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Show i - Abstract from Frrmon The inspiration and power that !j Just clothing the world in uncquaied beauty and filling it with the joy of heaven is Christ's. Kt-'. J. It. Fisher, Presbyterian. Newark, N. J. History shows how maa has worked out fcis material salvation and his educational ed-ucational advancement by making U3a of the gifts of God. Rev. F. M. Bristol, Bris-tol, Methodist, Washington, D. C. Rely upon hard, long continued, painstaking work. By it discipline your mind, build tip your character, and earn your own way in the world. Most of us wjiste cur time and we are held responsible for that valuable possession. There are more proiials cf time wa-t:nK than any ct'.isr. No class can kc:p a. yivusg fellow nt iti foot who has learned the value of moments. Rov. H. Vanderwart, Reformed Re-formed Church. Ha?kenai ck. .. J. Democracy means the people come of age the people rovereign. Mors than any other ccuntry America created cre-ated the coalitions I;;st for the political politi-cal and moral elev:itioa of the people. Columbus c!lfci.vcrcd America; America Amer-ica diC'-'Veii-ii t!;e popplo.-- Indiana Tfmpranc IVoj le (ulte. The Indiana Anti-Sjloon league ha; begun the ta.-k of securing through local leagues the names of 100.C0) voters vot-ers who can he rrlUd on to support temperani-e Je:::.-lati'j.i. Superirtends.'ut Helt says thit on fventy-four heirs' notice any tins.- durlnt; the leh-lative session the temperance ieadtrs cm swamp the Uzi -'nture vith patitioas. A mile square is a surface each slt!e of which is a mile i:i l;itli; a squa-o mile is any surface containing exactly a'nille square. IJfSt for Hie Itotr. 1. iio mr.ttr what ci's you, headache to a cancer, oi v,::l never get well until your bowels are put right. CaSCAKETS help nature, cure you without a grine cr pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start Rtt.'in your health bark. CASCAREIS V.muy Cathartic the genuine, put up in meta! boxes, every tabiet h,;s C. ('. C. msaed on it. Beware Be-ware of imitations. V'RlllT TM- or Ilt.nil-rrntlnn. Immigration to this po.t has been Increair.s; at ni -ii a rata that, if thre J3 r.o failing off. the mi;r:;?r of immigrants im-migrants for this f:?.-a! year will be more than 4". Cu-, the larg -.n f:ur.? since ISO.'. New York I':::t. newaro of Ointments for Crtlarrli Tlint 'oi:(.-iit Mrrvurjr, As mercury will :;r-lv" il'-Mroy t!i; sense o; Sim 1! ami i'.nnii' Iriy i) raiiirc t !i- viiul; systc: , wiieu t-fi!rir; it Hi:t'ii U:: mut-ous Mirfai't- Sacb iiriu l' s slu-i'M iu'wr li uni-.i cxe'-pt. . -. prescriptions f n in r-;;iilaM iifivi:-iani. asl.'-? t!uma;."r I in y w j !i ilo i i ti-nfiil t lii" X'"1 '.'-ran '.'-ran ix.s?!tily clt-rivi' (nun Ih -ni. tl;i!l '.:t:ir!i; Curi-. i:i:uiiif:i-uri-tl l,y I'. ,(. ( i.- ni-y & '. Toieilo. ., oi.t ii.is (i'i mercury. :in ! il;il;c:. inlTiially. aciiris,' (Hrci-t'y Unn Hie bloo.i mucous surfaces o? !i' sy.-.l'-in. In buyiri'. Hails I 'alarrh 'ur" ! mi you ' iHeonuin It is tnke-i interf:,!!-, . aol i:::iie in Toledo, K u. by K. J. 'hen. v '. Totimoiiialsfrc'e. t. la tiy Drinri'ists. p.-icc TV ! r liottlc Hall a Kir::.; an: lUo bust- Tlic Socialists have -:iinod bevcraj Feats in the Diets of Yicnburf Lippe-Detii! '. I"isos Curlier C'or...uri'pMt!i is a:i l.-?''.r fiiett c-;rie t tf couu'a-. aa i cii-is. . W. Je-CK-euu Urov, ti. J.. F. :. IT, I'liitfi state.- Kiuii .issad.tr noate denies the n-noi I tlmt ii. Miimt to lesitrn his post. C It riltri-c I o ex ai n a ! ! i. Ixint li miiy: fit rciiiji v in-e l'ura. I ' I on rC',;uc or l. o I M u ' lit; t-oi.i- Statistics :-!nnv ti-.at more foreign capital has been invested in Venczr.e this year than for ten years past. .1 ;.: ai ru -ir t ' E-i ' Itir il-r '-f t HiM'tH- 'H' .-. ta 's Hut: li !. M. arc l.r c.r.'; . 1" The banks of 15er.ral and IJonibay Lave reiluced their dinouut rates from 0 to 7 pt r en t. Carter'- In": has r -11 1 il-"?p rnltir wr !? (.o;s Bvtstra'.a -ia cy.s. Carter s dcsa't fla. Throe men were burie I alive at (liadron. Neb., while engnjrel :n the construct ion of an irrif :ii.iri;f canal. -.&6&fc.fr.-60:&t-:w:t-:fefe'6fe:fcfeV T7 u it ii iii it i3 u i'i i'i ii & x ti if UPRIGH1 Etrairht and strong is lh ttr-iue wlui! the twists and cun.atur-:3 of Lumbago are cured and Etr2ituened cut ty St. Jacobs Oil J! -15:3 ;:;-'5:--5:-0-3-3?9a;3-3:S-3r yoa Iiwt txwn paying pay-ing Si to .? for !ioe, a trial of V L. L)oir-1m L)oir-1m S3 or S3.oO slioea will convince you tliat they are jut as sMxt In err w ay and eost from SI to t.-.0 less-Cver less-Cver 1,0K,000 wearer. On j pir of W t. Ccuz'at S?cr$3EJsHwt!l -xrill pisit'vcly ei-tc:r r two pairs irt crrinziy shoes. Weareth Isrjreet maker of men's 83 and S.l .10 thors In the world. Wo make and Bell more S3 and shoes than any ther two mannftfiiinrs In the 17. 8, BEST $3.50 SHOE. Dorics UA) and .r.r- hr fs e'-;tort, an! rrw is Li e r fT-rywhfr ihprtuhcul thvvrrid. ttoa than tithe- mairt bcrut th Bt-n-iard 0 i kWiv Ih-ci !cr4 to high it the'wrtnn expect nor for their :i j than tH.T ca rot r!i.-ht nr. j BEST $3.00 SHOE. hoc areanM thsa ot.Ser irnke is fc.ue : V AiK Tiai: i o'jr dotft b.-x:M kwp tiirm i give one dcakr c!itTe uie in each town. Take no tuilMtltntrf lnit on hinri W. J. shoes with Bmc snd pnre ittmprl ca tvtm. V- tout tisicr will eo i w-:r. for r. rid d-.r-et to fmctonr. eaHir. prire nrt t'. rxl- Sot tirnt. jtatc kind of If-aturr. mix, aud width, p'tin or rap Use. Out hor will r-u.h yvn nywN w. fateop Frr. FP.EE ELEGTHIO BELT OFFER iu? pnmno ana IDt.Liti.Mu ILTt RiT- TiiT 111 M M read rtsd-:r oc tl-i? paprr. 