Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1901 — Page 2

A PRIZE WINNER

CpHl entries for the dog show were about complete. The proud oraera of the high-bred canines to be exhibited were rushing about the leave ball, all objecting more or less to the places assigned their various pets. Some of the more enthusiastic ladles were decorating the places where their pete were to display their charms with gay bunting and bright ribbons. Jl tall, fair girl was tacking up a strip of wide ribbon bearing the name "Tyke" In gold letters. She had adjusted It almost to her satisfaction, when an unusual sound, made her stop beg hammering to listen. A child's Wales rose shrill above the din of the ball and a man’s harsh tones brought bCnsion Denlston into the aisle to see wfeat was the trouble. There she saw A golden-haired boy, his blue eyes filled with tears, hugging to his breast a ridiculous stuffed dog. It had four legs, “ooe at each corner," but there the reMtnblance to a real live dog ceasefl. The man, half amused and half angry, was about to take hol<l of the child itudt roughly, when Marlon laid a restraining hand on his arm. “What Is the matter?” she asked, lastly. “Oh, this youngster’s a nuisance,*’ the answered, impatiently. “I’m worrM to death trying to get things Into Vkape here, aud just look at the thing b» wants to enter in the show,” aud bt pointed to the comical little animal with a laugh that made the little fellow's lip quiver as lie hugged the toy 'tighter. Inspired by the friendliness in Marion’s face, lie held his treasure up for her inspection. “Isn’t lie a fine dog?" he asked. “He certainly Is,” Marlon said. “I

“DID HE GET A PRIZE?" ASKED ROBIN.

am sure I never saw such a remarkable dog before. What Is his name?" “Dewey," answered the child, proudly. Marlon carefully concealed a smile, and the little fellow went on, “I named him that ’cause my papa bought him for me for beiu’ brave aud not crylu’ when ho went off to the Philippines. I didn’t cry, but I didn’t want my pupa to go," and the tears that were not Mied when “papa” marched away were very near the surface now as the little golden head drooped pitifully. Marion, bending hastily, put her arms about the child and said, tenderly, "I am sure papa was proud of his brave hoy. for most little boys would have ertod.” “Well, I didn’t,” the little fellow ■aid, up. “But mamma dML She's cried nearly all the time—*§p*ct».ny stnee a boy brought her a yottow letter." Marlon drew the child closer to her as ■he realised what the ■"yellow letter" meant “What is your name, little one?" she asked, gently. “Robert Elliot Dowling, but every one calls me Kobin. But, where’s ‘Dewey’?" Marlon's eyes wero dim aud she picked up the queer shaped canine and handed It to ltohiu. “Oan’f I leave him here?" he asked, wistfully. Marlon looked puzzled) “Leave him here?" she queried. “iVlint for, dear?” Roblu seemed surprised. “Why, for a prise.” he exclaimed. “You see," he added, confidentially, “I think maybe momma’ll feel better and not cry so much 1/ Dewey'd get a prize; and then, we don't have very much money any more, and muuimn says she guesses •he’ll have to go to work. I thought maybe people d pay to see Dewey. My papa said be was a lie was a a—oh, yasl. I know now- a very un—u—a—u •-al kind of a dog, aud my papa knew Into about dogs and ' everything, he did." and the little fellow paused for want of breath. Mariou, really distressed, started to ■ay ■omething almut "lire dogs," when the man who had called Itohin a nuisance stepped forward. "Young man,” ha said, “it would lie au honor to hare *Dewey* In tide dog show, Bml we’ll he glad to have you leave him here. You •m,” he added to Marlon In an undertone, “I snw the little chap's father’s name In the paper Just the other day. Ha was In almost the first engagement •ver In the Philippines and, you know what I mean.” Mariou nodded sadly, but she smiled as she took Robin's hand. “We’ll enter Dswey," she said, gayly. "but first you most take me to your mnmiua,*' and •ha went with the child to the humble home a fe4v blocks nway, where from 1 Vm heart broken soldier's widow she hoard again the story of the departure for the Philippines and the tragedy of the "yellow letter.** The annual dog thaw of this Western city mg* quite a social event, and the spaaing day found the canlnaa surroonded by hosta of admiring friends, bat the largest crowd was gathered •boot tbs space where Marion Den laton's beautiful oaekor spaniel, Tyke,

