Pike County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 10, Petersburg, Pike County, 16 July 1885 — Page 4

COUNTY DEMOCRAT. ^Published Every Thursday. PETERSBURG. - - - INDIANA. DAY DREAMS. While the slighted grammar unopened lay. The little maid dreamed of a fairv clue, «f A miigle thread that led far and away The deep, tangled maze of the forest through: "Oh! I wish there were things to do to-day, Quiser riddles to solve, great prizes to gain. Enchantments to break, magicians to slay. And that I, a queen, on a throne might reign 1 “But the puzzles are lost, the queens are dead. And there’s nothing to do," she sighed and said. A little lad loaned on his hoe that morn, Ana longed for a horse and a burnished shield. To ride away from the puinokins and corn. To the tourney’s lists on the tented field: “Oh! I wish there were things to do to-day, Great dragons to kill and battles to light; I would break a lance hi the fiercest fray, 1 would fling a glove at the proudest knight, “But honor is lost, and glory has fled. And there is nothing to do,” ho sighed and said. And the*A>oor little maiden never knew That Knowledge was ready to crown her . queen. ‘-And the clue that led his labyrinth through Lay hidden the leaves of her book between. And the little lad never even guessed That the dragon Sloth conquered him that day. While he lightly dreamod of some idle quest, And hie unused hoe in the young corn fay. But honor and fame passed the dreamers by And crowned brave Toil, who found no tim< to sigh —Annie ilf. Libby, in S. S. Times. lCopurioM%ecurai. AM Rights Reserved.] Driven From Sea to Sea; Or, JUST A CAMPIN’. lift d POST Pububrkd bv Permission or J. E. DoWnbt & Co., Publishers, Chicago. CHAPTER XII.—Continued. Her father came out of his owi gloomy mood at sight of his daughter’; sorrow, and made several attempts a asking with the Abject of raising he spirits agpin, in which he seemed t< succeed admirably, for by the time the; arose from thetable she was even gaye than usual. On the morrow, when the partin' came, she broke down and cried as i her heart would break; but then Jen nie cried a great deal also, as did Mrs Parsons and Johnny. Even Mr. Par sons felt the tears stealing down hi cheeks, and wiped them away with th back of his hand. Erastus drove them to the laudinj; and parted with them there.

/ -ine rcue nau Dcen an unusually silent one, all of them seemed absorbed in thought. He would kiss them both at parting, Erastus had been saying to nimself; may be the last kiss he should ever give Lucy. Anuelsey, he felt certain, would follow her to the city, and perhaps when she came back she would be engaged to him. She might even bo «. married before she came back, and so save him the pain of being present at her wedding, for he believed she knew of his love lor her, and that the knowledge had caused her to feel embarrassed in the presence of his rival and * himself. But now she would not object to - his kissing her, as he had always done when she was going to leave them for any great length of time, and he would hold her close to his heart for a mo- * ment, if never again. But when they 1 i readied the landing the boat was on the point; of swinging off, and there was no time even to shake hands, but only to hurry on board and wave their goodbyes while the- gang-plank was being raised and the boat was swinging round into the current. Erastus stood upon the shore and watched them until they were lost to sight amidst the hundredjother passengers, and then turned away with a feeling at his heart that all of happiness had gone out of his life forever. As the girls were leaving the office of the steamer, where they had gone immediately to secure their state-rooms, a gentleman among the passengers raised his hat in salutation. “I wonder,” he said, “if 1 can be of any service that will in part repay your family for the kindness shown in keep-, ing three gentlemen over night one time last spring?” “Why, Mr. Ensign. Is it yon? I supposed you had forgotten all about us long ago, since you never camo to see us,” said Jennie, feeling that any one whom they had ever met before was a friend where everybody else was .strati^e. . “Have you been at the mines all the time? Mr. Annelsey said he didn't know what had become of you.” “So Mr, Annelsey has improved his chance introduction to the Parsons family,” was Ensign’s mental comment;. “Well, I can’t say I blame him. » May he I would have done it myself if I had i*ad the leisure he has had.” Then aloud:

