The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, October 29, 1896, Image 8

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    THREE GOLDEN BALLS.
By Dorothy Dene.
T was such a tlny
room, and in such a
little house, and up
such a narrow
court, and hidden
so far back, that
even the sunlight
was a long time in
finding it out. A
great high factory
wall overshadowed
, the little house,
and this made it all the harder for the
sup to get rear It. When he got to it at
latd he looked through the window just
tinder the roof.
What he saw must have pleased him
very much, for he canto back after that
whenever he could and stayed Just ps
long as he could. He and a certain
wonderful ivy which grew in a soap
box in the window soon became great
friends, and the visits of the sunlight'
were eagerly watched for by th9 grace
ful ivy.
Indeed, the sun seemed to have a
fondness fop everything In the little
room, ft used to wander over to the
bed In the corner and touch its snowy
white coverlet; then it would shine
upon the little stove opposite the win
dow. I tnu3t tell you here that I really
think the stove was Jealous of the sun
light. You see, it had such a polish
That it shone itself, and tvhen the sun
twao not about the fire in the etovo
seemed to burn brighter.'
The old-fashioned bureau showed its
age more than ever when the sun shone
upon it, as old things and old people
are apt to do when the sun shines on
them. The well-worn deal table was
always scoured so white and clean that
the sun was very fond of It. The two
things that lie loved bc3t of all, though,
were the 3weet-fnced old woman who
on much In the big rocking-chair
and the ivy In the window. Ills last
Hi grrittg glance was always at these.
t Ho couldn’t quite understand why It
was that t.ho old man he saw there on
Sunday* and heard talk In such a gen
Uof voice to the sweet-faced woman
wai never thcro ntjmy other time, until
day he saw him, in the early morn
lh$, going into a mill at the other end
of tne town. The old man was not very
fliifck (n his step, and hla shoulders
Stopped from bending eo much over the
loom. His haly. was' white and hi*
hands were, thijv and the sunlight
fbuched him very gently ns ho passed
through the mill yard gnte.
if.Bui [here was much going on In the
ptfile room that the sunlight knew
fothitig of. The dear old woman, who
yrae no foudof the shabby rocking-chair,
tyas seldom Idle. She soemd to have
an eadlesj number of stockings to knit;
hut the;:e always disappeared ae soon
Wh finished. Her own Btockings and
gomes' (James was the old man with
. 0$ gentle voice) needed careful mend
injj to 1«;p them whole. Sometimes
Ihe mending was done by candlo-llght;
but James would shake hla head, and
the slocking would ,bo ,1am aside.
There was never any work done on
Saturday night. That was the’night
f V A '
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HI* HEAD BURIED IN HIS HANDS,
'whfn the old woman would sit with
herhands resting idly In her lap. while
Jaimes would placidly smoke his pipe,
and; bet ween the whiffs read to his wife
tlfcfnews of the week.'
tcy were old. these two. and life
gone hard with them, most would
say; but their love only deepened as
the. years went by, and sorrow served
bnt?to bring them closer together,
j The days came and went, and gradu
ally the old man's step grew slower and
slower and Margery's face more wrin
kled. The fire tried its best to make
things look bright and cheerful about
the-little room, but there was not much
coal used these days, and It had hard
iwork. The Ivy wae the only thing that
did not seem to feel that something was
wrong. It grew so high that there.was
danger of the Bunlight's not being ablo
to peep In the window if It kept on.
| On Sundays. n6 matter: What, the
weather might be, the old couple went
■to fchurch. They were always neatly
‘dressed; but their clothes were begin
ning to show signs of constant wear.
jTlmes were hard, people said, and
■early mills were working poly on half
Itlme;,’ some werd even shutting down
■altogether, winter was 'drawing oil;
and the outlook was gloomy,
j The sunlight was surprised to find
■the . old man at home one week-day
■rear the ufthe autumn, but as
jthe.winter .wore on he grew accus
toinpd to seeing him there. *
4tne Monday he met James on the
■street, and saw him enrter a shop In
front of which three golden halls were
hanging. . He, noticed that Jame3
looked about before going.in; he felt
ashamed of being seen. When he came
out.be looked very old, and the sun
old-wilver chain he always wore with
htflUbig silver watch. . ;
grange, that parting with such a
trIMe should make a man look old.
