old son of the parson, viewing the scene
from the rear porch, unmindful of the
day and regarding it as a huge joke,
spurred on the ram with ‘clapping of
hands, and yells of glee, “Daddy and
the ram!” “Daddy and the ram!” _
The church bells were ringing, the con-
gregation was wending its way into the
Deworralic ald,
Belletonte, Pa., May 15, 1914.
EE
MODERN CREEDS.
[The Creed of the Open Field.]
The little cares that fretted me.
I lost them yesterday
Among the fields above the sea,
Among the winds at play;
Among the lowing of the herds,
The rustling of the trees,
Among the singing of the birds,
The humming of the bees.
‘The foolish fears of what may happen,
I cast them all away
Among the clover-scented grass,
Among the new-mown hay,
Among the husking of the corn
Where drowsy poppies nod, :
Where ill thoughts die and good are born,
Out in the fields with God. .
Elizabeth Barrell Browning.
HOW THE PARSON FELL FROM
GRACE.
BY MARTHA ALRICK JOHNSON.
Before special cars for the transport-
ing of cattle were impressed into service
on the P. R. R, one autumn day, a
drove of sheep on their way to Pitts-
burgh, passed through the village of
Stoney Ridge.
"On the outskirts of the little settlement,
a young lamb, too weak to stand, lay
struggling to assert itself in the dusty
road.
The drover, who had his hands full,
attending to his herd, had neither time
nor inclination to give to the late ad-
dition to his flock and knowing nothing
better to do abandoned it.
About this time the Reverend Dans-
field, a Methodist exhorter, passing along
saw the helpless litile creature, and be-
ing mercifully inclined, lest it become a
prey to dogs, or evil disposed persons he
took it up in his arms and carried it to
his home, near by.
He made a bed in the smoke house for
the lamb, which was of the ram persua-
sion, and fed, and cared for it, and it at
once became an adjunct in the Dansfield
family. In order to designate it, the
lamb was given the euphonious name of
Jeremiah and it was not long before he
ate weeds, and grass with equal com-
placency.
Now the parsonage where the Reverend
Dansfield made his home, adjoined the
church, the house standing back about
forty feet. Across the lot on the front,
was an iron fence, and somewhere in the
rear of the premises stood an old, wide
spreading chestnut tree.
' This tree was a great rendezvous for
the children of the neighborhood, before
the advent of Jeremiah. After the ram
came into their life, it’s attractions were
greatly enhanced, for it was round the
old tree when the weather was fair, that
they played with their four footed com-
panion.
So long as the ram was minus horns
the boys took a special delight in teasing
him, and when in retaliation, he would
resent their familiarity they would run
away laughing and shouting gleefully.
They knew they had nothing to fear,
the ram had been brought up by hand
and was disposed to consider every biped
his friend.
When Jeremiah arrived at ramhood
the boys of Stoney Ridge kept at a more
respectful distance from him in their
play and now that his horns had at-
tained a formidable size, by way of pro-
viding themselves with a retreat in case
of attack they fastened on the trunk of
the old tree, small blocks of wood, as-
similiating the iron clamps, used by line-
men, as leads, on telegraph poles.
That the ram was no respector of per-
sons the Reverend Dansfield could testify.
One Sabbath morning having a few min-
utes to spare, before the labors of the
day began, he took a walk in the quiet
precincts of his back yard.
It was a favorite pastime with the
preacher to commune with nature, and
now, when the foliage on the trees had
taken on the glorious tints of autumn,
with a soft hazy light resting on the dis-
tant crest of the high old Allegheny
mountain that defined the western hori-
zon, he looked at God's handiwork, and
with his headin the air, and hands clasp-
ed behind, underneath the ample skirt of
his frock coat, he was sauntering along
with thoughts on his sermon when his
meditations ‘were rudely, and uncerimo-
niously broken in upon by a forcible
punt in the region of his clasped hands.
When he recovered his mind with a
start of astonishment, and gleam of ris-
ing temper in his eye, the man of God
turned to acquaint himself with the
aggressor. Nor did be once think of the
ram until he saw him standing at bay;
with lowered head preparing to make
another charge on him.
With an agility that would have done
credit to a professional athlete the rev-
erend gentleman sprang aside and eluded
the attack. Innate intuition, however,
warned him that the ram was in line for
business, and with palpitating heart, and
coat tails flying in the breeze, he headed
for the chestnut tree, and mounted the
" improvised steps.