1-- S. war. I. V'" . nUVS? KCTrfiKQ eotr.f.fca Witn moct tul other tmlSfcati. t ur- faa ail sifefr trim k-i, p!Uner mm rewr-Ji- im'.t, jT.i tor ft i COCfl4lintKl (Lmtts.lrrrtm ulirltsMt m4 BtARS, ROSDUGK &. CO.. Chica icago. Kir it f If JH UMON MAPE I I I I h it FYELETc vx JOt itt i ?t i t i-Z. l'i $ - ri , v r, 0 V 7. v v. L08T ON THE.... VELDT v, ;i ; 0-i ; i w: w jr CHAPTER VI. (Continued. At last they stopped. Some one came up to lliucbel!. and, to her immense im-mense relief, she felt the tiurrid cloth being untied. The next moment it was drawn from her head, and then ';ght, blr.sscd light, albeit it was only faint gray dawn as yet, flooded her !yes. Bluebeii mtered a half-sobbing sry and looked around at her companions, compan-ions, then at herself. They were in the midst of. a great itretch of arid "karoa" nothing but od sand, unrelieved by bush, grass or ,ign of water, stretched about then.. Iround, however, rose great blacX raggy rocks, with what seemed lik'i i sandy ravine between, but the light was so dim Bluebell could not be sure. She was sure cf one thing: That she had never been there before. She could only guess that they were about to enter a pass in th-3 mountain which t eparated Natal from the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. She looked at her companions. A native "boy," short-statui'ed and attired at-tired almost in rags, with a villainous expression, walked beside her. On the other ?ide, mounted on a large bay hore, his dark, evil face turned towards to-wards her, was Gerald Moore. Then her eyes came back to herself. f5he had on the dark gown which she had thrown on when she had been .iroused by the approach of the commando; com-mando; a heavy tweed cloak covered It down to her feet. On the latter she Lad only the house slippers she had put on when she left her room. A little lit-tle tweed cap covered her disheveled iiair. That and the cloak, she con-luded, con-luded, had been supplied by Moore. She turned to him, her face like that :f one who had passed through a frightful vigil, and come out of it pale nd worn, hollow-eyed and heart broken. A momentary flash of her old tourage came to her as she saw the tvil look in Moore's eyes. "Where are you taking me to?" she ixclaimcd. "Are you a man at all, :hat you can drag me from my home it such a time as this, when my lather lies dead or dyins, killed by 'our treachery?" "I took you for your own safety," he eplied with a cold smile. "Oh, you tre quite safe with me, Miss Bluebell; con't be afraid. We are within a day (nd a night's journey of our destination. destina-tion. Once we are safely on Dutch soil jou shall become my wife, and then tve shall cross over to England as soon as may be." "You are the worst man that God has left upon earth!" said the girl deliberately. de-liberately. "But do you think you will frighten me into what you wish, iierald Moore. 1 am not afraid to die, ind I will die rather than marry you. i'ou have done your worst when von tempted and betrayed my poor father; foil cannot do me any harm now. God vill help me against you." He laughed insultingly. "If it pleases you to think so, my :lear lady, I have no objections. As for dying well, we shall see about that. There are different ways of dying." All the morning hours they jolted, stumbled and bumped their way ovr the rutty and uneven plain. The full dawn broke, and the sun rose in all the glorious majesty of day. Then, as they entered the pass between be-tween the rocky hills, the full heat of the sun began to beat down upon them. It beat on Bluebell's unsheltered head and gave her a racking headache. Soon she became intensely thirsty, but no water was to be seen; but the pain and Weariness of her body was as nothing pompared to the anxiety, the fear, the unguish that racked her mind. "God, God, help me! There is none but Thou!" she prayed again and again. Then there came to her mind the remembrance cf Adair Rothes' quiet, brave, strong face, and her heart bounded. Oh. if he only knew what had happened, would he not try to save her from this awful fate? About midday Moore called a halt. He came forward to help Bluebell off her horse, but she scornfully waved him aside and slipped off herself. "You can easily catch me if I attempt at-tempt to run away," she said. Eve.i as the words passed her lips her heart beat high. Run away! Why should she not make a bold attempt ? They could not be very far distant from some town, when Moore had spoken of a day and a night's journey. And even if she lost herself on that terrible trackless plain, among those rocky mountains, better that fate than the one with which she was threatened. Her chance was to come sooner than Ehe expected. CHAPTER VII. "It Is impossible! I cannot believe it!" exclaimed Adair Rothes. "Mr. Leslie's house burned to the ground, and he himself shot by the commando! It is too terrible for belief!"' The news had just been related to him by a messenger, who had managed to make his way into Ladysmith; for by this time the war had commenced, and the battle of Glencoe been fought and won. Doctor Rothes had not as yet left the town, where he had been very busy, along with one or two others, in attending at-tending to the wounded and dying who had been brought into the town ana conveyed to the house which had been converted into a hospital. No news of the outside world, save of the army that had ventured out to do battle with the enemy, had reached the little town until now. The messenger, a young Dutch farmer, farm-er, who had come to ask if he could be enrolled In the British army, was surprised and frightened when he saw the look of alarm and horror which overspread the young man's face. "It is what I have been told, Herr Doctor," eaid the young Dutchman stolidly, "and I can tell you no more; but it is certain Herr Leslie is dead, for he Is to be buried today." Rothes was almost stupefied by the suddenness of the blow. "If the commando has done this without provocation we shall not let the matter rest there." he said. "And what of Miss Leslie and Miss Elizabeth, Eliza-beth, his daughter and sister?" The young man shook his head. 