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BREAKING THE HEIFER.
II Carefully Handled, She VIII Quick
" Submit to Being MIXED.

II Carefully Handled, She VIII Quick
ly submit to Being MIXED.
It isn't much of chore to break a
heifer to milk, not nearly so much as
many of the writer's on dairy topics
would have you suppose. All that is re-
quired are patience, firmness and gen.
tleness, says writer in Farmers Advo-
cate. We have broken many heifers
and have never had one acquire the
kicking habit.
1t is better to have the heifer halter
broken before she brings her first calf,
but there is no need that she should be
a perfect model of gentleness, submis-
sive to all manner of treatment, such
as being led about by an ear or having
her udder handled before there is need
for it. 1t is contrary to nature for a
heifer to have her udder handled be-
fore she becomes mother, and the
majority will resent any such famil-
iarity. After they become mothers, on
the contrary. they are quite willing to
be MIXED, and If they are spoiled in
the breaking it is the fault of the one
who essays to break them.
Handle Her Carefully.
Even the widest heifer may be
tanned after calving by careful ham
ding. Go into the pasture or lot where
she is confined after the calf has been
licked dry and has sucked and handle
the calf gently and quietly, and the
heifer will soon learn neither to fear
you nor to resent your handling the
calf. By taking the calf where you
wish the heifer to go you can get her
any place you wish and after fastening
her firmly you can milk her at your
leisure. So long as the calf is quiet she
will he.
If the heifer has never been handled,
she will naturally be nervous and SEN
sitive. She may even use foot to pre-
vent her udder being handled, but II
the mixer keeps his temper within
bounds and does not fight back the
heifer will soon permit the milk to be
drawn and cease any objections there.
to. 1t is the man who hasn't sense to
know that it is proper that the heifer
should resent what to her seems an un.
familiarity and wants to fight back
that spoils heifers and causes them to
become kickers
Teaching heifer to submit to the
milking process is an easy matter II
gone about properly.
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The ultimate destination of our
cream is, as rule, the butter churis
This must be kept in view whether the
farmer intends to make the butter on
his own farm or send his cream away.
| A point of primary Importance in
grading butter is flavor, and it is a
we'll known though often little appre-
ciated fact that the care Of the cream
is the chief factor influencing the fla
vor. Therefore If the farmer can pro-
duce first, second or third grade cream,
! according to the care he bestows upon
it, surely cream of the lowest grade
ought never to appear at creamery
| or elsewhere.
1t has been said that the public will
| always pay for quality. The market
was never yet overstocked with first
grade product It is the material Of
| inferior value which stagnates prices.
Let the farmer produce the cream
| which will yield the highest returns.
and that is first grade cream. To do
| this he must keep close watch on it
from the time it comes from the COW.
| fore the cream is drawn. We all know
! the injurious effect which the feeding
| of certain crops, such as potatoes, tur-
nips. ETC., sometimes has on the flavor
| of milk, cream and butter. In every
case avoid feeds which show this tend
ency.
The watchword in all dairy opera
tions should he cleanliness. Dirt should
never be countenanced, since it is the
home of myriads of bacteria. Every
particle of dust floating about in the
air carries bacteria; every crevice in /,
dirty utensil has them by the thou
| sands.
There is no other farm product so
susceptible to bad odors as cream
Cream kept in rooms where bad odors
are noticeable soon absorbS these, and
they are transmitted to the butter.
Bad air has an undesirable effect.
Keep the milk room sweet. well ven
tilated clean and have plenty of light
and fresh air in it. Never take cream
| into the living rooms, even for short
time. Don't allow people with infec-
tious diseases to handle the milk or to
| come into the dairy. Cool the fresh
cream to so degrees T. before mixing
with older cream.
Let the farmer adopt cleanliness,
care and low temperature as his mot
to, and then only high quality material
will be produced.-Charles E. Thomas
in Kimball's Dairy Farmer.
Parafflning Cheese.
The accompanying sketch is to illus
trate very handy and expeditions
way of parafining cheese, invented
and used with the greatest satisfac-
tion by the Frank Hurd company in
its system of cheese factories on
the Western Reserve, says a writer in
Hoards Dairyman. 1t is, as seen. a
small round bottomed tank made OF
heavy galvanized iron. made double
and secured in a crate frame. Steam
is let into the division. which has a
safety check to prevent it's blowing up
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A Mercenarv
Affair
By EDITH M. DOANE
Co fright, 1906, by P. C. Eastment

