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OFFICERS. i Pre.id?nt-WUl E. Strawn. Mcntpelier. Iii. First Vice-President Terrenee M. Jackeon, .'ew l.ancaster, lnd. iteenr.'l Vice-President Miss Sue C. Parker. Kalona. Ia. nr-cortlintr Secretary Miss Dora Wenner. F!a5ant-s ve.. InlUnapolis, Tnd. Corres; cihJ ing Secretary Miss Emma L. Merker, Imery. 111. Treasurer Miss Mary J. Kelly. Campbeilstcwn. O. Rxecmive Committee Alonzr. Finley Jacobs. Greencastle. Ir..l.: William A. Clark. .Anthony, Ind.: W. S. Koken-i-p'er. Montevallo. Mo.; J. C. McDonald. Mdi;in. Tenn.: Mr?. J. P. Flames. Bruceton Miils. W. a. OBJECTS. Section 2 of Article 1 of Constitution The object of the Howard Literary Club Is to enccuraere pure literature, strengthen morality, establish sociability. Increase a desire for mind Improvement an J literary attainment and to extend the work of reformation. MEMBERS. Section 1 of Article 2 of Constitution All oersons of Rood moral 'character who are interested in the nhjects of this organization md are willing to work In accordance therewith are eligible to membership. We most cordially invite every one truly and uncompromisingly interested in our hjects to Join our club. Letters of inquiry should be addressed to the Corresponding Secretary with stamp. The Howard Literary has neither salariei ofllcers nor contributors, and depends wholly upon its merits and principles for success. Members only are entitled to th rare benefits of our book catalogue. All letters for publication must be carefully written on one side of the paper only, accompanied bv the writer's real name and address as well as the nom de plume, and plainly addresd to the editor. C. O. Stewart. Sentinel ofiice. Indianapolls. Ind. Members in renewing subscription for The Stntin-M will please be sure to send SI to the Howard Literary Treasurer, as the club is allowed a small commission. Due credit and prompt action fruaranteed. Members, on sending their photos to the editor for reproduction on this pas, must lend nom de plume and also real name and address. The latter will not he published except by request of the sender. "ENOCH ARDEN." A Review. The true poet i. he who attunes hi B-m? to the common things and events of life, who draws his inspiration from nature and nature's children. The poet who portrays the passion, the sorrow, the longing, as well as the joys and happiness of human life, Is the one whose memory lives in the hearts of the people, and as long as the winding rivers seek the sea and the fragrant Mowers make Mother Earth beautiful, and the wheeling planets circle 'he sun, so long will mankind reverence the true poet. The simple song of "Home. Sweet Home" has thrilled the hearts of thousands and led many a prodigal to return to the threshold so long forgotten, yet he who wrote its tender lines never knew what home was after hi3 thirteenth year and died far away from his native land on the Inhospitable shores of the "dark continent." John Howard Payne's body is dust and his name almost forgotten by the present generation, but the poem lives and gathers new beauty with the flight of time. Robert Burns rendered his name Immortal by the simple poems he dedicated to the common things and common events of eveiyday life, and the "poor farmer boy of Ayr" needs no other monument than his "Lanes to a Daisy." "AuldLang Syne" or "Highland Mary." and this is v.hy in every poor cotter s hut in the "land of brown heath and shaggy wood" a copy ot Burns may be Tound lying near the family bible. - This is the charm which endears to us Lonfellow. Whittier. and our own "Hoosier laureate," James Whitcomb Rily. Tennyson wrote much and well and many of his poems rank higher than Enoch Arden, tut in the portrayal of human feeling and sorrow and self-abnegation this poem claims the attention of ail hearts. The author begins the poem with a beautiful description of Annie Lee, TUMP Hay, the miller'3 only son. and Enoch Arden, a rough sailor's lad. In their play tte little boys quarrel as to which shall have Annie's favor, but when older grown Annie plighted her troth to Enoch, the fisher lad. For a time after th? marriage fortune smiled on their union, but a mishap caused Enoch to give up his means of making a living and when he resumed it. another had taken his trade. At last, discouraged and surrounded by doubt and gloom, he resolved to ship as a boatswain, notwithstanding Annie's remonstrances. Before leaving he sold his boat and provided Annie with goods id stores, and set her forth in trad;?. Th-jir farewell Is very. pathetically described: And Enoch faced this morning of farewell Brightly and boldly. All his Annie's fears Save, as his Annie's were a laughter to him. Yet Enoch, as a brave, God-fearing man. Bowed himself down, and in that mystery Where God-ln-man is one with man-in-Praye-lfor a blessing on his wife and babes, . , . . . Whatever came to him. and then he said. "Annie, this voyage, by the grace of Cod, Will bring fair weathr yet to all of u. Keep a clean hearth tnd a clean fire for me, For I'll be back, my giU before you know it." Hut when the last of those last momenta carne, "Annie, my girl, cheer up. be comforted, Ixok to the babes, and till I come again Keep everything shipshape, for I must go. Anl have no fear for me; or If you fear Cast all your cares on God; that anchor holds. Is He not yonder In those uitermost Part nf th mominr? If I.Ce to these Can I eo from Him? And sea is Ills, The sea is His. He made it.V V Enoch rose. f

