The Exeter Advocate, 1898-8-26, Page 2RATAPLAN..
4Oh Bataplan1 It is a merry note,
Ani mother, I'zn for 'fisting in the mare."
*Anti would ye, son, to wear a scarlet coat
Gto leave your mother's latter age forloxnf"
'Oh, mother, I am sick of sheep and goat,
Fat cattle and the reaping of the corn.
tontkto see the British colors float.
Foe i,'rr. glory, glory, was I born."
She saw him zuareh. It was a gallant sight.
She blest herself and praised him for a mam
and straight he hurried to the hitter fight
Aud found a bullet in the drear Sudan.
may dui; a shallow grave, 'Twee all they
might.
pad that's the end of glory. Rataplan:
—Living Age.
A GIRL'S APRON.
spread their rolunduous skirts so as to
completely hide his recumbent figure.
In a short time several Yankees came
in and steed talking near the door.
There was nothing in the appearance of
the roost to iudicate that there was a
• spy concealed. Two sets of young
folks were going through the stately
measures of the laucers, with the little
Frenchwoman, who was the teacher.
at the piano, nodding and calling the
figures to thein. • Down at the end of
the room was a group of girls laughing
and talking. The music came to a stop
and the dancers crowded around the
girls at the far end of the room. The
Yankees left, as the leswn was over.
Then Sue Mundy cause from his hiding
place. • Several of the girls took off a
skirt apiece and rigged him out. With
cloak and fascinator he passed the Tau -
tees at the Erna of the .'tairs, got in
safety to the home of • a friend, and in
the early morning eluded the pickets
and started ou his ride for Louisville,
where lie was captured and hanged. as a
FAY.
It was, I believe, some time after.
ward that this apron again met With en
adventure. • One day two raggt d, foie -
sore Confederates cavae to graazitbuot;i-
er's eetettr' el :and shelter. They bail
been cut off from their company, which
hal passed through the adjacent coun-
try a few days i:efore. Of course they
were fed and were • lodged in au. oat -
house.
They lead not been long concealed
when grafi:tlutother got word that a
squad of cavalry who bad teen securing
the country for •stragglers were headed
for her pla"e. It was too late for the
Jolenules to eseape. Clearly something
had to b, done at once. The. Johnnies
would be found, and grandmother and
the girls w•.uld be arrested probably.
Grandmother went to the outhouse and
laid the matter before the two men.
She is a pretty, dark eyed girl, and
this is the stogy she tells of the roman-
tic meeting and court -tip of her father
and mother. It is a story of the civil
war,and the fatuous Confederate spy
wild dressed as a woman and was
known as Sue Mundy figures in her nar-
rative:
You know, all of mother's folks were
Confederates, while father's people be -
tor ;cid to the other side.
On account of this little apron the
spy, Sue Mundy, was suspected by the
Union soldiers of being a man and a
spy. I will tell you about it.
The apron, you will notice,is made
of alternating stripes of red and white'
and aerate, as you see, the ling of seses-
cion. Tins stain here is a witness to the
arst meeting of nay father and. mother.
My mauler's rather was an officer in
the Conwederate army. He was killed
in the beeiuning of the war, leaving
grandmother with three children, all
girls. They lived on a farm not far
trout 1 uirtieid, lay., and were fairly
well off. At the time soother made this
apron the was about 15 or 16. Her old-
est sister bad just count home fx•un They were unarmed, while grand-
-boarding school, bringing a friend with mother's arsenal consisted of a rusty old
leer. The friend in question was none musket,
other than Sue Mundy, 'who had come Mother proposed a plan, which was
for the express purpose of spying on the carried out successfully. She and her
Yankeea, wbo were encamped a sheet younger sister had often mustered with
distance from town. If I renennh r their consinns and other neighbors' boys,
They had always been the life and drum
corps.
