THE PATRIOTS. The burly cannon cracker to the tlender little flag Said, "How are you to celebrate the i dayf , Vou never mnke a single lound, Jrou can not jump nor shoot, And where they put you, there you have to stay." The rockets, roman candles and the giddy, racy wheels With patriotic cal began to brag Of how they'd leap and bang and hzs and flare and whirl and all United to deride the silent flag. But when the dny was done, the crackers lay in scattered shreds: And bits of wheels were clinging to the trees; The rocket sticks were lying prone; but high above the scene, The little flag still frullickcd with the breeze. Mncy Stiffen Vadgfiterof ffic Retioufon. Jf fcL XtRUC STORY T Grandmother need to say that her grandmother's Revolutionary experi ences were not all so sad as this one, and once she was so thrflted at a story that she exclaimed: "Oh, grandmother, I wish I could be In a war!" Then Nancy Butler Brooks, as she was then named, was very angry. "You wlckod child, hush! You don't know what you arc wishing!" Anyway, poor grandmother had her foolish whim gratified, for she lived through the Civil War, and we have her portrait, painted after she was ninety years old. We also have a manuscript history of the Butler fam ily, written by a descendant of Nan cy's, In which the deeds of tills rare girl are told. r m AME3 BUTLER, . how It was. The massacre happened Duke of Ormond, ' near enough to the home for Nancy had much to do ' to hear the shots, and fearing she with history ( knew not what she made her way making In the through the swamps and forests to days when Crom- the scene of carnage. When the ene well ruled Ens- j mles saw that it was only a girl, they land, and It has . taunted her, telling her how hard her often been said that, if the ' father was to kill and how he bounced latter had heeded the ! beneath the sabre strokes, and all this mm j i duke's wise counsel all would have gono belter with the Protector. That the duke was a brave man is well known, and that his courage was inherited by many of his descendants the his tory of our country truly testifies. My story, however, has to do with in such insulting tones that Nancy's black eyes flashed Are, and she said:' "Yes, make your boasts to a girl, you cowards! but if my father and brothers were living you would be in hiding if you did not have double as many men. Here He brave men, and you are dastards, and you know it!" Her great loss had made her in- ;' "fe ' &Ph 1 The United States Flag. Your stripes of red throb with the life blood of thousands; your stripes of white sigh with the burden of women's tears; your field of blue breathes the steadfastness of a coun try firmly united; and your stars sing of a union that Is welded together by tho mighty hand of an Almighty God. HOW WE RANG IN THE FOURTH OF JULY, ' "...;. ft, i Mm fw An V!, -twn nwri'. Jf - v. .?.! '--'i.-l-.'v K- "-vV 1 "; V 1 1 ( I Trrr- IF? ' X f An, j I 'V-v' 'J .-'fry g v? ... la , Tom. .v 7 V Tj T 1 ,'. '0 'si'' J. JttjT Kor weeks we were scheming and planning, liut keeping it dark, juxt the same, How to beat tho old sexton, Kill Manning, Who tried to get onto our game. The hour for the deed was the midnight W hen nobodv ncur us should spy Who climbed the tall steeple and startled the people By ringing the Fourth of July. And Bill was a foxy old fellow, 1 1 is purpose was settled and grim, Wilh a temper that never got mellow, For boys were not boys to him. Oii the '1 hird he just took out the clapper, Vanity of Life. How small a portion of our life it 1s that we really enjoy. In youth we are looking forward to things that are to come. In old age we are looking back to things that are gone past; in manhood, although we appear in deed to be more occupied in things that are present, even that is too often absorbed in vague determina tions to be vastly happy on some future day when we have time. New York Press. A Wife's QttatiriritUon. There are thre9 things which a good wife- should resemble, and yet those three things Bhe should not re semble. She should be like a town clock keep time and regularity. She should not, however, be like a town clock speak so loudly that all the town may hear her. She should be like a snail prudent and keep with in her own hou30. She should not be like a snail carry all she has upon her back. She should be like an echo speak when spoken to. But she should not be like an echo de termined always to have tho last word. New York Press. tone by her aunt that "Miss Ward was too old to play with dolls any longer," the separation from her play things almost broke her heart, nnd many nights she wept herself to sleep on her pillow, mourning for her pretty toys that had been so ruthless ly denied her. Her father provided the