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T - ".-J. - - - - - jr 4 ..-" , The Sioux County Journal, VOLUME VIIL HARKISOX, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1896. NUMBER 27. MANY A ONE. Yak think that yuh ain't got a friend any when; Thar' many aa manr a on. Xak think that tfcare'i nawthta' r nobody Thar' many an' manr a one. Ta eons on y weepers ain't half looked around. Oss I ain't no doubt af yer had, ye'd r found !W won't ay how aaaay, who'd prov ana an' aonnd; There's manr an' manr a ona. Tak think that all honest wU wlahara U faw; There's manr an manr a ona. Tall think that thara'a aevar a prayer aid for you. Thara'a manr an' manr a ona. Tab think a goad dwO, hat rnh don't nndoratand That haarta la a-braakln' all over tha land Wm hm' stch a fallar with jaa aU-h a brand; Thara'a many an' many a ona. Yah hain't aaan tha handa that bar back anad an' lad; Thara'a many an' many a ona. Tra tkaarad eoa ya can't aaa no tnrnptka Thara'a many an' many a ona. Ya needn't be atoppla' tar mope or tar cry ; Bat take a step forrod, ar lor make a try, And helpers and hoaeat men won't aea ye die; There'a many an' many a ona. Boetoa Qloba. THE BARGAIN OF THE SEASON. Tommy Okea' aunt waa a woman of strong mind who lived alone In a flat and wrote for toe papers, Bhe knew tha world like a book. Many a time aba helped that Ill-starred youth out of a scrape with her aound common eenee, and laughed at bla lore affair when they went wrong, until be bad to laugh, too, and make the beat of It Hie heart had been broken and put to gether orer and orer again until It waa a moat beautiful mosaic, and when be waa at college his taste for fun led him Into difficulty after dlfllculy, from which It took all Aunt Eleanor's ciever- Deaa to extricate him. But she had never yet failed him In an emergency and It waa only natural that after the drop came In P. (1. & K., catching half the bulla In the street napping. Tommy among them, he should turn to her for adrlce. He knew better than to look to her for money f that she nerer had any to spare. He was quite bowled oat this time, for his nature lad him always to extremes, and when ha bought stocks he beliered so firmly that they were going steadily up that be took all he could get Being steeped to the eyebrows In P. O. A K., there waa nothing for It but to assign; assets, beside that worthless stuff, nil. Aunt Eleanor saw at a glance that something dreadful had happened when she opened her door In answer to the twitter of the electric bell, but she ' was need to It For a good-looking young man, he waa a aad sight all the color out of his blue eyes, unshaven, and wearing a last year's necktie, which showed bis state of mind aa ' nothing else could. "I'm JiiHt during dinner," said she, without wasting time in greeting. "Come lu. You haven't dined f" "Dined? No!" groaned Tommy, fol lowing In ber wake into the dining room, for which two and black Dinah were a tight fit "I dou't know that I shall ever dine again." But be grew brighter In spite of him self at the sight of the cosy round table and the smell of the roast duck that had Just been put on It Aunt Eleanor took a queer squatty decanter of Burgundy from the cloud It wore a silver label like an order. "Obaer up, boy, cheer up! My best Cloc Vongeot ought not to be wasted on a nevvy, but In your present doleful dumps It won't be too good for you. Dinah, another plate for Mr. Tommy." Dinah had already laid the plate, grinning from ear to ear, for Tommy, blonde aa an angel, bad long been one of her secret Idols. It Ih pleasant to be liked even by au old darky round as a rubber ball, and the deep tone of blue his feelings wore slipped, without his realizing It Into the next shade lighter. "Well, who Is It now'" asked the MKINO WITH AUHT EI.KANOli, lady of the house by and by, wheu the duck and the fried potatoes mid the string beans were well under wny, and a glass of the mellow wine had warmed the cockle of his heart. Nlie had a large ruddy fax, crowned by masses of crinkly gray hair and a voice rich In good fellowship and comfort "An other faithless Kitty V "Women?" signed the unhappy one, with scorn. "No, I've outlived that sort of thlug. They're not worth an emotion, the whole lot of them. This la a knockout of another kind. You aea . Well, Aunt Nell, the long and abort of It la that I've lost every cent I hare In the world.'' "Oho! You were caught In the P. O, A K., then? I wondered If you would n't be In It It waa so like you. Well, you've gone under. How are yon com ing np again that's the question. I suppose you want ma to find a way oat for you, eh "I did hope you might have a chance i or me to turn an honest penny, con fessed the pauper. "I've dona with stocks