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Flesherton Advance, 6 Sep 1894, p. 3

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THE WEEK'S NEWS. CANADA. The American Public Health Association will meet in Montreal at an early date, and the indication* are that, the meeting will b* a very important one. Prof. Stockley, who recently joined the Roman Catholic Church, according to Montreal French-Canadian paper, w shortly rein me hi* dnti** as profeseor of literature in the University of New Brun*- wiek. Mr. Hall'* decision to retain hi* pom t ion a* Provincial Treasurer in the Quebec < .nv- erament ha* caused general satisfaction amen*} Montreal business men and among the member* of the party in the Montreal dutrict. An unknown nan wa* found on Wednes- day night on the rocks below the Cantilever bridge, Niagara Kails, on th* Canadian id*. He was alive, bnt died shortly after being carried up the bank. H* i* supposed to nave fallen atleep and rolled over tlw bank to the rock*, one hundred feet be- low. Mr. Hugh A. Allan, in an interview m Montreal, *aid that if a fait Atlantic **r- vic* could profitably hav* been maintained hie company would hav* established it long ago. The natural difficulties a twenty- knot service wonld have to contend with wenld render such a service impractic- able. A committee has been appointed by the Young Conservative* of Winnipeg to pro- teat to the Itominion 'jov*rnm*nt against the employment of American* by th* Northern Pacific railway on th* line in Manitoba. The facts of th* oa*e will b* brought to the notice of Sir Charles H. Tupper aud the ether Minuter*, who are * i pecied to visit Manitoba this fall. GMAT BRIT* IV. Th* Queen ha* returned to Balmoral cactle. Sir Charles Tupper'* health is much im- proved. The commercial treaty between Great Britain and Japan wa* ratified on Satur- day. Major-Gen*ral .Sir John C. Cow*ll, Ma*- ter pt the Queen'* Household, died sudden- ly on Wednesday at Cow**, 1*1* of Wight. The Westminster Gaaette, referring yen terday to th* demonstration on Sunday against th* Honi* of Lord*, said it proved to be a damp political squib. Al the United State* cruiser Chioago i* hen of officers, Rear-Admiral Erben ha* been compelled to decline ths banquet ten- dered by the municipal authorities of South- ampton. The total amount subscribe.! to the Irish Kvicted Tenant*' fund u thirteen thous- and pounds, and of this ths United State* and Canada contributed only three hundred and eighty four pound*. Th* Qne*n ' yacht Klfin, with the Prin- cess ix>nis* and *uit* on board, ran ashore on a sand -baik at th* month of Porte- mouth harbor on Tuesday morning. Th* party wa* landed in the yacht'* boate. 1'NITIH STATED. Chairman Wilaon say* that the outlook for genuine tariff reform in the United State* i* very bright. Mrs. Celia Thaxter, the poeteas, died suddenly on Monday night at her home at late of Shoals, N. H. Sh* wa* fifty-nice yean of ag. The bill appropriating nine thousand dollars to carry into effect th* pro visions of the income tax clauses of the Tariff bill wa* na*ned by th* United States Senate on Friday. Citizen* of Saeramento, Cal . , have sub- scribed $100,000 for th* erection of a monu- ment over the grave* of th* three soldiers who lost their live* by the bridge diaaiter daring th* recent urike . Chancellor Blaokw*ll, in hi* address before the Knight* of Pythias in Washing- ton, stated that the time had come to declare that BO saloon- keeper, bar-tender, or professional gambler should be eligible for membership. It i* itated in New York that Mn. W. K. Vender bilt i* about to begin separation or divorce proceeding* againit her husband. The conduct ef Mr. vandsrbtlt recently in Par i* in connection with a notorious woman i* laid to hav* been outrageously scandal on*. An outbound freight train on th* Chingo, Milwaukee, and Sf Paul railway wa* held up on Saturday morning at a amall cution ' between Cook and Lak* counties. Th* watch of th* conductor wa* taken and a detective who came to th conductor's aid wa* shot dead, and the bandits, two in