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CORVALLIS, BEOTONJ COU KTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1900.
VOL. I. NO. Hi.
GAZETTE Kstab. Dec, 1863.
OOD WILL SPRINKLE SUNSHINE.
ft you should see a fellow man with
I trouble's flag unfurled
An' lookin' like he didn't have a friend
in all the world,
Go up and slap him on the back and
holler, "How d'you do?"
land grasp his hand so warm he'll know
he has a friend in you.
Chen az him what's a-hurtin' him, an'
laugh his cares away,
And tell him that the darkest night is
just before the day.
Don't talk in graveyard palaver, but say
It right out loud,
That God will sprinkle sunshine in the
trail of every cloud.
This world at best is but a hash of pleas
ure and of pain;
Borne days are bright and sunny, and
some all sloshed with rain;
And that's just how it ought to be, for
when the clouds roll by
IWe'H know just how to 'preciate the
bright and smiling sky.
So learn to take it as it comes, and don't
sweat at the pores
Because the Lord's opinion doesn't coin
cide with yours;
But always keep rememberin', when
cares your path enshroud,
That God has lots of sunshine to spill
behind the cloud.
James Whitcomb Riley.
657 OLD on, Fred! Got some
IKi;
thing to tell you!"
Fred Harkins turned, and
Seeing his special chum Charley Green
sprinting toward him, stopped and
waited for him to come up.
"Why weren't you at school this
forenoon, Fred?" asked Charley,
breathlessly.
"Too busy," answered Fred, with an
Important air. "Jerry's sick to-day and
father's away, so I'm boss at the store.
But what have you got to tell me,
Charley?"
"Why, I caught that big woodchuck!
He's a smasher, Fred! Come and look
at him, just a minute?"
"Oh, I can't shirk business that
way," replied Fred, as glancing around
he saw a well-dressed stranger on the
piazza of the village hotel near by.
Though bright and sensible, Fred was
over-fond of "showing off," as the
phrase is, and he thought this a good
ichance. So winking at Charley he
went on: "Besides, there's all the
money father's going to put In the
bank to-morrow lying there in the
safe. A thousand-odd's too much to
fool with."
"That's so!" said Charley, catching
op the Joke. "Well, come over after
you close up, then."
"All right!" and the boys separated,
Charley for afternoon school, and Fred
ifor his father's grocery.
Fred had often helped about the
tore, but he had never been "boss" be
fore. Like the average boy of 14 he
iwas very proud of the position. He
bustled round, Imitating his father and
erry the clerk, and feeling every Inch
e man as he waited on his customers,
i Finally closing time came. The
youthful proprietor, having put every
jthing to rights was Just preparing to
leave when the door opened and a man
istepped Inside.
f "Give me change for a five," he said,
abruptly.
At a glance Fred recognized the well
dressed stranger on the hotel piazza.
But something, perhaps the shadows
Earn the flaring lamp, now gave his
oe a hard and even desperate look.
Instantly the boy recoiled.
"Everything put away," he objected.
"It's too late for business."
"Not for my kind of business, I reck
on," answered the man with a harsh
laugh. "Coma, out with it!" There
was the click of a key in the lock, a
udden gleam of steel, and Fred found
himself facing a revolver not three
feet away and pointed straight at him.
Fortunately he was brave and quick
witted. "Out with what?" he repeated,
trying to gain time to think. "What do
you want? Change for five dollars?"
"I want the thousand-odd in the
afe," was the Impatient answer. "And
be quick about it!"
In an Instant Fred realized what his
lily boasting had done. The well
dressed man was evidently a criminal
In disguise. What would he do when
he found himself disappointed?
Fred braced himself up to tell the
truth. "Why," he said, forcing a laugh,
"the money isn't really there. That
was Just a joke of mine."
"Oh, yes," mocked the stranger.
