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THE EED CLOUD CHIEF.
M. L. THOMAS, Publlshor
1IKT) CLOUD,
NEI'.UASKA.
A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS.
Tw "io niirlit lic-roro Christmas, when all
through I be hoti-o
Not a ere.ttiuc was tirrimr.notcvcrin moiic:
J lie siot-kfiuM were linns,' hy the chimney with
iire.
In hopes that St. Nicholas oon would lio there:
The children were nestled all snuu- In their
lieds,
V. Idle visions or snar-plums danced through
their ln-ads:
And mamma in her kerchief, and I In uiy cap,
JLnl juM Mjttled our brains for a lonjr winter's
nap.
When out on tho lawn there arose such a clatr
I Fpruutr from my bedtosco what was themat-
-r.
Awny to the window I Hew like a flush.
I on- open the Mnitters and threw up tho sash:
I he moon on tholireatoC the new fallen snow
'' a lu-tor or midday to otijci-lrt lielow:
hen what to my wondering eyes should ap
pear '
r-ut a miuiature so!Khand elahttlny reindeer,
M ilh h little old driver, po lively and ipilek,
1 knew in a moment it inu-t le Jft. Nick:
Mori- nipiil man cables his coursers thev came.
And he whistled, and bbouted, and called them
ly nnme:
"Now, Ii.ixher! now. Dancer! now, Pranccr!
now Vixen!
On, Comet: oil, Cupid: on, Homier and lllit-
7cm:
To tin- top of tho porch, to the top or the wall;
Now dali away, ifa-h away. 1hIi away nil'"
As drj Iotes that lteroro the wild hurricane
M hen they meet with an oWnc-Io, mount to
the sky.
f-'o ii to tho housetop tho coursers thiy Hew,
Milli the: sleiKh lull or toy. and St. Nicholas,
too;
And then in a t inkling I heard on the roor
iepniiK-iiiantl pawtn? or eich little hoof
A- I drew in my hi-ndaiid wn, turning around,
1kmi tin- himtii-y St. Nii-hulas cime with a
li'Mlild.
Hi; was dres-d all in fur from his head to his
loot.
Ami lii--loth"s wi-roall tarnished with n'ieu
ami MHit;
A linihlleot toys In- hail Hung on his hack.
And he looked like a peddler Just openin his
pack.
His eyes how thi-y twinkled: his dimples how
merry!
His elrti-k were like ioc, his nose liko a
ehi-rry:
Hi-droll liftle mouth w.i drawn up like nliow.
And the heard on Ins chin was as white a tho
snow.
The --lump or a pip-he h-ld tijrht in his teeth.
And the Hinokc it encircled his head lik- a
wieith.
Hi- had a liroad r.-u-e and a lath- round Im-IIv.
1li.it shook when ho laughed like a low I "full
ol Jellv.
He was chubby mid plump a right jolly old
elr
And I laughed when I raw him, in -piU-or my
self. A wuik or his eye and a t wist r his head
f-oon gave me lo know I hail nolliliiirlo d end.
He spake not a wonl, lint went straight to his
woik.
And idled nil the tockiiixs; then turned with
a ;erk.
And. In.MiiB his llttser aside or his no-e.
And iri Iny a ihmI, tip the ihimiiev he rose,
lie stiraiiL' to his bleigh, to his teata gave a
whistle.
And awnv tlwy all Hew liko tho down of a
Uii-lle:
IS'it I heard him e.-lalm, ero he drove out or
-ilit :
"Mcrrv Christmas to all, and to all a good
night!'
(7cic;il C.Mixirc.
nil.IS'niA.SMW.H-HKLI.S.
In Three Jingle.
JINGI.K riltST.
It w:is mie of I In- few I:is of jierfoct
p'eiliiti"; wliii-lt cotilil lie cjiecteil ilur
iii"; the wliolo winter, and it was lliu
lay belore Christmas. How the sleigh
bells Kept carnival in the btreels! How
mail Ihe echoes v;re! How, from
inni n it"; ti'l noon, from noon to niirht,
the lniiiir melody lluatud on tlie air,
then, as jon listened, died away liko
tin- I ratlin"; oil of a while smoke-wreath
in the distance, only to jrow and jrrow
ir'aiii, uitli the .same neariii";. iiuurinir,
the same reei-dinir, reeedino;.
.Simwllake, you're too still for -a
sleigh-ride. 1'oit leave Kathleen and
iu to do all the talking. How can any
body he qui-', when the .sleih-hells
jiiIe like t.his? Listen!"
'I he sehool-hov brother fjavi a whistle
and a touch which the spirited hor.se un-dur-tood
perleetly. "With an answering
lns of his head he sprati"; offal a pace
Ahii-h shook out of the string of sleigh
bells every particle of music they had
in them.
"There, now," merry Dick went on.
" 1 know you'll answer for yourself
after that." Hut lie bent toward tho
l ale, pure face with :i n-ntle motion,
and drew elosor up the white wolf-.skin
around hi r. Few indeed but softened
their voices in speaking to her, for
bnoVi!ake was blind.
"1 foigot lo talk, Dick. I believe,"
rdie answered in her low voiee, "I was
really dreamiii";, in spite of the sleiirh
bells." Dreaming! Out here in this wide
awake day? Dreaming about what?"
wondered Dick.
"A dream of sleigh-bells," said the
blind jrirl, slowly.
And Kathleen at her side answered
with a lla-li of her great dark eyes:
Oh! I could dream about the Ieih
bells mvMJlf. Don't they sound gay and
victorious and MiuccMfiilr' Nobody's
bells are like our bells, the Mlver bells
that grandpa bought becau-e they
pleased your ear, Snowllake, that Christ
inas when you were a little girl."
Ah! grandpa spoiled me," said
fc'uowliake, smiling, and I was tooyoun
to know how unreasonable I was to ask
wteh a Christraas jrift- Hut I love this
s' tin"; of sleigh-bells just as much as 1
diil then."
