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A THANKSGIVING SURPRISE.
BY SCSAX OOOLIDGE.
It was the nlgbt before Thanksgiv
ing, and Alexander Williams was put
ting the last touches to bis sermon. It
was rather an important occasion w ith
him, for he had been but a few months
ordained, and this was the first time
that be had bten cal ed on to prepare
a discourse for the great New England
festival.
During the preceding week of study,
his ftling as to Tbaoksgiving Day and
its observance had deepened and
strengthened. Looking back to the
foundation of the practice, he was
struck anew with the solemn beauty of
its idea. How scant were the privi
leges, how imminent the delh'eranccs
on w hich our forefathers founded their
first giving of thanks. How immerjse
tLe national growth has been; what
material prosperity, what development
of resources, what success and tri
umphs had been granted since then to
the American people. What thanks
could be adequate to such mighly m r
cies! "Let the people praise thee, O
Lord. Yea, lot all the people praise
Thee!" was the text he had chosen, and
the spirit of the words filled his soul as
he carefully wrote the date at the bot
tom of the last unsullied page of his
manuscript.
Then he rose and went to the win
dow. The sun was setting, and the
early dusk of autumn was drawing on.
Already the stars were stealing out in
the clear, windless sky. Lights twink
led up aud down the street. From across
the little wooded valley in which the
small milltown was built, stood a large
mansion more brilliantly lighted, than
the rest. It was the house of Squire
Eldridge, for long years deacon in the
church to which Mr. Williams had just
I ten called, and it was there that on
the morrow he was to eat his Thanks
giving dinner.
It was a week since he came to Black
water Gap, and as all his flock had call
ed on him with a rush, after the cordial
custom of country parishes, he bad but
a confused idea as yet as to who was
who. There was a Mrs. Eldridge; yes,
he was sure of it, when he came to
think; he remembered her quite well;
a brisk little lady with a pleasant,
motherly manner. Daughters? He
thought so, but for the life of him be
could not disentangle them from the
many other girls, daughters of other
people to whom he had been presented.
Then there was that niece from the
city, of whom Mrs. Odell, wife of the
other deacon, bad spoken. He did not
like the idea of her at all!
-"A frivolous, fashionable girl is quite
out of place at a simple, hearty, cordial
festival like a country Thanksgiving,"
he reflected. "She will be a false note,
like a bar of dance music in the mid
dle of a figure note. I wish she were
not to be there."
Alex. Williams, the son of a Scotch
farmer living on the Canadian border
of Maine, educated at the Bangor Sem
inary, and w ith just six months' expe
rience in the ministry, had been very
little in cities, and knew almost noth
ing of the ways and ideas of the dwell
ers therein. His opinions about them
he had received at second band from
bis quiet, unworldly mother and thrifty
father, who opined that cities were hot
beds for all that was evil, and that the
fruits of the spirit grew on rural boughs
exclusively. Keen-witted, tender-hearted,
with really brilliant powers, Alex.
was etill very young, very uninformed
in certain ways; narrow-minded from
lack of opportunity, and prejudiced by
virtue of his environment The city
girl, whom his imagination had con
structed, was a flimsy, unreal creature,
given up to amusing herself, whose
mind ran to waste while she devoted
her time to novels and candy, and
spent her nights at theaters and balls.
AH city young ladies were like this, be
believed, while, per contra, all country
girls were just the other way, simple,
religious, duty-loving, free from vanity
and affectation, and content to serve
God in their day and generation, with
out the diseased craving for amuse
ment, which was one of the evil signs
of the times.
He glanced at the Squire's pew next
day while the organist was playing the
prelude to the first hymn, to verify his
conjectures. Yes one, two, three no
less than four girls were sitting between
Mrs. Eldridge at the top and the Squire
at the door, all pretty, or prettylsh, and
all very gay and dressy as to attire.
Birds' wings of every list nodded over
brown bangs and yellow bangs; there
was a flutter of lace and ribbons, and a
resolute air of style. But stay three
of them were like this; the fourth, seat
ed next to her mother, at the top of the
pew, seemed different. She wore a
garment of dark cloth, fur-trimmed,
and a large black bat, and there was
something in the aspect of her calm,
bright face which str.ick him as unlike
her sisters, and quite delightful.
"There is one whom the city cousin
has not corrupted," he thought, and he
picked out the most gorgeous of the
other three as the obnoxious relative in
question and proceeded to disapprove
of her with ail hi might All the
time he preached his eyes went by ir
resistible attraction to meet the full at
tentive gaze of the quitt listener In the
black bat, What a good "hearer" she
was. The other girls showed symp
toms of wandering attention. They
glanced about, they whispered to each
other now and then but she never did.
