BOYHOOD RECOLLECTIONS.
T recollect my childhood day: 1 recollect the whool
Where I wi licked and frequently informed I i fool.
1 recollect the babbling brook, the miller' dripping wheel,
And likewise I recall to mind the tone-bruie on my heel.
1 recollect my weet first love, the fairent of the flock;
Whene'er I'd ask her for k" "he'd bang me with a rock.
1 recollect the picnic grove where I would sometime play,
But where they'd never let me go when it wi picnic day.
) recollect the village folk, so hearty anil ao hide;
I recollect they alway nid that I'd wind up in jail.
I often run my train of thought on recollection's track
I love to recollect tuoae day, but I don't want 'em back!
Philadelphia Bulletin,
I The Professor
iand the Tig'er
B1IAVEKT. doctor (said my
friend, the third officer), Isn't
such u simple thing ns you
think It. One man is bravo In
one way, and another In a different
one. Often enough, that which is
railed bravery Is nothing more thnn
custom. Von wouldn't go up on the
fore-royal-yard In half a gale to reef
Mil, would you? Not you! You'd be
nrrald. Well, you might think me a
brave man because I would. But then
Id be afraid to cut a chap's lea off.
and you wouldn't.
That was what old Captain Ilosklns,
whom I used to sail with, could never
understand. If n man was a bit ner
vous about the sea, lie used to look
down on blm as all sortu of n coward.
But there cunie a day when he learned
be tier.
It happened when I was with blm
In a three masted sailing ship called
the Arrow. We luy nt Singapore,
alongside the Tanjong Fagan Wharf,
loading with a general cargo for Liv
erpool. The principal object of that
cargo or at least the one we took the
most -lotlce of was a tiger that we
were shipping for London. It lay In
a strong cage of wood and Iron, with
a door In the front through which It
could be fed. It was a line big brute,
and every time It stretched Itself you
could sou the muscles slipping over its
sides and the big. wicked looking
claws peeping out of the pads of Its
feet In a way that made you very
tli.iiil.ful lor the bars.
Ys had . passenger or two. One
of tlicm was u young girl who went
by Ihu name of Hilda Sandford. She
had been n governess In the family of
one of our agents out there, but the
climate hadn't gulled her, and she had
to go ha me. (Hc was coming with
us Instead of by steamer because she
got her pnssi.go for i othlng and she
wasn't loo well off. Directly the old
man sot eyeu on her trim figure and
the wealth of golden brown hair about
her head lie was struck nil of a heap,
so ? speak, und I could seo that he
was promising himself a mighty pleas
ant voyage.
Thu other passenger was u strange,
lUlle. dried up 'man, who wore gold
pince-nez and kept peering ubout the
ship in a most uncomfortable way. He
gf.ve his name as Mr. Hay Professor
Hay. he called himself, though we
didn't find out what he professed until
later. Of course, the tigor had Its at
tendant, but he berthed ."orwnrd.
An hour or two before we started
this Mr. Hay came t.p to the old man
and began asking him a lot of ques
tions. "Captain.'' ha said, nervously, "I
hope wo sh i have a iiulet passage."
"I don't see why we shouldn't," said
Hoakius genially.
Mr. 3ay looked up at the sky.
"There seems to be a good deal of
wind ahor.t," he said.
'Tretty fall." said Ilosklns. "That's
what's going to take vs home. Not
being a steamer, wo can't do without
if."
"You're sure It's safe?" nsked nay.
"Safe!" says the old man, getting
on his high horse, "safe! I'm sailing
this ship."
The lltte man smlkl np'logetlcnlly.
"You will excuse me. enptnin,' ho
"aid. "I did ::ot mean any offence. The
fact Is I am constitvtlonally nervous
'n shipboard. It Is a feeling that I
have never been able to overcome."
The old man looked ?t him with a
tort of good naturcd contempt.
"You've no call to bo alarmed," lie
said; "we'll take ?ou to England safe
enough."
Mr. liny smiled again and walked
off into the waist, where we had Used
up the tiger's cage. It seemed to havo
a sort of attraction for him, for he
rtood beforo It for nt least a quarter
of an hour. Ilosklns looked after him,
and then turned to Miss Sandford, who
was sitting near.
"Nice sort of a chap to have on a
ship." he said. "A man Uko that
ought to stick to dry land."
"Well, you know, I have a follow
feeling for him. captain." sh an
swered; "I'm afraid of the sea my
self." "Ah," he said, "but you're a woman,
you sec. A bit of fear Is all right in a
woman. It's natural to them. But with
a man it's different. A roan ought to
be afraid of nothing."
