PRESS,
THE FRAN
VOLUME XXI.
FRANKLIN. N. G. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 28 1906.
.NUMBER 9.
KLIN
MY
oorn no more my tulsh'd ran;
Beneath a tender rain,
Aa April rein of miles and tears.
My taenrt Is young again.
The went winds blow, and, singing low
I hear the glad struma run ;
The window! of mj aoul I throw
Hide open to the aun.
. No longer forward nor behind
I look In hope or fear ;
But. grateful, take the Rood I Bad,
The heat of now and here.
I plow no more a desert land.
To harvest weed and tare :
The manna dropping from God's band
nebakea my painful rare.
I Sreak m; pilgrim staT 1 lay
Aside the tolling oar ;
Tn angel sought ao far away
I welcome at my door.
The airs of Spring may never play
Among the ripening corn.
Nor freshness of the flowers of Slay
Blow throujh the Autumn morn.
Yet shall the blue-eyed gentian look
Through fringed lids to llraven,
And the pale aster in the brook
Shall see Its Image given ;
The woods shall wear their robes of praise,
The sonlh wind softly sigh.
And sweet, calm days In golden haze
Melt down the amb?r sky.
"Can't We Try Each Other Once More."
It was almost time for the Phila
delphia express to be called, and in
the waiting room the usual quota of
travelers had gathered. It was a com
mon enough scene, but full of absorb
ing Interest to a serious mite of a
child sitting like an obedient little
statue on the seat where hrr compan
ions had placed her, hands sedately
folded In her lap and her plump little
legs barely long enough to dangle
over the edg?.
Her wide eyes questioned each face
bout her with wistful intentness, and
there were occasional evidences of a
mighty struggle of cogitation in her
little mlnrl. The man with her was
kind enough, after his own lights but
he was not used to children, and this
child was not used to him, and she
wag lonely.
The Desbrosses street ferry had
Just come In. and among the string of
paasengers who hurried into the wait
ing room were a man and woman.
Upon whom the child's eyes fixed
themselves In speculative admiration.
This was a stately and beautiful lady.
The man was large, and perhaps
would some day be larger, but now he
carried his bigness of height and
breadth with an enviably easy swing.
He went to the window and bought
one single ticket, and then the two
came end and sat diagonally opposite
the child and her companion. The
Woman was speaking In a constrain
edly polite tone.
"There are but a few momenta to
wait. I beg that you will not consider
It necessary to stay. There was no
occasion for your coming at all."
"You forget that there are still
some appearances to maintain," he
answered stiffly. "There is no occa
sion to create any more gossip than
is necessary, and this Is an absurd
hour for you to start."
"Isn't It a little late to consider ap
pearances?" she asked, with a touch
of scorn In her voice, chafing at his
cold supervision of her actions, which
be did not attempt to explain by any
warmer motive than conventionality.
Bhe knew what he meant that It put
him in the light of a brute that she
Should be fleeing from his home unat
tended at a particularly Inconvenient
hour. She knew that it was an ab
surd journey, bringing her at her des
tlnaJin at midnight, but she could
not.mdure that silent house for anoth
er rllnute. The fever to be among her
owripeople the few, the very fe.w
wh(
olild sympathize and ask no
questions had rushed irres'.stl-
pon her a few hours before, a;:d
She
ad recklessly made her prepara
and started. What matter? They
greed that the hollow sham of
married life had better end at
and that later they would be
y separated. It soon would be
n to the world, and New York
had (become a cell of torment to her.
d he when he wis coldest he
always punctiliously polite, and
ad Insisted on seeing her off if she
determined to take this foolish
ce bad. been hard and
ent as the door-Hhelr door
upon them as man and
and the ride to the ferry had
made in rigid silence.
Ir eyes caught the child's unwaver-
aie, and her face softened from
(flinty composure. She had no
n of her own, and uls was such
unconsciously pathetic figure, with
primly folded hands and solemn
The little traveler smiled faint-
tooked shyly away. Then the
crept back -again, and friendly
iinlcation was established. For
I momenta she sat In sober con
lion, weighing some mighty prob
Ui her mind, and ever and anon
Ing a tentative glance toward the
I dy lady; then there was a cau
'dslpeep at the caretaker's face,
d wl'Jt the anxious haste of one who
ithera all his courage for a desperate
ep, shd slid swiftly down and
as across the way before her com
panion could realize what had hap-
oned.
"Won't yon, please," she began.
agerly, her eyes searching the wom
an's face, "won't you please tell me
-what a dlworce is?"
There! It was out that awful, un
answered question which had been
tormenting her small soul for days
upon days and her bolstered-np cour
age suddenly subsided into flatness
as she realized the magnitude of her
temerity in asking this strange and
beautiful lady a question which had
Invariably met with a startled rebuff
from others. Her eyes went to the
floor and she dropped obviously.
The effect was electrical. The two
faces before her seemed suddenly !n
moblllid. The woman looked ahead
of her with hard, unseeing eyef, and
winced as though struck; but the man,
with a man's distaste for a scene, was
the first to treat this conversational
bomb as a casual matter; He leaned
forward In the most friendly manner
possible, although his ruddy skin had
taken on still warmer tint, and
PSALM.
