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DAIRY DOTS.

The separator has been the saliva
ton of many a western farmer.
There is no use in kicking about the
separator. Get out and show your
patrons how to take care OF it, and
there will be no trouble.
1t oughtn't to make any difference
whether the milk is separated upon
the farm or at the creamery II the sep
arator il taken care Of.
The separator is one Of the greatest
inventions Of the day. 1t makes dairy
ing possible in the west where farms
are too large to make the creamery
advisable.
A dairyman cannot meet with the
highest measure of success until he
learns to pick out the cow that IL
built for giving milk and the one that
Is built for making beef.
A COW may be a comparative failure
one year and a success another. Some
of them have their "off seasons" and
it is not safe to condemn a cow on one
years record, providing she is built for
giving milk.
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SYNOPSIS.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
RAY WALTERS
(oopyrisht. iss. By W. o. CA.pm.n.)

The Escapade opens. not In the ro-
nance preceding the marriage OF Ellen
0locum. a Puritan miss. and Lord Car
rfngton of England. but in their life after
settling In England. The scene is placed,
Sust following the revolution, in CARING
ton castle in England. The Carringtons.
after house party. engaged in n family
tilt. caused by jealousy. Lord CARING
ton and his wife each made charges of
4aithlessness against the other in con-
tnuation of the quarrel. First Directing
against playing cards with the guests.
Lady Carrinston agreed to cut cards with
Lord Strathgate. whose attentions to
rington. The loss of 800 900 failed to per-
furb her, and her husband then cut for
his wife's /. o. u. and his honor. Car
eington winning. The incident closed ex-
entity arose between Lady Darlington and
Lord strathgate. Additional attentions
Pf Lord Darlington to Lady Cecily and
Lord Strathgate to Lady Darlington COM
PEELED the latter to VOW that she would
leave the castle. Preparing to flee. Lady
American girl. met Lord strathgate at
two a. M. he agreeing to see them safe
u away. Ellen fled. Strathgate driving.
He attempted to take her to his castle.
but she left him stunned in the road
when the carriage met with an accident.
Portsmouth. where she intended to sail
flight. Lords Darlington and Seton set
put In pursuit. Seton. locating a fish,
Ing village. hit the trail of Ellen and
Debbe. He then rented fast vessel
suing strathgate. strathgate. bleeding
from fall. dashed on to Portsmouth. for
which Darlington. Ellen and Seton were
also headed by different routes.
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PAsTEURizIN6 CREAM.
vlsws Of L. II. FiaesI, 4 Successful
Butter.Maker Of tho Northwest.

