Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 74, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 March 1902 — Page 9

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL,' SATURDAY. MARCH 15, 1902.

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MOTiu:its orri; iwil ix ii:mn "WITH THIIllt IJAl illTIJUS. Netl Fett li- Womrn for Variety jn Their Lit e Women's C'hnntfc of anif In MurrluK" Few -women are actually stupM, but many 3f them are nvntaliy near-sigbtc!, says a trriter la the New York Independent. And X is in this matter of vision that the averigc mother so often falls short of her vocation. She cannot see the distant sky line 3T tho coming generation. Having folded per own wings with matronly dignity and öecome a "home body" she is inclined to go 3i "idaying dolls' with her daughter to iaki the place of the little bisque image fondled in childhood. She would train and dispose of her in the social drama of life lecording to the godmother theories of her Dvn youth. Hut frequently the modern iroung woman resents the restriction impesnj by these maternal doll-rag notions. t?he makes a wry face at godmother proprieties and demands of Providence a new hemisphere of ideals. And she gets what she seeks in spite of her mother's prayers to the contrary. Kvcn when the mother is not frivolous she atten goes to the other extreme and becomes that most depressing of all companions, a woman who shows a dull insistence for the common proe of this earth W-l a creed made up of her own iisülusions. If ehe is not exactly out of sympathy with creation's renewal of hope in the heart of htr child sh-2 is determined upon the most exasperating qualitications. She would cultivate her lily by burying the head of it in the dust of her own poor garden. But the lily has other plans and gardens prcSestinttl for her. And she recognizes the fcprlng and summer of life in spite of all the winter counsels quoted to her by older ptotle. The unnatural burdens of filial obligations end scruples imposed by some mothers is the prime factor of the secret antagonism existing between them. If the mother couli' Le made to comprehend that the young Woman Intrusted by birth to her euro is not created merely that sh may become fi daughter, or even a wife, but that through these, successive phases of develbpment she ij made a being responsible irimarily to God for her actions there would be fewer reproaches on the one side and le.a indifference on the other. The forcing upon a young girl the obligation of "confessing" and revealing her inmost aoul at the maternal knee is often a l-ious outrage, which breaks in upon that lino reserve which nature makes the safeguard of women. As a matter of fact there is less -need of confidences between the two than is generally supposed and tauch more need of confidence. Whether Joung or o!d It is against the nature of women to "confess " They all go down Into their graves hiding secrets from the very angels of God. And the mother's calling does not consist so much in invading the sacred portals of her daughter's Inner life as in guarding this shekinah.of her toul from the invasion of those less worthy to enter there; for it 1 true that the young pirl who Is taught neither to give nor receive confidences is safer from the vandals of this world than one- who confesse-s too readily to mother or ftlend. With the sacred reserve of maidenhood made secure through the delicato courtesy und teaching of the mother the daughter Is safe to try her wings around the horizon r-f modern life. She carries within a charm c gainst evil sorceries. And her intellectual r.garies will be of small import, depending as they do upon her nerves and temperament, so long as she holds in reserve the teautiful formula of her own inner life. Women 3Inrrint;e Guinea. Philadelphia Telegraph. Why do l!uhirig brides a.5iime their husbands names on the wedding clay and forfeit their own forever after? The cynic's reply that they have little else to lose and are bound, for decorum sake, to make some small sacrifice for the wellmeaning man who offers up so much for them on the hymeneal altar, is far too flippant to be considered seriously. The plain truth is that this time-honored custom Is one of the oldest relics of a barbarous epoch, when a woman was a mere appendage. She was an integral portion of the pens or family, now of her father, now o. her brother, now of her husband. She had no Independent entity of her own. Hence she took over the surname of her legal prolector, giving up that of her father. Nanus were a label indicating ownerchip, and changed accordingly. This is 60 true, that wherever woman's rights were acknowledged as was the case among many wild tribes the child received the motner's name, or the appellation of her gens, not that of the male parent, and, consequently, in war time, when the two j eoples were laying waste each other's territory, fathers and sons were generally lighting in opposite camps. Thus the head of the family has always bestowed his name on the members, and the iirst outward Mgn of female emancl5ation. when it des come, will be the maintenance of your.g wives of their maid very often until surnames when they bind hands and hearts, and "double-barreled" names are as plentiful as blackberries In autumn. They, have usually a distinguished ring about them, as if they were titles of nobility. Sometimes the are alarmingly long; that, however, is not the fault of the system, but only ot the country. It was a terrible jawbreaker, for instance, that was offered to fiionds of the bride and bridegroom in the invitations issued by the two families. Vandenhoogptraaton and KlnkvervankostdorsprakIngatchdern. When those two surnames were welded by a hyphen bashful ladies find people in a hurry .ever ventured near the temptation. In Russia the lady's patronymic always Utters somewhat from thrt of her husband. Countess Tolstoi's name, for example. Is Tolstaya in the nominative. If one were addressing an envelope to the married couple htr name would then be Tolstoy and his Tolstomoo. At first sight the KussJan ladies seem to have stolen a march on their Knglish sisters and to have saved some appearon e of Independence. r.wt this fancy Is illusive. In Itussii the family nam', when borne by males, i a substantive, and can rtanci by itself; when the bearer is a lady It is a mere adjective, which jieeds a substantive expressed or understood in order to give it vitality and existence. Some Heelne. Crocus Pudding. One pint of new milk or cream, six ounces caster sugar, two Unions, four teaspoonf ills of line flour (I use corn Hour), cie-fourth pound small macaroons, cne teaspoor.ful of small comfits and six or eight pistachios or sweet almonds. Uring the milk to a boil, and when boiling stir In the Hour, previously rubbed smooth with a little cold milk, and boil It all for three minutes; then lift off the pan. stir in the Juice arid rir.d of the lemons and the sugar, and let it cool. Arrange half the macaroons In a dep gl.i?s dish, cover with part of the cream mixture, then put In the rest of the macaroons and fill up with cream. When thU is quite cold stick the pistachios or almonds, blanched or shredded, on the surface of the cream and sprinkle the comfits over all. Orange Marmalade. The following Is a well-tried and much approved Scotch recipe: Pare the oranges very thinly, being careful to leave no white pith on the rind, and shred this latter into Julienne strips. Quarter the oranges and lay them In the preserving pan with just enough water to cover them; keep squeezing them with your hand till you cannot longer bear th heat. thn rub thi pulp through afcdean Lair sieve. Stir th shred of rind to this, and to each pint of Juice allow one pound of cane loaf sugar. Cook this till it Jellies, then pot It. The Juic- and grited rind of ore lemon should be allowed for every lour pounds of orari -;! and the jnice of two sweet oranges to each pound of the bitter oranges. This marmalade keeps most beautifully. Lincoln frullers. For t. e?e old-fashioned cakes cream one-half of a cupful of butter with two cups of sugar and three weilbeaten eggs, one saltspoon of salt, a few

