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HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher.
NIT, DESPERANDUM.
Two Dollars per Annum.
NO. 33.
VOL. XI.
iIIDGAVAY; ELK' COUNTY, PA., THUESDAY, OCTOBER G, 1881.
Memory.
A POEM WIIITTEK BY JAMES A. OAItFIELD.
Tho littlo pocra given below was written, it
is stated, by James A. Garfield before his first
term in Congress -hence some twenty years
ago.
Tis beauteous night J the stars look brightly
down
Opon tho earth, docked in her robe of snow.
No light gleams at tho window, save my own,
Which gives its cheer to midnight and to mo,
And. now, with noiseless Btep, sweet memory
comes
Anl leads mo gently throngh hor twilight
realms.
What poofs tuneful lyre has over sung,
Or dolicate pon o'er portrayod,
The enchanted, shadowy land where memory
dwolls ?
It has its valleys, cheerless, lone and drear,
Dark-shaded by tho mournful cypress tree j
And yet its sunlit mountain tops are bathed
In heaven's own blue. Vpon its craggy cliffs,
Robed in tho dreamy light of distant years,
Are clustered joys Bcreno of other days.
Upon its gentle, eloping hillsides bend
The weeping willows o'er tho sacred dust
Of dear departed once j and yet in that land,
Where'or our footsteps fall upon tho shore,
TIipv that were elccmng rise from out the dust
Of death's long silent years,
s'and,
As erst they did before the prison tomb
Receive! their clay within its voiceless halls.
Tim limvons that bend abovo that land are
hung
With clouds of various hues,
chill
Rnrrtinvrpd with sorrow, cast with somber
sbado
Upon tho sunny, joyous hind below.
Others are floating through tho dreamy air,
Whito as tho falling snow, their margins
tinced
With gold and crimsoned hues ; their shadows
full
Upon tho flowery meads and sunny slopes,
Soft as th9 shadow of an'angel's wing.
When the rough battle of tho day is done,
And evening's peaco falls gently on tho heart,
I bor.nd away, across tho noisy years,
Unto tho utmost verge of memory's land,
Where earth and sky in dreamy distauco meet
Aud memory dim with dark oblivion joins,
".'here woko the first remembered sounds tin
fe'l
Upon tho ear in childhood's early morn j
A id, wandering thence along the rolling years
1 see tlio shadow of my rormer seir
Gliding from childhood up to man's estate.
Tlio path of vouth winds down through many
a vale,
An 1 on 'he brink of ninny a dread abyss,
From out whoso darkness comes no ray
Save that a phantom dances o'er the gulf
And LoekniM tonarl the verge. Again
path
Leads o'er tho summit where tho sunbeams
full ;
And tins in liiht anl shade, sunshine and
gloom,
Sorrow and joy, tho lifo-path lead t aloni
and round us
Some dark and
tin
KEEPING COMPANY.
"Ned Ned!" The call rang ou
from the house door, floating over th
garden, till it came faint and weary t
the brrn doe r, utterly utable to pene-
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irate me uarreu pcnai.
of
"X. d! Ned I" earer and nearer
came the cheery voice, and a pair of
light feet carrit d it down the path, to
riDg out again clear and strong, a
little doubled fist pounded an accom
nanimerit on the wooden barrier.
1 . ti :n.
A JranK lace, ana neaa covereu wnu
crisp curls, now decorated by long
straws stuck in with a promiscuous
carelessness suggestive of Lear'a crown,
was popped out of the window of the
hay-loft.
"What is it, Katie? I'm giving the
beasts their breakfast."
"Come down! You must come
down ! I've got the best ol news for
you."
" What is it ? Wait ! I'll be down !
Why, Katie, what are you all dressed
up for?"
"You'll never guess. Susy Willis
has come home. She sent me over
word this morning to be ready for
church early, so we could have a long
walk before we went into meeting.
She's coming over for me."
"Susy home!" That was all Ned
said, but there was no doubting the ac
cent of content in his voice.
" Her father has written that he is
coming back to Allentown next mouth,
and Susy's mother gent for her to leave
school, and be here to meet him. Oh,
Ned, ain't you glad ? She's been away
more'n two years."
Glad ! If there was any faith to be
placed in beaming eyes, smiling lips
and trembling fingers, Ned was, to say
the least, not sorry; but he said noth
ing, only hurried the preparations for
leaving the barn, his face the while
speaking his pleasure, while, Katie, her
tongue doing the work of two, ran on
with her gleeful chatter.
" I wonder if she's altered, prettier
or smarter. I wonder if she'll let you
beau her now, Ned. Perhaps she'll want
to keep company with some smarter fel
low. now she's had so much schooling
Hurry, Ned, so you can go with us 1"
And riving up the path again, Katie en
tered the neat faimhouse, and went to
her room to add some trifle to her dress.
