuff, when he can buy even is
New Jersey Chicago Gluten Meal al
$28 per ton, and with a protein contem
of 37.60. Compare that with the 2.11
per cent of protein In the Rice "Meal’
mentioned above. The Chicago Gluten
Meal is worth about seventeen times
as much as the other, according to thi
analysis of the New Jersey station.
Gestation of Striae.
Sows vary about 15 days in the tlmi
of carrying their pigs. As a genera'
thing young sows farrow earlier than
old sows. About 100 days is the short
est time in which a healthy young sow
should farrow. Some young sows carry
their pigs for 105 or 106 days. Witt
old sows there is a variation of hard
ly more than three days. The least
time a healthy, mature sow should
carry her pigs Is 112 days. This may
be extended to 115 days. Old sowi
that are strong and vigorous carry
their pigs a little longer than sow*
that are only in fair flesh and vigor.
The advantage seems to be with thi
sow that carries her pigs longest.
Wintering Hop.
From Farmers’ Review: This has
been my method of feeding my hogs
during the past winter: I have usee
principally separator skim milk lr
combination with a small feed of corn
I have given them also one good feed
a day of sugar beets or mangled wur
zels. In former years I have used brai
or middlings in place of corn for mj
brood sows. But this year I had thi
corn and it cost too much to buy rnU
feed. My hogs have wintered well ane
the pigs are doing well so far. It wai
so dry last spring that not one-fourtl
of my beet seed grew, so I had a shori
crop of beets for feed.—H. N. Maxham
Lake County, Illinois.
It is truly a surprise to see how
many dairymen neglect saltiug the
cattle. It is well to keep a lump ol
rock salt in the yard.
••To-morrow" is the excuse of the de
linquent and the spur of the indus
trious.
