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INSIDE OF FIVE MINUTES.
"Bother that speech! I wish to good
ness the Fourth of July MS over!' Mr.
Jeffrey groaned as if all the sins of Chicago
• were loaded on his conscience. I're-.ntly
he remarked, in a calm voice, to his pretty,
young wife, behind the teakettle:
■Mr. Jeffreys, those biscuits are a sue
cess." And when Mr. Jeffrey had --aid so
the last hall of the seventh hot biscuit,
wiih its thick coat of butter, reached the
place where the groan had come from. But
■ while stirring his tilth cr.p of tea he said,
i with another groan: "That speech makes
| uie lose my appetite. You don't know how
a fellow can be worried about his maiden
speech, Molly! You need not fret about
sneh things. That's a comfort, anyway. •
"Yon need not worry either, Jeff. Ask
to be excused, if it bothers yon. They
will invite somebody else to take your
place."
"■Won't do, Molly! I was rather pleased
when the committee asked me, and so I
promised right away. It wonld look bad
! to back out now."
"Look here, Will; suppose I write that
j speech for yon. and yon deliver it?"
| "Oh. Moll. I would not think of such a
I thing!"
"Why not? Why can't we p each
other in this, a;, in everything else? The
one ot ns that finds a thing easier ought to
do it."
"It's a great deal harder than you
think."
"I remember the time when I was Molly
Boss. I thought it a great deal easier to
dash off an oration than to bake a decent
loaf of bread. Well, shall I write it for
! you?"
"No, thauk you, Molly! It would never
I do, lam afraid. A fellow ought to stand
on his own ground. lam bound to do it
I all by myself." lie looked the picture of
proud independence.
"All right, Will. l)o just as you think
best.'' She seemed a little humiliated.
"Xever mind, Molly! I believe in your
biscuits and cetfee and butter, and lots of
other things. You are about as nice and
good a little wife as any fellow could wish
for; but I would not have you dabble in
political speeches. St. Paul don't approve
of it either," he added, jocularly.
"1 don't think St. Paul would object if
he could come back So broad minded a
man as he would be sure to alter some ot
his opinions for the use of our times. Be
sides, I offered to write in order to relieve
you. sir. A woman can write, and still
hold her tongue, and keep below the ros
trum."
"All right; but you see, Molly, there is
another hitch. You can't argue that way,
if you tried ever so hard. I don't believe
a woman can say all she has to say in five
minutes. Xo speaker will bo allowed
more than five minute* at the celebration.
Xow, a woman neyer knows when to stop-
She can't do it to save her life. Her tongue
will wag abont things in general for hall
an hour, and by that time she generally is
so excited you could not stop her any more
than you could stop a watch that's wound
up for the day. You would have to bust it
or throw it in the water: nothing less vio
lent could stop it."
"Do stop, Jeff, yon horrid man! There!
that's nice! And I. who thought I had
trained you well to think highly of me and
the rest of us women! You will have to be
put through a new and special course of
training, sir. Aj:d as for that speech, yon
may sigh about it us much as you please,
lor all I care. I would not write that
speech for you now if you went down on
your knees to ask me for it—no, sir; you
will have to « rite it by your own proud
self, hubby."
The big, bearded you eg "hubby"
evidently thought her mock anger a good
joke.
"Xo, I won't waste a drop of ink on it,"
he said. "We are just going to think it
over on the stoop, my pipe and I. I guess
I can see through it before to morrow
morning.
When the roosters awoke Mr. Jeffrey
next morning he said:
"Molly, you ought to have heard my
speech! It went off like a rocket; the
people clapped like fury, and the fellows
yelled themselves hoarse. I dreaui&d it
the Fourth of July, and my speech came
off first rate in four minutes and fifty-live
seconds. I do wish it had not been a
dream!"
Molly Boss had been a village school
teacher. She was a small, airy creature,
and still she understood how to wind the
biggest boys aionnd her little finger. They
were tame enough in her presence, but be
hind her back they were ready to fight for
the honor of carrying coal to her stove,and
the bliss of drawing water for her at the
well. There had never been so popular a
school-marm in that village. But at the
very height of her popularity Miss Ross
banded in her resignation to the trustees,
and disappeared from this world at the end
of the month. At that period she was lust
seen entering a village ehurth, where a
simple marriage ceremony changed her
into Mrs. Jeffrey, the wife of a young
struggling farmer from the neighborhood.
Miss Molly Boss had worked five hours a
day, and rested on Saturdays, Sundays,
legal holidays and all summer; Mrs. Jeffrey
worked sixteen hours a day aud knew ol'
no Saturday holidays, no Sunday rest, no
summer vacation. Miss Molly Ross had
cashed forty dollars. Mrs. Jeffrey cashed
just forty dollars less. Still Mrs. Jeffrey
was supremely happy even after a year of
married life, and could not understand how
in the world she could have gotten along
as Molly Boss. What a difference love
makes anyway! The young couple were
doing well, but they had to work very
hard, lie toiled in the fields and stable
from sunrise till sunset, certain parts.of the
year; she worked iu the kitchen and dairy
all day long, all the year round, and had
breath enough to sing merrily at her work.