Gradually he found himself address
ing her, as though she was his sole au
dience, and when at one earnest sen
tence the gray eyes beamed and a sud
den color flashed into the cheeky the
young minister felt a thrill of triumph.
He bad achieved a success his audi
ence was with him.
It was! When a man has put his
real heart and soul into words, other
hearts and sou's are apt to kindle with
the contagious fire. What the speaker
realizes in his own belief is realized by
bis people, and hearts blunted to the
customary appeal glow with unwonted
fervor.
"It doe beat all," remarked Mrs,
Eldridge to her husband as they walk
ed home, "that such a young man can
know so n uch. I feel as waked-up as
If I h d never heard of our mercies be-
JUL -OX
SOMERSET, PA.,
fore; yet I'm sure old Mr. I wan was al
ways telling us about them."
"He's got a good head -piece of his
own," remarked the Squire. "Don't
you think so, Milly?"
"I should say his heart-piece was
quite good," replied the young lady of
the black hat "It was capital, the beet
Thanksgiving sermon I ever heard."
"It was pretty long, though," re
marked another of the sisters. "I turn
ed my bead now and then to look at
the clock, and he preached exactly for
ty minutes. Now, I think that is too
much. Twenty minutes is enough for
any sermon."
"I never once thought of the clock."
said Mrs. Eldridge; "I was too inter
ested. Now, girls, we shall all have
to hurry if we're to be ready for dinner.
Half past five, your Pa told the minis
ter, and it's most two now. Which of
you will help me and trim the table up
a little, while I get my things off?
Marcla has it all set, of course, hut she
is no band for decorating, and neither
am I, for that matter. In my young
days, folks were satisfied if they had
enough to eat, aud it was good; but
now they expect things to look pretty
beside."
"I can't, Mother, because I've got lo
alter the sleeves of my dress; Miss Tim
mons has sent it home all wrong."
"That's too bad, Ellen; you, then,
Dora."
"I would, but I've got the least bit
of a headache, and if I don't go and
lie down, I shall look like a fright this
evening."
"I'll do it," said Milly. "There's
plenty of time, aud I've nothing else
to do. May I pick some chrysanthe
mums ?"
"Why, of course; all there are, If you
want them. There's a dish of white
grapes iu the pantry, and some oranges
aud red apples. I told Marcla to shine
them up till you could see your face in
them. Ask her for anything you want,
Milly. It is very good of you to see
to it."
"O, I like to fuss over tables and
make them pretty. Just leave it all to
me; I think I know what you want
Do go and lie down, Dora;" you look
pale."
So Dora went to lie down, and the
others to read and gossip aud make a
leisurely toilet, leaving Milly to attend
to the table.
Ouly three of the girls were iu the
room when Mr. Williams arrived, one
of them, the dressy niece, whose looks
he had sc disapproved of in the morn
ing. She was dressier than ever, and
her cousins seemed to have caught the
contagion of her finery, for they were
all bedecked in the same style, an exag
geration of theexistiug fashions. Their
bangs were of the wildest, the loops
and twists of their intricately dressed
hair bristled with shell and gilded pins.
The puffs on their sleeves rose, as it
seemed to Mr. Williams, to the levels of
their ears. The heels of their slippers
were an inch high; the toes glittered
with beads; bows that did not lie, but
tons that did not fasten, predominated
in their costumes, the bangles about
their wrists clicked like miniature cas
tanets as they moved. Their talk was
like their dress noisy, artificial.
Thanksgiving was such a horrid day.
Did not Mr. Williams think so? Or,
perhaps it was only so in the country,
where there was nothing going on; the
city was different, of course. Ob, didn't
he adore the city ! Mr. Williams grave
ly dissented, and again he thought of
the pernicious influence of one bad ex
ample. "Where is Milly?" demanded the
Squire, suddenly.
"She was a little belated," explained
Sophy. "She didn't go up to dress
quite soon enough. She'll be down in
a minute."
"She was keeping everybody till the
last moment, as usual," added Mrs. El
dridge. "I never saw such a girl."
Alexander Williams listened to these
observa'ions with interest. "Milly,"
then, 'as the name of his intelligent
listener in the simple attire. How dif
ferent she was from the rest of her sis
ters. Presently she came in, dressed, as it
seemed to bis ud practiced eyes, with
the most perfect simplicity, but just
right In reality, the gown of pale he
liotrope crepe, an emanation from one
of the famous modistes of the day, to
gether with the single jewel which List
ened it at the throat, had cost more
than all the three gayer gowns put to
gether. But what do men kuaw of
such things?
"Here's my good girl who has been
lending a hand to everybody," said the
Squire, putting his arm about her, fond
ly. "Milly, here is Mr. Williams, and
you can tell him how much you liked
his sermon this morning."
