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r.- . , ..__.._....._......, Hwyâ€"«I -.â€"â€"â€"._ , “N a» " ’ M” 1‘ I -â€" - _ . _ ~~â€"'â€"â€"â€"‘_â€"_ 'â€" â€" 'â€" " o o - watering tanks used, The purpose passage money in a. gambling den. So the hunters determined to res. [ rhinitis Seasonable and Profitable ' hints for the Busy Tillers . . 2 of the Soil. WHEAT STRAW. What straw is the most extensive- ly used material for bedding 1n farming. It is generally used extra- vagantly because under the system of ordinary farming the supply of straw is usually far in excess of the actual needs of the stables, says a. correspondent. . Scientifically wheat straw shows a food value thatshould save it from being wasted, and practically we- who have fed animals know it is ofâ€" ten highly relished by them, even when they are supposed to have as much other highly regarded foods as they can eat and digest. A certain bulk is necessary in the ration for stomach distention purposes as well as to increase the working area of' the more nutritious foods, and clean, bright straw can be used proâ€" fitably for adding this bulk, secur- ing it more cheaply in the straw than in the more expensive fodders. One can make a good cow ration with ensilago and straw for the roughage should there be a shortage of hay or if hay can be sold at a price above its feeding value comâ€" pared with its straw substitute to leave a profit after adding protein concentrates to supply what was withdrawn in the hay. In‘actual practice I have made the substitu-- tion of clean wheat straw for high priced hay, increased my concentratâ€" ed portion of the ration and not on-’ ly had a profit from selling hay and buying meal, but got more milk from the change of food. I do not mean that the farmer at large shall cease using straw for bedding, for whatever feeding value we may know it contains the fact remains that we have no material on the farm that is as cheap for bedding as straw. But I do mean that we should not use it so wastefully. Straw as it comes from the thresher is not a good absorbent of liquids. Nature made it strong, resistant and practically indurated for its and the seed’s protection, and until the straw is crushed or cut or its organism in some way broken, it takes up Very little moisture, and as an agent for the conservation of liquid excrement it is nearly useless. But let it be run through the cutter so that it is cut and haggled and crushed, and it is no longer impervious to moisture. When so prepared, half the quantity of straw will produce better results both in absorbing liquids and keepâ€" ing the animals clean than can be se- cured when the long straw isused. of cleanliness can be carried out by The same fate overtook the money anyone who wins to do it. ' which was subscribed for his study of The damage resulting from forcing the law. Finally, after begging his swine to drink impure. filthy water way with a. flute half over the Con~ must be impressed upon the mind of tinent, he brought his weary limbs every hog raiser. When.this is done, back to London, where h? took a then there will be a way devised to miserable garret, at . the top of supply the swine with pure water. Breakneck Steps, overhanging the Look over your hog lots and see Fleet Ditch. what the condition of the water is I On one occasion his landlady hav- that they are forced to use. If the lug called in a sheriff’s ofiicer. Dr. hogs are wading around in mud. Johnson Iwas hastily sent for. John- knee deep and go to a. muddy trough SOIII arrlvcd. only to find that the or mudhole to get a. drink, you can gumea he had sent in advance was depend upon it that they are forced alljeady Changed for a bottle of Ma! to unnatural conditions and sooner delrag Irritated bGYOnd measure. the or later you will be the loser by a dPCtOI’ Was SUddenlyI appeased by the scourge of cholera or similar disease. SlgIht Of 11- manIuscI‘IDt. Which Gold- The raising of hogs is one of the smlth hadIhaStlly turned out under best moneyâ€"making lines of the stock the Comblned DI‘CSSUI‘G 0f hunger, business connected with agriculture, Cold and duns. That MS. was "The but it must not be abused by ne-' ,Vlcm‘ 9f Wakefield,” Which Johnson glect ' or carelessness. If it pays, lmmedliftely SOldI for £60. and the take care of it and it will continue popumrlty Of WlllCh has continued to uay. One of the surest means of to this daY- I Most of Goldsmith’s doing this is to look after the waterâ€" other {nasterDIeces were only wrung ing of the swine. See that they are fro‘m film under Slmllal‘ Pressure- liberally supplied with pure water I _(’u1'IOUS1Y enough, the great doctor and plenty of “II himself produced two of 1113 best known works under the stress of great mental agony. The loss of his Wife, WhO, by all accounts, was neiâ€" ther beautiful nor lovable, plunged him into the most violent grief. He only retained his mental balance, by turning doggedly to the completion of his great work'. For three years he scarcely raised pen from paper. At the end of that time his grief had abated, and JOHNSON’S DICTIONARY was given to the