Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1901 — Page 2

AN UNNECESSARY. ELOPEMENT.

<r> LLAN BURNS, clerk, sat in the little back office of the big brown ***“ atone building of the Second National Bank. Banking hours were over and all except himself, from the president down to the messenger, had gone borne; but he, Burns, had plans on foot which he felt he could best perfect here In the quiet of the back office. He sat leaning forward with his head resting on his hands and his feet on the little round hassock which the president kept for the comfort of his "game leg." He stared hard at the chair which sat facing him and counted the number of rounds that supported its back, its arms and its legs. There were 20 in all; he counted them again to make sure, yes, 20 was right But what good did that do him? What concerned him had nothing to do witli the chair; lie was concerned In a different sort of supporting. He was wasting time, and he straightened up and told himself that the time had come for something desperate to be done. He was in love, and he had been in love for over a year. At first he just knew that he loved her, and that was sufficient, but after tilings had gone on that way for some months lie knew that he wanted Helen Adams for his wife. When this knowledge came to him he began to save money. He had never done this before and each month's salary had always gone before the next was due. Now It )vas different, for ev<d , y month n sung little sum was laid by, which lie meant to go toward a little homo in a nice part of the city. Before a year was up Burns felt that enough had been saved to start a home,

HE FELT VERY PROUD OF HER.

and with the aid of his salary coming In each month they might now begin life together. It was so planned between them and it only remained to obtain the consent of her father. Neither of them thought this a difficult thing, for Mr. Adams, since the death of his wife, had taken little or no Interest in the welfare of his daughter. Ever since Burns bad first known her ■bo bad been here in the city earning her own living by typewriting. It was only for form's sake that Burns wrote Mr. Adams asking for the band of bls daughter in marriage. Accordingly be was much surprised when several weeks passed and no answer came to his letter. He wrote again asking for an explanation, but received no answer. When be bad waited sufficiently long, and still did not bear from Mr. Adams, his mind was made up. He went that night to plan with his sweetheart for a wedding in the near future, without the consent of her father. He found her much puzzled over a letter which she had just received from her father, in which he made no mention of her marriage, but Instead wrote her that he intended making a hurried ' trip to Colorado and the west. She was to pack her trunk as best she could on such short notice, and be ready, as he 1 had decided to take her with him. The ' rest and change would do her good, and perhaps he had neglected her too much of late. He would come for her Monday morning, and they would leave on the western bound express tiiat afternoon. Burns and Miss Adams read the letter over together, and thought that they saw what her father meant. He must be opposed to their marrying nnd the western trip would be a step toward preventing it. Accordingly they planned to leave the city Monday night but, as the bombshell had burst too suddenly, they could make no definite arrangements then. Burns promised her that he would come again Saturday night, and would then know just what they would do and where to go. In the meantime she was to make ready. Saturday night they would be married, and the following day they would leave the city, with no tracks behind them. It was with matters In this unsettled state that we found Allan Burns counting tho rounds of the chair liefore him. It was late Friday afternoon, and ns yet he had been unable to form any plan which be thought could be successfully carried out. He was quite desperate. They could not be married and stay in the city, for her father would come Monday, nod there would be a'row right at the beginning of their honeymoon. The father might even try to arrange a separa-4 tlon on the ground that his daughter w *■ not yet of age, and might not marry without his consent. An ide* came to Burns. There was a place, an island, away down the harbor, where be had gone with a crowd of the boys for a camping trip. As be ro-

