Manchester Democrat. [volume], March 30, 1904, Image 3

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THE SENTRY'S CLOAK.,
J.P !he starlight Jcnisalora Bleepi*
with her. white temple upreared to tfct
iky
Cold aa the night wind thnt plaintively
sweeps
O er the weird shades that on Calvary lie.
-One w|bo^bas heard the dear Hps* that are
Vanquish with love the vain Pharisee
throng,
.Walts at the tomb on the wind beaten'hill
Throngh the night watches, so dark and
•o long.
Lonely Is she, for the sentinels dose*
Wrapped In their cloaks, upon buckler
and sword
All save one Uoman, who, spuming repose.
Guards the dnrk grave of the crucified
Lord.
.Not on the Cross is he thinking to-night,
But ou the wife and chlldi-cu at homo
Loved ones whose smiles were a father's
delight
In that far cot of liuperinl Rome.
True uuto Caesar and rilate Is he
Firm Is his footstep and stern Is his
brow
He who to Him never lowered a knee
Feels not a thrill at the sepulchre now.
Hark! from the gloom comes a sorrowful
cry,
from a heart thnt is bursting with
pain.
Files the malted hand to the sword on his
F*
As fror
thigh,
"Nay/* he exclaims, "'Tis that woman
agaiu—
"She who with tears yester-even was here.
Pressing her bube to her rag-eovercd
breast,
Watching this cavern of Arlmathnen,
Where the bold Nazarene now Is at rest!"
Belslng the camp torch lie bastes to the
form,
Saylnffo^Tbe
nlsht
Creese Is chilly and
••Take thou my cloak—It Is heavy and
warm—
Cover thyself and thy shivering child."
Kindly he fondtes the baby that-hides
In the tblu robe of thnt watcher sin
cere,
Then to his dreaming companions he
strides,
From his dark cheeks roughly dashing a
tear.
Bright dawns the sun npon Olivet's^bfow.,
Bringing from IJeaferi the flj-st Euster
sSt^flith ln«h-arc*Btumlerluff now—*.
8he. on the mantle'arid hff fluTheirlay.
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All People Appear to Celebrate the
8|riax Festival*
All peoples appear lo celebrate Easter
to on© shape or another, the festival sig
nifying rejoicing ut the .reawakening of
nature in spring. Though associated iu
this manuer with the vernal equinox, it
Is nevertheless particularly moon-fes
tival, and- most of its folk-lore has to
do with the lunar orb one way or
another. The Council of Nice, in the
year 351 A. 1)., decided that Easter day
should be the first Sunday after the first
full moon following the vernal quuinox
and if the full moon fell ou Sunday.
then Easter Sunday was to lie the Sun
day after. The moon suggests a like
noes to an egg, which is the symbol of
resurrection, and the rebirth of things.
Now, the Chinese celebrate Kaster by
making so-called "tnoon-cakes," and in
sdulglug in various amusements thnt are
•supposed to have to do with congratulat
ing or rewarding the moon. In their ce
lestial cosmogony the orb of night rep
resents the female principle in nature,
and they believe that a beautiful woman
lives there—the goddess of the palace of
the moon.
On gold throne, whose radiating bright
ness
Dnziles the eyes, euhnlolug the scene.
Sits a fair form, arrayed in snowy wliite
ness.
She is Chang-o, the be lutcous Fairy
Queen.
Rainbow-winged angels i,oftly hover o'er
her,
Forming a canopy above the throne:
A host of fairy beings stand before her,
Each robed iu light and girt with
meteor gone.
The above is a translation from a Chi
nese poem, describing the Woman iu the
Moon.
The Chinese believe that a man, a frog
"and a hare also dwell in the moon, and
the last-named animal constantly appears
In their art and in that of Japan, painted
upon the disk of a lunar orb. Nearly
all over the world the hare is associated
with the moon m.vthologically, and it is
on this account that the rabbit has so
much to do with Easter.
There has been much dispute as to
why the hare should have anything to
do with the moon, but nobody has arriv
ed at. any satisfactory conclusion on the
subject. It Is evidently a folk-lore no
tion of extreme antiquity, which partly
accounts for its wide distribution. The
rabbit is uocturual in habit, comiug out
at night to feed, and that may have
started the ulea. It is asserted by stu
dents of siich.giaUcrs that the left hind
foot of a graveyard rabbit killed in the
dark of the moon represents the last
quiver of the moon, and on that account
is lucky.
A legend accounting for the rabbit in
the moon is of Hindu origin, and was
introduced into China with Buddhism.
Buddha, according to this narrative, was
a hare at one stago of his existence, and
lived in friendship with a fox and an
ape. Indra camo to.them disguised as a
hungry pilgrim, and the fox and ape
procured food for the god. But the hare
was not able to capture anything suit
able for the table, and, sooner than be
inhospitable, he threw himself into the
fire in order to become food for the guest.
