Demonic atc,
Bellefonte, Pa., December 11, 1914.
EACH IN HIS OWN TONGUE.
A fire-mist and a planet,
A crystal and a cell,
A jelly-fish and a saurian,
And caves where the cave-men dwell;
Then a scene of law and beauty,
And a face turned from the clod—
Some call it evolution,
And others call it God.
A haze on the far horizon,
The infinite, tender sky,
The ripe, rich tint of the corn fields,
And the wild geese sailing high,
And all over upland and lowland
The charm of the golden rod—
Some of us call it autumn,
And others call it God.
Like tides on a crescent sea-beach,
When the moon is new and thin,
Into our hearts high yearnings
Come welling and surging in—
Come from the mystic ocean,
Whose rim no foot has trod—
Some of us call it longing,
And others call it God.
A picket frozen on duty—
A mother starved for her brood—
Socrates drinking the hemlock,
And Jesus on the rood;
And Millions, who, humble and nameless,
The strait, hard pathway plod—
Some call it consecration,
And others call it God.
— William Herbert Carruth.
FROM INDIA.
By One on Medical Duty in that Far Eastern
Country. Mountains of Snow. Immense Gla-
ciers. Shepherds Herding Sheep and Wide
Spreading Rice Fields in India’s Mountains.
PHALGAM, SEPTEMBER 24th, 1913.
Dear Home Folk:
The sun and the light faded so quick-
ly I could not even add “good night” and
besides my hands were so stiff with cold
I could write no more. And now you
find me sitting under a great pine tree,
with hundreds more like it standing
around. All of us are on an elevated
platform while stretched out below us is
a flat plain, down the middle of which
comes tumbling and roaring a beautiful
stream of green snow-water, one of the
headwaters of the Jhelam, and across
that another range lifts its magnificent
head.
We broke camp with the sun-rise and
after eating a big breakfast, under the
walnut and mistletoe, started on our
twelve mile tramp. The road wound
around the side of one mountain chain,
a narrow valley and then another mass
of great peaks kept us company the
whole way along. Oh! It was truly su-
perb; the foamy white water, the minia-
ture rice fields, an occasional picturesque
native or group of houses, and ever and
always the mountains with their shifting
shadows and changing colors as a back-
ground, and our way was always up to-
ward two great peaks between which lay
an immense glacier, and in spite of
watching for trees I would know, and
flowers that would be old friends, my
eyes would always turn toward that great
white field which looked $o pure and
beautiful against the blue skies. We
will stay here for a day to rest and then
g0 back—not exactly the way we came—
and for a distance our friends of to-day
will keep us company, but we will join
the boat thirty miles farther up the
river.
Just now across the plain below a flock
of sheep with a shepherd in front and a
man driving from the rear, is passing
and I feel as though in a great theatre
and these are the actors in a drama; I
am waiting for the principals, wonder
what or who it will be. The Maharaja's
rest house is near but no such good luck
as that his retinue would pass and no
doubt if it did he would be in an auto-
mobile, which is too modern for my pas-
toral play. My feet tell me I must hunt
for water to take away their soreness,
and I know you must be tired for today
at least.
But let me tell you that we have a lit-
tle tent with an upper fly as a rain
shield, the tent just large enough for
two beds, while in the back is a shut off
space where our Bherer said he “would
place the commode.” I said, “Thik”
(right.) A smaller tent, about six by
six, is the servant’s protection and this is
our outfit: Two tiny wooden chairs
that fold up, a tiny folding table, candles,
cooking utensils, wash bowl and pitcher
of enamel, lantern, tea-basket and its
contents, and with the two beds made in
a frame which ali comes apart, having a
canvas stretched by lacing with rope,
our outfit is complete. It is simple, but
plenty, and we ‘are very comfortable.
Now for a bath.
EISHMAKAN, September 30th.—Yes, one
day more the sun is going down and we
left our lovely pine resting place sooner
than we expected, because as we are not
in good walking trim we knew we could
do no mountain climbing, so came back
this far on our downward journey.
