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was an ideal hunting lodge for palace
lithic man, was the most westerly out
post of the race in Europe.
Retold for Tourists.

The Bale-Geneva express, says the
Standards Geneva correspondent, was
overcrowded the other day and trav-
elers had to stand in the corridors of
the second class coaches. One tour
ist saw seat vacant, but covered
with luggage and asked a passenger
sitting near whether the seat was
occupied" Yes" replied the stran-
ger, 1.-The man is in the restaurant
wagon and will return soon"
There the matter ended until the
express reached Lausanne, when the
owner of the baggage prepared to ges
out.
Pardon me-" said the tourist, that
luggage does not belong to you" and
called the guard. The latter sided
with the tourist and the whole matter
was placed before the station master
The selfish traveller had to prove
piece by piece, that the luggage 90
the seat belonged to him, and he I'm
ally was obliged to pay fer tss nSg'
ond class tickets,
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tBy HENRY G.. GRoWN)

(By HENRY G. GROWN
For many years l have followed the
method of allowing my pigs to run
with the sows as long as the sows
will permit them. My theory is that
sows are made for that purpose, and
| see no reason why young pigs should
be taken away from their mother as
long as she has milk for them. The
more milk the pigs get, the better 1t is
for them.
| use matured sows for breeding,
and try to have them in very good
flesh at narrowing time, but not fat.
They do not get too thin from suck
ling, and very often come in season in
time to breed for fall litters, before
pigs are weaned.
Another thing: / feed my pigs near
ly all the corn they will eat, although
/ know this practice is condemned by
many hog raisers. When they are
very young, ! give them little slop
made of shorts, water and bit of oil
meal.
/ feed the pigs in an Enclosure by
themselves, and never give more at
one time than they will clean up. /
feed them little slop all through the
summer, and give them free run of
the pasture. / take care that they
have all the sweet grass they can eat,
clover and alfalfa.
They root up the alfalfa slightly, but
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KEEP ALL STRAW
FOR STOCK FEED
With SiIage, Roots or Grain 1t
Makes Good Ration-AlSo
Valuable Fertilizer.

Many farmers do not realize to
what extent straw Is valuable, or
how to make the best use of it. Large
quantities of straw have been burned,
in the past, as the easiest method OF
disposal, but from now on 1t will be
used to a great extent with silage,
roots, grains and the like. In using
it with silage it serves double pur-
pose-it helps keep certain kinds OF
silage from spelling in the silo. and
it is a good filler for stock feeding.
Straw is especially poor In crude
protein and fat, and rich in cellulose,
or woody fiber. This makes 1t par
ticularly useful in the winter time for
horses and cattle, as it requires a
great deal of energy to masticate, di-
gest, and pass it through the body,
thus keeping the animal warm. Wheat
straw is being used at the Hays ex-
pertinent station at the present time,
along with other feeds. The cattle
are eating quite a large amount OF
this straw and have gained in weight.
Oats straw is far more nutritious than
wheat straw and is much preferred by
stock.
After stock have been allowed to
run to straw pile, the straw will soon
decay and contain considerable
amount Of droppings from the animals,
which makes it valuable as fertil-
izer Wheat straw makes excellent
bedding material, as it does not break
up badly, and will absorb more mois-
ture than either oats or rye straw.
Wheat straw is often used by manu-
facturers for packing purposes. 1t is
also used in the paper industry. Ii a
farmer has large amount of straw
and has good shipping facilities, he
NAV be able to dispose of it at profit.
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ALFALFA PASTURE
FOR LIVE STOCK
Has Higher Feeding Value When
Cut at an Early Stage-Bet-
ter to Feed Than Sell.