There was a dense plum thicket not
far from the house. A gaiter proces.ien
headed fon it in a little while. There
was grandmother, my two aunts, moths
er, the two Johnnies and the negro
cook, Mather carried her fife in can
hand and this apron in auotlaer, 'what*
my aunt had a drum. Mother tied ht•r
apron to a atiekaudhoisted it above the
plum t ces.
In a Jew minutes the Yankees came
in sight. Mt.ther says at sight of the
uniformed natio mounted on splendid
horses, her heart bounded and that le r
sister trembled so that it was a second
or so betere they could command cour-
age ensu; h to carry out their part of
the programme
The Yankees came to a halt at sight
of the red, white and red flag. Then
came the shrill notes of the fife and
steady beat of the drum. Then "Dixie"
came floating over acrtoss the meadow
to theta. They came closer. What
meaut the ominous silence so far as
shots went? The Johnnies bad not fired
a single shot. The plum thicket was
large enough to conceal a goodly body
of men. They approached the thicket
and fired. The only damage done was
these bullet holes in the apron. Panic
seized the advancing men, and wheeling
their horses they went helter skeeter
aorose the meadow and in the direction
of their camp..
When they returned, a short time
later, they had been heavily re -enforced.
They found the farmhouse in the lies -
session of two women and three girls
and not a trace of Johnnies anywhere.
Not long after this the war was over.
A young Union officer called at grand-
mother's one day and asked for mother.
He was the sergeant who had christen-
ed her apron. The call was followed by
many others, and the following year
mother and father were married.—St.
Loris Republic.
rightly, the camp was the headquarters
of General Buell..
Mother rays Sue Mundy was one of
the most ettenduate men she ever saw.
He was unusually slender for a pian,
and bad small, delicately formed hands
and tcert, an oval face, large black eyes
and heel. rippling, dart: brown hair.
He was :also the possessor of a good so-
prano vi,;a_e.
lie ranee prepnred with an extensive
wardrr,le' and carried off his part of a
fashka.ual•ie and fa einatiug young 'Me-
te
adyto perfection. Of course my mother and
Miss au;: in time made the acquaintance
of some of the officers stationed near
our town, one of whom became very
much infatuated with Miss tine, and
baskets of fruit and fiowcars came al-
most
g
daily bearing his card.
Of course, owing to the troubled
times, there was a dearth of parties and
'belle. For amusement my aunt and I
Miss Sue were in the habit of attending I
the dancing class to which my metier
and her younger sister went one evening
of each week.
One evening before going to dancing
school mother made this apron and
wore it over her white dress for the
'benefit of the Yankees who were cer-
tain to be present. About the middle
•of the evening mother and Miss Sue
went into the smaller room for a driuk
.of water. A man bearing the bars of a
sergeant on his arm was just raising
thedipper to his lips when mother said
%mischievously :
".A health to Jeff Dress."
as quick as a Been came the retort.
*ayes, odes, here's a health to your
ugr s-.,'- while the contents of the dip-
per were dashed over that offending ar-
ticle of attire.
At this insult to the southern colors
'Miss Sue forgot that brawn did not en-
ter into the make up of the young la-
dies of those days and gave the young
-officer a right handed blow which sent
:frim like a log to the floor, from which
he did not rise at once. When he did, it
'was with a graceful bow to his late as-
sailant and an apology for his rudeness
to mother.
After this the Yankees put their
.beads together, and, remembering the
:Information which had gone to the
-"Johnnies" concerning their forces,
`11tiss Sue's aptitude at sketching and
on top of it all the knock out of the
:young officer, they were convinced that
Miss Sue was not what she pretended to
be. A watch was kept on her move-
ments.
By the time of the next dancing les-
oon a plan was made for the esoape of
-Miss Sue from quarters that were be-
-sinning to be rather warm for her.
Mother and my aunt went as usual to
the dancing class, and to all inquiries
conceruiug Miss Sue they replied that
she was at home with a headache. In
'reality that interesting young person
was .booted and spurred and waiting
'for the appointed time to dash by the
• pickets and start on his 40 mile ride to
;Lonisvi lle.