The scenery is the same, only from
the other side of the valley. When we
reached here we saw perched high on
the side of a hill a most interesting look-
ing place and now we have come from a
pilgrimage thereto. It is a moham-
medan Monastary and although most
imperfect, yet it was a beauteous site
and the country lay spread out like the
palm of a hand. The carvings were
rather good, the upper tower having
three platforms and on each was planted
masses and masses of iris. We came
down through the Bazaar and I declare
|
the road was only three feet wide, the
thatching of the houses meeting at the
top.
Tonight we are to take dinner with a
Mrs. K., whose home was formerly in
Greensburg—now she is a “globe-trotter”
and has her camp just adjoining ours;
you see again the world is small. By
the by, facing me about fifty feet away a
great black Hindu God of stone stands.
It has many yellow flowers about it, at-
testing to a recent worshipper. I would
steal and run away with it for you, but
it’s too big. Again good-day, we start at
six o'clock for another day of going.
ATCHIBAL.—A day of going through
beautiful rice fields full of workers; the
way was easy and we met coolies by the
dozen, both men and women, going to
the rice fields to work. It was all inter-
esting, and especially at Bamzu, where a
Hindu temple is supposed to have been
five thousand years ago. A cave is there
and the doorway is all carved and of
course is kept under lock and key; but
we went up the very primitive stone
stairway and saw it all.
Then on we went to Bawan, where in
an immense tank of clear water were
fish by the million, all said to be sacred,
and to judge from the idols around about,
knew they were keeping proper compa-
ny anyway. But it was a beautifully sit-
uated place under great chenar trees;
the fishes were most easily agitated by
throwing pop-corn or a native cake to
them. They fought and splashed me
with water quite as common fish would.
The way left the nice flat road and up
a steep, bare, horridly hot hill we jogged
and there, in an almost perfect situation,
we saw the ruins of an old temple to the
Sun. In its complete state it surely must
have been magnificent, and is said to.
have been built about 500 A. D. so that
the carvings and the columns were in-
deed fine. But as our camping ground
was four miles further on we did not de-
lay long and came on here, which is a
disappointment since there is only a
beautiful garden, now past its prime,
and a grove of chenar trees. The Gov-
ernor General of the Army is coming
here to shoot so the tents are already
being placed and the furniture put into
place. Well! If I could go camping in
such a way I wouldn’t know the difer-
ence from a very elegant hotel and my’,
camp life.
(Continued next week.)
Catching the Cobra.
It is said that of all reptiles the cobra
is the most passionately fond of music,
and that it may easily be enticed from
its hiding-place by the notes of the vio-
lin or of a bagpipe. In India it very sel- |
dom hears any but the first instrument, |
and those bent upon its capture take '
advantage of the cobra’s weakness for
the violin.
When a cobra is found to have taken
up its abode in the neighborhood of an!
Indian dwelling, it is customary to send
for professional snake-charmers, who at
once proceed to work upon the snake's :
love of music.
One man will play a tune near the !
place supposed to be occupied by the
cobra. It slowly emerges from its hiding- |
place, and takes up a position in front of
the player. It then becomes the business
of this man to hold the attention of the
snake while a companion undertakes tis
capture.
The second man, with a handful of
fine dust, creeps up behind the cobra.
The casting of the dust upon the snake
startles it, and for a moment it falls its
full length upon the ground. Brief as
this period may be, however, it suffices
for the purpose of the assistant snake-
catcher. With a lightning-like move-
ment he seizes the cobra by the neck
just below the head.
If it be deemed desirable to extract :
the fangs at once, the captor presses his
thumb on the throat of the snake, thus |
compelling it to open its mouth, when !
the fangs are drawn with a pair of
pincers.
Should, however, as not infrequently |
happens, the operator desire to keep the
cobra intact for the time being, the mu- '
sician comes to his fellow’s aid, forcibly .
unwinds the coils, and places the body of |
the cobra in a basket. The head only is
left protruding, this being held by the
other man. The lid is then pressed |
down to prevent the cobra from wrig- |
gling out. Then, suddenly, the captor
fhrusts the head in, and bangs down the
id.
