Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1891 — Page 5

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1891-TWELYE PAGES.

EARLY SPRING FARM TALKS.

THE VALUE OF A KITCHEN GARDEN. ZIow to Cultivate) Cuenmbcri and Melons The, g of tb Garden Among the Poultry Farm Note Uinta for the Kite ban. When, in the regular course of the seasons, we bid eood-by to winter, we make a change in our garments, we live more in the open air and we crave a aifferent diet, Bays a correspondent of the St. Louis Republ c. Roast turkey, large rounds of beef, great dices of ham and things of this sort pdv on our taste end we long for something fresh from the garden. Radiahes, lettuce, cucumbers, melons, strawberries, cherries, are in demand. We like the pungency of the radiih or ealads with vinegar, or the milder acids of the fruits. Cucumbers raised under glass are more or le?s insipid. The real criepness and perfection are only attained when raised in the open grouud3. But, says one, we cannot wait so Ion::, we want them earlier than that. Well, there is a happy medium. If you have a hot-bed, or only a cold frame, the process is easy. Cut out a sod cf grass four inches thick, invert it, place izpon this five or six cucumber seeds and place it if in a hot-bed right between the cabbage or tomato plants; cover the seeds lightly with earth and water with the plants. In a little while, when the plants have ben removed, you may allow the cucumber vines to occupy all the bed, two in a hill, If aviug the sash open, except wben threatened with a frost. You will be astonished at their growth. If, after the cucumbers have set, the vinea make too free w.tu space, pinch back. If you have only a cold frame you can easily take up the suds with the seeds, or rather plants on, and transfer them to the open ground without loosening the roots; earth up over the soils with rich soil and you Ciin thus gain two or three weeks in the growth of your fruit. The early cluster, early frame and improved long green are gooa varieties. The squ-jebeE are of tropical origin and, therefore, it is csehss to plant them until the soil is quite warm and all danger of frosts or cold nights is over. As they make a very rapid growth there is no necessity for haste in getting tne geej into the ground. Squashes are good feeders and like a rich 6oil. This can be concentrated in the hid. They need very litt.e it any more space than the cucumbers. ' i e sons maturing early mtirit be picked : . hen ready for use or else the vines will ; bearing. Winter va ieties and long Acepers need more territory and need a rich soil ail aiouud them. Alt sorts are benefited by an occasional douche of liquid manure well reduced by water. If the squash butts trouble treat the vines to dueling of unle&ched wood ashes aud repeat if necessary. There will be no need alter a second repetition. The summer crockneck and the buh escoliop for enriy, tho marblehead, turban and Hubbard for later fall and winter. When well grown and baked the last is quite equal to a good eweet potato. All person cannot with impunity partake .argely of melons. This is not constitutional, but climatic, as it seems to u. Some seasons one can eat half a watermelon and at others a thin slice will disvee with ihe digestive organs. Wateriae.ons are made a profitable specialty in the .-;ou;h rn counties of our state and in ll.inois. home portions of Iowa raise lare quantities for the northern markets alter those of Misouri will have become overripe. I have counted thirty-live freight cars on the Iron Mountain road in one train all loaded with watermelons, and I believe this is an every-day thing when the melon season is on. This shows plainly that the .Ethiopian is not the only consumer of th melon, but that the fruit is a universal favorite. Ice cream, mountain sprout and Cuban queen are among the fiivori'.e sorts of watermelons. 'J h proline nutmeg, golden-netted gem and champion market are in high esteem ; also the Bird cantaloupe. All cucumbers and melons should Le raised separate and eo wide apart that they cannot get married with each other or with the vines of Kurds. They are very apt to do this, st ceason I found three very hard gourds in my pumpkin patch, evidently hybr.d with cantaloupes of the eameround growth, but where ttiey came from I cannot tell, as 1 Lad no gourds in bearing on mv place. This inter-marrying or cro fertilization does etlect the fruit and for a certainty all the 6eeis, and thus makes both valueless. Very often we hear a remark like this: What can nne do ith a half acre of ground? Except when devoted to potatoes or sweet corn it will hardly yield a dozen meals for a fanny in a whole season. I know of no better way to answer such cavillings than by copying from the American Agriculturist. January, 1891, the following, by W. L. Footoof Connecticut: "Last spring, havin? been in poor health, yet feeling the necessity for active employment, my physician advised that I shomd take up some outdoor exercise, guch as would, whi e not overtaxing my strength, give me suthcierit employment to take my mind oil" myself. Hence, my miniature farmine was decided upon. The 2th of March I ha 1 mv lot of just one-half acre in size wliich had been in grass for foar years plowed, harrowed anil freed from stores. I thn carted on a trifle over half a cord (a pi! 8x8 feet and 4 feet deep) of manure, using phosphate in addition. On the Hh of April I commenced my fir.-t planting by eowing 100 feet of Alaska pease, and one weak later 4D feet of American won.ler. Planting potatoes (early rose,) which I intended to make my principal crop for early marketing, was commeneed April 11. I averaged 312 hills per day until April 19, when I had completed the p acting of 1.542 hills or about oneha'f of my ground. On April 2 I planted A2'y hills of corn of two varieties. Concord and Iliarock. Sixty-one cabbage plants were fret out on May 9 and also one row of tomato plants (27), an additional row containing twelve p ants of adiilerent variety loinj lanted twelve days later, on which date nan also sown one rowcf string beans 70 fot in length. ' The record of planting after this date, in brief, im an follows: May 18, 75 hi. Is of lima beans; June 10, 8 hills of squashes, 6 hills of r anta oupca and an equal nuin- . Ler of watermelons; July 8, HXi hills of encumbers; Angiiat 3, 75 feet of celery, thus completing my planting. Up to this dare I had carried on my work without aceittance, except one day when I felt too far behind with my hoeing. My expense were, therefore, the greatest in the purchase of Feed, tools and fertilizers. The delivery of all my truck was accomplished by mv own strength, using as my team a cart with two whee s. On the 20th of Jane my first pease were ready for market On the 30th I dog my first bushel of potatoes, digging and delivering daily thereafter whenever the weather or my health would permit. "The next harvest was that of my cuenrtbers, which yielded a little less than twenty five bushels. All the cabbages f anted out in May lived, and most of hem were disposer of. The yield of ttring beans was over a bushel and a half, and of tomatoes three bushels. The sweet corn, so far as I hav been able to keep track of it, has been over 1,100 ears. Most cl my garden truck, other than potatoes.

