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HOME READING.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
?In Franco the doctor's claim on the
estate of a deceased patient has prece?
dence of all others.
?Iowa's state fair this year will be
open on Sunday. The machinery will
be idle and religious services will be
Leid.
?The most powerful fleet that has
ever been seen on the waters of the Pal
tic will assemble there this spring: un?
der the iv:;' of Russia,
?A fanner of OzeRo. Fla., recently
fouinl a hairpin made ol something like
putt:t perch a four feet below the sur?
face of nti Indian shell mound.
?There are pow several antitrust bills
before the legislaureof Massachusetts^
one in the ! mate and six in the house,
and there may be others shortly.
?"'?'cent mortality returns from the
southern states show that the death
rate of the colottd people from tuber?
culosis is three times as high as that
of the whites,
-?Thieves threw a hook and line
through an open window of a house at
Monterey. .'?!?. x.. and stole the bed
clothes under which the owner of the
bouse n a sleeping-.
?A trial has been me.de of a new sea
diving dress in the deepest part of
Sydney harbor. The diver went down in
2(iys fathoms and remained at the bot?
tom for 50 minutes. When he came tip
he showed no signs of distress.
? Land? a has nowgotapenny-inTthe
slot refreshment bar. It is a temper?
ance house. The customer holds his
glass under a tap labeled with the name
of his pai ticnlar vanity,and then drops
his penny in the slot with liquid re
suits.
?A citizen of Brooklyn has the
largest known collection of bills of fare.
There are ever 4.Q00 in the collection,
embracing every thing, from the cracke d
skit* of n muling camp drought to the
(steaded en trees with which Queen Vic?
toria fattened her subjects on jubilee
days and the czar'gorged his starving
thousand.-.
WEARING FALSE GEMS.
Shama Now Freely Tolerated in So
Ciety.
How much is real and how much is
sham in the resplendent display of pre?
sumably precious stcr.es at the opera or
other smart functions is impossible to
till nowc lays, for my lady mixes the
two together with a calm audacity that
is a di rel ipment of late years, the old
theory ti.;;; a lady must wear nothing
that is not real being" apparently quite
out of date. The modern adaptation of
this social rule is that if a woman has a
certain amount of fine jewelry she may
wear as many false ones in addition as
she can without making- the fact con?
spicuous. It is only in those who have
no real ones that the display of false
gems is vulgar.
A fa: hionablc woman in town, w hose
position i:-. unquestionable, wears sev?
eral strings of pearls, one of which is
real and the rest shams, anxl hardly
knows herself which is the genuine.
Another woman, who owns a couple of
diamond stars, has presented herself
with several others?the best "bril?
liants." whose glittering radiance is
quite undiramed by their juxtapesitiots
with the real stones. At a birthday
dinner recently the heroine of the oc?
casion wore a ruby surrounded by
pearls r;s a brooch. This was greatly
admired. Taking- it from the lace
which it fastened, she passed it to one
of her friends. The jewel was handed
from one to another until it had made
the circuit of the table. All the guests
were people of culture, familiar with
gems, and some of them were con?
noisseurs. After the stone had bevn
unanimously praised theowner fastened
it in Its place again, sayingrquietly: "I
think it is pretty. I bought it yester?
day at B-'s for two dollars."
It has long- been conceded that" a
string of Roman pearls may be worn by
a young girl without laying her taste
open to question. It is a new thing,
however, for rich women to bring real
gems and bog-us ones together in such
a way as to deceive the very elect and
it seems a pity that the old standards of
noblesse oblige, affecting the wearing
of jewels and lace, should be lowered.
It is claimed by those who wear false
jewels that no deception is intended,
the owner being quite willing to ac?
knowledge her use of the imitations,
but at all events the general public is
deceived and it may bo questioned
whether my lady goes out of her way to
acknowledge what she is wearing.
"I do not see the use of wearing real
pearls," said a well-known society
woman not long ago. "I have half a
mind to sell mine and wear imitations.
No one would ever know." Then she
fully concluded to take this course and
did take it. Hence she rejoices in the
income of $20,000 in bonds, wears pearls
still and even her intimate friends do
not suspect the exchange.?N. Y. Trib?
une.
A SCOTCH HOME.
The Lastins Inflaence of o Dca*
filother'a Hj-mna.
A poor peasant on the Scotch coast
hud an unusually large brood of chil?
dren, sevcu of them boys, and little in?
deed could he do for them. He labored
early and iate in the fields, and con?
trived to keep the wolf from the door,
but that was all. There was never a i
{.hilling to spare, and the farmer's life j
t-as a hopeless, exhausting struggle
against poverty and adversity.
'Ihe mother, too, worked early and
late with all the cooking, washing and
household drudgery of the humble
home. There were many to clothe as
well as to feed, and so scanty were the
schooling facilities " on that lonely
stretch of const, that she herself taught
the boys one by one to read and write.
If there had been girls among the
older children she would have had help
in the housework. Her daughters were
the youngest of the fleck, and only add?
ed 10 her cares when she was least able
to endure them.
Weary and overworked as this Scotch
mother was. :-:he was always the light
ni:d the life of the household. It was a
happy he me because it was brightened
by her cheerfulness and contentment.
When there. v.;us a boy old enough to
read a book aloud, there was entertain?
ment for the family v. hile she was sew?
ing, nud she taught her children to
sharpen their wits by keen argument,
and above all, to think for themselves.
Then, too, this Scotch mother, while
jict a trained musician, had a deep, rich
vo;ee nrd n ."tirring wa.y of stngjp'r. oh1
For thirty years Dr.
Dcane has made a study
of dyspepsia, and in thirty
years has cured more
cases of it than probably
any other fifty physicians
combined. He gave up
the study of theology and
took to medicine,because
the most eminent physi?
cians of that day gave
Lim up as a chronic dyspeptic, with only a short
time to live.
