OREGON SCOUT.
JOMS ft CHAHTCEY, Pnbliiliers.
VSION. OKKUOIf.
Dill Arp Oop Flailing.
I am going fishing to-morrow and stay all
Any. I will rig up a big wagon and tako the
children along and a basket of lunch, and wo
will llsh and frolic and gather flowers and
cat and talk and laugh and get dirty all clay
long. The signs are all right, for tho dog
wood Is in bloom and tho wind is in tho south
and it is tho dark of the moon, and I think I
see myself just Jerking tho big bream from
under tho log. Carl knows every holo in the
creek nnd ho can catch more fish than I can
and don't try half as hard. Jesslo wants to
pick flowers, and I've promised her sho may
wodo in the branch, but her mother don't
know it. Jessio comes to me and Carl goes
to his mother for favors. What a pity it is
that grown folks can't bo children oneo or
twice in awhilo nnd wado in tho branch too.
Tho next tlino Judgo Bleckloy goes to
Screamer mountain to bo a boy again and go
barefooted and mako hickory whistles nnd
chestnut fifes and catch spring lizards and
crawfish and climb trees for birds' eggs, and
mako black ants fight, and run ground squir
rels to their holes and dig angelica and kill
iinakcs and wreck hornots' nests and fight
yallcrjackets, I'm going with him. I'm tired
of playing man all tho year long without a
recess. It is a sort of hypocritical lifo. I envy
tho children. Tho Scriptures sny "unless yo
be as ono of theso littlo onos, yo shall not get
to Leaven." So it's timo to begin, und there
fore I'm going a fishing. Atlanta Constitu
tion. Circumstance Alter Cases.
"Isn't that tho gentlemen who paid our faro
and was fco polite tho other night?" sho asked
In n whisper. "Yes." 'And why does ho
treat us so coolly to-night?" "Hush I ho has
his reasons. That's his wifo with him." Do
troit Free Press.
Fnltlt liojond Sight.
Each ono of tho two comedians, Messrs.
Xlobson nnd Crnno, has a littlo son, and they
nro profound admirers of ono another, albolt
they are as unliko as black and white. Master
Btuart Itobson Crano is a prodigious ro
mancer, whilo on tho other hand Master
William Crano llobson is us practical and
ns matter of fact a lad as you could oxpoct to
meet in u Sabbath day's journoy. Out at
Omaha tho othor day tho Crane youngster
was telling ono, of his customary whoppers.
"Yes," Eaid ho, solemnly, "when I was in
Ipswich last (milliner I saw a boy lick John
L. Sullivan."
At (his bold and bald proposition young
Itobeoiri) lower Jaw fell about so von inches.
"You don't boliovo it, ohl" asked young
Crane.
"Oh, yes," answered Master Itobson, in
prompt loyalty to his littlo playmate, "oh,
yes, I bcliovo it if you saw it, but I wouldn't
boliovo It if I'd soen it." Chicago Nous.
Trliimplinnt as Usual.
Omaha Wife Yos, that's tho way it goes.
You'll bo sorry somo day you didn't tako my
advice. If my first husband had done as I
told him tin would havo boon alivo to-day.
Second Husband Oh 1 Ho would? You
told him always to bo in at 8 o'clock, I sup
pose, but if I remember nright ho shuflled off
this mortal coil ubout 10 o'clock in tho morn
in. "I told him over nnd over again to stop
mokIng, nnd ho wouldn't do it."
"Well, ho didn't dio of tobacco if I know
anything ubout it. Ho was blown up in an
explosion."
"Yes, ho sat down on ti keg of powder with
pipo in his mouth; bo thoro now,1' Omaha
World.
A Correct DlnRnoal.
Young Man (to medium) I want you to
(ell mo what is tho matter with mo.
Medium It will tint bo necessary to do
posit $1 to propitiuto tho spirits.
Young Man (dolefully) A dollar Roes.
Medium You do not sloop well, you havo
bad dreams nnd you aro gloomy nnd medi
tate Etitcido every day.
Young Man (in great surprise) Correct.
Medium Tako this soalei envelope open
it only in thu privacy of your room within
you will find n diagnosis of your disease.
Young Mnu (ono hour lator. OjHnis en
velope and loads) rio for supper. Phila
delphia Cull.
Tlio Unupprerlutlvn Vest. '
Now York filrl And you really wore n
guoht nt tho rastla of an English lord?
Omaha Man Yes, I happened to havo
business with hint in connection with a laud
syndicate, you know. j
"How lovely it must havo been. And you
really dined nnd slept in an old baronial
costliil"
"Oh, yes." 1
"It must bo tho very brightest jwgo in ybur
memory, lsu' it?''
