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couple of days at the outside. BY.
the.by." turning towards his helpmatc.
''it is not unlikely that I may bring n
friend back with me. No: it's no one
you know" responding to the question
he saw trembling on more than one
pair of lips. AT any rate you had
better have room prepared in case
of that event"
Half an hour later Mr.. Burritt took n
hasty but affectionate farewell of his
family. who as they watched his de-
parture and waved their hands to him.
said to themselves that he would soon
be back again among them. In spite
of this belief, however. they craned
their necks to see the last OF him.
A little later, when his sister, who
had again had recourse to her piano,
was practicing scales like Trojan Gf
the expression is allowable), the young
man put his head inside the door of
the room in which she was, and the
following brief conversation ensued:
81 say. May, do you know, it has
just occurred to me that the guv'nor
never mentioned the name of the
friend he was going to bring back with
him."
The scale of c major came to an
abrupt conclusion. ''To be sure he
didn't. How funny! But then, you
see. we forgot to ask him."
Il know we diu; but you would have
thought that he would have told us
without that. However, of course it
doesn't matter. and suppose we shall
find it out some day. Ta-ta. I'm
off,
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ADVANTAGES of Dairyinu,

Dairying is profitable because 1t
brings the farmer the largest return
for his labor and products of his farm.
1t enables him to get larger gross
and net income from his farm than he
can obtain without 1t. The feed that
will make two pounds of beef will
make a pound Of butter. and the value
OF pound of butter is always more
than the value of two pounds of beef.
even during the last few years Of rela.
lively high prices of beof and low
p-'ces OF butter.
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why Geese Need Ponds.

From Farmers Review: Il is far
easier for me Ia raise goess than 10
write about them. My experience with
them Is that they will do better with
ponds. My reasons for this statement
Is that N you notice a goose an day
II is thawins you will notice she will
so anywhere that Halle water n on
the ground and act as II she was Eo-
ins crazy To get into pond To swim
Then. again. take geese that are shut
In yarGs and only get water To drink.
will they not stand about tho wafer
dish trying To wash until tho water 10
all gomez I once saw goose that
was pcnnsd and could not have any
NOR. than enough water to drink.
have what ! call iit. ShS would go
through the motions Fho would II hho
was In pond OF water. and was un-
able TO stop. After this tho goose
was allowed To 30 To tho pond and
was all right. but aH soon an hho was
kept from II any lonsth OF tlmo Aha
would be as bad NJ ever. Then again
these geese that have no ponds do
not lay mn fcrtil. eggs M tho geese
that do have ponds. II wished To
keep geese aud had no ponds for
them I should TAX. lars. tanks and
sink them In th. ground where tn,
gees. could get To them and keep IN.
tanks full OF water ut all tines. Last
winter when the ponds w.ra frozen
would once week put tub OF water
where they could get at Il and think
! enjoyed seeing them wash aa much
aa they enjoyed it.-MrH. l.. ID. Cay.
Lake County. Illinois.
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Imnortanec of Eorcs:rY.

Tho forest problem IL In many ways
the most vital internal problem In
the United States. The more closely
this statement is examined tho more
evident its truth becomes. In the
arid region OF tho west agriculture
depends first OF all upon the available
water supply. In such region forest
protection alone can maintain tho
stream flow necessary 70. irrigation.
and can prevent the great and de-
structivc floods SO ruinous to com.
munities farther down the same
streams that head In the arid re-
gions. the relation between the for
ests and the whole mineral industry
is an extremely intricate one: for. as
every man who has had experience in
the west knows. mines cannot be de.
veloped without timber-usually not
without timber close at hand. In many
regions throughout the arid country
ore is more abundant than wood, and
this means that II the ore is OF low
grade, the transportation OF timber
from any distance being out OF the
question, the use of the mine is limit
ed by the amount of timber available.
The very existence of numbering. OF
course-and numbering Is the fourth
great industry OF the United States
depends upon the success OF our work
as a nation In putting practical for
estry into effective operation.-Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
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The New Born Calf,

