The Corvallis gazette., June 11, 1897, Image 4

fliscellahy.
JUST FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
If for the little while
That life has left to me, fair fortune's
smile
Could rest upon me; if my closing days
Could be like this October, all ablaxe
With gold and scarlet; if I only might
Have hands both of silvery delight, '
And all that wealth can bay, or wealth
refine,
Could be at my command at wish of
mine.
Just for a little while!
My child, take what is given to-day
A little money for a little way.
If for the little while
That life has left to me, the Muse's smile
Could rest upon me; if .my closing days
Could be like this glad morning, all ablaze
With sunlit fields and mountain tops of
thought.
My poems be in every language sought;
If all that noblest genius can combine
Could come together at some word of
mine,
Just for a little while!
My child, take what is given to-day .
A little knowledge for a little way.
If for the little while
That life has left to me, full many a mile
On land or sea, to east or west or north,
Across the world, I could at last go forth:
If I might mount the heights of Greece
or Rome,
Instead of climbing little hills at home;
If I might all the Alpine mountains view.
Instead of watching shadows on ML Blue,
Just for a little while!
My child, take what is given to-day
A little climbing for a little way.
If for a little while
I could be rich; if pile on pile
Of gold or gems could be at last my own.
To take and keep, or to be let alone;
If I could have enough to give away
To every sufferer, bid the wanderer stay
And eat' and drink his fill; if every eye'
Looked up with gratitude as I passed by,
Just for a little while!
My child, take what is given to-day
A little help for a little way. . "
If for the little while
That life has left to me, affection's smile
Could rest upon me; if my closing days
Could be, like starry evenings, all ablaze
With blessedness; if lips I love coujd
say
"It is so good to be with you to-day ;"
If all that heart can hold of happiness
Could be my own, unfathomed, measure
less, Jnst for a little while!
My child, take what is given you to-day
A little loving for a little way.
Julia II. May. .
GOOD WEIGHT.
Lillian Snell, teacher of the first
grade in building No3, public schools
of Windsor, turned quickly from . the
blackboard whereon she had been
drawing a pert wren swinging on a
spray of clover.
"Whols cry lag?" she asked, In a
sweet, firm voice. ,
- "it Is little Agnes Gregory,' volun
teered a dimple-faced boy who sat
. near. -
Miss Snell crossed the room and. bent
over the child.
"Agnes, little sunshine lassie, what
Is it? Can you not tell me all about
itr , .
Sobs were Agnes' only reply. Miss
Snell kissed her gently, then went back
to her work. When It was finished and
the children all provided with work,
she lifted the sobbing child and tender
ly carried her to the teacher's desk.
Here, somewhat removed from the
curious little ones, Lilian set about
soothing her pupil.
Agues was a pretty fair-faced child
of ft. She had sunny blue eyes and her
hair, a golden chestnut, curled about
her face and neck. Her clothing -was
- clean, but well worn, and T-'"nn no
tleed the gaping hole la the tiny shoes
as well as the thinness of the faded
dress. Noticed it with a sympathetic.
thrill of the heart that throbbed with
something of the divine spirit of moth
erhood toward the children In her care.
Agnes' story was soon told. Her
"widowed mother had had no breakfast
for her little ones. " .
"I don't care so much about myself,
Miss Snell,' the child went on artless
ly, "'cause I'm mamma's brave girl,
. but when little brother Royce
wakes up he will be so hungry, and he
is only 3 years old. He does not know
be mustn't cry."
A little more questioning and Lilian
learned that some one owed Mrs. Greg
ory for sewing, also that she hoped to
have dinner ready when Agnes came
borne.
Lilian looked out Into the driving
storm of a January forenoon. She
knew Mrs. Gregory, and her heart
ached for the pale young mother.
Miss Snell was quick of thought and
iictlon. Ten minutes later Agnes was
In a warm cloak room feasting In the
dainty lunch Mrs. Snell had prepared
for her daughter's midday meal. The
young teacher had written a note and
a list of articles of food and was at the
. door of the room across the hall.
The teacher, Florence Fox, listened
sympathetically to Lilian's story and
to the suggestion that her own 12-year-old
brother be called from the sixth
grade to deliver the note.
"Of course, Fred can go, she cried,
"and, Lilian, you say you have writ
ten to Mr. Davis the circumstances and
asked him for good weight I'll send
j - n order to Cousin Hugh for a half
cord of wood, tell him the story, and
ask him for. good weight."
A faint crimson flush stained Lilian's
cheek, but 'she warmly thanked her
friend and hurried back to her work.
Mark Davis was a stout, genial-faced
man of 38. He sat In his office, his
morning's work at his book Just fin
ished. Through the open door he
. could see brisk clerks stepping about in
the grocery store from which the office
opened. There was an edor of spices,
- coffee, fruit and fish In the air.
"Eight hundred 'dollars more profit
this year than last," the groce? said to
himself. "Somehow It don't do a man
any good to pile up money when be has
no one to spend it on."
Here his reverie was cut short by
the entrance of a clerk who banded
him an envelope, saying: "A boy Just
brought this."
