When jou an su I , I auk no mora
K r Tho lavibci rfchtii I claimed beforo ,
When Bunriae giittertd on the seas ,
And duncin ; to the wooing breeze ,
9 The laughius rippled kis ed tho shore.
9 Ihe morning slow of love is o'er ;
9 Oh. roay dreams we dreamt of yore !
9 I do but ask the least of theae ,
B V/henjrou areaad.
K Let the fresh darling 7011 adore ,
With joy's light footstep cross tho floor ,
But hear tbu last of uli my pleas ,
And shut for all but too the d.9 > r ,
When you are sad.
B All the Year Round.
A YARN FROM THE SEA.
Hartford Timea.
I We were well into the Gulf of Ben-
sal , bound for Madras , when one
morning , just as night was fading in-
9 to dawn. I thought 1 heard a voice
B hailing us from the the surface of the
B seaThere are sea birds which crj
B out almost like human beings , and ;
although 1 was startled by the hail , 3
dismissed it after a few seconds as
the cry of a bird. Scarcely had I done
B so when it came again , and this time
B I knew it was the voice of a woman
B There was no need to hail the matt
B on watch , for he had heard the cry as
B -well. We were jogging along undei
-easy sail , and he seized the glass and
B ran up to the forerigging. There wa *
B a sort of steam rising from the water ,
B but the mate had not climbed thirty
• et when he came down again , and ir
B one breath ordered the ship into the
B wind , the captain and the bo at low-
B -ered. We of the watch had no doubt
9 that the ship aad been hailed by cast-
9 aways , but the boat was down before
any of us made out a lone woman in
9 a tort of canoe craft about two cables
length away on our port bow. Shehad
neither paddle nor oar , and her craft
B was driving with the wind and eea ,
while she sat cowering in the stern.
m Our boat was soon alongside of her
I craft , and woman and canoe were
1 soon aboard of the Admiral Nelson.
I The watch below had turned up. and
I everybody was on deck to see what
I was going on. The woman was white ,
I and. as we soon ascertained , Ameri-
can. I say white , but bronze would
I be the better term , for it was evident
that she had long been exposed to
I tropical weather. She was of medium
size , regular features and about forty
years of age. and at one time had
.been good lookinir.
-"Who is the captain ? " she snapped ,
21s she reached the deck.
"Here ma'am , " replied our old man ,
as he stepped forward.
_ "I want to talk to you in your cab-
in , " she continued , her lingers work-
ing nervously and her eyes sn apping
fire.
fire.They
m They had not been gone a quarter
gg- - of an hour when both reappeared on
deck. I was at the wheel , and there-
fore heard all that was said. It ap-
I peared that the woman , whose name
-was Mrs. Thomas , owned and sailed
I a trading schooner , which had been
I left her at her husband's death. It
was a strange vocation for a woman ,
E but it seemed she liked it , and also
m had & good business head on her. She
i had a crew of six , her mate being an
.Englishman and the others Lascars ,
and she had been sailing between
nearly all the towns on the Gulf.
Three days before we picked hec up
• her schooner had left Sumatra bound
for the Indian coast. The crew seem-
.d to be perfectly quiet and content ,
but the mate , they had suddenly laid
violent hands on her and sent her
adrift without water , food or a padj
die. The intention was to run away
with the schooner and cargo and sell j
them , and this plan might have been i
rarried out but for her rescue. r
k _ She was the spunkiest little woman t
-v I ever saw. She was so mad she \
couldn't stand still for three seconds $
at a time. What she wanted was lor t
our ship to go in pursuit. Her v
schooner was armed with two brass s
six while had four
pounders , we e
twelves , and she expressed her entire ij
- _ willingness to lee her craft sent to w
tie bottom before the mutinous crew w
should benefit by their acts. Captain q
Wheeler was pretty well along in years ,
very careful on the question of insur
ance , and his mind was not made up
until after breakfast. Then he decid-
• ed to luff up towards the Andaman
' Islands in search of the schooner , and 0
lie almost promised to give her a taste g
' of our metal if she should be sighted
and would not surrender.
The little woman managed to eat a
dozen mouthfuls of breakfast and °
then returned to the deck to almost it
assume control. She ordered a man h
. Aloft , bossed the job of casting loose "
the guns and getting up powder and | v
shot , and every ten minutes she was j e
hailing the lookout to know if anyb
thing was in sight. Luck was in her t
favor. While we had been jogging 1
along all night the schooner , being , s
farther to the east , had been almost' ' 0
- We raised her almost j t
dead ahead about noon , and as luck \ t
would have it again we had plenty of v
wind , while she " had none until the I I
vessels were not two miles apart. The j v
schooner could have no suspicion that | ei
tjifccalnied- aboard of us , and we . \
flew a signal that we wanted to speak
Wo her. She at once lay toand as we p
fcan down to her I saw Mrs. Thomas fi
< - her teeth , clench her hands , and t
5biw other evidences of her feelings. "
She had borrowed the mate's six a
shooter , donned a ht and coat to t
dis'mise herself , and as we lay about t
i a cable's length away no eye could
have made out her sex. "Schooner
ahoy ! " called our captain.
