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CLIMBER.
How should he know, who hath not woa
Sure victories from suu to sunHow
can he know, who hath not tried
The peril of the muiin ain-side.
What strength of arm is his?what zeal
In combat with the brave to deal?
^ hat prowess and what skill ho hath
To find his footing on the path?
To cling, and cling, and always keep
His hold of faith along the steep?
Who tries is a so tried. Who dares
To scale ike heights, their danger shares.
But on the cliff's uneven face
He finds oaek day a higher place.
His strength expands: he thrills to know
How broad the breathing-places grow;
And every hour some gain is found.
Some view from wider vantage-ground.
?Frank Waieott llutr, in The Chautauquan.
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1 BISHOP'S BEHAVIOR. I
It has been announced in several of
the best-read society papers that Sir
Archibald and Lady Crowley would
entertain a house party on Saturday,
the 6th, till the following Thursday
at Crowley hall, Berkshire. Among
the guests would be Lord and Lady de
Rigger, the bishop of Barleyshire,
Miss Harbeton of the Poplars, Hampstead,
and other distinguished people.
Miss Harbeton liked these paragraphs.
She had been undistinguished
all her life until six months ago, when
she had gained celebrity by inheriting
a large fortune and a quantity of famously
valuable jewelry from an uncle.
But she was of an aspiring turn
of mind, and when she heard from her
friend, Lady Crowley, that the "charming
bachelor-bishop of Barleyshire
would be her fellow-guest," she resolved
to wear all her diamonds at
him and beguile him into letting her
rule his diocese as his lawful spouse.
She was rather a fine looking woman?as
she stood on the platform looking
for a nicely peopled carriage in
which to travel down to the Gunter's
Road Junction.
B? i
Her maid was already settled in a
second class carnage wun uei unstress'
dressing case, but the jewel box,
containing ?20,000 worth of diamonds
and pink pearls, she took into an emp*
ty first class with her, when finally
the ringing of the bell compelled her
to make her choice.
/ The door was slammed and locked,
but just at the starting a bishop with
faultless legs rushed up, put a shilling
in the guard's hand and stepped
hurriedly into the carriage where the
single lady sat.
He was a fine looking man, clean
shaven and with a remarkably open
S? ^ and benevolent expression of face.
Younger, too, than Miss Harbeton
had dared to hope the bishop would
be. She had no doubt of it from the
first
He must be, he could be, none other
than the bishop of Barleyshire. Lady
Crowley was right. Distinctly he was
charming, very charming.
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fore he addressed her; but he "was not
long in doing this.
In courteous tones he inquired if
she could tell him when this train
would reach Gunter's Road. She
blushed with pleasure as she told him
the time, and added that she, too,
was going to stop at Gunter's Road to
change for Crowley.
His pleasure at hearing this was
flattering and unfeigned.
"That capital fellow, Crowley, and
? his charming wife will be astonished
to find we have made each other's acr>>
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quaintance, for when I last saw him
.'' . we were speaking of you and I had
to confess that I had not the pleasure
of knowing you,,: he said gallantly,
and Miss Harbeton's eyes danced with
pleasure as she mentally decided on
her weeding dress and resolved that
she would keep the wives of the country
and city clergy in their proper
places and only know the cathedral
people.
He was really a fascinating companion.
"I am quite at home in the house,"
he said. "Crowley and I were at Eton
and Oxford together. We re like I
brothers. He has shown me a thousand
kindnesses and this, of asking
me to meet you, is the crowning one."
"Dear man! I shouldn't wonder if
he proposed to me before I leave on
Thursday," Miss Haberton thought,
and as she thought it she took off nex*
right hand glove, on which blazed
two or three superb diamond rings.
She was not in the habit of displaying
her jewelry as a rule, but on this
occasion she wished her fellow-traveler
to become acquainted with some
of her splendor.
"That's a nobby ring," he exclaimed
fixing his eyes on the finest with unerring
discrimination, and though
Miss Haberton was rather startled at
hearing such an odd phrase from Episcopal
lips, she was gratified at his
judgment
"They are rather fine stones," she
said, drawing a huge marquise ring
off her finger and handing it to him
for inspection. "My poor uncle, from
whom I inherited my diamonds, was
a great connoisseur. But I suppose
you care little about such baubles."
He laughed and if he had not been
a bishop she could have sworn he
winked. As it was, she attributed the
movement to a nervous affection.
