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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1887)
HOME AND FARM. Turnover! Holl o-it soino puff psntc and out in oblong-shaped pieces, put some finely-cut cheese on the pa-tc, turn over and pinch ilovvn the edges, and bake. -Vc litlcrrr. -The suril'or . t''o room, the lightot should Ij the furniture, mid tho decora tlon of t'ie Willi. A largo room shoulr. Iisiyc heavy' fiirniluro. ami tho wa'li may ! dark'. Cincinnati Timet. -A b.'d-room should never ho som Iter, the brighter tho brd'er. Will t scrim ciirlaiiis with antiiiie hie bord ! and Insertion are like ! for chamber window- The walls should bo of a light tint, tho pictures restful and pleasing. Exchange. -O'lclnt'i may b improved in np jmirance by rubbing-It with a mixture of a half-ounce of bo swnx in a saucer fill of tiif e itine. S -t this in a want pl.id until they can bo thoroughly mixed. Apply with a llanncl cloth, an then rub With' a dry ilaiinel. Uoslui Jluilijel. -Cheese Toa-t: Mnko some slices o! toast, cut oil' their crust-:, tho n httttei them: cut some cheese into thin Hakes, and nut in a sane man with a piece ol butter, and a little mustard if desired- the last-named ingredient must bo add cd cautiously, l'iaco tho pan over tht lir . and stir unt'l-. tho cheese is wiled, and the whole is well mixed and m:i toth then pour tho mixture on the toast Ml servo hot. O'ooit Housekeeping. -The rreiieh. who export more peari than any otliei nat on. cover tho insUh of the boxes with spongy paper or dn mo, which absorbs the mo sturo. Kach pear is then wrapped in t-o't pa per and placed in layers in the boxes the largest and least-matured In the bot. tout, fifl'ng all interstices w III the dr ums. Thus they will keep a month 01 more. They are so closely packed that, tlio igh they can not t iiieh oat'li other a'l motion is pteveiito I, If one deeayi th others are nor harmed. SHELTER FOR SHEEP. Hum n (ioml, Itooinv -ln-il Clin lie Con -I rncf i-il lit h'1'iIIIIi'K Kxi iii'. if one n ay judge trom what he see' in travol'iig over the country, there tin many owner of s!k op who apparently think there Hock do not rcipiiru anj spe.-ial attention in the way of provid inr them with com'ortablo quarter.. An or.llnaiy open shed i the only pro tection they have against storms anf cold weather. Now. while sheep w 1 stand opouro perhaps better than any other farm stock, such treatment car. not lie given w thout ca is'.ng io , ami t will be found that those who neglect their stock u tills wav are among tin lir.-t to compla n that there is no profit in keeping sheep. When sheep ni w ntured without provid ng them with comfortable ipiarter there ii a loss not only in the food, inori being required I keep up the ho it of the body, but also in the quality oi the llt'oco. Thi" effect of neglect on t lie growth and texture of the wool w II b quit apparent when spring comes, an evain'nation sliow ng an unevenno-s in the jriowlh ami a lack of the lino qiialiU whii-li i found in the llcero of iIiomj slieci wh'ch liave lieen prolecled fron the e.ild .-tonus of w nler. When shel ter can I c provided at so little eo-t, it if slruusrn that anv one will think of keep ing slie.ep In the way many do, for t s oisily shown that tin Ins.- sustained by such'a coins will, in a short time, be mi 111 'lent to more than equal the o pen- ot liii Id Mir oonit'.nttiblo quarters. The-o nuo.l not be of an elaborate char acter, but cun be con-truclcd quitt cheaply li the uo of stiaw and po!u. enough of the former being mod for a roof, so thai water can not get through it. In th i way a good, roomy shod can to .-o con. M fueled that !t w il last for two or three season, or t in i.y be newly covered each fall with fre-h straw. Care should be taki n to secure proper ventilation where the shed is closed all around. Th's may In do e by iroan of w ndovvi on the side, or bV open ng through the roof. If the door- are loft open when the weather is not too stormy ot (old. the sheen will slay out in the yard much of the time through the day. A little cure and forethought in tit's direc tion w.ll bo found to pay well in tho improved condition of tho ,-heep when oprlng comos. Xiilioiitit l,ivc-Stock Jour ., . THE CANKER-WORM. Hon II Wii" I.'vtri iiili'iil. il on tin- l'liriu ol I ho O I ill. I iii hiH'iil Million. (In pas-in-j; through several farming districts during the pa-t season wo saw repi tiled cMiinp'es of tin entire nog ltvt of orchard where tho canker worm had (liken pos-o-'on and com pletely -tripped tin trees of their fob tvn. 