I The ultimate destination of our cream is, a3 a rule, the butter churn. This must be kept in view whether the farmer intends to make the butter on his own farm or send his cream away. A point of primary importance in grading butter is flavor, and it Is a well known tbouzh often little appre- elated fact that the care of the cream : , . . , . - . . . , Is the chief factor influencing the fla- , . , vor. Therefore if the farmer can pro- duce first, second or third grade cream, j according to the care he bestows upon ; lt, surely cream of the lowest grade ought never to appear at a creamery or elsewhere. It has been said that the public will always pay for quality. The market ; was never yet overstocked with a first grade product It is the material of inferior value which stagnates prices. Let the farmer produce the cream which will yield the highest returns, and that Is first grade cream. To do this be must keep a close watch on it from the time it comes from the cow. Yes; some care even is necessary be fore the cream is drawn. We all know the injurious effect which the feeding of certain crops, such as potatoes, tur nips, etc., sometimes has on the flavor of milk, cream and butter. In every case avoid feeds which show this tend ency. The watchword in all dairy opera tions should be cleanliness. Dirt should , never be countenanced, since it is the home of myriads of bacteria. Every particle of dust floating about in the air carries bacteria; every crevice in a dirty utensil has them by the thou sands. There is no other farm product so susceptible to bad odors as cream. Cream kept In rooms where bad odors are noticeable soon absorbs these, and they are transmitted to the butter. Bad air has an undesirable effect Keep the milk room sweet well ven tilated, clean and have plenty of light and fresh air in It. Never take cream into the living rooms, even for a short time. Don't allow people with infec tious diseases to handle the milk or to come into the dairy. Cool the fresh cream to SO degrees F. before mixing with older cream. Let the farmer adopt "cleanliness, care and low temperature" as his mot to, and then only high quality material will be produced. Charles E. Thomas in Kimball's Dairy Farmer. Paraffining; Cheese. The accompanying sketch is to illus trate a very handy and expeditious way of paraffining cheese, invented and used with the greatest satisfac tion by the Frank Hurd company in its system of cheese factories od the Western Reserve, says a writer in Hoard's Dairyman. It is, as seen, a small round bottomed tank made of heavy galvanized iron, made double and secured In a crate frame. Steam is let Into the division, which has a safety check to prevent Its blowing up. TANK FOB PARAFFINING CHEESE. A rack is made of steel strips, as de picted, with an open oval bottom and suspended to the lever arm. Four cheeses are put Into this rack, set on edge side by side and lowered by the lever into the melted paraffin, the space between them insuring a thor ough coating. They are then easily lifted out and more coatless cheeses substituted. The plan of paraffining Is cleanly, expeditious and attended with none of the trials and mishaps of submerging cheese In kettles of the wax one at a time. The cost of this apparatus Is very small, and as the Inventor is sure It will be a winner has a patent pend ing. But aside from this we thought the apparatus worthy of preserving a niche in Hoard's Dairyman museum. The Unprofitable Cow. A writer In the Farm Journal asks the following pertinent questions re specting the keeping of dairy cows which do not pay for their keeping: "Two cows cost $40 each per year for keep. One of them yields you 4,000 nnnrta of milk a vear that brine vou $80. The other yields 1.200 quarts that bring you $26. The latter loses for you about $14 and reduces the gain on the former from $46 to $32. Why do you keep the 1,200 quart cow? Ton would be better off with the one that clears $46, for you would have only naif the Investment, half the work and half the feeding, and you would gain $14 each year. There would be no sur plus butter on the market for years to come and prices would rule strong if all the cows were eliminated which are kept at a loss. Dairy farmers have not yet half waked up to an under standing of the great practical Im portance of weeding out the unprofit able cows from their herds. Many a man would make a fair profit that now faces- constant loss if he would keep only such cows as pay a profit ca their keep." 1 w BREAKING THE HEIFER. If Carefsllr Ha.dled, She Win Qslelc lr Submit to Beta Milked. It Isn't much of a chore to break a ; heifer to milk, not nearly so much as many of the writers on dairy topics would have you suppose. All that is re quired are patience, firmness and gen tleness, says a writer in Fanners Advo cate. We have broken many heifers and have never had one acquire the kicking habit It is better to have the heifer baiter broken before she brings her first calf. DUt there Is no need that she should be " i'"'-'""-"' . Z. i" V 1 " to all manner of treatment, such . . . . . . . as being led about by an ear