membered it, there was quite a farm on the island, and a number of cottages. Perhaps he and Helen could hire one of these little rough board cottages, that they let to campers, until the storm blew over. Her father would nevpr look for them there. He rose quickly from his chair and walked rapidly up and down the little office. It was by far the best plan yet. When matters had cooled down with their papa, they would return to the city. It was 4 o’clock now and ho left the building hurriedly and caught a shore line train to West Beach, which was just opposite the island. The Island lay a scant two miles out to sea from the bench; from the boat lauding in the city it was over five miles. He hired a dory and rowed over to the island. There he was fortunate enough to make satisfactory Arrangement* with the farmer. When he returned he had the key to a little red cottage that sat on a' high bluff overlookinadwth bay and harbor. With the key iulhis pocket he felt the battle more than half won. He did not sleep well that night, aud the next morqlng he was uneasy. He was early at the bank and held a long conference with the president in the little private office. As a result he was given leave of absence for one week, which was to take the place of the first week of his regular summer vacation. Burns was delighted. He had not thought to make so satisfactory an arrangement and had feared he might be obliged to resign ills position. Surely the course of true love was going to run smoothly for once. As soon as banking hours were over he hurried to see Helen and tell her that all was in readiness. Helen carne down to the parlor to greet him, and he saw at once that something had happened. She had been crying and looked very pale. She handed him a telegram and he read: Can't start sooner. Expect me Sunday. Leave that night. WILLIAM ADAMS. Burns looked at her and then at the telegram. “Never mind, little girl, if that is all, we can go just as well to-night. Everything is ready and I have the key to our future home, at least what will be our home for a week, and he took from ids pocket a very rusty key. Then they sat down and he told her all about the little cottage and the island. Everything would come out all right, he said.

It was nearly 6 o’clock when Helen Adams went up to her room to dress for her wedding. Burns waited for her down in the parlor and it seemed a long time to him before she came back. When she did come he felt very proud of her. From the trim little shoes on her feet to the forget me-nots on her hat she made a picture that one would turn twice to look at. As she sat opposite Burns in the restaurant where they had their supper Burns thought she had never been more beautiful; she was a trifle pale, but he had never seen her look so >vell before. After supper they went to an up town parsonage and were married, the minister’s wife aud daughter acting as witnesses. In the meantime an expressman had taken Helen's trunk to Burns’ boarding house, and from there had carried it with the things he had in readiness down to the boat landing. Burns had always allowed himself the luxury of a sailing dory for excursions down the harbor, and now it was very useful. From the wedding they went down town and spent the early part of the evening at the theater. It was necessary to put in a good deal of time, for they could not start for the Island until the tide served, which would be nearly midnight. When the tide began to ebb they would go down to the landing and start for the Island. If the wind were favorable they would reach it and get their things up to the island before breakfast. It was a balmy June night, and Burns found that trip to the island one of the greatest pleasures of bis life. It was so wholly different from anything they had thought of in connection with their wedding. The stowing away of their things at the cottage with Helen, bls wife Helen,, resting comfortably on a couch in the corner of the sitting-room telling him where to put things. This was better than anything lie had dreamed of, and they practically had a little world all to themselves. With a dainty lunch which Helen had brought aud a cup of steaming coffee, they made a grand wedding breakfast. Sunday was such a beautiful summer day, and Helen was so delighted with the island! The week passed all too quickly, and Saturday morning came again. With It came a letter for Mrs. Allan Burns which the farmer had brought up from town, having called for Burns' mall. It was in her father’s bandwriting, and she opened It with trembling hands. They read the letter together: Dear Helen—l came for you Sunday aa I telegraphed you I would, and your landlady told me that you had gone away. She did not know where. I waited until thia morning (Monday), thinking you might turn up, but in glancing over the paper I was surprised to learn of your marriage on Saturday. Accept my best wishes. I take thia opportunity to tell you of my wedding, which takes place on my return from the West. I had thought to break the news to you on the journey westward, and thought to give you a lit-

tle vacation trip before I presented yot» to your new mamma. I am glad for you that you are happily married, as I suppose you are, and know I shall receive your congratulations upon my marriage with Miss Hamilton, our old friend and neighbor. I was surprised that you did not inform me of your matrimonial intention, but as I have not been home for more than two months and have not seeu any private correspondence in that time, perhaps you, did write me and I have not received the same. Nevertheless 1 send all good wishes and my congratulations to Mr. Burns. I’m off for tho West. Tour* with regards, WILLIAM ADAMS. Two very astonished young people sat staring straight into each other’* eyes. Then they both laughed, for this was the greatest joke yet. They bad enjoyed a perfect week’s vacation on the Island, bad had all the fun of an elopement and now there was no need to seek a "stern parent” and ask forgiveness. So they packed their things and went back to town.—Utica Globe.

THE INFLUENCE OF NOISE.