"And have them hiui"; the j-ear round
in your own room." finished Kathleen.
" Yes, I know, and no wonder the- say
pleasant thinjrs to you. Kven I. when
they shook and jiujrled so, thought to
myself of processions and conquerors
and ;ooil fori tine and grand suitors
c-omiug home from the wars to claim
their lady-loves."
"Ah! and what did Snowllako dream,
1 wonder?" queried Diek, curiously,
riirbing his horse so that the bells rang
more soltly.
" I was listening to all the bells," re
plied the blind girl. "Hark, Diek!
hark, Kathleen! Do you notice how
they cross each other, how they mingle,
how they blend or else disagree?
Sometimes the melody is smooth and
sweet; sometimes it "is jangling and
harsh. 1 fancied 1 know it is only a
fancy- that 1 could hear our future
Ii es" coming up through those sounds,
trying to express themselves through
them? There are some merry bells,
like laughter; and again tinkling bells,
like pleasures; and others that sound
soft and kind like friends' voices. Hut.
then, .some make painful discords, and
1 heard -Oh! there it is again!" the
blind girl shivered, "do you hear them,
too? How strangely heavy and hoarse
uud s'cw those bells ring, ami what a.
creaking, funereal tone thev have! Nev
er mind, underneath them all I hear our
own sweet, steady bells, dear to my
ti.tr. so true and "clear, like one deep,
perfect, sure joy. underneath the eon
fused, eonllicting, changing over-current
always."
Well done, dreamer!" laughed Dick,
nlbea a tril!e huskily, " whoever would
think of all that but you?"
And Kathleen, radiant, willful Kath
leen, with her bright cheeks, her shin
ing eves, her half-defiant ways, pressed
reverently the blind girl's hand. She
was not over-tolerant of other people or
their fancies, ami sentiment she de
clared she despi.sed. But she never
held lightly any word that Snowtlake
said; sTiownake was the one unearthly
thing that among saints, angels, myths
and goddesses she believed in, shosaid.
I suppose these thoughts she has
come to comfort her iu the dark," she
thought.
1 )ick rattled on. He had a boy's hor
ror of an ovcr-dosc of sober talk. Per
haps at some ages, indeed, it would
prove fatal.
"I'll swear by tho sleigh-bells.
Snowtlake, that when I've made my
fortune out in India with Uncle Lane,
the sleigh-bells themselves shall an
nounce it to you. You shall hear them
come jingling madly down the street
nnd up the avenue to the door where
you have been faithfully watting forme
like my true little lady-love, as you are
Then, having thus prepared you, 1 will
rush in. throw my gold-bags at jour
feet, and so devote myself and them to
you that you shall live ever after in one
porpctual concert of sleigh-bells, the
year round!"
Dashing across the corner and
through the avenue as ho finished
speaking, Dick drew up with a resonant
clash of "bells boforc the broad door of
the comely old house which pooplc in
general called the Square House, or in
dividuals, incase they were punctilious,
the Squire's House.
JINGfcK SECOND.
'Kathleen, Kathleen, you cannot,
you will not break my heart?"
Kathleen's lip quivered, her eyes fell
before the half-commanding, half-beseeching
gaze that rested with such in
tensity upon her face. For a second
she was honest with herself, and owned
silently that if she broke this manly
heart it was breaking her own. too.
Then there rang out on the clear,
frosty air of he star-lit Christmas eve,
and penetrated keenly into the breath
less hush of the room wiicre Kathleen
and her suitor had finished hanging the
Christmas wreaths he had brought her,
an hour ago, a peal of sleigh-bells
the very same old, silver-voiced hells
that the blind girl had loved, shaken by
the impatient stamp of the coal-bl-iek
horse standing at the gate.
Not at the gate of the old fair home,
'the 'Squire's House," but before a
cramped, brick tenement in a dull city
street. Full of hope and courage. Dick
had left the beloved "Square Hou-e"
ami gone out to Uncle Lane and India
when he had finished school. I'pon
his father's sudden death an! the al
most simultaneous disaster which swal
lowed up many more fortunes than
this one, Diek, at whatever sacrifice,
would have hastened home but for
Kathleen.
But Kathleen, strong and self-willed
as ever, would not hear to her gentle
mother, would not for once hear to
Sne-wflake.
" Tilde Lane writes, and Dick him
self writes, that Dick's fortune is made
if he can remain at his post a gien
space of time. Kenriiu he shall."
vowed Kathleen, clenching her hands,
"and he shall know so much only of our
losses as is necessary. He shall have
every chance to gain the fortune he
used to laugh about, but which has
now become a matter of such bitter
need."
Kathleen's temper, Kathleen's will,
Kathleen' real force and facultv car
ried their credentials with them, and
drew over to her side friends and help
ers by whose aid everything was sold,
yes, even the silver sleigh-bells, . for
Snowllake insisted on it -a transfer ef
fected lo this changed home, and work
found for Kathleen that the mother and
her daughters made brave efforts to
call the equivalent of their living expense-.
So Dick was left to work on manfully
at his far-oT toil, saddened, indeed,
but unsuspicious that Kathleen's let
ters left the half untold of their revers
es and all the stint and suffering there
by entailed.
""Courage, then, whitest Snowl'ake,
dearest lady-love!" 1 e wrote, blithely,
"I II claim the sleigh-bells eL"
Poor, haughtv Kathleen! What a
change that jingle of the sleigh-belLs at
the gate wrought in her oftencd
thoughts!
So it was Frank Collamore who had
brought Snowtlake's silver sleigh-bolls?
She had not knon'u, had, indeed, tried
not to know who had bought, them. A
twinge of unreasonable anger stung her
at the discovery now. It was a well
timed discovery, she thought in a flash.
