THE FRANKLIN ""PRESS,
volume xxr.
FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 1906.
.NUMBER 38.
THE MAKING
Courage or lack of It,
Work, and the knack of lt
Grit or the need o( It,
Haste and the speed of It;
Purpose or none of It,
Life, what Is done of It,
Work, or the fun of It,
Maketh a man.
Luck and the trust of It,
Wealth, and the lust of It,
Hate, and the sting of It,
Youth, and the Hint of It,
Ease, and the lap of tl.
Chance, and the hap of It,
Vice, and the sap Of It,
Breakalh a man.
I In Search of Local Color.
Br Hilda Richmond.
Hill 1 1 1 1 Iff WW I Mill
"What luck, Stoddard?" asked Guy
Templeton, as his friend came Into
the studio with a heavy frown on his
lace.
"Bad luck, confound It! I'd like to
gee the person who can suit these edi
tors. Here's one says my style Is too
tilted and unnatural," and he pulled
a bunch of thick letters from his
i pocket. "They either send a printeq
slip of rejection or else And rauit.
I'll be hanged If I know which I like
the best of the two."
"I've told you times without number
to try simple stories, Stoddard," said
the artist. "You can see for yourself
the magazines are full of such stuff.
Just write a natural "
"Yes," snorted Stoddard, fishing
out an extra large envelope. "I took
your fool advice and thin is whut 1
got. The editor considerately Informs
me that 1 have not enough local color
In my work, but I'd like to know how
Other people manage. I put in '1
swan' and a whole lot of that truck
Just like the fanners lalk, ami then
he demands thul it be more true to
life."
"I'll tell you what to do, Stod. I've
got an old uncle In Illinois who baa
lived on a farm all his life, and you
l"WftfTay bnTocal cofor6ut herewith
a whitewash brush if you wanted to.
I can get you an invitation for as long
as you want, but I suppose you'll wind
up by falling in love with some of my
pretty cousins If you go aud forget
what you started out for."
"Not much. No sweet simplicity
to the form of dairy maids aud wild
roses for me. I'd rather board with
your uncle than visit, for I don't care
to be polite to people with whom 1
have nothing in common."
, "Oh. that's all right. .'Summer is
their busy season, and I imagine you
won't be bothered In the least. Shall
I say two weeks?"
"What's your uncle's name?" asked
Stoddard, when the letter had been
despatched.
"Silas Perkins."
"Well, if that Isn't luck! All the
comic papers call the farmers Si or
Reuben. Is your aunt's name Aman
da, too?"
"YeB, but we always called her Aunt
Mamly. It Isn't names you want,
man, but stories."
Hugh Stoddard had never spent
more than a week or two outside New
York city, and his ideas of farm life
were drawn from stories he had read
or the pictures In so-called comic pa
pers. His own stories were a mixture
of misstatements gleaned from vail
Otis sources, and the result may be
imagined. Instead of writing ubout
the people with whom he daily came
to contact he longed for other fluids,
Just as people rush to Europe year
after year when the beauties of their
own country are all unexplored before
them.
"1 suppose they hired a livery rig lo
take me out," said Stoddard to himself
as Mary Perkins drove home from (be
station with the city guest by her
tide. "I wish they would not take any
pains to put on airs for me. I want
to Bee exactly how they live and do."
"Cousin Guy said you wauled to get
ome local color for a story you In
tend to write," said Mary Perkins as
they drove past the farms and well
kept lawns.
"Yes, I am especially anxious to see
the farm hands at the table and every
where else." he answered, taking out
his note-book. -That man at work
over there in the field doesn't bear
much resemblance to the 'Man with
the Hoe.' I suppose you are not fa
miliar with the poem. A man named
Edward Markhani wrote It."
"You can see the men at dinner with
out any trouble, for father has three
working for him now."
Mr. and Mrs. Perkins gave their
KVtiAat a haam' welcome and hailp him
K -
do exactly as he pleased. He found
the room he was to occupy dining
his stay comfortably and neatly fur
nished, and he looked In vain for the
red, yellow and green patchwork
quilts, the bare floors and other dis
comforts' his readings had led him to
expect Miss Mary donned ft big
apron and helped the hired girl with
the dinner, and presently all were
seated about the well-spread table.
"Do the men eat with you?" he had
asked, noticing the number of plates
before dinner was served.
"Certainly. Why not?" asked Miss
Perkins, serenely cutting the bread.
"I I thought they had their dinners
In the field," he faltered.
"This is Mr. Stoddard from New
York, boys," said Mr. Perkins to the
hired men. "He's come out here to
write stories about us, so we'll have
to be pretty careful."1
"Confound It all! " Bald the guest
to himself. "They'll alt try to have on
their best behaviour now for my bene
fit when I wanted to see them In their
native simplicity." He watched close-,
ly, but saw nothing out of the ordinary
In the way the stewed chlcln, ralli
ed potatoes and other food vanished
before the hearty appetites. He was
p-eatly disappointed not to see the
'fcen shovel down the food with knives
and drink coffee out of their saucers,
hut conc)iied that they would come
later when the novelty of having
City man at the table wore off.