Sometimes music is employed to draw
from the cobra its venom, needed for me-
dicinal or experimental purposes. The
musician's assistant arms himself with a
large plate covered with a thick plantain
leaf. While the snake is engaged with
the music, he sits down immediately in
front of the cobra. It is too much en-
grossed to notice the man until such |
time as the music abruptly ceases. Then r
the snake recalled to existing surround- ;
ings, strikes at the man whois nearest. i
But the snake-man has been waiting |
for this. Swift as the thrust may be, he |
is just as swift. He interposes the plate,
and receives the blow on it. The poison
goes through the puncture in the leaf, |
and is deposited on the plate. It is a
thick, albuminous fluid, resembling the |
white of an egg. One drop of it com- |
municated to the blood is enough to!
cause death within a very short time to |
any warm-blooded creature. |
|
Los ANGELIES, CAL.—While efforts
were being made to raise funds here to
succor the war victims of Belgium, Dr.
Milbank Johnson,president of the Munic-
ipal Charities Commission, published a
statement today that relief sent to Europe
means prolongation of the strife and sug-
gesting that charity should begin at
home. He said:
“War in Europe has thrown thousands
in this country out of work. The conse.
quent suffering and privation are appall-
ing. Charity should begin at home, Has
it occurred to many who eagerly hearken
to Europe’s cry that they have not con-
tributed to the relief of our own unfor-
tunates.”
——The WATCHMAN enjoys the proud
distinction of being the best and cleanes:
county paper published. :
| Queen Victoria followed the precedent of
mobiles
' to close the park against it would be as
, Valley has just been opened. A little
; ervation by three roads, can explore
, way constructed by a private turnpike
' company, and this has been so improved
‘ without being compelled to turn off to
England’s Great Seal.
No other emblem of governmental au-
thority, perhaps, ever had such a series
of queer adventures as those pertaining
to the Great Seal of England.
In the first place, when Richard I set
out for the Holy Land, he took the seal
with him. His vice-chancellor, Malchien,
is said to have worn it suspended by a
chain round his neck. Off Cyprus the
vice-chancelior fell overboard and was
drowned, and the great seal was lost.
The first seal of Charles I. was thrown
into the river Severn, in order that it
might not fall into the hands of Crom-
well’s soldiers. When James II. fled
from England he carried the great seal
with him. He threw it into the Thames,
evidently thinking that, without it, Wil-
liam IIL. could not carry on the govern-
ment. A fisherman’s net caught it, and
it was restored to the authorities, and
was used by Wiiliam until a new seal was
made
In 1784 thieves broke into the house of
Lord Chancellor Thurlow and stole the
great seal. It was never recovered.
The country-seat of Lord Chancellor
Eldon took fire at night. At the first
alarm the chancellor hurried from his
sleeping chamber with the great seal,
and buried it in his garden. In the morn-
ing he tried in vain to locate the place
where he had buried the seal. By the
advice of Lady Eldon every servant in
the household was provided =zither with a
spade, a trowel, or a poker, and ordered
to “probe’’ the garden. At last the chan-
cellor was relieved by the cry of “found.”
The Great Seal of England is often
called “the Seals,” because it is made in
two parts, the obverse and the reverse.
In other days, when a new seal was used,
the old one was broken into pieces, the
destruction forming quite a ceremonious
act.
The pieces were a perquisite of the
Chancellor. In modern days the cere-
mony of breaking the old seal has con-
sisted in the sovereign’s giving it a gen-
tle blow with a hammer. It is then sup-
posed to be broken, and has lost all its
virtue as a symbol of the royal authori-
ty. The Lord Chancellor preserves the
“broken” seal, and hands it down as an
heirloom to his descendants.
