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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-04-04
CHAPTER XIV.

was passing along the highway, a
pipe between my teeth. 1t was the be-
ginning of twilight, the trysting hour
of all our reveries, when the old days
come back with a perfume as sweet
and vague as that which hovers over a
jar Of spiced rose leaves. was think
ing of the year which was gone; how l
first came to the inn; of the hour when
I first held her in my arms and kissed
her and vowed my love to her; of the
parting. when she Of her own will had
thrown her arms about my neck and
confessed.
The inn doomed up against the sky.
gray and lonely. Behind me. far away
down the river, could catch occasion
al glimpses of the lamps Of the village.
Presently there came a faint yellow
glow in the east. and l knew that d.
ana was approaching.
She losses loose her locks upon the night
And through the dim wood Dian threads her way.
A wild sweetness filled the air. l
was quite half a mile from the inn. yet
| could smell the odOr of her roses
Gretchen's roses. 1t was long and
weary year which had interviewed. And
now she was there, only short way
from my arms. But she did not know
that l was coming. A million diamonds
sprang into the air whenever struck
the lush grasses with my cane. Every
where breathed the perfume of her
roses They seemed to hide along the
! hedges. to Turk among the bushes. red
roses and white. On the hill across the
valley saw the little cemetery with
its white stones. l arrested my steps
and took off my hat. The dust of Hill
lars lay there. | stood motionless for
some time. had loved the man as 1t
is possible for one man to love another.
l had not thought of him much of late,
but in this life we cannot always stand
by the grave of those who have gone
before He had loved Gretchen with q
| love perhaps less selfish than mine, fol
he had sacrificed his life uselessly FOL
her that she might-be mine! Mine!
thought. -.
The lights Of the inn cheered me and
lifted the gloom. Should enter by
stealth or boldly;2 I chose the second
method. Gretchen and the innkeeper
! were in the old hall. entered and
threw my traps into corner. As they
turned and saw me CONSERVATION was
written OH their faces.
81 have found you at last" said
holding out a hand to each Of them
The innkeeper thrust his hands behind
his back and sauntered leisurely to
ward the window, Gretchen showed
signs of embarrassment, and her eyes
were studiously fixed on the cracks
which yawned here and there in thu
floor. My hands fell unnoticed.
"You have been looking for usY sh'
asked in even tones. why have your
/ Vaguely gazed at her, at the inn
keeper, then at my traps in the corner
It was apparent that was an intruder
/ struck my forehead in anger and de
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-04-04
DOOR FROM ENSILAGE.
Experiments Show That 1t Has No
Bad Effect on Milk.

Experiments Show That 1t Has No
Bad Effect on Milk.
The Wisconsin experiment station has
been testing the effect of the odor from
ensilage and from the silo upon the
milk. 1t was demonstrated that when
it was fed to the cows shortly before
milking it gave the milk a sweetish
odor by which it could be detected cas-
lily. When this milk was made into
butter, the same odor could be detect
ed in that, but the Chicago experts
gave the butter from the ensilage a
higher score on flavor than that made
from COWS that had no ensilage.
When the ensilage was fed directly
after milking, in the majority Of cases
no odor could be detected in the milk
at the next milking.
The experimenters divided some sweet
milk into two lots and placed one lot
in the silo. directly upon the ensilage,
for one hour. Then it was put into
cans, and the same quantity that had
not been near the silo into others, and
they asked those whom they thought
competent persons to select them. Out
of 120 such examinations ID resulted in
selecting the wrong cans.
Then two lots were taken to the silo
and one placed in it for an hour, while
the other had the air Of the silo forced
through it for the same length of time.
Then experts were called to examine
it. In "a examinations there were sew
en- in which no odor of the ensilage
was detected, and they agreed that "the
odor taken by these milks was much
less pronounced than is found in milks
produced where ensilage is fed just
before milking"
Then a quantity Of milk was divided
into two parts, and one was cooled by
having the air from the silo forced
through it 1000 times by hand bel
lows. The other was only exposed to
the outside air. Both lots were tested
for acidity, and the milk treated in the
silo indicated less acidity than the 9th
err When both were aerated in the
same way, one, with air from the silo
and the other with outside air, the acid
ity was decreased about alike in each.
This seems to dispose Of the objec-
lions that feeding silage or having the
silo connected with the barn will cause
the milk to sour more readily, also that
it will impart disagreeable odor to
milk and flavor to the butter when 1t
is fed, as it does not when fed after
milking. .:e ....4E
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-04-04
RAISING DAIRY COWS
REASONS WHY II is PREFERABLE TO
BUYING CATTLE.

