Exeter Advocate, 1901-2-7, Page 24
THE LESSON OF SORROW.
Tais is the tale of what sorrowdid—
Did it king of old—.
Fer 9 kog who lived aa 4 king may live
its s palace ablaze with gold.
"Now, 1 have Joy and life," said he,
"And Lai things in their setTe.
neI Tell me, mon of wisdom Pat*
What treed haVe 1 of hope?
"What need have 1 of hope?" cried lie,
"01 lrme for future things?
EWA. not all that gold can eV%
That gold can give to Icings?"
The wihe men reasoned with the king
voicea sage and dim, .
But naught could show, and none could tell
Why„tiope should come to him,
Tet sorrow came In her somber garb,
All habiteti in woe;
She taught tbe king a mighty truth
That all men come to know.
She taught the king a lesson sore—
&lesson grave and grand—
For smiling hope, with gentle clasp,
-Held sorrow by the bend,
This is the tale of what sorrow did --
Did for the king of old.—
The king who lived as a king may live,
All panoplied in gold
men of wisdom!" cried the king,
"Your teachings were in vain,
For I have learned when sorrow eincries
Then hope comes in her train,"
—Josh Wink in Baltimore American.
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It was a gala night at the Amphion
a.cadenay. The Ma rasqui n Engliela
Opera company was to open the sea-
son there in "Faust." hlarasquin never
had sung and never could ,siug in any
language but Italian, but his Mephis-
topheles was a great impersonation, and
his company was more nearly English
than are most of those which sing
under that appellation. Neitchell. the
tenor, was a Nantucket Yankee; Neu-
man, the baritone, was born in Osh-
kosh, where his father owned a brew-
ery; the contralte's English had a
Gaelic twist to it:LAlice Titus. Mitch-
ell's wife, who Lia.c1 sung Marguerite
to his Faust for 15 years, was a Ver-
mont "girl, and Miss Evans, the girl
who was to. succeed the old favorite,
came from Texarcana and had cour-
age, beauty and a voice. Hers was the
only new face. Tbe others were es-
tablished favorites, and Brooklyn had
turned out to do them bonier.
There were women without bonnets
and wearing diamonds in twO of the
boxes. Half a dozen Brooklyn men
were in evening dress, and in the body
Df the house were knots of New York-
ers. who bad come over to -give their
friends an auspicious start on their
flew season.
Near the front sat a woman in a
black gown with a little black bat,
plain as a pikestaff, but jaunty as a
cock partridge in the spring. Eler black
hair was freely touched with gray. and
she was well past 40. but she waa not
old. Her face bore the unmistakable
stamp of achievement, and she looked
a mature svoLan of fine health in the
full ripeness and keenness of intellec-
tual power. She bore herself easily
and indifferently. as one accustomed to
crowds. A -little quickeping of interest
and a long and sweeping use. of her
glass as the curtain rose showed that
she had come for the opera rather than
for any social purpose. -
The performance went quietly until
the vision of Marguerite was shown.
Scores of glasses were leveled at this
picture, a sigh of admiration 'swept
over tbe house and then a hearty round
of applause in recognition of the beau-
ty of tbe new singer. The woman in
black turned to the younger woman
who bad acconapanied her: "She has
good points, but she doesn't make up
well. Her mouth"—
just behind them a young girl, at-
tending her first opera, exclaimed to
her escort: "She Is perfectly lovely!
How can a girl look so much like an
angel!"
The_escort looked down with admira-
tion into the flushed face arid sparkling
eyes. He was 30 and in evening. dress.
"It's a fine chance for me to pay a
slornpliment, Nellie," he murtnured,
"but I don't think I will. She is cer-
tainly pretty, but 'I'm afraid she will
not make good the loss of A.lice .Titus.
Alice is an old stager from further
back than I can remember. and she
positively had to stop singing last win-
ter. Three or four women have tried
to fill her place, but have failed. Per-
haps this ,e;irl may do better. Old Al-
ice could sing, though."
