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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1898-8-19, Page 2T J 13BUSSELS POST, AUGusT 19, 1898, A HAPPY HOUSEHOLD. By MARGARET LEE, Author or Drroroo-A Brooklyn nueholor•L' orh4,tn one wile -Eta czit act CHAPTER L Some years ago, one of the mos yeautiful planes in the neighborhood of Great ,Barrington was owned and dF oupied by Met Robert Minturn and his family. As a rule, this householdwas an example of domestic concord and happiness. An easy inoomet,axorcised one common source of anxiety, and the judiolous mingling of common -senna and philosophy in conducting the or- dinary affairs of life prevented the growth of minor annoyances. The house was large, irregularly built, and the very perfection of com- fort, Mr. Minturn had a theory, and also the means of putting It into prac- tice. He believed in individuality and the opportunities for Its growth. He had his ower rooms, his favorite pur- suits, and every requisite for their en joyment. His mother had her wing, where she ruled as she pleased, and his daughter was mistress of the main building and of herself. Mr. Minturn would point to trees as illustrating the truth of his reason- ing. Those that had room to develop and expand equally were perfeot in form, beautifully balanced, and ex- quisitely graceful; those that grew In the dense depths of the forest were but poor specimens of their kind. Lacking space, forced to seek light in spite of it, they were irregular, crooked, stunt- ed, and often grotesque. Bo, to the full extent of his ability, he protected the sacredness of individuality in the members of his own family. One afternoon In Tune, soon after the arrival of the mall, the ladies of the household became conscious of the fact that something had occurred to disturb the equilibrium of its owner. Mrs. Minturn had taken her knitting to the shaded corner of the side porch, and her granddaughter was sauntering about the garden, examining the buds on the rose trees. "He has had bad news, dear," said Mrs. Minturn. " IBut what could it be about, grand- ma? Money, perhaps. I don't think he would keep it to him.eeif if it were only a loss of money.' "Oh, no. (Besides, he wouldn't go off by himself to worry over e. sum of money. He would come and share the news with us. Suppose you go to him, pet?" The "pet" looked at her grandmother and then at the windows of her father's study. "lBetter wait 1 He'11 take us into his confidence after a while. Hecouid not keep a secret Leona us." "Maybe old Mr. Pounce is dead." "Daddy wouldn't run away from us for that." "No ; I don't suppose that any one will cry after poor Tom Pounce." "How could any one miss him—a mis- er who never does a kindness to, a hu- man being, and threatens to leave his millions to public charities and let his relatives struggle along for existence?" Mrs. Minturn sighed and grew ab- sorbed. Presently the girl approached, and bent to kiss her. "Grandma, you always look unutter- able things when old Mr. Pounce is mentioned. I suppose he was one of your admirers?" "Yes, he once asked me vo marry him. "IBut you never liked him? You couldn't have cared for a man with his disposition." - "I preferred your grandfather, love. But I often think that a good woman who could have loved him would have influenced him and altered his life. Hasn't some one discovered that a wo- man always has a kind thought for the men who proved that he appreciated her?" "Who could help loving you? I know you were beautiful. Was he rich then 1" "Oh, no, love. No one was very rich fifty years ago. He had his business, end, 1 think, was better established in it that your grandfather was in his. But we were all very well-to-do, as we used to say. I don't think that people laid so much stress upon money when I was young. Character was the great thing. (Che young men expected 'to learn and labor truly to get their liv- ing,' as the catechism says, and the young women were glad to merry them and take care of them and their earn- ings. We lived by faith then. If a man was upright and industrious, the future looked cheerful and the present was fully enjoyed. When I was young life was full, and broad and deep. A man and woman bad to be all-in-all to each other. The outside resources that exist now ware unknown then. Home meant mutual love, confidence, sympa- the. ' "Poor Mr, Pounce 1 When he could not have you I suppose he made up his mind not to marry, and he devoted himself to money -getting. No wonder he hes plenty of it, after fifty years of hard work. Why, daddy says that he Is in his office as promptly as any of the (Mirka." "Yes, his heart Is In bis business. See, here comes your father." "Yes; now we'll hear the latest," Mr. Minturn had thrown open aside door of his wing, and now approoched, holding an open letter. Ile was a