Alfalfa is invaluable as a pasture
for live stock. For hog pasture 1t
is especially SO. Ten pounds of green
alfalfa produces one pound of pork.
Figuring on this basis, an acre OF
green alfalfa, weighing 10000 pounds,
will make 1000 pounds of pork which,
at five cents q pound, is worth $500.
This estimate is true when corn and
alfalfa are fed together.
Alfalfa has higher feeding value
when cut at an early stage of maturity,
about one-tenth in bloom, than when
out in full bloom. 1t contains more
nutrient value, pound for pound, than
any other forage crop, being almost
equal to wheat bran in digestible nu-
trients. Alfalfa compares favorably
with cottonseed meal, soy beans and
wheat bran in amount of digestible
protein. Since the price of these con-
centrates Is higher than the price of
alfalfa, it is cheaper and more profita-
BILE to feed alfalfa.
The best way for the farmer to
market alfalfa hay is in the form of
horses, hogs, beef, mutton or dairy
products. Such products are easily
taken to the market, and the ma
nure, which may be returned to the
soil, is almost equal in value to the
hay itself. Under all conditions, 1t
is better to feed alfalfa to live stock
than to sell it as a marketable prod
uct. 1t is advisable for the farmer to
sell his hay only when he has more
than enough to feed his live stock.
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path OF messed gravel, between box
rows frowsled like the names at lions
gone mad and smothered in ia &C
emulation of matted roots and 6Ghris
of rotting foliage, and presently, the
bulldog at his heels, found himself
in the rear of the house
"Mine!" he said aloud with a rueful
pride. And for general rundown
ness, it's up to the advertisement.
He looked musingly at the piteous
wreck and ruin, his gaze sweeping
down across the barred fields and I'M
kempt forest "Mine!" he repeated.
"All that, | suppose, for it has the
same earmarks of neglect. Between
those cultivated stretches it looks like
wedge of Sahara gone astray.' His
gaze returned to the house. yet what
a place it must have been in it's time!'
He went slowly back to where his con-
ductor sat on the lichened horse
block.
Yves heah," called Uncle Jefferson
cheerfully. Whit we gwinter do
mex, sub? Reck'n All better go ovah
ter Miss Dandridge's place fer er
crowbah. Lawd." he added "ef he
ain got de key! Whut yo' think OBJ
dat now"
John Valiant was looking closely at
the big key; for there were words,
which he had not noted before en-
graved in the massive f1ange. Friends
all hours" He smiled. The sentiment
sent warm current of pleasure to
his finger-tips. Here was the very
text Of hospitality!
A Lilliputian spider-web was
stretched over the preempted keyhole,
and he fetched grass-stem and poked
out its tiny gray-striped denizen be-
fore he inserted the key in the rusted
lock. He turned it with curious
sense of timidity. All the strength of
his fingers was necessary before the
massive door swung open and the lev
cling sun sent its late red rays into
the gloomy interior
He stood in a spacious hall, his nos
trils filled with curious but not UNI
pleasant aromatic odor with which the
place was strongly impregnated. The
hall ran the full length of the build
ing, and in its center wide, balus-
traded double staircase led to upper
darkness. The floor. where his foot
prints had disturbed the even gray
film of dust, was of fine close par
quetry and had been generously
strewn everywhere with mica-like
powder. He stopped and took up a
pinch in his fingers, noting that it
gave forth the curious spicy scent.
Dim paintings in furnished frames
hung on the walls. From niche on
the break of the stairway looked down
the face of tall Dutch clock, and on
one side protruded huge bullying
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BUILDING A RACK
FOR HAULING WOOD
Use Two Pieces of Very Strong
Wood and Have Blacksmith
Make Standard Sockets.
CIV w. H. UNDER WOODY

Take two 4 by pieces of very
strong wood not less than eleven feet
long and not more than twelve and cut
notch SO as to fit down over hind
bolster of wagon to prevent rack from
slipping backward or forward. Use
four or six standards on each side and
the same number of cross pieces and
at the same places make sure that the
standard In going down through the
standard socket catches and prizes
against the end OF the cross piece.
Make standards three and one-half
feet long. They may be afterwards
cut off if desired. Have blacksmith
make standard sockets from old
wagon tires to admit standard one
and one-half by four inches and with
bolt holes for one-half inch bolts. Bolt
all cross pieces firmly. Have wagon
nearby when making rack and have
the rack go as far forward as possible
so that when 1t is turned so that front
wheels strike the side rail on one side
and the other wheel will just miss the
front end of the other side rail, and
also the front standard pocket. Boards
may be used on the wagon to get
these measurements.
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WHITEWASHING IS
EXCELLENT HABIT
One of Old Time Customs Which
the Present Generation Might
Profitably Follow.

