Jl7? Odd Tar.
I
It was Lady Fco's niald who opened
th- door. That is as It would be. I
lute a woman I'm fond of to keep a
una servant. You can never tell what
sort of temper his mistress is in. This
rul- does not apply to bachelors. I
va. shown into Feo's bourdnr. As
you have heard uie say befotv, I like
l:nk - bourdoira, they suit one's com
.lI'xion. Sometimes they suit two peo
pls coirplexion; sometimes people's
:nplex.ioiis suit them. Auyway, it
ivas pink, and ieifection at that. Feo
was lyinp on a sofa with her golden
Iead buried In a swansdown cushion.
This meant she did not intend to stir.
She did not. She held out her little
pink-palmed hand, and as I knew by
lir maid's face I was in for a wig
;;n, I kissed it. I would if I hadn't,
though. She pulled her hand away
ami said languidly:
So you have come at last?"
"Have you been Ion? dressed?" I
s i Id.
This made her anry. I meant It
should. I always like to tire the first
shot.
'You don't think I dress for you, do
youV
ne can never tell. You might be
triuj to the theater."
"I am sick of theaters." said Feo.
You get tired of everything but butter-
scotch," said I.
"And even that has tinfoil!" said
F?o. with a sigh that would have
buri"! an empire.
"It keeps the hugers clean." 1 re
marked, as if I thought it a profound
truth.
"It doesn't." said Feo. "and it sticks
in one's teeth."
I let that pass and tritvl to come to
exclusions by starting a new hare.
'What did you send for me for?"
Alout these theater parties."
The next one had better be at the
Lyceum."
'I shan't go," said Feo. with a toss
of her head.
Why not." said I.
"How can It matter to you?"
"Hut it matters a great deal to
George."
";eorge never goes."
"No. but you do."
"I think you're very rude," said Feo.
"I know you do." said I. "You're
in a temper."
She drew herself up and looked at
t;i straight.
"I'm nothing of the khil "
Slu had got the corner of her l:w
!u:idken-hief Ietween her teeth, so I
t!i Might it best to say nothing.
"Well." she said.
"If you s:iy so. of course." said I,
"of course, it is so; but why don't you
g. to the Lyceum?"
"Never again." said Feo. "so you can
rlikik of something else."
"I'm sf-rry I didn't go to your last
thiter party." said I. "but I forgot."
This; v.as in a very repentant voice,
whi-h I Hatter myself told.
I'm glad that you at least speak
th truth." said Feo.
"I nver lie." said Fev.
"Not to florge?"
"HusMnds are different." said I; "I
itHrt!lt to women."
-I think you are the very rudest
iuan "
"IM-pt Frank Hol-son." I cut hi.
Well, perhaps Capt. HoTou."
"And Aid. Murray." said I.
"I"gh!" said Feo. wPh a shudder:
"I meant among civilized ieople."
"Then I am civilized?" said I.
The lace handkerchief had begun to
t
Well, you are educated, and there
fore oiiirht to know Ietter."
"It is safer to know nothing," said I.
"t say nothing of politer "
"Don't talk almut iIit'ness." said
F-m. with a pout which was delicious.
"I wasn't talking abut rudeness.
Mr. M insell." said Fo. frisMly.
"I know you were." said I: "you al
.'.v .y-s are. and I do try so hard "
"T.'v. indeed." said I). "How can
y m say such a timi? wha you know
it was entirely your fault?"
"But I forgot." said I.
"Don't you keep an engagement !
.i..k?" !
"No."
"Why not?"
""HtM-ause I never was engaged but
(.!K'i and you "
"I iever was engaged to you. at
len.-.?: but why try to ehaiize the sub-j-M-t?"
"I ?"
Yes, I was the subject and you my
yteen "
"Don't be a fool! You know what I
man by an engagement lMxk a
diary. Do you keep one?" said Feo.
"Good Lord, no!" I replied with
horror.
"Why not?"
"Well. I thought it might get me
Into trouble."
"Who with?"
"Your husband. George."
"You are an incorrigible boy; but se
riously, you must kep your engage
ments." "I like that from you." this reproach
fully. She took no notice, but passed on.
"You'll get into frightful trouble."
"George doesn't suspect, does he?"
sah I I.
Feo took no notice.
"And get other people into terrible
tthers," said she.
' "I shall deny everything."
"You can't deny you promised to
come."
-Well, I admit that I forgot."