After the calf is licked dry by its
mother 1t usually has strength enough
to rise and suck. says Prof. ID. II. Otis
II 1t does not It should be assisted in
securing its first meal. The calf may
then be taken away. in which case 1t
should be fed the colostrum milk from
its mother. or 1t may be left until the
milk Is fit for use. Where the cows
udder Is In good shape It is easier to
teach the calf to drink when 1t is
taken away before sucking at all. The
recorus at the Kansas Experiment
Station show that when calf is
wcared from its mother at once or
when four or five days old It will
make good gains the first week, but
when left two or three weeks, the first
seven days after weaving is a losing
period. II the cows udder is caked,
however. it is we'll to leave the calf
with her. as the rubbing OF tho calf
tends to reduce Inflammation and soft.
en- the udder. Where the calf is sew.
eral days old before weaning, the
moral atmosphere around the calf pen
will usually be better II the calf be
allowed to go without eating for twen-
ty-four hours. BY that time 1t Is hun.
cry enough to eat without a great deal
OF coaxing.
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going aWay for day ar 50, At least
-" Here he found that he had by
no means miseaiculat.d the effect OF
the announcement. for his voice at
this iunelure MAS drowned by fam
lily trio
Where To: What for- How lohg
shall you stay How strange"
This last remark. .mana,Ing as il
did. from his son and heir. seemed To
cause the object Of ii some Little annoy
anes.
Strange. Ted." slightly knitting his
bHoWs aR b. spoEe. What do you
meant What is there strange In my
leaving home for day-oa businassT'
The last words came after a barely
pcrceptibis pause.
"oh. then. IL N business. after all!
broke In his daughter May. with an air
OF hardly reprosscd triumph. Il knew
Il was. said so directly saw the
i.tt-r-dIdn't I T.i."
Her father turned round upon her.
rather sharply. what letter."
''Thc-thc letter that cam. last
night" nhe Stamm"rcd. disconnected
by tho unusual tone. Then. rcaSS.rt.
Ing herself. i was In the hall. you
know. when Il came. and thought I,
looked like business
Her fathers fro~n relaxed M he
pattcd her ON the shoulder.
.'inauisItiyc little sirl." he said:
what does Il matter to you what my
letters are about"
"But II was business. wasn't liz"
she persisted. secure In her position
of spoiit child.
"wcii-ycS-,hat Is. partly So" he
answered. AT least, II was from an
old" He seemed To remember
something and stopped short. AT any
rate" he continued. Il have to 30 To
Dover
"Doycr!" rc-cchocd the family.
Yes he snii. rumpiins his hair.
and apparently taking some care In the
choice OF his words: Il ind shall
lave to 20 there. II Is rather incon'
ycnIcnt lust now. but II can't he help.
cd: though IL will not-be more than
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Hsiah, Of Wheel and Draft Of Wagon

Height Of Wheel and Draft Of Wagon.
This is a subject regarding which
there is considerable difference OF
opinion. says a bulletin Of tho U, ),
Department Of Agriculture, The Mls'
souri Station has put the matter To
practical test in n series OF trials
made ON maeaiam. gravel. and arr
roads In all conditions. and on mead
oWs. pastures. cultivated fields. stub
BILE land. etc. with a net load Of 1000
pounds In all cases. three sets OF
wheels were tested. aH follows;
Standard-front wheels. ~ inches;
rear wheels. &c inches. Meiium-fFont
wheels. &c inches: rear wheels. 20
Inches. Low-front wheels. - inches:
rear wheels. IS inches" Tho results
obtained and conclusions reached
were. In brief. aa follows:
For the same load. wagons with
wheels Of standard height drew light
eE than those with lower wheels. The
difference In favor Of tho standard
wheels was greater on road surfaces
In bad condition than on good road
surfaces. Low wheels cut deeper ruih
than those OF standard height The
vibration OF the tongue Ia greater In
wagons with low wheels. For mos,
purposes wagons with low wheels are
more convenient than those Of stand
ard height. Wagons with broad tires
and wheels Of standard height arc
cumbersome and require much room
In turning. Diminishing the height Of
wheel To from 80 to &c inches In front
and 20 to ~ inches In tho rear did
not Increase tho draft In as great pro
pc-''nn m II Increased the conEcn'
ic..oc of loading and unioadin. tho or
dinary farm freight. Diminishing the
height OF wheels below 20 inches front
and 90 inches rear Increased tho draft
In grcatcr'proportion than II gained In
convenience. on good roads. incrcas,
Ing the length of rear axle. 30 that
the front and rear wheels viii run In
different tracks To avoid cutting ruts.
did not increase tho draft. On sod.
cultivated ground. and bad roads
wagons with the rear axle longer than
. tsc f-o-t ono drew heavier than one
having both axics of tho aamo length.
Wagons with the rear axle longer than
the front ono require wider gatcwayS
and more careful drivers. and arc. on
the whole. very inconycnicnt and not
to bc recommended for farm use. Tho
best form Of farm wagon Is one with
axics OF equal length. broad tires. and
wheels 20 TO 90 inches high In front
and 40 to a inches behind.
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which barely left room for the stamp.
There was n singular look upon his
face. on which astonishment seemed
struggling with some other emotion.
Then he drew long breath. After
all these ycars!" he said to himself.
SO he has kept his word, after ALL
He recrosscd the III. re-entered his
study and closed the door. As he did
so both the young people heard the
key turn in the lock. Evidently their
father was anxious not to be disturbed
in the perusal of the mysterious mis-
sive, whatever it might be. Neither
of them said any more on the subject
At the time. but their minds were full
of it as they each turned to go their
different ways; the one to the billiard
. room for little private practice, the
other to the drawing room to try over
the last new song.
II wonder what ii was?" soliloquized
the former, land what made the
guv'nor SO queer and unlike himself
at the sight of it? However, it's no
good troubling myself about it."
Mr.. Silas Burritt remained shut up
in his study all the remainder of the
evening. and only encountered his
son and daughter at breakfast the
next morning-being Thursday-when
he appeared to have regained his or
dinary manner; Notwithstanding to
two pairs of inquisitive young eyes
there still seemed to be a certain alb
sent expression-the expression of
man mot that they described 1t to
themselves in any such words) who
has been reviewing the past, and
whose thoughts still linger behind him
among the years that have gone by.
There was also a slight suspicion of
nervousness about him, and several
times he seemed on the point of saying
something. which he put off from one
moment to another. At last he made
up his mind to speak
MY dear" he said, addressing his
wife. "I am thinking-that is. have
made up my mind-at any rate, l am
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CHAPTER J.
-we shall Find I, Out some Day"