"And are you afraid of nothing, cap
tain?" she asked.
"Not I," said Ilosklns. "You can
have the biggest storm ever hatchod
by the China seas and I'll thank you
lor it. it brings out all the good in h
man."
"It must be nice to be brave," she
exclaimed.
"Oh, it's all right when vou're used
to it," said Ilosklns, modestly. "And
n brave man and a pretty woman are
two or tuo nuest sights in creation.
iney ougut always to be together."
Thero was something In his toue that
made her blush. And thoinrh aim a,ill
she agreed with him. she took tho first
opportunity of clearing off to another
part ot tne deck.
Shortly afterward we put to sea. For
the next few days we had the best of
wenuier ana everything wont smoothly,
..uv uij tuna prony wen taken up
twlth my work, but for all that I could
too one or two things that set ma
thiuklng. The flrst was that the old
muu was making himself uncommonly
ttenttvw to Miss Sandford. The sec
ond was that this Mr. Hay in a quiet
and timid sort of way, was thiukiiig
a good deal of her too, Ilosklns saw
quickly enough that he had a rival
but as bo had started off with a health J
contempt for blm, he didn't disturb
ttlujsBlf over sud above much. y0r
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my part I thought the girl fancied Hay
ruther tbaj Ilosklns: and though she
couldn't avoid the old man, and could
not help listening to bis sea yarns, I
could seo her eyes turning forward
toward the waist, where Hay was put
ting In his time looking nt the tiger.
One afternoon the skipper was sit
ting beside Miss Sandford on the poop
deck when Hay came up tho compan
ion and made his way toward them.
"There's something I want to tell
you, captain," he said. "It's getting
on my mind and making me quite un
comfortable. That man whoso busi
ness It Is to look after the tiger isn't
doing his work properly. The animal
Isn't getting enough tood. It is devel
oping a savage nature. And yesterday,
when I went to see the man about it,
I found that he was Intoxicated. I
really think you should interfere."
Ot course, the old man should have
interfered. . But he didn't like belug
told his duty by the little professor,
especially when the girl was about So
ho just sneered.
"I suppose you're afraid tf the beast
escaping?" he said.
"I should certainly regard it as un-
fortunute," the little man replied. "You
see, a drunken man mlgnt be careless
about the fastenings. I must really
Insisit upon your speaking to him."
"He's not one of my crew," said
Ilosklns. "I have enough to do to look
after them. If any of them get drunk,
they'll hear of it. But this chap is a
passenger, even if ho is only a steer
age one. lie can do as ho likes with
his spare time. If you're so blamed
frlghteued about the beast you'd bet
tor look to the fastenings yourself."
"Excuse me," said the professor
stiffly, "that is not my business. The
animal does not belong to me. I havo
done what I believe to be my duty. I
can say no more."
He turned away without even a
glance at the girl.
"That man," said Ilosklns, looking
after him, "is frightened at his own
shadow. Let me give you a bit of
fatherly advice, Miss Saudford. When
you are looking for a man to marry,
never marry a coward. A girl like
you wants some one who will protect
you in time of danger; some one she
can rely on and look up to."
"I'm not thinking of getting mar
rled." she said shyly. "But when I do
I II bear your advice in mind, captain."
'That's it," said Hoskins. "Think
over it carefully. And as for getting
married, I'd be glad if you'd think over
that, too."
She started like a frightened horse,
"Oh, captain!" she said. "I don't
understand. What do you mean?"
"You do understand," he said ten
derly, drawing his chair a bit nearer
to her. "Miss Sandford! Hilda!
Haven't you a word for a poor old
seaman who worships the very ground
you tread on? Think it over. None
but tho brave deserve the fair, you
know.
"You mustn't speak like this." she
exclaimed, rising as though she was
distressed. "You are older than I am
And I don't know that you are a brave
man. I have only your word for it,
Please don't speak to me about this
again."
The old man saw that he bad gone
a little bit too far.
"Walt!" he said; "don't be fright
ened. I promise not to say a word
until we reach England. Before we
get there, if we have a bit of rough
weather, I'll show you the sort of man
I am. I should love a bit of danger
for your sake."
For the next few days ho went
about whistling for a wind, as though
ho wautcd to send us all to Davy
Jones' locker. I believe he would have
been glad ot a typhoon Just to show
his seamanship and his coutedipt for
danger. As for his seamanship, no one
ever questioned it; aud as for his con
tempt for danger, he was to get his
chance all right, though not quite iu
the way he expected.
It was about a week after his eou
versatlou with tho girl that it came.
