Ligonier Banner., Volume 42, Number 41, Ligonier, Noble County, 2 January 1908 — Page 7

THE HAUNTING EYE

My object in visiting the asylum was one of curiosity. "The gibberings of the insane, their hallucinations, sardonic laughter, queer and erratic ways always fascinated and held me entranced. Being a physician, and well-known at the institution, my presence was always welcome, and ample time was given me to cater to my peculiar whims.

One day in room 48 I encountered a new subject. He stood at the grated door while I was talking with one of the attendants in the corridor, and when I had finished, motioned me to approach. I did so, at the same:tfme noticing his shapely form, well-chis-eled face, its deathly pallor, and the uneasy shifting of his cdal-ylack eyes.

“I like your looks,” he said, regarding me critically. “It is .my desire to trust you with a secret. May I be allowed?”

“Certainly,” 1 replied. “I am glad of that,” he answered. “That I am not insane, and entered this institution of my own wolition, does not matter. My confession relates to the cause—my willingness to be incarcerated without the protest usually advanced by subjects who are insane.”

“I understand,” I replied, wishing to humor him. Then, as he paused and glanced uneasily into the open space behind me, I added: “I am prepared to listen.” ‘ “I fancied 1 heard a step,” he re: joined, again tixning his attention to me as if relievegd. - “My nerves are at so high a tension of late that psygho—logical illusionments are quite “frequent. I imagine sights and sounds that do not exist only in the environment of the brain; but—never, mind,” he added, brushing the black curls away Jdrom his forehead as if to brush away the incident.

After another prolonged pause, during .which he glanced up and down the corridor with all the alertness of a cat watching for a mouse, he continued: “You ‘will notice lam not old in years; and possibly not illfavored in contour of face. If lines of dissipation are at all apparent it is not the result of intexicants, remember that; and yet, I have been dissipated to some extent. A fortune which has furnished me a life of luxury and ease is partially responsible for this. It has led me to dissipate—not in liquors, which I naturally abhor, but in love'of woman, which lis not a holy love such as you might expect. Woman has been my folly —my disgrace—my ruin. To the fruits of this unholy love I attribute my present position.” “Many have followed in your foot--steps,” I said, by way of:continuing the subject. :

“Too true,” he muttered, sadly and ‘reminiscently, “only by . different routes. Some lead downward more weirdly and incongruously than others, and mine is one. But—llisten. Adelade Liamphere was beautiful in form and feature—and well-modeled form and feature I always admired. , “But this rainbow-tinted happiness could not last. There were other sylph-like maidens I adored—others % whose charms purloined a portion of my time. And so the awakening came. It was in the form of a rival with temp_eramental moods, voluptuous form and dashing ways. This infidelity on my part thrilled Adelade like an electric shock. She was stunned at first and gazed at me with eyes in -which were depicted wonderment and doubt. Then, as the fruth dawned upon her, she chided—wept—implored and begged me to desist. I -omly Jaughed at her tears and mocked at her despair. Perceiving this double duplicity -on my part, my falsity of “heart, the inward rottenness of my soul, the magic spell wds: broken, and her whole nature revolted and underwent a change. She drew back with sealed lips, gave me one despairing look, and then left me to pursue my own course. .

“But she did not forget—O heaven! she did not forget. Sealed lips set in a determination for revenge are more dangerous than paroxysms of rage, or over:abhundance of speech. llcouid have withstood boths hetter than the unprecedented method she took to satisfy her unrequited love. Perverted her nature became — metamorphosed—turned: into insatiable hate. No outward sign was indicative of this—no word to that effect once dropped from her lips; but the cold gleam and steadfast look of her eyes which were ever upon me when an opportunity offered, was proof of this, and impressed me more forcibly than language could speak. “She followed me about, often came upon me in unexpected places and looked into my eyes. Stmfhy gazed with an icy gleam and yet mwmm BOY’S IDEA OF FITNESS. Possibly He Had Been Reading “Muck Raker’s” Stories. o . The countess of Warwick, during her recent American tour, criticised. American finance at a dinner in New York. : “] think,” said the beautiful soclalist, “that many of your financiers would rather be tremendously rich than tremendously honest. To my mind, it is a bad thing to put wealth ‘before honor, bm kindness, before uprightness. Surely—" - Here the countess smiled. “Surely it was to one of you! very werst, and applied, v% success, for a position the other 4 .ég';f ghe o = A S Rt Srosgete RN RSN T