"Aye , aye , sir ! This is the Nancy I
1 Lee. bound from Sumatra to the
4 juainiand. " t
m
"Are you the captain ? ' 1
• "No.sir , he's very sick in hisberth. " c
• "Run out those guns ! " whispered c
the old man to us , and down went the t
port of shutters and out went the big r
barkers , and such of the crew as were g
not at the guns rested their muskets j
'
„ along the fail. . Y
"I've got your captain here , ana 3
' aboard of ! " shouted
she'll be uut you e
our captain. "If you attempt any „
I'll sink ! "
resistance you 3
The Englishman ordered his crew to r
roan one of the guns , but they refused t
to obey , every man of them skulling r
forward and disappearing down the j
batch. The fellow left the deck long j
enough to arm himself with a cutlass , v
and as we lowered a boat he called c
out that he would split the head of v
9flH the first man who attoropted to board a
9 the schooner. . t
B Our first mate , the boatswain , ana j
foremast hands went in the
F two of us c
m ooat with Mrs. Thomas , and as we e
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boatswain pull6darevolverand climb
ed over in the bows. Tho mutineer
retreated aft , and then wo all board
ed. The woman had not spoken a
word since leaving tho ship. She was
as palo as death , and her eyes glared
like a tiger's. As she dropped from
the rail to tho deck sho cocked the
weapon in her baud , walked aft and
right up to the mate , and as he flour
ished his cutlass and commanded her
to keep off , she shot him dead in his
tracks.
"H's tho law of tho sea , " she quietly
remarked as she turned to ua. "Now
to rout out those Lascars. "
"But you won't kill them , "said our
mate.
"No.not quite was her gxim answer ,
as she handed him tho smoking revol
ver.
ver.Casting a look at the dead mutineer ,
to be sure that he was dead , she-went
forward , took a belaying pin out of
the port rail , and approaching tha
hatch she called down :
"On deck here , every man of you ,
and be quick about it ! "
They came up one alter another ,
and as each man touched the deck
she uavo him a crack over the head
which made him see stars. They wont
down on thoir knees and begeed for
their lives , and after knocking them
about in a liberal way she finally
agreed to extend pardon. Under her
direction the mate's body was search
ed , and as she anticipated , all the
money aboard tho schooner was
found. Sho then ordered the body
flung overboardand as it touched the
water one of the biggest white sharks
I ever saw seized it and bit it in half.
While the Lascars were cleaning the
deck the little woman ran down
into her cabin and brought
up a dozen bottles of wine ,
six boxes of cigars and a lot of dried
fruits for us to take back to the ship.
Then sho gave each of us a shako of
the hand , and as wo entered the yawl ,
she sprang upon tho port rail , held
fast to tho main shrouds with one
hand and shouted to our captain :
"Good bye and God bless you , Cap
tain Wheeler. I've got my craft back ,
thanks to you , and I'll keep my eyes
open after this ! "
Then she jumped down and went to
the wheel and gave orders to get tho
schooner on her course , and in a
couple of hours the craft was lost
sight of behind one of the islands as it
made for the inside of the route. Two
years latter I saw tho woman at Sin-
gapore , and sho still owned the
schooner , and was said to have a
comfortable fortune in bank. A year
later I heard that she had sold her
schooner , purchased a brig , and put-
ting in a cargo on her own account ,
had sailed for home.
1 0\Um \
The Woman Who Was Afraid
A man was once walking along one
road and a woman along another.
The roads finally united , and man
and woman , reaching the junction at
the same time , walked on from there
together. The man was carrying a
large iron kettle on his back , in one
hand he held by tho legs a live chicken ,
in the other a cane , and he was lead-
ing a coat. Just as they woro coming
to a deep , dark ravine the woman said
to tho man : "I'm afraid to go .
through that ravine with you ; it is a
lonely ; place , and you might overpow
er < me and kiss me by force. " "If you
were afraid of that , " said the man , ?
"you ' shouldn't have walked with me 1
at 1 all. How can I possibly overpow- 8
er 1 you and kiss you by force when I a
have ! this great iron kettle on my back , ®
a ; cane in one hand , a live chicken in ?
tne other , and am leading this goat ?
I might as well be tied hand and foot ! " J
"Yes. " replied the woman , "but if r
you should stick your cane in the
ground and tie the goat to it. and
turn the kettle bottom side up and a
put the chicken into it , then you
might wickedly kiss me in spite of my ?
resistance. " "Success to my ingenii- j ?
ity , Oh , woman ? ' said the " rejoicing -
man to himself. "I should never have "
thought of such expedients. " And
when they came to the ravine he
Ptuck his cano in the ground and tied
the goat to it , gave the chicken to the .
woman , saying , ' "Hold it while I cut >
some grass for the goat , and then low
ering the kettle from his shoulders ,
imprisoned the chicken under it. and
wickedly kissed tho woman , as she ,
ivas afraid he would ! Notes and -
Queries.
