'.V.'Ol'LD IT HAD HEEX MIXE EX- Esiy." iWotiW it hnve been mini enemy Who mine n secret way (Oh, but the door that waits a friend Swings open to the day. There stood no warder ut my gate To bid Love stand and stay.) Would it have been mine enemy In open fight and great ('Gainst the beloved who goes nrmed In strength inviolate Or dreads lest in his hands he bears The craven blade of Hate?) .Would it have been mine enemy Who mocked to see me low (Better all anger than this thought Love left to sear me so. JIv heart was naked to his hand His hand who gave the blow.) Theodosio Garrison, in The Century. Tho Ffliirl sasnvava of the 07 unflbc JEWETT SrniirprlPan Z 7 AUSTIN. NISIMMIiaVkVU About two months before the cherry-tree limb broke down, Mra. Wat son leaned over the Reads' fence with a neighborly syiite on her face. "Have some passnips, Mis' Read? Those down at the grocery aro just drled-up sticks beside these. Jim complains a good deal that we haven't 'got a plot to raise garden sass, but he always declares that raise a few passnips he must and will. These have had frost enough to get the good taste into 'em." Mrs. Read turned slowly from the ehlning window, which she had Just finished washing, and came to the fence. "We've never been overly fond of parsnips," she replied, with an extra careful "r," "but perhaps that is be cause ours came out of the grocery." She took the rusty, dlrt-encrusted pan which Mrs. Watson held out with a Jovial smile and the remark, "Don't bother to wash that old pan. It's been my garden pan for years." As Mrs. Read disappeared into the house, Mrs. Watson strolled back to her parsnip-bed, and looking down at the tiny feathery shoots, addressed to them her opinion of her neighbor: "She's stiff an' aowlse neighborly, to my thinkin", but I mean to keep on. They've hought the honse, and she's got a sickly husband and a cross baby, so I guess she needs some pleasant words, if she don't give any back again." Now no one who saw Mrs. Read's kitchen would have judsed that its mistress had the care of any invalid to divert her from household duties. Tho floor, in the old New England phrase, "was fit for the queen to eat off of," while shining range, gleam ing faucets and snowy sink all spoke of painstaking labor. Into this realm of soap was carried, rather unwllling ' ly, it must be confessed, Mrs. Wat . son's dirty parsnip pan. There was absolutely no place to put it, bo hold ing her apron shelterlngly beneath It, Mrs. Read went to the sitting-room for a newspaper, and returning, spread It over her snow-white table, and then was at liberty to lay her burden down. "Humph! Such dirty folks do beat all! Before I'd offer anybody a pan like that I'd sit up nights to scrub It! There muBt be a quart of dirt on those parsnips, too." She rubbed and . scrubbed them with a serious vigor that soon made a row of six shining white vegetables, fit for a county fair, on the table. But there were other worlds to conquer! Did anything ever look so out of place in a Bpotless kitchen as that woful old pan? Mrs. Read stared - at it doubtfully, then set her Hps and crossed the Rubicon. Lye, sand soap, brlstol brick, hard soap, soft soap, hot water In floods how the elements raged in that little kitchen! At the end of an. hour Mrs. Read drew a long breath. "Now I call that a pan! It was brighter, maybe, when it was Just out of the store, but It's a very respect able pan." Toward evening she rapped at Mrs. Watson's back door, but getting no ( reply, came away, leaving the pan on the porch, thus giving her neighbor almost a battle challenge. "What's that?" exclaimed Mrs. Watson, dramatically, the next morn ing, as she stepped out for her milk bottle. " "Is that my pan? And she couldn't even hand it to me like a Christian, but had to tiptoe over and sneak It onto my back porch!" Here she was wronging Mrs. Read, who had really tapped at the back door, but no knowledge of this came to calm the angry woman. "So she thought It was her bound en duty to clean up after me, did she? And all those good passnips wasted on her,, too! Hope they'll choke her! Now maybe like as not she thought they were too dirty for her. If she's dared to dump "em in her garbage box I'll complain to the police; and I'm going straight to the alley this minute to see!" Luckily that last straw was not added to Mrs. Watson's wrath, but . ill tho forenoon her indignation was leethlng and bubbling, until the time when Mrs. Read stepped from her back door with a pan of potato peel ings. Once again a hand holding a pan was thrust over the fence at her, but this time no cheery smile nor friendly word accompanied It. "I think you'd Just better have pan as well as passnips, since you've been fto such pains in cleanin' It. When (oiks as good as tell me I'm a heathen to my face. I'm done with them, so there now!" 4 The pan fell on the Read side of the fence