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HAPPY DAY3.
Wng a song happy days connin' up the
•lope.
All the country listenin' to the tinklin’ bolls
0 * hope:
Happy In the meadows an’ happy by the
at roams,
An’ happy In tho daytime, an’ happy in your |
dreams 1
8lng a Bong o’ happy days’ climbin’ up tho
hills.
Ringin' In the broor.es an’ ripplin’ in the rills !
Happy on the housetops, an' happy on the
lOd,
An’ the happy world a-rollin' to tho happy
gates o’ God!
Atlanta Constitution.
A GENTLE ADVENTURE.
OBBY ARNOLD is
an ideal friend of
the family. He is
old enough to bo a
inm friend of Mr. and
Mrs. Rivington and
'a yonng enough to be
r/■ chummy with the
wii daughters who are
in society, The
other children, who extend in a peiti
ooftted procession from the nursery to
Vassar, call him Uncle Bob.
r He is precisely tho sort of cavalier
servante such a brood of doves needs.
While not wealthy enough to bo con¬
sidered a good catch by the young
ladies, who have all tho ambition that
invariably prevails in families made up
solely of daughters, ho is still suffi¬
ciently well off to be an eligible parti
in case any of them should fail to cap¬
ture a prize. And the whole family
like to have him about. Among tho
young ladies, like Rosalind in Arden,
he “bestows himself like a riper sis¬
ter,” ami with their father he plays a
game of poker that allows the old gen¬
tleman to win barely enough to keep
him in good humor.
• So when Bobby’s aunt tohl him he
might have her box in tho horseshoe
of the Metropolitan next day ho im¬
mediately thought of taking the Tiiv
ington girlH. Unfortunately they had
another engagement. Then, like a
true, self-sacrificing friend of the
family he said—
“It is too bad to have tho box empty
during the matinee—perhaps the
chihlron would like to go?”
“I am sure they will be delighted,”
saul Mrs. Rivington. “It is so kind
of you to make the offer. Otherwise
they would bo at home all day with
the servants, ns I am going along to
chaperone the young ladies. ”
“I’ll drivo around for them at two
to-morrow,” said Bobby, and so tho
matter wrh settled.
Chief of the bevy of children is Miss
Kitty. Hho is on bad torms with her
cider sisters, for sho feels that thoy are
keeping her from her birthright. Hho
Oftmiot bo introduced iido society for
at least a year yet, for her shrewd
mother thinks it unwise to glut tho
market with beauty, and tho nuptials
of tho elder daughters are still nebu¬
lous. Bo Miss Kitty remains in the
background and indulges tho blues.
Hho feels aggrieved because her Vassar
friends “oamo out” at tho beginning
of the season and call occasionally to
boast of their conquests. W;£h ttfo
chihlreashe cans ot associate, of course.
In short oho is a sort of ferniuine Ish
maolite, with her tongue against every
woman—which tongue is tipped with
the impetuous venom of seventeen. Be
foro their adventure Bobby had not
soon much of Kitty for some time.
Promptly at two next day Bobby
drove up to tho door, It may seem
odd to call a man of some uncertain
age between thirty and forty Bobby,
but everyone else does so aud tiio
chronicler presumes to tako the lib¬
erty. He found Miss Kitty ready and
waiting for him.
“The other children don’t want to
go,” she announced, “but I do very
much and T am ready.”
“Eh?” said Bobby.
“They don’t want to go.”
“Oh !” said Bobby, and ho helped
her into the carriage.
“Isn’t this jolly?” Kitty exclaimed
ns the horses pranced away, thou sud¬
denly assuming great dignity.
“Mr. Arnold, you must drive around
to Pallard’s and order a five-pound box
of candy sent homo to tho children
right away.”
“Eh?”
“I promised them that you would
before they would agree to stay at
home. I wanted to come with you
alone, so there!”
“Oh!” said Bobby. Then ho or¬
dered Ihe driver to call at Pallard’s.
A minute or so later he chuckled
softly. “Well, well, what a puss you
are!”
“Sir!” she exclaimed angrily “I may
be a puss when I am in the nursery
aud wearing short frocks; but I wish
you to understand that to-day I am a
youug lady?” aud she added under her
breath “What a blessing that Millie’s
Btreet dress fits me so well.”
Bobby looked surprised.
