The Corvallis gazette., January 01, 1897, Image 4

fliscellany.
SWEETEST OF MEMORY'S BELLS.
Wild i the way through the woodland;
bat there are the sweet fields of
- clover,
The sighing, sad pines, and the Jessamine
Tines, and the rill that leaps laugh
ingly over.
The lilies that rim it the shadows that
- dim it and there, winding winsome-
"- ly sweet,
the path that still leads to the old
home through rivery , ripples of
wheat!
Is
And hark! 'tis the song of the reapers.
. and I know by its jubilant ringing
There is gold in the gleam of the harvest
. and love in the hearts that are
singing!
And still as of old to the ether its music
mellifluous swells.
And the wind that sighs westward is
swaying the -sweetest of Memory's
bells.
Let me pass through the wheat and the
clover, O men and rose-maidens,
who reap!
I, who come from the sound of the cities.
like a child to its mother would
creep;
For through long years of tears and of
toiling, Ilka harbor-bells OTer the
foam
Your voices far winging and ringing
were singing me singing me home!
And here, from the pain and the pleas-
nrefrom the sorrow and singing,
I flee
As the birds when the storm-winds are
blowing, as the ships seek the haven
from sea;
And I fancy the violets know me In gar
dens of beauty and bliss;
And do not the red roses owe me the
peace of the prodigal's kiss I
th Miner where -X kept my prtnti&a
stuff, tt sounded like ft movement of
the stiff curtain that hong there, bnt
It occurred to me that the strange sound
could have come from a wind puff
among the leaves outside. So. I poured
the developer upon the light yellow
plate and began to rods the tray gently.
IN o where, except probably on your
wedding morning r on getting a wrap
ped ?opy of your first book, does the
charm of expectancy get such a hold
upon you as it does on watching for the
Image of an exposed object to appear
upon a photographic plate.
On the yellow blank before me now
came, softly and silently, the figure of
the smooth-limbed Ariadne, sitting her
panther with the majesty I had seen In
the marble. But she was coming on
rather too qulckly'because of overtim
ing, and I rapidly reached back for the
bottle of bromide. As r measured off
four crystal drops that fell splashing
into the developer I heard a slight grat
ing sound; as of a key being taken from
a lock. Surely the charm or Ariadne
must hare been strong uponme,'for the
incident did not excite so much alarm
as it did mere annoyance.
"Must have been in rather loose and
just dropped out," was my Illogical
thought, but who can be logical con
cerning things external when snug In
his own tight world of photography?
Ariadne came on beautifully,- and I
laid her In the water near my right
hand to gain detail before fixing. Then
I took out Venus and began to develop
her. She came on well enough, and I
dipped her into the water,' too. . Every
thing was going well, and I should have
the creature suddenly let fo Its sold
opon me, and I was free. . -
-. Now I was furious freMledV 1 flartv
ed at my assailant With the hook in my
hand, and presently I dealt a vicious
blow full ln; the face. ;-; . -'-.,. ' --'.-
The creature butted, forward with a
head so hard that when it struck iaie in
the breast I . thought my breath was
gone"..' I fell over and it came upon me
again, its blood falling on my face and
its breath -hot on my forehead.
Of a sudden there was a shock as of
the solid earth bursting asunder, and
sped off into space and oblivion.
When next I knew the world the door
of my darkroom was open and - the
moruiug sun was shining in upon the
floor where I lay, with aching head and
a searing of pain in my throat, while
my bitten thumb fairly throbbed. ;My
face,' hands and clothes were nearly
covered with blood, green slime and
muddy ooze, and all about the studio the
walls and floors were streaked .' and
daubed .with the same offensive mix
ture. In one- place there was the plain
imprint of five long fingers., I donbted
not that it .had been made by the great
black hand that bad clutched my throat
In the darkness. .
I crawled to the sink and washed my
self and took a good drink, after which
I' made niy" way out of the darkroom
into the. house where 1 changed my
clothes and bandaged my thumb.
, At my gate I saw two men on horse
back. . " .
"Seen anything of a big buck nigger
going by here?'' asked one of them.
"He's, got big hands and feet and Is per
fectly dumb. We tracked him down
first trial with such a hard lot ofu J. b"2h' ,whe he probalb, wad"
jects, I was rather proud of myself.
.The sun la still bright at the portal;
.there the love-light all radiant
shines; ' -
nearti Heart I there's a raee we re
member in the tangle and bloom of
the vines!
Far off the glad reapers are singing far
- off in the rivery wheat,
And the arms of a mother are clinging.
and the kiss of a mother is sweet!
Ladies' Home Journal.
IN THE DARKROOM
"When you go Into your darkroom to
develop plates, always lock the door be
hind you to avoid interruptions.' So
salth the learned writer of "Instruc
tions to Amateur Photographers," and
It Is a rule that has saved many nega
tives.
. Of course It never occurred to the In
structor of amateurs to add: ''And- al-
. ways take a good look about you before
shutting the door and sitting down In
front of your ruby light." That ad-
- monition wonld be looked upon as out
side the book, and no amateur would
see In it sense or relevancy. Yet 1
never go into my darkroom now with
out letting In a flood of light that
searches out every corner.