And she had the loveliest color in her
cheeks, not due to cosmetics, but manu
factured by the old reliable firm, Youth,
Health and Kitchen-fire.
It was hay making time on the farm—a
busy, warm time. The Fourth of July, the
village celebration, aud Mr Jeffrey's
maiden speech were drawing close. Dinner
was over, and dish washing, too —aud Mrs.
Molly now proceeded to churn butter. A
buggy stopped at tiie gate; an elderly
gentleman, with gray whiskers aud gold
spectacles, came walking up to the house,
and shook Mrs. Jeffrey's outstretched hand
on the door step, where the little lady, in
her neat print dress and white apron, had
come to meet her unexpected visitor, one
of her form r school trustees.
"I am so glad to see you. Judge Burns!" '
said her lips with a smile, and she meant j
it. "Howare yon and your people? Take I
this rocking chair."
"I am sorry I cannot stay, Mrs. Jeffrey;
I am on my way to Pinelake on business.
Very warm day—tho dust nearly choked
me—so I thought 1 would come and ask
you for a drink out of your well, if you
will allow me, Mrs. Jeffrey."
They were both standing by "the old
oaken bucket" at the well, where the
Judge had enjoyed .1 cool drink.
"I am sorry Mr. Jeffrey missed your
visit," said Mrs. Jeffrey. "I know he
would be delighted to have u talk with
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you. Could you not come in to tea ou
your way back from Pinelake? Mr Jeffrey
will be in then We shall be so happy to
have you—and there will be fresh butter
milk by that time. I remember you are
fond of it."
1 saw Mr Jeffrey in the fields a litile
way" off.' iLe remarked, with a
smile. "I do I elieve be was talking to
the iiat'stncks. lam nearly sure I caught
some scraps of an oration. He stood ihcre.
pitctlifork in hand, l.More a row of stacks
and harangued them: 'Ladies and gentle
men! On this memorable day.' I knew
lie was practicing his Fonrth of Jnly speech
and sympathized with him, for I am in the
same box. For Mr. Jeffrey it has at least
the charm of novelty; but wait until he has
served the same dish some fifteen to
twenty years; he wi;l be pretty tired of
patriotic speeches by that time." He
smiled ar.J she smiled.
"He complains now already. I offered
1o write that little speech for him. but he
declined.''
"Declined! Did he really? Weil. well!
Look here. Mrs. Jeffrey, let somebody else
have it. Ask me. for instance."
"Oh. Mr. Bums! Tou are joking."
"Not at all. not at all. my dear madam;
I never was more in earnest. Do let me
have that speech, please! lam willing to
stoop down to pick up the crumbs that fall
from the rich man's board—in tiiis case.
But remember it must be short—five
minutes aud no more."
"Would it not be a capital joke on Mr.
Jeffrey?" the lady said, half musingly.
"Well, Judge, I don't care if I write it,
for the fun of the thing. You must not
tell him, though, before the Fourth of July
is over. After the celebration you may
tell him whenever you like."
"I can keep my peace if you can, Mrs.
Jeffrey. Will you write it while I go to
Pinelake? I might stop here on my return
in a 2ouple of hours and get the manu
script."
"I could not possibly do that. Business
goes before pleasure, you know. I have
my butter to churn."
"Look hero; suppose you let me churn
your butter while you write the speech?"
The old gentleman was by this time
fairly interested in this novel transaction.
He went to tie the ho.se and buggy under
a shade tree, while thinking by himself:
. "There is plenty of time, and it will be
cooler to drive in an hour or so. Churning
is easy enough, I am sure; it's women s
work. It won't take me long. It will be
quite a change, too— rariatio deltrtat. It
will be interesting to see what kind of opus
that smart little iady turns out."
Mr. Jeffrey practiced oratory before an
audience of haystacks in the sweat of his
honest brow. Puck, the judge's horse,
made frantic efforts to keep off the flies.
Mrs. Molly sat in the parlor, where her
marriage certificate aud teacher's diploma
looked down upou her out of their frames.
Her pen was busily rasping over the note
paper, and the writer looked pretty, cool
and happy. Judge Burns looked neither
cool nor happy in the cellar, sitting on a
stool before an old-fashioned churn. The
old gentleman was fast losing his temper,
and making but slow progress with the
butter. He did not find it as easy as he
had thought—no woman's work by any
means. Why, he felt like swearing, so
thoroughly out of patience was lie with the
old churn, a regular media-val instrument
of torture. He felt like shaking Jeffrey,
too, it' he had been on hand to be shaken.