"I admire jewelry, especially oldfashioned
jewelry, immensely," he
said, slipping the ring on to one of i
his fingers, and examining it critically.
"My cloth prevents my ever
?CCtiill5 It, IXC Y>cut WI1, DCI1UU&1J,
"but I have acquired a good deal in I
my time and parted with it to a relation."
Her heart throbbed with exultation
as she saw her ring on his finger. She
hoped he would forget to remove it
until they reached Crowley. His being
seen with her ring on would show the
Crowleys at once what intimate terms
she and the bishop were on already.
Perhaps Lady Crowley would make
her lordship take her (Miss Habertonj
in to dinner that night, when she
would give him an opportunity of
studying more of her diamonds.
They had unbent towards each other
immensely by the time they had
reached ^unter's Road.
He had smoked a cigarette and facetiously
offered her one. If she had
not feared that it would make her sick
she would have taken it
At Gunter's Road they had to change
trains. The bishop was delightfully
attentive. He sprung out, assisted her
to step on to the platform with tender
solicitude, pressing her hand warmly
the while. Really he was going very
fast for a bishop.
' He relieved her of the weight of her
jewel box as they stood waiting for
their train to run in. When it came
he started off to look for a carriage,
having first given her the whispered
assurance that he would bribe the
guard to give them an empty one.
"I hope Crowley will have sent the
dog cart," he added; "then I shall
have the pleasure of driving you myself.
Will you trust yourself to my
care?"
"Gladly, gladly," she said with effusion.
and a brief spasm of emotion
convulsed his manly, ingenuous countenance
for a moment.
The little platform was very mu^h
crowded and as he walked along in
search of an empty first class carriage
Miss Harbeton soon lost sight of him.
But she felt a good deal of elation 111
the thought that he was putting himself
very much indeed at her disposal,
carrying her jewel box and trying 10
keep her all to himself for the remaining
short bit of the journey,
j Presently his man servant ran up
to her with a request that she would
get into a carriage he pointed out to
her, and as she hesitated he explained
respectfully:
"His lordship told me to say that
he would be with you in a few moments."
She held her head higher than ever.
Even his servant must notice how hard
hit the bishop must be by her.
She experienced a terrible shock
when the train, after an abrupt snort
and shriek, went off without the bishop
having rejoined her. Poor, dear
man. He must have miscalculated the
time and had been driven into another
carriage at the last moment. How
disappointed he would be at having
been deprived of her society.
There was no bishop at. the Crowley
station, but there was a good deal of
confusion and Miss Harbeton was hurried
into a close carriage before she
had time to make inquiries about her
fellow-passenger.
She reached Crowley hall just in
time for dinner. When she was ready
she sent a note to her hostess asking
if the bishop had arrived and. if he
had would Lady Crowley kindly request
him to send Miss Harbcton's
jewel box to her room.
The answer that came back nearly
made her faint.
"The bishop thinks you must be joking,
as he never heard of you or your
jewel box before."
"The bishop's behavior is unpardonable,"
she cried angrily, as soon as she
met Lady Crowley. "He traveled down
with me, was marked in his attentions
and took away my jewel box when he
went away to look for an empty car
nage at uunter s Koau mat we mignt
travel alone together."
"The bishop, dear old man, has nev-?
er left the house today," Lady Crowley
was explaining, "but here ne is to
answer for himself," she went on. ns
an elderly, wizened up little man came
into the room.
"I have been cheated and robbed,"
Miss Harbeton cried; and she was
right, for she never saw either her
fellow traveler or her jewel box again.
?Waverley Magazine.
JOLO ISLAND.
Major Sweet Says He Finds Life Hiero
Quite Agreeable.
Major Sweet, commanding officer
i of Jolo, gives some interesting news
regarding his island in the tropics.
The report has been filed with the
war department and a copy of it has
been received at army headquarters
in Denver. Miss Sweet, daughter of
Major Sweet, is well known socially
in this city. Her father has many
friends in Denver.