from this moment Do yon know of an opening for a nice young man big- pay and little work?" "Yea, I do," waa the nnexepcted re ply, "exactly tha thing. I had It la mind to send for yon to-morrow, and you hare turned op In the very nick of time." Tommy looked np Incredulously. There waa a twinkle In her eye, bat her month waa perfectly serious. I went this afternoon to a aewtng circle on Beacon street no, not Kitty's, sir, another generation entirely. Tbe talk tamed upon matrimony." Tommy gar a little start "Out of the fifteen girts there nlna de clared that they had nerer had an offer, nor the prospect of aa offer. Two of the others simpered and said noth Ing. I knew well enough that they bad nerer Interested any man. The other four, friends of yours, owned no frank ly to plenty of chances, but they were pretty sure that a good many of them were attracted by tbelr fortunes." "What has this to do with roe?" asked tbe young man. A btuah mount ed to tbe roots of his hair, why be could not have said, but It annoyed him ex cesslrely. "Walt until you hear all. The nlna girls who never had a beau agreed that they were ready and willing to buy a husband, especially aa It seemed to be the fashion nowadays, and I proposed to And a victim who would put him self up to go to the highest bidder, You were In my mind. Tommy, dear, 11 la needless to say, for a better oppor tunlty to make you fortune could not have been found. I described you so cleverly that the enthusiasm ran high, and, though I said your consent must of course be asked first, I had several private offers for your hand and heart Immediately. Now, what do you say? Shall we go on with this speculation V Tommy could hardly believe bla own ears. This sounded like a story In the five-cent magazines, but apparently hla aunt was In earnest If It were a Joke he would see It through to tbe end, for his sense of the ridiculous woke and stirred briskly within biro. "Who are the girls? Do I know themr "That's telling!" said Aunt Eleanor, merrily. "One of them has offered to settle SGO.OUO upon you that's the best yet. Will you accept that?" "Is she pretty?" "No; short and dumpy; but she baa a handsome fortune In her own right and a lovely disposition. Hay the word and I'll write her to come and dllne and meet you. After all, It is nothing more than a marriage de convenance, except that with no parents poor Mary must manage the thing for herself." As a matter of fact. Tommy had no objection to marrying money it had been one of his alms to fall in love only with young women of large bank ac counts, and after a long talk with his aunt he agreed to carry out her scheme If possible, and departed, having made an appolntement for the next night but one. Mlas Elesnor sat by the Are for a long time after he went, lu a brown study, wondering If this adventure which she had taken up In a spirit of social science could not, after all, be carried successfully through to tbe end. She knew what Tommy did not that her rich tiachelor brother had provided for him handsomely in his will, and felt that now or never was the time for him to le plucked from the dangers of a bachelor life, spent principally In club dom, and to be settled in a home of his own. There was something wonderful ly attractive about little Mary Vincent, too, over and above her fortune, and the sharp eyes under the gray hair of the woman of the world had softened as they detected a gentle wtstfulness underlying her Hiking up of the Jest. "Why shouldn't It be?" she said to herself, nnd sighed. 'If some one had done as much for me I should not have been a lonely old woman to-day, and I might have made capital wife for a man who loves creature comforts" looking round her tiny salon, which had a distinct charm ami originality, and thinking of the well-ordered dinner which had sent away the downcast Tommy In a much more cheerful mood. Next morning Mary Vincent, who lived with u clmiierou In a handsome big house of her own on the hill, was surprised by. nil early cnll from Miss Cleanor for whom, by the way, she hud an intense admiration. Her small brown focp was bright with welcome as she hastened down to tin; morning room where the visitor had been ush ered, and once again the elder woman, conscious of a strong attraction to ward the younger, breathed a little prayer lu bottom of her heart for tbe success of her daring plan . "Well, Mary," she began, brusquely, going at one to the point, aa waa her custom, "went you In earnest yesterday at the sewing circle? I was, and they young man la ready to take np with your offer." A rush of hot crimson ran across tbe girl's cheeks. "Why, Miss Eleanor!" she stam mered, "how could you? I thought it waa all a Joke. What can be hare