number, then disappeared. O' Donovan Rona, th* Irish "patriot, having failed to create the excitement or evoke the enthusiasm that h* anticipated in Ireland, and having been defeated for the deputy shrievalty of Dublin, returned to New York on -Saturday, and will continue hi* dynamite crnaade at a aafe distance from th* battil** of the British Government Sir Robert Duff, Governor of N*w South Wales, upon tn* siembling of Parliament, aid thai , in accordance with the mandate of th* electors, the protective duties would be repealed, and replaced by income and land tax**. I he defeat of the Dutch troops sent to puniih th* Rajah of th* Iiland ef Lainbok, not far from Java, Mem* to have been more **rioui than at lirsl supposed. One k hundred and cixty four Dutch soldiers and ], i fourteen officers were killed by the natives. There is a panic in the Island of Cyprus among tha Christian population, owing to th* partial withdrawal of the British gar- nson, and the reported intention of the Imperial Uoverment to evacuate th* place. Such intention i* di.niedat the English For- eign Office. Thi *e children wen killed on Sunday at Kovno, Poland, by hailstorms. Prrsiden'. Peixoto, of Brazil ha* officially confirmed the new* of the rebel Ueneral Saraiva's death. Emperor William ha* decided to preient a trophy of th* value of five thousand mark*, to be competed for by the crew* of th* different German universities. Th* cruiser Lateuta, which recently left the Ty ne, England, presumaoly to join th* Japanese ".jet in the Kant, has been detain ed at Aden by the British authorities. It it popularly reported in Itorlm that the position of Dr. Miquel, th* Pru* inn Minister of Finance, i* shaken in i-onsequence of difference of opinion be- tween him and Chancellor von Caprivi. Report* from S*n*gall. West Africa, stat* that th* French garrison at Timbuc teo, after three days' fighting with the TOOK 4,500 VOLTS AND REVIVED. easarttaale taerees ef Astlarlal Bcsalra- Uen In a Man Ptrke* l> f.r s>ea4. Electrocution a* a mean* of executing murderers is not yet accepted by foreign experim*ntalite a* n*c***arily a lure metnod. Recently Prof, d' Arsouval report- ed to the French Academy of Science an electric- wir* accident witnessed by Picou and Maurice Leblano, which became note- worthy from the fact of the successful employment of artificial respiration tn resuscitate th* victim. A sudden sparkling or. on* ot th* dynamo* of th* electric-light station of St. Denis, near Paris, radiaated a abort circuit en th* line. The dyn.mo wa* quickly cut out and stopped. The voltmeter reading wa* 4,500 volt* between two wire*, and the ammeter read 750 mille-ampere* on th* wire. Tb* accident occurred at a place where the three wire* were lupported eighteen jeet above ground on a bracket fastened to a stone wall. The bracket t-rried several cross-piecei, and on ihe lowest on* *at tb* laborer who had received the shock, holding the conductor with one hand. H* had been sent up to fasten a telegraph wire* had touched the live wire with the wire he held, and thai short circuited the curront through hi* hand and back to earth. The man had therefore received, a 4,500-volt currant of fifty-five alternation* per second perhap* for several minutes, and when he I* found fully a quarter ot an hour had elapsed since he received the shock. He gave no sign of life, and it took another half hour to remove him from hi* perilou* position and (tretch him on ths ground. The attempt was at once made to cause th* lung* to act by moving th* arms al- ternately np and down, but without avail. Th* mouth wa* then forcibly opened and the u>ngu was pulled out and allowed to recede. This being the best method of producing respiration artificially, the lung* actually began tboir function* almost immediately. Two hours later ths man wa* abl* to speak. H* had burn* on hi* hand and back, but otherwise not injured. Commenting upon the** facts. Prof, d' Arsouval considers electrocution objec- tionable and of doubtful effect. Another field of *xpei imtnt in whioh meet interesting results