with no sign of recognition in the stare. Neither did she attempt to speak or would she answer if spoken to. In brilliant ballrooms surrounded by festive crowds, at tete-a-tete . in roof-garden or abandon saloon, on the street, at home or abroad, this woman would suddenly appear to rivet her eyes upon me with frigid, stony stare. Not once did she attempt to interfere with my plans. Neither did she conduct herself.reprehensibly or in a way open to general criticism or complaint. Dressed in the deepest. of black, her features half-hidden in-a veil of the same somber hue, her appa'rition-/ like form would rise up, and after a look—a dagger’s gleam from the cold blue eyes—would, gradually drift out of sight. : 3 “At first this method of following me about seemed unique and’ more amused than caused me pain. ‘To he haunted by a pretty blonde, especially one with forget-me-not blue eyes and pink skin, was more of an exquisite pleasure than the torture {t afterward became. I rather enjoyed the novelty of the situation. : “But all that is novelty has a limit, and then the irksomeness of it begins. Those haunting eyes began to tantalize and mock me in my delirium’ of fancied bliss. The charm of the novelty then became abhorrentandl was no longer jubilant or filled with enthusiasm when they appeared. This feeling grew upon me slog’lg, of course, but it grew,; and I was med to suffer the results. I became irritable and nervous and ill at ease. There was a falling off of my companions, especially those butterfly companions in the social whirl, who made it plain they did not fancy a suitor followed by a ‘shape.’ From irritability I turned to rage and cursed this author of my despair: but the curses were as useless as my taunts or the hollow mockery of my former laugh. She heeded them not. Neither did they change one lineament of her face, or add a new flash or gleam to the cold steel-blue of her eyes. All the love once seen in those tender, lovable orbs had disappeared. They now shone like a winter’s sky, icy as I have said, and I might add, as impenetrably clear. They became unendurable—maddening—devilish. : “Finally ‘I fled. I would escape this Nemesis who was slowly but surely dragging me down. Flight would relieve the strain which those haunting blue eyes were bringing upon me. It was no use. Wherever I fled, she followed. No disguise was Intricare enough to obscure my path. She was ever }present, though never to chide or upbraid; only to face me under the most trying con&i&ions, and—llook. It was the same everywhere. If I reveled with danseuse or grisette, she was present, If I attended the theater, she was there. If I visited some bar to drown my troubles in the cup, she would manage to seek some position to give me one withering glance. As a final resort I applied to the police. They could do nothing. She had not violated a single clause in the law. I pronounced her insane and entered a complaint to that effect. In this I also failed. - Before an examining board of physicians she was pronounced as sane—more sane than I. What was Ito do? So indelibly photographed upon my brain did her eyes become, that they began haunting me in the dark, and in the obscurity of my rocom when I was alone. They glared at me from the foot of the bed, from the papered walls, from the ceiling overhead. It was horrible—horrible. Murder-/entered into my heart. “Therefore to escape the inevitable 1 entered here. It was easy to pave the way, to prove that I was insane, to show that murder was in my heart. You know how it is—all men are insane; only in some the insanity is more pronounced. That is all the difference. Certain’subjects and con‘ditions excite us though we are rational upon all other points. I rave over- an eye; an eye that has - been working the horrid canker of insanity into my soul.. But here I will escape.” .

“Yes,” he almost cried in savage glee, “here I will escape those eyes which are for me a hell upon earth. She dare. not enter where shrieks, and horrid curses, and maniacal ravings fall upon the ear. Her revenge must end with death, and insanity being worse than death, I know that I am safe.” “O—my—God!” He started back, clutched his head with frenzied _hands, and glared through the grates in the door. 1 turned and followed his gaze. Standing beside the door was a woman in black, calmly regarding him with cold, unfeeling, .but never-to-be-forgotten, impenetrable blue eyes. ;

“The financier blew a cloud ot smoke. '

“‘What qualifications have you,’ he asked, ‘for this post? & : “‘Why, sif,” the boy faltered, ‘I can lie and steal a little.’” =

Concert That Failed.

