W0LVES OF 'THE SEA.
From duk until dawn they are hurrying
on,
Unfettered and fearlene thry flee;
From morn until ere they plunder and
thieve
The hungry white wolvea of the seat
With never a rent, thev rare to the wet,
To the Orient's rim lo liter run;
Jly the her and the floe of the northland
they ' ...
And away to the i!e of the aim.
Thry wail at the moon to the dentate
dune
Till the air has grown dank with their
lirenth;
Tlipy narl at the stars from the treacher
ous bars
Of the coaiti that are haunted ly
death.
They aranp'o and bile in a keen, mad de
light A lliey feed on the liosnm of grief;
And one atcals away to a envc with bil
prey
And one to the rocka of the reef.
With the froth on their lip thry follow
the fthiptt.
Each striving to lev! in the chaac:
.Since looted by the hand of the king their
hand
They have known but the rank of the
race.
They are h:ic:((V and old, yet as mighty
and bold
M y.-hon God's fiedicat gale act them
free;
Not a enil is unfurled in a port of the
world
But is prey for the wolves of the sen!
TUcrbert Jt.-.slifor.l. i:i Flank Leslie's
Popular Monthly.
TAKING HIS ADVICE. I
Mil. SHELDON wn tho
principal merchant In the
important manufacturing
(t town of Torniont. Ih wan
proud of hl.s wealth, lint he was still
more proud of tlii fMct that he had
made it nil himself, unci hi pride was
greatest because he had made it by
never allowing miybody to get ahead
of 111 tn .
"That's the secret of success In life,
Harry," he said, one day, to his fa
vorite clerk. "Sharp1 the motto, If
you wish to rise. I , don't mean yon
should cheat; that, of course, Is both
wrong uud ungentlonianty." (Mr.
Sheldon prided himself, also, on belug
what he called, "n gentleman," nud
above nil little meannesses.) "But
always be wide-awake, and never lot
anybody cheat you. I've noticed, by
the bye, that you've seemed rather
downhearted lately. If It's because
you've your fortune yet to make, don't
despair; but follow my advice. An
opening will come at some time for
soim-thlng better than a clerkship, nud
though I shall be sorry to lo.-e you.
yet I'll Rive you up, if it's for your
Interest."
"Thank you." said Harry, apparent
ly not n bit cheered up by this cool
way of belli;,' told be had nothing to
expect from Mr. Sheldon: "but It's not
exactly that. I suppose I shall get
along somehow."
"What is It. my dear boy, then? I
really take an Interest in you, as yon
know" and lie did. so far as words
were concerned, "rcrluips I can give
you some advice."
"Well," said Harry, with somu hesi
tation, "I'm In love, and "
"In love!" exclaimed the richvmerch
nnt. "In love, ami with only n clerk's
salary to marry ou. It will never do
never do, Harry. Mir.'ringo for one
like you Is fastening a millstone
round your ueck, unless, indeed" and
he stopped, ns If u bright thought
had struck hltu "unless. Indeed, the
girl Is rich."
"She Is rich, or will be, I suppose,"
nuswered Harry, "for her father Is a
wealthy mau. Uut that's Just the dif
ficulty. Her father would never let
her marry u poor man, nud she won't
marry without his consent."
"What n miserable tyrant!" unlit
Mr. Sheldon. "If I was the lover.
Harry. I'd run off with her. I'd
checkiuato the old curmudgeon in
that way," nud he chuckled at the Im
aginary triumph be would achieve.
" Ton my soul, I would! I never, as
I told you. let anybody take a rise
out of me."
"But would that be honorable';"
"Honorable? Isn't everything fair
In love and war'.' I thought you had
some pluck, Harry. How I should
like to see the stingy old hulk rave
nnd stamp about on his gouty toes
for lie must bo gouty when ho heard
of your elopement'."
And he lunched till his portly sides
shook at the picture ho had conjured
up.
"He'd probably never forgive me,"
said Harry, dejectedly. "And then
what could I do, with n wife brought
up to every luxury, nud only u poor
clerk's salnry to support her ou?"
"Never forgive you? Trash and non
sense! They always do forgive. They
nn't help It. Besides." with a con
fidential wink. "I think I know your
tuiiu. It's that sklulllnt , Meadows,
l'vo hoard of your being sweet ou his
daughter. She's a pretty tnlux,
though she Is his child. .Oh. you
needn't deny II. I saw how you hung
nbout her nt our party the other
night; and when I Joked about It with
my daughter the next morning she ns
good as admitted that it was true,
saying It would be n very good match,
for you. Now, I owo old Meadows a
grudge. Ho tried to do mo In those
railway shares last winter, and I
mean to pay him for it, somehow. I
tell you what 1 11 do. I inusu't ask,
mind you, who the girl Is. Mum must
be tho word. I mustn't, of course, be
known lu the affair; but I'll give leave,
of ubsencfi for a month, and a check
for 50 to pay (or your weddlnic trip
if you'll make a runaway match.' Is
it agreed? Well, there'H my band ou
It. Here's the chock. Egad! Won't
the old rascal howl when he hours
now we've dime him!"