Cast his strong arms abour hi drooping wife And kissed his wonder-stricken little ones; Put for the third, the sickly one, who slept After a nlsrht of feverous wakefulness. When Annie would have roused him, Enoch aid. "Wake him not; let him sleep, how hould the child Remember this?" and kissed him in his cot. But Annie from her baby" forehead dipt tiny curl and gava it; this ha kept

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caught His bundle, waved Iiis hand and went his way. The poet graphically depicts Annie's struggle to maintain herself and children with the means secured from the sale of fisherman's supplies her husband had provided. But Annie's efforts met with ill success and the early death ; of the little sickly child added another burden and heartache to the many cares i that she had not the strength to bear. The tender solicitude of Philip, his j sending of the lUtle ones to school, ; their love for him. and the answer to j Annie's dream all were but incidents , leading up to the betrothal of Philip : and Annie, although some mysterious i influence caused Annie to delay the j marriage for some time. j During all these jears Enoch had j been living with two shipwrecked com'.anions upon an island described as an ; "Eden c.f plenteousrness," nothwith- : standing which they "dwelt wilh eternal i summer iil-eontent." for they longed for ; home and family and watched daily for j sum. passing sail. Enoch's two companions died and after long years of waiting he was taken on board a- pass- , ing vessel and carried to his old hon:-;- J place in England. ' With a pathos and tenderness hardly ; equaled the poet describes Enoch at the ! place where Philip and Annie are living and there- the exile views the happy family, sees his wife, his boy and girl. Philip and Philip's son. Pausing awhile lie looked in on their happiness and resolved never to let any of the happy circle know that he was alive. He therefore turning softly like a thief Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot. And feeling all along the garden wall Lest he should swoon and tumble and be found. Crept to the gate and opened it, and closd As lishtly as a i-ick man's chamber door Behind him. and came out upon the waste. And there he would have knelt, but that his knees Were feeble, so that falling prone he dug His tinkers into the wet earth and pray'd, "Too hard to bear! Why did they take me thence? O. Crfvl Almighty, Messed Savior Thou. That didst uphold me on my lonely isle, Fphuld me. Father, in my loneliness A little lonsrer! Aid me. give me strength Not to tell her, never to let her know. Help me not to break in upon her peace: My children, too! 1 must not speak to these; Thev know me not. I should betray myself. Never. No father's kiss for me the girl. So like her mother, and the boy, my son. After this prayer for strength Enoch never faltered in hi3 purpose to keep his secret until death, and scorning alms he worked until the last, when he welcomed death as a gracious messenger. Not even Miriam Lane's appeal to him to pee his children could swerve him from his set purpose. The poem closes with his answer to Miriam Lane: "Woman, disturb me not now at the last. Put let me hold my purpose till I die. Sit down again; mark me and understand. While I have power to speak. I charge you now. When you shall see her. tell her that I died Blessing her. praying for her. loving her Save for the bar between us loving her As when she laid her head beside my own. And tell my daughter Annie, whom I saw. So like her mother, that my latest breath Was spent in blessing her and praying for her. And tell my son that I died blessing him. And say to Philip that I blest him too; He never meant us anything but good. Put if my children care to see me dead. Who hardly knew me living, let them come. I am their father; but she must not come. For my dead face would vex her after life. And now there Is but one of all my blood Who will embrace me In the world to be: This hair is his: she cut it off and gave It And I have borne it with me all these years. And thought to bear it with me to my grave; But now my mind is changed, for I shall see him, - - - My babe in bliss; wherefore, when I am gone. Take, give- her this, for it may comfort her; Tt will moreover be a token to her That I am he." Then the third night after this. While Enoch slumbered motionless and pale. And Miriam watch'd and dozed at intervals. There came so loud a calling of the sea That all the houses in the haven rang. He woke, he rose, he spread hi arms abroad. Crying with a loud voice. "A sail! a sail! 1 am saved;" and so fell back and spoke no more. So passed the strong