“O, ves!” she snapped “you are
just fool enough to think that because
1 haven't been formerly introduced
into society at a reception, I am still
but a child. I want you to under
stand that I would have been intro¬
duced long ago if I hadn’t three older
sisters who are not smart enough to
get anyone to marry them !”
“Why. Kitty !”
“My name is Miss Cassie!” Then
softening suddenly, “Here is Pallard’s.
Now order the very best candy they
have, and if it is not there before l
get home I may get into a terrible
row.
Bobby did as directed and there was
no more excitement for a while. Kitty
was satisfied with assuming the air of
a grand dame and bowing to occasional
friends in the passing crowd.
When they had entered their box
they became positively friendly. Kitty
saw many of her Vassar friends about,
trained her glasses on their escorts
and talked as loudly as a dowager
while the opera progressed. Finally
her attention centered on De Reszke
who was in particularly good form as
Romeo, and like all dear girls she be
came enraptured. Bobby was bogie
ning to enjoy himself in his quiet, cul
tured way, until Harry Van Bike came
bouncing into the box during a wait
between the acts.
“How do, Miss Wivingtou,” he be
gau.
“I beg your pardon !” said Kitty.
“I beg youah paw don, Miss—aw—I
mistook you fob my fwiend,
Millie Wivingtoih^
THE MONROE ADVERTISER, FORSYTH, GA„ TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1894.-EIGHT PAGES
Bobby hastened to introduce Harry
and then explained:
“This is Miss Millie’s younger
sister. ”
“But,” asked Harry, “haven’t I met
yon at some ball aw pawty weccntly ?”
“I think not,” said Kitty, who had
sized " him up and did not care for him,
‘I don’t go to nursery parties any¬
more. "
“Why, Kitty !” said Bobby.”
“Owaciotis!” said Harry.
Kitty said nothing. She turned
toward the stage and Harry backed
out.
“Now, really!” began Bobby.
“You needn’t begin to scold me for
snubbing that creature,” she inter¬
rupted, “if that is the sort of admir¬
ers Millie has I don’t want to be mis¬
taken for her.”
“But I am liable to have friendt
drop in here at any moment and—”
“O, tell them you are giving the
Rivington nursery an outing, and
don’t mind my being here. Why did
you invite me to come with you if you
were not prepared for the conse¬
quences?”
“But I thought all the others were
coming.”
“You bought the bribe for which
they stayed at home!” she said ex
ultiugly.
“But I couldn’t help it.”
“Well, since you are sorry for it,
I’ll pay you back what it cost when I
get my next pocket money.”
“Really, Kitty!”
“Don’t speak to mo again! My
name is Miss Cassie! If the music
wero not so grand I would go right
home!”
Bobby subsided. The experience
was an altogether new one. It was
beginning to dawn on him that there
is nothing in the world so unreason¬
able, so independent, or so bewitch¬
ing as a girl of seventeen.
But her unreasonableness might
cause trouble, What would her
mother say to all this? Would she be
angry? And while he was meditating
the conviction grew in him that Kitty
was unusually beautiful. Finally the
curtain fell on the last act and they
prepared to go home.
“I’m going on the street car,” said
Kitty.
“But I have my carriage at tho
door.”
“I don’t care! You are sorry you
brought me, aud I am not going to be
a bit more obliged to you than I can
help. ”
By this time they had reached the
streot. She signaled a cable car, but
luckily the grip man saw a dray on
tho track couple of blocks ahead that
he thought it would be a joy to collide
with, so he shouted “Take the next
car!”
By this time Bobby had collected his
senses, and taking a gentle but firm
hold of Kitty’s arm he -whispered
“You must come to the carriage im¬
mediately.”
There was a look of determination
on his face as she looked up at him,
and she yielded. He was somewhat sur¬
prised at her submission as he helped
her into the carriage ; for it had never
occurred to him that a girl’s docility
is usually as unaccountable as her tan¬
trums. As they drove along he no¬
ticed that she seemed very demure—
pG^haps temptation penitent—so he could not re¬
sist tho to give her a hit
of his mind.
“Your conduct to-day,” said Bobby,
“has been unaccountable, and I am
sure your mother will think it very
wrong.”
“Must you tell her?” asked Kitty
with a slight intonation of fear in her
voice.
This was just the opening he needed
and he exercised his prerogative as
friend of the family to the utmost.
Ho scolded until they reached her
house. She sprang from the erriage
with his assistance and ran into the
house withoutevensaying “Good-by!”
She was going to have a real good cry.