Two papers dropped from the en
velope as he tore it open. The first was
a list, including a loaf of bread, pota-
toes, crackers, dried beef, and a few
other articles. He glanced over it and
- opened the other. It was Lilian's note:
"Dear Mr. Davis: A little girl In my
. rom is crying because she has had no
breakfast. Her name is Agnes Greg
ory, and her mother is a poor widow
who lives on the third floor of No. 4
Hampton street. Please send the things
ordered at once. I will come in after
school and pay for them. And, Mr.
Davis, please give good weight Truly
yours, LILIAN SNELL."
Mr. Davis had been a friend of the
Snell family for years, and It was not
the first time that Lilian had appealed
to him for help la her charitable work.
Bo that was not the reason that so
strange a look came Into his honest
brown eyes.
"Agnes Gregory, and lives on Hamp
ton street" he murmured.. "It surely
must be Margaret's child. Good God!
Margaret and her child wanting
bread!" - -,
A half hour later Mark Davis was
making his way up the stairs to the
floor upon which Mrs. Gregory's rooms
were situated. His knock at the first
door was answered by a red-faced
woman.
"Mis' Gregory, Is it you air want-
In'?" she asked sharply. "And It's no
bad news you air after bringin' her, I
hope."
"I wanted to deliver some groceries
a friend has sent her."
The clouded face cleared as if by
magic. "Heaven's blessln' be on your
head, then! Mis' Gregory, she's gone
out but I've her key here, and will un
lock the door. That's her by, and a
swate child he is."
Mark eagerly looked at the pink and
white face of the boy. He held out a
great golden orange, and little Royce
sprang for it bis childish laugh echoing
through the room. Then the grocer
followed Mrs. Donovan to the home of
Margaret Gregory.
It was a bare place, but clean and
neat Mark sighed as he noted the
signs of abject poverty. While the de
llveryman was bringing up the parcels,
Mrs. Donavan volubly explained that
Mrs. Gregory bad gone to try to get
money due her. The warm-hearted
Irish woman had surmised that fortune
was at low ebb with her neighbor,
partly because of little Royce's unusual
fretfulness, which had been quieted by
a huge slice of bread and butter.
"She's worked her precious fingers
'most to the bone," she concluded, "but
work's scarce, and I don't know what's
ever goin' to become of her and her
babies."
The wood soon came. Florence's half
cord had been re-enforced by a whole
cord, perhaps because she had written
her cousin that the needy widow was a
protege of Miss Snell's.
As to Lilian's order for groceries,
Mr. Davis had added to it a sack of
flour, a ham, coffee, tea, sugar, apples,
cookies, cheese, canned fruits and
meats, and a big bag of candy.
Mrs. Donovan went back to her own
room, and the wagons rolled away.
Mark hastily built a fire, then sat down
o think how best to explain the liberty
he had taken. , '
The bare room faded from his vision
as he sat there. In Its place came an
old country garden overgrown with
roses and clematis. It was June, und
the air was heavy with the scent of
many blossoms. By his side was u
beautiful girt In whose curls the sun
shine seemed entangled. He bent low
er, and the rose-red lips of his com
panion murmured, "I love you, Mark."
Still lower his head sank until his lips
touched the ones that had uttered the
sweet words.
A start and he sat upright glancing
around him. That was ten years ago.
He was poor then, and Margaret beau
tiful Margaret Henson, had been the
only daughter of a wealthy home. So
their engagement had been forbidden.
They parted, vowing eternal constancy.
A year later Margaret became the wife
of Vance Gregory, but it was not until
months after that Mark learned of the
treachery and deceit that had been
employed to urge her to that step.
It was too late then. There was
nothing to do but to endure.
He had known for some time that
Margaret was a widow and lived In the
city. He knew nothing of her poverty,
supposing that her means were ample.
To go to her now with a story of love
had never occurred to him. She knew
nothing of what had parted them. He
could not blacken the memory of the
man who had been her husband,' the
rather of her children-
He sprang to his feet There was no
need of an explanation. He passed out,
pausing for a final word with Mrs.
Donavan.
"Tell Mrs. Gregory the things came '
from the teachers at No. 3." j
"To be sure, Mr.. Davis," responded
the woman, who. had recognized Mark,
"I'll tell her, all 'bout it. And many
the blissin's of all the saints rest on
your dear head!"
Mark hurried away, leaving a shin
big silver dollar In Koyce's hand.
It was only a few minutes, after his
departure that a thinly clad woman
came tolling wearily up the stairs. It
was Margaret Gregory. The woman
who owed her was out of town. The
needy mother had applied at several
places for work, only to meet with re
fusal. ' Then she had gone to a store
and begged for credit but In vain.
She had reached the end. There was
but one way open. She would ask Mrs.
Donavan to give her children their din
ner. ' When she had rested and con
quered the bitter rebellion in her heart
she would go out again and apply to
the city for charity.
Margaret Gregory was proud. She
was already faint for the want of food,
yet she turned in loathing from the
thought of a meal obtained in that way.