Looking wistfully up the path for her
expected companion she tried to bo
patient, but the fingers would fidget,
the feet beat tatoos, the eyes flash with
eagerness, while her father's comments,
as he leaned over the gate, smoking his
Sunday vipe, did not diminish the
fever.
" Ay, Katie, don't drum a hole in the
window I Aro you dancing a jig, Katie ?
Come down bore and talk to Jack !" and
the magpie's hoarse voice, calling
Jtatie," ecnoea tne invitation. Hud
denly both comment and restlessness
ceased, while the two faces, beaming
with loving mischief, watched the path.
Coming from the barn, round to the
front of the house, yet in his blouse and
round hat, was Ned, the idol of both
the warm hearts watching him. His
pretty bunch of flowers told one cause
of bis delay, and his lingering step was
explained by tne second figure nf ad
vancing from tiie Pul,u jvbuw, nau
Watched so eagei'ly-
Slowlv the two came towara iv .a nouse
Ned trying to su.nmon up co orage to
address the pret.ty, neat! -dressed
maiden, who had grown irom a uttle girl
to a young iaay in ui " jemo u
sence ; while she, her loal hr rt flutter-
ing at the sight of her o.'d sw eetheart,
tried to look unoonscions; o nis presence.
Nearer and nearer to tne 3 arm door,
the distance between thann narrowing
every moment, they sauaitar ed on, till
at last they stood oppiwi e the old
farmer, neither daring i speak tne
first word. The pretty flonr ers were in
danger of being eaten up, ,as Ned bit
nervously at the stems of th i pinks and
roses, while Susy's pocket hs ndkerchiej
was rapidly becoming transit irmed into
a rabbit in her gloved .Ingen i.
How long they would nave remained
thus can only be guessed; b ut a clear,
ringing laugh from Kate, Bl iconded by
her father's hearty bans, broke the
spell, and Ned said:
" I'm glad you're home a rain, Susy I"
and managed to present 1 ds flowers and
hold open the gate before, ner wusnea
faded away.
It did not need mucn urging io turn
the long walk into a t slk in Katie's
room, while the farmer and Ned
assumed their "go-to-meeting" garb,
and by some slight of hand Katie found
herself transferred to he father, while
Master Ned escorted the fair Susy to
church, and not a wet pi isBed before
all Allentown knew teat JNea uiarse
and Susy Willis were st ill " keeping
company."
Ned aud Katie uiarKO were trie omy
children of old Farmer Joi lhua Clarke,
whose wife had long befoo e died and
left him to be both father and mother
to her handsome boy and girl. They
were Btill little ones when they became
motherless, but Aunt Kate, Katie's
godmother, had filled her sister s place
at the farmhouse until Katie was six
teen, when, thinking her niece trained
for a perfect housekeep eT. dear Aunt
Kate consented to go brig "Men another
home, whose master had raited for her
since her sister's death. . 3o the three
in the old homestead were left to link
their love still closer in tl le absence of
the wonted housekeeper, and Katie's
pride was to let no comfort be missed,
no deficiency tell of their boss.
In easy circumstances, devoted'Iy
fond of his children, finding love all
around him, Farmer Clark was the
most cheery, bright old farmer in Al
lentown. Universally resrpected and
beloved, his old age brightened by his
children's happiness, he "was ready to
enter heartily into any youthful
scheme, to give his full sympathy to
all the young boys and girls who came
to him for advice, and above all to
watch, with almost boyish glee, all the
villoma courting. Katie, being a nni-
verfal belle, had as yet selected no spe- fl
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cial tavorite to torment, u mo uiu wnu.
had full leisure to watch Ned, visitiDg
his loom for sly remarl;s, dropping
words that brought up the frank blush
so becoming to a manly h ce, or even,
at times, letting his sympathy bring th
roses to Susy's cheek.
Never did the course of true love
promise to rtm smoother. Susy's father
was a travelinu peddler, whose journeys
often led him hundreds of miles from
Allentown, now east, now west, north,
or south, as his fancy or pack sug
gested. His earnings were good, and
Mrs. Willis rented a pretty cottage and
lived in comfortable style, while Susy
could boast of two years' " schooling "
all the academy of B , miles away
from her native village. It is true that
Jim Willis, the peddler, was counted a
hard man, one keen at a bargain, ana
close-fisted in business; but no one
doubted his love for his wife and Susy,
their only child. There had been al
ways kindly fe sling between the family
and the Clarkes from the time when
Ned drew Susy and Kate to school on
one sled, or tossed apples from the
boys bench to the golden-haired lassie
the girls side. Mrs. W llus knew
Ned's worth; his sturdy uprightness,
his frank, generous heart, his bright in
telligence and faithful love; and she
wished no more brilliant future for her
darling than the life of Ned Clarke's
wife promised to bo. bo the long sum
mer walks, the confidential talks, the
thousand devices to win favor that the
vouthful swain proffered his love, were
all smiled upon by tne innabitants oi
farm and cottage, while Susy's gentle,
loyal heart never dreamed of coquetry,
but let Master Ned read in every look
and VjIuhU tho Ulo ut his nuooessi in woo-
The summer months sped merrily,
and it was well understood in Allen
town that when Jim Willis returned
there would be a wedding, while not a
"bov" in the village would have
dreamed of daring to court a smile or
word from Susy.