Harry seemed to hesitate, however
nud it was not till Air. Sheldon, eager
i ce uis old commercial rival put
At a disadvantage, hud urged him
K"ln nud again, and' promised to
Btimd by him. that ho fiuully consent
's, aud took the eheck which hi em
ployer persisted iu forcing upon him.
1 '10 next mnrnlnn si-.
. . In ,Ibu glee, for
. i ''iieV him Just as he
.was shaving, ..,, vu, ng fouws.
''uk'ur H'"' 1 'vo. with much dllll-
' ' i'unur,i her t. elope. It wag
ever, tin i ..ed her your
u cu llllt Hilv vou(J VUUHsUt t(J di) 0
She said that she was sure you wov.M
not recommend anything Mint wnt i
wrouj; Hint you. ftrotild advise her at
If 7011 were her own father, and she
hope you will stand by us. We shall j
be married to-morrow, before Mr. I
Meadows Is up. Very thnnkfully,
"Harry Conrad."
The old geiitleinnti brought the no:
with hiiu to the table, opeued II out
before him, adjusted his spectacles
and read It over and over ngnln. I
"I'd give a 10 note." he said
chuckling, "to see the old fellow'
face when he hears how Harry has
done him." I
It wns Hip custom of Mr. Sheldon'
to read his newspaper nt breakfast,!
while waiting for bis only child and I
daughter, who. n little spoiled by j
overindulgence, was generally late.
But this morning Matty was Inter '
than ever.
The banker bad rend all the foreign,
ns well as the home news, and even
reperused Harry's note and still she
had not made her appearance.
"J he lazy puss!" he said, nt last. I
Then he looked up at the clock. "Half ,
an hour late! Now, this Is really too
bad. John!" be cried, addressing the j
man servant at the sideboard, "send
i.nil see why Miss Sheldon doesn't ,
conip down. Tell her." with a severe
air. "I'm tired of waiting."
John came back In nbout five min
utes looking very much flustered.
"If you please, sir." he stammered,
Miss Sheldon's mil In her room, and
the maid says that the bed looks as
It It hadn't been slept In all night."
The rich merchant's Jaw fell.
He started up, w'.Hi 11 cry of agony.
to go and see. Bill he wns prevente 1
by the footman appearing at the door
with a telegrnm.
'A telegram!'' cried the merchant.
unfolding It with trembling hands.
"What can It mean? Has she been
found dead anywhere?"
This wan the telegram;
"Dear Father Harry and I were
married nt eight o'clock this morning.
I would not consent to an elopement
till Harry assured ir.e you had advised
It, and had shown me your check ns
proof. He says you promised to stand
by usnnd I know you pride yourself
ou never breaking n promise. We
wait for your blessing. Matty."
'Well. I never!" ejaculated Mr. Shel
don, wheu he had recovered breath.
"The Impudent, disobe "
Hut here he stopped stopped, nnd
mopped his bald head, which, in bis
excitement, had broken out into great
drops of perspiration. He remembered
that he had himself advised Harry
to elope, and that. If the story got
wind, he would be the laughing-stock
of the town, including hardest cut
of nil Mr. Meadows. He reiucriibered,
too, that he had but one child, and
that she was nil In all to him.
So he accepted the Inevitable and
telegraphed back:
"You may come home, nnd the
sooner the better, so ns to keep the
fifty pounds for pin-money. Tell
Harry he's too sharp to remain a
clerk, and that I take him to-day Into
partnership. Only he must remember
that partners never tell tales out of
school, (lod bless you! H. Sheldon."
The runaways returned by the next
train. The marriage proved, too, an
eminently happy oue. The story never
got out. We only tell It now lu con
fidence. Woman s Lite.
Severe Treatment.
The noise made by the burglar In the
Ferguson pantry, slight as It wns, dis
turbed the light sleeper lu the beu-
rooin not far away, nnd the midnight
marauder was surprised a moment
later to tiud himself covered with 0 ,
big revolver In the hands of a deter
mined looking man iu a long, whlto
robe.
"I hain't done nothlu' but eat n few
cold victuals, mister," stammered tho
burglar.
"I see," sternly replied George rer
guson, "you have been eating the re
mains of a strawberry shortcake my.,
wife made for dinner last night. Do
you know what I'm going to do with
you?"
