she Planter s Daughter
22 FATE'S
, By MRS. ALICE P
Author of "A Waif from the Sea," "Her Brightest Hope,
5? "Wayward Winnefred," etc.
REVENGE
CARRISTON
CHAPTER III. Continued.)
It simply seemed incredible that it was
the haughty, high-spirited Sylphide Cour
amont who obeyed the nonchalant com
mand with the submission of a lamb.
What power did this rudi fellow exert
ever this defiant girl? Had ahe met her
master in him?
He pointed to the easy chair which she
had left but a minute before, aa fhe Bank
Into it, he carelessly tossed his dripping
hat upon a dainty sofa coTered with
pale blue satin embroidered with apple
blossoms, and braced himself against the
toilet table, the muslin drapery of which
became crushed and soiled by contact
with his muddy boots.
"First of all," he began, sneeringly,
"your tragedy airs are out of place. So
long as you do not bring us face to face
I do not care a pin to meet him; what
Is more, I no more , want to kill him
than I want to marry you for k)Te."
He paused abruptly, and little by lit
tle she raised her great, dilated eye to
his face like two burning stars.
"It may touch your vanity In a vul
nerable spot," he continued, sitting down
upon the edge of. the table and crossing
one foot oTer the other, "but I don't
love you a speck and never did; so you
may ag well know, firrt as last, that if
you hadn't been worth your weight In
gold, I wouldn't hare looked twice at
you. You're not my style. I'm hot-tempered
enough myself, and bringing a fire
brand into my camp wouldn't have help
ed matters."
While he spoke the defiant look had
been creeping back Into Sylphide's face.
brightening her eyes and curling her
red lips.
"So you sought to marry me for my
money?" she murmured, looking him
teadily in the eye.
"Most assuredly; for no other reason."
"You have lost me and my money,
too!" she cried, springing to her feet.
"You, yea; but not the money. Your
father left a will, did he not?"
"No."
It is doubtful whether, bad a bomb ex
ploded at his feet, Oscar Couramont
would have started more violently.
"Left no will?" he cried.
"I tell you, no," tyiphide replied with
a steady, level glance.
Couramont shrugged his shoulders and
'reseated himself upon the edge of the
table.
"In that case," he rejoined, "all the
property comes to you. Well, so be it
I must change my tactics. You must
hand over to me the naif of the estate.
which by right your father ought to bare
lert me.
The indignant reply that quivered for
utterance upon Sylphide's lips was check
ed by a sudden knocking at the locked
door which communicated with the cor
dor. "Missy Sylph, Missy Sylph!" called a
woman's voice from the other side of the
door.
not believe it.
With hands cramped like the talons of
a bird of prey, she sprung at her tormen
tor, uttering shriek after shriek of rage,
horror and dismay. .
"It is a lie, a lie, a lie!" she panted;
"out of my sightl Yon you I "
She staggered, beat the air for a mo
ment with her arms, then with a low
moan of fathomless agony, fell, face
downwards, with a dull crash, like one
stricken with death.
Too late Oscar Couramont discovered
that he had over-reached himself. - Syl
phide was now incapable of signing the
instrument which would make a wealthy
man of him; besides, her cries had arous
ed the household, hurrying feet were
mounting the stairs, already they were
knocking at the door, and a man's voice
in excited accents was calling upon her
to open. In less than half a minute the
barrier would be broken down!
Snatching np his hat and revolver,
Couramont sprang to the window.
"We shall meet again, my lady, never
fear!" he hissed, menacingly; "we shall
meet again, when my grip upon yon shall
be stronger than It is now!
CHAPTER IV.
Four years have elapsed since the
events narrated in the preceding chap
ter, and the flight of Courtlandt and bis
bride has ceased to excite commeut and
gossip long since.
Already the year 1S02 is pregnant
with its greatest day, Sept. 22, when the
martyr President issued his immortal
proclamation declaring the freedom of
all slaves In the States and parts of
States then In rebellion.