flir. Anneisey has not felt any especial interest in my whereabouts, I suppose. 1 have been at . Gravel Hill ever since I was at your father’s cot's tage, and if 1 Jiave not called, it is owing, perhaps, to my not having so much leisure time on my hands as Mr. Anneisey has had. “Besides,” he added, looking straight at Jennie, “I had no reason to hope that I should be made welcome, if I were to come as a friend instead of a weary traveler craving a night’s lodgJennie could find no words in which to reply to this, and Lucy had not spoken at all, except barely to show that she recognized Mr. Ensign as one whom she had met before. As they were turning away to seek their stateroom Ensign interposed. “At least,” he said, “now that we have met by accident, let us become better acquainted. I am going to San Francisco to run an engine in one of the mills there; you, 1 suppose, are returning to school. May I not join you when you come upon deck again? Perhaps I can be of some service to you upon our arrival at the city.” “ You may help us get our luggage carried up when we get there, if you will,” replied Jennie, “ and we will be mqch obliged to you; and we are coming up on deok pretty soon, ain’t we Lucy? And you can^tell us all about things at the mine.” “They appear to be greatly interested in things at the mine,” muttered Ensign, as he turned away; “ wonder if that fellow Anneisey has really been making love to one of them—and which one. I believe I should not like it if it should prove to be Jennie he is courting.” After arranging their toilets the young ladleu came upon deck. Lucy was tempted to remain in their state-room and would have done so only that she fancied that Jonnie was willing to get . better acquainted with Mr. Ensign. That gentleman was waiting for thdlr i^pearanee and joined them the moment they came up the gangway, and was so jolly and full of the incidents of his life at the mines that even Lucy, hjdf forgetting her troubles, laughed at witticisms and finally joined in thought would be a lonely one was made very pleasant indeed, and when they arrived just before dark at the city docks. Ensign arranged for having their luggage sent up and then walked with them to their rooms, where he bade And so the day which they had

them good-night after having obtained permission to-call at some future time. “Isn’t he a splendid fellow?” said Jennie that night when they wen; talking over this adventures of the day in their own room. “I am glad if you like him,” replied Lucy. “Why so?” “Because-I think he in in love with yon. I saw it in his eyes when he sat watehing you on the boat” “Nonsense, you little goosey. Most likely ho has a sweetheart already.” But Jennie blushed as she said it and immediately got up and went waltzing about the room, humming a gay air, every few moments pausing to make some remark which showed that she was thinking of Ensign, and that her thoughts were pleasant ones. CHAPTER XUI. VISITING THE MINES. Mr. Annelsey’s visits to their father’s cottage ceased with the departure of Jennie and Lucy, and John Parsons was thus left without means ol obtainin'* frequent or reliable information of the progress of work at the mines. He was at the landing every day or two with produce* for shipment, and always inquired of such as ho met if they had any news from Gravel Hill, but received no information of a positive character such as he had been accustomed to obtain from Mr. Annelsey. He had, in fact, questioned that young gentleman so often and so minutely , that he felt as if he knew tho mines, and all the deta:ls of tho work of preparation for working them, as perfectly as if he had located them and superintended the labor of the men himself; but now he only heard rumors, those of to-day being contradicted by those of to-morrow..Of late, too, he hail frequently been answered impatiently, almost rudely, by those whom he was in the habit of questioning aliout the mine. They felt no especial in terest in the affairs of the mining company themselves, and could see no reason for his solicitude, and were growing weary of his constant and persistent inquiries. It was known, of course, that the son of one of the largest stockholders had been somewhat intimate with his daughter, and there were found gossips who intimated that “tho old man’s desire for information from, the mines was really a desire for information of a certain young man - who had made his headquarters there during the time he was not roaming over tho country, flirting with such young girls as were foolish enough to permit it” And then tho moral vultures,..from which even . country neighborhoods are. not always free, fluttered their wings and indulged in another little flight of fancy. “Tho pretense of a return to school was only a blind,” they said. “Lucy’s parents had found it necessary to send her from home for a time, and her elder sister accompanied her as a nurse and to prevent any suspicion of the true cause of her going.”

i'u uue >viiu k»w me iamuy well gave any heed to these tales, but there were those who did believe them, and who looked upon the changed appearance of John Parsons as confirmation of them; for there was no denying that there was a' change in him. Among his neighbors and at tho landing he had been noted for the hearty manner with which he greeted everybody, whether boy or man, and for a jovial expression of countenance that gave an instant impression of a prosperous and contented man, as well as the possessor of a kindly heart. But now his whole expression and manner was changed. Often at the landing he passed men whom he know, without appearing to see them, aud looked at strangers without speaking, but in a manner which seemed to. question them of their purpose of coming to'tho locality. All the jollity had left him, and his greetings, even to his best friends, had lost their hearty cordiality, and he inquired less frequent after their health and more and more often if they had any news from the mines, until "even they began to wonder if there might not be something in the rumors which had reached their ears, and one day when he had seemed particularly downcast, a neighbor in reply to his usual inquiries for news.from Gravel Hill, said: “See here, Parsons, I know it isn’t any of my business, but if I were you I believe I would go up to the mines and see Mr. Annelsey. Young men are sometimes a little wild without being really bad at heart, and may be if you see him yourself and talk to him without showing temper he’ll do tho square thing.” The “square thing” that John Parsons wanted done was to leave him and his in undisturbed possession of their home, with its vineyards and orchards, its plot of ground "where the turkeys and chickens and dnctra wandered and nested and raised their young; the rose bush over the cottage porch; the vegetable garden at the side; the fields for pasturage and grain stretching away on every side.

