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CHAPTER IV.
Before the King.
When the curtain had fallen behind
his advisers, the young king threw
himself back upon bis rude high seat
and rested motionless among his cush
ions, his head hanging heavily upon
his breast.
Crouching on her bench near the
doer. Randalin watched him as a fly
caught in a web watches the approach
ing spider. Her eyes followed his
roving glance from spear to banner,
from floor to ceiling, in terrible antici
pation. It approached her; it turned
aside; it passed above her hesitated,
sank, touched her! Ashen white, -she
staggered to her feet and faced him.
'In the Troll's name, who are you?"
he ejaculated. "How came you here?"
The -pale lips moved, but no sound
came from them.
He made a petulant gesture toward
the half-filled goblet. "Why do you
stand there making mouths? Drink
that and get a man's voice into your
throat, if you have anything to say to
me."
"A man's voice!" The girl stared
at him. "A man's voice?" Then, like
lungfuls of fresh air, it entered into
her that she was not really the naked
fledgeling she felt bercelf. She was
in the toils, surely, but there was a
shell around her. Glad to hide her
face fur a moment, she seized 'the
goblet and drained it slowly to the
last drop.
Leaning back in his seat, the king
took frowning measure of his guest,
from the toe of her spurred riding
boot to the top of the green cap which
she had forgotten to remove. With
her last swallow, he repeated his chal
lenge. "Are you capable now of giving me
any reason why I should not have you
flogged from the camp? Is it your
opinion that because I choose to
"I will have your tongue
behave foolishly before my friends, I
am desirous to have tale-bearing boys
listening?"
She managed to stammer out "I en
treat you not to be angry. Lord King.
I did not understand six of the words
you spoke I beseech you to believe
it"
"Did you think you had fallen into
a bear pit?" the king asked with a
faint smile, that sharpened swiftly to
bitterness. "After all. It would mat
ter little what anyone told of me.
Without doubt your kin have already
taught you to call me thrall-bred and
witless."
Tiiat from the warrier whose foot
was already planted on the neck of
England! In her surprise, Randalin's
ees met his squarely. 'By no means.
King Canute; my father called you
the highest-minded man in the
world."
The young leader flushed scarlet
flushed till he felt the burning, and
averted his face to hide it He said
in a low voice, "Many things have
been told of me that I count for
naught but this this has not been
said of me before. Tell me his
name."
"He was called Frode, the Dane of
Avalcomb." The red mouth trembled
a little. "He is dead now. He was
slain last sight by Norman Leof
winesson. who is Edric Jarl's thane."
As both horseman and sentinel had
started at that name, so now the
King straightened into alertness, for
getting everything else.
"Leofwinesson? What know you of
him -or his Jarl? Where are they?
When saw you them?"
"Last night; when they lay drunk
in my father's castle at Avalcomb.
It was spoken among them that they
would join you at sunset to-day "
Canute's hand shot out and gripped
her arm and shook it "You know
this for certain? I will have your
tongue if you lie to me! You are
sure that they intend coming that It
is not their intention to play me false
and return to Edmund?"
"I know what I heard them say,
Lord King. They said that Edric
Jarl had marched on to St Alban's
to lie there over-night. Leofwines
son stopped at sAvalcomb because he
wished to vent his spite upon my
father. They will be here before the
sua is set"
Canute released her arm to reach
for his goblet He looked at her with
a half-smile as he refilled his cup,
motioning toward the other flagon.
"Fill up, and we will drink a toast to
their loyalty and to your beard; they
appear to be equally in need of. en
couragement" Draining it of, he sat
staring down into the dregs, twirling
the stem thoughtfully between his
fingers.
By the time she had shifted her
weight twice for each foot the peti
tioner ventured to recall him.
"It gives me some hope, to hear
what you say about suspecting Edric
Jarl," sue said timidly; "for that
makes it appear more likely thatjyou
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'will be willing to give me justice oa
hie man."
"Justice?", The King's mind came
back to her slowly, as from an Im
mense distance. "By Thor, I had for
gotten! Yes, certainly; I will be
kinglike once. Stand here before me,
while I question you."
She caught her breath rather sharp
ly as she stepped forward. Would
she be able to tell a straight story?
"Tell me first how you are called?"
"I am called Fridtjof Frodesson."
"Frode of Avalcomb! Now I know
where I have heard that name; my
father spoke it often, and always with
great respect. It will go hard with
me if I must return an unfavorable
answer to his son. Tell me how his
death was brought about"
Randalin thrust the sobs back from
her throat; the tears back from her
eyes. She began slowly: "Leofwin-
esson set upon him last night, at the'
gate of the castle, and slew him. He
had five-and-fifty men, and my father
but twelve besides me; he we
had just come in from hunting. Then
he rode over my father's body into
the castle." She stopped uncertainly
to glance at her listener.