Hans Pfitzner, the composer of “The Rose in the Garden of Love,” says the “Munchener Neuesten Nachrichten,” had a peculiar experience at Cologne, where he had arranged to givé a song recital at one ©of the hotels. -In his own account of the , “concert that failed,” written in rhyme, the composer says: “Only two tickets were sold after much advertising and the display of many pictures.” The purchasers were his friends, who were prevented from being present. When all hopes as to audience had failed he asked to have supper served in the empty concert room. But, instead of allowing him to take the meal in “grand solitude,” the Ilights were turned out, and so was he. “At my next concert,” he says, “I shall act as accompanist for songs by Olga Mol tor. Dr. H :gtum the music and

. NEW IDEAS IN COOKERY, . Candied Citron and Banana Pie Are : Both Recommended. .~ . f e 3 A novelty for the home candy makers is candied citron. Go make it. Peel and core the citron and. cut it into strips or cubes. Weigh the fruit, and to each pound of it allow a pound of granulated sugar and a. teaspoonful of water. Put sugar and water into a porcelain-lined kettle and cook to a sirup, laying the citron in it. as soon as the sugar is dissolved. "When the fruit is tender take it out of the kettle with a perforated spoon, and spread on a broad platter while you add a little ginger to the sirup, then boil it until it is thick. Stir in a little lemon juice, return the citron to the kettle and stir until candied and thick with sugar, thea drain and lay on platters to dry. Banana pie is the latest for the pie weary. This does not mean that the fresh fruit is sliced up—it is a much richer fruit than this, and is made’ of .evaporated bananas. They are treat‘ed like dried apples of old before being made up into pastry. , The evaporated bananas - hold a dozen things for.the house that gets tired -of its bill of fare. Breakfast food, pancake flour and cookies with 2 dainty flavor all their own are made from the banana flour,” “of which,” say the cooking experts, ‘“you can make anything that can be made of white flour.” Banana figs, which are dried in their own sirup, are a new form of the fruit to add to the Christmas preserve table, and banana sirup is put up as a rival of maple sirup in flavor. . A noted Boston cook has a trick of substituting flour for one of the eggs ordinarily required, to every quart of milk in a custard pudding. The recipe calls for a quart of milk, four tablesponfuls of - flour, three eggs, half a teaspoonful of salt, a tablespoonful of butter, a teasponful of vanilla and half a cup of granulated sugar. Reserve half a cup of the milk and put the rest on the stove to boil. Mix the flour, after sifting, with the cold milk and gradually stir them into the boiling milk, taking care that lumps do not form. When thick add the egg yolks, which should have been beaten with the sugar, salt and extract. Then take the boiler from the stove and add the butter. Put. immediately into a baking dish just small enough to put inside of a pretty pudding dish when ready to serve. After baking cover with a meringue made with the whites of the eggs that were lgft over after making the pudding. Serve very cold.

Cookinyg Mushrooms.

Among the many different ways of preparing them there are two simple ones—broiled and saute—which prove best, on account of their retaining the mushroom’s own flavor. In all instances cut the stem off close to the gills and peel the cap from edge to crown. If to be broiled cook them over a low fire, laying them upon .an oyster broiler, placing the gills down for a few moments with a fork turn. Carefully scatter very little salt over them and, previous to their getting terder, place a pit of butter in the center of each mushroom. In melting it will pass through the gills, improving them greatly. Serve on hot toast, which allows all of the mushroom flavor to come forth. In saute place them in a saucepan with a trifle of butter—nothing else—cooking them, beneath a cover, about three-quarters of an hour over boiling.water. The brown juice cooks out, which moistens the toast. Cream may be used. It is important to serve them hot, for a draft or chill is sure to spoil ,the best cooked dish. . L

Oyster Sauce.

Bring one pint of oysters to the boiling point in their own liquor; strain. Make a little stock with the giblets, neck and a few bits of veal; simmer and reduce the stock to*“one cupful. Melt one-fourth of a cupful of butter, add one-fourth of a cupful of flour, half a teaspoonful of salt and a dash of strained oyster liquor, the chicken stock!and simmer five minutes, then add the oysters, just bring to the boiling point, remove from the heat and add the well-beaten yolks. of two eggs diluted with half a cupful of cream, reheat without boiling, add a tabléspoonful of lemon juice, salt and pepper and a tablespoonful of butter in bits.

