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, On that wild part of the coast of Nor
way that stretches between Bergen and
Stravanger there ouce lived a fiBlierntan
called Carl Blnven. Carl was one of the
poorest of all the fishermen that dwelt
on that shore.
Notwithstanding his poverty Carl
was on the eve of marriage. His brido
was the daughter of a woodcutter iu
the neighboring forest, so that the
match was pretty equal on both sides.
He dared not lanncb his leaky boat in
such a sea, and yet, if be caught no fish,
there would be nothing for snpper when
he should bring bis wife homo. Carl
walked ont npon the shore and wander
ed along, uncertain what to do.
He at length sat down upon a sbelv
liug rock and looked ont upon the cea
toward tue great whirlpool called the
maelstrom, of which so many fearful
things were recorded.
"What riohes are bnried there," said
Carl to himself bnlf aloud. "What
casks of hotter and bams to cay uolh
ing of gold and silver and here am I,
Carl Bluven, to te married tomorrow.
and not a keg for the minister. If I had
bnt one cask from the bottom of tl:e
maelstrom, I would"
Bnt Carl did not fl nish the sentence.
Like, all the fifhermcn of that coufet,
Carl had bis superstitious and his be
liefs, and he looked round him rather
uneasily, for ho well knew that all in
the maelstrom belonged to Kahlbran
nur, the tall old mariner of the whirl
pool.
He was just ubout to rctnrn to his
solitary bnt, when a high crested wave,
rnshing through tho channel beside him,
bore a cask along with it and threw it
among the great stones that lay between
the rocks.
It proved to bo tho very thing ho
wanted a cask of as fluo butter as ever
came ont of Bergen and as fresh as if
it had been churned a month ago.
Next morning betimes Carl Bluven
was on his way to his wedding, rolling
the cask before hiin, with the laigir
half of the butter iu it for his inarriugo
fee.
For some little time all went well
with Carl. What with tho provisions
he bad brought borne, and tho remains
of bis butter, the1 new married couple
did not faro amiss, even although the
fisherman rarely drew a net.
At length, however, the sausage pots
stood empty, and even the Uammel
Orsk cheese was reduced to a c-hcll. As
for the bntter, Carl cud his wife bud
foond it so good that tho cask bud keen
empty long since.
Carl left his bnt, taking bis net and
his oars over his choulders, leaving
Ulricwalln picking cloud turics, and
unmooring bis toat paddled out of the
creek and began throwing his nets. But
not a fish could be tuke. Tho snn set,
and dusk begun to cietp over the chore.
The tide bad retired, so that Carl's beat
was left dry a long way within water
mark, and he bad to walk a drcury mile
or more among the black, dripping rocks
that lay between him and his own
dwelling.
As Carl turned away be noticed at a
little distance closo to the water o small
beat that well ho knew belonged to no
fisherman of tbut coast, It was the very
least boat be had ever teen, such as no
seaman of Bergenbuns cculd keep afloat
on such a sea, and the build of it, toot
was the queerest ho bad ever Ltl.ild.
Raising his eyes from the pools of
water, iu which bo hoped to find some
floundering fish, be observed a full fig
ure advancing frcin tbe (bore iu the di
rection cf the little bout ho bud cecu aud
nearly in tho same line which be was
pursuing.
"A dreary night this, Carl Blnven.
said tbe ttrango mariner, "and likely
for a storm. " t -
"I bono not," said Carl, Dot a little
surprised that be should bo addressed
by bis name.
"Yon hope nut," said tbe other, with
an ugly sneer. "And who, I wonder,
likes better than Carl Bluven to toll
castaway tctk to bis caLiu doorr"
" Why, " returned Cat! apologetically,
'what Prcvkiicco kindly studs 'tis not
for a peer Gthermiu to refute.
You liked tbe butter I tent yon,
then?" (aid tbe slratge marintr.
"Yoo sent we?" said Carl.
But Carl's rejoinder remained with
out further explanation.
i "Aha!" said the tall marintr, point
ing out to sea in the direction of tbe
maelstrom. "be bears rigbt npon it
the Fronrf Dronlheim, deeply laden I
We'll meet again, Carl Bluven." And
without further parley tha tall, strange
mariner brushed part Carl and strode
Uiastily toward tho sea.
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Carl walked toward bis own boots
b felt Lext thing to sure that lbs tall
mariner be bad encountered was no
other thon Kablbraunar. He reached
the vateiumrk opposite to bis own
house, and at tbe same tin e bis foot
struck spainst a cask lying bigb sad
dry on tho very (put where the otbr
kad drifted.
Carl guessed where It came from, and.
lolling tbcovk to bis own door, bo was
soon busy staving it aud drawing out,
cave after another, some of tbe choicest
white puddings and dried bams thai
twer left the barbae of Bergen.
, Curl Bluven bad sfngolar dream
that sight. He tbougbt that ha saw the
tittle boat be bad noticed that evesinf
lying bryoad tbe rocks at low tide, and
that be walked ont to examlM It, and,
brtng carious to know whether be could
steer so very small a boat, be stepped
Into ft, and, leaning forward, hoisted
lbs little sail at lbs bow, tbe only one
It bad, and wbea be tamed round to
tabs the tela be saw Ike tail marines
sittiaa as stwiiaan
Hot a word was spoken tW after
little wbils tbe stsjersmsn. pointing for
ward, said:
-There abs is, as I told row, tbe frou
of Drootbeim, bearing rigbt upon tbs
my news is Kahl bran-
Car! now looked ont abend aud
n fearful- sight; tho sea, a league acroM,
was like a boiling caldron, whirling
round aud round, and gradually,' as it
were, shelving down to the center,
where there appeared a huge hole, round
which the water wheeled with an awful
swirl.