'This -tr'ppl'ig repelled frequent lv' would destroy the tree-, as they can tint live after a c-.intinued loss of leave. lln'iv was formerly some excuse for , mit of .-uccess in "ic-troylng these in ns, when all the proposed roiuodlo wen- imperfect at lest. Hut now that pa IX green ha-b.-en proved so perfect a )iuedv. the trees are ea-lly and MUieMv epicure I of lliein. Among the mnuvftoporis f miito , wo copy thu lollowW from the last iininml report ot l lie Oil,, Kxpei'itueut Station: l'lie N'tM vlnj f tho trees with kero sene mil M-iap was not effect ive. Atti waiting thirty hours we did not;-( much diminution of the worm. Tin tree- were literally alive wltli t.liem, toiv lielii-; suircolv'n leaf tree. 1 then Nnslllv sprayed them with purls giuen. 4o niv great surprise ami delight, in tweuv hours there were but few worm- to heVoen. ami in thirl v-slv hour- not one w a, found. The neighbor- say tl wii- the,,,, hl ,,, tiling thoy ever saw, vv hoti-id .-con the orchard previously denude, bv the worm." The spraying was dM w.th an ordi nary doiibie-iu llng S,iiv pump, which had a d .sohargo ho-e iv'lv feet hmg, with a m clone uo..le, a,d fastened to a stout pole, so as to Ih orated ami al low the sprav to fall on verv part of the tree-, '1 he liquid wjs put Into a barrel and mounted on a vv,0ii. One man drove ami worked the munp; an oilier handled the iio.le. ql0 wa-'on was dr.veu b.-tween vows of ((es, J'ue half of each row bo'.n spmyctj 0u each l-:iti":i. The s.v htiudriHl tj,oa were i-oniplulttly cleared. -Country UcntU. ii.u i. EXTRAORDINARY BURIAL. A Tomliln-f Inrlilnit Which U Ilriiiilirnl Without Orniiinriitiitliiii. Among all "the short and .simple an nals of the poor" ther" isnotliliigniore toficliiug and pathetic, than the story of the burial of the body of a working girl In a country churchyard in Kssex County, Kngland. as given in a local newspaper. The name of the dead girl was Amy Carey Dansey, and she had leached the age of twenty-one at the time of her decease. She was born at Little Horkeley, near Colchester, where she passed her childhood. Her father died when she was quite young ami her mother married ,7oeph IJall.a cabinet-maker, and moved to London. Amy lived with Iter grandparents and went to the parish school till she was old enough to go out to service. Her stepfather found her a place in London and carefully looked after her. Last fall her health failed, and plivsicians stated that her disease was consump tion. She was moved to Hrompton Hopital, where she was almost daily visited by her mother ami stepfather. When she became conscious that death was rapidly approaching, she expreed an earnest vvi.-h that she might be buried in Little llorkcslev churchyard, and her stepfather i pfoiui-ed thai her desire should be complied with. Tlio poor man little kiicw howdiflt cult it would be lo fulfill his proini-e. but he kept his word. "lie met with an accident that prevented him from doing any work for more than three month., dining which time he found if hard to support ids family. Alnio-t as soon a lie was able to go to his shop again. Amy died, ami he .-el about seeing how he could fulfill hi pronii-e to her. He found thai it would eo-l about twenty four dollar to transport the body by railroad ear ami hcar-c from London to Little llorkcslev. and this was more money than ho could procure. He ac cordingly rc.-olved to take the body there on a handcart which he often used for moving furniture, lie made a nice eollln. engraved an inscription on a plate, procured a burial permit, packed up some food to be eaten on the way, and late that night, when the streets wore nearly dccrted, with the little half-brother of the dead girl as companion ;iml mourner, still ill ami weak, set out on hi- journey of nearly sixty miles, which he accomplished in three davs. On the fourth day the body was buried with the help of old friend, and the grave wa decked with (lowers obtained in the village. The storv of the journev is thu- told by Mr. Hall. I wheeled the body on the hand cart, and I brought, my seeon 1 little boy with me aged about ten. lie rode on the colliu down-hill and on the level road, but when we had to go up-hill he helped to push a little, beeau-e 1 was so weak anil ill. The lirst day I put it y two miles short of Ingagtestone, at an inn. On the night of the second day I reached William, and put up at the Swan. Two men came lo me and wanted to know what I bad go) in the eollln. One of them said he wa a de tective, and he -aid: 'I demand to look inside.' I aid: 'S-.nw me your warrant card,' and he could not do so. We had a bother, and he would have forced open the eollin. but my Master i alway .