drops of extract of cinnamon or nutmeg or some of the ground ? Ice. and two cups of flour silted with three Uaspoonfuls of baking powder. Now ?lowly add enough more Hour to make a dough soft enough to handle. Turn on a floured board, roll out, cut and twist into any preferred shape. Fry a few at a time in smoking hot fat, drain and roll in powdered sugar. Potato Chowder. Pare and cut into dice six g)d-sized potatoes; chop fine one onion; put one-quarter of a pound of fat ham or salt pork through the chopper. Cook the meat and onion slowly until the latter begins to color. Turn in the potatoes, one tablespoon of chopped parsley, half a

teaspoon of salt and one-quarter of a teaspoon of white pepper; mix. then add a pint and a half of boiling water and stew gently until the potatoes are almost don. In the meantime make a sauce of a tablespoon each of butter and flour and one pint of milk. Pour this into the first saucepan, add a little more salt if necessary, and simmer for five minutes longer. Iura of "Shopping." New York Commercial Advertiser. The daughter "worn to a thread," after a week in the house with the dressmaker, who boards a crowded car and spends a strenuous afternoon shopping for fun, will always remain a puzzle to her father. The young husband can never quite understand why his bride enjoys wedging her way into the hot, excited atmosphere of an afternoon tea, where tension is the watchword from her entrance to her departure, when she might spend the time in their peaceful, charming new home, hanging pictures and dusting bric-a-brac. The intensely busy man whose idea of bliss is a kind of brain Nirvana wonders silently, or perhaps aloud, why in the world his wife should frequent a club where the lectures on Huxley or the Subliminal Self would strain the attention of a philosopher, and call the performance recreation. But shopping and teas and learned lectures have their place In the scheme of things. They mark a woman's instructive obedience to the law of alteration, her seeking after the variety which keeps all experiences fresh and interesting. When the man of the family snatches his last swallow of coffee, and struggles into his overcoat going down in the elevator, he dees not appreciate the variety that comes to him ready made. The hours of his day, crowded with the customary details of the business world, the settling of problems, the parrying of crises, interviews with people old and new. little chats at luncheon, chance meetings on a noisy street, give him contact enough with his fellow-creatures, so that the quiet world beyond his own front doof, when he turns the key at night, seems paradise. His wife loves it quite as much. But even paradise uninterrupted becomes monotonous. The four walls press, the baby's incessant demands make one's nerves quiver. Norah's culinary dependence becomes a burden. The woman with well-developed social instincts feels a sudden longing for her kind, even for crowds and confusion, as a contrast to her daily diet of quiet and solitude. So she runs away to her afternoon tea or her card party or what not. and shakes off her every-day habit of thought for awhile. When she returns, home seems a refuge once more, and she catches up the chatterbox with a fresh realization of his graces, and reminds Norah almost cheerfully that she has forgotten to salt the soup for the seventh time in a week. Among the women, however, with their own tread to earn, who are doing the work of men in the battle and fray of the business world, taut nerves and weary brains have given warning that the precious hours of recreation must be spent restfully. For them the usual amusements of women who live quiet lives are too exhausting. Children's Dcit Clothes. New York Telegram. Children's fashions always make their appearance sooner than others, ani this in spite of the fact that styles do not show any material change, summer or winter. The old-time fashion of dressing very young children entirely in white still prevails, and white is fashionable until a girl is eight or ten years old. Fine lawns and muslins, trimmed profusely with lace or embroidery, are always in style, and are worn over colored slips us well as plain white, pink being a favorite color. These much-trimmed frocks are not for every-day wear, but the ones intended for that purpose are also quite elaborate as regards the amount of work on them hand work, too, be it understood. Following the rule for all white, are made painty frocks of white pique, linen and serge, the latter in sailor design even for quite tiny children. The linen sailor suits' are also smart and exceedingly useful, for they launder well, not having any trimming save the bands and anchor on the arr... For older girls white serge frocks are made with blouses not the sailor, but more of the Russian style, and gored skirt, and trimmed with braid. The embroidered and braided r'TJe frocks are also thought smart for young girls, and are used also for long coats, and are modeled quite after the same sort of gown for older women. Challie is a good material for children's frocks, and is now to be had in plain as well as figured designs and in all colors. Cashmere is always in fashion, and now India silk is added to the category of fabrics suitable. Crepe de chine must be included, and bengaline and poplin. It is a mistake to have children's clothes too much trimmed, and all the materials enumerated can be made up to look smart with only lace or velvet ribbon, and not much of these accessories, either. The sole exception to this rule 13 the frock of pink challie or cashmere, with entre-deux of inch-wide Valenciennes lace, skirt, waist and sleeves all to correspond, the material between the lace being two inches in width. The skirt of this model is gored, but Just at the back there is quite a little fullness gathered with three rows of shirring. The waist is full, with the fullness in blouse effect Just in front, and the entire frock is lined with white taffeta silk. As a rule silk linings are a foolish extravagance for children's clothes. The muslin of a coarser texture than the frock in waist materials is quite as satisfactory, for it will wash a most desirable attribute. Heavier materials, such as cashmere, challie, etc., look quite as well with a lining that is not silk, one of the new fabrics intended for lining which are so satisfactory being all that could be desired. Odds ami Ends. To whiten finger