ir V K I: 7--
CHAPTElt VII. (Continued.!
Dulcie listened to hiia with a smile in
her eyes. It was plain to her Hint be had
BOt guessed the cause of her sudden
Hushes. Hi egregious vanity had blind
ad him.
"Thank yon," she said sweetly, wben
he paused, aa if he had gone through a
performs ner fur her amusctueut.
Attd somehow he divined by her way e.f
taring those two little words, that, for
eaio reason of her own, she was not in
clined to take the hint he had wrapped up
to poetically.
"See!" rising lazily and putting on her
hat. "My friends are coming back for
Bie tttlnst! I had begun to think they had
forgotten me!"
"Who could forget yon!" the yonng
tan :iid in a low- tone, more to himself
tkan to her.
"Oh. they could!" laughing a little.
"They are nil iu all to each other. Why
lion Id they remember me?"
He stood lieside her while che drew on
her gloves. One of them she could not
button, and she held it out to him with a
pretty little gesture. Of course he was
longer over it than he need have been!
And no one could blame hiiu fur lingering
little. That round white wriut would
kave tempted a far stronger man than
Jnlinn Carre.
IVrcy Stanhope, coming np, saw- them,
M they stood side by side, and a sharp
pang went through his heart. He would
dearly have liked to knock the tnau down
knt be knew that he had no right to do it.
He had sense enough left to see that. An
It was, his greeting was of the stiffest.
They Wood and talked together for
few cunuics, and then Juliiin Carre went
back iuto the church for Lord Harvey,
enu tuey went home as they had come,
cross the fields together.
Leaning over the gate of the house, as
they nine within Bight of it, was Hugh
Fleming. He had Ix-en rnolimr: but.
When he saw thera, he threw his cigar
into tne road, and went forward to meet
them. After the hand -shaking had lma
(one through, he made Lis way to Dul
ie. "I have come down," he told her, "to,
wujv) iuyscir. 1 want to forget all the
cares or ure Tor a while. Will yon help
Bie, Miss Levesipie?"
They were standing at the foot of the
hallow stone steps; and the shadows of
the old elm's leaves fell over her face,
and crept down to the dainty shoulders.
"I will if 1 can. Sir. Fleming."
Very well I Then it is a bargain?'
Yes" with a laugh.
"Well, lot us shake hands on it as they
do in Hi North Countrie!"
He held out his broad pnlni, and she
filt bens upon it; and, for an instant, they
dang together, and then slowly parted.
And Dulcie. looking into the man's
yes, knew that she had won another
lover.
CHA PTER VIII.
Toward the end of April, Ijtdy Harvey
'Waa to give a dinner party. Invitations
for it mine to The Kims, to Mrs. Hard
Inge's delighted surprise.
I don't think I ever saw Berta so ex
eked over anything." Esther said, as the
two girls sat over their late tea. "She is
in a fever of delight. We shall hear of
nothing for the next fortnight but 'What
ball we wear? "
Dulcie smiled, and sipped her tea quiet
ly. A change had of late come over her,
ot to lie accounted for in any way. She
had lost half her reckless nerve and a
food deal of her brightness.
Snatching up a lace cape, she passed
Wt't on to the lawn, through the open win
dow, while Esther went away to find a
kat for herself. A went wind met her,
like a caress, as she emerged iuto the
pen air. Close beside the gate was a tall
laburnum, now in full bloom. Dulcie
Went straight to it, and leaned her arms
on the low wooden gate post. The goldeu
blossoms bent over her, and flung their
erf nine at her with eTery passing breath
f wind. Everything was very quiet and
tweet. The nedge on the other side of
the road was starred all over with clus
ter! of elegant spring flowers. Some
where, lu the far blue overhead, a lark
waa singing.
As she leaned there, a lad passed and
looked at her; stopped a few aeconds. then
turned aud came back.
I ie, if ; Tit p'rasc?'
"In,,' she answered, amazed toat be
Should know ber.
