Springfield globe-republic., May 31, 1885, Image 7

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In Primrose Tlinn.
(Rprlnirln trclaml.)
Hero's the lodgo-woman In her until clonk
immlni
Una touched tho ash-minr On my won!, ho'
htimmtnK
A liny's minir. Ilka nhoyl
lln iiifto ftirirpt his cart. Ilia donkey graaes
Just wlicro It liken the gnrt.
Tim ri'd coal soldier, with lilt modal, raises
Ills lint to nil whnpasst
Anil tho lilue-lneketsnllnr.-hcar him whistle,
Ktirirt'ttltiirlrelnnilalllai ,
Oh, pleasant lnml-(who thinka of thorn or
.. thlstlor)
Upon your hntinr hllla
Tim world la out I And. faith, If 1 mlatako not,
...Tho. w"rlcl '" ln "" lrlmo
(Heating for otico, I think, with hriirta that
aclio not)
In 1'rlinroao time
Atralnst tho acn-wnll leans tho Irish ticauty,
ltd fnco ami hnmla In bloom.
Thinking of nnthlnir hut household duty
In her thntched cabin's gloom:
Watching tho ships na leisurely aa may bo,
Her bltin oyea ilrrnm for hours.
Ilimlil There's her mother coming with tho
linhy
In tho f nlr queat of flowers.
And her Knindinothorl hoar her laugh and
ohntler,
Under hir hair fmat-whltol
Ilcllovo mo, llfo can lio a merry matter,
And common folk polite,
And nil tho blrda of heaven ono of a fonthor,
.And nil their voices rhyme,
They sing their morry songs, Ilka ono, to
vet her.
In Primrose tlmo.
Tho iniiBples fly In pnlra (nn ovll omen
It wore to sco but one))
Tho snake but hero, though, since. St. Pat
rick, no mnn
Has seen them In tho sun;
Tho while lamb thinka tho black lamb la hit
brother,
And hnlf nsgood aa hot
Tho rival carmen all lovo ono another,
And Jest, right cheerily)
Tho compliments among tho milkmen saror
Of pale gold blossoming;
And everybody wears tho lovely favor
Of our sweet Lady Spring.
And though tho ribbons In a bright proces
sion Oo toward the ohnpol'a chime,
Good priest, tboro bo but few slna for confes
sion lu Prlmroso tlmo.
How nil tho children In thli Islo of faery
vthlspcrnnd Inugh nndpecnl
(Hush, pretty babblers! Wttlo feet bo wary,
You'll senro them In their sleep,
Tho wee. weird people of thoilow, who wither
Out of tho sun, and Ho j
Curled In tho wot lca ct, till the moon cornel
hither.)
Tho new-mndo butterfly
Forgets ho was a worm. Tho ghostly castle.
On Its lono rock and gray,
Cures not a whit for cltbor lord or vassal
liono on their duels? way,
Hut listens to the life, on errands sunny,-
A thousand rears of crime v
May nil lio incited In a drop of noney
In I'runrove ttmel -v.
-Mis. 8. M. II. l'lulMnStWIcholM for May.
OLD SuitUJCBY'8 COW.
Wlion hands aro busy tongue are
generally busy, too. Making llannol
and calico garments for poor children
is not very lively work! if people alt
niuiuchauco, but tho Sowing Society of
Nuttloton novor did that. J They talk
ed everything over, and e.inio at Inst
to dicams, ntid whether in thuso latter
dajs dreams had a meaning.
"Of courso they havenHfJi said Miss
Mnun, matter-of-fact aud quiet. '.'I
never pay any attention", lo initio. I
should think it wrong."
"Hut somolhingdroadfiil always hap
pens if I dru.itu of being chased by an
elephant," said Miss Jonos, shuddor
Ing. i i ' j ,
"Hut do yon over dream such a fun
ny dream?" asked Miss Pell.
"Oh, jus!" cried Miss Jones. "And
the last time Mary fell up-stalrs with
tho new tea-set, and broko every piece.
And onco my Cousln'Pottor oatno near
being drowned:" ' '
"Well," said MIssBrowp, "I can't
help it! Nico dreams make mo happy,
ami bad ones iidgut mo. - Nono ever
e.inio true' thafl know of."
"1 had a vory strango ono onco,"
quietlv'said MI's'Mercor.,
"Oil, du.teil us!" said" Mias Crane.
"1 love diuums aud ghost stories."
"Very well," said Miss Morcor,'I
will. It was twenty years ago, and
limes were voty hard with my brother,
who hud borrowed money on mort
gage, and We knew that if wo didn't
pay promptly, old Scruoby,, who held
tho mortgage, would sell us out. But
wu'd got tho money, and 1 was going
over to pay it in a groat hurry, for
there was no time to lose, so I put tho
money into a little straw'' bag X had,
and I started off brisk and happy, and
had got to old Scrucby's very door,
when, taking hold of tho handld of tho
baskot, I found and just think how I
must have feltl that I had tho handle
all safe, but that tho basket was gone.
"Idon'ticnow as you ever saw a
basket Just Hke it. It was about twico
as big as a good-sized apple, and as
round, and bright red. There was a
good cjnsp on it, and a hoop round it,
and the, hnndlq. was, .fastened to .tho
hoop worse luck I not 'to tho basket ,
Thoro was tho hoop, fast as you please,
to tho handle, but just two stitches had
ripped, and basket and money, and for
all I knew, my brother's horaostoad,
woro gone, I turned back, hunting,
all along tho road,4 I passodScrueby's
old black cow, and his mastiff, and'
somo chickons, and 'nothing else. 1
looked, and I lookod all tho way homo,
and I lookod our houso all over; but
it wasn't to be fonnd. I was so upset
when it came: to tolling my brother,
that it made mo sicK. He was una as
conld be, but 1 couldn't bear to think
of what I had done, and I' had to go to
bed.