The breaking of the old seal was the
occasion of an amicable contest between
Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Brougham. At
the time of the accession of William IV
a new seal was ordered. Lyndhurst was
then chancellor.
had been finished and put to use,
Brougham had succeeded Lyndhurst in
the office. Each, however, claimed the
old seal as his perquisite. The matter
was left to the King to decide. William
determined to solve the problem in a
Solomon like manner. Turning the seal
round and round in his hands, he said to
the claimants: “How do you cry, heads
or tails?”
| “Your Majesty.” said Brougham, “I
' will take the bottom part.”
| Whereupon the King ordered each part
' to be set in a silver salver with the royal
arms on one side and on the other the
arms of Brougham and Lyndhurst re-
: spectively. Each claimant received one
"part. A similar dispute arose between
i Lord Chelmsford and Lord Campbell, and
William IV.
Another Motor Road into the Yosemite.
A little more than a year ago it be-
came necessary for the Secretary of the
Interior at Washington to enter upon an
explanation of his reason for rescinding
an order prohibiting the driving of auto-
through «Yosemite National
Park. It became necessary because quite
a number of people were saying that the
admission of the automobile to the park
would destroy the glamour of romance
shed throughout the beautiful valley by
the stage coach. The Secretary held
that the motor car had come to stay and
absurd as was the fight made for many
years by ultra-conservatives against the
introduction of steam into the navy.
His act and his view were both upheld
by popular opinion, and it is illustrative
of the speed at which we are traveling
away from old ways of thinking and of
doing that a third road for the accommo-
dation of motorists visiting the Yosemite
more than a year ago the visitor trans-
ported by automobile to the park had to
leave his vehicle on the outside if he
wished to go in himself. Now he can
approach and enter the magnificent res-
practically the entire park and can leave
on the road he came in or by either of
the other two. Of course, there are cer-
tain rules, but these are only such as
will be cheerfully complied with by the
great majority of automobilists who shall
take advantage of the park privileges.
The last of three roads to be completed
and opened to travel is known as the Big
Oak flat. Its approach is over a high-
When the new seal |
that many of its curves and sharp turns
have been eliminated, the government
meeting part of the cost. The motorist |
may now, it is announced, continue right |
into the valley after leaving Crockers |
the Coulterville road at Crane’s flat. The
Coulterville and Wawona roads afford
opportunity for those who do not care to |
travel over the same route.
There will be much motoring, it is fair
to presume, between the Yellowstone,
the Glacier and the Yosemite National :
parks next year. The prohibition order |
would most assuredly have kept great
numbers of motorists out of the Pacific
West during the Panama-Pacific exposi-
tion period. San Francisco and Califor- |
nia, therefor, are to be congratulated on
the adoption of the more liberal policy
by Secretary Lane, and they are to be
applauded for the wisdom they exercise
in publishing the more agreeable fact to
the world.—Ghristian Science Monitor.
There are some people who think that
fresh air and out door exercise will keep
a man in perfect health. Yet a trip
through a farming country will discover
any number of farmers suffering with
stomach trouble. It’s the usual story:
Too much work, too little rest, and un-
suitable diet. Whenever the stomach
and other organs of digestion and nutri-
tien become diseased, the whole body is
menaced, through the consequent lack
of nutrition and the corruption of the
blood supply. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery relieves “stomach trouble,”
renews the assimilative powers, purifies
the blood, nourishes the nerves, and
gives vitality to every organ of the body.
i mr tana
——Time and chance can do nothing
fo those who will do nothing for them-
selves. {
Habit in Animals. |
—— |
In the education of certain animals the |
trainer relies mainly upon “habit.” The
horse, for instance, as one of the stu- '
pidest of animals, can be taught almost
anything—that is, any habit. Having no
mind of his own, he can be relied upon
to do precisely what he is told to do. All
the well-known tricks, whatever may be
their details, are said to be inculcated in
this way:
The horse is taught by endless repeti-
tions some mechanicai habit.
signal he begins to paw the floor; at
another, he ceases. Atanother signal he
takes a sponge and rubs it over a certain
spot on a blackboard, or, it may be, picks |
up a card lying in a certain position. It
thus follows that the meaning of the act
exists for the spectator only. The paw-
ings count the answer to a problem in
arithmetic, the card bears the reply to a
question, but the horse does not know it.
