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A man said to a woman.
‘ Lovely indeed thou art'
Give me thy charm, thy witchery,
Hut- not thy woman-heart.
“Give me thy sunny hours.
Hut not thy se re- team;
Give me thv hope, thv happiness, fears/'
Hut not thy worn in’s
The woman's pride was mighty
Bih Hike to the pride of men, weeping,
now her soul went
Sot ever smiled again.
*-\Louise Morgan Sill, in Harper's \\ eekly.
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WILISTON’S HEART.
, ‘Ss'eshsesrehsh.
Wiliston was a busy man and lie
had all the life insurance he was able
to carry. For such a man it is ex
asperating to he bothered day after
day by insurance solicitors. There
was one man in particular who made
it hard for Wiliston to be patient,
This man had on-e stopp'd a runaway
horse and thus perhaps saved Wilis
ton's wife's aunt from being killed.
He had not risked his life hr leaping
In front of tiie horse and grasping tiie
bit, the truth being that he had
Blood in the street and waved an mi
brella at the runaway steed, thus
causing the animal to turn and break
its neck by colliding with a tree.
Wiliston’s wife's uncle had been com¬
pelled to pay $60 to the liveryman
from whom the horse had been hired,
hut the Wilistons felt that the insur¬
ance man had perhaps saved their
aunt’s life, and it was of course, ini
possible for Wiliston to l»e curt with
the hero when he came around to so¬
licit business.
Wiliston explained frankly that he
bad ail the insurance he wanted, but.
as everyone who bad ever had a deal
with an insurance solicitor knows, tiiat
kind of an explanation is useless, it
merely gives the solicitor a chance to
continue the argument by asking for
permission to convince you that you
caimqt understand how much insur¬
ance you want and that you don’t
know how much you can afford to
carry.
Well. Wiliston had been pestered by
this Mr. Ilossford until he felt like
offering a premium to anyone who
could suggest a plan whereby he
might get rid of the nuisance without
seeming to he rude or ungrateful, it
was at about this time that the Wilis
tons were invited to dinner at the
home of one of the neighbors. When
Wiliston had taken his place at the
table lie saw his plate begin to rise
and fall in an uncanny manner. At
first he thought the earth must be
quaking, but, steadying himself, lie
found that only the plate was heav¬
ing and rocking, so the earthquake
theory had to he abandoned, Before
he had called the attention of any¬
body else to the queer actions of the
plate lie happened to look at bis host,
and then ho knew that some kind of
a joke was being played on him. Later
he found that a flexible bull) attached
to a slender tube and
the gentleman at the head of the table
had caused the bobbing of his plate.
It was then that Wiliston had an in¬
spiration. lie borrowed the rubber
contrivance from his friend and took it
to his office. In the course of two
or three days Mr. Ilossford, the in¬
surance man, called again to explain
tile admirable provisions of a new
policy that his company had just
begun to issue. After listening patient¬
ly for a while Wiliston said:
“Yes, I cun sis* that this is a grand
good policy and I'd like to have it.
but the fact is that I couldn't get it
if 1 wanted it. I’ve been concealing
something from you that 1 suppose 1
ought to have told you long ago. Your
company won't accept me as a risk."
Ilossford would not he convinced,
lie wanted to know whether either
of Wiliston’s parents had died of con¬
sumption and when he was told that
neither of them had he declared that
there would be no trouble about secur¬
ing a policy.
"You have been accepted by several
other companies," he said : "you have
a tine physique and with such a
family history as yours there is no
reason in the world why any company
should turn you down."
‘ Well, you bring your doctor around
here," Wiliston replied, "and if he
says I'm all right I'll take out oue of
these new $511)0 policies."
The doctor and Ilossford came
around late in the afternoon and Wil
listen at once signified ids willingness
to undergo an examination.
“I don’t think,” lie said, "addressing
the physician, "that it will be neves
sary for me to take oft my clothes. Mv
trouble is of such a nature that you
will easily be able to detect it. Just
put your ear against my left side, doc
tor. and tell me what you think of my
case.”
"Ah. very well; tiiat will do to begin
with if you wish it so." the
answered, as he turned back the
of Wilistons coat and bent to
his ear against the subject's chest.