Lessons the Danger of Introducing
Disease Into the Herd-First Cost
II Cheaper-More Likely to BE Free
From Tricks. rs.
A speaker at the meeting Of the
Pennsylvania Dairy union gave four
objections to the practice Of buying
dairy cows and four reasons why the
dairyman should raise his own cows.
We will unite them, as they are simply
the reverse Of each other, says The
American Cultivator. E.
If one raises his own, he knows the
ancestry of 1t and can raise his calves
from his best cows and from the best
sire that he can get the use of. If not
absolutely sure Of getting one better
than it's mother, he stands a good
chance of doing so, while If he buys a
cow there are many chances that she
will not prove as good as he was led to
expect by the representations of the
seller.
If he keeps his animals under good
sanitary conditions, he need have but
little fear Of disease, either contagious
or inherited, while from a COW bought
and put in the herd there may be some
disease introduced that will contami-
nate every animal in it. This is of i'm
portance in these days Of tuberculosis.
If one raises cow, she should begin
to be self supporting or little more at
2 years old and should be useful and
profitable for many years after that,
xxytf fhn vi v nf hof 0rn
brought in for sale are from Z to 8
years old and often sold for some
fault, so that the purchaser gets but
one years service out of them.
He figured that he could raise heif-
er to 2 years old for cost Of 1928,
after which it becomes a source Of
profit, while the average price of a
good cow brought into that state would
be $50, and there would be chances of
her not being very good at that.
To his reasons we will add some 9th
ers which we think scarcely less i'm
portant. The man who raises a COW
properly from good parent never
need have one with those faults usual
1y called tricks. She need not be q
AAShCA VI SAOoC LII OoAA VI pdOSulC AOA
breachy, either tearing down or jump
ing over fences, while we have known
men to buy cows with one or more Of
these faults.
A COW bought and placed in new
spot among a strange herd will sell
dom do her best unless for some fault
she has been changed around so often
that she expects to change hands ev-
cry season or oftener.
The man who raises bis cows cannot
only breed for the type he wants-but-
ter, beef or quantity of milk-but he
can feed for that particular type and
bring out the best there is in it If he
understands his business. These are
good reasons, but we will add another.
A well bred calf we'll cared for be-
comes what some one said the pig
was, a poor mans savings bank"
where he puts in a few cents day
without feeling it and after awhile
draws out his investment when it Is a
welcome amount to him. 1t is like the
man who raised the colt and at 3 years
old he said it had not cost him any
thing, for if he had not raised it he
would not have had a cent more money
than he had when he had the colt.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-04-04

"Where is the innkeeper?' l asked, my
heart SINKING.
dreary affair so far as conversation
went. At the castle we found not q
soul.
'It is as l expected" said Pembroke.
Remember that her highness is &C.
customed to luxury and that it is not
likely for her to spend her winter in
such a deserted place. You're a news
paper man. You ought to be full of re-
sources. Why don't you telegraph to
all the news agencies and make in
Quiries? She is parsonage. and it
will not be difficult to find her If you
60, at it the right way"
followed his advice. and the first
return brought me news. Gretchen
was at present in Vienna. So we jour-
neyed to Vienna futilely. Then COM
,menced logged, persistent search. /
dragged my cousin hither and thither
about the kingdom, from village to
train, from train to city, till his life
became a burden to him and his pa
thence threadbare. At Hohenphalia,
the capital. we were treated coldly.
We Were not known. They were pre-
pairing the palace for the coronation Of
her serene bighness the Princess Eliza
beth. The Princess Hildegarde might
be in Brussels.
At Brussels her highness was In Mu-
Mich, at Munish she was in Heidelberg,
and so on and so on. 1t was truly dis
couraging The vaguest rumor brought
me to the railway, Pembroke, laughing
and grumbling, always at my heels.
At last l wrote to Phyllis. 1t was the
one hope left. Her reply was to the ef-
feet that she, too, did not know where
her sister was, that she was becoming
q puzzle to her and concluded with the
advice to wait till the coronation, when
Gretchen would put in an appearance,
her presence being imperative. So
weeks multiplied and became months,
winter passed, the SHOWS fell from the
mountains, the floods rose and subsid-
ed, summer was at hand with her
white boughs and green grasses. May
was blooming into June. Still Gretchen
remained in obscurity.
81 shall be physical wreck" said
Pembroke when we finally returned to
B., ''if you keep this up much Ion
GER"
; Look at me!' was my gloomy re
joinder. a..
"Well, you have that interesting pal
ior," he admitted, (which women as
cribe to lovers" IS
Thrusting my elbows on the table.
buried my chin in my hands and star
ed. After awhile said, II do not be
lieve she wants to be found"
"That has been my idea this long
WHILE" he replied, "only did not wisl
to make you more Respondent than 70,
were." +,
One morning when had grown out
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-04-04