The pastuerization question has q
great many things to 1t that the but
ter-maker won't realize until he has
used one for awhile. l am satisfied
to say that after a butter-maker has
used 1t for awhile, and used 1t right,
he would not be without one in a
hand separator creamery, at least dur
ing the winter when the cream Is de-
livered only twice week or In the
spring. when the COWS get out in the
grass and get hold Of some weeds that
will cause bad flavor in the butter.
To take an entirely spoiled cream
and expect the pasteurizer to put 1t In
a condition so 1t will make an all
around good piece Of butter is expect
ing too much, although it will do such
cream great deal of good.
Also, sour cream cannot be pas
teurized as satisfactorily as sweet
cream. You have got to be very care
full while pasteurizing sour cream and
not get 1t too hot or else 1t will give
the butter gritty or mealy taste like
as though there was flour in 1t. One
hundred and fifty degrees is high
enough for sour cream, while sweet
cream can be heated up to ITO or even
higher before it gets that mealy taste.
II could get the cream delivered
perfectly sweet and free from bad
fiavors, 1 do not think / would bother
with pasteurizer. although 1t would
improve the keeping quality, but we
in the hand separator creameries will
find cream every day that can be i'm
proved by pasteurizing and keep 1t
from spelling the whole lot.
Pasteurlzing takes out most of the
bad favors In the cream that come
from the feed or tanks that are not
caused by germs. The germs that
cause the bad flavor in the cream
cannot be taken out. but their growth
can be checked so that when you add
good starter to your cream directly
after pasteurizing and let it stand
at 10 degrees for a few hours 1t will
develop acidity enough so that you
can cool 1t down to churning tempera-
ture and get 1t made into butter before
the undesirable germs can renew
their growth, and as butter is not q
suitable germ food, 1t can then stand
a long time at medium tempera-
ture before 1t will go OF in flavor.
whereas the butter made from raw
cream with Its undesirable germs in
full growth will go of in flavor much
faster.
The extra expense in pasteurizing,
besides the fixtures, can be made 30
1t will be very small in the first place.
You can put on pulleys 30 the engine
don't have to more than merely move
to give the pasteurizer and pumps
full speed, and coming right down to
saving points, you can catch the con-
densed steam that comes from the
pasteurizer after heating the cream
and use 1t for cleaning up. It is as
good as soft water and almost boiling
hot. or IL you can't use it yourself,
perhaps you can sell it to some wash
woman or laundry during the dry
time of the season when rain water Ia
scarce article.
1t makes some extra work to pas
teurize, but we must put up with that
II we see a chance to improve the
quality of our butter.
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| ing tepid water and trying to console
the whimpering little maiden by her
side.
And 1t is possible. too. that Lord
| Darlington never realized how much
he was In imminent danger Of losing
and how much the loss meant to him
as he plunged along through the dark
ness on the way to Portsmouth
Ellen had advanced much farther on
her journey when she ran into the
calm which later overlook Seton.
All Ellen's ready money. except what
she carried on her person, had been
left to Darlington in the cheque on
her desk. but she still retained con-
troll Of several stout merchantmen
which had come to her from her father
and the New Eagle was the best of
them. Once she set foot on the docks
Of that ship. she would be perfectly
safe. Meanwhile, as she had been
up practically all the night before, she
felt that she must have some slumber
She furled the. sail of the little boat,
turned the tiller over to Debbie with
instructions for her to let the shallop
drift and to waken Ellen in two hours
by the watch.
1t was very lonely and miserable for
poor Debbie. She was flying like
Ellen from that she loved best, but
unlike Ellen there was no reason on
earth for her to break away. 1t was
only the constraint put upon her by
the stronger will that had brought her
to this wretched pass. She sat idly
in the stern sheets, holding the tiller,
while the tears trickled down her
pretty red cheeks. She wished that
she were anywhere else under heaven
than in this boat. She looked at
Ellen almost malevolently, surveying
her slight and boyish figure with
venomous glance and the thought that
since clothes OF the other sex so we'll
became her, Ellen should have been
born man.
Poor Debbie felt very wretched and
very lonely tossing idly about in the
quiet seas under the calm stars. She
wondered If Sir Charles did really love
her as she had more than once indi-
Gated, or whether he were like the
faitbless Darlington and the insidious
