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AJÍ E V E N IN G P R A Y EE. To-night I lay the burden by, As one who rests beside the road. And from hls weary back unbinds The whelming load. I kneel by hidden pools of prayer— Still waters fraught with healing power; In God’s green pastures I abide This longed-for hour. o K ee p in g (h e Cow. The cost of keeping a cow varies considerably according to the cost of producing the roughage from hay, g ra in and corn feeds, but figures from d a ir y associations place the average cost at $30 or $35 a year. T o pay a profit, it follows that the cow must produce more than $30 or $35 a year. I t pays to keep an accurate account w ith all the cows. There are many th at do not near pay up. Apply the test o f scales and Babcock tester then and get rid of those that do not come sip to the mark. In buying new cows, procure those ■that freshen in the fall. You w ill have the butterfat at the time when ¡prices rule higher and the cow w ill •continue in good flow ali through the •spring if you treat her well through th e winter. Increase the feeding as th e pastures decrease. Extra care and feed in the fall will keep the milk flow up and allow of good sales as the prices Increase. A fte r years of observation the Cor n e ll University reaches these conclu sions: (1 ) W ith a fa irly good herd carefu lly fed and kept, m ilk can be produced for 65 cents a cwt., and fat fo r 16 cents a pound, for the cost of food consumed. Large animals con sum e lees pounds o f dry material per 1,000 lb. live weight each day than the sm aller animals do. The best yields of fa t are obtained from cows that give a fairly large flow of milk. Pasture grass Is the cheapest milk and fat pro ducing food. (F rom this It seems that those who neglect their pastures or make little effort to start new ones, are in a losing game.) The cow consum in g the most food produce both fat T.nd milk at lowest rato. A good cow must he a hearty eater. Individuals ■of the same breed vary more widely In milk and butter production than d o the breeds themselves.— The Ohio Farm er. T o S t r u l j y t h t c n Y oiiiim T T r e e * . This device can be easily attached <to a tree which is inclined to grow ■crooked. Make a fram ework of nar ro w boards sharpened at the end where the frame pieces come together and attach the frame to the tree with a wire. This should be attached at Just the “ jfa * righ t point to correct the crookedness In the tree. The tree should be pro tected from the wire by a cloth. The constant bearing down of the weights ■will in a very short tim e bring the tree to Its proper position without in Jury. l*li«»a|ilin(e. The relation of phosphate to the anim al economy was finely worked out by the Wisconsin Experiment station T h ree pens of pigs of three each were kept for several months. T o one was fed the ordinary fattening ration; to another a little phosphate was added to their food; with the third all the phosphate was extracted from their feed. The effect wns astonishing. The pigs to which was given an increased portion, though smnll, o f phosphate, ■were wonderfully th rifty and vigorous, while those that ate the ration from which the phosphate had been extract e d were dumpish, and not able to stand on their feet for a minute's tim e. Their growth and weight was also greatly retarded. Our soil, ani nulls and crops need this Important agent constantly.— Hoard's Dairyman lla rle rla In M ilk . Undesirable bacteria in milk come fro m uncleanly condition about the cow , and from contact with contagions diseases. The chief source of contami nation are dirty cows, dirty stables, d ir ty m ilkers, dairy utensils which have cracks for the lodgment o f dirt and which are not properly steilllzed, mudholes in the barnyard, impure wa ter, bedding and feed, and from milk win and attendants who come In con tact with a contagious disease. ■ tra in la v Ik e A ils M otor. fery many amateur m otorists 4i tu In always taking a hill on I f « ;h speed, not realising that this en strains a motor or requires ths ■ to go too fast upgrade over rough res that could be taken with less atn snd slower on tho intermediate . I I know that day must bid me face Courageously my task again, I Serving w ith steady hand and heart, The usual practice of small dairy My fellow-men. men to keep their milk cool is to put the milk cans under running water in ! To hold my sorrow in the dark, a box. The cans are usually kept be To fight my fear, to hide my pain. neath the water by slipping strip» of And never for one hour to dream The toil is vain— board, of proper length, over the tops of the cans and under ledges at the This be to-morrow; now, to-night, side of the box. In using this method Great, pitying Father, I would be one runs the risk of upsetting the Forgiven, uplifted, loved, renewed, cans when putting the strips iu posi Alone with thee. tion. —Grace Duffleld Goodwin. An improvement over this method is shown in the accompanying sketch from Popular Mechanics, which is self-explanatory. The apparatus U To H o ld M i l k C a n « I n a C o o l In » * B o x __ — . ' ‘y - - 3 1 gradually fell asleep— at l* »* 1- ‘ ‘ was a restless half sleep. In which reality was ever taking part— now with a few strokea from the tower of the little church, now with a few voices of dragoons in the street; then the watchguard sounded the hour, and in between came confused dreams about home: perhaps peace would soon be declared— and now it was all silent— so deadly silent. * * * And cold, too. I was shivering under the thick woolen covering which I had put ovei me, and I drowsily looked at the fireplace near me. I raised myself upon my elbow and with the other hand pushed a few logs on to the fire. Then I lay down again. I was now quite awake, and looked about the room so brightly lit up by the moon. And with amazement I ob served that someone was standing by the window—a young officer. It was quite simple; while I had been asleep a comrade had come to see how I was getting on, and above all if I really were in the house. Nat urally— for no one likes losing a bet, and such a mare in addition! So I said quite pleasantly and In a low tone from under the covering: Well— which of you is it?' and in the silence exactly like an echo re sounded from the empty walls of the great hall, “ which of you is it?"— but no answer came. I repeated the ques tion louder a second time and angrily and impatiently a third time * • • but the only sound I beard was my own voice • • * strange in the still night. The form at the window took no notice. And suddenly it uecame clear to me. that is our adjutant? Then I thought again: if it is the a d ju ta n t- well, he is my comrade, my good friend. The adjutant had been a dark man of medium size. The lieutenant here, however, had fair hair. That struck me, for it did not correspond. It must then be another man. But who else would be wearing the uniform of my regiment? When was it then? Two days ago? — no, three days ago. I had been shaving myself that morning and had cut myself— at the back of my cheek— Laughter and protests were heard from their retired excellencies, who were sitting round a table in W ies baden. But the white-headed little general, who had been speaking, re mained grave and said: "Y es * * * I It is true; in 1870 I was afraid * • .■■ "O f whom?” "T o this day I know not! * • • ” And seeing their interested faces he made of strips of board. 1 inch thick, added: " I f you like I w ill tell you about It. the lower sketch shows how the de vice is put Into tho milk box, U is a It was iu the winter, and near Or hinge, and A a button to lock the leans. The exact name of the little tongue C in place when the device is place in which we dragoons were quar Ba straightened out. Hoards for holding tered has escaped my memory. the grain in bins can be made in the varians had been in the village before us. In the night skirmishes which same manner. had preceded *he taking of the village M oNt I’ r n fltu lile F a r m A n im a l. 0 troop of Franctlreurs who wers cut Opinion is divided and probably al off from the main army had been es ways will be on the question which is tablished there. Our men desired to the most profitable farm animal to avoid unnecessary hlocdshed through raise. Many believe the horse brings a direct attack, so they fired the hack the greatest profit, others tie their of the building, and finally the Franc- faith to the beef breeds, and still oth tireurs withdrew. Ultim ately all be ers to the dairy breeds of cattle, but came quiet, only the flames still u / v ¿ r a S s s fé -.; it seems that the friends of the hog crackled— and the greater part of the are in the majority. A hog requires little castle was burnt down on that more care at times than do some cold winter's night. other animals, but it is wonderfully Only the front of the mansion re prolific, and if the quality and breed mained standing. The place awakened ing are right it Is easy to make a gloomy memories. Blood was every market for the animals produced, nnd where— tufts of hair on the walls, the farm er has the advantage of turn doors forced open in hand-to-hand ing hls money over more rapidly and more profitably In hog breeding than fights It had all come to pass as they themselves had chosen— they had re in perhaps any other kind of animal sisted us by force of arms— therefore production. Of course, there are many risks to assume, as the modern * * * but, at any rate, the desolate hog Is a purely artificial product and house with broken window panes was subject to humors and diseases which standing empty when we arrived. In the stillness of the night— so would not come to it in its wild state. people asserted — mysterious The Investment of a moderate sum of m ail) money in a few brood sows in the sounds had been heard * * * nu spring will make a man a hog breeder merous voices, hushed laughtei, steps, within a year; whether bred as a spe banging of doors, will-o'-the-wisp lights cialty or as a side line, the hog always In the windows. And Just this mys gives a good account of himself.