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Rheumatism
Is a blood disease and only a blood reme*.
dy can cure it. So many people mak*
the mistake of taking remedico which
at best are only tonics and cannot possi
bly reach their trouble. Mr. Asa Smith,
Greencastle, Indiana, says: “For years
I have suffered with Sciatic Rheuma
tism, which the best physicians were un- i
able to relieve. I took many patent
medicines but they did not seem to
reach my trouble. I gradually grew
worse until I was un
able to tak ? my food
i!** ■ S or handle myself in
an y way; 1 was abso
lately helpless. Three
bottles of P. 8.8. re
li*ved me so that I
'j3SPHt was soon aMetomove
IF my right arm; before
long I could walk
w ~ across the room, and
when I had finished one dozen bottles
was cured completely and am as well as
ever. I now weigh 170.”
A Real Blood Remedy*
S.S.S. cures Scrofula, Cancer, Eczema,
and any , orm of blood troubles. If you
have a blood disease, take a blood medi
cine—S.S.S. (gvaiantccdpurely vegeta
table) is exclusively for the blood and
is recommended for nothing else. It
forces out the poison matter permanent
ly. We will
our valuable
books. Address
Swift Specific
Cos., Atlanta,
Cowbells.
Une of tin* comparatively few things
that the hand of improvement has not
touched is tin? cowbell, v Inch i- made
now just as it was fifty, 100, and more
years ago, and has now just the same
peculiar, clanking sound as ever. Cow
beds are imule, some of copper and
sonic of a composition metal; but most
of them are made of iron and finished
with a coating of bronze.
The cowbell is not cast; it is cut out
from a sheet of metal, which is folded
into shape and riveted. The metal
loop at the top, through which the
strap is passed, is riveted into the
bell. Cowbells are made of ten sizes,
whose sounds range through an octave.
Sometimes musical entertainers who
play upon bells of one sort and anoth
er come to tiie manufacturer, an;l by
selection among bells of*the various
sizes find eight bells that are accurate
in scale.
There are only four factories in the
United States in which cowbells are
made, and in each case the cowbell is
only an item of production among
many other things. Cowbells are sold
all over the country, just the same as
ever, but much the greater number are
sold in the South, the Southwest and
tihe West, where farms are larger, less
likely to be under fence, and cattle
are more likely to stray.
There are sold in those parts of the
country a hundred dozen cowbello to
twery ten dozen sold in the East.
American cowbells are exported to the
various countries of South America
and to Australia.
Largest Room.
The largest room in the world under
one roof and unbroken by pillars is at
St. Petersburg. It is (120 feet long by
120 feet in breadth.
MANY THINK!
when the Creator said to woman,
“In sorrow shalt thou bring forth
children,” that a curse was pro
nounced against the human race,
but the joy felt by every Mother
when she first presses to her heart
her babe, proves the contrary.
Danger and suffering lurk in
the pathway of the Expectant
Mother, and should be avoided,
that she may reach the hour when
the hope of her heart is to be real
ized, in full vigor and strength.
MOTHER’S FRIEND
s° relaxes the
KGl°°my Fore
boding of dan
ger, and the
trying hour is robbed of its pain
and suffering, as so many nappy
mothers have experienced.
Nothing but “Mother’s Friend” does
this. Don’t be deceived or
persuaded to use anything else.
“Mother’s Friend” is the greatest remedy over
Ent on the market, and ail our customers praise it
ighly.”—W. U. Kixo & Cos., Whitewright, Tex.
Of druggists at SI .00, or sent try express on re
ceipt of price. Write for book containing valua
ble Information for all Mothers, mailed free.
Site Bradileld llegulatoc Cm Atlanta, 6a,
•THE PRAIRIE DU CHIEN
REMEDIAL INSTITUTED
TURKISH BATH ROOMS,
fa-- FOB THE TREATMENT
RHEUMATISM
And all Chronic Diseases.
Female TrrteS““
ago treatment. We give as good satis
faction bb any place in the United States.
Address all communications to
JOHN VV. RATH BURN, Prop.
l)n. J. 0. Ivowley, Medical Director.
DR. FRANK O'BRIEN,
SPECIALIST.
333 MAIN ST.. LA CROSSE. WLA.
CURES"
Chronic Nervous and Private
-
Young and middle aged young men
who sailer from private troubles of any
nature will do well tooonßu'.t the doctor,
as it coats yon nothing. References
from the best cistizens of La Crosse, as
to honesty and professional ability.
Bucklen’s Arnica halve.
The beet salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, soree, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores,-tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi
tively euree piles, or no pay required.
It is guaranteed to give perfect satis
faction or money refunded. Price 25
cents per box. For sale by E. H. Oraig
A Cos.
. ■■■ • ♦ ••
Consumption.
Its prsvention and cure a specialty at
Medical and Sckoiual Insti
tute, La Crosse. Wis-
MTrnm
''Burnett" Spa ids a Day with the
Children at the State School.
BLGLNS IS THE BURYING GROUND.
Childen Taken from Shattered Hornes and
l’laced in Hood I’umilies us Soon :-H D,;S
••h’e—The Driglit. Ones Taken Fir.t—
Supply Not Equal to the Demand—Ti e
Cott go System —Do Single Women
Slake tlieTrAt Matrons?
Madison, Wis., May 3. —A child’s
grave is always a sad, pretty sight. It
looks so peaceful amid its setting of
green; or, perhaps, the snow covers it
with a mantle of ermine, about which
the winter’s wind tosses up graceful
wreaths and garlands and coronets and
a thousand symbols of innocence and
triumph, and they fa!! on the little
mound like tributes tossed over the bat
tlements of paradise by the angels,
who guard our little ones, living or
dead.
But if the grave of a loved child be
pathetic—tenderly nurtured from its
birth, caressed and shielded from rude
alarms—how Infinitely sad the group of
thirteen boys and girls who lie in the
burying ground at the ’ State Public
School” at Sparta—an official title for
the home established by the bounty of
the state for orphans, motherless boys,
girl babies whose fathers go drink mad
when the* wife dies; little ones abused
by step-parents, and almost incredible,
children abandoned by both parents—
but only when the mother has been be
deviled by rum, or has lost her mind be
fore the heart failed her.
Friendle*t* Children, Not Had.
Sparta is not the rendezvous of bad
boys. Superintendent Merica keeps
them at Waukesha, which institution I
shall visit later. "Dependent and ne
glected" children are sent to Sparta.
