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1'lft the coward who quits to mlsrorluno ,
" 'IR the knave who changes each day ,
1'18 the fool who wins half the battle ,
Then throws all his chances lLwny.
There la lIlllo In life but labor ,
And tomorrow may flnl that n drenm :
fJ'tlccesl ! : Is the bride or Endeavor ,
And luck-but a moleur'l gleam.
'rho limo lo succeed Is whoa others ,
Dlscoul'agcd , show traces or tire :
The battle Is fought In the hotncstretc11-
And won = twlxt the flag and the wire !
-J. C. Moore
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Lack of
Working Capital
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Comparing farming with other lines
of business , we cannot help conclmtcl-
ing that scarcity or working ! capital
is ono of its greatest drawbaclts. 'fa
bo sure , farming , better than perhaps
any other business , can "manage
ulong" on a small banle account or
credit ( alone , hut , considering every-
hung , it would 1 bo much better for aB
concerned could the average farmer
have more cash back ] of his enlerprise.
As It is , the growing crop is an asset
Upon which it is not dimcult to realize .
Ize cash for immediate necessities.
Flour , for instance , is often bought
l with other summer supplies on the
basis of payment when the "oats are
a threshed" or other crops marlQted
The possibility of thus maintaining
life on credit has assisted pioneer
farmers wonderfully in the past , but
it Is full time to get the business upon
I a sounder basis-to make the chattel
't ' mortgage a stranger rather than an
: over-present guest at the family
ce board 1-Iand . to , mouth methods may
i have been necessary when the coun-
try was opening up , when men had
i their strong hands and the sweat of
their brow as capital , when cash was
a scarce commodity and barter a
common convenience In country communities -
munities In such times farmers were
solely dependent upon the season and
its crop lu'oductlons. Should crops
fail distress was rife. The mortgage
maintained the level of the "party of
the second" part , and the level it kept
him down to was a lbw l one. Should
, crops luxuriate and prices prove bet-
" ter than usual , money accrued that
r settled the mortgage and left some-
thing over ; and here began what is
still at this day a menace to sound
business methods of farm manage-
ment 'Vo refer to the greed for more
land. The moment a few hundred dol-
lars accumulated the money was paid
down on another "forly" or "eighty"
or "quadeI' section , " and another
mortgage signed. From that date on
the worker had to struggle with his
usual chattel m01't.gage and the new
. . one on fresh land ; and the second
state of the man was worse , than the
first. Both mortgages indicated effort
3 and necessitated heart-rending labor ;
but this method of doing business kept
the farmer "land poor" and purse poor
alno. It left him wltlmuuL 11 cent jar ,
1 implements , and those required could
only be obtained by giving another
1 chattel mortgage. It meant that no
11 hired help could be used outdoors or
in the house ; and the farmer and his
wife tolled unceasingly and early
broke down their constitutions. It
meant , too , that the children had to
work and work and "do chores" when
they should have been ut school , and
so it starved their minds , often
stunted their bodies or overstrained' '
them-but-it ! paid for the forty or
eighty or quarter section ; and when
one mortgage was settled masle it pos-
sible to contract a new debt-for
more land or necessary implements
that might have been bought on a
better and less life-raclclng basis.
Without a sufficiency of working
capital the farm cannot be properly
operated to the best advantage. If
every cent earned is needed to satisfy
mortgages , interest and principal pay-
ments on new land , the farm in hand
suffers accordingl It can be worked
but partially ; it cannot bo properly
stocked ; advantage cannot bo taken I
of the rise in market prices ; labor
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cannot he hlrol ( when most required ;
implements can be bought only on the
principle of "ana nt a time. " In short ,
Given a cash balance nt aU times ,
poverty keeps ] everything dragging
miserably and makes the owner at
the place a miserable drudge himself
and the farmer Is at least happy In
mind , able to hold or sell at the right
time , able lo put the rIght amount of
labor onto each acre and do it with
the most suitable and modern implement -
ment no has cash with which Lu
change his stacIe from time to time ,
head his herd with pure-bred sires ,
and wait until he gets a profitable
price ( for his surplus animals. It
means a weU-leept farm , a happy , educated -
cated , weB-clothed family ) , n. Chris-
tian's , rather than u. dog's life , and
a better heritage for the children ,
although there may bo less land for
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each to inherit Land Is not everything -
thing , nor worldly possessions the
chief object ill life. Heart and brain
and soul should have the first thought ,
the most care and a sound habitation.
