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CORVAL SEMI-WEEKLY. oJLKTti;V.IL,."968. 1 Consolidated Feb., 1899. COBVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1901. VOL. II. NO. 6. GAZETTE I FROM I ijpOOBHOUSETDpALACEl I "r- BY MARY J HOLMES . 1 CHAPTER VI. Mary bad been at the poorhouse about three weeks when Miss Grundy one day- ordered her to tie on ber sun-bonnet and ran across the meadow and through the woods until she came to a rye stubble, then follow the footpath along the fence until she came to another strip of woods, with a brook running through it. "And just on the fur edge of thein woods," said she, "you'll see the men folks to work;" and do tell 'em to come to their dinner quick." It was a mild September day, and Mary determined not to hurry. She had not gone far when she came suddenly upon a boy and two little girls, who seem ed to be playing near the. brook. In the features of the toy she recognized Henry Lincoln, and remembering what Billy had said of him, she wag about turning away when the smallest of the girls espied her, and called out: "Look here, Rose, I reckon that's Mary Howard. I'm going to speak to her." "Jenny Lincoln, you mustn't do any such thing. Mother won't like it," an swered the girl called Rose. But whether "mother would like it" or not, Jenny rii V not stop to think, and going toward Mary she said: "Have you come to play in the woods?" "No,"-was Marys reply. '.'I came to call the, folks to dinner." "Oh, it was you that screamed so loud. I couldn't think who it was, but it can't be dinner.-time?" "Yes, 'tis ; it's noon." , - . -. "Well,' we don't have dinner until 2, . and we can stay here till that time. Won't you play with us?".; -. . "No, I .can't; I - must go back and work," said Mary. "Work!" repeated Jenny. V'l think ,lt's bad .enough to have to lire in that - old house without working; but come and ' se pur fish pond;" and taking Mary's 'hand, she led her to a wide part of the stream where the water had been dam med jup until it was nearly two feet deep ftadclear as crystal. Looking in, Mary . ,quld see., the pebbles on the bottom, while a fish occasionally darted out and then disappeared. - "remade this almost all "myself," said Jenny. "Henry . wouldn't help me be ca'use he's so ugly, and Rose was afraid of blacking her fingers. But I don't care. Mother says I'm a great great I've for- 'gotten the word, but it means dirty and 'careless, and I guess I do look like a -;f right, don't I?" - "... Mary now for the first time noticed the .appearance of her companion,. and readi ly guessed that the word which she could not remember was "slattern." She was a fat, chubby little girl, with a round, sunny face and laughing blue eyes, while -ber brown hair hung around her fore- -kead in short, tangled curls. Altogether she was just the kind of little girl which one often finds in the country swinging on gates and making mud pies. Mary; was naturally very neat; and in reply to Jenny's question as to whether she-looked like a fright, she answered, "I like your face better than I do your . dress," because it is clean." "Why, so was my dress this morning," " Said Jenny, ''but there can't anybody play in the mud and not get dirty." Jenny drew nearer to Mary and said: "If you'll never tell anybody as long as .you. live and braeathe, I'll tell you some thing.'' " . ' - . ; Mary gave the required promise, and -Jenny continued: "I shouldn't like to have my mother know it, for she scolds '"all the time now about my. -'vulgar tastes,' though I'm sure Rose likes the same things that I do, except Billy Ben der, and it's about him I was going to 'tell you. He was so pleasant I couldn't .help loving him, if mother did say I mustn't. He used to talk to me about keeping clean, and once I tried a whole week, and I only dirtied four dresses in all that time. Oh! how handsome and 4, funny his eyes looked when I told him about it. He took me in his lap, and said that was more than he thought a little girl ought to dirty. - Did you ever see any boy you loved as well as you do Billy Bender?" ' Mary hesitated a moment, for, much as she liked Billy, there was another whom she loved better, though he - had ' never been one-half as kind to her as Billy had. After a time she answered: "Yes, I like, or I did like, George More-. land, but I shall never see him "again;" ""and then she told Jenny of her home in England, of the long, dreary voyage to . America, and of her father's death; but " when she came to the sad night when her " mother and Franky died, she could not ; 'go on, and laying her face in Jenny's lap ' she cried for a long time. Jenny's