Nebraska Newspapers

    GOING HOME.
Out of th eblll an4 tue fciul ,w,
intothet HU Mji tt.e .lil
Ooi ut U daw L and ih ju.
Into lb fu liu-diwn.
t'j from tli (tula uid the tattle
on nti lll ttiUlM'Ul dt-lti
Vp to lh J u iu.d u.e im.rrl,
O, but ttwre-t wl.l b twrct!
Lrlr.K lb cloud u1 tit lamraat,
ho hi! s the balm ti, cbeer,
iDalt g turn end ( o .r torn.,
rlrjdii.i, Ui ai d 1 1 oar (ear
Utmnt th hiMihi Mutn
&roMl lor In "atg?w r driio,"
O fur that rptur of iiladnct I
U fur that vIMou uirrm?!
Mse'lDK th denf dsn depart J,
hnowlDtf tbeoi, claMlu tlelr bands,
All tlje tx-losl nad truii b'-arled,
1 1 era in tbe fa rat of lan.li I
rati avaruxjra tall LoMii'l ut.
lain neveruiore u dil. ant ;
tai, (tli tb m in lor the uiuiio,
I.liiiiK tba saviour to bin.
Vtbjf tbotiM we tbrluk from ttiedyii.g
Ibatisbn j.rlninrf o IivM?
M by fthouM . .brum from ilie struglo
aiaat lL,a nr.lt rlomoaj strife?
Hm-e it ) (-lily bemud ua.
ivarc.lv a noy and a breath.
Ail that dar t, me uf tbe living.
(iuama i by wbat we call Ueatb 1
Ihora atjall learn tbe tweet meafffn;;
llld.lea to cty from our eT,
Tbere we ilmli aukin like . blldren
Joyous at gift land surprise.
( ouie tin iar lord. In tbf gprnmiug,
or when tbe clriw ,.l:.s la grav I
Talis ii to dwell in thy ir aeuce
oi 1 thyself lead tbe way.
Out of the
I do tie
Out ol the
chill and the nlmdow
Ihrlil and Uie wrie ;
death and tu- fuuilud
loto the
Out of tbe
fuiliH-fie divine :
slsb and f by si.euce
deep-swelling aotiKl
Into u-e
Out of the
exile anl t.oudave
In.o tbe
-Margjret t.
bif.e (fathered lhron.
bAbaater.
A FORTUNATE FIRE.
It was a very unfortunate Tuornlnir
atthei.lbson farm and Hill 1'ink
ham had been bla red for every mis
fortune that had happened. In the
first place, the gobbler, who was the
last su vivnr of a prie breed, though
uncommonly llerce and unaiolalile,
bad in so.i.e way tot out of the coop
tbe farmer protested that Will had
left tbe door oi;n and pounced upon
the back of a lady with a red shawl
on who was visiting at the squire's.
And the s mre's hired man had
thr .wu a stone at him. wounding
him so that it was feared he would
die. Then a whole pail of milk had
been spilled at milk-pail time on ac
count of Will's careless handl.tiii,
Mrs. Gibson said, but in reality be
cause the bail had rusted and sud
denly (fiven way. Itobbin had lost a
fillip when iV 11 was driving her
home from mill, and lilackberry, the
best cow. had hu t her leit very badly
by stepping through a hole in tbe
floor whi' D W.il bad forgotten to
mend.
It was of no use, Mr. Gibson de
clared, the Imy would never make
any k nd of a rarmer, and as for help,
he was just good lor nothing. So he
I old him ho ulik'ht as well go back
to his uncle's, be could not keep him
any longer. loubtlesS Will never
would make a very Kood farmer, be
was hardly stronc enough to do roimh
labor, and then he was very fond of
books, and his mind would wander
away from his tasks. Hut if ever a
lioy tried to te faithful. It was be
What Uj do now, he did not know.