world. Owing to various causes, Johnson benefited but little financially from his great Work. Consequently, when, a few years later, his mother died, at Lichfield, at the ripe old age of ninety, he was unable to pay even her few debts and funeralexpenses. So haunted was he by the idea that this beloved relative should leave a pauper‘s reputation, that he immedâ€" iately commenced a novel, where- with to pay . off these bills. By working day and night, and sending his sheets straight to the press, without even so much as reading them through, he accomplished his superhuman task in a. week. In this way he raised the necessary £100, and his publishers received the world- famous “Rasselas.” Emile Zola and many other famous French writers were driven to fame by sheer hunger. With Zola, as with Goldsmith, it was write or starve. IIis early Parisian days were passed main at home and to set the mediâ€" cine men to work upon a. new set of incantations, and to allow the Gov- ernment to feed them that winter. DISEASE SPREAD BY. BATS AGENCY SHOWN IN AN EPI- DEMIC OF DIPHTHERIA. Human Beings Infected Firstâ€" Foxes and Other Wild Ani- mals Next Affected. That the microbe of the bubonic plague has been carried across seas by rats on board ships is a. fact deâ€" monstrated by science. It is also said to be demonstrable that malar- ial fever is disseminated among the inhabitants of tropical lands by the mosquito. The cheerfully buzzing bluebottle fly has been accused of conveying blood poison from putrifying car- casses to human beings. But it is not so generally known that many of the diseases of humanity may be contracted by that favorite of all our domestic animal friends, the sleek and I, purring cat, and communicated through it to human beings. In one locality in Canada where a quickly fatal type of diphtheria was prevalent, the spread of the disease was for a long time puzzling to those who engaged in fighting it. As the community was Widely scattered and the popular fear of the disease very geat , it might appear to have been easy to avoid contagion. But day after day new cases appeared in houses separated by long distances until a, king of panic set in, and most of the uninfected families shut themâ€" selves up in their houses, and refus- ed all communication with friends, strangers or visitors, Still the disease continued its raâ€" vages with deadly effect, until a clue was accidentally given by a young woman who called across the front garden from the doorway of her home to a passing traveller to inâ€" quire about the diphtheria epidemic. There was no other house within a mile or two, the road was little used and the family had so far escaped the' plague. - .“It’s as lonely as can be,” the young woman declared. “We go no- where and nobody comes here. The only excitement is over the cats, for old Jim is very siCk, and the little Manx tortoiseshell is dead. We canâ€" not think what in the world is the matter with them.” I The Words came back to her friend as he stood at her graveside two days later and heard that two lads of the household were also in the grip of diphtheria. Then a woman of means in a neigh- boring house asked the advice of the local practitioner respecting her An- gora, which had a. sore throat. On general principles he refused to have anything to do with grimalkin. but advised doing away with it at once. Instead of following the advice the woman vainly attempted to save her pet’s life by blowing sulphur down its throat. The next day she devel- oped diphtheria, and within the week her baby was buried and she was fighting between life and death, from which struggle she escaped, a physiâ€" cal wreck. After that the cats were looked afâ€" ter, when to the general surprise it Was discovered that very few were to be found. Those that remained had short s-hrift of it, but were sacâ€" rificed to the public good. When the plague subsided there was not a pussy in the community and it was a long time before the settlers began importing them. Evidence and subsequent result appeared to prove conclusively that the cats had been among the most potent factors in the spread of the disease. I And the effect of their sickness was farther reaching than could havea been imagâ€" ined. ‘ Dead foxes began to be found about the stone piles in the fields, and the farmers’ wives noticed that the young turkeys and chickens were not molested by these sly thieves. The word was sent around that something Was killing off the foxes. A connecting link was discovered when an incredulous trapper .came along and Was heard lamenting the lack of cats, wherewith to bait his fox traps. “Nothing will draw a fox like a. cat,” he said, divulging what was evidently one of the secrets of the trade, since very few people had heard of such a thing before. I ' Then it was remembered that as a. rule the bodies of the cats had not been found around the farm build-I ings, the suffering creatures having generally crawled away to diein sol-2 itude in the woods. So it ceases to be a wonder that the foxes of the ' country were passing aWay. But the effects of the mortality