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DARE HE? OR, A SAD LIFE STORY CHAPTER XXXVIII. "Alter all," says Mrs. I,o Marchant presently, rallying a Utlk\ hor naturally buoyant tein"perdnientâ€" tliul l*.'inperii- nieiit whicti she has transiuittiHt with bucli curious Iklelity to ho^r cliilJâ€" t.oiu- uife- tcj hor r»scue; "after ull, there is j'.o reason why you shouUl si'e tiini. Elizabelli. 'riiero is no reason why she should s«i« him, is then'. Mr. Buryoyne? It could serve no possiblo end â€" could il? â€"and only bo e.Kc^cdingly painful to thwii both. You will explain to liini. will not you? You will take any m.'s- sage tram her? Yoi. will tell him that sh'. really is not up to it, will not you? It is quite true, 1 ani sure. You are not. aro you, darling! St>e i.s not, is slie?" The mother turns as she speaks ea{,'«;r- ly fixiin cno to tho other, addressing cuth in turn ; but from neillier does she ob- tain any answer. "Or I would speak to him my.self, if you thought tlial L-)etter," couliiiues she. stii. interrogating litem with her hand- sorno careworn eyes. "I wouUI say any- thing you wished said to him, and 1 would bo careful to say it m kindly ua possible. 1 ain sui-e lie w-mld under- stand; h(? would soo the s<nus«s lh'> jus- tico of it. would not he? Tli.iv is no need for her In expose hei-self to such usel«s suffering, is there, Mr. Hur- tjoyiie?" â€" appealing desperately to him by name, sinco h«j will not ivspond to any lass direct addressâ€" "wIm^u either you or I are more than ready to shield l\«r from it, are not we?" Thu.s apostropluaod, Jim is compelled t.' bri>ak tlw silence, which seems to Mm.'^elf to wall liini i-ound like a [jelri- faction. It is to Elizabett: that ho offers hJs hardly-won speech. "1 think I need not tell you," he .â- ^ays, gravely, and with pajisalile .Kitwdiness, "that 1 would help you in any way I could.' •She stands a moment or two lYreso- hile, her features all quivering as if with pain ; and yet, underlying ami undershjning the pain somotliiiig that is not pain. Then she puts out a hand im- pulsively to each. If Uio one that gives Itself to Burgoyrw had struck him on tho mout-h, instead of offering itself with af(<vtionale conlidi^ico to his clasp, il cculd not have hurl him more than do those small lin." .s that lie in his, tivni- bling with passion that is not for him. "You are both very good to me," she rays, brokenly. "/Vs t<i you, mammy, that i.s an old story. Hut I ri'ully l)e- lieve that there is nothing disagnvable that you, too"â€" with a slight grateful pressure of tli*> lifeloss haml that .s«) slackly ke«{w jwssessioii of hersâ€" "would not do for me. But do not think nie obstinate if I say Uiat I thinkâ€" I am ' sure â€" tliat il would bo luHterâ€" that it would hurt him lessâ€" if I sjioke to him myself." "It i.s not n question of what will hurt him least," cries Mi's. l» Marchant. with an agony of impatience in her lone. "The thing to lx> con.sidored is what will hurt vou l«usl. Mr. Bnrguyiie, am 1 not right? Do tell Iht that l" mii I Ought not slw to think of what will hurl hor least ?â- â€¢ But Jim is incapnble of ooniing a second timo to her resou?. His oyos are painfully fa.