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" Slarfna" is-liahdiMl.-.a mysterious note which, causes . liei to collapse and' necessl--.; '"-faVes .u. postponement of "tlie journey. . " -Karnes' an"d .-.Eniil are married.- Soon . V after'-their ;wedtfi.hg Barnes' bride, dis- " , appears. .' - -Barnes' , 'discovers she lias ,"" ; Ijeerj kidnaped- and. .taken to Corsica". .. ' ."The. Broom- sscureiT a "lishiric "vesse.l and - . is about., to "start in nursu.it of his bride's -.. vaptors- when he 'lj-ars' a scream from " 'j'he'.villa and" "rushes . "Jack .'to hear -that A-nstrutKer'jf "ivlfe", "Marina, is also miss- V . ins-.- .Barnes is .cuiVipelled lo depart for . -Corsica--.without-delay, and so h.e leaves "V the. search for Marina, to. hex husband V.'" while he,soes -to -"hunt for Enid. Just -be'-- . fore- Barnes'- -boat' la nils.' on . Corslca's- ,.- shore Marina.. is. 'Usf?Vered hiding in a - cornet" of ' the "vessel. ' She .explains her ; "- action; J"y- Aiyins- sire - has' come to h'elp Barnes resm'e his'ife from, the Corsi- -.- .ca"ris.'- When : Barnes and' Marina -arrive " --.in..Co.rs!e;'i hi! .is.Jttven a hole written by -" -Enid ' infurniliiK him Uiat the kidnaping is" for tlie" purpose "' entrapping Barnes . . . so the'vemli-tta. ..m:f: kill- him. Barnes "..-" "and Marina -haV- unusual' adventures -In their-vseart'h -.-for Enlii: They come in '" .' .tight:o'f Jier. 'OiJd".liir ciiptors in-the Corsi . -..can mOnntiini wilds just' as. the night ap-''.-. "i)roa"che'si" Iir. -V;!elcitii:- --shelter ".from- a - "'storm - flip. !;6tipl wvr ;i -hermitage and' .-there to .. tlielr.- aniazenitfiit ttley discover ... '."'.Tdriiass'o,'" t!e -fist(;i: . father of larlna; .';" -vli'viu siippM.-ed" fo'is'avi.' neen-'IcOlwf by- -. - JV.Belloc'ii.-siddU'rs. -and tor-whose. death " .v.B'arIie.s:''had Ihv'h 'ver.d.jttaed. . Tom'assn ..." -"-learns T.tliiit.- J.hfiuiia'.s . husband'" did hot " " UiH her"-irrotlier:' "Many- Ayronss 'are rig.hr- " r -.--'.'" Barries' is surprised in the- hermitage-- .- uy;xtoci!jni.anri iiur?iarni. .nip wii -iitiesi- :. ."-.- h1 . UaWils. vht'.1i.!id..ln'on SeaTcifing for '." liim-"'to :iwrder him fn'r his-. mouuy,' .The -.bandits n.rtvmpt rt." t3Ke ; jiway Aiurino, : ''"."-ict;io-.Uie.;c"innju!iftV:-jii filliiiij 'the' 'hated ., '--" ltafchini..iand--"Kor.iar:o. -' Tlie. rJele'ase of vKnM.i i's'-'prSiiaisi'd. Brji'it-?.' i. .conveyed m .."i "-t'rlotniiit'.-t6"-l;tfsnano. Marina; a'Sijiiuints' ' ;. -JJ.-uTes- -darts rt.KV the" lp(r. .Thtf-handitu . ;'t:irt. to.-'ptirste". iort. -jis they reach tho "' :liw".t'oth Jiri- laid--Iour:Jy- Barnes-:Te.VAl ;--Vrt , ileilflii-fs"-tif'the- iJellaiioscia .e':Uei --":iiiiI ll.-irtn-s islw'iii'rei fur, his uiviit .serv- ; the. .:,ieiiac.oscja.,.- wjijt . &autc;i-5. . pioi -1 ' against .h.er- livsband". ami 'live'. popple". -lire" - ;lustr'ucted to -viiti- agUiys't' htm at. -the -cornjn'g""eUHrtion.-' vBavnes- Is taken .to- t!i'o ' . -..nianskHi nf- tin. PluilIs:-:-.to meet -Enid, j - .'"MUritRi' rccelvqs- a':flogram. j?li.e starts .- :"- f or B'astla . ro nfeJ-C -rnr: hftshaird, Ilntcr-"C-Aii tho'iVuiiir "tj-k riAi -lifs 'triiri. l!:ifncS is .- - .-"".hettUlderijiT" fo' ljn'il 'tHv nil'venturess lJ:l' "- -. .'- Beiie."Blavootl. but-not .Enid. .She had : ':- --r . b'ee'n1!5ubsiitutfcil"i'CJr;th'- American's' bride :' bv aslirew.d: olo'u U"uU Anstruther ar- - " -'r"iVes'to iiud-.'SlaiiiKi-urrd.- learns tlidt she : -- -?. .fhaj; been-' "Iiire.d ''avay by the telegram . ---- -. ivjuc.u nan iieen se.inu.oyaiioiiier wmiuui ; -,...-:: his' knowledge, :The twor.starf rn. search of " .-..Slari'na.'1 ,,.""' .' ,'-"'.'" ;. '.:-"-,.'-"' CHAPTen XVr. Continued. ...i:-. ;"q"""they-"'sprin'g' off" their horses and .--"-V-' .dear :Vd;MqnsIeiu' taffe. -recognizing;, ".the 'American-. -is' about-to-offer them -. ;-..:" VQom'swlienc they lipjLlt; suddenly .qiies : ;' !. "fion.-hlni -andfcarii- to. .their.. concern IV'""-"'.. that .nb.4ady.-:1ias..-crrived' -ffoni the. n-.'..;-', Xe"ir"-'this-d'a5''"'a.t'liij5.--h'.ot'iSK - "." .'He.is dra.Kfr -bV't-wo" horses. driven. I ;i- by an bid. iCorsicah wjth:"i Jbeard sey-. . .j. r' eral -weekp oid?-'';s.ays Barnes; : . ;' ." '--. - '; ?-"rjt- '"doeshr.l iJiatte'r" -how' she .,was. ..r .- " ..driven":-no lady h'as.:arrfved: herei.gen-. :'.: Itlepien?' .-' ':'' . '''V ? ."' ; """. . " "-"Then Marina, must, have, gone to. in- .."":'.-. .?-qUire.at."the:it"eamer ofljees as to when ''f.-' -.-. -'f&ipn.:-pieu!',! ejaculates Monsieur j'-Jr'. ..Statfe,-hi.