Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ft G ' ■* fc « msm: DARLI L „*• . •• * * v% • • ; |^ : 5.-^.' . . * ^ .* HERALD VOL. IV. DARLINGTON, S. C., FR&AY, JULY 13, 1894. NO. 32. _ A CROP OF KISSES. from her tide I go a Ringin’ in the mom- in' cool an’ gray, When the dew shines in the furrow, an’ the hill climbs into day; An’ I kiss her at the partin’—she's the sweetest thing in life— Like I use’ to kiss my sweetheart, ’fore my sweetheart was my wife. It’s a kind o’ goodby kissin’—though it’s kissin’ mighty soon I An’ I say: “ I’ll make it last me ’till the shadders point to noon.” An’ the keen larks sing: “He kissed herl" an’ the winds sing: “ So did we 1” When some wild rose comes a-climbln' an’ jes’ steals her kiss from me I Then the plough stands in the furrow, an' my Aroamln’ eyes I shield ‘ . . As I took Where lu$TT left her, as I sing across the held; “Here’s the winds a-Iaughin’ at me; here’s the larks a-singin’ this: ‘He's kissed her, kissed her, kissed her- but the rose has stole the kiss.” Then, with all the birds a-«ingin’ an’ a- twitting me so sweet, Hose sight o’ all the grasses roun’ the corn blades at my feet, An’ my horse looks round’ a-wonderin’, till he almost seems to say: “ Will you make a crop o’ kisses or an other crop o’ hay?” An’ I don’t know how to answer, for I’m thinkin’ an’ I seem Like a feller jes’ a-wakin’ from the mid dle of a dream- An’ horse is out o’ harness, with his mane ,**' a-flowin’ free, '' Ah’ the rose that stole her kisses—well, she kisses it and me! —[Southern Magazine. wine ms TiEomEs. Wanted—Valet; must have good refer ences. Apply A. D. Goodman, King’s Road, Chelsea. Such was the advertisement which appeared in several London dailies. At 10 o’clock the Same riiorning, a short, thick-set man, with an ex tremely red nose, showing that he had been a high-liver in the servants’ hall, knocked at the door of the house on King’s Road. A neatly at tired servant girl, with a muslin cap perched on her pretty features ap peared on the threshold. “Is Mr. Goodman in?" asked the ealler. “He is,” responded the girl, with several critical glances at the man, who stood before her. “I should like to see him on busi ness.” “Step in.” The visitor was ushered into a bright front room. “What name shall I say?” “Mr. Smiler.” The girl disappeared. Then the man began to examine the apartment in a leisurely manner. Several hand some paintings and quite a collection of rare bric-a-brac boro ample testi mony to the artistic propensities of the master of the house. “Some swell, evidently,” mur mured the man with the red face. The girl reappeared. “Master wants to know what’s your business. ” “I called in reference to an adver tisement for a valet.” “Oh!” She tossed her head and again vanished. About five minutes elapsed and then the girl entered the room. “You can wait here,” she said. “Master isn’t up yet.” For forty minutes the visitor was left to his reflections. “Must be some blooming sport,” he commented. Then the door opened and a tali, pale gentleman entered the room in a languid fash ion, picked up the morning paper and carelessly seamed the contents, as though oblivious to the presence of the visitor. He read the telegraphic news and then the local. The ser vant brought in a tray upon which reposed breakfast ba'con, eggs, a cup of coffee and rolls. The gentleman put up his nose and said: “Jane, take away these dishes. Leave the coffee.” The servant obeyed. “His appetite isn|t good to-day,” commented tha caller. The gentle man sipped the coffee with apparent relish, read again the cable article from Paris and finally lighted a cigar. All this time the viiitor remained standing respectfully. At last he ventured to cough, and the gentle- . man, turning to him, remarked : “Aw—you called about the adver tisement ? ” “Yes, sir.” “Where are your references ? ” “Here, sir." and he took from his pocket a bulky package. ► “Well, I don’t care to see them.” “I served last the Duke of ” “What the deuce do I care whom you served? Will you accept a guinea a week and expenses?” “Yes, sir.” “Very well; we leave to-night for Paris. See that everything is ready.” With that the gentleman took up his hat and cane, and strolled out of the house in a leisurely, half-bored way. “He is a