Since that memorable night of dark
nees and storm, in October, 1S58, the
face of the mistress of Rosemont has
never once been seen upon her hereditary
estate. Having been left In competent
hands, the plantation has yielded its ac
customed Income, all of which has been
transmitted through the bankers at Mo
bile to Lucian Courtlandt in whatever
part of the world he chanced to be.
For a year the young lawyer and his
beautiful wife traveled from place to
place in the Old World, following the
fashionable season from London to St
Petersburg, returning along the shores
of the romantic Mediterranean.
It had been a term of unalloyed delight
to Sylphide, and when, at the close of the
year, a lovely baby boy came to join
their party at Nice, the young wife trem
bled at her happiness. The horror of
her wedding night with its appalling rev
elation now seemed ao far away that sb
often wondered whether it had been re
ality indeed, and not the delirium of a
fevered dream. In the peace and joy of
her maternity she persuaded herself that
cruel Fate had forgotten her, and that
henceforth she was destined to live in
the auspicious light of favoring Fortune.
Oscar Couramont had given no sign
of life; perhaps he had repented; perhaps
Her hand set like a vise upon bi
arm.
"Discoveries!" she gasped, "what dis
coveries?"
That some one climbed the pillar of
the veranda nearest your window by
means of the vines, and that the print
of a horse's hoofs is fresh in the soil of
the lime-tree walk that lends up to that
side of the house. Which facts Incline
me to your belief, that thieves hare en
tered the house."
"Lucian, 1 told you so," she cried
wildly; "it Is true. There must have
been a plot to rob us while we were at
church. Don't vou see?"
Lucian Courtlandt pressed his lips up- ,c Co,tl t.rae House.
on the damp, pallid brow, and gently de- " "o "ny Tanners conatuer an ic
positing the graceful form upon the ouh- i house a luxury that U net for them,
ions of the sofa, he rose with the words: a building such aa Is shown In the cut
"lou are over-excited and tired, poor , may be erected at suinll cost, and If
child. You had better rest here tonight. , nn ). im.i fnr h nittlnir and
We will leave Rosemont at daybreak. !rtrawn , lt wlll be foU11(l profitable.
Shed.'r ' rtlo... where tee Is scarce
one dared not remonstrate lor fear nl i . , , , ... ., ,,,
rousing the suspicions which she had 8,u n -miciure woutu ue wort.. u i
lulled Into oblivion. So she closed her coat to a fruit grower who desired to
eyes with well-feigned weariness, and hold back his products In cold storage.
Courtlandt left her to summon her. To make the house cheap bulla it
maid. of an lumber obtainable, the csseu-
No sooner had the door shut his roan-, tial tblnir Wins to have It with au In-
ij ugure irom view wuen cyipniue start
ed np upon her elbow, her dilated eyes
burning with that deep red fire that one
sees in a hungry wolf's.. She held her
breath and counted his retreating foot
steps, till they fell awny into silence at
the extremity of the long hall. Then
she sprang to her feet, her pallid face
aflame with animation, every nerve vi
brating like the rudely swept strings of
harp.
"Saved!" she panted triumphantly;
"saved! But what a narrow escape. I
have bridged the abyss with a straw,
and passed safely over. I shall be on
my guard In future; it can never happen
again. Were I to meet Oscar Coura
mont a hundred times, I should never
be such a fool again."
The exultant soliloquy was cut short
by the abrupt opening of the door, and
a young mulatto girl, with a remarkably
pretty, keen face, entered. She patMed
at sight of her mistress pacing to and
fro so excitedly, and Sylphide paused
also, fixing a sharp, questioning glance
upon her maid.
"What Is it, Diana?" she demanded,
swiftly; "yon have heard something; I
see it in your face."
"I haven't heard anything. Missy
Sylph," replied the girl, "but I've seea
something Mass' Oscar."
Diana did not draw a breath for fully
a mlnnte after that unwelcome announce
ment, for Sylphide's small hand was set
upon her lips like a seal.