They range from 3 to 14 years when
committed and they are put ir. homes
just as fast as possible. The school was
opened in 1886, since which time $550,-
000 have been spent on it. Last year
the running expenses were $46,1C0. A
total of 1,850 children have passed
through the school. They are sent theie
by the county judges, and behind each
case is a shattered family. Thirteen
cases were recently transferred to the
new school for imbeciles at Chippewa
Falls. The school was crowded last
year, there being over 300 children. The
demand for children for indenture or
adoption was not brisk enough. So Mr.
Heg of the board of control advertised,
and since that happy Idea there are not
children enough to go round. There are
fifty applications for children that can
not now be fiilled. One of the cottages
is closed for lack of childr 1.
Isn’t it beautiful that as fast as
waifs are thrown on to the world, kind
hearts and welcome firesides are wait
ing for them, with few quest'ons as to
who the children are or from how dark
the mud the lilies of youthful inno
cence spring!
Sparta claims 5,C00 people. It is the
city of I). F. Jones, the brilliant as
sembly man, and D: W. T. Searles,
who inspects the children every day,
has adopted two of them; and Principal
Doty of the high school, which univer
sity professors say ranks up close to
the top. It is the small fruit region,
and next to the shool is a 100-acre farm,
wholly given over to berries and cur
rants and little products that make
growers rich if the supply and market
fit each othef.
The school is on a farm of 100 acres
—dead level, and in the distance are
the bluffs of the LaCrosse valley—and
it is beautiful. Unlike the schools for
the blind and the deaf, no one rooi cov
ers boys and girls, but a series of fine
brick cottages, presiding over each of
which is a matron. There is a main
building, which suffered a $5,000 fire
in 1892; a school building, and anew
$9,000 hospital, and a quarter of a mile
away are fine farm buildings, where
are fifty hogs and twenty-eight aristo
cratic cows, and lots of calves, and a
big prize-taking bull, who is 8 years
old. A boy told me they would soon
take him to the ’’slaughter house yon
der,” and laughed at me for a city ig
noramus because I thought one hit be
tween the eyes weald lay him low.
All Want ix Huiuliioiiie Child.
Two-thirds of the pupils are girls.
They stay until some home takes them
—which may be a week or a number of
years. But if they are not "placed”
by the time the boys are 16 and the
girls 18, they are sent back to their re
spective counties, perhaps to enter the
poorhouse. The expected happens. The
attractive children are promptly taken.
Some mother who has lost her own baby
pounces down on some dimpled baby
girl or handsome boy; or some parents
who have no children decide the house
is too quiet, and send in an order for
a blue-eyed lad or golden-haired girl;
or some farmer thinks he can use a boy
to do handy work; or some family with
a lot of boys decides that a girl could
make herself useful. The unattractive
ones, slow, perhaps, or endowed with
a temper, remain in the school. In most
cases the adopting parties do not see
the children until they arrive on the
train. Some of the children have been
in two or thi“e homes on trial and re
turned. Parents put up with all sorts
of shortcomings in their own children,
but many of them want perfect hu
manity trom Sparta, or they don’t want
any.
There are three agents on the road all
the time. Two of them are gentlemen—
Messrs. Bailey and Brandt—and a lady,
Miss Jeardean, a sister of the arbitra
tion commissioner of the state. The last
named has had many years’ experience
in the Taylor Orphan school at Racine,
and a gentler, more cultivated, mother
ly woman never dried an orphan’s tears
or stood with courageous tact and in
sight between a cnild and its oppres
sors, for it can readily be imagined that
evil motives dictate some of the calls
for children. Homes want them for
the hardest kind of work, and cruelty
veiled with hypocrisy holds out Invit
ing arms. Even vice seeks to pray on
these who have no friends but the com
monwealth.
It Is the business of these agefits to
place the children. A call for a child
comes to the school. One of the agents
visits the home. He (or she) talks with
the parties, examines into their financ
cial standing; asks the neighbors and
teachers and pastors as to their mor
als and kindllneps. If the environment
is unfavorable the application is de
clined. If the home promises to be a
good one, the child is taken there.'
There is in Wisconsin a children's aid
society, a private philanthropy, which
does this same work of finding homes
for friendless children, and a grand
work it Is doing. It has no bui'ding,
but makes close connection between the
broken home and the new home. Agent
Woodmansee can be found cn a train
most any time with a baby in his arms,
milk bottle, paregoric and all. W’hen
he goes marching down the corridors of
eternity there will be such a din of
liossanas and such troops of baby an
gels hugging him. by the knees that he
will wish he had staid in Wisconsin.
And undoubtedly this prompt transfer
of chldlren is the ideal policy. The old
‘‘orphan osylum,” where hundreds of
children were cooped up for fifteen
years behind brick walls to become
helpless automatons, Incapable of self
action. are obsolete. It is much better
to have them work out their own sal
vation, one child in a home.
And the Sparta school keeps no chil
dren longer than necessary, unless a
fine, manly looking boy, such as big
hearted Engineer Sands, who has been
with the s hoot from the beginning,
has to help him and thinks the world
of. may be held ir. 'he service, awaiting
some lucky couple who will throw the
weight of their declining years on his
stalwart shoulders and find him true.
Superintendent S. S. Landt has been
over the school f. r three years. His
salary is $1,300. Mis. Landt is the effi
cient matron general; and they have
two daughters and two sons, one of
whom has gone to the war, while ‘he
younger wanted to. The superintendent
has pleasant living apartments in the
main building. The matrons, of whom
there are five, and the seven teachers,
have their ov n dining room, and the
children make a busy scene at their
tables.
Mr. Landt's predecessor was F. L*.
‘.-unborn, ex-mayor of Portage, who
served four years; and before him was
R. T. Eoberts, a preacher. The book
keeper is Arthur De Groff, and a most
courteous guide I found him in the ab
sence Of the superintendent. Mention
Ehou’tf be made cf D. Q. William*, whs
looks after the bif boy*; and there it
a farmer and a gardener and other offi
cials. The boys do a good deal of work
on the farm. On leaving the school
they usually go Into farm homes. Such
are preferred to homes in the cities.
A Governor from tlie Slum
Governor Burke of Dakota was a
waif from New York city, who was
sent to a prairie farm by Charles Bor
ing Brace’s Aid society. The Sparta
school buasts a boy who is now working
his way through Beloit. ‘Another Is in
a Chicago business college and one has
gone to Klondike.
