Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 29, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 August 1887 — Page 6

THE INDIANA STAT SEHTIKEL. : TODKESDAT. AUGUST ir.1087.

TIMELY FARM TUPICS.

Why Gcci Hy ii Scire Oit Btnw far Sleek. Tt9 QsinSty ci MJi Rsqairei for Batter Ssutt Gheese. The Cera ca Ridges Co-Opsntlvs Farming Tin Hawthorn. Yopolarlty of tbe Jersey The Clydesdale Horse Practical Recipes Household Hints a cd Farm Notes. Why Good Hay Is Scarce. City markets are mostly supplied 'with very poor hay. One reason is that the pop ular taste, not of the horae. bat of its owner, calls for that kird. The horsg will cot eat so muca. This is a savin?, Bat the greatest point is that, eating less hay, he will net 11 himself up so as to be unnt for rapid travel. He will look guant, to be eure, bat if stimulated with plenty of oats, and perhaps some condition powders added, ce will trot for all he is worth and apparently enjoy it. That is not the way farmers feed taeir horses intended lor hard work. They give plenty of good hay, not too much, bat good enoush so that the bone will eat every mouthful they allow. Then they Eupplemcnt with oats or otaer grain. The horse feels comfortably fall and cen draw a loaded wagon, or plow, or dray all day and cot be worn oat at night. All this rtqaires two kinds of hay, the best, cut eftily by the farmer for his own team, and the poor kind, left until dead ripe, and then cut and cared to satisfy the whims cf the city horse's owner or driver. If the hay is brig&t and green, especially if there is any clover in it, the city buyer votes it no eood. "The horse will eat too much of it.'1 Probably for men who have no judgment about feeding, this may be the best method, though they ought n be ashamed of such a reason for their practice. It is all right for the firmer t save and eell the over-ripe hay. It weighs heavier to the ccre.andidsodeadripe that it can sometime be goti a the same day it is cat. All the tame, however, it i9 UDlit for horses to eat, eicept a very little to distend their stomach?, while grain gives them strength and speed. But it leaves the horse gaant and thin, and produces a dyspeptic tendency, which, alike in horses, aad in meo, makes its subject old and worn out before its proper time. Oat Straw for Stock. In a recent report of conclusion?, reached through a long teries cf experiments concernitg the feeding of oat straw. Prolessor Sanborn, of Missouri, eays that this straw is mainly valuable as a heat and fat producer. It does not produce mach f at, because cattle will not eat enough of it. It contains but one-fourth per cent, of d!gjs tible albuminoids, or fish formers, and forty per cent, of digestible ciroouydrates or fat formers. Hense, to use it with advantage and get the full benefit of it, it must be fed with a food of directly the opposite kind, such as oil meal or cottonseed meal. The Professor found thit thirtyfour pounds of oat straw aad six poaads cl cottonseed meal gave the same resales as fifty pounds of hay, aecause cottonseed meal has per cent, of albuminoids and but 17.6 per cent of carbohydrates, thus forming, with the straw, a well-balanced ration. Oat meal contains 27.0 per cent of albuminoids and 27 per cent, of carbohydrates, so that a pound mora of oil meal than of cottonseed meal should be led. The cost of this feed as compared with hay at $5 a ton, or lA of a cent per pound, is an important question. It is eaid to take twenty-five poundj of It to make a steer gain a pound a day, or GZ cents daily to keep him in good growing condition. But if by feeding four pounds of Toil meal, worth ll cents per pound, the came gain can be made, and by feeding a proportmateiy Jess amount we can keep tip the we'ght, it will help out a shcrt crop of bay. But to the farmer who has rot and cannot get oil meal, the following xacis w;n oe ci value: mover hay contains O per cent of albuminoids, timothy contains ?s,,aca oat straw lA per cent therefore, it will be seen that a ton of clover hay feed with a ton of oat straw will be iqual in value to two tons of timothy, because clover hay contains aa albuminoids, and it ia waste to feed it by men, as it is waste to leed oat straw alone. A steer fed on straw long enough would starve, but when fed with clover they are a weu-oaiaccea ration, ana make a poor hay crop go much farther. It is clearly established that the food value of oat straw can be obtained only by feeding wim Eomeuung mai nas an excess of aloumlnoics and a deficiency of carbohyd rates. The farmer's food of this c!a?3 is clover hay. Quantity of 3111k Keiolred for Hatter, How much milk is required to make one luucu vi cuiier aepena3 upon so many circumstances as to render It Impossible to estimate upon any certain quantity as to the proper proportion. No two brseds of cattle possess the same qualifications, and mere is no nera 01 one breed mads up of cows alike in capacity for either butter or milk. Milk is a variable substance, and even when some particular cow may b9 selected for experiment in tbe production m a . i . ... . . . ci mum. ana outter sne win fail to give a unuorm quantity ai mux oi tnt tama quality for one day to another. Tbe sea sons influence the yield, as is shown by the trial of a cow selected for purposes of experiment. Allow two pounds of milk to represent one quart, the record shows that us January from fifteen pounds of miik cep pound of butter was produced, while in Feoruary one pound of butter was made from lourteen pounds of milk. Taesa months being winter months, when green food is usually Ecarce, it would naturally ce supposea inai in summer the cow would give a larger quantity of butter from given quantity of ;nilk than she would In the winter, but her record was twenty oce pounds of milk for one pound of butter In March, nineteen pounds of milk lor one pound of butter ia April nd twenty-two pounds of milk lor one pound of butter In May. The quantity of milk required to produce a pound of butter dur ing the remainder of the year was: For June. 54 pounds; July. . 