Bobby drove around to the club
and then allowed himself to glow with
satisfaction because he felt he iiad
done his duty as a friend of the family
in giving Kitty such a scolding. But
after a while he began to remember
how beautiful she looked and that she
really didn’t seem to be so much of a
child after all. Then it began to dawn
on him that he had taken a mean ad¬
vantage of her in giving her such a
scolding. In short, he thought about
the matter until he felt very uncom¬
fortable and decided that as a gentle¬
man he ought to apologize to Kitty.
On returning to her room Kitty fol¬
lowed her ivomaulv instinct and had
a good cry. Then she exchanged
Millie’s dress for her own and went to
the nursery to see how matters stood
with the children. On every side
there were signs of a little battle royal
in which a five-pound box of candies
had been severely worsted. • One look
at tho chocolate smeared hands, faces
and dresses told her that her guilty
secret must come out and tears were
her refuge again. After a time she
came to the conclusion that she had
used Bobby Arnold very shabbily and
she sobbed to herself :
“I wish I could see him and tell him
how awfully sorry I am. I was just
horrid to him all day.”
At that moment Bobby was leaving
I the chib and muttering to himself :
“Really, I went too far with my lec¬
ture. The little girl must be very
miserable over it all. I must apolo¬
gize to her.”
They both felt that they should
apologize, which was a dangerous situa¬
tion. It is always the situation in a
true lover’s quarrel.
When word was brought to Kitty
that Mr. Arnold wished to see her she
rushed down to the parlor and enter¬
ing with a most woebegone expression
began:
“O, Mr. Arnold! I—”
“Really, Miss Cassie, I—” Bobby
was saying at the same time.
They stopped and looked at each
other for a moment.
“Kitty!” he exclaimed, as he took
step toward her with outstretched
j arms. “O, Mr. Arnold—Robert,” she
• sobbed, as she hid her tearful face on
his shoulder.
Then he kissed her and they under
stood each other.
j Will it be a match? Let us hope
so, but it must be remembered that he
j is Kitty’s first and she has not been
introduced into society yet.—New
York Truth.
j ! St. Albans. Vt., is the larg¬
one of
est butter markets in this country.
<s BUDGET OF FUN.
Hipioptotrs sketches FROM tj
fVAiKIOtrs SOURCES.
Lp/Jhe Poor’Indian-Slightly Sarcas¬
tic—Swam to Fame—As the
Clock Struck Twelve— /
Etc., Etc. /
" f
The red man is to-day depressed * ,
There’s And buster! through ana through ; /
nothing In it now for him.
And he Ls dreadful blue.
He thinks the pale face, in his strength,
Has never done him right.
And always is complaining that
He did not treat him white.
Perhaps he’s ri^ht: one cannot know
Or say what might have been ;
The pale face got on top because
He found the red man green.
—Detroit Free Pres3.
X ■*
SLIGHTLY SARCASTIC.
She—“Of what age you thinking?”
Sho— ‘ ‘Egotist!”—Hallo.
CAFTTVE, NOT OONQtTKRER.
“They say that Mirrors is going to
marry that M3ss Pusse. I didn’t dream
that he would captaire her. ”
“He didn’t.”—Qhicago Record.
SWAM TO FAME.
Professor—“Is there any greater
authority on hero worship than Car¬
lyle?”
Miss Vassar-—“Yes, one..Leander.”
—Life.
AS‘THE CMX;K STRUCK TWELVE.
He—-“It is endurance, the staying
quality, that makes men strong. ”
She (with a glance at the clock) —
“You must be a Hercules.”—Har¬
per’s.Bazar.
A SUGGESTION.
Mr. Oldbatch—“I wouldn’t marry
for a million dollars. ”
Miss Veriritch—“How would a
couple of millions strike you?”—De¬
troit Free Pjress.
THE HEART OF ART.
Customer—“What does that picture
represent?”
Artist—“IVo hundred dollars; but
you can have it for a hundred and fifty
plunks, spot. Detroit Free Press.
A VIEW.
“Man originates—the monkey imi¬
tates,” said the professor.
“Then that settles the question of
the origin of the species, ” returned the
student. “Man is the original; the
monkey the imitation. ”—Harper’s
Bazar.
A CASE IN POINT.
Trotter— ‘ ‘Do you bedieve that pleas¬
ant environments are necessary to
achieve success in art?”
Barlow—“By no moans, I know
an artist who has always lived in Chi¬
cago who does some really good work. ”
—Judge.
