o thy iÇ aser.1*
. j
"Tu *h , child, do not bo «Illy ,"
tbo eon rioted culprit. F o r It wei
than ho would euro to adm it to
rtafexp of beauty w ith thooo t
an no unce with « great deal o f pleasure
*
1
'
© ven
It » « s t o r y
o f unusual power, o f w onderful path*
Jjh y 1/JJ
a w ay that stirs the soul and teaches a
lasting lesson.
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The atory begins with a description of
the home and life o f D avid C orson , a young
Q uak er«, w hose career has been so peaceful
an d uneventful that w hen a traveling mountebank and his
beautiful assistant, P apeete, visit the town, the glare and
glam our o f tinsel and excitement lead D av id to turn his
b a c k oh the old life and pluftge' into the w id f, w orld he
b a d only read about previously.
the
beauty o f the peerless girl:
D a v id is entranced by
A
W hirl o f pleasure by the mountebank.
Is led into a mad
Finally, he induces
P ep e e ta to desert her husband and flee with him!
A
rivivalist brings D avid back to a sense o f his misspent life.
It is a m arvelous life study. E verybody should read it
1848. It wee a valley surrounded by
w ooded h ills and threaded by a noisy
brook which hastily m ad* tta w ay, t o
I f upon some errand o f Immena* im
p o rten e«. down to the b ig M iam i not
nm ny m iles fileta n t A
road cut
through a vast and solemn forest led
finte the valley, a to entering ee I f by
a oorridor and through the open portai
o f a temple, the tra veler saw a w h it*
farm -house n estling beneath a m ighty
hackherry tree ' whose w ide-reaching
n to w inter wind. A deep, w ide lawn
e f bluegm ea lay ta front, and a garden
mt flow ers, fragran t and brillian t, oa
flte southern aide. S tretch ing aw ay In-
a long, odorous, sun-drenched day la
a a rly M ay, the sacred silence waa bro
k en by a raucous blast from that m ost
uum usics I o f Instrum ents, a tta dinner
horn. It was blow n by a bare-logged
cou n try boy who seemed ta take de
lig h t In th is profanation. B y his side,
ta the vin e-clad porch o f the w hite
farm -h ou se stood a woman who shad-
ad her eyea w ith her hand as she look-
ad tow ard a vague object ta a distent
m eadow . She w as no longer young. As
th e ligh t o f the settin g eun fe ll fu ll
apon her face It seemed alm ost tran s
parent. and even the unoboervlng must
R ave perceived that some deep experi
en ce o f the sadness o f life bad added
t o her character an Indescribable
“ The* w ill have to go and call him.
Stephen, fo r I think he has fallen tato
another trance," the woman said, ta a
lo w voice ta which there waa not a
tra ce o f Im patience
Th e child threw dowa hU dinner
■torn, w histled to his dog and started.
S p rin gin g up from where be bad been
w atch in g every expression o f his m as
te r ’s face, the shaggy oolite bounded
around him as he m oved across the
law n, w hile the woman watched them
w ith a proud and happy sm ile
U nutterable
Incom prehensible
am otions were awakened ta the soul
o f the boy by the stillness and beauty
o f the evening w orld. H ie senses w ere
n et yet dulled nor his feelin gs Jaded.
Th rou gh every avenue o f bis in te lli
gen ce the m ystery o f the universe
•to te tato hie sen sitive■ s p irit
If e
b reeze blew across the m eadow he
turned h i* cheek to Its kiss; If the
o d o r o f spearm int from ' the brookaide
w a s w afted around him be breathed
I t tato h i* nostrils w ith d elig h t H e
aaw the shadow o f a crew fly in g zeroes
th e field and stopped te look up and
listen fo r the swish o f her w ings and
vrith ta him even if he he dumb. And
th is g ift o f language te often o f queo-
tlonabte value, and had been *o with
Itlm . A ll that he felt, flffed him with
lo ve. T o him tlie va lley .tin * heaven,
en d through It In visib ly but unm tetek-
e b iy God walked, morning, noon and
e v e n in g
To the child sauntering dream ily aad
w is tfu lly a lo n g the-object dim ly sees
lik e A petrified eea hUlow, erected w ith
a cluster o f daisies w hite aa the t o n
at a wave.