-.eVes lighting up, "you are - """.".. the"; jngEnglishi.nayar officer whose; -"ri "wean1ilg:i:b.;"Wadem6i3.elIe Paoli created -i-s'ueh -'an excitement in; the island two " -' :sWeeks;: ago. -Believe - :m'e,. .-Monsieur, ; :-""--'."-yur .VifW:iaf;ja6t,:in :.Bastia,"or I sho'uld. --, - . " -'.-havefieard of ;it:. I- Everybody'.here hoh-""-."f lors. the.nani'epf;Pdoliand -your, sweet" .".",.--.-. Jspouse. i&'"yerj?.niU'cli'. loved fdr her own- .'.' " Adear.seic-V-.; -. , .-..". "."'..-'PeSpite MonsieiiKStaffe's assertions, "' ";.'tHe;:'t"A'o"" young' :meh stride -oil t of his - ' ;Vipfel,.and-thq'u"gh'de'iperately fatigued; L" , V maTceT.: inquiries' at--the if8ces- of 'the; "-'-? "-,. 'Fraissjitfet and,;tlfb Flbrio .Ruballinio- . '".-' companies'.; but no- lady .asking' for a'r--- "--. ."xfving.."boats lias, been- ihere. at all .-"' "?.. -;.Vent.S; iione. aiistvering .Marina's. He- .:'.' Ascription:. -.-" ". -. ;. . "..-?.- ;"We".-njay. ..have -passed her -'on. the -""."" ..".:tqa'd," xeniarks-iJarnes sympatlretical-.. "- ly;-his-angtush"makinghi.ni..feel for. his ' ." "companion'... 'We'irgiye; her two-' hours V"; .-. -to..;cp'm"eiu'?fntiover.take tjsrtwp.hours ' i..:. -i-pf.'FeH"' 'the.-Pqr;fenpw.stretchps" his .". ,-;";-" limbs;;. wearily. -"I'tiir.. flesh and blood,' J -."-':.. :'An"strttiief-.-!-y.ou'- -diilti't clinib -mo.un-"-.. .".tafnsV.ryesterday.'as-l' drd.-" . ml ': -i '.But. Kdwint'lieing; unaccustomed -to ! -. .-- .- ..nojsttuauK -tircise, -.inongtt , ;wiry """'- vynbugh; .tipon -"tlie, "ship's-"deck,- i. stiff ;..-;.and:'"3"pre.'vC6riipelle.d ,ffom veryi. fa-J ..- v -..'tigUe, .the'-ypuug men: .'contrive, to" limp- -'v' '". "-back; "tP -.the Hotel : ile; jFrance, where . :." -"--they are- veqr.- we'll tallen "care pf;..and: : "i'iitwq.-h.on'rs'.-yeeiv 'llieasUrably re;ivesj ;-:.:..;" them. v-'Barnes-has. ha"d -a:'"shave and- :. """ ..''youldVloo'k,'.al.rn6$ .debonair when 'he: .-,"""J-""vcme;'down.-tp breakfast at- npoh. but- "- : "-:ih.e'.-'(jdvjties.ivhi(;h' .hold his eyes afc ;-' -"-:-.". nbrnily'.b'rig'lite.npd by anxiety", give. ..'"" ."the"-l.ie; to ahyapiVearnhce' of tightness. . "- l" - Lnstruther-:' is'eyen. . more '. worried ...:" tanbfore-d'-wy as, the. day. .- - draws; on; withqut""his :y"ife appearing", J".-'-' a"lQqfc of- fear'"cmeK-ihti-.the .young "" ": . - v:TOQ;3;'iape:th"'aitis".hd ;"iQazihg athitnames-niutters;: "Are ." :i'-y"ou- good -Tor "anothef . ride"?"-..-V.-";-.VeS-4wtiereT'. x.. . ... "-"" '-.; . " -.' V-''e'musjtake .the"hackrack"."-Bays ' - " ': thtj;American. ,-"We-:hotj- too rapidly ..'. .r..!th'is". .nfpfningr thi.nking.c'Marina; .'was' '" -;.;. just ah'ea'd.ot lus, for a: crriidaflnveslt -: '-"L -gation";' "'.'"" --V'- "; '-, ;. i.- -. ."' :-i'(?el:-;unaerl w'a3-v:'"ahswefs thejieu- . ; "tenant and the" two ride put of Ras.aa. . - ." -;ning:lnquiri at'rVuiagerand '1 "'" 'iearhirigngthitig.--"''".''. ' '.-.':-" -.. '-".""-".",' -fact', "the'peasaat'si'as-'they- get "- .-.. neater -Ponte-alla-Lecchiri:- are top .-frc'h. e"xlnted'.jdr the" eieclfon.Qf the "".': ."inorrQV ,to-.,ialk about .mtich .. else. '. -.,--" .-"YdtigKiay! is to.Jbe enlivened iy a . ,' .. -r face rjot'ot'tteLucchese;;" says- pne ." .--whom" Barne's Is --questioning on.!-the ." . J:.".hiIiway,"- josl' wtire-.he: Morosaglia . -.road- lea.vjEs1't lfea"ding't6.. the i Tuscan --.:-: . - . - """.. "' ":-. " ."-" Edwin" has-, dismounted- and js';slouch- - . ".'ing' .morosely-, about the: road ;'to ease - - his tortured.-iegs. - ' ' C-:'; '. . .-"8-',Whji:.don they wipe "o'ut.these mu- " ;- :-.tinous."Luccfieser' says; jthi . officer in . "."q'uarterdeck; tones-as' theyet on their " horses' again -:" .., - " '"-Tuen the.hitive Corsl'caris" would- .iUVe tajyrofk.-""jTiiese' Lucchese come ... ;ov4r.here -frotti-Italy and.-do the. man- cx&rfesafr: &or JX&Z?JXZ?SC0.M)r... ual labor for tbem. . 'But I can find n'O trace of your loved one dr. of mine," adds Barnes, almost despairingly, as. they ride- along the road, their, in quiries growing more close and per sistent tiU'they reach Cqrte. ' Together, disconsolately, the poor fellows force themselves -to- try to eat. The election excitement is growing higher, a .brass band comes past, at its head a placard. "Vote for Saliceti!" and-Barnes gnashes his teeth. ' But turning from this, he rather curiously says suddenly: "Anstruther, you!va got a "flower in your button hole." 