— tery excited a young lieutenant of the Bavarian Light cavalry. He declared Kansas Farmer. that for once he would spend a night A iiln ia lM \e«Ml J u i c y F e e d . in the haunted house; and toward The digestive organs of animals that evening he moved over there with a chew their cud are so formed as to mattress and a revolver. But the require comparatively Juicy and bulky others had not yet gone to bed when— food. The cow can not thrive on dry at about 10 o'clock— he reappeared in “ I W IL L TELL r o i l ABOUT IT .” food as well as the horse. The ideal their midst and quietly sat down food for the dairy cow is good pas among them W hy he had not remain under the right ear. The military sur ture, but for a large part o f the year ed over 'here could not he discovered. geon who happened to he there, put green pasture Is not available. The He submitted calmly tc being chaffed, on it a little pad of wadding. It was best substitutes to furnish this succu but kept a scrupulous secrecy, and ul still adhering. I could feel it with lent feed during this period are root tim ately rode away with his regiment. my hand. But over there at the win crops and corn silage. Corn yields And we, their successors, were al dow he, too, had it on exactly the about twice as much dry m atter per ready full of the legends about the same spot. And if that were so, then acre as do root crops. As root crops castle The troops were telling the apparently that strange officer in the require mu-h more laflnr, silage is by mosi fcolisli stories, and this annoyed moonshine was me— and 1 must be f i r the most economical for those our adjutant Ho wished to prove duplicated in this room Everything where corn can not be grown. that they were false. On the third was in accord— height, size—every morning after our arrival, he said to thing about the shadowy phantom over S ail H o i. there— and in my foolishness I thought The salt box Is made out of two-inch us qu'tc coolly: •‘W e'l, boys, * • • I passed the when he turns round to me, then I stuff so it will withstand the pranks of horses and other stock crowding wnole of last night over there!” A shall know! testified to It. And a morbid curiosity seized me. about the salt place. An ordinary couple of witnesses Everyone asked: He must turn round— you must see bunk Is made about three feet wide ‘ W ell--an d * • •?” yourself once again!—and immediate by fou r long and the salt receptacle “ I slept and dreamt of my mother. ly he did It, and I noticed whatever I, made so as to fit Inside the bunk end • • * Nothing else at all. • • ••• at the fireside, was thinking, that one He laughed and was in good spirits. over at the window 'mmediately did. although he looked rather pale. To My will acted both here and there * ward evening he rode to the brigade • * through It we were united— and quarters— three villages off—to receive we looked at each other—and now I orders He has never again been seen. fully recognized myself • • • an<] Some time afterward we were sit tremblingly thought: I f only that ting together one evening In thoughtful other one does not begin to laugh! mood and talking about our missing And already he was laughing so that comrade, and how, just the night be I could see his white teeth under the fore his death, he had beer ip that mustache. Thank God— we are ten house of which the dark window pace* apart! • • * I must not let wise, but much narrower on the sides. frames were distinctly yawning across him come nearer— he must not come The sides come down to within an the snow in the moonshine. Now it so | any nearer! And in this same mo inch of the bottom so that stock can happened that I had taken a good deal ment the one at the window put him of wine that evening, for I had not self in motion and came with quick lick the salt. been well during the last few days long strides toward the mattress on C o rrp o lIn K A c i d i t y In S o il« . But now the wine Inclined me to be which I lay. I sprang up and rushed Acid ity in soli», while not directly as venturesome as I usually was when like a terrified hare out of the room to injurious itself to most crops, is not a a young lieutenant of 26, and 1 called the open hall door, and behind me condition of fertility and usually In- j f ut' were hasty, buoyant steps and soft dirates a need o f phosphates. " I shall establish my headquarters clanging of spurs, and I ran faster Especially is it detrimental to the] over there for to-night.” and ever faster, and lost my footing growth o f clovers, in that It does not j ' You will rot go there." So spake on the slippery outside steps and fell favor the development o f bacteria-1 one of my best friends beside me; and headlong into the snow. form ing nodules on their roots, which 1 replied: That cooled me. and gradually my fix the nitrogen from the air. Clay "W hat will yon bet?” senses returned I lay there In clear ,cam soils, the organic matter of which "M y white Arab. She ig anywav too cool air and saw over me the stars—, has been to a considerable extent ex light for my weight! Early to-morrow nothing else. Slowly l rose up and hausted, should be kept in as favorable •he wil! be yours!” strode away through^ the snow— any a condition for the