SEMI-WEEKLY.
UNION Kstnb. July, 1S97.
GAZETTE Bstab. Dec, 186.
i Consolidated Feb., 1899.
CORVAIililS, BENTON CO UNTY, OREGON, - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1901.
VOX. n. NO. 20.
Tbe Doctor'
By Hesba
CHAPTER II. Continued.)
A little crumbling path led round the
rock and along the edge of the ravine.
I chose it because from it I could see
all the fantastic shore, bending In a semi
circle towards the isle of Breckhou, with
tiny, untrodden bays, covered at this
hour with only glittering ripples, and
with all the soft and tender shadows of
the head-lands falling across them.
I was just giving my last look to them
when the loose stones on the crumbling
path gave way under my tread, and be
fore I could recover my foothold I found
myself slipping down the almost perpen
dicular face of the cliff, and vainly
clutching at every bramble and tuft of
grass growing in its clefts.
I landed with a shock far below, and
for some time lay insensible. As nearly
as I could make out, It would be high
water in about two hours. Tardlf had
set off at low w,ater, but before starting
he had said something about returning at
high tide, and running up his boat on the
beach of our little bay. If he did that
he must pass close by me. It was Sat
urday morning, and he was in the habit
of returning early on Saturdays, that he
miirht DreDure for the services of the
next day.
At last whpther years or hours only
had gone by, .1 could not then have told
you I heard the regular and careful beat
of oars upon the water, and presently
the grating of a boat s keel upon the gmn-
gle. I could not turn round or raise my
head, but 1 was sure it was Tardif.
"Tardif !" I cried, attempting to shout,
but my voice sounded very weak in my
own ears, and the other sounds about me
eemed very loud. .
He paused then, and stoed quite still,
listening. I ran the fingers of my right
hand through the loose pebbles about me,
and his ear caught the slight noise. In
a moment I heard his strong feet coming
cross them towards me.
"Mam'zelle," he exclaimed, "what has
happened you?"
I tried to smile as his honest, brown
face bent over me, full of alarm. It
was so great a relief to see a face like
his after that long,, weary agony. -
"I've fallen down the cliff," I said
feebly, "and I am hurt."
The strong man shook, and his hand
trembled as he stooped down and laid
it under my head to lift it up a little.
His agitation touched me to the heart.
"Tardif," I whispered, "it is not very
much, and I might have been killed. I
think my foot is hurt, and I am quite
ure my arm is broken."
He lifted me In his arms as easily and
tenderly as a mother lifts up her child.
and carried me gently up the steep slope
which led homewards. It seemed a long
time before we reached the farmyard
... .1 1 1 J UL J 3
voice, to his mother to come and open it
Never, never shall I forget that night
. T ranld not sleeri! bnt T siinnnsA mv mind
wandered a little. Hundreds of times I
felt myself down on the shore, lying help
less. Then I was back again in my own
. home In Adelaide, on my father's sheep
farm, and he was still alive, and with
no thought but how to make everything
bright and gladsome for me; and hun
dreds of times I saw the woman who
was afterwards to .be my stepmother,
seallng up to the door and trying, to get
In to him and me.
Twice Tardif brought me a cup of tea,
freshly made. , I was very glad when
the first gleam of daylight shone into my
room. It seemed to bring clearness to
my brain.
"Alam zelle, said Tardif, coming to
my side, "I am going to fetch a doctor.'
"But it is Sunday," I answered faint
ly. I knew that no boatman put out to
sea willingly on a Sunday from Sark; and
the last fatal accident, being on a Sun
day, had deepened their reluctance.
"It will be right, mam'zelle," he an
swered, with glowing eyes. "I have no
fear."
"Do not be long away, Tardif," I said
obbtng. -
"Not one moment longer thaa I can
help," he replied.
CHAPTER III.
I, Martin Dobree, come Into the
Grange, belonged to Julia; and fully half
of the year's household expenses were de
frayed by her. Our practice, which he
story to tell my remarkable share in its
events. Martin, or Doctor Martin, I was
called throughout Guernsey. My father
was Dr. Dobree. . He belonged to one of
the oldest families in the island, but our
branch of It had been growing poorer in
stead of richer during the last three or
. four generations. . We had been gravi
tating steadily downwards.