"I'd like to help in the field," he
aid eagerly, when dinner was over.
"I want to get right Into the heart of
things. Could I rake hay this after
aeon?" "The machine rakes and load all
at once," explained Mary Perkins. "I
OP MEN.
Dress,- and the care of It
Cheer, or a share of It,
Speech, or abuse of 4t,
Tact, and the use of It,
Worth, and the wear of It,
Marketh a man.
Do, nor the brag of It,
l'p with the flag of It;
Life, not the fear of It,
Taste the good cheer of It
Time or the waste of It.
Will, try the taste of It;
Work, that is graced of It,
Maketh a man.
J. W. Foley.
am afraid you could not do anything,
since you have had no experience."
"Hut anybody can do farm work. 1
have always read that the very lowest
class of laborers are employed In the
country. If a dull, plodding workman
can manage a machine, I can, toe."
"Want a ob?" said Mr. Perkins, In
surprise, as the young man sought the
hay field. "How would carrying water
to the men suit you?"
"1 want a real job something that
will give me an Idea of the toll farm
ers have to endure."
"Here's what you want," said one
of the hired men, handing him a shin
ing scythe, while he wiped away the
great beads of perspiration. "I have
been cutting around a few stumps, but
they want me to drive the mower
again. This is all there Is to it," and
he took the implement and skilfully
laid long lines of heavy clover prone
upon the ground.
"That seems almost too simple,"
observed Mr. Stoddard; "but If there
is nothing else just now it will do."
For three hours he struggled man
fully to master the smooth, easy stroke
his tutor had given so easily, but was
ut last forced to give up. His collar
was wilted, his coal luid aside, andJ
ffltogetaer uie city gentleman was me
most dejected looking mortal imagin
able when the supper bell rang that
evening. Aud such an appetite! He
wanted to shovel in the delicious food
and failed to have time to notice how
the others ate. Every joint aud mus
cle ached, and almost before the sun
was down he sought his bed, to be
seen no more until lale the next morn
ing. During the two weeks of his stay
he never wasted a minute, but was
alert day aud night getting material.
After his experience with the scythe
he was content lo look on, and bis
notebook was filled with references
to the heavy work farmers have to
perform. He interviewed the neigh
bors, picked up local gossip, watched
the women in the kitchen and tried
In every way to make bis stay on the
big farm profitable.
"Are you getting your local color,
Mr. Stoddard?" asked Mary Perkins
one day as the guest paused for a brief
chat ou his way to the field.
"Splendidly. I'll have you all pic
tured true to life before you know It."
"Oh, you're going to write about
us?" asked Miss Perkins, innocently.
"Thai's what you mean by local col
or?" "I'm sure I couldn't find a more
charming subject," he said with a
buw to the pretty girl in the gingham
dress aud big apron. Mary turned
so quickly that he could not tell wheth
er she frowned or smiled, and Just at
that moment her mother culled her
to the house.
"The old lady saved my life," said
Hugh Stoddard to himself as he strode
away." It s a v. u.i.iir I Imeu't made a
foul of myself over that pretty face.
Fancy takiug a country daughter to
my fastidious lady mother! 1 think
I'd better stick closer to the fields
than ever." Then he dropped down
on a stone under the willows by the
brook to write lu his note book: "The
daughter of the family hasn't an idea
beyond chickens and cooking. She
would make a capital Maud Muller."
He pocketed the note book and hur
ried ou to see old Mr. Reed hive bees.
and as he went he made mental notes
of things be had neglected. "I haven't
penetrated the gloomy depths of the
parlor yet," he mused, "and I must
see the red plush furniture. I wonder
If Mary has a beau that's the right
word, it seems -aud where the other
young folks of the family r Guy
said there are three girls and a boy,
but 1 have never seen anyone but Mary.
I must think to ask a few questions.
Oh, yes, and the country church. I
must go iicxt Sunday lu see what thut
Is like."
But when his stay at the hospitable
house came to an end there were
many things lacking that he had. in
tended to get. He had never seen
the parlor, had not gone to church nor
to the grange as he expected when
the picnic was held, nor had he had
time to get acquainted with the Per
kins family. If an Imperative tele
gram from his worried mother had
not called him home he would have re
mained Indefinitely, collecting Infor
mation. He did feel a little compunc
tion over the fact that he paid so little
attention to his entertainers, but he
reflected that they would not have
been interested In his conversation
anyway. "I might have told them some
thing of the wonders of New York,"
he reflected, "but they would not have
understood If I had."
When be reached the city he wrote
a long article lu usual style drawing
on the note book for local names and
scenes, but allowing bla old Ideas to
crop out In the stories of country
women who go Insane, tbe barrenness
of the life, the musty parlors with
their Impossible furniture and all the
other things with which his mind were
stored from reading rather than ob
servation. , He thought he bad com-'
piled with every demand and was
gratified when the article was prompt
ly accepted. ' ,
"I would like to send your uncle a
copy of this magazine, Templeton;
but he might be offended at some of
the things I said. I didn't use his
name, of course, but still he might
think It a trifle personal. This was
published a month or two ago several
months In fact and I have been de
bating the que w nrr since," said
Stoddard. "What would you adviser
"I'd advise you to look over this
first;" said the painter, handing him
a popular magazine with most of the
leaves uncut. "How does this strike
you?"
