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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-02-07
She's looking as straight"

| SEe hooking as SlIal Snl-
.'There, there, lass; you don't see.
say when she was smiling as she IS now,
and the dimplos dance and deepened and
her eyes sparkled and she shook her
queenly head, them golden curls would
always fail like glittering rings, and she
was beautiful as-an angel-look at her
now, lass
"Why, gran'pa, she's just the same all
the time. I'll go and ask mamma"
And she ran away to tell them, with
great tears in her eye, that grandpa said
grandma's hair in the oil picture was
prettier than hers.
They left hiiu alone with her. To him
she was never o!d. He rs the face of
the long ago, the fairest Of all to him.
He holds the picture so that the sun
beams will fail among the golden curlz,
and gazes with all OF lovers pride upon
the vision OF beauty. Unconsciously his
hand brushes the picture rs If stroking
back one OF the straying curls his fancy
sees. lie kisses it again and again, muir
muring the fond love-names. and whis-
pering words no other on earth must
hear. His heart is thrilled with the pas
sion-spell. His soul is free from the
thrall Of years aad lives in his Own i'm
morlal youth. The form that he knows
80 well and the face that is fairsst of all
have never changed in all the years to
loves sweet idolatry.
The angel that smiles from the golden
curls and the spirit that worships in
hate!ess youth are joined in heavenly
mystery. Seeing not es mcrtsls see,
knowing not as morrals know, yet some
where this side the eternal shore they
wander on in limigless way.
Uncle Abe on the Artcsian Well.
Atlanta Journal.
Uncle Abe was standing near the ar
tesian well closely Watching the count
less number of persons, black and white,
coming to the flowing stream, and TAX
ing tt cir turns at the single dipper, 20
slack their thirst. : D-Kalb county d.rky
jumped down firm his wagon and
crowding in drank two dippers' full 70
water before handing the dipper over to
some one else. lie smacied his lips, re-
makeiug:
~ golly, dat waters good, shows you
BON!
Uncle Abe observed with philo=oph-
lcal air, as he pushed his spectacles high
er up on hi. forehead:
In course hits good; h;ts bound ter
be good. for hit comes 2,OO9 foo. from
der intrils Of der veth, and hits bin
scandalized 10y PERI, seer White, der bes'
gymnas from der state Universary, an
wat yer thinl. lie say hits got in hit:"
Il dun ne, said the DeKalb darky, as
he graspsd the dipper and took a fresh
drink.
''Wen, he say dera is ten grains of OK
hide gas, ten grains cowbonic gas, ten
grains foXforus, and seventy grains OF
hyderfodir in dat water. You know hits
boun' TO be good. See how fat General
Bonn his gittin'-dat's tease yer well,
you bet" and Uncle Abe Grinned in glee
at his sage remarks.
The DeKaIb darksy scratched his wool
and said, Hit do taste powerful ob der
rawhide."
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-01
LADIES OF THE SOUTH,
A ROMANCE OF THE WEST.
Industry Made to Ten in an Unexpecte
EVay--Storv of a Ring.

Industry Made to Ten in an Unexpected
Way--Story OF Ring.
There goes a young man who has ro-
nance" remarked a wen known citizen of
St Paul to a reporter. as he looked through
the window, as a young man of perhaps 25
passed up First avenue, remarkably hand
some lady leaning upon his arm ''Ten you
about it, Certainly; only won't give you
the names of the parties, FOR if / did you
would print it and nearly every one IN the
city would recognize in the couple two well
known Minneapolis people.
sSome years ago the young man worked in
one Of the big mills and was looked upon as a
good man in his position. One day a party
of ladies visited the mill. among them the
lady you saw him with While looking at the
different things around the mill this young
lady dropped from her finger into a lot OF
wheat which was being stored valuable
diamond ring which had been presented te
her by her mother, who had died some years
before
~Of course, the young lady was nearly
hearthrolzen and refused to be comforted by
her friends. This young man, who was
standing near when she dropped the ring,
saw the whole thing and madeup his mind &C
recover the ring. That evening. as soon as
his work was done, he went to the bin II
which the wheat had been stored and there
accompanied by friend, sifted all the wheat
and placed it in bags. 1t was nearly morn
ing when he found the ring. The wheat was
then emptied back into the bin and the young
man went home. When he went TO worl
again he went TO the head miller and sue
ceeded in being released for the day. His
next move was to dress himself in his bess
suit and return the ring TO the owner
ITO Ter he related how he recovered It
and by his pleasing manners 50 eaptivateG
her that she invited him TO call This hs
did. and the friendship thus begun soor
ripened into something stronger The young
lady's father took great liking to the young
man and gave his consent to marriage ar
ranged between him and his daughter Wher
the marriage took place the young man lef
the mill and was started in business by hi,
wifeis father. He is now worth about Sle0
600 and can lay his good fortune to recover
ing the lost ring. ---St. Paul Globe
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-01
SPARE THE PRETTY BIRDS.