-«teau>l i.pon Kli/.at>eUi and he is watching the pain fall off, as il weiip, from hor face, and llie light spreml ixjsily ovei" It. Somo iiisliiict makew Iwr willKlraw that hand of hers wlin^'h he has slvown so little i«gei"ne>s lo rrtaiii, ore six* says, in a low but ix'rfeclly linn voire : "Well, theTi, I think it will hurt mo least, too." Five minutes later Jim has left Ihe roomâ€" ostensibly lo make arrnngeiiKNits for his friend's arrival, in ivality Im>- cause ho cannot count ujxin his own seIf-LXinti''il if he ivmain in il. The sur- vivors of Elizabeth l/O Marchanls ac- qi.atnlam'C remain unde»"apilaii\J. The widow-headed Lite Ouardsiiuin and Iho bajiy-btxhed coniot lie i.nri>garde«l on Ihe table while Elizabeth herself is siretcheil along the IliKir, with tier face press«><l against her mother's knt^es. Jim has d«x'ided lo sit up for his friend. lie is perfot'lly awwo tluil neilluT will Iho Iwc women go to b«l. Hul ho has no dosire that their vigil should 1k> shai-<xl in coiimion. It is ef|ually impn.ssible to him to take part in the jhiUy mii-th of tho lost of live Iwilel, which having taken I'le place of Ihoir measureless daylight ennui, now Ixils over In ebullient laugh- ter, in dancing, squeaking and noisily scampering out- of the public drawing- room into the hall and up IIm slaii-s. II is not till live clamor hxs divliiKxl, un- til indivd, its total c«i<nlion tells him that the pivmi^'iKiiiS rfvollei's have re- tired to their apartmenU, that he issues from hi-S and takes iHi.s,-i<s.sion of Itio now empty siiMiking-r<Kim. vvlience he can hear nioi-(j distinctly lliaii fiiini his own lii\li\Hini any noi.*e of wlieeW ap- pFoachiiig tho hotel. The wind has risen •gain, and il inHxls iin oar very Ihu'ly priiki\t lo (liisever fivm ils mad sing- ing, and frxim Ihe storming nf tlK» frun- tio rain, any Uvsser aiKl a!i«'n sound. What a terrillc nigtil in which to hi> out on Ihe raging .<«e« I Worse even than thai ono last w«vk, when Ihe Moise broke iHM' stiait or crank, and tossed for Iwenly-foiir hours at the mercy of the waves. Possibly ihe weallu?r may have already yestoi-day been so rough at Mar.siMlle as to prevent his starting off. But the ideaâ€" at the first blush eagerly welcomed by him â€" is disrnt».sed from lii^ mind almost as scxjn as enterlaineil. II llw> boal has startedâ€" and it is only un- der such heavy p)eiialUcs that Ihe iiiail- b<jals do not start, that this conlingency haidly over occui-sâ€" Byng will have started lo<). A terrific bang al the case- ment .seems to conio as a comment upon I'ais conviction. He will have slai'ted : but will he ever arrive? It is said lluil i I oighl yottra during which they have lieen runnuig, in) calastropho has ever sent ono iif this line of slciimei-s lo the bottom; but yet Ihey aro cranky little craft, with engines loo big for themâ€" built rather for speinl than safely. The clock has struck, with a repetition that .sotnis strangely fifquent through the sleeping house : U. It.*), li, U:M. "1 will give him lialf an hour moiv," says the watcher to himself, "and then I will turn m." Of tliis allollod halt-lwur onl.v five ininuti>s are yet left Ui run, when, in a lull in the hun-ican<>. the .sound which Jim's hearing has bwn so long slietch*! to catchâ€" Ihie sound of wheels oii tho gravelâ€" is al length audible. During the lu.-!t Iwo Iwurs ho has hoanl many phanUim wheelsâ€" nmny of ttio.