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Around the
Hearthstone.
THE PRAYER OF CCELEBS.
hr gonel Alas, one mors .
laded by a woman's trick! ,
:'ar stalwart bachelor . - . i
figure as a benedick!
yrfmarnage, see, naa been arranged
Between Miss Blank and" res. and
; Harry!
ly well-loved friend, you most have
changed;
Yon, of all men alive, to marry'
t Cambridge, on debating nights, '
Brown and yourself shone in the lists
s valiant foes of "Woman's Rights,"
A pair of stanch misogynists;
How valueless yonr spuecb.es prove!
thrown, top, I understand, is fated
pake-. Ilka you, the deadly move
Viich loses all, by which you're mated.
rt, ihonghvl mourn fo? you, my friend.
Jiy tears are not tor you aione;
his fall of yours, does it portend
A like disaster of my own?
b love a brief insanity
W hich seizes all of us? Shall no men
scqpe its ravages? Shall I
Become a lover? Absit omen!
a. Mao d, or Muriel, or Kate!
Your name, from force of circumstance,
cannot definitely state;
Let us entreat you ir advance; J
h, unknown maid whoa I shall woo.
Let me pitt forward mv petition .. jj
efore yon Have reduced me to -
A semi-imbecilo condition.
yhen, on some fragrant summer eve.
i vow that you are quite divine,
nd ask yon simply to believe
There never was such love as mine.
pespise such platitudes as those,
From my demented self protect me.
nd if I finally propose.
Be kind, be generous and reject me.
London World,
WISE AT LAST.
He bad ran through some 30,000 or
10,000. Be had dropped money on
e tnrf, at the tables, and made a
toI f- himself In various ways; but
e fellows who knew him best were
1 of a mind that "dear old Harry"
ad never before made such a fool
himself as he did In converting
tie Myra Bromley Into Mrs. Henry
peL
eevertheless, It was a matter of opin
io, the theater. In the dressing-
oms, there were not. wanting ladies
Miss Bromley's own profession who
bsldered that the girl was getting
rood deal the worse of the bargain.
My dear," said the girl whoj)layed
i Amazon chief In the highly suc
sful burlesque which ba !uet en-
ied the second year otVits ran. "mv
Yr, take my adviceaiid never marry
Yntleman! Marfy a mummer for
Ice, or a shopkper or a shoeblack,
Jkst.-o4 don't marry anyone.
Jut a Ktntlemair's fatal, and a gentle-
an w-tfcont any money good Iord!"
Words failed her; she threw up her
knds y..-irnlngl, and a small chorus
approval snowed that the house
as with her.
1A11 : the same little Myra Bromley
a marry her Harry Capel. For one
Ins, he was the first man who had
er asked her to be his wife; and for
other, she was very genuinely in
k'e with him. Indeed.
She migrated from her "combined
lorn' in the Kennlncrton nnsrtpr m
rnished apartments la Maddox
eet. antt-ljere, on the flr floor ota
"3-thifirssorted couple
itaijtfed-liousekeeplng.
It Is scarce necessary to say she left
r.e stage. Some things are inevitable,
nd one of them Is that an actress al
ways, leaves the stage when she mar-
ies, and" as Invariably returns to it
ooner or later.
Ebi d'd not want to leave It for she
new her husband's position, and un
erstood that the 5 a week salary
hat she was drawing would be very
setui to them, but Mr. Capel inslst-
My dear child," he said, "is It like
I would allow you to remain? We
ay not be very flush Just at present
tori am sure we shall be comfort
pie, and I should not know a mo-
en t's peace if you continued at the
ndacity as. my wife. No, no; we'll
ve quietly here for awhile until I
rop . Jnto something, and presently.
hke my word for it you will forget
bo.: were an actress at alt"
A a matter of fact the conclusion
a$ somewhat irrelevant for her de-
-e had been prompted far less by
py yearnings for histrionic triumphs
un py the wish to augment their
easier Income. But she obeyed, as
wife should, and for six months or
ore; ber only visits to the theater
erenade In the dress circle or the
lalls.. Sometimes she got orders, and
mctitnes Jlr. Capel paid. At first It
J is very good fun, the unaccustomed
sitlon- on tb9 other side of the foot-
tnta. She enjoyed the novelty of It
r gloved nanas folded and the lorg
tt by her side, but by degrees both
the' pair began to sigh for the past
'i uau . reunquisneu. xne girl s
oushts followed the players to the
esslng-rooms between the acts and
a man began to reflect moodily that
e matrimonial blisses were a shade
)w compared with the bachelor frol-
s of old-lang syne.
