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I MASTER OF THE MINE
By Robert. Buchanan.
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CHAPTER VII.
Tins began my knowledge of the mine";
from that day forth my Interest In tt
deepened, and It haunted me like a paa
aion. Ita darkness and perils had a
fascination for me, and I was not content
till I had explored every cranny and fa
miliarized myself with the mining art or
science. I read every book on the sub
ject that I could buy or borrow, and in
a short time I could have passed a pretty
stiff examination as an engineer.
I must now pass over, at one swift
bound, a lapse of eight years. During
that time I had exchanged the duties of
clerk for that of assistant overseer, and
then, on the death of Mr. Bedruth, for
those of overseer-in-chief. Behold me,
then, at twenty-two years of age, the
mainstay of the Pendragon household
rough, robust, full of strength, and its
rude pride. In my twenty-second year
occurred an event which was destined to
exercise no little influence over my whole
future life.
I was standing one day on the cliffs,
close to the mouth of the mine, when 1
saw two figures coming from the direc
tion of the village. One was my cousin
Annie, now a comely young woman; the
other was young George Redruth, whom
I had scarcely set eyes upon since the
time of his father's death.
They were talking earnestly, and did
not seem at first to notice me; but pres
ently I saw Annie give a startled look
in my direction, and afterward they ap
proached together. He strolled up care
lessly, swinging bin cane and smoking a
cigar.
"Ah, Trelawney," he said, with a nod;
"your cousin Annie has been telling me
that there are complaints again about
the outlying shafts of the mine. So I'm
going down to have a look round."
"Very well, sir," I replied, wondering
In my own mind why Annie had chosen
to make herself the mouthpiece of the
men.
"I suppose It's safe enough?" he said,
after a moment. "You know, though 1
am a mine owner, I don't know much
about the business; I used to leave all
that to the governor."
"It is only right," was my reply, "taht
you should judge its safety for yourself.
If anything happened, you would be re
sponsible." "For the men, of course; bnt It's their
living, and no doubt they know how to
look after themselves. Be good enough
to make all ready, Trelawney, for I'm
going down at once."
I walked off toward the office. Look
ing back over my shoulder, I saw him
glance after me, and then, with a con
temptuous laugh, say romething to Annie.
. My blood boiled angrily, and my cheeks
grew crimson. I could have turned back
and struck him in the face. Close to
the offlce I found my uncle, who had just
come up from underground. I told him
the young master waa going down, and he
was delighted.
"He's a brave lad, Master Jarge," he
cried. "I'll gaw wi' 'un, and shaw 'un
where the wall be breaking down."
Presently Redruth came along, and
followed be into the office, where sev
eral woolen costumes were hanging. He
laughed gaily, as he transformed himself
Into a miner. My uncle led the way
down the trap, showing infinite care and
tenderness for the young master. The
earth soon swallowed us, and the only
light we had was the light of the candles
tuck in our bats.
From ladder to ladder we went, till we
reached the central platform. Then
down we crept again, till we reached the
lowest galleries, and became conscious of
the gname-like figures at work In the
submarine darkness. My uncle still led
the way, stopping from time to time to
pilot Bedruth over awkward stones and
dangerous trap-holea. Our progress was
now very slow. Walking, stooping.
crawling, climbing, descending, we pro
ceeded; now crossing black abysses, thin
ly covered with quaking planks; past wild
figures kneeling or lying, and laboring
with short pickaxes at the ore; and as we
went, the roar which had been in our ears
from the beginning deepened, while the
solid rocks above us seemed quaking in
the act to fall.
"Where are we now?" asked the young
master.
"Whar, Master Jarge?" repeated my
ancle, with a friendly grin, "right dawn
under the sae. Twenty fathoms under
the sea level, and three hundred feet, or
more, out beyond low water mark."
"Well, where's the damage? It all
seems snug enough."