has been taken by my neighbors. The area of my daily delivery was within a limit of three or four miles. The net result of the miniature farm, as given below, while not large, yet cannot be considered else than satisfactory, considering the area tilled. The receipts were: Ca. rotator, 69bu...................M...................S 8XU Cucu mbr . 8. S5 Tomato 1.6 ) Str Dg b ens.. .............. 144 Pense (SH buA .. 3 C2 LJroa beaua (t,' bu.) .... 6.tl

ToUl ..S109.C1 Da. Eiptswn for work, eeeds, fertilizer, wear and Vet $ 78.79 "No account was kept of truck given away." The improved health of Mr. Foote more than onsets his own labor not brought into account rrm Not. Since the Introduction of the tomato, says the X'irhignn Farmer, no vegetable has so rapidly changed its position from a luxury, cared for by a few, to a necessity, eaten by everybody, as celery has done. Its production is constantly increasing, and yet the consumption seems to keep pace with it The farmer can Eell at a better price and the consumer buy at a better one if there is no middle man to go between them. Then if it is better for both, why not 6triveforthe home market which will enable both to do better? It is only by means of the home market that these direct sales are possible. Feeding flavors all animal products, more especially the fatty parts of them, says the Practical Farmer. This is due to the fact that the fats and oils of food are not digested, but are absorbed in their natural condition without decomposition cr chanee. Hence the great importance of using foods devoid of ill-flavors or impurities of any kind. Bloating is a dangerous form of indigestion in ca:tle. The enlargement of the Ftomaeh by the pressure of gas in it interferes with the action of the lungs and provokes suffocation. An Engiish remedy is to dash co d water over the animal's back. This reduces the temperaturo of the stomach and condenses the gas and favors its escape by eructation or through the bowels. Western Unral. Eight Michigan farmers from near Ypsilanti went to Dakota e:ght years ago with hut three or four head of cows among them. They can now count up over 400 head of cattle and horses which they have raised, and which figure as profit. They have lived through the toughest of the prairie privations, and now see the way out by the yearly increase in tho flocks of sheep, cattle and horses. Exchange. Do not fall into the idea that you know everything about farming. Tho world is t rogre!sing, and in no other department is tnere more progress being made these dtys than in agriculture. We can all learn. Learn from experience, from one another and from those who are making a life study of the science of farming, and the more we learn the better are we prepared to n.ake a success of our business. PudJling roots in clay mortar prevents drying or injury by freezing if buried or lett well packed in cellar unlil frost is out. Care shou'd be taken in mixing the puddle to have it of proper consistency not merely dirty water, or so thick as to have a laree surplus adhere to roots. In the first instance it would be of very little, if any benefit. If too thick, it only adds unnecessarily, a large percentage to the freight bill. ays J. Shepherd in the Kansas Farmer: '"The only cure for low prices is to increase the yield. With present yields and present prices it requires good management to be able to realize a profit. We cs.n onlv increase the yield by enriching the soil, giving more thorough prorortion and more complete cultivation, n proportion as we increase th fertility we can hope to increase tho yield, and in doing this we can reduce the cost per bushel so as to be able-to realize a profit." A mono; the I'nn try. Good sand aids in cleanliness. Feeding troughs wilt always save feed. Eggs a month old will not do for hatching. Young ducks need careful feeding at first. Guineas will almost invariably hide their nests out. Geese and ducks need bulky food instead of so much grain. Supplying good drainage will aid materially in preventing roup. Keep a watch on the turkey hens or some of tho eggs will be lost A number of foods may be used to good advant ge in feeding poultry. In using artificial mothers care ehould be taken not to keep too warm. The best plan of stopping feather eating is to kill those that begin it. Generally it is the poultry for egg production that pays the farmers best A two-feet huh woven wire fence will generally be suflicient to keep ducks in or out. A tablespoonful of coperas in the drinking water for younger fowls will be found healthy. While bran makes an excellent food for poultry it should never be fed dry or raw ; always scald it thoroughly. Rata are often very troublesome among young poultry, causing considerable loss; they must be guarded against. Care must always be taken inputting any kind of oil or grease on young chickens; too much will often prove fatal. Eight average hen egzs will weigh a pound, but there is considerable difference between the largest and the smallest After the fowls can be given a free range care ehould be taken not to overfeed ; very little corn is needed from this time on. Tame hens sit better and will fatten better and easier than when they are frightened every time something approaches tbem. One advantage with docks is that they grow rapidly and can be turned into money in a short time in less time than almost any other fowl. Whenever it can be done, epsp from late hatched turkeys should never be used for hatching; they ought to be selected from well-matured hens. One of the advantages with jreese is that if they can be viven a good pasture range they will need little extra feeding, at least during tbe growing Reason. The largest geese for market are secured by mating a Toulouse gander and an Embder goose; with good feeding the cross will grow to a good size. Whenever the hens lay thin-shelled esrgs it is almost a 6ure indication that they need lime. Generally fowls that run at large do not need te be supplied, but those that are confined must have a regular supply. From this time on milk can always be fed to poultry to advantage. It is cheap and wholesome and all that the fowls will eat can be given with benefit Droopiness among the young chickens is almost a sure indication of lice. A little grease or coal oil over the top of their heads and under their wings will usually remedy the trouble. . Hut! for tb Klteha. Brown Bread Three parts white flour, one-fourth rye, salt and one teaipoonful of faolaaiea to each quart ol material; put

