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-SAZK'ia.Jb"lL,.ifA7i6-8. 1 Consolidated Feb., 1899. y cqkvallis, bejiton couifTY, obeqon, ruESDATi august 6, 1901. vol. n. no. is.
POQRHOUSE
BY MARY J.
CHAPTER XX. (Continued.)
Just then Ella came singing into the
room, but started when she saw how ex
cited Mrs. Campbell appeared, and how
swollen her eyelids were.
"Why, what's the matter?" said she.
"I never saw you cry before, excepting
that time when I told yon I was going
to marry Henry," and Ella laughed a
little, spiteful laugh.
"Hush sh," said Mary, softly; and
Mrs. Campbell, drawing Ella to her side,
told her of the strange discovery she had
made; then beckoning Mary to approach,
she laid a hand upon each of the young
girl's heads, and blessing them, called
them "her own dear children." .
It would be hard telling what Ella's
emotions were. One moment she was
glad, and the next she was sorry, for she
was so supremely selfish that the fact of
Mary's being now in every respect her
equal gave her more pain than pleasure.
Of course, Mrs. Campbell would love her
best everybody did who knew her ev
erybody but Henry. And when Mrs.
Campbell asked why she did not speak
she replied, "Why, what shall I say?
shall I go into ecstasies about it? To be
sure I'm glad very glad that yon are
my aunt. Will Mary live here now?"
"Yes, always." answered Mrs. Camp
bell; and "No, never," thought Mary.
Mrs. Campbell that evening tried to
devise some means by which to atone for
neglecting Mary so long. Suddenly a new
idea occurred to her, upon which she de
termined immediately to act, and the
next morning Mr. Worthington was sent
for to draw up a new will, in which Mary
Howard was to share equally with her
sister.
"Half of all I own is theirs by right,"
said she, "and what I want is that n
their twenty-first birthday they shall
come into possession of the portion which
ought to have been their mother's, while
at my death the remainder shall be equal
ly divided between them."
The will was accordingly drawn up.
signed and sealed, Mr. Worthington
keeping a rough draft of it, which was
thrown among some loose papers in his
office. A few days afterward Henry,
coming accidentally upon it, read it with
out hesitation. . . .
"That settles it at once," said he, "and
I can't say I'm sorry, for I was getting
horribly sick of her. Now I'd willingly
marry Mary without a penny, but Ella,
with only one-quarter as much as I ex
pected, and that not until she's twenty-
one, is a different matter entirely. But
what am I to do? I wish Moreland was
here, for, though he don't like me, he
wouldn't mind lending me a few thou
sand. Well, there's no help for it, and
the sooner the old man breaks now the
better. It'll help me out of a deuced
mean scrape, for, of course, I shall be
magnanimous and release Ella at once
from her engagement with a ruined man."
The news that Mary was Mrs. Camp
bell's niece spread rapidly, and among
those who came to congratulate her none
was more sincere than William Bender.
Mary was very dear to him, and what
ever conduced to her happiness added
also to his. Together with her he had
heard the rumor of Mr. Lincoln's down
fall, and while he felt sorry for the fam
ily he could not help hoping that it
would bring Jenny nearer to him. Of
this he told Mary, who hardly dared
trust herself to reply lest she should di
vulge a darling secret, which she had
cherished ever since Mrs. Campbell had
told her that in a little more than a year
she was to be the rightful owner of a
sum of money much larger than she ever
dreamed it possible for her to possess.
Wholly unselfish, her thoughts instantly
turned toward her adopted brother. A
part of that sum should be his, and with
that for a stepping stone to future wealth
Mrs. Lincoln, when poor and destitute,
could not longer refuse him her daugh
ter. Mrs. Campbell, to whom alone she
confided her wishes, gave her consent,
though she could not understand the self
denying love which prompted this act of
generosity to a stranger.
And now Mary was very happy in
thinking how much good she could do.
Mrs. Mason, her benefactress, should
never want again. Sally Furbush, the
kind-hearted old crazy woman, who had
' stood by her so long and so faithfully,
should share her home wherever that
home might be; while, better" than the
.rest, William Bender, the truest, best
friend she ever had, should be ' repaid
for Ijis kindness to her when a little, un
known pauper. And still the world,
knowing nothing of the hidden canses
which made Mary's laugh so merry and
her manner so gay, said that "the pros
pect of- being an heiress had turned her
head, just as it always did those who
were suddenly elevated to wealth."
