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FARM AND HOUSE.
What to Mix with Hen Manure.

1t is mistake to suppose that poultry
manure is made better by any mixture
of any other matters. Nothing added to
it can improve it in any way further than
the value of the additional matter itself.
The common impression that hen ma
nure should he mixed with wood ashes to
improve it often leads to mischief from
ignorance of the effect produced. This
manure contains considerable free am
monia, and ammonia is very volatile, as
may be known by its escape from the
common smelling. bottle which is filled
with carbonate of ammonia, which Is
precisely what is contained it the man
IRE. BY mixing any alkaline substance,
as potash or lime, with the manure the
ammonia is driven off in vapor and the
manure is injured to that extent. There
is nothing gained and something may be
lost by this addition, unless it is done
wisely. lfany mixture should be done
the best time for it is at the time when
the manure il to be used, and then q
mixture of hen manure, wood ashes, and
plaster in equal portions would make an
excellent fertilizer.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-03-03
The Machine in Education.

We hear much of the bad effects Of
machine politics, but it is questionable
if the evils of machine education are not
far worse. By machine education We
mean the rigid, mechanical, aw-estab-
lished routine applied to great multi
tudes Of children of all conceivable sorts,
who are got together in large establish
ments and submitted to operations that
90 under the nane Of mental Cuitlvation.
Machine education is of the very H1owest
sort, and the best that can be said 81 tits
that it is barely better than nothing at
all. The worst difficulty is that it is
not capable of Improvement. The method
itself is radically false, so that the i'm
provements of il but make it worse At
the same time it borrows Influence from
its enormous extension and the author
ity by which it is enforced. The ed
ucation factories run in series each has
a'complex grading, and the different in
situations are intimately belted with each
other, and all driven by the motive pow
er of legislation. AS might be expected,
the whole system is run with view to
popular effect, which is necessarily fatal
to the best results.
If the reader will refresh his memory
in regard to the first principles of men
tai cultivation by reading the article:
found elsewhere in our pages, entitled
Brain Power in Education" he will get,
clear idea of what must be the nee
essary outcome ofeducational mechanics.
In the work of the school there
are two modes of dealing with the
brain; --s<it ean be stored
with information, or strengthened in its
functional operations. True education
consists IN the development OF brain
power in accordance with the laws of its
activity, and is simply and always dis
cipline in spontaneous self. exertion. In
the attainment of this object the sngi-
neer of the educational machine has
very little to do. The office of the
teacher is important, but it consists in
encouraging, melting and arousing the
pupil to put. forth his own efforts, and
when this is most effectually done the
result is notS of that conspicuous kind
that is suitable to make a snowy impress
sion at public parade. a<No method has
yet been devised for exhibiting such re-
suits that is not full of rank injustice and
that does not put premium upon infe-
rior work.-Popular Science FMonthly
for February. ~~ssss. sksas~ss,..
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-03-03
Bad Report From Brazil.

If Don Pedro were to die, there might
be aHafclly iii Rrazil," writes an Ameri-
can civil engineer and statistician, who
has lived there. The emperor's heir,
daughter, is complete devotee, crawl
ing on her knees, and kno wing nothing
of the state. while the imperial powers
are even now insignificant and the pop
tllation Of Brazil Is grossly oyer.estimated
probably not being 5000; oG0 Of all kinds,
and af Information about the country
there Is next to nose. Rio has not over
5000 people though put down at twice
as much; There is no free trade nor yet 81
throwing upon the foreign trade the ex.
penses ofthe teventie, and lumber III
broiight from North America, Yotyith-
Standing The timber iltnglBs Of tie Anna
zon valley, the inhabitated parts of Bra
I'll being very shrubbily wooded. The
two great peoples of South America are
the Tia Plata cUfifedefacies and the Chill
ians, who will some day probably por-
ton South America between them"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-03-03
You Whistler, You!