When Saturday night came James
jregt again to the ahrj) with the three
0* refills?**
wondered what had become of the
golden balls, but when he came out ha
wore the silver chain.
Week after week this was repeated,
and there never was a Sunday when
Jamee did not have his silver watch to
wear to church.
The sunlight began to wonder why
it was that nowadays Margery sat
so often idle in the big rocking-chair;
indeed, she seldom even rocked now.
When her eyes were open they had a
far-away look in them, as though her
thoughts had wandered back to the
days when her little ones were clus
tered around her. But the soft, gray
eyes were rarely open when the sun
light came.
Later on he grew to look for her on
the little white bed.
Once or twice he saw James going tc
church alone, and took a good look to
see whether he wore the watch chain,
i Yes. there It was, but It didn’t teem to
j shine quite as much as it used to.
Pdor Jawen! When he stood at Mar
j*' gery’s bedside, after coming in from
church, ho would try to smile, so that
the dear Wife, as she lay with her wan
face on the pillow, might not know
how he was suffering. Then Margery
would ask faintly what time it was.
’ and 'James would open the sllvet
watch. Then the sunlight would make
‘the dull silver shine so that Margery
would smile up at James and say that
she was so glad, so glad, that ha couty
have It another Sunday.
Somot.hlng would rise up in James
throat, but he would try to look glad.
Margery didn't see his hand shake as
he put the watch back In his pocket.
But when Monday came 1t was again
In the shop with the three golden balls.
When Sunday dawned there was no
trail figure lying on the little white bed,
and James was sitting by the window"
with his elbowa on his knees, his head
buried in his hands. The sunlight lin
gered with him as long as it could,
and when at last it had to go away
James never missed it.
The next day it came again and
found James still sitting by the win
dow, his head still bowed and burled
In his hands.
In tho old churchyard, close by the
Stay stone wall, are two- new-made
graves. Growing over these, as though
joining them together with Its loving
embrace, Is an Ivy green among whoso
leavce the sunlight loves to linger. -
In the shop with the three golden balls
they wondered for a time what had be
come of the stoop-shouldered old man
who used to come every Saturday night|,
for that old silver watch and chain.
Gut they soon forgot all about it.
) V> v J ^ Thrao' Rlewlnff**
An old clergyman who formerly lived
lu a Now Hampshire town was remark
ablo for his eccentric modes of speech.
His way of asking a blessing was so
peculiar as to sometimes effect the
rlBlbles of his guests, although lie ap
parently was entirely unconscious 6f
this fact. When he stated himself at
the breakfast table, and saw spread
upon It a meal greatly to bis liking, he
said: "Lord, we, thank thee for thla
excellent breakfast of which we are to
partake.” A more simple meal, but
one which he still regarded as compar
atively satisfactory, would cause him tb
say, "Lord, we thank thee for this good
breakfast set before us.” But when the
minister’s eye roamed qver^tbm table
and say nothin* wtileta wea especially
to ‘ his taste, although . the
tone lvlft -‘which he uttered his
petition was not » lacking In
fervor, his sentiments were clearly to
be discovered. "Lortl,"' he' invariably
said orrthese occasions, “fill our hearts
with thankfulness, we beseech thee, for
this meal set bofore us; for with thee
mil things are possible."—Youth's Com
panion;
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An AH-Arfiun<l Man.
The Tlfton Gazette has discovered a
Justice of the peace who "takes the
prize.” By arrangement with the or
dinary he was authorized to issue mar
riago licenses. In these days the ne
groes were beginning to enjoy the lux
ury of marrying Just like white folks,
and the J, P. was gathering in quite a
lot of shekels, as he not only pocketed
the license fee, but also charged a stiff
price for tying the knot.
