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—
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