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' HERALD AND GEORGIAN, SANDERSVILLE, GA. THE REAPING. l lived my life for you, from that first hour When yet you lay unseen and all un known Save to myself anti God; my thought, my power. My very life-blood were for you alone. 1 took your cares, and on my shoulders laid Your every burden; every pain and smart I kept from you, and all that could de grade Or bring an evil knowledge to your heart, ruardea you from sorrow and from strife Jntil your manhood. What has all availed? I tin relit your life had been the perfect life— And when the trial came, you failed— you failed. —Conutance Johnson, Harper's Weekly. 1 gin Ul THE BLUE ORGANDY DRESS sa lty M. II. W. CAltlKlt. E VER since the vision of Unit deli cate, dainty, much beflowered and befiounceil organdy dress had Hushed before Cynthia's admiring eyes, site had been able to think of nothing else. It was now a week ago since site first saw it, on the Sunday when site went to church. That in itself was a great event, for Cynthia rarely went to church. The poor farm, where she lived, was several miles out from town, and on Sunday mornings there were always many reasons why Cynthia could not attend church. Mr. Curtis, the keeper of the poor farm, was tired, or Mrs. Curtis had too much to do, or the farm horses were lame, or it was too hot or too cold, or too wet or too something. At nil events, the times when Cynthia had found herself In the small white country church of II. Were few and far betweeu. IIow it happened that on this partic ular Sunday all conditions should be favorable was something with which Cynthia did not concern herself. It was enough for her that here she was on the back seat of the big farm wagon, snuggled In between lame Aunt Sally, who would take snuff, and old Mrs. Plummer, who was so deaf that she couldn’t hear a sound, clad In her new calico dress, with a clean cotton hnndkerchief squeezed tight In one small hand, and with the prospect be fore her of a leisurely ride among the plensnut country roads, sweet and fresh with the morning’s fragrance, and echoing to the music of birds and bees and breezes. Then at the end of the ride was the church service, which Cynthia always enjoyed. True, she did not understand much that the minister said; but he was pleasant to look upon as he stood there before his people, calm, benign and dignified, and Cyntlila always ex perienced a sense of well-being, of satisfaction in the general order of things when she thus beheld him. The church was cool and somewhat dim, thanks to the big protecting elms Which overshadowed it, the open win dows admitted the wandering summer breezes, the attitude of the people was reverential, the hymns were sung with a fervor and devotion which made them indeed a part of the service. All these things Lad their effect upon Cynthia’s impressionable nature, and made for her a Sunday service a thing eagerly anticipated and long remem bered. On this particular Sunday something out of the ordinary had happened. The minister was about to begin his sermon, when there rustled down the aisles two Indies, and, following them, a little girl about Cynthia’s age, wear ing a w’onderful dress. The little girl was fair, with rosy cheeks, sunny hair, and eyes the very color of the blue cornflowers in her dress. To Cynthia she was an embodiment of beauty—all life and color and sunshine. She was a summer visitor, of course. No little girl In II. possessed a gown like that or had sunny curls or such a pretty way of quickly tossing her bend and looking up, for all the world like a little bright-eyed bird. The entire morning service was lost upon Cynthia after the advent of the stranger. She had eyes for and thought of nothing else; and afterward on the way home, and all through the drudgery and monotony of the following days, the memory of that beautiful dress and Its dainty wearer made a pleasant picture in Cynthia’s mind. She was thinking of them now as she sat on the doorstep resting for a few minutes. She had finished picking the blackberrieswhich would go to town the next morning, and now she must sew on the coarse brown toweling as joon as Mrs. Curtis had prepared the work. Cynthia did not like to sew. The toweling was stiff and rough, the cot ton would kink up so tiresoraely, and the needle got so sticky In her moist little hands that it was almost impossi ble to push it through the cloth. But Cynthia’s likes or dislikes were not consulted about sewing or about any thing else, and she had learned to ac cept the Inevitable with as good a grace as possible, and even to look for the pleasant things which might lie bidden beneath the surface. Now, for instance, Mrs. Curtis was certainly very kind to allow her to sit on the doorstep to do her work; she might have insisted on her sitting in the living room where It was close and hot. Here it was shady and compara tively cool, and the road was In plain Bight. Ferhnps some one might go by. Even as the thought came to her, she saw a carriage slowly approach ing. Very slowly it was coming, and coon even Cynthia’s inexperienced eyes could see that something was wrong. When it came near enough to see