CHAPTER XXI.
Mr. Lincoln had failed. At the corners
of the streets groups of men stood to
gether, talking over the matter, and as
cribing it, some to his carelessness, some
to his extreme good nature in indorsing
for anyone who asked, and others, the
knowing ones, winked slyly as they said,
"they guessed he knew what he-was
- about they'd known before of such
things as failing rich;" but the mouths
of those last were stopped when they
heard that the household furniture, every
thing was given up for the benefit of his
creditors, and was to be sold at auction
during the coming week. -
When the day of the auction arrived,
it required the persuasion of both Mrs.
Campbell and Mary to keep Jenny from
going, she knew not whither herself, but
anywhere to be near and takeone more
, look at the dear old furniture as it pass
ed into the hands of strangers. At last
. Mrs. Campbell promised that black Era,
who had accompanied her from Chicopee,
should go and- report faithfully all the
proceedings, and then Jenny consented t
remain at home; though all the day she
. seemed restless and impatient, wondering
how long before Uncle Ezra would re
turn, and then weeping as in fancy she
saw article after article disposed of to
those who wonld know little how to
prize it. "
bout five o'clock Uncle Ezra came
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home, bringing a note from Ida, saying
that the carriage would soon be round
for Mary and Jenny, both of whom must
surely eome, as there was a pleasant sur
prise awaiting them. While Mary was
reading this Jenny was eagerly question
ing Uncle Ezra with regard to the sale,
which he said "went off uncommon well,"
going chiefly, he reckoned, "to a tall and
mighty good-Iookin' chap, who kept bid
ding up and up, till he got 'em about
where they should be. Then he'd stop
for someone else to bid."
Who was he?" asked Mary, coming
forward and joining Jenny.
"Dun know, miss; never seen him
afore," said Uncle Ezra, "but he's got
heaps of money, for when he paid for the
pianner he took out a roll of bills near
about big as my two fists!
-"Then the piano is gone? said Jenny,
sadly, while Mary asked how much it
brought.
"Three hundred dollars was the last
bid I heard from that young feller, and
somebody wno was biddin agin him said
'twas more'n 'twas wuth." . .
"It wasn't, -either," spoke up Jenny,
rather spiritedly. "It cost five hundred,
and it's never been hurt a bit."
"Mr. Bender bought that little fiddle of
yourn," continued Uncle Ezra, with a pe
culiar wink, which brought the color to
Jenny's cheeks, while Mary exclaimed
"Oh! I'm so glad you can have your
guitar again!
Here the conversation was interrupted
by the arrival of the carriage, which
came for the young ladies, who were soon
on their way to Mr. Selden's,-Mary won
dering what the surprise was, and Jen
ny hoping William would call in the even
ing. At the door they met Ida, who was
unusually merry almost too mnch so for
the occasion, it seemed to Mary, as she
glanced at Jenny's pale, dispirited face.
Aunt Martha, too, who chanced to cross
the hall, shook Mary's hand as warmly
as if she had not seen her for a year,
and then with her broad, white cap
strings flying back, she repaired to the
kitchen to give orders concerning the sup
per. "
Mary did not notice it then, but she
afterward remembered that Ida seemed
quite anxious about her appearance, for,
following her to her room, she said, "You
look tired, Mary. Sit down and rest you
awhile. Here, take my vinaigrette that
will revive, you.", . Then,, as . Mary was
arranging her. hair, she said: "Just puff
out this side a little more there, that's
right. Now turn round, I want - to see
how you look. - :
"Well, how do I?" asked Mary, facing
about as Ida directed.
"I guess you'll do," returned Ida.
believe Henry Lincoln was right when
he said that this blue merino and linen
collar was the most becoming dress you
could wear, but you look well in any
thing, you have so fine a form." -
"Don't believe all -her flattery," said
Jenny, laughingly. "She's only compar
ing your tall, slender figure with, little
dumpy me; but I'm growing thin see,"
and she lapped her dress two or three
inches in front.
"Come, now, let's go down," said Ida.
