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'"Keep is. mind, lord, that it is
ore than. a. week that you lure
at hie keels,"" he said.
"Likewise sear is mlad whose sob
be is," the man with the driakiag-
aors added grimly
Flashing, the .young noble ceased
examining his sword-edge to met tke
eyes best upon him.
I hope you do not think I stand in
seed, of a rebuke for lukewarsiness.
Morcard. he said gravely. T have was jast losing consciousness when,
no more forgot that Krng- Edmund's the figure aa second yeor-isn-soldier
father gave the order for my father's moved across her vision, looming
murder thiri I have forget Edric black against the Sreglow. His whls
was the tool who did the deed. Bat j per came sharply to her ears,
what sense to continue at that after j -it is dene. chleL Hay they hare
Etheired was dead, and the valor of ! the wrath of the Almighty" Their
his son was to that degree exalted as r,v have met, Ecric's and the
if he had sprung from Alfred? Year- King's. his thanes ri Norman
self counselled me to join, him at I of 3a2debyX who is with Edric'
Gniingham. and take the post under
his banner that my fathers have al
ways held beside his fathers."
Two of the three warriors made no
other answer than to gargle their
drink noisely in their throats; but the
one whom he had called Horcard as-!
swered dryly, It is not against test-1
ing the new king thnr -we would ad-!
vise you. Lord Sebert; it is against
trusting him." He lifted his fran I
suddenly to his ear. norses
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feet!
And stopping by the Sing's fire
What else he said. Eandalin did not
hear... Her wits had crawled heavily
after the sound of the hoofs. Xow
the beat changed to a champing and
stamping among dry leaves not many
rods to her right. She wondered in
differently if there was any likelihood
o:
f their running over her; then forgot
ae query before she fcid answered it. ,
the
The Etheling was speaking again,
with all the earnestness of hero-worship.
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Inch by inch she crawled steadily toward the flickering light.
back since his father's death!
Only
take to-day "
"Soft, my lord. Yonder comes
Wikel making strange signs to you."
" AH heads but Randalin's turned in
the direction he was looking. She was
still too lethargic for curiosity; and
she found a kind of dreamy content
in lying with her eyes upon the Ethel
ing's handsome face
Presently, however, between her
and the comely apparition there in
tervened the brawny figure of a yec
man-soldier.
He said breathlessly, "Chief before
yon go to the King be it known, to
you that those horse-feet you hear.1
belong to the mounts of Edric of
Mercia and his men: and he is with
King Edmund now!"
The three stolid old warriors got to
their feet with curses. The Etheling
bent forward to gaze incredulously in
to the man's face.
"Edric of Mercia? "With the King:
"Why do you think sot"
"I was a little way beyond the
King's fire, watching a fellow who was
showing how he could jump over the
games when I saw the Gainer ride
wf. -. T fnTInw' him ac Tiar as i
WZ i fr t, !
enough to see that the King- received
frfrr- let brm settle it with Saint
Cuthbert!"
There was a pause of utter stupe
faction; then, from all within hear-ig-.
a clamoroos outburst; "Ay, there
it is!" "Ethelred's blood!" It is no
more to be counted on than is wa- s
ter "."TThat could have moved him
to it?"
It appeared the Etheling had
recovered frcan his sarprise. for now
he said steadily, T will not believe
it. Until their oaths kave been spok
. m,A nAir -tiiic fiivp classed xnd
- -, 4,os ? t wfn i
my own eyes nave witnessed it, I win
vi- nf j,, - i
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Motioning them freer his pais, ne
as starting forward a second time,
when the old cniht laid, a hand ligntij
arm his sha&Lier.
-uerf me. -Lard Sebertl If then.
to weigh an perils like a soldier, if f she dragged herself to her knees and
then, vou do witaess it with your own ' fumbled with trembling hands about
g-gg" j her -belt. Fcr an instant, something
The bine zave out a flash of smitten j Eke a moonbeam glimmered amid the
gjg " I shadow; then her lips closed convul-
Mcrcard answered as to -words; f sively upon the -steeL Tipping fcr
"You win be one against many, lord." ard npon her handsr she tested caa-
"You cannot
lean. t the wltaa '
wiu comnrr wnn aac. ute u&eux i
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cried.
"How is it possible that they should
do otherwise? Tke odal-born iBen
could not prevent it when Etheired
took. Alfric back. to-sigkt. few
cut thanes have resorted thither
men whom the Eedelese took from
ploughing his fields to gild with no
nity. Is it likely that they will op
pose the hand that can strip oS their
gOding?"
