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amount even ut tho time when the
climax Of her milk producing ability
Is reached. As an instance. we might
consider a certain dairy COW. the abtl.
ity OF which was to produce on her
best day so pounds of milk Now. II
this cow-is SO managed and fed that
she is gradually brought to the point
where she produces IN one day ~
pounds and then gradually decreases
In her milk flow from 10 to So, 60 to
IS. and so on, 1t will be found even
at the time when one wishes her to be
dry that she Is still giving from ten
to twenty pounds of milk daily. On
the other hand. we will presume that
the methods employed in feeding this
cow when fresh are improper and she
Is stimulated to produce only 40
pounds of milk In a day when she
should give 70. and then ar her ma
ternal instincts become dull she be
gins to decrease. falling from 10
pounds to 80. 80 to 80, and so on. in all
likelihood she will be giving no more
II as much milk at the tine when she
should be dry and as a result her year.
ly work has amounted to much less
than though during the first 30 days
she has been stimulated by proper
methods Of care and feeding to do the
best in her power. Throughout the
year the cost of her feed has been al
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pets made from various kinds of
shells; there are mice and pigs and
other animals, quite lifelike in form
but all composed only of shells. To
tell the truth these shops did not so
much interest us as we walked
through Katase, as they did later on
In Enoshima proper. We believed that
most of the shells there offered c;yne
from all sorts of distant places, and
had. no doubts as to the actuality of
any shells remaining in the immediate
locality. When we had passed the vii
lage we came out upon the beach
and spit, high and broad, connecting
the mainland with the island. The
sand was heavy and we took of our
shoes and stockings to make easier
travel. On the slope of sand rising
from the spit in the direction Of the
village were quantities of enormous
baskets dashed to long poles-perhaps
used for gathering seaweeds or for
carrying great catches of fish; over
on the open beach fishermen were just
Bleaching a boat and we hurried over
to see them at their task Rollers
were put under the vessel and it was
rolled far, far up the beach. 1t was
fine sight to see the barelegged.
brawny-armed fishermen exert them.
selves in the effort. 1t was a scene for
picturing, but before our instrument
was ready they had finished and in
single file ran across the beach
and spit to the opposite shore where
river or inlet enters. Here they
crowded into little ferry-boat and
were poled across the inlet 70 the
outer beach where they scattered on
their homeward ways. We looked, for
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Definition Of Poison.