Thia l for you, then, and no answer,
thanh you." '
"Thia" was a small note curiously twiat
d. Before she could find breath to ask
who sent it, the lad was off, tramping
Jong the road at a rate that made it
irlwa for ber to try to follow him.
Something chill crept through the girl's
Vtakm, aa she held the paper m her band.
Toning ber head to make sure that Es
ther waa not coming, she opened it and
"Why are yon so cruel? These three
4aya I have waited for yon and yon never
Mat. If I have offended you, you might
t kMat let me know bow. I shall wait
4 hope till t see yon."
Sim was no need to look at the signa
tw, At knew from whom it came
twt that it waa Julian Cam who had
waMod.
"Csftli ir k aaked herself with
fa aigk. "I aatd always to he able to
t mm what I wanted to do, and to do H.
Safety , t mm to have two son la in my
aack drawing bm different way."
. LJtkwr jatawi kar praaaatlr. and tto
tv waMd a? aad down acroaa the akort
:n tt tkw lawa, ekattiag: wkftt tka
ttjm wt ovatkaad, and tka alght
" nrrski i tkani faint atkm of tka
fM wtrtr Ita ptkhlaa,
f '-''ffw tadiag wkara tka Ugkt
" nm 4m faN fafl ttpoa tkaam.
t trj aaaaai tkata aad man.
tsaf tt la Mr om m ay
V-wt--l-xS,wWt Maan.
f't .WT n CM Ulallat ktf,
1 tt Lk rt kar leUad
euing fields. The black lace had fallen
back from her head aud face. Her pret
ty, light dresn. with the vivid crimson
bows at the throat and ellxnvs, made a
patch ef soft color against ttie green alout
her.
Julias Carre, looking at her. frit, his
heart throb fast, storuiiiy, passionately.
"What is in the girl?" he said to him
self, as he watched her from the shade
of the high bridge opoiite. "that draws
me to her in spite of all my common sense.
She is not as leautiful as Atirlr.v Koilct.
nor as Lady Mary, even: yet they are as
water unto wine compared with her."
She had not seen him. She was not
even thinking of him. When he crossed
the road and stood before her she rlasied
her hands with a sharp cry. The pretty
color had faded from check to lip, for she
thoi'glit, when she tirst looked up, that it
was Percy Stanhope.
"Have 1 the misfortune to startle jou
again?" he said, iienitentiy.
"Of course yon startled me. Where did
yon come from?"
"I was passiag, and 1 heurd your voice.
I could not but stay. You do not blame
me?' bending forward to catch a gliimte
of her face, under the shade of the boughs
to which she had retreated.
"Most decidedly!"
"I am sorry for that, but do not make
me feel sorry I stayed,"
"W hy should you be glad?" demurely.
"I have wen you."
Dulcie laughed and glided a step near
er. It was nice, sfter all. to read the love
in this too candid man's eyes aud to know-
that the g.tme she had taken up for pas
time had grown into serious earnest for
him.
"I have seen yon," he repeated passion
ate y. "Do you know w hat that moans
to me? Do you know that day and night
your face hsnnts me, your voice is in my
ear..?"
She folded her slim hands on the bar
snd lifted her face to him. The pearly
brow, with those little shining rings of
hair a lxi u t it, gleamed in the light. The
largi. bright eyes met his unflinchingly.
"You must not blame me for that. You
know when you told me a week ago that
your friend had warned you against ad
miring me I bade you take the warning.
Could I do more?'
"It was too late," Julian Carre answer
ed hoarsely. "You knew that it was too
late wben yon said it."
"Did I?' the giri said indifferently.
She was plucking listlessly at the la
burnum flowers that bnug over her head.
The piquant face, the round, white
throat, were framed in by their slender
gulden spray a.
Harvey had told him the truth. He
had slipped "iuto the depths" without
knowing it. She was beautiful, and he
loved her as his friend bad foretold he
would. She fornicated him, she mocked
at him, she made it no secret that she
did not care a fig for him. But nothing
could alter the fart Hiat he loved her.
"Do you know," looking up with a
smile, to find him watching her admiring
ly, "Mrs. Hardinge would be quite horri
fied if she knew that I waa out here at
this hour talking to yon?"