-trongei than the devil, and lie gave me strength to struggle with the man and put him out of the house. 1 then sent my lit lie boy for a police man, ami then the row vvn sever. The inspector of police afterward eanie and took my name and addrc.-. and I showed him the certificate of death, ami answered all his inquiries satisfac torily and truthfully. Next morning I started about half-past eight on my journey, anil I arrived at Little llor kcslev jul after six o'clock on Wednes day night." The story is beautiful without any ornamentation, and pcrhap it I well that it was not written bv a genlii like Dickon- or Haw thorne, l'lain, hoiie-l, truthful ,lo-eph ll;ill did Hot care to ap pear in hi-tory a- a hero. He thought more of keeping id- word than of being famous, lie was astoni-hed when he learned that hi name appeared in print. He said Mutt he had simply done id- duty to a good girl w ho w as dear to him. He Is a liv ing example of how ilie poor have u quid way of doing hing that the rich with their pride ami love of o-teutatioii could not imi tate if they were to make the attempt. Citciigo Time. Curing the Measles. ' One of the n'm-t remarkable patho logical ea-e- on record ha- occurred at I'erigueux. A patient in the hospital -ull'ering from iiiea-le- jumped out of one of the windows at four o'clock in the morning, and fell a distance of four or live nrd- into the garden. He was at the lime at the period of the strongest eruption. Awakened by the pain cau-ed by the fall, he walked about in hi niglit sfilrt for some time, the thermometer standing at eight degree below the freezing point, until lie succeeded in waking the concierge, when he re turned to bed. The uc.xt day his com plaint' hail enllrelv dl-appearcd. Thi mode of cure, however, i- not gener ally recommended by the faculty. -(luliijiimiCs MeMiujer. Xogroos In Lincoln County, (in., who have bought good-and mortgaged crop to pay for them have got so far beh'nd that they are said to have or ganized to re-il t'ie official- charged with collecting the debt. Of course they will get worsted in this, but. says lhe'.U(iiilecii-mw' Ume'te, the lea-oii will be worth all it eo-t If it touche, thoso lately enfranchised citizens tl t no wor-e shivery ever existed in thU cgitnlry lhr.it that of doUu SHAM HYSTERIA. Autliorltatlrr Opinion) n-irltij; Vpnn tho CurloiM Aflllrllon. "Simulated hysteria? Sham hyste ria?" said a prominent physician, re peating the questions of a reporter. "Is such a thing poihlc? Why, ye. Hys teria is half sham, any way. Some times a hy.-terical subject will have hysteria aiid she can't help it; but usu ally half her symptoms she sham. r at least exaggerates. Anil it is hard to tell what is sham and what isn't." The inquiry was suggested by tho hysterical exploits of the girl who fell dow n recently in an apparent lit of hys teria on a Pennsylvania railroad train and was taken to the Jersey City Hos pital. It was understood that she was on her way-to Now York to sec her sick mother. She lay at the hospital appa rently unconscious from the effects of hysteria. Then an undertaker who knew a Mary McXulty. who shammed hysteria at Wilmington, Del., about two years ago. and made $1(5., some clothing anil live weeks' board out of the act. called at the Jersey City Hos pital and said that the invste ions pa tient, wa none other than Mary Mc Xulty. The same day she recovered consciousness enough to say that her name-was Carrie (Silchrist, which there was reason to believe was not true. It was concluded that she was an impo-tor, who has at various times been having more or less profitable tits of hysteria at several places. Hut could the girl have acted out a ca.-o of hysteria from beginning to end, and without betray ing herelf submitted to the uual treatment of hysterical subject, w hich is .sometimes violent and generally painful? Could she have abided .-vvift emetics and allowed hcr-clf to be .-lapped, pinched and pricked without a wince to betray her? A physician who i considered au thority on nervou- di-ea-es, when a-ked these questions, doubted very much the ability of any woman to deliberately deceive even an ambulance surgeon by feigning hysteria. He knew of no ueh eases in medical literature, and if the so-called Carrie (iilchrit had not had hysteria at all, he should consider it a new phase in medical experience. "Il i extremely dillicult," -aid an other physician, "to tell -onietiine. where hvsteria i- simulated and where it i not. There i alw ays more or le-s .simulation." Flint say that there i- a tendency to exaggerate symptom- of di-ca.