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kicked. More than that, he wriggled
a blunt little nose out of one corner
of the basket and yelped.
Finally, in desperation, Mr.. John
Preston boarded a car and there the
real trouble began.
The car had just started, when the
puppy announced who he was, and
where he was, by a series of yelps that
drowned the rattle of the wheels. In
stantly all eyes were turned on Mr..
Preston and he endeavored to sup
press the puppy by pressing him hard
between his knees.
Il don't blieve the pore thing can
breathe in there said an elderly lady
sitting opposite. Come to that,
don't think the law let's yer keep 'em
shut up like that"
Mr.. John Preston looked helplessly
round. and then he observed a curious
thing. He was looking straight if.to
eyes that he knew, in a corner of the
car-the eyes of Miss Lucy Minton,
and the eyes were dancing.
Of course, etiquette demanded that
he should take absolutely no notice of
her; indeed, no sooner had the dane
ing eyes met him, than they were
turned in another direction.
The puppy continued his yeIping. 1t
was only when the conductor began to
make kindly inquiries concerning the
breed, and what it was fed on, and
other things, that Mr.. John Preston
caught up his basket and swung of
the car into the road.
The car passed him as he strode
along gloomily. He had an idea that
he could see those laughing eyes look
ing out through the lighted windows at
him.
He told himself recklessly that he
did not mind what she thought, al
though his heart was bitter enough;
he tried to look forward to basking in
the smiles of Miss Clara Harcourt-
Keep still. you little beast!" he ex-
claimed, petulantly, as he shook the
basket. 81 wonder if you'll be quieter
if take you out and carry your
He pulled out the skewer, and
dragged forth the small wriggling an
imal from the basket. Tossing the
basket into doorway, he tucked the
puppy under one arm and strode ON
again.
But he didn't know that puppy; it
wriggled and wriggled, and kicked
and squirmed, until at last it was ac-
tua1ly hanging by its head under John
Preston's arm.
Then, as John stopped to gather
him up afresh, the puppy made a dex-
terous forward plunge, and shot right
out of his arms.
And with what surprising agility he
moved on those diminutive legs, John
Preston whistled. and called, and
snapped his fingers; the puppy tucked
his small legs under him and went on
at sort OF romping gallop. Sudden
ly he stopped, however, and John
Preston felt that he had him.
The puppy stopped near slight,
girlish figure walking on ahead of
John Preston; more than that. the
puppy flung himself right in front of
the feet of the girl, and "yopped" at
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Mr.. John Preston was in a diScon-
tented and uncertain frame of mind.
He told himself a dozen times over
that he had been very badly treated;
that life was a blank.
Mr.. John Preston had been (and
still was, for the matter of ttat) hon
estly in love with little Lucy M1nton
But there had come a time when
s John wanted his way, and Lucy knew
that she meant to have hers John
Preston had gone off in rage-and
had cooled five minutes afterward,
when it was too late.
81 never want to see you again-it
has all been a mistake" Miss Minton
had declared. Il sincerely hope, for
your own sake, that you VIII find
some one who will understand you"
! There are quite number of people
in this world ready to be sympathetic
on an emergency; when the emer-
gency comes you wonder why you
haven't thought of them, and begin to
see virtues in them they never before
possessed.
! There was Miss Clara Harcourt, for
instance. True, she was reported to
have a temper, but Clara Harcourt
thought well of him; there was much
in that.
I During three days Mr.. John Pres
ton thrust out of his mind the image
of Lucy Minton and resolutely held
before him that of Clara Harcourt. On
that third evening he came out of his
office into the raw air, and thought
for a moment what a hideOus place
the city was.
He came to a long, narrow street,
with various articles hanging outside
the shops for sale, and with other
streets opening from it. Wandering
aimlessly and stopping now and then
to look at the shops, he came to one
the window of which was fitted with
small cages holding birds. From in
side came noise of barking and yelp-
ing, mingled with the twitter of many
birds.
And that was where he saw the
puppy. The puppy wss not associated
in any way with ordinary puppies, or
even ordinary dogs; he had a cage to
himself. And as John Preston stop
ped to look at the shop his eyes were
on a level with those of the puppy.
He was nondescript sort of fellow,
that puppy. In a word, he may be said
to have been all head, like species
of hairy tadpole, and to have had no
legs to speak Of
Nice dawg for a lady, sir,'' sug
gested a man in his shirt sleeves, who
lounged out through the doorway at
that moment. "'E's a 'andsome dawg,
that"
Il should scarcely have called him
handsome said John Preston, with a
smile.
You take i'm in your 'ands, sir"
urged the man, opening the cage, and
hauling out the puppy unceremonious-
ly. Feel is teeth, SIR
Not desiring to appear an amateur,
Mr.. John Preston felt his teeth; and,
incidentally, the puppy, not to be out
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failure.