It seemed almost 1 1 possible that he
should go back to his uncle's, for be
was very poor and had so many chil
dien of his own that he. was some
times at his wits' ends to provide
enoiirfh for them to eaU Will was
only )2 years old. ho of course there
Vvas riothlnu that he could do to earn
bis living unless some other fanner
should take him In and iflvo him his
board lor what chores be would be
able to perform.
He was an ; rphan and had no rela
tives living with the exception of
this one uncle, his mother's brother,
and an aunt, the sister of bis father,
'ibis aunt was a rich and eccentric
piaiden lad, Her father, who had
been offended with ins fori, Vi!!'s
father, when he died, left a.l his
large estate to her, and when Will's
uncle had taken him to ber when bf)
first arrived at Greenleld, she refused
to recoifu!; him at all, saying that
It was very unlikely that he was her
brother's sou, and that she hated
boys, anywav.
Hie lived In a little cottage which
resembled that of Hame Clump in
the old story book. She bad ne
maid servant, as elderly and grim as
herseli, and a arrot which she al
most worshipped. The parrot was
old and cross, but a remarkable
talker. 'Ihe village chllren were al
ways an xious to obtain an Interview
with ber. but the neighbors were
made angry by her not altogether po
lite remarks when they passed the
house In summer and the cage was
hanging out of doors.
The congregation In the church,
wh ch was very near, were disturbed
by her noise when the doors and win
dows were opened, and many a time
tbe life of Miss Caroline I'lnkham's
Poll tad been seriously threatened.
Ml"-s I'l'ikham never visited her
neighbors or received them at her
rotiage. She did nothing but knit,
knit, knit the whole day long, unless
it was to work a while in her garden,
a plot In front of the bouse not much
larger than a jockrt handkerchief, In
which grew tall spikes of Adam and
Ko, great red peonies, ilnnamon
roses, and a iiuantlty of sago and lav
cnaer. It whs a Ma ch day wnen Will was
turned away from the Glb-on farm,
but almost hs mild and bright as
May, and us he went past the old
lady's cottage on his way to his
cie's shop, Toll was out beside
lrotitdoo taking an airing In
sunshine. It was the first she
ID-
the
the
had
cnyed since ea ly In November,
and sne seemed In a very lively and
excitable state of mind.
"Hollo, I'oli:" shouted Will, at
the same time executing a peculiar
whistle which she usually Imitated.
(Jo awayl" shrieked Poll; 'no
boys hcrel" This was an Injunction
which she heard and repeated very
often. Then she commenced to de
clare herself "lovely Toll la a green
.drtM," ovr: m o'er again.
Will Mt up a loud and unoarthly
wh'stllng which always provoked
her, and she screamed with all her
might and mala as if try.ng to drown
lu efforts, i ut when be (.came
silent, ( did she. '1 ben cock ng her
head on one fide, she said tuedita
tlvely, "He dwi look like b other
Tiuu, ho doe, rerta.n'y," and upon
this her mistress hurried out of the
ooen door, and casting a look of
scornful re, roach uj on Will, seized
1'oll's cage and boie It loto the
bouse.
"She must have hoard my aunt
sav that," reflected the boy. "Papa's
name was Thomas. Put still 1 can
not see that he shows any signs of
relenting. Well, If she doesn't,"
with a I ttle thrill of ludeifendi'iice,
'1 rather think I can take care of
myself in a year or two, anway.
i'erhaps she will be (lad to own rue,
some time"
When he arrived athls uncle'sshop
he found out that tbe ioor man had
been very ill with rheumatism, and
was still scar ely able to be out of
bed, though he was working ,i way for
dear life at a patch on one of KariinT
W bite's cowhide boots. He seemed
tfrcatly distressed that Will should
have lost his place, and Will resolved
that he wouid find another one Id the
course of a day or two. or to the i
Kjorhouse. lie would not be an ad
ditional burden to such a poverty
stricken household.