Hilda was sitting on the poopdeck
reading a book. Vhe old man was
marching up and dow; with a quarter
dock trot, casting glances at her think
lug how pretty she was, when sudden
ly he let ofc a howl thtt would have
frightened an elephant and sprang into
the port mlzzen rigging. I wasn't far
oft htm at the time, and I looked at
him, wondering whether be bud gone
mad. Then I saw what he had seen,
aud I went up the starboard mlzzou
shrouds as quickly as he had gone up
the port ones. The girl raised her
head aud looked up at Hosklua, and he
gaped down at her and tried to shout,
But for come time he could only make
faces.
"Look! Look!" he yelled at last,
"Come up the rigging, the tiger is
loose!'
She spranj to her fee', am. looked
about her. Not four yarus away from
her the tiger was playing with a coll
ot rope. It was paying no sort of at
teutlon to her at the moment, but she
felt that it might take it into its head
to spring at her at any time. As she
stood she was cornered between the
stern of the ship and the cabin door,
There was nothing to be doue but to
climb up the rigging. She tried, but
the flrst step was too high, and she
could not mauage it. And when she
realised that I thought she was going
to faint.
Ilosklns was just going down to give
her a hand, but at that moment the ti
ger looked up and saw him, and gave
a kind of a roar. The old man stuck
where ho wss then, and sort ot shlv
red all over like a jelly in a gale. As
tor the girl, the went white ail oyer,
and gave up herself for lost. And
then out of the cabin came Trofessor
Hay.
He Just took one ook around and
saw the tiger. Then he picked up a
broom that some one who had been
washing decks had left leaning against
the deckhouse, and pushed at the tiger
with it, looking It straight between the
eyes. I'd heard of the power of the
human eye before, but I had never be
lieved it until that afternoon. He kept
walking forward, pushing the beast
gently before Mm right into the waist
and back Into the cage. Wbeu he bad
It safely fastened In, he came astern
again, looking not In the loast bit ex
cited or worried, and put the broom
carefully back into its place. The girl
was looking hard at him, and her eyes
were shining, nnd he didn't seem to be
aware ot It. Ilosklns had come down
the rigging nnd was looking a trifle
ashamed of himself. He hadn't known
it was so easy to push tigers into
their cages with a broom, or he might
have had a try at It. After a bit he
spook up.
"That wos a fine bit of work, sir,"
he said. 'If I hadn't seen it I couldn't
have believed It."
"Oh, It's nothing," said the professor.
'It's my business. I tame wild ani
mals."
After that he seemed to dismiss the
whole subject from bis mind, and
went down into the cabin. But I saw
him, later in the evening, talking to
that girl, and he must have had some
thing important to say to her, for when
tho old man met her the next morn
ing and began making excuses for him
self, she cut him short.
'Captain," she said, "do you remem
ber advising me to marry a brave
man?"
"I do," said Hoskins. a bit puzzled.
"Well," she said, softly, "he asked
me yesterday; and I'm going to take
your advice."
Which shows you, doctor, that brav
ery is very much a matter of custom.
As for poor old Ilosklns, we had mill
pond weather the whole way home,
and he didn't even have a chance to
show himself. The Sketch.
WILD CEESE ON MICRATION.
How the Old Leader Gather mid Start
Them on Their Journey.
At the end of March or during the
flrst week in April nil the gray geese
In the Outer Hebrides collect In one
place before taking their departure for
their nesting haunts within the Arctic
Circle.
To estimate their numbers Is Impos
sible, says the London Mall, and to be
hold this vnst concourse of geese is one
of the sights of a lifetime. The vast
host of birds stands packed together
In a huge phalanx till the king of the
grayleg starts the flight. As the old
leader ascends 100,000 voices salute
him, but none stirs till from overhead
he gives the call for his subjects to
follow him.
Some fifty birds rise in the air and
follow him. and as they go gradually
assume the wedgelike formation, with
three single birds in a strlug at the
apex of the triangle, and in a few min
utes are out of sight. When they have
been fairly started the king returns,
nnd after a few minutes' rest he rises
Into the air again, and the same pro
cess is gone through before be leads
off another batch.
Again and again he returns until all
are gone but 300 old veterans, which
rise to meet him in the air ns he flies
back to them. Then, with their sov
reign at their head, these also wing
their way toward the Pole, not to re
turn until the following October.
Artificial Wod From Peat.
Frequent attempts have been mada
to use peat as raw material for the
manufacture of artificial wood. The
material must, for this purpose, be
fully reduced to a fibrous condition, so
as to produce a fibrous and a mealy
mass. This mixture is mixed with au
emulsion of two parts by measure of
plaster of Paris and ten or twelve of
water, and is subjected for consider
ble time to heavy hydraulic pressure
In molds, then artificially dried, pol
ished and oiled, painted or varnished.