<e ghastly coaches that tho wuid drives sliriiMiing through the winter nighls. Hut these are real ones. Befoiv the drowsy jxirler, nodding in his little den, can reach Ihe liall-door, Jim has opened it â€" oix'ned it just in time U) admit a man who, his pace still further accelerat.xl by the mighty hands of the pushing blii-st. is bounding up the steps. If any <loiihl as 'o this pei-son's identity ling.'red ui Jim's mind, his tirst words would disiu'l il. "She is hero? There is no mistake? .She is here?" "How lato yoti aro !" cries tho other, appairnlly regarding the now arrival's iitleranco more as an ejaculation than as a qucslinn o.xpectuig or noeilmg an answer. "Why ara you so Into? Did the eng-ncs break down'."' "Site Ls here?" repeals Byng insistent- ly taking no notice of the queries ad- dre,s.sed lo him. "You havo not deceived me ? Kor mercy's sake say that you have iiol dcoeived mo !" "Why should I deceive you !" rejoins Jim inipalieully. "Yes; cwlainly she is here." They are in the hall by nowâ€" Ihe hall which, Uie Oniiid Hotel being gaslo.ss, is 111 by only ono weak parallin lamp, which the gust from the d«xir, lux-es.sar- lly still open to admit of the carrying in of the li-avellers's twgs and rugs, is mak- ing even more faint and Uiclicring than il.i wont. "You must have had a fine tossing !" "1 believe you ; they all thought we wen; going to make a dinner for Ihe [Lsiiesâ€" ha, ha I .Ml but I. I knew bel- ter. I ki>ew that 1 coidd not ouno to grief wtion slie tiad called me l<) her." Byng's hat is nniimed down over his biMws, and his fur coal turn»>l up .s<i high ixiund his eai>i thai il i-i impo-vsible in the obscurity to sis) his fai-e ; bul tlie«"e is somelhing in the tone of his voice-- a loud, wild rollicking- that iuak«-s Iho idea cross Jim's mind thai he has lieeii drinking. WhatashO'.'k ilwill give to I'Uizabeth, if, in her oovcrl vigil - he ha.s no moiv doubt Ihal she has lx.vn watching than lie has been doing.su liiniself â€" she overlu-ars thai thick, r«i.se»l \«.ico ; I'lxjiiipted by this llKiught, \w say.i, ha.*lily ; "Come into Ihe diningnxim. I lolil them to put soaicthing lo oiil for you tlvere." Byng complies ; and when Ihey liave ivachod Iho empty .sallo a manger, whose whilewa.sh looks weird and un- natural in tliecJiill of Ihe night, he .si-nd' It's hat skimming down oivo of IIh< hmg tables, and. grasping both Jim's hands i;i tiij>. cries out. in the .same K)ud tone of 'nloxlcattxl triumph : "Oh. my dear old chap, how good it is lo .stv .vour ugly old mug again ! If yoi: had known â€" oh, if you had only known !â€" what I went through during the tweiityfoiir hours after I sent you that teU'graiii, wtieti Uirough every hour. thiMUgh every minute and se<.)ond of e\ery hour, I s«kl lo iiiy.self, 'It may •<iine n<iwâ€" my death-waraiit may come now ! In llvrt minutes il may have come !' Itul it did not, il did not ! I might to liave known'â€" witti an accent of <i-.sta.syâ€" "that of tw>r pitifulneiss sli* wonhl nMent at lajst. Slw is inttnilely pitiful. U< not she? but I shall upbraid lie.' a littleâ€" oh, do not Iw afraid ; il will be geiMly, most genJlyâ€" for having kept irie so kuig. so inhiunanly long, upon my gri«liron I I had alway.t"^bre«king intc a rathtY mild laughâ€" "something of .» lendeniess for St. Lawi'eiioe, but dur- ing the last se\ en nKiivttis 1 have kived l.im like a brotln'r ! " lie goes on again, with soa.rrely a pan.se, or appar«"iitly any consciousiiotss iif the uniy»Hxmsivo silence of his audi- tor "Hut what (l<Ht« it mailer, now?" lie- giimiiig lo stride about with his eyes cast up lo ll*p beanxxl ceiling and his liftrtl hands locked logellver "what <loes il mailer? ".Vfter long griet and paui, back tho coat il.