"Go on and tell me the rest. How
comes it that you escaped un
harmed?" With Gram's experience to follow,
it was not hard to frame that an
swer. "They knocked me oa the
head with a spear-butt and left, me
for dead. When I got my senses
again, I found my way to the nuns of
St. Mildred's; and they gave me food,
and I rode hither."
"It is the Troll's luck! I yet, go
on. The day will come! Did they
further harm within the castle? Have
you women-kin?"
Randalin hesitated. Would it not
be safer if she could deny altogether
the existence of a daughter of Frode?
But no, that was not possible, in the
if you lie to me!"
face of what Norman might reveal.
She began very, very carefully: "It
happened that my mother died before
we came to Avalcomb; and my father
had but one daughter. She was called
Randalin. A her thrall-woman told
me that Leofwinesson pursued her to
a chamber in the wall. And and be
cause she could not escape from him
she she threw herself from the
window, and the stones below caused
her death."
The King's hands clenched con
vulsively. "It is like them!" he mut
tered. "It has happened as I sup
posed. Have no fear but that I will
avenge your kinswoman. Those of
her own blood-ties could do no more.
And Frode also. You shall see! Have
patience, and you shall see!"
Upon burning ears' the word "pa
tience" falls coldly.
"Patience!" the child of Frode re
peated. The bitterness -of failure had
swept over her and maddened her.
Was she mistaken, then, about every
thing? Could those trembling old
women behind the broken wall read
the world Uke witches? Was every
one false or a beast? Oh, how her
father had, been wronged! She shook
off the King's hand and faced him
with blazing eyes, seeking for words
that should bite like her thoughts.
Then she became conscious that a
word would precipitate a flood of hys
terical tears, to the eternal disgrace
of her warrior kin. All that was left
for her was to get away without
speaking. Out in the woods there
would be no one to see; and the
grass would hide the quivering of her
lips. She put up her hand now to
hide it and, struggling to her feet
began groping toward the door.
She did not stop when Canute's
voice called after her not until she
had reached the entrance, and the
rattle of crossing spears, without had
told her that her way was barred.
Then she whirled back with a sharp
cry.
"Let me go! I hate you! Let me
go!"
He did not bid bis guards kill her,
as she half expected. Instead, he
said patiently, "I foresaw that you
would take it ill; there is the great
est excuse for you. In your place I
should be equally unruly. I will grant
you boon in time to come; so sure as
I live, I wiU. And until then, since
. all your stock has been cut off, I will
be your guardian and you shall be
my ward, as though you were my own
brother. Come, sit here, and I will
tell you."
She repulsed him sharply. "No,
no, you shall do nothing for me! I
am going back. I ask you to let me
go."
. Leaning at his ease ia the great
chair, the young King regarded his
ward thoughtfully.
"It is not possible that the son of
Frode the Fearless should be a cow
ard," he said at last; "but you are
over-peevish, boy. Listen now to the
truth of the matter, if you were a
maiden, it would be easy for me to
Thing.
"He's
iployed by the
company now,
"Yes; he has charge of the puzzle
'Are yon Iteteumgf" He
the slim figure had' suddenly beeome
so -tatue-Hke that he spected k of
plotting another attack oa the door.
The boy answered very low, Tea,
Lord King. I aa listening."
Canute went oa again: "I say that
If you were a maiden If yoa were
your sister, to tell' It shortly I could
easily dispose of yon ia marriage. I
would wed yon to my foster-hrother,
Rothgar Lodbroksson, and thus bring
good to .both of Are yoa fladlag
fault with that also?"
But the lad stood before him like a
stone. If a faint cry had come from
him, it was not repeated; aad there
was nothing offensive about a hidden
face and shaking limbs.
The King continued more gently:
"But since you were so simple as to
be born a boy,' such good luck Is not
to be expected. It is the best that I
can do to offer you to become my
ward and follow me as my page, un
til the sword's game has decided be
tween me and Edmund of England.
What say you, Frldtiof the Bold?"
For a time It looked as If "Fridt
jof the Bold" did act know what to
say. Silence filled' the tent, while
from outside leaked in the noise of
the revel. Tfcen, through that noise
or above it there became audible the
notes of far-away horns.' Edric Jarl
was fulfilling his pledge. An ex
clamation broke from the King's lips,
and he leaped up. ' At that moment,
"Fridtjof the Bold" fell at his feet
with clasped hands ami supplicating
eyes.
"Let me go. Lord King." he be
sought passionately. "Let-ate go, and
I will ask nothing further of you. I
will never trouble you again. Let me
go! only let me go!"'
