Nebraska Newspapers

    MAY.
1 JThe blackbirds follow slow behind the
plow ,
-Or whistle from the maple's swaying
bough :
' The robin builds her nest among the
leaves ,
. .And countless swallows twitter 'ncatb
the enves. .
The plow-boy walks behind his smoking
temn ,
.And guides aright the plow's unwieldy
beam ;
"The coal-black furrows rising fall and
break ,
.And lie JiKe billows in his journey's wake
The wood * have flung their banners to the
world
"Grot'ti HJIKS of leaves to every wind uu
furled :
And in tin : Holds , by thicket and by fence
' .The rabbit * hide in grassy cover dense.
! Pertly and saucily the old cock quail
Whistles "Bob White" from off the top
most rail ;
.And when the evening flutters out her
clonk.
iFrom roadside ponds the deep-voiced hull
frofTH croak.
And jinglinply along the country lane ,
With broken chords of rustic , rude re
frain.
AsInk * , the sun from his high , ruddy
doim .
"In Indian file the cows come trooping
home.
Woman's Home Companion.
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| Brown Bess. f *
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' 66WIFH I could sell Brown Bess , "
< aid Susie Ross , rinsing the
dishes she had just washed.
"Oh. Suy ! " cried her brother.
"What in the world do you want to
-sell Brown Bess for ? " her mother ask
ed , looking up from the dough she was
kneading.
"I could go to the academy , mother ,
for two more terms , " was the answer.
"Then , perhaps I could get the school
at the Comers. "
"Nonsense. Susy. I need you to help
me , " her mother said. "Keeping school
is a thankless business. "
"It's money , " said Susy , "and I do
long to help myself , and you , too. Money
will do everything that needs to be
-done. "
"Yes. that's a fact , " spoke up Tom ,
"and there's lots wants to be done. I'd
-like to dear that five-acre lot for potatoes -
toes and corn , but I can't do it. " .
"And the- house wants shingling , " her
mother said plaintively , her careworn
-countenance taking on another shadow.
"The front door's got a crack all the
way acre , " Tom spoke up again , "and
there ought to be a fireplace in granny's
room. Then there's the barn : it's all we
can do to keep the hay dry. "
" 1 kuuw ali that , " said Susy. "I know
the house is getting to be a scarecrow ,
and the barn is worse , and that's why I
want to be earning. As for the shin
gles. I should think you could put them
-on your-e'f. Tom ; yes , and mend the
< loor. "
"Where's the shingles ? " Tom asked ,
in his matter-of-fact way. "Where's the
nails ? Where's the hammer ? The old
one is broken past mending. And
whore's the money to get them with ,
\ 1 should like to know ? "
"Sure enough , " said Susy , " unless I
could earn it. That's why I want to sell
Brown Bess. "
"And if you do sell her , you won't get
.much , " Tom said. "She's so full of her
tricks the craziest colt I ever saw. "
"I'm .more and more afraid to have
you ride her , " he mother said. "But if
you should sell her. there's the mort
gage to bo paid in October. "
"If I < ell her , " said Susy , quietly , "it
will be to finish niy education. "
"That's always your cry , " her mother
went on , in plaintive tones ; "no matter
what's needed ; but I s'pose we must
give in. Bad as the roof is. it shelters
us. What would we do without a house
- over our heads ? "
"I'd sell the cow. too , " put in Tom.
\ "And then grandma would just about
starve. " 'r.e mother supplemented.
. - St y turned away from the table , an-
rry and grieved , but she said nothing ,
only ran upstairs to her own room.
"They don't see it ! " she sorrowfully
'murmured. "They can't understand
that it's for their good and comfort I $
want to cret that school. I'm willing to
-wear old clothes and to walk three
-miles and back every day for the sake
of finishing my education. Let the roof
"leak awhile if Tom don't patch it. Let
granny sleep downstairs , where there's
a lire. I'll help them all in a year or
two but they don't see it they won't
see it. If I can only sell Brown Bess !
I'd go and beg time for the mortgage
-or I'd borrow money or , maybe I can
get enough to repair the house and go
< to school , too. If only Brown Bess
wasn't such a little vixen ! It will go "
, iiird to part with her , though : it was 20.
any father's last gift. "
Tears rushed to the dark eyes , but she
repressed them and went downstairs.
