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WILLAMETTE FAllMER: SALEM, OKEGON, DECEMBER 3. 1886. I i 1 I Current ikratitr. THE HERITAGE. Tho rich man' Bon Inherits Unda And piles of brick, and Btono, and gold, And lio inherits soft wliito hands, And tender flesh that fears tho cold, Nor dares to wear a garment oldj A hcritago it seems to me, Ono scarco would wish to hold in fee. Tho rich man's son inhi rits cares; Tho Imnlc may break tho factory burn, A breath may burs', bis bubblo shares, And soft ulilto bands could hardly cam A living that would servo his turn; A hcr.tagc, it seems to me, Ono scarce would wish to hold in fee. Tho rich man's son inherits wants, His atomich craves for dainty fnc; With sated heart ho hoars tho pants Of tolling bands with brown arms bare, And wearies In his easy cbnir; A heritage, it seems to mo, Ono scarco would wish to hold in fee What doth tho poor man's son inherit? Stout nuncio and a sinowy heart, A hardy framo a hardiur tpirlt, King of two hands ho docs his part ; In ovory useful toil and art; A heritage, it sccim to mo, A King might wish to bold in fee. What doth tho poor man's sun inherit? Wishes o'crjoyod at hutnblo things, A rank adjudged by toil-won merit, A boart that in bis labor sings ; A lii'rltagu, it seams to mo. A King might with to hold in fee. What doth tho poor innu's son inherit? A patlcnou learno I of being poor. Courage, if sorrow comas, to bear it, A fillow feeling that is turu To inaku tho outcast bless bis door ; A heritage, it scims to mo, A King might slah to hold In feo. 0 rich man's iijiiI thcro is a toll That ltlj nil others livol stands; J.ugu charity doth never toil, Hut only whiten, soft whlto bunds This is tho best crop from thy bmli; A buritngo, It scums to be, Worth being riuh to hold in feu. 0 poor maii'd soul scorn not thy state; TIhto is wnrsu wenrisomo than thine, In merely being rich and groat I Toll only gives tho soul to shlno, And makes rcit fragrant and lionigu; A heritage, it seems to me, Worth being poor to hold in feu. Iloth huirs to soino six feut of tod, And equal in the earth at last ; Hath children ot tbu sama dear (toil, Provo titlo to your heirship vait Ily record of n well-tilled pist ; A heritage, it noviiia to mi', Well worth a llfo to hold in feu. Jtimrt lluiutl l.oirtll. "Thou ArMlie Man." "It's tho lust straw Unit bionics tho Mimd'H back," Hiiid l.ucy, bursting into U'lirn. Tho ileusnnt -Iiino sunbeams I'uiiio peeping into tlio cool, stone-paved dairy, where pans of milk and cream wero ranged in orderly iirrux ; great stono notri mIckmI under llio hIioIvcs, uml .i blue-painted churn was already placed on tho table for service. Mr. liolleudoii was justly proud of his didrv. Not a chitnco gtient ctmio to the house lint was invited ilown to ceo it; not a linii-ekeoper in tlio neighborhood but M-cii'tly envied its ninny convenien ces, ami t'-iiiil neatncHs. "Anil it wi't tho iliury alone," triumphantly re marked Soth Hellenden. 'You may go all through the house iimn garret to cellar, ami you'll never tiutl a spook of dust. There never was Mich a housekeeper as my wife." Mrs. Hellondeti was young, too oucoly tluee anil t.venty. She hail la-en the daughter hi a retired army olllcor, delicately rearod, and ipiito ignorant of all tho machinery of domes tic life, until she married Soth llelleuden. It's very strange," Lucy had written to her father. "The farm is beautiful. You never wvw such moiutnuis old but tonhall trees, nor such superb roses, and the mcadowH are full of red clover, and the Mrawberries shine like jewels, on the hillsides. Hut nobody sketches or leads. 1 don't think there is a copy of Tcuuv'Miu in the whole neighborhood, and no one ever heaidof Pore or Millais. All they think of is how ninny eggs the hens lay, and how many ohoc-os they can make in a year. And the woman who has a now jocoipo for itiilles, or a new pattrrn for a liornlile thing they call 'crazy quilt.