nails cut a lemon in half and rub in well at night, washing off with warm water in the morning. lsefore putting on milk to boll rinse out the saucepan with water. This will prevent the milk burning. For all the fish glues vinegar is a good solvent. When gluing a piece of woodwork if any particles of glue get on places whore It is not desired wet a bit of cloth with vinegar and rub it off. If the glue in the bottle becomes too thick thin it with vinegar rather than water. I.lnen gowns, both in white and colors, promise to have great popularity this season. Plue. dull pink, green and beige are first choices in colors, and some embroidery In white, even if it is only on the waist, is the modish decoration, with tucks and stitched bands in addition. A woman who has lost the bloom and fresh coloring of youth should beware of roses as garniture for her toilet or background for her head. There are many other (lowers that do not have this quality of emphasizing one's years, and even make the wearer look younger. These are little things, but are well worth studying. Despite all the new modes of skirt trimming there are the old ones so much liked the deep shaped tlounce, the straight tlounce tucked down from the top, two or three narrow circular flounces and the same uses of laco insertion In bands above the flounces. In other words, fashion seems to retain all the old fancies with the newones, of which many seem to suggest ruffles from the waist to the hem. The new "Gibson girl" shirtwaist is made with a two-Inch box pleat down the front, with three narrow, slightly graduated tucks each side. The third tuck curves outward, covering the shoulder seams of the sleeve! lloth tucks and box pleats are double stitched. The high collar has turned-down points and is finished with a Kitchener tie. The front box pleat is trimmed with large black velvet buttons, and the narrow turnover cuffs have three small black velvet buttons at the lapping point. This waist is made variously of liberty satin, foulard, India silk, mohair slcllienne. Lansdowne, albatross and peau de sole. It has a slight dip on the front and the velvet belt id fastened with a buckle of pearl and black enamel. Eton Jackets will continue to retain their hold on fashionable favor. There are two styles which are particularly favored.- One is made perfectly plain on the open fronts, that Is, there are neither notched collar nor revers. The edges are slightly roune' d and ilk stitched, or there is a narrowStrapping of silk or fabric matching the jacket. At the back is a small narrow postilion. The bell sleeves are either stitched or strapped at tho edge. The other form of the Eton shows two wide, rather sharply pointed revers. one overlapping the other, the Jacket opening oer a silk-lined vest of ice or of tucked peau de sole trimmed

with Persian embroMered bands. Waistlength coats and Jackets are almost invariably more graceful and becoming than those which show a division between the skirt and the jacket. The exception to this rule Is where the figure of the wearer Is abnormally long and thin. I Tili: CO.MGItfc'.SS.MAX AMI TIIL COW.

Speech Made by Selhy, of Illinois, for the Oleomargarine Tax. Congressional Record. Mr. Chairman I desire to say a few words on this greasy subject. I am a friend of the woman that milks the cow. I am a friend to the man that stands by and watches his wife while she milks the cow, for is she not his helpmeet? I love to see tha woman churn the f gaming cream until the butter eometh. I love the nice fresh buttermilk, and love to see the busy housewife wallop the butler about in her bands into shapely rolls. I love to see tho butter come, and then I love to make the butter fly. Memory goes back to the happy times when the cows came home, and to the less happy times when I had to make them come home. Any man who has been raised with a cow will never lose his friendship for her nor go back upon her, nor upon her back, when adversity strikes her business. The gentleman from Virginia Mr. Lamb paid the Virginia cow a beautiful and eloquent tribute, but let me say to him that the Virginia cow cannot be compared with the big fat cows of the Mississippi valley and beyond. I am well aware that Virginia is entitled to the proud distinction I of having been the "mother of Presidents," but she was not the mother of a cow. The Mississippi! valley cow is a marvel of wonder and the pride of every home. She never goes dry. She is kind and gentle, and has such maternal affection that she often licks the milker instead of her calf. If I fail to vote for this bill I shall feel that I cannot go home and ever again look an honest cow In the face. The cows in my country are Democratic cows. They give Democratic milk, which accounts for the everlasting big Democratic majorities in my district. They are not yet aware, sir, that there is such a thing as oleo in any part of their anatomy. Why, sir, even our hogs have not learned that their greasy in'ards contribute to the greedy work of building up a great antl-cow-butter monopoly. If the peaceful hog knew it he would grunt in shame. The cow in my country lives in Arcadian simplicity. She dwelleth amid green pastures and looketh dubiously at the Republican as he passeth by on his mission to hoodoo the honest voter. Frolicsome calves gallop about with tails erect, rejoicing in the fullness of Democratic freedom that is theirs. The cow is contented and happy, out in my district, in her benevolent work of giving milk for young Democrats. Little does this patient cow know that the honest product of her toil is being counterfeited so successfully by cunning men that the butter eater knoweth not any more what he cateth when he buttercth his bread. The "wholesome food product" called oleomargarine you say is such a fine eounterfeit of genuine butter, such a delicious substitute, that the honest son of toil cannot tell whether he is eating pure butter or this fraudulent compound of hog lard, steer fat and cotton-seed grease. To such perfection has swindling come at last under Republican rule and misrule. Why should you not be as earnestly and eloquently advocating an honest thing for the honest workingman as you are earnestly and eloquently advocating this substitute, this compound of mysterious fats, for him? I tell you the honest son of toll is entitled to have the honest product of honest labor, the best and not the poorest, the genuine and not the Counterfeit. We should take off our hats to these honest sons of .toil, for we are here by their votes, by their kind permission. They expert ua to prevent fraud, not to protect It. They expect us to give an honest vote for an honest measure. This bill is an honest measure to protect an honest industry. Gentlemen, let us stand by the honest cow, and verily we shall have an abundance of genuine butter for our bread and milk for our babies and the earth and the fullness thereof shall be ours. Loud applause.J FI103I AXOTIIllR "WOULD. An Knglisli Officer 'Warned Aicninnt Death. Rev. MInot J. Savage, in Ainslee's Magazine. An English girl was engaged to be married to a young American who had been a student abroad. They had met at Heidelberg. He died suddenly after returning to this country. She came over here shortly afterward to visit his mother. While in New York she