"Come this way. Master Jarge!" said
my uncle, crawling forward, until we
reached a narrow space with just room
for two of us to stand abreast. Sud
denly, we found ourselves ankle deep in
water, and at the same time thick drops
like heavy rain fell from the rocks above
us. My uncle reached up with his hands,
and touched the roof, which was par
tially fortified with wood and cement.
"1 plugg'd this yar last night. Master
Jarge," he explained; "the salt water
were streaming in like a fall."
Aa he spoke, the roar deepened to a
crash, and we could distinctly hear the
sea grinding on the pebbles, right above
our heads. It seemed momently as if
the whole fabric of the rock would break
in, under the flux and reflux of the roll
ing waves. I saw Bedruth start back
and glance toward the gallery down
which we had come. But he recovered
bis sang frold in a moment.
"How thick is the ceiling here, Tre
lawnevT he asked.
"Six feet at tne thickest, air; at the
thinnest, where you see the wooden plug,
not more than three."
Young Bedruth looked up again, and
taking a candle from bis person, exam
ined the rock. It was actually percolat
ed with sea water oozing through the
olid granitic mass, but through all the
dampness and sllmlneis the stripes of
pure copper ran In rich bars, forming
part of the finest and most precious lode
In the whole mine.
"Why, it's almost solid ore," he said.
"Us, Master Jarge," returned my un
cle, "but ns can't go no further this ways
without flooding the shaft. It would be
warth thousands o pounds to gaw on,
' and 'twill cost a heap to keep tight and
safe as It be."
The young master made no further re-
mirk just then, but continued his exam
ination of the other parts of the mine.
In several other places the root was
dangerous. My uncle pointed out the
Tarloiu unsafe portions.
At last we re-ascended to the sunshine.
How bright and dazaling all seemed after
that subaqueous darkness! Redruth
seemed in a brown study. Not until he
had washed himself any, retssumed his
ordinary attire, did he find his tongue.
By this time, my uncle had returned to
his labors down below.
"Is there anything else you wish to
report?" asked Bedruth, sharply, ss we
stood together at the offlce door.
"Nothing more than I have already
reported in writing. The whole mine
wants repair. Putting aside the outly
ing galleries, where the sea may enter at
any minute, the engines and machinery
need replacing, the ladders are rotten; in
fact, verything is in the last stage of de
cay; and no wonder, seeing that scarcely
a penny has been spent ou it within my
memory."
"You are a pretty fellow, a very pretty
fellow. You want to ruin me, eh?"
"At any rate, sir," I returned, follow
ing him, "you will have the outer gal
leries filled up, at once? If you don't
I'll not answer for the consequences."
"Who askcdl you?" he cried. "Your
place is to report, not to advise. As to
ceasing to work the outer galleries, I sup
pose you know that the richest lode of
ore runs there, and that the inner por
tion of the mine is almost barren? You
seem to prefer mutiny and disaffection
to study of your employer's interests. I
tell you flatly, I don't intend to listen to
such nonsense. Tnanks to you, the mine
at preseut yields little or no profit, andj
1 am in a tair way to become a beggar.
"Then you will do nothing?"
"I will do nothing under yonr advice.
for I don't trust you. A gentleman In
whom I have the utmost confidence will
be here to-morrow morning. You will ac
company him down the mine, and you
will show him what you have shown me.
I shall then be guided by his advice.
not by yours."
Soon after sunrise the next morning.
as I sat in the office, I was visited by the
person to whom young Bedruth had al
luded. He was a thin, spare, sandy-hair
ed young man of about thirty, with a
mean type of countenance, and an accent
which was a curious compound of Cock-
neyisms and Americanisms. He had been
born within the sound of Bow Bells; but
having spent a portion of his manhood in
the United States, he affected the free
and easy manners of a Yankee citizen,
telling me bis name was Ephraim John
son, a civil engineer, from New York. He
informed me that he had been Instructed
by Mr. George Bedruth to go down the
mine, and report on its prospects and conditions.