Not leas shall manly deed and word
Kebuke an age of wrong ;
The graven flowers that wreathe the aword
Make not the blade less strong.
But smiting handa shall learn to heal
To build as to destroy ;
Nor less my heart for others feel
That I the more enjoy.
Knough that blessings undeserved
Have mark'd my erring track;
That whereao'er my feet have swerved,
Ills chastening turn d me back;
That more and more a Providence.
Of love la understood
Making the springs of time and sens
Sweet with eternal good ;
That death seems but a rover'd way
Which opens Into light,
Wherein no blinded child rsn stray
Beyond the Kathcr'e sight ;
That rare and trial seem at last,
Through memory's sunset sir,
I.Ike mountain ranges overpast.
In purple distance fair;
That all the Jarring notes of life
Reem blending In a psalm.
And all the angles of Its strife
Slow rounding Into calm.
And no the shador-s fall apart,
And ao the west winds play ;
Apri nil the wlndowa of my heart
1 open to the day.
John Oreenleaf Whlttler.
forced a smile as he looked Into the
wide eyes that gazed wonderlngly Into
his own.
"Well, now, what makes you ask
such a funny question?" he queried.
"I wanted to know so bad," she said,
appcallngly. "Mamma's got one, but
she's gone away, an' everybody says
'He still.' w'en 1 ask them. Nobody
will tell me what a dlworce Is. Did
It hurt mamm?" she cried. Her eyes
still urged their question the ques
tion that she had asked again and
again, but to which no one had given
her an answer.
The woman leaned forward, gather
ed the little bundle of loneliness into
her arms and held her close.
"Where has mamma gone, dear?"
she asked. Her husband had leaned
back again and was staring at the
floor. Husband and wife Ignored each
other.
"Gone to be an angel," was the
prompt answer. "Papa went away
first, but he didn't go to be angel.
Cook said so. An' mamma cried and
cried, an' got sick and went to bed,
an" I heard nurse tell cook that mam
ma had a dlworce. An' w'en I asked
mamma w'ot that was she Jus' cried
and hugged me; and I asked nurse,
an' she cried, an' she scolded me an'
paid I mustn't ever say such a thing
again. Then they took mjmma away
in a long carriage with flowers in It,
an' the lady next door came in an' said
the divorce killed mamma. An' to
day I asked the lawyer-man over there
an' he Just Jumped an' said, 'My good
gracious, chile!' I do so want to
know what a dlworce Is." It was a
long speech for a small girl, but the
words tripped over each other in
their haste to escape, and there were
plenty more waiting to be released.
The woman's voice was calm and
even na she answered; the curve of
her cheek vouchsafed her husband's
view was as fair and cold's the snow,
but the eyes fixed on the child burned
like living' coals.
"But who takes care of you, dear?"
"I don't know," she said, slowly, as
though this were a new Idea to her.
"Mamma did, but she went to be an
angel so awful soon; an' nurse an'
cook did, but they kissed me an' cried
an' went away the day that lots of
people came to our house an' bought
things. Now the lawyer-man Is taking
me away to live with mamma's auntie.
I guess," brightening up, "she'll take
care of me now."
She lifted a supplicating face to the
woman bending over her, and with a
child's unwearied insistence again
sought an answer to the question that
lay so heavily on her little soul.
"Won't you please tell me w'ot a
dlworce Is?"
It was a delicate situation. The man
leaned forward and answered for his
wife, who had mutely turned her head
away. He was fond of children.
"Now see here; supfioso I tell you.
will you promise not to worry about
It any more?"
A vigorous nod.
He remained silent a moment, trying
to formulate an answer so simple that
the child's mind could grasp it, then
spoke to the anxious face:
"Well, a divorce la a divorce well,
t people get married, you know;
and sometimes It doeBn't work as well
as they thought It would, so they go
to the lawyer-man like yours over
there and get unmarried."
He floundered hopelessly over his
definition, ending It with an uncom
fortably red face, for It was harder
than he had anticipated, and two
searching eyes glued to your face are
apt to be disconcerting.
The little one nestled back against
the bosom which exhaled the same
faint, uncatchable sweet odor that had
always clung to mamma's dresses, and,
with her Inquiring eyes still searching
the man's face, propounded the next
link In the endless chain of a child's
interrogations.
"Ploase, w'y do they1 want to get un
married ?"
The face above her was white, the
arm, about her trembled. The hus
band studied the floor intently a few
moments before answering, a frown
gathering between his eyas and a lit
tle droop of scorn self-scorn pulling
down the corners of his mouth. .
"Ood knows," he said slowly, and
stared at the floor again.
A stentorian voice was intoning the
departure of the Philadelphia express,
and with a nervous start the woman
looked up from the child on her lap
to see the "lawyer-man" approaching
them, i , j ,
"Pardon me for Interrupting , yon,
but the little girl must be going now,"
he said, raising his hat and bowing.
