The Corvallis gazette., December 03, 1897, Image 4

niscellany.
LOVE LIVES ON.
t took from their hiding place last night
Your letters, sweetheart, and read;
'And their passion thrilled In the waning
light, . -
Though I said, "My lore is dead."
But tears came back to my Torld-worn
eyes j. '.
As I thought of a golden June
And lovers who Bang, "Love never dies
While boats drift under the moon.L
For white wings come, and white sails go,
Drifting out into the dawn; y- T
But memory comes with refluent flow,
And it's true as ever It was, I know, ; ,
That love lives on and on.
It comes with the touch or the clasp of a
hand.
Or the glance of a stranger's eye.
Or a kindly act in a foreign land,
Or the gleam of a starry sky,
Or a drifting boat on a silver lake.
Or a lily you touch with your oar.
Or the sound of the winds and waves that
break .
In melody on the shore.
But as long as white wings come and g
Or drift in the rosy dawn, ;
While memory comes with refluent flow.
It s true as ever it was, I know.
That love lives on and on.
New England Magazine.
THE NEW TENANT.
OW Mary, I have
spoken f Mr. Peel
threw himself back
in the chair as if
that settled the
matter once for all.
"I heard you,
dear," sweetly re
sponded Mrs. Peel,
"and now listen to
me. I have accept
ed Herr Schmidt's
offer, and he will
enter the adjoining house as tenant to
morrow.' .
"Not if I know It, madam r shouted
Phineas, Jumping from his chair and
bringing his fist down on the table.
"Do you think I am going to have Rhyd
cottage turned Into a menagerie and
my garden Into a howling wilderness?
The house may remain tenantless for
ever, but Herr Schmidt and his mon
strosities shall not enter there."
"Herr Schmidt, my dear, is merely
a naturalist"'
"I know It,". stormed Phineas. "I've
heard of these plaguey naturalists be
fore. I'are no desire to come down stairs
some fine morning to find a rlngtailed
monkey sitting on the window sill act
ing as referee while the kangaroos and
crocodiles play leapfrog-aver the flower-beds,.
No, madam, no naturalists for
Phineas Peel."
Pretty Mrs. Peel never allowed her
temper to-get the better of her. She
laughed softly at her husband's fears,
and did not alter her determination in
the least. .........
"Has It slipped your memory, Phin
eas," she asked, "that Rhyd cottage is
a portion of my property? If I choose
to let It to a naturalist, even though he
be a foreigner, I am perfectly Justified
In doing so. - ;
This was true enough, and Phineas
colmed down.
"Herr Schmidt's collection of "mon
strosities,' as you call it," went on Mrs.
Peel, "probably contains nothing more
dangerous than a death's head moth
In a bottle. Anyhow, I have no Inten
tion to disappoint him."
"But I ' ' '
. "Ton will treat him with the respect
due from 'one gentleman to another,
Phineas," broke in Mrs. Peel.' "And
now, dear, we'll dismiss the subject"
Phineas Peel was though at times he
doubted It a lucky fellow. He had car
ried off a young and handsome woman
from a host of suitors. . -.
Why Mary Marsden had chosen to be
stow her hand and fortune on such a
plain, everyday sort of fellow as the
diminutive Phineas Peel was always a
mystery to her acquaintances. The-wed-ding
was an accomplished fact before
her relatives had recovered from the
shock caused by the announcement of
her engagement
Mary appeared to be happy enough
too. Phineas, taken as a whole,- was
not a bad sort of fellow. - He was Jeal-
aiio u'oo fma hnt hla rlA ........ 4-.
UUU Luiti n ua u u, truv uio nuc laiiiV lt
regard that as an extra proof of his
devotion. t .
Had the proposed tenant of Rhyd cot
tage been an aged, decrepit, broken
down old man, Phineas .would have
stretched out the light hand of fellow
ship. But, alas! Herr Schmidt was
young and handsome far too hand
some, Phineas thought .. ,. c '.
"Very well, Mary," said Phineas, tak
ing his bat from the peg and making
for the door; "you have overruled me
as usual and must be prepared for the
consequences. In less than a week we
shall have the house and garden over
run with, every conceivable variety of
reptile, from the beastly lizard to the
boa constrictor."
And Phineas stalked Indignantly
forth with the merry laughter of his
wife ringing In his ears.
A month or more had passed, anil so
far the fears of Phineas had proved to
be groundless. Herr Schmidt's "mon
trosities" had been -kept well within
bounds, and as yet Mr. Peel had 'not
seen so much as a strange caterpillar in
his garden; which never looked better.