thought of me?" "Thought? He was very well pleased, I can tell you, miss. Nyrw, seriously, Mary, I do know a young man who ought to be married, and haa every thing bat money. Ha will hare that, too, some time, but he knowa nothing about It now. He la a nephew of my own, and I can't think of any better fate for him than to get such a wife as yon. Your tastes are for the same things, and you would be excellent companions, which. If you hara read Vlrglnlbua Puertaq.Be,' you moat ba convinced la a better foundation for marriage than what they call lor. Bah! I don't believe la It myself. But If you aaa much of Tommy, you will adore him. I do, and my heart la a pav ing etona." Mary had tlma to regain bar com poaura, and laughter larked In the cor ner of her mouth. "But perhaps ha might not adore ma, Mlas Eleanor. If you mean Tommy Okea, I am pretty aura of It Ba baa never even looked at me twice, though we hare dined at tha same table many times orer." "Ah, but that la because ha doea not know you! I want you to dine with mo to-morrow evening, and I promise you he will be polite enough. If you really mean you will give $00,000, he la yours, and haa agreed to It Don't you long to see your bargain F Tbe morning waa wasted tn argu ment and ended by Mary, who waa no match for ber antagonist agreeing to paarxRiito to kbit his pubchasib. present herself at the Welklnslde at 7 o'clock promptly, arrayed In a certain gown on which Mlas Eleanor Insisted. The poor girl was half-frightened at committing herself so far, and dared not aay a word to her chaperon, who disapproved of Mlas Eleanor and ber Bohemian ways, though ahe could not forbid ber tbe house, considering the position of ber family, and would have gone Into violent hysterics at the notion of buying a husband. All day long visions of Tommy's mel ancholy, handsome face flitted through Mary's thoughts, and ahe could not help a little thrill of pleasure at tbe Idea of having him for ber own, even by such unusual and not altogether gratifying means, while be, poor fel low, after an expensive breakfast at the club, sat In the window looking out on the common and wondering whims ically how the affair would turn out and If he ought not to paint on collar In large letters: "Hold!" He tried to recall Mary Vincent for Aunt Eleanor had not been able to keep ber name from him; but she was only a vague and shadowy memory. He remem bered having heard her spoken of as "a nice little thing with a pot of money." Yet that was all, and It was with a shamefacedness quite new to him that he tied hto white necktie on the eveut ful evening, gazing at himself mourn fully In the glass, wondering how Kitty and Polly and Dolly and all the other charmers could have resisted such at tractions as he had to offer. Miss Eleanor's pretty apartment was en fete, and never had little Mary a more becoming background than Its eastern hanging", cushions, photo graphs, bilwlots und artfully shaded lamps afforded ns she entered lu her long white gown. A rich color trem bled lu her cheeks and brightened her eyes, which were large und dark, and Tommy rising to meet her had a sud den encouraging hope that Aunt Elean or's plan might not turn out so badly after all. That brilliant hostess, daz zling In red bnx-ndc, managed to turn enough of her attention from the fourth guest, a distinguished poet from Can ada, to drive away the shadow of em barrassment that hung over the two young jM-ople, who were presently both surprised to find themselves chatter ing away easily am agreeably over a dinner which many a millionaire would have rejoiced to set on his table. Dinah was a gem among cooks, and her mis tress a gourmand of careful cultiva tion. The evening was a famous success, and buyer and seller, between whom the great transaction was never re motely lilntcd at were ouch con scions of a certain satisfac tion, not to is- acknowledged even to themselves. Tommy put Miss Vincent Into her brougham at Jl o'clock with the refrain of her song, HI vous n ave rein a me dire," ring ing In his mind, with a reminder of her engagement to go with him and his aunt tosee the Burne-Jones photographs next day, and be ran upstairs again In a lightness of spirit remarkable In a man completely ruined to rejoice with Miss Eleanor that the evening had gone so well The intimacy grow and waa talked about far and wide. The girl at the aowlng circle, who had Joined In the diaeusalon that day, smelt a rat and gossip ran wild. Little Mary, growing clever under Aunt Eleanor's tutelage, ordered trunks full of smart new gowns, and bloomed like a rose In June. Glints of gold hitherto unnoticed ap peared In her brown lock, and skill fully cut skirts added two or three Inches to her hebrbt not to