to rise; set it to rise with veast: after it I

has risen, work it over a?ain; place in a pan or pans a proper distance from the fire to rise again well, and then bake. Norfolk Dumplings Take about a pound of dough lrom a baking of light bread and divide it in small pieces and make into small cakes; drop them into boiling fat and fry as douzhnuts ; send them to the table as soon as they are dished up, and serve with a wine sauce, melted butter sweetened, or maple sirup. Duxbury Shortcake Half a pound of shortening, one pound of flour, one egg, one-quarter of a pound of sngar, half a pint of milk, half a teaspoonful of salt; rub the butter and flour together and mix it to a paste with one egg and the milk, add the sucar, roll the paste out thin and cut it into shapes, strew the top with sugar and bake on shallow tins. Orangf and Batter Pudding One pint of milk, two dessertspoonfuls sugar, four dessertspoonfuls of flour, four egss and a email jar of marmalade; mix the flour smooth in a little milk and add it to the pint with the sugar and eggs well beaten, and a pinch of salt, stir ail well together and boil one hour; when done turn it out and put the marmalade on top. Lemon Rice Half a pound of rice, one quart of milk, a little white sutrar, ono lemon and salt; cook the rice in the milk until it is tender; add the salt and sugar and juice of the lemon ; set it to become cool, but not cold, and serve with a sauce made of ono egp, beaten very stiff, a pinch of salt, half a cupful of sugar, vanilla extract and half a cupful of boilintr water. Cocoanut Gingerbread Cream together half a cupful of brown sugar and one tablespoonful of butter, add one cupful of of molasses, half a teaspoonful of salt, mix well together, wft two and one-half cupfula of flour, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder; aid gincer to suit the tast- and add to first mixture with half a cupful of milk; tho last thing stir in a quarter of a pound of dessicated cocoanut ; bake in two small loaves about half an hour. To Cook Fansges Prick eah sausage all over with a la'ga needle or fork; this will prevent the Pkin from cruckme ;broil them on very clear coais about twenty minutes and servo on toast Sausages are very nice baked. Prick each one or dip into boiline watr; then place them in a shallow pan and put them in a hot oven to fry. This is often preferred to the ordinary fryinz in a spider on top of the stove. Sausages ehould be served as free from fat as possible. Veal Broth Three pounds of the scrap end of veal, about thre quarts of water, one onion, one turnip, half a pound of rice, a littlo mace, and salt to suit taste, and a little pepper; cut the meat into small pieces an 1 put them into a stew pan and pour in the water, and set it over the fire; skim it well; let it cook one hour and then add vegetables and Reasoning, and cook an hour longer ; strain it through a seive, add one-quarter of a pound of rice previously cooked tender; boil all together ten minutes, and serve. THE SUNDAV SCHOOL A Review of the Lpmoih for the Fait Three Mnntba. The Book II Kings. (See introduction to first lesson.) Time About ninetv years. B. C. 9758S4. Draw a line dividine it into ten parts, each part representing ten years, and locale on it the principal dates of the lessons. The Map Draw a free-hand map as accurately as you can without spending much time, and locate on it the leading places about which we have btudied, aJerusalem, Shcchem, Samaria, Jezreel, Cannel, Bethel, Pan, Zurcphath, Damascus. Sini'iHu, Dothau. The Kintr? Learn from the chart cf chronology the kings of Iracd and of Judah, fo far as w have studied. Nummary Write out a brief summary of th hi-tury we hae gone over, noting tha chief events. Word Tk-tures Picture out in your own words the events in the history, and then think what is the moral lesson each is intended to teach. First The Sinfulness of the Israelites. Les.-on i, pride, obstinacy, selfiRhness. Le?sn ii, i '.oiatry, disobedience. Lesson iv, halting between two opinions. Lesson v, persecution, despondency. Lesson vi, covetousness, perjury, murder. Lesson xi, eovttousness, lyinz, hypocrisy. Second What God did to Save the People. 1. He sent two prophets. Lessons iv, viii. 2. He punished sin. Lessons iii, iv, vi, xi. 3. He upheld his prophets. Lessons iii, v, vii, xii. 4. He answered by fire. Tvsson iv. 5. He worked many miracles of kindness and love. Lessons iii, v, viii. is, x, xii. G. He warned, reproved, taught, encouraged, defended. Third Application to Missions 1. Two Icsfons are specially opposed to one of the greatest enemies of missions, covetousness. 2. Three lessons show that God's goodness, as manifested even in those days, extended beyond the bounds of Israel. 3. Unseen defenders guard and aid the missionaries and the word of God. 4. The s hools of the prophets hint at the duty of teaching others. General Truth God is continually seeking to save men from their sins. Golden Text Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from hi3 ways and live? Ezek. xviii, 23. QilK.'lon. Subject The sinfulness of the Israelites, and what God did to save them. I. Their Sins. In what way were prido and selfishness shown in lesson i.? How idolatry and disobedience in lesson ii.? What two lessons show tbe evil and danger of covetousness? Which lenson persuades against indifference and indecision? In which lesson was an example of persecution? In which were perjury and murder committed? In which one is an example of lying, stealing and hypocrisy? II. What God did to save them. Was the division of the kingdom any advantage? What two prophets did God eend? Give 6rme account of Elijah, his character, and works. What great event on Mount Carmel? How did God reveal Himself to Elijah on Mount Horeb? What did the ascension ot K.ijah teach about the Immortal life? What warnings and punishments were sent on account of 6in? Give nome account of Klisha. Relate eomo of his miracles. Did they all eipress the goodness and love of God? What two instances of punishment of sin? What revelation of our unseen defenders ? What of love to enemies? III. Application to Missions What great enemy to missions was condemned in two lessons? (vi, 11.) What blessings came through the prophets to people outBide of Israel? (iii, x, 12.) What unseen guardians defended God's missionaries? Didn't TVat th U.con to Know. fJeweller'i Weekly.J Miss Ongwce (to her Cousin Jonathan from the country during a spectacular divert isement in the opera) "Well, cousin, I have observed your frequent use of the glasses. What do you think?" Cousin Jonathan (bashfully) "Nothin Miss Ongwee "Oh, yes, you do I What is it?" Cousin Jonathan "Wall, I wouldn't have Deacon Tubbs know I looked at them folks through microscope for tew dollara."