When Mrs. Palmer announced the en-
gagement of her daughter Helen to
james Corey, every one wondered why
on earth Helen had not chosen a youn-
ger man.
In almost in the same breath it
leaked out that Mr.. Palmer, who was
always trading on tips and going broke
in the market, had plunged once too
often-had indeed been face to face
with bankruptcy until James Corey
came to his rescue.
Then the world, as represented by So
ciety in Glenwood Park-proffered con-
gratulations and smiled discreetly. OF
course il the Palmers accepted james
Corey's money, they must accept its
giver too.
The Park was apt to assemble in
formally at the Country club for 5
o'clock tea. There was something pleas
antly coy in gathering around the lon-
china laden table on the wide club
house porch. But now chocolate cooled.
forgotten, tea boiled quietly away
while their possessors eagerly discuss
ed this marriage of convenience in their
midst.
1.-THE poor girl is deliberately sacri-
ficing herself" declared Mrs. Law
renee, tragically waving-a tea cake.
"And she is SO pretty" put in little
Mrs. Brooks irrelevantly
"Her youth has been bartered for
gold" said Mrs. Ellis, who had fond
ness for light fiction.
"And he is so much older"
Money isn't everything"
Perhaps even yet she may be saved
from it," faltered little Mrs. Brooks
hopefully.
''Why save herr" briskly interrupted
Mrs. Wylie, joining the group and tax
ing the cup Of fragrant tea offered her.
'Mr. Corey Is honorable, charitable,
rich-a good man in every respect She
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Scotland. Great Genius.

In one OF those interesting literary
| conversations the record of which adds
so much to the charm of Boswells
johnson the name of George Buchan-
an, one of the greatest scholars of the
sixteenth century and the most ex-
quisite Latinist of. modern times, was
mentioned. A Scotsman who was
present, knowing the doctors antipa-
thies and seeing, as he thought. an op-
portunity OF cornering him. said, '.Ah,
DR.. Johnson, what would you have
said of Buchanan had be been an Eng
lishman:' why. SIR said johnson
| after a little pause. Il should not have
said of Buchanan had he been an
Englishman what | will now say of
him as a Scotsman-that he was the
only man of genius his country has
produced" BucLanan's consummate
ability was recognized by his contem-
| poraries; but, like many another genius
| before and since, he had his share Of
"the sings and arrows of outrageous
| fortune" He read Livy with Mary.
| queen of Scots, and was appointed tu-
tor to her SON, James 1. Political in-
| trigues drove him to the continent,
where he taught at Bordeaux and had
Montaigne among his pupils. In his
| old age he returned home and wrote
his History of Scotland" and died so
/ poor that his means We're insufficient
to defray the expenses of his funeral
London Express.
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TANK FOR pAkAFFINING CHEESE.

A rack is made of steel strips, as de-
picted, with an open oval bottom and
suspended to the lever arm. -Four
cheeses are put into this rack. set on
edge side by side and lowered by the
lever into the melted paraffin. the
space between them insuring a thor
ough coating. They are then easily
lifted out and more coatless cheeses
substituted.
The plan of paraffining is cleanly,
expeditions and attended with none of
the trials and mishaps of submerging
cheese in kettles of the wax one at a
time. The cost of this apparatus is
very small, and as the inventor is sure
it will be winner has patent pend
ing. But aside from this we thought
the apparatus worthy of preserving a
niche in Hoard's Dairyman museum.
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ought to be proud Of him. I'm sure |
want"
Five pairs of eyes confronted Mrs.
Wylie in shocked surprise.
well, I'm sure l hope she takes
your view of It," said Mrs Lawrence
gloomily.
IF he only were younger. He's as
old as-as Father Abraham"
''Oh, IL Mr.. Palmer had not been i'll
such sore straits."
'.Still, it is lovely to be able to cling
to ones faith In human nature as you
do"
I'm clinging to nothing" said Mrs
Nylie stubbornly; 'but, for my part, |
think she's a very lucky girl
"Oh, of course everybody respects
him.
And he is very rich man."
tBut it is so evident that she did it
to save her father"
Besides, there is her cousin, Tom
Breuster," said Mrs. Brooks softly.
Tom Breuster was an ordinary sort
of fellow-fairly good looking, fairly
clever-in fact, lie did not amount to
much one way or the other, but he
happened to imagine himself very
much in love with Helen and when
her engagement was announced burst
In on his aunt In storm of indigna-
ton.
whats this you've done?" he de-
manded vehemently. why was
kept in ignorance all this timer
Il don't understand you." returned
Mrs. Palmer coldly.
"Don't your he went on ruthlessly.
"Then I'll explain. You have engaged
Helen to man for whom she has not
the smallest spark of affection. To
save yourselves-for the sake of mere
money, mere worldly position-you
and her father have consented to sacri-
fee that poor girl, body and SOUL"
''You must be insane to talk to me
like this,' returned his aunt icily.
.There is no reason why Helen should
not marry Mr.. Corey or any one else
she chooses"
s'I4et rs confine ourselves to Mr..
Corey. She has no right to marry him
at all events"
"NoY' said she. "And why?''
Because a loveless marriage can
never be right
But who says it isn't love match: z
she went on, forgetting her anger III
her desire to convince him Of the flu
tility Of interfering with Helen's en-
.gagement. Mr.. Corey IS d charming
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WAYS OF THE TOAD.
NUMBER 50.
Some Of the Oddities of This Peculsrr
Creature.

