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. CHAPTER I
iitratig p fcer slackened reia.
oae fcaad, his rider managed to
ker leaping cap with, the other;
aad. after the first- bounce she cmght
.tae ierky gait instinctively and away
d her "body into its uneven swing.
But her heart was aH at once a-throb
in a wild panic- Was rfr? what a boy
joust expect? "IT these other men
behave so, it is in my mind to tell
taem. that I am a woman" she decid
ed. Since they are my own people.
ao' evil can come of their kaowingr
and I dislikp the other feeling."
The recollection that she had al
ways this escape open gave her a- new-
lease of boldness. WTien. a sentinel
stopped her near the top, she faced
him with a fairly firm front.
"I have war news for King Canute,"
Bhe told him haughtily; and he let her
pass with no more than, a grin.
She had come in by the back. door,
but now she had begun to reach the
better quarters. Her nose reported
sooner than her eyes that a meal was
in making; and a glow oanticipation
.braced her famished body. There, a
. dozen yards to the left, the meal was
nearly over; between the gnarled
trunks the fire shone like a red eye;
and bursts of merriment and snatches
of boisterous son? marked the begin
ning of the drinking.
Sometimes a woman's lighter laugh
ter would mingle with the peal. Some
times, through the swaying branches.
Randalin caught sight of the flower-fair
face of an English girl bending be
tween the shaggy yellow heads of the
captors. Once she came upon a brawny
Viking employing his huge fingers to
twine a golden chain around a white
throat. The girl's face was dimpling
bewitchingly as she held aside her
ahining hair. Randalin had an im-
. pulse of triumph.
"I wish that Sister Wvnfreda could
see that, now since it is her belief back of my counsels. Have you be
that Danes are always overbearing i come like the wind, which tries every
"1 have war
.toward their enptives," she told her
self. Another sentinel hailed her and she
gave Mm absently her customary an
. swer. He pointed to a great striped
tent of red and white linen, adorned
ith fluttering streamers and guarded
by more sentries in shining mail; and
she rode toward It in a daze.
More revelera sprawled under these
trees, and she looked at them curi
ously. The women here did not seem
to be amusing themselves so weiL
One was weeping, and one a slip
of a girl with a face like a rose was
trying vainly to rise from her place
- beside a drunken warrior, who held
her hands and strove to pull her lips
- iimra to his wine-stained mouth. In
imagination Randalin felt again Nor-
. man's arm around her waist, and a
wild pity was quickened in her. This
was worse than drudgery, worse than
. blows 1 For the credit of Danish war-
".riors, it was well that Sister Wyn-
freda could not see this.
Agiin her own words raised a start
ling apparition. What had been the
Sister's last cry of warning?' "It is
' not their cruelty I fear for you. Child,
listenl It is not their blows " Could
it be possible that this was what
Like a merciless answer came a
scream from the girl a short, pierc
ing cry of horror and loathing and
agonized appeal as she was drawn
down upon the leering face. At that
cry, childhood's blind trust died for
ever in Handalin. As she rode past
' the pair, with clenched hands and
flashing eyes, she knew without rea
soning that tortures would not tear
from her the secret of her disguise.
"When the sentinel before the tent
challenged her roughly, it was her
tongue, not her brain, that answered
him.
"I have war news for the Sing."
In a twinkling he had dropped his
gpear. plucked her from her saddle,
and was marching her toward the
entrance by her collar-
In the TroE's name, get in to the
- chief, and let nothing hinder you!" he
" growled. "From your snail's pace I
got the idea that you had come a-begging.
Get in and set your tongue wag
ging as speeding as you can! Why
do you draw back? I tell you to make
haste!"
Before she could so much as catrfi
her breath, he had raised the tent
sap, pushed her bodily through the
entrance, and dropped the linen door
behixdher.
CHAPTER III.
When Royal alocd Is Ycung Bleed.
Three richly dressed warriors, clink
ing golden, goblets across a table so
uck pwiaHn caught in her first
glance. On. the spot where the senti
nel sad released her she stopped.
Btoek-stiiL and with eyes bent on the
groasd tremblingly awaited the royal
attention.
first thought was that a king's
Experience Teaches.
"Of course, the more children s
eaeale have the larger their doctor's
afltaecooci
Sat at an. The more children they I
tike less-nkeiy the parents are to T
at every little thing-'
Haw Heard These AIL
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test was very like a trader's booth.
Spears and banners and gold-
shields decorated the walls, while the
reed-strewn ground was littered with.
furs and armor, with jeweled altar
cloths and embroidered palls aad wo
derful gold-laced garments- The rode
temporary benches were spread with
splendid covers of purple and greea,
upon, which, silver lilies and gold-eyed
peacocks had been wrought with ex
quisite skill. Randalin's gaze lingered,
dazzled then slowly rose to examine
the master of all tM wealth-
He was not so easy to pick out. Of
the three men around the table, only
one was a graybeard; and of the two
striplings left either might have leen
the son of Sven of Demaark: Both
were finely formed; both were dress
ed "with royal splendor, and the hair oC
each fell from, under a jeweled circlet
In uncut lengths of shining fairness.