A gallant tbrce masted sbip was with'
iu the whirlpool; she no longer answer
ed the helm, but flew round and round
the raldrcu, gradually uearing tbe cen
ter, which she soon reached, and, stern
foremost, rushed dowu the gulf that
swallowed her nn.
The little boat, piloted by tbe tall
mariner, new directly across tbe whirl
pool to its center, and tho next moment
Carl found himself walking with bis
companion ou the ribbed sea sand at the
bottom of the males trom.
What a sight met the eyes of Car I
Mountains of wealth, wrecks of a thou
sand vessels,, aud the white bones of
mariners, thicker strewn than grave
stones in a churchyard. But what main
ly attracted tho eyes of Carl were tbe
gold and silver that lay about, as plen
tiful as pebble stones.
"Now," said Eahlbrannar, after Carl
had feasted bis eyes awhile upon all be
saw, "what would you give, Carl Bin
veu, to be master of all this?"
"Faith," said Cars) "I am bnt a poor
fltheru.uni ycu ask me what I would
give for all I see here, and you know I
have nothing to give."
"There you're wrong again," said
Rahlbruumir. "Sit down upcu that
chest of gold, friend, and listen. Ycu
shall be the richest butter merchant and
ham merchant aud spirit merchant in
all Bergeubnus and have more gold aud
silver in your coffers than King Chris
tian has in his treasure, and in return
you shall marry your daughter to my
sou."
Carl, having no daughter and not
knowing whether he might ever have
one and half thinking the offer a jest,
said, "A bargain be it then."
It was the nicrniug after this that
Carl, awakening just at daybreak,
sprang out of bed, and, telling Dldewal
la that ho was going to draw a net that
morning, left his hnt and walked to
wnrd the rocks. v-
Uldewalla, feeling uueasy in ber
mind, rose and looked through tbo small
window and saw ber bust and iu tbe
gray of tho morning walk ont among
the black rocks (for the tide was back),
and she could see him standing close to
the low water line, and another of tall
er stature stuudiug by him.
Carl, however, -was not long absent.
A terriflo storm soon after aroee, and in
the midst of it he arrived, rolling a
huge cask up to tbe door.
Next day Carl told her be was dis
contented with his manner of living
that he was resolved to bo a rich man.
and that the very next morning they
should depart for Eergcn.
. Next morning saw Carl and Ulde
walla on their way to Bergen. Ulde
walla proposed that they sboold tuko
their provisions with them aud such lit-
tllrarticlc as they possessed, lut Carl
said there was no occasion for aucb
strict economy, as he bad a well stored
warehouse and everything comfortable
at Bergen.
Carl led Uldewalla to a good bouse,
facing tbe harbor, where, as be bud
said, everything was prepared for their
reception. A neighbor who bad lived
hard by brought tbe key, telling them
that a good fire was lighted, for a tall
gentleman, who engaged the bouse, bod
ordered everything to te got ready that
evening, and adding:
"Tbe quantity of the good brought
into tba warehouse this day is tbe won
der of all Bergen. They've been carried
iu as fast as boats could land them, and
the boatmen, they say, were all as like
to each other as one cask they carried
was to another. '
Never indeed was warehouse better
stored than Carl Bluven's. Ho was soon
looked upon as the most considerable
merchant and the most moneyed man In
Bergenhnns.
It is tree indeed that Carl bad de
tractors. Some wondered where be came
from and others where be bad got bis
money. All bis payments were made in
old coin or strange coin, aud not in tbe
current Bibfief of Ibe coontry. L'oi
prosperity always raises up enemies.
and Carl's gold was good gold and none
tbe worse for its age.
To Uldewalla all this was a mighty
agreeable cl cuge, aud iu gcod time
Uldewalla Leccine tbe mother of a girl
so beautiful that the was the admira
tion of ber parents and the wonder of
all Bergen.
For tho first IS years of ter Carin tba
was born Curl was uot only a thriving,
but a rigbt intny merchant. His deal
ings grew more and more extensive, and
iu respect of wealth bo distanced all
competition.
But as Curiulha grew up Carl grew
lcrs mmj, sud when tbe bsd passed
ber sixteenth summer and when Ulde
walla spoko to brr husband about set
tling Cariutfaa in tbe world any one, to
bare looked in Carl's face at Ibat lime.
would have seen tbst somttbiog ex
traordinary was passing wllbiu.
IE was about year after Ibis that tba
son of the governor of Bergenbaua,
Hamel von Storgelven, cast bis eyes
upon Carfnlha and berame enamored of
ber. bbe on ber part did not rebuke bis
advances,- except with that maidenly
timidity that is becoming, and all Ber-
sen said there would be n wedding.
- Carl began to treat all that bad ones
tamed as an old story, and, seeing bis
nkiueyLag a boat bin and bis wa
bouses full of goods, there was nothing
to remind him of bis hnt on the sea-
coast and what bad happened there, sad
nothing bnt what might well breed e
in bis face walked directly up to Curl
: Blnven, wbo had uot falleu back liko
tbe rest, but manfully stood bis ground.
and was, therefore, a little apart from
bis ocViauious.