"Turn me over to the police, I
s'pose," gasped the helpless thief.
"Worse than that," said Ferguson,
with a ferocious grin. "I'm going to
make, you eat 11 uuart of health food.
It's a new kind my wife heard of nud
fixed up for us yesterday, nnd It's
pretty dry eating, but you'll eat every
particle' of It or I'll bore six holes
through you. There It Is, lu that big
bowl. Turn yourself toose on It!"
With grim determination the Indig
nant householder stood oVer blur till It
wns finished, after which he picked
up the luckless scoundrel, who had
fallen exhausted to the floor, nnd
threw him out of the open pantry win
dow. "It may kill him," soliloquized Mr.
Ferguson somewhat remorsefully, as
ho crawled back Into bed, without dis
turbing the rest of the family, "but a
mnu who breaks Into another man':
house takes his life In his bauds any
way." Chicago Tribune.
A Short Lived Yacht.
An Inslauce of the rapid passing of
n racing yacht's tiff nines Is that of
the grand old Defender, the 18115 cup
racer,. It coit fully $loo,0(iO to build
her not to run her; Just to put her
atloat ready for racing. Thoso who
designed the yacht thought that a
bronze hull with aluminum topside'
would slide through the water with
greater celerity than any other com
bination of metals that could be c'.e
vised for a hull. They so Inform d
the syndicate tha,t ordered her. But,
they added, aluminum and bronze
make a poor combination, and la
course of time the aluminum will rot
where it Joins the bronze, uud the De
fender will be useless. But what
mattered that? She was to-be built
t defend the cup; nfter she had de
fended It she might rot or not ns she
pleased.-Frunk Leslie's l'opulur
Monthly.
Humor of Knailsli lted-Tape.
Captain Oliver Young, of the Eng
lish Navy, when a lieutenant ou board
Her Majesty's ship Beacon, lu the
Kgyptlnn campaign, was laid up In
hospital, and, being reported dead aud
burled, a sloue was erected to his
memory at Siiukitn, where It still re
mains. It Is one of the humors of
English red-tape that the- War Olllco
requested his executors' to forward a
guineu, the cost of engraving his uuuia
upou ths sloue. .,- .
SWIFT INDIAN RUNNEKS
A CURIOUS RACE BY THE STRANCE
TAURI MAURI TRIBE.
It Wm 130 Miles lnn, anil, Inrtilmtnllr,
the lueers Threw Wooden Hulls Be
fore Them by Mean of Their Toea
Thelr Swlftneia Surprising.
Most tourists in Mexico see little of
the strnnge Tliuri Mauri Indians,
writes the Chihuahua correspondent
of the New York Hun. The first T.mrl
Mauri we saw 'was a mall carrier
among the Snu Lorenzo Mountains
about 120 miles south of Chihuahua.
This Indian makes two round trips
over a distance of clglily-flve miles
twice a week, making a total of some
8 miles a week on foot. Several
times, when the (loveinment had rea
sons for rushing malls to their destina
tion, he made even three round trips
In seven nnd a half days. The route
leads from (iiinrlohlc to San Jose do
Ins Crues over as rugged a mountain
fall as ever tried a uiouutiilueer's
muscle.
The Indian mnll carrier was bare
headed and bnrelegged. his entire suit
consisting of nbout three yards of
narrow cloth woven out of goat's
hair. On lite back wns a mail sack,
that, with its' contents, weighed forty
pounds. This wns supported by a
strap across his forehead and another
neross his chest. He came trottlnlg
down the hill smoking n cigarette and
moving as easily and gracefully ns If
just Fturtlngi out. instead of having
some twenty miles already to his
credit that morning.
As he reached the level ground In
the valley he dropped a ball about
the size of n baseball on the ground,
and, catching It deftly 011 his toes,
gave It n throw forward and raced
nfter It with the speed of a deer,
picking It up on hi toes nnd throw
ing it forwnrd again without' iu the
leatt. so far ns we could see, checking
his speed. As he overtook us the ball
was placed In his armpit, nnd he
trotted along by the side of the mules,
chatting quite sociably.
The Taurl Mauri Indian carries one
of these wooden balls with him every
where, tucked under the armpits until
he Is lu n hurry; then It Is thrown
forward, and nway the owner rushes
nfter it. It is their way of keeping'ln
training for all the time, nnd of hur
rying themselves over the ground.
It Is always thrown from the toes,
and never from the hand.
There nrc some 4(i,(K)0 Taurl Mauri
Indians iu Mexico. Twice every sum
mer they meet for a sort of tourna
ment. It Is a custom centuries old.
It was the writer's good fortune to be
present at one of these periodical as
semblies among the San I.oreiizos,
nbout twenty miles southwest from
Chihuahua.
