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THE BED CLOUD CHIEF.
M.-L. THOMAS, Publisher.
EED CLOUD,
KEBKASKA
A LEAF FROM THE CALENDAR.
"Whore trood-violcts lovo to prow
Thickly lie-? iho winter snow;
hire- th streamlet suns anil lancod,
And tucMimtnurMmhuntn j?lnnoMl
3 tiriMiKli tliu mcKiow. down the dale.
All is hushed, and chill, and palol
Where the crow-foot's tender preen
J aslli.t In the prlnp U s-een:
ncie the fli-ckerln-rrlcs hido
1 Jy tlio kv iirliuttia' ,Idt
And the uowMips, tipped with sold,
Over hill ami d.tle unfold;
Whore tho ferret, soft and lirown,
Store- his neit with pilfered donn;
And the lield-uniii.su in the heather
Hlceps for days iind weeks together;
And the Mitilrrcl, wise and dumb,
Waits for better days to come;
Ji- the tvintcr Wttcr stronir
limine"! through 1 reeving nltrhis and lonjr;
A hii' i ho tPinpot eoiiws and soes,
Sliding swift o'er drifted Minw.-i:
("loinls :ilK(;aii(l trUxiin li-low; v
Tell me when will winter kj'!
"When the buds hesin to swell:
When the btrcam-s I cup through tho dell;
When tho swallows dip and tly.
Wheeling, circling through thes'-cy;
When the violet bids the roso
Waken from its long repose:
"When the gimls in imBtne d.mcc:
V1ipii the Imnr, bright hours advance.
When the rohin by the dour
H:ng-, :i ne'ur lit Mini before;
Then, when ueait, and llowcr. and wing,
Lcijiaml laugh then comes the spring!
Win. .. Unoa. " Scrdmcr.
MANSION OH HUG-OUT.
John Ilemlerby was tcllin; pretty
Wary Aju-uIv his plans for the future
tolling them in :i strained, eager voice
that made Mary's hands tremble slight
ly over her work.
"Now that 1113' sister i3 married,"
John was saying, "Clara and Jennie
will live with her. 1 have given them
all the money that 1 ean spare, that sis
tor s husband may not feci tho children
too groat a burden; and for myself t
have taken a homestead claim, and now
J am go'ng West to improve it. "Mary,
when 1 have made a home may 1 not
hope that yon will come and share it
with me? 1 cannot put my love in
words, but you know that you are the
one woman in all the world to me."
John paused, and leaned eagerly for
ward. Mary was locking demurely
down at her work, but there was a mis
chievous light in her eyes.
"John, you have done me the honor
to otter me njwsildc home in the far
"West. Why, 1 have received an oiler of
the grand mansion over tho w:ij !"
Mary's light tone jarred on John's
overstrung nerves.
"You have accepted it, of course,"
said John, bitterly, :ls fie ro-e and strode
to the window.
Ye--, there stood the beautiful stone
inaiis'.un, half hidden by grand trees;
and John knew that in the shadow of
tho-o trees fountains threw up their
.sparkling jets, and statuary gleamed
white, that wealth had been spent with
a laish hand to make this spo"t a gar
den of beauty. Hut John knew, too,
that old .Mr. Green, now dead, hud
gained the most of this gre it wealth by
grinding the faces of the poor, and that
the son wih following in the footsteps
of ihoiro. It hurt him cruelly that
Man should choo.se such a man, and
In-, vole sounded- harsh as he said:
'"l on ean. at least, give me the privi
lo re of hearing an honest 'no' to mv
question.
"John," said a gentle voice at his
elbow, "you asked me to .share your
homo after "3 on have made it- All I
a. k is. let me go with 3-011, and we will
bu Id up oar home together."
It is nnnecossaty to state what fol
lowed; sull.ee it to say, John acted as
am lover would act who. fancying him
self a leje ted suitor, suddenly finds
himself transported to the heaven of
acceptance.
John told Mary of the hardships of
pioneer life, and urged her to wait, un
til he had earned a comfortable homo;
but Mary was eager to try life in the
far West. Ucsides, she told John that
though Cousin (.eorre and Margaret
wore kind to her in their way. and her
Ik mo with them was comfortable, even
beautiful, t-till she could not but feci her
d pi ndeneeupon them. And .John, con
tra.sting the long, lonely ride, and the
htitl lonelier bac'ielor "quarters, with
tho pictures of Mary .sitting 13' lfs
.sif'e, while the3' rode over miles and
miles of eountiy, and Mary presiding
oor his humble home, eoufd utter but
foible remonstrance to her eager
wi-hos.
So it was settled that Mary should go
with li'm. ami that they should begin
wfattom'ther.
AJohn walked home past the beau
tiful mansion, he could but think what
:i l.uo setting all this grandeur would
bo for his precious jewel, nmllic won
d re 1 if Maty would ever regret her
cfcce.
Hut, to Mary's way of thinking,
John's true, honest love lar exceeded
in value all Silas Green's wealth. John
had worked long and hard to support
his mother and sisters, and to cancel
tS' h ng list of debts his father had left
unpaid? Now that his mother was
chad, his s'stor married, and every
debt paid, John Avas compelled to go
"Yt to build up a home for tho
woman of his love. Mary know all
tK and was satisfied.
When the announcement of their
speed v marriage was made, it met with
some opposition. Cousin Margaret
could not see win' Mary should choose
to o away out" of civilization, when
shccoiild be mistress of a mansion;
aud then "what would the children do
without her?"' Poor, careful, saving,
hard-working Margaret was loth to
confess what a loss Mary's assistance,
cheerfullv gi en, would be to her. In
stead of'a dependent, Mary was, in
real .13 a help and a blessing to her
cousin.
Maty was firm in her determination
to n with John, and when their ar
rangements were made, and their small
More of goods w:ts packed in the big
covered wagon, then Mary, attired as
became the wife of an emigrant. walked
into the church with John, aud was
made his wife.