Half a second later lie
Dp suddenly, with a trobuled look
his countenance.
‘‘Ah l Hui 1” he said; “this is ex
traordinary; just iet me listen to that
again."
Lie didn't listen long. When he
straightened up the second time he
shook his head dubiously and gave
Wiliston a l<X)k of pity.
"Tell me the worst, doctor,” the af
flitted man said. “I will try to bear
it. I>o you think there is anything
the matter with my heart?”
“I am sorry to say there is,” the
do-tor admitted. “To he candid with
you, Mr. Wiliston, it’s very serious,
1 would advise you to have all your
business affairs so arranged that your
family would he as well taken care of
as possible in case of your sudden
1 death, and don’t under any circum¬
stances run to catch cars or walk up¬
stairs or do anything requiring the
least exertion. I tell you this because
you have asked me to speak plainly.”
As Ilossford and the physician were
j leaving, rji the _ solicitor _______ turned _________ to Wilis
ton and, put out a hand, said:
j “I’m mighty sorry, not tiiat I care
anything specially about losing the
chance to write you a policy, but as
a friend. He careful not to do tiie
things tiie doctor has warned you
against.”
“Thanks, old man. Good-by, and
; if we ever meet again, remember that
I have thoroughly appreciated your
kindness.”
When lie was alone again Wiliston
‘ pulled of
out his shirt sleeve a slender
rubber tube that had a flexible bulb
at each end, and then sighed a long,
long sigh of glad relief.—Chicago
Record-Herald.
1*11!Y MORTALITY IX GERMAN'S,
Scientists State That It is Increasing
in Hie Kaiser’s Country.
The Empress has been taking act¬
ive interest in the exhibition connect¬
ed with the prevention of infant mor¬
tality. She visited all the divisions
and seemed particularly anxious to
understand the apparatus for detect¬
ing impurities in milk, which is a
part of the model dairy.
1 he exhibition is the outcome of
i,he ofiicial statistics which show an j
alarming increase in infant mortality I
the in Germany. German statisticians, Infant mortality, say j
is increas- i
ingly prevalent in all western na- !
tions, but Germany is the worst af- j
dieted. I
The exhibition is interesting also !
for the reason that in its divisions j
are collected all known means for j
sterilizing foods for infants, hygienic
apparatus, etc. A feature is the ap
paratus invented by Dr. Seiffert, of
Leipsic, which removes germs from
milk by an electric application of ul¬
tra-violet rays. This is predicted as
the successor to the sterilization
methods that employ heat.
Maxim Gorky’s appearance in Ber¬
lin has occasioned more than ordin¬
ary interest. Dressed in the cafatan
and high boots of the Russian peas
ar* with a sash around his waist, he
has appeared in public halls and has
read extracts from his plays and nov¬
els. As an elocutionist he is a com¬
plete failure, but the wide knowledge
of his political efforts have made him
much sought after.
Sailed Through Blood Rod Sea.
For hours the hark R. P. Rithet,
Captain McPhail, sailed through a
blood red sea. What the stuff was
that colored the ocean such a strange
hue is unknown, but it is believed
that some submarine volcanic action
so stirred up the bottom during the
big disaster of April 18 that the top
of the ocean was colored for days
after.
The Rithet arrived this morning,
sixteen days from San Francisco, and
with her came Captain McPhail, with
his report of the strange color of the
sea. The red sea was encountered
tiie evening of April 23, five days
after the big disaster in California.
Captain McPhail says that he no¬
ticed the strange color of the sea
when the vessel was about 250 miles
to the south and west of San Fran¬
cisco. bound for Honolulu. The color
was a rusty reddish. It appeared in
streaks about sixty to 100 feet in
width. These streaks ran north and
south and extended as far as the
eye could reach. In the morning
there was no further evidence of the
strange color.
One of the Acapulco steamers had
a similar experience, only the streaks
were closer in toward the coast than
those Captain McPhail saw.—Ha¬
waiian Star.
j \ Polishing His A ocabulary.
! The man whose house was next
\ door was scraping an acquaintance
with the man who had just moved in.
I "I see you have an automobile,” he
i said. "I suppose you will use the
j baru as a garridge.”
! “Yes; I expect to use it as a gar-
1 ahzh," responded the new neighbor.