The hair of the shorter one, though,
was finer; and no red tainted the pur
ity of its gold. When one came to
look at it, it was like a royal cloak.
Perhaps he might be the king! Then
she noticed tr his shoulders lacked
the breadth of his companion's by as
much as a palm's width; and her
mind wavered. Surely so great a
kins as Canute must be broader
shouldered fhTi any of his subjects!
Though the men were too intent to
notice her, in some sub-conscious way
her moving seemed to rouse them.
Their discussion had been growinff
gradually louder; now tae bearded
man and the young Jotun rose sud
denly and faced their companion,
whoie voice became audible in an
obstinate mutter;
"Vevertheless. I doubt that it was
-wise to join hands with an English
traitor."
The older man said in a tone of
slowly gathering anger, "I told you. to
make the bargain, and i stand at the
for the KiagJ
quarter of the sky because it knows
not its own mind?"
While the young man warned in
his heavy voice. "You will have your
will in this as in everything. King
Canute, bet I tell you that if you
keep the bargain, you will act against
my advice."
He raised from his hands now a
face of boyish sullenness, and sat
glaring over his clenched fists at his
counsellors.
"Certainly it would become a great
misfortune to me if I should act
against the advice of Eothgar Lod
broksson" he made stinging answer.
"It was he who gave me the advice.
when the English broke faith, to vent
my rage upon the hostages. Men
have not yet ceased to lift their noses
at me for the unkingliness of the
deed." His eyes blazed at the mem
ory. They were not pleasant eyes
when he was angry; the blue seemed
to fade from them until they were- two
shining colorless pools in his brown
face.
The son of Lodbrok shrugged his
huge shoulders in stolid resignation.
but the wrinkled forehead of the older
man became somewhat smoother. He
said in his measured voice, "In that
matter my opinion stands with Canute.
When bloodshed is unnecessary, it
becomes a drawback."
Over the brown fists the fierce
bright eyes bent themselves upon him
in his turn. The biting young voice
said. "It is likely that Thorkel the
Tall speaks from experience- It stands
In my memory how well craft served
him when he deserted my father for
Ethelred and then became tired of
the T'wggfrTnaTt To procure TiiTnAif
peace, he was forced to creep back
to my feet like a dog That has been
kicked- Was there gold enough is. his
bribe to regiTd his fame?"
The gnarled old face of Thorkel the
Tall grew livid; growling in his griz
zled beard, his hand moved instinc
tively toward his sword. But Roth
gar caught his arm with a boisterous
laugh.
"Slowly, old wolf!" he admonished.
"Never snarl at the snapping of the
cub you have raised."
The Kong had not moved at the
threatening gesture, and he did not
move now, but he echoed the langh
bitterly.
A snort of impatience distended the
nostrils of Thorkel the TalL
"At such tdmesas these," he said,
"are brought to my mind the words cf
Ulf JarL that a man. does not really
stand well upon, his legs until he has
lived twenty-five winters."
T7p came the King's yellow head.
There was no question sow shoot his
temper- A spot cf fiery red marked
each cheek-bone, and his colorless
eyes were points of blazing light.
"Better is it to 'stand unsteadily
upon two legs than to go natarslly
upon four," he retorted- "If I also
a beast, at least there is a man's
Wary
Lady I have nothing to give yoa.
my poor max, but some cold saa-
Knight of the
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his royal foater-brataer too laac fia a
takes, by sarprise. Taruwtaa: sp a
wooden -flatter shield, a
rrgfir the awjve-rfa Wae is. its bot
tom, whence he drew it fart, wtta.
goed-humored Luaipmarn.
"If ycu wis to give a fries a scas-
ent. King. yo akoald sot throw it at
h?ttt so angrOy," he
voo. given, ate- the
gift would have bees doably dear."
GraduaHv the coSar lowed back: to
the ycun? slag's eyes aad softaaed
them; gradually his auatk relaxed
from its fierce Hses aad drooped is.
bitter curves- wba at last ais so
gers stopped their servoaar beat, it
was to unfasten, the sheath af chased
gold which was attached to his waist,
and stretch, it oat to Hothgar.
"Have it your ow way." ae said
gravely- "It is riant that I pay some
"fine; I have a troirs temper. Take
the sheath- Bat do sot make the mis
take again of laugh mar at me beeaoae
you canaot understaad me- Bat one
person may do that aad live, aad that
person is a woman, and my wife.