Jolo, which, with the exception of
Tawi Tawi, is the most remote island
belonging to the United States, lies
in the Sea of Jolo, in longitude 121 degrees
east of Greenwich and on the
sixth parallel north from the equator,
about 100 miles due west from the
easternmost point of Borneo, 788
miles S. S. E. from Manila and 8081
miles from San Francisco, The island
was first occupied May 19, 1899.
when companies B, C, D, E. F, G, H
and L, 23d infantry, under command
of Captain E. B. Pratt, relieved the
Spanish general Huertas. who had
with him a garrison of 24 officers and
800 men. The village of Jolo is thus
described by Major Sweet:
"It is hardly more than a goodsized
military post, beautifully laid
out. with broad, clean streets lined
with flowering trees, and gardens and
surrounded by a loop-holed wall about
eight feet high and one and one-half
feet thick. The population is estimated
at 400. mostly Chinamen, one
German, no other Europeans. Four
male Moras live within the walls. The
public buildings are in a dilapidated
condition. The governor's residence
and office is one small building. There
is one group of barracks (four buildings)
which will accommodate one
battalion. The theatre will accommodate
one company and outlying block
houses two companies. A commisary
postoffice, schoolhouse, a hospital for
about 100 beds, a market and some few
"'-nil ^Amnnw th p rp- !
ornaii on uviuit-tj ?
mainder of the public buildings."
The commanding officer of the United
States troops reported the day after
his arrival that the situation, in
so far as determined from our expedience,
was as follows:
"Spain possesses the small walled
town known as Jolo. The governor
has compete control within the walls.
There are no civil courts, no civil officers.
Outside the walls the Sultan of
Jolo and Borneo is the ruler. Spain
pays him $200 Mexican per month. At
present he js not on the island, but is i
visiting one of the neighboring isl- j
ands about 30 miles south. He has ;
recently returned from Mecca and now j
dresses in European costume. Span- j
ish soldiers seldom go beyond the j
range of the outlying blockhouses, j
The relations between the natives
(Moros) and Spain are not altogether S
j harmonious." i
The Sultan of Sulu is addressed as
"His Highness Hadji Mohammed Ju- j
malul Kiram Sultan of Jolo Archipel
ago. North Borneo and Palawan."? j
Denver Republican.
PEARLS OF THO'JGHT.
No fuel, no fire.
While there's hope there's life.
Simplicity is the sign of serious- (
ness.
The use of the arrow depends on
the aim. j
Nothing is more profitable than
preparation.
I
The shadow may be the price we
pay for the sunshine.
When ability meets opportunity the
road of duty is plain.
i our promotion cannot ue measured
by your locomotion. I
It takes the hammer of practice to
drive in the nails of precept.
The best things will be but stuff
1 to the man who only seeks the stuff.
He who is only passively willing to
' do right will find himself actively
! wishing to do wrong.
The majesty of a man cannot be
measured till he is seen standing in
| a magnificent minority.?Ram's Horn.
Revival of a Simple Craft.
Wood mosaics are not by any means
modern in their origin, but the invention
of veneering machinery makes possible
a wider application of the work which
should recommend it. The method of
producing the wood mosaic pictures is
not difficult after the wooden blocks arc
secured. The latter arc thin and narrow,
varying from one-twelfth to onetwentieth
of an inch, and the narrow
edges of the blocks must be finely finished
a.nd polished. If one secures the
necessary supply of different kinds of
woods and takes them to the veneering
factory the cost of cutting them into J
the proper sizes will be small. The j
woods most commonly used for mosaic
work, because of their colors and comparative
absence of sap. are mahogany,
the plum and tulip, the American birch,
the American and Spanish walnut, rosewood.
snakewood. bird's-eye maple.
Hungarian ash. box. peach, mulberry and J
laburnum. Others are occasionally em- |
ployed to produce certain cneets ot sky \
and land.?Architect and Builders?
Magarine.
? Clge-t'bMitv of Eggs.
According to the investigators of the
Department of Agriculture hard-boiled
eggs and fried eggs require three and
one-half hours for digestion, soft-boiled
egg. require three hours, roasted eggs
two and one-quarter hours, raw eggs,
not whipped, two hours, and raw eggs
whipped, one and one-half hours. It |
has also been established that from 93
o 97 per cent, of an egg that is eaten
is digested.
Promotion ffov Bravery*
Word reaches us of a small band of soldiers j
who held at bay a large number of Filipinos J
for over two hours until assistance arrived, j
thereby saving an impor&nt point from capture.
For their bravery they were all given
Eromotion. To bo brave it is necessary to
ave strong nerves and a good digestion. If
your stomach is weak and you suffer from
indigestion, heartburn, belching, ncrvou-ness
or insomnia,you should try Hcstetter's Stomach
Bitters. It will cure you.
After losses and crosses men grow
humbler and wiser.