"Indeed I did," said Milly, putting
out a cordial little band. Her smile,
and the frank look in her eyes delight
ed Alexander. He bad never seen such
eyes in a girl's bead before, so honest,
so sweet and intelligent, with such long
black lashes to shade their gray.
"One unspoiled," he said to himself
as he gave his arm to escort Mrs. Eld
ridge to the dining-room. "What
kindly influence has kept her so in
the midst of such a family? Oh, that
cousin T'
The dinner-table looked gay and pret
ty, with Its ivy-wreathed centre-piece
of fruit, crimson, yellow and translu
cent white; its old candelabra filled
with lighted candles, and low disbs
banked with rose-colored and white
chrysanthemums. There was a deli
cate touch of finish in the whole ar
rangement, and Marcia's cooking w&s
beyond praise. It was truly a delight
ful Thanksgiving dinner, with one
heart especially light and gay.
"This is the best salad I've eaten for
years," declared the Siuire, "Marcla,
you've outdone yourself this time."
"It was Miss Milly that fixei the
dressing," replied Marcia, speaking
with the privileged" familiarity of an
old servant. "I got kind of driven and
flustered and she saw it and said she
knew how La make mary-on-aise, and
she'd help me."
The Reverend Mr. Williams took a
second helping of the "mary-on-alse"
and ate it with fervid rapture. What
a paragon this country girl was, so ca
pable, so modest, so superior in all
ways! How he should like to show
her to some city people be knew about
What a Wsson it would be for them!
set
ESTA33ISEEr) 1827.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER G. 1899.
. What was that the Squire was say
ing? Were the skies about to fall? He
paused, transfixed, with a mouthful of
saua suspended on bis fork.
"Girls, you should take a lesson from
your cousin," this was what the Squire
said. "Here she has lived in the city
all her life, aud knows ten times more
about cooking aud housekeeping than
all of you put together. Milly, I wish
you'd teach them this salad-fixing be
fore you go."
Yes, he said that And all the three
dressed damsels who were thus entreat
ed fixed their dlsmaytd eyes on the
Squire, and with one voice protested
"Ob, Papa! Marcia dressed the salad
very well, I'm sure, and we do so hate
cooking!"
The Reverend Mr. Williams, I fear,
scarcely realized the perfect flavor of
the pumpkiu pie, made after a recipe
bequeathed to Mrs. Eldridge by a de
parted grandmother. He listened to its
history, and toother family traditions,
as in a dream. His mind seemed to
have received a great shock. All his
preconceived notions were jostled and
confused. This sweet, simple, helpful
creature a city girl! . ;
Presently, still in a dream, as it were,
he found himself sitting beside her in
the parlor, and gradually moving into
such a real conversation as he had nev
er before had with a young woman. It
was not necessary to select topics to
make talk, for the things which inter
ested him were equally interesting to
her. He discovered gradually that she
was a member of one of the hardest
working parishes in New York, of
whose methods and successes he had
beard a great deal. She knew all about
guilds and missions and charity organ
izations and industrial schools, and the
best ways of getting at the poor, a great
deal more, iu fact, than he did. She
was a busy helper in these things, and
yet so bright and merry!
"Mr. Dudley works us pretty bard,"
she admitted, "but I think we enjoy it
There is something delightful in being
made to do our best, dou't you think
so?"
"I don't know, I never have done
half my best yet," replied Alexander
Williams, with a laugh. "I've only
just begun, you know." Then straight
ening himself, with a look of determin
ation, he added: "But I mean to get at
it in time. I wish you would give me
some lessons, Miss Eldridge."
"Oh, I couldn't give lessons to any
body. I'm .too busy iu taking them.
But I wish you could know my dear
Mr. Dudley; he could help you a great
deal. He's so strong and kind and
Mrs. Dudley is just like him."
It was a relief, somehow, to know
that there was a Mrs. Dudley.
The Eldridge girls, who had yawned
furtivelyduringtbisu i.-,-umiutt, decided
that night, at hair-brushing time, that
the new clergyman was a stick, and
that there was no fun at all in him.
"I did hope when a young man was
called, that he'd be of some use in so
ciety," said Dora, "but Mr. Williams
is worse than nobody."
"It was perfectly dismal," sighed
Sophy. "Well, Thanksgiving Day is
over; that is one comfort! I do think
it is the pokiest day in the year."
Meanwhile Alexander William was
cooling off his excitement by a long,
late walk, and trying to reconstruct his
ideas. Were all city girls, then, like
Miss Milly Eldridge? Were all coun
try girls like her cousins? Had be been
totally wrong and misinformed all his
life? Which way did the truth lie?