tall, fair man with fine fea- tures, and a smile like a school -boy. What do you suppose Martha Ever- ett wants me to do?" "She was always ready with strange propositions. Has she faun& a wife for 700 1 That was ons of her pet schemes." ^Does she want you to etand for Countess, daddy 9" 'Guess again; bat you would never imagine what she entreats of the. It stems that Larry has failed in mathem- a.ties, and he will be given another ex - a uination in the fait. 1 might as well 1 be candid with you. Now, she thinks r that Ican coach him, being a professor of mathematics; and no deubt I could, Still, there are draw -barks. He Is to o board at 'lroatlllartington and spend es much time with me every day es 1 care t to givehim.' e "Is he a junior 9" askod Mrs. Min - turn. Yea, and well up in everything else. She sage eh will die of a broken heart if he doesn't graduate wit)' honors." °It would be uo 'mmense tete d a •es en your part, daddy. If liar son doesn't t graduate she will feel the disappoiut- mant all her lite." "It would be a keen sorrow to proud woman like her. Her husband a Yale man. I don't know—I' thought over it until 1 am too ne. nous to be sensible." "Robert, how Js it that she writes you elm hes ignored us for years." "1 know it 1 Oh, well, mother, tb Ls the way of the everld, You, se Everett came La for a fortune, an money is like wings. Martha had soar. She has travelled and made reg menu of new friends. No doubt, tr yelling has interfered with Larry education, You can't leave loop -ho' in mathematics. You see, when she in sore need see turns to the old friers whom she feels she can trust." "Oh, let him come, daddy! It tri only be for the summer, and we alway have visitors. How can one more mak much difference 9" "That is very true, pet." "lBesides, boys are so jolly 1 He c. help us with our games and picnics IIe can't study all day." "Let me see, mother—how old is tb Larry ? You must know." "Why, he was in frocks when yo were married, Rob t" "Nonsense 1" "There isn't any nonsense about ' He is twenty-three er four." "No wonder his mother is in earnest! Mr, Minturn folded the letter, put 1 carefully in his pocket, and proceeded to fi11 a pipe and smoke it. His daugh- ter' went off to inspect her plants. and his mother took up her knitting. The question was evidently more perplex - lid, Miss Minturn?" ing than ever. Presently his mother noticed that he was watching his daughter. She was a tall girl, slight, and beautifully formed. Her hair was gleaming like burnished bronze in the sunshine ; and at intervals a little, un- consciuus, musical laugh escaped he es she bent and discovered an unsus pected blossom in the old -fashion clumps of green. I wouldn't let that consideration trouble me, Robert. You know she has always been a favorite with .her young companions, and she meets strangers constantly. I think she is too sensible. And then, she is natur- ally reserved.' , I know that. Her reserve is her charm. If I elle knew something about him 1" He comes of nice people. I knew his grandparents on both sides. If the world hasn't hurt him, he ought to be very admirable. Martha has been ne- glectful of late ; but, as you say, money enlarges the Geld. She has to follow where it leads her." "I haven't thought of her vagaries. She is excusable. I am not fanciful. I don't invite presentiments. I simply feel that I should, refuse ; and yet I can offer no reason whatever for doing so. Why, J;he country is overstocked with experts in mathematics. Any one of them would be only too delighted to help hint through." "If the thing worries you, refuse at once. We are not under any oblige tions to the Everette." "I think you are right, mother, I'll answer this at once, and get it off my mind." Daddy—come here! Tell me what this is! I never saw such a lovely insect I" "That was right, Mother, would you "Yee, Indeed," bd.u's. Minturn was holding out her bands and smiling; "He resembles his grandfather." 1' don't remember bin; but 7 011n 'Lee his Jher in his iverett; buy os. llardy'ads Rose, I call her, because she is always bloom- ing as you see, winter and summer." Rose iameeed merrily, and put out her hand. "I am so glad you -aie,,e." "It is like coming home," said Ever- ett, frankly, "How good of you all to make me so welcome 1" "It Is very nice to have Lhetpleasnx'e," said Mr. Meal urn. feeling the oharm of a i dverot.t's mannsr and the twinning. boy - is ish smile that seemed to beautify his ve features as if by magic. r- "You are just Lu time for tea. I hope yon are old-fashioned enough to to enjoy a cup with us." I ant a perfect antique in that at particular. My den is known as the e, tea-room," Having touched on the toplo, Everett tO weal, on with an account of hiecollege life, and diecuesecl his s,eading end dim abilities with simplicity and earnest- s ness. Rose listened attentively, and is mechanically did the honors of the Cable without losing a word of the d c0nversarlen, "If I start to -morrow morning at is the very foundation, and work indefat- igahly, I ought to pull through in e September. Whet do you think, Bir'. Minturn 9" "I agree with you, provided, always, that the mentality is present, There ' ie a kind of deficiency, you know, that is study cannot supply." 