-e. It proceeds sometimes from an exaggerated sense of existing v nis touis and sometime- from a morbid de sire to excite interest or sympathy. It is an important part of the knowledge and tad of the practitioner make due allowance f r tliis tendency. In some ease a morbid perversion of the mind leads patient to undertake to practice gross fraud n regard- their ailment.-. Tlun pretend to have extraordinary diorders. and re-ort. to ingenious ef forts at deception. Hysterical malin gering i not iinfrequeiitly mixed with historical self-deception. The explanation which most of the physicians consulted gave of til-: ae -of C u ric (iilehri! was .something like this: There have been several well-authen-thvited ease, in w hich it was found that (he patient-could, at their w ill, throw thcm-clvc- into fits of hysteria. This could be done in dill'erent ways. One girl would alway- go into hysteria when -he thought of a certain -object: another by eating certain food: an other -eeined to have the abilitv lo mesmerize herself, and throw hcr-clf into a trance, and keep herself in it. It is probable that Carrie (S.lehri-l is one of this class of malingerer-. Hv thinking about some event in her life pcrluip- she can throw hcr-clf into hys teria. Once in she is in a state to keep up the deception, iiule-s frightened out in some wav. Not long ago a woman in hysterics wa brought into a'Hrooklyn hospital. She wa I ild on a cot, and she immedi ately Hopped out on to the lloor. Tho doctor set her up in a chair, ami she. tumbled out again and again, bumping her head and whacking her arms on the lloor as if nothing could hurt her. One of the doctors stepped up to her and began slapping her face on either side as hard as ho could. After two or three -lap- the girl jumped up and threatened to report the doctor for his cruelty, picked up her hat and walked out with no more hysteria than then i in a clam. Hysteria i often a strike for syoipathv. This girl got there verse. To some extent she must have been simulating, yet it wa- a genuine ca-e of hysteria. Wldle sympathy is alway sweet to the hysterical person, the idea of going into fits for pecuniary benefit i dccitl ly now. For such case- the ability to throw one' -elf into by stories at the proper time i of great value. -V. T. in ii. Marrow of the Modern Novel. (iiveu an active affinity (male) and a passive affinity (.female). The active nihility hits a positive value, but in pre.Miuee of the passive affinity it loses all estimation of this value, and be lieves the value of the passive affinity to be inestimable. The pas.-tvo affinity lias no value, and knows it, but it is able to attract the active allinily by an ingenious display of vacuity of v Inc. When he is drawn within the limits of Iter attraction hi-condition i.- hopeless, and a fusion (marriage) is inevitable. Should another pas-ivc atliuity of greater vacuity be present, the active atliuity is a lo-t quantity, for if oue vaeuity doe- not aborb Id- value, an other one will. Chirk Dudley ll'ur jj!T, in Harper' Miuanue, m ii iw Thrott woman have boeu hanged iu Liverpool i : the last two peat's. ROUGHING IT OUT WEST. Rml Slnrr nt I'nltlirnl Wlf Whit Trld l.Vn mi Hip J'lulin. After tolling of a young couple ' brought up to luxury who thought they would rough-it on the plains, a cot re- spondent thus continue ms story : i "To the reader who has been accus-. tonied to dwelling in populous sections, no adequate idea of the utter U liness of a residence in the 1-ar vct can he formed. The disconsolate wife, uiiablo to obtain assistance in her hour of need, now remained faithfully watching by the bedside of the dying man, who ap peared to entertain a peculiar dread of being buried alive. 'Promise me.' lie said to his wife sonic hours before his death, 'that you will not see me buried for at least four days after I have breathed my last:' to which request the - tf..ll ....... All' ........ .. ,..111.111 1 .1 Lllll lllil ..II jmmfi tiuiii.ui i, .lining ,.