mention the triumph of a New York ataymakar, rec ommended by the same wis conn lor, who transformed bar figure Into a mar vel of grace and fashion. Bh cam out all orer again, and bid fair to become ona of thai belle of the season, whlla the devotion of Mr. Okea, renowned among hla fellows as a connoisseur In feminine charma, attracted others, who war presently so pronounced In thatr attentions that the spirit of hla mentor waa aroused and ahe urged him to bring the affair to a point Tommy really liked Mary immensely. Ha had been through so many vartetls of lore that he hardly knew whether this waa the genuine thing or a platonlc friendship new to hla experience. That ahe would answer admirably for a wife waa certain, and ao, nothing loath, he presented himself at her house ona afternoon, arrayed like Botomon In all his glory, a gardenia In bis button hole. Mary came down In an enchant ing tea gown, all white and yellow. He wondered how ha even thought her plain, aa aha busied herself over the tea things, with the light playing on har softly curled hair, and there waa the ring of a real affection In his rotes when he opened up the subject of mat rimony. To bis surprise, Mary bunt Into tears. "Mr. Okes," ahe aaid, trying to speak calmly. "I have tried to forget the mortifying beginning of our friendship, and I hoped you had forgotten It, too. You need not take me with my money. Now we are well enough acquainted for me to offer you what you like to use In your business. You know I am my own mistress, and can do what I choose with my fortune. Will you al low me to lend you Ave, ten, fifteen thousand dollars to help you out of this scrape. Miss Eleanor has told me all about It, and I am only too glad to have It to offer. Only, never, nerer talk of marriage to me again." O the wooing o't! Tommy waa an old hand at the business, and when be went away an hour later he waa sur prised and nettled to find that with all hla bandlahmenta, he had not made her yield a Jot though he knew well enough that all the lore she had to give to anybody waa hla. The next day he moped about; golf had no Interest nor a rousing game of billiards, nor the prospect of a stag dinner at the Ooun try Club, and toward dusk he wander ed around toward Aunt Eleanor's for counsel and comfort from that oracle Dinah admitted him and be advanced Into the salon, where he heard voices. The only light waa given by the fire, and In front of It on the rag sat Mary, looking Into the fire as she talked to his aunt He felt like a traitor stand lng half hidden by a portiere to listen to what she said, but he couldn't have helped It to save his life. To the de licious sympathy of the older woman she was pouring out her soul, and the eavesdropper, contrary to all prece dent, beard nothing but good of him self. "Love him?" Mary's tone was low, but earnest "Of course I love him, but you spoilt It all, dear Miss Elena or. The dreadful bargain with which we tacitly began will always stand be tween us and It makes me feel quite wicked whenever I think of It I wont him, but I won't buy him, no, not at any price." "My dear, don't lie a goose. Take blm If you can get him. Don't you remember I told you be was coming In for money himself by-and-by?" "(), he Is, Is her' Tommy burst into view, and In a minute had his arm almut those two beloved people on the hearth rug. "Then we'll all lie happy yet Ladles, this Is your last chance. Walk up nnd buy; he Is going to be knocked down to the highest bidder. How much am I offered for a hus band '!" "I'lve cents!" cried Miss Eleanor, laughing. Ten!" cried Mary, laughing, too, and blushing. "I am offered ten cents for this gem of a husband. Any other bids? No? Oolng, going, gone to Miss Mary Vin cent, and dirt cheap, too!" And Tommy, sluing down by her side on the hearth rug, held out Ills hand with mock solemnity. Mary felt In her pocket, und out of her purse she drew a sliver dime. "(I. (. I).," she whispered, looking np at lilm with a happy shining In her eyes. "1 have Isinght you und puld for you, and you are mine!" Ho Aunt Eleanor's grand plan was carried out On the dny of the wed ding, one of the busy bodies said to that lady: "Is It true that Mary Vin cent bought your nephew?" Perfectly," replied his aunt calm ly. "I saw the money paid down with my own eyes!" Boston Herald. A man sentenced to be hanged Is above suspicion. TOPICS FOR FARMERS A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR OUR RURAL FRIEND, Proper Treatment of a Good Farai Te Kiadnew and Carcfal Train tM Necessary Farmer Bhoald at sop Account of Their Operations. A Farm Team. When a satisfactory team la once found k must be kept Thla la a point on which farmers generally are exceed ingly careless. They