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One vStfiuUng neifo that bright Form from
»the dead
Bee's the lone woman In sleep's heavy
yoko.
Cries, as no wrenches the robe"from her
head,
"What dost thou here In the infidel's
cloak?"
Then from the Hps of the Savior there
come
Words full of tenderness, sorrow and
pain—
."Lo, of My mission the substance and sum,
By you poor soldier to!d over again!"
—Thomas Frost.
ODD TH.NGS ABOUT EASTER.
As a reward for his self-sacririce Indra
translated him to the moon, where he
•*»its at the foot of cassia tree, pound
in? drugs for the genii iu a iuortar.
Ail Eastor Parable.
Once in a sheltered garden there
bloomed beautiful ilower so sweet and
pure that the south wind forsook ail
other spots to sweep ceaselessly, caress
ingly around it, whispcriug soft words of
love.
But one day the flower faded, nor
could the south wind with warm kisses
revive its drooping head.
Then came the gardener through his
garden, who, seeing the dying flower,
plucked it from its stem and, tearing
out its golden heart, burled it deep iu
the black earth.
"Cruel, cruel man!" shrieked the south
wind, because it understood not.
Ail winter long the cold white suow
lay on the heart of the flower, and over
it the south wind sobbed its rage-at the
pitiless gardener.
But when the spring came, behold,
the flower arose, more beautiful than
before!
And the south wind, understanding,
kissed the bronzed chtek of the gardener
in joyous penitence.
For kind of heart is the gardener of
the universe, though mau, foolish nnd
fickle as the south wind, understands him
not, aud, as one who loves all growiug
things will stoop to brush a little blem
ish from the humblest flower, so stoops
he to remove tho smallest sorrow from
the tiniest blossom in his great garden
of light petaled stars.
faster Plant. Lognnds.
The Christian legends connected with
plants generally explain their behavior
duriug Passion week. The aspen still
shivers with -Teniorse because, when
Christ passed, it iiad boldly faced the
heavens instead of bowing its head in
compauy with the other trees. The
Savior casf one look on it, aud tho mem-
ory of that sorrowful glance is handed
down even to this generation.
The willow was used for the scourges,
and .oyer since it has drooped its arms
in misery. The elder h? commonly sup
posed to bo the tree upon which Judas
hanged himself, and it is not even to be
touched for firewood. However, it af
fords a safe refuge in a warring of the
elements, for not even lightning will
deign to strike it. A fungus that grows
on the elder and is now known as Jew's
ears was originally called Judas' ears.
The oxalis, or wood sorrel, was stand
ing nt the foot of the cross and received
some drops of the precious blood. These
she still carries. The Italians have the
-fit 0a§ter-3Tn?e
^Jofidee^u
At Eastertime, with radiance rare,
In all her glory, faultless, fair, -r~
On promenade the maid nppoui l*
No traces left of Lenten ii us,
An object gay ami debonair
£1%TA»
His heart is dizzy with tlo^p ur,
That stylish hat, those violets due
To nod their heads and domineer,
ft
At Eastertime.
He knows how much this wliole affair
Makes doubly sure the suutlo snare
Ho is not jealous, has no fear
That ho will lose her low, the dear,
The bills are what makes papa swear
At Eastertime.
—Herbert llaus.^-.
same legend and call this' little blossom
"alleluia," as if the very flowers re
j*jced in tho great gift to the world. The
scarlet anemone, too, is said to bear the
stains of Christ's blood. ..„.46.,..
Variety in Easter Offerings.
It has become so much the custom to
send keepsakes aud remembrances to
one's friends on holidays that one's purse
is ngtipc* almost all the year round. This
Easter the shopkeepers have been most,
considerate, nnd "prices for all purses"
is the rule In more than one shop that,
makes a specialty of appropriate holiday
gifts. The silver basket filled with grow
ing ferns or the potted lily in a jardi
niere of priceless pottery is a gift of the
plutocrats, but just as dainty and grace
ful is a bit of silver or ltuysorzina cost
ing $2 or $3, a photograph of some fam
ous paiutiug mounted on rough wliite
hristol board and inscribed with an Eas
ter greeting in gold, a piece of art gluss
for desk, mantel or table, a rosary,
bookmark, a daiutily bound book or any
one of a hundred pretty trifles. These
little gifts are tied with white ribbon,
with a card attached, aud all one has to
do is to select, pay aud with one's
greeting send off the offering. Prom 25
cents to $3 covers all expense.—New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Tho Lesson or tho Season.