Some Of the Oddities of This Peculiar
Creature.
1t is remarkable that the toad, low
ing water as it does, should wander
away from watery regions to dry
ground, where it can never see drop
of water except at rain time and leave
its water rights to the mdisputed pos
session of its ranal neighbor the frog.
How the toad loves water must be
known to every garden lover. When
ever there is shower the creature
leaves it's cool retreat under the piazza
or shed and stands as far as it's fore
legs will let it, erect in the rain, ap-
parently enjoying to the utmost the
shower bath
Whenever they are near the water
at breeding time they deposit long,
slilny strings Of eggs. and the young
toad has to so through the tadpolc
stage in common with his brother frog.
But when they are wholly excluded by
distance from the water they seem to
have the power of being yiyiparous,
or bringing forth their young alive.
In the water fertilization is effected
IN the same manner rs in fishes, but
the method in the land life career Ia
not known. About all that Is known
Is that confined toads are found with
little toads. no larger than house flies,
about them after time, and in walled
gardens and places far removed from
water little toads, no larger than peas.
wandering around on their own re-
sources and which could never have
been tadpoles. are within coinmcn ex-
Derience
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Feeding the Milk Maker

The more finely the meal is ground
the more easily it will be digested.
Then there will be very little loss. This
should never be lost sight of in the
feeding problem. Cornmeal should be
fed with wheat bran, and linseed meal
should always be added to a fattening
ration
Humor the Strong willed Cow.
Some cows are pretty strong willed
and will not give down their milk I'M
til they have been fed some knick-
knack; then it will come all right.
Such cows are provoking. 1t is better
to humor them than it is to take an
empty pail to the house. These cows
usually give good mess Of milk when
they get down to business.
Changes of Food.
Not only does a scarcity Of water
affect the milk flow in cows, but sud-
den changes of food often cause the
flow Of milk to decrease This is due
to the fact that the cows may not
readily accept the new food and eat
as much of it as of that to which they
had been accustomed. Changes Of food
to milk cows should be made gradual
ly, so as to allow them to be accus-
toned to it, increasing the allowance
daily.
Feeding Pumpkins to Cows.
In reply to subscriber who wishes
fn fhn nf
pumpkins, seeds and all, the New Eng
land Homestead says:
Based on chemical analysis. pump
kins should have about the same
value as turnips. They are not as
highly digestible as the turnips, on
account Of the hard shell and the
stringy fiber inside consider one
| of the best ways to use them is to
cook them for hogs. When used for
cows producing milk they should have
no injurious effects on account Of the
seeds unless fed in large quantities.
Our grandmothers gave pumpkin seed
tea as a medicine, prizing it for its
tendency to stimulate kidney action.
In the case of cow producing milk
the feeding of large amounts Of the
seed would probably increase kidney
action unduly, and this would tend to
expel food products from the system
before they had accomplished their
work. Pumpkins should not be fed
every day, but should be alternated
with apples, cabbage, mangels or sugar
beets.
Good Rotation.
A very good rotation for cow CIV
| ing forty pounds Of milk daily or max
| ing one and half to two pounds of
butter per day is thirty to forty pounds
Of corn ensilage, thirty pounds Of man.
gels, eight to ten pounds of clover hay,
four pounds of bran, three pounds Of
| ground oats and one pound of oil cake.
II possible, cut the hay, pulp the roots
and mix the bulky feed together for a
/ few hours before feeding. Add the
meal to the bulky part at the time OF
feeding. The foregoing amounts may
be divided into two portions and one
half to be given to each cow night and
morning The cows should be fed reg
ularly, and each animal should be un
der close observation by the feeder II
order to note her appetite, response il
/ milk flow and other conditions. II th,
feeder finds that the COW can profita
bly, consume more than eight pound.
of meal daily, then extra meal may b,
given. Careful feeders who weigh tn
milk from each cow will soon lear
the limit Of profitable feeding for eacl
animal.
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Rising From the Grave.