A more sinmle nrocess Is to wash the
peat, without destroying its natural
fibrous state, and to mix the rosultlng
moist mass with a mixture of hydra ted
lime and an aluminum compound (as
for instance aluminum sulphate) and
press It in molds for n short time in the
moist state, after which the resulting
plates are allowed to burden in the air.
The resultant product needs only a
comparatively low pressure, aud this
for only a short time, and Is then set
out to dry in the air. Tho resulting ar
tificial wood is not hygroscopic, and in
order to use it for open-air work needs
no painting or further impregnation.
In view of the fact that the presslne
operation takes only a few minutes,
considerable quantities can be manu
factured in comparatively small space
and time. Scientific American.
ft Wm HI Only Tie.
One morning, as Mark Twain re
turned from a neighborhood morning
call, sans necktie, his wife met blm
at the door with the exclamation:
"There, Sam, you have been over to
the Stawes' again without a nocktlel
It's really disgraceful the way you
neglect your dreBs!"
Her husband said nothing, but wnt
up to his room.
A few minutes later bis neighbor
Mrs. S. was summoned' to the door
by a messenger, who presented her
with a small box neatly done up. She
opened it and found a black silk neck
tie, accompanied by the following note:
"Here is a necktie. Take it out and
look at it. I think I stayed halt an
hour this morning. At the end ot that
time will you kindly return it, as it is
the only one I have? Mark Twain."
Ladles' Home Journal.
A Happjr Thought.
A well-known Boston writer tells,
with glee, of a neat sally on the part ot
bis nine-year-old ton, who is a pupil in
a private school at the Hub.
Apropos ot something or other, the
teacher had quoted the line, "In the
bright lexicon of youth there's no such
word as 'fall.' "
At this point the lad mentioned
aTose and politely made known hi de
alre to offer an observation with refer
ence to the maxim. '
'It occurs to me, sir," taid he, "that
if iucU be the case it might be advis
able to bring the omission to the atten
tion of the publishers of the lexicon,"
Harper's Weekly. " """"
Poultry Pa.
Poultry on the farm con be made to
pay better than any other stock, value
considered; but It is necessary that
proper care bo used.
Kllr-Made Dark Neat.
One of the best nest arrangements
known Is readily made by havlug a
box ot sufficient depth so that it can
be stood on Its end with one board re
moved on one side nnd the top fastened
to tho wall. This box is set on the
floor, with tlir lace to the wall and
tho nesting material put Inside on the
floor. First line the hex with building
paper to keep (lie light out of the
?racks. The one board removed on the
one side, next to tho wall, will leave a
i:lulent opening for the hen to enter,
and then a hinged cover may be made
en top so that the eggs may be gath
ered and the nesting material renewed
without difficulty. Hens wi'l lay more
eg !f the nests are dark than when
Ibey are light.
Uao Nnnene.
After slumbering more or less quietly
for a few years, the romantic tale that
the bees drop Into each cell a small
drop of poison from the sting before
scaling up the cell, using the sting ns
a trowel to work the wax, seems to
have started anew Its round of the
public press. To any who have sent
In clippings of the kind, possibly won
leriug what foundation there may be
for the yarn. It may be said on the au
thority of a bee expert that it Is all a
work of Imagination. Its originator
seeming to think it true. Iut never
offering a particle of proof. Of course,
hone of tho papers that give It cur
rency, will bother themselves with a
contradiction, and the only thing that
car lie done If patiently to allow It to
un Its course and die out, only to be
resurrected seven years later by some
penny-a-liner who has nothing else- sen
intional on hand. Boston Cultivator.
ItpUe Your Own Meat.
The Poland China is the best hog to
n's to my knowledge. When pigs are
tbout two or three weeks old I make a
mail pen, put a trough Inside and put
i little milk and hominy lu this, scat
tering some shelled corn on the ground,
ind In n few days the pigs begin to
:oir.e In nnd stick iheir noses in the
trough, tasting the milk and nibbling
it the corn. In n week or so they are
very nrxious for it, and I Increase the
.lnantity. Milk Is the best drink for
rouug pigs; It keeps them growing. I
3o not feed for fat, but for frame. I
five them .'1 ni"c green pasture to go
aver with plenty of fresh water and
good shady places for the pigs wbeu
lot weather comes. This prevpnts sick
ness and makes bone nnd muscle. To
make a hog grow ho must have a clean
pen, exorcise, plenty ot pure fresli
vater and must be fed nt regular times,
with a variety In diet.
