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WJiaa writing, mention thla paper.
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"' "Have yon any Oemo Cigar bands,"
Is the question which la Invariably ask-
' d when two of our citizen happen
ta meet wowadaya. In fact. since the
raanaUrlurera of theae cigars have
kM running their large and attiavt
Ire advertising in the local paper, this
anusstioa baa actually taken the place
of the usual sslutatory remarks about
the waiber. We are certainly gl'i 1
thai, far the lime being at lead, we
will break ourselves of thai "weather"
fcabtt.
" RoaHy, th-i Interest In the collection
- ( Creioo band I becoming ao acute
thai a lady of my acquaintance, who
' always atrenuoualy objected to hubby's
smoking In the house, haa actually
granted him thla privilege, providing he
mokes Cremoa and gives her the
band. But. from the record hubby nan
made in the amoking line alnce wlfey
vacated ner injunction iivonmunn
I am Inclined to think that he ha d
terminer to make good, with Interest
compounded, for the time he has lost.
The band aeem to be as K-xxl as
aiiuney'.' You can get most anything
from a Jackknlfe to a silver tea aervlce,
for them. The manufacturer were
loy all right In remembering the lu-
. dies so extensively in making up their
llat of presents, for, while the dear
creature don't smoke themselves. 1
mean the cigar, y-t they, as another
lady friend said to me, "Ho enjoy ser
ine John so comfortable and contented
While smoking." I'll go broke, though,
that all the time ahe wan thinking ,of
silver augar spoon, sewing marhln.t
or aome other thing equally aa closely
tiled to femlnliiliy.
' We men get a pretty good deal In
this priaent game, too: revolvers, rifle,
pen knives, suit eases, handbags, um
breaala and -but I haven't the spa'-e
to name m all, ao will refer you to
the advertisement for further informa
tion. tHM.it of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lut.tR
Count y. as:
Frank J. Cheney makes oith thud he
la aenior partner of the firm of K. ,1.
Cheney A Co.,' doln' business in the
Cltf of Toledo. County and Htate ufor?
aald. and that said Him will pay the
aum of NtC HUNfUK) DoLI.ACH
for each and every case of Catarrh that
'eannot Im cured by the use of Hall's
Catarrh Cure. KKANK. J- chkNm.
Hwom to before me and subsi rll."l
Hi mjr presence, IbH tth day of i'e
cembvr. A. U. im. A. W. UI-KASoX.
(Heal.) Notary f'tiblle.
Hall' C'slarrh ture Is taken Inter
nally, and acta directly on the blood
lid mucous surfaces of the aystem.
end for testimonials, free.
K. J. CHKNKY I'll , Toledo, O.
Sold by Drugglaw. 75c.
Hall Family PHI are the bert.
He gain no knowledge who Is un
willing to acknowledge what he doe
not know. ' - -'
It la "announced again that Id k
Crofcer haa gone for gie.J. Not much.
tHtk la booked In retain In Hepteml r
Hi thne to manipulate the fall cum
balga fand. ,
Chicago Tribune: "la It not true,"
aM the ffoulful Toung Thing, "that
there la aomathlng sadly poetical, and
ym wiuslcal, In the sound of a giant
tree falling to the earth?" "Ye m."
aald the Michigan llmberman, "1 sup
pea there la what you might call a
' kind of logarithm about It."
NEW YORK
, wPseMlM Bfcote at tiw PuipH.
"Huffglo Etpivfe-' A prom'inetrt 'divine
declares thai the shadow of the frying
pan is the real cloud on the happiness
ofthe naii.-io. and lhatjjiere vau herer
be any real union of hearts where
there I dyspepsia. It may be that
good cookery is the potent preaerver
of romance. . .
Baltimore American: Men all over
the country, irrespective of clataj or
creed, will brighten up with eager an
ticipation when they hear that a
woman minister lateiy announced ' at
n organization meeting that aome, of
the methods used by women in raisin
fun'is for 'Church purpose are .open
to criticism. For the feminine charity
or church financier is dreadful through
out the land, though her system of
social brigandage has been meekly
submitted to as tyranny, resistance to
which is hopeless. ' -
Philadelphia Lodger: Dr. Ralnaford
Is by no mean the first man to hold
that , bad cooking .Is responsible for
many of the sfn that men commit.