"That's me," said the author, inel
egantly, as he took In a clever little
sketch of himself struggling with the
Bcythe. "How In creation! And here
I am with the Infernal bumble bees
about my head! I'll sue that man as
sure as the world. What do you think
of this: 'A Tenderfoot In Search of
Local Color'? Who wrote this stuff?
There's your uncle's house, too!
Mary Perkins! Well, I call that alee!
Make fun of a guest like that."
"Hold on a minute," said his friend,
rolling with laughter. "You made fun
of them first. Here is a letter from
Cousin Mary In which she Bays she
never would have done such a thing
If you had not begun the fight. She
read your article and immediately
wrote this. It seems she does clever
work with her pencil as well as her
pen, and the whole family read current
literature. Those men you nret at
the table wee college students work
ing during vacation and the young peo
ple of the family were away at school.
Mary's engagement has just been an
nounced to a prominent New York
man, so It is quite likely you will meet
her again next winter."
"Not on your life," said the unhappy
Stoddard. "I've furnished her all the
local color I Intend to now and for
ever." Michigan Farmer.
TWISTING A $5 BILL IN TWO.
Milwaukee Bank Cashier Says It
Cannot Be Done By The Fingers.
"The paper that Is used by the gov
ernment In its currency Is manufac
tured by a secret process and has char
acteristics with which the average
man is not familiar," said Arnold Scho
rer of Minneapolis.
"Recently 1 was in a small town
and' witnessed an iueident that demon
strates this. A well to do farmer liv
ing lu the vicinity came into the bank
"to transT!cT"xeJ)uslness. In the
course of the conversation the cashier
began twisting a $5 lll. The farmer
watched' him with IttfWst and Anally
asked the man backSaLIhe counter
If he wasn't afraid of tearing' tfl 4dll.
"Here Is an easy way for you to earn
money." said the cashier. "Here Is a
SLOW) bill and 1 will give It to you If
you will twist the bill in two. You are
I simply o twist It, and not tear It."
"The farmer seemed dumb founded
at first. He was overawed at the
thought of mutilating a 1 1000 bill. Up
; on further assurance by the officer of
; the bank he timidly took the money,
I and started twisting it in the middle.
I He tugged away for some time, without
I being able to twist the bill In two.
Finally he gave it up and was certain
ly a surprised farmer. It Is Impossible
to twist a bill in two, so firm and elas
tic is the paper used." Milwaukee
Sentinel.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
A Missouri court decided that "a
man who kisses his wife night, noon
and morning Is a nuisance."
The Auslrlans use a stone blotting
pad that never wears out. A little
scraping with a kulfe cleans It effect
ually. Henry Cooper near Greenfield, Illi
nois, has six Duroc-Jersey sows that
farrowed 70 plfs a few days ago. That
Is a record hard to beat.
Rivaling Kentucky's .'immoth Cave
in Its curiosities, a cavern nine miles
long has been discovered near Jedllco,
Tenn. Through It Sows a river whose
banks are scattered with curious relics
of ages long gone and queer forma
tions. Clocks are now being made which
speak the hours, Instead of striking
tin ni, through an ingenious applica
tion of the phonograph. They are ar
ranged to call out lu various degrees
of modulation, some loud enough to
rouse the soundest sleeper.
A privilege usually granted to any
member of the British House of Com
mous by Mr. Speaker Is probably
known to few M. P.'s. It Is that of
being able to use the beautiful crypt
chapel in Westminster Palace upon ap
plication for either marriages or bap
tisms In their families.
One of the curiosities of South Af
rica is the "sneezeland" tree. No one
can cut it with a saw without sneez
ing as the fine dust Is very Irritating.
Even planing the wood will sometimes
cause a sneezing. No Insect or worm
will touch ,t; it is very bitter to the
taste, and when placed In water it
sinks.
William GilhouBen, a rancher living
near Los Angeles, was recently bitten
by a rattlesnake while pitching hay.
As he raised a shock of hay on his fork
and moved it toward his wagon, a
large rattler fell from the raised hunch
of hay. Before Gilhousen could move
and snake had colled and bitten him
on the leg. He killed the snake, and
was able to Buck the poison from the
wound and walk home.
The waters near the Pacific shores
teem with sharks and fishing for them
has brought out a considerable fleet of
vessels within the last thirty or. forty
years. The enormous livers and the
fiiis and tails are the only"' parts of the
creatures specially Bought, although
the skins are now saved, as they are
made soft and pliable by a new German
process. The liver oil tg useful i a
lubricant and for medicinal purposes,
and the tails and fins, the latter worth
from 110 to $20 per ton at Sydney, are
prized by the Chinese for soups and
many other purposes.