"He was a brute, that's what ho was.
Jud{;e Burns muttt i'ed. "That big, burly
young fellow, to let that delicate-looking
wife ot his make a slave of herself, and
break her back over that abominable
churn! He would give Jeffrey a talking
to. Thank heaven, Mrs. Bums had never
been asked to do such work. Why. it was
outrageous to let a woman handle that
churn."
Bang, splash, bang, splash, np and down
went the stick of the churn. The work
grew heavier aud heavier, the Judge hotter
and hotter. Down flew the gold specta
cles; the hat followed suit; soon the coat
lay on the floor alongside of the hat. Bang,
splash, said the churn. With a final bang
the Judge jumped up from bis stool in
sheer despair, growling between his teeth,
"Goodness sakes! Millennium will be at
hand before that butter is done!"
"Well, Judge, how are you getting on?"
said a cheery voice, and Mrs. J effrev's
light print dress lit np the cellar door.
He picked up his hat and coat with a
dazed, haggard look, and said: "This is not
lady's work. Mrs. Jeffrey. I found out as
much as that. You ought not to work
that churn; you will hurt yourself."
"I churn three times a week. 1 don't
mind it much now; I ain used to it. - ' See
ing how tired ho looked, she suddenly
changed the subject and said, "Do come
with me out of this gloomy place to the
veranda. There is quite a breeze now."
She picked np bis glasses and wiped them
on her apron, while be preceded her up
stairs. "This is the nicest corner in the
afternoon, and this is the easiest rocking,
chair. Sit down, sir. There is n palm
leaf. Now get cool and comfortable,while
I come back with fresh buttermilk for
you. Won't you enjoy buttermilk of your
own making? Here are your glasses, and
here is—the speech." She pulled it out of
her apron pocket, and banded it reluctant
ly and timidly. "Now, please don't make
fun of my work and I will pcaise yours so
much more." She courtesied and disap
peared.
Mr. Burns putou hi- glases without de
lay, unfolded the few leaflets and read.
And when he was through reading he look
cd as if he had beet, listening to the first
bluebird's song in early spring. He was
in the best humor by the time Mrs Jeffrey
appeared with a pitcher full of buttermilk.
"What Jo you think of the butter?'' he
called out
"It's a great success, and I congratulate
you; and 1 am ever so much obliged to you
Mr. Burns." Then she nodded, in an un
dertone, "And the speeehT"
"It could not be improved upon, my
dear Mrs. Jeffrey. You are an orator to
the manner born, upou my word. Allow
me to congratulate and express my thauks
to you."
They shook bauds over the pitcher of
buttermilk, aud laughed like a couple of
happy children. A moment afier, Judge
Burns, with the Fourth of July oration in
his breast pocket, drove Puck on toward
Pinelake.
The Fourth of July hud come aud proved
to be a regular scorcher. There was a
noisy crowd nt the village celebration, and
the market place was thickly strewn with
burnt out firo crackers, peanut shells, ba
nana and orange peels. The speaker's
platform was ablaze with bunting, and
every window around the "square seemed
a frame for pretty faces and gorgeous mil
linery.
Mr. Jeffrey's speech was one of the first
on the list, l>ut it was by no means one of
the best, lie began solemnly, in a voice
as loud as a fog horn: "Ladies and gen'.le
men, this memorable day," etc. for one
minute there was a flow of pompous
pnrases carefully committed to memory—
then came a sudden stop—another stop —
another stop. The tall speaker puiied up
his shirt collar as if he was choking, start
ud anew, got more and more cntauglcd,
Wished himself a mile under ground, flu-di
ed. stammered, and wa* at last gently re
minded by the prc-ident that his time va
np.
The last speaker was Judge Burns. Ar,d
wLut a wonderful speech he made! There
was IM end ofeheer'ng and clapping. Tie
girl< waved their handkerchiefs, after hav
ing wiped off their tears. "Wasn't it per
fectly lovely? Just too lovely for any
thing!" The women smiled and the men
nodded approval. "It was a daisy and no
mistake." ' Unrrali for Judge Burn-''
•'Three cheers for Heiel 'ah Bums!" At
an open window opposite the platferm -at
the po>tma-ter's wife, and beside her a lit
tle lady in a white press, with a pretty,
flushed face, and a pair of very bright
eye* fixed on the speaker, and turning to
the town clock the moment Judge Burns
closed his oration.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey drove home 0..r1y
after the celebration. He had nothing to
say. and was as cross as a bear after his
failure His wife did not show him any
sympathy either —so unlike her, too! She
seemed to have enjoj ed herself thorough .
ly. Everything seemed funny to her on
the way home, where he could see no fun
all. Her very laugh grated on his ear for
the first time. "Catch me making a fool
of myself again in public.'' be thought, but
he did not say so.