NOT ATTRACTIVE.
Newsboy—“Paper, mists? r The
Daily Horror gives a life insurance
with every copy now. If yeh get
found dead with the Daily Horror in
y’r pocket, y’r family gets a thousand
dollars. ”
Citizen—“Y-e-s;but think of the
damage to my reputation. ”—Puck.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
Mrs. Fangle—“Why didn’t you ring
the dinner bell, Bridget ?”
Bridget—“I couldn’t foind any,
ma’am. ”
Mrs. Fangle—“Why, it’s on the
dining room sideboard.”
Bridget—“Och ! An’ is it thot one
it is? An’ yersilf touldme last noight
as thot was thebreakfas’ bell!”—Life.
THE LETTER OF THE LAW.
“I want to complain about a gang
of boys who play baseball on the lot
next to my house,” said the house¬
holder to the police officer.
“Do you want them arrested?”
asked the policeman.
“No; I want the game stopped,”
said the householder.
“Then,” said the policeman, “you
must see the game-constable. It isn’t
my place to arrest games.”—Harper’s
Bazar.
REASSURED.
Terrence stood in the Union Station
waiting for the Medford train, The
busy doors were swinging in and out,
and the people were bustling to the
long and crowded trains. Suddenly a
nervous man, with a natty grip and a
calla lily, rushed in. He looked round
in a dazed way, while the lily swayed
with sympathetic emotion, and at last
he spied Terrence. He took the Irish¬
man by the arm.
“I say, my friend,” and he pointed
across the room, “is that clock right
over there?”
Terrence gazed at the wall, and,
dodging the lily, turned round with a
look of pity on his ruddy face.
“Begorra, an' it ain’t nowhere else,
sorr. ”—Boston Budget.
THE POWER OF GOLD,
He loved her.
She loved him.
They loved each other.
But her father objected because the
young man was almost a total
stranger.
The time had come when the youth
must ask the father for his daughter, j
and he feared to go to him.
He held a long conference with his
beloved.
He told her he did not want to ask
her father.
‘ George, dear, she asked in atrem
jus whisper, "how much are you
worth?”
”A million dollars, darling, he re-.s
6ponded proudly.
Her face shone in the twilight.
•‘Then you don t have to ask him,’
6he said with simple trust. “Let him
know that and he will ask you.
And George gave the old man a tip.
Detroit Free Press.
REVENGE.
It was a through tram.
And the weary night dragged itself
reluctantly along.
“Little boy,” said the gentle, soft
yoieed young man. who had been try¬
ing for hours in vain to sleep, as Re
#>&ned across the aisle and spoke to a
restless, wide-awake youngster who
was taking his first ride on the cars
and didn t want to sleep anyhow, “do
yon see that fat old gentleman near the
middle of the car, with his head lean¬
ing back on his seat?”
“That old man that’s snorin’ so
loud?”
“Yes.”
“Been snorin' ever so long, hain’t
he?”
‘ ‘I think he has. In fact, I am quite
sure he has. You see him, do you?”
“Yep.”
“You’d like to earn a dime, wouldn’t
you ?”
“Bet I would.”
“Well, I’m his physician, He’s
traveling for his health. You see this
half of a lemon do vou?”
“Yep. ”
“About this time every night I pre¬
scribe lemon juice for him. What I
want you to do, little boy—here’s your
dime—is to go quickly down the aisle,
get in a seat behind him, and squeeze
the juice of this half lemon into his
open mouth.”
“Mebbe he won’t like it.”
“les, he will. It’s the way I al¬
ways administer it. He’ll swallow it
and be a great deal better. Here’s an
other dime. Go and give him the
lemon juice and say nothing about it.”
When the tumult had subsided and
the suddenly awakened passengers had
become comparatively calm again, it
was noticed that a mild-looking young
man who occupied a seat across the aisle
from a restless, wide-awake youngster,
was fast asleep with a heavenly smile
on his youthful, innocent face.—Chi¬
cago Tribune.
One Stale’s Fisli Culture.