The long evening s'aadows oi August
were falling from the houses and trees,
when Katie sat dreaming in her little
room. Tea was over. Her father had
gone to town the day before with pro
visions, and would not return until far
into the night. Ned had gone to see
Susie, so there was no one to interrupt
the musing. She was thinking whether,
when Susy came to the farmhouse, she
might not think of quitting it, and the
various pros and cons of Bob. Harry and
Will flitted through her coquettish lit
tle heart as she deliberated on their
several cases, her heart free to choose
from all of them.
Suddenly looking up she saw Ned
coming slowly down the path from the
cottage. He reeled irom side to side,
as if intoxicated, while his faltering
step, his bowed head ana drooping
figure terrified his sister greatly. He
must be ill ! Very ill indeed he looked
as he passed the gate she had hastened
to open for him. He made no answer
to her piteous inquiries as he passed
her to enter tne kitcnen, wnere lie sank
down upon the floor, resting his head
on his clasped hands, and sobbed the
hard dry gasps of a strong man in
agony.
"Oh, Ned I dear Ned I what is it?
Yon frighten me so 1 Ned, Ned, dear I
Is Susv sick?"
He looked up at the name, Lis face
ashy pale, his eyes burning and dry.
"Don't speak of Susy, Katie ! Don't;
it kills met"
" But, Ned"
" I'll try to tell you, Katie. We never
have had any secrets."
She had seated hetself on a low stool,
and drawn his head to rest upon her
breast, and her gentle touch, her face of
tendor love seemed to soothe him, for
his harsh, choked voice softened as he
spoke to her.
"Jim Willis has come home, Katie.
He's made a heap of money speculating,
and bought a house in Cincinnati, and
is going to take Susy and her mother
there to live ; and he says I can't have
Susy she's going to be rich, and a city
girl and I'm only a poor country clod
hopper." "Ned!"
"He said so. She's to go to Cin
cinnati and make a great match, and I
can never see her again."
" But Susy what does Susy herself
say?"
" He wouldn't let me see her, except
when he litted her into the coach to go
awy all white and dead like where
she fainted."
"Go away?"
" They're gone. He came home this
morning, in a coach he hired in town,
and he made them pack up and get
ready to go right off wouldn't let
either of them come here tried to get
away before I came, and drove mo away
as if I had been a loafer. Uh, Katie,
how can I live ?"
The loyal heart was nearly breaking.
Every word came in a gasp, and the
pallid lace and quivering lips were
aithful witnesses of the terrible agony
of this unexpected blow. From a boy
to a man he had cherished one dream
of future happiness, and it was a pain
that no language can adequately de
scribe to see it thus ruthlessly dashed
trorn him.
Katie was powerless to console him,
The shock was to her only second to
his own, for Susy had been to her in
the place of a sister from their child
hood, and she loved her brother with a
passionate devotion that made every
tone of hia voice, every quiver of his
pale lips a blow on her tender heart,
Far as Cincinnati really was from the
quiet Na' England village, its actual
distance was nothing compared to the
vast BTjace their simple imaginings
threw between. Susv was to be carried
awav, far from her home, far from them,
and if the destination had been Egypt
or Constantinople the shock would
have gained no force. Ned's heart
dwelt on the pale, senseless face, as he
had seen it carried by him, till his poor
brain fairlv numbed under the burden
of its grief, and he lay silent, only
sometimes moaning as the sorrow be
came more poignant in a new light.
Night fell, the long hours drew out
their slow length, and still the two re
maiued mute and motionless, trying to
vealize and bear this strange misfortune.
Daybreak stealing in, and the Bound of
the farmer's heavy wagon in the yard,
roused them at last, and poor Ned, un
able to meet the cheery voice and face
of his fi.ther, stole away to his room,
leaving Katie to tell the news,
It is impossible to describe the
fax-mer's wrath. Hot words of burning
indignation pouvad from his lips, and, for
the hrst time, Katie heard an oath from
her father's lips, as he cursed Jim Wil
lis for his miserlv, cruel heart. Then
came gentler thoughts. Susy, his little
pet, second only tolled and Katie in
bis heart, lost, carried away from them
torn from her home and lover and here
the thought of Ned's grief conquered
every other, and the old man strode up
the narrow staircase to his son's door.
