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H The agricultural college professor
H and farmer are joining nearer to-
fl gether every yeur. The professor is
fl comiHR gradually down from his high
fl throne of exclusive science , and the
H' farmer w rising slowly up out of the
flvaleoffogyism and prejudice. Both
H Jiavo learned many valuable lessons
fl and have profited therebv. Mirror
fl and Farmer.
fl , In Calhprniaithe/oucalyptus tree is
H planted for fuel , being cut down
H three years after planting. The
H amount realized for each acre of trees
9 % is over $200. The tree will thrive on
B nearly all kinds of soils and it may
fl perhaps , be well adapted for fuel
fl purposes here , though they would
fl require more time for growth.
B " When mechanics and contractors
9 figure on * their profits they call their
B time worth a fixed price per day , and
B are allowed to take that into the
B column of expenses ; but when a fnrm-
B cr makes his showing , he is expected
B toadmit that , he and his teams must
B live ifthey did not work , therefore
B what they get for labor is clear gain.
B Sprains are among the most severe
9j accident to which we ore liable.
B When a joint is sprained , swelling
Hj comes on gradually. In dislocation ,
Hj the swelling and loss or motion of the
flj joint happen immediately after the
flj accident. A sprained limb should be
9 kept perfectly quiet. To prevent in-
9 ilamroation , use poultices of worm-
9 wood , hops or tansy.
B Lime is a good disinfectant. It is
fl especially valuable to place in cellars
H where vegetables have been stored ,
H especially such as have been-put in
B wet or show signs of decay. The
B lost fall has been so wet that more
fl than usual attention must be given
B to cellars to prevent losses. By ab-
H | sorbingsuperfluous moisture the line
Hj prevents the rising of foul odors that
B dampness with warmth is sure to
B generate. MoBt vegetables in cellars
H | are better if covered with earth and
B the lime sprinkled over the top of
B the heap.
B A pig's foot is small in proportion
H ! to its weight. If allowed to trample
Hj overweb ground in its pen , it must
Hj inevitably mire it up worse than any
Bj other animals. Some think the pig
Bj loves this condition of thing. He
k does not , but he cannot help it. By
Bj all means , give piggy a board floor
Hi over at least a part of his pen , and
Bj under cover. This he will keep
E scrupulously clean .and neat , going
B outside in , the , coldest weather to
B void liquid or solid excreta. Yery
fl young pigs quickly learn this habit
B of neatness.
fl I believe the liquid portion of ma-
fl nure , which commonly soaks into the
B ground and is lost , is worth as much
H as all the rest pub together. "No
fl man'sexperiencecan teach him all
B that is worth knowing ; .therefore
9 read , and get the experience. " "The
9 best profit is in the best products. An
9 afternoon visit to market will find
9 the best meat , butter , vegetables and
9 fruits all sold. " Vermont Watch-
i jnan.
I • Horses that have itchy skin may
9 "be-put in fine condition in a very ;
B simple and easj' treatment , by giving I
B them once a week a pint of linseed oil
B at their night feeding. The condi-
B tion of such a horse will rapidly im-
B prove. If the case should be a bad
B one a good condition powder iriven
B ' in the feed night and morning will'be
B greatly benencial. - * 0ne w-Iio has
B practiceji this for a long while finds
B his horses are kept in fine condition.
fl When clover does not thrive where
it has before borne good crops it in-
I dicates that the land is "cloversick. "
I That is , it is in a fertile condition ,
I rich in nitrogen , but lacking in some
I " % elements demanded the clover for
I some other crop. Corn is an excellent
I . crop for the purpose , and potatoes
I may follow corn. By applying lime
I and potash the land can be pub in
I clover again. Kotation of .crops is
I . an advantage on all farms.
J Says the Mark Lane Express : c'It
mi isbeingmadea complaint by Mani-
B fcoba and wheat
wheat-growers mer-
B chants that their exceptionally fine
B wheat are mixed with common sorts
B before shipment to this country. ,
B That is essentially their business and
B not ours , but wheat that is intended
B simply for consumption or export :
B cannot be too clean and good ; the
B - enhanced price and lessened freight
B pay well for the extra labor. "
B Those who grow fodder corn for ;
II ensilage or winter food should bear
BE *
If in mind that experiments at the Mas-
II sachusetts Agricultural Experiment
- Station showed that corn cut at the
stage when the kernel was just be- ]
ginning to glaze furnished nearly
"twice the nutritive value of that cut
when the tassels first appeared. It
is better to plant the small , early
varieties of corn rather than the
large Southern varieties , as the for-
, . mer reach . their full nutritive value a
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month earlier than the latter
I It would do the black Spanish
fowls in this country much good if -
; soine enterprising breeder would im-
. port-a few trios eyery > fyear. . They.