After helping her mother about the
2iou.se she donned her sunbonnet and
; ran iuto the barn. Tom was rubbing
-down Brown Bess , whose bright , glossy
.coat shone like satin.
" .Much as I can do to take care of
lier. " said Tom. "She wanN a regular
who would break her of her
litile tricks. See how she throws
/.her head up , and look at her eyes flash-
j'iug fire ! Are you going to the store ? er's
131/nuer wants sugar and molasses and
-vinegar and I've got to go in the field. " do.
-.Yes , I'm going. " said Susy , "though
. .I dread it. the bill is so large. If I sell my
5 Brown Bess that's the first thing I'll If
? pay. "
"That and the mortgage , " said Tom.
-"Well , I'll saddle old Djck. "
Susy mounted to the back of the slow
. old cart horse with gloomy forebodings.
It was a warm September day. Even
- ! u the midst of her anxiety the beauty git
the ride to Hlllstou soothed and de-
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lighted her. Every detail of the way
was familiar to her , yet when she came
to Silver Ledge Falls and saw the white
spray leaping over granite rocks and
!
dancing among tiny islands , she stop
ped old Dick and sat enjoying the scene
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as if she had never beheld it before.
"Good morning , " a voice said behind
her.
her."Oh
"Oh , Charlie ! " she exclaimed , with a
start , "I didn't hear you coming. "
"No ? The falls are so loud. I saw
you at the bend and followed. Going
to town ? "
"Yes , Charlie , " she made reply , and in
spite of herself her voice held a curious
tremor.
"You're worried over something , " he
said , the keen lover's eyes noting the
shadows.
"Yes. Charlie , a little the same old
trouble. I want to set things to rights
and it's hard work , " she said , in a
low voice.
"I knew it. Why won't you leave all
these matters and come with me ? The
house is waiting for you and so am I.
Susy , darling , make up your mind. "
He held out his hand , a look of unut
terable love making his rugged face
beautiful.
"If father had only lived , " she said.
"But you know it is impossible now ,
Charlie. I can't leave mother not yet
and I must finish the course at the
B Academy , and keep school at
least a year before I get things straight
ened out. "
He gave a long , low whistle , then
urged on his horse , but stopped again
till Susy came up with him.
"You know I'll wait for you , Susy , as
long as you say , but it's rather hard on
me , as I'm forehanded and ready to
marry. Susy , come , make up your mind.
My house is a large one. I'll take youf
mother and granny. Tom can run the
old farm , and "
"What ! Let you support me and the
family too ? Never ! " and her eyes flash
ed. "I would never permit it. "
"Well , Susy , I've declared my willing
ness to help you , if only you would let
me , " said Charlie , "but since you won't ,
don't look so sad and worried , my darl
ing. It's worth serving and saving for
seven years if I can only win you at
last for my wife. "
' "Oh , Charlie ! " she said , brokenly ,
"your love is priceless. Only be pa
tient. "
"I'll try. and keep on hoping , " he said ,
and they parted at the store.
The grocer met her with a smile. Ev
erybody liked Susy. Xo girl more genial
than she under ordinary circumstances ,
but to-day her face was clouded , her
manner preoccupied.
"Mr. Lee , I have made up my mind to
sell Brown Bess , " she said , after get
ting the things she needed. "Do you
know anybody that wants a horse ? "
"Dear me ! Going to sell Brown Bess !
Well. I was thinking of buying a young
horse for my Alice. Is she safe for a
girl of 10. do you think ? " the grocer
asked.
Susy grew pale. She had not antici
pated a question of that sort , but she
answered after a moment's indecision.
'She is fond of taking her own head
sometimes. No , Mr. Lee. if I find it
hard to manage her. she would never defer
for your little girl. "
Ah. I'm sorry for that. Miss Susy , "
said the storekeeper. "But I know a
man who wants a spirited horse. What
would you sell her for ? "
"I leave that to the purchaser , " Susy
made answer. "Papa paid $75 for her
more than a year ago. and I wouldn't
want to take less than that , for I need
the money very much. " she went on ,
'and if you will be so kind as to take an
interest in the matter " She stopped ,
her eyes wistful.