The nostrils of the woman in black!
quivered, but.the young man was too
pleasantly absorbed to observe it. It
was Nellie's first opera, and he felt
obliged to dispel her illusions as far as
possible. That is one of the ways in
which we take our revenge on youth.
When Ireilst tbrew aside his student's
cloak, appearing as a tall, dashing,
handsome youth. the escort leaned over
Nellie and whispered, "He doesn't look
as i' he was time husband of a woman
of 50, does he'?"
The woman In black did not hear
that.
The garden scene came, and the new
Margeerite trembled as she drew her
spinning wheel in front of her to begin,
"There was a king of l'bule." Her
voice svas a little uncertain, and she
heeitatecl occasionally. 'ticked ber
singing was more likethatof the real
Marguerite then of 00 operatic prima
donne. ' But the voice erns fres') and
true, and there was in it a louch of
that something which we call charm
and which won her audience. The ap-
plause was so hearty that the girl
blushed through her .',Onake up" with
pleasure. Tne woman in black souk
back and sighed, "Sim is SO young, so
blessedly, gloriously young."
'1Ise WO/liaD had recovered ber mita
cal atteleide by the tinie the, jewel on
Wee reached, Her glase followed ese
erg movelocrit and lier acute ear Jude -
ed every ;intonation., While the house
was applauding enthusiastically she
Whispered" to her compenion, "She is
a nice girl, aud she tries, but she can't
eine that and I don't believe she ever
will. Do you hear her trill evabble?
She miesed two notes in one of her
runs. it should have gone like this,"
and in brilliant' Pearly little tones al-
most under herlereath the speaker ran
through one of the paseages in which
Marguerite vents leer delight.
Soft as it was, the young man be-
hind her beard the run. He looked at
the singer's fame and started. He
glanced from the face to the gray hair
and back again. He tried to remem-
ber all the -things he had been saying,
and blushed deeply. .
Presently Faust was singing his love.
The woman in black leaned forward,
laer lips parted, her fingers uncon-
sciously marking the time; then, as the
tenor' fervor increased and his tone
grew clearer and more vilii•ant, a flush
overspread her face. As he ceased she
beat her gloved bands together as loud-
ly as she could. •
A sympathetic look stole into the
Yolltile man's eyes. and while the wom-
an in black was wholly oedupied with
the stage he whispered softly to Nel-
lie: "That woman in front of us is
Alice Titus. She is Mitchell's wife,
'and she has been blusbiug with pleas-
ure at his siuging. They sang lovers
together for years, and the company
called them the turtledoves." '
Nellie awoke from her dream. She
glanced frorn the woman to the tenor
and exclaimed incredulously and loud-
er than she knew: "She can't be Faust's
The lips of the women in black tight-
ened, and the young inan regretted his
indiscretion. Lie tried to atone for it
in tire church scene lay praising the
dramatic way Alice Titus had played
tbat, 'but be knew that the singer un-
derstood the situation, and the words
stuck in his throat.
Meanwhile the success of the per-
formance and of the new singer grew.
Before time end was reached the mem-
bere of the company had comegatulated
ti itiS EN'allS heartily upon her triumph.
The last tru-es of' the girl's nervous-
ness disappeared. She walled as on
cloudsand in the final nee she poured
forth sue') a flood of voice as she had
never 14nown that sbe possessed. The
audience e -as stirred quite out of the
habit of putting on wraps during the
last scene. It sat delighted ahd ealled
out the singers after the final curtain,
had fallen. 'She nein called "Brava!"
loudly, and the recall became an ova-
tion Alice Titus' cotnpanion leaned
forward, waved her handkerchief. cried
"Brave!" and did what she could to
stimulate the excitement. Somebody
cried: "Evans! Evans!" and Maras -
q11111 led Sorward the trOalbling but
happy Marguerite.
