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f 1 LEDGER PRICEJME DOLLAR PER YEAR, INVARIABLY IN ADYANCE. ' ' OUR MOTTO : DIEU ET MON DROIT! THE LEDGER PUBLISHING CC3PJLHT. VOL. XII. WINDSOR, BEETIE COUNTY, N. G., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1894. NO. TO. One Passes in jtho Dark. The white stars, one by one, Lean out of their casement high And the lily-cup is folded up, '; And the moon-cloud9 wander by. Cprae hither, ye little wildwood things, A That sing when the errant right-winds singa Far up In the windy sky. Ours is the noon ; f Of the fairer moon, And a voice in the dark am I. Morning will come to jtreet A little new rose, I wis; But the loving air that heard It ope Hath welcomed it with a kiss. ' And the clouds with the white up-ga (freeing: ' hand3 ; " Bringing the rain from far-off lands, They sing as they wander by. All are awake For singing's sake ; -A voioe in the dark am I. ; What shall we hear by day? The tread of a thousand feet ' , Come but hero when the night is near And listen, and find it sweet. The voioe of the things ye dream are dumb ; The murmur of living, the waters' hum, And the growing of the grass ! -Voices of all In the night that call, A voioe am I that pass. The tremor of moths that flit, The laughter of leaves that blow. And the hurtling wings of a wind thatf sings' And the bending of grass below. The little white voice of a flower unborn Thou shalt not blossom for many a morn ; Yet it grows ail steadfastly ; Under the night. It feels the light Of stars in an unseen sky. , The little hastening hare Listens with anxious ear To know if the Day be on her way, Day that must never hear. Chameleons shy, and the hidden bird, The silver lizards, all these be heard In their strange and wilding speech. If ye but hark, They sing at dark, In the night that loves them each. Who passes beneath ? Who sings ? - A voioe that mtfy-live or die, Let the Only thing yOu know of me Be the song that wanders by. Come hither, ye little living things ? Sing with me new as each star sings, Each star in the beckoning sky; . For the day must come . And we be dumb, . And a voioe in the dark am I. I x New York Independent. A SOBS TllElt J0ill6d HOcirtS I O I "How oddly things come about 1" Mrs. Marshall said, coming into the room where her sister and two daugh ters were busily engaged in the manu facture of two elaborate evening dresses. "Mrs. Montgomery has just called, and tells, me her brother Har old will be home in time for Mrs. Grant's party." The knot of blue satin ribbon was suddenly crushed out of all shape by tho quick, convulsive grasp of Miss Effie Selwyn's fingers, while about that lady's lips gathered a whiteness and moisture that threatened a faint ing fit. For a moment the room looked dark and the voices sounded far away, and indistinct only for a moment; then she roused herself bravely, to see that her agitation had been unno ticed, and to hear her niece. Carrie, saying: "I never knew Mrs. Montgomery had a brother." "Probably not," said Mrs. Mar shall. "He has been in China for how many years is it, Effie?" "Twelve." , For her very life Effie . could not , have spoken more than one word with oomposure. "Twelve years!" cried May. No wonder you think Carrie and I 'know nothing about him. Ho must be as old as his sister. " "Let me see ; he was about twenty three when he went away," said Mrs. Marshall, musingly. "He is not more than thirty-five. That is still young for a man." The Misses Marshall, brightest of blondes, were to appear at the coming festival in clouds of white- tulle with blue trimmings, and the multitudin ous skirts, puffs and ruffles demanded by fashion required busy stitching for weary hours beforehand. Miss Selwyn had also been bidden to the party, but "Aunt Effie never went anvwhere." the girls said, so there was no dress preparing for her adornment. As her needle went in and out, - through cloudy tulle, and lustrous satin, Effie Selwyn thought : "Ob, the bitter f oily of the past ! May and Carrie are now as light heart ed and rrav ns T war vhpn Harold Bus- sell and I clasped hands, with a prom dq an ana all to each other. vniy one little weekJ of happiness and ho left me. - V. "How long was it? A year, two years,' before I knowthat he - thought me laise to him, never guessing that it was Kate's bethrothed husband he saw me greet so warmly, when I never guessed he was near. .- "Poor sister Kate never knew the anguish her handsome lover caused me.