who was In it, imagine Cynthia’s delighted surprise to find that it contained two ladies and a little girl—the summer vis itors of the preceding Sunday, and the little girl wore the blue organdy dross! The carriage stopped at the big gate, and, one of the ladies beckoning, Cyn thia shyly drew near. “Isn't there some man bore who can mend our carriage? We have mot with an accident and dare go no fur- thor.” said the lady. Cynthia called Mr. Curtis, who pro nounced (lie damage slight, although it would take some time to repair. Mrs. Curtis offered the ladies the use of Hie best room; but they preferred to have chairs out of doors under the trees, and the little girl, whose name proved to be Gladys, announced her Intention of playing with Cynthia. “Very well, dear, do as you like,’’ remarked the lady, who was evidently her mother. Cynthia glanced at her unfinished sewing and at Mrs. Curtis. “You may leave your sewing till later," was Mrs. Curtis’ response to the unspoken ques tion, and Cynthia turned delightedly to her unexpected guest. “Now, let's piny,” said the little lady, quickly. "What do you play? I want to see your playthings.” Playthings! Cynthia could n^t re member having owned n plaything ex cept some corncob dolls, and that was long, long ago. "I sometimes piny in the barn,” she ventured. “Would you like to go there?" And, on Gladys' immediate acquiescence, she led the way thither. On the threshold she stopped. “Your beautiful dress—It Is dusty in here.” "This old thing?” said Gladys, airily. “I shan't hurt it.” And, pushing by Cynthia, she threw herself with joyous abandon upon a great pile of hay on the floor. "Oh, what fun tills Is! How sweet It smells! I am going to slide down hill. Come, Cynthia, let’s see who’ll go down first." And the sport grew fast and furious. After a while Gladys tired of this, and, sitting up with flushed cheeks and tumbled hair, demanded that some new amusement should be forthcom ing. "We might go down to the brook,” said Cynthia, doubtfully. “It is nice down there, and there is a dear little flsh which I see sometimes. lie lives under a big, overhanging rock, down In the dnrk, and he's so shiny and has such pretty red spots on Ills bnck! But you must be awful careful, or you’ll wet your dress,” looking ruefully at the sadly rumpled organdy. "Come nt once,” was the imperious reply. “Hurry! I want to see the little fish.” But when the reached the brook, the flsh was not to bo seen. They peered over the big rock, and threw little peb bles In the water to stir lilm up, nnd even took a stick and tried to poke him out, but no flsli appeared. Suddenly Gladys, who in her excite ment and impatience had been lenning far out over the rock in spite of Cyn thia's remonstrance, lost her balance and fell head first into the brook. The water was not deep, nnd there was no harm done to Glndys. But her dress, the beautiful organdy—what n sight it presented as she stood dripping on the bank! "Oil, how dreadful! What will your mother sny? Your beautiful dress! Ob, dear, oh, dear!” wniled Cynthia. “Mamma won't care about the dress,” replied Glndys, “and I'm not hurt. But what shall I do? I can’t go hack to the hotel like this.” “Perhaps you could wear one of my dresses. We must go back to the house right away.” And tho two hastened back, Cynthia worried, anxious, and almost In tears; Gladys evidently look ing upon her wetting ns only a contin uation of the day’s adventures. And so she continued to regard it while ar raying herself in Cynthia's best calico dress, which Mrs. Curtis hastened to produce. Gladys’ mnmmn, after her first alarmed surprise, seemed also Inclined to regard the matter as a joke, saying that, when one was in the country, one must expect all manner of mishaps. The spoiled dress she regarded with nbsolute indifference. “Throw it away,” she said carelessly. “It was too small for Gladys, anyway.” But tho next day Mrs. Curtis care fully washed nnd ironed the dress, and it came out just os fresh nnd dainty as when new; and, when Cynthia went to church the following Suuday, she wore the organdy dress with the blue cornflowers, for it was now her very own.—Christian Register. The Old Pump’s Farewell. mm fpM f*f 4 ih \/U vf t Ay, root me up like pome dead tree Bereft of leaf and shade, And in some corner let me be Irreverently laid. To waste my bones in rot and rust, And let me, once who gave Cool draughts to man and beast, in du« Bind an unhonored grave. The dusty yokel, worn and tasked, Tramped to me from tho road, Gripped hands with me, anil all unasked The grateful waters flowed. The cup held by its clanking chain He lifted oft and drained Its crystal waters once again, And some new vigor gained. Demand for Dairy Products. There is no danger of any great or permanent over-supply of dairy products. The demand for first-class milk, butter and cheese will be equal to the supply, but with better cows, better feeding and more Intelligent care, the production must lie in creased and the cost of production decreased, says "Hoard’s Dairyman.” It was thy fniher set me hero A score of years ago, And bade cool water, crystal clear, In grateful streams to flow. In all my years no thirsty