"And this Is a joke of miner' pointing
the pistol nearer. "But unless I have
that money Inside of two minutes 'twill
be the worst joke you ever knew, my
boy!"
1 This completely staggered Fred. How
was he to convince the robber? Per
haps by showing him how small a sum
there really was. Unlocking the safe,
he took out the money. Forty-seven
dollars, all told.
"There," he said, pushing it forward.
That's all there Is. You can see for
yourself."
Still keeping his aim, the man stuffed
the bills into his pocket with his left
hand. "That's the odd," he said. "Now
Where's the thousand?"
"But there Isn't any thousand "
"Look here, kid," Interrupted the
robber. "If you don't hand over that
money before I count fifty, I'll let day
light through you!"
Felt felt that the desperado was in
earnest A cold sweat broke out over
him. His heart beat like a drum in
his ears. Yet still his wits kept at work
as he mechanically followed the fatal
numbers.
Thirty! How many more seconds
now? Thirty-five A faint sound sud
denly reached his ear. Had bis father
teturnedf Now if he could only fain
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J A THOUSAND ODD.
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time! He held up his hand. The man
stopped counting.
"So you've come to your senses?" he
muttered, with savage triumph. "Bring
on the thousand, then!"
"Yes " hesitated Fred, as slowly
as he dared. "Yes I'll get it for you
if If you'll promise me my share "
"You precious young rascal!" The
robber started forward. There was a
flash, a report, a confusion of sounds
and the room seemed to whirl round
with Fred.
When his wits came back again, he
found himself standing just where he
had stood a few seconds before. He
was certainly alive and unhurt. But
the robber? Beyond the spread smoke
puff the boy saw a form lying motion
less at his feet, while nearby, Tom, the
big grocery cat, sat with his back up,
spitting at a thin stream of blood that
crept over the floor.
Next moment the locked door was
violently shaken. "Fred!" shouted his
father's voice. "Open the door, Fred!
What's the matter?"
Fred ran to open the door. Mr. Har
kin's anxious face cleared, for he had
heard the shot, and feared some acci
dent. Then he bent over the still un
conscious form on the floor.
"What's the matter?" he repeated.
"A burglar " stammered Fred, ex
citedly, pointing to the open safe. "He's
got all the money ! "
"Give me that rope," said his father.
"He's more stunned than hurt, I guess.
Lay the revolver on the counter. Now
tell me just what has happened."
While the robber was being secarely
bound, Fred described what had taken
place up to the point when the pistol
went off.
"But how came he to shoot him
self?" asked Mr. Harkins. ' Did he
stumble, or what?"
Fred's puzzled look changed to sud
den comprehension. He burst out
laughing. "Why, that's just it!" he ex
claimed. "It must have been Tom."
"Tom? I don't see how a cat could
fire a pistol," said his father, laughing.
"Well, he could make somebody else
fire it, if 'twas already cocked," per
sisted Fred. "I know the first thing I
saw afterwards was Tom spitting, with
his tail as big as two. I guess he was
asleep upon the shelf, and when the
man went for me it waked him up, and
he jumped down right in his face, and
then he jumped, too, and hit himself
instead," Fred hurried on, with a reck
less confusion of pronouns. Anyhow,
there was a big noise just before the
pistol went off," he added.
"H'm," said his father, who mean
while had been emptying the robber's
pockets. "Here, Fred, lock this money
up in the safe, and then run over for
Mr. Greene. This fellow is going to
wake up before long."
Fred soon came back with their
neighbor Greene and Charlie into the
bargain. Charlie seemed to regard the
whole affair as a first-class entertain
ment. "Caught a burglar!" he repeated, in
delight. "That's a jolly sight better'n
my woodchuck!"
As Mr. Harkins thought, the desper
ado was more stunned than hurt, the
wound proving very slight. When he
came to himself they put him, tied
hand and foot, into the team and took
him over to the county town to be
safely locked up. They learned after
wards that he was a notorious crimi
nal, whose appearance had assisted him
in all sorts of villainy. In fact, he
was evading arrest in a distant State,
when he was suddenly brought to pun
ishment by Tom as Fred believes.