' When the pigs are three or four
months old take them f.om the sows
and feed a little more corn or hominy.
This keeps them growing well, and by
(he 1st of October you have them on a
full feed. (Jive them nil they will eat
aow to make hud nud pork aud by the
1st of January you will have nice fat
jogs to kill for home use the next year.
-The Epltomlst.
"Pro" nud "Con" of Wild Tree.
Professor Cook, of the Michigan Col
lege, has said in tho course of one of
his addresses that not long ngo a hor
ticultural writer of considerable prom
inence urged that nil wild trees nnd
shrubs be carefully excluded from the
vicinity of the orchard. He argued
that the presence of such vegetation
would attract Insect enemies, and so
bring added danger from their ravages.
Professor Cook believes this to be a
wrong conclusion, ns the f.-icts show
conclusively that the removing, not the
planting of these wild und uncultivated
plants, Is what has augmented the evil.
With plenty of wild cherry trees about
the orchard, the trees In the orchard
will suffer almost none nt all from
the tent caterpillars In a few wild
cherry trees than when they are scat
tered wide through a whole orchard.
There seems to be reason to beileve
that the same is true of the apple tree
borers and the apple maggot. If we
have the wild haw and wild crab In
goodly numbers near by, the apple
trees aud their fruit will suffer less;
often none at all. and, reasoning from
the Insect side of the question, It Is
probably better to pluut than to up-root
or cut down these wild plants nnd
trees.
Dairy Farming.
Dairy farming adds to Instead of sub
tracting from tho fertility of the farm
and the dairyman leaves to posterity
tho land over which he has held stew
ardship in better condltlou than he
found it. Dairying adds to the profits
of the farm without making much dif
ference to the other branches of farm
ing carried on. 'Mixed farming Is rec
ognized as the best, and where dairy
lug is Included with the other branches
will be found tho most progressive of
all farming. It fits In and rounds out
perfect fanning, It fills a place that
cannot bo filled by nny other industry
with the same degree of financial sue
ces. Dairying Is tho highest form of
agriculture. Tho dairy farmer grows
crops to feed his cows and makes his
money from tho products of the herd.
He becomes a manufacturer ot finished
goods from raw product and sells his
manufactured feoods to tho consumer,
taking to himself all tho profits the
manufacturer usually gets. Where
dairying becomes the principal busi
ness of a neighborhood more cows are
kept but other stock do not disappear.
for progressive dairymen understand
the vuluo of calves aud appreciate the
fact that money may bo made raising
them and pigs are kept to turn the
skim milk into good money. It Is not
10 do wondered that dairy fnrmlng hat
becu looked upon as an honorable rail-
lug from the earliest times and the
proauct ot tho CMry farm have risen
In price nnd Increased in use until now
It has grown to be an Immense and
profitable branch of business connected
with agriculture. The Epltomlst.
Forcing Hhubarb.
A test was made at the Vermont Sta
tion during thS winter of the value of
ether iu forcing rhubarb. The rhubarb
roots were dug In the fall and placed
In a cold frame, where they were sub
jected to the action of frost In tho
usual way. A part of four separate
lots was etherized, the first lot Decem
ber 18 to 20, the second January 0 to
11, the third January 30 to February
1. the fourth February 24 to 20. Sul
phuric etbor was used nt the rate of
ten cc. per ' c foot In all cases ex
cept with the third lot, where seven
teen cc. was used.
The first and second lots, which were
etherized, gave results decidedly In
favor of the process. The third lot,
which received seventeen cc. per cubic
foot, was Injured by the treatment,
while the fourth lot was etherized so
late in the season as not to show
marked benefits from the treatment.
The Increased yields In lots one, two
and four were 34.4, S9.7 and 5.7 per
cent., respectively, lu favor of etheriza
tion, while In lot three the untreated
plants gave an Increased yield of 20.8
pe- cent, over the etherized plnnts.
Considering only the three lots which
are strictly comparable, the gain In
favor of the etherized plants for the
different pickings was as follows:
First picking, 022 per cent.: second,
eighty-six per cent.; third, twenty-three
per cent., and fourth, forty-seven per
cent. These results show a decided
Increase in enrllness and In weight of
product due to etherization. It Is be
lieved thnt still better results might
have been obtained had the work been
undertaken n month or six weeks
earlier. Forcing took place under the
benches In the greenhouse In darkness.
W. Stuart.
I)nnfta For Ponltrrmen.
Don't keep your bousfl without hens;
your garbage can will feed several.
Don't bank on "twice two are four"
In poultry raising.
Don't expect to succeed without some
hard work and study.
Don't try to get along without two or
more poultry journals. (I take seven).