waa on exhibition. Poor Tyke’s vanity would have been sadly wounded had he realised that not be, but the ungainly stuffed creature standing impudently on a small table, was the center of attraction. All day Marion sat by this table telling to friends and strangers alllje the story of “Dewey,” ' always ending with, “Perhaps you will be willing to pay something for seeing ‘Dewey.’ He’s a very unusual dog." "Poor little chap," her hearers would say, and the quarters and half dollars jingled merrily Into the little fancy basket at “Dewey’s” side as the pathetic story freely opened parses and pockets. Marlon forgot to notice that most of the visitors, passed Tyke, tba pride of her heart, by unheeded, Absorbed as she was In the wonderful "Dewey," she herself was near forgetting her pet’s existence. Toward evening a little figure flitted in through the door and up to Marlon's side. “Did he get a prize?" Robin whispered, anxiously. “No, dear, the prizes won't be awarded for two days yet, but every one thinks he is lovely,” Marion whispered, enthusiastically. “Must he stay here all night?” Robin asked, wistfully. “Why, you’H want hlin here this evening for people to see, won’t you?” “Well,” Robin said, hesitatingly, “you see ‘Dewey’ sleeps with me, and I’m ’fraid lie won’t sleep well here.” "See here, Robin,” Marlon said, cheerily, "you go to bed without ‘Dewey’ tonight, aud I’ll leave him at your bouse ou my way homo. Then you bring him back here in the morning." Marion did not add that she needed the funny little dog to wheedle dollars out of masculine pockets that she knew would be present in the evening, but said, coaxiugly, “I know lots of jieople would be disaiipolnted to-night if they missed seotng ‘Dewey.’ ” Itoblu patted his treasure a.fcojjonntcly, theo said, “It would be toe bad for them not to see him, ’cause there’s not another dog like him here,” and, feeling like a great public benefactor, he left “Dewey” perched on his flagdraped table and trotted borne. All that evening and the following days of tlio dog show Marion stood Guithfully at her post, relieved occaslonally by her sister Agnes. Agnes’ contempt for the dog show Itself was unbounded, but after hearing about “Dewey" she forgot that she "wouldn’t go near the horrid, yelpkig things,” and became almost as constant an attendant of the despised exhibition as Marion. The third evening was the time of great excitement. For the first time Marlon’s allegiance to “Dewey” wavered. Her little sawdust-stuffed protege was quite forgotten when the judges awarded Tyke the coveted blue ribbon and a prize of $25. But at an announcement made from the center of the hall she grabbed “Dewey" in remorse. One of the Judges was saying that, owing to the extraordinary good behavior of one of the dogs, a special prize would be awarded to the verj remarkable dog “Dewey” for being the best behaved dog In the show, and amid the cheers of the crowd Marlon held “Deiyry” up while some one tied about b l * shapeless neck an enormous r£d, white aud blue bow that almost hid the little dog from view. But still louder cheers raug out when It was announced that the special prize was SSO In gold. Then liefore Marlon’s mind came the picture of the desolate home, the sorrowing wife and brave little child, and, laying tier $25 beside the SSO, she said, "It is glory enough for me to know that Tyke 19 the finest cocker spaniel In town. lie keeps the ribbon and ‘Dawey’ shall have the money.’’ Her examjile was followed by others, until the silver pieces In the little basket were covered with gleaming gold. When Marlon carried the hero of the dog show back to Its owner that night, she pressed Into the hands of the soldier's widow a bag containing nearly S.IOO, the first ray of light to penetrate the dark cloud that settled over the little home with the coming of the “yellow letter.”—Chicago Record.

A Holiday that Will Last a Week.

There is a movement afoot In New England to establish n new holiday—- “ Old Home Week." Our great country has grown wondrously since the Civil War, and In the rush to people the wilderness families have been broken up and scattered. Sous, daughters, sisters and b rot bars have left their native towns and gone thousands of mllea away to begin life for themselves. Hardly a family In the older States but has given loved ones to the ravenous West, and New England has given more than all. So now It Is thought that one week la each year should be set apart for family reunions- a week in autumn, perhaps when harvest Is done aud the children of New England can couie together under the old roofs, meet their old playmates and live their old lives. All through the Western States people are becoming Interested In the new holiday, aud last year one of the New England governors Issued a proclamation shtting aside an “Old Home Week.” The home-coming waa general enough to warrant the belief that the holiday can be made a permanent one.

