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VOL. IV NO. 28, THE HERALD. DARLINGTON, S. 0., FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1891. i SONG OF THE TRAMP. Joini Fowiir, in Home and Country. A rover am I of a well-known stamp, In fact I am simply a typical tramp; My home is wherever I happen to camp— Yet none is more merry than I. My life is a drama of varying scenes, To phases both con* c and tragic it leans, A* a rule it is governed according to means — Yet none is more merry than L At night when the householder, sleek rnd well fed, » Retires for his rest to his soft, snowy bed, The ground is my couch; with a stone for my head — SUU none is more merry than I. With first streak of dawn I am up with the lark. My spirits at onceVcach the high-water mark. My morning's salute is the watchful dog's bark— Yet none is more merry than I. If, at times, the officious and boorish police, Deem it prudent my freedom to somewhat decrease, I patiently wait for the tardy release— And none is more merry than 1. When the scenes of my much-changing life reach a close, And 1 quietly drop for my final repose, In a ditch I shall lie, with my dirge sung by crows— Yet none is more merry than I. Lutlil III! OM lOMM. BY HELEN FORREST GRAVES, “I dunno’s I’ve any objection to let you hev the old place,” said Simeon Lilton, as he stood leaning on his hoe. '‘Mo and Elvira were cal culatin’ to go to Hebron and live vrith our married daughter. When folks gets to be old like us, a forty- acre farm’s most too big to handle. But I don't deny that I hate to leave it wuss than the toothache.” Down under the hill the young leaves of the maples were breaking out into a cloud of green mist, the vspens shook their woolly tassels, and a little brook, half hidden by tangled briers, made a merry gurgle on its way to Linden Lake. ‘‘Hebron’s a nice place,” medit atively remarked Simeon, as he flung a clod at a marauding crow perched on the nearest tree, “but ’tain't like the open country as me and Elvira has always been used to.” “THon I may become your ten ant?” said Fhilip Pindar, taking out his note-book. “At fifteen dollars a month, for a year certain, with the refusal for a longer term in case you do not yourself wish to return.” “Them’s my terms,” succinctly spoke the old farmer, wiping his leathery forehead with a spotted cotton handkerchief. “I looked at the house yesterday,” added Finder, “and with a few alter ations—” “I don't calculate to pay for no alterations,” shrewdly spoke up old Simeon. “At my expense, of course,” said Pindar, “Dunno’s I’ve any objection to that.” “With a few trifling alterations,” went on Finder, ‘It can be adapted to my needs. It’s a pretty place—a very pretty place!” “I s’pose you’ll be pullin’ down the old well-sweep and cult in’ away the apple trees?” said Lilton, un easily. “Folks is so finicky.’* “By no moans. The well-sweep is worth ten dollars a year to me in picturesqueness. No money would induce me to pull it down. But I shall certainly lay water pipes and drain tiles through the orchard, and make whatever improvements are necessary. Here’s the rent for the first month to bind the bargain, and the paper will bo ready for your sig nature as soon as I take possession.” “I don’t want no papers,” said Lilton.” I’m one of them as their word is as good us t heir bond any day in the week!” “Business is business!” good-hu moredly spoke Mr. Pindar, as ho re pocketed his leather wallet and strolled away towwd the railway station, while old Nlmeon renewed his labors with the hoe and rake. "There shan’t no city feller have it to say us 8im Lilton left the farm in bad condition,” said he. Consequently, he was very tired when, after liberal ablutions in the wood-shed and a severe toweling of his old gray head, he came in to an swer the noonday summons of the dinner hour. “Well, Elviry,” said he, beginning on the corned beef and cabbage, ‘T’ve done a good stroke o’ business this mornin’.” Mrs. Lilton looked into the teapot, clapped the lid down and set it on the tray ready to pour the refreshing beverage. “Well,” said she, in a brisk, bird like way that she had, “ef you’ve beat me in that line, you’ve done pretty well, that’s all I’ve got to say!” “Hain’t sold the old'chisr o’ draws, hev ye?” queried Lilton, with his knife, well laden with greasy cab bage, on the way to his mouth. “Better'n