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The
PLANTERS
LOAN anu
SAYINGS . .
BAKE,
3 AUGUSTA, GA.,
I Organized 1870.
Oldest Saving
Bank In Eastern
Georgia.
Largest Savins*
Capital in City.
Pays Interest
and Compounds
every 6 months.
THOS. J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR.
EP?EF1ELI), S. C., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 22. 18?
YOL. LXIII. NO. 25.
THE CLOR!
0 the glo?? ef *he war time-the glitter oC
t the fctths
1 "When, the boys aro on parade-paradel
Tb* ?lashing of the battle
Its deafening roar and rattle.
And then-the life-blood dripping from
i the blade!
And, under drooping flags
That bullets tend to rags,
The lone graves in the barren meadows
madel
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I ON A?IRCI
ANY men can- tell
stories of thrill
ing escapes and
of salvations
wrought so mar
vellously that on?
wonders if the
day of miracles
has indeed
passed, but I dotibt if any mr.n Was
ever saved /rom a horribl? and painful
death in str?nget manner that was I
twenty-two years ago, when I was em
ployed as under-timekceper at Wheat
ly & Sons' great saw mills, in the
Wcatniinstor Bridge road.
My adventure sprang so directly out
of au incident connected with my do
rnest* <> life that I may perhaps be pp .
?lo??d for referring to the incident ??
vuestion. It was as follows;
"When I first came to the sawmills I
lodged with a fellow employe named
Maxwell. He waa a tall* powerfully
built, dark feilow, possessed of a cur
ions mauner which made many of ns
call him mad, though I believe none
of us ever thought him really ius?ne.
When in a good humor he Was the
best of companions, and r.fter a time
ho and I became great friends.
Our friendship would doubtless have
continued had it not been for the in
tervention of that breaker of so many
friendships betwoen man aud mau-a
woman? Ella Langley was the sweetest
girl I had ?ver looked upou, and when
X firat saw uer face I louged to make
Uer my wife. I confided my purpose
ono evening to Maxwell as we sat
smoking our pipes at our lodging, aud
he sprang np as though I had shot
him.
"Curse you, Graham/' he said, in a
hoarse tone, the old mad look blazing
in his gray eyes; "I mean to marry
that girl myself? Keep away from her,
doyoa hear?'*
I could n<?fe help laughing.
"Your behavior is extraordinary," I
said, "and your remark still more so.
Haven't I as much right as you to
Miss Langley?" .
"Eight or no right," he said, in a
doggett tone, "yon had bettor mind
wfcat I say. We have been good
friends, Graham; but-, Heaven help
yon if you make Elia Langley your
wife. If I cannot have her myself, I
_will care that you .d.Q.UQtLeithor.
^Inave heard," I replied quietly,
"of the story of the dog in the manger,
but I uever thought you were that
kind of animal, Maxwell. Come, let
rt3 shake hand*, as pals should do,and
forget this nonsense. . Wc both have
equal chances, as I understand it, and
lot the best man win."
He held out his hand, sulkily, and
muttered that ho had no desire to
quarrel, but that ho was very jealous
und bated tho idea of having a rival.
Putting down his late outbreak to some
mad impulse which he could not con
trol, I dismissed the iucident from my
mind and soon forgot all about it.
Tc make a long story short, I may
say that shortly afterward I asked
Ella Langley to marry me, and she
consented. We were wed within a
short space, and Maxwell congratu
lated me along with the others, I won
dering at his magnanimity. Little
did I guess the hideous vengeance
which was already developing
in his brain; otherwise I doubt if
I should have gone my way with my
bride as joyfully as I went it then.
The- weeks passed ttneventfully
enough, and brought us to thc August
bank holiday. On that day the entire
factory was closed, the only person
on the premises being myself. I had
to look after tho building until G
o'clock p. m.. when the night watch
man would come on duly.
I went my rounds methodically on
arrival, and as I returned to tho yard
office, where my report book was kept,
I heard a ring at the gate bell. Going
to thc gate, I fouud, to my surprise,
that the visitor was my late fellow
lodger. Roger Maxwell.
"Holloa, old man!" he said, "I've
just come to get my watch, which I
was duffer enough to leave in my
locker ia the shop yesterday. Sha'n't
be a minute."
U Although he spoke in a calm man
ner, and seemed friendly, I did not
like the look in his eyes. Somehow
or other I began to fear that the mad
ness which Ave had always attributed
to him was now taking hold of him iu
real earnest; but, of course, I could
make no reasonable objection to his
fetching his watch. I therefore ad
mitted him, and bidding him "look
sharp," I returned to my stool in the
yard office.
The day was exceedingly hot, and
very soon my head dropped forward
on my book, and I dozed oft' into a
vague, restless slumber. Dream fol
lowed dream in fitful succession, and
suddenly thc face of Maxwell seemed
to como into my vision. His visage
was black with hate, and something
seemed to tell me that he was about
to seek my life. I was meditating
flight, when I awoke with a curious
feeling in my throat, to find tho man
whom I had seen in the dream bend
ing over mo in reality, his lingers
twisting themselves around my neck.