However, he was not happy. He had
taken an aversion to the new tenant
from the first and would never be sat
isfied until he had got rid of him. ,
"Confound that fellow," muttered
Phineas one evening as he sat on an
upturned bucket behind the pea sticks.
"He's prowling about on. the other side
of the hedge again. Hope he won't
catch sight of me, for I'm about tired
of his oily tongue and eternal smile.
Hello! What the deuce is the mean
ing of this?"
Down the garden path tripped Mrs.
Peel. The naturalist was evidently ex
pecting her and greeted her with a
smile that almost brought tears into
the eyes of the furious Phineas.
"Goot efening," he said. "Ton vos
Joost a leetle late."
It was soon evident that this was
not the first chat Indulged in over the
boundary f hedge. Though Phineas
strained his ears, he could not catch
the drift of the conversation. Like a
flash he remembered - that Mary had
often of late taken a stroll in the gar
den at dusk. Was this the explana
tion? . Phineas had been glaring at the
couple from behind the pea sticks for
ten minutes or so when hi saw his wife
take u rosebud from his favorite tree
and hand., it over the hedge-, with a
charming smile to the delighted Herr
Schmidt Then, with a pleasant "Good
night!" Mrs. Peel tripped lightly Into
the bouse. ,i, i - 'v ';.--
"You villain!" hissed .Phineas sav
agely, jumping from his seat and shak
ing his fist after the retreating figure in ,
the next garden. "I'll pay you out for
thifc" ' i
The rage of Mr. Peel was something
to be remembered. Nothing but blood,
he vowed, would obliterate his wrongs.
But he would be cautious. He would
smile and. smile, and murder- while he
smiled. Seizing a pea stick, he tragi
cally burled it In the heart of an un
offending cabbage, and played havoc
with a stately row of sunflowers. ,
Half an hour later Mary saw him
take down a huge old-fashioned duck
gun from the hook in the hall.
"There's a German vulture in the
neighborhood," he volunteered impres
sively, "and I'm going to bag him at
the first opportunity." - :- s
However, as nothing short of - an
earthquake would have induced the old
gun to go off In any circumstances
and Phineas had made assurances
doubly sure by dropping In the shot
first and powder afterward the "vul
ture" in question was not likely to be
seriously damaged, and Marji content
ed herself with expressing a hope, that
her husband would not hurt, himself.
On the following evening, Phineas
took up his old position in the garden
with murder in his heart. Herr Schmidt
however, did not put in an appearance.
After waiting some time, Phineas re
entered the house and reared his duck
gun up in the hall in a conspicuous position.
He had almost decided to run up to
town and consult his brother John, the
detective, with a view to having the
movements of Herr Schmidt watched,
when he was startled by the click of
the letter box. - -
A scrap of paper lay on the mat
Picking it up, Phineas glanced at it.
turned deadly pale, then hurried Into
the garden. Scribbled in lead pencil
on dirty paper was the following: '
"Peel has discovered everything. We
have not a moment to lose, and must
clear out to-night The front door is
unsafe. Will meet you at the back
1030 sharp." . .;
"There was no signature. '"
"Good gracious T. ejaculated Phineas
after reading the note for the third
time. I'd no idea matters had gone
so far. "Oh, yes, Mr. Schmidt," he add
ed grimly, "I'll meet you" at 10:30
sharp." . '-
It was about 10:45 and raining- heav
ily. ' Phineas Peel, seated on a wall
overlooking the back of Rhyd cottage,
with his duck gun laid across his knees,
was beginning to feel uncomfortable. -
TThe note said 10:30," he muttered.
"It must be after that time now. What's
that?"
- Phineas had caught the sound "" of
heavy feet moving cautiously over the
gravel. He grasped his gun and peered
into the gloom, but could distinguish
nothing.
Suddenly he heard voices, evidently
at the front of the house. He was about
to quit his place under the Impression
that Herr Schmidt was leaving by the
front door after all, when one of the
back windows was cautiously-raised
and the lithe form of the naturalist
dropped lightly to the ground. . "
Creeping along the side of the wall
on which Phineas lay he presented an
excellent mark. Mr. Peel, however,
could not bring himself to shoot a man
down In cold blood! He would give him
a chance. -- - ' i'
"Stop, you scoundrel!" he shouted. , '
; The effect of " the challenge was
scarcely what Phineas had anticipated.