- hini freed from concealing hat-bri; f\ill amount of cli: thai aro visible in .see how bloodsh â- limxl his moult ravaged ami dim "1 am to under siu- would have she could." Jim is silent. He question with any o .self. She would have to feel the arms of my true love round in.) once again ! You may think that 1 word il e.xtravaganlly," returning to Jun. ;is he leans downcast and .shocked u|jon one of tho chairs of Uie monoton- ous table d'hote row; "bul in the hope itself, Iho more than hope there is no- thing cxti-avaganl ; you must own' that yourself. II she had not meant to put an end lo my long agony, she would not have sent for me; not to stop me was to send for me." "You are liU»ring under a mistake," .says Jim, coldly, and yet with an in- ward quaking as lo the effect thai his w<.rds may produce; "she had not tlie op.lion of slopping you. By .some arci- dent I did not receive your telegram un- til four hours ago. .She c«iuld ivjt have slopped you if she had wislu'd." The idea, as I have already sakl. has occuri-ed to Burgoyne that his compan- ion is under the inlluence of intoxicaion; bul either this is not the case, or Ihe sh«x;k of the last words has the eff«x;t j'. inslanlly soldering him. "Iâ€" Iâ€" do not iinderstiuid," he says in a voice out of which all insane exhilara- tion has b»x^n conjured as if by magic : "I do not follow you. W hat do y«>.\ mean ?" "1 mean feet, level Ion e(frt;l uj.on liis auditor. "Unit owing suppose, to my name being spell wroj^ 1>â€" Bourgouin in.stead ol Burgoyn vour telegram was given lo wjme.1 . el.-e. and did not rsacU me Ull m&? o'clock IhLs ^veiling. " Byng puts \u' lii^ '>""*' ^" '^"^ throat, i'.nd, unla.steiiMg Ihe collar of his f .:• coal as if it wert^itrangling him, '1 TOE P.VGE.V.\T FEVEU. .Ml England This Year Goin<j to the (jreal Outdoor tjliows. You would think if you had seen one pageant that you would have had qude enough; you would thinJ< .if you had Ihal you would have had more tluin '-•i.ough. You would lliink if you had leeu lo both Itonisey and O.\ford Ihal you would Dot have the least desiie ,.; yo lo Bury .St. Edmunds. .Not a bit of li. Tlic a&re pageanU .vou saw the moi-e yiu'd want to .see. You would catch i*ie pageant fever, the fashionable epi- demic which has broken out all over J-:r.gland I his summer and is sLill rag- i»t- i'l spite of the untoward weather. Thei'c are lots of others besides the llree mentioned above. There is .SL .\\- tiiiivi and goodness knows liow many ir.ore there have lieen or are going t<; in' .Vnd just thinli of it! Al Bom.sey there were only Ihrce perfoniiance.s ^iinnoimcej and a fourth had spe«MJil> lo b; arranged for; at Oxford Iheiv were six iu'rfonnaiici>s and a grand sliiuJ lo h.jld S.oco jHople and yet on tile last day .seals were al a premium. T-j what is il due, then, lhL> fasciua- ,„,,„„, , lion of tlie pageant? It is not the fa<;l replies Jim. m a >"al er-o - K f jt, bej , '^ |opyeou.s di.-iplay of dre.s.s- .e,mean to4.aveacal in(Jl|,^ a magn.licent siKK-tack. full of stir- Now tliat he .-ees ,-eloping w: ip and Jim can n'i(li7.e the ;i!k1 deteriorati«in .ippcarance; can Is evivs are ; how lut how generally his good looks. ^il. then, thatâ€" that jied my coming if inn Ifunt SIKK" iig incidents. It is the inliinacy of the jI(! thing ill spile of the fact thai ;' iirried out on such a vast scale. !'