"And I'll introduce-you to Jenny's sur
prise first." . V'-v " V-- '
With Ida leading the way; they entered
the music room, where in one corner
stood Rose s piano, epen, and apparent
ly inviting Jenny to its side. With a joy
ful cry she sprang forward, exclaiming,
"Oh, how kind in your father; I 'most
know we can redeem it some time. Ill
teach school anything to get it again.'
"Don't thank father too much," an
swered Ida, "for he has nothing to do
with it, except giving it house room, and
one quarter s teaching will pay that bill!
"Who did buy it, then?" asked Jen
ny; and Ida replied: 7"
"Can't tell you just yet. I must have
some music -first. Come, Mary, yon like
to play. Give me my - favorite, 'Rosa
Lee,' with variations." . . -.
Mary was passionately fond of music,
and, for the time she had taken lessons,
played uncommonly well. Seating herself
at the piano she became oblivious to all
else around her, and when a tall figure
for a moment darkened the doorway.
while Jenny uttered a suppressed ex
clamation of surprise, she paid no heed;
nor did she become conscious of a third
person's presence until the group advanc
ed toward her, Ida and Jenny leaning up:
on. the piano and the other standing at
her right,1 a little in the fear.. Think
ing, if she thought at aH, that it was Wil
liam Bender, Mary played on until the
piece was finished and then observing
that her companions had left the room.
she turned and met the dark, handsome
eyes not of William Bender, but of one
who, with a peculiar smile, offered his
hand, saying, "I believje I need no intro
duction to Miss Howard, except a slight
change in the name, which, instead of
being Stuart, is Moreland!" -
Mary never knew what she said or
did. She only remembered a dizzy sen
sation, in her head, a strong arm passed
around her, and a voice,, which fully
aroused her as it called her "Mary," and
asked if she were faint. Just then Ida
entered the room, announcing tea, and
asking her if she found "Mr. Stuart
much changed! At the tea table Mary
sat opposite George and every time she
raised her eyes she met his fixed upon
her, with an expression so like that of
the picture in the golden locket which
she still wore that she wondered she had
not before recognized George Moreland
in the Mr. Stuart who had so puzzled
and mystified her. :
During the evening William Bender
called, and soon after Henry Lincoln also
came in, frowning gloomily when he saw
how near to each other were William
and his sister, while he jealously watch
ed them, still keeping an eye upon George
and Mary. - At last, complaining of feel
ing "blue,". he asked Ida to play, at the
same time sauntering toward the music
room, where stood his sister's piano.
"Upon my word," said he, "this looks
natural. Who bought it? and he drum
med a few notes of a song.
"Mr. Moreland bought it. Wasn't he
kind?" said Jenny, who all the evening
had been trying, for chance to thamk
George, but now when she attempted to
do so he prevented her by saying:
Oh! don't don tI can imagine all
you wish to say and I hate to be thanked.
Rose and, I are particular friends, and it
afforded me a great deal of pleasure to
purchase It for her but," he added,
glancing at his watch, "I must be excus
ed now, as I promised to call upon my
ward."
Who's that?" asked Jenny, and
George replied that it was a Miss Hern-
don, who had accompanied him from
New Orleans, to visit her aunt, Mrs.
Russell. - ..
He says she's an heiress, and very
beautiful," rejoined Ida, seating herself
at the piano.
Instantly catching at the words heir
ess and "beautiful, Henry -started up,
asking "if it would be against all the
rules of propriety for him to call upon
her thus early." -
I think it would," was George's brief
answer, while Mary's eyes flashed scorn
fully upon the. young, man, who, rather
crestfallen, announced himself ready to
listen to Ida, whom he secretly styles "an
old maid," because since his first remem
brance she had treated him with perfect
indifference.
That night before retiring the three
girls sat down by the cheerful fire in
Mary's room to talk over the events of
the day, when Mary suddenly asked Ida
to tell her truly if it were not George who
had paid her bills at Mount Holyoke.
What a silly girl," said Ida. "He was
perfectly able and more than willing, so
why do you care?"
I do not like being so much indebted
to anyone, was Mary's reply, and yet
in her secret heart there was a strange
feeling of pleasure in the idea that
George had thus cared for her, for would
he have done so if She dared not fin
ish that question even to herself dared
not ask if she hoped that George More
land loved her one-half as well as she
began to think she had always loved him.