Herr Schmidt darted forward and'
seized the barrel of the gun.
" He was much the stronger of the two
and Phineas was pulled from the wall
In a twinkling. Lying on the broad of
his back on the gravel in a half dazed
condition he saw the tall form of
Schmidt standing over him with the
gun raised. . . :
"Keep your tongue still, you fool,"
he hissed, "or I'll brain you. Now
quick help me over the wall.'?
Phineas hesitated, but the threaten
ing attitude of the other induced him
to rise. ' However, he had. no intention
of giving in.
Obeying his Instructions he caught
hold of Schmidt's foot to give hjm "a
leg up." Before the naturalist could
grip the top of the wall, however, Phin
eas saw his opportunity.
Bracing himself for the effort, he ex
erted all his strength and pulled
Schmidt bodily from the wall. He fell
flat on his face, and before he could re
cover himself Phineas jumped on his
back and seized him round the throat
emitting a yell that would have done
infinite credit to a Sioux Indian. -V
The next moment Phineas was drag
ged off from behind and found himself
In the clutches of a burly member of
the local police force.
Four or five others seized Schmidt,
who struggled in vain to free himself.
"What am I arrested for?" gasped
Phineas. "There's your man!"
Phineas would no doubt have been
led off with the other prisoner, but for
the timely arrival on the scene of the
last person in the world he had expect
ed to see his brother John!
. "Here! What on earth Is the meaning
of all this?" he demanded when, as the
result of John Peel's interference, he
found himself free. .
John stayed behind a minute or two
to explain that Herr Schmidt, the "nat
uralist" and Edward Harper, the" no
torious forger who had defied New
Scotland Yard for the past six weeks,
were one and the same. ...
"It was a sharp dodge of Harper's,"
said John Peel, "and he might have
got clear away but for that clever wife
of yours, Phineas. Mary suspected the
man from the first and supplied me
from time to time with valuable Infor
mation. It is to her entirely that the
credit of the capture is due. Tell her
I'll, call round and thank her myself to
morrow. ' By the by,- the gang of which
he was the head got wind of our inten
tions, and a man was dispatched with j
a warning. Harper doesn't appear to
have received It."
Then Phineas began to understand
things a little more clearly. 1
"I suppose this will be it" he re
marked, producing the, note and hand-j
Ing It to his brother. . "You see, the
messenger left it at the wrong door,
and I er I thought I might as well
see the fun." ' j
For some little time after Phineas
was of the opinion that be had made1 a '
fool of himself. Lately, however, he
has taken a different view of the mat
ter and Is never' tired of relating how
he literally "dropped on" Harper, the
forger, alias Schmidt, the naturalist'
next door. Cassell's Saturday Journal. 1
For jed a Check to Bay a Eible.
; .Several days ago one of the Cincin
nati banks discovered that a check
drawn in favor of the Methodist Book
Concern,, which had been deposited by
It and gone through the clearing house
In regular form, was a forged one. As
the check,' however, was only for $5,
instead pt sending It back to the clear
ing bank the teller took it to the Meth
odist Book Concern and told them it
was a forgery. After looking at it care
fully in a thoughtful manner the head
of the firm said that the man purchased
a Bible with that check.
:i ' ," - .' Paper Bottles.5" "rt
- Bottles now are being made of papei
under a German patent Tney are foi
use particularly on shipboard, where
heavy weather works havoc among
fl&M receptacle
' . ? A Sample Road.t -?
The first sample road built under the
direction, of the Good Roads Bureau of
the Agricultural Department was late
ly laid at New Brunswick, N. J. A
second one, begun at Geneva, N. Y
will be nearly a mile and a half long,
macadamized In the center, with rolled
dirt roads on lther side. The founda
tion will be five Inches of broken field
stone, which is covered with fine rock
Biftrngs, and ; made a firm, compact
foundation by means of a twenty-ton
roller. On this Is laid three Inches of
broken trap rock, which in turn is. roIlU
ed so smooth as to be Impervious to
water. 'The whole secret of good
roads," says a Mr. ; Harrison, special
agent of the ..department, "is to make
them water-tight and keep the founda
tion dry. That la the reason we use the
heavy roller so much. In the absence
of water, frost does not amount to any
thing." This road will cost about $10,
000, but the Government supplies only
$500, the balance beings furnished by
the citizens. L. A. W. Bulletin. ., . .
i Tarmen and Good Roads.