Not always is il he who wins his way
Throus proud achievement to his world
1y goal.
OF sweet serenity when wanes life's day.
Ofttimer the weary who beneath the
sway
OF so-cSlled failure would give up his
rolf,
Has rir zen through the gloom with
sire agthened soul.
And caught the gleam of some divine
Failure t-uccess are terms but relative;
They are not measured in the Mind Di-
vine
By such poor standards as our earthly
are.
Who patient through apparent failure
live
Are like the watcher who. at sun-decline
As daylight fades beholds the even star
Herman Montague Donner in Lyrics
of a Finnish Harp
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Winter Shelter for Pigs.

r Feeds and Feeding: At the Kan
sas Agricultural College, Shelton test
ed the value of shelter during winter
with ten pure-bred Berkshires, weigh
ing from 200 to ESQ pounds each, di-
vided into two lots of five each. One
lot was placed in warm basement,
each pig occupying pen by itself.
The pigs in the other lot were like
wise kept in separate pens, but in an
open yard, the only protection being a
board fence on the north. The trial
began Nov. 81, lasting ten weeks.
The outdoor temperature ranged from
IL degrees below zero to 81 above
zero, and the indoor temperature from
10 to AZ degrees above The pigs
were given all the shelled corn they
would consume without waste, with
the results stated below:
The pigs kept in the barn con-
sumed 2,S7s. the total gain was 604,
and the amount of feed required for
100 pounds of gain was 476.
The pigs kept in open yard con-
sumed 2.S44 pounds, made total gain
of 479 pounds, and required 593
pounds of feed to make 100 pounds Of
gain
We learn from the above that the
pigs kept in the open yard required
III pounds, or 25 per cent more corn
for 100 pounds of gain than those
given shelter
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In Defense Of cobb" siIos.

From Farmers Review: Figures
will not lie, but the other fellow OFTEN
gets very much mistaken, and see
the other fellow attended our. State
Dairymen's convention, and had some
thing to say about silos. He gave
the cost of a Cobb silo as built by our
president, Joseph Newman Now. the
fact is Jos. Newman did not build
Cobb silo, but one he has given new
name. In a letter to me regarding 1t
he styled it a "Cobb-Newman" silo,
and l find that the Newman part OF
it cost as much as the Cobb part,
virtually doubling cost of building.
Now, Cobb is not responsible for sill
ver-plated hoops, mahogany slaves or
costly superstructures that pass as
foundations. Mr.. Newman has splen-
did silo, one of the best in the state,
but the six feet of mason work added
greatly to cost and should not be
charged up to my style of silo. AS to
length of life of silo on my plan, will
say that at CISCO, Henry county. on
the farm of M. M. Nash, is silo OF
three-Quarter inch flooring that has
its fourteenth crop in it and is good
for many more. Question: II this
three-quarter stuff lasts fourteen or
more years, now long Will Blu iWO
inches thick last? Fears were ex-
pressed that in a few years my spiked
silos would not draw together. This
is not SO; they draw together as close
ly as any style of silo, and, in fact,
after the second or third year do not
require Tightening at all. The past
fall we did not tighten a single nut.
Last spring l addressed the Retail
Milk Dealers Association at Burling-
ton, Iowa, on cheap milk production,
and at that time laid especial stress
on value of the silo. From this talk
sprung five silos built after my plans.
Mr.. Perry of Burlington built a 100
ton silo at a total cost of $97.SS.
Three men and boy put it up from
9 O'Clock a. m. to o'clock p. m. F..
M. Parsons of same city put up a
200-ton silo at total cost of $3.50. The
others cost less than 81 per ton ca
pacity. So much for the figures will
not lie proposition--"Buff Jersey"
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Her Letter and Her Answer.