When Shoes Get Wet.

All shoes are ruined -if wet too often, and -poor gshoes suffer most of all. If the shoes have been thoroughly wet don’t try to dry them quickly. After removing them rub them with plain lard or vaseline and let them stand in a cool place until thoroughly dry, when they will have regained much of the original oil of the leather.

Effective Savory.

A delicious savory can be made by pounding together the yolks of hardboiled eggs and sardines freed from bone (equal quantities) and lemon juice and salt to taste.® Fill the whites with the mixture, stand on fried croutons of bread, put a tiny bit of whipped creamy on top, and serve garnished with parsley. A Shirt Economy. Young mothers are much distressed to find baby’s little shirt wears out with horrifying rapidity from frequent pinning. ; If instead of bemoaning they would sew a piece of flanneél or a strip of muslin at the bottom of the shirt right in the center of the back where it is pinned down they will be relieved to find the ‘sl}irts last much longer. ‘ - Plain Caramels. ‘One pound of brown sugar; onequarter of a pound of chocolate: o pint of cream; one teaspoonful of bubi ‘ter; two tablespoonfuls of molasses boil for 30 ‘minutes, stirring all th time. Test by dropping in cold water: flavor with vanilla; turn into pan and cut off in squares. - Gt 1 2 e Bandages from Collars. : Do not throw away. collars worn at the edge. They make esfcellent bandages. First soak out the starch and then tear into strips. Kach col. lar makes four nice strips, which are always in read;;}eu. vt :

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"But such possibility as is suggest‘ed in our heading does not seem to strike terror into the hedrts of the American public, rather dces the latter court capture by this newest and yet oldest of games, Diabolo, for it is not as one might suppose a game of modern invention. It dates back several centuries, when it was first introduced into Europe from the ' orient, where it had been a popular pastime for nobody knows how long. .And was ever so innocent and wholesome a game saddled with so ominous a name as has Diabolo? To the superstitious or timid the name comes with a forbidding sound. But familiarity breeds contempt, and one forgets the name in the fascination of learning the intricacies of the game, about the only time that.one is apt to think the name at all appropriate being -when the ivory spool in spinning through the air cracks one's head instead of lighting upon the cord held out to “*receive it.

It is not certain just how Diabolo came by its name. It may have been expressive of the state of mind and feelings of the first European who tried to toss and catch the litt¥e double top, or it may have been that the uncertain motion of the spool through the air was suggestive of the evil spirit which i$ supposed .to hover around the unwary soul. At any rate, Diabolo it was centuries ago when Henri 111. of France was fascinated by the toy, and Diabolo it is to-day as it whirls to popular favor again. Away back at the dawn of the last century, to be exact, about 1812, when America and Great Britain were warring on the seas, all France got the Diabolo craze. Some benefactor of the eternally bored had dug up out of the files of the past a game he called “Le Diable.” It is said by some to have been played in Europe 200 years before that, and others who go back still further find that it was known in China even centuries before. At any rate its absolute origin was not considered important enough to call for a monument to-the inventor, so history merely brands it as an ancient pastime and lets it go at that. - Thé Frenchman who started the 1812 craze for Le Diable used two sticks, a bit of string connecting the tip of each, and 2 bobbin-like affair which he spun and tossed on the bridge of twine made taut by extending the sticks which he held ome in each hand. France became so%nfatuated with the game that the craze inspired articles in‘_i: papers and cartoons are to be fotind in museums at Paris to this day. : o According to C. B. Frey, the great English cricketer, a French engineer, M. Gustav Philappart, came across the ancient implements for “Lie Diable” a few months ago. He took the old-fash-ioned bobbin and from it made a sort of two-headed top, cut with geometrical care to make the game one of precision. Then he gave his discovery to the country and to the world, called it “Diabolo,” and the world today is Diabolo mad. ' From Paris the revival of the game spread to London, and the British pubMe, conservative in all things, looked at it with interest. Then King Edward saw some children playing it

VARIOUS RULES FOR LONGEVITY.

Prominent Frenchmen Have New Ideas as to Best Methods.