"Well, I didn't cntch cold and didn't
bitten." Omalia World.
got
Heroic Treatment. j
Tho eni r of a Chinese bank tried to leave
with thu lunils for Japan or soma plauo
cn tho American plan tho othor day, but it U
not beliovod that tho custom will become
popular. The government walled up tin)
cashier in tx cell to starvo to death nnd,
chopjwd off the heads of all his family. And ,
next fall they nro going to decapitate ovory-'
body in the empire bearing his uumo. Dakota
liall.
An Optical Doliinlou.
British Naval Odlcor I havo heard n good
dMl about your American torpedoes, but I
never saw ono before,
American Nnval Officer You havo better
eyes than I liave If you can boo ono now,
"There In ono off ttarboard; you must bo
iwr sighted."
"Great St. Perryl sir; that's a maw of
var." Omaha World.
A Fair Valuation.
Lawyer (lo client) Yon want to sue Rob
inson for f 500 for libel, you say I
Client Yen; ho has blasted my character
forever,
Lawyer You think f500 tho jiroper
amount.
Clieut Well, mako H $250. I only want
what' right, Hnrjyr's Butar,
THE LIME KILN CLUB.
Important Communication on Free Trade.
The Dinky Sons of tho Wabnah.
Tho secretary announced the following
communication:
ClIAnLOTTETOWN, P. E. L
Brudder Gardner:
My namo is 1'op-i.ye, nnd 1 lib on do con
fines ob dis city, which has been known for
ober fifty years by do unsnboury name of de
Bog. I was rendin' in do last published re
port ob do Lime Kiln club dat ole Nat do
Coursoy's application for membership was not
recelbod, kaso lie was too far along do high
way ob life. When I read dat report to ole
Nat ho Just said: " Wal, I'se mor'n 45 and not
eligible, nnd as do presdent has asked me to
lecklur on de dark aiges or any udder subject
in which I urn in de dark, I must decline for
obvious reasons. Now, Pop, yuse a younger
man, ob brilliant parts, and I'll nan' de tin
dertakin' ober to you." Now, Brudder Card'
ner, wld dis yer interducshon, I'm open for
an engagement to lecktur, and if I'm to bo
gibbcu do choice of subjecks, I shall selcckt
political economy or free trailo versus iwr
tcckfskun, for dat is de subjeck which I can
dilate upon wid do most logical perspicuity
and do greatest clokenco. I hab a record
down heah by de sea on dat most libely sub
ieck dat would turn any Tammany hall
toutcr a II bed green wid Jealousy.
On tie great occashun ob do contest ob free
trade versus pertockshun in dis yer colony do
Free 1 rado cluvawnru ob the natural aspira
tious ob my genius, closed an agreement wld
mo as lcadah to enlist do support ob do heelers
ob do Bog end ob Ward 15 at do polls, when
do sinews ob war for do campaign was fur
iiished I hired do upper story ob do olo tan
ncry, laid in n hull browin' ob Brighton amber
ale, ilvo palls of wlilto eye, five bar'Is co'n
meal, blx bar'Is clams, half ton spenhed eels
and six dozen snared rubblts, and den de
pended upon my clokenco to do do ress.
When do groceries was laid away ami a tin
dlnpnh purchased, I iicrceeded to interest do
cullud citizens in do great questions ob do day.
Do fust man I met on de street was Flat, and
I scz: "Heah, you Flat, what you loalln'roun'
for? Doy's goin' to bo 'lection soon, and wo's
coin' to support freo trade; dat means free
lunch for freo weeks. Flat, you healo and
toss yo'se'f roun' de highways and byways, do
avenues and muiu streets ob dis yer Bog nnd
bring in do free nnd indc(endcnt doctors into
dis yer tannery, nnd doair you forget Ralph
Happy, Davo Frosty and Enterprise Brown,
do most experienced rciicaters in uo ward.