What a Whang Really Is. g
In the wisdom of the ages there has h
ome to be something in a name. A b
ood housewife in a suburb of LewisS1 ;
?
ion , whose reputation is of thrift ,
md whose wits are as keen as the raz-
Dr's edge , issued cards not long ago ,
is said , for an afternoon party at
tier house , terming it a "whang. " A ei
"whang" is an unknown term in that jv
vicinity , although they had heiird it
employed in a metaphoric , or symP
bolic , or hyperbolic sense many times ol
to the country jubilee of various li
kinds. The good ladies who were
a
summoned didn't know what to do , .
or how to dress , but they went just
the same , full of curiosity , and in °
their most stunning toilets. The hour Jj
was early namely , 1 p. m. when the V ;
larger part of them started. Bets ?
were even against the field that it was ; r
quilting bee , one to three that it
was a rug bee , and even against the S1
"
field that itwas just an ordinary 71
party. When they got there , they le
found the house in disorder and every- ® -
body scrubbing for dear life. A " ;
"whang" is a housecleaning party , a
and some of the ladies are sorry that
they didn't dress accordingly. Lewist
ton ( Me. ) Journal. P
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Clever Thieves in Mexico p
From the San Francisco Chronicle. h
Points could probably be given to P
tho slickest of London pickpockets
by his ragged , miserable-looking
confrere of Mexico. At fairs , in F
churches , at the markets , wherever
throngs do congregate , it is most .
prudent to divest one's self ol watch , °
eyeglasses , etc , and , in the case of w
ladies , of floating ends of ribbon or a
bows which may readily be detached. jr
The wife of a prominent Mexican gen- .
eral , while kneeling at mass not long
ago.had the pocket cut from her dress cI :
36 skillfully that she had not the e <
faintest sense of it , losing a considera-
ble quantity of money and two diab
mond rings. A pretty little American n
bride keeping house there was particu-
larily unfortunate. Every time she t : <
went to market , she would surely be It
caught in a crowd of the lower orders , t : <
who would close in around her in such tl ;
fashion as to press her arms down v
to her sides , and , when she was refe
leased , she would find her handbag a
open and empty. No violence was a
employed ; it was apparently only one li
of the jams natural to such places. C
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Ratio Between IVSen and Wo
men
From Science. <
Prof. W. K. Brooks or Baltimore
has discovered that a favorable envi
ronment tends to produce an exesss
of females among animals and plants ,
and an unfavorable environment an
excess of males. If this be true , a
race or species which is on the point
of extinction should have an excess
of males.
Tho population of Australia con
sists of a small and decreasing num
ber of aborigines , and a prosperous
and increasing population of foreign
settlers and their descendants ,
amounting in all to nearly 3,000,000
persons. As tho native population
is rapidly disappearing , we should
expect to find the male more numer
ous among them as compared with
the females than among the inhabi
tants of foreign origin , provided other
conditions are equal. For each 100
females there were in Victoriu , of
native-born Australians , 100 2-10
males , and of foreigners , exclusive of
Chinese , 129 1-10 males. The ratio
of males to females in the population
of foreign origin is therefore very
much greater than it would be if
it depended upon the birthrate alone ;
and as this modifying influence
does not affect the aborigines , an ex
cess of males among them , no greater ,
or even a little less , than that found
among the inhabitants of foreign ori
gin , would indicate that the excess of
male birthH is much greater among
them thanamongthe people of foreign
origin. Computation shows that the
excess ol males among the aborigines
is , notwithstanding these neutralizing
influences , very much greater than it
is among the foreign population.
For all Australia there are 143.72
aboriginal males to each 100 females ;
there aro only 118.04 males of foreign
descent to each 100 females , notwith
standing the fact that 120 males set
tled in these colonies to each 100
females.
To those who wish to follow this
subject ' further , it may be interesting
to know that an enormous collection
of _ statistics relative to the Indian
tribes of the United States was made
1 under the direction of Major J. W.
Powell. The results of this census
:
have not been published , but the ma
1 terial is still available , and would
furnish * a much better basis of com
parison ! than the one chosen by Prof.
Brooks.
Costly Baked Beans.
Boston Herald.
One day not longsinco a well known
citizen of one of the busiest towns in
Sagadahoc { County returned from a
drive into the country , late in the
afternoon , with $800 , the proceeds of
his * day's collection , in his inside pock
et. He was too late to deposit .the
money in the village bank , for the
bank had closed. He went to the
house and began to cudgel his brain
for a safe place to put the cash during
the night. Ho had a great horror of
burglars and felt a little nervous
about his $800. The gentleman roam
ed over the house and finally dropped
into ] the kitchen. The fire in the
stove was out. His wife was away
and wouldn't return till late in the
evening , and of course wouldn't think
of building a fire in the stove till the
following morning. He opened the
oven door and laid the greenbacks in
the farthest corner of the bottom of
.
the oven.
The capitalist went to bed , and at
about ten o'clock ia the evening his
wife awoke him to ask if he wouldn't
o ' down cellar and bring up another
liod of coal. She said : "I've just
built up a hot fire and put the beans
in , but I don't believe there's enough
joal ! on the fire to keep it in all
light. "
, "Haveyou built a fire in the kitchen
stove ? " shouted the Sagadahoc hus
band-
"Why , yes ; isn't that all right ? "
said his wife.
"All right ! That pot of beans cost
ne $800 ? ' shouted the capitalist , and
ae leaped from the room and down
into the kitchen where the savory
3dor of baked beans and brown bread
md a roaring fire in the kitchen stove
jreeted him. He pulled open the oven
loor regardless of burnt fingers , but
le was too late. The bank notes bad
aeen cremated , and only a handful of
rim , crisp ashe * , remained of the fat
S00 roll of os and 10s and 20s.
