THE PATRIOTS. The burly cannon cracker to the (lender little flng Said. "How are you to celebrate the day? You never make a single sound, jrou can not jmnp nor shoot, And where they put you, there you have to stay." The rockets, romnn candle and the giddy, racy wheels With patriotic real began to brng Of how they'd leap and bang and hzz and flare anil whirl and all United to deride the silent flng. But when the day was done, the crackers lay in scattered shreds: And bits of wheels were clinging to the trees; The rocket sticks were lying prone; but hitch above the scene. The little flag still frullickcd with the breeze. Mna3 afer, mil r&. HWt OIUHI. . t 'ftp t AMES BUTLER, . Duke of Ormond, ' had much to do ' with history making in the' days when Crom well ruled Ens- land, and it has how it was. The massacre happened near enough to the home for Nancy to hear the shots, and fearing she knew not what she made her way through the swamps and forests to the scene of carnage. When the ene mies saw that it was only a girl, they taunted her, telling her how hard her ottuu been said that. If the ' father was to kill and how he bounced latter had heeded the beneath the sabre strokes, and all this in Bucn insulting tones tnat Nancy's duke's wise counsel all would have gone better 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 black eyes flashed Are, and she Bald:' "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 lie brave men, and you are dastards, and you know It!" Her great loss had made her ln- Grandmother nsed to say that her grandmother's Revolutionary experi ences were not all so sad as this one, and once she was so thrilled at a story that she exclaimed: "Oh, grandmother, I wish I could be In a war!" Then Nancy Butler Brooks, as she was then nnmed, was very angry. "You wicked child, hush! You don't know what you are wishing!" Anyway, poor grandmother had her foollEh 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 this rare girl are told. u iifrrMturiflTir" -hi ,m-u efc ii t "tP.i ,11-, W TrmwTTvm iiw. v - a 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 the mighty hand of an Almighty God. HOW WE RANG IN THE FOURTH OF JULY, , - I" 1 1. i"' I U J' i " "'A t ll-l 'fit , I. rVK V; 4 ' if till llfe 1 t i ) m ... s I) I . Vor weeks ws were scheming and planning, But keeping it dark, just the same, limy to bent the old sexton. Dill Manning, Who tried to get onto our gauic. The hour for the deed was the midnight When nobody 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, His purpose was settled and grim, With a temper that never got mellow. For boys were not boys to him. Oii the '1 hird he just took out the clapper. With till of us boys standing by. And he "gueiwcd that would hold us," he said as ho told us . We'd rung our last Fourth of July. But he badly mistook us for nuppers, And for fuint hearted quitters as well, For hammers were better thun clappers. Ho long as be left us the bell. We threw a stone up through tho belfry Which curried a rope on the tly; And i" spite nf Bill Manning and all of his planning We rang in tiie Fourth of July. The Household-Ledger. the courage of a young girl. , Her fa ther, James Butler, a namesake of his ancestor, the duke, came to Amer ica when it was really a new world, and settled with his family in South Carolina. He had a wlfo, many stal wart sons, and our heroine, Nancy, a black-eyed girl of sixteen. The country wns in a state of rev olution, and, while it was a time that tried men's souls, and women's too, it was also the opportunity for brav ery, hardihood and loyalty. James Butler and his sons were said to know not fear, and were such "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 vlBlt his home to see his 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 etplolt without overwhelming odds. As Butler, two of his sons and a few soldiers were making their way toward Butler's woodland borne they were surrounded by the Tory band, fired upon and then hacked 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 was nothing but a mangled mass. The Tories then hid In the thickets, hoping more of the family would appear, but James Sutler's other sons were far away, with the army, and there was none to come save Nancy, Nancy liutler was my grandmoth er's grandmother, and my grand mother baa often told ue what her grandmother told Iter, and this waa ' different to her own safety; but her words made the men ashamed and they troubled her no more. It was almost Impossible for Nancy 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 borne, dug the graves and burled them. v Qt la To the .Stur-Spniigled. The Lily of France may fado ' The Thistle and Shamrock may wither, The Oak of Knglaii'l may soon decay, But the Stars will shine on forever. When i'Ainerlca" Was Sung. v "On one Fourth of July In Bos ton;" write Dr. Hale in 'his "Remi niscences" in Woman's Home Com panion, "I had spent all my allowance for July and all my ' 'lection money' on the Common poslbly 