that!” sAid Mrs. Lilton, exultantly. “I’ve let the place!” “What!" “I’ve—let—the—place!’’reiterated the old woman, with great distinct, ness and some asperity. “To a very ulco young lady with two little sisters, as is thinking of growing roses and carnations for a New York florist, And here's the first month’s rent, so there shan't be no backin' out of the bargain on either side,” laying down a clean ton-dollar note and a gold halt-eagle on the table beside her. Simeon Lilton jumped from his chair and cast down his knife and fork in a sort of desperation. ‘Well, I am beat!” shouted he. “I’ve let the place, too, to a young feller from New York. And here’s my first month’s rent—fifteen dol lars!” “What’s his name?” said Elvira, “I’m blessed if I know! What’s hers?” “It’s a Miss—or a Mrs. Dailey—or Ralley—or some sich—I can’t jes’ recolleck which.” “Elviry,” gasped the old man, “you are the biggest fool out!” “No wuss'n yourself,” retorted his wife. “Thar never was no business go- iu’,” said Lilton, with slow empha ses, “but what a woman would be sartin to get her finger into.” “Simeon,” said his wife, "ain’t you and me been tryin’ our level best to get this ’ere farm let, so wo can get to Hebron?” Lilton gloomily nodded. “Who says we hain’t?” “And I’ve let it.” “So’ve I!” “What time did your feller give you the month’s rent?” “The clock in the glove factory was jest a-strikin’ ’leven.” “An’ ’twas ’leven to a second by the hall clock here when Miss—Miss —what’s her name ? — signed this paper!” groaned Mrs. Lilton. “Sim eon, what be we to do ? They can’t hang nor fine us, nor nothin,’can they, for lettin’ the farm to two peo ple at once ? ” “N—no ,1 don’t believe they can do that,” hesitated Simeon. “But it’s blamed awkward, that’s what it is.” “Couldn’t we write to him there’s been a mistake?” wistfully ques tioned Mrs. Lilton. “Where be we to write to ?” “It’s just like a man,” satirically observed the old woman, “to man age things after that looseended fashion 1” “I don’t know as you’ve done much better,” growled Simeon. “Well, well, Elviry, don’t fret. Let them folks ns has hired the place do the frettin’ now. P’raps they’ll find some way outon the tangle. It don’t make no difference to me. Which ever of ’em backs out. I’ll refund the money. Ther’ shan’t no one say that Simeon Lilton ain’t done the square thing by ’em. “But day arter to-morrow’s the first o’ May!” screamed the old woman. “Well, what then? I can’t set the almanac back, ken I? There’ll be jest time to pack our trunks, so fur's I see, My man, ho hired the pony, an’ Old Crumple-horn, too.” “So did Miss—Miss Ralley, or V/halley, or whatever it was!” Simeon chuckled. “It’s kind o’ queer, ain’t it?” said he. “I only hope,” croaked his wife, “that we ain’t rendered ourselves amenable to the law.” “Get out!” said Simeon. “Women don’t know nothin’ about law.” The first of May was an ideal spring day, and before the sun had mounted above the eastern crest of old Blue Mountain, the furniture van stood before the Lilton farmhouse, and two little girls danced merrily around, picking golden dandelions out of the green grass of the door yard and lis tening to the whistle of the bluebirds, while a pretty young girl in black superintended the unloading of chairs and bird cages, boxes of books and carttully strapped trunks. At the stile tljat guarded the en trance to the woods, the children met a tall young man carrying a valise and a package of umbrellas. “Why, Kitty Dallas!” cried he; “what are you and Flo doing here?’ “We’ve come to live in the coun try,” said Kitty, triumphantly. “Sis ter Alice is tired of living in a flat where the people down stairs grum bled every time we ran across the floor. And this is such a lovely place, with a brook and a lot of apple trees. But, Mr. Pindar, how came you here?” “So we are to be neighbors!” said Mr. Philip Pindar, with an aspect of great satisfaction. "I have rented a house close by, where I can work at my occupation in peace and quiet from old Madam Mesally’s piano and Pierre Hall's cornet playing. Why, hello, she’s here 1” He walked into the farmhouse porch with the little girls trotting at his heels. “Alice, Alice,” they cried, joyful ly, “here’sMr. Pindar!” The pretty girl in black came to the door. Mrs. Simeon Lilton flat tened herself behind the fanlights, eyeing Simeon, who pretended to be busy nailing up