About the beginning Of the month Of
April. 1884. the family Of MIR, Siias Bur'
gitt observed q certain alteration in
THAT gentismsn's habits and demsanor.
IL appeared Ia those who studied
him that he became imbuTa with an
air Of antieipailon-ihat he started
~hen knock ~as heard at the door.
and that the advent of the postmnn
was awaited by him. II not with anH'
isty. al any rate with an amount OF
eager expectancy which Was, in u gen
crai way. quit. foreign To him.
II was also observed that tho nearer
they drew tn III. end ot the month.
tho more these symptoms became es'
asssrat.d: and. as day after day
sent by unmarked by an unusual oc'
eurr-nc-. he was observed to shake
his head with n half'smii. and a half
sigh. and mu;t-F. a. h. thought To
himself. Dead or forsottcn1- After
which. he remained plunged in r.iicc-
lion for considerable time.
II was his son Ed~ard-mor. sen.
orally known ~ '-rcd''-who happened
io overhead these words. and they
caused him no small amount OF be-
Niidcrmont.
II. stood with his sister May In the
hall OF Mr.. Burritt's large. oid.fash.
ioned house at Duiwich. IL was about
seven O'Clock In tn. evening that. rs
the brother and sister were talking In
iow voices. the former was interrupted
by the sound ol an abrupt. loud. double
knock.
There's the seven o'clock post" /"
said the TIri. Il wonder II there's any.
thing for father this timc- II there
IL. Ill"
hut as she turned towards the dlrcc.
ton OF the letter box. the study door
was thrown hurricdly open and an
elderly gentleman rushed across the
hail. and cstricatcd from It's receptacle
one letter In thin. foreign looking On.
vclopc. the direction on which was
written In large. scrawiing hand.
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What the Test Showed.