It ippaaniil. that tke young
could tad ao aaswer to fiat, for ke
-At least
y lard, Ethelred's
akowa m hs son, when
aside tke King's eemm
of Sigef ertk's widow (
Aad I riirf it was
Xtkehed's temper tkat moved aim to
energy, mack setter directed
Bfifist tke Pagaas. jai layrag waste
tw of km own aaires. atememker
wkat kappemed waen yoar latket
3 j w k - - w spk jks serpen
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a Jat amaaamaW .- Jamfcsaav
and "turned aside. "Let it be as you
have, said though I cannot believe
yet that it win happen." Cbaiingback
where a. fallen, tree made a mossy seat,
he dropped down upon-it aad sat star
ing at the ground in. frow sins' abstrae-
tiOB.
The motion dropped him out of the
range of RandalLa's vision, and her
eyes wandered away discontentedly.
If there "eras nothing more to look: at.
she T??nt 25 well zo to sleen. She
-Norman of Baddebyl the name
leaped cat of the rest to bite at her
like a dcg. wur.-.-i- dee-per and deep
er through tie wrappings of her
stupor. Her eyes widened in troubled
questioning'. She heard the angry
voices rise, and she saw the Etheling
leap to his feet and shake his clenched,
hand above his head, men she lost
sight of everything, for the fang- had
pierced her torpor and touched her.
"Vnrinm nf tv"ri hr" fcr fitter's
slayer" -llemcry entered like poison
to spread bnmhirr tirrocgh every vein.
Her father Pridtjof the Jotun the
battle Her ears were dinned with
terrible noises; her eyes were seared
by terrible pictures. She crashed her
hands sgoinrt her head, but the sound
came from within and would not be
stilled. She buried her face in. the
leaves, but the visions pressed faster
I i s i tt.71- ; .;,,,; o-n
she tossed to and fro in agony to and
fro.
Though it was so tortured that she
could net tell it from her waking
1 thoughts, slee? must have come to
her; for when at iast she reached the
point where she could endure it no
longer and straggled up, panting, to
her elbow, to try to recall herself by
a sight of those about her, she found
that the hum of excited voices was
stilled, and the silence throbbed with
the deep breathing of sleepers.
Almost at her feet, the Etheling
was stretched out in. his cloak, mo
tionless as the fallen tree. Her face
was slowly relating when, a second
time, memory betrayed her. Just so.
she recollected. Leofwine's sou was
lying, not a frmJrad yards away.
The next instant, she had thrown
herself down with terror-widened eyes.
and was trying to bury her face in
the leaves, while the tongueless mouth
of every shadowy shape seemed to
shriek above her.
"Odin sends you revenge!" t is
the will of Odin that has drawn you
together!" "Would you become like
l the girl with the necklace?" Are
you a coward, that you do not prefer
to die in good repute rather than live
in the shame of neglecting- your duty?"
She fiung up her haggard face in
appeaL "Xo. no, I am not a coward."
hr spirit, cried within her.
1 was
brave in the battle. It is not death
I fear; but I cannot kill! Odin, have
mercy on me! I cannot kill. I have
tried to be brave, hut I am really a
woman; it is not pjssible for me to
have a man's heart."
The grinnmg shadows mouthed at
her. "You have not dared to be a
woman." they mocked. "You have
not dared to, be a woman, so you must
dare to be a man."
A night wind shuddered through
the trees, and the hovering shades
seemed to hiss in her ear.
"Coward! Traitor! Nithing! Do
7a no e afraid that you win ex-
- - . ," . . .,
penence tne wrata of the dead?
T ; ..... T T- .I . .-. .3 K..
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the leaves? Or is it "
A gasp burst from the white lips,
and the die was cast. "VThile the cold
ps started on her para-racked booy
tiocsiy tne strengm oz ner wouauec
leg. smothering groans of pain that
seemed to tear her throat in the swal
lowing. Inch by iach. she crawled
steadily toward the nickering Tight.
CHAPTER VIL
As the .Kerns
It was a long way to the Krsgs
lre hut at last it iay before her; be
fore aad below her, for it had been
r built in a depression cf the little open.
The last charred leg had faTTpa apart.
spreading a swarm of. golden giow-
I worms over the hlack-earth. sat there
was stfll enough light to reveal a ring
of muSed forms sprawliag arossaa
the sloping sides of the hollow, witk
their feet toward the. fire aad their
theads lost in. darkness. Passing in
the tree-ekadow, the girl drilled witk
t sadden, kepe. Since their faces were
all irfijiT) how was to distizgBish
her victim.?
At tkat mement, the warrior al
rectrr in fcoa-t ef aer strrre in kis
and Sang a jeweled kaxd over
kJB tare. Those aroad gold
witk the green stoa.es tkat
ts eyes as they eaacht tke
etT
ske
an tke
H was stalrei wttkl
s
apsaowedker
mt tke Lord
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LOCUST PLABIfE IN EGYPT.
The
ssa Vaty
There is every probability of the
plague of locusts which has now de
scended em. Egypt proving a very se
rious oae. Gremt'aaxiety is felt for
the yoB cecum aad other crops.
