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THE SENTINEL.
sourniaonwanx. oc‘ronrzn 7
OONTBNTMENT.
"0 rm'nhlrmidobided,”auelvdnl
To open all thy water spark today
~nd flood the earth with tours: on, cease.
I my.
Andlwillcalltheoblessed. Butrestrain
Thy flood gates for this day—I ask no
wonns oiv wrsnoa.
Don‘t worry over troubles which have
not yet arrived.
Try to have an opinion of your own
and stick to it.
make life a. ministry of love, and it
* always be worth living.
As the wax melteth before the fire, so
doth pride melt before love.
A man must not ask leave of his
stomach to be a happy man. . _
Take proper care of the child and the
man wil take care of himself.
The value of a life depends upon its
usefulness rather than its length.
Those who complain without a cause *
may seen have cause to complain.
If we are well, we feel young at sixty:
if we are sick, we feel old at thirty.
It takes longer fora man to find out
man than any Olbi‘t‘ creature that is made
One of the greatest blessings you can
enjoycis a tender, honest and enlightened
conscrence.
Sorrows are called clouds. but how
beautiful some clouds are when seen in
certain lights. 5.
.- Vi hen you find a true friend keep him.
Yb“ will not come across very trinity as
you go through life.
Snipe Shootinc. ,
Come with me and we will see how the
thing is done. says Maurice. Thompson in
the hip. Louis [feyl'l’tt"«€:tll. Yonder is the
marsh. in wide. flat area. covered with!
tufts of tall grass and dotted here and
there with little pools of water, around
which grow fringes- of yellow willow
trees. There is a stiff brcc/e blowing
out. of the southwest.
rustles and sighs sharply.
at a brisk pace. eager to flush the lurking
game. lliunt them down the wind. so
ts to shoot them as they rise and turn.
Ten to one it will startle you when the
first bird gets up out of the grass with a
whiz and a cry of “scape. scape.“ You
Ice a whitish something somerset in the
air and begin zigzagging away at a
Ipeed wholly unexptwted. and in a line
asspiral as the thread of a screw. As a
rule the flight is not more than ten feet
above ground; usually it is near the
borison. so that the shooter finds it very
uuling to follow the bird with his eye.
Lou'must be quick 01 aim and bang
away. hit or miss.’ After a few trials
on will begin to tind a knack of tatc‘r
ng the game with your sight ‘ust as it
fairly clears the grass and on t e instant
that it uses before making its somer~
set. I you wait longer you must have
an eye like a kingtisbrr‘s and the quick-
ness of a rat tomake a successful shot.
for he leaps this way. then that. whirl-
ing over. shying. skip ting. leaping. fab;
in like a boy‘s kite w en it is not prop-
Qrfy balanced. and. indeed. running
through all the lmssibilities of eccentric
flight. If you hit and kill him he always
falls upon his back. lle is a good hider
when winged, and you must have a dog .
to tiud him.
' . For the best snipe grounds go to
Louisiana: the (‘alcasieu and llayou
Teche regions are full of game in No-
vember and March. (loud slmotingmay
ballad. however.all along the Atlantic
must from New Jersey to Florida. and
over all the wet parts of our’uestern
prairies, provided you can find the right
spots.
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ertln: at Long Range.
One of the most beautiful of modern ‘
inventions—it remains to be seen whether
it is as useful as it is beautiful ~the in-
strument devised by Mr. John Robertson
for the transmission of writing by elec-
tricity. may be seen at work at the Amer-
ican i \hlbilion. Out of the top of a
box. \\ hich is about the size of an ordi-
nary despatch box. protrudes what has:
' the dillt‘ttl'nlll‘t‘ of a stylugrapbic pen.
This. owcvor, is not a pen. but the
bundle of the “transmitter.“ and its
lower end is fixed to a liglitbrass
dicularbar. Any motion given
hand—~you hold it past like the pen—to
the handle of the transmitter is eommu~
> nicated by this bar'to two series of car~ ‘
bon disks contained within the box. and.
after various advx‘ntures among magnets,
etc, is carried again to the top of the .
box. where it is reproduced exactly by a
small ink-holding pen. whose point rests
on a white paper tape. A c ock~work
apparatus pulls this tape along at a gentle
pace. and after a little practice you find
that it is quite easy to move the handle
of the transmitter so that the pen shall
write legibly on the moving tape.
Now. whatever is written on the tape
before you is written.siinultaneously a
mile oil. can similar tape b a similar
instrument at the other end 0 the wire.
The instrument is very compact and ap-
greatly efficient. and as it is quite silent
ere stems no reason why a reporter
sitting in the llouse of Commons could
not straightway write of! his report of a
debatato be instantaneously read off in
Printing House square or Northumber-
land street. A name will he wanted for
this machine. Perha
and the grass;
We start in ‘
perpt‘n- 3
1y the;
the “wire writer“ '
more;
To-morrow thou coast bid them ceaseless
mu.“
“0 rain.” the farmer‘s daughter joyful
cried.
“Long had thy reservoirs been tightly
sealed
Against our prayers, until the thirsty field
High perished! Now thou contest all tear-
eyed
And aheddest life anew o‘er all the earth;
I blecs thy coming. rain, I know thy
worth."