There is a straage feelia is my heart
that we have begun, to travel (liferent
paths- you and I aad that it ia be
cause we no longer walk oa the same
level of ground, that we ao longer
see any object in the same light. And
my mind tells me that la time to
come your path will lead yon down
into the valley and my road will take
me np th mountain-side, until even
our voices shall no laager reach
across." He came out of his dreaming
abruptly. "It is not worth, while to
;nak further. Leave me, as I order
ed you. There is ao unfriendliness in
mr mind at this, but I caa commasd
myself no further. Go."
Eothgar said, with, some approach
to formal courtesy, "I ask you to par
don it that I have done what you dis
like, for I wish, that the least of all
the world. And I give you thanks
for your gift." Their hands clasped
strongly as the trinket passed from
grasp to grasp. -
Then the sage and the soldier turn
ed and strode past the cowering fig
ure of F"rf;iHT1 aad out of the linen
doorway.
(To be continued.)
GETS OUT OF HIS DEFTH.
Muaiciamr Oddities Make
far Cempaniena. -
Amrmg such a mass of players as
comprises a great orchestra there are
"characters" enough to supply a new
Dickens. One of these characters, ac
cording to the Philadelphia Saturday
Evening Post, is noted more for his
love of big wards than knowledge of
their meaning. During Mr. Seidl's
lifetime he played ix the orchestra
at Brighton beach. One day the tuba
player, who sat back of him, had a
very difficult part to play ix Iiszf s
symphonic poem. "Mazeppa." Hearing
his heartfelt sigh of relief on. its conclusion-
Mr- Malaprop turned and
asked. "Binrna sad ene, hadn't he?"
"What?" was the query.
"A Mazeppa, of course," was the an
swer. He had confounded the hero of
Byron with a zebra.
"Do we play with or without
reputation?" he asked one day of a
colleague.
Playing in a new theater on tour,
the man who sat next hint. looked up
and announced; "The acoustics are
bad here"
"Are they?" he said critically, snif
fing the air. T have such, a cold that
I can't smeH. But I take your word
for it."
THE LOCUST RARTY FAILED.
Fly -Mixed In." and the Excitement
Was Over.
The last years of Justice Dykman's
life he delighted to sit in his yard
and watch the insects and all the small
life with which the summer teemed.
He was especially interested last year
in the locusts, which would burst out
of their old skin one by one. and one
morning he invited a party of his
neighbors over to watch a particularly
fat locust break out of its old prison
As the shell slowly cracked the judge
became more and more excited, until
suddenly a big fly pounced on the lo
cust and stung it through the crack,
on its fresh, new hack. Of course.
this killed the locust instantly, and
there was no mere squirmixg within
the old shelL The judge was highly
indignant. "The confounded rascaL"
he exclaimed, 'stung the locust, did
he? The beastly fly! Isnt that too
bad. now; Isn't that too bad!" and
then he apologized to his neighbors
for the fly's bad behavior and the fail
ure cf his locust party. New York
Tribune.
Ratace for Empress Taitaa.
A new palace far the Empress of
Abyssinia has been buSt at Jerusalem
for-the accommodation of her majesty
Taitou and her retinue during her vis
it to the Holy City next Eastertide.
The building cost about 4,080 and
the furniture, which, has bees ordered
in Frr11" and France, will cost over
3.000. The empress is expected to
bring with her a large retixne, aad
will stay in. Jerusalem three months.
During this time she will visit Beth
lehem. Gethsemsne, Hebron, Jericho
tnir the Jordan valley- Her majesty
is reported to hsve expressed s
to end her days in the Holy City.
Only Oae He
The other day a teacher in a West
Philadelphia primary school was
hearing her arithmetic class.
"What is a half?" ske asked. The
answer was given.
-What is a third?" A. Tittle girl an
swered correctly.
"What is a fcmrtx?" Joaxxy was
at the foot of tike rises Here was his
opportunity.
"Please, ma'am." he
eitedly, "ifs tike day we
His
"Women claim that tke
ox with a max is ta give
of xicely cooked
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aatter. Cows
aver the grazagr Iaaas as
rarely skeltered or gives, the
The milking fiucnss is
is tke most savkilTed
vable. The cow is tied by the
and the operator friuceeaa to
milk the animal ia. ais rcagk ass. ss
systeaatic maaaer sntil he iaaHy
forees a avert or two of raferiar milk
from tike cow's odder. The milk is
sisccd in -saridy wooden vessels aad
transferred to some shed.
where it is allowed to
tected over sight. The BsQowiatT
morsis-g the cream is skimmed sad
either beaten with, a forked stick or
violestly agitated in a bottle sattl tike
batter .granules are formed. It is
them Indifferently washed and offered
as butter- It quickly turns rancid. It
sells st from 30 to 40 cents per sosad
United States money, and is scod
aeitker to loosr rzt nor to taste. The
sour milk is compressed in a coarse
cloth, salted and allowed to dry for
several days. It is thee ax insipid,
spongy mass, which sells for free;
5 to S cents (U- S.) s cheese. Each
of these cheeses is round, aheut ss
inch thick aad about 8 inches ix diam
eter. They find x quick sale in this
market. Such a tking as the most
simple, modern dairy appliance is un
known or at least not nsed.