'I have thought of that; but I feel sure that I have the•capeetty if u I ran command the training. Yon see, I was doing well in my studies, when ill think the change did concluded to me o abroad, I b good in lots of ways. I was inclined to bo delicate; t but we two went from plane to place, avoiding cold weather and living in the open. and I grew like a young lion. I had good tutors from time to time, and I am up all right in wont lath :'led with them, Theoke is that they all shirked mathematics, and to graduate as I want to graduate; a man must be up in the exact sciences. I did for awhile contemplate giving up the effort, and going rightinto the office. Mother is ::n completely cut up about it. You can't reason with her at all. She says r 'the Evet•etts must be deteriorating mentally' if I can't do what my father d did before me. So, for her sake, I'm willing to turn school -boy this summer, and I don't knew how to thank you for agreeing to help me." "Succeed, my deer fellow, and I shall be amply repaid tor what I may dolor you. How early can you get bare in the morning?" "At any hour that you may appoint. I can have my breakfast at six, they tell me." "That's good. By half -past seven we can commence work." "Dear mel" ejaculated Mrs. Minturn; "you are in earnest," 'You will be ell lines and curves and angles by lunch-time," said Rose, her beaming eyes meeting Everett's, "I suppose you aro at home in Euc- A HaPpy Household gal 2 Rose glanced at bet father. Mr, Minturn obeyed implicitly, and stood in admiration before a Large night -moth of the most exquisite shades of green. "It is beautiful," he said, abstractedly. "Such a combination of colors! See, its spots are black and pink." The green is opalescent. I hope no collector is about." "Oh, no; the beauty is safe in this garden." As she spoke, she met her father's eyes and felt their intensity of mean- ing. He put his arm about her. Daddy—you're going to let Mir. Everett come?" "Why" "Because it will be doing a kindness. —You know, that is your prinoiple— never to leave a kindness undone where it is possible to do it." "But, my darling, the young fellow can find other teachers." "Not like you, daddy. You make things clear." "1 wish T could make this problem clear to myself." She smiled sympa- thetically. is there an unknown quantity., daddy?" "Precisely," He sighed. The sound was so unus- ual from him that his daughter glanc- ed playfully at him, imitated him, and laughed merrily. "The idea of any snob questions troubling you! Nonsense! Let him come. It will be so nice to set his mother's mind at rest. And then, if he passes his examination in the fall, you will feel as if the summer has been well spent." "What en interest you take in this young fellow." "Because. bo has been disappointed, and because grandma says that she knew his parents and grandparents, I think we should take an interest in him." Bit', Minturn laughed in spite of his doubts, "It will be for his own sake, so far es I am concerned, dear—simply be- cause I like young people. I'll think about it. I can telegraph in the morning," r CHAPTER II. About dusk on the next afternoon a tall, muscular young man in navy blue opened iiir. Minturn's gate and saun- terer) across the lawn, glancing et the woad front porch, with its array of mpty ram -theirs, Tee doors and win- clo•ve Were op n, and the sound of» dices reached him coming from tee direction f the garden at the side of the bouts, As he approached the steps, Itlo, Mtn - urn turned the angle of the bouse'nnd ace forward with outstretched hands. 'I should know you anywhere) You are so like your mother. Come this wey; my mother will be delighted to see you. So you got my message promptly 9 'Yes, and I didn't lose amoment.," "I never got beyond the threshold," "That is a sore puint with my daugh- ter. People are apt to think that mathematics must run in the family. The fact Lo, I knew that Rose could not graduate without sacrificing sorne of her strength, so I exerted my authority, ,se has no diploma. I console myself with the comforting reflection that she has never had a pain or an ache that she can remember, and I am satisfied." "She should have a diploma for that!" cried Everett, with admiration in his eyes and voice. "We may live to see colleges found- ed where efforts for pllysicel perfection will take the place of mental cultiva- tion, I. shouldn't object to letting you try for honors in such a