lout For drink of me lias cried And from my overflowing spout Has gone unsatisfied. And. ah! those patient boasts that brought Their noses to my tank, When tlig red sun beat fiercely hot And drank, and drank, and drank With mighty draughts and deep until My labors were nigh vain To give them drink enough nnd fill lily water tub again. The children, rioting from school, y dripping spout, Have sought my Whence sparkling water, clear ana cool, sit: In torrents gushing out ; Brought thirst a comforting eclipse With its refreshing draught, And, ah! the sweetness of their lips Pressed to me ns they quaffed. Nor all my score of years till now Have I once failed to cool The thirsty lip nnd fevered brow From that still rippling pool Wherein tny feet have stood. My cup In ready hands nnd strong Has dipped its crystal waters up So long, so long, so long! Then, speeding onward to their play, I heard their merry cries, And like the tears tlmt drip away In gladness from the eyes, The cool drops flowed nnd trickled down My iron cheek, to see IIow from far corners of the town The thirsty came to me. But now my joints are worn nnd old, My spout is parched and drv; My cup’s a-lenk and will not hold My drink, howe’er 1 try. So root me up like some old tree Bereft of leaf and shade, And in some corner let me be Irreverently laid. —J. W. Foley, in Good Literature. NATIONAL CLIFF RUIN COLORADO. PARK IN A : N area of several hundred square miles In Southwestern Colorado has been made into a new Na tional park for the purpose of preserving from spoliation numerous cliff ruins found in that region. This lias been accomplished through the ef forts of tho Colorado Cliff Dwellings Association, an organization of fifty women of ibat State formed for the purpose. The park comprises the Mesa Verde country, in the southwestern corner of the State, and was leased from the Utq Indians by the association tinder the authority of an net of Congress passed last March. Handy Weed Cutter. A weed cutter may bo fashioned out of an old flat file, sharpening the up per end like a chisel and Inserting the other end In an old hoe handle. It becomes a useful tool for clearing out burdock, docks and thistles from the yard and lawn. In the case of bur docks cutting should be followed by a dose of kerosene oil administered from a large size machine oiler. Special Work for Seeds. It Is special work to grow seeds on the farm, and any farmer who de pends upon himself for the seeds to he used next year must he very care ful or his varieties will be mixed. The wind, bees and other Insects distrib ute pollen, and, although the effects of involuntary crossing of varieties may not he noticed this season, there will be no mistake of results next year. Indians, who now live In villages lo cated on the mesas and in the valleys In parts of New Mexico and Arizona. The evidence so far obtained suggests that some of the clans of (lie Mold tribe in Northern Arizona migrated to their present habitat from a place in the north, and that place is believed to lie the Mesa Verde country. In other words, the Moki Indians may lie re garded, in general terms, as Hie de scendants of the people who built the houses in tho cliffs of the Mancos. The ruins found in the Mancos canon nnd adjacent gorges represent tho high est attainments of tho ancient cliff dwellers in the art of house building. Although many thousands of ruins have been found In tho southwest none compares with ihose of the Mesa Verde In character of masonry or in generul finish. In this respect the ruins along i the Mancos and its tributaries are far superior to the villages now inhabited by the Pueblo Indians in New Mexico and Arizona. Although discovered In 187-1 nnd 1875 by explorers connected with the Geo logical Survey, under Professor F. V. Hayden; and reported upon at that time, the ruins are in such an inaccessi ble region that few white men visited them until quite recently. Within the past few years, however, several large collections of relics of various kinds have been taken from tho old buildings, which were partly demolished In the process, and it was to put a stop to such vandalism that the Mesa Verde country was placed In charge of the Colorado Cliff Dwellings Association. Drained Lands Fertile. Wet land should be drained, as it may be the most fertile on the farm. By the use of drain tile there will be no unsightly open ditches, and the field can be cutlvated as easily as any other. If the land is not very wet the cost of drainage will be but little, and such land will be just as valuable for pasture as before, with the added advantage of being adapted to a greater variety of grasses than form erly. Water for Milch Cows. Experiments show that a cow when in full flow of milk, drinks from 1500 to 2000 pounds of water per month, the average quantify, determined by testing a herd, being 1GG0 pounds per cow. This fact shows the importance of unlimited supply of water at all seasons of the year. In every 100 quarts of milk the farmer sells about 88 quarts of water and when the cow can not procure water at all times she will fall off In yield. from scab, but It surely pays to take all the precautions possible. It | 8 d e . cidedly an uphill job to attempt to grow potatoes on soil that Is infested with the scab and the only way to avoid this Is to put the ground into some other cultivated crop for two or even three years. If possible, obtain seed tubers that are free from scab and under any circumstances they should be treated or sterilized so as to prevent the spread of the scab. This process is very simple nnd is eusily accomplished by soaking the seed tubers for two hours in a solu tion composed of one pound of forma lin to each thirty gallons of water. To Exterminate Mole*. Some one wants to know how to get rid of moles. This is easily done. The moles do their work in daytime, from 9 in the morning until 12 noon, says a writer in the Indiana Farmer. I want no tr^p, or poison. 1 go out in the morning and tramp the dirt down in the runs, and when the time comes for them to go to work, 1 go and look for them and keep very still. When 1 see one raise the dirt, 1 jump on him with my heel and stamp the ground so hard that he can’t move. Then l call nty dog and have hint dig him out. In a short time I have the dog hunting• moles In the same way. Also teach the children to hunt them. Offer a penny for each scalp, and In a short time there will not be a mole on your place. 1 live where there are plenty of moles but they don’t bother me. Early Chick Preferred. When I set eggs from my own pens, however, I prefer to have them hatch out sometime in April. To be sure, March eggs are upt to be less fertile than those laid during tho next month or two, but one can easily overlook this because of the numerous advantages early chicks have over later ones. But eggs set during the next six weeks should hatch well, the chicks grow rapidly and mature in time to make early winter layers, as well as to be in the best condition for the winter shows. A waii emus ns TUB MOKI TBIBE. A DESCENDANT OS THE CLIFF DWELLUBB. Counterfeit Coins Found In n Grave. Counterfeit coins bearing the date of 181)9 nnd 1897 found in the grave of a man wlio died fifteen years ago fur nish a puzzle for the Secret Service agents at St. Louis. The coins were unearthed near Arden, Douglas Coun ty, Mo., recently, when the body of John Keenan was disinterred by rela tives for removal to California. Lee T. Philpot, Secret Service agent, returned yesterday from that locality with $04 of tho spurious coins, which he recovered from B. II. Quick, a farm er, to whom they were turned over. Philpot was unable to get any clue as to where the money eume from, and there were no traces of any bad money having been in circulation there recent ly. The “plnnt” is supposed to be an old one, made by some counterfeiter, who picked out a grave as the place least likely to be discovered In case of a search. The coins are badly rusted, but some of them are good imitations. The col lection includes eighteen dollars, eighty- five half dollars and sixteen quarters. Keenan and his son, Rudolph Keenan, lived In an isolated spot in the Douglas County hills. Both died about the same time. Philpot searched an old cabin where they lived for counterfeiting tools, but found none.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Mesa Verde Is nil Irregular table land of some 700 square miles In ex tent, cut by the Mancos River and its tributaries Into innumerable canons and gorges. The main canon is thirty miles long and from 1000 to 2000 feet in depth. The walls are composed of soft sandstones and shales, which break off in huge masses under the ac tion of storms and frost, forming a se ries of small cliffs, alternating with long slopes of debris, the whole being crowned by lofty embattled cliffs of massive sandstone. At the tops of the slopes of debris and under the verticil! cliffs nre found the remains of houses once inhabited by the cliff dwellers, who lived for many centuries In the Mesa Verde country, nnd the cause of whose disappearance from that region has not yet been adequately explained. As a result - of investigations con ducted by the Smithsonian Institution and other learned institutions it lias been determined that the cliff dwellers were of the same stock as the Pueblo % Seattln a For Centre. The Seattle Fur Sales Agency has lieen organized, and articles of incor poration will be filed witbln a few days. As the name implies, the com pany Is organized to handle furs of all kinds, anil regular fur auctions, such as are held in London, are to be held here four times each year. "The purpose," said J. S. Goldsmith, one of the trustees, “Is to make Seattle' the greatest fur centre in the country. We expect to get furs from all parts of tho country, particularly the North west and Alaska. This agency will have tho effect of bringing here fur trappers and salesmen from all sec tions of the United States, Canada and Alaska, and fur buyers from all parts of the world. We will deal both with tho storekeepers in tho remote regions where the animals are trapped, and with the trappers themselves. The company will commence business as soon as the details can be arranged. The office has not yet been secured, nor the site of the warehouse decided upon, but those matters will he attended to at once.”—Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Bushes in Meadow Land. While the meadows are still frozen, the ground should be gone over with the brush ax, and the alders and brush cut off close to the ground. Sprouts will come up during the sum mer, but they will be tender, and may be cut off with a heavy hoe at the end of the season. After that but few sprouts will come up, and they can be kept down if the mower is run over them every season. The success of the plan depends on cutting close to the ground the first time, leaving no stubs. Growing Watermelons. I plant about one acre of water melons every year, selling them at re tail in a local market. I usually sell about $85 to $100 worth therefrom, says a correspondent of tho Indiana Farmer. I break and level early in the year, then open furrows every eight feet, running twice with plow to make them deep; then I put three shovelfuls of manure every seven feet and mix it well with the soil. I split some pieces of wood long enough that the plow will not cover, then stick one In every hill, and lie till planting time. When ready for planting, hills can he made with rake and hoe. 1 plant eight and ten seeds in a hill and thin out to three good plants when out of danger from bugs. 1 give the row several hoelngs before vines cover the ground. I cultivate middle with harrow and cultivator as long as pos sible. For bugs I dust the plants with lime as soon as they are up and until they are out of danger. I put the lime in a corn sack and go over the plants while dew is on them. 1 ran dust an acre in an hour in this way. Cover the plants thick with it and keep them covered. It won’t hurt tho plants, and the bugs won’t either. I also give them a top dressing of ni trate of soda, about 50 to 75 pounds to an acre, before the blooms open. I think this pays because it makes the melons grow and helps the vines to yield more blooms and melons. I also protect it from lato frost with paper at night. There are a great many varieties but I prefer Dixie and Mclver sugar melons and I will plant them as long as I run a farm. For Repairing on the Farm. Much valuable time is lost on the farm for lack of carpenter supplies. There should be plenty of farm-raised or second-hand lumber on hand, supply of nails of all sizes, staples for wire fences, plenty of bolts and screws, an assortment of hits and drills, a good hammer and hatchet, various saws, a square, pliers and wire cutters, also a little forge and blacksmith tools. With this outfit al most anything can be done on emer gencies, and the time and expense saved from a trip to town in the busy season. Sane Jose Scale Cure. The following is a formula recom mended In dealing with the San Jose Scale: Dissolve 2 pounds of whale oil soap in 1 gallon of boiling water, to this add 1 gallon of kerosene while boiling, (rub always away from the fire). With a pump or some swift agitator pump the mixture back into itself while hot. This emulsifies at ■once. It is to be diluted with six gallons of water while hot. It Is ready 'or use as a spray after getting cold, if it is to be used as a paint with a brush the quantity of kerosene should be two quarts, and only enough water to make the mixture have the con sistency of soft soap. A sheep dog has the heaviest brain of any (log. PRESENT HOME OF THE CLIFF DWELLERS’ MOKI, ARIZONA. DESCENDANTS, To Avoid Scabby Potatoes. Even with the greatest care it Is not fllwavs possible to grow potatoes free Bluegrass Seed. The House Committee on Agricul ture of Washington, D. C., has favor ably reported the bill introduced by Representative Trimble fixing penal ties for the adulteration of bluegrass and other seed. The bill was report ed unanimously and is therefore ex pected to pass the House at an early date. Under the old provision In the law the Secretary of Agriculture was simply directed to publish the name of grass adulterators. This, the new hill declares, is not sufficient, as they should be prosecuted. In his report to the House Representative Trimble says; Reports from the Agricultural^ R 0- partment introduced by Mr. Gallo way, Chief of tho Bureau of Plant In dustry, demonstrated to tho Coinm t- tee on Agriculture the character am* extent to which seeds are being adu terated. Kentucky bluegrass seed * mixed with Canadian bluegrass, about half and half, .and it is impossible to detect the adulteration except by an expert under a magnifying glass, i ® Canadian bluegrass Is absolute worthless as a pasture and with the most obnoxious of all weeds, t> Canadian thistle, has been introduce into this country. Within the > as seven months over 400,000 P° u ® has been brought into the Uni e States, and practically all of it ha been used for adulterating bluegras- The adulteration of the orchard gras and red clover Is carried on to same extent as the bluegrass. Mea 0 fescue, English rye grass and It* 8 rye grass are used to adulterate 0 chard grass, while yellow trefoi ■ used to adulterate red clover an- alfalfa, There Is a great demand In forelf f* countries for Kentucky bluegia seed, and if something is not done nvovonf Ha fl/lllltArfltiOll OUT prevent Its adulteration our trade will be ruined.