hav* been attained i* that instituted by Dr. J. Kratter, of (iraz, Aiutria. Hi* researches extend to the physiological and pathological sttectsi on th* animal organism of current* of 'J.OOO volte or leu*. He experimented on white mice, rabbit*, guinea pin, oate and dog*, and in hi* juit published paper, read before the International Medical Congnes, at Rom*, hi* conclusions are tha* itated : The death of the animal* resulted meetly from th* midden stoppage or primary cessation of the respiration. The functional disturbance lasted in some assss a sufficient length of time after the end of the irritation to pro-lues Heath by suffocation. During the eiphjxia th* heart action still continu- ed, bat if th* respiration i* allowed to Hop for about two minutes secondary cessation of the heart action ensues, the sam* a* in ca*s* of nMohanical suffocation. Not in- frequently, however, an animal would poataneouily begin to breathe again and would fully recover after awhile. Dr. Kratter believe* that danger of an electric shock for th* animal organism appears to inoreas* in degree with the higher development ot the Drain and the central nerve nyitem. In thii way ha ex- plain* th* death of man by current* whioh do not effect rabbit* or guinea pigs, though both electrodes be fastened to the head. In none of th* animal* was it possible to produce experimentally the protracted and gradual diminution of th* function* of th* heart which was observed in the case of tb* laborer. Nor wa* it possible to detect anatomical change* which might have been the can** of death. Th* doc- tor supposes that molecular, perhaps chemical changes, take* ploc* in th* gang lion cells of the lungs and heart, and is now following up this clue with experi- ments. It is characteristic of European justioe that the manager and the superintendent of the electric company whoa* wir** caused th* accident to tii* laborer, were held for contributory n*gligsnce and were sent to jail. Taureg* and other hostile trade* made a or tie, and were oat to pica** by the Arab*. Fire itarted in a building near th* Hotel Victoria, at St. Mont*, Switzerland. on Mon- day morning', and there was a panio among tb* gutit* of th* hotel, which included th Ihich*** f York, the l)uoh*v of Ttck, and Ui Duke of Aosts . WHAT MOLE SAM IS AT. ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT THE BUSY YANKEE. l.trrr.t In HI. l.lux< - Wm- irn erVJesneat .u.l Mirth <.lh<r<-<l Tiesa Bit ISiilly rr.r4 Ator women own $3,000,000 in jewel*. The officer* in the parks at Boitoo are to OM bicyjles. Mississippi ii the greatest tomato (hip- ping state of the Sou ui . California almond crop of thii year i> the largest ever grown. Over 1,000,000 kangaroo iltmi are annu- ally manufactured in the United State* for boot making. A Chioago man who cheered at a woman who wa* riding a bicycle in bloomera wa* fined $20. The amount of wire in the underground oondiiit* of New York city ii estimated at 34,000 mile*. It 11 ei'.imated that the recent atrike of coal minen cost tboee directly concerned in it 913,01)0,000. Mrs. Spencer, of Bonrbon, Ind., now suty year* of age, hat had eleven husband* and a*ren acu of children. Two hundred acrub horses were killed by ownert in a California city lately on account of the icaroity of feed. Dr. Bridgham of Sullivan Harbor, Me., haa oapturad a turtle 100 years old tnat can carry a man on i u back. . The Auatra'ian lady bird, an inaect which makes war on fruit peets, has been admit- ted to the United Slate* mails. A monument over the grave of Henry C. \Vork, who wrote " Marching through Georgia," ha* besn proponed. Martin E. Yates, of t.oehen. Ind., died from the eflecU of opium poison in the Hotel in New York. lari;* (mount, of lud and gpviug him nearly 9)0,0011 in > raih before he -would mirry her. Her relatives* haft laid her cue before tbs court i. Country vmton to Now York almost I alw.y*vint- Trimtyobnrctiyitrd, Hie (jallery of the Stocsk Exolnuge, Brooklyn bridge and Castle *L>ardei. Since t/he investigation of New York's crime infested .