1t has been found difficult by au.
thorities to define the word poison.
For instance, a dose of powdered glass
will kill man. but can it be said to
poison" him? A dose of typhoid
germs might also be fatal, but it has
been contended that it should not be
described as poisoning" Hence our
interest in a novel definition by Prof
R. V. Jaksch, who uses the following
definition of a spoison: From a elm
ical point of view everything may be
termed a poison which can damage
the organism not alone by its quality
but by simple excess in quantity
even food; and truly he discusses the
poisonous properties of all foodstuffs
fats, flesh, fish and carbo-
hydrates and their substitutes. In
fact, many more people may be said
to be poisoned by excess Of food than
those who die of starvation.
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ner. a pound or two. In order that the
ration will include the factor of safety;
because II the COW is fed for a long
period of time at the limit Of her ca
pacity. it is very likely that at times
she will sicken of her feed and a set
back in her production will result.
This method applies more nearly to
the COW that freshens in the fall or
winter, when she does not receive pas
ture grasses. In the summer time.
when the COW is turned dry and grass
is good, it is doubtful whether any ra-
ton can be supplied that would be
more efficient in bringing about the
proper freshening condition than will
good, fresh pasture grasses in abun-
dance. After she freshens. however, II
she is a large milking COW, dare say
that grain fed to her In the manner
above described will be profitable,
perhaps not at once, but 1t will bring
her to her greatest possible flow of
milk. ..=,r~s@.5... 81 ...sss.S Ii 4. s..S:s~s.
Yhe history OF every dairy cows
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the COW throughout the remainder oe
the year in order to eliminate the liza
bility Of her declining rapidly In milk
flow. The COW must be watched close
", and If she begins getting too poor
more corn and less Of the other feeds
should be given her. On the other
hand. II she begins to decrease In her
flow Of milk, a portion Of the corn
should be taken away from her ration
and oil meal, bran. cottonseed meal.
gluten feed or some other feed rich
in protein should be substituted for It.
and by SO changing the ration from
time to time back and forth In quality
and quantity, the greatest production
at the least cost can be brought about
Study the Cows Environment. /
II one will study the conditions
that are present in the cows en-.
vironment at the time, he will be
Impressed with great many facts
rnat will be valuable as a teacher o.
the best methods to be employed in
feeding dairy cows. Later. when the
summer approaches, with heat and
flies. pastures become dry. the grass
less abundant and less pa'atable, then
the COW begins to decrease IN her milk
flow. Later on the grass becomes
so short and the days so hot and the
flies so pesky that it is almost. If not
quite impossible. for the COW to secure
the great amount Of feed that is nee
essary to supply the nutrients required
for producing the amount Of milk
which she has the ability OF producing.
II she is not assisted at this time and
is of special dairy type, she will
again begin robbing her body, and BY
the end Of the summer when the
fall rains come again, she will be ex'
tremely poor and emaciated.
Following up the lesson which Ma
ture teaches in May and June, it has
been found that to supply the COW
with extra feed of a succuient nature.
either in the form of green oats or
clover or green corn or silage, and
providing her with shade during the
day and allowing her to Craze at night
when it Is cool. there is a possibility
of not only keeping the COW in good
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T<~@ 9z
The Return Of Ferguson.

The Return Of Ferguson.
A night clerk in q hotel sat doing
at his desk at about q. M. when q
man in evening clothes came in as II
laboriously trying to walk a crack.
and said:
I'm Ferguson; key to room A."
The guest disappeared in the direc-
ton of his room one fight up. In .
few minutes man in his shirt sleeves
with flattened silk hat on the side OF
his head, and with one shoe on foot
and the other in his hand, came In
and said to the clerk: :.
I'm Fershon; key to forfor."
Mr.. Ferguson just took his key and
went up"
Mr.. Ferguson Just fell out window
n left key inside. Kindly lemme
have Mother Everybody's.
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most as much in ona case as In the
other, and the result Of her work has
been almost fifty per cent greater
gain in one instance than II the other,
and in consequence Of this the results
of her work are measured in one in
stance by the profit. while In the other
the likelihood is that there Is loss
Although this particular method would
reeult in greatly increasing the aver
age production of the COWS In the corn
belt, it is necessary for best results to
take further precautions. By the
method described the COW has been
stimulated to convert the surplus fat
and energy stored up in her body into
milk ard butter fat. but in so doing
she is rapidly being again reduced to
q poor and emaciated condition. But
at the end of the first 80 days when
she has reached the greatest height
of her production she has at the same
time reached the point where she
is consuming heavy ration Now. 1t
is necessary for the feeder to watch
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3y PROF. FREDERICK STARR
THE SACRED ISLAND

