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TMVRMBAY. NOVCMBKB IS, ISS.
H1LLSB0R0. t i i OHIO.
IN OLDEN TIMES.
If turkey failed and beef ws tough,
With toll nnd debt increasing.
We sighed not, but we nt onouith.
And laughed becauso tbc limes were rough
And care's demand! unceasing.
Ilerond the clouds the future stood
With gifts of Joyor sorrow.
We (rusted God to make them rood.
And waited still. In thankful mood, J
Tho dawning of the morrow.
"Thlrgs might be wore," tho father said,
"Hope darkened moro." said mother;
"Tho household memories were not dead,
The household angels bad not fled,
(iod saved us to each other."
And o that old Thanksgiving Dar,
In doubt nnd darkness rising.
Was full or pi also, and lovo's sweet way
Held o er all its gentle sway.
Our souls In Joy baptizing.
Oh 1 not for ploasuro's Idle reign.
Nor luxury's soft condition.
Uprise' praise that sweeten pain
And faith that ripens souls like grain
Kor harvest fluids el) slim.
Thanksgiving, In tbc humble home
Whore toll and care aro neighbors,
nrlugsdown, somehow.froin kingdom come.
And faith that lightens sorrows sum
And blesses rudest labors.
Despise no dar of little things,
?i Jo In lowly station;
1'orto lers may be more than kings
To lllm who grtcth prayer its uings
And firtlh its coronation.
And in the happy vca'B that llo
llcjond the shadowy rlvcr.
The souls that rather sing than sigh
Jlnv fcIII bo blessed and gladdened by
Thanksgiving duvs forever.
B S. Aiifcer, in Memphis Sunday Time.
"LITTLE BILLY."
How Ho and tho "Boys" Treated
Widow St Olair.
Somo twenty -livo miles to'.ith of the
capital of Ohio, In tho lich valley of tho
Scioto, is tho quaint town of C .
If any part of this cradle of Presidents,
Senators, Chief Justices and great Gen
erals desert es to be called "classic
ground," this valley of the Scioto pre
eminently has that claim. It bears
abundant testimony to prehistoric oc
cupation by a peoplo well advanced in
urts and sciences. On both sides of tho
ricr wero mounds, fortifications and
sacred inclosures, concerning which tho
Indians, who occupied these lands at
the coining of the white man, had no
traditions. Within a radius of seven
miles several soero battles wero fought
between tho Indians and whites in
the latter part of the eighteenth ccn
luiy. Unco this was dotted with Indian vil-lasc-.;
hero m olden times burned the
council lire of tiic red men; hero the af
fairs of tho nation vciu discussed in
general council atid the iujpoi'tantniics
tious of peace and war decided. When
tbcMS restless tribes tntdc incursions to
other States and captured prisoners,
they wero brought heie to pass through
the terrible oiile.il of runningtho gaunt
let or to be immolated upon tho altar of
tho led man's cngcaiice. and tnado to
su'ler cery torture that savage inge
nuity could invent. Here, too, Logan
made that famous speech which lias
stimd tho heart of every American
frehool boy c or s.nee.
In the early putt of the present ccn
tut, when Pick.iway County was
foimcd. the land which was uftcrnaid
covered with tins town of C v. as de
signed anl laid out a-s the county
tow n. On tho en center of this silo
was a ciicular foit or sacred inclosuro
s.Mj-nine feet in Uhimiter. This con
t.i nod at its center a remarkablo
mound with semi-circular pavement at
the oust. It w as decided bj those who
hail the matter in chat go that this an
cient fort, or whatever It might havo
been, should be the center of tho town,
coutain tbo court-house, and from it the
streets should diverge. So a town with
all tho streets radii of a circle was
started.
It v, as well enough to begji with, but
as tho j ears went by a thriving village
sprung up. Men of stirring business
qualities became residents men V'ho
liked to have things like other people.
So it came about gradually that there
was something wiong with tho town.
'I ho village magistrates began to talk
tho matter over. The moro they talked
the less it seemed desirable to havo that
o tagon coiirt-bou-u the center of every
thing. After mature deliberation it was
decided "to square tho circle," which
they at onco proceeded to do. That
tou n was squared, and you should havo
seen it a few tears after tho squaring
pioccss as I d d. At this time I had no
ide i of its niatiiemat cal struggle and I
stood at tho hotel window and gazed in
amazement. Most of the houses within
my range of vision seemed to mo to
have been built somewhere in fio ether
eal Line and then deliberately dropped
dou n to hit as they would and then be
come stationary, tho front vards had
such a haphazard, cray-quilt look.
To my yonng eyes tho town had tho
strange appearance of being governed
ly chance, such as Ilalid saw in his
dreams, and I instantly turned to the
fruit trees half expecting that tho upplo
trees would bend under thoir weight of
pumpkins and that tho cherry trees
would I e loaded with ripe, golden cu
cumbers. The fruit trees were evidently all
rigiit, and so was every thing else ex
ec t the houses. Those must certainly
havo had a dancoby moonlight, waltzed
a 1 a-ound and got so in . ted up that
they never could get back into a ro
bpcctablo position again.
Time softens and changes all things.
It soon brought a very perceptible dif
ference in this squared town. The own
ers of these "skew-win" houses," as tho
children were accustomed to call thorn,
net cr felt quite at home cat-a-cornered
to the street. So those dwellings were
torn down and others took their places.