No t could distluotly bear what
passed bV'Veen tbe tall.old, strange mar
iner aud the chief magistrate. It wa
evident, ' however, that angry word
passed between the two. The mariner,
darting a menacing scowl t his com
panion, turned away and descended into
1 bis boat, which be paddlewbut of tbu
harbor, while every one looked after it
and asked of bis neighbor the same qnes
tion as before, "Where does it como
fromJ'-
"I served bim right," said tbecblef
magistrate as lie walked homeward.
"Fulfill my bargain iudeedt No.no! If
he waa such a simpleton as to fill my
warehouse with goods and my coffers
with cash upon a mere promise, I'm uot
such a fool as to keep it. Let me' but
keep ou dry laud and I may suap my
fingers at bim, and by tho . ghost of
King Kyree if I catch bim aguiu cu tho
quay of Bergen I'll clap bim in the city
jail."
He now knew tbe worst Hi prouilEi
could not bind Carin tha iu any way.
who would be seenre eveu against
treachery so soon as tbe wedding ring
was placed upon ber finger.
For- more than 90 years after tbo
marriage, of Carintha Carl Bluven ecu
tinned to enjoy hi prosperity aud to
exercise at due intervals tbe office of
chief magistrate, and be saw bis grand
children grow about bim, and at length
bnried bis wife Uldewalla. Bnt tbe
penalty of the rash promise bad yet to
be paid.
It chanced that Carl Bluven wbo, by
the bye, was now Carl von Bluven, hav
ing long ago received that dignity was
bidden to a feast at the honse of a rich
citizen who lived just on tbe opposite
side of the harbor.
Although it was nearly half a league
round the bead of tbe harbor and across
tbe drawbridge Carl walked ronnd rath
er than trust himself across in a boat, a
conveyance which, ever siuco his inter
view on tbo quay, be had stadionsly
avoided.
In the midst of their conviviality, aud
when it uearly approached midnight,
tbe merriment was suddenly interrupted
by the bollow beat of the alarm dram,
and all hastily arising, and running to
the window, wblcb looked out npon the
harbor, Carl saw that his own ware-
bouse was in flames.
It was, as has been said, half a league
round by lbs drawbridge ; tbe merchant
saw his well stored warehouse within a
stone's throw of him, burning away-
tbe fumes of wine were in bis bead and
witbont further thought be leaped into
a boat that lay just below and pushed
across. '
Scarcely bad Carl Bluven done tbii
when be recollected bis danger. Paddle
as bo would, tbe boat made no way,
Some seameu awoke at the loud cries
for help, aud some, wbo jumped bnt of
their hammocks, told bow they saw a
boat drifting ont of tbe harbor, t
Two or three days after this1 event
tbe Tellemarke, free trader, arrived in
Bergen from Iceland aud reported
"that bnt for a strong northerly breeze
she wonld have been sucked into tbe
maelstrom; that a little before sunset,
wben within two leagues of tbe whirl
pool, a small boat was seen drifting
empty, and tbat soon after another, tbe
smallest and strangest built boat tbat
ever was seen, passed close under their
bows, to windward, paddling in tbe di
notion of the maelstrom;, that two
mariners were in it, be at the beiui of
an exceeding tall stature and singular
countenance; tbat the other cried ont
for help, upon which the shin lay to
and manned a boat with four rowers,
but that with all tbeir exertions they
were unable to gain upon tbe little boat,
wblcb waa worked by a single paddle,
aud tbat tbe boatmen, fearing they
might be drawn into the whirlpool, re
turned to tbe ship, and that, just at
sunset, tbey could descry tbe smull boat.
by the help of the ir glasses, steering
rigbt across tbe maelstrom ss if it bad
been a small pond. "Friendship's Offering.
PENNSYLVANIA ROADS.
lHCBLAeKRIN7CE'.3'ARMY.
th Lat Ksllsa rM Evr Aass
kiwi Teak Um Bolsters to STaan,
Mr. W. O. Stoddard's serial,'"Witb
tbe Black Prince," gives in St Nicho
las an account of tbe splendid army
tbat accompanied tbe prince to tba bat
tle of Creoy. Mr. Btoddard says:
A Plan For Thatr Imororomomt Vaster
Kxtetlne Laws SaesjasssSi
Professor John Hamilton, deputy sec
retary of agriculture of Pennsylvania,
has suggested a plan for tbe improve
ment of country roads under existing
law in tbe state which be believes
will accomplish tbe desired result.
His plan for the improvement of tbe
roads is tbst in tbeir report tbe board
of viewers should first of all state their
conviction as to whether pnblio necessi
ty demands snob a road; that tbey pre
sent as part of tbeir report a map show
ing tbe courses and distances and also
profile msp showing tbe contour of tbe
ground with tbe cuts and fills marked
and also the degrees of elevation; tbat
no road, except in extreme cases, shall
bave over five degrees grade, and,
possible, not over tbrce; that tbe right
of way shall be at least 88 feet wide
that all streams and ravines requiring
bridges shall be properly marked upon'
the map, together with the location, of
crossroads, nearby bouses and property
lines, through which tbe proposed road
Is to run, and tbat there sball also be
marked on tbe draft tbe character of
the .soil over which tbe road is to be
built; tbat all drawings shall be to
scale, and tbat there shall accompany
tbe report the engineer's estimate of the
probable cost of construction.
Mr. Hamilton also suggests tbat none
but liberal minded, intelligent, public
spirited citizens be placed upon these
boards of viewers and that tbe engineer
be thoroughly competent not only to
run lines upon tbe ground, but also to
take levels and give estimates of eruts
aud fills, with tbe probable cost of con
struotion. Mr. Hamilton believes if bis
suggestions are carried into effect by tbe
courts it will be but a question of a few
years before a marked improvement
shown in tbe condition of tbe public
highways.