"Tho first thing Iiknewjl was dream
ing; and no, wonder I dreamt about
that little rod basket I thought I was
hunting, hunting, hunting for it, and
wandering in my,nignmress, as you uo
in dreams, until I came to a gipsy
tent lit front of which sat' old Nance,
who had mado my-baskot for mo when
I went with sister Ann on her wedding
trip. Thoro she- was, in my dream,
making baskets of all colors but red
bluo, yollow, violet, green; everything
but red. 1 stopped, I dreamt, unci
lookod at her, and 'she looked up at
rno. ,
" 'You havo bcon crying?' she said.
" 'Yes,' 1 said; 'I have lost your red
basket, aud all my brother's monoy in
It'
" 'Had, sho said, 'bad to loso mon
oy. Go and a3k the black cow for It.'
" 'Tho black cow?' 1 said. 'I don't
understand juu.'
"She lookud me straight in tho eyes.
" 'Do what tho old gipsy tolls joti,'
sho said slowly. 'Got tin whon the sun
is asleep, before tho birds sing, boforo
tho pink Is iu tho sky. Go to the man
ou had to p.iy tho money to. Say to
himi "How is tho black cow?" If
j on do that you will find tho basket
Gipsy Naneo inado for you.'
"Hum 1 was awake, lylngln my bod,
and through the window 1 saw tho
gray sky and tho dawn close at hand,
md I .it up and thought. It was, a
queer, enwy sort of a thing to do, but
I diosscd myself nnd stalled oft". My
tut vviio soakud with dow before I got
to old beiuuby's houso, aud I wiwolilll
o,l thioiiL'h. but I saw him standing at
his gale. 1 walked up and spoke to
him, but I couldn't Bay anything "bout
Urn oow at first I only told him about
my mis. Hu listened grimly.
" -It's a pity.' Iiu'iutld, 'butyou know
I can't alliitd lo loso It So I hopo
win II limi It If, as you say, its lost
"I put my bund Into my- pocket and
drew out tho hoop and handlo of my
b iskot. Still he shook his head doubt
lully, and said, with a hypocritical
whiuo,
" 'I'm a poor man, and 1 can t af
ford to loso more now, with my boat
cow dlng'
" 'Tho black cow?' I crlod.
"Uo nodded.
" 'When tho boy fotchod her In last
night sho was choking. Sho Is yet,
Wo'd thought sho'd got an apple in
her throat, but sho alnt It fools
swollod up and tough, but there's no
apple thoro.'
" 'May I sco horP' 1 said.
" 'Well, yes,' ho nnswored, and I
followed him.
"There was tho old black cow chok
ing and gasping. I walked up to tho
beast, nnd put my hand down her
throat wlthunt n word.
"1 suppose if I hndn't known what
to oxpect, 1 should havo thought what
I felt was tough skin, but you suo I
didn't. It was hard work, but I got
hold of It at last, and pullod, and out
it came. My basket nnd nothing olso,
fastonud Btlll, with the monoy Inside of
It
" 'Now, did I tell libsP' I asked, fit
ting tho hoop over it 'Your cow must
havo thought my baskot was a big ap
ple' "I know old Scruoby was sorry ho
hadn't pullod it out before 1 came.
Ho'd havo kept that monoy If ho bad.
But I was glad, and tho cow was glad,
and brother was rejoiced, and our farm
was saved.
"I wroto to somo pooplo I know, and
asked about Gipsy Nanco, and they
told mo sbo had boon dead for four
years. I don't know what to bolloro,
I'm sure. But I only toll you tho sol
omn truth, orory word of ft What do
you think, ladios?"
But how could anyono think about
it? It was a mystery to tho Slnglo Sis
tors, as it was to Miss Mercer herself,
as it Is to mo, as it will bo to you. Wo
only know that Miss Mercer would not
tell a falsehood, and that her dream
was dreamt Wo cannot know why,
or how, or whonco the dream came.
How to Do It In Style.
"Talking nbout hotel rivalry," said
a cltlzon Inst night, ns lio took a chair
on tho sidowalk in front of a well
known hotel, "X havo socn a good deal
of it at summer resorts, but I never
saw It manifested in such a degree as
it is In Buffalo Just now. Tho Gcncsco
is a brand-new and superbly furnished
houso, which has undertaken to knock
out the Hue oldfifft houso, which overy
traveler knows has been' a hotel of
tho first-class for years. Lord, what a
business tho Tittt used to do dur
ing raco week in Buffalo! I was at
tho Gonesoo a fow weeks ago, and I
thought It was, tho height of petfectlon.
I never received better treatment nt
any Now York houso. Tho other day
I wont to Buffalo again and registered
at tho TifTt. Talk about enterprise!
They had curtained off a portion of tho
dining-room, nnd stationed within the
inclosuro a big orchestra, which played
opera airs and other music during tho
whole dinner tlmo."
"That's nothing at all," said anoth
er citizen. "I was iu Sau.Francisco in
1851, whon two hotols got to running
each other. I forgot their ' names, hut
that doesn't mako any difference.
Number one started with a brass brand
concert on tho balcony every evening,
and it drew big crowds, including
about nil of number two's guests.
I'retty soon, however, number ono !o
gnn to lose its guests by tho scoro with
out any apparent cause. The proprie
tor iucreascd his brass band and pol
ished up his bar, but without offuct
It duln t tako him long to find out that
number two was having nightly cock
ing mains and dog-fights for the ex
clusive benefit of guests. Thon num
ber ono got back part of his custom by
introducing private pri.u-fights and
slugging-matehos. It may sound pre
posterous, but it's a fact, that when
miners nnd others wanted to settle
personal differences, thoy used to go
to tliu proprietor at number ono, who
paid them well for a fight tho money
going to tho winner. Of courso thoso
exhibitions wero given in private quar
ters, and nono but guests and tboir
friends wero admittod. Number two
saw number one's pri.o-fights and
slugging-matches and went It ono bet
ter. They kuocked out ono ond of their
dining-room and built on a at ago and
a green-room and nil other accessor
ies, and bad variety performances at
breakfast, dinner, and supper. This
turned the tido in favorof numbor two,
until ono day a dosporado wont into
number ono and shot tho bartender.