Farmers have enough- In the way of
taxes to pay without undertaking the
building of elaborate gravel and stone
roads. It Is unfair that such a burden
should be added to their already heavy
load. Whatever may be undertaken In
the .way of .constructing'' permanent
highways should be done at the ex
pense of those who are to reap its ben
efits. True it Is that the saving In the
cost of hauling crops would be consid
erable, and that this saving would re
sult almost entirely to the farmers, but
that is no reason for asking him to pay
the cost of building such roads. He Is
not the only one to use, them..' They
serve to bring city people, and city
products Into the country as much as
they serve to bring Country people1 and
country products into the city. The
merchant ' who has business with the
farmer Is as much- benefited through a
good road to travel over as Is the farm
er who comes to town on business of
any kind. Neither is the use of roads
limited to those living In the vicinity,
and travelers from a distance share the
benefits resulting from their Improve
ment It would be the height of Injus
tice, therefore, to ask the farmer alone
to stand the cost of good roads. Moto
cycle." . v-fcmt-i-,
:' Broad Tlre Decrease Draft. ' '
A series of tests -to determine the
amount of energy -necessary to haul
wide and narrow tired wagons over
different kinds of roads, and in various
conditions, has lately been made at the
Missouri Agricultural College. -' " ' -"; 1
The tests were made under severe
conditions and : with great care and
were frequently - repeated, i In every
case the load hauled was the same, and
the draft was ascertained by the use of
a self-recording dynamo meter. .
On macadam roadways and streets
of average good . character the differ
ence of draft was uniformly in favor
of the six-inch wide tire. It was dem
onstrated that the same draft required
to haul' one ton with narrow tires over
a macadam roadway hauled more than
one and a quarter tons when wide tires
were used. On graveled roads It was
proved that the draft required to haul
2,000 pounds with narrow, or standard
tires" hauled - 2,610- pounds on broad
tires; ' - "
In the test made -on ? common ' dirt
roads, free from ruts, the' brdad tires
pulled more than one-third Hghter.'On
a dirt road cut into ruts by narrow
tires, but where the surface was bard,
after the second trial the profit was on
the side of the broad tires, even where
they had to be run over the ruts.
On muddy, springy roadways, with
spongy surfaces trad soft sub-structure,
the broad tires 'drew one-half lighter
than the narrow, for 3,000 pounds wer
drawn on them, with the same expend
ed energy required to draw , 2,000
pounds on narrow tires. On the same
road when it was soft and sticky on top
but. firm underneath,- the narrow tires
drew more easily than the broad by
about one-third. That is, 2,606 pounds
were drawn as easily -on narrow tires
as 2,000 on the broad. .. ;-
Conscious of Tbeir Power i.
In the girl of the rougher tenement
house districts' the. eternal . womanly
wears such a disguise of the eternal
gamin that it cannot always be recog
nized, says ; the New York Tribune.
Their pertness and sauclness are only
sharpened by their precocity and their
tomboy .habits of street-Arabia.- A re
porter recently had occasion to visit
lower Washington street to ascertain
the facts regarding the murder of a
boy down there. He was obtaining his
Information fjom the boys of the neigh
borhood, who might have been play
mates of the dead youth. A circle of
them, together with three or four girls
of 15. or 16 years, was gathered around
him. ; ' ,- .' ' .
A big; hulking youth about 20 years
old arrogated to himself the place of
spokesman. He was evidently the ty
rant, the bully of the street, a young
"Bill the brute," who had not yet ac
quired a wife to beat, and was conse
quently an object of. great interest to
these misses, whose skirts had not
yet grown down to their ankles. With
his big, harsh voice he silenced every
interruption of his tale, saying:
"Shut up, there; I'm tellin' this yarn."
Of course i this adjuration, which
forms a part of the ordinary courtesy
of the neighborhood, did not quiet the
girls. They chaffed him and the report
er and giggled until at last the speaker
said to the reporter: . . -
"Don't mind them. They're no 'count.
They're nothin' but girls." s - -
- "Of course he'll mind us? smarty."
Instantly retorted one of the girls.
"We's the makin's of ladies."
It was the eternal womanly of street
Arabia. ' "'
To Be Sure.
Willie -Say, pa, will yon buy me a
bicycle? i - ;, ,
- Pa What in the name of common
sense do you want with a bicycle? !
" Willie Why,' pa,. I want to use It as a
lawn mower in summer and as a snow
shovel in winter. ? What else could I
use it for, pa? -: . .
