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NEVER SAID. tf nil the pity and love untold Could seat tor abroad their coius of gold There would not he on the whole earth One hungry heart or on* wretched hearth. But. oh. if the kind words never said Could bloom into tlowers and spread and shod Their sweetness out on the common air "M - 1 ' t l.O I 'lie ur;'?ua Ol IiCJt?CU nuuiu i/t V where. ; I .. a. .. | j | "MEDICINE" HOG. | < > By Bourdon Wilson. ? In January, 1893, I followed the advice of Horace Greeley to go west, and I have since grown up with the country, but it was due to a hog that this growth was not ended terribly almost ^ -in its beginning. I went to Silver City, ~v * * * ?? ? ?1? fKama "" ~ New Mexico, Doping to get wvr& UiCIV, I but was dissappointed; and after idliug about until the latter part of February, I joined a young fellow of about my own age, and started for the mountains on a prospecting trip. I was a "tenderfoot," and knew nothing of mining, but Billy, my partner, during several years spent about the mines had learned much of ore and "leads" and "prospects" and such things, and he promised to teach me all that I needed to know. Walking behind and driving the two little burros upon whose backs our effects were packed, a three days' march carried us to the range of mountains where Btfly meant to prospect for silver. The hj tpes of this range, and the surrounding country for hundreds of miles in every direction, are an all but waterlees desert; but the summit is a broad, level tableland which has an elevation so great that it catches the few clouds which drift that way, and thus obtains such a rainfall that it is covered with a growth of juicy grass and splendid pines. The summit is now the range of large herds of cattle, but in the time of which I am writing the periodic ' * *- * mn/la It o raius 01 Apacue uumuo uiau^ ?. ? daneejrous place for cattlemen. There being no water elsewhere, we climbed to the summit and had begun making our cainp^y^cn we heard a -crashing of dry branches in a thicket not far away, and a loud "Woof! woof! I woof!" .Droppingeverything, we seized I . our riflea The next moment, to our amazement, a black hog of medium size, gaunt and long-legged, galloped toward us, grunting and "wooflng" as be came. Instantiate lowered our rifles?we had nothing to fear from this familiar friend of the barn-yard. The hog ran toward us, frisking, capering, grunting and "talking" to us incessantly, showing in every way possible that he was wildly delighted to see us. We responded by scratching his back and talking to him. and after n while he contentedly lay down, still grunting with delight We were glad to have him with us; he gave the camp a homelike air, and It occurred to us that our slender store of provisions might give out But I soon became so attached to him that I could not have eaten a piece of his flesh had I been starving. How a hog. and such a gentle one. came to be in that wild place, we could not imagine; his actions showed that there were no other hogs on the mountain. that he was lonesome, and that he Lad been used to regard men as friends. Later we learned that while a pig he was carried to the mouutaln by his owner, a cattlwian, who made a pet of biui, and who. becoming alarmed by reports of an Apache outbreak, moved his herd away in so great a hurry that the shoat was forgotten. We called him Dick. Seeming to understand that we were going to stay at that camp for some time, he rooted a hole beside a log. and filling it with leaves, made himself a comfortable bed. But It was plain that he lived in ^constant dread of being again left alone on the mountain. He would follow at our heels, goinc with us to and from our work, never letting us get out of his sight for an Instant: and at night the slightest noise would bring him galloping into camp, grunting inquiringly, to see if we were getting ready to leave. Thus he disturbed our sleep so often that I suggested building a brush fence round our camp to keep Dick out, but Billy would not listen to the proposal. He looked upon Diek's making friends with us as an omen of good luck, and Insisted that were we to restrict his freedom any way the charm would be broken. 'You can't bring us good luck If we don't let you come in, can you old boggy.'" Billy said, scratching the animal's back with one hand, and pulling bis ear with the other. "No, no, df course you can't; and you are goin' to bring us the very best kind of luck, aren't you?" To this Dick responded with a series of chuckling grunts that Billy inter preted to mean, "sure tning: 1 aont *pardner' with any outfit without bringing it good luck.' And so the fence was not built. But day after day passed by without n trace of silver being found^ our provisions ran low, and I proposed that we give up and go back to Silver City. Billy laughed at me: his faith in Dick was jus strong as ever, and we continued pecking away on the mountainside. Near the end of March we were awakened before daybreak by a savage grunting and snapping: and opening our eyes, we saw a small band