"Hush!" she breathed, "do not dare to
lisp his name until we are gone. My
husband does not know of his existence,
and must never know, if we can help it.
Where was my cousin?"
"In the lime-tree walk. Missy mount
in' his horse."
"Thank heaven, he's gone, then, for
the night! Are the trunks ready pack
ed, Diana?"
"Yes, Missy, packed and strapped."
"See that they are loaded on the wag
on to-night; we start at daybreak, and
you go with me. I may have need of
yon in more ways than one."
Scarcely had the eastern horizon begun
to flush with the promise of day, when
the family coach, followed by the bag-
gug wagon, rolled swiftly down the road
that led Into the river valley; and two
hours later Mr. Oscar Couramont rode
don during the open days of winter (
which wlll, at least, save time In the
spring, Broken limbs may be removed
and many of the Inside limbs which are
overlapping the fruiting twigs ran be
rut off during the winter as well as in
the spring. The work of pruning should
always be done with a snw on limbs
too large to rut with a sharp knife; In
pruning saw from the under side of the
limb first, sawing up n quarter or a
half through and finishing from tho
top. This wlll result In a clean rut and
there will be no splintering, ns would
be the ruse If a heavy limb was rut
through from the top. In the winter
pruning of orchards keep your eyes
open and note tho condition of the tree,
so that at tho proper time any remedy
for any trouble found tuny bo apfillod.
GREAT LUMP Of IRON OflE.
i
BIMl'LK 1CK HOI BE.
Cost of Kelalna; Corn.
The present low price of torn und
tho enormous qunutlty which Is piled
up In bins and warehouses everywhere
in this country Is the most emphatic
evidence, that corn can be produced at
n very low cost, and lt Is plalu from
the experience of hundreds of eoru
raisers that there Is a profit In produc
ing corn on a large aeale, even ut the
present low prices, for ninny thous
ands of farmers have ninde a good llv
Ing and laid some profit by from their
corn In mis.
lt Is perfectly truo thnt the man
with n small farm, devoted exclusively
to corn raising, ran get only a very
precarious living out of com when the
price Is under 25 rents on the farm.
Hut even tho small farmer can assure
himself of a substantial surplus with
the prospect of a substantial surplus,
YTelahe tlOO.OoO.OOO Tone anil Is
Worth an Imminia fortune.
One of the greatest natural curiosi
ties In Mexico Is a big hill consisting
of a solid mass of Iron ore. It stands
beside the railroad track, iiesr the sta
tion, In the city of InirntiKO, In the cen
tral part of (he republic,
Nothing Just like It Is known else
where except In North Sweden, where
there Is another hill of Iron ore, which
the miners are beginning to tear down
to feed the smelters that have just
been built around It.
The Durango hill Is simply a tremen
dous lump of Iron ore about a lulls
In length, nearly 12,000 feet wide and
rising above the rock-strewn plain
ii round It from 400 to 050 feet.
When Humboldt visited Mexico In
.1003 he did not see the hill, but sam
ples of the iron mass were shown to
1 1 i til. and from them be deducted the
erroneous conclusion that the plcrea
(nine from n colossal aerolite, the larg
est on record.
Urologists wiv that some time or oth
er a big opening whs made In the
earth's crust, nml thut this enormous
iiimmh of ore wns thrust up through the
rift nml piled high above the surround
ing plain. That Is to sny, tho Iron hill
Is one of the dikes thst sre supposed
to be the result of earthquake action.
Cracks or fissures hare opened from
(he surface deep Into the earth, and
through these fissures molten matter
has been forced to the outer air, where
it has been hardened Info rock.
So the Durango hill whs formed by
the same process that made tho Pali
sades along the Hudson. The ore Is
ner wall a foot from the outer wall
and this space tilled In hard with saw
dust, straw, leaves or any similar Ina
terial. Then pnek on the bottom of the
floor a foot of straw or hay or sawdust
and on this lay t tie rakes of Ice, filling
In between them cracked Ice, and. If
the weather Is freezing, pouring water
over each layer as lt Is tilled In. Di
vide off a portion of the apace for a
cold storage room, as shown lu the
lower part of the Illustration and one
has a place where fruit, milk and but
ter may be kept In good condition dur
ing the warmest days of summer.