22 pounds: August, 25 pounds; ßeptember, 22 pounds; October, 18 pounds; November. 1G pounds, ana ijecemoer, jy pounds. It does not Imply that during the summer season the quanuiy oi miiK yielded by the cow wa? Jees than yielded In winter, but that it was cot as rich in cream. These changes were ecected, not by the quantity of food cut by its quality, as the cow had abun cant pasturage in June, although it re quired fifty-four pounds of milk to produce one pound of butter during the month. November to March are periods of tbe year when cows are fed on concen trated food, and consequently they receive more attention from the dairymen. The vied of milk may be less, but the pronor tlonate quantity of butter may bs ereater. The time of calving also affects the quality, while the severity of the cold, as well as the shelter and protection given, must also be considered. The experiment shows how difficult It is to estimate npon the butter production of a cow. The food and its quality is the most Important feature of management, and the testa of cows for week only may rot represent the capacity tot Jccger time. No matter what the

breed mey be, upon the management de-

perds the value and capacity of the animal. Email Cheese, That Americans consume comparatively little cheese is a fact, also that cheese is one of the most wholesome and cheapest kinds of food, indeed often preferable to meat. Making small cheese weighing four, five or ten pounds each, whici could be readily sold, at from 50 to 100 per cent above the market price for large sizes, would doubtless be of great benefit to this industry and materially increasa the lojal demand. A five-pound cheese properly made of white milk would readily sell at from 75 cents to $1. The buyer of the entire product of a certain cheese factory in Madison county. New York, oßered the maker three-fourths of a cent per pound above the market price if he would reducs his cheese to a.nniform size of thirty pounds each. As this offer covered the ccst of msking, being a nice profit In itself, it was accepted. One of the most prominent grocers in Geneva, N. Y., Samuel Warth, says he cannot get small cheese enough to rill the demand. In Holland probably the most popular cheese made is the Edam, which is round and weighs two kilograms or four and four-tenth pounds. Small families do ret care to buy a iorty or fifty pound cheese at a time, on account of the difficulty in keeping it fresh until used. Nor is it pleasant to buy a slice of the grocer, which is not very appetizicg after having been rolled up in a paper and handled. MakiDg small cheese, weighing four or five pounds each, we believe will not only increase the local demand, bat also return a larper profit to the maker, HolsteiaFneceian register. Corn on Kiclges. Some one, who perhaps argued from his inner consciousness rather thau from ob served facts, once advised throwing two furrows of sod land together for corn, and planting on the ridges. Frobably this was never practically attempted, bew plowman can throw sod furrow3 together evenly over a field holding the plow laud side half the time against the air. If it could be done the benefit would be doubtful. The corn on the ridge, nourished oy a double thickness of scd, might start well, but about midsummer the ridges would be broken down, leaving the corn too high and dry. Corn roots run over the entire space between tbe rows neat tue surface, and at tte critical eaer itg time they could be drawing on the sterile dead farrows aad Laving their drafts returned dishonored. Cooperative Farming. Eton Advertiser. An interesting experiment in co-opera tive industry is now being nude la Minnesota, where a colony of a half-dozea Limitiei from Minneapolis have settled In Crov W ag County onatractof land of 230 aires, t-runt ior toe purpose by the Minneapolis Knights of Labor. These families were not piosptr'n? in the city, and were too Door to have ;undrtken farmlcg independently. On to small a sca'e aid they berin. and so poor were they, that it was mouths before they c:uld provide themselves with a single te m of horsss. Bat, after a year's trial, the Iiuneapoln Trlounn states that tbeyhayp done well, have found health and a eulMcitnt though fragil living ou the land, ana have a etsrt that will render them tvantaaliy pro?perous. Ice movement toward cooprahoi amrEg farmers in th;s country has tarierto led to the organization of loJjres of 'grarg m" and i ssnmed business shapa in the e aMi. hnitnt of "stores" for tbe disposal of farm produce aad tie reüire of snpplici t3 the farmers with a margin of pro St eullhi eat only to pay the running expenses of the establishment, Irom these o-ganizi-ticn3 some useful results were obtained. though ttey fall sfcoit of what had been claimed and honed for. While the grang ers were flourishing they tended to pr omote neighberly, sc ciability and an interchange of useful ideas pertaining to theoccapa tlons of farm life. But though various cauEea the trance movement fell away. and while the organization