An Unwelcome Legacy
Ths strange tale of a misanthrope's
md comes from Paris , and its ghastly !
lumor is quite characteristics of the
jeople | and the place. There was an
ld gentleman of miserly instinct who
ived in a shabby garret at the top of
tenement house. The other morn-
ng , he hanged himself from the rafters 3
f his abode , but previously made a
vill disposing of his fortune. When ]
he house porter learned that ho had ;
lestroyed ' himself he could not refrain {
rom uttering an exclamation of satis-
action ; but he soon began to profess ,
jreat compassion for his old lodger ]
vhen he heard that he had left him a
(
egacy. He declared with tears in his
jyes that he was a worthy person af-
er all , and then , with eager curiosity. <
isked the amount of the property be- \
jueathed ; to him in so unexpected a 1
ashion. The following missive was" (
slaced in his hands : "I am disgusted ,
with life , so I am quitting it. I leave }
o the porter of my lodging-house my \
portrait and the rope with which I \
iave hanged myself. " The joy of the {
lorter can be imagined. Manchester \
Courier. j
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Rope Power Transmission. ]
Largo electric light stations have
iven a distinct impetus to the use of
vire , hemp , or cotton rope running J
it high speed over a grooved wheel
nstead of leather belting on flat (
aced pullies. Among the advantages 1
laimed for the rope transmitters is '
jconomy tho ropo costing about ]
jne-thirteenth as much as the leather
aelt , while the forming obviates the
loiseat high speeds , i3 very much 1
ighter in weight , demands little at- '
ention compared with a belt. The !
attfr requires a man in the business \
o put one on right , and sometimes
hey don't always do it right ; any de- '
iriation out of the line of the shafting af- :
ects tho belt , while it has no effect on
rope ; the rope requires less room , 1
md will pass through a round hole
ittlo larger than its own diameter.
Chicago News.
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Points for tho Farmer.
It is skill that gives butter its desir
able keeping qualities , says one , not
salt , and hence tho logical teaching
and that the expelling of buttermilk
from butter ia of more importance
than salt in securing its salvation.
Soaking seed-corn in coal oil ( kero-
senp ) renders it so obnoxious to squir
rels , crows , and other birds that they
leave it unmolested , after sampling a
lew hills. This experience of a Kan
sas farmer.
Edward Burnett is right when he
tells us that good breeding , care and
kindness are all neceseary to the de
velopment , of first-rate dairy cows.
Clover hay , cob meal , corn fodder
and roots , giving warm water for
drink , form the best rations for milk
and butter.
But while the old hen is the best
hatching machine in existance , says
Fred Grundy in Rural New Yorker ,
she is "no good" to brood and care
for early hatched chicks. A good
brooder will double discount her in
keexing the little fellows in that dry
and warm condition necessary to
health and rapid growth. A chick
that is exposed to either wet or cold
ceases to grow , and if it survives it is
certain to be more or less stunted.
The udder of a cow is a very com
plicated affair. Outwardly it consists
of a series of muscular bands crossing
each other and all attached to the
abdominal muscles for the support at
the masR of the organ. Tho teat is
not a single tube , as has been suppos
ed , but consists of .a large number of
ducts , which run into four or five
more channels or tubes , each of which
discharges separately into the orifice
of the teat.
The best way to get more corn is to
get increased yield from the same acre.
age. A poor corn crop necessarily
costs so much labor that it rarely
pays a profit. Bnt if the land is ma
nured highly and cultivated thorough
ly the crop rarely or never fails to pay.
It is easily possible to double the
corn yield on the present acreage , and
that too , without coming near the
large yield which have been obtained
• in special cases.
In the storms and cold of tho win-
ter months , which aro now rapidly
leaving us , says a correspondent of
the New England Homestead.the need
of wind-breaks has been severely felt
on many farms. I could not help no-
ticing this on a recent drive during one
of the severpst blizzards we have had.
Roads were blockedthe wind intensely
cold and the fallingsnow almost hissed
as it passed one's face and cut as it
struck. Driving behind a long row of
Norway spruces fifteen feet high , it
seemed like entering a different zone ,
all was 30 quiet. A gentle murmur
passed through their summer hued
branches and to a short-sighted man
who could not see the raging storm
bej'ond the belt the day would have
appeared almost charming , Indeed , I
was half deceived into believing the
storm had moderated , until I drove
on again.
Mr. Miller , in the Husbandman , re-
fers to the fact that recent experi-
ments made by the agricultural college
of Michigan showed that the Holstein
calves made the largest average gain ,
on the least quantity of food in a
piven ' time , of all standard breeds , exc
celling [ even the shorthorns , the Galot
ways , and the Herefords. The more
the good qualities of this breed of cats
tie are known the better they are ap-11
predated. . t
A farmer leased a farm for three
years , and to oblige the landlord gave t
as ; rent advance , three notes , pay
able ' in one , two and three years.