The Taurl Mauris are long-limbed
and slender, giving the Impression of
being over the average height There
Is scarcely any muscle on their puny
arms, but their chests are deep, and
their backs broad, nud their limbs ns
trim nnd muscular ns a greyhound's
They look as If created for speed.
The great contest of the tournament
was a race. The wagers of the rival
towns were piled up In the centre of
the plaza, nud consisted of strips of
gont's-hair cloth, bows, arrows,
suudals, goats, chickens, aud sheep,
with two wooden plows for high
prizes; but these were thrown far In
the shade when some American visit
ors added a cupful of copper coins,
a gaudy lithograph, aud a water color
palntmg of a cross surrounded with
flowers. Such prizes had never been
offered In the memory of the oldest
Inhabitant, and the runners swore
that It should be the race of their
lives.
In the afternoon they asked us to
look over the course. To our ns
touisliinent we found that It was
twelve miles long and that the circuit
was to be made ten times. A royal
race; Indeed, of l'JO tulles. The race
was to be ruu lu the night nnd con
eluded In the cool of tuo next after
noon.
About five o'clock In the afternoon
everything was ready. Ten athletes
stood on tho right side of the plaza
and ten .ou the left. To each sldo
ouo wooden ball was allotted. The
racers were dressed In native trunks
of goat's hnir cloth, and many of these
were discarded before the race was
over.
At the word both of the balU were
throwu forwnrd and the twenty
bounded forward nt a fcpeed that It
would tax a bicyclist to keep with
We thought. that such a burst of speed
would soou tiro them out, but It was
meant ouly for the Blurt of three
miles straight away acres tho valley,
Before reaching the other tide of the
course tho ruumrs began cutting off
the corners and racing uheud ou the
oval course so us to receive and carry
ou the bull of theirparty. The ball was
pitched forward by the foot of the
first one aud that s'.de lo reach It, and
If a rlvnl could reach It first It was
throwu back on the course. The-pur
pose was to get the ball around the
prescribed course, uo matter how, so
long us It was touched only by tho
feet of the phlyeru. To touch It with
the hum! was to lose all bets.
Tripping, crowding, and all tho
rough work of football player were
peiiultted to prevent au opponent from
reaching or throwing tho ball. Uuu
tiers were permitted to cut across the
valley at a Jog trot, aud so he ready to
receive the bull us it came along and
then spurt wltli It. Lmpires nud
Indues were rationed all over the
route ito see that tiio ball was kept
along the designated trai t. By seven
o'clock the union came up nud the
valley wus nearly uq I gilt as day
Yells as fierce as uny that greet un
audience nt Yale or Harvard greeted
the bronze Stagg of liluucliloculc f.s
he hurled the wooden sphere through
the plaza, 100 feet ahead of the bull
from Zapurl, ou the first trip around
tho valley.
The race went on all night. Far Into
the afternoon they 'ran, but In a little
loss than fourteen hours the bulls had
made tho pn-scrlbod number of trips
around the valley aud four runners
on one side mid threa on the other
were coming nt the top of their speed
over the last thrct miles of grassy
lawns toward the noni, A Hue was
drawn In tho ditsi across the street
at the edge of the plaza and the crowd
gathered back, awaiting the victors,
As they rushed toward us It wan
Impossible to say which would win.
But ns one runner from each side
rrnched the balls one failed to catch
the ball of his sldo fairly on his foot
while going nt full speed nnd his
throw was wenk; the other, catching
the ball fairly, gave a grent bound
nnd, twisting his leg ns If It were
nn nnn, hurled the ball fair nnd
square over the Hue and over our
hen ils.
How the crowd yelled, nnd how wo
yelled with them, nnd how the reek
ing visitors were praised and petted
ns they sal down to divide their
winnings! Soon after a course of
nbowt ten miles wns laid out nround
the town and n nice was run by the
girls of the two pueblos. I.Ike their
brothers, they had only the Miio sky
over them nnd nbout three yards of
cloth nnd the ttepubllc of Mexico
nround them; but how they did run,
and how they set the ball spinning!
The bronze Dlnnas of Guachlorhlc
won. thereby softening the defeat of
their dusky brothers.
DAMAGE BY TERMITES.
Injury Ilnne to tlnuaea lit Hawaii hy ttio
Insect.
Look out for termites! The men
who have been working on the altera
tions lu the judiciary building have
found some of the woodwork almost
eaten nway by them, nnd there are
whole residences In the city that will
have to be actually torn down, on
account of the injuries done by the
insects. Termites, according to the
Standard Dictionary, lire "a family
of pseudo iieuropteroiis Insects with u
depressed ovate body, free head, equal
1111 liibranaccous deciduous wlugs and
I'oitr-joiutcd tarsi, Including white
ants."