The old-fashioned New England habit
of whitewashing everything, from the
front yard fence to the stable, at least
twice a year, was most excellent one,
and is one of the old-time customs
which the present generation might
well adopt.
The following is the recipe for max
ing whitewash published by the United
States department Of agriculture:
Stake half bushel of unslaked lime
with boiling water, keeping it covered
during the process. Strain it and add
a peck of salt, dissolved in warm wa
ter; three pounds of ground rice put
in boiling water and boiled to thin
paste; half a pound of Spanish whit
ing, and pound Of clear glue, dis
solved in warm water. Mix these well
together, and let the mixture stand for
several. days. Keep the wash thus
prepared in a kettle or portable fur
mace, and when used put it on as hot
as possible with painters or white
wash brushes.
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| did not believe they would do any
permanent damage to it until the last
year or two, when became convinced
that it would not do to pasture alfalfa,
and now keep my pigs out of it. am
satisfied that pasturing alfalfa to eth
er pigs or hogs will cause it to run out.
| begin to feed oats to the pigs as
soon as harvest comes on. They eat
it with a relish, and / find it one oil
the best foods / can use to give the
pigs stamina and start them on tha
road to fattening.
When the corn is past the roasting
ear period, l begin to feed them that
very lightly at first, gradually increas
ing the ration, until the late corn ia
ripe. | always feed some oats or old
corn along with the green corn, and
have never had any trouble from
thumps.
| consider it very important to feed
the pigs in dry warm quarters, and
never allow them to stray out in the
cold, wet rain. / have good shade In
the pasture under which they can lie
during the very hot weather.
/ spray my hog houses regularly
twice a year, and keep them white
washed inside and out, and have never
been troubled with lice on my place. 1
raise from 80 to rs hogs every year.
feeding them what / raise on the farm.
and always manage to make a profit.
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have had our secrets before, eh, Mon

have had our secrets before, eh, Mon
ty?"
Yes, Judith, we have"
She bent toward him, her hands
tightening on the cane. After ALL
it's true. Today / am getting old.
may look only fifty, but I feel sixty
and I'll admit to seventy-five. It's
joy that keeps us young, and | didn't
get my fair share of that, Monty
For just one little week my heart had
it all-all-and then-well, then it
was finished. 1t was finished long be
fore | married Tom cambridge. 1t
isn't that I'm empty-headed. It's that
I've been an empty-hearted woman,
Monty-as empty and dusty and desc
late as the old house over yonder on
the ridge"
81 know, Judith / know"
You've been empty in way. too,
she said But it's been different
way. You were never in love-really
in love. | mean. Certainly not with
me, Monty, though you tried to make
me think so once upon time, before
Sassoon came along, and-Beauty Va
liant"
The major blinked, suddenly
startled. 1t was out, the one name
neither had spoken to the other for
thirty years. He looked at her lit
tie guiltily; but her eyes had turned
away. Everything changed then,
she continued dreamily, everything. >
The majors fingers strayed across
his waistcoat, fumbling uncertainty
for his eyeglasses. For an instant
he. too. was back in the long-agc
past, when he and Valiant had been
comrades. It had been curious
three sided affair-he, and Valiant and
Sassoon. Sassoon with his dissipated
flair and ungovernable temper and
strange fits of recklessness; clean,
high-idealed, straight-away Valiant;
and he-a Bristow, neither better nor
worse than the rest Of his name. lie
remembered that mad strained season
when he had grimly recognized his
own cause as hopeless, and with burn
ing eyes had watched Sassoon and
Valiant racing abreast. He remem-
bered that glittering prodigal dance
when he had come upon Valiant and
Judith standing in the shrubbery, the
candle-light from some open door en-
goldening their faces: hers smiling, a
little fiippant perhaps, and conscious
of her SPELL his grave and earnest,
yet wistful.
You promise, John?'
Il give my sacred word. What
ever the provocation, will not lift
my hand against him. Never. never."
Then the same voice, vibrant, appeal.
ing. Judith! 1t isn't because-be-
cause--you care for him?'
He had plunged away in the dark
ness before her answer came. What
had it mattered then to him what she
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had replied? And that very night had
befallen the fatal quarrel!
The major started. How that name
had blown away the dust! That's
a long time ago, Judith"
Thirty years ago tomorrow they
fought" she said softly. Valiant and
Sassoon Every woman has her one
anniversary, l suppose, and tomor-
rows mine. Do you know what /
do, every fourteenth of May, Monty?
| keep my room and spend the day
always the same way. There's little
book / read. And there's an old hair
cloth trunk that I've had since l was
a girl Down in the bottom of 1t are
something's, that / take out and set
round the room and there
is a handful of old letters I go over
from first to last. They're almost
worn out now, but could repeat them
all with my eyes shut. Then there's a
tiny old straw basket with a yellow
wisp in it that once was a bunch of
cape jessamines | wore them to that
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RICH IN PALAEoLITHIC RELICS
Remarkable Find in Welsh Cave Has
Thrown Much Light on Lire OF
the Long Past Centuries

