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""""f. ' "; nV-! ""(vtol WILLAMETTE FARMER; SALEM, OREGON, MAT 1884. 3 Jhe 30ti(e j)frde MRS. HARRIOT T. CLARKE, Erroa. AN APRIL OIBL. The girl that is born on an April day Has a right to be merry, lithesome, gay; And that is the reason I dance and play And frisk like a mote In a sunny ray Wouldn't you Do it too, If you had been born on an April day. The girl that is born on an April day Has also a right to cry, they say ; And so I sometimes do give away When things get crooked or all astray Wouldn't you .Do it too, If yon was born on an April day ? The girls of March love noise and fray; And sweet as blossoms are girls of May; And so I rejoice in a sunny spray Of smiles and tears and hap-a-day ; Wouldn't you Do it too, If you was born on an April day ? Heigh hoi and hurrah! for an April day. Its cloud, its Bparkle, its skip and stay 1 I mean to be happy whenever I may, And cry when I must, for that's ray way. Wouldn't you Do it too, If you were born on an April day? OREGON BIBLE SOCIETY. Tho Oregon Bible Society was or ganized in 1850 and is the oldest and largest benevolent society in the State. It embraces in its field the whole State, all of Eastern Washington and four counties in Northwestern Idaho Ter ritory. There are twenty-six Branch Societies connected with this Auxilary : seventeen in Oregon, eight in Eastern Washington, and one in Northwestern Idaho. During the last nino years, 3,098 destituto families have been found in Oregon and Washington Territory. Two thousand and ninety-eight of those found destitute have been supplied either by sale or gift. Two thousand one hundred and forty-five destituto persons have been supplied in addition. A number of needy Sabbath Schools and Mission Churches have also been supplied. Rev. A. L. Lindsley, D. D., is President ; E. W. Cornell, Secretary, and James Steel, Treasurer. Executive Committee : Dr. S. Nelson, Chairman ; D. W. Williams, E. Weeks, G. Shindler, W. Jackson, E. Quackenbush, J. H. Adams, E. W. Cor nell and Jas. Steel. BOOK TABLE. St. Nicholas for April comes filled with choico reading for youth.' This magazino comes as a young companion to The Century and should bo subscribed for at the same timo with tho former, it is S3 a year, and is fully worth tho money. The engravings are of tho finest execu tion, and the book is freely illustrated with them. The Land of Firo.byMayno Reed, is full of interest, if is a little drawn. Louise Alcott is ono of the reg lar contributors, with many other well known vrilers. Lathrop &Co., of Boston, send out ex cellent literature for young people and little children, publications that are each suited to the reader. Wide Awake is for tho older set $ 3 a year. "In a Sugar Camp," is tho titlo of the first ar ticle, and is recognized by every one who ever saw this process of mking sugar. Edward Everett Halo contributes to Wide Awake this month a very instruc tive article for boys on communism. There are plenty of stories to amuse as well as instruct. The Pansy is another of Lathrop's magazines and is intended for very little people only 75 cents a year. "Wo know of one youngster, who though quito young, is interested and delighted with the Pansy, aagerly begging to have it read as soon as it arrives. CHOICE RECIPES. Coffco Cake.When you aro spong ing broad, use nearly double tho quan tity of yeast, and thin rceetve two largo cupfuls of this sponge for the cake. Add to it tho well-beaten white of ono egg, ono cup of sugar, half a cap of butter, and Englidi currants, if inclined. When it is baked, beat the yolk of the egg, and wet the top of tho egg with it, and sift powdered sugar and cinnamon over tho top. Set it in tho oven two or three minutes. If you wish it especially rich, put Httlo lumps of butter on the top also. Simple Remedies To relieve heart bum, mix a littlo corn rnoal in water; allow tho meal to settle, and drink, the water. Or eat a littlo powdered char coal. This will often relieve when mag nesia or chalk fail. To relievo tho in tense burning often felt after the romoval of a mustard plaster, apply a cloth dipped in a. mixture of powdered chalk and water. The .fiJoih dries rapidly, and needs to