He thought of Mr. Ann elscy only in connection with the mine whoso washings might flood his ranch and destroy all that Martha and he had labored so hard to accumulate and leave them in their old age to begin all over again. And what use to begin again if this place, too, should be wrested from them? He would have no heart, no faith to go farther or do more. He should feel that God was out of the universe; that the sun had set in eternal night, if forced again to take his loved ones and flee into the wilderness. Not the faintest intimation of the meaning of the neightjmr's words reached his mind. Had it done so, had he known that the kindly words of his friend implied a stain upon the character of his daughter, he would have resented it in a manner to prevent its repetition, at least in his presence ;, but he saw only a suggestion that ho should go personally to the mines, soe with his own eyes how great the cause for alarm really was, take advantage of his acquaintance with Mr. Annelsey in the work of securing information, and in case he found the danger imminent, to induce the young man to use his influence to avert it The neighbor’s allusion to Annelsey as “wild” he did not notice; or, if he did, supposed that the speaker intended to convey the thought that the company might not be inclined to give much weight, in matters of business, to the advice of so young a man; regarding him as inexperienced, and consequently wild in his judgment. But the suggestion of visiting the mines and seeing for himself the whole situation struck him as a good one, and he - resolved at onoe to go. The next morning at bre akfast he announced his intention of going to Gravel Hill. He made no mention of his purpose in going, and neither his wife nor Erastus had any need to ask; they understood without asking, and raised no objections. Possibly they hoped he might learn something which would relievo his anxiety and bring back bis old time cheerfulness. Martha Parsons felt that the house was terribly gloomy of late. The girls absent^ her husband silent and moody, even Erastns seemed depressed and downoast; the whole atmosphere of the household was changed, and bpt for Johnny, who was too young to feel anxiety about anything pertaining to the future, the dime which gathered about their daily board would have been a silent one indeed. Johnny was, as was but natural, the pet of the family. Being the baby, and with a goodly number of years bet ween himself and the next older, he had been allowed his. own way until there had grown up a doubt in his mind as to who was head of the family, and entitled to have their orders obeyed. r ‘

Of a sunny temperament, he was seldom actually baa, but was full of life, active but sensitive, and easily hurt by a hard word or a refusal on the part of any one to accept any favor which he might fancy himself to be conferring. When not asleep or attending to ms ducks and chickens he was constantly with his father, playing in the dirt, while John, Sen., tied up the grape vines, helping to carry away the limbs when the orchard was trimmed, aiding in bringing in the fruit and vegetables when they were gathered, sitting astride his father's shoulders as he went to and from the barn, or by his side in the spring wagon as he drove about the place or to town. Somotimes he would hitch Bose to a little wagon his father bad made for him, and climbing into it, would drive about the place; but, to his sorrow, ho had found that the dog was entirely too active for his own comfort; in fact, the last time he had tried to play horse in this way it came so near ending in a serious accident that it put a stop to all such experiments. The dog had started off on a rapid run, and on making a sudden turn as he passed a little tree that stood in the yard, had caught one of the front wheels upon it in such a way as to violently throw the boy out and badly wreck the wagon. Poor Johnny presented n sorry picture as his little boots were seen higher than his head, while the old dog stood half turned around trying to take in the situation, and looking more troubled, if possible, than the child. No sooner did his father say he was going to Gravel Hiil than Johnny announced his intentions of accompanying him. “I hardly think he had better go, do you, father?” said Mrs. Parsons to her husband; “it’s a long ride over the hills, and you will be forced to stay over night, besides which Johnny will be a bother to you in getting about to see the mines. I guess he had ‘better stay at home with Erastus and me, and help us to take care of the ducks and chickens this time.” But Johnny persisted. He “wanted to see Gravel Hill;” “wantod to see the mines;” “wanted to see ’em throw the water.” and finally clinched his argument by asserting that his father would be lonesome without him. And so he had his way and went with his father. The road over the “hills,” which were really mountains, was rooky and often precipitous, but the horses were used to such, and with only Mr. Parsons and Jonnny in the spring buckboard, they made pretty good time, arriving at their destination just as the sun was sinking out of sight. Stopping in front of the largest building in the town, Mr. Parsons gave the lines to Johnny to hold while he went in to inquire if he could obtain lodging for the night He was promised a bed for himself and boy in a room in which were a half-dozen other beds, and was shown where to get feed for his horses after he had taken them from the buckboard and tied them to a rack in the rear of the boarding-house. No shelter for animals had yet been built, and for the present the ro was littlo need of any, the winter rains not having set in.