No sooner had he gained the objective
point when Jeremiah thinking the game
was on, was on his hind legs in an in-
stant, and with a forward lunge butted
the feet of the Domini, who clung to the
unstable structure in afright, as he heard
ominous creaks beneath, and lest he be
percipitated to the ground he shrieked
vociferously . “ ‘Help ! help 1”
sacred edifice. Still the minister clung
to the tree, much to the concern of one
of the deacons and a score or more of
brethren, and sisters of the fold who
were watching with more than ordinary
interest the ungodly(?) performance, and
on all sides was heard such exclamations
as “Disgraceful! Shameful! Did you ever
see anything to compare with it in all
your life?” :
the exhibition might have gone on, had
not the pastor’s wife attracted by the
group on the sidewalk, got her weather
eye on her husband, and called off the
ram with a pan of food.
The irate man having regained his
freedom, made a bee line for the church,
where covered with confusion he went
through with the opening service, and
wiping his hot, and clammy brow,gave out
his text, the signifigance of which did
not strike him until that moment.
“ ‘Brethren?’ he said in an embarrass-
ed tone, you will find the words of my
text in the XV chapter of Luke, and VI
verse.
‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my-
my-sheep.’
There is no telling how much longer |
FROM INDIA.
——
By One on Medical Duty in that Far Eastern
Country. Description of a Two Days Trip to
Visit Irrigation Dam.
~ JHANSI, APRIL 4th, 1913.
. Dear Home Folk:
I had promised to meet some people at
a little station about thirty miles from
here and go in their automobile to see
one of the biggest irrigation dams in the
world. In order to get there on time I
had to get up at five o'clock and left for
the train at seven. I wish you could
have seen my luggage’ for a two days’
trip; I could have spent a month with
the same sized parcels at home. |
My host and hostess met me in their
car; they had brought “coolies” by the
dozen to carry my parcels. We were
soon off and down' we flew ovér these
perfect Indian roads, which in that small
village were lying tull of leaves, suggest-
ing fall instead of spring. It was a beau-
tiful morning—not hot, just right; sun-
shine, blue sky, and all the things neces-
sary to a perfect trip. It was spring-
time, yet the fields were bare and brown,
grass seared, brown and dry, the trees,
nearly all like the gaunt old men here,
waving long, thin, brown arms. Only
here and there were a few frivolous
young things that had put on their Eas-
ter gowns and appeared in new pale
green leaves. A few, very few indeed,
i were bold, brazen huzzies, flaunting brill-
| iant scarlet flowers to catch one’s eyes,
As Woman's Independence : Day. May and not having the decency to have a
Second was Day of Days. | single leaf in place to hide their naked-
| ness.
Saturday, May second, 1914, will go! We went along, past all this curious-
down in the history of the Woman Suf- | ness, smiling and waving to the little
frage movement in Pennsylvania as a| brown, naked babies that called out to
day of days—successful in every phase of | greet us. Their only claim to covering
its demonstration. In every nook and | was their black caste cord about their
cranny of the entire State the sun was | bodies, and silver anklets. They fitted
shining and enough breeze blowing to | into the scenery and we- were aliens.
stir the myriads of golden banners and | A motor car is a good thing in which to
streamers of the marchers and decora- | cover distance and the two and a half
tions everywhere. At everyone of the | miles were quickly passed and we stop-
many demonstrations the same stirring | ped at a little bungalow where we spent
Suffrage hymn was sung, the same reso- the day, going for a long, charming walk
lufions passed; one set for the National | in the early evening to inspect an old
Shafroth Bill now in the Senate and
House, the other for the passing by the
next Pennsylvania Legislature of the
amendment to the State constitution.
The Largest in the World.
What would you think of a hat that
was so large it would safely shelter your
father, mother, sisters and yourself under
it should a sudden rainstorm come up?
The men of Korea like these enormous
without them. These hats look like great
flower pots set on a round table six feet
across. The crowns are nine feet in
height and three inches wide, much like
a chimney on a one-story house. How
coverings are kept on? Under the brim
is a small closely fitting cap, held on by
a padded string which ties under the
ears. The material of these hats is bam-
boo so finely split that it is like thread;
and lastly, they are varnished to keep
out the sun and rain and the wind.