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 it small, two for a cent if large; probably half a glass of spruce beer, pne cent, and two or three checker berry medals die now 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- ' Uly eountry, 'tis of thee, Sweet )and of liberty.' I hope I did not Join In the sing ing, for at that time do .was to mo even as re and ml, and I am afraid I should not have Improved on the harmonies of the occasion." Vanity of Life. How small a portion of our life it Is 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 Qualifications. There are three thln?8 which a good wife should resemble, and yet those three things she 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 henr her. She should be like a snail prudent and keep with in her own bou3o. She should not be like a snail carry all she has upon hnr 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. Mrs. Roosevelt. 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 refined. London Truth. 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, and 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 people, artists, writ ers and muslclnns gathering there at regular Intervals to enjoy the gra cious hospitality of their host nnd the society of his brilliant sons and daughters, of whom Julia was tho most gifted. Washington Star, Mows tho Soil Well. A firm in Ohio has Invented a new kind of plow that will stir the soil to a depth of twelve or sixteen inches without using any more power than is required to run an ordinary slx-teen-Inch 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 tc 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. Queen Goes Sliopplnj. A few days after my arrival nt Milan, while strolling one afternoon ou the Galleria Vittorlo Enianuele, that favorite Milanese and cosmopoli tan resort, I passed a glove shop, and remembered that I had left my gloves In the railway rarriage. 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 p'.aln, dark traveling frock. Through the long, blue motor veil that closely Bhrouded her face I could dimly see her large, dark eyes and masses of black hair. The face appeared to be refined and pretty. She was leaning over the counter and trying on gloves which a young shop assistant handed to her. "They are too large," she said, shyly. , "That Is because the slgnora ha3 so 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- Traveling cranes are now equipped with scabs, M that the load may be weighed In transit. .5- "3 S1 C2 J? i 3 O Lentil Konst. Soak the lentils, about a pint. In 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 as you would mashed potatoes. Season with salt and pepper, also Bage 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. Farm Machinery All farm machinery should be In good condition for the work of the season. Not only does this apply to such tools as are to be used during the planting and sending time, but to the mowers, reupers and binders. These machines are sometimes 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 murh In hay time or harvest. Such hindrance can often lie avoided if the tools to be used are overhauled in time and weak places made strong. Weekly Wltnei Rotating Crops Advisable. Rotation of crops Is advisable. Roots of corn spread over an area not fed upon In its entirety by roots of oats, wheat or clover. Root sys tems of unlike crops are variable In their construction and plant food mndn available one season Is apt to be lost In drainage water unless various crops are grown In rotation on the same area. Remember, the soil 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. On Good Breeding. A great part of our education Is sympathetic and social. Boys and glrla, 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 Kinr 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 nml Love. One thing that the generalizsrs 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 more evanescent) sug gested it. There was a time, happily passing, 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 wom en get the vote soon or late, this di vision of their sex will come early and more early to Jho conclusion that tho less they have to do with love the happier they will ' be. Gertrude Atlierton, in Harper's Bazar. A Word About Julia Ward Howe. Julia Ward Howe, author and re former, was born May 27, 1819, in a handsome homo in Bowling Green, New York City. At the time of her birth that part of the city was the most 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 Rhodo Island, two of them being Wards aud 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 complished woman of twenty-eight. Six llttlo one of whom Julia was the fourth were loft without a mother's love and care. Of her fa ther Mrs. Ward has this to say: "He waB a majestic person, of somewhat severe aspect and reserved manners, but with a vein of true geniality and benevolence of heart. His great grav ity and the absence of a mother nat urally subdued the tone