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    Pocket Searchlight.
Court!ry (Jfe in America: A novel
«tw! valuable gift tor a suburbanite,
fete*fcar to come homo oy dark several
asmthsin the year, is a iittle pocket
•ravrchiight, costing from 75 cents to $3.
14 fcas » small electric battery, which
tuts to be recharged every two months
•r so. at a cost of about 25 cents. Such
at Befit saves getting into mud puddles.
■tanfeiUog over stones, and is also a
glecuuutf companion, for it reveals a fa
vorite tree, or the house of a friendly
strighbor. It is also something of a pro
tect fast. for it enables one to take a
task at any one who may be approach
fete in the dark.
Revenue and Currency.
Chicago Chronicle: Secretary nf the
Treasury Shaw in his annual report
apeak* of the decrease of $23,00,9,000 In j
ah* custmre receipts for the lust fiscal
par ea compared with 1303 and the
oMBUnaed decrease dining the early i
annoths of the year. In the opinion of
Hhe secretary the decrease was due
rather to special and abnormal rondi
akrnj than to Industrial and trade de
presnuin. There has recently been an
Saaease In receipts and the secretary
axes no reason to believe that the rev
tr— from this source will be less dur
ing the cun-ent fiscal year than they
were in 1904.
ft is pointed out, ‘however, that the |
ttn])it« must be expected to fall he- :
lew those of 1903 because of the aboil
in of the revenue duty on tea and
the countervailing duty on sugar and
hteausc of the reciprocity treuty with
tw.
Mr. Shaw repeats what he said in ills j
•sport of last year In regard to our
Ibank mote currency—that It "docs not
respond to the varying needs of i
seasons ©r of localities or of changing-!
conditions of business.”
This is obviously true, hut Mr. Shaw
does not propose any rash measures
tar imparting “elasticity” to our na
tional bank circulation. He declares
emphatically that no measure should
he considered which would weaken the
currency by providing for the issue of j
anything less safe and secure than the |
mote circulation we now have.
Heeding this warning against, an ac- j
tkms liable to impair the excellence of
She currency, congress will nof be hasty ,
ta adopting any of the plans that have
been offered for imparling “elasticity”
to any part of our paper circulation.
K is doubtful, to say the least, whether
any of them is workable, and whether
iiur probability of success In any case
would not he greatly overbalanced by
the danger of seriously Impairing the
quality of our credit currency.
Just Thirty One.
Representative Holiday of Indiana,
when In meditative mood, some!lines
4Pts his head far back In Ills chair,
Ittukr into the gay celling of the hull of
representatives, and allows his beard
teanniiH.' a horizontal position. He was
in that kind of a meditative mood when
* gray, old man slipped Into the seat
behind him.
”t»ay, Holliday," called tHo man In (he
rear after a few moments.
The Indiana man roused himself and
turned around to see. It was Speaker
4.’aiinon.
“There are just thirty-one," said the
speaker. i
‘Thirty-one what?" said Holliday.
‘Thirty-one hairs in your bald head,"
replied Ihe speaker, lrlskly. "I know,
because I have counted them.”
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Shouting Their Praises,
Kirkland, III., Jan. 2.—(Special.) -
flared of the terrible Rheumatic pains
that made him a cripple for years, Mr.
Richard R. Ureenhon, on old and rr
kprefed resident of this place, Is sliout
*«C the praises of the remedy that
cured him, Dodd's Kidney Pills.
*T had the rheumatism lii my left
Kt»h so that I could not walk over ten
to ftftecn rods at n time and that by
Ihe u*e of two canes," Mr. Oreenhon
*HT»- “1 would have to sll or lie down
am the ground when I was out trying
In walk and the sweat would run
down my face, with so much pain. I
«*uld not sleep at night for about live
•r six weeks.
“I tried different doctors’ medicines,
hut they were all no good. Then I sent
lor Dodd’s Kidney Pills and almost
the first they brought relief. By
the time I bad taken fourteen boxes
•f them my rheumatism was all gone
•ml 1 can truly say I feel better than
IUr« In the last twenty-five years.”