My father lived ostensibly by his pro
fession, but actually upon the income of
my cousin, Julia Dobree, who had been
his ward from her childhood. The house
we dwelt in, a pleasant one in the
and I shared between us, was not a
large one, tnougn ror its extent It waa
lucrative enough. But there always is
an Immense number of medical men in
Guernsey in proportion to its population,
ana tne isiana is neaitny. There waa
small chance for any of us to make
fortune.
My engagement to Julia came about so
easily and naturally that I was perfect
ly contented with it We bad been en
gaged since Christmas, and were to be
married in the early summer. We were
to set up housekeeping for ourselves; that
- was a point Julia was bent upon. A
suitable house had' fallen vacant in one
of the higher streets of St Peter-port
which commanded a noble view of the
sea and the surrounding islands. We had
taken It though it was farther from the
Grange and my mother than I should
have chosen my home to be. She and
: Julia were busy, pleasantly busy, about
the furnishing.
That was about the middle of March.
. I had been to church one Sunday morning
with these two women, both devoted to
me and centering all their love and hopes
In me, when, as we entered the house
on my roturn. I heard my father calling
"Martini Martini" as loudly as be could
from his consulting room. I answered
the call Instantly, tad whom should
f)ilemma
Stretton
see but a very old friend of mine. Tar
dif, of the Havre Gosselln. Hie hand
some but weather-beaten face betrayed
great anxiety. My father looked cha
grined and Irresolute. i
"Here's a pretty piece of work, Mar
tin," he said; "Tardif wants one of us to
go back with him to Sark, to see
woman who has fallen from the cliffs
and broken her arm, confound It!"
"Dr. Martin," criel Tardif excitedly,
"I beg of you to come this Instant even.
She has been lying in anguish since mid
day yesterday twenty-four hours now,
sir. I started at dawn this morning,
but both wind and tide were against me,
and I have been waiting here some time.
Be quick, doctor! ' ' If 'she should : be
dead I"
The poor fellow's voice faltered, and his
eyes met mine Imploringly. He and I
had been fast friends In my boyhood, and
our friendship was still firm and true.- I
shook his hand heartily a grip which he
returned with his fingers of iron till my
own tingled again.
"I knew you'd come," he gasped. "
"Ah, I'll go, Tardif," I said; "only I
must get a snatch of something to eat
while Dr. Dobree puts up what I shall
have need of. I'll be ready In half an
hour."
The tide was with ns, and carried us
over buoyantly. We anchored at the
fisherman's landing place below, the cliff
of the Havre Gosselln, and I climbed
readily up the rough ladder which leads
to the path. Tardif made his boat se
cure, and followed me; he passed me.
and strode on up the steep track to the
summit of the cliff, as if impatient to
reach his home. It was then that I
"HE PAUSED THEN."
gave my first serious thought to the wom
an who had met with the accident. '
"Tardif, who Is this person that is
hurt?" I asked, "and whereabout did she
fall?"
"She fell down yonder," he answered,
with an odd quaver in his voice, as he
pointed to a rough and rather high por
tion of the cliff running inland; "the
stones rolled from under her feet so," he
added, crushing down a quantity of the
loose gravel with his foot "and she slip
ped. She lay on the shingle underneath
for two hours before I found her two
hours. Dr. Martin!"
Tardif a mother came to us as we en
tered the house. She beckoned me to
follow her into an inner room. It was
small, with a celling so low, it seemed
to rest upon the tour posts of the bed
stead. There were of course none of the
little dainty luxuries about it with which
was familiar in my mother's bedroom.
A long low window opposite the head of
the bed threw a strong light upon t.
There were check curtains drawn round
It, and a patchwork quilt, and rough,
home-spun linen. Everything was clean,
but coarse and frugal, such as I expected
to find about my Sark patient, in the
home of a fisherman.