“Ah me." the rain soliloquined, but. they
Contentment know who do accept each day
, Without complaint whate‘er befalls, or shine
Dr rain, as sent by One rill-wise, Divine. "
—Louis C. Ziegler, in Current
ORADOOK_HOUSE.
or war. CCBAMnuaon.
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Massachusetts claims more real opu-
i lence of historic interest than any other
; section of the country, and probably lit-
; tle so edifying to many New Englanders
l as the old residence of Governor Cradock,
‘ in Mcdfortl.
The (‘radock House. built in 1635 for
the first Governor of the Massachusetts
Company. is of brick with sloping roof
; of wornrcatcu and moss-covered shim
i glcs. a low front door through which the
(weary feet of Winthrop and Endicott
; and their co workcrs for frccdom from
the bondage England imposed upon their
. Icct have often llll\>t‘|l. it is a spot for
. menmrable associations to flock upon the
. thoughtful mind; but there is little rc—
) mniuing within to retain-lone of the age-
worn days—-—a stray pot-hook. a disman~
tied musket, the great chimney-piece.
‘ perhaps; and the solcmu. .l‘uritanical
majesty of the house itself.
It was u cool.calm September morning
i In um, that we look upon at the outset
‘ of this story. The broad fields with the
. few cattle that had been browsing along
. the banks of the Mystick. now being
driven along to the pasture yonder by the
fchestnut trees; the tires from the Turkey
. Swamp coursing upward and drifting.
: nnd clouding the “arm blue of the sky,
’ the find. solitary slillut‘ii of the slime
' settlement. all tended to impress the
, wild beauty upon the hearts of Matthew
Cradock and llainaris. his danghtenwho
, Itood at the threshold awaiting the usual
f arrival of some settler for aid. counsel or
privilege.
The two seemed like lovers, so devoted
swore they in their affection. and their
fidelity knew no limits, exchanging
caresses, lavishiug all the sweetnessea
that ‘rauk girlhood and a proud father‘s
: love «on d conjure ,up. makin their
,livcs one constant Worship ll!“ com-
munion, fostering charity. and promot-
' ing that kindness in the Governor which
is chronicled in history-«Va fairness of
judgment and a trust in all that would
trust in. him. He possessed a ready
temper. however. was quickly angered
g It a slight wrong; but his daughter was
3 one who could rontrol him with sooth-
; lng words and ‘aiessea.
7 The morning passed uncventfully at
the old Garrison House until the time
for theyreturn of the cattle.wben Mathew,
. who always saw to their arrival himself.
; sspied huge black spots on the sides of
'his previous cows. and he became very
' angry. Rushing out to the servitigrman,
hngrablwd him by the long sash about
‘ his waist. and e claimed:
“Zounds? man: know ye not these cat-
; tle are all that. we have! and yet thou
i dost let them stray upon public commons I
and be branded with pitch. Yen. and
1 furthermore. they be a Governor‘s stock 2
(‘uises be upon thee; but see that it oc~
curulli not again.“ and lit‘ brilcl't'd Ltc
cattle to be driven to the river and
washed as \vcll as possiblc.
“Sir.“ said the servant dotling his hat
and making motion ofdetaining the great
London merchant settler; "there are
. tidings amougthe people down by the
‘ commons that a traveler. midcntly from
a distance, had come asking for Governor
’Malhcw t‘radock. and was lodged by
Goodman Abram Nowell last night.
‘Twas he that sent the message hither by
;mc. and added in' warning that ye be
P rt‘ptlrt‘tl against the invasion by One who
ooks half Indian and half Englishman.“
The thought of this suspicious arrival
was lingering in the mind of the Govern‘
, or as he knelt at the settle by the huge
l fireplace. which was heaped up with In rs
l in readiness for the next winter‘s warmth.
‘; and prayed for deliverance‘fmm' all im-
pending dangers. and guidance in the
reception and accomplishment of all
duties. ,
llamaris had taken the candle and was
half way up the staircase. lighting her
l mother‘s way to bed. and had stopped
for reply to her father‘s question as to ti 0
following day‘s worship. when the great
brass knockercrcakcd and a resounding
c\'idently upon urgent business. Such
‘awake‘nin were not uncommon at the
fort, fort o Governor had authority over
all things. and was always first ap sealed
to. Damaris stoppodin hers Ac . her
mother looked anxiously at e bolted
door whose iron eaain had served to
make the knock so muc louder. Bolt 5
thud announced the arrival of some one i
snatched her awa throughout the first
year in the new (I. Slender finger:
showed faithful devotion to work and
duty, and on one of them was worn a
plain gold band, laced there by her
outcast brother ‘.an a duplicate worn by
him), upon her leaving England. he not
sympathizing with the Puritans, and do
termining to remain in London. .