his last chest of old blue-edged crockery. "So pleased to see you, Mr. Pin dar!” said Alice, in the pretty, gra cious way of a born chatelaine. “Welcome to Glen Farm, our new home!” “Why,” exclaimed Mr. Philip Pin dar, “I’ve rented this house for a year! Haven’t I, Mr. Lilton?” “There must be some mistake,” said Alice, suddenly growing grave. “This good woman here—” “Settle it between yourselves,” said Lilton, hammering noisily away. “I dunno’s I’ve any particular choice between you.” “But,” gasped Alice, “there’s all our worldly goods at the door! And —and we’ve nowhere else to go. And I did hire the house, last week, and I’ve paid down a month’s rent in ad vance.” “Precisely what I did,” said Mr. Pindar. Little Flo crowded into the front rank here, with her dimpled face all interest. "But,” stammered she, “it's a big house—that is, there’s a lot of dear, cupboardy little rooms in It. And there’s only three of us and one of Mr. Pindar. Why couldn’t we all live together?” For an instant silence prevailed. Then Alice turned away, her face all a glow of scarlet blushes, murmur* ing some incomprehensible sentence. But Mr. Pindar appreciated his ad vantage and seized the opportunity with instantaneous quickness. “Well, why not?” said he, catch ing hold of Alice’s hand before she could withdraw it. “I’m willing, if you are, Alice—only, of course, there’ll have to be a wedding first.” "A wedding 1 a wedding!” Flo and Kitty- whirled ecstatically around the grass plot at the very sound of the word. “You know I love yoU, Alice! You have known it this long-time. Only for this little darling’s lucky speech, I might have lacked courage to plead my cause so promptly. Our tastes are similar, or we never should have coincided in selecting this lovely little bit of Elysium to dwell in. Say yes, Alice! Or I’ll be contented even if you don’t say no!” "It’s so—very—strange 1” hesit ated Miss Dallas. Pindar turned smilingly around to the little ones. “It's all right, children,” said he. “She hasn’t said no I My good friend,” to Simeon Lilton, who had stopped hammering at last, “will you be so good as to furnish me with the address of the nearest clergy man?” “I didn’t fairly know,” said Simeon, afterward, “but that them folks was goin’ to pay the rent dou ble. But they didn’t I” “It’s the romantickest thing I ever heerd on!” said Mrs. Lilton. wiping her eyes. “If I knowed any body that writ for the papers, I’d tell them the hull story.” “Don’t be a fool, old woman I” said Simeon. But he, too, was whistling “Love’s Young Dream,” under his breath. The little children frolicked around, picking buttercups and making friends with the cat and the dog. But Mr. and Mrs. Pindar were very quiet in the purple twilight of the May day. Their hearts were too full for words.—[Saturday Night. HOW TO TREAT SPRAINS. A “Strong Man" Givaa Soma Valu* abla Information. Athletes in all branches of sport arc. more or less liable in competi tions or in training to suffer from over exertion, producing severe sprain* of the cords and sinews. Un less properly attended to at once, these injuries often cause weeks and months of pain and suffering, and sometimes result in permanent in jury. People generally do not know that the simplest treatment in these cases is the best. I recently talked with Professor Attila,the strong man, now located in this city, and ho told me of his personal experience with sprains during his professional career, extending over a period of twenty years. Without doubt the professor is one of the real bona fide strong men of the world. He is a veritable Hercules in strength, and has a record of pub lic performances second to none. He it was who brought out Sandow, and to the latter was due an accident which gave Attiia the knowledge of the proper treatment of strains of the fibres of the biceps. The accident in question happened in Europe, while Attiia and Sandow were performing together. It re sulted in the breaking of a number of cords of the biceps and the severe straining of others, causing the entire arm to turn black, and producing great pain. There was no outward wound, and the eminent physicians and surgeons of the Continent were puzzled over the proper course of treatment to pursue. Finally Attiia left the professors in despair, and, at his own suggestion, the injured part was wound about with a firm, soft cloth. The