This in.itlu number nnn famous, nml
placed It'f.ir ahead'of aiimbor two in
mo estimation oi tno public, rno pro
prietor of number two, however, saw
his opportunity nnd prepared a coup
d'etat. Uo headed a gang which went
out and capturodtho murderor, and
strung him up'onWlio dining-room
stage at supper, " and all tho guests
were accoruod tho privilege of firing
their roiolvers at ills dangling body.
Ono shot accidentally wont through
the head of a waiter, and the onter
talnmont far exceeded tho proprietor's
most sanguine anticipations."
Tho members of tho group adjourned
to tho bar-room. Syracuse Standard.
ii
TO ltlSMOVIS STAINS.
How Knuwledgn of Clii-mUtry Can He
Turned to Account In Housekeeping;,
'I hear many persons declare that
what is termed hlghor education is of
little or no use to tho averago woman,"
said a teacher connected with a young
ladies' school. "Now, in my opinion,
nearly e or) thing a girl learns at school
can bo turned to practical account
oven if hor entiro llfo after her school
days aro ended is passed ln homo-making
and housekeeping. When womon
possess tho faculty of bringing what
thoy learned at school to bear on the
administration of everyday homo life
thero will bo an end of tho silly ques
tioning in regard to tho valuo of cer
tain studies to thorn. As n rule tho wo
mon who know how to mako tho pleas
nnlest homes and to do ordinary houso
work in tho most practical way aro ed
ucated women. The mora cultivation
a woman has tho bolter sho is fitted to
rule over tho kingdom of home, A
knowledge of chemistry, for instanco,
will otmblo her to practleo many econ
omies and to save many articles sho
could not If ignorant of its principles.
If sho desires to removo stains and
knows something of tho nature aud ac
tion of solvents sho understands at
ouco what to do. Tho action of sub
stances emplocd to removo stains Is
commonly that of a single solvent, al
though lu some oases chemical uotlou
also plays a part.
"Suppoiu a housekeeper finds a
grease spot on somo article of clothing
Unit hlie docs not want o put into tho
washtub. Thero aro ninny methods of
absorbing grease, but somo will not
nnswur for certain fablics and vet be
Buccussful with others 'Puller's earth'
or 'molder's clay' may takoit out of
Bonio cloths aud not out of othors.
Sometimes by placing tin absorbent
material, such us a cloth or a pleco of
coarse brown paper, under tho spot, a
damp cloth on tho othor sldo, and a
hot iron on top, tho steam which Is
generated drives tho groaso boforo it
futo the paper or cloth. Hut (his hi not
THtt QL5Bl.Stat3fttJQ gtraflPAY tfOftKlNG.mY 3A88B
a ante rnotnoa witn inories oi uoncato
color or toxturo. Nolthor Is 'fullcrs's
earth' always procurable. Therefore
tho portion who understands chemistry
will rosort to somo solvont which will
dlsiolvo tho groaso and carry it off in
this way. Ether, bonzlno, alcohol, and
naiihlha aro all good for this purpose.
Ether Is exponslvo and almost too vola
tile to uso, except for tho most delicate
huos, such as lnvondor, Nllo green, tho
palest of bluos, creams and pinks. Tho
odor of turpoutlno is so persistent that
it Is an objectionable although fre
quently used, solvent It also loaves a
mark of Its own. However, both tho
odor and mark may bo removed by
washing tho spot with alcohol. Bon
zlno and naphtha nro by far ,tho best
solvents, as thoy do not'lnjuro tho ma
terial or change its color, and nru so
volatilo that tho odor will dlsappoar in
a short, timo if tho garmont is hung out
of doors. In using theso it is necessary'
to rub tho spot continually ln an Irreg
ular manner until dry, to provont'tho
formation of a ring. In making uso of
thoso solvents tho woman who has
studiod chemistry doos not need ' to bo
told that thoy ato inflammablo bodies
und cnutlo"t1cd to bo careful not lo bring
them near to tho tiro or tho flamo of a
lamp or gas-let; It Is unnecessary to
Inform hor that thoy aro dangerous
substnncos for children to handle, nnd
must bo placed out of thoir reach,
l'alnt Is bottor romoved by turpontlno
than by benzine, but must bo followed
up by applications of alcohol to removo
tho turpontlno.
"Tho 'greon-grass stain,' which la
wont in summer timo to be a distinguish
ing mark on tho garmonts of child
hood, may bo romoved by alcohol, for,
ns tho student of chemistry is nwuro,
it is it solvent for chlorophylo, which
colors tho grass grcon.
"Chomlstry not only teaches tho na
ture nnd uso of these simple solvents
which perform their ofllco without ef
fecting any change uxcept that of solu
tion, leaving behind on evaporation
tho dlssolvo"U substnnco unchanged,'
but also tho causes and effects of cliom
ical solution. This differs from slmplo
solution ln that it destroys tho identity
of tho substances which take part in
tho change by dividing tho molecules.
In such cases as tho removal of ink
stains by oxalic acid, of Indelible Ink
by potassium cyanide, tho chemical
action is preceded by solution, which
so changes tho substanco as to render
It solublo In tho liquid, usually water,
used as a medium for the action. Tho
educated woman has a very clear Idea
of chemical change, and is prcp'ircd to
consider tho reaction which takes placo
In removing stains by proccssos of
chemical solution. She knows that
common ink Is mado by adding iron
sulphate to some sitbslanco containing
tannic acid, so that Iron tnnnato is
foimed, and mixed with gum to keep
it In suspension in wntor. This kind of
ink is readily removed by nn applica
tion of oxalic acid, for tho nctlon of the
oxalic acid is to combluo with the iron,
by which iron oxalato Is formed tho ro
sult, thorcforc, boing Iron oxalado and
tannic acid, both of which, boing solu
ble In water, may bo washed away. Hut
on tho amber Inks oxalic acid has uo
effect. To removo theso stains It Is
best to first wash them thoroughly In
acetic acid, thou in ammonia; thou
rinso them and put on bleaching pow
ders. In iho uso of tho bleaching
powder great caro should bo takon, for
it is very powerful, and will injtiro the
fiber of tho strongost fabric if left on.