<â-  :el to your st'iil you walk across the iigeanl gi-ound; l>jlh before and after le perforinujice you mingle wiUi Ihi formers, oiikJiig whom aro oflen 10 jwrsonal friends; no footlights act tisfc barrier between you and Ihe sen.- 'f mclion. .\s the hoi-so of llie messen- gi'r^vho brings ill tidings dashes peri- i'/iLsX close lo you the hand of tht sMa/i sctioollxjy silling next to you •'g'jrU'as on your arm and he holds 'lis L''»»atti in sympathy with the lx)y from ' ' i> of the s;llooLs foimdiHl by Elward ^ -' who bravely stumbles Ih.rough h's •^i^ech of welcome to t^meen Elizabeth. fro him Boadicea is no longer a name ol answer that I/'''' '•'* '""^ '"^ pron^)unce and haider Iv even to him- if*'''' '*^ ^P*^"' '"'' " .splendid qiuvn. a I leal woimui wlw can di-ivo her chariot carM-d me ncain : "'"^ -spiiited steeds easily wilh on-' -.â- Mie wouia ""^•'^ lf?f^^,Xl im iJ li""'!. >»"<» ho is joUv glad when her â- t She had had H'<-'^'1'|!;,%,,^\'"'L'"' / i.r.rdv uncoulh warriors ba.sh the fut Ivor in his toneâ€" "she rKV ''"^e escape mo alreudv ! She mayV" «""^'' T*"'. Ill" tlw truUlâ€" do not dl"'' '•' •*'" " nnvlhing but the bare trul voii hesitaUxl wtien I a.sk.xl\"" "â- ';•â-  she was really here. Is she^""«"- "('â- one !" repeals Jim, wltli^"" ^yas- {vsniled jerk of the head 1"^"^ X Iho v.uiikjw, against which the rll^Vand wind aro hurling lheiiiselv<~. wiliWhrec- folii rage, as if lo i-eeaptuni IhsTiclim just e.scapoil them. "To-nighlâ€" in this sl<irm? How likely! Ciuiie. be rational; try to kiMT your head, and lei us have a truce lo this ranting. I give you my word of iHJiior thai slie is liere. under this roof: tsoieop. 1 should hope, if your bellowings have not awoke hei"." Tlie latter clause may fK>»'hap>. cgine un<ler Ihe head of a pardonable fiL«n . al all eveiiLs. il has, d«ipite iljj inwil- ity tho desirt-d effivl of soothing, lo s<imo extent, the agitation of him to whom it is inldi-i>iscd. "Asleep !'â-  he re|H'als. while an ecsta- tic smile hivalcs over his liand.some. dis- sipatixl face. "CoihI nngels guard hor slumbers ! But"- with a railKr omi- n.;iLS return of excitement â€" "are you sure that she is aslec]) â€" that s1k> has gone lo botl yet, why should not I see hor ; why should not 1 fall al her fivt iKtwâ€" to-night '?" "My d<>ar boy," rejoins Jim, wilh a praist'worlhy attempl to answer this motlesl anti sensible pioixisal with pa- Itont good-humor, "have you any ide.a what time il is ? I slwuld have thought i' might have occurroit even to you that 1 .:hi a.m. is seaii'cly a suitable lioiir for l^aying a morning call ! fio not be a fool I full yourself together. 1 swear lo yiiu that sho has every intention of .sc«>- ing yoii to-morrow. I'.ome" â€" trying lo laugiiâ€" "y<jii will not have long lo wait ! 11 is lo-morrow alrendy ; and. m^wntiuie. sil down and eat .somelliing; you nuLsl l)e as empty as a drum." Bul to Ihis priKlenl if luimely roiin.sel rtyng oppo.seis an obstinalo lu'galion. adoriieil with excitinl iisseveralioiLs Ihal f<H)d shall never cross his lipn until Ihey have pasUiretl upon his lady's pard<ui- iiig hanil. Tlio same prohibiliiin does not, how- ever, apparently apply to drink, as Ik» p( HI'S iii<iii« than half Ihe Ixittlo of luippily not very imtiNil wine, prepiinxl f >r his retnxJiment. inio a tumbler, and l«.iss<>> il off al a draught. He offei's an oven .stonier ivfusal t.i Burgoyne's sug- 'gcstioii that tie slioiilil go to btxl ; and iij- he utters il a fiash of cunning su.