'Oh, yes, t was so miserable I hardly knew what T was doing. I picked tip this crimson thing in the' road when you were talking to the .jieasant who" was telling you .of the Lucchese riots down at Orezza." "There was no tr.ee bearing- the flow er where j'bu picked it up?" asks the American suddenlj:. "No, I think not. I don't believe -there was a shrub of any" kind within, a hundred feet, of it. Why do you ask?" for the other's tone is excited. It Doesn't Matter? How, She" Was Driven, No Lady .Has Arrived Here, .- ' " Gentlem"en;"i r- 4'Why, because that's the cyclamen' flower, one. of " the; kind of which Ma . riua. bore whole..' branches, in her -carriage. - -Was- there .;a branch - attached, tb it?ri. ,4 -I.. . ' -V " . "I- think" "tii'ere. ,was: Hang" it j: 1-. re :member,. I !'v tilled .itf.qff.. 'iT-rWhat-are you driving .at?" :- "'..".-; .. . ' " Welt'cpuld-.that ..flower have- been" tirqijped at, tlie entrance'-of.'he ..Moro saglia road with; design -by." your, wife .out-of her-carriage?"; .-- -. -.-- . The English-'seaman'gasns. for breath, "biit .tired -as he' is and. stiff as i he 1 is he -staggers up. and says hurriedly:-: '"Come.!;'- and .the- ;twp,: .through; the night 'again,. for -it-'.has;- grown; very 'dark, ridedown.to POiite-alia-Lecchia. "By 'heaven; I wish we had. hope of my Sister,- .also'." says -Edwin.: ii.s. they hur'ry- along; thbtigh the. poor. 'sairon has difflculty.in keeping hihiself. in: the -.saddle:- -.'. '. - . ' h'- '."- -; "I have a little," answers ?Biirnei' "You .think ;Enld might ;ie. 'with "Ma rina?" " ;V:;!- -- ;. "'.'"'-": -V - . "Yes, if.-cipriano""Daneliaj.-ha"S" lie'r: He apparently wants". a' -chance at-'my: "Ufe If 'SaUceti' misses iL Hq niay. have, taken.. .Enid. to. sohie. .out of th"e: .way place,- so that striving. to find her I may- die in" his" vendetta."'" . So. 'he and. JJdwjn "walk -'their "horses .up. to. the. ..junction. of. -the.. Morosaglia road. '."'." - :." -.- '..- -'-. : -; "Did 'you find" that flp'wer. here?" lie asks: Edwin. Z ': - ."'' .''"-''":.- "Yes,, pretty . well- toward the middle ofthepath's -.-.,.- -' . "Though the'mopn.has-just risen they -can find no' m'orecyclanren blos'soma and--here'a sudden complication ;cqn j'fronts them... Anqlhei; "road, leading- to .wrard. "the" -northwest "and; running' :to.; vNpyeHa,yBeIgode.re. and:'th"e- He -Jlousse,. aiu reuve. lue.uitaua. ruuu t me.samti. pbinUv ' ' -' V". "';". ,-.. ' " ." -"H . Is- just, as" probable that MarinaPs--.cPiirse was "directed toward the "north-, -west as-towa'ijl tfieeasf..,' In ifact,.1t. is 'a."os$'up which way 'yotir -wife Twent," reiriarks Barries. --.Now,. there is-"only"' one- way to "settlev it,; if ."this" cyclamen' flower means' ".anything; -.That-is'' for; you' Vo. investigate- one road- and .I.-the other.";-"--' - -."---.'-. V:-' "';;'" .."So it" 1s' arrangedvthat .'Barnes-. takes' :the"rbad toward .the' lie ttqusse";.;.and Edwin fdllows-" the path leading, tq tie. east'ioward-Mq.rpsagiia. , . ".' i' ' vlf.I. find no more. of. these!" flpwers going toward the" northwest I'll return .hereand" fqlloir. you," remarks Barton. '"After giving ; these .-.directions;, the American, despertttely fatigued and mlgituy sleepy. Jogs .his steed, in the' direction' of lie RoU8se,.20 miles. to. the northwest In the; 'moonllgati the dis- trmctcd man, though he dismounts often, 'discovers no cyclamen flowers lying in the road. But he doggedly keeps on, hoping to find seme of the flowers that may indicate he is 'follow ing Marina.. .". ' "It's the only clew -w'e have now to" Marina, and it may lead 'me to Cipri aho," he mutters, as he struggles to kee'p'.himself in the saddle. Finally, arriving. at Belgddere in the early "morning", and learning -from the innkeeper that no carriage has passed through, exhausted, worn out and dis appointed', even Barnes succumbs to .nature. He has been. 48. hours under headway, 30 of these jon horseback and eight of them climbing-precipices;' and despite 'despair. . .and" anxiety, sleep ..claims him the terrible sleep of utter' exhaustion. .. It is Jate when he opens his' eyes again and with .a start wonders where' he is.. He looks -over (he brilliant mountains, he sees the' vines -ind 'only a few miles away, the waters beside which- stands isola Rossa. . The inn1 'keeper says "Breakfast, Signore," and serves him with crabs' and lobsters from the' Gulf of Fiorenzo. Mine host's little daughter places a bouquet of wild flowers on the table. In it gleams the red cyclamen. Barnes re members and. orders, a fresh horse. While this is being saddled he forces himself to eat. "Anstruther has 'not followed me," he reasons, "I'll have a long ride to overtake him and- when we meet Cipriano Dane! la. I want to be fit to kill." Mounting a' fresh steed, he gallops off. retracing his