finest tutors for his children, and the Ward home became the centre of a distin guished class of pebple, artists, writ ers and musicians gathering there at regular Intervals to enjoy the gra cious hospitality of their host and the society of his brilliant sons and daughters, of whom Julia was tho most gifted. Washington Star. 4J Mows the Soil Well. A firm in Ohio has invented a new kind of plow that will stir the soil to a depth of twelve or Blxteen Inches without using any more power than is required to run an ordinary bIx-teen-lnch plow six or seven Inches deep. This firm claims that it has a principle Involved in the construction of Its "tilling" machine which makes it possible to absolutely guarantee that this can be done. If such Is the case there ought to be a broad outlet for this Implement, because farmers generally are coming to believe that it pays to stir the land to a good depth, especially In the fall. Mrs. Iioosevelt. Mrs. Roosevelt wears wonderfully well. One could not guess from her appearance that she will next year be entitled to silver wedding presents and congratulation. Her eldest son is to be married on her return to the States. Her appearance Is extremely agreeable. What is so remarkable in her face Is its exceptional capacity to show pleasure in lighting up. The features are of regular proportion and well modeled and bear out her claim to French ancestry Huguenot, by the way. The deep commissures are distinctly French and may be thought to denote a sense cf the ridiculous finer than that of the ex President. Her comeliness is reflncd. London Truth. Queen Goes Shopping. A few days after my arrival nt Milan, while strolling one afternoon on the Callrria Vlttorlo Emanuele, that favorite Milanese and cosmopoli tan resort, I passed a glove shop, and remembered that I hod left my gloves In the railway carriage. I thought I might as well buy a new pair, and entered the shop. A customer had gone in before me, a lady, young, tall and slender, quiet ly but elegantly dressed in a plain, dark traveling frock. Through the long, blue motor veil that closely shrouded her fnce I could dimly see her large, dark eyes nnd masses of black hair. The face appeared to be refined and pretty. She was leaning j not ed upon in lt8 entirety by roots over tne counter ana trying on gloves of oat8 wneat or clover. Root sys whloh a young shop assistant handed tem8 of unuue crops are variable In 'ler- I their construction and plant food "They are too large," she said, j mado available one season is apt to shyly. , ,e ost jn drainage water unless l nat is because the Bignora na3 so Fnrm Machinery All farm machinery should be In good condition for the work of the season. Not only docs this apply to such tools ns are to be used during the planting and sending time, but to the mowers, reapers and binders. These machines are Bometlmes put away after the season's work is over and not again brought, out or looked over until wanted the next year, when it Is found that some particular part has become so worn that it gives way and the work Is delayed, which may mean much In hay time or harvest. Such hindrance can often be nvolded if the tools to be used are overhauled in time and weak places made strong. Weekly Wltner Rotating' Crops Advisable. Rotation of crops 13 advisable. Roots of corn spread over an area no Indication of moisture on this waH until last winter, but I thought it was due to the extreme and unusual lew. temperature. This year, however. It Is even worse. Upon close examina tion I found the outside ceiling was checking here and there, and the paint was also losing its grip until many small openings were forming which permitted cold air to enter and come In contact with the Inside ceil ing and so destroy the dead air space. A dead air space is one In which, there Is positively no movement of air. Two openings the size of a lead pencil would be sufficient to destroy this dead air chamber In a space of 100 feet long. I have therefore com menced stuffing this air chamber with straw by taking out occasionally a board and the surface soon dries off. I have a perfect system of ventila tion. I can see no way to improve It. yet the system cannot keep a cold wall dry any more thBn It can keep single windows from frosting. Dou ble windows, however, accomplish the) result berauso they are so perfectly tight that a true dead air space is formed. Our hen house is built with stuffed walls nnd double windows and the air Is as dry, and algo the side walls and celling, as In a summer day, and now I purposo to do the same thing in a hog house with air chamber. Farmers generally ore not inclined to accept those teachings, fearing mice and rats. Posr.lbly there might bo trouble with board floors