It would be worse than death, but
death does not come at one's call, and
there were her babies,
A dry sob burst from her Hps. She
passed Mrs. Dona van's door in silence.
She must have a moment to herself
before she could ask charity of one so
poor as her kind neighbor. Hurrying
on, she pushed open her own door.
A bright fire was blazing in the crack
ed stove. Mrs. Donavan had prepared
potatoes for the oven and cut slices
ready for frying from the ham. The
f open door of the wood closet showed a
huge pile, while the table was heaped
high with food.
For a moment she stood gazing wild
ly around 'her. vThen she dropped on
her knees, and with a shower of tears
relieved her overwrought nerves.
The next day's mall brought a letter
from Margaret , to Mr. Davis. ' The
writer had gone to Miss Snell to thank
her. . From the young teacher she had
learned of Mark's connection with the
affair.
It was an earnest grateful -letter,
blotted here and there with tear stains.
She accepted his generosity; for her
children's sake she could not refuse
charity. She referred to the friendship
that had existed between their parents,
but Mark was glad. that she was too
womanly a woman to even hint at the
relation they had once borne to each
other. When he finished reading the
letter his heart was light, for he un
derstood that" Margaret knew of the
treachery that had blotted the sunshine
out of his life. -.-"' '
Mark went straight home and told
his aunt, who was also his housekeep
er, all about It Mrs. Everts was knit
ting before the open coal fire. She was
a bright-faced old lady with soft white
hair and a serene face. When he had
finished she laid down her work and
sat for a long time, gazing Into the
dancing flames. r:
"The only daughter of my old friend,
Rebecca Henson, In want of food," she
aid, a note of pam In her voice. "Mark,
you and I both have plenty of money.
There Is room In this house, and hi our
hearts, for Margaret and be babies. Bat
she is proud. Go and ask her to come
and sew for me. Tell her I am lonely
and ask her to bring her little ones to
brighten me up."
Mark bent to kiss the placid face.
"Thank you, Aunt Elsie. I see you un
derstand." A few hours later he
knocked at Margaret's door. He saw
that the years had changed her. The
wild rose bloom had faded from her
cheeks, tears had washed the Joyous
light from her blue eyes, yet it was
surely the Margaret that he had loved"
that stood before him.
She met him frankly and with undis
guised pleasure. Her voice trembled
when she undertook to express, her
gratitude. . Mark made light of the
whole affair and insisted on talking of
their childhood days. The fruit and
nuts he brought proved an open ses
ame to the hearts of Agnes and Royce,
and they were soon on the best of
terms with the caller.
Margaret was very grateful for the
offer of work. She hesitated' a little
over accepting Mrs. Everts' kind invi
tation, fearing lest the children prove
an annoyance. But when Mark .drew
a touching picture of the loneliness of
his aunt she gladly consented to come.
It was arranged that the carriage come
for the Gregorys the following after
noon. One morning, two months later, Flpr
ence Fox tripped across the hall of No.
3 and entered Miss Snell's room. .
"Of course you are going to the wed
ding reception Thursday evening," she
began. "I think It Is such a lovely mar
riage, don't you?"
"Indeed, I do," Lilian replied warm
ly. "Yes, I am to go in the afternoon
and help with the decorations. The
whole house is to be in green and white,
smilax, ferns, roses and carnations.
Mrs. Everts says Mr. Davis' cannot do
too much for his bride, 'our dear Mar
garet the sweet old lady calls her."
"And I believe it all came about from
your beggfng him to give her good
weight," Florence cried, merrily. "He
is obeying your request In an extrava
gant manner. And Lilian, Is not that
pretty pearl ring and the beatific ex
pression on cousin Hugh's face the re
sult of my efforts along the same line
of charitable work?"
The bell rang then, and the blushing
Lilian was spared the necessity of a
reply. Hope Daring, in Womankind.
MET ON A TRESTLE.
Thrilling Kxperlence of Engineer De
pew with a Mountain Conirar. '
To battle with a huge mountain Hon,
seven feet in length, and 253 pounds in
weight, on a trestle at night, is the
thrilling experience that has Just be
fallen Edward C. Depew, an engineer
on the Great Northern Railroad, near
Lowell, Wash.
"At the time of the adventure," says
Engineer Depew, "I was pulling the
overland passenger train, going east,
and as we were a few minutes late we
were trying to make up a little time.
After we had left Lowell, and almost
two miles east of there, about half way
across a long trestle, my fireman,
George Lawrence, Jumped down off his
seat-box and came quickly to my side
of the engine. I noticed a startled look
on his face, and, looking ahead,' saw
through the darkness a black object on
the track.
"My first thought was of some ob
struction on the track. For a second
the thought of Jumping flashed through
my mind, but I banished it Nothing
could be done. We were too close to
the danger, and the fright had the same
effect on me that it had on Lawrence.
It took away my power of speech. In
stinctively I crawled out of the cab on
to the side of the engine.
"The train dashed on. In an Instant
1 saw a . monster's eyes flashing
through the darkness, green and yel
low by turns.