I struggled fiercely, but the strug
gle was an unequal one, for he was in
finitely my superior in size aud
strength,"" and then the fierceness of
madness redoubled hts vigor. Five
minutes later I lay on the floor of the
yard office bound and helpless. To
cry for assistance was useless, for the
door to the office was shut, and even
had it been open, no cry of miue
could have reached the street.
My position was indeed appalling.
Here was I, unable to move hand or
foot, and at the mercy of a fierce
maniac, for I knew ; now that he was
indeed mad, and that his reason,
which long had been wavering, had
tied altogether. Making, however, n |
miihty effort to be oahu, I said, a? j
Quietly as I could:
[_0F WAR. -
O the glory of the war time-tho rolling of
the drums
When the boys are on parado-parade!
But O the mussing faces
The phantoms-ia their places
.The red rubi oa the soldiers* broken
blade!
And still beneath drooped flags
By bullets rent to rugs,
Tho lone graves ia the barren meadows
madel
-Frank L. Stanton,
JLARSAW|
"What is the meaning of this,
Maxwell? What are you going to 'do
with me?"
His laugh-, low and-demoniacal, told
me that I might expect little mercy.
When his fiendish mirth Was exhaust
ed, he said With a sneer:
"You will know my meaning and
what I intend to do with you soon
enough. Long before the afernoon is
out you will hav? ceased to live."
"What injury have I done you?" I
pleaded, though I feared that my
words would avail little; "what in
jury have I done you that you should
seek my life?"
He knelt down beside me^ his
mouth so close that I felt his breath
on my face, and said, hoarsely:
"You know well enough, hut I will
tell you all th? same. You stole from
me the thing I loved best in the
world-the woman I longed to make
my wife. You took my Ella from
me, and I am going.to take your life
from you in return. You stole Ella,
who wa3 as precious to me as exist
ence itself; it is but just that your
life should pay the penalty of the
theft,"
"it was no theft," I said. "She
loved me and she did not love you.
We had equal chances, and I Avon.
Such things happen every day."
"Aye," ho returned, with a look
which made me shudder, "aud men
go mad for love.every day, and some
times tnose men kill their successful
rivals. But I v ill waste no more
with you. Prepare for the end."
I saw that any further argument was
useless. I gave myself up for lost and
said to him:
"Very well, Maxwell. Since you
wish to rnrder the mau AVIIO was once
your friend, -do so. But for Heaven's
sake, lut my death be quick and mer
ciful."
He laughed again.
"No," J.e cried, "your death shall
not be quick and merciful. It shall
bo slow in coming and horrible wheu
it comes. Shall I tell you what I am
going to do with you? I am going to
fasten yon, hound as you now are, to
the longest beam in tire mill and set
you on the saw. Then I am going be
low to get up steam, and yon can guess
thc rest I cJoulate that it will take
start the belting, aud you will thus
have two hours to lie and think of your
puuishment. Come, I think I have
won tho game after all, Mr. Jack
Graham."
His words struck a terrible anguish
into my soul. To die at all, when one
is young and full of life and love, is
lutter enc ugh, but to die the awful
death which the maniac meant to deal
out to me was too horrible to contem
plate. I could only lie there motion
less and pray with all my strength
that some miracle might be wrought,
and that even at the eleventh hour my
lifo might bc spared. For although I
clung to existence I was not afraid to
die, but tho thought of Ella was pre
eminent in my brain; Ella, whom I
loved more than life itself, and who
would be heart-broken wheu she
learned of my awful cud.
Maxwell stood gazing at me for some
moments in gloomy silence. Then
picking me-up os easily as one might
lift a child, ho carried me to the shop
which contained the big saw, called by
tho men "Big Jack," in consequence
of its great size, and bound me, with
deft fingers, to the beam, some six
yards long, which lay on the slab ready
to be sawn asunder.
He then attached to the beam the
pulley by which the wood would bo
drawn automatically toward the saw
directly the machinery was set in
motion, and, with a short, cruel laugh,
left me to myself and to my thoughts.
They were horrible enough. Now
that death seemed to mc au absolute
certainty, I wa? not much perturbed
in my mind about myself, but I thought
of my wife, and the memory of her
sweet face, which never more would
look into mine, filled me with keen
anguish.
I cried out several times for help,
but I knew only too well that the cry
was useless. The shop in which I was
lyiug was midway between the boiler
house aud the street, and some GOO
yards from either, as the factory was
a big one. I might have been at the
North Pole, so completely isolated was
I then from all human help.
I commended my soul to God as I
lay there bound and helpless. I asked
Him in His infinite mercy to protect
my wife when I bad passed from earth,
and to comfort her in her great sor
row. Then I asked forgiveness for
the sins I had committed, and wheu
the prayer was ended, I felt a certain
resignation which was deeply com
forting.
The maniac had indeed devised a
horrible vengeance when he had hit
upon the idea of binding me to the
saw and leaving me while he fired the
boiler, for daring that time I was able
to lie and contemplate my end, and
in spito of tho resignation of which
I have spoken, my feelings were bit
ter enough. I think in those awful
moments I must have aged by many
years. Even at * Iiis remote time, the
horror of that day comes back to me
and fills me with terror, bringing the
sweat to my brow.
Sometimes I awake iu the night
from n. ghastly dream, in which Ifancy
myself once again bound on that saw;
aud I thank God with all toy heart
and with trembling lips thai, after all,
it is only a dream.