-,' leads in society." Hut presently young Mrs. Hellenden herself caught tho fever, and became a model housewife. Kxnuipl" is all powerful, ami l.ucy began to U'lievo that the whole aim and end in life was domestic thrift, money-saving, and the treadmill of work. "My dear," said Seth, "if you thought you could get along ultima llepsy, tho maid, 1 might ho able to afford that new reaper before the oat crop comes in." "I'll try," said l.ucy. After this, she roe before daybieak, and worked later in tho night than ever. "What is the matter with your hands, Lucy?" Seth asked olio day. "They arc not so white and bountiful as they used to be." Lucy colored as she glanced down at the members in ques tion. "I supposo it is from starting fircB," said she. And then alio took to wearing old kid gloves at hor sweeping, and dusting, and digging out of ashes. "My cont is gotting shabby," Seth ono day remarked. "Why don't you buy another ono?" asked his wife. Seth laughed a short laugh. "What do you think Mrs. Higginbotham has done?" said ho, "she has ripped up her hus bands old suit, and cut a pattern by it, and mado a now one, and saved him ton dollars." "I could do that," said Lucy, with sparkling eyes. "I'll try it." "You could do anything, my dear," said Mr. Uollondon, admiringly. And Lucy felt that ho had her rich reward. Company began to come as soon as tho bright weather set in. All tho nf fectionato relations of Mr. llelleuden soot discovered that tho farm-houso was cool and shady, that Lucy's cooking was excellent, and that all the rooms woro neatness itself. Homo of them wero oven good onough to invito their relations as well; ami so tlio Iiouso was full from April to December. All tho clergymen mado thoir homo atHro. Uol lenden's when thoy camo to Sylvan Uritlgo for occlosiastic.nl conventions; all tho agents for unheard of articles, dheoverod that thoy know somebody who was acquainted with thoHcllcndcn's and brought their carpetbags and va lises with that faith in human hospital ity, which is ono of lifo's best gifts. Mrs. Hollonden'd fmno went abroad among the Dorcases of tho neighbor hood in tho matter of butter and cheese; sho took tho prize in tho domestic de partment of all the agricultural fairs, and the adjoining housewives took no trouble to make tilings that they could borrow of Mrs. Hellouden. And one day, when poor Lucy, uudor tho blightening inllueneo of a horriblo sick headache, wasendeavoringtostrain three or four gallons of milk into tho shining pan, the news arrived that t'nelo I'iiuI was coming to the farm. "Another guest," said l.ucy, despair ingly. And then she uttered the pro verb that heads our sketch. "Oh, it's only Tnclo I'null" said Mr. Hellenden. "Don't fret, Lucy; he's tho most peaceable old gentleman in tho world, llo'll mako no moro trouble than a cricket. .John's wife thought sho could not have him because sho had no hired girl just now" "neither have I," said Lucy rebolliously. "And Sarah Klin don't liko company." "And I am supposed to he fond of it!" ob served Lucy, bitterly. "And llcubon's girls don't want old folks staying there; it s too imii'h irounlo," luliloil Seth. Lucy bit her lips to keep back tho words she might have said instead. "Where is ho to sb-ep? Tho Hedfords have tho front room, and your cousin Stisio occupies tho back, and the four Miss Pattersons sleep in tho two hall chambers, and tho hired men have the garret room." She might have added that she and hor husband and the baby had slept in a hot little den opening from the kitehon for four weeks, vainly expecting Mr. and Mrs. Hedford to do- pan; nun unit sue nan never yet a chance to invito her father to the farm in pleasant weather. Hut she was magnanimous and held her peace. "Oh, you can llud some place for him!" said hcrhusband.lightly. "There's tha' little room at the end of the hall whi'io tho spinning wheel is." "Hut it isn't furnished," pleaded Lucy. "You can easily sew a carpet together out of