London's Cabs.

If All the cab* Id Loadoa were placed Id a Hue there would be a total length of forty four miles.

A WOMAN’S INVENTION.

A woman should certainly know what utensils are needed In the kkeben and when one of that sex takes It into her bead to Invent a dishwashing machine It will be admitted that she must have *n Idea of what Is wanted in this line. The principal advantage of this ma3hine, which has Just been patented by Tennia Parrotte, of Marquette, Mich., teems to be that It drains the dishes immediately after they are washed and permits them to be lifted from the washer without wetting the hands. It will be noticed that there are two re-

DISHWASHER AND DRAINER.

ceptacles, the Inner one containing racks for the dishes and the outer one holding water for cleansing them. The diahholder is perforated to allow the free flow of the water and slides vertically in the slotted guides. In operation the dishholder Is lifted high enough to allow the ends of the horizontal bar to be inserted In notches to support it in its elevated position. After the water has been ppured in the dlßkea»are fitted in the racks, when the inner tub may be lowered into the water ami rapidly revolved by means of the crank and gearing. As soon as the dishes are cleaned the racks are again elevated and the dishes given a spin In this position to throw off the drops of water remaining on them, jtfter which the work of wiping them Is short and easily done.

BITS FOR BOOKWORKMS

“Warwick of the Knobs," a new novel by John Uri Lloyd, author of “Stringtowu on the Pike,” will be published in book form after its serial publication. “The Inheritors,” a new novel, is the )oint work of Joseph Conrad, author of •Lord Jim,” and Ford M. Hueffer. It gives an analysis of London life in political circles. William Archer's volume on “The Poets of a Younger Generation,” a series of essays and criticisms on the work of the men of the present day in England, will be brought out soon. A new religious .work to be published immediately Is "The Book of Genesis In the Light of Modern Knowledge." It Is by Dr. Elwood Worcester, who regards the biblical story of the creation In the light of the recent discoveries made at the excavations in Babylonia. “Substitutes for Saloons" is the title of a volume written at the request of the New York “Committee of Fifty,” and is a practical study of the saloon and Its place In the life of the workingman. It shows the Immense social influence of the saloons and treats of the progress made by substitutes for them. The second volume containing the scientific results of Nansen's north polar expedition will appear simultaneously In this country and England, Norway and Germany. This volume contains the reports on the astronomical observations, those on terrestrial magnetism and the results of the pendulum observations. George Meredith, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Israel ZangwUl, Robert Hlcbens, Frankfort Moore, Egorton Castle, Austin Dobson, Sarah Grand, Percy White, Mrs. F. A. Steele, John Davidson, H. B. Irving, Elizabeth Robins and Barry Pain form the distinguished group of authors who consented to contribute to the “May Book” issued lii aid of the Charing Cross Hospital, London.

A Harrowing Scene.

* Mr. Marvin, who had been spending two days with his brother In Boston, described to Mrs. Marvin on Ills retnrn home a most harrowing scene. “It was at the dinner table last night,” said Mr. Marvin, solemnly, "that this occurred. Wfe were all quietly eating, when suddenly little Mary gave a cry of distress and closed her eyes. Almost at the same Instant my sister-in-law pressed her hand to her forehead, and tears streamed down bar face. As I gazed nt her In alnrm my brother Edward threw up Ids arms with an exclamation of Intense and sudden pain, and then buried his face, over which a spasm was passing, In bis napkin.” ’’Poisoned!’ gasped Mrs. Marvin, with hysterical symptoms. “No, my dear,” said Mr. Marvin, with maddening calmness, “It waa horseradish.”—Youth’s Companion. It Is some women’i Idea of a real hilarious time to put on men’s clothes, and go around and call on the neighbors. Tba less we have the more tba retorting tngel places to our credit whan we give.