Near the end of the lesson there was
'the sound of hurried footsteps on the
stairs and in a moment Sue Mundy
•Dame hurriedly into the room. For some
a;eason there were no Yankees present.
In a few words he told of how he had
'tried to pass the pickets, had been fired
on and had jumped from his horse and
.hid in the bushes by the roadside and
saw the Yankees go by in hot pursuit
.of his frightened horse, which was
slaking straight for the farm from
which it had been bought a few days
before. Sue 1VMnndy then waited till
their hoof beats grew faint, and then
under cover of the darkness he made
his way to the dancing school. Finding
the coast clear, he had come up, know-
ing that all the dancing people were
'sonthern sympathizers and would do all
stably, could for him.
They quickly formed their plans, the
tingly thing they could have done under
'the circumstances. They had him lie
down under one of. the benches at the
-tar end of the room, while two or three
of the girls sat directly over him and
PERSONAL CHATS.
Baron Henri de Rothschild, a cadet
of the Paris branch of the fatuous finer.
Dial family, has passed his filial, exami
nation as doctor.
W. J. Arkell of Judge once offered to
bet Clerk Howell all his publications
against the Atlanta Constitutioa that
elcKiuley would be elected,
Alfred Dole, a nephew of ex -Presi-
dent Dole of Hawaii, is a member of
Company K of the national guard and
was a member of the first expedition to
the Philippines.
Charles A. Bosworth, who has been
chosen assistaut treasurer of the United
States subtreasury in Cincinnati, was
formerly associated with Senator For-
aker in the practice of law.
Rear Admiral McNair, 'who has been.
assigned to the Naval academy as sue -
c: esor to Philip H, Cooper, is the first
oaicer of his rank to have received the
detail since Admiral Rodgers was there
in the early eighties.
- An Ancient Agricultural implement.
HORSES AND HORSEMEN,
Duncan Hynclman, Manitoba, now
owns Touch Me Not, 2:18ea.
Askey, 2:133' , is the first 2:15 trot-
ter for Kansas this season.
Adrian Wilkes has another standard
performer in Mr. Pashley, 2:243 .
The third dant of Peko, 2:1.131, is
also the third dans of Jean Beraud, the
great 2 -year-old r' .ser..
It is said that the government paid
$600,000 for cavalry and artillery horses
purchased at the Chicago stockyards,
I1'ieoi B, the Michigan pager, won
the 2:09 pace at atighland park, De-
troit, after fiuisleiug fifth in the first
heat.
There are three horses named Quick-
silver on the tracks this season, not ie -
eluding the Colorado horse of that
name.
The breeders et Spokane, Wash.,.
have offered $1,000 to the owner of Mc.
Kinuey to stand the son of Aloyoue iu
that city for one mouth.
Granite, 2:284, is a new performer
for Deputy. He was bred and raised on
Sitter Root farm, Montana, and is out
of Uilda, by Guy Wilkes.
Manuelia, a g -year-old bay filly, by.
Oratorio --Twinkle, 2;25'te, by Dictator,
recently paced a utile at Leiugton, Ey.,
in '2 elale4a, last quarter in Ma seconds,
Susie T, by .Ambassador, recently
took a record of 2:24ai, paeing, and by
so dating gave to her dawn, the great
brood mare Nell, by Estill Erie, Iter
sixth 2;30 performer.
John Quinn, driving the half bred
hackney Paul to a light wagon, bad
the honor of the first ride over the
Speedway, New ¥ork, After it had been
declared publio property.
JohnNolan, Wino trotted to a record
of 2:14 in the 2:45 class at Denver,
stands 10 bands high. He was out as a
pacer last year, but is now a good gait-
ed trotter, He wears ten ouuee shoes in
front and four ounce toe weights.—
Horseman,
'Sarah Bernhardt has .aceepted an in.
citation to visit the maharajah of Ka- {
purthala in India and will, it is said.'
participate in a tiger hunt, Thisrecalls
the fact that she used to keep a young
tiger as a demestig pet.