An Insect with a definition like thnt
ought to be able to do a good deal of
damage, and the termites nre dolug
It. Houses iu Honolulu that are
twenty-five or thirty years old aro
found to be lu need of new woodwork
iu many places, nnd nt least one large
residence Is nbout to bo torn down
because the pestiferous Insects have
ruined it by boring and hollowing
out the wood.
I'rofissor Koeblo and Mr. Tcrkins,
of I lie local bugology bureau, have
studied the termites, nud say that
there Is no kuown preventive of their
work. The bugs here nre of two
kinds, both Imported and both thriv
ing better iu the climate of Hawaii
than they did in California, which
was the original home of the varie
ties here. When nny woodwork Is
once well Infested with the termites
there Is nothing to do but destroy It,
say the experts.
The Insects do their destructive
work unseen. They never work to
the surface of tho wood, but hollow
It out until It Is ouly a shell thin as
paper. They tackle furniture and
all wooden parts of buildings.
Cases have been known In which
the termites, lu countries .where they
prosper even more than In Huwali,
have literally eaten nway buildings.
In u single night they have been
kuown to reduce pieces of furniture
to collapse. "They nre not so bad
here," said Mr. Perkins. "Why, In
some places thorn hnvo been cases
where a chair left over night collapsed
in a heap when used In the morning,
all the Inside of the wood having
been bored out."
The work of tho little Insects mny
be seen In some of tho banisters of
the Judicliiry Building nud other old
structures. Dry, hard wood; such ns
that used for furniture, seems to bo
specially attractive to the termites.
The Insects nre quite numerous in
California, but nre not so destructive,
the climate being less agreeable to
them there. Honolulu Star. .
To Mnfco V'ronch Women Taller.
Word comes from Paris that tho
fair I'arislennes nre consumed by a
desire to rival their Anglo-Saxon sis
ters lu stature, and n Furls doctor
has come to the rescue with science.
. He has elaborated an Ingenious pro
cess by which the joints of tho nukles
and knees are to be dally operated
ou with au electric bulb.' Ho says that
the osseous matter at the sections of
the Joints will thereby bo expanded
uud the growth of tho bones stimu
lated. The bulb Is also to be applied
to the spine.
The doctor says he cau prove by
successes obtained on patients who
have already been lengthened that
be can add two-fifths of an Inch a
month during six months' operating.
After six mouths tho continual treat
ment Is stopped temporarily and Is
resumed later If necessary. Tho
patteuts should be young and supple,
otherwise tho effects of stretching
their joiuts might bo grave.
Whatever truth there is lu the doc
tor's assertions It Is certain that ho
will be besieged. London Correspond
ence New York 'Sun.
Mont Valuable Diamond.
There Is no little fiction about the
famous diamonds of the wotld, and
their value Is largely fictitious. They
are few In number, cannot bo repro
duced, are everywhere highly pilzed
and can bo bought ouly by the very
wealthy. Tho I'rlnee Edward of York
diamond, said to have been bought by
r. New York firm for SIOD.WO, la
thirteenth In the list of largo diamonds
;;lven me by nu importer. Thore ate a
iiozea dlffereut lists. If we may be
l'.ee what Is told with straight faces,
the largest of all the diamonds lu ex
istence Is tho Bragauza, Its weight
being uo loss thnu 1080 carats. It
lit uncut, nnd It vnlue is actually set
down ut $J01.050,000! It Is uow
among tho crown Jewels of Portugal.
It Is thought that this diamond, which
Is the size of a hen's egg. Is In reality
a white topu. New York Press.
An Old Laud Grant.
J. II. Blakeuiau brought 10 the Jour
nal olllco a lund t-'ruut to property lu
what was foimcrl Virginia. Tho
deed Is signed by Governor Patrick
Henry at Ulchmoud ou the 24th day
of April, nso, aud printed on sheep
nl.ln. The laud eons'uts of 230 acres,
and Is uow located ou Back Creek,
Garrard Couuty, tlx miles from Lan
caster. Mr. Blukciiiaii got ilia deed
from Jonn Saunders, who lives lu
' Garrard. Mr, Saunders married n
greiit-gnindaughtcr of Llljuh Walker,
lo whom tho deed 'was assigned, and
who was the grandfather of Mrs. J, II,
lUaUomau. The deed Is yellow with
age uud the wrlilnjj barely eligible.
Jessamine (Ky.) Journal;
AGBICDLTDRAL
Flutter a. Hood Fertiliser.
Plaster Is white and clean. It does
not Injure animals, not being caustic,
like lime. When used In the stalls
If Is an absorbent, and gives the stable
a better appearance. It Is also licne
ficlal In the ninuure, nnd Is of Itself
a plaut food, being considered a
special fertilizer for clover.