She had been on 1 he-point of forgetting
quite that this could never airain be the
Kathleen Morris of old times this was
a poor girl, a girl who woiked for her
living and Frank C'ollamoio had no
right to be coquetting with such a per
son. His lady mother deigned her but
the most distant nod if by chance they
met in town. Cossip had biowu to her
ears ah! fatally easy it is for gossip to
connect by an invisible telephone with
her victims! the lady sister's .supercil
ious remark: "Of course if Frank had
not already gone . so far, if ho did not
feel iu honor bound, there could be
nothing more between them. Why!
they've had to sell everything, posi
tively everthing, my dear, down lo
their sleigh-bells. But, as it is. Frank
being the soul of honor, it's very lucky
for her. cerlainh, and doubtless she
will take every pains to hold him fast,"
Unlucky stamp of his masters pet
horse that Kathleen herself in other
days had named Pride! Frank Colla
more drove him last and far that day, a
disappointed, wrathful man. It goaded
him to hear the sweet-toned hells, and
1 am afraid that both to him and to
Kathleen Christmas that year meant so
little good-will that they took very
meager pains to have it afford to those
about them peace.
JINCI.K TIIIKP.
"There is more sleighing this winter
than usual. How the sleigh-hells riot
to-day!" said the blind girl. Her face
was as serene and pure 'is ever, onlv
palur and thinner. In spite of all that
tiad come and gone since she had told
to Dick and Kathleen, years ago, that
"dream of sleigh-bells," she looked
like one who hid always kept tl.o joy
she had spoken- of then "one deep,
perfect, sure joy, underneath the con
fused, eonllicting, changing over
current." The tinkling bells of laughter
and pleasance were indeed little heard
in this narrow city home; even friends'
voices were grown few, and. .shielded
by her blindness though she was, there
were many times when discordant cir
cumstances or painful anxieties re
minded her how old delights Lad grown
rusty, ami with what a weight her
heart beat now. The three lonely
women could not speak even to each
other of that which was their worst
dread, as this added year waned to its
close. There had been a long dclav in
letters and remittances from Dick.
Letters sent to him at the old address,
letters sent to Uncle Lane, had been
returned unopened. What could it
mean? Helplessly thoy looked at each
other, and silently plodded on. Kven
Kathleen, self-confident Kathleen, be
gan to doubt herself at last. Perhaps
she had made a dreadful mistake in try
ing to manage herself, and to hide all
from Dick Her mother had long ago
insisted on sharing Kathleen's work,
until her health had begun to fail. The
feeble slop, the slight cough, were a
constant reproach to Kathleen. Her
own roses were faded, and many a
night of weary toil, many a self-sacrifice
for the sake of the one who could
not see the strategy, had dimmed tho
lire that still could flash sometimes in
her eyes.
As her sister spoke, she looked tip.
Something in tho transparent f ice, an
increased delicacy and sharpness, was
brought out by tho slant of the light
through tho window near, and with a
sharp paug she thought: "She looks
too like au angel. Am I going to lose
them all? Is this tho punishment of
my self-will?"
For a moment she could not speak in
reply to Snowllake' s remark about the
bells, but she did not need, for her sis
ter presently asked, going on placidly
with her knitting, which eked out Ihcfr
scanty income:
" What bells are those I hear now?
They grate and clank. They arc liko
doors turning on disused hinges.''
Kathleen glanced out to see, and
rose. Hushing a little.
" Onr landlord is coming in. dear. I
will receive him, and would you sit
with mother while he stays? You shall
not be teased with our badgering about
money matters." Despite her "utmost
efforts the month's rent now due was
not ready; Snowllake need not know
that.
But what could be the "badgering
about money ma'.ters' that kept Mr.
Lawrence so long tho sister began to
wonder with Iict mother, by ami bv.
She tried not to hear the voices, that
sounded as though some one were en
treating, persuading, arguing, and as
though Kathleen's answers were agitat
ed and brief. Still more to prevent
that quick and sensitive listening
which wa3 her habit from gathering
aught that Kathleen would rather not
have otcrheard, the blind girl iravc
herself up lo thoughts which all day
had been oppressing her, and all dav
had been withstootL This was Dick's
birthday; one week before Christmas.
Ah! the old holiday frolics; the old
Christmas cheer, the merry-makings
that, in the dear, "square house." used
to mark this date! And now and then
oh. dear Dick! where can you be?
And if you only knew!" whispered the
blind girl to herself, crying softly, as
she thought and thought.
Meanwhile Kathleen was soro beset.
Was Mr. Lawrence right? Once she
had believed her own judgment infalli
ble; her faith iu it was shaken now.
Was he right, aler all? Kven though
he were not her first Ioc, could she not
be all he asked, a faithful wife? Did it
matter any more about herself, .since
the love she had so reekh'-sly re eete I
could never complete her own life?
Here would be peace, protect'on, even
luxury, for the wasting mother and the
delicate sister; she would not longer
hesitate thus se'lishly, for her own
strength had had to own itself over
taxed of late, and could not long be
adequate to the burden she had so
proudly assumed. Almost the assent
which "would end all had been forced
to her lips, when the door opened and
the blind girl stood there, qti.ver.ng
with excitement, au unwonted Hush on
her cheek.
"Hark! hark! don't you hear I hem?"
she cried, iu a quick, ringing voice.
"Darling, what is it? ' and Kathleen
ran to her, frightened and my stilled.
"Nearer, nearer! Kathleen, don't
you hear them? How fast thev are
coming! How they chime and clr.sh'"
Kathleen did hear at la-t the old sil
ver music of the string of s'eiirh-bells.
"It is no wonder, Snowllake," she
tried to say calmly. "I presume the
C'ollainores have them still, and I know
the family is back from Kurope. Prob
ably some of them are driving past."
Hut louder in more frantic glee rang
the familiar bells, and. stopped; stopped
at their gate.
"Dick oh! it is Dick?" gasped
Snowllake.