in many places sun survive it does not have the political cd civil importance it bade fair at one time to attain. The advantages of co-operation in farm leg are those which everywhere result from j organized and barmomou9 euort over tha same agcregate of independent individual i effort It does away with the isolations of ordinary farm life, permits a better stand ard oi living at less cost, and, if rightly managed, would yield each family a larger cei prom man separate larmmg. ice general plan of co-operative farmmz provides for the residence of a number of families at a central spot, whereby they can iiveinamucn Detter style thaa would be possible if isolated. Moreover, they ca j diversify their operations, and can greatly increase their margin of profit at every point. The difficulties in the way are such as arise from the frailitiescf human natnre. Should the experfment of co-onentive farming pme successful, it aScrds a mpans whereby the broken down and unfortunate may be taken from tbe cities to the quiet and restoration of the country. If too much be cot expected and attempted, and the association be governed by principles of ordinary business partnership, this ex periment of co-operative farming may have a tuccessful issue. But we fear there will be clashing as tbe association accumulates capital, and the abler members of the cotnmuElty become discontented with thtir allotted percentage of profit. Clydesdale Horses. Tbe Clydesdales have lore been recog nized as a Hading and very valuable race of heavy draft-horses, but they were never creu to sucn a nign degree of excellence as at present. The old type of Clydesdale, whi'e nirssive and strorg-limbed, was somewhat "light-waisted." Bat skillful and judicious breeding has produced an animal which msy well be regarded as a model for a heavy draft-horse. They possess sloping shoulders, good limbs, well 'feathered" around the fetlocks, wellsprung ribs, deen barrel chest, and muscu lar quarters, lhe extensive importation of these hortes into the United States, has added an important element to the horse 6tock of the West, where they are highly appreciated. Great care is used, both ia tbe land of their origin and in this country, to preserve the purity of the breed, and encourage breeding to the highest type. The stud books of Great Britain and of America are conducted with the greatest care, to guard against the registry of any but pure bred animals. The respective associations of Clydesdale breeders in both countries, offer liberal premiums for actual competitive exhibitions. In this and other respects both associations have always shown a bioad and liberal spirit of enterprise. Tbe Hawthorne. Familiar W ild Flowers. The tawtfeorne, though ordinarily seen as a hecgegrow plant, may at times be found as a email tree. When thus met with, it is a sufficiently striking object. and altogetbei different from the plant that has suffered the restraint and discip line oi tne cupping shears. The Tranches are cften wonderfully gnarled and twisted together, and have a look of strength and hoar antiquity that bespeaks respect. In moat forests these old hawthorn es msy be met with, and during the early summer the air is fragrant with the delicious odor wafted from their countless blossoms. The hawthorns will ordinarily be found folly in nower ry aoout the middle ot May, and by about the middle of June the last few blossoms will be fading. Before the alteration of the style, the hawthorne was one cf the great features of the decorations of tee once famous festivities of Mav-dav. It is very rarely row' found in blossom so early, as the eflect of the alteration of the style was to throw the 1st of May many

days earlier. Considerable Variation of

form may be net wan in the foliage aad of color In the flowers and fruit. The leaves are stalked and divided into three or five segments; In some examples theje are soft and flowing In outline, while ia others the forms are very acute, the inden tations very sharply denned. Uhe uowers thonsn oraicaxny wnue, may aiumes oj found of a more or less decided pink or even crimson; whatever their color, they are grouped in little clusters together oa short leafy branches given off at frequsnt intervals ire in the stem, ear uiaitonburv Abbey stands an old hawthorns that has been the subject of many legends, the current belief, however, being that It sprang from the staff of Joseph of Artmathea, who, it is asserted, was tne nrst preacher of Christianity to Britain, and who, to convince tne Dcntgntea lsianaers of his mission, thraet bis staff into the ground, where It at once budded and blossomed. The tree has ever since flowered, cotoülvat its proper season, but also at each . Christmas, . the anniversary of its miraculous origin. Popularity of tne Jerseys, ' American Agriculturist. I The Jersey breed has taken a very promi nent position in the dairy daring the past ten or twelve years. Jt'revlousiy it was the fashionable cow of the rich amateur farmer, who could afford to pay hundreds of dollars for one of these elegant animals as an ornament to bis lawn and well-kept pasture, and for tbe supply of cream and butter for his domestic use. uradually it became tbe fashion for these wealthy per sons to establish fancy dairien, and to make tbe choicest quality of batter, which was put up in attractive form, for sale to consumers who could well afford to pay a dol lar a pound for a product, which was cer tainly known to be cleau, pur, aad of the most perfect flavor and appearanca. It was & new departure