first day after the cloth was put on he was able to lift with the injured arm a two-pound dumbell. The second day he raised a three pound weight. He kept increasing the weight daily un til he could raise the fifty pound bell. Then he knew he had mastered the injury. In a comparatively short time the wound had healed, and At tiia, strange to say, was stronger than ever in this arm. In cases of strains of cords in the wrist Attiia says the injured part should be tightly bandaged and twice a day held under a faucet, allowing cold water to fall on it from a height of two or three feet. This produces a natural steaming, very beneficial. In a short time an improvement is noticed under this course of treat ment. Where the tissues of the muscles of the leg are strained the only treat ment necessary is very simple. Bandage the injured part tightly and exercise 1c daily, a little at first. if allowed to remain inactive the injury grows worse in all cases, The strain ing of the muscles of the back is best treated by applications of liniment and judicious use of electric treat ment.—[New York Herald. Rapid Growth of Rodwood Trees. We have evidence in California that Redwood trees cut dowu sixty years ago have made sprouts which are new trees from three to five feet in diameter, and from one hundred to one hundred and fifty feet high. It is the rapid growth of some of these trees which leads people to doubt their great age, but there seems to be no reason for doubting that the method of calculating by an nual rings of wood is sound, and thal the great age imputed to some oi these trees haf solid ground work to build on.—[Mtehan’s Monthly. THE JOKER’S BtftOET. JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. • S .. ^T.V- Jm*?'- the Reason Why--During My Hama ftgit -• Rank Heresy •• A Clh——i ICtS , Etc. THE REASON WRY. He loves to riae at early dawn When other! love to lie. This is the finest time tot him, Because he la a fly. —{Jttdga. DURING THE HOME *«*. He heard not thi coachet’s yelling. Nor heeded the capUSn's call, For the centre fifld he was whistling, “After the ball.” BANK HERESY. Jess—Reverend Dr. Thirdly does not officiate at Society weddings any more; the girls have turned him down. Bess—Since when? Jess—Since his sermon on “ Put not your trust la Princes.”—[Puck. A CHANGE. Mistress—Not going to marry that sweep after all, Jane? Why, I thought It was a)l settled. Jane—So It was, nniui; but the fact is, I saw him with a clean face for the first time last night, and I can’t marry him. You’ve no Idea how ugly he is when he’s washed, mum.—[Philadelphia Life. HEAVY. Pickly—What’s that derrick in front of your House for? Munson—Don’t know? My wife must be baking biscuit. ON THE WAV. "Is my article in the soup?” in quired the good tiatured litterateur. “Not yet,” replied the editor, “but I’m going to ijoil it down pretty soon.”—[Washington Star. A qUIClC RECOVERY. She—I am so surprised to see you out after your sudden illness. He—What do you mean? She—Why, they told me after the dinner the other night you had to be carried home.—[Truth. WHEN WORDS FLOWED FREELY. Eliicl—I think Clara Perkins has the largest vocabulary and the great est eloquence of any woman I know. Isabel—Why, she never say* a wordwduring club-discussions. Ethel—No; l»»t you should hear her talk to her canary.—[Judge. TOF OF THE LIST. “There goes a man who leads in letters.” “Ah, indeed' What’s his nama?” “A. A. Adams.”—{Truth. A Ftsin BARGAIN. Jess—I’ll give you a penny for your thoughts. Chappie—I was thinking of myself. Jess—Well, that’s the usual way with bargains. IT WOULD BE A GIVE A WAV. Dags—I see they have at last de ciphered the Hittite hieroglyphics, supposed to be 1, '3 years old. Wags—Really? I hope there are none of my jokes among l hem. UNPROFESSIONAL OPINION. In the studio of a professional painter before his latest picture. “Well, what do you think of it?” “In the first place, I ought to tell you, sir, that I am no judge.” “Never mind, let us have yo.ur opinion.” “To tell the truth, 1—I think it splendid!” “There, you see what n capital judge you are 1”—[La Figaro. AT OLD POINT COMFORT. Penelope Peaehblow—Great Heav ens, Cholly Chupleigh looks as though he were wearing second-hand clothes. Dickey Doolittle (with awe)—Ho is. They were the Duke of Worcester shire’s once, and lie is so stuck up about them that he won’t speak to us fellah* any more. HIS WEAK SPOT GONE. “Chappie and Wilkins had a dis pute at the club the other night, and Chappie got so excited he lost his head.” “Dear me, how fortunate! Chap pie's head was his only weak spot.” —[Harper’s Bazar. A HIBLIOPHILE. “He’s very intellectual and litera ry, isn’t he?” “Why do you think so?” “He told me he never felt himself till he was snugly ensconced in his library.” “Well, you see, his folding bed Is a bookcase.”