Damaris slept ill that night; her
thoughts conjured up wild insensatc
dreams; and from dewy eve to awaken
ing morn seemed interminable. Her
early duties called her to work, and soon
breakfast was ready forher worthy father,
who was clad in his soldier trappings
ready for departure. Last, words were
spoken, and the admirable man rode
away upon his mission to Governor
\Vinthrop. ‘
’Twas a September Sunday, and all
nature was decked in robes of finest
green; the autumn had not yet begun to
’ tin-re the leaves with proud colors before
their fall. and the blustcring winds were
lingering in their haunts ere descending
upon the sparse. settlement. casting leaves
and branches and dust in wild confusion
upon the earth. Damaris stood at the
door looking upon the crooked river;
looking beyond it upon .the pastures
and woodlands; and farther still upon the
hills that concealed the remains of many
a tragedy between the red man and sortie
too vcnturous white settler. llcr mother
was within. busying herself with final
petty fixings. as she was awaiting the
coming of Mr. Xorcoss,
“\Yell, Andrew." said she. as he
. turned the by-path and advanced, with a
l curious look upoL his countenance “fa—
flier has been gone this good while
and we fear we will be late to church.“
“llamaris, there is a young man you«
der at my house. today who asks after
you. and sends you this ring as a return»
bruuccr—ali! you recognize it 1'"
It was unusual for the Governor to be
absent from church. but there being im~
portntit business with Go\ ernor W iutbrop
regardin r a new case of supposed witch-
craft. which had been bewildering the
sturdy minds of the authorities for some
weeks, and on the day previous the
trial of the soothsayer having taken
place. t‘raddoek was anxious to learn the
results. other important affairs detaining
him at home. alt tough his presence hm
been greatly needed in tlic court~roouL
Sort was that he journeyed to Boston.
accompanied Governor “'inthrop to
church. and received the distinction of
saying gracoat dinner late in the after-
noon. The witch and all her trappiu‘li
wereto be let alone. and many of the
community wen-satisfied.
Brave Mathew set out for home early
in the evening. carrying a licavy heart.
for all who were plcnsrd to engage in
the "fruitless beggarly art of alchemis~
y“ were heavy burdens upon his acute
brain; and the news of the acquittal had
displeased him and led his thoughts
into dismuisticd channels. The way was
long. the roads were dark. and full two
hours would cla we ere he saw the house
which protectev his blessed daughter.
Then the thoughts of the previous night
came to him and began to make havoc
in his brain. and dreadful conjectures as
to the intents of the mysterious visitor
broke in upon the customary composure
of his a \parently wellbalanced mind.
And to at d to the ardor of his disgraces
ful thoughts. as he rode by Goodman
Abram Nowell‘s. the sun slowly setting
directly ahead of him. Abram stepped to
the edge of the roadway and said in
solemn tones and low:
“Mathew. the young man whom I
housed last night was at church with
Goodman Norcross. and did walk home
with Daniaris. Strange noises and
laughter and singing. have been heard
this evening since dusk. anduh“
“Say no more!“ commanded the Gov-
ernor, and rode away. Abram leaning up~
on his stick and noticing that the London
merchant carefully examined his great
a pistol and then returned it to its socket.
g Mathcw‘s anger \\ as by this time in full
' control of heart and head; not even his
‘. love for his daughter bad influence ovcr
,the pas ionate powers. llc reached his
'3 house—woo wife. no daughter to welcome
his return. no light in the house to do-
note the. iresence of any of his family.
He stallet his horse. and stalked into the
kitchen. which was darker than thc twi-
light withmit; he made no sound. but
heard voices. There was a man‘s voice
, -—the same as demanded converse with
his daughter the. night before-«and he
heard loving words and kisses!- Sdcath!
who dared kiss his child. and he spran v
into the room and beheld the sight which
increased his fury: A young man. clad
‘ in Quaker clothes, seated upon the settle
: and Damaris on his lap. his arm about
3 her waist. The tire of lltitliew‘s eyes
burst upon their faces like lightning in a
3 prison cell; lhunnris jumped at the sound
:of the irate man‘s steps, and rose and
i rushed forward to embrace him. llc
throw her from him violently. and pull»
ing his pistol from his side raised it and
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l t ‘ Father!“ screamed Damaris. in
‘ finntic voice, “you havewkillcd your——
, son l“ and she fainted upon the body of
3 her brother.
‘ Mathew Cradock. stunned by the deed
he had done. fell ill of a fever which
inflected his brain. Slowly he lingered,
seldom recognizing any one, but calling
f for “William! my poor boy William!"
;almost constantly.
3 He had killed his son who had remained
i in London. and then becoming adventurs
. one had started for America. landing in
Salem. traveling from thence to the Med
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* to do, mum."
BUDGET OF‘FUN:
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
A Hot Wave For the Eskimo—Obey-
lng Inst "actions-He Did Not
Get Away—Enthusiasm
Sqnelched. Etc.
The Eskimo sits on his porch of ice
While the sweat from his brow falls and
freezes,
He fans himself with his hat. and exclaims:
‘-Oh, how ' hot spell doth squeeze us!"
feet: into the snow,
And says: “I will die a hero.
For who can live when the mercur)“3 “P
To fifty degrees of zero!
“If it gets much hotter- tbere‘ll bea thaw,
And I’ll burn up. sure as blazes:
It‘s a terrible thing for a follow to melt
And never leave anv traces
We‘ll have warm meals before long, I fear,
And the seal~oil soon will soften;
The air is torridly horrid. I would
I were in my ice-hewn coffin.
“My walrus suit I have laid aside,
But still I awfully suffer.
[ wish I was nearer the north pole now,
Or that to heat I Were tougher."
The thermometer points to forty—five,
And with burning fears it fills him-
The very blood in his veins thaws out,
Circulation sets in, and it. kills him.
—TiLl-B;ts.
Obesing Instructions.