Don't begin with several varieties.
Don't begin on a large scale.
Don't think that any old place will
do In which to raise poultry.
Don't sell the best of your flock.
Don't set a hen where other fowls
can molest her.
Don't disturb n sitting hen or an In
cubator when the chicks are hntchlng;
wait twenty-four hours.
Don't put too many chicks In a
brooder.
Don't feed baby chicks wet food;
prepared food Is best.
Don't count your chickens before
they are hatched.
Don't forget to feed regularly.
Don't forget that green food Is good
to feed the year round, und It lessens
your grain bills.
Don't overfeed, but be sure you feed
enough.
Don't feed corn alone, except for fat
tening.
' Don't throw grain on the bare floor
or the ground; make the birds scratch
for It lu deep litter.
Don't forget to have plenty of shade
for fowls In the summer.
Don't put fowls In a filthy place;
have good drainage.
Don't neglect to find the cause when
things go wrong.
Don't guess at accounts, but keep
books.
Don't allow sick birds with your
flock.-Successful Poultry Journal.
lleait and Cabbasn.
The most lniportunt point In benn
culture, to my thinking, is the flrst
hoeing. This must be done right to
get even fair results. Without It there j
will 00 a very poor crop aim luugu,
stringy pods, as well as small ones.
The first hoeing, If doue right, will In
itself Insure 11 fait- crop.
The first hoeing must be done ns
soon ns the beans are up. When they
poke their noses above the ground and
put forth their first green leaves, they
also curry the kernels of the old seed
with them on the stalk. These ker
nels divido Into the two halves just
under the first leaves. These must be
covered nt once. This Is all that the
first hoeing calls for, nud. Indeed, all
that is necessary In future hoelngs is
to keep these old seeds covered by soil.
If these two kernels are not covered
ut once but are allowed to dry iu the
ulr. the vine will lose vigor. If the
bean Is to have only one hoeing, I
would say by all means let It be this
one. As a matter of fact the bean
should have at least one hoeing nfter
this, preferably two, and nlways up to
the lowest leaf. I must repeat the or
der for the first hoeing, because It Is
so Important. Cover the old bean ker
nels ut once and keep them covered.
If you do not, you will lose half the
vine can offer you In the way of
healthy pods. I have seen beans go
to waste because this hoeing was neg
lected. Also do not hoe beans when
the vines are wet or dump. The pods
will rust If you do. Hoe only when
weather Is dry and there is 110 dew en
the vines.
Iu setting out young cabbage plants,
set low so that the stalk is covered
up to the lowest leaf. This also applies
to lettuce and cauliflower. Cabbages
should be hoed often and always so as
to cover stalk up to lowest leaf. Some
people even nip off a sickly low leaf
and hoe above it.
Another "don't" relates to cucumbers.
Don't plant them lu a hill. Plant
them level and hoe them high. I have
kept on hoeing ray cucumbers until
they stood up like stalks three or four
feet. Then they get ready to run.
Over they tumble and run along the
ground, but they are healthier plant
for belug hojd high and kept erect--W.
N. Freeman.
THE IDtAL LIFE
JVath'l C. Fowlw Honiara That It I f.aad
by tho Cooatrr Editor.
The country editor Is no less an edi
tor than bis city contemporary, yet he
Uvea in an entirely different atmos
phere and works under conditions Im
possible for the city, writes Nath'l C.
Fowler. He is the great big toad In
the little puddle, and tho prominent
man of his locality, with every oppor
tunity for the realization of ordinary
ambition. True, the country editor
may not climb to the pinnacle ot Jour
nalism, but to be at the top of a coun
try monument Is more remunerative,
and far more pleasant, than it is to
desperately cling half way up the shaft
of national fame. There Is nothing
happier and surer than the life of a
country editor. His income Is small,
but so are his expenses. If he is a do
cent fellow he Is respected, and nobody
in town is too good for him.
The influence of the country press,
in its aggregate. Is the greatest power
for good which the past has ever seen,
which the present has ever experienced
and the future has ever dared to sug
gest. The country newspaper has done
more for progress, and has puclied civ
ilization larther to the front, than have
all other influences for good combined,
save that of religion. The life of a
country editor '. as close to the ideal
as civilization has yet permitted. His
average income is from $1000 to $1500
a year. The maximum income of a
country editor and proprietor does not
exceed $0000 to 37000, except In very
exception. I cases, and comparatively
few receive beyond the $5000 mark,
but quite a number get from $2000 to )
$3000 annually, usually vtth the assist
ance of the printing offlco conuected
with the newspapers.