IT IS FOOUSII TO FRET.

GOOD RESULTS NEVER COME OF IT Cars and Worry riaatan Ono Along to too GraTO Tho Culm Sarene and Win Man Gets tbs Beat Oat of This Lit. Take, therefore, no thought for the morrow; for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." Those who are forever trying to forestall tomorrow's imaginary evils, win tomorrow's imaginary prizes, says the Chicago Herald, and by some superhuman endowment project the present into the future, should paste in their hats the foregoing verse from Matthew. Longfellow wrote: Lrt ci then, bi np and doing, With a heart for any fUf; 6til achieving, atiil purtuinf, Learn to labor, and to wait. How many there are who learn to labor, but who do not learn to wait Americans as a class are noted for being in a hurry. They reach maturity, transact business, make love, get married, secure divorces nd die in a hurry. Forgetting the adaee that haste trips its own heels, they fret and fume and with hurried discontent assume the pace that kills and rush into their graves. Writers of all ages have looked upon care, born of impatient ambition, as being an enemy of mankind, and have given it a thrust whenever an opportunity offered. More than two hunered years ago Wither penned the oftquoted lines: Han? iorrow! ears will kill I eat. And, therefore, let' bo merry. If care can terminate the nine lives of a cat how certainly can it render unhappy the one life of man. A hundred years before Wither's time John Heywood wrote as follows concerning adverse fortune: Th loj of woa'th ta lo of dirt. All aces la all time assert; The tappy man's without a shirt. lt the world llde. Jet the m-orld goj A fig for care amt a fltt for woe! If 1 can't ay. why. 1 can't owe. And death make equal the high and low. Shakspeare say: "I am sure care's an enemy to "life," and again: You bar too much resp"et upon the world) They lose it that do buy it with much care. A Nail in Oar Coffin. John Wocot, who was himself bent upon achieving recognition and who wrote Whtr;e for fame attend br.tti great tod aasali! Better be d d than uientionrd uot at all, Made the more truthful and happily philoeophical observation Csre to o ir cotPn aJ Is a nail, no doubt,' And every srm, so merry, draws one out. The versemskers of today are writing with the same spirit of opposition to frettin? and worry a did the poets of old. The following lines are from verses which recently went the rounds of the press: What's the n of worrying, Of flurryii.2 Ant 'curryin?, Erfrrbody burryinif And trc!ng up their ret? When iTerr o:io i teaching ue, l'r.'aeliinrf nnl Ixftech'tia; us To e!:l d irn iyi 1 end tin fuu, lor quiet ways are best. 0 'T a bf tier far t- join tho throng Tlmt do their duty rlttlit alng; iLelucant tu?y to raise a fusa Cr make tl.eme!trcs ridiculous, f a'tu and rr:.e in heart an 1 nerve, T'ui'ir sti. ;i A-th is eUr.- In re erre AnJ nobly !!!' c-Jifli tet; And every diy and a-.l atwit. Br scene within and sceri'S without, We can dic rn with ne'er a doubt, That quiet w:ys aro best. rsearly every man ono "meets is worrying about one tiling or another. Some are worrying about tlieir treasures in the next world and some about earthly money matters. L-t t'to Oii.er Tellow Do the Walking. One of the latter class who was stopping over night at a hotel was wildlv pacing back and forth in his room. When the disturbed occupant of au adjoining room inquired the muse of the mental anguish the lloor walker explained: "A man holds my note for $1,000 due tomorrow, and 1 haven't a cent with which to pny it." "Foolish man," 6iid the other, "go to bed and sleep. It is the fallow you owe the money to "who should be walking the tioor." Calm, cool patienco will win where fretful haste will fail. Margaret ! Sangster