When doy had assembled dero was no ress
for dot tin dlppah till I called do inectin' to
order by announcln' dat dis was do freo
lunch, freo sample, and consequently do freo
trado pnrtv. As do Icaduli oh (lis bund ob
putriots, I ask you to lay asido all yoah per
sonal nnd domestic nlDdrs for do next freo
weeks, and gib your attenshun to do great
questions ob do day. When, Brudder Gard
ner, I 'iealed in do most touchin' and pathetic
terms to dut aujlenco and touched do most
tender cord ob dolr feelln's, I ask, was dero a
dry froat in dat meetin'? Echo answers, was
dero? Den when I reached do cllmacks and
sod, "Sink or swim, lib or diol"nnd soforth
und soforth, dat meetin' was in do mosthuppy
stnte ob uunuiinity and fellow feeliu' known
in do annals ob politienl campaigns. In con
clusion 1 sorl: "Fellow bog trotters, I will
now gib you do Interprotashun of do differ
ence 'tween freo trado and pertockshun, und
I will do dat by two illstrushuus which nm
do most familiar to you. Do fust am dut
widout freo trade dero is no freo lunch; con
sequcntly, freo trado nm tlo cause nnd freo
lunch am do effeckt. Do udder illstrashun
nm from de barn doah fowl and do iucubu
tor. Freo trado is like de hen dat is sot and
brings outlier chickens in do natcral way;
doy grows up; do flosh am firm and do flavor
sweet when it am cooked. Dem chickens am
bro't up under do maxim dat "Moses' inuilder
um do bos miss fer Moses." Doy goes to do roost
and when in do morulu' do owner ob 'em gets
up (ley ain t dero. It nm fust-class fer do con
sumer, hut it nm a mighty iioah show fer do
producer. On do udder ban' Perteckshun am
liko do incubator. Do chickens am forced and
brought out in de wrong timo of do yeah, do
flesh am soft and do taste poah when cooked.
Do business am fust-class fer do producer, but
it's a mighty poau show fer do consumer.
Do iirgyments all frow was so conclusive
dut ebery one ob iiat patriot band followed
nio to do polls on 'lection day. But us wo wus
about to escerciso do privilege of freo and in-
dcciidi!Ut electors a heelor from tho Perteck
shun sido asked mo a conundrum. "Weddei
is it best to survey cio pas' or 10 iuko a jer
specktivo view of tlo matter?'' I sez dat de
pends uixni do proseck. " Well," sez he, "if
you vote fer our candldnto we'll set up do
pins fer do next free weeks nnd frow in a
bar'l ob pickled pigs feet to restore do equili
bria n nt de rand ob do show." Wo decided in
do prospective and rose to do dignity of dis
interested patriots willln' to please do in
torosLs ob do state above do interests of party
anil unloose do grasp ob do foreign manufac
turer front do front ob do country.
Now, Brudder Gardner, I'm willln' to ac
cept liberal terms to lecktur uforo do Limo
Kiln club, wid do proviso tint I'm lowed tlo
free use ob tlo onion bin in case dero is u ro
lupso ob do clilllblaius, caused by crossiu' do
straits in olo Kullyluyuh's ice boat.
Por
HYE.
Tho communication was referred to tho
committee- on agriculture, with power to send
for ik'i-sons und vipers.
A N1SW 1IUANCII.
Tho following was then rend;
Tr.nnu Hauti:, Ind.
Brother Gardner, President Limo Kiln Club:
Wo most respectfully petition tho illus
trious, dlstiuguUhcd mid honorable supremo
lodge of noblo patriarchs over which you
have tho exalted honor to preside us n reign
ing prince in Paradise hall, and guardian of
tho philosophies nnd destinies of tho American
cltizuus of African descent, that you gr.uit us
a charter to locate a branch here, on tho
raging Wnlmsh, so wo can bo a jrt and
parcel of this sublime organization.
Our claim Is based on tho following facts;
Wo are "mascots," possess tliecabalistio num
ber of twenty-one ages same anil have
thnt amount of "trado dollars," "filled halves?
nnd "punched nickels" In tho "treasury."
Our characters can bo vouched for by tho
circuit judge, "prosecuting attorney," mayor
und tho chief of police. Wo havo experts in
nil tho sciences, adepts in tho games, cham
pion banjo pickers, heel and too artists, chin
scrajKn, bicycle ridcra and base ballists. Our
elitcf innocent amusement, craps; havo good
hull in "Happy Alley," rink in "Huppy Hoi
low." Wo ourselves are nllways full ami
happy.
Thu namo wo havo selected for Immortal-
tuition U: "Tho Brotherhood of Dusky Sous
f tho Wabash." Tho committee extend in-
itatlon to Brother Gardner to visit thu
Prairie City" and inflict upon us a lecture
n the conundrum:
"How to Mako Good Living Without
Hani Work." Respectfully. .
"I inus' admit dat I favor do tono of ills
colmmunlcashuu," replied the president as
thb secretary jiassetl it to fclni. "Brudder
GlWulum Jones um now in Indianapolis to
estlibllsh u brunch to be known ns "Do High
Chicken," an' ho will bo telecrnfed so dat ho
luxir drop down to Terry Haughty nu' In
Vttfigat an' report on dis putUtiuii. If bis
repVrt ar favorable a branch will bo cotab
UhUl dens.
HOW MILLIONAIRES DO.
According to Southwestern Ideas Gold
Onlorc, Chariots mill Diamonds.