- - f - . "If Harold Bussell loves now, it will be some brilliant girl, not the faded shadow of his old love I Yet- yet" - - " . The eventful evening came at last, and the girls were shut up in their rooms, untwisting wonderful crimps and otherwise preparing for conquest In her own room with the door seourely -fastened, Effie Selwyn was, she said in her own heart, "making a goose". of herself. Her thirty years of peaceful life, with only one heart struggle, had left her face as , smooth as in girlhood. I Blooming she had never been, her oval face having a soft, dreamy , com plexion that was seldom flushed with color, though "its exquisite fairness was never pallor. "Considering it is twelve years sinoe I wore this dress and flowers, .1 do not look so antiquated. A train is always a train, and I suppose the over- skirt modernizes it," thought Effie. Then she went to a box hidden away in her bureau drawer, and from Hb most secret corner she took a ring, wrapped carefully in soft cotton. . "Dare I?" siie whispered, turning it round under the gaslight and show- ing the device, an enamelled violet, with a flashing diamond for its heart. I "Will he despise me if I put it on?" she thought. "Will he think I am too easify won baok again? Should I despise the hasty judgment that led him to condemn me unheard. I twelve long, long years ago?" She hesitated some moments, then put the ring upon the forefinger of her left hand, turning it so that the violet was hidden, and only a plain and eeeme added to her other I rlncwj I o , I "Effie, are vou eroinar? Girls, vour aunt is going." "01" cried Carrie, "you magnifi cent auntie I you will throw all the www . w I - girls into the shade, What a superb silk! and you in full dress!" she con tinued, with more enthusiasm than grammatical precision. "Where did you dig up that violet silk?" asked Mrs. Marshall. "I thought its glories had departed years ago. Do you remember the evening you wore it, when papa gave Kate her first party?" "I remember," Effie said, in a low voice. The evening was half gone, and Effie had only seen at a distance the tall figure and handsome face of the hero of the evening. He was much altered, Effie thought. I Yet, as the hours flew by, she caught herself recognizing certain expres sions of the dark eyes, the mobile mouth, certain inflections of the deep, manly voice, and once her heart beat tumultously as a familiar laugh rang out upon the air. More than once she had screened herself from a tall figure approaching the place where she stood, . , and more than once the violet silk had flitted into another room just as Harold Bus- sell thought he could touch it. There had been much dancing when a small party o music lovers collected around the grand piano, begging Miss Selwyn to sing. "Just one song, Miss Selwyn," Mrs. Grant herself entreated. "There are so many anxious to hear you." Very reluctantly the lady drew off her white gloves and seated herself before the piano. The group around her listened for the usual brilliant prelude and an elaborate and difficult "show off" song, but after a moment of silence the little hands struck two rich, full chords. A moment she paused then to steady the trembling heart ; thent in a clear, sweet voice, she sang the opening verse of "Auld Lang Syne." ,The second - verse was BUDg, when -close beside the singer a deep bass voice-joined in the chorus. Quick crimson flushes passed over Effie's cheek, but she sang steadily, at I avptv chorUS- the VOlCe she knew so - 1 well joining her own, Nobody else noticed it, but with each verse these voices, so estranged, grew stronger, clearer, more jubilant, till.with the last one the spirit seized them all, and a deafening chorus of the company closed the song. They drifted away, broke up into couples and groups, while Harold Bussell, affecting to turn over some music, said in a low voice : "Can we indeed be as in Auld Lang Syne', Effie? Can you forgive me?' . For answer'shS slowly turned the ring upon her. finger until herecog-. nized the device he had chosen for her twelve years before. "Mamma, "May Marshall whispered, "do you see Aunt Effie dancing with Mr. Bussell? I do not see one young couple so handsome and distinguished looking as they are." A sudden memory flashed over Mrs. Marshall. "The last time Effie wore that vio let silk," she thought, "she danced with Harold Bussell. and the next thing we heard of him he was on . his I way to China. I remember now, Effie soon after began to withdraw from society. I wonder." Flood Uncovers an Old Tillage. Since the subsidence of the recent flood whioh swept through the Genesee "Valley, curious things have come to light Among the most interesting is what appears to be the unearthing of an old Indian village. On a farm worked by James Shefflin, on the west side of the Genesee Biver, near where the Jones bridge crosses the stream, about two miles and a half from this place a large quantity of the earth was washed away. Smos the water got down so that an examination of the place could be made to deteimine the . amount ' of of damage, the prospectors were con siderably surprised to And a lot of old style pottery, such as was In use in the eighteenth century by the aborigines, scattered over the place left bare by the water. Further examination re suited in the finding of a -number of old copper coins, arrow heads, etc., and among other things a double solid nil vat nrnnn fnnr inhon Inner und ta11 o preserved. These ancient relics are being treasured by the finders, who are still on 'the search. The suppo sition by many is that at some time