those old pieces from the Hedfords room, and it's no trouble to put a muslin curtain to the window, and lift in a cot bed. There are plenty of good, sweet husks in the corn-house, and you can just tack a mattress together, and white wash tho ceiling, and What s that, Honiah? Tho cows in the rye lot? Dear mo! Everything goes wrong if I sten into tho house a moment. And real I v, Lucy, those things are your business and not inine'" he added, irritably. Luev could nut help laugliiuu all to licrsclt as hor lin-lmiul ran uptbostcps. Hut it was a very sad littlo laugh, and soon changed into a sigh. "I wonder," sho suid in a whisper, "if my joor, tircdout ghost would haunt these stone pavements, and scrub shelves if I were to die? 1 never hoard of it ghost in a dairy, but 1 think it might easily bo." lint this Jittle bedroom was III tod up for all that, as ficsh as a rose, ami I'ncle Paul arrived, a dried-up. vol low-coin pIcNiomwJoliI man, with an old-fashioned cravat tiid in many folds around his neck, and a suit of navy blue with bras buttons. Ho had the polite way of a half century sgo, and l.ucy thought she should like him very much, if sho only had time to get niiiuiiinted with him. Hut she was churning ten pounds of butler a day, and there was tho babv atul the comiMiiy. ami tlio young chickens, and the baking to do for the sowing, society, which was to meet at her Iiouso that week. She was almost too busy to sloop. Hut I'ncle l'aul win watching her quietly all the time. Ho cinio out one tiny to tho barn where his nephew was putting a new handle on a sickle-blade. "l'rott.v busy times eh, I'ncle Paul?" asked tho farmer, scarcely taking the leisure tn look up. "Aye," absently answered the old man. "Did I toll you, Nephew Seth. about the reason I lo't your cousin iuiabs-7 ".Not tnat I re- memoer, nhu sotti. nivatmug on tne blade and polishing it on a silk hand- korclucf. "Dorothea died his wifol" "Oh, yes." said Seth. "Mnlnrinl fever, wasn't it? 'or bluntly answered Undo rani. "It was hard work. That woman, Ncphow Seth, did the house work for eight persons. Kliab didn't oven let her havo a woman to help her with the washing and ironing." "Must havo boon a regular brute," said Soth, tightening thchandlo a little. "All tho sowing, too," added Uncle Paul "mending and making. Nover went anywhere except to church. Kliab didn't bclievo in women gndding about." "Tho old savngo," said Seth. "She was fond of reading, but sho never pot any time for it," said Undo Paul. "Sho roso be foro sun-up, and never lay down until 11 o'clock. It was hard work that killed that woman, and Kliab coolly do clarcd that it was sheer laziness when sho could not drag horsolf around any longor. And when sho diod ho rolled up his cyos and called it a visitation of Proridoncc." "Why didn't tho neighbors lynch himV cried Seth, fairly rousod to indig nation at lust. Undo Paul took olT his glasses, wiped thorn vigorously, and looked his nephew hard in tho faco. "Why don't tho neighbors lynch you?" said he. Seth dropped his sicklo and stared. "Nephew Soth," said Undo Paul, im pressively, "'Thou art tho maul' Aro you not doing tho samo thing?" "II" gasped Soth. "lour wifo is doing tho work of n household of sixteen people," said Undo Paul. "Sho is drudging as you could lnro no foroigncr to drudge. Sho is rising early and lying down lato ; sho is oll'ering up her lifo on tho shrine of your farm and its requirement. I havo seen her grow thin and palo even during tho few days I havo been bore. I havo carried water and split wood for her, becauso there was no ono to do it. I havo seen hor carry up Mrs. llodford's hroakfast, daily, to hor room, becauso Mrs. Hedford preferred to lio in bed ; and cooking dainty dishes for Helen Patterson, because Helen wouldn't eat what tho rest liked. Xo galloy slavo over worked ussho docs. And you, with your hired men whoso board only add to her cares and your labor-saving machinery, stand coolly