When I bought my camera and began
to turn out foggy negatives, from which
sickly, spectral prints came off, I had
no decently appointed darkroom, using
a smaii cioset in my House for the pur
pose. Now, not being a socialist or a
noemaker, I like good air, and to sit in
that atnffjr'aOjS In the wall for the bet
ter pH( of Ch hour at a time had the
result of eatiag np some of my enthu
siasm for dabbling in solutions of eiko-
nogen, carbonate of soda and stinking
ether. My lll-cgielllng lamp seemed fo
exhaust as much oxygen as my good
pair of lungs, and I sometimes bore my
negative out of the closet with such a
pale face that, in spite of my triumph
ant air in exhibiting it to my wife, she
declared I was surely 111 and that she
had always heard that photographers
were short-lived. She did not like the
smell of my chemicals, either, and de
clared they were a nuisance of the first
order. : ,
Tnat was why I had my new and
carefully ventilated darkroom built for
me. It was a house all by Itself and
stood down In a little hollow, a eood
stone s throw from our dwelling. We
.were living in the country then, in a
Tery pretty bit of woodland that had a
.wilderness of brown plain all about It.
My new darkroom was quite a spa
cious affair, and I gloried in Its com
pleteness of detail and handiness of the
appointments. I used to spend a good
deal of time In there, and, as I learned
how much bromide to use and to hit up
on the happy moment of taking a plate
ont of the developing bath, my progress
was swift and sweet-
It so happened in the autumn that we
went to the city for a month to live,
leaving our country place shut up. I
took my camera to town and exposed a
dozen or so dry plates on a lot of mar
ble statuary. Whenever, at odd times,
I thought of these, I became feverish
..to know whether Ariadne had ever
.kW.,w4.Mu 1 1 ,7 , . 1
vtciliuicu ui nueiuBf it;utUf uaQ Deeu
light-struck.
My wife smiled when I told her I In
tended to run down to "the ranch" to
lodk after things a bit.
iz was too diaphanous. When she
saw me packing my plates she laughed.
But she was indulgent and said good
toy with her own little pleasantry about
my not being so very deep after alL
. Walking up to the boose from the sta
tion I saw that the autumn winds had
Toeen making very free with the trees
while we had been away, and the brown
leaves strewed the gravel walk and
were scurrying along on their thin
edges like little hoops driven by chil
dren. A smoky haze lay over the wood
and along the plain, and the hills be
yond were deep In It. The low-lying
sun was blood-red, and sent a sickly
yellow glow over the place. Driving
rather keenly, the wind set me a-ehlv-erlng.
I had never known "the ranch"
when It showed so bleak and forbidding
a face. Not caring to enter the vacant
bouse, I strode quickly down the path
Into the hollow which lay darkly In the
shadow, and, hurrying on to my little
studio. I pulled out my keys before the
door. Not finding the right key, it came
to me of a sudden that I had left it In
the lock Inside on going to town, and
turning the handle of the door I saw it
had not been locked at all. This was
really- of little consequence, as "the
ranch" was not near the road, and I had
often boasted that a lock meant nothing
f horo nnvxrOTj thnnirh In fbk.?arlrtvsLTn
It bad probably saved a negative or two
on occasion.
I went In and from pure force of habit
turned the key, leaving It in the lock.
Then I struck a match, found my lamp,
lighted it and poured my chemicals out
Into my graduate and tray. Then, with
the lamp covered and only the thin
stream of red light coming dully forth,
I opened a double-back and pulled out
a plate. It was "Ariadne and the Pan-! faint there In the darkroom.
tier," for which I hoped great things.
As I put the plate '.nto the developing
tray and picked up my graduate to
pour forth the developer I was startled
by a rustling that seemed to come from
Then my fingers groped for Ariadne,
who was now ready for the fixing bath.
But though I felt all about in the water
my finger tips never touched the glass.
It was a hard situation to sense, but
Ariadne was gone.
I leaned back In my chair In a state
bordering tn utter collapse." '" Water
doesn't melt solid glass, and an 8x10
negative doesn't get up and walk out
of a tray.. What in the name of the
great Daguerre did this thing mean?
Looking at the trap in vague distress
I saw a great black hand steal silently
into the circle of the" dim red light,
grasp the Venus negative and as silent
ly dart back into the thick, Impenetra
ble gloom of the darkroom. I would
have jumped up if I could, but the ugly
circumstance weighed me down. Then
I heard the negative strike the floor and
shiver into little bits. This started me
up. I grasped the cover of the red light
and was about to lift It when the whole
contrivance ' was wrenched from the
table and the ruby glow was turned full
upon my face. .. Behind It I could see
nothing, but the handle at the bottom
was clutched by that same black hand.
The lamp was raised high and then It
came, crashing against the floor, the
light blotting out in the heavy dark
ness.
I sprang for the door, and, missing It,
grasped something soft and slippery
that slid from my grasp. It was like
a clothed arm, but it was so cold and
slimy that it seemed hardly, human. At
the same time a form full of burly
strength knocked harshly against me,
whether accidentally or not I could not
telL A slight mass of cold slime that
reeked horribly came off the form and
adhered to my face and the side of my
neck. This was more than I could
stand. My clogged throat opened and
I yelled like a demon.
"Out of this! Out of this! whatever
you are!"
Then: was forced upon my mazed
mind a peculiarity of the creature that
I had not noted before. It did not
speak, nor growl, nor utter any sound.
It would nave been a relief even to
have heard it hiss; its silence was more'
awful than any sort of utterance.
