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AGRICULTURAL.
Study the Cows.

Dairymen should constantly bear in
mind that the value of q dairy cow
consists in the ability to consume
food at profit, or, in other words,
her ability to convert food into milk
in a manner that will leave profit to
her owner. Unless you weigh and
test each cows milk and keep yourself
posted on just what she is doing, you
can never know if she is profitable for
you to keep.
Because one COW will give more milk
or will make more butter than another
is no reason that she is the best and
most profitable of the two, for she
may be consuming over and above the
other COW more than enough food to
offset the difference in her production.
It is also true that small eaters are
not necessarily the profitable ones; in
fact, it is generally just the opposite;
large eaters, large producers. 1t re-
mains only Tor you to study your cows
and become acquainted with their in
dividualities and wants, and in so do
ing you will be able to Judge OF their
value in your dairy, putting You in a
position to discard the Improbable
nes.-Pacifc Coast Dairyman.
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WRECKED BY HAIR DYE.
Salvation Army Corps Broken Up By
Vanity Of q Member. s.

Salvation Army Corps Broken Up By
Vanity Of Member. I:
Even the enthusiastic women who
devote their lives to Salvation Army
work are not above the vanities char
acteristic of their sex as whole
that is, If one may judge by the de-
plorable outcome Of a scandal in corps
No. 2, which for years conducted It's
peculiar work in Elsey chapel on Jew
stt avenue, Jersey City. Factional
bitterness, caused by woman's gossip,
has resulted in the disbandment OF
The corps. All Salvationists when they
join the army, Of course, are supposed
to renounce the vanities Of the world,
and corps No. was very strict IN
such matters. One Of the sisters one
day, however, observed that the child
Of another sister purchased bottle
Of hair dye. The mother Of the child
had beautiful black hair, and the OBJ
serving sister began to talk the re-
suit Of her observation over with other
sisters, until it came to be the quiet
gossip Of the corps. Finally the
stories reached the ears of the sister
with the black hair, and then there
was a time. She went to the officer
In charge Of the corps and demanded
that the originator of the hair-dye
story be tried by court-martial. This
was granted. There were interesting
scenes at the trial, and the accused
sister was acquitted. The accuser left
the corps, taking many of her friends
with her. The accused remained, but
there were enough friends of her op-
ponent left to make life unpleasant for
her. Then she resigned from the corps,
taking many of her friends. The corps
after that could not pay expenses,
members lost interest In their work.
and finally disbandment put an end to
the trouble
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TO BE BEAUTIFUL.

Avoid worry and cultivate cheerful
ness-perhaps this is more important
than face creams and sponge baths.
Fresh air in the sleeping room and
a daily walk, no matter If the weather
Is rainy. with the shoulders thrown
back and the chest expanded are very
essential. Shun waist and c1est COM
preston.
No woman possesses such g. high de-
gree of beauty that she can afford to be
careless Of herself. 1t is one thing to
have and another to keep. Every one
knows good health is the first impor-
tant help and to have that ore must
pay attention to sleep, diet and exer-
else.
For most people tepid water is bet
ter to bathe in than extremely hot or
colo water. An occasional saltwater
sponge bath IS excellent. If a woman
IS working for good complexion she
should shun fried and greasy fooda
and pastry as she would smallpox and
will make fresh fruits, especially ap-
pies, grain foods and cream principal
articles Of diet.
A simple massage may be necessary
10 fill out the face and neck to requi-
site plumpness. The face should be
cleaned in softened tepid water and a
pure soap and rinsed, then kpead in a
good cream, rubbing with the fingers.
After massaging the face well wash
off the oil left on the surface and light
ly dust with powder. This never fails
to improve the complexion and has
been known to yield lasting relief in
cases Of neuralgia.
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feature is the great amount OF loft
room. Four gables added to the
main roof space give almost another
story's capacity to the barn, making
it possible to use nearly the whole Of
the lower floor for stock. With silo
and the root cellar that will be found
in the basement it will be possible to
carry large stock of the fodder that
can be stored beneath the roofs.
There ore many conveniences about a
double barn, and when one is to be
built the form here given will prove
an, excellent one to follow.-New
England Farmer.
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YOUNG BRIDE SENT TO PalsoRs
A Pretty Girl shoplitter Gets . Hcasya:
Sentence In Reading, Penn. 81