The town had been settled mostly by
Virginians, blue blooded and aristo
cratic, fond of their money bags,
thoroughbred stock and great farms on
Darby or Pickaway plains. Money was
plcuty, and though the old houses dis
appeared, there was enough left of the
circalax town to give a quaint look to
the beautiful spot Those whose homes
sou once aeon nere rogaraea u as we
garde spot of Ohio andloved it as the
' place of ml) places. There, could be no
cosmopolites.' among its dwellers, the
Very.epirk of the place precluded such
persons, i-
Upon the outskirts of this more than
half Southern town, lived the widow St.
Claif In a 'tiny cottage. This woman,
so the people said, had been years be
fore a aUe aad heiress and beloved by
verv fcodv tweatv rears she had
a lived ha Ibis Wage, seeking no society
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no soul had been admitted beneath her
roof for three years at least, except an
old colored servant who had been her
waiting maid In happier times.
Thts woman came at stated intervals
and did what sho could for her old mis
tress. Tho remuneration for such ser
vicer had long since ceased, but tho
faithful Nannie Insisted that it was a
blessed privilege "to bo 'lowod to wait
on Miss Nora."
Our story opens In Novembor of 1860,
the day before Thanksgiving. This
little cottage, with o'ustcring, loafless
vines and littlo patch of flowers stuck
In front, whoso glory had long since de
parted, was particularly dreary. And,
what added most to mako tho picture
touching and ono to bo romembored,
was tho sad, hollow-eyed woman, with
her hands clasped together, whoso look
told of despair of hopo deferred until
tho human heart could bear no longer.
Every chord was strained to its highest
tension. If another wind of adversity
should sweep over them with chilling
blast thoy would never moro vibrato to
tone of lovo or kiss of affection. Tho
heart, that harp of countless strings,
would bo broken and voiceless. As tho
woman sat there, a very picture of de
spair, a rider passed by. Tho splendid
horso upon which this young man, per
haps twenty years of ago, was riding,
had been curbed to suit his mastor s
pleasure. Ho was dreaming sweet
dreams of Lizzie Miller, tho fairest
daughter of old farmor Miller, of Darby.
As ho rodo slowly along, the face at
the window awakened him from his
reverie. "What can bo tho matter with
Widow St. Clair?" hn exclaimed aloud
after he had passed the cottage. "I
wonder if anybody ever looks after that
poor, forlorn creature? It is a sharao
in Roland to allow her to wear
her heart out in waiting, if he is
alive. Ho is probably dead, though,
years ago. It is qufto ovident that
something must bo done."
The ridor passed on, but nil day long
that whito face at the window haunted
him. Ho thought: "It's a burning
shamo a womar. alone all theso years.
It's partly her own choosing, of course,
but why don't somebody look her up for
sweot charity's sake?"
Then after a thoughtful silence he
tossed back his head, brought his gloved
hand down upon tho pommel with a
vigorous blow and exclaimed: "By the
great horn spoon, I'll do It!"
As tho evening approached a cool
breeze sprung up. and tho air began to
bear indications of snow. The comfort
able, happy homes wero all ablau with
light. Joe Bruff's restaurant and bil
liard parlors, jut round tho corncrfrora
the American House, had nover looked
moro inviting than to-night. Setcral
young men were alroidv standing about
in groups talking, and. some wero ap
parently waiting for others. Tho
Thanksgiving ball to-morrow night was
the subject of conversation amongst
them. This was to bo a marked cvout,
and every ono was going.
Tho door opened again and Will
Kirkland, the young man who had rid
den down tho Darby road in tho morn
ing, stepped in. Tho boys all greeted
him with a hand shako or a "Hello,
Billy! am glad you've come." Ho was
evidently a favorite and a leader
amongst theso boys, or rather young
men. Tho former knots of two and
three wore broken up and thoy all gath
ered in tho group about tbo last comer.
"What's up now, Billy?" said one.
"Did j ou get tho mitten this morning ?
Had somo fellow got ahead of ye, or was
tho old man at home?" Tho boys all
laughed and B.lly blushed to tho roots
of Ins hair, for it was generally under
stood that the voting man's wooing of
r.iimer Miller's daughter proceeded
tinder diflicuitics.
Billy had a heart as big as an ov, but
be hail neither money nor expectations
of any sort and Farmer Miller's heart
opened only to golden keys. When the
laugh w as over, tho young man replied,
nodding his head to the young fellow
who had chaffed him: " It s all right on
Darby, George. Every thing for tho
ball to-morrow night is arranged. We'll
let that rest."
"Now, boys," ho added, addressing
tho w hole group, "I'vo got a project on
hand, nnd shall need the assistance of
uverv ono of you to help mo carry it
out."
"All right," chimed Gcorgo Crutz,
"I'm with you in any sort of a good
tipje, you know."
"And I, and I," went tho rounds.
"What is it, Will?" queried tall Char
lie Deland.
"Now, boys," said Will, "I must con
fess that this matter is a little out of the
usual sort for us, but when you under
stand it, I'm sure of every ono of you."
"Spit it out, Billy; the crowd isO K
cvory time." said a young giant who
towered nearly a foot above tho rest.
Tbo speaker continued: "You see,
boys, when I rode up toward Darby this
morning, as I passed the Widow St.