In 1852 ,T. F. Stearns of Saco, Me.,
lent Sine to a young num who had an
offer in the far west. The uitderstantl-
ing was that the money waste t;e repaid
quarterly. A few days ago Mr. Stearns
received a cheek for $l0 as the first in-
stallenent.
In a dream the mother of Frank R.
Sheller of Company E, Seventy-first
regiment, saw her son weuuded by a
terrible exl.loelon. A few days later she
read the report from Santiago saying
that has bad best wounded in the head
by the explosion of a shell.
Colouel Ernest Grattan, who has jrst
beeu retired from the Euglith army in
account of age, enlisted in tan infantry
battalion i1 years ago as a private int -
der the name of John aiuith, and it
was not until he had won his commis-
sion that he assumed his real name.
3. M. Earrie led his eleven to Tietnry
on the erieket field at Tunbridge Wells.
England, the other day. Mane. De Na-
vaarro, l -0t: tter known as Mary Andereen,
was on the ground all day and enter-
taiued the artists and men of lett: re
who batted under Mr. Barrie's captain.
a .
y
Richard Croker has found revenge for
his snubbing by the Prince of Wales by
bidding :15,000 for Little Saint, a
5 -year-old that the prince wanted and
which was sold at a horse auction where
it was expected to have brought about
$750. The prince's last bid, through au
agent, was $5,000, and Croker got the
horse.
An agricultural relic of considerable
interest was unearthed recently on the
farm of Amos Buckman, in Springfield
township, Delaware county. Buckman's
farm is known as the "Levis Home-
stead," and it is said to be the oldest
place in the county, the title dating
back to William Penns time. The.
farmhouse, a solid stone structure,
about 250 years old, has begun to show
signs of age, and last week steps were
taken to put it in repair. Preparations
were made to reshingle the roof, but be-
fore this could be done it was necessary
to tear down and rebuild the large
chimney. The men engaged at this
work bad razzed the chimney to the
level of the roof, when they came to a
large flat piece of iron which had been
put in to brace the chimney against the
stone wall. This was torn out and
thrown to the ground, when one of the
workmen noticed its odd shape. After
the mortar had been cleaned off it was
•zamined and proved to be an old fash-
ioned "sod cutter." A name was sunk
on it, of which only the three last let-
ters (sis) could be made out, but the
date, 1758, is fairly legible. At that
time the plows were very primitive,
yet they bad in a crude form the cut-
ters still frequently used on modern
plows to open the way for the share.
Owing to the mortar the cutter is well
preserved, but the worn edges attest
that it had turned many a furrow in its
palmy days before it was built into the
chimney.—Philadelphia Record.
A Porcelain House.
Japan, it seems, intends sending tc
the Paris exhibition a huge house, hex-
agonal in shape and composed entirely
of porcelain. It measures several yards
in circumference, and its weight will
not be less than 70 tons. From the ar-
tistic point of view, according to the
several models already finished, it will
be exquisite. It is estimated that the
cost of making it will be about £2, 000.
—London Chronicle.
"Chang, the Chinese giant," who
traveled with Barnum for years, and
who was a phenomenally tall Yankee,
has been granted a divorce by Judge
Rogers of Providence. Chang, to his
fellow townsmen, is Frederick A. Bai-
ley, They call him Chang Bailey, and
when clean shaven he has a physiogno-
my that might be easily fixed up to
typify a genuine Mongolian.
FRILLS OF FASHION.
STAGE GLINTS.
