The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 22, 1900, Image 4
GOOD Ah
Long the waiting?many tbo tear!
Dull the sight?alive the fear !
Weak the will?the effort faint!
Deep the sigh?low the plaint!
Yet never a goal?but ends a way!
Never a dark?but bear* a day !
Never a strong?but feels a pain!
Never a fall?but brings a gain !?
?James Mar
| TirTTHENIC
H J BY MARCO
"But I may count on you?" Tom
asked. "You know you promised."
"Yes," I replied, "I promised, and
I'll keep my promise. I'll be your
best man. Not that I wouldn't like
to tret out of it." I went on; "but you
w , insist,
and I suppose that?"
"Oh, come now," said Tom, "don't
go in for cynicism; that's cheap. Of
coarse, I'm willing to admit that
from your point of view, perha'ps, Dorothy
Melton may have treated you
^ badly enough, but I wouldn't curse
the whole sex and rail at matrimony
and all that. You'll- get over it in
IgX;, time, yon know."
m Tom is an old friend, and allows
himself liberties. I kept my head, and
replied calmly:
"I am not cynical, and I'm not
'railing' at matrimony. Moreover,
that little affair with the young woman
you mention, which I have quite forgotten?"
Tom smiled in a peculiarly trying
| manner.
"Which I have entirely forgotten?"
I repeated.
"And will forget anew every day
you live," said Tom.
"Has had nothing whatever to do
with my dermination to devote myself
entirely to my profession. I have already
frittered away entirely too much
of my life on what we are pleased to
call 'society.' But of course I'll keep
my promise to yon."
"Now look here, old man," Tom
began; but he saw, I suppose, some
I thing ia inj face which warned him
vthafc I was not to be moved. At any
rate he laughed and shrugged his
shoulders, and then said:
"Well, I'll count on you for best
man. June seventh is the day, and I
hope you won't find it such an awful
bore as you seem to expect."
* The marriage was to come off at
Biverton, and I congratulated myself
that the guests, with few exceptions,
would be Biverton folk whom I*did
not know. I could do my duty by
Tom, take a last farewell of butterfly
society, and then settle down for good :
upon the career which I fondly hoped
would end upon the supreme bench. ]
I would work, and work hard. Dorothy ,
Melton, .with whom I quarreled six j
months ago, should never think that
she had broken my heart, or shattered i
my life, or anything of that sort, for
she hadn't She simply had revealed ,
? to me the fickleness of her sex and ,
brought me to the realization that a
career, after all, is the only thing that (
can readly satisfy a man worth any- ,
thing. 1
As the time of Tom's wedding ap- \
proached I wrote him that I should i
run down to Biverton 21 hours in advance
in order to attend to all the 1
thousand and oue daties which de- j
volve upon the best man; but at the <
last moment my one really good client,
a man rich and cranky, succeeded in ]
erettiuc so hopelessly involved in an ]
g| I remembered that I did not especially
care to meet more people thaii
was necessary, bnt still it was with
Sf some misgivings that I followed my
chipper, and I am afraid somewhat
officious, uncle to his new town house.
|p At five o'clock I found myself in Aunt
Margaret's front parlor.
Uncle William called up Tom by
telephone, and after a few iniuutes'
chat with him I felt somewhat reas'
sured. Dinner was announced very
early, and was soon over. As the
^ clock chimed six I went upstairs to
make a hurried toilet. But where was
my bag? I hurried downstairs again
aud put the question to Uncle William.
"By Jove!" he exclaimed, "we must j
have left it. at the station!"
'cv He hurried down towu to fetch the
bag, promising to return "before you'
know I'm gone;" but the minutes
slipped away, and the carriage drove
up to the gate before he got back. He
..." finally came, however.
"Here you are," he said, as he
handed me the bag. "Now you want j
to hurry, young man, or you'll be ;
I fairly jumped into my clothes,
trusting to luck for appearance. As I
tied my cravat Uncle William tapped
on the door.
I injunction suit that nothing but immediate
and earnest personal attention ]
could keep him from going to jail for l
contempt of court. I saved him from
that ignominy, but only after spending 1
the entiro morning of the wedding \
day in court, and barely caught the
last train by which I could reach Riv- i
erton in time for the ceremony. Tom \
and his friends would have to look (
after the details of the wedding which (
I was compelled to neglect. <
I had forgotten that Uncle William
Clarkson lived at Biverton, or I might f
have been prepared for him; but be- ]
fore the train had fairly stopped at j
the station Uncle William was at my i
side, grasping my hand and reaching
for my bag. "Here you are at last," 4
he was saying. "Fve been at every ]
train that came in today. You've got j
to go up to the house with me and get ]
a little snack of something to eat be- <
fore the wedding." <
"But Tom?" I interposed. j
"Oh, that's all right," said Uncle i
William..-'Tve arranged it all with i
your friend Tom, and I'll have you at t
Christ church in plenty of time for
the wedding. So come along; your j
aunt's waiting for you."