When John and Mary stepped from
the low stoop into the "prairie schoon
er," there were tear-dimmed C3-es and
heartv God-bless-3'oif s from the simple
villagers, for they were great favorites
MMtlNhesrt oeonle. Silas Green was
there, and his hagjard face showed his
inward suffering: for despite his great
wealth, he envied the man in the lum
ber wagon with his pretty bride beside
W:is ever happier bridal tour? No
zToud lips to curl in scorn at their love
ffjaisages. Hiding all day long past
larm " houses, across streams and
through towns, camping out at the
close of da v, with nothing to disturb the
hush of night save tho murmur of the
leaves" overhead, or the wash of the
'stream near by. John's rifle furnished
f- them with many a savory mess of game.
Sometimes they would let the horses
have a long nooning while they fished,
sittinr close together and planning for
the future. John's small store of
moncv, the3' planned, would build them
a wee" little house, subject to additions
when crops came in. John would get
T work enough the first winter to supply
them with the necessaries of life. When
breaking season came, John would
break an hundred acres or more,
and raise enough sod corn to
do them tho first year and some
to sell; then the rcxt spring
he would have eighty acres of wheat,
and the remainder corn. Eighty acres
" of wheat, they figured, averaging twen
ty bushels to the acre, at one dollar per
"bushel, would bring sixteen hundred
dollars. This would finish their house
ad greatly improve their farm.
Thus, you see, the pago of their fut
ure was full of golden anticipations; no
margin left for misfortune, failure of
crops or possible sickness. If people
would only learn to count on what tiicy
have instead of what they expect to
have, there would be fewer disappoint
ed lives.
But the season was jetting late: al
ready the frost had nipped the gras3,
and they were yet a week's drive from
their claim.
One evening John said: " I believe
we'll camp early to-night, Mary. I don't
like the way Topsy holds her head. It
will not do for the horses to get sick."
But poor Tops3' was already sick;
hardly was the harness lifted from tho
faithful creature's back before she
dropped on her side. Not a mouthful
would she eat, though Mary plucked
handfnls of tender grass for her. All
night long they watched beside her,
doing all they could to alleviate her
sufferings, but in the morning there was
but one horse to feed, for Topsy was
dead.
John must have another horse, and,
of course he was obliged to nay a most
exorbitant price for it. When they
started once more upon their journey
John's face was rathcrsober.forthe price
of the new horse had taken a huge
fclicc of the money devoted to building
their house.
Their routo now lay through tho re
gion of homestead claim. On cither
hand, prairie stretched from the rising
to the setting sun. Here and there a
few trees were set out, a small house
built, and a tract of black sod upturned.
Sometimes they saHr a smoke curlingup
from the side of a hill, where an emi
grant, too poor to build a house, had
scooped out a dug-out for a home.
The.se people knew the meaning of
hard times, but they had faith to be
lieve that sometime this beautiful, new
count rv would vield theniau "hundred
fold " for their'toil.
At last thej- reached their destination,
and John pointed out as fair a piece of
land as ever the sun shone on as "our
homestead."
Old Jcny Stevenson, their nearest
neighbor within four miles, saw the
wagon, anil came with' true lio.sjitiility
to invite them to his home and some
" warm grub."
" You can bring 3-our beddin' in and
.stay v,tn us ll'l you g't a roof over vour
bends. The weather oiles most too hard
for a-body to live comfortable hi a
prairie schooner."
John and Mary gladly accepted his
kindness. Mar3' was all eagerness to
learn Western ways. She watehed
Jeny's wife as she went about preparing
the evening meal; she went with Jony to
feed the horses and hogs, and before
the evening passed she had confided to
him just how much money they ha 1,
and all their plans. So Jerry was well
acquainted with their hnancial affairs.
The next morning, after breakfast,
Jerry said, as he pushed back his plate:
" Now 1 reckon 3-011 3-oung folks are
thinkin' about gettin' a place to live in.
If 3'ou'll take old Jerk's advice, I won't
charge 3-011 nothing. In the fust place,
3'ou've got a little money, and 3-011 want
to build a house; but there aro a few
things more 'minor Unit in the West than
a hou.se. Now," said Jcny, marking
off the items with his long forefinger,
" 3-011' ve got to have a cow; and 3011
must have a stove, and coal to burn in
it the 3-car round, for you hain't home
steaded no timber land; and you've got
to have corn for the horses, and feed
for yourselves, till 3 our fust crop comes
in. You needn't count much on sod
corn. Mebby 3'ou'll raise enough for
3 our horses, though You've got to
have a brcakin'-plow; and as for gettin'
work, pcoplo mostly does their own
work on liomcstid land. Then there'll
bo expenses coming up all the time that
I hain't mentioned; and 3-011 d better
take old Jerry's advice and jist dig 3011
a comfortable dug-out and live in "it till
3ou are able to build."
Poor John groaned in spirit. Take
Mary into a dug-out, when she might
have lived in a mansion! But Tops3''s
death had lowered his means, and
a dug-out was better than goinr
hungry; .so very rcluclnnt'3
John shouldered his spade, and
choosing a spot where thegronnd sloped
abruptly he commenced digging into
the hill-siilc. Shovelful after shovelful
was thrown out, until a large, square
caviU was made; then with Jerry's .vs
sistance sods were brought and built
into a wall. Two square places were
left for windows, a lloor was laid, the
door swung and John was ready to take
Mary to her new home.
Mary was blithe and happy; and set
about making things look home-like.
But John was discontented, for in spite
of himself, Silas Green's mansion would
persist in rearing its fair walls in con
trast to his humble dug-out, and aga;n
he wondered if Mary might not regret
marrying so poor a man.
Tho winter passed away, and during
summer John worked busily at his
breaking, lie found, as Jerry said, that
sod corn would not make his fortune;
and so another winter -came and John
longed for spring, for the crops must
build his houso this year. In the. spring,
a little life fluttered "in and fluttered out
again, and left Mary sick nigh unto
death. When John saw tho grief on
Mary's face when they told her her
baby did not live, Jollu almost curcd
himself for bringing her to live in that
"hole in the ground," as he bitterly
called his home. For ho thought that
if Mary had had a better home, she
might'havc had more strength to meet
her sickness.