4
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THE SULKY PLOW,
i
Where This Implezn.ent Nay hind a rime
fui Place In the East,
Plowing, even when the plowman
walks behind the plow, is not reckoned
hard work if the ground be smooth, free
WA MNG. from stens and easily turned- Any
EXCESSIVE S R I child old enough to walk and tall
Bees Are e Likely to Swarm i# They enough to hold the plow handles can do
see r Less i* Have Plenty of Storage noon. it. In fact, there is scarcely any hold.
big deeded unless the plow strikes a
Excessive swarming is always the re- stone. Theu'�strength is required to pull
suit of a good hooey season if the bees the plow back to its place. Therefore,
are allowed the privilege of runniuel while the common western spectacle of
things to suit themselves. Bees should a man riding on a seat, with the horses
not be allowed to swarm more than once drawing both him and the plow, may
to each colony, and after the first swarm • strike the average easter» plowman as
comes off the queen cells should all be a ahhextreme of laziness, The American
removed from the parent hive except te extrer thinks the westerner has
one, wIneli should be left to supply the , something to say iet his own defense,
hive with a queen
The first swarm that issues from the whit la is as follai'vs:The sulk plow rutin on wheels and
hive is a profitable one, as it coutaius • a is therefore pouch nioro easily drawn
. q ayiug •i by the teuaa ;,.hen if it. were dragged
chi and ween, and sho, beddxg a, l
queen, is ready to lay eggs, and blood
rearing begius as soon as they are hived through the soil, turning it by brute
and have some comb to commence work force, as is done iu ordiinary plowing.
ou. All after swarms that issue contain • Thewholeweight of the plowis carried
on wheels. Thin, in part, if not vvllally,
yowl =fertile queens and will not be offsets the weight of the driver. who is
ready to lay for a week or more after also earriee. Twogee'dhmeeswill draw
being hived even if successful of feat:- r a stay plow. The plow is also held to
lizatie u, and as a large per cent fail cr:' its place better than it can Le when it
ui very uncertain
become lost such swarms : is directly' palled by a powerful team.
are very uncertain of any value: After Therefere the wi eters fanner will con-
stivahn also weaken the parent stone of Roue to use tine snll.;t labs and also the
stack anen extent that they often prove, of sulky ;v cultivat' r, both of which are may
bat little value. Exce ice swarming c,la ,teak to centeeueativelylevel laud and
Sydney Rosenfeld and Nark Twain
are working on a uew comedy.
It is reported. that Julia Marlowe is
to appear in a modern society play.
It is said that Rhea, who has settled
near Paris, will become a teacher of
acting.
Manager Lederer is announced to stat
, Dan Daly next season in "The Belle of
New York."
Fanny Davenport's illness is caused
by nervous prostration, complicated by
heart trouble.
Bertha Waltziuger and Maud Hollins
will sing in the De Angelis company
the comiug season.
Colored cords under thin materials of
all sorts is one of the new fancies.
b A costume of dark blue velvet is one
of the cgolest looking dresses imagina-
ble.
A dress of very sheer material is
trimmed with narrow satin ribbon put
on in groups.
The newest sleeves are close fitting.
Those made of thin materials are puffed
or tucked and have frills of lace falling
over the hands.
Among the favorites for summer wear
are tailor made white pique skirts.
They are usually worn with white per-
cale or lawn shirt waists.
Black and white lace is a popular
combination. A very successful style is
a black lace yoke band with the yoke
itself and a collar of white lace.
The military idea is growing rapidly.
There are chevrons, stripes, frogs, belts,
epaulets and jewelry of all sorts and
descriptions with military suggestions.
Lace seems to bo the best liked of all
trimming materials. Large quantities
of it are used, especially on the waist,
while only a small part is employed on
the skirt.'
The number of different flowers worn
on one hat is startling. For example, a
hat in sailor shape had roses, violets,
forgetmenots and lilies of the valley as
a trimming.
A dress of white and pink organdie
has the skirt entirely covered with nar-
taw ruffles, edged with lace. The waist
is made baby fashion and the guimpe
is made of the same silk as the lining
or underskirt.