-^il- cion comes into his eyes, shocking his friend with u gle«ni as of |xis,sable and soairely latent inadiiCKs. .\cross Ihe lalter's brain darts the qiiery. which had proposed iLs«>lf more than once to him last spring al Kloivnco : "Is Iheiv insanity in t?yng's bkxxl ?" .Nol cerlainly on Iho distaff skle, Uh' side of his eminently sane and whole- some moUier ; bul can he Iw throwing back to s«ime dLslt>m|wi\x) ancestor? "What security have I if I go lo bed that sho will not steal away fi-om me in the night? It was in tho nightâ€" almast in the night â€" that she stole away fi"oiii me before." Fixjm this logic il is iinpos-siblo to move him; and all-jough wilh some r<»- turn lo his old sw«H»t-natur>xl kindliness o' manner ho begs his frien<l not lo think it lux'Assary to koeji him <x)inpniiy. yet tl>o latter i.s far too ill al e«.s<< a,s to hi-i conditwn, Ixith of imnd aiid body, to comply. (To be continued). k.ll'-d and put his ceutiirious and feast ii.g friends to llight. Tlie schoolboy is I,..', in the leusl deceiv.xl by Ihe bits of nil paper that aiv .stuck on to .SI. Ed- n.uiid's whiU- tuiuc to simulate Uie 1'loo.i that Ls supposed to IVjw from the w. uiuLs made by tho arrows, but all I'lv- siiine lu' is «o impivssed by .seeing liu nmideri-xl body of Glou:ester Ixirne along on a bier Ihal when you look (or l'-..' Ilgiire of llic noble duke in the tab- leau he whlspei-s in your ear, "He can'l come on again, he's dead." Y'es, all the pugeiuils have llw same realily and intimacy, bul* each lias a qualiiy of ils own. Itomsey is Ihe most dramalic, Oxford Uie most le.irned. and Uurv St. Edmund's the finest ad a spec- tacle. ON m FWH ' When a man ninkes up bis mind thit he will mw«M- nn» lo catch a car again, h-> lu«s taken the llivt stov) towards l»>- ooniiiig a phiJ«x>o(>h<H'. THE C.IIEEUI'IL M.V.N. IIi> Praises SuiKj 141 Cheerful Tone by Cheerful Mr. Kiio^/leton. "1 like Ihe oiKvrful man," said Mr. KiKizzleton. "the man wlw refiuscs to i.ie cast d-iwn, but lakes always a clieer- fu! view. "'D'yiiu over see such wcallwr ne Ihi.s?' ,says ttn? dismal man, wearily, aluddiiig more sullriness all around. '•'Didn't you feel that br<>oze?' says Ihe 'l.eertul man. smiling, and iis a matter of fact there was Ihe faintest fiicker of a movement in the air just al that mo- iii- lit, and he caiiglil il. l<ocau»e he is Inceptive to all g<HHl Ihinn*; and lie inagnilied il to all lis hearers by his breezy cheerfulness. 'The cheerful man for me every time â€" he mukes lifo w.irth living; and I like o>|HX'ially to see him around in hot and luiniid weather. Bul he's helpful at all times. ".So many jHxipIe are .s.:) easily de- presMtl; g">od j>e<iple. hut widi only a narrow margin of i-ouriige; *i that if any lillle thing «<ies wixmg they think II. al everything's going to pii-o-s and Ihe world is coming to an end, but 11: en •'Pooh;' says Ihe cheerful man. 'what's that?" and he actually laughs .it this little picayune trouble, and just b'ushes it away and rorgets il, making Hie [a;nt tv<>«rieil to laugh and forget 1;. too; and in lime he may bring the e;is'ly discouraged man lo acquiiv the blessed habit of laughing al all the t-tilw troubles Ihal (xip out al us on ilieiMad of life, and .