Try an Ice house, even though It be
but a small one, and you wlll be sur
prised to see how little It will cost and
how useful lt Is.
Advantages of Farm Life.
It Is the farmers' boys who are most
likely to succeed, whether In business
or In professional life. Spending most
of their time under the open sky.
breathing fresh air, and eating simple
food, they are more likely to have vig
orous health and strong constitutions
than are their city-cousins. Brought
Into constant contact with nature, they
absorb a great deal of useful knowl
edge, and acquire habits of observa
tion. Then, too, the regular farm
work, the "chores" and numberless oth
er little things keep tbem well occupied
soino years, If ho devotes a part of his
land to raising the products which hematite and one of the richest Iron
he needs for his family, and raises .ores In the world. The best ores In
Kngland contain fi7 per rent Iron, -r-nk
Superior ores contain from 61) to 115 per
corn, well cultivated and carefully
cared for, on the rest of It.
It must not be forgotten that the , rent Iron and the Durango hill Is from
present low price of corn Is duo to two,ll to 07 per cent pure Iron, more than
years of very extraordinary yields, and three-fifths of this mass, which Is eal
though this year's crop Is moderate, dilated to weigh over t)00,0X),000 tons,
by comparison with those years, tho 'being Iron . of the best steel-making
surplus In the country, added to what
was produced this year, makes the sup
ply In the country about as large as
ijunllty.
This Is the only psrt of the inasa
that appears above the surface. No
and enable them to feel that they are
Into the court yard at Rosemont, to be earning their way, thus giving to them
informed that. If he had come to break- a sense of independence and rumval
It was ever known to be, and the cost one knows bow deep It may jienetrste
of production of the corn which most j Into the earth. New York Sun.
farmers have on hand at the present'
.. .... i . , . TITO Permanently urea. lo nuor Berviwaneal
time, must be figured on the basis of i ,rt,r nr.Lr'.uM.fir . xiine-a ureal n are
lurge yields, so that, even at present . '"'"'"T "V."'1 fl" .r f ' ii1 "I'.'J!." ''ST"
, , ....... I h. 11. Kline, 1.UI..W.' Anb Hi., rhtlaualubla, i'a,
low prices, the great bulk of the eorn
In the country represents a good deal;
fast, his meal must be a solitary one.
(To be continued.)
With a wicked glance in her eyes, he was dead. Sylphide could afford now
Sylphide turned upon Couramont. to wish him no evil, since his baleful
"It is Diana, my maid," she said; shadow bad not crossed her sun-lit path,
"she will secure my release!" Of course an explanation of her in-
"Bah!" growled the rascal, "tell her sensible condition when found In her
to go away; I'm not half through talk- chamber at Rosemont on that fatal night
tng to you. Do as I bid you; it is worth WM Inevitable; she owed It to her hus-
our while!" band, and she gave It him according as
Taking a step toward that thin parti- he thought be.'t.
'tion that ceparated her from deliverance, "Vou see, I scarcely know how It was,"
-'Sylphide raising her voice, said: "he murmured as she lay In his arms
"I do not need you, Diana. Continue "Pn ner recovery, to consciousness, "but
with the packing." Then, with the dar- when I entered my own room for the Inst
Ing gleam again shining In her eyes, she time and glanced about me upon the fa-
suiiDleinented. "and if in half sn hour I miliar objects, it seemed as if father
. am not down stairs, ask Mr. Courtlandt "ame bark to me from the grave, bis face
to come up for me!" wan and pallid, his two eyes burning like
"Fool!" sneered Ouramoiit: "welL a coal "f fire. I was terrified, and, fall
woman always will have the lust word. ' Pn my knees, I besought him to
ao I suppose I ought not to blame you me in what I had offended him, but
for what you can't help. All is, we shall he only snook his Head and slowly van
have to talk fast, ss I see no occasion to Ished; and then I shrieked and fell faint
soil my hands with this fellow's blood, 'ng."