A prominent manufacturer, VIM. A. Fertwel,
Of Lucama, N. c., relates most remarkable ex-
perience. He says: 'sAfter taking less than
three bottles OF Electric Bit.ers, feel like one
rising from the grave MY trouble is Bright's
disease, in the diabetes stage. fully believe
Electric Bitters win cure me permanently, for it
has alpeady stopped the liver and bladder COM
plications which have troubled me for years
Guaranteed By ~ druggists. Price only 5Oc.
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man. Why should not Helen care for

man. Why should not Helen care for
him!''
'.She doesn't. 1t isn't her own doing.
You are sacrificing her."
''As though could make Helen mar
ry any one she did not wish tor re-
turned Mrs. Palmer, with low laugh.
'My dear boy, if you feel like that,
pray go away until you come to your
senses"
II shall net go away until l have
seen Helen." he said doggedly.
''Tom, ! beg Of YOU
why are you two glowering at each
other like Kilkenny cats:" cried fresh
young voice from the doorway. How
are you, Tommy" and Helen Palmer,
slender, dark eyed. clad all in soft
shimmering gray, entered the room and
held out her hand in smiling greeting.
Now that the moment had arrived.
words failed him.
Noting his hesitation, she smiled at
him again. ''Have you come to pro:1Ter
your congratulations in person:" she
asked shyly.
No, not quite" he said 'Still sup
pose one is bound to say something
about the clever bargain you have
made That you of all people should
prefer money to lover
what a perfectly horrid thing to
say" she returned Indignantly. "Do
you suppose because you are member
of the family you are privileged to be
as disagreeable as yeu likeY'
Il suppose loving you is being dis
agreeable he returned moodily. Mrs.
Palmer had slipped from the room, ana
they were both too intent to hear othe:
footsteps that came nearer up. the
gravel walk, up the steps, and We're
mutfied by the heavy rugs OH the porch
outside
Loving me. How perfectly absurd!
Why didn't you say so before7 And
not come here now
Il came to save you from sacrificing,
yourself to a loveless marriage" lie
returned grandiloquently.
"Oh, Tommy, you are too funny" she
laughed softly. She raised her eyes
and looked steadily into his weak, good
looking face.
Tommy she said gently, you must
not think that l have any feeling but
real honest liking for Mr.. Corey. /
respect him-I care for HIM
"Of course, he is a very rich man.
understand"
HE is at all events the very best
man | have ever met" she returned
Indignantly. ''Of course he has been
awfuily good about fathers troubles
but | should have loved him just the
same,' she went on, with quick con.
viction. HE is so good, so kind, SO
just
''Why don't you say that he has
money and can shower that upon
your
Il wish you to understand she said
coldly, that, while appreciate Mr
Corey's money, love him for himself ,
Suddenly her mouth quivered and
two large tears strolled down hel
cheeks. Il am so worried about all
this" she said unsteadily. Every one
thinks care for his money. Will nc
one believe
The curtains at the long open win
dow suddenly parted
Il believe it. Do l count?" said
James Corey as he entered the room.
After all, fate sometimes consents tt
interfere benignly. even in Il mercenary
affair.
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Kiss T.at grou-bt heath.