Each package of Pctxam Fadeless Dye ;
colors more goods than any other dye and j
colors them better too. Sold by all druggists, j
It's the easiest thing in the world to
offer assistance to people who don't need
it.
Tho armless wonder of museum fame
has to be handy with his feet.
Peafncts Cannot Be Cured
by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way^to cure deafness, and that is by constitu- j
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in- |
flamed condition of tho mucous lining of tho
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed
you have a rumbling sound or imnerfect hearing,
and when it is entirely olosed Deafness is
tne result, ana unless too inflammation can De
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever.
Nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh), that cannot
be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Circulars
sent free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 75e.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
The most precocious child ever heard of
is probably the child "that is father to
the man."
Jfest For the Bowel*.
No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your |
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without a gripe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back. Cascarets
Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up
in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C.
stamped on it. Beware of imitations.
Handcuffs are like guide books in that
they are made for two wrists.
A Chance to Ttlake .Tloney.
I have been selling Perfumes for the past
6 months. I make them myself at home and
sell to friends and neighbors. Have made
$710. Every one buys a bottle. For 50c.
worth of material 1 make Perfume thnt
would sell for $2 in drug stores. I also sold 125
formula? for makiDg perfume at $1.00 each.
I first made it for my own use only, but
the curiosity or rrienas as 10 wnere jl procured
such exquisite odors, prompted me to
sell it. I clear from $25 to $35 per week. I
do not canvass, people come'knd send to me
for the perfumes. Auy intelligent person can
do as well as I do. For 42c. in stamps I will
send you the formula for making all kinds of
Perfumes and a sample bottle prepaid. I
will also help you get started in the business,
Mabtiia Francis, No. 11 S. Vandeventer Avenue,
St. Louis, Mo.
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FIT'Spermanenily cured. No fits or nervousness
after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. ?2 trial bottle and treatise free
Dr. R. H. Kline, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Phila. Pa.
People call a man a funny dog on account
of his waggish ways.
Mrs. "Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces inflammation,allays
pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle
The nose is in the middle of the face
because it, is the centre.
Piso's Cure is the beat medicine we ever used
for all affections of throat and lunga.?Wm.
0. Endsley, Yanburen, Did., Feb. 10,1900.
Is a photographer hard to answer because
he is a poser?
Since 1850 the population of France has
increased but 3,600,000.
The Rose Tint of Health.
Dickey's Female Tonic clears the skin, bright
ens the eye, ami Drmgs tho rose uiu 01 ueuun i
to the pale and emaciated face.
Klondike's gold output for the j*ear es- j
timated at $20,000,000.
' riiinfeBe?3?asgggffi55sg
fiVo Hair?|
sj ' My hair was falling out very j!
fast and I was greatly alarmed. I I
I then tried Ayer's Hair Vigor and ^
my hair stopped falling at once."? ?
Mrs. G. A. McVay, Alexandria, O. ?
The trouble is your hair |
does not have life enough, t i
IAct promptly. Save your ?
hair. Feed it with Ayer's i
Flair Vigor. If the gray j j
hairs are beginning to j
show, Ayer's Hair Vigor ?
will restore color every |
time. $1.00 a bottle. All druggists. j|
m if your druggist cannot supply you, B
G sead'us one dollar and ;ve will express jr
I you a l>ottle. Jto sure and give the name 3
? of your nearest express office. Address,#
? J. C. AVER CO., Lowell, Mass. 3
Dizzy ? ;
Then your liver isn't acting j
well. You suffer from bilious- !
ness, constipation. Ayer's
Pills act directly on the liver.
For 60 years they have been
the Standard Family Pill.
Small doses cure. An drafts.
I Want your moustache or beard a beautiful
i brown or rich b!::ck ? Then use
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE wipers
!- r'"- r"|i|.' ' <?T' C" P " Q>11 f. Co NH- J
S97.039NT Tooth Powder 25c
I)i*j>o?*iiij; of Who 1
Tf llierc is no receptacle for wood
ashes the best thing to do with them
is to broadc ast them around the trees.
Ashes contain both lime and potash
with a small proportion of phosphoric
acid, and they benefit all kinds of
trees, showing excellent effects for
several years.
To Tell lite Ac
According to good authority a new
laid egg placed in brine made in the
proportion of two ounces of salt to one
pint of water, will at onc e sink to the
bottom. An egg one day old will sink
below the surface, but not to the bottom,
while one three days old will
swim just immersed. If more than
three days old the egg will float or. the
c m to/- ?, Clio n rr>rviir, t nf ctipll PYnPSPi'l
increasing with age, and if two weeks
only, only a little of the shell wiK
dip in the liquid.