of the house hold; and, though a greatly cher itihed set of children, we were not a merry one." Although as a child Julia Ward showed remarkable aptitude In her studies, being advanced to classes comprised of girls twice her own age, sbe waa atlll a merry, playful child at heart, and when, on ber ninth birthday, ber dolls were taken away from her and aha woi told in a aerloiti 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 she was gone, shouted to his as sistant: "Have you the least idea whom you have been serving?" "A very pretty woman I know that!" "Idiot! It was the Queen! "' The Queen! It was my turn to feel bewildered. The Queen ulone, 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 as an official, but as a private tourist. But It was too late, she had already disappeared in tho crowd. X?.r:?r Paoli, in McClure's. 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 sill:, 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 and roses are the favorite designs on the embrold-' ered silk hosiery for the bride. The sleeveless coats of the most diaphanous materials promise to be more popular than over this season. Parasols of embroidered linen ar popular. They are only suitable for" carrying with linen or cotton frocks. Iu pluce of the narrow stitching characteristic of the short glove of last 8cuson, the long silk glove now worn has wide embroidery on the back in self-color or in black. So popular is the frill of pleating at the left of the front of the shirt waist that blouses which fasten in the back are glvou the blouse's closing effect by means of dainty accessories. Tho 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 prettlost face; the pllsso Is the side frill, the most popular of all. The prettiest fad In Paris is tho pllsse the ruff of chiffon with dainty ribbon roses get in to wear over a tailored suit with a collarless blouse. It is soft, crisp and becoming to the face. Little girls are wearing hats that have departed from the simplicity that has been 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 atrung on heavy soutache, knotted at intervals. This is especially fashionable as an edge, as it simulates the ball friugos with out being pendant. Not only Is the Chantecler coloring seen In everything In bats, coats and salts but the form of the bird la' also appearing. The latest device la the form woven very black, with B Una moan faoe veil. Farm Profits. The farm of the Jarvls brothers, at Fly Creek, In Otsego County, has be come a Bubject of controversy. A correspondent of one of the agricul tural papers summed up what the Jarvls 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 Jarvls brothers make an annual profit above all expenses of $5450. "Incredible." exclaims a doubter, who merely forces the correspondent to proceed to prove his words. The correspondent adds, truly enough, that there ase other dairymen who, with modest investments, are doing a good deal better than the Jarvis brother. He doesn't need to quote the classic case of the :'Y. Josuili Detrlcli, who some years ao bought a fifteen-acre farm near Philadelphia, with a mortgage of $7200, paid off the mortgage in six years, and made that piece of ground provide rough age for thirty head of stock, which yielded $2400 a y?ar for the sale of milk alone. The Dotrich cows gave but 4S00 pounds of milk on the aver ago a year. The Jarvls cows are said to average 10,000 pounds. Mr. Detrlcli became so famous that visitors overran bis little plot of ground and bo had to sell It, but conspicuous success In dairying Is not so rare now as it was theD. Syracuse Post-Standard. How to Tend ClircUs. 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 hovers nearest tho furnace. Be sure to have heat up in hovers at least twelve hours before tho chickens are put In, to insure the hovers to be warm and dry. There should be dry sand well sprinkled over hover Doors, or some road dust; Bund is the bust. Let the chickens alone until they are thirty-six hours old, then feed them somo oatmeal well rubbed up In the hands. Feed this for a few days, also somo green evaporated bonetueal and chicken grit. Give water and milk in fountains, made by inverting some tin fruit cans over saucers, first cut ting a notch in tho edge of the can nbout one-quarter of an Inch deep. Such a fountain will keep chicks dry and the drink will be kept clean. When chicks are a few days old begin to feed a chicken food containing meat and grain. Feed five or six times daily. On the south side of the brooder bouse have roomy yurds sown to rape for chicks when they are a week old to run la, and also provide rape for cutting and feeding them later on when tho yard rape Is used up. This method of rearing chickens 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 can 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 and their eggs. Most cases of cholera are only lice and mites sapping the life out of the chickens. Warm houses for the winter layera ann be built quite cheaply of rough lumber, and a lib eral use of heavy tarred puper will make frost-proof houses. Newark Call,. 