ind he did not "drop Into" anything
u ineir capital ran very low. The
pgerbread began to show through
e g'Jt, and It was stale gingerbread.
breover, at least to .-the man.
iLittle Mrs. Capel was neglected by
r unsound and bored by . her medi
tiens. He took to going out alone
the evening now. He said that if
p was to get hold of any post it was
Jjcessary to meet fellows, and keep
in tfle swim. -..There may have been
something In It but it was not lively
for the woman staring at the clock
pnd tto reread periodicals or the scaf-
toldlas of the houses that were under
ling repairs on the opposite side of
he way. She told him so once; It
as Ihe prelude to the crisis. He was
int all day and only returned at din
ner time to hastily swallow the meal
End retire to his room in order to dress.
When he re-entered tne parlor, she
nrjuired where be was going.
'Is it essential," she said Ironically.
'to come In at all? Your visits are :
o brief that it seems to me you must
nd It an inconvenience to make them."
"What do you mean?"
"I mem." said Mrs. CapeL "that I
id moping myself to death. : I mar
led you for your society, Harry, and
need not remind you that I am not
Mas much of it" .... W
lie was hipped, angry, out of sorts.
fa bad lost at a race meeting that
I am sorry." he said savagely, "that
li regret uiy marrying you; If you
re single again, you may take my
rd" for it I wouldn't"
t was the first occasion that any-
like plain speaking on the sub-
bad occurred between tbem. Be
seized bis bat and left the bouse In
a rage: Myra sat still with tears In
her eyes and mutiny In her souL '
Why . should she be left to eat out
ber heart like this, she demanded of
herself. Better the distractions of ber
old life a thousand times. He regret
ted their marriage, and she, too, re
gretted it Well, then, be could lead
his own life, and she would lead hers.
She would go to the "Audacity" the
very next morning, and try for a re-
engagement She would go to-night-
now! . The sooner the wiser. To-mor
row might be too late.
' She ran into the bedroom her hus
band had Just vacated, and hastily
proceeded to don her cloak and bat
In fastening the latter, she dropped
the pin, and, stooping for It found
that it bad fallen on the jacket be bad
exchanged for a dress coat
She picked them both up together,
and a note fell out of the Jacket pock
et a note in a woman's handwriting,
which began "My Ducky."
She was not a heroine, only a very
natural girl, and she read the note
through from the address to the sig
nature. When she had finished the
perusal, she took the cloak and hat
off again and sat down In the armchair,
thinking, until Mr. Capel returned.
It was 1 o'clock when the street door
was unlocked, and bis steps were beard
ascending the stairs. Mrs. Capel stood
up, with the note in ber hand.
"You should be more careful." she
said, "or perhaps, since you regretted
your marriage so deeply, you were
anxious I should assist yon to regain
your freedom. I promise to do my
best."
"Are you mad?"
"No," she said, l am very saue.
We have both made a desperate mis
take and my eyes are open to It Six
ronths ago I should have been pros
trate with misery to find you false
to me. To-day I thank heaven for my
chance of escape. I "an divorce you
and I mean to do It"
"You are mistaken," he answered
sullenly. "I am sorry to dispel an illu-s"-n,
but you cannot dlverce me. I
may have been false to you. but 1
have never been cruel. You are my
wife, and you will have to continue
so."
"I will not live with you another
day."- . -
"Oh, that may be, but my wife you
are, and will remain. Any lawyer
will tell you as much."
She broke down then and wept pas
sionately; and clumsily, because he
was ashamed of himself, he strove to
console her. His efforts, however,
were quite unavailing, and after aban
doning the attempt in despair and seek
ing refuge in a pipe, he left her to her
self and turned into bed.
When he woke the next morning she
was gone. He must have slept sound
ly, for her box was packed and her
preparations had not d'sturbed him.