Itut though he spent all that after
noon in going from one farmer to
another, no one wished to hire so
young a boy, and tjiere was nothing
to do but go bacK to his uncle's and
spend the night at least
It was a tierce, windy night after
sui h a calm, bright dav. Lverytbing
creaked and rattled. Clouds kept
scudding across the round, white
face of the moon, and tne trees
writhed and twisted as If they were
In agony. Will went to bed early,
but for the first time in his life he
could not sleep At first he thought
it was because the room was so litrht,
the w ndow c irtalns being undrawn;
then he thought it was because lie
was.'otlnd and discouraged. Ills
five small cousins all in a row I i one
trundle-bed, like "Hopo' my Thumb"
and bis brothers, were clasped tightly
in the arms of the ".sand Man," arid
their big brother In the bed with
Will had not stirred since his head
touched the t illow.
Will tossed and turned. He heard
the clock stri ke nine, t n, eleven,
and then not being able to endure
such a state of things a;iy lonncr, he
got up and looked out of the window
by way of a litt e diversion. The
village lights were all out long ago,
and tin one was abroad in the sleepy
roads. As there was no fire in the
room and tho March night was de
cidedly chilly, he was unable to pro
long his stay at the window, h .w
evcr, and was just about to tumble
disconsolately into bed again, when
a ill tie cloud of smoke over in the di
rection of t he church met his eye
and as he ga ed upon It It became
colored with a crimson shaftof (lame.
". ok gracious: .My aunt's house
Is on lire!" he exclaimed. And open
ing the w ndow, he shouted, ' l ire:
tire! tire." as lus: liy as he could, at
the same time throwing on a portion
of his clothing. Then, half -dressed
and wild with excltea cnt, be rushed
out of the house and toward the
scene of disaster, rousing the people
along the way with his loud cries.
He and Farmer Jones who lived In
t he house next his uncle's and who
had been awakened by Will's alarm,
were the llrst to reach the spot, but
they were almost immediately joined
by several of tho ne gntiors. The
wind was so high that the fire had
gained rapid headway, and all tbe
upper partof the cottage was wrapped
in a seething mass of llutiiu.
The men lurst open tbe door, ami
at the peril of their lives, rescued
Miss 1'inkham and Hebhy. who for
tunately hot) siept below. They
were sltipeiied by the smoke and,
seemed half-da,ed on being dragged
Into the ojien air, though even when
first aroused, Miss l'lnkham ha 1 the
presence of mind to sebc the box
which contained her valuable papers
an 1 money, which she always kept
under her pillow. Put there was no
tire engine In town, and no attempt
was made to extinguish the fire, only
to prevent It from going any further,
and none of the household furnlturo
was saved.
'Must everything go?" said the
old lady, clasping her withered hands
tightly.
"I should think you'd ho too
thaukful that your life was saved, to
fret about anything else, and if
hadn't been for your nephew you'd
have been burut up with the house,"
remarked a blunt neighbor.
'Oh. Polly! Polly! My beautiful,
blessed Poll " shrieked Miss Pink
ham, suddenly remembering her pet.
".-he's burning up, right here In the
sitting-room window. Save her!
Oh, I pray you, save her."
"Too late, inarm. Tho fire's gone
so fur 'twould be dangerous to step
Inside tho building, and a miserable
bird isn't of enough Importance that
a man should peril his Hie to save
her "
Hut Will felt a great pang of pity
for poor Poll as well as for his aunt's
agony on her account, and lust then
the bird's screams were heard above
the. crackling of the flames and the
roaring of the wind.
Without pausing to reject a mo
ment he dashed through the smoke
blinded doorway. The crowd, which
had been too much paralyzed with
ama.ement to bold him back, called
after him in dismay.
"He'll never come out again,
never!" they called.
Put he did come out again. It
seemed hardly the spacoof a moment
before he roappeared, bringing Poll
w th him, who, judging by tbe noise
she made, was still sound, and drop
ping hor cage at the feet of her over
Joyed mistress, be fell senselosa to
tbe ground.