went to a medium. There was no appointment beforehand, and there was no way by which the psychic could know who she was. Taking her turn, she I sat down by the medium who went into a trance and began to speak. Immediately the girl's lover claimed to be present. He told her a number of things which only they two had ever known. He recalled circumstances connected with their acquaintance abroad. Now, it so happened that this young lady's father was an English officer in the war in South Africa. Among other things which the young man told was this: lie said: "I am glad that I have been able to save your father's life once or twice during the past summer." Now comes the strange coincidence, if coincidence only it be. The father writes home from South Africa, being entirely ignorant of all that had taken place here, and relates what seems to him a somewhat remarkable fact. He tells how he was sitting in his tent one day when there came yPn him suddenly an unaccountable impression that he was in danger. It was as though some one were trying to make him feel this and induce him to move. So strong was the feeling that he got up and went over to the other side of his tent. He had hardly done this before a shell struck the chair where he had been sitting. Had he remained there he would have been instantly killed. Of course, it is not asserted that this is anything more than a coincidence; but the suggestion is made that coincidences of this sort have been so very frequent as to make one wonder as to whether there is not some deeper meaning in it all. "What the l'rlnce Akel. Philadelphia Inquirer. The following letter written in German has been received by the Inquirer: "Editor of the Inquirer: "Do you want to know what questions Prince Henry asked me yesterday at Independence Hall? They were the followin0" "What is your name?" "August Knortz." "What regiment did you belong to?" . "Second Regiment, of Guards, Uerlm." "Where were you born?" "Halle." "What is your occupation?" "Hair dresser." "Where do vou live?" "HaddontieUr. N. J." "How long have you been in this country?" "Twenty-four years." "Then he took me by this hand of mine and shook it vigorously. Yours truly. "AUGUST KNORTZ. "I have the iron cross of the second class." Mnnters of a Moble Art Gone. Baltimore Herald. In the past few days five men who have attained prominence as commissaries of amusement on the American stage have answered the summons of the great interlocutorDeath. "Hilly" West. "Hilly" Rice, "Billy" Emerson and John Queen followed each other in quick succession to the grave, and now the name of Neil Bryant is added to the list. The class of entertainment supplied by these veteran minstrels was clean i nd wholesome mirth, and the mention of their names recalls many a pleasant hour spent by those who are in the sunset of life. The Hoys Who Died In Samnr. When the smoke-stair.ed fags are folded; When the tear-staired flags are furled; When the battle drum is no larger grum On the other fide of the world God send that His dearest flowers May bloom in that isle afar. O'er the hallowed gravm of the gallant brave The boys who died in Ssamar. When the last Ion march is over; When the rushing battles case; When the cannons roar in the fields no mere. And the buries all sing peaceGod ser.d that a loving people Still know where their heroes are; That they bare the head for the noble dead. The toys who died In Samar. Writ high on the page of glory. And lined on the honor scroll. With the pen of fame, is the gulden name Of each daring, dashing soul. No taint of the fear was in them; Nor flinch at the wound or scar; God give thtw rest, tor they fought their best The toys who died in Samar. When the lat heart-sigh is whispered; When the last heartbieak is healed; Whin the trumpet call and the niu-ket ball No more sing across the tie-Id. May the-hush of peace make holy The ground wrhere they sleep atar. And the daisies gleam where our soldier dream The boys whu died in Samar. V". l. Neeblt, in D.Utlmore American.

Farm and Garden Interests

The Rotation of Crops. Philadelphia Record. The land gives the largest crops v:hen the farmer provides plant foods liberally and rotates the crops grown. "When the farm is forced to yield to its fullest capacity there is taken from the soli those elements that principally constitute its riches or fertility, and unless the soil i3 provided with materials containing those elements of fertility it will in the course of time fail to repay for the labor and capital required in Its cultivation. Many farmers are aware of that fact, and use barnyard manure and commercial fertilizers In order to supply the deficiency. The farmers have within their power, however, the means by which the soil can be recuperated and restored to fertility, and every enterprising farmer f!akes advantage of such opportunities in order to bring his farm to the highest degree of productiveness. The practice of some system of rotation of crops is now considered essential to good farming, and experience teaches that nothing will equal a rotation of crops in maintaining fertility, in proportion to cost, although quicker methods may be resorted to if the expense is not a matter of consideration in the work. It 13 not difficult to understand how rotation of crops benefits the land, for plants, like animals, differ in their modes of existence and capacity for feeding. When a iield is occupied by clover the growing or matured crop, when plowed under or fed to stock on the farm, and then returned to the farm in the form of manure, adds additional plant food to the soil. When fed to animals only a portion of the crop is returned, but when the whole crop Is plowed under then the quantity is large. If a crop of clover is too valuable for plowing under there is the advantage of the sod and roots adding more fertility to the soil. Clover is a crop that demands both lime and potash, and requires but little applied nitrogen to make growth, but by shading the soil and utilizing the free nitrogen of the air, assisted by bacteria in the soil, it returns to the soil more nitrogen than do those crops to which nitrogen must be applied. As clover takes from the soil considerable lime and potash, when the crop is plowed under then these mineral' elements are In better condition for use by the next crop, while a larger proportion of nitrogen is also left in the soil than existed before the clover is grown. Experience has taught farmers that wheat and com are capable of tilling places in the rotation, and hence on some farms there is a system of rotation by which grain, clover and potatoes are used, wheat and corn being nearly always grown when clover Is the mainstay of the source of fertility in the rotation. Rotation is also intended to destroy weeds on farms. In some sections the practice is to have a hoe crop; that is, in addition to the use of the cultivator, the hoe is used at least once over the cornfield in order to more thoroughly eradicate weeds, but farmers object to the labor of hoeing corn, and resort to the growing of potatoes, cabbages, turnips or carrots if the hoe is necessary. Those who use the hoe in the cornfield claim that, while the cost of labor is greater, yet the weeds are more completely removed. Hut no system of rotation can be said to be