THE JtUSSIAN DOCTUK.
Trogio and Romantic
from Roal Lllo.
Story
itAnAPTKD FIIOM TUB UKUMAM
Et.lSE 1'OBKK.
or MllE.
IIY SI US. FKANCKS A. SHAW.
Tramlation CopyriqMtil, tin, by A. X Keltogj
Snc4aptr Company.
fch. himself a stranger. Familiar faces
:ul vanished. The elderly people of
nis boyhood were in their graves tho
fining had usurped their places. A
"Ciisino" hud taken the placu of the
nine-pin alley at the Rod Lion. The
bills were dotted with the summer
illlas of rich city people. Not far
trom tho viue-wreathed house stood
n charming Swiss villa, inhabited by
the family of a wealthy merchant of
the nearest sea-port town.
To the great surprise of his house
keeper, the Russian doctor showed no
Anmediate inclination to resume his
1 .!..- U .1 l.nf lw ...not
a 'practice, ail- ueuwui-u niiii nu umai
.,confine his soeial obligations to the
f receiving and returning of calls, loav
g ing dinner and evening parties and
I sifternoon coffees to Marianne. Tho
I -writing of a long-contemplated medi
cal work would engross mm for some
time to come. Until that was ended
lie must abjure general society.
Marianne gave free vent to her dis
appointment. She had hoped for a
triumphal soeial career by her cousin's
aide. She hud also hoped that ho
would marry. In that event, why
should she not bo the chosen one? " A
doctor is expected to marry," she said
to him. "I venture to predict that
your hour will come; that you will
some time fall head over cars in love "
The doctor laughed, but Marianne
said to herself that her excellent man
agement might hasten on that fateful
fliour. The mirror she that night con
(suited in the privacy of her ehambei
. t t. i.i .. i.
i reilCClCll a woman rouuiikaiiy iiuai
f'and youthful-looking for oight-and-
thirty.
Our Russian doctor had lived three
months in the vine-wreathed house,
lie had heard the nightingales sing
their old-time songs to the roses; he
had seen these roses bloom and wither
Autumn invaded the land, lavishing its
" iioktknsk! "
most gorgeous linos upon tree and
shrub, only to shako the leaves in rock
less sport from the branches, and send
them torn and shriveled through the
air, thus teaching that in nature, as in
human life. th fairest things are the
most evanescent.
One evening in late autumn a mes
senger came from the Swiss villa sum
moning the Russian doctor in all pos
sible haste. In the absence of the fam
ily and their physician, the youngest
child, the only one left at home, had
fallen violently ill of croup. Our doc
tor hurried away, and a few moments
nftor entered an elegantly-furnished
house. A servant in gorgeous hverv
ushered him up the winding stairs to a
luxurious apartment leading into the
chamber of the little sufferer. The
door softly opened, and Arnim Elbthal
stood in sudden terror upon the
threshold.
" JJortcnse ! " ho whispored, with
white lips. In the relloction of a rosy
lamp tho living imago of that long-lost
one stood before him. It was the same
slender, graceful, white-robed figure,
only taller and more- developed than
the blooming child of those olden days.
Here was the same head enframed in
wavy brown hair which seemed strewn
with gold-dust. The charmingly-cut
profile, the piquant nose, the warm
complexion -all seemed the very same.
Was ho dreaming? Was he under some
enchanter's spell? Ho drew nearer.
"The Russian doctor," the servant
announced, and vanished.
An upturned face showed tho cyos of
Hortenso gazing into those of tho doctor-not
sunny, clear and confident as
;in that early day, but sad and cutj-eat-
'jug. On tho lap of tho young girl lay
ho child, moaning and clasping her
hand.
'Hortenso St. Hilaire!" murmured
the doctor, as in a dream.
'That was my mother's name,"
came the answer, in a foreign accent.
"M name is Desireo Duvois, and I am
French governess In this house. You
are Dr. Elbthal, and you know my
mother as a child. How delighted I
am to see you I I have so longed to
make your acquaintance. I sent tor
yjfu because sure of your skill."
Her eyes now fell upon the child who
breathed heavily. In a moment Ar
iilm was near her, all other thoughts
and remembrances los. in tho physi
cian will) examined tlio patient antl(
2We directions in tliat clear, duuidud
'Way whiih impressed all ho mot.