"If tho educated housowifo finds a
stnin of prussian bluo sho removes it
by washing in ammonia and then In
hydrochloric acid. Iron rust sho takes
awuy by first placing tho spot ovor a
bowl of hot water, then by heating with
hydrochloric acid whllo the steam Is
I uissing through tho cloth, nnd finally
y washing thoroughly in water having
a little ammonia added. Fruit stains
that havo become 'sot' disappear as
magically In her hands as tho iron rust.
Sho uses oxalic acid in the same way
that sho did the hjdroeliloiie acid in
removing tho former. Hut if tho arti
cle has bcon washed oven her skill and
knowledge Is ineffectual. Boforo it has
Iain long enough for tho stain to get
thoroughly fixed it can bo taken out by
putting at onco into hot water. Peach
aud tomato stains will yiold to hot
wator if takon in hand immediately.
Tho chemistry scholar would tako out
the shoe-leather stains from hor white
stockings with oxalic acid. Wood and
perspiration marks sho takos out by
washing in cold wator and applying
bleaching powder. Wax and paratlino
sho removes by using n damp towel and
(aliot iron, or by using an absorbont
paper and tno iron, olio removes
stains and grease spots from carpets
with absorbent powdors. Stains on
marble she finds, nioro diflioult of efl'ace
niont although thoy are amenable, in
a measure, to tho action' 'of 'absorbent
powdors. Sho rubs wliito marblo with
a cloth dampened with coal-oil, and
afterward washes It with soap and
water, when It shines with as clear and
bright a polish as whon now. But sho
never appllos thq coal-oil to blue or
Sray marble, for tho effect would bo
isastrous. Hut whatever sho does to
marblo sho novor appllos hoat, for it
spoils tho stono and takes off all its
polish.
"Theso aro only a fow things of tho
many a woman may loam from chem
istry which will give hor valuablo Ideas
lu do'mcstlo economy," added tho lady,
"and chemistry Is not the only higher
branch which will aid her to bo a good
home-keeper."
. i
Queen Victoria has a second Brown.
A writer in a London paper says:
Thero is another porsonago who, if not
so important, has at least tho bearing
of one, as ono sees him walking up and
down tho front of tho Queen's habita
tion smoking his short clay pipo. and
I Hilling away furiously. George Brown,
believo, is his name. Tho poor peo
ple horo tako him to bo an important
Minister of State, aud I overheard a
gravo man asking "whether this bo
Gladstone." Tho men aro admiring
his kilts, tho womon his well-proportioned
logs and musclos. Some go so
far as to tako him for a woman alto
gether. Somo figures aro pnblishod In a Par
is Journal which may bo of interest to
the American dramatist, and also to
thoso who mako a point of attending
tho first night of new plays. It stales
that in an averago first night audience,
amounting in all to 1,000 people, thoro
will bo: Personal enemies of tho au
thor, 60; persons who, without know
ing him, hopo for a failttro, 103; thoso
who havo nald an oxtravneaut prlco
for their seats and aro, therefore. Ill
disposed toward tho piece, 121); cross,
owing to a bad dlnnor, 14; generally
bad-tempered pcoplo, 21; womon do-
sorted by tho author at some period of
his llfo, U; fellow-authors, 28; men to
whom tho author' has refused to loud
monoy, 42; enemies of tho manager, CO;
indifleront, 400; friends, 0; floating pop
ulation, 100. it tho night should hap
pen to boootuo wet 200 of tho iuditfor
out bocomo onomios.
Franco has about complotod war vet-
1 sol costing ovor 120,000,000.
FA KM TOPICS.
Kttsy anil I'raetlral Mnthnd of Keeping
Accounts for a Fiirmer A Hint to
Chlckrii-ltalaers.
The Uueitlnn of (Irowlng Hnrclium for Su
gar anil Hyrup-Frtilt liaising and
Fruit Hyrups.
KKKI'INO FAltM ACCOUNTS.
Many Imaglno that thoro Is some
thing very Intrlcalo about farm book
keeping; that ono needs a commercial
col logo education In order to matter It,
but a graator mlstako could hardly bo
mado. It is true that accounts might
bo kopt with each field, each tn e and
each cow, pig and chicken, but it Is not
necessary. What tho farmer most
needs to know Is, what his business as
a wholo,ls .doing for htm. To deter
mine this, It Is only nocessary to take
an account of stock at statod porlods
and comparo amounts. Fnrraors, as a
rule, do not know how much thoy have
got invested in farm stock, tools and
nroduco on hand. Many attempts have
boon made to got up systoms of farm
book-keoping that would become popu
lar among farmers, but most such at
tempts have boon overdone. Tho
farmer is frlghtonod' by ' the' extent of
tho work laid out' Still, we , boliovo
that an investment of two or threo dol
lars in this direction would be money
woll spent if It would help ono Into tho
habit of keoping some kind of Ian ao
count, by which ono could know' exact
ly what his businoss i worth to him.
Any blank book, however, will answer,
that is large onough to contain the
Items that should bo entered daring the
yoar. A 26-cont book would accom
modate most farmers. 'Enter on tho
opening pages a list of all the property
you possess. First the farm and farm
stook proper, thon a list of other prop-t
erty not connected with the farm. ' In
keeping a farm account tho i otwnor's
residence, his household- furniture,
books, clothing, family horse land car
riage, and so much of tho barn tand
fodder as is required for these outsidoi
luxuries, strictly personal orfamily ex-,
Eonses should not be reokoned lo.. The
anker in keoping his bank accounts, a
morohant or a blacksmith in I estimat
ing by his books tho valuo oi his busi
ness, nover mixes in persona) exponses
with his business accounts; no! more
should the1 f armor, yet both 'should
know tho sum of each: In prizing
property, mako such estimates of val
ues as is believod the markotj would
warrant Don't set tho price J on tho
farm, or of tho pet cow, above what
tho assossors or sworn appraisers would
probably set It But onter everything
of vnluo in details as far as practicable.