Why should he, with his handsome per
son and princely fortune, love one so un
worthy, and so much beneath him? And
then, for the first time; she. thought of
her changed position since last they met.
Then she was a poor, obscure school mis
tress now flattered, caressed - and an
heiress. Years before,, when a little pau
per at Chicopee, she had felt unwilling
that George, should know how destitute
she was, and now in the time of her
prosperity she was equally desirous that
he should, for a time at least, remain ig
norant of her present condition..
Ida, said she, lifting her Head from
the table, "does George know that I am
Mrs. Campbell s niece?"
No, answered Ida. ' I wanted to tell
him, but Aunt Martha said I'd better
not." ' . - .
"Don't, then," returned Mary, and re
suming her former position she fell into
a deep reverie, from which she was at
last aroused by Jenny's, asking "if she
intended to sit up all night?" ;
The news that George Moreland had
returned and. bought Rosft-LiaoJn' piano
besides several other articles, spread
rapidly, and the day following his ar
rival Mary and Ida -were stopped in the
street by a group of their companions,
who were eager to know how George
bore the news that his betrothed was so
ill, and if it was not that which brought
him home so soon; and then the conver
sation turned upon Miss Herndon, the
New "Orleans lady who had that morning
appeared in the street; "And don't you
think,", said one of the girls'that Henry
Lincoln was dancing attendance upon
her? If I were you," turning to Mary,
I'd caution my sister to be a little wary
of him. But let me see, their marriage
is to take place soon?"
Mary replied that the marriage was
postponed indefinitely, whereupon the
girls exchanged meaning - glances -and
passed on. In less than twenty-four
hours half of Ella's acquaintances were
talking of her discarding Henry on ac
count of his father's failure, and saying
that they expected it, twas like her.
Ere long the report, in the shape of a
condolence, reached Henry, who, caring
but little what reason was assigned for
the broken engagement, so that he got
well out of it, assumed a much-injured
air, but said he reckoned he should man
age to survive; then, pulling his sharp
pointed collar up another - story, : and
brushing his pet mustache, wherein lay
most of his mind, he walked up street,
and, ringing at Mrs. Kussell a door, ask
ed for Miss Herndon, who," vainas beau
tiful, suffered his attentions, not because
she liked him in the least, but because
she was fond of flattery, and there was
something exceedingly gratifying in the
fact that at the North, where she fancied
the gentlemen to be Icicles, she. had so
soon made a conquest. . It mattered not
that Mrs. Russell told her his vows were
plighted to another. She cared nothing
for that. Her life, had been one Ion
series of conquests until now, at 25, there
was not in the whole world a more fin
islied or heartless coquette -than Evron
Herndon. (To be continued.) .
Introduction of Ices. - "
. Ices are supposed to have been in
troduced by Catherine de.Medici in the
sixtenth century.; Still some assert that
ice cream was first Invented by a ne
gro named Jackson, who kept a small
confectioner's shop in Soho, London,
in the early part of the nineteenth cen
tury, - i-V ; . ' , .
J' . Sleep, Baby, Sleep!
. "See here!" exclaimed Mr. Popleigh
"I don't propose to have that burglar
alarm in our bedroom. - We'll put
down stairs in the hall."
"Nonsense!" replied the wife. "Then
we won't hear it when it goes off."
"Neither will the baby. That's the
main point." Philadelphia Tress.
" Mormons in Mexico.
The laws of Mexico provide that
Mormon who wishes to take a second
wife must present a certificate, signed
by his first helpmeet, to the effect that
she is willing, and he must also have.
the express consent of -the second wife
and her parents.
Human Vocabularies.
In rural districts many people use
no more than 200 words; the ordinary
man can do very well with a vocabu
lary of 500 words.
r.. A Perfect Face. - '
A perfectly formed face is one-third
forehead, one-third nose and one-third
upper and lower chin. ....
Campinz Out.
As a rule only plain, substantial food
should be taken into camp. If you
have planned to go Into the wild , in
terior many miles away from any base
of supplies, ample provisions should
be taken along. These had better be
purchased, however, at'the last settle
ment where a store exists before turn
ing into the woods. If camping under
such conditions, it will be necessary in
making up your requisition to know
just about how much to allow for a
day's rations for each man and figure
accordingly.
