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W. TV. 8ANDBIIH, rnblUbar.
NEMAHA. NEBRASKA.
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MOTHER ROCKS BABY.
don't know much 'bout mufclo and the
Klncln' what is fine.
To raise a tunc ut jncotln' Isn't any trado
o' mine;
A plain old hnllcluyah I could never carry
through, "
Fur nil tlio hymns J'm knowln wouldn't
make but very few.
I Dover teched a pinny nor a nddlo and a
bow;
I even don't try whlstlln much of. less It's
mlRlity low;
And yet a restful fcclln In my eoul begins
to creep
When mother rocks the baby nnd Is sing-
In' it to sleep.
It ain't no timo that'B rcg'lar, with tho
po'try words to match,
But llko tho bees that's hummln' In tho
bloomln' clover patch,
It's sweet an' low mid soothln and It
mnke.s mo kinder seem
As If 1 was as a'ry as a jilctur In a dream.
Jt takes mo off a drlftln' und a drlftln'
till I feel
As If tho winds were music and thar wasn't
nothln' real
It Jf st nln't no use tryln from a dozln' fur
to keep t
When mother rocks tho baby and Is sing
In' It to sleep.
Her voice ain't much, T reckon, to some
other folks who know
Tho hlBhferlutln blngers what 1h In the
opory show;
But 1 have heaid It often when sho's tell
In' sot' and sweet
Their prn'ars unto tho chlllun whon they
nre kneclln' at her feet;
A whlsperln' words of comfort when It's
trouble comes nlong;
A cheeiln up the splriis when tho things
nro going wrong.
Thar's eomethln' that Is movln' me some-
whar way down and deep
When mother rocks tho baby and Is slng-
ln' It to Bleep.
It's been to all tho chlllun when they cud
dled on her breast
Tho tong that led them gently to the Innd
o' dreams and rest:
And tho' It's kind o' foolish yet I some
times long to Ho
Thar whar the baby's sleepln, with no
wakln' troubles nigh,
It Is the sweetest music that this alrth
can give to me,
And I shall want to hear it In the angels'
jubilee.
Like vespers o' the evenin' comes a pra'r
to bless and keep
When mother rocks tho baby and Is sing
In' it to sleep.
Gordon Noel Hurtul, in Atlanta Constitution.
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Papa's April Fool.
By Minna C Denton.
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fT)APA'S comin'I Papa's coinln'!"
JL A few minutes later papa, turn-
BpoHO he thought he'd himtl It over
when he got rciuly."
"Well, Sarnh, you needn't say any
thing about it. It's our turn to try the
April Fool scheme now."
It wasn't very easy to imprest) Tom
nnd Annie nnd Kiln, and Sain with the
desirability of silence upon the subject
when they came In after Ming the
homes' drinking tub, and found their
pretty new sailor suits and white
dresses, gny with sashes and neck rib
bons, with "surprise packages" of mnplc
sugar and raisins pinned Into the pock
ets, all laid out on the bed in Sarah's
room. Of course everything had to be
tried on nnd admired right away; and
in the midst of It all papa came into
kitchen and wanted to know why .up
per wasn't ready.
Hut mother and Sarah were deter
mined to celebrate the first of April.
They hurried out and got supper on the
table before father should begin to
suspect something from the mysterious
whispering and laughing going on in
Sarah's room. They awed the younger
members of the family into promises of
absolute reticence for the rest of the
day concerning the arrivnl of the box;
nnd they made valiant and, on the whole,
successful efforts to sustain the conver
sation at the table on ItuliiVerenttopics.
This task was the more difficult because
of the frequent lapses of memory on the
part of the accessory conspirators,
which required skillful bending olt to
prevent the undoing of the plot.
".Mamma, Kiln says the pink ribbon
uin't so pretty "
"There, Annie, that will do. You
know mamma doesn't like to have you
nnd Ella disputing ubout such things,
least of all ut table."
"Pnpn, don't you think n white dress
with luce in the neck nnd a ruflle on the
bottom and white shiny buttons be
hind'll look pretty on me? Xo, 1 ain't,
mnmma," in answer to au ominous
frown from that pnrent.
"Perhaps the one Aunt Penny said
she'd send will look just as nice, when
you get it on," bald Sarah, coming to
the rescue.