—[Judge. TWO POINTS OF VIEW. Fluahly—It is easy to acquire a taste for terrapin. Dedbroke—Yes; easier than to ac quire the terrapin.—[Truth. WISHED HE WAS THERE. He hod just eaten of her biscuits for the first time, and was pensive. “Darling,” asked the bride with a joyous smile, “of what were you thinking?” “I was thinking,” he said slowly, “of Samoa.” “It must be a beautiful place,” she said, “but why Samoa 1 '” There was u far-away look in his eyes as he remarked : “Bread grows on the trees there.” —[New York World. AFFORDING HER AMUSEMENT. Watts—Do you always agree with your wife when she makes an asser tion? Potts—Of course I don’t. Do you suppose 1 want the poor woman to have no amusement at all ?—[Indian apolis Journal. FASTIDIOUS. Young Wife—John, dear, I’m so glad you ON coming home to dinner. Now I am going td make a pie for yaa by my own self. John (nervously)—Very well. dear, mind yon do, but not too much crust, you know. I never touch pie crust. Young Wife—All right, Johnny, than the pie shall be extra nice inside, with * lovely gravy. Joan (toying to speak cheerfully)— Yes, darting, but don’t put too much Inside, you know. I never eat the ittelde of plea, and I don’t care much for gravy. a modest man. ■Want to many ay eh? And next, I suppose, II Want your salary raised so that you can support her! Employee—On, no sir! I shall expect you to support us both.- [Kate Field’s Washington. diplomatic reticence. The social reformer was paying a visit to the convicts in the peniten tiary and asking them various ques tions. “And what are you doing hero, my friend?” he said ton good loking man in the shoe shop. "Makingshoes,” was the reply that discouraged any further inquisition in that direction.—[Detroit Free Press. SHE OPENED HIS EVES. “I’ve been awake all-night. I haven’t closed my eyes,” remarked the rich old man who had married a young widow. "Then mamma would get a new silk dress,” said the widow’s little girl by a former marriage. “What do you mean?” asked the venerable stepfather. “I heard her say as soon os you closed your eyes she was going to havo a new silk dress and diamonds and things."—[Texas Siftings. taken at her word. Cora—Why should you weep and be so angry, Belle, since you refused Harry flatly, of your own accord? . Belle—To think that tiic idiot should take me at my word! Oh, it’s terrible!—[Boston Courier. he knew better. Prisoner (to his lawyer)—Sir, do you really believe nil you have been saying about mo to-day In your speech for iny defence ? ^. Lawyer (smilingly)—Why,of course Ido! Prisoner—I don’t. TURTLES THAT FOUGHT. Two Fiahormsn Intorfora With a Novel and Dosporata Battle. It is no uncommon thing for snap ping turtles ‘to be brought into any of the towns of Pennsylvania. On the contrary, “snapper” fisliing or hunt ing is a sport peculiar to the regioh hundreds of the big turtles being cap tured in various ways every week ol the season. But it is uncommon for snapping turtles to be brought in just the way that two were brought into Fisher’s Eddy a few days ago The two turtles were very large ones, and one had its jaws closed tightly on the left foreleg of the other, and in that position they were captured by John and James Skelly under the following circumstances: The two Skelly boys were fishing in the eddj^ from a flat-bottomed boat when they saw a great commo tion in the water a few rods distant. They paddled toward the spot and saw that the commotion was being made by two big snapping turtles which were engaged in a desperate fight. They rushed at one another, and came together with a shock that made them both rebound a yard or more and threw the water about in showers. As they darted around each other—these animals being ex ceedingly agile and quick in the water, although so clumsy and slow on land —they made savage lunges with their heads at one another’s legs, the evi dent effort of each being to seize the other at a