"How does that get me out of trou
We?" "Your trouble? What trouble?" said
I. concernedly.
"Why, with Alice, of course."
"Whv, what has she got to complain
of?"
"Simply because you never came to
the box."
How Is that her affair."
"She says it was absurd to ask her
rr meet Lord Gourlay, and then not
give her a chance."
"But why should she put it on me?
"She doesn't, unfortunately; she puts
th iiame on my shoulders." said Feo,
with an injured air.,
"But why?" .
'Because you didn't come."
"Good Lord; she doesn't want to
book me, does she?" .
You never can tell with these glrli,"
said Feo. "They think that every
body belongs to thera."
"So, that's what the row is about. Is
It?" aid I. catching her up.
"What do you mean?" said she,
showing I was on the right track.
"Why, it's your fault and not mine,
at all."
"Yes; but it's all your fault."
"Mv fault. Indeed. I see it all now."
"See what?"
"You have been at your old games
again. Feo, and you try to plant it on
me."
"IMant what?" said Feo.
"Eve's apple tree flirtation."
"I am sure I have not how could I?
It was an uneven party, owing to your
not turning up. lhere was the gener
al for Ladv Gaudy. Tommy Lawless
for Mrs. Lock and Lord Gourlay' for
Alice and you to play "
"Bo careful," said I.
"Propriety with me, of course."
"Ha! ha! And of course you could
not play propriety alone by j-ourself.
and so poor Alice!
"Poor Alice, indeed!" said Feo, with
a sneer; "I suppose she has told you.'
"She has told me nothing."
"Then how else could you know?"
"You let It out."
"Let out what?"
"Your heart on a repairing lease
Do you think I don't know you? Do
you suppose for one instant that I im
agine you could spend an evening
without flirtation?"
It was my turn to be indignant.
"I don't flirt." said Feo.
"Then why have you quarreled with
Alice?"
"Oh! these girls get ideas into their
heads if you only look at a man."
"fknow that look."
"Frank, you know perfectly well"
"That Lord Gourlay knows It. too."
"One has to entertain one's guests."
"What about poor Alice? Why did
vou not think of her?"
"I did. I asked Iiord Gourlay to
i meet her."
"And then quietly appropriated nun
to yourself."
"I did not I swear I did not. But
these boys."
"Oh! first It was my fault, and now
It's Lord Gourlay's fault. There is
nothing so confusing as a return to first
principles."
"Just because I was sitting all alone
with no one to talk too
"And letting him see how miserable
vou are when vou have no one to rtirt
with." said I. imitating her injured
tone of voice.
"He was bound to be coiainonly po
lite to his hostess."
"And leave Alice to twiddle her
thumbs?"
"Why did she not keep him to her
self? You know I hate lioya."
"I know you hate girls."
"I rather liked Alice."
"So did Lord Gourlay."
"Till you spoiled it all."
"I?"
"Yes. you. If you had not forgot
ten I say forgotten you promised to
come round to our box. I should never
have quarreled with Alice."
"Or riirted with Lord Gourlay."
"And they might have been engaged
now."
"Like you and I were?"
"Frank, you are a brute, and aud "
"There, there, don't cry."
"Then, whv do vou lvb-ullv me?"
"I don't bully you."
"What was left of the little lace
What was left of the Iittl" laee hand
kerchief was rolled into the size of a
racquet ball aud squeezed into her left
eye.
"When you see I am so mls-ls-er-able."
pouted Feo.
"Because you have quarreled with
Alice?"
"Because I treated you so badly."
Feo is clever.
"If you make your eyes red your
husltand will think he has not been
paying you sufficient attention."
"Yes: poor George," said Feo.
"And now. what alout Alice?" said
I. consoling her.
"That is what I want you to ar
range." "But how?" I had her hand in mine.
"Why. make love to her." said Feo.
smiling feebly.
"To Alice? And this from you, Feo?"
"Yes: she will think it makes me
jealous."
"An. I Lord Gourlay?"
"h. it will make him jealous, too."
"And then we shall all be friends
again."
"There is nothing like rivalry to pro
mote love." said Feo.
"I was once your husband's rival."
said I. reproachfully.
"And now he is yours." said Feo,
giving a little squeeze to my hand.
When I had promised not to make
too violent love to Alice. I went away
and tfok the shreds of a little lace
handkerchief with me. I thought it
was perhaps safer, and so did Feo.
That's how I got It. anyway. Pick-Me-rp.