|uarter has been given such prominence in the news- papers very maoyitranget-* now (s " alum- niug- oo ,heir iccount. visiting Hester street sod t,he shuiy precincts in ibe Ten- derloin 'lint-net. From ita,ist ic 11 appears that spp 1 es ars grown ID 4** etatei and territories of the Amen. an Union, with Ohio tnd Michigan on the ie*,.l ; peuhee aro produced in 4J states sad terriloriae, with (Jeorgia and Ttxa* fir in the lesd ; pemrs and uhrnes, are enltijated in < statee, with New York and California leading ; apricot* in 43 atate*. although t toe gretl bulk of this fruit is raised m Caalifornis, and prunes and plums ;_ - with California, of couree>, far in 47 sui in the lsd_ RUSSIAN FIHANCES. Thr ..!.. Meew 4iT. . . ibr Evolution of the Folding Bed. Mrs. De Flat "Have you anything new in folding bed* ?" Dealer Only this, madame, and it really is quite a success. On arising in the morn- ing you touch a spring, and it turns into a wash stand and bath-tub. After your bith, you touch another spring, and it becomes a dressing case, with a French plate mirror. If yon breakfast in your room, a alight pren sure will transform it into an extension table. After breakfast, you press these three buttons at once, and you have an upright piano. That'* all it will do, except that when you die it can be changed into a rosewood coffin. The Maiden's Wish. " I'd lik* to be a fine, large bank cheek," re-narked the girl who wa* very pretty but now. "Why ?" inquired her companion. "Because iU ho* make* it valuable." Governor Hogg, of Texas, while in New York wa* offered a law partnership worth from $20,000 to 125,000 a year. Charles Winne, of Kingston, N. Y , was arrested, charged with cutting out his balky hone's tongue with a slip noose. The largest farm in th* United State* i* situated in Louisiana, it being 100 mile* on* way and 25 the other. The fencing alone for it cost 950,000. Russia and Italy are the two European countries from whioh havecome the majority of immigrant* who landed at New York during ths first half of ths year. There are 2HO iron and steel manufactur- ing establishments in Pennsylvania, with an invested capital of over 12.000,000. A* a fuel for vessels oil is about one- quarter cheaper than coal, according to ex- periments recently made at Chicago. William Waite, aged 4o, of Chesterfield Ind., was found leaning against a tree dead He had been there fully thirty-six hours. Dr. Judson Ii. Andrews, superintendent of the New York State Hospital in Buffalo, is dead. He wa* a great student of mental j diseases. Under a decision of th* Supreme Court of 'onneoticut boy* and their trunk* cannot b* held for board. Yals youngsters gavs rite to -lie decision. After being a mute for two years a seven- ! year old girl ot Vineland.N. J., has sudden- ly reo vered her speech through seeing the blood flowing from a cut on her finger. A warrant ha* been iwore out for the arr ;st of Enoch Filer, who control* th* ma- jority of th* ooal mines in Meruer county. Pa. H* is charged with importing paupsr labor. The railroad* of Florida have a mileage of 2.500 mile*. Compared with the popu lation of th* state, they ar* more exten- sive than th* railroad* ot any other south- rn commonwealth. On the Indianapolis Board of Health i* Dr. Earp. Th* board passed a resolution for the compulsory uprooting of weed* on vacant lota. The doctor wa* among the rirst victin.1 of th* law. It i* rti iier .liltcult to form a correct opinion on the Unsocial condition of an autocrttieavliy. governed empire liks that of Russia, wfcaere little reliauicecan he placed in the official publication**. It must be ac knowledges d that the Coveininent hi therlo ha* rigidly observed it* obligations toward it* foregin creditor!, yet Kogliah capitalists have sold ne.rly ill their property invested in Ruaisn. securities, and thuforthe impls reason '.ha t the tkiinoes of country which goe* on bomrrowinj annually, even in time of proioun 1 petee, deserve no confidence. The (iertnaane have followed, asd France, having bought moet of these bonds, is now the foremost creditor of Ruis.s., the mm total of he