rum un,” commented the visitor. Two days later the gentleman and his servants were quartered in Paris. The for mer has rented a magnificently fur nished house in a fashionable part of the city. Try as he would, Smiler could learn little of his new master. He came and went. He usually ar rived about 2 in the morning and sometimes Smiler had to put him to bed. He got up anywhere between 10 o’clock and noon. Sometimes he breakfasted heartily; at other times he merely sipped his coffee, Smiler was commissioned to buy tickets for every fashionable event from the opera to the rases, and he always came and departed in a private car riage, quite an elegant equipage About this time the Parisian news papers were agitating the remarkable tests in spiritualism given before em inent gentlemen by a peasant woman in Milan. The psychological society was in session in the French capital and the comments on the feats per formed in Italy were made more in teresting by the presence of rehowned English mind reader. This gentleman showed great aptitude in ferreting out criminals, and his accu racy in this respect made him feared by the wrong doers. Mr. Smiler read of these wonders, but being of tleman was sipping his coffee, lie looked up from his paper and said to Smiler: “Markham, the mind reader, has run down another criminal, Smiler. What do you think of that?” .“Ifrmight venture an opinion, sir, Lshbuld say it was all bosh.” “All bosh, eh? May Task why?” “Well, sir, It stands to reason, sir, that no man con read what is going on in another man’s mind, It is against nature, and what’s against nature can’t be done, sir. My idea is, sir, that this man, this fraud, I will call him, sir, is in collusion with these fellows and-pays ’em. That’s my impression, sir. Easiest thing to humbug these French savants, sir. A criminal, sir, can’t be detec ted except by detectives, and they make an awful bofeh of it, sir.” “So you don’t believe in it?’, The gentleman was now drinking his second cup of coffee. “That I don’t sir.” “Well, now, suppose that I give you a little practical demonstration.” Smiler started. “You, sir?” . “Yes; I’ve studied a little in that line as an amateur. Suppose, for ex ample, I were to' read your mind, Smiler." “You couldn’t do it, sir.” “I should say you were a faithful, honest fellow, who always served his master’s interests.” Smiler gave a deprecating gesture. “It wouldn’t take no mind reader to tell that, sir.” “But wouldn't it take a mind reader to tell, Smiler, what you’ve got in your pocketbook?”. Smiler turned pale. “As an amateur, Smiler, mind I don’t pretend to be accurate; I don’t sajf that If any one should look in that pocketbook he would find my ruby scarf-pin and my emerald and diamond ring.” Smiler nearly went into a fit. “Of course I have so many rings and pins that unless I was a mind- reader I would never have missed these. And, let me see, Smiler, in your trunk you have three pairs of my trousers. Those would not be easily missed, either. Also about fifty neckties and collars and cuffs innumerable.” , By this time Smiler was as pale as a ghost. “If I was to read your mind a little further ns an amateur I would tell you that on the 20th of September you went to a pawnshop on the Rue di Rivoli and there disposed of two seal rings and a watch, for which you received 500 francs. They cheated you, Smiler, You should have got double that am unt. From there you wont to a b. k, like the thrifty, honest, frugal fi ow that yon are, and opened up an account. On the 2d of September with commendable industry you added to your little horde by disposing of my gold- mounted stick, the one presented me by the Baron Rothschild. You care fully obliterated the names. I com mend your caution. Four days afterward .you sold,or rather pawned, sundry articles in four different places which I won’t take the time to enumerate. In all you have 1,500 francs in the bank and 20 francs in your pocket-book, together with other articles of mine which you were about to get rid of this morning. You hare been quite thrifty, and inside of a month it was your intention to draw out your money and emigrate to America, where you are desirous of setting up in trade. This has been your dream, smiler, the life 'of a prosperous and