in dairying, and had a most beuificlal inflaer.ee In compelling the makers of butUr to follow the example set in this way, or in inducing them to do so, in the hope of securing higher prices for their product. A wholly new business, commonly tinown 83 fancy butter making, has sprung up, and this has led to the ex pensive introduction cf winter dairying and a large variety of improved apparatus. It is a new instance of the new improvement in agricultural methods which has been brought about by the use of improved steck; and just as the Ayrshire breed in Scotland, or the Dutch breed in Holland, induces a remarkable change for the better in the pastures and in the culture of the foil, as well as in the farm buildings; and by reflection, as it were, on the farmers themselves ; so the Jersey cow hu revolutionized the batter dairy, and has improved it more in the past ten years than every other influence has dona from the beginning op to that time. Practical Receipts. Lemon Jelly The yolks of two eg?s, one cup of sugar, one cup of water, one tableepconful of corn starch and the juice aud grated rind of one lemon. Cook till thickThis is nice for layer cake, , , Strawberry Jam Three quarters' of a pound of sugar to one pound of fruit. Boil rapidly about tweuty minutes, tkimming carefully. Pat in small cans or seal in jars with paper covers. Dry Bread Fritters Two cups of dry, fine breadcrumbs, two tablespoonfuls prepared flour, half a pint or rather less of milk, four well-beaten ega, half a capfal of Engar, a tablespoonful of butter and a few currants. B .il the milk and pourovar the bread, dredge the currants with flour SLtl mix all into a stiff batter. Drop into hot lard as uoughnnts and send to table in powdered sugar. ' Pressed Corn Bsef After serving corned beef at dinner, while yet warm chop up fat and lean together, not very fine, only so tbe fat and lean may be evenly mixed ; stir in enough dry mustard to flavor it and pat it in an oblong tapering Msiiig pan. Pi5e on it another pan, set two or three rlit irons as a weight and let it stand over night. The next day It will turn out a good loaf from which slices may bs cut. Cherry Dumplings One quart prepare 1 flour, two heaping tablespoonfuls of lard, two cups of milk, a little salt, two cups of stoned cherries, one-half cupful of suar. Hub the lard Into the salted flour, wet up with milk, roll into a shsct a quarter of an incn thick, and cut into squares four inches across. Put two spoonfuls of cherries in the center of each, sugar them, turn up the edges of the paste, lay the joined edges downward on a floured baking pan, bake half an hour, Lat hot witn sauce. Corn Starch Pie One quart of milk. yolks of two eggs, two tablespoonfuls of corn starch, two cups of sugar. Boil the milk till as thick as cream, having reserved a little to mix the corn starch. Beat the eggs, stir into the hot milk, aid tha süL-ar, and lastly add the corn starch, hav ing blended it perfectly with the cold milk. Bake with an under crust only. Beat the whites of the eggs with two tablespoonfuls of sugar. When the pies are baked put this on tbe top and return them to the oven to brown slightly. CcFFF.E Fakcies. Two breakfast cups o?quite new milk, two dessert-spoonfuls o ground coffee, two dessert-spoonfuls o pounded losf sugar; put all into a sauce pan and stir slowly until boiling; theo pour into a coifce pot, and serve hot. Boasting the ccilee beans with a small piece cf fresh batter improves the flavor. Also beat up the yolk and white of an erg, mix it with dry ccflee to a paste, put it ia a pitcher, and pour the boiling water upon it, stirring well; cover closely with a napkin, and leave it five minutes to settle; pour backward and forward from a cup three times, and add a cupful more water and let it stand a short time. Or it may be make in a jng in this method without the egg, but tne new coffee pots are more economical. Lemok Salad A melon perfect in flavor it would seem a shame to make into salad, and yet variety is ever good and it makes one of the best fruit salads. Peel It, cut the flesh into small blocks, dress it with one tea spoonful cf oil in which you have mixed a small saitspoonful of salt, tos? the mellon gently in it, then use one or two more spoonfals of oil, according to the quantity of frutt you have, and vinegar in proportion of one-third the oil, pepper to taste. Household Hints. Milk bread dries out faster than water bread. Do not let stale flowers remain In a sickchamber. Scald peaches and tbe skin can be ramoved much etsier than by peeling without ecaldirg. üln baking applf&jor pecah dumplings fill the pan two-thirds full of water; they are not so dry and hard. Wash your flatlrons in soap suds and dry thoroughly, if they at all trouble you by dropping black specks. In baking custard set the pan containing it into another pan containing hot water, and it will cookr much better. A few leaves of green worm wood, scattered where black ants congregate, is said to be effective in dislodging them. It is claimed that the juice of a lemon squeezed into; a cup'of strong coffee will afford immediate relief in a neuralgic headache. For a gunpowder burn, keep the wounds wet witn a mixture of linseed oil and lime water for three days, and then apply vaseline to heal. Don't aik a convalescent if be would like this or that to eat and drink, bat prepare the delicacies and present them In tempting way. Sponge cake One cup of sugar and three eggs, beat well, add one cup of flour and one teaspoon Tal of baking powder; mix well and bake.