% have been bred so close in order to
% secure the white face that they lost
V. their vigor , and stamina , and they
p\ need fresh "blood now more than any
other class. The black Spanish are
very handsome and should be im
proved. They have done good ser-
Tice in the past , and may do as well
in the/future with a little care and
good management.
Jersey cows , though not at any .
time giving large yields of milk , are
I generally so persistent that
during a year they are not very
long dry. It is this tendency , which
combinedwiththe richness of their
milk makes them favorite's with
those who only keep one cow and
* Uok to that for the family suoply.
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Every effort should bo used to , - keep
ayoung heifor up to her milking
yield us long as possible. The habit
of going dry early , if once formed , is
impossible to break.
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"I havo used castor beans and poi
soned carrots to exterminate gophers
without success , " writes a corre
spondent to Dallas , , Oregon. A rag
filled with sulphur and set well afire
and then shoved into a hole , will gen
erally smother gophers and prairie
dogs , or a small potato may be cut
in two and a dose of Paris green in
serted , and theii'strewn in the bur
rows. Bisulphide of carbon , poured
on a rag and quickly poked down
the burrows , which are to be at once
stopped up , is usually effective. It
vaporizes quickly and diffuses itself
through the burrows , being fatal to
life.
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Bcddln ? For Stock
It is perhaps impossible that an
imals confined in stables , sheds or
or other close quarters should not be
more or less affected by or contam
inated with excrement and foul air ,
a condition of things that greatly
affects their well being a9 well asdim-
minishes the value of their products.
This is a matter that every farmer
should duly consider and strive to
prevent or remedy for the sake of in
terest and tidiness , if not for that of
humanity. He that keeps his stock
well above a floor of filth by a liber
al use of straw or other bedding , will
kindly add to their comfort and
greatly enhance his profits arising
from them. If the reasonableness of
a thing can teach one anything , than
one should learn that animals would
thrive most when comfortable. We
have seen pigs making slow growth
so long as they were kept in filthy ,
miry pens , take a new start in life , as
it were , so soon as their dirty quart
ers were exchanged for comfortable
ones , and this with no improvement
in their relations. Indeed , good bed
ding is the prime help to good "feed
ing.Good
Good wheat or rye straw , perhaps ,
makes the best bedding , as the large
hollow stalks will absorb large
amounts of liquid ; but straw is not
the only substance that will make
comfortable bedding for cattle or
stock. Forest leaves are by no
means a bad substitute. They are
not so good an absorbent , but they
make a better manure , and as they
are for the most part plentiful and
cheap , every farmer would do well to
secure in the Fall large quantities of
them for this purpose. ,
Another substitute for straw is
sawdust. This is a good absorbent
and makes a dry soft bed. In itself
its does not amount to much as a
a fertilizer , but when saturated with
urine it feiments quickly and serves
to make land more porous and open ,
as does sand , to the influence of light
and air. In Winter , however , it does
not make so warm a bed as straw ,
but this defect may be obviated by
using it as an underbed , with an np-
> er one of straw or leaves so used
f ast much longer , and the air of the
stable is kept purer by the greater
absorbent qualities of the sawdust
beneath.
Straw and sawdust may nob be
found in all localities , "but some
thing like alluvial soil or sod can be ;
and as these are very good substi
tutes , they should be used when
other substances are not available.
This alluvial , , housed in a dry time ,
is a good obsorbent and. adds great
ly to the virtues of the manure , be
ing itself rich with saline material.
Another advantage in using soil for
bedding is that it makes compost
daily , and the manurekeeps in better-
coridllion does not "firefang. "
Dry muck is sometimes used for
bedding , but it is rather dirty. It is
a good obsorbent of liquids and
gases , but when wet it soils the cat
tle and gives them anything but a
clean , tidy appearance. Neither is it
so good a fertilizer as good alluvial
soil.
soil.But
But , after all that can be said of
other substances for bedding , most
farmers will continue to rely on
straw , and as this is usually cheap
and abundant , it should be used lib
erally. And finally , aside lrom the
comfort it furnishes the animal and
the addition it makes to the store of
manure , the increased purity of the
air of the stables is alone a sufficient
reason for keeping stock well sup
plied with bedding. James I. Baird
in the Kural Home.
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Telegraphing on the Pacific Railroad.
On the San Joaquin trail the dar
ing engineers who had climbed crag
and precipice to stretch their wires
were outwitted by the long-horned
Spanish cattle that graze in the val
ley. No timber graced the country
and , flies were troublesome. The cat
tle were tormented by these winged
pests , and to get rid of them crowded
to the telegraph line. They would
rub against the poles and paw the
earth away from the base. Heavy
poles would be worn out in a few
months , causing frequent interrup
tion.