Really, what could I do? I looked ]
about helplessly, hoping that Tom or
some of his friends would appear and i
lay claim to me, but Uncle William ]
had evidently impressed upon them
that he was going to have his own ;
way with me, and they came not. 1
Of course, I should have been very
glad to dine with Uncle William and
Aunt Margaret, but when a fellow is ,
going to be best man at his best
friend's wedding, and has only two
a . r . If i. . #. . iv _ _ I ,
Hours ana a nan oeiore me ceremony,
kf. lie is not exactly in the mood for visitg|pv
ing even his nearest aud dearest rela;
tires. I tried to say something of the
|k: kind to Uncle William, but he retorted:
4?Oh, pshaw, now! There ain't a
thing to do, and what's the use of your
going to the hotel or to one of Tom's
tV friends' houses where they are already
f; running over with company? No use
at all. Tour Aunt Margaret will give
gk yon a nice little dinner right away,
' you can get on your wedding togs and
|f?, ?et to the church in plenty of time
C- without any of the fuming aud fussing
the others will go through. There's a
'phone' in the house; you can let Tom
|fp know you are here,and that's all that's
v neoeesary."
ID EVIL. (
For felt the evil?born the right! ^
Dense the darkness?keen the sight! I
Grieved the weakness? gained thestrength!
Strained the distance?home at length!
God is in us?this the strife !
Victory through us?this is life!
, The will to do?Is virtue done! 1
The grief to lose?is goodness won ! <
k Baldwiu, in New York Independent (
i
koftosei i
? Si'
MORROW. I :
"It's five minutes of seven!" lie ex- ]
claimed.
I couldn't say exactly what I wanted
to say, so I couteuted myself by giving
1 -VI fill
me cravat a vicious iwist. xnree ;
minutes later I dashed down the hall,
threw a good-by at Aunt Margaret and '
hurried into tlie yard.
The coachman was driving away. 1
"Hi,there!" shouted Uncle William 1
from tho front steps, "Hold on there, J
driver! Wilson, stop that hack!"
Wilson was evidently Uncle Wil- j j
liam's next-door neighbor. He was 1
leisurely proceeding from liis front ;
gate to his own domicile. He turned j
around slowly and looked at the car- 1
riage and then at Uncle William.
"What for?" he asked. "What's <
the matter with it?" 1
"Hi, there, driver!" shouted Uncle \
William again, as I tore down the
path.
The coacljman drew in his horses
with an air of impatient expectancy. '
"What in the world do you mean?" 1
cried Uncle William, puffing in anger, ]
behind me. 1
"Yes,what do you mean," I echoed, 1
"driving off without me?" 5
"Why, sir," said the evidently *
greatly puzzled coachman, with a nod 1
of his head toward Mr. Wilson, "he *
said for?"
"Well, well, well!" cried Mr. Wil- *
son,joininguson the sidewalk. "What J
does all this mean, anyway? What *
are you holding this carriage here s
for?" J
Uncle William began saying something
under his breath, but was *
checked by a feminine voice from the a
carriage. 1
"Driver,'* it asked, "what's tile
matter?"
"Oh!" exclaimel Uncle William, a r
light breaking in npon him, "you've
made a mistake here, Wilson. This *
is u carriage I ordered to take my *
nephew to the wedding."
"Oh, I gness not,1' said Mr. Wilson, r
bristling up more than ever. "This v
is a carriage I ordered to take my n
niec; to the commencement."
The two men glare 1 at each other *
like wild animals, and I turned from *
one to tli8 othe in hopeless perplex- f
ity. ]
"Drive on!" cried Mr. Wilson, and 1
the driver drew up the reins. *
"Hold on!" cried Uncle William, *
ami the driver loosened the reins. He c
evidently enjoyed the situation. f1
The two men moved toward each 11
other, and theu Aunt Margaret came 11
Sown the path, hastening to the un- 8
tangling of Uncle William's mistakes, c
as she had been doing throughout
their married life. I
"This is a muddle," she said to Mr.
Wilson in her sweetest tones. "The
jtablemon have probably got the two
orders confused." j,
"I don't know about that," said g
Mr. Wilson, "but I've got the car- a
riare." p
".But see here," put in Uncle Wil- 8(
iam, "Dick's best man.aud be mustn't
oe late at the wedding."
"I can't help that," retorted Mr. .
Wilson. "My niece mustn't be late at 11
the commencement, either." ''
"I'll tell yon," cried Aunt Margaret, n
with snddeu inspiration, "why cau't a
they go together? The seminary is
only a little ways beyond Christ 11
;hurch. I know your niece won't "
object if I explain."Annt
Margaret dashed out into the "
jtreet toward the carriage, and I foi- .
nw?d. winintr mv mitiwl hrnu- hownil
? ' o ? ' ? ?- ? *
ing my wilting linen and consumed
with impatience. *
In the next few seconds I heard *;
Aunt Margaret making a harried ex- ij
plaaation which concluded with "Aw- *
fully ?ood of yon, I'm sure, but I
knew you'd consent under the eir- .
cumstances;" then the door was flung 1!