By the time he had eared for his animals supper was ready, and father and son joined the score of men who gatherod about the long table upon which was placed a substantial meal of bacon, potatoes, bread, beans and strong coffee. The room was lighted by candles, stuck, a portion of them, in tip or sheetiron candlesticks; others in blooks of wood into which a hole had been bored to receive them. The men were mostly miners in the employ of one or other of the pl acer companies having claims in the neighborhood. or were working on a small scale for themselves. Nearly all wore red flannel shirts, and most of them had their sleeves rolled up to the elbow, just as they came from their work; or% perhaps, in imitation of those of their number whose garments were lacking sleeves altogether except a few inches at the shoulder. But if they lacked for wearing apparel, none were lacking in appetite, and the coarsely cooked food disappeared from before them in a way that would have astonished any cook not accustomed to provide provender for a lot of hungry miners. Of these men John Parsons learned that the work of washing down the mountains had already begun. The water had been brought from a stream three miles distant apd many feet above the placers which it was the intention to work, and conducted into an immense reservoir, which had been built on the, bluffs above. From this reservoir strong pipes of heavy duck cloth, strengthened by bands of iron, conveyed it to a point below, from which it was directed against the hills which contained the gold. , This piping was six or eight inches in diameter, with bands of iron every few inches, and ended in a nozzle like that of a garden or fire hose, and from the immense pressure of the water above would throw a stream with sufficient force to cut a man or a horse in two instantly, and which ate into the side of the mountain as fire eats into a dry brush, heap.

JL.VJ uuiaiu IUU guiu—WHICH was 1U fine particles scattered through the wholo earth of the hills composing the placers—sluiceways, extending some distance down the gorge, had been built, through which all the earth and stones to be washed down were to be passed. The bottom of this sluice was of planks, upon which was nailed, or wedged, circular pieces from the ends of logs, alternating with rows of slats also fastened across the bottom of the sluice, into the upper end of which was turned many pounds of quicksilver, which gradually made its way through the sluice, lodging in little pools between the interstices of the circular pieces of wood, or on the upper side of the slats, and served to patch and hold the tine particles of golcr as they sunk to the bottom of the mass of earth passing through the sluice and being pulverized by the action of the water and its own grinding motion. Not one company only, but several, had taken claims and were prepared for an assault upon the hills with these enormous pipes. All, however, took their water from the. same reservoir, paying those who had built it by the thousand feet for the amount used. John Parsons slept but little that night, and was up at the first noise which indicated that any of the other occupants were astir. Leaving Johnny asleep in the bed he went out and fed his horses, and then came in and sat down in the' bar-room to wait for breakfast. When he saw that the meal was nearly ready, he awakened Johnny, and after eating, started to look at the mines, which were a good half mile away, taking the boy with him. The men who handled the pipes were on the ground as soon as he. The day previous they had exploded fifty kegs of powder in a tunnel which they had dug into the hillside, and had rent and torn the earth in every direction. They now turned the water from long lines of hose Upon the loosened m^ss, and began washing away the earth vfith a rapidity which promised to soon reduce the hills to a level with the valleys. [TO BK CONTINUED.] —A New York Justice commended nimsclf for re-election by lining an impudent dude who had had a poor woman arrested or knock ng him down with a ham when he insulted her as the walked home from market. —N. Y. Herald.

RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL. —Georgia has a colored Moody in. the religious field. —About six hundred new members have been added! to the white Baptist churches in Richmond since the visit of Mr. Moody, and numerons additions have also been made to Methodist and other churches in the city. —We have no ticed, in the years 01 our earthly pilgrimage, that those who make the most pretension to self-right-eousness are among the weakest of God’s creatures—weak iu mind if not in spirit—Chicago Evening Journa'. —The senior class at Trinity College, Hartford has decided that the sophomores are entitled this year to the “lemon squeezer,” a peculiar gift signifying that the icceivers are the most popular class in college. — Hartford —We have seen the school advance to a public and free system; in place of the ignorant pedant who boarded round and taught the vrhole family out of one book, we have full-graded schools in backwoods districts where the scholars are so few that each pupil has to in himselhmake two /trades, in order to have enoiigh pupils to go around among all the grades.—The Batrol. —The Commissioner of Education reports that there are 18,061 y.ouug women now studying in the various colleges of the country. This is certainly a small proportion when the advantages offered by the female colleges are considered. It is likely, however, that the next few years will witness a rapid increase in the number of female collegians—Chicago Current. —How rapid a progress the women of the South aro making in the matter of education is well shown in the University of Mississippi. It was but a few years ago that this university was thrown open to girls, but in that time they have forced themselves to the front, and this year they won all the Erizes. A young lady has won the first onors, and will consequently be the valedictorian. — Chicago Journal. —The Commissioners of the Auburn Theological Seminary found, fault with many of the members of the junior and middle classes for going out to preach so frequently as to neglect their seminary studies. It: was ordered that when students did such preaching they must obtain the unanimous consent of the faculty every time,; and if they persisted in the habit whatever compensation they received for preaching must be deducted from the amount of charitable funds which they would otherwise receive.—Buffalo Express. —Tho Pope has granted the request of the Roman Catholic Bishops of Canada for permission to found a Canadian seminary in Rome. The Montreal seminary of St Sulpice will defray the expenses of construction and maintenance. The Pope has promised to assist the undertaking in every possible way, and will ask the old Sulpicians of France to devote an annual sum for its benefit At first, provision will only be made for the education' of not more than fifty theological students, but it is the intention oi the seminary eventually to provide accommodation for two hundred and fiifty.

WIT AND WISDOM. —Great bridges are made for wise men to cross and great fools to jump from.—Chicago Current. —Good-will, like a good name, is got by many actions and lost by one_ Christian at Work —“Yon say you know Sallie Jones?” “Yes.” “Is she homelier than her sister Mary?” “Yes. She’s bigger.”—Pitch. —Punctuality is one of the modes by which we testify our ]>ersonal respect for those whom Ve are called upon to meet in the business of life. —A Fourth Ward furnisher advertises contagion' for sale, singly or by the dozen. Ho means the umbrella, because everybody takes it. — Waterloo Observer. —Snuff-taking has become fashionable among New York dudes, and the average dude is so weak in the legs that when he takes a pinch it brings him to his sneeze.”—K. F. Sun. —Modesty, diffidence and proper humility are jewels in the cap of merit; but downright bashfulness is terrible, and is a d stinct mark of ill-breeding, or rather of no breeding at all. —Boston Journal. —A Vermont paper, speaking of the fashion of making gold badges to represent kitchen utensils, asks how a gold gridiron would strike us. Very much like an iron one, perhaps, if we didn’t dodge it—Binghampton Bepublican. —“Whar’d yer git dat mule, Zeb?” said a colored man to a friend the other day. “Bought ’im.” “Why don’t yer feed ’im? Dat mule’s so po’ he won’t hoi’ shucks.” “Can’t ’ford to feed dis mule. I bought ’im on credit. Ef I eber gits ’im paid fur'I’se gwine ter gin ’im er bankit dat'll open his eyes. He’s fot two marsters now, an’ s’long he on’t know which is ’sponsible hia stomick’s gwine ter feel mighty lonesome.”— mtosfoM Sentinel.

—eu, sain me arivor ot a coalcart to his wife, “they’ve got a new man in my place, and I’ve lost mv job.” “Why, what was the trouble?” she asked. “I was sitting on my cart while the load was being weighed,” he oxc)aimed, “when the boss came out and said mv services would be no longer required. ’ “But there must have been some reason for your discharge.” “There was. The new man weighs sev-enty-five pounds more than I do.”—X T. 2Vmes. —“Ever hear about the time I was chased by a bear out West when I didn’t have a weapon of any sort about me, Blucher.” “I never did. How did you manage to escape old fellow?” “Tried sitting down and staring him out of countenance.” “And did it work?” “Admirably.” “That’s very strangevery strange, indeed. H’ow on earth do you account for it?” “I’ve sometimes thought that my choice of a seat may have had a little something to do with it I selected the top of the highest tree on the entire range.—Detroit Journal. A Difficult Problem. Mrs. Blank is a rather young woman with a rather aged husband. He is a scientist who spends most of his timo in obtuse speculation, although the neighbors say he is compelled to do most of the work about the house. This view of the case was recently strengthened by what a lady visitor saw. Tne wife of the scientist was at homo and greeted the visitor cordially, who responded: “ How do you do? I am glad to see Cou looking so well. And how is your usband?” “He is quite well,” replied the wife of the scientist “He is in his studio engaged in solving some difficult mathematical problems.” Just at this moment the voice .of the scientist was hoard from the kitchen: “I’ve got through grinding coffee. What shall I do next?”— Texas Siftings. The Class in Moral Philosophy. Teacher: “Now, young ladies, we oome to the subject in moral philosophy known generally as the kiss.’ Miss Rubylips, if a young man should attempt to kiss you how would you act? ” Miss Ruby lips: “I should act on the defensive—give him as much fight as possible and eventually sunrender.” “ Why would yon give him so muoh trouble?” “To make him more appreciative. The fiercer the battle the sweeter the victory. ”—fitilfuUlphia Call.