But when my eye fell upon the face
resting on the rough pillow I paused in
voluntarily, only just controlling an ex
clamation of surprise. There was abso
lutely nothing in the surroundings .; to
mark ber as a lady, yet 1 felt in a mo
ment that she was one. There lay a deli
cate refined face, white as the linen, with
beautiful lips almost as white; and a
mass of light shining silky hair tossed
about the pillow; and large dark gray
eyes gazing at me beseechingly, with an
expression that made my heart leap as It
had never leapt before. -
That was what I saw, and could not
forbear seeing. I tried to close my eyes
to the pathetic beauty of the" face before
me; but it was altogether in vain. : If I
had seen ber before, or if I had been
prepared to see any one like her, I might
have succeeded; but I was completely
thrown off my guard. There the charm
ing face lay; the eyes gleaming, the white
forehead tinted, and the delicate mouth
contracting with pain; the bright silky
curls tossed about in confusion. I see it
now, just as I saw it then.
CHAPTER IV.
I suppose I did not stand still more
than five seconds, yet during that pause
a host of questions had flashed through
my brain. Who was this beautiful crea
ture? Where had she come from? How
did it happen ithat she waa in Tardif's
house? and so on. . But I recalled myself
sharply to my senses; I was here as1 her
physician and common sense and duty
demanded of me to keep my head clear.
I advanced to her side and took the
small, blue-veined hand, into mine, and
felt her pulse) with my fingers. ',--....
"You are la very great pain,. I fear,'
I said, lowering my voice, : ; .
"Yes," her white Hps answered, and
she tried to : smile a patient though
dreary smile, as she looked up into my
face; my arm is broken. Are yon
doctor?" :
"I am Dr. Martin Dobree," I said,
passing my hand softly down her arm,
The fracture was above the elbow, and
was of a kind to make the setting of it
give her sharp, acute pain. I could see
she was scarcely fit to bear any further
suffering just then; but what was to be
done? She was not likely to get. much
rest till the bone was set.
"Did yon ever take chloroform T I
asked. - . - -
"No; 1 never needed It," she answered.
"Should yon object to taking It?"
"Anything," she replied passively. "I
will do anything you wish."
I went back Into the kitchen and open
ed the portmanteau my father had put
up for me. -.Splints and bandages wero
there In abundance, enough to set half
the arms In the island, but neither chlo
roform nor anything In the shape of an
opiate could I find. I might almost as
well have come to Sark altogether un
prepared for my case.
I stood for a few minutes, deep la
thought. The daylight was going, and it
was useless to waste time; yet I found
myself shrinking oddly from the duty be
fore me. Tardif could not help bnt see
my chagrin and hesitation.
"Doctor," he cried, "she is not going to
die?" :
. "No, no," I answered, calling back my
wandering thoughts and energies; "there
Is not the smallest danger of that. - I
must go and set her arm at once, and
then she will sleep."
I returned to the room and raised her
as gently and painlessly as I could. ' She
moaned, though very softly, and she tried
to smile again as her eyes met mine look
ing anxiously at her. That smile made
me feel like a child. If she did It again
I knew my hands would be unsteady, and
her pain be tenfold greater.
"I would rather you cried out or shout
ed," I said. "Don't try to control your
self when. I hurt you. You need not be
afraid of seeming impatient, and a loud
scream or two would do you good."
I felt the ends of the broken bone grat
ing together as I drew them Into their
right places, and the ' sensation went
through and through me. I had set
scores of broken limbs before with no
feeling like this, which was so near un
nerving me. All the time the girl's white
face and firmly set lips lay under my
gaze, with the wide open, unflinching
eyes looking straight at me; a mournful,
silent, appealing face, which betrayed the
pain I made her suffer ten times more
than any cries or shrieks could have
done. I smoothed the coarse pillows for
her to lie more comfortably, upon them.
and I spread my cambric handkerchief in
a double fold between her cheek and the
rough linen too rough for a soft cheek
like hers. - -
"Lie quite still." I said. "Do n&t stir.
but go to sleep as fast as you can."
Then I went out to Tardif.