Trolley Cnnl Pnrllen.
Some forty members of Brooklyn so
ciety were considerably surprised the
other day upon receiving invitations to
a progressive euchre party, "the game
to begin iu Brooklyn and end in Ja
maica." There may have been other
card parties "on wheels," but this Is
certainly the first trolley card party
to attract attention, and the novelty of
the idea has aroused considerable in
terest. ProlKibly Brooklyn is the only
city at present in which the scheme
can be carried out. as it necessitates
something better than ordinary trolley
cars to . Insure comfort as well as
pleasure. It so happens that in the
Long Island annex of "Greater New
York" there are two street cars of ap
proved parlor car models. The interior
of each car is . finished In mahogany.
Each , has buffets and small cabinets
In each corner, so that on trips of suf
ficient length luncheon can be served.
The ceiling is of light cream with gold
trimmings, the floor is covered with
handsome rugs and the cane chairs are
fitted with plush cushions. The por
tieres and hangings at the windows
are in blue and old gold. The exterior
of each car is painted royal blue. The
cars are ttttted with hair elliptic and
spiral springs and standard air brakes.
It is said that they are the finest trol
ley cars in u'. With these surround
ings it is no wonder that the nine-mile
ride to Jamaica, where supper was
served, was greatly enjoyed. The two
cars in use attracted much attention
all along the route. "N York ain't got
nuthln' to touch dis layout, said one
street urchin to another as he watched
the cars starting out on their trip.
New York Letter
SILVER IS THE CURE
TO REVIVE THE INDUSTRIES OF
THIS REPUBLIC.
I)o Not lie Deceived by Free Trade or
Protection Quantity of Money iu C'ir
eolation Ia the Iteal Question at
Iwoe.
The question before the Club was,
"Will the prosperity of the country be
promoted by the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to"l?
Prosperity dependsupon the reward
of production. If producers produced
only those things which they consume,
prosperity would depend upon produc
tlon itself. But under our complex sys
tem everything is exchanged, through
the medium of money hence, prosper
ity depends upon the reward of produc
tlon, or the value of products in ex
change; or, stated in its simplest form,
upon the price of products.
The common reply to this is. that
price is immaterial, as rising or falling
prices are compensatory, and if the pro
ducer receives a lower price he can buy
a correspondingly larger amount, and
vice versa. While this statement is ap
parently true, there are two fallacies
concealed in it which entirely destroy
its value. Unfortunately our whole
economic system Is based upon credit
Debt is universal. Debts are nominally
fixed in dollars. The value in exchange
of dollars is determined by prices
While a certain number of legal tender
dollars will always liquidate any debt
expressed in that number, the amount
of sacrifice and labor needed In ex
change to obtain the dollars is in
creased by lower and decreased by
higher prices. So, in a country in
which debt is the universal condition,
prices, instead of being immaterial and
compensatory, are really the vital fac
tor in determining prosperity.
The second folly is found in the fact
that low prices may wipe out the mar
gin of profit in production. When this
is the case when what he produces
costs the producer more in labor, sacri
fice or money, than he can obtain for
it in exchange though he may buy at
continually lower and lower prices, he
must eventually go to the wall.
So it remains absolutely true that
price is the vital factor that determines
prosperity.
The law of supply and demand de
termines price. The old school of
economists' this law consisting of only
two factors, the product and the need
for the product, assumed that where
the need for the product existed the
ability to obtain it also existed. The
later economists have discovered that
the. law of supply and demand consists
of three factors, and that the third is
the controlling factor in fixing price,
viz: the produce, which is the supply
the need for the product which is
simply Ineffective demand and the
ability to purchase the product, or mon
ey, which transforms ineffective into
effective demand, though there may be
never so great need.
Money does not escape the controll
ing power of the law of supply and de
mand. Its value in exchange is deter
mined by the law. Now. money, or
some accepted substitute for money, en
ters into every commercial transaction
every exchange. Hence it will be seen
that the demand for money is at all
times equal to the demand for all other
things. Hence, it must follow, by in
exorable logic, that the total supply of
money at any given time, be it great
or small, must have a value in exchange
equal to all other things. From this
fact i3 evolved the law of the quanti
tative power of money. This law is
an essential, integral part of the law of
supply and demand. It inheres in it. It
is its controlling factor in its power to
determine price. Formulated, this law
Is (and it is simply the law of supply
and demand applied to money) that if
the mass of money is increased it will
exchange for less products. In other
words, the quantity of money in rela
tion to products determines prices. This
law is inherent, and is as immutable in
its operation as the law of gravitation.