"Why , of course I will , " the grocer re1
sponded. "I'll send my boy to your house
with the groceries , and he can bring the
horse back with him. If anything is
done in the way of a sale I'll let vou
know at once. "
Susy thanked him and went on her
way home. As she came in sight of the
house , an old-fashioned , two-story
building , where dilapidation was ren
dered picturesque by a profuse growth
of ivy that covered the front porch and
much of the exterior walls , she felt
more comfortable as she thought over
her prospects. In imagination she had
fi
her mother quite reconciled to all her
plans , her school life assured and all '
things going on swimmingly. For who
knew but Brown Bess might bring her
$100 , she was so spirited and hand-
some ?
Work and home seemed brighter. The
grocer's boy came for the horse , and
hough it was hard parting with the hi
u-etty creature , Susy , in expectation of
esults , bore the separation bravely. le
"Can't we take a little of the money
vou get to shingle the roof ? " her mother
asked as the horse was led away. te
"I hope so , " Susy replied blithely. H
"And you still think of going to
school ? Ain't you too old ? " be
"I'm not 18 yet , " was Susy's answer. an
"Many girls go to school till they are
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"And there's clothes , to think of ,
dresses and bonnets and shoes. " A
"Oh , they'll be provided , " Susy said ,
with a little laugh. la
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"An' winter's com in' an' it's two or
three miles to the 'cademy , " her mother i
went on , each time throwing a more 1U
plaintive cadence into her voice. "Tom's 1UTl
clothes are terrible patched , an' mother Tl
needs flannels. I ain't so young as I If
was once , but I ain't sayin * anything th
about myself , on'y it's kind o' hard to ki
spare you , " and the lines in her moth
' weak face deepened.
"Mother. I wish you could sec it as.I to
. I must go to the academy , " Susy
se
made reply. "It's the opportunity of ht
life. But I tell you what I will do.
"
I get a hundred dollars for Brown
Bess I'll divide even. Fifty dollars ;
ca
would go a long way , wouldn't it ? "
"Well , yes. fifty dollars would get ev
erything we need , " was the reply. "But
you're never goiu' to get a hundred del
lars. You'll be more than lucky if vou Wl
fifty. " < 5 , <
"WelL mother , " said Susy , desperate- te
ly , "If I only get fifty , I'll divide even.
It will be thirty dollars coming in every
month if I only get the school. "
"I don't see's there's any chance of
that , " said her mother , with a woebegone -
gone face.
Day after day Susy waited , but no
word came about Brown Bess. Tom
declared that he believed there was no
prospect of selling her , but one day
Charlie Grant drove up to the house ,
his face fairly beaming.
"I thought I'd bring you the news , "
he said , as he came in the bright living
room.
"Have they sold Brown Bess ? " Susy
asked , her voice trembling in her excite
ment to hear.
"Well , yes that is , if you'll take the
price they offer , " Charlie made answer.
"Oh , I hope it's a hundred , " said Susy.
"A hundred ! " laughed Charlie. "Is
that what you valued her at ? Lucky
for you that I was in at the .bargain.
That horse will be worth thousands of
dollars before long. The man who
bought her trains horses for the race
course. He has discovered remarkable
qualities in Brown Bess as a trotter ,
and is willing to give you a thousand
dollars for her. "
A thousand dollars ! Susy stood for a
moment like a statue ; then she flew
into the kitchen , where her mother was
making the daily batch of bread , ex
claiming :
"A thousand dollars , mother ! we're
rich ! Brown Bess is sold for a thou
sand dollars ! You won't have to work
hard this winter. Tom can get two
suits of clothes if he wants them , and
buy the five-acre lot. Grandma can
have all the fire she needs ; the roof
shall be shingled , the mortgage paid off
and and "
"What am I to have ? " Charlie asked ,
as she stopped , out of breath , he having
followed her into the kitchen.
She turned round , and , blushing beau
tifully , held out her hands. He clasped
them both and drew her to his bosom.
"What do you think of this , mother ? "
he asked of the glad-hearted woman at
the bread pan. "Susy is to be my wife. "
"Why , I think it's a good deal better
than keeping school , " she said. Wav-
erley.