COST OF MACADAM ROADS
RED CLOVER.
Cxemvatlov, Colverfa, Wmmnm mm
awsrlasr Inelaood.
In response to inquiries as to tbe coat
of macadam roads we give tbe follow
ing, wbich are tbe figures in Maasacfau
setts, says Tbe L. A. W. Bulletin: Coon
try bigbwsys sre maradamiTed to I
width of 13 or 16 feet Tbero are but
two of tbe narrower width in tbe state
as yet In villages tbe width varies
from 18 to 84 feet, and tbe depth is according-
to traffic. On sandy, gravelly
or porous soil tbe broken stone is mid
to a depth of six inches, and on clay or
wet soil telford is laid to a depth of
eight inches and covered by four incites
of broken stono, with a layer of gravel
from two to fonr inches in depth on top
of tbe clay and beneath tbe telford.
Tbe cost includes excavations, drains,
telford ing, gutters, culverts, fences.
monuments and engineering in addi
tion to the macadam. At the end of
1896 the average cost of tbe 107 miles
completed was $10,869 macadam, 1 5,
8S, and miscellaneous, 4,864:
Averse oust per snUe of trading; .11 Sl 0
Avoraaoeest per atlMof drabss US It
Avarara eost per ssiie of teltord n al
Lowest eost per lost of brokaa sioe. .. - 1
Bisbeat coat per toa of bmkca stoao.. M
Arena qaantitr per aiW ol la usee
stone, ton. S.SU1
Hiebast aaaautr par ailba of brosea
lone, tons .
Lowest eost par ssitoniaeadaa.... $1,009 IS
Low sot cost per miss eosnpartnl rood. VSJS of
Htfhcst sort per Mile eomptolad rood BU 0
DEPTH OF MACADAM.
fideoce in any man.
- h was a flue, sunshiny day the day,
as baa been said, bef ore tbe eeJcbnuioa
cf Carin tba 's nuptials and Carl Blarvra
waa standing on the quay with tbe oth
er merrbaata, looking at tbe cbeerfel
sight of the ships passing la and ont
tbe bales of goods landing
chatting ebtsat pity putters and trade.
wbea snddesly all eyes were directed
toward tbe harbor. Carl's eyes follow
ed tbe ratt, and, sore eir"Tgh, be saw
biag that might well create won-
oVer ia ethers and somaibiag more la
him. . . ,
Where does it eosas from' said one.
"What elsmlax bsild !" said an
other. -
"Sever was sorb a boat area la Ber
gen harbor," mid a third.
MAnd look at the halm aw aa." mid a
fourth. "He's talk tbaa the meat."
A for Carl, he mid nothing, hat re
mained standing with tbe groan of Bier
chaata. Meanwhile the boat toncbed lbs
-Trm-M, .T ..JlT7.C: CT'rrr I landing place, and the tail
Jots' bT" ' T J tttffei out, and with a singular
It was tbe largest English fleet yet
assembled, and tbe army going
board wa also the best with which any
English king had ever put to sea. It
consisted of picked men only. Of these,
4,000 were men-at-arms, 6,000 Were
Irish, 11,000 were Welsh, but tbe most
carefully trained and. disciplined part
of tbe force consisted of 10,000
men. During a whole year bad Edward
and his son and bis geiierals toiled to
select and prepare tbe men and the weap
ons with which tbey were to meet tbe
highly fa meid chivalry of the cwnrlnsnt
An army selected from a nation of per
haps 4,000,000 of people was to contend
with aa army collected from' France
with ber tO,000,000. and from sacb al
lies of hers aa Germany and Dooemia,
re-enforced by large numbers of paid
nmrenarlia Aiaisig- them latter were
the croasbownsea of Crane sold to Phil
tp by the masters of that Italian oli
garchy.
Edward's adventure bad a seeming
of great rsshnsat, for already It was re
ported that the French king bad mas
tered 100,000 men. Full many a gal
lant cavalier in armor of proof may
weu have wcoerei to hear, moreover,
that Edward III. accounted tbe fore-
of hie time, pcopoaed to
numbers of the beat
of Earope with lightly aiaaored
men on foot Tbey kaww no yet of lbs
new era that was dawning upoa tbf
scieoos of war. Edward and bis bow
men wars to teach tbe world more Uea
one new lesson before that nnsnosabls
was over. Before this hs
whet AasrVi might be wroagbt
the esa by ships prepared
msansd sad led by himself. Ha bad so
crippled the naval pewer ef hie
miaa that Users was new I
to prevent hie
aadertakiag. aJthqagh Philip bad
aged to sead ont some seune of si a lass I
to do whatever ana they soaid.
Taa Talekar the
Area af tha Baas BasHlalssJ taa toa, -,.