Clara Hartmann, pretty and eighteen
years old, OF Reading, Penn, who was:
welded only a few months ago, was sem
fenced to serve two years In the penttentisrys
on conviction Of .shoplifting. She WAS,
pronounced q nuisance to the community
by Judge Endlich who sentenced her. g.
Mrs. Hartmann was charged with steaits
ing mans hat worth 50. She priced tha5
hat and said her husband wore No. ~.
When the clerk was not looking she placed
it under her cape and departed .
While the jury was out she walked out oiI
the Court House. She had influential
friends, and they had a carriage In waiting
to drive her out of the city. A deputy
sheriff intercepted her and brought her
back. sssls
Mrs. Hartmann figured in another es.E
capnde of this character which had o ter-s
rIbIe sequel. A year ago, when singiei she
was arrested, charged with stealing COLI
larette worth 800. On the stand she
sWore that Edward S. Boyer, salesman
made love to her In the fur room and gave
her the collarette. The jury acquitted her.
Bower had been u healthy young man and
a deacon in a leading church and greatly
respected. he had the confidence OF nH
employers. His mind gave way under tne
accusation and be died maniac In ABOUT
u month after the trial. fn ~
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Test OF commercial Fertilizer.

o.
Bulletin No. 145 from the New York
Agricultural Experiment Station (Ge-
neva) gives the results of analysis Of
commercial fertilizers for the spring
of 1898. There were collected from
different parts of the State 1888 SAM
pies of commercial fertilizers. repre-
senting 739 different brands. OF these
brands 57S were complete fertilizers,
and contained nitrogen varying from
10 to s.21 per cent. available phos-
phoric acid in amounts varying from
$3.50 to 1923 per cent, and potash
varying from % to 1922 per cent.
Of the 57S different brands of COM
plete fertilizers collected 397 were be-
low the manufacturers guarantee, in
one or more constituents, in amounts
varying from .O1 to 4.48 per cent.
The amount of nitrogen was below the
manufacturers guaranteein 16S brands
in amounts varying from .O1 to l.64
per cent, and averaging .21 per cent.
The amount of available phosphoric
acid was below the manufacturers'
guarantee in SO brands, the deficiency
varying from ,01 to 2.13 per cent, and
averaging .A3 per cent. The, amount
of potash was below the guarantee OF
the manufactures in 40 brands, the
deficiency varying from .Ol to 4. 4S per
cent, and averaging .5 per cent.
The retail selling price of the brands
of complete fertilizers collected aver
aged S27.65 ton; the retail cost OF
the separate ingredients unmixed was
1852, or 1913 less than the selling
price.-New York Tribune. "
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CHAPTER XXI.

: Once on the north side Of the river,
Thomas guided his team eastward 10
Dearborn avenue, and out that residence
thoroughfare the vehicle rolled on.
When within half block Of the bank
er's residence Robert observed:
There is Earl just entering the house
now"
Not moment later the carriage was
brought to halt before the gate, and the
three men descended therefrom.
''Mr Kellogg" said the detective, lay
ing kaud on the bankers arm rs they
passed up the walk. mo ordinary ordeal
confronts' you. 1t will require all your
resolution, and frmness of character to
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ti7ation Is preferred, while in those
that are heavier, deeper STIRRING is adj
visable. Weeds should never be al
lowed to become established. Stir
the whole surface of the orchard thor.
oughly about three inches deep every
two weeks. The dryer the season the
oftener stirring should take place.
Flowing for the first few years will
tend to send the roots deeper, where
they will escape injury in time Of
drouth. The whole surface of the
orchard should be titled. A careful
man can plow within two feet of the.
trees and not injure them. -.
If catch crops are grown in the
orchards, plow them under early, so
that they will decay as quickly as pos
sible. The chief value of these crops
is for fall and winter protection and
not spring growth. Old orchard trees
stop growing before midsummer.
Vigorous tillage from then on can
cease SO that new growth will ripen
sufficiently to Withstand cold weather.
Fall plowing cannot be recommended
for clay soils, as these will puddle and
become hard and stiff. Hoed crops
can, be grown to advantage in young
orchards, but even these should not
be planted close to the trees, and the
distances should become greater every
year. After six or eight years all
vigorous cropping should cease
s. A. Porter, in Orange Judd Farmer.
A Double Barn With Much Loft Room
The accompanying illustration
shows plan for barn with double
J.:-xr..,, -, ,rh;ob tho diafsnuT1i iahi n %
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Shenherd and Flock.

