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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1904)
-Cincinnati Post TIRED MOTHERS. A little elbow leans upon your knee. Your tired knee that has so much to bear; child's dear eyes are looking lovingly From underneath a thatch of tangled hair. You feel the loving, trustful, tender touch Of warm, moist fingers holdio? sours so tight, Too do not prize this blessing overmuch, You are almost too tired to pray to night. I wonder now that mothers ever fret As little children clinging to their gown, Or that the footprints, when the days are wet," Are ever black enough to make them frown. If I could find a little muddy boot Or cap or jacket on my chamber floor, If I could kiss a rosy, restless foot, And hear it patter in my home once more; If I could mend a broken cart to-day, To-morrow make a kite to reach the sky. There's no woman in God's world could say She was more blissfully content than I. But, oh! the dainty pillow next my own la never rumpled by a shining head; My singing birdling from Its nest has flown; My little boy I used to kiss Is dead. Toledo Times-Bee. i mi lsi $ "I YRIL THORNTON was abso lutely broke to the world. Not the ordinary want of a "fiver" brokenness, but the real downright thing, for be had not a penny In the world. More than that, he had no belongings which he could deposit with his avunc ular relative for a valuable considera tion. More than that, he had not even an attic to sleep In. Neither wine nor cards brought him to this stage, but pure, unadulterated bad luck. A gentleman by birth, and with a luxurious bringing up, he had found himself suddenly thrown on his own resources. It was a beautiful morning In June. London was filled with fashionable people, and from some feeling of "cussedness" Cyril went to church pa rade In the park. Ills shabby clothes did not worry him, for he had no false sense of pride. He walked listlessly along, watching the fairest collection of feminine beauty that the world holds. Cyril al ways had an eye to the beautiful. The crowd was thinning away when he saiw ahead of him an elderly man of aristocratic appearance. By his side walked a young girl with the loveliest face that he had ever seen. The man signaled a coachman, and a victoria pulled up near the curb. As the girl was entering the car riage, Cyril saw something glitter from her wrist and fall into the road. He was just hurrying to pick it up when the carriage rapidly drove away. He quickly stooped down and saw a magnificent diamond bracelet. In the center of which was a big black pearl With a hurried movement he thrust It into his pocket and looked hastily around. No one had observed the incl dent He slept in the park that night and wrestled with a mighty temptation. His bettor thoughts were vanquished, and the following morning he pawned the bracelet with a confiding pawn broker for fifty pounds. THE COUNTY FAIR SEASON IN FULL In a few days he sailed for the Cape. These were the early days of mines, and good luck followed him right through. Within three months he had redeemed the bracelet His next step was to advertise In the agony column of the Times: "Will the lady who lost a diamond bracelet set with a black pearl in June last in the park kindly communicate with C. T.. Box XT' For many weeks he had this in serted in papers, but no answer came. As the months passed Cyril's success increased with great strides. All1 his Investments turned out well; and peo ple began to look upon him as a com ing man. Then came the big booms. Mines which were worth comparatively little were raised to enormous prices. ..Cyril realized when the excitement was highest and returned to England a mil lionaire. Of course, people made a fuss over him, for he was young, good-looking, immensely wealthy and an Englishman strangely enough. But Cyril was not a happy man The bracelet still weighed on his con science. It was to try and find its owner that he accepted the Invitations .which society pressed upon him. For a whole season he searched for her, but without success. He got tired of the adoration which' was flung at him or rather his millions; so he, one day, packed up his portmanteau and went into the country. I His destination was a quiet little Inn near Dartmoor, which he had known in the days of his youth. One afternoon he was casting a fly along one of the streams that abound on the moors. He turned a corner and a sight greeted him which made his pulse throb madly. Huge bowlders studded with bloom ing heather formed a background. At their foot a piece of green, and lying asleep, with her head on a cushion and a rod by her side, was the girl for whom he had been in search. He approached closer. She was sleep ing soundly. Quickly he drew the bracelt from his pocket, where he al ways carried it With gentle touch he placed it round her wrist and snapped it She moved in her sleep, and he hastened away. He looked round, and she was again sleeping peacefully. Cyril had restored the bracelet to ts owner, but with the bauble he had given his heart To make up his mind was to act It did not take him long to discover that she was Lady Allclt Doversford, and that she lived with her father at Doversford Court. He was also pleased to hear that the earl was exceedingly poor. Again he chanced to meet her when she was fishing. She approached him at once. "Can you lend me a 'black gnat? " she asked him in a sweet voice that thrilled him. With trembling fingers he produced the fly. Cyril was not In the mood to make haste slowly. They met again, and