honest tradesman. Am I right, Smiler I If I have made any mistakes attribute it to the fact that I am but an amateur.” But Smiler was speechless. “To continue, or rather to go bock into the past, I read that you robbed all your masters before me, only they were not mind readers in an amateur way and attributed the loss of differ ent things to natural shrinkage. When you first entered my apart ments in King’s Road your thoughts were regarding my worldly posses sions. You saw much that made you sure I was a man of means. After I entered the room 1 was seem ingly busy reading the newspaper. Really, Smiler, I was reading you. I did not want to see your references They were superfluous. The man himself stood before me. There was the reference. I determined to make a little study of you. You interested me at once, for I recognized in you a thief of many years' training, a thief who had pilfered for all his life and never been detected. Here, I thought, is a subject worthy of my attention ; here is a case which will edify and amuse me. So I took you to my bosom, Smiler, and employed you on the spot. As you stood there waiting for ifie to address you the thoughts that flashed through your mind were; ‘I can easily get away with one of those Dresden-ware vases. He has so many of them that he will never miss it. Then he must be a careless sort of a swell, one of those spendthrifts. He will come home Inebriated every night. If a pin, a ring, a watch or some other article disappears he will think he lost It somewhere the night before. Here’s a swell that pays -no attention to his personal effects. All he thinks of is having a jolly good time.’ Am I right, Smiler?” But Smiler never relapsed from his collapsed condition. “You began to pilfer when you purchased the tickets to France. You made ten shillings on the tickets. You put aside for yourself five shil lings from the purchases from the trunkmaker. Do not deny it, for it is .written indelibly on your mind. I took to you right away. ‘Here Is a preciofks rascal,’ I thought. 'Here’s a fetyauJ. worth haying/ remember that. I eoimnerx your faithfulness. And no do you believe in mind-reading? By the way, where are those pawn tick ets, and kindly hand me your bank book.” Smiler obeyed without a word. “And now it wouldn’t fake a mind- reader to tell what is going to hap pen.” The languid gentleman went to the door and ushered in two officers. Smiler fell upon his knees. “Mercy, mercy,” he said. “You corroborate all I have said,” remarked the gentleman, with mild interest. “Yes, yes, I confess. Don’t put me in jail.” “I am sorry, Smiler, but I have finished with my subject. I now turn him over to the law. Officers, do your duty.” Very well, Mr. Markham,” replied one of the officers. “Markham,” groaned Smiler. “The same,” replied the anguid gentleman. “The great English mind-reader?” “I-am he. I advertised npt fora val et, but for a subject. I wanted to prove some of my theories to' the society of savants hero. You have proved a very good subject. I shall write out the results of my investigations to-night, and then if you care to have the law deal leniently with you, you will sign it. I will then read the paper before the society. My enemies will have to concede that my work is incompara ble. By the way, Smiler, Have I converted you to a belief in mind- reading?” “You have, sir,” groaned Smiler. “And now, officers, take him away, as I have a little work to do.” With that the languid gentleman turned and entered his study. Smiler straightened himself up dis mally. “Well, I’m bio wed,” he said.— [Detroit Free Press. THE JOl INPlffiET. JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY ,, MEN OrjfKE 'PRESS. Taking No —Why th« | •‘Ms “I’m terrii 1 Poor i pathetic I “I Ymnt thing GOOD PLOT FOR A NOVEL. Romantic Story of A Wostorn Bank Dofleionoy. “The author who proposes to write the real and only American novel may find a very fair plot in the story I am about to relate,” said Frank N. Har ris of Chirago, at Willard’s. “Sev eral years ago the people of a small western city began to wonder how the cashier of the leading bank could afford to live as well as lie appeared to be doing. His salary, it is true, was very liberal, but his expendi tures far exceeded it. He built