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THE MARK OF MANHOOD.
The mark of manhood—T It is not the brand
Bestowed on. flatterers by a monarch’ 5
hand.
Nor is it beauty Of mere face or form,
Nor power to breast the tournament or
7 storm,
Nor priceless gems with irridescent spa rks.
Nor tinseled gilt, not gold, nor dollar-
marks."
It is not to have armies which obey,
Though they must wade through blood to
win the fray:
Nor to have stately fleets from which may
as .
Wat’s vivid lightnings and its cannon's
crash;
Nor parlor graces of insipid speech,
Nor countless “isms" men believe or teach
The badge of manhood is to stand erect,
One of the Lord’s annointed and elect,
Who Worship by wise work and helpful
. deeds,
Not by lip-service voiced in man-made
creeds;
Who for the right can fight 'till'life shall
cease
But who liv e, love, and sfi-ive for kindly
peace.
They whog have patient courage calm and
sntro
To guard gthe right and to rebuke the
wrong
Who walk the paths by Jesus meekly trod,
And make of money neither guide nor god;
Clasp hands with poverty without disgrace,
Yet boldly curse the purse~proud to his
face.
Strong in persistence, labor, courage true,
Which turn not duty nor love's tasks
askew;
But triumphing o'er fate and circumstance
See motives ’néath the man, with piercing
glance,
And studying out details of God’s great-
plan
Stands thus revealed each one a perfect
man.
The mark of manhood is to know and see
What God desired a manly man should be,
Then fit that mold, from selfish purpose
free I. EDGAR JONES.
EWB
"faith in Basic Shaken
fl male that (llama Made in the
Buried: Belt '
INWWI
if HAD reason for being partial to
Uncle Morg Binder and his wife,
Aunt Peggy, ” said John Gilbert, the
traveling groceryman, “and so, being
in their neighborhood the last time I
was going. through that part of the
hemlock belt, I pulled out of my way,
and drove over to see them. Uncle Morg
was hanging over the bars. of the pas-
ture lot at- the turn of the back road,
looking very distressed, asI came along
that way. ‘
“ ‘Hullo!’ he said.
has done it at last!’
“ ‘Done it?’ said I. ‘Not died?’
“ ‘Died!’ said Uncle Morg. ‘Lord, 110!
VVorsethan that! He’s-given us grounds
for havin’ doubts about him! And woe
is settin’ at- our h’arthsto'ne, John, all
because 0’ Buster!’
‘Say, John, Buster
“ ‘Uncle Morg,’ said I, ‘Bus’rer hasn’t _
run away with Aunt Peggy, or kicked
her out of the wagon, or done anything
of that sort?’
“ ‘Worse than that, John!’ said Uncle ’ 1
Morg. ‘He steered us agin a bunco
game! 'That’s what he’s done! ’
' ed back.
business with me, for Buster’s ag’in
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record. There wages the ease of the man
who drove up to the Binder place once,
when the railroad “as building. He
started for the house, but Buster
blocked the way. Buster not only laid
back his ears and threatened the man
with his front, but. turned about. and
let- his heels fly so rapidly and so
viciously in t-hedirection of the man’s
head that the stranger backed away
and shouted to Uncle Morg, who'stood
on the stoop to call his mule Off.
“ 'I’ve got important business with
you!’ the man shouted.
“' ‘No, you hain’t!’ Uncle Morg shout-
‘You hain’t got no sort 0'
you, and Buster knows!’
“The man VV cut away in ahufE, and,
5 come to find out, he was the agent of
the railroad company, and had wanted
to contract with Uncle Morg for a big
lot of ties, and Uncle Morg had been
waiting for the chance The conse-
quence was that one of. his ‘neighbors
got the job, and it turned out to be one
1V'V1th big money in it. But. Uncle Morg’s
heart was true to Buster.
“ ‘I don’t care! ’ said he. “The chances
is that. if I’d 11’ took that. contract and
,made all that money I’d a’ put- the
money in a bank and the. bank would
’a’ busted. I tell you, Buster knows!’