SstectTne the Dairy Bull.
The profitable dairy bull is oae that
win produce ffmale calves wits, sigh
milking powers and that will be able-
to show a great amount of vigor- It
is sot enough that be be able to pro
duce calves with high TpnTrfqg powers
The vigor is an essential point, as
ander heavy methods of feeding, sack
as are now practiced ix modern,
dairies, many of our best developed
cows break down. The bull therefore
must have in MTnif every indica
tion of great bodily vigor. The mors
he has of this, the more likely wQI
he be to impress the same an his off
spring, and place inthem tke sower
of continuing his good qualities- It
is not at all easy at this time to fixd
the kind of a bull is likely to
have the good points we are looking
for. There are a great many scar
bulls in service, and their male off
spring are growing up into the halls
that are to be used in the future. We
save 'to-day few herds that we can-go
to far the right kind of a supply-
The carelessness of the public in
this regard is shown in the low prices
prevailing for bulls. The buS should
bring a far higher price thax a cow
end yet we find the bulls selling at
lower prices. We can but infer that
the breeders think that anything is
good enough for the male so long as
we have first class females. This has
been the great obstacle in the way of
the improvement of the mnrring asali
ties of our dairy breeds. A max caa
afford to pay a fancy price for a sail
provided he can get the kind of a hull
he really needs.
Mold on Parchment Paper.
Many of our readers use parchment
paper for lining the boxes in which
they pack their butter, and now and
then they have trouble with mold
that appears en it and which not in-
fretiently get3 into the butter- The
parchment paper is for the purpose
of preventing this very t?TTg, Tke
mold generally gets into the paper
when the latter is allowed to lie for
some time in ice boxes, refrigerators
or storage rooms in which the mold
has already developed- The mold
cannot grow spontaneously but comes
from minute seeds called spores. Ux
Iess these spores were an the paper
thero could be no growth of mold
When the parchment paper was lying
where mold was growing the- spores
ripened and fell on this paper. If the
paper is kept in dry dean, places
where no mold ever appears it will
not in turn develop meld when. It is
placed in contact with the moisture
that comes from the butter. Spares
cannot grow without moisture- When.
such paper has been subject to con
ditians that would n7?ir the growing
cf mold possible the best way to pre
vent the development of the mold is
to soak the parchment paper ix a
strong brine in. which has been mixed
one pound of formaldehyde to three
gallons of brine. This "alrig win
not injure the parchment paper, bat
it will km the spares of the maid.
When the same brine is to be 03611
several times in succession it shoakT
be boiled between times to make
doubly sure that the spores do sot
pe.
Feeding the BuiL
The feeding of the buHjs a very
important matter, mare so than the
feeding of the cow, for the reason, that
the Lull is generally kept np aU the
time. Under such an abnormal con
dition he becomes too fat if he is
fed a too large ration of corn. It is
better to feed him on. a mixed grain
ration, including oats, and to give
kim a rough feed rich in nitrogen
rather than rick in carbon- Bran,
which is comnaratively law ix car
bon and high in nitrogen, should be
s part of the daily ration- For the
bun at least roots should be fed fa
considerable quantities, unless he has
ax abundance of exercise, which most
of our bulls do not get- If under a
properly balanced ration the huff be
comes too fat it is indicative of a
lack of vigor, and such a hell shoaltf
be disposed of and one
that has the-vigcr desired.
Reject Decayed FeeeL
The farmer is sometimes tempted
to feed decayed or musty fiwd ta ais
poaltry. It should never be dexe--
Just what effect it might have ex tike
srodxeed by the fowls we do sot
-, bat it may have a very sfrmsa
tike digestive apparatas-We
ive seex it urged sot to feed sacs.
Venose they woald give to tike
asmt tike same taixts they
selves, bet this may be donated.
tries to prove six case by ae-
tikat. onions fed to Jowls sce-
the smen of oaioss ixtke
well be tree, as tike
a very penetrating, ofl.