Strathgate.
There was nothing to do except to
look out for passing vessels and she
had plenty Of time for silent thought
about her past, her present and her
future.
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ent wall, and using the present wall
for two sides, and leaving one corner
open for the door,"
The suggestions made by R. c.
Angevine in effort to help this farmer
will prove instructive and helpful to
those who have similar problems to
solve. He says:
Il would advise breaking into old
wall few inches at places where new
wall joins, so as to get a little fresh
hold to make tighter Job. One could
go down few feet II needed, pro-
vided that old wall also goes down the
distance required. The silage will
keep perfectly in the wall part pro-
vided the wall is smooth and not full
Of bumps and holes like all the stone
wall have ever seen in silos. They
perience teaches me that there is gen.
orally bad streak of spoiled silage
where wooden silo joins a wall. and
while 1t need not be bad do not like
to see spoiled silage. and cannot rec
ommend such plan of construction.
I would build silos for my own use Of
no other material than concrete, and
below Is what really advise in this
silo:
dig down required depth and also
make trench extra wide at very bot
tom, say "a to 80 inches. Carry up a
good heavy foundation a couple Of
feet, keeping inside line of wall
straight and even with desired size of
silo. Join into old wall by breaking
out some of old wall and also carry
wall right on over old wall about four
or five inches thick, until top Of old
wall is reached. New wall need be
only six inches thick above the heavy
foundation mentioned. When top Of
old wall is reached go on up all the
way with six-inch concrete wall. In
this wall I should put reinforcing iron
as follows: A one-Quarter-inch steel
rod around silo in concrete about once
each foot of height. This may be any
other sort of reinforcing. 1t need not
be welded together; Just a little loop
at each end of each piece, and ends
Tapped by one another. Across over
doors and such places would put in
more iron, enough SO that 1 felt that
1t was strong. Forms could be made
as shown in cut. Wire could be used
in place of bolts to hold forms in
place and cut of each time to loosen
form Forms to be Of two-inch plank,
any width handy. This figure can be
drawn out on barn floor and form
plank cut to fit it and then numbered
and set up on job. Bolts across wall
through planks are used to hold them
together at bottom and bolts can be
also used at tops, but piece of board
could be also tackled across and re-
moved each time it was desired to
raise form, which could be done each
day. Door opening 26x30 inches and
door to fit into 1t set in notches In
concrete. would recommend about
two feet of concrete between each two
doors well reinforced. Concrete to be
mixed one part sand to six parts good
sharp gravel, and after all done finish
by brushing over with cement white
wash"
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had breakfasted and day had scarce
ly dawned, Strathgate could not re-
main idle. Instinctively his foot
steps turned toward the strand. If
Ellen had arrived during the night,
she would probably have sought the
harbor at once. Although the New
Eagle had sailed, as she would find
to her dismay, there were other ships
in the harbor and upon one of these
she might have taken refuge. Even
though it was yet early, there was
plenty of stir along the sea wall, and
Strathgate mingled with the fishermen,
boatmen, sailors and pilots busy about
their various tasks. By the judicious
expenditure of shillings and sixpences,
he opened the most stubborn mouths.
But no one had seen the missing pair.
After half hours investigation, he
was about to give 1t up as hopeless
task and return to the inn, when as a
last venture he put his question to a
young fisherman, the latest conner to
the wharf.
"Yes, yer honor" replied the man.
II think there was man and wom-
an, or young girl among the passen-
gers which my brother, who owns
wherry, put aboard ship like yon
Flying Star. late last night"
The woman happened to be the
captains wife, and the young man
was the supercargo of the ship, and
the ship happened to be another ship,
and not the Flying Star at all; but
of that of course neither Strathgate
nor his informant had any knowledge.
The earl's interest was at once awak'
ened.
What ship did you say that was?'
he asked.
1.-THE Flying Star, / think twas
called, though I'm no ways certain
yer honor"
Whose ship was she? OF what ma
tionality. that is?"
She's an American merchantmen
sir" returned the sailor. whose name
was Cooper.
And where does she lie?"
"She doesn't lie nowhere" answered
another sailor, surveying the harbvr
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-09-17
A SIMPLE sTANcHIoN LOCK.
Tho Picture viii Show You How II
is Made.