When be came to Ms senses one
more, he way lying on a l.?n;.e In
the sltLiDif r((Oui of the twrsonae,
which wan situated on tbe other siuo
of tbe church, with several anxious
faces bending over him.
"All riirbt, now, sonny'r" sail his
uncle, a 'ect onateiy.
But before he was able to lepiy,
thedoor was dung open and in rushed
his aunt, the most corn eal figure
that ever was seen, her venerable
head still hidden In an immen-e
nightcap and her lon;, lank person
enveloped in a tfray blanket.
"Oh, where is the boy? Where is
my broth r Tom's son?" she ex
j claimed. "Have 1 killed him?"
"t'h, no; he's better now; he was
j only overcome by tbe heat and exrite-
ment," said the minister, reassur
ingly. I Will lifted his head and smiled up
on ber.
' "..h. Will:" she cried, kissinu him
! through her tears, "I've been an aw
I fujly hard, wicked old woman, but
I I'th Koin' to but '.Squire Norton's
j place, down to the corner, 'n' you
I shall come 'n' live with me 'n' go to
I the 'cademy 'n' have everything you
want that I can provide for you. You
i do look like your father my poor,
iiciiu iiutiici lum- juu iviutv line uiuj
this minute!"
He does look like brother Tom,
be certainly does!" s jueaked Poll,
wno was last becoming restored to
her i sual lively state of rnhid.
And Miss "Caroline" l'lnkham was
as good as her word. ! rom that
night she was a changed and softened
woman. Even Debby, the old serv
ant, became less sour and grim, and
the httle household became as cheer
ful a one as any in towiu Will was
very happy, for it had long been his
heart's desire to go to the academy,
and he was devoted to his aunt, who
seemed to have transferred ail ber af
fection from Toll to him. 1 oil nour
ished bravely for many years, how
ever, and si e and Will were the best
of friends to the day of her death.
Portland Transcript.
FREAK OF AN OLD VOLCANO.
Huddi-nly TmniformM Into l)'Mruetlv
At-tlvlty Afler Ontiirlei of nulct.
One oi the lesser mountains of
Chile, whose summit is nearly ,oo.)
feet lower than that of o :r Mount
Washington, has been the talk of
that country for a yea. past, says the
I New York uti. Without a note of
I warning It developed into a very
: lively volcano and ts erupt ions have
i destroyed much pr .p)rl) , ir.ciudit.cr
j the humble hvi,- o. !"an' !nr. s
living near it. t i ' ': .!.!. n
I outburst was ill t..e in iu. uir. i ; ,'
because no oi e bad ever Mi-pocu I
tiiat Mount CalUico wa ai aide of
1 su: h behavior. Calbuco was re
! garded as a volcano that centuries
ago had lost every spark of vitality.
I (in February J). 1 lr. Hans Mel
I feu, wh le about twenty miles north
j of Puerto .ViKitt, a little .south of -it
' degrees south latitude, observed
white cloud on the eastern slope of
I Ca.buco. He thought nothing of it
1 until the next day, when lie saw con
! elusive prool that those clouds were
1 a part of phenomena show ng beyond
1 a douiit that the long lost activity
i of the volcano had been regained.
From that tune until October :::, the
! date of the latest advices received
from that isolated part ot the world,
! ( albuco showed considerable and al
; most incessant activity, with oc
, casioual outbursts of much fury, on
i t .at flay a rain of ashes fell upon
Osborne, sixty miles away, otcuriug
, the sun so that at midday lam (is weie
'burning in all the ho.scs of the
town. The. detonations that marked
the more violent outbursts were
plainly heard. On the same day tue
farmers on the so th shore of Lake
. Llan juihue, a little north of the
1 volcano, i arely escaped with their
I lives and saw all their property do
stroyed. Their harvest w is ru tied,
i their land made worthies Tv (.he vol
, can sarpj tin! covered it 'w) 1 tilir
; cattle were killed. Even long before
! October the region of which the little
! mountain Is the center had been ren
! dered uninhabitable. For m les
: around the forests had been destroyed
! by showers of hot ashes One day
1 there was a rain of red-hot stones
j about the sle or an egg that did con
j siderable damage. The rich
' meadows in the river valleys weie
i covered with sand and ashes. Karly
I In the series of eruptions the snow
on one side of Calbuco was melted in
a few hours by the heated material
scattered over it The result was a
florid in nop of the rivers tbat.de-
j slrovcd much proj-crty. At no time
have aoy tire or lava Hows been oh-
served, but severe earth luases, which
frejuently accompany volcanic out
breaks, have not been lacking.