Mrs. Harkins believes so, too. She
is convinced that the cat and nothing
else saved her boy's life that night.
So nothing is too good for Tom, and he
is always sure of a kind word and a
dainty morsel whenever she goes Into
the grocery.
As for Fred himself, he makes a
great pet of his companion in that stir
ring adventure. Charley Greene and
he have rigged up a red leather collar
with brass bells and have re-named
him "Thousand-Odd," in memory of
the scene in which he was the hero.
This has been shortened for conveni
ence, and he is known simply as
"Odd." Only when Fred begins to "talk
big," his father just says "Thousand
Odd," and Fred subsides at once! In
diana Farmer.
An Adventure in Unigusa.
I had one shave. I went to help two
men who were fighting a Kaffir at the
foot of a tree, but they killed him just
as I got there. I was under the tree,
when something moving over my head
caught my attention. It was a gun
barrel taking aim down at me, the firer
jammed so close to the tree stem as to
look like part of it. Before I could
move he fired, and just plowed into the
ground at my feet. He did not remain
much longer in the tree. I have his
knob-kerrie and his photo now as me
mentos. From "The Matabele Cam
paign," by Major General Baden-Powell.
Curious Poison.
Certain Indians of South America
use a curious poison which is called
ezcal. A grain of it has the effect of
starting an Irresistible desire for exer
tion. The victim begins walking brisk
ly round and round in small circles till
he drops dead in his tracks. There is
no pain, but much excitement
Unhealthy Sections of India.
The extraordinary unhealthiness of
British India is fully detailed la a re
cent report. In the Surma valley, which
is estimated to contain about 2.500,000
people, there were only 75,000 births in
1898, but 94,000 deaths; and In tie
Assam valley there were 71,031 births
and 85,000 deaths.
An Irish student says the posthumous
works of an author are those he write
after he is dead. - '-
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER.
Quaint Sayings and Cute Doings of tbe
Little Folks Everywhere, Gathered
and Printed Here for All Other Ut
tie Ones to Read.
One pleasant morning many years
ago the members of the Balde family
took their seats in the big wagon Fath
er Balde had just driven up before the
door.
Although it was a week-day, all were
dressed in their Sunday best. Mother
Balde wore a pretty merino gown,
short-waisted, scant in the skirt, and
with puffed sleeves; her sweet face,
with smooth-banded hair, peeped out
from a huge scoop bonnet, garlanded
with roses and tied with a big bow.
She wore mitts, and a Canton shawl
with long silk fringe.
Father Balde's coat was long-tailed
and buttoned up tightly; his shirt
bosom was ruffled, and around his neck
was wound a black satin stock. He
looked like the picture of Andrew Jack
son, Abby thought.
The boys, Ben and Joe, were resplend
ent in new blue "roundabouts" wita
brass buttons. As for Abby herself, she
felt very fine in her pink frock, em
broidered pantalettes, leghorn hat and
sandal slippers. Father had just open
ed his mouth to say "Get up!" to the
horses, when somebody was seen hur
rying down the dusty cross-roads, and
two shrill voices called out, "Walt!"
It was Aunt Prushy Becker and her
sister, Miss Rushy. Many years before,
these two spinster ladies- had been
named "Prussia" and "Russia." They
came up, puffing and swinging their
green reticules like big hop-blossoms.
"We'd like to go to town and see It!"
gasped Aunt Prushy. "I says to Rushy,
'We've seen the stage-coach in its day,
an' "Clinton's Ditch," and now we want
to see It!' "
Father and Mother Balde exchanged
glances, then the latter said gently,
"Abby, I guess you and the baby had
better get out and make room for our
neighbors."
Abby obeyed without a murmur, for
that was the way children were brought
up In those days.