Clair's shebang that isn't quite tho
name for it, you know, but it did look
mighty poor this morning, I tell you,
and her wretched faco at that littlo win
dow has haunted mo over since friends,
I tell you that woman who has been
such a martyr to man's inhumanity
has felt tho pangs of both cold and hun
gor, and she needs help from somebody
soon, that's certain."
"Do you think sho's starving, Will?
How did you find it all out?" said Frank
Thompson, whoso pocketbook was al
ready in his band. "She is a woman,
too. and of the pluck that I have always
admired. Why, bojs, I heard some of
the old folks, 'Squire Gregg, Mr. Clarke
and some of the others up at the bank
the other night, saying that thirty years
ago she was an awful pretty girl, an
orphan, and owned the finest house in
town,. four hundred acres on the Picka
way plains, and no end of other prop
erty bes'des. That dandy, St. Clair,
came into those parts. lie claimed to
be a relative of old Governor St. Clair,
bad just returned from Europe, and was
all the go amongst the girls. Before
anybody nad time to think about it, the
beautiful Miss Nelson was Mrs. St Clair,
and In ten years this profligate gambler,
as he turned out to be, had squandered
her property, gone to tho dogs and
"Yes," added George Crutz, "I've
heard mother say she had her five-year-old
boy, her diamonds and tho little
house and patch of land about It, a
broken heart, and that was all. She
moved into the bouse and educated
Roland herself until he was ready for
college and then sent him to Williams.
Alter ne was tnrougn were ne came
back and soon disartneared rrrobablv a
chip off from the old block."
"some men are too mean xor any
thing, but it doesn't seem as though
ugn
like
Roland would desert his mother like
this," said a vouaz man some years the
senior of the rest of the crowd. "I
know him and he Was a aloe fellow.
He must be dead went to sea, I
think."
t "VTelL beys," said the first speaker,
'"Ittle Billy," as he WM called, "the
MMloa is what shall we do for the
widow gt CU'rt I want to see Mack
XaafeMaMW I
says tho poor woman Is really destitute,
though sho never complains. She's
good grit, you see, and what wo do will
have to be done in snoh a way that tho
donors can't be tracked."
"I'll giro a barrel of flour and this
teti-dollar bill," said one, passing his
money to Billy.
In a moment every pocket-book was
out and the hand that was strctchod out
for the first bill was filled to over
flowing, making up a goodly sum of
monoy.
"Come on, Frank" saldWaltor 81ms.
"we will go to father's store and load
up a few things, tako In John's barrel
of flour, and fi any body thinks of any
thing to add to our load, why all right.
Wo will seo you in a couple of honrs."
Not one of tho whole sot had ever
known tbo "luxury of a want" but tho
young fellow who had been so moved
by the pale-faced widow. Since his
tenth year ho had cared for and sup
ported his widowed mother and always
managed to keep pace with tho richer
boys of tho town, and, what was very
unusual, ho had been their firm friend
and companion In all his leisure hours,
and in fact a leader amongst them.
In two hours tho load was prepared
and you should have seen it! There
was tho barrel of flour, apples, sweet
and Irish potatoos, sugar, coffee, tea,
hams, canned fruit and boxes with
spicos and raisins, crocks of eggs, but
ter, lard, and then, lashed to the top,
wero chickens and a monstrous fat
turkey.
The boys assembled to inspect tho
load and, after exerting considerable
satisfaction, It was decided that these
things should be placed just before
morning in tho widow's yard, and that
a watch should bo kept over them until
daylight Black Nan had been lot into
the secret, and sho volunteered to go
and spend tho night with her old mis
tress, as sho was sometimes in the habit
of doing. Then tho monoy, which was
still $100, was to bo 6cnt noxt day by a
trusted messenger.
Soon aftor dark the faithful colored
woman rapped and was admitted at tho
cottage. She greotod Mrs. St. Clair
with: "Boin' as 'twas the night afo'
Thanksgivln', I tho't you'd be kinder
lonely liko, honey, nn'so I fotched my
blanket to stay all night. I's toted the
least bit of a supper for you, too."
"You're so kind to mo Nannie; the
only friendl'vo got now," said Mrs. St
Clair, and tho tears gathered in the eyes
that looked as though tho fountain
from whence they sprung was bitter In
deed. The black woman paid no at
tention to this remark, but, placing a
chair at tho table, said: "Now, honoy,
jus' set right down hero and cat this
bit afo' it's stono cold." Tho mistress
did as roqucslcd, and Nnnnio hustled
about tho room dusting a book here and
there and kooping up a great display of
work, when in fact there was nothing
to do. Sho brigbtoned tho fire, moved
Mrs. St. Clair's rocker where sho would
feel tho glowing warmth, went into tho
noxt room and brought out several or
naments, which sho disposed of in such
a way as to add very materially to tho
cheerful appearanco of the room.
It occurred to Nan that tho boys
might make some noise in removing
tho various articles from the wagon.
So with tho idea of getting her mistress
to think that the disturbance could bo
easily explained if she heard it, Nan
said: " 'Pears to mo its dreadful late
in tho year to 'low cows to browse out
as Mr. Jones do. I saw free or fou' in
tho Darby road as I come 'long."
"Perhaps the gate is loft open so that
thoy can seek shelter if necessary," Mrs.
St. Clair replied.
Nan managed to peer into a good
man places, and when sho laid down
on her blanket sho whispered softly to
herself, "Dom boys ain't comin' nono
too soon, dat's shur." Sho chuckled to
herself at tho thought of the morning
and soon fell fast asleep.