"Mamma, can I wenr my new"
"Tom, pass tho sugar to your father
at once; you ought to be more thought
ful of his comfort. Now whatwere you
going to say about your new straw lint,
dear 7"
But at last supper was over, and papa
got up and walked carelessly out into
the yard in the direction of the hedge.
Sarah took her chair out to the east
porch, and maliciously seated herself
just where hhe commanded n good view
of his movements.
Papa Hawkins stood and watched
the reflected glow of the sunset on the
eastern sky until he was tired of it. At
last he began to think Sarah never was
going to get up and go away. What
was worse, strain his eyes as he might,
he couldn't see anything of a certain
ny nn' grandma'd Bcwcd a month on
'em. I declare, it's a burning shame!
Jf I'd ever supposed"
But just at this moment it became
evident that the impatience of the
younger Hawkinses could no longer be
repressed. The bedroom door burst
open and in rushed the gny procession,
daunting the bndges of ietory. In an
other moment a white dress was
perched on cither arm of papa's chair,
an animated sailor suit was leaping ex
citedly in front of him, and the pos
sessor of a real, genuine, unmistakable
lirst pair of trousers was scrambling
actively about on his knees.
"April Fool," exclaimed the impatient
children.
But papa took out his hnndkerehiet
and wiped the cold perspiration from
ofl' his forehead.
"Blest if ever I was so glad to hear
anybody say that before!" he declurcd.
X. Y. Independent.
ANECDOTE OF STANTON.
How flu; (irrnt Wnr Secretary, WIicm
YoiuiK, Helped nn Injured Mini
In 1'lttnliurKli.
THE FARMING WORLD.
PROFIT IN NUT TREES.
They Grow Sloulv, it, Ic Sure, Hut
Kvctittinlly They I'ny it Very
tiuul I'rollt.
ing into the lane that led home, saw, ad
Mincing to meet him, a long proces
sion. First came the gray coltic, which had
been shut up at home until its mother
should be well out of sight; for town is
not a safe sort of place for little colts,
and what if it should get lost from
Mother .Morey? Next was Towser,
barking a welcome to his returning
master. Third was Tom, eager to in
vestigate that mysterious parcel on the
fccat beside father, that might possibly
be n boy's new straw hat, if the eggs
and butter had sold well. Fourth and
fifth came Annie and Kiln, each carry
ing by the hair of its head a corncob
baby that had been too precious to
leave behind in the header box where
they had been keeping house. And
lastly, trotting bravely on behind thu
bigger people who never would wait,
was baby Sam, who knew from blissful
pnsjt expenencc the possibilities of
liTekels and candy stores when papa
went to town.
So the farm wagon stopped and
raited at the corner, in order that all
members of the procession (except the
two first named) might have the full
benefit of the long ride up the lane.
In the house there were two people
who, though they could not run to meet
the wagon and get a ride, ere watch
ing quite ns eagerly for father's return.
"Yes, there he is," snld Sarah, looking
out of the window. "We ought to have
a letter from Aunt Jenny to-day,
oughtn't we, mother?"
"Yes, but I s'pose we shan't see it
till to-night or to-morrow, probably,
when we find it in the teapot, or under
the tablecloth, or some such place.
You know father has to have his joke."
"I'll tell you something else we
ought to get to-day, Sarah," added Mrs.
Hawkins, suddenly. "You know grand
ma wrote they had started that box
with tho children's summer suits and
your new dress in it last week. Well,
there's more than time for it to be
here to-day. Father'll lie sure to hide
it somewhere it'll bo only too good
a chance for nn April Fool joke; but
we must keep our eyes open. You go
down to the barn and get the eggs,
Sarah, so's to kind of keep watch of
Julm while he's unloading."
Although the nests in the mangers
and haylofts remained undisturbed for
some time to come, Sarah accomplished
her errand so well that, a little later,
tjho nnd mother were engerly examin
ing the contents of the long-uutioiputed
box from grandma's.
"I found it on the other side of the
hedge, mother. He'd sent all the chil
dren up to the bnrn with something,
und then he slipped it down there. I
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he surrrcD it dowx tiieub.
object which ought to be a little way
down the lane, on the other side of the
hedge.
"(iuess I'll look for that paper of
tacks before it getr- dark," he explained,
finally. "I might have dropped it
somewhere coming up the lane."
It was unaccountable what an inter
est Sarnh took in that two-penny paper
of tacks. She insisted on coming down
to help him look for it, against his most
strenuous objections; she suggested all
sorts of hiding places in which it might
hae stowed itself, and examined each
most minutely. But the loss of the
tacks hardly accounted for the anxious
wrinkles that deepened every moment
in Farmer Hawkins' worried face,.