Ages pass, but each retuftring Easter
briugs again its lessons of sacrifice, of
uusclfishuess aud of great love for hu
manity. Great snowy bauks of lilies,
emblems of purity, are offered iu re
membrance of the greatest self-abnega
tion in the history of the world. In
vast cathedral and modest chapel vi
brates the majestic music of praise for
that most wonderful resurrection, upon
which is based the faith of tho mighti
est peoples of the earth.
i-sm'-v
Gaiety is not a proof that the lienrt
is at case, for often in the midst of
laughter tho heart Is sad.—Do Genlis.
Eastern Story that la Still Greatly
Enjoyed by ths Boyi.
"I see the shop windows full of all
sorts of pretty things that betoken the
approach of Easter," said Mr. Snoggle*
tou, "but none of the displays attracts
me so much as that in a Malu street
window which is largely devoted to dyed
eggs and dyes for coloring Easter eggs.
It takes tne back to boyhood as nothing
else could do. They tell me that here
iu the north tho children.dou't have very
much fun with Easter eggs, but In the
south, where I was raised, we used to
have great sport from Good Friday to
Easter Monday, and the old customs still
survive to a large exteut. 'Picking' eggs
was the popular sport with the boys. It
was not altogether as harmless a form
of gambling as fond parents usually Im
agined.
"The process is simple. The contest
ants must first be provided with the re
quisite number of hard boiled eggs, usu
ally dyed iu gay colors. Sometimes we
used to he able to buy real dyes aud boil
the eggs iu them, but the popular meth
od in the little towu where I was raised
was to get all the scraps of gay colored
calico that could be obtained, wrap each
egg carefully in the calico and boil it.
This would result iu transferring the
pattern of the calico to the egg, aud the
gaudier the colors the better we liked
them. The brilliantly colored print?
which are made for tho negro trade iu
the south are seldom seen in the north,
but they were just the thiugs we waut
ed.
"Iu 'picking' eggs the chullcnger at
tempts to break the shell of the other
contestant's eggs with his own egg. The
eggs are held tightly in the cjosed hands,
only the points protruding, and one boy
strikes with the point of his egg the
point of tho other, the blows being only
just hard enough to crack the shell of
one of the eggs. The one whose egg is
broken forfeits the egg to the owner
of the stronger egg. I have known boys
to accumulate many dozen eggs iu this
way in the course of the Easter holidays,
although if these is no cheating the besf
egg is sure to be broken sooner or later.
"Rut the boys in my town used to be
up to all sorts of tricks. Of course all
eggshells are not alike. Some have much
more lime in them than others, and the
eggs of the guinea hen, or 'guinea keat,'
as the fowl is always called in the south,
are ever so much harder than ordinary
hens' eggs. So guinea keat eggs were
barred in egg picking, and every egg
offered for picking was carefully in
spected by the other boy before the chal
lenge was accepted to make sure that it
was not a keat egg. It is easy enough
to tell tho difference ordinarily, the keat
egg being smaller and of a more pointed
shape. —Buffalo Express.
*J! EASTER ISLAND. VC
A Curious Story About,One of the
Polynesian Group,
Far away in the Pacific oceau lies a
lonely volcanic islaud which is called
Easter island from the fact that it was
discovered on Easter day, 1722, by a uav
i£ator named Roggereen, a Dutch ad
miral. its real name is Rapa-Nui, and
its Polynesian inhabitants nre fast dy
ing out,. Comparatively few explorers
have visited it, and, contrary to the joy
ous spring name, it^^as, it is a deserted
place.
What makes Eqster islaud of Interests
are the numbers of curious colqsgal stone?
heads and busts,, chljed mJ®, which'
abound there, evidently the work of the.
natives hundreds oflyears ago,_ A few
of these are erect, but ipnny have fallen.
P?
The legend says that King Xlikhlhu
settled in Rapa-Nui and retired into a
cave, where he carvedvand cut all the
gigantic heads, Mvhieh removed them
selves to their present position ou the
island.
When ho became old, he did not die,
but was turned into a butterfly, which
is called in that country by his name.
Tukuihu used to search for eggs in
the nests of the sea birds, and when he
lost his human form the chiefs who wish
ed to succeed him agreed to search for a
eertaiu number of eggs nnd the first to
collect them was appointed king. It
seems singular that eggs without any
especial significance should have been so
important on Easter island.—Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Easter Pastime and Benevolence.
A Hungarian Easter custom is the
Kalaka, It is a custom with something
besides either foolish superstition or per
verted church legends behind it. The
farmers of a certain district get together
and give one of their number, tho poor
est man in the place, a day's work. Af
ter the day of communistic labor is over
a supper and dance are given.
A saving bank for colored people,
with a colored woman for president,
has been established recently in Rich
mond, Ya. The aggregate deposits for
the llrst day were $75,0(K).
Locomotive engineers, on the run
from Crews to London, a distance or
100 miles, have to notice no fewer than
285 signals.
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THE STATE OF IOWA.
OCCURRENCES DURING THE
fa PAST WEEK.