A princess costume is made of white
erepe de chine. A V shaped front is of
lace, and this is outlined with rows of
narrow black velvet ribbon. The waist
has' epaulets outlined with the velvet,
and there is a broad sash of black vel-
vet. The sleeves are plain, with bands of
narrow velvet ribbon at the wrists.—
New York Ledger.
APHORISMS.
A willing mind =lakes a hard jour-
ney easy.—Massinger.
The rapture of pursuing is the prize
the vanquished gain.—Longfellow.
After a long experience of the world
I never knew a rogue who was not un-
happy. —
nhappy.— Tunius.
Poverty is not dishonorable in itself,
but only when it is the effect of idle-
ness, intemperance, prodigality and
folly. -..Plutarch.
Rn a Leighton has beeu engaged for
the Castle ~quare Opera company, sing-
ing in New York.
Ono of the forthcoming plays in Lon.
don is asserted to be by Oscar Wilde,
although the authorship is not disclosed.
Mark Smith has been especially en-
gaged for the revival by the De Wolf
Hopper company of "The Beggar Stu-
dent."
"Trilby," it is said, continues to be
hissed wherever it is played in Italy.
No ono understands it—neither public
nor actors.
The words "Remember the Maine'
.have been filed in Washington 18 times
for copyright as the title of as many
war plays.
Joseph Whiting will take the place
of W. J. LeMoyue in "The Moth and
the Flame," with Herbert Selsey and
Effie Shannon.
Charles Stanley, who played Tipps,
the Bow street constable, in "The Roy-
al Bos," last season, will continue in
that role with Charles Coghlan.
Annie Irish, who has played princi-
pal roles with W. H. Crane, will suc-
ceed Blanche Walsh in the Frohman
company, playing "The Conquerors."
will also result in no surplus honey enol;
very frequently its not having a sufli- free from tors
Test New England farms have scram
deist ausotiut of often to live on. reel:). fi.'lcla. .`atoll yet ill the fertile
7?ish rtmswarmsoften MI up their hire valleys where teat of the cultivation is
' a -host time and s'varin again,These ' 1 f land free
are
the lanae as ether first bet, sfi genal from segues and nearly as level as the
contain1 Id beingh o 1�
She leavesh hivei thed snit).- plow
.n r douo there is plenty o and as
thee t le n queen, bet, sec tat western prairies. On such land the
tiros of swarming in the same seasorn ! anti also the sulky culti-
e her u saran condi-
vator, whielt are int great favor at the
cion a`; the Date she formerly left,ll have
west, :nay filial at useful place. - Resides
ing queen arils, and second to s ar n the aailvauta gra of coming the weight of
issue if the cells axe left toainature. TISO a the cultivator ou wheels, and thus run-
autnunt of storage room given a coignc i ning it through the soil, the sulky cul -
leas much to do in governing swarms. N
and if the bees are kept confined be the l tivatt . cultivates a row of corn hills
brood chamber of hive exclusively they k righthrough up to the ttee hill
lam n the time
i tManna:
have oes
will swarm more reality than if et they tultiv:ter goes through, it is usual toga
y
swarm than others, and even souse cote• elllt.',►tau„
f therace are else metre iu Whil,, the sten..y cultivator weeds testi
IllOre than telaiet by the fact that two
home tags keep at work :steadily all
day, wag �le' ala ' latex of draawiug a cold -
The Cyprus bees are inveterate swarm- ' cater thx= aa� an the soil re uir4R a fair a
ers and will frequently swags with single Iai.rr,• fr.yuvnt rests, betel for the
senrcely any lnnlaer in Clic naive, gays A. horse and the num m whoa is gfaint ng the
. Duff in Kansasiarnuer ispresentingcultivator. Tl.c.nt' western classes for the
the information hero given. . sully cult vataer fstinea it 'will cultivate
dnore tlaau twice as many rows of cord.
as eau be dew l.y the single cultivator
Haw to Work Out a Juno Grass Sod, and do also work q- iter.