Tho first thing sho know something
whacked against tho door. She hoped
Mrs. St. Clair had not wakonod, but she
did and called softly "Nannie."
"Yes, missus; I heard it Dem pesky
cows must bo on a rampage, but dey
can't do no hurt, nohow, so don't you
by 'skcered." There was a little more
noise, but tho explanation seemed satis
factory and nothing more was said.
Nan was astir early, but she managed
not to go near tho door. After Mrs. St
Clair had risen and dressed she stepped
to the door and opened it
"Come here, Nannie, quick!" she
cried, "the door is blockaded. What
can it mean?"
"Why, Missus St Ciair, what do you
mean?" and sho hustled in the very
Sicture of surprise. "Law me, Miss
'ora, how you scared mo. Im all out
of breff. If that's what you call block
ading, I wish somo un 'd do dat same
at our house, sure 'nuff !" and she pro
ceeded to take down boxes and pack
ages that were piled to the very top of
the door.
Mrs. St. Clair turned pale, sat' down
and wept softly, without a word. Nan
nie wotked with right good will to ro
movo the articles to proper places. She
talked incessantly. "There," sho said,
"somo folks say dat the Lord 'specially
'members the widders and faderless
chiluns Thanksgivln' lime, and this
'pears to look liko it Thar, you fat
turkey, you'll make a fino dinner. I'll
put reglar old Virginia stuilin' in ye
dat I will and then them cranberries
makes good sass, too. For goodness
sakes, what's dis 'tached to de door
latch? Now, honey, you read dis and
see what it says.''
What she spoke of was a large en
velope fastened to the knob, upon which
was written: "Mrs. St Clair, a Thanks
giving present from the boys," and
when it was opened $100 in banknotes
fell out
"Jes like dem boys, any how," said
the servant but the mistress heard never
a word. She had risen; turned and
sank upon her knees, and such a prayer
of thankfulness as poured from her lips
is seldom the lot of mortals to hear.
Her lost dollar was gone and her food
nearly exhausted. She was too proud
to seek help from the old friends she
had avoided. Every day she had hoped
for the return of Roland, but it was now
three years since he sailed from London
to Australia and no word had reached
her in that time. She had hoped for his
return until hor heart had sickened with
hope so long deferred, and she was now
on tbe very verge of despair. As black
Nan had stepped in the night before she
was thinking that she must have drank
every dreg out of her life's cup of bit
terness. This was the dear old town where
both her parents bad been laid to rest
before she had reached her eighteenth
birthday. Hero was the grave of her
husband and here, too, her Roland had
been born.
She had loved and trusted her friends
until they spoke harsh things of her bus
band. Some were true, others were
not He had rambled a little, that was
tree. Many young men had done the
sane wing ana naa auerwera tea moaei
lives. He was gone and she would not
permit a word against him. If she
mast safec. through his ttteughttattaaaf
thoso who had flattered him living and
condemned him dead should never
know tho real truth until she could
grove it beyond tho shadow of a doubt
o sho wrapped the mantle of her pride
about her, gave up the elogant homo,
tho farm and every tSIng else and went
to live in this little cottage.
She know that the greater part of the
money for which her estate had been
mortgaged wont to pay up tho debts
upon some ancestral estates belonging
to her husband's family of whioh ho ex
pected possession In a year from the
period of his sudden death. It never
occurred to her that these estates might
not revert to her son until ho was of
age and sho could not provo his legiti
mate descent from that old family. To
her surprise sho learned that a younger
brothor claimed tho estate. Sho had
no longer means to establish his claim,
so sho bided her time. She sold her
diamonds, educated bcr boy and sent
him abroad with tho papers neoossary
to establish his claim to the "Lindens,"
that valuable ancestral estate which her
husband bad claimed and would un
doubtedly havo had but for his untimely
death. Roland's last letter said his
claim was about established and ho
was to bo put in possession immediate
ly upon his return from Australia
where were other Interests that re
verted to him upon tho death of his
grandfather. This was three years be
fore and since that time no word had
reached her from hor son. She feared
that ho had met his death in some mys
terious way, and yet hoped on, always
waiting always waiting for tho son
that came not
Last night sho had prayed to die.
This morning her heart glowed with
hope. This human sympathy, this
kindly remembrance of somebody had
touched her heart with tenderness. She
had thought in her hours of loneliness
that all craving for companionship and
love, unless it came from Roland, had
burned out of her soul. But no; this
kindness in her time of need opened the
depths of her nature, and there, camo
welling up such a sense of tendorness,
love and thankfulness that tho poor
woman was overwhelmed.
Th s Thanksgiving day brought tho
first gleam of happiness that the lonely
woman had felt for days and years, and
foreshadowed tho great happiness that
was to follow close in its footsteps.
Before the yule logs were lighted and
the Christmas carolsung, the widow's
heart was overflowing with joy. Tho
wanderer had returned. After an un
accountable delay Roland found himself
in possession of the Australian property,
which would more than restore his
mother's fortune. For some reason the
monoy which bad been sent abroad to
the grandfather had been invested in
this lar away land, and had come back
to Mrs. St Clair doubled and trebled
after these many years. The "Lindens"
was still in chancery and might remain
there for another generation. Tho old
home was purchased and the widow and
her son returned to It " Little Billy "
became a successful business man, and
they do say that his good luck was the
direct result of tho Widow St Clair's
Thanksgiving. Cleveland Plain Dtahr.