Abetter lay on the table beside him.
and reading it he saw thr : she had
left him forever. On the whole, he
was relieved to learn It and he was
not surprised, in the course of three
or four days, to see ber name announc
ed as a member of the forthcoming
Audacity burlesque. Well, the episode
was over. He had tried most things
and found them a failure before es
saying matrimony, and marriage had
proved as" empty as the rest There
was nothing now co prevent him re
suming, without restrictions, the more
-unfettered life he hat forsaken at the
temptation of little Myra Bromley's
pertty face.
He would clear out of t"-e Maddox
street lodging and take a couple of
rooms somewhere en gar--n. He bal-
nivu tlia faari anil tatAA Ka I.
iwas - Justified in treating himself to
well-chosen little dinner and a music
hall afterward. As for Mrra, he did
not want any more to do with her. She
bad left him, and he did not Intend to
think of her again. It was his "re
ward," he told himself bitterly, for
mr.rrying ber her recriminations and
desertion. He felt that be bad been
guilty of a cerH'n FIng Copbetua no
bility In making her bis wife at all,
when No, he could not dupe him
self about that She bad been hon
est enough, but It bad been a mesalli
ance, and when a man made a mesalli
ance the least be bada right to look
for In return was gratitude and devo
tion. Bah!' If ho were wise be would
go down to the theater and box her ears
In the presence of a witness or two,
and let her get her divorce after all.
On the whole, he thongbt he would.
Let the account close wipe It out ob
literate it Hang her!
Whether he would or would not have
dom so in the ordinary course of
events, however, there Is no means of
determining He did not as things
turned out because, while be was still
considering It Myra Bromley made a
sudden and unexpected leap into pub
lic favor and commanded in the course
of a very few monthr. a salary of first
25, next 30 and ther 50 a week. Mr.
Capel. his ire exhausted, perceived that
in ridding himself of a wife on whom
be had a right to levy handsome con
tributions, he would be to use an ex
pressive vulgarism pulling bis nose to
spite his face. .
His circumstances, thanks tj the ill
ness of the "principal," into whose
shoes the fortunate little "understudy"
had stepped, were now vastly im
proved. He took -ery cozy chambers.
Mudeed called on his tailor, and was
no longer ashamed to sun himself in
Piccadilly between the hours of 3 and
5. His correspondence with the goose
'jo laid the golden eggs was rare and
brief, but sometimes, when his allow
ance failed to suffice for his weekly re
quirements, he dropped a polite re
quest for an additioral "tenner," and
as Myra lived quite cheaply she al
ways had It to spar- and sent It to
him. This state of things continued
for three years, and then, as might
have been foreseen, Mrs. Hemy Capel
fell In love with an actor. .
He was ready and anxious to marry
her, but she explained ber position to
him and told bim, without disguising
her love, that they could never be any
thing . more than they were to each
other while her husband lived. She
was, as she had been, strai bt as a
die, and no breath of scandal bad
touched her. Charlies Eanies, who
was a tboroufhly good fellow, did not
attempt tojshake her resolution. He
only pondered miserably, and then,
arriving at a pla" o action, went to
her at last and suggested It
"This blackguard o yours I It so
ciety. Isn't he?" he said. "Knows all
of swell people, and they all know he
Is married to you? . Well, look here, My
ra darling, you can't divorce him com
pel him to divorce you. If you are
known to be openly living with me be
won't be able fo belp himself. He'
daren't let it' be said that he- refuses
to divorce you because he makes you
keep him out of yonr salary, and there
could be no other explanation of his
attitude. : For very shame he'd have
to proceed, and I swear -to you on all
my gods I'll make you my wife the
moment the decree nisi is made abso
lute. What do you say?'
She demurred a long time, but she,
ended by saying what most women
similarly circumstanced would have
said. She. said she -rusted ber lover
and that ber husband was a scoundrel.
She consented, and Mr. Capel, to his
egregious disgust, found his . hand
forced beyond remonstrance. -
Myra Capel Is Mrs. Charles Karnes
to-day and a very nappy wife. Henry
Capel is borrowing fivers and drifting
so rapidly toward a subsistence de
rived from the billiard-rooms that be
already regrets his concession to ap
pearances. Such a number of people
know the true inwardness of the un
defended case of "Capel vs. Capel aid
Eames" that to many this narrative
f It will be dull reading. Tt is writ
ten for the larger public who knew
nothing that did not appear in the
newspapers, and who wasted such a
great deal of unnecessary sympathy
ou the petitioner. Plck-Me-Up.