Many so called macadam roads ores
siet of a few inches of broken stone laid
on tbe surface of' tbe ground witboel
any provision for preventing tbe stones
from spreading under the pressure ef
loads. There should be made a trench
of tbe width and depth intended few the
roadbed. For light traffic sis inches cf
stone on a good foundation will answer.
but for heavy trafflo this is not suffi
cient
Tbe pressure of a load passing over a
compact road spreads out through the
body beneath in conelike form, the apex
being at tbe load on lbs surface. With
a depth of but 6 inches tbe weight at
tha bottom will be spread out ever 86
square inches; if it is inches deep, tbe
weight on tbe foundation will
over 81 square inches, and if It inches
deep 11 spreads over 144 square tnchea
Depth of roadbed means strenelh. The
area of tbe base sustaining the weight
of tbe load increases as tbe square of
tbe depth. A road 11 inches deep is four
times as strong as one six inches deep.
sections la tba Swathem States Where
This Important Crop Thrives. -
Until recently it bas been thought
tbat red clover could not be grown in
tbe southern States; but according to a
farmers' bulletin, in North Carolina it
bas succeeded weland bas maintained
a full stand longer tbaa iu most other
sections, while on tbe sandy white soil
of tbe Florida station it bas done but
little. At tbe Louisiana station it bas
made a vigorous growth, affording two
large cuttings during the first season, bnt
it soon succumbs to tbe encroachments
of native grasses. At the Mississippi
station on rich creek bottom and on
black prairie soil it bss given excel
lent results, making two tons of bay per
acre iu May, another too in June and in
favorable seasons another ton in Sep-'
(ember, though tha last cutting baebeea
unreliable on account of summer
droughts
' Where such yields can be made it is
one of the best crops wbich can be
grown, but there are many localities in
tbe south where it bas not been found
profitable. It requires a soil wbich is
rich and in fairly good condition to se
cure a "catch" of tbe seed, and on many
soils where it makes a promising start
and yields two or three cuttings it soon
becomes overrun with tbe native grasses
and is choked put Ordinarily it will
not pay to grow it more than two years
on tbe same ground, as by the end of
tbat time it will bave done its best
work in fertilising tbe toil, and tbe land
will give better returns if tbe last crop
of clover is plowed under sad tbe field
planted to some other crop. As the
plant produce seed sbandantly here and
are not infested with tbe insects which
bave recently done so much damage to
tbe crop in tbe northern states, there
seems to be no reason why tbe seed crop'
should not become of eosMMterabla im
portance. Bed clover is a euiversally racognktett
standard in estimating tbe valors ef ail
other crops when grown either far hay
or as a green man axe. sad we base
i special efforts to test it ca as f
great a variety of toils as possible ami
do not hesitate to reruesmead it for ail
rich soils which are in good aatcbaairai
condition, bet it is asesess to sow H ea
barren fields or oa roagh and poorly
ltd lands of any kind. It seems
best suited for growth en allodial and!
black prairie aula and baa never been
satisfactory oa sandy or white lima
l August sowings have tjna the
best satisfaction, as tbe plants from
such sowings are sufficiently strong to
keep clown any growth of wild ajaauts
and weeds the next spring and will
give a heavy catting cf hay ia May. If
sowed ia February, the asore enasasoa
time, the first catting will be prneipsJ
ly of volunteer grasses, bat the clover
wiU give two good cuttings later. Sow
ing with cats in FcAreary is often suc
cessful, bat the clover is often Sutured
by cutting tbe cats, tbaa rcreeviag the
t Jest at the beginning of the hot
weather. Sow cue bashel cf the seed to
each five acres, is the advice of the aai-
letin here quoted.
80ME .FOWL: FIGURES.
a.
Ilaas Avara Mtaetv-ave Mggt Bach Tor
Tee M oaths. .
Our small breeding pen of Black Busi
ness birds bas paid a square profit from
tbe start Here is tbeir egg record to
date: .
- JTq ,
Emts. Bens. aa.
starch Ul to 12.1
April .mmm-Kh W . V
Mar MS 10 U
June lit 10 14.1
Jul? 114 t 12
Ancuat.. ........ . ...... to S7
September. H S Z.I
October 43 1 a
Kovembsr 17 S Z.1
Dseesabsr si S SS
Totals ttis it
Thus in ten months these bens bave
averaged about 95 eggs each. Here, as
in larger flocks, some bens bave proved
ranch better than others. I in satisfied
tbat one old hen bas laid over 140 eggs
thus far. She is tbe first one to begin
this winter, and we are satisfied that
our first laying pullet is ber daughter.
Bbe is s big; clumsy bird, with a wry
tail In buying live bene in tbe market
I would never select saeJi a bird from
her-appearance alone, yet she is the
best layer on tbe farm. This is the best
ill astral ion we bare bad of to superior
ity of home bred Steele frees the best
laying fowla, Hen vary asore tbaa
most people realize, bfi.fr ia the a-amber
of eggs tbey will hvy (taring the year
and in their ability to anatoxe quickly
arjol recover rarpnily frons their emit.
Some hens seen to be lest fitted tj
nature for proersciag egg ia eoiii
wealn.r. Taey are gnoet apecinre.ua a.
breed from. Hope farm Scites ia
Baral New Yorker.
TO PREVENT ROUP.
I. have neea actively eanaectsedi with.
the poultry baaiueas for mora- Kuant at
eVcacH, says a writer m. The Sfatinnai
Scocfcmaas and Farmer, amt uniiafliXaC'
iagly ary the test way to ease map- in
to keep clear of tha- fiiuX dinonlnn. That
is. preveataaB practically chut sniy
aatsaxaetory remedy.. It w whII enoughs
to talk about smiting eases, bat most of
tha to called cures leava lain birds-all
aroksa tp cnascitationu.Qy' and pracfii
csHt worthless. Wbea I first! begone do
keep fowls, map wait a tfembia ftrndbiH
to aev but uttwiy we da not have On
worry much) about! the liiaortim- amf
this. I think, is the- uueriunQU of ehtt
awjnrity3f poultry tropera, A beginner
ia almost sure to- gut m gnotl taste of ruuu
the first faQ ami winner in wliinni he
practices poultry eu&usa. It ia m assy
to neglect ciiising- doors- audi wiminww
sad Ktrmg tonkaa pauHSof gloss, wamli
if uot done means- drafts of aixr upon the
hiriie while at ronst, an of the most
prolifis eoursss ef roupj ia sxiatnnce.