: Some men are indifferent as to what
others thjni of them; but what they
say of. them l another matter.
the; caretaker.
Caretaker Is a word adopted into modern
nse and means one who takes care of, and
is very generally applied to those employed
to take care of things committed to their
keeping. The way some people have of
taking care of themselves is very suggestive
of the need of a caretaker. The human
body to such is a mansion tilled with pre
cious tilings uncared for, where thieves
mav break in and rust doth corrupt Pains
and aches are thieves, and the body left
uncared for to their spoliage will be robbed
of all its comforts and despoiled ot its peace
of mind and happiness. It is a happy
thought to look upon St. Jacobs Oil as a
caretaker, to employ it as a watchman
against; such intruders. . There is hardly
an ache, from a toothache to a toeache,
that it enn't take care of and effect' a cure,
and pains the most violent are conquered
by its use.. Its office as a caretaker is to
prevent the spread of aches and pains- into
a chronic stage. Keep a bottle of it in the
handiest place and be assured of good care
and comfort. 5 "
The most wonderful astronomical
photograph in the world is that Which
has recently been prepared by London,
Berlin and Parisian astronomers. It
shows at least 68,000,000 stars. " '
- MISEBT M THE WHOLESALE,
Is what chronic Inactivity of the" liver gives
rise to. Bile gets into the blood and imparts a
yellow tint, the tongue fouls, and so does the
breath, sick beadaehes, pain beneath the right
ribs and shoulder blade are felt, the bowels be
come constipated and the stomach disordered.
The proven remedy for this catalogue of evils
is Hosiettcr's Stomach Bitters, a medicine long
and professionally recommended, and sovereign
lo for chills and fever, s nervousness . and
rheumatism.
In the period 1882 to r894 the crim
inal record in the German empire in
creased 22 pet-cent, or 12 per cent more
than the population. : ' , .
: :'" HOW'S THIS T
- We off er One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
- F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F, J. Cheney
for the last IS years, and believe him perfectly
hqrorable in all business transactions and
firiHiicially able to carry out any obligation!
made by their firm, -; , -
west fe Trtmx.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O."-
Walding, Kinnan & if arvin, ..r,-.
Wholesale Drugg'sts, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials free. Price
75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. , :
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Japanese officers who fought in the
late war against China have petitioned
their government to erect a monument
to the memory of the horses that fell
in battle. " ' - ' :,
HOME PRODUCTS AUD PURE FOOD.
All Eastern Syrup, .so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body,js made from
flucose. "Tea Garden iiript" is made from
ugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale
by fst-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac
tured by the Pacific Coast Sybtjp Co. All gen
uine "Tea Garilm ru'f have the manufac
turer's name lithographed on every can.
Japan is about to send a lot of experts
to this country to teach the people how
to make tea. . -
" Kuig Solomon's Treasure," only Aphrodisiacal
Tonic known. (See Dictionary.) I5.U0 a box, 3
weeks' treatment. Mason Chemical Co., P. O. Box
747, Philadelphia, Pa.
A man who is fond of figures affirms
"that in battle only one ball in 85 takes
effect. . 1 - - - ,1
My doctor said I would die but Piso's
Cure for consumption cured me. Amos
Kelner, Cherry Valley, 111., Nov. 23, '95.
To Schilling's Best tea and baking powder.
There are more than 500 ordained
women preachers in the United States,
not including the numerous preachers
of that sex. . ' . -
The toothache excuse, for absence
froai duty djes not work in the post
office servioa in . Switzerland.! They
have government doctors to pull t.
offending . molars. - r " "
.One of the most enrions resrl s of
the investigations made by doctors in
the Russian jails is the statements that
each group of criminals has its own
peculiar color of the eye. -- '-, - :
The beautiful lace known as Payal is
made from the. fibers in the leaves of
the bitter aloe grown in the Azores or
Western Islands a relative of the com
mon century plant. .. . . "
ABOUT CHANGE OF LILi
- - ' .