:>pen, Uncle William gave me a push a
From behind, while Aunt Margaret *
murmured introductions, and I found u
myself stepping into a carriage which 11
seemed filled with flowers and fluffy a
white stuff, from the midst of which a
peered tho face of?Dorothy Melton! ?
"Why?Dick ? Mr.?" she cried, a
half rising from her seat. "
I started back with a confused at- *
tempt at an apology, but Uncle Wil- c
liam hastily slammed the door, and 8
with a commanding "Drive lively 8
now!" motioned the driver to start. *
The horses were off with a jump, and c
I sank into the seat opposite the young j1
woman whom six months ago I had 11
sworn never to see again. ^
It was the early dusk of what had c
been a perfect June day. The street
lamps were not yet lighted, but the
bright moon shoue in at the carriage t
windows, and I knew Dorothy could C
see my hot, flushed face and my uer- t
vousness aud embarrassment. . ^
"Miss MeltoD," I began, feeling e
that I must say something, "I'm ex- e
tremely sorry to intrude upon you in e
tnis manner. I had no idea?" e
"Oh, pray do not mention it," said c
Dorothy. "I am, of course, extreme- ^
ly glad to be of any service whatever i
to Mrs. Clarkson. and it would be too ^
bad for you to be late at the wed- i *
ding." j t
Dorothy was quite mistress of her- ! t
self. She held a large bunch of roses j t
in her arms, having gathered them up i a
to make room for me; the color, which i
I think leit her face for an instant i
when she saw it was I who climbed t
into her carriage, returned; her eyes
sparkled, aud never had she looked so
lovely. What a fool, 1 thought, bit- e
terly, what a fool I had been to quar- i
rel with her. ]
"It's to be quite a large wedding, I ?
believe?" she said, turning her face f
full upon me. i
The driver was evidently intent upon i
reacbiug the church in time. He turned i
a corner so sharply that just as I was ]
about to stammer out a commonplace ]
about the wedding we both were near- i
ly thrown from our seats. Dorothy i
threw up her hand, her roses fell in <
confusion, and as I bent forward her 1
dainty fingers lightly brushed my i
face? 1
"Oh, Dorothy! Dorothy!" I cried; 1
nnrl th?n? 1
I'm sure that I couldn't tell what I i
said. I only kuow that the words I i
had been holding back, the love that <
I had been trying to sti8e for six 1
months, burst from me, and before we i
reached the next corner Dorothy lifted 1
her shining eyes, and throngh tears
said:
"Oh,Dick! Dick!" and I knew everything
was right, and wished that 1
Christ church was 20 miles away.
The carriage pulled up at the church
/
iv JfcfeCv.- vi. .' S.
loor in the nick of time, and dashed
iway again to leave Dorothy at the
foung ladies' seminary where she had
oeeu teaching for a few months.
I found Tom in the vestry, so supremely
happy that he had not even
noticed my tardiness?but, for that
matter, I walked in the clouds all
eveniug, and noticed nothing whatever
that happeued at his wedding,
30 we are quits on that score.
Dorothy and I will be married in
Septembor, and Unc'e William, who
insists that his "good management"
brought it all about, has promised to
Jet us up with a carriage of our owu
ou the (lay of the wedding.?-Woman's
Home Companion.
SABLE ISLAND PONIES.
Re*emb!e Those Found on lite Sculptures
of Niney?h.
A writer in Ainslee's Magazine says:
"The story of animal life on Sable
[slaud, Nova Scotia, is strange.
Roaming the sandy wastes are nerds
of wild poiiios guarded by patriarchal
stallions. These ponies resemble the
horses of the sculptures of Nineveh,
aud approach the beholder seemingly
eut of the framework of antiquity*
They are stocky and romarkable for
their long manes, which in instances
have been known to grow to the
length of three yards. The ponies
are the remnant of a s'ock thought to
have been left by some Portuguese
fishermen ? 'Portingalls' the old records
quaintly call thorn?who touched
it the islaud on their fishing expeditions
at even an earlier date than the
Marquis de la Roche. At one time
there were from 400 to 500 wild ponies
en the island, but their number has
been decreased by exportation, the
severity of the winters, and, some
people think, by the importation o4
mproved, domesticated stallions,
ivhicli have made the stock less hardy,
md cousoqueutly more susceptible
:o death from exposure. There are
iow between 80 aud 10.) wild ponies
md about 30 for domestic nse.
Mounted on ponies, the life-savers
rallop ovor the dunes and among the
lillocks on their long patrols, and the
ifeboats are drawn to the scenes of
ihipwreck by teams of live ponies,
hree at the shaft and two leaders.
Some of the wild pouiea are sent to
Talifax every year or two, aud are
lold at auction at an average price of
rom ?15 to ?18.
"The Portingalls also stocked the
sland with cattle, wh ch increased so
apidly that people from the mainland
uade expeditions to the island aud reuriied
with enough live stock to make
i--*- a 4- Ann
UOU ltl| n IllUSl | iuiuuu-ti ill uuu
ime the island was quite overrun with
abbits. Then two rat-infested Norregian
vessels were wrecked there
ind the rats, swimming ashore, begano
exterminate the rabbits and to stack
the government storeR. Cats
rero then imported from Halifax to
:ill the rats, aud after a while the cats
ucrensed so in number that dogs were
mported to kill the cats. Latterly
he island was again overrun with rats
rom wrecked vessels, and auother
argo of cats was imported from Haliax.