This held him for a minute or two
isd then he made another overture.
“The man that lived here last
! year,” he said, “used this back yard
as a cabbahzh patch.”—Chicago Trib
une.
The British Government has ordered
another brigade of field artillery to
South Africa. It has already five
brigades there.
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SOUTHERN ■> •> FA
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1 ; TOPICS Oh INTEREST TO THE PLANTER STOCKMAN UNO TRUCK GROW,Eft.
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Winter Feeding vs. Finishing on Grass
B. E. J., Carlisle, writes: I have a
bunch of twenty-nine calves averag¬
ing forty pounds. I have plenty of
cowpea hay and 1000 bushels of corn
for the wintering and will have plen
ty of blue grass and ciover pasture
for summer. Would it be more prof¬
itable to put these calves on full
feed or keep them over and grass
them? What is the best feed to fat
ten?
Answer—It is quite impossible to
advise what is the best policy to pur¬
sue with regard to feeding a bunch
of calves or holding them over dur¬
ing the winter and finishing on grass.
There are so many cattle going on
the market in the fall off grass that
it seems sometimes that, the better
policy would be to feed them during
the winter so as to keep them grow¬
ing and In good condition and put
them on grass for two or three
months and finish them in June or
July, while the pastures are still
good and the cattle can be fattened
with ,a minimum amount of grain.
This saves the pastures during the
hot, dry weather of summer, which
is a matter worth considering. Of
course, cattie can generally be
finished cheaper on grass than in the
stall. The season has a material in¬
fluence and the price of land is also
an important factor. In sections of
the country where hay is high priced
meadows can often be used for hay
production to advantage. One ac¬
quainted with local conditions can
figure out these matters and deter¬
mine the best policy to pursue.
Blue grass and clover make an
ideal pasture. If the land is rich one
should make as much as 300 to 400
pounds of gain on good, growthy
heifers during the grazing season.
To do this you need to reserve one
to three acres of land for each ani¬
mal. When you figure up the rent
or taxes on this land and its value if
allowed to produce hay it will not be
hard to tell whether it is better to
finish the heifers with the feed you
have or carry them over the summer.
If you feed them this winter you
should he able to make them grow
right along wltll p i * enty of cowpea
■ '
hay hav and anrt corn and" cob v, meal maa , mixed
with cottonseed meal, gluten meal or
linseed meal. Mix the feeds in equal
parts. If you have some shredded
stover or other dry roughness, feed
as much of it as they will consume
along with ten to fifteen pounds of
cowpea hay. Cattle fed on dry foods
should take to grass kindly, and it
will not be necessary to feed them
much if any grain when the early
sap gets out of the grass. Cattle fed
as suggested should put on a good
deal of flesh and not so much fat,
and should be in ideal condition to
take on “sap,” as the saying is, when
turned on grass and finish off rapid¬
ly.-—Knoxville Tribune.
Concentrates For Cows.
T. D. H., Glade Spring, Va., writes:
I have two Jersey cows, two years
old, and have been feeding them clo¬
ver hay and top fodder for rough¬
ness. At night I have been cutting
up a portion of this feed and mixing
with it one-half gallon of chop (with
shorts left in) per head. As a morn¬
ing feed I wish to use wheat bran
and cottonseed meal, and would like
to know the best proportions and the
quantity to use. These cows will
calve in May, and are now giving
about one and a half gallons of milk
per head per day. Is there any dan¬
ger of producing abortion by over¬
feeding above? Would also like to
know the best food to give a six
months'-old standard bred colt to se¬
cure best development, regardless of
cost.
Answer—Good rlover hay and top
fodder will furnish suitable forms of
roughness for dairy cows. Give them
ail they will eat of this mixture, and
you can thereby save a little on the
concentrates, particularly as clover
hay contains quite a high per cent,
of digestible protein, and supplies
the cow with one of the necessary
elements of nutrition, in a cheaper
form than you can purchase it
through concentrates.