Tho foddor on hand in tho barn, tho
f;raln in tho bins, tho roots in tho cel
ar, can bo estimated vory closely by a
jardstick and allttlo calculation, with
out the trouble of weighing, only to bo
sure to measure and ostimato at tho
end of tho year by tho samo rules and
measures.
During tho yoar enter on opposite
pages every itom of purchase and sale,
cither in detail or in a moasuro( collec
ts ely, according to circumstances. At
the und of tho syear those pages will
show exactly fronr whence bvery dollar
came, and for what it has boon expend
ed. Some uso doublo columns of dol
lars und cents on the same page; one
for farm expenses and incomes, the
other for what pertains to personal or
family expenses. This saves some
work at the end of the year) but in
either caso such a set of accounts will
onablo ono to know positively just what
ono's farm is doing for him, and just
what it is costing to live To find out
what tho farm is paying It will bo noc
essary at tho oud of tho year to mako
another list and appraisal of all farm
property, and compare with tho ono
made at tho beginning of tho yoar.
This will Bhow whether tho amount or
valuo of tho capital stock employed
has Increased or decreased during tho
year.
To obtain a balance sheet enter the
valuo of capital invested at tho begin
ning of the yoar. Add to this tho cost
of manuring tho farm, including labor,
fertilizers, seeds, repairs, taxes, etc
To set against this account, enter on
another lino tho valuo of capital (Invest
ed at tho end of tho year, together with
tho incomo from the farm, such as
crops sold, labor porformed off tho
farm, and tho value, as near as maybe,
of all that has been consumed in the
family. If thoro is a balance, as thoro
should bo, in favor of tho farm, the bal
anco will show what may bo rebkoncd
as tho farmer's salary, and interest on
capital invested. Tho arrangement of
theso items may bo left to tho uaste of
tho f armor, for it is truo that (figures
not Incorrectly kept may bo made to
present a caso in somowhat different
lights. Ono may bo farming, in part
for health or for pleasure, and 'may off
set his own labor or superintendence
against theso. But howover ono works
thoro should bo somo systemllof book
keoping from which it can" bo ascer
tained what ono's farm, or1 'stock; or
labor ts doing, and thero is rib I bottor
time than tho beginning of April to
start such an account. If ono pas al
ready formed tho habit it will never bo
givon up. New England Farmer.
OUOWING SOUOHUM.
It Is to be hopod the low prleq of su
gar will not discourage tho prdducors
of sorghum sugar and syrup. Bccauso
the prico of a commodity is temporari
ly depressed is no reason why those al
ready having tho machinery and neces
sary buildings for manufacturing should
allow such to get Into disrepair. The
writer has lived to see crude processes
elaborated and tho manufacture sim
plified, so tho farmer can nowproduco
nico syrup and fair sugar. Not so with
bcot sugar, which requires oxponslve
fixtures and claborato manipulation to
convert tho Julco Into sugar. With
early amber or other suitable variotios
tho farmer who has the simple fixtures
for condensing tho juice may, notwith
standing the low price, mako sufficient
for neighborhood uso In regions f hero
transportation charges aro high.
Mr. Konny, of Minnesota, well known
for his production of sorghum sugar
and syrup, Is quoted as placing tho
averago jlold of dry sugar por gallon
of syrup at about four pounds. Othors
calra that a gallon of good hoavy syr
up will ) fold from live to soyon pounds
of sugar, with -after tho .sugar is ex
tracted a valuablo syrup loft With
cane not over two miles from tho mill
It is estimated tho syrup will not cost
over 20 cents nor gallon, including pro
duction and all expense and an aero
woll cultivated will give 840 pound of
sugar and about olghty-fivo gallons of
syrup.
The production of real sugar will de
pend not only ou tho season out on1 the
liaturo oi llio sou us wuu. ouuug uu
mus or muck soils aro not adapted to
tho production of sugar and tho syrup
will bo dark, A good whoat soil or a
good fruit Boll will bo indicated in suc
cessful sorghum culture, and if sandy
so much tho hotter.
It would not bo good advice In view
of the present corn prices to favor the
buying of machlnory for, tho production
of sugar, but for those having the
machinery, especially on tolls that have
proved themselves adapted to the pro
.Lft.
duction ot sugar, it wouia hardly bo
policy to suffer tho machinery to go
to wnsto. A parallel caso Is tho de
pression of tho wool Industry. Many
sheop-growors havo gono out of the
businoss and sold their llocks at a sac
rifice or killed tho flocks for tho llosh
and polts. Yet thoso who havo rushed
out of shoop becauso tho prlco of wool
Is low may got tho experience of action
and reaction tho action of selling out
low and tho reaction of buying In high.
FliUIT-llAISINO AND KltUlT-SVUUfS.
The various uses to which fruit pro
ducts may bocomo valuablo in the
housohold aro not so generally under
stood and acted on as thoy should bo.
Susan Powor In Vtck's Magazine has
sounded ono ot tho koy-notos ln practi
cal enterprise on tho conservation of
grapes and apples, which may bo ap
plied to many other fruits, as contain
ed in tho following oxtract:
"With all tho tons of grapes raisod,
how Is it thoro is not a gallon of grape
syrup to bo bad for lovo or money In
markotP If you don't know that grape
Juice boiled down to a clear syrup Is
the most relishing thing in slcknoss or
health, for consumptives, and to keop
people from potting consumption, to bo
eaten as food or diluted for drink that
wouhl banish wlno soonor thnn the
tomperanco societies, you havo some
thing to learn. This artlclo onco known
would prevent all danger of an over
crop off grapes, for it would bo mado
and kept by the barrel, and exported
for uio In all climates. Tho now pro
duction of cider-iellv. which Is merely
.cider boiled down, without any addi
tion till it is a solid, dark loll v. Is a
great gift to tho housekeeper, and will.
oe tne salvation oi tno appio orchards.