by, and see her commit slow suicido. Yes, Xephow .Soth, I think it is a cave for lynching!" Seth had grown pale. "I I nover thought of this," said he. "Why didn't sonio one tell mo?" Where wero your own eyes? iiBked I nclo Paul. Soth Hollcudcu rolled down his shirt sleovos, put on his coat, and went into tho house. Ho told tho Hedfords and Pattersons that it was inconvenient to keep thorn any longer. Hngavo Cousin Susan to understand that her room was needed. Ho mado arrangements to board the hired men at tho vacant farm house, and engaged a stout dairyman and a houso servant to wait on Lucy. And ho telegraphed to her father to come to Sylvan Hridgo at once. "She deservo.i a treat," ho said. "Ho shall shall spend tho summer with us." Sho hail fainted among tho butter cups, picking strawberries for ten. Poor littlo Lucy! Tho machinery had utterly rofuscd to rovclvo any longer. His heart grow cold within liiin. "Sho will die!" lie thought, "and I shall have muidered her!" Hut she did not die. Hho rccovored her strongth by degrees. "It is better than medicine," said she, "to know that Seth is thinking of mo and for me." And Undo Paul tho last straw," as sho called him had proved her salva tion. I didn't want her to go as Klinb's wife did," said I'ncle Paul. Homo Circle. I'rrr Timlr. The reduction of internal rovenuo and tho taking oil' of rovenuo stamps from Proprietary Medicines, no doubt has largely benefitted tho consumers, as well as relieving tho burden of homo manufacturers. Kspccially is this the cieo with (ireeu's August Flower and Hoschec's (lerinan Syrup, as tho reduc tion of thirty-six cents por dozen, has been added to iucreaso tho size of the bottles containing these remedies, thoro- by giving one-fifth moro medicine in tho 7i"i cent size. The August Flower for Dyspepsia and Livert omplaiut.aud the (ierman Syrup for Cough and Lung troubles, have perhaps tho largest salo of any medicines in tho world. The advantage of increased sizo of tho Kittles will ho greatly appreciated bv the sick and allNctod, in every town and village in civili.ed countries. Sam ple bottles for 10 cents remain the same size. - STOCK FARM FOR SALE A Oooa Opportunity to Buy a Stock Farm with Large Out-Range. A party Inn placed in our hands for salo ouo of the best stock farms in the valley. This land is situated in the foot hill legion of the Cascades, and is concecdcd to be the best adapted to stock growing of any portions of our state. It consists of '.imj acres, all fenced but Ml acres '200 acres in culti vations good house and fair barns and out buildings ; vS acre.- in orchard ; county road iuisjcs through place; a creek passes through one edge, and springs abound over the entire place. Situated in Clackamas county. Small timber covers parts not cleared. Price $S,000. Apply at once to this otHce. Anyone meaning bu-incss will bo shown the place free of charge. In no other placo in tho world aro tho feathers of tho barnyard fowl so reck lessly wasted as in our own. In Franco no part of tho fowl is wasted except per haps it bo the iutvstines, Tho feet and heads nre used at tho cheaper restau rants to givo IkhI.v to their soup, etc. aaflafW -m. a&Saa I ls4aM aMuruomunua Fall Planting of Large and Small Fruits. Fall planting of many kinds of fruit, under favorable conditions, is becoming more and more practiced by successful horticulturists every year. "When all the conditions aro favorable, as upon a well-drained, warm soil, and with woll wntcied plants or trees, tho growth mado by fall-set trees or plants is generally larger than those planted in tho spring. Hut upon heavy soils, unless great caro is exercised, trees nnd plants aro very liable to bo thrown out bjj frosts and be come much injured. To bo successful, tho tops, nnd roots as well, Bhould bo thoroughly matured and ripened in the fall. Hoots aro much moro quickly formed in tho fall, whilo the soil is yet warm, than in tho spring. Growth nhvnys