steps, all the time .in his heart one question: "Where is my stolen bride?" The night before, Edwin, turning to the east, begins to climb the -awful hill leading to the Morosaglia. A few min utes after he has left the Corte read, in the' faint, glow of the coming moon light, he springs .off his- horse and utters ' an - exclamation of --delight As he pulls, hiniselt. sailor- fashion into the saddle, he- has a branch of" crimson flowers- in bis- hand He. is not certain' even now "that they indicate Marina; though they have .faljen ""' froni no ' overhang ing bough, only beech "and -ta'rriccic firs being near him,: he -Knows cycla- -men ftowjanr are" very common in the .island, and- the little" barefooted boys and' girls, sometimes carry them in their, hands'. - . In the group of" hamlets- on the hill sides called .Morosaglia; Anstruther; .does hot pause. . " .. But .as he. reaches the 'confines of the village, the.youn'g. husband starts andllis-eyes, which fatfgue-had dulled, .glisten with' hope. Here are two paths, a .trail leading to the north., the other .'and broader one pointing east .toward the Tuscan .sea; Along the. latter, cyc lamen, branches have been .dropped several times in.a short hundred yards. r Their number Is significant, they "liave been strewn quite, continuously from- the forks of the road. -'My dar ling's." message "to me" murmurs An-' .struther, .and. -rides as :-hastily as liis. tireu though wiry. Iittl horse will take jiinj. :; . . -The' b.r&nches of .the;'sweet:smfellihg. pqsies-he still encounters on'- the trail hurry him. tipf hill and down hill, over .running rfl.ountain streams,:" through wooded, vales. Yet at least, Nature .must have its "meed-despite alleffqrts of the" "nder;.".his head, droops -and -Jils-. 'figurebecqm.es lax in'the' saddle. ' . . "His steed "with a wbmhy-of. joy' al mostrunsvdowji. into a.li.ttle; valley and;' drawing -suddenly-' :up- before' a high: "campanile stone building; Anstruther falls off his hora'e "into, the arms of a good .Monk of the Coriyent of Piedi crde'e "who innHers; ""Thank, the - Saints; .you- got here .aliV.in' time, ta idriri.k .the.. water of Orezza.." For.-An-. siruther's appearance "between-- fear ful fatigue. and raciclngr anxiety is, how that of a ihan-.niglr onto death. . .-' -." -The hospitable friars ipu't the invalid to.bed and at high-noon, the -next day the; invalid, after, another-glass or-two , of. the famous .youth:givin"g' Orezza. yri ter .which-here springs -bubbling from "the. earth;-" eats the-noondaymeal; the good friars set .before him"; -rises, gives-' them th6 hhisslrig of a strong, man, and :hu.rries;onv '.-.. . N " v-J-.-.-J(TOE CONtlNUED.)-" .' ." ' ' yt'ork-tif BeeaJ .:.':--..- , One million .blossoms are - drala. to make one pound: of hohejr. . -".- : .'. "J JVBBOOK ! EBOM fyMLr Exposed fowls are apt to-" be' "poor layers. - "' " . : V. . . . The farmer .may' "not know himself, but he ought io. know his soil. . ' Whole oats and wheat and cracked corn make ' a first-class' .:he'h .feed. : . Three requisites to -early, potatoes'-r-Early .sPil, -early "planting, early vari-- ety. ... ; .-' . -:' - .. It is the early hatched cliick which, if jiroperly reared, becomes the profit earner in the' fall. ' ." . '" - Not only the right amount, .but the right kind of food counts iii encour aging the hen tq lay.'- . -.."-.- Cross-breeding of :-. slieep .'requires" both, judgment and skill. ;Don't.. at tempt it if you are 'a. novice. ... - ' Remember at this- season of the year that it Is important to keep the hogs out of the wet and :to-keep, pens' and beds dry. ' .-. "" '.. A cow turned out to pasture in gopd. vigorous condition will respond' to. the. fresh feed 50 per cent, better "than tad animal which is run down.. .-' : -. .-' - With so many men out of work througho'ut the country, it seems "a shame that f armers-.are. so" hard '"put to i t. to get the" help they needt Stingy feeding is followed by scant" giving. What have you -gained .if you have saved a pound, of one-and-a-half cent feed and lost a..pi'nt of five-cent milk?... .... Don't let. the first .few warm, bright days of. spring" iiiajie. you-forge't-.. that there will be cold, raw.'iwet- days a plenty.. Look out for , the- stock. In' such weather. . '-. ."'I' "..'' "" :' ... Take a hint from the pqliliciahsand begin to repair y'oiir fences,- if "you have not already done so. . Look care fully. The stock will find the weak places if you do .not. . The farmer- who has raised sheep and finds them profitable, says that the right "kind, of a flock in-the