complete, however, that does not include some kind of crop that requires the hoe, such as carrots or potatoes, while in some countries, such as England, the rotation also Includes the hurdling of sheep on the ground, turnips and rape being grown for the animals to feed off the land. Farmers should not, therefore, use a narrow system of rotation, but aim to employ as many crops as possible, as the land will then suffer lets from loss of plant food and the fertility of the soil wLll be more easily maintained. ' All soils contain fertility to a certain degree, and even in the most fertile soils there are dominant or insoluble substances, varying in composition, but which cannot be appropriated by some crops, though easily available for others, but if such elements are not appropriated by the crop occupying the ground they are gradually being reduced or changed in composition so as to be put in condition for the succeeding crop; hence rotation, therefore, not only prevents the loss of certain substances in the soil, but assists in converting the locked-up elements of the sQil into available plant foods. In this country no system of rotation is deemed complete without clover, while in England turnips and sheep are considered essential to success. Rotation largely depends upon tho soil and its condition, but all soils are subject to mechanical changes. It Is being demonstiated that green crops are valuable in restoring fertility, and lime has been found a valuable assistant, especially .n preparing tho soil for the work of bacteria, by neutralizing the acidity, but the best results are obtained by not only varying the crops grown, but also by studying the. characteristics of the soil. Dairying; Increases Fertility. American Cultivator. Any branch of farming which increases tho general fertility of the farm land while paying ti living profit is worth more than another which steadily decreases the productivity of the soil. Robbing the land to make present profit is an unwise investment. Sooner or later we pay for it, and sometimes dearly. Now, dairying of all branches of farming stands first in this respect. It can be conducted so that the farm land will steadily degenerate until the place is on the verge of ruin and abandonment, or it can be made to improve the soil year by year. Many a dairy farmer has taken hold of poor abandoned farms and brought them up to a point where their valuation is almost doubled. Such men counted their profits in the living which they annually took from the place and in the higher valuation of their property. Keep a good dairy on any farm, and the fertility of it should increase. There should first be a regular rotation of such crops as corn, oats, clover and timothy two years and pasture another year. Then manure should be used freely, both at the time of planting and as top dressing later. Commercial fertilizers have their place there, for a run-down soil has been robbed of most of Its mineral elements, and the fertilizers rich in potash and nitrogen restore to it what it lacks. In order to bring up a poor farm by dairying care should be taken not to have more stock than the land can afford. This Is often the weak point in dairying. A man keeps fifty cows on a farm able to support only thirty or forty. The farm is bound to run down. There is nothing else for it to do except to starve the stock or buy outside food, which always means poor economy. It is better to sell off the stock, weed out the poorest of the herd and keep only so many as the farm can support and leave a little something over. Do not farm up to the very limit of the soil. That is, do not take off each year quite all that the little will produce. Leave a little balance in the bank as a nucleus for future accumulation. Dairymen make this mistake and regret it when it is too Kite. As one succeeds in farming successfully with twenty acres, keeping a herd of cows on it so that they have ample to eat and a little surplus over, more land can be brought under cultivation and the stock increased. About half the dairy farms today need to have either the herd cut in two or half the land abandoned. That is, the former are raising too many cows to the acre, and robbing the soil so that the farm is a little poorer each year, and the latter are only cultivating about twice as much land as they are capable of handling with their limited means. It is better to setd half the land to grass, and let it po at that, and devote the attention to strenuous cultivation of the remainder. A little radical change like this will work wonders on many a run-down dairy farm. Profitable Home Cheese Making. George E. Newell, in Orange Judd Farmer. Can home or dairy cheese making be made to pay? It certainly can be under proper conditions and if conducted by a person with some previous practical experience. The best place to acquire this experience is in a regular cheese factory, where one might work as a subordinate for a time. I do not think that one should attempt the business on a farm unless the milk of twenty or twenty-rive cows can be depended on. Makeshift facilities an! apparatus should not receive recognition as they will not pay In the end. Many fastidious customers prefer dairymade to factory cheese, but on account of the limited amount manufactured, cannot get their wants supplied. Thus, the field is open for those who can furnish a firstclass article in this now neglected line. One should first po.f-pa cows that are copious milkers, yet whose milk will tc?t at least 3 per cent, of butter fat. This will insure good rieh cheese, a necessary adjunct to quality. A small vat of a capacity suited to yur needs should be employed and a press with hoops to mold cheese of from ten to fifteen pounds in weight. Any ftrst-ciass dairy supply house ought to be

able to furnish a complete set of apparatus for a dairy cheese making plant. It is best to have a cheesehouse complete by itsflf for manufacturing purposes and the making room if kept sweet and clean, as is essential, can be used foe the storage of the night's milk after It aas been aerated. The vat itself is a good place in which to store the night's milking and running water about it, or ice, can be employed to keep it cool. If you make the mistake of skimming any part of the milk It will be fatal to your success as an amateur cheese maker. What the public wants is a rich, nutty flavored, reliable quality of cheese and that of small bulk. This can so easily be produced in a home dairy. Strive to please the public taste and needs in this direction and you can secure from 1 to 2 cents per pound more for your product than the average factory article. As the making will take one person's time from half to three-fourths of every day, dairies under twenty or twenty-five cows would Jr. dly find it profitable. Remember also that the profitableness all lies in your being thoroughly and in dead earnest in pushing. your business to a success. Do not offer your cheese for sale until they are thoroughly cured, which takes from thirty to forty days. Do not launch into the business without some previous experience. If you haven't that experience get it as ;n initial step. The Useful Angora Gont. Mr. George B. Ellis, of Columbia, Mo., secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, says that Angora goats as farm hands are a success and his statement Is backed by facts and figures. Experiments in clearing farm lands of weeds and shrubbery by goat grazing have been conducted in many sections of Missouri during the last twelve months and from reports of results received here it is evident that much expense can be saved by utilizing these animals as farm laborers. Farmers and agricultural authorities are giving this question very serious consideration at present and the experiments will be continued on a much larger scale. It has been clearly