Result of this change ? a hearty, healthy, useful
life, an enormous practice, and a demand for his
pills greater than for all others combined wherever
known. For sale at all druggists'. Send for a free
sample. White wrapper if constipated, yellow if
bowels arc loose.
DR. J. A. DEANE CO., Kingston, N. Y.
yT Dr.
/ Deane's
1 Dyspepsia
\ Pills.
[ rnsnronecl humris.' OWWnuay evenings
the Bible would be read aloud, and then
she would sing one hymn after an?
other: while her brawny Scotch l ids
listened with eagerness and enjoyed
the treat so keenly that they often coin
plained because Sunday came only once
a week.
The brood of children left, the home
nest one by one, and the mother died
prematurely because of overwork' and
anxiety. But she lived anew in the
boys as they became successful men in
various professions and callings.; for
although at the outset they were poor
and had little education, they bad her
buoyant, hopeful nature, and her fine
qualities of mind.
One of them was a soldier, and was
mortally wounded in a foreign cam?
paign. The chaplain in the hospital
tolcl him that he had only a few hours of
HTc in reserve, and asked him if he had
any religions faith.
"I have never had anything else," he
replied. "I can hear my good mother
now singing her Sunday night hymns
on the Scotch coast!"
Another son became a prosperous
barrister, with a great reputation for
learning and wit. lie would have had a
larger income if it had not been for a
striking peculiarity. Tie invariably
threw up a case when he was convinced
that there was no justice in it.
"I like to think of my dear old Scotch
mother," lie would say, "when I plead
a ease in court."
Another was an earnest preacher.
One was a doctor with a metropolitan
practice. Three were successful mer?
chants and one was a high-minded pub?
lisher. All were richly endowed with
their mother's courage and mental re?
sources, and all shared her deep, je
Ihjious nature.
Iii many a temptation and crisis they
recalled her face shining in the winter
firelight of their old home, and the
hymns she had sung, in which she had
expressed the religious devotion that
had governed her life, and the tender,
unfailing love of a mother's heart.?
Youth's Companion.
GUESSED WHAT HE NEEDED:
Clinppie Aimed to Iitjpren? the Hotel
Gncata and Succeeded.
Now and then Chicago draws a chap
pic in the great shuffle of life. The
otker day one arrived here from an in?
land town who hau a few points to
.-.pare in his trunk.
lie took up his residence in an aris?
tocratic family betel, where he ap?
peared religiously each night at a
seven o'clock dinner in the evening
di e s of a second-class swell. This was
::1I very commendable and cleanly, and
not at all extraordinary where SO per
cent, of the men did the same thing.
IV.it the good impression awakened
by the chastity of the newcomer's ap
1 earancc in the ineffable bosc-m and tie
was obscured by his attempt to order
his dinner in as much French as he
deemed would be intelligible. The
sonority of his final order for a "dem!
t-.:sse" was good for all the surrounding
tables, if not for the butler's pantry.
As the first week rolled <<n the young
man grow more Frenehy, more mellow,
more metropolitan in spirit, and or.
the occasion of his first evening a:
home made his way to the smoking
room, where he arranged himself
languorously and picturesquely in an
easy choir.
Near him was the station oi a small
colored Buttons.
"Garcon! Carcon!" called out the
oriental one, but little William stood,
with his heavy, seal-like eyes rolled up?
ward and his great paws crossed sol
einnly over his brass-buttoned jacket,
regardless and heedless of the over?
whelming honor being done him.
"I say, there, Gareon, won't you brir.g
me?ah?"
"Some brains, William, for this
chap," growled an apoplectic man on
the other side of the room.?Chicago
Tribune.
NO BOTTOM LESS "LAKES.
The Deepest Arc Less Than 2,G0O
Feet.
The deepest body of fresh water in
America is Crater lake, Ore. Only one
lake in the world, Lake Baikal, exceeds
it in depth, and it is only -100 feet deeper.
Until recently itwasassertcd Crater lake
was bottomless, but soundings have
shown its greatest depth to be 2,000 feet,
it is five miles in diameter, nearly cir?
cular, and occupies the crater of an
extinct volcano. No fish have ever been
known to exist in Crater lake. Decently
a club of mountain climbers, with head?
quarters at Portland, sent to Washing?
ton a request that Crater lake be
stocked with trout, and the government
experts arc going to find cut if such a
scheme is practicable. It is easy
enough to put trout into the water, but
the question is if there is sufficient
food in the water to nourish them after
the}' are there. The experts will tow
small gauze nets over the water at all
hours of the day. .Anlmalculae will
catch in the gauze, ar.d from its abund?
ance or lack it can be ascertained if the
v. ater contains nourishment.
An interesting series of experiments
will also be undertaken to ascertain the
temperature of the water at various
depths. No such observations have ever
been taken of fresh water so far down.
With this end in view a full equipment
of self registering thermometers ar.d
supplementary apparatus wiil be taken
along and letdown with sounding lines.
There are very few places in the lake
w here the depth is less than 1.CC0 feet,
and no lake on the western hemisphere
approaches this.
It is no wonder, then, that Crater
lake was supposed to be bottomless.
How ever, the truth is that all lakesovrr
150 feet deep possess a similar reputa?
tion. Any body of water that is deeper
than the length of the longest feeling
line is sure to lack a bottom in the
popular belief. A first-rate example of
this BOrt of delus ion is afforded by
Lafayette lake, in Idaho. It was
formerly imagined to be bottomless,
and later its depth was officially stated
to be 2,000 feet. P.ecent investigation
proves that its greatest depth is 305 feet.
There is no data on which to base a
guess as to the bottom of Crater lake,
but the supposition is that it will he
very little above the freezing. The
temperature of the ocean remains at
about 40 degrees Fahrenheit all the year
round, even in the tropics. Neverthe?
less, some volcanic heat may yet K main
to warm the waters of Crater lake.?