It is well Known that a disordered
stomach "has a corresponding effect on
the brain, causing men to hold views
and to commit deed which they would
ihwk only of with horror under normal
conditions; but this class of missionary
work, as U really is, has been much
neglected by reformers in the past.
They are giving it more attention now,
and the cooking schools, despite the
ridicule shrtaped upon them by the
comic writers, are doing good work to
ward raising the general average of
American cooking.
Kanaaa City Star: JJeaconnesses in
the ilethodist church are in the nature
of a new departure. J'"lve of them were
consecrated at . .the Grand Avenue
Methodist KpiscopaJ church on Tues
day evening. For five years they give
themselves up to ministering to the
alck. taking care of the poor and to
other kindly deed. In the Bid days
almost every Methodist "sister wi a
deaconnews without the form of ordi
nation. The .women of that church
fifiy years ago were powerful in ex
hortation and prayeT and instant' in
good works. They were required by
the "discipline" to pay so little attri
tion to their Hut be, and to other van
ities of life that they had more time
than the women of the period can find
to devote to other people. If the
Methodists have borrowed the Idea of
deacon neeses from some other denom
ination there are a few churches which
have not borrowed something from
the Methodists.
Personal and Otbarwlaa.
' The river and harbor bill Is now rec
ognized by the house of representatives
as a dough-dough proposition.
' Lord Wolseley's trip to South Africa
for the benefit of his health Indicates
that his military" refutation is Immune
to graveyard Influences.
Considering the weather of the last
six weeks at a safe distance, It is fair
to admit that the groundhog knows a
thing or two. . r
Joha Jtes, ilk. Chicago, protnotsr,
admitted In court that he cleuned up
H.OOo.uou in syndicating the wire trust.
Mr. (lutes was recently breveted a cap
tain of industry.
After all, Mrs. Ileity Green is Just
IHce" a-" nn." he is kicking on the
tax- assessed against her at Bellow. 1
Kails. Vt, and threatens-to -move out.
We. Hetty, believe It.
Two of Missouri's learned men are
gravely discussing tile origin of the
phrase "You'll have to show me," both
assuming It to be of modern construc
tion. Yet a paity by the name of
Thomas made a similar reinajk soma
nineteen centuries ago. ... ..
tine of the .Solomons on the bench of
Chicago believes in home treatment as
a specific for unruly boy, but invari
ably Insists on , the fathers touching
the spot 15 worth In his pieaence. This
..ii.ls a courtly dignity to the perform
ance which the! Jrlil boys" w lll recall
w ith varying etuotlonav v.-. . '
A lurge crowd of curious women lis
tened eagerly to the leading otj'gu&hy'.'.
letters In a divorce case In a Missouri
court, and giggled audibly ut the lender
sentiments. Itu; when the Judge , re
ma! ked that at rptlflon of the gig
gling would coat 'fjrtich glggler "thu
price of an Katr botinet," a solemn
hush fell upon tbf crowd. Cuckles at
l he price Is a lirWy-fir the rich only.
it la generally admitted that Ht. Pat
rick was a gentleman. According to
lei enl assertion he was also a veisalila
dispenser of thu.goapel. In Kansas
City an orator claimed him as a Me'h
odiai, and In OmahS he haa been eulo
gised as an tjSJlm-apallaii. Now cones
Moiithlngton. Cob.,'Wlth the claim that
St. I'ati kk , "Biptlat missionary.
If modern leaearch keeps up II lick
the religion of Ireland's apostle will
soon rival Joseph's rot;
Hamlin' Wlaard Oil knock the spot
off your threat when It (a sore, and
prevent dlpht!
nena. quinsy, etc,
Ixive Is Ihi great tpe-featiire oill.
vine llkeneai. 1 i ' ' ,
Only the aplrlt taught can give spir
itual teaching.
The petulant pastor la as pi I Is hie ns
he is powerless,
Preparation may be more than half
f performance.
When the heart I uplifted In pride it
I seldom hfowdened In charity.