'He had given all his Information. Rothes could not rest until he heard more. He arranged with the other medical men, and, escaping from the town, though under a heavy fire from the enemy, he rode at as mad a paco as he had ever indulged in, towards , New Kelso. I It was late In the afternoon when be reached it, and. long ere be did so, S?? - ? ? yi ti ti A SJORY CF THE BOER CAMPAIGN IN NAT aDSS Ey H. D. Mackenzie - . '0 jsrv; t x ; ; ;i ; ; ;v j ,c he saw a mass of bia-k ruins through the gum trees, which confirmed the story he had heard. He drew his breath in sharply, a feeling cf almost overwhelming fear and foreboding s mz?;1 upon him. Then he rode up the ? venue towards the black ruins that had once been so urni and sweet a home, and that had held the clearest thins to him on earth Bluebeii, Bluebell! Wire was she now? The outhouse in which the native servants had slept was, strangely etiOugh, untouched by tire. Rothes rode up towards it, his heart beating with dull hammer-like throbs. As ' ncai en u tx nuiu (-,iit:l .tru 11 um Lil'.r low, mud doorwy. The building was merely a mud hottse da :bed over vith clay. The figure was that of Miss Elizabeth. She cam" T.iickly forward, and Rotlifs ta.v how shockingly changed she v::s. Her hair seemed to iir.ve grown grey, her face was like that cf a very old woman, drawn and wrinkled; her cheeks and eves hollow '"l Copl and the latter lo( the ters had been wruns out But they had nut. 3t them. sob burst from her as she recognized llothes, and; as he dar-cd her hand, the tears rushed forth. "Thank God! Oh, thank God! It is a wonder to myseif I have not gone mad during these long days! Never a white face that 1 knew to appeal ap-peal to. But now Oh, yen will, for charity's dear sake, for the sake of the kind Lord al;ove. you will sock for my lost child, Doctor Rothes?" He paled suddenly, holding the thin, hard-working h.;nd in an unconsciously unconscious-ly painful grasp. "Lest! What do you mean, Miss Elizabeth? Is it Bluebell who is lost?" "Yes, my bairn, my litt'.e Bluebell!" She burst into the painful, bitter tears cf old age. "Now my brother is gone -and God alone knows whether the awful charge thry brought against him was true or not I can think of nothing, noth-ing, of no one but my lost darling. Where is she? Is she stiil alive? Has death overtaken her, or something worte? Ch, if I but knew the truth, even if it were death, it would not be so awful! But this uncertainty the Almighty above kr.o.vs how I bear it and still keep sane!" "Explain all to me. Miss Elizabeth." Rothes led her to an iron c-arden seat that the tire had been compelled to spare, and al down brskle her, his own face pale and sot. "Tell me the whole affair cs bri:.;!y as pos-ib'.e, and then I shall know wiia1: to do." She did so, With wonderful brevity and exactness. 'ht :i r-'w mentioned the name of Gorsld Moore, Rothes started frcm his seat, his yos blazing; then, with a gesture, aiked her to 30 on. "I did not see wb?ro Bluebell was for a lcn? time. The icr'.cr of the Boers examined my brother for himself. him-self. 'He is dead; there is no doubt of it. It was an apoplectic stroke,' he. said. Then he said he must take my brother's body with him. His orders were to bring him dead or alive. I prayed. I besought. Then suddenly the servants came rrnrsins; to say the house was on fire. It had been set fire to by some of the Boers, misunderstanding misunder-standing an order cf their leader at least, so they said, it was then I learned Bluebell was rone. Sara told me he had seen Baas Moore carrying her off, with a cloth over her head; and when Sam had run after him, Moore covered him with a pistol." "You mean,' said Rothes hoarsely, interrupting her, a look in his face, that tei rifled the poor woman, "that it is that villain in whos3 hands she is now .' "I tell you a!! I know," said Miss Elizabeth, sobbing. "Doctor Rothes, do you know Etr.ythir:g? But let me finish first. When the Boers saw the terrible conflagration they consulted hastily among themselves, and finally made off, leaving me with my dead and half-crazed servants. Well, we carried my brother's body outside and, without trying to save anything, I sent Sam anel Monti in search of Bluebell. They did not return till night, and the a without having found any trace of her. That f.ll happened three days ago. We had to bury my brother ourselves." our-selves." Miss Elizabeth's voice choked. chok-ed. "The boys ma:aged a kind of wooden shell to lay him in, and they buried him under tho kopje nearest the river. What else coul i we do?" Miss Elizabeth wrung her hands. "Doctor Rothes, there was no minister to say a prayer; I had to do it myself. Oh, my poor brother!" The tone of anguish in the poor lady's voice would have touched a far more callous heart than Adair Rothes'. His whole mind was taken up with Bluebell s fatt. and he had far mora reason than Miss Elizabeth to mistrust Moore. Yet he laid his hand for a moment mo-ment consolingly on that if the poor woman. "Miss Elizabeth, you are a Christian, Christ-ian, and you hio w nd he Move that God hand guiu"?'55,S5?ijTf -0111-lives. Your brother is in His hands, and we