Mary's health came slowly back. Sho
was lonely at times, and wished the
bachelors would marry and bring their
wives to live with them that she might
have near neighbors. One da3' the
carried water to John aud sat on tho
plow while ho drank to her health.
Then they stood looking at the wheat
as it tossed in billowy waves.
"We'll have our house this 3-ear,"
said John; "I never saw a better pros
pect." " Shall we have a marble or brown
stone front?" said Mary.
" 1 trust it will not be a brown-sod-front."
Mary started as something whirred
past her ear, struck her check, then
fluttered to the ground.
" What was that?" sho said.
John glanced down; then, with a
start, ho shaded his ayes and looked up
ward "What is it, John? What makes
3'ou so pale?"
" It's destruction," said John, huski
ly; "it's the grasshopper! Look up,
Mary!"
.Mluy sliadcd her eyes and looked up.
Yes, there, between her and the sun,
was the shining mist made b3 the gauzy
wings of the destroyers and down,
steadily down, they were coming, until
the tiefds seemed alive with them.
Mary tried to cheer John, telling
him, "Ferhaps they would leave, or
perhap's they would not injure the
grain much." But in vain. John
was a sorely-disappointed man.
lie unhitched his horses and drove
in silenco to the house, and the
destroyers, left in undisturbed posses
sion, soon completed their work of
destruction. A tire passing through
the fair fields could not have left them
more utterU desolate.
Gloom settled upon the face and
heart of tho farmer, as ho thought of
the coming winter. Many left their
claims and turned their faces eastward
poorer than when they came: others, to
save their famdies from starving, ob
tained help from the committee ap
pointed for their relief. But John, aud
Mary struggled on. There were no
more plans for tho future; thoy took
each day as it came, thankful lhat they
had food enough, poor as it was.
At last spring came, and with a faint
heart, John put in his emps once more
One day ho came in, and said, excited
ly: "Who do you suppose has com
VVcst?"
" Who?" said Mary. "Any of our
friends?"
"Sila3 Green!"
" Silas Green," echoed Mary; " why
should he come West?"
" He has brought a great drove of
cattle and is going to havo them herded
near hero; he will mako a mint of
money. He told me that he came West
for his health. I never knew he wus
sickly before."
"1 wonder if he will come to sec us."
said Mary.
Tho next day Silas answered her
wonderings by making his appearance
at tho door. Mary was clad to eee a
familiar face, and putting aside all
though's of the past, as the wife of an
other, made Silas quite welcome. And
when Silas told her of old friends, how
this one was married and that one went
courting, and gave her messages from
dear ones, what wonder that Mary's
cheek "lowed and her 03-0 grew bright?
For Silas was the first from the old
neighborhood to visit them.
After tho first visit, Sila3 called fre
quently at the humble dug-out, and
each time he had something of interest
to relate about the old neighborhood.
Mary's evident plcasuro in liis conver
sation troubled John, aud he watched
them with a jealous eye.
Harvest came and went. The grass
hopper passed over to other fields. The
j'ield of grain was abundant; far .ex
ceeding John's most sanguine hopes.
He could now build his house, but he
went about the work in a half-hearted
way. The fancy that Mary regretted
her step of three ears agohad grown
into a certainty, and though he said
nothing to Mar ho was ven- unhappy.
Ho brought his lumber from" the neigh
boring town, and ono day the thought
occurred to him that Silas might take
ad'atitagc of his absence to visit Mary.
Ho glanced back. Sure enough, there
was Silas Green's sorrel horse headed
toward the dug-out. It was but the
work of a moment for John to spring
to tho ground and hitch tho horses;
then, taking a circuitous route, ho
passed the hill and slipped cautiously
up to the vine-covered window of the
dug-out.
"Now, may God have menw on that
man's soul, if he says aught to nu wife
that he would not have mo hear!"
He. silently drew the vines apart and
looked in. Silas was standing near the
stove watching Mar- as she busied her
self tid-ing the room.
"Yes," Mary was saying, "John has
gone to town for lumber. Hois anxious
to get the house built, and so am I,
for this begins to cave, and is hardly
?afe. We are going to build just as we
planned three 3'ears ago." Mary
glanced up, and seeing the'strangc pal
lor of Silas' face, exclaimed: "What is
the matter, Silas; are 3011 s ck?"
"Yes," said Silas, huskily. "I am
sick sick with the thought of 3 our
livinir for three long years in bucIi a
place, when 3011 ate fitted to grace a
prince's palace. O Marv, 1 would havo
given ou all your heart could desire.
I would have heaped every comfort and
luxury around 3011. I would havo
shielded ou fiom ever3 rude blast!
D03011 never think of what it might
have been?"
Silas took a step forward.
John's hand held a knotted stick with
a grip of iron; but his gaze was riveted
on Man. Sho seemed to grow taller
and her 03'es fairby blazed with anger.
"Coward! ' she exclaimed, "to visit a
man's house when he is gone, and J-ay
such words to his wife! What might
have been! I tell 3-011 it never could
have beeu! If I could live a hundred
3"ears, 1 would rather live them in the
most miserable dug-out with John Hen
derby, than to bo your wife and live in
the most princely palace."
Silas shrunk back before Mary's just
indignation, and his voice was humble
enough, as he said: "I know I have
done wrong in speaking as I did. I
can't tell what prompted me unless it
is the siirht of your poverty; and, lr' as
might. Tliave never been able to put
your image irom my mind."
"You degrade o"urself and humilate
me by making such a confession," said
Mary. "Go now and remember that as
for m3 povert3, I am rich, rich in the
love of a true, honest man."
John Heuderby's head was bowed
among the vines, his stick dropped
from his hand, for what cared he for
the cowed man who passed from tho
door, and who mounted his horse and
rode svviftl' away?
When Silas had gone, John entered
and took Marj, all trembling with ex
citement, in his arms. Then, in a
broken voice, ho told her of all his
doubts, and Mary, listening, was
grieved, yet glad; grieved that John
should doubt her love, glad that the
cloud would now bo lifted from his
brow. All John's foolish fancies were
removed, and when ho left tho humble
dug-out. ho had full confidence that
whatever winds might blow, Mary's
love would still bo firm aud abiding.