The line could not be fenced in , and
it did not pay to hire vaqueros to
drive away the stock. One of those
brilliant ideas that change the fate
of a nation suggested a cure for the
evil. Spikes were driven in the poles ,
and the ends sharpened so as to tick
le the thick hide of the steers and
keep them away § "omtheir daily
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pleasure. " -
The theory wrs good , but it failed
in .practice. The cattle actually ap
preciated the change , and brought all
their .horned companions from twen
ty miles to enfoy the prickly sensa
tion produced bytheinvention. After
this twice as manypoles were needed ,
and the spike feature was abandoned.
Philadelphia Doctor ( despondent )
Just my luck. I haye only recent
ly succeeded in becoming the regular
family physician of the Westends ,
and they have taken steps to render
further employment of a ; doctor un
necessary , or nearly so. Wife Why ,
my dear , what have they done ?
"They have bought-afflter. : Phila
delphia Becord.
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MRS. 'TRIPFS CHINA.
When good old Mr. and Mrs. Tripp
died within a week of each other , there
was , I regret to say , an immediato
disagreement among their heirs over
the small property left by the old
people.
Such disagreements ar so shame
fully common now , that this one
might not have excited any particular
interest had it not been for the some
what peculiar nature of the article
over which'the cupidity of the vari
ous heirs had asserted itself.
Few , indeed , were the possessions
Mr. and Mrs. Tripp left behind them.
They did nob own even the humble
little brown house in which they had
lived for the pastten years , and when
their funeral expenses had been paid ,
there was not a dollar left of the sum
found in an old pewter teapot on the
top shelf of the red cupboard in the
kitchen. Frugal as they had been ,
it was evident that this sum represen
ted the sum total of their savings of
many years.
But Mr. and Mrs. Tripp had not
always been so poor as they were at
the last , and there was one of Mrs.
Tripp's possession which she had al
ways exhibited with pride as a relic
of her better days , and as undemable
proof of tho fact that there had been
a time when she "had had a plenty. "
Over this her relatives now disputed
What was it ? Only a white china
tea-set , each piece of which had a
broad gold band around the rim.
"It's pure chany , " Mrs. Tripp would
often say , with a thrill of pride , as
she held a saucer or a plate before
the eyes of her visitors. "See how
thin it is ; you kin look right through
it. Solomon give it to me on our
tenth wedding day. He was in the
grocery buisness then , an' doin' well ,
an' he'd gone to New York to buy
goods ; an' when he come home , he
brung this all packed so carefully in
straw , that the' wa'n't a piece broke ;
but one of the sass dishes was crack
ed a little , an' I never used it none ,
so itaint never broke , either. I think
the world an' all of my chany. "
The dearly prized "chany" had for
years graced an old-faBhioned' 'what-
not" in a corner of Mr. Tripp's best
room. There was nothing else on
the whatnot but two big "chany"
dogs , one a reddish brown , and the
other a dark blue , which looked as
though they felt themselves respon-
sible for the safety of the dishes , and
intended being faithful to their trust.
Mr. and Mrs. Tripp had ho children ,
but they had somerelatives cousins 1
and a second-cousins and more re
mote connectious. These relatives ]
were numerous , however. Just how -
numerous they were was made mani- 1
fest when it came to dividing the few
personal belongings of the . old people. 1
The "heirs' , met at the house on 1
their way home from the funeral. ]
Hardly were they assembled , when i
Nancy Johnson , own couain to Mrs. 1
Tripp , said : <
"Of course you all know that my ]
father and Betty Tripp's mother was *
own brother and sister , and that-
made me and Betty own cousins. So i
it seems only fair that. I should at- (
least have my choice of her things , i
'speshly when I might claim 'em all ; '
but I aint one to act selfish , and I'm t
willin' you should all have your sheer i
• ' of what's left after I've packed up , (
Betty's chany tea-set and" (
"I knowed that was what you was
goin' to say , " interrupted Mrs.Cephas \
King , "and I can tell you that Soloi
mon Tripp was my own cousin , and f
the tea things was as much his as t
they was Betty's , and I've as much 1
right to 'em as you have ! " r .
A thin , sharp voice came from a 1
corner of the room.