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
Some Timely Suggestions Concerning the
Making Up of Wool Dresses.
Among the most desirable dresses for
winter aro those of fine woolen that a
lady may wear at home from breakfast
to luncheon, and by 'adding a cloth
jacket or other wrap be suitably dressed
for tho street at any time of day. For
such dresses tho choice is soft twilled
wool, cither serge or homespun, costing
from one dollar to three dollars a yard,
in dark stylish shades of blue (either
navy or gray blue, mulberry, green,
brown, park red or black. The entire
dress may bo of this fabric, mounted on
a silk or alapaca foundation skirt, and
its trimming Is black silk passementerie
or galloon, for colored and for black
dresses alike, put on in lengthwise rows
as panels down one side from belt to
foot, and covering all that part of the
lower skirt not concealed by the apron
drapery. The back drapery is full and
"nearly straight The basque is single-
oreasteu, wun revers covered wun ine
passementerie, beginning at the shoul
der seams noxt the collar, and tapering
to tho waist line, where that of the
right side crosses to the left of the
basque, and is fastened by a hook and
eye. The high standing collar is cov
ered with the gimp, and so are tho
small cuffs; a bit of tho gimp may be
lengthwise on the two box pleats of the
back of the basque,or else there may be
two barrel-shaped buttons therofoonnect
ed by cord loops. Very small crocheted
buttons fasten the dress. To complete
this for the street there should be a tail
or jacket of thick cloth the color of the
dress, with black cord brandebourgs
and barrel-shaped buttons, and a collar
and cuffs of black fur either of Persian
lamb or black marten.
There are also many striped woolens
to be used for entire dresses; these havo
twilled stripes wider than the hair
stripes worn during the summer, and
are in great favor in brown, in green
and in dark red shades; also In black
with white stripes. A fancy wllhyoung
ladies is to retain the surah plastrons
made like shirt bosoms for these dresses,
especially In contrasting colors, such as
a red surah plastron in a brown striped
woolon. A short sacque of striped wool
cloth may be worn with-such a dress,
and this has a hood lined with contrast
ing surah. The fancy for wearing
basques of plain cloth with striped skirts
is an economical one, and will be re
tained. The newest of snoh dresses has
a regular waistcoat of the striped goods
like tbo skirt, made in a separate piece,
with the back of silesia, and over this is
worn the plain cloth cut-away coat
The pretty striped waistcoat may have
a turned-over revers collar, like that of
a man's morning coat, and inside this
Is placed a sailor-knotted scarf of light
silk. The jacket of plain cloth buttons
but once, just below the collar of the
alatjmaf and la Aitf awaw fit MM in frlsji
ides: it has bound edcres. a narrow
turned-over notched collar, small side
pockets with flaps, and there are two
braid buttons to designate the line of
the waist in tbe back, where the middle
seam is left open and lapped. The hat
with such a suit is a felt turban bought
from a hatter, or eke the tailor makes
a small toque of the plain cloth like the
Jacket, and triau It with velvet loops
and revers.
When a cloth coat Is not liked with
this suit, then a sllng-sleeve cape is
added, whioh may be of cloth or of seal
skin plush, trimmed only at the neck
and in a short V In front with fur, and
lined with gay wadded silk. These
capes are imported in velvet, in plain
and In figured plush, in plain cloth, or
checked, or striped, aad in all furs
from leopard-skins to sables. Jferper's
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' A professional rat-cateher trapped
iwo thousand eight hundred rate ia the
i basement of a Cincinnati hotat
FATTEN I NO SWINE.
A Vfcw Timely Hint For Those Who Are
Preparing Megs for Market.
Swlno should be pushed forward in
mild woatheras fast as possible, as they
will gain flesh more rapidly on the same
quantity of food than in freezing
weather. During the fattening process
it has been found highly beneficial to
feed a moderate quantity of pumpkins,
for when this Is done they assist the di
gestion of the grain or meal given the
swine, and enables them to more per
fectly and economically turn It Into
flesh, thus saving a considerable per
centage in the consumption of food.
Pumpkins, or, what aro richer and bet
ter, winter squashes, ought to be grown
especially for this purpose by all swine
keepers. Aside from this, they are ex
cellent for tho store stock, as they
will do well if fed alone on theso that
is, provided they aro of a good, quiet
breed.
When pnmpklns are not on had a few
roots may bo given raw, of which beets
and carrots are hotter than potatoes,
ruta-bagas, or common turnips. The
last aro vory poor feed for this purpose,
being better for cattle. Grass, and es
pecially clover, is an excellent substi
tute for roots, so long as it remains
green and growing in autumn, but when
turned out to this, the swine ought to
have a warm shed, into which they can
come when fed and to protect them
selves from dew nnd frost during tho
night, as well as from storms.
To make superior hams and bacon,
corn should be mixed with oats or bar
ley, or perhaps rye might answer, at the
rate of one-half to a third of one of tho
latter to tho former, and ground thus
together. Such feed increases tho pro
portion of tender, juicy, lenn streaking
tho fat, which is essential to prodnco a
fino quality of hams and bacon. If fat
pork for salting and barreling alone is
wanted, then puro corn, wholo or
ground into coarse moal, is the best
feed, joined with some pumpkin or
roots, barley or rje, as recommended
above.