Arthur's Home Magazine.
Jaunty Overskirls,
While many of the costumes arc made
in two pieces, skirt aud corsage, there
arc others with most graceful or jaunty
ovcrskirts. The appearance of height
can be given to petite figures by having
the fullness or draper below tho hips.
An exceedingly prett3 overskirt, to
wear with an underskirt of plush or
velvet, consists of fivo points of bro
cade arranged from tho waist-lino, ono
overlapping tho other, each being
slighly gathered half way up and fin
ished at the end with a jeweled tassel.
Another concoit shows open front,
embroidered side aprons, with large
lops on ono outside finished with
fringe, while on the other side are per
pendicular plaUings ending in a fringe
edged tassel: tho hack is full and slight
ly draped. Quito as elegant is an over
skirt with two deep side points of rich
brocade, with a still longer point in tho
back. Over this skirt, in front, falls a
round pointed apron of soft, clinging
material, which is draped over the sides
and is looped full iu the back.
A decided novclt3 has full drapery in
the back finished with fringe or tin
knife-plaitings, while in front, about an
eighth of a yard below the waist-line,
the garment is shirred and closed; be
low this the skirt front opens, the half
being draped over cither side, with the
ends'caught to the back with bows after
the manner of window curtains.
An effective overskirt has the front
slightly full in the center of the right
side, while tho left is plain, the lower
edge being upturned to form a pointed
revers. of" either plain or brocaded vel
vet. The sides are cut-in separate
pieces and frilled in, the lower portions
edged with brocade; the bask is cut
long and draped in the center in points,
leaving, however, a deep point finished
with brocade at the bottom.
Large and small bows, cords and
tassels, laces, fringes and beaded trim
mings enter large 13 into the combina
tions of costumes this spring, and never
before have garments been more care
lessly graceful. The sleeves aro losing
their stiff,, outlines and arc growing
more expansive, at top and above wrist,
and it is with a sense of relief that
one can feel that the consumption con
traction of bust and shoulders, last
years craze, is entirety obsolete and
free-circulation of the blood and per
fect case of movement is demanded of
her votaries by Queen Fashion 2i7a
delphia limes.
A Virginia gentleman having writ
ten to General Grant, asking if it is true
that General Lee oSered him (Grant)
his sword at Appomattox, and if it wat
declined, General Grant replies that
"there was no demand for Genera
Lee's sword, and no tender of It of-fared."
Fertilizing Land With Illustrations.
SoIongaV'clrcurastances alter cases
It will be utter folly to lay down any
cast iron law with regard to fcrlilizcra.
Here, if anywhere, a man needs an
educated common sense, and needs it
to an uncommon degree. I have a
friend who owns a largo farm, prin
cipally devoted to growing stock. Ho
very naturally, and as I believe correct
ly, spreads nearly all the manure upon
the grass land. But how docs he do it?
His hired men haul it out and spread it
at the rate of fifteen to twenty large
loads per acre. Much of it can hanily
bo called spread; it is thrown off. a largo
forkful, or nearly so, in a place, and
left in that position. The result is that
there are many spots of say twelve
inches square, anil often more than
that, whore no grass can possibly
grow. Immediately around this minia
ture heap there wilfbc an extra growth
of large coare gras-- or hay that is not
agreeable to stock and not "profitable to
the owner. 11 there uere but now and
then such a spot, it would be a small
matter; but when there are hundreds of
them upon each acre it is real! a very
serious matter to tho farmer, who is al
most universally short of manure. It
jiay be said in defense of this, that the
manure is there and the land gets the
benefit of it; and .sooner or later the
result will be teen in the crops. All
this ma3 be true to a certain extent;
but we do not wish to wait tivo or three
years for what we might have this com
ing season.
Where labor is scarce and high, it is
possible that, all things considered, it
may be best to haul from the barnyard
and spread, direct hr on the land. In
such cases, unless I had plenty of itt I
would not put more than eight to ten
loads per acre, and then would be sure
that it is spread as evenly : possible;
it costs but little to havo a man or boy
go over and spread eveuly after tho
teams havo left iL Where labor is
plenty and reasonably cheap, I am
satisfied that it would be a better plan
to haul the manure out into a heap,
and, if it is not composted, let it de
cay and then work it over and havo it
sufficient'' fine to handle with a shovel
or our six-tincd forks. If treated in
this manner, six to eight loads per
acre, well and evenly spread, will give
a much better reault, aud a more im
mediate one, than the one above noted.
Other, and some very good, farmers
think it better to plow all manure un
der, and my early reading upon thin
subject was, plow deep and plow your
manuro under; no matter if it is cov
ered deep, tho plants will find it
Near twenty years since, I was break
ing up a piece of heavy turf. Upon a
portion of it I put some very rich
manure, and plowed it under not less
than eight and perhaps nearly ten
inches deep The other part of tho
field had uo manure. I am watching
yet for some result from tho manure
so deeply buried, but never expect to
see any. This little circumstance set
mi! to thinking and experimenting,
with results about as follows:
I am perfectly satisfied that by bury
ing manure too deep it has not been
worth as nnrdi to me by manv hundreds
of dollars as it would have been if I had
used it as 1 am now doing. In this I
am b3 no means confined to my own
experiments. I have seen the same
teaching in many ease. A number of
years since a farmer, one of the class of
which we unfortunately have too many,
had reached the point where ho hail to
move either his manure or his barn, and
concluded to move tho former. It was
dry not weather. It had been packed
for years, and was broken up, hauled
out," and thrown upon tho ground in
large lumps, some of them as largo as a
peck measure. Tho land was a heavy
clay and very dry. .It w:i3 plowed
while in this condition; aud of course
broke up in large hard lumps larger
than tho lumps of manure which they
were supposed to cover. The laud was
sown with wheat, and the crop, of
course, a failure. I have watched that
piece of land to this day, aud it seems
to mo that the farmer might just as well
have had his manure buried under the
pyramids. I could if necessary men
tion other instances where I havo seen
very rich manure buried so deep that
there was no visible effect even when
the land was well cultivated. There
are some cases where I would plow'
under coarse manure, in fact I do so
more or less every year, but never bury
it so deep but what the next season's
plowing will bring it all to tho surface
again.