"I shall remain until tho crisis Is
7'ver," he said.
w. , - i.
I W I S CM'S bIMIKU
her gratitude.
J Svi 11 nodded, but asked no question.
7 Tlir ill I.I a IlllliO U'llO KlflU ill till!
nt'x n-1 1, i. tired noiscleash. Tlio
little f jrm was laid in bed, tho doctor
Hie-
. i-mcss Billing on culler
side.
The doctor ventured only one ques
tion: "Where docs your mother live?"
The girl's eyes tilled with tears aa
she answered: "Mamma died six years
ago papa long before. I scarce re
member him. 1 am an orphan. Dis
tant relatives in Paris brought me here
a year ago that T might earn my own
living."
Her voice choked, sho bowed her
head and hot tears fell upon the tiny
hands of the sick child which clutched
at the lace trimmings of the satin quilt.
Poor young creature. How hard to
see her days pass thus, loveless and
homeless! Poor Hortenso to bo
forced to die leaving a daughter alone
and unprotected in a cruel world!
"Now began the 'laggard course of
those leaden hours all know who have
watched by a sick-bed, noting every
pulse-beat of the sufYerer who is
struggling with life and death. At
the foot of the bed cowered the old
nurse, panic-stricken and helpless.
The other servants, anxious and ex
cited, gathered in tho kitchen and
gave vent to their fears in sepulchral
whispers. At last tho violent
paroxysms subsided, tho child's
breathing grew more calm, and, as the
lirst sun-beam stole through tho he.rvy
curtains, the doctor's deep voice mur
mured: "Saved!"
For answer, Desireo bent over his
hand, and kissed it.
" Now have tho family physician
summoned," ho snid. " I was only
his substitute. I think. Mile. Duvois,
that, as soon as tho child's parents re
turn, vou mav feel free to visit the
house where your mother lived as a
child. My cousin Marianne will be
delighted to know you."
With a beaming glance Desireo
reached him her hand.
"I shall certainly come to thank you
and to talk with you of my mother. I
bless little Fanny's illness which has
brought to me the friend of her youth."
They parted each with a hearty auj
TJ 'iedcrschen !
The master and m Stress returned at
evening, the former very grateful to
the doctor, the latter, a parvenu who
stood much upon ceremony and had
great ideas of her personal conse
quence, enraged that Desiree had taken
upon herself the responsibility of sum
moning a physician who had not even
sent in his card. The old nurse, jeal
ous of the child's affection for the gov
erness, added fuel to Madanie's wrath
by representing that little Fanny had
not been alarmingly ill and it would
have been safe to await the family phy
sician. In spite of her husband's pro
tests the imperious woman gave her
governess notice to leave at New years.
Desiree begged permission to leave
at once, and dispatched a note to tho
Russian doctor asking the hospitality
of his house for tho few days prior to
her return to Paris.
With this letter in his hand, the doc
tor sought Marianne, requesting her to
go in person and invite Mile. Duvois.
"1 knew this young girl's mother as a
child," he added. "She loses her
place on my account, and I feel that
she has claims upon me."
" I have nothing against her coming
ii sue does not stay too long, an
swered Marianne, "in any event you
are master of your own house. I hope
I shall like the girl."
"I am sure of that. She resembles
her sunny-tempered mother, and will
be a genial element in our house dur
ing the long, dreary winter, if wo can
only manage to keep her with us until
spring. My medical work will occupy
most of my time, and you will need
some companion. "
"Not one of this sort," replied
Marianne, "French women are frivol
ous and coquettish, and few of them
can endure a well-ordered household.
If this young girl want, to help me, 1
will give her a trial, though I know
she will only hinder. 1 will go and in
vite her, I want to see the much
praised furniture of those airy city
people. 1 would likv to show the mis
tress of that house that other folks
have just as good a right as she to look
down upon their neighbors. The idea
of her imagining sho can snub you.'"
Marianne gave hor head a toss and
flounced out of tho room to make a
careful toilet for tho proposed visit.
