Belletonte, Pa., October 2, 1914.
——
THE WAR WORN TOURISTS.
I yearned'to take a trip abroad,
So dad and ma and I
Bought tickets for a foreign tour,
And bade our friends good-by.
We took our brand-new car along,
But didn’t bring it back,
Some soldiers seized it when the guns
At Liege commenced to crack.
We left our baggage all .zhind
To catch a cattle train
(My things will be old-fashioned when
We get those trunks again);
And we who went first cabin out
Across the briny blue,
Came back in stuffy steerage berths,
And glad to have them, too.
. I never thought that I would weep
For jov to see once more
The bobbing little ferry boats
Off Staten Island’s shore;
Or that against the smoky sky
The black, serrated line
Of old Manhattan’s jumbled roofs
Could ever look so fine.
Poor ma will be a nervous wreck
She vows for all her days,
“And dad gets purple in the face,
And glares at me, and says:
“We wouldn’t have been there to feel
The war-cloud when it burst,
If we had seen America,
Our native country, first”
—Minna Irving, in Leslie's.
FROM INDIA.
By One on Medical Duty in that Far Eastern
Country. Off on a Trip to Kashmir. Wood,
the Only Fuel. Customers Wait While Shop-
keepers Pray.
JHANSI, AuGusT 21st, 1913.
Dear Home Folk: ;
By the time this letter reaches you, if
all goes well, I shall be on my way to
Kashmir. I hope to be away for two en-
tire months and mayhaps I will find some-
thing more of interest to tell you in my
letters, for truth to tell, it is becoming
hard to find some new and interesting
thing to talk about for, as you know,
“all things grow old” even flies and dirt.
The sunshine still holds and no rain,
My very sick woman is still living and
now looks as though she would get well,
so that things are quieting down a bit.
The roof caving in, I think, was.the
last interesting thing. The tiles are
made like the letter U and one row wili
be laid with edges up while two rows
cover these edges, the under one form.
ing a sort of trough for the water. These
are not fastened on in any way and the
squirrels and wind play sad havoc with
their efficiency as a protection when
the rain falls. Each year the broken
tiles are supposed tobe taken away and
new ones put into their place. This
year, after the ridge pole was found to
be broken, and the side piece that sup-
ported it also broken, due to the energy
of the “white ants” the whole roof was
taken off and it was found that year in
and year out new tiles had been put on
but no old ones taken off and the roof
was in a sad condition; so now we are
living as one does at home when the plas-
tering is taken down since there is but a
thin piece of muslin, white-washed, be-
tween us and the sky and daily showers
of small pieces of plaster and mud fall
into and on any and everything. Fortu-
nately the wood part has been replaced
and in a few days more we will be able
to have a whole roof over our heads.—
And still it rains not; well, there is some-
thing to be thankful for some time.
Have I toid you about the wood here?
All the hospital cooking is done by a na-
tive woman, on an earthen-made stove
and she uses wood, so that every little
while we must buy some for her use.
When I first came here it was bought
from a two-wheeled cart and what look-
ed like a little handful on the top of the
cart, truly not as much as is trimmed !
from trees at home each spring, and just
that kind cost about twenty-five cents.
Well, they were buying some a few days
ago and the man refused to give this
same kind and quantity of wood for less
than a dollar, or three rupees. It is
neither seasoned nor big wood, merely
branches lopped off of standing trees.
I wonder how long the devastation has
been going on in India for all trees here
are small, and of only a few year’s growth
so that looking around and being taught
that trees mean rain, I wonder that any
has ever really fallen in J hansi, so few and
small are the trees, except along the roads
where they are kept in good condition
and well watered, by the English Magis-
trate, to protect the marching army.
Down in the bazaar the other day I
was buying some eatables and it got
toward six o'clock; as I could not get
what I wanted at one shop I went to
another, where I often find things. It is
a little place but the contents are wierd;
lamps, trunks, buttons, and crockery jolt
each other and crowd every kind of food
stuff known, from condensed milk and
jam to crackers and soft drinks on ice.