heroic soul away. And when they buried him the little port Had seldom seen a costlier funeral. Oh, what tenderness, what beauty and pathos in these closing lines. Our blinding eyes bear testimony to the power of the poet who can touch our holiest and most hallowed feelings. No manly sou! or tender woman heart can read the poem without rtcog?iizing the genius of the ma.ii who can so gently, so tenderly, touch the higher and better nature. Methlnks to have heard the poet render the last few lines with his own voice were greater than to bask in the favor of a sated monarch's whims. Enoch Arden will long hold a place In the hearts of English-speaking tongues. Its simple beauty, touching pathos "deep as tears." make the poem a masterpiece of thought and composition. The recent death of Tennyson has left a void in English literature that will be felt for some time and he who aspires to the laureateshlp will need to look well to his laurels. The close of his life was a beautiful example of his faith and trust in God. We see him at that supreme moment a "silver-haired minstrel touching melodious keys, playing and singing In the twilight within sound of the note of the sea. There he lingers late; the curfew bell has tolled and the darkness closes round, till at last that tender voice is silent and he softly moves unto his rest," for he has answered the "one clear call." "erost the bar" and "met his pilot face to face." "REN ARDYS." Rockport, Ind., Aug 17. TIIK MARRIAGE Ql'ESTIOV. Snnet" An wer Some of the Objections to Her Former Qaeatlons. Dear Howard Friends I will Joiir J your ranks Once more If you will permit. And so, W. D., you wish me to I give you my views on my subject. ! Well. In the first place, there hasn't I been but one or two letters strictly on my subject. Now Z hav enjoyed all

the letters written on my supposed subject. Perhaps I did not express myself clearly. The subject was: "Should a Lady that is Educated Marry a Gentleman that is Less Educated and Vise Versa;" not. "Should She Marry a Gentleman that is Uneducated." I should dispose of that by simply saying, no. For instance, if one has a college education, should they marry a person with only, a common school education, with a love of good reading and general Information? Should they marry- a person who can only read, write end cipher, with but little desire for reading or information? Considering the uncongeniality of those who are termed . educated and those who are not, even if friends, it seems to me that in so sacred a thing as marriage persons should be equally mated In education as in everything else, a lady especially. I think if any difference the man should be the better, as a woman is e'ther raised or lowered to hr husband's level. .1 persume should a person be large In conjugal love there will be less danger of unhappiness or separation, even if one is pulled from a Mgh position to a lower, one. Now. understand me, I do not mean from a wealthy position to a poor man's wife, although I think a woman should be on the lookout for something to eat as well as simply a companion. Some one said the educated should marry the uneducated for it would be too one sided, and if both were ignorant their children would not have the chance, but suppose they have no children, how will the educated one pas3 the time, or If the other should not think it necessary to educate so much, as is very often the case, how can they be one when their notions and pleasures are so different? As I proposed this subject for discussion and Information. I will not give a lengthy opinion, as I now think you all understand my meaning. "Winnie 'West," can you not leave your little baby brother long enough to give your views? "Gano," I agree with you that our officers should observe the constitution. I too like, the names of those I voted for. and all the objections I have to my vote winning is because one of the ladies I voted for writes so seldom to me now, and I presume she will do worse then. Why "Flossie Fern," how suddenly you appeared, could you stay no longer than to tell me I had asked a queer question? How is "Napoleon" getting along since his shock. Is he still afraid of me? I'm harmless, aint I "Pycho?" I only laugh at somebody elses expense, and act real glum to see what others will Fay back, do I? Pay. who is it that likes to talk about books. Well I would like some one to give their views on "David Copperfield." I am reading it at present. Say, "Ida S.." won't you. just to please me, give me a list of old maids that were noted for some! ling particularly great. Now no slur in this, for I really would like to see them. I saw a list, but as luk would have it. a pood part were torn off. I believe Miss Clara Barton would be one of the most famous on the list. Also what two persons are considered the best poets of the United States at present? If you desire it I will next time I write give a little history of Ella Wheeler Wilcox. She is one of my favorite writers of both prosn and poetry. Weil I guess I have taxed your patience long enough, so au revolr. "SUNSET."