among the cats did not end there. From the Indian reserves to the north came- the information that the Indians had made requisition upon: the Department of the Interior, through their local agent for winter supplies instead of leaving for their hereditary hunting .grdunds as usual. Inquiry showed that the: young men of the tribe had unexpectedly and in fright returned from the preâ€" liminary spying out of the trapping routes for the winter’s work, with the information that they found the martens, fisher and mink dead in all directions. Three or four bear skins and one lynx skin were brought back which they had stripped from- ani- mals found dead in the bush. Some sickness was about that was clear. Two of the young hunters had become possessed by something II, I I which took them by the throat inâ€" PHF‘ VICAR 01‘ WAKEFIELD", The first monument ever erected to side and strangled them, and them After "ll-lull” trying half a down a, cook is about to be inaugurated in the hunters had left dead behind professions, he applied for ordinaâ€" iParis. The chef is question is Urbain Ithem. The devilâ€"Matche Manitouâ€" u.ion.I But as he appeared clad in iDubois, who .Jabored in the German :was in it all, or there was someâ€" I and thus item .free from the "sun; flaming scarlet. ho was turned out of ’ Emperor's kitchen, So popular was ithing wrong about their charms; it OtIhCI‘ memtlers' q-he Board or Ad‘ hog ward filtIhI The trough should “WI blShOD's palace. He decided to he that his brother cooks have unitâ€" ’wus Iliad medicine to be in the woods lnll‘fllty lime mallang “10 navy {0’ be guardga to keep out an mLhI m, emigrate to America, but lost all his ed to do him honor, the indiaus said. - lover tw0 centuries. many square miles of territory. un- again in the perSons 0f the young In- dian runners. ease may have been due to some ex- tent to the visits of the domestic pet to eat friends suffering from its rav ages. times of sickness and epidemics. +-.â€"â€"___ TRAGEDIES OF THE ARCTIC. to the North Pole. An extraordinary coincidence has been developed by a recent arctic tragedy brought about by the expe- dition of the Duke of Abruzzi. When this navigator went on his journey to the North Pole he took with him among others Lieutenant CATTLE IN STABLES. My cow barn is only 14: feet wide. I thought it best to have but one manger, writes Mr. G. G. Gibbs. A row of studs are placed 3 feet 10 inâ€" ches from the east side of the stable and the studs are 3 feet 4 inches from centre to, centre. To each side of each stud is bolted :1, %â€"inch iron rod, and midway betWeen each two studs a cow is fastened by an ordinâ€" ary cow-tie, secured by chains to rings, which slide up and down the rods. By this arrangement the cow has much liberty and yet is securely fastened and cannot disturb the aniâ€" mals adjoining her. When she lies down the chains slide down the rods and she can lay her head by her side. When she gets up the chains slide up the rods and she can lick herself on any part of her body. Still she has no more forward and backâ€" ward movement than if she were in a rigid stanchion. The front of the manger is merely the foundation wall of the building and the bottom is cement, which slopes gently from the Wall toward the row of studs. Fourteen inches from the studs it drops 2 inches and is level from there to the studs. The platform on which the. cows stand as well as the floor behind them is earth. I expect to have both the floor and gutter behind them made of cement. In front of the cows ev- ery 15 feet is a window containing 12 glasses, and behind them, next the ceiling, is a window of, three glass between every alternate pair of studs. the Duke returned, but the lieutenant was not with him, for he had lost his life through an accident in the arctic regions. V NoW,at the very time when this ac- cident occurred, a professor in the technical. school in Trieste, while rumaging in the archieves of that city, discovered a manuscript bear. ing the date 1601, and containing an account of a journey made by one Pietro Querini, in 1431, to the arctic regions. Querini is not a. common name, and a little investigation showed that Pietro Querini was a di- rect ancestor of the other Pietro Querini who lost his life in the arc- tic seas a few months ago. ‘ Querini," says the old manu- script, “sailed from Candia for Flan~ ders on board a. vessel loaded with merchandise and precious stones. When he arrived in Flanders he sold his cargo and started for the arctic regions. A storm forced him to abandon his ship and take refuge with his crew in two barks. The wind then. carried them to the coast of Norway, but on January 9, 1432, Querini was again shipwrecked near the Lofoden Islands in seventy de- grees north latitude, and almost all his companions were drowned." I For some time it was supposed that he, too, had been drowned, but dot and Victor Hugo were goaded on by the same gaunt hound. When Hugo was in Belgium his miserable attic had several unauthor- ized openings to the sky, and was so small that his bedstead stretched right across it. At seventeen. the