--,, ... , through the day and during the earlier portion ol tnc nignt me woman sai . alone with her dead, while without, and I as though already seen tin their prey, I a pack of hungry coyotes circled about tno isoiatcit a none, ever aim anon giv-j ing vent to their peculiar and niood-i curdliii": cries. At nine o clock a -niall partv of miner, including our guides, Wood and ""Armstrong,-called on the way to Cheyenne. "The sail story was soon told and early on the following morning one of the party was sent to Hoist! Creek for the purpose of obtaining the material for a eollin. During all thi- time the widow sat by the bedside of her dead husband, at times scrutinizing the fea tures of the latter and nionieiitar ly starting up as if she fancied she de tected signs of returning animation. Kit Arm-troug. from whom I received whatever information is here afforded concerning this ;id epi-odc, together with his companion. Wood, remained during the four dav following the death of the man a-iiccribed. On the la-t night of their vigil the woman, worn out from con-taut watching, con sented Co take some re-t while toward morning both of the watcher- alo fell asleep. "It is not known at what hour the supposed corpse became again animated with life, but it was found upon inves tigation that the body hail at some time during the night partially turned in the eollin in which it had been placed, although the feature still bore the same placid expression they had worn the day previous. The discovery of thi dreadful circumstance proved too much for the alllieted wife, who en tirely lo-t her reason and who thence forth loamcd about in the v ieinity of her late home, being gcnerou-ly af forded shelter by tho-e who had pur- I chased the ranch, and -uper.-titioii-ly ! avoided by Indians, who regarded her j with awe. -llonton ('omiiiersiitl llitlletin. ! ARTIFICIAL SOCIETY. A Cronil ol' I'Kiitl.tlr.lt Mi-n unit Woiiu-il l-ohl of ICfill liiti-lh-i't. A correspondent who ha horn ob serving society in Washington, sets it down as "a very conglomerate affair, with none of the heart of hospitality in it." The people being literally "here to-day and gone --morrow." go through the hollow forms of ealU ami receptions witli little more than a pro fession of kindliness, a- a matter of liu-itie . You will, for in-t-iuce. bo invited to call upon some peron on lu-f reception day. She stands in a line with' those who receive with her, some of them stupidly .-elf-con-cioii-, or im pudently indifferent. You s;iy "good morning" at coming and going, al though it is well along tow ard evening. Some of tile ladies have no wai-r worth mentioning to their dre e-, and no tact whatever in their manner. You arc invited to take chocolate, which yon do lis solemnly a if it were hem lock tea. You sigli for some bright spirited man or woman with whom to exchange an idea, but you sigh in vain. You see bare necks suggestive of pneu monia, gorgeous dresses, gigantic false tcclh and -mile- equally artificial. There i- the slightest perceptible jolt in the social wheel-when a man or woman of high po-itiou dies, hut the jar is hardly discernible, and the carof juggernaut moves on. People at the bottom of the social ladder are strain ing and agonizing to get to the top. Thoo at tho top are otteu eying each other with envy and suspicion. The pre has held up to ridicule and well deserved contempt the impudent ami ill-mannered people who attended the Chinese ball, uninvited, and who dis graced thcm-clvc and their country as much by going as they did by their raid upon the dining-room. You have seen animals feed out of a trough? Well but no matter. Who were these peo ple? They are por-cci who aspire to be reckoned of the "upper crust" in the "society" in the "court circle" of America. Youth's Conipniiioii. ! Business is Business. Two pas-enger.- on the train became involved in a very heated controversy, which finally waxed o hot that one of them called the other a liar. What'-, that, a liar?" and he wa- on hi feet. "Ye-, a liar," wa the emphatic rc-spon-c, "or my name ain't John Smith,' of Smitliville," What, the hardware merchant?" "The -ainc." "Mr. Smith. I'm delighted' to know you. 1 ivpreont Me r Sharpedge & Co., of Xew York, and can show you a Hue of samples that vv ill make your hair curl." -V. 1'. Sun. (lideou Thompson, of Hridgeport. Conn., celebrated hi-ninety-third birth day rocoutly, and over six hundred of his follow townsmen called on him. among them twenty person- over uine- i ty j can BOWSER. UprrtheU lr MummiIIik- l'irT-rpnr.i4 I.oiiR-Suir-rliiK, I'litlrnt Wlt. A msi,.miis iid fault with their ,1H,:l, I know this to bo true, because M ' iLer savs so. I think it noth- ing -trango when Mr. Hovvser sits down to his dinner and begins: "Humph: Same old corned beef! "Yes. my dear; it's the same corned