Turnips for Fall Feed.
The common varieties of turnips
usually grown for feed may be seeded
any time during August or early September.
The seed can he sown on almost
any kind of ground, new land
rich and in good tilth will be most
satisfactory. The best results are obtained
by sowing in drills and covering
the seed very lightly. Sow just
before a rain if possible, or at any
late when the ground is moist. Give
frequent cultivation and keep fields
free from weeds. If this crop can follow
potatoes or an early seeding of
cowpeas, there will be but little difficulty
in getting a catcli. Cattle and
sheep are usually fond of turnips,
while horses and hogs will eat them
very sparingly. The matter of feeding
turnips to dairy cows has been
discussed often and it is probably the
opinion of those best informed that
turnips tend to impart their flavor to
the milk. In this case the feeding of
turnips to the milch cows will have
to be discontinued.
A rio\v<oil.
Yvher: shallow plowing, at the same
depth is continued for a series of
years, if it is a clay soil, a solid
plcv/sofl will be made that, is to a
greater or less degree, impenetrable
to roots. Plowing should always bo
as deep as the soil will permit, and
there is a signal advantage in loosening
up t to subsoil of clay lands with
a subsoiier. It is not wholly uncommon
to find a farmer raising good
crops on heary clay soil, while his
neighbor, with the same kind of soil,
and with similar cultivation, raises
poor crops. The difference is often the
result of the different depth of plowing.
The successful crop grower
plows as deeply as the soil will allow;
the other man has been plowing shallow
until he ha,s made a packed subsoil
of a portion of his fertile soil.
The latter is a method that wastes
fertility. Turn up all the good soil,
unless it is several feet in depth as
you find in some of the far western
states and even in some portions of
Minnesota.?J. W. Scott, in the EpitomUt.
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I'lanU Poisonous to Animuls.
The bulletin from the Montana experiment
station gives a list of 14 spe
ties of plants which are known or
strongly suspected of poisoning animals.
Among them are the lupines,
which killed 100 out of 200 bucks fed
on hay, and in 1S9S some 2000 sheep
from eating ripe lupine on the range.
The trouble seems to be in the ripe
or nearly ripe seed. The purple and
tall larkspur killed 40 cattle in the
Gallatin valley when other plants
were covered with snow; aconite, water
hemlock and nightshade have
proved poisonous to both man and j
beast. Ali these are more or less frequent
in certain parts of New England.
In 1S98 a dairjman had a field
of oats so badly smudged that he cut
them for hay instead of letting the
grain ripen. Out of 30 cows which j
were given one feed of it 12 died within
IS hours having both gastric and
cerebral trouble. Ergot on native
grasses is claimed to have killed a
number of horses in from six to eighf
hours, the muscles of the throat being
paralyzed first, and then the whole
body paralyzed. Strychnine and
whiskey seem to be the only remedy
having effect. It is better to avoid
feeding ergot or smut on any grass or
grain.
G to \v i n ? Ap;?I os Successfully.
Good apple trees can be grown on
almost any rich soil, but one rich in
potash is best suited for fruit growing.
If time were no object I would
prefer to grow my trees from the seed.
Get pomace from the cider mill, wash
out the seeds and dry them. About
ene peck of seed can be secured from
100 bushels of pomace. Prepare a plot
thoroughly and sow about 25 seeds
to the running foot, having previously
soaked them in warm water. When
the trees are two or three years old,
graft or bud with the varieties desired.
Grafting seems lo be most popular,
but I prefer budding. When the
trees are five years old, they are ready
to set in the orchard.
For the first few years but little
pruning is necessary, the aim being to
produce a tree that will head near the
ground. Such trees bear earliest and
are most easily picked. Give the young
trees frequent, shallow cultivation. 1
like to turn hogs in the orchard. Trees
seem to thrive under these conditions
If near a good market early apples are
the most profitable. Grow those with
good navor of fair size and fine appearance.
Get the trees to bearing
while young, as old trees are not profitable.
Watch for the borer.
in my opinion it make little differonr-o
\vh*?th<?r thp trpps aro nrndnner]
in the north or south. After the bloom
is secured the character of the blossom
determines largely the character
of the fruit. If the blossoms are open
and the stamens prominent fertilzation
is much more likely to occur.
