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SPRING RAINS.
Welcome the sweet and gentle spring-time
rains, ' ' ,
That waken earth from out its prolonged
rest,
That send new life along the frozen veins
0! that great under-world hid ’neath
her breast.
Down deep into the cold, inseneate earth
The warm, soft waters steady make their
' Wayi
And quicken into life and to new birth
Each tiny rootlet hidden there away.
Outlined against the gray and somber sky,
The trees like silhouettes stand sharp
and clear,
While like a benediction from on high -
The Arains fall through the last year’s
leaves so sere.
Tree, shrub and bush, in every branch and
part,
Drink in- with eagerness each precious
drop,
And through the torpid, frozen branches:
start
New life and vigor up from root to top.
Thus in their season doesthe Father send
His gentle harbingers of fruits and flow-
ers,
Old life with new, new power with old to
blend,
Through His descending resurrection
showers. .
How musical the patter of the rain
Against the roof-top and the easement
wide,
Like angels: tapping at the window pane,
In token they would enter and abide.
“Speak to the earth," said Job; “it shall
teach thee!” '
And eloquent indeed is earth of God.
In its dark depths no mortal eyecan see
Are wrought the glories cast so wide
abroad. '
From out that dark and mystic under
earth,
Where pent-up energies of life are stored,
Color and fragrance, fruits and flowers
draw birth,
That are on upper earth so richly poured.
So in this world all things, both great
and small,
Are ministers of God to work His will;
His winds blow north and south, His rain—
drops fall, _
All are His messengers of good or ill.
So, too, on our dead hearts the gentle
showers
Of spirit blessing come down from above,
And soon they blossom into fruits and
flowers,
And find new life, the outcome of new
love.
-—VVilliam G. Haeselbarth, in Christian
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How Norris Lost a Bad
Reputation
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ORRIS THORNTON was the worst
boy in school, and everybody said
so. He was 12 years old now—a. strong,
good-looking lad, that could not read
'intelligibly because his mind was bent
on mischief the whole day through.
With the winter teacher—a man—he
’just- kept within bounds; but every
summer he had a “brush,” as he called
it, with the woman teacher, and 'kept
her in an anxiously excited state
throughout the term.
The lady who taught them this sum-
mer was Miss Mary Rose, and, as this
was her first school, Norris confided to
the boys that he should postpone break—
ing her in for awhile.
So for a few days she was
illusion that the group of children
around her was made up of so many
cherubs. and then he began to lay plans
for a siege.
His base of operations at first always
consisted in defying the rules. So his
first offense was staying outside half
an hour or more after school had been
called at recess.
Now, the summer before he had not
only remained out, but had pelted the
schoolhouse wall as well; so you see
that he meant to be a little forbearing,
after all.
W'cll, what did Miss Rose do but de-
tain him as many minutes after the
others were dismissed as he had been
absent.
Under ordinary circumstances Norris
would have just marched out and paidr
no attention to the teacher's command;
but the little schoolmistress stood
quietly by the door and looked at him;
and, though he was well aware that,
physically, he was stronger. there was
in her eyes a look of power that he
could not resist.
But when once set. free he gave a
whoop on the schoolhouse steps, in or-
der to recover his standing a‘little, and
. told the boys when he joined them that
Miss Rose and he had got to have a
brush, and that was just what it was
coming to. ,
On his way to school Norris passed
a little grimy smithy, where the village
horses were shod. The proprietor of
this establishment, Jack Parker, and
he were old acquaintances. '
The next morning when Norris
passed by to school Jack stood in the
door, looking as sooty as his shop. He
was a huge fellow, sinewy and power-
ful, and looked as though he might have
been made at his own forge; and yet
beneath his rough exterior _throbbed a
heart exceedingly warm and tender.
Miss Rose, in passing that way, had
once looked into hisshop with seeming
interest. It was work, and she
to see the strong arm weld the
iron. '
Catching a glimpse of her face, Jack
fancied there was the same look in it
that had belonged to a- little daughter
of his, who had rested now several
years in ~the village churchyard: ’
“Norris," said Jack this morning,
“Howard Towmtold me last night that
you was going to lick the teacher.”
Norris straightened up and-looked
important. ‘
“Well, yes, I do think of commencin’
a little in that line pretty soon. She
ain’t very big, though, and it won’t do
to be very savage; and it won’t..do to
have her bossin’ of a feller ’round,
nuther, you know.”