B e tw to i th e handlee e f the plow and
leaning on the crossbar, hie back t o
the horses, stood a young Quaker. H U
broad-brim m ed h a t set carelessly on
the back o f h i* bend, disclosed a «M e .
high forehead; .h ie flannel eh trt open
a t the throat, exposed a strong, colum
nar m ok. and a deep, broad chest; his
sunburned and m uscular arm s w ere
folded acroee his breast; figure, and
posture revealed the perfect concord
ot body and soul w ith the beauty o f
tha w orld; hie grea t blue eyes w ere
fixed upon the aotah In the h ills w here
the sun had Just disappeared; he gaaed
w ithout seeing and fe lt w ithout think -
tag.
T h e,b o y approached this statuesque
figu re w ith * stealthy trued, and pluck
in g a long spear o f grass tickled the
broused neck. Th e band o f the p low
man m oved autom atically upward aa
i f to brush aw ay a tty. and a t this un
aay th e« was not thinking o f her. She
thinks o f thou *
•".? » «- IK
"H ow deoa thee know 7"
"Because she gives mo broad and
Jam If I eo much aa mention thy name
U n d o Dave, w as It realty up this very
va lley that Mad Anthony W ay no
marched w ith his bravo aoldleroT"
"T h is very va lley ."
" I wish 1 could have boon w ith him ."
‘I t la an ovQ wish. Th ee la a Ohlld
o f penes T h y lath er and thy fath er’s
fa th er* havs denied the righ t o f men
to war. Thee ought to bo lik e them,
and love the things that m ake for
p it o t 1*
"W ell, If I can not wUh fo r war. I
w ill wish that a runaway slave would
dash up this va lley w ith a paok o f
bloodhounds a t his heels. Oh. Dmole
D ave, tell me that story about th y fcld-
tng a negro In the haystack, and s to k
ing the bloodhounds w ith thins own
h an da"
1 # ' *
" I havs told thee a hundred tim es.”
"B u t I w ant to hear It again ." , ,
"U se thy m em ory and th y Im agina
tion.”
Th e child, bounding forw ard, the
tired procession entered the barnyard.
Th e plowm an fed his horses, and Stop
ped to listen fo r a moment to fh elr
deep-draw n algha o f contentm ent, and
to the must cel grinding o f th e oats in
th eir teeth. H U Im agin ative m ind read
his awn thoughts into «very th in g, and
ho believed that he could distinguish In
thsas Inarticu late sounds the words.
"G ood-night. G ood-night." ,
“G ood-night.” hs said, a n d 'stro k in g
th eir greikt Hanks w ith hU kind hand,
le ft them to th eir w ell-earn ed repose.
On hU w ay to the house he stopped to
bathe his fkos in ths w aters o f a
spring brook that ran across th e yard,
and then entered the kitchen w here
supper was spread.
"T h ee U la ta ” said the wom an who
bad watched and w aited, her fine faoe
radiant w ith a sm ile o f lo ve and wM -
com «.
r
“ F o rg ive me. m other," be replied. " I
have had another vision ."
" I thought aa much. Th ee m ust re
member w hat the# has assn, m y son,"
she said, “ fo r a ll that thee beholds
w ith the outer eye shall pass aw ay,
w h ile w hat thee sees iflth the U s e r
eye abides forever. And h a d thee a
mss&ge, tooT"
“It was delivered to m e th at o n «ha
holy Sabbath day I should go to th e
camp In B axter's clearing and preach
to the lumbermen.”
“Then thee m ust go, m y son.”
" I w ill," ha answered, tak in g her
hand affection ately, but w ith Quaker
restraint, and leading her to tbo ta b la
T h e fam ily, consisting o f the m other,
an adopted daughter Dorothea, the
daughter's husband Jaoob and son
Stephan, sat down to a slm pla but
bountiful supper, during w hich find
la te in to the even in g the young a tre
tic pandered th e vision which bsf Re
lieved h im self to have aeon, and the
m essage which he believed hlm stf to
have beard. In his m using* there was
not a trem or or a doubt; he would
have as soon questioned the rea lity o f
the old farm -house aad the fecee o f
the fam ily gathered about the ta b la
H e waa a credulous and,-unsophisti
cated youth, dw ellin g ta a realm o f
Im agination rath er than ta a w orld o f
rea lity and law . H e had much to learn.