He deckled to suspend opinion and
study the subject at his leisure. It was
a wise decision, for he found reason to
modify and alter his judgment more
tuau once before he got through. It
may be said that he did not arrive at a
final conclusion until five years later,
when he had become a city pastor, be
i8g railed to take charge of one of the
active, new parishes at the Park end of
Madison avenue. His unusual powers
of thought and speech could not escape
notice, and the metropolis always
claimed the best, and will have it
From this point of view he was able
to determine, with sufficient accuracy
to satisfy himself, that in city and
country alike, human nature and hu- j
man need and the methods of dealing
with their complicated wants, are pret
ty much the same, to be met and un
dertaken with the same hard labor and
the same Divine assistance. He never
found another girl, in city or country,
who seemed to him at all the equal of
Milly, his Milly, as be has for some
time called her; but he found a num
ber, both in city and country, who were
working in the same direction, and ac
tuated by the same spirit Now be al
ways holds Thauksgiving Day as dear
est of all days of the year, not only
because it converted him from a mis
taken opinion, and inaugurated a wider
range of sympathies and Interests In
bis life, but also because it brought him
the acquaintance of the "frivolous"
city g'il, who has since become the
great joy aud treasure of his heart,
and made him rich in love and home
happiness. Ladies' Home Journal.
Enthusiastic ia Her Praise.
Dickerson Run, Pa., Nov. 13, 18S9.
Mrs. Angle E. Beatty, P. O. Box 13,
made this enthusiastic statement "I
cannot pralie Hood's too highly. My
husband bad one of the wont cases of
catarrh that I ever saw. He obtained
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Sarvap&rilla. A few bottles of this
medicine entirely cured him."
Sbe insisted. "Did that man to
whom you were talking say your affairs
were mismanaged?" asked Mr. Meek
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little aside. It wasn't intended for
y Mir ram at alL
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said they were Mrs-managed1."
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Diarrhoea Rem edy. After using two
brttles of the SVcent bIm be was cured.
I give this testimonial, hoping some
one similariy affficted aaay read it and
be bentfiael. Thomas C. Bower, Glea
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in all Articles cfSi't.
The law enacted by the Missouri
legislature, and which prohibits the
manufacture or sale of any article In
tended for food or to be used in the
preparation of food, which contains
slum, arsenic, ammonia, etc.,-places
that state in the lead in the matter of
sanitary legislation.
Laws restricting the use of alum it.
bread have been in force in England,
Germany and France for many year.
In this country, in Minnesota, Wis
consin, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and
several other States, direct legislation
in reference to the sale of alum baking
powders has also been effected. In
several of these States their sale is pro
hibited unless they are branded to show
that they contain alum, and in the Dis
trict of Columbia, under the laws of
Cougress, the sale of bread containing
alum has been made illegal.
Following are the names of some of
the brands of baking powder sold in
this vicinity which are shown by re
cent aualysis to contain alum. House
keepers and grocers should cut this list
out and keep it for reference :
Baking Powders Contaning' Alum:
DAVIS' O. K. . . Contains Alum.
R. B. bavU A Co., New York.
THE COOKS . . . Contains Alum.
Cooks Baking Powder Co., Pit-burg.
CROWN . . . Contains Alum.
J. P. Dieter Co., Chicago.
CALUMET . . Contains Alum.
Calumet Baking Powder Co., Chicago.
I. C. . . . Contains Alum.
Jaques Mfg. Co., Chicago.
PEPSIN . . Contains Alum.
Geo. Hubbard Co., PUtaburg.
BONBON . . Contains Alum.
Grant Chemical Co , Chicago.
LEN'TON . . Coutaius Alum.
Potter-Parlln Co, New York.
JOHN'S . . Contains Alum.
Johu's Baking Powder Co, Cleaveland.
SUNFLOWER . Contains Alum.
J. M.Fabn stork -Bro., Plmburg.
The housekeeper should bear in mind
that alum makes a cheap baking pow
der. It costs but two cents a pound
while cream of tartar costs thirty. The
quality of the powder is therefore
usually indicated by the price.
A SURE CURE FOE CBOTP.
Twenty-five Years' Constant Use
Without a Failure.
The first Indication of croup is hoarse
ness, and in a child subject to that dis
ease it may be taken as a sure sign of
the approach of an attack. Following
tbi hoarseness Is a peculiar uugh
cough. If Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy is given as soon as the child be
comes hoarse, or even after the croupy
cough appears, It will prevent the at
tack. It is used in many thousands of
homes in this broad land and never
disappoints the anxious mothers. We
have yet to learn of a single instance
in which it has not proved effectual
No other preparation can show surb a
record twenty-five years' constant use
without a failure. For sale by all
druggists.
Knew the Difference.
The nice young ensign was showing
her over the battleship.
"This," said he, "is the quarter
deck."
"Oh, really, now," she giggled. "I
know I'm stupid, but please don't
make fun of me,"
"Why?" he stammered.