"The Rev. Mr.. Brassey is an enthu-
siastic golfer, isn't he?" Eyes; and
so are most Of the members Of his con-
gregation. When he told them that
in their lives they should try to make
spiritual bogey scores they knew what
he was talking about. Puck.
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boxes are then filled with dry, pow
derry, air-slaked lime, heaped up 50
that"the roost rests entirely upon the
lime and does not touch the box at
any point. Vermin will not get to
roost protected in this way.
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A yer1nin-Proof Roost.

Make the roost of 2x3-inch ioists
and set both ends in shallow boxes ar
ranged as shown in the cut. One end
of each box is partly removed and the
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separate Quarters For Pigs.

Whenever q barn has barn base
ment, as all should have, in that
should be fixed the winter quarters
for the hogs. AS there isa strong dis
agreeable smell from the pigpen, the
basement should not be where other
stock is kept, and Of course not near
the house. Not only horses and
sheep, which are dainty in their feed
ing, but even the cow, which is less
affected by foul odors, will refuse to
eat food that has been where the
stencil from the hogpen could get at
it. Yet we have known farmers to al
low hogs to run in the same stable
with cattle and horses, and then won
der why the latter so often get .'of
their feed !" and lose flesh. The hog
alone will thrive under such circum-
stances, though even the hog in its
effort to keep warm will crowd close
around the larger animals to gather
heat from their bodies. In this way
the hog is apt to be stepped upon or
kicked, so that the practice is not best
even for him. The pigs winter quar-
tiers ,should be made warm, and also
light, having wall on the south side
with large double windows in it
through which the winter sunlight
may stream. II all the other sides are
walled tight, and bunch of chopped
straw is put in one corner, the pigs
will make their nest in that and sleep
at night, but in sunny days they will
huddle together where the sunlight
can fall upon them. This matter of
sunlight has much to do with the
healthfulness of breeding sows and
the successful rearing of their litters,
especially those farrowed in early
spring.
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The Grand Duke OF Luxembourg ts the
oldest reisning ruler In Europe. He Is N
his eighty-second year. ...-l
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Coffee trees produce up to the age
Of ssTent5-fve.
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A Double Barn With Much Loft Room. /.
The accompanying illustration
shows plan for barn with double
driveways in which the distinguishing
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-10