Slater nf Clinrity Klopca from Convent
willi Lovcr-lMoodlioiindH Not Counted
Kvliublc Witncrecf} Wants $5,(KM)
Damages for lMiyKicnl Hurts.
Forgetting the devotion to goodness
and the vows she had taken to burv her
self from the world in the robes of a
Sister of Charity, the charming young
Catholic woman who took the name of
Sister Annette eloped a few evenings
ago with an old sweetheart from the
mother home at Cedar Kapids. From
Chicago, where the romance was culmi
nated in a marriage, she has written
friends in Burlingtou that she is glad
to be again of the world and is not sorry
for what she has done. She said: "Had
1 not been obliged to teach music to
young men till 8 o'clock in the evening I
In all probability would not have taken
the step I have." Last year Sister An
nette was a music teacher connected
with Lourdes Academy, one of the most
popular of the parochial schools iu the
Stele, nt Burlington. Last July she
was transferred to Cedar Kapids, where
life became a dull monotony for her. Sud
denly there was a change. On one of
her few excursions to the city she met
au old sweetheart. Just what plan's
were laid nnd how" rapidly are not
known. A few days ago, however, after
night had fallen nnd just before the-sis
ters were to retire for the night a black
hooded creature climbed down the fire es
cape of the school and, enveloped in a
heavy coat, was hurried away by her
lover, who had come from Burlington.
Taking a fast train to.Chicago, the cou
ple were married, and now all Iowa
Catholicism is discussing the elopement.
It is the first time iu the history of the
State thnt the sacred vows have b'eeu so
broken.
Rloodhoiind? Not 1'elinhlc Witnesses,
The Supreme Court in an opinion by
Judge Weaver granted anew trial iu the
famous bloodhound case in which Harry
McClurg claimed damages of Mayor
Brenton and Chief of Police Brackett in
the sum of $10,000. The case was tried
by Judge McHenry, nnd the court di
rected a verdict for the Mayor and
chief. The court holds the case should
have gone to the jury. In the opinion
Judge Weaver says a man has the right
to undisturbed possession of his home,
and that the work of bloodhounds in
tracking a man to his home is not pre
sumptive of his guilt. In the summer of
1002 Dcs Moines had an epidemic of
chicken thieves. The Mayor procured
bloodhounds, who smelt a scent to the
home of McClurg. a deacon in the Valley
Junction M. E. Church. The Mayor and
chief forccil an entrance and made the
arrest, but acquittal followed and later
the damage suit.
Wants $5,000 Unniaucfl.
Suit has been tiled in the District
Court by Harry Goodnow, a farmer liv
ing southwest of Ames, against Willis
Ball, also a furmer, asking for $5,000
damages for injuries received in a fistic
encounter at the Goodnow home. It
seems that the trouble stnrted at the
Ball home a few nights previous. Both
parties hud been imbibing quite freely
and Goodnow made some threats that he
wor.M do Ball up. A few nights later
Ball with several of his companions went
to the Goodnow home and called the
young man in question outside and im
mediately assaulted him with his lists
and succeeded in breaking three ribs,
breaking his jaw boue and badly injuring
one eye.
Woman Killed by Cars*
Mrs. Charles Hildebraud, the wife of
a prominent stock shipper living nt Lock
bridge, was instantly killed by a fast
freight train near Lockrldge depot. Mrs.
Hildebraud was assisting her son in load
ing a car of horses, and stepped from
one track to avoid a passing freight, on
to another in frout of a passenger train.
Kills Herself and Child.
Because she was jealous of another
wotnan. Mrs. William Greenfield,
}cnrs old, killed herself and her 1-year
old child in I)es Moines. Mrs. Greenfield,
with the fhild. locked herself in a room
and turned on the gas, where she was
found by her husband.
State News in Brief*
There is au unusual amount of petty
thieving at Dubuque.
Couucil Bluffs Republicans renominat
ed Mayor Dell G. Morgan.
Fort Dodge has let the contract for
two miles of asphalt paving.
Burlington busiuess men are agitating
for the abolition of the trading stamp.
Robert Taylor, a Plymouth County
farmer, was killed in a runaway acci
dent.
L. IX. Jones, for seventeen years a
guard ut the Fort Madison prison, in
dead.
Improvements aggregating $50,000 will
be added to the Ottumwa water works
[int.
Commander McCracken of the cruiser
Moines is a native of Jefferson
'County.
Rev/J. II. Sharpe has resigned the
pastorale of the Deuisou Presbyterian
Church.
Work will begin on the new 'Iowa
Methodist hospital ot Des Moines in a
few days.
Woodbury County teachers have ap
pealed to the boards of education for
higher wages.
There is an epidemic of measles at
Clarion, between fifty nnd sixty cases
being reported.