Would you be kind enough to re-
turn my Photograph she wrote. i
gave it to you in a moment of girlish
folly, and l have since had occasion to
regret that 1 was so thoughtless In
such matters"
OF course she pictured that photo
graph framed and hung up in his
room, and was inclined to think that
he would part with it with deep re-
gret. Just why she wanted it re
turned is immaterial. OF course he
had offended her in some way, but it
is unnecessary to inquire how.
The answer to her note came the
following day.
q regret" it read, that I am un-
able at this late day to pick out your
photograph. However, I send you my
entiru collection, numbering a little
over 500, and would request that you
would return all except your own by
expreIs at my expense"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-07
Initiating Brands.

Reports from Wisconsin say that
some of the best cheesemakers in
that state have trouble with imitation
of their brands by manufacturers of
poorer cheese. Even when the brands
are copyrighted this is possible. The
general public is not observant of
small matters, and it is possible to
make two brands look very much
alike, and yet differ enough to keep
within the law. One mans brand
was initiated in everything except
initials. If there is one thing the gen.
eral public does not remember it is
initials. In New York they tried to
prevent this by passing a law num-
bering the factories and legalizing
both numbers and trademarks. But
New York state law is not effective
outside of that state, and the dealers
in other states soon learned that they
could initiate the brands of New York
factories with impunity. The way out
does not seem plain, as even ma
tional law will not prevent approxi-
mate limitations.
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Multiplying Dairy Meetings.

The Ohio State Dairymen's Asso-
citation seems to have taken hold of
the work in earnest, with the evil
dent determination of doing mission
ary work in all parts of the state
At least nine meetings have been held
this past fall and winter, at which
were given stereopticon lectures, dem
onstrations in milk testing and the
judging of dairy cattle. Such work
is certain to be far-reaching in it's re-
suits. 1t is not expedient to get the
farmers out in large numbers to at
tend a central state meeting. At
least, it is very uncommon for such
meetings to be very largely attended.
The best work is done in meetings Of
moderate size, such as those that are
secured when the members are drawn
from a comparatively small section of
country. The writer has attended
some very large dairy conventions.
but in every case such conventions
were of little practical value, being
too general in their scope. We be-
lieve it is an ideal method to go into
every part of the state each year and
hold meetings devoted to dairying-
This can be done with little expense.
There is another point in which such
conventions are preferable to the
big central convention and that is the
local meetings are attended by the
the professional dairymen, whose
methods are largely out of reach of
the common farmer.
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What Breed?

Every person has their individual
preference when the question comes
up: What breed shall we keep"
So there is no rule we can go by, and
there is no best breed. Select the
one you like best, and which is best
suited to your requirements. II you
are making speciality of fancy mar
ket eggs, some of the Mediterranean
class, such as the Leghorns or Min
orca would fill the bill, but for broil-
ers, large breed, like Plymouth
Rocks or Wyandottes, would be bet
ter adapted to your purpose. In this
progressive age competition in the
show room has become so great that
many breeders have bred to color and
the arbitrary points of the American
standard, losing sight of their egg
producing qualities, until they will
hardly lay eggs enough to pay their
board bill. So in buying stock for
layers, it is very important to get a
laying strain A great deal has been
said and written recently about a hen
with a laying type, and there is no
reason why this is not as important
a consideration in selecting a laying
hen as dairy type is in selecting =
COW from which to make butter II
you are raising cattle for beef. you
would not select the Jersey; and if
you were raising cattle for use in a
dairy, the Herefords would not suit
your requirements.-C. s. Greene
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Exhibition Games.

For long time the Exhibition
Game has been a favorite fowl in this
country. By careful selection in breed
ing for many generations they have
been brought to a high state of per-
fection. The beauty of an Exhibition
Game is much praised in this and
other countries and their class is al
ways filed at the numerous shows.
They are sought after and courted by
fanciers, and as ornamental fowls
they have few equals in the number
OF their admirers. The practical
qualities of the Exhibition Game
have never been demonstrated with
accuracy, their tall figures standing
in their way to popularity and gen.
eral usefulness. 1t should not be un-
derstood that they are an Improbable
fowl to keep, but rather not a fowl
for farm purposes. They are, as a
class, splendid layers and excellent
table fowls, their meat being fine
grained, tender and juicy. They are
splendid sitters and mothers. Their
tall, commanding and striking fig
ures are decided contrasts to those
of other poultry, and afford a diver
sion to admirers of fine poultry. The
varieties of Exhibition Games are
Black-breasted Red, Brown Red.
Golden and Silver Duckwing, Red
Pyles, White, Black, Birchen, Cor
nish and White Indian Game, Malay
and Black Sumatra Games.-Depart-
ment of Agriculture Bulletin.
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Origin Of the orpinatons.