On the farm are thirty cows and
fifty hogs. The silo has a capacity of
230 tons. Breakfast is served at 6:30
o'clock. Chapel exercises are held at
8:30 in the morning and there is a Sun
day school for them at which the teach
ers do service. Entertainments are
given them, the phonograph recently
affording much delight. In the sum
mer the children play outdoors as much
as possibK, aewl there are pavilions and
swings t? C--u.Ha in them; and in the
winter an firiulclal Ice pond.
The children no longer wear a uni
form, but it may be imagined that the
task jf clothing the hundreds of chil
dren is no small one. The girls are
taught to sew, Miss Kelly (a sister of
Mrs. I’pham), having charge of this In
struction as well as principal of the
teaching staff; and women are em
ployed in the sewing room.
Wo visited the school building. One
can imagine that the teaching is pe
culiarly discouraging work for the rea
son that the bright pupils aie prompt
ly withdrawn for adoption, and the
“leavings” form the material on which
the teachers must work. Surely, un
less there is the motive of a love for
children and a passion for faithfulness
wfierever God places one, the work
must be Irksome. All the more credit
t * such women as Miss Kelly, Miss
Jones, che veteran in point of service,
and Miss Henry (formerly a Madison
principal) and the others who throw en
thusiasm into the dally round. There is
a kindergarten for the younger chil
dren.
lliijn Cut liar li Other*’ Hair.
The hall- cutting at the institution is
dene with clippers by the older boys,
and the scalping process reveals every
bump on the little fellows’ heads. Per
heads. Perhaps it is this, at all events
it would be useless to deny they did
not look as well balanced and normal
as other children. The effort Is to
train children to a practical knowl
edge of English studies.
In the dormitories we found com
fortable iron beds, to which, if the
waifs brought midnight disturbing ele
ments, they could readily be ferreted
out. Mr. Williams is the supervisor of
the older boys, and though they will
throw pillows occasionally, discipline at
Sparta is not a serious matter. Tite
matrons, one over each cottage, wdth
the exception of Mrs. Corey, the wid
ow of a Viroqua physician who has
charge of the hospital, are single wom
en, which to my thinking, is a mistake.
While it is true that some unmarried
women have the motherly instinct more
marked than those who have homes of
their own, I am convinced these little
folks should be companioned and moth
ered at night and In their hours of
childish need by mature women, who
know childhood by having born and
cared for sons and daughters of their
own.
Superintendent Landt reported that
of 1,604 children over one-half were of
American stock (825); while only 304
were of German. There were repre
sentatives of seventeen other nationali
ties. Of nearly one-half the children
the parents of both are living. In
talking with the little ones, invariably
there is a tale of distress at home.
Separation of parents is frequent; the
father, left with children on his hands,
abandons them (the most frequent
source of dependents); the parents
convicted of crime give work to this
institution; insanity, poverty and es
pecially intemperance, explain the bal
ance. Is it not a cause for thankful
ness that in all this broad state wher
ever a boy or a girl, or a family of chil
dren is homeless, deprived of parents’
care, thrown on the world, the werm,
hospitable shelter, food and car of
these home-like cottages of the Sparta
school await them—the pledge of hu
manity of that intangible, colossal
thing we call the commonwealth? And
if this service be supplemented by dili
gent, faithful placing of the children In
proper homes it Is, indeed, a noble
work. ORLANDO BURNETT.
SPRAINS?
If Severe They Arc More Serious than
Simple Dislocations.
It is commonly said that a sprained
joint is worse than a broken bone, anil
this is often true, for in a severe sprain
the injury is really greater than in a
simple fracture. The ankle Is perhaps
the most frequently sprained of all the
joints, though the knee, elbow and
wrist are also very liable to be injured,
in falls especially.
A sprain of a joint varies greatly in
severity; it may consist of a simple
wrench, without tile tearing of any of
tin* ligaments, or it may be a more ex
tensive injury, stopping just short of
a dislocation.
In a moderately severe case one or
more of the ligaments of the joint will
be torn slightly, or possibly completely
across; the membrane beneath the liga
ments, which retains the lubricating
fluid of the joint, will lie ruptured, per
mitting the escape of more or less of
this fluid into the parts about, and giv
ing rise sometimes to a considerable
swelling; tills swelling may be In
creased also by an effusion of fluid Into
the joint, especially if inflammation sets
in; and finally there is usually a slight,
or even sometimes a quite pronounced,
escape of blood into the tissues, and
this, gradually working to the surface,
appears as a black-and-blue stain.
In more severe cases the tendons pass
ing over the joint and attaching the
muscles which move it to the bones may
suffer considerable damage, or one of
them may be broken or torn from its
attachment, bringing with it a sliver of
lame. Where so much harm has been
done to all the parts—bones, ligaments,
tendons and muscles—lt Is easy to un
derstand that much pain will result
and that the cure will be tedious.
In the treatment of a sprain the first
thing to be aimed at is to relieve pain
and prevent inflammation, then to fa
vor healing of the torn structures, and
after that to restore the use of the
limb.
The first of those objects is accom
plished by absolute rest of the injured
part, the limb being raised, and by le„..
and opium wash, a spirit lotion, or such
other local applications as the physi
cian tnay prescribe. Swelling Is pre
vented In a ineasure, and pain Is some
times relieved, by firm bandaging with
a flannel bandage.
When the swelling, heat and pain are
gone, the limb should not be used too
soon, but should be brought gradually
back to health by cold douching, dry
rubbing—in a direction toward the
body—and passive 1110s, on. It is some
times necessary in very severe cases to
treat the sprain, by means of splints,
exactly as if it were a fracture or dis
location.
A Convenient Custom.
In Holland bills are often paid
rough the medium of the post office,
li enables a man living, say, in Kot'er
dam, to get a small bill collected in any
provincial town without the often ex
pensive and tedious interference of a
banker or agent. For that purpose he
hands his bill to the nearest postofflee.
It is sent to the place where the money
is to be collected. After the collection
a draft is forwarded to the payee by
the office where he deposited the bill
duly receipted on payment of a small
commission, which is payable In ad ;
vance.—London Evening News.
Prisoners Refuse to Leave.