The city of Ottuuuva has not beeu
defeated in a single damage suit iu the
past five years.
William Hatch, a pioneer resident of
Dubuque County, dropped dead at Far
ley while shoveling snow from the* walk
iu front of his home.
Bids for the V. M. C. A. building,
which is to be erected at the Iowa State
College at Ames this summer, .have been
opened. The lowest bid was «WO,4GO.
Max Seligman, a clever insurance
Swindler nt Des Moines, who defrauded
the Equitable Life Company out of sev
eral thousand dollars by false repre
sentations iu securiug notes which the
company cashed, was sentenced to five
years' imprisonment.
Iu Iowa City A. W. Ilannafin com
mitted suicide by hanging himself with
a steel wire. He was in Mercy hospital
for treaotment.
Charles Lovelett was terribly burned
ut Washington. He was startiug a fire
with kerosene, when there was an ex
plosion. He may die.
J. F. Benckendorf, a prosperous farm
er owning one of the finest farms iu
Calhoun County, has sold his property
and joiued Dowie's ranks.
The City Couucil of West Liberty
unanimously grauted franchise privileges
to the Iowa City, Daveuport aud Mus
catine Railway Company.
A telephone message from Goose Lake
Hells of the robbery of Charles Buech'i
clothing store of clothing valued at $500.
Suits aud overcoats constituted most of
the loss.
George Irinseher, of Dubuque, who
claims title to the Servian throne, has
employed an attorney and will sec to
establish his claim and secure what
money may be due him as a member of
& royal family.
Veteraus of the Franco-Prussian war,
residing iu Davenport, are considering
& plau for the erection of a monument
in one of the public parks of that city
In commemoration of the establishment
pf peace between Frauce and Qermnny.
Des Moines policemen want a raise Id
salary.
Mayor U. II. Kain of LcMars has
resigned.
The Tama Commercial Club has been
reorganized.
An outbreak of smallpox has occur
red at Wadena.
An addition will be built to the Des
Moines City Hall.
The cigaret has been tabooed in the
Woodbury County jail.
Burlington women have begun an agi
tation for a cleaner city.
Burlington socialists nominated Wil
liam Strauss for Mayor.
Fire destroyed the residence of J. S.
Wilson, near Washington.
The city ofllcials of New Sharon have
purchased a pair of bloodhounds.
The Dubuque woman's club has start
ed a campnigu for a cleaner city.
Des Moines is to hove a new State
bank, headed by G. E. McKinnon.
The Iowa building at tho world's fair
is completed. It cost about. $37,000.
Potatoes are now being imported into
the State from far-away Washington.
The Chicago Great Western has be
gun work on its new depot at Clarion.
Workmen are placing the foundation
for McGregor's new electric light plant.
C. X. Smith's store at Grinnell was
damaged by tire to the extent of $1,000.
An effort is being made to cancel the
$2,000 debt on the Washington academy.
W. J. Adams, for six years chief of
the Mason City fire department, has re
signed.
The $25*000 debt against the Daven
port Presbyterian Church has been can
celled.
An underwriters' club has been organ
ized by the iusurance men of Fort
Dodge.
Oliver E. Reece has been appointed
postmaster at Abbot, vice J. C. Zoller,
resigned.
Ottumwa is to have a city laboratory
for the detection of germs of infeotious
diseases.
The present prison population at Fort
Madison is 45t, eighteen less than a
year ago.
Des^ Moines college is trying to raise
funds for the erection of needed new
buildings.
West Liberty citizens have raised
nearly $2,000 for the purchase of
library site.
A saloon consent petition is in circu
lation iu Carroll Count}*. A bitter fight
has developed.
Flower growers of Davenport, Rock
Island and Moliue have formed the Tri
Cit.v Florists* Club.
Sneak thieves have recently stolen
$200 worth of goods from the Batterson
store at Muscatine.
Mayor Becker of Davenport says he
will veto the ordinance requiring steel
curtains in theaters.
Tlie Des Molues park commission will
offer prizes in order to stimulate the
beautifying of the city.
Iowa railroads are laying iu a very
large supply of coal, fearing a bitter min
ers' strike in tho East.
Dubuque socialists uamed Ernest
lioltz for Mayor and also placed com
pute ticket in the field.
.lohn Sullivan, 18 years old, of Du
buque, has confessed to the burglary
of a saloon iu that city.
An avtosiau well, to be at least 1,000
feiH deep, is being sunk at \^est Lib
erty. It will cost neatly $4,000.
Iowa operators and miners have post
poned a decision on the scale,
awaiting a decision iu tho East.
Morris Less, a Des Moines carpenter,
drew $550 from a bank aud in half an
hour hud lost $500 ou the street.
Three more worthless citizens QyDen-v-suy notion
ison-.hnyp Ipft
urgent invitation of a vigilance commit
tee.