writes: When you think of It, friend, the worries. The troubles that wear you out, Are if ten the veriest tril'.e That common 9ene would flout; They write the forebend with wrinkles Titer bow tha shoulder with care, Yet a little pati-nee would show you, friend, Just bow tha weight to bear. A quaker one day driving through a narrow lane met a young man, who was also driving. There was not room enough for them to pass each other unless one should turn back to a point where the lane was broader. "I won't make way for you," cried the young man. "See if I do!" "I think I am older than thoa," said the quaker. "I have a right to expect thee to turn about" "Well, I won't," resumed the other, and pulling out a newspaper he began reading. The quaker settled back in his .chair and placidly contemplated the landscape. "Friend," said he, finally, "when thou hast read that paper I should be glad if thou wouldat lend it to me." This calm assumption of his ability to wait indefinitely waa too much for the young man, and he yielded his point, rersons endowed with the faculty of always taking everything by the- smooth handles save their nerves a vast amount of wear and tear. A good story is told of Prof. Hiram Corson, the Shakepearean Etudent and professor of English literature at Cornell university. He has a peculiarly slow, drawling manner of speaking. It happened not bo very long ago that Ithaca was visited by a very high wind that came up suddenly during the night, blowing down trees, tearing otf the roofs of houses and cutting up auch other capers as are the usually accorded privileges of a hixh wind. The professor was living in Oscadilla, the big dormitory. The first intimation he and bis wife had of the hurricane was when one of tho big stone, chimneys was blown over and went crashing down through the 6kylights. The professor's wife was in an aifony of terror, and, getting up from bed, began to make hastv preparations fr leaviug the bui ding, all the while beseeching her husband, who bad not yet atirred.to come out and assist. All at once, with a , frightful noise, the Used In Millions 01 nomca

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great tin roof of the building was torn off by the wind. With a scream Mrs. Corson said to her complacent spouse: "Oh, liiram, come, do come. The last day has surely come." And the oniy response she got was the drawling inquiry: "What, in the" night?" Frienda In Fair Weather. The whole world loves the optimist Even the pessimist cannot but admire him, much as he would prefer not to do so. Ella Wheeler's lines beautifully portray this thought: Lan;h, and tbe world laa?bi with yen; W-ep, and you weep alone; Itfjo oe, and una il seek yoa ; Grioe, and they turn to go; Tbey watt full neasuri of all your pleuure, But they do not want your woe. Be triad, and your friends are many; Be sad, and you lose them all; There ire uone to decline your ceoUr'd wiie, But alone you must drlck life's ffalL One of the humbler newspaper poets expresses the same thoughts thus: Tha world doesn't ere for your woes, Oh, do, Kot a b't! The man who is wise never shows His foe Thst he's hit. Every ono of your ca'gbbors bss frriefi ot his own; lie freatly prefers to let your griefs a'one, And he doesn't at all enjoy hearing you groaa, So take warning and quit. But it is cot the real, tangible, and hence con frontage troubles of today that wear out the lives of men so much as it is those vague, indefinite awful evils of tomorrow. The present is brief and fleeting and can hold but little of sunshine or shadow, but the far-reaching, interminable future contains joys or sorrows without end. It is the woes of the latter claes that Altord Gleaeon describes in his poem Oar Averisv Trouble.