So, by packing up, you intend to leave Lucian Courtlandt smiled a trifle un-
ltosemont?" psk'IT a be replied:
"I d0," "I don't believe in visions myself;
'Then we will proceed to business your, however, must have been some-
and settle everything op before you go what out of the ordinary run of unlaid
Sylphide, I want my share of the estate, ghosts. Were yon aware that your airy
and I wsnt it now to night!" visitor wore muddy boots and a wet
"How dare you?" she demanded, turn- hat?"
Ing upon hint, imperiously; "your slisrei "Lnci.in!'
What do you mean?" "It is a fact. The print of his hat
"Just what I say I want my rhare." h" 'eft n indelible stain upon your
"There Is no share for you; I doubt "fa. nnislin drapery of your ti-
If my poor father ever thought to leave let table is soiled and torn."
you so much ss one cent." With ready tset. Sylphide glanced np,
' "Thst Is quite possible," retorted terror stricken Into her husband's fare.
Coursmont with his imperturbable "Then burglsrs must have entered my
smile; "the old men never loved me, but room while we were st church !" she
he feared me. And I intend that you cried.
shall stone for his lack of common sense "!' J00 hsve burglars in this p.irt of
and your want of forethought In marry- the country. Sylphide?" asked CourtlanJt
ing this Interloper." with sn amused smile.
As he spoke he sdvaoced upon her "Well if not actual burglars." was
where lie stood In the center of ths the Innocent reply, "thieves st lesst. and
chamber, and drew from an Inner oocket plenty of them."
a slip of paper. I "Ah! But It strikes me ss a little
"I am not attmid eoouirh to auoooaa strange that you did not notice these
thst ytu have a sum of money upon you signs of disorder when you entered your
' to-night sufficient to sstisry my demands. I ensmoer.
Therefore, this letter, addressed to vour "Now, Lucian, what an Idea!" she ex
executor, and staling that In accordsncs claimed; "is it likely that, in the dim
' with an einressed wish of vour father candle light aud considering the excite-
thst bis estate be equally divided be- mcnt I wss laboring under, I should be
tween us two, bis only heirs, yoa will struck by the sight of a few rain drops
aiim " and a smouco or mua 7 now BMurd
"Never!" I Why should the damage not hsve been
Ha drew bark a step and stared udoo done by one of the dogs? They sre fond
' her so bslefullr tbst she recoiled and of me, snd often come op to my room."
canght st a chair for support "Dogs do not climb veranda posts to
"Do you refuse to sign this piper?" second story windows, my desrj and yoor
be asked, steadily: "be warned In time! doors were locked."
I know the secret of roar life, a secret "I locked them!"
which csn crush you forever, even Invali
date your ruarrtsget"
"What do you mesa?"
"Sign this piper, or I Inform your
Ing a spirit of self-reliance and manli
ness. The erformnnce of a deal of
drudgery Is an indispensable prepnra
Two Famous Negro Women. tlon for all real success In life, what
The old head-handkerchief negro Is ever the occupation. A loy who Is
the aristocrat of her race. Aunt Dicey I afraid of work or of soiling his hands
belongs to this type. She Is a product I need not expect to accomplish much
of the eighteenth century, and recently In tho world. Country loys have their
celebrated her one hundred and sev- full share of fun. but there are many
enth birthday. Aunt Dicey Uvea In a I disagreeable duties on a farm w hich
little cabin standlne among pine trees I farmers' Ikvs learn to accept as a
on a spur of the ragged mountains of I matter of course. Edward Eggleston
Virginia, In slavery days she be- speaking of the value of bis farm
longed to a relative of Thomas Jef- training when a boy. once said to me:
ferson. I "I learned one thing of great value
Aunt Dicey Is a constant smoker, and that was to do disagreeable thing
and has been one from her youth up. cheerfully." Joslah Strong. In Success.