THE GIRLS ARE IN THE WAY
Of a Stronger, More Forceful. Li tero
tore) So Some Author Insist.
In the Ladles' Home Journal Ed
ward W. Bck editorially discusses the
plaint of certain authors, that young
girls stand In our way of having a
strong, forceful literature. They ar
gue that these offending young girls
constitute the majority of book-buy
era an.1 readers, and that tbey insist
upon having "smooth, pretty and con
ventional reading matter." Mr. Bok is
evidently disposed to treat this pro.
test lu a facetious spirit pointing out
to the writers how tbey can pursue lit
erature In accord with their own de
sires and aims, without disturbing the
young girls, or publishers either.
" "It is very strange," Mr. Bok well-
says, "that certain of our authors
should so constantly complain of being
circumscribed in this matter of writ
ing about 'the great truths of life' and
the problems of humankind.' t There
Is no reason why tbey should feel so.
The world is large, and all ways are
open to those who wish to travel them
If authors want to go into the darkest
and vilest sewers of human life why
should they not? Every man Is bis
own master. And after any ' author
with such a 'mission' has thoroughly
saturated himself with the atmosphere
of the places he has sought then let
him write of them. He will not offend
any one. No one will disturb him
least of all, the publishers. Certainly
the young girl will not Refined and
well-bred women will not annoy him.
Decent men will not obtrude them
selves upon him; they are busy with
weightier affairs. So. why should not
the author anxious to solve 'the prob
lems of life' go ahead and solve them?
There Is no reason on earth why he
should feel any sort of thraldom. His
facts are to be had for the experience;
Ink and paper for a few cents. Be
yond that, he need feel no anxiety. He
need not worry about tyranny; there
will be none. He need only satisfy
himself; no one else. Not a human be
ing will obstruct bis going. And If,
here and there, a stray specimen of
the dreaded 'young girl' happens across
his path, he need give himself no un
easiness of mind. She will get out of
bis way. So, why this complaining?
Only One Way.
Insurance against the dishonesty of
employes Is a recognized feature of
modern commercial life. One of the
great corporations carrying on this busi
ness published an estimate of the
amount lost in the year 1894 by embez
zlement and defalcation. The total loss
for the year was put at the enormous
sum of $25,000,000. Immense as this
sum is. It does not Include the losses,
undoubtedly large In the aggregate,
which have never been made public
by the individuals or firms defrauded.
It is far from encouraging to note also
that this estimate shows an Increase of
about $7,000,000 over the previous year.
Most of this kind of stealing Is done
by men of good education, and at least"
fair opportunities for honest success.
The real cause Is the too prevalent
haste to gain wealth and enjoy life
Without bard work to get something
for nothing.
One of the most valuable lessons that
can be learned is that everything worth
having must be earned by steady, hon
est effort Henry Ward Beecher once
received a letter from a lad who. wanted
to find an "easy berth." Mr. Beecher
in reply, after warning the boy to avoid
the law, medicine, the ministry, trade
and other forms of Industry, because
each Involved hard work, ended witb
this exhortation:
"Don't work. Don't study. Don't
think. None of these are easy O my
son; yon have come Into a hard world!
I know of only one easy place in it and
that is the grave." Youth's Compan
ion. Something Wrong..
While Colonel" Powell was exploring
the canons of the Colorado bis camp
was visited one day in winter by an
Indian hunter and trader, named John
son. He had no fixed borne, but in
formed Colonel Powell that he' intend
ed the next spring to plant corn, pota
toes and other vegetables on a certain
long Island in the Uinta river..
"You will be along there in the sum
mer," be said to Colonel Powell; "stop
and belp yourselves to anything you
wish.'
True enough, on one of the early days
of July the Powell party came to the
Island, and in looking about came upon
a garden. It was In a sad condition,
having received no care since it was
planted. The season -was early, more
over, but one of the men suggested that
potatD tops were good greens, and in
their strong desire for something to
vary their salt-meat fare, they gath
ered a quantity and cooked them for
dinner.
Soon afterward one man and then an
other was taken with nausea, violent
pains, and other symptoms of poison
ing, till the whole company lay tum
bling about tbe grand groaning. Cot
Powell was really alarmed, and ad
ministered emetics to as many as would
take them. By the middle of tbe after
noon all hands were much better. Then,
as Col. Powell says, Jack Summer re
corded in bis diary:
"Potato tops are not good greens on
the sixth day of July."