These must be part of the working
capital of every man and every farmer -
er and their welfare are of vital im-
portance. Drudgery without cash cap-
Ital means starvation of aU the better
attributes of man. It inclines to Ieeep
down the farmer and his farm.
Let the additional acres go. Endeavor -
deavor to develop to the utmost the
farm in hand , no matter how amaH
it may be. Towards this end store
surplus cash for the farm and family's
requirements on a "rainy day " Concentrate -
centrate effort that the farm may pro-
duce a thousalldfohl rather than a
miserable modicum of its 1ossibiUties.
In so doing , live rather than exist ,
and remember that the ch11dron-the
human souls-arc the most important
and precious crop upon every facn.
For every talent an account will have
to be rendered some day , some time ,
somewhere. Let us make the most
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of our opportunities manfully , faith-
fuBy-but not greedily and to the
starvation of body , heart and soul.
Work for a working , capital and ,
once attained , guard it well. Its possession -
session opens up aU manner of possibilities -
slblllties on the farm and insures comfort -
fort , confidence and competenoy.-
Farmer's Review.
Wash Face Upwards.
Our grandmothers used to date the
period of their lost girlhood by the
first wrinkle , but the woman has to
be seen nowadays who would have
the courage to say that with her first
wrinkle comes old agq. She would
tell you she is proud of that little
faint line
Bilt , as a rule , ill health is answerable .
able for those disagreeable little lines ,
and , indeed , when they are many in
number , they are disfiguring.
Many , are the methods that have
been tried to make the skin smooth
and fair again.
A number of these methods are
good , but as no two skins are alike ,
each requires a different treatment.
There is a good deal in the way
you wash your face. Instead of
washing it downwards , as ninety.nine
ant of every hundred , do , it should bo
washed upwards , and gentle frIction
given to the parts most likely to
wrInlc1e. .
Spraying the face with soft hot
water at night is good.
The best plan of all is to nourish
the body with good , wholesome food ,
which will , in its turn , nourish the
skin and fill out the face in the part
where wrinkles generally come. Face
powder only deepens the wrInkles.
Cut Worms on Roses.
I would advise the use of bran ,
soaked In arsenic water. Bank this
about the base of the plant. Cut
worms will eat the bran on their way
to the bush. Some persons slice pot a '
toes thinly , and sprinkle the slice
with arsenic , and scatter them about I
the bushes. Lime and ashes , dug into
the soil about your roses , will have a
tendency to drive worms out of the
soll.-HolDe and 'lowers.
Don't worr ' . Do the best you can ,
and let hope conquer care.-E. . W.
Wilcox
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CORNIIEll !
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The Gypsy Wind.
'rho gypsy wind goes down the night ;
I hear hIm lilt his wunder-caB' ;
And lo the old fllvhlf ' tellB'ht ] '
Am I a thrnll.
It's out , my heart , beneath the stars
Along the 1cill - ways dim and deepl
Let those with Will , behind duB bars ,
Commune wlt1 ( sleep !
For me the freedom of the sky ,
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The vIolet castnesscs that seem
Packed with n sense of mystery
And brooding dream I
For ; me the low solicitudes
' . Tim treetops WlIlspcr each to each ;
'rho
silences wherein Intrudes
No mortal speech !
For mo far subtler fragrances
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Than the magician morn transmutes
And ;
minstrelsies and melodies '
From fairy lutes !
l\Iy cares-the ' '
harrying brood take flight ;
My wocs-they lose their galling sting ;
When I , with the halo wind of night ,
Go .gYPsylng.
-Clinton Scollard In the Century.
Safety Watch Pocket.
Numerous and ingenious are the
schemes which have been thought out
by individuals to outwit the pickpockets .
pockets who rob them of their watches
and pocketbooks , hut the light-fin-
gered gentry seem to find a way to
ply their trade in spite of these hindrances -
dranoes , possibly owing to the failure I
of the public to make use of the I
safety appliances when they have I
been introduced by the inventors. Now I
an inventor comes forward with an
idea. He is perfectly willing to have
the thief get hold of the watch ; in
fact , his device will not be brought
into operation at all until the watch
has actually been removed from the
IJoclet. But then It Immediately be-
gins to make up for lost time , as the
' .vatch is no sooner withdrawn than
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the sprIng arm , which gripped one
side of the timepiece , files shut and
starts a bell ringing ! with noise
enough to be heard clearly in the lam
mediate vicinity. The chances are ten
to one that the thief has not had
time to get the watch safely stored
away before he has sprung the alarm
and caused his capture with the S
in his possession
Bees as Weapons of Defense.