A half-cup ammonia to s pail of warm water will cleanse hard-finished walls nicely: cf course the water .should be changed when much soiled. . Peihaps some ladies would like to mow that milliners use an ordinary polish for ladies' ehoes to renovate old bla;k straw hats. Brush out the dust first. Graham padding Tjto cups or graham flour, one cup of molassea, one cup sir eat milk, one cap chopped raisins, two teaspoocsluls Eoda. Bteaaa three hours. Lemon marmalade Take lemons, peel and extract the seed. Boil the lemons until soft, and the juice and pulp with a pound of sugar to a pound of lemon. Boil to thicken.

For luncheon or supper some slices of sturgeon, boiled with a little vinegar and some sweet herbs and eaten cold are quite an epicure's dish, and a surprise to those who consider sturgeon a "common" dish. Brown bread Two-thirds of a cup of molasses, two cups sour milk, one cup sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls of soda, one cf salt, one cup flour, four cups corn meal. Steam three hours and browu a few miantes in the oven. Delicate pie Whites two eggs, four tablespoons cream, one large spoonful flour, one cup white suear, one cup cold water; flavor with lemon. Line a pie-plate with pastry, pour in the mixture and bake et once. Soup from canned peas is excellent. Boil a quart in three quarts of water until tender, and press thesa through a colander back into the water they were boiled in. Scrape and slice two carrots, two or three onions, adding a little thyme, some celery seed, pepper and salt, and boll these with the peas. Instead of the carrots you cau use three cucumbers, Bliced and seeded, bat not pared, as the skins do not go into the final preparation of the soup. Serve with eippets of bread fried in bacon fat. Farm Notes. Use every endeavor to induce the birds to build near the house and barmjas they are the best insect exterminators. Buttermilk thickened with wheat middlings and ground oats, with plenty of grass, ia the best food for growing pigs. Cabbages delight in frequent cultivation and can not be worked too often. If necessary, the hoe should be used close to the plants. The Chisajo Fat Slock Show will have a department for poultry this year, and it is expected that over three thousand birds will be on exhibition. After the rains It will require close atten tion and extra work to keep down tbe weeds and grass, as they now have the most favorable conditions for growth. "When a young tree runs up in height with but few stroug branches and a slender trunk, the top should be trimmed oil a few Inches, eapacially of the main Bhoots. Young turkeys over ten weeks old are usually past danger. They will be tender until they shall have the red fa.e, but after that time they will be hardier than chicks. It is best not to allow a tree bo to over load itself with fruit as to compel the use of props to the limbs. The fruit should be thinned out, leaving only the choicest. In turning weeds unier the work will be thrown away unless tuey oe completely covfrtd, as covering the roots only and leaving the tops out of the ground will permit them to continue growing. Open sheds in the barn yards are serviceable in providing snade in the summer and in affording protection from driving storms in winter. Every barnyard should have an open ehed. it convenient. It costs very little to plant trees along the road, and when they shall reach a fair size they will add something to the value of tbe farm. Attractiveness is often of as much value as fertility when disposing of a farm. Where sheep are trouble! with flies and maggots they rapidly lose flesh, and they get but little rest and have no appetites. Damp pastures are also injurious, often causing foot-rot. The sheep should always be sheltered at night. The earliest Lima beans which are usu ally found near the lower parts of the vines, should not be picked until enough have been allowed to dry for seed, as next season they will produceearlier than the higher grown seed. A fast horse is not the be3t for the plow or cultivator, as such horses not only soon exhaust themselves, but the driver also. The best work can usually be done with a slow animal, as the grass aud weeds can thus more easily be destroyed. The recent rains have been yery favorable to turnips, which should be thinned out in rows and iwell worked until the leaves shall cover the ground. The turnip grows very rapidly, and only needs attention at first for it to grow to a large size. The white and brown Leghorn fowls begin to lay when only Ave months old. They are non-setters, lay white eggs, and ran very high as egg-producers. They are, however, small in size, and do not answer as well for market as do the larger breeds. Tbe Troth of Hist ry. In referricg to the "English Bill," ia relation to the admission of KaDsss into the Union as a state, which passed Congress before the war, and was an exciting political issue at several elections, a western paper recently said that lion. Vai. H. English, of Indiana made a speech in Congress advocating the passage of the bill, in which he declared that ''the Administration ought to take a bändle of switches aad Bwitch the free state men out of congress." A correspondent of the Chaaute, Kausa? Times, evidently well informed in tha piemisee, says 'Mr. English said nothing of tbe kind, in congress or any where else, and entertained no sash sentiments. In Bpite of all the misrepresentations that were called out oy the political animosity and necessities of the time, a fair and candid examination of the official reords will Bhow that Mr. Euglleh was a consistent tree stats raw of the popular sovreiguty school ot politics. Instead of uttering the sentiment attributed to him in the article referred, to this is what he said "I am." eaid he. in one of his speeches, I ' & native cf a free State, and have no love for the institution cf slavery. Aside from the moral question involved, I regard it as an injury to tbe S-ate where it exists, and. if it were proposed to introduce it where I reside, would resist it to the last extremity." Speaking for himself and his constituents, he eaid, upon another occasion, "We do cot like this institution of slavery, neither in its moral, social, nor political beariegs, but consider that it is a matter which, like all other domestic affairs, each organized community ought to be allowed to decide for itself," That was the position occupied by a very large End respectable portion of the people of the free states at that day. The bill which passed Congress, known as "The English bill" was not inconsistent with that position. Under this law the question of admission under the Lecpmpton constitution was, in effect, referred back to the people of Kansas, and they voted against it, jest as Mr. English and almost every one expected they would do. Even so bitter a partisan as Mr. Greeley then was, admitted, in his history, that the vote cast on the proposition submitted by the English bill "was, In effect, to reject the Lecompton constitution." Thus the result was accomplished which Mr. English, had contended for from the beginning, and there is no inconsistency in his record upon this subject. On the Enal vote which admitted Kansas as a state, he waa still a member and voted for her admission."