After a little space Maxwell came
back.
"I have built thc fire down below,"
he said, hoarsely, "and you can cal
culate, from your own knowledge of
such things, how long death will be in
coming. And now I shall switch on
the belt to the saw."
With absolute calmness, as though he
were going through the merest detail
of workshop routine^ he fetOop?<? ?hc?
Bwitoheith? be?d bil to th? sh?f?; .o)
the Every now and again he
wO?ld 'take ? long glance at, me, as
though revelling j?. my silent agony".
Poor fellow! At this late date I eau
even look back and pity him, for how
ke-m must have been the tortures o?
his mind, which drovo his poor, weak
brain from its throne, and left him a
fierce and bloodthirsty homicidal ma:
Iliac'.
"Goodby, Graham," he said, speak
ing between his teeth. "Goodby.
and take my curse with you where
you are going."
He rushed from the shop and ]
never saw him agf'?.
It is no exag?ration to say that the
minutes passed like hours. Ai
length, after what seemed to me tc
h?v? beeii more like a week than
some couple of hours, I heard a slighl
vibration, the floor began, to tremble,
the ^- r r?.g groaned and squeaked,
and th . I knew, knew only too well,
that the end was near. Tho engine
had started and the machinery was
setting to work. In five minutes'
time the section of the beam to which
I was bound would bo caught in the
merciless teeth of the gigantic saw,
and then, goodby to life.
The beam being some six yards
long, and I being attached to the end
furthest from the saw, there were
?Om? four yards now standing between
me and destruction. I knew that the
saw was a moderately quick onej for I
had Often watched it in an idle mo-1
ment, little dreaming of what the fu
ture was to bring forth for me in con
nection witb this apparatus, and I
calculated that five minutes at least
must elapse before I was caught by
the revolving saw;
I wonder if any human beingj no
matter how great his imaginative
power, can realize, even dimly, ruy
feelings as I lay staring up at the
ceiling while the beam was slowly,
but surely, drawn by the automatic
pulley nearer and nearer to the saw.
And still the machinery whirled and
whistled, still the belting groaned,
still the wheels flew round, bringing
me nearer and nearer to death.
For a few moments fancy played
strange tricks with me, aud the clear
ness of my brain vanished. I thought
that I was dead and had passed to
some wondrous island, where Ella i
was beside me. Then I awoke, aud
the horrible reality came back to me
with a sickening pang. For the ma- {
chinery still whirred and whistled,
the belting still groaned and the
wheels flew round, bringing me
closer and closer to the end.
Now I was a yard from the saw,
now only two feet, and soon, very
soon, I must ' reckon in inches.
Nearer and nearer still, the huge saw
revolving Uko some fierco monster, its
teeth shining in the warm suulight,
waiting to taste my blood. Nearer!
God help me, nearer still!
Twelve inches, eleven inches, ten
inches, and still the beam crept on.
.1 was parched and choked ; my, eyes
Teemed foTiurn witiir''a'''reanoUDerce?
ness. I tried to cry out, but breath
failed me. Nearer and nearer still!
On, on, on, went the beam, and
even as I gave myself up for lost, and
felt the wind produced by the saw on j
my temples, I heard a tremendous j
noise, followed by a piercing cry ol j
human agony. Then unconsciousness ;
came, and I knew no more.
When I recovered, I found myself
on the floor, of the shop. My bonds
had been unfastened, and several peo
pie were beside me. One of them,
whom I took to bo a doctor, inquired
kindly how I felt.
"Much better," I returned, as I :
swallowed thc brandy which he held
toward me; "very much better. But
now toll me, please, what has hap
pened, and how it comes about that I
have been rescued."
"You will have to tell us afterward,"
he said, pleasantly, "how it came,
about that you were bound to that
saw. By Jove, yon had a very nar- !
row squeak. You see, the boiler j
burst, and the machinery stopped
just iu time."
I understood all in a moment. The
maniac, forgetful of all else save his ,
desire for vengeance, had doubtless
forgotten to open the safety valve,
with the result that thc boiler plates
had become overheated, and the ex
plosion had occurred.
I looked up at tho belting and saw
that it hung limp and inert.
"Ah, yes," said the doctor, notic
ing my glance, "the shock of the ex
plosion no doubt threw the belt off the
shaft; but if you look at your shoes,
my friend, you will see what a narrow
squeak you have had."
I looked at my boots and found that
the heels had actually been cut
by the saw, so that had not the boiler
exploded at that moment, I must
surely have gone out to one of the
most horrible death.0 aat the mind of
mau can concp;- -Tit-Bits.
Smallest Watch in tho "World.
What is said to bo the smallest
watch in the world is on exhibition in
a shop-window in Berlin. It is the
latest triumph in the art of watchmak- j
ing-that art that has made such won- !
derful progress within the past decade, j
The lilliputian timepiece was made in !
Geneva. Its diameter is less than
half au inch; its thickness is little !
more than a tenth of an inch. Tho en- ?
tire works of the tiny watch comprise j
ninety-five individual pieces. After I
having been wound up/with'the diminu- i
tive key the watch will run for twenty- j
eight hours. The most delicate tools i
and measuring instruments were made j
specially for its construction. The !
preliminary work ia the making of j
the watch was very expensive, and the
Belling price is ?250.-Westminster j
Gazette.