"What is Mrs. Hardinge to us?" -cross
ly.
'She is my hostess at present, that is
all.
He put out his hands and took bold of
hers. They were full of leaves and yel
low buds, and he held them clow in his
feverish grasp, the soft, white hands and
the flowers.
"I will go aw ay now if yoo will promise
to see me to-morrow."
"You will not lie warned, then?
"Not by you, dearest!"' pressing his
lips to the bare, white arms, almost rough
ly. With a sudden jerk she released her
bands and stood Uick from him.
"At least yon have warned me," she
said, crimson with anger.
He bad seen ber in all sorts of moods,
but never like this liefore. Terhaps he
liked her all the better ror the haughty
temper that would brook to little.
"You will forgive me." he said, pushing
ojien the gate in his eaniestnss. "You
will not blame me for what I could not
help?'
"Oh, no. I shall not blame you" scorn
fully. "It baa beeu quite my own fault."
Witb a chill bow she swept past him
and into the house before ne could stay
her.
He waited and watched, half hoping
she might come out to bitn again, but she
did not. He heard a brilliant valse being
played in the drawing room presently, aud
by some instinct he divined that Dulcie
was the player. He turned about at that
and strode home, a man angered beyond
hia patience.
' "Dulcie," Mr. Hardinge said, coming
into the loom where the girl was playing,
- jinr, aa aha would have aaid to ber
elf, to work her temper out at ber finger
tipa, "what la this that Esther told me
abont your not going to Abbeylands?'
"Nothing; hut that I am not going."
"Esther will be very disappointed then.
She says ahe shall not enjoy he.nelf with
out yon. Could yon not change your
mind?'
"I would rather not, thank you."
"At all eventa, you need not decide nn
til to-morrow. I shan't write till then."
Mrs. Hardinge took up a book and lay
down on one of the couchea, and Dulcie
began playing again.
Should aha go? That waa the one ques
tion that kanoted her, and repeated itaelf
over and over again, to the time of the
tana she waa playing. Should ahe go, and
show hisa that not ona of the fine I ad lea of
this world waa as beautiful aa aha waa?
It would ka a rur triumph for her, and
har eyes danced at tka prospect.
"I kopa shall decide to stay at homo,"
lira. Harding waa thinking, behind tka
stare af her novel. "Esther la really
fcaaaaoaaw tkaa she la, aad yet, aonMkow,
aka alway aaraaifs kar."
It waa a atowth to tie C" tinea Dr! '9
kad mm - The E'--- a whole moat to,
m4 t! Itti 'j. isaad vary aarr daa.
I In one montli more it would Is' Ki er
1 turratit's weeding djy. A s!,iver of paiu
shook the giri as she thought of it.
! t.Viuld it really l true that the n:tn she
had loved a:id trusted in with all her
! heart would teke a:oitcr Koii.i.u as his
wife when thoee four !-ort wects were
over.' lceeine.l to her that It inusi nave
le tl f:ir mere than a i.mnth since this
love and Trust l ad 1-ef n cn' lK-d and
Lus'lcd ni.t of her life mi roughly.
The night si-e toi l r.-cog ! Tercy
F'tii'i.il f.n e in IVhcr'" hsket n-cnied
a nit-lit set far behind her iu a Cense
sha h- aiid l.urnir of p.iiu.
"Ob, cruel, cruel!" she h:;d moaned to
herself n.any a time, tliinkii.g of him.
"Oil. rrnel i m! fa ;!" Yet. had he leen
s i TuIm- after nli? H,r hud told him she
!id !:! hue hi;!;, ami he hail l.viievcd her
ai;d had straightway carried to another
the love she wtM not bnve. Could he
hate d cie this if his low hud U-cti a real
hen rt -root? That was the question. How
woiil.l it Love lif.n:e the trm
it had Is'cii sue! Inte. siloug
us l;e had once ilmught it?
I'lalltiug
aud deep.