The child clung silently to her new
friend before leaylng, and In the wom
an's eyes there were hot tears, and
in her throat an caching dryness, as
she gave the upturned face a linger
ing kiss and let her go. -
Her husband stood at her elbow aa
lawyer and charge passed through
the doorway, the child twisting around
for a last look. Would she rebuff him.
turning the low scorn of her eyes on
him? . Hsd he been a fool to detect
any feeling tor him In the whiteness
of her face as she bent over the child?
Would he only make himself ridicul
ous? The stubborn pride which had
helped to drive them so far apart
tingled at the notion. But wasn't It
worth the risk?
"Your train goes next," he reminded
her, watching her face Intently. "I
want to go with you. Honors. Of
course, I won't go If it Is offensive to
you, but this is such a wretched busi
ness. Do you know what we are try
ing to do, dear? Can't we try each
other once more? I know I've been a
hidebound brute; it was just cursed
pride all through ; but I love you, dear,
and can't give you ). Lot me come
with you. Just part way If you like,
Honors, dear!"
In his heart he cursed the public
waiting room and passing people, forc
ing him to stand like a miserable
automaton and cautiously mumble the
words that came rushing Into his mind.
Her hand touched his arm for an in
stant, her eyes looked into his, and
she turned toward him like a weary
child.
"Oh, no," she whispered back, a sob
catching her voice, "I don't want to
go away, dear! Oh, my husband, I
want to go back with you! I want to
go home!" Agnes Louise Provost, is
Woman's Home Companion.
BREEDING GOAla FOR MILK.
Uncle 8am Imports Some From Malts
for Experlenmentt in This Country.
Uncle Sam has just imported sixty
eight Maltese goats and expects that
within a few years the Increase from
this herd will be distributed over the
United States. Owing to the stringent
quarantine regulations, the goats are
to be pent to the experiment station
at the Connecticut State Agricultural
College, Storrs, Conn. Investigations
of the manufacture of some of the for
eign cheeses are being made at the col
lege and the milk from these goats will
be used.
It is intended also to breed the goats
and to send the young animals to sta
tions in other parts of the country.
The purpose of the government Is to
establish the fact that goats may be
successfully raised in this country for
the purpose of supplying milk. Milch
goats are common in European coun
tries, where they are driven from door
to door and milked upon demand.
Goats' milk is particularly popular in
Switzerland and on the island of Mal
ta very few cows are kept.
It has been found that the milk of
goats is unusually well adapted to the
use of Infants of all kinds. The great
animal trainer Hagenbetk maintains
a herd of goats especially to provide
milk for the young animals In his me
nagerie. There are several private importers
of goats In this country. One of them,
Robert N. Riddle of Carteret, N. J.,
brought over a considerable number of
Toggenburg goats last summer. This
breed comes from the Toggenburg
valley In Switzerland and Includes
mllker3 which yield sometimes seven
quarts a day. Mr. Riddle and the
members of his family use no other
milk than that obtained from their
Toggen burgers.
The common American goat is not
of much value, as a rule, for milking
purposes, because It has not been bred
with that purpose in view. Across the
water, scientific goat breeders have
been endeavoring for years to fix this
trait, Just aa in this country dairymen
are trying to secure strains of heavy
milkers among cattle. It Is believed
that by crossing the native goats and
imported animals a breed of good
milkers will be produced In a tew
years New York Sun.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
The biggest gas meter In the world
Is at East Greenwich. When filled It
contains twelve million cubic feet of
The ancient custom of putting a coin
in the hand of the dead Is still occa
sionally followed in the rural districts
of France.
The query of CasgltiB concerning the
origin of Caesar's greatness Is one
often repeated In these days regard
ing the Japanese. Upon what meat
doth the little Jap feed that he haB
grown so g'-at? As concerns his ma
terial food, it has been many times
stated, to the amazement of the world,
that he does his fighting on that mild
and Insipid cereal, rice.
The kite, according to ornithological
authorities, is declared to be extinct,
and It is practically so. But a vigi
lance committee has nevertheless been
formed In Wales for the protection of
the bird. A photographer recently
traced one of the only pair of kites
known to exist In South Wales to a
cave in the mountains and with a
lucky snapshot secured a photograph.
There are about ten millions of mi
gratory sheep In Spain, which each
year travel as much as two hundred
miles from the plains to the moun
tains. Their march, resting places and
behavior are governed by special regu
lations, dating from the fourteenth
century. At certain times no one may
travel the same route as the sheep,
which have the right to graze on all
open and common land on the way.
For this purpose a road ninety yards
wide must be left on air enclosed and
private property. The shepherds lead
their flocks, which are accompanied
by provision mules, and by large dogs,
to guard against a night attack by
wolves, '
Easy Titles.
Military titles are handled In a
reckless way in Indian territory. Any
man with a stiff backbone and a bold,
bad look can scarcely escape being
designated aa "Colonel." aid a man
with an unusually pugnacious air Is
sAdressed as "General;" An Indian
agent of the union agency a.'Musko
goe is certain to come into the title
of colonel within a few weeks after
assuming office. It Is difficult tp dis
tinguish the, sheep from the goats In
a military way in this country. Kan
sas City Journal,
PINE TREE PERFUME
CURE.