-o driving Iheiii away, instead of gloomily letting them oliiiib on him to ride on his buck. (Hiod man to have around is llie chivrlul man. "'I haven't caught a fish to-day.' says the dis;ii>p<iint«'d iiian in the fishing nnrly, and you'd think from his gen- .'•ral castdowmu'ss thai calcliiiig llsli was Ihe main object ot lite, and that it you didn't catch any life was a failur*-. ' 'Well. I haven't cayghl any. either,' says th.> ch<vrfut man. 'but I've had a jisrmxl good time and I've caughl an !\pp«'!ile like a team of horses, and vhal 1 want now is to gel back to where they coik lho.se lish the way Ihey cook 'oni here, and it 1 doii'l eat sevenle<>n of 'em 1 miss my guess.' IVu-s the clKvrtuI iimn i^rk up lh<» wIhiIo imrly? Wliy, sure; and when tliey'v- gol a f.'W of llHise fish iii.side of ti-.cm thoy oil lliiiik they've had a great time."' I'KEDINO DAIUY f.OWS. On this subject Dr. W. M. Sliuiejr, writi« as foUows : You can not have any .set rule lo fee«t all cows by, but you should liave a basi* (or feeding Uvein. I make my basis about like this : .\ cow giving Xt to W pounds o' milk daily and weighing '750 to 8UU pounds, I foed eiglil pounds of gi'ain, composed of corn clwp and oaUs (our pounds, and bi-on four pounds. For Uw c<'ni dvop and oals I take Iwo-Uiirda com and on-lhii'd oats. If I Uiiiik oata are too high I use Uuve f).)unds of com chop and five pounds of bran, also 15 lo 20 pounds of clover hay. 1 like tho oats because ihey make a changb in feed and Ihe cow ntlislies them, bul s<3 often Ihoy aro loo liigli la feed. I much prefer alfalfa hay to clo- ver, but il is almost impossible lo buy t here. I also give a loas-pooiiful of .salt each niommg, and I \wuld isay do not forget tlie salt. I try each cow hy m- creasiiig luid see if she ixsponds any better, or I d»x:rease as thfl flow of milk decivuses hy being in milk a long tun©. Oil cako IS too high to foxi regulai-ly hei\>. yet 1 feed a lilllo about Ihe lime a. cow finshens. and a few weeks aftcT & small amount, though 1 do not feed wlule Oil grass it pastuixb are good. 1 will give you the ration 1 fed .Uuiio Togs 2i;d. .She dropped Iwr •:iilf February i, lliOi. I fed her Iwo-lhinls corn oikI one- third oats to make four pounds, and four pounds ~il bran each day and about io pounds of clover iMiy. some ImioUiy .i'l it. all second crop and nol overly gcod. For Uie twelve moiillis she gave 831* pounds ot milk, average test 5.0. mak- ing butter fat 4TG.'J'J pounds or iSO.i? p>.uiids of butter. Slw never made over I.') pounds and a few ounoii iuiy \v<"ek, ami never gave over ii pounds of milk ixv day. bul was giving 20 pounds wiMai sill.- dieii (roni clover bloal May ti. l'Ji)3. i". her sixteenUi mouth ui milk. wiUi no feed wliile oh grass. Slio was six years* old July. t'.KH. This was a private last, and if 1 had nol t)*vn trying lo force her I wouki havo fed iK'r wtiile on grass. My stables aro wann. well ventilatetl. anil never (i^x^ze. I water iiHiniing and evening and nhvay.s talio Iho chill off tho water. 1 feed grains twice a day. also hay in wintti-. Keep oows ui slablo all llv>» time duniig the cold s«>asoii uii- li*i wann and plea^sant, Uieii turn cut for a few lumrs about iH^in. 1 always figure Uie cost of my ralHiii IxtrtW 1 divide wlmt I will fe<xl theiu. T'l-y and g(»t il Uilanctxl. 