HUlKrH fROM THE HA MB HORN.
The silent worker la sure to be heard
'h CHICAGO
A nerloae Dojly laapaaeel w rfcarrk
Meaabera la a MJeblgaa Town.
"You remember the chestnut bell, of
course?" auid the man who hud got
out of Chicago with only the loss of
one of his aiioe heels. "Well, 1 was
greatly taken with it at the time, and
when I set out to visit my old home
in Michigan I bought a dozen bells to
take aloug. Nobody in the town had
beard of them, but I hadn't worn one
over a day when the people caught on
and I was fairly IxsMieged. When Sun
day came I prepared to attend church
like a dutiful son, and at the proper
time mother and I were seated in lief
pew. JuM, what the text wan I can't
remember, but the minister had
scarcely announced it when six of my
cbetttnut bells Hounded among the con
gregation. -The good mail. difJult minil
them in the least, but went ahead
with his work, lie was rung up on
his hymn, and lie was' run up every
minute or two on his sermon, and
though there was something amusing
about it, I was alo balf-wcared out of
my boots. As I had brought the bells
to town I didn't know but what he'd
hold me reBimnsibre, and 0en out oa
me. About the middle of his sermon
tie said something about .lonab, and
eleven of those bells went 't-i-n-g!' on
him in siicceHsirvn. lie stopped, and
looked around, and then calmly Raid:
' 'Will those people who are jingling
keys kindly jingle a little softer?'
"1 ww thankful to get out. of that
phurch without a calamity," continued
the bell mnn, "and I didn't do any
la-jghing till th next day. Then it
was becamie I learned thnt every
blewsed man who had rung up the
minister was seriously
earnest
about it and felt it a sort of duty, and
bemuse that minister himself called
at the bouse and accepted my own
bell and rung it upon mother within
fiv minutes!" New York Sun,
JOI'SKRT ON RIJI Bt HILL.
HawHtBrouhU Proud British br.a
era I to Immediate Terms-
lliose who met en. .1 on bert when
he wus in tnis city a few years ago
as the guest of Henry George recall
him as a plum-fuced old man with a
mass of black hair l.reked with gray
ami a full, griz.led beard. He speaks
English but hi wife, a woman pre
maturely aged with domestic toil.
Sjsike nothing save Dutch, and aat pa
tient though immiKtukubly bored at
the affairs to which she and her hus
band were Invited. With the father
and the mother was a strapping son
of sixteen or .thereabouts, who
slrongly resembled .loubert.
The old general told with modesty
of his negotiations with the British
at Majuba Hill, and his eyes sparkled
a he recited his reply to the British
commander-in-chief. :
"It does not comport with these."
said the British Genera)., pointing: to
the decorations on his breast, "to ac
cede to your terms."
To which said Joubert, Minting to
riflemen,, "And it dot not comport
with those to offer any other."
.louliert's best story, as illustrating
the perils of South African life was
concerning, the loss of a somewhat
savage but viiliied cook, who was bod
ily carried off from the kitchen by a
lion. New York Times.
Mark Twain oa llie Korra.
Mark Twain lias met the Itoer, and
this Is what he says of him: "He is
deeply religious; profoundly ignor
ant; dull, obstinate, bigoted; unclean
ly in his haliiUi; hospitable, honest in
his dealings with the whiles; a hard
master to bis black servant; lazy, a
good shot, good horseman, addicted
to the chase; u lover of politiiiul inde
pendence: n good husbund li ml father;
not fond of herding together in towns,
but. liking the seclusion ami remote
ness and solitude and empty vastness
ami silence of the. veldt; a nirin of
mighty appelile and not, delicate
about wliut he appeases it. will) well
satisfied with pork and Indian corn
and biltong, requiring only that the
quantity shall not )e stinted; willing
to ride a long journey to take a hand
in a rude all night, dunce interspersed
with vigorous feeding and boisterous
jollity, but ready to ride twice as far
for a prayer meeting; proud of his
Hutch and Huguenot origin and its
religious and military history; proud
of liis race achievements in South Africa-
its ImiIiI plunges into hostile and
uncharted deserts in search of free
solitudes nnve.xed by the pestering
and detested Knglish; also its victo
ries over the natives hhiI the llritish;
proudest of all of the (' gj ct and ef
fusie personal interest which the
Deity has always taken in its affairs.