"Because I know the difference be
tween a warship and a liVoent exewr
aiou boat" Catholic Standard and
Times.
As a cure for rheumatism Chamber
lain's Pain Balm is gaiuing a wide
reputation. D. B. Johnson of Rich
mond, Ind., has been troubled with
that ailment since 18C2. In speaking
of it he says: "I never found any
thing that would relieve me until I
used Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It
acts like magic with me. My foot was
swollen and paining me very much,
but one good application of Pain Balm
relieved me. For sale by all druggists.
First Tramp (In the road)-Why
don't you go in ? The dog's all right
Don't you see him waggln' his tail ?
Second Tramp Yes; and he's growl
in' at the same time. I dunno which
end to believe.
Announcement
To accommodate those who are partial
to the use of atomisers In applying
liquids into the nasal passages for ca
tarrhal troubles, the proprietors pre
pare Cream Balm in liquid form, which
will be known aa Ely's Liquid Cream
Balm. Price including the spraying
tube is 75 cts. Druggists or by niaiL
The liquid form embodies the medi
cinal properties of the solid prepara
tion. Cream Balm is quickly absorbed
by the membrane and does not dry up
the secretions but changes them to a
natural and healthy character. Ely
Brothers, 50 Warren St, New York.
N. B. Bradley, Mayor of Ithaca,
Mich., says, "I cannot say too much in
favor of your Wheeler's Nerve Vital
izsr which cured me of rheumatism
and a serious heart trouble. I always
recommend it to my frieuds."
Mrs. R. C. Flint, Stewart, 111., says:
"Brant' Balsam is the best cough cure
I ever used." Warranted 25 cents.
For sale at Oarman's Drugstore, Ber
lin, Pa., and Mountain A Sou's Drug
Store, Confluence, Pa.
An Elephant on His Hands.
Her Father Do you think, sir, that
you can support a woman of such ex
travagant tastes as my daughter?
Her Adorer I do.
Her Father Then take her and be
happy. I can't.
Ready to Receive It "I shall kiss
you good by when I go," be said.
"Leave me Instantly," she replied.
Mrs. Youngwife I want to get some
salad.
Dealer Yes, ma'am. How many
heads?
Mrs. Youngwife Oh, goodness! I
thought you teok the beads oX I just
want plain chicken salad.
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FARM SEWS AND VIEWS.
Demand for the Fall Cream Cheese.
Eayis Fertiluers.
From the Philadelphia Record.
There ia more poor cheese on the
market than can be sold, yet the de
mand tor a full-cream cheese is greater
thau the supply. If any one wishes ti
know how cheese sells it is only nects
sary to vuit any reliable merchant, and
it will be noticed that there Is a wide
difference between good and Inferior
cheese so far as the prices are concern
ed. Filled cheese has greatly Injured
the cheese industry, but there are
excellent openings for farmers to
operate in making cheese of the best
quality. The milk must not be skim
med from one milking, the next milk
ing to be left untouched, but the whole
milk from all milkings should be used.
Taking time to properly cure the cheese
is another point. The desire to hurry
cheese to market U one of the causes of
lack of quality. The European fancy
cheeses brought to this market owe
their excellence to being well
cured, aud they bring high, prices.
Much of the cheap cheese is unfit for
consumption, being indigestible be
cause lacking in fat and also beiog too
"green." Cheese is salable every month
in the year, and it is sometimes diffi
cult to get a first lass article.
All fertilizer materials possess a value
outside of the use of such for fertilizing
purposes, and will not be sold to farm
ers at less than their actual value, for
which reason there can be no "cheap"
fertilizers. It matters not what the
proportion of plant food may be, the
farmer who knows how to buy will
pay only what he receives. The
guarantee on the bags should be care
fully observed and noted, which will
enable most buyers to estimate the
value. The main object when buying
fertilizers is to procure only the ele
ments most in demand as plant food.
If this is done there will be no lack of
any kind in the soiL A study of the
soil, so as to learn what it requires,
will save many dollars to farmers who
who buy fertilizers.
Any farmer can by digging up the
plants see for himself the work of the
microbes on the roots of plants. It is
true he will be unable to discover the
microbes, but the evidence of their
work will be plainly visible. This re
fers to clover, beans, early peas, cow
peas and other leguminous plants; but
one must allow such plants to as close
ly approach maturity aa possible in
order to derive the full benefit of the
microbes. They are capable of deriv
ing nitrogen from the atmosphere and
storing it within the plant, which is a
clear gain to the farmer.
Dairymen who desire cows to re
main in flow of milk begin with them
early. It Is claimed that aoowwith
her first and second calves should be
milked up to within the third calf.
After that she will be a persistent
milker. All habits of cows are fixed
when they are young. The kind treat
ment of the heifer influences her dis
position when she becomes a cow and
the surroundings also affect the animal
in many respects. Some cows when
removed to another locality become
discontented and do not fulfill expect
ations or prove as valuable as before.