Canadians occasionally substitute bar
ley for corn, as do the English and
Scotch also. Formerly, before our corn
was imported into Great Britain, tho
farmers thorn fattened their swlno al
most entirely on barley, and their hams
and bacon, in consequence of this, wero
quite nice, especially when mado from
the Berkshire breed. When net run
ning on a grass lot give tbe sw ne a
few lumps of charcoal or chunks of rot
ten wooi to gnaw. It is said that the
former is a preventive of cholera, be
ing an antisoptic, but whethor so or not,
both of tho above are very healthful.
American Agriculturist.
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SMALL BRIDGES.
Suggestions of Interest to Every Dweller
In Country Districts.
The construction of bridges is ono of
thoso labors which at times fall upon
tho farmor, and every farmor should
know something of the business. A
Kansas farmer who has had to build
more than once to bridge a stream on
his farm gives tho following: "Stono,i
if you can get a solid foundation, will
last the longest, but up this way the
creek bottoms are so sofc that, after re
peated failures, we have fallen I ack on
posts altogether. At present we are
using hard pine, and it will last twice
as long at least I use string-pieces 3
by 12, 16 feet long, putting fivo or six in
a bridge, using four posts at car-.li end
and covering with 14-foot planks. On
the inside of the posts we saw m ono
and a half inches and mako a notch at
the top extending 10 inches below the
top of the post; in this we spike a one
foot plank, and that holds up the string
ers. The stringers are notched at tbo
ends about two inches, so thoy fall be
low the top of tho cross planks; tbat
keeps the ends from falling in when
the dirt is thrown against them. Four
of the stringers are spiked with heavy
spikes to the post also. Our truss
bridges are fastened to the posts in the
same way. This is tho general plan,
but is varied more or less according to
the situation. Bridges should bo raised
some above the level of the road, so
that when a team comes to the bridge
tbey will naturally slack up and go
slowly over tho bridge, nnd when high
water comes it will run around. lor
the last eight years we have put in
bridges in this mannor, and havo never
had a bridge wash-out or lost a plank
that I know of. Culverts should bo 16
feet long and not less than 2 feet wide."
N. T. Times.
THE REDINGOTE.
A Popular and Useful Garment Which Is
Again 1 High Vogue. f
Flush rcdingotcs, fitting the figure
very closely and reaching nearly to tbe
foot of the dress skirt, are to be in high
vogue again. The backs of the coats
are exceedingly full and arranged in
deep organ plaits behind to admit the
very pronounced misnomers call "im
provers," which aro added just below
the waist Dark Venetian red, deep
myrtle green, golden brown and even
heliotrope plush is mode into redingotes
or French Burtonts. Many ladies, how
ever, prefer the more jaunty-looking,
tight-fitting marquiso jacket that is
trimmed with bands of blue fox, Grecian
lynx or natural beaver. These are cer
tainly very becoming to trim, youthful
figures. The coats are made of r ugh
cloth of every sort and color, and also
of tbo English mixed suitings. There
are shown some stylish jackets of dark
blue cloth trimmed with mink fur and
fastened with bronze buttons in old
medal designs. These are charming.
In velvet tboy are of course more dressy
and likewise more expensive. Frieze
coats are more popular than ever this
season. An effect ve jacket recently
noted upon the promenade was made
of dark blue frieze cloth, trimmed with
blue-fox fur. It was worn above a vel
vet and eamel's-hair gown of the same
color: and as tho day happened to be
chilly and bleak, tbe Jacket looked most
comfortable. AT. Y. Post.
Poultry Versus Beef.
To bring an ox to a weight of 1,200
to 1,400 pounds, fit for the butcher, re
quires four years or longer in tho point
of time. The beef will pay 6 or 6 per
cent upon oast of food and outlay
never over. 8 per cent if bred in the
Eastern States, in six months from the
shell tbe same value in poultry Oay
1100 to $125) oaa be produced., grows
aad marketed at one-third the cost for
feeding and investment Poultry
World.
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la Franee electricity has been very
Meeesefully tpVi to ! restive
aad vielous horses while being shod.
The arrangement comprises sb-ply aa
radaetioa oaiL a dry battery and a de
vlee tor .rtag a shook of gradaatod la-
teaUy.
NIQHT IN GREENLAND.
The tToys of Comrtahlp In the Land of Tat-
low Candles and Barklag Bealt,
In the countries of the extreme north
the nights are six months long. What
a place that must be to spend an even
ing with a young a ladyl Just think of
it! Think of it, ye poor young swains
who are obliged to make your call no
longer than tho miserable space of fonr
or five poor hours. Think of the pic
nic an Esquimau dudo has when he
starts out for a call on his inamorata!