At last he peremptorily sent Sarah
buck into the house, lighted the stable
lantern and searched the place thor
oughly, with no success whatever.
Then he sat down on the back porch to
think. He stayed Ihero so long that
the little Hawkinses began to get sleepy
before he at last came in, looking so
worried that eerybody except Sarah'
was disposed to relent.
"Mother," he began, slowly, seating
himself heavily by the table, "I've been
a fool, and 1 don't care if you tell mo
so. 1 got that box from .'Jenny's nttbo
express olliee to-day, and brought it
home in the wagon. When 1 got to tho
gate, thinks 1, instead of taking it on
up to the barn, I'll just drop it here by
the hedge near the house nnd surprise
'em with it after supper. Well, 1 sup
pose some blumed train) must have
come along, hunting a barn to sleep in,
most likely, and seen it; anyhow, I
can't find a sign of it anywhere around.
All the children's hew summer fixin's
in Hv too, weren't they? And here Jen-
The school children nt Steubcuvllle,
0., have contributed the money for
a memorial tablet to be placed on the
house where the great war secretary
was born. One of the Stcubcnville peo
ple who knew him in his early man
hood tells of nn incident that occurred
while he was practicing law in Pitts
burgh. His mother lied in Stcubcn
ville. Stanton was accustomed to re
turn home frequently by boat on the
Ohio. One evening when lie came on
board he saw a poor fellow lying on
the forward deck. He investigated, and
learned thnt the poor fellow had fallen
through u hatchway and broken his
leg.
The fracture remained unset and un
cared for. The young lawyer went to
the captain and asked what the neglect
meant. The enptnin replied that the
man lived in Pittsburgh, nnd could be
attended to when he got home. Mak
ing no comment on the inhumanity,
Stanton went to the bont carpenter's
chest nnd borrowed a saw and ax. He
took a stick of wood, cut such a length
ns he wanted, then he whittled out a
set of splints. Then he went to his
stateroom, took a sheet from the bed
and tore it into bandages. He ordered
three or four of the crew io assist.
The fracture wns reduced, the splints
and bandages were applied. Stanton
went to the cookroom and ordered pre
pared a jug of vinegar and water with
which to steep the swollen part.s. Dur
ing the 00 miles of flic trip from Stcu
bcnville he sat by the injured man ap
plying the bath. When the boat reached
Pittsburgh he hired a hack and took
his patient to his home. Boston Trun
bcript. Ser ip I ii fit I Xiiiiicn.
We smile at such Puritan names as
"Prnise-ftod Hnrcbones" and "Hew-Agag-in-pieces-before-t
he-Lord Smith."
The Moors, it is said, give similar
names, but of course the phrases are
chosen from the Koran. They are
quite as singular as were the Puritan
names, nnd are said often to be as bad
a fit. Some examples of these names
arc given by Mr. George 1). Cowan.
More than one owner of false weights
of our acquaintance rejoices in the
title: "Slave of the Trustworthy." A
former governor of Xuha detested
throughout the province for his cru
elty nnd extortion answered to the
name: "The Blessed One." There is,
too, in Mogador, a loafer whose fiery
eyes, dark skin, strong language and
drunken habits have gained for him on
the English .steamers, where he now
and then works, Hie sobriquet: "Dev
il;" whereas in his family circle mid
among the faithful he is styled "Pil
grim of Salvation." Youth's Companion.
The age at which any nut trees come
into bearing depends on the care given
to the trees. Some authorities state that
IB or i!0 years are necessary to bring
them into full bearing, from the time
the nut is planted. This is a mistake,
as trees that have been well cared for
should bear n bushel of nuts In ten
years, nnd Hie amount will increase rap
Idly each year after that time. Some
may enjoy raising these trees from
seed; to be sure, it is Kit her a slow
process, but it Is interesting work.