1 " I Buffered for eight - years, and
could find no permanent relief until
one year ago. My trouble was Change -of
Life. -1 trd Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound,- and relief.came
almost immediate
ly. I have taken
two bottles' of
the Vegetable
Compound,
three boxes
t 7 -il.J JVt-i-i f . BTifl Viav
also used
the San
ative Wash, and
must say I have
never had any
thing' help so much. I have better
health than I ever had in my life, I
feel like " a new person, perfectly
strong. I give tho Compound all the
credit. I have recommended it to sev
eral of my friends who are using it
with like results. It has cured me of
several female diseases. I would not
do without Mrs. Pinkham's remedies
for anything. There is no need of so
much female suffering. Her remedies
are a sure cure." Mrs. F.t.t.a Kbinkk,
Knightstown, Henry Co., In
By the way, the leading druggists
tell ns that the demand for Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
simply beyond their power of under-;
Standing; and, what is best of all, it
docs the work promptly and welL,; -
When you feel that soreness In your back,
that dull pain near your kidneys, It is time to
do something for yonrself, for these symptoms
are serious indications of a growing disease in
the most vital functions. Get Dr. Sanden's
Electric Belt at once. It will cure yon.
SANDEN ELECTRIC BELT CO.
253 West Washington St., Portland, Or.
: ; . Please mention Ihit Paper. .
YOUR LIVER
Is it Wrong?
Get it Right:;
Keep it Right
Moore's Bovealed Remedy will do it. Three
doses will make yon feel better. Get It from
your druggist ox any wholesale drug house, or
from Stewart & Holmes Drug Co., Seattle. .
r " C hTC D RElT' El T hTnc'.Ji'
Mrs. Wnsuws Soormxe Syrup ahould aiways be 1
used for ohiidren teething. It soothe the child, soft- C
Lena tbe cams, allays aU pain, eons wind coUc.and la 4
the best remedr tor diarrhoea. Twenty Ave oenu m
bottle. It it the best of all.
AGEICULTUit AL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING TO THE
FARM AND HOME. "
to Eradicate Tuberculosis from the
Herd A Trial " of . Alailte Clover la
Urged Pare Water for Milch. Cowa
How to Keep Frost from Cellars. "
Tuberculous Animals,
- Serious attempts have been made in
certain parts of the country to eradi
cate the disease by destroying all re
acting animals. Such a course Is un
doubtedly too" drastic, and it has met
with persistent opposition; It is a ques
tion whether -such methods are war
ranted or not Certainly, such-a course
Is sure to defeat the very end desired,
1. e., the co-operation of all In eradi
cating the disease. There is nothing
that would be more beneficial to' the
stock Interests of the country than the
widespread application of the test, but
it is hardly possible to hope for such an
extension where such severe measures
are applied. ' " ' ":
From experiments already made un
der different auspices It is evident that
the progress of the disease can be
stopped by the isolation of all reacting
animals. The least affected animals
can, with care, be used for breeding
purposes, and if the calves are. sep
arated at birth and fed on boiled or pas
teurized milk. It Is possible, within a
relatively short time, to build up a
strictly healthy herd from affected par
ents. Wisconsin Agriculturist
The Alsike Clover. .
This clover resembles the large red
clover, except the stem Is much finer
though it grows to about the .same
height It makes an' ixcellent hay,
which is much relished by all kinds of
stock. : We were led to try alsike or
Swedish clover ty Allen,' the author of
the American Farm Book, and, after a
trial of It for some years, would strong
ly advise anyone wanting a good feed
ing clover to try it. It should be sown
on high, dry, well-arained sod. , It re
quires the same care and cultivation as
red clover. " It may be sown either with
timothy or with red clover. A good
mixture for one acre Is three quarts of
alsike clover seed; four quarts of red
clover seed, and six quarts of timothy
clover seed.' Sow the timothy In the
fall and the clovers the la- c of Febru
ary. The seed Is made In the first crop;
the second crop may be pastured. It is
a very fragrant clover, the heads being
full of sweet juice. - It makes a fine bee
food. The American., .
Pure Water for Milch Cows.
Experience has shown that water
which looks pure and. clear may have
In It the germs of the worst diseases,
and if so there is possibility that these
may go into the milk. On tbe other
hand, water that looks muddy from
contact with soil may be entirely free
from any germs that are injurious.
The danger from germs in milk, we
believe, has been much exaggerated.
The safe way Is to keep cows from
drinking any water where , there Is a
possibility that it has "been Infected
with germs of typhoid fever or diph
theria. - It is the milk producer's inter
est to strictly guard . against any
chance of infection, as wherever such
a case occurs It is sure to spread i un
reasonable fears and injure his busi
ness. Exchange. . '
. ' Keeping Frost from Cellars.