SWEET 8CENT8 A RESTORER OF
TIRED NERVES.
The Odor of the Pines ths Perfume
That Women Rly on Most Just
Now t oDrlvs Away the Blues
Perfumed Sea 8alt for Bath Scent
ed Moth Barriers.
Pine needle and sweet perfumes are
used to soothe the nerves of the New
York woman. It has been discovered
that you need not be out of sorts un-le-J
you want to be, and In addition
that you can cure your troublesome
nerves with nice sweet odors Instead
of resorting to unpleasant drugs.
The first and most particular rule Is
that the sweet odors must be natural
ones. There must be no made-up per
fumes. The scents must be those that
grow In the parks and spring up In the
woods, that come to life with the bud
ding of the flowers and die down when
the flowers fade.
Those who are trying the perfume
cure are giving their attention Just
now to pine scents mostly. If you
want to get the genuine pine odor,
take a pine pillow, no matter how old
and lay It near the fire.
In a little while It will begin to
warm up and to give out sweet scents.
You will be treated to the original
odor of the pine.
There is a very nervous and very
sensitive woman in New York who
treats horself every day to the pine
needle cure. When Bhe was away
last summer she gathered material
for many pillows of pine needles.
When she Is tired she takes a pil
low and warms it and presently it be
gins to give out a sweet smell of pines.
Then she puts the pillow behind her
head and in a little while she feels
refreshed.
On days when Bhe Is very tired In
deed and needs a quick freshing shi
takes a dozen pillows and heats them
very quickly. With these she fur
nishes her couch. She heaps It high
with pillows and then she lies down
and breathes the sweet Bcent. In 15
minutes she feels all right again.
There is an extra nervous woman in
town who has a comfortable stuffed
with pine needles. She gathered the
needles this fall, and then she put
them In the comfortable and quilted
It just as though she were quilting
feathers.
Pretty soon she bad a thick, Bweet,
beaullfud covering. It was heavy, but
so delicious that she did not mind the
weight.
Some nights when she Is very weary
she sleeps with this heavy pine com
fortable over her. Again she heats it
and puts it underneath her. It Is re
freshing, no matter how she uses It.
If you like sweet scents and want
to try the perfume cure you can get
them by utilizing odds and ends about
the house. You will be surprised to
find how many you can turn Into per
fume. Take apple peelings and dry them
and some day when the house seems
muggy take a handful and throw them
on the stove. Take off the peelings
before they begin to burn, but leave
them on just long enough to gaf the
delicious fumes they will give out, the
fumes that are bo delightful when
they come out of the oven aa baked
apples are cooking.
Some women keep a chafing dish
always handy for the making of sweet
scents. Into the chafing dish they can
put a little cologne, which when heat
ed will send Its fragrance through
the room, or they can add a pinch of
cinnamon or half a drop of oil of
cloves, or even a tiny bit of apple
peeling. It takes very little to make
a pleasant smell In the room.
The Influence of odors upon the spir
its can hardly be overestimated. If
you will go in a pine forest you are
greeted with a rmell which Is Invigor
ating, la Its curious buoyancy.
If you go into a clover field you get
an odor which is just as pleasant but
altogether different, and this odor can
he brought into the house In winter
by taking clover heads, drying them
and stuffing pillows with them. On
some muggy, gloomy day the pillow
can be warmed up and you have a per
fume which Is delightful.
If you want something particularly
pleasant take some sea salt and put It
In .1 wide mouthed bottle and pour In
a few drops of violet perfume. Close
the bottle tight, let It stand a while,
then open, and you get the curious
smell of salt sea, with a slight tinge
of violet, which Is always found in
salt air.
If you want to take a bath In some
thing that Is very sweet smelling per
pare some sea salt after this fashion:
Buy the salt at the drug store; take a
big handful of it, lay It in a bottle and
and some violet perfume. Let It stand
three days and It Is ready for the
bath.
, Another plan Is to add to the ses
Bait a grain of musk, a little essence
of violet and finally about a teaspoon
ful of alcohol. Set the bottle away
for three days, turning it twice day.
When you are ready to take your
bath, throw a handful of the sea salt
into the water. It will perfume the
water without making It too salty.
Take a jug of salt, and Into a gallon
jug pour half an ounce of rose geran
ium oil and a cup of alcohol. Turn
your jug upside down. Let it stand a
day or so, and so on until you have
worked with it three weeks. The re
sult will be a very nice jug of sweet
'smells.
There come squares of a prepara
tion of ammonia which can be made
Into very nice bath vinegar. Tako a
dozen -or more of these solid pieces
and add just enough violet perfume to
cover them.' '.'''.;..-..'