. - - i ' -. . i
Blind Inventor,
A blind man named Noack, of Wit
tenberg, has Invented aa automatic
disconnecter for electric currents
which can be made to break the con
nection according to will t any time
from one to IS minutes and- can be
flted to any apparatus. The cost of
the invention Is CO cents. . Noack Is
47 and has been blind sine the day
following his birth, ,
THE WOMAN PHYSICIAN
HER PROGRESS HAS BEEN AIDED
BY DISPENSARY CLINICS.
Two English Women Were Pioneers4n
the Profession In 1847 Dr. Mary
. Putnam Jacobl's Share In the Work
Unselfish in Securing ths Ad
vancement of Her Younger Associ
ates. Tbe word "pioneer" has been a
much-used one in our American vocab
ulary for a hundred years, so much
so that it Is difficult to realize that
the ol. meaning attached to it has
largely ceased, says the New York
Evening Post. It has served long to
describe the person engaged In actual
physical strife for the conquering of
a new country. Nowadays it Is more
commonly used to describe the Inaug
tirator of social changes.
In spite of the time-worn discussion
of the "advanced woman," most of
the pioneers who have created a new
place for women In the social system
are of the present generation. The
recent death of Dr. Mary Putnam
Jacobl emphasizes this fact. In a pro
fession which of all others, In point
of age and importance, has come to
accept and recognize women as an
honorable Integral part of It. It is In
teresting to note, in view of the ad
vanced posltlcn which American wo
men! occupy in tbe medical profes
sion that probably tbe most deter
mined and far-reaching effort to es
tablish that place was made by two
English women. Elizabeth and Emily
Black well; the former after repeated
efforts to enter several medical col
leges, succeeded In being admitted at
Geneva, N. Y., lu 1847. Twenty years
later In conjunction with her sister.
Dr. Emily Hlackwell, she established
the Woman's Medical College of the
New York Infirmary. The elder sis
ter. Dr. Elizabeth Hlackwell, returned
to England, and in 18(19 founded the
l.omiuii School of Medicine for Wo
nieut, which was a pioneer establish
ment. Dr. Jacobl was graduated In 18(10 at
the Philadelphia Woman's Medical
College, hut she also did her share ot
foreign pioneer work, since she se
cured the privileges of the Ecole lie
Medicine at Paris fur women.
"QLllHL thousands of women who
have J ed In medicine In the
past tliW V ' curious to note that
In "VVhoSiJio" about 20 women
physicians ar mentioned, these al
most without Exception tbe pioneers
of the profession. Women writers,
artists. educntorsnnd librarians are
liberally catalogues, but women doc
tors are disproportionately few. The
practice of women p!rJirtHlS ..until
the last decade was grille generally
confined to treating women and chil
dren, but the admission of women into
the medical department pf many of the
great universities of the country has
brought about a great change.
The clinical work of the dispensaries
ot the great hospitals has helped wo
men also toward the goal ot a general
practice. The clinics of the hospitals
In the large cities are the objective
point of all progressive practitioners,
nnd of recent years It has been In
creasingly possible for women to have
that opportunity In common with men,
Cornell University Is particularly
strong In its advantage of hospital
experience, for It has a number of
the great New York Institutions avail
able for the use of Its students. The
women graduates of Cornell Medlcul
School, however, do not equal those of
many other Institutions. Men have
no need to fear the rivalry of women
as physicians, however, for recent
statistics show that there are about
1000 women students per year In med
ical schools, against 25,000 men. Illi
nois leads all the other states, as
shown by these figures, with 203 wo
men medical Btudents, Pennsylvania
second, with 176 and California third,
with 80; Iowa and Missouri 53 and
64, respectively, while New York has
but 36 to her credit. At the same time
the number of men students in medi
cine In New York Is second in the
United States, numbering 2135, to Illi
nois' 2911. The comparative figures
of Southern states are an index to
the status ot women there In the pro
fessions. Tennessee has over 2000
mdn in the medical schools, with 17
women; Missouri over 2000 men,
against 54 women.
Women have very seldom been
members of the faculties of coeduca
tion at medical schools. Dr. Jacobl
was one of the few women who occu
pied that position. She was untiring
ly unselfish also In using ber great in
fluence for the benefit. of the younger
generation of women physicians. Sev
eral years ago she gave an Interest
ing Instance of the versatility of wo
men In her profession. She had been
assisting In one of the clinics of a
large and conservative New York
hospital which had not had women
assistants in that 'capacity. Dr. Ja
cobl was leaving for her vacation
In the summer, and set to work to se
cure a substitute, and thus described
her experience:
"There were two young women phy
sicians of my acquaintance that Inter
ested me by the ability and determi
nation they had shown. I asked one
of them, an Ann Arbor, Johns Hop
kins graduate, who was practising in
the city, to take my place. ... After a
short time she was appointed Interne
at a city hospital. This Is a very un
usual occurrence; In fact, outside of
the women's hospitals I do not sup
pose a half dozen women In the conn
try have ever occupied such a posi
tion.. It was sufficiently an Innova
tion In New York not to be specially
relished by the men physicians.:
' "The second substitute for my work
was also practising In New York and
had interested me very 'mutto owing
to her unusual career. Still in the
twenties,, this girl, a daughter of a
Unitarian minister, had been a suc
cessful concert singer In America and
in London for a number of years, but
having met a young physician and he
coming engaged to htm, she concluded
to atudy medicine. She graduated
with high honors from tbe Cornell
Medical 'School and took up active
practice on the East Bids of New York
as her first field of labor. - This sort
of practice afforded a general, all
around experience with men, women,
and children, which is so much sotght
for by the woman physician, but the
financial returns were not very satis
factory to build a future upon.