or other an Indian village was located here, as the site is only a few miles below the junctien of Canaseraga Creek with the Genesee Biver, , and about three miles from. the White Woman's Spring on the Squawkie Hill plot. Considerable interest is manifest and the digging will be continued. Boohester, (K. Y.) Herald. The Best Smokeless Powder. It is reported that the military ex perts have decided that a sample of smokeless powder, with which they were experimenting Saturday at the Indian Head proving ground, is the best that they have seen so far. It is called the Leonard nitroglycerine smokeless powder, and is manufact ured by an American company. With eighty-five pounds of the powder be hind a 250-pound projectile in an eight inch gun, the enormous muzzle velocity of 2650 feet per second was secured with a chamber pressure of only 148 tons. With the best brown hexagonal powder, the regular powder cf the service, under similar conditions the muzzle velocity secured is 2100 feet with fifteen tons' pressure. The keeping qualities of this powder have yet to be determined. It has been found that in the naval service, where vessels make long cruises frequently in tropical latitudes, powders com posed in part of nitroglycerine are subject to rapid deterioration. The makers of this powder claim that it will keep perfectly for an indefinite time, and if the claim prove true, the United States has a better powder than any of the European powers. New Orleans Picayune. A Novelty Safety Boiler. A French engineer, M. Chatenel, has invented a safety boiler of a novel character. The boiler consists of a nest of horizontal tubes placed over tho furnace. Into this nest water is injected in the form of a spray, under which conditions it is instantaneously evaporated and superheateed. ''Solid" water is never admitted to tho tubes. The evaporated power of the boiler is remarkable, and the tubes do not burn out. Engineer. Toe farm axd gaudex. EEEJP BLOOD TOB POtXTBT. Beef blood is said to be au excellent food for poultry, as it is rich in nitro gen,, approaching tho white of an egg in composition. Ono who has tried it says that it must not be fed oftener than, once or twice a week.- A good ?' prepare it is to thicken the blood, with a mixture of meal and bran) put it into a bag and boil it. NewTork World. TO PBETKST BEAIi BLXOBT. Experiments during three years have been carried on at the New York State experiment 'station by D. G. Fairchild to compare the efficacy of different fungicides against the leaf blight, so destructive of nursery stock ot plums and cherries. Windsor, Yel low Spanish and Montmorency cher ries on Mahalefr 6tock, and the same variety onMazzard stock, were treated,' anc n every case where the Bordeaux mixture was used the leafblight was prevented to a notable degree. The same was true of plums on Myrobolan and Marianna stock. The sprayed trees held their leaves later than the unsprayed. The tops and root weighed more, and tho stem larger. Rochester Post Express. FEsnuo whb.1t to noaara. The difficulty in feeding wheat to horses is the quantity of gluten it con tains, which, when masticated and swallowed, is apt to pack the food in the siomaob, and thus caused indiges tion, which is one of the worst of all the ailments horses are subject to. Oats, having thirty per cent of thick husk on the grain, do not act in this way, and are, therefore, a aafo food. The simple way out of the difficulty is, therefore, to imitate the composi tion of oats by adding to tho coarsely ground wheat a quantity of cut straw or hay, or even miiing wheat and eta, or by feeding the "wheat in tho ear, providing it is not bearded. If bsy or straw cut finely or chopped, as it is termed, is used, it should be wet, and a handful of salt added to each feed to prevent Times. fermentation. New York OLD ASF AS J, 0X8 BXDS. How long will the asparagus bed last? A suburban market gardncr says he has a large bed about twenty years old which has about run out The roots have grown into a thick mass all over the field. The rows of sprouts have widened until it is diffi cult to cultivate at all and the stalks have become small. Bspeated losses by winter killing have left largo gaps in some places. To renovate such a field is a hope- less job, and to kill out the asparagus is almost ennallv difficult. Perhans the easiest way to reclaim tho land will be to chop up the surface with a wheel harrow and sow to oats or bar ley, followed by rye. It will tako several seasons to kill out tho plants. It may bo said hero that an as para- gus bed will last much longer than twenty years if tho plants aro set in wider rows and farther apart in the row. Plants which have plenty of room for their roots will send up large sprouts when fifty years old, in land well manured and clean. In tho bed above mentioned the plants wero crowded in only six inches to a foot apart, with less than four feet be tween the rows. Massachusetts Ploughman. ESSENTIALS XX DltBTTXO. M. J. B. Dnnstaii, director of agri cultural eduoition