vfiS seas taroegh tike systems at
it win apnea)
r tike mflk of tke
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that does not apply to tike mwiisT
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wkot tfca fwkQc XEwvr tin of tfce
wiMl it vat back as tk. old friaa
nf ta aanr
Wttkia. tea. Teats tkara las bcaa. a
atarial ixenue at oa aaailiar of
ixtke
also ix tike valae per bead, Tke
maxd baa been greater thax tike i
sly,, aad wxk the larger asa of
has ram aa iacraasad rapidity af
their weariag cat. While tke wheels
wen beixc so freely sssd, many of
the driving horses m the cities spent
muck of txeir time ix tike barns or ix
the pastures, set smca the psbBe re
tarned to tike asa af tike horse the
work of tike horse ass txcraased. aad
the cossmet wear aad tear ixei
dext to service sad aceWeats aae also
The k lass vesicles that save
beex mtrodaced ix tike cities are hat
ax ixsigxiscxnt factor ix the general
sitaatioa- Sack vesicles are but the
playthings of tike wealthy or are ix
serviee ix only a slight eagres
mennany. They ix as sease keep
with the tremendous increase in sopa
Iatfox and basixesx'that oar cues try
is witnessisg- Tke value of horses in
the United States is placed by the
taxing bodies at more thax $L0OO,000,
006, which valuatfcsa. as every man
knows, is far short of tke resL since
values for taxing parposes are never
anywhere near the actaal values Yet,
though tike Hxeervalastioa is caasidV
ersblev this item cf over one bfflion
dollars is ax esormoas one and gives
some idea of the great riches ix horse
flesk possessed by the natioa.
That farmers skoald pay more at
textkxt to the raistxg of good horses
is evldffef There ia so doubt that
the ill isiiiif for horses in the future
is to be evex greater thax it is at the
presext time sxd that any man that
raises good horses ef almost any kind
will be sure to realize good prices
for
BBweoTsf Light Hersea.
George M- XommeL of the United
States Desartmeat of Agriculture
says: Stsxd by tike suction ring of
any great horse market and observe
closely the korses tost fan to bring
arlees susldest to cover cost of pro
dactikm. Ix the great majority of
cases trotting blood predominates if
any breedmg at an fa noticeable. Ask
a dealer what Is -the breeding, if aay,
of most of the large numbers of tire
uxclassined horses ox the mxrket, his
answer wffl he; "Trotting sxd coach
blood-'' This is sot because draft
blood is more valuable or that the
blood of the light breeds is not want
ed, for the great cry of the market at
present is that good drivers and sad
dlers are extremely scarce. It is be
cause performance and style are sxsch
more difficult to acquire in breeding
thax size and weight. It is becsase
men with a fascination for tike race
track attempt to srsdace trotters
withoxt the slightest regard for na
ture's laws, sxd so disappulstaent or
failure seemsKsemaeaz to brixgtkem
to realize their foCy. Breeding to a
trotter without system axd stsdy, but
only in the hope of getting x speedy
foal as a possibility or sn seddent, is
"playing with are-" The breeding of
light horses requires not only a con
siderable amount of capital, bat de
mands a knowledge cf horses of the
very highest order. It necessitates
concentration of effort and years of
waiting and planning- It is not every
man that brings sack qualities to bear
when he takes x LCOO-pound draft
mare to a L280-pouxd kaniess or sad
dle stallion, axd it m largely because
of this, and sot ax sccouxt of the
breeds themselves, that so many poor
horses are forced onto the market. A
high-class roadster, eoacher, or sad
dler is by far the most difficult horse
to srsdace that tike market calls for.
In addition to careful plans of breed
ing aad high Individual exceflence in
the resulting progeny, a course of
handling, mxnnerJng, and training
must be pursued before the horse win
figure as x resHy marketable wtmt
These facts must be thoroughly un
derstood if x man woald breed light
horses for market.
New Meat
A xew meat curing ptocess Is re
ported from Germany, where Profes
sor SmmerJck claims to be ahte to
preserve meat in a freak condition by
injecting into the veixs of the dead
ammxl acetic add- The blood is first
permitted to rsx out aad then tile
arid put Ix. Itpermcwtes'txe flesh,
so tike professor claims, sxd that pre
vents sn decay and mskexthe use of
refrigeraean nxxeeeasary- It is ob
viowstikstif tiks process proves to be
an that m daissed fcr it. it wffl revo
lutionise tike meat wiring mdnitij, as
is xec ax wiasBsiia cre-
The resorts any that meat
as keen seisped from. Ger-
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to embark, eaite heavily Ix the
of ansOfa, To a large extant
tike
sat tike proper laocatatisx of
the ssfl wxk the bacteria that makes
the xeeele ix which la gathered the
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by tike roaHeta af tike slants lor
by tike mixois ex-
of large qaaxtitias
of ixoexlated sofl has beex a step ix
advance axd kaa commenced the ixe
ealstkm. of the sott ix maxy widely
separated sections. In the mexwtime
the apparent fact tikat the bacteria
that weeks ox sweet clover Is the
sasK tket works on alfalfa is another
sigx peiating to the successful grow
ing of alfalfa ix states where it has
beex little grown ix the past.
There are many sections of nu
nats and Wcafgan where the writer
has seex sweet clover growing tn
absxemeee, and it is very likely that
alfalfa ok sack Iaxds win prove suc
cessfsL Perhaps oae reason way al
falfa has not in the past done wen
ox sock mads is that the bacteria oa
the sweet clover did not come ixto
coxtsct with the roots of the slfasm.