declare that any thing they hare la for sale, aaya H. P. Miller, In the Country Gentleman. They will sell one or both of their team at a reasonable offer. Then, train your team. Tbe real value of a team can be Increased many times by proper training. When a man reflects that he Is to work a team for ten, fifteen or twenty years, he will awaken to the Importance of harlng them trained. Pew farmer think of teaching their horses more than to start and stop at tbe word, and many a slap or jerk of the Mnes Is required for these. From the methods, or rather lack of method, I notice prevail among farmers In hand ling their teams, I am convinced that the first thing necessary for better training of farm teams la to train the trainers. A horse learns by repetition. So there must be system In his training. Have one word, and only one, for each command. If not obeyed at first re peat In a commanding tone, but not In a threatening one. Never get a horse afraid of you. It Is not necessary In order that he obey. Indeed, he la not nearly so apt If he stauds In fear of you. He will not give consideration to what you say will rather be on guard to escape your chastisements. Kind ness and firmness are of supreme im portance. Farm Accounts, Straighten up the old accounts find collect up what is outstanding, ao that you will know for certainty your real worth. This should be done early In the year. Few farmers keep a syste matic account of their receipts and ex penditures. This should be done at the close of every day a plain twenty -live-cent blank book will answer. On onj side enter all the cash received, and on the other side what you pay out, and at the end of the month count up each column, and you can tell to a cent your profit or loss for the month. Pay as you go Is tbe best and safest plan, and If you cannot do that, come, as near to It as you can. In paying an account take a receipt for the amount you pay; paste the receipted bills In an old blank book they are , valuable-and are also Important to gffer to In after years. Tax, Insurance, feed and store blH, should be carefully kept; especially Is this Important when the money Is paid direct, and not by check. All bills over 10 should be paid by check, as the check Is a receipt In Itself. In paying mortgage Interest take a re ceipt and have it endorsed on back of mortgage; it will save trouble hern after. Many men are very careful In paying out small sums of money, but In transactions Involving 100 and more, become very careless. Be on the safe side and look out for wife, famllv and borne. Hints on Chnrnlns. The cream should never remain on the milk more than twentv-four hour and If you use Ice I would always skim at twelve hours. The cream should be thoroughly stirred three time n dnr until churned, and always churnod as soon as ripe. One advantage of the water-sealed plan of settine milk stated by the Orange County Farmer, is that the milk can be kept near the well, lu a very Inexpensive dalrvhouse A good roof and a cement floor, with latticed sides, and grapevines on the south and west, is all that Is needed. Mine Is on a level with a north Dorch. and the well Is in the center, so that we pump directly Into the tank. There Is no carrying milk down and un stairs. and the dairy-room is always cool to churn lu In the morning. The next important step Is churning. The cream should be rlne not sour and a thermometer should be used to regulate the temperature, which will range from fiN degrees in hot weather to t(4 to lilt degrees In cold. The Intel ligent dully woman or mun will soou earn what Is best. The creuni should come In from thirty-five to forty-live minutes, with good grain and consis tency. To make the best butter, a churn should be used without dush or puddle. Crimson Clover, A reader wants to know what I think of crimson clover for honey, buy, etc. It Is known as the best honey ylelder among the clovers, on account of Its early blooming. The honey Is very flue, not quite so white us white clover, Buys .John IVdelty Jr., in Kural Life. It Is among the liest soil renovators In the world, and will succeed where red clover will nut. It Is considered best to sow It early enough In the fall to make n good growth to carry It through the winter, instead of In the spring. If left to ripen It will reseed itself. The liest time to cut for hay or turn under Is when part of the heads ore brown. If sown so early that there Is danger of blooming, pasture It. It will endure as much cold as red, or, perhaps, mora, and make over twice the growth In tha aame time. It waa first Introduced la Virginia about fifteen years ago, but haa not been largely grown In this country for mora than four or firs years. Like all other plants, it