He merely follows a habit, just as he
does when a driver calls out “Whoa!”
even though that word be interpoiated in
a sentence otherwise meaningless to the i
beast.
The reason the horse is so available
for these special purposes of deception,
and, indeed, for the general purposes of
man, is to be found in the fact that he
evinces precisely the proper degree of
stupidity. Were he more stupid than he
is, he would not be sufficiently com-
plaisant to acquire convenient habits.
Were he cleverer, he would acquire too
many habits and follow his own incli-
nations too much, after the manner of
that decidedly clever animal, the cat.
English sparrows have been subjected
to many tests for the purpose of discov-
ering whether they can count. The ex-
periments of Porter particularly prove
that sparrows cannot count. After a
bird had been given its food one hundred
times successively from the fifth of a
series of dishes, in the next twenty trials
it went only nine times to the proper
place. Moreover, after the bird became
certain of the situation of the desired
dish when he came to it on the wing, he
was thrown off the track when approach-
ing it on foot; while if he started his
flight from a point on one side of his
usual perch he was likely to alight cor-
respondingly on one side of his objective
point.
The animal forms habits precisely as
does the human being, and, like the lat-
ter, stores up as habits many common
experiences of life.
Famous Author says She will Wear Cot-
ton Evening Gowns this Winter.
The Woman’s Home Companion is ap-
pealing to American women to wear Amer-
ican-made garments. In the October num-
ber Ida M. Tarbell wrote such an appeal
and in the December number her posi-
tion is strongly approved by a number of
famous people whose letters are publish-
ed. Among those whose letters are pub-
lished are Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, Ger-
trude Atherton, James J. Hill, William C.
Redfield, Secretary of Commerce, Mrs.
La Follette, wife of Senator La Follette,
and Margaret Deland.
The idea is that in the past American
women have preferred foreign goods but
that with the war the opportunity has
| been opened for American consumers to
use domestic goods and to develop a real
taste for them which shall continue.
Gertrude Atherton’s letter in the De-
cember number follows:
“It is my intention to have my evening
gowns this winter made of cotton ma-
terials—voile, crepe, etc.—and to wear
nothing but cotton at evening entertain-
ments. I have succeeded in interesting
a number of my friends in this idea, as
it will be no sacrifice to wear the beauti-
ful transparent materials of delicate col-
ors manufactured by some of our South-
ern houses. I am sure that if every
woman in the United States who can af-
ford to have an evening gown at all
would agree to have it of cotton the situ-
ation in the South would very soon be
relieved, and I certainly shall buy noth- i
ing of foreign make whatever until this
dreadful crisis is well past.”
Origin of “Bankrupt.”
When a man fails in business he
naturally feels all “broken up” about’
it, and it's natural to suppose that he
feels pretty ‘‘rotten” about his crash.
and both of these conditions of mind
are indicated in the word bankrupt.
Though bankruptcy suggests “high
finance,” it's a word of very humble
origin. It was first heard many cen-
turies ago in the market places of Ital-
ian cities. If a fruit vender failed’
other venders broke his bench or stall
and drove him from the market place.
He was then said to be "banca rotto,”
or bench broken. and from that ex- |
pression comes the English word bank-
rupt. !
Spain’s Royal Bodyguard.
The Spanish royal family has an es-:
pecial and historic bodyguard to pre-
vent intrusions. For centuries the
Monteros. who must be natives of the
town of Espinosa and have served
with honor in the army, have had the
exclusive privilege of guarding the roy-
al palaces by night. In their historic
costume and wearing felt shoes they |
take up their posts at midnight outside |
the rooms of the king, queen and other
royalties, while detachments patrol the
halls and corridors all night long.