One summer ermine, lone ago. There came a bird that none did know Ani the litnko Tree tall "Woe is m .1. " 'lis the W. pjily Kird," said the Gtoko Tree "Ah, me! Ah, me! and woe is me! 'lis tbe Woggly Bird," said theUinko Tree, Fsler tbe shade of tbe tree It sat. And built its nrat in the (iiako bat And tha egg w re laid that aeemed to bo The eg of tbe foe of the Oioko Tree; Ah, nie! ah, me! th y seein.d to be The eggs of the foe of the Uiuko Tree. "It's niott absurd, it's net absurd I I'll uot bo fooled by the Woly Bird," 1 he sad tree rang, and "Woe to roe Why was I born a Olnko Trte?" "Rerenso is sweet:" the Glnko cried, To stand upon bis bead be tried. But failed, lor he'd uot been taught When young to posture as he ought: Ah, ue! ah, me! he'd not b en taught When young to posture as he ought. Si now tha little Wogg'.et'a roost (At least a year ago tbey used) Upon the brat-.e1) if branch there be. The bri.oh ot the ill ud Uinko Tree, Ah, me! ah, roe! it branch there be, They r-oston the branch of the Oinko Tree. UORAU There's no such thing as a Oinko Tree, There's no such turn? aud ne'er will be; It's also trur though, roo-t nb.iinl Them's no such th ng as a Wo??ly Cird. Ah, me! ah, we! it's most absurd. But there's nu such thiu as a VVojly Bird. THE STARS AN INVOCATION. "Yon bright and burning blazonry of Gvd." J'rrntic. Ye shining, melancholy stars, that Have beeu looked up to by the wear) And tbe wretched ever since tbe mourn (a! P ciatcs brut shown upon bricking iluiuaa hearts! Are ye fad to us Pecatise we know that you are the only Lick between r.'A j-rest n; lily and The forgot ton nations that hare lived Out their djys and r-ased away, long Btore Lit tory had a roice or lejf nd an Tcbo Wtwetn us and ell the races of Mea who hare gazed uj-on you, acJ Wor4hi e-J and went and IijJ? We know that ever since humnn iorro has forcvJ assuUin Into the dark Mj st.-ries of life and tlcath, you have Leen sh.ning there. The young huvbsnl, Turnicg from the couch of u'e deal wife, lias stretched up to you his pleading bands. And piieoualy cntreatel for one Glimpse of bis fair Jutic briic, and Aked in which of yur beauteous worlds Mia is now walking with shining leeU Tbe heartbroken mother In the h-jsh of Midnight, has listened to bear her deceased Firstborn wh:jer ce comforting word From out yon ecl-stial orbs: and th3 Betrothed lorer, be..diiu orcr bis plighted Oiu'i new made grave, bas vuestioned Yuur Impenetrable mysteries, and wept Lecausc o i gave him no sign of tha iH-ar departed. It uiy bo that you will calmly shin On this wornout world, "lock-ribbed and Ancient a the sun," when everr trace of Turubbiug life shall have gone from its Surface I -rerer when oceans will roll Their wares over pyramid, fanes and temples, Orer "cioud-caj pcd towers and snrgeous I'a a es;-' the tombs of kings andhe Monuments o heroes; when all tho Manifold Tolcss of bygone oenturlea Shall bo mute sod still, Is it poss;ble that this can be? That A time may come in which there shall be No hie, nor puise. cor motion? When the Wbo.e human race will be as the Countleas dead who now He an hundred Fathoms beueath Atlantic's billows; when "ever more on earth will be heard tho Joyous notes of tbe Matin bymu, or The musical chime of the Aticelus bells? We prayerfully ask these questions of you. Ye burning stars, and why will ye Not answer? Oh! why? f Joskph F. Baowir. Indianapolis, March 18. Mind Cure. Street A Smith's Good News. Husband "Getting that tooth pulled hurt prettv badlv. didn't it?" Wife "No. ljust thought of all the mean things you had ever said to me; and it made me so mad I forgot all about the tooth." la th Four Hundred. Boston Transcript. Brown "Did you ever notice It, that what they call women of good breeding appear to have a supreme contempt for men they don't know?" Fogg "I should think they'd be more likely to have contempt for the men they do know." A Snake Story. Puek. Hoolihan Youse nagurs hey no St Tathrick to celebrate. Poiotdexter. No. eah. Tn'd take a bi?ger man 'n St. Fatruck ter git 'way wid un ob ourboa-constricturs. Short'Band ota UtfeetlT. JPucV.1 I see by the paper that at the performance of your new play last night there were several calls for the author." "That's a uiietako in the print. It should read 'authorities.' " Particularly at Kl;ht. Brooklyn Life. Travera "Well, how's the new baby?" Bixby ''He's a bowline success and don't you forget it." 40 Years tho Standard.

THE HOWARD LITERARY. NOTICE TO H. LC MEMBERS. Thb Skstisei. company kindly agrees to allow the club a imall commission oa each subscription tent in by tba members for tha benefit of the H. I C Te secure this, members should send their subscriptions to tha H. L. C treasurer, Anna K. Guenther, 171 Fayette-sL, Indianapolis, and you will be duly credited and the paper sent immediately. Remit the full amount of subscription ($1.00) by draft or poet oCce order. If receipt from treasurer is desired, enclose postal card. By order of Exeoutire Committee. "Later Oy," Ch aire an. Box 22, Grarelton, lad. Persons desiring to become members of tba TJoward literary club should make application to tbe secretary, Mrs. E. O. Lowrey, Box 737, Cloomington, I!L All those interested in the work, and desiring to contribute to this department are cordially solicited to join our membership. All contributions for publication must be written on one side of the paper only, and accompanied by the writer's real came and address, as well as the nora-de-plume. THREE STAGES OF LIFE.