"it's too bad to have the child stay
at home on account of us," said Aunt
Rushy, hesitatingly.
"Tut! tut! She'll live to see It long
after you and Prushy and the rest of
ua are laid away in the churchyard!"
exclaimed Father Balde, as he started
up the prancing team.
Abby walked slowly up the path
leading to the house. Her face was
very sober, and I'm not sure that a few
tears did not spot the pretty lavender
strings of her bonnet. But she soon
grew more cheerful, especially when
Baby Elizabeth, sleeping in her arms,
awoke and began to smile and coo;
"Yes, yes, little sister, you and I are
left behind!" said Abby. "We can't go
to town, hear the band play, buy train
ing gingerbread and candy 'Gibraltars'
and see It but! We'll go down on the
hillside, and you can roll on the green
grass and I'll read 'The Children of the
Abbey!' "
Soon the baby sister lay contentedly
cn her blanket spread on the grass, her
fat hands clutching clover-tufts, while
Abby sat reading. But the eyes of the
latter often wandered from her book
to the pleasant scene before her the
broad flats, green and fertile; the Mo
hawk River winding in and out like a
silver thread, and close beside it the
straighter line of the canal.
Nearly still was something that of
late had especially attracted Abby's at
tention a long row of wooden ties of
yellow-white newness, and across them
steel rails stretching far up and down
the valley. The crowd of foreign work
men, who for weeks past had labored
there with pickaxe and hammer, had
gone away.
But suddenly a shrill sound smote the
silence a sound never before heard
throughout the length of the green
vale!
Abby sprang to her feet and looked
eagerly eastward. What was that she
saw that great black something, rum
bling and rushing, making one think of
the fiery dragon-St. George slew!
With swift motions It glided along
the steel rails there was a strange
looking cab or cart tilled with gentle
men wearing tall hats and black satin
stocks like her father's and then the
monster shot away, leaving a cloud of
smoke and a shower of red sparks be
hind It!
Abby sat down with a thud of satis
faction. "Well, I declare!" she ex
claimed. "Even if I didn't go to the
village, I've seen It after all!"
Do you know what It was? Why, the
very first train that ever passed over
the New York Central Railroad!
Youth's Companion.
Fooling Grandpa.
Tommy Hadley is one of the greatest
boys for fun you ever saw. A great,
fat, awkward fellow, too, but just as
good as he can be. One of Tommy's
pranks last summer, when he went to
. visit his grandfather, was to cause such
surprise and fun in grandpa's house,
that the old people have not yet got
over talking about It One day Tommy
was up in the garret where there were
lots of old trumpery, spinning wheels,
yellow wasps and such things, when he
came upon a suit of clothes that his
grandfather used to wear. Tommy put
on the suit, and going down stairs
found his grandpa's spectacles and hat.
Then he sat down in his grandparent's
chair, near the open kitchen door. The
day was warm and old Mr. White had
gone out into the garden in his shirt
sleeves and without his hat. He came
in the back door to get It, and not find
ing it on the peg, and not seeing- the
man" In the chair, began looking
around. Tommy's grandmother now
came in at the other door, and Tommy
winked at her to keep still while grand
pa was looking for bis hat At last she
said, "Father, can't you find your hat?"
"No, mother!" answered grandpa, "I
can't see anything without my spec
tacles." "And where are your glasses?"
"Don't know. They're lost, too."
"Here's an old gentleman In your
chair, father, maybe he knows."
But at that Tommy could hold In no
longer and burst out with such a laugh
that he will never forget about fooling
grandpa. Weekly Bouquet
Mosquitoes Sins; for Society.
