The Sioux County Journal
VOLUME IX.
IIAUKLSO.V, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, XOVEMIJEIf 19. 1800.
NUMBER 11.
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FEMININE MUSICAL FAD.
INCE, by gome whim of fancy, a
rm in her of fashionable young
- women undertook, about a year
ago, to restore amateur Interest In the
harp a steady advance has been mark
ed In the revival of all manner of
stringed Instruments.
Lady Gladys' de Gray, the most pow
erful titled patroness of music In Iu
don, ru the first person to demon
strate how picturesque and Interesting
a pretty woman could look when play
ing on the tall, stately Instrument, and
cores of clever girls who went over
from the States to strum the banjo
for British nobility completed the
work of temporarily shelving the pi
ano. Every damsel with the least har
mony In her soul Is busily perfecting
her taste and fingers on a few taut
strings and a sounding board. They
don't all play the harp by any means,
at least the big modern affair that
weigh nearly a ton and costs as much
as a piano. Hmall. light and very ar
tistic Instruments are the thing. To
satisfy the demands, makers have Im
ported patterns of very old style min
strel barps from Ireland, and are copy
lug and modernizing them for Amer
ican drawing rooms. Portuguese gul
tarra Is another Instrument that can
scarcely be called new, but is at least
a novelty and Is sharing the popularity
of the ordinary guitar. Nslther the
harp nor gultarra has Ip any way In
jured the popularity sjf the banjo,
mandolin, or guitar. A few years
ago a great many society women, not
ably among them the lady who Is now
Mrs. O. II. P. Belmont, studied the
violin vigorously, but that simple, yet
delicate, Instrument has been totally
abandoned to the patient profession
als, and now a valiant effort Is being
made to revive no less ancient and
honorable an Instrument than the lyre.
The Parisian women started Its vogue
under the leadership of the Couutess
de Montebollo, wife of the ambassa
dor to Itussla, who spent $40,000 of his
own money on splendid entertain
ment at the coronation of the Ctar.
But whether lyre or harp, banjo, ban
jeaurlne or gultarra one plays on. It
Is almost a point of honor of one's
chosen Instrument, to outclass all oth
ers In the splendors of Its ornamenta
tion. Material for Kvenlng: Dresden.
Transparent material are prefer
red for evening drosses, which makes
the lining an Important Item. If glace
taffeta, twenty Inches wide, Is select
ed It costs 75 cents; silky-looking cot
ton linings, at 35 cents, are forty Inch
es wide, resemble finely ribbed silk.
The outside material may be a chiffon
at 00 cents, monssellne de sole a little
heavier for a dollar, or a net at the
latter price; these are forty Inche
wide. Then tulle, two yards wide,
may be lound at a dollar; gauffered
Jupanese crejie or silk even as low as
40 ceuts, being twenty four Inches
wide, and lovely cotton crepes for 15
cents. Small-figured, self-colored silks
for evening wear are from 75 cents,
but are not as much liked ns tho trans
parent materials. A silk skirt, even
of the useful habutai silk, twenty-four
Inches wide and 50 cents a yard. Is
light and girlish when worn with a
chiffon waist over the wmie or silky
cotton lining.-Ladies Home Journal.
Fad In Mimical Inalrunifiiln,
Manicnrlnu Done at llnmc.
It Is a great mistake to suomu that
(ho women who are obliged to do work
that Injures the delicate appearance of
tii hands are thus doomed to lose one
of the most distinctive marLs of re
finement. It Is beginning to be gener
ally known that women are quit capa
ble of doing their own manicuring and
llstf
iimi uie practice pays. Amateurs are
usually astonished to find that mani
curing is so simple and that the follow
ing directions suffice: Pour some warm
water Into a bowl; unfold a small towel
and lay It on one knee; bike the right
hand and proceed to cut the nails In a
semicircle; then file the edges, and
steep the right hand In tlie water; then
take the left hand and steep In Its turn.
Having carefully dried the hands push
down the skin round the base of the
nails with an Ivory Instrument; brush
the nails over with some red pomade,
wipe It off, and then polish with a plain
chamois-covered pad. rather small In
size, using particularly fine polishing
powder, till they shine. Then, to crown
all, sprinkle on the hands and wrists
and rub In some dellclously scented
sue de camelln, which will at once
make the skin look white, smooth and
soft
Novelties In China Ware.