hands of the right kind of a farmer is one of the best kind of investments, " -.The boy- who is brought'-up tb feel a personal responsibility in the farm or "some, feature of " the' farm and who reaps the direct reward of such, devo tion, is seldom anxious, to pull away from the farm to the city. Keep records and accounts both of the livestock and the crops of the farm. The '.value of knowing' what it costs, to produce, th'e" product's on your farm lies wholly in the possibility af forded by its .use in comparing your system of farm management -with that qf others-' -' With bddr rested by the winter let up arid the mind stimulated by the lec tures of the. farmers' institutes arid the studies of the short course" at the .'agricultural school, arid the reading pf-.-the good farm journal; which of course yqu take, you are ready for the work of the coming season. Good dairying includes good -cows, good, pasture , in summer and ..good .feed In. winter, good sliade in sum mer arid good shelter in -. winter, good water and good care all the year round, and good ma chinery to . run the. - separator, the .churn, etc. If the farmer has. good eyesight;, he can easily see the good points of the above declaration. The heavy horse of the draft type Is the horse for the farmer to raise. Prof.'F. C Minkler.;bf the New Jersey experiment station has this: to say- in reference to the disposition. of some farmers to" raise road horses: 'If-.yqu are going tq he a jockey and run a race horse stable, it is all "right to, go into the road horse business, but. for the sakeAof--your own success, if yorr are a grain or live stock farmer, don't' meddle "with 4 'sulky carts and fast, horses. It" has -ruiried- nearly every farmer who ever atteriipted It, besides the environment is far from -whole-, some1 or even, decent It is just like trying :to paint a barn with a feather When Brushes are plentiful .and cheap. Stick to. the draft horse." Putting. $20, worth of nlilk. into the calf arid, producing a' teri-dbllar- animal' .dqes' not .pay. .; And; it is not, neces sary. Try the- plan of taking the calf from- the" cdw. on the-- third day an1!, teaching it to drink J'roni the pail, which" is easily -done; by insetting -the -two. middle-ifingers'iri- the c'alfs mouth and gently -lowering- its head until its pose touches the; milk and it begins! to draw up the. liquid. Then while the. calf is thus-drinking. withdraw, the fingers',- still letting the hand' remain Tn' the milk so' as not "to disconcert the'Jitttle .fellow. A few-tiroes-thus trying and ; hie will .d'rinkVwith'out further trouble . .Nqw' begin .to substitute, other food' ioi the .fuli.mllk;. 'Gradually get the animal on skim-miik in whicb?a littj.c oil meal and -corn meal is put. Have- 'a 'box "in. whichj a. little -dry bran is piace'd: whfere the calf-'Cari get at it, Also jhay .'for. him" to munch on. Tfay tea; inade by pqn'rjn'g.hb'iiing wateron"- 'good' clean'-timothy. .hay arid .left to: stand 12. hours, "can". b'eV substituted gradually'; "for the ..skim milk -it de: siredJ. - --:'- . "" ;'-'. ;'"- w Cut out the su.cIiots. Tke tree Is weakened by them. Try a song or a whislle with the chores.. Makes -them go easier. . - Spur milk fed to the chickens" wfU be returned to "you in more eggs. . . - -. Arrange -the stock" buildings s"6 as to minimize thevbrk of caring fbr. .the animals. " . " . . . . . It. will' pay you fo have "a 'feed mUl if. yon are feeding, from '20 to 25 "bush els' of.1 grain a" week. ; : . - - - . - -... ' ." . . . . . . Be on -the lookout for-- new -."ideas-. Littledanger that youlwrlj ever kri'qw too much about farming. ". . " " -" f. . . v .- "- A's "the "American farrue'r is know'Vr : abroad1 "American butter" " is . the". .name given. in Syria to oleomargarine. - -.. . .- : - -..-- . ' , . . Overfeed "or underfeed,.-irregular feeding or-.irnprPper. feed" are mfstak'es to be -avoided . if sfock -i-aising is to prove profitable. .-'."'.; ; " . . . .. . .. . . . t ., . ... ...-.. " Be .cai-efuj and -do not let the voung. hoVses strain' themselves " under" the heavy spring- work, "An" Injury -done will-be", hard to overcome: - -, " '. ' " -. " . " "--". ., Use a: spring wagon wien: hauling fruit" or vegetables. - If" you "haven't one "get the springs- for.-lyoiir " farm wagon to be used -when" .needed.. " .--. -..--- . Make..-iip your mind now that" next winter you will -take" that short "course at the agricultural" college which" -.you had half a mind to-try"' "this year, but just didn't ..' ..-'"": . - "";.- .,"' . .C .- " -i"- -:".