“Then there was the 11er preacher
; gthat- came on the circuit, the meekest,
'jmildest- and most harmless of men.
“In the first place I must tell you I
about Buster.
little mouse~colored mule—that had
been in the Binder family so many
years that his age was forgotten. He
:was- the autocrat of the Binder prem-
,ises. His chief duty was to haul Uncle
.Morg and Aunt Peggy when they
wanted to go visiting or to town to
trade. That is, Buster hauled them if
he hadn’t. made up his mind to a differ-
ent course. They never knew whether
HE WA " BOUNCED OFF THE PREM-
, ISES.
the In ale was going to take them ornot
«until ihey' got into the wagon.
Buster was a mule—a '
f nose against his sleeve the Vvelcomest :
:knew all about it.
When he went to make his first pas-
toral call on SisterBindcr he was
he goto out into the road. It saddened
the heats of Uncle Morg and Aunt-
Peggy to know that the new preacher
had been weighed in Buster’s balance ,
and found wanting, but there was no“
getting around it. The new preacher
was necessarily under their suspicion,
and they never went to meeting once
during -all that year. Their faith in
Buster’s wisdom was notsha-keh by the
fact. that when the dominie quit the
district it- was with a spotless and en-
viable record.
“ ‘The world hain’t- come to an end
yit,’ Uncle Morg declared: ‘Preachers
is doin’ some terrible queer things,
the-se days, when you hain’t ’spect-in’
of it, and that un has gotsplenty 0’ time.
Buster knows!’ -
'be hard, dry grain.
INCUBATOR CHICKS.
How to Take Care of the Little Thin“
Alter They Have Been Taken
from the Machine.
Take chicks from incubator as soon
as hey are dry, place 1'11 a basket with a
piece Of flannel under and over them,
'und set. near the stove or in a warm
place; do not feed for 24 hours. Then
remove to a brooder heated to 80 or 90
degrees, and feed a few bread crumbs.
Keep clean water before them, arranged
so they cannot get wet. A tumbler up-
side down in a saucer makes a good
fountain. After first feed, inclose them
under hover of brooder till next feed.
Feed often and little at a time; they
must not be overfed; feed four or five
times a day, regularly, and inclose un-
der hover after each feed. Clean away
all food that is left; no stale food. Teach
them to go under hover. Wheat and
cracked corn should be the main food
afte1 fifth day. Don’ t hab' liate them
to onc kind Of food. They should be
hungry for their last feed of the day.
just before dark. This last feed should
Be persistent in
making them go under the hover, from
the first, until they learn that it is a
mother to them. Never let them be-
come chilled by huddling in corners
outside of hover. A chilled chick will
generally die of bowel trouble. If
front and top of brooder are made of
glass, the sun will blister the chicks
I bounced my the: premises by Bust-er so i when it shines hot, and give them bowel
quick that. he never exact-1y knew how ,
’ 11ers, it is toohot or too cold.
When they huddle in cor-
Carry
out these (li1ections for a week 01 ten
days and you will haVe no further
t1 oublc. You can then let them out,
but make them all come in early eV e1y
evening for a few days. Keep dry grain
in a trough in the brooder, to induce
them to return—Ohio Farmer.
LIME FOR THE SHELLS.
complaint.
Hens Absolutely/Need It Either in the
Form of Gravel, Shells, Sand
011' Clover Hay.
The gizzard is competent. to render
very fine the hardest material, but to
do this it. must be assisted by gravel,
5 shells, sand or other sharp—cutting ma-
! tcrial.
“So knowing all these things about '
Buster and the blind confidence of
acular powers, I was naturally amazed
: various forms of lime.
and puzzled to see Uncle Morg hanging 1
"over the pasture bars, all in the dumps
lover the evident shattering of the fam-
lily idol.
“ ‘Steered you against a bunco game!’
I exclaimed. ‘Not Buster! ’
“ ‘Yes, Buster!’ moaned Uncle Morg.
‘He has gone and‘shook my confidence
in him tremendous! Seems as if I
him again. Say, John! You know what:
store me and Peggy sot by that know- ;
in’ little varmint?’