Abyssinia is likely to be conquered
peacefully by Italy, as over 4.0M0 sol
tilers taken prisoners by Meoelek are
said to have settled in the country, re
fusing to go home. Meanwhile their
families are petitioning the govern
ment either to get back the men who
disappeared after Adana or to declare
them dead officially, so that affairs In
IttJy may be settled.
Hot Water Itromler.
The cut shows a simple form of hot
water brooder to be used without a
lamp, the galvanized iron tank belug
filled with hot water night and morn
ing. The second cut shows the posi
tion of die tank behind the front board,
the bottom having attached to it a
vin. 1.
double row of slashed woolen cloth,
under which the chicks can run. The
tank is seen to set back from this
board, giving a chance for a packing
of sawdust, or bran, over and all
around the tank. The chicks huddle
beneath the tank, and if they find it
too warm, they poke their heads out
through the cloth, or come wholly out
fio. 2.
into the outer, or scratching, room.
Keep the tank hot enough so the chicks
will not crowd together under it, but
will lie inclined to put their heads out
through the cloth. Place the brooder
under an open shed, and the chicks can
run out of doors on sunny days.—
American Agriculturist.
Improving a Pasture Spring.
The average pasture spring is apt to
be a mud hole because not protected
from the cattle’s feet. Where a spring
is to furnish the solo supply of water
for a pasture year after year, it Is
worth while to make the most of it. If
there in an old iron kettle with a break
In the bottom, it can lie utilized after
the fashion shown in the cut, provided
the source of the spring is a little high
er than the point where it issues from
the ground. With rough stones and cc
iMPnovEn pasture srisixo.
ment build a water-tight wall about
the spring, setting the rocks well down
Into the ground. Set the kettle with
the opening in the bottom so that the
water will rise to its top. A pure sup
ply will thus always be at hand for the
Stock and a permanent improvement
made to the pasture.—Orange Judd
Farmer.
Fanners Not Improving Opportunities
Farmers are not improving their op
portunities for poultry production as
they might. Comparatively few keep'
as many hens as the village mechanic
or the town fancier who makes the
most of his back lot. There are more
of the latter than of the former whose
liens number up into the hundreds,
and who make a careful study of poul
try production. This ought not to be
so. Fifty or seventy-live lien-power
poultry plants are quite common on
farms, but 300 or 500 lieu-power farms
are few and far between. They should
lie common, and 1,000, 2,000, and even
It,ooo liens might be kept on many
farms by those who will carefully study
the business. Do I know what I am
talking about? Yes, I think I ilo. I
know of 3,000 hen egg farms that have
been successfully run for many years.
They are not, however, conducted after
the fanciers’ methods or by closely fol
lowing the directions laid down in the
poultry books and papers.—Samuel
Cushman, in Rural World.
Canadu TliOtle.
Some farmers will allow Canada this
tles to remain rather than to undertake
the task of their destruction. No one
should expect to get riil of them in a
year, but the land can be cleared of
them if the work is properly done and
persisted in. Plow the land and plant
to potatoes. In addition to tlie culti
vator use the hoe, and always cut the
thistles two or three inches under
ground. The next year grow cabbages
or some other crop requiring the hoe
(even corn will answer), and the this
tles will become less numerous every
year. Then sow to Hungarian grass
and mow it as frequently as possible.
Moss in Pasture.
Wherever moss creeps into pasture, it
is a sure sign that the F,il has either
been exhausted of some of its valuable
mineral fertility, or that the soil Ims
been so poisoned by stagnant water
that humic aciil has developed. The
cheapest experiment is to run over the
surface with the harrow, loosening or
tearing up some of the moss, anil sow
ing grass seed. If you can afford potash
and phosphate, given dressing of these.
This will make grass grow in place of
moss.
Evergreen Hedges
The desire to secure a quick hedge
induces close setting of the plants,
which causes them to crowd in after
years, as well as struggle for plant
food. Give plenty of room at first, al
lowing not less than a yard of space
between plants, as they will fill the
space as they advance in growth. The
enemy of hedges is the basket worm,
anil the "baskets” should be picked off
and burned. They are really cocoons,
and cau be easily found. Spray the
hedge with Paris green two or three
times during the season.
Making a Lawn.
Lawns are desirable on farms and
suburban lots, but it frequently hap
pens .bat toe grass dies off if a dry
summer •■onies If tlie lawn Is small
water can be supplied two or three
times a week, but on large grass plots
till*: cannot always lie done. There are
two modes of making a lawn. One is
to cut sod and turf the plot, in which
case water must lie used un 11 the grass
starts The other Is to plow or spade
the plot, apply plenty of well-rotted
manure and seed to mixed lawn grass.
This should lie done in August, but if
rains are plentiful seed sown in the
spriug will make a lawn before the
summer is over. The most important
lioiut is to use the lawn mower at prop
er times. If the grass is kept ve-y
close It will not thrive, especially the
first year. It may lie mowed two or
three times during the year, so ns to
thicken the growth, but to keep the
lawu "shaved’’ at all times will Injure
the grass, as it must be given time to
jjecomo Well established. The best Yets
tilt Ker fur a lawn of one acre is a mix
ture of 50 pounds nitrate of soda, 75
pounds murlnte of potash and 50
pouuds bone meal, which is iwt a heavy
application, however. Mulch the lawn
late in the fail with line manure that
is free from litter.
' alue of the Creutn Separator.
The story is told of an lowa dairy
man who skimmed his ndlk at home by
hand, and satisfied himself that there
was not enough butter fat left In It to
give even a smell of butter. A separ
ator man challenged him to bring a
sample of his sklm-milk for analysis.
The challenge was accepted, and the
test showed that 2 per cent, of butter
fat had been left in the milk. In omcr
words, nearly one-lmlf of the butter
in that milk had been fed to calves and
pigs. This is pretty expensive pig feed
ing, even at the present low prices for
butter It was certainly an eye-opener
for tbit dairyman. The human hand
is superior to many machines, but
when it comes to skimming milk no
hand-skimmer 1 a beat the separator
for getting the butter fat out of a
given weight of every-day milk.—lndi
ana Farmer.
Spraying for Vermin.
The sprajing machines liought to
spray trees with fungicide for blight
are good for other uses also. Where
farm stock are afflicted with lice, the
sprayer filled with a kerosene or other
oil emulsion, and directed against the
animal’s neck, sides and all the hairy
parts of the body, will distribute this
much faster and more perfectly than
can be done by hand. Of course, uo poi
son should be used, as animals will lick
themselves wherever they can reach,
and thus poison themselves. No injury
comes from a weak emulsion of kero
sene oil.