Why She Did Not Weep.
An emotional preacher in England
observed one Sunday that the whole
of his congregation, with the excep
tion of one little girl, who sat quite
alone, was in tears. He thereupon j
directed all his power toward the j
child, drawing such touching pictures
that the congregation grew more aud
more overcome, sobbing and crying,
but the child still stared at him dry
eyed, and at length he wa? obliged tc
give it up and end his sermon. Meet
ing the child outside he upbraider!
her for her hard-heartedness, ami
I asked her why she did not weep.
"It is not that I'm hard-hearted,'
the child responded, "hut I belong t<
I another parish."-Chicago News.
ma
THE BALTIC:BL?CK ?EA (CANAU
die Czar's Vast Engineering Fr?Jec?o*n
Outlet For Russia's Ships'.
Thc Siberian Railroad is-not'
nnly vase project which Russia ht
hand for the development of her,,
sources. The young Czar ?is and;
tious, and has set his hand to a'"
which will do much to revolution!
the trade of the western half of
dominions. I allude to the projt
for uniting the waters of the Bait
with those of the Black Sea by means
of a canai A glance at the map ff
western Russia will show that
head waters of the Dwina flowing i
the Baltic; and those of the Dniej
flowing iuto the Euxine, apprq.fl
within measurable distance bf
other. It is proposed to unite th er
and the configuration of the land ren.
ders this quite possible.
The Baltic end of the canal will;
at Riga, and its course will be up tKjs
river as far as the city of Dnnaburg;
From Dnnabnrg artificial excavations
will bc made for 125 miles as farS'
Lepel on the Beresina/ and as Be
sina is ou the Dnieper,- ther? i? tl
a complete waterway to Kherson
the Black Sea. The entire dislan?
from Riga to Kherson will be abq^l
J.000 miles. The beds of the Dwii
Beresina and Dnieper will be dee
ened so that the surface breadth^
the canal will be 216J feet and
bottom breadth 116*. The depth."
water in average seasons will
Iwenty-eight feet, so that shipf?3|f
heavy draught will find no difficulty
in steaming along the whole le?gtl? of
the canal. I hear that all the prelra I?
inary surveys have been finished, and
that the work can be oommenced-joa
the spring of this year. - S
The Russian engineers compute
that the entire cost of the undertak
ing will not exceed $25,000,'0Q0, ar 1
that the time required for its court
tion will be under ten years. Bot
from the commercial and strateg
point of view, the Baltic-Black Se
Canal will be of the first importance
Seventeen towns and cities of consi
erable population will be tenoned.-;
the canal and brought into direct'
communication with the Bet.
chief of these are Kieff, Kremeutcht
Dunaberg, Ekaterinslav, Ales
drovsk and Nikopol, all of the
immense grain emporiums. Gre
therefore, and the other staple proi
nets of southern and central Base
will be shipped from these distrw
to the north and west of Europe .^L
one-half the time ana* at less
one-half the present cost.
But it is, perhaps, from the stratej
ical point of view that Russia wi!
reap the finest benefit from the cor
pletion of this vast undertaking,
the present time the Russian "RU
Sea fleet is locked up;
warship can pass throug'
neiles without the const
or without raising a sto
poware which signed
Paris. With1 the Ba' . .
Canal in workiugjwde;
ships in lue harbors'of
Nicolaieff could reac'
four days, or the Bait 1
sent down to the Er
same time. It is saiu inuu mo
is carefully going into every particu
lar himself, and is determined to make
his canal a success.-New York Ob
server.
Where Marriage Is a Lottery.
A cynic or a sage once remarked
that marriage is a lottery. In the
Province of Smolensk, in Russia, this
aphorism has been reduced to a quar
terly fact, for each three months there
is held the mostremarkale lottery ever
devised.
Husbands and wives are chosen by
the chance drawiugof a lottery ticket.
The tickets cost one ruble each.
There is only one prize to he drawn,
and it consists of the entire sum
yielded by the salo of the tickets,
amounting to 5000 rubles, together
with a lady described as of noble
biood.
The tickets are sold only to males,
aud the lucky winner of the prize will
have to marry the damsel if he take?
the 5,000 rubles. If, however, he be
already married, he is at liberty to
turn over the money and the lady to
any friend whom he may wish to put
in for such a good thing.
If the winner should be willing to
marry but is not found to be to the
damsel's taste, then they are to bo
excused from matrimony and permit
ted to divide the rubles.
It is not hard to imagine a condi
tion of affairs where the lady in the
case refuses her chosen lord and pre
fers to take the cash, deciding that
2500 rubles is more to be desired than
a moro or less doubtful happiness
with a husband of whom she knows
nothing.-Cincinnati Commercial-Tri
bune.
Uow a Mountain Was Named.
There are two mountains in New
Hampshir > bearing tho namo Kear
sarge. C n e of these is in Warner, in
Merrimac Courcy; i?e other near North
Conway. There is a fanciful tradition
that the Warner mountain got its name
from a hunter, Hezekiah Sargent, who
is said to have been the first man to
discover it. Sweetser doubts the ex
istence of any such hunter, and
traced the name back to 1725, aperiod
preceding the alleged appearance of
Mr. Sargent on the scene. G. V. Fox,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy dur
ing the Civil War, and the best possi
ble authority on the subject, wrote
years ago: "When we selected the
namo for the Kearsarge, sloop-of-war,
in which the gallant Winslow sunk the
Alabama, we had no thought whatever
of the Kearsarge in Merrimac County."