THE HKIXIOX. Kind friends, you meet, And fondly greet. In pleasure's hall today. While I regret. "Mid cares that fret. That I must linger far away. I'd love, how well T cannot tell. To look Into your eyes. And list to hear Your words of cheer. Put care to me this joy denies. Vet, think of me. For I shall he In spirit with you there, A silent guest With wishes best For your delight and pleasures rare. It seems to me Your joy will be Put slightly less complete If I'm not there A part While to bear. mine will be far less sweet, I'd not detract The least in fact From your life's pleasure-store. Rut could I add I should be glad. And yours and mine of joy be more. A trip sublime, A Joyous time, I kindly wish for all; Put time will fly. And soon "Good-by" From lips of parting friends will fall. Thn say your says In love's sweet ways. And leave impressions good In every heart. That you may part A truer sister-brotherhood. Aug. 1. 1.S33. W. W. STOCK WELL. N. B. The foregoing was written for the reunion. CALICO BILL" ACSAIX. He Th In kit He Would Like to lie a Hny Once More. Dear II. L. C. Friends It has boon quite awhile since I had the pleasure of writing you all in the II. L. C. parlor, o, inanKs, i u take tnis seat - in the bay window by "Paul Quaee." who seemes to be enjoying himself hugely, for he has just finished relating a little story. "Paul," I don't quite agree with you In regard to farm life. It is true the farmer leads a very quite life and has to go through many hardships. While I was reading your letter my mind was called back to my boyhood days, where they were spent on a farm, and I could not help wish that I would like to be a boy again without a woe or care, with freckles scattered on my face and hay seed in my hair. I'd have to rise at 4 o'clock on Monday morn and pound and hammer on Bridget's bed-room door to get her up to get breakfast and then go out and do a hundred other chores, and saw the wood and feed the hogs and unlock the stable doors and herd the hens and watch the bees and take the mules to drink and teach the turkeys how to swim that they wouldn't sink and Jail about a hundred cows and bring In the wood to burn and stand in the am all day and churn and churn and churn and wear my big brother's cast-off clothes and walk four miles to school and get a licking every day for breaking some old rule and then go home again at night and do the chores once more and milk the cows, feed the hogs and mind the geese away while they eat their corn and knock an old gander's head off and then stick his head In the fence crack to make em think that he has chocked to death and crawl wearily up the stairs to seek my little bed and hear dad say, that worthless boy; he doesn't earn his bread. I'd like to be a boy again. A boy has much fun. His life is Just a round of mirth from the rise to the set ot sun. I guess there is nothing pleasanter than closing stable doors and herding hens and chasing bees and doing evening chores. "Jesse Clyde," your letter to the page June 1 was good, and I gained several new Ideas. But I must beg to differ with you. You say the reason there Is so many unmarried ladies is that they could not give a whole heart and did not car to give any. But out

here in the West it is different I know a young lady who has had the reputation of being engaged to fourteen different young men before she married. I hope all those that attend the reunion will -Jiave a good time. I would like to see the noms of "Chatterbox." "Crea May' "Chadow," "Bitter Sweet." "Later On." "Evening Star" grace the page once more. " "Evening Star," did yotr-get my last letter? With kind regards for all, and success to the club. I am as ever, . . "CALICO BILL." Aug. 18. .

.In .Mfmorlum. Ida Belle Carpenter, who departed this life " July 13. lStt. "O, heart, sore-tried! thou hast the best That heaven Itself could give the-rest." Whittler. We laid her to rest in the church yard To sleep while the years pass away; To never know trouble or sorrow, Her trials have all passed away. The flowers will bloom o'er that silent mound. The grass will gently creep. on: The tired form lying so still in the ground Is at rest where all pain Is over. Her suffering here Is all ended. Her soul Is forever at rest; We almost fancy we're with her When the sun pinks low In the west. She is singing now with all her kindred Hymns of praise to the Savior she loved; .We can almost hear "Rock of Ages," As we fancy ehe sings it above. How glad must have been the meeting With the loved ones gone on before; . Ah. the bright smiles that wreathed their faces When she entered in at the door. She has gone to that beautiful city Where the days unnoticed pass by. And there we trust we will meet her In the beautiful city by and by. Farewell, dear beloved one; we miss you. But we know you are free from care; Farewell till we go to meet you In that beautiful home over there. "LUCILE." South Whitley, Ind.. Aug. 19. Shall We Ilopef The twilight gatiiers 'round us. The sun has sunk to rest; The flowers close their petals As the light fades in the west. The days are growing Bhorter. , Soon the summer sun will set. Soon the flowers will have faded And sunk, to their winter's rest. Our lives are growing shorter As the days are passing by. And the time Is drawing nearer When we'll 'neath the green sod lie. Will we all be reunited In the city of the dead. If we've bravely followed Where'er our Savior led? Will we when life's work Is over. When the sun sinks in the West, When our weary hands are folded, In the silent church yard rest? With the loved ones who have left us? With the friends of other days? Will