"I could forgive him." Dulcie thought,
looking out st the pale April sky, "if he
had only wicd a little while. P.ut he
did not. While I was silting in old I 'ere
.LmiciV s;iloii, lisKtiitig for his ring at
the door, he had gone away from nie for
ever, had mmp home here, and Mas busy
winning Esther to love him, just us he
had once won n:p
There was the smart. That was the
wound to which the proud little heart
could not grow reconciled.
"I will do the t-st I ran for myself,
she had said in Esther. Was she doing
it? Was !: not plating witb men's
hearts as if they were croquet balls, w ith
out one care for the future that lay i-
fore her?
"toil have Seen dreaming, Dulcie," she
said to hrrseif. wit'i a little bitter sii.li
"mid .oii will waken up 'out in the wild'
if you don't take heed.'"
That very uight, when the house was
quiet, Dulcie sat down to write a letter.
It was a lor; letter to hi r t'ucle Dwrer
and it told hitu the truth alsiut her posi
tion.
"I shall have no home here," she wrote,
"when once Esther is married." Hut she
did not tell him that the bridegroom
w oti'd I their old friend IVrcy Stanhope.
"I should !e wretched here, though Mrs.
Hardinge urges me kindly enough to stay.
If you have things so settled now that
you can offer ti e the shelter of a roof, I
will come back to you. I am ahie and
willing lo work for the rest."
When the letter was written, and In
closed in its envelope, the girl looked at
it for a few minutes Intently.
"That shall decide me," she said to
herself. "If lit! sajs 'come,' I will go, and
leave all these new friends behind me. If
he does not say 'come,' then "
But she did not finish the sentence. A
sw ift. stinging flush came into her cheeks,
aud her lips quivered ominously.
CIIAI'TEK IX.
The day of Lady Harvey's dinner party
came at lest a bri:liiint April day, the
heavens cloudless, the sunshine w arm, the
air fragrant witb spring's )erf tunes.
Down in the In-art of Briertou Wood
spring held high carnival. The batiks
were purple with wild pansies; the moss
was etnereld green; the young leaves
thriiled and quivered iu the very ecstaey
of life. Down the long walks went Dul
cie. her hat in her hand, her sweeping
skirts nistJing over the leaves and twigs.
Dulcie tiling herself dow n here to rest,
and folded her anus under her head for
a pillow. The sonshine U-at wurmly on
her uncovered head and face, but site did
not mind that. Khe reveled in the warmth
and the nuiet. the drowsy, soothing rustle
of the branches, and the ripple of the
flowing water. Hut after a while she be
gan to tire of it. AmmMed nature had
the strongest charm for Dulcie.
Presently she heard a whittle, and a
scramble, and a man's voice a voice that
she knew as we!l as she knew her own
culling out, "Down, you brute! Down,
JiiiiiIki." and she was rather pleased than
otherw ise.
He came on v. hUtlirg, and tramping
down the grass with long, heavy strides,
and at the bend of the bunk he saw her.
Khe had raised herself nu ber elbow to
listen, and ber upturned face, with the
warmth of the- sunshine in it vivid
smiles, was the first thing be noticed. Ju
lian Carre stopped suddenly, and the
w histle died on his !iis, with a soft, sin
gle note like the call of a bird. She was
almost tit his feet aa he stood, a lovely,
hri!!iunt little creature with some f the
witchery i,'. .he wild wish! in her lithe,
bstli-?s grace of Umb and poise. He for
got that she had been angry w ith Liui, aud
he with her. He Ki.ell down ou the grass
beside ber. and held out both his hands.
His eyes sparkled, his checks glowed like
a girl's through their tan.
"Now, what good fairy sent you here
to-day, Xii.is Ie'jeV I am fairly ufiuid
to shut my eyt, lest or. opening them 1
should find you had I cii only a viion."
"A very aubi-tu.jtial vision!" Dulcie
laughed, putting one pink pulin iuto bis
larger one.
"For the last fortnight I have Wn look
ing forward to this day, or this evening,
rather," he said, bringing himself a little
nearer snd leaning on his elbow, so that
he could see her face. "Do you know
why?