GARDEN A ND FARM

BEST TIME TO CULTIVATE. The best time tq cultivate is after a rain, as then the soil is liable to bake or become hard on the surface. Even a taking will prove beneficial, as the top soil is kept fine and lobse and prevents the escape of moisture from below. Weeds seldom appear if the rake is freely used. » HOW TO WEIGH A HAYSTACK. Measure the length and breadth of the stack; take height from the ground to the eaves, add to this last one-half of the height from the eaves to the top; multiply length by breadth, and the product by the height, all expressed in feet; 'divide the amount by twenty-seven, to find the cubic yards, which multiply by the number of pounds supposed to be' in a cubic yard, viz.: in a stack of new hay, 132 pounds avoirdupois each; if old hay. 154 pounds each. KEEPS VESSELS PERFECTLY CLEAN. Tin or earthenware vessels should be used in feeding milk to calves. They must be kept perfectly clean. Wooden pails are objectionable in that it is impossible to keep them in the best condition. Many cases of calf from feeding milk from unclean vessels. IMPROVEMENTS IN SMALL FRUITS. Some of the improvements made in the small fruits within the past ten years have been remarkable. Those who have carefully watched the progress of improvement in strawberries, raspberries, currants, etc., sfioulff give new Varieties their attention. The size of the strawberry has been increased until occasional specimens are shown that are as large as plums, while the currant is also being improved to great size compared with those of former days. All varieties differ, however, and size may not indicate quality, though it is the object of originators of new varieties to combine quality aud size as much as possible.

ESSENTIALS OF POTATO CULTURE. After planting, do not wait for the weeds to start before cultivating, but begin with the weeder and spike tooth harrow, both length and crosswise of the row, destroying millions of sprouting weed seeds. When the plant appears go into the field with the horse hoe or the riding cultivator and continue to dig up and turn over to the sun and air all the earth you can reach without literally tearing up the plant. Do not be afraid to expose or even break off some of the lateral rootlets while the plants are young. It will let in the air to soil and roots where most needed and tend to send large roots deeper down to moisture. Should the growth of the plant indi-. cate a marked deficiency of active food at an early stage I have found it decidedly advantageous to apply some soluble and quickly available manure alongside the row and cultivate deeply into the soil. Almost all of the first class high grade potato manures are readily soluble in water and will give the plant a quick, healthy start that will tide it over the seasons of usual drouth, leaving it in vigorous condition to mature a crop when fall rains come. Two to three applications of from seventy-five to on? hundred pounds each per acre, made at intervals of from ten days to two weeks, the last dressing not to be made later than ten days before the plants come into bloom, will produce the same result. If it is not desired to hill or bank up the rows when laying by the crop, a furrow should be left in the center between rows at the last cultivation, serving to drain the surplus water from the row, to hold it in reserve, and to prevent rotting during a possible wet period after maturity.— A mcrican Agriculturist.

POULTRY FOR PROFIT. Every poultry raiser should be able to tell at any time, how many {owls he has, how many eggs he is getting, how many chicks he has hatched, and the number of eggs required to hatch them, how many fowls or chicks lie 10.-es by death or otherwise. In short a poultry raiser should have a record of each and every day’s transaction for all the fowls on the premises. | Eggs in abundance, rapid growth in market poultry, and top prices for his products, are all necessary to the poultryaian’s prosperity; but the most important factor and one that must be considered first, last and all the time, is the cost price. '1 here is no profit in eggs at twenty-five cents per dozen if the eggs have cost twenty-six cents. There is profit in eggs at twelve and a half cents per dozen if the cost has been but ten cents per dozen. Just so with poultry, if the cost of production has been too heavy, by just that much is the profit reduced. And if the product, either’ eggs or poultry, has cost more than the very least for which it could have been produced it has cost too much. Care I should be exercised in the use of high | priced foods, expensive houses and apparatus, when cheaper foods, buildings in the construction of the buildings, for and appliances will do just as well; also when so awkwardly arranged that too much time is consumed in caring for the fowls, this is an added expense. It is not always true that things lowest in price, all things considered, is the cheapest, nor is it always true that the best is the cheapest. Food that is poor in quality is generally dear at any price. -Yet a high priced food ought always to be used under protest, as it were, and only until something equally as good and lower in price can be found to use as a substi-