Nature restores soils to fertility by
covering them. The barren soil will
in time support some kind of plant life,
and each year will witness mora plants
and greater growth. The leaves of
trees fall to the ground and serve to
over the soil, and in every case where
growth can be secured there is no bare
soiL It is when the ground Is covered
that the formation of humus occurs
and the covering protects the soil from
loss of plant food from rains, while the
roots convert the mineral substances of
the subsoil into soluble matter.
The eow will pay for what she re
ceives, but she will not give something
for nothing. She may be well bred
and capable of producing an unusual
quantity of milk and butter, but sbe
will not do so unless she ia liberally
supplied with the raw materials suita
ble for her purpose.
It is said that while the sheep is
timid, yet it is the only animal that is
made vicious by kiudnesa. This may
not be true, but It is well known that
it is the pet ram lamb that is ready to
give battle to Intruders in the pasture.
If a young ewe Iamb is petted and
tsught to come when called she be
comes serviceable, as the other mem
bers of the flock will follow her to the
barnyard. Some farmers raise a young
ewe lamb at the house, turning it out
with the flock when she is matured,
and the practice saves labor.
Ammonia is much lighter than the
air and rises. It contains a large pro
portion of hydrogen, the lightest of all
subsranoes, as well as nitrogen. Am
monia results from the decay or fer
mentation of the substanoe in the ma
nure, and it Is seldom that it is not
present in the heap. Cold water ab
sorbs it, and when the odor of ammo
nia is easily noticed it will not be a
mistake to force a crowbar into the
heap In several places aud pour cold
water into the holes, or the heap should
be overhauled and plenty of absorbent
material added.
Careful stacking saves much loss of
hay and straw. But few farmers stack
their hay, preferring to put it away in
the mow, but straw is usually left out
side. There is some skill required in
stacking straw so as to protect it, and
it is more valuable if bright and clean.
Cattle will pick over the straw even
when well supplied with bay, and they
will eat a large proportion of clean
straw when they will not touch that
which has become wet and mouldy.
Grain and vegetable foods are nour
ishing and contain more of the ele
ments to supply wants of humans than
does animal food. The mineral matter,
protein, fat, sugar and starch can be
found in all vegetable substances, while
meat is sometimes deficient In both the
fat, starch and mineral substances.
Horses perform heavy labor on corn,
oats, hay and grass, and even the
meats are produced from vegetable
substances.
The admonition frequently given to
elean the fence orners from wveds
and rubbish may be repeated at tbl
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season, as the weeds have been touch
ed by frost and are dead and dry. They
should be cleared out and burned.
Sometime the work can be done with
a rake. Later in the season, when the
snow covers the ground. It may be
more diffljult to collect rubbish and
burn it All material on the farm that
has no value should be consumed, as
by consigning such to the flames many
insects will be destroyed. Rubbish
and dead weeds make excelleut har
boring places for field mice.
Corn cobs are not valued by farmers
as they should be, yet they are exceed
ingly rich In potash, aud it will pay an
enterprising farmer to buy them for
fuel, the ashes to be saved. Corn
husks are used in the manufacture of
beds, beiug sent to market in bales,
They must be clan and bright, and
must be harvested before they are
damaged by wet weather. Corn stalks
are shredded and sold In bales iu some
sections, where hay or bedding is
scarce.
It Was All the Same.
To the right of the road running
across the prairie was a cow and a
mule hitched up together to a plow
and a woman was holding the ha odes
and driving a furrow as straight as a
bird. I waited to watch her, and as
she caught sight of me she stopped her
team and came striding across the fur
rows to say:
"Hello, stranger! Did you stop at
the shanty ?"
"Yes; stopped for a drink."
"Was the children all right V
"I saw seven or eight playing on the
grass and having a good time. Where's
the old Dim ?"
"Pegged out last fall.
"Do you meau he died?"
"Didn't do not hi u' else fur about
three months, and Anally got thar.
Yes; he's gone to a better land, and I'm
workin' lo pay up his debs!"
"Then you are a widow, of course ?"'
"riartiuly. Goiu' to settle out here?"
"P.weibly."
"Married?"
"No."
"Want me?"
"No."
"dtraoger, shake!" she exclaimed,
as sbe came nearer and extended her
hand. "You ar a critter as knows
your gait, you ar', and it does me good
to meet you. Linda alive, but the men
who come along here don't know 'nuff
to p und sand, and I wastrf three days
a Witek on 'ein! I want a critter to say
yes or no right off the handle and hev
done with it 8you don't want me
and the young unsand the mule and
the eow aud the claim?"
"No, ma'am."