Too Close.
t.'lereland Plain Dealer: "He's fond
er literature."
‘Is die a close student?"
‘f should say so. He never spends
a penny he doesn’t have to.”
tOCCBK ACOI.D IN ONK DAT
Take Illative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
refund the money tf it fails to cure.
X >T Grove's signature Is on eaeb box. I5o.
Cheating in School.
Governess—Now, just one more sub
traction sum
Dolty-'—Oh. Miss Crawford, I don't
*nk immune would let me do any
snore of these sums, 'cause In them
Ttm borrow ten and pay back only one,
and that's cheating!—Punch.
l*lao'a Cure for Consumption cured ms
off a tenacious and persistent cough.—
Wm. H. Harrison, 227 \V. 121st street
Xevr York, March 2.\ 1901.
Horrors of the Stockyards,
Chicago Tribune: The foreigner was
Inspecting the hog killing department.
"Zey don't speak softly here." he said,
* but xay are all in favor of ze pig
aitck.”
The Heading company has placed an
•rder for slaty-coaches and baggage
ears at a cost of ovet; $100,0011. The
ears are to be delivered In the spring.
It Cams Colds, Coughs, Sore Throxt, Croup, Inflo
•m. Whooping Cough, Bronchitis snd Asthma.
A oertm» cure for Consumption In tint stages,
and a cure relief In advanced stages. Vss st once.
Tea Win see the excellent effect after taking the
Ant does. Bold by dealers everywhere. Large
lass'll» Pcents and 60 cents
1ECGS’ CHERRY COUCH SYRUP
curss coughs and colds.
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1 IN THE SHADOW OF SHAME I
C.prriA' 1301 b, *a,W “T1" °im
P<»etiny. An Ex:el
T. Fittgcra'd Malloy te.il Knave.*’ Etc.
"This man, Mezza, has probably been
guilty of a terrible crime. anil to
shield him from Justice by concealing
what may be known is a serious of
fence in tile eye of the law. You un
de rsi and ?"
"Oh, yes, T understand," answered
Carlo, nodding his head, carelessly.
"Therefore, if you know anything of
hlrn, it’s your duty to tell me."
“I know nothing." Carlo said sulkily.
"He was never a friend of mine. I
never liked hint. That is all l have to
say."
"He was a, devil," Carlo’s wife added.
"But there, Angela, she would marry
him. because she was a fool."
"You have said that a thousand
times," Angela said gloomily.
"And I will say it again—it’s (rue!
it's true!"
"Stop! stop!" Carlo cried out in a
voice of authority.
Mackworth, who had listened eager
ly. hoping an argument might produce
some statement he could build upon,
now asked:
"Did you not hear from any of your
countrymen that Mezza was in Lon
don?”
"No,” Carlo replied.
“We were not likely," added the wife
quickly.
"flow is that?” Mackworth inquired.
"We are Tuscans," she said proudly,
"and as you might expert—well he is
a Neapolitan, and would, it he came
here, stay with the people of his own
country."
"But you are ills country people," re
marked the inspector.
"We are not Neapolitans,” replied
Carlo. "We do not consider them our
people. We do not mix with them—
not we!"
"Then if Mezza was in London<!nst
Inly tie would stay with the Neapoli
tans?" suggested Mackworth.
"[ think so."
"Have they^ special colony of their
■awn In Londotr.’"
"You will find them here in Saffron
Hill; more may lie in Hammersmith."
"Now tell me,” said the inspector
fonelliatlngly, “if you know of any one
a particular with whom he was likely
to stay in London?"
Husband and wife looked at each
fther Interrogatively.
“There is Pietro, the model.” an
twered Angela. “Mezza used to live
with him when they were in Paris, and
Pietro is now in London; I saw him
he other day*'
“Yes," said Carlo assentingly, “there
s Pietro."
"They were friends?" Mackworth
tsked.
"les; oh, yes, they were worthy of
?arh other,” responded Carlo’s wife.
"I’letro is sure to know If Mezza was
n London,” said Carlo with the air of
i man who has u responsibility re
lieved from him, and he walked up
•nd down a limited space, always
'routing his audience.
“And where does this Pietro live?”