“See here, Norris,” said Jack; “I don’t
h ard
, believe you ever had a first-class whip-
ping in your life, and I’ll tell you what
I'll do. If you lay a finger on that little
woman to harm her I’ll give you a sound
mauling, as surc's my name’s Jack
Parker." . .
And the stalwart blacksmith‘brought
down his sledge hammer of a fist with
emphasis on his leathern apron.
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left to the .
liked ,
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Norris put his thumb up to his nose
and marched on. He did not care much
for Jack’s threat, he felt. so sure he
could keep out of his way, and he did
tmean to-rgive the young schoolmistress
a scare, «at any rate; And this was the
way he would do it:
He would break. rules again, and she
would call him out, but he wouldn’t go.
lie was an‘old warrior, and knew pretty
‘well how to count the cost of an engage-
ment and form a correct judgment of
the mettle of his foe, and he felt sure
that Miss Rose was gritty enough to un-
dertake to whip him, in which case he
would catch the stick, breakit, throw
the fragments Over her head, and, in
_ short, assume so offensive an attitude
that she would be glad to retire to‘her
desk and leave him master of the field.
This was to be the programme. It
was all to be done without real violence
——and let Jack Parker catch him if he
could.
So, a little while after school had be-
.gun that morning, he commenced
' throwing spitballs; but Miss Rose, who
was attending to a class, seemed entire-
ly oblivious of what Norris was doing.
When she had done she walked up
the aisle to “do sums.” She was at
work a little back of Norris’ seat, when,
pop! wenta ball and hit' Luqe Smith
on the chin.
' At the instant, from some mysterious
fold of Miss Rose’s dress, flew a long,
tough blue—beech and gave several quick
slashes around the shoulders of Norris’
linen coat before he seemed to compre-
hend the situation. ‘
Then he sprang up and caught at
the stick. But the blows came thicker
and faster, first at one point, then at an-
other, until the whole whip was worn
up, and he had not succeeded in catch-
ing it once. , . -
Norris was defeated, but not con-
quered, and he would get the better of
her yet, as sure as fate, he told the boys
at recess.
So, all day long, while his back
smarted, he pondered some new method
of assault; and, no doubt, Miss Rose
would have been equal to theoccasior.
had not-hing supervened.
But as Norris went. home that night,
studying at his problem, with bent
‘head, he was caught by Jack Parker,
who held him as if in one of his own
vises. '
He carried him into his shop, and laid
him across his anvil block.
“Hand me the hammer,” said Jack to
his man, who was blowing at the bel-
threw the angry sparks up snapping
and cracking.
Jack turned the boy over on til!
block, held both his hands in one of his,
and raised his free arm. .
“Hold—hold on, Mr. Parkerl’tyelled
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HELD HIM AS IF IN A VISE.
Norris. “I—I didn’t do it. I never
touched her. But she gin me a awfu)
wallupin’.”
Jack hesitated. _
“I’ve heard long enough that Norris
he could to the gallows.
die a respectable death here, at this
present time, and not be allowed to
walk the earth just for a worry and a
nuisance any longer, never doing any
good whatsoever.”
Norris twisted his head around and
took sight at Jack. He looked like a
grimy angel of retribution, firmly dc-
voted to his work.. -
“Oh, Mr. Parker, I won’t! I never
will again! Please lemme go this time,
and see of I do. I’ll do all I can for
mother, and be a good boy at school.
D0, Mr. Parker, let me up!”
J aek set him off the block and re-
placed his anvil. ,
“If you’re in earnest about being a
good boy, Norris, I hope you’ll live to be
last man to end your days. But as your
present character stands, the Whole
community would be glad to" get rid
of you. Did you ever think of that,
young man?"
“I never knowed how mean I was
aforc, Mr. Parker. I can see it now, and
I’m goin’ to do better. See ef I don’t."
work with a. new set of faculties that
Days.
Ills Chilly litat‘hemutics.
“I suppose you regard yourself as
sure to win?” said the friend.
“Absolutely,” was the answer.
can’t lose. If I’m elected I’ll make no
end of money, and I’ve bet enough on
up my expenses in case of my defeat.”
——Washington Star,
Mother and Daughter.
Baggs—It is said that Dame Fortune
knocks once at every man’s door.
‘Jaggs—Well, it was her daughter.
Bits. -
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lows, that puffed and snorted, and;
Thornton was the worst boy in the ‘
school, and was traveling on as fast as :
He’d better f
a regular Methusaler, and I’ll be the.
And, really, after this Norris went to .
his brain appeared to have \in reserve :
somewhere; and that was the way it ,'
happened that he lost the reputation of
being the worst boy in sehool.——Golden .