Then the audience began to go out.
but the svornen in Week sat etill. Het
lips were White. and when her com-
panion rose she (lid not move. The
other woman averted her face and bus -
id herself with her wrap. - At Mat the
passage to the stage door was cleared,
and the svotnan In black rose heavily
and walked slowly toward it. •
She founcl Faust. still in bis stage
clothes, outside his dressing room. The
wotnan in blaek missed in withciut a
word. Faust dismissed his dresser,
entered and closed t, door His wife
was leaning on the beck of a chair,
sobbing. lib raised her to ,his arms,
savine softly: "There, darling. don't
take It so desperately. Think of all
the,drudgery you escape by being out
of the harness."
She till cried. nestling on tils should
der. Presently ,slie raised tier face,
kissed him and said: "You're wonder-
fully good to me. Fred, hut even your
tenderness eannot disguise the fact
that I arn gray. I was told it to-
night by a chit of a girl with pink
cheeks," '
The man's face flusbed vvith •anger,
and his wife bastened to adde"She did
not mean any barna. dear. and she did
not think I could hear, She was sur-
prised into -speaking too loudly when I
was pointed out to her as your wife.
She could not believe it, and I must,
say," with a, rueful glance into the "
large dressing mirror, "that 1. can't
blame her." s
"Nonsense, dear! Of' course it was
only the make hp."
"Oh,. 1 know all about that. and I
know I could look 20 on the stage to-
morrow. But for all that 1 would dc
every bit of my hard work over again
for the youth of that little chit behind
me. Time is more cruel to women
than eternity ca.n ever be."—Brooklyn.
Eagle.
The First Elevator.
Elevators are by no means the recent
inventions generally supposed. AO
amusing account of what was probably
the first attempt at an elevntor is told
by St. Simon, and, aecording to him.
It was froni a M. Villa yer that the idea
of a "flying chair" first emanated. Tide
ingenious person set, up a passable
prototype of the modern elevator in his
house in Paris, working it up -and down
between the wails.
The daughter of. ,Louis XTV was so
delighted with the hovelty that she
bad one put up in her own ap,n rtments
at Versailles, Thishonor was, how.
ever, the undoing of poor M. Villayer's
machine. The cl3air suddenly stopped
taloving eviaile the princess was be-
tweeta two landings, and be had to
remain blockeci up for three hours un-
til the workmen 'broke a bole through
the thick wale The king was so an-
noyed at this that he forbade any fiats.
ther experiments in the same line. •
Much Overrntd.
"That. city than that was visiting, me
s oVerrated," remarked the fernier.
"How so?"
"Oh, the paperall said he was 11
great blind at watering stock. but I
found be couldn't work the pump five
minutes without laming his
Chicago Post.
CRUDE PETROLEUM. '
One Theory of Its EffectsWbenUsed
Against son gorse Seale.
Crude petroleum as an insecticide is
very recent, furl that it, would require
some time to ascertain, its exact range
of usefulness must seem reasonable to
those who remember that parie green
now in universal use, was long opposed
as dangerous to both plants and con-
sumers of plant products and that the
range of its usefulhess was not estab-
lished for many years if indeed It can
be said to be fixed even now. Paris
green is fatal to a eertao, lass of in
sects and is also taut] to plants, but
there is, a margin of safety in the dia
feremce between the amount WIlieh is
fatal to Insects and the amount fatal to
plants; hcnce \ve use it as an insect-
cide. This margin of safety is not the
same for all kinds of vegetation, and in
some cases it disappears 'altogether, the
plant being more sensitive to the poi-
son than the insect iufesting it. To
learn all this has required years of ex-
periment and experience at a cost of
many dead plants and many lost crops.
So it must not be considered as a dis-
couragement if some injury is caused
by this new product. "
My own experiments had been so uni-
formly safe and successful that the un-
satisfactory outcome in a number of
cases seemed incomprehensible until
.carefully investigated. It was found,
first of all, that many of tbose who had
need the oil and suffered injury had
done so without ever having seen or
read anything toncerning tbe niethocl
of its use. Others had used it without
any regard to the question whether the
tree needed it or not or hacl been capti-
vated by the incidental result recorded
as renewed vigor id treated trees.