I treated him as civilly as possible.
and we made the tour of Inspection to
gether. When we came to the outlying
gallery, above which the sea was thun
dering, he trembled a good deal and gave
other signs of agitation, and he did not
recover himself until he had regained
the open air. Curious to know what he
would as to his employer, I questioned
him:
"Well, Mr. Johnson? Did I exaggerate
when I said that the mine was unsafe?"
He answered me sharply and impu
dently, but averting his small, keen eyes
from mine.
"Excuse me, young man, I shall report
my opinion to Mr. George Bedruth, not
to you. I don't mind saying, however,
that I guess you did exaggerate, on the
whole."
"You didn't seem to express that opin
ion when you were down below!"
"What do you mean?" he cried, turn
ing crimson.
"I mean that you seemed rather In a
hurry to get back to the terra firma, up
here!"
"Peat alt up for me r I said, "I shall
be late to-night."
"Where are yon going to, Hugh?" ask
ed Annie, carelessly.
"Back to the office, I've got to go
down the mine again, too."
I put my arm around her shoulders
gave her a kiss at which my aunt aud
uncle laughed delightedly.
I had gone only a little way, when I
suddenly remembered that certain ac
count books which I should need that
night were iu my room at the cottage. I
turned back to get them. When I reach
ed the cottage it was quite dark. I paus
ed before the kitchen wiudow, which was
open, for the night waa sultry, and look
ed In.
My aunt and nncle still sat In much
the same position they had ocupied when
I left them, but Annie waa gone, I was
about to put my head In at the window,
and acquaint them with my return, when
I heard the mention of my own name.
"Yes," said my auut, nodding her head,
"I ha' watched 'em, and 1 know Annie
favors Hugh, if ever any lass favored a
lad."
Well, I do hope you'm right, Mar
tha," my uncle returned. "He be a good
lad, and 1 shall be glad to call htm my
son."
1 beard no more I felt like a man who
had received a knock-down blow, and I
staggered under it a bit. Annie love me?
the old people planning our marriage?
It was all so new it took me a time to
recover. But was it true? Were they
right? Did my cousin rvally care for
me? I glanced back ou all the years
we had been together, and I concluded
that after all it might be possible. But
then of late she had sorely changed. I
had noticed that, and wondered a bit;
now the meaning of It seemed clear. An
nie, my little cousin Annie, whom I had
ever regarded ns a sister aud a child, had
developed into a woman and was capable
of feeling a woman's love.
I began to analyze my own feelings,
and to pronounce upon them. My affec
tion for her was of that strong, deep
nature that I might have mistaken it for
love, if that one all-absorbing episode of
my school days had never been. Even
after a lapse of years, the thought of
Madeline made my blood tingle lu my
veins, and my "heart beat painfully. Of
all this the old people knew nothing; they
had evidently made up their minds that
Annie and I were exactly suited to oe
another, and ought to be man and wife.
Before I had time to think very deeply
on the subject, the kitchen door opened,
and Annie herself appeared on the thresh,
old. She wore a long black cloak, which
she folded tightly around her should
ders; its hood covered her head.
"I am going down to the village. I
shan't be long," I heard her say, in an
swer to her mother's question.
(To be continued.)
and nte cows the balanca of the year, giiiiiiiiiiiiiiAiiiiiinai
on a neirer coming rreau last or June, m
Delivered at creamery 28.153 pounds J
of milk which wade 1,225 pounds of j
butter. Total sales for the year as ; 3
follows:
1.223 pounds bntter $300 75
Itl head ot hog 121) 04
WIS doaeu eggs 170 40
2 yearling heifers , 21 00
Poultry aud calves 22 (id
New Conditions for Farmer.
One day, lata la the autumn, a half
doien farmers, coming fifteen uillos,
drove into a prairie Tillage with heavy
loada of corn. They went to tho prin
cipal elevator and asked the price,
"Thirty cents a bushel to-day."
"Wo will go to the buyer at the oth
er end of the town," snld tho spokes
man. "It will do you no good," was the
reply, "as all the buyers pny tho same
price here,"
"Very well; we will go home and
send our corn to market on foot."