where they could work under and from there get Into tho side walls, but with cement floors there Is no op portunity for them to work under. Weekly Witness small a hand." replied the young as sistant gallantly. She smiled and did not ansyer. An elderly lady who was with her gave the youth an Indignant and scandal ized glance. After patiently allow ing the measure of her hand to bo taken, open and closed It was in- o CS. Lentil Konst. Soak the lentils, about a pint, la water for three or four hours, or over night. Drain, cover with fresh water and put on to boll until very soft. Strain through a colander to remove the skins, then mash the same a3 you would mashed potatoes. Season with salt and pepper, also sage or celery, or other savory herbs. Put In a baking dish, pour in enough milk to make the proper consistency, sprinkle generously with bread crumbs, pour over the top a little rich cream, then flecks of butter here and there. Put In the oven and bake until a good brown. To serve this cut In slices, and serve with cranberry or curant jelly. various crops are grown In rotation on the same area. Remember, the uoll Is a compound which can be ex hausted of its components used by plants as food. Plow under one crop every four years to supply nitrogen; buy phosphorus In the form of rock phosphate, and plow and cultivate well to release potassium. Big crops will result, and the soil will remain productive. Willi till of us tioys stanuiim by, And he "guesxed that would hold us,1 fmiil as he told us We'd rung our last Fourth of July. be But he badly mistook us for nappers, And for faint hcuite.1 (uittcrs ns well, For hammers were better than clappers, Ko long as he left us tho bell. We threw a stone up through tho belfry Which carried a rope on the llyj And in spite of Bill Manning and all of his planning We rang in the Fourth of July. The Household-Ledger. the courage of a young girl. . Her fa- ther, James Butler, a namesake of ! his ancestor, the duke, camo to Amer ica when it was really a new world, and settled with his family in South Carolina. He had a wife, many stal wart sons, and our heroine, Nancy, a black-eyed girl of sixteen. The country was in a state of rev olution, and, while it was a time that tried men's souIb, and women's too, It wag also the opportunity for brav ery, hardihood and loyalty. James Butler and hla sons wero said to know not fear, and were auch "terrors" to the enemy that it was considered a great deed to capture or kill even one of them. One day a notorious Tory named Cunningham, suspecting that Butler would vUlt his home to see bis wife, who lay very ill, waited in ambush with a large party of Tories to take him unawares. The English soldiers were many in number, for they dared not venture on this etplott without overwhelming odds. As Butler, two of his sons and a few soldiers were making their way toward Butler's woodland home they were surrounded by the Tory band, fired upon and then backed to pieces with sabres. The Americans made a brave defence, and Butler himself fought desperately, even after tJoth of his hands were cut off. But when the Tories were done the little band wag nothing but a mangled mass. The Tories then hid In the thickets, hoping more of the family would appear, but James Butler's other sons were far away, with the army, and there was none to come save Nancy. Nancy Butler was my grandmoth er's grandmother, and my grand mother has often told me what her grandmother told her. sad this was different to her own safety; but her words made the- men ashamed and they troubled her no more. It was almost impossible for Nanpy to identify her dead, but her shrewd and loving eyes at last saw some fa miliar articles of attire that helped her In her sad and terrible search. Then she went home to return with their "old sore back" horse and wheeled sled," and a Mrs. Smith, the only neighbor, and together they car ried the bodies home, dug the graves and burled them. mm To the SUir-Spnngled. The Lily of France muy fade Tho 'i'hinlle and Shamrock may wither, The Oak of Knglaml may soon decay, But the Stars will shine on forever. When .'America" Was Sung. v "On one Fourth of July in Bos ton'," write Dr. Hale in 'his "Remi niscences" in Woman's Homo Com panion, "I had spent all my allowance for July and all my ' 'lection money' on the Common possibly for a sight in the camera obscura, though I doubt if I had money enough for that certainly for raw oysters, three for a cent if small, two for a cent If large; probably half a glass of spruce beer, one cent, and two or three checker berry medals die no lost and make what allowance you please for tamarinds, cocoanuts, sugar-cane and other foreign delicacies. I was re turning penniless, and bad to pass Park