It needed just such fatherly tenderness
as he brought to win INed Jrom hiscare
hs agonv to the relief of tears and
speech, aud far into the morning the
two sat talking of this hard turn in fortune.
The morninrr duties called them
down, and if Katie's heart ached over
her brother's untouched breakfast, it
was comforted by seeing how deep was
his father's sympathy.
Days passed and weeks and Ned tried
to bear his sorrow like a man. There
was no want of sympathy at home,
where the loving eyes watched his pale
cheeks with a tender interest that was
almost painful, and the brave heart that
would have given Susy its full wealth
of love was generous to the home circle,
aud for its sake tried to live down the
pain of disappointment. I know that to
never let any other boy court me tell
him I never can forget mm, though 1
must try ; tell him I did love him with
all my heart ; and don't let him quite
forget me, even if he marries some
other girl. Don't write to me mother
says not ; but think of me sometimes,
and give my love to Ned and yoni
father. Susy."
That was all; but Ned felt when Katie
told him he might keep the letter, that
mines of wealth could not purchase it
from him.
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
For C'nbbnae Worm.
A farmer writes: I would like to
say from experience that salt will
not injure cabbage nor tho worms
either. But ten cents worth of ground
black pepper will keep one hundred
heads free from the cabbage worm.
Take a common pepper box and dust
the worms every morning before seven
o'clock, and it will kill every ono it
touches, large or small.
drying some the shocks were double,
and remained in shock until nauieu to
shelter 16th or ICth of October. The
shocks need sometimes to have the in
side bundles put on the outside, but no
extra care beyond what common sense
and circumstances snggest. I prefer
drilling to sowing, beceause the crop is
larger on account of the working, and
the stalks greener and less "hurt" then
sown. Southern Planter,
Five years passed, and no word came
from Cincinnati. Katie was a wife now,
and mother to a bouncing boy crawling
about the floor, but Ned was true as
steel to his old love. No word of court
ing had ever passed his lips since Susy
left him, and if his tall figure had de
veloped to manliness, his voice grown
rougher, his frank face older, the boyish
love still nestled down in the depths of
his heart, and he resolved to live ever a
bachelor for Susy's sake.
Katies new cares had somewhat
clouded her pain at Susy's departure,
and the name that had once been so
sweet a household word was now rarely
heard in the farmhouse.
There was something very touching
in the maniy courage wnicn iea
brought to bear upon the sorrow of his
life. Never, save on tho one night
when the suddenness of the blow pros
trated him, had he given way to the
passionate grief in his heart, and his
calm pursuit of the weary routine of
life evinced more moral courage than is
often given to great deeds that make
the world ring.
It was Sunday morning, and every
body at the farmhouse had gone to
church except Ned and the baby. The
junior member of the household was
fast asleep on a rug before the fireplace,
and Ned was reading, when a shadow
fell upon the floor, and a voice, low and
sweet, spoke his name.
He scarcely dared breathe as he
looked up. So pale and thin as to be
almost spirit-like, dressed in the heavi
est mourning, the large, earnest eyes
hollow, the lips white and trembling,
surely that could not be Susy ? He had
pictured her living in wealth forget
ting him, perhaps but never, never
this rale, grief-stricken woman.
" Ned, don t you know me ?
Still doubting, he rose and came to
meet her, till, with a glad cry, he
opened his arms and folded her closely,
as if never again to let her go.
Susy I my Susy! Oh, how can I
ever be thankful enough ? Oh, Susy I '
and the hot tears fell on the sweet face,
as he marked its white, wasted lines.
1 Father took to drink after he got
rich, Ned, and it is three years since
mother died. We were very wretched,
Ned; for city folks did not caro for us,
and we were not used to their ways
after mother died, father was scarcely
ever sober, and I had a hard time taking
care of him, till about two months ago
he was taken s.ck. We d spent nearlv
all the money long before; but I did
sewing, and sometimes father earned
something, until he was sick. Then we
were very poor; bnt iust before he died
somebody sent him some money they
owed him. He gave it to me, and told
me to como litre with it, and ask you to
forgive him for parting us; so after ho
died, I came to see if you still cared
for me, Ned?"
Care for you I Oh, Busy, I will care
for you all mv life if you will stay,
Susy!"
Bnt the white bps gavo no answer,
the head fell back nerveless, and as he
had seen her on that heavy day of part
ing, he held her now. The weary, over
tasked frame had given way under its
load of sorrow and trouble, and it needed
all Kittie's tender nursing, all Ned's
loving care, to win the invalid back to
them from her kng, long illness. For
days her life hung on a thread, but at
last the color came Sitting back to the
pale lips and cheeks, and when the year
of mourning had passed, there was not
in Allentown a prettier or more win
some wife than Susy Clarke.