-.. . ; . ' . :. .. rr- - . .- . . "Foddeif which;. i's'.scdltefed, on the- grplund and fun? over -by. the "sheep, .is practically .waste; for. they -."."will"- not touch -it,. although-'".iierhaps suffering ' 1 rb'ni hunger.; '" . ."." .. ':..'.- "v ' -V. -" .--' "" .-.-'" ..Not a had idea,as. the" horses "come into ,"the hard vwork of the spring" .to clip-.them:-. A h.eayy'ooat-oT .wet. hair" is not -'very " cqmfo'i-tabie ."in.-Va " cold spr.ins-'lJreeze. " " "- ; . -.'. ' " . ." .-- '".- .Nevof think of -;"-mark5ti"ng - a".. thin" horses . The fpod-Tt.'will take to put-him'-in gqod.- flesh will riib.re than come back-. to", you. in .tli.e' better:-.priC8''.ybii will set for the, animal. 1 :.""-. i" '-. .'-.'- . ' '.- - ".' - . . . ;Take a'jlay- olT's'omet.ime -and- work out "'a-schenie. whereby :;P'V"rban. stl some qf yevjr nrodu.ee: direct-"to- the cqnsuirrer Trather. th'an".1)ayuig":-most" of the jirofit' to" tlie' cOnimis.'sion" njaii. ::. -;- ,-ii: :-'.. -..r .""" '. . , --.. c..' . In pan-raised.' ;ci:eam'..y6u have- the pans to wash. and- where, separator -is used .ypii havb Ihe separator ;to wash.. AVhere is-' the difference? -This- fpV those to answer who. object' to'the'Sbp;. arator' because- of- tlie work", of-" wash ing it ' ..." ""-.' '""'.:'"'' '-."; A-good carriage horse' will -brlhg. from.$20b4 to $s6ft' in 1 almost, any-horse market.'while scrubs, that' cost, almost as much to raise will bring only .half' that sum. vWhile yon are-jjnt'he- horse raising business breed to "a goqd. sire arid get an animal that is. ' worth while. ""."- ; ... . ' Put In the raw- material and: bring' forth the. finished product is what the, farmer does, when he fertilizes", his soil andcultivates it arid" grows his crop. Such a farrrier is in profltablo manufacturing business. But he who" takes from the soil and puts -nothing in the; place of the crop removed .is like the "miner taking riches from tlie ground and making no return. ' Asparagus an'd rhubarb" need iqfs- of manure.-.arid scarcely to.q much can.be applied to "the . soil. Whatever may: be said concerning, the typhoid bacit. Ins in horse manure and its dangers to strawberries, "certain it: is .'that it' does riot apply to rhubarb, arid-aspara gus, ror tlie miter plants arq cooKeu before eating so that any g.erms; which might be present would- be liestrqyeu.- A. herd of 23 cows iii Wisconsin is reported to- have yielded" an. average pf G;700 pounds of milk, whicli con tained.. 327 pounds butter fat These cows returned on an average of 04 per head; Allowing that it cost this, man $30 per head to feed them, and that the calf arid skim milk were worth, the labor lie. exiended. $60 per ( head- looks like a mighty good profit. This -shows what, can be done with good stock, good care and a man with brains. Millet seed, is . recommended by a poultry, raiser, who says that he has found ' it to be one of . the best feeds, for baby chicks, given just before they are put tq. bed for the night; A very good bacon pig can lie obtained by iiiatlng the ordinary sow- of the coun try With a fnaie .of the. bacon breeds. Two. ft'tters'-are usually obtained from, the sows. the having the spring, lit ters sufficiently .early to allow the sec- j qnd litter to be weaned bet.ore cqiu weather sets in. Rotation of crops not only .enriches the soil, but" it .brings it: into better tilth.' The. ndvantage of rotation Is. freshly qriiphasized' in a" bulletin "re-r. cently issiietl by the agricultural de partment tlie specific exahiple being a SotitK Carolina farm, which eight years ago did not iroduce more than' a quarter-bf a ba'le'.of cqttpn to- the ajfife: with 250 pounds, of fertilizer. . By. chansing the crops arid methods of nianacement using only stable maiiUre f:as' fertilizer, this.same land now yields. somewhat Triore than .$50. an acre. - ' Prof: JTs-'T: Hart.of U16 University of Viscbnsin. has devised, a .'new milk test, for the discovery of the casein .consent of thd. milk.- and which is of special interest to the cheese maker.. ills test consists of -plaqipg a-quantity of milk! into a tube with chloroform and' acetic .acid; thoroughly mixed. The: tube' is then revolved as injthe'Bab-. cock;-test '2,000 revolgtibi&a iriinute for eight minutes. .This' ; distributes, the' -ingredients so that" the" chloroform"; and .the. fat in .solution" are at" one end", and" clear wa'ter. and. the milk so lids on the top J . tThe ; casein-5 is "fo'und'" in : a white -.mass hetw.een ;th'ese -:twd .