The Pennsylvania Fish Commission¬
ers expect to have this year between
40,000,000 and 50,000,000 pike-perch
fry, and make announcement of their
readiness to receive applications for
this valuable food and game fish to be
distributed in suitable waters of the
State during May. As this branch of
fish culture work is important and
must be done rapidly, the hearty co
operation of anglers will be appreci¬
ated. Until a few years ago the Sus¬
quehanna River and its tributaries
were the only streams in this State in
which the pike-perch were, and they
became generally known in conse¬
quence as Susquehanna salmon, though
they are also variously known as jack
salmon and wall-eyed pike. They
found their way into the Susquehanna
soon after the war of 1812, through a
JeBuit priest and an Englishman, who
brought them from Seneca Lake to
the Chemung River. When the Fish
Commission was first created some
difficulty was encountered in artifi¬
cially hatching this species of fish,
but a few years ago the problem was
solved, and the output of fry is now
only limited by the supply of eggs
and the capacity of the hatcheries.
Pike-perch are now comparatively
abundant, through the efforts of the
commission, in the Delaware River
from the Water Gap upward, and
they are making their way down
stream, a few having been caught last
summer as far south as Lambertville.
They are also found in limited num¬
bers in the 8dh uylki ll Bjv.er ss far
south as Norristown. They will do
well in almost any stream where black
bass thrive—streams like the Dela¬
ware and Schuylkill and such of their
tributaries as are not the home of
brook trout.—also in deep, rock lakes.
—Philadelphia Ledger.
Danger ot Blood Poisoning.
A medical paper commits itself to
the statement that many lives are lost
each year in consequence of the lack
of a little common sense respecting
simple cuts or wounds on the hands or
other parts. Several cases have been
recorded of inquests relating to per¬
sons who have died from blood poison¬
ing arising from small cuts on the
hands. The history in all of these
cases varies but little, and is practi¬
cally the same. A man, for example,
while working at his trade, or even
while carrying out the simple detail
of cutting a piece of bread, receives a
small cut on the hand. The injury is
so trivial that anything is considered
good enough with which to stop the
bleeding, and this end having been
attained no more is thought of it. The
small wound is left to take care of
itself, and is exposed to all sorts of
filthiness and sources of infection. By
good luck, nothing may happen ; but
the public will do well to bear in mind
that from the most trivial injury to
the skin acute septicaemia may super¬
vene, and may rapidly be followed by
a fatal termination. By thorough at¬
tention to cleanliness the untoward
consequences of a wound liable to be¬
come infected can be effectually pre¬
vented. On the other hand, when the
septicaemic attack has declared itself,
as a rule little can be done by the sur¬
geon to stem the virulence with which
it develops. It should, therefore, be
borne in mind that so long as wounds,
however small, remain unhealed, the
risk of contracting blood poisoning
will always be present. —New York
Dispatch.
Perpetual Thunder and Lightning.
It is not generally known that there
are localities where lightning and
thunder are incessant, The most
notable of these continuous lightning
districts is on the eastern coast of the
island of San Domingo, a leading
member of the group of the West In¬
dies. With the commencement of the
rainy season these electric displays
continue day and night for weeks,
The storm centre is not continuously
local, but shifts over a considerable
area, and, as thunder is seldom heard
over a greater distance than eight
miles, and the lightning in the night
will illuminate so as to be seen thirty
miles, there may J be days in some lo
calities where the twinkle in the sky
is in continuous succession while the
rolling reports are absent. Then again
come day and nights when the electric
artillery is piercing in its detonations ;
and especially is this the case when
^ wo geparate local cloud centres join,
ag it were, in an electric duel, and, as
sometimes occurs, a third participant
appears to add to the elemental war¬
fare. Then there is a blazing sky with
blinding vividness and stunning peals
that seem to pin the listener to the
earth. Long before the echoes die
away come others, until the arieuiar
mechanism seems hampered in chaos.
— New York Telegram.
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
TILLING THE RENTS.
There is usually in each litter of
pigs one that is much smaller when
born than the others. This is usually
called the runt. The fact of its in¬
ferior size usually indicates some de¬
fect in its digestive apparatus that all
through its life will make it return
less for food consumed than 'would the
same food given to more thrifty ani¬
mals. The first Joss of the runt is,
therefore, continued increasingly
through his life. Occasionally skilful
feeding will get some profit out of a
runt pig, but generally the best way
is to kill it at once and give tho re¬
mainder of the litter so much better
«hance. —Boston Cultivator.