Old Lady (to grocer-‘3 boyi.——“l)on‘t
you know. boyifilint it is very rude to
whistle when dealing with a lady:"
Boy~“'l‘lrat‘s “hat the boss told me
(lid Lady—“'l‘old you to whisllct"
Boy—“Yes. ‘in. lle said if we ever
sold you anything we’d have to whistle
for the money. “—- floor.
He Did Not (let Away.
“You never drink or sill-Jkt‘. do you. .
George. dear?“ she said. “You know I
could never marry a man who drinks and
smokes.“
George. in a broken hearted tone of
voice. admitted that he did smoke and
drink a little. and turned to go.
But apair of white. twentyusevenryeab
old arms were around his neck in a mo-
ment.
“Never mind. George.“ s rid the girl:
“perhaps my vvifely influence will induce
you to give them up."-—.\nc York c‘un.
Enthusiasm Squelcbcd.
Enthusiastic {‘itiicn (about to visrt
I-Zuropeiw-“llow delightful it will be to ;
tread the bounding billow and inhale the .
invigorating oxygen of the sea. the sea, 5
the boundless St'til I lung to sec. it: to ';
breathe in great drauglus of lifegiving
air. I shall want to stand every moment ;
on the prow of the steamer with my mouth
open.“ . ‘
Citizen‘s Wife (encouraginglyi-—“You .
probably will. That‘s the way all the:
ocean travelers do.“
A dejected Illeucé
m Pram
ensues.~—I)drtit
Always Tell the Truth.
A careless man while at work in the
Back Bay the other day'dro \pcd a brick
from the seconvivstory of tie building
upon which he was engaged. Leanin '
over the wall he discovered a \velbdresset
gentleman with his bat crushed over his ‘
eyes and ears and engaged in a deslwrate
effort to c\tricatc his head from its bat-
tered covering.
“Did that brick strike any one down
there i“ the man inquired. his voice
uivcriug with apprehension. The af«
lt‘lt‘d Puller). who had just removed the
dismantled cranial adornment. replied.
with considerable \vntth:
“Yes. sir; it hit me.“
"That‘s right.“ came the (‘ool and ex-
nspcrating response. “I wouid rather
have wasted 1.0”” bricks than to have
had you tell me afic about it.“——Booton
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A Sign That “'urkcd Both \ana.
“I‘m not the least sula‘rstitious.“ said I
a lady in the street car to her esport.’
“but there is one sign that I‘ve never;
known to fail. l! l seethe new moon?
over my left shoulder I‘m just as sure to
have bad luck as can be. and if I see it
over my right shoulder I always have
good luck."
“That is very remarkable.
“lsn‘t it. No“ last month I saw the
moon over my left shoulder. and the
very next day I went' out riding on
Dolly and she threw me. Wasn‘t that
awful luck?“
“It was, lndccd. Did you ever know
it to work the other way i"
“t‘ertainly. l have. I saw the moon
over my right shoulder this month, and
the other day when I was out. driving,
and the horse overturned the carriage. I
didn‘t even get hurt. although I might
have been killed. Oh. I‘m sure it never
fails.~.Verclmnf Tm rater.
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A “Short~fland" \"rltcr.
By an accident while gunning in Mis-
souri when a boy. Postmaster J. C. Ilen—
drix. of Brooklyn, shot off the fingers
ofi his right hand. In writin . the New
York Tribune says. he holds is n be-
tween his thumb and the stub of tie list.
When he was a college sophomore at
Cornell he. accepted the editorship of a
little foolscapsimd sheet daily at Ithaca,
in theupllace of the former editor, who
had a denly disappeared. Mr. Ilen-
drix compmed the entire staff. doin the
work of reporter. correspondent, scissors
driver and leader writer.
{furnishing of rooms.
, especially engravings. to hang against.
of. is now being much used to de« c
rooms with. Flowers or a convent l
'dcslgu van be painted on this clot in
‘ serve their integrity.“
“How an
to him?“
“Well, you see, Sir Robert, he's
dead.” .
He was Tescorting the body of adead
Mandarin to his family place.—San From .
cisoo Chronicle. ‘
“Once a Day.“ .
Thirty years ago. one of the most
famous elephants that traveled in this
country was “()ld Columbus." During
one of his summer trips through Vir-
ginia, he stopped at the town of D—---.
In the neighboring town of I{————-. a boy
familiarly called "Dave.” and notorious
for leadership in all kinds of mischievous
tricks, determined to show of! before the
other boys at. “Old Columbus‘s" expense,
and invited several of his companions to
go with him. ‘
Having come to the clephant's stable,
Dave gave him. first, candy. then cake,
and finally cried: “Now. boys!" and
slipped a piece of tobacco into his pro-
bosr-is, intending to get out of danger,
and enjoy “Uld Columbus's“disgust and .
anger. 3
But, before he could move Columbus
seized him. and whirled him upward
through the opening overhead against.
the roof the stable.
L'nlmrt by his unexpected “rise." Dave
dropped on the hay'mow. The other
boys below. supposing this to be the
“trick“ promised them. cried out in ad-
miral ion :
“Dave. have. do that againl"
Dave comfortably seated out of harm’s
way. very earnestly answrred:
“No. boys! I only do that trick once
a day I”
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Novel Wall Decorations.