An ordinary vacation camping-out is
a much more simple matter to arrange,
as camp is pitched usually within touch
of some farm, store or supply boat. In
any event It will not do to depend on
the fish you catch and the game you
kill or the visit of the supply boat. Suf
ficient canned soups, meats, smoked
hams, vegetables, condensed milk and
dried or evaporated fruits to last at
least a week should be carried -with you
Into the forest. V '. - .
You will find it much more desirable
and convenient to be provided with
folding chafing dish or with one of the
camp-kits of which there is so great a
variety: on the market. T.The chafing
dish occupies little space when travel
ing, the stand, lamp, extinguisher, han
dle and dish being placed Inside the hot
water pan. A camp-kit consists of va
rious necessary cooking utensils and a
stove which fit closely 'into one- an
other, the whole going snugly iuto a
camp boning pot, the lid of which may
be used as a wash hand basin, of into a
A CAMP BY A BIVEB.
basket which can be used for market
ing purposes. - ; - H
All cooks know the value of a brisk
fire. -v- How to "builds one-- properly and
keep it alight is the most important se
cret of the woodsman. ... In building a
fireplace, dig a hole in the ground from
one to two feet and about four feet
long, on a slope, if possible. - Line the
bottom and sides with stones. - At one
end of this space place your flrestand,
The other end will make an excellent
baking oven. The fire dying down will
leave the stone lining red hot and a
floor of hot ashes on which many deli
cious dishes may be cooked. . When
you have to have the heat for. a long
time place the utensil containing the
food to be cooked in the hot ashes at
the bottom, fill up the sides of the hole
around the pan with other stones, and
thoroughly cover it with more hot
stones and timber. By watching your
fire and keeping the heat above the
cover of your pot, the stones around the
sides and bottom will retain their heat
for hours. -. - - " ' n '
That your fire may be protected in
rainy weather, build around the hole
you have dug a wall of small timbers,
plastering the ends jvith mud or notch
ing the logs. Make the wall higher on
the 'north and northwest, as the winds
and storms which -would soon put your
fire out come more quickly from this di
rection than any other. . For further
protection erect four posts, over which
draw a piece of tenting, or lay saplings
from post to post and make a covering
of boughs, at a sufficient height to per
mit the cook to stand upright. It is well
also to prevent your fire from being ex
tinguished by a sudden overflow to dig
a trench around the logs. :
Monkey and Violin. ,
It may surprise many persons to learn
that monkeys, despite their cleverness.
are not enduringly. susceptible to the
influences of "higher education," for In
finite is their Innate depravity. I found
them ready enough to learn, but per
sistent In refusal to display-their knowl
edge when required to do so by their
patient teacher. This peculiar side of
monkey nature was forcibly Impressed
on me when I tried to form an orches
tra, or string band, among, the simians
of my menagerie. . ." . -
We were in winter quarters, and as it
was my custom to devote my. spare
time during the cold term to taming and
training wild animals for the next sea
son, I had a family , of monkeys eon
fined in an apartment adjoining my
reading,-smoking and music room.
One morning upon entering the cot
tage my ears were greeted by the sound
of my 'cello. I paused, wondering what
visitor had provoked my rfch-toned in
strument to such "unseemly discord.
Then I approached closely and through
a" window saw a laughab.e scene.
. Seated upon a chair, with a smoking
cap on his head, spectacles on his nose
and meerschaum pipe in his mouth, was
Joe, the largest monkey of the" menag
erie, sawing away at the 'cello with
bow in hand.1- Several of the smaller
monkeys were in postures of surprise
Mid delight at Joe s performance. .
had omitted to lock the door of the
monkey room, and that accounted for
the intrusion on my sanctum. . -
Highly entertamed, I stood for a time
silent spectator, until seen by a little
nonkey, which notified Its fellows of
my presence with a sharp cry. In
twinkling the animals dashed from the
room, Joe, minus cap, spectacles and
ppe, bringing up the rear and carefully
closing the door behind him.
Upon entering the house I found all
the monkeys safely -ensconced in their
proper room looking as innocent as
lambs, while the old ringleader was
snoring and apparently sound asleep.