HOW HORSESHOEING SHOULD BE DONE.
level-headed Horseshoeing should be done by a
mad; one who has a good
mechanical eye, who knows when a
horse’s foot is level, and whether it is
of natural shape or deformed. He
should have sufficient sympathy for a
horse to do no unnecessary cutting
of the foot and to avoid burning it;
then set the shoe as ordered by the
owner or driver of the horse. If there
are any defects in the horse’s gait the
driver or owner should know it. They
should also know how to change the
gait, how to correct the defect, then
tell the sheer what to do, and stay
with him until it is done. A man
may know the anatomy of the foot
and be worthless as a horseshoer. He
may be able to describe every muscle,
nerve and bone in a horse’s leg, and
then not be able to say whether it was
in good form.—New York World.
FEEDING FLOUR TO BEES.
In early spring, when the plant
world has not yet commenced to furn¬
ish pollen, flour can be given to the
bees as a substitute. As flour as well
as pollen promotes the rearing of
brood, the use of it is to be commend¬
ed to bee-keepers; and especially
should those bee-men use it who live
in regions where early spring is not
the rule. Last spring, says Karl R.
Mathey in Gleanings, I made a new
trial of feeding flour in the open air,
and it worked well. I filled a comb
box half full of flour, laid over it a
sieve having meshes of the right size
to exclude drones, and placed the same
in the vicinity of a hive, slightly raised
up. The bees took the flour through
the sieve with far more convenience,
and quicker, than out of the old comb.
No particles of flour were left remain¬
ing ; whereas, by the methods used
before that time, the flour became
somewhat granulated, so that the bees
could not carry it out. Wlie^t flour
works the best.
Even several days after the pollen
began to come abundantly, the flour
was eagerly taken by the bees. The
sieve should tit in the box in such a
manner that it can be pushed down
fast as the flour diminishes in volume.
It is best not to select too small a box,
for the pressure of the bees is general¬
ly great.
PREvSERVING THE GRAIN OF BUTTER.
There is no part of the process in¬
volved in making an eiftra quality of
butter that is of equal importance
with properly working it. That the
buttermilk and water must be taken
out of it and the salt put into it, are
matters of necessity, and the man who
can invent some cheap method by
which this can be done without work¬
ing the butter will be the dairyman’s
benefactor. To make fine butter we
must retain the grain in it, while all
working, much or little, tends to de¬
stroy this grain. The modern plan of
working butter is to do possible, away with
working it as much as and
do that little as lightly as can be, and
at the same time expel all the milk and
water and introduce the salt. To do
this, stop the churn when the butter
granules are very fine, draw the but¬
termilk, and introduce water at a tem¬
perature near fifty-five degrees Faren
heit, which hardens the butter, and
when the water runs clear introduce
the salt, mixing it well with the hard
granules of butter in the churn. Then
remove the butter to a table and press
into shape for market. This will need
no second working to remove the mot¬
tled appearance. Do not expect to
succeed perfectly with the first trial,
but a little experience will soon teach
how to overcome the difficulties. It is
well at first to wash the butter in the
churn with a strong brine, instead of
clean water, until more skill is at¬
tained by practice.—American Agri¬
culturist.
PLANTING OF TREES AND SHRUBS.
J net now the planting of trees and
shrubs is in full progress in this lati
tude, and, no doubt, a considerable
percentage of all that are set out will
be lost. When failures occur the
blame is usually attributed to the nur
seryman, says Garden and Forest, and
no doubt, he is sometimes in fault;
but, on the other hand, ifc is true that
very few people who receive nursery
stock have the adequate experience
and knowledge for planting it prop
erly. Too many people, who think
they understand this matter com
pletely, actually need the advice of
some one of experience to ensure
against failure. There is no more ex
cuse for putting a tree or shrub into
soil that is not properly prepared than
there would be for a farmer to
wheat on a field that has not been
plowed. The stock to be planted has
come from a nursery where it has been
tenderly cared for, developed in fine
rich soil which has been carefully cul
tivated and kept absolutely free from
weeds. It is folly to expect that a
young tree with such a history can be
taken from all these beneficent con
<lition6 and then make anv vigor,,,.
growth after having it. roots cut hack
or doubled up to fit a po.t-hole into
which it is thrust, especially when the
hole is filled in with bits of sod. Too
much care cannot be taken of young
trees and shrubs after they are re°
ceived. They will certainly be injured
by exposure to sun and wind, and they
will be sure to disappoint the planter
if they are not set at a proper depth
in well-prepared soil with their roots
in a natural position and the earth
firmly tramped about them. Any tree
>r shrub that is worth planting, is
worth planting well.
REMEDIES FOR SVTT.