They drove back fifteen miles and
unloaded the corn Into their own gran
aries, to be shipped Inter in the form
of fat cattle.
Such an Incident would have been
Impossible ten years ago, when the av
erage farmer was compelled to take
what was offered for his crop. But
two thlugs have worked a transfor
mation In the grain-growing portion of
the West; the farmers have become
conservative with prosperity, and the
railroads have widened the markets.
Five years of good crops In the West
have not only paid the debts, but have
also made the farmer capable of em
ploying business methods. A few
years ago a settler visited town only
once a fortnight or once a month. He
took home with hlra the county papers,
the few magazines that he received
and a large bundle of groceries and
dry goods. With rural delivery and
rural telephone all that Is passed.
Under these conditions the Western
farmer has developed an Independence
In the movement of crops disconcert'
lng to the market manipulators. 0,
M. narger, in the World's Work.
TWO GREAT CITIE&
How London and New York Differ.
Good and Bad Points of Kach.
New York has a great Initial advan
tage over London. It puts Its best
face forward to the visitor. Approach-,
ed from the sea. It Is unrivaled. A
few yards from the landing stage and
you are among Its stupendous build
ings. In the rush of Its busy life. If
New York Is entered by the New York
Central the first Impression is equally
favorable, as the visitor Is put down
in the very heart of the city, close
alike to the business center and the
residential quarters.
But London, unlike the other great
capitals of the world, puts Its worst
face forward. Whether you come to
It from Liverpool to Euston, or from
Southampton to Waterloo, London has
a forbidding aspect. The few who
arrive by the Thames may be impress
ed by the Immensity of the shipping
and the activity In the docks, but the
subsequent railway journey Is over the
tops of little gloomy houses Inhabited
by the poorest. In East London then
are miles and miles of these mean
Base Holder.
A convenient bag holder Is made as
follows: Procure a piece of two-Inch
plank thirty Inches long and as wide
as you can get. Bore two one and a
quarter Inch holes In the plank twenty
four lnchea apart. Then get two sticks
three feet nine Inches long of some
tough wood. Shave these sticks to fit
tightly Into a three-quarter Inch hole,
Now take two blocks of hard wood
four and one-half Inches long like A
In Illustration. These circular pieces
should be one Inch thick coco way
He did not renlv. bnt cave me 'a look
full of malignity and dislike. Then he streets of little brick houses, with tiny
walked out of the otfice, but the next I courtyards, sometimes relieved by
minute he put his head in again at the
door.
"Yon think yourself smart," he said;
"but you'll have to get np early before
you're as smart as me. I mean to do my
duty, young man, and so you'll find afore
very long.
blocks of model tenement dwellings;
and standing high up above the dead
level are the board schools and the
churches, as beacons of light and lead
ing In a region of depressing gloom.
COHVIMENT BAO HOLDER.
London, unlike New York or Paris,
He left me with this curious valedic- or Berlin, or almost any other great
tion. I saw neither Bedruth nor John
son for some days. Then I beard casu
ally that the latter had gone back to
London. About a week after bis depart
ure, I saw it publicly announced that ar
rangements had been made with George
city, does not confine Its poor to one
quarter or try to hide Its misery. There
are quick transitions between the poor
quarters and the wealthy and business
districts. The cheerless dark brick
Redruth, Esq., the proprietor, to turn St. houses, the slatternly women standing
Gurlott's copper mine into a Joint stock
company, the said George Bedruth, Esq,
receiving half the purchase money and
retaining the other half in fully paid-up
shares. Nothing was said about the pre
cise amount of commission money which
went into the pocket of Mr. E. S. John
by the doors, tramps lolling about tho
street corners, all contribute to the
first bad Impression. But the great
city province Improves on acquaint
ance. Soon the visitor finds much that
Is picturesque and beautiful among
son, but the name of that worthy was the streets, but he has to find It And
be will learn that there Is much refine
ment and luxury behind the dismal
looking exteriors of the mid-century
grim brick houses In the west central
squares and streets.