growth of clover "D o n e !” thing to get away from that house— as possible, and the neutralizing of any So at about 10 o'clock I strolled acidity is one o f the most important across the crunching snow to the si and I kept nervously turning round to look back. I did not wish to return factors. lent house, my servant with me. lie to my quarters. My comrades would carried the bedding, which he laid I . f i m . ( l r o T . l l Clood O m e n . have noticed me and laughed at me. The man who is looking for a new down by the fireplace in the great But nearby was the stable where my He had already lit a fire and location agriculturally can hardly go hall horses and those of the other lieu astray If he picks out a piece of land pushing forward a few more logs of tenants were kept. There, with a con wood for replenishing it, he faced in a section where either clover or al stant cold shiver down my back, al falfa w ill grow, and this holds w h ether! About at my ' All right— now be o ff!" though It was warm among the horses and was scarcely outside the door the district la under ditch or hat its I waited for the dawn. moisture supplied in the thape of snow than I heard him running as fast as Dawn was already breaking From he could And then ali was still and and rain. the distance I heard a hollow s o u n d - I waa alone. o n e . twice • • • then at regular I f , intervals • • • cannon shot* • • ‘. " T w o convinced that 1 shouM not live through the next day. T o die so y o u n g -to leave this beautiful world I heard clanging outside. The trump eters were riding through the snowy streets sounding the alarm. In the hurry of mounting no one observed my appearance. Only my friend called out: . • • ••Well— I congratulate you the Arab is yours!” And I waved my hand energetically. "Keep it! * • » Keep it! •" and without noticing his air of amazement I trotted to my squadron as cover. On that day we got Into the thick of the fire. I was not hit ♦ and I asked myself again, when w ill It finally come. • • • But to ward midday the firing censed— the skirmish was over. * * * We had dismounted and I was crouching down by a milestone hold ing my head in my hands, staring be fore me, when the surgeon riding by called out to me: " I say— why do you look like that? I answered quite mechanically, “ I am doomed to die! * * * “ H’m • « • Since when have you been feeling so 111, Herr Lieutenant?" "F o r about a week * * * and last night * • I broke off. He was not listening— but quickly un fastened my coat. My whole chest was covered with red spots. I had not seen this— and he said: “ Now we know what It Is! Whzt do you mean by running about the world with fully developed typhus on you? Why the devil didn’t you give notice that you were 111?” I was silent. • • • The doctor called hls hospital assistants, who packed me up and carried me off. It was a severe attack— and It brought me to the very brink of the grave, but, nevertheless— when I look back— I prefer this end to a terror than a terror without an end. * • • — Country Life. COFFINS T H A T A R E R E N TE D . Tem pornry l* o o r In H ea tin g M ex ica n I'ln ee * o f th e C em eteries. The average Mexican cemetery is a grewsonte spot. The one at Matamo- ras is no exception to the rule, says a letter from that city. The bones of the dead are treated with little re3itct by the municipalities or men in con trol of the different burial grounds. The poorer the person is in worldly goods, the more ignoble w ill be the treatment accorded his bones when he has passed the way of all flesh. Of course the people of wealth or even moderate means are able to have their bodies cared for in a more or less luxurious manner after death. It is the lower class whose crumbling re mains are shifted about from place to place, and finally fall into dust, and are scattered to the four winds. The hones of the dead are usually piled in big heaps in the cemeteries of the larger towns. The bodies are given room in regular graves at an nual rentals. When the rent lapses the body is moved from Its resting place to give room for some other bodies. The bones of these disposses sed tenants are cast into the refuse pile, where they remain until carted away and scattered over the land a3 if they were so much garbage. It is rare that a body of the poorer class is kept in a grave more than two years. Until recently the bone pile in the cemetery at Matamoras was large. It was carted away to give room for a fresh accumulation of non-paying ten ants of the grave*. In one corner of the cemetery are several cheap caskets which are used from time to time for temporary resting places of those who can afford to pay the stipulated rental. In some of the cemeteries of Mexico are interesting catacombs that have been in use for two or three centuries. Guanajuato is widely noted for Its catacombs A large underground chamber in the cemetery in that city is filled with solemn rows of standing skeletons. Some of these bodies are mummified and are of lifelik e appear ance This chamber of horrors was formerly a favorite visiting place for curious-minded American