Flattening my quick-moving bands
along the side of the wall, I touched
the door at last, and, feeling for the
knob, I turned it and tugged at it like
a young giant But the door did not
move and the key was gone. Of course
that was what I had heard when begin
ning my work that dropping out of the
key. So down I dropped to feel for it
all about the floor near the door, but
to feel In vain.
i was locKea up m tne dark -with a
nameless creature, sinister and power
ful, from whom there was no flight, for
the .darkroom had but one exiti-the
door. There was nr window nor any
hole, save the small ventilation traps,
through which not even so much as a
hand might be thrust
While there was any hope by way of
the door, I had been more than com
monly fearsome, but now my fright
was more than mere alarm. It was a
steady growth of terror the kind of
terror that makes the scalp feel prickly
and the breath come hard. It was chill,
palpitating fear of the kind that makes
you turn sick and sets your shoulders
twitching. And the chief of it was a
pallid dread of something unspeakably
uncouth and loathsome actual contact
with the thing in the darkroom. I be
lieve I could have borne a stroke from
any weapon It might have In hand bet
ter than a touch or close meeting with
the body of the repulsive creature.
1 crawled into the corner nearest the
door, and waited with strained ear.
Presently I heard a low shuffling and
then a patting along the wall and a
scraping along the floor. He of the
black hand was feeling for me; of that
I was certain. My ear is good, and.
judging by the location of the patting
and scraping, as well as of another
sound, like the dragging of some small,
soft body upon the floor, I moved with
out noise around the edge, away from
my pursuer. Though shaken and fever
ed, I kept out of that dread clutch. -
It was nerve-straining work and the
tension was something frightful; but I
kept it up until I fell over a box and
went sprawling right into the arms of
the creature. My bead fell upon Its
clammy shoulder, from which oozed the
noisome moisture, 'and its wet and ill
smelling arms closed upon me, bringing
to bear such force that I thought they
would crush my breast-bone. At the
same time -there came out a low.
throaty laugh a laugh so uncouth and
lacking in levity as to be positively har
rowing. - "- - ' ""' - -' "
There was fight In me yet, shaken and
crushed as I was, and, getting one arm
loose, I hammered with all my force
upon the creature, striking where I
judged its head should be. My blows
slid off because of 'the slime that envel
oped the face, but once I struck full
hard upon a solid jaw, and before I
could poll my hand back my thumb was
bitten nearly in two. And then the
hand of the creature that great black
hand that I had seen In the low red
light stole up to my throat, and, clutch
ing It in mighty grasp, shut off my
breath and made me grow dizzy and
My own
ed across.'
I stared hard at the men.
"Yes," I replied, v"I've seen him, or at
least I've seen his hand. Where is he
from?" V
Napa insane asylum. . Broke loose
yesterday morning." San Francisco
Argonaut .
A Iiittle Girl's Adventure.
Frobably no other 4-year-old child
ever had so desperate an adventure,
and survived it. as that which in July
last befell -little Emma Nelson, daugh
ter of the postmaster of Susanvllle, Cal.
That she should have survived It at all,
to say nothing of coming through it in
good health, and in entirely cheerful
and hopeful spirits, Is proof of remark
able bodily vigor and mental balance. '
On the Fourth of July, while the cele:
oration of Independence Day was in
progress, little Emma, who is not yet
5 years old, -wandered away from her
father's house. Behind the town lies a
mountain covered with wild woods,
through which bears- and mountain
Hons always roam. Into, these woods,
following a stream, -little Emma wan
dered, and soon was completely lost
She did not He down and cry, and give
herself up to exposure and death; she
seems to have had but .one idea, and
that was to keep walking until she'
found her papa. " .' -
She kept on marching around .the
mountain. Then she became aware
that she was hungry. The woods about
her were full of berries: She ate of
them, and when night came found a
comfortable place and lay down and
slept
In-the morning she woke and found
more berries, and tranmed . on. stilL
looking for. papa, with perfect confi
dence that she -Should find him soon;
but she wandered farther and farther
Into the woods quite; away from the
men who were searching for her, and
who could hardly Imagine that she was
capable of traveling so faiyor of taking-
care of herself for a day In such a
wilderness.
Af tera time she ceased to find enough
sustenance in the berries, and it would
SOMl QUEER TOURIST8.
lie GO Abroad as Cattle and Return
-?J?-y--t' s Swells.
While hosts Of .people look' over th
passenger lists of the lucky ones who
are able to go abroad and envy then-,
way down in their hearts, there Is a
class of men who make frequent trips
across the ocean which would hardly
excite envy, - excepting by reason of
their peculiar privileges. This class is
humorously called "cattle chamber
maids,"" because of the fact that those
who belong to it give their attention to
the live cattle that are exported from
this country to Europe. The men who
do this are the riffraff of the world and
when here find It difficult to earn more
than enough to keep body and soul to
gether. But when they are lucky
enough to get one of these "chamber
maid" jobs they feel like millionaires,
for they get more money a day for the
trip than they could get on shore in a
week.