Galipaux, the French actor, laughs at the old precept of “early to bed and early to rise.” How can a man do these things if he is an actor? And as to the advice to avoid disagreeable emotions, you might as well tell a man who has dyspepsia that the best way is to take no notice of it. Such is Galipaux’s opinion; nevertheless he believes in a certain regularity of life. He has his table set for dinner at seven o'clock.- Even if he is not in the -house the dinner is served as usual. He often finds the knowledge that the meal will be served at that hour without fail is an inducement to him to hurry home, when otherwise heé would not trouble himself to do so. Gen. Gallifet, who even as far back as the -early ‘sixties received fearful wounds, from which it seemed hopeless to suppose that he would recover, has still the same elegant figure and the same dashing style as in youth. His rules are “absolute sobriety, never

one day, and so the story goes, he was initiated into its mysteries. He fell under its subtle spell, and the news went forth that the king had indorsed the game with his own royal hands. e ; :

This explains in part the query as to the reason for the craze, so far as England is concerned, for with his majesty playing Diabolo all his empire joined in forthwith. :

Across the North sea it went next and all over the continent. Bridging the broad Atlantic at a bound it landed on the shores of America, while the great ships that brought the crowds home from the summer Irutlh abroad carried thousands.who played

¥ G| ' ./" FAI u’a‘ eLI (SR “? ." .‘A.‘ —-i”..'-' :‘&:": & "_.‘:5..’-' S , i L R RN E N A 4‘ Y, 1 7 oot EAMA |B¥ d / N fiV- 7 ‘ e R o “The Sport of Diabolo”—After an Old . Engraving. ' the game all the way over. Into every state it has gone, and now it rivals(,fihe records made by ping pong and-tiddle-dewinks of blessed memory. " In England they have rigged: up nets and courts and are playing Diabolo along the lines of tennis. Two, four, six or eight play it when sociability is desired, but countless thousands make it a game of solitdire. Parlor, back yard, pavement and open field resound with the cries: of the players, and youth and age know no distinctions where the craze is concerned. g It is almost as superfluous to (describe the method of play as it was to describe the implements used, but for the benefit of those who are still loyal to ping pong it may not be amiss to shed a ray of light upon the operation. A lonely player merely delights himself by tossing the spinning bobbin in the air and catching it on the string again. - He takes the sticks, one in either hand, holding them a foot or two apart, and placing the bobbin or diabolo with its cleft on the string, makes it revolve by moving.the arms up and down alternately. Having worked the diabolo up to a good, swift spin, he tosses it in the air and catches it on the string again. The player’s vigor, or the degree of fascination, are factors in determining how often he repeats the performance. ‘When more than one play the spin. ning bobbin is tossed from one side to the other, over a net, like tennis, or across any given space. :

read the papers, laugh at death, but have a terror of fools.” Kept His Word. “On the day. I marry you,” sald the young man, solemnly, “I shall quit drinking.” = And he kept his promise. Much as he needed a nip on the fatal morning, he manfully stayed away from booze till the sun had set.—Cleveland Leader. What Changed Them. ' i Yeast—l see that previous to 1760 the French would not eat potatoes, it being supposed that they would cause freckles. ; Crimsonbeak—Oh, well, I suppose they hadn’t discovered that there is alcohol in potatoes then!—Yonkers Statesman. : : Overheard in the Lunchroom. Gunner—Yes, Harker always makes love to the pretty waitress. He says by so doing he gets better service. Guyer—Hm! I guess he thinks love not only makes the world go round, but it also makes the waitress go round.—Chicago Daily News, -

COBB AND WAGNER - PREMIER BATTERS

i ‘ - 2 DETROIT SLUGGER COMPARATIVE’ NOVICE, PITTSBURG MAN : VETERAN AT GAME. |

REMARKABLE RISE OF FORMER

In Two Years Mas Jumped from Minor Leaguer to One of Greatest Players of the Day—*“Hans” Leads Bat. ters of National for Fifth Consecutive Season. : .