'"Nuff said so long gee up thar,
y u critter, and git arouud the field
abie another feller comes along!"
Value of Grain in Pork-Making-.
Iu summing up the different values
offxl for swine the director of the
Montana agricultural experiment sta
tion says:
By a combination of grain and legu
minous pastures pigs can be grown to
a weight of 150 pDunds at a cjet of 2c a
pound. Alfalfa, clover, peas, wheat
and barley make the best of pig feed.
Alfalfa or clover pasture, with a little
grain in summer, affords conditions
for the cheapest growth and the great
est profit.
The pea, combined with grain, is
well adapted to the wants of the grow
ing animal, and will give the greatest
gains on the smallest amount of feed.
The lot, ted equal parts of barley,
wheat peas, made a gain of 1 pound in
weight for 4.55 pounds of food when
the pigs were oetweea the weights of
1 17 8 and 'JJfJ.8 pounds.
I'igi fed on barley or barley and
wheat at present market prioes will
pay for all food consumed when pork
is 3jc a pound.
Pigs make the greatest gains and at
a less cost of grain before they reach
J0 to 210 pounds in weight.
The qualify of pork produced from
wheat, barley and peas in the various
combinations used is firm and well
adapted for the production of hams
sod bacon, the fat and lean of the meat
being well distributed.
Virginia Folk lore.
From the Philadelphia Record.
To prevent hawks from catching
chickens, heat the poker in the fire
until it is red hot; then take it out and
make a young lady whisper to it the
name of her lover. The hawks will
have.
To put your left foot on tbe ground
first when getting out of bed in tbe
morning will surely bring bad luck.
Avoid meeting a tailor; to encounter
one is an omen of ill.
If a cat runs aero your path start
over again or bad luck will follow.
To turn back after having started ou
an errand or a trip will bring bad luck.
If you kill a snake, particularly a
blacksn ike, and bang in on a fence or
on a li Jib of a tree, rain will come.
A snake never dies till sundown.
Wit jbes tangle your horses' manes at
night.
Carry a buckeye in your pocket and
you will never have rheumatism.
Always plant bulbous plants, such as
potatoes, when the moon Is on the
wane, but plant other products between
the ne and the full m xo.
TnebjUosu rails of a fence built after
the full moon willsluk into tbe ground.
If the onion shines upon a sleepiug
pjrson meutal aberration will ensue.
Dogs bark at the sojnd of a bell or at
music, in order to scare away the
Witches and spooks which the bell and
the music attract
If you cut your finger nails on Sun
day bad luck will come; cut them on
Saturday, you will see your sweetheart
on Sunday; cut them on Monday, and
you will have good luck.
If your band itches you will receive
money. The itching of tbe left ear de
notes that somebody in speaking evil of
you, but the itching of tbe right ear
Implies you are being praised.
T dream of a soake means that an
enemy is trying to barm you.
If you kill a lizard in tbe spring the
spring will go dry.
If a child cries ou its birth lay it will
cease growing for a year.
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL. CAUSES
THAT PRODUCE DREAMS.
T. taSa.ar the S.rre. r t
ft.aeb .4 Fo4 Thai It C.a
,! That Oear la m Trmo
tloa .f a l4.
Dreams are generally a repetition of
thoughts ungulded by reason. Those
caused by Internal action or brou'ut
about by action within the body are
due entirely to the action and state of
the stomach, which In turn Is affected
by the quantity and quality of food
consumed.
The first ends or feelers f the nerves
are located In the wails of the stom
ach, and as tbe food Is digested they
draw up the nourishment and distrib
ute It throughout, the nervous system
to replace the waste that has taken
place during the day. If the stomach
be surcharged with aa abundance of
heating food, too much nourishment Is
forced upon the brain, cans lag an ab
normal Oiling of the channels, thereby
expanding tbetn, bringing them In
touch with others and canslng the mat
ter from one to overflow Into or to mix
with the fluid of neighboring channels.
Whenever the fluid traverses a chan
nel more or less forcibly the thought
which originated that passage la re
produced more or less vividly; hence
Insures the general mixing up of
thoughts which originally had no con
nection with each other.
An overloaded stomach also causes
a Dow of blood to the brain, sent there
by nature to assist In assimilating the
extra nourishment, and the overcharg
ed blood vessels, pressing opon the
nerve channels near the brain, cause
even more turbulent disturbances. This
accounts for tbe advice of so many
medical men that no considerable
quantity, especially of animal food,
should be taken Immediately before
bedtime. The crossing, recrosslng and
touching of these thought channels
brought about In this way produce tbe
absurd mixtures of fancies that often
come to us when we sleep. -
The stomach, too. Is a mill which
keeps on forever grinding, the walls
acting as the grindstones. When,
therefore, there U nothing between
them, or. In other words, when the
stomach Is empty, one wall grinds up
on the other, causing an Irritation of
the nerves which produces that pecul
iar sensation of falling from some
great height
To understand how external actios
will affect the dream of a sleeper It
must be borne In mind that those
dreams which seem to take hours, and
eveo days. In passing really occupy but
a minute fraction of a second. If.
therefore, we are awakened by some
loud, strident noise, say by the crack
ing of a whip, then between the time
that the sound strikes the ear while
we are yet asleep and the time that
we are fully awake to realize what has
cau-wil the sonnd a few moments only
have elapsed, but those few moments
were sufficient to allow of a dream of
apparently several hours' duration.