"The arm is set" I said, "and now she
must get some sleep. There is not the
least danger, only we will keep the house
as quiet as possible." ,
I must go and bring in the boat." ho
replied, bestirring himself as if some spell
was at an end. "There will be a storm
to-night and I should sleep the sounder
If she was safe ashore." -'
-The feeble light entering bv the door.
which I left open, showed me the 'old
woman comfortably asleep In her chair.
but not so the girl. I had told her when
I laid her down that she must lie quite
still, and she was obeying me implicitly
tier cheek still rested upon my hand
kerchief, and the broken arm remained
undisturbed upon the pillow which I had
placed under it But her eyes were wide
open and shining in the dimness, and I
fancied I could see her lips moving in
cessantly, though soundlessly.
The gale- that Tardif had foretold came
with great violence about the middle of
the night The Wind howled up the long,
narrow ravine like a oack of wolves:
mighty storms of hall and rain beat in
torrents against the windows, and the
sea lifted up Its voice with unmistakable
energy. Now and again a stronger gust
than the others appeared to. threaten to
carry off the -thatched roof bodily, and
leave - us exposed to . the tempest with
only the thick stone walla about us; and
the latch of the outer door rattled as if
some one was striving to enter.
The westerly gale, rising every few
hours into a squall, gave me no chance
of leaving Sark the next day, nor for
some days afterwards; but I was not at
all put out by my captivity. All my In
terests my whole being in fact was ab
sorbed In the care of this girl, stranger
as she was. I thought and moved, lived
and breathed, only to fight step by step
against delirium and death.
; There seemed to me to be no possibility
of aid. . The stormy waters which beat
against that little rock in the sea came
swelling and "rolling in from 'the vast
plain of the Atlantic and broke in. tem
pestuous surf against the island. Tar
dif himself was kept a prisoner in the
house, except when he went to look after
his live stock. No doubt -it would have
been practicable for me to get as far as
the hotel, but to what good? It would
be quite deserted, for there were no vis
itors to car at this season. 1 was en
tirely engrossed in my patient and
learned for the first time what their task
Is who hour after hour watch the pro
gress of disease in the person of one dear
10 tnem. :
On the Tuesday afternoon, in a tern
porary lull of the hail and wind, I start
ed off on a walk across the island. The
wind was still blowing from the south
west and filling all the narrow sea be
tween us and Guernsey with boiling
surge. Very angry looked the masses of
foam whirling about the sunken reefs,
and very ominous the- low-lying, hard
blocks of clouds all along the horizon.
strolled as far aa the Coupee, that giddy
pathway between Ureat and Little Sark,
where one can see the seething of the
waves at the feet of the cliffs on both
sides three hundred feet below one. Some
thing like a panic seized me. My nerves
were too far unstrung for me to venture
across the long, narrow isthmus. I turn
ed abruptly again, and .hurried as fast
as my legs would carry me back to Tar
dif s cottage.
I had been away less than an hour, but
an advantage had been taken of my ab
sence. I f ould Tardif seated at the table,
with a tangle of silky, shining hair lying
before him. A tear or two had fallen
npon It from his eyes. I understood at
a glance what it meant. , Mother Renouf,
whom he had secured as a nurse, bad cut
off my patient's pretty curls as soon as I
was out of the house. Tardlf's great
hand caressed them tenderly, and I drew
out one long, glossy tress and wound It
about my Angers, with a heavy heart.
"It is like the pretty feathers of a
bird that has been wounded," said Tar
dif sorrowfully.
Just then there came - a knock at the
door and a sharp click of the latch, loud
enough to penetrate dame Tardlfa deaf
ears, or to arouse our patient, if she had
been sleeping. Before either of us could
more the door was thrust open and two
young ladies appeared upon the door sill.
They were It Sashed across me in an
Instant old school fellows and friends
of Julia's. - I declare to yon honestly I
had scarcely had one thought of Julia till
now. My mother I had wished for, to
take her place by this poor girl's side, but
Julia had hardly crossed my mind. Why,
in heaven a name, should the appearance
of these friends of hers be so distasteful
to me Just now? I had known them all
my life, and liked them as well as any
girls I knew; but at this moment the
very sight of them was annoying.