What If apples aro 60 cents a barrel in
October? Sot tho cider-mills going,
and the hugo enameled ovaporatlng
pans. Perhaps cider-jelly at 12 cents
a pound will pay you, as thero is no
sugar to bo used."
TO TEST SKKU-COKN.
, 'Seed-corn should always bo tested bo
foro planting. Tako from tho storo of
seed naif a dozon ears indiscriminately
(not solected), shell them, mix well
together, count out from theso 100
grains as thoy como, soak in tepid wa
ter six hours, lay tho seeds between
folds of damp cloth, and placo where
tho temperature Is from 65 to G5 dogs.
Tho numbor of seeds germinating out
of tho 100 will bo tho percentage to bo
depended on under ordinary circum
stances. Germination should tako
placo at this temperature, with mois
ture in four days; or tho seeds may bo
placed between two sods,
A HINT TO ClIlCKKN-ltAISF.ltS.
It Is easy to hatch oggs in an incuba
tor but dllllcult to raise tho chickens.
According to nn account given in tho
Now York Times tho cat makes a good
mother for chickens. It says: An un
usual sight that would havo filled tho
expansive bosom of P. T. Harnum with
delight attracted a crowd recently
around tho show-window of No. 83
Liberty street, where a largo number of
oggs are being hatched in incubators.
About half a doen newly-hatched
chickons had been placed in tho window
when a fat black cat jumped lightly
over tho wire screeu and lauded in tho
midst of tho brood. Tho chickens wero
not afraid of tho cat nor did tho cat
show any inclination to gobble them
up. On tho contrary, sho mewed lov
ingly to thorn, just as a cat does whon
calling hor young, laid down.and when
tho chickens began nestling in her soft,
warm fur pussy curled herself up, lick
ed tho rumpled feat lien of tho chicks
smooth with her rough little tongue,
and sang thorn a lullaby in tho form of
a happy contented purr. When the
chickens had suflleiently warmed them
selves thoy began running all over their
adopted mother, "peeping" in her ears
aud pecking at her ees aud tail. Tho
cat protended not to notice thorn for a
while, but finding that thoy persisted
sbo got up, shook hersolf, and Indulged
in a gambol iu tho window, frightened
tho chickens, lay down again, and gath
ered hor adopted children again to her
bosom. "Hi! Tommy, como 'n sco do
circus; beats llarnuras, tor blazes,"
yelled a boot-black to a newsbov who
was passing by. Tho newsboy alluded
to lookod on with eyes and mouth wide
open, and exclaimed: "Well, dis is do
best racket I over seen." Sovoralof tho
spectators walked down into tho store
and spoke to the proprietor. Tho cat
had bcon around tho storo for six
months past, and whon tho first chick
ens were hatchod tho cat would look
wistfully at them, but did 'not molest
them. Thon sho becamo bolder, and
approached them, smelling them all
over. Gradually sho became moro fa
miliar, and lappod tho water out of tho
samo saucer from which tho chickens
drank. One morning tho proprietor,
on entering tho storo, found tho cat ly
ing in the sawdust, performing all tho
matornal functions that a quadruped
could do to littlo bipeds, and the chick
ens themselves showed great attach
ment to hor. On taking up ono or moro
of tho birds tho cat showed as much
concern as though thoy woro her own
kittens, and kopt mowing and begging
until they wero put back.
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
Tho Russian government is about to
experiment iu balloon steering by elec
tricity. Wet nnd dry soasons so differently
affect tho wings of buttorllios in India
as to causo broods of tho samo insect
to bo taken for distinct species.
A now test for tea is tho amount of
ashes yielded, tho quantity boing
greater in inferior aud adultorated
samples than In thoso of good quality.
An Austrian nstronomer, Professor
Oppolzcr, Is preparing n list of tho
eclipses 8,000 solar and 5,200 lunar
of the period between 1207 B. C, and
20C1 A. D.
Horses having extra toes on tho in
ner side of tho fore fcot aro occasionally
met with in South America, according
to Dr. Ibrcng, wiio suggests that thoy
may bo tho remnant of an old native
raco of horses which escaped tho notico
of tho early sottlers.
Among tho many prlzo offers of tho
French Academy of Scionces is a sum
equivalent to about $20,000 which was
left by Broant in 1819, and is still una
warded. It is to bo givon to tho per
son who shall find an offectivo remedy
for tho Asiatio cholera, or shall indicato
with nbsoluto certainty its causes.
Two prizes of $2,600 oach are offered
for essays on tho uso of soda nltrato
as manure. Ono essay is to Indicato
presont knowlodgo and theory, and the
othor Is to bo devoted to now experi
mental research mado by tho author of
the panor beforo 1887. Tho prizes nro
given by tho commtttco of tho Saltpetre
Pioducors' Association of wostorn
South America.
A Paris medical society, Booking ovl
donco from many sources concerning
tho contagiousness of pulmonary con
sumption, has forwarded questions on
the subject to overy practicing physi
cian in France. Similar lnqulrios in
England and Germany havo uot been
particularly successful, only 1,600 out
of 23,000 EufflUh practitioners answer
4.
ing, and but SOOGermans out of 16,000.
A. German entomologist, F. Dahl,
claims that spiders have perfoct sight
only at very short distances. Thoir
senso of touch is consequently remark
nbly well developed, enabling them to
locato disturbances ln their web. Their
smell Is so good that they can distln-
f;ulsh odors, and thoir hearing is excol
ent Somo of them show n romarka
blo Instinct ln building their webs
oven at first in perfect geometrical
form. A rofloctlve power is evinced by
thoir refusal of kinds ot tough Insects
which have been once attacked unsuc
cessfully. Somo interesting researches concern
ing cholera prevention aro being mado
by Dr. Forran of Barcelona, lio has
prepared an attonuatod cholera virus,
with which three medical men have
boon Inoculated. Tho Inoculations wero
followod by several local pains and
fevorlsh symptoms, which suddenly
disappeared after a duration of about
twenty-four hours. No f urthor ill effects
havo boon experienced. It now remains
to prove, as Dr. Ferran confidently ex-
ccts to do, that these Inoculations
mvo conferred complete Immunity
from attacks of cholera.