Then add spirits of cologne until you
have pint bottle nicely filled. This
makes a delicious bath vinegar, which
can be used every day tor two Weeks,
for it takes very little to perfume' the
Tater. ;. f '
' If you like your hands to smell
sweet, and to some tsople thaf Is
something positively Intoxicating ebout
a pair of sweet hands,, you can make
a hand wash by taking a quart of spir
its of cologne, put It in a halt gallon I
jug, add an ounce of oil of rose geran-
lum and two grains of musk. (
Let It stand a week; then nil up
with spirits of cologne. At the end of
another week you will have as line a
gallon of perfume as you will want
When you are ready to wash your
hands, with this sweet mixture tske a
bowl of warm water and add to It a
pinch of powdered borax. Into this
put half a wine glass of perfume.
Use no soap, but keep this water
for rinsing. It will Impart a lasting
fragrance which will remain upon
your hands from morning until night.
Have you ever tried putting up your
winter furs in perfumery?
Make some sachets and scatter
them through the storage chest, thus
using sachet powders Instead of cam
phor. You will find that the moths
stay away just as well and the furs
come out in the fall smelling sweet.
And the same thing with clothes
those which you are putting away un
til spring. Many of them are of cash
mere and light wool and you don't
want the moths to get Into them. Put
them away between layers of sachets
and you will find that you will have
never a moth.
There Is a story told of a woman
who spent the summer upon the Jer
sey coast where mosquitoes are thick.
Not wanting to be eaten alive she
sprinkled ber bedroom with sachet
powder until the whole room was filled
with the perfume. All night long she
slept In peace.
Animals do not as a rule like strong
odors, and disease germs are particul
arly averse to them. A strong odor
of rose will drive away many of the
contagious diseases, so some sclentlslts
affirm, and you can actually keep your
Belt well by having nice smells around
you.
Attar of rose is very effective, but
unfortunately It Is expensive. Oil of
rose geranium Is very effective and
there are other extracts which can be
bought and used to good advantage.
In old fashioned German house
holds the custom prevails of buying
a certain amount of good perfume ev
ery year. This perfume Is bought not
to be bottled and preserved, but to
be used, and when It disappears more
is purchased.
The fad for a distinctive odor is dy
ing away, and women are inclined to
scent themselves like an English gar
den. An English garden Is one In
which all the common flowers grow,
and when you take a sniff of It you
do not know whether you are smel
ling violets or mignonette, geraniums
or roses, delicate panales or strong
heliotrope. Thus It is fashionable to
mingle your perfumes.
The pine tree scent is the odor of
the moment, and wise women are
making little bags of pine and heap
ing them up, so that they and their
apartments may smell like a pine tree
New York Sun.
CONTRACTING WITH A SULTAN.
How Mrs. Reader Aeeompllsehd s
Flve-Mlllion-Dollar Deal.
The story of an Interview that once
took place between Mrs. Reader and
the Sultan of Johore, India, is thus
related by Juliet Wllbor Tompkins In
her continuation of the history of
"Ella Rawls Reader, Financier," in
Everybody's:
"She named her conditions: The
right to issue five million dollars'
worth of six percent bonds, 120,000
acres of land extending along the 120
miles of track, tin mines but here
royalty demurred a little; he thought
he would keep all the tin mines. For
me first time the young contractor
slipped Into feminine processes of
reasoning and Bet aside for a moment
the urgent business-full enthusiasm
of the promoter for the dismay of the
uuman girl who sees her pet project
In danger of failure.
" 'But you are so rich, you know
you don't need all those mines,' she
argued, 'and we do.'
"The Sultan conceded the mines.
From an Oriental point of view the
experience was perhaps cheap st the
price. He conceded the five million
dollars' worth oT bonds, the 120,000
acres of land. At the end of their
three hours' talk Ella Rawls had In
her possession a five-million dollar
contract to build a railroad across
the state of Johore; and its ruler had
secured on fair terms, a means to
wealth and civilization, the need of
which could no longer be Ignored. She
bad come to him at the psychological
moment, when the contract was ripe
for giving; she had shown herself
clear-headed and resolute, master of
the facts and frankly open In her
statements; she bad demanded much,
knowing the value oT what she gave,
but there had been no algn of sharp
ness, of trying to steal an advantage.
No doubt to a man accustomed to be
approached by indirect methods, by
gifts and flatteries, there was a
wholesome convincingness In this nov
el experience, a welcome promise of
good faith. At all events, he accept
ed freely and wholly."
Largs Families In Great Britain.
In St. Botolph's church. Aldgate,
there Is a monument to the memory
of Agnes, widow of William Bond,
who "bore him 16 children, eight boys
and eight girls."
That was in the spacious 16th cen
tury, but it is noteworthy that John
Gully, grandfather of the late speak
er otthe Commons, had k4 children.
A year or two ago a Northampton
shoemaker entered as His plea in the
police court that he was the father
of 33 children, of whom 27 were liv
ing; while 20 years ago Chester
boasted of a couple who were "the
happy father and delighted mother of
33 children," ten of them being ee
in 1890. .' ; " ;'
But the record In family numbers
belongs to Scotland. It Is that of a
Scotch weaver In the 16th century
whose Wife bore him 61 children. Only
II died in childhood, 46 sons and four
daughter! living to be 21 and upward.