"sirI" BALD policeman the other night
to a young man who was whistling on bis
way home the music he had been dane.
ing to. "Sir?" responded the young
man, stopping In the middle Of bar
There's. ne b., against whistling In the
streets after midnight any more than at
any other time" said the policeman,
halftapologetically; "But / teally must
ank yet to stop whistling." 'Yes?" said
the young man, inquiringly. Eyes, !
really must. Of course you do it thought
lessly, but it is very annoying to nervous
people. The other day lady sent for
me " hen was Oh the other side of the
street | ran across with, the servant,
supposins that somebody was being
Murdered. Says she to ME: s.'Can't Won
stop this terrible whistIing OH the streets?
Isn't there q law against 1T" No, mad
am, says l, there's no law against it. ]
sometimes request &histlers hot to whis-
tle.. IF they're gentle men they stop. If
they're higgers they DON'T" This APP
peal was irresistible to the young man
Say no more" he said; ON Stop
PHILADELPHIA Record
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-03-03
Money Making Woman Suffrag.

Cincinnati Times Report of National Conyen.
ton at Washington.
Until the sutfragists weed out the ran.
tiers, the "man haters," who are unable
to rise to calm and natural discussion OF
the subject, they will not gain the re.
spect of anybody-they win not have the
respect even of themselves. The argu-
ments of such women as Phoebe Cou2ins,
OFFS Louis; Mrs. Shattuck, of Boston,
and Il few Others who addressed the con-
vention. would have weight with any
lady Of intelligence: yet the ridiculous
talk of many others who might be named
serve to drag down the work of these in
telsgent, clear-headed woman to the
level where none of them can get respect
due some oftheir members. Until those
at the herd of the association use discre
ton in making up the list of orators for
these occasions this sort of thing will go
on,
Another curious and absurd feature OF
these conventions is that they degenerate
into begging school. At the close OF
every lecture some one announced that
she had this or that work for sale. 1.-THE
History of Women Suffrage" "The Wo-
mems Advocate" and dozen concerns
of this sort were trotted out by Susan B.
Anthony or some of the sisters, and
everybody urged to buy, The result
was that every body was disguised.
"Do you know" said lady to me to-
day in talking of the convention and OF
the women who take part in il, edo yon
know that these wsmen make money
ont of this business"
"No"
'Well they do. 1t makes them at least
good living, and in many cases much
more. Some of them are wealthy, and
got so through their woman suffrage
work"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-03-03
Street FLirtRtiOns.

A lady who has given the subject Of
street t1irtations some attention declares
There is aashing holiness to the girls
of the present day that is not only dis
gushing, but exceedingly dangerous
dangerous because it engulfs in ruin our
cons as well as our daugh ters. BY their
manners they invite gentlemen to form
their acouaintances, even going so far as
to acc st them on the streets" There is
no doubt in the world that many girls
and young women are lacking in the
modesty That would entitle them to gem
teel consideration, and it is quite as man.
ifest that they are as largely responsible
for the presence on the streets of the in
decent creature known is the ''mashers"
as is the deptaved natures Of snch men.
Il is as nice matter to look after the
girls as it is to drive the ''betrayers"
from the streets. 1t is 4 brazen, man in
deed who speaks TO woman who offers
him M sort of announcement"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-03-03
History of the Odd-Fellows.

The Odd-fellows society originated in
London, England, about 1745. In 1900
the lodges in London and Liverpool
were known as the London Order. In
1869 the order was introduced into Man
chester by member from London, and
in 1914 the lodges in that town were con-
solidated into the Manchester Unity. A
number of independent unities soon
came into existence and overpowered
the earlier lodges, SO as to control the
order and substitute an "annual moving
committee" for the local grand lodge.
In 1875 the Manchester Unity had 4,029
lodges with 496 $50 members and a tund
of $l6,S0S $40. Payments had been
made in benefits to the amount OF $l5,-
392. 5S2. Societies We're organized In
the United States in 1906, and in 1871,
on Feb. %, the Washington lodge OF
MARYLAND surrendered its English char,
ter, and the Grand Lodge of Mary land
and the United States was organized.
In l843 the severance of the American
order and that of the Manchester UNITY
became complete. In 1875 the member
ship was 465, Os7, with fund OF S4,5so,'
000
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-03-03