r Menrilie*) in Frtnoh hand* be- ing enimaw ted at no i*a t-hw 5 milliard* of franc*. The deficit of the* fa,minp yetr ( 1S92-3) cannot ha -we been le*e> t h an 200,1)00. K I ru- ble*. Tha Rumui budgets, u they an published, showiiways t>he moet boautif ol ei|U'p<uK. if not * surplus ; but in that of 1804 the aorpliu, ffiven it Ul.lOMMIO ru- ble*), inn truth > deficit ot 87,474,000 ru- b!ee>,for time so-cilled surplus is obtained by treating f *-ihly iwrrowexi money svs clear extraoHinaary income witHouireckoning itai a debte* -he nppoeite sidaunoununfi u *a mcreaw of ltfj.JOo.OINl rubiei Ir-m tut Qualifications of the Dairyman. Muoti ha* keen said and written boot the beet cow for the dairyman, her point* shape, etc., 'mi we do not hear often of what manner of clay the dairyman himself should be fashioned. A* the dairy- man no lees than the dairy cow i* essential 'n the prosecution of successful dairy busi- ness, the man himself should receive a* much consideration aa th* oow. W* do not expect 10 find a perfectly ideal man, any more than *n ideal cow ; but perhaps the nearer perfection is reach- ed in either case the better for dairy enter- prise*. Th* dairyman should be an exact man. He must drop all mere " gne** work." liueasing too often proves veiy expensive. The book snd pencil should be held in < slant requisition. Accounts are a* import- ant and ne.-ssu.ry to the dairyman a* to the banker or merchant. Kiactnee* should apply to every detail. Havn H formulated a good ration lor a particular oow, let the same amount by weight or meaaure b* led to her regularly at each feed. Alwayifsed and water at the came hours as far a* pos> sible. A dairyman near here boast* that if h* should enter hie oow stable ten min- ute* before time for wetenng, not a oow ould rise from the floor, but on th* ar- rival of the proper hour every cow would promptly jump up ipon appearance of the attendant. This is certainly a good illus- tration of what strict adherence to method will do. Next, th* dairyman must be a neat man. It i* positive fact that good milk and tatter cannot b* produced except perfect cleanliness i* obaerved from fint to last. and cleanliness mnans that the milk must be exempt from foul odon as well a* from th* presence of any foreign matter whatso- ever. Milk will nurely h* tainted unleae th* air of th* oow barn is kept sweet and wholeaome. Especially in hot weather is ventilation necessary and the liberal u*e of absorbent*, such aa plaster and dry earth, to take in impure ga*** that are *un to injure the milk. Thu dairyman should bs very watchful and quick to observe any symptom* that denote lack of thrift and health among hi* oow*. Oftentime* a slight disability, if not noticed and develop* into dii skill to effect a checked at oner, that may lulHs all cure. In other words. aatitch in time aavee nine." I'atienc* and perseverance are further ysar's internal lou at 4J. d tberrnainin| aMrlbuM . of the ^ ea , dajr y man . Ainao bonds of t. lie unsucctetf u 1 3 per cent, loan in I'aris. E>iluotiiij the profit of the conver- sion oithae ti per cent, loan the <iebt in- creased laat yearbv 1 13,OUO,OOf> ruble*. In cnrioms contract t,o these fact* the Russian >oat l th* gold hoarded by the Finance X Imistrrst home ind sbrosui, the former s!tue amounting to d2ll,jOt>,<JOO ru- ble*. Th alleged reason tnat thin gold is to ci.ver t tie newj -iaauoti notes U evidently a prsteit, as ihm noteai ire as littls con- vertible into cesh a* the oil onea. The caused tliis eitnordmsary policy o>au only be thai tra e (Jmernment wishes to haves war cbssc. for Hidden emergencies!. The co*t of tb armj in J niavy I* stateii in the budget for 1S93 it -JM2. 