The newest iate cups, whlcl are
much crinkled In shaK, are reproduc
tions of old Mlnton in lovely shades
of primrose yellow.
Vasi, fern dishes and table center
pieces of ruby glajw, with gilt orna
mentation, are attractive features in
Bohemian glassware.
For the center of the table the round
or oval mirror Is now supported by
a raised stand of old silver, which rests
on delicately wrought claws, holding a
crystal ball.
The newest dinner sets are marvels
of beauty, both In decoration and
sbniM. Green brilliant grans green
with a heavy relief of gold, seems to
I? the favorite color, while the shapes
are decidedly low and Irregular In out
line. There Is a revival of the beautiful
Mlnton ware, and bouillon cups, game
els and pate cu are reproduced in
all the exquisite shades and designs.
Mounted in gold, and decorated with
medallions, they greatly resemble the
famous Sevres ware.
A novelty In cut glas Is a mammoth
cigar Jar, In shape resembling a pickle
Jar, but with the distinguished feature
of a large hollow space In the cut stop
per, In which a moist sponge Is placed
to keep the fragrant Havana In Just
the proer condition.
A novel ornament for the drawing
room Is a hanging flower Jardiniere.
Suspended from a wrought Iron brack
et ifre half a do'.en vases of Italian fai
ence, In odd llower-llke shapes,' resem
bling tulips, orchhta, etc., and these
when filled with delicate trailing vines
look as If part of the luxuriant growth.
Crystal, with delicately traced pat
terns In raised gold, have for the mo
ment supplanted the heavy cut glass.
Connoisseurs proclaim that wlue from
a thin glass tastes ls-tter than from a '
heavy one, be It ever so Htifierbly cut; I
consequently the craze of the hour Is
for the exquisite Venetian and Boheml
an ware.
FlinuN at the Fair Hex.
Wife -What would you do if I stayed
out every night until midnight? Hubby-Jove,
I'd stay ut home! Truth.
She I think a glii looks nwfu! cheap
when she lltvt ttecoines engaged. He-
She may look cheap, but you can bet
she Is not.- Yonkers Statesman
No matter how much you have al
ways told a girl you are never going to
get married, she will always try to
malic you think she thought you
weren't In earnest. New York Press.
Hefore they are martini she will
carefully turn 'down his coat collar
niyn gets awry, but afterward she'll
Jerk it down Into position as It she were
throwing a door mat out of the window.
-Tldliils.
"What do you wish, mnd.im?" said
the election otlicer to Mrs. Teiiupot.
"You have ulrer.dy voted once to-day.
You voted before noon, you know."
"Oh, yes, I know thnt," replied the vot
rifs, "but I want to change my ballot."
Harper's Itazar.
Mrs. Warduian Your husband's can
vass for the nomination was unsuccess
ful, I believe, dear? Mrs. Heeler Not
at nil. Of course, John was defeated.
tmt my picture appeared In the jwipers,
and, altogether, three columns wero
printed about my gowns. Philadelphia
North American.
Among the colors seen In new faced
cloths are mixtures of green, garnet,
blue, brown, cadet gray and heliotrope.
Klaclc soutache, faintly bordered with ' wlth manu,,. w'''" breed worms,
gold. Is applied to the seams of a rich n1 makl nui unsnlnble lu an
brown traveling toilet othcr Wfly- M turulps are grown very
THE FARM AND HOME
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARM
ER AND HOUSEWIFE.
Leaeon la Cp-to-Date Farming; Corn
Bhreddera and Hu altera Second
Growth Clover-Qaalitr of Veseta
blea Grain Cheaper than Hay.
How a Live Farmer Fur ma.
I have fifty-eight acres of land, keep
three cows, throe yearlings, two work
borses, fifteen sheep, forty hens and
two hen turkeys, writes a farmer In
Colman's Kural World. Have five
acres of woods; balance of land U In
cultivation and pasture. I will give
below my methods of raising crops.
For oats, I plow In the fall so that
freezing will mellow up the toll.
Should advise plowing eight Inches
for stubbie and six inches for sward.
In the spring set the pulverizer as
deep as the field was plowed the pre
ceding fall. In drilling grain, put In
one-half Imshel grass seed per acre.
If phosphate Is used, get the .best,
and mix half plaster with it; use about
4)0 pounds per acre.