Canute of Denmark Is not to be
blamed that he stamped with ex
hausted patience.
"By the head of Odin, it would
serve you, well did I take you at your
word! It would jServe you right did
I turn you out to starve. ' Were it not
for your father's sake, and for the
sake of my own honor, I vow I would 1
Now hearken to this." Bending, he
picked the boy up by his collar and
shook him. I shall not let you go, and
you shall be my ward, whether you
will or no. And if you answer me
now or anger me further but I will
not say that, for it is your misfor
tune that makes you unruly, and you
are weak-spirited from hunger. Take
this bread now for your meal, and
that bench yonder for your bed, and
trouble me no more ..to-night I must
meet with the Jarl! Go! Do you
heed my orders?"
Only one answer was possible. Af
ter a moment the page gave it In a
low voice.
"Yes, Lord King." he whispered,
and crept away to his corner.
'(To be continued.)
HAS SIMPLE FIRE ESCAPE.
Englishman's Invention
to nn
Long-felt Want
An Englishman has devised an in
genious traveling-bag fire escape. It
can be made at any trunkmaker's for
little more than an ordinary port
manteau of the same kind would cost.
Moreover, the fire-escape part of It
does not interfere to any extent with
its capacity for holding your dress suit
boots, shirts or other things requisite
for the traveler. In one smaU com
partment wiU be found hundreds of
feet of fine, light rope used by moun
taineers in the Swiss Alps for roping
themselves together while crossing
glaciers and climbing precipitous ice
slopes. There is also a particularly
ingenious little brake arrangement
and two pairs of steel snap hooks. If
an ahum of fire is given in a hotel in
the dead of night and the flames cut
off every means of communication
with the outside the possessor of this
portmanteau simply slips out of bed,
snaps one set of hooks round the bed
leg or other substantial piece of furni
ture, and the other set to the sides of
the portmanteau. This hut he then
throws out the window, gets into it
himself, and then lowers himself as
as quickly or as slowly as he pleases
by means of the brake.
Book He Was Quoting From.
Melvin Chapman, the weU known
lawyer and ex-mayor of Oakland, tells
of the late Attorney George W. Tyler
and Joseph McKenna, the latter bow
one of the justices of the United
States supreme court
Tyler once went to Falrchild, CaL,
to argue a demurrer to a complaint
McKenna was the attorney for the
plaintiff. After Tyler had talked to
the court for two weary hours Mc
Kenna, in that gentle manner for
which he has always been famous,
suggested that he thought "counsel
had failed utterly to discuss the es
sential features of the matter."
Tyler retorted In his gruffest tones:
"Mr. McKenna, what you dont know
about law and what I don't know
would fill a very v large volume."
The little gentleman retorted: "Yes,
Judge Tyler, and that is the work
from which you have been quoting all
morning." Rochester Herald.
Joke Was on Mrs. Manning.
At a social gathering the other even
ing of persons who were prominent
during the first Cleveland administra
tion somebody told of a dinner given
by Daniel Manning, then secretary of
the treasury. William L. Trenholm,
comptroller of the currency, was a
guest and between courses he took
from his pocket a folded pocket hand
kerchief Intending to wipe his glasses.
On unfolding it he found that It was
badly torn and dilapidated, so he
hastily thrust It out of sight After
dinner Mrs. Manning mentioned the
matter to her husband, who burst into
a roar of laughter as he replied:
"Good Lord! The butler told me Tren
holm had forgotten to bring a
kerchief, so I sent him one of mine.
Chile Rich in Mineral Wealth.
According to the United States con
sul at Callao, Peru, that country has
many rich, huge mineral deposits of
gold, silver, copper, mercury, lead,
sulphur, coal, salt and petroleum, aot
to name those of less Importance. He'
further states that the only tfcig
necessary to develop these vast de
posits are capital aad labor, which
would make the republic aa renowned
for Its mineral wealta aa California,
Australia aad South Afriea.
Pa Had Been
"Say, pa." queried little Johnnie
uuinwoue, wsu is tae rev
sMeof acoiar"
"It's the side I always
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Everyday Sort of Herb
The Wiastoa (N. C.) papers speak
In high terms of the memorial Day
oration delivered by the Hon. Frank
C. Robbins of Lexington. He was oae
of six brothers who responded' to the
call for troops when North Caroliaa
seceded. Only two returned the Hon.