HARD TIMES. The Artificial Want* Which May Be Abandoned. Hard times are closing in around the farmer, and it is a good time to study how he is to weather the storm. Such things, indeed, are part of the discipline of life, and especially of farm life. Were it always smooth sailing there would be little chance for developing our noblest faculties—those, for instance, of sympathy and self-denial. Prices for agricultural products have reached a low ebb, while the' elements of cost are comparatively unchanged. The artificial wants that arc developed during seasons of prosperity, such as have existed much of the time since the war, can not be laid aside in a moment, nor, indeed, at all, unless under a certain measure of compulsion. But it is a period of compulsion with many, particularly with those farmers with mortgages to carry or other debts approaching maturity. The recent style of living, in many cases, will have to be changed of worse results be accepted, such as the loss of the home, then a home on a; rented farm, or perhaps a partial break up of the family, the younger members to go out to do work ofsome sort, and the old folks—where? But in many case?, or some at least, it may be averted by “retrenchment and reform.” Those are political catchwords, it is true, but to a farmer in distress they might to be full of meaning and hope. Have no mistakes been committed? Have no foolish, wasteful methods of farming been pursued and upheld, mainly because they were old? Have no costly artificial wants grown up and been indulged in that were strangers to our fathers, some of which have no other justification than that they are “the fashion" now, in spite of sense or season, and others that they gratify newly-formed tastes, though not positively essential to our happiness? Many things are proper or improper according to circumstances, such a circumstance, for instance, as the ability to pay for them readily, and the fact that to gratify the taste for them inculcates no immorality. But when the horrors of debt confront a man, with the added horror of a possible or probable loss of the home; then it is, when the family is of the right mettle, that some of the noblest of human qualities are developed; and in this way hard times may be a blessing, because they bring us back to simpler and better habits

***** wmpuuus VI hard times and low prices think fcr a moment that it is his duty now to abandon the use of tobacco—provided he is addicted to that unnecessary and unclean habit? But there ought to be thousands of them ready, because thousands use the weed in one form or another. Is the manliness all gone that could bring an hpnorable man to such a step? Can such a man consistently urge his family to extra efforts in economy in order to keep out of debt or to meet its annual interest, while he makes the usual outlay for tobacco? Will he ignobly say : “I can’t stop it,” when everybody knows not only that ho can, but that he ought? Will he ask bis daughters to relieve him from a promise of presents of jewelry on their next birthday because of the hard times, while he continues to indulge in the most irrational habit ever contracted? Possibly he may, as not many men are not manly enough for self-denial of that sort. The family table, perhaps, has a number of articles on it of diet or drink that if hard times would drive away, hard times would be a blessing. Tea and coffee satisfy artilical wants alone. No healthy function of nature demands either, while strong decoctions of them are very injurious. In the first place the habit of drinking anything at meals is artificial. But if anything is required, plain, simple water, warm like the rest of the meal, or milk, answers nature’s purposes far better than any unnatural substitute. Water costs nothing, and milk is to be had on every farm, and is both food and drink. The ti.r.e to drink is when one is really thirsty, but the thirst that seems to attack so many people at the table is not real thirst, but rather a counterfeit. Give it no heed until the meal is over, and usually it will be forgotten until thirst comes in the natural way. A stomach forced to its digestive work with an excess of unnatural fluids in it does its work badly. Every man and woman troubled with bad digestion, stomach-ache, dyspepsia, eructations of wind after eating, or any other stomach disorder, ought to know that nature does not cause the trouble, but 'that improper eating or drinking does it. And now, with the excuse of hard times there is an extra reason for a reform. Tea, coffee and other artificial drinks at meals should never be given to children at all, partly on account of the effect on health and partly to keep them from an expensive habit eutirely useless and often harmful. When they reach maturity, furnish their own tables, and have the means to buy whatever they like that is sensible, it will be time enough to indulge in these enjoyments—in case they look upon them as enjoyments. Used in moderation they do little or no harm, but in the quantities and strength so often seen in rural homes they are ruinous to health and purse.