Whnt Does the Soil Need?
The reader is ready to ask, How am I
How to Clean ihe l'onhrr House. and other planters to know what our
A poultry-house may be very quickly 80ii8 need to make them produce good
and effectively cleaned out by first
using an old broom and removing cob
webs, dust, etc., and cleaning the floor
with a shovel. Then take half a bushel
of lime and slake it in a barrel. If one
of the syringe or fountain pumps used
for washing windows can be procured
the lime wash may be syringed all over
the inside, forcing the lime into every
crevice and cranny, and thoroughly
crops, you say the analysis of the soil
will not ton us f we reply, resort to
the plant analysis. Ask your soil a se
ries of questions such as tne following :
Do you need potash ? Do you need
ammonia? Do you need phosphoric
acid, or do yon need any two or all of
these? How shall I ask these questions,
and how will I interpret the reply ?
Select a plat of land which will repre
cleansing them. The lime that falls on Bent fairly your soil, or several such
the floor will sweeten that. hen the plats, if you have soils differing materi-
work is done turn out the refuse lime aiiy in character and supposed corapo-
. j l i n
for the fowls to pick at.
A SI in Die Itemed; for Insects.
A simple remedy for all insects that
annoy farmers is given by a W enona,
111., agriculturist. He says : "Gather
all the old straw and hay into long
rows around orchards, potato and cab
bage patches, and set fire to one end to
burn against the wind all night, and
they will burn up millions and millions
every night or the mate insects mat ny,
and bugs of all kinds and descriptions,
such as destroy the trees and potatoes
and all the cabbege, and the canker
worms on the apple trees. They will
fly right into the blaze and burn their
wings off and drop into the fire. I told
a man to do that who said the ground
in his potato patch was crawling alive
with potato bugs. He plowed a ditch
around and filled it with straw, and
burned them all up in one night, and
he raised a big crop of potatoes. The
prairie fires in former years used to burn
them all up. Do this and you will soon
be rid of the whole miller tribe of
sects."
Tronbledi
My mind was mfflod with small cares w-aay,
And I said pettish orde, and did not keep
Lonj snTerlnj'pitkn-o woll; an! now kr
deep
My trouble for this sin 1 In vain I weep
For foolish words 1 never can unsay.
Yet not in vair, Ob, surely not in vain !
This sorrow must compel me to take heel;
And surelv I shall learn how much I neea
Thy constant strength my own to supersede, ,
And all my thoughts to patience to constrain,
res, I shall learn at last, though I negleot
Day after day", to seek my help from thee;
Oh, aid me, that I always recollect
This gentle hcartednow; and Oh correct
Whatover else of sin thou secst hi mo I
Henry Su tton.
Fnrm Kotos.
Watch your colts' he ofs, and see they
are pared as often as necessary. The
hoof is not only thus benefited, bnt the
action of the animal frequently im
proved..
Pennsylvania yields one-fifth of the
rye produced in the country. The an
nual produce in that State ranges be'
tween 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 bushels.
Bone dust is a good dressing for
lawns. Put on plenty of it. Stable
manuro is often an eye-sore unless very
ttno.
Green corn, as soon as the grain be
gins to harden, is the very best fattening
food available to the general farmer for
feeding swine. The pigs eat it with a
peculiar relish, and will grow and fatten
upon it with surprising rapidity. No
food is equal to this for putting pigs in
good "show condition lor tho I1 airs,
To give hogs plenty of muscle, let
them have all tho exercise thev will
take in a ten-acre lot. Fat, which docs
not go far as food, comes from abun
dant food and little or no exercise,
Lirdy hogs are not generally as populai
as they once wero. An abundance ol
corn is not desirable to make lean and
well-grown hogs for food.