he flattered himself she was pleased to see him. Next be wrote to the earl and asked permission to Inspect the famous pic tures (they were hearlooms and could not be sold) at the castle. He chanced to be walking through the grounds of the castle after seeing the pictures. He took a seat at the foot of a bowlder, and was startled to bear two voices speaking. One was Lady Alicia's, the other that of a man. "I can never marry you. darling. "Yon don't love me, Alicia." BLAST. "Heaven knows I do, Norman. But you have no money. You are as poor as we are. It isn't the money I want, dearest You know that. I must mar ry money, though. The dad expects it, and" The sound of a kiss, and Cyril turned sadly away, stricken to the heart. "It is 20,000," the earl said. "Some one placed it to my credit at the bank. No Information will be given as to its source. It is an absolute mystery." "God bless him, whoever it is," she whispered, tenderly. Among the wedding presents was a magnificent suite of Jewelry. Each article was of diamonds, with a setting of a large black pearl, and the donor was Cyril Thornton, the well-known South African millionaire. DIGGING IN ANCIENT RUINS. Light Thrown on Grecian Life by Die coverlea Made at Olbla. Interesting and valuable archaeo logical discoveries have been made on the site of the ancient Greek city Olbla. The site is situated on the southern bank of the Boug, about mid way between Otchakoff and Nicolaleff, and not far distant from the estuary of the Dnelper. This ancient city was a colony of Miletus 666 B. C. and was a great center for Greek trade with the interior. It is generally maintain ed among archaeological authorities that a trade route extended from Olbla across country to the northern sea, and when a find of ancient Greek coins was made it was contended to be sub stantial proof of the fact Recently, however, it was proved that these coins were spurious. Olbla was destroyed by the Getae about 70 to 60 B. C, but it revived and when It was visited by Dion Ohry- sostum about 100 A. D. it was again a flourishing city. The excavations that are now in progress upon the site of this city are being carried out by M. Formakovskl under the auspices of the Russian Archaeloglcal Society. M. Formakovskl has succeeded In unearth ing extensive portions of the walls and foundations of the original city, which date back from the seventh century, B. O. The masonry is identical with that of the ruins of ancient cities ex cavated in various parts of Greece. Before this depth was reached two dif ferent strata of wails and basements bearing descriptions of the fourth and first centuries B. C. were encountered. The stone blocks composing the ruins of houses, temples, etc., In these upper strata are of remarkably exact area, square proportions ana excellently dressed. The more solid constructive work is, however, found In the remains of the original city. At this depth there was unearthed a perfectly pre served wine cellar. Some fifty huge Jars or vases had evidently contained red wine, now turned to a light pow' dery substance. A large collection of valuable antiques in gold, marble and ancient pottery has also been found in these newly uncovered ruins. These have been dispatched to the Hermitage at St Petersburg. M. Formakovskl, however, is carefully examining every antique unearthed, to establish its gen ulne character, as it was on this site that the spurious tiara of Saltapharnes, now in the Louvre, was alleged to have been discovered. One Blessing Adam Kntoyed. "Ever hear of a man that didn't kick about the dressmaker's bills?" "Adam." Detroit Free Press. No one ever had enough genius, either Inspired or acquired, to avoid saying ill-advised things if be talked at tlL Points in Corn Growing;. The art of raising corn is summed ap in Indiana Farmer: The cut ' of corn plants in a row distance part i shown for the purpose of impressing the reader with the importance of bet ter methods of cultivation than those formerly pursued; in other words, to show the necessity of shallow level cultivation after the corn plant is a few feet high. This country hat the only produc tive and profitable corn belt in the world. The demand and Increasing price of core in the last five years have raised the annual production to about 2,000,000,000 bushels, and yet the average per acre for the whole country is only 24.2 bushels. It Is a rather remarkable fact that on the poor soils of New England the aver age production per acre la largest This is doubtless due to the fact that better fertilization, cultivation and seed selection is practiced there. If is very well known that there is great advantage In seed 'selection. Many instances of this have shown that on the same quality of soils fifteen bush els pei- acre Lave been produced, mr than where the work of selecting seed was neglected. Again, it has been shown that corn growing on land the previous year in leguminous crops has greatly increased In production. The best corn growers now begin cultivation with weeders or harrows before, or by the time, the corn be gins to appear above the ground, this both for the purpose of destroying the germinating weeds as well as to put the soil in better condition for corn growth. It is always important that the ground be stirred after rains, where crust forms and starts rapid evaporation of the moisture. It is well settled now that a good dust mulch of two or three inches' depth is one of the things necessary in corn cultivation. Formerly deep cultivation was prac ticed, but It Is now seen that