Itlrh Land For Weeds.
Any soil that will produce weeds Is
In good condition, ns only rich land
will produi some kinds of weed. One
of the surest Indlcnlions of good soil
Is when pig weed flourishes. As the
land should not be required to pro
duce two crops nt the snme time no
farmer should nllow weeds to make
headway at the expense of the regular
crop.
8lieep Like Oxeyed Dalalea.
Sheep are very fond of the oxeye
daisy either as pasturage or hay, and
will eat them so closely as to kill
them out. In some parts of England
they sow the seed of them to make n
sheep pasture. Those who have fields
whert- they prevail might do well to
pasture them with sheep one or two
soasous, then plow up and sow the
seed of better grass. Wo have eradi
cated them by two seasons of liberal
manuring, keeping the land in hoed
crops and then reseedlug, but they
would come lu again ns soon as the
land became poor again.
Good Advice.
Tempt your birds to drink only
water that Is pure nnd fresh by hav
ing them always well supplied In many
places With Just what you want them
to have. Be sure also that they have
fcralu every duy to bnlancc the ration
of green nnd Insect food. Itnke nnd
fcurn wherever thero Is a chance. It
keeps things neat and trim nnd gives
four fowls a good supply of charcoal,
tnaklng them have red combs and
filling your egg basket. Give them all
the wheat bran they want, In a dry
place In such a way they can not
waste It, and let them pick nt It r.s
ttoey choose. It Is tho best bowel reg
ulator we have ever found. Have
plenty of grit. Be sure and provide
feed houses for the smaller birds, so
grated thnt the larger ones will not
disturb them. Don't allow the drop
pings to accumulate under the perches
nn4 remember yon won't be npt to
pamt the perches with disinfectants
and lice killers too often. The little
turk out on the range waut to be ex
amined once In a while to be sure
they n."e free from these pests also.
Mrs. J. F. Knuderson, lu the Form,
Field and Fireside.
A nandy Fodder Sled.
Hauling shocked com fodder or cane
from the fields Is a hard and tedious
Job where the hauling Is done with a
wsgon and rack the usual method.
Then, too, the tearing down of thq
shock, the throwing of It upou the
rack and the unloading of It again
break off tho leaves and dry stems.
4 CIMAP FODDER BLED.
This job Is greatly simplified and
much is saved In fodder and labor
If 'a sled Is built for the hauling. The
runners of the sled are made of 2 by
8's sixteen feet long. The standards
a at each end nre placed far enough
from the ends of tho runners to bult
on braces b. The cross braces, c, are
made of 2 by 8's. No tonguo is re
quired unless the hauling Is to be done
on snow.
The sled Is driven along the shock
row ns near as possible to the shock,
which Is tipped over onto It without
breaking the tie baud. The Hied will
bold from four to six large shocks.
The fodder hauled In this way Is In
good shape for ricking if desired, and
loses little If any lu transportation.
This sled conies handy In many places
about the farm, saving much lifting
'on and oft wagons. New England
Homestead. , .
When the Cows ray.
The difference between a paying
aud uon-puylug dairy cow Is some
times so apparently slight that it Is
not noticed by tho average person.
Here are two animals which look
almost Identical. Both are healthy,
good eaters and good milkers. But
oue has a persistent tendcucy to
yield just a little mere milk per day
than tho other, and If anything It Is a
trillo richer In butter fats. Moreover,
careful observation shows that this
cow keeps In milk p. little longer than
the other. Now, these points could
not be noted without some attempt
at keeping accounts. The record of
every animal on the farm should be
kept Cally, and In this way compari
sons can be made. Now, suppose oue
cow thus gives about n quart of milk
a day more than another, nnd extends
the milking period over a much longer
time every season. This difference
added up anil converted Into dollars
and cjnts would show nt tho end of
tho year that one animal paid a good
profit, whllo the other barely paid ex
penses. This condition of affairs Is Just
what can be observed on muny farms
to-day. The dairymen may be ex
pits in their lino, and theyi bare
bought the question of cost of feed
ing down to tho point where little
further Improvement can be nuide.
Yet there Is such a difference In the
relative yield of tho animals that the
profits of oue must be cut down in
order to make up for the deficiencies
of others. 80 extreme are these cases
at times that there Is a difference of
one-half some years between the ac
tual profits of two dlffereut dairy
cows. The difference Is due entirely
to causes that can be remedied. Grant
ing that both are fed tho same, and
very satisfactorily aud economically.
the cause of tho difference iu the yield
must be found In tho cows themselves.
Neatlug Arrangement.