When you listen to the drone of a
mosquito it may detract from the an
noyance you are likely to feel if you
remember that the peculiarly teasing
sound is really a song that the female
insect makes to attract the male. The
low notes of the mosquito are made by
the drumming of its wings as It flies,
but the keen, shrill hum that you usu
ally become conscious of at about the
time the mosquito Is preparing to feast
on your blood comes from little drums
ranged along the sides of the female in
sect. Some Interesting experiments
with a tuning fork have shown that
the nervous little antennae of the male
mosquitoes beat time in harmony -with
the sound waves from the tuning fork,
provided the fork Is held within the
range of the sounds produced by the
female mosquito.
Mamie Couldn't Do It.
Mamie, aged 4, had been given a blue
silk sash for a birthday present and the
first day she wore It she was constantly
running to her mother to have it tied.
"Why, Mamie," aaid bee mamma, "this
makes the fifth time I've tied your sash
this morning. You must learn to tie It
yourself." "But how can I, mamma,"
replied the little miss, "when I'm stand
ing around in the front all the time?"
PATRIOTISM RUBBED IN.
That la the War We Sometimes Teach
It to Children.
I have a friend who teaches in one
of the Boston schools, the last person
In the world who would ever voluntar
ily be found marching in processions
or engaging in hand-to-hand encounters
with mobs. Yet on Dewey day she
spent hours in helping to marshal a
host of school children through crowd
ed streets, picking them from under the
feet of tramping hordes, and protecting
them from utter destruction when they
were overrun by mob violence.
"Well, what then?" said my compan
ion. "Would you have had the poor
little chaps all left at home? That's
the way we teach 'em patrooitsm rub
it In, you see."
"Every one of those children," I said
severely, "was legally entitled to two
parents. There must be some use for
parents In the everlasting economy of
things, though many of them don't
seem to suspect It If the time ever
comes when the enriched natural his
tory courses demand that the pupil
shall be sent into the wild beasts' cages
in order to observe their habits it is the
teacher who will be doomed to accom
pany them. And if during the visit the
lion begins to lick his chops and de
mand food it is the teacher who will
be expected to come cheerfully to the
front and say: 'Eat me! When I accept
ed my present munificent salary I pre
pared myself, of course, not to falter at
little sacrifices like this.' In the mean
time the child will have retired in good
order, and the parent the female par
ent will be safely at home embroider
ing a doily or writing' a paper for the
Woman's Club. What the male parent
will be doing Is one of the things 'no
fellow could be expected to know!' "
Atlantic Monthly.
The Trouble in Havana.
Much has been said and written
about making Havana a good place to
live In, but no one unfamiliar with the
primitive conditions now prevailing in
that city from a sanitary point of view
can realize the greatness of the task.
The city has no sewer system, and even
no surface drainage. The houses are
generally of stone, and consist of a
room fronting on the street, back of
which extends a court, along the side
of which are arranged other and small- I
er rooms. The last room in the rear la '
generally the kitchen. In the floor of
this kitchen is dug a sinkhole. Into
this hole, which has no outlet except
the natural seepage, flows all refuse
from the house. As long as the con
tents of this sinkhole keep below the
kitchen floor all Is considered well.
When it overflows, a few loads are
taken out to make roSm for more.
Some of these sinkholes had not been
cleaned In fifty years until thp rest
less Americans, with their troublesome
ideas, came along and forced the own
ers to make some attempt at sanitation.
Harper's Weekly.
Foolish people allow pride to rob
them of many comforts.
TOM M IV COSXGMS.
TRICKS OF THE TRADE.
Men Do Not Always Get What They
Pay For.
At the cigar stand of an uptown ho
tel last evening a guest asked the deal
er for an imported cigar.
The dealer handed out a handful of
cigars which were in all appearance
the real thing.
"Are these real imported cigars?"
asked the purchaser, depositing his
quarter on the little change mat.
"Yes, sir," responded the other.
"It is too hot a night for a dispute,"
said the guest, to a Star reporter, "and
since the cigar is a good one I will
smoke it, but it is not an imported ci
gar that he sold me, though it resem
bles one. It was made in this country
of imported tobacco. If I called this
dealer down, he would say 'What's the
difference?' as the tobacco -was grown
on the Island of Cuba.