Chicago News.
A Chinese ProelnrciKticn.
There being no signal service in Chi?
na, the authorities, in case cf a pro?
tracted drought, rely upon the gods for
relief. Recently the following procla?
mation was issued by a magistrate, in
the hopes of procuring a shower:
"Obeying ray superiors,, this proclama?
tion is issued, and again we beseech the
favor of Heaven. Sheep, hogs endvwi
such animals must not be slaughtered,
nor must there be any barter in them.
Chickens, clucks, fish and shrimps must
not be sold for fowl. Onions and garlic
must not be eaten. Let no one lightly
or negligently regard this. If anyone
purposely disregards this proclamation
he will be bright before the magis?
trate and bcatcii,''?N...Y. gyn.
AGAINST HOG BUTTER.
An Able Argument by Congressman
Morse, of MaBsachusetta.
Cougrcssman Morse, of Massachu?
setts, defends the farming- and dairy
interests of the country- and the manu?
facturers of his own state.
On January 14 the committee on
agriculture favorably reported to the
national house of representatives a bill
affirming1 the decision of the supremo
court, to the effect that oleomargarine
I or anj' imitation of butter or cheese
passing- from one state to another
should be subject to all the laws and
regulations respecting the same in
that state. Hon. Elijah A. Morse, M. C,
supported tbe bill and spoke in part as
follows:
"Mr. Speaker, I propose to vote for this
bill. I believe it Is a proper and Just bill.
And In voting for It I represent Massachu?
setts. Our state has passed stringent
laws against these frauds called oleomar?
garine, Imitation butter orimitatloncheese.
In the commonwealth which I have the
honor In part to represent, a boarding
houso that uses this vile stuff on Its table
must hang up in its dining-room a sign:
'Imitation butter used here.' The man?
ufacturers o? this product In my state aro
not nllowed to color it in Imitation of the
color of butter; they are obliged to sell It
w-hlte, or Its natural color, so that the man
who butters his bread with it can see what
article he Is using.
"This bill proposes to protect the com?
monwealth of Massachusetts from having
brought into her borders from other states
this imitation product and sold contrary to
the laws of the state. Ever since I have
been a member of the house I have consist?
ently and persistently voted for every
measure that looked to the suppression of
oleomargarine, imitation butter or Im?
itation choose. Every one of us has a
personal interest In this matter. I, for one,
do not want to butter my bread with soap
grease, even If it has been chemically
treated.
"The board of health of Massachusetts
was called upon while I was a member of
the state legislature, to pass upon the
healthfulness of this product; and that
board, composed of some of the most prom?
inent men in our commonwealth, said,
among other things, that the door for the
propagation of that awful disease known
as 'trichinosis' was thrown open to some
extent at least by tho manufacture of
this product. And why? They explained
why. They said that the oil of tho hog,
In order to be mado Into oleomargarine or
buttc-rino or any of these other products
named here, could not be brought up to
such a temperature that the disease germs
'would bo destroyed, because this extreme
heat would break tho globules and tho
butter could not be churned. On the
strength of that report by the board of
health of Massachusetts, the legislature of
which I was at tho time a member passed
this very stringent measure to which I
have called attention.
"The manufacture of imitation butter
and cheese is a fraud upon the great farm?
ing interests of this country. I have, since
I have been a member of this houso, voted
uniformly, consistently and persistently
for every measure In tho Interests of the
great farming class of our country. There
aro a great many tribunes of tho farmer3
who aro demagogues who stand up and
demar.d In the interest of the farmers
things which would bo against their inter
est. But I do believe it to be in the Inter?
est of the farmer?I believe it to be wise,
just and proper? to legislate In behalf of
the great dairy interests of this country.
"I have listened to some of the constitu- i
tlonal arguments of the learned gentleman
from Louisiana and tho learned gentleman
from Virginia. And when I hear some of these
learned lawyers, judges and jurists dis- |
course upon the constitution, I sometimes
think of a minister that I heard of, of whom
it was said that his principal qualifica?
tion was that ho could split a theological
hair, and it was not so good after he had
split it as it was before.
"Now, Mr. Speaker, I am loyal to tho
constitution of rny country. I find in It
a provision about interstate commerce. I?
there is anything in that provision that
will enable us to suppress, control or re?
strain the sale of this vile, dirty compound,
unfit for human food, 1 will vote for such a
measure every time.
"It has been said in the course of the de?
bate on tills floor, by tho way of justifying '
this oleomargarine fraud upon the great
farming interests and consumers of this
country, that the manufacturers of Massa?
chusetts aro not honorable merchants and
business men and are guilty of fraud in
the manufacture of leather, shoes, wool?
ens, etc. Lest by silence I should appear
to give consent to that charge, I wish to say
a word here in my place.
"I call the attention of the house to the
fact that a distinguished representative of
Massachusetts on one occasion in ante?
bellum times, when the dark crisis was im?
pending and the mutterlngs of war and
secession were heard, stood on this floor
and said, in answer to an attack on our !
commonwealth, that 'he threw down her
glove to tho whole band of assailants.'
That man was Anson Eurlingame. Now
1 stand in my place, and in behalf of the ',
manufacturers of Masachusetts, and mcas- j
uring my words, I say that, for business !
honor, for enterprise, for integrity, I throw
down tho glovo of her manufacturers,
bankers and business men to tho world.
lApplause.]
"Mr. Speaker, the manufacturers ot
Massachusetts sell woolen goods and shoes
for what they are. There Is no attempt, as
In tho case of oleomargarine, to palm it
off for something It is not. If there is
any split leather in their shoes, they aro
sold for split leather, and for half the price
of whort? leather. If their clothes are made
in part of cotton (as charged), it is to cheap?
en them and bring them in the reach of tho
poor, and they are sold for what they
are.