Trees which produce closed blossoms
are of little value. Pick and pack
winter apples tightly in barrels.* They
seem to keep best when put up in this
way. 1 know an orchard which last
year paid the owner $122 per acre.?
J. J. Blackwell, in American Agriculturist.
How to Yar<l Fowls.
Never shut up a flock of fowls in a
small inclosure. thinking you will get
r?ny good returns from them. A dozen
fowls should have at least a yard 100
feet square. The yard or yards may
be more convenient by making ther*
narrow and longer, according to circumstances.
Use two-inch mesh poul:ry
netting, four feet wide, with a
board at the bottom, but none at the
top. This bottom board or boards, is
better two feet high, and thus prevents
the males from fighting through
the wire, but any width board is bet
ter than none at all, for with it you
can better stretch the wire, and make
a better job of fencing. It is not necessary
to use a higher fence, or wire
more than four feet, but no board I
must be used on top or the fowls will :
fly up on the top board and get out. ;
If a chance bird gets over this fence, j
crop her wings by cutting only the j
long stiff flight feathers from the last |
joint of wing.
If possible when making yards en- 1
close all the shade trees you can get
in them. If trees are not already in j
them, loose no time putting them
there. A mulberry thicket of the Rus- j
sian variety is the ideal tree for fowls,
as the fowls love the leaves and the ?
immense crop of berries they bear. '
We have a mulberry hedge through 1
our yards and the lew branches spread
out near the ground 10 feet or more, j
and the leaves are stripped up by the j
fowls and the shade is perfection. It i
is true that the poultry yard is a good i
place for fruit trees and fruit, but we
j can also have as many fruit trees in it
j as it will accommodate, beside the {
mulberries.
To have these yards arranged just
right we should have a large enclosure
adjoining well set down in clover,
or grass of any kind, alfalfa clover be- ;
ing the best, or bokhara clover, which
I think is equally as good, and thus
let out each flock on this grass run |
every day a while. * Fowls will do '
fully as well in every respect and in- 1
deed betier, when thus properly yarded,
than if running at large. The egg j
output is largely increased by yarding
properly.?A. H. Duff, in Farm, ;
Field and Fireside.
Uso Limn In flip Fall.
The fall season is believed to be
the best for using lime. Every farmer
understands that lime gives good re- !
suits, but the action of lime in the
soil differs according 10 the texture j
of the soil and the amount of mineral i
and organic matter contained. Lime
is considered an alkali, and therefore
keeps the soil sweet by neutralizing j
acids which arise from the decay of
animal and vegetable matter in the
soil Mr. A. Peets, in England, who
has done much to attiact attention to
the use of lime, states that lime, by j
keeping ihe soil sweet, enables the
germs in the soil, both those which
convert humus into ammonia and
those which convert ammonia into nitric
acid, to carry on the work whicn
cannot be done in a sour soil. The ;
carbonic acid being the product of the J
existence of the bacteria, it is as in- j
jurious to the existence of their well
being as the impurities of a vitiated
atmosphere are io the well being of I
the high types of animals. When ni- :
trie acid is formed by the nitrifying
germs in the soil it unites with the I
lime to form nitrate of lime when oth- j
erwise It would be given off into the
air. In the same way lime serves to
preserve in the soil the soluble phosphates
by converting them into water !
soluble and citrate soluble phosphates. :
Also, the potash, by converting it into
carbonate of potash, bcth of which
valuable plant foods would be lost
to a certain extent by drainage. A ju- {
dieious application cf lime, also de- ]
stroys many insect pests, which hibernate
in the soil. I.ime, in its dry state :
is very friable, and serves to disinte- !
grate city lands in much the same way
as burnt earth, thus being of assist- 1
ance in rendering the soil lighter. No
matter how fertile the soil may be,
one of the main advantages in using
lime is that it fits the soil for the |
work of the organisms which derive !
nitrogen from the atmosphere. which .
explains, to a certain extent, why lime j
benefits clover and other leguminous i
plants.
Though not regarded as entitled to i
a place in the list of available fertil- ;
; J. v - _ 1 J. e 3
izers, yei iixut; is a piaiiu iuuu, i-aio *
in? in nearly all soils, and is found ;
in the ash of nearly all plants. In ;
the soil it sets free and renders available
ether plant foods, also serving to !
store, up f^od n -?ten;?l in the soil and |
prevent its loss by washing away. No j
soil can be considered well manured :
with economy unless there is a sufU- I
ciency of lime present to get a maxi- |
mum of efficiency out of the manure. !