These notes were sold to innocent .
parties ] who did not know they were 1
given I in advance for rent. Shortly r
after ' the sheriff dropped in and forec
closed < an outstanding mortgage on a
the 1 premises. Of course the Landlord t
absconded ' , and the farmer learned a v
lesson ' by experience which he will 1
never ] forget. c
Hen nests ought to be so construct"t
ed that when- hen is through hatchc
ing ] the single nest can be carried outil
side of the house and sprinkled liberc
ally with kerosene and then fired , t
burning 1 up the old straw and hay , A
and destroying all insects and their "
eggs. It is more labor and expense to c
construct < boxes for nests separately ,
without partitions , but it is best nev1J
ertheless , and what is best ought to
be practiced when practicable. a
Here is a remarkable statement and fj
a helpful bit of advice from "Field 3
and ' Farm , " of Denver : "The Union v
Pacific will bring hay from Lincoln ! .
and other points in Nebraska , 500'
miles away , for $1 a ton less than it F
will bring it from Boulder , that is on- ,
ly twenty-five miles distant. Moral : u
The Colorado farmer should ceasea
sending hay to market by rail v
should feed to cattle and sheep , and \
stay at home. Thus he can master
the situation so far as himself is con- .
cerned. " vn
In the days o ? my youth we had a h
debating society and one of the quesa
tions was , "Which is of most benefit * ?
the animal or the vegetable king
dom ? " The leader on the vegetable v
side argued that since all flesh is grass f1
thera could be no animals without c
the vegetable kingdom , ergo , the lat- ®
ter was by far the most useful toman ,
since aside from ministering directly n
to his wants , it also sustained any a
animal that was useful to him. In 3
short , he claimed the whole earth and
left the animal kingdom without a
leg to stand on. Farm life.
A writer in Hoard's Dairyman ,
finding something wrong about the a
butter from a herd of fifty-two cows ,
made thorough investigation , with b
the following results : Every possible t
Bource was overhauled , till at last it y
was traced to the milk of one particu- j ?
lar cow which had been observed , "
when the cows were out at their daily P
watering , to make persistently for 3 <
the dirtiest puddles in the yard , and J
drink these in preference to tho runP
ning water to which she had free ac- t
cess with the rest. When her milk c
was kept separate it was found that j1
the milk of the other fifty-two was all ] J
right. "
It is only when pinched by hunger v
that the modern cow will fill herself up c
with the tender twigs of last year's c
growth in the forest. Doubtless the [ t
taste for this kind of food is acquired
by practice. It used to bo a.consid
erable reliance when there was little
cleared land on which to crow grass
or corn. As soon as other forago bo-
came plentiful , there was little use for
.browse , though woods were full of it.
In lact , the browsing period extended
little bsyond the time when treeo were
cut dow to get them out of tho way ,
their trunks logged and burned.
The best way to get moro corn is to
i get increased yield from tho same
acreage. A poor corn crop necessarily
costs so much labor that it rarely
pays a profit. But if tho land is ma
nured highly and cultivated thorough
ly , the crop rarely or never fails to
pay. It is possible to double tho corn
yield on the present acreage.and that ,
too , without coming near tho largo '
yields which have been obtained in
special cases.
Though it is not new enough to be
patentable , hero is a littlo problem
which some farmers may find it use
ful to solve : If , with an old hoe , a man
can do but four-fifths as much work
in a day as with a new one , labor
costing $1.50 per day , and a new hoe
is G5 cents , how much will ho have
gained at the end of two and a half
days by using tho old one ? The
moral of tho answer is plain. If you
would have good work and quick
work , have good tools and keep them
in order.
My experience is , says T. B. Terry
in Country Gentlemanthat the setor
little plant , frcm a large , thrifty-eye ,
such as is found on a large sound po-
tatois as much better than the little ,
weak set from the eye of a small pota
to as a large , strong cabbage plant or
strawberry plant is better than a lit-
tie , puny one. Either may be made
to grow and do well under favorable
enough conditions , but the latter will
be tho most exacting in regard to con-
ditions 1 , just as one-eye sets from largo
potatoes require better conditions all
around , than whole potatoes or halves.
Every farmer should cut his seed ac
cording [ to his ability and willingness
to give proper conditions.
The season for tree planting is again
at hand , and we repeat tho hoDe tha5 *
all our readers will discharge their du
ty in that direction. Professor Brown
of 1 the Ontario Agricultural College enuI
merates the following eight reasons for
planting trees , a ide from their value
; as timber : 1. Roadside shade ; 2.
j Shelter for dwellings ; 3. Shelter for
cultivated ( farm crops ; 4. Shelter for
open ] natural grazings ; 5 Shelter for 1
inclosed ] grazings ; G. Headwater conn
servation ; 7 Wind breaks ; 8. Climatg
ic \ amelioration. Cogent reasons
might , also be added for planting fruit
and t ornamental trees , but we wIl not e
enter upon that branch of tho sub c
ject. g
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Washing Out tho Stomach.