"Mr. Speaker, I might go through the
whole category of articles mado by tho
manufacturers of Massachusetts, and used
In civilized life, and prove by statistics that
our manufacturers, for honor, for enter?
prise, for integrity and for success, can
safely challenge tho world. More than
that, Mr. Speaker, when the yellow wings
of a pestilence flap themselves in a south?
ern sky, when fire or famine or flood or pes?
tilence overtake any section of our coun?
try or overtake humanity anywhere in tho
wide, wide world, in starving Ireland, in
famine-stricken Russia, or in the far-away
victims of the sultan in Armenia?I say,
who pours out its treasure like water to
relieve affliction and distress? Why, the*e
same manufacturers who have been abused
and misrepresented on this floor to-day,
these men who are accused of making
clothes out of 'shoddy' and shoes cut of
'pasteboard.*
"Mr. Speaker, Massachusetts needs no eu
logium or defense from me in these closing
hours of my service here. In the language
of one of her great sons we say: 'There she
stands.' Mr. Speaker, if this Is the last
word I shall speak in this house, I stand in
my place and throw back to tho gentlemen
who malte these charges agsrinst the man?
ufacturers of the commonwealth I have in
part tho honor to represent?I say I deny
that her manufacturers are guilty of fraud
and deception in their products." [Ap?
plause.] _
Filled cheese is on abomination?on
evidence of the total depravity of man.
SW1NGING CATTLE CR13.
"Description of a Convenient Contrivance
or This Kind.
There are almost as many varieties
of cattle cribs as there are individual
barns in the country, and it is not loo
SWINGING CATTLE CEIE
much to f ay that a very great propor?
tion cf these cribs arc inconvenient.
Many are dairk and one musl reach over
into them when feeding a grain ration,
at the risk of encountering the horn?
of the animal to be fed.
A convenient swinging cribisshown
in the accompanying illustration. It is
triangular iD_shape and is hinged at the
j'?o:nr ax r:::- cortom JUsron cnc r rfge 01
the feeding floor. When swung for?
ward into the feeding floor, as shown,
it is in a most convenient position tr?
fill with hny, or to place in it a grain ra?
tion. It is then tipped back into the
r.pnce before the animal and is entirely
out of the feeding floor, and in a most
convenient position for the animal to
cat from. The bottom of this crib is a
three-cornered piece of timber. This
gives rigidity and prevents there being
n narrow space at the bottom, into
which an animal could not get his nose.
?NT. Y. Tribune.
TTIVIEUY DAIRY NOTES. '
Don't churn too long. 1% create the
grain of the butter.
Cows will not drink ice cold water.
It seems to hurt their teeth.
Don't let the butter freeze. Some
say it does it no harm. We know bet?
ter.
Kick a heifer, and she will likely
kick you and upset the milk pail some
?time.
Cows even in summer will drink
from a puddle rather than from a cold
spring.
Churn ever}- 24 hours if you can get
cream enough, and if you can't don't
churn at all.
The man who milks 15 cows with
a machine at one time has been heard
from. Most people would be glad to see
a machine that would milk one cow at
one time. Milking machines have been
a "barren ideality."?Western Plow?
man.
Tho Klffht Sort of Cows.
Which is the most profitable cow to
keep? It is the cow that produces the
most nt the least cost. In the 90-day
test at the world's fair the best cow
cleared a profit of over $73 and the
poorest a profit of only ?24. Turning
to the food account, we find that the
cost of food in both cases was practi?
cally the same, yet one cow had the
ability to make three times the profit
upon the same food. There arc cows in
every herd that have this ability; find
them out. In those days of keen compe?
tition we must reduce the cost of pro?
duction, and this aspect of the question
should always be taken into considera?
tion.?George Harcourt.
THE EXPERT APIARIST.
Ho Will Watch Ilia Ueej in Winter a?
Well as In Summer.
The expert bee-keeper watches his
apiary in winter as well as in summer.
True, the bees should not be disturbed
if the}' are doing well, for if a strong,
healthy colony is rudely disturbed some
bees will leave the cluster and, per?
chance, the hive. If the w eather is cold
enough to chill them, many of these will
perish. Another bad result of such a
disturbance is, that from some instinct?
ive cause the bees fill themselves with
honey, and if a prolonged period of arc?
tic weather follows and prevents them
from taking a cleansing ilight the col?
ony will become unhealthy, which
causes its loss entirely.
But these cautionar}- suggestions do
not imply that there is no winter work
to be performed in the apiary. The
most skillful bee-keeper look after
their bees at all seasons. He watches
them throughout the year, ami is ac?
quainted with the situation and condi?
tions of each colony. It happens some?
times that a colony goes into winter
quarters with a large number of old
and nearly wornout bees and but few
of younger stock. In very cold weather
the older bees succumb and, falling,
soon clog the entrance to the hive. Un?
less they arc removed, the entire colony
will smother. The entrance must be
kept open. This is easily done with
a wire hook about a foot long. Some?
times excessive moisture in a hive
causes some fatality, often sufficient to
block the entrance at the bottom. Thus
it is necessary to watch the apiary
every day to avoid unnecessary Josses.
Care is required in removing dead bees
in order that tho live ones may not
be disturbed or aroused to activity.
It sometimes happens, notwithstand?
ing the attention that may have been
given to fall-feeding, that a colony may
have consumed its supply of honey in
midwinter. It must be fed or be lost.
Methods of feeding' are familiar to all,
but it is not out of place to state that
one of the simplest and easiest is to
fill a wide-mouth fruit jar with a s?'up
made of granulated sugar and water
of a consistency thick enough to an?
swer the purpose, and tying cheese
sacking tightly over the mouth of the
jar. Invert the jar end place it direct?
ly over the cluster. The bees soon lind
it and appease their hunger. Some bee?
keepers, however, prefer bee-candy for
this purpose. It is made by boiling
sugar sirup until it reaches the candy
state and then pouring it while hot
into pie tins. When cold it is ready
for use. It is placed on the frames
over the cluster, and docs not disturb
the bees.?Farmers Voice.