If oats are sown broadcast, sow
three bushels per acre, and sow be
fore pulverizing, so as to put the soil
on top of the grain. Go over the soil
twice, then sow grass seed. If phos
phate Is used broadcast, apply before
sowing grass seed. Then, with the
old-fashioned drag, go over It once
and then roll, which will leave It In
good condition. During 1894 I made 8
per cent. Interest on my farm, and last
year 9 per cent. Had a big potato
crop. Paris green was applied with
plaster. To sell hay and straw, cut
early and when through the sweat,
press It and put It on the market, send
It to a good firm and avoid all the
commissions possible.
Cut oats when one-half or two-thirds
turned, and the straw will be much
better. In regard to selling produce,
I have found It pays to sell stuff when
It Is ready to be sold. Last year I
had three cows and one farrow. I sold
veal calves for $09.50; from seventeen
ewes and a ram, wool brought $15.12,
tambs brought $20.70; miscellaneous
receipts brought the total for the year
up to $. I fed my family well, and
carried stock through to grass. In
marketing potatoes, three or- mor4
farmers should sell to one merchant
Order a car aad ship by carload direct
This will save bother, extra eoramis
slons, freight and work.
The Corn fh redder,
Last season's experience with corn
shredders and buskers has developed
several objectionable features, the
most serious being that they are too
expensive, and that the fodder too fre
quently mollis when baled or stored
In mows. The first will gradually dis
appear, predicts the "Orange Judd
Farmer." As the machines become
more generally Introduced and used,
the first cost will be less, and compe
tition among owners will necessitate
a reduction of charges for work by
the acre. The matter of knowing how
to keep the fodder properly Is more se
rious, and experience alone can deter
mine the best method of storing. That
It can be kept hardly admits of doubt
The problem Is certainly not more dif
ficult than that of determining Just
how' dry hay must be before it can
be put Into the stack or barn. A lit
tle patience and a few trials will clear
up the lack of knowledge on this point.
It certainly will be unwise to discour
age the use of the shredder because
a rew rarmers have not been entirely
successful with It. While some have
failed, many have been pleased with
results, ami find the shredded fodder
excellent , feed for horses, cattle and
sheep.
Second-Growth Clovrr.
The lute growth of clover Is not us
itally large in bulk or heavy 1n weight,
but. it makes up In quality for what It
lacks In quantity. Old fanners Imv
lung known It as an 'especially good
; K i n tor .mmiiik mums anil oung calves
In spring. Kill there Is n still better
iim' for it, and that Is as f.'ed for hens
In winter so as to dilute their grain
feed. Clover grown alter midsummer
Is much richer In nltrogi n than are
most of the grasses an I vegetables
""'at fowls pick on their ranges during
He slimmer. Clover Is also c lime plant,
ni"' ,l furnlshi-a material for both
egg mid shell production. It is not
concentrated enough to be a perfect
rf.lloii unmixed with grain, but Is just
what is needed when wheat rye or corn
are fed to fowls In winter. If only the
grain is fed the fowls get too fnt to pro
duce eggs nnd then cense laying. A
certain amount of cut clover with
their grain will causo the fowls to
keep In laying condition.
Quality of Vegetable.
There is great difference In quality
of vegetables aside from their fresti-
ness. It Is due to their method of
e - rnwlmr. All rootu
quickly, which require that the soli be
rich and moist. If the soil Is poor or
dry, tho root will be stringy mid uuflt
either for human use or feeding. AJ
tho samo time, It is not best that roots
of any kind should bo grown In con-
rapidly they will dry out as quickly and
become dry and pithy, not good even
for stock feeding. Rutabagas, which
are planted early, hav more substance
in them, and will keep till spring, long
after the quickly grown fall turnips
have become worthless for feeding.
Grain Cheaper than Hay.
In nil the Western title the coarse
pralns. Loth corn and oats, are now
very cheap. They are relatively cheap
er than bay, and weight for weight are
little higher than the cost of hay when
both are brought to Eastern markets.
This will doubtless lead to a larger use
of both corn and oats as feed, supple -
mentlng the deficiency of hay which
has now existed on moFt Eastern
farms two or more years. It Is really
... v . .v,. un io udve i )ri
grain ration as it Is better digested
tlian the same nutrition in the larger
bulk which would be needed to give It
the form of hay. When grain in niod
rate quantities is fed to breeding ani
mals It means Improvement in their
progeny, thus Increasing the gain
from Improved breeding. American
Cultivator.