Tke iurit ii frat arrive in compar
atively mil KBmken, .but they mul
tiply Tery rapidly as soon as they
reach the edge ac cultivation. With
in ten days tke yesag insects, though
stQI almJf . adraace in a solid pha
lanx soatetisMS two or three feet deep
and several mQestin laagth.
It is esseatiai that at this stage
they skoald he aestroyea. as it woald
be impossible to caeck tke ravages of
dying larusts.
Tke method adapted daring tke last
visitation, that ef IStt, was to dig
deep trenckes, soajetimes miles in
length, beta com wkfck and tke ad
vanciag a warm kage heaps of straw
were laid and feed. Any locusts
which succeeded in
anfal
ffgTnoq aad ssftoke fell into the
J trenckes. where they were destroyed
by natives under the supervision of
Eaglish instructors.
It is a providential habit of young
locusts never to turn back or aside,
when once started, no matter what
obstacles are put in tkeir way. Cairo
Correspondent London Daily "Man.
ARTS THAT SPIN WEBS.
Scientist
of
Unusual laaatl
One of the most interesting obser
vations made in ant life, says Andrew
Wilson, the scientist, was that which
showed Thar a certain red ant has
evolved the habit of wes-spinning.
The ways of this species were noted
in the botanic gardeas at Peradeniya.
Ceylon, by E. Gsween. Tke extraor
dinary part of tm story is tkat these
ants used larvae as. their saianing ma-
arm ae m tke grasp
of Ivinaak
Tea mad yoamg oae!" ke gasped,
as ke wreacked tke alade from ker
hold.
chines, the larvae employing their silk J ized, would ran a one horsepower en
threads, used to make tke eoeoons, as j gine many centnries. We are tkas
their sewing t"'' Mr. Green I constantly being told of the latent
took some leaves which had been powers stored away here aad there
sewed together by tke ants and un- j which coald be made to ran the ani
fastened the stitches. The separated verse almost indennitely if we could
edzes were drawn together by the unlock them.
ants and then an hour afterward the '.
larvae or grubs, held m the mouths of
the ants, were seen to be passed back
ward and forward across the gaps
Trr?0 fn tho loavfiQ TfeA tnTPSBentS
cf the grubs were duly directed by the
ants and the silk threads spun by the
mouths of the larvae soon repaired
the defects in tke leaves.
Diet or tne crsceaiie.
Of a crocodile, which, measured sev- paper Dy tjtTq Hamilton Frenck
enteeu feet m length and which a I wnjh frmtnrrjn much sensible advice
noted hunter shot, he writes: "On f ajothers of marriageable sons, and
cutting him open he was found to I to mothers-ia-law. The f onowingpar
contain the remains of as Mpala ram ' agraph on the antagonism tkat is fos
Cwith horns intact), which he had f tered betweea..boys and girls in ehfld
probably caught while it was drink- hood is worth quoting;
ing. On one occasionl cut up a croc- -jst. ate "bov, or 'jast like a
odHe which contained no less than aB& th& Qier perpetually
forty-nine bangles of ivory and cop- toI4 aad ,5 t ay of re-
per. saowmg tnat ne nac swauoweu
one or more aautea, au x iwja jcl
the boys to cut up any we shoot.
They are loathsome reptiles, and I
never consider a shot at them wasted.
Many a native wMle drawing water
after dark is cangnt oy tne arm anu h th , goes ceaseless
dragged into the nver. A fine old on, why should these things be so?
hunting dog which had served me for 'Ba7S g gjjis are m this world to
two years was caught by a crocodile i- m-.thpr. to Kve toeetker. to
right under my nose one day in a
sman stream, where he had goae to f ,
drink after runnia
puku."
COWS a WOUSUeU t
Simple Russians Tricked.
A letter from a M Sidoroa, a land-
ed proprietor of the government of
lila. now going the rounds of the Bus- f linage ttem into, matrimony before
sian. newspapers, is causing muck tgy- even know what its respocsibili
merriment. A typical German trick- entafl. leaving them, as aahappy
sterr writes M. Sidorof, "arrived at marrjed people, to flounder away, as
our vmage at Anastasevsa on -apm
12 and announced that the first Japa- (
nese prisoaer was coming along, m
an iron box and tkat if the air icom- j
munal council) voted a sum ot z ru
bles the peasants would be aHowed
to hear him scaeal for mercy and af
terward snig his narinaaT war song.
The mir apparently voted tke money,
for tke performance was in fun prog
ress outside He state public house
when I arrived. On a table in tke
roadway was a sman box; from a
trumpet amxed to wkick issued in
good but squeaky rTagTisk tke
Ta-ra-ra Boam-de-ay."
A Traly BBStBaiin Ti
Edwin D. Mead. "Boston's
fal citizen" and founder of tke
tieih Century Club, met a
KUmi'iTy sight last winter
Hotel Tendome. When the tramp
ed kirn for a uiekeL Mr. Mea
believer in seientiac charity, told
to apply to tke T. M. a X.