M. W. Robbins, member of the Get
tysburg commission, and the Horn,
Frank C. Robbins. Capt "Mack" Rob
bins has served in Congress and is the
more widely known of the -two broth
ers, but not a whit more deserving
of the confidence of the state. Mod
est, Able, honorable, incorruptible,
Capt Frank Robbins is the best type
of the North Carolina lawyer and citi
zen. In his speech at Lexington Capt
Robbins followed no hackneyed line,
but filled his address with inspiring
and human stories. The Sentinel thus
gives an account of his story of a
true to life hero, prefaced by aa esti
mate of the address:
"The simple earnestness of his man
ner, his clear, graphic statements of
facts, the total absence of clap-trap
from every utterance together with
his noble aad impressive personality,
compelled the admiration and ap
proval of every one. It is impossible
to give In a mere outline any adequate
idea of his address, which dealt with
the character of the Confederate sol
dier and its inspiration. This, he said,
could best be illustrated by incidents
rather than by description. '
"He told of a man in his company
War Gods
Innumerable stories are being pub
lished in Japan about Capt Hlrose,
who died in an attempt to "bottle up"
the Russian fleet at Port Arthur and
who has been proclaimed a "war god."
A man who knew him in childhood
says: "As a child 'the captain received
with' us thje primary-school instruction
Int the Kwansho school. The boy is
(rather of the man: and even in those
early days the boy Hlrose distin
guished himself far above his school
fellows both in play and scholarship.
It was he who was the champion of
the sport of sliding on the snow down
Ebi hill. He never had his .face
stained with a daub of ink when we
played the 'poetry cards' at his
father's temporary residence, simply
because he was never beaten even
pnee. Then whenever ,we boys had
exercises in versification his perform
ances nearly always won the best
mark, and even when they failed, at
rare Intervals, to come to that level
of excellence they never fell below,
the standard of second best In short,
he was carried by an unconquerable
spirit In anything he took a hand in.
"Hlrose took great pains in the
training of his body," says this same
They Killed
During the siege of Ladysmlth la1
the Boer war, Henry W. NevtnsoaaaeV
the late T. W. Maud. British war cor-
respondent were walking up the main,
road of the village when they 'caught
sight of a black thing moving, rapidly.
across the road close hi front of their
feet It was about three feet long or
a little less and was moving very
swiftly. In a perfectly straight line
it darted forward, without the usual
snake-like wriggling or other visible
means of movement Accustomed
from boyhood to hunt adders oa the
Cumberland moors, Nevinson dashed
upon it with his stick and broke its
back with a single blow. Neverthe
less, it still continued to move for
ward, as snakes will, no mattes how
desperately wounded, and the war cor
respondent sprang on its head and
stamped it into the dust with his boot
At the same time Maud, who had only
just perceived the danger, stamped on
its back. The lone and deadly body
gave a few little jerks and then lay
still. The snake was carefully lifted
on the end of a stick, carried back to'Rhand and watched two experienced
the cottage, where the two men Uved,
aad carefully deposited outside for fu
ture examination.
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Mei Who Give Millions
It has been nearly tflfty years since
Peabody startled the public by his
benefactions on both sides of the At-
lantic, says the Baltimore American.'
Girard had been the pioneer in Amer
ican philanthropy, but Girard, fori
some reason, did not fascinate the-
public of his day, and it remained for
the future to do full justice to hlaM
splendid generosity. Peabody cap
tured the English-speaking people attj
once, aad, in accordance with popular
forecast his example was speedily fol-
lowed by wealthy men, of whom Balti
more has certainly had her share. Ini
England gigantic philanthropic enter
prises have been provided for by some
of her public men, and in this country
grand and wonderfully useful institu
tions attest the influence of the pio
neer philanthropists. Many now Uv
Ing wiU remember the amazement and
stir caused by Mr. Peabody's munifi
cent gifts, an impression which had,
scarcely faded a particle at his death.
His remains were brought to the Ches
apeake ia the finest warship of the
British navy, and a mighty procession
was marshaled byHhe state to receive-J
The Land of
There Is no map that shows us where
Its hms laush at the sky;
No mas or we would journey there j
Where towered valleys lie. rf
The little Land of Used-to-be jj
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WBten nas ior mete ana Douneary
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Tae eisa frontiers oz yoota.
O. Mttle.Land of Used-to-be,
Tear reses were so red!
Year skies were asure seas whereisUps
ssiUac overhead.
ef Isavhter aad of song.
far cot eater r mm
with swayiaa: won
alternoefafc.
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And Mb w softly Into slesr
lmt with a revery
wasasMBseanBmBiMaBnsfesswBM
Henry Luak. a-rovmg, feraglag sort of
a fellow, falfafml aad brave ia battle.
ever aileslag waea there was. to be
a fight., hat frequently ia danger of
the gaardhoaee lor ahseaes from roll
calL He often reprimanded him, bat
Lask always got the better of -aha by
asking him if he had ever failed; him
in the hoar of battle. Waea Capt
Robbins' coauaaad was ordered South
he called up Lank aad told him he
wanted him to have no more roviag
and foraging. Laak promised that he
would not fan him.