POETRY OF THE PERIOD.

A Saxon Proverb. 1 There Is a Jolly Saxon provarb That is very auch like this, That a man is half in Heaven YYrjen he has a woman's kiss ; Bat there's daDger Iii delaying:. And the sweetness may forsake it; So. 1 tell you, tashlal lover, If joa want a kiss, why, take it. Never let another fellow, Steal a inarch on you in this; Kever let a laugMng mail Fee you spoiiicg lor a kiss; There's a royal way to kissing, Acd tha jolly ones who mace it Have a motto that is winning, Ii you want a kiss, why, take it. Any fool may face a cannon, Anybody wear a crowa; But a man mast win a woman If be'd have her for his own ; Would vou have the golden apple You ränst find the tree and shake it; II the tbioz is woith the Bavins, And you want a kiss, why, take it Who wou'd burn npon a desert W ith a f jrest smiling by ? Who would give his sunny summer For a bleak and wintry sky f Oh ! I tell you tnere is magic. And you cannot, cannot break it; For the sweetest part of loving Is to want a kiss, and take it. Oat at Sea, IChamber's Journal. IJIcbow that I am dying, mate; so fetch the isiuie nere. What's laid unopened in tbe chest for flve-and twenty year: And bring a light along of you, and read a bit to mc, Who haven't hear! a word ofit slncelflrst! came to sea. It's flve-and-twenty year, lad, sinceshe'went to her rest. Who put that there old Bible at the bottom ;of my chtst; And I can well remember the words the says to me: "Sow, don't foreet to read it, Tom, when you get out to sea." And then I s-hippel again.Imate. and forgotthc Bible there, Fori never gave a thought to it a sailing cycrywfctTe; But uow that I am dying, you am real a bit to me, As fiems to think about it.Cuow I'm Ü1 and down at sea. And find a little grayer lad, and say it up right loud So that the Lord can hear it ii it fml.s hlm"Jin a Crowd, I can scarce hear whit you're saylag for the wind that howls to ke; But the- Lord'il hear above it all, lor H c's been out at sea. It's set in very dirk, mite; and I ;think I' im say good night. Eut stop look there! why, rnitJ, why, B:U, the cabin's luroiUK light; And the dear oil uutiier'a standing there as give the book 1 1 me! All right: I'm coining! rB.ll, ;gool-bye! My soul's going out;to sea. IThe Qaiver.l Thou art a friend for evil days, and 6how Thyself rooht constantly when the snmmer crowd; That revels in the sun, dlsp.ayed and cowed, ns shruuk away till softer breezes blow, Kxultlngly thou Bhakeston tha snow, KmergmK boldlv from thy coll, white shroud, With Dcauty unimpaired, a conqueror proud. A daring climber thou, and yet th9 low fnhjgntly thiDjis of eirih thou seekest out To weave thy gracefu'. tendrils round about. Brse, laithfol ivy ! 1 would leaan from thee Amid life's ills invincible to be: And in this tangled coi where ill Isee, Be mine to veil it with sweet chatity. The Fool's 'Prayer. Brooklyn Citizen. The royal feast wai done: the kin? Sought some uw sp ir; t banish car3. And to his jast-r cr iiJ : "Sir Fool, Kneel, now, aal mike for as a prayer." The jester dotTod his cao and bells, Aud titood the mooting court before; They could not t-ee the bitter smile Behind the painted grin he wore. He bowed his head aul bent his knees Upon tbe monarch's silken stool; Ei pleadicg voieo aroe: "O. Lord, Be merciful to mc, a fool! "No ritr. Lord, could chance the heart From red with wrong to white ai wool; . Tbe rod mut heal the tin: bat, Lord, Be merciful to me. a fool! " 'Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and tight; O, Lord.we stay; 'Tis by our foilies that so long; We bold the earth from heaven away. 