Drcislnif flip Shopkeeper.
A gentleman dressed Ina loose mat
entered a ladles' outfitting establish
ment at a time when the proprleior
was alono in the shop. The gen! Io
nian asked to be shown some ready
made ladies' cloaks, as ho wished to
give his wife a little surprise. After
a careful inspection he fixed upon
one and asked the shoopkeeper
"Have you not a young lady at
hand to put on the cloak to see how
i it looks.'
The proprietor regretted that nono
of the ladles ot tho establishment
was in at that moment
"Well, perhaps you wouldn't object
to putting it on yourself?"
The unsuspecting shop coper
slipped on tho cloak, buttoned it and
turned round in all directions.
"Magnificent!" exclaimed the pur
chaser, with seeming ecstasy, but at,
the same moment he made a grab at
tho till, which be thrust under li I s
coat and bolted out of the shop
Tho horrified proprietor rushed
after hlrn Into the street, where, how
ever, ho was sol.ed by the passersby,
who dragged him back to the shop In
the supposition that tbe poor fellow
had gone mad, and before he could
explain matters tbe rogue had disappeared.
HOME AND THE FARM.
A DEPARTMENT MADE UP FOB
OUR RURAL FR.EiOS.
One Wabr Trough for Several Fielde
Conieaienr of a froUting t'u-ti Katk A
TiiarW ui Corner Sideboard- The fr'arui
ra iardi-n - Ajcricultural Motee-
I'niqiie Water Troutli.
Good, pure water is one of the es
sentials of health, and a thriving
condition in farm stoik. Often a
pump, w nd-mill. or the overt'ow
from strings or ronning stream can
be utilized and tbe accumulation
FIO. 1. WATEU1NO TUOCGH FOB FOUB FIELDS.
stored, or so distributed that stock
from four fields may drink the water
from the same trough. TbUwill prove
a great saving in the construction
and maintenance ot several troughs,
and as stock from one m il can be
watered just as readily as those pas
turing infour, the advantage is quite
apparent The manner of arrang
ing the fences for a sixteen-foot
trough is shown in Fig 1, engraved
finmatketch by L. 1). Snook. If
thought best one or two slats may
extend across the trough where the
fences cross it at the three points,
In Fig. 2 is shown the plan of utiliz
ing a caldron kettle tor the same
purpose. If these are used only d ,r-
FIO. 'i CAI.PI10N VVATEIIINii THOUGH.
ing summer, they will be found very
durable, and will last many genera
tions. If ice is allowed in the kettle,
there Is danger of breaking it If
lossible, drill a hole in the bottom
for rapid cleaning, leaving this open
when not in use. If a large circular
cover is adjusted, but little rain will
enter if ej.pOr.ed during the winter
season. Loth of these plans a e
e.uallv available for use under ham
ba-e.neiits where stock is usually
j wintered in several Locks, in
! fact the same trough is avail
able for both localities, as it
is readily placed i:i position. This
will be found more practicable than
watering stock I rom a pail, as many
farmers have done lor years. As to
the mai.ner of gett.ng the water into
the trough, : any plans are feasible,
adopting the one considered the most
practical wilh the i . medl it.e sur
roundings. -.American Agn ulturist.
A t'orn-r Slilctn.ara.