Prof, T., II. faTminst1n. in an al
dress at larmers' institute in Mani
toba. said:
IL Nas with the hope OF helping
farmers and OF illustrating the con
dition Of some dairy herds that ws
undertook. some four years ago. TO
begin testing the ecxs of the patrons
supplying milk To tho Wisconsin Dairy
School These patrons keep cows and
deliver milk To the factory in the same
way as Is customary at the creameries
and cheese factories throughout the
state, They do not have large herds
and II was observed during the past
year that tho cows owned by on. hun
drcd of them wer. probably similar To
the one million In the state. Only
eight out OF the one hundred patrons
kopt more than twenty cows and thir'
ty'nSo owned from two to fiye cows
only. This shows that the majority
Of our patrons do not pretend To DO
dairym.n In the sense OF making tho
production of milk serious business
and ! fear that there aFo many far
mcrs In Soealied dairy districts who
do not allow tho cows TO make much
OF an impression on their minds: 9th
or lines of farming crowd the cows GU,
So that they receive only . little at
'cntion at milking time.
Tho COWS on on. farm were tested
for three years. Tho average receipts
per COW In 1898. from tho creamery.
were 1850: In 1900. 1890. and In
1901. sSSs:. Tho figures do not show
much indication that tho owner has
profitcc by the tcaiH. Two cows that
DID not produce milk enough To pay
profit on their feed were kept In the
herd for three years. and nye other
cows produced less than $50 worth OF
butter In year. Tho annual pro-
duction of the mature cows during the
three years shows that the poor COVE
did not improve from year To year. but
continued TO give less milk than rc-
quircd to pay for t..s feed consumed.
The one good cow was equally per
Sistcnt In doing well. Tho creamery
value OF her milk for three years was
5000. This In $40 moro than tho cost
OF her feed whcn We take so per year
AZ tho value OF cows feed. The but.
ter produced by tho other fvc cows
s'fh'" s'a hhiNV aHuouh'Va "
only Sllt more than the cost of their
feed during tho same time. The milk
OF one COW. therefore. paid tho owner
within four dollars nB much profit In
three years ns the milk OF fivc cows
In the same herd for the same length
OF time. In another herd the excess
OF butter over cost OF feed OF two
cows was worth $50. while that of
Ave other COWS was worth only s5S.
Thus the owner received Mt the cream.
cry 81 less for the milk OF iiye cows
than he did for that of two In the
same herd. The entire herd OF twelve
cows owned by one farmer only paid
n profit OF s75 In n year and three OF
the twelve cows paid $50 OF this
amount. leaving s25 as the combined
profit OF the other nine cows in the
herd. Another herd of twelve cows
paid profit of 1928 in n year. but in
this herd there was one COW that
earned only 81 profit and another that
earned s31 profit. n difference OF about
400 per cent In the annual butter value
OF these two cows to their owner
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A Case Of Abduction.

William Louth Of Arcola. Illinois. is
reputed to own an old Plymouth Rock
hen that has many motherly traits
and Is an affectionate sort OF creature.
Recently after being bereft OF brood
of chickens she formally adopted
couple of kittens, and has since been
keeping them under the protecting
care of her wing. The kittens were
already blessed with maternal an
cestor that provided for them and be-
slowed upon them the most indulgcnt
attention, but this fact made no differ
ence to the hen, so she walloped the
cat until she was glad to get away,
and then, clucking to the kittens, she
coZened them under her wings.
Strange to say the kittens took kindly
to her and Will now follow her about
any place, paying comparatively little
attention to their own IN ther.
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A HoQ House.

At n meeting OF Missouri hog rails
ers. Mr.. Schooler said: have been
using different kinds of houses for
number OF years, but last spring
built one that is different from a.y
that | have ever before used. 1t is
six or eight feet square and has tao
roof extended each way. From the
ground the distance is three feet TO
the caves, and from the caves 1t Is
three feet to the comb of the house.
The house is sided up with ship lash,
and for the roof use tongue grooved
flooring. I I'LL in with lead or paint
so as to make the house perfectly
tight. The window Is square add
made in the shape of the gable of tho
house, and is hung on hinges. by
having the house made perfectly tight
| find 1t saves a great deal of work in
changing beds. The bed keeps much
dryer in the tight house. Then have
a house floor, but the floor Is separate
from the house. make the floor
from common timber so | can set the
house on the floor, or in warm wealth
er take the floor out and let the hogs
lie on the ground IL wish. By max
ing a little house 1 can carry and set
1t over n SOW that has young pigs in
any part of the pasture. l like 1t tho
best of any house ! have ever used.
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CHAPTER u.
"After All These Years"

Mr. Burritt arrived at his destination
between six and seven. AlightIng.
he gave a hasty and comprehensive
glance round; as though he thought 1t
half possible that he might be met by
someone. Then he left the station aud
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Dairy Success In kans.s.