The rural idea of tho manner in which the
Astors and Vnnderbilts live is amusing, and
will doubtless be highly flattering to the' per
soii3 named. A man traveling "down in Ar
kansaw" heard two old women talking before
a cabin door. Ono of them, with a clay pipo
between her Hps, said:
"It do lient all how somo folkscs has cv'ry
thing a mortal body could ast ter, whilo
others, like you an' me, MLs Petcrby,
poorer'n Job's turkey all tho liorn days of our
lives. Now, you've heern tell of them Vnn
derbilts an' Astors there in Now York, ain't
your
"Duno but I hev," said "Mis Petcrby."
"Well, I'vo lately heern somo things 'bout
how they carry on. My man ho got it
straight from Zimrl Perkins, an' Zim lie got
it from his wife's mother's uncles nevvy
who takes a paper printed in New York, so it
must bo true."
"I ain't a doubt of it."
"Well, if you'll bleevo mo. old Mis Vender
bilt don't purtend to even wash her own
dishee. 8ho don't oven make iier own bed
her nor Mis Astor neither, nnd they both
sleep in pink velvet night gownds trimmed in
laco nt $1,000 a yard, and embroidered in
dlamluts that cost millions on millions."
"The good land I"
"Yes, sir I An' Mis Astor's bed stid is solid
oiu wiiu (jianiiui unobs on it big ns goose
eggs, nir cv'ry timo she goes out sho has
twenty coal black horses hitched to her solid
gold charyot, and sho stands up in it dressed
all in white satin with her hair linngiu down
icr back, nthrowin' fU'O gold pieces to tho
beggars."
Nuwl"
"'Deed nn' it's true ev'ry word of it. And
when Mr. and Mis Vnnderbilt goes out they
havo their carriage drawed by forty milk
white steeds with n coal black nigcer with a
diumiiit ring in Ii is nose, leading ev'ry horse;
nnd Vnnderbilt ho lnys back on his velvet
cushions sinokin' a pijxi that cost a eleun bil
ion. ".You don't mean it."
"I tlo that. Oh. 1 tell you it's a flno thine
to bo rich, Mis Petcrbyj'nn' I reckon nliko as
.tot you an' me'd carry on Jest liko that, if
vreonly had tho menus to do it with."
"Liko enulr, liko eiiuff anyhow. I know
I'd have mo a good green nn' red ginghnm
gown, an' nil the salt mack'rel I could eat,
fer once."
rVu' I'd git mo sonic ginyuino Scotch
snuir, nn' somo red glass year bobs, I would."
Tid lilts.
Tim Itnitnn Idea of Unties.
Ono of tho Itestnnd brightest girls of tho
Back bay tenches a Similar school class in a
certain famous orthodox church. Last Sun-
day she grew very earnest picturing to tho
eager infants who surrounded her tho joys of
heaven to lie won by those who live and trust
in a way to deserve them.
"You must lovo tho Lord," sho said, "and
Imj just as good as you know how to be. You
must never get Into tempers, you must never
t!l naughty stories, you must ulways mind
your mammas, nnd lo good in every way
you know how, and then you will bo sure to
go to heaven when you die. Won't that bo
nice?"
"Yes, ma'am," lisped all tho babies before
her.
But if you are bad," and she looked ro-
lentingly into tho innocent faces before hor.
"you won't go to heaven. If you nro bad."
nnd sho took a Arm grip on tho doctrine sho
felt called on to teach, "if you nro bad. my
dear children, you will go to hell, nnd that
that" sho groicd for a word and ended elo
quently, "nnd that would be perfectly ridicu
lous." Boston Uccord.
lllvnl Hnffiilo Calves.
"What church tlo you sing in?" nsked ono
small boy inquisitively of a now comer in tho
neighborhood, also of tender years.
"I don't sing," wus tho rnthor subdued
reply.
" ou ain't much of a feller if you enn't cet
in a boy choir somewliero. I liclong to two,"
was tho triumphant rejoinder, accompanied
by a sort of iny-fnthcr-can-liek-your-fnther
look. Hut the now coiner was no lamb, and
his nnswer was startling and conclusive:
"My mother says that if I wear a night
gown every night that's enough. Sho ain't
going to have mo dressed up in long clothes
liko a girl baby every Sunday for folks to
staro nt. And I can chow tobucco, and that's
more than you can tlo.
And tho banner of victory settled down
upon tho now coiner in tho neighborhood,
and tho mantle of gloom thnt surrounded tho
boy chorister was blacker ond stuck closer
than pitch. Buffalo Courier.
It Is Odd.
A nnniolcss professor relates tho following:
During tho after dinner talk, tho man for
whom I was surveying remarked that mathe
matics always seemed a very wonderful thing
to him. 'thinking to Interest him somowlint.