Tokyo.-We have been to the sacred
island, Enoshima. In anticipation the
trip was somewhat of bore. Every
one goes to Eneshima-it is favorite
summer resort. Perhaps, because we
mad not expected much, it delighted
us; at all events, few pleasure days
have left happier memory. or
course the season Is over. 1t is too
cold for bathing; the hint of winter Is
In the air; not only tourists, but sum-
mer residents have deserted the place,
and the fishermen have it all to them
selves. About two hours by rail- from
Tokyo brought US to Fujisawa. where
we took the tramcar for Katase. A
few minutes ride through sandy dis
trlct grown with scrub pine brought
US to our destination. Full should
have been seen in all her glory, but
clouds and distant haze prevented;
only now and then unsatisfactory
glimpses were caught Katase is
mean village, upon sandy point, the
projecting spit from which connects
the sacred island with the mainland.
The street through which we walked
was closely bordered with tea houses
and shell shops. Every one knows
that there are shell shops at Enoshima,
but we were not prepared for their
great variety and attractiveness. Here
are the great pearly ear-shells, or hall
Otis-the "aboline" of California; here.
too. are sp1ny murex, mitres, cowries
in variety, the great thin and delicate
cassis. heaps of fusus: of bivalves
there are whites and yellows. puppies,
reds and pinks; there are strange
oysters. with straight hinge and curl
Gus. narrow. long and futed valves
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some time, at men. women and chill
dren digging sea-worms in the sands
and then we watched other fisher
boats come in and beach, and unload
their catch. It was a pretty sight to
see the boats start out for fishing as
they crossed the lines of surf, which
came dashing in gallantly. By this
time we discovered that after all
shells are plenty at Enoshima, and
picked up quantities Of haliotis and
cassis, spiny univalves and brilliant
bivalves. We had all this time been
wandering along the beach, regardless
OF the apparently useless bridge-path
of wood which ran along the crest of
the spit almost from Katase village
to Enoshima. We found ourselves
now on the island proper and with the
village before us. Its main street
runs up a steep slope. and is bordered
on both sides by mass of she'll
shops and, shops where sweets are
sold. Here we paid far more atten-
ton to the shell-shops and their con-
tents than we had before and spen,
the remainder Of the morning in that
pursuit.
Finally. hunger suggested a change
OF occupation and as luck would have
IL the lwamoto inn was close at hand.
We found that they serve three grades
OF meals at so sen, one yen and so
yen. We ordered the medium grade
and were taken at once through a long
descending passage to a pretty room.
probably the lowest in the building.
nestled In an open space upon the
rocky shore. from which one looked
out upon the sea. A lovely clifr with
pines rose on our left; before us and
10 the right the bay lay IL sunlight:
the waves rippled and dashed upon
the rocky beach only a few feet below
US. The surface OF the bay was dotted
with f1shing-boats. many of which had
their square sails raised; the distant
breaking of the surf upon the shelly
peach was clearly audible. But every
paradise has its discord; here, a multi
tude of fiies-the first we have seen
since coming-troubled us. The meal
itself was fine, and made Of course of
marine food. There was fish SCUM.
roast fish, raw fish-in beautiful thin
sllces-clams. The piece de resistance.
however. both theoretically and prac-
tlcally, was one of the great spiny
shelled snails. Plainly it had been
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that look like survivors from creta-
ceous times; most typical and closely
associated In the public mind Of Japan
with Enoshima is heavy large snail
shell. with stout projecting spines
about the lip; beautiful are the sun
and moon" shells, smooth and bril-
liant, slightly convex bivalves, one
valve OF which Is almost snowy white,
while the other Is rich red. This last
is one of the most characteristic shells
Of Japan, and owes the curious differ
ence in the color OF the valves to the
fact that it lies fiat upon the sand
bottom. so that one valve receives the
sunlight and gains color. while the
other, in eternal shadow, is pale and
colorless. Besides the shells of mol
luks these little shops abound in all
sorts of strange crustacea and the
hard parts of other marine forms.
There are boxes full of sea-urchins;
there are crabs and shrimps and lob
ster-like crustacea of strange forms
and curious coloring. Some of the
crabs have slender sprawling legs
that stretch six feet or more from tip
to tip across the body. Every shop
has pendant from the ceiling quanti-
ties of lanterns varying in size from
less than a mans fist to more than a
mans head-made from the entire
skin OF the curious globe-hsh. Here,
too. are dried specimens of sea-horses
and pipe fish, corals. sea fans and
Iponges. But 1t Is not only shells and
bther sea forms In their natural or
dried condition which are offered, but
the strangest things made of shells.
There are children's tops made from
sea-urchins and from pearl disks cut
from the haliotis; there are flowers
carefully constructed from delicate
valves flushed with most lovely tints.
There are panels with compositions of
birds and landscapes; there are hat
pins and hairpins with heads CON-
posed of shelly flowers and rosettes;
there are spoons for mother of pearl
and typical little Japanese made
tea saucers In which the tea cups are
to be placed In serving tea to guests;
there are little cups. for drinking sake
or water from sacred fountains, cut
from white ovules or from spotted
cowries, to which are attached by a
silk cord a smaller shell to serve as a
aetsuke for suspending them at the
slrdle: there are whistles and trum-
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Anecdote Of Francois Coppee,