You speak of the meal you are
now giving as one-half gallon of chop
with the shorts left in. I am at a
loss to know what you mean by this.
i Chop may he made up of a great va¬
1 riety of things. If you mean bran
and middlings, for instance, you are
only giving the cow a little over one
1 feed
and a half pounds of grain at a
I This is a very little ration for cows
giving the amount of milk men¬
tioned. It is much better to feed
j animals by weight, or at least to
have a measure with marks along
the sides so you can tell at a glance
when you are giving a pound of a
j given foodstuff A measure of this
1 kind can be purchased for a few
I and streaks of red paint
cents, some
along the outside will enable you to
know just what you are feeding in
the way of meal. Foodstuffs vary
greatly in weight. For instance, a
quart of wheat bran weighs about
one-half pound, and a quart of cot¬
tonseed meal one and a half pounds.’
Thus, if you were to feed one-half
gallon of cottonseed meal you would
be giving three pounds; on the other
hand you would be only giving one
pound of bran. To feed intelligently’,
therefore, one must get down to the
weights and measures. I am aware
that many peoj*le think that using
weights is a hobby of scientific men,
but if they will stop and think a lit¬
tle they will see that it is the only
basis by which you can gauge what
you are doing. Make a mixture by
weight of one-third cottonseed meal
and two-third wheat bran, or, better
still, if you can get some corn and
cob meal make a mixture of equal
parts. This ration may be fed to
your cows at the rate of qne to one
and a half pounds per 100 pounds of
live weight, depending on the milk
flow and period of lactation. Cows
weighing 800 to 1000 pounds will
consume from six to ten pounds of
grain per head per day with profit.
The amount fed must be gauged by
the feeder, and this in turn will he
determined by the flow of milk ob¬
tained. As much as three pounds of
cottonseed meal can be fed with per¬
fect safety, and it will not produce
abortion if fed with proper discre¬
tion. It should not he fed imme¬
diately before or just after parturi¬
tion. Wheat bran will be the most
desirable concentrate you can use at
this time.
A standard bred colt should be fed
liberally on protein or muscle mak¬
ing foods. You can not obtain any¬
thing much better than whole or
crushed oats, and you can feed them
liberally without danger of injuring
the animal. Bright, clean, clover
hay will also be a desirable addition
to the ration, but if it is at all dusty
it should not be fed. In that case
timothy hay should he fed. An ani¬
mal should not be allowed to con¬
sume too much timothy, however, as
it is likely to cause an undue devel¬
opment of the stomach and interfere’
with the symmetry of the animal.
Give the colt all the salt it needs,
plenty of exercise and good fresh
water and keep it on pasture as much
as possible. A spoonful of blood
meal added to the ration each day
wil prove stimulating to the appetite
and help the animal in good condi¬
tion. A mixture of bran and oats
will also make a satisfactory ration.
Very little if any corn should be fed
to a colt you are trying to develop as
rapidly as possible and in which you
desire to secure the highest type of
stamina and the best muscular devel¬
opment.—Andrew M. Soule.
Making Silage.
If any of you have had doubts
about the use of ensilage in Florida,
you can have them put to rest by
reading the report of a Florida far¬
mer as published in the Rural New
Yorker:
I have been feeding silage for the
past eighteen years, and have had
no trouble in preserving it. I am
now using two underground silos,
with a combined capacity of 165
tons. I have tried several different
crops for filling, such as cow peas,
velvet beans, and kafiir-corn. They
all kept well and made a fair quality
of silage, but I think that in point
of economy and quality of feed,
there is nothing to compare with
fodder corn. The corn should be
cut when the grain begins to glaze,
or as our Southern farmers will un¬
derstand best, when the fodder is
ready to pull, which should be about
the last of July or the first of Au¬
gust. However, it is seldom that we
can wait quite this late, as the corn
begins to fire, and unless there is
sufficient rain to keep the lower
leaves green there will be more loss
than gain by waiting. Sometimes in
a very dry season we have to cut
before the corn quite reaches the
roasting ear stage. There is but one
special precaution necessary to keep
silage in this or any other climate,
and that is to pack thoroughly, and
if your silo be square, special care
must be taken in packing the sides,
ends and corners.
I have never fed silage later than
July 15, though I see no reason why
it should not keep all summer. How¬
ever, we do not need silage here
after June 1, as there are so many
green crops that can be fed direct
from the field. I do not consider
that there is any room for compari¬
son between silage and dry fodder
for this locality, as owing to our un¬
certain climate it is impractical to
shock our corn.—F... F. McBradford,
Leon County, Flyorida.