we in the calm, still city Sleep till judgment's rays? "LUCILE." South Whitley, Ind., Aug. 15. A Hnrk Nuinlirr Make Tronlilr. A very funny occurrence took place recentlv in southwestern Oregon near the Pel Norte county line. The Crescent Ciiy Record publishes each week a batch of items taken from is fiies of thirty-eight years ago. A short time since the story of "the famous Indian massacre of settlers on the Klamath river was recounted. A subscriber to the Record living at Gold Poach, Ore., read the blood-curdling story, but neglected to notice that it was an event thtt occurred almost forty years ago. Fancying that the massacre had hut Jv:st taken place and there was danper of a genertl outbreak, he at once proceeded to rouse the neighborhood. Notices were j posted, a public meeting called and a con- ; pany of volunteers organized to proceed at ! once to take the Held against the bloodi thirsty Indians. Finally the idea struck ! some one that it would be well to commu nicate with Crescent City and ascertain the exact state of affairs. The fact was then developed that the oricinator of the movement was ne.-irly four decades behind in history. San Francisco Chronicle. Wim InVruIrd the Strnmbunt f Tt is asserted that facts show that Samuel t Morey of Fairlee, Vt., was the first man who ever invented, built and run a steamboat. There Is a vague impression that Morey made some sort of an attempt to run a steamboat on the Connecticut river at Fairlee, but it Is not generally known that besides his experiments there at his own home he ran a steamboat from Hartford to New Haven, and that he built at Bordentown, N. J.. a larger boat, which he ran between that place and Philadelphia. A model of his boat was exhibited in New York city, and his invention attracted the attention of Robert Fulton, the Livingstons and others who were studying the problem of steam navigation. Fulton indeed made practical application of the invention to commercial use, but Morey. the Vermonter, was the original inventor beyond any question, states a Vermont exchange. SmoUeleaa Poirde'rs. Smokeless powders, the Times-Democrat assure its readers, are not absolutely, but onlv comparatively smokeless. Isnition or explosion Is always attended with a faint bluish puff, but is so slight and so evanescent that it can hardly be seen at a short distance and almost immediately disappears. . The U. S. navy department has Invented and us4s a smokeless powder of its own known as the "navy M N compound." Like the English cordite, It is of twisted macaroni form and possesses great stability, changes of temperature, even violent ones, scarcely affecting its perceptibility. It is also perfectly safe Co handle, its chief drawback being that Its "balistic strength" is not as great as tnat oi some european powders. Antipodean. The Chinese not only inhabit the opposite side of the earth, but most of tiieir habits are opposed to ours. They shave on their hair and let their finder nails grow; they drink their tea cold and their wine warm; they wear white for mourning, and a pupil reciting turns his bick to his teacher. The Silver Aeltntion. The silver agitation is making a great ctir but the benefits from it will be nothing compared with the investment i of a silver quarter in Simmons Liver Regulator powder. It agitates the liver and cures Dillousness and Sick Headache. '

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ORGAMZATIOY AMOXR THE . Sit; US DISCt'SSED. FARThe Prejudice Agnlimt It In Some Mind Why It Is Good The Droaght and Extreme Hent of the Season The Winter Dairy Cow Education for Farmer Boys Hog Cholera Cone.ernlna: Stravrbcrrles A Few Doat't - The C'oits In Hot Weather Horse Notes Home Receipts. There Is a prejudice In the minds of those who are not engaged in agriculture against all farmer organizations. They may and do form their various organizatons for the promotion ot their own special Interests, and little or no thought was given such action in the pat. It Feemed proper that those engaged in the same pursuits should meet and discuss those matters affecting themselves. Just how far they should go In using these organizations to influence public sentiment in their favor, or to secure legislation especially favorable to themselves. Is a question that all may not answer alike, but the majority of these organizations among non-agricultural classes have been used in these ways to a greater or less extent. This fact none will probably deny. But whenever the farmers have proposed organization, to be used for the promotion of the interests of all who till the soil, there has been a note of ill nature In the comments of other classes. -.This is due to two facts: (1) The farmers furnih the world's food, and any movement looking toward high prices through systematic distribution . or restriction of produce is not welcome, and, (2) The farmers furnish the market for a great part of the products of other classes, and their organization gives opportunity for educationIn business lines that, may lead to shrewder buying and selling and consequent diminished profits for the middle men. These two reasons will account for the most of the old prejudice against farmer organizations. But there Is a third reason, more potent than the other two just now, for the existance of unfriendly feeling toward organizations among us. It is not a difficult matter to bring overwhelming evidence that many classes have used their organizations to secure legislation at the expense of the people. This refers jiot only to classes taken as u whole, but also to combinations of a limited number of individuals for a spe ial