Francois Coppee, whose statue has
just been unveiled near the Invalides.
close to the street where he died, was
graceful poet and the kindest of
men. An anecdote just recalled shows
his benevolence. He was the prey of
interviewers, and was too good-heart-
ed ever to turn one away Whenever
an evidently young reporter called
who seemed to be beginner >Coppee.
an old journalist himself, would shake
him warmly by the hand and say:
Tell me, my young friend, are you on
salary or on space?" If he answered
the former, the poet would talk to him
for half a minute, and then dismiss
him cheerily with "And now am
busy" and handshake. II, however.
the young reporter replied ION space -
Coppee would say at once, "Sit down
there" showing him his own writing
table, and WRITE" and he would die
tate him column interview.
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Trade Schools for Austrian Women.
Through a decree Of the minister of
public works opening the state trade
and technical schools to both sexes
alike Austrian women will enjoy a
greatly enlarged choice of occupations.
Among the chief new trades and in
dustries which they can now enter
upon are artistic leather work and
bookbinding, photography. watchma-
king. engraving, ornamental wood
working, as we'll as some branches of
the chemical and electrical trades.
Hitherto women have been rigidly
excluded from these trade schools.
and those who desired to. obtain such
training were compelled either to 70
abroad or else attend expensive pri-
vate institutions at home.
But while the women are rejoicing
at the new opportunities of work af-
forded them, their male relatives do
not share their enthusiasm, pointing
out that even under the old conditions
out of every thousand wage earners In
Austria 430 were women.
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Yes, indeed.

Yes, indeed!
Hostess Eat party)-Why, SO silent.
Miss De Muir? You've scarcely said
Z word since you came.
Youthful Guest-Really, Mrs. Lead
er, am having a very enjoyable time.
but my father has told me 100 times
never to say anything unless I have
something to say, and l suppose
Hostess-But, my dear child, think
what a stupid and tiresome thing so
ciety would be If everybody followed
that advicei
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-04

1t has been suggested that at least
one special cell and the nerve fiber
connecting it with the brain may be
affected by each different scent-pro-
ducing substance. But, as one scien-
fist has observed, 1t would be a some.
what serious stretch of imagination
to suppose that for each new scent
of substance yet to emerge from the
retort OF the chemist there is in wait
ing a special nerve terminal in the
nose.
It is more reasonable to suppose
that all the hairs OF the ofaetory cells
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-04
Marvellous Sense of Smell

at the ends of the olfactory nerves In
the nose bear the most delicate little
hairs, and it is believed that these
hairs are tee active agents in produ-
cling the sense of smell.
Yet when we come to inquire into
the manner of operation of these cells
and hairs, we find that 1t is more
wonderful than the 6elicacy of the
mechanism itself
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-04

are affected by every sense-producing
substance, and that the different quail
tiles of scent result from difference
in the frequency and form of the vi
brations transmitted through those
cells to the brain.
According to this view, there is
something in musk, something in the
rose, something in the violet and the
lilac, something in every substance
which produces a smell either agree
able or offensiye-that is, able SO to
affect the hairs and cells of the olfac-
tory machinery of the nose as to set
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-04
e IsdH2zMYZI 1 ~ Sz} &ze: WE'LL,
A zXLEW zHE CNrZEz

faster and faster,
toward the sun.
Already every sec.
ond this blazing
mass flew a hun
dred miles. and
every second its
terrific velocity
increased. AS it
flew now. indeed.
it must pass a
hundred million
of miles wide of
the earth and
scarcely affect it.
But near it's des-
tined path, as yet
only slightly per-
turbcd, spun the
mighty planet Ju-
splter n d his
moons sweeping
splendid round the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-04
Remarkable Agencies and Forces In
voIved in Extraction OF the
Fragrance Of a Rose.