away. Yet she knew the thought which
WAS In the iron-minded Boer boys soul
And perhaps, she meditated, that would
be best. Father, mother, brother, coun~
try and lover all lost in one day-a
traatress, a spy. Surely it would be best
so to do with herself out there i'm the
night, on the lonely veldt.
There was but a quarter moon; it's
hight and that Of the stars served only
to make the solitude of the veldt more
shadowy and fearful to stranger. Mar
tina was no stranger TO night in the
bush. Very often in slow OK wagons, or
IN the swifter cart behind her fathers
horses, or as now, in the saddle, she
had travelled guideless, save for the
star marks, along long, rough tricks.
Tonight there were about her soul dark
er shadows of more unhappy portent
than ever were cast upon the plain to
alright the wanderer.
If She meant to use the money Peter
had thrust at her, she knew the safe
road to the frontier, and thence to the
Colony and her school day friends. But
she did not now argue that matter. The
thought of going to Cape Town did not
enter her mind The sight of the kerr
chief had in an instant killed all notion
of seeking the English. What were
English people to her now? Her lover
dead, all England was dream. And
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my father, and not the general, discover
ed your treason-spy."
Martha shivered and the veldt swan
in her eyes. Dom Jan cried "Traitress, y
and Peter, her own young brother, call
ed her spy
Brother, brother!' SHE stammered.
niteously. / told him alone, the man
who is to marry me-
Peter laughed loudly.
Marry. Marry you! When that YER
daniter Nitlander knows he has got out
of you all the information he ever can
get, he will-despise YOU
The boy was not naturally brutal,
any more than her father, Jan De Kalb,
had ever before been harsh with her.
Martha at her brothers words began
to realize for the first time how great
was her sin in the eyes of her own
llinsfolk.
She had hidden her love from her motsl
err that was an offence, hut trivial.
She had loved AN Englishman: that
was serious. She had sent news of the
army to her English lover; that was
more TIM objectionable. Helcefor5n the
was an outcast God, country, home
all has been sinned against. No Boer
| could forget that; no Boer could ever
| forgive that.
AT least let us part in kindness.
| brother Peter" she cried in despair
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ceased and vexation and wrath were on
the face of the chief and were reflected
on the faces of his aides, for the num-
Der of soldiers being sent to the sur
geons in the rear was increasing, ana
nothing could be seen of the Beers but
distant horsemen, or rapidly moving
squads far off, or occasional sharpshoot-
ers many yards away or perpetual pulls
of smoke above powders and behind the
scrubby trees Little drilled in battle
line and hollow square. the farmer sol
diers were defending their country in
their own way. SO the column passed
on; so the Beers retreated harasslng
front and flank, and the English gen
eral growled and grumbled:
THE beggars are in force; why don't
they stand up and hghtT"
And little boy, riding alongside his
father to see the fun SO sure were the
English that it would be little more
than sham battle, looked up at the
officer, and asked with surprise:
PA, isn't it time yet to begin to lick
| them?
Meanwhile the patriots had moving
among them their pastors, and, before
| the fight commenced their day had be
gun with prayer to the Lord of Hosts
! Theirs was not the trim and soldieTly
! appearance of the invaders Old men
were there in the clothes in which they
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And he answered, without looking at
her:
''You have no brother"
1t was dark when they drove into old
Van Belts farmyard, but lanterns were
moving about in the shadows, and voices
were calling to each other in sub.
dued excitement. The farmer himself
came up to the in surprise a very
old man.
Are the rcoineks in Springbokfon
teinI?'' he asked with alarm HAS
Martha come to me for safety"
NO, no, oom.' Peter answered ;.rr
riedly "She needs a good horse. She
sends her on important business. Nc
one else can go-every man from the
village is with the army, and | must
hurry back to join themS'
Our maidens are brave" cried the
old man proudly when God gives
even the girls such strength of heart
we shall surely conquer in his name
You shah have my best horse, Martha,
but wait and have your coffee first"
Martha tried to press Peters hand in
recognition of the unexpected kindness
with which he had saved her from more
shame, but he roughly drew it away, as
if himself ashamed at displaying so
much mercy. They went into the house,
and there a surprise awaited them. Old
Van Belts only son lay on bed griey'
ously wounded. The farmer spoke of
him with solemn quietude.
'sThey just brought him home before
you came" said the old man, who had
bed many IA time himself for father
land, and was now content to offer uI
his boy at the altar. THE fighting has
begun. There have been one or two
skirmishes. Stephen here is badly hurt,
and one or two patriots are dead but
for every one of ours God has smitten
three of the invaders.
Martha did not hear the hast sentence
She had stepped swiftly to the bedside,
leaning over the patient.
where, stephen where-how -how
did you come by this?'
She touched an embroidered 'hcrchief
tied round the young soldiers arm
stained with his blood. The man opened
his eyes and smiled recognition.
Martha De Kalb," he said, ''yOu wo-
men are doing good work among the
wounded. That? Oh, that crawled over
to when | was shot down, and took from
dead Englishman's neck. You see,
| was bleeding bad, and had to take the
first thing | saw"
She knew it. She had embroidered it
herself She had given it to Lieut.. Ven
able. She drew back without fainting,
| but now with numbness at her heart
| that was more deathly than her pre-
vious despair.
| She was away at last Peter, her
brother, helped her in that. He was
| anxious to be done with the work-a
| kind of executiOner's work Beside, like
| every young Boer, he was eager TO get
back to his father and the leaders in the
decisive fight which they all knew must
| be close at hand, and show the older
heroes of the people that their younger
brothers-in-arms were made of the same
stern stuff as the fathers.
| The farmer had done as he promised
and given her an excellent horse, wish
| ing her godspeed on what he presumed
was a secret mission Neither did any
body express fear of possible danger for
her. They knew she was veldt-bred,
| acquainted with the country and n good
horsewoman. Peter handed her a re
v0lver at the last moment She looked
: in his eyes as she took it, but he turned
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She Threw Herself Into Venable's Arms.
and her brother cried sullenly to her to
hurry.
When they had driven out of the vii
lage and out of the quiet valley and
were on the rough trek crossing the
veldt, she looked at him gently, for he
was younger than she, boy of 49, ano
asked:
where are you taking me, Peter?"
He never looked at her as he an
swered sullenly: ITO old Van Belts
farm. lit is out of the line of fighting,
and thence you can get to the frontier
on horse. Father gave me this money
to give to you. With it you can get
easily among your friends, in your own
country"
But the-the Transvaal is my coun-
| try, Peter"
Never" cried the boy with fero-
cious sternness bred OF his IA
theirs blood, never again! Ii you were
a man it would be your country-to be
shot and buried in. You are lucky that
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young officer, revolver in one hand and
sword in the other. At sight of that
officer Martha forgot her dress. She
dropped her arms and uttered a shrill
scream Of dismay.
Ned! Nedn' she cried.
AT that the officer checked himself.
dropping the point of his sword. He
looked round wildly, and, as if a ghost
had spoken, he answered wonderingly:
"MarthaT'
The traitress had left the Boer ranks.
She was dashing wildly mp the hill She
threw herself into Venable's arms, and
for one instant they were breast to
breast. Then, among the storm of bull
let's one found a tragic mark. 1t struck
the Boer maiden between the shoulders,
and, passing through her body and his,
they fell dead together.
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NO RIGuT 20 uG1NESs.