They stood In the doorway, as much as
tonished and thunderstricken as I was,
glaring at me, so it seemed to me, with
that soft, bright brown look of hair curl
ing and clinging round .my finger. Never
had I fe.lt so foolish or guilty.
(To be continued.) ;
American Coal the Best.
'Ever since I was a boy I have been
reminded of the old story about 'carry
ing coals to . Newcastle,' whenever I
performed unnecessary tasks," said
Richard. Harker of Newcastle-on-Tyne,
England, in the lobby of the Shore-
ham last night "To carry coals to
Newcastle was supposed to be as futile
a . task as trying to sweep back the
waves on the seashore. I have lived
to see coals carried to Newcastle, bow
ever; and, being an Englishman, it
grieves . me to say .that the coals in
question "came all the way from Amer
ica... ; -
Within the last few years an enor
mous amount of coal has been shipped
from Norfolk, Va., to various . parts of
England. Some of It went to Ports
mouth, to the naval station there,, and
many tons were sent to Newcastle. We
have better facilities for handling coal
there than any other place In the
United Kingdom; For jnany years It
has been the center of the coal mining
Industry of our country and conse
quently the arrangements -and appli
ances for shipping fuel to various parts
of the country are away ahead of those
of other towns.
"The coal that comes from the west
ern portion of the State of Virginia-
soft coal, I mean Is the finest fuelfor
steamships that Is mined anywhere In
the world. . The coal seems to produce
more steam from a small quantity than
any I have seen. It Is now used ex
tensively on the vessels of the British
navy' and from what I saw a week ago
la Norfolk and Newport News Ihould
judge that the shipment must amount
to millions of tons per year." Wash
ington Times. .
A German Picture of the Future.
Scene A schoolroom of the twentieth
century. ;;. -
Teacher (to a" new scholar) "Jack,
are you inoculated against croup?"
Pupil "Yes, sir." .
"Have you been inoculated with the
cholera bacillus?" -
'Yes, sir." - : . . '..
'Have you a written certificate that
you arc Immune as to whooping cough.
measles and scarlatina?"
'Yes, sir, I have."
'Have you your own drinking cup?"
'Yes, sir." . ; .
'Will you promise not to exchange
sponges with your neighbor, and to
use no slate pencil but-your own?"
"Yea, sir.'
"Will you agree to have your books
fumigated every week with sulphur,
and to have your clothes sprinkled with
chloride of lime?" -
"Yes, sir."
."Then,- Jack, yon -possess all that
modern hygiene requires; you can step
over that wire, occupy an Isolated seat
made of aluminum, and begin your
arithmetic lesson." . .....
-All Named the Same Date.
'; Hall Well, good-by. Come and see
me some time. ' ' , .
Story Awfully sorry, old boy; but
I've got over a hundred engagements
that day. - ;
Hall A hundred engagements?
Nonsense! ' . '
Story Fact Within a few days I've
received over a hundred Invitations to
friends' houses and in every case "some
time" was the date mentioned. .Boston
Transcript '.
. .. Looking tor Work.
"Yes, ma'am," said the ragged fat
man; "I'm lookin' fur work. - You ain't
got no odd jobs o' scrubbln' or washin'
ter be did, have yer?"
"Why, you surely don't do scrubbing
or work of that .sort" said the house
keeper, ' .::'; : .
"Sure not I'm lookin' fur work fur
me wife." Philadelphia Record.
Oldest Physician,
Gallus Ritter von Hockberger, Im
perial and royal counsellor of the Aus
trian court is believed to be the oldest
duly qualified physician in the world.
He was born on Oct 15, 1803, and Is
therefore 97 years of age. He has
been practicing for seventy-one years,
and still gives medical advice. - :-- . '
" The way of the transgressor often
leads to foreign shores. - .
Lessons from the Drought.