Her System of Orthography.
Mamma Well, Elsie, what did yon
learn at school to-day? .
Elsie (aged 6) Learned to spell.
Mamma Now, what ' did you learn
to spell? ,
Elsie Man. . '
Mamma And bow do yon spell
"man?'
Elsie (promptly) M-a-n... man.
Mamma Now, how - do you spell
"boy?" .. ; . . . r - -
Elsie (after a moment's reflection
The same way, only in littler letters.
Washington Times. -
One on the Doctor.
Doctor This bacon doesn't appear to
me to be well cured; does it to you?
Lady of tbe House Perhaps not, doc
tor; It is probably like some of your
patients doctored, . but , not cured.
Richmond JVa.) DUpatcb, x ",
. Milking- a Zebu.
Mrs. Braddock gives in the Iodepend
ent the exciting story of her attempt
at milking a zebu, or Indian cow, a
weird, uncanny little creature like all
ber kind, with a hump and long ears
"sewed In crooked" so that they point
backward. One morning the gwala,
or cowherd informed his mistress that
the calf bad died in the night, and that
the cow would not allow' herself to
be milked unless the calf's skin should
be stuffed and set up before. her; more
over, he suggested that if certain ru
pees should be given him for the pur
chase of material, he would stuff the
skin himself. ,
In America I had milked more than
one kicking cow. Calmly, not to say
loftily, requesting the gwala to bring
bis pail, I marched down to the cow
bouse, inwardly resolved to see tbe rea
son why that cow should not be milked,
and more than that meaning to illus
trate what an American could do when
an Indian had failed.
Outside the cow-shed the zebus were
tethered in a row. They paid no at
tention to the half-naked brown gwa
la, but at my approach each, with wild
eyes and uplifted bead, snorting and
trembl-pg, seemed, but for the restrain
ing tether rope, about to bound away
Into the jungle.
The gwala called a second man to his
aid. With a new rope they lassoed
the hinder legs of the bereaved, bold
Ing tbem In a slip-noose. One man
held tbe end of tbe rope, while the
other with the pail cautiously approach
ed ber.
In a twinkling the pail was a rod
away, the man witb the rope was pull
ing as for bis life, tbe man witb tbe
pall was with It still. '
I was gasping, to regain my breath,
while that zebu was kicking aa noth
ing unpossessed could kick. She ap
peared utterly Indifferent as to whether
there were ground under ber, as all
four feet seemed continuously in the
air. The adept who was declared able
to dance with
- One foot six Inches oC de grouu,
de oder not quite touch in',
must deliver up the palm.
Thankful that my valorous resolu
tions had been mental, I meekly gave
the gwala exactly one-third the amount
be bad requested, and directed hixn to
stuff the calf's skin.
This having been ' accomplished, I
was again summoned to. tbe scene of
action. There stood that remarkable
cow, contentedly licking and fondling
her offspring, and occasionally lunch
ing scantily upon the hay stuffing
which protruded through her progeny's
hide, while the native milked merrily
away, sitting, as is customary, on the
wrong tide.
' A Remarkable Oak.
There is a wayward white oak tree
near Laporte, Ind., that may well puz
zle naturalists witb the vagaries of its
growth. The tree is, nine feet in cir
cumference at tbe base, and there are
no branches of any size below fifteen
feet from the ground. . Tber the great
Dole aiviaes into a numoer or. umos.
Two, leaving the trunk about twenty
Inches apart, grow west their lines di
verging for six feet and then each
bending toward the other. Twelve feet
from the body of the tree they unite
again, making a perfect oval, and out
of this grow two smaller branches. As
If not satisfied with that expressed dis
regard for the laws of nature, this old
tree has performed another feat Six
feet from Its base grows another white
oak, less than half its size, and no
sooner does the smaller tree arrive at
the charmed circle of those branching
limbs than one of them grows right Into
it and is absorbed. The second tree is
very much larger twenty feet from the
ground than at Its base.
A Neat Swindling Trick.