I Most country editors are proprietors,
few country newspapers being edited
by oalarled men.
The weekly country newspaper, as a
rule, has but one editor, who does sub
stantially all the work, often Including
the reporting. Usually the bulk ot the
work is done by the editor himself, ot
perhaps by his reporter, if he hires one,
with the exception of the out-of-town
news items, which come from various
correspondents, few of whom receive
any money for their services. -
There Is no sharp llin drawn be
tween the country weekly newspaper
editor nnd reporter, as they do similar
I work, .ho editor doing more editing
j than reporting, and the reporter more
I reporting thnn editing.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
They seek in vain for power who
fear all pain.
Toleration may be but a synonym
for sloth.
He can not reach earth who docs not
touch heaven. ,
The man who will not waste his love
always wastes his life.
It's easy to have large ideas of liber
ality with other people's money.
Tho heurt that is hot with passion
may have an icy face for the poor.
Ho can not be a light to others who
is unwilling to be consumed himself.
Accepting favors means carrying a
load of observations.
Before an old man makes a marrying
fool of himself he begins to argue that
he is not so old.
Everyone naturally dislikes those
people who are so good they suggest
the top line In a copy.
Which brings worse luck: To break
a mirror or to spend a lot of time every
day standing in front of one?
The only men who ever cornpluined
of God's service were those who sought
His py roll for their own promotion.
When a man asks a girl to let him
call ber by her first name it means he
thinks her last name ought to be
changed.
It Is a good plan to listen to every
mother you meet in order that you
may find out who is tile smartest child
In town.
When a woman takes her sewing
to the back room "for quiet," the truth
is that she Is trying to get used to her
first glasses.
Tact in a married woman consists Un
refusing to remind her husband in his
cross moments of what he used to say
to her when he was In love.
If any one shall say unto thee that
thou knowest nothing, and notwith
standing that thou must not be vexed,
then know that thou hast begun thy
work. Epletetus.
When a woman demands that a doc
tor should be sent for, her husband
should put the two dollars in her
pocketbook and refuse; she will then
get to thinking of how she will spend
the money, and all will soon be well.
It la so that we must come to the
sense of the deepness ot the blessing
of the life we live. Go into the heart
of it, at whutever labor and pain; en
ter mightily into its duties; watch not
for its shadow alone, as complalners
do, but most ei all for its light Rob
ert Collyer.
SfmponlQia, N
"Push." said the Button.
"Take pains," said the Window,
"Never be led," said the Pejocll.
"Always keep cool," sold the Ice.
"Be up to date," said the Calendar.
"Do business on tick," said the Clock.
"Never lose your head," said the Bar
rel. "Make light of everything," said the
Fire.
"Do a driving business," tald the
Hammer.
"Aspire to greater things," said the
Nutmeg.
"Never do anything off hand," tald
the Glove.
"Be sharp in all your dealings," taid
the Knife.
"Trust to your start for tuccett,'
tald the Night
"Do the work you are suited for,"
tald the Flue.
"Get a good pull with, the ring,"
tald the Doorbell.
"Find a good thing and stick to It,"
tald the Glue.
"Make much of tmull things," taid
the Microscope.
"What 1 the tecret of tuccett?"
asked the Sphinx.
"Strive to make a good Impression,
aid the Seal.-LUe.
DUtrlct Attorney Jerome, ot New
York, pleadt guilty to three weak
ness candy eating, cooking strange
KUshet and making furniture.
QUERY.
When eomp'ny eome to vitit a
We alio make a lot 0' fun,
An' uae our bee tea' china set
An' olid ilver fork, you bet!
An' nothing is too nice to bake
Not custard pie ner nnel-cke!
It's jeat hecuz they're round! But say.
Why ain't we je' a good a theyf
Ma he put on her runtly dre,
An' pa ahave twict a diiv, I gueaa.
An' ahine hi shoes, an' I mua weal
My Sunday red tie everywhere!
We're all polite as we can be,
An' no one' croe er putcheky.
It' diff'rent when they've gone away
But ain't we je' as good a they?
I don't sec why the eomp'ny ia
So better'n we ourselvee gee whizz!
Kr why we have to go an' treat
Them with a lot 0' stuff to est
That we don't have when they ain't herel
What make u nave it up oh, dear!
Whv don't we allu Jive that way?
Ain't wo worth thing" min h a they?
Edwin L. Sabin, in the Woman' Home
Companion.
"l couldn't get a seat In the cars to
day." "Oh, that's a complaint of long
standing." Judge.
"Is your business 'on a running basi
yet?" "I should say so; I nlways run
when I see a creditor coming." Prince
ton Tiger.