Inasmuch as Hans Wagner, of the Pirates, and Tyrus Cobb, of the Tigers, are the champion batsmen of the National and American leagues, for the season of 1907, a little about the two men is not out of the way at this time. The following is from the pen of an eastern baseball writer: : “Some weeks ago the athletic® director of a great university gave out an interesting interview on the various physical requirements necessary to the athléte who would excel in any of the great outdoor sports. He spoke of the short lower legs and strong ankles of the jumper; the long-mus-cled, clean-cut frame of the runner; the broad, sturdy frame ;of the football player, and so on. }?L;ut whén he came to baseball he threw up his hands. ‘Baseball players are of all shapes, sizes and ages, and there is not the slightest warrant for naming anything but good health as an essential,’ ‘he said.

“Young Ty Cobb, champion hitter and hero of the American league, and the veteran Hans Wagner, who again distanced all comers for honors in the National league, seem to show the wisdom of the expert’s views. Both men arrived; at the same place, but by widely different. methods. Cobb shares with Hal Chase the fame of being the most remarkable young player of the day, and .Cobb’s rise to first place was even more sensational than the Yankee star’'s. Coming from a very minor league, the Southern, in two years of big-league ball he is the most-talked-of player of the season. Besides leading the American league in batting, with an average of .352, the young Detroit player showed the veterans of the league how to steal bases, leading the list with 49 pilfered bags. Cobb was under 20 when he came to Detroit, and it was his business, by all bigleague tradition, to walk softly for a couple of years ‘and speak . when spoken to. But he was made of other material. He was filled with an admirable conceit. He believed himself to be one of the best ball players in the country and he didn’t intend losing any time in proving it. - : ~ He began to bat and run bases as if he had a right to, and he fielded with a headlong aggressiveness that made him a bitter enemy or two on his own club, and finally wound up in a pitched battle with another outfielder of the Tigers. Cobb licked him and went on in the same old way. This year he was the sensation of baseball. His batting and base-running were the fan talk of eight cities. Of medium height, with a straight, clean, but muscular build, powerfu], tapering legs, a quick, accurate éye, a wonderful throwing arm and, above all, a superior insolent confidence in himself, he became the greatest ball player of the league while but little more than a boy.

“Big, awkward, conscientious, goodnatured Hans Wagner, steady and strong in his years of baseball lore, greatest ball player in the country, is the direct antithesis of young -Cobb. So much has been written for years of the virtues and ability of the great Pirate shortstop that even a recapitulation is almost superfluous. This year, however, he accomplished one feat that adds to his honors. He established a new record for long batting success on the diamond, this being the fifth year that he has held the National league title. He won the batting championship with a mark of .350 and the base-running honors with 61 stolen sacks. He is just behind Cobb in batting honors and far ahead in base-run-ning on the year. No one ever saw anything graceful or pict}xresque_’ about Wagner on the diamond. His movements have been likened to the gambols of a caracoling elephant. He is ungainly and so bowlegged that when he runs his limbs seem to be moving in a circle, after the fashion of a propeller. But he can run like the wind. When he starts after a grounder every outlying portion of his anatomy apparently has ideas of its own about the proper line of direction to be taken. His position at the bat is less -awkward and the muscular swing of his great arms and shoulders is strong enough to drive the ball farther than most batters who hit from their toe spikes up. Experts do not agree that Wagner is the greatest shortstop in the game to-day, but there is no question that he is the greatest all-round player of this or probably any. other geason.” : e

Forward Pass Unpopular.

From every section of America comes a great chorus of opposition to the forward pass as it is working this year. There seems. to be almost universal dissatisfaction with it. The general complaint is that it is too fluky. It leaves too much to chance. And if it is developed it must be at the expense of more popular features of the game. It is making the game too much like basketball, and tends to do away with kicking and brilliant scrimmage work. It seems almost certain that some change will be made in the rules next season, owing to the widespread kicking, : lowa Will Retain Catlin. Marc Catlin will remain another year as coach of the Towa university eleven. University athletes are rejoicing over the retention of the old Chicago star, who has decidedly made good during his term of service. Catlin will con.inue the study of law in the university and the board in control of athletics seems disposed to hold him indefinitely. . Burr to Captain Harvard. -~ Prancis Harden Burr, 'O9, of Brookline, Mass., has been elected unanimousiy captain of the Harvard foothall eleven. Burr is a graduate of Phillips-Andover. He 'is 21 years of age and s 6 feet 114 inches in height.

b M RrM By Villioe O T SRSy

Put the charcoal on the lijst of valyable accessories of the poultry house.