"About this time there wass sched
uled an examination for the position
of tenement house Inspector under
the new Tenement House Commis
sion. Women were eligible, but it
was specially desired to have some
women physicians on the staff; the
East Side practitioner was urged to
take the examination, and about lo
days before the date set she com
menced to prepare for it by study
ing the building laws and technical
structural details. Nearly a hundreu
other women took the examination,
most of them fresh from college and
with weeks of preparation given to the
requirements of the examination. This
doctor, who had been highly specializ
ing In medicine through her college
course and busy with a general prac
tice, passed near the head of the list,
which was a highly creditable per
formance, but after having been ap
pointed from the eligible list she
could not endure the thought of sacri
ficing her profession, so concluded to
resign. About this time she resolved
to leave New York city and see It
a satisfactory practice could not be
secured In a smaller place. Deciding
upon a suburb near New York city,
where there was hardly a house two
years old in a village of 2000 people,
she settled down as the only doctor
in the place, and the record of her
success within two years should in
spire other plucky women to go and
do likewise.
"She has had her Ideal of a general
all around practice realized, for It
comprises the men of the place who
may be ill as well as the women and
children. The re.il estate company
developing the region employs hun
dreds of workmen Italians, Poles, and
other foreigners and she is kept con
stantly busy caring for the men in all
of their Illnesses aud accidents, of
which there are many. She is, In fact,
the modern successor to the old-fashioned
rou n try doctor of fiction, and
there are many like her in all parts
of the country. People outside of the
great cities have time to read, and
medlcul science, as well as every oth
er science, lias been well written of In
a popular form and the generul pub
lic has n much belter Idea of what
constitutes a good physician than in
times past, and In an emergency that
demands an gvp-to-date and good doc
tor they are iiot going to be deterred
by the sex question."
RECLAIMING ARID LAND.
Is Dry Farming the Solution of a
Number of Pressing Problems?
Contrary to commonly accepted
Ideas as the statement may be, It Is,
Leverthless. an amply demonstrated
furtj-ifiit wherever In this great arid
empire the aiKMflJ, rainfall averages
as high as 12 Inches7as good crops
can be raised without Irrlgtittes s,
with It. This means that almost every
acre of the great plains between the
Missouri river and the Rocky moun
tains, and most of the Inter-mountain
parks and plateaus between the
Rockies and the Pacific, will produce
as auundantly as will the rich prairie
lands of Iowa, Missouri and Illinois,
and much more abundantly than the
richest of the lands in any of the
older states along the Atlantic sea
bourd; that there is enough land now
utilized, If at all, only for grazing to
make possible the trebling or quad
rupling of the present farming popu
lation of the United States; that out
side of comparatively small areas In
weetern Texas and In portions of
Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Idaho, Wy
oming, South Dakota and southern
California, there is little arable land
In the great west that may not be di
vided into 40-acre farms, each one of
which will be capable of supporting
an averaged-slzed family.
Probably there is no exaggeration
in the statement made by one writer
that the region between the foot-hills
of the Rocky muuntalns, bounded on
the south by the Rio Grande and on
the north by the Canadian border, Is
capable of producing fruits, cereals,
vegetables n' live stock sufficient
for the support ot the entire present
population of the globe. This vast
area of fertile, nnd as yet almost un
utilized land, Is the foundation upon
which the American people must
build for the continuance of their
prosperity for at least a century to
come. Properly utilized, It may solve
many perplexing problems. It will re
lieve the congestion of the cities, pro
vide an outlet for superabundant cap
ital; and afford opportunities for the
enterprising and discontented for de
cades. It contains the richest miner
al deposits, the greatest forest re
sources, the most fertile soil, and the
most genial and salubrious climate
on this continent. What Its develop
ment and exploitation would mean to
the transportation, manufacturing,
mercantile, financial and labor Inter
ests of the nation cannot be even dim
ly foreshadowed. It would furnish a
stimulus that would be felt not mere
ly in the great centers of population
and Industry, but in the remotest
hamlet and on the most isolated farm
In the republic. From John L. Cow
an's "Dry Farming the Hope of the
West" In the Century.
Honest Toil.
The latePatrlck A. Collins, who
was mayor otaposton, once told a
committee of women about a mission
ary campaign that developed an amus
ing situation. . .s. "' -
In this movement every participant
was to contribute a dollar that "she
had herself earned by hard work. The
night ot the collection of the dollars
came, and various and droll were the
stories of earning the money. ; One
woman had shampooed hair, another
had baked doughnuts, another hod
secured newspaper subscrlptlonsv and
so on. The chnlrman turned to a
handsome woman In the front row.