"As the train approached the Hon 1
could see it prepare to spring. Finally,
when the leap was made, the situation
was so dramatic as to be almost the
atrical in effect. ' .
"The force of the Jump was astonish
ing. The body of the beast crashed In
to the edge of the engine front.' To
Jump then was certain death, for we
were right in the center of the trestle.
Yet, as the lion made its leap, I could
almost feel its hot breath on my throat.
"I learned afterward that the cougar,
after we had struck it, lodged In the
cross ties of the trestle.
"The beas.t was still alive when the
men of No. 498 discovered it, but It
hind legs were cut off. Foreman John
C. Wright would not go near it until
be had emptied a couple of chambers
of his revolver into it Then they fast
ened the body to the cow-catcher and
took It to Skykomteh." New York
Journal.
American Ships.
Do you know that but one steel ship
was ever built in America and that she
was the last fuU-rigged ship ever built
here, and that her name Is Dlrlgo?
That but two steel ships ever flew
the American flag, and they are the
Dlrlgo and Kenilworth, the latter de-.
nationalized?
That the Clarence S. Bement, May
Flintand Tlllle E. Starbuck are the
only iron ships afloat flying our flag?
That the Annie Johnson and Archer
are the only iron barks having Ameri
can registers and that both of them
were built In England?
That the Josephine is the only Iron
schooner afloat that has the right to
hall from an American port?
That but eleven steamers flying the
American flag trade between America
and Europe and that they are the St
Louis, St. Paul, New York, Paris, Penn
sylvania, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Cone
maugh,. Miami and Metteawan, and
that five of them were built In Eng
land? That most all the best steamships in
our merchant marine were built on-the
Delaware?
- That America has not 3,000 vessels
going to sea, and that all steamers,
ships, barks, barkentines, brigs, schoon
ers and sea-going coal barges are in
cluded, and that this includes the At
lantic, gulf and Pacific coasts? Phila
delphia Maritime Journal. .
. . : He inspected.
Dashaway HeUo, Uncle Jasper, I
haven't seen you for a long time. - -
Uncle Jasper No," sah. De fac' Is
I'se so shabby dat I kinder hate f 'pear
'fore 'spectable folks.
' Dashaway Well, now, uncle, if I
should offer you the choice between a
good glass of whisky and a pair of
trousers I've got upstairs, which would
you take? - .
Uncle Jasper (scratching his head)
Well, boss, dat's a powerful hard nut
to crack. But I 'spec' If I had dat glass
o' whisky firs' I'd be dat good I could
elocute yo' Inter givln' me dat pair of
pants, sah. Harlem Life.
Explained. .
Bacon You know Painter, don't yon 5
Egbert I've seen him.
"Well, a girl has fallen in love with
his picture."
"Impossible! He's as homely as a
stone fence."
"But It was her own picture she fell
in love with which Painter palnted."
Yonkera Statesman.
A MAN WITHOUT FEAR.
The Wonderful Feats I er forme 1 by
r V Blondln the Great
Jean Francois Gravelet, known the
world over as Blondln, the great tight
rope walker, died at London. Blondin
performed many feats which his imita
tors dared -not attempt and was un
doubtedly the .greatest acrobat In his
line, but his fame rests chiefly on the
fact that he was the first man to cross
Niagara Falls on a tight rope. -
Blondin was born in France and his
father was a soldier of the great Na
poleon. As a boy he displayed agility
and daring on the tight rope, and as a
young man became famous throughout
Europe. He came to America in 1S55,
and In 1859 conceived the daring de
sign of crossing Niagara. He was called
a madman, but he determined to carry
out his Idea. The rope was stretched
above the wide gorge at about a height
of 170 feet above the water. He crossed
for the first time on June 30 In the pres
ence of an immense throng of people.
He crossed again on the 4th of July
with the upper part of his body and
his head enveloped In several thick
nesses of blanket that completely shut
out his view of the rope and the roaring
waters; then he crossed - wheeling a
wheelbarrow. - ' '..-..
Another time he threw somersaults
on the rope and went through several
other acrobatic feats that were difficult
to some, gymnasts on solid ground. He
also crossed with a man on his back,
and finally made the ticklish Journey
at night amid a blaze of fireworks,
standing on his head as they were go
ing off. In the summer of 1860 the
Prince of Wales saw the famous
Frenchman cross on a rope below the
suspension bridge. He then went over
the slender walk with a man on bis
back, and set the man down six times
while he rested. - He also went across
on stilts. ,
Since his performance at Niagara
Blondin has crossed the rope in many
parts of the world more than 4,000
times. He had many thrilling escapes.
In one of his performances at the Crys
tal Palace, the man who set off the fire
works threw the ropewalker off his bal
ance, and he Just missed falling 120
feet by pitching away his balancing
pole and throwing his right leg across
the rope so that he Just managed to
hook it with his knee-joint .Mrs. Blon
din, who was watching him, fainted,
and many persons shut their eyes
thinking the thud of his 40-pound pole
was the sound of his falling body.