him self a splendid residence, had his horses and carriages, and altogether conducted himself like a man who owned rather than worked for a bank. He had the confidence of the bank di rectors, however, and the rumors and gossip that reached their ears appar ently had no effect upon them. The cashier was suddenly taken sick with lingering malady, and lay in a barely conscious condition for two or three months, when death finally claimed him. An examination of his books which followed his death showed an apparent deficiency in his accounts of over $85,000. His real friends were thunderstruck and would not believe the dead man had been dishonest. His bondsmen, too, could not be convinced that he had made way with the funds of the bank but the books showed the shortage. While they were arranging to make the sum good the cashier’s widow came forward and presented the bank pres ident wi.h a check for the entire amount, telling him that she knew her husband had never taken a cent of tiie money, and that while she couldn’t understand th« apparent proof of his dishonesty, she was sub limely confident that he died a good, upright man. No one knew either, where the widow had gotten such a very large sum of ready money. She continued to occupy the family home, and there was no change whatever in her mode of life, and the town was there fore confronted with a second mys tery, as inexplicable as the first. Four years after the death of the cashier the man who had been assist ant cashier, and who hud succeeded to the position when it was made vacant, also died. Before his death he confessed that when his predeces sor was taken ill and had relapsed into a comatose condition, whence the doctors said lie could never re cover, he himself had manipulated the books of the bank so as to show that the dead cashier was a defaulter, and had taken the money for his own uses. He left his property u) the widow of the man whose memory he had so dishonored, and it then turned out that the former cashier had early In his career invested in western mining stock, and that the money he was spending so lavishly during his life, t nd from which his widow made good ins apparent shortage after hie death, was the result of his wise foresight when ho was a mere bank clerk, Now, I think that’s a protty good plot for a novel.”—| Washington Star. -Tima Ensufth »ra Invented FstU-fto., Ete ing Mike, . •r®* ye have i some- i n fellow. You ’would, per. fft hi debt, too, if yeu were in FABX AND GARDEN. Star. TIME ENOUGH. “Some women make me very weary,” said the first agitatress. “I asked one woman if she believed in woman suffrage, and she didn’t know; she’d have to ask her husband.” "Did you find out how long she had been married?” asked the tecond agitatress. “Yes. Three weeks. “Oh, never mind, I guess she’ll do to call on again in a year or so.”— [Indianapolis Journal. 'BEFORE HAIRPINS WERE INVENTED. Mr. Sinks—I see by this paper tliat hairpins were invented in 1545 and- Mrs. Sinks—Dear me I Ho do you suppose Women buttoned their shoes and unlocked trunks before that I— [Chicago Inter-Ocean. WHY THE PRICE FELL. Pompano—Two hundred dollars, sir, for that horse, and it cost me a thousand, Blotterwick (suspiciously)—Isn’t that an unusual reduction? Pompano (frankly)—Yes, it is. But he ran away and killed my wife, *nd I have no further use for him.— [Truth. A EUPHEMISM. Softieigh—Don’t you think that Miss Caustique is very sarcastic? Gruffleigh—I believe that is hrr friend/ polite paraphrasing for her impertinence.—[Truth. SHOULD BE PARTICULAR. * “Thdfee girls that marry foreigners ought to be very careful.” “Well, as R general thing they do examine the titles pretty closely.” BOUND TO BE HARMLESS. Mr. Fidd—-Tell me, doctor, does hair-dye injure the brain? I Dr. Goup—It depends entirely on the person who uses it. It is harm- iess in most cases, as people with brains rarely resort to it.