"Now, madam, it Is your turn," he
said. ."How did Von earn your dol
lar?',' , '.. - ' , ,
'"t got It from my husband,' she1
answered.
"Oho!" said he. "From your hu
bund? There was no hard work lit:
that" .
The woman smiled faintly.
"You don't know my husba.
she said."
Wheat Bran.
Wheal bran is a niot excellent fojd
for stock of all kinds, but to-lie fed
at Its best advantage it should lie
used in conned Inn with seme oilier
food. In feeding horses It is often
times a good plan to mix a little of the
bran with their oats. This will com
pel them to eat It much slower and is
quite sure to slop a horse lliat Is a
"hoggish" eater from bolll'ig Ills food.
Grow Good Horses.
The following Item, from the Okla
homa Fanner show how profitable
this business could be made.
When a grade gelding sells in Chica
go for $660 at auction, as hippened a
few days ago, it indicates that breed
ing good horses has not become un
profitable by any means. Good horses
always bring good prices and farmers
who breed pour stock stand la their
own light.
The Ewes in Summer.
During the summer months, If yon
are fortunate enough to have good pas
turage on your farm, there Is little or
no need of giving the ewes anv grain
If the pasturage Is short then ihey will
need some additional food and don't
forged to look out for the lambs In
this matter. Build a "Vreep" for them
In which they can easily get to feed,
but have It so built that the mature
sheep cannot gel Into It. Inside the
"creep" feed a variety if grains,
such as ground oats, shorts, oil meal,
com meal or bran and feed It lo llicm
from a trough.
Chicken Cholera.
This Is a disease Unit Is ll.ihle lo
make trouble among ihe poultry at this
time of Ihe year. An excellent pre
ventive, as well as remedy, Is what Is
known as the Douglass mixture It Is
made by putting rlaht ounces of sul
phate of Iron Into a jug. or glass Lot
tie, with two gallons of water, itfler
which add one fluid ounce of sulphuric
acid. A teaspuouful of this mixture Is
put Into each plui of the drinking wat
er. It Is one of the best tunics that
can be given to the hens, and it Ij a
good plan to use it al all times whether
the hens are sick or well. New York
Witness.
Vitality of Alfalfa Seed.
A remarkable test of the vitality of
alfalfa sPejd, Is reported In Bulletin
No. 110 of life .Colorado Agricultural
Experiment 8tntii n-ll is generally
considered that seed must btt perfect
ly new In order to come up freMj'. In
Bulletin No. 35 of the experiment sla
tlon some tests were given of sec U
ranging from one lo six years ulil.
Dr. lleadden has retained samnles of
the same seed anil tests have In en
again made when the seeds has been
from eleven lo sixteen years old. and
the tests have shown tint frcm eiglily
elght to ninety-six percent germinate. 1.
The screenings showed less vitality,
the first quality of screening running
from fifty to ?'.M-2 percent; (second
quality, thirty-eight jer.ent, and third
quality forty percent.
Alfalfa Practicable.
Prof. W. J. Frazler or the University
of Illinois In a retenl Interview un al
falfa as a forage crop' said:
"Alfalfa is one of fhe best cro s to
grow for soiling, for two reasons:
Be sure It furnishes a larger amount of
nutriments per acre than any other
crop grown and because It grows up
rapidly after belnjr cut off am! fur
nishes a continuous supply of green
feed. When a fair sized field Is cut
over, a portion each day as needed for
feed the first side of the field is ready
for cutting again. Under proper con
ditions this crop will yield four tons
of hay per acre. With a yield of four
tons It furnishes mora than twice as
much protein as clover at three tons
per acre and about three times as much
protein as corn at sixty busluls per
acre. Many farmers have failed in
attempting to grow alfulfa, but It has
been proven repeatedly in most sec
tions of Illinois that alfalfa can be
grown successfully If attention is giv
en to llmeing, inoculating the soil
and getting all the conditions right."
Squash Bugs and Beetles.
Rose beetles appear some time In
June and In sandy localities are liable
to cause very serious Injury. It Is
difficult to destroy these insects either
with poison or a whole oil soap solu
tion, and, as a rule It would pay to
shield more highly prized plants by
covering them with mosquito netting.
The striped cucumber beetle and the
nauseous squash bug begin operations
about this time. Young plants can be
protected by a while from both with
light screens. Tray (he squash bug
under shingles laid near the plants,
and kill the bugs each morning. Tbe
striped cucumber beetle Is held n
check by spraying with a poisoned
Bordeaux mixture or even ' dusting
heavily with land plaster or ashes.
The asparagus beetles and their
grubs are frequently abundant at this
time and young plants at least should
be thoroughly protected with a pois
oned spray.
The young of two of our common
scale Insects, the scurfy scale and oys
ter scale, appear the latter part of May
or early In June, and there Is no bet
ter way' of keeping them in check
than by thoroughly spraying at this
time with an Insecticide like the whale
oil soap solution, one pound to five
or six gallons of water, or the stand
ard kerosene emulsion,' diluted with
xbout nine partB of water.