This almost Incredible record is fully
and absolutely authenticated. Sir
John Bowes and three other gentle
men each adopted ana reared ten of
this prodigious fmlly,-London Dally
Chronicle. . ,
-V isn't the size of the chrysanthe
mum' that counts la Judging," said J,
E. Mathewson, a florist of Sheboygan,
who Is one, of the Judges of the flower
show, ' ,--. ' ..-,
Corn the Cheapest Fodder.
The average corn yield per acre In
New Hampshire Is placed by the gov
ernment crop reports at 31 bushels
per acre, the highest I think of any
New England state. In addition to
the amount of grain, we have left In
the stalks or stover a food value for
animals fully equal to that in the
grain, or when properly cured and fed
without waste, a value equal to two
tons ordinary mixed hay.
If a silo Is Included In the farm
equipment, and young animals and
dairy cows make up the live stock of
the farm, the entire crop, ears Includ
ed, put In the silo will yield a feeding
value In a condensed, convenient
form of more than four tons of mixed
hay for every acre so used. B. Walk
er McKean. In the American Cultiva
tor. Horses Thrive on Molaseis.
A large sugar refining concern In
Brooklyn feeds Its truck horses on
the refuse uiolssses. The molasses
Is mixed with their feed, and the cost
of feeding Is said to be but 34 cents
a day for each of these fine horses,
ranging from 1700 to i... pounds in
weight, a reduction of 20 to .25 per
cent in cost from the old system of
maintaining them on oats and hay ex
clusively, i
An experiment tried by thiB firm on
two run down horses which had jcen
kept on ordinary rations is said to
prove the hygienic value of the mo
lasses feed. .Their weights were SOU
and 925 pounds when put upon the
molasses Byatom, and a great Im
provement was made In weight and
health. At the end of six weeks feed
In; the smaller had gained 0 pounds
and the other 181 pounds. American
Cultivator.
Working for Their Food.
One of the ways of Increasing the
egg supply Is to keep the hens happy
and contented, and two ways of doing
this are to have scatterings of grain
through the chaff on the floor so that
the fowls will keep busy scratching,
and the second way Is to see that the
dust boxes are placed In the corner
which catches the most sun during
the winter. Ideal dust boxes are
strong soap boxes filled with road
dust. Into which has been mixed a lit
tle fine lime and a liberal supply of
Insect powder. 8oll from the garden
if It Is light and well dried will an
swer the purpose quite as well. It Is
an excellent plan to remove all this
dust from the boxes every little while
and sift It over removing anything un
desirable which has gotten into it,
then take It out In the sun, spread It
out thinly and let It dry thoroughly.
Most of It can be used repeatedly if
new lime and Insect powder Is sdded
every month. The dust boxes should
be plsced whore they will not be
fouled In any way. for poultry will not
use them If too dirty, hence will go
without dusting, and the lice will then
become rampant. Indianapolis News.
Eggs as Food.
Few articles have been as long and
so uninterruptedly used as food as
eggs have been, which should be
proof sufficient to warrant their use.
even though there had been no analy
sis to sustain It, but scientific analy
sis proves them to be a most suitable
article of human food. Aside from
their nutritive qualities which strong
ly commend them. We clip the fol
lowing from (loudnll's Farmer:
Eggs jtro very eaailv digested. Kaw
eggs are more quickly digested tluin
cooked eggs. Soft boiled eggs, roast
ed egs and poached eggs are more
easily digested than fried or hard
boiled eggs. The stomach will digest
a raw egg in from one and a half to
two hours. Soft-boiled and roasted
eggs require from two and a half to
three hours, while hard-boiled or fried
egs must be allowed from three and
a half to .four hours for digestion.
Eggs furnish a good substitute for
moat and we believe It would be far
better for the average person If eggs
were more frequently used In place of
meat. Especially do they make, a
light, nutritious dish for breakfast,
instead of the usual bacon or ham or
sausage.
The Flock In Autumn,
If there Is any weakness In the
flock It will show itself during the
moulting period. Charcoal is a good
tonic at this time. Fed In the form
of parched corn, there Is nothing bet
ter to cftrrect Indigestion.
Wo find the Leghorns go through
the moulting period with less difficul
ty than the larger breeds, but any
breed, it neglected during the moult.
Is apt to contract colds and other ali
ments. It the neglected fowls manage
to worry through with unimpaired
health, eggs will be few afterward
when they bring fancy, prices.
Tbe fowls that roost outside In
trees or under open sheds will : be
slower In moulting than the ones that
occupy warm houses. Small waim
quarters hasten moulting, we And. An
early moult is easier tor the fowla and
requires leu time; however, if we de
sire to keep the ben in laying trim
until the pullets begin the production
of eggs, better give them a cool place
to roost, and if any show inclination
to become .broody, lose no time la re
moving them from the nest and place
in a confined pen.
Changes m the weather are hard on
(he fowls after they begin to drop
their feathers. They need a .sheltered
loafing place on rainy; windy days,
and they are miserable enough with
out being compelled to roost under a
leaky root- -Or' ':Vr;v:-AV? ,
At tb.li season we look after the
ones that shtV an Inclination t stay
on the roost until after breakfast
There are always a few that have lit
tie appetite and hivd to be iSoaxed to
at and take needed exetclse. It
there Is ever a time when liberal feed
ing of wholesome food Is Important, It
Is while the change of plumage Is
proceeding. Wo do not worry about
the birds laying on a little extra flesh
st this time.