demonstrated that goats when pastured on lands overrun with weeds and shrubbery will consume the obnoxious growth, eating to the roots and suiter no ill effects therefrom. The experiments have proved that goats of the Angora treed do the best work. Tne ground on which the goats are pastured should be surrounded by a hign wire fence. This is about the only expense involved aside from the cost of the herd. They require no attention while at work. In speaking of the vast acres of Missouri rendered useless by the constant growth of weeds and shrubbery, Secretary Ellis said: "It 6eems that there 13 a splendid opportunity in Missouri for men of little or much capital to invest in this cheap brush land, stock it with goats and' us fast as it is cleared of brush and weeds set it in grass and orchards. There are thousands of acres, perhaps millions, of this land In this State, much of it In old settled counties, and some in the southern part of the State, that can be taken by homestead, that when once cleared of brush will produce as much grass or orchard fruits as land that is now worth from $30 to $50 per acre. The people are Just finding these things out and a great development may be expected in the goat industry within the next few yearB, with profitable results to those who intelligently take up the business." The agricultural authorities are receiving inquiries on the subject from many sections of the State and it is evident that the farmers have taken up the goat question In earnest. Early Gardening-, Farm and Home. The farmer who does not have a nice garden of all kinds of vegetables, so his table cart be bountifully supplied with fresh garden products in season, misses almost half his living. As one rides through this country, it is a deplorable fact to see so many farmers with scarcely any garden or a little patch 10x13 feet. Some are too busy with other work and leave the garden to the women folks. Others are too shiftless or lazy to bend their backs to sow a seed. No matter how busy, every farmer should devote an hour or so a day, or one day a week, in the garden, for no labor spent on the farm pays so well as that in the garden. I take an Interest in my garden, besides managing a farm of CS0 acres. A few years ago I sent to a supply house and bought 600 feet of wire mesh netting three and one-half feet high, that fenced an ample garden and keeps all the fowls out. We not only supply our wants, but we have a surplus to sell, especially onions, that command a good price in thi3 country for the past few years. Now is the time to purchase seed and test them before sowing, no you know your labor will not be in vain. The farmer who does not have a good vegetable garden, and a nice flower garden to make the environments of home more beautiful with their sweet fragrance, is to be blamed and pitied for his own carelessness and neglect. Farm A'otes. If you have a piece of land that is too poor to produce a profitable crop, or which is of no value, aim to compel It to grow a crop of some kind that may be plowed under, even if but a small growth is secured. Cow peas will grow where many other crops will not thrive. Early lettuce may be easily grown In cold frames and they bring good prices In market. The plants are very hardy and will thrive with but little protection. A great many small plant3 may be grown on a small area and they are soon got out of the way for some later crops. Those who are eager to get peas Into the ground early should not overlook the fact that while peas can endure considerable cold, yet If the ground is not warm enough to germinate the seed it will rot in the soil and thus entail replanting. Let the ground be warm, fine and contain an abundance of manure. This Is one of the months when the young lambs come. Althought the weather may be milder than during January, yet the lambs should be kept in a warm place and the ewes fed so as to provide the lambs with an abundance of milk. Give them ground oats as soon as they will eat it and force them in growth so as to get them in market as early as possible. It is admitted that but for the expense of so doing it Is an advantage to feed cooked food to stock, but, with the many improvised appliances for cooking food at the present day, the cost has been greatly reduced. When a farm is well equipped with all the facilities for cooking the food for stock It gives the farmer an opportunity for rendering palatable many foods that would not otherwise be serviceable. Grass seed should be sown early. Use it on the bare places, in the fields and on the lawns and give the ground a harrowing it only a scratching, before sowing the seed! Grass seed should have been sowed in August or September, but seeding may be also done in the spring. The selection of the proper varieties of grass depends upon circumstances. For a lawn blue gras nearly always does well. Do not fail to use plenty of seed, as some of it may not germinate. Hatch turkeys as early as possible. One early bird is worth two late ones. The poults should be kept penred for two or three weeks. Feed cornbread mixed with cold water or sweet milk and baked done Feed and water sparingly while they are penned. Sour milk curd is good food after three or four weeks old. but don't feed it too long, as it tends to give diarrhoea. Two weeks is long enough. Then turn old mother turkey and little ones on range and see how they grow. The feeding of very young chicks is a matter that many do net understand The favorite food allowed is cornmeal, but a chick cannot thrive on cornmeal alone, as it is deficient in the elements of growth Millet seed is excellent and if the chicks are allowed on a grass plot they will cat grass and insects. As they grow give cracked corn and wheat, as well as a little animal meal occasionally. A variety of almost any kind of food should prove serviceable, but if cornmeal alone is given it may cause bowel disease. Snow is beneficial to wheat, but does harm on land that is not well drained as it then remains longer than is necessary and keeps the ground cold and damp. All drains should be examined and opened so as to dry off the land as soon as possible. Should a severe freeze ccme while the snow is melting it may damatje the wheat The barnyard should also receive an extra supply of litter as the animals that sink In the mud to their knees become chilled and are liable to cold. Ice-cold water in the barnyard In which live stock must wade is a condition of affairs not very creditable to farmers who allow it. The force of the cit' engineer's office, fourteen in number, will no doubt make better time In visiting different parts of the city to perform th varied tasks, as Gus Westing has sold to the city that number of Pierce' bicycles for the services.