The block shown at A in the accom-
panying illustration, reproduced from
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EIaHT-sIDED sILo.
Problem Of Ono Farmer and suaoes-
lions That May Help Others.

A farmer correspondent of the Rural
New Yorker anxious to build silo
in part of his barn states the condi-
lions as follows:
Il have a basement barn upon an
eight-foot wall. which Is Is inches
thick at the top and 20 inches at the
bottom. The roof is arranged so that
l can build about 26 feet above the
present wall. In one corner Is q
space about 12x16 where shall build
l would like to build an eight-sided
silo in this space, making each corner
side about three feet. building wall
upon Ave sides to height of the pres
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-09-17
CHAPTER X.
Tho RewlIderment Of strathoate.

AS my Lord Darlington rode with
Increasing satisfaction and Sir
Charles Seton sailed in a growing
sense Of self-congratulation in that he
alone was on the right track, my lord
of Strathgate was full of bewilder-
ment. Like Darlington, he, too made
inquiries at every posting station. at
every wayside inn. from every passer-
by, as to the whereabouts of the two
who had escaped him, and everywhere
he had been met by an absolute lack
of information.
Strathgate, by hard riding, reached
Portsmouth about nightfall. Caring
ton was not to arrive, although he
pressed on all night, until the follow
ing morning. Strathgate was morally
certain that the people he was chas-
ing could not have reached Ports
mouth before him.
Therefore, although he had been up
all the night before and wanted sleep
badly, he determined to make some
inquiries before he went to bed. He
found, to his great surprise, that the
New Eagle, which was the name Of
the ship owned by the countess of
Darlington, had sailed that morning.
80 far fortune favored him, for Lady
Ellen would arrive at Portsmouth, he
thought, and find her ship gone.
He enlisted the service of the land
lord and secured a number of men
whom he posted at the various inns,
with instructions to notify him i'm
imedtately in case Ellen and Deborah
arrived.
Darlington. plunging along on ex-
hausted, half-foundered horses, the
leavings of Strathgate, lost the COM
parative cheerfulness Of the morning
and worked himself up into such a
fury that If he had come across the
earl he would probably have killed him
out of hand without giving him a
chance for defense.
The only one thoroughly satisfied
with the situation was Seton, and even
. his dash eastward was stopped. for the
wind, which had held briskly for the
greater part of the day, died out about
nightfall and left the gallant captain
helplessly tossing in the short waves
OF the channel.
To hearten up her young friend.
Ellen put brave face upon the whole
matter. She pointed out to her how
comfortable and free from pursuit, or
interference, they would be when they
boarded the New Eagle at Portsmouth;
what a pleasant voyage they would
have back; and made various other
suggestions to cheer her young com
rade and to fight down the growing dis
may in her own heart. 1t was only by
constantly holding up before herself
the picture of my lord and Lady Cecily
in each others arms in the arbor thai
She kept herself to the pitch Of hel
adventure.
She found herself thinking wistfully
Of the happy days of the past; of the
many pleasant cruises which they hat
made In these very waters. What {
gallant, devoted, royal lover he hat
been! How she hated Cecily Caring
ton! She looked at herself and tool
q mental inventory Of that she coult
not see and wondered how he coult
for . moment prefer that weak ant
vapid creature to his wife.
And yet 1t is probable that Eller
had never loved Darlington as she die
while tossing about in that little opei
boat, q lonely speck upon the sea
aunching dry hard bread and drinA
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Good dairying includes good COWS,
good pasture in summer and good
feed In winter, good shade In summer
and good shelter in winter, good wa
ter and good care all the year round,
and good machinery to run the sep
arator, the churn, etc. II the farmer
has good eyesight he can easily see
the good points of the above declara-
ton,
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CHAPTER XII.
Tho Mad Chase.

Lord Strathgate was early abroad.
which proves the keenness Of his in
terest in the chase. His agents re-
ported to him at daybreak. but had no
news of their quest. No one remote
ly resembling the fugitives had been
seen during the night Although he
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-09-17
Why Cream Doe. Not Rise.

II the cream does not rise readily
there may be two reasons for 1t.
First, the milk being produced in the
last OF the period lactation, and, sec
ond, improper feeding. 1t takes longer
for cream to rise upon milk OF the
COW who has been giving milk long
time.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-09-17
Picking a Bull.

A majority Of our farmers-even
those who are in favor Of the pro-
nounced dairy type-choose a big,
blocky sire. The bull should be Of
the same type as the COWS whether
one is in the beef business or the
dairy business.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-09-17

Examine the young stock out in
the pasture and see whether there
are any injuries that need attention
It's easy to neglect them when they
don't come up for the night
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Beneath His Station,

young lady went into well known
establishment a few days ago and said
to the shopwalker, DO you keep sta.
tionary?"
mo. Miss" replied the shopwalker,
III did should lose my job"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
old SOUTH AMERICAN ANIMALS
Ferooious Big Frogs-Huge Rats and .
Toothless Curiosity.