The males are slower In growing
their new coats than the hens. The
long hackle and sickle feathers are
not grown in a hurry. It is a good
plan to keep tliem apart from the
hens until thoy finish moulting. The
hens will do better and eggs will keep
longer during the hot weather we may
expect in early fall. We And the
mals will do well confined In small
quarters if kept clean.
During the moulting season we
make a thorough examination of our
stock and select the most promising
birds, with a view to their laying or
breeding qualities. The culls that are
large enough and othor unproAtable
old birds we Sort out and place In
fattening quarters, and feed for mar
ket. We find it pays to fatten these
chickens, they make better eating and
bring a better price than if picked
up and sold without any preparation.
Fannie M. Wood, in The Trlbunr
Farmer.
A Good Way to Winter Apples.
Owing to the fact that a certain
amount of decny Is always Inevitable
In storing apples under dwelling
houses, while, worst of all, the rotten
fruit becomes a propagating place for
disease germs which penetrate the'
rooms above, aside from a reasonable
quantity w.inted for home consump
tion, they coil:l be kept In a pit or
cave, the more so because this,1- If
properly mtul will preserve them In
excellent shape, and has the advan
tage of being the cheapest of any
possible storage construction. It
should be built Into a hillside sloping
northward, for then the entrance will
be protected from the southwest
winds of summer and autumn, and
though In molBt soils It needs to be
walled, in dry ones all that is re
quired are the upright posts set along
Its sides to support the roof. This
should consist of poles over which Is
spread a layer ofVoarse hay, and dirt
thrown on top of that to the depth
of two feet. Ventilation Is secured
find an even temperature best main
tained by an underground pipe run
from an opening In the floor of the
cave to a similar opening on the sur
face of the ground several rola away.
It should be large enough toinlt a
sufficiency of air and provided at each
end with valves for regulating the
supply: there should also be, for the
exit of air. several flues, the sum of
whos" capacities is fully equal to the
capacity of the pipe, extended through
the roof of the cave to the open air
above. In this way a very equalable
temperature will always exist Inside
the cave, for the air as It passes
through the pipe will tie cooled in
summer, and warmed in winter. It Is
pleasant to note that such a cave can
be built almost anv size desired. Also,
that the applea Is less susceptible to
Injury from freezing than the potato,
ranking in this respect about the
same as mangels, beets, turnips and
similar root crops. Apples are never
better, juicier, or tenderer to eat in
early spring than when they have
been carried through the winter In a
pit outdoors: Indued they thereby
seem to retain all their flavor and
hrittleness Intact, making the winter
ing of nt least a portion of ones' ap
ples for home use thus well worth
while. Provided the soli is poroua,
the most required la to dig a pit a foot
or more in depth and, having set up
right in the cpnter a box about six
inches square, with holes bored
through the aides, while there is an
opening left at the top to permit ven
tllntlon. and long enough so that It
will extend above the surface of the
pit when completed, pile the apples
up around it li a conical heap; If the
soli Is not porous, the next best place
Is a well-d-ained spot, where the fruit
should be arranged v.,..oiit any dig
ging, on a layer of clean straw. A
generous amount of straw or marsh
bay should then be spread over the
heap, followed by a few Inches of
eajth. As soon as coM weather has
frozen this, a further covering of
straw and earth should be applied, or
else a heavy coat of coarse manure,
Subscriber In the Epltomlst.
Officials Unable to Prevent Nickname.
When the secretary of the navy, In
the summer of 1903, received a cable
from the naval agent In Manila ask
ing It he had authority to use Con ants
Instead of Moxicaa dollars in making
certain payments be was puzzled. It
was tho first Introduction of the navy
department to tbe new standard coins,
which were named tor Charles A.
Conant, who had been to the Phillip
pines under the authority of Secretary
Root to prepare a coinage system. The
navy and war department officials soon
became aa familiar with the Con ants
as the shopkeepers in the Philippines.
Some of them did not quite fancy the
Idea of-ascribing to an individual the
credit for the work In which others
had shared, and Secretary Root cabled
Governor Tuft that the new coins were
to be known as Philippine currency
and nob as Conants. Notwithstanding
this official mandate the new name
stuck, and even the newspapers print
their prices at the head of thur col
umns aa "10 cents Conant,' equal to
t cents American gold, as well as
many advertisements giving prices in
Conants.
His Plana. '
A benevolent old lady who was vis
iting the Inmates of a certain prison
asked one of the convicts. In
whom; she thought she delected signs
st repentance. If he had made any
plans for the future, following the ex
piration of his sentence.
"Sure, ma'am," replied the convict,
hopefully. "Two banks and a post
Oillco." Hvoer's Weekly.
A FRIENDLY SUGGESTION,
"I do not understand at all," .