school." "Oh, daddy! You are an anarohron- iam. You should have been a Greek, centuries ago." "I'm content. We oat copy the wis- dom of any age, you see, and add it to the advantages of our own. Isay, first be healthy, then study thorough- ly to your own limits. The truth is, Everett, I am wholly opposed to our present theory end practice of educa- tion, and I am thankful to say that.I came to my senses in time to ,;ave my child from its ruinous effects. This mental cramming has the same results as over -eating. The brain is weakened. The diploma gained, the reaction sets in. The mind is exhausted, enfeebled. Its proper, gradual, Intl development is no longer possible, The attempt to do the ,work of twenty years in four bon rendered the entire scheme -abor- tive. Why, look about you and. see for yourself the outcome of our boasted system of free schools and endowed colleges. We have clever men and women, but no great ones. Educa- tion stops with the certificate setting forth that its owner knows just so much, having passed successfully an examination limited to the knowledge of Lhe men who drew up thetlquostione to be answered. Our bright boys and girls ere mentally destroyed by this process, They are like plants forced into one magnificent mass of bloom that kills them." To Be Continued. , THE CENTENARIANS OF SERVIA, Now comes forward Servia claiming that it bus one distinction which no other country can rival. It claims to have, nob the most 000entrlc of de- posed monarchs, not the smallest number of emigrants (less than 900 persons left Servia last year for oth- I er countries,) not rho smallest number of navigable rivers within a separate Government ul .guropa, but the most centenarians, In Servia, which bee fewer than 2,300,000 inhabitants, there are now 575 persons whose age exceeds 100 genre, Servia 18 an agricultural country, and by the last, census taken 85 per rent, of the heads of Servia households were landed proprietors, having agricultural holdings varying from ten to thirty acres each, NOT CASH DOWN, Good Minister—I am glad to fled you hear up 90 well under afflbetion, Mrs. De Trade I did not hope to find you so cheerful after your husband's fail- ure. itt5 De Trade—Ali his property is k he Home UT HOY, The sons of many other mothers [Have pink and white cheek* just as fair, And wealth of gold and brown locks waving ; But none can with my boy compare; Oft in the distance with bis comrades I ace lent coming, while afar, Among the whole group, shining rad- iant Ae when from gray clouds gleams a star I \Vhen merry songs in nelghb'ring wood- lande Ring forth like sweet bells, pure and els er, I hear but one 'mLd all the voices— My eon's alone doth reach my ear 1 And wJien a ball in beppy playtime Flies upward Lo the very roof, f kuoty that my own boy's hand flung it— Of his youth's strength a joyous proof 1 gpget ! When baby is a year old be should have night gowns of Canton flannel, The summer coat is of L'reueh flao �net, silk, white or colored pique, or white cashmere ; if lined use a very thin silk; It should be a littlq longer than 1 the dresses and box,pleated to a yoke, with a lane collar over the yoke. The first stooklegs are black, but little ten shoes end brown stockings are nips for summer. Have the little shoos large enough, whatever else happens, WASHING THE 11AI3Y'S CLOTII.TIS. This is not an unimportant task for Me little garments ,accumulate very fast, and if the washing is done only once a week, the laundress will be sur- prised at the size of the pile of clothes that await hsr attention, In this work as in every other, much Lime and lab- or would be saved by adopting the pro- per methods. The first ihlug to be done la to care- fully sort the clothes and put every- thing but the flannels in lukewarm water to souk, having the napkins in one tub, and the dresses and muslin skirts in another. After they have soak- ed an hour, rub them out and place Chem in suds, to which a little powder - When fifteen more brief years have fleeted, The vision ye will see with me, As slender as a green young fir -trunk! He stands beneath the apple -tree) E'ezt now his bright, clear eyes uplift- ed The radiant sunshine strive to bear; Yes, there are sons of other mothers, But none can with my boy compare 1 THIP BABY'S OUTFIT, Mothers are always interested in children's clothes, and the little, dain- ty garmente always bring with them a speciai sense of pleasure. Nowadays the baby's outfit is so much a matter of love, that it is almost entirely made by hand, the neatest of sewing being exacted. The first article for the new baby is the flannel bands, hall a dozen in number, cut fifteen inches long, and five inches wide. Turn the edge over once and feather -stitch with white wash silk. This makes a better finish than hems. Alter the baby is 3 months old these flannel beads