Wbile he put the horso in the siable
Mrs. Moiiy got the tea ready, a.i unusually
good tea. aud just the kind of jelly he liked
best. In the evening she actually struck
a match to light his pipe on the stoop, and
laughingly pulled his curly hair.
"What's the matter with you to-night
Molly.' I don't see what tickles you."
"I suppose it's the celebration that has
gone to my head. It is Fourth of July
but once a year."
'■ Tes, thank goodness!" lie muttered,
puffing away at his pipe.
Next morning's mail brought a couple of
letters aud a local paper. This once the
Guide seemed the center of attraction to
both Mr. and Mrs. J.
"Let's see about the celebration," she
said eagerly; "do read aloud, Will!"
"Haven't time. It would take me all
the afternoon. Here are columns and col
umns. but not about me. Oh yes, sure
enough. They are 'in hopes Mr. Jeffrey's
corn crop will turn out a greater success
than his oration." Well, I don't care what
they say." lie laughed good naturedly,
for be had gotten over his mortification,
"llere is Judge Burns'* speech; nearly all
of it, it seems, and half a column of enlogj
on it. Just listen to what they say: 'A
perfect jewel of poetic expression —a chaste
pearl oratory —dewy freshness—a light
ning flash of patriotic eloquence.' Arc
you choking Mollyt She was as red as a
berry; coughed and laughed alternately.
"Well, 1 must say it was a first-rate
speech, but no more than might be expect
ed of a lawyer who has the gift of gab. lit
is an old hand at that sort of thing. Why.
he has spoken in public these last thirty
years. It's his business to talk, just as it's
mine to raise wheat and corn. How did
you like his speech. Molly?"'
"I can't say I thought it so very wonder
ful," she said. "It was nice enough, and
short. He was through before bis time
was up. I noticed that more than any
thing else."
"You don't mean to sav .so! Why. I
thought of you while lio spoke—how you
would appreciate liini. They were all wild
about that speech, both men and women.
It was full of fun ami lire and ei.ihuiaam.
Choking again, Molly.' Shall 1 slap your
back? - ' She shook her head. '-Yes, he
understands his business; that's certain.
What's that? Looks very DIE h like
Burn's handwriting'. What an he have to
write about?"
Mrs. Molly ilushed to the very roots of
her wavy hair, while Mr. Jeffrey cut the
envelope with a table knife, and fell in a
brown study over his letter. His wife
watched him with a roguish twinkle in her
eyes. lie looked as if he was reading the
will of a maiden aunt whose inheritance he
had been sure of, and who liad suddenly
died after changing her will in favor of the
Hottentot mission.
The letter really was from Judge Burns,
and rau as follows:
"MY I>EAH MH JEKKKE} —Excuse an
old friend who gladly took what you had
declined. The oration I delivered yester
day, literally after the manuscript, was
the work of Mrs. Jeffrey. While she
wrote that very excellent speech, which I
accepted as a god-send. I took her place at
the churn, and spent one of the most labo
rious hours of my life making butter. The
transaction being altogether in my favor,
I feel very much indebted to Mis Jeffrey,
and hope she will accept a token of my
sincere regard in the shape of anew pat
ented churn, which, as the manufacturers
claim, v ill make churning a mere child's
play. My dear Mr. Jeffrey your partner
'n marriage has more brains, heart and
energy than you and I taken together.
Sincerely your friend,
HE/EKIAIT E. BFRSS.''
"Molly, did—did you really write that
speech?"
"Yes, sir," said Mrs. Molly. "And it
came off inside of five minutes, sir. Your
coffee is cold. Let nnt give you another
cup, Willie dear."— Harper's l!n:<ir.
The Mourning of Nations.
Black, which expresses "privation of
light," represents American and English
mourning, while iu direct contrast is the
white mourning colot ofChima, exprc--ivu
of hope. Other hues symbolizing grief for
the departed are:
Scarlet —occasionally worn by French
kings.
Yellow —the sear and yellow leaf. Egypt
and Burmah. In Brittany widows' caps
among the peasants are yellow.
l'urple and Violet —to express royalty.
Mourning for cardinal.-, and kings of France.
Violet color mourning for Turkey.
Deep Blue—Bokhara mourning. The
significance of this selection Is not known.
Pale Brown—Tli withered leaves.
Persia.
Grayish Brown—Earth Ethiopia and
A byssinia.
Was There and Saw It.
Census Taker Bethunc, of Milledgevile.
Ga., in discharging his duties ran across
the "oldest inhabitant." and was puzzled
for a while as to what entry to make cf her
age. Jane Moore, colored, living in the
northern part of the eity, gave her age
as 121.