Upon some soils, remarkable results
uro produced by plowing under some
ren coar.se manure or even straw.
Sonic 3eais since a merchant remarked
to me: "You farmers s:i3 that dry
wheat straw is worthless as a manure."
I replied that chemical analysis showed
dry straw to contain but a very small
amount of fertilizing matter. "Well,"
he retorted, "three or four years since
I put a stack of dr straw in the fur
rows of a field that I was having
plowed; it did not hold out for tho en
tiro piece, but the portion of it where
the straw was put has produced very
much larger crops than tho remainder
of the field, and is in ver3 much better
condition in all respects. Now how do
you account for this if tho straw has
not acted as a fertilizer?" Fortunate
ly I was well acquainted with that field;
it was an exceedingly rich piece of
land; a heavy black loam, with a sub
soil of stiff clay almost as impervious
to water as a stone jug. The loam was
generally a bed of black mortar in tho'
spring, and baked like bricks in tho
summer. Of course it had not been
drained. I replied to him: "Your land
was very rich, and tho etl'ect of that
large amount of straw was simply me
chanical. It loosened the soil, kept it
from baking in summer, ami. in short,
put the land in such a condition that
the growing crops could draw their
necessary supply of food from tho
abundance the land already contained.
It made loose and fine what beforo was
packed and hard." Ho admitted that I
was right- Now suppose I had con
cluded from this experiment of his that
dry wheat straw was the thing for
crops, and had collected and plowed
under a large coat of it upon some of
mv land, which is quite sandy, with a
subsoil of fine white plastering sand.
The result instead of a benefit would
have been rain to my crops, from the
fact that the soil is already loose and
porous, and needs to be "made mora
compact and solid, instead of tho oppo
site. J. 17. Smith, in X. Y. Tribune.
A pretty servant girl in a Roches
ter (N. Y.) boarding-house Avon tho
ardent love of two boarders. Both de
sired to marry her. She was puzzled
to choose between them, and further
complicated the affair by accepting first
one and then the other. The rivals at
length agreed to meet her in a room
together and get her final decision.
When the momentous occasion came
one tried to influence her by drawing a
knife and declaring that he would not
survive a refusal. The other, not to be
outdone, placed a pistol at his head aud
swore that he would blow his brains
out in case of disappointment. She
took the dagger man, however, and the
pistol man allowed himself to be dis
armed, though he tows he will die on
her wedding day.
Cottage Pudding. By taking rwo
teacups of flour, two "teaspoons of
cream-tartar, and one of soda mixed
through it (do'not use baking powder),
one egg, one teacup of sweet-milk, a
little salt; when mixed, put it in a
round pie-tin and steam twenty minutes.
A cup of fruit makes it very nice. To be
eaten with dressing.
Mrs. Millionaire Mackay's latest
ball in Paris is said to have cost $20,
000.
HOSE, FARM A5D GARDEX.
" WoodiTTnorF'Talaa'o'when sea
soned UKdcr eoreL. &2
Bo careful to remove your sick ani
mals from the healthy ones. Every
ktcper of afock should "have a box or
shed apart from tho- regular stable in
which to keep them.
To clem zinc rub it with a piece of
cotton cloth dipped in kerosene.' Aft
erward rub with a dry cotton cloth and
it will be as bright a when new.
A delicate white .pongo cake is
made thus: Take one tumbler and a
half of sugar, one tumbler of flour, the
well-beaten whites ot ten eggs, twotea
sjKKmfuls of cream of tartar (no soda);
flavor to taste.
Cream Pie. One- cup sugar, ono
egg, piece of butter lizo ofau egg. ono
teasjKon soda, dissolved iu a cup of
sweet-milk; add to this when mixed to
gether, two teaspoons cream-tartar rub
bed in three cups of flour, and bike in
three jelly cake tins.
Tno drippings from a paint-brush on
a floor can be reuoved by tirat covering
tho spots with caustic potab; leae
this on until the paint is dissolved,
which will lie from twenty-four to
thirty-six hours, aocordinj' to the time
the paint has been on. Then give the
floor a thorough scouring.
Beefsteak Smothered in Onions. -Take
a juicy Iwefstcak two inches thick;
broil it nicely; then have ready six
onions, sliced" and fried in butter; be
careful not to let them burn; fry them a
light brown. When the steak'is done,
and ready to serve, put several lumps
of butter'upon it, and pour two table
BuoofuLs ot boiliug water over it; then
pour on the hot onions-, and serve im
mediately. Tho onions should be
allowed to lie in salu:uid-water for an
hour, and then wiped dry before putting
them in the butter to fry.
For cribbing, give tho horso in hi
feed, daily, for a few week, one dram
of copperas and half an ounce of ground
ginger, and feed him upon cut feed,
with crushed or ground gram, anil an
ounce of alt in each feeiC This will do
ven well during the incipient stages of
thodisoase; but when it has become a
habit the better wa3 is to arrange the
.stall so the horso has nothing to crib
upon, and fix his manger low so he will
have his head down, which naturally
itulbposes the hooe to cribbiug.
Haw linseed oil is recommended as
a physio for cattle ami horses, and wise
ly. A man called at a Rochester paint
store and ordered a pint of linseed oil.
" Boiled or raw?" was asked. I
don't suppose it makes any diflurcnen
which," wa the reply. He was given
boiled oil. Shortly he returned and re
ported tho death" of a valuable cow.
charging the dealer with carelessness.
Often oil left at painting is hand when
a cow or horse is sick. Whether it is
boiled or raw has been forgotten, but
as both are supposed to be harmless, it
is giveii. and tho rosult is otten disas
trous. Boiled linseed oil contains pois
onous ingredieuts called dryers, nut in
to make it dry rapidly. It should be
stated that the oil is for a medicine when
purchased, as many times raw oils aro
adulterated. Charles A. Green, xn X.