wages, good homes, are well fed and able
to dress much beyond their station. But
well-born, delicate girls, chuck full OF
pride and airs, who prefer to stand In
shops TO stewing over a stove, and soon.
er than be caught wrestling window,
and doing house, kitchen or chamber
work for 80 week, lodged and boarded,
and will work in shoe-shops and factor.
les for 81 and $3 week, or sew and
make pants at starvation wages, or stand
eighteen hours behind a counter for the
munificent pay of S. week and board
themselves. The result is that tie SER
want girls prosper and do well. Their
ranks are made up almost entirely of
foreigners, so great is1the prejudice to
working ont among American-born girls.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Improved Tomato.

At "a recent meeting of Massachusetts
Horticultural Society, the tomato came
up for discussion, and majority of the
members asserted that there had been
no gain in earliness of ripening during
the past twenty or even forty years. The
Hon. Marshall P. Wilder said that the
tomato was introduced into Salem, Mass,
eighty years ago, and he agreed with
those who thought it had made no ad-
vance in earliness since its first introduc-
ton. These conclusions will scarcely ac-
cord with the statements frequently
made in seedsmen's catalogues, ibut we
are inclined to think that they are true.
1t might also be said that there has been
but slight gain in quality, and none in
size or productiveness.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-03-03

In regard to this matter we believe nj
a great measure in destiny. Some wo-
men are born to be good wives and moth.
ers, no matter what their SURROUNDINGS
may be. They remain pure in any at
mosphere. They fulfill their. desti NY.
They gladden. the good mans home,
they bear him children, and 60 ON to
the end pure, stainless, self sacrificing
wives. Others again come into the world
only to recruit the grand army of women
who seem to have imbibed taste forsin
from the hour of their birth. They love,
laugh, drink and die without having
ever known serious emotion. And OF
such are those girls who leave their
homes, and willingly and with their eyes
open turn the first page of the Phryne
volume. They are moths upon whom
all sympathy is wasted though prehaapps
one in a hundred may repent. Inc
hundred we have seen, but the one has
not yet appeared.-san Francisco Ex-
change.
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Such Young Men Should Not Lose
Favor


Favor.
When young man, whose intelli-
gence and attractive manners, and not
his bank account, secure to him pass
port among charming society women,
finds that parties, and assembly"
dances, and the opera and such like,
cost more than he can afford, he is wise
if he determines to cut the whole thing,
and brave, too, if he dares to give his
reasons. We have lately heard of a
case in point. Young Percy Warburton,
whom everybody knows as a general ia
vorite, among men as well as women,
told some of his lady friends, the other
night, that he would be charmed to
dance "the german" with them every
night in the week, but that he couldn't
afford bouquets like the other men, and
if flowers were prime requisite he
would have to give up dancing. He
said: You know my salary is small,
and / have to dress tolerably well, and,
as it might seem, extensively; though it
ID not SO very expensive in the long run
to get the best materials and have them
well made. / am fond of society,
and like to show my friends that | ap
preciate their kindness, but believe
that they will respect me all the more if
/ confess my inability to incur, honesty,
what seem to be necessary expenses for
a society man. "The notion was getting
abroad that the ambition of all the girls
that were coming out was to get the larg-
est possible number of bouquets; also no
one was considered worth dancing with
unless he could provide his partner with
"Jacqueminots, ""Niels," "Bon Silence"
or Souvenirs" and at the present price
of flowers it seems almost criminal in
one who cannot afford it to spend the
amount of weeks board on a bouquet.
We have not heard how the announce
ment of his determination was received
by Percy's friends, but we are mistaken
in our estimation Of the average sensible
woman if he lost caste or favor by his
honest confession. If his example wers
to be followed by others in circumstan-
ces like his, there would be cause for re-
joicing.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-03-03
British NeDOtiSm.