"Betty Tripp told me agin and t
agin , " it said , "that she wanted me
to have them dishes , when she was i
done with env She said" '
"She told me the same thing ! " in
terposed Mrs. Cyrus Masterson , who j
who was only a third-cousin. " f
"I took more care of her endurin' j
her last sickness chat anybody else ! " f
interrupted second-cousin Beulah
Hovey , "and one day we was talkin' s
'bout the chany , an' Betty says , says .
she , 'Beulah , ' says she , ' 'bout that \
chany tea-set , ' says she , Td as leave
you had it as any one , an' a little ]
leaver. ' "
"Them's the very words she said g
to my wife ! " put in Mr. Ezra SimI
mons , a.little old man with a femi
nine face and voice , "an' Betty was a i :
own cousin of mine. " t
"And of mine ! " said a tall woman t
in rusty black near the whatnot on . c
which the coveted china Btood. s
So the strife continued , until there t
was no posibility of an amicable ada
justment of the claims of various s
claimants. They finally left the
house and the chinain the possession 1
of Miss Selina Sharpo , a lady of
about fifty years , who , although an
own cousin of Mr. Tripp , had put for
ward no claim to the china , declar
ing that she had no wish to possess
it. Ii
"But there's one thing certain , " t
said Miss Sharpe , as she closed the s
door behind the last of the "heirs , " c
"there shan't one of 'em step their' 1
foot into this house tigain to touch
the chany or anything else , until it's c
settled by law who has a right to I
em. I've rented the house myself of w
its owner , and I won't have my v
doors darkened by any of them. "
- Miss Sharpe adhered to thisresoluq
tion , politely but firmly refusing adh
mittance to several of the claimants c
who called during the following weelc , d
"to talk it over" with her , and , pos
sibly , to carry the china heme in trie ?
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Beside the china , there was nothing
among Mr. and Mrs. Tripp's few ii
poor Delongings that the relatives h
coveted , all of the furniture of any g
value having been sold or given in ll
payment of a few bills that came in s
after the funeral. Accordingly , h
Mise Sharpe was soon left in undisc
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and the china , , guarded Ty the faith-
nil dogs , still rested on the old walnut
whatnot threo weeks after the couple ,
to whom it had given pleasure , had
been laid away in the little cemetery
behind the village church.
Mrs.Cephas King and Nancy
Johnson had been next-door neigh-
hoi's and very warm friends up to
the time the dispute over the china
arose ; but now , alas ! they scornfully
passed by without a word or smile of
of recognition when they met , and
the King children were forbidden to
have anything at all to do with the
Johnson children.
Mr. Cyrus Masterson lived directly
across the street from Beulah Hovey ,
and so frequent had been tho friend
ly , 'pleasant little calls the ladies had
made upon each other that a
smoothly worn path led from one
house to the other. Now all was
changed. The path was wholly dis
used , and Mrs. Masterson gathered
up her skirts when she metMrs. Hov
ey on the street , lest they should
suffer contamination by coming into
contact with those her beloved neigh
bor.
bor.Mrs.
Mrs. Ezra Simmons returned a
certain basque pattern she had bor
rowed of Sehna Sharpe with a note
stating that in "consequence of the
course you have seen fit to pursoo in
relations to my husband's own dear
dead cuzzen's chiny tea-things , which
now rightfully belongs to Me , I re
turn the inclosed bask pattern and
would thank you for my cup cake
reseet and my polynay pattern , not
desiring that anytliing of yours
should remain in my possession and
visa veray , and that we do not
speak from this date.
So it was that there was discord
and enmity whero there had once
been peace and harmony. Not one
of the contending claimants con
descended to speak to any of her rivals
to the inheritance.
A month had passed , and the bad
feeling was at its height , when Mr.
and Mrs. Ezra Simmons one evening
concluded to spend an hour with their
friends , Mr. and Mrs. Drewe. The
deacon and his wife were not at home
when Mr. and Mrs. Simmons arrived ,
but Sally , the maid-servant , said that
she was expecting them every mo
ment , and invited the callers to wait
until their return.
They had waited in the parlor a
few moments when the bell rang and
Sally was heard to tell other callers
that her master and mistress would
be in very soon and to invited them
also to come in and wait. Directly
; afterward Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Mas-
terson were ushered in. Seeing the
Simmonses , the new-comers haughtily
withdrew to a corner of the parlor
and j sat down in silence.
. A third ring of the bell and Mrs.
Beulah Hovey appeared at the pari or
door. She gave the previous occup
ants , of the parlor a stony stare
and j then went to sit stiffly erect in
the 1 centre of a sofa , where she seemed
to 1 be engaged in studing intently the
pattern of the paper on the wall.