"I have not the faintest idea" inno
cently. It was not exactly (he truth, for she
bad, while he sKke, one of those flashes
of intuition that make the ordinary wom
an so mncb more than a match for the
average man.
"Beca use" very low and tenderly "I
know that I should see you then."
She shot a side glance at bis face, and
what she read there flushed ber own a
little.
"If you do, I shall be what you took me
for just now a vision, and not myself at
all."
"Uow do you mean? You arc coming
with Mrs. Hardinge, are you not?'
"No, I am not going" very quietly.
"Can it bs true? I am terribly diaip
polnted." "I am sure I cannot see why, Mr, Carre;
you will have a whole bevy of country
ladle to connote you; and beoldes," with
a little smile that bewildered bim, "1
ahould have looked sc 'odd' among them
all."
"I believe yoo would laugh like that,"
ka aaid moodily, "If you saw a man dy
ing. I can't argue wltL you! You do
nothing but jest and meek, whlla I 1 lova
yon! Thar, you have it!"
Ha roa to hia fet a ha aaid it, aad
Dulcie nat, too. Ska kad gauged klm
pretty oorrectly, aad knew fairly wall
how rnaay b trier of prudeae bla lava
wootd haft ta leap on Ita way to hot,-Ska
waa not rick. Ska kad do family. Har
nu': living rafaura aa a baakrvpt
j ultor, at a tine wden tani.rupicy std
I spjeiilstioa were uot tolerated in decent
society. Mk. knew be was learning to
j Me her; but she had not counted on hi
j Ming her better than h'nmelf a yet
ll might iou.e to that some day. she had
Nicird uf times, b-.tt that "so.Te day"
I ml always sei ined a long lime off. And
j N t!,e itde of Lis love wi s at .lie lull al-
rt1;-,t?.e tsirr'' sail ,.. ,-. ,,1, 4 ad .
f it Lerse'.f csitsht in tb torrent, and
sujmied a litsie by i-s fore.
Jk iiiii ion Ir.ok ji her. Hcste sl guaw
iiif his mustache and kicking the t;e of
bU boot into tie ground. What should
sis say to him? l'or the first time in her
liiib iierhsjis, the g'rl telt at a loss for
wh,k. Percy Stanbope'a wooing had been
mining lil.e this. Khe had loved him. and
h h-.d read the love iu lier eves before
hit lij ciiiild speak It. ami been satis
fied. He had Is'n an ebsinent. resistless
woer; but this Juliuu Carre stood like
a s:oie. and waited for her U speak to
n.tii.
"If he stands there till the sun sets.
si thought, "I shall not be the first to
sjieak."
At last he turned toward her.
" hat have jou to say to me?"
"Nothing" in a very quiet little voice.
"Nothing!" with rising passion. "Is
that all you have to offer iu exchange for
a man's whole heart?"
He came quite close to her. and drew
the hat out of her powerlesK lingers, Hing
iiig it ou the grass behind bim. It very
ne: rly fell into the wiu r, aud she gave
a Inlle "Oh!" of dismay,
"You are awfully silly, Mr. Carre!"
'i di.re say I am." ,
".May I have my hut, please?'
lie was making her cheeks burn un
comfortably, lie stared at l.ef so, aud he
still held Loth her hanus pr.ujueJ in out
of l is.
"I am sure it is time I was at home"
restlessly.
"It is quite time," he answered, coolly.
"More than thai, it Is time that 1 waa;
but we can't j art like this."
"How? I don't understand!" begin
ning lo qiutke again.
"Oh, ye, you do understand! I have
told you I love you. You know very well
win-it that means. I want you to lote me
I want jou to be my wife."
(To be continued,)
A pbnbet of Proverb.
A grain of prudence fur outweighs a
pound of cunning craft.
Boasters, sometimes liars called, have
bragged tiil Biigeis laughed.
Denying faults will double them, without
a gain of pelf.
Envy shoots at others, hut she only
wounds herself.
Foolish fear u danger dreads wben there's
none in sight.
Cod iu our poor, feeble hands puts !I;
temple's light.