In answer to a correspondent who
plowed a June grass sod thisspriug and Vegetables That Whom) Well.
G V•1
' yr
tried, with unsatisfactory results, toget The :'clic l:ai.,tn i•tati!%n keeps careful
it into shapo to plant to corn or Iota- i note of the behavior of most of the now
toes, Tho ,:American Cultivator says: I varieties of v..gt.tables sent out by seeds -
There was not time for it to rot down men as well as of standard sorts. Con -
sufficiently. ciently. June grass is really a first ceruing beans it reports that thofoliow-
cousin. to quack grass and.very nearly as ing sorts have given the best satiefao-
bard to manage. The best way to work tion at the station: Cylinder Black
it out is to fall plow and let the frost Wax, Flageolet Victoria. and Golden
pulverize the furrows, sifting out fIuo Wax. Among the better green podded
soil, and breaking gird destroying many varieties are Red Valentine, Cream
of the roots. If you will then begin with Valentine, Stringless (.green Pod and
the .first warm days of spring to culti- i Byers One Bean. Improved Goddard
vase the furrows with a spring tooth as a shell bean would give good satis-
ice un Imttet Toone o store
•.::e; .+i DON'T. 4.44-41,
;c.
Don't think a good imitation of any-
thing bad is good.
Don't try to climb the ladder of fame
on roller skates.
Don't give the baby a knife to aid it
in cutting teeth.
Don't be inanimate. Either pull up
the stream or drift down.
Don't think for a minute that all
fencers know how to build fences.
Don't accuse people of telling false-
hoods beoause they have false teeth.
Don't get the idea into your head
that every man plays cards who tries to.
Don't waste your time trying to dis-
tinguish between a woman's- no and yea.
Don't think the man who entertains
his thoughts is always proud of his
guests.
Don't think the girl who counts on
her fingers ever overlooks the engage-
ment finger.—Chicago News.
ITEMS OF INTEREST. '
A u . r! t'vice in a raw; so as to maim sure of
Sonne races of bees are more inclined to ; ,. up tat the hills. '
Idea o surto horses € + A' I $traddlle tllw' taws' this isdined to swarm than other colonies.
The Italian bees swarm more than the
native black bees, and still other varie-
ties are more persistent in this reeptat,
At the late elections to the reichstag
in Berlin Prince Bismarck received
four votes, the late Count Moltke one
and the kaiser three.
A 400 pound bear walked into a barn-
yard in Proebstel, Wash., and carried.
off a live calf. The citizens organized a
posse and after a long chase captured
bruin, who had hugged the calf to death.
A Sioux at the Rosebud Agency, S.
D., wrote to the United States marshal:
"I want to make coiuplaint_against my
brother for shooting at my mother. He,
naissed her at least a foot."
The mayor of Charleston has. issued
an edict that henceforth no municipal
o0ieor or employee shall remove his coat
while attending to his duties in: the city
hall . He thinks that the custom of re.
:Droving the coat has shown a laok of re-
spect to citizens compelled to do busie
nese with pupae officers.
drag, the old sod will be made into a
mellow seed bed. You can get some-
thing from it this year by cultivating
until near July and sowing buckwheat.
That will keep down most of the ,Tune
faction.
Henderson's was the only one of the
bush. Iimas to :nature edible beaus be-
fore the plants were killed by frost.
In lettuce for forcing purposes Grand
grass until fall, and next year the sod Rapids, of the loose growing sorts, and
will be in excellent condition to be Tennis Ball or Rawsou's Hothouse, of
plowed up for corn. There is a prep- the cabbage heading sorts, have given
dice among farmers against following the most satisfactory results.
All Seasons, Half Century,Landreth's
Earliest, Italian Ice, Simpson's Curled
and Wonderful are recommended for
outdoor planting.
buckwheat with corn. The sole reason,
we think, is that the buckwheat is usual-
ly grown on land that does not dry out
soon enough to allow corn to grow. But
a June grass sod that has been rotted
down by smothering it with a thick
growth of buckwheat is, we think, in
excellent condition for growing corn or
any other crop the following year.