'These clumsy feet, still In the mire, Go crushing blossoms withmt end; These hard, well-meaniag hands we thru?t Among the heart strings of a friend. "The ill-timed truth we might have kept Who knows how sharp it pierojd and s .ung? The word we had not sense to say Who knows how grandly it bad rung? "Our faults no tenderness 6hould ask, The chastening stripes must cleanse them Jail ; But for our blunders oh I in shame Before the eyes of heaven we falL "Earth bears no balsam for mistakes; Men crown the knave, and coure the tool That did his will; but thou. O Lord, Be merciful to me a fool!" The room wa bushed : in silence rose The kin, and sought his garden, cool, Arid waliel apart, aud murmured low, "Be meiciful to m. a fool!" Eiward R. Srix. Differences. The King ctn drink the bast of wine, K) ciu I; And he enough when he would dine, So have f : And cannot order rain or shine, Nor cau I. Then wbere's the difference let me see Bttwixt my lord the KlDg and me? Do trusty friends surround bis throne Night and day ? Or make his interests their own? Nv, not they, liine love me for myself alone Blers'd be they. And that's one difference which I see Betwixt the lord my King aud ma. Do knaves around me live and wait To deceive. Or fawn and flatter wbea they hate? And would grieve? Or cruel pomps oppress my state By my leave? No, Heaven be thanked! and here yon 6ee More aifiercDCes 'twin the King and me. He has his fools with jest and quips, W hen he'd plav; He has his armies and hie shipsGreat are they: But not a child to kiss hi lips -Well-s.day ! And that's the difference sad to see Betwixt the lord the King and me. I wear a cap and be the crown W hat of that? And he's the KiDg and I'm a clown What of that ? Happy I and wretched he. l'erhaps the Klcg would change with me. Charles Mack at. A Sea Song, lOuting. I I love the sea! I love tbe sea! And the spray from its waves comes kissing me As I stand on the shore. When the flood tides roar. And the white caps dance right merrily, Tbe dear old waves from the coral caves, And the sunny strands that the water laves, Come close to my feet With legends sweet Of the mighty ocean's domes and navei. The wbo'e dsy long they croon a soDg, And the red lipped shells the strain prolong Of a one loved dear, Who is hastening here On a ship that is swift and stanch and strong. Jaxes Clarence Harvey. Meaning of Names." Frances Is "unrestrained and free;" Bartha, "pellucid, purely bright;" ' Clara, "clear as the cryttalsea ;" Lucy, a star of radiant "light;" Catherine is "pure" as mountain air Barbara cometb "from alar;" Habel is "like a lily fair;" Henrietta, a soft, sweet "star." relicla.is a "happy girl;" ' Matilda, is a "lady true;" Mtrgaret, is a "sbinlag pearl ; Kebecoa, "with too faithful few; Busan is a "Illy white;" Jane has the "widow's" curve and grace; Cecelia, dear, "is dim of sight;" Bophia shows "wisdom" on her face. Consunoe is firm and "resolute;-' Grace, a delicious "favor meet;''

Charlotte, noble, of good rennte; Harriet, a fine '"odor sweet;" Isabella Is "lady rare;" Lucinda. "constant m tbe day;" Maria means a "lady fair;" Atijall, "joyful" as the Miy; Elizabeth, "an oath of trust:" Adellna. "ni'e princess, proud Agatha, "is truly d and jnet;" Leita, "a joy by love avowed." Jemima, "a soft sound in air;" Caroline, "a sweet spirit hale;" Cornelia, "harmoaioas and fair;" Eelina, "a sweet nightingale ;" Lydia, "a refreshing well:" Judith, "a song of Eacred praise; Jnlia, "a jewel none excel;" Priscilla, "ancient of days."

