Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1902 — Page 6

THE STORY OF A STEW.

rr> L HARLOY works in a down/oV town 1)0015 *° ncern an<l ma,teß a £*** pretty fail salary weekly. The •rouble with Harlow has been that for something over a year past he spent more than the stipend which the big publishers’ bookkeeper poked into his envelope every Saturday night. A 1 was born with several generous streaks In him, and as he approached adolescence he developed an inclination to go generosity one better or worse, and actually to throw money away. Harlow is good-looking nnd there never was a generous man who lacked friends. The girls In young Harlow’s set all thought—lt's a question what they’re thinking now, though-that he was Just about right. They gauged him perhaps by the candy, flower and theater ticket standard. If it be not ungallant even to hint such a tiling it may be put down right here that the young women in A 1 Harlow’s set played the young fellow for literally more than the young fellow was worth.

It must not be supposed for a minute that there were not many matrons who were ready to declare that Al was going at too swift a pace, although not one of them was found ready to tell her daughter that it were wise that a hint be thrown out to young Harlow that American beauty roses in December were too costly a gift to be sent to one young woman twice a week. There was only one of Al's set, and she was only in the set on occasion-for the other girls declared her rather prim and finicky—who had the courage born of & conviction that Al was developing spendthrift habits, to tell him frankly one day that neither she nor her mother thought It right for him to send as he did occasionally the expensive hothouse blossoms and the equally expensive bonbons. Al took this in good part nnd way down In his heart lie thought that Mary Johnson was saying Just about the right thing, nnd that the saying of It was prompted by a delicate consideration for his own good, as well as by an equally delicate understanding of the propriety of tilings.

If Harlow did spend more than bis salary he stuck close to business in the book establishment, nnd one day he was promoted to a better position and to more pay. an advancement that gave him a very comfortable Income. Al sat down one night to figure it up. His debts scared him. He thought to himself that by rigid economy for a year he could square up, but lie was not of the kind to settle down of his own free will and accord to any economy, let alone thut of the rigid kind. All the girls In the set knew of Al’s advancement, and most of them thought of It as meaning Just so many more chrysanthemums nnd so many more chocolate caramels. There were many of them, too, It must be said, to whom this advancement gave to Al a new value. As a matter of fact, the majority of them began to set Its cup for Al. It must not be supposed, however, that a great burden of sense lay with the majority. It could not bring Itself to forego the pleasures of the sweets of candy and the scents of flowers simply because one of Its members hoped to lead the spendthrift to the altar. “Let him spend,” said the girls. “When he does get married he can save money, pay his debts and become a model for the community.”

Mary Johnson did not like It when A 1 showed a tendency to keep on running along the road which lias a big finger post marked “Ruin” standing all along the way. There wasn't n grain of selfishness In Mary Johnson’s nature. She liked the young fellow and she hated to see him go the way that leads to a great big precipice. All the set, A 1 and a lot of other young fellows Included, went to St. Dltss’ Church. Most of the members of St Dives were so rich that they could have each chipped in enough without missing It to make unnecessary the holding of n church fulr for the benefit of the poor of the outlying districts of the parish. They gave a church fair, however, and the young women propared to play, as sadly enough they always do at church fairs, the parts of harpies. The girls held a meeting before the fair and planned a campaign. Each one had a little book in which the victims were to put down their names, pay a quarter for the privilege and thus secure one chance In 4,000 of winning a tidy or an Impossible whisk broom holder. One of the girls said that It should be a matter of conscience with them all to make as much as they could, and then she added: "Every girl In this bunch must make A 1 Harlow pay 60 cents a chance, because he’ll do It and never wink. It’s In a good cause, you know, and he’s easy, and we must get all we can. The other boys will stand for quarters, but they are not in the easy class with Al.” In thnt meeting they laid plans that If carried out would come pretty near completing the financial undoing of Albert Harlow, book publishers’ man. Mary Johnson was there and she denounced the scheme as “a shame.” The other girls looked at each other as much as to say “O, but Isn’t she nrtful?” The fnir was on. Al Harlow had bought tickets for all sortsof things and he paid three prices therefor. He had paid $1 postage each on letters In the postoffloe and had paid 60 cents each for a dozen attempts to book a penny whistle frotu out the “fish pond." Now It happened that Al had been obliged to work late at the book shop and he bad gone to the fair without having taken as much as a bite of food. He was