700,000 rubles, but it i* evidently Ivger alroady, becaiaa* Rus- sia has to f nrmih bar sarmy with riflee nl small calibre, of whioh sbout one- third may fisve been delivereti. while ths rest will not be rssaUy bslure the ndof hiKJ . THE TIGER SNAKE. The territory of OkJahama ha* H Kpisco- pal, 105 Methodist, '25 Baptist, -24 Congre- gational, 25 Catholic and 24 Presbyterian churches, .1 Kpworth leagues and 90 Chris- tian Endeavour societies. Dr. Cyrus Tsed, the Koresh chief, ha* given out to hi* follower* in Denver county, Penniylvania, the information that h* ha* discovered a process by which gold can be produced as cheaply a* iron. Young John Jacob Astor, in his new house facing Central Park, New York, has carved in marble on the ouuide hi* own bust, hi* wife'*, hi* baby'*, his father's, his grandfather's and sver so many more. Arthur Smith, 14 years old. sank in 14 feet of water in the Mohawk lEiver, near Kome, and h* wa* under the surface ten minute* before h* wa* rescued. H* wa* restored to consciousness and will live. William Armitrong, of Norwalk, Ohio, died recently at the age of 98 yean and four months, left *ix daughter* and one son, and grandchildren, great-grand- children and great-great-grandchildren to the filth generation. An astonilhing failure of a brilliant Newport, K. I., reception wa* th* milking of a gorgeously decorated cow on the lawn in full view of the a***mbl*d guest*. The milk wa* distributed in glasses by girl* appropriately dressed. King William, a 3-year-old Normandy hone that died in Chicago recently, wa* a giant of his race. He itood twenty-two hands and one inch high, weighed .'I, 1 '-" pounds and had a stride of twenty-one foet and six inches. Rev. Joshua V. Him**, aged ill) years, and said to be the oldest Episcopal clergy man in the United States, assisted the Battle Creek, Mich., church the other day in it* celebration of its fiftieth anniversary. He is still in exoellent health, and hi* voice ii firm and resonant. linvernur Ureenbalge ha* appointed a native We*t Indian to bo a Jucuoe of the Peace for Suffolk County, Ma**achu**tt*. He i* Char)** H. Kemp Sturgeon, and a naturalized resident ., t Boston. Hs i* studying America and American laws and hopes to be admitted to the bar soon. Mrs. Alice Qrinnell, a wealthy widow of seventy -two, of Wichita, Kan., who a tew day ago married Jerry Hoskins, a young farmer of twenty-two, has been charged with having deeded to her bey hiubend a ta Alr alias Irptllr Msr* U *e> 1*sa a K*mtlkr. " We near * peat deaal shout tha deadly (ualitimc i the rsitleenake.'.he adder and the coppsrheamd," ssyi a traveller, ",ui I pretty nearly everybody ha* shuddered at the de- cription of the horri ble fleet* from the bite of thelii 1 i monster. They have a aaak* in Austnlra., though, whose fapgt are more deadly t sVian thoee of all th* other* I have mention** i combined. I allude to the tiger make. The reptile doea not grow to large proportions, a length of three fe-t being a pretty sgood uze, and it* skin reeemblee the cost ot the inmial after whom it is named. The bite of the tiger snake in in- stantly fatal, ind crxemists who have analyzed its peiion favr se paseibla are of the opicaion tbitit poaeetse* preciaely the same qualities u prusuic acid. Persons hav* bsa-n kno*o to wavlk out of their hous. e* onthea hriefeit sort of n erranfl and to have ii-n touod dead lite minutes aftor- warde from the efTnztai of ths tige>r-*nie bite, " The* lioveramenl. of Australia ha* a standing oifer of $fi,CMKl, or s t.hous*nd pounds, which is nearly ths same thing, to ber.i vn to uy one* who nuy discover a ramed y for the bite of > tiger snake. A man nasmed Underwood, so I have been told, oncae discovered t.h auccesaful ami- dnii-,411 l pnneii it. e>ffioscy by allowiue hm.self x> lie bit by thss deadly reptile snd incumii ft noetilerfeotSB from it. lie wait- ed 1'2,IM W for his aecret, however, whioh i th* colonial sulhorit-iee refused to psy. Onu'liy while drunk Underwood wa* giv- ing sn e xhibiiioB and allowed two tiger snakes tx> biie him . In his msiuilin slat* he hd forgotten where he had laid the bottle a->nt*,initin the antidoleand he died ins few moments, his *crt pensiiing with him." BaU LiKhtninif. The ixscurrrace of whst is known a* ball lightnirsegi* sorare that every inotanc* of it is of evome lotcreeit. The London Lancet lately d eatcribed s n arrow escape from death by this form of lightning, which wa* ex- periesco>d by i distinguished