-arid" may be measured' by the scale' marked on the" tube!" "." ' -'-. . : "".. . - - - COW AND VIOLIN ON TOMBSTONE. Monument with. Odd Inscription at . Plainteld, Conn. Boston. It ii no uncommon occur rence for persons to mark the burial places "of their pet dogs and favorite eats with monuments, but, the town of Plainfield, Conn., has the somewhat peculiar honor of being-the only place so far as known-"where a monument is to.be seen in a cemetery .telline 'the virtues-of a favorite cow. The -man who was. responsible' 'for .this, curious burial shaft was G-urdon .Caay, who was widely known 50 years, ago throughout central Connecticut. The "monument, is pointed- out to. visitors as .one of the "sights in .Eve'r- '"; Gurdon'Cady's Monument;' :-- -' -- -. --..-.- -:. -::-- .---."".:. :- " , gre.cn .cemetory, in-. Plainfield., Cfn ope side qf "Qie jshaf t" ar.e 'these wprds:. " . .' . -."Rosa-, .my iRrst Jersey -coW. Record . 2"lbs. -15 bz," butter from 13 ; -quarts, "i- dSy-miikJ'" -'.!;.'. -'-" :'.'-".' """-;":- ." ,r. -01 the opposite; side Is. this inscrip:" tion:-. -.- '.-..- .' -; . -v . .-.- '. ' .""All ready1,. MrCadyAt jest," -with-. ' a'rvlblin. and bow.--' carved .between- the words, v, '. -."-. . " ."". -The-nari 'whose body. lies.. beneajh. this soiriewhat. urinal tombst6qe-"'iwas"- Widely"' known; as 'a ;pirompter-and mu sician. ..His-repntation-as a ndtiier as-.. shred the- "success of" any . dance . for- "-hich " he: ; was" . engaged. ' He had' a 'largo frame, arid as-a"s. big-hearted . nt- fV -or 1SV nfwnnVndlli - 'SJ'fk -fier tir- customed to 'sing. v.hile"-'he- played, and. chanted oid-fashioned. square darices". iii perfect 'tune." ' 'Besldes.his"'16ve- for .music; Ir. .Cail'y took"-jnuch-'interest In his-cows; of. which .hejia.d a fine herd of .jerseys-. Then, the jersey, cqw wasno't so .well known as. now.- Mr. Cady. used-.tq take his herd ;tq afl th;e cattle shiJws in his , vicinft",-,ahd,-wqna large eollection; .'.'of-. blu'e: ribboosr '". j'i-. ... ?' '. Before-he vdie.d he:" made1 arrange ments': to" .have his", favori'te'-'cqyr. and . h'fs beloyed- -yioif a;.cary"ed". oq his" -tomb-. stqhe! . .. " - '- . .:-- . V ' . ALL-IN THEIR OWN .THANDSi One. Reason for Success. of Gilbert and .-. Sullivan Operas;. 'At a compTimeBtaryldmner gfyen- to Sir WJiliiam IS: Gilbert at the Savoy hoteL London, the" guest.. Inrespqndihg to the toast "of, "his "healthi described hiroseif as. "an jdlesinger f an. e'mptys day,"" .and- made a striking reference to his" copartnership wUh' Sir -A. SullV van:. "".Outirig our: regime at the Savoy niv distihsruished coworker and: mvself i invariably exefcisedthe; most absolute arid undisputQd"v control' qve'r the .pro- ;. dnctibn of our pieces., By arrangenient witfi.jbuf exceil.eni impr.esariqr I'6yley Carte, v.e selected' bur-.-owri cast-; we directed our rehearsals in every de tail. .""W'e supfrifttended- th.6 modeling of "the sce;ae'ry.. the-d.esigriing .of the" dressres. Our ..company Was- alwaya iadmirably- in haftd) the' bis't possible j fpoiiriK rxtsfeiKbetween theiri" and our-1 'selves' aqd". siieakihgfor my share . of tlie result'; 1: can tf uth'f ully say that the impression, coriveed -tjp .the au- rHpnrR Wasvalmbit invarfably a. reflex of .my., conception. -.Td. few author- in'- deed has- such absolute control been accorded., iind it is Aq that -absolnte cqntroi. that I-"attribute a large" iheas-tirre-.of tnesuccess'that thpse. pieces achieved ori'tlieir qtiihal; production; That prshing Feeling; "I've got tneiftshin'gfeelin'g sobad.. he saiu; "tna.j- just. Tuubi- iuryw: uuu pvpf vthiiiE. arid'take'aKw'q w'eeks' trip.' to'EIprid'a. iril;..pa"ck.-my! grip right uowr -.. -:,.'. .. :; .; ; jbhnr'-saif his '.T-jfe,. 'Jcome Jierf ,", . She;'bpened--.a'Vio"set1-.'A gailort jti?. Stood" before himl," !""" -"",;- -'-.'-'' ' '- "There!" she"; said..:.'. '"jGtit but the Florida trip... it's "tbo-'expensiveC. " '.VMaria;'" 1-lie ..'said '"yotr're. a ."".wpTj--der'AJlaqta'-Constitutibiii "' -,-. . .;;. . . ' - "Agifiins.fEtjrope-m Extrayagarrce-. Mulai.j"iia'fid."' "the newlj-jaccialrhed. ..sriltanv'qf Mqf.qctfq. : is-"lialfibrbtner to Ab'del-As'zi the- legitimate "tuigr. . .He Is about" "30'' yers old. "a ye.arr'or two older than";the others who was., the" son. of a. more" favored wife. 'Mulai; Hafid" '.-is qn .intelligent" man,-. Loss.essihg . great "J:5aIi- n.d "".eligious .-. learning, and !i.s -a strictiy 'orthodox Mohamfne danf He is a foe - to- uro'peahv ex travagance .and-"tried in: vain t.0 re-- '.'stfaih'h'isi .brother"; icbm' listening ".to ahe.'WmmercialJ agents whq'J.were 41". jways 'persuading- him tfllbuj'.