object. The farmers have made it no secret that one of- the chief objects of their organization was the thwarting of these selfish aims and the repeal of all legislation that gave special privileges to a limited number of people. They have gone even further and proposed to secure legislation that would prevent the combination of men Into cliques whose object was the elimination of competition as a regulator of prices and the fixing of prices without regard to demand and supply. Class organization for social and educational purposes cannot be condemned, but beyond this I believe the existence of any class combinations is indefensible. Under a republican form of government every man should desire to see the government administered for the benefit of the people as a whole, and he should not be a party to securing class benefits. He should desire to sei class spirit subordinated, and divergent business kept out of politics. Our republic will be strong only so long as class lines are faintly drawn, and a man's vote is cast for his country's good rather than for undue advancement of his class interest at the expense of his fellow citizens. In a word cli.ss organization in a republic is a dangerous tool in the hands of unpatriotic men. and th: country would be more . stable if we had none of them. However, any pne class of men cannot control the prevailing conditions and the farmers have had little organization other than that of a purely social and business character, until most other Classes were organized and had become Influential in the committee-rooms of our national legislature. It seemed necessary that the chief agricultural Interests of our country should be heard In protest against the submission of lawmakers to the dictation of some domineering and selfish combinations. It seemed to require the organization of farmers to secure any balance or equilibrium of the various Interests of this great country- It would be far better if others had not made class organization necessary, and the situation in our republic is not satisfactory so long as such organization for political influence is a necessity. The study of questions that arise in our government is not incompatible with a study of our business as farmers. A few men like to talk as if those farmers who believe In organization are "people waiting for the government to make them rich," when the fact is. oftentimes, that the crop yields of the critics' fields might not show any more study on the owners' part than other farms are getting. Our organizations should arouse the intellectual fide of their members, so that they will read, study their crops more, build up the fertility of their farms, buy and sell in a more businesslike manner and vote more intelligently. They should, promote class feeling only sufficiently - to counteract the influence of others who have Interfered in the government too much, and this feature Fhould be dropped when the cause for its existence passes away. The SetiNon. Drought and extreme heat have marked thl3 season. Last week we noted the fact that in some sections corn was already seriously Injured, although there

was time for recovery in most sections, the states of Indiana and Illinois being stricken worst of all, and beyond hope of a fair yield. The drought continued to Fpread, although local showers fell in portions of the dryest district. The week has decreased the chances for a full crop, and there is a possibility of a much smaller yield than our crop experts have anticipated. A few states, however, have already an assured crop. The heat and drought have Injured potatoes from Minnesota to Maine, and the more southerly potato belt, including Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and New Jersey, will give a very poor yield. Prices will rule high in the early fall and probably will be good all year. The potato cannot withstand heat, and the temperature has been excessively high. Blight, drouth and bug-s have conspired to make the crop a disappointment to growers.

- The Wluter Dairy Covr. One of the things that are past finding out, says the noted dairyman, John Could, is why so many dairymen who depend on the cows they own for their living and prosperity, ore so negligent in the fall months about their care! That so many men who profess to "know all about daxying" should fail to provide generous rations of some sort for October and November, and above all, shelter from tne cold driving storms, passes all comprehension. The past October had twenty-seven stormy days, three of which were very bad, driving snovf -storms and the henls that were stabled nights through this bad weather do not need a llopes's lightning calculator to enumerate them. T,he farmer keeps cows for the milk that they give, and yet ha lets them graze on summer-picked and frostburned pastures without extra feed, expecting that this mother cow, out of a scanty living and laboriously gathered, can and will, after she has taken the food of support and labor of collecting, give to him a generous, paying flow of milk. The peculiar thing about it is that nine out of ten men will tell you that it Is feed that makes the breed, and that their cows are as good as any if fed high, and go on hugging this profitable (?) delusion to keep it safe, and yet forget to feed this cow up to that limit of production, and put it to a practical test. If it is feed that makes tho breed and one cow Is as good as another if fed as highly then these men are paying a fearful tax to this delusive idea, and sustaining, a loss that. If better Judgment were used, would be turned into a profitable revenue. The fast