young, active and healthy and he was as hungry as a bear. After he had parted with a large part of his financial substance he said within the hearing half a dozen of the girls and somewhat thoughtlessly: “I’d give $5 for something to eat’^ “You shall have it,” they said in chorus; “sit down.” They pushed him into a chair by a tnble which was close to the door of the fair kitchen. Al had seen his young men friends eating for an hour past, lie knew that they had paid only a dollar n head for their dinners and that they were having each a substantial meal. He hoped that his five dollars would bring him something soltfi, yet appetizing. The six girls to whom he had Imparted knowledge of his hunger disappeared into the kitchen. There they talked louder than they knew and Al heard every word. “We’ll Just give him the regulation church fair oyster stew," said one voice. “It’ll be a good Joke and he’s too easy to say anything, and there’ll be Just $4.1)5 clear profit.” “Splendid,” sang a chorus. Then Al heard another voice. He recognized it as that of Mary Johnson. It was a voice softer and with a better modulation than any he had heard. Perhaps it vvns what she said that made him think this, but he thought it nevertheless. “That's not only a shame, girls,” Haid Mary, “but it's mean. Because Al tries to be good-natured and does things for us all Is no reason why he should be imposed upon and made to go hungry.” “Mary,” said another voice, "you are ulwuys spoiling our fun.” Then there was silence. In a few minutes six young women escorted in a watery oyster stew and put it down

THEY TALKED LOUDER THAN THEY KNEW.

with not even so much as a cracker on the side. It was Indeed a regulation church fair stew. It had one oyster, a miserable, attenuated, pale little thing like all oysters that are sacrificed for charity. Mary Johnson was not among the onlookers as Al ate. When he rose from the table he said: “Good night,” and left. Not all the importunities to buy a carnation for only $4 succeeded in holding him longer. Two weeks later the young women met In the parish house to make the final accounting of the financial end of the fair. They had made a lot of money. As Mary Johnson held out her paper of accounts to the treasurer the girls saw something on her hand and with one accord they screamed: “Mary, where did you get It?” On the engagement finger of Mary’s hand was a heavy gold circle holding in a golden clasp a magnificent pearl. Mary blushed a moment and then with a glad look that betrayed something of triumph, replied: "“It’s my engage ment ring. Al Harlow gave it to me yesterday. The pearl is a beauty, is it not? Partridge Sc Co., to whom Al showed It, appraised Its value at $2,0C0. Al found the pearl in that plate of oyster stew, for which you charged him ss.”—Chicago Record-Herald.

Dowry of Brides.

In almost every country butjkmerica there are restrictive conditions In force with regard to the marriage of army officers. In Russia especially is this to be found, as no circumstances will permit the marriage of an officer under the age of 23, and not even between thnt and 28 years, unless the bride'a dowry Is a sum sufficient to allow him to keep his monej for his personal.use. The limit of this dowry Is fixed by the government. In the Austro-Hungarian army the number of officers authorized to marry Is limited by a fixed proportion In each grade, and when these totals are reached further marriages are prohlbnted until vacancies occur In the married ranks. The Italian army regulations fix the limit of a bride's dowry, but the law Ik frequently broken, for It has been recently estimated that only about one-eighth of the marriages have occurred under the proper conditions. The other seven-eighths are attended with all the inconvenlenctes of a marrlge not recognized by the civil law.

Defined.

Little Elmer (who has an inquiring mind)—l*apa, what is conscience? Professor Broadband—Conscience, my son. Is the name usually given to the fear we feel that other people will find us out.—Harper’s Bazar.

To Select From.

She—The angels sent me ma two twin babies last night He—Has she picked out the one she wants yet?

Borne people always look dlsap pointed.