I called out to the shop-keeper but he is
a good Mohammedan and unseen by my-
self was intent on his prayers (six
o'clock.) I then moved a little toward
the door and there, on his knees, just
inside the doorway was the man bowing
and saying off his prayers, entirely ob-
livious of me and all the passing host on
the street. A little assistant, who can’t
speak English, came up and said in Hin-
dustani, “he is worshipping,” indicating
that he could give me what I needed.
Purchasing my stuff at the back of the
praying store-keeper, I gave the direc-
tions and went out onto the road, think.
ing how odd and queer all the customs
of these people are.
Today I went down into the city to see
a sick woman and on the way back pass-
ed four “coolies” and I wondered how
they would appear to you; naked, except
for loin cloth, big sacks of grain (aslarge
as four ordinary sacks of flour) resting
on their backs, a broad strap passing
about the bottom of the bag and then up
across their foreheads held the sack in
place, their backs bent at an angle of
45 degrees. Up the hill they plodded,
eyes on the ground, sobbing breath tell-
ing of the tax on lungs and heart, never
glancing to right or left. They seemed
to me truly “beasts of burden.” I wish I
knew why, in the land where there are
many donkeys, humans ever came to be
used in such a capacity; it hurts one
even to see them, their burdens are so
heavy. And yet they will only do one
kind of work so that they must like it,
even if it does make the rest of us con-
sider them in the same class as horses.
I am becoming more and more irrita-
ble and today after a very bad burst of
temper I decided I had better start to put
a stay on my tongue or you will be for
shipping me straight back here once I get
to America, and as I don’t want you to
do that, am starting right now to count
for today’s outburst was that a man who
was to make up a tennis four for me to-
morrow, came and told me he had to
play off a match game in a golf tourna-
ment instead. To say I exploded, ex-
presses it poorly and it resulted in my
recalling seven invitations for tomorrow’s
tennis and refusing to go to dinner with
some people tonight, which was bad as
it made an empty place at the table ; but
even now, at ten o'clock, I am not re-
pentant, and would do it over again.
My little lizzard is catching his even-
ing meal and the various night sounds
are telling me to go off to bed ; but I
want to tell you that a week ago a nice
long ‘“‘kryte” (one of the most deadly
snakes here) was killed in the yard,
which had evidently just been having its
dinner for although as black as ink, its
skin was so stretched it was showing
white where the swelling was.
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene.
A HEAVY HANDICAP.
In ali of our schools there are chil-
dren, who to use the small boy’s expres-
sion are “blind in one eye and can’t see
out of the other.” Unfortunately often
the children themselves are not aware of
it nor are their parents and teachers.
Near sighted children struggle to see
the blackboard from their benches in the |
rear of the school room and far sighted
children in the front rows endeavor in
vain to get distinctly the image on the
board immediately before them.
Children with an astigmatism in one
or both eyes are made unaccountably
nervous and irritable by the constant de-
mands upon their imperfect vision. Per-
sistent headaches are often caused by
such imperfections.
Of three hundred thousand children
inspected in the rural schools of Pennsyl-
vania over 82,000 were found to have
defects of sight which no effort had been
made to correct. Nothing is more irri-
tating or trying to the nerves than the
continual strain resulting from the effort
to see through imperfect eyes. To the
growing child, whose brain is endeavor-
ing to grasp new facts and solve new
problems it is often times an insurmount-
able barrier.
“dull” children who could be cured by
properly fitted glasses. Unfortunately
many parents hesitate to have small
children wear glasses on account of ap-
pearances or for other equally foolish
reasons. They fail to realize that often
the wearing of glasses for a few years is
sufficient to correct a visual error which
if left uncared for would continue for a
lifetime.
Greeley, the Speller.