or having her ndder uand,ed before there is need for jt it l8 contrary to nature for a heifer to have her udder handled be fore she becomes a mother, and the majority will resent any such famil iarity. After they become mothers, on the contrary, they are quite willing to be milked, and If they are spoiled in the breaking It is the fault of the one who essays to break them. Handle Her Carefully. Even the wildest heifer may be tamed after calving by careful han dling. Go into the pasture or lot where she is confined after the calf has been licked dry and has sucked and handle the calf gently and quietly, and the heifer will soon learn neithei to fear you nor to. resent your handling the calf. By taking the calf where you wish the heifer to go you can get her any place you wish and after fastening her firmly you can milk her at your leisure. So long as the calf is quiet she will be. If the heifer has never been handled, she will naturally be nervous and sen sitive. She may even use a foot to pre vent her udder being handled, but if the milker keeps his temper within bounds and does not fight back the heifer will soon permit the milk to be drawn and cease any objections there to. It is the man who hasn't sense to know that it Is proper that the heifer should resent what to her seems ah un famillarity and wants to fight back that spoils heifers and causes them to become kickers. Teacuing a heifer to submit to the milking process Is an easy matter if gone about properly. Feeding the Milk Maker The more finely the meal is ground the more easily it ill be digested. Then there will to very little loss. This should never be lost sight of in the feeding problem. Cornmeal should be fed with wheat brau, and linseed meal should always be added to a fattening ration. Humor the Stronff Willed Cow. Some cows are pretty strong willed and will not give down their milk un til they have been fed some knick knack; then it will come all right Such cows are provoking. It is better to humor them than it is to take an empty pail to the house. These cows usually give a good mess of milk when they get down to business. Chang-es of Food. Not only does a scarcity of water affect the milk flow in cows, but sud den changes of food often cause the flow of milk to decrease. This is due to the fact that the cows may not readily accept the new food and eat as much of it as of that to which they had been accustomed. Changes of food to milk cows should be made gradual ly, so as to fUlow them to be accus tomed to it. Increasing the allowance daily. Feeding- Pumpkins to Com. In reply to a subscriber who wishes to know the value of feeding cows pumpkins, seeds and all, the New Eng land Homestead says: Based on chemical analysis, pump kins should have about the same value as turnips. They are not as highly digestible as the turnips, on account of the hard shell and the stringy fiber inside. I consider one of the best ways to use them is to cook them for hogs. When used for cows producing milk they should have no injurious effects on account of the seeds unless fed In large quantities. Our grandmothers gave pumpkin seed tea as a medicine, prizing It for its tendency to stimulate kidney action. In the case of a cow producing milk the feeding of large amounts of the seed would probably increase kidney action unduly, and tills would tend to expel food products from the system before they had accomplished their work. Pumpkins should not be fed every day, but should be alternated with apples, cabbage, mangels or sugar beets. A Good Rotation. A very good rotation for a cow giv ing forty pounds of milk daily or mak ing one and a half to two pounds of butter per day Is thirty to forty pounds ff 00111 ensilage, thirty pounds of man- gels, eight to ten pounds of clover hay, four pounds of bran, three pounds of ground oats and one pound of oil cake. If possible, cut the hay, pulp the roots and mix the bulky feed together for a few hours before feeding. Add the meal to the bulky part at the time of feeding. The foregoing amounts maj be divided Into two portions and one half to be given to each cow night and morning. The cows should be fed reg ularly, and each animal should be un der close observation by the feeder in order to note her appetite, response in milk flow and other conditions. If the feeder finds that the cow can profita bly consume more than eight pounds of meal daily, then extra meal may be given. Careful feeders who weigh the milk from each cow will soon learn the limit of profitable feeding far each SACRED THREADS. The Cords Worn by the Three Cate of the Hindoos. . The sacred thread of the Brahmans Is well known. It is a caste distinction assumed at an early age and never parted with. It must be made by a Brahman and should consist of three strands, each of a different color, for ty-eight yards in length, doubled and twisted together twice, the ends tied In knots. It must be worn next the skin, over the left shoulder, hanging down to the thigh on the right side. The three castes of the Hindoos are distinguished by the material of these threads cotton for the Brahmans. hemp for the