Three tablespoonfuls of vinegar and one of rice make a-good stain rémover.

In the opinion of some beef will go higher or some feeders will - lose money. =

If the carrots are -to’-be stored, place in a dry room and. sprinkle slightly with lime. ;

Keep the hens busy. An active hen is .worth a dozén of the other kind, egpecially in the breeding pen. _

It costs nothing but a little time- to keep the stable clean, and this is an essential condition of good dairying.

' Freezing and thawing are what hurt strawberries.. Mulch after the ground is well frozen and you will prevent this plant killing process.

Corner posts or gate posts can be made permanent and indestructable by pouring about them ,aft'eriplacing in hole a thin concrete mixture.

Experiment with the different kinds of grasses 'so that you may find out which will give you the best returns for the labor and the fertility put upon them. : S

Alfalfa, or clover, chopped up fine, steamed and fed as a mash makes a fine feed for the poultry in the winter, and will keep the eggs rattling into the egg basket if anything will. =~

Do not feel that you cannot improve your farm and your methods of farming because you haven’t ready money. See how -much you can do without spending money. - Often the mest valuable improvement costs least. :

No business can be so badly managed as farming and still give a living to the mismanager. And on the other hand there is scarcely any business which properly managed gives the profit for the money: invested as does farming. - = :

Dr. Harold B. Wood states that the conditions which affect the richnes of milk in butterfat are: “(1) Breed and individuality of cows;: (2) Time' during milking; (3) Manner of milking; (4) Length of time between milkings; (6) Period of lactation, age and feed of gow; (6) Environment.” : 3 T

What is needed in many poultry vards is.a- thorough weeding out. Some hens, produce close to 250 eggs yearly, others more nearly 25. The difference in cost of feed is trifling. Kill off the loafers. Study the broods and flocks. Know the individudls. Here is the only solution of the difficulty. The hen business does not receive its share of intelligent attention. - -

The feeding value of silage is in a large measure due to its comparative richness in nutriments especially suited for the nourishment of cattle, its ease of digestion as compared with dry foods, its palatability due to its aroma and succulence, and the fact that it aids in cooling the system and keeping it free from effects material and keeping the circulation active.

Food products must be labeled accurately with reference to their ingredients, and the board of food and drug inspection at Washington has issued regulations . regarding the labeling of mixtures of cane and maple syrups. It provides - where poth of thes2 ingredients are . used in conjunction the label should- be varied according to the relative proportion of the ingredients. The terms “maple sugar” and “maple - syrup” may be used only on the"label as a part of the name when these substances are present in. substantial quantities as ingredients. A cane syrup containin,; only -enough maple syrup or sugar .to give it a maple flavor must be labeled as *cape syrup, maple flavor,” or ‘“cane syrup flavored with maple.” Whenever it is necessary to declare cane sugar (sucrose) on a label, it should be declared as ‘“cane sugar” and. not “white sugar.” s T g

An authority on the matter of alfalfa as a feed for the dairy cow and calf, has this to say: “Calves grown on alfalfa develop rapidly and. are. ready to become mothers earlier than when developed on other foods. Preg. nant -cows fed alfalfa come in strong and well nourished bearing full ud«ders. Milking cows fed alfalfa’ hay as a part of their ration givé milk as with no other possible combination. Alfalfa leaves are a little richer in protein than- wheat bran; alfalfa stems cut early and micely cured are nearly as digestible as,-‘wheat'-lbraq‘ and nearly “as palatable. Thus alfalfa may well take the place of a large part of the grain ration, and may be made to form nearly the whole of the needed protein. * * * The writer has himself sent alfalfa hay to a gentleman milking -one of the best herds of Guernseys in America, animals fed as well as science and skill could devise, and had word afterward that the addition of alfalfa hay to their ration made an increase in milk yield of 20 per cent.” Now is not this. encouragement enough for you to try, ‘and {ry again, to get that|stand of alfalfa’ If at first you ~don’t suc teed, try, try, egain. S

Hog fattening entails good . hogs, clean feed anr?lenty of it - " A thrifty sheep ought to be ready for market with six weeks of good feeding. ‘ , e Dairying will restore the run-down farm quicker than by any other method. : ' ‘lt is the specialty breeder who ‘makes the best profits, whether in poultry or livestock. : A good skirt hanger can be made by rolling one or two heavy papers together ‘and tying in the middle with a stout cord. :

Feeding has much to do -with the" weight of the fleece. A poorly fed sheep will not give as good weight wool as one that is well fed. '

~ The good road is the road that is kept in ‘good condition. The road drag will put the road in good condition where faithfully used. Try it.