know that they are hands of infinite wisdom and mercy. We have the living to think of now. Tell me, have you done anything more to And your niece?" "I have sent Sam again in search of her. He knew the country better than anyone else, and he litis taken Kaiser, my brother's horse. He went away yesterday morning, and I gave him food and drink enough to last several days." "Which direction did he take?' Rothes asked. He had gone southwards, toward the Tugela river, she said. "Then I shall take the other direction," direc-tion," said Rothes, standing up. "I am certain if Gerald Moore, as he call3 himself, has carried her off, he has taken her beyond British territory. I know tha man, Miss Elizabeth. He is a scoundrel of the deepest dye!" "What do you know cf him?" she gasped, seizing his arm. "Oh, God forbid for-bid that my darling should be in the hands cf such a man, if he is what you say!" "I knew him in Maritzburg," said Rothes briefly. "I learned by chance what he was, and he knew it, and bates me for it. He robbed a dead msro. at Kimfcerley. That is how he obtained obtain-ed his wealth. "And, almost worse than that, ne has been a -vile spy in the pay of the Beers. The Boers despise him; but he ha3 been of use to then. Nov I must wait no longer, Miss Kiizaoetb. I must hurry back to Laflysmith. I cannct leave my duties there without warning, But tonight I shall be on Moore's ' track, and, please Cod, I shall find bla jet." She clasped fci3 hand, weeping. "Ycu are go:n? to seek for my dhT-ling? dhT-ling? Oh, may God bless you and give you success! It i3 He who lias put i! into your heart to help me!" He looked at her for a moment Words seemed trembling on his lips; but he checked them and wrung her hand instead. "Good-by, Miss Elizabeth. Take care. of yourself, and make yourself as comfortable as you can. I can't ask you to go to a place where you would be safer than here, for I wish to find ycu when I come back. And I shall not come back until I have found her. with Gc-d's help. Gocd-by, good-by!" He was gone, and Miss Elizabeth was left alone with .ter fear and anxiety, anx-iety, and only her native servants as companions. It was late that n'ht when Rothes was able to set out. lie st ick across country from Ladysmith, following the Tugela for come tLne, then skirting the mountains. He had brought with him his native boy, a lithe and hardy little Zulu, who was as clever at following fol-lowing a "spoor" as a red Indian. His own horse was a hardy and sure-footed animal; the Zulu rode an equally sturdy though srailier beast, barebacked. bare-backed. (To be continued.) CATS THAT SAIL OCEAN. All I'siszcnfrrr Siean.ers Carry a Goodly Number of Felines, passengers always lias on board from six to ten cats, these being apportioned to various parts of the ship, as well as appearing 011 the vessel's books as regards re-gards the rations they draw. And, even beyond this, on most of the great lines particular employes are instructed to feed daily as a pert of their duties certain cer-tain cats in their part of the ship. And there is promotion for pussy as well, for f.ny cat that is particularly amiable, clever and interesting is permitted per-mitted to enjoy the run of first or second sec-ond or third clss saloons, according to the popular vote. In this way certain cer-tain of the first-class saloon pussies have become celebrated, especially 011 the long vojage boats that go to India and Australia, and the stewards of the various classes are quite commonly eager to push their own favorite cat into first place. Of course, there are amazing favorites with the staff of the ship, that are fmc hunters and do not seek "society." When the ship is in port a certain man has the duty of feeding the cats at regu'ar hours and of entering the rations in a book, but every cat on the ship that has been long there seems to wait with eagerness eager-ness for and to recognize at once the professional rat catcher who always goes to work in the hold of every passenger pas-senger liner when it comes to dock, and who lives by ridding ships of rats. The "staff c::ts " as the stewards call them, never leave the rat man till he has finished his duties. Large sums have been offered for one saloon cat cn a great line sr.i1 the staff have to gimrd it strictly fr mi acquisitive admirers, ad-mirers, in whose "luggage it has sev eral times been found. New York Heraid. ANAGRAMS ON NOTED NAMES, Sumo TransposUioim Hxproislng Facls tn lien's History. Anagrams that transmute the names of well-known men and women are often startlingly appropriate. What-f could be better in this way than these announcements, evolved from two great statement nam's when the reins of power changed hands: Gladstone, G leads not!" Disraeli, "I lead, sir!" Quite as happy is the comment on the devoted nursing of Florence Nightingale, Night-ingale, whose name yields "Flit on, cheering angel." Among those that aro most often quoted we may mention Horatio Nelson, "Honor est a Nilo;" Charles James Stuart, "Claims Arthur's Ar-thur's Scat;" Pilate's question, "Quid est Veritas?" "What is truth?"), answered an-swered by "Est Vir qui adest" ("It i3 the man here present"); Swedish Nightingale, "Sing high, sweet Linda;" Lin-da;" David Livingstone, "D. V., go ana visit Nile;" the marquess of Ripon (who resigned the grand mastership of Freemasons when he became a Romanist), Ro-manist), "R. I. P.. quoth Freemasons;" Charles Prince of Wales, "All Franco calls: O help;" Sir Roger Charles Doughty Tichborne, baronet, "Yon horrid butcher Orton biggest rascal here," and many shorter specimens, such as telegrapn, great netp; astronomers, as-tronomers, "no