“ ‘You ’member how his idees 0’
things worked in that railroad tie deal?’
said' Uncle Morg.
“ ‘I do,’ said I.
“ ‘And you ’member how me‘and
'Peggy humped along for a year and
‘better without spiritual consolation
owin’ to Buster’s opinions about the new
dominie ?’
“ ‘Yes, yes!’ saidI.
knows, and let things jog,’ said Uncle
Morg. ‘setch was our confidence in that
'air mule. Well, John, one day about
two months ago the nicest; young chap
you ever sot eyes onlstopped down to
the house, jumped outen his wagon and
started for the door. Buster was there
and took charge of the young feller.
Seemed as if he was jest about tickled
to death to see the chap. He shoved his
1 kind, and actually walked him right up
The-n -
Uncle Morg would take up the lines l
and say:
“ 'i-Jow, then, Buster, what do you
think about it?’ »
"If Buster picked up his cars and
started ofi that was as if he said he
thought it was all right. and he would
take Uncle Morg and Aunt Peggy
wherever: they were going, and would
fetch them back home safe and sound.
But if Buster replied to Uncle Morg’s
question by laying his ears back on his
shoulders and scowling, they knew that
the mule thought it wasn’t all right
' tract to be the agent for that amazin
and without another word Uncle Mo.g ,
and Aunt Peggy would dismount un- .
hitch the mule and turn him out and go
contentedly into the hOuse to wait un-
til some day when Buster was willing.
“ ‘Make him go agin his will!’ Uncle
MOrg always exclaimed when asked
why he didn't force the mule to go.
‘Why, man alive, somethin’ would hap—
pen, surer than ’tater rot, if we should
go away agin Buster’ s idee o’ the mat—
' terl Buster knowsl’
“It was the same way with persons.
Busters opinion of an individual de-
cided Uncle Morg and Aunt Peggy.
.When he folded his liberal ears back
and threatened a rush upon any person
under his scrutiny, that person could do
no business nor have any social stand—
ing with the Binder family.
,knows!’ was. always the emphatic
remark of his two loyal subjects after
the mule had once given his opinion.
and that in spite of’several queer judg- ;
men is the arbitrary Buster had put on
to the door, and even wanted to foller
1, used freely
couldn’t n V'cr ' n 11 11 ~ . .
e put no depe de ce 0 . lS 1n the grains, such as wheat,
These materials may pass out
Of the system unless dissolved, which
Uncle Morg and Aunt Peggy in his or- i can -~be done by vegetable acids that
separate the primitive elements of the
Bones are phos-
phate of lime, but ego-shells, chalk,
limestone and oyste1 shells are car—
bonate of lime. They are insoluble in
'Vvater, and cannot. be appropriated by
the hen until they are entirely changed
in chemical composition by some sub-
stance that unites VV' ith them. Plaster
is soluble, but may prove injurious if
The best way to feed lime
oafs
buskwheat and barley. Clover hay is
rich in lime, and so are peas and beans.
“I assured Uncle Morg thatIcertainly ; The action of mineral substances 1s
' be insuificient, so
mostly mechanical, butwhile this may
for as providing
lime is concerned, yet it is only a the-
. Dry, and they are really more useful as
1 gr1t.
- eggs.
Many persons have provided
their hens with all the oyster-shells re-
quired, and yet they laid softeshell
It can be considered, 110VVeVer,
that the difficulty mt. ~y be VV eakness of
the egg-making machinery A11 egg
traverses quite a distance before it is
“ ‘We jest sat by and said Buster surrounded by the shell, and hens are
him' into the house, he had took seek a. 1
fancy to the nice young fellow. Well,
now, John, that was all the recommend
me and Peggy wanted fer him, and he
didn’t dilly-daily a. minute in gittin’
right down to'business. He got down
to it so snug that' in less than 15 minutes
he had my signatoor to a contract ”(01116
the agent in the corner 0’ the hemlock
belt for the most' amaziu’ stumppulier
and root-grubbin’ machine that ever
was. Then the nice young man went
away, with Buster a-showin him back
to his wagon most kind and- consider-
ate.