He has hard work who has naught in bis
hands to do.
It cost more to right one wrong than to
suffer two.
Knavery is a jsior trade for a youth to
learn.
learning journeys with a man where'er
he may turn.
Modesty will guard a soul better than a
sword.
Ne'er forget to listen well to your heart's
tirs-t word.
One swift hour caught to-day is worth
two to-morrow.
I'roud looks, someFinK-s, are a mask worn
to cover sorrow.
Quiet conscience is the saint that gives
quiet sleep.
Itirbest be who from poor fields crop f
good cau reap.
Small faults Irfl long enough grow up t
giant foe.
The Isjcgh that lears the weight ef fruit
Jowest bend and grows.
Upright walking is most sure ou the way
of sin.
Virtue is to Happiness very closest kin.
Wise men make their chances; for they
are seldom found.
You will never hurt the world spreading
kindness 'round.
Zeal that is misdirected will crumble to
the ground.
I.cng-th it K'-pillc.
A python 2U feet la length that died
In the reptile bousa of the London Zoo
logical Society waa the largest reptile
ever cocfluexl there. There is a general
iniptesKiou that pythons rcuch a length
of 40 feet or more, an absurdity made
manifest when the authorlti n a -sert
that the female Indian pytben 1U1 In
the gardens, and but a trllle over IS
feet long, is tbe longeat snake In cap
tivity of which there Is any record.
General Impressions as to the length
of these great reptiles are due to tbe
absurd pictures that formerly decorat
ed geographic and olher works ued
bomctimes n text hooks, showing u
picture of a python In the act of crush
ing and swallowing an Indian buffalo.
That was a ridiculous picture that waa
the father of many of Uie "freak Jour
nalism" pictures of tbe preet-ut clay.
The London python, vhlcU war a re-il J
In.iteHd ol a fabulous reptile, was Just
over 20 fi-et In length. It wa obtain
ed In Malacca and was presented to
the society by Dr. Hampshire on Aug.
W. 1870, and bud, therefore, lived rath
er more than twenty year in England.
During that period it bud been fed prin
cipally wlUi duclu, of which It aonie
ttme swallowed four or Ave at ona
meal, Ita food waa offered to It one
a week, but It sometime refuted to
eat for a month together. Tbe peel
men will be mounted for the Trlng mu
eum. New York Tribune.
A a Kajr Tlctory.
"Ah," tbe fond mother alghed, "yo i
aay yon lore my daughter uow, but
will yon lore ber wben aba la old V
Steadily looking bar in tbe eyea b
replied: "She will oerar get eld. Any one
can ee at a glance that aba take after
you."
Otwee) Ante.
Tbe green anta of Auetralla make
neat by banding leave together and
Dotting them witb kind of natural
glue. Hundred hart been seen on one
Inn inuring It to the ground, wh!
an equal number waited to receive
bold and faiten It
laamanaa ptrnxa rraaw florid.
A apoege with too groat dreomfer
wee of Are feet ! Incbca ha lately
how taken from it water of illacay rr
bo. riorUa.
A
The Hog Coder the Woa.
"Come, w ife," said good oid Farmer Oray,
"Put on your things, 'tis market day,
And we'll be off to the nearest towa.
There anil back ere the sun goes down.
"Spot? No, ws'il leave old Hpot behind."
Hut fiot he barked aud Spot he whined.
And soon made up bis doggish mind
To foilow under iue wagon.
Away they went at a good round pace,
And joy came Into the farmer's face,
"Poor Spot," said he, "did want to come,
Hut I'm awful glad he's left at home
He'll guard the barn, and guard the cot,
And keep the ca:t!e out ol the lot."
"I'm no; so sure of that," thought Spot,
The dog under the wagon.
The farmer all his produce sold
And got his pny in yellow gold;
Home through the lonely forest. Hark!
A robber springs from behind a tree;
"Your money or else your life," says he.
The moon was up, but he didn't see
The dog under the wagon.
Foot ne'er harked and 8pot ne'er whined;
Hut quickly caught the thief behind;
He dragged him down in the mire and
dirt.