mere stars, "and "moon starers;" one hug, "enough;" editors, I "so tired;" tournament, "to run at i men;" penitentiary, "nay, I repent;" j Old England, "golden land;" revolu- j tion, "to love ruin;" fashionable,! "one-half bias;" lawyers, "sly ware;" midshipman, "mind his map;" poor- house, "O sour hope;" Presbyterian, j "best in prayer;" sweetheart, "there j we sat;" matrimony, "into my arm." j BURIAL OF SPANISH MONARCHS Yl"eir;l Ceremonial CJustom as Prescribed for lloval Obsoqui3S. Strange and almost weird is the ceremonial cer-emonial which accoripanies the burial of Spanish kings. The pantheon or royal tomb is at the p-alace of the Es- 1 curial, situated 3,000 feet above the ' ' Iqx el Iihes ea and some distance from the capital. Only kings,queei? and mothers of kings are buried there the coffins of the kings lying on on side, those of the queens on the other, After lying in state for several day in the throne rooms in Madrid an ormous procession is formed, acc panying the body to the Escurial. halt is made on the way and corpse rests there for one night. i.he morning the lord high chamberlain stands at the side of the coffin and says in loud tones: "Is your majesty pleased to proceed on your journey?" After a short fcilence the procession moves on and winds up to the grand portal of the palace. These doors are never opened except to admit a royal personage, dead or alive. When the caskot containing the remains is at last placed in the vault the chamberlain chamber-lain unlocks it and, kneeling down, calls n.vith a loud voice: "Senor! Se-nor! Se-nor! Senor!" After a solemn pause he cries again: "His majesty does not reply. Then it is true, the king is dead!" He then locks the coffin, gives the key to i-.c prior (the palace of the Escurial contains also a large monastery monas-tery and church), anel, taking his staff of oface. breaks it in pieces and flings them at the casket: The booming of the guns and the tolling of bells announce an-nounce to the nation that the king has gone to his final resting place. San Francisco Argonaut. A German naturalist has collected evidence that monkeys, dogs, cats, birds and other animals recognize themselves cr other animals in mirrors and pictures. DAIRY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. ITcw Fnccessful Tnrmer Operate ThU Dcpartmeat of the Farm A Few Hints as to tlie taro or Lira Stock nd Fooltry. The Cdtler. Prof. H. Hayward says: Doubtless you all know that the productivity o! an udder is dependent upon the num-fcer num-fcer of epithelial or secretive cells it contains, and not necessarily upon its size. The ideal udder then would be one of such a shape that the maximum-sized udder containing the maximum max-imum number of secreting cells could be easily carried when fall. A little thought will show us that the shape cf this udder must necessarily form Part of an are cf a circle, but that both the back and frcnt part of the udder will extend beyond the circ'.e and thus form what we know as a square, well-balanced uddor. The udder, ud-der, should, of course, be free from niuch flesh. The amount of flesh an udder will shew on milking out, however, how-ever, will depend on the period of lc.c-tation, lc.c-tation, as the more active the secretive secre-tive cells are, the more apparent lies!: 1 will the udder show after miiking. A j f.eshy udder is readny distinguished I ty the fact that superfluous liesh that it contains usually seems to drop more ' or less to the bottom cf the udder. 1 making it pendulous. Such an udder not only is unsightly, but the cow witn such an udder is quite likely to transmit this undesirable . quality to her offspring. The most common fault found in the uader is the imperfect im-perfect development of the front ud der. This is often seen in a very marked degree in certain families, or sometimes whole breeds. I believo the lack of development in the fore-udder is the cause of a large aggregate less to the dairymen of our country, and that it is well worth the while to at least make the effort to overcome this fault, which is so common com-mon ia our dairy cows. To give some idea of the great difference between the quantity of milk produced by the front and rear udder, I quote the results re-sults obtained by Prof. Plumb in some studies of the uduer, which he made a few years ago. In 226 different lots of milk obtained from 65 differeut cows, representing several types of udders, he found that the average yield of the 226 front udders was 4.1 quarts, while the average yield of the 22G rear udders was 4.9 quarts, or a difference of over 16 per cent. It should be borne in mind that these were average udders, and not udders noticeably deficient in one part or the other. To note the effect when the front udder was noticeably undeveloped, the same observer took 13 cows that had a more or less inferior front conformation, conform-ation, and weighed separately the milk produced by the rear and front udder. In these cases, it was found that the rear udder produced 57 per cent more miik than the front udder, which plainly plain-ly shows the difference existing la different types of udders. Prof. Plumb further noted the difference in the yield of the front and rear udders, where the udders were well balanced. In (the nine cows studied, it was found that the difference in the milk yield of the front and rear udder amounted to only 4 per cent a comparatively .Ergci Scant difference. i Poultry Brief!. The young poultryman generally goes into the keeping of fowls with an idea that he has some scheme that the other fellows never thought of. He will sit dowrn and plan how to make