"Somewhere in Hammersmith."
“You don’t know the street?”
“No, but any one there will tell you,”
inswered Carol's wife, “for he is well
mown; all the great artists In London
mpioy him since he came here. He is
i handsome man.”
“He had to leave Paris," added Carlo
lomewhat spitefully.
-Why?”
"He ia a scoundrel."
"Did we not say ho was a Neapoll
an? They are nil alike; a had lot.
'ver ready with the knife," remarked
Marguerlta.
"Did he-” began Maekworth.
"We know nothing of him." hurriedly
•eplled Carlo, forgetting what he hail
tlrendy said.
"Oh, no, nothing at all," assented
"nrlo's wife, the tone of her voice con
tradicting her words.
"I must find this man," Maekworth
mid.
"But you don't say how we told you
>f him,” Carlo requested.
"We like to live In peace," answered
its \ylfe. as she once more set the
'rying pan on the lire.
Maekworth deliberately advanced to
•vhejjp she stood and asked her:
"Is It your desire for peace which
irevents your telling me about Mezza?"
“No," she rejoined quickly, he eyes
lashing with excitement. "How can
■ tell you of him if 1 know nothing—
lothlng at all?"
"And that Is true," echoed Carlo.
'We know nothing at all.”
If they had any knowledge of Mezza’s
movements, Maekworth knew that to
•xtrnct It was Impossible, therefore he
urned to depart.
"I may call again, and very soon,”
le said as he reached the door.
“Whenever you please, signor,” re
eled Carlo politely.
"I shall be anxious to hear what
ir-ou have learned,” said Agenal.
“And I will let you know,” answered
he inspector. As lie descended the
stairs he could henr Carlo's voice
•aised In a loud and excited tone, volu
bly talking In his own language, An- j
fela, answering with equal ardor and in
i higher voice, until the violent slam
ming of a door was heard, wheat Mack
ivorth supposed Mezzo's sister-in-law
:o have netreated to her own room.
"I wonder If they are keeping nny
Idng from me,” the inspector reflected
is he went away.
Half an hour later he had reached
Hammersmith, and with the aid of a
policeman had found the district fre
juented by Italians. Further Inquiries
from a lazy looking, handsome youth,
ounging against the portal of a door
way, led Maekworth to a house, on
he third story of which he was as
sured he would find Pietro, the model.
"lie came back one hour agoAyou
will see him in his room.” sain the
Pietro, who, used to finding English
garlic.
j Maekworth found the dwelling inril
; rated and mounted Its narrow, dirty
stairway, until he arrived at the top
most floor, where the sound of a deep
j baritone voice singing snatches of a
j Neapolitan air could be heard.
Maekworth waited to recover his
breath before rapping at the door ot
the room from which the sounds came,
la response to -his knock a loud voice
shouted one word:
“Entrate."
MackwortJj entered and bowed.
"You are Pietro?" he said.
"At your service, signor," the model
j replied, with a bland smile on his lips
and a questioning glance in his eyes.
"Then," remarked Maekworth, "you
J are the man 1 want. k
CHAPTER XVII.
Pietro, the model, was a man whose
remarkably line ilgure, classically
shaped head and handsome face en
abled him to earn his living without
labor, and in a manner that suited his
?asc loving, indolent and pleasure-seek
ing nature. As t^e Stood before Maek
worth the inspector was struck by the
man's countenance with itsYrlive tinted
I -'ornplexion, heavy lidded, almond
. shaped, lustrous eyes, where passion
■slept; tire mouth, with Its full, but
jowifeetly shaped lips and while teeth,
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cruel in their expression; the nose de
scending straight from il low, broad
forehead on which the crisp, blue-black
hair grew in a peak.
Wanting in principle he might he, a
scoundrel he possibly was, but the-e
was something winning in his pleasant
smile,and in the almost child like man
ner with which he challenged and ac
cepted an admiration impossible to
deny him.
‘■('ome in, signor,” he said, and then
fetching the chair which he believed
the firmest on its legs, he added, "and
sit down here.”
"Much obliged,” remarked Mack
worth, conscious that his manner, his
movements, and his phrases lacked the
easy grace which his host possessed.