He once advertised that he would
wheel his little girl across the rope in a
wheelbarrow filled with flowers, which
She was to scatter right and . left
The British Home Secretary thought
this was a little too strong for the
nerves of the populace, and he Inter
fered. He delighted to spring sensations
on the theater-goring public. Most of
his acts he rehearsed, but there was
one that he could not, and that was
taking a young lion across the rope in
the open air at the Zoological Gardens
in Liverpool. There was a stiff gale
blowing, the rope sagged a good deal,
and there was a steep incline from each
mast. The lion was strapped In the bar
row and a line attached to the barrow
to prevent it running away with Blon
din as he went down the incline.
The line slipped out of the attendant's
hand, and the barrow', without its
check, ran down the rope at a great
rate. The line became entangled in the
top branches of a tree, and it looked as
if the daring acrobat when the line be
came taut, would be hauled from .his
perch. He restored the equanimity of
his anxious watchers, . checking the
speed of the barrow. Knowing that he
could not reach the opposite mast he
began to move slowly backward to the
mast he had left. Then be, took the
lion across, as he had started at first
to do. Within a year persons passing
the neighborhood of the Blondin home
have been surprised to see the old fellow
turn somersaults in the road while on
his way to or from his house, which he
called Niagara Villa. He performed on
the rope in London when he was. 70
years old.
v Ralls or Glass.
There -was once a time when glass
was used only for window panes and
mirrors, but since then it has develop
ed into many different fields. By
means of valuable strengthening pro
cess, recently discovered, glass may
now be moulded Into lengths and used
as railway sleepers. - Glass rails are
also produced by this same toughening
process. - It is, therefore, possible to
have a complete glass railway. The
glass rails are turned out in sizes and
shapes similar to those of the ordinary
steel rails. They are far tougher and
resist the action of the elemer more
successfully than steel.
Coral from Alfbister.
'. By a process recently discovered,
pure alabaster can be transformed to
what Is apparently rer coral. The col
oring matter completely permeates the
stone, and when a bead of this imita
tion coral is broken, it has all the ap
pearance of the genuine material. As
regards external appearances, the imi
tation is very perfect, every shade from
deep red to palest pink being, repro
duced; but something in the coloring
matter imparts, to the coral an objec
tionable oleaginous odor. This, how
ever, is said to pass off with time. The
Imitation can only be made from Cas
tellina alabaster, and that of the finest
quality.
Incredulous Sam Jones. -
Did ydu hear of a funny "Sam Jones"
episode? At one of his meetings he
called on all the men who could assert
they never said an unkind vrd to
their , wives to stand. ; Up got two.
"Now," he said, "all the women who
never spoke an unkind word to their
husbands may rise." Up got six. "Sit
down," Sam cried. "Now, I want the
audience to pray for these liars!"
Time and the Hour.
From the Eaitb.
, An endeavor is now beiug made in
Hungary to utilize in a practical and
economical way the earth's internal
heat For many years the artesian
wells in that country have supplied hot
water which has been used for a va
riety of purposes, and by sinking them
to a depth of 12,000 or 15,000 feet,
water would be obtained, it is believed,
capable of yielding steam power as
well as heat for warming buildings.
It is a great pity that a man can't
discharge his debts as a woman does
hers: by hiring a hall, and . passing
around a bit of cake and a dab of ice
cream. " ;
In the eitv of Duraneo. Mexico, is an
Iron mountain 640 feet high, and the
iron is from 60 to 70 per cent pure.
The metallic mass spreads in all direc
tions for a radius of three orfourmiles.
DRUNKARDS
CAN BE
SAVED
core for which has been discovered called "Antt-
strong drink without knowing why, aa It can be
riven secretly in tea, coffee, soup and the like.
If "Anti-Jag" is not kept by your druggist send
one dollar to the Benova Chemical Co., fie Broad
Way. New York, and it will be sent postpaid. In
PUMU ""VP") .. " - -. -
eeratly, XmfvrmaUon mailed free. . i
A Kew Fuel. '
Many attempts have been made to
oee turf or peat as fuel, but this mate
rial has never, obtained great impor
tance, because in comparison to its
small heating value, its volume was
too large, and consequently the trans
portation was found too expensive;
moreover, the considerable amount of
ashes it produced made it impractica
ble to use in any quantity. Suddenly
it seems the time has arrived for peat
to enter into competition with, and in
some cases to substitute all other fuels."
An invention,' the economical impor
tance of which is inestimable at the
present moment, was recently patented
by Mr. Bosendahl, of Christinstad,
Norway, which country probably pos
sesses the largest deposits of peat in
the world. . His method of making a
practical fuel of peat simply' consists
in heating the peat in iron ovens to
250 degrees centigrade, and when this
temperature is reaohed to close all the
valves of the oven, the temperature of
250 degrees being kept up tor seven
hours. This process changes' the mate
rial considerably, and the tar andjgas
eous products of the coal-like remainder
represent 80 per cent of the whole. A
chemical analysis of the product, made
at the Christiania University, showed
the prepared peat to contain 65 per
cent of pure carbon, 16 per cent of
oxygen, 6 per cent of hydrogen, 4 per
cent water and, what is most surpris
ing, only 5 per cent of substances which"
will remain as residue in the shape of
ashes.. The new peat-coal has a the
oretical heating value of 6,500 oaJoric
units, which is equal to that of medium
grade anthracite - coal. The cost of
peat-coal, however, is so small that it
can be sold at a profit for f 1. 75 per ton,
while an equal quantity of anthracite
coal costs from $4 to $5. By the pro
cess of Bosendhal, even in its present
crude state, the production of peat-coal
costs but 75 cents per ton, and it is very
likely that even this cost . will be con
siderably reduced before long. Tests
have been made with the new material
at the Krupp works at Essen, Germany,
and it was found that the new fuel
gave better results than either anthra
cite or coke in the iron foundries and
for the production of Bessemer steel.