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:)r. I. N. Love, of New York, forme Trofesor of Clinical Medicine and Diseas'es of Children in College of Physician and Surgeons and the Marion-Sims College of Medicine, St Louis, etc., etc., in Medical Mirror, February, 19 1, says: "Women who lead inactive lives, whose nerves are on edge most of the time, whose secretions are nearly alwavs torpid, who breathe vitiated atmospheres, instead of being flattered into believing that they are victims of neurasthenia, ard thus rendered chronic invalids for life, cau, in the majority of instances, be relieved by a proper selection of diet, a stimulation of all the excretory oran, a life in the op?n country, the breathing of pure air. the indulgence in healthy exercise and proper niasapc, together with ETurrnw f 1 tmnn YifnTTTft several times a day to a LIBERAL USE of ßüFFÄLO LITHIA KflTEB favor the elimination of URIC ACID and other ACCU.UULA 1 hi) PdibO.NS (which are oftentimes the most potent causative factors in their distress), far better than by coddling and powerful drugging. in PREGNANCY the tendency is toward the ACCUMULATION of POISONS, which cau.ce engorgement of the kidneys and pelvic organs, thickness of the blood and torpidity ot the circulation, nches and pains and general discomfort, and oftentimes the intense and dangerous nausea and vomiting cf pregnancy, and in some cases th conditions that accompany or precede th? awful PUERPERAL C0NV UL50NS, so much dreaded by practitioners; AND THESE POISONS bltOULD BE ELIMINATED. 'I have had several patients who suffered from these unfortunate condition'. Including PUERPERAL CONVULSIONS. Uniformly by attention to the hygiene of the patient, proper exercise, judici us diet, outdoor life, proper purgation, and neys flushed with Buffalo lithm water caped ths affliction and made rapid recoveries. ' BUFFALO LITHIA VATED isfor sale y Grocers and Druggists generally, .testimonial which tlciv au imputations or questions snt to anv address. PROPRIETOR BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS, VIRGINIA.

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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSOX. March ll The Ethiopian Converted Acln, vill, SU-IK). We maj never know how ttje dusky rroseljte was first converted to th Hebrew faith. Tho Jews were already scattered far and -wide, especially in th capital and commercial centers of the world. Then, as now, they were money lenders. Perhaps' it was in his capacity as treasurer of the Abyssinian empire he came in contact with some first century Rothschild, who as Intent upon doing good as veil as getting a high premium on his money. Over the bonds and consols the Hebrew may hav peered into the Ethiopian's heart, and, dlscrverirt its noble traits, coveted them for God. He may have paved the vay to converslo-i by unfolding the miraeulouB hUtory of Israel, in which no intelligent person falls to be interested, and of whos truth, few, if any. candid minds fall to be convinced. Or the mctlves of the unknown proselyter may have been mixed, or even wholly bad. He may have been one who deserved Jesus' scathing rebuke. Hut whatever the incentive of the sectarlst may have been, the proselyte was a notable and noble accession to the Hebrew Church. He Ehowti the genuineness of hi convereion by the long Journey, which he took at his. first opportunity to the seat of his new-found faith. It was some three thousand miles to Jerusalem and back. Yet this harpy convert. U whom tradition gives the name of Judich. hesitated not at the toil and expense. As his chariot rolled along the banks of the Nile, under the tapering shadow of the obelisk and pyramid, and by the temple and treasure city, no doubt he thought, if he did not exclaim: "This is that Egypt where God did those wonders for His people, and for which he delivered them with an outstretched arm." Another evider.ee of the depth and sincerity of his interest was the length of time h tarried in Jerusalem. He had gone up to the Feaat of Tentecost, but we find him staying on through the martyrdom of Stephen and the conversion of Samarla-not. however, that he was concerned in these events, even if he was aware of them. Still a stronger evidence: He purchased a copy of the Hebrew Scriptures; and it cost him a email fortune, no doubt. It was to be no centertable ornament in his Nubian palace, either. It was for use. Indeed h could not wait until he reached home; but In his Jolting chariot oa that rough Judean road he was reading, not selfishly to himself either, but out laud so that his chaiioteer and whole cavalcade might have the advantage. There goes the Dlble-readlng Ethiopian. But now another person bieaks In ujon the scene. How strange unreasonable, in fact the providences of Cod often appear? The revival in Samaria was at its height. Its genuineness had been confirmed by the apostles in the bestow -1 of miraculous- gifts. It seemed as if no one could shepherd the converts as well as the evangelist who had first brought them to Christ. But the Spirit called Philip away; and that, too, not to another populous city, but to a desert way. In this incident it is as if the curtain were lifted, and wo could see the hand of God sha&.in events according to His will. The paths of theto two ram-the devout and inquiring nobleman and the holy tvangellst-are made to converge. They come into actual conjunction at the precise moment when the nobleman's eye is on the passage which, more than any other, contain tho gist or the gospel. And the Spirit tald to Thlllp: "Go near and Join thystlf to this chariot." The man who, th day before, had given instant obedience to the unaccountable command of the Spirit, and had exchanged the stirring scenes and opportunities of a greut awakening for a solitary post on a road through a desert, did not hesitate no-, though he could plainly see that the traveler was a prince and a foreigner. There was a witticism, a play on words. In Philip's address to the Ethiopian, which is lot In the translation. He eaiU: "Do you kno.v what you know?" The wit of Philip was the edge of the weJge that opened the Nubian princ'a heart widt to the gosiei. The questioner anticipated a negative answer, and reveived it: "Hon can I. except some man should guiJe me?" The Ethiopian is a lovely example of the