You know that the Korean people al-
hats and would not feel properly dressed
do you suppose these large, round head !
Fort which stands on a high hill, over-
looking a charming little lake. It was a
nasty climb but fully repaid one for the
tiredness. We stood and watched the
sun go down, while two kites sailed high
in the air above our heads, their owners
| several hundreds of feet below us in the
native village, that looked like so many
ant hills, without the order and symme-
try that usually characterizes the ants,
and of course the noises (for no part of
India is free from them; they are as es-
| sential to an Indian atmosphere as the
| air that one breathes) came up to us
| seemingly intensified by the declining
! day noises, and yet so far away that it
| was with regret that at last we had tos
| turn back and follow the elephant walk
| down the hill and out an upper gate di-
, rectly into the village. We first passed
| the temple, where the evening gong for
{ worship was sounding, and then alofg
: ,
curve, fortunately at low speed, we came !
upon a crowd of villagers in their best
array, making the place look like a great
wild flower garden; color, color every- |
where—none on tree or bush, oniy blue |
as to sky, and clay earth, but humans! |
They left nothing to be desired so far as |
color was concerned. There were per-
haps several thousand of them, all mass-
ed and packed in so tightly that we could
not pass but were compelled to stop with-
in two feet of an old hag brilliantly
swathed, sitting flat in the middle of the
road. Either the fear of the throbbing
engine or the commands of our servant
finally cleared a way for us, but in those
few minutes’ wait I had been able to see
a big white temple off to the left of the:
road where, from the tingling of a bell
and the call of the priests I knew “pu-
jah” was going on to one of the many
gods and that accounted not enly for the
crowd but for the seemingly intoxicated
condition of the people about us.
We soon left them all and once more
were riding down beautiful shady lanes
and past the quiet country where only a
foolish cow or silly calf, both of which
were always trying to get to the other
side of the road just in front of us, dis-
turbed our progress. We reached home
about seven o’clock.
The days are hot now and our “pun-
kahs” are up so you see truly the sum-
mer season is at hand. Most of the
English people have gone either to the
hills or back to England so that this
summer, after the girls leave here, I will '
be very decidedly alone.
This week bas been full of nothing but
work and I have not even gone to the
club for after a day without an hours’
rest somehow I don’t feel like walking, |
although I know there will be fine music !
by the band to hear at the end.
(Continued next week.)
Astray in a Dead Letter Office.
Curious things are sent through the
mails, and some of the most curious
seem to find their way to the Dead Letter
(Office, as a run through a list of articles
received in one year will show:
Going through it alphabetically, one
may discover in the long list of stray
articles such wide variety as the follow-
ing: a pawn ticket, apples, an arrowhead,
autumn leaves, baby bibs, bait, a can of
canned beef, birds’ eggs, birds’ nests, a
brass fender, two prints of butter, car-
pet, two cobs of corn, a cow hide, an ear
trumpet, a flute, two pedigrees, a can of
sardines, nine sets of artificial teeth, one
_ be served once a day on our tables the
FARM NOTES.
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN |
DAILY THOUGHT. | —Don’t fail to "keep the chicks and
: fl {layers active, clean and happy. Like
Give what you have: To someone it may be ' people they do their best work under
better than you dare to think.—Longfellow. pleasant and healthful conditons.
The green, succulent vegetables are ! —It did not take those who broke their
valuable chiefly for the mineral salts |land welllast fall long to get ready for
they contain and the flavor and variety ; Planting this spring. Those who failed
they give to the menu. They contain for any reason to turn their land last fall
but little starch and less protein. How- | ar€ apt to be iate in planting.
ever, they add bulk to the food and are! ~Drainage will always be. needed for
of great value in keeping up the per- ||, 40 }o'ave low and flat. When it is
istaltic action of the intestines. For this | : :
reason alone, if for no other, they should | dry such soils suffer for moisture, and
| when the rainfall is heavy crops are in-
VEOr TOGA ; jured by a surplus of free water.