beef you ordered as you went down this morning." "Oh. it i! I didn't know but it was sonic I ordered a year ago! What do you call these things?" "Potatoc. of coiiivc." "Potatoes, eh? I'll try and remem ber that name. And what's this?" "( SililiMiri, mi- love." Oil! fdidn't know but it was wood , ,nv jovi. Va. this bread math' I ' - . . aKiec tlie war 'Ccrtainlv. It is only two days )( . Hmiipli! Huving some poor coffee ;Vr:xUi M,,!t i,0'k at that! That stuff i,..,,, jf t w., dipped out of a mud- j,,,,,;" "But you ordered this very rollee your-elf only night before last." He growls and eats, and eats and growls, ami I've got med to it. - His only now and then that he pro".eeda to violence. The other day ho express ed his fondness for pumpkin pie, and I ordered the cook to make two or three. We had one brought on at supper, and a soon as Mr. Bow ser saw it he sternly inquired: "What do you call that performance Ihero? W-heii vvas it barn, and where i it going to?" "Mr. Bow-ei-. you said you wanted some pumpkin pie." "Yes." "Well, here it is. aad a good a one a von ever ate: 1 made it myself, after mother's favorite recipe." Mr-. Bow ser. do you call that a pumpkin pic." "I do. si,-." "Then I want tube branded a fool! What do you take tnc for. any way? Don't you suppose I was eating pump kin pie- before you were born?" Why isn't it a pumpkin pie?" "Wh'v isn't a boot-leg a boot? Whore is your other cm-i : "But pumpkin pic never have any ; upper cru-l." j "Don't they? Mr. Bower. you can ! deceive the cook, for she i a confiding i foreigner, and you can .-tuff most any yarn down our poor little baby, but don't try to bamboozle me. It won't work. I'm gad for your -ake that my mo her i-n't here to laugh at you." In two day- Iliad a letter from hi mother, atliriuing that there wa- no upper cru-t to a pumpkin pi?, and I i brought my own mother over in the ! Ile.-h as a further while-, but what did ' Mr. Bow -or do but lou i ly exclaim: j "Bo-h! You old women have forgot ! ten half you knew! You arc thinking i about pudding and milk, you are. Of I cour-e there is no upper erut to pud i ilinsr and milk, and I never said there was." He cost me a good girl lat week by I ouv of his whim-. I happened to won ! tier aloud during the evening if -he had i put her bread to rie. when he promptly i inquired: "Mr-. Bowser, do you know why I hi cad rises?" ' "Because of the yeast." "But why doe.- the yeast expand the 1 dough?" , "Because it doe." "F.xadly. You al live because you do, and that's all .you know about it! I You ought to lie ashamed of your igno rance of natural philosophy. I'll .-co ' if the girl know any better." He went out and inquired: "Jane, have vou put the bread to .rise?" "Yes. sir." "Do you expect it to ri-e?" "Of course." "Why don't you expect it to fall?" "Are you running this kitchen?" she sharply demanded. "Yirtually, ye. My object is to see how well you are posted on natural philnophy. Why does the bread rise instead of fall?" "Because it' a fool, and I'm an other for -laying in a place where a man i- allowed to hen-huzzy about the kitchen! I'll leave iu the morn ing!" And leave -he did. and all the con solation 1 got from Mr. Bowser a- he j came up to dinner wa: "It s a good thing she left. She might have mixed something together' which would havceaued our death-. Come, now. hurry up the dinner!" Mr. Bowcr has improved some iu the direction, of taking care of the baby. I can now leave them together a- long as fifteen minute.- without fear that one will kill the other by trying some experiment. They had been alone about -even minute- the other day while I wa- up tair-, and when 1 came down Mr. Bow-er seemed quite agitated and whispered to me: "I've suspected it all along!" "What?" "That our child is somewhat of a monstrosity ! Look at that!" And lie pointed to the soft spot on the child's head where a throb could be detected. "F.very child ha- the same," I re plied iu a letis-uring voice. "Oil! they have, eh! What infant's a-vlum have you been mat inn of? Per haps 1 nuirrio t the mother in-lead of the daughter! 1 Jell you that'- a freak of nature, that i, ami I shan't ho sur- pri-cd to come homo any day and find a horn beginning to sprout!" Detroit Free l'.e. The Infant King of Spain is able to vv alk puui-h now with the as-i-tance of the Minister uf the Nmsurv. X. Y, Her ili. MR. AND MRS. WHOLESOME WATER. Tho Morn Imnnrtuiit Ailvnntncr) of Prop rrtv Con-tnif-tiMl Drive Well. When there is no rocky stratum near the surface, the drive well is an excel lent means of securing a plentiful sup ply of the host water. A good drive well with two-inch pipe can be driven forty feet, and furnished with good iron pump, for about twenty dollar-. 