with a clang, but Mrs. Read had no reply to make for a moment. Her conscience did suggest an apol ogy; but no, the disciple of cleanli ness must stick to her colors. She came forward stlfTly. "I do not need your pan any mors than I needed your parsnips, and 1 do not care to hear such language.1. She marched straight to the pan, tossed it over the fence, then wen) directly Into the honse, apparently unmindful that before the door was hardly closed the pan again sallod Into her yard. Then a pan farce certainly began. There were no more words between these two; but If no words went back and forth, the unlucky pan took flights enough. Mrs. Read would go out with her ashes, and, spying the pan, would send It on a hasty Jour ney. Mrs. Watson would come out to weed the famous parsnip-bed, and how the pan would spin bnck again! Happily there were no children to take up the feud and throw the pan. The "cross baby" spent Its time most ly in the house or on a sheltered porch away from the Watson side. The two husbands nodded good day to each other as usual; In fact, Mr. Watson, at least, found a joke In the traveled pan. Slowly a hot June sun climbed higher one morning. Both husbands were at work, the Read baby was aaleep, and both yards were,ln a state of neutrality, although the pan was on the Watson side. One lone cherry tree grew In the Read yard, and to this Mrs. Read, with step-ladder and pall, now made her way, visions ol preserves floating in her head. Up she climbed to the very top of the ladder, and picked till her head was dizzy In the hot spring sun. There were still finer cherries Just above her, and with a good deal of hesita tion she reached higher, found a limb for her foot to rest on, and left th friendly step-ladder entirely behind. Now Mrs. Read was stout, and cherry limbs are brittle. There was not a moment of warning when crash! crash with" one shrill scream Mrs. Read was landed, cherries and all, upon the ground In a dismal heap. Mrs. Watson, who was cleaning house, heard the scream through hei opened windows, and rushed to the scene. Out of her gate and in at her neighbor's was the Journey of a moment. Then a capable hand was removing the overturned Btep-ladder, brushing away the crushed cherries, and help ing the dazed woman to her feet. 'Well, now, I do call you lucky! Not a bone broke, is there? But I guess you're shook up some. Now let me help you In onto the lounge, and you just rest a spell. Awful un certain work to climb Into cherry trees." . "You're real good," murmured Mrs. Read, as Mrs. Watson steadied her shaking form Into the hottBe. The blow must have affected her head a little, for she sank Into a sound sleep, to be rouBed by the baby some hours later. When she went Into the kitchen the first thing that met her eyes was the pan battered from Its many blows, but still able to be piled full of cherries. Beside It was a paper, on which Mrs. Watson had scribbled: "I've washed the pan and washed the cherries. I hope you won't be lame." Mrs. Read stood and looked at the pan and cherries and message for some minutes. Then In her slow way she repeated the words of the morn ing: "She's a real good woman!" The great pan feud was ended. Youth's Companion. Grcnt Future For Agriculture. It cannot be said that there is any thing pessimistic about Secretary Wilson, of the Department of Agri culture, for he assuredly is an opti mist of the first water, if we are to take his forthcoming report as re flecting his real opinions. He says that had we cultivated our farms on a more scientific basis, we would have raised crops far in excess of the de mands. He then predicts that as the demand Increases the American farmer will be adequate thereto by more scientific farming. Here Is a specimen of his optimism. He says: "No miracle would be required to double or even treble the production of cotton per acre. The corn crop can be Increased by one-half per acre within the fourth of a century, and yet without reaching the limit,' and the same may be said of wheat and other crops.. One-fourth of the dairy cows of the country do not pay for their feed, and more than one-half of them pay no profit. The egg produc tion per hen will be increased by at least a dozen a year within a genera tion, while some pouitrymen foretell double that increase. If the hens of this year had each laid a dozen eggs more - than they did, the Increased value of this production would have possibly aggregated 150,000,000." The Secretary follows this with some very pertinent suggestions, saying: "The farmer will not fail the nation if the nation does not fail the farmer. He needs education to open the pow ers ol the soil now hidden from him. The work of the department has al ready had results valued at hundreds of millions of dollars annually, and yet has barely crossed the threshold of its mission of discovery and edu cation." American