The object in cooking vegetables is to}
soften the fiber and make it more easily | stituents, especially protein, than the non-
digested. .__ | legumes, and as a general rule they are
The cooking of vegetables, the serving | perter for forage crops than the non-
and seasoning, is ‘an art and a science | leguminous crops. Such crops as peas,
which is yet but touched upon by the igoy beans, vetch and alfalfa yield well
average cook and much is gained by planti
We must realize the importance of ' crops for Selly y planting these
vegetable food before we are willing to
put study upon the manner of cooking| —A comparatively large amount of
and serving. i hand-labor, by means of hand wheel-hoe,
It is well to remember that all of the is required in order to keep an onion-
odoriferous vegetables are much more | patch properly cultivated and free from
wholesome if cooked in boiling salted | weeds. And this work must be attended
water in an uncovered dish. When | to in good season and with great thor-
cooked in a tight kettle it not only spoils | oughness. If you do not propose to do
: he food but makes the house uninhabi-, that, better not plant many onions.
table. :
All green vegetables should be cooked _. —Every soil, to be fertileand to be eas-
in an uncovered dish, which insures the ily cultivated, must have considerable
, keeping of the green color. | organic matter, commonly called humus.
Spinach should be cooked without the | Without plenty of organic matter it will
addition of any water. After it is well | not produce large crops, no matter how
washed there is enough moisture left on | much chemical plant food is added. Hu-
the leaves to cook so succulent a veg- Mus is favorable for soil organisms which
etable. As soon as a green vegetable | convert inert matter into soluble
loses its color in cooking, it loses also its | Plant food; it aerates the soil, retains
food value. water and makes it possible for the
—Legumes are richer. in feeding con-
roots of plants to obtain nourishment.
Throw spinach into a hot kettle, tossing |
| it up frequently to keep it from catching |
on the kettle: after 15 minutes’ cooking, |
remove it from the fire and chop fine, !
season well, return to the saucepan and
—Green manuring is a feature of farm
management that should receive more
attention. By planting cover crops and
let stand until ready to serve Garnish | tArRing them under at the proper time
3 : 5 and in the right manner the soil may be
with hard cooked iin cut in slices. improved in both plant food and humus.
| The winter cover crop affords protection
The State would learn, when women ' during the winter, and it provides vege-
| were a part of its active force, that play- | table matter for summer crops; the sum-
! grounds for children and pensions for | mer cover utilizes the plant food that
mothers were both less expensive and might be burned out by the summer sun,
: more desirable than courts, prisons and and stores up plant tissue to be returned
| criminals.—Anna H. Shaw. i to the soil when turned under.
Fn
: : | —Things Worth Remembering.—Peas
Stuffed Potatoes. These are especially { beans, potatoes, clover and ng require
nice for luncheon: Take half a dozen, potash in the soil.
- medium-sized potatoes and bake until |= Beets cabbage, oats, wheat, barl
| they are soft. Cut them in halves and | herbs need ion eg > , barley and
_ remove the inside without breaking the | Radishes, turnips and corn need a
i skins. Mash the potato, add two table- large amount of phosphoric acid.
Spooniuls of putter, guarigt of a cuptyl |The soil of the vegetable garden should
hy ay
| and refill the skins. Place in a hot oven ed, oF Subsolled ang fi SHYshed by.aj ds
| until the potatoes are a light brown. An HS arn I oS ethng a
egg may be added to the mixture, but it | cauliflower, collards, broccoli, brussels
| is not necessary. | sprout, eggplants, kale, kohl-rabi and
ways wear cotton clothing; so these big the narrow dusty streets foll” .ed by
hats protect them far more than our hats | children both old and young, for of course
possibly could do. In the rainy season; we are the curious ones.
cones of oiled paper are attached to the |
big bamboo head coverings in the shape
of funnels, so I suppose that the rain
Upon reaching the bungalow dinner
was served by two servants. I went to
‘Hindu turban—and so on through the
odd list of the lost and strayed, to the Dates with Cereal.
last four items, which are, “writs, yarn, | dates and let them stand in a pint of
yeast cakesand zam-buk.”— The Comrade. | water overnight. Let them come to a
ff — « boil, then simmer gently for a few min-
| utes, flavoring with a few drops of lemon
: or lime or orange juice. Remove the
The United States has a two-thousand- | fruit, add a little sugar to the liquid left
mile mail route upon which dogs furnish | in the saucepan and simmer until thick-
the motive power the greater part of the | ened. Pour over the cereal and serve
year. The trail runs between Cordova ! cold.
and Nome, Alaska. But for these swift
and hardy animals the dwellers of the | One need not go farther than the stalls
bleak northern peninsula during the of 5 West End theater to realize that
long winter months would be without! good-looking women very often spoil
mail service. Even as it is, a ton or more | their attractiveness by adopting the
of mail accumulates at Seattle before the | wrong coiffure. y ping
Brst team gre departure for Nome in Plump faces should always have the
i light touch of high dressing for the hair.