1 am vei^ care- ful never to overfewl and lo (eetl I1k> same amount ea^-h day. Cows ktep .•*» much better that way and will give you an even How of milk all the time wilh a gn-od pwcent. of bulltr faU 1 weigli my milk of every milking and it's^ once a month. .\ good f.xsler musl put iiis brains U) work if he makes a sucix'ss ot iU I h.ive not many callle. bul tho few I have are esptx-iuUy good at tho pail, and U-St well, so I am pretty pixiutl of them. I.illlo Klhel 'with an eye lo busiii.»s,s) : "Siippvi-e, Ti>iii'iiy, you weix» lo give me III.' choco of llKi.«e two apples of yours, you would tell me lo hike \l\ti biggiM-. woukliil vou '.'" Toiiimy ; "No." I.itlle F.IIh'I : "Why ivil?" Tommy: "'Cos 'IwouMn'l Lv nives.s;!ry." COWS TIl.VT PAY VS. COW.S TII.\T LOSE. Is it nol strange Uial in Ibis enlight- ened ago we find so iiiiiny fariiwrs wlv» .iro keepiiiig c>iws that are not paying tb.e cost of their fenxl and care? Nol king ago in talking with a fanner wlhi coni- pkiinol thai ho ilid nol gel einnigh for Ins niilk to pay for the kix'uing of Uia COW'S, 1 said lo him. "Mr. Blank, you ought t«i ke«|) belter cows. Y.m can koe)) very giKxl ones f<ir twin $75 In iM each. " Ho ry»plio»l, "Huh : 1 can buy Iwo v'<iw-s lor liiat ilioiiey and then if one of them di«Vi 1 don't lixse s«i much P He llMUglil he had mo IkioixxJ comiilete- ly wnh"s Mr. J. B. Chapiiu .\iid m- liitxl he had by one way of looking at it, luid hrf had useil Mter logic Uian he kiK'w. for his two cxavvs would pay him .1 I0.SS ever>' day and the .•«.»iiier Ihey di.Hl Ihe iH'tler for hiui ; uii!e.s<>, jis he pimbably would, he slinuld buy more poor (xiw«s and contjnue to lo?»e iiionoy. I'ertiaps .s»iiiie of your rj'odej-s iiiiy be inlei-eBled by some of our e.xperinniits in llll^ inslilulioii. In Fehn.ary. I90;l, we lost our <"iiliix< herd of cow.s, nlxiiil 80 head, by the tool and mouUi dLsivL-ov In replacing IIh' h<iil Iho nexl tall wo weiw .sotiit'wiiat limited in funds :m<l did no', buy as good cows as weiv dwsiralilo, r.iough of course we aiiiuNt lo gel Itiase that would b«< prolltable lo ke^>p. In Ihe . suiiimer of litiV) a new wing wius iuldtxl to our bam willi stiills tor liV c«iw.s. In Imyuig cows to put in Uiis stable we paid higlier prici-s, ii.sed greiil<i- caiv in .selecting and oblaiiied U-ller cow.s. After alxiiil Iwo tivnilhs we made an eNtxTimcjilal Ursl, taking .'Hi cows that cost less than .said price. f«xxling and oiiruig for all as nearly ahk> as |Mxs.sihle, and comparol Ihe yield of milk for a t-or- liiiii nuinlvr of da.vs. We [omul thai Ihe higher c^isl '.yivvs yielded on Iho average si.x pounds Ihisx' quaris) moiv |>.>r e.iw pel day than the Iowit cost cows. 'Iho .bffeisHtco in y.Wd, at the market ])ric© of milk, would pay more than half Iho cikil of ktvping. .Villi it we had tjikeil I'le exIniiitTs and cuiipared, soy, i'l of our liesl c-iws wiUi the .suiiio iiuiiiIht of oi;i- [x.oii^l, the diffen'iico would Hiiivly havo IxxMi twice u.* much. Our hei-d is ixunposwl ontii>»ty of i-ttllier piuv 1-11x1 <u- high brixl grade II0I- slein-Friesiiifi cattle. It is i^.sy lo gi'* togeUKT a heinl of cows thai will make a xmllmial kkss lo Iho owner. II is also not dilllciill lo get ixiwj. that will |Kiy a piolil of 20 l<i â- "><> coiiJs (HT cv>w. What Uiiul ai-e you kix>p'ng ? One si'Uloiii .sees a woman on Ihe slnxH. without a slio.ipiiif bug. That ought to bo suHiCK'iil warning lu bicho-