6table Walls. 1 am now fully convinced that the best stable wall is a hollow wall or apace of cot less than eight Inches filled with cut straw It possible; If not, with whole straw. Five years ago I built a stable; a part of the wall la a single air apace and a part baa a double air apace. There waa no Indication of moisture on this wait until last winter, but I thought it wa$ due to the extreme and unusual lew, temperature. This year, however. It Is even worse. Upon close examina tion I found the outside celling waa 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 thnn it can keep single windows from frosting. Dou ble windows, however, accomplish thq result because they are so perfectly tight that a true dead air space is formed. Our ben house Is built with stuffed walls and double windows and the air Is os dry, and also the side walls and ceiling, as In a summer day, and now I purpose to do the same thing In a hog house with air chamber. Farmers generally are not Inclined to accept these teachings, fearing mice and rats. Possibly there might be trouble with board floors where they could work under and from there get into the side walls, but with cement floors there Is no op portunity for them to work under. Weekly Witness Making Good Butter. In order to produce a good quality of butter, two very essential things are, good care and good food for the cows. The cows must be provided with clean bedding and the stables need to be kept clean, well lighted and ventilated. Before the milking begins on my place the sides and udders of the cows are carefully 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 ns the milk Is drawn from the cow it is strained through a wire gauze and three thicknesses of choeso cloth. All the milk utensils are thoroughly cleaned after being used, by first washing them In luke warm water, next In hot water, nnd then they are pcalded In boiling water. Every dish or cloth that is used In connection with the intlk is put in a clean place, where there is a circulation of pure air, after being used. The cream. Is separated from thu milk with a hand separator and hold until there is a sufficient quantity ti churn. The churning is done three times each week with a barrel churn. In preparing thi clrr.n and the but-ter-woi J.cr In- n they a"; thor iiui .lily sen Ul "J with boiling water be fore the ri'm.n is pu in'o die ihmn or the butter on the butter-worker. A thorough scalding and cooling of the butter-worker prevents the butter from sticking to it. The cream is strained Into tho churn through a hair sieve and the churn is never filled more than half full of cream. The churn is net turned very rapidly, nml is stopped several times at the beginning to re move the cork, so as to allow the es cape ol' gases. When the cream be gins to break, care is exercised not to gather the butler granules Into one lari;e lump. The chinning ceases when tho butter particles aro nbout the size of wheat kernels. Then tho churn Is fastened aud the buttermilk drawn off. When the butter Is well drained from tho buttermilk, It is rinsed with a little water, nnd after this has drained away the cork Is put in the churn aud cold water added. Tho cover 13 then put on the churn and tho churn revolved slowly six or eight times; tho water Is now drawn off and the butter left to drain for about fifteen minutes. When thu butter is well drained It Is ready to salt, nnd this Is done In the churn when the butter Is In gran ular form. About one and one-half ounces of salt are used for every pound of butter. This insures the right amount ot 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 the warmth of the hands will make It greasy and pivtt it a salvy appearance. We use the lever worker and press the lever on the surface, and occas onully fold thtt butter over with a lacle. The l-vor ot the butter-worker or butter paddle Is never allowed to slide over tho surface of the butter, but Is pressed straight down wheu working the but ter. The butter Is pressed Into square 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 la fed to the chickens, hogs and calves. By following the above method In making butter we never fall to pro duce a product of first quality, which ell tor from two to five cents per pound more than most that offered by others. I think that more of our country butter would be far better than it la It care waa exercised in making It. One of the mistakes made by many la In not churning the cream when It has reached the proper stage ot ripeness and at the right tempera ture. A proper handling of the milk la very Important. Too often It, Is drawn from the cow la atublos In which the air la filled with dust and put In un clean vessels. Cleanliness in all things and at all times la a feature most essential It good butter la f sired. W. H. Underwood, la tU U dlana Farmer. -
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