But she did not create tho desired im
pression. The mistress of tho villa did
not appear. Sho deigned no excuse
save that she was not at homo to visit
ors. Marianne tried to vent hor spite
against the mistress by showing great
sympathy for tho governess, and invit
ing hor in tho most urgent manner to
tho doctor's house. Sho went that
very evening, and was- installed in tho
"garden chamber," onco occupied by
her mother.
Tho next morning her silvery laugh
penetrated to tho study, and Arnim in
voluntarily laid aside his pen. The
very voice and laugh of Hortenso!
What a novel, precious, refreshing
sound in that silent house! Arnim lis
tened and felt that ho should work all
tho bolter for this laugh. Bird-songs
and Uower-perfinnes wero pleasant
things. It was delightful to hear some
music other than tho jingling of Ma
rianne's keys, sumo tones different
from thoso seven ones in which sho
lectured tho servants, or hor plaintive
wailings over th high price of provis
ions and tho inellleioney of Katho and
Ivan.
Desireo gavo tho conversation an
other tut u. For tho first time In Ar
iilm's bachelor lifo a young girl formed
part of his domestic establishment.
"She will bother you to death," Mari
anne had prophcided. She will turn
the houe upside duun. These oung
girls are always leaving their things
about. They m-ver put ant thing back
m the right place. I only hope you
and
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Could a fresh rosebud disarrange
these rooms? Desireo seemed to till
the old house with that sweetest of
aromas-the rosv perfume of vouth.
While Arnim showed her every place
over which the feet of Hortenso had
tripped in those dear old (lavs, while
no pointed out tinner in lorest and gar
don the familiar trees whose boughs
had rustled over that sunny head, a
tide of outh .seemed to course through
his own wins. With deep emotion he
received from Dcsiree's hands her
mother's German exercise book and
his own copy of tho Eichondorf poem.
At last, as in a dream, he held in his
hands tho ball which in so untoward a
manner had led to their acquaintance
ship. This poor object oxistcd stm;
but where was sho, tho bright, joyous
creature, his lirst and only love?
Desiree told him how her father,
through ill-luck and the treachery of
others, had lost his own fortune and
that of her grandfather. Sonic inad
vertent hints satislied the doctor that
Hortense had married a gambler whoso
career had ended in suicide.
With tearful eyes the young girl
dwelt upon her mother, and the lifo,'
happy in spite of all its trials, they had
passed together. Willi bated breath
sho described the slow dying-out of
that always fragile existence of the
great transfigured eyes, of the final
falling asleep, which had been painless
till ! 'vTTaI I r
Till: SEU'-SAMK II AM..
as that of a tired child in its mother's
arms. Her mother had cherished one
dream to the last that of return to
Germany and to the lorest house. She
had told hor child much of Arnim
Elbthal and of those happy days when
she had been his pupil. Then came
for Desiree that loveless, jovless sojourn
among strangers first under 1 he roof
of a distant relative of her father, a
stern man who considered tho homeless
orphan a burden, and ere long souther
to the cloister of the Sacred Heart,
where sho might lit herself for her
future vocation of governess.
This one year had been to her as an
oasis in the desert a brief rest in a
flowery garden, an asylum of peace
and love. The bitterest tears she had
shed since her mother's death had fall
en at nartiucr with the nious sisters.
When placed by her relative as govern
ess in the liou.se ot the wealtliy mer
chant she was ill from homesickness
for the silent cloister. Ero long the
exacting duties of hor position had left
no tune for unavailing regrets and
tears.
" I was iot fited for tho place,"
she said. " I soon found that I had
much, verv much, to learn. Doctor
Ebthal, if you would make nio happy,
give me some instruction during these
days I remain with you. You will not
have to complain of any lack of indus
try in your pupil."
More than delighted to bnconio the
young girl's tutor, Arnim drew up a
programme of study which was strictly
adhered to on both sides. Marianne
was in raptures at an arrangement
which would keep tho young thing
busy and relievo her of the hapless
task of initiating a French girl into tho
mysteries of an art in which only Ger
man women were litted to excel.