"You are a painter, signor?" said
Pietro, who, tised to iliuling English
artists commonplace in appearance,
and with little trace in their dress
or bearing of the art they followed,
■considered his visitor was one of that
class.
"No,” answered Mackworth.
"A sculptor then?” suggested the
model, who haif-unconsciously fell into
a graceful attitude.
"Nor a sculptor.”
"What then?” asked Pietro, who be
gan to lose interest in a visitor who
was not a probable patron.
•T came here to ask about your friend
Mezza,” Mackworth said.
"What, Marco?” answered (he model,
looking up quickly, and with something
of surprise in his glance.
“The same.”
“What about him?” Pietro asked,
looking shrewdly at his questioner.
"That is what I want you to tell
me.”
"I have not seen him for some time.
He owes you nyney?”
Mackworth, nodded his head, thinking
he might more readily obtain the in
formation he desired If Pietro was al
lowed to remain under a deception for
the present.
“There are many like you: I among
them .signor," said the model, rolling
himself a cigarette between his long,
brown fingers.
“When dlft you last see him?”
“He stayed with me in these rooms
last summer, then lie went back again
to Paris.”
"What month did he leave you?”
“It was In July; yes, it was just be
fore the first days of August. You will
not get your money, signor.”
“And lie stayed hern with you?”
We were old friends; we had been
boys together In Naples. Then when I
grew up I went' to Rome. A French
artist had seen me, and; he took me
with him ns his model, and X remained
with him some years. After that I
went to Paris, where I was in great de
mand,” he said smiling complacently.
"I met many English there. They
taught me their language. I was young
aild handsome. I had artists waiting
on me by the dozen, ready to give any
price I asked. I-,ook here," he contin
ued. pointing to a chalk drawing on the
wall representing a youthful Apollo
with his lyre. "That Is what I was
then; the sketch was given me by the
great Monsieur Jullen."
Pietro stepped back in order that he
might admire this portrait of lilmself,
a child-like look of pleasure in his dark
ey'^s.
"Very fine, very fine Indeed!" replied
Mackworth, who, though he had no ap
preciation of art, could not help recog
nizing the beauty of the figure, lithe
and graceful as a fawn.
"I made money then," Pietro said,
the natural characteristic of greed be
traying itself, "for I charged highly
for my sittings. I lived well, I dressed
handsomely, I associated with artists
whose names I helped to make and
whose pictures X helped to sell; for,
you see, without me they could not
chisel or paint the statues or pictures
their patrons bought, because I was the
subject.”
This frank admiration of himself was
expressed with such an air of simplicity
that Mackworth began to think there
was more of the fool than the knave
In the model’s nature.
"Ah. how pleasant was that: It was
the midday of my life, for it w-ill never
he so bright again, so happy!" Pietro
said meditatively.
"But Mezza?" suggested the in
spector.
"Ves; I had forgotten Marco.” an
swered the model, whose appreciation
of himself left no room in his mind
for others. “One day In Paris he came
to my atelier. I had not seen him for
years, and lie had changed much, to my
eyes at least, for I remembered him
only ns I had seen him last. Many
things had happened meantime; he had
become a violinist, who might have
been great If he was not so idle. He
had no ambition, and was satisfied to
remain for years as first fiddle In the
orchestra of I,a Scala in Milan. Then
he had married.”
Pietro paused, shrugged his shoulders
and sent a cloud, of cigarette smoke
through his nostrils. Mackworth kept
discreetly silent.
"His wife had left him nnd I was not
surprised at that," continued the model,
"for Marco always had a temper, was
as jealous as the moor of Venice, and
looked on life darkly. Ask yourself
signor, what must be the life of a wom
an with such a husband?”
“Did she run away with someone
else?" asked Mackworth suspiciously.
"No: she was virtuous; she went
back to the sister who had reared her."
"So that Mezza had no cause for
jealousy ?”
"No. hut he was jealous all the same.
—*--v-—
Making Himself Solid.
Miss Hint’—Everyone says I’m the
picture of mamma. Bo you think so?