be often dmpened. Magneaa (or chalk) sod water u an antidote for the poison of oil of vitriol, aquafortii, ox alic acid and arsenic. For the sting ing sensation in tho nose so often felt by those subject to catarrh, apply a little petrolina as high up in the nostrils as may bo with the littlo finger. Relief may often bo obtained by rubbing it on tho nose over tho affected part. The first thing for a houskeeper to do after breakfast, before she begins the work of the day, is to set her house in ordor; dust and arrango tho sitting room, make tho bods, swoop tho kitchen, wash the hearth, and mako all things bright and cheerful ; then she can pro ceed with whatever business she may have on hand, and no matter who drops in, she has no occasion to feel ashamed of any confusion that necessary work creates. j Paste mado of gloss starch instead of j wheat flour is nicer to use and more ad hesive ; it can bo used for scrap books, wan paper, ana all tho various uses for which flour paste is ordinarily taken. Sleeve Protector. In picking small fruit, put on an old pair of kid gloves with the end cut from every finger ; over these draw an old stocking leg with a hole cut at tho lower end of tho thumb ; pull over the sleeve, and pin fast. In this way the hand and wnst aro neither scratched nor tanned, and the sleeves cannot be picked to pieces by thorns. HUMOR. "Say, Mrs. Bunson,"said a littlo girl to a lady visitor, "do you belong to a brass band?" "No, my dear." "I thought you did." "Why did you, my child!" "Becauso mamma said you was always blowing your own horn, and I thought you must belong to tho band." Mamma I met young Mr. Nicefellow on the street to-day and told him frankly that although ho was welcome to come to see you ho should remember that you were young and noeded plenty of sleep, and ho thereforo ought not to stay too late. Ncllio And what did ho say t Marmna Ho shocked mo awfully by insisting that you kept him from going. Nell Oh, tho great big story toller! I tried my best to tiro him out so that he would go homo. Mamma Tried to tiro him out! Why, how? Nellie By sitting on his lap. Phila delphia Call. Gid, whoso fifth birthday is a couple of weeks past, had been to school during the fall term wearing tho kilt ' skirt common to boys of that age. Some of tho larger scholars plagued him for wearing dresses. After tho holiday vaca tion ho was sent to school in a complete boy's suit of which ho was quito proud. One of the girls wrote him a note, saying that ho looked liko a littlo man. In toll ing his mother about it ho said : "Mam ma, Hattio sont mo a letter telling mo I looked like a littlo man, and I wroto her ono and told her sho looked liko a daisy, only I couldn't spell daisy, so I spelled cat." Child. Mamma, I have found some cloves in papa's overcoat pocket. Pnpa, (somewhat hurriedly) Yes, my dear ; I had tho toothache tho other day and I bought a few. Mamma, (severely) Charley get me your Testament anil I will read you tho story of Ananias and Saphira. No Complaints from the Boarders. A Detroit milkman sometime since secured a customer whom ho soon dis covered meant to pay in promises, but ho realized that if ho quit fcorving her lie stood no chanco of collecting the debt already contracted. He therefore planned to oblige her to dimiss him, and began by adding one-fourth water to the milk. No fault being found he put in fifty per cent of water. Three days passed with out complaint, and tho amount of water roso to soventy-nvo percent, in tnreoor four days more he served her with two quarts of water colored by a. gill of milk. Ncx morning he expected to hear from it, but as the servant girl made no com plaints ho asked : "How does tho family liko the milk?" "Pretty weli, I guess." "No complaints?" "Not as I'vo heard. Missus is a wid ow, you know, and doesn't drink tea nor coffco on account of dyspepsia, and the boarders have all they can do to com plain of the butterl" Tho man gave it up as a bad job. Detroit Free Press. Canada is increasing tho yearly amount of her dairy products, as is shown by her exports of the same, The exports of cliecso in tho past year amountea to bob, 131 boxes, an increase of 173,ftiC over the previous year. Tho exports