Dosiroo grew happier day by day,
and ore long reveled in tlio natural
joyousnoss of youth. Sho blossomed
out liko a flower that has found its
native soil. A sunbeam had entered
the doctor's house. It must bo coaxed
to remain and brighten the coming
.inter. Brief as hail been its stay un
der his roof, Aruini felt that without its
presence, lifo would bo desolate. He
grew restless if for a little time he
missed tho young girl's light step llit
tincr past his door if tho soft, rylhmed
melody of her voice ceased for tho mo
ment to penetrate his studv
CHA1TKR nr.
ESIREE introduced
VI nnw niwl flii'ii Rome
pleasant llttlo in
novation .into th
immaculato prim
ness of tho' vine
wreathed h o u s e,
With Ivan, always
her faithful ally, she foraged tho gat-
lens of tho town for plants In full leaf
and blossom, and with them adorned
tho doctor's study. "Tho place where
one works ought to bo bright and
cheerful," sho said. "Now that winter
is near, wo must havo a memory of the
summer and a prophecy of the
spring."
Arnim awaited with impatienco the
hour for lessons whon sho would come
Itoundiug into his stud-. What stolen
'lanoos ho would cast at hor over his
naniiscrlpt! How full of grace and
charm was her every movement, how
i
Tlio CV.at rocelves from Ills troav
ury i Ulcers every year 9.500,000 rubles
for houoho!d expeues and 2.000,000
rubles for his stable. A ruble Is worth
62 ten is. In addition to this, tho
Crown Prince, now a boy at home, ro-
c ivcs 2,000,000 rubies a year until ho
U of age.
AMERICAN MONKEYS
I'rof. llloktnor,. I)nIU Upon tlin Vlrlurnol
tilt' "lllWlT."
Professor Albert S. Bickmorc's lec
ture at the American Museum of Natu
ral History recently was on "Monkeys
of the Now World." The word
monkey, he said, had been derived
from mauakiu or uxiuakin, and meant
unfortunate little fellow." In South
America monkeys are to be found on
mid south of a lino between the city of
Mexico and Vera Cruz, but none above
that line. The American monkeys
have a broad nose and their nostrils
turn outward and downward. A pcoti
lirr species was the tete, only live
inches high, which has two more tooth
than any monkey in Africa. Another
was the boarded monkey, so named
because of a beard which surrounded
his face in a fashion made notable by
a celebrated journalist some years de
ceased, i lie animal (tne monkcv)
was very careful of his beard and
never wot it whon drinking. Ho would
hollow his hand into the form of a cup,
dip it into and till it with water, and
then drink from his hand slowly while
with one of his other hands he would
carefully press his beard out of the
way of contact with any drops of water
that might fall. The picture shown
did not represent as handsome a
monkey as one might suppose so fas
tidious a monkey to be.
Another odd species was tho white
throated monkey, and still another,
"Humboldt's monkey," discovered by
that groat explorer, and sometimes
called the "negro" monkey because of
the curly wool upon its head. Other
monkeys had tails so sensitive that
when their owners wero passing
rapidly through tho forests, drag
ging their tails behind them,
they could tell instantly when
their caudal appendages came into
contact with any thing good to eat.
Those same tails were very powerful,
and their owners could hook them over
a limb and, hanging by that support,
go fast asleep. If a monkey wore shot
when in tliis position he would not
fall; ho would simply continue to cling
there until decomposition set in. Tho
natives shoot monkeys with poisoned
arrows, which they blow out of long
hollow reeds. When the wounded
monkey becomes unconscious from the
effects of the poison tho hunter runs
up and puts some salt into his mouth,
after securing him, and the salt being
an antidote for the poison, the huntei
gets a live monkey as good as now.
Natives of the Amazon eat monkeys.
In fact, they are the chief food supply
of a largo section of the people. The
meat is said to be nice and tender ami
very nutritious. This lecturer related
an anecdote of an explorer who was
given a dish of monkey meat and
found it excellent. He would havo
enjoyed the meal, he said, had he not
been so nervous over the thought that
he might be devouring one of his re
spected ancestors.