= : : i Mount all the hair on top and as high as
——An express train traveling from | possible. Draw the coils toward the
Nice to Macon, France, was beaten by | front of the face and separate the hairs
twelve minutes by an eagle which raced | jnto fluffy little bits just here and there.
it over a distance of eighteen miles. | The effect is to give height to the wearer
United States Mail Dogs.
Wash a pound of |
pours off of them just as water does off a
wear black or brown felt hats decorated
with red horse hair or peacock feathers
and hanging from the sides, over the
ears and around their necks, are oval
balls of porcelain, amber and a queer
kind of gum.—Sunbeam.
Do You Know These?
What is that of which the common sort
is the best? Sense.
Enough for one, too much for two and
nothing for three; takes one to make
and two to keep? A secret.
Why is a girl not a noun? Because a
lass (alas) is an interjection.
Why are lazy persons’ beds too short
for them? Because they lie too long in
them. .
Why is a kiss like a rumor? Because
it goes from mouth to mouth.
When is it easy to read in the woods?
When Dame Autumn turns the leaves.
Why are the laws like the ocean? Be-
cause most trouble is caused by the
breakers.
Why are the stars the best astronom-
ers! Because they have studded (studied)
the heavens since creation.
Why is a schoolmistress like the letter
“C”! Because she forms lasses into
classes.
What two words contain all the vowels
and in their proper order? Facetious,
abstemious.
What'is that which works while it
plays, and plays while it works? foun-
tain.— Zhe Continent. i
A
The Little King Wren.
Do you know that the little wren is
called the king of birds? He’s only 2
little bit of a fellow, easily covered by
the hand, and this is how he became
king. Once upon a time—oh, ages and
ages ago—the birds wanted to have a
king of their own,but as each one thought
to be king, the eagle talked to them, and
said their king ought to be able to fly
very high, so as to watch over the safety
of the other birds. Now the eagle was
very strong and cruel, and all the feath-
ered world was afraid of him. So they
agreed that there should be a contest
and the bird that could fly the highest
should be king. This was just what the
eagle wanted, because he knew he could
fly higher than any of the other birds. So
up he went until he seemed very small in
the sky. All the birds were just going to
hail him as king, when a little, wee wren,
who had been hiding in the feathers of
the eagle’s back, sprang out and flew up
still higher, chirping to the rest that he
had flown the highest, as they all could
see. So, of course, the little wren be-
came king.
——The WATCHMAN enjoys the proud
About this time Sammy, the seven year '
distinction of being the best and cleanest
county paper published.
duck’s back. A Korean keeps his hat on !
when we should take it off. Soldiers ;
bed early as we intended taking an early
| start in the morning but a nice, hungry
jungle dog came in about one o'clock
and scared the wits cut of me and the
rest of the night I slept but little.
After an early bath by candle light
and breakfast on the fly, we started to
see the big dam; it took about three
hours for us to make the trip. We ran
the entire way through country that was
dry and brown, trees little larger than
bushes; and when it became a little
tame a great brown bowlder or a curious
pile of quartz rock would suddenly jut
its way through the earth’s surface and
add its wildness and wierdness to our
scenery. A few thrills were added by
the knowledge that tigers had been
killed recently in this very territory, and
we did see deer and wild peacocks which,
as you know, is the attractive thing to
the striped jungle beast.
We reached our destination about nine
o'clock. It was a big river and once on
our way we had ferryed across this, giv-
ing another touch of realism to our jour-
ney. Where we were to spend the day
it was dammed by a big stone breast
work a mile long, and although now the
dam is like a beautiful big lake, during
the rains the water rushes over the top
in a way to make it resemble Niaga-
ra Falls, so I am told, and so the pictures
show. The water course below the dam
is nearly quite dry and great stones stick
their heads high, making me think of
those at the rapids at Niagara.