New York rebuilds Itself at a rnpld
rate. The system of lund tonure In
bouse In the neighborhood. Although London deters rebuilding until the end
the stranger was formally Installed as I of long periods of forty or more years,
down on the prospectus as surveyor and
inspecting engineer, and I bad no doubt
whatever in my own mind that be bad
made a very excellent bargain,
CHAPTER VIII.
A little after the establishment of the
London company, Johnson came down to
St. Gurlott's and took lodgings In a farm
Vegetable Oddities.
The Department of Agriculture li
endeavoring to secure the Introduction
of wasabl, the Japanese horse-radish,
Into the United States. The Japanese
wasabl Is not white, like ordinary
horse-radish, but Is a delicate shade
of green. In Japan It Is grated and
served with the raw fish and forms a
most Important part of the meal. It
has a fresh sharpness unknown to
that grown In this country. -Another
novelty Is the black winter radish,
which Is quite prominent In Western
markets. The vegetable Is shaped like
a carrot. Germans are very fond of
the black radish. They peel It and
eat with salt as one would a cucum
and they should have about three small j,er They are of peppery taste, but
lath nails sticking out one-quarter or make a fine relish.
an Inch to keep the bag from slipping
off. It is the spring of the two long Furm Chat.
sticks that holds the bag tight. The Overloading the teams Is a bad idea.
blocks can be slipped up or down on it will start horses to balking quick
the side strips to suit the length or the er thnn anything else.
ongs. r. A. rrnna.m in lowa iiuuie- A ff(g brokvn , tue fp(d of uorgp,
Stena. I i Varv lienenclnl in them In rlnsi-lno
As to Form Poultry. up tile Skin SHU uttir.
It Is very hard to make farmers un- I a small flock of sheep well cared
derstand how great their advantages for lg m0re profitable thnn a large one
are In poultry raising. They will say allowed to pick Its own living.
the work does not pay, lor u lanes A Kood jU(lg(S ln farm crop .tatlstles
their time rrom crops mat unng more ,avi lt wll, take .,.. i,ulll... ....
money, mere is someuung in una u to ...... , iurt.iu. of .,.
one bas a crop which li profitable and uct Tnat moani tliree years of bust-
which la Drouglit to me maraeung ,n
poiui ai .man e. .t -vu,u . ,., ,. .... W(. .. ..
resident iiiepector and supervisor, no at
tempt waa made as yet to remove me
from my former position. I soon saw
that Johnson was completely in young
Redruth's confidence. Under his advice.
nothing whatever was done to amend the
condition of affairs in the mine, the fit
tings and machinery of which remained
as dilapidated as ever. On my own re-
when large areas are reconstructed,
This Is happening at present In the
streets lietween the Strand and the
Thames, a property belonging to Mr,
Astor, and In Bloomsbury, which Is be
ing covered with high class apartment
houses. The only similarity between
houses In London and In New York
r"lb:''t7'JlWT:r,' I.Cl"1 Zult l" apartment house, and In suburb-
the men, on pain of dismissal, from work
lng' the ore In that direction. Although
Johnson heard of this, and doubtless re
ported it to his superior, neither of them
marie any communication to uie on the
subject Just then.
1 bad noticed for several weeks that
some Importsnt secret communion waa
going on between my uncls and aunt
Whst It waa all about I couldn't guess,
an residences, and In these cases style
differ. The Outlook.
Ureal Praise, '
"I have always heard It said that
your wife Is a woman of her word,'
said Gazzatn to Dickers,
"That's quite right," added Bickers,
"quite right. She Is not only a woman
but It was evidently connected ln some of ber word, but a woman of good
way with myself. I often caught them I many words.
looking at me, ana, when detected, ex
changing glances of Infinite meaning. I
was beginning to think of asking for an
explanation, when accident made ma ac
quainted wltb the whole mystery,
1 had returned borne one evening too
Iste for the ordinary tea, and waa sitting
alttti tnln ftlntl WttttAft Ml b Antll
as 1 had to return to the office again j,n(1 Country
11..4 K,.k mnA I r t. t atwntt a Vila Itstesa I 1 11
ir.TV." ml"n7 T'h'; m'l "oV.;. i On many railway, cement tic. are
got OB ana wished them all good-night. I displacing wooden tie.