"That was the last he ever saw of
Lask. Ia a battle that followed soon
after Capt Robbins aad maay an
other fell ia a desperate bat success
ful charge. After aw return to his
command Capt Bobbins said the first
greeting he got from Lieut Vaaghaa
was a message from Heary Lask. Tell
Capt Robbies,' he said, that I did not
fail aim.' Henry Lask had faUea la
the front of that gallant charge. He
was a nomad ia his way; heloved to
rove aad forage, but his loyalty aad
bravery no maa might impeach."
It Is stories like this that the youth
of the country love to hear. Too maay
orators deal only with perfect heroes.
Boys aad mea are skeptical of the
tributes that deal oaly with mea with
out faults. Their experience is that
there are few perfect mea. Most of
the heroes of war, like the heroes of
peace, have their failiags. Give as
more of the heroes like Private Henry
Lask. Raleigh (N. C) News aad Ob
server. of Japan
Japanesegosslp. "Watte a student at
the Kogyoku-sha he made It a rule to
take a constitutional round the outer
moat of the palace premises early
every morning: It was, aot surpris
ing that with his appetite whetted by
such vigorous exercise, he very oftea
emptied by himself the whole con
tents of a Jtoiled rice cask holding la
it the portion of two or three people.
He used .to say that he had been ad
mitted to the naval academy aot by
the strength of his scholarship but by
virtue of his splendid physique, aad
he added that he failed to see any
good ia the practice of constantly por
ing over books with "weakened
health.'. . '
Jlgoro Kano, who was Capt Hlrose's
teacher in jnJKsu. tells one Japanese!
newspaper that this martial art was T
the captain's oaly source of amuse
ment and that he used to devote him
self to the exercise with rare applica
tion. For instance, whea-he returned
home from a. long cruise, the first
thing he woubi dp .after, landing oa
shore was, to, come with his Jujltsu
suit to Kaao's school "and have as
many bouts with his instructor as
alble.
the Snake
' On the following morning a frag
ment of a Boer sheU' dropped oa the
snake, cutting it clean In half but
the -rest is better told in Mr. Nevin
son's own words: "To my astonish
ment" be says, .1 noticed that the
snake's Inside was pure white. I
looked closer. It was white, cotton
wboL The akin was a silken umbrella
icase. The body was carefully wound
round with black thread and a long
Upiece of cotton projected from the
moutn ine piece wnere we aeauiy
Mfangs ought to have been. Being
something of a naturalist, I took the
creature up In my hand, lifted It with
care, because I remembered that poi-
Usonous snakes will one even aner
death. I. thought that at the end of
the nsmptlgn I would bring it home
paadipreseat it to the -South Kensing-
Utonmuseum. It needed no stafiug.
"And now, whenever I am down-
Jhearted and waat to thlak of some-
ithing that is happy, I think of. the lit-
Htle boy (or little girl) who sat behind
La wall with a piece of cotton ta his
nrar correspondents phwUly dancing
Pupoa his magic saake aad leaving it
kf or dead."
them, wHUe the public manifested its
sympathy in every possible manner.
On Saturday Mr. Andrew Carnegie
departed fspm New York to Burope oa
bis annual .vacation. He had just
given $50eV00 for edueatkmal pur
poses. He has given in the last few
years nearly $10QOO000 for similar
objects, tout there was no stir on Sat
urday, the, great public aot knowing,
nor apparently earing, whether he was
in New York-or Europe. A few news
paper nsenonet hut at the pier of the
steamer. Just as they would meet any
prominent dtisea who was goiag
abroad, wflta the hope of securing
some iafbtmation for their papers.
When Peemody reached the United
States fronn, England there was a great
turnout of the people aad they ap
peared to-tregard the philanthropist
with a spectas of awe mixed with vea
eration. The people have probably
as much adsmlration for Carnegie to
day as they mad for Peabody m the
'60s, hut iduUauthropists, Uke great
Iuicn, sutvu usvubiv w waaMi mtm
country that they have ceased to evoke
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(Mr. Wracs Invitee centrlbutleas 'ef.
any new ideas that readers of this de
nartSMat nay wish te present aad
would be pleased to answer correspond
ents desiring- information oa subjects
discussed. Address M. X Wracs. Wa
kee. Iowa.
IT WILL NOT PAY.
To wait for the weeds to grow. If
we do we must strike blows an the
harder to pay for It
It will not pay to wait till the "old
of the moon" 'before doing our work
here on earth. The moon is always
old old enough to look out for her
self. We must do the same. w
It will not pay to try to make a
two-forty horse of a ten-minute colt
It Isn't in the blood. "
It will not pay to work after the
day hangs up its lantern, and gives
you a hint to do the same.