A symphon is generally used for this "
purpose. ] In washing out thestomach , 1. '
the stomach is again and again filled p
with , water until it flows clear and n
sweet. In some cases medical soluo
\ tions are added to the water ; in othC
ers , after tho irrigation , appropriate 1
remedies are introduced toadvantags ; o
but [ in most cases , the simple washing rl
out with fresh , cool water is sufficient. J
In chronic gastric catarrh there Is an a
abundant secretion of tough mucus , p
which , being alkaline , neutralizes the n
acid of the gastric juice. This , with \
the resulting fermentation , ' gives rise y
to dilatation of the stomach. Some ei
cases require but a few washings while le
others demand it daily the rest of h
their lives. When one gets used to it n
the operation should be conducted by
a responsible physician , though some e
patients afterward readily learn to di
perform it on themselves. Dr. E. G. s
Cutler. te ;
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"Humbuggery In tho Seed BusI- * j ?
ness. " * [
My faith has been severely shaken
in ; the claims made by certain highly ft
respectable seedsmen as to the superim
oricy of their own seeds , which , they
assert , have been submitted to cersc :
tain "tests" insuring their freshness , si
vitality , and being true to name , tl ;
They also inform the public that of w
certain "novelties" ( usually named w
after themselves ) , they hold the enbi
tire stock , and seed of these varieties fr
offered by other seedsmen is necessar
ily spurious. In other words , "buy ai
of us if you wish the genuine. " Desirtc
ing ] to grow some extra-early cauliol )
Bower last summer , I procured of Mr. tl
a packet- his "Early Snowball si
cauliflower" seed , for which an exor
bitant price was charged. The tl
introducer warns the public to ni
beware of imitations , and publishes p
trial of nearly a dozen 111
samples of so-called E. 3. C. obtained j er
from other seedsmen , not one of the gc ;
3amples proving true to name. No ?
wishing to be "imposed upon by reckec
less ( and unscrupulous dealers , " I ob gc
tained from the aforesaid Mr. " ec
packet of the "E. S. C. " sealed wittr
bis trademark label. Sowed the seeJ si
under grass March In , and obtained , d [ <
about 100 plants. I set them oii1 aj
with early cabbage plants upon ( I Sj
piece of ground intended for celery bj
August 1. The cabbage and about rt
. y.
dozen of the cauliflower headed an < ? w
were cleared off in Jul } ' ; but the re
maining cauliflower proved to be a Fi
late variety , grew over three feet high
and headed leisurely through Septem-
ber and October , and some never
headed at all. I could have done no *
worse had I purchased seed of any pt
one of "the 3warm of hungry imita
tors who , devoid of both originalty . j
and fair business principles have been
tempted to offer imitations of this faot f
mous varietiy ! " There is an immense th
amount of humbuggery and charla'rrj
tanism about this seed business. W. ke
V. S. Beekman. ar
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A Good Suggestion. r
It is right that a man should secure .
competence for a wife and child , who ,3 ,
without him might eat the bitter tli
bread of poverty. But if he cheats
their present of all that makes it ol
worth having for the sake of a future ly
that may never come , he is guilty oAi
roily that is cruelty. They are del gr
pendent upon him for their daily is
joy as much as for their daily bread.
To supply the one he has no right to tl
pretend to himself that he may stint ai
the other. The police reports of wifeai
beating and wife-tormenting are too in
horrible to be read. But that brutal o !
ity , born of thoughtlessnes and sel- x\ \
fishness , which deprives the wile of oi > f
the moral oxygen that ia her rights , ' oi > f
which keeps her in the devitalized air ai
of indifference , , is a greater wrong , be * ti
cause the victim is more sensitive artC cr
tho tyrants more enlightened. j ge
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The Derisive Snori of Satan.
Once , while traveling horseback ,
through a rough section of Tennessee.
I "fell in" with a nomadic preacher ,
He was one of tho courageous evan
gelist who fight down every physical
disadvantage that they may spread
spiritual consolationand neither cold
winds nor the greasiest and most dys
peptic fare could turn him from an
apostolic course which he had mapped
out. In the course of two days' trav
el together wo became somewhat con
fidential. I told him I was traveling
in the interest of a great nopspaper ,
writing up the peculiarities of tho peo
ple ; he told me ho had with him five
hundred dollars , which a former con-
gregation had just paid him for one
year's service.
"Don't you think , " said I , "that
you acted unwisely in bringing tho
money with you ? "
"No , for I had no placo to leave it , '
he ! replied. "I am but little acquainted
with the ways of business , but I know
enough < of banks not to have any con-
fidence 1 in them. '
One night wo stopped at a wayside
house. ] We occupied tho samo room.l
"Don't you think , " said I , as we
were preparing to go to bed , "that it
would be hotter to put your money
under ' your pillow ? "
"No , I don't think so , " ho replied.
"I 1 am but little acquainted with tho
ways of the world , but I know that
under ' a man's pillow is about the first
place 1 a robber searches. "
He placed a candle and some match-
es near the "bed. It must have been
about midnight when the pop and {
flash of a match startled mo into
wakefulness. A negro stood in the
center of tho room , holding the
preachers ' pantaloons in his hand.
My friend sprang out ol bed , but be- e
fore \ he could say any ting , the negro n
sank upon his knees , held up his hands n
and said :
"Marster , lissun ter mo one minit.a
I j knows dat I oughter be sent ter jail , ?
but io' you sends me jes' let m cur- . :
munercate er little. Shortly after you i .
genermen went ter bed , ol e Satan got
inter my heart he did. Ho tole me dat °
dar must be money in dis yere room.a
SaysI.Mr. Satan , you git right straight
behind I me now , case what is it ter me
ef dar is money in dat room ? It
doan 'long to me , Mr. Satan , an' you
oughter know dat fack. Go on erway -
an' let me erlone. ' 'Silas , ' says he ,
.you'se er fool ; you'se been workin'
fur white folks all yo' life an' you X
ain't got nothin'yit. How long you l
gwine go 011 dis way ? Gwine let do ) *
folks grind you un'er da feet ? ' * Mr.