There are a number of Chicago stock
yards men who do a large business' ex
porting cattle, and they always have a
gang of fellows around waiting for the
first chance to go out with a cargo. The
average time of these, trips from Chi
cago to London is about fourteen days
and the price paid the attendants Is $30
In gold. The chambermaid Is at no ex
pense whatever. He is fed, but oh;
such feed. It is worse than that of the
animals he looks after. There is always
a gang boss and Be it is who dispenses
the "grub." Ordinarily this is boiled
fat pork and bread, with only water to
drink. The pork comes from the kitchen
in a great pot or tub: The boss stabs
a chunk of solid fat with the long han
dled fork, almost a pitchfork in fact
and hurls It at one of the "maids"
with some choice specimens of billings
gate. It Is caught much as a dog catches
a chunk of meat In his mouth and no
attention is paid o the liquid grease
which flies In every direction. The fat
pork Is followed by a hunk of stale
bread, and a drink of water finishes the
repast
But what care these fellows for the
fare and the labor going over. . They j
know there will be Joy and pleasure
when their destination is reached. Once ,
landed in Liverpool or Southampton
they are given their $30 In English gold,
this, so they will spend it In England,
and a return ticket good for- ninety
days from date.' - ' -
Then at once begins a season of riot
ous living. The first thing Is a flashy
suit of clothes and a walking stick and
then off for London. The; old' hands
know better than to "blow in" their
money on expensive, eating, They have
become familiar Tvlth the "coffee" pal
aces" to be found all -over " London.
wiere they get an Imperial quart of
coffee for one penny and a "bun," equal
In size to an average loaf of bread, and
thus for two pennies they buy all they
can possibly eat On certain days,
when they feel like luxuriating, they
may perhaps spend threepence on some
dainty like a dozen shrimp, but even
With that extravagance indulged in
pvery two or three days the $30 will not
last a long time and give plenty of op
portunity to soak themselves with " 'alf
and'alf." ,.--:
These chaps -always stay until the
money is about gone and then back
they come to Chicago, where the glory
of their London clothes soon becomes
dimmed as they loaf around the cattle '
pens at the stock yards whUewalting
for another chance-to acraschamber
malds toa drove of cattle. Chicago
Chronicle.
AGRICULTURAL NEWS ffffi .hf iteWffi
the Mil tbey. are always more or less
THINGS , PERTAININB TO.
FARM AND HOME
How Flow Points Should Be Ground
Only Large Silos ' Are Profitable
" Oil-Soaked Cobs Hike Good" Kind
ling General Farm Matters. .,
r,.,": . -- . I "
- About Plow Points.
Nearly all plows, whether riding or
walking, are now made with large, al
most square cut points on the shear,
and in consequence when the plow is
new, roots adhere and double over; the.
point, which gives a rocking motion to.
the plow and makes good work impossi
ble. It is claimed that the point wears
very fast, and that it soon becomes suf
ficiently, rounded to allow everything
of the kind to pass off, and while this
is true I much prefer having.. a plow
that will do good work from the begin
ning, than to wait for several weeks,
and In plowing have to stop every now
and again. and clear the point Of the'
plow, says a writer in Rural Llfe..Tbere
is ho satisfaction in the use of such. a
plow, and If the manufacturer has
failed to do his work in a proper man
ner the point should be rouhded by file
or grindstone before the plow is used.
Sometimes it may be. necessary to take
the plow to the blacksmith shop and
have the, point. made hot and cut but
the file or grind-stone is to be pref erred
if too much work is not required.'".
' Only Large Silos Are Profitable.'
' The silo depends on entire exclusion
of air fo the preservation of . its con
tents. It is filled with vegetable matter
and ' carbonic acid gas, which, being
heavier than air, excludes its entrance
from above. But If there is, any 'leak
below through which the smallest par
ticle of air can reach the ensilage, it
will rot so far as the air extends. There
Is always more or less rot around the
edges of" silos and at the top. But this
top loss Is prevented by "covering with
some worthless material,' which will
rot and preserve the ensilage below.. It
is not practical generally to make a silo
for less than four or five cows, as the
waste of feed in the small silo will be
too great proportionally. . . . -
He Remembered.
People who attempt to change the
pronunciation: of what they consider an
undesirable name are apt to find their
way beset with difficulty and trials.
And so this is Jonas Hosrs's wife?"
said Uncle Sim Porter cordiallv. as he
possibly have gone hard with her If she ' ook a shawl, a heavy ba'g and three
had not come upon some "meat" In the. Parasois from the newly arrived visit-
woods. What this "meat" was the
people afterward discovered; It was the
body of a calf, killed and partially de
voured by' coyotes. "How desperate the
little girl's state had become , was
proved by her eating of this; though
she had not in the least lost her cour
age. - . ; "
She still wandered about, keeping for
some time, however, within reach of
this "meat." She did not find her papa:'
nor he her; and she wandered, indeed,
for seven days on this dreary mountain,
eating berries, drinking from the stream
when thirsty, and scrupulously wash- !
Ing herself in it eyery morning, as if
she had been at home and always
looking hopefully for papa.
On Sunday, the 12th day of July.
days after she had been given up for
lost a man who was passing along the
bank of the river, in the most danger- !
ous part of the woods, beard some one '
call to him, "Hello, Mr. Dash!" He was I
startled, but turning, he saw sitting on 1
some driftwood on the bank of the
stream, the little girl, safe and well, j
ttuu aiJimictiuj 4Uiie uuvuuceraeu, xxe
caught her up, and all 'be could say
was: ; ' . '"- - ..
"Why, Emma, where have you been?"
VI've been looking for papa," answer
ed the-child. '
He took , her home, and she told the
story of her long wandering quite Con
nectedly. She said that she knew she
was lost, but that she thought she
should soon find papa. In the seven
days through which she had' wandered
she had made a nine-mile circle around 1
the mountain. She had not seen a bear,
a cougar, or a coyote, though the
woods are full of themt Certainly It
would not be hard to believe that a spe
cial providence guarded and fed the
child In this long sojourn In a wilder
ness. . . --' - - , -
or .and led the way out of the Cranby
station to his comfortable old buggy.
"Well,. I'm glad enough to see you,
ma'am. I never knew your husband
much, but his brother William is about
like a son to ma and me.