"I did. sir." replied tke tramp vrifk
serene dimity, "bat I
nispeLtfany."
"WelL way dent yon try tke T.
aTLr-wasMT.
tramp oae
near the
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m mmwmmT9mr'mmwn mmt mt ' mm? Sb
, .. ... . tkare ia nceaxy at evaBaaae San say
Tk traaia xacBL sxxaaEateaad as m a
itk njtsaost kaatsar and reasarJEeu:
witk: aaUBBlinsi I bare flaand. as "J JSS5 ? -. -
CarlyfeaaytbatlaajTlBTMBar.Bfcetke -TC - ? mm.v J'." T ?
letter p, are always feat is. pity bat 1 te e - -
. . immmimmrmk ma MB aAS IBb ""Wtfk Im mmm mm 'rfVw
dkls
ttC BBHak 8Ca3Bma? wmXClmaT WBC Saamaam vaav
ter into eampetMkm witk tke seen
witk records of
service beaiad
of tke credit
. tke Coram at aetata aad tke
for general
wketker ke shall devote kis time
tke interests of the
stitaeacy ke may represent. ,H ke
represents a district in Ike kease er
a state in tke seaate in wkick tke
party majorities are atrcag and.
and his. tensre of
he may witk safety elect to devote
hi3 eHorts to a specialty, to
his impress apan legismtiea. on
jeets to which ke has devoted.
thought and attention, in tkat
his flrst ianueace mast ae exerted to
secare aaMgrmwiif to tke
fumisk the f eld
of kis efforts, and after tkat
thing depends upon, tke man aad km
willingness to work. Most cf tke Jag
islatkm of congress, in fact, is tke
wcrk of specialists. From
Forces t in Congress, in
Monthly.
ONE KINO OF MORAL
Moral cowardice is too
fact of kaman natsxe to
scription as it is erdiaarfly
But 'there are some forms of it
are so subtle as actually to pass
virtaes. There is tke man wke 1
tke reBUtatkmcf being aggressive i
Iforeefol to a degree, "bat wko has
element of cuartesy or
for his feDow men. He
if ke allows other men to get
enough to aim tkey wffl see tkat
TitwH his bluster is a dearth ef
and ability. Hekaows, tav tkat if
he permits those -wko are asaaeiated
with him and under Ms umtrni. to
manifest their own 'indivisaal wertk
the comparison which the warfd win
institute between tkeir gename akin
ties and kis preteaded importance
wQl be not only unflattering to aim
but destructive to his ambitions. Tke
policy of such a mas is to browbeat
whenever he can and to systematic
ally disparage others at every eppor-tunity.-
Baltimore Herald.
UNUBEKATED POWEHtv
From the latest measurements by
Cnrfe ft is estimated that the energy
of fifteen pounds of radium, fally ntfl-
But it happens that we only
age to liberate these latent, stored
away powers gradually. Perhaps it is
wen, else some impetnous spirits
might ran away with the whole plan
f of ereation and leave as higk
f dry. Boston Globe,
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BOYS AND GIRLS.
jn the Mav TJelmeatnr there is a
l pjoca. when the boy displays an
due feeling someone says to him:
Tour mother ought to put you in pet
ticoats. When tke little girl tries to
throw a ban she is told that tke boys
wHl laugh at her. The war of tke
Dlace5 si,je DT side, as
narnt arr? zmdes to the
,? fro. fhom Wt
t.i.VlXS - iiii .fc -- .-
haps, are afraid to say so to yoar
.fcnrfren afraid "of Buttins ideas into
ftrf fcodsJ You find- it easier to
ve the to takea unawares by
-w awakened emotioas. whick
best fh). p their owa
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NEWSPAPERS FOR WOMEN.
Mr. Harmsworth. tke TfrigTrefc news-
oaper mar, says: "I had for
fears a theory that a dairy
5ar women was in urgent request.
I started, one. The befief
HM.We. I found out tkat I
a. Women don't want a daQy
"w1 edyTam Ka swa kinds far ariersmcaa tTt I tke assdery aeaartment.
paper of tkeir own." After leaviag
2oHege. men and women prefer ice-dueatiou-
They are influenced by
the same events, suffer from the
am disasters, sympathize witk tke
miar movements and want tke same
aews. Harmswarthn daily news
tstper was kffled by tke ii-taawi Bis
Dally Mail made bis fsrtsae, so tke
Cagliafc wits named kis aew veatare
Oe -DaQr Female." LambrriBe JoaL
STILL HANY OPPUmTUNITsES.
ae npfntna tkat tke nipiwIsaliU'B far
jteisf ;
secssiBK v. aBaBicBv xa ass: isancaar naaaBaaaci. i - -- mm ! vl aaaiiie w ! a
aaaMtiasav tke atties asaaar is M . tat JrSs-SWSSS r -- r " --. .