Cultivator. Where Giant Cabbages Grow. The soil, of Cuba is very fruitful. Cabbages grow so large that heads weighing twenty pounds each are common. All vegetables do well. Radishes are ready for the table within from fourteen to eighteen days after sowing, lettuce in five weeks after sowing, while corn produces three crops each year. New York City. The simple cir cular cape is a wrap that Is always In stylo, is always graceful and suits a great many occasions far better than any other sort. This one can be made adauted to the nnprn or cpnor- al evening wear and to the street, as 11 is suited uotn to unm and light colors and materials of many sorts, also It cun be varied in a number of ways. As Illustrated there Is a hood with the cape slightly open at the neck, but It can be made close and finished with the collar, If liked, or the hood can be omitted and the col lar alone used. Again the straps at the centre front can be used as means of closing or simply cords with tassels. White broadcloth is the material Illustrated, but all the pale colors are in vogue in this mate rial, and a great many of the heav ier silks and satins are much used with lining of silk and Interlining of Borne soft wadding, while for the street dark colored cloths and vel vets both are to be noted. The cape consists of the cape por tion; the hood and the collar. The cape portion con be made either seamless or with a scam at the centre back, but the hood and the collar are cut In one piece each. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is five yards either forty-four or fifty-two inches wide when the cape is made without a seam at the back and the hod is used, four and one-eighth yards either forty-four or fifty-two Inches wide If there is no seam and the hood is omitted, four and five-eighth yards forty-four or four and three-eighth yards fifty-two inches wide when there Is a seam at the centre back and the hood is used, three and three quarter yards forty-four or three and one-halt yards fifty-two inches wide with seam and without hood. A Hemstitched Guimpc. An easy and very quick way to make quite an elaborate gulmpe yoke is to draw the thread sufficient ly to form sixteenth of an Inch wide stripes at Inch and a halt distances. Hemstitch both edges and embroider some pretty simple vine, or else featherstitch in vine effect on the parts between. The drawn lines can end at graduated distances to form the yoke as exactly as possible the size to show above the dress edge, and thus avoid any extra or wasted work. ' Again tho Waistcoat. AVaistcoat effects of all sorts are popular. They are made of cloth, vel'vet or silk, embroidered, braided or plain. Brass buttons, big or lit tle, according to whim, finish some of tho trlggest walking suits. Ileniitlful Rich Rrown. Of course brown Isn't becoming to us all, but when the beautiful, rich brown dress materials, hats, etc., get here they will be hard to resist. There are copper shades among them that are simply exquisite. A Stylish Hat. One of the stylish hats having a much wider brim at the back than In front has an arrangement of ribbon loops beneath the wide back brim, some of the longer ones hanging to a point between the shoulders. This is an exceedingly pretty effect for even ing. Blouse or Shirt Waist. The tailored shirt waist is one of the Btandbys of the wardrobe that Is always In demand no matter how many more fancy blouses may or may not be added to the list This one Is among the latest and most de sirable and Is equally well adapted to linen, to cotton, to silk and to wool walstlngs, while It can be made eith er with or without the yoke. As Il lustrated, however, the material Is white linen with trimming of pearl buttons, the effect being one of ex ceeding smartness as well as dainti ness. The' yoke Is eminently attrac tive In effect and Is very generally becoming, but as all the pleats ex tend to the shoulders It Is optional. Taffeta and flannel are both useful so made and buttons can also be as simple or as handsome as one may like, while the model suits the entire dress ind the separate waist equal ly well, so that it really fills a great many needs. There Is a fitted lining, which can be used or omitted as liked, while the waist itself consists of fronts and the back. The bask is tucked to give tapering lines to the figure and the fronts are laid in hems at their front edges and in a box pleat at each side thereof with tucks that extend to yoke depth beyond. The yoke por tions are separate and are arranged over the whole and there are regula tion shirt sleeves with a plain stock. The quantity of material required for the medium size is four yards twenty-one, three and one-quarter yards twenty-seven or two yards for ty-four Inches wide. Wooden Troughs For Poultry. Wooden troughs are best to hold drinking wator for fowls in winter, as it does not freeze as