"William Hogg is a first-rate fellow,
and when his folks wrote to ask if we'd
take you to' board till you got your
stren'th back I says' to ma, 'I reckon
anybody that's connected with William
Hogg and, his folks will be welcomed
by us.'-" .-: :- ,
"My husband Is always called Mr.
Hogg," said the traveler, languidly tiut
firmly, as she prolonged the o as in oh.
"Is he, ma'am?" said Uncle Sim, with
out any trace of irritation at this re
proof. "WelL I'll try to bear that in
mind." ''
He certainly did bear it in mind, but
his manner of introducing his boarder
to the neighborhood caused a flush to
rise to her face on several occasions.'
"This Is Mrs. Jonas Hogg," he would
say, carefully lengthening the o and
looking at the lady in question ,as If
for" approval, "wife of William Hogg's
brother. You remember William Hogg,
most likely? - I've told Mrs. Hogg what
a. favorite be was with all the folks
round here, and of course her hus
band, Mr; Jonas Hogg, being William
Hogg's only brother, makes everybody
feel almost as if they knew him, in
spite of the name being pronounced
C On-oaked Cobs for Kindling.'-:.
-Much of the danger of using kerosene
oil for kindling fires would be avoided
If corn cobs were handy to be dipped
Into Jhe oil and used for kindling.
The cobs will hold more oil.. than will
wood," and-if dry sticks are piled over
the soaked cobs they will 'quickly
make a blaze, which Is always needed
on i: cold , mornings to lift the " volume
Lot.. cold air that is-always found .In
pipes end chimneys, after the fire goes
down. . It is not best to dip more than
one or two cobs Into the oil. If all
the kindling, especially that on top, is
wet with oil, the fire will sometimes
quickly burn off the oil, "and then,
without lifting the cold ,alr, a dense
volume of carbonic-acid gas will settle"
down into the stove, marking the start
ing of a fire worse than It was In the
beginning. - '" ..
Keeplnz Hoga iir.3arnyarda.
. We once knew a. farmer who would
not keep .hogs. - He was - prejijdiM
against pontes HHhealthful and
against "th'e hog as being an especially
uncleanly animal. It. is true, as he
used often to say, that no other, farm
stock will eat hay jr other fodder that
a hog has nosed over or has trampled
upon. But that Is Itself no goodt rea
son for discarding the hog.- One of
his best uses Is to keep in the barn-"
yard, or rather in that part of It which
T. n . . .
mis me manure pile. ui course, no
other farm stock would be fed here.
If cattle are fed grain of any kind, or
If horses are fed whole oats, the hog
will get much of his living -from the
grain passed whole in their excrement
In doing this he will add his own drop
pings both liquid and solid, to the pile,
and thus convert it into much more
effective manure than the farmer can
get without the labor of.-turning over
and composting the manure pile.-Ex-'
change. ., . . . . ..
da ma from their natural iiiices. whifh
l Hfc only siowry : dry out during winter.
The Worst eonsrfnn Hon I fram Hm.
othy or pfhef meadow grass hay; Clo
ver is rather laxative than constioat-
Ing. ' All animals fed mainly on mead-
I Ow hay should have a. small amount of
i linseed meal, or boiled whole flaxseed
fed daily, with a few oats. These "will
keep the bowels'ln good condition, and
also give the. animal -a sleek, shinin
coat,- which Is the natural result of
good health and good digestion.
- - ' '.Care-of Farm Roadsides. . '
. Much of the attractiveness of- coun
try scenery, and with it the farms and
cottntry places it Includes, depends on
having well-cared-for road-sides. This
subject is getting more' thought from
farmers than it used to do. -Because
the. roadsides. do not have'td be tilled
it is often thought they are the fair re
ceptacle of whatever -stumps, stones or.
other material Is. unwelcome. else
where. : Whenever, a farm has to be
sold , whose owner Hakes this view" of
things he is apt to discover his mis
take, A row. of maple trees far enough
from the roadside fence to allow a
path for walking or bicycling Is a
paying investment for any farmer to
make. If he" lives ten or fifteen years
these trees may be tapped, and having
plenty of sunlight they vfll.I yield more
and better jsapthan he cany get from
trees of equal size In the" woods.
What Grain Chaff Is For.
In its wild state the. chaff of grain
served a very important purpose in
shielding It. from too early sprouting;
which with all kinds of grain would
insure Its destruction by the ensuing
winter. If a head '6f' Wheat rye or.
barley or of Indian corn is exposed to
the weather all winter some of Its
grains .will survive tHL' spring or of
the winter grains will fall out in time
for the best seeding in fall. ' It is thus
that these grains were perpetuated in
the 'ages . before, man learned to culti
vate' and carl" for thenu Even now
heavily bearded grains are less like
ly to be Injured by rotting in mow or
stack if-the straw and grain are wet
Often in threshing the straw will be
rotted around the band, while, the grain
protected by its chaff is uninjured. '
"" -Home Grown Beef. r
. Since the monopoly, of the beef.shln"
ping business by Chicago millionaires,
it has been almost Impossible for farm,
ers to find home butchers willing to
purchase their home-grown beef prod-
net xet steer or heifer beef fattened
at home is better than beef brought by
rail many, miles, and kept for weeks,
perhaps, on ice before It goes Into the
bands or tne meat retailer
Color Blindness Increasing.