It is frequently the ase that there
Is not pic.jer wall space near the
center (d 1 bo walls of one's dining
room for a sideboard, and in. such an
event one of these most serviceable
articles may I e lit ted into a corner
of tho room. Tho a eompauying
illustration sh wsa homemade struc
ture that anv one at all handy with
tools ought to le able to make very
CONt bSIKKT STDCDOAK!).
readily. The wood used should bo
such as will harmohic with the
other furniture of the " room, or, if
that is a variety of woods, as is fre
quently the case, more latitude may
be taken in selecting a handsome
wood for this purpose. Oak, a h,
cherry, or white wood may be used
with good effect Let the top and
front be treated with s rnpll ity,
placing the work of finishing in the
direction or securing a handsome
service, rather than an ornamenta
tion of "llligrec'' work, that is
neither effective nor in good taste.
Uo Culture.
We sou a good deal said a'jout keep
ing hogs, sheep, poultry, and other
farm stock to consume what would
otherwise bo waste products, and so
add to the profit of the farm. Why
are not bees named in th s list more
frequently? Surely there is no
product which would be more wholly
wasted, were it not for them than
that wbi h Ihey gather from tho
flowers and tho fsu t. The farmer
need not lie a U-e keeper on a large
scale any more than he need keep a
large (lock of poultry, but ho should
have some of each. Fifty colonies
uro perhaps enough for any one who
docs not wish to make a specialty
of tho business. Ilegin small and
work up If you II nd that it suits you.
A farmer of our acqua ntance began
with two colonics ten years ago to
test tho matter. Ha says that they
never failed to pay expenses, Includ
ing the value of his own time and
labor, any single year. Ho soils both
bees aod honey, and so bis colonies
vary from twonty-flvo to flity. He
says that with himself there Is less
expense and worry In producing $100
worth of honey than In getting tbe
same amount from either hours or
poultry, and that he finds the chances
of an unprofitable year much fewer,
Honey Is in steady demand to all
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markets, and a really fine article does
not have to go lagging for a pur
chaser. There is a great difference!
in thequal ty, and th s does not de
pend wholly on the food, as some peo
ple imagine. The strain of bees has
something to do with it, and tbe
man who handles the bees and tbe
product has much more. Hone
must be in attractive shape when
put on the market If it is to sell
well Fx.
The Farmer's Garden. .
This should consist of not less than
one acre of the best soil, s by (0 rods,
and if it runs over a knoll so as to
get north and south sloj it will pro
long the frjitiug season. lence It
from the chickens and have no sha !e
trees in or about the garden; every
thing needs sunlight and culture.
The ground sho Id have from 10 to
2 i loads of the best manure to the
acre every year. All rows shoull
run the entire length and be cult -vated
with the horse. If you don't
want in rods of anv one vegetable till
it out with something else, and the
same with fruit l.ut you do want a
whole row of grapes on the sunny
side, for you can buy two-year-old
Con ord vines at il per dozen, and if i
you have more than you can eat,
they are worth more to give away
than to sell, but your grecer will
give you -i or cents per pound for
them, and after four years planted,
ought to bear 2u to 40 pounds.
Eight feet from the grai.es plant a
row of currants, goosel erry and p'e
plants, so you can drive over this row
to mulch, then feet from this a
row of blackberries, then a row ot
red raspberries next black raspber
ries tbe entire length of the garden,
one row of pistillates, one row of per
fect flowered varieties side by side,
the rows feet apart and the plants
2 to ) feet. G. J. Kellogg.
Homes for Pleasnre Srekers.
There is every reason to believe
that tho saddle-horse, as a means of
pleasure, Is just enteiing upon an
era of great popularity, despite th3
general use of the bicycle by pleasure
and re reation seekers, ine
oreecl -
ing of saddle-horses is now reduced
to an exact science, and in accord
ance with the universal tendency,
the price of such animals must de
cline to a point where they will be
regarded as a pleasant necessity.
This will mean healthier men and
women in America, and breeders of
such horses, whether in Kentucky,
Michigan, or California, will UnJ tho
enlarged demand at jower prices more
profitable than ever bofo e. Tho
horses will sell for less, but tho
purchasing power of our dollars m
steadily grow ng greaier, a simple,
financial truth too often forgotten.