n nue inis period oi depression lasts, many a distressed farmer will be appealing to some more fortunate acquaintance for loans to Save his home and tide him over interest day. But what just claim has a man for sympathy and aid when lie will nqt lift a linger toward a reform in the matter of foolish artificial wants in family matters? The lender is asked to take serious risks, and, largely, that the borrower may continue a style of living which is irrational, unhealthy and expensive! When this is . known to be the case, a flat refusal, with the reasons kindly but firmly stated, is in order, and common sense and morality justify it. When storms threaten to sink an overloaded ship, ereiy thing that can be spared goes overboard. When a farmer is threatened with financial ruin, the first thing to do is to throw overboard all useless or dangerous habits that cost, and adjust himself to the changed financial weather. If he will not do it, who is to blame if he fares worse? Our tramps and criminal classes are instructive examples of the power of artificial wants. But, with suoh examples before them, the commonest kind of common sense ought to teach our rural population not to fasten habits on their children which experience shows are always a drawback, and often ruin health, onaracter and life.—Philip Snyder, in N. Y. Sun. Pumpkins for Cows. Pumpkins are exceedingly nutritious, considering the quality of the dry substance. The water contained in them is about eighty-eight per cent.*, and no more than that contained in sugar-beets, while the dry flesh is very rich in sugar and nitrogenous matter. The seeds and stringy matter are four times as nutritious ns is the flcsh'i There is a popular prejudice against feeding the seeds, but it is basejdsh unWs the seeds are given in largd! quantities, as, for instance, when they are thrown out altogether iu preparing pumpkins for drying. In such a case, and whan thus given alone, they have a strong notion upon the kidneys, and tend in consequence to reduce the flow of milk. But when the whole pumpkin is fed to a cow the small quantity of seeds have no injurious effect whatever. Pumpkins enrich the milk considerably.—ft. T. Times.

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE. —It is a good plan to kerosene thq boxes in which hens are] to sit before —A tree derives abont as mnch nourishment from manure spread closq around its stem as a horse"would from a bag of grain fastened to its back.— Albany Journal. —The model farm is a small farm The larger the estate the less attention can generally be paid to such high excellence in all departments that will leave little to desire in any one department —Chicago Tribune. —The New England Fanner says that a potato can grow sprouts until it is completely exhausted. All growth of sprouts destroyed before planting is just so mnch taken away from the vitality of the tuber. Plant the soundest seed you can get —It is no use attempting to keep fowls unless they are well attended to. Many farmers who complain that their poultry is not paying them should consider whether they have given their fowls the same . attention so generally bestowed upon horses and cattle or swine.—Rural New Yorker. —According to the Ameriran Nalu. ralist, a hybrid has been formed between the common and the “Darwin” potato from the southern part of South America. It is believed that the new potato will not be subject to the rot or other attacks of parasitic fungi. —Fish cakes: Take one-half pound cold fish, three ounces suet shred tine, a smalt lump of butter, a teacupful oi bread crumbs, pepper, salt and nutmeg, two teaspoonfuls of anchovy sauce; pound all together in a mortar, mix with an egg, divide into small cakes and fry them a light brown.—N. Y Herald. ^ —The dairy products of the United States are a potent factor in the agriculture of the country. They exceed the oat crop $350,000,000, the wheal crop $100.000,000, the cotton crop $220,000,000, the product of iron bars and steel $257,000,000, and the pig-iron output $419,000,000-—Chicago Journal. —Make a note of it, those new tc the business, that potatoes should be dug in fair weather. Turned out ol the ground they should not be exposed to sunlight longer than is necessaiy fot them to dry, the “reason” of this being that exposure to sunlight for a period longer than that just indicated as proper causes “a chemical change which renders the tuber unlit for use.” —Prairie Farmer. —Meringue rice pudding: Take a teacupful of rice to one pint of water; when the rice is boiled dry add one pint of milk, a piece of butter the size of an egg and live eggs. Beat the yelte anil grated rind of a lemon and rmx with the rice. Butter the dish, pttnr in the mixture and bake lightly. BdjaOhe whites to a si iff froth; add a city of sugar and the juice of a lemon. When the pudding is nearly done spread on the frosting and bake in a slow oven till the top ia a light brown.—The Household.