Origin of the Orpingtons.
Among the breeds of fowls that
have recently awakened a good deal
Of interest among poultry raisers are
the Orpingtons. One OF these breeds,
the Buff, has been admitted to the
American Standard. There are also
Pack Orpingtons, White Orpingtons
and Notified Orpintons. These breeds
all originated in England and are the
work of one man, VIM. Cook. Recent
ly representative of the Farmers
Review obtained an interview with
Mr.. Cook and obtained from him the
following facts:
He was from seven to ten years in
forming each breed and getting it to
breed true to type. The Black Or
pington was the first to be brought
out" In forming this breed a black
Minorca cock was used on a black
Plymouth Rock hen-a sport of that
breed On the resulting pullets was
used a Black Langshan cock That
gives two parts Langshan, one part
Minorca and one part Plymouth
Rock The breed was brought out in
1885.
In 1889 was brought out the White
Orpington. In creating this breed a
White Leghorn cock was used on a
black Hamburg hen, and on their pull
lets was put a White Dorking So
they are one part Hamburg, one part.
Leghorn and two parts Dorking.
The Bluffs" were brought out in
1885, In making the variety a Golden
Spangled Hamburg cock was used on
dark Dorking hen. On pullets from
this mating a Buff Cochin cock was
used. 1t took ten years to line breed
and get the birds coming true to type.
1t will be seen that this variety is
one part Golden Spangled Hamburg,
one part dark Dorking and two parts
Buff Cochin.
Another variety of Orpingtons the
originator calls Diamond Jubilee Or
pfngtons.' This variety was formed
by using a Golden Spangled Hamburg
cock on a Buff Cochin hen. On the
pullets resulting from this cross was
used an oldfashioned mottled cock.
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The Work Of the Puppy

down with a skewer, as though he had
been SO much meat; the price was
paid and Mr.. John Preston walked
away with him, wondering little,
before he had gone hundred yards,
why he had bought him at all.
He wondered still more, during the
next half hour, because the puppy
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done in courtesy. felt Mr.. Preston's
finger.
On the man urging again that this
was really very good dog Mr.. Pres
ton remembered that Miss Clara Har-
court had once said that she loved
dogs; this should be propitiatory gift
AN excuse for calling that night
So the puppy was bundled uncere-
moniously into basket, and fastened
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-07

The great problems connecte d with
the feeding of cattle are bein Z studied
as never before. The American
stockman is making gre .Ater progress
in the solution of the e feeding prob
lens than any othe- man. and this is
largely due to our 56 experiment sta
t,ons.
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A Literal UNDERSTANDINGS.

Mrs. Church-is your husband the
kind of a man who believes in killing
two birds with one stone?
Mrs. Gotham-Gracious, mol Why.
he's president of the Audubon SO
ciety."
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TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR. Y
THE LAND OF MAKE-eELIEvE.

its
Wher the ebedsa
Ietu all be child fol
lands
where she rules high
Wi lily fora scepter md a a
and
Neverh pain mon n kingdom
the
in the len Make-Believe
- ZHS&5(SMz}jIS$gg@ -:
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omsckins the lips may be yn,ear
.. umes, but of course it depends on
whose lips you smack. on
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An honest man is the noblest worn
of God-and the 1oneliest-
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1t takes three cloudy days to bring
heavy snow.
The Republican journal., 1903-07-16
BREAKING THE ICE.