It is also vitally important in consider
ing the money question, and is the key
to most of its intricacies and mysteries.
Money is the creation of law, and of
law only. Its creation is a government
monopoly. Law determines today, ap
proximately, the amount of money that
the people may have with which to ef
fect their exchanges.
Briefly formulated then, my answers
are as follows: Prosperity is deter
mined by the reward of production, or
price.
Price is determined by the law of
supply and demand finding its expres
sion in the relation of the volume of
money to the volume of exchangeable
products.
The volume of money is determined
by law. Hence, price, or the reward of
productions, is determined by law.
Hence, prosperity is determined by
law.
My conclusion, therefore, is, that
prosperity has been destroyed by a con
traction of the volume of money result
ing from the demonetization of sliver,
and can be restored only by the restora
tion of silver to its former status.
Knll Fight on lilcycle.
The latest thing in Spanish bullfights
is to put the matador on a bicycle in
stead of a horse. Carlos Rodriguez, a
well-known cyclist, and Badila, the pic
ador of the Quadrille de Mazzantini.
both entered the arena lately in Madrid
mounted on cycles. Rodriguez soon
ran away from the bull, but Badila, the
picador, stood his ground, and not be
ing able to turn quickly enough, was
overtaken, and both machine and rider
tossed high in air by the infuriated ani
mal. The rider was not hurt, but the
machine was wrecked beyond repair.
The Bible is full of comfort for those
In the dark, but not for those In doubt.
INCOMES AND FREE SILVER.
All Who Labor Will Find Their Waeei
Cut in Half by the Sliver Dollar.
"The Denver Chamber of Commerce,
replying to the appeal for sound money
issued by the New York Chamber of
Commerce, says that resumption of free
coinage of silver is objectionable to per
sons of fixed incomes.
This is true, but in a sense broader
than its authors Intended. Persons of
fixed incomes are not merely million
aires, army, or navy officers. All who la
bor in this country, whether the pay be
called salary or wages, are also per
sons of fixed incomes, and they decided
ly object to having their incomes cut
in half for the benefit of the sliver mine
owners.
The blacksmith who makes $15 a
week, the carpenter at $3 per day, the
salesman at $1,000 a year, the agricul
tural laborer at $1.50 a day, the teacher
at $10 a week, are all persons of fixed
incomes. They find their incomes none
too large for their necessities. Why
should they not object to a slump to
silver, free and unlimited, for the bene
fit of those who own silver, but at a
loss of 50 per cent in their fixed in
comes? It is the labor of the country that
most determinedly demands the gold
basis; that demands stability in the
currency: that objects most positively
to a loss of half its fixed income.
Silver mine owners and agents must
reckon with this 'element, and it is a
mighty element at the ballot box. Let
platform writers note this fact as well
as silver mine capitalists." Chicago
Times-Herald.
It is almost a waste of time to com
ment upon anything that appears in
the Chicago Times-Herald with refer
ence to the silver question. If there is
a statement against silver so wild, so
incongruous, so absurd and so utterly
false as not to find a place in the edi
torial columns of that paper, it can only
be because the financial editor has not
happened to think of it. If somebody
should suggest to him that the free
coinage of silver would convert the
seventeen year locusts into an annual
pest, or interfere with the orderly pre
cision of he equinoxes, we mav be
sure that the idea would speedily ap
pear in the columns of that paier, with
all the gorgeous coloring that a lurid
imagination could supply.
Still there is now and then a person
who may possibly be misled by the
very boldness of the Times-Herald
statements.
Doubtless this is the theory of the
Sound Currency Committee of the Re
form Club, for the above article ap
pears in one of its "sound u iney" sup
plements, which are being scattered
broadcast over the country.
The idea sought to be conveyed is that
all wage workers have "fixed incomes
That is. no matter how greatly the
prices' of houses and everything else
in whicli the carpenter work is done
may fall, the carpenter is still going
to get the same pay. No matter how
much or how little the employer gets
for shoeing horses or making wagons,
the blacksmith's pay will remain un
changed, though the merchant's pro
fits may be destroyed and he be forced
into bankruptcy by the fall in the prices
of his goods, the salesman will still
draw his $1,000 a year.
If the farmer's wheat drops to 23
cents, his corn to 12H. his oats to 8,
and his potatoes to nothing at all, the
farm hand is still going to receive his
monthly pay undiminished.