Childhood, Youth and Old Age, as Seea by "SnBist" H. L. C. Friends It has been quite a while since I was with you. I wish to chatter this time about tbe three stages of life. I will take tbe liberty to assert that there are three stages of human life. First is childhood, which is tho most innocent and impressive part of life. This is the time when lasting impressions are made upon the mind. It in reported that a catholic priest once said: "Give me the first ten year's training of a child and all the protestantism in the world can never eradicate it." This is largely true; yet the period of youth so intimately connected with, and in reality a period of childhood, may to a great extent undo (by the person's own will) much of tho early training, cither good or evil, especially the good. We generally get that fur which we nve. Some live for farm-, some for wealth, some for fun, and some for the good he or she may do, which is the true secret of happiness. Youth ia not only the time of growth and formation of onr bodies, but of onr minds and habits, and this to a great extent fixes our degree in the Eecoud stage, which U middle life. This is the most useful time of existence. Upon this class rest the responsibility ana burden of the church, the Ftato and "the home. Then in quick succession follow old age, which if the decline of iife, and I mitrht also add the harvest of life: not eternity, but life in which is reaped not only the seed of youth, but the mannT in "which the eeed haa been tended and we-ds uprooted will largely a 'e t tho j ie'd, and this also haa ita peculiar advantages of usefulness. Having passed through the perion of youth and middle life, they know the temptations of each and can give valuable information in regard fo each. Veritable lighthouses are thev lighting up the pea of lie, so that others may tnias the rockg which may have cause i themselves trouble. Then let us heed theso beacon lights and ever strive to make our lives perfect and uprisiht, remembering we are told to "mark the perfect man nt:d to behold the tipriht, for the end of that man is peace." Welcome "Dewdrop." All others fecm to have forgotten me. Gie us more of your travels, p'ease. Ha! ha! "AdIvance," don't you think I'm rcs.1 smart to find tou out so nicelv? Hurry up and give me my other lecture. Iiy the way, don't you think we live near enough to become acquainted ? .Say "Hamlet," I wish to describe a voung man or boy to you and get you to tell what you think of his disposition. He is very email, dark, or rather dark hair and eyes ; ia a little freckled, his head slants from the back to his forehead, is fuil in the top where the organ of etubborness laes. The middle of the back i art of the hea 1 ia very large, while lower down near the neck it is almost flat. Between this part and fullni-s in the back of the head, about middle way, is a perceptible projection. I was somewhat puzzied over a Fart of the shape of his head, and thought would see if you or any others could give a history of his disposition from my bungiing description. "Sc.nslt." Weatlitld, lnd., March 18. KITCHEN AND WOMAN RIGHTS. Wllmlna" Talk About Them Both and Adds a Cream Tie Dessert. Kind Howard Friends Again I have the pleasure of penning a few lines to our interesting page. Last week our page was full of good letters. Let us have it so every week and keep out those advertisements for they don't look well on our page. What is most needed in the kitchen? "Evening Star" says srub. I think we need more neatness and order in our kitchen; of course plenty of good grub don't come amiss either; but who wants to eat a meal prepared in an untidy kitchen? The dishcloth is a very important article in the kitchen, one should have not le? than two, one for washing and one for drying the dishes, and they should be washed out and hung up to dfy aftvr being used. A small line behind the kitchen stove is very convenient for them. Right here I will say a few words on "woman's rights." I am" in favor of what I rail woman's rights, but am not in favor of voting. I think woman's rights are to take proper caro of the household ; to see that everything is in readiness for her lord and master aud for his enjoyment. But as to women going to the poles on election day to vote alonjz with rotifh, burley menj I am greatly opposed to it. What lady would go in a crowd where the rougher men are drinking and quarreling over their candidate? 1 dare etty, not one. "Frank," since "John Henry" and "Mary Ann" are happily married yon must write us another story, that is after you get out of vour own troubles. What has become of "Elk," "Gsno," "1'uBchia," 'Idftlia." "Catterbox," "Xobody 1'arliner." and so many more that it would take too much space to mention you all. Come soon to the page. While I am her I will pive you my recipe for cream pi?. Vut the cruet for three pies to hake; put on quart of milk to boil ; tke three egkis, reserve the whites of two for frosting, beat the eggs one cap of sugar, three tab!e?pconful.s of flour; stir the flour up with a little cold milk, add the en ear and e?gs all together, 6tir in the boiling milk, fill the baked crnsls, spread the whites beaten with a half cup of sugar over the top and set back in the oven to brown. Before I eo I will propose a question for discussion: "Which has caused the most misery in the human family, war or intemperance?" With best wishes for all I close. "Wilmina." March 17. ' t - Ta Tala .f Kindness. Dea n. L. C. Fbiexds Another stranger knocks for admission. I have been an interested reader of the H. L. C for some time. I have alwayi wanted to

write to the paee, but thought ray pen too feeble to cope with such writers, and then thoughts about the old waste-basket1 rose before me. Eut here I am : What 1 wish to write about is kindness. More hearts pine away for want of kindness from those who shou'd be their comforters than for any other calamity ia life. A kind word and a pleasant voice are gifts easy to give. Be liberal with them. They are worth more than money. If a word or two will render a pereoa happy, he or she must be a wretch indeed who will not give it. There is nothing like kindness in the world. It is the very Erinciple of love, an emanation of the part which softens and gladdens, and should be inculcated and encouraged ia. all our intercourse with onr fellow-beings A little word In klndaesa spoken. A motion or a tt-ar Eu often Lealed the besrt that's broiin, And mad a Irlend sincere. THshine success to the Howard club X will take my departure. "Roxie Rat. "MAY BELLE'S" CONTRIBUTION.