Foul air ia almost! as bad at a dcaO.
Have tftsfltive vaCLUitionk But dot no
allow the aur 60 blow apua. the- mumta.
Feed wisely anil be vigilant! and thereby
avoid roup.
THE CACKLING HEN.
Quits aa Mach Truth as Foetry Ia This
, ...... - - Utile Mmj.
We bave read of Maud on a summer
say wbo raked, barefooted, tho new
mown bay; we bave read of tbe-maid
In tbe early morn who milked the sow
witb the crumpled born, and we've
read tbe lays tbat tbe poets ting of the
rustling corn and tbe flowers of spring,
but of all tbe lay of tongue or pea
there's naught like tba lays of the Iowa
ben. Long, long before Maud raked her
bay tbe Iowa ben bad begun to lay, and
ere tbe milkmaid stirs a peg tba hen ia
up and baa dropped ber egg. The corn
must rustle and flowers mast spring if
they bold their owa with tbe barnyard
ring. If Maud is needing a hat and
gown, tbe doesn't bustle her bay to
town; tbe gnes to the store sod obtains
ber rent with a teetfnl of fresh bea
fruit If tbe milkmaid's beam makes
Sunday call, she doesn't teed him en
milk at aQ, but works an rgjrs be a esav
terd pie and ttuffthias foil cfaeirjesea
fry, and wheat the eld man wants a bora
does he taka the diagist a load ef
earn? Set maebv Be simply xoea neat
and to town he goes yew know tbe
rest. Be linger tnere and he talks ptsv
euanee ef trae reform sett enrree
ftaaace, while hie prior wife stay a
home sari seswlav is is asews from '
wai ly lies mlfsaeaefoerS. forwhsl
the kuofcaud fcagere toere ah watsehea
the caeMnxg seat wcsfii care and gadThers
tggsv asui eggs she'll aide tHl east gefes
anoug& to seen ths tidev Hem aaoi. aQ
audi, to the lowaieav the greatest siess-.
mir ef all to meoL . Throw syrmsrhoca
aad ffuu cnitt ariwi fi?r tltosersewtsv '
tog barayaed fowIC Cam srarf ha kattj.
boa rtt plainly men tuns the lam hem
n tlw Aiwa qnaaav Ciiiinnnati Tjatf-una-JonmaJ,
DRI'IHUUIUG FOUNTAIN.
NdtevOTy farmer wsttmIiwftvrie&ii
aing' tCraaout whar She jauinrw eass gR
arwaArwamttlhwaaCitsspstrmllw
the. yuang; ahickaiut, turkey and gms-
Unirst. 1 banghtt sevnuaJ
galvaniod paiia fiur ST
soma small pane nur Id'1
Vermoneiir so. In Quango JuiuiFai
A smull kola was- moiietha tow aoenma
Ia looking fur the Sua Jose seals meat
tsobs will pass it by unnoticed' oa ac
count of its very small siar-. The female
le is only aboat one twenty if la of
aa Inch ia diameter, while tbe asnie is
only about orar-half thai rise. Tawahape
of the female m nearly ctrcsssr, while
tba mala is aaorv closured. The female
is sharply convex or csmkal ia the
iter. This last character will help to
dittingnmh it from many ef the other
te common suae it a, Itocoior is Mar
ry like the hark an which it fat found.
ither dmnnsrsisbiiig eaoxacser is
found in the reddwe ducusuraliua of the
bark imnwidi alsly v samwimting tbe
scale, extending through both the eater
and inner hark. These chaiaetera will
enable one with aa ordmnrv pockat mag-
ailying glass to readily dweret the pres-
of the lamrt. Ptofeseut Targofty
Indiana Experiment gmtiua.
A Ores Usllsaal
"A grtat national highway might te
constructed, suggests Ueoeral Boy
Stone, "called per ha pa 'the Ureal Bead
of America,' which should first Join to
gether the states along tbe Allan tie tea
board, than strike serosa tbe country oa
a ceii Li hi line, my from Washington to
Sen Francisco, Joining there another
line wbich oonnecta the states oa
Pad Ac coast; this road to be built aot
by tba general government aloae. hat
by tbe stales, under such arrangtmesna
as tbey may make within their owa
borders, and by the govern meet through
tha territories and its owa lands and
reservations; built aot by taxation of
the stoles or tbe people, hat practically
out of its owa benefits.
Here is a retort which a -dull era.
to be vary dull. Whoa Aleneder the
Great waa roar age. he bad already oon
eaered the world. fMucnat WelL you
tea, ae ana Arueoue tot a
Foreigner! are said to describe oar
turnpikes as "dag out bridle paths. '
Kbods Island Is lhonly stats to have
S csjUege where the stance la la ad
tioa to regalar brunches are taught the
art of road build ing.
Conway W. Bams, chief consul of the
Maryland division U A. W.. states that
$148,000 was nerd an the roads tn Bal-
timore county last year almost without
results.
The snggtettit plaa of toad bnprove-
ateat ia Ooaaertloal proposes the build
ing of one great stale highway east sad
west and an other north sad sooth across
the state, with tew grades, and toajoh
fatg. so far as poaeibla. the ytrpas of
larger population.