From this occurrence the idea of trying
to form an orchestra of monkeys came
into my mind, for I well knew that such
a troupe, even if it produced anything
but melody, would be a strong attrac
tion. Youth's Companion. .
Holiday.
If
She'd have her birthday every week. .
Just think! And when the year ia
hrniiorli
Her age would gain by fifty-two! "
If Harriet could have her way
It would be always Christmas Day;
She wishes Santa Claus would come
And make her chimney-place his home.
July the Fourth is Johnny's choice
The time when all the boys rejoice;
But if that day were always here.
"We'd 8oon .be all burned up, I fear. .
And -merry old St. Valentine
Would be the choice of Angeline;
But, ah! I know if that were so.
The postmen all on strike would go.
So don't you think perhaps it's best
For holidays, as well, to rest,-.
And be on hand with joy and cheer
Just once in all the great long year?
St. Nicholas.
USE OF DRUGS IN VERMONT,
People of the State Seem Given Over
Narcotic and Stimulating Potions.
Dr. A. P. Grinnell, a prominent physi
cian of Vermont, has been making a
thorough canvass of the stores of that
State with a view to ascertaining the
extent to which the people are given to
the drug habit The results of bis In
-vestlgations are startling to those who
have looked upon that state as a land
of steady habits. In sixty-nine towns,
from which the doctor obtained state
ments of sales, it was found that the
monthly sale of gum opium was 47
pounds 12 ounces; of morphine powder,
19 pounds 15 ounces; of morphine pills,
3,338 grains; of dovers powders, 25
pounds; of paregoric, 32 gallons and 1
quart; of laudanum, 32 gallons and
quart; of cocaine, 27 ounces 1 drahm
and 30 grains; of chloral, 32 pounds 4
ounces; of Indian hemp, 37 ounces; of
quinine powders, '15 pounds 10 ouuees;
of quinine pills, 74,200. - ...
Where the Teturns were indefinite the
amounts were put down as zero, and in
summing up his.raport on, the subject,
waft. -was' read before the ; Vermont
Medical Society, the doctor stated that
his figures should be multiplied by five
to obtain the actual amount of drugs
sold in Vermont monthly, for he had
not included drugs sold from wholesale
stores, nor those used by practicing
physicians for their medicines or those
used by manufacturers of medicines.
Analysis of the-actual figures ob
tained, without their being multiplied
at all, shows that sixty-nine towns In
Vermont pay for morphine alone, at a
cost of 10 cents a grain, more than $1,
000 a month. Of the consumption of
opium in the State the doctor says:
"In the regular drug stores, and in
160 of the 172 general stores in the
State of Vermont, there are' sold every
month 3,300,000 doses of opium, besides
what is dispensed in patent medicines,
and besides what the doctors dispense,
which gives one and one-half doses of
opium to every man and woman in the
State above the age of 21 years every
day of the year. By dose mean one
grain opium, one-eighth grain mor
phine, one-half ounce paregoric and
twenty drops of laudanum. The amount
consumed ' each month means- a half
dose for every man, woman and child in
the State every day of the year."
He further says: "
-"In one place, so small that it hardly
shows on the map, three and one-half
pounds of gum 'opium, six ounces of
morphine, five pints of paregoric, five
pints of laudanum and three ounces of
powdered quinine are consumed in a
month." -
Good Place for Lazy Men.
Henry Sandham, the well-known
Boston artist, who with his family
now pleasantly located in the Azores,
writes home most enthusiastically of
the place and the air of hospitality
Which is to be found everywhere. "Fan
cy the joy of living," he writes; "in
place where you do not breakfast till
lLdine at 4 and have tea: at 10:30
where it's always warm and comfort
able where everyone on the .' street
bows to vou and runs eagerly to do
you some .service; where there are
great, large tropical gardens filled with
every flower in the world, familiar and
strange; where fish, the most delicious
imaginable, are pulled from the sea
onto the fire, and thence to your table
where you can live like a duke for 90
cents a day and where you can go to
church every day in the week If you
are fond enough of sculpture and carv
ing, fairer than you have ever seen
elsewhere." Boston Transcript.
Eyesight Still Unimpaired.