this was a mistake. When the crop is three or four feet high the ground begins to mat with the fine fibrous roots which extend from row to row, as shown in the cut. When six to elgnt feet high these fine root feeders of the plant have made a complete mat between the rows. In deep cultivation, reach Ing down to five or six inches, these ROOTS OF THE CORN. fine plant feeders are broken off, and growth toward maturity is checked Of course, new fibrous roots will form from those broken, but loss Is BUS' tained and never fully recovered. Is the same when a calf or pig has Its growth checked by starving for food; it can never fully recover the loss. Farm Notes. Close Inbreeding is a short cut to temporary success. A poor appetite In an animal sug gests some weakness. Hogs may be fed corn as soon as the grain begins to harden. AH things considered, early plow ing is best for fall wheat. A fattened old cow has a larger pro portion of waste than a young ani mal. All animals require a variety in their food in order to make the best gains. Set the milk as quickly as possible after milking to get perfect rising of the cream. The temporary gate, or the make shift fence, will often cause more trouble than making a good one. As many as a dozen farmers haye found out that It does not pay to keep hogs and poultry in the same enclo sure. It is to be hoped that more will learn this fact by another year. Many a man who does not have any confidence in himself or in God has Implicit confidence in an old, warped horseshoe. It is strange how some people who are intelligent will act The soil physiologist who claims the soil needs no fertility to keep it up, but that it produces according to climatic and cultural conditions, has bit wide the mark. 8om9 men make the mistake of "one1 man starting more work than. two can finish." Keep the chickens out of the gar den and give them plenty to do on the outside. When fed dry, shelled corn Is more economical than corn meal to feed to fattening hogs. If the conditions are favorable, August Is the best time to set out strawberry plants. To obtain the best results the farm work must be done In the best manner and at the proper time. The housefly lives about ten days, during which time It can give at least month of trouble to the house keeper. Quantity In clover hay counts for less than quality. Now is the time to arrange for quality by cutting it in the right time. Making; a Garden Boiler. Get a piece of two-foot earthenware tiling about fourteen Inches in diame ter and set it on a board, as shown in the top picture. Flace an iron rod lriaiTirn tfLiiVMTTMifflaNirrairTTiHTifiiUir's T r ill i in m HkM (aTXaUs? TW" WTpV GOOD OABDKH HOLLER. exactly in the center, passing down through the board about an Inch and projecting above the tiling about the same distance that Is, two inches. Now fill in the tiling to the top with cement and broken rocks, the cement being two parts sand to one of dry cement Have the ends faced with the clear mixture of sand 'and cement that Is, with none of the broken rock appearing in view. Now arrange a handle upon the projecting Iron bar in the center, as shown in the lower picture, and the roller is complete. Should the outer covering of tiling ever become broken by accident, thero will still be left a firm roller of ce ment that has hardened to rock-liko consistency. Poultry and Small Fruits. The writer has been much Interest ed In a fruit and poultry farm which, he has visited yearly for the last five years, and the results obtained on this farm have been such that they aro worth attention here. The owner was over sixty years old when he took up this work. He bad been a farmer all his life and had raised both fruit and poultry to a limited extent As he grew older the sons left the farm and It became too much of a burden. He sold It and bought ten acres on tho outskirts of a city of 25,000 people. At the end of the first year from chicks raised and fowls bought he had ninety-four laying hens. One acre of strawberries was also In good con dition for a first crop the following summer. At the end of five years he has near ly three hundred fowls and pullets for egg production, markets many broilers, roasters and fowls and has three acres In strawberries. With the help of one man all the work Is done and our friend is making more actual money beyond the cost of his living than he had ever made on the farm of seventy acres and with a much smaller Invest ment There are possibilities in this combination in many sections of the country, and they are well worth look ing into. Plenty of hard work in it, of course, and many disappointments, but under skilled management it will bring success. Indianapolis News. Largest Apple Orchard. v -The largest orchard probably in tho world is in Missouri. It is the great Wlnnns orchard, near Marshfleld, in Webster County. There aro eighty-six thousand apple trees, ten thousand peach trees and ten thousand pear trees. The acreage covered Is 1,240. It is estimated that the orchard Is now worth $108,000. There are to-day in the county one million bearing trees. Homogenized" Milk. The latest thing we have now la "homogenized" milk. It Is milk that has been heated to 185 degrees and then forced against a porcelain plate under high pressure. This breaks up the globules of cream until they are so fine they will not rise to the sur face. It is said that milk treated in this manner has been kept for six weeks without getting sour or show ing any cream on the top of tho milk. Science is doing great things If this be true.