“ ‘ “Peggy,” says I, as thelfeller drove
off “I’ll bet my boots on that chap!
Buster knows!” I says.
“ ‘Well, John, t‘other day the con-
stump puller and root-grubbin’ ma-
chine turned up in the shape 0’ the
1 slickest cut-throat judgment note for
$160 that you ever see, and with it. come
a notice from a. lawyer that I was ex-
pected 'to drop in on him at the county
seat and settle that note without delay.
I sent back word{ that I’ d be darned if I
and levied on this, that and t’other o’
my movable goods and appureuances.
includin’ Buster. If I have to pay that
gol ding- swindliu’ note, of course 1’ ll
pay it. ’Taint the moneyI mind, John!‘
said Uncle Morg, sadly. ‘But to think.
that, urter we’ve let Buster have the
' run 0' the place for 20 year'and better,
4 he’d| turn to and: steer us up ag'in a
1 bunco game, is wl1 at’s breakin' us all up!
Seems to me, John, as if it’d be sort 0’
subject. to many disorders. Overfat
hens, inbred hens and sickly hens are
those usuallV directed —-«I.1rn1 and Fire-
side.
COOP FOR EARLY —CHICKS.
The 0110 Here Illustrated H1115 z: Nun:-
ber of Good Points to
Becornmend It.
The cut shows a. desirable coop for
re ‘3' curly chickens. The coop is long
and sloping and has a hotbed sash
hinged to the top. The higher half of
OUTSIDE AND INSIDE OF COOP.‘
the coop has a tight bottom with slats
at its outer edge, as shown in Fig. 2..
; l‘here is no bottom to the 12st. of the
coop, and the lower end has a hinge d
11001, and is also 00V cred with one inch
; mesh of wire netting.
would, and so they come ovei yesterdav :
W hen very cold, the door can be shut
_ up tight and the chicks will ‘have_ a.
. 'VV-ar1n.ru11 on the ground outside the
1 slats.
When it is warmer the end door
can be dropped, giving a protected run.
but plenty of fresh air. The hen can
be let into this run when desired. A
. cloth can be thrown over the glass at
', night when the weather
. hard for us to pin our OOnfideuce oh ’
, Buster aga’ in arter thisl'
- “I couldn’t find words that I thought ‘
would do Uncle Morg any good under ‘
' ‘Bruster '
1 y ears.
the circumstances, and so I told him to
give my regards to Aunt Peggy. and '
drove back to Geeville." -—N. Y. Sun.
What Sonnet Dunks Pay Depmito-rs.
New York banks pay out in interest ‘
and dividends every quarter not, gar
from $130, 000,.000
Care in Venice W'lmlch Newer Closes.
- There is a cafe in Venice which has
never been closed night or day for 150
' I
is cold.—
American Agriculturist.
HOW to Fight Early lice.
It is a taskl '0 get into the poultiy-
house at night, take each lien oil‘ the
roost and dust the body v. ith some sub-
stance obnoxious to lice. yet there are
times when it should be done. especial-
ly during the warm season. A mixture
1 for that purpose. and which is cheap,
is made by using one pound or sulphur.
four ounces of Scotch snuff. two ounces
of Dalmatian insect powder and half a
pound of carbolate (not carbonate) 01‘
lime. It must-[be thoroughly mixed and
kept- in a closed vessel. Hold-the fowl‘s
head down, and with a pepper- Lbox dust
well in among the feathers p-Farm and
Fireside.
v‘a N1 1% G"
ANOTHER FIRE HORROR.
Thirteen Lives Lost by the Burning
of Two New York Homes.
NEW YORK, April 8.—Yesterday’s
early morning fire in the Andrews man-
sion, '2 East Sixty-seventh street, prov-
ed to be much more disastrous in its
results than at first reported.
Tu elve bodies have been taken from
the ruins—the last one, that ,of a. wo-
man, late in the afternoon. It answers
the description of Mrs. Andrews.