Streeet Meeting House, when an event of historical Importance took place. Long columns of boys and girls were going into meeting. The spectacle of a procession of children going to meeting on any day but Sun day was as wonderful to me as a vol canic eruption from the Blue Hills would have been. Of course, I joined the throng. So is it that I am one of the little company who heard the national anthem sung for the first time THy country, 'tis of thee, Sweet (and of liberty,' "I hope I did not Join In the sing ing, for at that time do was to me even as re and ml, and I am afraid I should not have Improved on the harmonies of the occasion." On Good Breeding. A great part of our education Is sympathetic and social. Boys and girls, said Emerson, who have been brought up with well-Informed and superior people show . in their man ners an Inestimable grace. Fuller says that "William, Earl of Nassau, won a subject from the Klntf of Spain every time he took off his hat." You cannot have one well-bred man without a whole society of such. They keep each other up to any high point. Especially women; It requires a great many cultivated women salons of bright, elegant, reading women, accustomed to ease and re finement, to spectacles, pictures, sculpture, poetry and to elegant so ciety In order that you should have one Madame do Stael. Woman niul Love. One thing that the generaliZ3rs never take Into, consideration (pos sibly because they do not know It, and generally because they are men or old-fashioned women) is the enor mous percentage of non-maternal women. Whether this was the case in ancient times, or whether it Is the gradual result of education and leisure, increased independence and the facilities for knowing men before marriage, I cannot say, but the fact remains that thousands of women that are married ought not to be; are the dutiful mothers of children whom they secretly regard as enemies. They have married in their springtime be cause tradition and youthful Instinct (nothing is move evanescent) sug gested it. There was a time, happily nasslnz. when the collocation "old maid" was almost a term of insult; when it was even a matter of pride to be a young grandmother.. There is no possible doubt that whether worn en got the vote soon or late, this di vision of their sex will come early and more early to Jhe conclusion that the less they have to do with love the liannler they will ' be. Gertrude Atherton, In Harper's Baznr. deed a very small one she found two pairs of gloves that suited her, paid for them and turned to go. Just then the owner of the shop returned. He looked at the lady, gave a bewildered start, and, as soon as Bho was gone, shouted to his assistant: 'Have you the least idea whom you have been serving?" 4A very pretty woman I know- that!" "Idiot! It 'was the Queen!" The Queen! It was my turn to feel bewildered. The Queen alone. unprotected, In that arcade full of people! I was on the point of fol lowing her, from professional habit, forgetting that I was not at Milan ns an official, but as a private tourist. But It was too late, she had already disappeared in tho crowd. X?.v!?r Paoll, in McClure's. Traveling cranes are now equipped with scales, so that the load nay be weighed In transit. A "Word About Julia Ward Howe. Julia Ward Howe, author and re former, was born May 27, 1819, in a handsome home in Bowling Greon, New York City. At the time of her birth that part of the city was the niOBt desirable residence quarter, be ing both aristocratic and fashionable. Her father, Samuel Ward, was a mer chant and banker of New York. Four of her ancestors were Governors of Rhode iBlaud. two of them being Wards and two Greens. On both paternal and maternal, sides Mrs. Howe sprung from fine old blood. When In her fifth year Julia Ward lost her mother, a beautiful and ac compllshed woman of twenty-eight, Six llttlo. oues of whom Julia wbb the fourth were loft without I mother's love and care. Of her fa ther Mrs. Ward has this to Bay: "He was a majestic person, of somewhat severe- aspect and reserved manners but with a vein of true geniality and benevolence of heart. His great gruv lty and the absence of a mother nat urally subdued the tone of the house hold; and, though a greatly cher ished set of children, we were not a merry cne." Although as a child Julia Ward showed remarkable aptitude In her studies, being advanced to classes comprised of girls twice her own age, she was still a merry, playful child at heart, and when, on nor ninth birthday, her dolls were taken away from her and she) was told in a serious .fx.'