Courtship in Spain is regulated by
the strictest etiquette. As is well
known, young man is never left
alone with his fiancee. Near Malaga
beautiful young girl Of twenty COM
mitted suicide by drinking a cup Of
coffee in which phosphorus had been
dissolved. It appears that the girl had
been driven to the deed by the adverse
comments of neighbors who became
aware that she had given her sweet
heart a kiss.-London Mail.
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Pages 4c-6O.

In the little town of G. lived three
maiden sisters by the name Of Paige.
They were meat" as the villagers call
1t, in its most accentuated form, and
they loved the small boy best afar OF.
In consequence of which they were a
bright and shining mark for the pranks
that youth seems to originate for Its
scOrners.
One day the front gate strayed from
Its wonted place with the assistance Of
two small neighbors Then came q
reprimand from each Of the old maids
and barbed rApartee In return. as usual.
Following this exchange came COM
plant to the parents of the offenders.
At the table that night papa was re-
quested to reprove Jim and Ted for
lmpertinence to the Misses Paige.
What did you say to .them?" de-
manded papa, with the requisite frown.
didn't sarse them at ALL" replied
Jim, with grin. Il only said. Page
forty, page fifty and page sixty an
they got mad at It..
Ted caught sight of pas twitching
muscles and added, Gee, but they
were just hoppin'''
| "Well, don't let 1t happen again."
answered pa as he hastily attacked a
piece Of apple pie.-New York Press.
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Bright Boy.

Can you stand OH your head!' ask
ed a visitor Of little Dudley.
"No," he replied. "Its too high up"
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The Number Forty.

Why this fatalistic forty? The super
stition about ST. Swithin extends not
only to forty days Of rain. but to forty
days of drought, according as July 1J
Is wet or dry. Moses was forty days
on the mount. Elijah was forty days
fed by ravens. 1t rained forty days
to make the food, and the waters that
covered the earth were forty days in
subsiding. The ancient period Of en-
balming was forty days. Nineveh had
forty days to repent. Jesus Christ
tasted forty days. He was seen forty
days after his resurrection. A quar-
antine extends forty days. The priv
ilege Of sanctuary was for forty days.
In the tale of Ali Baba there are
forty thieves. Tiberius said that a
man is either a fool or his own -physi-
clan at forty. When man wants q
short nap he takes forty winks. A
knight enjoined forty days Of serv-
ice from his tenant. In old English
law the limit for the payment of fine
for granddaughter was forty days.
Members Of parliament were protected
from arrest forty days after the proro-
cation Of the house of commons and
another forty days before the house
was convened. We usually speak Of q,
buxom widow as fair. fat and forty.
a man IS In his prime at forty, etc.
New York Press
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For ache or pain
For sprain or bruise,
RoYALINE On
Is the thing to use.
Try it and you will use nothing else.
That's the way they all do 25 and Soc.
For sale by DR.. r. H. Gulledge, Benton
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To grief there Is limit: not SO to
fear.-Pliny the Younger.
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Successor to DIR. G.. H. Irion. Office
at the Benton Pharmacy, Benton, La,
where he can be found day and night.
Calls promptly answered.
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Attorney at Law.
Attorney at Law.

Will practice in the courts of Bossier
and adjoining parishes. Office at the
Court House, Benton, La.
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RENTING P|NEAPPLEs
4 CUSTOM IN LONDON

The New York Sun is responsible for
the following item about renting pine
apples in London for table decoration
only:
:. Well said the proprietor of fine
fruit store, I've been in this business
for over ten years and I've never heard
of that before
".What did de want?' asked the head
clerk.
why answered the proprietor, his
eyes still fastened on the retreating
figure of his customer, he wanted to
hire a few of my finest pinea.pples for
and he says that London dealers make
more by hiring out their choice fruits
for banquets than they do by sales.
He himself always used to rent a hand
some pine whenever he gave a dinner.
He's only been here a, few weeks and
he supposed we did the same thing.
When he learned he could buy one here
for the price he would have hired it at
In London he was delighted and or
dered three.
He told me how once in a Regent
street shop they showed him an enor-
nous pineapple that had been hired
out nine nights successfully and was
good for two more weeks of active
service. The ordinary selling price is
seven or eight shillings, but this one
was worth a. pound. Rented out for,
say, twenty nights at three shillings
night, it brought in three pounds,
then when it had passed it's prime
they could still sell it. Doesn't that
beat any Yankee trick you ever heard
OFF,