All the United States experimental
farms have given the smut question
special attention of late, while onr
0^,1 experimental farm authorities
have been diligent in tho same direc¬
tion. Experiments in theso lines all
go to show in the first place that the
spores of the smut plant are sown with
the grain, and in the next that it is
possible to kill these Bpores without
injuring the germinating power or tho
vitality of the grain to anv marked ex¬
tent.
The substances which have been
recommended for use as remedies are :
Sulphate of iron, brine, lime water,
sulphate of copper or Milestone, agri¬
cultural Milestone, a solution of pot¬
ash and the Jansen hot water system.
Thorough tests which have been
made at the different experimental
stations all show that the treatment,
by means of sulphate of copper has
proved the mort successful method of
combating this pest, and also that it
is not necessary to soak the grain in
the solution, but merely to sprinkle
it, and then stir it so that it is thor¬
oughly moistened with the snlphate of
copper. The testimony of our most,
practical farmers has also indorsed
this method, as will be seen Inter on.
In Indiana the Jansen method of
seed treatment is immersed is extensively in used. The
water at a tem¬
perature of 135 degrees for five min¬
utes. In this treatment it is well to
have two tubs of water, ouo at a little
lower temperature than the other, so
that the bags of grain will bo warmed
through before being placed in the
hot water. This method, though very
successful, has never found favor in
the eyes of Canadian farmers.
At the Brandon Experimental Farm
the test for smut treatment was very
significant. Four plots, each one
ninth of an acre, were treated; tho
land itself was clean, a great thing in
such experiments. One plot was sown
with smutty seed untouched in any
way ; the seed on the next was treated
with one pound Milestone dissolved in
a pail of hot water and mixed with ten
bushels of seed ; the next was steeped
in salt brine strong enough to float an
egg for a few minutes, and the last lot
of seed was treated by JanseL^i
method, with water at 135 degrees.
Handfuls were taken here and there
all over the plots till about 300 ears
were got from each, and from these
200 of each sort wero carefully ex¬
amined. Of the untreated sort six
and a half per cent, of the ears were
found smutty. Of the bluestoned and
salted not one head was affected ; by
the hot water treatment one per cent,
was lost. This is a very clear proof
of the value of preventive treatment.
The crop from the untreated seed
looked badly smutted, and was fully
ten cents a bushel worse than the
other ; besides this the risk of the land
it grew on tainting tho next grain
crop should be considered. —Farmers’
Advocate.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
The elm makes a nice tree in about
twenty years.
Plant lawn seel at once and get the
benefit of early rains.
Trees planted at tliis time will dc
better than if put in later.
The box elder is probably the best
of the quick-growing trees.
All things considered, nothing equah
the morning glory as a climber.
The oak takes 250 years to reach
maturity. But what a noble tree it is.
Don’t scatter your shrubs all over
the lawn ; plant them in a bed in the
background.
Plant sweet peas at once. Plant
them four inches deep and they will
stand the hot weather better.
Syringas make very desirable shrubs.
They are of quick growth and have
delightfully fragrant flowers.
Sweet alyssmn is the most satisfac¬
tory of all the hardy annuals. It
flowers early and late and all the
time.
In France the veal calf must have
the white of the eye of a white color
in order to bring the best prices. The
veal is a delicate flesh color with white
fat.
Cows quickly show their apprecia¬
tion of any extra care and attention
in the shape of an increased yield,
hence the value of individual atten¬
tion.
This is the time to determine what
crop you will grow in order to help
out the short pasture next summer, so
that the cows will not shrink in milk
yield.
Zinnias make a great show for very
little money, though they are rather
coarse compared to more tender
plants. They are in bloom all sum¬
mer if the faded blossoms are picked
off.