—[Truth. BEYOND HIS REACH. He kicked about his meals at home; He kicked about the weather; He kicked at people separately, Then bunched them all together. He oft abused the grocery man, The butcher and the baker; And sighed because he’d have no chance To cuss his undertaker. —[Washington Star. BURE SALE. - i New Clerk—I have a customer who wants a certain glove, but we’re out of her size; what shall 1 do? Old Clerk—Tell her she’s been wearing a size too large. -[Inter- Ocean. WASTED REGRETS. Mother — Miss Smithers, your school-mistress tolls me she’s always being obliged to scold you, Johnnie. I’m so sorry to hear that. Johnnie (jonsiderately)—Oh, never mind, mother. It doesn’t matter. I’m not one of those sensitive children, you know.—[Brooklyn Life. A POLITE REQUEST. He—I have something to say to you—permit me to take you apart. She—Certainly—if you will put me together again.—[Truth. NECESSARY CAUTION. “Hello, is this the telephone of fice?” “Yes." “Say, how does my voice sound? Notice anything peculiar about it?” “No.” “Then call up 44,144. I’ve got to explain to my wife that it’s business that’s keeping me so late.”—[Chicago Record. NOT GOOD CREDIT. "Jambers says his word is just as good as his note.” “Yes, that’s the trouble'with it.” [Chicago Record. IT WAS NO MATCH. I heard a good story last night. A young man laid his hand and fortune at the feet of a girl who is in office. He said, quite complacently : “I will take you West with me and you can also take your father and mother. I will support you hence forth and you will not need to work. My earnings are $1,500 a year.” “Oh, but I make $8,000 a year now,” answered the young - woman. It was not a match.—[Washington Post. EASILY SATISFIED. r Mildred (still blushing)—Am I the first girl you ever kissed, Gordon? Gordon—No, my love; but you are the last. Mildred—Am I really? Oh,Gordon, ’t make i me so hsppy to think of hat.—[Brooklyn Life. A PALPABLE HIT. Babson—How is it that you are al ways in debt? Y’ou should be ashamed of yourself. Jabsgn—Come, now; don’t be too „ What place? .—Able to get credit.—[New York JPmss. ON A WEDDING TRIP. In ft railroad carriage. She—That man sitting opposite to us is a detest able fellow. He—Why so, my darling? She—Because he makes a point of lighting his cigar whenever we reach • tunnel.—[Fllegende Blaetter. CONSTANCY 18 IMMENSE. The constant drop of water Wears away the hardest stone The constant gnaw of Towser Masticates the toughest bon*. ..stant cooing lover TefToff theblWhingmaidf' And the constant advertiser Is the one who gets the trade. IN A TIN TUBE. “Did you give the horse the pow der?” “ I tried to. I put the powder In the tin tube, forced open the horse’s mouth, put the tube in between its teeth and” “Did you blow the powder down his throat ?” “No; I was going to, but the horse blew it first.”—[Denver Field and Farm. A WEEK HAS ELAPSED. Somebody’s arm all puffed and pain ed, With the varied tints Of the rainbow stained; Somebody’s arm, once white, now green, Brought to this pitiful state by vac cine, Somebody’s arm. —[Detroit Free Press. AT MRS. GOGITT’s MUSICAL. Mr. Van Dooday—I’m so glad it is over. I begin to feel an aching void— Miss Soollitosay—That is too bad. Take my vingaigrette. It is good tor a headache, you know.—[Harper's Bazar. A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT. “Spudklns is disappointed in mar riage.” “How can that be, when he mar ried for money, and not for love?” “That’s just it. He qiarried for money, and hisw’fc won’t give him any.”—[Philadelphia Life. AT THE INTERCOLLEGIATE RACE. PagteWhat did you think of the great "bicycle race? Little Son—Didn't think much of it. "Everybody said it was wonder ful.” “I didn’t see nothin’ wonderful 'bout it. The one that winned couldn’t help winning. He leaned over so far forward that he had to go like light ning to keep from failin’ on his nose. ” —[Philadelphia Life. INDEFINITELY INSTANTANEOUS. The young man dropped some white powder into a glass filled with water, and swallowed it. “What’s that?” inquired the boss. “I’ve got a headache, and that is ‘instantaneous headache cure’ I’m taking.” “What’s the dose?” “A teaspoonful in a glass of water every twenty minutes until reliev ed.” "Ah?” “That’s what; and I’ve been tu- Ifing it since early this morning.”