Atl telegraph and telephone wires in
the business district of Des Moines will
be placed uuder ground the comiug sum
mer.
A new bank has been organized by the
business men of Garrison and promineut
fanners living in the vicinity of that
town.
Charles II. Dilworth, president of the
West Des Moines school board aud a
prominent citizen and bauker, died sud
denly.
Tho Farmers' Bank of Garden Grove,
with a capital of $00,000, and the Bank
of Coin, having assets of $S0,050. have
nssigued.
The Waterloo ministerial union has
appointed a committee to revive, if pos
sible, the Chautauqua iu that city.
The club women and husiuess men of
Murshalltown have united in guarantee
ing support for the Chautauqua proposed
for that city.
A number of G. A. IL posts through
out the State have adopted resolutions
favoring the proposition for a State park
at Davenport.
The management of the Burlington
Y. M. C. A. is endeavoring to raise
$20,000, payable within five years, to
clear off its indebtedness.
Tho creditors of the Tisgah bank,
which failed last July, have employed
counsel and will eudeavor to force a
settlement of their claims.
Jos. Moore, a prominent business mau
of Ooawa, is defendant in a $5,000
breach of promise suit, brought by Lu
cinda Greek, of the same place.
At Des Moines. G. B. McNabb has
sued the Elliott Hotel Company for $10,
000 for false arrest. McXabb was
charged with trying to boat a board bill.
E. L. Pardee, a rural mail carrier at
Walnut, resigued aud was re-appoiuted
and given a $300 contribution by the
patrons of the route wheu no successor
could be found.
The report of the superintendent to
the board of control shows that the In
dustrial school for girls at Mitehellville
had 210 iuiuates Feb. 20, as compared
with 208 ou Jan. 81.
Gov. Cummins has named George
Blanch of Belle Plaiue as a member of
the State board of veterinary medical
examiners. lie will succeed Win. II.
Heck of Mnquoketa.
Keokuk's water is not good, says the
State chemist, after examining samples
of water seut him. The report says the
people are driuking nine hundred col
onies of bacteria to the cubic centimeter.
The total cost of the North £ixth ave
nue Melan arch bridge at Des Moines Is
now estimated at $145,500, more than
$50,000 above the original estimute made
three years ago, when the coutract was
let.
Gov. Cummins has issued a procla
mation setting aside Friday, April 29,
as Arbor day. Ho urges a general ob
setvauee of the spirit of the day, and
recoinmeuds such exercises in the schools
of the State as will stimulate a love of
nature. The planting of trees in prac
ticable places, the original purpose of the
day, is given significant emphasis as an
important service to the public and to
future generations.
Tho Supreme Court has sustained the
decision of Judge McVey in the Bou
bright case from Polk County aud up
held the judgment of $15,015 agaiust
the estate of John S. Bonbright in favor
of his widow on a pre-nuptial contract
entered into at the time of his second
marriage in 1889. The heirs of the es
tate hud sought to have the decree set
aside on the statute of limitations aud
for other reasons.
Nearly all the stock necessary to build
at Cambridge a cauulng factory which
will employ about a hundred meu, wom
en and boys and which will pacjit from
thirty-five to, forty thousand cans of cor®
per day has been subscribed,
stliiiiill
Handling au Unruly Hog*
Any one who 1ms tried it will teslify,
thnt It is not an easy task to handle
stubborn hog, nnd most hogs are stub
born. If one has occasion to do this
work the rtevicc shown In the cut is
simple and effective. Take a strong
rope about the diameter of a clothes
line nnd about ten or twelve feet long.
From this cut off three feet and tie a
loop in each end, then tie the remain
ing piece in the center of the looped
piece and bring the loop over the snout
of the hog after slipping the loops iu
the llrst piece over his hind feet.
Have a ring in the long looked piece,
and through this slip another rope, nlso
looped, so as to come over his neck,
as shown In the cut. This rope may be
heavier than the first one, and if the
FOR. HANDLING
animal is unruly and strong, the end
which is.shown over the back of the
hog extending to the hand of the one
who Is.driving It, may be slipped over
his rump and Into the lower loop nnd
tied, leaving a long loop lu the driver's
hands for better control. The illus
trations show clearly liow the contriv
ance is constructed.
To Grow Fine Celery.
A Michigan gardener writes: Take
any land that will stand drought, put
at least one load of well-rotted manure
on every square rod of ground, plow
and fit the ground well, set plants In
rows 10 inches apart and six to eight
inches apart in t.ie row (set with an
old brick trowel), keep the surfuce
well worked till the plants cover the
ground, after which no weeds will
bother. By raising celery by this
method the plants become dense, and
consequently darken the lower parts
of the plants, causing the celery to'
grow white from the center. None
but White Plume will grow successful
ly tills way. White Plume can lie
grown In single row and be blanched
by placing bundles of corn stalks on
both rows. Bundles should be at least
eight inches iu diameter. I grew
White Plume celery 33 inches high
last year on high ground, and It was
as white us snow*. I find the Giant
Pascal is best for late winter use,
but it has to be earthed to blanch.