In recent lecture in the Ola Coun-
try, Prof. w. ]. Sollas, told OF a cave
rich in palaeolithic relics In human
and animal skeletons and implements
situated near Rosali, in the Cover pen
insula in South Wales, and is known
by the name Of Paviland cave. Inc
discovery there, said the professor Oh
a painted skeleton, long known as the
Red Lady," had rendered it famous.
Recent investigations showed that tnls
skeleton was the remains OF member
of the tall upper palaeolithic race.
The bones of the animals, most OF
them extinct, were in agreement with
this conclusion, the most abundant be-
ing the horse, cave bear, bison, rein
deer and rhinoceros. The mammoth
was less common. The implements In
cluded objects carved out OF mann
moths ivory. ivory rods. avis and
amulets, bone marrow scoops and
wolves teeth, perforated for suspen-
sion as o, necklace The cave. which
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CHAPTER TX.
Damory Court.


Oars Danny Co'ot smack-dab
ahaid, sub
John Valiant looked up. Facing
| them at an elbow of the broad road.
was an old gateway of time-nicked
| stone, clasping an iron gate that was
quaint and heavy and red with rust.
He put out his hand.
wait moment" he said in low
| voice, and as the creaking conveyance
stopped. he turned and looked about
| him.
Facing the entrance the land fell
away sharply to miniature valley
| through which rambled willow Dor
| dered brook, in whose shadows short
horned COWS stood lazily. Beyond,
whittier wound the Red Road, he
could see a drowsy village, with a
spire and a cupolaed courthouse; and
farther yet a yellow gorge with a
wisp of white smoke curling above
it marked the course of crawling
far-away railway.
"Et's er moughty fine OF place, sub,
mid dat big revenue OBJ trees" said
Uncle Jefferson But All reck'n ct
ain got none OBJ de modern conniv-
ances."
AS Valiant jumped down he was
| possessed by an odd sensation of old
acquaintance-as if he had seen those
| tall white columns Defore-an illu-
sorry half-vision into some shadowy,
| fourth-dimensional landscape that be-
| longed to his subconscious self, or
that. glimpsed in some immaterial
dream-picture, had left faint-etched
memory. Then, on sudden, the vista
vibrated and widened, the white col
umns expanded and shot up into the
clouds, and from every bush seemed
! to peer a friendly black savage with
woolly white hair.
| Westinghouse" he whispered.
The hidden country which his fathers
thoughts, sadly recurring, had painted
to the little child that once he was,
| in the guise Of an endless wonder
tale. His eyes misted over and it
seemed to him that moment that his
| father was very near
! Leaving the negro to unload his be-
longings. he traversed an overgrown
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strikes me as absurd-reminds me, in
fact of the Anti-Cruelty Society of
Nola Chucky.
"A man with big club appeared at
the annual convention of this society
and demanded the annual medal, or
first prize.
What kindness, the president
asked him, what kindness have you
shown, my man, toward the lower
animals that entities you to our
medals?
Wal, yer honor said the man, l
spared the life of bar. / might a
killed him with this here club. But l
let him off,
Where was this bear?" the presi-
dent asked. Where was he. and what
had he done to your
He'd killed my wife, the man re-
piled.
'Ho, ho!' cried the president. And
you demand our gold medal? My
friend you've been sufficiently re-
warded already"
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WASN'T ENTITLED TO MEDAL
President of Anti-cruelty Society
Made Decision Positively Brutal
In Its Frankness.