Goo:i "Iton?? TTC-Tp Tit In en.
It is computed that in some districts
of Massachusetts there has been an
average rise In the value of property
along improved roads of over six dol?
lars an acre. It is, moreover, estimated
that the losses to farmers in that .state
In hauling their product over mud roads
as compared with the cost of hauling it
over improved roads amounts to more
than enough to pay for the improve?
ments. It will be seen, therefore, that
as the profit in the hauling of produce
pays for the cost of the road the ad?
vanced value in the land is a clear gain
lo the Landowner.?St. Joseph (Mo.)
Herald.
Suffgrestlcna fop Shepherds.
It is a safe thing to be always expect?
ing accidents and providing for them,
and if there is any animal in existence
that will get into trouble, if there is
any remote possibility of it, it isasheep.
Thoy are surely born to trouble. One
Yommon accident is the getting of the
head through the hay rack. Lambs will
crawl in under the rack and never get
out alive. Every care should be taken
to make it impossible for an accident
to happen. The shepherd should study
this in the pens and yards, looking for
every source of risk and avoiding it
with safeguards.?Rural World.
A Place for the Oliven.
The best place for the calves is a box
stall in the barn. Have the stanchions
placed in one side of the stall and put
each calf in the same place every time
before feeding' and they will soon learn
to go there themselves. Feed milk first,
then a small quantity of oats. In this
way they will not suck each other.
When they have eaten the oats let them
out and scatter hay in front of them.
Always keep the stall well littered and
feed warm milk, and the calves will
keep clean and look sleek.
Uny Wl<le-Tire?l Wagon*.
Good roads facilitate business and
make hauling economical. They are
needed, but they cost money, and the
great difficulty is to get the funds with?
out burdening people who already feel
(heir burdens heavy. One way to im?
prove roads without much cost is to
use wide-tired wagons; we do not mean
that everybody should change instant?
ly, but the next time a wagon is to be
bought, see that it has wide tires.?
Farm and Home.
THE SNOW r'O/JT.
In tho happy clays cf boyhood.
Five and thirty years ago,
(Life's gcldcn ago of Joyhood)
Wo bvllt castlor. of the snow.
In the glittering drifts we quarried,
And our mason work was rare
As those mansions, many storied.
Manhood fashions out of air.
Though our ramparts and our fosses
Might have puzzled old Vauban,
What oared we, the Infant bosses,
For old fogy rule or plan?
Our outworks were the queerest
Ever reared by timan skill,
But of names w^Tnose tho dearest?
Every fort was Hunker Hill.
How the parts of British leaders
Went a-hegging, one and all!
How we all were earnest pleaders
For front places on the wall!
Coys detailed for ucrvice foreign
Pell in line with clouded brow,
Each one clamored to be Warron,
And none wanted to be Ho wo.
The battle?ah! wo fought it
Not at all by history's light;
IloW the pesky English caiiKht It.
How they always lost tho light!
In despite of truth we chasr-d them,
And, to facts entirely blind,
As adown tho hill we raced them
How we peppered them behind!
Thus we fought the fight of Bunker's
In the days that knew no care,
Ere the nr.ow we tossed, as younkers.
Time had sifted on our hair.
Nov.', ulas! In the fierce battle
We wage daily with the world,
Hardt r shots against us rattle
Than our boy arms ever hurled.
And '?3 not the generous tusolo
Of the snow fort on the knell.
But a strife of these who hustle
Not 11(0 body, but the soul;
And instead of gleaming mi.ssilcs
I oisoncd sliafta fly to and fro.
And we march o'er galling thistles.
Net the velvet of the snow.
?W. U. Barber, la Youth's Companion
DUTCH NECK'S GOAT SAM.
A Biily Full of Guilo and Mcro
Substantial Things.
Timothy IJ?lhousc has the most re?
markable goat that ever grew chin
whiskers, says a Dutch Neck, New Jcr
i ey correspondent of the New York
lion, The goat's name is Sam,and bis
stomach has had in it about everything
that in the ordinary run of life is Icit
lying about loose. Sam's courage is
about :u; great as his appetite, and he
goes into any kind of a row unhesitat?
ingly if he sees anything to eat at the
other end of it.
Sam is 12 years old. He lirst came
i::to notoriety eight years ago, when he
cornered a burglar, and kept him cor?
nered until nillhouse and a hired man
took the man in. This happened one sum?
mer night. Iiillhouse had lived on the
farm that he owns a good many years,
n::d never bad been troubled with mid?
night prowlers. When he retired on
this particular night be left the window
of a second-story room open. Near tho
window grew a tree, and up the tree a
thief climbed in the night, made bis way
through the window, ransacked the
house, and got :;afely back to the
ground. Dut the end was not yet. S::m.
?who was snooping around the yard
seeking something that wculd stop the
gnawing in his stomach, espied the
burglar as he was coming down and
started for him.
The first knowledge that the man had
of Sam's presence was when the goal's
head hit him with the force of a batter?
ing ram from the rear. The fi liow was
knocked to bis knees, but he wasquick
Jy on his feet and sprinting for the gate.
Sam went after him and got between
him and the gate. Seeing that escape
in that direction was impossible, (he
man turned and ran toward the ban:.
Adjoining the barn was a wagon house,
and into the angle formed by these
buildings the goat drove the buglarand
butted him up against the side of the
barn with a force that made the man
howl like an Indian. Now and Iben I be
man tried to sneak around the goat and
get away, but Sam was on the alert and
stopped him. The goat pounded away
until the burgle.r ached In every jo'r.t,
and, concluding that he might better
go to jail than face the animal any
jonger, began to howl at the top of his
voice. The noise woke Hiilbousc, and,
with his hired man, he went out tos.ee
what was up. He found the thief and
handed him over to the constable.