H U education w as about to begin, and
to begin aa doe# all true and effective
education. In a spiritual tem ptation.
Th e Ghebers say that when th eir great
prophet Ahrtm an was thrown tato the
fire by the order o f Nim rod, the flames
tatp which he fe ll turned tato k bed o f
roses, upon which he peacefully re
clined. Th is innocent Quaker youth
had been reclin in g upon a bad o f roeea
which now began to turn in to a couoD
o f flames.
(T e be continued.)
'<
R a is in g Chlokoaa.
T h e g rout oat draw back to the chick-
aa buainoaa la that there la not a day*«
4 a U m
rou lin s ot w ork
from the tim e an egg la pipped until
the ax cloooe the hen’« W atory. It la
barrala o r boxee scattered a ll over the
°«lla r. 1 have an d a a sat o f storage
b lu .
I took six drygoods boxea end
bolted them together as shown tn ths
draw ing. I put lags on them to hold
them o ff ths floor and a cover on tbs
box. Then I painted on the boxes ths
names o f ths vegetables w e gen erally
(tors. T h is makes a neat and bandy
itoragu bln. and U w all w orth ths tit
ila tim a it takas to m ake It, B efore
we had this bin w e stored the differen t
vegetables In barrels, bogas, wasbtube,
lard cans, * o r any xooeptaole th a t hap
pened to he at hand whan wa harvest
ed the crop. T h e«* w ere scattered
about the cella r prom lacuoualyi aad
som etim e* w e knew w here to And what
w e w anted and somethnee w e did n o t
T h ere la n oth ing m ore aatlafyln g to a
farm er’s w lta than to be able- to take
a frien d Into a cella r w here everyth in g
la neat and In order.— A . o . O rin er In
Famn and Horn*.
addition. Under th is treatm ent they
get thin. Then he feeds them a m ixed
ration o f grain s and m eat, g iv in g a
lig h t feed In the m orn in g and a ll they
w ill eat a t noon and n ig h t
Under
this treatm ent they finish m oltin g
qu ickly, get new feath ers and begin
la yin g In Septem ber. B y October i
they are In fu ll la yin g condition and
m ake a p rofit through the fa ll and
w inter.
A lfa lfa fo r th e D la rr .
Successful d a iry farm in g depends n
grea t deal on grow in g the necessary
feed on the farm . C ity m ilkm en can
H ere’s a good m ethod o f ven tila tin g buy high-priced feeds and m ake n
aa ordin ary stable. In take flues are p ro fit but tprm ers who ship lon ger
constructed In the aide w alla. Th e ven distances requ ire a ll the advantage
tila tion flues w ill take np considerable they can g e t A lfa lfa is ge ttin g to bo
■pees but are m ore efficient than n ono o f the m ost Im portant d a iry feed s
sin gle A m . Openings a re a t o r near ft can be grow n ip alm ost any part o f
the floor leve l and the tope several feet th e country whore th ere to sufficient
above the rid g e o f the roof. Cape or m oisture w ith in reach o f the lon g tap
oowls m ay be placed over them to keep ro o t provided th at there Is no rock
ta t rain nod enow.
to In terfere w ith its grow th. I f you
never tried a lfa lfa , commence now by
to tin g n em ail piece o f ground very
carefu lly and m ake It very rich on
top. T h e new plants are delicate and
requ ire carefu l feed in g until th ey get
started. M ost fa ilu res are caused by
Insufficient preparation o f the seed bed.
mm?*
a convulsion o f lau gh ter aad fearin g
lent It explode, stuffed his fists tato
his mouth. In th e opinion o f this Ir
reverent young skeptic hie U ncle S a ve
w as ta a “tantrum " *— t-n-ffl e f a
“ tra n o a " and he thought such a dis
ease demanded heroic treatm en t
F o r several years this Quaker youth.