The impertinent London papers are
making q great deal of sport over the
fact that the queen has appointed her
cousin, his Royal Highness the Duke of
Connaught, K. g., g. G. b., to be Geld
marshal and aid-de-camp to Her Males.
ty in recognition of the valuable SER =.
he rendered the government during the
Egyptian war. As his, Highness Oh.
served the bombaedrnent from the decl
of tie vessel, and after the flight of Ara
bi made his entree at the head of the
Household Guards into Alexandra. II
would appear that the honor is very.well
placed, and that the ridicule of the hire
ings OF the venal press is misapplied.
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How the Montreal Girls Dress.


81 must tell how these girls dress"
said New York woman to her husband.
"First they start with flannel from head
to foot--and such fanneli Why, It's an
inch thick. Then they go on like other
women, except that they put on more
skirts, and usually quilted one that's
hotter than wood fire. Then they put
on a dress, and over that chamois jack
Then they put ribbed WOODEN stockings
over their stockings, and arctics over
their shoes. They don't care any more
about the looks of their feet than the st.
Louis women do. Then put on knit
wristlets, then gloves. then fur or cloth
dolman, then fur cap, and finally coil
of worsted comforters. When they are
dressed, if they are hurled at speed of
a mile a minute from a toboggan they
are unhurt. If they fall through the ice
they are not wet, If the thermometer
drops to fifteen below, they read of it
next day and wish they had known of
it at the time"
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A Fashionable ROunder Mashed.
From New York Letter. ="

] must mention another well-known
man about town who is just now the sem
sation of the hour / refer to ex-Sena-
tor Bob strahan. He has for years been
an awful rounder. never knewa man
with such physique as his. He could
stay up every night Of his life until four
o'clock, and get up at eight o'clock as
bright as button. He is as strong as ea
OK, and Observation-Disclosures. He and
young George Gould were great cronies,
but suddenly two weeks ago, the genial
Bob disappeared, and no one could tell
where he had gone. 1t was sufmised that
he had some big schemes on hand, but
nobody got an linking Of its nature until
shower Of white envelopes descended
upon the city from little village in the
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A Crucial Test.


The very severe che mical test TO which the
various baking powders have from time 10
time been placed have demonstrated clearly
to the publicthe relative merits of the differ.
ent brands from an analytical point of view.
For instance, DIR. Love, the eminent govern.
ment chemist, in his analysis, made tbe com.
paratye Strength as follows:
Cubic Inches
70, Gas evolved
loyal (cream oftartar pcwder)..... 127.O4
,, mara talum powder ................. 1869
yr. frees" ..,,,................... 100 G6
Snow Flake (Grofi 81 .....,.,,.. 101 "a
q II. Andrews 6 Co. s" (ali,m POWDER 1917
The Royal Baking Powder was found ne
sides being of absolute purity, to evolve the
highest amount of leavening gas of apy sfths
powders tested, and hence it was placed al the
head ofthe list and recommended for govern.
ment use. s''ein-
But the crucial test ofthe kitchen is after
all, the most satisfactory to the housekeeper
a baking powder that never fails to make
iight, sweet, wholesomean palatable bread
biscuit, cake, etc, upon all occasi ons is the
one that will be placed at the head oftbe list
py the practical housewife, and received into
ner Kitchen for continuous use. This test the
Royal Baking Powder has stood for over
twenty years without single failure. and
nence Its reputation as the best baking now
u ..s. ~ de has spread from house to house nm.
tllts use has become as universal as ito ,nari,s
are unrivaled. i-''i ''S
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-
Strawberries.