of Indians standing In blight moonlight but ? a few yards away. Between them and us was Dick, the bristles of his back standing fiercely on end. and his jaws snapping viciously at our visitors. The Indians were aruied, and their faces were smeared with red pa.nt. Not understanding the ominous meaning of this, we welcomed them unsuspiciously, and driving Dick away invited them to seats around our fire. They were surly at first and ill at ease, but when we had given them a good breakfast and some tobacco, their humor changed; drawing close about the fire and lighting their cigarettes, they entered into a good-natured conI versation with us in Spanish. They left when the sun rose, each shaking hands with us, and saying, "Adios amingo." (Good-bye, my friend.) As soon as they were out of sight, Billy said to me, "Pnrdner, we've got to get out of this; those bucks are up to mischief of some kind. When I asked them who they were and where they lived, they made out they couldn't understand. although they understood everything else. And did you notice how queerly they looked at Dick?-and at us when I asked them to come to the fire? I wonder If they aren't some nf thu eiilrlknhnrns <;1 innoil I ifl/'lr un here?" We knew that the Chirikahwa Apaches were "hostiles" and off their reservation. "Surely not," I answered; "If they are Chlrikahwas, why didn't they kill us?" "That's all right," Billy said, "but Indians aren't white folks, and at any minute they may change their minds and come back after us?you can't guess what an Indian will do. We'd better start right away, for we're goin to take Dick with us, and we'll have to go slow so he can keep up with us," he concluded, going to where Dick was rooting for a breakfast "We're goin to pull up stakes, old fellow," he said to the hog, bending over and scratching his back, "but we're not going to leave you behind; you haven't brought us any luck yet but-" lie stopped abruptly and sank to his knees, looking intently at the ground. Presently he gave a whoop of delight, then cried excitedly, "Come here, pardner, quick! I told you the old hoggy would bring us luck?he's found a lead that will go four hundred to the ton, or I'm much mistaken!" And in fact the rock held a vein of ore In which even my unpractised eyes distinguished faint threads of silver. "It just beats all!" Billy exclaimed"Here we've been walking over this ledge every day for a month, never once dreaming that a rich vein was (Cropping out right at grass roots! We're rich, pardner, and It all comes of our treating Dick on "the square. Oh, you're a mascot, aren't you. old hoggy?" he cried, affectionately slapping Dick's face first on one side, then on the other. And Dick grunted back that he thought he wjfe?at least so Billy understood him to say. Running back to the fire, I brought a big batch of biscuit that we had just cooked, and gave them to Dick; and while he ate them, we gave him such a potting and back-scratching as perhaps no other hog has ever had. Next, we carefully examined the lodge, clearing off the dirt, exposing the vein for several feet, and fvAjnd that the ore grew richer the deeper we dug. Satisfied that we had "struck it rich," we broke off several speclme-xs to take with us. .Then we covered up the vein, and hurriedly packing our burros, set out for Silver City. Owing to Dick's Inability to h a vol far without stopplug to rest, it took us six days to roach our destination; and then wo found the town In great excitement. A band of Ohirikahwa warrior* had sneaked past the soldiers guarding the Mexican boundary, and had sx'ept across Arizona and into New Mexico, murdering and burning as they vent and passing within a few miles of Silver City. The Indians we had entertained at our camp were a part of fhis band, kDij it set us shivering to think how eusily they could have killed us. Why they did not do so, we could not Imagine. But a few years later, after wc had sold our mine for a good price, I met one of these Indians on the San Carlos reservation, and first softening his heart by a gift of tobacco and money, I asked him to tell me why they spared us. He answered readily that it was because of the "medicine" hog. Apaches look upon all hogs as being "medcine," that is, magical or supernatural, and therefore will not eat their flesh; and Dick's standing guard over us like a dog, something they had never seen before, made them think that he was 1 peculiarly powerful "medicine." So they had not dared to harm us. And as the Indian offered to trade me two ponies and one of his wives for the secret of this "medicine." I believe that he told me the truth.?Youth's Companion. . 