There were enough other cesessof in-
jury seen, where oil was intelligently
used, to direct attention to the material
itself, and it was then found that the
term "crude petroleum' had no definite
meaning in the trade; that in some
cases "reduced oil," "fuel oil" or "in-
termediate oil" had been sold and ac-
cepted as ei.uile oil and that a. "straight
crude" was the exception rather than
the rule. When my attention was
'drawn to the differences -in so called
"crude petroleum," I first of all tested
the material with which my own ex-
periments were made and found that
it had a specific g,4•avity of 43, degrees
on the 13eriume oil scale. In color it was
dark green. No other oil used; as far
as tested by me, registered higher than
this, but much of it was decidedly low-
er. some "intermediate" as low as 35
degrees. The latter was almost uni-
formly fatal, and on trees on which I
applied it nayself in exactly the way I
used the straight crude. it killed peach,
plum and cherry. Seterwaed I se -seared
a sample of an oil that had killed a
number of peach trees at White House,
N. J. This had a specific "gravity of
37.0 degrees and was reported by a
phernist as probably mixed crude and
distillate. Further inquiry showed that
even straight crudes differed widely in
color, in specific gravity and in other
ways. From the Pacific coast I receiv-
ed letters claiming that to spray crude
oil undiluted ,was an impossibility, and
some of my eastern correspondents
made a similar claim. .
From West Virginia Professor Hop-
kins of the experiment station reported
results with crude oil fully sustaining
my own conclusions and, as the oil
used by lais constituents came from the
fields near by, It determined that
I should visit this locality to ascertain
if possible just what sort of' oils could
be best used for insecticide purposes.
From personal *observation and in-
formation obtained it seems that ma.t-
ural crude oils. do, eoreparetively little
Injury to vegetation unless the applica-
. • .
ton Is very excessive or long contin-
ued. From alniost every well there Is
seme'overflow down hill in a fairly de-
fined channel. All vegetation is killed
In this channel, but trees and shrubs
may grovs at its edge. It was the testi-
mony of all with seliorn I spoke that
when wells were shot and oil soaked all
the trees round about there was injury
in exceptional cases only. The oils test-
ed by me e ran high, reachieg 47.5 de-
grees in stkeific gravity.
Perhaps this is a good place to note
that even hi straight crudes there is
considerable range in specific gravity.
In the report of the West Virginia geo-
logical Survey for 1898-9 the .specific
gravity of 93 different samples -of oils
is given, 411 from differeet wells. The
lowest of these is 341/2degrees and is a
green oil, only one well giving so low a
reading. From past experience .this
would be a dangerous oil to use for in-
secticide purposes. One well yields a
black oil, specific gravity 38 degrees;
one well a green oil, 39,degrees, and
two wells a green oil, 391/2 degrees. All
of these would be dangerous to plant
life. One green oil Tuns 10 degrees,
two green and two amber oils run 41
degrees, and all of these might be
harmful on peach or plum trees. Tiles
10 samples out of 98 wonld have to be
rejected for insecticide purposes 'unless,
being mixed with lighter oils, the spe-
cific gravity is brought above the dare
,
ger line. Oils of 42 degeces and up-
ward may be considered safe. The
lightest et -ramie listed is one of 031/e de-
grees, and this is an amber oil. Thir-
teen samplee register 50 degrees or
over., leaving 70 that run between 40
apa 49 clegTees, the majority running
negrer to 46 degrees then to 44 degi.ees
both in green and ip amber, It is a
fair requirement, then, foe a straight
crude petroleum that it should have a
specific gravity of 43 degrees or over
at a tempelmthre of 60 degrees Any-
thing less miedit he haranful, anytbing
afore than 4a degrees IS unnecessarg,
THE BRONZE TURKEY.
point'on These Valuable IlIrds
From a Successful Breeder.