-Boston Trauscript.
Paper Hanging by Machine.
Paper hanging by machine is the
latest achievement, says the Werk
statt. The arraugemeut used for this
purpose is provided with a rod upon
which the roll of paper is placed. A
paste receptacle with a brushing ar
rangement is attached in such a man
ner that the paste is applied auto
matically on th*? back of the paper.
The eud of the wall paper is fixed at
the bottom of the wall, and the im
plement rises on the Avail and only
needs to be set by one workman.
Whilo the wall paper unrolls, and,
provided with paste, is held against
the wall, an elastic roller follows on
the outside which presses it firmly to
the wall. When the Avail paper has
reached thc lop, the workman pulls-a
cord, whereby it is cut off from the
remainder ou tho roll?
Peas on Poor Land.
Land that is too poor for auy'othcr
kfnd of crop may be profitably sown
with peas, patting in with the seed
enough lime, phosphate and potash to
make the grain. This on very poor
land is a better first crop than clover;
as the pea grain is large and will pro
duce ? strong enough stalk to live,
while the young clover is so small
that it may easily be killed out before
it gets root hold in the soil. It is bard
to get a clover catch ou poor soilywhile
peas will grow, no matter how poor the
soil may be.
Salt of Little Value For Onions.
Very few practical onion growers
use suit as a fertilizer, Those who
have tried it claim that little or no
effect was observod from the applica
tion. At least the benefit is so small
that it is found impracticable to use
it.
Professor Roberts, of Cornell Uni
versity, says: "From 300 to 400
pounds of salt evenly distributed per
acre sometimes materially improves
the crop. At other times no
beneficial results ar9 seen. There is
no evidence that it would be more
likely to improve onions than the
cereals. Tho full action of salt ap
plied to land is not very well known.
It assists the soil in conserving moist
ure and in securing moisture from the
air. Au application of equal parts of
salt and gypsum, 200 to 300 pounds
per acre, is often beneficial, especial
ly on dry soils. Since the onion
thrives best on a moist soil, it is more '
than likely that a reasonable applica
tion of salt to the onion laud would be
beneficial."
George W.'Hallock, of Long Island,
has not .applied salt to onions, but
found that n piece of ground usually
devoted lo onions after being flooded
by au exceptionally high tide, would
not- grow onions the same season.
He therefore concludes that salt is not
beneficial aud may bc a detriment.
The Ohio Experiment Station applied
salt to onions with no observed result
except possibly an increase of soil
moisture. It seems, therefore, uuwiso
to apply salt as a fertilizer for onions.
D"vo* " . nev and time to other
:?i v.
and gives little or no inila, wuno
the other condition she is strong,
hearty and active and full of rich
blood. Milk is au elaboration from
the blood, and the blood is made from
tho food. Because :t cow is allowed
to go dry is no reason why she should
be allowed to run down in condition.
She needs to be kept gaining iu or
der to bear the strain of calf-bearing
and starling to milk-giving again.
Yet under thc impression that it is
ecouomy many farmers begin stinting
the ration as soon as the cow begins
to dry up. If she can bc kept alive
until grass makes a sufficient growth
to furnish pasturage the saving in food
made is considered so much gaiu, and
she will come to herself in a little
while after pasturage gets good.
The good dairy cow ought to give
milk eleven months out of the j.ir,
and the one month she is resting she
ought to he gaining in condition
every day. Profitable dairying ia not
good luck. It is the result of select
ing and using good cows and giving
them good feed anil care, and all a
cow loses while she is thy must be
made up again, and it must bo made
from food supplied to her, and costs
double what it should cost to keep her
thrifty. During the next two months
a little oxtra care should bo given to
keep the dairy cows thrifty, so that
they may be in good condition for
calving and milk-giving. - Dairy
World.
Larger Ouartcrs for Poultry.
Very many new poultry-houses are
being built all i brough this section.
They are usually made to face the
south, and are well lighted, double
boarded, with paper between,aud have
dirt floors.
One sometimes secs fifty or seventy
five hens put into a house no larger
than 10x20 feet. Under such condi
tions tue lieus may possibly thrive and
lay some eggs if well cared for. Larger
quarters, however, will usually give
much better results-enough belter to
pay tho increased cost of building
larger. Theben is naturally very ac
tive, and seems to like to scratch just
for the fun of the thing. This is espe
cially true of jmllots that have been
well cared for and arc six or seven
months old. Unless they have some
thing to scratch and considerable
room to do it in they will stand about
after eating, first on ono leg and then
the other, with one eye closed, looking
as if their friends were all dead, and
saying as plainly as possibly,-"Please
give us a job. "
Every one knows that it is the busy
hustler with red comb and bright eyes,
the one that is up early and late, just
making business hum, that lays thc
eggs and pays for herself and her food,
too, in six or eight weeks.