They speak no word, acknowledging
each other's presence by sign and
countersign. In the morning they dis-
appear as silently, giving place to the
ordinary seutries and attendants.
Antiquity of the Cucumber.
The cucumber was cultivated in
Egypt before the days of Moses. If
you are interested in the subject you
will find that the children of Israel in
the wilderness (there were about 3,000,- |
000 of them) mourned the cucumbers '
which they had left behind them in
the land of bondage. You will find
this fact recorded in Numbers xi, 5: |
““We remember the fish which we did |
eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers |
and the melons and the leeks and the
onions and the garlic.”—Indianapolis |
News, |
The Name “Beth.”
Beth, in the names of places mention-
ed in the Bible, is the Hebrew word for
“house.” Thus Beth-lehem is the house
of bread; Beth-saida, house of mercy.
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FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN
DAILY THOUGHT. |
It is only the young that can receive much re
i ward from men’s praise; the old, when they are
great, get too far beyond and above you to care
; what you think of them.—Ruskin.
The new blouse is an old one. This
| seems like a paradox, until it is realized
{ that the shirtwaist with a high standing
‘collar is with us again.
In the illustration it will be noticed
| that the line of buttons which close this
| blouse of crepe de chine is continued to
‘ the top of the collar foundation.
This permits of a simple brooch to be
i worn and disposes of the need for ties or
| jabots. :
{ Not that jabots will not be in vogue,
for they will, and very charmingly fash-
| ioned as well.
Broad, tucked flanges of sheer mull
! will be used, with edgings of fine Valen-
: ciennes lace or with plain hemstitched
: edges.
Double jabots will be used for the low-
cut collar finishing, which will also be
i voguish.
High standing collars, with pointed
turnovers, will be the smartest sort of
neck fixings one can adopt.
! These are modeled with the old-fash-
ioned, shaped stock collars as a basic in- |
fluence, but are designed entirely of lace
and mull, rather than of silk and lawn,
as was the old method.
The collar, fully three inches high, is
mounted on a shaped band, and is but-
toned tightly into place.
The cuffs, of a cavalier shape, are deep-
pointed affairs, fastening with button
links.
With the advent of the tailleur of
sports-like tendencies and the vogue of
the coat suit an assured fact, blouses for
separate wear return to occupy an old
position of dominating authority.
Although coat dresses are in great
vogue and the dressy afternoon one-piece
dress of much sartorial importance, the
shirt and its more frivolous sister blouses
will be in great demand.
The dressy blouse of lace reposes upon |
a chiffon foundation this year. This is
in direct opposition to the fundamental
characteristics of last year’s blouse.
Lace returns to queen it again, with
chiffons delicately masquerading as quite
the most solid materials lace should rest
upon when waist making is in view.
Despite the popularity of lace, there |
are very good looking blouses of silk,
brocaded chiffons and even of velvets.
In fact basques and blouses of velvets
promise to be the sensational style fea-
tures of their particular realm.
Serge and satin are now combined and
many a serge frock with along serge
tunic has a black satin foundation skirt
and other touches of black satin. Some-
times there is a moyenage slip of blue
serge with black satin sleeves that reach
to the knuckles.
Everything that’s labeled linen isn’t
linen. It may be part cotton and part
linen, and it may be mercerized cotton
with a very small portion of linen in it.
To test the material you buy for linen,
drop water on the goods. If it is all
linen the moisture spreads rapidly and |
dries quickly., On cotton the fabric will |
remain moist for some time.
Glycerine is considered a better test
than water. It causes linen to appear
transparent.
Another test for linen is by breaking
the yarn. If cotton the ends will curl
up, if pure linen the ends remain smooth.
Place a mirror over the fireplace to re-
flect the room.
Place one between the windows at the
end of a long, narrow room to emphasize
the light there.
Place one where it will reflect a charm-
ing glimpse of the garden through a
window opposite it.
Place one in the hall opposite the en-
- trance into the drawing-room or living-
, room to give a sense of spaciousness.