From that time Sam's career hns been
eventful and brilliant. One of his most
remarkable exploits was the saving of
Mr. ilillhousc's little daughter from
drowning. Three years ago Carrie Hill
house, then four years old, started out
one afternoon to join her fat her and his
men, w ho were working in a field about
a quarter cf a mile from the house. On
the-way she wss obliged to cross a
bridge ever Sutpbln's creek, a sluggish
sii cam that runs between high, steep
banks. Sam went with the girl. She
.? topped on the bridge to look down into
the water, lost bei balance, and fell in.
Uillhousc, who was r.;i a load of hay,
headed for tho bain, saw his daughter
fall, and, sliding to the ground he ran as
fast as he could toward the bridge. The
goat, without hesitating an instant,
leaped into the water and hooking his
horns into Carrie's clothes held her
head above the surface.
Sam struggled heroically with his,
burden, and managed to get to the bunk
just ns Iiillhouse reached the spot. The
goat and the child were lifted out, and
u:;;:-e delicacies fouud their way into
Sam's ctomacli that week than he ever
had seen before. Everybody in the
neighborhood showed the goat some
mark of esteem, and when Sunday came
the preacher in the local church paid
him a high tribute in his sermon, and
in his prayer invoked a blessing on the
head of the faithful animal who, he de?
clared, was "more courageous and more
intelligent than many men." Sam is
probably the only goat that ever rp
eeived special prayer in a pulpit.
S-im's appetite frequently has got him
int" trouble and ot the same time has
increased his value in th'e eyes of his
owner, who knows that some day, when
the goat's thread of life is broken, he
w ill yield up .some of the valuables that
he has swallowed. Years ago Mrs. Iiill?
house discovered that on wash day the
safety of the clothes she hung out to
dry depended upon their hanging high
when Sam was in the neighborhood.
Site didn't learn this Until the goat had
almost completely devoured a wash left
wiihin his reach. On that occasion he
consumed two sheets, a calico dress and
a flannel shirt, a table cloth, half a
dozen napkins, a pair of boys' trousers,
::nd three cotton stockings. He un?
doubtedly would have cleaned the line
and devoured the. rope had he not been
discovered by Mrs. Iiillhouse before he
had readied next to the last garment,
for he made a brave fight ogainst the
broomstick thotwa&brought into requi
titiou and tried to get at a bosom shirt
and sun bonuet that were still on the
line Thereafter the clothes were hung
so high that Mrs. Iiillhouse wasobliged
to use a stepladdetl to reach them, and
Sam satisfied himself with walking
around, now and then up on his hind
legs and sniffing wistfully.
The wide scope of the goat's appetite
was not understood even then, but it
was revealed to Mrs. Hilhousc one day
when she hung a hall mat over the
porch rail to let the wind blow the dust
out of it. The mat never was seen again,
but Sam was found lying on the porch,
near the spot where it had been hung,
with a look of supreme PftntejLtnient oji
his Tact' and a Tew woolen rdVeJSnsKor
various colors dangling from his jaws.
A few days afterward, w hen she w anted
to bong some tidies out on the. porch rail
to air, Mrs. Ilillhousc first tied Sam to a
tree, but, unfortunately, she tied him
with a rope. It happened that the
tidies were in plain view of tjhe goat, and
they made a tempting display in the
eyes of the creature that so constantly
hungered for novelties, whether raw or
cooked. Some of them were of fine
linen, richly embroidered, and others
were combinations of scraps of silk and
satin- of various pleasing colors. Sam
turned upon I he rope that held him and
ate it. Then he tackled the delicacies
displayed on the pcreh rail, and soon
had them stow ed away in his stomach.
Mrs. Ilillhousc demanded that he l>e
killed at once, but her husband was
warmly attached to the animal and re?
fused to end its life. So Sam lived, and
lived to eat. The goat's intrinsic value
increased. One day when Hillhousc's
hired man left hLs vest hanging on a
bar post Sam took a notion to go out in
thelotw herethe men were working.and
while nosing around espied tlie vest.
When the owner w ent to get it at noon
it was missing, and only a few bits of
lining had been left to indicate its fate.
The hired man dkl not take kindly to
the loss of his vest, because in one of the
pockets was a brand new $20 open face
watch, to which was attached a thrco
dollar chain. The matches, tobacco, and
other stuff in the pockets he could
spare, but he couldn't give up his watch
without a protest, and he suggested to
Ilillhousc that there was only one way
to recover the timepiece, and thatwas
by killing Sam and laying bare the in?
terior of his food pouch. Hillhouse
stubbornly refused to have the goat
killed, and satisfied the hired man by
buying him a new watch and chain.
Sam showed no signs of regret over
the watch exploit and kept on hunting
for unusual things to devour. One day
ho indulged in a meal that caused him
considerable physical discomfort. An
Insurance agent rede out from Trenton
to see II ill house on business. He came
on a bicycle, and, leaning the machine
against the fence, went into the liou.se
to look over some papers. Sam never
had seen a bicycle before, and he imme?
diately began looking it over to find out
if there was anything about it that he
might safely add to*the varied assort?
ment already in his stomach. The tires
were soft. Sam began work on them
and in an extremely short timo had
nibbled them from the wheels. The In?
surance agent was hauled back to town
by Mr. Ilillhouse's horse, and Hillhouse
jiaid for a new set of tires for the bi?
cycle. The rubber tires did not set s.o
well on Sam's stomach as they had on
the wheels, and the day after he had
eaten them he gave indications of in?
ternal disturbance. He was not himself
at all. lie refused to cat and lay
stretched out in a corner of the wood?
shed. Hillhouse doctored him, and in
two days the animal was well enough
to walk out.and cat a lace curtain that
Mrs. Hillhouse had laid on the grass to
bleach, thinking that it was safe be?
cause Sam was sick.