GARDEN AND FARM

WARM QUARTERS PREVENT DISEASE. No farmer will burn corn or hay in a stove, in order to keep his animals warm in winter, but he burns extra quantities of such materials In the bodies of the aulmals when he does not provide warm quarters. Heat must be procured from fuel of some kind, and the animals must have the fuel or fall off in weight and production. Warm quarters save food and prevent diseases.

FAT HOGS VS. LEAN HOGS. Those who advocate the advantages of hogs with less fat and more lean are correct, so tar as market prices are concerned; but where a farmer has plenty of corn, it will pay him to sell fat hogs, for the reason that fat can be produced at less cost than muscle, and also because a fat hog removes less fertility from the farm than a lean one. Much depends upon the corn crop, however, as well as the market pricl of corn.

CARE OF YOUNG STOCK. Young stock is often too much neglected. It is looked upon as something of little present value, but to be of value bye and bye. Hence, it is left to shift for itself, and this, too, during the very period in its existence when it should be most cared for and when its future value can be most enhanced. When young stock is left to piclc up its food here and there, Just as it can get it, it fares badly; and this is a chance when It is fed with older stock. A common result is stunted growth. Good shelter should be provided during the winter months, and separate from that of older stock, or at. least so arranged that the young things may not be annoyed, for continued fear preys upon the young animal’s system and interferes with growth.

CORN A PROFITABLE CROP. In the eastern states, where dairying Is a large industry, more land may be devoted to corn, not for sale or exportation, but to feed on the farm from the silo, or as to grain to the cattle and hogs and thus save purchasing. For the protein needed to balance the ration, clover or alfalfa may bq grown for roughage, and soy beans will give the protein concentrate required. These crops should make the dairy farmer almost independent, as little bran would be required. Then let him weed out his dairy, keeping no cow that does not give over 6,000 pounds of milk, or make 300 pounds of butter in a year. Corn, in my opinion, cannot be grown in the middle and eastern states in competition with the great west, for shipment. The grain and stover must be utilized on the farm and marketed in live stock or dairy products, to make the corn crop profitable to the farmer of the Ohio valley or the older eastern states. —Orange Judd Farmer.

HANDLING SHEEP WITH PROFIT. I have a flock of about fifty ewes and keep them in a house 24x36 feet. This house is well ventilated, dry and I never allow my sheep to get wet during the winter, if lean help it. I have best results with lambs born during January and February. If the temperature is low all this time, so much the better. My single lambs average ten pounds apiece. When dropped I am on the lookout and transfer ewes and lambs to a basement pen with a temperature of thirty-five to forty and above. The ewe gets a quart of oats per day and when the lamb is seven days old it Is docked, and if a ram is castrated. I provide a box stall with a creep and in this I keep a supply of oats, so that the lambs can get at it when desired. I continue feeding them oats after grass comes. By this treatment January and February lambs sell at five cents a pound when six months old. They generally average 100 pounds per head. My ewe lambs kept over are sheared in July. During the season of ’9B I reserved twenty ewes. These were sheared in July, the smallest one producing two and one-half pounds of wool. My flock was sheared the last of March In 1899, a few of the lambs at twelve months shearing eleven pounds. I keep Shropshires and like them.—P. B. Dletes in New England Homestead.

THE FRUIT BARK BEETLE. * Considerable Interest has been aroused In not a few fruit growing localities over the depredations of what is known as the shot-hole borer. The following extracts taken from a report on this pest by Professor R. H. Petit, State Entomologist for Michigan, will probably be of Interest and valuable to many who have or are liable to come in contact with this pest. The first intimation of the trouble is the discovery of numbers of small drops of gum exuding from punctures in the body or limbs of peach, plum, cherry or apple trees. A closer examination reveals admail round hole a little Jess than one-sixteenth of ar. Inch in diameter under each drop of gum. If the outer bark around the hole be removed or pared away, a small burrow will be found to extend for a longer or shorter distance in the layer between the wood and the bark, sometimes branching conslderab'y. These burrows or galleries usually exhibit a definite arrangement when carefully examined. There Is an egg chamber, along the sides of which the eggs are laid. When the young grubs hatch they commence boring a tunnel