At a recent German sclontlfio con
gress, Dr. S. Hoppe, of Hamburg, en
deavored to prove that the electricity
of storms Is gonerated by tbo friction
of vapor particles. This view was
strengthened by experiments tn wlflch
compressed cold air was allowed to
rush into a copper vessel containing
warm moist air, a largo amount of
electricity being thus producod. lie
concludes that the rise of a column of
wnrm moist air into tho colder at
mosphere above will be followed by a
thunderstorm if it acquires sufficient
velocity to prevont neutralization of tho
electricity gonerated by tho friction of
tho nlr. Honco, ho regards open dis
tricts as moro llablo to thunderstorms
than wooded regions, whero tho trees
prevent tho rapid rise of humid air
currents.
Grant and Hla Troops.
From an anecdotal and rominisccnt
artlclo on Grant by General Badeau, in
tho May Century, wo quoto tho follow
ing: "His relations with the troops
wero peculiar. Ho never mado speech
es to tho soldiers, and of course never
led them himself into battle after he
assumed, his high commands. But in
every battlo thoy saw him certainly
onco or twico far to tbo front, as expos
ed as they; for thero always seemed to
como a timo in each engagement when
ho was unwilling to use tho eyes or
cars of another, Dut must observe for
himself in order to determine Tho
soldiors saw this; they know, too, that
whon ho rodo around in camp it meant
action, and tho sight of his bluo over
coat, exactly like their own, was a sig
nal to prepare for battle. They found
out his character and respected his
qualities. They found that ho moant
woll, although whon the time came ho
spared them not for the cause. Thus,
though so undemonstrative, ho awoke
a genuino enthusiasm. After tho bat
tlo ot tho Wilderness ho rodo at ,night
along tbo road whero Hancock's veter
ans Jay, and when the men discovered
it was Grant, and that his face was
turned toward Richmond, -they knew
in a moment thoy were not to retire
across the Rapidan as bo often before;
and they roso in the darkness and
cheered until the enemy thought it was
a night attack-and came out and open
ed firo. When the works wero carried
at Petersburg, thoir enthusiasm was of
course unbounded; and whenever they
caught a glimpso of him in tho Appo
mattox campaign, the cheers wero vo
ciferous. After tho surrender of Loo
they began without orders to salute
him with cannon, but ho directed the
tiring to cease, lest it should wound the
feelings of tbo prisoners, who, bo said,
wero once again our countrymen.
"This sontiment he retained. Soon
after the close of tho war I was present
when a committeo of Congress, beaded
by Charles Sumner, waited on him to
proposo that a picture should bd point
ed ot tbo surrender of Lee, to bojplaced
in tho rotunda of the Capitol. But he
told them ho should novor consent, so
far as ho was concerned, to any picture
being placed In the Capitol to com
memorato a victory in which our own
countrymen wero the losers."
Lunch Brlc-a-Brac
The newest and prettiest things are
tho pretty designs in paper for serving
ice-cream and salads. The last is a
paper cup, sol in what appears to be a
leaf of crisp green lettuce. It ik really
green paper. -A flower design, such as
a poppy or rose, of paper, In the! natur
al colors, holds the ice-cream. I Sugar
mushrooms, of a creamy whKo surface
and pink under-loaf, are served for
dessert A guest at breakfast or din
ner can read the courses in the table
ware. Each1 dish is an outward pre
sentment of the food within. Aj moth
erly china hen covers the oggs. A
meek-looking cow is1 tho handlo to the
butter dish. Tbo fish courso is typified
by seaweed and sportivo trout painted
In natural colors on tho plates. ' China
oysters are forerunnorsof Blue jiointR.
Quaint littlo Kato Greenaway children
stand at tho plates and let the salt bo
sifted through their dear littlo brainless
heads; curved colored pitchers for indi
vidual uso have the ice in pockets and
tho water in the center. All that in
genuity can doviso or art accomplish is
employed to cater to tho fasbionablo
appetite. .y. Y. World.
Thoro aro about 126 Gorman recruits
in tho Cbinoso army, all of whom havo
been compelled to adopt Chinese
namos, such as Wang LI Triang or Tho
Groat Wall. Tbo pay of theso recruits
is very high, ranging from $200 to $300
a month; and in addition tho Chineso
Government has promised to pay) to tho
representatives of any German who
may bo killed in tbo action tbo sum of
$6,000. Recruits aro also called for in
tho Chineso navy, tho inducement be
ing an annual salary of $3,600 and a
life policy for a largo amount.
The Senate j-atrea.
The United States Sonato page-boys
comprise an active body ot individuals.
By a resolution passed in tho Thirty
third Congress and again In the Forty
first Congress no ono can bo appointed
under tho ago of 12, or romain in of
fico after ho is 16 years, or continue in
office more than four years, and it is
tho duty of tho Sergeant-at-Arms to
classify them, so that ono-balf go out
at tho ond of oach Congress. They ro
ceivo from $60 to $76 per month, bo-
sides whut thoy can pick up by obtain
ing autographs ot tho Senators. Some
times they enter into a contract to till
an album for somebody; then they
charge 6 cents for each name tbey get
Moro generally they buy a blank al
bum and get it filled with Senators'
namos, and as many promlnont mem
bers of tho House as thoy can capturo
in a ploasant mood.
An especially fine collection ot auto
graphs will bring $10. Their harvest
tlmo is just beforo 12 o'clock, when
the Sonators are waiting for the hour
to strike. Four or five boys will be at
ono Senator's elbow at onco. Theso
boys aro pretty bright, and It don't
tako thorn long to bocomo acquainted
With tho different moods of tho moil
about thorn, hence thoy tlmo their re
quests so thoy nro vory raroly rofusod.
Most of tho pagos attend evonlng
schools and llvo with frlonds. Four
years In tho Sonato chamber Is a good
school of Itself, and whon tho pages bo
como mon thoy aro usually hoard from.
Sonator Gorman, of Maryland, whoso
term expired tho 4th of last March,
was a pago in 1862, nnd was connected
with tho Senate as an employe till 18C6.