These two varieties are the best to
One-Man Corn Sled.
Make two runners, one 5 feet and
one 7 or 8 feet long use 2x0 stuff
place 2 feet apart and nail boards on
top as shown in cut. Fasten a scythe
blade on for knife. It is better than
the steel plate knives. Knife should
run high on edge and ut an anglo of
about 43 degrees from the runners.
ONE-UAX CORN SLED.
Tho object of the long ruuner is to
keep the sled from bucking to one
side, which Is caused by the cutting
being all done on one side. We stiiud'
up to cut in large corn, and put on a
box and sit down in small. It is a
waste of labor to knock the corn down
on sled and pick it tip again. Keep it
up in your arms. The single sled is?
now preferred to the double ones here.
I nm a boy 14 years old. My father
has taken the Practical Farmer since
before I was born.—Archie Orange,.
Gulcsburg, Kan.
Sheep for Mnttou.
Mutton as a human food is guinim
rapidly in reputation. So much im
provement has been made in the meth
ods of breeding, fatteniug. slaxightcr
ing and ripening mutton that a grert
army of people who were once preju
diced agaiust It no longer timl any
thing the matter with it. Good au
thorities predict that the time is rapid
ly approaching when as ninny sheep
and lambs will be slaughtered in this
country as there arii hogs and cattle
slaughtered now. History shows us
that In old countries "mutton is the
poor man's meat. The reason for this
is that It can be raised at less cost.
Digestibility of Foods.
The value of cattle foods depends
largely upon their digestibility. There
Is more protein In straw than lu corn
fodder, but the latter Is more digesti
ble. Some coarse foods are valuable,
however, in assisting to digest the con
centrated foods by giving bulk to the
mess and separating the materials, es-!
On Fowiuts Clover,
Sowing clover is an absorbing ques
tion with farmers who desire to keep
up the fertility of their land. When
seed is high there is always a disposi
tion, with some, to defer sowing clever
uutJl anoiuer year, and plow up the
fleUls again. Seed may be cheaper
next year, you know. This manug«
inent may have kept these same field*
under the plow for years, making IT:
more uncertain to secure a catch, and
requiring more acres, every year, t
secure the requisite amount of grain. I
It is unwise and foolish to fail to sow
clover because seed Is dear.
Diversified Fannin** in the Kxtrcme.
The managers of the Maryville (Mo.) great length of time
Street Fair offered a $10 prize to the
Nodaway County agriculturist who
should exhibit the largest number of
farm products grown on his farm this
season. W. R. Bosley, of Ravenwood,
drove up-with a wagon load of stuff
and took the prize.
His wagon contained a stalk of coru
thirteen and one-half feet high white,
red, yellow and speckled corn iu ear
wheat, rye, buckwheat^ rape, timothy-
seed, oats, thirteen kinds of f/een
beans aud peas, three kinds of pop
corn, two kinds of cucumbers, one red
pig, a turkey, two chickens, two
Guinea fowls, hedge balls, strawberry
vines, one cabbage weighing fifteen
pounds, celery, summer and winter let
tuce, peanuts, two kinds of beets,
horseradish, asparagus, blucstera grass,
slough grass, clover hay, prairie hay,
carrots, green mustard, six kinds of
pickles, seven kinds of jelly, jam, cher
ries. three kinds of parsnips, three
gourds, two kinds of sunflower seed,
sweet corn, can of honey, castor bean,
one sunflower, the flower of which I
measured forty-six inches In circumfer
ence sugar cane, two kinds of millet
in stalk, an oyster plant, four kinds of
radishes, turnips, four kinds of Irish
potatoes, two kinds of sweet potatoes,
cabbage, cauliflower, two kinds of
squash, greeu lettuce and onions.—
Baltimore American.
Wecdin? Out the Cows.
1 operate a farm dairy, make but
t'»r a specialty, nnd I wish to say that
ir4 my opinion you cannot too strongly
urge fiie farmers who keep cows to
krep a dally record of what they arc
doing, w_eigblng each mess of milk
and testing often enough to get an
average of its butter-fat, so that at
the cud of the year they can tell Just
what each cow is worth, from a butter
point of view. For more than two
years we have done so. At the end
of the first year, although we thought
our herd was all good, we found
twelve out of twenty-five cows that
did not pay. We sold those and re
placed with others some of our own
raising and some by purchase. This
year we find 30 per cent profit over
last year. We have not found the
daily record hard to keep. Few farm
ers stop to figure. A cow that pro
duces 200 pounds of butter per year
from $30 worth of feed, which sells for
20. cents per pound, loaves only $10
for care and the risk. The cow which
makes 400 pounds of butter from $30
worth of feed leaves $50 for care, risk
nnd profit, besides a whole lot of sat
isfaction to her owner. You never
know which cow makes this profit for
you except by using the scales and
the test.—F. C. Shepherd, in National
Stockman.