away from the brood chamber and continue until they attain their full size, when they go a little deeper and pupate, coming out in time through holes bored to the surface, as adult, winged beetles. The effect on a tree of a number of these borers usually leads to its death. The beetle itself is little more than one-sixteenth of an inch long, somewhat cylindrical, almost black in color, and is covered with minute punctures or pits. It belongs to the family of scolytidae or bark borers. The insect Beems to prefer to work on trees that are In an unhealthy condition, hence one should strive to keep all trees healthy and vigorous. When a tree is but sligntly attacked, the bark may be pared out where the tunnels are, or the trees coated with a whitewash mixed with paris green or arsenic. This wash 13 said to be an excellent preventative. If a tree is badly attacked, the cheapest and best way is to cut it out and burn it. If there happens to be a poor, worthless tree in the orchard, it is a good plan to girdle it in midsummer to induce the beetles to lay their eggs in it, and then cut it down and burn it before the beetles emerge, which is said to be about the middle of June. Several broods of inserts are matured in one season.

KEEPING APPLES OVER WINTER. At a meeting of the Missouri Valley Horticultural Society, one of the members gave a description of his method of keeping apples. His cellar is 80x40 feet, and about eight feet deep, built of stone. He sets the barrels (without heads) one on the other, three high. The cellar has a large double door in the end and regular temperature is maintained by opening and closing this. He opens at night to admit cool air and closes in the day time, and by this process a comparatively uniform temperature is maintained. The upper steft-y cannot be kept as cool as the lower, and in this he keeps the apples that are to be sold before the holidays. In building such a structure he advises the use of stone in the lower part, but wood for the upper, as it can be kept cooler. Another member reported that In his cellar he could keep from 3,000 to 4,000 bushels of apples. He first sprinkled a solution of coperas, then piled the apples in bins as high as possible. Upon being asked for his opinion on ventilation, he said that they did not want too much; that it was his experience that the apples exposed to the air, rotted worse than those in the middle. Apples left in piles have a greasy coating formed on the outside, and if they once reach this stage they are comparatively free from rot. This coating is formed in from six weeks to two months, and most of the rotting is done during this period. The cellars should be sprayed frequently to stop all fungus growth. He also advocated building storage houses over springs, as the flow of water will keep the house cool, and also give sufficient ventilation.

FARM hINTS. You cannot keep the poultry house too clean. If you keep six cows it will pay you to have a hand separator. There is not much profit in fattening pigs for spring porkers. Don't neglect to give the pig-pen a coat of whitewash as often as required. Avoid churning cream at a too high temperature, lest you injure the flavor and grain of the butter. Keep the stables free from foul odors and filth of all kinds. Milk absorbs these things very readily. Each cow should be milked by the same milker so far as practicable, and should have gentle treatment always. Don’t, dear dairyman, think of allowing any one to touch the butter by hand during the process of making it. Milk at the same hour every day, and milk clean. There is more in this than some farmers are willing to admit.

Warm quarters must be provided for pigs In winter, or there Is a waste of food to keep up the warmth, and growth is checked. Is any one prepared to deny the statement that a ton of well cured and well kept corn fodder is not worth as much to feed as a ton of hay? Don’t try to keep any more hogs than you can properly care for. A few well kept are more profitable than a large number Improperly kept.

A very good substitute for skim mlllr lor pigs in winter is fine wheat middling, with a tablespoonful of linseed meal to each quart of the porridge. A gallon of petroleum and a gallon of machine oil will make a mixture that will kill the lice on hogs. Mix It thoroughly and apply In a thin spray on the infested animals. Breeding ewes should be fed at all times so as to keep themselves and their lambs In healthy growing condition and the early lambs should be forced by means of extra food given to the ewes. Corn stalks, well cured, are a good roughage for cows, but where they are the principal feed, corn or com meal should go with them. Give a ration of carrots and mangels, with a sprinkling of meal. It will pay.

A Wealthy Russian Magnate.

Prince Yousupoff. a Russian magnate of great wealth, has a most magnificent collection of diamonds, which is one of the most valuable In Europe. One of the collection, valued at 2,600,000 roubles, la kept at his fine estate at Mikhallovsk, another at Arkhangelsk, near Moscow; but the most valuable of all Is at the Yousupoff palace at St. Petersburg. The latter Is especially rich In historic atones.