— [Detroit Free Press. HE FOOTED THE RIGHT THING. “You had a higli old time at col lege, I understand.” “Yes, I gave a blow out that went up into the hundreds, - ’ “Did your father foot the bill?” "No, he footed me.” ALL IT MEANS. Miss Romance—When an opal, a present from one we dearly love, loses its lustre, what is it a sign of? Miss Hardhead (in the jewelry line) —It ip a sign that the opal has split. —[N. Y. Weekly. CAREFUL LAWYER. Incensed Wife—It is impossible to live with him, the way he goes on. Why, the other night lie came home and smashed my piano. What do you think of that? Polite Lawyer—Y’ou will have to excuse me, madam, but it is impossi ble for me to give an opinion. You must remember that I have never heard you play.—[Boston Transcript. WHEN MONEY IS SCARCE. “Has your employer ever men tioned the question of raising your salary?” “Oh, yes, there is never a payday comes but what it’s a question as to whether he can get it up or not.” How Far It Wat. A RUST-RESISTING VARIETY. A new rust-resisting variety of wheat is reported by the Sonth Australian Register. It was observed by a farmer, several years ago, while reaping a badly rusted field of wheat, that among it were some heads wholly unaffected. He picked and carefully saved them, sowing the grain the next year. It yielded well and showed no sign of rust. From that beginning the stock has increased until twenty acres were raised last year, the crop of which was taken at a good price. —American Agnoaitnrist. FATTENING EWES. Ewes may be fattened for early mar- Jwt at the same i ime they are rearing the lambs, and the lambs,will be im proved at the same time. Ground oats, buckwheat and corn, mixed in equal parts, will make nu excellent feed for the sheep, and two quarts a day may be given. To prevent the aheep from gorging themselves and running their heads along the feed troughs to gather big mouthfuls, and so choke themselves and spoil the good of the food (an 1 they are very apt to do thia), give the feed in flat troughs, with divisions made at every foot, placing the meal equally in ouch division. The troughs should he kept in a separate part of the yard or lot, so that the feed may lie distributed without crowding. —New York Times. ABOUT DRIVING HORSES. The driver who thinks that because his horse is fresh he can stand it to be driven fast at the start for several miles, and then given a chance to rest by going slow, or who drives fast for a while and then slows down to a walk in order to rest up for another spurt, will not get the best speed out of t horse with the least waste of vitality, especially ingoing long distances. It is a steady gait that connts most and wears the horse least. Give him a chance to git warmed up first and then let the gait be a steady one. Another item is not to feed too heavily before driving. A light feed of oats will be far better than a heavier feed of a more bulky grain. Exercise or action too soon after eating retards digestion, and tke animal that mnsi travel at a good gait with a loaded stomach cannot but show the effects, and if driven rapidly for even a short distance after eating a hearty meal there is considerable risk of the colic. Watering properly is fully as im portant-as feeding. When a horse is being dstven en the road he should not at any time be allowed to overload hia stomach with a large quantity of water. far as-ig possible the rnle should be to give water frequently, and while he should have all that he will drink, it should be given in small doaea. The good driver can tell by the way his herse goes the amount of work he should have.—Indiana Farmer. GROWING WHEAT MOST CHEAPLY. A correspondent of the Michigan Farmer, H. Voorhoes, of Grand Traverse County, writes that he makes more money by extending his acreage as much as possible, an 1 working the land with least labor, instead of by coneentrating his effort on a few aortei He claims that he cm put in wheat for fifty cents an acre, sowiLg it among growing corn, harvest it for $1.25 an acre, threshing $1. market ing fifty cents, making, with $1 for interest and taxes, a total cost of $5.25 per acre of wheat. His crop of twelve bnshels per acre was sold for sixty cents arbushel, from which deluding expenses leaves him a profit of about |2 per acre, or, to be exact, $1.95. We think there are some mistakes about the low cost of growing wheat. He has allowed nothing for cost of seed, and fifty cents an acre will not pay the cost of cultivating it in among the grown com. The most serious mistake is in allowing nothing for depreaiation of the soiL There comes an end to growing