Y. Tribune.
--Uhodc Island Chowder. Cut six
ounces of p'ckled pork into dice. Put
it, with two large onions .sliced, into
tho pot; fry till the onion begins to
brown; remove the pork and onions
Slice live or six mcdinm-sicd potatoes
and three pounds of fresh cod or other
firm li.sh. Put. into the pot a layer of
potatoes, thou one of fish, seasoning
each layer as you proceed with a
sprinkling of the fried onions and pork,
also r. little soup herbs, pepper and
salt. Pour on cold water enough to
barely cover the whole, aud boil
twenty minutes; then add three large
ship biscuits soaked in milk, also, half
a pint of hot milk. As soon as it boils
again remove it from the lire, and
serve it at onro. Clams are frequent
ly u-ed instead of fish, in which case a
layer of sliced or canned tomatoes is
added.
The CiilttircVf the Potato.
Around all large cities, and indeed
ne.ir any place which offers a cheap
route to market, potato culture is one
of tho most profitable employments;
and though much has beeu written
about it. it is doubtful whether wo yet
know what is the best way -of going
about it.
Jiut now we have beforo us a state
ment that our regular farm way of
growing them is all wrong, which wo
very much doubt,' though it might bo a
truth to fctiy that we can do better. But
then we aro not sure the way proposed
is better. Wo arc told thattogrow the
potato well we should haul the manure
out in September and plow it in. In
early spring plow again, and put on about
three hundred pounds of unleaehed
ashes, ground bones and guano. Then
harrow and plant. 'Ihis requires three
plowing.s, bcsitle the harrowings, and
we much doubt whether the increase of
the crop, if any, would be enough to
cover the difference in cost over our
present single plowing svstcm. Here
ono can take a piece oiold sod, manure
:t well with stable mauurc. and plant
the potatoes at the same plowing, and
the best and healthiest crops follow.
The ground is well harrowed after
planting, and that is all not half that
proposed while the crops are all that
could be expected. The manure for
this purpose is generally preferred to
be not well rotted strawy manure is
the way farmers express iL Often it
is so long that a boy follows tho plow
and rakes it in for the next furrow-slico
to cover.' Yet our essayist tells us that
rough manure is the worst possible for
the potato, as one may suppose by the
recommendation to use boue dust and
guano.
It is probable that different climates
will havo much to do with what is best
in potato culture; and this mav be es
pecially true as regards the kind of ma
nure to use. As we have said, hero in
Pennsylvania we find no better potato
fertilizer than half-rotten stable manure,
while farther south they raise excellent
potatoes bv simply covering the pota
toes by a deep mniss of f traw, without
any other manure or earth covering;
and it may be that farther north or
west very well-decayed manure may be
better still.
To show how much climate has t- do
with the best system of potato culture,
w e need only refer to the recommenda
tion to plow potato ground in the fall of
the year. Now, in this part of the
world, we find that the best results fol
low when the potato is planted early;
and especially is this likely to be tho
case since the advent of" tho potato
beetle, vchich is generally more de
structive to the late than to the early
.crops. But in this part of the world a
fall plowing means in most cases two
weeks later in the spring, unless the
land is very loose, and permits the
-plowed land" to be as close as if there
were no furrow slices made. In sod
land, where the slices lie at an angle
against each other, the frost penetrates
to nearly doable the depth it does in
unplowed land; and these very spaces
,prevent the warm spring sun's action,
which in ordinary cases soon takes the
froat out of the ground. It is the ex
perience of every farmer in.this regton,
and especially in sod land., that fall
plowing makes at leist'two weeks' dif--ierenee
in the time at which it can be
worked, and this is no mean item in the
success of an early planting of -the po
tato crop.
It seems then that in potato culture,
equally applicable to all. the proper
method of cultnrV takes rank with the
question of the proper variety of potato
to plant: it is a local question, and one
must be guided in the selection by the
peculiar drenmstances of the case.
Gcrmanioicn (fk.) Tckyruph.
Btfore JUrriace aad After.
Ri.fntw mai f tail" the TOTHJS?
jrenerally ksotr or kave eo k -?Bcn
the young &t
. . JU ..... tn mj
ucr; tne kc "jt:" "
and pleasing. S IJd whS
a tastefally-arrangcd room. And what
of the youth? No mailer how much
"oat of K.rts" (as oe is api w "-"" "'
he mav feci, he trill dre in hb beg .
twa- hl tpt-v lnt. and Mart for the
homo of his'ladv love. They meet with
a clasp of hand and :
pleasant smile,
ling's vL-it. then
havo an asrrecablo evenin
Jlili. ........ ....... s- ., - - --- 1
say this is wrong if there w true lovo in
...r. -), n i-imi irrw-ui.r.irni- 1 uu iiui
. . a.. . . .V. w !.
it; but liow uiucrtm irom too noiuc v
aftrr vcars,! We too often nu?s tho !
sweet face and pleading appearance of
thn voun" irirl in the wife. And tho
vouth whoso onlv aim was to p!ea.o his
ladvlove, now Mcim to havo forgotler.
all the little courtesies and gentlo atten
tions that are needed ju: as much in
the husband as in tho lover, to mako ,
home hapoy. He find many other
thine to look aflor. and oftn utters t
harsh and thoughtless, words.
rr .
lOU .
mav ?ee the wife of onlv a few months in
a slovenly drvs, hair uncombed, the ,
house in disorder, ami ne.ri urae lor
her husband to coma home. It is no
wonder he is not happy, and may try to 1
. ... . . .-.. 1 --- .
nwp n. niiiH novice sometime. 1 in.ikc
no excuse for her. She may have plen
ty to do. and moru than he can acconi
plib; still she can, if sho will, always
look neat, and meet her husband with a
.. I
mile
men. on me oinur uaiiu. m "u
WllC
,.
mav try to keep tho sweet, girlish ways
of other days about her, but tho
t 1 .mi.i: 1- ... i.:....u. .v,w
band will think to himelf: .Now e
are married, Mary must not expect me
to be the same a leforc. I have no
time for love and loving ways, now
there is 5o much icstmgon me as tho
headofthehou.se." Iletake- no notice
of the ncatlv-kopt room, ami the nice
dinner just" to hU taste, and tho loving
wife who alwayn uiceia him at tho du.tr
with a smile of welcome home
I" I
walks in with a frown on his face, say
in" ! wish von would hurrv. I hato
no? ti rWopY.hlny to day;- 1
., t l . i: ...,.. :
uirows ins nu 1. in unc cumci, u m., m
another, scrapes his boota on the newly- j
polished hearth, grumbles over m un
ner, then sits and smbkei for perhaps
an hour or more (vet he is In no great
hurry all the while). ad 'cant K-uhmv
he can possibly stop" to bring in an
armful of wood or a pail of water to
help tho patient wife.