We visited Uncle Amos last Satur
day. . The old gentleman's memory in
still unimpaired, and he was as chipper
as a cricket t At dinner we inquired
about his eyesight "Well," said the
sturdy -veteran now ne am swear
when he was drafted "I'm a little
hardo' hearing,' but my eyesight is as
good as it ever was.. - I think I'll have
another potato." ; And with that He
speared a doughnut with his fork and
began to peel it Boston Journal.
Forgot His Language in JaiL
A Cherokee Indian, after having been
in the penitentiary five years, Teturned
to his tribe, but he had forgotten their
language, v .
Mxlcina- a Permanent Pasture.
On many farms it would certainly
pay to abandon the old pasture as soon
as possible, and do the work necessary
to get the -new field in shape. Most
farmers are not Inclined to take for
pasture fields anything but such mead
ows that no longer yield profitable crops
of hay. This Is a mistake, for they are,
often times by this practice, turning
land into pasture fields that is too valu
able for that purpose, and which might
be reseeded after the proper manipula
tion,- and be made to yield large crops
of hay. One of the best growers of hay
in the country recommends the follow
ing mixture for permanent pasture:
Red clover, 6 pounds; Alslke clover, 4
pounds; Kentucky bluegrass, 3
pounds; orchard grass, 36 pounds;
meadow fescue, 3 pounds; redtop, 3V&
pounds, timothy, 5 pounds. These seeds
are well mixed, and the quality given is
the seeding for an acre. The seeding is
done about the 1st of September, after
preparing the 'ground thoroughly during
the summer. If started at once the
ground may be plowed now and sowed
to buckwheat, which should be plowed
under when in bloom. This would add
the desired humus to the soil. After
plowing under the buckwheat, just be
fore the sowing of the grass seed mix
ture, the ground should receive the fol
lowing fertilizer: One hundred pounds
of acid phosphate, thirty" pounds of
dried blood, twenty pounds of nitrate
of soda and thirty pounds of muriate of
potash. This gives 180 pounds of mix
ture to the acre, to be well harrowed in
before the seed Is sown. After the seed
is sown, the ground should be well
rolled. - The first season after seeding,
the grass might be cut, but the cattle
should not be turned into the field until
the second year.
The Plum Curculio.
In an old book we read some' - years
ago a report from some one who tried
the experiment of taking a rough board
some six or eight feet long and coating
it with coal tar, then nailing it to a
pole that would raise the board well up
among the branches of the plum tree.
The odor of the coal tar was so offen-
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Y r V "V . ;ieral heading of infertility of the eggs,
many plums as the tree ought to standi va h iL,
up under, although they had not pro
duced a crop before for some years,
and he had threatened to cut them
down. The boards should be put up
when the trees are in full blooms He
was led to try it by the fact that an
other had obtained a crop from a tree
near which he put up a building and
covered the roof with coal tar. If so
simple a remedy will drive away those
troublesome insects it should be known
generally, as it is but little trouble or
expense, though to be entirely effectual
we think the tar should be renewed as
often as every two or three weeks, as
the curculio is about nearly from the
time the fruit sets until it ripens. The
poles or boards may be tied up to pre
vent blowing down. Massachusetts
Ploughman.
Longfellow Bush Bean.
The bush bean that is early is very
desirable, especially for the market gar
dener, and the Longfellow bush bean
seems more nearly to meet the desires
of the market gardener than any of the
sorts now in cultivation. The pods are
often six and one-half or seven inches
in length, pale-green in color, straight
and round. They are entirely free from
the tough inside skin usually found on
string beans. The flavor is delicate.
In season It is often a week earlier than
any other good sort. The vines yield
prolifically, and the crop ripens uni
formly In size and nearly at the same
time.
- Visit Successful Farmers.