"Colorblindness is on-the increase,"
says a New York optical expert. "The
causes of this defect in vision that
may be otherwise perfect are not very
well understood. It would seem that
the use of tobacco bad a good deal to
do with it I have examined a great
many for color -blindness, having on
several, occasions been employed by
railroad companies to. do so, and in
every, instance where the man exam
ined jasound.tS be, color blln.l he
was a user of tobacco, Women are
seldom afflicted in this- way, hence it
must be caused -by something ihat
men do- which -women do not. What
cases exist among women will bo f ou id
to be inherited from male ancestors. I
.have never known a woman to be
color blind whose father was free from
the defect J I am a' smoker, and my
perceptions of color, are - unusually
good, so that it is not impossible that
a man. may use. tobacco without such
an effect, but I believe a large propor
tion of the-cases are-caused by to
bacco."' ':'
. A roottltt JTftAH,
' There ate thousands who hftvV lnnied
forward to the return of cold, frosty Weather
witn dread, knowing that It- brings to them
their old chronic attacks of rheumatism.
Why should ajiy one bear it in winter or
summer when it is so well known what will
cure it and make it stay cured. St. Jacobs
ifii win penetrate through stiffness and
soreness to the center of rheamntic pains
and aches in their worst forms and will
subdue them. In the coldest or hottest cli
mate it does its work of cure regardless of
HjuK oue may nave sunerea. Wnv then
so foolish' a fear? - What can be "cured
siiouia oe enaurea only so long as it takes
i A..newly-patented lawn mower has
knives, worked on the same prinoiple
as mowing machine knives, hnng be
tween-ine wheels of the mower. -:
- r .
"Most Unique," Indeed. .
Chief of Police Keefe has in his possession-
probably the most Unique wea
pon ever seen In the city of Jacksonville.-It
is a combination double-barreled
pistol and bowle, and was used
in. -Missouri by, a "Regulator" when
that State was going through the throes
of the pro and anti slavery discussion.
The blade of the bowle is about
twelve inches long, and protrudes from
a hilt between two small pistol barrels,
each about six incbes long. The hilt
and the hammers are one and the same.'
When the hilt is cocked into
two triggers, concealed in the stock!'
come .forth, ; and then the weapon is
ready for business, with both barrels
and twelve Inches of cold steel.
A number of men, it is said, belong
ing to one organization In Missouri.
were armed with these weapons, which
were secured direct from Paris. This
one In particular seems to be almost
new. Florida Times-Union. -
MIND ItBAtolJlO.
-. , Mortar..
The use of brick-dust mortar as a sub
stitute for hydraulic cement Is now rec
ommended on the best engineering au
thority, experiments made with mix
tures of brick dust and quicklime show
ing that blocks of one-half ., inch In
thickness, after Immersion In water for
four months, bore without crushing.
crumbling or splitting, a- pressure of
1,500 pounds per square inch. The use
of brick-dust mixed with lime and. sand
is said to "be generally and successfully
practiced in the Spanish dominions,
and Is stated to be in all respects su
perior to the best cement in the con
struction of culverts, drains, tanks, or
cisterns. . .
Try n r to chte.- Him.
"There is one thing I have made up
my mind to," said Willy Wishington. .
'Really T answered Miss Cayenne. '
"Yes I shall never be a man of one
Idea,".
"Oh, don't say that. You are still too
young to be discouraged." Washington
Star.
A German paper contains the folio w
Ing advertisement: "Any person who
can -prove that my tapioca contains
anything injurious to health will have
three boxes sent to him free qf charge,"
Fllegende Blaetter,
. ' Vott Ban read a happy mind-la a happ MOB.
tenance without tauch penetration. This Is
the sort ot countenance that the quondam bil
ious sufferer or dyspeptic relieved by Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters wears, .You will .meet many
such. Tbe great stomachic and alterative also
provides happiness for the malarious, the rheu
matic, the weak and those troubled with Inac
tion of the kidneys and bladder.
The brain of an idiot contains muoh
less phosphorous than that of a pars in
of average mental powers. ',.-
C'lirfoUHl v Comnonil.
"Your honor," said a lawyer In a re
sent trial In England, "the argument
of my learned friend is lighter than
vanity. It Is air? it is smoke. From
top to bottom It is absolutely nothing.
And therefore, your honor, It falls to
me grouna oy its own weight. Ex
change. .'.;;." . ;
Jinks The greatest man to treasure
a grudge Is my barber. The other day
an enemy of his died and he was called
to shave the corpse- Minks What did
he do? Jinks He cut him dead. New
I one cress. " -- -v j. - -;
M'3aT?rsBAkeiT & ' of ster,
U. &. A., nave P-1vt1 mara nF Dfi...
to the skillful 'preparation Of cocoa and
chocolate, and have devised machinery and
RVfltAnis (uu.ni:.. t. .L.: . . - -
. n meir inetnoa. or treat
ment, whereby the purity, pahitabilitv, and
highest nutrient, characteristics ate re
tained. . Their preparations are known the
world over and hav mn ..o.i v,
indorsements from the medical practftioti
er, the nurse, and the intelligent house
keeper and caterer. There . hardly any
tootl-product which ltiav be so extensively
used in the household in combination with
Other IOOdR UK orwnct ... -1 1 . . i. . .
here again we nrge the importance of par
ity and nutrient value, and these : import- -ant
points, we feel sure; may be relied upon
in Baker's Cocoa and Choeolate."-rDietetic
and Hygienic Gazette. .... ' -v wub
-ATAKRH
CANNOT. ,BB ,
CUKtD.