Mr, Wise—Yes; but a very flattering
picture.
He would have doubted the virtue of
a saint if she had happened to be his
wife. He came to Paris to watch
her.”
“Who was the man he suspected?”
as/.e ’ Mackworth.
"An Englishman. I will not mention
Ills name," added Pietro after a sec
ond's hesitation.
"Well?”
"I received Marco as a friend; he
had no money and I lent him some; he
stayed with me, and through my in
fluence I got him a place in the orches
tra of the Vaudeville," said Pietro With
an amusing air of patronage.
“And he remained there?"
“As long as I was in Paris.”
“When did you leave?” inquired
Mackworth.
“The first week in June.”
“Why did you leave Paris?”
Pietro shrugged liis shoulders and
looked shrewdly at his questioner.
“You see, I had been there for years,”
he answered, “and I had posed ns a
model to all the great artists until I
was tired of seeing myself for ever on
the walls of the Salon year after year
and in the picture shops. I had been
Narcissus, and Romeo, and Mercury,
and David, and Icarus, and Perseus,
and I.eander, and St. John, a monk, a
dryad, a martyr, an Arab, a bandit, ev
erything and every one. Then I thought
to myself I would try Rondon. My
friends, they told me artists did not
know how to paint here, but that they
paid models well, and so,• as I knew
Ihelr language, I came here for a
change.”
Remembering the words Carlo had
spoken, Mackworth doubted if this ex
planation of Pietro's departure from
Paris was correct; but, as at present
it seemed to have no bearing on the
case under Investigation, the inspector
forebore to question him on“the point.
"You left Mezza behind you in
Paris?”
"Yes. Then through drink he lost
the place I had got for him, and lie
could get no other.”
"Was he in the habit of drinking?”
“Yes, he had become a drunkard."
“Now.” said Mackworth, rising slowly
from his chair and approaching the
model. " was it, while you were in Paris
that Mezza, on attemtping to draw his
knife, was knocked down in the P.ue
Cajas by the man of whom he vus
jealous?”
Pietro's eyes met those of his ques
tioner in a steady glare, but without
expressing surprise or fear.
“Ah,” he'said, “1 thought you had
come to question me about him—the
Englishman who was killed.” And he
nodded his head knowingly.
"I have.”
“And you will have noticed, signor,
I have spoken to you openly."
“You have not answered my last
question.”
“No; t was not in Paris when it hap
pened; I was here. I can prove it to
you, I can prove everything I say.”
"So much the better," replied Mack
wqrth.
“Then you are what is called-"
“A detective; yes."
“After you had said you were not an
artist I began to suspect you were a
policeman in disguise, and I was right."
said Pietro, admiring his own shrewd
ness. •
“Very well. You must now tell me
everything you know about Mezza. and
be sure of your statements, for you will
probably be called to repeat them at his
trial."
“Y'ou have but to ask. I will tell you
all I know,” answered Pietro.
“What time did Mezza come here?”
“It was in July, toward the end.
When one evening I had come back
from St. John's Wood, where I had
been posing' all day, I found him here
waiting me.1’
“Did you expect him?”
“No.”
"Why did he coine to London?"
“I will tell you" answered Pietro
after a slight pause.
“The truth.”
“The truth, signor. He missed the
Englishman from Paris and he came
here in search of him.”
“With the intention of killing him?”
“I will not say so much; hut the Eng
lishman he had struck Mezza and
knocked him down, and Marco said he
would have revenge."
"And he had,” suggested Mackworth.
"That I don’t know, signor,” replied
, Pietro with a serious air.
•‘‘He remained here with you while
he was In London.”
“He did."
"Then you saw him the night David
Dumbarton was killed."
"No, r.o. no," answered Pietro ex
citedly. “Mateo remained here but a
little while. lie went away to Paris in
August."
“Are you sure?"
"That I will swear."
“And when did you see him again?"
"I have not seen him since."
Mackworth frowned and looked at
the model searehingly.
"Do you mean to say that Mezza was
not here in September?" he asked.
"I do. You cun ask my neighbors,
they will say as I have.”