One day a dark hued couple present
ed themselves as candidates for matrt
I mony, and he soon sent them on their
way rejoicing. In a few days the man
returned and stated that he could not
live “wid dat ’ar ’oman.”
“Very well," said the J. P., stroking
his long judicial beard, “bring me $15
and 1*11 give you a divorce."
The negro • returned with the money
in a tew days and was solemnly di
vorced “by due process of law.”
This Is the only Instance on record
where one man exercised the power of
an ordinary, a magistrate, a preacher,
a clerk of the superior court, a judge
of the superior court and twelve jurors.
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- A Trattlfi't Till*.
The tall man with the literary stoop
In his shoulders then broke the silence.
“The average native of Porto Rico,"
he bfegani *Ts so'large that he will fill
a good sired hogshead.”
•A loud, protect went .up from the
loungers in front of the postofflce. The
tall man cleared his throat again.
“I ought to add,” he said, in a soft
ened tone, "that he will fill the hogs
head with dark-brown molasses.'*
Whereupon the hour for dinner hav
ing arrived the house adjourned unti'
t p. m. without ceremony.—New Yorl
World. 4,.
Atkins Too Much,
“I demand to be recognized!*'
screamed the memberess . from the
umpty-eighth district.
“Impossible!” said the speakeress,
looking freezingly through her lorg
nette. “The lady is not in our set.”—
Cincinnati Enquirer, y < i
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DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
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How Saocaniftil Farmers Operate This
Department of the Farm—A Few
Hints as to the Care of Live Stock
and Foaltrj.
F LATE, fashion
ables in this coun
try have taken to
work in the dairy,
say 8 Chicago
Chronicle. The fad
is not new by any
means. Marie An
toinette, when tired
of court gowns,
courtesies t and in
trigues, went to her
dairy, which has' a place in his
tory; What ’"tho beautiful Austrian
woman” did was, of course, imi-«
tated, and French women pf high
degree were goon busy making butter.
The Princess of Wales, who had been
brought up in the most democratic
fashion by the sensible Danish king,
found that actually milking the cows
»t Sandringham and superintending the
<?airy gave her better health than all
the medicine of the court physician.
The Princess Maud also learned to be
an adept and no dairy maid in that
British isle can beat young royalty
making butter. Some time ago that
favorite, Fanny Davenport, lost her
health. _ Nobody saw or heard of her.
A nervous prostration was said to be
the cause of her retirement. Then
came a rumor from her country place.
She was milking two cows at dawn,
skimming the cream off yesterday's
milk, and finally churning a little blue
handled dasher in a. little blue churn,
until she could lift out great spoons of
yellow butter. Then the report came
that she was well again. The finest
private dairy in the world belongs tp
Governor Levi P. Morton, wno, built ft;
after Ills many daughter? , began to
grow td girlhood. This dairy was for
a long time managed by the family. A
milkmaid would do the butter work and;
the Morton girls would help her. They
lived at Ellerslie then, and* part of
every day was spent with the cows and
the {nilk. To this day If. they were
3ick or out of sorts they go to the farm '
and revel In the marble butter rooms
for a day. When the youngest was
taken to San Francisco for her health
last winter she begged to go to the
butter house instead. The little daugh
ters of President Cleveland are also
learning, in a small, sanded room at
•Gray Gables, the secrets of the dairy.
There It is a common occurrence for
the comely wife of the chief executive!
to be seen teaching Ruth and Esther*
how to churn. This summer the tittle
tots can make butter to the tune of
their sweet kindergarten songs, which
they have studiously worked at all win
ter. This homely employment has been
found a great panacea for the nerves
of the emotional actresses as well as
society women. Olga Nethersole' has
learned Its value, and no -bettei
equipped dairy is found than the lovely
young English woman comes into, after
she has arisen at dawn to milk the
cows. And Calve, the great Carmen,
finds no greater happiness, when the
singing season 1b over, than to fly to
her farm where, feeding the chickens
and milking the cows, she forgets all
about the footlights.