Twenty years ago Kansas had but
t7i.6ts miich cows. and ~ areoiy =
creamery worthy tho name. and their
product was unEought. says y. ID. Co
burn. Ton years ago Kansas had &c.,
353 milch cows: crcamcrics of bet
ter class were being slowly establish
cd. but their output begged . market.
To-day Kansas has s02. .73s mil:h cows.
or more than Mt any previous umc. aid
many high'gradc crcamcrics nld
cheese factories. including tho largest
creamery In tho world. hundreds OF
contributory receiving md skim sta
tionE. and their product In not oily
fayorably known In tho principal mnr-
kcts. but sought beyond the supp.y.
Thus Ia marked tho progress of TITS
Industry In Kansas-in n decade is,-
come ono of tho most prominent Gf
successful dairy states. While this is
true. and within that umc tho aggre-
gate annual v.lue OF our dairy prod
ucts has nearly doubled. and whiio
our foremost dairymen. by constantly
striving to raise the standard OF pno-
duction. now have excellent high.yield-
Ing herds. Il is unqucstionnbly a fact
that large numbers of our COW posu-
lation are not paying for their kcvp.
The cause for this is to be found ci.n-
cr in the man or the COW. or bop1.
Brains In the man and blood and fe cd
In the COW are essential to success a
Kansas. AS elsewhere.
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Men are guided less by conscience
than by glory, and yet the surest way
to glory is to be guided by conscience.
Henry Home.
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Women Inventors.

Necessity Is the mother of invention.
I. was an American woman who in
vented baby carriage which netted
her $4,000. A street sweeping ma
chine of great merit was devised by n
New York lady who had costly dress
ruined by the mud splashed on 1t by n
defective machine; while one of the
most remarkable of American women's
inventions Is that of Mrs. Mary B.
Walton for deadening the sound OF
car wheels, the outcome of her en-.
forced residence near the elevated rail
way in New York. and the consequent
annoyance experienced from the sound
of the passing trains. One of the most
complicated and curiously ingenious
machines ever made, it is said, is that
for the manufacture of reinforced
bottom paper bags. 1t was the inven.
tion OF Miss Maggie knight. who from
, IL and other inventions in the same
line realized a great fortune.
The average tonnage OF imports and
exports of the six leading ports Of the
world is now: London. 1864. .10S: /:
New York. 17,39s.O5s: Antwerp. &c..
721 ,0O9; Hamburg. 15.s53,4S9; Hong.
kong, 14,724.2G9; Liverpool. 13.157,71I.
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Cut Your Weeds.

We intended to butt in and say
word or two about the weed nuisance
this week, but the following from the
Crookston Times fills the bill:
'There is a very luxuriant and ugly
looking crop of weeds all over the city
at present. They give even the we'll
kept premises in the vicinity sloven-
ly look, and detract very much from
the beauty of the municipality.
"A great many places remind one
OF man with wide expanse of i'm
maculate shirt front, surnounted by
dirty collar.
"A little effort and a sharp scythe
would soon work transformation in
the appearance of the city.
eff the obnoxious growth of weeds
is allowed to GO to seed, the evil will
only be greater next year. While the
street commissioner has moved some
of the weeds, there are plenty more to
be cut. Get out your scythe and take
little much needed exercise. It will
do the lawn good as we'll as yourself"
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Death OF Ex-senator Vest,

George Graham Vest, ex-senator
from Missouri, died Tuesday morning
after an illness of several weeks at his
home at Sweet Springs. Missouri.
Senator Vest served in the United
States senate from 1879 until March
1903, and was one of the most promi-
nent Democrats in that body, being
known as the ''Little Giant.''
Senator Vest was an cold school
southern gentleman of the highest
type and was respected by friends and
opponents alike.
He was long considered one of the
best rough and ready debators in the
senate; keen at sarcasm, unexcelled at
repartee, eloquent in formal oratory.
He was the last surviving member of
the Confederate cabinet to serve in the
senate.
After serving twenty-four years in
the senate he retired last spring owing
to constantly recurring illness, but
was not improved by the change. He
was seventy-four years of age.
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A Crime of Neglect.

There can be no doubt that ships
and conditions are as rotten in the
harbor of New York as anything ever
was in Denmark. The inspection is
criminally at fault, and so is the own
ing. Indifference has been cultivated
so long, and the inspectors have been
in cahoots with the managers so long
that it will be with the greatest diff
Guilty that wholesome conditions are
effected. Crime is writ large over
half the boats in New York harbor,
but the crime of neglect is more diff
cult to hale into court than the crime
of overt acts. Whateverb be the guilt of
owners and captains, the greater guilt
will rest with the government unless
it makes it's inspections thorough and
stern. st. Paul Dispatch.