vulnerable point. The col lisions and nmnueuvres lasted sev eral minutes without either turtle obtaining any advantage, when sud denly one of them dashed through the water toward his antagonist, who waited the onslaught, his yellow eyes glaring and his massive head thrust forward to seize his assailant if pos sible. When the latter was within a foot or so of the waiting turtle he dived like a flash and came up under his foe, and, before the latter could ward off the unexpected attack, closed his jaws on one of his fore legs, near the shell. The struggles of the turtle thus caught foul to free itself were so desperate that the water was lashed into foam, and in a short time became colored with blood. A snapping turtle never releases its hold on anything it may close its jaws on until that object is dead, and the efforts of this turtle to release it self from his foe were not only una vailing, but tended to place him at still greater disadvantage by wearing out his strength. When the specta tors of this novel battle saw' that there could be no question as to its result they set about capturing both duellists. They paddled close to where the turtles were struggling, and, watching their opportunity, each man seized a turtle by its tail and lifted both into the boat before the turtles knew what was going on. The fishermen were by no mean* pleased with what they had done, though, for the fight went right on, and the boys were compelled to take a hand in it to maintain a place for themselves in the boat. With the boat paddle and one of the seats they pounded the turtles on their heads until both were stretched on the bottom of the boat. The jaws of the one were still tightly closed on the leg of the other, and remained so for ten hours after the head was cut off.—[New York Sun. FARM AND GARDEN. tKGItOBNH THAT SIT. The Leghorn is A non-sitter, bnt the sitting propensity is not entirely lost, as Leghorns will sit if they are too closely confined and Are fed too highly. We have known them to make the best of sitters and mothers, and they are also somewhat pugnacious, defending their young bravely against all ene mies. When a Leghorn becomes broody she most not he condemned because she is inclined to bring off a lot of ohickc, for she is not at fault, as the conditions of management govern the matter.—Farm and Fireside. TO MAKE A PERMANENT PASTURE. It is very doubtful if it will pay any farmer to spend the needed money to make a permanent pasture, such as we read of being kept up in European countries, unless the land is to be irri gated, when the work may be done with ease. Otherwise one of our hot, dry spells in summer may so injure the grass as to ruin the meadow. The work, however, is done as follows; The land is first summer fallowed, to get rid of weeds; then richly manured and fertilized; then reduced to the finest tilth by repeated plowiugs and harrowings; then sown with such a variety of grasses as will renew them selves as far ns possible without seed- iug, these kinds being those with spreading roots mostly. The bulk of the grass is Kentucky blue, meadow fescue, red fescue, fowl meadow, red- top, oataud rye grasses, of eaoh about twenty pounds. This seeding makes a thick growth, and the well-prepared soil soon has a thick sod on it. Then this is preserved by frequent fertiliz ing, moderate grazing, and fresh seed occasionally.—New York Times. CULTIVATION AS A FEBTILIZER FOR WHEAT. Experiments in wheat cnlture through five years, at the New York Cornell University Station by I. P. Roberts, indicate that on strong or clayey lands it is often more economi cal to secure available plant food by extra cnlturs than by the purchase of fertility. In many strong wheat soils there is more plant food than the variety of wheat grown can utilize, though enough may not be available to prodnee a miximum crop. In changeable climates the wheat plant is so handicapped at times for want of suitable climate conditions, that it is unable to appropriate much of the available plant food in the soil, and hence is not often benefited by ad ditional nourishment. The wheat crops in the experiments proved un able to elaborate more food than the amount famished by the soil under the superior culture given some of the plats. The fitting of the land for most crops is done so badly that under cer tain conditions even a moderate amount