This class of pagos is employed ln tho
Senate chamber to wait upon tho Son
ators. They aro summoned by a clap
of tho hands or a snap of tho fingors.
It is rather startling to strangors,somo
times, to sco ono or two Sonators wild
ly clapplns their hands abovo their
heads whllo a dobnto is going on.
Thero is another class of pages oldor
than tho first, designated as riding
pages. Thoy carry on horseback let
ters or packages from tho different de
partments, or any placo ln tho city,
thus saving the delay of tho mall. Thoy
constltttto a sort of pony express.
Concord Monitor.
A Gobbler to tho ltcseup.
On Tuesday afternoon a largo crowd,
numbering about 15J porsons, was
attracted to a curious sccno lu prog
ress In front of tho Northwestern Fruit
Company's storo on Mill street Tho
littlo bantam which struts around thero
pompously and defiantly ran athwart
a largo rooetor of ordinary breed, who
presides ovor tho poaco and happiness
of a henroost in that neighborhood.
Tho bantam throw down tho gauntlet,
llgurntlvoly speaking, and tho rooster
picked it up in a jiffy, sailing into his
opponont with forco sullicient to de
molish him If properly applied. Tho
bantam was getting tho worst of It,
when n big gobbler, that was observ
ing tho proceedings disinterestedly up
to this timo, hurried to tho relief of
the worsted. Ho inflicted several
blows on Iho rooster, who, not relish
ing intcrferenco from thoso who wero
thought lo bo netittal, assailed tho
Gobbler. Meanwhile tho littlo bantam
ad gotten on tho back of his defender
and was serenely watching tho war
from his socuro position. It was only
tho work of a few minutes beforo tho
rooster was routed, and he sought
safety from tho further vengeful strokes,
slaps, nnd pecks of tho gobblor by get
ting under tho latter. Thus tho gob
bler got literally between tho two orig
inal belligerents, tho littlo bantam be
ing on his back and tho routed rooster
under him.
At tho recent trial of Dr. Buchanan
for issuing bogus medical diplomas a
woman of the namo of Kussoll testified
that, although sho displaced a sign as
a doctor, sho had boon graduated from
no medical school, and explained that
tho M. D. after her namo meant "Mon
oy Down."
m i ,i
The Joke of Idle Soldiers.
We wero ljing in winter quarters,
and had days and days of nothing to
do. I did not play cards, but my tont
mate did. He also had tfircc special
friends who plajed, nnd their meeting
place was in my tent. Thoro thoy met
day after day in tho morning, in tho
afternoon, and in tho evening until Into
,at night Our tent was built for por
manout quarters. In ono end wo mado
a door eighteen inches wido by three
fcot high. On the opposite side was a
fiieplnco built outside of small slicks
like stonowork, and covered inside with
clay mortar.
Tho boys, as usual, wero at their
cards. I took a friend into my coun
sels, and we procured a shell which had
blown tho load out without bursting.
Wo fastened into this shell n long fuse.
I. then told my friends to go nwny sev
eral rods to an empty dry-goods" box,
and strike upon it so as to make it
sound like the booming of distant can
non. "Hark!" said one; "d'yoti hear
that? That's from Lee's battery on
tho left. Wo may havo other business
than card-playing by daylight."
Just thon "boom!" went tho old dry
goods box, and instantly I dropped
tho shell, with tho burning, fuso down
tho chimney. Tho shell fell upon tho
tiro and rolled under tho bunk on
which tho boys wero sitting. "Teh
teh teh " went tho burning fuso.
Tho boys thought it a messago direct
from Leo's battery. Two tried to jump
through tbo door at tho samo time, and
blocked up tho narrow door so that
neither was able to got out A full
evacuation ot tbo tent was finally ef
fected and a retreat mado not, how
ever, in good order. No one was killed,
but tho boys waited behind distant
treos for moro than thirty mortal min
utes momentarily expecting to seo tho
tent blown to atoms. After a while
thoso heroes camo together, and in tho
council of war thoy held on tho field
of fright it was decidod that thoy had
been tbo victims of fraud. But thero
was no moro card-playing in my tent
It ellsboro Agitator.
The Dimo Novel Cure.
A trustoo of tho Providenco Public
Library has undertaken to euro tho
small boy of his interest in tho dimo
novel, and ran bo said to havo succeed
ed. He has mot tho antecedent with
its consequent Ho has gathered into
a scrapbooktho adventures of tho boys
who read dimo novels, and has mado
it his business in a quiet way to ask
the boys ono by one who nro interested
in theso stories to spend an hour or two
in reading, not tho imaginative story,
but tho way in which tho small boy has
attempted to roalizo how boys ought
to llvo and what they ought to bo al
lowed to do. It Is said that tho dimo
novel boy usually reads tho scrapbook,
which Is rapidly Increasing In si.o as
tho fresh exploits ot the dimo novel
adventurers aro added to It, nbout two
hours. Ho then lays It down In disgust,
and nothing can induco him to return
to thoso stories again. Uo asks tho
person in charge of tho reading room
for a bettor class of books. This euro
of a dlseaso with Its own poison has
been so effectivo in Providenco that tho
trustee in question is thinking ot tak
ing out a patent for the process, lost
other libraries and tho heads of fami
lies and tho guardians of tho small boy
generally may appropriate his inven
tion without duo credit This gentle
man Is the first among modorns to give
point to tho old saying, "Look on this
picture and thon on that," and it is
tho other picture that is powerful
enougii to vviuu up mo uimo novel uus
ncss. Theso aro tho realism in litera
ture, and this man, going fi.rthor than
Mr. llowclls or Mr. James, or even M.
Zola, has substituted tho pastopot and
scissors for Iho imagination, gathering
his horrors and tragedies from actual
life, In tho firm belief that if truth is
not stranger than fiction it has a won
dorful powor at tho right moment over
an awakened mind, Huston Herald.
As an innovation a Brooklyn lady Is
training hor pet pug dog to skato on
rollers.
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