poultry-keeping a success, and will imagine im-agine that he is wiser than those that have gone before him. Very well; let him try all the things he can think of, but after he has tried them to his heart's content lie will have to get down to the common-place methods of keeping clean and feeding correctly. The raising of geese is not accompanied accom-panied with that expense for buildings build-ings and appliances that accompanies the raising of some other kinds of farm poultry. Geese dislike confinement, confine-ment, and want to be out of doors even in wet and cold weather. They are Especially fitted to withstand conditions 'that would prove fatal to chickens. For instance we would not think of permitting per-mitting chickens to run on low swampy land, but that kind of land is very suitable for ducks. What price should be charged for eggs that are sold by men that make a business of producing them for breeding purposes? Without doubt the price should be about the same as we see now advertised for eggs of purebred pure-bred fowls. If a man tries to sell eggs at too low a rate ho will find there is ::o profit in them unless he keeps a very large number of fowls and succeeds suc-ceeds in building up a trade that is larger than the average. A safe business busi-ness requires that the prices charged be sufficient to pay all costs and give a profit. e Scientific men claim that glass in poultry houses makes them warmer in the winter both by night and day. The theory they advance is that the n waves are 80 snort teat they wi:i Pass lnto he house through the glsss. hilt O m T Vl nr n rrnrl i . i . V, - . . T w.-.vea png to agaTa escape ss. They say that thus r the heat to get into to get out of it agniu. , it is advisable to give houses an abundance of UhJry Notes. like the experience of our e question of the quality in deep silos. One maa ! feet deep says that the ! I and sweet for the first ! 15 feet but becomes sour as the bot- torn is approached, till at the bottom I the silage Is so sour that the cows j will scarcely touch It The man lays ! it to the pressure at the bottom being ! far greater than at the top. It seems j to us that the effect should be just ; the opposite, and that the higher pres- j sure should give a more perfect keep- ing silage. Will some cf our dairy- ! men that have silos give us thtir ; opinions on the matter j a - i Cows that suck themselves trouble many a dairyman and it is something if a problem to know bow to break tha j habit. One of the best plans is to j boil a few quassia chips in a gallon I f water and use the water for wash- j ing the teats of the cowrs after each j milking. When the cow tries to suck j herself she will get such a mouthful ' of bitterness that she will conclude that 'milk is a bad tasting fluid anyway. any-way. Keeping up the washings for a week or ten days is said to be sufficient suf-ficient to cure the cow of the habit. Of course the udder will have to be washed before each milking or some of the quassia will get Into the milk. v 7 r j m J . L 1 M UU LI ! i silo 4 1 f is goo The question of odor in milk I3 one that has long disturbed dairymen and scientists Interested In dairy subjects. Some have claimed that the odors were due to food that the cows receiva, while ethers have been just as positivo that the odors did aot go through the cows but got into the milk from some other source from the odors of stuff left around in the ctable in which the cows were milked. The contentions have been sometimes fierce. The experiment ex-periment stations have paid little attention at-tention to the subject, though it is a subject that wou'.d app?ar easy of solution. so-lution. At last an experiment station ;a Canada has taken up the question and has actually made a test to set the matter straight. Turnips were kept in the stable where the cows were being be-ing milked for some time, but no turnip tur-nip flavor was detected in the milk. The inference is that the flavor must come through the cow. Cf course, it is not possible to build a conclusion of the matter out of a single experiment, experi-ment, but even one experiment indicates indi-cates something. The first enumeration of sheep was in 1S40, when the nunibsr in the country coun-try was put at il,T73,C00. In 1SC0 the number enumerated was only 22.471,-275. 22.471,-275. Between 1SC0 and 1870 the number num-ber in one year 1 cached about 42,000,-000, 42,000,-000, but by 1870 had fallen to about 11,000, 000. The yearly census since that timo gives the following: No. cf rounds JiU;S-aBaBMBBBMM wool. 171 21,851,000 153,000,000 IS72 3I.C79.S03 150,000,000 1S73 33.2u0.4GO 158,COJ,000 1S74 33,038,000 170,000,003 875 33.7S3.C00 181.000,000 1S7C S5.9C5.000 192.000,000 1877 35,S04,200 200.000,000 1878 35.740,503 20S,250,000 1 S79 3S.123.S00 211.0GO.OJO 1680 40.VC5.900 233.500,003 1SS1 43,576.893 240,003,000 18S2 45.016,224 272,000,003 1SS3 49,237,291 293,003,000 1SS4 C0,02G,C26 300.000,000 18S5 50,360,243 308,000,003 1SSG 43.322,331 302,000,000 iS7 44,759,314 2S5,000,000 18iS 43,544,755 269,000,000 1SS9 42,593,079 265,000,000 1S0O 44,336,072 27C.000.000 JS91 43,430,130 285,000,003 1592 44,938,305 294,000,000 1893 47,273,553 303.153,000 1S94 45,048,017 29S.057.284 iS95 42,294,064 309,748,000 1S96 38.29S.7S3 272,474,708 1897 36,888,643 259,153,251 1S3S 37,656,246 66,720,684 1S&9 39,114,453 272,191,330 1900 41,883,965 290,000.000 Cf the 41,000,000 sheep now in the country, it i3 estimated that nearly 18,000,000 are in the Rocky Mountain states, as follows: States. Number. Montana 3,884,179 Wyoming 2,840,190 New Mexico ' 3,973,439 Colorado 2,185,327 L'tp.h 2.370,985 Idaho 