Some of the stars move with a velocr
ity of fifty miles a second.
The smallest perfect watch ever
made is owned by a Russian princess.
It was first placed in an exquisite gold
case , covered with the most minute but
literally perfect Watteau scenes in
enamel ; then at the princess' desire the
works were removed and placed inside
a splendid diamond , scarcely twofifthsa
of an inch in diajneter.
After a long and patient struggle the
women physicians in Russia have se
cured a decree placing them upon an
equality , both socially and politically ,
with the male physicians in the em-
pire. All official positions will be open
to them equally with men , and they
will be entitled to pensions after the re
quired length of service , and this
whether or not they are married.
Paris journals declare that delis are
going out of vogue , and one philosophi
cal writer explains why. In the good
old times , he says , dolls were sold un
dressed , and it was the pleasant task
of the little girls to make dresses for
them. ! Now they are bought dressed in
the latest style , and the children , after
playing with them a short time , throw
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them aside.
The Pacific covers 08,000,000 miles ,
the ] Atlantic 30,000,000 , and the Indian
Ocean , Arctic and Antarctic 42,000,000.
To stow away the contents of the Pa
cific it would be necessary to fill a tank
one mile long , one mile wide and one
mile deep every day for 440 years. Put
in figures , the Pacific holds in weight
948,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons. The
Atlantic averages a depth of not quite
three miles. Its waters weigh 325,000.-
000,000,000,000 tons , and a tank to contain
Oiti
tain it would have each of its sides 430
miles long. The figures of the other
oceans are in the same startling pro
portions. It would take all the sea
water in the world 2,000,000 years to
flow over Niagara. A tank to hold it ( *
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all would have to measure nearly l.OOC
miles along each of its sides.
Time , Two Minutes. si
"Miss Daisy , you are writing to that
little brother of yours who is visiting
out AVest. aren't you ? "
"Yes. He's a dear little fellow. I miss
him so much. " bi
"He is. indeed. Have you sealed the alC
letter yet. Miss Daisy ? " C
" " SJl
"Not yet.
"Add a postscript , if you please , and iy
tell him I want to know how he would PC
like ] me for a big brother. " In
( Demurely ) "Mr. Spoonamore , it will cl
< at least two weeks before you get mw
] answer if you ask him. " w
( And the matter was settled in about dc
two minutes. ) Chicago Tribune. is ;
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Community of Lone-Laved People. co
While French town. N. J. . has a popu ov
lation of but 1,050. there are in that .
n.
number fourteen persons whose ages-
aggregate 1.185 years an average ot m
nearly 85 years. Seven of these aged
people are men and seven are women
Their ages range from SO to 9G years
there is any little town that can beat
that for longevity we would like tc ev
know it. l > i
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Is Mclviiiley's Double.
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Maj. O. L. Pruden , assistant secretary 3
the President , bears a striking re
semblance to Mr. McKinley , a likenesz
ro
heightened by the high hat and Prince dine
Albert coat he always wears. Conse-
ai
qtieutly the professional guides of the
capital frequently point him out as the
chief executive.
The Most Extensive Cemetery. Q nose
The most extensive cemetery in the
so
world is that at Rome , in which over in i
(5,000.000 human beings have been in inW (
terred.
Ditch Scraper.
This scraper , to clean out a large
open ditch , so far as I know , is not
patented and may be constructed at
home with the help of a blacksmith. It
is 4 to 5 feet wide and about 2 : foot
high , made of good tough inch boards
and shod with a strip of steel ; an old
crosscut saw is just the thing. Two
handles should be bolted on the back-
old plow handles will do , or something
similar. The draft rods should be
made something like a badly shaped S ,
and pass through slots cut in the
scraper and are attached on back side
of scraper , just over saw plate , with
heavy j eyebolts or other device that will
allow of swivel motion. They should
be j . made of heavy iron and be about 20
inches long , the front ends connected
with . 4 feet of chain with a ring in cen
ter as shown in cut. To operate semper
when the ditch can not be crossed with
team requires a driver. He should have
about 8 feet of chain attached to team ,
the big hook hanging loose. The man
at the scraper drags it to bottom of
ditch and sets it quickly in the mud , or
behind a furrow or two that must al-
DITCII SCRAI EI : .
ways be turned out , not in , to scrape
right. By this time the driver should
have ' his team in position , exactly at
right angle to the ditch : hook to
scraper ring and drive steady , the man
at the handles holding them nearly per
pendicular till ready to dump , then un
hook , ' and repeat. Though this may
sound slow it is the practical way to
clean out or deepen large open ditches ,
and two good men and team will make
good progress when once accustomed
to the work. Silas H. French , in Ohio
Farmer.