No winner of the old-time spelling
matches, perhaps, ever excelled the boy
Horace Greeley, who later became one of
the most famous editors America has
produced. He was, in fact, a spelling
prodigy. What would the boys and girls
of today, who grumble over their daily
task of twenty words, think of a child
not yet six years old who could actually
spell every word in the language! That
is what the young Horace is said to have
been able to do.
His schooling began in his fourth year,
and the art of spelling at once became a
passion with him. In school and out he
kept incessantly at its study. Hour after
hour he would "lie on the floor, spelling
over all the difficult words he could find
in the few books that the family owned.
The fame of his knowledge spread.
Naturally, Horace was the first one
chosen at spelling matches. He had a
lisping, whining voice and spelled his
words with the utmost confidence. Some-
times in winter, when the snow drifts
were so deep that one of the big boys
had to take him to the school house on
his back, the little white-haired fellow
would drop asleep between turns. When
his word came round his neighbor would
nudge him anxiously; he would wake,
spell his word and drop asleep again at
once.
So great was the boy’s reputati n as a
student of unusual powers that the se-
lectmen of a neighboring town, in passing
a rule forbidding the attendance at the
local school of any pupil from outside
the township, honored him by adding the
clause, “Excepting only Horace Greeley!”
—The Evangelical.
——The blackest treachery you can be
guilty of is to betray the confidence of
the man who trusts and believes in you.
——While opportunity is Supposed to
knock at least once at your door you
need not expect her to kick in the panels,
There are hundreds of |
How a Forest Grows.
The laws which govern the distribu-
tion of trees produce two great types, the
pure and mixed forest. The former is
the result of local conditions in which
trees of one kind only can survive.
In the North Woods the balsam occu-
pies the swamps, usually to the exclusion
of all competitors, since no other of the
native trees can thrive in wet places. In
the Black Hills and other parts of the
middle West the small demands of the
bull-pine upon moisture enable it to form
pure woods on a soil too dry to support’
other native trees. The jack-pine of the
New Jersey barrens and the long-leaf
pine of the southern States grow in pure
or nearly pure sands, since they alone
can withstand the peculiar conditions of
those regions.
Where climate and soil are favorable
to various trees, we find the mixed for-
est, the number of species in mixture de-
pending upon the suitability of the local-
ity to forest growth.
i Upon the hardwood flats of the Adi-
i rondacks the hard maple, the yellow
! birch and the beech are the only decidu-
| ous trees able to withstand the severe
‘climate. In’ the southern Appalachian
: forests, where the trees of the North and
. South meet under conditions favorable
* to both, we find more than one hundred
different kinds.
The distribution of trees, therefor, is
the joint result of local conditions and of
| the individual and varying requirements
{ of the different species upon moisture, |
ten before I say anything. The reason {Soll and climate. The laws, however, :
i which govern forest distribution are not
identical .with those which regulate the
{ behavior of trees in mixture. They do
' in mixed forests. Why does not the hard
maple drive out its competitors in the
hand in the forests of the southern Ap-
| palachians, the red fir exterminate the
| western hemlock on the Pacific slope?
{ . Whenever a mixed forest occurs there
{ is an unrelenting struggle going on.
j us see how the combatants are armed,
{and why the representation of each spe- i test of intellectual superiority is to be
| cies remains unchanged.
! ~The more important of the character-
istics which- affect the capacity of a tree
“to hold its own mixture with trees of
‘ other kinds are its demands upon light,
| its rate of growth, and its power of re-
i production. No two species require an
| equal amount of light, grow at the same
| rate, or are identical in their capacity to
| reproduce themselves. The endowment
| of each, with habits differing from those
of its neighbors, but’ with strength and
| weakness so balanced that all which oc-
| cur in mixture enter the struggle for ex-
| istence upon an equal footing, is one of
|. the marvelous feats of nature.