D avid Corson, had been the subject o f
rem arkable em otional experiences, ta
explanation o f which the rude w its o f
the villa ge declared that he had been
m oon-struck; the young girls who
adored his beauty thought be was ta
le v a and the venerable fathers and
m others o f this religiou s community
believed that In him the scriptural
prophecy. "Y o u r young men «h a ll see
visions,” had been litera lly fu lfilled.
D avid Corson him self accepted the last
explanation w ith unquestioning faith.
T h e life o f this young man had been
-
pure and uneventful. Existence ta
— v — a*
this fron tier region, once fu ll o f the
tragedy o f Indian w arfare, bad been
gradually softened by peace and re lig
T e llin g Oeeoa from C h ocolate.
ion. In such a sequestered reglotT
T h e consum er often w onders' w hat
books and papers w ere scarce, and he
bad access only to a few volum es w rit Is the differen ce between cocoa and * A nother arrangem ent o f fine* which
ten by quiet 1st* and m ystics, and to chocolate. Both
ere m anufactured la q u it* effective in securing v e s tila
that great mine o f sacred literature, from the Iden tical bean, bat in cocoa tion. Th e opening In tha cen ter o f B
the H oly Bible. The seeds o f know l the butter has been extracted and may be provided w ith a sh atter to
edge sown by these books ta the rich
chocolate has other enbetanoee m ixed prevent too rapid m ovem ent o f air.
soil o f this young heart w ere fe r til
Separate outlets m ay be provided
ised by the society o f noble men. v ir w ith i t Cocoa la thus m ore easily d i
the sin gle capola as shown.
gested,
bat
not
so
rich
and
allu
rin
g.
tuous women, and natural surround
T h e butter when extracted Is sold to
ings o f exquisite beauty.
T e Ma k e «h e B e es L a y .
None o f these reflections disturbed druggists fo r variou s purposes, chiefly
I f tha hens don’t lay. tarn them oat
the m ind o f the barefooted boy. H a v that o f a akin-food.
in g suppressed bis laughter, he tickled
T h e first process in ths m anufacture end 1st them d ig and hunt in the
the sunburnt neck again. Once more o f chocolate or cocoa la cracking tho ground fo r food, la th e advice o f T . F.
the hand rose autom atically, and once
bean, w blch Is done by m achinery aad McGrow, in the Country Gentleman.
m ore the boy was alm ost strangled
a
ir. Th e blast e f a ir blows ths shells Bury sm all gra in w here they w ill find
w ith delight. T h e dream er was hard
out,
as they are ligh ter than the meat, It when they dig. Th is w ill induce
to awaken, but his torm entor hed not
yet exhausted hi* resources. N o gen and that, a fte r cracking, the separa them to bant, and w h ile th o* em ploy
uine boy Is ever w ithout that funda tion o f the fra g ile «h ell from the nutri ed they w ill find bugs and w orm s that
w ill quicken the production o f egga. It
m ental necessity o f childhood, a pin, tiv e nut Is absolute.
and finding on* som ewhere about his
T h e bean Is roasted and ground Into is w ell to fo llo w this plan as soon as
clothing, he thrust It tato the leg o f a paste by bot m achinery. Th is la thg the spade w ill tarn the ground, fo r It
the
plowman.
The sudden stin g
edds vig o r and strength to tha bene
on ly "co ok in g" the chocolate gets,
brought the soaring saint from heaven
aad Insures strong, h ealth y ch ick s The
A
t
th
is
point
tbo
differen
tiation
to earth. In an Instant the m ystic
lasy, id le hen is o f no ns* bat to ait
was a man, and a strong one, too. H e takes place between cocoa and choco
about, eat and grow fa t I f she tr ill
la
t
e
Th
e
la
tte
r
consists
o
f
cocoa-
seised the unsenctlfled young repro
bate w ith one hand and holsted him at m eat, va n illa and sugar. V arloas m a not w ork, she w ill not lay. I f she w ill
arm ’s length above hie head.
chines ( «team -power, not e le c tric ) i not lay, h er life should end, and her
"Oh. Uncle Dave, ru never do It crash up the va n illa bean w ith th «' fr* carcass grace the ta b le Ton can
again ! N ever! N ever! L e t me dow n." cocoa bean aad sugar.
rest assured that the indolent hen is
S till holding him a loft aa a hunter
a non producer; soon eh* beoomea too
would hold a falcon, the reincarnated
tat to la y and too tough to bo eatea.