Among the many changes necessitat-
ed by the death Of Queen Victoria one
which is not unimportant is the print
ing on all legal documents "God save
the kingw for God save the queen"
This change alone, it is estimated, will
cost something like 100000.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-04-04
A GRASS OF PROMISE.

Good For Hay and Grazing-P1eases
Some Western Farmers Highly.
Side oats grama is TALL stout STEM
med native grass, with range extend
ing from New Jersey westward to the
Rocky mountains and southwark
through Texas into Mexico. Where
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-04-04

ar Pi es Of People
testify to the merit of Banner Salve in cur
ing piles. 1t Is guaranteed. Fiesler &
McNeice.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-02
Change In Milking Time.

A New Jersey correspondent of Amer
lean Agriculturist says that he was
unavoidably absent not long ago and
left the ten COWS that he usually milk
ed when at home to be MIXED that ev-
ening by the boys who MIXED the 9TH
ers. AS they MIXED the others first and
his 45 minutes later than the usual
time they gave their full amount that
night, but when he MIXED the next
morning they shrank from one to three
pounds each and not quite as much at
night, but it took from Thursday MORN
ing to Friday night to bring them back
to their normal yield as result of that
one change of the persons who did the
milking and the variation from the
usual hour. The scales in the stable
are what tell the story of such mis-
takes as that, though we learned the
same thing years ago when we were
away from home overnight and left a
man to milk the COWS we had been
milking. He was as good and careful
a milkH as we were, but when we
counted the quarts and pints sold the
next morning we found an average
shrinkage of about a pint to the COW.
And this happened not once, but sew
eral times, in four years.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-02
After Moving Grass.

Proper treatment is very important
after moving grass. Some grass is
cut too closely, and then the hayrake
is so set as to dig into the turf, dis
lodging sets or stools that may not re-
cover if a dry spell comes. If the
horserake teeth do not scratch the
ground, it will not injure the sod.
AS to cutting or feeding the after
math, Colonel James Ward Of New
York state says:
"Mowing is worse than grazing
However, it is possible to have too
much of a good thing. There may be
such a heavy aftergrowth that it is in
the way. Sometimes a too heavy after
growth will cause a field to be smoth-
cred by the ice in winter. The grass
under the heavy mating or aftermath
keeps alive all winter and requires
some air. If there is a coating of ice
over it, it seems to be killed to some
extent by suffocation. Usually, how
ever, in the spring grass starts much
earlier when thus protected and is in
better condition than that which is left
unprotected"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-02
Improving Poor Fields.

Every season attempts should be
made to improve some portions of the
farm so that the soil will show the
highest standard of productivity.
There are crops which must be raised
on every farm which leave the soil
much poorer in fertility when they are
harvested. Systems of rotation may
tend to counterfeit this evil and keep
the general average of the fertility
good, but in spite Of this there will be
a gradual decline unless special efforts
are directed toward the improvement
Of the soil. This can best be done by
selecting certain fields or field each
year and making a point to raise the
standard of fertility of that section.
By thus changing off one goes over the
whole farm in the course of a few
years and makes the soil all of a high
standard.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-02