| The red spruce of the North Woods
| through inability to endure dense shade,
has been given the power to hold its own
against faster growing competitors, some
| of which exceed it greatly in their capac-
| ity to reproduce themselves. The young
spruces which spring up here and there
| throughout the forest struggle along un-
| der the heavy crowns of the hardwoods,
' where a tree making more insistent de-
| mands upon light could not survive.
| In the forest of the southern Appal-
| achians the oak is, in many localities, the
| characteristic tree. Growing rapidly and
exceedingly hardy, it might be expected
| to increase steadily in proportion in the
! mixture. The equilibrium is maintained
through the fact that the oak can endure,
{ but little shade, and that its seed is
' heavy, limiting its reproduction to the
| immediate vicinity of the parent tree.
In the same region the yellow poplar
| siderable shade are controlled, the one
| because much of its seed is barren, the
| other because many of the nuts are eat-
{en by animals. And the red cedar, of
! slow growth and spare representation, is
i aided through the distribution of its seed
| by birds, with their power to germinate
{ unimpaired.
The aspen, short-lived and requiring
much light, holds its own with long lived
and shade-enduring trees, because its
downy seed is produced in great quan-
| tities and is scattered far and wide by
the wind. The ash and bass-wood, of
rapid growth and bearing an abundance
of seed, are held back by strong demand
upon light, and by the need of a fresh
and fertile soil. The red fir equaled by
few North American trees in rapidity of
| growth, and otherwise well equipped to
gain the upper hand in its region, is con-
trolled through the usual failure of its
seed to germinate except when accident
has removed the leaf litter and exposed
the mineral soil. i
The study of trees as living, striving
organisms in the world of their own,
lends an almost human interest to the
forest. Every day spent in the wood
will be pleasanter for some insight gained
into what is going on within it; and an
earnest observer can gain knowledge of
practical value by an attempt to discover
the factors which control the occurrence
of trees in mixture. Forestry, which
deals with development of the highest
utility of forests, means a thorough un-
derstanding of the habits of trees.
CoWardly Women.
A great many times a woman is re-
garded as cowardly because she fears to
to be alone at night, starts at unusual
noises and faints if startled or shocked.
It’s not cowardice but sickness. There
is a nervous condition which in its ex-
treme sensitiveness renders lite a daily
torment. If the door slams, “It seems
as if the sound goes right through me,”
cries the startled sufferer. Behind this
nervous condition will generally be found
a diseased condition of the delicate wom-
anly organs. The functions are irregular,
or there may be an enfeebling drain. In-
flammation may be scorching or ulcera-
tion eating into the delicate parts. Such
conditions are promptly relieved by the
use of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription.
It heals the diseases which cause ner-
vousness, backache, headache, etc. It
works wonders for nervous women.
“Favorite Prescription” contains no-al-
cohol, and is absolutely free from opium,
cocaine and all other narcotics. :
——The number of Persons Living on
territory of the United States was esti-
mated on July 1 to be 109,021,992, of
which 5,333,537 is the figure set down for
the city of New York. This means that
the popullation of the United States has
grown 7,000,000 in four years, if the es-
timates of the official bulletin recently
issued by the Census Bureau are correct.
These are based on the assumption that
the increase in population each year
since 1910, when the thirteenth census
was taken, is equal to the annual in-
crease from 1900 to 1910.
the enumeration is simple enough, it is |
, cide to keep law-abiding and diligent
Let |
| should be those of character rather than
Immigration Record is Broken.
Advance figures serve to show that the |
number of immigrants for the fiscal year
ending June 30th, as reported to the Im- |!
migration Bureau. will exceed 1,355,000. |
The statistics of immigration form an!
interesting study. and plotted on a graphic
chart with curves would show remark. |
able fluctuations. dependent upon in- |
dustrial and politicai conditions. In 1850 i
the number had reached 369,980; by 1880 i
it had grown only to 457,257 and actually |
fell to but 448,572 in 1900. But by 1905
i
the figures had more than doubled, reach- |
ing 1,027,421. The high-water mark was i
attained with 1,285,349 in 1907; but the '
two following years brought a decided |!