-. . 'w t -. . - - i - - "" -
nmsatK -m: rrcas acmaBBeiBEE k aac - te mm i - I natu alka
ttmmumMjmmu. wt i t m- i w ! . i - -
to tight km wane striae, aad tke
skoald iee before itself is "Caveat
emptor.'' Xxperieace snows 'tkat Tery
little fsito be gaasd by tkrowiag gsad
over saOt mflk. "Kerertkelemv ea
periemee is aaaad scbasL aad.maaey
is net entirely tost if it. paysmr a les
aaa. WaB Street JaaraaL
NOT FOR THE PHESENT BAY.
under some kakyoa dkv
y, tke auiieaainm, ot
whick we kave heard so
in arrangement
health, happiness
itT wffl fsQsw ea tke keels
at it av ,mmi
prospects by the actaal ma-
tarfal at car present disposal, is if
wise to depopulate tke flelds, tke fac
tories aad the mines by preackiar tke
mnttMmde into a state of
simple toOx Wkat are afl
Boas to de wkea tkey sfeal
altod aiaiL tke spade, tke
sad the ax?. A world
orators aad pa a nlm.it u is
be able to defend itself Jor
great
leagtk af time from tke
the
WHAT PEARY HOPES.
Tke approach of summer brings in
to tke public eye once more tkk in
defatigable Commaader Peary and kis
plans fsr-reachiag the North Pale.
Already ke is preparing for kis trip
from Sydney, wkick win begin July L
aad is for tke purpose of carrying n
reserve coal supply to the Greenland
shore to be used in connectkm witk
his greatest aad perhaps flaal dash
northward in 1305. For this supreme
effort of Peary's life oaly a part of
the necessary 2Q&,600 has
cured, bat tke explorer is
tkat by mfsag of sman
ke wffl flad ample means before
year.
eary win enter upon tke gigantic
task of reaching tke goal of so
ambitions admirably equipped by rea
son of his former attempts. Each fail
ure has added much to kis store a
knowledge, has taagkt him where and
how victory is possible. With n
.stronger vessel than ever before ke
hopes to reach a point is Greenland
83 degrees north before taking to the
sledges. He vffl then be but 420 miles
.from the pole a distance he has cov
ered in four-previous sledge journeys,
each one, of course, began from a
more southern latitude. Witk a per
fection of dog outfits and personnel;
of his little party he counts upon do
ing his outlined work between Feb
ruary and the end of May.
Some day or other, as surely as "the
earth revolves upon its axis, frnrt"
bauds are going to plant a flag upon
the spot 'called the North Pale. Since
tfr? is to be done, however useless
the labor and the pouring cut of
money may seem, let us hope that
the Stars and Stripes may first float
over the center of the frozen North.
Boston Post.
PRESERVING THE DEAD.
In order to preserve the features
of these who kave died it is proposed
by a RTTgtrn to embalm- corpses 'by
easting around them, a solid mass of
glass. This would be nerfectly trans
parent, as no air could gat in tke
features would be preserved iaden
nicely. Of course, it is not possible
J. to pour molten glass directly on tke
body, so it is first coated with a thin
coatiEg of so-caned "Hquid glass," or
sodium saHcate. This is allowed to
harden and forms a protective coat
ing; Tke body is then pat is a mold
and melted glass poured around it.
When Tta is hardened we kave a
soBsV transparent mass inclosing the
body. Tke inventor of this process
hopes that some day we win kave a
large museum fined with the perfectly
preserved bodies of the great men of
tkeir times for future geseratkms to
upon. Collier's Weekly,
PROSPERITY ON THE FARM.
The exteat to which the piuspeiity
cf the country depends upas tkat of
the farmer is shows impressively in
the estimate of the value of surplas
farm nradBCts made by the Depart
ment, of Agriculture. A fana yield
cf $L530.eOjB0O above the raise of
the product fed to live stock: is a pret
ty solid basis for industrial good
times. In these figures is to be found
tke reswriB why the tlnaariaT strin-
tkat affected tke east but y
did not upset the business of tke
try. The real and substantial pros
perity of the farmer was not to be
disturbed by tke stock speeamtjon of
CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA.
ls X49,QV9jnw and
are 1 ir 'ipai itlielj se-
coatent under despotism.