It will not pay to keep the noses of
the boys and girls down between the
furrows from' morning to night If
you try it you will look up some day
and find that yon are alone.
It Is not a paying' thing to lose a
dollar's worth of life for the sake of
saving ten cents' worth of money.
It will not pay to let the bright boy
leave home and keep the other one oa
the farm.
It will not pay to let the good wife
have to hunt all around for chips to
start the fire.
Peter Tumbledown Is very busy
just now, like most farmers, and has
hardly time to bring up the cows, so
he sends a boy aad dog for them, who
run them right home. This Is fun for
the dog and boy, but it is not good for
the cows, nor profitable for Peter.
Peter never did find that the farm
pays, and we guess never will. He
never Paris greens his potatoes untU
half of the tops are eaten oft.
PROPAGATING GOOSEBERRIES.
The gooseberry may be grown from
cuttings as is the currant or by mound
layering. By this method the old
plants are headed back to Induce the
formation of strong new shoots near
the. surface of the ground. Late la
June or July, or when the new wood
has become somewhat hardeaed,- a
.mound of earth is made about four or
five Inches deep above the base of the
shoots. In the fall the earth is re
moved, the rooted shoots -are cut on
and planted at once In well prepared
soil, or they may be tied in bundles
and treated as catlings until the fol
lowing spring. If care Is used in re
moving shoots during the winter,
propagation from the same plants may
produce indefinitely from year to year.
If a man wants to have a good mar
ket for any kind of live stock he must
persuade all his neighbors to produce
good stock. Buyers will then flock
to that neighborhood for what they
want
NON-PAYING COWS.
The dairy commissioner of Minne
sota says that 25 percent of the cows
in that state do not pay for their feed
and that they should be sent to the
butcher as soon as possible. The sad
part of this is that the owners of
those cows do not know that they are
paying for their feed, but keep them
in the belief that they are doing some
thing to increase the profits. Many
and many a man has been bankrupted
by the cows he has kept The trouble
has been that there was no way the
owner could know What was being
done by his cows till the Babcock test
came into use. Since that time the
great factor that prevents its use Is
negligence. It takes a great deal of
hammering to get even a single new
Idea Into the heads of some men.
The nutritive value of any fruit de
pends chiefly upon the starches and
sugar which it contains. Dates, plan
tains, bananas, prunes, figs and grapes
contain the most starch and sugar,
and therefore are the most nutritious
foods. Cherries, apples, currants,
strawberries and grapes contain con
siderable vegetable acid, making them
valuable as blood purifiers.
ALFALFA, KAFIR CORN AND
PROSPERITY.
It Is a 'significant aad noteworthy
fact that the prosperity of the past
decade is contemporaneous with the
recognition of alfalfa and Kafir core
in the agricultural economy of Kan
sas, and no one can successfully deny
that these two crops have beea big
factors In its realization. By the fact
that Kafir corn can be successfully
grown in all localities, of Its being n
strong resistant to protracted heat
aad dryness, and its proved feeding
qualities, close or practically equal to
com, it promises to become a priacl
pal resource in a region where live
stock Is the predominating interest
aad the production of corn is some
thing of any uncertainty.
Twenty thousand Americans have
invaded the Canadian northwest this
season and have either bought or
homesteaded a vast tract of the fertile
land' of that region.
There is simply no excuse on any
for not furnishing shade aad
plenty of pure fresh water for the
poultry in summer..
If you have pure-bred poultry make
an exhibit at the county fair. It wfll
help you aad win help the fair, evea
if you win Utile or nothing.
Eggs are the foundation of the poul
try business. As a rule there te more
money in selling eggs than in selling
poultry on the market,
A maa who handles more horses in
way aad another than aay one
else I know of, told me the other day
that he never strikes a horse a blow
with a whip, and yet horses always
obey aim. It is the man who te al
ways cutting and slashing with hte
whip who has in tempered aad
lima te cheap, to a good dhuafect
aat. to easily secured, aad Is oae of
the heat purifiers, and should he
often aa a wash for coops.
boxes aad the sides of the
Dont faU to sprinkle it liberally
the floors of the
the
WfrIgP
WATERING HORSES.
During the summer mouths the
farm snimsls require anabundaaee
of good water. The team ia the field
should aot he compelled to go from
morning to noon aad from noon to
night without one or more opportuni
ties to drink. It Is a widespread, hut
mlstakea notion that a moderate
amount of water will injure a horse if
given while the aaimal Is warm or
sweated; but harm may possibly re
sult from allowing large amount of
water at a time to the heated animal.