takes placo mora quickly in that part of any plant whero tho torn peraturo is tho greatest. Thus in root ing cuttings in the greenhouse, the cut ting bod is kept ton to fifteen degrees higher than tho surrounding atmos phere, and tho now roots aro formed quickly, whilo tho top is yet dormant. In tho spring tho soil is yet cold whilo tho atmosphero is warm, and in conse quence growth takes placo in tho tops of tho trees or plants long bofor.o now roots aro formed ; whilo in thd fall tho roots keep on growing long nftor tho leaves havo fallen and tho top ceased to grow. Tho strawberry may bo successfully planted at almost every season in tho year, but few who grow tho fruit for piofit plant at any other timo than early in tho spring tho last of April or tho first of May. It is often advisablo to plant in tho full in tho garden for homo use, but should tho soil bo heavy, tho ontiro plant should bo lightly cov ered with soil, just beforo the ground freezes permanently, to provont them being heaved by the frost. Hod rnspborry and blackberry plants succeed much better when planted in tho fall than in tho spring, but in heavy soil a mound of soil or mantiro must bo mado around ench plant; or better cover entirely to prevent their being thrown out. lilackcap raspberries do not maturo their roots sufficiently to bo as successfully planted in tho fall as in tho spring. Currants and gooseberries may bo planted soon after tho frost has destroyed tho leaves. In heavy soils tho cntiro top should be covered with soil. Apple, pear, plum and cherry trcos: When tho end hud of tho shnothas ma tured by Nov. 1, fall planting is much more satisfactory, if dono beforo Nov. loth, than in tho spring; but if tho growth continues later thnn tho above date, as it sometimes does, it is unsafe to plant until spring. Tho poach treo generally growb later than the other largo fruit trees, but occasionally it is so woll matured by Xov. 1st as to warrant its being planted iti the fall. It is, howovcr, so often in jured during tho winter that, except under tho above favorable conditions, it is advisable to leave peach trees in tho nursery, wnoro tiiey aio protected y closo planting and less liable to injury. Ornamental trees and shrubs: Tho samo principles may bo applied to all of theso i have been given for tho fruits, but it will bo advisable, under all circumstances, to make a largo mound of earth about tho collar for its protcc tion and to prevent injury from heav ing. Tho larch should always bo planted in the fall, as it starts into growth iu tho spring cften beforo tho frost is out of tho ground sufficiently to nllow of their being moved. Kvorgrcons nro sometimes-successfully plauted in tho autumn, but except in caso of necessity, it is better to plant iu tho spring, from May to tho middle of June. Prof. S. T. Maynard, Massachusetts Agricultural College. Gluten la Wheat. In an article under the nbovo head, K. liicse says in Der Muller: During tho last two ycar,i the laboratory of tho United States Department of Agricul ture has undertaken analyses of a great number of American wheats from all parts of the country, and grown under various conditions of climate, soil and culture. These analyses show that American wheat contains less albumen than foreign, about the samo per cent, of ash, more oil and less vegetable fibre. The smaller water contents aro doubt less due to the drier climate. Though the average of ash in tho American wheats varied but littlo from that in for eign, many sorts grown on now and rich soil contaiued a largo per cent, of this element. Tho American products were richer in oil, though this fact might have been owing to a more completo method of extraction. Of collulo.'o, owing to the warmer and shorter sum mer, thoy hold less. Albumen was in smaller amount than in most foreign wheats, and in no singlo caso was thore as much as is found in llussian varieties. A Dakota spring vvhoat showed tho highest