One day hist summer Hillhouse went
to Trenton to draw money with which
to pay his help. He drew $100 from the
bank, $75 in five-dollar gold pieces and
silver and $25 In bills. He put the money
in a shot bag, and shored the bag into
his coat pocket. When he reached home
he took oil' his coat and laid it on a box
while he unharnessed the horse. Sam's
eye fall on the coat, and whenIliJlhouse
disappeared in the bam he walked up
and proceeded to devour it. By the time
Mr. Hi I house came out of the barn the
goat had swallowed cne-half of the
coat, and it was the half that contained
ti e pocket which had the money. Gold,
silver and greenbacks were in the goat's
stomach. Then it was that Sam's life
came near an end. Ilillhousc got his
gun and was about to shoot the goat
when his daughter objected.
"I must kill him, Carrie," said her
father, "because he has swallowed $100
and I can save the coin."
"It'll be just as valuable when Sam
dies as it is now," replied Carrie.
Hillhouse could not get over the ar?
gument, and Sam's life was spared. Al?
though the nuiroa! Is walking around
!
Some say that the hy
pophosphites alone are
sufficient to prevent and
cure consumption, if
taken in time. Without
doubt they exert great
good in the beginning
stages; they improve the
appetite, promote diges?
tion, and tone up the
nervous system. But
. they lack the peculiar
I medicinal properties and
' the fat found in cod-liver
oil. The hypophosphites
are valuable, and the
cod-liver oil is valuable.
of Cod-liver'" Oil with
Hypophosphites contains
both of these in the most
desirable form. The oil
is thoroughly emulsified;
that is, partly digested.
Sensitive stomachs can
bear an emulsion when
the raw oil cannot be re?
tained. As the hypo?
phosphites, the medicinal
agents in the oil, and the
fat itself are each good,
why not have the benefit
of all?
SCO IT'S EMULSION has been
indorsed by the medical profes?
sion for twenty years. (Askyour
doctor.) This is because it is
always palatable?always uni
form?always contains t/i/t pur?
est Norwegian Cod-liver Oil
and Hypoplwsphites.
Put up in 50 cent and $1.00
sizes. The small size may be
enough to cure your cough or
help your baby. All druggists.
Just as Good is not
SCOTTS EMULSION.
WEAK SPOTS.
Everybody Comes Into This
JVorld With a Predispo?
sition to Disease.
A Talk With Mrs. Pinkham About the Cause
of Anemia.
Everybody comes into this world with a predisposition to disease
of some particular tissue; in other words, everybody has a weak spot.
In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the weak spot in women is
somewhere in the uterine system. The uterine organs have less re?
sistance to disease than the vital organs; that's
why they give out the soonest.
Not more than one woman in a hundred?nay,1
five hundred?has perfectly healthy organs of
generation. This points
to the stern necessity of
helping one's self just" as
soon as the life powers
seem to be on the wane.
Excessive menstrua?
tion is a sign of physi?
cal weakness and want
of tone in the uterine
organs. It saps the
strength away and pro?
duces anemia (blood
turns to water).
If you become anemic, there is no knowing what will happen. If
your gums and the inside of your lips and inside your eyelids look
pale in color, you are in a dangerous way and must stop that drain
on your powers. Why not build up on a generous, uplifting tonic,
like Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound?
Mrs. Edwin Ehrig, 413 Church St.,Bethlehem, Pa., says: "I feel
it my duty to write and tell you that I am better than I have been
for four years. I used Lydia E. Finkham's Vegetable
Compound, one package of Sanative Wash, one
box of Liver Pills, and can say that I am per?
fectly cured. Doctors did not help me any.
I should have been in my grave by this
time if it had not been for your medicine/
It was a godsend to me. I was troubled
with excessive menstruation, which caused
womb trouble, and I was obliged to remainin
bed for six weeks. Mrs. Pinkham's medicine'
was recommended to me, and after using it a
short time, v/as troubled no more with flooding. I also had severe
pain in my kidneys. This, also, I have no more. I shall always
recommend the Compound, for it has cured me, and it will cure
others. I would like to have you publish this letter." (In such
cases the dry form of Compound should be used.)_
to-ciay xv't'? $23 worth of jewelry arid
?75 In hard coin in Iiis stomach, lie puts
on no airs. He is the same simple, un?
pretending creature that he always has
been and is just as hungry as he was in
his youth. Iiis owner figures that Sam's
intrinsic value is upward of $100, but he
would not part with him for a house and
lot
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
?.Mrs. Margaret E. Hood, of Freder?
ick, .Md., has given $20,000 to endow a
professorship in tiie woman's college
of that town. Some time ago she gave
$15,000 to found the Daniel Scholl ob?
servatory in Franklin and Marshall col?
lege, Lancaster, Pa.
?Juliau now has seven studios in
Paris for women art students, of which
the chief is still the one in the Passage
des Panoramas which Marie Dashkirt- !
eeff attended. Most of the pupils are
chaperoned to and from the studios,
but many of the English and American
girls go unattended.
?AH through the cold weather in
Paris the Mohammedan deputy. Dr. ;
Grenier, persisted in performing his
ablutions in the Seine in the presence
of an amused crowd. To put an end
to the unseemly excitement the legis- j
lative officials have ordered the con?
struction of a special washing appar
at us for the eccentric member.
?A Finnish college was recently es
tablishe'd in Hancock, Mich., under the j
auspices of the American synod of the
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran church.
Rev. J. K. Niklander, the president cf 1
the synod, is at the head of the col- !
lege, which, though small as yet, will ,
probably soon become a large institu?
tion.