changing into winter and all-the-year dairying must avoid all this loss of unnecessary shrinkage of the milk yield. It is now but little better than a crime to allow a preventable loss to occur. Abundant food, a good stable, and protection from chilly winds and. beating storms will prevent shrinkage of milk, and often show absolute gain in yield. It is not luck that counts, " but deliberate, calculatTng judgment. Kdueation for Farmers Doys. The question, "What kind of education Is best for farmers boys," propounded at an Institute, brought out this reply: "Farmers' sons need a broader education than men in most other professions, because the problems connected with their business are more numerous and. intricate, requiring more practical, scientific and social qualifications to insure success. The agricultural college, the agricultural press, the experimental station and practical farm and field work furnish the best possible means for a complete education. The use of agricultural papers in the farmer's home is a valuable aid, as they will bring to it the results of all this work. The education for farmers' boys is that kind which shall enable them to work out the many problems that now have to be met in our changed agriculture. The common school should teach more of the primary principles of agriculture. Farmers boys and girls go to the district school and get no ideas or instruction that tend to direct their minds toward the soli, the plants or the animals they are brought in so close -contact with on the farm. The agricultural college of Canada has just put out a simple text book on agriculture, for use in schools, and we could profit greatly from this same plan. I would make no exception to the girls in receiving this kind of instruction, for there ere many instances in our country where women are among the most successful of stock breeders and managers of farms, and girls have the same right to receive instruction that shall enable them to seek sources of independent support. Hog Cholera. One great drawback to pork production is cholera. Careful feeding and good constitutions are the best safeguards. Waldo Brown says: "I have notable success with pigs. I have no fear of cholera, and in my experience of forty years have had it in my held only once, and then my hogs, although terribly sick, all recovered except two. One of these was taken a day or two after, dropping her pigs, and the other was a pig which for some reason was early stunted, and never more than half as large as the rest of the litter. The rest of my hogs did not get up on their feet for ten days, and when they first tried to do so they would fall down in crossing a pen eight feet wide, and they were so fevered that their ears dropped off after they got well. This sickness was in October. Part of the hogs were mature brood sows, and the rest spring pigs. The latter were fattened that fall, and I never fed hogs that throve better. The brood sows were kept for several years and did well. My exemption from this dreaded disease for thirty-nine years out of forty, and my experience with it a single year, confirm the statement made by a veterinarian in the employ of the state of Ohio, and who has made for many years a careful study of this subject: 'That hogs may be bred with such good constitutions, and fed in such a way that they will rarely take the cholera when exposed, and have a fair chance of living through it when they do." A Few Don't. Don't let your colt run unhoused all winter to an old straw stack to toughen him. Don't hitch him at first to a load which the other horses cannot pull when he holds back or hold back when hepulls. Don't forget when breeding that the law of reproduction as laid down In the first chapter of Genesis has not yet been, abrogated. Don't pasture your colts, if you can help it, in a field where the fence Is Just about high enough to teach them to Jump nicely. Don't forget when dealing with them that a little temper is a good thing, so good that you ought never to lose it. Don't hit your horse with a bridle when you turn him loose In the field. Don't place your main reliance on dogs and stones when driving them to or from pasture. Don't neglect to occasionally take an ear of corn along when going through the pasture, whether you wish to catch a horse or not. Don't yell; It will make you red In the face. Covering Stravrherrles. There are several substances commonly recommended for covering strawberry plants for winter protection. It is well to know what should not be used. Anything which may exclude the air and smother the plants should be avoided, such as a thick coat of straw, which when wet with rain or melting snow will settle down compactly. Sawdust, sometimes recommended. Is quite unfit for the purpose. Rye straw, which Is stiff, is much better, and if put on thinly, affords good protection. Corn stalks, cut two or three inches long, give some protection, and preventing

the snow from blowing off, shield the young plants. Coarse manure does well. If care is taken to place it between the rows, or very lightly on the plants. One of the safest of all covers is the branches cf evergreens. They may be applied thicker than other substance1, because they never smoother the plants. Some winters are more severe on strawberries than others, but it is always well to give them some covering, and when it is taken off early In spring, the leaves always come out fresh and green, and the fruit ripens sooner than when wholly exposed. All plant which hold their green leaves through winter, are liabla to be smothered if buried too closely, and hence the importance of caution.