Satan , ' s' I , 'wush you would go on ai
erbout yo' bizness , fur I ain't got no
conwersation wid you , 'but he-kep' er-
gittin' closer ter me , an' at las' , not se
bein' able ter stan him , I slipped up ai
yere. tuck yo' money an' went down. h
Satan wuz gone , an ' I gunter think , tc
an' den I gunter pray. Sunthin' tl
'peared ter say , * Whut's de use'n
prayin' long ez you got dat stolen cc
money in yo' pocket'an' den de tears ec
0' sorrow gunter gush outen my eyes , di
Oh , I felt that my po' soul waz dun fo
los' , and ic peared to me dat I hearn tc
Did Satan er-standin ' at de corner o' m
le house er snickeriu'fit ter kill hisse'f. sc
Marster , I couldn't stan'it no longer fii
in' I creeped back up sta'rs an' wid er
rir'ar in my heart. I wuz puttin' de wi
noney back in yo' britches w'en you bi
tvoke up an' lit dat can'Ie. Now , sah , a
fou may me take ter jail. Jes take me ev
jrway an' 1 won't say er wordfur I'se se
essened ter de voice o' old Satan , an' re
lab described it all. Put * r rope roun' ce
uj' naik , marsterau * -ad I me er way. " di
He bowed his head and tears u- hco
fd from his eyes. The preacher was hi
leeply moved. ' • Poor creature , " w
.aid he , you yielded to a tem-
emption , but your determination to
eplace the money proves that you
lave ; an impressive and generous soul , hi
will not have you sent to prison I
vill forgive you , will pray for you. " to
"Oh , marster , marster. may deLawd by
les3 you fur dis. I will go back ter hu
ny cabin , sah , an' pray. " ar
I was-also deeply moved , for Icould
ee that the old negro was sincere. He an
ihook our hands just before leaving yc
he room , and in his own peculiar br
vay , begged us never to forget that foi
ve had seen a man whose soul had Oi
een strit ken. When he had gone my th
riend said : an
"I do not believe in a personal devil wi
md yet there is almost enough proof de
o convince me there is. That poor of
ld negro suffered just as much as mi
hough he really heard the derisive so
nort of Satan. "
Next morning , as we were dressing , he
he preacher remarked : "I hope that a'
legro slept well after his agonized revn
entance. < I have done so much at the sa
nourner's bench that meiciful heavha
ns , I have been robbed ! my money is wi
one ! " th
We hurried down stairs and inform-
d the landlord. The old negro was
one. A party of men volunteer-
d their services , and late that eveving r
he old rascal was captured. He
howed : us the place where he had hid-
en the money. My friend did not ed
refer the "derisive of
igain to snort m <
Satan. " New York Mercury.
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Where Alligators are Badly pr
Needed.
w }
'rom the Fort Myers Press. CQ
Since the year 1876 water has not , „
;
een so scarce on the cattle range as j.n
is at the time it is
present , so re- '
Qj :
iorted. thi
In the indiscriminate killing of the thi
.lligators one great source of supply 'es
water has been obliterated from
he cattle country , because when thetic
jators held a water hole they always ur
ept the mud pushed up the banks , liv
nd when even hundreds of cattle thi
'ould come to the 'gator wallows to bit !
rink , and by crowding and pushing les
ucceeded in filling it up , Mr. Alligator ot :
.nd his would the
family soon repair j
amage by digging and pushing back mt
he mud. to
Now the cattle stand .around these sh :
ild wallows , which are almost entireto
dried up , waiting patientlyfor rain , no
it is. they exist only by eating the vii
rass nights and early morniags th.t an
heavily coated with dew. ar
If rain does not come soon the catbe ;
men will be forced to dig for water , no
.nd , as , there are a great many thousm *
md cattle it would seem an almost flo
mpossible task to supply them. Anevi
itiier plan is to drive them to the wa
ivers , but on account of the numbers ne
the cattle scattered over hundreds
miles it would be an endless task , (
md could scarcely be accomplished in ra ;
ime to do any good. A great many lal
attle are going into the everglades in Iro
earch of water. J bJ
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A Complete Novel After Ame- ' <
He Rives.
Buzzard I. J $
Miss Barbarity Pompadour return- ? * $
ed to her old Virginia homo on ndark
tempestuous night , which had been
specially selected for her by tho auth
or , so that sho could drivo througli rv. t * '
thesoughing rain and allow tho raggcd BBp
trees to brush her faco as sho dashed fc '
onward in the gloom. fefctfl
When sho reached Rosemarry her | |
aunt rushed into her arniB , kissed jH | |
her , and then disappeared from tho H
story. ;
Barbarity was a dashing young
widow , who had lost her husband ,
Valentine , throe years before. Sho
was now back at tho homo they occu- > ' '
pied j , and as soon as she xeccvered / *
from I tho enervating offects of her
aunt's 1 kiss she askod to bo shown to ,
her 1 room. It was her bridal chamber ,
and its familiar aspect threw her into
convulsions. Everything thoro re
minded her of Valentine. Sho had
strength to bear it , however , until
sho discovered a half-smoked cigar
ette in her manicure set. Sho drew
back in horror , lor it was one of Val's -
stubs. She picked it up at last , and
kissed it passionatoly.