Which was Dick, which was Frank
Collamore poor, dazed Kathleen could
not clearly be sure at lir.sL Siie was
only sure of one thing: she had not
said "Yes" to Mr. Lawrence; indeed,
he had quietly disappeared.
How did they tell everything? How
did everything gel found'out? At last
there were no secrets. Between smiles,
tears, silence and speech all was ex
plained. On Kathleen's part, why she
had deceived Dick so, and why, alter
disgracing herself by a fainting-lit Lko
any common, weak-nerved girl, desti
tute of will and energy, she had to lie
still, utterly weak ami nervelc.-s from
the relaxation of the long over-strain.
On Dick's park how certain rumors had
reached him which made him both in
dignant and alarmed.
" 1 could not believe at first that you
could have misled me so. Kathleen,"
said Dick, "bid dually I could endure
it no longer. When Uncle Lane found
that return I would, even though my
fortunii was as yet only a small fortune,
he doe'arcd that he would come, too.
I will own, Kathleen, that I was too
:in;ry with you to write home then. 1
sard I would surprise you. and, if you
suffered any suspense meanwhile, it
would serve y on riht. I was a brute!"
Dick interrupted himself to interpolate
gratuitously. Then he resumed: "Poor
Uncle Lane' At his age the hardships it
was our ill-luck to encounter were too
much for him. He grew very ill, and
at the very first Kuropean port we were
put ashore anil I turned nurse. It was
a peculiar malady; we uoin Hoped
every week that the next would see him
rallying, so that we might go on.
'Don't write; we'll surprise them yet,'
he would say. But death, alius! sur
prised him lirst. Then for a huigwhi o
I remember nothing. I suppose I was
vcrv ill; I know I was mouths getting
well, months in earing whether I ever
came home or not. So you see my
surprise is a very belated surprise, in
deed," said Diek, drawing Snowllako
closer.
"But a genuine one in the end. For
instance, only imagine my sensations,"
laughe I Frank Collamore, "at having
this bearded stranger grip my horse's
bit in the middle of the street, and ex
amine those sleigh-bells as if ho wero a
madman."
"It was a mad proceeding," an
swered Dick, "but 1 had only just land
ed, and was feeling my way to this
street and number when I suddenly
heard the dear old bells. 1 knew them
in an instant; 1 never dreamed that any
but some of you could be driving be
hind them, and I suppose 1 did lo.-e my
wits. Certainly, I never felt so trans
tixed with amazement as to sec Frank,
whom I knew on a second glance, glow
ering at me over the bells whore I had
found Snowlkike's initials engraved,
just as they always were."
"Thoy shall go back to their right
ful owner." said Mr. Collamore, gently.
"Snow-fake won't refuse that gift from
me on Christinas Day I know, particu
larly if 1 tako Kathleen's"
"Oh, hush, hush!" said a warning
voice from Kathleen's sofa, and just
then no one minded the interruption,
for Dick was speaking.
" I believe, little Snowllake, that my
boyish boast has come true; I have
brought you behind the sleigh-bells a
fortune, or almost a foitune, at last, for
Uncle Lane has left his all to me.
But," and Dick's voice shook, "it has
cost me dear, for I have lost in him a
second father. And to you all three it
almost came. I fear, too "late."
Not quite! Thoy kejrf. their Christ
mas of a week "later with chastened
gladness, indeed, but good care and
freedom from anxiety in time brought
health, assured though never robust, to
tho invalid mother, peace unruffled to
the blind girl, and the old warm glow
to Kathleen's face, the old sparkle to
her dark ejes.
"But now I know," she said to
Snowllake on her wedding-day. as they
stood once more in tho parlors of " tho
Square House," " that your prophecy
out of the sleigh-bells was reality, not
all dream, as 1 thought then: I know
that een the harsh and discordant
clashing, which seemed such a dreary
chaos, has not been in vain." Spring
field (Mass.) Republican.
Accustomed as we all arc to birda
and insects on ladies' hats and bonnets,
it was with something of a shock that I
noticed a pretty g:rl at church on Sun
day with a velvet toque, round which
was pinned a symmetrical row of but
terllies. Tho little croaturcs had been
artistically mounted and presented the
appearance of having been killed on the
hat. an appearat.ee from which theii
brilliant prcttiness was quite insuffi
cient to remove the painful impression.
They were of all colors, and you could
almost fancy their little wings were still
quivering. London Life.
Tho town of San Jose, Cal., has
been greatly excited by the discovery
of three Chinese lepers in a small shanty
near the railroad depot, where almost
all tho washing done by the Chinamen
in town is performed. The lepers have
been secluded here for some threeyears.
One of them, although in an advanced
stage of tho disease, has been begging
at night on the streets of the city. The
shanty has been used by the Chinamen
as a resort for lepers, although nothing
but shelter was given the poor wretches,
and how they lived is a mystery.
"Trcserrins Shingle.
The large number of buildings, the
roofs of which tho farmer is compelled
lo keep tight, makes it a question of
importance as to how he can best pro
serve the shingle, anil do it at a cost
that will make it advisable.
The split and shaved shingle of a hun
dred years ago. that came from tho old
growth of pine, was quite a different
irticlc from tho sawed pine shingle from
the sapling pines of to-day. hile tho
former would keep a roof tight thirty or
forty years, tho latter will keep one
tigh't not much more than one-quarter
of that period.
Various methods have been devised
to make the shingle of the present day
more lasting. Dipping them in hot limo
water, or coal tar. is practiced by some,
and is found to be very beneficial, but
it is very disagreeable work to lay them,
and carpenter-; are not inclined to en
conrage the practice. Some lime the
roofs alter the shingles have been laid
a year or two. No doubt this is ery
beneficial to that portion of the shingle
that it touches. It is now the practice
of some to paint the roofs, as well a-
the other portions of the bu I linjs. A
great variety of paints are u-ed. While
tome use white lead and lin-eed oil.
others use various kinds of mineral
paints with cheap fish oil. Some of
these are good, while others are almost
worthless.