“\Vhile in New York a few days since,"
writes Fuller \Yalkcr. “I took the oppor-
tuuity to visit some of the leading dec-
orative artists. just to learn what is the
prettiest and newest thing out for the
' At the otlice of
the Art Age. on \Vcst Twentythird
street. I saw a whole room lined with
what is callcd Russian crash. or burlap.
It can be had in New York. sivtyseight
inches wide. for fifty cents a yard. It is
of a light pearl color. closely woven. and
makes an admirable background for any
style or color of decorations. The room
I saw was lined with this crash, :1 nor.
row fold of the same being put over the
scams, or where the edges joined. A
frieze of the same ran around the top of
the room. This had been liandvpaiuted
in oils and was fastened to the wall at
its loucr edge with lurguheadcd brnt‘ot
tacks. 'l‘hcetl’ect oftliewbole was very rich
and line. Such a tint and material maku
a good natural ba kgruuud for pictures,
Brown linen. such as dusters are l
fresco colors. such as scene-painters use.
Any one can mix these colors. and with
a little practice will soon beable to paint
charming designs. A ball bed room
would be a good room to begin upon.
(‘alling u )0“ a celebrated physician in
New Yor * I found his library. above
the. bookcases, lined with deep red
straw matting. tacked on with brainZ
tacks. The effect was all that could bet
desired. Wall papers have had their
day. unless they are very tine and artistic.
No modern house of any pretensions now
tolerates “all paper. A room may be
verv cheaply and beautifully decorated
wit studs of all kinds. if only one will
give, the subject a little thought and go
at it."—1.i‘wton Transcript.
Painted l'eas.
“I wouldn‘t order those French peas,
if I were you.“ observcd a well~kuown
New York physician to a .Voiie' and E:-
pmu trpurtcr. as they were dining inan
upper Broadway cafe.
“Why not 3“
“Because green peas. especially French
ones. are deceptive. Time was when
green peas were as honest a vegetable as
ever grew. lint in this age of deception
and fraud very few vegetables can prev
“Do you mean to say that these at!
bogus ywasz“
“No. but the color is sometimes bogus.
It‘s as unreal as the paint on an actress‘s
face.“ '
“Is it dangerous?“
“I have never known it to do anything
more dangerous than to kill a person. It
is usually. however. not that dangerous.
I only know of one fatal casc.and in that
instance a mistake had been made in
coloring the was; too much poison had
been used. bulpliate of copper is the
mison the canncrs use to paint on their
aded vegetables the verdant hue of
growth and freshness. A small quantity
only is used."
“Why don‘t the authorities prevent
the sale of them i“
“It is not a universally accepted fact
that they are poisonous. American doc-
tors, notably the members of the Mama-
chusetts Board of Health. agree that the
combination of sulphate of copper and‘
was is hurtful. 0n the contrary. many
reach and Bulgarian physicians claim
that it not only is not harmful. but is a
positive remedial agency. and sometimes
recommend it to patients suffer-in from
certain maladies. For my part. t ough,
I prefer my ve tables unadorned. I like
them plain an clothed in the colors na~
tnrs gave them. A decorated pea has no
charms for me. “
you get on without talking i
AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
1'0 FAR! AND GARDEN.
Care or the Cucumber Patch.
I made it a practice for a number of
years to let the first cucumbers which ap-
go to seed, says a Rural News
orlercorrcspondent. The result was I
had very few cucumbers for table use
and scarcely any smaller ones for pick—
ling. Now I take special pains to pick
off every cucumber. whether needed for
table use or not, and the result is a strong
growth of vine and plenty of either cu-
cumbers or pickles. It. is astonishino
how much difl'erenee there is in the yield
' froma patch where some of the cucum-
bers.which come on early are permitted
to go to seed. and a patch from which
every pickle and cucumber is picked
each morning. I have found that the
best plan isto begin to pick the small
cucumbersas soon as they Will do for
pickles, and as a rule enough will escape
our notice, until they are too large for
pickling, to supply the family with cu~
l cumbers. A plot forty feet. Square with
= proper care will furnish all
the pickia
and cucumbersa small family will re-
quire; certainly all the average house-y
wife will care to attend to.
Boise Better Horses.
Fashion has brought about many
‘ changes in horse breeding among Ameri—
' can farmers. and no race has set the new
a style more forcibly or to larger purpose ’
The }
than the American trotting horse.
American trottcr is a horse capable of
every service; there is, in almost literal
truth. no limit to the speed in which he '
can trot one mile. and his capacity of
endurance. whereof such contests are
most exacting proof, is accepted as a.
fact in the minds of all obs/rmnt men.
while his patient temper and good size,
combined with the extraordinary muscu~
larity with which true systems of breed-
ing have endowed him. render him an
exceedingly valuable animal for any work
of labor and routine.
The farmer who is banking forward to i
improvement in his stock must be Careful :
in making selection of his breeding ani—
mals; and. herein. it is of the utmost im- =
portance that the sire chosen be an avail-
able. valuable. and in every res sect. a
choice animal. 'posscssing individually
and aneestrally the best qualities which
the offspring is desired to possess-—
Amrrimn .lgricm'tnrist.
The Poultry Yard in Autumn.