C U e o w O v a tta s te a t W o o l P o la «.
"s p irit" laughed long, loud and m er
A m ong those w hs th is year receive
rily. the echoes o f his laughter rin gin g
R ig h t .T im e to P lt k A p e la s
tip the valley H ke a peal from a chime diplom as o f graduation at W est P o in t
A pples Intended fo r cold storage
o f b elle Th e child’s fea r waa nee disea M ilita ry Academ y fire tw o Chineen,
should not b e allow ed to become too
youths— the first o f th eir race to win
rip e on the tr e e
W hen an apple Is
the honor.
youth, resem bling com * old Norn* god
fo lly grow n, h igh ly colored, but s till
D
u
ring
th
eir
fou
r
years’
course
they
ae he e tc * « there ht the gathering
E n glish ,
Spanish
and hard, It la In prim e condition to be
g lo o ti. low ered the child slow ly, and m astered
picked end stored, U baa then ob-
printin g a kies on Ms cheek, eald:
ta l ned Ma h igh est m arket vaWrn be
"T h e* little peat, the* h e* n# rever
cause it le m o ti a ttra ctive in appear
ence!
Th ee should never disturb e
ance anti beet in qu ality. I f picked be
child e t his play, a bird on hie neat
nor a man a t hts p ra y ers "
t o n e n tire ly rip e apples deteriorate
"B u t thee waa not p ra y in g Unete
m ere rapid ly, aad It to befit to allow
D a v e " the boy replied. “T h e* was
only to another o f thy tantrum s T h e
supper has grow n cold, the h orse* are
T o o tin g B reede fa s M ilk .
In tenting several breede o f oowe
the V irg in ia Experim ent Station found
that "in profits on m ilk the H oletelne
led w ith $4.98 per In dividu al per
m onth; the grades w ere second w ith
$4.87. ' Th e m ost profitable cow was
Buckeye D eK ol, who m ilked tw enty-
one m onth*, gave 18,498.4 pound* o f
m ilk and 624.24 pound* o f butter. Th e
profit on the m ilk w as $201.05 and on
the b atter $41.51."
h ave persistent coughs, are, ee a r a le
su fferin g from worms. An excellen t
rem edy Is to dissolve one-half pound o f
copperas In warm w a fer and m ixin g in
the slop fo r 100 bead o f pigs. This
dose should be given fo r five m ornings;
then w a it a few days, and repeat It
necessary. F o r a sm aller number than
100 bead g iv e a good dram to each
1718— M ississippi com pany
sscurad
charter fo r Louisiana.
1768— The first class graduated from
Rhods Island C o lle g «#
1777—«ta r s and Stripes first carried
tato battle a t battle o f ths Bran
dywine.
. .
1781— A British fores undsr Benedict
Arnold ravaged the eoaat o f Coh-
} , necUcuL f t. .
1788—Congress accepted ths cession o f
Connecticut’s W esten j lands.
1788— Congress made Haw Y ork the
capital city o f «he U nited States.
1804— The cotton crop o f G eorgia re
ported ruined by ca terp illars. . . .
Storm resulted In great loss o f Ufa
and property at S avan n ah.. ...The
U nited
States
ship ."In trep id "
blown up in the harbor o f T rip oli.
1811— F ort Harrison, oa the W abash,
commanded by Capt- Zachary T a y
lor, was attacked by Indiana
1118— Tb s Am ericans drove the B ritish
Into thalr entrenchm ents at F ort
X rte . . . .T h e British approached
w ithin 700 yards o f F ort Bow yer,
M obile, and opened A re ....B ritis h
captured Plattsburg. N . Y .