Perfect silence ensued for a moj
ment when the bell again rang and
Nancy Johnson's voice was heard at
the door. When Mr. , and Mrs. Drewe
followed all these callers into the par-
lor , strange as it may seem , they had
with them Mrs. Cephas King , who
was too courageous a woman to be ,
in the least daunted by what she be
held. She calmly seated herself in a
comfortable and com5 5
rocking-chair com-
posedly returned Mrs. Nancy John- y
son's stare. (
While Mr. and Mrs. Drewe were ;
vainly endeavoring to start ageneral t
conversation , the village fire-bell rang i
for the first time in many months , j
The fire-company consisted of those (
who could be first in getting to a (
small room in the rear of the posti i
office , where there were six fireextinj
quisners and a hand reel and hose. j
The entire p opul ation of the vifl age c
was in the street in less than five i
minutes after the first sounding , of i
the bell , and it was soon known that \
the fire was in the little brown house i
lately occupied by Mr. and Mrs. i
Tripp , bub now in the possession of {
Miss Selina Sharpe. \
The first comers found the present i
tenant of the cottage flying wildly =
around , throwing her few belongings i
into the street and screaming "Fire ! " \
at the top of her voice. \
When the occupants of Mr , Drewe's *
parlor reached the cottage they {
found the roof in flames and smoke \
pouring from the windows while the ' v
Bre.company was still in the distance. 3
"Has my chany been gob out yet ? " i
3hrieked Nancy Johnson. |
"Your chany ! " said Cyrilla Mills , ;
who was only a fourth-cousin. j
" ' ' ' " said Beulah
"I'd say 'my chany , a
Hovey. fc
"It won't be anybody's if it aint t
ot out o' there right off ! " shrieked r
Ezra Simmons. d :
At that instant the men appeared fc
in the smoking doorway trying to 3
balance the whatnot and its contents
between them. The blue dog toppled
aver and fell to pieces on the stone
3tep as they reached the door. The
brown one threatened to d o the same , i1
and the cups and other dishes were 3
swaying unsteadily from side to side. 3
"Be careful of mjdishes ! " cried l ;
Mrs. Mills.
"Your on ! " - [ :
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"O-o-o-o-h ! " h
"It that aint too bad ! " >
One of the men had stepped off the
little porch sooner than the other ,
thus tilting the whatnot forward and
sending every piece of the cherished
hina down with a crash on the A
brick walk before the door. r
The several heirs looked at each a
jther in silence for a moment. Then p
Beulah Hovey suddenly cried out , 0
yith an hysterical littlelaugh : "Well , t
ivhat geese we be ! " p
"So we air , Beuly , so we air , " aca
juiesced Ezra Simmons. "I'd never c
lave made any fuss about the old 0
hany only for Emmeline making me fi
io it ! " A
This frank confession of the ascend-
ncy ofMrs.Simmonscreatedalaugh , n
rf which every one joined. c
There were several waggisli fellows b
n the crowd who turned the occasion a
nto one of such merriment that even t ;
rrim Mrs. Johnson was found chuckt :
Ing half-alouvfi , while Thyraa Masterj' '
ion and Mrs. Simmons , being at c :
leart and suet ;
good-natured keenly sue-
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louder than any-one else , and walked
home together side by side in the
most amicable mannor. That was
the end of all ill-fcolingovor the chine
lis well as the end of the china itself.
Youth's Companion.
Things Worth Knownlng' . '
1. ' That fish may bo scaled much
easier by dipping into boiling water
about a minute.
2. That fish may as ivell bo scaled
if desired before packing down in
salt , though in that case , do not
scald them.
8. Salt fish are quickest and best
fieshened by soaking in sour milk.
4. That milk which is turned or
changed may be sweetened and ren
dered fit for use again by stirring in
a little soda.
5. That salt will curdle new milk ,
hence in preparing * milk porridge ,
gravies , &c , the salt should not be
added until the dish is prepared.
6. That fresh ment after beginning
to sour , will sweeten if placed out ol
doors in the coolofnight.
7. That clear boiling water will
remove tea stains and fruit stains.
Pour the water through tho stains
and thus prevent it spreading over
tho fabric.
8. That ripe tomatoes will re
move ink and other stains from
white cloth ; also from the hands.
9. That a tablespoonful of tur
pentine boiled with your clothes will
aid in the whitening process.
10. That boiled starch is much
improved by the addition of a little
sperm or a little salt , or a little gum
arabic dissolved.
11. That beeswax and salt will
make your rusty flat irons as clean
and smooth as glass. Tie a lump
of wax in a rag and keep it for that
purpose. When the irons are hot ,
rub them first with the wax ragthen
scour with a paper or cloth sprinkled
with salt.
12. That blue ointment and kero
sene mixed in equal proportions and
applied to the bedsteads is an un
failing bedbug remedy , and that a
coat of whitewash is ditto for the
walls of a log house.
13. That kerosene will softec
boots or shoes that havo been hard
ened by water and render them as
pliable as new.
14. That kerosene will make tic-
tea kettles as bright as new. Satu
rate a woolen rag and rub with it.
It will also remove stains from the
clean , varnished furniture.
15. That cool rainwater and soda
will remove grease from washable
fabric. |
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How a Paper Hanger Removes old Pa
per.
Early in the morning the papei
hanger j and three assistants came in ,
each ' with a whitewash brush and a
bucket 1 of boiling water. "This is the
first j move , " he said , as they sat down
their I buckets and began going ovei
walls with the brush and hot water ,
as though they were whitewashing.