1 Quail Turned and Hantam Gone Wild Early in the summer I found a quail's nest at Tryon, Oklahoma, containing 10 eggs, which I put under a bantam hen, and every egg hatched. The quail are now full grown and (is taiue as chickens, and do not wander far from the barnyard. But what seems very strange to me is that they roost with some chickens in the top of a black tree about 25 feet alxrve the ground. Another strange feature Is that while these quail remain tame, tl?? bantam hen that raised them has taken up with a covey of wild quail and remains with them out in the fields and wood lot and Is as wild as they.?W. 8. Cbenowlth. M. D., In Forjrt and Stream. Uirdsto Protect the Crop*. No one who desires to protect his crops against insects should object to birds getting a small share. A young robin consumes 40 per cent of animal food more than its own weight in 12 hours in its fij-st stages. A pair of robins having a nest of young ones will i>erform a vast amount of work in a season, as each pair will raise from two to three broods. Crowing Irish Potatoes. To insure a good crop of Irish potatoes either in dry or wet weather after plowing the lirst time, cover the ground with straw or other litter. It will keep the ground moist and you will increase the crop of potatoes with less work. If your are troubled with moles in your garden or potato patch, go around the edge, dig down and find their paths; put poison on small pieces of sweet potatoes, peanuts or corn and leave in It their road. Cover the pieces over so as not to obstruct their passage. They will continue to travel the road and eat the poison until there will be no mole left The Germination of Seed*. The influence of certain chemical fertilizers upon the germination of seeds was studied by the late Gilbert H. Hicks and the results have been recently published in a bulletin by the United States department of agriculture. The fertilizer was used in much larger proportion tnan obtains in actual practic; and at the rate of 2000 to 3000 pounds per acre, but It showed that muriate of potash and'nitrate of soda when used in such large quantities were detrimental,to the germination of seeds whether applied directly or mixed with the soil. The chief injury to germination is inflicted after the young sprouts leave the seed coat and before they appear above the sr 11. Fertilizers composed of phosphoric acid and lime are less in Jurious and not harmful unless useu iu excess. The results of the trial show that chemical fertilizers do not favor germination and that they should never be brought In direct contact with germinating seeds. However, when applied at the usual rate there is little or no injury to be feared unless the seed Is dropped from the same spout at the I same time and covered up with the fertilizer. Fretty Feature In a Garden. A sunken garden is a pretty feature ! in outdoor decoration, where some ' natural depression makes such an adaptation practicable. It may be either a wild or a form 1 garden. In the latter case the sunken space is made regular and the sides terraced down to it. with a broad flight of stone steps lending down to the garden proper. which is a perfectly flat surface, laid out in geometrical beds and. If possible, a water space in the centre, filled with aquatic lilies; not a foun tain, but a clear sheet of water in a large concrete receptacle, the top of which is flush with the surrounding grass. This is finished with a stone coping, and the water is supplied, as it would be in a bathtub, from the house supply, with a drain pipe to keep it fresh. The lilies are planted in tubs with what earth is necessary for their growth and maintenance. A sunken garden, deep in its green terraced setting. with its formal beds all ablaze with color, is a lovely sight. A wild sunken garden imitates luxuriant nature as closely as possime; the suiroundlng ground is sloped instead of terraced, the access is a rocky path and the garden itself an assemblage of wild flowers appropriately grouped together. Wintering; Be.es. if we wish to have bges in the best winter shape, we must begin operations early as possible. We cannot put bees in winter quarters, and wait to complete the job until winter is on, and havi colonies In the best condition. We must keep wintering in view almost during the entire season, and especially sc from the close of the honey sea 'pn, until winter is on. The lirst thing to look after is queens. The qieen is the all important factor of t'?e hive, and to have good thrifty colonics, we must have good prolific queers. Many queens are not worth retaining in the hive, and the products from the colony from the honey season is evidence whether or not the queen is at fault. So then to start with, we should have first-class queens in every hive. It is an easy matter now to secure good breeding queens cheaply, as many apiarists an* euguftt-u iu iruuuS them, and they can be bov :ht cheap during the fall months. A large number of colonies will be found without the necessary supplies to carry them through the winter, and from this cause alone many die In winter from starvation. It is ci'Wiinal negligence to rob colonies of their stores to such extent that they are short or food in winter, and thus let them starve, but it is fretjOenlly done. Bees frequently, owing to honey failures, need feed In autumn, even if they did not furnish any surplus the season previous. Owing to a bad season, that the bees could not find any honey to gathtr. some will say that they deserve star, vation for