The latest swlndling-game was prac
ticed successfully the other day at Ben
ton, Pa. Two men, who appeared to
be strong silver and gold advocates.
were in the central depot and became
involved In a heated discussion. Tbe
gold man offered to get a gold double
eagle that If he hammered the coin into
a shapeless mass it would still be worth
$20. He was ostensibly taken up by
tbe silver advocate, but when It came
to selling tbe lump to Jeweler Roth tbe
score was closed. James Hagerty, a
strong sound money advocate who
stood by and who had implicit faith In
tbe value of gold, gave the man $20 for
the battered coin. The two enthusi
asts disappeared shortly after, and then
it was discovered that the metal left
by them was spurious.
REFORMS MEED MORE THAN A DAT
To bring them about, and are always more
complete and lasting when they proceed with
steady regularity to a consummation, few oi
the observant among us can have failed to
notice that Dermanentlv neaitntui changes in
the human system are not wrought by abrupt
and violent means, ana mat tnose are tne
most salutary medicines which are progressive.
Hostetter's btomacn mters is tne cniet oi tnese.
T ! ; .. j f V..- ..'.mm ..V.O.-CW. tor .
ODiiteratea py it.
. The British admiralty is about to take
up the work of training carrier pigeons for
conveying messages at sea.
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The total rjonulatiou of the earth is esti
mated at about l',200,000 souls, of whom
35,214,000 die annually an average of 98,
848 a day.
I believe Piso's Cure is the onlv medi
cine that will cure consumption. Anna
M. Ross, Williamsport, Pa., Nov. 12, '95.
HOW'S THIS?
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TOPICS FOR FARMERS
A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
Farm Life Fall of Independent Com
fortBe Cautions in Making: Changes
; , Cultivate the Social Features of
Life on the Farm Notes. -
Full of Independence
We believe the farmer, who produces
tbe good things of earth, is entitled
to enjoy tbem to the full extent of his
need. Farm life Is potentially very
full of Independent comfort, but only
upon condition that the farmer shall
devote a fair share of his time to the
task of making himself and family
comfortable. It is surprising, when
one thinks of it, how very little of the
necessities of life the farmer is obliged
to buy, as compared with the amount
that he actually does buy. He might
hare a table covered with fruits, veg
etables and meats, all grown within
the limits of bis own farm, and of a
quality and freshness that is not pos
sible with the people living in towns
and cities. Like all good things. It re
quires some effort to do this, and yet
it is easily possible. The garden is one
point; the orchard, of both tree-fruits
and small-fruits, is ".notber, and his
own feed lot is still another, of the
Bources of liberal supply. They ought
to be cultivated and made the most of.
Be Cautions.
Improvement is needed In every di
rection. ""But experience has taught
the most of us that many things are
not what they seem. It is, therefore,
the part of wisdom to be cautious in
making changes especially as regards
seeds. Be sure they are adapted to
your soil and climate; do not take an
other's "say so," but know for your
self. Many expensive mistakes may
thus be avoided. This is one of the
principles of successful management.
Tbe Social Bide.
The social features of farm life are
not as attractive to the young as they
should be. Town people make a study
of their social life, and they are con
stantly working and planning some new
feature of pleasure and enjoyment.
The parents plan for their children
and their children's friends, and they
spend both time and money for the
advancement of social culture. Why
not incorporate more of this idea Into
our farm life? It's surely worth try
ing.
A Cheap Hog Pea.
It does not need an expensively built
pen to house a hog, unless it is one of
the variety that stands on two legs.
The genuine hog, which is the only
kind really profitable, goes in for com
fort and not at all for style. A pen
warm In winter, with a tight roof over
it to exclude rain, and floor enough
for the hog to stand on while he is
eating, is better than a painted house
of matched lumber that will cost a
hundred dollars. It is a good thing in
a hog house to have a dirt floor, and
that the hog house be light and strong
enough so that It can easily be moved.
Every time the house is moved there
will be a new floor, and the hog. if un
ringed, will root it over. A hog left
free to root in soil that has not been
contaminated with hog manure, will
generally keep healthy, and will make
healthy pork. In summer time, the
house is mostly superfluous. Tbe hog
likes to be cool and will root for himself
In a wallow in the moist soil, where he
will lie most of the time If well fed,
and will keep in better health than in
the most artistic bog pen ever built.
Many of the experiments in hog grow
ing begin with much too expensive hog
houses. Those make the pork cost far
more than tbe cheaply grown hogs of
farmers, who can thus undersell nthe
amateur farmer, Who handicaps him
self by putting on too much style.