One of the Reusona Wuy Country Life la Healthful. Very few people realize how important a factor noise is in the production of disease. Although not generally recognized, this is one of the principal reasons why country life is more healthful than city life. The proportionate excess of disease in cities is not all due to defective dwellings and Imperfect nutrition, although they are grave contributing causes. It Is the ceaseless roar and din of a large city that slowly but surely undermine the health. Apart from its baneful effects upon the sense of hearing itself, the ceaseless babel of discordant sounds peculiar to large cities exerts a disastrous influence upon the brain and nervous system, which may with certainty be catalogued as one of the principal causes of neurasthenia. It Is true that the system becomes habituated to it, even as the operatives in a boiler factory become so accustomed to the clanging of the hammers that the cessation of work almost operates as a shock; but although the system becomes trained to take no active cognizance of it, its demoralizing effects are ever present. When will our legislators recognize the fact that the health of the community Is its most valuable asset, and take the necessary steps to assist in preserving it? Doubtless there are many noises incidental to city life which it is impossible to suppress, but a very large proportion of them are easily preventable —for Instance, the Incessant discordant clanging of ear gongs, the screeching and tooting of switch engines in railroad yards, the rattle of heavily loaded wagons over badly paved streets and the deafening yells of fruit vendor* and newsboys. In Loudon the city government has recently taken steps to suppress the last-named nuisance—* proceeding which might be followed with advantage in ouy own cities. At the risk of being considered deficient in patriotism we would raise the question whether a nation like the American, which leads the world in so many important matters, could not find some more reasonable method of expressing its jubilation than by a din of discordant sound emanating from fireworks, horns and steam whistles? The lower we descend in the scale of humanity the greater we find the partiality for noise, and reasoning from this standpoint the present means employed In the celebration of popular events is l>y no means complimentary to the boasted breeding of the nation. We cannot avoid the conclusion that in a nation of gentlemen the disease-produc-ing din which is an accompaniment of present city life would be conspicuous by its absence.—Health.

"Plus” Man Ever in Demand.

The “plus” man is one who is more than appears on the surface, b.'gger than he looks, stronger than be seems, abler than be shows in ordinary affairs, better than the world judges him, constantly rising to great occasions and accomplishing more than is expected of him, writes Victor Smith In the New York Press. There are many such men to whom great occasions never come. There are a few whose “plusness'’ has a chance to Illuminate the earthy every day. Perhaps the finest type of “plus” man was President Lincoln. Grant, too, was plus. It might be confessed that plus, in the sense used, is nearly synonymous with successful. In commercial life Mr. Morgan is heavily plus. In railroading William K. Vanderbult and Edward 11. Harriman have loomed up rather suddenly as plus. Commodore Vanderbilt nnd Jay Gould were plus. Croker is plus. Odell is plus. In tho contracting line John B. McDonald is heavily plus. It Is not every man of affairs who can take hold of a $35,000,000 job aud carry it along successfully without losing a pound of flesh from worry. Plus men seldom worry. They have great nerve but no nerves.

American Horses for Japan.

Japan as well as England has been a large patron of tho American horse breeder, but the purchases made here by the Japanese Government have been chiefly lu the way of fine trotting stock to Improve the native breed of horses. The fiiwt experiment made some years ago was so successful that agents of Japan are again In this country buying finely bred animals.

A Breathing Spell.

Towne—Henpeck seems to be very fond of entertaining. Browne—Yes, his wife is quite decent to him when there’s company about.Phlladelphla Press. ' Ever figure up how much it costs • man to CaH in love?

GARDEN AND FARM

LATE CROP OF STRING BEANS. On rich and warm soil, if frost does not appear too soon, a late crop of string beans may be grown for pickling, as they can be picked at any stage of growth. The seeds should be planted Without delay, however, and some early variety used. Pack them in brine and use them as wanted for pickling or for the table in winter. CORN OIL The corn grain has, in addition to its starch element, a tiny germ in which lies its life principle. This germ was formerly separated and thrown aside as waste. Lately it has been found that this germ is rich in oil which can be utilized. The germ is now separated from the starch and crushed. The oil gathered from it finds a ready market, and within the last few years millions of dollars’ worth of this oil has been exported to Europe. After the oil is taken from the germ the gluten left in the cake is used for varnish and the residue is used for cattle food.