The ride had been delightful, and al-
though our food was taken from a “tiffie”
basket, it was good. We fared well until
the middle of the day when the “loo”
came up and then it was hot and windy
and horrid and one couldn’t sleep. I
wished for a cool spot in which to be
comfortable. >
We left there at five o'clock to return
home, taking a different route, which we
found more beautiful. The road on
either side was lined with great trees,
the branches meeting over our heads,
past grain fields ready for the harvester;
indeed in some places the threshing by
“bils” was going on, the poor, patient
beasts going round and round. An inci-
dent marked our trip. For some time
we had been passing women in brilliant
new clothing, first in twos, then in groups
and then by crowds. Itwas so unusual
that I questioned them as to what was
| Boing on but no explanation could be
given when suddenly, upon rounding a,
Jacksons Victory Over indians.
One hundred years ago the desul-
tory warfare which Gen. Andrew Jack-
son had waged against the Creek In-
dians for some months culminated in
the battle of Oakfuskas. The battle
continued for three days, and was
conducted with much ferocity on both
sides. Two hundred of the Indians
were slain, while of General Jack-
son’s force 18 were killed and 70
wounded. The victory was particular-
ly gratifying to General Jackson. Dur-
ing the winter his troops had been
poorly provisioned and as a result
much dissatisfaction began to mani.
fest itself. Many of the soldiers had
deserted and returned to their homes
in Tennessee. Those who were left,
half-starved, began to threaten mu-
tiny, and it required General Jackson's
greatest efforts to keep the insubordi-
nates down. The battle of Oakfuskas
revived the spirits of the army and
contributed in no small degree to the
winning of the decisive battle that
was soon to be fought at Horseshoe
Bend.
Horse Is Still King.
“VY7hen it became a recognized fact
that the automobile was a practical
thing, the prediction was freely made
that the horse would pass away, but
we find today that there are more
horses in the United States than ever
before,” remarked Alfred Watkins, an
old sea captain of Norfolk, at the
Raleigh.
“It is true, we rarely see horses on
the streets of our big cities, but there
are plenty of them in the country, and
the farmer thinks just as much of a
good horse now as he did in the old
days. So, too, I have observed that
our men of wealth, who for a time
took to the motor car, are coming
back to the fast trotter and roadster.
There is nothing like real life when it
comes to sport, and an automobile is
an inanimate thing.” — Washington
Post.
When the Shoe Pinched.
She was a British militant suffragist
who, after an eight months’ absence,
turned up in a state of indignation
against the British postoffice. The
postmaster general, she complained,
had been abstracting suffragettes’ cor
respondence from the post! Some
of them hadn't received their notices
duly. “Abominable!” The complain-
ant had just “done time” in prison for
getting fire to letter boxes and de-
stroying other people’s correspon-
| and just that lengthening of the face that
is needed. °
A coil at the neck serves to enframe
and emphasize every feature of the face.
It intensifies the profile and gives width
to the front view, thus coarsening a
plump face and outlining defects in the
profile.
The style is good for the young face
with small, regular features. It adds to
the wearer's youthful appearance and
gives her the full benefit of her hair.
Many a well-featured profile is spoilt
by a nose that is not badly shaped but
too big. Such women should be particu-
larly careful with the coiffure. I saw at
the theater a large-featured, handsome
| woman who had quite spoilt her appear-
ance by a clear-cut center parting down
the head.
What her face really needed was a
style of hairdressing which softens the
features. It should have been rather
full in front but nearly flat at the sides
and-with a side parting. The sudden
division in the center of a head adds
hardness toa face of hard features. The
hair flattened on either side serves to
make a prominent nose still more prom-
inent.
The little piquant, snub-nosed and fea-
tureless face can do with plenty of fluffi-
ness in the head of hair surrounding it.
No style of hairdressing is more ad-
mirable for those it suits or more un-
becoming to others than drooping waves
This coiffure is extremely trying. It suits
the long and somewhat gaunt face. Rath-
er thin cheeks are becomingly filled out
by such wavelets drooping over the ears,
and the elongated look of the face is
modified by coils of hair in the nape of
the neck.
S— ~
If one will take the trouble to apply a
bit of cold cream after the hands are
washed, rinsed and dried, especially rub-
bing it around the base of each nail,
ridges and brittleness can be avoided.
Ridges show a too dry condition and oils
are needed.