Once there were pigs on the
sland; but they have been exterminated
bocause they had become
nouls feasting on the remains of
astaways. Death in its most horrid
arms is always the burden of Sable
sland's story."
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
The whistling tree which is found
a the West Indies, in Nubia and the
oudau, has a peculiarly shaped leaf
ud pods with a split edge. The wind,
assing through these produces the
ound which gi\es the tree its name.
Thirteen old horseshoes wero hangag
last spring on the back of u garden
all close to an old boiler which workleu
were removing and leplacing by
new one?a very noisy piece of work
-when, iu no wise deterred by this,
pair of wreus built their nest in the
lidst of the cluster of horseshoes and
hen brought up their young. The
lother bird, having been found one
av drowned in a nail of water, stand- i
?/ A ' I
Qg near, ber mate teuded and cared
or their young until they were fledged
nd flown. The horseshoes containing
he nest still hang on the wall at Ererborpe
Hall, Brough, East Yorkshire,
England.
In the Bay of Plenty, New Zealaud,
* one of the most extraordinary islnds
in the world. It is called White
sland, and consists mainly of sulphur
lixed with gypsum and a few other
linerals. Over the island, which is
bout three miles in circumference,"
nd which rises between 800 feet and
00 feet above the sea, floats continuity
an immeuse cloud of vapor, ataiuing
'an elevation of 10,000 feet,
u the centre is a boiling lake of acidharged
water, covering 50 acres, aud
urrounded with blowholes from which
team and sulphurous fumes are emited
with great force and noise. With
are, a boat can be navigated on the
ike. The surphur from White Islaud
s very pure, but little effort has yet
ioen made to procure it systematially.
One of the most remarkable of all
he sound producing tishes is found in
yhina seas, and an account of its acions
has been given by Lieutenant
Vhite of the British navy. He was
ngaged in some special work at the
ntrance of a river, and came to anhor
one night in shallow water. Presntly
strange sounds b?gnn to be heard
oming up from the bottom. They
eere described as resembling the clangng
of bells and the beating of drums.
Che men were demoralized and attribited
the noises to spirits, it being said
hat a crew of pirates had gone down
here, bnt the officers wore convinced
hat the noise was caused by some sea
mimals, and investigation showed that
t came from a school of fish that
nade the sounds by clapping theif
eeth together.
One of the most peculiar accidents
iver heard of happened to a colored man
lear New Store, Ya., a few days ago.
?d Jones took his gun and set out for
i day of sport. He was not looking
or large game, but he had not been
n the woods long before he saw an
mmense deer coming at a tremendous
ate of speed immediately toyard him.
Be at once fell upon his knees, preparatory
to a shot, and when the deer
Rras wifhin 20 feet of him fired and
nissed his aim. The deer had acquired
such tremendous momentum
hat it could not check itself, and
yith the next leap landed upon the
punter. It knocked him down and
arnised him badly upon the breast
ivith one hiud foot, the other going
nto the negro's mouth, knocking out
\ number of his teeth, tearing a part
yf his gums away, and passing down
ais throat. The whole thing was oyer
'? * ? -1 1 lvn 4 It A AAtM A 4 A
ID a-U uub r? uou tomo ivj
the deer was gone.
It Dspendi.
"Don't you lore an old-fashioned
inowstorm, Pauline ?"
"Yes, if the man who takes me out
has a new-fashioned sleigh."
DINQAAPTS DAT.
Orlgta of (be Tbaaksglvlnj Wbich tfce Boert
Observe oo Dec to.
Cable despatches from South Africa
have stated that the Boers held religious
services on "Dingaan's Day," in
commemoration of their victory over
the Zulus. Chief Chaka of the Zulus
was assassinated in 1828 by his broth*
er Dingnan. The latter was very unfriendly
toward the English and ordered
two other chiefs known as
"Fynn" and "Cane" to come to his
Kraal. These chiefs, who understood
the bloodthirsty nature of Dingaan, declined,
and the new chief sent out a
force to fetch them in. Fighting ensued
and afterward Chief Fynn was
recognized as the "Great Chief of the
Natal Kaffirs."
About this time, perhaps in 1831, the
Boers anneorerl on the scene. Tho.V
were trekking to the northward from
Gape Colony, and their leader, Retief,
applied to Dingaan for a grant of territory,
which was promised on condition
that the Boers should recover for
Dingaan some cattle that had been
stolen from his people. This was done
and Retief with about a hundred men
reutrned to Dingaan's Kraal. The Boer
commander and his men were received
with great ceremony and there was a
feast in their honor. At the conclusion
of the feast, when the Beers were filled
with food and wine, the Zulus fell on
them and killed every man in the
party.