Water should he given frequently
enough to prevent excessive thirst
Water fresh from the spring or well
Is best aad Is aever too cold If ia rea
sonable amounts. Eadeavor to get the
horse to drink before feeding at all
times; large amounts taken soon after
feeding may induce colic aad Indiges
tion by washing the grain from the
stomach into the intestines before the
stomach digestion has become fin
ished. Yes. sir, that man who said not to
dehorn your calves but wait until they
are two years old knew what he was
talking about Just wait until they
commence using their horns, then de
horn them aad they are conquered.
I have tried having young calves de
horned several times aad they always
grew up to be the meanest cattle to
keep oa a farm that ever I had any
thing to do with.
FLOORS AND RATS.
If the poultry house is in such con
dition as to allow rats to run under
the floor, the farmer may, as well give
up the poultry business. They are
worse than any disease the fowls may
have. Whea the house is built it Is
very easy to put wire netting, such as
Is used for the small chicks, under
the floors. If you have not done this,
another easy way to keep out rats is
to, put la a cemeat floor. It may cost
a little more than fixing up the wood
en floor, but it Is safe againsto rats,
aad a .wooden floor Is not. If wire
mesh Is put in with the cement whea
the floor Is. laid It will be all the bet
ter. Take the relay aad other "ofl" days
to mead up the broken tools, harness,
etc., and not the days when the sun
shines bright aad other work presses.
Head work about such things pays a
fine interest
KANSAS.
L Forecast of the Harvest Season ISM.
I've just sot back from Kansas
To say home in Illinois
And the slehts I saw in Kansas
Have fllflled ray soul with Joy
For the fields with corn are crowded
The sua Is shining bright.
The harvester stands ready.
And the harvest Is In sight.
I've Just got back from Kansas
And ana dead stuck on the state.
Its people are on "Easy street."
Its climate's simply great:
Its farms are rolling parkways.
And the flowers trial ailorn
The meadows anil the hillsides
Are Corn. Corn. Corn.
I've just got back from Kansas.
And the funny man can poke
His pieces In the paper
An! liueb and scoff and joke
About the Kansas farmer
And the whiskers that he grows.
And the way these whiskers flutter
nnen tne Kansas zephyr blows.
But I'd rather live In Kansas.
Among her bursting cribs.
Than to live here In Chicago
A-wrlting funny squibs;
80 when any Kansas farmer
Thinks his whiskers don't adorn
His face why. I will wear 'em
If he'll "divvy" up his corn."
J. B. Dlgnam. In Exchange.
Of all the problems the farmers of
to-day have to meet this one of hon
est oflcials is most urgent. What is
the reason we do not grapple with it?
Does anybody know? In the fall, after
the harvests are in, there will be
some elections held, scd some par
ties will want oar votes. Shall they
get what they want? No, a thousand
times no, unless they put up good
men who are fit for the offices they
.seek. Let us turn down all the can
didates who are unworthy, no matter
whether they belong to our party or
not; this is the way to clean the
Angeaa stables and set things right
READING IN THE RURAL HOME.
It has beea ray experleace many
times while staying at different homes
In the country, to find so few news
papers aad magazines in them. If
there 'Is one place more than another
that needs good, every day reading.
It's la the home where the parents
and children do not get the benefits
from the city Its libraries, public
reading rooms and different literature
clubs. How much more do we know
of the world's events of to-day, and
Just through the newspapers and
magazines!
We Botice that a great exhibit Is to
be made at the world's fair at St.
Louis from the Philippine Islands. The
exhibit will cover forty acres. Typi
cal villages will be present. Inhabited
by natives. A fine exhibit will also
be made of the products of the coun
try. The exhibit of fiber especially
will be made on a very large scale.
Five hundred thousand dollars are set
aside for making this exhibit.
FOOT NOTE.
The way to prevent the colts from
becoming marked for life or possibly
ruined by barbed wire or other cuts,
is aot to allow colts la 'a field fenced
In with such material.
Many farmers salt their cows oa the
ground. That is aot the best way.
Boxes, or if the cows come up under
the shed at eight, a strip of board
nailed aloag the edge of a long sin
to make a wide trough will hold the
salt far better, aad the cows can get
R as they aeed it The old way to
wasteful, aad waste meaas harder
work to get along on the farm, as it
everywhere.
The poultry keeper who does not
provide suitable shade for hte fowls,
ought to be obliged to spend a day la
their yards when the thermometer reg
isters from tC to lev degrees ia the
BIx to- eight pounds of salt sprinkled
ever each lead ef hay whea it is put
hi the mow tends to. keep the hay
tta palatabfltty.
IOWA MAKES LESS BUTTER.