"I am an internal revenue inspector,
and I can tell at a glance whether a
cigar is the imported article in the box
from Havana, or whether It is made In
this country of imported leaf. The dif
ference Is great in many ways, and the
fact that the average judge of cigars
cannot detect it is no excuse why he
does not get what he calls for. Who
can tell the difference between a Paris
made gown and one made here of the
same Imported materials? Very few.
The difference is usually about $100
in favor of the1 dressmaker.
"But with cigars it is another mat
ter. Some dealers will tell you that we
make a better article of imported rolled
tobacco than the Cuban cigarmakers.
Perhaps so. The dealer makes a big
ger profit on the sale, and that Is what
he is looking out for.
"If you desire to buy a cigar made
by Cuban workmen, and the real Im
ported thing, examine the box for the
internal revenue stamps. They will be
observed, if you lojk carefully, and are
six In number. All bear the words
'Imported cigars, United States cus
toms,' and the number of the cigars
contained in the box plainly engraved
at each end of the stamp, in the center
of which is the engraving of a steam
ship. "The stamp for the box containing
twenty-five cigars is smaller than the
others and is drab in color. The box
containing fifty cigars is distinguished
by a green stamp, the 100 blue, the 250
red and the 500 yellow ochre, in deli
cate tints.
"There is a difference in both the
smoke and the flavor of a cigar made
by Havana workmen and those made
at the principal tobacco marts here.
Our makers do not import the very
finest leaf for the very excellent rea
son that the Cuban won't allow it to
leave the island, desiring it for their
own high-grade cigars, most of which
find their way to the cities of London
and Paris. The Cubans roll their cigars
in a way peculiar to themselves, and
when a man calls for the genuine roll
ed article he wants It and ought to
have it." Washington Star.
THE DEED OF BUTCH.
He Killed a Coon and Worried Bla
Young Master.
A young man who went over to New
York to live awhile back left his bat
eared, bow-legged, bloodshot-eyed,
man-eating bulldog behind In Wash
ington with his chum until such time as
he could find a place in New York to
keep the dog, says the Washington
Post. One day last week he telegraphed
his chum to ship the dog over to New
York on a certain morning train on the
following day. The chum put himself
at one end of the bulldog's rope and led
the brute down to the station. He was
taking the dog through the gate to put
him on the baggage car when a colored
man came along, leading a pet raccoon
that was also about to be shipped to the
big town. The bulldog and the raccoon
spotted each other at the same instant
Three minutes later, after a scene un
precedented in the annals of that par
ticular railroad station, the bulldog was
licking a few paltry scratches he had
received, as he contentedly sat In a
corner of the baggage car and the col
ored man who had been leading the rac
coon was taking the remains of the
same away to some vacant lot for
burial. The chum sent the following
telegram to the young man In New
York, who was waiting for the arrival
of the dog:
"Have shipped Butch. He killed a
coon in the station this morning. Great
excitement. May have to engage law
yer." The chnm received frantic dispatches
all day from the young man in New
York, asking for particulars, but be
didn't reply to one of them.
"I had enough trouble with his dog,"
he growled, "and I'll Just let my pal
stew for awhile."
Sulphur the Mosquito's Foe.
One of our readers informs us that
having seen a statement in some Eng
lish medical journal to the effect that
sulphur, taken Internally, would pro
tect a person against flea bites, it oc
curred to him to try it as a preventive
of mosquito bites. Accordingly he
began taking effervescing tablets of
tartar-lithme and sulphur, four daily.
He provided himself with several lively
mosquitoes, and, having put them into
a wide-mouthed bottle, inverted the
bottle and pressed its mouth upon his
bare arms. The mosquitoes settled on
his skin, but showed no inclination to
bite him. If this gentleman's experi
ence should be borne out by further
trials it might be well for persons who
are particularly sensitive to mosquito
bites to take a course of sulphur during
the mosquito season, especially in view
of the growing opinion that the mos
quito Is the common vehicle of the Plas
modium malariae. Medical Journal.