"Probably.” replied Mackworth, feel
ing assured that the whole Italian col
ony would back up Pietro's statements.
Then after a moment’s-reflection he 1
conintued, “Look here, this is a serious
business, and if you wish to get out of
it safely, you had better tell me all you
know.”
“I have,” replied Pietro, his dark eyes
flashing under his contracted brows,
one hand raised in vehement gesticu
lation.
“Then if Mezza was not with you on
the night of the murder, where was
he?”
"That I can't tell—I don't know—I
said to you I have not seen him since
August,” the Italian replied in a loud
voice.
"But you know it was he who mur
dered Dumbarton?" Mackworth cen
tured to say.
"No, no; I don't know it was Mezza;
how could I when I did not see him?"
said Pietro angrily. "You come here
and ask questions; I answer all I know;
you want to make me say what I don't
know,” and he turned away muttering
maledictions to himself.
"Very well, tell me where he is now."
“I can't tell you. I don't know.”
- “Did you not hear from him?"
"No. Soon after his going away
from here I wrote asking him for some
of the money he owed me, but I got no
answer. I know nothing more.”
“Had he any other friends in Lon
don?”
"All the Italians here knew him. but
I don’t think he had any friends. Mar
co was not a man to make friends;
he was silent, he never laughed, and
was often drunk. Other of our people
did not like him.”
"And you don't know where he is
now?" persisted the inspector.
(Continued Next Week.)
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A capital cement for broken china
and bric-a-brac that can be made at
home is obtained by mixing half an
ounce of gum arable with half a tea
spoonful of boiling milk and adding
enough plaster of Paris to produce a
creamy paste. To use successfully have
the pieces to be merulfed warm and ap
ply the cement warm with a J small
brush. Objects repaired with efris ce
ment havatto be set aside for a week
before thej^fcan be used, but after that
they can be washed in either warm oi
cold water with safety.
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SELF OPERATING FEED BOX.
There art? experienced poultryxnen who
believe that the best results in feeding
poultry comes from having grain before
the birds at all times and permitting them
to help themselves. Of course if this is
done -some plan must be contrived where
by the grain could be mixed for it would
not do to set one kind of grain before the
birds for them to c;at as they would. It
is comparatively easy to arrange a feed
box which will be automatic to a certain
extent, using the following plan. With
half inch lumber make a box of the de
r >—. f *. * lid ... ■
sired dimensions, dividing it into three
compartments. Have the back board
about 6 inches wider than the front board
so that holes may be made in it by which
to hang the box to the wall with screws.
The front board is to slope in at the bot
tom. hence tlie end pieces are cut at the
proper angle. The bottom board extends
about t> inches and around the three sides
of this bottom board are run strips about
2 inches high, so as to form a sort of
trough. The feed is placed in the com
partments, corn in one, wheat in another
and a third grain in the third. By reason
of the slope this grain will run readily
to the bottom and into the trough so the
fowls can easily reach it. Hang the box
to the wall so the trough will be a little
lower than breast high before the fowls.
Covers should be placed over the top to
prevent the birds eating the grain out of
the bins. The illustration /dearly shows
the contrivance which may be readily
made by any one handy with tools.
CONSIDER ROOT CROPS NEXT
SEASON.
The writer has urged for many years
the growing and feeding of root crops to
stock, and urged them solely on the basis
of their value as furnishing a change in
the diet and as being an excellent diges
tive. Of late years scientific farmers and
experimenters have boldly made,the state
ment that certain combinations of root
crops have a feeding value equal to grain;
not that they will take the place of grain
in the ration entirely, but that they may ,
be substituted for from 30 to 50 *»er cent, j
of the grain ration. If this Is so the i
growing of root crops opens up a field j
which dairymen should take advantage of. j
There are few farms which will grow' j
grain but what will grow root crops and :
the labor in grow’ing the latter Is cer- I
tainly no greater than that required to '
grow* grain. No better advice can be given
•.he reader than to urge him to obtain all*,
Whe information possible this winter con- !
corning the growing of root crops with !
the idea of thing some space to them
the coming season. During the winter
more information along this line will be
given in this department.