The lecturer described in detail the
species of the South American monkey
known as the "howlers." These monk
eys travel in groups and they are very
jealous of each other's abilities as
howlers. Each group has a champion
howler, and when two groups meet
one howler from each sits opposite the
other, surrounded by the rest, and then
o'eh tries to outhowl the other, the
respective groups joining in the cho
rus. This din can be heard at a dis
tance of from Iwo to three miles, and
the terror of a huntsman who goes to
sleep in tho forest anil is suddenly
awakened by a group of howlers in the
trees above him can be better imagined
than described. Monkeys like bananas
better than any thing else, although
they are fond of green corn and tho
breadfruit, which grows abundantly in
the luxuriant forests of South America.
iV. '. Times.
MILES OF CANNON.
Ilmv Creut Ilrltiiln Iiiim l iirtllli'il tlio Uiicli
ol' Cupe lilliriiltiir.
The great sight of Gibraltar is the
fortifications, which are on an immense
scale, as the whole circuit of the rook
is seven miles. But not all this re
quires to bo defended, for on the east
ern side fh(! clilf is so tremendous that
there is no possibility of scaling it. It
is fearful to stand on the brow and look
down to where the waves are dashing
more than one thousand feet below.
Tho only approach must bo by land
from tho north or from tho sea on the
western or southern side. Tho two
latter are defended by a succession of
batteries carried along tho sea wall
and up to the side of the rock, ho that
there is not a spot on which an assailant
can set his foot which is not under tho
lire of tho guns.
Tho northern sldo is pierced by great
galleries cut in the rock, which arc the
iiniquo feature of Gibraltar that dis
tinguishes it above all tho other fort
resses in tho world. These wore begun
more than a hundieif years ago dur
ing the groat sloge, which lasted nearly
four years, when the inhabitants had
no rest day nor night. After wo havo
passed through one tier, perhaps a mile
in length, we mount to a second, which
rises abovo tho other liko tho upper
(look of an ouormoiiH llne-of-battlo
ship. Enormous, indeed, it must bo, if
wo can imagine a double-decker a mllo
long.
As wo tramped past thoso endless
roviM of camion, it occurred to me that
their simultaneous discharge must bo
very trying to tlio nerves of tho arlillo
ryinan(if he hits any nerves), as the con
clusion against tlio rock is much great
er than If they wero II rod in the open
air, and 1 asked my guide if lie did not
dread it? He confessed that he did,
but added, like tlio plucky t-oldlcr ho
was, "we've got to stand up to itl
Scnbtier'i Mayuzme.
I
Ampin Itntrnrtl Awnlt llrenlom who Pro-
ilu- Thpiu.
Respecting horses, there is one par
ticular, only one, in which all aro
agreed: they should be hnndsonio.
Large or small, fast or slow, black,
bay, white or mixed, they will suit
somebody if symmetrical. This points
a moral: appreciation of beauty is a
divinely appointed faculty; not to re
speot and cultivate it is to ignore an
effective agency for suppressing the
sensual and satanic and developing
piritualitv and refinement. A beau
tiful horse is a constant gratification
to its owner; it is kindly cared for;
friendly relations aro established; the
noble beast repays every kindness by
faithful service it is very bad forown-
rs not to be attached to their horses.
Horses, like men, nre sometimes rather
unlovely; better breeding ami just the
right training will make them all
right. Unfortunatelv, nineteen horses
out of twenty fall below a proper stand
ard ; they are noticeably defective In
their makeup head and heels too
large; muscles, inane and tail too
small; bones too high ; neck and head
too low ; part not compactly joined
together "composite order" care
lessly composed. A horse may, accord
ing to the service required of him. be
a 1.000-pi mid buggy horse, a l.'-'OO-
pound coachcr,a 1, 000-pound cart horse;
all these aro wanted; but each class
should be broil and kept distinct from
every other class. Promiscuous breed
ing breeding to no definite end, after
no definite model; haphazard mixture
of odds and ends has filled this coun
try with unsalable horses, not pleasant
to look at and not etlcctive for service.
You may go through town after town
in Western New York, making thor
ough search for a coach team that a
Rochester banker or a railroad lawyer
will consent to ride after, without lidd
ing it 1 have scon it fried repeatedly.
The banker and the lawyer were will
ing to pay $1,000 for the team, but
they couldn't lind it. Our finest mares
bring .'oo much money to raise colts
from, so we sell them to go into the
cities, or keep them in tho harness, or
if wo do raise colts from them, breed to
poor stock-getters.