In a very short time the four dirtv
walls were very wet ; then the ceiling
went through the same course , and
when it was thoroughly wet they be
gan peeling off the paper
where they first begun to wet it. It
came like strips of bark from an
sasy-peeling log. When a spotse em-
ed nob to come off easily it was again
wet , and left while they worked at
another part. They soon had it all
off. In making the paste he put a
quarter of a pound of cornstarch
into a porcelain kettle , mixed it with
a small portion of cold water , then
added a lump of alum as large as a
cherry , then enough boiling water to
make a thin paste , boiled it a few
moments and removed it. I asked
what the alum was for. "To keep
mice or moths from destroying the
paper around the edgeshe said.
The paste was put on with a white
wash brush. The first width ( after
the paste was put on and the lower
and folded back so that it was light
ly stuck to the edges , with both
wrong sides together , so that its
weight in lifting it would not tear it )
was lifted up and the top edge held
in place , while a dry whitewash brush
was passed down the centre ofit , and
when the folded under part was reach
ed it was unfolded and fastened down
in this same way. Overhead the on
ly change was that an attendant held
ane end of t1 e paper while the hanger
put it on with the brush. The wall
and ceiling were marked with a
bape measure and chalk , the depth to
be left for bordering , and an accu
rate measure of length of paper to be
ut was made , making it impossible
io have it either too long or too
short. Ohio Farmer.
Don't Like Electric Execution.
The Western Electrician defines th6
Dosition of most newpapera when it
says : The daily press , as a whole ,
ias taken a decided stand against
hat clause of the law providing for
he substitution of electricity for the
lalter in New York State , which for-
jids the publication of descriptions of
executions.
District Attorney Fellows of New
STork city holds that the provision
s unconstitutional. He says :
i.mong those whom the sheriff has a
rightunder # the law-tp invite ta wit
less the execution , there is no reason
vhy newspaper reporters may not be
nvitcd. In fact , they probably will
3e present. If they were not invited '
vhat is there to prevent mj-selfor
my one present to recite the facts in
'onversation after the execution is
jver ? To forbid that Ishould rscite the
acts would be to 'forbid free speech.
Ind furthermore , what does a report- ' .
jrdobut recite the facts to half a
nillion readers , instead of to a group
f friends. Of course , if an indictment I
mould be found against an editor 01 '
reporter for printing and reporting
he execution , I should be compelled
o prosecute , but in my opinion the
udge would hold the law to he un-
onstitutional , or at any rate the i
rlal would not result in a convic
tion. "
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* . Miss Ewald's Protege.
"He is handsome , he spoaks cor
rectly , and thero is a kind of superb
independence about him that 1 ad
mire. What a pity ho is only a farm-
erMiss ! Ewald mused looking
ovortlio fence at tho reapers in tho
wheat field , and singling out Brian
Jeffrey's straight , well-knit figure , in
its cool , blue cotton overalls and
blouse.
How easily and lightly he swung
tho scythingrcradlo around , tho yel
low grain falling before the glittering
blade.
Miss Ewald has been at Glasslandn
a week. She was twenty six and
thoroughly disgusted with tho world ,
or so she imagined when she elected
to spend tho Summer in the country ,
instead of going with her friends on
tho usual round of gayety at tho
watering places. "I am tired of folly
and fashion , of society of every
thing , " she had said , and packing
her trunks went away to the loneli
ness , tho cool , deep shades , and the
simple , primitive life of Grasslands-
bewildering Farmer Jason and his
comely wife with her beauty and
grace and city toilets , and making
aquaintance with Brian Jeffrey , the
farmer's nephew.
"He is probably as old as I am ,
but with as little worldly knowledge
as I had at sixteen , " shifting her
white linen parasol a little , her eyes
still fixed on the blue-clad figure in
the field.
A brilliant idea had shaped itself
in her mind during the week. She
would help the young man to a
higher plane of life , point the way
into the intellectual world.
"Why not ? " she had reasoned.
"Of course , my friends , " with a slight
curl of the lip , "would deride the
plan , but I see no harm in it. He
is here shut off from the world , and
with no examples to stimulate ambi-
tion or make him desire culture. "
The morning that she stood by the
fence looking into the wheat field ,
shedecided to speak to himaboutit ,
offer , with tact and delicacy , to loan
him books and papers , and her aid
in turning his thoughts into higher ,
channels.
That evening as she stood on the
veranda gathering a bunch of creamy
roses for the bosom of her light blue
gown , he came and leaned against
the column near her. 1
The fading daylight seemed to
gather about her golden head and ]
lovely purely colored face , and the
young farmer's dark-gray eyes were <
fixed steadily on her. It was a good
time and place to unfold her purpose .