tears flowed, too, and she, softly caressing Mary, said: "Don't cry so, for I'll love - you, and we'll have good times together, .., too, We live in Boston every winter, 1 a but it. will be 'most six weeks before we go, and I mean to see you every day." "In Boston?" said Mary, inquiringly. ."George lives in Boston." -' "'"Jenny was silent a moment, and then suddenly clapping her hands together, nhe exclaimed: "I know George More--land. He lives just opposite our house, and is Ida Seldon's cousin. Why, he's - 'most as handsome as Billy Bender, only he teases you more. I'll tell him about you, for mother says he's got lots of money, and perhaps he'll give you some." ' Mary felt that she wouldn't for the world have George know she was in the poorhouse, and she quickly answered, "No, no, you mustn't tell him a word about me. I don't want you to. Prom ise that you won't." CHAPTER VII. " One afternoon about the middle of Oc tober Mary sat under an apple tree in the orchard, weeping bitterly. It was in rain that Alice, who was with her, and who by this time was able to stand alone, climbed up to her side, patting her cheeks and trying in various' ways to win her attention. She still wept on, unmindful of the sound of rapid foot steps upon the grass, nor until twice re peated did she hear the words", "Why, Mary, what is the matter? What's hap pened?" Then looking np she saw Billy Bender, who raised her in his arms. Laying her head on his shoulder, she sobbed out: "She's gone she's gone, and there's nobody left but Sally. "Oh dear, oh dear!" - "Gone! Whose goner' asked Billy. : "Jenny," was Mary's reply. "She's gone to Boston, and won't come back till next May; and I loved her so much." "Oh, yes, I know," returned Billy. "I met them all on their way to the depot; but I wouldn't feel so badly. Jenny will come again, and besides that, I've got some real good news to tell you." ... "About Ella?" said Mary. ''..'. "No, not about Ella, but about myself; I'm comiug here to live with you." -"Coming here to live!" repeated Mary with astonishment. "What for? Are your folks all dead?" j Billy smiled and answered, "Not quite so bad as that. I went to school here two years ago, and I know I learned more than I ever did at home in two seasons. The boys, when Henry Lin coln is away, don't act half as badly as they do in the village; and then they usu ally have a lady teacher, because it's cheaper, I suppose, for they don't pay them half as much as they do gentle men, and I think they are a great deal the best. " Anyway, I can learn the most when I go to a woman," "But what makes you come here,' and what will your mother do?" asked Mary. "She's got a sister come from the West to stay with her, and as I shall go home every Saturday night, she'll get along well enough. I heard Mr. Parker in the store one day inquiring for a boy to do chores. So after consulting mother I offered . my services and was accepted. Won't we have real nice times going to school together?" Three weeks from that time the winter school commenced, and Billy took up his abode at the poorhouse, greatly to the satisfaction of Sally and Mary and great ly to the annoyance of Miss Grundy. '- "Smart ideal" said' she, "to have that great lummox around to be waited on!" and when she saw how happy his 'pres ence seemed to make Mary, she vented her displeasure upon her in various ways, conjuring up all sorts -of reasons why she should stay out of school as often as pos sible, and wondering "what the world was coming to, when young ones hardly out of the cradle begun to court! It wasn't so in her younger days, goodness knows!" " Much as, Mary had learned to prize Sally's friendship, before winter was over she had cause to value it still more highly. Wretched and destitute as the poor crazed creature now was, she show ed plainly that at some period or other of her life she had had rare advantages for education, which she now brought into use for Mary's benefit r Each night Mary brought home her books, and the rapid improvement .which she made in her studies was as much owing to Sally's useful hints and assist ance as to her, own untiring persever ance. One day when she returned from school Sally saw there was something the matter, for her eyes were red, and her cheeks were flushed as if with weep ing. On inquiring of Billy, she learned that some of the girls had been teasing Mary about her teeth, calling them "tushes."' . .