GROUND FOOD AND CUT FODDER, j
One may argue that nature intended ani- 1
mala to tear their food apart and grind '
it for themselves. This is so beyond
doubt so far as wild animals are con- 1
corned; but long years of domesticity has J
dulled some of the masticating powers of I
the farm animal. This may not be good j
science, bii? all who have experimented
intelligently know that most farm ani- j
mals, with |he possible exception of the ,
horse, do best when the food is ground ;
before feeding and the roughage cut into
short lengths. We experimented tvith corn
stover along this line last winter, cutting ,
the tender part of the stalks into pieces- j
6 or 8 inclies long artd the heavy parts j
cutting crosswise with a hatchet. In feed
ing we sometimes moistened the mass I
with warn water and then sprinkled a |
little bran* through it. We would then |
take a fofkful of nice clover hay, place i
it in one corner of the manger and this !
mass of corn fodder in the other corner j
with the result that the corn fodder was
invariably eaten first. This is to see which
they preferred; then, by careful records,
we found that our grain ration could be
reduced 20 per cent, and the same results
obtained in milk, both as to quality and
quantity. We figured this paid for the
labor in preparing the cut fodder. Try it.
THE MODEL HOG PEN.
I recently saw an argument for a hog j
pen which suited my ideas of such a place i
exactly. The yard was arranged so that
from tho middle there was a slope to
every side to a gutter which was on the
outside of the fence, making it practically
Impossibly for the yard to stay wet long.
The bottom of the yard was hard packed j
gravel over which was scattered two
inches of clear sand, and every ten days
or two weeks most of this sand was re
moved and other clean sand substituted.
The pen had a roof porch, so to speak, j
extending out six feet and sloping down :
in front to within four feet of th«• floor, J
thus furnishing ample protection from |
storm. From this porch a wide door, hung j
to swing readily both ways, opened into
the pen proper and windows were in both j
sides of this house, giving amnio light ;
and sun. A door opened on the si«1e to
permit the owner to enter the pen with- j
out going into the yard. It was almost i
impossible for the hogs to catch cold or
be at all uncomfortable under tliis ar
rangement, and as a result it cost less to
feed them, they W’ere never ill and they
were in prime condition for breeding or
for for fattening for market. The ex
pense of such quarters is not great for all
the material used is rough lumber, while,
so far as the yard is concerned, it costs
no more to arrange it on the plan indi
cated than any other.
JAMACIA GINGER FOR COLIC.
It is probably generally known that
Jamaica ginger is used freely in all con
dition powders put up for animals, and it
is undoubtedly one of the best tonics
known. It is used for mild attacks of dys
entry and colic by humans and we have
used it very successfully in incipient at
tack* of colic with horses. Usually the
ground root is mixed with powdered char
coal and calcined magnesia in the pro
portions of four ounces of ginger, and two j
ounces each of the charcoal and mag
nesia. The ordinary dose is a tablespoon- j
ful of the mixture. althc*igh tills may be '
increased one-half if the attack is so- ,
vore Oftentimes acute kidney attacks ,
are mistaken for colic and generally the f
two go together, so it is a good plan to
give the horse a dose of‘sweet spirits of
till re the day after the Jamaica ginger is
given. It can do him tw harm, for the
kidneys of a horse are generally more or J
less clogged even when the animal seems
in fairly good health. After an attack
of colic the animal should be well blank
eted.
MARKET FANCY APPLES NOW.
It is not a good plan to attempt to hold
apples for a high spring market unless one
has a perfect place of cold storage. If
one has a lot of first grade apples they
can be marketed at a good price by the
simple plan of fancy packing. Just now
there Is a great demand for nice apples
in ten-pound grape baskets. Polish each
specimen until it shines, wrap those that
go into the lower part of the basket in
the same way. hift leave* the most at
tractive side of the fruit exposed. Use
some care in having the baskets and the
paper clean; see that the fruit is first
class and there will be no trouble in mar
keting it in any large city. Figure out
what you ought to have for the fruit at
barrel rates, add the cost of paper and
baskets and a fair price for your labor*,
offer the fruit to discriminating customers,
whether the fancy fruitman or the con
sumer. and you'll get the price without
trouble and save the expense of carrying
the fruit through the trying months to
come. Any one located near a large city
or thriving town can carry out this sug
gestion with profit.