per cent., 18.03, while Itussian wheat has shown a maximum of 21.50, nnd averaging 19.48. Tho wheat of the Enstern States is very Binall nnd poor in ash and albumen. From Kast to West thcro is a gradual and regular im provement. Still, on tho Pacific coast, and in Oregon particularly, whilo tho berries aro nearly tho largest grown iu the country, tho albumen con .cuts nro tho lowest. Tho question now comes, how much is duo to tho climato, how much to the soil and how much to the variety. ' It should bo said hero thnt spring wheat holds Clinch moro albumen than winter. It is richer in nitrogen, becauso it has a shortcr'soason of growth and does not storo so much starch as tho winter grain. This is woll instanced by two varieties ot Dakota wheat. Ono, a win ter wheat, weighed 3,5l!l grains per 100 berries and contained 10.GS per cent, albumen, whilo tho other, a spring variety, weighed 2,75."i grains and held M.5I1 per cent, albumen. Tho experi ments showed that owing to tho warm summer and rapid growth, American wheats, as a whole, must bo richer in albumen thnn thoso grown in the cool continental climntos. It may bo said that the warm, short season diminishes tho sizo of tho berry nnd its celluloso contents, but does not havo the same relativo ofi'ect on tho albumen. In many parts of tho country it is found that a wot and cold climato increases tho starch formation considerably, tho weight of tho licrry being grontcr, but with relativo diminution of tho albu men. In othor regions, whero tho cli mato and other conditions result iu a largo berry, tho soil and water supply nitrogenous elements so that tho grain contains over tho avcrngo amount of albumen. As a whole, howovor, tho per cent, of this clement increases from enst to west as does also tho sizo of tho berry, showing that tho condition of tho soil is moro potent than tho climate. It is vory desirnblo that analyses of this sort should bo mado in our coun try. In this matter .tho interests of millers and farmors go hand in hand, for tho latter class would prefer to rniso a glutinous wheat and recoivo a good prico for it if thoy knew tho conditions ncodful for bringing about such a re sult. Northwestern Miller. RALROAD NURSERY! FI.UIT TREES! lliavsalarcc ilockol I'ruli and oriiniurnlnl !! from one to throe jcara oM coiitltUnj; o( 50,000 Apple Trees ! 40,000 Plum and Prune 20,000 Cherry Trees ! 10,000 Pear Trees ! 10,000 Peach Trees ! 25,000 Shrubs and Plants! All irrown on li!;.-li dry aoll and without Inlmtlon. tar i IJrnfl uml Uml u Mamlliii: Srrlllue, not mi Cut Hoot.. Therefore im triti aro healthy and clear ol Intectt. MynuracryU altuatesl SO mlnutea dihe raat from tho Stark atrt Kerry, on the HaieLlne load, near Mt. Tabor. Call and ee my Hoik et trie Ifjou hIiIi toaetan orchard, SI prln-a lire t lot n nn rrllnlilr lrt fun lie mid. llrtiurcuT t'Unip Trie.. XV. MV CATALOGUE SKNT KltEE AddreM all order to II. IV. I'KKTTlSli.V, l'rc.rletor llillroad Numrrj, Eaat I'ortUnJ, Oregon. TANGENT NURSERY ! ii. W. SKTTLt:.MllIt, Prop., Tangent, Linn Co., Oregon. I would rcijwKully call the attention ol tlioe Alihlnirtotet out orchard, to the (act that I hate a LAKOr-: STOCK cl erjr nice Nuraery Treea and bhmlihery, coiulatln? mainly if Fruit, Shade, Ornamental and Nut Trees. AI.SO.. Vinos, Small and Hoses. (a'ntiie Fruits, Which I will acll u i!ie aa the cheapcat. SS. No lutrrl a'rt In Sly .iirerj. bend (or caulo.me and i'rkv-IUt. Addreaa.- II W. SETTLEVIEU, octlSntl Tansint, Linn County, Orifon. WOODBURN NURSERY ) Ivct-1 tin Utr.'ttt atotk ol Fruit, Shade, Ornamental and Nut Trees ! North a( California, at the wry toat ratea. No Al'IIIS cr other Inavct xt obicn are reining moat of the Numeric. App'e trcca, ii to 810 per ICO. I'ear. Peach and Chtrr), '1J to I1C per 100. Plume and lrune, ti to lit per luO. Ilcaty diacount on 1000 lota. IT 8rNP FOR CATALOGUE AND PIUCE-LIST. Addreaa: J. II. SLTTLCMIKE. octlruS Woodburn, Oregon, iTt-Tim"!" ""''