are exchanged for knitted ones with straps over the shoulder and a tab on which to pin the diaper. The little shirts are next in order. They should be higb-necked and long- sleeveci. Those of silk and wool are best, but are expensive; the cotton and wool are very good and serviceable Have them open in front, for they, ar put on and taken off so much mor easily. Linen diaper does not cost very much more by the piece then the cot- ton, and wears very much longer. There are ten yards in a piece, and thewidths vary ; a piece each of the eighteen, twenty and twenty-two inch widths should be sufficient. For first use those made of old, well worn table linen are best. Cut in strips fifteen inches wide and thirty long; double, and sew the edges together. Barrow skirts require a yard and a half of flannel each; there are two widths three-quarters of a yard long, set on a cambric band five inches wide and filteen inches long. They are open down the front and bound all round instead of being hemmed. Flannel skirts come next. They require two widths of flannel and are about a yard long. One pattern has the skirt and hand together of 'flannel. the upper part being laid In box pleats feather- stitched down and shallow arm -holes cut, The pleats can be let out as the baby grows. These are usually embroid- ered with white wash silks round the bottom. Esrey day white skirts are made of soft -finished cambric, with a deep been and narrow tucks as orna- ment, or an embroidery as a finish, They should be thirty inches long and require two full wicdths. It is well to have one or two made of naitnsook and more elaborately trimmed. Night- dresses are of the soft, fine cotton, and very simply made. The fulness is gath- ered into a narrow band at the neck, and the only trimming is a narrow lace edging this band and the sleeves. Six should be sufficient. For the little 10337 dresses nainsook es the best. Two yards will make one. Perpendicular tucks are often used for the front, with lane insertion or fins Ceatherstitohiug between the °lusters. A round yoke of embroidery or tuck- ing, with a ruffle of fine embroidery, two inches wide, sewed round. the edge; the neck and sleeves finished with a narrow band of insertion to which are sewed a narrow ruffle of embroidery or face. A deep hent and four or five tucks make a .good 'finish for the skirt, though insertion can be set in and a riffle of embroidery put on the edge, bC desbred. A couple of shawls,—thirty snub squares of flannel bound with ribbon— are useful, and the little sacks, knitted orr crocheted or made of cashmere or outing flannel, are necessary. These are less fussy when made to hang straight from the neck and finished with avail - or wide collar, tied with ribbons in front. The cloak is beet made of ease - mere or eiderdown, and should be silk- lined, A 'round shoulder cape is the approved finish for the neck. A Mita - lin cap for summer end nue of the material of the coat for winter are chosen. And then, very soot, baby has ar- rived at the dignity of short clothes. The change i5 generally made at nbout six months, though if this comes in mid- winter it is best le wait tilt spring. It is not hest to make the long dresses 0401' into Menet onee, as many mother's do; they are not wide enough acmes the chest or long enough in I he sleeves to last as long as they will be needed, Noinsook is liked for three dosses, and the smell flowered dimities are pretty, They sbculd be plainly made with lit- tie round or square yokes, anti reveries ruffles of embroidery or of t.Ite meter. MI, lace edged over the shoulders. Cn1- ored aprons, low necked and short sleeved, gave the dresses tvhen baby bevies to creep, and are made of elemked elegem or }frown holland, ed borax has been ended, Strong wash- ing powders should never be used to wash anything that comes in contact with the baby's skin, for if the least trade of it remains after the rinsing is done, it wit). Irritate the tender flesh, causing him to suffer torture. Put the white clothes in a boiler and allow them to scald a few minutes, then dip them out into clear water, Rinse thoroughly through one bluewa- ter, and dip the lower pert of the skirts and dresses in thin starch; the waist and sleeves of the dresses should never be starched. A sonny grassy yard sbculd be chosen for drying, or 1f indoor drying is a necessity, see that it is quiek and thorough. Harsh and fulled up flannels are en- tirely unfit for a baby, and there is no neetl of having them so, if the pro- per care is taken in washing them. Heat the water until it is as warm as you can bear your hands in com- fortably; add a tablespoonful of We- ar to every bucketful, and enough soup to make a good suds. Immerse your white flannels in this, having them well covered and let them soak five minutes, then rub gently between the heeds until clean. The borax soft- ens the water and cleanses the fabric, leaving it beautifully soft and white. When the garments are clean, rinse them and shake thoroughly. Rave the washing and rinsing water the sank temperature, and do the work quick- ly. Never allow flannels to lie after they are wet, but get them on the line as -soon as possible. 