I begun to illustrate somo of tho wonders:
among others, tried to show him tho way in
which Aeptuno wns discovered. After somo
twenty minutes of elaborate explanation, I
was somewhat taken aback to hear hiiusnv:
"Yes, yes; it is very wonderful, very; but
(with a sigh) there's another thing that's
alters troubled nio, and that is, why you havo
to carry one for oven' ten; but, if you don't.
t won't conio out right." School Journal.
BURDETTE.
"Father," said young Mr. Hnrdpate. show
ing his father around tho university, "this is
Dr. Stouongo, our professor of nrchn-sjlogy."
'llo is, eiw ' said tho old man, In n lino burst
of scorn, "What tlo you want with a pro
fessor of that for? Bible says tliere niu't go-
In' to bo no more floods. What ito you want
with nrksl"
"I am in favor of teaching trades in tho
publlo schools," saltl Taxiwyer. "Me, too,"
assented Constant Bender; "I wnnt canx?n-
terlng or wtxxl working of somo sort taught.
My boy's got n head that isn't good for any
thing else."
"I say, Shnughiiessy, phwnt is it all this is
they do lw talkiu' alvout tho fait' cure?" "Uz
id tho faith euro, thin!" "It is tho fait' cure."
"Well, thin, see, yez hav' nothing tho mnt
ther wid yez!" "That I havo not" "An'
yez havo no faith in onything thnt yez
haven't?" "Sorra tho wan of me." "Well,
thin, you see, yo are cured tiv it." "Uv
phwat yez haven't gotP ''Ah, divil tho wan
uvitl UV you's faith, man, uv you's faith."
A young man, a student in Bodouln college.
writes to ask "if n special courso of study is
necessary to perfect a young man in ixlltical
argument!" Oh, no; one easy lesson is nil
you want. For instance, to sny "Grove Clove-
land" is a knock down Republican argument.
and to say "Jim Blalno" is nn unanswerable
Jtemocrntio argument. "Old Bill Evnrts" is
a "chain or invuliiernblo logic," and "Old
Tom Baynrd" Is a "scathing arraignment of
the administration. To say "G. O. P." is "a
resistless torrent of matchless eloquence,"
and to say "snivel service reform" is "a piti
less thrust of brilliant and merciless sarcasm.
Just attend a few meetings ami then read the
rejtoru in tuo ;wer son, and you'll soon
lM-fect yourself in jwlltical argument,
Brooklyn Eagle.
AGRICULTURAL. '
Devoted to the Interests of Fanners
and Stockmen.
C'nmilnc Km It.
Canning fruit is a very efliciont
means of preserving it in a wliole-
somo condition, but it is a process
wlncli demands curctul management
to make it n success. Tin cans are
sometimes used, but glass jars are now
so cheap nnd are so much better that
they should always bo preferred. In
tho end they are cheaper, as thoy Inst
much longer thnn tin. Tin cans are
liable to injure tho ilavor also. There
are soveral excellent kinds of fruit
jars on the market.
In canning fruit two things must be
most carefully attended oi failure is
certain :
First The fruit must be Miflicientlv
cooked.
Second The air must be excluded
and the enn hermetically scaled.
I ho best fruit should be selected and
that which is not overripe. It should
be kept as clean as possible, so that
little or no ivashing will bo required,
us tins is injurious to many fruits.
Pick over carefully and wash quickly,
if washing is necessary. Either steam
oi slow, adding as little water us pos
sible, and as little sugar as will suiHco
to make the eauco piilatable. Sweet
fruits require none at all, nnd none is
necessary to the preservation of the
fruit. Steaming is rather preferable
to stewing or boiling, as the fruit is
less broken and its natural Ilavor is
better preserved. A porcelain lined
kottlo should be used, as all kinds of
metal kettles are likely to be corroded
by tho acids of the fruit.
The fruit need not be cooked so
much that it will fall to pieces, but it
should bo so thoroughly scalded that
every part of it will bo subjected to a
high degree of heat, in order that all
of the germs from which fermentation
originates may be destroyed. Simply
heating is not sullicient.
Some kinds of fruit require longer
cooking than others. Tho length of
timo varies about as follows : Boil
cherries live minutes; raspberries,
blackberries and ripe currants, six to
eight minutes ; halved peaches, goose
berries and grapes, eight to ten min
utes; sliced pineapple and quince
and halved pears, fifteen to twenty
minutes : strawberries, thirty minutes ;
tomatoes, thirty minutes to two hours.
Whilo tho fruit is cooking prepare
tho cans in which it is to be placed.