When planting the nuts, if they have
thin shells, be perfectly sure that they
have not dried out at all. The best plan
is to get them as soon as they ripen and
plant them nt once. When this is not
possible, keep them in moist snnd or
sawdust until they can be started. But
ternut!), walnuts, hickorynuts and fil
berts, being hard-shelled, will keep in
growing condition much longer, but
should be planted in the fall as they
germinate better when allowed to
freeze, as that cracks the shell. The
fall planting is nature's own plan, and
the nearer we follow her ways the bet
ter results we may expect. Another
thing, do not plant the nuts deep; na
ture drops them on the surface and
gives them a thick covering of leaves
in which the dirt catches as it blows
about, then the snow covers all and
helps the leaves to decay and form a
covering of leaf mold for the tree to
grow in. It is not practicable for any
of us to try to raise all these kinds of
nuts, but select the ones most likely to
succeed in our climate, and by proper
enro and attention make a success of it.
We may not reap the benefit of our
labors, but our children will and theirs
after them. Ylck's Magazine.
THE WILD PERSIMMON.
Xntlvc Amerlcnn Tree Tlint Doe
yut Receive All of the Atten
tion It DcMcrveM.
COW PENITENTIARY.
Are There .Many Such Horrible
An TIiIn One to lie Found
Anierlenti Farms f
1'lllCCN
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My friend, Dr. A. IJichter, the able
health officer of Willinmsport, Pa., has
described to me the cow prison or peni
tentiary which I have here sketched.
There are two or three small windows,
but they were so filled with cobwebs
and dirt that almost no light could en
ter through them. Plenty of cold, raw
air could enter, however, between the
The wild persimmon is widely distrib
uted over the western nnd southern
states, but up to the present time hns
signally failed to attract and receive the
attention it really deserves; but this
neglect does not detract one iota from
its henlthfulness and usefulness. From
present indications it is slowlj' gaining
favor with horticulturists; and atsome
time in the near future will be a staple
product of the orchard and of consider
able importance in the markets. A few
enterprising fruit growers, Mr. Logan
Martin among the number, have experi
mented by budding, and several yeaia
ago had 300 trees growing in his nur
sery. In his report fo the department of
agriculture at Washington city, he says,
tlie trees bear annually and the fruit
finds a good market in Chlcngo and In
diunnpolis, at from one to two dollars
per 12-pint case, shipped by express. To
say the least, this is very eneournging,
and should be suflicient incentive for
further experimentation. There aro
several varieties, and much difference
in their size mid time of ripening. One
variety is seedless. The tree is very
tenacious of life, and lives to a good
old age, wind storms mid the extremes
of heat and cold have but little influence
upon them. From the above facts it
appears there is a wide field for experi
menting. Millions upon millions of tho
trees have been ruthlessly destroyed
without a single thought of their use
fulness and utility. On a farm owned
by one of my neighbors there wns a
beautiful grove of them, consisting of
at least 3,000 trees, where his children,
his fowls, his cattle and hogs resorted
in fruit time, and feasted, fattened and
fared sumptuously every day, and now
there is not one left. "Axinnn, spare
that tree." C. Glover, inJourmil of Agriculture.
FACTS AND FIGURES.
Travel In jr on Und lloiidw In n Luxury
Which the Fiirmcr of America
Ciiiinot AITord.
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AiiONtoliu Teeth.
Mine. K , a once noted Russian
beauty, was lavish of her smiles. One
evening, at some reception, Mrs. Craw
ford, Paris correspondent, was gaz
ing at her when the late Dr. Fvans
came up. "What do you think of her
teeth?" "It was 1 who provided them,"
said the doctor; "no, I'm not joking."
"But surely they are too transparent to
be of composition?" "They are not of
artificial .stuff. I chose teeth from the
mouths of 12 Brittany girls to make fhe
set." "Why from 115?" "Because the
32 had fhe proper number of faultless
teeth. Besides Mine. K is supersti-
tiously orthodox. She wanted her teeth
in bo a reminder of the 32 apostles. To
please her, 1 inserted a bit of the true
cross in the gold setting." Ixmdon
Truth.
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cow penitentiary.
boards of the walls; so open was the
stable, that in cold weather everything
froze sol ill.
The stable was damp and foul, being
cleaned only when absolutely neces
sary, and there being no drainage for
the urine. The floors were embedded,
and the fastenings were the immova
ble style of stanchion. Here, in filth,
in cold, and in constant torture from
inability to secure a comfortable posi
tion the poor animals are confined the
whole winter.
As one would suppose, the milk from
this prison is horribly filthy. Can it
be lit for human food? Dr. George (J.
Goff, in X. Y. Tribune.