Young Treea Heat for Planting.
It is very natural for purchasers in
choosing trees for plantlig to select
the largest, thinking tlia'. these are
nearest the bearing age and will soon
est become fruitful. In almost every
case the smaller, If quickly grown, will
have the most roots In proportion to Its
top and will make the best growth.
The size at planting time makes but
little difference. The growth and
vigor of the tree after planting is what
tells most. We once saw an old grape
vine carefully removed when the fam
ily was removing to another place. It
had considerable top, and though this
was cut back very severely, there were
at least forty shoots grow'ng the next
spring. The result was that It took
fully two years to get that vine estab
lished In its new home. If left where
It grew It was more valuable than a
new vine would have been, but if
transplanted it was no better, though
much more cumbrous and troublesome
than a well-rooted yearling vine with
but a single bud left to glow. Some
ne two-year-old grape vines, but a
yearling that has made a vigorous root
will be quite as good after three or five
years growth
Draining Paatnre Lands.
Many .fluids are used for pasture only
because they are full of cold springs
"i naier wnicu make tnem too wet
and cold for profitable cultivation.
Such laud will not produce a good
quality of grass. It will be coarse and
lacking In nutrition. In such cases
there is no way to get the land In good
grass except to underdrain it. The
quality of its grass shows that the soil
Is full of hurulc acid from decaying
vegetation In contact with cold water.
This humlc acid Is rank poison to the
roots of all but the poorest and mean-
est kind of vegetation. Drain it ad
mitting warm surface air, and hasten
ing the decomposition of vegetable
matter, and such soli Is often found
very valuable, producing r.ny kind of
crop luxuriantly, though usually some
what deficient in mineral plant food,
as Its vegetable matter has always
been lacking In this respect.
Sheep Notea.
What breed of sheep have you found
best for the general fanner?
It la Important that each lot of lambs
have plenty of pure, fresh water, acces
sible at will.
Of the rir,l.'!7 sheep reported In Iowa
on Jan. 1, ISiKi, a little over 100,000 are
classed ns Shropshire
Sheep should habitually rst on sod.
or on soil covered with straw; the soil
coming directly In contact with the
wool, absorbs the oil and leaves the
ends of the fiber dry and harsh; also,
the earth works into the wool, giving
It a frowsy appearance.
On any goixl farm, and under good
man.'igcmciit, a Hock of shtH'p will pay
their winter feeding In the manure thev
make, (live them loU of straw, and
they will convert it Into (lie richest
kind of fond for crops.
No fanner Is so poor that he cnniiot
afford to keep hip, and none so rich
that, lie c;:n afford to Ignore them. They
fertilize the fields, furnish food anil
clothing, and help subdue the fields so
as to lit tiiem to raise crops. The slice)
is the farmer's best friend, under any
and nil circumstances.
The Dniry.
A quart of good cream should mnki
a pound and a half of butler.
Liberal feeding of the dairy cow
meirns that she must have ns much
wholesome, nutritious food as she run
eat, digest and assimilate, and the more
fully tills is done the better will be the
results.
If the dairyman Is to raise his own
cows he ought to be reasonably certain
that they are good ones. One of tho
Is'st plans for doing this Is to use ouly a
thoroughbred bull from a good dairy
oreeu, nna to snvo the Pest of the heifer t murderous traffic? Whnt ought
('nlv,'s- voters to think when called upon to
Some people boast that they keep tho t,'t legislators who had to legislnto
cow's uddor ticau, and perhaps they soncernlng such a business?
do; but all the rest of the animal Is left No mniseller has yet been found
In a filthy condition. This dirt dries anet enough to tell thus frankly be
In the hair, and the act of milking forehand what he will do If the people
shakes It Into the pall, fiuch milk l I buy and use his poison But thnt such
unfit for buiuau food. , re the f raits of the traffic, who doubts?
TEMPERANCE TALKS.
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THE RUM TRAFFIC SHOULD
I SUPPRESSED,
j
BE
I Dang-era that Always Lark in the
Flowing Bowl How Bright and
Influential Men Have Been Dragged
Iown by the Demon Drink.