does best on good land, although I think II will do a great deal better than red clover on poor aolL It la good for ba and will yield from one to three tons ta the acre, and is valuable for asads which It produces in large quantities; also, la a good thing to get started la the pasture, but its greatest value aaid from honey la in Ita ability to stor op plant food, and at tbe aame time aeaol down deep feeding roots to tha aatl and brine to the surface elements of fertility which otherwise would ba 1 In conclusion, I think It will pay ; to try a small patch. Seed can ba g4 from any seed firm. Winter Shrabhorp. Tha most useful shrubbery for win ter Includes the red-barked duiweaak the barberry, the mahonla, the htffk bush cranberrr and Mionrmna In raits ty, says The Independent Tha baw- Derry i can nerer say enough ror. He sides Ha useful fruit for Jellies, tt berries hang on all winter without los ing color. About the roadsides neida of Maine the American and ' pean varieties are both found in abundance. In our New York Woods and Wild field the mla-arta 1 EurODe haa hMvim n MmmM to a considered a native. Planted aboo4 outdoors, and on any soil, H grows lnao buahee ten feet high and ten feet la diameter. The amount of fruit la enor mou. The high-bush cranberry, oa viburnum, is another of out largest bushes, and cannot be planted too free ly. It Is beautiful In flower: and tha berries, for a Ions- tlma railnw aiut later a beautiful crimson, are charming uiree monins. xne reo barked dog-wood should stand In wet swales, although It doea very well oa dry knolls. It Is bright and warming to look at especially If allowed to strag gle rreeiy over barren spots. It is one of the beat bushes we have to grow about cesspools to take ud miasma ran- Idly Into vegetation. I would trust It sooner man tbe eucalyptus. Bee Notes. Every farmer should keep bees. The expense In the first Introduction Is small, says the Bee Journal, and honejj is a most valuable product and usually, brings a good price. The grass around the apiary should be mown frequently, to prevent dampness and destroy the lurking places of insects and vermin. If bees once find themselves crowded nothing will prevent them from swaran lng. Therefore, give them a good supply: of empty comb at the beginning of um season, and keep them at work. 8 tart an apiary with from four to alx swarm the first season; tbe expense will thus be small, and with the experience gain ed a larger apiary may be conducted the next year with good prospect of suc cess. The apiary should be well shel tered from strong winds, either natur ally or by building a wall or high fence. And It should face the east, south or southeast, so as to get the sun daring the day. It Is said that a bee's sting, when compared with the point of a fine needle under a powerful microscope, is hardly discernible. Tbe point of the needle appears to be about an Inch la diameter. Ojittr Shell for Hen. The New York Experimental Station lias found that the feeding of oyster shells during the laying season, where they can be cheaply obtained. Is recom mended. One pound will contain lime enough for the shells of about seven dozen eggs. Limestone In fine form will probably as well supply the defi ciency of lime existing In most foods; but the use of a sharper grit with It may be of some advantage. Long, sharp pieces of dry bone or glass, as some suggest, should be avoided. The size of particles of grit for hens had better be larger than a kernel of wheat and smaller than a kernel of corn. An unlimited supply of pounded glass was accompanied with no bad results when the food and other grit available to tbe fowls contained an abundance of lime; but when the food was deficient In lime and no other grit was attainable hens ate an injuriously large amount ot glass. Preventing Mites In Cheese. Prof. Segelcke, of the Danish State Agricultural Councillors, gives the fol lowing method for preventing mites lit cheese: The ceilings, walls, floor nnd shelving- of the curing-room are whitewashed several times until the mites are de stroyed. The cheese is first placed In a brine buth for twenty-four hours, and. then In the curlng-rooni for fourteen dnys, during which time It Is wiped off daily. After fourteen days It Is thor oughly scraped nnd washed In lime- water, placed on shelves and kept clean; If a layer of slimy mould should again appear, the cheese must again 1 scraped and wnshed with lime. When to Sell. The best time to dispose of any sort of live stock kept regularly on tho farm Is when you can realizo a profit on the same that la seasonable. Don't try to get rich on one deal, or hohl onto a thing because some one tells you prices will run up higher In tbe near future. V. J.