There are at least two recorded instances -
stances in which bees have been used
as weapons of defense In war. When
, the Roman general LUClllhl9 was ware -
r1i against Mithridates , he sent a
force against the city of Themiscyr
As they besieged the walls , the inhabitants -
habitants threw down on them myriads -
ads of swarms of bees. These at once
began an attack which resulted in the
raising of the siege. These doughty
little insects were also once used with
equal success in England. Chester
was besieged by the Danes and No r .
weglans , but Its Saxon defenders
threw down on them the beehives of
the town , and the siege was soon
raises .
Clever Sparrows.
One of the prettiest sights as regards -
Bards seamen's pets was afforded by
six sparrows which were tamed and
trained by an old bluejacltot on board
a coal 1)argo. He ' had trained them
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to such a degree that they would
march in regular military order ,
"turning" and "wheeling" as desired j
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by merely moving his hand. On each
at their heads he had fastened a small
piece of scarlet cloth , cut so as to
form a cockscomb , which gave the
birds a very saucy appearance as y /
they went through their varied evolu- " 'l
Uons. . . " . ,
Entire Family Married. -
Records ef unique ltlUl'1'Iages In Mfn
neapolis were broken the other day ,
when three daughters and a son of Mr
and Mrs. Frend Krenz were married
at the same time in the same church
and by the same priest. Four broth.
ers of the three brides acted as best
men for their brothers and three-
brothers-in-law. The maids of honor
and flower girls were all sisters or
cousins of the brides. "
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Mirror Is a Freak. -
Joseph Pichette of Springvale , Me. ,
has a mirror which is becoming
famous as a curiosity. Some two
years ago a picture of a rose mysteriously .
ously developed itself on the surface i
and within a a short time another
flower began to develop itseIt. In
fact the mirror seems fated to change
In short order to a very handsome plc-
ture , without any reasonable explanation . .
tioll pearing.
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Has Ancient Sliver Coin.
Elisha F. Spaulding , one of the oldest .
est residents of Windsor , Va. , has a
silver piece coined in 1721 , which has
been in his possession ever since leaving -
ing home in his teens to start out in . .
the world. It was given him by his
mother , and had been held for many .
years previously in her family. The
coin is in excellent state of preserva-
tion , being but very little worn.
Own Carriages In Common.
A curIous custom exists in Genoa. . , l11
Many of the well-to.do people , as well " ' \
as those in moderate circumstances , )
do not own either horses or carriages ; - I
they own only an interest in them ' i
Four or five or half a dozen great I
famllles club together and buy a car-
riage and horses , then they arrange
among themselves the days the dU- .
ferent famllles will use it.
Two Records to Be Proud Of. -
Capt. David T. Closson of North
Dayslde , Me , took charge of his first
schooner at the age of 17 and since
then has served as captain of 34 dif
ferent vessels. Capt. Closson has
never lost a vessel or the life of a 1
sailor. The captain has another record - .
ord , of which he is still prouder. He . J
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has 11 children , aB living , including _ )
three sets of twins. . '
Has an Active Conscience. - ' - ,
Congressman Greene of 11lassachu . ,
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setts has received from a lady in his . - - -
district a letter accompanying the re' ' .
turn of a lot of seeds he had sent to ' . f
her. She says she did not believe in' _ ,
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the distribution of seeds by the government - . .
ernment and therefore , could not ac' . ' . . ' " . .
cept his proffer ' . .1
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Ate Oranges on Wager. ! I
Joseph Supernaw of Ludlow , Mass , .
on a wager ate sixteen good-sized .
naval oranges. Supernaw had eaten _ . . .
four oranges when the wager was
rmade and disposed of the other.twelve -
in exactly 20 minutes His previous .
reCord ) in eating fruit has been twen
ty.elght bananas. _
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Voice Carried Eighteen Miles. - . ,
Eighteen miles is the longest dis
once on record at which a man's voice
has been heard. This occurred in the
Grand Canyon , Colorado , where a man
shouting the name "Bob ! " at one end ,
his voice was plainly heard at the
other end , which is eighteen miles
away.
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Japanese SmokIng Tree. "
In Japan is a tree called the smok.
ing tree , " which has a little cloud resembling -
sembllng smoke hanging over its topmost -
most branches. It is an emanation
which the tree gives out under the
effect of sunlight.
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