The woman who is lovely i'm face, form
and temper will always have friends,
but one who would be attractive must
keep her health. If she is weak, sickly
and all run down, she will be nervous
and irritable. If she has constipation
or kidney trouble, her impure blood will
cause pimples, blotcheS, skin eruptions
and a wretched complexion. Electric
Bitters is the best medicine in the world
to regulate stomach, liver and kidneys
and to purify the blood. 1t gives strong
nerves, bright eyes, smooth, velvety skin,
rich complexion. 1t will make good
looking, charming woman of a rundown
invalid. Only so cents at all drug stores.
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HARVEST TIME.

The airs a-gettin' cooler
In the twilight's mellow gloom,
An the sunfower's lookin' seedy,
An the boomers on the bloom.
Am the country'n go to dancin'-
Therell be partners fer you all;
An this life will be entrancin'
When we're fully in the fall!
f. l.. STANTON.
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"DuLY FEED MAN AND sTEEp.o

Feed your nerves, also, if you would
have them strong. The blood is the
feeder and sustainer of the whole ner-
vous system Men and women who are
nervous are so because their nerves are
starved. When they make their blood
rich and pure with Hoods Sarsaparilla
their nervousness disappears because
the nerves are properly fed. Hoods
Sarsaparilla never disappoints.
Hoods Pills cure constipation. Price
25c.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-08-10

they ora not jndiclously postal In the
towns along these two railroads the fault
cap bs traced. to 'hs fac, that agents
have not complied with tho inst'uc lon
from the general passenger ae'nS to
post rp couspicuously fair notices"
X Kaiset and son. A W Kat or. vfo
arrived here last Monday fro n Jsua'cs
l.. /, New York. will return to tie ras'
this evening. The younger Kaiser il IN
grendaon Of the old man. Samuel Levi A.,
who lied suddenly In this city n short
ZINE AGO. and they have been here hxi"e
ma thu estate OF Mr.. Lewis The legal
matters connected with the estate were
LETT with Attorney McMillen, who wa
! emnowpred to make some kind Of a salts
factory settlement with the heirs.
julius Riseman. the Boston wool buy
~. came In from the west last night,
aud went sonth this morning on Q
freight train. lie will pass through the
city to night on his way back to Boston.
"a Spence. a we'll known ranchmar
! of the White Oaks neighborhOod, came
In from the south last night and put w
at Sturge's European.
~. Hau-er. connected with B. Lsuntr,
4 Bros railroad contractors and build
orr, IL in the city to-day, coming In from
the west last night.
Little George Fluke, son OF ed Fluke
~ rpported on the sick liat.