Mrs. Waldorf Aston at the port of
New York declared the other day that
she never wore aigrettes or the feath-
ers Of song birds, or the plumes or
anything that flies. Yet she was wear
ing sables at the time; her boots were
of calfskin; her gloves were kid. and
she would go to the Ritz-Carlton for
luncheon and swallow tiny, living oys-
tiers, afterward eating young trout
outlets of lamb, grjlled quail, and SO
forth and so on. Oh, consistency!
The speaker was DR.. L. c. Wither-
spoon, the San Francisco dietician.
Ee continued:
Man is cruel toward the animals.
There is no denying it. And hence
Mrs. Waldorf Astor is rather foolish
to pirate Of her kindness as regards
afgrettes when, on her behalf, we
slaughter daily birds and sheep, sables
ard seals, fish and kids.
YES, as the world is constituted.
any sAik Of kindness toward animals
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last ball-the night before it hap
pened. The fourteenth of May used to
be sad, but now, do you know, look
forward to it! | always have lot OF
jessamines that particular day-Pl
have Shirley get me some tomorrow
and in the evening, when | go down
stairs, the house is full of the scent
of them All summer long it's roses
but on the fourteenth of May it has
to be jessamines. Shirley must think
me a whimsical old woman, but | in
sist on being humored."
He smiled, little bleakly, and
! cleared his throat.
isn't it strange for me to be talk
| ing this way now!" she said present
| ly. Another proof that I'm getting
old But the date brings it very close
it seems, somehow closer than ever
this year-Monty, weren't you tire
mendously surprised when l married
Tom cambridge"
II certainly was"
I'll tell you a secret. l was, too
l suppose l did 1t because of a sneak
ing feeling that some people were feel
ing sorry for me, which l never could
stand Well, he was man any one
might honor. I've always thought a
woman ought to have two husbands:
one to love and cherish, and the other
to honor and obey. | had the latter
at any rate"
And you've lived, Judith he said
YES" she agreed, with little sigh
give lived. I've had Shirley. and she's
twenty and adorable. And I've had
people enough, and books to read, and
plenty of pretty things to look at. and
old lace to wear, and I've kept
my figure and my vanity-rm not toe
old yet to thank the Lord for that!
So don't talk to me about worsted
shawls and horrible arctics. For
won't wear 'em. Not if | know my
self! Here comes Shirley. She's
made two juleps, and IL you're a gen
tleman, you'll distract her attention
till I've got rid of mine in my usual
way"
The major, at the foot of the cherry
bordered lane, looked back across the
box-hedge to where the two figures
sat under the rose-arbor, the mother s
face turned lovingly down to Shirley
at her knee He stood a moment
watching them from under his
slouched hat-brim
You never looked at me that way
Judith, did you," he sighed to him
self. IT'S been long time, too, since
| began to want you to-'most forty
years. When 1t came to the show.
down, | wasn't even as fit as Tom
Dandridge."
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something draped with yellowed
linen sheet. From its shape he
guessed this to be an elk's head. Dust,
undisturbed, lay thickly on everything,
ghostly floating cobwebs crawled
across his face, and a bat fitted out
of a fireplace and vanished squeak
ing over his head With Uncle JEFF
ferson's help he opened the rear doors
and windows, Knocked up the rusted
belts of the shutters and flung them
wide.
But for the dust and cobwebs and
the strange odor, mingled with the
faint musty smell that pervades sun
less interior, the former owner OF the
house might have deserted 1t a week
ago On a wall-rack lay two walking
sticks and a gold-mounted hunting
crop, and on great carved chest
below it had been flung an opened
book bound in fooled leather. John
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called to an affair as delicate as it
was urgent.
He quickly made up his disguise.
For his bourgeois melon hat, he sub
stituted cap. the classic cap of the
Apache. He then jumped into an
auto.
He was not recognizable. or rather
he would not have been if the hon
orable inspector had not retained
upon his breast the red ribbon of the
legion of honor, ribbon that he had
heroically won at Shoisy-le-Roi, under
tragic circumstances that no one has
forgotten.
And the malefactors in the midst OF
whom this disguised officer insinuated
himself could not refrain from laugh
ing and are laughing yet at this man
clothed like one of them and decorat
ed with the legion of honor!-Le Cri
de Paris.
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New Bird Reservations.

During the past year seven new
national bird reservations were estab
lished by the United States govern
ment. making total of GO to date.
The new ones are as follows: Chants
so island, in Alaska; Pishl1un, in
Montana; Desecheo island, in Porto
Rico; Gravel island, on Green bay in
Wisconsin,; Aleutian islands, in
Alaska; Walker lake, in Arkansas, and
Petit Bots island, in Alabama. These
new reservations are important breed.
ing sites for certain species Of Wild
birds.