Grass Seel in Drills.
Whenever grass seed is to be sown
after grain put in with the grain drill,
the surface should be first smoothed
with a smoothing harrow, so that the
grass and clover seeds shall not fall In
tl same line with the grain. If the
grass seed is sown in the drill marks
most of it will fall into or tie washed
into the drill marks while the ridges
between will remain unseeded. If a
very rain comes after the seed
ing, it will wash down so much soil
that the grass seed will be covered too
deeply. If it has already sprouted the
covering will destroy most of it.
The Codling Moth.
Prof. Card, of the Nebraska station,
says that the codling moth docs not lay
its eggs in the calyx cup when the
trees are In bloom, but remains in win
ter quarters until the time for spray
ing has passed, when it emerges and
deposits eggs on the upper surface of
the leaves. Ten days later the larva
hatch and find a lodging place in the
calyx cup. From two to four genera
tions appear in a season. It is sug
gested to spray within a week after
the blossoms fall and frequently there
after.
Are You Insured?
Every farmer should see that his
barns and contents are well insured.
Xea ly every day the daily papers
contain accounts of tires in rural ilis
tricts, barns and contents and outbuild
ings, and in some cases the whole sea
son’s crop going up iu smoke without a
cent of Insurance, leaving the unfortu
nate farmer penniless. Fire and life
insurance are two things that should
never be neglected. The cost is tri
lling compared with the benefits in ease
of accident.
Poultry and Garden-
A poultryman who is noted for suc
cess in producing vegetables states that
lie grows twice as much on an acre as
formerly. Ho keeps 100 fowls, and
has two lots of ground, one being given
up to the fowls, while the other is used
for garden, the lots being about one
and a quarter acres each. The next
year he turns tlie fowls on the gar
den plot anil uses for a garden the plot
then vacated by the fowls. By thus
giving up the garden plot to iioultry
every alternate year he keeps the soil
very fertile.
Trimming Blackberries.
It Is now contended that it is a mis
take to cut blackberry canes back too
low, as they will give better crops If al
lowed more cane. They should lie
given better cultivation than is usual
ly bestowed. One point to observe Is
that if the old canes have not been cut
out and burnt there will lie damage
from borers. Blackberries will thrive
on ail kinds of soil, but to secure good
crops fertilizer should be supplied in
tlie spring and tlie canes thinned out
iu tlie rows where they are too close to
gether.
Yields of Corn.
Extraordinary yields of corn on
small plots are not indicative of what
may be the result on a large field, as
soils vary. Trials of corn are usually
made on rich bottom plots, or on spe
cially prepared ground, but there is no
denying the fact that the yields of corn
on large areas may be greatly increased
by proper preparation of the soil and
the use of a liberal amount of manure
or fertilizer. No fanner should be sat
isfied with his yield, but should aim to
Increase it every year if it is possible
to do so.
Feeding Animals.
The common mode of feeding ani
mals . to give tlie grain In a separate
trough from the hay or fodder, and at
different times. Such method is pre
ferred Im-cause it saves labor, lint the
best results are obtained by mixing the
ground grain with coarse food that has
been passed through the feed cutter.
Less food will '.ne t be required to ob
tain results, because the mixed food
will be better digested and assimi
lated than when the substances are
given separately.
The Weeder.
For destroying the young weeds ns
soon ns they begin to peep out of the
ground there is an implement known as
the weeder. It is a very si in pic affair,
and one using it need only go over a
row once, as such work can be done
quickly. It stirs the ground only to
the depth of an inch or two. but breaks
the top soil sufficiently to conserve the
moisture below. Do no qse a cultiva
tor where the weeder wilt answer,
Profit from Sheep.
Reports of the Agricultural Depart
ment for 1897 show that the valuation
of sheep has increased ovei 28 per
cent. This is due to the fact that farm
ers are giving more attention to sheep !
that produce mutton rather than to de
pend on wool. Another profit from
shec I’ la Increasing every year
is the prouuct on of choice early lambs.
Contentment.
Happy the man whose wish and care,
A few paternal acres bound;
Content to breathe his native air,
On his own ground;
Whoso .fieliia with bread, whose herds
n !th milk,
VThos ’ flocks supply him with attire;
Whose tree* iu summer give him shade;
In winter, fire.
How to Keep Children nt Home.
If the farm is large enough to di.ide, j
better share it with the children as they
mature than to drive them off to other j
fields. A man can often do better on j
what he has left than he could upon
the whole farm after the boys are gone, j
—Wisconsin Agriculturist.
Corn Fodder.
Shredded fodder is excellent, but try
a piece of fodder corn for shredding.
Grow it in the same manner as for en
silage. cure it properly and keep it un
der shelter. The curing of the corn and
preserving it are the secrets of success
with fodder of all kiuds.
BLUE AND THE GRAY
brave men who met on the
FIELD OF BATTLE.
Thrilling Storied of the Rebellion-
Old Soldieraand Sailors Relate liemi
ntacenccs of Life in Camp and on
the Fiead "Incidenta 0 f the War.
The Souk of the Gruss.
(Iu the Soldiers’ Cemetery at Arlington.)
To are many, ye are mighty, and your
feet they trample hard—
Ye have t.od the mountains under, and
the sea—
The sea ye, too, have conquered, but
within this quiet yard
It is I, the grass, am master*, hark to
me.
Ye have torn me in your marches, scar
red me deep with hoof and heel.
And my dewy sward have rolled in dust
and blood,
V\ hen amid the cannon-thunder e’en the
forest seemed (to reel,
Aud your battle .shook the hillside
where ye stood.
Wore ye victors? ’Twns not Carthage
won by Trasilrene’s lake,
Nor the Britons ’mSd the wheat at Wat
erloo,
For my creeping, crowding legions from
them both tbe field did take.
As 1 took the of Gettysburg
from you.
But I hate the bnttleifury as I hate the'
crawling sea.
With its wrinkled!swinging tides that
cannot cease,
Sweeter far to meJtthe woodland where
the dappled shadows lie.
Or the graveyard with lilies and its
peace.
Nay, I will be done with,’nocking. O my
masters, naught am 1
But the clinging lowly) grass about'your
feet,
Growing green and cooltaround you, tired
eyes to satisfy,
And weaving, when all's done,, your
winding-sheet.