"He cannot read, he cannot write;
"he litis one-or' two newspnpers, but
he is apparently not aware of it; un
til hiilerly be had no schools and
laiilit his children nothing; news i
a term which has no inclining to him,
and the thing itself he cares' nothing
alfont. Hm bate to be taxed, and -resents
it. He lias stood stock- still in
Smith Africa for two centuries and a
half, and would like to stand still un
til the end of time, for he has no sym
pathy with ultlundcr notions of prog
ress. " '
"He is hungry to be rich, for he is
human: but his preference has been
for riches in caltle, not in fine clothes
ami fine houses mid gold urn! dlii
momK The gold and the diamonds
have brought the godless stranger
within his gates, also contamination
and broken repose, and he wishes
that they had never been discovered."
The giraffe was' thought lo be near
extinction, but Major Mnxse, a Pritisli
explorer, has found ;reat herrts Of
Miem HlOipg I 111? nnNii inn, a if iwi
tary of the White .Nile.
India's are of Mhent fiirms Is now
about two-thirds as large, as that of
! the Ctiited Slates. The wheat is still
thrashed by being trodden out by bul
locks and buffaloes.
The -new plfint of the Tnion settle-nn-nl
for philanthropic work, which
has just bern opened In Hnrlrnt, ti
one of the Unest in New York, and
cost nier 910,000. , ... , ., ... ...
A 9KW MAKK TWAIN TORY.
IThlrh Accounts For I ho Koti-Publleatlaa
ufa Carofully frep rod lalorvlow.
There la. a certain editor in New
York with whom the power of the
daily press is such a hobby that he
raised the salary of a sub-editor who
suggested a "Sunday special" on
Famous Graduate of the Reporters'
Room, and at once assigned bis best
dresued reporter to interview leading
authors along this line, - --
It happened that Mark Twain was
In New York, and the editor counted
m him as a striking exmpWoi.'- the
literary value of newspaper training.
The reporter was ordered to spare no
space for the interview. Yet when
the article appeared Mr.- " Clemen's
name was consplcaou3ly absent. It
was-this way :
Mr. Clemens received the reporter
nith his customary urbanity, though
he shrugged his shoulders when he
learned wiiat paper the young man
represented, as usual Mr. Clemens
was a most elusive man to pin down
in an interview, but at last the re
porter gathered his wits and asked
the question which he meant should
point his article.
"Mr. Twain," he asked, "to what
one thing most of all do you owe your
marvelous success in literature?" He
had counted on "my newspaper train
ing" as the answer.
The famous numorist half shut his
eyes,' thought a few moments in sil
ence, and then said decisively:
"To the fact that when I was young
and very ambitious I lost my job.
"May I ask what was your job.
Mr. Twain?' exclaimed the puzzled
... ..,,.. ,
ueruuniy, sir; ceriamiy, repnei
Mr. Clemens, with freat suavity. "I
was a reporter." Saturday Evening
Post
KXAKKH AND HEASTS OF IMIIl.
laj 1 gtUTIy Killed Mure Than 27 000
Peraoua and 1UU (MM) t'atllo.
The home department of the govern
meat of India has one sphere of activ
Ity to which nothing analogous , caHKl
tie oun. in tins country-nameiy w
destruction of wild beasts and polBOn-
ous snakes. During 1899 the number
nurine- IKM the number
ol deaths among human, beings attri
buted to wild animals was U.Stiti. For
tunately, however, the number is be
low the Average of the last fouryeais
and much lower than the number
reported in 1897. In 1899 tigers
caused, the death of 899, wolves of
3::S and leopards of 237 human beings,
while bears, elephants, hyenas, jacka s
and crocodiles were accountable for a
large proportion of the remainder,
says the London Times.