of butter amounted to 100,179 packages, an in- creaso of 3 197 over 18S2. Tho estimated valuo of her butter and cheese exports is $7,500,000, Thoso aro the largest exports of dairy products ever before mado in a single year. All kind of domesticated fowls, whether of the barnyard or improved races, lay eggs more or less. There is no sort of fowl, under any kind of treat ment, but what will pay in eggs alone (if all aro gathered that the hen will naturally lay) twice over the expense of her annual keeping. If fed well and properly she will lay more eggs usually than if she be starved and neglected. In either caso her egg product will sell for double what it coats to keep her every year. inus'i Cobkq STruBowesColdf.Cewh. jjCWkCBma ana jfoij $lt$ $fiifilrti(. ALONE. I miss yon, my darling, my darling, The embers burn low on the hearth; And stilled is the hnsh of the household, And hushed is the voice of its mirth: The rain plashes fast on the terrace, The winds past the lattices moan: Tho midnight chimes out from the minster, And I am alone. I want you my darling, my darling ; I am tired with care and with fret; I would nestle in silence beside you, And all but your presence forget, In the hush of the happiness given, To those, who through trust icg have grown To the fullness ot love in contentment. But I am alone. I call you my darling, my dsrling, My voice echoes back on my heart ; I stretch my arms to you in longing, And low they fall'empty, apart. I whisper the sweet words you taught me, The words that we only have known, Till tho blank ot the dumb air is bitter, For I am alone. I need you, my darling, my darling, With its yearning my very heurt aohes ; The load that divides us weighs harder; I shrink from the jar that it makes. Old sorrows rise up to beset me; Old doubts make my spirit their own. Oh, come through the darkness and save me, For I am alone. OUR LETTER BOX. Those beautiful spring days wo are afraid will not bo good for tho letter box. No ono can blamo our girls and boys for wishing to bo out in tho fiolds and woods while tho birds aro singing and tho air so soft and full of sweet per fume from tho flowers and fern, and tho fruit trees that aro loaded with blossoms. Our littlo friend Clyde has not writ ten for a long timo and wo aro glad to hear onco moro from Lost Valloy only wo don't believe it was "Lost" a great while. Clydo has asked some questions from the Bible, which wo hope will be answered. Every child should have a knowlodgo of tho Biblo, and those ques tions will cause a desire to read. Thoro is less of tho Biblo taught now than used to bo twenty years ago, especially is 'this so in this new westorn country. It must bo fun for Clydo to hunt tho oggs, and climb the hay loft. Addio is not too old to havo a doll ; if she makes its clothes it will learn hor to sow; sho should' make all its garments neatly, so as to bo put off and on, doing tho sewing by hand and not on a ma chine. We liko to seo littlo girls bo littlo girls as long as they can, and not wish to bo young ladies too soon. Lucy's letter about bees only makes us all wish wo knew something more about tho busy littlo things. They aro a beau tiful study ; there is ono thing wo don't liko about them, they are not republi cans, they must havo u queen, and with out their queen they are a disorganized body. Now wont Lucy tell us somo of their curious habits. Annio writes a newsy lotter, full of home life, telling of what sho is doing and what she obsorves. A nice letter. Leonora has improved wo can seo; wo wo notico improvomont in all tho let ters. Sho helps her mother in every way, and has two quilts ready to be quilted ; Aunt Hetty would liko to help do that, for Bho bolievos in making quilts if it is thought to bo a littlo old-fashioned by lazy people. Theso quilts aro as good as an album, each little block may bo a dear memento of a friend or bring mem ories of the past. "Wo don't believo in buying cloth just to cut up; we only use tho scraps left after the garments are mado and worn by tho family or friends. Not every littlo girl can say sho has a grandmother to tako her part as Laura has; d grandfather and grandmother are good to have, they are sure to bo more