For Irricatinir Melon- .
A bulletin of the Georgia station on
watermelons describes a simple method
of rendering concentrated fertilizer as
similable or available and preventing
the hill from firing. This is by the
application of water artificially , when
the rainfall proves insufficient. For
this purpose a joint of two-inch terra
H > tta sewer pipe is perpendicularly
sunk in the hill before planting to the
depth of six or eight inches , bell up
ward , as indicated in the figure.
The seeds are planted around the
pipe and the stand subsequently
thinned down to one vine , whose roots
will eventually surround the bottom of
the * ' pipe for quite a distance in all
directions. The pipe itself should be
filled with water late in the afternoon
every day. if the weather is dry. or as
often as may be found necessary. The
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WATERING THE WATERMELON.
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ontinuous supply of moisture thus afw .
orded will have a most noticeable oftl
ect by rendering every particle of ai
ilant food within reach capable of asw
imilation. Ordinary drain tile may h
le used in place of sewer pipe. ai
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Posts in Sandy Foil. . ] }
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'There is great difference in the dtira- gi
lility of different kinds of posts and al
Iso in the soil where they are placed. sc
Jontrary to the general impression , a g.r
jindy or gravelly soil , which is usual- g.rw
y dry. is much more liable to rot out or
osts than one which is always wet. orB
n the dry soil there are frequent la
hauges : from wet to dry. by which laCi :
lore air is brought in contact with tne Ci
rood and this introduces the germs of
ecay. In an always wet soil the water
probably stagnant and contains little
ir. Oxygen is necessary to all de- Pif
oruposition. An old farmer uho had
svned both sandy farms and those that ll
ad , a clay subsoil once told us that
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osts on the sand had to be removed
lore , than twice on clay subsoil.
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Harrowing : Pastures. th
Nothing is more beneficial to an old so
asture than to harrow it thoroughly in
very spring. A few roots may be th
roken off. but the stirring which the gc ;
urface soil receives opens it to air and se
receive the rains which will set them nc
growing more vigorously than be- ncAi
Dre. Another good effect of the har- Ai
awing is to break up the excrement
ropped by the stock the previous year , ]
ud scatter it so that it can fertilize a as
reater number of plants.
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Flax Fibre for Grain
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The farmers of Oregon have found a dr
W industry , which at the same time
lves the problem what the convicts i
the State penitentiary can be set to fa
ork at They are to weave the cloth all
j from flax which Oregon farmers wi
I grow , and make it into grain bags in
j whl'-h to market their surplus wheat.
These linen grain bags will be stronger
and more durable than those of cotton ,
and as the coarsest fibre such as can
be got from flax for seed can be used ,
it is believed they will not be expen
sive. It is a good beginning for the
and indus
flax-growing linen-making
tries. The manufacture of the finest
linen fabrics will doubtless follow in
due time. It is a great gain anyway
for Oregon farmers to diversify their
industries. They have been growing
wheat too exclusively. Exchange.
KfTectivc Farm Help.
Every spring at the beginning of farm
work an army of hoboes Hock to the
country claiming to be in search of
work. They remind one of the old
English story of two tramps who said
they had walked all over England try
ing to get work , but hoping all the
time they would be refused. Such help
is worse than useless , yet it is the
kind that the farmer is apt to get who
puts off hiring help until he gets be
hindhand with work , and then seeks
the cheapest farm help , that is , the
lowest price per month that he can
find. Generally these hoboes give them
selves away by asking in considera
tion of their low wages that they be set
only at the easiest jobs. They most
always want to manage the horses , as
that they think involves little labor.