Farm News.
r'olriirii; Feed Kac-hr.
If is often convenient to feed a
horse for a single m al in a place
where a per
inanent crib
would be in
the way, says
Farm and
Home. Tho
illustratio c s
show a feed
crib that can
ockn. be put in po
sition in a moment, aud when
not in use can be turned up against
the wall. Less room still would bo
taken by leaving
the lower part of
the slat workj'
I.;
hinged di ect.y
to the wall.
Piece of rope oi
st'a'ps could take
the place of the
L
chains f djs red.
Tbe benefits cf
this rack arc too
1 "'
CU l.sKI).
apparent to need
explanation further. The wbolecost
ol making and putting In position is
slight find any man handy with tools
can put one together In haft' an hour.
Agricultural Atoms, .v i
Use dry straw for bedding.
Small hogs make the best meat
Kemp the orchard fenced from all
stock. : '""-V -
When hens are moulting the
cumulation of feathers should
ac
be
cleared out at least once a week.
Hu sure and put all tools carefully
under shelter before they are rusted
or otherwise damaged.
To lkavk the bees a rea-onablo
supply of honey for the winter is
better than attempting to feed them.
Utili.u small potatoes by boiling
wilh meat scraps and feeding on c a
day. Mash while warm and thicken
witli bran.
Plan the garden so that as fast as
one crop i . matured another will take
its place and thus have a succession
of fresh vegetabb s and keep tho lana
occupied
Ghass needs a solid, firm soli to
grow froely and llv-' long. et It Is
hard work to get the ordinary farmer
to use tho r Uer a:ter or before sow
ing grass r-eed
II avk you a spare bit of ground?
Plant a f ru it tree, take care of it,
and thus add to tho value of the
farm. In time It will fully pay for
the work and trouble.
A wKLi.-KUOKRN horso is worth $2,r
more than an unbroken ono. lew
horses become thoroughly trained to
all kinds of work within two vears,
and ii. any are never well trained.
Faioiinu diilors from any other
business, In that it demands tho per
sonal caro and oversight of the pro
prietor In every minute detail. This
Is the reason why attempts to carry
on agriculture upon tho wholesale
plan have rajcly been successful
Fahmkiw in buying any kind of
a soed should have some guaran.
tee that they are not biding down
their land with such foul plants as
wild carrot, dock, sorrll, plantain,
and other things equally as dlilicsilt
to get rid of. Sucb mostly come In
clover seed.
ii
STRANGE STORY OF THE WAR.
Ben Jordan' Vendetta Irluird the
Aiile-IVtdled Men r.f Fannin County.
Connected with the kill ng of Mrs.
Hughes' husband is one of tne
strangest stories of the civil war, says
the Atlanta Constitution. In Fan
nin County there lived and flourished
a fellow famed far and wide ai
"Daredevil Pen." He was the
Promt-tones of the community and
his exploits extended all over North
deorgia. Sprung from a prom oent
family, which boasted of Its bourooD
blood, and rich In the possessslon of
worldly goods, he was the leading
spirit in a crowd of jovial hearted
fellows who lived only for fun aod
frolic.
When the tocsin of war first
sounded Ben Jordan responded
speedily. Organizing a company at
once he hastened to the scene of the
co nil ct In the battles throughout
V irginia there were no braver spirits
than Pen Jordan's men. Several
times he fell wounded, fighting in
the thick of the fray. His many
deeds of reck ess daring won the ad
miration of all the o!l)cers and his
unshrinking valor endeared him to
the
hearts of the men. One daf
shortly after tbe battle of Gettys
burg! he received a letter notiiy.ng
In. ii of his mother's death and telling
how his borne had been burned.
.Kirdan Immediately made applica
tion lor a leave of absence. This,
however, could not be obtained, as
tue order revoking all leaves of ab
sence and refusing thereafter all
i ui loughs had just before been issued.