A Wrecked Life.
Pome time ago a man about 50 years
f age left his brother's house alone and
1 apparently empty-handed, -nd did not
' tome back. From a letter received
soon after, and from his well-known
! discouraged state of mind, hU going
i onmy win jiripu uy menus, ami
! they feared the worst. It was one of
those "mvsterions iKmnnMnmraa"
the readiest explanation of which Is
despair and suicide.
The man was a skilled artisan, and
an Inventor whose patented devices
had again and again brought profit to
his employers; but his mental working-power
was gone, and his hand had
lost Its cunning. Strong drink, that
years ago made him its slave, had left
him useless when hardly past his
prime. With a lady, one of his neigh
bors, he conversed freely a little while
before his disappearance, and this is
the substance of what he said:
"I wish the young could realize how
many useful things the world is wait
ing for, and could be taught to look
for them. In an age of progress like
this the most successful workers are
those who find new and better ways.
Tell a boy that any talent to think and
do will bless the world. If It does not
make his fortune. A lucky thought Is
a prize everywhere. It Is a God-given
gift So is the brain that originates
it Tell him that.
"And tell him to leave stimulants
and narcotics alone, and save his brain.
I blame nobody but myself that I did
not mlud this caution when I was
young; though It seems strange that
not a soul ever warned me.
"At 19 I was on the highroad to suc
cess, and my skill was in quick de-
; maud; but I fell Into fast company.
. and drank drank till it became a habit
to drink. I never shook off the curse
till It ruined my faculties. Look at
the wreck It has made of me. It is
too late new. I cannot think to a
point and my hand cannot make a
nerfect rtrnfi"
The unfortunate man had never ex
pressed himself so freely before. He
may never be heard from again. Life
as it seemed to his desperate mood
bad ceased to be worth living. He was
a frequent and eager reader of the
Companion, and felt an Interest In the
welfare of the youthful world it fills.
His last words of warning seem fitly
placed In these pages; and every such
example repeats once more to the youth
of the land, "Your faculties are God
given gifts. Conquer temptation, and
keep them whole." Youth's Comian
lou. What He Will Do.
Rupitose a man, In making applica
tion for a license to sell alcoholic li
quors, should present a written state
ment of what he proposed to do, and
In that statement he should say, So
many of the Inhabitants of that town
or city, he will, for the sake of getting
their money, make paupers and send
them to the almshouse, and thus oblige
the whole community to support them
and their families; that so many others
he will excite to the commission of
crimes, and thus increase the expenses
and endanger the peace and welfare of
the community; that so many he will
send to the Jail, and so many more to
the State prison, and so many to the
gallows; thnt so many be will visH with
sore and distressing diseases; and, in
so many cases, disease which would
have been com) :. i lively harmless, he1,...,.. ...... t s T ti,r.rh th
will by his poisoi,
so ninny cases he
nder fatal; that in
deprive persons
f reason, and In so lmii'.v cases will i
cause sudden death; thnt so many
wives he will make widows, nnd so
many children he will make orphans,
and that In so many cases he will cause
the children to grow up in Ignorance,
vice, and crime, nnd utter being nuis
ances on earth he will bring them to a
premature grave; that in so many ruses
lie will prevent the efficacy of the gos
pel, grieve away the Holy Ghost, nnd
ruin for eternity the souls of men. ,
And (suppose he should put at the
bottom of the petition this question, viz: ;
"What, you may nsk, run be my ob
ject in acting so nluch like a devil in
carnate, and bringing such accumu
lated wretchedness upon a compara
tively happy people?" And under it
should put the true answer, Money; nnd
go on to say, I have a family to sup
port, I want money, nnd must have It.
What would the license commission
rs think of him? WJiat would all the
world think of hlin If his statement wits
published? What ought they to think
tf him? What ought legislators to
think when en lied upon to pass a lnw
thnt legalized thnt man to pursue such
CHEAP VACATIONS AT SEA,
Bailing Yeasela Glad to Get Paaaea
gera at a Dollar a Day.
If a man is not In healtj and wants
to pend his vacation in a manner
which will do him the niosi: good at the
least expense he cannot do better than
to take a trip as passenger on a sailing:
vessel. A trip in a schooner plying be
tween New York and some port on the
coast of Maine, or If he has time, to
points of the maritime provinces of
Canada, will soothe his nerves and
build up his weary frame and send
him back to work again filled with
new life.