OOI1lG55 SuTlOSlIJ
Many curious animals haunt the
marshy parts Of South America north
of the pampas. Frogs big and fero-
cious Ohe ceratophyrSD given to max
ing vicious springs when closely ap-
preached; the capybara, "A cayy con
tented with the bulk OF a sheep; the
huge coypu rat and the swarthy pig
like tapir are frequently seen.
Along the forest margins troops Of
pcccaries are often mel with, Occa-
sionally the iaguar. sometimes the pu-
ma. likewisc that toothless curiosity
the great ant bear. long in claw, long
nosed ana remarkably long %tongued.
Very plentiful too are those little
knights In seal %yarInour' the quaint.
waddling armadilloe>. long toed ia
n pace about upon the loating
leaves.
A familiar object is the great jahim
a stork with a preference for the desc
late lagoonS. where II may often be-
observed statuesque on n leg and
wrapped In ~prospection.
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turned her head; and when her gaze
alighted upon the man at the window
b lowered her eyebrows.
Ben Martin had been her acknowl-
edged lover for a long time, and now
as she thought of how her heart had
gone away from him, a little pang of
something like remorse troubled her
bosom.
Ben stood silently gazing in at the
window Cor several minutes. then he
spoke in a one of voice more that
OF command than e%ntreaty.
| "Po!;y, | want we to come out here
a minute" he said. there's something
l got to say to you"
When Polly came up 10 where Ben
stood at the edge of the road, the man
took her hand.
Polly" he began and his voice was
full of emotion, Il can see I'm a losin'
We, an it's breakin' my heart, girl"
What do we mean, Benz"
II guess We know what | mean.
Polly. But l want to tell We, that
chaps a skunk. jest a plain skunk.
He pertends to be prospectin' round
c'lated he's prospectin' for somethin'
else. He keeps a nosin' round the
cove: and to-day he bumped right up
agin our still on Soco. Jim Turpin
an Lee Hooper was a watchin' him;
an the way he sneaked away from
Il fhnrn an tnnE hic hon ri Nc n, h. -,o-.
was a sight too plain. So we've laid
| a trap for him, Polly-a trap that will
get him If he's what we think he is.
but won't get him If he's all right.
little girl. So, If we're wrong. We
needn't have any oneasiness about
him. If ye're wrong, Polly, why-I-
jest wanted to tell We. girl, that after
all's over I'll still be comm back to
| ye-an' maybe yer love will come
back to me-"
Ben squeezed her hand once and re-
leased 1t. There was silence a mo-
ment. then the girl said:
Il think ye're wrong. Ben"
Maybe SO, Polly. maybe so. Wen
soon find out"
Ben strobe away and left the girl
to return slowly toward the house,
wondering what manner Of trap the
boys had set. though stoutly resisting
the fear 1t might capture Gordon.
The evening waned, Gordon's stories
grew embarrassing, Blake nodded by
the hearth corner and Polly waited
for the opportunity to give the pros.
pector one more warning. So when
Gordon arose to go to his room, a low
shed room at one end of the veranda,
Polly stole to the doorway and slipped
into the darkness outside.
Il wanted to tell We agin to be keer,
ful." she whispered. as Gordon paused
near her. we've raised suspicious,
an'-but ] can't tell We any more.
Only be powerful keerful.'
Gordon laughed softly. "Oh, I'll be
careful. little Polly" he said; never
fear about that"
! he attempted to take her hand, but
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-26
oovE-KiLLiNG IN GEORGIA.
One Party OF Hunters Killed 5000 in a
Few Hours.

Onc FdftJ Of punteFb NHlou c'OOo nv q
Fow Hours.
The biggest dove shoot OF the year
in this section and one OF the biggest
ever held was pulled on yesterday on
ms OF Ira Cooks plantations in Lee
county.
A field several hundred acres in ex-
tent had been balted daily for y period
~ several weeks and sportsmen at
tended from Albany, Lessburg and sew
eral other points. There were between
lbs and $50 gunners in the field when
the birds began flying. Just after dawn.
and 1t is probable that more than
5000 doves were killed.
In spite of the great slaughter the
birds appear to be as plentiful as they
have ever been. A number Of ladies
participated in yesterdays shoot.
A big bird shoot was given by !. VI.
Stevens and j. T. Holder at Stevens
farm, four miles south of Lumpkin. in
a 200-acre level field to-day. Birds
were plentiful and between 900 and
1900 were killed. Sixty guns We're on
the field. rhe hunt was followed by a
barbecue and bird roast.
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DEEP CRACKS FROM ECZEMA
Could Lay sIate-Pencil in one-Hands
in Dreadful State-Permanent
Cure in Cuticura.

II had czema on my hands for
about seven years and during that
time | had used several so-called rem
edies, together with physicians and
druggists prescriptions. The disease
was so bad on my hands that | could
lay a slate.pencil in one of the cracks
and a rule placed across the hand
would not touch the pencil. | kept
using remedy after remedy, and while
some gave partial relief. none relieved
as much as did the first box Of Cuti-
cura Ointment. | made a purchase Of
Cuticura Soap and Ointment and my
hands were perfectly cured after two
boxes of Cuticura Ointment and one
cake of Cuticura Soap were used. w.
III. Dean, Newark, Del, Mar. %. 1907"
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What He Had Done.

Tactful and delicate. even for a
Frenchman, was the reply made by a
Partisan who had not found "a life on
the ocean wave" all which one could
wish. He was sinking, pale and bag
gard. into his steamer chair when his
neighbor cheerily asked:
Have you b~reakfasted. monsieur?"
mo, m'sieur," answered the French.
mar with a wan smile, II have not
breakfasted. On the contrary"