The Hens fit a.
Opdyke What's the use of arguing
with a woman? You can never con
vlnce ber.
Depcyster True But think of tho
pleasure It gives the woman. Tow
Total $044 TO
Bought oatmeal, bran, shorts, ete 157 00 J
Balance, not $187 70,3
1 dou't think this la a bud showlug ' 3
for a place that some ot the neighbors
said, four years ago, whun we came
here, "You can't raise anything on thut
old place." O. H. Ringer.
Fodder Kjr,
The first crop to be of service In tho
spring Is rye, which Is sometimes ready
for feeding the lust week In April,
and tuny lie continued through the
llrst half of May, It matures very
rapidly after the heads appear, and
can be successfully used for a period
of from ten to fourteen days If seeded
at different times, and cutting Is begun
beforo lt comes In bend. Where it Is
not practicable to practice soiling tho
crops may bo pastured. This method,
while more wasteful, Is less expensive
than soiling. It Is very lmportnnt lo
have a piisturo crop at tint t season.
because coming beforo meadow pas
tures nre ready. Tho crop yields well
on medium soils, though It responds
profitably to good treatment. It Is rec
ommended that It bo seeded thicker
than when the crop Is used for grain.
From two to two and one-half bushels
of seed may be used with advantage
on good soils. The fertilizers should
bo rich In available phosphoric acid.
A fertilizer containing nitrogen 3 per
cent, phosphoric acid 8 per cent, pot
ash 5 per cent, may be applied at timo
of seeding at the rate of 200 to 300
pounds per acre. A top dressing of
nitrate of soda In tho spring at Uu
rate of 100 to 1D0 pounds per acre Is
excellent.
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PETRIFIED MILK.
Home Ills Texas Kanclies.
The cuttle indiislry of the South
western range country is to-dny repre
sentative of an Investment of almost
$200,0001XX)1 exclusive of the land mid
Improvements. Somo of the ram ln'S
cover 1,500,0(10 acres, and nre worth
about $3 an acre. The vast majority
of ranches In the Southwest to-day
cover less than 500,000 acres. There
are only three ranches In the South
west that extend over 1,0U),(MI0 acres.
The X I T ranch In the Texas Pan
handle covers 1.500,000 acres, the J. A.
ranch ln the same community a like
number, and the ranch owned by Mrs.
King In Southern Texas, near Corpus
Chrlatl, Is another Immense ranch of
over 1.000,000 acres. Colonel C. C.
Slaughter, of Dallas, own three
ranches, In all over 1,500.XX) acres,
and Major O. W. Mttleneld, of Itosn
well, N. M holds several ranches In
the Southwest country.
It Is One of the Achievements of Mod
ern I'hciiilxtry,
"ChemlHtry Is ImwHiuitly at work
to create new Industrial values from
lubHtances heretofore considered value
less," says Consul General Gueiither
at Frankfort lu a report to the newly
Invented "milk stone," or petrified
milk.
"It la a well known fact," said he,
quoting expert itulhority, "that Ihu
success of a creamery, where the chief
source of profit Is, of course, butter,
does not depend so much upon tho cost
of production niul (ho selling price -of
butter os on the profits derived from
the skimmed milk. The right market
for the milk skimmed for the purpose,
cf butter making Is really tho vital
question of the milk Industry, Skim
med milk has beeh used for various
purposes for the manufacture of su
gar of milk, as fond for animals and
for milk cliumpagne, which Is skim
ined milk mixed with fruit Juices and
Impregnated with carlwnlc acid. A
rather lurge percentage of skimmed
milk is also separated Into Its com
ponent parts, which are then worked
up. The casein serves for the manu
facture of cheese; also for glue, putty
and Isolating substances.