warriors and wool for the artisans. The Parsees also wear the sacred thread, and boys of seven or nine are invested with it the threads used being made always of fibers of the suru tree. Monier Williams de scribes the sacred girdle of the Par sees as made of seventy-two woolen threads, forming a fiat band, which is twined three times around the body and tied in two peculiar knots, the se cret of which is known only to the Parsees. The use of "medicine cords" is com mon among North American Indians. Mr. Bourke describes those worn by the Apaches. These consist of one. two. three and four strands, to which are 'attached shells, feathers, beads, rock crystal, sacred green stones and other articles, doubtless employed sym bolically. Chambers' Journal. THE PARIS CLUBS. Election to the Most Exclusive Ones Is a Serions Business. Election to the exclusive clubs of Paris is a very serious business. The proposer and seaonder must not only know all about their candidates, but be able to bear witness to their ante cedents and even to their forefathers. They must write to all their friends and ask them to support their candi dates. When the election takes place, they must not only be in the room, but approach each member Individually as he comes up to the ballot box and ask him for his support When the member has been elected, he arrives the first day as a kind of stranger and with his bat in hand. He is then formally introduced by one of his proposers to each member sepa rately who happens to be in the room at the time. On the second occasion he has ceased to be a stranger and may leave his bat in the hall, but be is still expected to go round the room with one of his proposers and be formally introduced. This lasts for a week, by which time he is assumed to know all his colleagues, though a foreigner who is extra punctilious and insists on be ing introduced to every member of the club gains considerably in popularity. London Saturday Review. A Puzzled Author. When Alphonse Daudet brought out 'Sappho" an American publishing house that issued religious books, not snowing its character, offered M. Dau det a large sum for advance sheets of Che work. He accepted the offer, and the advance sheets were sent When the publishers received them they de cided that they could not Issue the book, and they cabled to the author, ' 'Sappho' will not do." This dispatch puzzled Daudet He consulted with numbers of friends, and this was the conclusion at which they eventually Mrrived: "Sappho" in French Is spelled with one "p" "Sapho." after the Greek Fashion. In English It Is spelled with two. An unusually acute friend point ed this out to Daudet which much re lieved the novelist and be cabled back to the publishers, "Spell It with two p's." It Is needless to state that the inblishers were more astonished at Dandet's reply than he had been at cheir cable dispatch. Her Head Was Hot. Lady Dorothy Nevill in her remi niscences tells this story of the two Misses Walpole. her cousins: "On one occasion, when both of the two were well over ninety,' Miss Fanny, the vounger, who had that day been rather ill, only joined her sister In the sitting room just before dinner. On her ar rival downstairs the latter (Miss Char lotte by name) remarked: 'Fanny, I am, going to be III too. I feel so hot about the head. It must be apoplexy.' "Nothing of the sort!" exclaimed Miss Fanny, making a dash at her sister's head. 'Your cap's on fire, and I'm go ing to put it out' And so the brave old thing did." The First Dancers. People have danced for thousands of years and will probably continue to do so for ages to come. This custom is of ancient origin. The first people to dance were the Curetes, who adopt ed dancing as a mark of rejoicing In 1543 B. C In early times the Greeks combined dancing with the drama, and in 22 B. C. pantomimic dances were introduced on the Roman stage. At the discovery of America the American Indians were holding their religions, martial and social dances. Dallr Duties. The best part of one's life is the per formance of one's daily duties. All higher motives, ideas, conceptions and sentiments In a man's life are of little value If they do' not strengthen him for the better discharge of the duties which devolve upon him in the ordi nary affairs of life. Woman's Marked Down Age. Howell Ton have a sister older than yourself. I believe? Powell She was born first but she Isn't older. New lork Press. A liar Is sooner caught than a crip ple. Spanish proverb. LOVE CHARMS. M of the Qeieer Superstitions That Lire In Siciljr. The love charms of Sicily are many and curious. One, very popular and considered very powerful. Is to put . Into an eggshell a few drops of the blood of the longing lover. The shell . Is exposed to the sun for three days ! and to the dew for three nights. It is , then placed on hot ashes until calcined. ! when the whole is reduced to a fiue j powder and administered secretly in a cup of coffee or. a glass of wine to i the object of affection. Another charm is for the witch to undress at midnight and tie her clothes up in a bundle which she places on her head. Then, kneeling