POLITICS OF DAY

Republicans Ignore the South. The Republicans in Congress who have planned to reduce the South's representation because certain States have adopted constitutional provisions denying to ignorant negroes the right to vote, may well ask themselves why the black belt has not produced n man worthy of a place in the Cabinet. Attorney General Knox and Postmaster General Smith are both from Pennsylvania. Mr. Smith’s resignation leaves that State with but one Cabinet member, but the appointment of Governor Shaw to the Treasury portfolio will give lowa two members, Hon. James Wilson, secretary of Agriculture, being a resident of that State. Missouri has a cabinet member in the person of Mr. Hitchcock, but with that exception the entire South is without a place in the President’s official household, despite the fact that one State in the North or West is accorded two members. If the President felt any interest in the party in this section, would he not put himself in closer touch with the Southern Republicans? It is remarkable that in the thirtyfive years in which the RepuDlican party lias had opportunity to grow in the more Southerly States it has produced only two or three men who were deemed deserving of Cabinet places. If the Republicans so ignore their brethren in these parts, it must be for cause. The explauation is easily found. All that is needed is to take a look at Southern delegations in national Republican conventions, to note the conglomeration of small caliber white men and the swarms of ignorant blacks wh6, in the main, are clamorous for spoils. So soon as the convention adjourns the door is slammed in the faces of these Southern brethren and they have no part in national councils. Yet certain Congressmen are insistent that the Southern States should permit these blacks to vote, regardless of their ability to read. The Republicans have no use for the negro except in campaign years, and men who are perfectly willing to do all in their power to make the black man a source of annoyance to the white people of the South give him neither social nor political equality in the real Republican family gathering in Washington City.—Atlanta Constitution.

Roosevelt's Inconsistency. The President has shown himself a great stickler for discipline where others are concerned, but in his own person he has shown that he has no more regard for military regulations or etiquette than he has for the dirt under his feet. There could be no more <flagrant proof of his contempt for military restraint than was shown by the Presidentjvhen he was merely Colonel the “rough rider,” of the volunteers in the war with Spain, when he signed, if he did not indite and originate, the “ropnd robin” at Santiago. This club takes pleasure in sending you an Invitation to attend Its eleventh annual banquet. The grand success attending the ten former banquets of this club, is assurance positive of the character of this one. Tills year special efforts have been put forth to make this the most brilliant and successful yet given by the club. At our last banquet it was demonstrated that although defeated, the Democrats of this section of the country were not demoralized nor even discouraged. The club is therefore endeavoring to make this banquet memorable as the anniversary of the day and place where the rallying of Democratic forces commenced after the defeat of 1900. Many eminent leaders of our party have been invited nnd already acceptances have been received from Congressman D. A. DeArmond, of Missouri; Congressman John W. Ball, of Texas; Congressman J. Hamilton Lewis, of Washington; Hon. Carter Harrison, of Chicago; Hon. W. H. Kelliger, of Auburn, Neb.; Hon. C. J. Bowlby, of Crete, Neb., nnd the Hon. Frank T. Ransom, of Omnha, Neb., and others prominent In the councils of the Democratic party, who will be present and respond to patriotic sentiments. The discussion of the future policy of our nte, the “round robin” at Santiago.— New Orleans Picayune.

Hanna Candidate for President. The spirit of brotherly love that exists between Senator Hanna and his ndhcrents and those ,who have allied themselves with the Foraker way of the Republican pnrty is aptly illustrated in the following paragraph, from the caustic pen of Editor I. F. Mack, a stanch, stnlwart Republican and a prominent G. A. R. man, which appeared In a recent edition of the Sandusky Register. The paragraph says: “If Hanna is quoted correctly as saying that he proposes to make a fight to the fln]sh for a Presidential nomination in 1004, there Is but one course for Mr. Foraker to pursue that will gratify his friends and that is to take off his coat and make a fight to the finish. It Is time that Mr. Hunnu were taught a wholesome lesson, that Is that he Is not the whole Republican pnrty of Ohio and that there nre other Republicans In Ohio besides Mark Hanna and Ills followers. He Ims had his own way long enough nnd we are not saying this on the strength of anything that Foraker has kver said, but because that is the universal sentiment among thoroughbred, stalwart Republicans in Ohio. Hia course for the past four or

five years has been detrimental to the interests of the Republican party in this State, and everybody knows and his own followers know that he is after the spoils of office regardless of the Interests of the party or the wishes of anybody but himself.’”—Helena Miner.