Sweet clover does sot in the main
grow in cultivated fields, but by tike
hard roadside. In fact it is averse
to cultivation. We would suggest to
oar readers that those living in a
regiox where sweet clover grows
thickly by the roadsCde should sow
some alfalfa in a cultivated field and
carry some sofl from the roadside
where the sweet clover grows far Ino
culation, and at the same time plant
a patch of alfnTfa in a place distant
from the places where the sweet clov
er axd other alfalfa are growing, but
ox the seme kind of soiL This latter
win he a check plot by which the
success of the other treatment can
be jadged-
A few cases cf this kind win prove
of little value, but there should be
several hundreds of farmers that are
in a position to make this experiment
this spring. The results may be far
reaching, for if a way is found to
grow alfalfa successfully in the coun
ties where it is not now grown it win
add immensely to the profits of the
farms in such localities.
Spraying for Potato Blight.
Where there has been trouble with
potato blight, spraying has been re
sorted to successfully for the checking
of this fungus disease. It has been
found that some varieties of potatoes
are more resistant to blight than are
others, and that as a general thing the
early varieties are first attacked- This
may be due to the possible fact that
the early potato vines reach a partly
mature stage before the others-
Spraying win. delay the attack an an
varieties but wfll not entirely prevent
the attacks. But always the spraying
win give results that win more than
pay the cost, and wfll frequently stop
the blight altogether- The spray used
is the wen-known Bordeaux Mixture,
which . is made as fellows; Four
pounds copper sulphate, four pounds
lime and fifty gallons of water- Dis
solve the copper sulphate in hot wcter
or from a coarse bag suspended in
cold water- Slake the lime separately.
Dilute the copper sulphate to about
twenty gallons and dilute the lime to
ten gallons. Pour the diluted lime
into the diluted copper sulphate. Stir
the mixture while the mixing Is being
done- Then dilute to 50 gallons. Some
Tnaira it stronger by diluting only to
forty yHrmg The sprayings should
be done about July, but this win de
pend an the time of planting. Three
sprayings should do the work. But
it is wen to keep a good watch over
the vines tfll the middle of August.
Some of our potato growers that
have had heavy lasses from the pres
ence af blight have received great
benefits from the use of this spray and
have increased the yield of their po
tatoes from 30 to 50 per cent, the
comparison being made with plots left
un3prayed- The spray mentioned is
not expensive and can be quickly
used- It3 benefits are far in excess
of cost and labor.
Green Manuring Crape,
There are many soEs that are not
benefited by green manuring crops.
Sucn soils are those already rich in
nitrogen and in humus. An investiga
tion by the University of minois has
shown that on many of the soils in
minois an addition of humus and of
nitrogen would be a positive detriment-
This leads to the remark that
we must have a reason for every-farm.
operation. The green manure crop
is needed on the son that is deficient
in humus and nitrogen, but Is labor
last on many other soils. It is obvious
that we cannot lay down rules that
curl be followed blindly as. all farms.
The green manuring crap is valuable
where it is needed, but worthless or
worse, where it is not needed- The
intelligence of every farmer must de
termine the necessity for each opera
tion on the farm-
Nurse Crepe for Clever.
The agricultural world wm be in
terested m. writing- the results of some
experiments being carried on this
summer by Professor Olin of the
Iowa Agricultural college. Uru Olin
has arranged with Mr. Cook, the pro
prietor of the Brookmont farms, near
OdebosL Iowa, to seed L320 acres
with clover with various nurse crops.
On a part of this area clover was
seeded with cat3 at seeding time, on
another part with barley, and the
third part wffl be planted to corn, and
the clover wffl be sown just ahead of
tike cultivators the last time the corn
is cultivated- Mr- Cook: furnishes an
axd labor, while the Iowa Experi-
staticx supervises the work and
accurate observations on the
grawtik of the clover.
Scoring Contest.
The Dairy and Food Commissioner
Mr- W. P. McConnefl,
a cheese scoring can-
that is to continue six irtft
May 1st- Mr. E- H. Vroman
of tike eosxmissiax wffl be ix charge
of tike contest. Prizes of money and
esps are to be awarded. Two
ipnif lammisi Tit cheese men wis
aaasnx Mr-Vroman ix nrnkhsg tm seer
toss af tike cheese to determine the
accatacy af tike acorixas of the eon-
autoi tor pi bains to enter tike can-
with these af the
tike latter is c
kr header teih ft Wj. Tram tae
of tike
a red of glass, ix sack a position tikat
it wm strike the dwarf
when tike signal is set at danger. Con
tact breaks the glass. The immediate
efleet of this is to brag ixto play ix
the cab a steam mecaaxism which
skats the throttle, locks it. spplies tke
sir brakes, and fxaSy deposits saxd
ox the track, Only when, tke train
stops csx tike eagseeer unlock sis
throttle He mast trst adjast a fresh,
glass rod Ix place of the brokex oae.