v canno t , ^ , e a S ood , S» rd ® n lf
the shee P aad , chickens are allowed to
™ n ° VGr becauae > 1° qUote a }}}?*
f ol ^*-year-old girl, the sheep will be
MJ the ,? arden and the & arden 1Q ' the
sbeep ‘
If horse radish is left for the second
Y ear the roots will become tough,
8 tringy and flavorless. If the crop
was not thoroughly harvested in the
fab > it; should be gotten out as soon as
possible. *
If you want quick-growing trees of
large size plant cottonwoods, lindens
or willows. Aside from their rapid
growth, however, these trees are not
so desirable as other varieties which
take longer to develop,
Nitrate of soda cannot be excelled
as a special fertilizer for the tomato
cr 0 p. Mix a small dressing thorough
}y -with the soil around the plants,
The growth of both frnit and plants
w j]} be greatly stimulated,
If the two best years of a hen’s life
are her first ones what’s the use of
kee • be , - ' , cr? 0 T m >
P™i! '' “7 on * w OJ e “ r “
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for the farmer,
Don’t be tempted to keep too many
hens in a limited space. A small
flock > wel1 ke P t » wil1 la Y more e && 8
proportionately than will a larger
flock crowded for room, and will not
make sucil a Iar £ e food bil1 eitker -
Give the hogs a good range and
clean sleeping quarters and there will
be but little difficulty in keeping them
clean. It is when confined in close
quarters, where they cannot help
themselves, that they become filthy.
The Tiny Dog of an Archdnchess.
The little Archduchess Elizabeth,
daughter of the widowed Crown Frin
cess Stephanie, of Austria, and tho
pet of the Austrian Imperial family,
is the owner of one of the smallest
dogs in the world. It can play about
upon a human ban 1 and is of the silk¬
haired terrier breed. It formerly Ins
longed to Mrs. Waldmann, keeper of
a cafe in Vienna. The miniature crea¬
ture is thirteen centimeters high,
seventeen long and weighs about a
pound. thought the tiny
Mrs. Waldmann
thiug so charming that only a royal
child should possess such a rarity.
She accordingly applied to tho Crown
Princess for permission to pr eaent it
to the little Archduchess as a Christ¬
mas gift. Frau Waldmann took the
dog with her to the court aud showed
it to the royal mother. All were at
once taken with the terrier's droll
ways and its flue little head, and a few
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day? afterward the dog found its way
in a small basket to the castle. On
Christmas evouing the dog was pre¬
sented to the child from its mother
and grandparents, who had deposited
it in a basket under the Archduchess’s
Christinas tree.
Soldier, Author, Lecturer.
General Lewis Wallace, or “Lew”
Wallace as he is generalled called, has
won such a distinguished position as
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GENERAL “LEW” WALLACE.
ft statesman and an author, as to blind
us to his brilliaut record as a soldier.
General Wallace was born at Brook
ville, Indiana, in 1817. Ho was edu¬
cated in the schools of his native
town, served in the Mexican war, an l
on his return, took up the profession
of law. Ho was -four years in the
State Senate, and had won a largo
practice when the Rebellion began. He
entered the service as colonel of th j
Eleventh Indiana Volunteers, and waj
made a brigadier-general six months
afterward, General Wallace coin
manded tho Union centre at Fort
Donelson. lie was censured for not
having his division present at the first
day of Shiloh. After this his services
in the West were unimportant. Dis¬
liked by General Halleck, he was
given no command commensurate with
his ability. After the war he was ap¬
pointed Governor of New Mexico and
subsequently Minister to Turkey. His
published works are so well known
that it is useless to mention them here.
General Wallace is one of our most
popular lecturers, and takes high rank
among American literary men.—New
York Advertiser.
A Bell With No Tongue,
Here is an interesting bit of New
York miscellany. There is a big Chin¬
ese bell in the United States bonded
warehouse at Jefferson and Front
streets which has aroused much com¬
ment since it arrived here a few days
ago on the steamer Fooling Suey. It
was brought from China for W. H.
Forbes, who was formerly a member
of the China house of Russell & Co.
and who lives at Newberg.
The bell is nearly as tall as a man
and it weighs about 1000 pounds. Its
greatest diameter is much less than
modern bells of that weight. Wah
Sing, a Chinese philosopher, says that
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the bell goes back to the time of Con¬
fucius, but other people who know
things say it is about 2)J years oi l.
The bell has no tongue, but is beat
with a club.
The Perfect Soldier.
One day a group of stall officers
the were discussing m Sheridan’s pr esence
qualities most essential for a
soldier. Some thought personal
bravery, others moral courage, strong
love of country, while one insisted
rather obtrusively that obedience
unreasoning obedience—was every¬
thing. “Give me the man who always
obeys orders,” he declared, then ap¬
pealing to Sheridan, this officer asked:
“Isn’t he the perfect soldier, General?”
'‘-Vo,” replied Sheridan, shortly, “I
pre.er the soldier who knows when to
disobey them.’’—Argonaut.
It is a violation of a State law iti
Georgia to tire n gnu or pistol within
‘iftv yards of a public road.