sincere inquirer after truth. No I'cnknif of a destructive critic ti in his hand. Nor was he asking with Pilate's cold superciliousness. "What Is truth?" He had become a little child docile, loving, trustful, of whom Jesu said: "Of such is the kingdom." He bade the chariot stand still. He took up the tramp, covered with the sweat and dust of his long and hasty Journey afoot. He ifatJ him upon the gorgeous upholitery of his Egyptian chariot, and. oblivious to the fact that the eyes of all his attendants were upon him. he lent over the old yellow Septuagint mamtscrlpt with the unknown and wayfaring man. Tlu idace- where he was reading was: "He was lei as a sheep to the slaughter." and his utter confusion of mind was betrayeJ Ly the Question. "Of whom speaketh the prophet this of himself or some other man?" Then Phill; 01 ened his mouth, taking that very verse as a text, and (literally) "declared to hini the glad tilings, Jesus." The Ethiopian raw, believed, was baptized. That chariot was transmuted into a car of salvation. On it roiled, with Its load more pr.lou.i than the ivory and gold of a continent. It rolled a thousand mlUi up the Nile, and carried the goepel to the heart of Nubia, where. In spite of the unfrlendllest en

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b' Mail, 52 50 per Annum vironment, it has remained intrenched ever since. THE TEACHERS' LANTERN. Special providence and missions. The historlo summer shower and the "hay-stack prayer meetings" in which the American Itoard of Commissioners for Foreign Illusions had its origin. The conversion of the Wyandot Indians under John Stewart. The opening of the zenanas of India "by a woman's needle." (See lYarson'a "Crisis cf Missions.") Contrast the probable exfensiveness of the Ethiopian's Bible and the cheapness of Bibles today. The scarcity of Bibles then; present abundance of them. The use and limits of wit and humor in the pulpit and in Christian work. Wit a characteristic of the pioneer preachers, and the greatest possible aid to them in their frequent emeigencles. Th missionary cause of to-day is the perpetuation of Philip's effort. It transmutes the charlots of commerce into cars of -fttrati with priceless Marts of grace and sends them rolling toward the heart of great continents. "He arose and wt-nt." In the quadrai gle of those four words is compressed a world of obedience, faith and courage. The Ethiopian had no disposition p be a clandestine follower even of the despls.-d Nazarene. No motives of policy control his actions. He doej not question, "Vh-t would my royal mistress say?" "How would this affect my tenure of office?" lie put his light on the lampttand of the palace. In its shining his queenly mistress and all her subjects may have found life. Last time I ever saw Bishop Simpson was on a train, returning from a session of a conference. The car was crowded with preachers. There was the usual fusillade of wit and argume&L. The bishop was oblivious to all. Turned toward the window, and under cover of his stu3nt stoop, he was reading a little, well-worn Biul. The Bible is the best of traveling companions. The expression. "Join thyself to this chariot," has had a special significance to me since, in the south of Italy, a mendicant rnonic put his hand upon the fender of my carriage and half supported his weight as he ran alongside begging. In some such manner, but with a nobler purpose, Philip Joined himself to the chariot. CHRISTIAN UMJISAVOIl.

A Noble Purpose! Daniel, I, 8-20 Temperance 31eetlnr. Dr. Dunning, secretary of the International Sunday School Lesson Committee, tells of a Sunday school class he once had in which wr some boys, of good families, from ten to twelve years old. They formed a secret club, ostensibly for intellectual uni moral improvement. Sjoa liquor began to be brought into their club rooru. The "chaplain" of the club withdrew, and grew up to be a Christian minister. One after another of the boys felL becoming drunkards aitd criminals. In ways quite as unexpected as this, prictloally every boy is tempted to drink- S.tax's Ingenuity Is lnexhauatible. We cannot wall hl:a away from the boy. The only saftty is to covtr with triple armor the boy's teart. The oti taftty is to make him a Daniel. The thory is simple enough. William Peiui hit it when a man asked him how Le could conquer his drunken aj. petite. "It's as easy as to open thy hand." said the great Quaker. "Prove it. and I'll do Just as you say." promised the drunkard. "Well, friend, when strong drink is In thy hand, open it before the glass reaches thy mouth, and thee will never be drui.k again." It is good to know that the tcper took this advice and became a Daniel. Many a temperance hint can be dropped by the way. If we are shrewd and tactful. Matk Guy Pearse, the famous London preacher, gave a cot one night to a shivering cabman But fint Le salJ, "Now this oast has never yet had a glass of br or spirits intde cf It." "All right, sir," answered the man; "I won't upket the coat ty cMr.g it trcrg drlr.k." Ani ho alio Ucaui a Danltl. There is need not only of such IniviJual work, but also of mais agitation, if we would make men Daniels. It is gooj to know that Lord Roberts, cn entering cne cf tho relieved Ur.s In South Africa, made it one o' hit nit-t duties to take the chair at a temj-rane meeting. It is more necessary to hell conentluns in the Interest of temperance than of iioluieul lartie. If the forces cf purity re bar. lej ts-ther ar.j organized with only half the tl.orvUKhtee uf the rum forces, they would capture the w..rij for the great re'foim. Above all. there Is no need of haste in our tt mperance work. To morrow'a victories a ill not save the boys of to-day. The saloon only beca.se fresh boys become its Kiit:i. S m one has written "The Devil's 'Want' Advert!, roent." Let It be the busineka of evtry ChiUtlaa to te that it gets no answer: Johnjon, the drunkard, is djirg to-vliy, With traces ot sin on his fact. He'll be mlsed at the club, at the bar, at the Play; Wanted a toy for the lace. Simons, the gambler, was kllle.1 tn a fight, lie died without irtl n or rtace. Sone one must train for h:s turJtn ani lll;iitj Wanted a boy for his ilac. Wanted for every lost servant of mine Some on to live without grace, So. ne on to dl without pardon divine; Have you a toy for the ilaoe? AÜÜS. TL WELLS.