Remember that flowers in front of a
mirror are twice as attractive as flowers
placed against a wall.
Various forms of boleros appear on
smart models in velvet dresses brought
out to liven up the retail stocks for
special holiday displays, says the Dry
Goods Economist. This jacket idea sug-
¢3sts the shortened waist line, which is
' now receiving attention, and at the same
time it modifies the short-waisted effect
sufficiently to be becoming to the aver-
age figure.
The transparent sleeves have proven
very practical in these heavier weight
dresses, as this feature makes the gar-
ment more comfortable for wearing in-
doors.
Dark blue is surely as fashionable as
its stanchest admirers could wish to have |
Lit.
Blue serge has been fashionable for
several seasons, increasingly so, ap-
parently. And it is as much worn now
as ever. Of course, blue serge coat suits
demand blue accessories, so there are
blue net blouses, blue silk and lisle stock-
ings, blue handbags and other blue things
by the score. Then there are many blue
velvet hats. Blue is one of the best
colors in the lovely new brggades for
velvet—
even crimson velvet—is not more regal
looking than rich and sumptuous velvet
of king’s blue.
Combination Salad. — Mix one sliced
peeled cucumber with one peeled and
sliced tomato, one finely sliced onion, one
stalk of diced celery and one bunch of
thinly sliced radishes. Mix and serve in
a lettuce lined salad bowl! decorated with
i sliced stuffed olives. For the salad dress-
' ing, mix together in a double boiler one
teaspoonful of salt, one tablespoonful of
flour, one teaspoonful of mustard, one-
half cupful of sugar and one beaten egg,
add one cupful of vinegar, then cook and
stir over the fire until thick. Cool and
| add three-fourths cupful of cream.
Rich Chocolate Pudding. — Beat the
volks of three eggs until very light and
thick, with half a eup of sugar, flavoring
to taste, two ounces of sweet chocolate
and half a cup of chopped almonds. When
thoroughly mixed stir in the whites of
the eggs well beaten and pour the mix-
ture into a buttered baking dish. Bake
in a moderate oven from 30 to 40 min-
utes. Serve with any light sauce.
Banana Fritters.—Skin and halve the
fruit, dip in a nice. batter, and fry a
golden brown. Squeeze a little lemon
juice over them, and serve with sifted
| sugar and cream.
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FARM NOTES.
—Commercial statistics show that the
| annual production of apples is, apparent-
ly, becoming less in proportion to con-
sumption each year, and has actually
been less in the aggregate for the last
| few years than formerly.
: —Unleached wood ashes, which used to
i constitute the chief supply of potash, are
not now to be had in sufficient quantity
| to supply the demand for potash. Ashes
are one of the safest and best sources of
| potash for most crops and soils.
—The best tree to order, everything
| considered, is a young, vigorous whip
; about five feet high. Such a tree is pret-
| ty sure to live and grow without a set-
i back, and it may be cut off at whatever
i height the owner wishes the head to
| start.
| —Winter bran, according to analyses
| made by the Pennsylvania Experiment
« Station, furnishes a smaller quantity of
i nitrogenous nutritives than spring bran,
| in spite of its higher price. This bran,
i however, is usually more uniform in
| composition than spring bran.
| —Cultivation has the same effect on
| the food of plants as has mastication on
the food of animals. It divides it finely,
| so that with the aid of water the plant
will be able to appropriate to itself the
nourishment most needed. The proper
cultivation of the ground is one of the
greastest factors in the production of a
crop.
—We find that our hens do not take
to alfalfa meal very readily. We have
to add corn meal to the mush to induce
them to eat it, but with about a half and
' a half mixture they clean it up in. good
style. It is an excellent feed when the
fowls have no other green stuff ; but two
cents and a half a pound for it is plenty,
—there must be a big profit in it to some-
body.— Poultry Journal,
—Willow cuttings may be made to ad-
vantage any time during the winter or
spring months before the ground opens,
| if you have some place where you can
store them, like a cellar, root-house or
stable, where they can be covered with
earth or some damp sawdust, which will
prevent their withering or drying out
before planting time. It is not essential
that they should be entirely covered, just
» the butts of cuttings are well protect-
. ed.