indulgent than mother or father. Those turkey eggs should be put under a cou ple of hens, so as to havo a flock of tur keys to take caro of. Turkeys nro not as easy to raise as chickens, they must bo kept out of tho wet grass, for they aro a tender bird. They should have green food cut up for them, onions aro good, a little chopped up in meal, or a littlo pop per is good to keep them warm. Lost Valley, Or., March 2.1, 1881. Editor Home Circle; Well hero goes for a letter to tho Homo Circlo aftor the space of almost ono year and a half. I expect right hero somo ono will say : I wonder what sho has been doing all this time. When I am at home I am a regular farmers girl ; I tako my littlo ax, turn tho grindsloho whilo pappa grinds it for me, and then I go with my littlo brother to the woods, chop trees down, cut wood for the fire, and laugh and have a jolly time; come borne ia the evening, feed the hen, hunt tho eggs climb over the hay lofts and al most break my neck sometimes leaning over cross-beams to got to a hens nest. (Now, I wonder if she does any thing else!) Yes, make the beds, wash tho dishes, sweep the floor, help cook, make hop yeast bread, and toss my sis ter's big fat boy that weighs twenty-five pounds ; and when tho weather is bad so I havo to stay in thq housoxrochet tidies or knit laco. I think if all our American girls would encourage tho habit of out door exercise, from five to seven hours ovory day, we would not need so much of Perry Davis' Painkiller, or Mother Winslow's Soothing Syrup ; and in the long winter evenings, when tho chores are all done, and papa and mamma and sister and brother all sit around tho cheerful chip fire, we can pick up tho Farmer, Journal, Herald, or Wasco Sun, hero and there read a piece on woman's rights or suffrage. I think if the women of to-day would try to make their homes a smiling visage instead of harrassing the men about going with them to the polls to vote, they would have equally as good health. But I havo not sufficient time for controversy, but before closing I will ask the readers of our Circle somo questions from the Biblo : Who walked with God three hundred years and was taken up to heaven alive t and what did Paul say to the keeper of tho prison? and who was Melchisadec? Yours respectfully, C. C. B. Lincoln, Or., March 29, 1884. Editor Homo Circle: I wroto onco before and thought I would write again. Wo have a nice Sunday and singing school hero ; I havo missed but one Sunday. I love to read tho letters in tho Farmer. Thoro will bo school before long, they havo already engaged tho teacher, so I supposo it will commence; I don't want it to, for I don't want to stay indoors in the fine weather; I can play on tho organ, wo havo ono. Tho Willamette river roso pretty high this winter. I got a largo doll for Christ mas am quite a largo girl to havo a doll (I am twolvo years old), but I liko them. Plcaso put my name on tho temperances roll. I got a Christmas card, it is quito pretty. Your friend, ' Addie Cranole. Milwaukie, Oregon. Editor Home Circle: "When I wroto last I was going to school ; our winter school is out but tho summer school will commence tho first Monday in April ; I am not going to school ; I would liko to go, but my pa rents think it is not good for myhoalth as I went four months last summer and fivo months this winter without missing a day, and my namo was on tho roll of honor both schools, perf oct, ovory month. Tho bees are out to-day just as busy as over. I will tell you what my 12-year old brother says tho bees say to him when ho is getting their cushion ready to put in tho hive ; "What my hybrid Italian colony says:" "Buz-z-z-z-z, I wish Lony would hurry with that chaff cushion, I am just freezing; well hero ha is at last and me nearly frozo to death ; humph, how I would pity you if you had to stay stuck up against this wall," said a strong Italian boo, for you must ro member they wcro fast becoming Ital ians. Pretty soon tho fruit troos will bo out in full bloom and then wont the bees rejoice and fill their hives with honey. I was 14 years old last Decem ber. Lucy Rusk. Pmneville, Or., March 30, 1881. Editor Homo Circle ; ' I am glad to seo tho littlo folks tako so much interest