Mistake is made sometimes by pituitry
fanciers and those in the business as well.
in placing too many eggs under a hen
for her brooding. No
than nine can beset with perfect safety,
in the autumn; and. therefore. if it be’
desirable to bring out many chickens.
the art of managing two or more sitting 3
hens at once should be ac. aired.
such cases the fancier or breq
In
er can put
two broods together. and. being careful _.
about the night shelter. there need be no ‘
difficulty in accommodating so many
broods as shall number twenty to titty
chickens to the attention of a single
hen. particularly if the weather of the
canon be reasonably mild and settled.
. Late chicks should be cared for by
their mother until a few weeks old.
when they can be placed together in a,
“name box the Open sides of which
are covered over with coarse wire
netting.
be well~civvered with fresh, soil. and
have a simply-made broodcr at one end. ;
for the little
der at night.
the kitchen. for the chicks can‘t get un-
der your feet. nor can rats or cats dis~
turb them: set box aul contents omit:
the sun wlun it shines warmly; change
things to run on
soil frequently. feed and watch brood;
carefully. In this way it will not be
ditlicult to raise all successfully.
Do not keep too litany old hens.
lect reliable sitters and mothers. as many
nsarc needed for that purpose. Dispose of '
the rest. and keep early hatched spring
pullers to lay in fall and winter.
For keeping brooding hens cleanly.in- '
vest in good bunch tobbacco leaves; put
I. few leaves under the sitting hens. and
scatter them around the fowl house; tic
some bunches on the sides also. and
there will be no trouble from vermin. —
Amer-[om .“lyl‘iCuffurbf.
Farm Improvements.
Every farmer should try to get time to
make some impmveuients on his farm
every year, and there is no better time to
do this than during the autumn months.
As sons as the weather becomes a lrttle
cool the farm laborers will work with
more vigor than they can in the spring or
the summer. Among other improve.
ments roads should not be neglectedzl
these are important. and where much
used they should be well made, and to
makeagood road over a wet place it
should be well underdrained. 0n farms
where there are plenty of stones the
road-bed should be constructed over all
wet places by first covering with stones
to the depth of eighteen inches; this
will insure a hard. dry road. if the
stones be covered with six inches of good
gravel. When stones cannot be casil
obtained the rend-bed should be kept
dry by laying in the middle of the road
a four~inch tile. covering it with sand or
gravel. so that the water an easily get
totbe drain. A road once well built
larger number '
The floor of the box should ;
Give the box a place ini
‘ .
bc~
A
atel for the Blind.
will keep in good order for many yarn,
l semen. A cow eating mint. {0'
inshnce, carries the oil of PM“.
into her blood. and thence retina unit.
m 231‘ Hg with the cream 1 us
into the butter, giving it the flavor}!
aroma of the mint. Cows do not 11'!
upon a single variety of _ Twenty
different kinds are more like" to I”
found in a single than only PM
The mingled oils of all these constitute
the aroma of the batten made (my: the“
milk, each one having its modifying. . in-
fluence. though some may be dangle“!
ized, when, like onions, garlic or
cabbage, their influence is greater thin
that of all the rat.
The kinds of food which furnish the
most agreeable aroma are the most de-
sirable for dairy pasture, though they
may not. yield the most. Mon: people
are pleased with the aroma from
Kentucky blue grass than with any
other; hence blue grass is _ as
the best food for the dairv. By a little
attention every dairyman can determine
for himself what food is most available
for his herd: and that little attention
will impress upon him the fact that if he
would make clean-flavored butter his
cows must not live on garbage. litter or
atrongscented weeds. There is another
peculiarity about the essential oils in
. hcrlmge. from which the dalryman may
sometimes derive advantage- It is the
different degrees of lightnessthey possess.
the rapidity with which their essential
oils are evaporated by heat. For in<
‘stance, the pungent oil of the horse-
radish is so volatile as to escape in a
short time by exposing the crushed
radish to the air: the p-isonous oil of the
wild parsnip and of ivy escape while the
foliage is: withering; an offensive oil is
green clover. which atfecta butter un—
favorably. escapes while it is drying, so
thrt the dry plant makes a better pro-
duct than the green. The aroma. of
turnips, cabbtge. onions, etc.. are
heavier and not entirely carried away by
drying. But by heating the freshly
, drawn milk. even th St: oils can, in many
instances, be entirely driven out.
Farm and Garden Note-o.
Lime is an admirable wood preserver.
Never breed a sow before she is a year
. old. as it retards her growth.
l
l
g A sow will raise better pigs when from
two to four years old than at any other
lgt‘.
It is said that milk taken from cowl
affected with tuberculosis will convey
. consumption if applied to human beings.
A contemporary remarks: “ As a rule
‘. farmers wait too lortg before cutting hay,
and to strike it just right requires judg-
ment and ex} crience."
Cultivation is so easy every farmer. if
1 he does no more. should keep his kitchen
= garden free from weeds. He should never
permit any to ripen their seed.
l The Germantown Telegraph says: “ On
account of the. contained ammonig a
.cood way to dispose of old boots in to
. bury them at the foot of an apple-tree."
Do not allow milch cows to become
, worried. If they are their milk will
soon become sour and unwbolesome.
; Infants using it will suffer from colic,
diarrhu‘a. etc.
In using tarred paper for roofs con-
sideration must be given to the fact that
unless the scorely fastened so that
the wind will not get under it the roof
will beeasily destroyed during the prev-
alence of a hi in wind. Paper roofs are
excellent if on y they be properly put on.