of manure or fertilizers may not only fail to increase the vield, bnt may be positively harmful to the wheat crop to which they are applied. —American Agriculturist. THE MODERN ORCHARD. A change has come over pnblio opinion. The thick setting of trees in orchards has been largely aban doned, and wide planting is the get .'al practice. Such excellent re- sul have been obtained from the ot je that many progressive farmers have gone still further. Observing that the trees at the ends of the orchard were always the most nourish ing, they naturally set to work to dis cover the cause for the difference. The explanation was soon found in the greater amount of air and suu the end trees received, and the more ex tended feeding-ground for the roots. Nowadays the tendency among pro gressive grower* is to plant a single row of trees around a field, and a double row directly across the centre of the field. This gives each tree the advantages formerly possessed by the end trees alone. It also makes the orchard less dispersed than it would be if the centre double row were omitted, and offers facilities for culti vating and gathering the fruit as speedily as possible. It would seem as though the day for planting trees io blocks were past, and that old r ashioned orchards were doomed.— New York World. BUSINESS METHOOS IN FARMING. Every crop planted on the farm, every animal bought and every man hired ia an. investment, involving sound business judgment, in both the planning and the management, to in sure a profitable outcome. Too oftea crops are planted, or stock raised, simply because other farmers raise them, without regard to the cost, the market or the adaptability to the par ticular farm aud its equipment When planted, no account is kept of the ex pense, and not even au estimate is made of the cost, but the crop is sold as soon as harvested for what it will bring and the crop repeated the next season. While it would sometimes cost more than the crops were worth to keep a detailed set of accounts with each crop, still a simple business like set of farm accounts will farniah the data whereby the profitableness of particular crops, or stock, may bo closely estimated, aud thus iurnish a safer basis than guess-work for the abandonment of the crop, or for changing its treatment. Many parts of the estimates made for one year or field would answer for other years and fields. Whether accounts are kept with particular fields or crops or not, there should be an account penod with the farm, and others with .ousehold and personal expenses. By .iking stock each year it can be de- ermined whether the farm has been ■rofitable; whether the improvements iave exceeded the repairs; whether personal pleasures have been too ex travagant, and whether the household department has been economically carried on. Of course there should bo an account for every person with whom a credit bnsiness is transacted, for everyone admits that memory utterly fails in keeping an accurate record of snob transactions. Treat the farm as a person aud see whether it can be credited with a fair balance of profit every new year. If farming is a bnsi ness, then the keeping of farm ac counts will pay.—American Agricul turist r/fifO OF MARTYRDOM. Cote/ and Carl Browne Take All The/ Can of Their Medicine Out in Fines. Washington, D. C.—Coxey, Carl Browne and Jones, notwithstanding all their professions to the contrary, are tired of martyrdom. Jones, the Philadelphia leader, was only sentenced for 20 days; the other two had the op tion of serving ten days more or pay ing each So fine. If they have ever hail any serious intention of remaining in jail the ten days, they have changed their minds now, for this morning when Richardson, the van driver, went to the jail to get prisoners for the Po lice Court, he was handed i*10, sent him by Coxey with a request that the fines be paid. This the van driver did, and the three Commouwealers were turned out of prison Saturday at about noon. Jesse Coxey and “Oklahoma Sam” again tried to get a permit from the police authorities to parade their ragged army in celebration of the release o! the leaders. The police refused tc grant a permit and the matter was ap pealed to the district, commissioners. Mew England Manufactures. The cotton manufacturers in New England contemplate shutiug down there mills for a time, if bnsiness do not