Strawberries may be grown on any soil
that will produce corn or potatoes. A
light clay loan, we'll enriched with rot
ten barnyard manure, il the most fay
orable soil for most varieties. AS soon
as the plants are received from the nur.
sery open the package or box at once,
and if possible plant the same day. II
the ground is not ready, or for other
causes the planting must be delayed,
undo each bundle and head in the plants
in shady place, or cover with moss,
and keep in cool cellar Until ready for
planting. In the garden, plant in rows
eighteen inches apart, and twelve inch
es in the rows; after every third row
leave space of two feet, instead of
eighteen inches, for path. In the field
for cultivation by h )rses, the rows should
be three feet apart, After the beds are
marked out dig q hole fot each plant
large enough to admit all the roots of
the plant without crowding or bending
them over. Then spread the roots in
the hole and carefully sprinkle pulver-
lied soil upon them until the hole is
half filled; and press the soil firmly
around the roots; then fll up
the hole to the crown Of
the plant, but no more, with
out pressing the soil again. If the
ground is very dry, it is better to plant
toward evening and to water the plants
we'll. To secure healthy plants and
bountful crop of ffuit Tie yeat aftef
planting, the plant should not be allowed
to fruit the first season; the, runners
should be cut off before the tips tsks
root and the ground kept loose and free
from weeds. When permanent cold
weather sets in the plants should be
covered with straw leaves, salt hay, or
any other light material, to depth of
about two inches. This mulch is not re-
moved until after the bearing of the
plant. In the spring, when the straw
berry leaves start, open with a pointed
stick OF the hand the mulch over the
crown Of each plant. No uther care il
required before bearing. After the last
picking the mulch is to be taken away
altogether, and the bed cultivated as
during the previous season. A straw
berry bed managed in this way will last
three or four years; therefore, in order
to secure full supply of fruit every
season new bed should be laid out
every second year.-Bliss' Handbook.
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A SONG.

Dear eyes, forbear to weep.
Seeing where heavy lidded sleep
Stands at the threshold on the day,
Ready to bear thy woes away.
Sad heart forbear to break,
Knowing that even the violets wake
And seek the Spring with wisthal eyes
Under the gray of winter skies.
All, Lovel ask not to die,
Watching the moon fade down the sky
A trembling crescent that anew
Roun Dis to bubble 'galnst the blue
And surely we who wait,
unquestioning the gifts of fate,
Waiting, shall find life's boarded sweet
cIung with the tiood-tide at our feet.
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interior of the state. There were invi.
tations to the marriage of the ex-sena-
tor to lovely girl in the little village
alluded to. 1t was q genuine love match.
He met her two summers ago, while
fishing up there, and had never been
able to forget her. You can imagine
that everybody went up to the wedding,
including Roscoe Conkling and ex- Gov
ernor Cornell. They will live happily, or l
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edmund Yates" writes Mr.. JOSEPH

Edmund Yates" writes Mr.. Joseph
Hatton, amused Stanley as much as the
distinguished little crowd who were lis
tening the other night to pathetic Incl
dent of the discovery of Livingstone.
And the old servant lifting up her hands,
exclaimed: ''Taugulla, wollula mungan-
di wangbengp" said Stanley, as we hung
upon the words. ] thought that is what
she would say interpolated Mr.. Yates
in subdued voice. Nobody laughed
more than Stanley. The interruption
was relief to some of our feelings; for
the story wassfull offender pathos. do
not think have quoted corraeI.- she
native words of the natzvs ss1vant. &ut
they are near enough for the purpose.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-03-03
sweet Peas.

There is no annual flower more Gems
pletsly satisfactory for the farm garden
than the sweet PED. It's constant re-
newal of abundant bloom up to the time
of severe frost, the variety and bright
ness and harmony of colors, the sweet
perfume and the long, firm stem, SO con-
venient for nosegay making, give this
fine old fowera first rank. It grows six
or seven feet high and Is equally hand
some in pyramid or cone form Is d sin:
gle clump, or in row as hedge or
screen for which it is specially adapted.
1t requires support, like all other tall
peas, and some of the stakes should
reach to its full height. The seed germ
mates more slowly, and should be plant.
ed either in the fall or very early in the
spring, and rather deep. The only 9th
er special care required is to use the
flowers freely so that little or no seed
may form to exhaust the plants, and to
water copiously once week If drought
occurs. Clean culture by hoeing or
mulching Is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Mag
azine. -
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Donacstics.

Hard is.the lot Of q working1girl. Not
the Estout, hearty ssrving-girl, not to
proud to be servant, nor afraid, nor
able to work. GOOD. competentservants
are always in demand. getting good
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-03-03

George Munro, the New York publish
er, has endowed three new tutorships in
Dalhousie College, Nova Scotia, in Latin,
Greek and mathematics, at 81 900 per
annum each.