readily as in other vessels. Mulching. In mulching fruit trees be careful not to make resorts for the mice. To avoid the disaster of girdled stems raise a slight mound of earth about the tree, beat It smooth with the back of the spade, and keep the mulch at least a foot or two away. Another mistake is In making these mounds of chunks of turf or of sod, the grass of which, with the crevices between, offers a strong Invitation for the mlco to enter. The earth used for such mounds Bhould be in a pulverized state, and then be beaten smooth and compact. New York Witness. t? To Protect Trees From Mice. A writer for the Rural New Yorker says: "Two years ago I lost a great many trees by mice. Last fall we wrapped the trees with tar paper, and not a tree was touched. And the paper seems to be as good as ever and good for several years yet. I take a roll of paper and cut It In two pieces, making two rolls of it. One of these, a ball of twine and a pair of shears or a sharp knife are taken by each man, and strips the desired length are cut at each tree; these are wrapped around tho tree close to the ground and tted at top and bottom. One roll of paper will cover a good many trees, making the cost very small, and If care Is taken to cut the Btrlps long enough to lap over well and allow for the tree growing, they will last for several years." ' Carrots For Horses. It Is not alone nor chiefly the nu trition In carrots that makes them valuable feed for horses and other stock In winter. They have an ad mirable effect in keeping the bowels open, loosening the bile, and thus promoting healthful circulation of the blood. A stalled horse kept on dry feed through the winter becomes billons, just as human beings do who lead sedentary lives. We have not got Into the habit of dosing horses for biliousness, nor need we. A mess of carrots dally, with half the uusal amount of grain, will keep a horse in better working order than oats without the roots. In most places carrots can be bought by the qhantlty at about half the price of oats, and pay the grower well at that. Weekly Witness. "Weathered" Farm Implements. It is full time that mowing ma chines, harvesters and other horse implements which cost money to buy should be left in the field to obtain the benefit of the fall and winter weather. Plows and harrows will, of course, be needed yet, and these will be kept under cover for awhile, but can be left out later after the fall plowing has ceased. This prac tice of fall weathering of Implements Is quite general in many farming sec tions, and Is encouraged from year to year by a large class of farmers. It Insures thorough weathering of the wood and produces In the metal parts of the machinery a fine brown color, called by some scoKer rust. The greatest satisfaction from this prac tice, it soem3, is derivad by the implement sellers as a class. There is a spirit of economy, too, In this "weathering" as wooden build ings In which to house the imple ments cost money and at the samo time the odd moments needed to construct them can better be utilized by the farmer in sitting around tho stove In the village store telling stor ies or commiserating with a neigh bor whose wife has scolded him for not purchasing her a sewing machino. Our Funny Man, in the Indiana Farmer. Farm Beekeeping. There are two best ways of hand ling bees lor box honey. In the first place you must not be afraid. It you can control yourself you can control the bees; if you don't behave they will drive yoa out. In the sprins there are the queen, twenty thousand to fifty thousand workers and from a pint to a quart of drones or mala bees in each hive. Put on twenty-four bases; when they fill these they are apt to swarm; this will spoil the crop of honey. If you can, remove the caus9 of the swarm ing fever. Take out four frames in the centre of the hive, and put in four empty ones. Another way is to let them swarm ones and cut out the re maining queen cells. From six hlve3 not swarming four hundred pounds of honey wer gath ered. From eleven allowed to swarm once only two hundred pounds were harvested. The single hive is as good as any. I cover with chaff for the winter, hav ing no success la wintering in the celiar. If bees were kejt strong,' as a usual thing, they would not be troubled with moths. If, nowevjr, the pest did creep ic, they should be scraped out The mixed or iybrid bee Is raost generally kept at the present day. Ti'e queen cell can be told because it is fifty times the size of that of the worker; 2500 bjas will fill a quart measure. If not sufficient honey has been made for tho bees to eat, the supply can bs supplemented by sugar syrup. As bees will go out ia winter when It 1 warm enough, place tin over the opening, leaving space enough' for the bees to pass, but not for mica to get at them. White clover makes the best honey. Golden rod is an excellent wintering