-; .V."f ;:"': As it happened, one of the paupers was sick, and Dr. Gilbert was at that time in the house; to him Sal immediately went, and after laying the case before him asked him to extract the offending teeth. Sally was quite a favorite with the doc tor, who. readily consented, on condition that Mary was. willing, which he much doubted, as such teeth -came" hard. ; : ."Willing or npt, she shall have them out. It's all that makes her so homely," said Sal, and, going in quest of Mary, she led her to the doctor, who asked to look in her mouth. .: . - -' . There was a fierce struggle, a scream, and then one of the teeth was lying upon the floor. -.: . .. .. ; ' "Stand still,"., said Sal, more sternly than she had ever before spoken to Mary, who, half frightened out of her . wits, stood still while the other one was ex tracted. .... . "There," said Sal, when the operation was finished, "you look a hundred per cent better." '. - .- ,. .: For a time Mary cried, hardly know ing whether she relished the joke or not; but when Billy praised her improved looks, telling her that "her mouth was real pretty," and when she herself dried her eyes , enough to see that it was- a great improvement, she felt better,and wondered why she had never thought to have them out before. ; : ; " i Rapidly and pleasantly to Mary that winter passed away, for the presence of Billy was in itself a sufficient reason why she should be happy. He was so affec tionate and brother-like in his deport ment toward her that she began question ing whether she did not love him as well, if not better, than she did her sister Ella, whom she seldom saw, though she heard that she had a governess from Worcester, and was taking music lessons on a grand piano, which had been bought a year be fore. Occasionally Billy called at Mrs. Campbell's, but Ella seemed shy and un willing to speak of her sister. . . "Why is there this difference? he thought more than once, as he contrast ed the situation of the two girls the one petted, caressed and surrounded by every luxury, and the other forlorn, desolate, and the inmate of a poorhouse; and then helrailt castles of a future when, by the labor of his own head or hands, Mary, too, should be rich and happy. :' ' ... CHAPTER. VIIL - As spring advanced Alice began to droop, Sally's quick eye detected in her infallible signs of decay. But she would not tell it to Mary, whose life sow seem ed a comparatively happy one. Mr. and Mrs. Parker were kind to her. - Uncle Peter petted her, and even Miss Grundy had more than once admitted that "she was about as good as young ones would average." Billy, too, bad promised to remain and work for Mr. Parker during the summer,' intending with the money thus earned to go the next fall and win ter to the academy in Willbrahaur. Jen ny was coming back ere long, and Mary's step was light and buoyant as she trip ped, singing, about the house, unmind ful of Mrs. Grundy's oft-expressed wish that "she would stop that clack,", or of the anxious, pitying eyes Sal Furbush bent upon her, as day after day the faithful old creature rocked and tended little Alice. - At last Mary could no longer be de ceived, and one day when Alice lay gasp ing in Sally's lap she said, "Aunt SaHy, isn't Alice growing worse? - She doesn't play now, nor try to walk." : Sally laid her hand on Mary's face and replied:.. ,"Poor child, you'll soon be all alone." There was no outcry no sudden gush of tears, but nervously clasping her hans upon her heart, as if the shock had entered there, Mary sat down upon her bed, and burying her face in the pillow, sat there for a long time. But she said nothing, and a careless observer might have thought that she cared nothing, as it became each day more and more evi dent that Alice, was dying. But these knew not of the long nights when with untiring love she sat by her sister's cra dle, listening to her Irregular breathing, pressing her clammy hands and praying to be forgiven if ever, in thought or deed, she had wronged the little one now leav ing her. , - And all this time there came no kind word or message of love from Ella, who knew that Alice was dying, for Billy had told her so. The end came peacefully. There was some talk of burying the child in the poorhouse inclosure, but Mary pleaded so earnestly to have her laid by her mother that her request was granted, and that night when the young spring moon came out it looked quietly down upon the grave of little Alice, who by her mother's side was sweetly sleeping. : :'. . - ' . ; Three weeks had passed away since Alice's death, and affairs at the poor house were beginning to glide on as usual. Mary, who had resumed her post as dish washer in the kitchen, was almost daily expecting Jenny; and one day when Billy came in to dinner. he gave her the joy ful intelligence that Jenny had returned and had been in the