Brooklyn Girls Pledge Themselves to
Wear No Plumage on Their Hats. -
The students Of the Packer institute, in
Brooklyn, have for a week past been banding
themselves together into a branch Of the
Audubon Bird Protection society, and have
pledged themselves 70 do their best TO stop
the slaughter Of birds of handsome plumage
for the decoration Of bonnets Their enthu
siasm for the cause was due 10 the appeals Of
Professor Walter Stevens, who is a member
of the Audubon society, and Of the teachers
of the institute. The girls were told they
did not need 70 give up wearing hats they
had already bought, which had bright feathers
for trimming but that they should refuse to
buy any more of them when the hat was worn
out
Four days after these appeals were made
100 slips of printed paper had been handed in
to the teachers, bearing signatures TO this
pledge:
Il pledge myself not to make use Of the
feathers Of any wild bird as ornaments Of
dress or household furniture, and by every
means in my power to discourage the use Of
feathers for decorative purposes
The girls who signed the pledge are hand
ing around among the other girl Of Brooklyn
statistics showing these details of bird
slaughter.
"A single local taxidermist handles 80, 000
bird skins in one year; a single collector
brought back from a three months trip H.
900 skins; from one small district on Long
Island about 10000 birds were brought TO
New York in four months time. In New
York one firm had on hand Feb. /, 1ss6, 200,-
600 skins The supply is not limited by do
nestle consumption. American bird skins
are sent abroad. The great European mar
kets draw their supplies from all over tho
world. In London there were sold in three
months from one auction room 404, AGA West
Indian and Brazilian bird skins, and S56, ,3S9
East Indian birds In Paris lO0,0 900 African
birds have been sold by one dealer in one
year One New York firm recently had a
contract to supply 10000 skins Of American
birds 20 one Paris firm. These figures tell
their own story--but it is a story which
might be known even without them; we may
read it plainly enough in the silent hedges,
once vocal with the morning songs OF birds,
and in the deserted fields where once bright
plumage flashed in the sunlight New
York Sun
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-01

"Wolf teeth in horses do no harm. and
should be let alone.
Soft naples make the best quick growth
trees for the timberless states
The Arabian horse has morE endurance
than those of any other breed More
even than the mustang.
A strong solution of alum water ap-
Piled several times a day win remove
warts from animals
When a tree drops its fruit over the
fence of a boundary line that fruit still
belongs to the owner of the tree.
1t has been found that one cock for
twenty-five hens is quite enough to fertil-
ize the eggs. More do mischief
An agriculturist thinks it is better to
have corn seeded down with grass than
with weeds, as most corn fields are.
Experiments on the tomato at the
Michigan Agricultural college proved
the variety called Nisbit's Victoria to be
the most productive, freest from rot, and
to germinate nearly as early rs the earli-
est.
Farmers in a neighborhood could club
together and buy thoroughbred stall
lion, q pure bred bull or ram, and thus
improve the stock of the whole country
round about ON the cooperative plan Ii
would be a paying plan too.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-01
pEHsoNAL MENTION.