At the same time the Zulus sent parties
out in Natal with instructions to
slay every white man. woman and
child that could be found. The Boers
were surprised in small parties and It
is estimated that 000 of them were
killed. One result of this raid was the
naming of the village of Woenen (near
Ladysmlth) which In Dutch means
"weeping."
, Afterward the Boers sent out a punitive
expedition from Durban, but the
party was ambushed by the Zulus and
cut to pieces. Finally, in the winter
of 1838. about 300 Boers under Andreas
Pretortus. afterward President of the
South African Republic, boldly advanced
on Dingaan's country and on
Sunday, December 10. encountered a
Zulu army of 12,000 men. The Zulus
were utterly routed and left 3.000 dead
on the field. The power of Dingaan
was broken and ever since the Boers
celebrate December 16 as a day of
thanksgiving.
Had the Dead Wood on Her.
"I will," she exclaimed. "I will not
live with you another day!"
"You'll leave me, will you?" he calmly
asked.
"Yes; I will."
"When?"
"Now?right off?this minute."
"You'll go away?"
"Yes, sir."
"I wouldn't if I were you."
"But I will, and I defy you to prevent
me. I have suffered at your
hands as long as I can put up with it."
"Oh, I shan't try to stop you," he
quietly replied. "I'll simply report to
the police that my wife has mysteriously
disappeared. They'll want your description,
and I will give it. You
wear No. 7 shoes; you have an extra
large mouth; you walk stiff in your
knees; your nose turns up at the end;
eyes rather on the squint; voice like a
a "
"Wretch, you wouldn't dare do that,"
she screamed.
"I certainly will, and Ihe description
will go ia all the papers."
They glared at each other a moment
in silence. Then it was plain to be
seen he had the dead wood on her.?
Ohio State Journal.
New Use for Wlreli-dH Telegraphy.
Wireless telegraphy has had a new demonsMation
of usefulness by the captain of a
lightship, who used it aUer ordinary signals
had failed, to notify the shore authorises of
danger. In a lite manner Hostetter's stomach
Bitters, the famous dyi-pepsla cure, acts
when all other medicines fall. Its superiority
Is quickly felt in the renewal of strength. It.
regulates the bowels, improves the appetite,
on.I ..nrua liuHrPBtlnn. 'llVlt.
nuu v wj vw vv?*v^. ? - m
Yes, At Last Accounts.
Percy?Where were you on your vacation
last slimmer?
Harold?Ob, I went to Niagara Falls.
Percy?What! Js that place running yet?
?Chicago Journal.
All goods are alike to Putnam Fadeless
Dyes,as they color all fibers at one boiling.
Sold by all druggists.
How He Was Paid.
"You're a nice lad." remarked tbe minister
to a boy who wasehopping wood. "Does your
mother give you anything for chopping firewood?"
"No," repiied the boy. with a meaning look;
"but 1 get something if 1 don't do it."
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Cheney & ( o . Toledo, O.
We. the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney
for the last 15 years.and believe him perlectly
honorable In nil business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obligation
made by their firm.
West A ! rcax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
Walding. Rinnan <fe Martin, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo. Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
I cannot speak toohigblyof Piso'sCure for
Consumption.?M rs. Frank Mobrs, 215 VY. Ski
St., New York, Oct. 23, 1894.
Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflammation,
allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle.
His l)ream Came True.
Hogan?Do yon belave in dreams. Mike?
Du-can?Faith an' 1 do. Lash night I dremt
I was awake, an' in the mornin' me dream
kem thrue.?Princeton Tiger.
The Best Prescription for Chills
and Fever Is a bottle of Grove's Tasteless
Chill Tonic. It Is simply iron and quinine In
a tasteless form. No cure?no pay. Price 50c.
Fatted Calf For One.
Bride (who has eloped): "Here is a telegram
from papa."
Bridegroom (anxiously): "What does he
sav?"
Bride: "All is forgiven, providing yon
don't come hack.*'? ollier's Weekly.
Spring Humors
of the. Blood
Como to a certain percentage of all the
people. Probably 75 per cent, of
these people are cured every year by
Hood's Saieaparilla, and we hope by
this advertisement to get the other 25
per cent, to take Hood's Sarsaparilla.
It has made more people well, effected
more wonderful cures than any other
medicine in the world. Its strength
as a blood purifier is demonstrated by
its marvelous cures of
Scrofula SaltRh?um
Scald Head Boils, Pimples
All kindsofHumor Psoriasis
Blood Poisoning Rheumatism
Catarrh: Malaria, Etc.
All of which are prevalent at this season.
You need Hood's Sarsaparilla
now. It will do you wonderful good.
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Is America's Greatest^ Blood Medicine.
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[for farm and garden. |
llrtttlinj; Greoil Wood.
Don't bant green wood. Don't, j
Half at least of the w eight of green j
wood is water, and if one will only ;
split and pen the winter fuel two [
weeks before it is needed he will not :
have to haul the water. It will dry
out. Save time in hauling, and the
patience of cooks by drying the ftiel ;
before hauling it. If yott haul it
? 1 ..... *!..? I- if
W LI CII y IKCI1 IUO I'UUiV 1UU.11 UI1I u IV
green, and greeli wood itljtires the ;
stove, and impairs the cooking and j
wastes the foo.l, Seasoned wood i9 a j
great time and patience saver aboilt I
the kitchen. Soft woods are better |
for the stove than hard; do not make
so fierce a heat to burn ihe food before
it getB thoroughly cooked.