And so the day go by. with never a
kind word or a loiuir embrace, and tho
wife
1 w t
ii is no longer young, her lace wears .
id expression, for in losing the lovo
a &ad expression.
of her husband she ha lost all, mi dear-!
ly did sho lovo him and t perfectly did
she trust him. All too many are the
mmr. of tliw L-inil ' Andwhv? Where
is tho need' I would like if some one
....
would toll me.
A Home dispatch says: Tho Tope
recently ordered the Cardinal Vicar to
institute a strict inquiry into tho sacri
legious traflie in ipurious relies. Tho
Cardinal Vicar nwunlingly has ad
dressed a circular to the Catholic nd
ministrators through tho world, intimat
ing that no bodies have been taken from
tho catacombs for thirty year-, and warn
ing them again-t impostors. Kntire
Osteologieal ('pcciiucns, purporting to bo
the remains of early Christian martyrs
freshly dug from the'cataconibsin Koine,
havo been shipped to America.
A company, announcing n capital
of .70,WIK), has been organi.ed at )nia
ha, Neb., to iiiMiro cattle, horses, mules,
etc. Horses and mules are insured 1k--twecn
the ages of three aud eleven year,
and cattle between two ami nine years
of age, against accident, thoft,and death
from any cause except lire. Tho rate
charged is live per cent, per annum, b:
horses and mules are not insured above
::00 and cattle not over ...
The newspapers havo described
fully tho rigors and hardships of thu
Western winter, but tho most palpable
illustration of what the snow-drifts have
accomplished in tho way of blockades is
furnished by the Sioux Vallev (Dak.)
Xctii in its addition for March II.
Paper ran out, but invention crime in,
ana tho result in an excellent impression
on white cotton cloth.
Acorn1 can be made into good fod
der for pigs and sheep. Put several
bushels iu a hole in tho ground mid
sprinkle them well with water. hen
they have thrown out sprouts an inch or
two long, they can bo removed and
dried, iind arc then tit for food be
cause tho tannin has been destroyed by
the germination. Dr. Footers lhaiti:
Monthly for Apiil.
The County Commissioners of Iaw
rence County, in the Ulack Hills, have
notified all dealers in liquor that under
the law they will hereafter bo held
.trietly accountable for expenses for the
caring of aii3' person to whom they hao
sold liquor, and who has become drank
thereby and may need the care of tho
civil authorities or anyone else.
Glass manufacture is making won
dcrful strides in Ohio. Last carthero
were five new works creeled ; this year
thcro will probably be as many more.
At present there are at least nineteen
linns, in that State engaged in the mak
ing of gla?U- and they u0 about 202
pots and employ moro than !ffW'J men.
Says Taino : '".Neither tho vices nor
tho virtues of a man arc his nature ; to
Iiraise or to blame him i not to know
nm; approbation or dlapprobatlon
does not'define him. Iho essential of a
man is found concealed below these
moral badges."
It docs beat all how good advice
will make some folks squirm. Jasvih
Allen's Wife.
m
Fidelity is seven-tenths of bnsiness
success; Parian. 1
Pats an Enc'fsb phvsfciaa- The'"riee
talntr of meat-'atdn': hrlnt: with It a craving
forjiUmulant." That's the rr it i wim
the tramr- Ue' unceruln about his meals,
and alw&TS ctjtcs tima!anU.
A mttoiiT little thrt-Trar-oM, while her
mother wm trying to Kt her to lcep, te
cune intercsttxt In rorae otiUfde no'.?. Sho
w tolfl that it wa cause J by a cricket, when
heia?eJr ob-erTeil- "Macitaa, I tLlak ho
ought to be oiled."
Ax Enrlishman who Feat lo tee an Ir.'h
friend knocked at the street docrr and asled:
"Docs Mr. Mcfiarc live here'" "He doe,
sorr: but he's deid V " Whea did he dief'
If he'd lTeI till to-morro-w." wm th re
sponse, he'd hTe bees desil a lortoiliU'
m
How jrnax akin laosbter is to teara wis
shown whea Kcbena, with a siazle stroke of
his brush, turned a laazhinz child In a paiat
In'jtoooecryin'r; aw! our motbera, without
bcn(-reat;viiaterm, b-T often hroa.'bt a,
in like manner, from Joy to crief by a single
stroke.
It Is not pleasant to hare tbe barber's as
prentice practicing apon tob, lay opea your
cheek with a two-inch t;an, anJ then follow
the cut with tbe cheery remark; "Skta'a tctt
tender, air." Jt U not x'easaat. We doa t
know what it Is, but it Isn't pleasant. r
Unfltm Ifkrkryi.
TaiTTrtnc s'Loatse was thtrty-Uiree years
old last-week. This-, is one of tbe peardtlea
of beine a BotzI pertooa-:e and banns roar
rjedigfee'fecord'eiC -Otber Esriila wo sea
bora within three raoBiki or Loa ie are sow
only twenty-six. CArwjjo Tr,ows.
"Johsxt," aaU its Xatber. as tse boy
took the primal Lbcalt iroEiXbtpliXr, dcot
too know tiat it is tateMleAo bclajasntll
before yoar elderaH Wbypa, xnoiber told
tse to belp Eayielf before y os.T Wlsat Jo
yoa-BeaBlnackrdba fatJer, while blot bar
looked tip with astOElsfeiarat depicted ta
everT feature. "Wby. I beard msUu-r TI1
Ami Kacaah tiat-fee bope-J 1 woaldn'i taJse
alter job, asd so I ttossti: I'd. take tay tsa.
eait Int. Botte TrwcTipL.