Au illustration of the comparative cost
of hauling over good and bad roads is
furnished by C. !'. Ashburne, Jr., in the
Louisville Courier-Journal. The inci
dent came under his own observation,
and the roads were in Kentucky, lie
rays:
"A machine weighing 10,000 pounds
was drawn four miles on the Brock
turnpike, a macadamized road. It re
quired four mules (i,000 pounds ton
mule) and Vs hours of time, at a cost
of 13 cents per mule per hour, or a total
cost for four miles of 00 cents.
"After traveling four miles on mac
adamized turnpike fhe route lay a little
less than 2,000 feet (less than two-fifths
ot a mile) on a dirt road. To travel this
2,000 feet it was necessary to use ten
of the. best mules nnd seven men, and
with this force it took nine hours to
complete the journey. The cost was
$S'j,80, at which rate four miles would
have cost S20S.0S; or, in other words,
.20S.0S is absolutely thrown away for
want of a macadamized road."
The Alchemy of future.
"Your trouble," said the lively widow
to the young Heiress, "is that you don't
understand, even slightly, this animal
we call man. You wanted to marry
Cokely, and, as your friend, 1 left the
field open until you admitted that your
chance was hopeless. Now he and I
are engaged."
"He'sa horrid wretch."
"Thanks. But a month ngo you
thought him the dearest man on earth.
He is, and he belong3 to tho 'strong
oak' type. You didn't know enough to
bo the clinging vine." Detroit Fre
Press. .
Drhm to Suicide.
Gummey What made the poor IeJ
low commit suicide?
Glanders 1 heard thathe was always
afraid of death, and that this fear drove
! him to suicldcUn-to-Dute,
Improving the To mil to.
The tomato can be improved by two
methods by cross-fertilizing and sow
ing the seed thus fertilized, selections
being made of the best plants produced,
or by selecting the most perfect fruit
for a number of years, follow ing on that
line persistently until the desired effect
is accomplished. In this manner new
arieties can be produced from all
classes of vegetables simply by follow
ing the laws which nature has made to
attain given results. There is a peculiar
fascination in the eolemcnt from the
multiplicity of nature's crosses of new
arieties and the establishment of such
with fixed and permanent qualities
which shall add another to the food
products of the world. Troy (X. Y.)
Times.
liter In Cinv Koodx.
Milk contains an average of 88 per
cent, of water, it follows, therefore,
that the dairy cow requires an abundant
supply of liquid food. Th required
quantity may be obtained partly from
ordinary foods, the water contents of
which may vary from the to over 90
per cent, of their total weight. This
contained water, however, is not nor
mally to meet the requirements of the
economy of the animal, and it has been
experimentally proved that the form
lu which the dairy cow recedes her
Necessary amount of liquid food is not
without indifference. Fnrlnerb' Ile-tIcw.
TIMELY DAIRY HINTS.
Sweet corn, nrilled or sown broadcast
makes a capital food for the cows.
The milker w ho dips iiis fingers in the
milk pail is filthy. There never was a
linger clean enough to warrant itbeing
stuck in a pail of milk.
Testing cows is a good, desirable
thing to do. Hut testing the milker is
quite as important. A poor milker will
make an unprofitable cow.
Never attempt to prevent a kicking
cow from kicking if the milker is a loud,
foul-mouthed swearer. Let the man's
mouth and the cow's leg have it out.
Is clover hay capable of spontaneous
combustion? asks a correspondent. The
evidence would seem to indicate that it
is. We have no experience to confirm it.
Why cannot n cow be taught to stand
while being milked on the left side?
asks a correspondent. She can be, for
anything we know, but why isn't the
right side good enough? Western
Plowman. -
S.vNtein In Itmid Maintenance.
Xo one has ever supposed that rail
road corporations spend money for the
mere sake of spending it, or adopt ex
pensive methods when cheaper ones are
better. It must be, then, that there is
Koine pretty substantial reason for di
viding their roadbeds into sections, and
keeping men constantly employed on
each in earing for them. Precisely the
same principle applies to ordinary
highways; the only way that tiny can
be etlieiently maintained is by estab
lishing a similar system, and the more
expensive they are to construct the
greater the saving that will thereby be
made, and increased ctllciency secured.
Good Bonds.
(iood HoiuIm Develop Timviih.
Three years ago a little funning set
tlement in Xew Jersey was intersected
by good rouds. The location was
charming and invited tho erection of
summer homes. With the advent of
good highways the residents came, am',
a prosperous village grew up made
possible solely by the construction of
hard and duruble highways. Good
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