How to Grow China Asters. . ..
The china aster ,l" one ot the best
hardy planis for iut flowers and for
planting in the garden. ' Transplant
from seed beds for summer flowers.
Seeds sown in the open border in May
give strong plants later In the season.
Try word ashes to overcome the root
aphis which often attacks the aster.
Plants of china aster should be
transplanted when they are three or
four Inches high. From this time on,
to get best results, some little care
must be shown. In transplanting, see
that as much earth clings to the roots
as possible, or, !f purchasing plants,
have them dug carefully.
Propjre the !. .e to receive the lifted
plant so that It will be big enough to
take in the ball of earth and deep
enough to allow of the plant being half
an inch deeper in the ground than It
was in the seed bed, cover with fine
soil to the level of the bed and press
gently about the roots; not too hard,
or you might break the delicate roots.
Always transplant after sundown and
after rain If possible. If it must be
done in the morning put a teacupful
of water in each hole and shade from
the sun for a day or two.
All that is necessary to do after
transplanting Is to keep down the
weeds, and keep the surface soil open
and poms by frequent raking at least
twice a weekrake very lightly near
the plants so as not to disturb the
roots. In a very dry season water the
plants from time to time, giving a
large cupful to each one and rake af
terwards. Indianapolis News.
Give Less Range to Turkeys.
When the turkeys are a few weeks
old they may be allowed to go about
the farmyard premises, and called up
regularly for their feed. This custom
should he made a rule all through the
season for once they have been trained
to get their feed at stated intervals,
they will almost without fall frm the
habit of coming home at evening to
roost. This appears to he one of the
bad l'eitures in raising n crop of tur
keys, and Is often made worse when
the owner leaves them In neglect to
shift fur their own keeping.
As soon as the turkeys show tilgns of
shifting for themselves, which occurs
as soon as ihe foster mother deserts
them, a little effort In special feeding i it all depends on whether you're get
on the part of the owner will generally i ting It or paying for it. Yonkers
overcome the Instinct of roaming.
About this time they also begin to
form a habit, of perching at nleht and
i a habit, of perching at nleht and
out some elevated posit ioTjL
he fence row or a nearly JT
i is a splendid lime to takrthe
seek
ly tin
This
habit In ha:;:,' and with a little feed
and sly coaxing they can he prevailed
iipon. to take up their perch upon some
pole roosls arranged nbuit the farm
yard in un Inviting manner, most
properly arranged under a shed open
10 the east or southern exposures,
where they will take up their perch
ami remain until autumn market is at
hand.
There is more carelessness in the
raising of the turkey crop upon the
farm than of any other line of poultry
industry, and it Is not Just plain why
11 Is so unless it Is from the fact that
the turkeys show a strung Instinct to
shift for themselves and the owner
through busy cares of other farm, .work
allows them to ream about and do so,
often causing much loss at the end of
the season aud a great deal ol bad
feeling In the neighborhood. Inaian
apolls News.
Farm Notes.
Enc-h day 'brings its duties; each sea
son has its appropriate labors.
Success In the poultry business does
not depend upon luck; It is pluck that
counts.
In u:dng manure for a top dressing
only, much of tbe fertilty Is dissipated
lato the air.
Pure-bred fowls are not always standard-bred,
but all standard-bred fowls
must necessarily be pure-bred.
- When desired to fatten rapidly there
Is nothing better than good com meal.
Give all they will eat up clean.
When the chickens are off their feed
and do not eat with an apparent relish
Increase the exercise and change the
bill of fare.
A stiff wagon tongue is a boon to
the farm or draft horse. It prevents
sore necks, because there Is no weight
to be borne.
A hen pays In proportion to the
number of eggs she produces; there
fore, It la an Item to feed so as to
secure plenty of eggs.
The use of inferior bulls and stal
lions should be discouraged by the
farmers. They can do this . by pat
ronizing the really good males.
In arranging the nests, ha-ve them
arranged conveniently for the hens
so that In getting In and out there will
be little danger bf breaking the eggs. .
You cannot make a low-headed horse
look toppy and stylish by reining with
a tight rein, nor improve the style
of a lofty-headed fellow's appearance.
The proper time to begin to handle
a colt is the first time you see It The
sooner you begin to teach it submis
sion and gain Its confidence the bet
ter. In Scotland, where there are many
successful sheep raisers the rams are
allowed to run with the ewes night and
day, and aa a rule receive an extra
feed." . .
Look for brains as well as feet,
limbs or body when buying a horse.'
An animal that is sound In every mem
ber but has not a level head la never
a pleasant horse and seldom a valua
ble one. . ; ''. . - -
Some , breeders claim that a horse
with a high ridge on. the top of his
head will be balky unless carefully
treated, while a horse broad in the
forehead will be generally Intelligent
and kind.
UNSATISFACTORY SCEPTICISM,
A sceptic nlr, all rampant, now pervades
the atmosphere
And 'shifty eyes watch every proceed
ing; Old-time belief Is vanished, relegated to
the sere,
W duhltate o'er everything that's need-
'"
The effervescent sla fount, by marble
walls encloao..