field to see him, bidding him tell Mary to meet her that afternoon in the woods by the brook. Mary bounded joyfully away to the woods, where she found Jenny, who em braced her in a manner which showed that she had cot been forgotten; "- -r - "Oh," said she, "I've got so much to tell you, and so much to hear, though I know all about dear little Alice's death didn't you feel dreadfully?" Mary's tears were a sufficient answer, and Jenny, as if suddenly discovering something, new, exclaimed, "Why, what have you been doing? Who pulled vour r teeth?" ";' Mary explained the circumstances of the tooth-pulling and Jenny continued: "You look a great deal better, and if your cheeks werj only a little fatter and your skin not quite so yellow, you'd be real handsome; -but no matter about that, I saw George Moreland in Boston, and I wanted to tell him about yon, but I'd promised not to; and then at first ! felt afraid of him, for you can't think' what a great big fellow he's got to be. Why, he's awful tall and handsome, too. Rose likes him, and so do lots of the girls, but I don't believe he cares a bit. for any' of them except his cousin Ida, and I guess he does like her." - i , ; r Here the chatterer was interrupted by' Henry Lincoln,. who directly in front of her leaped across the brook. He was evidently not much Improved in 'his man ners, for the moment he' was Safely land ed on terra firma he approached Mary, and, seizing her- round the waist, ex claimed, :"Halloo, little pauper! You're glad to see me back, I dare say.".- Then .drawing her head-over so that he -could look into her face, he contin ued, "Had your tusks out," haven't you? Well, it's quite an improvement, so much so that I'll venture to kiss you." Mary struggled, and Jenny scolded, while Henry said, "Don't kick and flounce so, my little beauty. ..' If there's anything I hate it's seeing girls, make- believe they're modest. That clodhopper Bill kisses you every day, I'll warrant." . . t- : (To be continued.) New Ideas. . The Kaffirs have had an opportunity to learn something of the art of surgery since the soldiers and the military doc tors have oreiTun Africa. Possibly ad vanced methods will not altogether supersede . primitive surgery among these people, however, for they are not fond of change. -.: : . - - . - Time was when ; a Kaffir with a broken leg submitted to peculiar treat ment. It was customary to place the limb in a hole dug in the earth, and keep It there till the bones were knit together again. -y The. Leisure Hour tells of a case in which the hones of a certain Kaffir lad, having been set by European aid, the Kaffir father dissented from the meth od employed. He had the splints re moved, carried the boy home on horse back, and then took the usual course of setting the limb in the earth. The consequence was ; that it. V. took six months to effect a cure. '- j- Kaffir doctors are hereditary, the ch verest son in the doctor's family being usually chosen to succeed his father. There are other modern things that a Kaffir has to learn besides the newest mehods in surgery. In his language there Is no such term as "Thank you." He Js beginning to learn it, however, although he does not think it becoming to show any emotion-wkether of grat itude or anything else. - When two Kaffirs meet one says, "I see yon," which is answered by "Yes!" More poetical is . his " parting word, "May peace go with you," to which comes the response, "May peace stay with you." ' r An Effect Bnnilori. "After the ceremony the bride wept" "Grief at leaving her home?": her beautiful long satin train going 1 down the s'sle." j TOUNI 8 - '' Ktte-FlrinK in Porto Rico. While the boys of the United States were snowballing and making snow men, the Porto Ricah boys were out n the streets and on the Mils flying . their, kites. The kite fever began at Christmas. - Luck Try for the boys, few of the towns and- villages have telegraph or tele phone wires to mo lest the aerial toys, PORTO BICAJT BOT. ttlIU 11 18 ""servca . (Whit ). that in such cities as San Juan and Ponce, where the tele graph wires are numerous,, the boys have not indulged in the kite-flying ex citement. But in Yauco and other mountain towns the young Porto Rican spends every moment of his noon hour between school periods in hoisting the airy plaything. . It is the best sport the Porto Rican knows, for: ball-playing has not been introduced in the island; The Porto Rican boy shows a great deal of originality, in ; making these "volentines," as he calls them. Not only are new shapes continually appearing, but the variety of colors used lends additional beauty to them. The ma terials from "which they are made are colored paper, colored cloth and light bamboo sticks tied with cord. The cord is much heavier than that used by boys In the United States for the same pur pose, for the strong breezeSin Porto Rico would soon snap the string that Is used nere. However, the main reason for using the heavy cord is that the boys know nothing of our pretty, white cotton cord. - - ,",'.