DIFFERENT.
She had said “yes" and he was
taking the measure for the solitaire.
"Darling,” he said, “you are the only
woman I ever proposed to.”
“I’m afraid you have a poor mem¬
ory. dear,” she rejoined. "You once
told me you had been engaged to a
widow.’
“True,” he replied, “but that was
during leap year.”—Chicago News.
THAT ARTIC NIGHT.
. “How's your husband this morn¬
ing?” inquired Mrs. Whaleblubber.
“Haven’t seen him for six months,”
declared Mrs. Walrustusk.
“The scramp s been out all night,
eh?”
FITS, St. Vitus’ Dance-Xervous Dr. Kline's Diseases Nerve per
: nansntly cured bv Great
Restorer. S3 trial bottle and treatise free.
Dr. H. R. Kline, Ld.,931 Arch St.. Phila., Pa.
A man's wife may be his bettor half,
but he usually does all the betting.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens thegnms.vedncesiufiani 35c bottle .-na¬
tion. allays pain,cures wind colic, a
Most people who are satisfied with
themselves don’t want much.
DAZED WITH PAIN.
The Sufferings of a Citizen of Olym¬
pia, Wash.
L. S. Gorham, of 516 East 4th St.,
Olympia. Wash., says: “Six years ag«
I got wet and took cold, and was soon
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kidney secretions had been disor¬
dered and irregular, and contained
a heavy sediment, but in a week’s
time the urine was clear and natural
again and the passages regular.
Gradually the aching and soreness
left my back and then the lameness.
I used six boxes to make sure of a
cure, and the trouble has never re¬
turned.”
Sold by all dealers. 50 centsabox,
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
Fires Which Never Go Out.
There are domestic fires' burning
in Yorkshire today which h/ive never
been out tor hundreds of years.
At the old-fashioned farm-house in
the dales of Yorkshire peat is still
burned. The fuel is obtained from
the moors, and stacks of it are kept
by the farmers in their stack garths.
The country roundabout is noted
for its “gridle .cakes,” which are made
from dough baked in quaint pans sus¬
pended over the peat fires.
These fires are kept glowing from
generation to generation, and the son
warms himself at the fire which
warmed his sire and his grandsire
and his grandsire’s sire, and which
will warm his son and hl3 son’s son.
There is a fire at Castleton, in
Whitby district, which has been burn¬
ing for over 200 years. The record
probably is held by a farm-house at
Osmotherly, in the same district.
This fire has been burning for 500
years, and there are records to show
that it has not been out during the
last three centuries.—London Times.
HOPE IN THE FUTURE.
“How’s your book going?” asked
the friend.
“Not very well,” replied the optim¬
istic young author; “they took it off
press when only 100 copies had been
printed.”
“My! that’s too bad.”
“Yes; but then think what a
chance it will have of becoming a
rare first edition' some day..”-—Phil¬
adelphia Press.
‘‘NO TROUBLE”
To Change From Coffee to Dostum.
“Postum has done a world of good
for me,” writes an Ills. inan.
“I've had indigestion nearly all my
life, but never dreamed coffee was
the cause of my trouble until last
spring I got so bad I was in misery
all the time.
“A coffee drinker for 30 years, it
irritated my stomach and nerves, yet
I was just crazy for it. After drink¬
ing it with my meals, I would leave
the table, go out and lose my meal
and the coffee, too. Then I’d be as
hungry as ever.
“A friend advised me to quit cof¬
fee and use Postum—said it cured
him. Since taking his advice I re¬
tain my food and get all the good
out of it, and don’t have those awful
hungry spells.
“I changed from coffee to Postum
•without any trouble whatever, felt
better from the first day I drank it.
I, am well now and give the credit to
Postum.” Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the
little book, “The Road to Wellville,”
in pkgs, “There's a reason.”
flat in bed, suffering
tortures with my
back. Every move¬
ment caused an ago¬
nizing pain, and the
persistency of it ex¬
hausted me, so that
for a time I was dazed
and stupid. On the
advice of a friend I
began using Doan’s
Kidney Pills, and soon