penni’less Daudet was tramping the streets of Paris, glad to beg a bed, from the first friend he could meet; whilst Balzac was only a shade more comfortable in a garret, through which the wind whistled, "Like Tuâ€" lon' through his flute, though not so pleasantly.” “SOME DAY." Perhaps one of the, most successful songs of last century was Milton Welling’s celebrated “Some Day.” The story of its inspiration gives on~ 1y one'more proof that, despite him- self, the shadow of a great grief ofâ€" ten Wrests ainan's best work from him. Briefly, the history of "Some Day” is as followm Mrs. Wellings was absent from London on a yachting cruise, when word was broughtvto her husband that the tiny craft had met with an ' accident. He immediately telegraph- ed to Cowes, Whither his wife had gone but received no reply. Again and again he wired without result, until at length it became too late to telegraph. All that night he sat up in the ut- most agony of mind, awaiting the message that never came. Restless- ly pacing his room, he chanced upon the manuscript of “Seine Day," which was lying upon his desk. The deep significance of the line, “Or are you dead, or do you live?” at once appealed to him, whilst almost unâ€" consciously, his tuneful genius sug- gested a. fitting melody. The day that brought the glad tidings of his wife’s safety, saw “Some Day" givâ€" en to the world. Deep in the Great Smoky Range of the South Carolina mountains, lies a little place, called “The Thou- sand Pines.” Here, in a tiny bungaâ€" low, about two miles from Tyron Vilâ€" lage, the great American actor. Wilâ€" liam Gillette, conceives those reâ€" markable creations with which he has thrilled the audiences of tw0 conti~ nents. It is a queer, lon‘ely spot for the home of Sherlock vHolmes~ but it has an exceedingly pathetic, interest. It was here that the great actor fled in search of oblivion, after the loss of his wifeâ€"a 'loss that shattered his health, and came very near terminaâ€" ting his carcer. Then, like thebrave heart he is; Gillett plunged heart and soul into his work. The result has been the most famous of all his sucâ€" cesses. the stirring drama now play- ing at the Lyceum Theatre, Lonâ€" don. PACK BUTTER WITH CARE. Butter for shipment or for the home market should have much greater care than is usually given at the farm dairy. Of course the size and kind of package will depend up- on the demands of the customers. If tubs are wanted see that the butter is put in solidly. The top may be smoothed off evenly by means of a straight edge or wire. A cloth is then spread over the top of the tub, and a light layer of salt is sprink- led Iover the cloth. If prints are wanted, see that they are carefully and, neatly made and wrapped in parchment paper and carefully packâ€" ed. Use special care with small packages designed for custom trade. Venice with ten companions, the on- ly survivors of his original crew of seventy-eight men. It seems that he succeeded in gaining the shore aftei the others had been drowned, and then slowly made his way home through Denmark and Germany. “Although these tw0 Pietro Quer~ inis,” says a French writer, “are separated from each other by fiv< centuries, we find the same destiny at work in the case of. each." And he ‘continues, with a dash of play- fulness: “Is it not possible that the adventurer of the fifteenth century, desiring to enjoy once more the ex. citing days of his youth, actually be. came incarnated as a hero of thc. twentieth century?” -.;____.._ AT SHORT RANGE. Exciting Experience With a Lie: in Africa. An Englishman who lived many years in Africa relates a. thrilling ex- perience which befell his fami15 there. His home at the time was in the edge of the Transvaal wilder- ness, and it was there that the event occurred. One evenng about dusk my wif( SAWDUST AS MANURE. Since the use of silage has become so general, and with it the feeding of cut straw along with the silage, the question of getting sufficient bedâ€" ding for the stock has become of growing importance. In many cases sawdust and shavings have been largely used, in fact, sawdust has been shipped long distances by rail for this purpose. This led to an in- vestigation of the effect of sawdust on land and crops manured with this material. Some years ago Cornell University Experiment station exâ€" perimented on accurately measured - plans to determine, if possible, if ‘ ' Shavings when used as bedding, in-' jured the quality of the manure or the crop.