EXPERIENCE WITH A SEPARATOR.
There is always some trouble experi
enced in convincing people with a small
business that it is profitable to have la
bor-saving devices. They argue in reply
that their business cannot afford it, and
go on dragging out the small profits by
hand labor when a little money invested
in some- special tool or implement would
materially increase their profits. Such is
the case with the hand separator. Dairy
men with less than thirty or forty cows
will say they cannot afford a separator. I
thought so once, but have discovered that,
it pays a profit on the investment with my
herd of seventeen cows because we save
carting the milk to the creamery and cart
ing the skim milk l^ack and then and then
by doing the separating morning an A
evening we always have the_sweet skim
milk' to feed while it is in condition to do
the animal the most good. The separator
does the work quite as well as the larger
machine at the creamery and much better
than hand skimming. Altogether, count
ing the increased value of skim milk to
swine or poultry and the other advant
ages, I am inclined to think that a hand
separator is a good investment for a man
with even ten cows.
VALUE OF GRAINS FOR POULTRY.
When one considers that the per cent,
of fat in corn is nearly four times that < f
any grain except oats it is plain to see
why it must not bo fed in too large quan
tities to poultry if we expect eggs. Corn
will always remain the basis of all rations
for poultry, and properly so, but anywhere
near a full ration of it should not be given
two days in succession. Indeed, this same
rule aplics pto any grain, for it is variety
in feeding that gives us the best laying
hens. Of the several grains fed to poul
try corn, wheat, oats, barley and buck
wheat arc the most desirable, and the lat
ter should form the smallest portion of the
ration at all limes. During the winter,
and particularly in cold sections, corn
should form about one-half of the grain
ration for the day. This is really neces
sary to provide the proper amount of
heat and if care is taken to feed a variety
of other grains at the other periods of
feeding, altogether with a liberal quantity
of green food, the quantity of corn men
tioned will not make the hens over-far.
FRUIT TREES FOR FENCE LINES.
There are many farmers., who say they
would set out fruit trees if it were not
that they occupied ground which it was
felt must be devoted to other crops. It
is too bad that so many farmers consider
an orchard as somewhat of a luxury and
begrudge the ground space the trees oc
cupy. For such men here is a plan which
has been worked with success' aud which
will not take up any of the ground needed
for regular crops. Set trees along the
fence lilies both between the farm and the
road and between fields except where
stock is pastured. Set the trees close to
the fences so that in time the fences may
be removed. Take good ehro in setting
the trees and the fertilizing given the field
for the regular crops and the cultivation
will be near enough to the trees so they
will get the benefit of them. Beyond this
the trees will need no care, except spray
ing, pruning and the general care a tree
requires under any conditions. By this
plan the trees will he out of the way. not
interfering with rogulac^rops, require no
cultivation or fertilizing Wyond that given
the field and, in a few years, will be a
source of profit.
CUT CLOVER FOR POULTRY.
If it is difficult to obtain roots or other
green food for the fowls invest a few dol
lars in cut clover hay which may be ob
tained from dealers in poultry supplies.
The fowls, and especially the laying liens,
enjoy this especially when it given to
them after being moistened with warm
water Feed it in a trough, giving a small
quantity every other day and the layers
will give you a full quota of eggs.
A SINGLE ROPE HALTER.
Rope halters are quite common in many
sections, hut as they are usually made
by tieing short pieces of rope around the
loops to hold them m shape, they are not
safe for any length of time. Here is a
way of making the halter and having a
piece at one end long enough for tending
all from a single length of rope. The small
cut shows how two loops are made, on«
Cjumavut.
to com* each side of the mouth, and the
manner in which the en<ib» carried around
to form the lmltcr. Looptjarc then tied in
the rope as illustrated, >tho end passed
through and fastened and the loops pulled
tight, which finishes tho^halter. The il-'
lustrations show clearly; how the loops
are made so by follow in*rihe linos closely
any one can do it with a few minute*’
practice.
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