O i Report qii spinnUt Milk.
Bulletin No. 42 of the Utah experi
ment station reports results of expe
riments in creaming, made by F. P.
Linfleld, B. S. A. The following are'
the conclusions drawn from the experi
ments:
1. As regards thoroughness of skim
ming, the effectiveness of the methods
of creaming milk, according to opr
work, stands in the foliowing order:
(1) Separator, (2) shallow pans, (3) doep
palls.
i 2, When the setting methods are
practiced, the pans will give much the
best results during the winter, or cold
months.
3. There is no advantage, but rather
the opposite, in moving the pans into
the house during the cold weather,
provided that they ho kept in a place
where the millt will not freeze.
4. Of the deep setting cans, those
which are skimmed by drawing the
skim-milk from the bottom, give the
. better results; but the Cooley or sub
| merged can, as regards thoroughness of
skimming, does not seem to possess'
any advantage over those not sub
merged,^ =.-, .. , * j., ..
5. From the results given it is evi
dent that from a herd of ten good cows,
a separator wouldibe a wise Investment.
Tbd extra butter jdbtained ,by its use,
valued at 20 cents a pound, would pay
20 per cent, a year on its cost,,as com
pared with .Vedultff frbra shallow'pans,
and 50 per "cent, a year as compared
with deep setting.
6. With the deep setting methods the
cooler the water is kept, In which the
milk is set, the better the skimming.
In fact, to do the best skimming it is
absolutely necessary tp use ice, and a
sufficient quantity of it to Keep‘the
| water at 40 degrevs or below, at all
times.
Fattening Duck*.
Perfect cleanliness must be kept, up,
If not their filthiness will almost exceed
that of the hog, says American Poultry
Journal. If their pen cannot be kept
clean any other way use straw. Do
not let them paddle in mud tinless you
want to flavor them with it. Ducks
will lay on fat very rapidly and often
get so fat that they will drop dead from
a sudden fright. Do not be afraid lo
give them a large yard as the exercise
they take will increase their fat. It is
a mistaken idea to pen any kind of
fowls in small yards to keep them from
* running the fat off. Such an idea is
i contrary to natural science. In physi
<T. .
ology we ere taught to exercise ir_ or
der to assimilate our food and the
greater the assimilating power the
greater the amount of flesh laid on.
Give them a large yard and never allow
anybody or anything to frighten them.
It is the undue exercise that exhausts
the flesh and not the exercise they
take for their own pleasure. As I have
stated, keep them quite hungry for
five days, then increase their feed, be
ing very careful not to overfeed them,
and you will be surprised at the amount
of fat they will lay on. The time re
quired to fatten a duck should nut ex
ceed fourteen days. As soon as they
get fat they will commence shedding
their feathers. Then pick out the fatt
est and dress them, as they will get
full of pin-feathers in three days. If
dressed at the right time the feathers
will puli out very easily. If picked too
soon they will be very tight and likely
to fetch the skin along; while if too
late the pin-feathers will be very nu
merous. They must be shaved. A
shoemaker's knife with a quite narrow
blade is the best. Grind it very thin
half way to the back, then use a razor
strop and keep it sharp enough to shave
with. If the pin feathers are cut close
to the skin they will not injure the
sale in the least. I have reference to
dry picking. Of course the pin-feathers
can be pulled out when they are scald
ed, though it will pay to always dry
pick as you cannot hold scalded stock,
while dry picked stock will keep in
definitely, which means a great deal
when the market is overstocked; and
will sell for enough more at any time
to pay for the extra trouble.
•'» %. Tl»« Qooae.