I hare siren Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy a lair teat an-1 exn-
aider it one of tba ret beet remedies
for crou that I hare ever found.
One dose has always been sufficient,
although I um it freely. Any cold
my cbikiren contract yields very
readily this medkHna. I can con
scieotionaly recommend it for croup
and colds in children. Geo. E.
Wert. re. Clerk of tha Circuit Court,
Fernandina, Fla. gold hy T. A.
Albright ft Co. i
Many country homes are attuatvd
npon elopes, with tbe well ea the higher
land above the house. Bat with each
aa advaatageoas aileatkm of the waste
aa spry there see
eN. -
'- aarare'a wiLUag-
la roa siranaiEw aemtosemp wa-wa-nrn.
ter into the kitch
en) sink fee these. Farm Journal liwLj.;
Bat are eaa be hararsmd tone this wurft.
A pipe ie hud from aaas the hottum ef
the well to the front line of the ground
aad eowa tte alope to the esikar ef tbe
hoasa, where it tame epward to the
kitchen etak. Where the bead of the
pipe ta the well is higher thua the
kitchen sink all aae needs to do ia to
pat a faese oa the sad ef the .pipe and
Winers hone are fed Iurgo amounts irf
urwly huokadi and! not thoroughly
tiwB? digestive appuraima becomus
tfnordured. Tuls' to aflBtt 'temediBit by
heatmg the corn, to the point of sconch
tag Bene will sat this scorched cum
quite nadiry, audi they will be batter
for it ; but partly bornud, oats,, w tiara
the hulls are burned oil and! only the
klachmitd grmma m iutK are event bC
uncgiua scare hud corn. Thin ie really
the beat way ta ojd oaca to bens. The
kails siake the food mure bulky than, ia
aest for them, as thair crops ace limit
ed, sail the light,, ebaify grain; dues
ae give tunU'bm arunnCiou tee the bast
egg productiun. Ammriaani CultivuCur.
GIVE THEM LIGHT.
It is a sack of tight during- the- abjure
anyeef winesr quint- aemuoh. ae colli,
that swrvents bene (ram laying a this
msiiuSK x Wlula it is anpaiwibio to- make
the uuvs luilfur it iaaeumpsnurively easy
iieit to BiuJte uiw of all the duylight
there ie by tteviug- pinntry uf window.
But these,, it w aompittined, kit iu the
cold, however ahnwly the suebes muy be
fahns. . Glum te oa axmllunsNonduc
ef sua, while wood uonductu
sourly. Hence thure ace fur
...
romiLua soasninxjrss.
of each, gail wninli waa til am fQladl
with- wacair audi sek hu ttomirldla-afF at
shallow pom A bused) ossevwenv planed
anj top,
Ida aught Ixd hueut sseui boar mourn
the chickens- aniii goslings enjoyed ttiiw
gooil drinking- munoum. JDa ant get tha
pan. too large.. spaus afi ananUiaua
half inuliaa below the mull amfi ttoonv-
sida of shu pant h suifiuumB. Thie ail
lhwe pluuty of ' CQOmi finf ill'iiilrnn-1 butt
the young birtla aannut get inox aba
tec and funii itt Kara unii bs-aaiuflii o
uuvm cuh liolu inutnui buaxnxiias tnetpaul
qnitu small. The opening; nindu trjr- tll
puinO at ouawtuu sxnulii nai ui large?
enuugu. nil. onu afi tiuntt
ewu.-a' day fioc SU grnlinga.
windows in hunaonsea, antt-
wealiher who thure are have,
tor
hVvAy
buoaiw
This breed! i nut A wH Knowan
among- Gila ftinnurair ia atumliii Bss.
Thoy ace an. uiaali m""tH" H wt
larga cnongili txi pay n -ntiw as a mnafr '
bramli Thuy limAm&f ahead! at tile &eg
homa in. mm.inil Jt ueliaue wilB Insratti
many eggs ut a jaac and! t&iragg;ia,ai
grnaa duailUrgaii. Uuo sUjmkaeptnr sayai
tho Uirgc eggs he- gnaw vamu fSxnm at
pMnxm Who has- Sin'utta ttMnav, Xheiw arsr
pare wilitu,, anil: if kept aluaoi am muss;
buudwima eggs, Anyone living; aeaa-m
airy who huii. junurraur sad would: umk:
n privacu mxumta and! aiSvurasaitn
Ghum ultmu fresh aaa eouMaajuly-builUl
up a trada ftic all he- aould prjoduoe- aft
quite an advauuw oees- atnrekeenmaf'
nrhwa.. Thmn ac slasm nlmev mht
auliHar willing; to pay- a, goudi nrints ftnr
aa arauia taiat tneyr aara dirpendi ant. amfi
by fcost twnxtlwmoii9 m
trossa agahut their panes thus thuy af-
turd IietiK light, So toe frjwla mope un
tbMuT ruusss when a colijiiuy sumus ixir
stead of keeping tosmiwlvus worm by
being ap and arounii, te bualcby fowla
should du, Jiu winder the fuwW bucome
tou fat to my under such, trwemunt,
The tvmndj is to giv fowut more
bgbt Jlase edditionttX windows sud
. i u & .u ii.
j pus cu bbl-sl ujuuuui uaui. w saoo. wuoi
at will This principle T,..k. tk. h ir i,
. . j ! at quito m good a eoououdujutue ef tbat
i- T"" """" l fotwill form eaa
tor and W the wsiL f doable window, aa toe moiaCare- ex-
haisd by treath cannot reavh. taa eufr
v sale glass, while the cuid will uot tvaob
At haast em ot ihea wiu-
Cesttp temp.