'At stores, where candy Is sold, 0110
can buy nr a few ceutu the light,
but large, wooden palls In which
broken candy and certain grades of
chocolates are shipped from the fac
tory. These pails make excellent hens'
nests when hung from two books In
the manner shown In the cut'
Such nests can be taken out of
doors, emptied and cleaned In a mo-
ill
KEST FROM AK OLD VkTh.
ment, and having no corners or open
joints, as do boxes, there Is no place
for vermin to bide nbout them. This
is a special point in favor f the use
of such palls as nests, for the or
dinary nest Is usually a breeding
place for these troublesome pests.
American Agriculturist.
Mottled Rutter.
The mottles In butter have always
beeu a source of trouble nnd vexation
to butter makers and It mattered not
how much care was used In treating
tho milk nud churning the butter,
those tantalizing and cussword starter
mottles would persist lu developing
In the finished butter.
There are many causes for mottling
and we will begin with the bag of the
cow, for In warm climates or lu warm
weather when the cow In the evening,
with the bag very full of milk. Is
driven a long distance from the pas
ture to the milking pen, the jostling
of the bag will often cnuse particles
of butter to be churned In the bng
and milked out Into the milk pall and
mixing with cnselne and causing what
nre often called cream spots In the
butter when the milk or cream Is
churned.
The same cause of mottling Is pro
duced by hauling the milk or cream
for some distance In the stands, caus
ing a partial churning of the milk
and the formation of batter particles
on the milk, which, becoming coated
or mixed with caseine, causes white
cream spots or specks to for.m, and
which follows Into the butter, causing
mottles, especially in the gathered
cream creameries.
These results will often follow even
in the use of the centrifugal separ
ator, but are of not so frequent occurrence-
The "chief cause" of
mottled, streaked nnd wavy butter Is
supposed to be due to the salt used In
packing and salting the butter. There
never wns a more Ignorant and fal
lacious notion than this, which can
be easily demonstrated by using nny
established brand of fine snlt and us
ing distilled water for washing the
butter, and It will then be found that
It Is. the mineral substances la the
natural waters that cause the streak
ing and the waving In the butter.
The pure salt Is "chloride of sodi
um" and is the greatest preserver and
seasoning of butter and has no ob
jectionable flavor or action when com
bined with it, but the many mineral
waters especially prevalent in this
country are the great enemies of both
flavor and uniform color In the but
ter. The special enemies, both of color
and flavor, are the sulphates, especial
ly of iron; and lime, tho "oxide of
calcium," producing what are called
the hard waters nnd which are very
common In the Western States; cop
peras and alum waters pre alsa very
commoa. .
Thore Is a remedy or rather pre
vention of mottling In butter which Is
soon to come, nnd that is a distilling
machine In each creamery, which cau
bp operated ut small expense to fur
nish distilled water to wash the butter
with, nud then there will be no further
cause to condemn the salt when the
evil has been distilled from the wato"1
Produce Commission Merchant.
Short and Useful Pointers.
Ducks do better on soft succulent
food.
It's the hens that are kept scratch
ing that lay the eggs.
The cow stable and the milk-room
should not be together.
There Is no loss whatever In send
ing clean eggs to market.
A change of feed Is oftentimes a
good thing for a milch cow.
Improper feeding Is the cause of
ninety per cent, of the horse diseases.
Too many farmers fall to see the Im
portance of watering their stock
properly.
The pig. In order to turn In the most
profit, should have us few setbacks
as possible.
Hens can't shell out the eggs unless
they have something to make the
shells out of.
It's the pigs that have the run of
tt:s pasture that are the healthy and
profitable ones.
The dally ration of tho farmer's
family should contain tuoru fresn
eggs and poultry. '
While planning your land for the
different crops to be ' grown next
spring be sure to rotate.
No matter bow much farm work
these is to be done, It will pay big to
give at least some attention to the
hens.
Don't give the milch cow water to
drluk that Is ice cold., It is said that
cows prefer warm water even in sum
mer. Keep the houses dry In Which the
stock are confined. Dampness will
do more harm than a low tempera
ture. This ought to be a good time to
buy thoroughbred stock, as breeders
do not tare to winter too uiuuy ani
mals. The bens will appreciate a few
t'honnod onions, and lu most cases
will pay well for them iu the shui j
of eggs.
7 " 1
Hot Petroleum For Bond Maklojr
California has discovered a newr
method of making good roads. It Is hi
the use of hot, crude petroleum as
cementing material.
The art of rood making Is proba
My more Important than an
other one of man's accomplish
meats. It Is only In recent years that
Americans, outside of a few of th
older settlements, have begun to ap
preciate the full commercial and so-,
clal ndvantages of good roads, and to
encourage their building through lib
eral appropriations of public monejr
from State, county and township
treasuries.