of Nottingham, England, after a recent visit to Den mark and an investigation of the dairy industry of that country, wrote; ''In my opinion, the supremacy of Den- mark in this industry is duo in great measure to the education of every one concerned, from tho farmer to his dairymaid, and also to the system of co-operation adopted. In other words, education and intelligent methods all along the line, as tho Farm and Dairy has frequently put it, is the basis upon which Denmark has been cat gain in weight is when they aro able to tako a foremost rank among young. European countries in dairy matters, Now is tho time to think about wbst for Mr. Dunstan says that Denmark is yon will do with your boys in the not better adapted to dairying than way of education. If they are to re the county of Norfolk, England, and main on tho farm and follow the call she very largely supplies that counfy ing of their father, will they be any with butter. This is just tho situation worse off by rcasoa cf a scicnlifia in America today. The dairy industry J tmnicg? can only make substantial progrcaj ai tho impetus and a general intelligence reach all who have a part in the work. The creamery that hasn't the co-operation of educated palroni striving t4 attain good results is effectively hand icapped, and this difficulty furnishes one of the greatest obstacles that but- A t 9 ictauon ana creamery manager have to contend with, Not long sines we heard a buttermakcr say that he was going to quit tho business on ac count of this ono discouraging feature of the work. The first great work that Elgin had to do was to make dairy men out of practically the entire farm ing community. With this accom plished, her reputation was easily made and maintained. Wa ratut emu lato Elgin and Denmark methods in this respect in every district where dairying is practised. That condition is coming and oomicg quickly. Farm and Dairy. yXBlC AXD QULVZH XOTX5. NeTer give fattening animals mora food than they can est up cletn. Too much rich, soft food when lo wis are connned is ono of the chief cause of infertile egga. Tho French haTo discovered that vericty in tho bill of fare of the xallch cow means health, vijor and profit. Milch cows should bo encouraged to drink plenty of water In warm weath er by providing it for them, fresh and cool. "' no who punts a melon patch Uo near tho pnblio highway can , scarcely bo regarded as a promoter ol publlo morals. Coal ashes worked Into'aiUff day soil make it mora pliable and taily cultiTstcd, Wcod ashes help the soil to retain zaoUtsrc A few extra dollars spent for a choice pure-bred boar willhiTo tU- I Ing effect upon all tho hogs yoa raUa for tho next twenty years, There 1 nothing soperior to com- monland plaster tot absorbing and holding stable odora, Dry and finely pulrertad road dest is good, vQ tni-.i n thrirm u OT.rf, . T m. t ut. but, sooner or latter, tho digtatiro organs becomo impaired and diseaao results. Market gardeners dig up tho rhu barb roota in tho fall and placa the a in a cellar or greenhocaa. The shoots are forced and aro ready to b mar keted Tery carry. Tho MaasachuactU Experiment Ela tion made an experiment in feeding skim milk to calTea and pia. Tho re sult showed that it was equivalent to aelliog milk at thirty-five cents a hun dred. Baspberry canca may as well bo cut away as soon as tho fruit i gone to raake room for the new shoots. To xnako the raspberries branch out, top the young canca when about thre feet high. Tho best war to checkmato low I prices for feed atu&, says a wriUr, is I to keep good stock to rat them. It is bad policy for the farmer to do tho hard work and let tho commercial feeder make all tho profit. If there are dog about put a wide awake cow or two in the aherp pen with the sheep at night If the cow has a young calf aho willlo especially faithfnl service. A billy goat would do tho business pretty well. One dairyman has reached tho con clusion that no oclf-rrfpccting cow will pay. more fcr her feed and care than it is worth. Her milk is her capital, and if you get it you must pay for it, and you get what you pay for and no more If you haven't raised corn enough to fill that new silo and it takei a lot of it cider pumice can bo packed in. It is well worth tho trouble of hauling especially if mado by tho old proceM which leaves behind socio of the juice. The young steers are the ones that pay. They should bo well bred, to as to grow rapidly. Thero is no necea- sity for keeping a steer longer than when it is thrco years old. The great- HEW5Y QLEATiIMa r . Trft tlor ere? U tirt. , Cxxt tat t!4 tr<sju'azs. C:uui aaw pUj w2i tserls t?pt, Oii3 1 zemxlr H.C03 Cxti V.ax Est TTrrr, Hi, cjlXs IX.CO3.0W dnn Ts S-criilera Lsts SCO ecra Ax qs't sxa x tunica Is ta hm mii t rixn tc?cru ciMlirl o! lis eaal sis Tsxlov rma ts z.tw jiittl la yis. TuiDi rrr'.m arrwi tin UCii Heat tbJLt 13,000 tecs el w cvl la tus eoaury Ixms. that. nin.vou aratari tot AaxJt slaw aa ta nnn far lis Znt its, HIm jt. 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