It is claimed that there should be at ;
least one-half percent of lime present I
in any soil or one part in two hun- |
dred. To test for lime put some of
the soil in an ordinary tumbler or test ;
tube, pour in a little water and stir
j well, and then pour in a little muri- j
atic acid. If it effervesces freely the
soil contains sufficient lime, but if ef- j
fervescence is feeble, or is not appar- j
cnt, the soil requires lime. When lime ;
is applied it should be in a very fine '
condition, air slaked, and should be j
distributed evenly by broadcasting
over the surface of the soil. There i
are implements made for performing j
such work. The tendency ot' lime is to :
go down into the soil; hence it is not j
necessary to work it in with a har- j
row. It should not be left in piles in
the fields. 11 it can be avoided, as :t j
may prove injurious on locations j
where it is heaped. From 10 to 40 I
bushels of air slaked lime are used per !
acre, the quantity depending upon the
soil and conditions, a larger proportion i
being used when the lime is applied i
at the time of plowing under a green j
manurial crop.
As lime is slow in its effect on most
soils, the benefits derived from its use
may not be apparent for months, for j
which reason it is broadcasted in the '
fall so as to allow as much time as
possible for it to remain in the soil,
the land being plowed in the spring, j
It gives excellent results when used j
with green manurial crops, being used i
on the plowed ground when the crop j
is turned under, but as the soil may !
lose some of its soluble plant food during
the winter if lett uncovered, it
is the practice with some to sow rye j
on the plowed ground, turning the rye
under early in the spring. Gas lime j
is. also sometimes used, but being sulphide
and sulphite of lime, and being
very different from air slaked lime
it does not give the same results, and
mav prove injurious if used in very
large quantities.. Gas lime does not
assist nitrification, and is not there- i
fore as valable as may be supposed,
though it is a powerful Insecticide.
It is not necessary to apply lime every
year. Some soils require only an occasional
application. If applied every
year the quantity should be small, not
exceeding 10 bushels per acre, and
even then it should not be used every
year on the same land except when a
green crop is plowed under, the lime
then assisting to neutralize the acids
in 'ihe soil. Lime is not a substitute i
for manures or fertilizers; in fact, if
lime is used there is all the more need
for manure or fertilizer, as the advantage
held by lime over the fertilizer
salts is its chemical and mechanical '
effect on the soil. It gives good results
wherever used, is cheap compared
with its real value, and should be used
by a larger number of farmers.?Philadelphia
Record.
British rivers and canals carry 35,00.0,000
tons of merchandise a year, I
those of Fra.nce 25,000,000, and of
Germany 9,000,000.
A Warm Weather Dessert.
Mint sherbet is an excellent summer !
dessert, and has the advantage of be- j
ing easily made. Pour a pint and a j
half of boiling water over a bunch of
mint, and let it stand. Boil together a
quart of cold water and two and onehalf
cupfuls of sugar for fifteen min- j
tile;?. Strain the mint into it Add a
cupful each of orange, strawberry and j
currant juice. Cool and freeze. Ar- '
range a sprig of mint in each cup.
I'eannt Cookies. j
Peanut cookies will prove a delight j
bo most members of the family. To
make them, remove the skins from j
I v. 1 cupfuls of shelled peanuts, and |
put them through a meat chopper. 1
('ream together three teaspoonfuls of j
butter find one cupful or sugar, auj
three eggs, two tablespoonfuls of milk, j
one saltspoonful of salt, the nuts and
enough flour to make a soft dough.
Rill them on a floured board, cut them
with a small cutter and bake in a
mf-dcrate oven.
A New Cranberry Pie.
A del'cious cranberry pie is made ot
ti e uncooked fruit To make a small
p'l, take a large cut of the ripe fruit
ar.-l chop it into small pieces. Add a
ci-.) of granulated sugar. Stir a tablespoonful
of corn starch into a little
cold water and add a quarter of a cup
of boiling water. Pour over the cranberries
and sugar and mix thoroughly.
Roll out the pastry thin, cover the pie
plate with pastry and fill with the
cranberry " ling. Cover with a plain
pastry, cover and bake in the oven
for about forty minutes.
A Delicious Dessert.
Cherry r.auce with plain boiled rice
is an inexpensive and delicious dessert.