To take a long trip on a sailing ves
sel is an expensive operation in money
and time, but a short trip on a coast-
. iny vpkkuI lu o,.,. ,,,,, I, .ol t nri firm
j to go around rne Horn aH .....nr
I i ......... .
in one of those splendid, great Yankee
clippers, but for a trip on an ordinary
coasting schooner the expense is only
$1 a day as a rule.
If one is fortunate In selecting his
vessel he can generally occupy the cap
tain's stateroom and Is sure to be
comfortable. As to feed, he will get
the ordinary fare of the cabin lots of
savory stews, sea pie, etc. It is a coarse
food, perhaps, for the fastidious, but
he will get an appetite from ozone
and the iodine of the sea breezes
which will make pork aud potatoes
taste like a dish from the table of Lu
cullus. The passenger is always a
person in whom the ofliceis and crew
take a lively Interest, lie comes to
them as a rule like a creature from an
other world. With ail that pertains
to the daily life of sailors he is usually
profoundly ignorant or possesses Just
enough of knowledge to make his ig
norance palpable.
He is interested In the vessel and
the sailors, and tiie sailors are inter
ested in him, while the ship says never
a word, but bears him day by day fur
ther away from his old life aud every
wave crest that slips by him drowns
some care or vexation until he is ready
to swear that "the earth is a desolate
place; a garden of rest is the sea."
The money received for a passenger
Is a perquisite of the captain, so most
captains are perfectly willing to put
up with the Inconvenience of having a
landsman bothering about and asking
"foolish questions." If a man Is mar
ried and wants to take his wife on one
of these trips there Is-trowblu in-getting
permission. Scarcely any skip
per takes his wife on trips, only at
rare intervals, being thoroughly lm-
nuea with the idea that a woman has
no place on board a ship. Still, a cap
tain of a coasting vessel Is a thrifty
person, and money can accomplish a
great deal.
On the big California clippers things
are different, but even on these a wom
an passenger is hardly persona grata.
The captain of one of these big ships
frequently has his wife and family
along, but he is not eager to have any
body else's wife arfd family aboard.
These vessels have staterooms and
cabins fitted up in a way that would
do credit to a trans-Atlantic liner and
the captain's table is a good one.
Scarcely a California clipper leaves
his port that has not on board at least
one, perhaps several, passengers men
who want to escape for a while from
the temptations and cares of the world.
One going on a trip in a sailing ves
sel should remember one thing if he
wants to have a calm aud unruffled
trip, and that is thnt the captain is an
absolute autocrat on board his own
ship. Do not dispute him or treat any
thing he may say with levity. lie is
used to being respected and obeyed,
and always try to remember, when on
his own quarter deck or in his own
cabin, that he Is "monarch of all he
surveys. New York Press.
A Pneumatic Tired Farm.
Mrs. M:ir .lotmsnn lnw a niiininnfl
surface of which a gang of expert drill
era have lwen trying for weekfl to sink
a drive well. To a depth of between
120 find i;;o feet the tubing enters the
soil without difficulty,' but as soon as
the air cushion Is reached the wind
rushes out with a screech like a loco
motive. Sixteen-pound sledges are
tossed Into the air ns lightly as feathers
and operations have to be suspended.
When this occurrence took place the
lirst time the workmen figured that
they had merely struck a wind pocket.
fter waiting several days in the hojn;
11 wmw '""xi i'' I"''u out
toe luuiiij; jiimi luam; u i tcmi i;iri, m
a new locution. At about' tho srtiiK!
depth ns before the old program wa;i
j repented. A half dozen attempts have
: now been made with no greater degrci
'of success. From the Inst hole the
j wind smelled so strongly of gas that
j tho drillers were unable to work
over It.
He Was Tciider-llcarted.
Tho wife of a certain vicar died, to
the vicar's groat grief, and amid tho
iioep sympathies of the congregation.
The curate, who was a tender hearted
ninn, was to prorieh on the .following
Sunday morning In tho vicar's pres
ence. This was his text: "Lo! I will
send you another comforter." The 1n
dies of the congregation could hardly
control their emotion.
An old man never knows now spright
ly he can be until his bat blows oft bis
head, and skips off in tbs direction of
s mud puddls.