In the csn ter of her room, she pronounces an in cantation, at the end of which she shakes her head. If the bundle falls in front of her. it is a good sign ; should it fall behind her. the charm will not avail. Vet another is worked in the follow ing manner: Pieces of green, red and white ribbon are purchased in three different shops, the name of the per sons to be charmed being repeated mentally each time. The shopkeeper must be paid with the left hand, the ribbon being received in the right. When ail the pieces are bought they are taken to a witch, who sets out to find the person to be charmed. On finding .him or her the witch mutters to herself. "With these ribbons I bind you to such a one." Then she returns the ribbons to the purchaser, who ties them beneath his or her left knee and wears them at church. Macmil lan's. DIED A BEGGAR. The Pathetic Career of John Stow, the Engrlish Antiquary. John Stow, the celebrated English antiquary, was a remarkable man. He was born of poor parents about 1523 and brought up to the tailor's trade. For forty years his life was passed among needles and thread, but In the few leisure hours which his trade al lowed him be had always been a fond reader of legends, chronicles, histories and all that told of the times that were past By such reading he grew to be so attached to old memoirs that when about forty years of age he threw down his needle, devoted him self to collecting them and followed his new profession with the faith and enthusiasm of an apostle. Short of means, he made long journeys afoot to hunt over and ransack colleges and monasteries, and, no matter how worn and torn might be the rags of old pa pers which he found, he kept all. re viewing, connecting, copying, compar ing, annotating, with truly wonderful ability and good sense. Arrived at fourscore years and no longer capable of earning a livelihood, he applied to the king, and James I., consenting to his petition, granted to the man who had saved treasures of memoirs for English history the favor of wearing a beggar's garb and asking alms at church doors. In this abject state, forgotten and despised, be died two years later. From the Bountiful East. A small proportion of the flora is in digenous. The majority came from the east like all the great ideas on which our culture is founded, and were developed and improved on this classic soil. Italy received the lemon and the orange from the Semites, who in their turn had obtained them from India. The olive, the fig, the vine and the palm were grown by the Semites long before their cultivation penetrat ed to the west The laurel and myr tle, indeed, are indigenous in Italy, but their use for ceremonial purposes came across the Mediterranean from the east The home of the cypress is not in Italy, but In the Greek archipelago, northern Persia, Ciiicia and Lebanon. From Strasburger's "Riviera." The Difference. Small Boy Pa, what is the difference between a pessimist and an optimist? Pa Well, let me see if I can Illustrate. You know I am often discouraged, and things don't look to me as if they'd ever go right Well, at such times 1 can be said to be a pessimist But years ago, when I was a young man. everything looked bright and rosy, and I was always hopeful. Then I was an optimist. Now, my son, can yon un derstand the difference between a pes simist and an optimist? Small Boy Oh, yes; one Is married and the other Isn't Harper's Weekly. Cause of His Jay. "What are you looking so happy over, old man?" "I am rejoicing over the birth of twins." "Great Scott! I congratulate you!" "Don't congratulate me. Go and con gratulate Evans. He's the Iiv-'v man I never did like him." Philadelphia In quirer. Stole His Livelihood. Tattered Timothy I hate doctors. Tiepass Thomas What fur? Tattered Tim-One of 'em cured me o fits w'en I wuz a kid. Gee. I cud work np some sympathetic crowds if I c'd have one right now! Cleveland Leader. v She Was the Girl. The Widower I've always said that If I married again I should choose a girl who is as good as she Is beautiful. Miss Willing Really, this is very sud den, George, but I accept you, of course. Pick Me Up. When money does not talk too much it mav rjrorjerlv be termed a modest J sum. Nashville Democrat A Serial Story Entitled "UNCO L ITS Will Soon be Published In the Gazette This entrancing story was written ny WARD HILL LAMON Lincoln's Law Partner Mr. Lemon was the author of "Lin coln's Eoyhccd," a serial published In the Gazette a year ago .... "Lincoln's Love Affairs" affords a vivid insight of the life and beautiful womanly attributes of Miss Ann Kut ledge, the object of Lincoln's first great affection, and unhappy mental condition on her death. His short courtship of Miss Mary Owens creates intense in terest and is historically correct. Final Courtship it MISStMARYiTODD Lincoln'sJ early experiences as a law maker andother interesting incidents fifthe HfeJ of thei great emancipator. SUBSCRIBE FOR Published twice a annum, This Story Alone OUR JOB PRINTING FAIRS" and Marriage of v THE GAZETTE NOW week for $1.50 per in advance. Is Worth the Price Facilities are the Best