Bent Foil for Tomato Plant?.
Sere is a hint worth remembering
for tomato plants: One of tne experiment
stations has said that a mixture
of peat and coal ashes is the best soil
to set the tomato plant into in the
greenhouse. If so, when, plants are
set in the field why not mix aqtiautity j
of coal ashes into the h 11 before set- :
ting the plant or put a mulch of it '
a.ounl them aftorward? Wo think i
the best results would bo attained by |
mixing it in the hill, as it makes the
ground light and porous, aud naturally ;
would cause larger growth of the j
feeding roots. Gardeners often desire j
to set their tomatoes 011 moist, strong !
soil, almost peat in its nature,and the ;
mixing of coal ashes with it might
preveut the vines growing too rank
and force more development of fruit.
?American Agriculturist,
Mo ld Cfenmerv Uutfer
The butter maker is an important
persou. A good butter maker is rare.
Ho is hard to get and hard to keep. |
He must be skilled in all the practical |
details and also in all the science of j
butfer making. He must be able to j
make butter if it is necessary and ttn- !
derstaud all the scientific processes j
involved iu the manufacture. In ad1- j
dition he must have tact, that i?, the
art of rubbiug people the right way.
Few positions call for more patience
and politeness. He must be able to
ignore complaiuts which are constant*
ly coming to his ears. He must be ;
able to politely but forcibly point out j
to the careless patron that he must :
use more care in producing his milk, j
Above all, he must be honest and I
progressive. Conservatism will not I
answer in the modern dairy. The I
conservative is the man who hides in !
tho bushes until the fighting is over |
and then comes out and does the j
shouting after the victory is won. j
Primarily, he must insist upon cleau- '
liness in every particular, not only in j
the creamery but. at the homes of the j
patrons. He must be an upright man !
who is a valuable addition to any com- j
. munity, for he will bo more or less Intimately
associated with the people of
the neighborhood.?J. Yau Wagener
in an address before the recent New
York state dairy moeting.
Coop for Youiijj Chirk*.
A model coop for the hen and yonng
chicks may be constructed at practically
no cost by taking an ordinary
soap or canned goods box, and sawing
out an opening in end large enough to
admit the hen. In front of this construct
a slat coop about three or four
feet square, so that the ben may come
from the box and have the freedom of
the coop as desi ed. The chicks will
pass iu and out of the coop and will
forage around for quite a distance,
but will promptly run to shelter at
the first approach of danger.
The drinking water cup and the feed
box should be placed on outside of the
slat coop, as otherwise the hen will j
scratch them over. . laths, if con- i
veuient, make splendid material for
the coop, two-inch scantling being
used for the corner posts, and oneinch
strips for two top sides.ou which
to nail the top laths. Of course, if
we do not object to cost, nice little
houses, with eloping roofs, may be
made, but for all practical purposes,
the common square box will fill the
bilk, and we can raise just as many and
just as healthy chicks in this way as
with the more elaborate outfits.
Don't fancy that the chicks will
grow faster if allowed to roam all over
a ten acre lot with the hen. They
will not, and the danger of having
them caught in araiDstorm or drenched
in the early morning dews is overcome
when the hen is thus confined. !
Six or eight weeks of this confine- \
ment will not injure the hen,' by
which time she will have begun to
lay and the chicks will be large enongh
to hustle for themselves.?Home and
Farm.
Rapid Development of Lamb*.
A change of pasture in the fall is
good, so they will come into the sheds
in fair condition. Have plenty of
room in the shed. A room 20x20 feet
makes a nice one for 12 or 15 ewes.
Have the doors open toward the south j
so the sun can shine in. Keep them :
closed at night and in rainy weather.
Give them plenty of nice, fresh water j
every day, with good clean timothy
and clover bay, or rowen, and as the
lambing time approaches aloug in
January and February, feed them a
fair amount of grain, shelled corn,
etc., unground. Always keep their
3alt boxes filled with salt and sulphur
flour enough to color it. It is a firstrate
thing to have a new-milch cow
|nst at this time, and a battle with a
rubber nipple handy, so if a lamb
needs a little milk it can be easily
'PU AHA AHA A 1 AT-O a Am rt that
1UULC AID ai? O ov/mo luuv
aeed nursing. The shepherd can tell
by his notebook which ewes are due
first, so they cau be separated from
the rest until the lamb is strong
enough to follow the mother and she
will own it. A little pen in one corner,
where the ewe can see the others
and they cannot get to her, is all
right As soon as the ewes begin to
lamb, feed them more milk-producing I
feeds. Oats, buckwheat, wheat bran, j
all they will eat up clean, and plenty j
of fresh water with the chill taken off. 1
Give the hay feed at the same hour '
each morning about daylight, then at
nine or ten o'clock give some corn and
oats mixed, or buckwheat or apples,
turnips, etc.; at noon, more hay if
they have cleaned the racks; at three,
some grain or bran, then at dark more ,
bay. Give all they need regularly, j
but don't overfeed. They will need ;
exercise and turning into the yards if i
the weather is fair.