Waterinsr Cows.
Now that the time for putting np cows
has come some thoughts on how. they
are to be supplied witb water will be in
order. As might be expected, cows
giving milk need much more water
than o'.her domestic animals, for 80
per cent of their milk is water, besides
other secretions of liquid from the
body. It is a mistake to suppose that
cowa having access to water at all
times will drink more than Is for their
good, but If deprived of It half a day
and then allowed to drink of cold wat
er, they will often through thirst take
so much as to injure digestion, the
water having to be warmed before the
stomach can go to work again. We
think that In cold weather water should
be warmed to nearly, or quite, blood
temperature.. Where roots, pumpkins
or silage are fed to milch cows they
wlll drink much less water, and a cow
that is fattening, and Is fed on roots,
pumpkins and other green food, will
often go twenty-four hours without
apparent desire for any water.
The Mother Hen.
The experienced poultry keeper rec
ognizes a vast difference in mother
hens, even In those of the same breed.
It is not always the most persistent
sitters that ae the best for raising
a brood, as they are often too sluggish
and Indifferent. The non-sitters are
too active for the little chicks, even
when they can be Induced to stay on
a nest long enough to hatch. Some
hens are quarrelsome, and kill or in
jure the chicks from other broods that
come within reach. Now and then a
hen Is found that seems designed by
nature to raise a family. She Is a good
sitter, a careful brooder, and easy to
Dandle. All the chicks In the yard
may find shelter under her wings with
out fear of Injury. She may be of lit
tle worth as a layer, but the wise
owner keeps her from year to year as
one of the most valuable inhabitants
of the yards.
- Marketing: Fallen Frnit.
None but the best Derfect fruit
should be sent to market. That will be
worth more than the Door fruit nt if
only the best is sold the market will be
kept up to paying rates, so that the best
sold by Itself will, bring more than the
whole would do. The poorer quality
of fruit' or that which from bruising
will not keep; may be fed to stock, or
If there is too much of It for that evan-
orators may be procured and the fruit
be evaporated so that it. will keen. One
extreme naturally follows another, an !
a ngnt apple crop s very likely next
year In the localities where It Is most
abundant this season. . ' :
The Shepherd.
No flick er sheep, can be expected to
do Its best If scab, ticks, -lice or any skin
ailment exists among them. . ..
An exchange says: Sheep grow wild
In Alabama, and they have ranged so
long In tbe briar thickets- upon scant
herbage that they have ceased to pro
duce either wool or mntton. ;
Sheep do well in the corn field. "Tbey
get full radons and clean up the land.
destroy weed seed, and get an occa
sional ear of corn, perhaps, which does
no great barm to any one.
As sw should bs at least IS months
old before she U bred; and one good
lamb is always tn be preferred to a pair
of inferior twins, whether bred for the
stock or the shambles. - ; ;
If the current paslon for lamb rais
ing, lamb stuffing and lamb eating runs
on for a year or two longer, we shad
become a nation of epicures; and" the
sturdy, stately, honest visaged, : old
fashioned wether will have passed into
history. . -. .
Syrnn from Watermelons.,
: It was the wish of an pld friend of
ours, many years ago, that she could
have a syrup made from watermelons.
She was sure it would be very delicious.
But, unfortunately, all the watermelons
the garden produced had eacb year oth
er and more important nses than to
have their Juices boiled down into
syrup. But an Iowa farmer, who grows
watermelons by the acre,, and cannot
market all he produces, has tried the
plan of nslng some of his surplus for
syrup making. The result Is a ' very
clear syrup, with peculiar but decidedly
pleasant flavor. It is not, however.
likely ever to be a rival to the maple.
the sugar cane or sugar beet, for pro
ducing syrup for general use. Ex.
Ripening Tomatoes Under Cover.
If tomato vines are pulled up as soon
as the first frost touches them and
thrown under an open shed where fur
ther freezing will be prevented, the
fruit that was green when the vines
were pulled will slowly ripen from the
sap furnished by the stem. We have
sometimes put such tomato vines in a
corner of the cellar, where the ripening
went forward until midwinter. There
are many who like tomatoes cut and
sliced with sugar and vinegar as dress
ing. By this means those who have
vines with green tomatoes on can pro
long their season, for two or three
months, if they have enough greed
vines to experiment with. Ex.