- Muslin or-paper Is the covering for the kites, which are of all shapes, sizes and colors. The smaller boys have little squares of paper with the Opposite cor ners folded over and fastened at the center for their kites. Older boys have the real kites, made to fly high. These are usually decorated with different colored flaps to flutter in the-wind. Some kites have the form of a' cross, others of a bird, others are in the shape of a triangle, in red, white and blue. The most common form is the six-sided kite, with all kinds of colored flaps. Often the boys put their names on their toys, and these can be read for long distances. Chicago Record-Herald. . First Railroad Accident on Recori. .The first railroad accident that ever happened was all due to the fact that 'the men who built , the railroad track overlooked a. very important point In the matter of engineering. In. 1829 George Stephenson, of Newcastle, Eng land, completed ' the first successful locomotive. Mr. Stephenson had been trying to achieve .that end for a long time. When his invention had practi cally, reached perfection he made ar rangements to give a public exhibition of his wonderful machine. A track was built, extending in a straight Tine for some distance, "and -then bending around in a great curve and coming back to the place of starting. Large crowds of people flocked to the scene to witness the test. : : But in buildiug the track the work men forgot one important fact, which seems simple enough to us of . to-day. They neglected to raise the outside rail higher than the inside rail. ' Stephen son's engine sputtered and trembled, and then started at a merry pace down the straight track. The people cheered and waved their hats. The engine struck the curve, left the-' rails .and dashed - across the field, coming to a standstill at last. - .Stephenson and his men were puzzled. Finally some' one discovered, why it had happened. The outside rail was raised slightly and the second attempt was more successful. You can see now in the curve of any railroad track that the outer rail is higher than the inner rail, and I think any boy or girl can tell why It is nec essary that this should be so. ; George Stephenson left a great inven tion to the world, and yet when he was 18 years old he was. unable to "read. At that age he began attendance at a night school and learned with great rapidity. The locomotive that he completed was named the "Rocket," and was able to run at a, speed of twenty-nine miles an hour, which was considered marvel ous at a time when horses were used almost exclusively in traveling. , Do Ton Do These Thin cs? r ' .. It is bad manners to make remarks about the food at dinner. To talk about things which only in terest yourself. - .. To contradict your friends when they are speaking. SOME PORTO RICAN KITES. ; : ; To grumble about your home and rel atives to outsiders. To say smart things which may hurt some one's feelings. . To dress shabbily In the morning be cause no one will see you. To be 'rude to those who serve you, either in shop or at home. To think first of your own pleasure when you are giving a party? . To refuse ungraciously when some body wishes to do you a favor. To behave In a street car or train as If no one else had a right to be there. To speak disrespectfully to any one older than yourself . . - Ona;ht to Be. Little Margie What kind of a boat is that out on the lake with one sail, papa?" Papa That's a catboat, my dear. Little Margie And is the little one following along behind a kitten-boat?. When It Ii Wrong to Fight. Teacher Bobby, don't you know that it Is very wrong to fight? Bobby (who got licked) Yes'm; 'tis when the other feller's bigger'n you are. ' ;V , . .. ..' ; . Self-Kvldent. Teacher Johnny, - what do we breathe? , , Johnny Air. - Teacher That's right. Now, Tommy, of what is air composed? Tommy Breath. -Almost an Angel - Little Grace having, for the first time, noticed her shoulder blades, came run ning to her mamma and said: "Oh, mamma, I'll, soon be an angel now; my wings are growing." Money Under False Pretenses." The comment of the village critic in Massachusetts, who remarked after a performance, by the Chicago orchestra that 'it is a long ways to bring a drum from Chicago Just to hit it once," calls to mind the excitement in Kansas City at the first performance of Italian opera. The sale opened at 8 o'clock in the morning, and the night before half the town camped out in order to.be early at the pox office. One of the richest men in the country round about was Uncle Andrew, and he shared In the general excitement,, although he "let on" that he was going merely to please his wife. .