Such men are dear even if they would
work for nothing. The only help that
will do the farmer any good is help
that understands the business of farm
ing , and is not afraid to tackle any
kind of work , however hard and dis
agreeable it may be. Such help is al
ways gobbled up early in the season ,
or kept on yearly contracts , so as to be
sure of them when hiring-out time
comes.
Sweet Soap Grensr.
In many farmhouses all the scraps
of fat , cooked and uncooked , are
thrown together in a large tub or ket
tle. where , exposed to air. it quickly
becomes exceedingly offensive to the
senses. One wonders how it can be
that such stinking grease can be
changed into good , cleansing soap. But
it is , and the explanation is that the
thorough boiling which the grease with
the ley receives destroys all the offens
ive germs. But it only does this after
much of the value of the grease has
been destroyed. Get a cake of potash
and make a strong ley of it. Throw
this over the grease and fat. entirely
covering it. The grease will be partly
turned into soap by this , and will keep
sweet without any waste.
AVcitrh the
The owner of this device , which was
originally illustrated in the Farm Jour
nal , is going toknow hereafter just
what each cow is
doing. lie will
weigh each cow's
milk as it is
drawn , and then
put it down on the
paper in black and
white the milk
record for each
week. The pros-
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WEIGHING MILK. makes use of business -
ness methods. He knows what each
animal is doing , and whether she gains
or loses on particular kinds of feed.
Guesswork is poor business on the
farm , as elsewhere. And in this connection -
nection it may be mentioned that the
pleasing , cleanly and economical pracj
tice of delivering milk in glass bottles
is steadily increasing.
Value of White Clover.
One of the bad effects of frequently
plowing and thoroughly cultivating
soil is that this runs out the white
iloverwhich is one of the most valu-
ible pasture plants we have , besides
ilso furnishing the very best pasture
'or bees. The plant is a low-running
rino , rooting as it spreads through the
oil. yet. being a true clover , it rots
juickly when plowed under. No one
f the grasses , except blue grass and
nvhard ] grass , will stand drought so
.veil , and as most of its roots run near
he surface , a moderate rain revives it ,
ind sets it to blossoming again. In
vet seasons bees make white clover
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loney < even up to September , if there
ire enough dry days for them to be
int. White clover is a prolific seeder. n
Hit \ owing to its creeping habit of n
growth the seed is hard to gather and
ilways sells high. It will pay to sow
ome on land designed for.pasture , and
rather the seed when it occupies the
vhole laud. If sown with red clover „
alsike no white clover will be seen , *
Jut ! it is there under the growth of the
urger clover , waiting to make a big
rowth when they die out. American
Cultivator. .
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The Season for Strawberries. I"
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Small fruit dealers are more entor- ai
n-ising in seeking markets than aver- tote
ige farmers , probably because they to
lave ! to be more intelligent and enter- re
irisinir to succeed in their business , in
i'his is especially true of strawberry- CM
Towers , who begin very early in spring
forward their fruit northward. By
he time we get Virginia and New Jer-
ey strawberries , the price comes with-
everybody's reach , though higher
han most of our home growers can pc
et for their product. Instead of a bt
eason of three to four weeks we can
iow have strawberries four to fiv
nonths in the year , or even more.
Linerican Cultivator. ai
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In Brittany a certain mineral known
"staurolite" is imagined to have
lysterious power for good. Amulets of
lis : material are sure preventives
gainst shipwreck , drowning and hy-
rophobia. ru
Queen Elizabeth made her breau-
asts and suppers off of salt beef and jle
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QUEER OLD ENGLISH CHURCH.
Built by Richard 1IT. and Used Only
Twice a Year.
About a mile from the village of
Towton , near York , there is an exceed
ingly interesting and curious old
church , known as the Lead Hall chapel.
It is remarkable for several reasons ,
chiefly because of its age : its very
small size probably it would not seat
twenty people altogether ; its mean fit
tings ; and , lastly , because of its curi
ous choir. To understand about this
choir it is necessary to review a little
of the history of this famous old place
of worship. There are two theories ast
to its origin. It is most commonly be
lieved that this chapel is the one known
to have been built by Richard II. in
memory of those who fell at Towton
in 14G1 . It is claimed that the yearly
services now taking place in it are a
revival of those that were formerly or
dered for the purpose of praying for
the souls of the good Christians who
fell in the great battle. Another suppo
sition declares this chapel to be attach
ed to the old manorhouse of the Tyas
family at Lead Hall , and that the mem
orial chapel of Richard III. has long
since disappeared.