.The tiger ia moat destructive In Ben
gal, about half of the whole number
of victims of fhis animal being re
ported from that province. Maneuv
ers have especially troubled certain
districts, and liberal reward have
been offered for their destruction. In
the Bhamo district of Upper Burmah
a single man-eating tiger kilted about
twenty persona. A special reward of
100 roupees was paid for Its destruc
tion. . More than half of the deaths
from leopard. occurred in Bengal,
while more than three-fourths of
those from wolvee ' occurred la tbe
northwestern - provinces and Oudh.
Special measures were taken to hunt
down a particularly destructive pack
near Cawnpttr. High rewards were
ottered and hunting parties organized,
but without, much success.
The loss of human' life from snakp
reached the hleh total of 24.621. a
greater mortality than In any one of
the four preceding years. Nearly half
the death, occurred in Bengal, whiles
the northwestern provinces and Oudh
came next with nearly otie-fourth of
the total. In Bengal the relatively
high mortality is attributed to floods,
which drove the snakes to the. , high
lands on which village . homesteads
are built. As will be observed, snakes
are more destructive of human life
than are the wild animals, but the re
verse is tf'e of the destruction of
cattle. In 18!)9 no fewer than 89,2.18
rattle wpre destroyed by wild animals,
and 9.449 by snakes. Of the former.
37,98 fell victims to leopards, and
34.321. to tigers. The leopard Is even
more destructive to cattle than the
tiger in Bengal. This province is tbe
greatest sufferer from the ravage of
wild animals and snakes, its loss be
ing 3u,5?,9 cattle. Assam lost 17.000,
Madias 13.592. Burmah 11.016, and the
centval provinces 11.689.
The number of wild animals ; de
stroyed was 18.887. and the amount
paid for their destruction was 107 .476
rupees. The number of snakes killed
ww 94 548, and the rewards paid for
this service amounted to 4,151 rupees.
. i To H and to Hold. ' '
'"Miss Jotiheton." authoress of "To
Have and to Hold," says a reader of
this column, who knows her person
ally, "is the frailest, daintiest little
lady imaginable. Kar from being the
dashing ereature one would think from
reading her novel, she looks as if sie
had not strength or energy enough to
put her thoughts on paper. She told
me that her methods of work are
somewhat peculiar. She prefers to
begin to write -at 11 o'clock in ths
evening, when everything about htris
still and there are no dlscondant
noises to distract hr attention. She
writes only In the South, and. as far
as possible, on - mmNrtight nights,
seated at a window, through which
the moonlight Is streaming. "Phila
delphia Telegraph.
In Australia the men predominate.
Tbe census shows S."i women. for every
100 'men. .,
When 1,01 feet )oy the ocean
surface one can, nn a clear day, se - a
at Vi I rt b4 at illalanjiit nf f ni-t V.l Mfn m 1 1 nil
. i Wilis' m a Ulfll fievj ri iiiii;-iifw hum.
China the Chinese smoke opium.
They r viilltless of the sin of eating
It Tim ."Mnlican man" does the eat-
' - ''''' '' " " ' ' "
The ' official 'report. " Just Nsuprf
shows that during 1900 the ntimhfr o'
pilgrims to l.ourdes wn 60t0)(
among whom were four Cardinals nnd
thlrtv Archbishops and B'rhn'is. ."f
water from the grotto 105 000 bottle,
were despatched to all quarters of t P
globe...,,- ' ..i .!
When I was a Farmer
There is in nearly all women an In
stinct which make them long for a
home of their own, and hundreds of
working women who now suffer the
restraints and discomforts of cheap
boarding houses would become home
makers if they knew how. This sketch
is the experience of one woman who
made for herself a home in the country
and is prepared now to give the pleas
ure and disadvantages of housekeep
ing. The house was an old fashioned one
nearly falling apart inwardly, but the
typical New England cottage out
wardly painted white with green blinds.
It was very oTd7anrdTd not bearits
years easily. It was an hour's ride
from Boston, and in the countriest of
country. Its appearance was not
pleasant to eyes accustomed to city
trimmers, so I kept from looking with
in and instead looked out where. the
Atlantic was to be seen in Its glory,
wearing a new dress from hour to
hour.
The sunlight poured Into the rooms
and brightened all the dark pla.es,
and sweetened them, too. There was
need of It, as the former inhabitants
had not been up to date on hygienic
appliances. The cellar was hung with
mould in white, curtains so thick was
It. One might suppose it a shrine
rained to the worship of rheumatism.