Selecting our best mares, and breed
in; them to the best French coach stall
ions, and continuing to breed to them
without crossing with any thing else,
in a few years wo can raise line carriage
horses with much certainly and profit.
French conchors havo been bred for a
great many years under supervision of
experts appointed by the French Gov
ernment. While good carriage horses
are in demand at good prices, there is
also great lack of good draft horses.
Our horses arc notoriously too small; tho
popularity of the Blackhawks a few
years ago. mid the craze for trotting
horses, caused breeders to patronize
small stallions till there is an overstock
of that kind. A reaction has set in, and
now we find many sacrificing every
thing to size. They breed to sleepy.
clumsy, loose-made stallions, flabby and
llatfooted, simply because they weigh
eighteen or twenty hundred quality is
sacrificed to quantity. The markets
certainly call for more large horses,
but they must stand tho pavements;
they must havo vigor as well as size;
must have action and energy. This,
then, the American horsehroedor should
do: fix on some particular class of
horses to raise; select a model; adopt a
standard and work to it decide on the
color, size, shape, speed suitable to the
class to bo propagated; reject from the
breeding stock every animal that
doesn't come up to tho requirements
C'ouliuous breeding in a definite time
establishes certain characteristics; it
is just as easy to establish a breed of
black, ten-hundred, four-minute (plen
ty fast enough) buggy horses, as it was
to fix the red in the Devon cattle. As
tho case now stands, not one farmer in
fifty can make a plausible guess at the
color, size, shape of the coll Ins mare
will have. Is tho ambition of progress
ive fanners satislied' when they have
bred to the fastest trotter, the biggest
Clyde or Porohoron, or the cheapest
scrub? Honor and fortune nwuit Amer
icans who will do for horses what Bake
well, Bates, Cruikshauk, did tor slice))
0w cattle. Uwjh T. Jroobs, in iv. J'.
Tribune.
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Practical Forostry.
America is the only part of tho civ
ilized world where tree-planting Is not
made a special industry by the owners
of lands. In England and Scotland
and in European countries the culture
of forests for profit alone has been
carried on systematically for genera
tions back. In a little but very enter
tainiiigand useful work, entitled "Prac
tical Forestry, " by Prof. Curtis, an
Irish professional forester, are given
Mivoral Instances of (he rapidity of
growth of planted timber ami tho largo
prollt derived from it. Largo estates
grow ail tho timber for the various
purposes required, and upon one es
tate Prof, Curtis mentions that a
largo building was erected of home
grown timber by tho very men who
planted it, and that the yearly thin
ning of tlio plantation had paid nil ex
penses mid a regular income beside.
In these eases Tumi unfit for cultiva
tion rocky slopes, mountain land, ln$
curable swamps, sandy tracts all prof
itless for other uses, ne thus planted
and made valuable. A'. Y. Times,
- Grated Sand wiehos. Grate a pound
and n half of cold boiled ham In a bowl
with a tahlospoouful of pickle chopped
tine, a tnhlospooiiful of milHtard, and a
little black pepper, beat six ounces of
butter to a cream, and mid tlio ham.
Have thin slices of bread and butter
ami tproad tlio mixture on botli sides of
each slice.
FIRST CLASS HORSES.
THE CORN PLANT.
Importnnl Fitrta DrmonUrntml tj CTim
trill stuitlr nnil Anal jrnefi.
Corn (maize) is the great silage cropv
The fact is generally acknowledged
that the corn plant will produco th
greatest weight of green growth to tha
acre, and that its form is such that tho
cutter and the silo offer the best chanca
of feeding it without waste. It is not
stvange, therefore, that our experiment,
stations have of recent years given ex
tra attention to the chemical coniosi
tion of the maize. The stations of New
York, New .Jersey, Connecticut, Wis
consin and Minnesota have been par
ticularly active in gathering this infor
mation, until now a careful synopsis ot
the various experiments will net some
valuable facts.
It has been supposed that sweet com
would give the best results in tho silo.