K early all the hacoa tur tale ia Texas
City sad t'hscagu.
Mach of this pork is emits from hogs
relsrd ia Texas and thipnwd to Ihuee
atiaa to bt bsKaerrd. Tbe toswaau
pay the freight buthaays. TvxasFarm
sad Ranch.
j
A Georgia farmer mye that it mal
pay to ass cotluaseed as a mrtiliarr fur
oats bars am M aors not act
quickly enough.
The eel live! sua ef elivea is simple
4 easy, the draw back bring that the
trees are stow of growth.
Dirersined farming to hound to
asore potmJar to Ik toath, last as
It has none bv the wee) and eunkweat.
all grain rahuag was rornmrly
the aractloa.
Aa aalhority ehUma that Georgia
grows asore even than hUiae. Jiew
Hampahira, Veraaoat,
and Mew York, all told.
Southern and Western stuck
mea know a fooA thing when they
it therefore fur arratcbcei.
sweeny, ring-bom, tlraine, spraina,
bruist-a, mdilie and ha races rails an
ailments of hewsea, they ttse Rice's
Goose ; rease liniment, it is good
lor man as beast. Sold and guar
anteed by all druggists and general
etorrU.
ws auoaul ttuat to the sasa so aa txi
waken the fowle by sunlight as early as
poesibea, Aftoe aa all aigh fan aeu
the tharael snyuia thw-yuae tuwto will
be ready toe a bearvy Awditig in the
Cultivator.
sir's fcmaerac.
Jt welt ItouwnjNMuamjcaunatca pau
tary bmettttr mye- fiv mure toane tern waacflk
ha baa hutt fjcom fbmr to sue ones abaua
bis- poulrry yurdsv, and awving;
bcought up ajninig: chrrrlbme ehw a
teoubuj thinnv but ac e ip
in killing or driving away- but neon and
mice- thatwonldi du maun dtuxtnge us
tcuaiing the grain,' as wall as. stiwUinic
the- ehuiksua thimialvas if thay kad a
abaooe,.
One f the di9f.-uliMM la tWduig fuwls
te that, as given ky the. isntlaitsiv .hn
tood to ia a ataaa aaci can be gobbk-d
dowa tux toa qukkly. to its anracut
state the tuwt beating kr loud ia
obliged to eat aloaly. eas graia at a
txsse. Usually after each saueihral the
hea it ebbged to SKtatchj fur arure. So
hagraiaed ia this tnstiar that a hea
with ruhrkrue will seracvh and clack
when she ties it toa piteef grainy One
at the r linnet why eura ie a had feed
for tow It is that the graia to btrge, and
tf ahcUcd and thtvwa eat by handfuit
the tow la cat i aeach toa fast toe their
goat TV tree way to feed heua ta to
mix their graia with chaff or straw, so
that they mas scratch fur it Xf covered
with amUow earth. U will be still Bet
ter, at the east Una tnsted will rid the
low ) of veraisa tstcrirus Cultivator
uTVt eouatry editor. tars the Lock,
hart (Miaa.) foacgrapK "is a reliable
A subscriber teat kirn
reery recently: 'What aila my
Every morning I tad one or
of them keeled ever to rue ao
rvjjy wean "The fowls are
It is aa old complaint and aoth-
lag sea bt eoee except re bury tares, ' "
tJmomna ruostay appwandamfaar ajdey
every weak.
Do aot give ie eolif water to your
Suck early to the awning ,
Feed pluuty of whoha eacai at aigftt
wbutt tha wWhaC txxwraaf; eouA
Hena should sow be bsvmg watX. and
tggs eommHitit a kigbj pnuev Ikirtu-yqur
lhyerebwsy. A alia eua ia a fooe egg;
fiodUGec.
Feed plenty of grwew tued wtdkacp
the etui, bea tUlad. Meat three tunes a
weskwiU help to stimnhito yoest hena.
to totter egg nwurds.
This to a good bate to septaee theolUL
woraout and filthy b ttwe wuuh ehmov
fresh straw Wait tue h naUd. ptsmisn t
esnny enyv and thaai hare a tossreal
airiag and bnnetrhinnina
CVaalimwa theaid he the tret easi J -craAsuav
eneswach, an the tvwts hav
beta housed tor many wevtes. ami tbvrv
lorecreat case sheald ha taken to kwt
coooa and houiwe free froaa vereua and
effeasrre locs. focastry (seMseeaasv
Tettesv SaH-Kheuaa and Kceeeacs.
TVs mtease bx-hiag and tatartin?. . : -it;
W I6eq.eisje. iainrTaallr o.., - '
by applying; Cnnmberjaia'a t- a
iiia tAittsrut. Maay eery Ka-i en
ixre fc-ea n i ifnaently cured br it.
a eqraUy 3i-se for rtcnine y.' t -a
favorite reusedr for sure f
civprcd bauds. ckQUaian. frt :
sal curoak- awe eyes. Si ct-s. rvr I
Dr. ftiij' CcBdrtien ru
iut whjLt a hora ma vk-n
xm-.litK.a. Tsio, blvxJ pn
.crraiir.sa. Tkev are ,.t i
ue.?i.-rr an-1 the best in n t
J-V ia priro cnU'.!-a. i
ceoU per p.cka ;;.