As an example: A milkman, driving
np lieneatb an open bedroom window,
cracks bis whip smartly. Immediate
ly the thought produced by tbe sonnd
causes a dream. The sleeper Imagines
himself a soldier who has fallen Into
the hands of the enemy. lie is led out
to lie shot. lie staids blindfolded, with
Lands tied, before the platoon of sol
diers. He hears the click, click, click
as the rifles are cocked. He bears the
word given, and the noise of the volley
rings out on bis cars. Then he awakes
with a start, to hear the rumble' of the
milkman's wagon as be cracked his
whip and drove off over some rough
cobblestones.
A blow, a cut or a sensation of pain
will operate In tbe same way and
araken certain channels of thought
connected with pain Just as the noise
awoke those connected wVh sound.
For Instance, a sleeper dreams that
he Is closed np In some close traveling
carriage and Is being driven rapidly off
In an unknown direction by a man who
has designs npon bla purse and life.
He tries to shout. In vain he struggles
to get free snd In the tussle drives aa
arm through tbe glass window of the
carriage. The band Is cut and bleed
ing. It smarts fearfully, and be
awakes to find that In bis sleep he had
carelessly thrown out an arm, and bis
hand has smashed some fine medicine
glass on a stand by the bedside. The
whole dream passed between the time
that the hand first struck tbe glass,
creating the sensation of pain, and the
moment that tbe sleeper awoke to real
ize the fact Chicago Record.
A W.aai'a C.aipllai.at.
"After yon bad been at my boase the
other day. said one woman to a Bother,
-my little maid said sbe thought yoa
were such a pretty woman. 1 doa't
like to correct her too often for talking
such so Interest as sbe dees la every
one who calls to see me. The first
time Miss Blank called she thought
she ought to say something, so she
said: 'Isn't Miss Blank a nice lady;
she's so quiet' And yon knew she
Isn't that either!"
And silence reigned while the other
woman digested It New York Sun.
miaafal M.mti.
Flanlon fie assured me he was very
sorry that I made myself appeal se
ridiculous.
Melville That's all right There are
a great many perseos who are sever
happier than when they are feeling
sorry for somebody else. Boston
Transcript
Tbe gravestone over the buriaf place
of John Foster, almanac maker, hi
tbe old burying ground at Do rwfc ester,
Mass.. Nears the inscription, which was
dL-tated by himself. SU 1 was hie
cash.
AN ENGLISH "TREAT."
The Differed. Betweea the Brtttah
aaS Aaa.ri.aa SS.theea.
I was constantly struck, says t'oloael
T. W. Hlggiuson la The Atlantic, with
the peuuiue spirit f hwspHality among
Eugllshmes toward Americana, as saeh,
even those wkh whose pursuits they
might have almost nothing In com men.
acd for whota they bad not the slight
est reason to put themselves out 1
liked this nttue the less for Its having
Its definite limitations as to pecuniary
obligations, aad tbe like, Including 'V
erythiug In tbe nature of "treating.
all this being iu ny opinion a weak
point in eur more gushlag or more self
coasc-lous habk.
r remember to have ence been taken
by a gentlcmaa. oa whom I had but
the slightest claim, to the couatay
house of another, on whom 1 had no
claim whatever. The latter was not at
all literary, and had not even she usd
vague English Interest la Amesican
affairs. let he gave up hia whele aft
ernoon to drive nie to KeoJl worth,
which he bad seen a thousand times.
Out that for which I liked him best,
and which affosded me a wholly new
experience, was that as we erXerwd the
outer doorway, he, going flrst. looked
back ever his shoulder an4 said simply.
"The make you pay threepence fer ad
mission here." and then added, speak
iag to the sttendant, "here Is my three
pence." After all the time and trouble he had
Jven to his stranger guest he left alia)
t pay his own threepenee. a thing
which most Americans would npt havel
dreamed of doing. IS weuhl have seenl,
the Amerhan notion of good breeding
to save a jnirst- from expense, ss It was
the Knghh Impulse te save tjra
the sense cf el.MgasIea. I eonfess txt
I urefer the latter method-
To salute with the left hand ia
deadly insult to ohaagffMJ b
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