ENRICHING THE SOIL. An acre of soil nine inches deep, if of ordinary fertility, is estimated to weigh about 3.000.000 pounds, and contains about 2000 pounds of nitrogen, 3000 pounds phosphoric acid and 6000 pounds ■potash, but these elements are not in a condition in the soil to provide the necessary plant food except \y a slow process. The roots of plants are capable of reducing them, hence every crop that is grown and plowed under represents so much of'the inert substances that have been changed by the plants and made available. Such crops do not add mineral matter to the soil, but bring it within reach of the farmer. In the course of time, if the crops are removed from the soil, the land will become poor and sterile. GETTING GOOD PRICES FOR WHEAT. Farmers who hold back their wheat for higher prices sometimes lose more than they gain, even if prices should advance a little, as the longer wheat is held the more it will shrink in weight. Higher prices are uncertain, but the shrinkage in weight seldom fails. Now wheat often brings better prices than the average for the several months following: there is also a saving of storage room, the farmer gets immediate use of the money and there is also less risk of loss by fire, weevil and other causes. It may be proper for farmers to hold on at times, but there is always as much risk in losing as there are opportunities for gaining by so doing.

DESTROYING ENGLISH SPARROWS. A paper published in New South Wales, Australia, tells how farmers destroy English sparrows out there. They make a double coop and put one or more fowl or chickens in one compartment, leaving the other empty. When feeding they scatter a little wheat in the empty compartment, which is soon found by the sparrows. After about a week they soak the wheat in vinegar and sugar. After the sparrows have become accustomed to this, they add a little strychnine to the vinegar and sugar and allow the wheat to soak about twelve hours, then dry it and scatter it in the empty coop. One or two grains is enough to finish any sparrow, and if it is given every day at the same place in the same way, and dead birds removed if any die in the coop, hundreds of them rhay be destroyed, but if the dead are left it may frighten away the others. We think the same plan might also destroy many rats if they were allowed to get into the coop. Very few if any of our useful birds will go there, as they do not feed with the poultry. BEST CROPS FOR THE DAIRY. In dairying it is not always possible to say just what crops are best adapted for feeding, for the difference in soil and climate produce widely different results. Nevertheless, it is possible to bring the matter down to a pretty close analysis, so that even a beginner will not go astray. It is hardly wise to accept the crops that one finds growing on the farm as the best that the soil will produce. A little experiment with other crops may soon convince us that past farming has been all wrong. Our aim should be to find out which of some half a dozen crops produces the greatest profit to us. Then our attention can be devoted to the improvement and development of those crops, and we cannot fail to make advances in farming that will prove of benefit to us and to others who will listen to our experiences. Now. in the matter of raising crops for dairy purposes it has been pretty conclusively proved that, acre for acre, cow peas give a greater amount of good milk and butter fat than any other crop that we can raise. It is not only the abundance of the crop produced to the acre, but the amount of nourishment which the crop furnishes. The cows like the cow peas, and they have their milk flow and quality improved. But there arc soils and climates where it may not be wise to raise cow peas. Consequently it is necessary to consider some other crop for the dairy cows. Next to cow peas alfalfa probably gives the greatest yield of milk and butter fata. This crop has many advantages which arc thoroughly appreciated, and where it thrive# well it cannot be excelled for dairy purposes. In considering these two crops, however, for dairy purposes, it must lie remembered that they both increase the dairy output much more when pastured green than when cut and fed. On the other hand, pastured grass never yields nearly as much to the acre. In fact, nearly all the crops yield two or three times as much when cut and fed than when pas-

t«red. But the cows enjoy the pastor* better, and the grass enters more quickly into the of the cow’s life, and increases quality and quantity' of milk. Undoubtedly the ideal way of dairy practice is to part pasture and part cut and feed the grass. In this way we increase the milk and butter products, and at the same time get more from a given field. A good deal of the success of dairying depends upon the proper balancing of these two methods of feeding. In respect to corn, rye, sorghum, oats and other grasses, it may be said that they all have their usefulness in dairy practice, and most of them can be raised with direct benefit; but they should be regarded more as incidental parts of the business. The main dependence should be placed upon the two or three crops which give the highest results off a given amount of land.—W. E. Edwards.