The Republican Retreat. Some Republican partisans would say that the Republican party never retreats, nnd it seldom does when the fleshpots and the fishes are in sight. But Its history since the Civil War has been a series of practical retreats, and just at this time it seems to be making ready for one of the most shameless inconsistencies of its history. It is important for the honesty of individual Republican thought, and the instruction of the people generally, that the heresy of the party action should be noted, aud It is more consequential to those who do not approve Republican history to observe its present dishonesty. Reciprocity—reciprocal trade relations with foreign countries—was proclaimed by James G. Blaine—one of the most brilliant figures in Republican history—to be the logical pan-American policy, and it was pointed out as a present political duty by President McKinley in his memorable speech In this city in September last. “The days of exclusiveness are past,” said Mr. McKinley, but what does his party say now? And what is the courage of President Roosevelt in facement of the heretofore masterful control of Senator Hanna?

The President in his message does not make more plain a reciprocity policy which all could see was the flowering of the thought of McKinley, but rather does it appear that, with a few pretty adieus, the reciprocity of Republican historic thought will find Its end in the memory of McKinley. The Republican party has frequently suffered from the offensive personality of those whom the chance of circumstance happened to give prominence, but there have been few such situations as the leadership of Hanna now provokes. If Theodore Roosevelt shall follow this politician and eschew the memory of McKinley lie will take his place as the substitute President who missed the golden opportunity of American Presidential history. If he shall command the servitors of capital and the tradesmen of place he will earn and retain a lasting place In the hearts of the people. Parties are necessary In free government, aud partisans disagree, but the President of the American commonwealth to-day is masterful In his power for that popular good which comes from national greatness and depends on no party. With the force and vigor of youth and the strength of personal popularity, Theodore Roosevelt forces American history; as he shall answer his trust to the American people, so shall his name appear therein—master or man.—Buffalo Times.

Democrats Will Win. A dispatch from Washington states that all the members of Congress may he grouped as belonging to one of the two great parties. This, we feel, whatever else may be said by those desiring to bring about discord Is the greatest evidence of a united Democracy. The recent move of Senators Dubois and Heitfleld, of Idaho, in allying themselves with the Democratic party and the retirement of the gold leader, Senator Lindsay, of Kentucky, removes all strife among the Silver Republican, Populists and Democrats and the gold elements, and leaves a united party in Congress. There are 33 Democratic Senators and IGO Democratic Representatives. Surely if the leaders in the national house can unite, Indiana. Democracy should stand to a man for party harmony and thus stnnding success will be ours.—Greenville, Ind., Tribune.

Roosevelt Was Too. Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt at the time of the preparation for the Porto Rico expedition brought upon himself the written censure of the war department for his presumption In making derogatory comparisons in a letter to the Secretary of War between other volunteer regiments nnd bis own corps of rough riders. In a sharp letter the secretary pointed out the Impropriety of a volunteer lieutenant colonel recommending the advancement of bis own commnnd by detracting from the merits of other volunteer commands. In attending to General Miles’ indiscretion It would not have been amiss for the President to recall some of the experiences of Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt.—Boston Post.

Appointment of Mr. Payne Criticised. Mr. Payne Is a man whose connection with any political movement In his own State brings discredit to It with the voters. The President, we believe, has made a most serious mistnke, and he has made it without knowing what be was doing. It is past understanding why he was permitted to make It. There are enough men In Washington to know thnt the appointment should never have been made.—Milwaukee Free Press. If William Goebel had been a Republican, and If Taylor wore a Democrat, docs anyone linagluc for a moment that Gov. Durbin would be so wonderfully concerned about the kind of Justice meted out In Kentucky?