Buzzard ir.
Tho next morning sho got up feeling
much better , and went out into the
woods. Sho returned in tho evening
singing "White Wings. " As sho enter- _ _
ed the drawing room she was met by
her husband's cousin , Dock Jeering ,
and sho fainted ar. thesight of him , for
he was the very imago of Val. , and ho
had many of tho latter's artless Vir- -
ginia ways , such as expectorating on
the floor and eating pie with a knife.
The prospect of mashing Dock , how- *
aver , soon restored her to conscious- J
ness ; when Dock saw her profilo he L
acknowledged himself mashed. I
A few days after he called upon her I
as sho was seated in the crotch of an j j
pld tree , and avowed his admiration J
. or her profile. They con versed jaunt- m
\y , for a while and then stepped out of 1
.he sunflecked forest into the teeth I
Df a storm that had been hanging |
iround , tho woods until tho author
should need it. J
, In a burst of passionate longing , j
iho said in a low , sulphuric whisjier.
"You understand me. "
"Let me give you one of my gal vanfl
c thoughts , " said he ; "I like you. " 9
She gazed at him with sparkling fl
yes , and allowed him to hoid her fl
land. ! Then , after raving about Val- B
mtine , when tho storm let up a little , -
„
j
ho permitted Dock to throw his < 1
irms around her. M
blizzard in. < |
For three weeks Barbarity did not J
ee Dock. But one afternoon he camo H
iround , and after kissing the back of h
ter wrist , as was hi3 courtly habit , he
00k his seat in a nestling fashion on ] 1
he door mat. jfl
The kiss burned into Barbarity's (1 (
onscience so deeply that she dismiss- | 1
d Dock , ran up to her room and jM
Irowned her remorse by standing be- fl
ore her mirror , where she proceeded
o address a few uncomplimentary re- M
narks to the image therein. She-grew jl
o cold with horror that she froze the- mM
ire in the grate. | H
Dock , the living , and Val. , the dead , JH
'ere now pronounced rivals for Bar- ' V
arity's affections. It worried Dock W
.great deal , but Val. pursued the M
ven tenor of his way and didn't • 4B
eern to mind it at nil. Dock finally " I
etreated to New York. There he re- I
eived a letter from Barbarity , bid- fl
ing him farewell torever. He ac- fl
ordingly lighted four gas burners in V
is room , took a Turkish bath and -M
'ent to a comic opera. M
Buzzard iv\ fl
A few days after she telegraphed 4 H
im "Come . " "
: to me. B
He packed his valise and went back JH
Virginia , where he was welcomed H
y Barbarity with all the fervor of a H
uman Vesuvius. She sank into his H
rms. H
A week of ecstacy followed. Dock f H
nd Barbarity were dreaming Love's B
oung dream. They were now on the ! H
rink of matrimony , but Dock's good | H
rtune had not quite deserted him. 4H
ne day a terrific storm , of the au- 9
iior's best construction , broke Ioo e 9
nd Barbarity was caught in it. She - * " H
as terribly frightened by the thun- f l
er , and she discovered by the glare H
the lightning that she couldn 't H
larry Dock. When she got home shs V
informed him. fl
And he , after telling Barbarity that 9
had had his opinion of her all 9
ong < , put his wearing apparel into a -/B
alise and went over to the nearest 19
aloon. In the meantime Barbarity 19
ad gone up to her room , donned her ' 9
rapper and was deeply absorbed m | 9
tie last New NovelLife. . | 9
The Original State of EVIan. 9
rofessor Huxley in Popular Science . ' 9
Monthly. | 9
In the cycle of phenomena present- J9
by the life of man , the animal , no ' " " " " " I
tore moral end is discernible than in 9
lat presented by the lives of the 9
2er. However imperfect the relics of * 9
rehistoric men may be , the evidence i9
hich : they afford clearly tends to tha H
mclusion ] that for thousands of J9
ars , before the origin of the oldest 9
sown civilizations , men weresavages 9
a very low type. They strove with i9
leir enemies and their competitors , j9
ley prayed upon things weaker or -9
ss cunning than themselves ; they | 9
ere born , multiplied without stint 91
ad died , for thousands of ganera- 19
ons , alongside the mammoth , the ' 9
rus , the lion and the hyena , whose j9
res were spent in the same way , and . * H
ley were no more to be praised or S
amed , on moral grounds , than their 91
ss erect and more hairy compatri- jH
As among these , so amongprimitive '
ten , the weakest and stupidest went S
the wall , while the toughest and 91
irewdest , those who were best fitted jH
cope with their circumstances , but < 9J
ot the best in any oth&r sense , sur- ( H
ta
ived. Life was a continual freefight , "r W9
id beyond the limited and tempor- l H
y relations of the family , the Hob- H
isian war of each against all was the j 9
ormal state of existence. The hu- t'
B
ian species , like otbers , splashed and / 9
Dnndered amid tha general stream of v. fl
rolution , keeping its head above VI
ater as it best might , and thinking iH
sither of whenc-e nor whither. - 9
Gov. Leslie , ot Montana has made a * * H
tdical change in tho quarantine law re-
Ltius to Texas cattle , nllowin ? the cattla ;
om the Pan Hand.li ) oi Texas to come in ,
railway. , ! M