. Two materials frequently appear In one light gown. Some braid novelties show touches of leather in their make-up. Cushion covers of suede leather aro exceedingly popular this season. Coarse blue linen frocks, embroid ered with blue and coral silk, are made for young girls. Either banding, piping, or feather stitching in color is effective for the small boy's Russian suit. Wreaths, bow knots aud roses are the favorite designs on the embroid ered silk hosiery for the bride. The sleeveless coats of the most diaphanous materials promise to be more popular than ever this season. Parasols of embroidered linen ar popular. They are only suitable fof carrying with linen or cotton frocks. In place of the narrow stitchlnb characteristic of the short glove of last season, the long silk glove now worn has wide embroidery on the back In self-color or in black. So popular is the frill of plentlng at the left of the front of the shirt waist that blouses which fasten In the back are given the blouse's closing effect by meanB of dainty accessories. The jabot is a long frill and gives length; the rabat is a flat little tab which lends an air of doctrinal se verity to the prettiost face; the plitso is the side frill, the most popular of all. The prettiest fad In Paris Is the pllsse the ruff of chiffon with dainty ribbon roses set in to wear over a tailored suit with a collarless blouse. It Is soft, crisp and becoming to the face. Lltt'.e girls are wearing bats that have departed from the simplicity that has beon so popular. A mass of lace and frills crowns little ones' heads, no matter how plain the coat and dress may be. A very Interesting trimming shows tinsel cord balls strung on heavy soutache, knotted at Intervals, This i especially fashionable as an edge, as It simulates the ball fringes with out boing pendant. Not only is the Chantecler coloring seen In everything In hats, coats and suits but the form of the bird is also appearing. The latest device Is the form woven very black, with a fine mesh face veil. Farm Profits. The farm of the Jarvis brothers, at Fly Creek, In Otsego County, has be come a subject of controversy. A correspondent of one of the agrlcul tural papers summed up what the Jarvis brothers have been doing, and stated that with an Investment of $20,000, only $8000 of It in real es tate, forty-five head of cattle, $500 worth of farm help a year and insur ance and taxes of only $50 a year, the Jarvis brothers make an annual profit above all expenses of $5450. "Incredible," exclaims a doubter who merely forces the correspondent j to proceed to prove his words. The ' correspondent adds, truly enough, I that there ase other dairymen who, j with modest investments, are doing a good deal better than the Jarvis brothers. He doesn't need to quote I the ciu.-ndc case of the lJcv. JuHhiii i Detricli, who some jears ago bought a fifteen-acce farm near Philadelphia, ; with a mortgage of $7200, paid off the mortgage in six years, and made that piece of ground provide rough ! ago for thirty head of stock, which yielded $2400 a y?ar for the sale of milk alone. The Dotrich cows gave , but 4 800 pounds of milk on the aver age a year. Tho Jarvis cows are said to average 10,000 pounds. Mr. Detiich became so famous that visitors overran his little plot of , ground and ho had to sell It, but ! conspicuous success In dairying Is not so rare now as It was then. Syracuse , Post-Standard. ! How to Tend Chirks. When chicks are from twenty-four to thirty-six hours old they are ready to be moved from the Incubators to : the brooder house. Put them in i hovers nearest the furnace. Be sure , to havo heat up in hovers nt least j twelve hours before the chickens are put in, to insure the hovers to be I warm and dry. There should be dry sand well sprinkled over hover floors, or some road dust; sand is the best. ; Let the chickens alone until they are j thirty-six hours old, then feed them j some oatmeal well rubbed up lu the ! hands. Feed this for a few days, also j some green evaporated bonemeal and I chicken grit. Give water and milk In j fountains, made by Inverting some tin fruit cans over saucers, first cut I ting a notch lu tho edgo of the can j about one-quarter of an inch deep. Such a fountain will keep chicks dry and the drink will be kept clean. When chicks aro a few days old begin to feed a chickeu food containing meat and grain. Feed five or six times dally. On the south side of the brooder bouse have roomy yards sown to rape for chicks when they are a week old to run in, and also provide rapo for cutting and feuding them later on when the yard rapo Is used up. This method of rearing chlckeus Is more of a pleasure than work. Use plenty of whitewash in houses; put It on with compressed air sprayer that is the best thing for the purpose. Fill every crack aud crevice that tau be filled in this way and the job Is quickly done. During warm months spray yards and hovers with sulphuric acid and water. Four ounces of the acid to three gallons of water. This will destroy all vermin aud their eggs. Most cases of cholera are only lice and mites sapping the lite out of the chickens. Warm houses for the wluter layers son be built quite cheaply of rough lumber, and a lib eral use of heavy tarred paper will make frost-proof housus. Newark Call, Stable Walls. 