Doth once more energetically fliz It;
Each bubble, they assure us. Is of purest
air comiMtMed,
But Is it?
We tempt the green asparagus that halls
from Ovstcr Bay.
GastronunUcally tickled by Its savor,
And puzzle It the sparse strewn chives
that on Its bosom lay
Are merely to conceal arsenlous flavor.
When scnrlet-berrled beverage for you la
duly mixed,
With watchful eyes the man behind the
bar nilini.
And as he stlis discover If their hue'a by
nature fixed,
Or earmlned.
And so tlirmiuliout the country, thanks
to niMctKiti of the land.
Exists un epidemic now of doubting.
e know not what Is on a true and up
ritiht tiiiiiuter planned,
Or wlmt with Imi-sli contempt we should
be llouthiK.
We rumpaue In our converse and the fa
bricators curse,
And write unto the Journals many a
letter;
Yet Isn't It annoying, though our health
should sure be worse.
We're better?
The Growler, In Town Topics.
rjNNYSlblroPLlPH
First class hook the primer.
The lap of luxury the kitten with
crcun.
Do the corn's ears listen when the
beans-talk.
At a wedding do not say, "May the
best man win."
The successful author's train of
thought is a pay train.
He I asked her to tell me her age,
and he said "twenty-three." She Well
did you? Brooklyn Life.
"Do you leave your valuables In the
hotel safe when you go to a Bumtner
resort?" "Only when 1 leave." Judge.
Saphedde A penny for your
thoughts. Miss Pert. Miss Pert They
are not worth It. 1 was merely think
ing of you. Philadelphia Record.
"I hear your boss expects to raise
your salary this month." "So he says;
but he hasn't succeeded in raising all
of last month's yet." Philadelphia
Press.
Mrs. Bacon Is a hundred pounds of
Ice much. William? Mr. Bacon Well,
Statesman.
Clara That man Grace married
old enough to be ber father. Myrtle
t tlUnlr hi. Ana I, a a l.an-.
ated; VWI J HI people""ifve to be that
old! Puck.
Husband What has become of those
liiuestrudible toys you got last week?
Wile They are out on the scrap heap,
along with the Indestructible kitchen
utensils. Life.
The New Waitress Shall I say
"Dinner Is served, or Dinner is ready,"
ma'am?" Mistress If that cook doesn't
do any better, just say "Dinner la
spoiled," Harper's Bazar.
"Dearest, with you by my side, I
would willingly give up all I possess
- wealth, position, parents every
thing." "I know, George, but lu that
tase what would there be left for me?"
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Little 'Arry (who has had a "bad
day," to driver of public coach) Ever .
lose any money backin' 'orses, coachle?
Driver "Not 'alf! Lost twenty quid
once backed a pair of 'orses and a
lion nllnis Into a shop window In Re
gent street! Punch.
"No, ma'am," said Ragson Tatters,
"I ain't dirty from choice. I'm Just ,
Doi nd by honor. I wrote a testimonial
for a soap maker onct an' promised to
use no udder." "Well," replied Mrs.
Ascum, "why not use that?" " 'Cause
dat firm failed Just after the civil war."
Philadelphia Press.
Lord Dcdbroke There Is one great
trouble in your country in my Ci,Iu-" '
Ion. Blood don't count, you know."
Chicago Heiress Now, don't you make
any mistake. Why, we Just use that,
and horns, hoofs, bristles and well,
you can bet nothing's wasted In Pop
pa's business! Punch.
He I see Julia did not have the vale
dictory to deliver, as she expected.""
Was she much ruffled at the com
mencement? She Yea, indeed. Her
entire skirt was covered with the love
llest little bias tucked ruffles, all trim
n.ed with insertion. He (faintly)- -
1 meant her feelings. Baltimore Am
erican. Magistrate You are accused of at- ;
tempting to hold a pedestrian up at
2 o'clock this morning. What have,
you to say In your own behalf Prison
erI am not guilty, your honor, I can .
prove a .lullaby. Magistrate You
mean an alibi? Priemer Well, call
it what you like, but by wife will swear
that I was walking the floor with the
buby at the hour mentioned in the
charge." Chicago Dally News,
Ths Dungeons of Naplt.
While working under the street lev- .
el of the Arch of Alfonso d'Aragona
the, workmen came upon a sort of eel
lar which opened out Into a series of
small cbambera opening out on to gl- '
lerles. : All were strongly built of .
stone, and in the dim light the ex- -plorers
were for a long time at a loss
how to explain the mystery. It was -revealed
at last by the aid of, candles,
uliich exhibited on thewails rude
drawings and despairing Icvtwlons
for divine aid evidently from' men Tn-v..
prison, some doomed to death and
others to hopeless confinment Chance
had brought to the light ot day those
abodes ot horror and misery, the un
derground dungeons of tbe old king
dom of Naples. London Globe.
Popular Pastime.
As a revival ot the old English cus
tom of shooting at the butts after di
vine worship, , the Amberley (Eu )
miniature rifle club Is open on Sun
day afternoons, and Is very popular. r