Fourteen pullets were placed in n
room 13x20 feet about December 1,
and very soon began laying from foin
to eight eggs a day, averaging six al
the present time. This is not a large
showing, perhaps, hut fairly good foi
zero weather. Forty pullets in an
other building with plenty of elbon
room average sixteen eggs a day,
Land and lumber being quite cbenp ir
Western .Massachusetts, it certainly
will not pay to deprive poor biddy o
her favorito occupation.-Henry J
Vieta, Sandisiield, ftlass.,in New Tori
Tribune.
Farra and Gnriloii Notes,
For lice on vegetation, dip in strong
tobacco toa.
Never use grease or tar on the bark
of fruit trees.
Try whitewashing for the scale and
other insects.
Cherry trees grow best in grass and
on high land.
To rici vines of striped bugs sprinkle
dry cayenne pepper on the leaves at
night.
For growing potatoes, use a "com
plete potato fertilizer," 500 to 2000
pounds per acre. Buy of any large
fertilizer manufacturer.
It is better io mulch the bush fruits
than +o depend upon cultivation, for
two reasons. First mulching is
cheaper, second it retains the mois
ture during a drouth better than cul
tivation.
To destroy cabbage worms, dilute
strong beef brina oue-third with
water. Sprinkle over the plants with
a whisk broom. Is also a fertilizer.
Not good for cucumbers, squashes or
pumpkins.
The chickens need no food until
twenty-four or thirty-six hours out of
tho shell, and after that they need but
little at a time and often, gradually in
creasing the periods between feeding
tiniei as they grow older.
Cut or pinch out suckers and super
fluous twigs as fast as they come.
Then in October cut back the growth;
for young trees aboxt one-third.
Large limbs should never be cut, but
if clone, let it be with exceeding care,
and the wounds painted over in the
month of "May or June, just after the
flow of the sap.
To transplant large trees retain all
the roots possible, and theu prune
the top accordingly as tho roots are
primed. The balance between the
branches and zoots must be preserved.
Then pour water into the hole as
tho dirt is filled in, making mud, so
that tho roots will bo per-fectly im
bedded in tho earth after tho water
drains off. Water frequently aud
thoroughly during the summer.
If there is any time when it pays to
fix up fancy food for chickens, it is
during thc week or ten days before
they are to bo killed for market. That
is the time to crowd them, and care
Lion as VJUl iv mun wa? ic;, up^._
grain, and the same thing is very like
ly to bc tba case with poultry fed up
on fermenting or decayed swill, rotten
vegetables, etc. If this has not been
proven by test it is so likely to bc the
case that only sweet, wholesome food
should bc given for at least two weeks
before killing time.
THE FIRST OF THE WHEEL CRAZE.
It Ilcpnn lo I ca-;; o in America ns Long Apo
as the Y?i?r IS09.
Frank H. VizcfeUy tells "Tho Story
of tho Wheel" iu St. Nicholas. Mr.
Vizctelly says: The spring of 18C9
found the wheel croze universal. Car
riage-builders were led to add to their
factories plants for tho manufacturing
-.f velocipedes. Over one thousand
jf these machines wero turned out
?very week, while orders wero pouring
in by the tens of thousauds. To
quote from a newspaper of about that
time: "As an indication of tho extent
to which tho manufacture of veloci
pedes was carried on, it may be men
tioned that Mr. Calvin Witty, the
purchaser of tho Lallement patent,
employed the resources of seven largo
carnage-makers, aud kept their estab
lishments busy day, and night. Ho
had seventy men at work in one
establishment in New York, and he
also kept men actively employed in
two factories in Connecticut, one in
Wilmington, Del., and ono in Newark,
N. J."
But few people had expected that
the mania for this new style of wheeled
vehicles would be so great.
Among tho earliest who exhibited
their skill on tho velocipede in public
wero the Hanlon brothers. They used
a somewhat clumsy type of wheel from
France. These, at bejt, were but
heavy things, which were soon im
proved upon by American makers.
Schools for teaching learners to ride
were quickly opened; and that ol
Frank Pearsall, the well-known New
York photographer, was perhaps thc
first of these. His school was on thc
corner of Broadway and Twenty-sec
ond street. Together with his brother
bc turned out upwards of throe hun
dred well-taught riders within twe
mouths. Three months later nearlj
fifty bicycle-schools thrived in New
York and Brooklyn. These schools
vied one with the other in high-sound
ing naraos. One was the "Amphicy
clotheatrus," another, the "Gymnocy
clidium," otc. The cost of tiritior
was fifteen dollars each; but this
amouut carried with it tho right to us(
a velocipede and to practice in the hal,
for one month.
Quick Cure Tor Burn?.
It is reported that a Paris physi
cian has made a discovery that will
be of undoubted value to electrical
men who are so unfortunate as to be
burned by the electric current. The
Paris doctor says that a ?olution oi
ono part picric acid and seventy-five
parts water will euro quickly the mo3(
serious burns. The pain is instantly
removed, without blistering or irrita
tion, and tho wound heals in four oi
five days. A yellow Lint is left 0:1 fi :
skin, which may bo remo vc .1 by a SJ
lotion of boric acid.
Tho export of Germai fire anna 1>.T
way of Hamburg grala&llly increased
from $1,000,000 worth ia ?V0 io fiy<
times that amount in 13.1 J,
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Baked Rhubarb.
Cnt rhubarb stalks into inch pieces.