Put into a saucepan a tablespoonful
of flour and two ounces of
butter. When well blended, a pound
of stoned cherries, four whole cloves
and a pint of water. Allow this to
simmer until the cherries are soft,
then strain through a fine sieve, rubbing
and mashing the cherries to obtain
as much of the pulp as possible.
Next add the juice of half a lemon and
sufficient sugar to sweeten. Just before
serving add the well-beaten
whites of two eggs. The eggs must be
beaten to a stiff sdow.
Canned Tomatoes for SalA<ls.
Tomatoes canned whole for salads
will prove convenient in the winter.
Small, plump, round ones should be
selected for the purpose. To scald
them, put them into a wire basket and
plunge once or twice in deep boiling
water. Peel carefully and put them
into jars that have been thoroughly
cleaned. Fill the jars with cold water
and add a teaspoonful of salt to each.
Arrange the rubbers and put the
covers on loosely. Put the jars in a
big boiler on muffin rings or something
that will keep them from the
botlom. Add cold water until it
reaches two-thirds the height of the
jars. Boil ten minutes after the water
reaches the boiling point.
The Breakfast Fruit.
Oranges served whole are always
an acceptable fruit to be eaten before
the cereal at breakfast, and the combination
of sliced oranges and cocoanut
with perhaps an addition of sliced
bananas is sometimes served at this
time, although it is more popularly
served at dinner, for dessert. And it
is found that the orange cut in squares
for this dessert is better than the thin
slices, as it does not pacK so ciose in
the dish.
Peel as many oranges as are required,
and cut in inch-square pieces,
removing all the white parts and
seeds. Put a layer of these in the bottom
of a glass dish and sprinkle them
with sugar. Have ready a fresh cocoanut
grated and spread some over the
sugared oranges. Cut some firm
bananas into thin slices and place a
layer of them close together over the
cocoanut. Repeat with the oranges,
sugar, cocoanut and bananas, with a
final layer of thickly sugared oranges,
and a sprinkling of cocoanut Serve
with candied cherries around the edge
of the dish.
Household Hints.
Fewer dishes will be broken if a
small wooden tub is provided instead
of the ordinary dishpan.
A fernery and a candle holder combined
is a novelty for table decoration
found in the jewelry shop.
Salted almonds should be placed on
the table at the beginning of the dinr.f-r
and served with the crackers and
cheese.
Dates, figs and raisins chopped together
in a meat chopper and moistened
with orange or lemon juice make
an excellent filling for brown bread
sandwiches.
When lamps are clogged with oil
the burners should be boiled in a
strong solution of soda and water, and
allowed to get thoroughly dry before
being used again.
A cupful of currant juice to a quart
of red raspberries, in canning, will add
much to their flavor. Currant juice j
will also improve red raspberries that
are to be eaten raw.
Chairs that look quite hopeless after
a season on the porch respond to a
stain as well as to enamel paint. An
application of ammonia will help to
remove any former "coat"
A pinch of powdered ginger added j
to cranberries in cooking will bring J
out the flavor. They should not be
stewed to a jam, but kept separate, !
looking more like candied cherries.
Cracks in a stove grate can be easily !
mended by applying ashes and salt
moistened to a stiff paste. Put on at
night and in the morning it will be j
found quite firm. Should it crumble j
again in the lapse of months, renew j
the application.
Cranberries make excellent timber j
for winter shortcakes. Pare, core, and ;
rnnk with as little water as will pre- i
vent burning. Sweeten as for table i
use, and can. To use place between !
thin shortcake, cover with frosting j
and serve. You will call it delicious, j
Trolley Lines.
Interurban trolley lines, with fa- !
cilities for carrying both passengers ;
and freight, are gaining a strong hold '
in many states. Detroit and Pittsburg j
will soon have electric railway con- !
nection by way of Cleveland, which :
will povide 375 miles of road under ;
one management. New York state !
has been a little tardy in its trolley j
connections, but it is predicted that
soon one will be able to travel from
New York City to Buffalo by trolley.
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Robert?Oh, I suppose Tom is all fr
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Richard?And what was that? tic
Robert?He said, "How are you?"? k<
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H ow She was Cured ol
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"You will excuse me for speaking
ankly," said the old friend, "but it
ems to me that your disposition has
:come rather vacillating."
"Yes," was the answer, "it comes of
y having taken the weather prcdicDns
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N&ws.
ch, Treasurer Fond
conomic Club, Tells
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