There is more profit in raising tur-
keys than any poultry raised on the
farm, but occasionally we hear people
say, "There was nothing in' turkey
raising for me,!' and nine times out of
ten the fault might have been traced to
the management, kind of stock, etc.
On every hand We See the common or
scrub stock used. We believe in thor-
oughbreds even in cats. Turkeys are
just fiS easy to raise as chickens, but
we must use care and not inbreed, as
so many do. Inbreeding is more fatal
with turkeys than with hens. Procure
new stock each year, either in the
shape. of a thoroughbred gobbler or
eggs from a reliable breeder of, thor-
oughbreds, and you will fihd your stock
improve and be strong, vigorous and
mature quickly.
, Lice, will kill young turkeys quicker
than anything else.- 1 he use of some
good insect powder on the old hens be-
fore hatching will prove a great help in
preventing lice on the poults.
Improper feeding is another cause
for delicate turkeys. Cora is ueually
fed too heavily to the hens during the
winter, and the old turkeys are apt to
be very fat when they commence to
lay.. Toward spring the hens should
not be allowed to run to the ,corn bin,
but should be on a regular egg ration,
for fat' hens and fertile eggs will not
go together by any means.
We do not believe in confining tbe
hens in a close run during the laying
season. The old turkeys can" be con-
fined in a large. steady yard if It is not
desired to hunt for eggs. Some turkey
breeders claim that turkeys do much
better if batched by a turkey hen, but
our experience has been that turkeys
raised with chieken hens paid us numb
better than those raised with turkey
hens. True, they seem to grow faster
and thrive better If raised with turkey
hens. but when raised with chicken
hens they practice the habit of coming
up for their meals and do not wander
off from home and "co ineuptni ss g"
so often. At selling time we receive a
greater income from those raised by
chicken bens than from those raised be;
turkey hens.
After the turkey commences to sit
erect a temporary cover -over her to
protect her from rain end storms.
There is no question but tureey raising
Is very profitable, especially where one
is located on a large farm.- 'TUrkeys
are largely self supporting, , and, al-
though with some -there is a difficulty
in bringing them to the 2 months age,
yet they are verg hardy thereafter.
The most profitable. and by far the
most popular. turkeY is the Mammoth
Bronze. It is the largest variety and
will outweigh any other variety of' the
same age by several pounds. Tbey
cost no more to raise and therefore are
most profitable. They are the hardiest
and most extensively raised of any
breed. They do not attain their Pull
size. and weiglit until about 3 years
old. At maturity the hens weigh from
15 to po pounds and gobblers.35 to 40
pounds each. They bear contineznent
to yards remarkably well. and the
young are, easily raised, if proper care ie
,given them. They are excellent !Ayers
and good ,mothers.
The plumage of the male turkey on
back and breast is of a brilliant bronzy
bue, which glistens in the sunlight like
burnished gold. Wing coverts are a
beautiful rich bronze, the feathers ter-
minating in a wide bronzy band'across
the wings when folded. The plumage
of the female is similar to the male.
but not so brilliant. Wbo would not be
proud of' a nice flock of Bronze tur-
keys, regardless of the profit they pro-
duce?—J. C. Clipp in Poultry Keeper.
Silver Grny Dorking*.
Here Is the portrait of a Silver Gray "
Dorking cockerel bred owned by Mrs,
Robert Fitton ^of ..Ribby Hall. Kerls-
hame'sLancaeltire England.' Thia-bird
is one of .theefinest ever produced of
this variety. He excels in size, type
and color., as Is proved by his success
In the show pen, having won first prize
ABSOLUTION."nee all the steady stare are lit
And the least sleeps, for wearinesa,
. Night standa with pitying hands outspetad
To give her pardon and to bless.
garth creeps so near to heaven then
That scarcely may one watching mark.