Mr. Bethune questioned her some time
and discovered that the old woman was a
regular encyclopedia of the early days of
American independence. She knew all
about it; was there and saw it. She re
membered Washington and all the fathers;
she remembered their habits and eccen
tricities, and said she was married and had
children when Washington died. Her old
est living child is 88 years old. and since
its birth she has been blessed with 27 oth
ers. She is evidently not less than 110
years and may he 1-1, as she sajs.
"This is the suuuy mouth of June,
When youths and maidens like to spoon;
They walk along the moonlit sands
Softly holding each other's hand-,
They look up at tb" noon's bright beam.
And he thinks of love —and She ice
cream."
Ecclesiastical Oil Wells.
I'ittsburg llorkiHat.
A recent number of the Lutheran oh .
scrcer coiHajned a clipping from » New
Vork paper referring lo a prospective oil 1
•well located on the grounds connected
with tnc ilan ■ c.f the Presbyterian cLunh
at Fou.-t Grove. Allegheny county, l'a.
Since then several good weiis have been
struck on these grounds, from which the
church i> receiving a royalty aggregating
SIOO a day.
About five miles from the Forest Grove
church ar.rl the same distance from this
city (Pitt.-burg}, stands lit. Calvary
Lutheran church, of which Rev. J. Q.
Waters K pastor. This church is sur
rounded by beautiful cemetery grounds,
■with a giebe adjoining, on which the par
sonage stands.
About two months ago thi-- glebe (about
2 acre- -, war leased for oil pnrpose-. Three
weeks ego the first well was completed
and started oil'with a production of 20 bar
rels an hour, and has teen flowing steady
ever fcince. The church, in addition to the
cash bonus of S6OO, receives a royalty of
one-fourth, which, from this well alone
has averaged, to date, over ifloO per day.
Another well Is being drilled on the
same grounds, and a third one will soon
follow.
These are certainly the palmy days of
old Mt. Calvary's financial prosperity, and
pa.-tor and people feel devoutedly thankful
to God for these means so providentially
placed in their hr.nds by which important
and necessary changes and improvements
are made possible and the efficiency and
usefulness of the church are increased.
May the Lord who has graciously enabled
the people to lind this •■treasure hid in the
field." giye them grace also to utilize it in
sneh a way as will redound to llis glory
and the advancement of llis kingdom on
earth. The increase c.f (iod's gifts are al
ways accompanied by increased responsi
bilities and obligations.
The Mt. Calvary people doubtless real
ize this, and whilst they are glad and
thankful, as they have good reason to be.
they recognize the fact that they are stew
ards of the Lord's bounty, and are not iu
the least danger of abusing the trust com"
mitted to them. The talent God has given
them will be sacredly employed, and the
whole community, as well as the congrega
tion, will partake of the benefits. Although
the oil itself is not holy oil—like that
spoken of in the Scripures: set apart to
holy uses—the income from it will never
theless be consecrated to evangelical enter
prises. Hence the first well on the church
grounds has been named after the church,
"the Mt. Calvary well." It is churehly in
name and iu design.
In the same spirit one of the wells of the
Forest (irove Church has been called "Old
hundred." This nauie. however, was
suggested by a revision of the doxology.
made by one of the drillers, who evidently
has a poetic turn of mind:
Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
I'raise Hiin for putting oil below;
Praise Him, ye drillers, give hearty
thanks.
Praise Him for the overflowing tanks.
Notwithstanding the convictions of some
to the contrary, oil. even when found on
church property, must be regarded as one
of God's good gifts, which is to be received
with thanksgiving and employed iu His
service.
His Son Bill.
\ .\> .v York artist who was di.»n on
the Jersty shore sketching and ] Minting
In-t summer, old a larr er a crayon draw
ing in which rhe centr .l figure was Father
Time with hi deadly s-ythe. The buyer
took it away veil pi ised v ith his pur
chase,'out returned next day with a grin on
his face and the picture under his arm.and
said:
"I've got a son Bill to home."
"Yes."
"He hain't but 15 years old."
"Yes."
"He's got tow hair and a cataract on
his eye, but he's smarter'n chain light
ning."
"Indeed, I'm glad to hear it."
"1 hadn't this picture home five uiinits
\\ ben Bill set up a-roarin and laughing
and pintcd out—what d'ye think.' You've
gone and drawed old Father Time a-mow
ing left-handed. 1 might never have
noticed it, but you can't fool Bill far ci
der."
"My dear mau." answered the artist,
"did you ever see Father Time."'
"Of course not."
"Bid your son Bill ever sec bimf
"Sartinly not. He ain't to be sawed," j
"Well, then, how do either of you know
whether he was right or left handed'"
"By gum!" gasped the farmer as he
stood with open mouth, "you've got the
yoke on lis. That's it: how do we know?
I've bad three different hired men who
were left handed, and I've kuowed other
folks to be. 1 jist jumped at it without
stopping to think. When Bill began to
haw-paw and pint to the scythe, I jist sot
in aud agreed with him, say, mister."