not working better. It Is just as sensible to say that we should 6tarve for not raising a crop when the drouth cut ofT the crops In spite of all our efforts. Feed the boos, nnd feed them early, so they can seal up their stores during warin weather. Lute fetdiug Is not nearly so good on this account, and early fed colonies will breed a good mmntltv of vnntur heps that is of UlUch importance in successful wintering.? A. H. Duff, in Farm, Field and Fireside. Barn Cured Hay. It is a matter of experience to determine when buy is sufficiently cured to put away in the barn. Some cure the bay until it is as dry as chips before storing it away, and others put it away in a state of greenness that seeius to threaten it with destruction by fermentation. A fact I have noticed that is against all experience of a careful nature is that some will cure their hay thoroughly before putting in the bam, and only half cure that put in stacks outside. Just the reverse really should be the case. Ilay stacked outside needs to be more thoroughly dried than that intended for the barn. It may not be easy to explain this fact, but it is one that has been established by long experience. Good hay is spoiled by curing it too much before storing in the barn. This is a mistake made more often than any other in hay making. We have heard and read so much about barn sweating and fermentation that many dread It as though it were a scourge. But barn sweating of hay under proper conditions, and if not too active and extensive, is good for the hay and improves ita quality. The hay comes forth better in the winter, and it is not at all dried up and brittle, with all the nutriment taken out from It The sweating or fermentation comes from the pres"??-> tn tha hnv and the heating pro -ess which follows drives this sap out of the mass. In passing through this fermentation in the barn stalks of hay are gradually relieved of their surplus moisture . without losing any of their nourlfhing qualities. This fermentation should be allowed to proceed in a dry barn, with the doors and windows closed. This old practice of leaving open the doors and windows of the barn where new hay has been stored is a mistake. The cool outside air then comes in and causes the vapor arising from the hay to condense, and wherever this condenses and collects on the hay, decomposition will follow. Let the vapor escape upward toward the roof, and -it will disappear through the holes ai(4 cracks which are found in every roof. The only real danger to the hay comes from the presence of water or dew on the hay either at the time of storing or by leaking through the roof. This moisture will produce blackened, mildewed and musty hay. Nothing can prevent lf WIiom ie nnv nosslble dang*%Jf of leaks through the roof cover the' surface of hay with a layer of straw and the danger will be averted. But so far as danger frorn sweating of properly cured hay comes one may rest his mind in peace so long as the barn Is tight and dry.? W. E. Farmer In American Cultivator. Droojjht and Culture. The comparative success of most farm crops this year in spite of the [ worst drought that the country has had for many years shows value of improved culture over the old system of neglect In nearly all instances where the soil has been enriched with manures and fertilizers, and the crop continuously cultivated, the lor* has not been sufficient to discourage farmers. Indeed, a normal crop fs reported in most parts of the country and a larger crop than usual In others. This looks very much as If we had at least broken the grip and the terror of the old-time dr> summer, which in the west at least meant the loss of milli^na r\f .Inllorc nrill flip ruin Of tllOU sands of farmers. A good deal of this success in the face of disquieting weather conditions, of course, is due to the superiorinigation methods adopted in many states, which makes the farmers almost independent of the weather. But irrigation alone could not aocount for the change. It is the superior methods of culture that have gradually been adopted in all parts of this country. It is really the fruit of that campaign of scientilic and intensive farming which has been carried on by the department of agriculture, the state experiment stations, and individual progressive farmers for the past two decades. To sum this up briefly, it Is the implication of plenty of the right kind of food to the soil and then the cultivation of the soil sufficiently to keep the crops in excellent condition. Soils must be rich to produce good crops, but waste of fertilizers is not what is needed. We can apply too much of these to the land so that the soil gets clogged and suffers, as it wore, from indigestion. It is unable to assimilate the fertilizer and turn it into fit condition for the plants to use. The wise farmer gives his soil only so much manure as it can readily absorb and then keeps the soil well-stirred to enable the rain and sunlight to touch every part of the land and make them ready for plant use. The cultivation of the soil is of even more value than the fertilizing, for