11 they are hung out so that a gentle breeze will . blow through them, they will be softer e and nicer then if the day is perleet- e ly sti1L A CURIOUS AUSTRIAN CUSTOM. Emperor Fraeits Joseph washes the Feet or Twelve out Men. The Emperor Francis Joseph, as the head of the most ceremonious court of Europe, has many ourtous duties to per- form during the year. There is nothing more singular or striking among His Majesty's regular funotions than the Easter one known as the ceremony of washing the feet. The recipients of this extraordinary honor are twelve old men and the same number of aged dam- es. This year the cereeaony of wash- ing the feet of the old ladies was omit- ted, owing to the absence of the Em- press from Vienna, but the ancient dames received substantial compensa- tion for this imperial neglect in the shape of money and other presents. Al 9 o'clock the old men were convey- ed to the ceremonial hall in imperial equipages. Dressed in antique German costume, they took their seats at along table. His Majesty and the whole court were et divine service when the Lord Chamberlain. announced that all was ready. His Majesty and suite en- tered the hall between rows of halber- diers. Diplomatists and their wives gazed upon the scene from the ambassa- dors' box. In the train of the Emperor were the archdukes, ministers, generale and the household. The splendid uni- forms of lbs Hungarians and Austrian dignitaries contrasted with the bright - hiss of the ladles' dresses. The Emperor, surrounded by his amm- eters, walked to the table and mount- ed the steps. Below stood the arch- dukes, behind the ahemberlains and the aides-de-camp. His Majesty wel- • comed his guests ane ;gave the sign for the meal, The Lord High Steward and the pages brought iu the dishes, handed them to the monarch, eovho in turn Pine - ed them before the infirm old people, The ceremony of washing the feet, which dollowed, was more symbolia than actual. Court otfbuials took oft the shoes and stockings of the old men and placed a towel across their knees, The court chaplain intoned an "Evan- galium," the monarch handed his bat toaohamberlaln, and the latter hand- ed it to an officer of lower rank. When the words "1t ooepit lavage pedes ipulorum" has been reached the Men - arch fell on hes knees and formally washed and dried the Leet of the twelve � men in turn. A prelate poured the tva- ter over the feet, and a papal house pre- late held the ewer. At the oonolusion ' of the ceremony the monteroh walked to the lower end, of the, estrade and washed his hands, a page bolding the ewer and the Load Chamberlain band- ing him the towel. 'rho imperial bur- sar thereupon handed purees, each oob- iaining 80 silver Browne, to ills Ma- jesty, who hung (helm around the neeke of. the .old man, and they were then driven to their homes. FBI -ORES AND FACTS, Mrs. tieldwin (reading) -- An emi- nent scientist says that the common housefly can makes 1100 strokes with its witrge a second, „1L•, lia)dn'in—Well, perhaps it can; lint the pesky thing never does it when it ham a thence In loaf around a man's be Id 01)01 snrl tickle him, HINTS FOR T!'fl FARMER. LONG KEEPING BOMBE. A correspondent has ibis to ssy %bent making hutIen that will keep a long time without detertore Log in flavor: I want to give the soachods of so deities that ars today and have he for more than twenty-five years, ye after year, Braking and selling f prices from five cents to ten can above highest quotations. blest of all, they have good, healt COWS that have pure tool, pure wet and pure air. 'They are run in pasta that are kept as free as possible frum tsroeds. Their stables are light, roon and well ventilated. The oow'e aro never worried by either men or dog They are fed, milked and handled nit ways with the strictest regular' as to hours, and by the same person especially as to being milked. T milk is never allowed to stand stable—or any other place where the might be objectionable odors -until cools to the temperature of the stebl The milk is strained, through wire an cloth strainers into the pans or orea er'y or separator, w'eiashever method creaming is used, Most of those who have eucoessful made this kind of keeping butter u the gravity process of creaming. SG method of creaming matters bu little, provided you got the right qua ity of cream and can ripen it Lo pe faction. They skim their milk .ju as soon as the milk show's the 'lea . J CIi,i11?SON CLOVER., The value of ()Amgen clover le not as a food for