?Dr. Edward P. Allen, the new Ho?
rnau Catholic bishop of .Mobile, Ala., is
a native of Tewksbury, Mass., and is
about 33 years old. In boyhood he
worked in the Middlesex mills, and got
his education by determined work at
his studies, while laboring through the
day, at the commercial college and from
local priests. He was a graduate of
Mount St. Mary's college and seminary,
of which he was at a later period pres?
ident.
?Cardinal Mertcl, who, In point of
age, is the dean of the Sacred college, I
is now dying at Home of extreme old
age, being in his ninety-third year. He j
is a lawyer by profession and a lay mem- |
ber of the synod of cardinals. Ministor
of finance and of the interior during j
the temporal reign of Pius IX., he be- J
came after IS70 the principal legal ad- |
viser of the holy see. Like his friend
and ministerial colleague, the late Cur- '
dinal Antonelli, he ranks in the sacred
college us cardinul deacon, and has
never received the consecration of
priesthood.
MULE HOOF HOG.
nazorbackn Sot a Marker to It In In- '
tellltrenee.
There Is a farmer living near Syi
vania w ho has propagated anew kind of j
vineless potato, which is all the talk j
around here now. The potato, so his
neighbors say, grows entirely under- !
ground, and requires no cultivation
whatever. He also raises a crop of hay i
on the same ground and at the same '
time, the potatoes are growing, neither
crop requiring any work.
The question, of course, arises: How
can the potatoes be gathered when
there are no vines to show where they
are growing? This difficulty the farm?
er overcomes in a remarkable manner.'
He has an old sow, of the mule-hoof
variety, that he has run out of his fields .
so often that she squeals every time j
he starts after her. When he wants a
mess of potatoes he takes his rocking
'chair and basket to the patch and turns j
the sow in. He then makes himself
comfortable in the chair, while the sow
begins to root- As soon as a potato is
found she seizes it in her mouth and ,
makes a break to get away. From j
force of habit, however, she ?-queal9
when she starts, and, this causing her
to open her mouth, the potato drops.
The farmer, as soon as he hears a squeal,
hastens at once to the spot, picks up the
potato and puts it in his basket He
thjm_t^jjO??^yrris^ in. the cbjw.r ujfc |
til lie Bears nnofher squeal, and so ca
until the basket is filled. He never gives
the sow as much as she wants to eat,
so that she is always hungry and in good
rooting trim.
The mule-hoof hogs are wonderfully
bright, and can be trained almost like a
pointer dog. The seed of the vineless
potato will, of course, be in great de?
mand when it becomes better known,
but as it will be useless without the hog
the farmer is raising both for market,
and intends to throw in a young mule
hoof rooter with every bushel of po?
tatoes that he sells.?Savannah (Ga.)
News.
Royalty at Work.
Royal ladies are the busiest in the
world. As a rule they are early risers,
and have managed to accomplish a vast
amount of reading and writiDg beforo
the ordinary society woman is up.
Queen Victoria is familiar with at least
half a dozen European languages, and
even at her present age does not feel
that she has finished her education, but
giapples daily with the difficulties-of
Hindustani. Empress Frederick of Ger?
many still pursues the study of musio
and painting with the zeal of a young
giri; und the younger empress, her
daughter-in-law, besides looking after
her house ami children, rises early to
copy important documents for the em?
peror. The Belgian queen and Austrian
empress in former days employed their
leisure in the study of Greek and in
"breaking in" pet ponies. The dowager
impress of Russia and the princess of
Wales have tastes in common; both are
adepts at millinery and thorough house?
wives. The royal princesses can cook,
and are accomplished, useful and sen?
sible women.?Youths Companion.
HUMOROUS.
?She?"Was the piece well done?"
lie?"Oh, yes; the critics roasted it."?
Youkers Statesman.
?Willie?"Are you the nearest rela?
tive I've got, mamma?" Mother?"Yes,
love; and your pa is the closest relative
you've got."?Tit-Bits.
?"Darling," said she, "do you love me
as much as ever!" "Yes, dearie," said
he, with his nose buried in his news?
paper. That ought to have satisfied her,
but she had to ask: "Why?" "0, I
dunno. Habit, I guess."?Cincinnati
Enquirer.
?"Dishere am de time o' y'ah," said
Uncle Eben, "when char'ty counts. Er
man kin show de practical side of 'is
nature by leffln' de formometcr alone,
an' putt in' down er few maisurements
c' de cold wedder in 'is check book.**?
Washington Star.
?"What made your future son-in-law
go away just now with such a dicap
I>ointed mien? Have yon quarreled?"
"Oh, no. We merely confessed to each
other our debts."?Fliengendc Blatter.
?Miss Passey?"I think this talk
about apendicitis ia all nonsense. Why,
when I was a child, I used to swallow
grape seeds and all sorts of things with?
out the slightest bad effect." Miss Kose
bud?"Yea, but you must remember
that appendicitis hadn't been invented
then."?Brooklyn Life,
?"My mither sent me to see if you
wad gle her a calendar like the ane you
gied to Mrs. Mackay," Baid a boy to a
grocer in the village. "But my little
boy," replied the grocer, "your mother
does not get her groceries here." "No,"
replied the boy, "but she borrows them
from Mrs. Mackay, and Mrs. Mackay
.gets them frae you."?Household
Words._
Aa Repeated.
"Mr. B- is so well read, he repeat?
ed an exquisite quotation last night"
"What was it?"
"I can't give you the exact words,
but he s&id he'd rather be a something
in a something than a something else
in something else."?London Tit-Bits..
Carrot Sweetmeats.
Boil snwll, fine-grained carrots until
tender; peel and grate, add sugar, slips
of citron, spices, if preferred, and wine.
Simmer slowly together and put awny
in jars. Very wholesome for children.
?N. Y. Ledger.