while tkey are n2t-
degmded, as a rale
to eat smd drink;
It true, bat
is nat .sumcieBX
mtffinas of people submit to
faftTTTaraC bat tkey
note govern tkat tke
nac rebel yrTTntg-
bam bean shrewd; tkey kave mt
tried, to mate tkeir ignorant, fl&ter-
wbw is a aaaiaeal "it aTmst ar m
member of the nasulity wk has be-
bstkm bx. tke army cr vary ar efrl
- vv wn inaMMia i nn nir. i - - --
wko have sever
wfllfladtke
(helaagiBS to tke taraip famly) am
excellent tkiag to grow. It is a aaad
crop to follow any early crop tkat may
be taken off the land is July, aad if
the soil b weH prepared and tke grow
ing plants given good caWvatioB. tke
rresalt win be satisfactory. Seed
should be drilled ia, making tke rows
about three feet apart. la feeding
have some variety, feeding tkem raw
awafle, then mixed witk bran after
coakfag. or aloae after cooking. It is
claimed tkat fed with meal and with
clover bay as a roaghage one has
nearly a balanced ratioa. whick is par
tJcalarly good for brood sows. Tar
nips of other varieties may be sows
daring this month, and will be foand
desirable for mQeh cows. There is
more or less objection on tke part of
dairymen against the use of taraips
for cows, but if they are fed imme
diately after milking and in eoanec
ticn with dry fodder cr hay, there win
be no odor to the raflfr They are too
vabatble a food for fan and winter
ase to be slightly east aside for some
fancied ebjeetion. Grow tke turnips
and feed in smaH auantities in the-
suggested, increasing the
aaantity gradually, but stopping as
soon as any odor in tke aula: is de
tected. Mr. J. L McGrew of Bedneld, Iowa,
writes under date of May 30th: "Dear
Sir Please let me know when is tke
best time to trim one-year-eld apple
trees.'
We are not certain wketker Mr.
MeGrew is alluding to tke manner of
growing trees in the nursery row or
frTTfqg them after they are plaated
out in the orchard. A one-year-old
tree ordinarily is a sman affair; not
hover two or three feet high, and gen
erally is nothing more than a switch.
We have always advocated tkat tkis
was tke very best size tree to plant
out in an orchard, where tkey can be
handled. It is tke size of tree that
our eastern and foreign tree growers
allude to as the "maiden tree,'
ins a one-year-old tree, u
trees are planted out is as orchard
every bud from tke ground to the
very top win develop daring tke sum
mer, and each one of these, wfll either
make a spur or a little limb. And as
these leaves act as feeders to the
tree it is just as essential that a part
of them remain on the sides of the
tree both to protect it from, the sun
asd to take in nourishment to develop
the tree. During the month of June
or tke first of July fonowisg the
planting of one-year-old trees, when it
is practically making its second year's
growth, it is best to remove an the
Innhg with a sharp knife for at least
two and one-half feet from the ground.
By this time is the summer the tree
has made enough growth so as to give
body and stalkiness to stem, asd it
wfll also be at the season when there
is the most food material in the cells
and sap of the tree, so that it wfll heal
ap and overcome the shock of prun
ing very much sooner than it would
if trimmed either later or earner is
tke season.
We are glad to see that there is as
indinatian on the part of tree plast
ers to plant sman trees, because we
kave always contended that sman
trees, when given good attention asd
care, wfll give better results asd less
loss than to plant larger trees.
Do not neglect to read the papers
because you are busy, but keep is
touch with, the world as much as pos
sible. It wfll make your burdens seem
lighter, asd add greatly to the zest of
life. In this day of telephones asd
cheap literature there is no reason
why the farmer ni? his family should
not be posted and up with the times.
A moderate outlay is mafrfag the
premises attractive brings profitable
returns by earhanting the value of
the property, asd in that way. without
tfrr"g' into consideration the refining
influence upon the occupants, wfll
prove a profitable investment. Neat
ness asd a homelike appearance, with
out too much display, wfll produce, is
a majority of cases, a more pleasing
effect than a larger asd less tasty dis
play. A well-seeded lawn. with, roses.
shrubs, evergreens and shade trees, at j
a comparatively small cost, and these
with a few wen-made flower beds, can
be made to materially add to the ap
pearance cf the yard, and sot require
a great amount of work to keep is
good shape.
Tke questioc has bees raised is as
exchange as to the age at which stal
lions are the most usefuL The an
swer to this question should be the j
same as applies to an kinds of live
stock. Under maturity and past mer
idian of usefulness, males cannot be
so valuable as between tke time of
fan development and the time when
physical powers begin to fafl.
Kever yen at a horse as if he
a brute. He is net He is a sensitive
creature. I have heard men shout
at their teams so that one knew- a
b-Tf mSe away what he was doing. It
is a
" After tke calves .have been turned
sat, do not be so hard-hearted as to
give them no place of escape from the
sun and flies. A shed or little house
of some kind wfll afford them shelter
aad grre tkem a ekanee to grow.
we are after. -
condemn the busy bees be-
of their sting. Without the
the worker bees would bare no
of defendisg their hard earned
from an kinds of plunderers.