Olive oil is, perhaps, one of the very
best things known to prevent breaking of
the nails, butits use should be continued
every night. Where nails are very brit-
tle and the finger tips sore, this oil is
almost a certain cure. Some diseases,
like a tendency to rheumatism, show in
tender, sore, festering at the base of the
nails; this means that the blood is too
acid, and a diet should be seen to at
once, prescribed by a good physician.
The use of strong bleaching lotions on
the hands is not good, as the skin will
gradually peel and leave them rough and
very hard to keep in order. In fact,
“skinning” is bad for the hands and arms
as well as for the face; the result may
be satisfactory, but itis very likely to not
be. In any case, lots of cold cream must
be used if lemon juice or other bleach-
ing wash, like peroxide and the like, are
constantly applied; otherwise the hands
dence!—Chicago News.
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will always look rough and scaly.
of hair that completely cover the ears. |;
| pepper will be required; or two ounces
onions, teaks, lettuce, endive, parsley,
cantaloupe, squash, turnips, tomatoes and
pumpkins; or three ounces, carrot, celery,
cress, watermelon, parsnip or herbs; or
four ounces cucumbers, rhubarb, salsify,
or five ounces beet, or six ounces radish
or spinach; or eight ounces corn salad;
or 12 ounces okra or asparagus; or one
quart sugar corn; or three quarts bush
beans or peas.
The finer the soil the better the vege-
table, both in quality and quantity. The
soil should be worked over after every
‘rain, so as to retain all the moisture.
Vegetables delight in having a warm,
deep, rich and mellow soil.
—The garden season is at hand. The
cold, changeable, and at times severe,
weather has made it backward, but there
is still plenty of opportunity to ‘‘make up
for lost time.”
Don't forget to grow some parsley. It
requires a rich, mellow soil. An ounce
of seed will sow 140 feet of drill. It
should be sown early in spring, thickly
in rows a foot apart and a half-inch deep.
The seed germinates slowly, three tc four
weeks being required to make its ap-
pearance.
Spring-sown peas are more productive
than late-sown. Fresh manure and a
wet, mucky soil must be avoided. A
light, loamy soil is preferred. The dwarf
varieties can be drilled at 15 inches, if
hoed by hand. Itis an old saying that
when the peach tree is in bloom the
drilling may be safely commenced. Four
seeds to the inch is a good rule in sow-
ing peasin rows. The: plants can after-
ward be thinned out to two to the inch.
Early peas do best on good, warm, loamy
soil, not over-rich, but yet not poor.
When the soil is too rich the growth goes
more in vines than peas. Wrinkled peas
seldom ripen as completely as round
ones, and are more apt to decay under
some soil conditions, especially in cold or
wet weather. The reason is that the
wrinkled varieties are soft, while the
round ones are hard.
—Pointers in Successful Gardening.—
Two crops can be grown on the same
ground by planting early and late varie-
ties, removing the early as soon as ma-
ture.
Vegetables contain a large amount of
water, and the necessary moisture should
not be allowed to escape. The hoe, rake
and weeder should be frequently used.
Avoid planting seed when the ground
is wet. Quicker returns will be secured
by waiting a day or so and giving the
seed better condition.
Sunshine is a very essential element.
Consequently a southern exposure is
preferred.
It is a good plan to apply the fertilizer
to the land a week or two before sowing
the seed. ' In all cases it must be thor-
oughly incorporated in the soil. Other-
wise injury to young plants may result.
Well-rotted stable manure, from corn-
fed and well-kept horses, contains the in-
gredients necessary to a perfectly satis-
factory growth of vegetables.
The presence of pig weed is a good
indication of richness of the soil.
Rotation of garden crops is the best way
of keeping vegetables in health and free
from parasites. :
Watering garden vegetables in dry
weather is sometimes beneficial, but is
often harmful. Watering should be done
at night. :
Nothing is gained by saving the seed.
The men engaged in seed growing under-
stand that best, and in patronizing reli-
able seedmen superior vegetables are
secured at a small cost.
Dirt thrown upon wet leaves injures
them.
The ground should never be allowed
to become baked, as in this condition a
great deal of moisture is lost unneces-
sarily. :
Beets, mangles and turnips are valuable
succulent food for hogs and cows. Asa
rule, they grow well and require little *
labor to produce them.