stock, but es a, arch to be piougbed under in the liming, Clover derives a large share of Its nitrogen tram the attnosphere through the agency of minute organisms, and aa nitrogen is the meet rosily fertilizes Milner that the mita, protium, the use 6• of crimson clover lea thump mode of 1 adding fertility to the soil, It cover* enIthe ground. in the winter and prevents loss of soluble plant food that ar j world be oarried away by rains and D1 snows on bare soil; heves it not only is adds nitrogen to the soil, but prevents by the loss of that existing therein, and er so rapid, is its growth in early aprine res I that it is ueually high enough to 'be ploughed under by the thea Born -plant< ing mast be done. Farmers who haws iy brown rye know that rye covers the ground and provides late pasturage foe stock when other green food is scarce, in and it also ty gives the early green food atter winter is past, Orimson plover he will keep pane wile rye in thee respect, in being the first to push ahead in spring and provide early green food should re it be required, but the main object in it • growing crimson clover sbot'ild be that e. of turning it uncles, es it ismore Veen - able for that purpose than any other tre crop in comparison with the coat and of period of time during which such a crop is secured. Every piece of land. Chet contains ne crop should be seeded ly down to crimson clover, se Failures have resulted with crimson 11 clover even when the conditions were t apparently favorable, but one of the errorsof intoseedingWLthfarmerstoo fall was thou ich dawn lata tin Lha r- year, This was due eo the extravagant st maims made to its favor. 11 is safe' to et admit that farmers have had fairly seidiiy. Tire cream is churned in abou forty-eight hours after being Lake from the intik. As regards temper Lure, as much as possible the mit from the gravity prooess Lu kept a Pram sixty degrees to seventy degree So also is the oream after being 'tak from the milk. tlenerally, epeakiu the cream from the milk handled i this way is what would be calledfort to forty-five per cent. cream—that i 21-4 to 21-2 pounds ut this cream wi make a pound of finished butter Dream of this quality wculd ecce: sari( be quite free from other matter the cutter fat as compered with cream o w^ltich it takes four to four and on hell pounds for a • pound of butter. The oream is churned at e, tempo ature ranging from fifty-eight degree to sixty-two degrees, as the temper tura of the air may be se time an plane of churning. Whet the crea begins to show a general form r the churn, especially with the heavies per cent. of cream, some well water u about sixty degrees temperature is put into the uhurn. As soon as the butter globules term into size like Small shot or grains of Wheat thd'but- Lormilk, is run off and the butter is washed with water at not far' from sixty degrees temperature. After washing and draining es dry as possi le the butter is taken Item the °hien, weighed and put on butter worker ready to be salted. The quan- tity of salt• runs fron one to One and a quarter ounces per pound of butter, es customers may desire. When the salt is thoroughly worked into the butter it is rolled into large lamp and after being well covered with a linen Moth dampened so as to exclude the air as ninth as possible, it is left for four or five hours, when it receives another slight working and is packed or stamp- ed into pound prints. So much for the method of making. Now es to packing, when wanted ru large packages, Lha best package I have aver yet used is a first gclass well made white oak package. Dbsso should be wall soaked in brine forrsev- eral days before being used. The but- ter is put into these packages 10 quan- tities that will make a layer not fat' from two inches in thickness. When this layer is firmly pressed down in the package, a sprinkling of salt is put on the butter and another layer of butter put on until the paokage is Cull. When filled, a piece of muslin aced over the butter and a layer of It on top of the muslin, The salt is mpened and well planed against sides package. Sometimes the salt will ed moistening a second time. A Both stone or piece of plank is laid er the paokage and it is left' in this ape until it is shipped. When a ekage is opened for use, a muslin k the size of the package shoutebe ale that twill hold salt to therluauti- y of one-half inch thickness. This can good crops of crimson clover aftprsow' ting the. aced on coxa land after the o corn was "laid by," but as a rulev'the a- • weeds, birds, and other drawbacks do not promise good results under, such methods. The proper time to seed t , crimson clover is just es soon as the s. dry portion of the summer is over. It en is better to seed about the first of August than to delay to a lacer time, nand the ground should be ploughed and