Tke sting is an organ of ase to tke
disposing of rivals,
ased in depeaftmg eggs
taring tke
fwarting
is a
at the rate of five
to eight
Do
stores
Wmmmmt
shcutd have at
ef km own. especially
The
shaves cr cut3 beets.
any kind of
tables, wffl prepare food of tarn
fa sack a manner as wfll permit
the fowls to eaafly pick the food to
pieces. The sprayer is iadispensable.
and a ji keel hoe is excellent fordeaa
mg tke yards by loosening the top
sod. or a hand plow er head cultivator
may be ased. A bone-cutter, feed-cutter
(one tkat cats fine), and a sman
grinding mUI should be amoag the
list of articles. The bone-cutter cats
(asc grinds) green bone, and the hoae
mffl. grinds hard bones aad oyster
shells, as wett as wheat or corn. Tke
work of destroying nee and disinfect
ing the poultry boase can be-dene bx a
few minutes with a sprayer, waen
suck work would retraire an hoar cr
so if performed without its aid. On
light soils a hand plow wfll take tke
place of a spade is turning up the
top soH. and the work can be done
far a short time, as wen as in a satis
factory manner. Of course, where the
flock has the ran cf a farm such work
may not be required, bat when the
fowls are confined ia yards, they de
mand care and labor, which is costly
in proportion to the appliances tkat
are used for the purpose is view.
Por years we have warned farmers
against the "creamery shark. Tkis
imaT goes about is man's clothing,
urging tke farmers of a neighborhood
to combine and build a creamery or
ran txg factory. He gets many of
them to subscribe to stock. The build
ing is put up at a cost from 10 to 40
per cent more than a reliable firm.
would charge, and usually stands like
a white elephant too large for tke
seeds cf the commusity, or usable to
obtain mHk. In spite of all warnings
these sharks stfll find victims. Now
they are up to a new game Sani
tary Mnk." They go about telling of
the great prices paid for certified
milk, aad offer to put up a plant with
an the. appliances for handling it. To
hear them talk, the same mflk which
now brings two cents a auart wfll
bring five or six cents when run
through, their machinery. There is a
great chance for frauds to reap a har
vest at this game, for they do net ten
half the story. There is a fair market
for "certified miTk.' but farmers must
understand that it wfll require money,
brains, great skfll and patience to
obtain the certificate.
GRIND THE FEED.
Whfle there is considerable differ
ence of opinion as to the advisability
of grinding grain for same farm ani
mals, it is generally conceded that it
pays to grind for the dairy herd. A
cow giving a large flow of milk needs
an her energy to secrete her mflk and
to digest the large amount cf feed
which must be used for that purpose.
It is for this reason important to make
the process of digestion as easy and
rapid as possible. A good grinder,
with suitable power to run it, should
be part of the equipmest of every wen
conducted dairy farm.
It is becoming so important now to
trnri out what is the most profitable
method of farming, fruit growing or
tracking, that each locality should
rairo means to have at least a few
acres set. apart for experiment or dem
onstration purposes. Is. New Bruns
wick a number of smaTT experiment,
orchards are to receive expert govern
mental supervision, in order to deter
mine the practical value of the latest
methods of orchard culture. The
greater the number of local experi
mental demonstration plants that can
be judiciously located in each state
ttj territory, the better. Actual tests
far outweigh in real value untested
theories, however plausible they may
seem to be.
The popular horse for the army
seems to be one of the posy order;
the progeny of a thoroughbred sire
Tf a ? of the pony type. Snch
rirrmg are found in the Indian horses
of the West, the French Canadian
types of Canada and certain, pony
tribes grun in Australia. These
horses are not so large ia size as
others, but they seem to have an en
durance about them, that is not pos
sessed by others which may have
greater size.
In growing horses the aim with not
a f ev is to ie them very Uttle grain.
The object is to "see-? down expenses
in production. Whfle it would be pos
sible to overdo in the matter of feed
ing grain to colts, the mistake in
nearly an instances is found on the
other side they do sot get, enough
of grain to make them grow sufficient
ly, consequently they do not attain
that size which they would otherwise
have, nor do they attain fan size so
qaiekly. When grain can be grown
upon the farm ? fed is moderation
to a good g cf young colts, there
ran be so question but that it wfll
ordinarOy be found a paying invest
ment. It behooves the farmer, is these
busy days of kees competition, tn
study market conditiens. search far
rsprovemest. produce the best, and
sen fcr the best, prices. This car only
be done by painstaking care asd judgment-
Do not haying over ustfl every
fence corner has been mowed cat
slick and clean of briers and sman
brash. Not only the locks cf the
thing bat the practical utility cf tke
work urge us to do this every year-
When tke house bums down, we re
member that the chimney was sot
safe. Oh. yes It an comes to as
now. We can rake ard scrape for
years after Oat to buCd a net
and perhaps by that Usae we
tired and worn oat that we
enjoy the fruit of oar labor.
that
arm is the
wkick foUa-asthe
af seeds of
the world.
an
a
harvest never yet has
vt It never wiM be
&ver?oek-
.