Thoroughly scald them so that there
may bo in them nothing that will in
duce decay. To prevent breaking
when tho hot fruit is placed in the can,
may bo heated by pouring into it
hot water and quickly slinking it, so
that all parts may bo heatod equally,
or tho can may be placed in cool Wit
ter and gradually heated to tho
requisite degree. Dry heat is equally
ollicient, and may bo applied by keep
ing tho cans in a moderately hot oven
whilo tho fruit is cooking. Some place
tho hot can upon a folded towel wet in
cold water, which cools the bottom and
bo prevents cracking. 11ns method is
very convenient.
When the fruit is properly cooked I
and tho cans are in readiness, first
placo in tho can a quantity of juieo,so
that, ns the fruit is put in, no vacant
placo will bo left for air, which is some
times quito troublesome when this
precaution is not taken. Then add
the fruit. If any bubbles.of air chance
to bo left still, work them out with a
fork, spoonhandlo or straw. Fill the
can full and immediately put on tho
cover anil screw tightly. If thu can
is unpleasantly hot, it may bo se
curely hold by passing a towel around
it ami twisting tho ends together. As
tho fruit cools the cover can be tight
ened, and this should be promptly
done, so that no air may bo allowed to
enter. Sometimes tho fniit will tet
tlo so that a little space will appear at
tho top. If you nro sure tho can is
tight, do not open to refill, as you will
bo unablo to make tho can quito as
tight again unless you reheat (he fruit,
in which caso you would bo liable to
havo tho samo thing occur again.
Somo allow tho fruit to cool about ten
minutes before adjusting tho covers.
This gives timo for it to cool and set
tle. Tho can is then idled with hot
sirup and tightly sealed.
After filling and tightly sealing,
placo tho cans in a cool placo and
watch them closely for two or three
weeks, when thoy may bo sot away if
thoro is no signs of fermentation.
Should any such signs appear, open
tho can immediately, scald tho fruit
thoroughly and seal as beforo, being
very careful to examine tho cover and
see if there am not somo imperfection
which prevents tho perfect exclusion
of air.
Small fruit and tomatoes nmv bo I
prcsorved in bottles or jugs by sealing
with wax. Thoroughly heat tho bot
tle or jug and put in tho fruit, first
putting in juice as when using cans.
Shako down well and refill. Then
place two thicknesses of cloth ovor
tho mouth, insert a tightly fitting cork
and thoroughly covor tho whole with
molted wax. Tho following is a good
recipo for tho wax : Ono pound resin,
two pounds beeswax and ono and a
half ounces tallow ; melt and mix.
When canning in glass vessels, caro
must bo used to protect tho vessels
from draughts of cold air, or they willJ
bo liable to break.
Apples, pears, quinces and peaches
should be pared and cut into pieces
small enough to can conveniently. In
canning, thoy may bo arranged in tho
can with a fork, if desired, tho juico
being afterward added, but caro must
bo exorcised to got out all air bubbles,
which aro very liablo to occur when
this method is adopted. Tho skins
may be very expeditiously removed
from peaches by immersing thorn in
boiling water for a minute or two and
thon rubbing with a coareo towel.
This is be8t done when they have just
reached maturity, but have not become
very mellow.
The ItooklcHM Farmer.
The booklets farmer is a one-horso
farmer with a life-long ambition to
gain a reputation for wearing a dirty
shirt.
He will alarm tho neighborhood by
getting up two hours beforo day, then
sit around and not go to work till after
sun up.
He will complnin of hard times, then
tear his pants climbing a fence where
a gate ought to be.
He will pay .$3 for a new bridle,
then let the calf chew it all to pieces
before Sunday.
Ho will get his neighbors to help
him in getting a cow out of a bog, then
let her die for want of attention.
Stock will get in and dectroy his
crop nt a plaee in his fence that he
has been putting off repairing for six
months.
He will talk all day Sunday about
what he knows about farming, then
rido around the neighborhood Monday
looking for seed potatoes.
Ho will go in his shirtsleeves on a
cold day to show what ke can stand,
then return home at night and occupy J
two-tlnrtls of tho hreplace till bedtime
He will ridicule the mechanism of a
cotton planter, and then go out and
mash his thumb nailing a board on the
fence.
Ho will go lo town on Saturday and
come buck with oU cents worth of cof
fee, a paper of pins, a dollar's worth of
chewing tobacco and his hide full of
whisky.
He is economical ; economy is his
fort. He will save ten cents worth of
axlo-grease and ruin tho spindles of a
tv wagon.
He won't subscribe for a newspaper,
but will borrow one from his friend
and his wife or daughters will forgot
that it was borrowed and paste it upon
tne wall.
And it may be added that he wil
spend a dollar treating a set of black
guards and loafers, and let his wife
and daughters go in rags for want of
50-cent calico dresses, which he is too
poor to pay for.