tourists. The grinning skeletons occupied a va riety of poses, the keeper of the ceme tery deriving no little amusement In exercising Ms Ingenuity in making the silent occupants of the cavern as ter rifyin g as possible to the visitors. When Guanajuato became the scene of great mining activity a few years ago, caused by the advent of many Am eri cans, the newcomers made protest to the government authorities of the hor rifyin g spectacle in the underground chamber In response to this protest the authorities Issued an order that these skeletons must be clothed so as to hide their shimmering hones from the eyes of the visitors to the piare. The effect o f this order Is to make the occupants o f the chamber more grotesque and terrifyin g than when their nakedness was exposed. Each grinning skeleton now wears a full suit of clothes, which hang lim ply upon the bones. Some wear hats that are tilted at rakish angles. The big pile of bones that form erly occupied one of the Guanajuato cham ber of horrors has been removed and -in effort is now being made to keep the place In fit condition for the recep tion of American and other visitors. H a ir Vigo A y e r’s H a ir Vigor was the best that was made. A y e r’s H a ir Vigor, nev proved formula, is better is the one great specific for ing hair, A new preparatio every way. New bottle. » contents. A sk your drug show it to you, “ the new I Does not change the color of ih, Formula with « y >yers 8hoar u Aak hin than do As we now make our new Hair Vi does not have the slightest effect the color of the hair. You mu freely and for any length of time out fear of changing the color, falling hair. Cures dandruff. —— Mad* by th * J. C. A yar Co.. Lowtll.li The M id n igh t San. The m idnight sun is not south of the polar circle. It k the horizon throughout ths t four hours at Bodo from J um July 7, at Tromso from the i; May to the 22d of July and North Cape from the 12th of j the 2!>th of July. There are »ponding periods during Dec. January and November when tl» is not seen, but the darkness : winter i3 by no means so gre! might be imagined. The whiten] the snow and the glimmer northern lights make a sort netual twilight. W l«e M an. "You made a great hit wltk birthday presents you gavs aunts.” "Yes, I think I sized up their pretty accurately." “ What did you give the be» one?” " A silver-mounted mirror." “ That was a good hunch, and ■ did you give the ugly one?" "A silver-mounted mirror.” ton Post. J The M odern Child, "W here do you live, m y little r " I ain't got no regular home.] “ Haven't any home? Why, strange. You have good clop wear and you look as if ye plenty to eat.” "Yes, but part of the time with mamma and part of the papa has me, and the rest of tlr I ’m In the custody of ths » ' Chicago Record-Herald. T k lu - U r r a r ’i C o rr e c tlo «. A distinguished foreigner Epsom Downs In Thackeray’s co] noticed, St. James’ Budget many men dressed as sailors whj not, to native and experienci the real article. “ Ah,” said the visitor, "thessj suppose, what you call your tars?” "Oh, no,” replied Thackeray. Epsom salt3.” H ta (iu u IiQ c n t lo n . “ I ’d like to get a Job on a n per.” “ Had any experience as a Jt 1st?” “ None." “ Then what could you do on; paper?” “ Seems to me that I could it excellent advice of some kind." " ille Courier-.TournnI. Com m on Law. The common law of Englakj ancient collection of unwrltte ims and customs of British, and Danish origin, which, by a and approval, have become mental in English jurispr Many of the principles of the common law hold in this coua» throughout the Engllsh-speakia as well. _____ ________ A H M T rw d iH "A n d then,” she said, in I*] the romantic episode, "she s|^ his arms.” "She did?” “ Of course. Do you doubt k "Oh, no,” he replied, "but »k lng her I can’t help thinking j must have Jarred him quits * Chicago Post. ________ O verdid It. Trusty Henchman—Her* statement, Senator, of your campaign expenses. Senator Lotsmun (looking It's more than that. I see. It*) ment of my entire expenses negotiated, you will remember,; a dozen more votes than wer* ) necessary.— Chicago Tril-uns l*e rp lea ln g tM A Professor (a fte r calling 0 and w aiting for him to rerl<*H to me, Blank, you ought to b*J answer my question, with prompting you're getting hw* Blank— W ell, professor, tier a difference of opinion » that----- — The O argov'«_ Mtfcht C o o ln e u B fiw c f“ Mrs. Jenner Lee Ondege-- know, I have never seen “ Bllllnger u»eil to be oiie of th» without hls beard Some J*? biggest fish liars I ever met.’* ing to ask him to shavs I* “ Has he quit?” see what he really looks Mrs. Seldom-Holme—O. • He quit lying about fish some time ago. But he's more than making up that! You'll be sorry. I * “* for it by the lies he tells about the for# he ever had any heard smartness of that 4-year-old kid of • a I t S e e » » 4' hls."— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Rankin— There's ° n* hasn't gone up In price. » “ Lot's w ife may have looked back— still (p u ff) buy a and then again she may hava talked n*ck* ‘ pU fl back. Kyle— I ■•» you can. * SHU In the ftln v.