Ho arrives at her house just after dark,
and the two stt In the front parlor for a
few weoks, not realizing that it is long
past the hours of gloaming and that
the room is as dark as the tricks of a
politician. Then her1 mother comes in
and lights tbe gas, saying: "I think you
children would have better sense than
to sit here in the dark. You had better
have a little light on tho subject"
Then the old lady skips out to give
the young people a chance, for she
doesn't boneve in young girls losing
time, nnd in Greenland there Is only
one night a year. After her departure
the young couple sit on tbe sofa and
look at the photograph album for a
week or two. This is no novelty to
them, as tbey know every photograph
in the book, fretn hers, taken when she
was in short skirts, to his, taken only
yesterday morning, representing him
leaning over the back of a chair, twirl
ing his alleged mustache and smiling so
persuasively that he looks as If he were
trying tojget trusted for half a dozen
shirts. They sit closer nnd closer as
thov begin to get more deeply Interest
ed In the photographs. Sho snuggles
up to him and points with her sealskin
gloved finger to tho portrait of her
cross-eyed aunt who was bitten by a
Spitz dog tho .night before. He is deep
ly moved, although be has seen the pic
ture before, and. as he draws nigh to
take a closer look, ho presses bis arms
lightly around her waist, whose symme
try is concealed by her bearskin Mother
Hubbard. After his manly arm has
been there a few days, she notices it,
calls him a "horrid thing," and flounces
across tbe room to the plana She plays
for a fortnight and then he, wearying
of looking at the pictures in "Bunyan's
Pilgrim's Progress" on the center table,
tip-toes across tho floor and embraces
her just as she strikes a diminished
seventh on the piano. She turns around
on the piano-stool with an alluring littlo
figglc, and their lips moetin one brief
ut blissful kiss, about four days in du
ration. This Is all very pleasant, of course
nnd thev sit holdinc each other's hands
and looking volumes of Byronio poetry
Intn ..Anil t4,A,fa n,Aa fn, a fnttr mmk I
weeks, when an interruption takes
place. Tho parlor door squeaks, and in
tho twinkling of a hook-and-eye the
young man occupies the sofa atone end
of tho room and is reading tho evening
paper, while the young woman Is look
ing over the music. It is an ombarrass
ing two hours for both of them, when
the father ontcrs and looks suspiciously
from one to the other. Tho old gentle
man comes ostensibly to bring tho
young people somo candles to eat by
way 01 a niue supper, 10 uo wosnea
down by a bowlful of snow. In reality,
however, bo is there to seo how they aro
behaving themselves. Anon he leaves
them, first winding tho clock in a rather
suggestive manner, and thon sotting the
alarm four months ahead, in order that
he may surely get up in time for break
fast. What a relief when he is gonol The
two kindred souls again proceed to in
tercommunion, and no sounds are heard
but the barking of the pet seal out In
tho wood-shed and tho suggestive tick
ing of the well-trained clock as the
weoks fly swiftly by. It seems to tbe
twain that the night is yot young, when
in about two months and a halt tier big
brother comes home from the theater
where a melodrama in one hundred and
forty -eeven acts has been rendered by
the regular stock-company. Her brother
is late, because, being somewhat smit
ten on the leading lady of tho company,
he took her out for a littlo supper last
ing the greater part of a week. He no
sooner vanishes than a sound as of two
heavy boots falling on tbe floor above
warns young Lothario that he must
soon depart. The old gontleman's boots
falling on the floor mean that adieux
must do cut short, and that there must
be no hanging over the front gate for
thirty-six or forty-eight hours. Tho
young lovers grapple each other in a
convulsive embrace. It seems hard
that they should have to part, and that
he must go so soon, but it must be.
Fate is against them. Time waits for
no man, and tbe Spitz dog is untied.
Tbey cling about each other's necks for
three weeks, breathing vows of fealty,
and then kissing her again (time twenty-four
hours) he hurries to the gate
just as a gruff voice is heard from the
top of the stairs, saying:
"Clarissa, is that young man never
going?"
Clarissa answers: "Do go 'way from
tho hall, pa. Somebody might see
lyou."
' men sne iockb me aoor, goes to nor
boudoir and dreams about him to her
,the only him in all this wide, wide
world for the next two or three
months.
In some respects Greenland is the
place to live. Chicago News.
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Couldn't Have Been a Woman.
Bagley That was a painful affair la
Frankford last week.
Mrs. B. Oh, do tell met
"A woman was the sole repository
of a dreadful secret On her death
bed she called her relatives around her
"And proclaimed it to all!"
"Not a bit She died without reveal
ing." "William, that story Is untrue, or
else it was not a woman.'' Philadelphia
Call.
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A Gaming Pleasure.
"Mr. Featherly," said Bobby, Ignor
ing his mother's signal to keep still,
"did you ever bear pa whistle f"
"No. Bobbv." laughed Featherlr. "I
never had that pleasure."
"Yyeu, yon win, went on bopdv.
"He told ma that he lent you five dol
lars last night and he expected to whistle
for it" iK 7. Bmn.
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A ourreat advertisement In a Seattle
paper reads as follows : " Whereas. I
have left my wife aad her board; where
as, i nave Deeeme attaeaea to another
and more attractive woman, I hereby
give warning to the public that I will In
future pay my own bills without any
assistance from her whatever."
The HarrUburg (Pa.) Independent
notes one advantage In the new silver
dollar eartMeates: "They win enable
liberal people todrap a dollar late a
church aoatrlaaHon plate or box1 with
riiut.!ft?tt,l Haat.o hf aW ring C uit 4 - teo ba4?'-lrVer Oa
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RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.
The minutes of the last Presbyterian
lannrat AaaamVilv ahnW that 115 01
'their churches last year received addi
tions of ou and over eaen.
Two or three clergymen ia Brook
lyn" introduced the practtoe of giving
brief talks to the children, before begin
ning the morning sermon. Brooklyn
Union.
Rome papers report that tho Pope
Intends to establish a great university la
tho Luteran Palace. The head of the
Unlversltlos Leonina is to be tho Jesuit
Cardinal Mazzella.