"Yes."
• I've got a son Bill."
"Well?"
"lie's smarter'n chain lightning at sizing
up a tin peddler, but the biggest fool in the
State ou pic tars."
*
Electricity Taking The Place of
Steam.
Prof. Elihu Thomson, in speaking on
"The Problems of the Future." says: "Iu
the near future railways will be run by
electricity; not the small roads, I mean
but really the large ones connecting cities,
and there is no reason why we should not
expect higher speeds than we can attain at
present with our steam locomotives. There
we have reciprocating parts that must be
put in motion, stopped, and reversed con
tinually, while in the electric locomotive
we have the simple rotary motion, which
makes it possible accordingly to run at a
much higher rate of speed. Although the
steam locomotive has been very much im
proved, yet it can hardly compare with the
economy of stationary engines, placed
where they can have an abundant water
supply for condensing purpose . We can,
therefore, by employing stationary engines
and electric roads, do away with a great
deal of unnecessary weight, and the mov
iug parts being symmetrical, we can attain
a much higher rate of speed, say a hundred
miles an hour. This would be a grand
step forward, which would save us a great
deal of time. It might even be possible to
reach a speed of !"><» miles an hour. It
simply depends upon finding the. method
of applying sufficient power, and building j
the locomotives to suit, arrangements be- j
ing adopted to keep the cars ou the track." |
—A novel way of raising money to build
a church has been adopted by a congrega
tion in an lowa town. They borrowed
$120,000 and gave life insurance ou a
number <>f the members, which is to l.e
applied on the debt as death ensues. The
natural objection to this scheme is the fact
I hat in case of the illness of one of the in
sured, the insurance might weaken the <
sine-rity of the prayers of the congrcp ion <
for Uis recovery. It would be a case in i
which the church would win if the prayers |
fulled. i
A European Census.
Americans who arc loudest iu their !
groaning about several census |
should look at iLe inquisition to wuicb the ,
Ge.miM are subjected.
The l.i.u.jn jre*r book gives the fipire
of evtu the income tax. An income of'
s2f>o or less"is i.ot taxed, and up to
the Us. is nominal For iucoines over $750 ,
Uie owner must swear as to the truth of
the figures he give-. The exact ret.tat of j
e»<h dwelling is obtuiuid. aud the average
rentals for diiiereut conditions are pn.iisii
>-> i. Ti.c showing lor the yeur ISSS makes
the average rt-rit.il for a single room with |
out a stove —or ua unbeatable" rot m, a
the expression used i» —a sttoi that cor- .
responds iu our moucy to S3O per year. It
makes the rental for a single room with a
stove ir. it—or c. single '"beatable" room—
s.">o. for li\ iug apartments consisting of!
two "beatable" room. fSi per annum; lor
apartments consisting of three such rooms,
floO; f«r four "beatable" rooms, s2oo. etc. '
No personal liberty in Berlin. The police :
methods in Berlin greatly aid in the prep !
aration of an accurate census. No room I
can be rented at a hotel or boarding house, j
and no apartment or house can be legally ;
leased, until the landlord has :.ent to the I
police the name aud purpose of the new- 1
comer aud the length of time for which he i
will probably make the city his name. I
Tl.e -ainc method is iu vogue iu other Ger- !
mas cities. The experience of one of the j
professors of the University of Pennsyl- |
vania last summer is significant as to the
effectiveness of these methods. Wishing
to communicate with an American lady
who was abroad, and, as he thought, in
Leipsic, he wrote to the police of that city.
The answer declared that no person of the
name was in the city. A similar letter
was sent to the police headquarters of
Dresden, and a similar answer was receiv
ed. When, later, however, the professor
wrote to the police of Berlin, the reply an
nounced that Mrs. was living at
No. —. street, on the floor.
Make an Agreement.
It is a difficult matter to deal with that
class of men who will neither give nor re
ceive a definite proposition looking toward
compensation. If, on the one band, you
meet a man who says, '"That will be all
right; I guess we won't have any trouble
about that part of it," set it down that
here will be trouble on just "that part of
t." If, on the other hand, you find a man
who is always declaring, "You'll not lose
anything by this; I'll see that it's all
right," you may he sure it will be all wrong
in the end. When two men of this sort
get together, and the serv-ces are of such
nature that to determine their exact value
al the time of their inception is impossible,
the end will be a misunderstanding, mut
ual dissatisfaction, possibly an estrange
ment. Yet there is no case in which a
probable value cannot be got at. If you
consider matters as a complete affair, aud
estimate the value of results as you plan
them to happen, you can never be far
wrong. If one cannot do that, he has no
business to undertake to make contracts at
all. It may he there are times when a
man may go into a business engagement
without a definite idea of what his pay is
to be. and there may be men who always
settle satisfactorily. But one is never safe
to make engagements in such a lax way.