Butter a deep dish, put in a layer oi
rhubarb and then sprinkle heavily
with sugar. Continue to alternate
rhubarb and sugar until the dish is
full. Bake in a moderate oven and
serve with whipped cream.
Watercress Sauce.
Watercress sauce is made by stew
ing chopped watercress in butter for
ten minutes, then adding a pinch of
salt, the same of pepper, the same also
of mustard and a spoonful also of
vinegar. Beat till quite Smooth with
a wooden spoon, then add the gravy
from the roasting joint. This is served
in a sauce-tureen, and is a pleasant
chango from ordinary gravy.
A Delicious Beverage.
Raspberry-vinegar is a delicious
beverage mixed with iced water. Put
a quart of ripe red raspberries in a
bowl; pour on them a quart of good,
strong vinegar-let them stand twenty
four hours, strain them through a
bag, put this liquid on another quart
of fresh raspberries, which strain in
tho same manner-and then on a
third quart. Wheu this last r, pre
pared, make it very sweet with
pounded loaf sugar, then bottle.
Escalloped Cnrrots.
At this season of the year, when ont
longs for something to tempt tho ap
petite, try a dish of escalloped carrots,
which will he found at once nutritious
and palatable. Toke six small, fine
grained carrots and two small white
onions. Boil, together, in just water
enough to keep from burning. ' Dc
uot serai ?hem and do not cover them
while cooking. When the onions are
tender remove them, and when the
carrots are done, peel and slice them.
Put in a baking dish a layer of carrots,
sprinkle with salt and pepper and dots
of butter, and sprinkle very lightly
with bread crumbs (not enough to
cover the carrots, just a sprinkle) ; then
more carrots, etc., till dish is full.
Beat an egg in a cup of fresh milk,
I salt it slightly aud pour over the car
rots; spread a layer of bread crumbs
on top, dot with bits of butter and
bake. ' Servo in the dish in whioh ii
was baked.. Any one who likes car
rots will find this delicious, and it is a
good dish on which to learn to like
hheni.-Detroit Free Press.
Orange Shortcake.
Sift one quart of flour with two heap
ing tablespoonfuls baking powdeiv
Add one teaspoonful salt and one larg?
tablespoonful of butter or pure lard.
Rub the butter fine in the flour. Add
one pint of milk and mix it with s
'.'life into dough. Turn it on to 8
ii . ?! i.-d Wot* it a little to smooth
.. .. K, .) j; nut ai cl cdt i* in.
j Beat the whites ot turee c?$0o .. .
froth and mix the three yolks
i three tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar.
Add it to the beaten whites and beat
i for a few moments. Put the cake in
j a long dish. Pour over the sauce and
I place it for a few minutes iu a hot
I oven and then serve.
Household llinis.
j Sharpen all kiuds of fish sauce with
j lemon juice.
A dash of black pepper greatly im
proves vanilla ice cream.
When using vanilla for flavoring
add half a teaspoon of peach extract.
?Put sugar in water used for hasting
meats of all kiuds: it adds n flavor,
especially to veal,
j Add a cup of good date vinegar tc
j the water in which you boil fish, es
: pecially if it is salt fish.
When baking fish place on the top
thin slices of salt pork; it tastes, tue
fish and improves the flavor.
Chocolate is greatly improved by
adding a teaspoonful of strong coffee
just before serving; a teaspoon of
sherry also helps.
If a baby has a cold in the chest,
rub well with camphorated oil, cover
with soft, flannel clothes soaked in
olive oil, and protect the clothing
with another layer of flannel.
To save time and strength in the
weekly ironing, remember that dish
; towels and common towels can be
ironed quite well enough and in half
the time if folded together once.
It is reported that iu some of the
i industrial schools classes in home up
holstery are formed, where young
. ^vomen may learn the rudiments of
i this useful art, and thou go out by
the day to carry on the work.
In cleauing matting use a weak salt
1 ; water solution, and alway? rub
: j lengthwise with the grain. If there
' j are grease spots, take boiling soap
1 : suds and the scrubbing brush, then
1 I rinse carefully with tho salt water,
? j and rub dry.
', j Tho ragged edges of a hole should
not be trimmed for a darn, but weave
i tho stitches over and under, so as to
! hold down each torn thread. Always
\ darn with the right side of the work
' upward, so as to see that the threads
are held down.
Great care should be taken in warm
. weather that the milkman or the cook
i do not put horacio acid iu the milk that
j is used by children or even grown-up
I people. It is a well-known preserva
tive, but uuless used very sparingly
it is highly injurious to health.
J All clothes woru out of doors should
; be carefully brushed before being put
i : away, and black materials are im
I I proved by being occasionally sponged
, ; with a weak solution of ammonia in
, ! water. Face veils also after being
s I worn some time are better for this
\ I treatment.
, Home of thc Rarest Bird.
, j To find the rarest bin! in existence
.: you must go to tho mountains he
i ween Annum and Loas, where there
:?; a certain kind of peasant. Fot
j many years its existence was known
j only by the fact that in longest and
1 mo.-t splendid pluma waa ia much re
I -quest by mauoatins io- their head
? gear. A single pkiii is worth $400,
j nud thc bird li; big would bo priceless,
j for it HQC:\ vi ?ca iu captivity.
LIFE'S MIRROR.