And tore his coat and tore his shirt,
Thrn held bim fast on the miry ground;
The robber uttered not a sound
While hi bauds and feet the farmer
,1 bound.
And tumbled him into the wagon.
fo Spot he ssved the farmer's life.
The farmer's money, the fsrmer's wife.
And now a hero grand snd gay.
A silver collar he wears to-day.
Among bis friends, among bis foe
And everywhere hi master goes
lie follows on his horny toes.
The dog under the wagon.
The Advance.
Ibe Ayrshire Tow.
Thia old breed from the County of
Ayr, Scotland, needs some one to blow
Ita born: the breeder don't seem
Inclined to do It. even when given a
pec'al Invitation. Tbe breed ems
apecially adapted to the northern, part
of our eouutry, a tbl more nearly re
semble It native borne. Daniel Web
ter I ald to bave kept Ayrshire on
hi farm at Marstifleld. Mass., and he
recommended them specially for New
England. Profeasor Slieblon filv'.d d
tbe breed Into two cl.'isses, one repre
Bentlng tbe butter and the other the
cheese type. At tbe Vermont Experi
ment Station, In 1895, Rs-na Myrtle
8.".'I0, a farrow cow, msde the largest
milk aud butter record ever obtained
at the station from a cow of any breed
In one jear-1'2,175 p -utids of milk,
producing 540 pound of butter. The
average production of cheese In Beet
land I from 500 to 600 pound per
cow.
The secretary of the Ayrshire B"eed
era' A-utiatlun. C. M. Window, inrni
tip tbe qualities of the Ayrshire, by
aylng that she I noted for vigor,
bard hood and for producing a maxi
mum quantity of good milk from a
minimum quantity of food. The aver
age weight of the cow I nbout 1,000
pound. The Ayrshire bull Is highly
recommended to cross on Jersey cow.
In the language of the breeders, tbe
Ayrshire n'ck well with the Jersey.
Te cnt rovr-Heou tb Ayrshire cow,
I.oae till una, iue prwiwrty of C. M.
Wicslow & Hon. fs he has a record of
7,708 pounds of milk and VA pound of
butter In 365 consecutive day. Hlie
took first premium at tbe Vermont
Btat Fair last year for tbe largest
amount of butter fat from one day's
milking. There were thirteen cows In
competition.
To Kill Tree llorera.
Wben borers have made their way
Into tieea, some hot water at a tempera
ture of 140 to 100 degree, or aa hot aa
can woll be borue by tbe band, Injected
into the bole they have made will de
stroy them. Sucb a temperature will
not Injure the tree. With a syringe
and flexible rubber tub wttn a email
noaxle enough water ahould be forced
op to make sure that tbe borer la kHled.
All Insect can bo killed by applying
water to them at a temperature not
high enough to bo Injurioue to vegeta
tion. Ileete far K11agaL
Ooo or tbe other, If not both, should
bo produced on every farm where stock
of aay kind and bo It only one cow
1 kept Poet come bandy eren for
fattening atw k. Haya Prof. Cnr of
too Iowa station: "Prom onr experience
koro in : of beota In Snlah.ng cat
ttt of b.,l quality for tbe block, I have
ao kaaltaacy In saying that the latro
daastoa of root and Mm boot prodoet
too oar fattaalng ration will remit bj
raatly bettor prodoet. All of too eat
p tka baro booa ajorkatod by tko
BfWIE etas X A.
!oi-a t."it!rn and killed witb sucb good
1 re':nl:s tave beeu flnfs'jeil on a ration
I consl.s'ir.rr In j'art of nsits. The use of
j root er;i enables the feeder to mak.
a bctti1' 11 in! more fleslrntde carcaa or,
beef than can lie in.nlt' on dry feed
alone. The animals fed roots are mel
lower to the touch, evener In theli
flesh, ami In better Mnora than It ll
possible to obtain on dry feed, and tk
gains are larger and more economically
prodiued." We also find beets a fine
auxiliary fowl for pigs, and can w Intel
them very cheaply on title) diet
For Watering Fowls
A w l!-m:ido watering fotinialn foi
poultry Is the beat arrangement fol
waierl: g fowia, but these are more ot
less expensive. Koine stilmtitule an
shown herewith, A g-illoo "cauued ap
pie" can may be attached to the wall
as shown, or a lard pail may be htin
tije n a nail wi bin p-a'-b of the floor
B:ter still Is the third device, whlcl
permits wa'er to be poured Into tht
pall each day from the ontalde, aw!