False modesty alway stands in the way of
j sensible business arrangements. But it
has no place ia business. As an old mer
chant -nee said to a writer, "We are
friend.-. and I trust will always remain so,
but when you are making an agreement
for the pi.r i.ase and delivery of goods,
don't think of your feelings toward
each ther al all. Buy of me as you would
of stranger; consider your owu needs and
profits, and don't hesitate to buy when you
can do best." It should be exactly this
way iu making arrangements for employ
ment. Treat the matter simply as busi
uess, pure aud simple. You can't afford
to do business without making proper ar
rangements for all points. These sensible
suggestions from the Xational Grocer
have more than a money value. "Busi
ness is business" seems something like a
heartless proverb, but it is a fact that no
business is likely to prove so satisfactary
as that which is done strictly on business
principles. Here is where the great value
of a business education come in. It im
presses upon the mind at every stage of its
course that "busiiiCoS is business."
A Marketable Product.
lSural World.
Kggs ure the most marketable product
that the farm yields. They are ready for
market the minute they are laid, and the
sooner they are gotten to market the bet
tor. Nothing else that the farm produces
comes in as handy as a good supply of
egg . They require no cultivation, no
hoeing, pruning or ch uri.ins, but are in a
saleable condition aj soon as laid. With
plenty of eggs on the farm there is a host
of good thing in the kitchen, and money in
the family purse. Gathering eggs is like
picking up cents. They are as good as
cash and can quickly be turned into dollars
and cents.
The groceryman wants eggs, the hotel
man wants eggs, the private ianiily wants
eggs, everybody in town is hungry for
eggs.
Twenty-five good hens are more valua
ble than a cow, and much less trcruble. A
cow costs as much as a hnudred he.is and
eats more. We would not deride the fam
ily cow, but wu make a plea for the do
mestic hen. Give her a place worthy 01
her valuable product.
Let's look after the small things and pay
more attention to poultry. Fix np the
hen house and make good water proof
coops, and separate runs for tho little
chickens. Let's read up more on poultry
and try aud improve the laying qualities of
our fowls.
The women love to have a fine looking
'ot of chickens übout the place, and so do
the children. It's mighty nice, 100, to
take u good larjie basket of eggs to town
and bring home the family groceries in ex
change for them. We should think about
these things, and give the fowls on the
farm more attention.
An Old Hand.
"Strawberries, mum?" he asked as she
came out with a bowl.
'•I guess so. Got 'eui by measure?"
"Yes'in —how many?"
"One quart."
"All right, ma'am—here you are—gTeat
bis stawberri.'s —a full quart."
"Stop, tsir!"
"What is it?''
"Take your thumb out of that meas
ure!"
"Thumb? Oh, certainly."
"Now add about a dozen berries to fill (
up that space!"
"Space? I see."
"Now shake the measure aud put inn ,
few more!" ,
"Shake? Exactly, ma'am. Here you
are, and if it will console you any 1 will ,
state that I lose just two cents on that (
quart. M.ike it up at the next house,how
ever, by measuring my thumb aud two (
fingers. Thanks, ma'am —strawberries,
great, big strawberries! Who takes the -
next quart?" i
NO 34
AGRICULTRAL.
So>uie statieian has figured out that for
the annual nourishment of 15.000.000 cows
and 12,000.000 horses there are neede d 30,-
OOO.WtO tons «>f hay. 90.000,000 bushels oi
cokiMiseal, 275.iW0,000 barbels of oats, 2,-
000.000 bushels of bran and 30,000.000
of corn, at a cost of *4">0.000.
The value of any kind of fodder is not in
the quantity, but iu the amount th»t is di
>•>—tible The quality largely depends on
the stage of growth when it is cut and cur
ed.
A drain that is stopped up is one that is
not only mi -serviceable lint a menace to _
health. 'When foul there is always a dis
agreeable stench therefrom, and being al
ways damp, substances decompose quickly.
Nothing is more important than to fre
quently examine the outlets of drain pipes
and ditches in order to have a free flow of
water in them.
Experiments with burnt clay demon
strate it to be a fertilizer. Its value con
sists of its affinity tor the plant-forming
elements iu the soil. It extracts ammonia
from the atmosphere and yAlds it to plants,
as well as affording potash that is set free
from the clay itself. It is the opinion of
the leading agriculturists that the burning
of marl will render it more available to
plants, and that burnt clay will be a fertiz
er of the future.