Her cabin walls are covered with mag-
more than what lt has cost the farmer
to produce lt
For Mttlna; Hens.
Mrs. A nm nchi Wilson writes to the
Iowa Homestead: "I have been very
much annoyed at times with persistent
sitting hens. I have
tried several meth
od a of preventing
theui from becoming
broody, and have at
last bit upon a simple
coop about two feet
aqunro and two feet
high made of lath,
and attached to a
rope, as shown In the
Illustration. Place
the ben Inside the coop and let It
wing alsuit eighteen Inches from the
ground. The excitement of the curl-
s chickens which stand around on
the outside will quickly dispel the
hatching Idea from the most persistent
Ittlng hen. Feed and water should be
given the same as usual."
Motion Overruled.
"I say," said the captain of bache
lors' hall In the boarding sehoql, "let's
be swell and call our dormitory the
Latin quarter."
I "No! No!" shrieked the rest of the
crowd.
1 "Because," ventured one of the pro
i testing mob, "all the other fellows wlll
I be coming here trying to borrow the
i quarter."
i And ho It waa thus that the dorinl
I tory went nameless. Baltimore Atuer-
lean.
azlne pictures and acrlptural verses,
many of them tacked wrong side up.
In the days of her youth she was a I
seamstress, and her neat sewing Is the
wonder of her many visitors. The
flnent needle Is not too much for her them on, after they have become dry.
wonderful eyesight without breaking or splitting them.
The fame of "Aunt Jinny" has gone The Illustration shows how the trick
for beyond the borders of Mississippi. I Is done. A teakettle full of boiling
Aunt Jinny enjoys the distinction of water, poured on very gradually while
tx-lng the only negro woman depot I the sole Is being sprung. Is all that Is
master In the country. Aunt Jinny I necessary In almost every Instance.
has lieen a railroad employe for thirty- The stream should be no larger than
six years. She belonged before the a lead pencil, and poured on contln-
war to some people down In Alalwma, ually. Any one who has never tried
and was with them throughout the this method will lie surprised how
struggle. She says she warned thero
more than once of the approach of the
'enemy."
But I found your window open?
"Upon hearing my approach, the dog
might bavs escaped by thst mtias!"
You say the dogs are fond or yoa, sad
husband that your mother wss a slsvs." dogs la general are too Intelligent to
Like a flash of lurid lightning all thst risk sny such jump as that No, my lovt,
bsd been Incomprehensible to bar la her It wss no quadruped tbst entsrad foor
father's behavior burnt uooa the onhso- chamber to-night It wss a manl"
py girl; his nervousness, bla straage de- He fslt hsr wtlght grow hsavler la
sire to marry her to Oscar Ooursmont, 1 ble arms, but she msosgsd te preserve
Ms wild etitrtsty for her to believe no I consciousness enougn le rsiieri
..it ....In of har daad mother alL all I "Whit makes yoa think SoT
...... h.rk to har la thst dresdfnl me- "I bavs Instituted a search of the
ment with the overwhelming force of s plsee, and bsve made eertala dUoov
Hlf-oHna the led.
Soles made of poles are almost a
thing of the past since the sawed ones
have come Into use. There are still
some who do not use the sawed soles
because of not knowing how to put
Apt to Its Charitable.
"The Impromptu speaker may be all
right In his way," said Deacon Jones,
but as for me, give me the minister
who writes his sermons every time.'
"Why?" asked Deacon Smith.
"He la more likely to realize, their
length," was the significant reply.
As Otbara Aea t'a.
You always say the wrong thg at
fhe tight time, Henry ,T said Mrs, ack
em,
is 7, c
BEHDIKO TUB SLED BOLE.
quickly the sole will bend down Into
"Now, I always think twle be- ju place. K. A. Galllber, la Farm and
fore I speak."