No fowl can be reared with as much
profit and with so little care as the
goose. After they have attained the
age of four months but little attention
Is required other than supplying plenty
of fresh water, a good grass range and
a scrupulously dry roosting place,
whuch must also be free from lice and
other vermin fatal to the young, says
Fancier's Review. If it is impossible to
provide free range, the next best sub
stitute is wire netting, which need be
but ai>out 18 inches high to confine
them until mature. Give them fresh
water twice each day, also green food
such as turnip tops, celery and cabbage
or allow them free range morning and
evening. There is no doubt that there
is profit in goose culture. When
Thanksgiving time arrives you can
generally dispose of the young goslings
at ten cents per pound, and their aver
age weight will be about ten pounds.
Suppose, for instance, you have twelve
"goopelets” at $1 each, the receipts
from the sale would be $12 and the cost
of feed has been but a trifle. It is safe
to say that your profit will have been
$10 on the transaction. Of course they
cannot always be disposed of at $1 each,
but on the other hand the price is often
more than a dollar, hence we take it as
a basis on which to figure. We doubt
if fancy fowls would pay better, con
sidering, of course, that we always have
a ready market for our geese. By cross
ing a China gander on Toulouse geese,
largo goslings are obtained, quick to
grow', nicely marked with medium
length necks, yellow bills and remark
ably easy to domesticate. My experi
ence has clearly demonstrated that the
rearing of geese should be done entirely
separate from the rearing of fowls, a:;
the old and young of both are naturally
inclined to be pugnacious, especially
so after the young are about half
grown. ,
We favor hatching by hens, remarks
the Fancier’s Review, giving four eggs
to each, and after one month the atten
tion of biddy is no longer necessary.
Late in the season if females are plenty
wo allow the goose to hatch her young
and we give each a clutch of ten eggs.
This number is sufficient for safety.
If too large a number is placed under
the goose some are liable to l>e broken.
Geese are easily and profitably raised
In the South. They are experts in rid
ding a cotton field of grass.
Now Poultry Houses.
It is often more work to fix up a poul
try heuse than to build a new one. To
attempt to work over one that has no
end of projections and cross beams
] is discouraging in the extreme. Cracks
here and there admit the air and are
difficult to effectually stop. We saw
such a house last winter, whore the
j owner had attempted to paper up the
apertures by, which the wintry blasts
! found access. He had used felt paper,
I nailing it on over the joists and leaving
! a dead-air space between the paper and
the hoards. This had apparently been
all right for a time, till the hens got to
flying against it and thus tearing it
from the joists. The tacks held on to
the wood all right, but the paper was
simply pulled over the heads. So we
say that new houses are desirable
where they can be secured. Matched
lumber for building will doubtless pay
best in the end, though it may cost
more at first.
Color of Milk and Rlclines6.—The
color of cream does not Indicate the
richness of the milk, though it is some
times thought to do so. A subscriber
of the Farmers’ Review had a number
of cows that he determined to test. The
milk of tho best cow had a very light
color, and previously to testing her he
hail not supposed that her milk was
richer than that of several other cows.
In fact, one of his Jersey cows that had
a very rich colored cream had been
looked upon as the one giving the rich
est mills. Her cream when investi
gated was found to bo much less rich
than that of the one giving the pale
milk. This shows that the eye is not
able to determine the real value of
milk and fream, but that chemistry, as
applied in the Babcock test, is the onlj
reliable process.
After a.good rain diligently use the
hoe in the ilower beds and your plants
will grow all the better; but be careful
not to hoc out the as yet poorly estab
lished plants when trying to remove
an obnoxious weed growing alongside.
Remove these with the fingers.
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A Bird that Shams Itself.
San Francisco Examiner.
Tiie lammergever. or bearded vul
ture, found throughout the whole
mountain chains of the Old World, act
ually shaves himself. The expert bar
ber who has for his customers crusty
millionaires could not ply the keen
edged instrument to the stubby beard
of his particular patron more deftly
than the monarch of the mountain tops
prunes his own bristly beard.