wheat or other grain unless the ground is fertilized, though the method of skinning the farm yields apparent profits for a time. The more practical way to grow wheat at a profit is that given by Frederick P. Root, of Western New York, who grew a crop of nearly forty bushels per acre, and made something from it despite low prioo-t. Mr. Root keeps up hU farm and can grow such crops so long «« he lives. Mr. Voor- hees must some to a time when he cannot grow even twelve bushels of wheat per acre. —Boston Cultivator. “When the Ninth Maine was in camp at Morris Island in Charleston Harbor,” says Mr. D. W. McCrillis, of Dexter, “I hud occasion to go across the island to a place called ‘the lookout.’ On the way I met a tall, lank specimen of the island in habitants and asked him how far away the place was. ‘Wa’al, stranger,’ he drawled, turning around and stretching out a long arm in the direc tion I was going, ‘it’s that-a-way, the Lookout is, and I reckon it’s ’bout two child’s cries and a.horn- blow afore ye git thar.’ I heard any quantity of funny answers to such inquiries, while in the South, but for pure oddity the above specimen easily takes .the premium. 1 found the distance it represented to bo about a mile and a half Yankee meas ure.”—[Lewiston (Me.) Journal. LET THE HESS SCRATCH. The natural food of fowls consists mostly r< seeds, iusects and grass. II is not. a natural condition when the birdsthave but one kind of food. The birds that build in trees and feed their young would be unable to supply them if only seeds could be provided. As the concentrated foods must be given, the variety is also to be considered. Such substances as grass and the shoots of tender herbage are intended as much for dilution of the conieiitra- ted foods as for the nutrition to lie obtaiaed therefrom. The work of feed ing her young is not incumbent on the hen by bringing the food to them, but she is intended to lend them, guide them and scratch for them. The feet of the hen perform the snme duties ns the wings of a flying bird, and her feet are well adapted lor providing food <or her young. Hence we may rightly conclude that scratching is a natural function of the domestic hen. The hen, however, performs greater work than the birds on the wing. Birds seldom lay more tuau two or three eggs before beginning incuba tion, but the hen may lay from fifteen to fifty, or even more. She must pro duce these eggs, os well as maintain herself. In the natural state she lavs fewer eggs, but has greater diHiouAy in procuring food and resisting ene mies, An egg is a composite substanco and cannot be produced from a sin gle article of food. The hen requires a variety of food in order to fulfil her duties as • regular and persistent layer. It is not, therefore, conducive to egg production when the hen is deprived of her natural advantage of scratch ing. She does best when she is com pelled to scatch and work for her food, and she will always select the kind most suitable for her purpose. When hens are confined in enclosures they may bo fed too much while iu a con dition of idleness. A hopper tbit is kept full of food where the hen can always reach it induces her to desist from the work of scratching, because the necessity for so doing then ceases and she becomes too fat. Naturs teaches, therefore, that hens should be so fed as to compel thorn to scratch and work for their food, which keeps them in health and leads to greatei egg production.—Mirror and Farmer. v BUMMER CARE OF THE CALLA. How to care for the calls during th? summer, in the most satisfactory way, seems to be a question on which many growers of it differ, writes Eben K Boxford, in the American Agricultur ist. Some keep it growing all through tke year, -nd because it does compara tively well with this treatment, they argue that the proper way is to keep it growing. I do not agree with them, however, because I do not believe any plant ought to be kept growing actively all the time. There should be a period of rest. My plan is to put the pots containing the plants ont of doors in June, turn them on their sides under a tree, or in some partially sheltered place, and there I leave them until September, without any attention whatever. After a short time, tho foliage tarns yellow, and