"But all these different uses of skim
med milk 'did not solve the question
most favorably. This, however Is
now expected from tho newly Invented
petrified milk. It is manufactured ln
the following manner:
"By a chemical process the casein
Is precipitated as a yellowish-brown
powder, which Is mixed with forma
line. Thereby a Hornlike product IS
formed, called milk stone. This sub
stance, with various admixtures, form
a substitute for horn, turtle shell, ivory,
celluloid, marble, amber and hard
rubber. Handle for knives and
forks, paper cutters, crayons, pipes,
cigar holders, seals, marbles, stone
ornaments and billiard balls are now
made of skimmed milk. The Insolu
bility of gatullth, Its easy working,
elasticity and proof ugalust Ore mak
lt very desirable. Already 20.000
nuartsof skimmed milk are dally used
for this purpose lu Austria."
i
folly to advocate that anyone drop a
paying crop to take up something they
art doubtful about but where there
art diversified Interests on the farm
poultry can be made to pay mora than
lt does.
The writer knows a man who bas
on acre In a small town devoted to
poultry. He goes to a nearby city and
buys live poultry of wholesale commis
sion men at the market price, ships
that a seed will be good that Is much
flower "coming" than the rest of them.
It will produce a weak stalk and either
no ear or a nubbin. It will not pay
to select such seed. It should be dis
carded as doubtful.
With all crops lt Is the early cultiva
tion that Is the most Important Kep
the soil clean and ln a little while the
plonts are young and tender, giving
them home, fattens tl.e.n and markets """J opportunity to make a good
Blair lu grow nnu n mil a iiiucii
easier matter to maintain a good
them dressed ln the towns near him.
Nine-tenths of the food consumed by
the fowls must be bought and yet this
man makes a comfortable living out of
the work. This Is one cage of many,
and If this can be done lt Is certainly
reasonable to claim that the farmer,
growth nntll maturity.
Canadian bee keepers report an un.
usually severe winter with serious
losses. Most bees wintered out of
doors unprotected show a very high
who can raise the chickens from eggs per cent of loss, ranging from prac
and also the food consumed by them, tically a total loss to forty per cent
can turn the result on to the market Beet which were protected range, sc
at a profit cording to the oo&en or more reports
The one cause of failure Is not un- reccivea, rrom iweive io nny per rent.
dersUndlng the needs of the fowls and Don't forget that little memoran-
bow to feed them to advantage. Learn I dum book. At no time will lt be found
this by experience, and poultry raising m bandy aa now. Keep It In the
will be found on of the most profit- pocket and put down everything that
able ventures In which the farmer can needs attention, and then one can look
engage. Indianapolis New. it over occasionally and do that which
needs being dona the worst without
Profile of a Kmall Hairy. delay, much iosb is prevenieu in mis
Having seen several recorda of manner. I have sortea potatoes when
dairy farming by eoma of your read- I should have been sowing grass seed,
era, I will let you know what w hare I and a sudden snower came ana some
done the past year, from January 1,1 other work had to be hunted up. The
1003. to January 1. 1004. Wt started little "want book" revealed what
wltb four cows the first ill mopths, should be dona.
To be a successful wife, to
retain the love and admiration
of her husband should be a
woman's constant study. If
she would be all that she may,
she must guard well against the
signs of ill health. Mrs. Brown
tells her story for the benefit of
all wives and mothers.
" Drar Mns. PiNKnAMi LydlaF.
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will make every mother well, strong,
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out with pain and weariness. I then
noticed a statement of a woman
troubled as I was; and the wonderful
results she had had from your Vege
table Compound, and decided to try
what it would do for me, and used it for
three months. At the end of thak
time, I was a different woman, the)
neighbors remarked it, and my hus
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apaln. It seemed like a new exlstenoe.
I had been suffering' with lnflamtnsy
tlon and falling' of the womb, but yonr
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entire system, till I was indeed like a
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