si turn. Next get a few pounds of muri
ate of potash, a few pounds of sulphate
of ammonia, and some high grade
superphosphate or acid phosphate. If
you have a State Department having
supervision of fertilizers, you can get
those already inspected and analyzed
Ask the chemist of your Slate College,
or your Commissioner of Agriculture, to
suggest the quantities of eacn ot tnese
elements to apply per acre, and then
apply to one plat, say three rows sixty
feet long, only potash ; to three others,
only phosphoric acid ; to three others,
only ammonia ; to three otners, potasn
and phosphoric acid ; to three others,
phosphorio acid and ammonia ; and to
still another three, all three of
these elements, leaving three rows in
tho center of the plat with
out the application of any manure
whatover. If your sou needs nothing
but phosphorio acid, it will say so by
giving the largest yield where phos
phoric acid is used, wnetner aione or in
combination. If it needs two of the
elements, that combination will give
best results. If it needs all three, or
the so-called complete manure, the plat
on which all were used, will show best
results. If individuals cannot afford to
undertake these inquiries, let clubs
combine to bear the expense, and im
pose the investigation on their most
careful and accurate observer. If this
cannot be done, insist upon your Com'
missioned of Agriculture selecting care
ful men in different parts of your State
to conduct the inquiry under his direc
tion, he to supply the material, etc,
and publish results. If you have a
General Assembly with intelligence and
statesmanship enough, get them to es
tablish one or more experimental sta
tions in your State with your money
which you pay for the support of your
government, to be administered by your
servants). If you farmers who read
and think and know the needs of the
productive industries of your States,
will wield the influence you should an l
can if you win, you can instruot your
brethren of the plow first, and then
your servants who make the Uvrs. South
ern l'bittter and Farmer,
HUMOR OF THE DAY. '
A gold meddle A burglar in a miser's
coffers. Marathon Independent.
Missouri train robbers are men ol
iron nerve and steal disposition.
"A fellow feeling makes us won
drous kind," unless the fellow is feel
ing in our pocket for our watch.
Salem Sunbeam.
There was a large attendance at the
schools to-day. Every boy who hadn't
lost an eye brought two pupils. Phila
delphia Chronicle.
Brown loudly boasts that his heart is
always in his hand. Fogg says that
Brown is so ciose-nstea mat ne is in nu
danger of ever losing it. Boston Tran-
tenpt.
When you are telling a friend a joke
poke him in the ribs. He'll be more in
terested in the yarn, and can put a
mustard plaster on the sore spot when
he goes home. Keokuk Oate City,
A housenainter recently wanted to
join the fire department, but as it took
fifteen minutes to climb a
ladder, and then he had to go down
again for something he had forgotten,
they didn't employ him. .Boston Post.
Jumping over a fence in the middle
of the night and meeting a bulldog
that is a total stranger to you, is one ol
those exciting little incidents of life
which go far to break the monotony
and rob existence of a tiresome same-
neis.
A man called out to his creditor.
Get out. vou Ornithorhynchus ?" Tho
man departed meekly. " Who's that ?"
inquired a friend of the speaker. " An
Ornithorhvnchus." "How's that?'
Well, Webster defineshim as 'a beast
with a bill."' Yale Courant.
This is alleged to be the way a Vas-
sar girl tells a joke: "Oh, girls! I heard
just the oest tiling to-aay. it was too
funny. I can't remember how it came
about, bnt one of the gins said to rro-
essor Mitchell oh, dear, l can t re
member just what she said; but Profes
sor Mitchell's answer was just too
funny for anything !" Syracuse Herald.
SCIENTIFIC SOTES.
be a proper hero Ned should have
moped and drooped, snubbed Katie,
been savage to all human nature, and
finally have left home to work out his
snlun in soma new lifo. Bat Neil's
heroism had a strong element in his
pure Christian faith, which taught him
to do as he would be done by, to honor
his father, to bear his cross patiently ;
and so, if his merrv whistle had ceased,
his voice gradually resumed its clear
cheerfulness, and Lis manner grew
doubly tender toward Katie, as he
niarKed ner sympainizing love, jxot a
word dropped from any of them that
could give one shadow oi reproach to
Susy, and some vague ideas of a rescue
occasionally suggested themselves to
Ned, where his love might win her from
her fathers tyranny or melt his ob
stinate resolve. The idea that Susy
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couiu ever oe ms wue wnuuui iuiu con
sent never occurred to him.
The winter had set in nefore one
word of the fugitives reached Allentown.
then Katie had a treasure to show, a
letter from Susy.
"Dear, dear Katie" (so it read), "J
may be doing very wrong to write to
you, after all that father has said ; but
mother has given me permission to
write once, so I am now trying to tell
you that my love for you for Ned"
(here a great blot told of a tear) " and
your dear father, is just the same, though
we shall never see each other again. I
have been very sick : so sick on the
road here that we had to stay nearly two
weeks at a town where father had some
business, and that is why I did not
write before. Oh, Kstiel I must mind
father, who says I must never think of
Ned again ; but it is terrible hard not
to. Nights I lay awake and think of all
the nice days in Allentown where we
were keeping company, and my heart
seems breaking when I think we may
never meet again on earth. Oh, Katie I
comfort Ned. Tell him that I will never,
- An Arctic Summer.
The fourth of June was the most beau
tiful of the days we spent in the Arctio
ocean. The water was smooth, reflect
ing a tranquil, pearl-gray sky with spots
of pure azure near the zenith, and a
belt of white around the horizon that
shone with a bright, satiny luster, try
ing to the eyes uue clear snnsmne.