carefully harrowedl, the seed to be Y brushed in, tieing the same quantity s,I of seed as nt red clover, If Lhesseeding 11 rs properly done there will bee fair I start, and the field will be uniform. ' The plants will become, well rooted bo - 7 fore winter and will have made suffi- n tient growth before cold weather' sate f . In to prevent heing thrown up by frost. Early i.e the spring, if the clover has e- started well, it will be fairly under r- !tray before other plants have recovered treat their , torpidity, reaching the i blooming stage before the land is really s , for corn, and will almost tempt the a- ' fert,r to cat. it instead of (iling it d' as a soi'ing crop, After Sowing the re seed it wilt be an advantage to e 1 apply wood ashes on the land, entice, t and lime will also be of assistance if f applied to the land in the spring after PI sa da of tie SDI ov sh Pa sae m 11 be put on top of the butter and kept until the butter i.s all used out, To get the butter tram the package In good shape a V shaped piece may first be taken from alayor, end then ,you can but out any shape or size you like. Great care must be taken at all times when butter is taken from a package to see that the bag of salt; is put back in good shape, and you are safe aJainst having tainted butter. INSIeCTICLDE FOR PLANTS. Cosines, a 1!renth scientific review, says that a South American tarmerhes recently made an aroidental discovery of great value to gardeners and Dom lata: I It was to the elfecl, that leaves of the tomato plant will drive insects away fromo titer plants. He covered sway from other plants, IIe coveer'ed shrubs he wished to•proteet ft'nm Ibe sun and from small insects, and was delighted to find that the latter cleat- ed out as soon eS they got the odor of the tomato leaves. Ile then extended the same treat- ment to an entire row of young peach trees, and his sucoes43 was complete, 7'0 render the procose more simple Its tried a decoction of the fresh tomato leaves asaspray on other trees and shrubs, and found that he lied aper fectly effective weapon which nose emetically nothing. He also found a array of the same kind would keep I flies off lits horsesr the crop is ploughed under, MUST DO HIS DUTY. e—e Tile Seivism 00 Robert Iftytti Fatly orStxteen. Disaster in a coal -mine is unfortun- ately too common a thing to be remark- able, but the self -forgetfulness which raised one such disaster out of the ca- tegory of commonplace tragedies trill never grow familiar enough to cease to send a thrill to men's hearts. The flood- ing of the "Auld L'louseburn Colliery" was like many other accidents of its kind, in that it gave time for only a few of the men to escape, In more remote parts of the mine other man were working, as yet un- aware of their danger. Among those near enough to the shaft to escape was one Robert Blyth, Ile had a good opportunity to reach the upper world before the mins was fairly flooded, but he turned itis back on the chance. "Good-bye John)", he shouted to a mate. "I'm 011 to the rise. I've, got to do my duty." That duty led him away from safety. t He rushed off to the inner workings of the miu.e, rapidly warned the men, and himself led the way to higher ground, where he hoped that the be- sieged miners might be able to bold out till the pumps lowered the water. There were sixteen men, all told. They did their best to make ready for the siege, which must certainly last many hours. • Collecting all the ocats within reach, they carried them to the highest ground, and then huddled together and threw the omits over the oompany Lor blankets, The water was all around them, rapidly rising. Until the pumps were at work it would not subside. They had not to contend wit.b, the horrors of darkness, for every man had bis lamp, Blyth persuaded the men to put out all the lamps but two, and as they died down others were light- ed from there. Tw'o flasks of coley tee, were found to be in the possession of the party. With a recklessness that took no hccount of the future some of the men were for drinking the tea right off. Blyth urged them to give the cans over to him, that he might save the contents for a time of emergency, This came about midnight. The strength of the men began to give way, and Blyth 1aca1e:1 Hie t ea over an oil Imam end gave oath Hurn a sip, ;.'Jinn in turn they offered up short pr'ayars for deiive.ranee *nil teal Led, for there was nothing more to be clone except to watch the water. It had ceased to rise, and inch by inch was subsiding, Blyth never lost courage, though the Inure were lag and the strength of the men giving way, He exhorted them to keep up their spirits and have faith iti final deliverance. And it CMS The volttntsry prisoner had the mets- Iactiett of seei,ag every men of the arty taken up to light and safety, Ile lied "done lite duty " Saved at