- Pretty well put:” “The great problem of the farmer is this—getting the erop out of the farm, getting the dollar out of the c¢rop, and happiness out of the dollar.” =

~ The late molter will be the Ilate layer. In picking your breeding stock, select those which get through early and begin to lay. This will raise the standard of your flock. -

When transplanting trees be: sure and cut back the tops and see that the roots are trimmed of all bruised and broken parts. Many a tree is lost through ‘carelessness in this direction.

"Perhaps the horse cannot understand your oaths and know you are sinning against Heaven, but certain it is ‘he understands your brutal - spirit, and knows you are going to get only such service as you force him to give.

- Try the new system of cloth ventilation for the stable. All you have to do is to take out part of the glass and put cloth screens in' place. Also remember that no one who has tried the screens reports failure. Try them in your stable. :

How much a little carelessness costs us sometimes. The chore boy left the box.off the salt box the other day and some of my finest pure bred pullets of an investigative turn of mind got busy. ' Now they are dead and buried and T am poorer and it is to be hoped the boy is wiser and won’t be so careless again. :

It was Dr. Henry Van Dyke who said: Do not rob or mar a tree unless you really need what it has.to give you. Let it stand and grow im virgin majesty, ungirdled and - unscarred, while the trunk becomes a firm . pillar of the forest temple and the branches spread abroad a refuge of bright green leaves for the birds of the air. - - _ Charcoal, ashes or soft coal are relished by- the pigs, these supplying.th. mineral matter the animals need to make them thrifty. Lacking these elements hogs frequently show a lack of thrift that cannot otherwise be accounted for. Theodore Lewis often used to say that there was nothing like roasted corn, or even corn cobs, to supply this craving for something of the kind. - e Cheap seeds are in most cases not only unproductive, but contain quantities of parasitic ‘dodder, fungi and other noxious weed seeds. Not a bad idea for the farmers of a section to cooperate and buy their seeds on a large scalgé,l thus enabling them not only to purchase at the lowest possible price consistent with good seed, but enabling them by testing to know the quality and purity of the seed supplied.. : =

i Im* buying shee‘p, whether . ewes or rams, select the animals having large, well-proportioned heads, width “between the ears and eyes, a thick neck, a widely-distended nostril, thick, heavy loins, crops and twists; broad, full chest and brisket; level, strong back and full level flanks. Such are invariably “good cutters” and carry mutton of the best quality.” A ram weak in neck, loin or twist, is entirely unfit tohead aflock . - .

The question has been raised in some quarters as to whether the tuberculin test with cows tends to make them barren, but ex-Gov. Hoard, of Wisconsin, whose herd of cows has been regularly tested every year for the past eight years, is inclined to ba skeptical on the point. We have no idéa, he says, that it had caused any difficulty whatever in getting the cows to breed. It is very easy for some, men to;jump at false conclusions. As a rule they take no particular pains to determine whether their conclusions are really founded on fact or not. - It seems so to them and that is enough. In every herd of cows there will occa-~ sionally occur one that is a shybreeder. We had one cow that went 21% years without getting a calf. A resort to the yeast treatment finally brought her around. _ - Are you getting out of your land all the profit you can? There is a big difference in farmers, one will make. farming pay and another farmer right alqng side him, with the same acreage, and practically the same soil and conditions, will shave hard work getting along. This is the way a southerner puts it: “You may be legally the owner of an acre of land, another man may be legal owner of an acre of the same charactter of soil as yours, and with no natural advantages of any sort lacking to yours, and yet he may possess fully twice as much as you, simply because he knows what there is to his acre and you don’t know what there is to your acre. Knowing what there is to fils acre it produces o You. 1 u sherstore trich st S able to him as yours is to you. T Sy Lo ot o e wEEM B