He will leave his plow in tho furrow
and corn implanted to go to town to
hear a political speech, and spend the
balance of tho day tolling what
"boss" his candidate is, and what a
fool and rascal the other party has
nominated.
He is "wiser in his own conceit than
ten men who can give a reason," and
"though yon bray him m a mortar
like wheat, his foolishness will not de
part from him."
I.ursje or Small FurniH.
l no question occasionally- conies up
whether large or small farms are re
ally best for the community. In this
country mere can liaruly bo a ques
tion. It is truo that on largo farms,
well conducted, the crops are raised,
the stock kept and tho animals and
their products marketed at much lower
cost of production than upon small
ones, provided the small farmer reckons
his own timo and labor and that of
his family at the samo price which tho
large farmer or company pavs for tho
same kind of labor. Nevertheless he
regards his own independence as worth
a good deal to him, und to it is. This
independent feeling this being "his
own boss" costs him just the prapor
tionato diilerence between his profits
and those of the larger farmer.
Tho community is, however, bene
fitted by having many of these inde
pendent, hard-working citizens in place
of a lew larger corporations employ
ing mostly single nion, nnd but few
men with families. Every well to do
small farmer, who by his hard work
and good business habits is improving
ins condition year by year, is ambi
nous to own nioro land, to lure more
help and to increaso his profits. When
his weak or shiftless neighbor gets into
dilhculty he loans him money and
takes a mortgage ; thus tho bigger fich
cat up tho smaller fry, and the tend
ency to larger farms is inevitable.
If things go wrong on tho big farms
thoy are broken up, sold in small par
ticles and 6inall farms again come into
possession.
Ono hundred and twenty-three new
Granges have been organized in tho
United Statos so far tho present year,
against a total of ninety-one for all of
last vear.
In hungry hens, that is hens that
aro always kept hungry, thcro is no
money, but botween a well-fed hen
and one that is over-fed there is a vast
difference. A hon that is made to
scratch for everything she eats is in
but littlo danger of eating too much.
Flint, in his work on tho grasses, in
speaking of timothy, remarks that at
tho time of blossoming it has a greater
percentage of flesh, fat-forminir prin
ciples, and less woody fibre than most
other grasses. It is of interest for far
mors to know which grass is most prof
itable for them to grow. .
To bo tho most profitable a horso
should bo able to perform six good
days' work out of seven, and farmers
who would mako tho best of everything
from a financial standpoint must be
ready and willing to dispose of their
Horses whenovor they begin to show
signs of failure threugh old age, or are
accidentally disabled.
Tho Dayton (W.T.) Chronicle, which
was destroyed by fire a few weeks ago,
cornea to us this week in n now dress,
and as nowsy and fresh as ever. It
presents its usual neat appearanco
typographically. Tho publishers say
that tho new dress "was purchased of
Palmor it Itoy, tho printers supply
houso, Portland, who aro also eatab
lished at Los Angeles, San Francisco
and New York. After Btudying cata
logues wo aro satisfied that Palmer tt
Key cannot bo beat on tho coast for
material and terms." Portland World,
NATURE.
All Nature, ever new makes study new,
No finite mind can see tho Everywhere,
There Is a Presence only souls which dwell
Above untrodden heights, with eyes unsealed
And ears unstoppeo can sec or feel or know.
Yet all who will may clasp the Hidden Hand,
Nor fear to meet the Universal Eye.
Somo ear's can hear soft whisierlngs in space.
And voiceless sc ngs and hymns nnd elegies.
Some eyes can see the Images that sleep
Unhewn in marlilo blocks. Some hands can clasp
Impalpable and fleeting forms thnt fade
Upon appearing.
Adoring, let us walk, In holy wonder, down
Tho aisles of sacred groves: 'mid grassy plain.
By ocean's shores, and hear tho wordless voices
Of wave and leaf; and upward look in hope,
And rest In nature's lap, nnd feel nnd hear
The beatings of its omnipresent heart.
In nature's endless panoramic flight
Are words which God has framed and left as
thoughts.
Jlitlst changing shadows of n changing light,
And prnlse of psalming winds that mold the hills
As altars where the nnsels kneel amidst
The clouds that veil celestial forms that come
From far, we, too, have place to live and die.
Yet death Is blinded life, so nature says,
i changeful nnturc is our changeless God.
At nature's oiwninR gate we stand to seo
"What nil life is is liere and everywhere.
With folded hands and bowed head wo wait
For God to lead us where life is all.
-Itev. W. II. Tlatt.
KNOWN BY THEIR GAITS.
Chnrncter Iiitllrnteil hy the Milliner In
Which People Wnlk.
Men havo ns many different gaits as horses,
uiiu ipjuo ns cnnrocterisuc and distinctive.