About thirteen years ago there was a
paint made of ground slate, mixed with
coal tar, and probably some other sub
stance, which, when i roperlv put on.
proved to be not only lire proof, but a
great preserver of the Bhini:li-, keep
ing them without any perceptible
change for more than ten year.-; but
this soon went out of sUle, if not out of
ua, probably because it was so much
trouble to put it on properly that the
work was improperly done. To do the
work weU. it was nocessan to apply
this preparation so hot that it would
penetrate the shingles, and make a sur
face as hard as slate .-tone. Probably
the time will come when shingles will
be dipped in some material that wiil
not be disagreeable to tlie carpenter-,
and yet preserve them from dweav.
When this can be done at the mill
where the shingles aro sawed, and they
can go to market all prepared, it will
be a step of progress in the right direc
tion, and will meet a want that at pres
ent is felt by all owners of buildings.
MaiS'tdtiiacUs I'louij'imnn.
.Should There .ot Be a Change of
Crops I
Over and over again experience lias
shown that in tho-e de-trio's where a
diversified style of agriculture is earned
on. the average proiits of a senos of
years are greater than when the pro
ducer is dependent on one thing.
Noting this, some teachers go on the
opposite extreme, and wou'd plant
equally of all crops and follow equally
every branch of farming. But we hold
that that in ius great an error as to fol
low out too closely the one idea. .lust
now the agriculturist of the South are
getting their annual advice to grow le-s
cotton and more coin. It is een.-aid
that the "grangers ' hae incorporated
this advice as one of the leading articles
of faith in their Southern creed. But
from all we have read and noted, tho
South with all its love of cotton never
had half so much a druj as sonic of the
Kastern States have had of wheat or
corn.
It is the wi-e-it policy for every fann
er to have some one leal-ng teat lire on
which to depend that he finds his sod
and climate be.sl fitted for, or his ma -ket
the ino-t encouraging for him to
produce. These may possibly fail, and
in view thereof other things should bo
grown which will work in with the other-,
and bring iu something certa'n
when failure conies. Diversification in
thrs ca.e is little more than the prin
ciple of insurance, to which every pru
dent merchant likes to devote a small
percentage of his capital: bu the per
centage is always small he would not
like to devote very much, nor would
the farm capitalists devote too much on
its insurance crops. The South can
grew cotton belter than any other part
of the world. When there is a good
crop it is very profitable, and it is rare
ly so abundant but there is some pro tit
made. We doubt whether the advico
to grow more corn and less cotton is
wise, or if wise would ever be taken.
One might as well tell an Iowa man
to grow less corn and more wheat or
oats. For miles and miles through
that State one sees nothing but corn,
yet though in any one year it brings
but ten cents per bushel, one sees as
much the nextyear as ever. And why?
because wheat or oats never does as
well, never yields the ame protit. It
has been shown, by what seems to bo
a careful average of years, that corn
yields in Iowa three-fourths more profit
than wheat, and double that of oats.
With these facts, which intelligent
farmers soon understand, though those
with hay-seed merely in their hair do
not, it "would be idle to tell an Iowa
man ho must grow less corn, because
once in awhile there is an over-stock,
and the same principle holds good iu
cotton culture. Uirmanlown Tele
graph. Cleanliness a Preventire for Hog Dis
eases. During the past season there has been
a great deaj said and written unon the
subject of allowing hogs lo run in past
ures. The discussion both in and out
of the newspapers has been watched
with a great deal of interest by hog
raisers, whose practical knowledge, ac
quired by experience, has enabled them
long since to form opinions upon the
subject. These men. who have money
invested in tho business, are prone to
arrive at conclusions based ujon actual
observation from which thev form coni-mon-sense
ideas of what is beneticial to
the'rr stock, and the wiseacres who read
them long, self-consequential lectures
upon subjects about which thev have no
personal knowledge receive but littlo
consideration at the hands of breeders.
It is a common remark that most any
thing is good enough for a hog, and to
this senseless proposition is traced the
diseases among swine owned by breed
ers who indorse it. Since time imme
morial the hog has been called the farm
scavenger, but, nevertheless, the suc
cessful breeder is he who relics the least
upon this overestimated characteristic
of the animal. Bad water, worse treat
ment in handling, and a superabund
ance of filth are the foundations of all
diseases to which hogs are subject, and
it is consequently easy to believe that
tho health of the animal and the quality
of the meat must increase in proportion
to the cleanliness of his food and sur
roundings. It is believed that there
has been less disease among swine dur
ing the past year than during any t:me
for the past decade, and those who
ought to know attribute the fact to in
creased care on tho part of breeders,
who li3vc realized the value of cleanli
ness. Grass-fed hogs who have the run
of good and nutritious pastures, with
plenty of pure water are the ones that
bring" the highest prices in any market
Ths summer feed of grass results in
bone, muscle, and all the good qualities
of tirst-class pork, and a' fall feed of
corn just prior to marketing makes the
plump and round finish considered so
desirable. It is not too much to sav
that if swine-taiscnj would adopt a uni
versal plan of cleanliness in raising and
feeding their stock, it would be but a
very short time before complaints of
American pork would cease to bo heard
in any European country. Breeders
owe it to themselves and they owe it to
their swine to adopt such reforms as
will insure them as decent treatment as
possible. CIricaj) Iribune.
A little salt rubbed on a discolor
tgg-spoon will restore its silver tint.
HO.ME, FAKW AXU NlKDES.
Plain Lemon Pudding. -Quarter of
t pound of sueL half a jfound of bread
crumbs, four ounces of sugar, the juice
Df two loiuons the rind ot them grated
and one egg. To be well boiled and
fenced with pudding sauce.
Uice Biscuits.-Sift seven ounces of
mgar. then add to it half a jKund of
the best ground rice, seven ounces of
butter, seven ounces of llour. and mix
it into a paste, with eggs two aro suf
ficient for this quantity.