~'0ne stall was bedded ~_. ' with pine shavings, the other with IT’S AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS cut straw, in equal weights. The NOBODY GOOD. horses were changed every day. When about 1,500 pounds of manure , had accumulated in these stalls, the Many marvellous TnumPhs of Mind Over Matterâ€" Brave manure in each Was thoroughly mix- Hearts. “; 1,000 pounds Weighed out of such and put on tWO plats. A third A ' great, actor has said that no man can act until he has suffered. plat was left untreated. This exper- iment Was carried on for about four Be that as it may, it is an open sec- ret in the “profession,” that the years. Barley was grown continu~ oust on the land, which was a re: wonderful character impersonations ther moderately light gravelly soil. of a. Wellâ€"known tragic actress are From this experiment no injury to largely the offspring of her own (10- the soil was discovered from the use mestic infelicities. ~ It would be inâ€" of pine shavings as bedding, neither vidious to mention names, but the was the manure found to be inferior circumstances are undeniable. to that which was mixed with cut Married at an early age 'to a dis- solute man very much her senior, she straw. In observing the results of the use of manure mixed with saw- was speedily disillusioned as to his 'dust or shavings, the conclusion was real character. Instead, however, of going into retirement, or a. lunatic arrived at that all of the trouble had resulted, first, from using too asylum, she threw herself heart and soul into her profession. She has much bedding, so that the resultant manure contained but a small per- succeeded, beyond her wildest dreams. centage of the excrements of the aniâ€" But her aUdlenCe little. SUSPeCt the mals: and, second, that it was ap- secret of her power. Why the Die-adâ€" plied too thickly. One need not 1105â€" ins love. the malignant jealously. [tat-e to use a moderate quantity of the fierce hate, and the one thousand shavings if we have a, spreader» to and other emotions which her sublime distribute the manure-provided that art conveys to them in tum. thrill not more than Six or eight tons at. them in so extraordinary a manner. most were applied to each acre. And yet it is SO Simple- She really However, it might be advisable to feels the emotions that so many of pile the manure and let it mt for her craft merely ape. She acts as one .V‘cur. adding water to it if the intensely as She has Suffered. says rainfall is not sufficient firefanging. Pearson's “'GCMY- . take a piece of butter size of a small SO llappy-goâ€"lucky was Oliver Gold- . smith, that-it is doubtful whether he would have given a single work to the world had it not been for his grinding poverty and his hounding' creditors. His misfortunes were mostly of his own choosing, and lar- gely arose out of his Hibernian ver- satility. Ile nearly lost his sizar- ship at Trinity College, Dublin, through pumping on a constable. and giving a ball in the col'ege attics, -â€"--â€"â€"â€"+ anda of the bungalow. I was en- gaged a few rods away, putting tlu finishing touches to a bit of wagon- repairing. The servants were at th« rear of the house. It was one _ of those peculiar quiet evenings ‘whet I nothing seems to break the stillness. Suddenly I felt, rather than saw, something Imoving near the veranda. I looked more closely, and to my horror perceived an enormous lion stealing along the ground in,the di- rection of'niy wife and child. My wife saw the creaturé at the same instant, and despite her terror, for-- ’ tunately remained perfectly motion- less and silent. _ ‘ Scarcer knowing whatj‘-to do, ' ‘] hastily crept toward the side’of the room, where I knew a loaded rifle Was leaning against the 'Wall. I climbed in at the window, seized the rifle and‘lea'ped by another window out upon the veranda. There was no time to think ; the lion was within a few feet of my dear ones and crouching for a spring I called softly to my wife not to move, and then fired. The ball passed directly over my boy’s head and lodged in the fore. head of the lion, immediately above the eyes, and stretched him on tlu ground. There was an instant of fearful suspense. Then I fired again, but the second bullet was not necessary, for the (lion had been kiIled at the first shot. ' â€"â€"+â€"â€". The, Admiralty consists of flu First Lord of the Admiralty and flu PURE WATER NECESSARY. The watering accommodation for the swine should be the first thing considered in laying out the hog yard or pasture. ' The pumped water. all things considered, is the best and safest. The well can be located so as to be free from all drainage of the lot or surroundings. It can be fenced, fitted up and made dry. and solid for some distance around the pump. The troughs can be located on a dry cemented floor,. or broken stone that can be flushed frequently +__'_ :MONURIENT TO A COOIC. fiwkgmhm, _..._I:..,I_,I.III. . WI ,.,f,,._.,‘..I .. ,,,..I..:v,........:_x..-......g Beyond a doubt the , fatal I sickness, had spread from the cats to the wild animals of various kinds over a good.:.‘ . til at last it reached humanity During the last epidemic of the I grip, some cats were noticed by clos; ' ’ observers familiar with the above. facts, as being afflicted with an ill- ness in its symptoms not unlike that which laid so many people by the}: heels. The rapid spread of that dis- ‘ I It might be wise to subject pussy’s visiting list to strict supervision at ' The Duke of Abruzzi’s Expedition ' Querini, a Venetian gentlemanof an I' old and noble family. His work over, in January, 1433, he appeared in ' and child were sitting on the ver- u bungaloweto the open window of my ' \.<.,~2«_.n~’w- ., . g . » a. karma-Lxwmsaékcuyeviw »