STABLES''IN SUMMER. Necessity of Free Ventilation During; the Warm Seasou. With most farmers considerable pains is taken to make stables warm and comfortable for stock in winter, and this is as it should be; but there is another matter connected with stable management, fully equal in importance, which is very sadly neglected, and that is free ventilation in summer. Very many stables upon farms and in villages are built of brick, or clapboarded if made of wood, without windows, and through the sultry nights of summer, horses, and often cows, are kept conlined here, breathing the air contaminated by the ammonia which arises from their own filth, and the effect of this is loss of appetite, disease of the lungs and a decline of strength. One-half the injury will not arise from keeping a horse In a cold stable during winter that will come from dose confinement in summer, for animals were given a robe to shield them from edd; but no shield is given to avert the serious effects of inhaling for hours at a time a poisoned atmosphere. Some means should be devised to give a free circulation of air through the stable, if it has to be done by leaving the barn doors open; and the stalls should be kept clean and sweet by the use of saw-dust, straw or dry earth. We do not approve of using lime, ashes, or anything of that kind, as a purifier, for it is injurious to the hair and skin of the animal. Where horses are made to stand upon a plank floor, the stable is liable to become very much more impure than under other circumstances, for the liquids will run through and form a pool beneath, which will continually send up a noxious odor as strong as hartshorn. To avert this, fill the cavity below the floor with sods or loam, and clean the same out two or three times during the season. Thus a large amount of the very best.of manure may be gained, and the comfort of the animals kept in the barn promoted. The importance of cleaning the Hoot of the stable often can not be too earnestly urged, for in hot weather the collections here are alive with maggots in a few days, if left undisturbed, and this is a positive proof of its unhealthfulness and impurity. When the horse is not in use, the stall should be renovated morning and evening.—Sural World.

DISHORNING CATTLE, . The Amputation of Horns a Brutal and a Unnecessary Practice. The question of dishorning aged cattle by sawing off these appendages close to the head is again agitating certain agricultural circles, and much controversy on the score of injury to the animal, but more especially in relation to pain, has ensued. The living portions of horn are as highly organized as those of the hoof of the animal or the nails of one’s lingers. To say nothing about the disfiguring nature of the proc.ess, the amputation of horns is simply brutal. A vicious animal should be secured and fattened. In case of a highly valuable breeding bull or cow, security may be had by other well-known means. One of these is by attaching a cord to the ring in the nose, passing it through eyelets or rings on the tips of the horns, and thence back to the nose. Animals not particularly vicious may have balls attached to the tips of their horns or a bar placed across from tip to tip. But no vicious animal should be used for breeding purposes, and if for no other reason, from a well-known law in heredity that “like produces like.” If horns are objected to on general principles, select one of a number of hornless breeds, or sear the horn buds while yet the calf is young. The measure of distress to an adult animal may properly be measured by that of an amputation of a limb, 'lne solid bone is comparatively without sensation. The skin, the filaments and the marrow are highly organized, and consequently exquisitely sensible to injury, and none the less so because an animal can not express its feelings in human language. Their language, however, is intelligible enough to any person who cares to study the subject. How sensitive the growing horn is may be quickly determined by observing the extreme care taken by the male elk or deer, that the young horn, while in the velvet, does not touch any hard substance.—Chicagt Tribune,

Did Not Think of It. This story is told on Judge Tracy, it we remember correctly, when he was a Judge some forty years ago: While on the circuit, going from court to court his trace broae. The Judge spent over a half hour tiding to mend it but to no purpose. IPs patience was exhausted, and lie was using some pretty strong explet'vcs not lit for Sunday-school children to hear. A negro came along, and the Judge told h m of his trouble. The negro let out the trace, cut a hol« in it and the job was done. ‘ Whv the dickens,” sa il the Judge, “could I not have thought of that?’" ••Well, marster,” sad the > egro. "don’t you know some folks is jest nattily smarter than tother .” “That is so,” said the Judge. “What shall I.pay you for fixing my trace?” "Well, marster, fifty cents will do,” said the negro. “Fifty cents!” said the Judge. “You were not five minutes at it.” “1 don’t charge you fifty cents for doing it,” said the negro. ” “I charge vou twenty-five cents for doing it and twentv-five cents for knowing how to do it.” There was some philosophy in that answer.—Savannah News. A Snake Story. Af German who lives on the Blue Mountains, near' the line of the Berks and Schuylk li. Pa., was out hunting. As he was crossing a small, clearing he | laid down his gun to gather some Blue Mountain tea. Shortly after he pieked it up again and was startled to hear vcrv I close to his ear the peculiar wh’rringl whieh is the signal of the prox nifty of the rattlesnaKo. He looked suddenly around, but could discover nothing, when suddenly he discovered the tail of the snake protruding from the muzzle of his gun. He dropped the gun quickly, but instead of coming out his snakeship crawled into the barrel again. After fruitless efforts to dislodge him, the mau fired the gun. and the snake, after taking a trip in the air. came down in shreds badly used up.—Forest and Field. —-* -

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