A Bathlnc Idyl. 1 Boston Courier. I Beside the grand old ocean, fche stood in rapt devotion. And her looks they seemed to grasp Borne Ivlslonary land. Then she turned about her traces, One ot tte barefoot graces, And her iairy feet retreating, male post3holes in the sand. High water mark she reached. And she stood like one bewitched, And tbe salt teirs trickled past her little nose, The bath house numoer the Had forgotten miserj ! The bewitchlne creature couldn't Snd her Clothes. Then all Of her devotion For the caty salt old ocean, Was forgotten in her anger as she sore, And up the beach s le fled, While her cheeks were (Um'ng red, For a flannel blouse was all that the little drliEg wore. Woman's Ways. New York Mercury. When lovely woman's feet are sevens, And such a size her soul abhors. What does she then? Why, gracious heavens! ehe squeezes them in number fours. And when tke years cone onward pacing And show her waist Increased in size, What does she .' Flies to tighter lacing, And shows her suffering in her eyes. And when old age draws nigh and nlgher, What then does lovely woman do? She makes herself a right down 1 r, And says, "I'll soon be thirty-two." J. Capp. Itad Temper Among Kngllshmen. London Spectator. If Mr. Francis Gallon is right, temper is even a larger factor in the household uuhappiness of English people than is com monly imagined. Ue declares that rather more thaa every second adult person in England is in some way or other bad tempered. Oat of 1,01 persons ot whose characteristics be has received what he believes tobe accurate descriptions, given under a seal of 83crecy, he finds that 52 per cent are repotted bid tempere 1, and only 4S per Ctnt cood. The women are a little better than the men which we should not have expected, women suffering far more than men, both from the queruiousneES due to ill-health and irom the eüects of continuous anxietysay by about 10 per cent; but even amoEg the women -13 per cent strike their relatives as displaying in one way or another bad temper, it is true the word is employed to covr an extriordinary varity of forms of disagreeableness, the epithets employed by narrators being a3 follows: " Acrimonious, aggressive, aroit rary, bickering, capricious, csptioas, chol eric, contentious, crotchety, decisive, des potic, doniineeriog, easily offended, liery hts of aneer, glconiv. grumpy, harsh, hes'y, headstrong, hutfy, impatient, im perative, impetuous, insane temper, Irma ble, morose, nagging, obstinate, odd tem pered, passionate, peevish, poppery, proud, pugnacious quarrelsome, quick tempered, scoldmg, snort, sharp, sulky, sullen, snrly, uncertain, vicious, vindic live." (Forty-eigbt epithets in all ) A It Was Piped Off. Tld-BitS.l Slrarner (on eettee, Grand Central Sta tion, to other stranger) What a p'ace this Is to ttuCy human rature, Isn't it f Other tstrsncer (to himself) Rodents. Stranger (a little ioudder) It seems to me that a railroad station is the place, above all others, in which to study human nature. Other Stranger lea; I've bean sizing you up for a Boston mackerel drummer. paragrapher on tte Leader, and a N. Y. & N. H. conductor-spotter. If you'll ei?e my shattered guess-works we'll go down under the basement and dampen. A Measure of Econemy. (Boston Courier.J Boston Mother Then you have eluded to marry James, Clara? con Daughter (a school-ma am) i es, ma. James will soon be master, and we think it will be an economical measure for us to eet married. M. Where does the economy come in? J). Weil.we both wear the same sized spectacles. The nervous system is the seat of animal life and governs the functions of the body. All the nisdictDe in existence cannot make a constitution or health if by mental and physical overwork or dissipation the nerves are weakened. We are Bick, because they are unable to keep the functions in operation. Haw much do you gain by drugging? Reaction leaves the nerves weaker. The Aloxie Nerve Food has proved a hundred thousand times that It can restore such cases without harm or reaction. Druggists have it. 50 cents a bottle. A nice table drink. The Theatrical Profession. Merit wrl win and receive public recognition and praise. Facts, which are the outcome of general experience, growing throush years of critical and practical test, become as rooted and Immovable as the rock of Gibraltar lnpubllo opinion, and henceforth need no further guarantee as to their genuineness. The indisputable fact that Swift's Specific Is the best blood purifier ia the world, is one of these immovable Gibraltar r ck farts of which we have spoken, and eery day's experience roots this conviction detrr aud deeper in public opinion. Every Class of our people iu America ami In Euroi-e, every trade, calling and profession. Including the medical profession, have trne voluntary testimony to the remarkable virtues of 8. S. S. ani its infallible efheaey in curln all diseases of the lilood. These iettiinoulal are on file by the thousands, end open to the iuepecilon of all. Now come, unsolicited, two distinguished nienilers of the theatrical profenbion. who uratef ully test iry to the wonderful curative (iualitles of the Specific in their Individual cases. Their testimonials are herewith submitted to the public without further comment let them upeak for themw-lves. The lady ts a mnlrot the f&uioua Thalia Theatre Company, of New York, and formerlv of the Residence Theatre, Berlin. Germany, anil of McVlcker's Stock Company, of ChlcaKO. The gentleman is a well kuowu member of tte Vew York Thalia Theatre Company. B-th are well known iu theatrical circle in this country and in Europe. C'barlotte Itandow'a Testimony. JUa New Ycbk, May S, l?SZ Swift Sreelflc Company. Atlanta, Ga.: Gentlemen Having been annoyed with pimples, eruptions and routrbnem of tt ik In, from had condition of my tlod, for more than a year, I used leading preparation of sartananlla and other advertised remedies to no effect. Then I consulted a prominent physician, and from his treatment received no benefit. 1 then concluded to try the 8. S. a remedy for the blood, and five or ii packagea. by a thorough eradication of my trouble aud restoring miooihness to my fckln, have made me happy, and 1 chc-erfuliy give you thU testimonial for 6Ueh use and publicity as you wish to make of It. . Charlotte Rakdow, 113 Bowery, near Canal btrcet, lingo Haaakerr Testimony. The 8wtft Specific Company, Atlanta. 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