After the lambs are all dropped and
are strong, they will want a shallow |
trough to eat it by themselves. Fix a !
creep-hole in the fence or rack, and {
after the older oues have been enticed j
through a time or two tho others will j
60011 learn the way. They will need j
a little ground stuff, corn and oats, or
rye, wheat bran, middlings or linseed i
meal, etc. Be careful to give just
what they can dieest easily, and not
overfeed. But if they are healthy
they will consume a good deal and get
into the manger and pick off the clover
heads, timothy, etc., and eat with
their mothers, and thus gain pretty
rapidly. They must be in the sun all
they possibly can, and as the warm
weather approaches,turned into greet]
pastures, or rye, so they will be ready
for market when four or iive months
old. Begin to sell as soon as they
will weigh 60 pounds apiece. The
main point is to get them started
quickly. They will need personal
and careful attention, so watch the
ewes as they drop the lambs, help
them if necessary, get the lamb to
stand hp and nurse, see that the ewe
has plehty of milk, aud start it for the
lamu. Gene ally the lamb is all
right as Soou as it is dry aud warmed
iir? arid hrta its atninnpli full, lint S0U16
"f - ?
times there are twius or triplets.
Then tlie milk bottle comes into play
and some have to be raised on the
bottle; The boWels will require watching;
see that they are in the right condition,neither
bound tip nor too loose.
A little castor oil for the one, or
lamb's cordial for the other, will correct
them,?Charles M. Boresford, in
American Agriculturist
Ill-l!alnnee<t Fertilizer*.
An ill-balanced or incomplete fertilizer
is one which does not supply
all three of the elements of plant food,
phosphoric acid, nitrogen and potash.
Sometimes a material may furnish
one, or even two of the essential ingredients,
but if all threo are not
present the mixture may be regarded
as incomplete,and what the plant fails
to tlnd in the iertilizor it must look for
in the soil, with the result that if the
soil does not contain it, the crop has
to suffer accordingly, On the other
hand, if the ingredieut which is missing
in the fertilizer is present in the
soil, it will gradually become exhausted
through continued cropping,
Rud the yield naturally falls off in
proportion,
It is atl established fact in fertilizing,
that one element of plant food
cannot replace another. Each^lias its
special function to perform. To illustrate:
If there is enough phosphoric
acid and nitrogen in tho soil to produce
a 200 bushel crop of Irish potatoes,
and only enough potash to make
a 100 btishel crop, the yield Would
not go above the latter figure. The
element preseut in the smallest proportion
is what regulates the extent
of the yield. In other words, we
meet, in feeding tho plants, the old
maxim: "A chain is not stronger than
itB weakest link."
From what has been said, it can be
seen at once that it is both wise and
economical to feed crops like animals.
No ono wottld think of giving a horse
or cow a one-sided food and expect to
get a full day's work from it. Every
hard-working animal must have proper
food aud plenty of it.
As said before, the three iugredieuts
to make up a complete food for plants
are phosphoric acid, nitrogen and
potash. Manufacturers embody all
three in their mixtures, and the pro?
portions vary to suit the crops, some
requiring more of one than another.
The principal point to bear in mind
is that one sided fertilization seldom,
if ever, pays in the long run. It is
mnch easier to keep np the fertility of
soils by using whatis needed annually
to meet the demands of the growing
crop than to build np land which has
become rnu down or exhausted.?
Farm, Field aud Fireside.
Chunks of Wisdom.
A cow mast be a hearty eater to be
a good producer.
Driving cows in a Lurry is a money
losing operation.
A scrub farmer keeps scrttb cows,
Scrub cows will make a scrttb farmer,
Cows do not eat alike nor act alike,
nud the wise dairyman will make dne
allowance for all peculiarities.
The best dairy cow is the one that
produces the most butter fat every
twelve months on the least feed.
Every farmer should have a toolhouse
and every implement about the
farm should be housed wheu not in
use.
Keep a cow waiting for her feed or
to be milked and she worries, and a
worrying cow is uot profitable. Be
on time with milking and feeding,
Farmers who think the dairy
methods of their fathers good enough
for them had better not attempt dairying
in these days. Up-to-date dairying
only is profitable. '
In many cases a man may have good
cows and not know it, because he has
always fed them just enough to get a
poor yield. Fefore condemning a
cow, thoroughly test her by increasing
the quantity and enhancing the
, quality of her feed.
! Many young men make a mistake in
cultivating an autipathy for rural purJ
suits. Certainly there is no more independent
life known among men,and
if the farmer who is out of debt and
owns a home is not happy, then we
would not know where to turn in
search of happiness.
French as She Is Spoke In America.