“I '
the other candidate to more than even -
Miss Fortune, who called on ma.——--Tit- .
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AN ELECTRIC FARM.
St. E. Beardsle-e, of St. Johnsville, N.
Y..-Establlshcs a Complete_
’ ' and Modern Plant.
Near St. Johnsville, N. Y.. is a farm of
850 acres belonging to G. li. Beardslee.
On this place. is a complete electric
plant, which produces the current for
lighting and heating as well as supply-
ing the power for other operations con-
nected with the farm.
This electric installation is the first
of its kind ever used for doing the work
of farm hands.
All the mechanical energy is supplied
by nature, and the cost and maintem
ance of the plant is inexpensive. It has
demonstrated that electricity used for
manual labor is a success.
The farm land is situated on both
sides of the East Canadian creek, which
is a good-sized stream containing two
falls within the bounds of the Beards-
lee- property. These waterfalls, one of
which is. 60 feet and the other 180 feet
high, furnished the power.
The smaller fall was used‘as the oper-
ating power and near it was built a
power—house in which was placed a 180-
kilowatt generator, connected with a
horizontal turbine operated by water.
From this central power house the
current is transmitted by wires to the
dwelling house and other buildings.
One motor of ten horse-power runs
a mowing machine, another a threshing
machine and a third works a 44-inch
saw for cutting logs. ‘
The farm-house is brilliantly lighted
and well heated by electricity. The
kitchen is supplied with an electrically
heated cooking stove and in the laundry
the flatirons are heated by the same
power. In the dairy the churn and
other appliances all have electric motor
attachments. The grounds are lighted
by several are lamps, and their use in
the barns greatly facilitates the work
and lessens the danger of fire—N. Y.
Sunday Journal.
, SEED CORN SELECTION.
“’hy the Kansas State Agricultural
College Recommends the Prac-
tice of Gross Breeding.
In a bulletin issued by the Kansas
State Agricultural college, Prof. R. W.
Clothier says it will pay farmers to test
the value of the following method of
selecting seed corn: Two or three rows
are planted in the middle of the field
using seed of a different variety
from that used in the remainder of the
. field. The tassels of the corn in these
rows are pulled before they develop pol-
len, so that the cars will be fertilized
with pollen from the remainder of the
field. The seed from these rows is se-
lected for next year’s planting, and it
is claimed that the yield has been in-
creased by at least ten bushels per acre.
Col. Dudley, of Topeka, has done a great
deal in this line, and reports excellent
results. If the yield of the Kansas corn
crop could be increased ten bushels per
~ acre it would mean several million (101-
lars added to the value of the crop, and
obtained by only a very little increase
of labor expended. l’rof. Clotliier says
that about 15 farmers about Manhat—
tan will cooperate with the experiment
station, and urges others to do the
same. ~
. We see no reason why farmers
throughout the corn belt should not
3 make experiments along the line of this
., suggestion. As Prof. Clothicr says it
will require very little labor. Any
. farmer can find a different variety of
corn from his own by going three miles,
: or less, away from his home; and the
work of pulling out the tasscls will be
little more than the work necessary to
3 cut the weeds out of the same number
f of rows. Farmers, give this matter
‘ your careful attention, and then plan
to take up the work.
‘1 IMPROVED MARKER.
All Farmers \Tho Still Plant Corn by
Hand Should Construct One
‘t‘t'ithont Delay.
There are but few farmers who now
plant corn by hand, but. I know of some
. who do so. For those the improved
5. marker shown herewith will be helpful.
The illustration explains the manner of
i IMPROVED CORN MARKER.
construction. The materials needed are
one piece of wood, a, 2 by 4, about 9 feet
‘ long, one piece, b, 2 by 4, about 4 feet
long, two pieces, (1 d, each 2 feet long.
two pieces of scant-ling, c 0, about 4 feet
long, two bid plow handles, an old pair
of buggy shafts and three or four old
cultivator shovels. Set the shovels at
proper distance apart to make row of
E the required wid th.——J. G. Alshouse, in
Orange Judd Farmer.
Using Manure nailladc.
If: a farmer wants to get the most out
of his manure supply with the least
work, the best plan we know of is to
haul out manure as it is made, directly
‘ from the stable to the field. It may go
onto the thin points in the wheat field
. or on the sod land that is to be turned
for corn next spring. There is very lit-
; tle’ wasted by this practice, and there
is only one handling of the manure.