Venezuela's Gift to Mew Xork.
At his studio at Garretson, Staten
Island, Giovani Turini, the sculptor,
has begun work on an equestrian statue
of General Simon Bolivar the George
Washington of Central America. The
statue has been ordered by the govern
ment of ( "Venezuela, and is to be a gift
from that republio to the city of New
York. It is to be placed in Central
Park in place of the present statue of
General Bolivar.
. An automatic tension device for wire
fences consists of a number of springs
fastened to the ends of the wires, the
ends of the springs being attached to a
well-braced post at the end of the fence.
Taking it year in and year out, the
oldest hour of each 24 is 6 o'clock in
the morning.
DISHONORED DRAFTS.
When the stomach dishonors the drafts made
upon it by the rest of the system, it is neces
sarily because its fund of strength is very low.
Toned with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, it soon
begins to pay out yigor in the shape of pure,
rich blood, containing the elements of muscle,
bone and brain. As a sequence of the new
vigor afforded the stomach, the bowels per
form their functions regularly, and the liver
works like clock work. Malaria has no effect
upon a system thus reinforced.
A captive bee striving to escape has
been made to record as many as 15,540
wing strokes per minute in a late test
HOME PRODUCTS AND FORK FOOD.
All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
flucose. "Tea Garden Drips" is made from
ugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale
by first-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac
tured by the Pacific Coast Syrup Co. All gen
nine "Tea'Gardcn Drips" have the manufac
turer's name lithographed on every can.
The sea has no herbivorous animal.
It is a great slaughter bouse where all
the inhabitants prey on each other.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
As) mercury will surely destroy the sense o:
smell and completely derange the whole sys
tem when entering it through the mucous sur
faces. Such articles should never be used ex.
cept on prescriptions (rom reputable nhysi
cians, as the damage tbeywilldo is tenfold tc
the good you can possibly derive from them.
Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo., O., contains no mer
cury and is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys
tem. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure
you get the genuine. It is taken internally,
and made in Toledo, O., by F. J. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c per bottle.
Hall's Family Fills are the best.
New York is not only America's
financial and commercial metropolis,
but also its greatest manufacturing city.
Two bottles of Piso's Cure for Consump
tion cured me of a bad lung trouble. Mrs.
J. Nichols, Princeton, Ind., Mar. 26, 1895.
The hagfish or myxine, has a custom
of getting insde the cod and similar
fishes and entirely consuming the in
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With a better understanding of the
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper ef
forts gentle efforts pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that so many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi
tion of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly, by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact that it is the
one remedy which ' promotes internal
cleanliness without debilitating the
organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene
ficial effects, to note when you pur
chase, that you have the genuine arti
cle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold, by
all reputable druggists. ,
If hi the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
fed and gives most general satisfaction.
MBICULTUfiAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING TO THE
FARM AND HOME,
treatment of Horses Afflicted with
Hea Yea-Pigs Should Be Fed Been
larly Advantage of Straight Sows
for Cultivated CropaNotee.
Heaves la Horses.
Heaves Is not so common a disease
among horses as it was in former years.
It may be described as a chronic dis
ease of the breathing organs, without
Inflammation, characterized by a pe
culiar breathing, the breath being
drawn In with ease, but breathed out
with difficulty, and by two distinct ef
forts. The immediate cause is the rup
ture or debility of the small cells In the
lungs, so the animal canont expel the
air he has drawn in without an extra
and double effort It is obvious, there
fore, that the symptoms are readily de
tected. '
Authorities say that when the disease
Is established it is incurable, though it
can be alleviated materially. If the
disease Is not too Intense some relief
may be obtained by giving one-half to
one grain -of arsenic in form of Fow
ler's solution dally for several weeks.
One authority recommends the follow
ing prescription: "Thirty grains each
of calomel, digitalis, opium- and cam
phor; make Into a ball and give once
or twice a day." After the first week
the calomel should be omitted. . But
more valuable than any medicine is the
food and treatment of the animal. The
diet should be of the best quality and
mall quantity. Coarse foods should be
voided. Mouldy or dusty hay or fod
der is especially injurious. Let him run
on a clean, short pasture and the feed
given be in a concentrated form, slight
ly dampened to allay any dust Keep
bowels loose. - ,
Feeding Pig-s Kegnlarl?.