Some seven whale ships were in sight,
becalmed with their sails spread.
Tchuoni hunters in pursuit of seals
were gliding about in light skin-covered
caaoes, and gulls, auks, eider ducks,
and other water birds in countless mul
titudes skimmed the glassy level, while
in the background of this Arctio picture
the Siberian coast, white as snow could
make it, was seen sweeping back in fine,
fluent, undulating lines to a chain of
mountains, the tops of which were veiled
in the shining sky. A few snow crystals
were shaken down from a black cloud
toward midnight, but most ot the day
was one of deep peace, in which God's
love was manifest as in a countenance.
The average temperature for most of
the month, commencing May 20, has
been but little above the freezing point,
the maximum about forty-five degrees.
To-day the temperature in the shade at
noon is sixty-five degrees, the highest
since leaving San Francisco. The tem
perature of the water in Bearing sea
and strait, and as far as we have gone in
the Arotio, has been about from twenty
nine degrees to thirty-five degrees.
But as soon as we approached within
fifty miles of the mouth ot the Yukon
the temperature changed suddenly to
forty-two degrees. The mirage effects
we have witnessed on the cruise thus
far are as striking as any I ever saw on
the hot American desert. Islands and
headlands seem to float in the air, dis
torted into the most unreal, fantastic
forms imaginable, while the individual
mountains of a chain along the coast
appear to dance at times up and down
with a rhythmio motion in the tremu
lous refracting atmosphere. On the
northeast side of Norton sound I saw
two peaks, each with a flat, black table
on top. looming suddenly up and sink
ing again alternately, like boye playing
ee-saw on pian,- onn Jilutr,
Fodder,
Much has been said during the last
few years about corn-fodder, especially
in the form of "ensilage." Whatever
mav be the future of ensilage, it can
only be used by those who can afford to
build silos and buy machinery ; but
corn-fodder is useful in this section to
every one who owns a cow or horse, and
I propose to give my limited experi'
enco. I drilled in 1,200 square yards
of land in fodder-corn, rows three' feet
apart, on the 21st May, 1880; worked it
onco with single small mold-board
plow. Commenced feeding on it 8th
July following ; it had reached the
height of seven feet, but had no shoots
or tassels. Fed one horse, four cows
and three slioats to July 29 th a period
of twenty-one days, i'lowed up same
lot on August 3d, following, and drilled
in the same quantity of ordinary white
corn. The second crop was fully equal
in bulk to the first. This gives forty
two days' feed for five head of stock
(leaving out the pigs,) or seven months'
feed to one cow from about one fourth
of an acre of good land. The cows de
clined somewhat in milk, after about
two weeks' feeding. As the first crop of
fodder-corn was not planted until May
21st, I should have had time to cut a
crop of rye from the same land if it had
been sown to rye the previous fall
Corn-fodder is hard to cure, but it can
be readily done in good seasons, if suf
fered to reach a certain stage of matu
rity before it is cut. This is not only
necessary to enable the plant to elim
inate the crude juices which prevent its
cure, but also to form sugar, which
gives a good part of its value as food.
The stalk is mature enough to harvest
when shoots and tassels appear. As
much of the nutritive value of the ar
ticle is in the stalk, the crop should be
drilled in thick enough to make stalks
small, so that they may be all eaten.
This is all important. Some I am now
feeding, which is very nice, will meas
ure from five to eight feet in height, and
from one-eighth to three-quarters of an
inch in diameter. It was put away last
fall quite dry, but is now soft, damp and
succulent, much relished by the cows,
and producing a good flow of milk.
Corn-foddnr, in a green state, contains
only about seven per cent, of carbo
hydrates (gum-starch, sugar, etc.,) and
should be supplemented with clover or
mill-feed when we wish milk, or meal
when fat is desired. When dry it con
tains from twenty-four to thirty-eight
per cent, of carbo-hydrates, depending
upon its nygrometrio state, its damp
ness is generally greater after being
stored. I do not think it is yet settled
which is tne better way o! using corn,
fodder in silos, or cured.
My fodder-corn was cut with an old
fashioned reap-hook, tied up in bundles
not very large, with two bands on each
bundle, as the stalks are long and
Itecliies.
Me t Fin. Take mashed potatoes,
seasoned with salt, butter and milk, and
line a bckiog dih. Lay npon it slices
of cold meat of any kind ; add salt,
peoper, catsup and butter, or any cold
gravy ; put in a layer of potatoes and
another layer of meat in the same way
till the dish is full ; have a layer of po
tatoes on the top. Bake it until it is
thoroughly heated through.