Where they are twain -80 1101.C14 13
The benediction of the dark!
—Arthur Ketchum in Ainalee's Magazine.
MI MICROWN DINNER
How a lifau Thought Ile Could Do
Woinants Work and Was
Disappointed.
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"I wonder, Tbaddeus," said my wifs
doubtfully, giving me a searchlight
look. "if,you could get your own dimer
tonight. I want to go to a 'fleeting of
the Suffrage club, and the maid is go-
ing out."
Now, it has always seemed to Inc
that the more a man asserts his inde-
pendence the better. I felt pretty
doubtful about that dinner, but I
wasn't going, to let Maria know I had
any qualms. I remembered, too, I had
managed well at bachelor housekeep-
ing for a .few WeelIS, I had eVel'ything
0011V*Iliellt; never made the beds be-
muse it was so well to let thew air
thoroughly, and because 1 believed in
consolidation and that in union there
Is strength I did not wile!) tuy dishes,
but let them' colleet and time day before
my mother returned put thew in a tub
and turned the hose on them.
Tho success of this venture embold-
ened me to try again. but for reasons
best .411CitVII 10 1113' own soul I did not
tell Maria. I simply said I could umn-
age end 'would really enjoy Hi& novel
performance of getting my own dinner
and that it would by no means prove
fatal. I resolved two things firmly—
that 1 should have a, good dinner irre-
spective of' the germ theory, microbes
and bacilli and that time dinner should
be at 0 o'clock promptly. This not hav-
ing meals on time, I felt. was all non-
sense. and while Maria was away was
surely the"timeto indulge In microbes,
for she feared them so she had given
me a restricted cliet. That day I, left
the orEce at 4 o'clock, I had been think-
ing at intervals during the day what I
should have for that dinner. I even
meditated corned beef. cabbage, mince
pie and doughnuts. All of them I would
make myself after 1 left the ()dice.
I procured on the way home the
necessary supplies. An alluring dis-
play met my eyes. I went into the
markete and purchased a nice plate
piece of cornea beeS. I was about to
tell the butcher 1 wOuld carry it *with
me for my 0 o'clock dinner when the
butcher, who knew rne pretty well,
assured rue that the corned beef had
to boil a number of hours to be done.
In the reaction winch followed this an-
nouncement I remembered "that he
could send it for the next (hey; I had
meant that all along," and 1 hastily
purchased some oysters and lamb
chops. "I will have oyster soup for
the first course," said I to myself. "and
chope and tomatoes for the second. If
that won't be good. 1 don't itilOW what
It was 5 o'clock when I got home.
It was so lonely without Maria that 1
thought -1 had better start the dinner
at once; besides, 1 wanted that meal
at 6 o'clock sharp. Maria had about
bothered the life out of me by not
having meals on time. 1 lighted
the burners on the gas stove. and I
decided to make' biscuit, mince pie
and doughnuts, besides cooking the
oysters and the meat, By 5:30 I was
just enjoying the thing. I had the flank
for the oysters contentedly boiling on
one of the burners, and the others bad
been .blazing for some time, all ready
for use 'when wanted. The' first thing
was,to find a cookbook.
I ran dovvn,the index through pump-
kin, lemon, carrot, custard. until 1 got
to mince pie. This I read carefully.
Then 1 sadly closed the book. Mince
pie required cold meat, apples and a
thousand other things and could not
be made in an impromptu manner,
and at 6 I must have that dinner. I
felt distressed, but there were still the
doughnuts. I was just in the midst
of discovering it would take at least
a good two hours to make doughnuts
when, by thunder', didn't that milk
boil over! I felt like going through the
whole litany. 1 rushed to the stove,
seized my clean handkerchief and bad
just made up my mind that the milk
must be done enouglCaor the oysters
when 1 discovered the handiserehief
was done also.