- ' The night of the entertainment Uncle Andrew arrayed - himself in bis very best clothes and was one of the first to arrive. The opera Was "Lucia di Lam mermoor," and the cast was Well di vided among Italians, Germans, French and English. A few minutes before 9 o'clocjc the street, door of the rooms that served as a club In those days opened, and Uncle Andrew appeared. He walked solemnly back to the enu room, pulled a chair before the grate fire and sat down to smoke. "Hello, Uncle Andrew!" said one of the younger members.. -"I thought you were at the opera." : - "Been," replied the old" gentleman, shortly. : "Didn't you enjoy it?" - "Enjoy it?" Uncle Andrew plainly showed his .deep disgust at the ques tion.. "Enjoy it? Why, young men, the hull blamed thing was In Latin !': - Calhoun's Formal Woolns;. Though ah ardent lover fretting at time's slow course until his wedding day, John C. Calhoun ' wrote bu t one letter to his sweetheart his pretty cousin Floride Calhoun. AH the other communications, when the lovers were separated,"- w.ere made through her mother. - But shortly before their mar riage "the Great Nulllfler" wrote ex pressing his anxiety for the arrival of the happy day, and the letter recently come to light is published In the La dies' Home Journal. After giving hearty expression to the joy he has found in her company the letter runs: " ; It gives "me much satisfaction that time and absence make no impres sion on my love for you; it glows with no less ardor -than at the moment of parting, which must be a happy omen of its permanent nature. ; When mere personal charms attract, the impres sion may be violent but cannot be last ing, and It requires the perpetual pres ence of the object to keep it alive; but when the beauty of mind, the soft and sweet disposition, the amiable and lov able character embellished with Inno cence and cheerfulness are united to the attractions of personal beauty, it bids defiance to time. Such, my dear Flor ide, are the arms by which you have conquered,and it is by these the dura bility of your sovereignty is established over your subject whom you bold in willing servitude. - May God preserve you. Adieu, my love; my heart's de light : ; 1 am your true lover." .-.fv. -h ." "We"' Gave Them Fits. , - A small Canadian boy whose loyalty to the British flag has got him into no end of scrapes with patriotic American youths of equally tender years, came up to his father shortly after the battle of Manila was fought, and, with a woe begone expression, said: - "Say,' father, didn't the English ever lick any other boats without losing a man?" The father was forced to con fess that they had not. "Well," said the youngster, "I guess the Americans aren't so bad, after all, are they?" - '.. ... -' On the Fourth of July when young America was celebrating the naval vic tory at Santiago, the youthful upholder of Great Britain was in the midst of a band of ultra-patriotic boys setting off firecrackers and cheering with the best of them. -. - ' .. "Here, boy! What are you cheering for?" asked his father. ; , . "Cheering for? .Oh, say, father; didn't we give those, Spaniards fits!" New York Commercial Advertiser. ; .... ' .. . Y' Too many prophets spoil the weather. Tile and the LaTin of It. Horseshoe tile are not as good for the purpose of draining as round tile, says a correspondent of Country Gen tleman. While they would be reasona bly sure to stay in place if properly laid, they are not as efficient as round tile. The reason they are not as efficient is shown in the cut. If but a small stream of water is flowing, it spreads opt over the entire fiat surface of the horseshoe tile, and there is not depth enough of water to causa' the removal of silt or sediment which may accumu late. It is far more difficult to lay horseshoe tile and do good work than to lay round tile. If the round tile-does not make a tight Joint with its neigh bor, it may be turned until a place Is found where the Joint is reasonably satisfactory. If the horseshoe tile does not fit with its neighbor, then the shov el must be used and earth removed or filled in as the occasion may require. If horseshoe tile are used, they will do better work if they are laid with the flat tile