RENEWING MEADOWS INJURED BY DROUTH. Just what to do with meadows which have been injured by drouth is a problem. Where the ground is suitable for growing corn, oats, beets, etc., undoubtedly the best plant is to plow and devote to some cultivated crop for two or three years. To supply pasture and hay for next year sow timothy this fall on fall grains and next year put on six to ten pounds of good red Clover seed per acre, harrowing it 'in with a smoothing harrow. This will furnish pasture during the latter part of the season, providing the weather is at all favorable for a good catch of the grass and clover seed. Where pasture must be used this fall and early next spring there is possibly nothing better than winter rye. Sow this now as soon as the ground can be prepared and when four or five inches high turn on the live stock, taking care not to graze too closely. The rye starts early in the spring and will furnish pasturage usually ahead of clover or timothy meadows. By pasturing just enough to prevent heading an immense amount of green feed can be secured. Hay cannot be secured the first year from seed sown on fall grains. The only way to get a hay crop the first season is to sow timothy or clover or both on a field especially prepared for this purpose. The seeding should be done in early spring, just as soon as the ground can be worked. It may be necessary to delay the seeding of clover until all danger of frost is past. See that the seed is covered to a depth of one to one and one-half inches. If the season is at all favorable, a fairly good crop can be cut the first year. Where clover is seeded alone «ow ten to twelve pounds per acre. Where timothy is seeded aldne, sow eight to ten pounds. Where they arc mixed, sow six pounds of clover and six pounds of timothy. This may seem a little heavy, for some localities, but it is much better to put on a heavy seeding than to get only a part of a catch. — American Agriculturist.

HOLLYHOCK FOR HENS. Somebody says hens are as fond of hollyhock leaves as cats are of catnip. In fact it is found that cats like thq hollyheck and will eat it as the fowls do. An authority urges the planting of hollyhocks for chicken food, and gives directions for their cultivation. For a hedge row there are few if any flowers more attractive or more suitable; but when used to feed the poultry the flowers it seems must be sacrificed. We would suggest that they be planted in quantities sufficient both for ornament and for hen food. “I have been using hollyhock for poultry green fodder,” says this poultry man, “for twenty years. I learned the trick from a Hollander. I saw him feeding armfuls of the leaves to his hens. Ever since that I have sowed hollyhocks regularly. The trouble is very little. The plant is a biennial. That is to say, it requires two years to come to blossom. In the first year it merely develops the root and lots of leaves, of large size, on soft Stems from one to three feet high. These leaves are tender and the hens relish them. “I cut off the rank clumps of leaves a number of times during the first summer. By planting every year I keep one or another part of the patch covered with new plants. The second year, when the plants begin to send up the large flower stalks, I cut them off as often as they sprout up. not letting the canes grow at all. Cutting off the cane or flower stalk seems to throw the forces of the plant to the formation of leaves. For seed I let some of the thriftiest plants stand uncut each year.” Another feature of the plant and one that does not so oommend it to the suburbanite, is the decided attraction that it is for cats. In a rear garden, dear to ourselves, the clump of hollyliocks is a center of rivalry and feast for the numlterless cats of the neighbors.—Farm, Field and Fireside.

POULTRY NOTES. Have you been feeding your fowls milk? They will relish it and give you an egg or two. The soil in the yards should be spaded over at least once a month to keep out germs of disease. The older brouds should not be neglected sitrtply because some young ones require attention. Don’t be too strict on the hens and require them to lay every day. That is an impossibility. Sow a patch of rye for Jrour fowls next spring. It will make early pasture for them just at the time when there is no grass. All meats for fowls, if raw, should be fresh. Tainted meats produce had flavored eggs and are apt to have disease germs in them. Don’t let the young ducks starve because they seem to cat their heads off. They will grow fast and make up for the large amount of food they consume. If you have no trees in your poultry

yards, set some out as soon *s possible. | The trees will be » good thing for the hens and the hens will be a good thing . for the trees. Did you ever try putting a coop of ' chicks in the garden? If the hen is kept confined, the chicks will be found quite an advantage to the growing plants iy keeping out the insects. Your chicks should be fed liberally during the day, but not crammed. Keep them anxious for their next meal by taking away each allowance of food as soon as they show the least inclination not to eat. Did you try the shotgun remedy on the crows that were taking your chicks? It is about the best remedy to use, for they soon learn that the scare cow is their best friend, by showing them just where to look for their dinner. If you notice a few feathers that are not the right color, do not think you have been cheated, for it often happens that a black fowl will have a few white feathers. As a rule, these come out all right when they come to maturity. Too much salt is detrimental to fowls, creating thirst and leading to inflammation of the bowels. This is due to t’*i drain on the body of its fluids, the birds being unable to drink sufficient water to counteract the effects of an overdose of salt.