1 have often noticed the water from the shallow surface well, located in and about stockyards, in this vicinity. I need hardly say that the water has a yellowish tinge and an offensive smell. It can hardly bo otherwise, when it has soaked-down-through the manure all about the well. Animals will drink such water when choked right to it but no more - than they arc actually obliged to. The line instinct of the ani mal rebels agaius: such wat 'r. but the superior reason and judgment of man triumphs over mere brute instinct. The water from such a surface well is at about the freezing point iu win ter. The deep well ha a lnneh more natural and uniform temperature al ways considerably' above freezing. The surface well can. of course. Is sunk at considerably les expense to tho farmer, as ho can do all the work him self. He can sink a board or plank curb, or if stone are handy, stone is put, up without much outlay. Tlv principal investment is for a cheap wooden pump. This fact probably ac counts for the prevalence of these sur face wells. It is the old story of ill directed economy. All aniinal will do nuich'bottcr with plenty of good, wholesome water, of a temperature considerably above freez ing. Stock fattencr fully appreciate this fact. "Your cattle will fat if they have good clover hay and plenty of good water," said a butcher to me. lately, and if good water and plenty of it is neccary to fatten cattle, it icr tainly i- to all animals carried over winter. Now I know that there are many sec tion of country similar iu the water supply to my own. and I do not doubt that the management run- pretty much the same that it doe- bere. The fanner in anv such country, who can obtain. an abundant supply of the best, water for his stock by going down to the depth of thirty or forty feet with a drive well, will certainly find it a stroke ot economy lo do so. I am satisfied that the few dollars, necessary investment needed to work this improvement will soon conic back to him in the shape of increased gain in condition of stock." 11". I). Do-,ni.on, in Western Plowman. rsrv .;eveiai months past C. E. Mr- Derniott and his father, of .refferson villo, Kv., have been courting, un known to each other, the handsome daughter of a wealthy Scott County farmer. The father, it was thought, had proved the successful suitor, and St. Valentine's day had been chosen for the nuptials. The son, however, knew nothing of tho arrangement un til hi father took him into his cunti denee Wednesday iat. He sought an interview with the girl and discovered that he had been her choice, and that she would have married him had ho propo-cd. lie did so then and there, and they eloped and were married Thursday. The young man is only nineteen years old and the girl is but seventeen. . . .-.. Rotating crop and turning under vegetable matter i manuring iu it-elf. and S the best manuring we can do; it is permanent if regularly kept up. We see land that ha-been annually heavily and expensively fertilized with com mercial fertilizers that is getting more exhausted every year. I account for it in thi way. that tho land lack humu (decayed vegetation), and without huniiis, manure- do but littb good. Georgia Cor. Dixie Former. Hilary Jennings and Mrs. Julia Jolly were married a lew days ago at Shelby, N. C, and at the same time and place the bridegroom's .son was united with Mrs. Jolly's daughter -making altogether the Jollie-t matri monial event ever celebrated iu that section. How's Your Liver? Is the Oriental salutation, knowing that good health cannot exist without a healthy Liver. When tho Liver is torpid the Bow els are sluggish and con stipated, the food lie3 in the stomach undi gested, poisoning tho blood ; frequent headache ensues ; a feeling of lassi tude, despondency and nervousness indicate how the whole system is de ranged. Simmons Liver Regulator ha3 been tho means of restoring moro people to health and happiness by giving them a healthy Liver than any agency known on earth. It acts with extraor dinary power and eflicacy. NEVER BEEN DISAPPOINTED. A u Koneral family remedy for Dyspepsia Torpid I.tvur, Constipation, etc.. I liurrilj ever ii anytlitiiir eW. ami have nevei l-een tilKauiMilimHl In tlie vtt'ect produced It Mt'in to Ik almost il iwrfwl rtirn fur nil dloue of the Stiiiuaeli ami I towels. . . W. J. McKi.kov, Muc-ii, Oa.