Mustard For Garnishing.
Few people realize what a treasure
the Giant Southern Curled mustard is
for garnishing when well grown. On
rich soil where m=istiir'e is plenty the
leaves grow to great size and are beau-
tifully crimped and ruffled along the
edges. One large leaf torn in two length-
wise will often be sufficient for an or-
dinary sized platter of cold meat, as
only one layer of leaves can be used on
account of the edges being so full and
wide. Many people like it as a sort of
relish to the meat, and if young, tender
leaves are selected they are very tasty.
It grows readily from seed, sowing
itself, so that when once planted it con-
tinues to come up year after year. It
does not kill easily with frost and oan
often be found in good condition for use
as late as November. —Viok's Magazine.
Hints For Handling Comb Honey.
A clever suggestion originates with a
correspondent of the Canadian Bee Jour-
nal: In every crate of honey to be ship-
ped put a slip 5 by 8 inches;• printed as
follows:
"Comb honey; how to Handle it.—
You. must not drop it. Hold it only by
the wood, and when removing rt from
the crate, or at any other time, do not
break the delicate oappings covering the
cells, otherwise the honey will run out.
Where to keep it—in a warm, dry room.
No place too warm in which a person
oan live. Never put it in .the cellar, as
honey will draw dampness and cause
the cappings to break and the honey to
leak.
Heaping Ants Ont of Beehives.
Following is the plan of an Arkansas
correspondent of American Bee Journal
Drive four stakes of old gas pipe (wood
will do) into the ground the height you
wish the hives to stand. Put the bottom
boards on them, clean out all grass or
weedsand take sortie candle wicking
and saturate` with coal oil and bind
around each post so that the ants cannot
ascend without crawling over it, and I
guarantee none will get into the hive.
When the wick gets too dry, saturate
again.
Profit From Poultry and Fruit. a
The orchard is never injured by fowls,.
but, on the contrary, excellent work is
done by poultry in destroying insects.
According to an exchange, every one
who has an orchard and does not keep a
flock is losing a profit that is more easi-,
ly secured than in any othei+ manner
with gs there is ne additional
interest on land to add to the cost. The
free range of the orchard, with the trees
for shade, will assist in greater egg pre:
duction and wben the hens have broods
of chicks thore is no better location than
to make each hen comfortable in a lit-
tle rani ander a tree, where the chicks
can be permitted to have their freedom.
It is not well to have the grass too high
in an orchard if fowls are to use the
ground. A well kept orchard is the one
to use, and a combination; of poultry
and fruit gives the farmer` a profit frotl ,
the fowls while waiting for his young' a
trees to come into bearing. . -, x.'l
Agricultural Brevities,
Sugar beets are properly a factor in
only the highest type of agriculture.
They demand careful labor, and with .
this they yield high returns, but are not
satisfactory without it.
The reaction of the soil can be easily
tested by pressing into its moistened
surface slips of litmus paper such as
can be found at drug stores. If the soil
is acid, the blue paper will be turned
red; if it is alkaline, the red paper will
be turned blue.
In regard to celery plants going to
seed T. Greiner says in Farm and Fire -
aide that the most probable cause of the
trouble is that the seed for the plants
was sown too early:
A chemical journal reports a new
German discovery in "anilite," which
is to be used to inoculate seed or soil ;
with micro organisms which are cepa- 1
ble of extracting nitrogen,. from the air
and supplying it to the cereals during
their development. •
The farm horses need specially good
grooming and care during the hard
work and heat of haying time.
A Vermont grape grower advises not
to use stable manure on vines after they
begin to bear, as it will cause too rank
a growth of vine, and the fruit will not
ripen well Apply fertilizers which are
very rich in phosphoric acid.