According to the Iowa State Dairy
Commissioner's report Iowa has
closed sixty-one creameries aad sixty
one skimming statiaaa during the past
year, aad the make has dropped from
T7,.ftM pounds of butter during IMS
to CteOMM for the year Iff. The
commissioner does not give the cause
of this falling off. hut says that he
believes the bottom has been reached
and that he expects a revival of the
dairy Industry ia Iowa.
The beef industry of lewa has been
very profitable during the past few
years. This has led to so mueh high
class beef breeding among the Iowa
farmers that it may have lowered the
dairy qualities of their cows. Per
haps the situation was correctly ex
pressed by aa Iowa creamery maa
whea he said that for the best Interest
ef the dairy the Iowa farmer had
given too much attention to the beef :
side of the general purpose cow.
To feel perfectly safe, while work
lag with the bees H te quite necee
sary to wear a veil. It la easily ssade.
and it is foolhardy to try to get along
without It Take any klad of veiling
with large meshes aad sew to tae rim
of aa old straw hat; have ft long
enough so that the lower edgea can be
tucked under the suspenders or inside
of the coat collar. Black la prefer
able, as objects are more distinctly
seen through It.
Before opening n hive of bees send
ia a few pun's of smoke to prevent
the sentinels from rushing out aad
stinging you. The smoke win alarm
them and they wUl raa to the comb
and fill themselves with honey. Then'
when the hive te opened the beea wUl
adhere better to the combs and can
be examined with ease. Honey should
be left on the hive until It te capped;
bees always rlpea the honey before
cappiag. They can be seen after a
hard day's work, fanning at the ea
trance sending air iato the hive tc
evaporate the moisture that te ia the
nectar when gathered.
CURING CLOVER.
We must cure our clover In such
a manner that the leaves win aot be
lost. The greater part of the autrl
ment of the clover plant is found in
the leaves. When this hay te cured In
the swath ia the ordinary way. the
leaves become dry and brittle and are
lost la the field. Clover should be cut
when dry aad be sooa bunched up
and cured la tae cocks. Turn the hay
over the second day aad put It ia
burger cocks. Here the clover sweat
and gets rid of much of Its moisture
and dries out in a soft, tender state
The second day it te ready to put la
the bam.
So It has come to be a question
whether the problem our legislator
have seLJhemselves at be aot. aftet
all. not now to make men honest, but
how to be dishonest themselves. Some
one has very thoughtfully said that
no law can be framed in which some
flaw can not be found, or. In vulgar
parlance, some "bole" discovered
Through these "holes" so neatly de
vised men come and go at pleasure
spoiling those with whom they have
dealings atd escaping the Justice te
which their deeds so well entitle
them.
LICE ON HOGS.
Are easily seen if aaimal Is exam
ined in good light. The remedy fc
kerosene, either as emulsion with
strong soapsuds, oae to tea. or, what
is probably better for small number
of hogs, is to apply kerosene aad lard
oae to three, well-mixed and stiaree
with gentle heat. Apply these rem
edies carefully to very young pigs
Pens and yards will need cleaning
and woodwork and scratching placet
whitewashed or sprayed with kero
sene to insure success.
Much of success depends on the
breed, for easy feeding. Where a
laak family of thoroughbreds. 01
worse still. long-snouted scrubs. Is the
foundation stock. It te small woadet
that the buyers of pigs for home fat
tening become disgusted and say:
"Pork-makiag is a failure." Try Berk
shire, small Yorkshire, or Poland
China full-bloods, or at least have
the pigs for sale, direct grades from
such sires.
TALKS ON HOGS.
Few domestic animals make a surer,
quicker and larger return from moaey
invested than brood sows properly
managed. They should never produce
less than two litters annanlly, aad by
close watchiag will sometimes do still
better.
Does your horse whinny with de
light when he hears your voice after
an absence, or does he lay back his
ears and act as if he would like to
kick you out of the barn? Actions
speak louder than words. In fact, ao
words are needed to tell whether or
not a horse Is treated so that he
loves his master.
One of the most faithful all-summer
blooming roses that are reasonably
hardy with us in the Dinsmore. Every
shoot that pushes out from any part
of its stem Is sure to ead ia a bud.
and that, too, in a very short time. So
that all that is needed Is to keep the
plant growing la order to have It la
bloom.
As farmers we ought to work to
keep our muscles up; but about the
meanest way ia the world to do this Is
by swinging a milking stool over the
back of a defeaseless cow.
Many a horse has beea spoiled by
hte master leaving him unhitched
about the farm while the owaer weat
to visit a neighbor or do some other
piece of work. Never give a horse
aa opportunity to run away. This te
especially true of a young horse, full
of life.
There iffl be no danger of your
bees starving if you' sew a patch ef
buckwheat for them now. sooa. It Is
wonderful the amount of
these busy bailee msssge to
from the
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