falling off to 751,786 in 1909. whence the |
figures jumped again to 1,041,570 in 1910. |
The statistics for 1911 and 1912 fell far |
below the million mark, and 1913 madea |
record only inferior to that of six years
before, with 1,197,892. Thus it is seen
that this year’s enumeration exceeds the |
best previous record by more than 70,-
000. From 1789 to date the total is |
about 32,000,000. |
Pennsylvania ranks second in number |
of immigrants, more than one-seventh of
all arrivals giving this State as their |
destination. The number reaching here |
last year was 182,744. Of these, 59,466 |
came originally through the port of !
Philadelphia |
Thus it is seen that our interest in the |
quality of our potential citizens is more |
than academic. Countless enterprises of
. in " A |
magnitude within our borders depend | platinum wedding ring is not welcome. !
g r . pe of For generations the ring has been of gold, ! ter in the soil the spongier the soil be-
upon the mental and physical capacity of
those admitted upon inspection. Though |
i
impossible. to estimate the influence of |
' not explain why each species, if undis: the 32,000,000 on our institutions. Many |
| turbed, maintains the same proportion
of these “forgotten millions” of every |
nation, instead of being an offscouring of |
the earth, having been the men whose !
Adirondacks, the oak gain the upper | unmurmuring toil laid the foundation of |
the vast fabric of our
material prosper-
ity.
It is the crime of national race sui-
laborers away from our railroads and.
farms and factories by the erection of
other barriers than those of the primary
physical and mental stipulations. If the
imposed, let it be remembered that some :
of the most dangerous criminals are the
most learned. We do not want bad men i
with brains. No man will be rejected be-
cause he is a scholar, but his credentials
formal education.
Peanut Industry 1s Large.
Peanuts are inseparably connected
with the circus and pink lemonade, but
in the trade annals of the United States
they play a much more important part.
The peanut industry in this country
amounts to $10,000,000 a year, and we eat
not only all the nuts that can be grown
here, but we import enormous quantities
from North Africa, Spain and India.
It is curious to read the history of the
peanut. We first find it in Virginia,
growing in the vicinity of Norfolk. It
was brought there when the slave traffic
from North Africa was at its height.
The slaves were fed on these ground
nuts on the boats coming over, so we ,
have to thank them for its introduction '
to this country. It became established
in Virginia as the “goober” and was not |
known outside of that State until the |
Civil war brought the boys in blue down
there. They tasted and found the nuts
good, and after the war sent for seed,
which they raised on their farms at
home. Thus the peanut cultivation was |
spread to 38 States of the Union, though
the main industry is still confined to
Virginia and the Carolinas.
The peanut is not really a nut, but a
seed pod like peas or beans. As soon as
the leaves and blossoms appear on the
plant its relation to the peas and beans
is immediately recognized. The pretty
flowers come and go all summer without
setting a single seed. The real working
flowers are little closed ones hidden
down under the leaves, which push them-
selves steadily under the ground and
there the seed is matured. The practice
is to wait until the first signs of frost,
then carefully remove the soil about the
plants. The plants are then stored over ;
winter where the nuts may dry, seeing
that they are protected from rain. In
the spring they are cleaned and blanch-
ed and shipped to market.
Paris In 1775. |
Crime was so rife in the good city
of Paris in the year 1775 that half a
‘dozen corpses were shown most morn-
ings in the morgue. and nets were low-
ered each night from the Pont Neuf
to catch the persons thrown over by
the cutthroats. Yet the punishments
were by no means lenient. and Jekyll
gives a horrible description of how he
had seen a criminal broken on the
wheel without stirring from the bal
cony of his own apartment, when '
“Monsieur de Paris” discharged the
duty of his office in bag, wig and ruf-
fles and bien poudre.
Algerian Olive Trees.