A small quantity of ashes given to
nigs while fattening i? found very ben
eficial, as their food is generally rich in
phosphoric acid r.nd de:ic:e:it in lime,
which the ashes supply. In this way
the phosphoric acid is made available
as a food.
Boiled Cider Fie. A boiled eider
pie may be a novelty to someone. Tako
four table-pooufu's ol boiled cider,
three table-poonfuls each of .-ugar and
water, two tabiespoonfuls of t!our and
one vfrz: beat all together. Bake in a
deep plate, and w.th upper and under
cru-ts.
- Mutton is considcre 1 the cheapest
meat a farmer can ra.-e The fleece
from a sheep of good bre-d w.ll pay for
its keep. The pront derived from the
iambs, the manure and the riddance of
de-tructive weeds in pa-'ure--. of which
the sheep are we'1-known foes, all add
to the proiits of .sheep-raising.
Bice Watlles. One and a half pints
of boiled nee, one and a half pint- of
llour, half a teacupful of sour milk, half
a leaeiipfnl of sweet milk, otieteasji mn
fill of soda, three egg-, butter the size
of a wa'nut. and salt to taste. B. add
ing to the above recipe au extra half
cupful of milk, the batter becojiesthe
proper consistency for rice pancake-.
To make potted ham. take lean and
ery tender boiled ham, chop it line and
beat to a j a-te in a mortar au old
fashioned wooden one is recommended
for the purpo-e adding butter if need
ed to make the particle- .-tick together,
ami a little mixed mustard, if dc-ired.
This is excellent for travelers' lunches,
and also " handy to hae m the hou-e."
- Fanner's Fruit Cake. Soak three
cups of dried apples over-niglit in warm
watei. ("hop slightly in the morning
and .simmer two hours in two cups ot
molaes. Add two well-beaten eggs,
one cup of sugar, one cup of butter, one
dessert spoonful of soda, llour enough
to make rather a still baiter. I'laor
with nutmeg and cinnamon to tho
taste. Bake in a quick oven.
- Saratoga ( 'orn Cake.- Four eggs,
half pound of sugar, quarter pound of
butter, one quart of milk, half ounce of
soda, salt, one pound of com meal, one
pound of llour, one ounce of cream tar
tar. Heat well together th" eggs and
sugar, melt the butter and a-ld. then
milk with the soda dissolved iu it. and
Kilt; .stir thoioiighly ami add corn meal
and four, with the cream tartar well
mixed in it. Hake in a moderate oen.
uud eaten hot with butter.
An old pork butcher in Detroit
says the prejudice in Kurope aga'nst
American pork arise- partly from the
fact that hogs fattened on our Indian
corn do not make as line pork a do
tho-e of Germany, the Netherlands,
France, etc., which are fattened chielly
on peas and buckwheat. With the lat
ter pitch a condition as Musty pork" is
unknown. As both pas and buck
wheat grow rinkly in this country,
wherever properly cultivated, it may
bo worth while for -oino farn.er to te-t
tlie matter. Po-sibly the oleaginous
principle in corn may tend to deteri
orating effects iu some degree, though
that cereal will doubtless continue tho
principal food for fattening hogs in this
country.
- Persons who are unfortunate
enough to live in damp houses, particu
larly near tindraiued land, are apt to
think that there is no help for them
save iu removal, .and says thev are
mistaken, and states that experiments
have shown that it is possible to mate
rially improve the atmosphere iu such
neighborhoods in a very simple manner
by the planting of the laurel and the
sunflower. The laurel gives oil an
abundance of o.otie. whil-t the "soulful-eyed"
sunflower is potent in do
stoying the malarial condition. These
two, it planted on the most restricted
scale in a garden, close to the house,
will be found to speedily increase the
dryne.ssaiid salubrity of the atmosphere,
and rheumatism, if it does not entirely
become a memory of the past, will bi
largely al.eviated.
Far y.
Among tho causes of farcy in horses
may be mentioned foul air in close and
ill-ventilated stables, privations, bad
food, inoculation or contact with glan
dered horses. Some chronic and debil
itating diseases may result in farcy and
glanders. Farcy and glanders aie twin
disea-es. or identical, and cither of
these two forms of disease generally
terminates with both forms fully devel
oped. Farcv atlects the sunerlieial
h mphatic glands and vessels, showing
itself in painful, corded swellings on
various parts of the body, neck, head
or limbs, especially between the hind
legs. Gradually tho small tumors,
which aro termed larcy buds, suppur
ate, and discharge unhealthy-looking
matter, and the ulcers show little or no
tendency to heal. Tieatmentof farcy
can only be recommended in the begin
ning of the disease. When far ad
vanced an animal, affected with such a
loathsome and contagious disea-e, had
better be destroyed, both for the sake
of safety to other horses as well as for
persons who are obliged to handle
them. The treatment of farcy should
be both external and internal. To the
farcy ulcers apply either strong solu
tion of chloride "of lime or carbolic
acid. Internally givo half a dram,
twice daily, of iodide of copper or
iodide of iron, with half an ounce of
gentian root- An ounce of aloes, with
naif an ounce of saltpeter, may be
given every fortnight. Good, nourish
ing food, in liberal quantity, daily ex
ercise and attention to cleanliness are
also essential. Such horses should be
kept separate from others, and the
stable utensils, vessels for watering
and harness should not be used for
healthy animals. Thorough disinfec
tion of the premises and utensils are
necessary. 1'rairie Farmer.
Posts Set "Top Knd Down."
It is believed by many persons that
posts set in the ground, in a position the
"reverse" from which they stood wh la
growing in the tree, will last much
longer than when set "top end up."
In the spring of 1879 I selected sea
soned sticks three feet long. These
were split in two. and cut in two. mak
ing four pieces of each. One set was
placed in well drained sand, the other
in c'ay soil. In every case, two pieces
were set side by side, with earth be
tween; one as it stood in the tree, the
other reversed. I tried thirteen kinds
of timber. Some of these were young
wood with bark on. All contained
some hard wood. Those growing in
sandy liad have just been examined.