No sooner wns such work begun
than there arose serious questions in
many localities as to what material
wns best for the local production of
good roads.
Where stone was cheap nnd plenti
ful It naturally became the accepted
rond-maklug material, but even iu
such sections a stone rond Is not al
ways the most satisfactory. Earth
roads, made of sand or gravel, which
contain good cementing material, such
ns proper ndmixtures of loam, clay or
Iron ores, make roads much smoother
and more pleasant to drive over whllo
not so likely to be unpleasant front
dust.
Such roads are much cheaper to
build, for hardly a locality can bo
found which does not contnln somo
bandy bed of fair road-making ma
terial. In many sections the natural
soil is all that Is needed to make good
roads for fair weather use. Such roads,
however, are sure to suffer under tha
stress of winter rains nnd frosts and
summer droughts, and break up badly.
Such was the situation In Fresno
when the working of California's new
oil find made petroleum cheap and
suggested Its use on tho roads. The
idea probably came from the use of
petroleum refuse on railroad tracks to
keep down dust. Using the petroleum)
bot is a new idea. 1
The hot oil cements the sand, loam,
clay and gravel nnd makes the road
bed both dustless and waterproof. It
makes the roadbed material pack un
der a heavy use and its qualities Im
prove as the doses of oil are repeated.
Reports from San Bernardino Coun
ty say that 180 barrels of oil a year
arc used per mile of road, and that
even at $1.10 a barrel the oil Is found
cheaper than sprinkling with water
for keeping down the dust, while all its
other advantages are, as It were,
throwu in. New York Journal.
ISnlldlng Good Jtoada.
State Engineer Bond Is the execu
tive head of the good roads movement
In New York. It Involves a vast
amount of hard work, but he is Inter
ested In It personally to such a degree
that the labor of traveling nbout the
State and Inspecting the roads under
Improvement or of drawing up the
plans for improving the roads here in
Albany Is done with pleasure and zest.
"The good road, the trolley, the au
tomobile, the bicycle and the locomo
bile," he said a few days ago, "will de
stroy the anarchist party, for they will
take the worklngman out of the city,
Into the country and give him a pleas
ant home. Those blocks of tenement
houses In New York, we shall all hope,
will In time be superseded by the man
ufactory and other business concerns,
and the underground road, the trol
leys, automobiles, the good roads and
the bicycles will enable the working
man to live five miles in the country."
"Will you expend the $420,000 ap
propriated 'by the Legislature Chls
year for good oads?" Mr. Boud was
asked. . , 1 iGfii')
"Yes. every penny of it. I have Just
been down to Newburg to have a chat
with Governor Odell concerning the
Improvement of the roads and other
subjects relative to the work of this
department. The Itoad Improvement
Company, organized by Edward II.
Harrlmau, which bus the contract for
Improving the roads of Orange Coun
ty, has already expended $14,000 on -rond
improvement machinery. We nre
building and improving dirt road for
fourteen miles west of Newburg. I
told the Governor It was an experi
ment. I don't know whether such a
road will last. Where we can we put
gravel on such a road. The cost of
the Orange County roads will not be
over $1500 a mile." . ... .
A Toorly Matched Team.
In their xeal for automobile pro
gress or for good roads ardeut auto
mobllists and good roads advocates,
as wo all should be, are constantly
coupling two movements of very une
quul natural speed. Tho tortoise and
the hare are'uarnessed under the same
yoke, iu the hope that the good roads
tortoise, built for slow progress, may
be accelerated somewhat by Its more
rapid compnulon. The Improvement
of roads Is pronounced absolutely es
sential for automobile advancement,
a dictum to which the American auto
mobile builder and user will not sub
scribe. Though obvious. It seems to
be overlooked that spry automobillsni
endowed with a natural energy to
overcome all obstacle by Its own In
herent vitality, must needs suffer un
der the drag of a running uiato which
is destined to crawl s,lowly over preju
dice, financial obstructions aud official
dllatorines. Automobile Topic. " ,
A Broadenlnc Iafluaoeo.
Man is a social being. Soclubillty
is broadening and should be culti
vated. The city and the country have,
unfortunately for both, only a bowing
acquaintance. Lack of social Inter
course, which leaves room for the
growth of prejudice and jealousy, is
largely responsible for this unwkole-
somo cramped couditlon. Bad rouds
are lurgely responsible for tho alight
acqunlntauce that is maintained be
tween the city and the country nnd
for the absence of the sociability that
would naturally follow a closer ac
quaintance. The amy allows about 33,000 pounds
of food a year for fifteen aicn, but la
the Arctic regions people eut at least
a quarter as much more. It cots $i
a mouth more to feed u mnu in Green
land thau in New York.
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