—One Pennsylvania peach grower used
hot water with good success in killing
grubs pestering peach trees just below
the surface. He digs away the soil until
a few inches of the lighter bark appear,
fills in the space with leaves or straw,
: which he removes by hand, when the hot
i water is applied. It is claimed that if
, the water is applied frequently and abun-
‘ dantly enough to soak the trunk of the
tree well, not only all grubs are killed,
i but the tree will take on new life and
| bear better.
—The manure belongs to the land.
| When the soil gives the grain, the corn
and hay crops to sell or feed and: take
| the profits, it gives all that one is en-
titled to. The manure crop, the second
| crop, is not the farmer’s to waste or sell:
| It belongs to the land from whence it
came. It is the balance due to the land.
It isthe means which nature provided
for maintaining the fertility of the soil.
| It is the farmer's duty to conserve every
| ton of manure produced on the farm and
get all he can from other sources.
—On account of their large water con-
tent, potatoes alone are not suitable for
feeding swine. Experimental results at
many stations have shown that one pound
of grain is equal to about four pounds of
cooked potatoes or four and one-half
pounds of potatoes raw. On this basis
any one can figure out the probable re-
turn of potatoes when fed to hogs. They
must be fed with grain to return satis-
factory results. Probably not more than
four pounds of potatoes should be used
foreach pound of grain where rapid
gains are desired.
—Bees, like all other insects, are divid-
ed scientifically into general species and
varieties. An old bee keeper by the
name of Aristotle in days gone by speaks
of three kinds of bees that were well
i known in his time. The best variety he
describes as small and round and varie-
gated in color. I wish to claim that this
great and noble bee of which Aristotle
speaks is no other than the Cyprian bee,
for this reason, they are small and round
bodied, quick in motion, sting upon the
slightest provocation: they are the light-
| est colored bee of which I know, and the
best workers. Says a writer in .Imeri-
can Bee Journal.
—A farmer would scarcely believe that
a goose requires only about sixty hours
in order to prepare it for the footlights
and a critical audience, and that a com-
mon pig will in thirty hours be compe-
tent to blossom forth as an actor. Ac-
cording to Mr. Clyde Powers, a trainer
of wide experince and much pa-
tience, it takes a duck about three
days to learn how to march on the
stage, to follow the chorus, and march
off again at the proper time; it takes a’
chicken a week or more, and a turkey
cannot grasp theart of acting before six
months’ time. Mr. P
'owers has tried to
train a peafowl, but he finds that itis
impossible. A goose is the most intelli-
gent of all the feathered tribe, and a
goose is also the only one of the domes-
tic fowls that shows affection.— American
Farmer.
—The Cyprians were imported from
the island of Cyprus into the different
parts of Europe where agriculture was
carried on, and they were so much prais-
ed and recommended that in 1880 im-
portations began in America. The
Cyprian resembles the Italian bee in
habits, etc. the difference between them
is that on the’ thorax of the Cyprian
there is a brighter yellowish color than
on the Italian and the yellow rings of
the Cyprian are brighter and graduate
to a copperish yellow under the abdo-
men.
The drones of the Cyprians are beauti-
ful and these bees quickly assail those
who dare handle them. Smoke astonish-
es them, but does not subdue them. At
each puff of the smoke they emit a sharp,
shrill sound not easily forgotten and as
soon as the smoke disappears they are
again on the watch ready to pounce on
any enemy, whether man or beast.
The Cyprian’s courage and grit and
prolificness make them a very desirable
variety if they could be handled safely. I
have handled this race of bees for the
last five or six years. I find them to be
good comb builders and good honey
gatherers and a splendid adversary when
it comes to fighting. They are much in-
clined to rob other bees and they will fly
out of the hives when other bees are
quiet.