2,65S,C62 Totals 17,912,7S3 The total number of sheep in the United States is 41,SS3,0G4; the total valuation, 122,665,913. Ccrotl Idoa In Hiovvlng Animals. At the Paris exposition one method used in the showing of stock could be copied to advantage by most, if not all, of our live stock shows on this side of the Atlantic. After the premiums pre-miums were ail awarded there was a change of the position of the animals. The prize winners were all p'aced together, to-gether, where they could be inspected by the public and comparisons made. In this country the animals that are competing are together while the judge is doing his work, but after that time they are separated and each oae is led back to his stall. The man that wants to look at the prize animals can find them only after a pretty thorough thor-ough hunt, for they are scattered here and there. As they are so far apart he generally does not try to make any comparisons between them. If they were put together they would be in a position where the visitors could get the most out of them as an object iesson. Probably the owner of the herd on this side of the water thinks that if they have to come to his stalls to find the animals the visitors will be obliged to notice also his other stock and thus he will get more advertising ad-vertising out cf it. But it is from the standpoint of the pub'.c that we must view the whole matter. Shows are not presumably heid to make a medium through which the exhibitor may advertise his stock, but for all of that even such advertising is entirely en-tirely legitimate, and it is proper that the breeder should take account of it when deciding to show his animals. But the manner of making the exhibits ex-hibits and stalling the animals should be settled by the managers of the show, who must take into consideration considera-tion as the first factor the instruction that the contests are intended to give to the people that come to see them. We cannot help but believe that the French method of stalling the prize animals is commendable. Experiment in Cattle Fdelin. The Oklahoma Experiment Station is continuing its feeding experiments with hogs and steers. Last winter a bunch of twenty steers were fed, using corn and Kafir meais and alfalfa hay and Kafir stover in cneh. a manner that niJeIMTVtl5SSSaaWp4"e production pro-duction cf beef could be determined. The came work will be duplicated this winter in order that as many trials as possible may be made before definite conclusions are drawn. Last year's results were reported, in the annual report re-port of the station. They pointed out the great value cf alfalfa when fed in connection with either' corn or Kafir meal, and also showed that it is pos-slbie pos-slbie to fatten steers on Kafir meal p.nd Kafir stover, though not so economically eco-nomically as when corn meal and alfalfa al-falfa are used. The feeding experiments with hog3 will be chiefly along the line of ueter-mining ueter-mining what amount of cojttonseed meal may be fed with safety to hogs Last winter's results 'were very encouraging, en-couraging, a number of hors being fattened fat-tened with cottonseed meal with the loss of but one hog, and that due to intentional feeding of meal after the danger point had been reached. The feeding of cewpea and alfalia hay to hegs will alsa be continued, previous trails having indicated the great economy econ-omy of this practice. A!;icn::lil Harm Circle. A new religious sect called the Abil-ennial Abil-ennial Dawa circle is gaining ground in Pennsylvania. The disciples believe that the millennium is at hand and reject the idea that the world will ever come to an end. Neither do they lieve in ths doctrine , of eternal punishment. pun-ishment. According to their Ideas, the millennium will arrive within fifteen years, and meantime the world will In agitated -by wars aad fearsome natural convulsions. The lrnnUnd I're-onilaently iJelfisi). J Intemperance means the enthrone-j ment of selfishness. The drunkard Is pre-eminently selfish. For a sensual I gratification be ignores the claims of 1 his own manhood and the rights of his fellows. Drunkenness is an example ex-ample of complete and unreasoning selfishness. y ri.i. . - seven aonars a montn, with room and board, seems to be the highest sum ever paid to a waiter girl in German Ger-man hotels and restaurants. r. .. ... ' ISrotherhooiI Give 111m Pension. Charles H. Reighan, who has been an engineer on the Delaware River railroad for eleven years, has resigned resign-ed on account cf failing eyesight. He gets $4,500 from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, of which he is a member. Cnion Labor Strong la Colorado. One-fourth cf the laboring population popula-tion of Colorado is said to belong to labor organizations. The State Federation Feder-ation of Labor claims that Colorado is the best organized state in the union. . Are you out of work? The more leisure is yours to study the character of your fellow men at first hand. As you pass from one to the other ia search of a job you will be surprised to discover how few of them are utterly ut-terly heartless, eras! and bad. Though it be rough cruise, the joy of touching here and there at the friendly ports will dwell forever in y-r memory like a perfume. And then think of the thousands of unfortunates who, so far from looking for work, have more work than they Lve stiength to do. Wouldn't any of these gladly change places with you ? John 1). Long, secretary of the navy, has purchased a site in Colorado SpriDgs for a residence, which he will immediately erect in that city. Mr. Long's daughters, who have been there for