There are loyal heartf, there r.ro spirits
brave,
Thero aro souls that are purennd truel
Pboa give to the world the best you have
Aud the best will como back to you.
Sive love, and love to your life will flow
A strength in your utmost need;
Save faith, and a score of hearts will show
Their faith in your word and deed.
Sive truth, and your gifts will bo paid ia
kind,
And honor will honor meet:
ind a smile that is sweet will surely find
A smile that ls just as sweet!
Give pity and sorrow to those who mourn;
You will gather, in flowers again.
The scatter*:.: seeds from your thought
outborne,
Though the sowing seemed but vain.
For life Is the mirror of king and slave, ' -
'Tis just what we are, and do;
Then give to the world the best you havj
And the best will come back to you.
-Madeline S. Bridges.
-" \
HUMOR OF THE DAY. J
We mayamplify a little; but, after
all, Solomon said about all there was
to be said.-Puck.
"She makes no secret of her ignor
ance." "Why should she? She
couldn't keep it."-Pack.
She is a mighty worthless girl who
does not improve a man by marrying
him.-Washington Democrat.
Quisz-"How'd you tear your trous
ers?" Sprocket (just returned from a
country ride)-"Chainless dog."-De
troit Journal.
"Is your wife honest? I mean, do
you ever find her short in her ac
counts?" "Well, I should say not!
You ought to hear her!"
"Now, Bobbie," said the teacher in
tho natural history class, "what is a
panther?" "A man thatmakth panth,"
lisped Bobbie.-Boston Traveler.
Mrs, Bilkins-"The new girl broke
fonr plates to-day." Mr. Bilkins
"Did she assign any reason for not
breaking the entire set?"-Ohio S tato
Journal.
Mrs. Flint (skeptically)-"H'm!
What kind of a job do you want?" Sel
dum Fedd (with surprising candor)
"Any kind of a job dat I can't git,
mum."-Puck.
Mr. Newtied (wrestling with bread)
-"I thought you had a cooking-school
diploma." Mrs. Newtied (tearfully)
-"That is for cake. I never took the
bread course."-Puck.
Hoax-"If the driver of an ice
wagon weighs 200 pounds, what does
the man on the back of the wagon
weigh?" Joax-"All right; I give it
up." Hoax - "Ice." - Philadelphia
Kecord.
"I have a doctor's certificate here
that I cannot sing to-night," said the
prima donna. "What!" roared the
manager.* "I'll give you a certificate
-"At the barber's!'
Full of Grand Marches and Quick
steps.- Oletimer- "Is your married
lifo one grand sweet song?" New
lywed-"Well, since I got a baby it's
more like a grand opera, with loud
calls for the author every night."
Puck.
Blind Beggar-"This dime you've
given me seems to bo off'color." Old
Lady-"Impostor! What do you
mean by wearing that sign and mis-"
Blind Beggar-"Sign doesn't say I'm
color-blind, does it?"-Philadelphia
Record.
"Thackeray a master of style!" re
peated Chollie to the earnest pei sou.
"My deah fellaw, you pawsitively don't
kuow what you are saying. I've . eeu
dozens of pictchaws of the old Joh my,
and not one of them showed a coat
that had the least approach to lit."
Cincinnati Enquirer.
"My wife," said the tall, lautern
jawed man, "is as womanly a woman
as you could find, but she can ham
mer nails like lightning." "Wonder
ful!" sang the chorus. "Lightning,"
tho tall, lantern-jawed mau continued,
"seldom strikes twice in the same
place."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
"Dear me!" exclaimed the girl with
pensive, brown eyes and ink on her
fingers, "I wish I had entered school
a year sooner." "What is the matter,
dear?" "Things are in such an un
settled state that I scarcely know what
advice to give the country in my grad
uation essay."-Washington Star.
Little Tommy-"Papa, did you ever
see a cyclone that blowed everything
up in the air; cows and horses, and
houses and things, upside down?"
Papa-"Well, no, Tommy, although
I've heard of it often." Little Tom
my-"Well, I think it'd be rather
tiresome to live so long and never seo
anything."-Harlem Life.
Now the gravediggers had become
aweary of what they deemed tl ose
elderly jests. "Sad dog, he," ono of
them consequently took it upon him
self to remark, iudicating Hamlet.
"Great Dane," replied the other,
boldly. This fable teaches how easily
uncouth persons my jump from the
frying-pan into the fire.-Detroit
Journal.
"Marie," he cried passionately, as
he threw himself at che feet of the rich
widow, "will you bo my wife?" "Yes,
John," she murmured. "It means
the sacrifice of my fortune, for my in
come from my late husband's estate
ceases at my second marriage; but my
my love for you is such-" "Marie,
I cannot accept the sacrifice! It is
too much! I will be a brother to
yon!"-London Tit-Bits.
Tho Itlffhts of Newsboys.
The judgment comes from the Dis
trict Court at the National Capital
that the sale of newspapers on the
streets is a legitimate business, and
that newsboys have a right to enter
street cars and sell papers to.passen
gers provided they behave themselves
and leave the car when their easiness
is finished. One newsboy was forcir
bly ejected from a car in Washington
some time ago and had a leg crushed
by a car running on the other track.
He has just obtained an award of
85000 from a jury un de" instructions
te the above effect by the judge.