lute. There are times when it is necessary to buy what you want and pay the price asked,* One who is fqtqiUar.with the markets and with th* feeding value of available food is often able to substitute a low priced commodity for a more expensive one without detriment to the fowls and with gain to himself.—Geneva Marsh in The Epitomist. BLIND BRIDLES FOR WORK ' HORSES. The farmers of forty years ago never thought of working horses on the farm or road without blinds on bridles. I was brought up under the impression that a spirited horse could not be worked with- j out blinds. But I haven’t a blind bridle on the farm now and do not think I shall ever own one again. The argument used by those who favor the use of blinds is that when a horse cannot see his driver or the machine or vehicle behind him, he goes ! along much steadier and without getting excited, and drives freer and shirks his duty less. The other side is that when lip is broken without the blinds he has more confidence in himself and in his driver and is not so likely to scare ' at anything he sees behind him, or shy at things he half sees on either side. No horse with open bridle is continually finding ghosts, or shying at bicycles, ■ baby carriages, road scrapers and the like. I know front experience that one can get a horse accustomed to railroad trains, traction engines or threshing machines much quicker by using open bridles, or when he can see plainly instead of having two-thirds of his vision j obscured.

It is true that a horse broken with blind bridle will act foolish when a change is made to an open one. The reason is simple; it is like breaking an animal in the first place. When hitched up. instead of hearing the rambling or rattle of the wagon or machine behind Trim he sees it following closely after him. He will probably try to get away from it at first. It takes some time to get him Used to his new surroundings, but if he is carefully handled he soon gets down to work and is very much more tractable and level-headed. I know of but one kind of horse that works better with blinds than without them, and that is the sluggard or regular shirk. With the blinds on, at each cluck of the driver he does not know but he may get a lash of the whip. He surges along and keeps up his end. With the open bridle he soon learns*to know when the whip is in the hands of the driver and governs himself accordingly. I like to have harnesses, as well as bridles, as free from unnecessary weight or encumbrance as possible, for it adds to the comfort of the animal. We should give this matter a thought as we go along. I hear a good deal said against the overcheck. and it is all right as a rule to discard it, but I would for the same reason let the blinds go the same way.— W. W. stevens, in Orange Judd Farmer.

QUALITY OF BUTTER FOR MARKET. Not a little of the difference in quality of butter is due to different demands of various markets. While market dealers attempt to establish a pertain standard, it is not always possible because of the difference in the taste of people. For instance, butter for export trade should have quite essentially different qualities than that made for table use in the home markets. It has been found by experience that butter for export trade should be milder in flavor, less salty, and lighter in color than that demanded for city use in this country. Neither is it so important that emphasis should be placed upon the grain and texture of the butter intended for shipment to the British markets. It is well known that a good deal of the butter received at New York, which fails to pass as extra table butter because of the qualities mentioned, finds a good outlet in the export trade. On the other hand, butter that has reached the city in perfect condition so far as our standards of judgment are concerned—that is, >vith perfect grain, color, saltiness and texture—has been shipped abroad and met with such poor reception that the prices obtained for it were very unsatisfactory. There is a good deal in making a particular study of the markets of any farm product, and a little more attention paid to the butter shipped might prove of pecuniary advantage to the manufacturer and commission houses. Our Canadian butter makers have scored ahead of us in this respect, and they ship to English markets butter with all the qualities that the British taste demands. We are too apt to take it for granted that the British like what we like, and that they should cultivate their taste according to ours. Such reasoning never pays, and it is wrong at the start. Our judges of butter have been a good deal at fault in this work. Finish and style of package and' the butter in it have been emphasized too much, often at the expense of the butter. Now quality in the butter should always be the first consideration. No matter how carefully packed, ordinary butter must eventually be marked down or somebody will be cheated, which in the end causes trouble and discredit to the maker. Renovated butter is now often packed in fancy packages and sold as fresh creamery or dairy. Such butter may not necessarily be inferior, but it is a deception to the public. Butter washed, cleansed and repacked c.;n never have the same delicate flavor as that made fresh On the-farm and shipped to market. —S. W. Chambers, in American Agriculturist.

A Man on Horseback.

General Diaz is Mexico’s man on horsebeck, and profits by his daily exercise.—Mexican Herald. Tennessee has a sort of record in living former-Govemors. Six former ex*cutivcs of the State are still among her citizens, One of them, William B. Bate, is now a United States Senator.