An Indiauapolis man thinks he can
tell where people hail from by the way
they pronounce "table d'hote." He
lives in a hotel where a table d'hote
dinner is served at a certain hour
daily, this fact being duly advertised
by means of a card in the elevator.
When people get into the elevator they
j usually ask the attendant where the
meal is to be partaken of, and the
j philosopher referred to makes it his
business to ride up and down, listen!
ing and taking notes of the various
pronunciations of the terms. Here is
the table he has produced:
Chicago, "tabble day hote."
Louisville, "tabuldote."
Des Moines, "tay-bul de hotey."
Omaha, "table dough."
Indianapolis, "table de hote."
Grand Rapids, "tabble dotty."
Sioux City, "tabble de hot."
This is interesting, but it would be
more so if it showed how the people
of New York and St.Louis get around
the trouble. It may serve, also, to
bring about a settlement that Sioux
City is "the most literary town west
of Chicago," thus ending a contention
that has heretofore threatened to
be interminable.
In connection with the Indianapolis
man's luminous little scheme it may
not be out of place to set forth the
observations of a Chicago merchant
who says he can tell where people live
lir-a.l lw tlioir mnrmnfifltion
Ul Xiuvc ntvu wj
of "bric-a-brac." The Philadelphian,
be says, calls it "bree-a-braw,"the St.
Louis man asks for "bricky-bro,"New
York people refer to it as "brawabraw,"
the Milwaukee lady wants
"brick-brack," and tbe customer from
Indiana says, "I'd like to look at oue
of .tbem things you put in tbe coiner
to set brirk-a-braw on."?Chicago
Times-Herald
A Clear Field.
"What is a historian?" Uncla
Phineas.
"A historian is a man who lives
long enough to write things up without
getting contradicted."?Indianapolis
Journal.
Tales from the Sovth Africa# Prait
The son of Mr. E. Lunn, of Klrkgate,
Wakefield, writes as follows: 1
"I was In company with a sergeant In
charge of some wounded Boer prisoners.
One of these was lying on a
stretcher and was being carried in
when he whipped out a revolver and
aimed at an officer near. The sergeant
was carrying his gua on his shoulder
with the barrel in front of him. He
quickly dashed the revolver out of the
Boer's hand, clubbed his own rifle as
he would a striking hammer, and
dashed the prisoner's brains out where
to*- ttn tr-fiQ not satisfied with one j
blow, but had three, and beat the
man's head to a pulp. The captain did
not see what the prisoner had done, so
ordered the sergeant's arrest. A comrade
slipped out of the marching line,
and asking to be excused, saying he
thought the sergeant's circumstances
needed some explanation, and told the
captain how things stood. The captain
gave the order for the sergeant's
release, congratulating him. and thanking
him for saving his life."
The same writer continues:
"I saw a Lancer who pitied an old
Boer l)ccause of his gray hair and
whiskers. The Lancer said that when
he pushed him out of the way, he could
not give him the thrust because at the
moment he thought of his old father.
Well, the Lancer got five yards or so
past him. when the old boy aimed and
fired at his preserver, but the bullet
missed. A comrade, who saw the act,
rode back, and thrust the Boer through
the heart with his lance, giving him a
second thrust to make sure."?Westminster
(England) Gavette.
To My Friends in Georgia,
Many of whom have known of my long
suffering from that dreadful affliction,
Eczema: "I am prond to testify to the.
wonderful merits of Tetterine, which
has cured uae as sound as a gold dollar,
after spending moro than $400.00
* * i
for other remedies without tne sugni-1
est relief. Wm. M. Tumlin, Manager
Mutual Keserre Fund Life Association."
50c. box at druggists or by mail
from J. T. Shuptriue, 8av*nnah, Ga.
Waiter Meant Ho Reflection.
A mail dressed in the height of style
and with a set of manners calculated
to crush any Individual he considered
beneath him, entered a Broadway restaurant
the other day and ordered a
veal cntlet.
When the waiter brought his
luncheon the dandy inspected the dish
closely, and then put on his monocle
to get a better'look at it. Turning to
the unhappy waiter, he demanded In
tones loud enough to be heard all over
the room:
"Do you call that a veal cutlet? Why,
such a cutlet as that Is an insult to
any self-respecting calf In the country."
The waiter trembled and turned
white, but in a moment recovered himself,
and said in a very respectful,
apologetic tonei
"I didn't mean to insult jrou, sir."?
New York Mail aild Express,
Having Her Way.
"Kiss and let's make up," pleaded
the handsome hero.
"No," responded the fair heroine. "I
think we'd better make up and then
kiss. Time is limited behind the
scenes."?Ohio State Journal.
To Care a Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo QtrnftX* 1mslet9. All
rflfnnrf th? If it fftllg to Cltfe.
E. W. Gbovk's signature Is on each bjx. 23c.
The Unattainable.
The Kihi: assembles :h* royal architect*.
''Iiuild hie a tenifie. be command*.-*'*o
costly that no smoker Will eter o? told he*
might have owo?i 1c had he left tobacco
alone."?Detroit Journal*
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*yerJ "ihwrti
yfogfc Jy. at that rate coan
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