His face flushed , and he looked
down at his shapely , sunburnt hands , j
while she gently explained that all f
her books and magazines were at his
service , and that she would be pleased
to have him read with hersometimes. \
He seemed to catch instantly at 2
her full meaning , and the light in. his ,
gray eyes almost startled her. .
"Would you indeed be so kind to
an ignorant poor wretch ? " he mur-
mured.
Her fair face flushed.
f
"It is no great act of kindness , Mr. x
Jeffrey. I understand the limitations
of your surroundings , and it you will (
"
accept j
"I do , most gladly , gratefully ! " he
. "In . *
quickly interrupted. : a.country
neighborhood , where all , or nearly i
all , are on the same level , where an
almanac and the Bible constitute a
v
library , there is not much hope for r
literary advancement. " j
It was a strange Summer to Bosa-
mond Ewald , one utterly out of the
line of conventional experiences.
Never had teacher so apt a pupil ,
and the lines of study took a much i
wider range than she had ever imag
ined.
ined.Favorite authors were invested n
with new interest , and she found all &
her own mental faculties stimulated p
and quickened. She forgot that she s
had ever been weary of life.
p
It was delightful to have such an
intelligent , sympathetic protege. u
"I never knew before that a simple a
act of kindness could give one so much d
pleasure. I feel like a different crea0
eture from the languid , ennuied wom
an who came up here. " * ,
One evening she vras suprised and "
delighted at the sound of a tenor g
voice sining "My Queen , " with an h
eloquence of expression unexpected.
She stepped to the parlor door ,
and saw Brian Jeffrey sitting before n
the small , almost tuneless old piano ,
playing and singing. tl
He stopped instantly at the sight i
of her.
"I did not know you could sing , S (
Mr. Jeffrey , " advancing into the w
dimly lighted room. t <
"Only a little , Miss Edwald. "he ai
said j , hastily , looking as guilty as if pi
he had been detected in a crime. ta
"You sing extremely well , and with lc
wonderful expression. " t <
Her frank , warm praise o verm assi
teredthe self-control he had been c <
putting upon himself for days. w
He looked at her , a passionate fire w
leaping to his gray eyes. ai
"I ought to sing that song well , a ]
with you always in my thoughts , " a <
he said , in a low quick tone. w
Her startled eyes met his ; she turnai
ed away , but he caught her hand. t <
"I know what presmption , what oi
madness it is , but I love you , Miss
Ewald Rosamond , my queen ! " si
She flushed and paled. d <
"It may seem a poor return for all hi
your goodness to give you my heart , hi
but it is an honest heart , and " m
All the haughty Ewald blood T "
flamed up. She snatched her hand te
from his grasp. fe !
"Sir , you surely forget your stam
tionl You presume unpardonably be
upon my favor. Let me pass. " hi
He grew white as death , bowed and oi f
stepped aside , and she went proudly ci
away to her own room , only to throw pi
herself on the bed when she arrived wl
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schoogirl. m
Never in her life had swk contend- | | j
ing emotions possessed hoc. Hot mil
waves of crimson swep * over her jM
throat and face as she recalled hia mi
words , tho passion bfhfe : eye . VM . I
But she has taught him a lesson. * ml
Ho treated her with perfect courtesy , m I
but thoro were no more delightful : fj 1
talks and readings. He held gravely. JJ
aloof , meetingher only attheir meals , , | j
and she found the time hanging p Mm
heavily on her hands. g I
A feverish unrest took poeeoseion- % 1
of her , and as the time for her return % I
to tho city drew nearer eho'grew J |
graver. i 1
One day ono of tho children ran „ .
breathlessly in crying : j m
"Tho cotton gin's bn'sted , and I J M
' ' killodl"
'spect Cousin Brian's
Bosnmond started to her foot and
ran bareheaded out into tho yard ,
through the gate and down the lane
toward the gin. Killed ! Brian Jeffl
fre3' , in all his strength and youth , fl
killed !
The hot sun beat upon her fniv.