Now, thoro is Jorkins, who is a long, ooo
jointed sort of man; his legs waver nliout at
over- step, and his feet point straight forward,
or, if nnything, turn just n littlo inward at
tho toes; whereas Bumble, who is short and
inclined to lw "stout," tumshistoesdecidedly
outward, plants his feet well apart, and bobs
along in a yery decided nnd determined man
ner. Jorkins, of course, is n good natured
fellow, whom overybody likes well enough,
but who is somewhat lacking in forcoof char
acter. Dumblo, on the other hand, is forcible
enough in somo ways. In fact, I havo hearil
people call him obstinate: nnd ho has an idea
that his clothes, and his wife, and his baby,
and his hou, nnd, in short, nil hi3 belong
ings, are, by virtue of being possessed by him,
nnd by nobody else, respectively tho most
stylish, tho dearest, tho prettiest, and sweet
est, nnd tho most comfortable, and, alto
gether, tho lest in every way that exists in
this or any other world.
Perhaps you think ij is because I know
Dumble, nnd dislike him, that I think his gait
expresses all this; but I tlo solemnly assure
you thnt tho very first time I saw Dumble
going nlong tho street I formed just that
opinion of him, which subsequent acquaint
ance lias only confirmed. Tilbury, now, is as
different from tho other two as possible. Ho
walks with short step, has small feet, of which
ho is rather vain, nnd, when ho is in a hurry,
has a sort of wriggle in his gait. Ho can't
keep step with any other man, partly because
ho steps so short and partly becnuso he is ir
regular, giving a littlo skip once in a while
when a now impulse strikes him a thing that
happens, on tho average, nt least once every
flvo minutes. Ho was nlwnys called "Tillio"
at school anil played witli the girls at recess.
Ho sings a fair tenor nnd a very pretty fal
setto and has a taste for art antl for the
lighter sorts of poetry.
Let us turn from Tilbury to a distinctively
masculine specimen. He walks as though
tho walking itself were a pleasure to him, as
indeed it is. That is what tho professionals
would call a "square heel and too" gait a
good stride, a strong push with the toes of the
hind foot, a straightening of tho foremost
leg beforo ho puts it down and nn easv swing
of tho whole body. That is Tom Johnson.
When ho was in coUereho viiil! !
inside of nine minutes nnd his six miles within
the hour. Perhaps his traiuincr
somo of the peculiarities of Ins tn!r i,.t i,t
character is just ns square and straichtfor-
""' s "it waiK, and wnen ho undertakes
onything ho goes through with it nnd wastes
no time by tho wny. It will not do for a man
to say much about women's gaits. Thoy aro
not so diverse as men's; for ono reason, I
imagine, beennso women wear their shoes
tighter, nnd nobod
in painful shoes. Most of them licnd forward
at tho hips, too, and keep their knees lient nil
tho time. Go up tho uvenuo any Sunday
morning after church, and tho women who
mini erect can oo counted on your lingers.
Tho recent pomilnritv of POM 1 1 1 1 nn Cull eatt
shoes ought to havo its effect on women's gait
nfter a while, and, ns a matter of fact, it
seems to mo that tho younger girls do wnlk
i ..... i, . , . .
ui-iici man men- emer sisters. j, Walter
Ivci-shaw, in the Epoch.
A NEW MORNING.
How rich am I, to whom the Orient sends
Such gifts ns yonder fair and liberal day,
Whoso argosy oVrsails the mist bar nrav.
And now its shining length of cable spends.
Uon its decks are Kii::ml waviug friends.
w ho uy tlielr every jocund to'..-im say:
"Hence, from thy spirit, put distrust nwav.
This bountlliood thy slackened fortune mends t
We've olives from tbenoft Kray trees of peace.
auu (lauutsic apples heaped tor thee in siwrt
liy the blithe hours of youns Aurora's court.
And myrrh thy heart in worship to release.
This freight Is thine for iower'n mid joy's In
crease;
Oh! be no longer doubtful day's in port."
Kil't i ' Tiomn- in Th lid i-.Jnnt.
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"T have used Simmons Liver
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ing made it my only Family
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me wns very partial to It. It is
a safe, good and roliable modi
cine for any disorder of tho
system, and If used in time is
3p s:
trmt jirrrrnrirr of aleHnesa.
I often recommend It to my
friends, and shnll continue to
do so.
"Rev. James M. Rollins,
"PastorM.E.Churoh,So.Falrfleld,Va.,,
TIME AND DOCTORS' BILLS SAVED by
ohrm kccjtliiir Slmtnonti Ziiver
ltegulator in the house.
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"OVID G. SPARKS,
"Ex-Mayor Macon, a a,"
"ONLY GENUINE?
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