Economizing with Manure.
It never pays to stint the manure
dressing for any crop that . requires
much labor to grow it All the labor is
made more effective In proportion as
the soil is made more fertile. In other
words, on rich land crops that require
most labor may be grown witb profit,
while on poor soli the balance will bs
on the loss side of the account Tbe
proper Idea of economizing with .ma
nure is to apply it where It will most
aid in increasing soil fertility. This is
in every case where a part of the bene
fit of tbe manure will be soon applied
to growing a large clover crop.
Feed inn Oata in the Ptraw.
If oats are not ground they may be
profitably fed in the straw. The horse
will chew oats and straw together more
thoroughly than be will the oat gra n
alone, and the grain may be given in
larger quantities than would be safe
if eaten by itself. Oat straw is mainly
carbonaceous, but It Is commonly much
less hard than the straw of wheat, rye
or barley and Is better for feeding to
stock.
Salt for Wireworms.
A Canadian farmer reports that he
has experimented and found that salt
is a complete remedy for wireworms,
On a patch of spring grain, he plowed
up and re-sowed all but one acre.
which he left for trial. "He sowed
three hundred pounds of salt on this
acre, and forty-eight hours afterwards
he sowed three hundred pounds more.
The result is the-wireworm has com
pletely disappeared.
An Imaginary Illness.
Physicians very often meet with peo
ple who are carrying around imagin
ary ailments and who really believe
themselves as badly afflicted as tbey
assert Some curious cases have been
noted.
A lady had been confined to her bed
many months with an Illness which
wholly deprived her of the use of her
lower limbs.. The doctor who attend
ed her failed to discover the nature
of the affection, which might ordinarily
have been attributable to several caus
es. Examination, however, revealed
nothing calculated .- to throw lirh t on
fthe matter, and the doctor, after pa
tient and exhanstive analysis and at
tention, came to tbe conclusion -that
the Illness was Imaginary.
Although he discreetly kept this opin
ion to himself, proof- was eventually
forthcoming as to the accuracy .of
his view. Being lifted In the sheets
out of her bed one uay, while the mat
tress was rearranged, the lady sur
prised her attendants by suddenly
Jumping from the couch on which she
had been placed, with a loud expres
sion of alarm. It was discovered that
she had been laid upon a needle cush
ion Inadvertently left on the sofa, and
that the sharp. points - f several needles
had pressed violently Into her back.
The contretemps revealed the fact that
she could stand easily.
A Common Inequality.
Unless you are the one person out of
every fifteen who has eyes of equal
strength, yon are either left-eyed or
right-eyed. You 'also belong to :the
small mlnorlty.of one out' of every ten
persons I? your left eye Is stronger than
your right. As a rule, just as people
are right handed, they are right eyed.
This 's probably due to the generally
greater use of the organs of the right
side of the body, as, for example, a
gunner, using his right arm and shoul
der, uses his right . eye. thereby
strengthening It with exercise. Old sea
captains, after long use of the tele
scope, find their right eye much strong
er than the left This law Is confirmed
by the experience of aurists. If a per
son who has ears of equal hearing pow
er has cause to .use. one ear more than
the other for a long period.' the ear
brought into requisition Is found to be
much strengthened., and the ear which
is not Used loses Its hearing in a" corre
sponding degree. : .
The Longest Running Jump.
According to the latest authority on
eportlng matters, the longest running
junip on record was made by John
Howard, In May, 1854, at Chester, En
gland. He cleared the astonishing dis
tance of 29 feet 7 Inches, nslng 5-pound
.weights; but as he took from a solid
block of wood, .1 foot wide, 2 feer
long and 3 inches thick, wedge-shaped
and raised 4 Inches in front, the per
formance can not form a record ' as
against jumps made on level ground.
Tbe same authority declares that the
best American jump, with weights, was
made by Charles H. Blggar. f Guelpu,
Ontario, In October of 1879, when he
cleared a distance of 23 feet Z inches.
Without weights, C; 8. Reber, of De
troit, Mich., in July of 1891, cleared a
distance of 23 feet QVa Inches, and C.
B. Fry, of Oxford, England, In March,
1S93, a distance of 23 feet 6 Inches. .
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