the past year for their health, will make it their permanent home. Fire a Stint SO Miles. The United States will fire a shot twenty miles, which will be a record breaker for the distance. The gun from which it is to be tired will be a marvel of American ingenuity and workmanship. Another marvel of American ing-enuity is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. For fifty years it has cured constipation, indigestion, dyspepsia dys-pepsia and biliousness. The strike of dock laborers at Calao, the port of Lima, has ended, as has also the one at the Vilarto factory. Mrs. TVInsloWB Soothing; Syrop. For children teething, softens the gumi, redcrei 1n-flftuiiuailon, 1n-flftuiiuailon, al. a j-a pa.n.cure wliid colic, i.c bo'.tle. A German syndicate has acquired a vast tract of tidewnter coal lands near Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. Uses Pi-ru-na Co,ds itit CAPiTOL BUILDING, SALEM, OREGON. A Letter frcm the Tycutivo Office of Oregon. The Governor "of Oregon Is an ar-Cejit ar-Cejit admirer of Pe-ru-ua. He keeps it continually in the house. In a recent re-cent letter to Dr Hartman he says: State or Oregon, Executive Department, Salem, May 9. 189S. The Pe-ru-na Medicine Co., Columbua, Ohio: Dear Sirs: I have had occasion to use your Pe-ru-na medicine in my family for colds, and it proved to be an excellent remedy. I have not had occasion to use it for other ailments. Yours very truly, W. M. Lord. Any man who wishes perfect health must be entirely free from catarrh. Catarrh is well-nigh universal; almost omnipresent. Pe-ru-na is the only absolute ab-solute safeguard knov.n. A cold is the beginning of catarrh. To prevent COds, to cure colds, is to cheat ca Genuine arter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of See Fac-Sldlle Wrapper Below. Terr aa1 and as easy to take es svgass. FCS KL'DACHt F0!1 D17Z1KESS. FOR EILI0U5MES3. FC8 TCBFI3 LIVER. F83 eS3STiPAT!C?i. FCS SALLOW ZKZ. F08TKECC!?L!3!3n CURE SICK HEADACHE. yiLL co further wlthtb C. S. Cn. ' ' titan with any other reilahln fnm in buying- useful arlicJes. luciiulinrf furniture, icd3. ftLntlreses. kU-vr. -.ewlna- Machines. Pianos. O.-eni.s. hVatcnee, Hicycltv. Saf-?s. Blacksuiiih' Tool. Mills. lu)-s. G:;oiuio a Sbam Engine. P .-ms, S'raper. Carrlau's, liaraea. S1I:e, wire renciDit agjcrf ana wslm cn a'i isnmira. C liir Hrmlf Co. CBXCAQO, IllJ isa Croat bVinua T frO TJSt iiii Jf iiffif Li I ElkE FAILS. Beet Joaa ferup. aasiea uooa. us r V. N. U.. Salt Lake No. 52. 1930. CARTER'S TjiVER J PILLS. 11111111115 illlliip EI - t La I Gore-eons Kalortn at 8onth Ben-). Twenty-dollar gold pieces to the value of $3,000 are to be used in floor tiling of a gorgeous saloon now being fitted up at South Bend. Ind. The tiles are especially made to contain $20 gold pieces, the depression of their reception re-ception allowing the coin to sink one thirty-second of an inch below the surface, thus avoiding friction. Each gold piece will be soldered to a wire, which will run down through an ordinary ordi-nary floor thus securing the coin in place. Cent Counterfeited Most. The report of the treasurer of the United States shows that the coin ci the realm that 13 most extensively counterfeited nowadays is tie copper, one-cent piece. During the year there-were there-were detected and destroyed at the ofilces of the treasury $11,146 in counterfeit coun-terfeit silver coins, notes and certificates, certifi-cates, 3,277 five-cent pieces and 121,652 one-cent pieces, and the number of spurious minor coins in circulation Is rapidly on the increase. Counterfeit gold coins are rare, only thirteen having hav-ing been presented at the treasury during the year. Knglneer Nerroon as l'nisenrei. A veteran railroad engineer says: "It may sound strange to you, but I'm a heap more nervous w,hen I'm traveling travel-ing as a passenger than when at the throttle. I don't know what's golns on in the cab and I want to. Every time I hear a whistle my impulse Is to go out there and run the engine myself. In fact, the only time I ever am anxous is when I'm in a passenger passen-ger coach. I suppose I feel about the same way a man does who has driven a lively horse for years and once In a wiile lets some other fellow hold the reins." , Over $2,000,000 worth of thoroughbred thorough-bred stock was on exhibition at the greatest fat stock show that was ever held in any country, at Dexter Pavilion, Pa-vilion, Chicago, Dec. 1-8, 1900. Nearly $100,000 was paid to exhibitors in prizes. "Advance," the champion fat steer, was sold for $1.50 a pound, livti weight, and weighed on the Chicago Scales Co.'s scales, the official scales of the show. This is the highest price at which any animal was ever sold for bee. Clyde shipbuilders recently placed orders for 150,000 tons of plates in the United States at a saving of 50,000. TO CCRE A COLD IN OHK DAY. Take Laxative ISitoiio Quinisk Tablets. All drupifists refund the money if it. fails to cure, t. W. Grove's hljjtiaiure is on the box. 2Sc India has resumed its silver purchases. pur-chases. Don't drink too much water when cycling. Adams' Pepsin Tutll l-'ruttl is an excellent But-titute. But-titute. It is now estimated that there are 13,000 men on a strike at Antwerp. OF OREGON in His Family and Gri. tarrh out of its victims. Pe-ru-na not only cures catarrh, but prevents, livery household should be supplied with this great remedy for coughs, colds and so forth. It will be noticed that the Governor says he has not had occasion to use Pe-ru-na for other ailments. The reason rea-son for this is. most other ailments begin with a cold. 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