When the man came to help roe get
into living trim as he went into the
cellar he remarked, "My God, what a
cellar!" To my rebuke he calmly re
plied, "The man who wouldn't swear
when he saw - such a cellar as that
.yypu.ldn't have 'the 'soul of a man."
These', were chief among the evils
of the.'hpuse, and ahe dampness mat
tered little during the season that
everyone lived out of doors, but it was
te one evil tha finally drove me back
to city living.
The house had a great (leal of old
llKBVaMi: .furniture', which properly
J " - .! , . . ... A ma tha,
WW u.- ,oe ueiguuv.. .
I had to leave It In my rooms.and I
pitied them that they could not see
how much in keeping house and fur
niture were, and how utterly out of
place would modern furniture of the
kind beloved for best in country towns
be in that old house. The piano, pic
tures, books, and little things that I
have collected during various -roaming
made modernllity enough. I ' had; no
best room. " ' :j " 'A -
The Bitting room was an ideal of
homey comfort. There was a fire place
big enough to take in an immense stick
and la-It a fire every week but two
whlle i was In the house, I am a nat
ural . lire worshipper. I found the
crane and had It put in tbe hooks
waiting for It, and by rummaging in
the attic I came across the pot hooks
to go on the crane, and put them on it
and swung my kettles there. I cooked
a dinner once a la Pilgrim mother,
and then returned thanks that I was a
later day dweller in the land. ,.
In the sitting room wa a quaint
writing desk on spindle legs, the doors
ornamented with old-time pictures and
a long-gone-by. map of Greece was the
observed of countries. " A- beautiful
grand mahogany table so heavy that I
ppuld not move it, was In the center
of the room, and on It were boohs and
papers, but by it I sat and read, or
"dreamed dreams and saw them realized
In the coals, while the piano in' the
corner seemed a quiet friend, ready
when called upon to be responsive to
my dreams.
When I began'iny.; housekeeping the
(npTe' 4res were In bud, and soon on
either side of myjfiont door was a
j-rab apple tree ghirious in cover ol
White, it No .'"bride f ever looked more
bridal than my trees, giving fragrance
r'wltb every breath of air, and drawing
tbe beei from all around and life was
full of beauty. Mine is the richer to
day for the gift of then. -
The maid did not tarry with me
long. She could not bear the loneli
ness, and ,afM.fcr departure I lived
alone for several, weeks when the vil
lage teacdaer ame to share my lot and
we had a- practical trial of co-operation
in work and money. This Is where the
experience becomes valuable to others.
We had,' all the W'ork to do ourselves,
which wa rather hard on one whose
housekeeping had always been .-inure
nn' theory than In practice. Until I
planned it otherwise the only water
supply was In a weil fifiy feel deep,
drawn up b s 'w'heel,' That was Out
of possible us tor nnj hot born to hard
labor. I Itud barrels placed In the
kitchen, connected with each other and
fauceted, a lid these gave water enough
for all housekeeping purposes, and
saved having to go out of doors in a
storm for every bit of water. It Is
something wonderful how hard women
make life for themselves in the country
where there I no need of It.
There were three acres and one-half
of land belonging to the house. Half
of this was woodlapd, and the rest was
an apple orchard with sowe apace for
a garden. The placs whs greatly run
down. There was tha remain l what
had once been n extensive raspberry
patch, and chtirlea, STapas, currant?,
and pears were On the ground. It was
fruit year when 1 became a farmer,
so I tasted the Joys of harvest. Apples
were so many that they were not worth
gathering If olM Imd to hire tbe work
done, and it whs almost Impossible to
hire a man todWVaythlng. They pre
ferred to go to "th "tore "there was
but one-and ; about -how hard
times were, and how a man couldn't
get anything to rtn, My apples served
me as gifts," and tho puddings, dump
lings, sauce, but niosl of all in Jelly.
Made a bushel of apples Into Jelly and
had crab .apple beside those to can,
nr..'. turn Into Jelly.'.