:' The unsightly banks of horse manure
piled against .the' basement -walls of
farm bouses are not needed to keep out
frost. They are' worse than unsightly,
for the odor from decaying manure
affects a- sense more sensitive than
sight if a second wall of brick or
stone is laid two Inches from the cellar
wall, and Its top tightly joined to the
building above,' this dead air space will
keep .out frost better than will a three
foot . bank ' of horse ' manure. Some
householders' make the protection In
side 'with a dead air space enclosed
with : matched boards, or, better still,
covered with' paper siding, . which Is
better than boards " for . securing
warmth to any building; ' ' ;
, Growing Beet Seed. '
, Beet "seed Is so easily grown that it
is always very cheap.. Yet we believe
In , farmers growing their own beet
seed, provided they will grow the best.
It Is not the beet that produces the
most 'seed that Is best for planting. If
beets, or any other root for that matter,
are planted so early In spring that they'
grow tough and stringy roots, such
roots will produce a great amount of
seed, but It will produce If sown at any
time plants that are. like Its parent. It
Is thus that roots degenerate into some
thing like their original wild condition.
A'modernte-sized root grown quickly
after midsummer, and In very rich
ground, will be tender and good until
late In the spring. Such a root will not
produce as much seed as a tough,
stringy one, but its seed will bring
much more satisfactory crops. Amer
ican Cultivator. .'''"''
. Salt as an Insecticide.
The use of salt as an insecticide, or
vermin destroyer, is not sufficiently
known among the farming community.
Many a farmer has lost dollars and dol
lars, simply because , he did not know,
what virtue there is In salt. How many
times has a farmer ploughed up acres
of a crop attacked by some worm or
caterpillar, re-sown the land, and all
because be did not know that salt
would have killed the worm and im
proved bis crop. Last year a case was
reported through tbe press, and vouch
ed for as correct. A farmer had a ten
acre field of oats attacked by the army
worm; " The whole ten acres was In
such a condition he decided to plow
thenr all up and re-sow. As an experi
ment he left an acre, to which he gave
a dressing of 300 pounds of refuse salt
Three days afterward ' he gave the
8a me acre another 300 pounds of refuse
salt ' The result was that on that acre
he had a good yield of oats, and had he
only known he might have saved the
whole ten acres., Salt for. such pur
poses is simply invaluable. -
Overdriving Heavy Horses. -"
Heavy draught horses were not made
for fast road travel, and' though they
often have the muscle to trot quite'
fast It Is always Injurious to them to
do so... -There ought really to be on
every farm teams for doing the heavy
work and teams for doing tbe market
ing and for- pleasure driving. ' It makes
a great difference when a heavy horse,
weighing 1,230 pounds or more, goes
over a hard roadbed, as compared with
a light road horse doing the same thing.
No'Jbone or muscle can-' be strong
enough to endure the hard pounding
which a heavy draught horse makes in
trotting. His feet(wlll "go wrong," as
horsemen say; and a' horse with poor
feet is not much good anywhere.
- , Storing Boot Crops.
. . The most serious obstacle In the way
of growing root crops turnips, beets,
carrots and parsnips is the storage for
whiter. Potatoes must not be exposed
to the light, and severe cold, with alter
nate freezing and thawing, forces the
tamer to provide the best storage facil
ities in order to avoid loss. The old
method of storing in pits Is still fol
lowed, but there are periods during the
winter .when the ground Is .frozen as
hard as iron, and the pits cannot be
opened .except with some risk. : Tur
oips can be grown at a small cost, but
a bulky crop is difficult to store in a
manner to have the roots always avail
able. Farmers who have discarded all
bruised or Injured specimens have been
successful In storing carrots, parsnips,
turnips and beets in bins, using layers
of clean, dry sand, followed by layers
of the roots, the bins being in cellars or
barns, by which arrangement they can
use them at any time, but the method
-will not answer where large fields of
such crops are grown. ,
- Feeding Poultry,
v The farm Is the place on which to en
gage In poultry for market and not the
small lots or plots. It is also proper
to keep all kinds of poultry, and not
hens only. As long as the farmer con
tinues to rely on grain he will feed his
fowls at a cosf much greater than is
necessary, and by varyinc the food
from grain to more bulky substances he
can grow a large share of the feeding
materials on the farm and have his
customers, therefore, right at his door
In the form of the fowls. If a flock of
hens will thrive on grass during the
summer season, and will keep In better
condition thereon, as well as produce
more eggs than on more expensive
foods, why should he buy foods and
feed his pourtry until he destroys the
very condition he desires? Mirror and
Farmer. -: ,
' Plowing Quack Grass Too Deeply.