In Algiers olive trees spring up wild
and are grafted where they stand. In
some regions they are so close as to
touch overhead. The average annual |
yleld for a tree is eighty to 100 pounds. |
Some of the trees are believed to be !
over 400 years old. It is estimated that
there are over 5.000.000 wild olive trees |
in Algiers The grafting of these is be- |
ing carried out systematically under
the auspices of the government.
|
Sheridan's Retort.
Pitt had answered a speech of Sheri-
dan’s and complained when the latter
proposed to rejoin that Sheridan al-
ways wanted the last word.
“Not at all.” said Sheridan, instantly
withdrawing his request to be heard.
“I am content with having had the last
argument.”
dn i ed
Three Centuries of Opera.
Since 1597 careful estimate puts it
that more than 30,000 operas have been
staged in Europe and America. By a
liberal estimate of all the operas ever
composed not more than seventy-five
are now alive and more or less popu-
lar.—Argonant.
One Wish Unfulfilled.
Wife—You promised that if I would
marry you my every wish should be
gratified = Husband—Well, isn’t it?
Wife—No: I wish I hadn't married
you.—~Illustrazed Bits,
|
i
, correct proportions providing she will
| keep herself in form from the time she |
you see, I do not advocate worry. But I
| riage, of cleanliness and general care are
| formed, there will be less, if any, ‘neces-
: sity for strenuous efforts against the !
| marks when middle age approaches. {
: bone is pushed out and the flesh slopes
. directly from that down either side.
i mation is to correct the habit of carriage.
. head to fall back of its own
'one—“Oh!” wailed she aloud. “Oh, could
: of the High Gods.
i Lippincott's.
i with invisible buttonholes and buttons.
blouses this season. It is veiled with a
‘ small bolero in strawberry muslin braid-
‘ed in the same color.
‘ der, where the plain muslin joins the
; ed eggs and a bunch of celery, chopped,
' and a Spanish onion. Moisten with dress-
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN
DAILY THOUGHT.
A friend is a person with whom I may be sin-
cere,
Before him I may think aloud.
—Emerson.
That skirts are growing wider is by
now a well established fact; what their
circumferences will be by September or |
October is problematical. One deduc-
tion is to be made, however, and with
surety, and that is the silhouette will not
provide a more slender outline than at
present.
If Parisian-born rumors are to be con-
sidered of certain importance, we may
expect to sec crinoline skirts inaugurated
in the fall fashions, together with a con-
tinuance of the basque costume for day
wear.
For evening classical lines will prevail,
with variation provided by the introduc-
tion here and there of beautiful gowns of
brocade and satin, distinctive in their re-
lationship to the styles and fancies made
historic by the paintings of Fragonard,
Boucher and Watteau.
The band of goid, or the bond of love,
is changing with the seasons. The up to
date bride is married with
platinum, which has taken
fashionable weddings of the band of gold.
To the bride who cherishes tradition, the |
a band of |
place at many I
FARM NOTES.
—Farming is as old as the human race
-jand is yet in its infancy.
—Success is bound to come to the
farmer who plans while he plows.
—No civilization has ever advanced
beyond its agricultural development.
—No farmer is successful who thinks
more of his barn than he does of his
home.
—The development of the farmer him-
self must precede the full development
of the ground he tills,
—The amount of work that a horse
may stand can easily be increased by
proper treatment and careful feeding.
—The morning ration of the farm
horse should contain about one-fourth of
his daily ration. At noon another fourth
should be given and at night the remain-
ing heaviest feed. Most of the hay
should be given at night and before the
grain is fed.—Philadelphia Record.
—Hiccoughing in pigs is caused by a
derangement of the stomach. One of
the best ways to correct the trouble is to
change the sow’s ration, feeding less
corn and more of such feeds as ground
1 oats and bran. If the troubles does not
it is recommended to give each
pig eight drops cf the tincture of asafoe-
| tida twice each day until the hiccoughing
ceases.