To live in the country and rio hav
a garden seems out of keeping. 8o 1
determined to have one. What I didn't
know about farming would havt- ma do
quit s a library. I know more iwv, be
cause I made mine nearly all mjw'f
The farmer who ploughed it It never
had been ploughed before said It was
so full of tansy that nothing else would
grow there and he also said that
under those circumstances he should
not do anything more to it, wMtini?
his time and my money, so aa a gardun
I must have 1 went at it. I pta.uf.ed r
dozen tomato plants, beans, puis c
cucumbers, squash, kttuce and t.ul--lanes,
J. 'planted my. . corn la .a et
place and my peas in a dr tpniadurr
by experience that that wis just th.f
opposite of what I ought t hiva
done. My corn assumed an arr f mel
ancholy and showed that geUOa-j- 313
feet wet did not agree with It. Kven
the crows scorned to visit it. The pe-aa
grew and so did everything eJaCj but
the lettuce which was overshadowed
by the tomatoes, aand the s.j-iaHli,
which never came up. The beans grew
as if they knew they were encouraging;
a beginner.; I had vegetables to giva
away and more than I wanted to eat.
I made a bushel pf cucumbsr ptskles
from the cucumber vines, put up sev
eral quarts of tomatoes and had about
half a peck of green tomato oicl'.les.
If you want to know how to get a mast
delicious flavor . to your preserved
things, let them be fruits of your drat
garden. -.' '! : . 1
There were black heart and white
heart, cherries, and both trees loaded.
Of the latter I sold eight quarts, and
put up as many more. I had tbem al
ways ready during their season to offer
friends.
Of forty-two quarts of ra-sprriesi
most of them were sold or given away.
I had currant and raspberry jelly, and
of the thimble berries mad a a jelly
which had an" exquisite flavor. 1 think
thimble berries are not as welt known
jn this way as they deserve. I canned
a J"ew quarts, but they are so full of
seeds" that they are better worth .mak
ing into jelly than using arty other
way.
My pears were few and serve! me as
dessert, only. The yvild and cultivated
grapes which were to be had ia quan--tity
served as a fruit for the table, aa
grape juice, "jelly, spiced grapes t and
marmalade. ' ' ;
Did it ' pay to be a farm? Tes,
whether one counts in money or health.
Bent five dollars a uiuntli. which,
shared by two made very listit weight.
So much of our living came from our
own raising that even when ftres be
ban to make the reckoning heavier
our expenses each were ner over
eight dollars a month. We lived near
enough to the city to go back , and
forth every day, if wa cared to da so.
It takes no more fire to warm two than
one, no more light for two tnan-one.
and the rent Is the same whether one
or more are in the house. --Jiear every
city, that Is, near enough in make it
possible to get back and forth ara
houses which can be hired for as little
as a room in the city. Fare on tha
roads do not bring up the prices either.
Let four girls or more hire such a
place and they will have aa object les-.
son on home management aad homo
comfort that will insure fir young
women who will not go' to boarding
should they marry, but wilt make,
homes. There is no sucli center of
safety in the world, for man or woman,
as a happy home, and she who makes
one is a public benefactor.
Of the possibilities on a sola!! farm
open to a woman without much,
strength, I have not spoken because I
have not personally tried them. 1 knewt
my farming must be brief and there
fore failed to go Into some line that X
should were I to b eestablished perma
nently. I know women who have mad
bees, hens, small fruits and flowers
pey well, they seem no more capabla
than other women. I believe in thosoj
lines of work for women, and the out-!
lay in cash is less than one would sup
pose. ,
Tbe world has too many loneJy
women leading lives starved far a hu
man ,interest, Why do nt soioe of
them try combining themselves into
families on a home basis'; In such
women" lies "the way to great?' com
forts for the same income, a broaden
ing of the horizon by seeing something
besides one's, own cores, a n't an op
portunity to make one s sett a telling
feature In' the life of a small town
In short, (o be individual Instead of an
atonl in the genera i human tridum. It
Is no utupia, but a blebsr-d reality
within the reach of those 'wh wish IS.
to make one sing from, the it't
"Be H ever so humble,.., 1
There Is no place Ilk h.wne.'- )
Dora m. uon.imu
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