Much depends in feeding pigs on giv
ing their food at regular Intervals.
Then the pig will very soon become
used to this, and will not expect his
food until the next regular feeding
time comes. The old saying that a
squealing pig loses a pound of fat every
time It squeals has this much of truth
In tt, that the irregular times for feed
ing which occasions most of the squeal
ing Is the surest way to destroy diges
tion. This .in pigs is not so strong as
Is often supposed. The pig is greedy
by nature. Others must see to tt that
It does not eat more nor often er than
Is good for it : -
Straight Rows for Hoed Crops. -
So much of the work of cultivation is
now done with horse power that it is
more than ever important that all rows
of hoed crops shall be as nearly on a
straight line as possible. Unless this
Is done it is impossible to guide the
cultivator so as to avoid destroying
more or less plants, beside leaving
seeds that cannot be thereafter uproot
ed except with great difficulty. When
a weed is not killed by cultivation It Is
made all the more thrifty, for the prun
ing of the roots which cultivation gives
makes new roots put forth just as it
does for the crop. It Is for this reason
that after harrowing both ways over
corn ground before the grain is up, the
cultivator should be set to work be
tween the rows just so soon as the
rows can be seen. This wHl destroy
any weeds that the harrowings may
have missed.
Kicking Cows.
A Western agricultural writer says
that there are just as good milkers
among cows that do not kick as there
are among those that do. This, we
think, is hardly the fact. It Is the ten
derness in the udder, caused by the
presence of a large amount of milk,
that makes careless handling of the
teats very painful. The result is that
the cow becomes a kicker, and soon
this grows Into a habit not easily brok
en. It Is usually the fault of the man
who breaks the heifer to being milked
who is responsible for her character as
a milker. If the first operations on the
teats are gentle, drawing milk slowly
until the bag is. somewhat eased, milk
ing is a soothing and pleasure-giving
process for the cow. For the first few
times the heifer is milked she should
have some appetizing feed set before'
her, which she can eat while the milk
is being drawn. This should always
be given when there is danger that the
eow will hold up her milk. The cow is
a one idea animal. When she Is eating
heartily she cannot easily think of any
thing else. American Cultivator.
Frnlt by Roadside.
Probably the best use that can be
made of roadsides is to plant fruit trees
beside them, especially of those that
are somewhat hard to gather in quan
tity. We have In mind a farmer who,
many years ago, planted a long row of
cherry trees on the roadside, and far
enough from the fence so that the trees
did not injure the crops inside the fields.
j-JThese trees never failed to furnish a
paying crop, and some years the cnerries
were sold on "the tree for four to five
dollars per tree, and still paid a good
profit to the man who bought the fruit
Very few cherries were taken by pass
ersby, though the trees were beside a
L well-traveled road. Most people while
going along a highway are too busy to
stop, and the tramps wno were not too
busy were generally too lazy. Probably
If peaches or pears had been thus ex
posed the result would have been differ
ent - Even then a few roadside trees
for the public would be apt to lessen
depredations on the neighboring or
chards, which near cities or large vil
lages are the causes. Qf much loss to
fruit growers Exchange.
Muakmelons by the Acre.
Cheap as muskmelons are at times,
they pay better than do. most staple
farm crops for those who are willing
to give them the care which all garden
crops require. To get the best prices
plant as early as the land Is warmed
at the surface. Frequent cultivation,
leaving the land as light as possible,
will do much to make it warm. So will
planting on a newly turned two-year-old
clover sod. The very earliest mel
ons are' planted in a compact space,
with a box 10X12 over the hill to keep
off winds through the daytime and to
be covered at night Ten or more seeds
are placed in each hfll, which are later
reduced to two plants by the time the
vines begin to run. One of the worst
enemies of all melon plants is the white
grub, the larva of the May or June bug.
It will travel on the surface soil at
night and eat the plants just at the sur
face. Wheat bran through which Paris
green has been mixed and scattered
around the stems of the plants will
make short work of these pests. The
grubs are very fond of the bran, and in
eating It will get enough poison to kill
them. This method of getting rid of
grubs will not be practicable if fowls
are allowed to come near the patch, as
they are also very fond of the bran.
Agricultural Exchange.
' - Alkali In Western Lands. .
In an instructive paper recently read
before a California farmers' institute
by Prof. B. W. : Hllgard, this subject
m broadly eonaUerrt, s4 tt w
shown that alkali la the result of disin
tegration of - rocks and found only
where rainfall Is too little to carry It
off in solution. The more common salts
are Glauber's salts, common salt and
sal : soda. : The . last named occasions
the principal Injury by girdling plants
at the surface. In connection with
these salts are found others which are
among the most valuable elements of
fertility, mainly salts of potash and
lime, and found in greater proportions
in arid than in humid lands. These
salts frequently appear on the surface
only after irrigation. In such cases it
will be found that they existed below
the surface and were- carried In solu
tion by water used in irrigation and
left on the surface by evaporation. A
remedy is deep cultivation with thor
ough pulverization of the surface in
orchard cultivation, to reduce evapora
tion to a minimum; or shading the
ground with such crops as alfalfa. The
more Important discoveries are that
the Australian salt bush will thrive
on strong alkali binds and that they
have also produced large yields "and a
fine quality of sugar beets.