honey. A good hive ofees is worth from $6 to $7, and should contain from six to eight quarts of bees. S. P. Roberts, Penobscot County, Me. Cows Paid For the Farm. Example is better than precept. It Is said. I am quite sure It Is more effective, and I expect much from it. I have a factory, the patrons of which are all trying to excel each other la the quantity and the qualify of the milk they send to it. I use the Bab cock test in this factory, and to Its use I attribute the great improve ment in the quantity and in the qual ity of the milk which has taken place since I first adopted it. About six years ago, a farmer moved from a rented farm on to one in the district where this factory Is situated. When he was on the first farm he thought he was doing exceedingly well If he drew from the factory $35 a' month. After he had been sending his milk to our factory for about a couple of months, he came to me and said, "Mr. Eager, I want you to lend me some money." I said, "Very well; 40 you mind telling me what you want it for?" He replied, "I want to buy some cows. I see the other patrons tak ing three or four cans of milk to the factory every .morning,, and there I am with my one can and that 'not always full. I can't stand the sight any longer; I am going to catch up with those fellows that is, if you will lend me the money to buy cows." I was very glad to do so. As I have already said, that farmer before he moved was content to re ceive from the factory f 35 a month; In two years from the time he first came to me he was drawing over $100. He enlarged his herd; he im proved it, and to get the best results from the test, he sent his milk to the factory in a condition such as he had never sent it before. At the end of Six years he had a farm of his own. William Eager, Morrlsburg, Ont, is American Cultivator. Packing Poultry. Every bird should be thoroughly, cooled before packing for shipment. It takes longer to entirely remove the animal heat than the uninitiated would believe, but if it is not dona thoroughly the stock is- very likely to spoil in the package. Much loss" is caused by negligence at this point. Never let the dressed stock freeze, unless it is to be retained for some time and sold as frozen stuff. Thaw ing injures the quality and decay soon follows. Birds shipped without ice should be entirely - dry before packing. Careful grading of stock designed for the open market is very import ant. A few scrawny or badly torn birds will often spoil the appearance of a shipment which would otherwise be excellent, and a lower price must be accepted. Keep the inferior stock separate from that which is desirable. Each grade will sell to better advan tage if kept separate from the rest. Inspect each bird carefully before packing. Wash the feet', remove the , clotted blood from the mouth, and wash the head. Sew up any bad tears in the skin, using fine white thread for this purpose. A curved needle 13 mora convenient for this work than a straight one. Birds which have a dark or dingy appearance can often be greatly brightened by washing in a strong suds made of some good soap or washing powder. Water fowl in par ticular can be much improved by special cleaning. An ordinary hand brush is convenient to use for this purpose Packages for dressed poultry vary greatly, but should meet two require ments. They must be neat and clean and small enough to permit easy handling. For delivery to retail cus tomers pasteboard boxes of sufficient size to hold a single bird, or one pair, are desirable. The birds should bo wrapped in clean paper, preferably waxed paper, before being placed In the box. Retail egg customers, whose supplies are shipped by express, may be served with dressed poultry by using an egg case built like the standard case, one end being used for eggs and the other fitted with a metal bo: in which to place the birds. Ia warm weather sufficient ice may be includsd to Insure arrival in good condition. Barrels o; various sizes are popu lar packages, especially when ice must be used. Pacii them with alter nate layers of ice and birds, the bot tom and top layers being invariably ice. Upon, the top place a good-sized piece of ice, which will melt, causing; . tho ice water to continuously trickle . down through the layers of birds be- . neata. Cover the top with a piece of burlap, fasten this by means of a hoop. Cases may be filled with ica and dressed poultry in the same man ner, and in some respects are prefer able to barrels. Burlap tops should be used on cases of iced stock, as. wall a on iron barrels, as all packages so covered will be kept right side up. F. H. Stoneburn, Storrs, Conn., ia Cultivator. It Is said that 14.000 victims of the opium habit have been (cured within a few weeks in tb.9 daisy States by the use of a plaat rf centlj discovered in Solan sor.
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