very soon it drops oft', because the soil in the pot is becoming dry. In two weeks aft r putting the pot out, you would not suspect there was a live root in the soil it contains. But the live root is tin re, all prepared. Of course tho soil absorbs more or less moisture from the air, but not enough, in au ordinary season, to keep it from get ting as dry as dust. One would na turally think the root would wither away, but it does not. Althougn the soil about it seems robbed of all moisture, the root holds enough to re tain plumpness. In September I prepare a fresh com post of mucky earth, some sharp sand, and a little loam. If the roots nro strong, good-sized onos, I use an eight- inch pot to plant them in. Good drain age mast be provided, for, while the plant likes a great deal of moisture at its roots while growing, it does not take kindly to stagnant water about them. Keep the soil moist, or wet, by frequent applications of water, rather than by confining it to the pot by imperfect drainage. Au imper fectly drained soil soon becomes sour and heavy, and this induces disease; and au unhealthy calla seldom gives flowers. Plant the roots so that the crown will be two or three inches under the soil, water well, and in a short time young leaves will sppear. Then give more water, but do not keep the soil very moist until strong growth has begun. If there are two or three good, strong roots, do net separate them, but give a larger pot, if necessary. I prefer to gnw two or three roots of blooming size in the same pot, because the quautity of foliage will be much greater than when but one root is used to a pot, and there will be as many again flowers. If given proper care, a pot containing two strong roots ought to have at least one flower open and a bud showing nearly all of the time from January to AoriL Hardest Sneeze on Record. Sneezing is all right in its way, but should not be indulged in too ardent ly or painfnl consequences may ensue, as illustrated in tho case of a young man of Paterson, N. J., who sneezed his shoulder out of joint. This is the hardest sneeze on record.—Detroit Free Press. ^ FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. The Senate. 143d Dat.—Consideration of the Tariff bill in Committee of the Whole was fluishe I an I the measure reported to tho Senate. Tea Joint resolution, passed in tho House, con tinuing for thirty days after tho close of th-i fiscal year the current appropriations pasted the Senate. 141th Dat.—Tho Tariff bill was under consideration all day, several Important votes on the sugar sche lule being taken. The proposition to out out the eighth of a cent differential was lost, Mr. Quay casting the deciding vote. The Finance Committee was beaten on Mr Hill’s motion to terminate the bounty with the passage of the aot. The tax will therefore go Into effect forth with. Mr. Kyle’s amendment making tho sugar schedule operative at once was agreed to and then the whole schedule was passed. 14>th Dat.—-After a discussion lasting all day the Tariff bill was passed by a majority of five. A conference committee was ap pointed. The House. 163d Dat.—The election contest In lha Tenth Georgia District was decided In favor of Mr. Black, the sitting member. I64th Day.—The bill to readjust the sal aries and allowances of the postmasters at Guthrie and Kingfisher, Oklahams, was taken up. but the morning hour expire 1 and the bill was withdrawn. Twenty-nine pen sion and desertion bills which had boen favorably reported were passed. 165th Day.—The resolution of Mr. Me- Gann, directing the Commissioner of Labor to Investigate and report upon the conditions attending the employment of women and children, their wages, sanitary surrounl- ings and cost of living, was passed. The bill providing for the erection of a Hall of Hecoris In Waahlngton was called up, and two unsuccessful attempts were made tc dis pose of an amendment reducing the appro. S Hatton for the site from 1300,001 to *175,- 00. 166th Dat.—The Gormaa compromise Tariff "III wis submlfte I. Fourth of July congratulations fro n Brazil wen laid "efort the Hous". The House passe l a resolu- tloa looking to the resu nptiou of work on warships. The bill to tax greenbacks was then taken up. The Nicaraguan Canal bill was reported.