CANADA VS. PHYSICAL FACTS.

Rigorous Climate and Danrerous Water’ Hold Dornin on Back. In 1897, when Sir Wilfrid Laurier was enjoying himself as one of the colonial premiers who took a leading part in the queen's jubilee in London, both in London and in Paris, particularly in Paris, he went out of his way to slur the United States and plant a future for Canada, which largely ignored the physiographic, hydrographic and climatic effects. Canada was to surpass the United States as only a first magnitude star could surpass another and lesser star in glory. But. unfortunately, the climatic facts will not down. Immigrants will not go to a country that has six months winter and an uncertain summer, with wretched communications and shipping interests and are avoiding a route to the new world that is notorious for its dangers. Though the slow growth of the population of Canada has worried the leaders of the dominion and the Canadian publicist-, they are still taking cold comfort in the alleged fact that the growth of Canada, "when one considers the healthy and stable character of this increase, as compared with the vast hordes of impoverished alien outcasts who contribute so largely to the increase for the corresponding period in the neighboring Republic erf America,” gives slight cause for disappointment. Moreover, they are still pointing out that the climateric moment is about to arrive when, the tide will turn and Canady's snowy wastes will swarm with untold millions of people and its dangerous waters will be crowded with busy shipping. But the facts are otherwise. The recent census of Canada reveals an increase of 9.7 pet cent, only, which gives a total population of 5.300,000. just one million, ir round numbers, behind Pennsylvania’s population of 6.301,365. From thesfe figures of Canadian growth and the known total of immigration, it is clear there is no movement of immigrants from the United States to Canada as has been asserted. nor any repatriation of thrifty Canadians who have sought the United States in order to “earn a living,” nor any drift from the old world. Moreover, while the census reveals the fact that the world still gives some attention to the snow line, and to the isothermal of zero weather, an even more serious blow has been struck at Canada’s claims by the refusal of British insurance companies to handle policies for vessels trading in St. Lawrence waters. The disasters of the past few years have but clinched, in the minds of the shippers, the great risks involved, and though an effort has been made to form a Canadian Lloyds, with government backing, the shippers who have abandoned the Canadian route will not have anything m'-'re to do with it. Philadelphia Press.

The Man Downstairs.

“This must stop right here!” said Henry Grimthorp. as he put one foot out of bed. ad began reaching around in the dark for his trousers. “Henry,” his wife whispered, “please don’t be foolish. Lie down and be quiet’’ “No,” he snarled, “I’m going downstairs and I’m going to give that young man down there a drubbing that’ll make :him want to keep as far away as possible from this house in the future. Here it is after 12 o’clock, and ” “Henry,” Mrs. Grimsthorp pleaded, “stop. Don't go down there, please ” But he had found his trousers, and, ignoring his wife’s words, he hurried into the hall. Then he stole downstairs through the dark, and in about half a minute there were sounds of falling stands and tumbling chairs and shaking chandeliers. The old man had grasped his antagonist around the neck right at the start, and toon had him choked into submission. Then he tied the fellow full of knots, humped his head against the newel post several times, and finally threw him down the front steps. When he got baduoipstairs his wife and daughter, pale and quaking with terror, flung themselves upon his breast. “What’s the Hutt er?” he demanded. “That was a burglar!” they cried. “Heavens!” he gasped, getting sick at the stomach: "why didn’t you tell me before? I thought it was ■ Fannie’s beau.”— Chicago Record-Herald.

What is Scotch In the Bagpipe?

There is nothing Scotch in bagpipes except the sheepskin of the bag and the tartan. The wood—ebony or cocus wood—comes from Africa and Jamaica, the ivory from Africa, the horn from Australia and. the crane for the reeds from Spain. The sculptor isn't the man who cuts no figure in the world.