—The more manure and vegetable mat-
| cease,
and to the traditional bride’s mind, for comes and the more it drinks in the rain
generations more it should be of gold. It:
is this sort of bride who prefers a soli- |
engagement ring.
Few women seem to have an intelli- |
gent idea of a good figure or how to re- |
tain it after they have acquired it. They |
may be large or small, thin, or stout, yet
have a perfect figure if the proportions
are correct. Almost anyone may have
is 18.
That is early to begin to worry about |
the figure, I can hear you say, but then,
do advise that even girls should be made !
to realize the necessity for keeping them- |
selves up. Then, if good habits of car-
One bad habit is that of slumping the |
: shoulders, causing the flesh of the back !
and shoulders to be pushed upward and i
just below the base of the neck, i |
of distributing itself more evenly across !
the back. In this way is spoiled the long
curve line at the sides from the ears
down that is the chief charm of a beauti- |
ful neck. |
But the deformity does not stop there.
The whole figure is deflected from its
natural grace by this one fault, for, in-
stead of the straight line and flat lower
back with gently curving sides, the back-
If the habit has produced bulky flesh
at the back, the first step toward refor-
that falls. Perhaps the best way to pre-
IS SC ce Vv I | vent soils from. washing is to get them
taire diamond to everything else for an {into this spongy condition.
This will
also result in doubling the present yields
of farm crops. It is estimated that a bil-
lion tons of soil are washed into the sea
every year in this country, and this rep-
yesents a great loss in the fertility of our
soils.
—Strength, endurance and speed are
undeveloped by violent usage, but rather
by a judicious amount of exercise given
So as to develop, but not strain. So far
as can be done, a horse should also be in
just such condition as will insure the
greatest amount of muscle without mak-
ing it soft by too great an intermixture
of fatty tissue. A horse that isto be
used for riding or driving should carry
no more extra flesh than is essential to
piump muscles and strength, and it
should have sufficient exercise each day
to harden its muscles and give it good
wind.
—The condition of the work horses is
largely dependent on the kind of feed
consumed. Molded grain and musty hay
should not be placed before them. Such
ration is injurious and deyoid of nourish-
ment. Sweet timothy, clover and alfalfa
corn fodder may be fed. Straw and corn
fodder may make good bedding, but eith-
er is a poor feed. The hay should be
placed in a manger, so that it will not be
tramped beneath the feet of the horses
and soiled or wasted. The team should
have enough hay 10 satisfy their appe-
tites, but not enough to gorge them-
selves. The average work horse will
consume 20 to 25 pounds of hay every
24 hours. It is best to keep the team in
the barn most of the time when not at
work. They will not do well on green
grass, though no other feed is more en-
After that, practice forcing the chest up
and out, at the same time allowing the |
weight, not |
from the top, but from the back of the |
neck. A
shalt |
give
“Once aloud, and twice in silence,
thou wish, and thy best wish I will
i thee,” So spake Destiny.
The moments ticked eternityward.
The silent wishes were made, but the
other—frantically the woman stared at
the face of the clock.
Vainly she prodded her mind, but five |
minutes—four—three remained—two— |
I but choose!”
Solemnly the hour struck. “Thy wish
is granted thee: The sovereign gift of
Surety—a greater lies not upon the knees
Beside thy two first
(for beauty and love,) the power to!
choose aright is as gold to clay.”
And the future proved to this Woman
that Destiny’s choice for her had indeed
been right.—Minna Thomas Antrim in
Blouses are being sold at present more
than any other article of toilette, and
nothing is too thin. Every day in the year
sees a change in the shape of the blouse,
and, strange as it may seem, there are
as many shapes as the days in the week.
One is in the finest of white veiling, with
a printed design in colored roses, edged
with black. This blouse is kimono shaped
and falls loosely about the figure, open-
ing at the neck with a narrow kilting of
the material that joins down the front
The same pleated trimming finishes the
sleeves at the wrist.