up, for then conditions as to flow of the water are produced which are nearly like those present with the round tile. When round tile are laid, it is well to lay a piece of common tarred building paper over . the joint before Ailing in with earth. No matter how tight the joint is made there is HOUND TILE. H0B8E8H0E TILE. always a slight opening, and there Is a" possibility that soil may pass into the tile and obstruct the passage. Af ter the tile are placed a small piece of building paper laid over the joint just before replacing the earth will insure against obstruction. - The Round Silo. . As every, student of mathematics knows, the circle is the shortest line which can inclose any given area. When the material for building a silo is an Important object to be considered, the round silo will contain more than any other that can be built at the same cost for lumber, and thus it is the better form for many, but we think not for all. A silo built In the barn taking one or more of the bays used for hay, and extending from the cellar floor, if there is a barn cellar, to hear the' roof, can often be put in at small cost, simply by lining the outer . walls and making strong partitions on the inner sides, and the space so taken up will not be need ed for hay unless the stock kept is to be increased, as the ensilage in it will feed more animals than all the hay that could be packed in It, as farmers mow away their hay. Of course we are not speaking of baled hay, because the farmers do not often bale hay that they intend to feed out at home. But a cubic foot of ensilage in a silo eighteen to twenty-five feet deep will average to weigh about forty pounds, which Is a fair amount to give a cow. each day with the hay and grain that should go with it, and a farmer an very easily figure how large a space would be need ed to provide food for his stock. Many of them could not as easily figure the solid contents of a round silo if given dimensions, though they may have chil dren who have graduated from high school who could do so. But the silo In the barn requires but little extra lum ber and no. extra roof, and It keeps the food very near where it Is wanted. Those who have limited capital often have to choose the cheaper way if it is not the ' better way. New England Farmer. ; Clover and Corn for Stock. If one could raise good. crops every year of clover and corn, there would be little difficulty in providing stock with suitable food, says a Michigan farmer. Clover I regard as a double ration, taking the place really of hay and grain. It is possible to winter horses and stock on clover without pro ducing any ill effects or reducing them much hi weight' and strength. This I would not advocate except as an exper iment or in an emergency. What our stock needs is variety, and while clover might supply both hay and grain con stituents there would be the possibility of inducing sickness and poor appetite from the lack of variety. Clover," of course, produces a direct beneficial ef fect upon the soil and adds to it more than the corn takes away. Persistent cultivation of corn on any field must in time reduce the soil fertility to such a low point that succeeding crops will suffer. . With clover as a part of a ro tation there would be little chance of such soil degeneration. -- . . - Weights an i Measures. The old saying that "a pint Is a pound all the world 'round" does not hold good with the many grain feeds. They -vary much, and as the papers when giving balanced rations usually express themselves in pounds,: while the farmer usually feeds by measure, dipping it up with the handy two-quart measure, it may be well to know just what a quart weighs. : We copy from the Rural . New Yorker this table, which we think Is nearly accurate for weights of a quart Coarse wheat bran Vi pound, coarse wheat middlings 4-6 pound, wheat, mixed feed, 8-5 pound, fine wheat middlings 1. pounds". linseed meal the same, gluten feed L2 pounds, gluten meal 1.7 pounds, corn meal and cotton seed VA pounds each. To dip up a measure full of fine mid dlings is to give more than twice as much as to use the same dish full of coarse bran, which may be a good rea son why many get the best results from feeding the finer grain, while corn meat weigns three times as much as the bran. Massachusetts Plough man. Raising or Buying Feed. Where the farmer grows the fodder and grain for his animals he Is justified in feeling that it bas cost less than it would if he paid the cash for it in the market if he has been successful in get taing good crops. He bas made a mar- " tof t,l . ! .1. . . . , "io vwu iuuurt me lauor oi nis team and use