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wnipa The araflcaHsaaaa af aeasBass '
n m - . r
uiEikprBSBcvjBn aBBBBacaawy Qessrns -
ins pramV bat aniaaiB who have a.
labor aad skflL T am sare abet there
are bat very few fleld ciuau that pss-
la
flrst
tke sell
not be so Acted
of tkis crap, at j
and fan, may net he predated ata
profit.'' Where this ia net deae, the
fault often lies with the farmer. Hav
ing never made potatoes a specialty.
ke dees not understand their
aeeds.
It is ceatbat to be more and
apparent that if five stock is to be
kept on oar farms with as meek diver
sity as coald be desired, be cows
mast be milked. An abundant supply
of skim mHk is a splendid tkiac.net
only far calves intended for tke dairy,
bat also for carves fatoarted for mak
ing beef. It is also exceUeat far
swine. The keeping af cows
tatea tke growing of diversified
hence the bearing wkick keeping milk
ing cows has on the .prosperity af the
country eaanot bat be in the right di-'
reetfcm.
A writer in oae of tke daily
argues that a merchant is justified in
selling adulterated goads in order to
compete with others. His rrsiwilac
is that if tke other merchant sells
such goods at a lower price than yon -..
can bay pare goods you must com
pete witk kam on kis own grounds..
There is ao doubt tkat maay mer-.
chants take jast this view because
they are afraid that tke public does
cot care eaoagk, about a pure article
to pay mere for it. Therefore they
continue to sen staff wkick they know
is adulterated, usually with harmless
substances. We regret to say tkat .
there is not mack morality in the re-.
tafl trade, and tke chief reason for
it is the demand for "cheap" goods.
There is a sman class of customers'
that cans for pare food and stands.
ready to pay its fun value, but this
class is sman. Here is a chaace for '
public education which wfll mean mH- '
lions to farmers.
The best time to do a gocd portjou .
of the cultivating of the corn crop .
is before you plant the com. It Is
better to delay planting far a few
days, aad spead the time putting the ,
soil in the proper condition than it is
to plant in a poorly prepared seed bed-
Proper cultivatiou of the ground be- .
fore planriag would increase the
yield of one-half of the corn plaated
at least ose-third- Try it and see.
Butter is a condensed product. Ia .'
dairying large qaantities of coarse ;
fodders asd grain are put into mer.
rantile condition, which can be readily
transported. For 1L 1W pounds, -c '
batter can be laid down in Chicago for -instance,
and is worth at that point
IIS. Six and two thirds pr cent of 'Its.,
value has bees expended is. transport .
ing it. To ship 1G0 pounds of wheat
to Chicago costs at least twenty-five". .
cents, and on its arrival it may sen for -1LI0.
Twenty-three per cent of it.. .
value ha3 been expended in. transport
ing it. Besides a ton cf wheat re .
moves ST worth cf plant food from the ."
soil asd is worth S18. A ten cf batter
removed only forty-eight cents worth. I
of plant food from the son aad is
worth from $300 to SZQQ. Retnrnin-r -the
screenings, bras and shorts to the
lands by maTrrrfarturiug them into but-- ,
ter is one of the best meaa3 of retain .
ing the fertility cf the soG.
A mas in Michigan is said to be dor
ing a nourishing business selling a
powder which is to be placed is a
hole bored is a fruit tree, tor the pur
pose cf preventing fungous diseases.
He charges 50 cents per tree. It he
happens to come your way you had
better bore a hole is the seat of Els
pants with your family dog. aad 3ave.
your al cents.
pscato grwiBc the market is the -
BBaaLfsr earlr sammer
Do net do business with a man who
knows more about your business. cr
thtnV he does, than you do yourself. -
or a rr" who is always teHing you
about what big thrr.gg he has dcz. .,
ho-sr many tons, thousands, carloads,. ".
and what not he has sold in a siorr . . .
time. "You have a right to conclude.
that a man who does a great deal -
bragging about, the volume of his -be?
ness is telling some thrag- which are ' :
not true. If he wfll Ke about, -ne . -thing
you may reasonably ecuchide he r. -xfll
also lie about aaother. and you....-..
wfll find it to your advantage In the
esd to trade elsewhere. .
The man who spends half his time
looking over the fence to see "via: his.
neighbor is doing never w-z5. The
winning horse is the one thar keere
his nose straight before hz and
sticks- rigkl to tke business, on hand
s are obtained by ca
ting alfalfa when only one-ten-h is .in -bloom.
The hay so cat is richer vz
protein smd the yield for the season
Is also greater. Experiments in a-m-.
as, Gsteado and Utah prove this -tc .
be
track horses mast be ha.d-
- to bring good Frices.
are sreat
they wfll dear r-acr farm of" weeds if
yon give them, tiica and opportunity
but they vE not thrive and mcreas '
two-fold" and pay your grocery bSIs
four times a year cs weeds, brjers ard
fprrt3- comers.
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If yem have not begns to keep that
account book wouldn't it be a good
plan to'bems now? There wiH be fre-.
caect entries to be made fr"3 ?-T!r-cjE-.
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