Thus ax effective safeguard is provid
ed against running past a signal ox
account of tke sickness, death or care
lessness of the exgmeer, or tog or
smoke.
The apparatas is so designed that
if the engtaeer. having bis wits about
him, aad havixg his trsix under con
trol, wishes to do so. ke can prevent
the w fag of the glass rod. sxd
ran slowly to the maix semaphore-
To keep the rod from hitting the
dwarf semaphore, he touches a
mechanism ix the cab which shifts the
position of the "destructible member,"
mad saves it from injury- When ke
does so, however, a record of the time
is made automatically on an indicator.
ss that he cannot play aay tricks
withoxt the fact being known.
to a Han.
To obviate this difficulty
hostess provides bath in sufficient
Quantity to meet the wants of her
guests, necessitating the use of two
sots and two stands. Why sot dis
pense with this trouble and utilise the
eombixatian tea axd coffee pot which
has recently beex designed by a
Pennsylvania inventor? As the fl
Iustratiox shows, it Is capable of pour
ing a cup of either beverage ox a
moment's notice, and that, too, with
out burning the hand by contact with
either spout handle. As wm be seex.
the two snouts, which xlso serve ss
handles for the pot. are surrounded
by coils of wire, which prevent the
hand from grasping the heated metal
when reversing the pot to pour a cup
of drink from the spout that has pre
viously been used as the handle. The
pot is divided through the center by a
partition which reaches frost top to
bottom, and when it is not desired to
utilize it for brewing two beverages
at the same time one side can be
fined with hot water, for the double
purpose of TnatTTtatntng the warmth
of the coffee or tea and far use lx
weakening the beverage should It
prove too strong.
Harry W- Gander of Rndy, Pa is
the inventor.
A Collapsible Stretcher.
It has been said that Japan, went to
war with China simply to secure the
discipline and training necessary for
the impending conflict with Hroia,
which is but another example of a
nation, profiting by the motto, though
admittedly peculiar in the mann pt in
which it was carried out- But nations
are not alone in heeding this admoni
tion. The inventor has taken it upon
hfmwif nt an times to strive for the
imprdvement " advancement cf an
that goes to make war terrible, from
the ship-burning mirror of Archime
des to the rapid-fire gun of the modern
inventor. But if war has been made
mare horrible, the hospital equipment
gag ha a measure kept pace with it
from the humane point of view; un
til the sick or wounded men can now
be properly eared for until claimed by
the grim reaper or restored to health,
with the chances more in favor cf the
latter outcome than they were even a
few years ago.
In the matter of stretchers for carry
ing the wounded from the field of bat
tle the hospital corps may be inter
ested in the idea of a Swiss inventor.
It consists principally of a set of lazy
tongs, with a canvas cloth extending
from head to foot when the stretcher
Is extended. The handles by which
the carrier is lifted are attached to
the lower section of the folding
frame, serving to fold the stretcher
when they are turned down against
the legs and to pxtpnrt it when in po
sition to carry a wounded soldier off
the field.
Human Passions Phatsaraphee.
Some photographic records of hu
man emotions, obtained at Geneva by
Dr. E. Magnin and M. Edward Flegen
heimer, are of remarkable Interest.
The experiments have been made
upon a very susceptible hypnotic sub
ject, Vho has been influenced by both
musical and oral suggestion, and the
gntirg. range of hnman pn'wrinBS joy,
anger, fear, sadness, gluttony, greed,
etc have been recorded in about, 500
photographs of the woman under the
various forms of suggestion- The in
tensity of the expressions is said to
have been rarely equalled hy the great
artists-
Tsa er Coffee. Which?
Why is it that if yoa have ten when
company comes to dine they seem
to desire coffee, and vice versa? -JOf
course, they assure the one presiding
aver the beverage that it resHy makes
no difference and that they prefer
whichever the hostess happens to
have on the table- but there generany
follows the uncomfortable feeling
tftr the drink which Is not to be
had is the one most desired.
WsrfeTs Ratheay Mi
The total length of the railways ix
the world is stated to be about 454.
060 mites. Hasaia comes out first nu
mericany with about 3400 miles.
Great Britxfx has 22,000 miles, which.
if tike sine of tike country be allowed
bar at the head of the
Fright.
. an ais ' tiding any?
I was there- I saw
Heremap
tage that can
Ian tor an attractive cot
i surely be built fcr SL
OW anywhere. Entering the house
yen and juarsss? in a fairly large kalL.
with am attractive staircase immedi
ately before you. and. en the right a
cheerful sitting rasas. The staircase
Is titinittinf witik x seat at oae side,
and is an open stair to the first land
ing, witik nicely tamed balusters and
raiL The space under tike stair is
used as tike stair te tke basement
from the combined dteiag room aad
kitcken-
Tke sitting room has n comer ar
rangement, showing a pleasant bay to
form a sort of circular alcove addition
to tike room, yet the expense of it is
not great, as it is partly supported
axd roofed by the porch, and the re
mainder extends over the foundation.