How to Market tbc Mutter.
Those who possess the knack of inak
ing butter that has that fragrant
flavor that distinguishes the produce of
many farm dairies, oflen make the mis
take of keeping the butter on hand too
long after it is made before marketing
It. It will be found that however pnl
atable it may be, aud however good
tho flavor it possesses when first made,
It will have escaped after too long ^-,1
keeping. Even when transported long
distances it loses its distinctiveness
while in transit. In fact, it seems that
butter which possesses to a large de
gree this much-desired flavor deterio
rates much quicker than an Inferior
kind. As a consequence of this, the
farmer's wife who makes a superior
article which has a local reputation for
excellence should endeavor to dispose
of the product to local trade, or at
least sell it so near home that It will
be but day or two between the churn
and the customer. This can be easily
managed in almost any locality where
there is a market for It by securing a
list df private customers and furnish
it to them direct as they need it. This
class of patrons are much more profit
able year iu and year out than the city
hotels or the commission bouses orTiS.
.Qjose customers who buy in the gen
oral market,
i-o I'revcnt J'luck Rot.'
As a preventive of black rot In vlns»v4V
yards next season'the North Carollnt K.&*}
experiment station recommends that
all dead leaves and rotten grapes b«
raked up and removed and rotter
grapes clinging to the vines nnd tnfi
lises picked off. S*
Loose shredded bark that can be
readily pulled from the vines prun- £^4
ings, dead grass and weeds should bf
burned in fact, anything capable of
harboring the dustlike spore should be
destroyed or taken away. *m
While the vines are stUl In a dor- xt%
mailt condition, spray with tho coppef
sulphate solution, thoroughly wetting
the vines and posts, and paying par
tlcular attention to bunches of tendrils
or rough surfaces on the posts that
would be likely to retain the speves. it ^v,
is much easier to keep black rot out of
a vineyard once cleaned than to keep
it down In a vineyard uot cleaned.
Asparnzu* for the Family.
One hundred plants will furnish the
average family with a supply of this
most delicious early vegetable. Thev
should not cost over $1. and hence In
stead of being looked upon as a luxurV
it should be common in every family
garden. Rich sandy soil is best, but
It, will thrive lu an.v soil If given a
reasonable show. Palmetto, Couov
er's, Collossal and Bans Mammoth are
recommended as very satisfactory va-
-v-
rietics. The plants should be set as v:
*irly In the spring as possible, in rows*
30 inches apart and 18 in the row.
Pliiut in holes or trench, six inches v.
deep, filling it up gradually, and do not
cut the stalks, except sparingly, until
the third season. It readily responds
to good care and fertilization and
Rhouhl be liberally top-dressed with is
manure each fall.
Fomc Kansas Wheat Yield*.
The banuer yield of wheat In Kunsa*
Is said to be that of Joseph C. Ort, in:"M
Gove county, who thrashed 228 bush
pis of G2-pound wheat from three acres
of au old corral, and 4,503 bushel# (ele-
va*or
pedully when the coarse foods are re
duced to a fine condition. Even but
a portion of the straw foods Js di
gested, they are prepared for the ma
nure heap by the animals ami are thus
increased In value compared with
wttstcful use.
weight) from a 100 acre field.
The seed was Turkey red, one bushel
to llie acre. The three-acre piece had
been heavily fertillzed-for vegetables,
and after these were gone he again fer
tilized nnd plowed it lour inches deep.
Goo) Milkcra' Milk elm. y'4'
Good milkers will almost invariably
show a well-devoloped milk vein. This
big vein which carries the blood from*
the bag or udder to the heart for purl
lication should constitute considerables
of a network on the udder itself and
should then continue well forward on
the belly and disappear in the region!,
of the heart.
Point the Wngons,
Well-painted implements are gener-p&
ally accepted signs of thrifty farming.'Vc:
A dollar's worth of raw linseed oil and^n
color will answer to cover the runuing^^
part of a farm wagon. Have plenty of&vss5
shed room with closed lront and ralses*?
the wheels away from the dump earthil:^
when the wagons are stored for anys/As
1
Blowing Out Woodchncka*
A quarter of a pound of blnstiug
powder will usually do the work. It iso
doue up in a stout paper bag with a'
yard of cowmou blasting fuse tied into
it. Poke the charge as far down as
possible. Tamp the hole solid with
atones and earth, light the fuse and
proceed to the lie&t hole to repeat thq
tyeratlou.
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