1888— Ferdinand L o f A u stria crowned
a t M ilan.
1888— L a rge aeetloa- o f M obile, A la *
destroyed by li r a .
1848—-Ths M exican arm y. 1.800 strong,
to o l possession o f Texas, but soon
retreated. n ‘ -.
1848— Telegraph com pleted
between
N ew York C ity and Albany.
1847— Am ericans under Gen. Scott de
feated the M exicans In battle o t
Chapultepec.
1850— She F u gitive Slavs b ill was pass
ed by ths House o f Representa-
*
U vea
1855— Th s first H ebrew tem ple In tbo
M ississippi va lley was consecrated
tn S t Lou is___ Sebastopol fell, a f
ter undergoing a siege o f eleven
months by ths English and French
arm lea 1 . ” ¡>"T ' ’
1884— W illia m W alker, notorious i l l -
buster, shot by order o f court m ar-
1888— Gen. L ee crossed the Potom ao
and Invaded M aryland.
1884— Gen. Sherman ordered a ll c iv il
ians to leave A tlan ta and offered
them transportation. . . . Th e Su
prem e Court o f C aliforn ia decided
that San Francisco must Issue 84.-
008,000 bonds In aid o f the C entral
P acific Railroad.
1844— Monument to the m em ory o f S te
phen A Douglas dedicated In Chi
cago.
1848—A band o t Cheyenne Indians ra v
aged the towns o f Sheridan and
Butler. K an ina
1848— Th e N ational Proh ibition party
organised at a convention In C hi
cago.
1870— French Republic declared and
fligh t o f Em press E ugenia
1878— Assassination o f Gen. H. & M c
Cook by P. P. W lnterm ate a t
Yankton, Dakota.
1874— Tw en ty persons killed aad fifty
Injured ta a ligh t between the N ew
Orleans police and a mob that waa
clam oring to rthe abdication o f
Gov. K ellogg.
1874— L a fa yette statue unveiled ta U n
ion Square, N ew York C ity.
1878— The B ritish Resident, S ir Louis
C avsgnari, m urdered ta CabuL
t it s — La st spike driven ta the N orth
ern P a cific Railroad, near Gold
Creek, Montana.
1888— G uilford. Conn* began a celebra
tion o f its 860th anniversary.
M OO W yom ing T errito ry becam e a
S ta te ’
1888— Gov. W illiam M cK in ley o f Ohio
opened h is cam paign fo r re-elee-
tion w ith a 'sp e ech a t A k r o n ...,
B ritish House o f Lords rejected
the Irish Hom e Rule b ill....T h e
Parliam ent o f R eligion s be gap Its
sessions ta Chicago.
1885— Th e South Carolina convention
to revise the S tate constitution be
gan its sessions a t Columbia, 8. C.
. . . .T h irty -fiv e miners- w ere en
tombed by fire ta the Osceola .oop-
per atine a t Houghton, Mich.
18*7— A railroad w reck on the Santa
F * lin e near E m porte Kan., killed
and injured th irty persons
1800— Tornado a t Galveston, destroyed
70.000 lives and about »ao.400.ooo
'{
In pvppertr* ¿ , 0 : Àtt'à
la to Increase the fe r tility
o f a farm ; sim ilarly, one
1801— President M cK in ley shot at th e
O n lt li«
m
W illo w .
’ A h orticu ltu ral cu riosity 1« to be
seen in the garden o f Gloueoetor
iMssawr&is
K taley^ jferen tyrfffth Presiden t o f
the U nited S tate«, died In Buffalo.
180$— A hurricane on the Florida g a it
oaeat caused
caused tnnahprf
c oseet
m ath property lose on
shore and
to
sh ippin g---- Tho
- Queensland governm ent resigned.
pash and all elderberry tree are grow- 1004— Th e tro fesr llU w au kee launoh-
• ed at San Francisco.
tfiff high np on a w illow tree, to whioh
they have by som e means become 1*08— Count T o lstoi’s eightieth biftb*
grafted. A ll are fln orish ing and fru it
day waa celebrated.
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M tin e hours breaking the record o f
nine and a h alf hours achieved by
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