The dining room aad kitckex are
eombised. with a pastry and wash
room- The downstairs bedroom can
be need ss a library, if desired, cut
ting out the closet, and havixg a large
cased opening between tikis roam and
the sitting roam
On the second floor there are two
bedrooms, oae on each side of the
hall, which are lighted by the dor
mers, as is seen by the exterior view.
This dormer also gives gocd ventila
tion, as the traascsfts over the bed
room doors give a circulation, of air
through the second story rooms- Al
though it may appear in the exterior
that there are sloping- ceilings In the
second floor bedrooms, sach is not
the esse to a great extent- There is
only n foot cut off of the wan and
ceiHng for the roof. There Is a single
chimney, and It is aicely located for
heating the house either with staves
or a furnace- At each side of the
second floor bedrooms are large
spaces left under the roof, which
make excellent storage closets.
The house Is 24 by 28 feet- The in
terior woodwork is finished In natur
al finish, and haw of the 3pace under
the first floor la excavated for a large
cellar.
Cream Needed far Reund of Butter.
ifrrs. W. H- P. How much cream is
required to mai" one pound of bet
ter? Replying to the foregoing question I
would say, at the outse that It 13 dif
ficult to give a definite answer to It.
as cream varies so much In butter-Cat
content. It is nothing unusual to meet
cream obtained from the deep-setting
process which contains considerably
less thn 20 per cent butter fat. whUe
shaHow pan cream is usuaHy consid
erably richer, and cream obtained by
the use of a separator wm test an
the way from 20 to 40 per cent. Cream
testing 20 per cent butter fat a very
common test for cream from the deep
setting process wm make between 2
and 2fs pounds of butter per gaUon o
cream, or about one pound of butter
per 4s pounds af cream. J- W. 1L
Cement Anchor
C- C. How would cement answer
for constructing anchor pcst3 far 3
fence of 11 strands of coU spring
wirer the posts would be sunk a or 6
feet in the ground- In what propor
tion should" cement and sand be
mixed?
Cement answers wen for making
ordinary fence posts, but where there
would be a 3ide strain. a3 oa an
anchor post it would be wen to buDd
Iron rods into each post; this would
add greatly to their strength- The
cost of concrete anchor post3 would
require to be composed af one part
cement to five part3 of graveL which
would require a barrel of cement for
20 cubic feet of posts, so that each
post would require nearly half a bar
rel of cement.
A Tonic fcr Fovuls.
Mrs. M. Would a smaU quantity
of ground gentian, say a quarter of a
teaspoonfuL fed in a mash once a
day to a dozen hen3. be harmful or
beneficial to the fowls? They get nc
vegetables, only a few boiled, potatoes
dafly-
If the hens appear to be down ra
condition and need toning up, a 3man
quantity of ground gentian fed daily
as indicated would undoubtedly prove
beneflciaL It is not advisable, how
ever, to be dosing healthy fowls, but
a light tonic at the end of a long win
ter should be aU right until the birds
fn get out to the green grass.
Feed for Chickens.
Mrs. J- P. Last year I hatched
chickens with an incubator, but they
died when a few days eld- They ap
peared to have bowel trouble. I gave
them curd and bread soaked in milk
Was tftfri proper food for them?
Chickens should receive ao food
far the first thirty-six hours, and then
they should have light food such as
bread soaked In mfflc and squeezed
almost dry. besides coarse cracked
wheat or oats groats. Curd Is verj
indigestible and likely to cause bowel
trouble.
Cabbage Maggot.
F R. What wffl destroy the Uttla
white grubs that are hatched around
the root3 of young and early cabbage
plants?
For the cabbage maggot, probably
the easiest and best remedy is puffing
away the soil down to the true roots
aad pouring in about a teacupfui of a
tea made by soaking one or twe
ounces of pyrethmm Insect powder in
a gallon of warm water and then pun
ing the earth around the recta again.
Converting Silo Into Rsct House.
T- A. C I wi3h to convert a silc
ixto a root house r it is constructed
of 10-inch studding, double boarded
axd paper between. It is Inside cf the
barn and the bottom is level with the
barn floor. How caa it be made frosi
proof?
Probably thebest plan to foHow
would be to filf in between the stnd
axd ox tke celling with dry sawdust
A. double door would be necessary tc
keep cut the frost
Owe Frmn Many
Miss Bragg Oh. yes; I've had sis
yiuprmsln since I saw you last.
I Miss Wise Indeed? And aid ync
f xxsHy reward his perseverance by ac
cepting him?
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