It is believed that this is the total
number of victims of the fire, although
two servants are in a serious condi-
tion in the Presbyterian hospital. These
are the only inmates of the house who
escaped alive.
The names of the dead are: Wallace
C. Andrews,- 50 years old, president of
the New York Steam Heating company;
Mrs. Margaret Andrews, 45' years old,
his wife; Mrs. Georgiana B. St. John,
sister-in-law of Mrs. Andrews and wife
of G. C. St. John; Orson B. St. John, 7
years old, son of Mrs. 'St. John; Wal-
lace St. John, 3 years old; Frederick
St. John, 13 months old; Eva Peterson,
servant; unknown woman,'supposed to
be Nellie Boland, kitchen maid; un-
known woman, supposed to be Mary
Flanagan, parlor maid; Annie Neary,
servant; unknown woman, supposed to
be Kate Downing, servant; .Marie Roth,
servant.
The cause of the blaze is a mystery,
but it is believed an oil lamp exploded
in the lower part of the house. Most
of the inmates were Suffocated in their '
beds. " Mrs. St. John and her baby were
carried down a ladder, but both died in
the arms of their rescuers.
Mr. Andrews was in Albany Thurs—
day and returned only to meet his
death in his home. He and his family
had planned to go to Virginia yester—
day.
Gamaliel C. St. John, brother—in-law
of W'allace C. Andrews, arrived in New
York yesterday over the Pennsylvania
railroad. He was unaware of the ter-
rible calamity'that had bef‘allen .. his
family. When he saw the ruins of his
house and was told of the horrible fate
of his wife and three children, he bore
up manfully.~ _
The loss has not yet been determined,
but it is known that many valuable
works of art and other belongings of
’ the wealthy man were consumed.
The home of Albert J. Adams, at 3
East Sixty—ninth street, was badly
damaged by flaming brands blown
from the Andrews fire. Mary Lochlan,
a servant, lost her life.' Seven other
servants were injured. They are in
the Presbyterian hospital.
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THE JAMAICA AGITATION.
Restoration of Autonomous Consti-
tution or Annexation Demanded.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 8.-—-Tl1e .
council adjourned yesterday, leaving
the political situation almost chaotic,
the representatives having passed a
vote of censure on the oflicers of the
government and having adopted a reso-
lution demanding their removal, in-
cluding the governor, Sir Augustus
Hemming.
At night throughout the rural parish-
es mass meetings were held, and effie 1es
of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, the British
secretary of state for the colonies; Gov—
ernor 'Hem'ming and Mr. Palache, a rep-
resentative who at the final crisis voted
with the government and who holds a
government appointment, were burned.
There were no other violent develop-
ments, but the leaders are reported to
be formulating a monster popular ulti-
matum to the imperial government de-
manding the restoration of the original
autonomous constitution of 1866, with
the alternative of annexation to the
United States. The agitators say that
if both demands are refused and a. co-
ercive policy is maintained serious
trouble may develop.
Dr. Van Dykc Accepts Professorship.
PRINCETON, N. J., April 8;——It was
publicly announced yesterday that the
trustees of the university had received
a formal communication from Dr. Hen-
ry van Dyke of New York accepting
the Murray professorship of English
literature which was tendered him at
the March. meeting of the board. Dr.
Van Dyke, however, makes one condi-
tion in his acceptance—that he shall
not be expected to undeitake the duties
of the professorship until he can con-
veniently do so.
Cliina’skE'miiress 'I‘b'lerant.
WASHINGTON, April 7.—Mr. Conger,
United States minister at Peking, has
supplied the state department with a
copy of a proclamation posted at Tien-
tsin relative to the treatment of mis—
sionaries in China. In this edict, issued
on “27th of tenth moon," the empress
dowager recites the fact that anti-
Christian movements have taken place
in many provinces and declares that
these have all been based on a false
sentiment. She wishes the people to
understand that the teaching of Chris
tianity is permiqed in China and that
the preachers are to be treated as good
citizens.
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