In caso ol the beech, sugar maple, iron
wood, blck ash and black cherry, the
piece reversed or placed "top end
down" was somewhat most decayed.
In case of red maple. American elm.
butternut and red elm, the reverse
piece was a trifle the soundest- In case
of basswood. white ash, wh te oak and
blue ash, there wa-no perceptible dif
ference. I infer that where one piece
decayed more than the other, t was
caused by some tr'tling difference in
the sticks- The freshly .-awed ends in
each case tvere placed uppermost and
came an inch or so above the ground.
lroj. H. J. Bc.i MitJiif.tn A'jrailturcl
ige, inJi. 2. bun.
Luxury in 'cyt York.
Tho luxurv and perfection of detail in
New York ifwolHngs is passing into a
proverb. Nowhere in the world, proba
bly, is so much time and money ex
pended upon the furnishing ami orna
menting of the homes of the rich a in
that city. The draping of curtains has
become" a distinct branch of art, and
every decorator and upholsterer ha
aiie or more employees whose sole limi
ne it is to arrange in graceful folds the
draperies whih are now indi-pensA'!o
nt door., windows and fireplace. Kven
the banister- must now lie stuffed ar.d
tufted and drajwd on cither side with
heavy fringe. Ceilings are frc-coed and
painted in the studios of dLtingui-hcd
artist.-, and then tran-fcrred to the
houses that they are to embelli-h. II m
dreils of women are employed, at an c-pen-o
of thousand.- of dollars, ujvjn em
broidery and art niedlowork which are
to adorn the sumptuous palatvj in which
the rich men live. Paintings, statuary,
carvings in stone and wood, the n he-t
fabrics of French and Indian l-oms, in
deed, all that is rare and lieautiful in
nature and art, are brought to War upon
tho decoration of these republican pal
aces. K en the -tables in w Inch hor?o,
coachmen, and grooms are to be houod
are far more luxurious than the simple
homos in which the fathers of our raev
pa ed their lives. The nowly.fmt-hed
-table- of Cornelius Vanderbilt in Fifty
eighth street far outshine thi-e of the
Komau Lmperor whose -ttuiptuous ip.
(HMiitinonls have become a matter of
history.
1
Nothing ages like huiuess.
m
A Smile or Satlrrtlin.
Tills from tin- ClevrlntHl (OMtO I'tnn-j rt,
rarries it ti Mier-tln: Htxrntly wccHik;
Mr. II (I Ki.lTi-r, tr-aurrr : tlc ( iWrsun.
JItrilJ, our r-;ertiUUve liH,ulrI ul that
p-titlrntan, after -latins; hi Hiln, if tic
l-rr-nnallv kni-w ainlliliU ntnt tlie Gnt
licrnian I'i-uii!y, St Jai-wt Oil A untie
IUsl arn Mr Ki-lter'- cirt 1tv fire an.t
lii ryes twinWltst iiHrnl a lir n-jli-. hi tlie
afllrmatiti-: I will imt refc to tati- pit
periemv w ilh It, awl you imyu-e It us " "
think be-t. Four years 3tf I sprain. -I inc f
my ankle-, mi aivutent whk-li. a arc
aware, eiit.i:l much fiitTi-rittj; awl vuni-tiiiirs
IciM's the luiili in a oiwtitluti t rriniml cic
frequently f the old hurt. I nfi-rtunatr'v
tlii- n-.-uIt i-n-ui-il. VWtieier tin- wratlu-rtx
cairn- il.impor my yMem at-orlxM tlio sligtit
e-t rolil my iikl jminisl iim". Thl wei.t on
nt intervals fr wwr three far:, awl I miiM
net wtitalii relief. I.it uitT I appUf-l the
St J.us!- Oil awl it iiitiij-letelv otr- -1 mo I
have not MW-i- felt n return f the paei
A rniCKKN's neck is like .1 bell when ft Is
rung for dinner.
Tiik Treiiti'ii (X. .1 ) t:izr'!', nii-titl'Hi tlie
raeif Mr. .Mm Wil, with the Au.t-ri- an
Pottery '., thai HIT, who a i-UPil t t
.IjoiU. il .if an att.n k nf rlu 'iiiiatiiin. whs. !i
luil oiiilini-il him to lifs Nil fur m'c'iU'CU
week?. He ;rai-e it im-tlntttlly.
A i.MV who Ifctitreil In Pemlwoixl on
" .K-tlHtie Culture " was atmil-heil at the
immense urowd that turned out until -he
leanic-d thsftlic people Mlllo--d that a-
turtle culture w.ii soma new kiuil of mixed
drink.
- . -
I.nitnlliitnv. iiirefrreiut-toal-rautifilllaih,
wrote to .1 frii-wl- " l-idy ha Im-i-ii d.m
p-roii-h ill. hut now che i il.twjrrvuvy well
a-fain."' Aiw-iicali Im-IIi--, when att oknl !
hii of the ill- that tle-h l ln-lr to. uuvl-kept
iiin. ami avoid ln-iiigklllellit4kiiisl)r It
Pier i- s "I amrite Pn-irfpll :i, vh.ili inn
I-!li-s feminine WiMKtH-.i-. ami re-tons the '
bloom ol hi-altli. Uv au iiru:i-i-.
Tin: d.iv-i are KCttln;: -hnit. and a kooiI
in j 11 iiunple can -lympalliii:: with tticin.
1'ir-t a isni.-li. earrlist in- on".
AihI llu-ii it i-olli:i llii- i-rrli-l Hi" olf I"'"
Till- will not l-xoiiri-;lt.i;ili if v-n tVi- -mr
n.iixli .mlDr It. V IVr.-- (. ' h:i Mr.ln il
I)i-io-r ' In tune It i- vifir f.ir nraK
Inni:-. -jilMln n( iilil. nii:ht -.i-ii iiltii
tarlv stap-sof c'lii-um; timi. Il .ill dn.i;lsti
Ai'Vit'K A inntli telling another inotlt to
Keep out ot tne candle.