A man is compelled to keep his word
when no one will take it
Horse Tie for Stables.
Horsemen will appreciate the'value
of the device pictured in the accom
panying cut, the object of the inven
tion being to reduce to a minimum the
liability of getting the animal's feet
tangled up In the tethering rope, and
also to keep the rope out of the way
while the animal is eating. By means
of a specially constructed halter the
connection is made on the upper In
stead of the under side of the nose
strap, and the tie extends to a point
level with or above the animal's head.
The invention also Includes an arrange-
1MPROVED TETHERING DEVICE.
ment for taking up the slack in the
rope, without in any way pulling on
the halter sufficiently to annoy the ani
mal. The rope is passed through the
front of the manger, resting on a pul
ley, which may be adjusted to any de
sired height, and a small weight Is at
tached to the outer end, which Is suffi
cient to hold the rope taut no matter
in what position the animal puts his
head. A patent on the device has been
granted to William H. Bartrum, of
Derby, England.
Ch:ap Poultry House.
A plan for a cheap double house for
fowls of two kinds, which may be kept
separate, and with a yard to each part
is here given. It is seven feet high at
the eaves, eighteen feet wide, and may
be as long as may be required to give
ample room for the flocks kept in it.
For two flocks if It is divided in the
middle, each half having its yard,
which is closed in and roofed over.
Where the run is not large one flock
may be kept in the covered run, while
A DOUBLE POULTRY BOCSE.
the other is let out The house Is a
very cheap one, being built of common
strips around the yard, and of rough
boards covered with tarred roofing pa
per well secured by strips nailed down
over it. This kind of roofing will last
many times longer if it is well fastened
down in this way. The house should
be lined inside with the same stuff
which is a safe antidote against ver
min, if the house is kept clean.
Selling Hay.
We have heard of a man who thought
he was making money by selling his
grass standing or hiring it cut and sell
ing the hay. He had what Is often
called a natural grass farm, moist
enough to insure a pretty good crop
every year, when in fair condition. For
many years he had run it as a dairy
farm, keeping considerable stock, and
manuring his fields heavily. At last
old age and a well-earned competense
decided him to leave the farm, and In
stead of renting it out for some one
else to skin off what he had put on the
land, he put it all in grass. Then he
sold grass or hay as seemed best at tbe
time, and when the fields began to get
thin they were given a very liberal
dressing of commercial fertilizer. He
said he received more than the fer
tilizer cost, enough to enable him to lay
up more money than he could when
working the farm. How long ha would
be able to do this we do not know, but
we think the soil would soon begin to
show a lack of humus or some other
element of plant food. But if he suc
ceeds according to his plan It will be
by reason of the condition of the soil
when he began, the large applications
of fertilizers would be likely to keep
the condition good for a long time. Not
ivery one could do so well. Exchange.
Renewing an Asparaima Bed.
An old and run out or neglected as
paragus bed can be best improved after
the season for cutting is over, by put
ting on a liberal dressing of manure in
June or July and plowing it in, not tak
ing much care to prevent breaking the
roots or to save seedling plants. The
plants are apt to become root bound,
and they will grow all the better for a
little breaking up of the matted roots.
Keep the weeds out all the summer,
a4 in early spring or even in Febru
ary, If the ground Is open, pat on from
600 pounds to a half ton of good fertil
izer to the acre. This will push it along,
to make a good growth, and it will be
better If it is not cut very freely that
spring or not at all after the first of,
June.
Danger in Crimson Clover.