Then, according to the taie told by
the old l-annin County citizen, Jor
dan, with his characteristic bold
ness, went before Gen. Longstreet.
He explained to the General how
he had beard of the death of his
mother and the burning of his home
and asked a leave of absence. Long
street replied that he sympathized
with him, but the o ders must be
uoeyed no matter what the circum
stances were, and he was forced to
refuse the re luest. Jordan bowed
and left the tent
The next morn
I j r, (, hp who rnisiiini SnmA r.'niA a f-
ter he turned
up near his old home,
in Fannin County, to find things
even worse than reported. Nothing
remained except the land upon which
the ruins of his ancestral mansion
were standing.
Driven to desperation, he swore
revenge. From hi sister he got the
names of the twenty-five men, who,
it was said, sympathizing with the
I nion side after seeing the inevita
ble result of the war, began to com
mit deeds of violence in their neigh
borhood. It was this gang which
burned Jordan's house. He did not
return to Virginia. When the sur
render was made and peace declared
all of his old companions came home.
To several of them he related his
tarlc. They swore to stand ny him,
and the vendetta was formed. I pon
a Iilblo each took a solemn oa h to
lilll all of the men whose names were
on the list
How well they succeeded any ot
the old people up in Fannin can tell
you. As each man was killed Jor
lari would check his name off the
list In some mysterious way the
vendetta was divulged. Jordan dis
appeared, and since then has never
been heard from. Among the names
on the list of those who wore mur
dered was that of Dallas Hughes, the
husband of Mrs. Petty Hughes, whose
pension old man Hunter will suffer
for.
T'.ird Suicide-
We all know the story of the little
tomtit who died "all for love of a
cruel little hen." Keko, who, as he
himself declared, "knew the bird in
timately," tells the story in that
pathetic song of his, "Tit-Willow:" j
' A aob anil a nigh an.l n gurgle ne e
As te fluutf uiuinoli into i li lil low, wave;
Anil im in-liu aroftii fro, n tho sioui'lo'R g ave;
oh, Willow, Tit -Willow, TP -Willow.1" '
And yet, in spite of the lord high
executioner's assurance, so ie of us
may be incline! to regard tho tale
as myth rather than history. Let
the incredulous, then, turn their at
tention to this incident, related by a
credible witness, Attidavit will be
forthcoming i! demanded by the
public. The 1 ak suet cur, which
Is yellow, with neui rai-tinted mules,
was coming along at its usual brisk
rate, and was already not more than
five yards away, when two sparrows
Hew dowu from a sidewalk tree. The
fussed -at one deliberately sat down on
tho car rail, but tills only maae the
fusscr still more violent She ru i ed
up her feathers aud hopped about
cheeping at her companion, who,
nevertheless, continued to face ap
proaching death with the sang froid
ot ties-air. Soon the swift car had
moved over those brief intervening
yards. There was no sob, no sigh,
no gurgle, and a little crunch and a
wild, heart-rendering "cheep" from
the desolate widow-sparrow, and
then she fluttered back to a tree to
look out lor another mate.
It is no part of the chronicler's
duty to interpret facts. The facts in
this case of domestic infelicity speak
Til ill n iy enough for themselves, alike
to the naturalist and to the sociolo
gist Louisville Courier-Journal.
Shavinsc a (iolrl Coin.
recently in Paltimoro an Interest
ing case was up In the United States
lilstrict Court A man named
Joseph Foster was on trial for shav
ing gold coin. Ills pretty little wife
was also Implicated, and it was she
defendants' counsol wero specially
trying to save. To show that the
woman was not strong enough to
work the shaving machine tho lathe
was brought in and put in operation
by a mechanic. What was of gener
al interest was the machine's opera
tion. In two minutes tho operator
took 75 cents' worth of gold from a
$10 pleco, and then rimmed it so it
would pass current unless weighed.
A man in trouble may always !
sure of sympathy.