soon show some change for the better. Mills at different points all over New England has shut down already, and what that means to the laboring man can only be conjected. We know how long that deplorable condition of trade has existed, but bow long that sore will continue to fester is beyond calculation. DARK DAYS. Ob, these tedious, tiresome,trouble some days, still drags nearly on, one day sugar trusts, another income tax and Cnxey’s tramps, but every day starvation, destress, and dispair, to 60,000,000 of the most enlighted peo ple in the world, is the latter claims a fact, or only an imagination. /r WAS UNCLE SAM S MONET. The Wealth With Which Senator Stanforf Was Generous. San Francisco, Cal.—The claim o! $15,000,000 filed against the Stanford estate by Attorney General Olney ns s preliminary step to enforce the Gov ernment’s claim against the crig'uai holders of the Central Pacific grant hag awakened much interest hero. It is now learner, that the Government’! claim was presented on May 20, but that an atteiapt was made to keep th( proceeding quiet in order that the fi nancial operations of the estate need not be embarrassed. THE LABOR WORLD. The average age ot iron puddlers Is thirljJ two. The bat making industry is in a languish ing condition. j The railroads of the Unite l States give employment to 838,000 men. The Boston hat manufacturers decided to reduce wages twenty per cent. Resumption of operations at the Johnstown (Penn.) iron and steel works will give em ployment to 5000 men. Rev. HerbertN. Carson, of Lynn, Mass., has founded what he calls a “I,abor Church” to advocate the abolition of the wage sys tem. Labor organizations attach groat impor tance to the victory won by the American 1 Bailroad Union over the Great Northern. Bailroad Company. It is said that there arc more musical' unions in the American Federation ot Labor! than under the jurisdiction of the National' League of Musicians. About 100 rniladelpbla boss bakers havoi agreed not to patronize any flour merchants! dealing with the large bread factories ot that i city, whore bread is made at cut rates. Eu 11 v- sine trades unions of St. Louis re-’ quest 'ho American Federation of Labor and the Knights of Labor to bury ;he hatchet and join hands in the political aud economic! straggle. At Castle Eden, England, last month, 520 miners were lined #1.25 each for absenting themselves from the mines without giving notice. They left to attend the funeral ot a > workman - .o died from injuries received the previous day. The newly elected officers of the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers are: Assist ant Grand Chief Engineer, A. D. Youngson. Meadvllle, Penn., (re-elected); First Grandl Engineer, T. 8. Inzrahnm; Second Grand Engineer, C. H. Salmons. Grand Chief Arthur holds over. The average number of working days In various countries, according to the London Engineer, ts as follows; In Russia, 267; in England, 278 ; In Spain. 230; in Austria, 295; in Italy. 298; in Bavaria and Belgium, 300; in Saxony and France, 302; in Denmark, Norway and Switzerland, 303; in Prussia. 395 ; m Holland and North America, 308 ; and in Hungary, 312. The London Times says that Lord Rose bery offered to John Burns. M. P., the labor leader, a position in the Government when Mr. Gladstone resigned and again when Mr. Mundella resigned. Mr. Burns declined on both occasions, giving as his reason that ha was best able to serve the interests of work ingmen on the outside. Six thousand quarrymen arc employed <n the marble quarries at Carrara, in Italy. There are more than 400 of these quarries, which are situated in the sides of the moun tains, above and back of the town. Dyna mite is used in operating the quarries, from which 160.000 tons of marblo are exported annually, much of which comes to America. A convention of central organizations or railroad employes of the United States was held recently In the Lenox Lvceura, New York City. It lasted three days. Five hun dred delegates and the chiefs of the follow ing orders attended; Brotherhoo 1 of Loco motive Engineers P. M. Arthur, Cniof; Brotherhood o' L ’ omotive Firemen, F. P. Sargent, Chief; Brotherhoo 1 of Trainmen, S. E. Wilkinson, Chief; Order of Railroad Conductors, E. E. Clark, Chief; Order of Railroad Telegraphers, E. G. Hsibstt Chief; Switchmen’s Mutual Aid Society, John 11. i Wilson, Chief.