: It Is possible to kill quack grass by
what Is known by double plowing the
land. This Is accomplished by running
the plow In the furrow already made,
and thus making a trench twelve or
fourteen Inches deep. Thls'ls repeated
After each furrow is turned, so that
the surface soil Is entirely reversed and
the subsoil takes Its place.' The top
furrow should go deeply enough' to go
below all the quack roots and turn
them under the second furrow, which
will require both a strong plow and an
extra heavy team to turn on top of the
other. But though quack grass may be
killed by this heroic method, . it will
take several years of good cultivation
to fit the subsoil thus turned up , for
growing good crops.
... -Preparing the Colts' Food.
.It Is well to prepare the colt's food
so that it shall be palatable, nutritious
and easily digested, A good means of
doing this is to mix fine-cut clover hay
along with oat chop, bran and oil cake;
moisten this with hot water, covering
up with a non-conducting material, and
allow It to remain in this state for
twelve hours, when it will be in a suita
ble condition to feed. A small propor
tion of wheat middlings will not bo
amiss In this mixture, not even a few
boiled turnips or carrots, .providing
they are found to give appetizing prop
erties. . Gf een corn and green clover
prove very suitable fodder. Prairie
Farmer. '
Shredded Ensilage.
After shredding our ensilage for sev
eral years, we filled the silo one year
with cut ensilage and found It neces
sary at once to brace all sides to keep
It from bulging out thus proving that
ensilage shredded exerts much less lat
eral space than that which Is cut. This
feature would probably not be consid
ered of so much importance by those
whose silos are already constructed
with reference . to the use of cut en
silage, but in case a new .'silo is to be
put up it can undoubtedly be built ior.
much less money by the shredder.
Country Gentleman. " -
- Stabling Cows in Bad Weather.
So .soon as fall rains begin, cows,
especially those giving milk, should be
stabled. The effect of rain on the hair
of an animal is to induce heavy evap
oration, which, of course, chills the
animal, much as would the wearing of
a heavy woolen coat, saturated witb
rain during the entire night There is
no way to keep up milk supply after
wet weather begins except by stabling
the cows. The wet weather is really
much more Injurious to the animal
than dry, cold weather could be. ' -
Phosphates and Ashes.
lou ask for experience of anyone
that has tried phosphate and ashes. I
found that my land was more deficient
in potash than other elements of plant
food. I mixed equal ' parts of phos
phate and ashes, and used 200 pounds
to the acre for corn with good results,
i have used It two years with good suc
cess. . One year was very dry, and this
year uncommonly ' wet. Baltimore
American.
Wheat or Corn for Fattening.
Many of the experiment stations
have been testing the value of wheat
as compared with cqrn for fattening
cattle, and give the preference to corn
as better food for the purpose as well
as the cheaper of the two. When ground
and mixed with corn, oats and oatmeal,
wheat has a value In giving a needed
variation of diet
Farm Notes. '
There Is no -bedding so suitable for
hogs as leaves, and for sows having
broods ..leaves cannot, be surpassed.
They retain warmth, can easily be re
moved, and cost only the labor of col
lecting and storage.
The garden plot should be plowed in
the fall and then covered three or four
inches with manure free . from litter,
worked in with a cultivator. In the
spring the plot will be ready for seed
early and the manure will quickly de
compose. t . 1
When a farmer becomes so busy as to
be unable to work every, portion of his
farm It is the best evidence that he has
too much land. The successful farm
ers are those who seek to bestow thor
ough cultivation to every acre,., and
small farms give a larger profit propor-.
tionately than farms where crops can
be grown on only a portion every year.
' ' , . On Time.
"Are the trains of this road running
on time?" asked the man' who had el
bowed his way to the hea.d of the pro
cession at the ticket office. "
"5Tes," replied the man "behind him.
"That's just what they are doing. I
understand that the receivers got an
other extension from the creditors last
week." Pittsburg News. -
. ; Keeping Faith. -""I
thought you 'advertised home
fare?" said .the summer boarder, in
dignantly. , . " ,
"Wal," replied Farmer Corntossel,
'.that's what you're gettin; . canned
peaches, canned tomattuses, canned
corned beef and condensed milk, the
same as you're used to." Washington
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Timklns Did her father ratify your
engagement? " ; .
Simklns Yes, In a' way. "When I
mentioned it to him be said, "Rats!"
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researches in evolution, believes that
as all the higher organisms, acoording
to the teachings of evolution, have as
cended from a less highly organized
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days after the operation the dog
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