-blcycles,- Kramouhones and other modprn'-in'con-.-. ... r.--- .. ..- .--..- venienceS.: -. ..- - .. .: ' -." ... .-. . .... . . . " -v . -" " " . ' A " y. K " m5 1 ' BPl 1 H Hb 0 - H- -M-JOBBi H ..- ' V-- H H ' .:- -IH ".'- r- 'in www : v . I1WH fflMWMm "NONE BUT THE BRAVE," ETC. "" """"t Voice (in a plaintive whisper) :Boj;.. Just one. Maud! -' - :-"'. "' - "- : : Tr-r ' ' -. .'' With a--smooth Iron, and' Defiance Starch, youcari." launder- your .--Shirtwaist just as well "at" home as:- the ' steam- laundry can; "it '-will' have" the", "proper stiffness nd finish, there- will-, be .less" wear and tear "of "the: goods;." and it ""will ""be-a positive pleasure' -to'-use a Starch that-does not stick to' the Iron. . . . - ;-- "- " - t i : - ' .'-..' "There's" d .man .who buys --.cham V 'pagne"on.a .beer 'income." "ilo.w. can' he'doit?" "He's .a; brewer." Louis .ville Couri6r-Journah" " - .. : "Lewi" .- Sinjrje. Uinder .the- faraoas'. . stniight . 5e 'cipir, always best "qiialitv. .YoUr dealer or Lewis' Factorj't Peoria;, ill.- He. who lives but 'for. himself -leads tut ali.UIe life. riamicn. ' -. ""'." Mm. "WiBiloOT'ii.Soothln'c Syrnp. - For cMMreu tecthtnc, "softens thofrusis, re'JucM ta . Bimmiitlun; allays pain, cures wind colic 2Sc it holUo The ancestor of every-..acUon is'a thought Emerson. A SURGICAL OPERATION ' ;If thcire is "any one-thing that a." -woman dreads n.ioro than another.it '. , is a surgical operation. We. ctih state without fear of" "a. contradiction that" there, are hun dre(ls,.yes; thousandsrof operations performed uponrwomen in buF-hos- "pitals -which' are- entirely tirinecesr- sary and many iiavfr bcenayoiued by-.- LYDIA E.PINKHAMS VEGETABLE COMPOUND; - -For.'proof of this statement read .v : the folibwirig letfers. . . -:" M..Ba'rbara-.;Base, of Kingman; I "Kansas,' writes 0 Mrs. Pinkham : . . - ..For.enjiit 3-Oars I suffered from the ' most seyereform of female troubles and . was tqld that an. bperatiokJwas. my Only hope of. recovery. I wrote Mrs.-Pinkham ' for advice.'and tookiydia EL Pinkhain's: -Vegetable 'Compound; and it'has saved my .life and "made me a well woman." - 51'rs. Arthur R. House,".of Church. :Rpatt-3Iporestown. N. J writes: --i4j fgey it. ja my duty to' let.-peoplp , "know what- Ljrdia E. Pinkham'S'Vege- table. Compoqrid has- done for me.-. I Buffered from' female troubles, and.last ' M.afch my 'physician decided- that .an-.. . iOperationrwas rieeessary; My husband, 'objected, arid urged; me to try Lydia .El .Pinkham's Vegetable. Compound. and to-day I am well and strong."' " FACTS: FOR SICK WOMEN. ' For thirty years. Lydia'T. Fink'-. : liain'S Vegetable Compound, rimde-V .from.rdotaand. herbs, has been tho . standard remedy for female;: ills, andhaspositively cured thousands of" women who have l")een troubled-with .-'. displacementsf in ttamiiiatibn, urceni tioh; libroid- tumors, irregularities, . periodle-pains, and backache. .Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick . women, to write her for. -advice. She has-.Raided thousands .to health. Address,-"Lynn, Mass. What a Settler Carv Secure in WESTERN CANADA ISO Acrea Grmin-Growia Laad FREE.' 20 to 40 BusheU Wheat t ih AfT. ' . 40to9aBBhls Oats to tit Acre. , 35 to SO Bataeb BarWyto ti Acre. Timber for Fencioc' and BnUdiaca FREE - . Spleadid Railroad FaciUtiMaad Law Kateau-- . . 'School aod Caorclias Coavaaient. . . ..' -Satiafaetory Market for aH Prodectan . Good Climate and Perfect Heaitau -Ctaaceefor Profitable Iaveataieata. - Stomebfthecholcest jrraln.'prtKlucintrlaTidln. - Sask's'.cbewan and Alberta may now Ve ac- ' fjuired in these most healthful ad proaperoui . ' ..Hefti'ons under .the- s -. . - Rtfiscd ItiMsftii. Icplatitiis byVhfch 'entry Biay.be made by proxy f on oVr-.-tain coD'ditions, by the' father, mntlier. :'sun, - Jaugh teri brother or sister of inteudlug home- 'ittea'der. - " -- - ' Entry fee in eacb case is 110.00. For pamphlet,. '" ;"LastB8tWe8t,"particiilarHaatorate-f.routi,.. . - best rime tago and.where tb locate, apply to. .' '. v"' .-. .W.V.BENBETT. " '''.' ' m Rtw Twft t l.Hele. Iwlr. Rtftraeta, - $60,000 Vafv BiwmMmmy niiicittilsxlnls?"h"iss laatmltoacbala..ltriuiiul climb hills-eaaler than other bicycle. Is the huvmtsrfUae-hlab-ffrede wheal lo tb work. Wlllltalirt!ai.-WBmkBo eaaap Ractcxb trat 70a ea get your I AT.FiCTMYMtlCESK'&,: lee ud paaipaiat mat raax. It ten oo a ----- 10 get ta lafrnfMCTCul. I iflS ro'UND 0NIY0N JSPK3'' I.. ywjREWHtTELfj taay .W TMr "Nm- M- " N'l'llll'llllllll''Pt'111''11' 'jr :V .- - ,. . ..-.. 1 - . l j. . .- . - - j . - - :,'. rj - m, j at-t,-?"1' W aa '