Is up where the litter will not bi
MEV1CKS FOB WATKHIXfJ KOWI,S.
scratched Into It, Make the plaifora
oa which the pn'.l rest broad enougl
so that a fowl can fly up and Hand up
on the edge while drinking. When
fowls and chick run at large there cai
be no bet:er drinking fountain to la.
placed out of doors thau the familial
device of flliltig a tin p.iil. can or otnet
vessel, according to tbe size desired
and Inverting It over a flat dish a lit
tie larger In dia nicer. This auppllei
clean water ai fast aa It I used, an
osnnot be soiled.
The Asparagns Beetle
Tbe aspnnigus beetle baa nearly de
; atroyed the asparagus Industry In some
bK-aliUes Many reined leg have liees
1 suggesied, among them applying lime
; freely over the bed late In the fall.
after the tops and Ih-I bave been bunil
over, with another liberal application
of lime In the spring. Some growers
claim that, where the row were billed
up two feet and the young shoots cut
off a soon n tbe tipa appeared atov
ground, no damage waa done. Cutting
tbe shoot waa also continued until
quite late. Where shoots were allowed
to grow until 2 or 3 Inches high before
cutting, tbe beetle attacked them. It
may tie stated, also, that If all shoota
are cut when Just appearing tbe aspar
agus stalk will be found tender from
tbe tip to the butt, and of much bettet
quality than when tbe tot r" "greea,"
and If the row are billed the cutting
of the shoot I done witb more eoa
than when the level culture method ll
practiced. The suggestions given an
worthy of consideration by those wh
have had the beetle to contend wtok
tbl season.
Killing Canadian Thistle.
To kill Canadian thistles, let them
come to bud, or flower; put heavy
chain from right end of doubletree t
plow beam, at where the coulter l, or
should lie; leave alack enough to loop
In furrow, just ahead of the turning
furrow slice; have a good plow that will
turn tbe furrow, ami with a steady
team you will cover thistle completely,
and a they will bare us.-O all their vi
tality In maturing flowers for seed, will
benefit the land aa greea manure.-
Farmer' Voice.
For Mending Hone.
The accompanying Illustration repn.
sents an Ingenious article for mending
hose. A piece of pine or ether soft
a c wood, hollow, cut
Inches long and
turned to In at
Inch at B
and indie at 0 will flt the ordinary
size ef hose. For larger or smaller
sixes tbe wooden connection Is made to
correspond. To repair the damaged
portion, slip each end of tbe hose half
way over the connection. 80 long aa
the joint Is fairly tight no wiring or
tlelng Is necessary, aa the water soon
swells the wood, making a tight Joint,
Cabbage Worm
Fprinkle cabbage liberally with road
dust and the worms will come np and
drop off. Aa cabbage heads from the
Inside thia will not Injure tbem. They
may need a second application. For
worms oa cauliflowers, sprinkle with
tne salt Agricultural Epltomlat
Horttraltaral Nate.
Tbe tfngliab Ivy doe not karm a tree
oa which M growa.
Bee If a little Uaa water oa Irrigated
land will not bo batter.
Fruit whan placed in eoid
ahould bo firm and hard.
Sprinkling Dlaata with rta
f root k) eipected will protect them.
Pears to bo pat la cold storage akonld
bo picked before they begin to ripen.
Watarvelon ought not to be growa
on the same ground oftoaor tkaa throe
year.
Tbe grape viae trained to a ataglo
tako kaa aorar Hat Ita boat la oar as.
Totnateeo an ao harty that tfcey may
U tranoplaakad im after tho frail
hoglaitoawt
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