We had some offsh neghbors once that
moved in, down the road.
We reckoned they was about the proudest
folks we'd ever knOWed.
An when we passed 'em now an then we
held our heads up high
To make dead sure they couldn't snub us il
they was to try.
1t really made me nervous, so l jes' braced
up one day
An thought I'd go ahead an show my man
ners, anyway.
On Sunday, Std O turnin' round an gain
at the view,
l looked at them an says, "Hello." An
they says, "Howdy do
1t want the cold an formal greetin' that
you've sometimes heard;
They smiled and said it hearty, like they
meant it, every word.
It's solemn to reflect on what we miss along
BY not jes' bein' natural an good humored
day by day.
There's lots o folks who fling the simple
Joys OF life aside
Because they dread the shadow of their
own unconscious pride
And nine times out o ten you'll find the
rule works right an true
Jes tell the world ''Hello.' and it'll answer
''Howdy do.'
Washington Post.
The Republican journal., 1903-07-16
SUGGESTIONS REGARDING INSECT
CIDES

Arsenical and Non-Arsenical Poisons.
Paris green is the standard poison
containing arsenic. There are many
brands in the market, none OF which
according to our experience are deflcl-
ent in arsenic. AS some brands CON
tain uncombined arSeniOus acid, fresh
ly Stacked lime should always be APP
piled with the Paris green unless 1T is
used with Bordeaux mixture. Arsen-
ate of lead is more expensive than
Paris green but adheres better to foil
age. Four pounds OF arsenate OF lead
carries about the same amount OF arse
mic as one pound of Paris green.
Full directions for using Paris green
and arsenate of lead for potatoes or
orchards will be sent upon application
to the Station.
There are number of insecticides on
the market, such as Black Death, Dead
Shot, English Bug Compound, Ham
monds Slug Shot, kno-bug and Quick
Death that depend upon arsenic for
their value as Insecticides. These con-
sist chiefly of Paris green z to per
cent? mixed with plaster, coal dust, or
some other "fller" and for practical
purposes may be regarded as badly
adulterated Paris green. Their cost
per pound is considerably less than that
of a pure Paris green but the poison
they carry costs the consumer from )
to 10 times as much as it would if he
were to buy a good green and mix it
with the inert materials. While these
goods are seldom labelled Poison
they are, nevertheless, poisonous and
should be handled as carefully as Paris
green and kept out of the way of chill
dren and animals.
Bug Death is the only poison in at all
common use which does not carry arse
mic. 1t consists chiefly of oxide of zinc,
and is a much less dangerous and active
poison than any that carry arsenic. 1t
requires from 35 to 50 pounds OF Bug
Death to do the work OF one pound OF
Paris green. Its cost per pound is
about one-third that of Paris green.
Bulletin 81 of the Maine Experiment
Station, which discusses these insecti-
cides at considerable length, will be
sent free to any resident Of Maine on
application.
CHAs. d. WOODS, Director.
Orono, Maine, July ,, 1908.
The Republican journal., 1903-07-16
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CREAMERY MEN ORGANIZE.

An organization, known as the Cream
ery Mems Association Of Maine, was
formed at the office of the commissioner
of agriculture in Augusta last week.
The purpose of the association is for
mutual benefit, and the aim is to i'm
prove the quality of the dairy products
of the State. 4. w. Gilman, commits
sioner of agriculture, presided.
The following were present: E. L..
Bradford, Auburn; w. X. Hamlin,
South Waterford; J. Nat Gilman,
Pittsfield: E. E. Harris, SkoWhegan;
Leon S. Merrill, Scion; c. E. Smith,
Unity: F. w. Hopkins, Bangor; r. F..
Jayues, Waterville; E. E. Light, Union;
William II. Moody, Liberty; Rutlllus
Alden, Winthrop: L. e. Brown, Ban
gor; j. A. Brainerd, Winthrop; J. D..
McEdwards, Livermore Falls; \. 4.
Cowen, Sabattus; w. S. Dow, J. Z.
Tilley, Henry Miller, Woodstock, n. B.;
During the day there was a general
discussion of the dairy interests. a
committee of three was selected to re-
turn list of officers and recommended
E. L. Bradford of Auburn as president.
Mr. Bradford declined and W. X. Ham
lin of South Waterford was chosen.
The other officers elected were as fol
lows: Secretary, Leon S. Merrill, Scion;
treasurer, j. ID. McEdwards, Livermore
Falls; executive committee, W: X.
Hamlin, South Waterford; E. E. Har-
ris, Skowhegan; F. S. Berry, Portland;
G.. +. Smith, Unity; r. F. James, Wa
terville: committee to select a set of
bylaws, Z. i. Bradford, Auburn; Leon
S. Merrill, Scion: J. Nat Gilman, Puts
field. S. C. Thompson of Winterport,
State dairy inspector, an office which
was created by the last Legislature,
was present. 1t was voted to hold the
next meeting at Auburn, August ).