Uhe head of the vulture is clothed
with feathers, and from the sides bf
the under mandible proceeds a row of
black bristles. From this peculiar pro
jection of feathers the bird derives its
name. A layer of similar bristles be
gins at the eye and covers the nostrils,
forming a fleecy mustache.
With his strong and sharp claws
which act as the razor, he trims his
whiskers with great care and dexterity.
He does this with great regularity and
soon the downy beard and mustache
give way to a full growth of bristly
feathers.
A Balzac Museum.
From Gentlewoman
At Levallois-Perret, very near Paris,
there is a museum formed of souvenirs
taken from Halzac's home, destroyed
some years ago. It is with great diffi
culty one obtains permission to visit
this museum: but once there, an arch
aeological student finds much of inter
est. Among other treasures are su
perb carvings, which were once orna
ments above doors and window pieces.
One of these represents a man holding
his head on his right hand; above are
engraved in_ stone the words, "Plus
Despoir. ” No one knows to whom the
collection belongs, nor the reason for
so much mystery.
That Joyful Feeling
With the exhilarating sense of renewed
health and strength and Internal clean
liness, which follows the use of Syrup of
Figs, is unknown to the few who have
not progressed beyond the old-time
medicines and the cheap substitutes
sometimes offered but never accepted
by the well-informed.
The important announcement is
made that in the November number of
the Atlantic Monthly will appear the
first of a series of exceedingly interest
ing reminiscences covering the last
fifty years of the life of Col. Thomas
Wentworth Higgins, under the apt
title of “Cheerful Yesterdays.” Col.
liigginson's career as a writer, soldier,
public servant and man of letters cov
ers the last half century, and there is
hardly a man or a movement of that
time that he has not come into inti
mate relations with. These autobio
graphical papers, in a cheerful tone,
really cover much of the most impor
tant history of this long period.
We will forfeit if] ,000 if any of our pub
lished testimonials are proven to be not
genuine. Tub Piso Co., Warren, Pa.
The Festive Fly.
Flies are despised, but if everyone
was us persistent and as hard to dis
courage as a fly more people would
succeed. When a fly gets after a per
son it never knows when to stop. It
may be scraped off fifty times, but it
immediately comes back again and
lights in about the same place. All
efforts to kill a fly usually result only
in personal injury. The llible holds
Job ttp as an example of patience, but
we bet there were no flies in his time.
—Atchison Globe.
Casearets stimulate liver.kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe.
Doubted His Soundness.
“How do you like the new preacher?”
•'There's some of us that don’t like
him. We believe he’s a gold bug.”
“Has ho been preaching politics?”
“Mighty near it. His first sermon
was from the text. ‘Whatsoever, there
fore, ye would that men should do un
to you. do ye even so to them,’ and
blame it, everybody knows that's the
golden rule!”
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Do what you can do well and you will
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Sound
Health is or too utmost Importance, and it de
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mp MISSOURI.
The best fruit section in the West. No
drouths A failure of crops nevt r known,
idiId climate. Productive soil. Abundance of
good pure water.
For Maps and Circulars giving full descrip
tion of the Rich Mineral. Fruit and Agiiculm
ral Lands in south West Missouri, write to
JOHN M l'URDY, Manager of the Missouri
Land and Live Stock Company, Neosho, New
ton Co., Missouri.
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BANKERS AND BROKERS,
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Members ot the Chicago Board ot Trade in good
standing, who will iumlsli you with their Latest
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garding the markets Write tor it and their Daily
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ft 1,200 BU.
fCRIB,
$9.50.
I 9. H. BLOOMER,
f; Council Bluffk.
' Iowa.
“I am Bigger than the Biggest;
Better than the Bestl” . , ,
What a chewer wants first is a
good tobacco* then he thinks about
the size of the plug. He finds both
goodness and bigness in “ Battle Ax.”
He finds a 5 cent piece almost as
large as a 10 cent piece of other high
grade brands. No wonder millions
chew “ Battle Ax.”