Throat, llronrliliil, 11ml l.mu; lli-.ii-
a -ji rialtv. N-fd lw -tamjn- ' r liri tr .iti-e
j;liiin-l"f tro;m. n Addn U'.mi 1. ili
lTNiint MkhIi l --01 I vtIi-n I" Jtlai". N. V.
. m -
5orT, but a bard nut to cr.wi: Tho
doughnut.
1 1 U Jut the tiling in St. l.-Mil-.w hen a in w
re-tauian' or lw.inlitij:-lioi!!" i Mirtid, to
adrrtW that ili-y iw tbo Clutter iV
Kane; it draws. 8 '
Krarurit from Deal a.
William J. Couic'ilan. of Siiiiii-rv.Pe Ma , J
ay: "la the Ull of ls;r. 1 was tiVt-n with a 1
violent Uffilintjof tSrhmn; followed hv a cvcrii
coiurh. 1 was admitted to the City Ho:i'al.
While tlirre the dctorn .iid I lud a hole In my
Irftltimra hlcasahalf dollar I sraveii'ili'i;-,
but a friend told mc or Dit. Wm lliu.'n 1U
am run tiik Lt'NO-i I irot n iKittlr. when to
tnyrurprhc Icoinnienccd to feci lietler. an I to
dny I feci In Iwttrr s'lrlti th in I have thr pAt
three vcnr. I write thUIioplnctlut every ons
illicteduithl!eacdLuii::'.tIlUkcI)K. Wm.
II all's Bauham roriTiin I.i-r.s, and le cii
winced that Ionsimitih c .x he tfnt.i"
Alio asure remeih forCofiU, ' ousli, and "II
Chest and Lun Diseases. Sold ty ilrugUtA.
A 1.1. eoiintrlc- Unit keep '.imp! - of tie
he-t produrts of the lahor of otle r p- pie,
for exhibition for their own workmen, e
the Clnrter Oik Itan'e n a sample of th
best of its kind cut made. "
Tiik 5a!e of Frarer Axle (5reae Iat year
were enormous. Stick a pin here
m
flonn dinner aro only po'llIe when you
have irood materiaff to cook, a stimmI gook and
a Cbarter Uak IUr.s;c to cook with. O-.l
rN-niiiTr-'. fn an election rucc. fn-qiirtitly I
in hv a -i-ratch.
Tun 1'hihnli-lphl.a .nr Mit " It ha- l-i n
di-eiiveri-d tlmt aniiimla itrnrk d Ii'.' f z
I'l-i-omr di-liht fully tender Natnrv nude a
rival Ini-take uheii lie cOrcreil 'f-'in tl.uk
en-with kiich uotoriou-Iy t"or i-ond'irtor a
fejtlM-r-' lilifTer-" -ay-that on- 'o-ild not
epi-ct tn have lltrhtiitni: htrike i hnki n tha'
t to I-e "tuushcr'n tliuirtli r.- YitmJ)
Vr-fi."
Tnr Ytk: I fttlotr on the Is. He i
"Wmiinc for .1 Flv t chim' Alontr H-ln
Itii-liie withtlH-Ph. Idle he 1- Waiting
let 11- Have MHiHKuri with him. Put :i
Ltelitiil Fire-eraekt-r in hi- Mmith Wltere i
tin- Fpisr wh ; Why, Un-re He i- in th- Wt-r
with hi-K.ir- Mown out- Why ik- he ntt
(siie tmek to the j1 Perlwp he Im For
gotten all a! -out the Fly. Vio-t 7"ri
l'rmtr.
A rrw laj aeo a. Mexicati woman, while
nalimr l--r"feet in the Kio Cramle nmtr Itto
lintnd t It.. wa -eicil ainl raninl i4I hv an
alIi.M"r Her hii'lol Ih-uiIn.; le-r M-rrarn
ru-iiol into the "aater. awl. knife In hand,
mdi- thi- vorarioii l-at. tnve Np M pri-y.
The f'-i-t of the woman nrrr lr!l hwrrut-I.
but at lat aerount- ! wa- oine upll AV-e
Jorfc TrJfinr. Afewibt ao a 'iiwiaitaU
woman. whil ktj) tT ft i :i-' Wi
Itier. fi-lt a tM-kltiir n-atum is o- of ttr
tin-, ainl on dranius it ot of tle waw d-(n-tvl
an allkrati.r .ittaciH-d to it- nl-r al-lit.r-.
beannt; th- rne of ikir cnHpuniaxt.
nt-lnsl to the mre awl timily k-iKl"l In
re-ciilnsr Mm. At la-t aets:iiit tke attirittoT
was very -k-k. tttityj Tnktf.
A-K no woman her ace. Seer Jok wltit a
rilireniaB. I). not play c-Jm with a w"Ww.
Sf t-r ciintndlct a m-n 'that -tattk-r. W rtrtt
torx-li unrle- and aunt''. Vor trfde-t bat, of
owr- ftir an eveniw; party. Alway ll
twxt tliecarrer, If yju caa, at iiliiaer. Vmh-
I'i v vonr C"hritrna prr-nt sot," is th
lrcer.d that meet u in tlw window d an .
i't'-wn ftore Thank t -u f-ir thr alvii-e. Ijot
;wn !etoar lrirkl buy thrm for u.
lioti'it tntrtT. '
Tur rircJ eJkV-rn'i remarks are Dce-arilr
i;:iC;.aJ 11.- rea-toauu: b aJwayft in a c;r Iel
3ra:cHii.,Crops Ihocsia. fVfc3osiCo5j2.1aeJ5-
iii; ir- 1,11; rjiGr--i w jn
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