It is obvious , however , that if this
were the case a service every six
months would not greatly edify the
people in their spiritual life.
Having thus explained the chapel'9
history , we may go to the choir. There
are two services yearly held at the
Lead Hall church- one in April and an
other in October. There is. therefore ,
no regular body of choristers , but on
such occasions a choir is made up from
the chief singers in the neighboring
towns , who are under the control , for
this purpose , of a well-known musica1.
professor in Yorkshire. The majority
of the men and boys who make up the
choir are drawn from York and Leeds.
They receive a stated fee for their
day's services , and are provided with
refreshments.
Those who maintain the theory of
the chapel's origin in the time of Rich
ard III. declare that that king made a
grant of money for the holding of me
morial services , and that it is for this
reason that two services a year are
regularly held.--Sunday Reader.
ANECDOTE OF JUSTICE FIELD.
Two Meetings of the Late Jurist with
.Richard J. Oglesl > y of Illinois.
' Among the war .Democrats , " said
the Doctor , "no one exercised more in
fluence than the late Judge Field , and
that reminds me of a story. Mr. Field
won't to California as a Mi-er. and there
are still living some men who remem
bered him as the alcalde or mayor of
the little town of Marysville in Cali
fornia. He was then a good lawyer
and he was elected to the headship of
the municipal government because an
alcalde was judge , mayor , and supervisor
ser all in one.
"One day Richard ,7. Oglesby , who
had gone from Illinois to California ,
drove over from his mining ramp with
his ox team to Marysville for supplies.
Scarcely had he arrived in the town
when he was summoned to appear as a
juryman in a case about to be called.
He protested and said that he wasn't
n resident of the town , he had no in
] terest in the affairs of the county , and
he j was only there for a short time , and
he j did not want to serve. Xo excuse
was taken , and he was sworn in as one
of the jury. It then occurred to him
that all of the panel might get off if
they would insist upon having their
fees before they took their places in
court. . , _ - * .
'
"Ogjesby wasji lawyer , and lie pre
sented their point with considerable
adroitness. The alcalde , surprised by
the new point raised , heard the argu
ment , saw the point of the speaker , or
dered the clerk to pay the fees , and
held ' all the jury for the full length of
the trial. Years after this , when Ogles
by was United States Senator from Illi
nois J and Field was an Associate Jus
tice of the Supreme Court , the two
were introduced in Washington. Ogles
by at once said that he had had the
pleasure of meeting Mr. Field in Cali
fornia. The Judge said that he did not
remember any meeting in the West.
Then Oglesby told the story of the jury
fees ! , and Mr. Field remembered dis
tinctly ' the incident. After more than t
twenty years the alcalde of a California -
nia village and the
grub-stake miner re
newed their acquaintance , one as Sen
ator and the other as Justice of the
Supreme Court.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Appropriate Yell.
The imitative qualities inherent in
man a legacy from his simian ancestors
,
tors , some philosophers assert re
ceived a humorous illustration in Phil
adelphia the other day.
There is a "college" in that city for
the education of youths who intend
pursuing the "tonsorial profession. "
and at a meeting of the students , held
discuss various matters pertaining
their interests , it was unanimously
resolved to have a "college yell. " After
much consideration the
following was
evolved :
'Rah ! 'Rah ! 'Rah !
We're scalper : ? , by jrnm !
Hair cut. shampoo , shave , bay rum !
Next ! Next ! Next !
This yell has least
at the merits oc
perspicuity and sanity , which cannot
said of the "college yell" in general.
Worth the Money.
Mrs. Homespun ( indignantly ) Here's
article says that in Formosa a wife
costs live dollars.
Mr. Homespun ( thoughtfully ) Wai. a
good wife is wuth it. Spare Moments.
Sufficient Liquid.
Three pints of liquid a day is sufli-
rient for the average adult. >
Keep at work all the time , and peo-
will have greater difficulty In dis r
covering that you are a fool.
IL ;