Flow WOMES CAN I»BESS WEll.— There
is no reason in the world why anybody
should have an unbecoming costume this
season. In fabrics and in colors all sorts
and conditions of-women are catered to,
and all tones, from the faintest to the deep
est. and deftly wrought out so that the
particular shade, that the wise woman
finds becoming to her. can be gotten with
out any trouble. There are spots big and
little, plaids bias and straight, and stripes
lof all widths and kinds. Be a little care
ful in choosing your colors, and remember,
that because somebody tells you how well
you look in a costume of navy bine yon
must not conclude that every blue shade
is suited to you, for that extremely trying,
Ijut very beautiful one, known as army,
makes Abe average woman's complexion
look as yellow as a lemon. Because scar
let makes your hair look warmer and gives
a deeper color to your eyes, it does not
follow that magenta is suited to you. Gen
eral rules do not apply to women, who are
nothing if not individual. Somebody says
that small bonnets are universally becom
ing. and you. whose face is rather broad,
whose nose is a bit retrousse, put one
on and believe yon look well. A bonnet,
more than anything else, needs to be fried
on, and althongh one may generalize and
say bonnets are ladylike it can no more be
asserted that bonnets are always becoming
than it could be that all women are good
figures. So just think out things before
you choose them.— Ladies' Home Journal.
TIIE DISIKFECTTSG SBASOK.— Chloride of
lime is the safest as well as one of the best
of disinfectants. It owes its merit to the
free chlorine gas which it contains when
fresh and gives off slowly when in the air.
When used in a sufficient quantity in a
room or chosen space it combats much of
its impurities. As for the germs ot dis
ease, this agent is something of an enemy
to them, altho not a powerful one. It is
custom ary in contagious to lay the chlor
ide of lime about in saucers. Some good
is certainly done in that way. but it is meas
ured by *he quantity of lime use J, which,
in order to have a very deeisire effect,
must be considerable. It acts
ly will in solution with water as a disin
fectant of "washing clothing" which has
been within the atmosphere of a sick room
containing a patient ill with an infectious
disease. Some use it in solution in disin
fecting water closets and bath pipes, but it
is scarcely fit for that purpose, as the ohlo
ride corrodes lead and iron. The fact
should be remembered that in using chlo
ride ot lime it must be confined in order to
render it efficacious as a disinfectant. "We
occasionally see it sprinkled about in foul
places, such as open drains, on heaps of
filth etc., places freely exposed to the air.
In such bituations it is absolutely power
less to do good. It must be in a practical
ly closed space, where the gases arising
from it can be confined until they can do
their work.— Hoston Hirald.
To PRETEST FOKGRXG—There is no dri
ver of a horse but that haa felt the annoy
ance that results from forging, or the strik
ing of the forward shoes by the hind ones
in traveling, and yet this can be prevented
The cause is, the hind feet are thrown for
ward and strike the front feet before they
get out of the way, a result of the action
of the horse, which must he corrected,
which is explained in ' Artistic Horse
Shoeing," and ■which is accomplish by us
ing a heavy toe-weight shoe on the front
feet to make the liorse reach further. Af
ter (he front shoe has been nailed on, take
a rule and m ensure the distance lrom the
coronet to the bottom part of the toe, ob
serving the slant of the foot. Measuring .
the hind foot in the same way in most
cases it will be from one-quarter to one
inch the shortest, and the shorter the foot
the quicker it can be raised. Now by plac
ing the shoe upon the hind loot so that
the toe will project enough to make the
distance from the coronet to the bottom of
the toe the same as in the forward foot,
and then let the shoe project well behind,
making it a little heavy, the foot will not
be raised as high, it will not be thrown as
far forward, and so forging will be pre
vented. * This is a very simple procedure,
and one that can be ordered by any farmer
V*lio is troubed with forging in his horses,
ana if found successful, will save an un
necessary annoyance.
THE HOBSESHOKR "Never let your
blacksmith .Morch, scar and burn the hoof
to fit the shoe, or in repeated observations
to see if the shoo VrflJ. It's not necessary
to touch the foot with & hot shoe." Own
ers of horses should to the shoeing them
selves, and see that the feet are not injured.
Continuing, the writer well says: "I have
seen a smith shoe a horse by fitting one
shoe at a time, and when he was done the
horse bad four different shaped feet. Have
the shoes just alike in shape, weight and
width betweeu heel calks, then put them
on. Then shoe the hind feet in the sam»
manner, alway remembering that steel
shoes are the best and in the end the
cheapest.
A Heavy Penalty.
The Norristown Herald calls attention
to the act of Assembly approved May 22,
18x9, forbidding any person to catch fish,
except sha3, herring and sturgeon, ia any
streams of the Commonwealth with seine
or net, or to use any appliance for catch
ing fish, except the rod, hook and line.
The penalty for violating this law is a fine
of one hundred dollars or si* months' im
prisonment or both, one half of the line to
go to the prosecutor. The Commonwealth
thus offers a reward of fifty dollars for tho
arrest of any person violating the law and
any constable, policeman, sheriff, fish
warden or fish commissioner is authorized
to destroy the apparatus, make the arrest
and take the oflender before a justice of
the peace or magistrate.
—Speak-easy ico cream is the latest Ituu