Tho Chinaman in America is being
moro and more cared for. According
to the New York Tribune "twenty-two
Chinese missions have been established
in New York and Brooklyn since 1876V
and are In a flourishing bond' tlon. Whai
is more, a large proportion of the con
vert 'stick'"
In an article published in tho Hou
velle Revue, a French traveler declares
that there is scarcely a village in Syria
without a Protestant church; more than
one may be found even in tho gorges of
Mount Hermon. At Beyrout there is a
German hospital and Amerioan univer
sity, where the most practical sciences
aro taught, especially that of medicine.
"A Century of Protestant Missions,"
is the title of a book publi'Ned in Eng
land by the Rev. James Johnston. It
makes tho startling estimate that while
3,000,000 converts have boon added to
tbo churches, there are now 200,000,000
more heathen in the world than there
were when Protestant missions began a
hundred years ago. N. Y. Witness.
The Illustrated Christian WeeJdv fol
lows up the remarks of President Eliot,
of Harvard, in denunciation of the ten
dency to extravagance that seems to bo
increasing among collegians with some
appropriate remarks of hisown. Owing
to this extravagance, the scale of ex
penditure is raised to all, and it will
cost tho frugal student of to-day from
60 to 100 per cent more than It did their
equally frugal fathers to take a college
course in similar comfort
In Brazil are found the best schools
in South America. They are divided
Into three grades tho primary, the
secondary, and tho technical schools.
Tho first two correspond to the various
grades of our public schools. There ia
but one institution in the country cor
responding to our collego, namely,
"College Don Pedro IL" in Rio de
Janeiro. The lower schools are free,
and the law even demands compulsory
attendance
The Bishop of Rochester does not
approve of tho popular clamor for brief
sermons. "Do not" ho advises his
ecclesiastical subordinates, "readily
give in to what is often only a worldly
cry for short sermons. You neod a
great deal more experience than you
can claim now for making a fifteen
minutes' sermon that shall bo roally
useful. Either so much will bo com
pressed into it that it will become load
ed and obscure, or what is perhaps
more likely, so little will g" into it that
it will be impossible to endure it"
Tho figures laid before the Metho
dist conference show the steady growth
of the Methodist Church in Canada.
The membership is placod at 197,479.
There are 1,610 ministers and proba
tioners. The church has property to
the value of $9,976,043. The number
of Sunday-schools is 2,676, with an at
tendance of 191,185. Sabbath-school
papers have a circulation of 229,639.
The work of temperance, according to
the report of the statistics committee,
'has been carried on energetically, as is
witnessed by the fact tbat 46,280 Sunday-school
scholars have taken the total
abstinenco pledge.
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WIT AND WISDOM.
Etiquette is natural kindness put
into thoughtful acts. Texas Biflings.
Architectural points of a 'newspa
per. Its columns. New Age.
You can not expect a girl of the pe
riod to stand fire becauso she is accus
tomed to face powder. If. Y.' Independ
ent. How is it possible to expect that
mankind will take advice when they will
not so much as take wnrningP Bwifl.
What you remember of what yon
read, and what you save of what you
earn, represent your actual value.
Washington Critie.
The peppermint fanners of Wayne
County. N. Y., are worried over the
decline in peppermint oil, which sells
for $2.60 to $2.66 a pound. This is
quite a peppermint drop.
"Ugh! it's cold this morning," said
Sniggs to Higgs. "I saw ice on my
sidewalk as I came down town." "In
deed," said Higgs, "was it paid for?"
Tableau 8t. Paul Herald.
"If pigs were to grow on trees
what would boa good name for them,
Snooper?" "For what Joggins, the
pigs?'' "No; the trees." "Don't
know; what would?" "Porky pines."
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
Old Party Hey, officer, I want to
go to Chicago; is this my train? Typ
ical Metropolitan Policeman Begorra,
oi don't know; tho men of some rail
road company is format oa the carr,
an' oi suppose it's their prawperty.
Have yees lost a train invwheros? Jv.
Y.Hail.
School-teacher Come, Bobby,
surely yon can spell Kcntuoky K-e-n-t
Now think what comes after t? Bobby
(in deep thought) WelL 1 don't know
which you mean. There's George for
sister Belle, Tommy Brown for me, and
tbe man pop always tells he will settle
with in the morning. Tho Judqo.
A crier in a Massachusetts town,
whose duty it was to aniounoo auctions,
lectures, eta, was needed ono day, and
those who went to find him were greeted
by the following rather equivocal sign
nailed npoa his door: "No oryiug for
three weeks on account of tho death of
wifs."
We must learn to accommodate
ourselves to the discovery that some of
those cunningly-fashioned hwtrnmento
called human souls have only a very lim
ited range of muskt, and will not vibrate
in the least under a touoh that fills
others with tremulous rapture or quiv
ering agony. Jv. Y. Examiner.
Maud 0 we mast send for tho
book. It Is entitled "A Fortnight ia
Heaven," by Harold Brydges. Edith
Nonsense; who 'wants to bother with
people's trance visions. "Do you sup
pose that U what it is?" -Certalalv:
what else eeoJd It be?" "I thought it
was aboat a aoaeymoea.'1 Omofca
World. '
"My husband is so pe-otlol" said
one lady to another in a street oar tho
other day. "Have you ever tried rua
b n' his Hnte with hartshorn ValmeaW
mum?" laUrrapted a wemaa.wUa a
market basket at her feat, w was sit
ting at her elbow aad overheard tiM re-
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