Another is an organdy muslin, the
most popular of all the materials for
The white under-
bodice is finely tucked to below the shoul-
tucks with a “jour.”” The collar is starch-
ed, and the bow is in soft black silk.
Cut off the tops of eight medium sized
sweet bell peppers, saving the tops with
the stems attached; remove all the seeds
and white portion without breaking the
pepper, then throw into ice water for 30
minutes. Mix together a cupful of
minced ham and chicken, four hard hoil-
ing, fill the shells, replace the tops and
serve.
Brandied Peaches.—Take off skins
with boiling water. For each pound of
fruit allow one-half cupful of sugar and
: one-half pint of water. When syrup is
boiling put in peaches, a few at a time,
j and cook until done, but not too soft.
| Spread on platters to cool. When cool
iput in jars and fill up with the syrup
| fixed with just as much good brandy.
al.
Boil a new baking dish before using it,
starting it in cold water and ending it in
| the same way, and it will be much less
likely to crack.
If you keep your clothespins in small
grape baskets with a wire hook and then
place the hook over the clothesline, push-
ing it before you as you pin, it will save
a lot of stooping.
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joyable to them. It may be beneficial to
turn them into a dry lot nights if such is
available, allowing them free access to
their stalls, where they may find plenty
of hay.
—Common sense, and a good supply of
it, is an essential equipment in the man-
agement of the farm. No matter what
other facilities the farmer may have, if
he lacks this one particular thing he will
meet with many stumbling blocks.
He may be way up in all branches of
| science relative to agriculture, and he
may be quartering the finest stock, and
supplied with up-to-date appliances—and
yet if he is lacking in common sense he
is in great danger of failing.
It might be said, on the other hand,
that the fortunate possessor of that
prime quality will command success even
if lacking in scientific knowledge, or com-
pelled for a time to manage without
modern improvements. Success depends
more upon the man than upon his en-
| vironments and artificial help. This may
explain why the success and failure with
men who were equals in material condi-
‘| tions and opportunities at the start.
It seems rather strange that so impor-
tant and rare an attribute of mankind
should be termed ‘“common.” It surely
is not possessed in any large degree by
the majority of the human family.
It may mean that the name refers to
the fact that this valuable sort of sense
has generally been noted as a character-
istic of plain, practical people—common
people, as distinguished from the so-
called upper class. Webster says com-
mon sense means sound, practical judg-
ment; the instantaneous decision of un-
perverted reason. : :
Let the origin be what it may, it has
always been exhibited here and there,
and is becoming more common among
all classes, not excepting highly-cultured
folks. Common sense is a product of
natural tact, keen perception and prac-
tical experience. There are other terms
that describe the same quality in essense,
such as “good horse sense,” “‘gumption,”
“mcther wit,” etc, but the standard
term, “common sense,” is sufficiently
plain and descriptive.
Common sense should be the mentor
and guide in all the affairs of the farm
and home. No matter how profoundly
able, scientific and philosophical a desser-
tation may appear to be, the crucial test
of its value is common sense. Scientific
love, added to common sense, or vice
versa, is a strong combination. “Get
wisdom, get understanding, get science,
but in all thy getting get common sense,”
is the paraphrase of the words of an
ancient proverb.
The farmer should possess sufficient
common sense to know what not to do
in various matters that may call for con-
sideration.
The practical and sensible farmer will
not attempt to run an experiment farm,
except in a very moderate and tentative
way. Paul said: “Prove all things; hold
fast that which is good.” The wise
farmer will improve upon that rule a lit-
tle by allowing the government experi-
ment stations to bear the expenses and
risks of proving things; then he will be
ready to accept and hold fast that which
is good. The way of wisdom is the
straight and plain course approved by
experience; and at the same time the
wise man will accept improved methods
and betterments when they are well at-
tested. The quality of common sense
will make the farmer conservatively
progressive and keep him fully up to
date. And to be all that implies the
possession of a large measure of human
——-Have your Job Work done here.
wisdom.