Such is the philosophy of the Times-
Herald, and by adoption, of the "Sound
Money" Committee.
It is hard to say whether we should
smile at the absurdity, or become indig
nant at the bare-faced fraud. Perhaps
it would be as well to treat it with si
lent contempt, for there is not an intel
ligent workingman in the country whe
can be deceived by anything so flimsy
and false.
The average workingman knows per
fectly well that his employer's ability
to pay him his wages depends upon
the price obtained for the product of
his labor. He knows that the state
ment that his pay is "fixed" is abso
lutely false. Every day some gi eat es
tablishment either limits produ Ion or
cuts wages because of the low prices of
products.
He knows that prices are lower than
ever before, and that there is more
idleness, poverty and . suffering extant
than at any previous period in our
country's history.
If there is a workingman in the coun
try who honestly believes in the gold
standard, the character of the argu
ments (?) by which it is defended
should quickly convince him of his er
ror. The statement that the incomes of
the blacksmith, the carpenter, the
salesman and the agricultural laborer
are fixed is an insult to the intelligence
of 20.000,000 of American wot cingmen.
There is another Idea involved that
is equally preposterous and equally
false.
It is that under free coinage the work
ingman would get no more collars than
he does now, and each dollar would
only be worth fifty cents.
That is impossible. The only way
free coinage can make dollars cheaper
is by making them more plentiful. II
they become more abundr nt. then the
workingmen will certainly get more of
them. 1
If they be not more plentiful, then
they cannot possibly be any Cheaper.
If under free coinage "dollars" be
come cheaper, as they certainly will, it
means that prices will rise that a dol
lar will not buy so much.
The economic history of the world
proves that the condition of the wage
earner always advances with rising
prices. From 1860 to 1873 prices stead
ily rose. According to Professor Sauer- J
beck, the rise was about 11 or IX per
cent. National Bimetallism 1
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VII. MAY 17 PARABLE
OF THE POUNDS.
Golden Text: "He That I Faithful In
That Which Ia Least Ia Falthfol Alo
In Mnch; and He That Is Unjust In Lit
tle ! Unjust In Much Luke xtI, lO.
E HAVE for our les
son today verses 11 to
27 In the sixth chapter
of Luke.
Thus far we have
studied the three great
ministries of Jesus, as
designated by the re
gions In which they
were exercised the Ju
dean, the Galilean, and
Perean. These are now
complete, and there re
mains only the Last
Great Week. The les
son today, although it
Is located In Jericho, really belongs to the
Perean ministry, and is its fitting close.
Compare this parable with the parable of
the talents (Matt, xxv) spoken the following
Tuesday In the temple, taking up another
aspect of the faithful use of what God has
entrusted to us. and with a somewhat dif
ferent object. It will be well to keep both
in view all the time. In order to note the
differences and the similarities, and by both
means to enforce the truths that are taught.
"Takei together they represent the sum of
human accountability," and they preserve us
from any false applications.
Jericho was so situated on the great road
which led from the countries east of the Jor
dan to Judea and Egypt that it must have
been one of the principal custom houses on
the route. "Zaccheus was probably at the
head of this office."
Time The last of March. A. D. 30. Prob
ably just after the healing of Rartlmeus. Just
a week before the crucifixion. -
Place A street in Jericho and the house of
Zaccheus.
The full text of today's lesson Is as follows:
11. And as they heard these things, he
added and spake a parable, because he was
nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought
that the kingdom of God should immediately
appear.
12. He said, therefor. A certain nobleman
went into a far country to receive for himself
a kingdom, and to return,
13. And he called his ten servants, and de
livered them ten pounds, and said unto them.
Occupy till I come.
14. But his citizens hated him. and sent a
message after him. saying. We will not have
this man to reign over us.
15. And ft came to pass, that when he was
returned, having received the kingdom, then
he commanded these servants to be called
unto him, to whom he had given the money.
that he might know how much ever man
had gained by trading.
15. Then came the first, saying. Lord, thy
pound hath gained ten pounds.
17. And he said unto him. Well, thou good
servant: because thou hn.t been faithful In a
very little, have thou authority over en
cities.
IS. And the second came, saying. Lord, thy
pound hath gained five pounds.
19. And he said likewise to him. Be thou
also over five cities.