The Cowi In Hot Weather. When the weather gets hot the cow suffer more or less and the effect on the milk yield is apparent. While we can't keep the cows entirely comfortable In very hot weather, we can do much to make such hot weather more bearable. A night pasture, when it can, be provided, is a great help; If the cows can have the run of a fresh pasture at night then, if they are kept in a cool, dark stable during the hottest part of the day, they will do much better. Or if no night pastur is available they may be brought up from the field as soon as the sun begina to pour down his hottest rays, put in tba stable and fed some green corn fodder or other soiling crop. They ehould always have access to water, and tha water should be very clean rather than very cold, for cows do not like very coli water even during hot weather; they are unlike horses in that respect. A lump of rock salt to lick will add to their comfort, and they will pick over almost anything eatable If it be put la the yard when they come from th field; cows seem to like a change of feed more than almost any other domestic animals. We know of nothing to put on cows to keep the files from biting them; fish oil has been recommended to prevent the depredations of the norn. flies, but, when bo much Is written about the danger of foul odors In th stable, we do not believe the fish oil will do enough good to counterbalanca its evil smell. In cases where the born flies make bad sores on the cows we have read of such but have never seen them then the fish oil may be applied as being the lesser of the two evils. National Stockman. Horse Kotes. The best way to Judge the feeilng of your horses is to imagine yourself la their places for awhile. Avoid all unnecessary worry. An excited horse will become over-heated quicker than one that is quiet. New hay has not the substance In II that old hay has. In feeding It to th working horses bear this in mind. A horse can stand the hot sun If thet 1 is a good air going. It is the still, sultry hot days that do the damage. Make the rest that you give your horses "unadulterated" rest. To rtand still and fight the flies does not re&t horse very much. Flies are worse In August than any other month . in the year. It is your duty to keep your horses as freo from these pests as possible. A good breeze in the stable to cool out the team3 is of about as much Importance as good food or water. A meal will do much more good if the animal is comfortable while taking it. Make the fences under the shade trees In the pasture fields doubly 6trong. The horses will rub them down if you don't. It will be easier to fix them up now than after the horses have learned the trick of getting out of the pasture. The farmer that goes out of the month of August with as many horses as he had at the first of the month does welL The farmer that has his horses in as good condition the last of August as they were at the first does better. You can tell how much hard work your teams can stand in hot weather better if you are doing hard work yourself. To sit on a machine or vehicle and drive gives you an advantage that should be taken into consideration In this matter. Short breathing spells In hot weather are better than long rests for the hard working horses. If you want to give your team but thirty or sixty minutes out of a half day for rest it will be better to break it up Into short periods rather than give it to them all at one time. Valuable Recipes. Mutton Tea Slice one pound cf mutton, remove all the fat and add one Quart of cell water. Cover It, place it near the fire for an hour, then simmer it for two hours, strain it and serve it warm. Add salt to the taste. Arrowroot for a Sick Person A tablespocnful of arrowroot, mix into a paste smooth with a' tablespoonful of, brandy, add boiling water until it becomes a stiff Jelly; sweeten with loaf sugar and grate nutmeg on the top. Grandmother's Recipe for Ginger Cakes, Three pounds of flour, one pound of brown sugar, one pound of butter, one quart of molasses, one cupful of ginger; flavor with grated lemon peel, mace and cinnamon; two tablespoonfuls of lard rubbed through the flour. Gems One egg well beaten, one tablespoonful of melted butter, one tablespoonful of sugar, three-quarters of a cupful of sweet milk, one-quarter of a teaspoonful of salt, one coffee cupful of flour, into which have been sifted two teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Have the gem pans hot, and bake in a Quick oven. Croquettes The following is a nice way to use odds and ends, of cold meat: One cupful of chopped ham or beef, one cupful of milk, ono cupful of bread crumbs, two eggs, two tablespoonfula of melted butter; season well with pepper and salt, make into small cakes about half an Inch thick and fry brown In butter. Cinnamon 'Cookies One egg, one cupful of sugar, one cupful of molasses, one-half cupful of lard, one spoonful each of soda, vinegar and cinnamon, lioll thin and bake quickly. Always salt any article where lard is used In. pla.ee of butter. Water is better than milk in most cooky recipes, lllckorynut meats are nica for the top of sugar cookies. Peach Ice Cream Pare and cut up enough ripe peaches to fill a quart bowL Add a sca.it pint e-f sugar to them and mash fine; then rub through a coarse sieve. Add to this three pints of cream not to rich and freeze. If peaches be 'plentiful and a strong flavor be liked twice as many may be used; but do not change the quantities of the other ingredients.- -Good Housekeeping. Corn Soup Grate the corn from half a dozen ears; put the cobs in a kettle and cover with half a gallon of water; let boil slowly for half an hour, take out, put in the corn and boil until doni. Press through a sieve, season with salt and pepper, and let simmer. Rub three tablespounfuls of butter and two of flour together; stir Into the soup, pour In a pint of hot milk, cook one minute; add the beaten yolks of two eggs and serve. Peach Batter Pudding Butter a twoquart pudding dish and si -read on the bottom one quart of ripe peaches pared and halved. Beat four egrrs until light and add to them one pint of milk, one teaspoonful of salt and one gill of powdered sugar. Pour this mixture (a little at a time) on three gills of flour, and beat well. Pour the batter on the peaches, and br.ke in a moderate oven for an hour. Serve with a rich wine tsauce. Cheap Minute Pudding This is an oldfashioned dl?h which is much liked by our family yet. It is fo quickly and easily made that It Is very convenient If yoiji hvae a number come in to dinner unexpectedly and the pie timber is rhort. To make it put a quart of water or more on the stove, add a -teaspoonful of salt, let It come to a boll and stir in flour until It as thick as mush. To the flour we add baking powder as fcr biscuit,