Nothing will contribute more toward
success in any vocation than enthusi
asm which is founded upon faith in
.your own abilities to succeed in your
own undertaking. . If anyone anywhere
near you is making a success in your
adopted line of work, or specialty, you
should by all means visit him and see
just how he manages, and why he suc
ceeds where Others have failed.' Farm
ing In all its branches as now profit
ably pursued needs constant study, and
during the. comparative leisure every
one should review the past and plan
for better results in future. There is
no other method of learning about any
farm subject equal to being on the
farm where such work is practiced,
and having it explained by those who
have made it a success. It may be the
' LONGFELLOW BUSH BEA.N.
manner of feeding stock, or a plan of
preserving roots, ensilage or other fod
der. A farmer may contemplate a sys-.
tern of underdralns for his wet fields,
in which case nothing short of a visit
to some farmer who has thus drained
his lands will enable him to gain so
many valuable hints and suggestions
regarding this important work. Such
visits not only give new ideas, but are
a wholesome recreation, and many a
farmer who at first thought may say,
"I can't afford it," will find by expert- .
ence that he has spoken too soon. Take
a day to go and visit some of the best
farms in your county, and the way will
open for further visits and a wider
knowledge of the best methods of car
rying your special line of work to a
successful termination. Farm, Field
and Stockman.
A Handr Milk Ftoo'.
The little stool shown in the accom
panying illustration is ' unique In the
way in which the legs are inserted, be
ing spread over a large space, and It is
impossible to turn the milk over. The
drawing is out of proportion. The stool
should be 12 Inches long and 8 Inches
wide. The seat Is made of two Inch
pine boards. Holes are bored almost
through the board, but not quite.. These
MILK STOOL THAT WaN'T U3ET.
are in slanting directions, so that the
legs -when, fitted will occupy the posi
tion 'indicated in the drawing. Now
take a pair of old broomsticks, whittle
the ends so that they will fit Into the
holes, drive them in tight and saw them
off any length desired. Exchange.
Infertility of Ezg.
There has been much complaint the
last season among poultrymen of the
small portion of chicks hatched from
each setting of eggs, whether placed in
the incubator or with the old hen. Nat
urally there are various reasons given
for this loss, but mainly under the gea-
Every one who has handled poultry
knows there are various causes for in
fertility. There may be a weakness In
the structure of the hen orof the cock.
Also the feed has a great deal to do
with the fertility of the egg. A hen
that Is overfed or kept very fat is not
as likely to lay fertile eggs as one that
is thinner. The food given to the laying
hen has also something to do with the
infertility of eggs, for hens kept largely
on a diet of corn will produce eggs that
are much more likely to be infertile
than those from hens fed on a variety
of foods. Meat foods and green foods
are absolutely essential for laying
fowls, if we would have from them
eggs strong In fertility. The head of
the flock should also receive careful
attention, as he must be well fed and
not permitted to run with too many
hens. '
Cold Storage on Farms.
There are few farms where a suf
ficient quantity of fruit or vegetables is
grown to warrant the erection - and
operation of a cold storage plant; on
the other hand, the suggestion that
such a plant could be built and op
erated profitably in any section where
the fruit crop of a dozen growers was .
very large is worth consideration.
Such a plant could readily be operated
on the co-operative plan at compara
tively small expense to each share
holder. With apples, for instance, it is
only possible to get the highest prices
for winter fruit by holding the crop in
cold storage until late winter. As this
is now done the grower obtains but a
little more than he would in the fall
sale of his crop when the storage
charges and shrinkage are taken out
New Varieties of Strawberries.
Two causes contrinute much to the
running out or rapid deterioration of
new varieties of strawberries that are
sent out with testimonials of large
fruit and great yields. First, the large
yields are obtained by heavier manur
ing and better care than they get in or
dinary field culture, and In the baste t.o
obtain plants to sell, the vines that
have been weakened by heavy bearing
are again forced to send out runners,
as many as possible, and all are taken,
whether they are near the old plant or
at the extremity of the runner, where
we" think the young plant is but a
weakling. American Cultivator.
Clipped Work Horse.
I have worked a clipped horse two
summers and think I shall never work
him another summer without being
clipped. He used to sweat profusely,
and the balr would twist up and make
him look bad, and it would take a man
an hour to clean him off and make him
look decent. After clipping he hardly
sweat at all. stood the work better,
kept easier and was always clean.
Michigan Farmer. ' J A ,
Raspberries and Blackberries.
Head back the young canes of rasp
berries and blackberries to three feet, .
and the laterals also when they get
longer. They may be pinched with the
thumb nail and finger In a small patch,
but this soon makes the fingers sore,
and where there are many bushes to
go over it is better to use a pair of
shears or a sharp sickle. Exchange .
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