Bald I'hvllla of her beau,
"Why he doth still make lor to ?;
I always tell him 'No.' 1"
To whom a cynic friend replied
tor waa she merely wlse'O :
"Yon tell blm 'No'? Therein, oerhapa
Tbe explanation Ileal
"He Hkea tbe little 'game, no doubt,
But likes to play It when
There Is no danger. Try a 'Yea ;
lie d be discouraged then !"
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
JUST for FUN
Don't be the under dog Just
to getm
a.
a nicd-w
Why .v
sympathy Philadelphia Record.
Poorly I'm going to marry
girl and Bettle down. Boorly Why
not marry a rich girl and settle upt
Judge.
"What did you do with all t!
paid bills, Julia?" "I saw thi
beginning to worry you, d'
destroyed them." Life.
HeThcy sny that people
ry soon grow to look all
Then you must consider my
as final. Cnirago News.
Dr. Jones Well, we doctors have
many friends in this world. Dr.
Smllh And many enemies in the
other. Cleveland Leader.
Diner Give me a plate o' pork and
beans and hurn 'em up. Walter
tshontinel Chic-nun and Boston ex
press! Cleveland Leader.
Dashaway Do you love that girl as
much as you think you do? Cleverton
Why. old man, I love her almost as
much as she thinks I do. Life.
"Thought you said that auto you
sold me was a 20-horse power?" "So
It is." "Well, it Isn't; the first horBe.
I ran over put II out of business."
Houston Post.
Cholly I admit It frequently takes
me some time to make up my mind,
but Miss Pepprey Ah, naturally.
You must lose time trying to locate
It. Philadelphia Ledger.
Desk Sergeant What did you ar
rest this man for? Patrolman
Stealln' peanuts from a dago. Desk
Sergeant Kntera charge of Imperson
ating an officer. Cleveland Leader.
Manager Weren't you afraid to
sleep in that haunted room? Disgust
ed Thespian No; It was a real com
fort to be in some place where tho
ghost walked Baltimore American.
One Arc you certain t h;it you love
the girl? Tuther Certain? Why. 1
can't sleep of nights for thinking
about her. One I get the Bame ef
fect from my tailors bllWfNew'
Yorke'-.
""How do you knov.- that young
Rounder's Intentions are serious?"
"He's quit glvini; me flowers and can
dy and substituted chafing dishes and
cook-books and things. "Cleveland
Leader.
"Mrs. Ka Tush acted perfectly ridi
culous at the opera last night." "How
so?" "She pretended to be listening
to the music every minute while the
singers were on the sta?e." Chicago
Ilecord-Herald.
Father Hut I am afraid he is a
younp man of tickle character.
Daughter Oh. no. he isn't, papa.
Why, he haB smoked the same brand
of cigarettes for nearly six months.
New Yorker.
"I don't see what fer dey wants ter
disfranchise us," Bald Brother Wil
liams. "No mo' does I," said Brother
Dickey. "Why dey even gives de
street railroad dc franchise!" Atlan
ta Constitution.
Roderick They say Cholly Good
fellow Is very popular around town.
Van Albert I should say so. Why,
he wears out two coats a month Just
from people slapping him on the back.
Chicago News.
"I suppose you are usually in sus
pense about what your airship will
do?" "No," answered the inventor;
"my difficulty is a lack of suspense
and an excess of rapid descent."
Washington Star.
To Be Let For hunting season or
longer Rectory: excellent stabling;
stands In park; large grounds; :11
bedrooms; hounds constantly run
through. Advertisement In Manches
ter Guardian Punch.
"Is my hat on straight?' she asked
him. He looked at her headgear in
dumb amazement. "I dunno, he a
swered. "When It's straight It lookup
crooked and when It's crooked It looks
straight." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Why don't you do something phil
anthropic?" "I'm afraid to," an
swered Senator Sorghum. "If I show
that I have any money beyond my ac
tual needs, somebody will be asking
where I got It." Washington Star.
Sandy Pikes Wouldn't like to be a
rich lady's poodle? Why, yesterday
yer told me It was a snap. Gritty
George Yes, but today I read about
de number of baths those pet dogs
take every day. Chicago Daily News.
"The race Is not always to the
swift," said the Sunday school teach
er impressively. "Can any one tell
me why?" "Because sometimes their
gasoline tank explodes," promptly re
plied the up-to-d little boy. Balti
more American.
"What did she say when you pro
posed?" "Nothing. She merely shook
her head." "You're easily discour
aged. And did you leave her "It
wasn't that that discouraged me, so
much as her father. He came id at
that moment and shook hlf ' flat,"
Philadelphia Press, (
Solicitor ' (sait'asticalliU-iisnd
tsr-nld you swear that these fowls' be
longed to you?" Prosecutor I would.
Solicitor Well, now then. Would
you be surprised if I told you thtit I
havr half-a-doxen fowls at home exact
ly like theset ' Prosecutor Not in
the least. I've missed about a down
lately from the run!" Punch.
Hard to Move.
"Yes; I know Mr. Llngerlong." .
"They tell me he Is very easy
going.",,' "Not when he calls on me "
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