Labor World

Th* new wage agreement of the New York electrical workers establishes a rate of $3.50 w a day for eight'boars’ work, and covers all contracts'within * radius of twenty-five miles of New York. „ f Bookmakers of Reading, Pa., to the number of 350, have been granted an I Increase of 26 cents per day in wages. The raise In the wage scale resulted from a strike, which was settled by a compromise. I A big steel and Iron pianriwtll be built at Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, which will employ 10,000 men and be capitalized at $50,000,000. The plant will be operated In connection with the great power canal being constructed at the Canadian 800. The large clothing city of Cincinnati is becoming rapidly organised. There are seven local unions In the vicinity and eight firms are using the union label. The workday In all union tailor shops Is nine hours and eight In the cutting shops. The United States Steel Corporation, the greatest comblnatloh of Interests In the world, began doing business in the Pittsburg district, the leading Iron and steel center In the country. Fifty thousand employes in the mills and blast furnaces have new employers. The clothing cutters of Baltimore are organizing rapidly, and at the present rate the local will soon readk its former strength, and perhaps repair the damage done daring four years of disorganization. The tailor unions are also reorganizing, and the district council has established a separate headquarters. William F. Sherlock, editor of the Union, a labor Journal, who was recently convicted of criminal libel npon an jemploye of a newspaper aud sentenced to the penitentiary for three monffife, died from pneumonia at his home In Brooklyn. Sherlock was pardoned after serving twenty days of his sentence. The growth of Unionism in Erie, Pa„ Is remarkable—a greater amount of enthusiasm has never been known. Many trades are realizing the benefits from their unions, and before long Erie will be one of the best organized elties to 'be found. The men are making a demand for union goods, and 1t is having a good effect. Trenton, N. J., has a servant girls’ union. They are not to work for less than $2.50 a week, nor take old clothes Instead of their wages. Each girl is entitled to a sweetheart, and she need not meet bimjit the corner. All are to have time to eat aud bathe, shall dress Suitably, and may endeavor to have her. .employej do likewise. An attempt is being made to unionize the farmers of Indiana. They are to be taken into the Thrashers’ National Protective Association. The organization is well established in the States of lowa, Illinois, Texas and several other of the Western States. It is estimated that In the thrashing industry there is at least $500,000,000 Invested and that there are probably 500,000 thrashers in the country.

A Wasted Effort.

A gentleman wsio was traveling reoently near Chester, Pa., came across a farmer, whom be took to be a Quaker and determined to please him Jay talking to him In the Quaker dialect. As he told the atory afterward, this is how he succeeded: “ ‘How do thee do, sir? Is—that Is—are thee meditating?’ If he was delighted he controlled his emotidn admirably. All he did was to gape and inquire: ’Hey?’ “*Tlie fields, the birds, the flowers.’ I pleasantly pursued, ’are enough to bring thou dreams—l mean dreams to ..thou.’ “He was looking at me now, and critically. I felt that niy syntax had been very Idiotic instead of idiomatic; so, wiping the sweat from uiy brow and hat, I eyed him calmly and observed: ‘Those cows, are they thy’s—or thee’s—that is, thou’s—durn it, I mean thine’s?’ “It was very unfortunate. He crawled down from the fence, nibbled at a plug of tobacco, and as be ambled away muttered Indignantly: ’Go to Bedlam! I’m a farmer, but, thank heaven. I’m not a loonntlc.’ ’’—New Y’ork Tribune.

Bangs a Prolific Joke Writer.

Carl Hauser, who was the editor of the Genuau edition of Puck and now the maker of one of the most successful almanacs In the country nnd a humor* ous lecturer besides, tells a reminiscence of John Kendrick Manx*, editor of Harper's Weekly. It treats of a time when rhe distinguished Yonkers man was writing Jokes for Pink In the early 'Bos and could turn out more of them In twenty-four hours than any other man In that particular line—- " One day," said Mr. Hauser, "the young man whose duty It was to read all the Jokes sent to the English edition of Puck came to ipe much agitated and perplexed. • “ ‘Here,’ said he, ‘I have received a hundred Jokes to-day.from that man Bangs. And he sends me all the time a hundred each day. Why. he must be worked to death, Ills mind must be nearly worn out.’ ’’ And Mrs. Hauser answered: “It la easy work for him. In fact, H Is mere re-creation.”—New York World. When a girl loves a man who is disliked by her parents, which should win —love for the man or love for the parents?