Tbe Essentials of Kitchen Work and nappy !Iarrtnrea. Dear Howard Friends It has not been long since 1 visited the page, but a "Aranmore" haa not yet succeeded in clearing the pazo of advertisements I will just help him a little this evening. Our page has not been full for aoma" time. 'Tis true, but all the same it grows better all the time and as some one has already said it is the best part of the paper. I did not get to read last week's n TiXEhvery much, it having been givea away to some neighbor before I had time to read it I was so sorry to miss it. A great deal that is good has been said oa "What Does It Take to Make a Happy Marriage." I think with "Jessie Clyde" thai Christianity and love are the most essential quantities. They are both absolutely necessary to a happy marriage and without both there is not much if any real happiness. So. "l'eaeh Blossom," not too early. II is cold 'tis true, but not in the II. L. O. Yes, "Iona G," "May Belle" certainly does say welcome to "Calico Bill." Such a good letter from "Deractive," do please come azain soon. "Evening Star," I only said that if I could only have one thin? ia the kitchen I would take the dish cloti and I really believe I would. That's always the first thing I pet when I go in the kitchen and I keep it until I leave, bat I didn't mean that as advice to any one ebja and if I had I would not expect any one ta follow it. Iam so sorry for our invalids; I da wish that every one was well like myself. Only twice In the last fourteen years barj I been sick enough to go to bed, and thea only a week at a time. Momebody thought I was taking the measles about three years ago. I tried my best to humof them, but I couldn't 1 went to bed, bat found it such unutterable dull work that I only staid half an hour. "Moon Beam," don"t vou live in Fair land? I'm going to Brook field tomorrow and will be there a little over a week The two places are not far apart I wish we could meet. This is the last day I can claim to be not twenty years old. Tomorrow I begin to be twenty-one. Before I go I most congratulate 4;Cornet" and "Cousin Mary." Now "Aranmore," I think that I have helped wonderfu ly, and in return remember J am a farmer's daughter, and quit talking about us eo much. I would surely try scolding you if my motto was not "never scold," but as it ia, I won't. Mat Eoia Thorntown, lnd., March 19. A ReTery. tAs I sit ia the receding twilight, While tbe March bre.zie come and C And look at the rugped tree-tops. Covered with pare, whi'e now. Strange, sad thoughts torus to ne) That tbe breezes seem to blov. Tbonghtj of tba world and Its people. Of people far awayj And J wonder how so many Mske life Tie tLe month of Mj Make life one jejoee summer time, i sweet as children's pla. And I stgb as I think of or GlwoBUat, Which clouds mj life with pain, Ob, bow I long for the sweet retain Of ohildhood's summer agalal It will sever come again to mo. My longing Is all la ealn. i haTe passed through childhood's sua 8 J &1J Tbey will never return to me gala, And 1 realize how stern Is Ufa We must reap what we have sown. Though foal or fair, it is Just the iiae, We must bear eur exoes alone, r Tba shadows sra gsthering srouad at And I see ia the fading lijht A eloud in tbe east.-rn horizon. Bearing a shroud of white. And tha very air grows chilly Aa tbs soul goes into the night. ADTAsrcm Good Manners. Members of thb Club A Etranget knocks for admittance to your happy circle. Will you let her in ? If you will allow ma I will say a few words on manners. No one quality of mind and heart ia mere important as an clement conducive to wordly success than civility; that feeling of kindnc63 and love for our fellow-beings which ia expressed in a pleasing manner. Yet how many of onr younc men ana women with an affected contempt for the) forms and conventionalities of life assume to despire those delicate attentions, thai exquisite tenderness of tbpught arid man ner that make tho true gentleman and true lady. A good rule for all young peo pie is in the following ver9: To go through this Ufa with good manners. Is lobe kiud unto a I, rich, poor and oppressed. For kindness and merer are ba mi tbat wiU heat Tbe sorrows, Uie pains and tha woe that WSJ feel. "Calico bill," I would like to correspond with you tor I am a farmer's girl and lore) the farms. If I get a welcome. I raay come again. "Ckeo Nat." Chrisaey, lnd., March IS. Another Wedding. Dear II. I C. Friends I hear that an other member of our club has got mar ried recently. "City Chap" was married to one of Indiana's fair ladies, March 12. My congratulations to you, "C. CL" If this is not correct please excuse "Lex a la Consixa," Bourbon, lnd., March 21. Ha Had Tumbled Soma Timet flnter-Ocew. Mrs. Keedick "I have been reading; Fox'a "Book of the Martyrs,' Charles, and it is a pitv to learn that many of the early Christians were broken on th wheel." Keedick-MWhy 1 thought tbebycxcla waa quite a modern invention." piTLVTC Thomas P. Simpson. Washlng-t on, D. O I A I La 10 ho attorney's fee until patent obtained Writ for In ren tor's Guide. A nriITn,Ve,0'Mcr,,T-pTO'itMI"TCor,, f II Ii fl I w Sntshe. Cunm and Mrdinnev unult Sra fftE. Write u. I. Bridgmaa. 375 Uroedvay, a. Y. BIATTY'S g Orcana. Planes 1 13 Bp. Write) er cataiugnx Addieae Lo I IfcsttT, f yheajHm, H. J.