Willio put hi tockinn on
Wronpule oat, a naughty whim,
Willie s pleasure all i gone
Mother turned the hone on him.
"There's Madeline. She's beginning
to show her age. Isu't she?" "You
mean she's beginning to hide it"
Harper's Bazar.
Tommy "Ps pa, what Is a consulting
physician?" Papa "He Is a doctor
who Is called In at the last moment to
share the blame." Life.
Grace "I hear thut Charlie and
Helen have made up their quarrel."
Gussie "Only tempo.-arlly. They are
going to be married soon." Chicago
Dally News.
Mr. Saphedde "I aw really cawn't
bolievQ.tbe things I cawn't understand,
don't you know." Miss Pert "What a
terrible skeptic you must be." Phila
delphia Itecord.
Blobbs "Is the population of Lon
don more dense than that of New
York?" Slobbs "Sure. Dldu't you
every try to tell an Englishman a
Joke?" Philadelphia Kecord.
"Yea, kiHaiiig's often overdone,"
Mie answered him; "it's horrid
When men ignore the lips of one
And kins one on the forehead."
Philadelphia Pres.
"How fur is it tor de land er con
tent?" "It's 'cordlu'. tor how much
faith you got. Ef you think you in it,
dar you Is. En ef you don't well, it's
ton mile furder on." Atlanta Constitu
tion. Ethel "I showed papa one of your
poems and he was delighted." Scrib
bler "Indeed !" Ethel "Yes; said it
was so bad he thought you'd probnbly
be able to earn a living at something
else." Judge.
Teacher "How many command
ments arc there, Sally?" Sally
"Please, teacher, ten." Teacher "Sup
pose you were to break a command
ment" (Impressive pause). Sally
"Then there'd be nine." Punch.
Ethyl "I wonder why Maude is
afraid to venture out in a shower."
Mayme "She's hunting a husband."
Ethyl "What has that got to do with
It?" Mayme "She believes In keeping
hor powder dry." Chicago Dally New.
In addressing the Saturday Night
Club iu Topeka Joseph L. Brlstow
said: "There are two ways of getting
Into tho United States Senate." Then
some one interrupted him by asking:
"What's the other way?" Kansas City
Star.
"I have here some Jokes." "You
what?" asked the editor. "I said I
have here some Jokes." "O, you have
there some jokes. What kind of jokes
ore they?" "New, brand new. Never
been used before." "Can't use 'em,"
said the editor. "It takes our readers
too long to get used to the new ones.
Good day." Milwaukee Sentinel.
Too Much "Fanny Batine."
A well-known Kentuckian tells of a
marriage ceremony that a Justice ot
the Peuce in the Blue Grass State
was hurriedly called upon one day to
perform.
It appears that the bridegroom, a big
mountaineer, very roughly dressed had
brought his prospective bride with him
to the office of the Clerk of the Court,
thinking to secure bis license and have
the ceremony performed at one vlBlt.
When his license had been duly grant
ed the mountaineer asked if there was
a Justice ot the Peace then lu the
court house who could tie the knot
Upon being advised by the Clerk that
he himself was a Justice of the Peace
and that he was willing to join the
two lovers, the bridegroom said:
"Waal, then, we're ready; go ahead!"
"But you'll have to secure two wit
nesses," smilingly observed the Clerk
aud Justice, "before I can proceed."
At this the mountaineer demurred,
saying that he did not care for wit
nesses. Nevertheless, he was . con
vinced in a moment thnt this formality
was an Indispensable one, aud accord
ingly the necessary witnesses were
procurred and the ceremony began.
When the couple had promised to love,
obey, etc., together with tho rest of
the service, the Justice ot tho Peace
quite Innocently observed that the
bridegroom should "kiss the bride."
Thereupon the mountaineer exhibited
fresh impatience at tho exactions of
the official. "Look here!" he ex
claimed, angrily, "It seems to me that
you're draggln' in a lot of funny busi
ness in this weddln'. Why, I kissed
her before we came in!" Success
Apothoosl of Mnn
Here is an editor who has been
touched in a sore spot. The Okmulgee
(I. T.) Democrat tayi this ot tome
residents of its town: "A mat) may use
the mole on the back of bit neck for a
collar button; he may ride a freight to
aave three cents a mile; he 111 11 y light
the lamp with a splinter to save
matches; he may, iop hit watch at
night to save wear; uae a period for a
semicolon to save ink, and pasture hit
grandmother's grave to save hay, but
a man of this kind it a scblar and a
gentleman compared to a mau who will
tak a newspaper and when asked to
pay tor It put it back In the postoOlc,
narked 'Kehued.'