Sleep ye well! Menibring ye roses,\but
they wither in, the sun—
Bring them iu the‘May with music tuul
a sound,
As of old, of timed*footsteps; but when aJI
the pomp is done,
Iu the stillness ’tis myysmnll roots wraid
you round.
Fold you close, and so will keep you till'
Potomac shall run dry,
And the stars go out like camp-fires in
the skies,
iill the shivering sea shall perish, and!
the huddling, mountains fly,
Aud the judgment bugle blowing bids
you rise.
Youth's Companion.
The Old Kearsarge.
If the new Kearsarge, the great bat-*
tie ship that slid from the ways Into
the sea along with the Kentucky at
Newport News the other day, proves
half as effective, according to her size,
as was the historic Kearsarge of the
old navy, she will be worth the $3,000,-
000 spent In her construction many 1
times over. Never was there an. Airier-,
lean ship that had a warmer place in.
the affections of patriotic people than
had the old Kearsarge. From the-time
she whipped aud sunk the Confederate
pirate Alabama, in the English Chan
nel, thirty-four years ago, till she laid
her own bones on the Roneador Reef
in the Caribbean Sea in ISO 4 she was
lirst iu the navy, aud since that duel
with the Alabama it would never do to
have an American navy without a
Kearsarge. That is why the new ves
sel beans the name—the only one of the
class known as battle ships that is not
named iu honor of some State.
No ship In the American navy ever
performed a move laudable service
than did the Kearsarge, and it was for
that reason alone that she did not share
the fate of the others of the old cor
vette type and end her days inglorious
ly by being dismantled and dismember
ed in the navy yard shambles. She was
the last of her type, but the navy was
proud of her, aud it was always con
sidered an honor to command her. In
deed, at the time she went to pieces on
Roneador Reef she was flagship of the
North Atlantic squadron and had on
board Acting Rear Admiral Stanton, in
charge of the fleet. A nation mourned
her when she was gone, and now iu her
honor bestows her name on one of the
inotit formidable fighting ships that sail
the sea. The country will feel gratified
if the new ship makes as proud a rec
ord.
It was a desperate struggle the old
Kearsarge had to send the Alabama to
the bottom The latter, as everyone
knows, was a Confederate cruiser,
blacklisted as a pirate. Site was under
command of Captain Semmes, who had
been an officer in the United States
navy’ before the rebellion. She was
manned principally by foreigners, and
was English built—sent, indeed, from
an English port in violation of all rules
of International law. She had chased
the Stars and Stripes all over the seas
and had destroyed not less than $13,-
000,000 of federal shipping.
The Kearsarge came iii>on her in the
harbor of Cherbourg, on the north coast
of France. The combat that followed
was a naval duel to the death. The
Yankee had the better of the fighting
from the start, but still was saved by a
most fortunate circumstance. A shell
that lodged in her sternpost failed to
explode. If it had the ship would have
drifted at the mercy of the enemy.
Captain Semmes would have raked her
fore aud aft with the guns of the Ala
bama, and he and his pirate crew would
have dined iu Cherbourg that night—
heroes every one.
But that shell did not explode, and in
spite of the wagers that had been laid
that the Alabama would blow the
Kearsarge out of the water if the two
ever met, the Yankee won. The story
ts not unfamiliar. Nearly everyone
knows how the eleven-inch gun** of the
federal ship plowed holes through the
starboard side of her adversary till
dually a great rent was let in close to
the water line. Capkiin Semmes then
tried to escape and get back into
French jurisdiction, but before he could
get up steam the water put out the tire
in his boilers, lie was forced to strike
his colors and display the white tlag,
but a few moments after his ship went
stern first to the l>ottom, leaving offi
cers and crew struggling iu the water,
except the wounded, who had previous
ly been taken on board the victorious
vessel. Captain John A. Winslow, af
terward rear admiral, put out his boats
to pick up the crew of the pirate he had
sunk and rescued nearly all, except
Semmes, who was taken on board an
English yacht that had watched the
fighting and escaped. It was that bat
tle that put an end to the destruction of
American shipping, and a few months
later Grant put an end to the war.
Considered in any other light than
the sentimental the loss of the old
Kearsarge was of small Importance to
the navy. Still it is true that there was
not a man in the service who did not
feel a deep regret when she went to
pieces. She had grown almost into a
tradition and was not considered as an
actual vessel of Compared with
the ships of the modern navy her fight
ing ability was utterly insignificant.
She W3s small, but site was serviceable
in her day. Her timbers of oak were
strong and her Quarters were airy and
comfortable. She was built In the
Portsmouth (X. II.) navy yard and was
launched in September, 1801. She was
204 feet long, her beam was i. t feet,
and she drew 13.5 feet of water for
ward and a foot more aft. Her maxi
mum speed was 13.5 knots; her Ordi
nary speed from Bto 11. She cast Just
$272,514.99. Her complement was
twenty officers and 100 met Compare
these figures with those of the new ship
Just christened under the same name.
It was In February, 1804, that tile old
Kearsarge went down, She was on her
way from Fort nu Prince to Blueflelds.
Captain O. F. Heyertnan was in re
mand at the time. When it was tound
impossible to save the ship the crew
saved Itself on an island _ome five
miles distant. They worked all night
through a storm to lower the vessel off
the reef, and It speaks well for the dis
cipline and the courage of the Ameri
can jack tar that only one soul w;:a
lost. The officers iu command were af
terward tried by court-martial f.r neg
ligence, but were acquitted.
Such was the old Kesroaryo, a vessel
that for many ’-ears held first place iu
tlie affections of the American people.
The new and greater ship will do well
to make one-half as flue a record. —Chi-
cago Times-llerald.
Story Aii;it Lee.