20. And another came, saying. Lord, behold,
here Is thy pound, which I have kept laid up
in a napkin:
21. For I feared thee, because thou art an
austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst
not down, and reapest that thou didst not
sow.
22. And he said unto him. Out of thine
own mouth -will I Judge thee, thou wicked
servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere
man. taking up that I laid not down, and
reaping that I did not sow:
23. Wherefore then gavest not thou my
money into the bank, that at my coming I
might have required mine own with usury?
24. And he said unto them that stood by,
Take from him the pound, and give it to him
that hath ten pounds.
25. (And they said unto him. Lord, he hath
ten pounds.)
25. For I say unto you. That unto every one
which hath shall be given; and from him that
hath not. even that he hath shall be taken
away from him.
27. But those mine enemies, which would
not that I should reign over them, bring hith
er, and slay them before me.
Some explanations are as follows:
11. "As they heard these things." which
Jesus had been saying In the house of Zac
cheus. where he was a guest. He had been
saying that the Son of man came to seek
and to save the lost. But his method of doing
it was so contrary to their expectations that
they needed farther Instructions. "He . . .
spake a parable, because he was nigh to
Jerusalem." 16 to 18 miles. Jerusalem was
the capital where they expected their Mes
siah to appear, and where his reign would
begin and center. In David's city and on
David's throne. "And because they thought
that the kingdom of God should immediately
appear." Jesus had repeatedly of late given
the Impression that the kingdom was com
ing. 21. "For I feared thee." lest I could not
satisfy thee and thy claims, and might lose
what thou didst entrust to me. and then
how could I look In thy face? "Because thou
art an austere man:" severe In modes of Judg
ing or acting. The sense is obvious: "I
knew thou wast one whom It was Impossible
to serve satisfactorily, one whom nothing
would please." Thus do men secretly think
of God as a hard master, and virtually throw
on him the blame of their fruitlessness. J.,
F. and B. "Thou takest up," etc. You ex
pected me to do the -work, while you had all
the gains.
22. "Out of thine own mouth will I Judge
thee." Your own statements condemn yon.
"Thou knewest." etc. "To be read inter
rogatively." Vincent. Even if it were true,
this unfair description of me. For that It
was false was shown by his great rewards
to the other servants.
23. "Wherefore then." You had an easy
course before you. You had no right to pre
vent my money from making its natural gains.
Usury here means simple interest for the
use of the money.
24. "Take from him the pound." He had
proved himself wholly unworthy of doing busi
ness with the money intrusted to him. His
punishment was like his sin. The sin of
omission led to the omitting from his life of
the good things his Lord had bestowed upon
him, and the many more be would have liked
to bestow.
2 "Unto every one which bath." He only
has true possession of a thing who uses its
powers and forces. He does not reauy
have" anything which he does not make a
stepping-stone to something better. Even
that he hath." In the lower sense, what waa
entrusted to him. The opportunities pas
away, the abilities diminish, the powers wane.
So it will be In the spiritual world.
27. "But those mine enemies." who not only
neglected duty, but refused to be subject to
his sway. "Slay them before me. mere
was a fulfilment of this at the destruction
of Jerusalem. 40 years later, when not a Chris
tian perished.
STATISTICS OF THE RACE.
The birth rates of the even prin
cipal European nation? have declined
notably since 1880. Thr .Incline in deam
rates has been still greater, so the sur
plus of births over deaths has risen
steadily.
Although marriage rates have de
creased the number of children to a
marriage has increased in every coun
try except Belgium. Moreover the nat
ural Increase of population the world
over has proceeded with greater rapid
ity since 1880 than before.
Forago For Swine,
Next to alfalfa, sorghum is probably
the best green forage plant for hogs.
Wherever alfalfa grows, it is advised to
plant alfalfa-along with sorghum for
hog pasture. A good authority as C. C
Georgeson of the Kansas station advis
es having a few acres in alfalfa for ho?
pasture the greater part of the summer,
and in addition grow a piece of cane,
cultivating it as when growing for su
gar, and feed this in the fall to fatten
ing hogs.
FflP5D
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Running sores broke out on my thigha.
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petite, could not sleep. I was a perfect
wreck. I continued to grow worse and
finally gave up the doctor's treatment to
We
take Hood's Sarsaparilla. Soon appetite
came back; the sores commenced to heal.
My limbs straightened out and I threw
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hearty and am farming, whereas four
years ago I was a cripple. I gladlv rec
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Hammond, Table Grove, Illinois.
run
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