The, crisis being past, I decided to
make my biscuit 1 thought dire time
would not consult the cookbook, tor
t was getting alone toward 6 and it
PRIZE WINNING COCKEREL,
and cup for the best Dorking In the
°hos Pu s at
t Btihrern -,noglibdaomis dflarisrty asilhdo ws1), efiell'as ti I
and special at Birkenhead, first at i
Royal Lancashire, first at Edinburglm
firstand ' besides inany
ether first prizes at large shows. ° c
Mr. Iritton is one of the most sue-
cessful breeders of Dark and Silver
Gm'ay Dorl-in s and Blaek Rol and
Duck Win.; Game Bantams in the s
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Settldet1 and Dry Pleired, 1g
The Now YorlcProduce Review says. t
ook too long to hunt up recipes. I
put a great deal of pour in 'a small
bowl, dumped in some water, and pro-
. se
ceeded to mold It all into shape as.
. had seen Maria often 'dein the
nteritn 'I talked to myself. s
"1 know all about this," 1 said with
pride,
just stir until it gets the
onsistency of Cream, Rut In a pinch
of salt and flavor to taste.- That's
wbat they always say. 1 have read it
itmndreds o thnes. I can't fail. I
hall justesilap damn (nth a tin earl and
put them in the oven." I felt 1 VirnS
ucceeding so well that 1 actually be-.
an to hum, when suddenly It occurred
o me to wonder if one greased the
oolt, Into that old oven wasn't an eaav
using. I turned on the gas ami went
for the match. When I came back
and crftwled on flay hands wed kneea
to light the jet—great heaves!—.an
explosion occurred that sent roe half
across the room. In the middle ee It
all I heard that infernal milk bolline
ever
ragaln.
Time greatest of liafflres, when
aroueed, eometimes become terrible.
I felt murderous. 1 also felt desper-
ate. I gradually approached that oven
again assumed the iittittide of prayer
and put those biscuits in with a slain.
I was perspiring. all over. 1 took of
my tie and collar and looked at my
watch. It was 6:30. 1 was to have
dinner at 6, and the tomatoes were not
touched yet! . I wiped them off, got
the butcher knife and beg;au to peel,
thew. for 1 reflected 1 heel no time
to waste in•coolfing them.
I would eat those microbes alive.
Life at this crisis seemed of little worth
auyway. I had read somewhere, that
Wmatoea should be skitmed, not peeled;
hut the more I tried to skin thOSS
pesky things the more the Insides came
too. A terrible expression came over
my face. I did snot know but my u.sti-
ally kind dispos,ition was ruluerl for
life, but 1 felt sure of the biscuits and s
the oyster soup—what remained of it.
Then I put the chops -on the fire. It
was about 7. The chops inimediately
started to see if they could not beat
the soup and sputtered and blazed to
such an extent that I felt desperate. I
was watching t ll'em every moment
when I thought aloud: "BY Jove, there
are the biscuits! fairlatipe I had better
look at them." They iisere all there,
hilt 'somehow . they looked dejected.
\V hile I was (inclines out from the cook-
book (which I immediately consulted)
that I ought to have put baking pew -
der in them the smell of burned flesh
niade nee rush to the stove, only to find
my chops black and beyond rescue. I
felt !myself an unfortunate Ulf111. 1.be-
gan to mumble incoherently to tnyse.lf,
and I feared that it was all going to
work upon !fly brain.. With the astute-
ness that characterizes me as distin-
guished frona my fellow, men gave ne
all efforts. At this moment, because .
all hope was lost itud I was on the look-
out for misfortunes, I cried out. -Blida -
ed if 1 haven't forgotten the potatoes!"
I had the look of one of the early
Christian martyrs. Tbey, too, bad elle
fered and loved and lost. Even the in.
vectives bad used were not sulphur,
ous enough.