A late Colorado bulletin of farm
notes gives some tests made of alfalfa
as an ensilage plant. Zone test" says
the bulletin, twas made with the alfalfa
put in whole as cut in the field, the
other with the alfalfa cut to quarter
inch pieces, as we cut our corn for en-
silage. The whole alfalfa showed a
spoiled layer three inches thick on the
top and an inch layer around the side
nearly all the way down. The ensilage
of the bottom and middle was excellent
and was greedily eaten by the COWS
and calves. It's loss in the total weight
was 1O.7 per cent, but it's loss in feed
ing value was probably a little larger.
''The other silo was filled with cut
alfalfa. The next day the silo was
covered with two thicknesses of build
ing paper and one Of boards and
weighted with stone to about SO pounds
per square foot. When covered, the
ensilage was hotter than the hand
could bear. Two days later the tenn
perature had fallen to SO degrees F.,
and in two days more it had fallen to
that of the air. The ensilage shrank
and settled a good deal. When put in,
it contained 33 per cent of dry matter.
On opening, the silo showed two inches
Of spoiled ensilage on top and half an
inch on the sides. The spoiled en-
silage was rs per cent of the total
weight. The loss in dry matter was
annrOyimatplv 10 ner cent"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-02
Astounded the Editor.

Editor S. A. Brown, of Bennettsville,
S. c., was once immensely surprised.
Through long suffering from dyspep-
sia," he writes, my wife was greatly run
down. She had no strength or vigor
and suffered great distress from her
stomach, but she tried Electric Bitters
which helped her at once, and, after
using four bottles, she is entirely well,
can eat anything. It's grand tonic,
and it's gentle laxative qualities are
splendid for torpid liver" For Indiges-
ton, Loss of Appetite, Stomach and
Liver troubles it's positive, guaranteed
cure. Only SOC at Perry & Doty's.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-02
GUERNSEY COW AND CALF.

ly have considerably exceeded this
amount had she been kept at home on
the farm under natural conditions. But
a campaign of nearly ten weeks at the
state fairs considerably reduced her
flow of milk.
This campaign was not without prof
it, however, as Dolly's Ada won two
first and three second state fair prizes
in the aged cow competition in 1900.
Her bull calf won one first and two Sec
OndS.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-02
Falls to Furnish Power,

West Superior Wis, July 3O.-Will-
is every likelihood that at the next
council meeting the matter of granting
a franchise to the Black River Falls
Electric company will be considered.
The plant of the company will be stu
ated at the falls, and only the wires
will be run to the city. 1t is estimated
that the falls will furnish 1000 horse
power, but the company only guaran-
tees 1000. The ordinance granting
the company the franchise should it
come up, will probably be acted upon
flyOrably.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-02

Too many make mistake in not
raising calves until of an age to sell
for veal It is a question with me
whether it does not pay better to keep
calves until near Christmas and then
sell, says New York correspondent of
Farm and Home. One thing is sure.
Let farmer once work up an honest
trade for such meat, and, like genuine
fresh eggs or gilt edged butter, he could
put on q stiff price and still find a ready
market.
Most farmers in this section kill their
calves when a day or two old and sell
the hides for 60 cents Or 81, according
to size and weight, while the mothers
milk must go to the pigs for some time,
as it is not fit for butter or cheese. Now
why not adopt the practice that is be-
ginning to come in vogue here of feed
ing this milk to calves until fit for use
anywhere, then giving warm, sweet
skimmilk, with a little finely ground
grain mixed in as the calf grows old
err? Soon one will have an animal on
hand with a decided market value.
Calves must be kept dry if they are
to thrive, and run on the ground in
the open air is as good for them as an
occasional tonic is for their owners.
My father always fed a little sulphur
about once a week, and never remem-
Der his losing a calf with the disease
called blackleg. A little salt in the
feed once in awhile is also food for
them. We turn them out into a dry,
well fenced piece Of meadow as soon
as the weather is warm enough and
provide a good shelter from the sun
and storm. Unless there can be run
ming water in their quarters it is kept
in a trough for them and removed ev-
cry day. They are we'll fed, and it is
surprising how soon they attain mar
ketable size.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-02
WISCONSIN PICKINCS.
Elks Have Adjourned.