The little stiff hairs, only about one
eighth of an Inch long, which are to
be seen on the heads of crimson clover
are barbed, and when the clover is
ripe they are stiff and hard. When they
are fed to horses they lump together
Into balls In the stomach and intes
tines, refusing to pass away in the ex
crement. Cases have been known
where such balls were five inches In
diameter, and with such a ball in the
intestines It is almost impossible to
save the life of an animal. For this
reason when the clover Is cut for hay
It should be done before any of the
heads mature, or even before they are
in full blossom, while these hairs are
soft and pliable. When the clover is
grown for seed, do not use the'straw for
feeding or evm for bedding, unless the
animal is so fastened that it cannot
reach the bedding to eat it. Many
horses have been reported as having
died from this cause, and some of them
after most intense suffering.
Buckwheat.
To grow buckwheat for the grain the
land should be made fine and fit for a
seed bed as for other small grains.
Then apply 200 to 400 pounds per acre
of fertilizer rich in potash and phos
phoric acid, and harrow it in well.
This grain likes a dry or well-drained
soil. Sow the seed at almost any time
when convenient from July 1 to July
15. There should be from twenty to
thirty bushels of grain to the acre.
This crop Is not thought exhausting to
the soil, and it leaves the land in good
condition for sowing or planting next
spring. In sowing buckwheat to plow
under, sow earlier, in June at least,
and plow under while in bloom or just
before any seed ripened, then follow
by sowing winter grain.
A Long Row of Corn.
The longest row of corn in Vermont
is said to have been planted by E. H.
Town of Chubb's Crossing, and It is
not a straight iow. He has on his farm
a large cone-shaped knoll covering some
three acres. He commenced at the
base of this and run a furrow around
it, corkscrew fashion, until he was at
the top, getting one continuous row to
cover the whole knoll.
MEANING OF DREAMS.
Crossing a bridge in a dream Indi
cates future success In love.
A dream about a ghost indicates vex
ation, loss or disappointment.
Combing your hair in a dream betok
ens success in love, or trade, or both.
Fighting in a dream means that you
will soon suffer some loss of property.
A dream about dice means a speedy
estrangement from some very dear
friend.
If you dream that you have an ague,
the sign is that you will become a
drunkard.
A dream of a smooth, clear river is
indicative of future happiness and gen
eral success.
A dream of a new pair of shoes
means that you will succeed against
your adversaries.
To dream of seeing guns fired means
future difficulties, generally of a busi
ness character.
To dream that you are drinking out
of a wash basin is a sign that you are
soon to fall in love.
To dream of eating beans is a fore
runner of troubles and quarrels with
your acquaintances.
A dream that you stand among build
ings means that you will shortly
change your residence.
To dream about a piece of bacon,
particularly if it is on your own plate,
means the death of a relation.
It is fortunate to dream about your
backbone, indicating prosperity and
success in business enterprises.
To dream that you are driving cat
tle means that you will become rich
through your own energy and industry.
To dream of cats is always unlucky,
and some unexpected misfortune is
sure to follow during the next few
days.
PHILADELPHIA.
First mint for coining American
money. .
First opened a bank Bank of North
America.
Here in 1731 was found the first pub
lic library.
Here was set up the first American
printing press In 1685.
Here In 1690 the first paper mill in
our country was built
Here was laid the first experimental
railroad track on our soil.
Here in 1735 was erected the first
type foundry of our country.
Here in 1753 the first American-Arctic
expedition was fitted out
Here In 1743 the Quaker City took
the initiatory at Bible printing.
Here in 1746 sprang up the first med
ical college in our native land.
Here in 1741 Philadelphia published
the first magazine on this side.
Here in 1784 the first daily newspa
per in the new world was Issued.
First man-o'-war under the Federal
constitution was constructed here.
Here in 1752 our first American fire
insurance company was organized.
Pennsylvania Mennonites recently se
lected a pastor by lot There were ten
candidates and ten Bibles were placed
on a table before them. One contained
a slip of paper and the preacher wbf
selected this, one was duly chosen.