3 Sir J. R. Lawes says: “ We have cer~
' tain evidence that gypsum, which is
7 present in large quantities in soluble
phosphates, has a very beneficial cdect
; upon clover. though the slimy-phosphate
had not been applied directly to the
clover. but to the roots two years previ—
onsly."
If the earth turn up lumpy after the
plow. roll and barrow it reasonably tine
: at once without waiting for rain. A
light shower. which would not moisten
. hard lurn will render small ones fit to
mouldcr line as ashes. It is hard to over-
estimate thc importance of fining land
which is to be sown with any core d.
The kind of sheep to keep depends on
the soil and pasturage. The Southdown
is the best to cross with native ewes that
are made to forage a great portion of the
time. Mei-inns do better in large flocks
. than do the heavy mutton shes-p. Heavy
breeds cannot range as easily as the small
sheep. and therefore require more atten-
tion. lising the improved breeds for
crossing means that a large allowance of
food must be given if success is expected.
The young shorthorn breeder who will
take one good family and breed it. in. in
purity with the best sires will attain a
success and reputation not to equaled
by the miscellane -us breeder of a dozen
families. The young breeder who takes
onefamily of breeding and of the
very best individual merit, and with the
right kind of bull to stamp auniform
ty re. will attain fame and fortune if he
. wi I stick to his one family for ten or
twenty years.
i Cultivated in groves, the average
'growth in twelve years of several va—
rieties of hard wood has been ascertained
to be about as follows: White maple
, reaches 1 foot in diameter and 30 feet in
‘height; ash, leaf maple or box older. 1
.foot in diameter and 20 feet in height;
5 white willow, 18 inches and 40 feet: yel-
low willow, 18 inches and. 35 feet: I on-
bardy p0 . 10 inches and 40 feet-
.blue and white ash, 10 inches and
y will do.——M Hall out“. .flu bolt was withdrawn. the huge key l in his capac but if only half built it roquiraconstant feet; black walnut “‘1 butter-nuts, 10
lather of Pearl.
_ In the western suburbs of Vienna
flourishes an industry which, as a gen-
oral rule, does not attract much public
- attention. although it is of some import-
ance. This is the manufacture of articles
and ornaments when mother of pearl is
used. Attention has lately been drawn
tcthis industry, owing to the breaking
out of a strike among those engaged in
it. It a poem that the value of the
crude mother of pearl which is annually
consumed in the district is 3.600.000
florins (about £300.000). while the value
of exported articleaia 8.000.000 dorina
(about 1.170.000 . In the latter a
are not includ the articles whie are
sold in the home market‘s!) that makin
an allowance for this tom the annu
value ofmotbsr-of pearl articles produced
in the neighborhood of Vienna may be
out down at about £1,000.000 sterling,
abowln .tbat this industry is one of con-
s lmportanoaém
\ Ills woo.
Sold other: “The“ is
$1133" a blitbe and lad!
Domglum avd and.“
“ soul his-lob: with math.
«infirm ‘-
‘ lama-tam.
‘ ebb M sorrow!“
‘glhb'wzflslduw m'lgd;
«rut-a menswear-Sun'-
7:
We.
“1 luau-”air 3b.“!
' a althoobl"
rleu'tuteml .
. . arm-meson
turned. and he opened the door but a
hw inches. inquiring in strong tones:
“What want you at this hour? Speak
quickly. for sleep is ions. "
“I would seeyour oughter. Damaris,”
replied a cutie. manly voice that seemed
the scrub ance of one she had heard
before.
No such request had before been made
by any one, and it brought the Govern‘
or‘s i nick wit to a stand still. *
“ an alive! Who are you that at
this hour so unpropitious, and in per-
sonality somystit aLcome and claim con~
doings .vvith others than are in this
household, and I command you to kicp
the mace and rouse us no more.“ he
said, violently closing the door and bolt-
ing and barring it. while Damaria and her
motherlookedon tnmblinglyuntil the last
mode of fastening had been used. uGood
night, mother,“ said he. ashc bade them
on their way, “and see that thy windows
, are well secured. I have thoughts that
will keep me well intofthe night,and I must
away to marrow early and we Governor
Winthrop. Goodman Norcrosa will pros
tact you to church.“
Dantaris was dated as she went to her
room after a fond “embrace from her
mother. who had borne many hardships
In New England, that her tor
might grow up well and pious. The
gi . for she was yet young. her twen-
, tic; was tall and slender, gathering into
2 her movements the grace and simplicity
:11" early life: in London among
. the beauty and. wealth ottho times
2 had taughthsv. She Ind fairrkin. with
: eyes that bespoke lovsand purit‘yh:
‘ and a gentle sacred expression
3 seemed to hm authored “fine beauty
. during the long sickness w ‘eb nearly
\\, »
verse with my daughter? She has no:
i ford Colony to find his parents and his
l sister. He'had been an outcast from his
‘ father‘s heart, and this was his rece tion.
l The Governor soon lost his min , and
‘ died a few weeks attend-Epoch.
Swiss Glaciers Growing Agata.
Comformably to the lawa of advance
= and retreat of glaciers, it is said those in
lthc valley of Chamonnix. Switzerland.