surgeon of I .oiivtira. who lud gosae to visit a patmnt in a nei jjjhbonnj town. He was overtaken by sihmncierstonn, an<l what he described a* absla of fire descended upon and render- ed him sTor some tune uncon*cioae. Osooxning to himself he found that the cloth osT the umbrellsa whioh he bad been holding wa* completely burnsd off it* stsel frhmnv~>rk, the meteaJ being twiated into every sliap*. He attributeshissafekty to th* circuasi -*>ano* tun the umbrell* hasa a wood- en huil I* ; had it been of metal be must have b:-n instantaneously killed. must trsmpl* his temper beneath hi* feet. and never indulge in harsh measure*, whether provoked or unprovoked, in the treatment o, * milch cow, for severity and ebullition* of anger ars sure to make their effete plainly visible in the yield of milk. Dairy cows ars nervous and high strung and will not stand the same handling that might bs accorded to an ox or a mule. Perseverance means to the dairyman con slant pressing forward, breeding up hie herd, increasing from year to year the average production of milk and butter per oow, studying detail* and condition* *o that he u more and more a mailer of hi* business as ths year* roll on. Laatly, busmna* ability may be mentioned a* by no mean* least of the essentials to succees m dairying. A man n.ay under stand ths whole process of butter man- ufacture; but what matters it, il he doe* not possess the faculty of selling sams in a 1 1 market to gooa appreciative customer* buainees principle* include buying graina and feeding stuffs in quantity at whole**!* when pnoea are low, in keeping only the most productive stock, and allow- ing no wastes of either manure or feed. Why Stone Heaps Kill Trees. The commonly observed tact that a pile* of stones around a tree is sure death U> it i* thu* explained by American Cultivator : There are a variety of causes. Stone heap* make a> harbor for mice, which burrow in the loose soil under the heap, and bark the trees under shelter of the stones. Apple a/iti pear tree* ar* often destroyed thu* in fact, nearly all kind* of tree*, when urrounded by itone heaps, are sure to be more or leas denuded of their bark. But a pile of stones around an oak or a butternut i* naually fatal to it if k*pt two or three yearn, though the hark ol these tree* is never eaten by mice. Th* reason in this ca*e i* thsl the stones make a mulch arou;id the trees, encouraging the growth of roots in warm weather clone to the car face of the ground, but in winter th* stone heap is no protection against deep freezing, and the destruction of of the tender, suc- culent roots of the tree near the surface seriously injure* it, Th* repetition of th . process three or four years in succession usually finishes the tree. Value of Pedigree. A man ihould take the pedigree of hi* stock and stud}' it well an<l if he finds there is good material back of it it is best to keep | it, if he tinils it is infurior he mint weed it out and wemu*t all be not only good dairy- men but goou agriculturists to understand that, word " weed." It applies not only to tint aardvn but to 'he stable and cattle a* well as everything else on the farm. So we> see there is an actual money value in podi gree. We shall find that the man who will study it anil will take a pedigree bull and plaoe that animal at the head of his herd, will in time build it upand will strengthen every animal therein. If hn will take the offspring of that animal ami breed them back to him fixing his type on the second generation of calves and going still further search for pedigree rich in milk produc- tion snd breed the** cow* on that second animal hr will find he has indeed struck a mine of wealth. The Private Dairy. Thsre is no issue nor can there be any between good butter made on the farm, ami that mad* in the associative creamery. The true issue is again* t poor butter everywhere, ptor cows, ignorance sad ill considered method*, whether in th* creamery or on th* faun, and the conaequent waite of labor ard profit ID either.

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