"Ye. my dear," replied the meek and
lowly Henry, "but you are one o those
rspid Are thinker.'
Aa It ftbould lie.
Home.
The Mllhaaan'e Maady lob.
A veteran New York State dairyman
who baa been In the business over half
a century says that commencing In
"I euppose," said the visitor to police 0 " W from, Loi but
quarter,, "that every offlcer know. ft10-
be
a rogue when he see him.
"Sure," replied the desk sergeant;
"but every officer domn't eele a rogue
when he knowa him.
always used to do his own milking.
His average for many years waa not
less thsn twenty cows night and morn
Ing. He milked one cow nineteen years
and about ten months In the year. In
the year 1870 twenty cows gave him
100,000 pounds of milk, which netted
blm from the cheese factory $1,000, be-
Ample Kicbk.
jah I s' too Silas Is mad at the fel
It thet sold him the borne.
Illram I dunno why be should be. I sides having bis whey to feed to th
If yer look at the horse yer won't bogs and calves.
1,1a ma intlaati far aollln' blm I
" Winter Frail Tree frail..
The man who originated the motto 1 While the early spring pruning and
"Lire and Let Live" didn't take the the summer plm&.tig hack of the email
undertaker Into consideration, bat fell shoots covers the msln pruning of the
Into bla bands just tbe same. I fruit trees, much good work ma be
For enns-ha and ooiria tbare Is no better
medicine than 1'lao'a (Jura fur Consump
tion. 1'rlee 25 cents.
Deserted In Hummer.
The villages near the north Italian
lakes are In summer Inhabited almost
entirely by women, who till the fields,
which do not yield mu h. Tbe men go
to Switzerland and bring back their
nil nus In winter.
(iroomlns: la Valuable.
The proper and frequent grooming of
work horses Is too little done by farm-
rs who io not appreciate the Impor
tance of the work. It may aptcal to
ou when we nssert, without fear of
ontradlctlon, that a well-groomed
lorse works better and requires less
ood than a horse kept In a filthy con
lltlon. Proper grooming means proper
Irrtilntlon of the blood and opens the
pores of the skin. Where circulation
ins become Impeded, and the pores of
the skin are blocked up with the filth,
he animal Is out of sorts and cannot
work with normal vigor, nor can It
derive the due amount of nutriment
from Its food; hence It Is tempted to
at more than other horses.
Indiscriminate feeding.
On some farms all kinds of poultry
are fed together, old and young, and
geese, ducks, turkeys and chickens.
There are always domineering Indl
vlduals In all bnrnyards, hence It wlll
be an advuntage to separate the older
from the younger stink when feeding.
The natural consequence of promlscu
ous commingling of fowls Is that ths
Inrgest and strongest take their choice
and leave the refuae to be eaten by ths
weaker, whereaa the best should be
given to the poorest In order to help
them to a condition of thrift and
growth. It Is also more economical to
make some distinction when feeding,
especially when a profit la desired.
Relation of "Ige to Ave.
There Is no fixed relation lietween
size and longevity In breeds of llv
stock, though It Is a well established
fact that generally, small or medium
sized animals live longer than very
small ones. Also breeds that have a
marked tendency to take on fat are
shorter lived than the leaner breeds,
These fscta are recognized by live
stock Insurance companies, for they
refuse to Insure the heavy and fat
producing breeds to as great age a
othera. ,
Kreod Hena.
If broody hena are properly treated
nine out of tea will begin to lay a gal
within two weeks after Mug removed
from the best But If they are half
drowned, starved a week, or bruised
and abused. It Is more than likely they
wlll get even with I heir owners by de
clining to lay a single egg until they
have fully recovered from their Ill
treatment and acquired their custom
ary tranquillity.
Practical Application,
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When in financial straits;
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Mothers will flnl Mre. Slnilna'l SontMna
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8,802 persons on board, only twenty
Uvea were lost, and of the IU.Oiio.ouO
worth of property put In Jeopardy, but
little more tban f 1,000,000 was lost
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