Rice Pudpino. Rice pudding is be
yond comparison the best ever mado, in
spite of the fact that it is the cheapest,
The secret of its perfection is in the
long cooking it gets. For a six o'clock
dinner, the rice and milk should bo put
on the stove early in the forenoon
The best thing to cook it in is a double
kettle. Add to a quart of milk two
heaping tablespoonfnls of rice. Let it
simmer on the back of the stove it
must never boil until a couple of hours
before dinner. It will then be a thick,
creamy substance. Then salt and
sweeten to taste, put it into a pudding
disn, and bake it in a moderate oven
until it is of a jelly-like thickness and
the top is slightly browned. It can be
eaten either hot or cold. If the latter
is preferred, the pudding may be made
the day before, if that is most conveni
ent, if desired, a flavor may be added.
This is emphatically the perfect pud
ding of its kind.
The Greeks called scissors a " double
razor."
The pea is suppoied to be a native of
France.
Candle is from a Greek word meaning
to shine.
There is red and green as well as
black ebony. .
Charcoal deepens the tint of dahlias,
hyacinths and petunias.
The owl, which easily digests meat,
cannot digest bread or grain.
Lime is a preserver of wood. It has-
been noticed that vessels carrying it
last longer than any others.
Cocoa beans possess twice as much
nitrogen as grain, and therefore choco
late furnishes much nutriment.
Dr. Cornelius Herz, in France, trans
mitted audible speech 800 miles with
the aid of his telephonic system.
In some water plants the flowers ex
pand at the surface of the water, and
after fading retreat again to the bottom.
A mixture of one part of alcohol and
nine parts of crystallized carbolio acid
is stated to afford great relief in cases
of bites from insects.
A row of guncotton reaching from
Edinburgh to London, it is said, could
be fired in two minutes, so rapid is the
transmission of detonation from one
part to another.
Topnoody.
Mr. Topnoody went to the minstrels
last night, and the funny conundrums
and jokes he heard set him to thinking,
So at breakfast he began on Mrs. Top
noody. She was warm and not very
much in the humor for pleasantry, but
Topnoody slashed away.
i say, Mrs. Topnoody, can you spell
nara water witn three letters r
" No, I can't; I might, though, if you
had taken mo to the minstrels last
night." This staggered him a little,
but not seriously.
" And you can't spell it well. I-c-e,
ain t that hard water?"
Mrs. Topnoddy never smiled, and Mr.
T. went on
"Now spell 'money' with four let
ters."
" I don't know how," she said.
" lla, ha, that s too good. A woman
never can get at this sort of thing in the
same clear-headed way a man can.
Well, the way to spell it is, c a s h, ain't
that money t
Again did Mrs. T. fail to smile, and
Topnoody started out with another.
"Hold on a minute," she interrupted,
looking ugly; "I've got one; let's see
if you can get it. Spell Topnoody '
with four letters." Topnoody scratched
his head and gave it up.
"Ha, ha," laughed Mrs T., " that's
too good. A man never can get at this
sort of thing in the same clear-headed
way a woman can. Well, the way to
spell it is, f-o-o-1, ain't that Topnoody?
But Topnoody never smiled, and the
breakfast was finished in silence except
I -I 1 1 M r
bundle, as the stalks are long apd an occasional chuckle from Mrs. Top
supple, and put up in shocks of mod- noody's end of the tb.-Steubenvill
erata size 9a mt same day out. Alter Hrala.
The Time Consuming Match.
Mr. Edward Prince, splint manufac
turer of Horseshoe Bay, Buckingham
township, is authority for the statement
that there are about twenty-two match
factories in the United estates and Can
ada and that the daily production and
consequent da'ly consumption is about .
25,000 gross. It may seem a queer
statement to make that 100,000 hours of
each successive day are spent by the
people of the two countries in striking
a light, but such is undoubtedly the
case. In each gross of matches manu
factured there are 111 boxes, so that the
25,000 gross produces 3,000,000 boxes.
Each box at least those made in the
States where a duty cf one cent upon
every box of matches is levied contains
100 matches, so that the number of
matches produced and used daily
amounts to 300,000,000. Counting that
it takes a second to light each match
and it is questionable whether it can be -done
in less time than that, while some
men occupy several minutes sometimes
in trying to strike a light, particularly
when boozy to light the 300,000,000
would take just that numberjDl seconds.
This gives 0,000,000 minutes, or 100,-.
000 hours. In days of twenty-four
hours each it figures up to 4,166 2-3,
and gives eleven years and five months,
with a couple of days extra, as the time
ocenpied during every twenty-four
hours, by the people of North America
not figuring on the Mexicans in
striking matches. Figuring a little
further it gives 4,159 years time in each
year. The fact may seem amazn
it is undoubtedly correct. -
fren.
True greatness
we ar never 1