- .
XaciracTCKEK3 psv dowa tie reat of
water power aader ttt bead of eerreat ex
Besses.
rMondorl fWUJ, Dnffato Co. nrraM.1
, tfUMVM MHMn4
t1n XtK tewt oT Ottroalon. WK wxt
ese C t kwfcjurfpu sad SuN-wor-
i tmrmtmuirwjxtij
i one
tr7ub!cJ with rba.Ue rain. JtnCt rt
" ' lllBC' ltxl Le "
. . , un,
.Mrf Iw- eJtfC hJ
1 BiI stVi Ort hfroft4 fc.
J tlJSS1kL M,n,
otter or our ajtulauart lu- - "
, "'
relief It ti sulonJ&l then. TUI Wg w
tatdlrtnc -aa U Uwj-titerrj-ferc.
Glotss ire wo-aTery Uwu cox aj p:o?l
V&aex&aet iStiM U bojr ne oaf.
"
i Mjl JonT Mju.ta, or W Wrx nnh ttwt.
f ... - .v.. V. ... .Mhl Tsr th VS.J. ftf Hi
ICH U WS UV V"- ", - - -
Jcob Oil o' car1cT,4 cm of t&ea
tlHa of ta rrars Utliff.
The .Vcw Yirk -V; mj tlio oa!j irnwdj
, for Udj ot Wt umr U to ;; tJl
oca &t rclbe-
A C2rrl Etrrprt.
Tie Had Ur MAaufaetorkis Cranny
U vme o: tUjcUr:? r prrtrt tttn' ctcf
- p,-",VV
tria,e r4;ttl. lltta4 t,ir r tu ami
CTcry Lou.chj.ljn tt Ud.- r.Uv
' - -j-- -
rit.M )l.f h. timI .ivit !n will
-...- . ..
by a Koat, rmrked lhtlt mil a j
wort of a tsiomrat.- JhftUtx iwr.
re .fc.u hwii..
Mm. Gene. :. I "
qurntU purehael turn KacuaitUc Kf m
rvjf IU( lltTVM. ....-. o). w,m a ....m,....-.
t .. f.l..... .......- a. ,K k,m.t ..a.
.n.l erenr ln.uncr It r'.M irp mj
i.cneral 'Lcn, lait-t ! eo:. r,
hu-,. '.-.. u 1 . r"-r!
more or ! with rbruraautrn, ml nurr btt
zttxl ,ulrfer ,R l)4, ulM .ltl j,
ju,,,,., 1 tiSm to uVe lun' Jtlwu-
j muc Krmdy, atxt C3 uiW ttt I iae
Urn cut0;l tj it uc 1 (m(u4 it 10 J
u,:rjohn irt,n4,u:o member of Cot.
Krr, froro lVtinlTti., wrti. "In tb
of tclt rfour tny rfctitUtn
nc. harlnc uVi tbrc 1. Dane's
feu' '??J $: ,,&
amount."
It aifolutciy euro when eTerjwwtj i
fail. A!d br exerr I)nirr'V ou-I fiw '
f-JiV '." '
"'""! " " 1
Rrward Crmm TOralk.
William J. Con-falan, of SomerTllle, .Matt,
aayi . " In the fall ot lni I a uWu U! 1
r7X UteJinj-J'l'ietHHff. foJIovrUb crw
coub. I a aittnltlrU to Ul CUr Hop'!L j
While there thctocUV aM I ha.! aiiulclntiiy (
lcltlunasblraaahaiNlolUr IatcUfb tf,
but a friend tmM me of Dh. Wm H iLl lUu-
am roil THK Lu.0-s. I jU a tottie. when U
mrurjri.elcoinineiicr! to feel tetter, an 1 to
rtay I feel In belter anlrttn than I hare tbe rat
ttree cam. I write th. hoi iHgihil cTC'jn no ,
jj4
Mn
alliicieti wiih 1 feai e a i.iin,' uiusci..
u-'a IJiuoi run run I.i.mi. and I e n
need U at toi mition- ca roc tamp"
l-h""Uf1wmc,1-i,rl or'-A'w' -;;-
I CUc1 ua i Mte NjM
cli. and all
druttt.
j l-r.usoxr MiKrrinx from any deformity.
or 111 neeil 01 inn uiri. wu'nnru ac.iara'.i
" Hj-lnaJ " ?urh?h"?nu
' .luiiii! Mill. A. M. I.e.ilo .V 1 o. . aiJ N 1 litis
I St., JJt.IjOiil. "All old and tolutiln hoiiw.''
! Tiir. ale hf Fiaicr AiV (Jti !at year
were enormous. Stlik a lft here
J.EWUNO'a KcsstA Sat vr IW-it family alr
Id the wort L and r in Lent furnUl lr ue.
Oil
RHEUMATISM,
Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbag9, r
Backache, Soreness of tho Chest,
Gout, Quinsy, Son Throat, Swell
ing and Sprains, Bums and
Scalds, General Bodily
Pains,
Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted
Feet and Ears, and all other
Pains and Aches.
rprtJo on frth x5lt St. Jtea Oil
SW a mtfr, uur, rimpl nxl rKrrtp Xtlrrttl
X'rax);. A IrUI ntaU bo I U rn-,rllly
tlllSlnc outlay i4 ZQ Oats, aixl tiij oti u.J.rtf f
with pain can lit hay aaJ fcalUt yvrt 4 IU
lalsa.
PtrcUon la D(Tn Tahj ot.
OLD BY ALL DBDOOISTaAHD DH1LEM
IH KECICI5.
A. VOGLR ic CO.,
9altlme, Mi., v. a. JU
WOMIvs TRIUMPH!
MRS. LYOIA L PIKIWH, OF LYM. HAS1,
sucsTxxaaor
LYDIA E. PINKHAM'8
VS&STA2Lg C02gQU!?D.
? lltrTCfn
fWn tlMM raftsfal ralihiia mtd Wi
lB9WTtfrmml sUlla.
UwtarBi asrinir t vent ttrmtXTrmmOon,
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