in too muny cases the mechanical conditions of the soli are such that neither moisture nor food can penetrate it nor in any way become an integral part of it Frequent cultivation of the soil alters all this, and helps the soil to retain the moisture and in times of drought enables the plants to draw up moisture from the underground reservoirs. Thorough and constant cultivation of crops this past summer has undoubtedly saved millions of dollars to the farmers of the country.?W. E. Edwards, In the Indiana Farmer. A Pioneer Tearlier. Miss Sarah Fuller has been principal of the Horace Mann School for the Deaf, in Huston, ever since it opened, nearly 31 years ago. This was the tirst day school for the deaf and dumb which was started in the United States. The Popularity of Holland's Queen. Young Queen Wilhelralna of Holland spares no effort to make herself popular with her subjects. A few weeks since she investigated the story of a little musician of phenomenal talent, with the reuslt that she undertook to pay for his musical education. The other day she reviewed a fleet of 1000 Ashing vessels in the Zuyder Zee and personally inspected the boats of as many types used In the herring, shrimp, anchovy and cockle fishery. Try to Look Well Groomed. The blue stocking is with us again and the girl who nrides herself in keeping pace with fashion does so in bright ?.i? ??.r. oKnnt ns nrettv Uiue Siuranigs LU<U <iic uuvu. , as colored hose can be. The slight flash of color as she swishes her skirts is very dainty, and the tan "bulldog" low shoes give her foot that thoroughbred, well groomed look that is so pleasant to the eye. It should always be the aim of woman to look well groomed rather than fine and fussy. A lot of streamy hair and a multitude of ruffles may be picturesque, but she who affects them Is not so wholesome and goodly as the girl in the shirt waist with spick and span collar, bunchy tie and glossy, well brushed locks that are sufficiently done up not to blow all over her face. The common sense heel is ever to be preferred to the French lift that makes a woman walk on an angle of 45 degrees. There is really no excuse for a girl not putting up that clean cut outline ^that is so graceful to the senses. Shirt waists are cheap enough and all she needs is the knack to look crisp and just out of the bjindbox.?New Orleans Times-Democrat Tli* Bait CoimetJe. "There Is no cosmetic equal to hot 'water and a good woolen rag," says a bright and rosy matron of 50, who for many years had used no other. "Every night and morning I give my face a thorough washing with a piece of white flannel In hot water. Once In great while I use soap, but not often, as I have found the hot water, persistently used, very satisfactory. If the skin has not been exposed to a great amount of dust the water may be merely sopped upon the face at night, as once a day is often enough for the scrub. After the hot bath dash on a liberal quantity of cold water with the hands, until the skin fairly glows. This is the cheapest and most wonderful cosmetic known. A mouth of such treatment will transform any complexion. My skin is much fairer and rosier now than when I was 20. I had naturally a poor complexion, coarse and muddy. I tried many remedies, but they were very unsatisfactory, until one day an old lady whose skin I always had admired for its youthful appearance gave me her recipe. I tried it faithfully, and before long saw with delight that my complexion was clear ing."?I'liiluaeipnia xeiegrupu. White and Black in Millinery. White-and-black arrangements are particularly suited to dressy millinery. Here Is a picture hat covered with white, set on in rather loose bouillonnes over the brim, and in a single puffing 011 the low crown; the brim is veiled with tine black chenille, woven into a simple lace pattern. The hat rests on the left side, on a semi-coronet of white velvet roses, and the outside trimming consists of a long black Amazon, sweeping round from front to back on the left side, and a white paradise aigrette between it and the crown. A somewhat similar hat, also covered with white tulle and lined with the same, closely drawn, is entirely Yelled on Its outer side with a plateau of black tulle, worked round the edge with clusters of large spots of chenille; independent of this design are several clusters of silver spangles, with lines nf snnncrles stretching out round like rays. In this case the trimming consists of -a white and a black Amazon, the hat resting on a black velvet bow, with a small buckle. Black chenille and floss-silk cord. Interwoven together, form the upturned brim of a round toque with a cerise velvet crown. This crown is low and wide, and the velvet on the top is finely tucked in circles and then draped down diagonally to its base. On one side is a plume composed of very small black cock's feathers.?Millinery Trade Re view. Tlia tllrl and tha Girdle. The girl and the girdle are to be almost inseparable this winter, and the variety of sashes and celntures devised by dressmakers and jewelrs is greatly to the credit of their energy