Consul General Lee, who is now so
prominently before tbe pul,lie, is In no
sense a politician, aud when he receiv
ed the nomination for the Governor
ship of Virginia and announced his in
tention of stumping the State his
friends were fearful that lie would
prove an unequal match for the orators
who were to oppose him. Asa matter
of fact, says the Philadelphia Press,
his first efforts were rather failures,
But so rapidly did lie improve that be
fore the campaign was half over it was
woe for tlie opponent who dared meet
him in debate. With homely words he
clothed his ideas iu a simplicity that
a child could comprehend. With a di
rectness divested of any fustian or
llowers he went straight to *he work,
carrying conviction to the very heart
of his audiences. During this cam
paign he developed a wonderful facul
ty of pointing a moral with appropriate
stories, of which he seemed to have an
inexhaustible supply on hand. These
he frequently turned upon himself, as
the following incident will show: Gen
eral Lee was at Roanoke, and iu his in
troductory remarks he said that he
hoped the people would have a better
opinion of him alter his speech than an
old Virginian had of an effort that he
once made. “We had surrendered at
Appomattox,” tlie General continued,
“and I was riding slowly across the
desolate country toward my home. My
heart was heavy, my thoughts were
sad. Rounding a curve of the road, I
saw an old man plowing close to the
fence. As I approached him he eagerly
inquired of the news of tlie front. ‘lt
is bad; very bad,’ I replied. ‘General
Lee has surrendered.’ ‘What is that
you’re saying?’ almost sereamed the
old fellow. ‘General Lee has surrender
ed, and all is over?’ For fully a minute
he regarded me, and then said with
great contempt. ‘That's all you know
about it. That little upstart of a no
’count Fitz Lee mout have surrendered,
but uncle Robert? No, slree, uever!
v Gee up, Bess.’ ”
“A Cool ’L’n.”
“He’s a cool ’uu,” is tlie way tlie sol
diers iu a certain English regiment de
scribe one cf their officers, a young man
whose self-possession iu a time of dan
ger saved his men from defeat, and
probably from death. The circum
stance which gave this officer his repu
tation is related by Itudyard Kipling in
the Westminster Magazine. lie writes:
Avery young officer, who had gone
almost straight from school to the
army and thence to India, was leading
his company through a rocky pass, on
returning from a scouting expedition.
They were beset by tlie enemy, who
fired at them from behind the rocks,
aud the men were growing very un
steady. Those in tlie rear began to be
impatient, and shouted to the men in
front, “Hurry up! What are you wait
ing for there?”
The young officer answered quite
coolly: “Hold on a minute! I’m light
ing my pipe!”
And he struck a match and lit it.
There was a roar of laughter, aud a
soldier called out, “Well, since you’re
so pressin’, I think I’ll have a pipe my
self.” And he, too, struc k a match and
began to smoke. This bit off- i stead
ied the men, and they came through iu
good order.
No Use for Brigadiers.
With more or less humorous inten
tion, perhaps, Col. William M. Otis,
Secretary of the commonwealth of
Massachusetts, attributes to Col. T. W.
Higglusou an anecdotal jibe at military
titles. The Secretary tells that Col.
Higginson was traveling in the South
a few years after the war, and chanced
to full into talk with a farmer who had
engaged a number of old soldiers to
help in the buying.
“Y’ou see over there where those four
men are working?” asked the farmer.
“Well, all of ’em fought in the war.
One of ’em was a corporal, one was a
major, and the man ’way over in the
corner was a colonel.”
“Are they good men?” asked Iliggin
son.
“Well,” said the farmer, “that pri
vate’s a first-class man, and the corpor
al's pretty good, too.”
“But how about the major and the
colonel?”
“The Major’s so-so.” said the farmer.
“But the Colonel?”
“Well, I don’t want to say nothin’
against any man who was a colonel in
the war,” said the farmer, “but I've
made up my mind I won't hire no
brigadier generals.’” - Boston Times.
Left Hii *> in a Tree.
I heard the late General John C.
Starkweather tell of a trying experi
ence a signal man had at the battle of
Chlekamauga. Hi was stationed near
ly at the tot. of a high tree. The union
line at that point was suddenly driven
back, Quickly followed by tin; victorious
and yelling Confederates. They did not
discover the signal man. When they
had passed he signaled a report tp the
commander of what had happened and
asked for orders. “Uemuin where you
are until dark, and then try to get into
our lines,” was the answer. When It
was dark he slid out of the tree and
wandered about until morning, when
he brought up near General Thomas’
headquarters. While the ignal service
was pleasant and diguin. 1 when there
was no fighting, it was as hazardous
and at times more so than any other
branch.
Why the I laces Were Abandoned.
“No,” said Derringer Dan, decidedly;
“we don't never have no boss races in
Crimson Gulch.”
“I'm glad,” said the elderly vis! w,
“that you avoid such things.”
“Yes, tliiugs got to a point where we
had to give ’em up. The idea of goin’
deliberately to work an’ sbowln’ which
lioss could keep ahead of the posse got
took advantage of. so that last year we
lost more stock an' had fewer hangin's
than ever before in the history of Crim
son Gulch.”
A Department that Pays.
The internal revenue office appears to
be on a paying basis. The receipts for
the last fiscal year were $150,000,000,
expenses $5,848,409.
A Marne family is disturbed with the
last will and testament of a convivial
character. It read: “I cannot take
this SSOO with me, so I leave it. Have
something on me.” Part of the family
maintain lie wished to contract for a
monument on him, while others stoutly
insist he merely offered to treat.—
Adams (Mass.) Fireman.
“What’s the matter with that pullet?”
queried the family hen, as the chicken
gyrated about the yard in heated fash
ion, shouting fire in hen dialect at every
jump. “Oh, she got a dab at that bag
ful of cayenne jiepper in the barn,” re
plied the bantam rooster, “and now is
laboring under the Impression that
she’s hot stuff.”
Poverty wants some things, luxury
many, avarice al) things.—Cowley,
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To the Spaniards.
By the little ones that have died at their
feet.
By the cries that have reached our ears,
By the pain they have wrought on helpless
ones,
We have measured their tale of years,
And it is black with evil deeds
And heavy with women's tears.
For that they have been unmerciful;
For the wickedness they have done,
For that they have flouted the gentle word—
The Jaws of the rifled gun
Shall speak to them, and tell the world
That the murderers' race Is run.
—New Turk Press.
Over Morro Castle.
There's a flag afloat to-day,
Over Morro castle.
That hasn’t long to stay
Over Morro castle 1
Keep n lookout for the flash,
There Is going to be a smash.
Something hot's about to crash,
Into Morro castle.
There are remnants of the Maine
Down near Morro castle;
Wo will pick a bone with Spain
Down by Morro ensile!
When we’ve ended tills affair.
When the smoke clears from the air,
You may see Old Glory there.
Over Morro castle!
■-Cleveland Leader
War.
A sparkle from the bugle horn
Of scattered notes- the reveille!