Sometimes when the manure is spread
3 on frozen ground, and heavy rains come
5 before it is thawed out, there is some
1 waste by surface water, but with due
i
care in this matter, by spreading.
l manure in level places in the field while
. frost is in the ground, there can’t be
] much waste—W. W. Stevens, in Mich-
'i igan Farmer.
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This year do not waste the land.
There is profit in careful cultivation. ‘
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ABOUT BROODER, CHICKS.
rue Von‘ Cnlin Method ornaisinm-
Them Summarized for‘tlie Ben-
efit. of. Small. Farmems..
Mr. Von: Gulin: is one of the few genr-
erally acknowledged. experts. on. incu--
bation andbrooder chicks. Thefollow-
ing summary of. the Von Culin method.
yvill apply also tochicks hatched. under.-
hens and reared by brooders:
Chickens-should be taken Out of the
incubator as soon as they are dry,p1aced
in a basket with a. piece of flannel un--
dcr and over them, and the basket set
near a stove or. in a. warm placeand the-
chicks not fed- for 24 hours.
After that time remove them from.
the basket into a brooder heated be--
tween 80 and 90 degrees and feed with
a few breadcrumbs. Keep clean water
constantly before them, but have-the-
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PLAIN BROODER HOUSE.
(Showing Construction of Shed and Yard.
Brooder, A, Inside.)
vessel ccbitaining the water so arranged
that they cannot get themselves wet.
You can buy fountains for thispurpose
or can make them yourself by placing a
tumbler upside-down in an ordinary cof-
fee saucer.
After the first feeding they must be
incloscd under the- hover of your brood—»
or until the next feeding. Do not neg-
lect to do that; it is very important.
Feed often, but little at a time, as. they
cannot digest much at a tim.e,.and posi-
tively must not be overfed. Overfeed-
ing will produce bowel complaint as
.quickly as anything else. They should
be well fed and yet kept-a little hungry.
Feed them about four or five times a
day at regular hours, and see that they
all return to their; hover after each feed-
ing. Scrape up what feed is. left, if any,
and throw it away or give it to the pigs
or your full grown chickens. Young
chicks must never eat stale feed. They
must be taught to go under hover each
day until they learn what it is for, and
where to go when they get cold.
They must also be taught right from
the first to eat everything that is good
for them, like screenings, millet seed,
cracked corn, whole wheat and baked
corn meal cakes pulverized. Wheat and
cracked corn should be their predom-
inating food after the fifth day. After
a week or ten days, you may let them
outside the broodcr, making them come
in early in the evening, or at any time
during the day should it begin to rain.
Do this for a day or so and they will
have learned to take care of themselves.
Chicks are absolutely ignorant, they
know nothing but what you teach
them. Be sure to keep them in your
mind.
Never keep any more food before
young chicks, while confined in the
broodcr. than they will eat up clean,
but after you let- thcm run outside the
broodcr, always keep dry grain food in
the breeder, in a little trough, so as to
entice them to return to the brooder,
their only home.
See that their feed trough in the
broodcr is full before sundown.
Chicks must not be overfed. ,
Chicks must be kept warm.
Chicks must be taught correct habits
in the first days of their youth.
Chicks must have more attention
than wheat or corn.
These rules apply to chickens, ducks
and turkeys—Farm and Home.
Guinea. Eggs Pack Nicely.
It seems strange the pretty guinea
fowl is not more reared than it is; no
fowl living lays so well, none rear their
young with so little trouble or care to
the owner." They hatch out
meadows or fields, and invariably bring
home quite a nice flock of such pretty
little birds; they fly up in trees to rest
_ when quite small. If set and reared un-
der ordinary hens they are very gentle,
and will make their nests with the
chickens. The writer has for years
packed» great quantities of guinea eggs
in the fall; we use them all winter in
every way; they keep well. N eve'r
packed chicken eggs, as the guinea eggs
keep nicely and the chicken eggs are
sent to market. The guinea fowls are
not at all destructive—Country Gentle-
man.
A Voung Girl’s Experience.
My daughter’s nerves were terribly-out of
order. She was thin and weak; the least.
noise startled her, and. she was wakeful at
night. Before she had taken one package
of Celery King the change in her was so
great that she could hardly be taken for the
same girl.
strong, her complexion is perfectrand she
sleeps well every night.—Mrs. Lucy McNutt,
Brush Valley, Pa. _ .
CeleryKln curesConstipation andal gis-
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neya. Sold by druggists. 250. andfiOc. 4
in them
She is rapidly growing well and -
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