What marvelousl, delicate ma
cbinery is set in motion when we
smell the fragrance of rose! Simple
as that. pleasurable sensation seems
to us, it involves the activity OF most
remarkable agencies and forces. 1t
bas hsea ......yn that the minute cells
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-04
Could Have Been Worse.

Damocles was intently watching the
sword suspended over his head by a
single hair.
oh, well" he chuckled. ut might
be worse. Just suppose my wife had
found that long golden hair on my
toga"
Whereupon he ate his meal with
great composure and hliarity.--Judge,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-04

1 WAS on the first day of the
new year that the announcement
was made, almost simultaneous
~ from three obseryatories, that
the motion of the planet Nep-
tune, the outermost of all the
planets that wheeled about the
sun, had become cratic. Ogilvy
mad already called attention to
a suspected retardation in it's We
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-04

their connecting nerves in vibration;
and the rate of this vibration varies for
every different substance.
Evening journal., 1910-11-15
The Par-on nlrd.

Among the feathered Inhabitants OF
New Zealand there is a bird called the
parson bird, or tui 1t is about the
size and shape Of blackbird. but has
a pair OF delicate white tufts at its
throat and is a glossy dark green 9th
erwise. which looks black 10 the sun
shine II can be taught to crow. to
speak. to whistle tunes. and. besides
these tricks. It has repertory which
is not often equaled by any other
feathered songster At vespers 1t has
a note ike the toll Of a bell or tho
clear. high note OF an organ. II can
mimic every bird In the bush to per-
lection. II Will break off in the mid
die Of an exquisite melody and indulge
in strange melody Of sounds which
are impossible to describe. but If you
can imagine the combination Of 4
cough. laugh. n sneeze. with the
smashing Of n pane Of glass" II will
be some approach to the idea.
Evening journal., 1910-11-15
murder Revealed by : Dream.

Perhaps the most amazing crime
mystery ever solved by dream was
that revealed by a murder trial a
couple of generations ago The dead
body Of Mr.. Norway. an inoffensive
Cornish gentleman. had been found by
the roadside between Wadehridge and
Bodmin. brutally murdered. No trace
Of the murderer could be found. and
the mystery-of the crime seemed be-
yond all solution. when Mr.. Norway's
brother, naval officer. arrived in Eng
lind and told the following singular
story:
y On tho very night Of his brothers
murder. when he was on his ship in
the West Indies. he saw him in a
iresm walking along the Bodmin road,
when from dark recess in the hedge
two rufiians sprang out. slew and
robbed him and then made their way
20 a house in Wadebridge. which be
saw vividly in his dream. To this
house he conducted the police officers,
and there he found the very two men
whom in his vision he had seen COM
nit the murder. They confessed and
suffered the extreme penalty Of the
law,--Pearson's Weekly.
Evening journal., 1910-11-15
Horse pentists.

In every large city there are now
dentists who devote their entire atten-
ton to horses. and they are kept sur
prisingly busy the year round. The
equine dentist. is OF course provided
with special instruments for the ex-
traction and filing OF the teeth Of ami
mails needing attention It is rather
interesting TO observe an operation In
horse dentistry. One Of the instru-
ments. called a speculum. presents the
appearance of an ivory handle and
four small bars of nickel working on
ratchet and crossing one another in
such manner as 10 form hollow
square that can be made large a. small
by the turning of a screw Setting
this device 60 the proper size, the
horse dentist will slip IT gently into
the suffering animals mouth. which.
during the operation. is kept partly
open by groom. and when the instru-
ment is fitted upon. say. one Of the
back teeth the beasts mouth is kept
open ns wide as possible -Harpers
Weekly.