Wherever the farmers come togeth
er, the trend. of conversation naturally
turns toward the condition of the corn
crop in the various neighborhoods. All
mention the clover field planted to corn
as being their best prospect. In many
ies where barnyard manure bad
been applied In the spring, the corn Is
very seriously damaged. New ground
planted to corn has been noticeably af
fected by drought and in many cases
practically no grain will be secured
from such fields.
Such conditions, bo plain to us now,
should direct us to different plans for
raising anothr crop. We all know
that a good clover field will give a sat
isfactory account of itself when condi
tions are favorable, and if It shows that
it is better able than other fields to
pass through dry weather, surely the
farmer should plan to have more clo
ver sod to turn under for corn. In
many cases the manure has. done dam
age by causing the corn to dry up. It
has not rotted in the soil. The coarse
stray has not allowed the land to re
tain Its normal amount of moisture.
Really the manure has not been on
the ground long enough to become thor
oughly incorporated (n the soil, and It
acts as a foreign body, cutting, off the
supply of moisture. Had the manure
been applied to the growing clover, the
clover growth would have been much
greater and the unused manure would
have been converted into rich earth by
the time the field had been planted to
corn. Where the clover has been ma
nured the soil will hold even more
than the normal amount of moisture
when it is broken up' and planted to
corn. "
It is little trouble to raise good crops
when the seasons are especially favorable.-"
Then every farmer has grain to
sell, or fat stock to place on the mar
ket, and prices are likely to be very
low. The unfavorable year selects out
the Intelligent, thinking farmer and
gives him paying yields. He Is pre
pared to take stock not fatted at a low
figure and sell them in the market at
very high prices To the intelligent,
thinking farmer the off year in crops
is not so disastrous after all. Indianap
olis News.
Loss by Files.
At the Wisconsin Station they divid-ed-fourteen
cows Into two lots, as near
ly equal in condition as they could make
them, and one-half were sent to pasture
according to the. usual custom of farm
ers, though in a small field with plenty
of shade during the day. The others
were kept during the day in a comfort
able stable with screen doors and win
dows, but allowed to feed In the pas
ture during night and the early morn
ing. It was found that these produced
20 per cent more butter than, those In
the pasture during the day, as the lat
ter were kept moving all of the time by
the files. On an Iowa dairy farm they
obtained more milk from cows kept in
a dark stable without screens during
the day and let out to graze at night, .
than they did from those In pasture all
day and in stable at night. Similar re
sults have been obtained by the spraying-
of cattle with something to repel
the flies, but most of these repellants
have an odor that fills the air in the
stable and may injure the milk or but
ter, If not very carefully used. There's
nothing better than a sponge or damp
cloth just made moist with kerosene,
and wiped lightly over the top of the
head, along the back and over the legs,
using it every morning Just after milk
ing. The odor evaporates before the
next milking, If not used too freely.
Exchange.
. " Benovatlnz the Boll.
That humus is necessary in the soil
and that the plowing under of non-nitrogenous
plant growth is valuable will
not be questioned, but the farmers who
have been successful- with ' this plan
are warned against the idea which is
becoming somewhat general that this
course will make manuring of any kind
unnecessary. It is true that there may
He conditions where the use of fertiliz
ers seems unnecessary In addition to
the plan of renovation referred to, but
such conditions are not general. The
farmer who attempts to grow, the usu
al rotation of crops and relies wholly
upon the fertility he Is able to get from
the soil solely by the use of nitrogen
ous plants -or by the use .of humus
making plants, will find his crops
growing smaller and smaller as the
years go by.
Properly Mixed Diet
A properly balanced ration for stock
has solved the problem of supplying
animals with the elements which their
natural appetites crave. This, could
not be consummated in a restricted
diet which is shown by the unnatural
desire of animals for bones and other
substances which evidently contained
the desired element Such animals dis
play an unthrifty condition until . the
desired element is supplied with salt,
bonemealor some other ingredient lack
ing in their regular ration. A balanced
ration Involves a variety of elements
which go to make muscle, fat and bone
in the proper proportion, and stockmen
are now giving this subject special at
tention, as the best results can only be
achieved by feeding, a properly mixed
diet
Care of Horses.