Careful investigation does not uphold
this theory, but proves that tho sweot
ooi u docs not possess a very high per
centage of feeding value. When tho
small yield of stalks per aero is esti
mated, sweet corn ranks lowest in agri
cultural value. Chemistry proves that
it is not profitable to raise sweet corn
for an exclusive ensilage crop when
a large field corn can bo grown
and allowed to mature ears. At
the same time, when a crop of sweet
corn can be grown so that the ears can
be sold in tho market and the stalks
put in the silo, an excellent profit is
made. Chemistry shows that there;
is considerable difference in composi
tion between tho dilVorent varieties
of corn, and that different soils pro
duce different grades of grain. Rich
land not only produces more corn, but
belter corn than that ,jrown on poor
land. 'I'his dilferenco is more marked
than is generally supposed. Chem
istry also shows that, when the ensi
lage crop is planted so that each plant
has room to produce an ear and to
reach a perfect development far more
nutriment per acre is produced than
when the stalks aro thickly crowded
into drills. Chemical analysis would
indicate that an acre of stover or field
corn from which tho ears are taken
will yield more and bettor silage
than an acre of thickly planted corn
which does not mature oars.
Analyses by Prof. .Johnson show that
the leaves of the corn plant contain
J of the dry matter, the lower half of
tho stalk J. and tho husk and upper
part of lo stalk the remainder. Tim
leaves and tho husks aro by far tho
richest in tho albuminoids, tho former
containing .51 per cent, of the total
amount fund in the entire plant, while
the husks contain 22 per cent. Thus
the leaves and the husks together eon
tain about three-fourths of tho albumi
noids, and we see that the old practice
of "stripping" secured much of tho
feeding value at comparatively little
cost. But the silo has proved that tho
stripped stalks ean bo made valuable
too. In chemical composition thero i
little dilferenco between the upper and
lower parts of tlio stalks. This is con
trary to general belief, as Is also tlio
statement that there is very llttlo dif
ference in the digestibility of tho differ
ent parts of the plant. As the chem
ists all insist that the stalks must bo
cut or shredded in mler to insure di
gestion, it is evident that tho silo af
fords an excellent means of securing
their feeding value. It appears that
thelower half of the stalks contains onc
lifth of tho ubuininoidH, one-third of tho
starch and fat. and from one-third tooue
hjilf of the fiber. It is evident that tho
most profitable variety of corn for fod
der or ensilage is one that suckers froo
ly, and presents the greatest amount
of leaf surface with the smallest stalks.
liural A'cm Yorker.
SOME WISE SAYINGS.
liiiiim from Mm ltit Works or tho Worlil'a
liri'iit AutliorK.
T hey always talk who never think.
I'riur.
'Tis late before tho bravo despair.
Thompson.
True benevolence Is love to all men.
Confucian.
The worst of mad men Is a saint run
mad. I'opc.
Childhood lias no forebodings.
Oeorrc filial.
Wiiat we frankly give, forovor is our
own. (Imnvitlc.
Aspiring beggary is wretchedness
itself. tf(irti.
As the purse is emptied tlio heart Is
filled. Victor lluijo.
Who bravely (tares must sometimes
risk a fall. Htnollctl.
Where children aro thoro is tlio
golden age. Aovnlis.
B unity is God's handwriting, a way
side sacrament. Milton.
Children have more need of models
than of critics. JuuberU
With children wo must mix gentle
ness witli lirinnesH. Spurgcon.
The bearing ami training of a child
is woman's wisdom. Tennyson.
Tho first duty towards children is to
make thorn happy. Charles Jhixton.
God never had a houso of prayer,
but Satan had a chapel there. Da Foe.
Ho who rules must humor full as
much as ho commands. Ueorga Eliot.
Women like brave men exceedingly,
but audacious men still more. Leni6
slcs. Tho highest exerclso of charity is
charity to tho uncharitable. Jiucb
minster. Beauty is tho first present nature
gives to women and tho llrstit takes
away. Mere,
The smallest children aro nearest to
God, ns the smallest planets arc nearest
the sun. llicliter.
The good things of life are not to ha
had singly, but come to us with a mix
turo. Charles J.twh,
A Burlington girl is learning to play
tho cornet, and hor admirers speak ot
horns " tlio fairest ilower that blows.'