of tools, and for the ma nure that was a waste product of his stock. All of that forms a part of his profit, and the crops may be said to have cost him the seed, hired labor and fertilizer bought But It may not be may be able to sell it and purchase oth er food materials that would give him enough better results to repay bira for the labor of drawing both ways. Bran and gluten feed produce so much more milk than corn meal that he may sell the corn he has raised, and buy the other feeds which he does not raise. Other foods are better for hens than the corn, or even than oats. Tho man who tries to be so independent as neith er to buy nor sell, had better set up a hand loom and a cobbler's bench, to save spending money for clothing. We could fatten hogs and cattle on turnips and onions cheaper when we sold them and bought our corn than we could to have fed the roots, and we thought cheaper than if we had grown the corn. Exchange. cnangtng r eea. We like to get new seed for farnT crops rrom more Northern points, as the crop not only ripened earlier, but yielded better. We remember one year getting some seed potatoes from Ver mont, and as we did not get as many as we wanted to plant we bought some of a neighbor who raised them the year befre from Vermont seed, and finally finished with a row or so of seed which had been grown on the farm where we were. All were of the same variety, and looked equally good, and all plant ed the same day. The home-grown seed yielded half as large a crop as that we got from the neighbor a&d about one-third as that which came from Vermont. We have ripened a good crop of corn from. Canadian seed, when the frost badly hurt that In our neighbor's field planted as early as was ours. Seeds from Southern melons fail to produce a good crop in Massa chusetts, and we have thought that other garden seeds were not as good when purchased from, our Southern dealers as when we knew they were of Northern growth. American Culti vator. Grrde Mothers. It seems to be a principle in breeding that when two animals of different breeds are mated, the influence of the one which is the nearest pure bred, if both are in equal vigor and strength, will be the most potent in Its effects upon the offspring. If one is weak or In poor condition, the other may attain the ascendency, as surely will be the case with the one that is of a pure bred and the other only a grade. When both are equal in breeding and health, it Is unsafe to predict which parent the offspring will most resemble, as It may vary according to their condition at the time of mating. This will explain why many who have begun to grade up their herds by the use of a pure bred male have succeeded better than those who ha.ve trie! to effect a cross be tween two good breeds. And this is true of poultry as of animals. ' The Pea Lons?. We hear of some who say they will riot try to grow green peas this year, because they lost their crop last year by the aphis or plant lice on the vines. We would not cease to plant them for two reasons. . If the insects came on so abundantly as to threaten destruction of the crop, we would plow them In, which would destroy every insect and the green crop would be a good fertiliz er on which to grow some other late crop, as winter beets or cabbages, or to set tomatoes, or to sow spinach or kale for next spring. But more than that these plagues of plant lice are sel dom troublesome more than two, or three years in succession, often disap pearing as suddenly as they came, while if no peas are to be found they can as well live on the clover as on peas. If there are peas they prefer them to clover, and they are destroyed with the peas. Exchange. Farm Notes. Mongolian pheasants are being suc cessfully reared in Ohio. " - The farmers of northeastern Ohio are making a great thing of the onion crop. To push along the lima beans an I cucumbers start them on sods in the hotbed or cold frame. A commercial estimate of the cran berry crop of the United States for 1900 places it at 189.000 barrels. All the world seems to have gone to raising mushrooms lately. Luck fly. their popularity seems to be- increasing ' with the supply. Spurry Is said to be of value as a catch crop on light sandy soils, which it Improves when turned under. It re-. nuiron considerable moisture. . - Cheap farm fire insurance on the mu tual basis at low rates Is the interest ing experiment Inaugurated by a Mas sachusetts grange.- :," . - , ; Sow eggplant in the' hotbed and transplant high to other beds or pots. Plants must have good beds, , for a check In their growth means all the difference between profit and loss, savs Bailey, :