Retains Docks.
In raising ducks sjet the eggs under
hens; when hatched remove to a box
lined with paper and kept In a warm
place with all the sunshine possible.
When two days old put In a board pen
during day time. Feed bread soaked In
water and pressed dry. Do not give
them water to swim in until three
weks old. Dust with Persian Insect
powder once a week; when four weeks
old feed on corn bread soaked in sweet
milk; young onion tops cut fine and
mixed with their feed are healthful.
After four weeks old they will thrive
on almost any diet and will grow with
less water to swim In than is generally
supposed. Always keep water for
drinking as pure and clean as possible,
changing often and putting gravel in
the dish where water is kept
Ojpsnm on Potatoes.
' The broad leaves of the potato are
what the crop very largely depends
upon for maturing the tuber. It Is Im
portant that they be kept green as long
as possible. The fact that gypsum or
bind plaster attracts moisture makes It
an especially good application for the
potato crop. The first use of parts
green to destrop the potato larva ought
to be made with gypsum. By attract
ing moisture from the air and thus
keeping the leaves moist more of
the potato beetles' eggs will be de
stroyed before they hatch.
Fowlnar Oa's by Hand.
There are many farmers who find It
an advantage to sow other grains with
a drill, so as to apply fertilizers with
the seed, who yet think the oat crop
comes surer sown on a coarsely har
rowed surface and dragged In. The
reason probably Is that thus the grain
Is apt not to be covered so deeply as it
is by the drill. The better fitting the
seed bed has, the deeper the wheels
sink, carrying the drill tubes and the
seed grain to greater depth than Is
good for the grain crop. American Cul
tivator. Poultry Pick' new.
Don't have the flocks of hens too
large. If you have more than seventy
five or eighty, they ought to be sep
arated Into smaller flocks.
An egg contains from 25 to 27 per
cent solid matter, nearly 14 per cent,
albumen. That means' that laying hens
need food rich in albuminous matter
meat, oatmeal, milk, bran, etc.
While poultry will not thrive on neg
lect it Is well to remember that over
feeding and lack of exercise are also
fruitful sources of loss'In the poultry
yard.
If we would keep up the vigor and
fecundity of our flocks we must Infuse
new blood into them. If service or
profit or vigorous growth is desired,
there must be a frequent . change of
cockerels In the flocks.
Weed out the flocks, disposing of.
really old stock and the undesirable
young. A few good hens, well cared
for, will raise more chickens this sum
mer than If a great flock is crowded
together in unhealthy coops.
A Boston commission merchant says
that If fanners would market ail the'
chickens and eggs they can spare each
week, they would be surprised at the
regular Income that they were receiv
ing, and they would find more profit In
poultry.
Farm Notes.
Lean the tree at planting towards the
direction of prevailing winds.
Bees need special care in early spring
if profitable returns are secured.
Syrup made of granulated sugar Is
the best and cheapest feed that can bj
given to bees.
A nearly eight-fold Increase In the
exports of oats Is noted the past nine
months compared with a year ago, the
figures being respectively 26,000,000
and 3,500,000 bushels.
A cross between the Brown Leghorn
and Buff Cochin is an excellent egg
producer and an Ideal table fowl. Eggs
will be. had the year round and the
bens make excellent mothers.
Just before fruit blossoms open Is
the time to spray thoroughly to destroy
bud moth, cigar and pistol case bear
ers. These three insects do their most
destructive work before blossoms open.
. To make grafting wax, melt together
and pour Into a pall of cold water resin
four parts by weight, beeswax two
parts and tallow one part.. Then grease
the hands and pull the wax until it is
nearly white. .
Skull Cat to Let the Brain Expand.
A number of surgeons In Atlanta,
Ga., have successfully performed an
operation which has let the light of In
telligence Into the darkened mind of a
girl, who, at the age of 11 years, had
the Intellect of a baby: Her' name is
Emily Woodruff, and she is the niece of
W. B. Lowe, the wealthy railroad
builder and convict lessee. She is
strikingly pretty, and all her life has
passed without a single day of illness.
But while she grew in physical vigor
her mind seven years ago ceased de
veloping. Physicians in this country
and Europe were appealed to, but
never successfully diagnosed the case.
A short time ago a young Atlanta
physician suggested that the trouble
was due to the fact that her skull was
too small to permit her brain to grow.
He informed them that an operation
was possible, but the chances were
about even that It would prove fatal.
A family council was held, and it was
agreed that they would rather have the
girl die than grow up an Idiot She was
taken to St Joseph's hospital and the
operation was performed by a half
dozen surgeons. At the temple they
cut into the skull on either side, making
two holes a trifle larger than a nickel.
Beginning at these openings, they cut
through the skull in two straight lines
running back to a . point at
the back of .. the t head. This
cut was eleven Inches long and formed
a perfect "T." The skull was lifted,
the wound bandaged and the little girl
put to bed. The child is showing a
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