Milwaukee, Wis, July 26.-The
grand lodge Benevolent and Protective
order of Elks adjourned last night to
meet in Salt Lake City on the second
Tuesday in August, 1902. Among the
prize winners were these: Tallest
Elk, f. H. Willard, Watertown, Wis,
six feet six and one-half inches; short
est Elks, W. J. Curtis, Ishpeming,
Mich, and G. w. Dierdorf, Grand
Rapids, Mich, tied, four feet, three
and one-half inches; heaviest Elk, w.
Ell. Bum, Grand Rapids, Mich, 3501s
pounds; best drum major in line,
Ames, Mich, city band. The Calumet
and Hekla band from the Upper Pee
ninsula carried off the $1,000 prize in
the ODen band contest
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-02
Toll-Taker Stabbed Fatally.

Lacrosse, Wis, July 3O.-Early in
the morning Frank Bakalars, toll-taker
on the Mississippi river wagon bridge,
was stabbed, probably fatally, by Will
bam Warnoch, who attempted to cross
the bridge without paying toll. Bak-
alars drove Warnoch off the structure,
when the latter turned and stabbed
him in the back. AS Bakalars fell he
drew his pistol and fired at his assail-
ant, striking him in the arm. The po-
lice arrived at this point and both were
taken to the station in the ambulance.
While Warnoch's wound is inconse-
Guential, it is feared that Bakalars
will not recover.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-02
Hundreds of "Repeaters" Found.
DRAWING STARTED BEHIND TIME
Names of Twenty Persons Who Drew
Prizes, Ono of Them a Woman.

Names of Twenty Persons Who Drew
Prizes, Ons of Them a Woman.
The drawing had been set for 8 a.
NJ, but the transferring of the bundles
of envelopes holding the applications
from the general receptacle into the
wheels, which was by lot, was so slow
that it was 1850 a. m. before the first
name was drawn. Twenty-Five names
were first drawn from the Ell Reno dis
trict, and then an equal number from
the LawtOn district. When all was
ready Ben Heyler placed his hand in
an aperture in the Ell Reno wheel, and
withdrawing an envelope handed it to
Colonel Dyer. 1t was passed to Chief
Clerk Macy, stamped, and handed
back to Colonel Dyer The commits
sioner walked to the front of the plat
form, raised his hand for order, and in
a loud tone exclaimed: stephen A.
HolcOmh, of PauTs Valley, I. r., draws
the first number"
The crowd yelled for three minutes.
apparently as much delighted as if
every man had drawn prize. En-
velope No. 2 was quickly drawn forth,
and Colonel Dyer again announced:
Leonard Lamb. of Augusta, O. T.,
born in Illinois, In quick succession
other envelopes were drawn. and as
the names were announced each one
was greeted with a volley of cheers.
The other first winners in the Ell
Reno district follow in the order of
their drawing: Frank Brown, Ponca
City, O. T.: Calvin Churchill. Chicka-
sha. I. T.: Charles D. Williams, Nor
man, O. T.: Ollie NJ. Rogers, Cordell,
o. T.: Edward c. Prince, WatOmga. O..
T.: Andrew J. Phillsower, Sheldon,
Mo-: John Brown, caldwell. Kan; John
Shelder. Weatherford, O. T.
When twenty-five names had been
taken from the Ell Reno district wheel
attention was turned to that repre-
Senting the Lawton district. The first
name brought out for this district was
that of James r. Woods, Of Weather
ford, O. T., and the crowd again went
wild. The second ticket was drawn,
and Colonel Dyer cried out: Il have
the pleasure to announce the name OF
the first woman to draw Il prize-Mat-
tie H. Beals. of Wichita, Kan
Then Colonel Dyer gave her descrip-
ton as % years old and five feet. three
inches in height. just the height OF
Woods Instantly the crowd caught
sands of threats sent UP the shout:
"They must get married" The Other
first names drawn from the Lawton
district follow in their order: Win
field s. Laws. LangSton. O. T.: FalsOn
Woodhouse, Eldon, Ia: Marvin Haw-
kins, Wayland, Tex: William G. Laid,
Fort Worth. Tex: Harry T. Foster,
pgent for Harry E. Harrison, Ell Reno.
0. T.; Lee A. Stubblefeld, Dunbar, O.
T.; Richard H. Wyatt Henrietta, Tex.
Charles c.. Doss. Shawnee. O. T.
The eighteenth winner in the Law
ton district was Minerva McClintOck
aged % years, of Oklahoma City. She
was married Sunday. and by this act
fofeits her right to file for a claim.
She might have chosen a claim near a
county seat town worth several thou
sand dollars