. are now beginning to advance. The
_ lower extremity of the Glacier dos Bos-
‘. Ions is “not more than 3,000 feet ‘above
lthc level of the sea.“ and is going still
lower. During the last three years this
lower extremity has ‘Kdvanced at the
rate of fifty yards a year.“ It is said
that “a grotto cut out of‘thc ice in May,
1886, a quarter of a mile from the ex-
tremity, has moved down more than sixty
yards.“ Although other Al inc glaciers.
which cannot be so definite y observed.
are known to be increasing in width and
height. it will require many years of the
present a “before they occupy
und which within the memorv of
iving persons they once cove .“—
Mater Herald.
lads From Potatoes.
It has been stated that a substance re.
sembling ivory, of great hardness and
creamy whiteness. can be made from
potatoes. The tubers must be of goon
quality, and. after being washed in ‘
sul uric acid, are boiled
Rh. . and»
antique until thesis-ins lien-0 ‘59“
solid mass; Ill are than freed from
the acid and slow dried. The artificial
ism-:5 candida cdsod dwmfln
mun sew-i t9 mat. the use-«for
which real ivory-now becoming so
usually uployed.
, ‘ 7 \ .
ity “reporter he attended a supper of
the Ancient Order of Ilibernians on the
evening of St. Patrick‘s Day. A burly
looking Irishman watched him as his
pen, so quecrly held. ran nimbly along
over the paper. Again the next day the
same man brought acompanion with him
into the newspaper office. and, after-buy-
ingatopy of the paper. loitercd behind
with his eyes fixed upon the editor. who
was then scribblin away as rapidly as
the night before. hen turning to his
friend the Hibernian said:
uFaith, it‘s often Oi‘ve huhrd tell of
thim short-hand writers, but this is the
furst toime 0i ivver sit oiyes on one of
thin)!"
Not Very conversational.
There is an American in the customs
service in China who is quite a charac-
ter. His coolness and assurance have
tried the patieoe of Sir Robert Hart the
Imperial Director of Customs man times
these twenty years. but he is stil there.
He never could learn Chinese, and even
when it was made imperative that the
customs men should know the langu
to some extent he didn‘t learn it. “ e
was always doing something wrong, or
. inst the rules. On one occasion
Robert Hart was in Shanghai. and. wally
ing down the Band, he met the Amer-i-
can. whose post was at. Southern port.
The American saluted.
“Well, sir,” said Hart. “will you have
the goodness to explain, why you are not '
at your post in Arno !”
“Cortdnly, Sir debut. Iain travel-
ing witha No. 1 W on duty.”
“You! Yemen“ be of much use.
How dam: manage! W‘Yon don't under
mud nose
Sir settled himself more firmly in hisseat;
l”
#80: but I don‘t talk to bh”,
“This is one of the cutest things in
the watch line that has yet appeared,"
said jeweler Charles S. Crossman, of New
York city, holding it one of the new
Swiss watches design for thence of the
blind. “The old raisedsflgurc watches
are clumsy, and the blind people were
constantly bending or breaking the
watch hands by touching them. In this
watch a small is set in the center
of each figure. When the hour hand is
approaching a certain hour the peg for
that hour drops when the quarter before
it is passed. The person feels the peg is
down. and then counts back to twelve.
He can thus tell the time within a few
minutes, and by ice he can become
so export as to tel the time almost cx~
actly. They have been in use about six
months, and there is a steady and grcw~
ing demand for them."
No lore For man.
It was early in the evening, and by
wayedof keeping up conversation she in~
qm :
“Are you load of ice cream, Hr.
Sam n!"
“th, yes," replied Mr. Sampson, as he
“in fact, I ate pad on my wayherc this
evening and at]; two diabes.“—N~ Yer}
repairs. and is then never satisfactory.
In building farm roads itis. unrule, best
to avoid the hills. even though it in-
creases the distance. and asaruleitis
better to cross a hollow than go over a
bill, because it is easier to fill up than to
dig a hill down, especially on rocky
farms, for there is almost always some
old stone wall that it is desirable to get
rid of, that is ~ust what is wanted to
makea road- of. The autumn is a
good time to clear up new land, es~
racially low land: the springs are usually
ow. so thy work can be done much bet-
ter thanmthaspring,orin fantasy
other season of the year. Every farmer
who has unreelaimed low land should
makoithisruletoelou-upa ‘ of
itcverfiearuntil itiaall ‘ ed.—
Nasl' M.
ThcAa-o’uaotnnnor.
Professor Arnold in his M
oka- re-
Mammals-manufacture
butter. Buttksvolatilsoilsia
Mummfih
. inches and twenty fact.
i If. as issomotimes thecase. ahorac
ipullsharduponthebititianotdesirablo
in put in its mouth twisted or other
i severe bib, aait only makes the matter
?worsc. Amochbetterwayisto taken
lcommon bit and have it covered with
fistout leather. andnse it inthat manner.
in may taken little time for a boraeto
‘gctuacdboit. Bean-otgetaoatmng
aheldwith his teeth, and it knot as
severe raga tbomonth a a curb or
twisted ‘t. and in a little time the
animlwillhocurcd of tagging“ the
bit, whichoftnnmakeaittirun-a.
a Simple no of Kerosene.
ThoHorfll Carolina State Board of
Health, inmof it: bulletms,‘ gives the
following simple tut for kerosene:
Take an ‘ pint ti- cnp. Fill it
with-unlock oftbetopwithwater
warmed to thetemperatnre of no de-
gree. Pouronthiawatcrthrecor
g
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