A few horses do not get as much feed
as they need to enable them to do their
work properly, but there are more, at
least, In this part of the country that
are overfed, especially where feeding Is
intrusted to those who do not have to
pay for the food given. In their desire
to have the animals look plump and
sleek they give more than can be well
digested, and sometimes defeat their
own intentions by causing such indiges
tion that the horse grows lean, if. be is
not wise enough to refuse to eat all
that is placed before him. Nor are the
owners always guiltless In this matter.
Farmers especially are apt to feed too
much hay to the horse, giving thirty to
forty pounds In twenty-four hours,
when from twelve to twenty pounds Is
enough for horses of almost any weight
when there is enough of grain given.
And many will not reduce either bay or
grain rations when there is a week or
two of idleness. This is a mistake, but
not as bad as that of largely increasing
the grain feed when there Is an extra
amount of work to be done, or a long
drive to be made. The veterinary sur
geons say that most of the cases they
are called upon to prescribe for are the
results of overfeeding, or feeding after
hard work. American Cultivator.
The Farmer' Hog.
The farmer's hog should be of me
dium length, deep body, broad back,
straight sides and short legs, also to
stand well up on feet, said J. C.
Wright before the Iowa Swine Breed
ers' Association. ' He should have a
quiet disposition and be Inclined to be a
little lazy, so after being fed he will
lie down and get the good of his corn.
He should also have a neat head, well
set on the body, bo that when fat and
butchered there will be as little Waste
as possible. In producing such a hog
it is very necessary to pay particular
attention to the parent stock. In the
first place, the sows should be well bred
and a little lengthy, with good, well-developed
bodies, good feet and limbs
and should also be good sucklers. The
farmer wants a hog that will mature
early, say at six, eight or ten months,
and average in weight from 200 to 350
pounds. .
Preservlne Fummer-Made Bntter.
The main object to attain in packing
Summer-grade butter is to keep it from
the air and from taints. This being
the case, it is obvious that stone crocks
or Jars are preferable to anything e'.ae
as receptacles. The butter should be
molded into pound Tolls, wound with
butter cloth, and packed In strong
brine. The brine should be made suffi
ciently strong to float an egg, and to
each gallon add two ounces of white
sugar and half an ounce of saltpeter.
It should then be boiled and skimmed
and poured over the rolls of butter
when it is perfectly cold. The process
has been found successful, but it is a
question if the better plan is not to
find a market for the summer butter,
even at the low summer - price, and
thus avoid the hard work.
Best Time to Freshen Cows.
There is no "room for further discus
sion of the question as to whether it is
more profitable to have cows freshen in
the spring or in the fall, says Hoard's
Dairyman. It has been tried too often
and under too widely differing condi
tions, and without exception, so far as
we are advised, the cow that freshens
In the fail will yield more milk in
twelve months, and the milk and its
products are worth more money. The
best plan of all probably is to have
cows freshen at different times in the
year say three-fourths of them from
September to January and the others
at Intervals throughout the balance of
the year. -
Demand for Heavy Horses.
There seems to be a much clearer
Idea generally prevailing nowadays as
to what a heavy harness horse really
Is, and the supply ought in time to
more nearly equal the demand. It Is
hardly worth repeating, says Breeder's
Gazette, that the number of heavy har
ness horses of show yard quality has
never in any country "come anywhere
near to filling the demand. '
Notes About Fruit.
For apple scab use bordeaux mixture
every three weeks up to the middle of
July or 1st of August
In general, especially in small vine
yards, a thousand vines are pruned too
little for one that is pruned too mncn.
Road dust air .slaked lime or wood
ashes dusted over small cherry trees is
an effective remedy for the cherry slug.
Pomona iif the best flavored red cur
rant and White Imperial the best
among the white sorts, according to pne
of the stations.
' - Currant worms that appear when the
fruit Is half grown should be treated
with pyrethrum, a tablespoonful to a
gallon of water. - - :
Tomato plants grown from cuttings
from plants which had fruited are said
to have produced over thirty per cent
more fruit than those grown from seed.