in this column ; I think they are improving very much. Wo milk ono cow'; wo have seven goeso, ono pair is half Chineso ; wo have fivo ducks and nino turkoys and about fifty-throe chick ens ; wo have four setting hens ; wo havo Bold forty -three dozen eggs since Janu ary; wo mado a duck house a few weeks ago, and will tell you how wo made it : our hen houso is built with a loft and tho stairway is built at ono end and tho duck houso is built underneath the stair way. I am piecing a quilt ; I finished one the other day, it was a worsted quilt. Now I will have to toll you about my little nephew wandering off last Decem ber and getting lost; wo hunted thrco hours before we found him; ho was about half a mile from, homo in tho tall rye grass ; ho had on a red hood that at tracted the cattlo and but for tho timoly arrival of tho boys who were hunting him he would have !eeii gored to death, I tell you wo wero happy whan wo found him, Tho frogs aro croaking to night, so 1 guess spring is here. 1 know tho Lord's Prayer, the Ten Commandments and several chapters in tho Biblo. Yours truly, Annie. Eagle Cheek, On, March 24, 1884. Editor Home Circle j It k raining and the wind is blowing tome here this evening. 1 am not going to school now but did in the winter, tho teacher's name is Lizzie O'Neal. 1 havo got ono quilt ready to quilt, another one nearly ready and blocks for two more Wo havo church up hero twice a month, a Methodist and Advents. I havo an uncle and aunt living near Salem, their names aro Eoff. 1 do tho washing, ironing and mopping, and help wash tho dishes, cook, sweep and mako tho beds. If 1 over como to Salem 1 think 1 will go to seo Aunt Hetty. 1 was sixteen years old tho 14th of last Octorber. 1 will answer Sarah M. Kelley's riddle, it is "all." If this is right 1 would like to know. 1 will givo a riddlo : What is that which goes up the hill and down tho hill, and spite of all it standoth still? Yours truly, Leonora S. Markwood. Eagle Creek, Or., March 24, 1884 Editor Homo Circle: As have not written the Farmer for some timo 1 will get Nora Markwood to write for me, as 1 havo got a soro hand and cannot write. My papa has gone over tho mountains to be gono two weeks; we have not heard from him yet. We havo got twenty-six turkoy eggs. 1 have a littlo brother nine months old, his namo is Pearl. 1 do not go to school, my teacher's name was Lizzie O'Neal, sho is a good teachor. My grandma is staying with us whilo papa is gone, sho is 71 years old tho 14th day of October; grandpa died four years ago. I remain your littlo friend, Laura M. Howlktt. We had a friend say to us a fow days ago: "I never do anything fur a cold; just weir it off." That is exceedingly dangerous; one might do that 10 times and the 20 time the cold would settle on the lungs and lead to consumption, ami thus cut one's life short many year?. Is it not bettor mid more sen sible to go to your druggist end got a bottle of Ammen's Cough Syrup than run any rii k at all. Infants and Children Without Morphine or Norcotine. What (rives our Children rosy cheeks, What euros their fevers, makes them slnep; Tin Omtorla. ' When Babies fret, and cry by turns, What cures their colic, kills Ihetr worms, Hut Cantorla. What quickly cures Constipation, Sour Btomaun, Colds, IniHgextlon : Hut Castorla. Farewell then to Morphine Syrups, Castor Oil and l'aregurlc, and HallCantorla. Centaur Liniment. An ah- olnto euro for Rheumatism, Sprains, Burns, Galls, Seo., and an Instantaneous Pain-rollover, Words Fail. Words fall to express my grati tude," says Mr. Selby Caster, of Nashville, Term., "for the benefits derived from Ayers Sarsaparilla. Having been aflllctcd all my life with Bcrof mla, ray system seemed saturated with It. It came out In lllotclies, Ulcers, and Mattery Sores, all oyer my body." Mr. Carter states that bo was entirely cored by the use ot Aran's BassAPAnii.LA, and since discon tinuing Its two, eight months ago, be has bad no return ot tho scrofulous symptoms. All baneful Infections of tho blood art) promptly removed by this unequalled altera- : nve. I VKEPABEU I)V Dr. J.C. Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mast. 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