I went out Into the shed and brouglif
back a peil. Intd that 1 serape(' tin
soup carefully, Next 1 dumped In tin
biscuit. Then I gently put the tonne
toes find chops on top. This accom-
plished. I passed hurriedly out into the
-back yard. stopping only to get a shove .
el out of the wood shed. I dugda hole
and tossed the whole thing in. 'Then I
' meekly returned to the house and re-
galed myself on some bread and butter
which I found in the pantry. Just as
I was doing this the deck struck 8.
and Maria came home. e
"Flelloe clear!" 1 cried, for I was de-
termined to forestall any remarks.
"I've been terribly busy. detained at
the office. and just got home."
"Oh, Thaddeus!" said alaria regret-
fully. "And' you have been _without "
your dinner! I never should have left
yonuvtrt'b—is time
Maria 'd seen the
kitchen.
"alaria." said I solemnly. for I saw
her pause. "you have been invited to
Join a club for the subjugation of hus-
bands. You needn't join. I am subju-
gated already. You women are always
talking of 'our sphere.' Encroach on•
man's sphere if you will, but for heav-
en's sake 'don't ask me again to en
croach on yours!"—New York Herald. '
Beek as the Bent Cure of Dyspepsia.
Albudraws attention to e.
fr
gnency. with vebich neurasthenia, men -
'ilia and nalinutrition are associated
and the great anzount of injury to the
system at large that may be produced
, by such a triad. • The edeficioney. in
nerve energy and the cousequend Im-
perfect inervation of the tissues lead
to a general lack of -nsusculfir tone
wliich finds expression In different
ways according to the region of the
body affected.
In the abdomen the general relaxer
tion has for Its consequences viseer-
optosis and atony of the stomach iind.
intestines. with their attendant
and in Proportion as the leek of proper
nutrition increases, the somatic weak'
ness, the debilitating events move in a
vicious circle of' greater and greater
'circumference and constantly involves
more remote regions in the disease.
Under such conditions the evident in-
dications are rest end feeding. But
to be properin effective the patient
must completely change his psevioue
faulty mode of' life and be teeatedin
a wholly alien environment:
As a routine 'for such crises at least
.ssthree weeks of absolute rest in „bed
In some institution away from borne
is to be advised, together with a full
diet, for, ON'On though the staCe of the
stomach may seem to contra indicate
tins overfeeding, in mosteases it will'
relieve the symptoms more quickly
than the most cerefully adjusted ens,
quantitatively insuffieient regime. By
these means bodily waste of' all sorts,
nerve and muscle, is reduced to a mini-
mills, find the denletecl cells are en-
abled to regain their tiortnal tone and
vigor.—Zeitschrift Krankeupflege,
United kingdom.—Farm Poultry,
Many shippers, seeing dry picked searing
cnieliens quoted higher than scalded, I
have been inclined to dry pick all their
chickens, which Is a serious tnistake, %
Larg,e clry picIfed chickens do deinand
a premiuta of 1 to 2 cents over scalded,
as they can be used hi place of Phila-
delphia or nearby chickens, but email
dry picked are not svanted by any Class
of trade except at a eheam price, and t
where the birds ren small they are
more attractive and sell better when t
scalded.
tins. "When in doubt don't reaee,e
said to myself, and I quickly deco -
need the teens with dabs of dough.
lve minutes Intel 1 liad a sickening
eeling, for Marla had' never, told me
a
bout the oven. 4 felt sure, however,
:hat, being a mom, 1 would understand
a
ny .euch mechanical COntriVn110.0 as
gas etove. I wondered what under
be sun poeetiesed the -inventor of a
4.as stove to put the even down near
he floer. ar la
timet- tly man,
lid getting down ea my knees to
All In n
"Don't you regret the tinle you waset
ed in your youth?" asked the sent'.
mentaliSt. ,
"1 didn't 'waste any time en mg
entitle" answered the self satisfied
Man. "1 flew kite's and fished end at-
tendedgnitrie" aditildn fetst, t Eel'ilalc(iTe erned , t QS upclh113,7estfillte;
onani ns' vnte:1:1111:
have bad opportemities 1.41Ve tlteni