It seems that the pecan tree has Its
Insect pests as well as the other trees.
It is said that the borer, a dirty white,
grublike creature, is one of the worst
SEA LIONS OF CALIFORNIA.
Their Partial Destruction Base J on a
Mistaken Idea
Prof. Woodward's wholesome address
on the necessity of verifying theories
by the observation of facts finds an ex
cellent Illustration In the sea Hon ques
tion in California." These animals,
which have long been prized by lovers
of nature as one of the great' attrac
tions of the coast, have fallen Into dis
repute among the fishermen because
their presence was supposed to account
for the deterioration of certain fishing
grounds. So confident was the belief
in their fish-devouring habits that their
destruction or at least a great reduc
tion of their numbers was advocated
and In part accomplished by the State
Commission of Fisheries, according to
a writer In Science. But it now ap
pears that this belief was without sub
stantial foundation.
The appeal to fact has been made by
the critical examination of the stom
achs of slaughtered sea lions, and It
has been found by Prof. Dyche that the
twenty-five animals examined had eat
en only squids and other cephalopoda,
eschewing fish altogether.
The investigation of food habits by
means of stomach examination is of far-
reaching Importance. Dr. Merriam is
enegaged, through the biological sur
vey, in the most elaborate study of
animal foods ever made. For many-
years the stomachs of wild birds and.
mammals have been systematically col
lected and laboriously studied, to the
end that the favorite and the occasion
al foods of each species in each season
of the year and In each part of the
country may become known. As each
group Is worked up the facts are pub
lished by the Department of Agricul
ture, and farmers and legislators are
thus informed what species may prop
erly be regarded as friendly and what
as hostile to the Interests of the peo
ple. In many instances It has been
found that popular Impressions, almost
necessarily founded on a comparative
ly small numer of facts, are alto
gether erroneous, so that war has been
waged on our friends and protection
given our enemies. - .- .
WOMAN RIDES ASTRIDE
IN NEW. YORK HUNT.
Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., of the
Meadow Brook Hunt Club, has intro
duced cross-saddle riding to the women
of New York under circumstances
where no other woman has dared to be
a pioneer. Some weeks ago Mrs. Hitch-
cock, who is young, charming and the
finest horsewoman in her set,- appeared
at a meet of the Meadow Brook Hunt
Club riding astride and in a costume
distinctly masculine.
MRS. THOMAS HITCHCOCK, JR.
Now, the Meadow Hunt Club Is made
up of extremely fashionable New York
ers. Its conventions are as rigid as
those that prevail in the smartest draw
ing rooms. And one of them happens
to be the use of side saddles and riding
skirts for women. These prejudices
Mrs. Hitchcock dared to defy. She rode
astride once. People gasped. She con
tinued her practice. People began to
compliment her appearance. She now
announces that cross-saddle riding will
be her custom henceforth and there Is
even a hint that riding trousers may
become the fashion.
A Joke on the Doctor.
. Going into the free dispensary of the
New York Medical College and Hospi
tal for Women one afternoon a physi
cian found three or four little girls who,
while awaiting treatment, had evident
ly made friends, and were huddled to
gether on one bench, eagerly discussing
something of great interest .which on
investigation proved to be - a mnch
handled "chunk" ofr candy. . In aston
ishment he Inquired what they were
doing. Some questioning finally elicit
ed an explanation that "de pne what
tells de biggest lie wins it" "Oh," said
the doctor, "I am ashamed . of "you.
When I was little like you I never told
lies." A slight pause, then from the
smallest girl,' "Give him de candy."
New York Tribune. ,
Wasting Time.
"There!" cried 6-year-old Mabel,
throwing down a book, "I Just ain't go
ing to school another day." -
"Why," asked her mother, "what's
the matter?"
"It's no use wasting time," replied
the little miss; "I can't never learn to
spell. The teacher Just keeps changing
the words every day." Philadelphia
Times.
Old age commands universal respect
Even cannibals draw the line at mis
sionaries over 50 years of age.
As one fool disappears, another bobs
J mp in his place.