Wt-v t nr t r nr. : f
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a
blood or constitutional disease-anrl irt H.fc- .k
cure it you most take internal remedies. Hall's
(. atarrh Cure is taken Jn.teriudjj'.faiid tacts di:
rectly on the blood and mucous sunaces. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is not a quack) medicine1: 1 It'was'
prescribed by one of the heat n,i ui,.;o i.
country for years, and. is a regularinHscmp;
"on. .It Is composed of the best tonics known. '
combined with the best blood. purifiers! aotinit '
directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two ingredients is what '
produces such wonderful effects in curinic
Catarrh, Send for, testimonials, free : i
- . J. CHEN EY & CO , I'rops., 1
Hall's Family Pills are the best.-
, Toledo, O.
HOITT'S SCIIOOIr TOR BOV3i
This school is located nt Tii.li,,
San Mateo county, ai:," in' charge of lr:i O.
Hoitt, Ph. D. It is accredited at the State
and Stanford Universities, and is one of the
ipcoi 01 its aiiict, 4. wentn term begins Jau-
Piso's Cure for Consumption has been, a
God-send. . to me.-Wm. B. McClellan,
Chester Florida, Sept. 17, 1895.
Daniel Campbell and his wife, of
Walton oonnty, Florida, are said to
be respectively 117 and 118 years old.
FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE glCK or
.VHSLRP"' Feel Well.r' .
ESjiovilLIVER PILLS
mxm the One Tains- to nee.
. S!,,y" ,or a Dose.
Sold by Drucgiete at 20c. box
Samples mailed free, address .
Or. Bosinko Med. Co. Phil. Pi.
Spraying Gr p Vlnee. ?
The advantage of spraying grape
vines Is not alone In preserving fruit
from mildew and rot. . Even when
these are not present on vines unspray
ed, a close examination of the leaves
will showpatches of brown, beginning
early In the summer, and gradually
spreamng during the season. Tbe ripen
ing both of ruit and of this yeqr's
growth,of wood depends on the vigor
an healfhf ulness of the leaves during
the growing season. Whatever injures
the leaves must by so much delay the
rineninsr of fruit and In1rtro !-
Now that the Bordeaux mixture ap
plied early in the season Is known to
secure healthful foliage, there should be
no neglect In applying it.
J: !; How to Meet Ill-Temper.
Ill-temper Is a habit, and grows with
every repetition, while it weakens with
lack of exercise. In dealing with a
child, it ' Is now acknowledged by a
thinking people that to remove the
causes of fault, or to check it in the bud,
is, incomparably better than to antag
onize It afterwards, for thus a good
habit is formed and an evil one hin
dered. And what is thus true In child
nature is equally so In all human na
ture. '' ' . ,r
; Sympathy, in its best sense, is a pe
tent Instrument In allaying this evil. If
we did but realize the mental condition
of the one we blame for giving way to
anger or irritability or fretf ulness,. we
should usually find more reason to
soothe than to condemn.
At all eyents, most of us have provetl
the futility of criticism on this point;
and the true appreciation which comes
from a wise sympathy will suggest
many far more potent methods.
different!"
Two of a Kind.
A student at Wliliamstown College
hid been married a short time previous
to entering the college, and was led to
fear that this fact might debar him
from enjoying some of the privileges of
the Institution. Accordingly, in a great
state of perturbation he called to 'Fee
President' Hopkins. After some con
versation the young man at last man
aged to stammer, with a crimson face,
apropos of something entirely irrele
vant: "I I am a married man! "Ah,
said President Hopkins, smiling at hin
with great benignity, "so am I." An
there the student's trouble ended.
Purpose ot Life Preservers.
It to said that on account Of their
depth and coldness the waters of Lake
Superior do not give up their dead. A
recent traveler, mere asKea. tne captain TU k " i. . j. c ai. "
of a, Lake Superior steamer why' he M iiic. ijicscih,;suic UI U1C
carried life-preservers, the water being tea-trade Can't Continue
an nnM that nna fnnin nnt Inner mrvhra '
immersion. "Oh," was the nonchalant! Americans drink the worst
reply, "we carry the corks so that It-1
will be-easier to recover our 'bodies."
The Turtle.
What a strange animal the turtle isj
How strange that ' its skeleton should
cover It, Instead of being inside" of it as
ours is! It can draw all parts of its
body into this box and shut it away
from every one. Openings are left In
the front and back of the box,- through
which it thrusts out Its head, tail and
legs. . .' ; '
There are two classes of turtles; land
turtles and water turtles. The land tur
tles generally go by the name of tor
toises. i They are of more value than
the others, as many beautiful, articles
are made from their shells, such as
combs, handles . for knives, and eye
glass rims. ". " ' ' . ';, '
, It is supposed that tortoises live to a
very old age - None' of these .animals
like cold . weather. - The tortoise hides
away under leaves and logs; some bur
row down into loose, dry earth, where
they sleep, until warm weather comes.,
; Green turtles, "that live In the ocean,
are considered very fine. eating: Some
of these greeny turtles are very large,
weighing six or seven hundred pound.
Their heads are as large as the head of
a man.' .'"''
di-
hands, flying about wildly, now struck
an iron bat hook in the wall. Wrench
ing this hook off, I drove it so deeply
Into the hand at my throat that, breath
ing very bard, almost gasping in pain,
The Trve?er'-Talew .