A shout sent up to greet the morn
From millions' throats for liberty
And 10l the earth Is thrilled to meet
The tramp and tread of marching feet.
! A blare of bugles through the land
“To horse!’’ the call, ’tls full and clear,
I A loosening of hand from hand;
A teardrop’s fall; a kiss so dear!
A father’s clasp, a mother's prayer,
A rose hid In the knapsack there.
A brazen boom of jarring guns;
Tofrmsl Huzzui) 'the echoes wake!
j For p’ace hath :alsed up lighting sons
To break her law for freedom's sake.
! A flag undimmed of stripe or star
j Above a host This, this Is war!
| —Chicago Inter Ocean.
t’ncle Fnm to Gomez.
I air coming. Brother Gone/. I am coming
with my boats.
An’ my boats are rammed with thunder, yes,
slr-ee!
An’ I'm gain' to speak a little piece I think
Is rather cute;
lam coming. Brother Gomez. Walt for me.
I ain't mm h on palaver, an’ I ain't no band
to talk.
But my guns are fluent speakers, an 'their
lungs are never weak,
An' they re coming down to help you In your
argument of guns;
They are coming. Brother Gomez, an’ they've
got a piece to speak.
I am coming. Brother Gomez, an' I've got a
piece to speak.
An' no Spaniard will cry “Louder!” I shall
speak sufficient plain;
An' my little recitation will be heard, I cal
culate,
An’ will be distinctly audible in Spain.
I have got my piece committed, an’ I reckon
that I’ll speak.
Though I'rn not a man to b'nsfer or to roar;
But my guns have got two voices, an' I think
I'll talk through them.
An' I don't expect a call for an encore.
—New York Sun.
Old Glory,
Now iet Old Glory's silken folds
t'pon the icorn>..g breeze float free;
While bugle's note and war drum's roll
Call men to arms from sea to sea.
Stream out. proud banner, on the wind.
In every hero's heart enshrined!
The tide of war that rises now
Will stand at flood till every stain
Of martyred blood is blotted from
The riven wreckage of the Maine!
Float out, proud banner, brave and free!
The hero's guide to victory!
From every fortress by the sea.
On every mast ami spar
Of battle-ships, a token bo
Of victory in war.
Proud ba.ner. float! Old Glory, wave!
O'er serried ranks of freemen brave!
Now let the haughty Spaniard fee!
The lightning of our long-pent wrath;
Th* bolt that belches fire and steel
Will i weep the tyrant from its path.
Wave, wave, Old Glory, proud and free!
And perish Spanish tyranny!
—Washington Times.
“ Remember the Maine.”
When the vengeance wakes, w hen the battle
breaks.
And the ships sweep out to sen;
When the foe is neared, when the decks art
cleared.
And the colors floating free;
When the squadrons meet, whea It's fleet to
fleet.
And front to front with Spain,
From ship to ship, from lip t.. Sip,
Puss on the quick refrain:
“Kcmember, remember the Maine.**
When the flag shall sign, “Advance in line.
Train ships on an even keel;’’
| When the guns shall flash and the shot shall
email,
j And 1 a*u ll don the ringing steel;
| When rattling blasts from the armored musts
Are hurting their deadliest rain.
Let their Voices loud through the biludlug
Cloud
Cry ever the fierce refrulu:
“Uemcinber, remember the Maine.'*
God's sky and sea in ilint storm shall bo
Fate's chaos of smoke and flame,
But ncross that hell every shot shall tell
Not a gun can miss its aim;
Not a blow w ill fall on the crumbling mall.
And the waves that engulf the slain
Shall sweep the decks of the blackened
wrecks.
With the thundering dread refrain:
“Hemomber, remember the Maine.”
—Chicago Journal.
Chicka manga— IKON.
They are camped on Ghlckowauga!
Once again the white tents gleam
On that field where vanished heroes
Sleep the sleep that knows no dream.
There are shadows all about them
of ihe ghostly troops to-day.
But they light the common campfire-*
Those who wore the blue and gray.
Where the pines of Georgia tower,
Where the mountains kiss the sky.
On their arms the nation's warriors
Walt to hear the battle-cry.
Walt together, friends ami brothers,
And the heroes 'neath their feet
Sleep the long and dreamless slumber
Where the flowers are bloomlug sweet.
Sentries, pause, yon shadow challenge!
Ilock-ribbod Thomas goes that way
lie who fought the foe unyielding
In that awful battle fray.
Yonder pass the shades of heroes.
And they follow where Bragg Kids
Through the meadows and the river.
But no ghost the sentry heegs.
Field of fame, a patriot army
Trends thy sacred sod to-day!
And they'll face n common foeman.
Those who wore the blue and gray.
And they'll light for common country.
And they'll charge to victory
'Neath the folds of one brave banner—
Starry banner of the free!
They were camped on Chickamnnga.
Where the green tents of the dead
Turn the sob Into a glory
Where a nation's heart one® hied;
But they're clasping ha mb, together
On this storied field of strife
Brothers brave who meet to battle
In the freedom-war of tfe!
—Baltimore News.
NEW CHAINLESS WHEEL.
Invention of aft. Louisan ’Tls Pula
Will Go o Mile a Minute.
The chainless wheel Invented by M.
McGowan, of St. Louis, works as fol
lows, according to his specification*:
The wheel B meshes directly with pin
ion A on rear ground wheel; L Indi
cates a foot rest; lever E Is pivoted In a
support, P, and carries on its oppslto
end a saddle. The spring II holds the
lever E in Its proper position and
serves the lever In its downward move
men L K indicates a screw which is to
he turned to retain lever E in Its por
tion when not using the seat movement,
so that the wheel can be propelled by
pedaling. The rider relieves the saddle
of his weight by placing his feet upon
the foot rest. When using the lever
movement and raising his hotly *ho
spring II assists the lever to return to
W ILT FOR HIGH SPEED.
its position, so that the wheel may l>e
driven by the weight of the rider’a
hotly.
Mr. McGowan Is quite sure that his
machine can be ridden a mile a minute
with ease by a fairly good rider. A
small sized working model has been
made.
A Negative Estimate.
I.ittle Freddie —What Is horse sense?
Papa—Well, it's pretty hard to ex
plain; but just watch the scorchers and
you'll get a good idea of what peopla
who haven't any look like.”
True friendship, like phosphorus,
shows up best at the darkest hour.
The more a man gets left the more
be talks about his tights _ <