and enterprise. The silk sash bunched up in the back a la Japonaise is a decided novelty. Embroidered with gold thread and worn with a frock of soft and clinging stuff these sashes should | ' 1>e becoming to the woman who I^Bf yo-ng and slender enough to attempt^B the picturesque in attire. One of the V big dressmakers recently turned out a ball dress of white satin veiled with onH trimmed witll hand J'uuii U rrjiiii iui'i made trails of mousseline roses which? had a sash of white satin worn In the old-time way, a big bow in the back and long ends reaching almost to the I edge of the skirt. And the gown, with a bolero unpoet! Ically named the "barrel bolero"?of striped silk, has a sash of the same fab ric with extremely long ends. The barrel bolero, be it said, is a directoire fancy, and to l>e quite correct should be of striped silk, dove color and crimson preferably. It is fastened across the front double breasted, with handsome buttons of velvet embroidered, beaded silk, lace or crochet A gown of ashes-of-rose cashmere, with a blouse of lace and embroidered muslin, partially covered by a bolero of the cashmere hue, a wide belt of soft black satin, the satin draped high and wide across the back, crossed in front and tied In a knot at the waistline at the back, whence the ends fall to the bottom of the skirt The ends are rounded and adorned With motifs of cream lace. The wide belt of black safln, panne or taffetas suggests itself for a frock of "automobile" or coquellcot silk, which the color lover will don this season. Some of these deep ceintures have sash ends at the side and motifs of applique lace or fringe adorn the ends, which are straight or rounded hi spoon shape. A Truly Accomplished Woman. The truly accomplished woman is not the one who flits from this thing to that, doing many things fairly weH but nothing perfectly. The truly accomplished woman was wise enough long ago to write this down so it would be impressed for all time upon her mind: "Better do one thing than dream all things." And one thing she ha* done. It is a bit hard, when one Is young and all the possibilities of life seem more than mere possibilities, and appear as things already more than half attained, to pled .on and on, with a single object ir view, and a single aim/ and that to do well but one thing, says ^ a writer in the St. LouU Republic. And Jt isn't only at work In art and the higher professions that you may And the truly accomplished woman. She la an accomplished woman who sits at a desk and knows how to do well the work she has entered that busy office to do. She is an accomplished woman who stands behind & " counter and knows the stock that she handles and understands the art of pleasing customers. To De cnus accomplished, you know, Is not a matter of chance. She has given thought and time to her work. You will recognize the indifferent worker after a mere glance. There are the records of the lives of hundreds of successful men and women, If you care to read them. Should you, you will find that success came only after a purpose was fixed. Success is never accidental. An opportunity may seem to come sometimes as though presented by a magic hand, but of what good is an opportunity, pray, if one is not ready to grasp and follow it up? If you are a woman and ambitious to be thought accomplished?accomplished in a way that is mo;t creditable ?remember that it all takes patience and painstaking care. "Better do one thing,"- my dear, "than dream all things." The skin-tight sleeve is not in favor, and plaited sleeves are promised. White satin and brocade is deemed the correct lining for coats and Jackets. The smartest hats have tilted brims. Some of them flare up in front to show the hair, and then droop over one ear in a rather fascinating way. Satin crepe is a new and beautiful material for evening gowns. It hangs in the most graceful folds, and posses-' ses a soft luster no other fabric can boast Lining to skirts, with the exception of white linings, must match the fabrics of which they are built. Petticoats will also be worn in the same tone as the costume. Polka dotted liberty satin is a new idea. The dots are usually of the same shade as the goods, but white dots on lavender, pink and blue are very pretty for semi-dress waists. Lace flounces embroidered with silver paillettes, with the edge ornamented by a flight of swallows in the colors of the bird's natural plumage, are among the Imported tissues. Feathers in the shape of pompons are the newest developments iu hat trimming. .The drooping military plume i$ also a new idea of the season and one more stylish than pretty. ( Jay colored silk linings to tailor made gowns art? now passe, ana mack clotn is invariably'lined with black. Colored cloths have the linings to match as nearly as possible, and very dark colors have black linings. The babies are to wear ermine this winter, and a pretty little coat for a m baby just able to walk is oCXvhite silk, witlu a little ermine collar wora clone -around the neck, the ends down the front boa fashion, a cunniug style for a mite of a girl.