Friend It is quite easy to get a
vorce in uaKota, isn't it? -
Returned Traveler Very easy. For
instance,- If a man accompanies his
wife to the theater, goes out between
the acts and fails to return before tbe
curtain rises sne can get a divorce on, JU 111,- It.
the ground of desertion. New York Q 1 lI
World, - I- A Sdullint; Cptnaay
tea in the world, and pay
double for it '
i Schilling's Best is 'the
remedy. "
i ' Proof: the grocer gives
your money backf if you
Late Fall Peedlnor with Timothy.
'Wherever it Is desired to permanent
ly seed land for. meadow or pasture
timothy and, in fact, all the grasses
will succeed better if sown in fall, even
though late, rather than in - spring;
we have sown timothy seeds up to the
time the ground freezes up, and have
had a Jbetter catch than, could be, got
by spring seeding. - There is some
growth of timothy whenever an open
spell of warm weather comes during
the winter. If tbe ground is covered
with deep snow tbe timothy roots
will make gome growth under It The
wheat sown late may winterkill, but
the grass will not, even when exposed
to frequent freezing ahd thawing. ' No
doubt the tiny plant Is thrown out to
the surface, but It catches- hold of the
loose, wet soil again and grows as rap
idly as ever when suitable weather
comes. On the other hand, the spring
sown grass seed barely gets rooted
before It Is liable to be pinched by
droughts, and that, too, before It has
'got deep enough root to withstand in-
Jury from this cause, v -. '
1 V K ep an Account.
It Is to be regretted that there are
not more farmers who imitate the "ex
ample of a farmer. In "Vermont who
kept a close account of what it costs
him to manufacture and seli'.butter.
After considerable bookkeeping with
respect'to his dairy herd, he found
that, he made butter at a eost'of 13
cents .a pound. How 'many farmers
are there who, have been making but
ter for years, who know with anything
like reasonable accuracy ' what it costs
to make it, or whether the manufacture
has been "any profit to themt -;
Angels' Food.
The secret in making angels' food lies
in the baking of it. Sift one cup of flour
and one teaspoonful of cream tartar
several times through a fine sieve. Beat
the whites of nine eggs to a stiff froth,
and to them add one cup and a half of
sifted granulated sugar; mix carefully
into this, stirring constantly, the sifted
flour, and add one teaspoonful of ex
tract of vanilla. Pour this batter Into
an ungreased pan and bake In a slow
oven for fortyTflve minutes,. When
baked, turn the pan upside down on
something that will admit of the air
passing under it, and allow It to. stand
until tbe cake falls from tbe tin: Ice
with white icing. Be careful In mat
Ing this cake to have all tbe ingredi
ents as light as possible. .
This.
is the
very best
Smoking
Tobacco
made.
Blackwell's Genuine
BOLL DURHAM
Yon will find one coupon Inside itch 2 ounce bag and two coupons Inside each 4 ounce bag,
Say a bag, read tne coupon and see bow to get your snare of f 250,000 in presents.
REASONS FOR USING
Walter Baker & Co.'s
Breakfast Cocoa.
Because it is absolutely pure. . . , . v
Because it is not made by the so-called Dutch Process in
which chemicals are used. '
Because beans of the finest quality are used. '
Because it is made by a method which preserves unimpaired
the exquisite natural flavor and odor of the beans. .
Because it is the most economical, costing less, than one cent
a cup.
Be sura that yon get trie genuine article made by WALTER
BAKER & CO. Ltd., Dorchester , Mass. Established ! 780.
liltm
Chancing from Green to Dry Feed.
All farmers" recognize that sudden
change In spring to' green feed for
stock, after being used to dry feed
all winter, is unwise. But when the
change is the reverse, -- the effect,
though perhaps more injurious, is apt
to pass unnoticed until loss of health
compels attention. A rough, staring
hide always shows that the animal is,
or has been, constipated. . It is not
necessary to dose with physic to rem
edy this evil. That will purge the sys
tem violently, and be followed by
equally violent reaction. . Whenever
green food to superseded by dry the
I
, Sue Was a Heroine.
Among a party of young men and
women who were taking an evening's
ramble the other day hear the village of
Glandy, In County Derry, was a young
man from Belfast who had come to
marry a Derry girl, one of . the party.
In crossing the River -Faughan by a
wooden bridge he missed his footing
and fell into twenty feet of water. , In
vain the distracted girl besought the
men. around her to rescue him, but no
one was willing to court an almost cer
tain, death. As he rose to the surface
for the third and last time she leaped
.Into the river herself, . and, clutching
her -; now --exhausted., lover , 'with one
hand, swam wlth.great difficulty -to the
river-sldeV where willing hands receiv
ed tbem both !
. Happy "Days that Are Gone.
- Barbersin" thel-early days of- the
Christian ..era., were not permitted to
talk while shaving a. patron. " ' Indeed,
silence was io much ' appreciated by
persons while under the barber's hands
that mutes were preferred for this
service. -'-
- v : ." The Speed plB!ood. " ; --l
It has been calculated that, assuming
the heart beats CO times a minute ar or-,
dinary heart, pressure, the blood goes
"at tbe rate of 270 yards in a minute, or
seven miles an hour, 168 miles a day, 1
and 61,320 miles a year.
: - i The Rich at Actor. : j
M. Coquelin, whose fortune ls .esti-J
matee at $1,000,000 has the reputa
tion -of being .the richest actor. In the
world.
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margins. Fortunes have been made on a small
DeeiriHing ny trading in futures. . Write for
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eral years' experience on the Chicago Board of
Trade, and a thorough knowledge of the busi
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and Spokane, Wash. t '
inn rn rnrr T caress, our . . . .
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