head j dazzled hor eyes ; she grew faint. fl
"Miss Ewald ! " ,9 ,
Sho stopped , looked up with a low fl
cry , then held out hur hands. fl
He stood before her , untouched un-
harmed. fl
"Oh , Brian , Brian , they told mo 'fl
you bad been killed ! Forgive my t 9
wicked pride , my cruel words , for F (9 (
love you ! " , B
The truth was out at last , the ] 9
truth she had been learning ever | H
since their estrangement. | H
He caught her hands and kissed tjjH
them passionately. | S
"Forgive you ? What could I not jjH
forgive you for those words , my \ JjH
dearest ? As no lives were lost , I < fl
thank heaven for tho accident that ( fl
has caused this betrayal of your iH
heart ! " '
Miss Ewaldwas at a reception , rfl
gowned in creamy silk , and with dinifl
monds at her throat. It was tho fl
first ] reception of the season , and her fl
friends J gathered around her , declarfl
ing j that the Summer had mysteriousfl
ly changed her , butethe vivacious , ( fl
laughing hostess bore her off to a • fl
pretty music-room. ( S
"I want to introduce you to a jfl
friend i of my husband's , a lino musifl
cian ' , wealthy , cultivated , who has jfl
travelled and studied abroad as well jfl
as in America. If you were nob so H
flinty j hearted , Bosamond , I should fl
hope 1 to make a match between you. " L\
Miss Ewald laughed softly as she L\
thought , of Brian Jeffrey , and turned jfl
the simple pearl ring he had placed ( Jfl
upon her finger. \m\
What would her fashionable friends J H
say ifthey knew that she had pro misfl |
ed ' to marry farmer , and loved him ? ] |
The music-room was deserted save *
for a solitary figure standing before 9 fmm
the \ grand piano. Not until the gen ( M
tleman turned , and her hostess said- H
"Mr. Jeffrey ! " did she realize that it f L\
was Brian himself who stood before .Jmm
her in faultless evening dress , his face j fl
and hands still showing the sunburn i W
of his labor at Grasslands. | H
"You deceived me ! " sho cried , palo |
with conflicting emotions , when they Imm
were left alone. H
"My dearest , you decided yourself , ' < H
by taking it for granted that I was ' M
an uncultivated tiller of the soil , and ( l |
then it was too tempting to learn all l\mm\ \
your sweet nature as my benefacInfl
tress. I made the family promise ' ' |
nottoundeceiveyou. Are you angry , j l
darling ? I called at your home tliis ji l
sveningto tell you of your mistake , f M
to ask your pardon for the decep- [ L\
tion ; and learning you were here , { ] \W \
came on determined to seeyou. The • ' L\
owner of Grasslands is indeed my ' fl
ancle , and I went out there to work ' fl
bins past season because I needed . - M
outdoor exercise , and because I like . x L\ \
farming. Bosamond , it was the hap- * - % * \ fl
piest Summer of my life. " ) fl
"And of mine , " she murmured at j fl
last , her lips meeting hrs. * I JH
Then he sang "My Queen , " in a > 'j |
aray that drew half the guests to the * 'tj ' l
oom ; and with a happy smile , Miss * ' |
Swald thought herprotege would do , ; fl
ler great honor. Saturday Night. * * ' flfl
The Hired Man of Old. tjfl
Manchester , N. H. , Mirror. { | 9
This is the day when the "hired * ! |
nan" who is engaged to work on a J l
arm for the season reports for duty , 1
irovided , of course , that there is j 9
omewhere , a farm on which such a 1 1
elic of a by-gone age as the hired " i l
nan is to be found this year. What iWmm
m institution he used to be in. the * Lm
lays when we were young ! A thor- 1 * 1
Highbred Yankee ; not a drop of im |
lorted blood in his veins ; strong and ' > [ 1
ithe , and active and tireless , intelli- H
jent , fairly well educated , skilled in > i |
lis business , and , as a rule , Indus- if l
rious beyond the belief of this ten- fi l
tour generation. i H
From the time he drove his ax in to " t H
he woodpile in the door yard on the ' H
st of April until the close of the sea- f H
on , after harvesting , he expected to ! H
rork , and he did work , not from sun , t H
o sun , but from dawn to darkness , ' 1
nd then did the milking and fed the tr"j H
igs afterward. His day was four- " * tr ij H
een , fifteen , even sixteen hours Immm
ang , and it never occurred r fl
o him that it should be ' p fl
horter. He was no specialist. He . , ' H
ould do anything. He was smart > - | H
rith a scythe , handy with ahoe , cute * , ' H
ith a cradle and experienced with ' H
n ax. He knew how much ' grain ' ' { H
nd grass seed were required to the ' H
ere , when grass was fit to cut , and H
dien it was hayed enough to "goTn. " • H
nd he did not need to be told when " f l
o drop turnip seed in the cornfield , l H
r how to put corn in the shock. ' H
He could build wall , jmake cider , ' H
tiingle the barn , make a bayrack , or ' ' H
octora sickhog. It was safe to leave „ J > ij H
im to work alone. And he got for r J' ' H
is services § 10 , § 12 , possibly § 15 a V H
lonth , and saved three-fourths ofit. _ i' ' H
"hen , when he had worked eight or ' ' H
m seasons and had accumulated a i H
W hundred dollars , he probably * * tr H
larried the "hired girl , " who had ' 'f H
een at work fsr § 1 a week and saved 1 H
alf of that , bought a farm , got out 1 t H
debt little by little , educated his < H
tiildren and sent them to the city to i - ' |
reach law , or work in store or shop , J' | H
hile he stayed on the old homestead. fm H
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