1 am now fully convinced that the best stable wall Is a hollow wall or space of cot less than eight Inches filled with cut straw It possible; It not, with whole straw. Five years ago I built a stable; a part of the wall Is a single air space aud a part Las a double air space. There was Making Good Butter. In order to produce a good quality of butter, two very essential things aro, good care and good food for the cows. The cows must be provided with clean bedding and the stables need to bo kept clean, well lighted and ventilated. Before the milking begins on my place the sides and udders of the cows are rarefully brushed, thus prevent ing dirt and dust from falling Into the milk. The milking Is done with clean, dry hands; to milk with wet fingers would be an extremely filthy habit. Just as soon as the milk is drawn from the cow It Is strained through a wire gauze and three thicknesses of cheese cloth. All the milk utensils are thoroughly cleaned after being used, by first washing them In luke warm water, next In hot water, and then they are scalded in boiling water. Every dish or cloth that is used in connection with the inllk Is put In a clean place, where there U a circulation of pure air, after being used. The cream (s separated from tho milk with a hand separator and held until there 13 a sufficient quantity to. churn. The churning Is done three times each week with a barrel churn. In prepprh.e 'h- elnp-n : t n 1 1 the but-ter-wi;;er tor use, lliev w" thor oughly KinMd with br.iilng water be fore the en nil! 1h pi;' iin 'i '.be i huiii or the butter on the butter-worker. A thorough scalding and cooling of the butter-worker prevents the butt"r from sticking to it. The cream is strained Into tho churn through a hair sieve and the churn la never filled more than half full of cream. The churn Is not turned very rapidly, and is slopped several times at tho beginning to re move the cork, so a to allow the es cape of gases. Whin the cream be gins to break, care is exercised not to gather the butter granules into one large lump. The churning ceases when tho butter paiiieks aro about the size of wheat kernels. Then tho churn is fastened and the buttermilk drawn off. When the butler Is well drained from the buttermilk, It is rinsed with a little water, and after this has drained away the cork Is put in the churn nnd cold water added. Tho cover Is then put on the churn nnd the churn revolved slowly six or eight times; tho water Is now drawn off and the butter left to drain for about fifteen minutes. When tho butter is well drained It is ready to salt, and this Is done la the churn when the butter la In gran ular form. About one and one-halt ounces of salt are used for every pound of butter. This Insures the right amount of salt when tho butter is finished. It Is a very easy matter to work butter too much and have it greasy. We never work the butter with the hands, because tho warmth of tha hands will make It greasy and rlva It a salvy appearance. We use the lever worker and pross the lever on the surface, and occasionally fold tha butter over with a ladle. The lever of the butler-worker or butter paddle is never allowed to slide over tho surface of the butter, but is pressed straight down when working the butter. The butter is pressed Into squure one-pound prints and carefully wrapped with parchment paper which has been soaked in salt water a few minutes before being used. The but ter is sold In our local market, except what is used at home, and practically all the milk Is fed to the chickens, bogs and calves. By following the above method In making butter we never tall to pro duce a product of first quality, which sells for from two to five cents per pound mora than roost that offered by others. I think that more of onr country butter would be far better than it Is It care was exercised In making It. One of the mistakes made by many Is In not churning the cream when It has reached the proper stage of ripeness and at the right tempera-, ture. A proper handling of the milk Is very Important. Too often It Is drawn from the cow In stubles In which the air Is filled with dust and put In un clean vessels. Cleanliness in all things and at all times Is a feature most essential It good buttor t de sired. W. H. Vuderwoed. Is tit In diana Farmer. 1 .'
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