Carrie Weiton, a somewhat eccentric lady
Of Waterbury, Conn. who was frozen 70
death while ascending Pixies peak two years
ago, left $50. eco TO the Society for the Pre-
vention Of Cruelty 70 Animals Her rela-
tives contested the will. but the case has just
been decided m favor of Heury Berg. repre-
senting the society.
Griswold LorIllard has declared war on
the present style Of dress suits, although they
may now De e1nbellished with white SIX
vests and pique shirt fronts. At the Tuxedo
ball he appeared in 3 coat without any tail
and a scarlet vest. The effect was dazzling.
Prince Bismarck has resumed his little din
ner parties He invites a few gentlemen to
each, prefers to see them Informally dressed,
insists upon frank talk and gives them two
wines only--a good red wine first and very
dry champagne afterward.
Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spoffortl peyTetrates
the worst abomination in the shape Of new
~ coined word IN her story in Harper's
Weekly. She uses ~taIlth7 for height That
coinage viii scarcely pass current
NJ lie Conppey. the senior professor Of the
piano at the Paris conServatoire, has just sent
in his resignation after ffty-eight years Of
uninterrupted teaching at that Institution.
NJ lie Couppey is now in the 9TH year Of his
age
Bancroft, the historian, has collected and
classified all the material for his history up 10
the war Of the rebellion He has not done
much literary work since the death Of his
wife, however.
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge has Just de-
clded that dogs shall not he allowed ON ths
streets of London unless muzzled or led by
string
Canpanini, the great tenor is to undergo
another surgical operation in the hops Of inl-
proving the purity of his voice.
Caleb Chusatemuch, the first aud only In
dian graduate of Harvard, was duly repre-
sented in the students torchlight procession.
Ernest Schjlhng still rings up fares ON the
Sixth avenue line, and avoids any allusion to
the absence of his wife.
Baroness Burlett- -Coutts is to accompany
her husband on his tour 10 this country,
planned for next spring.
Joseph Pulitzer's profits this year as pro
prietor OF The New York World, it IS said.
win reach s600,o0o
The first jew 70 SIT in the upper legislative
house Of Prussia was the late Baron Karl
Rothschild.
Henry n Howe, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's
only son, has joined the ranks of Bostonesa
magazine writer's.
Mrs. Don Cameron's new baby is one Of
the pets Of Washington society.
Paul Philippoteaux is painting his fourth
canvas Of the battle Of Gettysburg.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-01
oottonwooa snnssitute for Poplar.

Among the varieties of lumber the
supply Of which is already becoming
limited may be mentioned whitewood or
tulip tree. known in the south as pop
lar. In some portions of the south cot
tonwood is taking the place Of white
wood. In Chicago. the TisabcTssafs
saws. cottonwood lumber has made its
appearance. and large future contracts
viii be made if favorable transporta-
tion rates can be secured. This timber
finds its true home south, central Hli-
nois being its northern limit Of success
full growth. 1t is found in the river
bottoms. although it attains consider
able size oven well up IN Wisconsin and
Iowa on the Mississippi bottoms In
the south it is a common tree of the low
| lands. single trees yielding from 1000
to 900 feet of lumber each. Tennessee
Il rich in this timber and available TO
| our markets. once the value of the lum-
| Der il fairly established. 50 far rs can
Be learned its principal use has been
| for pump logs and other ttbes for con-
viewing water. Whitewood heretofore
has been used for this purpose. In
price us compared with whitewood
In the st. Louis market cottonwood
lumber sells at $I4 and whitewood 81
SlS per thousand feet
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-01

Jesse Owen is model butter dairy.
man OF Elmira, n Y. The Dairy Vrorid
DDS: 'li'' ~
lie endeaFors 10 make as much hutfer
IN winter az possible. IN the fall he 1lsed
70 take his milk from the cellar and mt
u IN room above ground, but he now
heats the cellar by steam when ueeessaT.,,
and keeps the milk there the wear r,nv4'
lie maintains the temperature Of the col
lar at 62e 10 Cos for setting rafIi- Tvho
cellar is 50 dry that he frequently gfvas II
wetting. Il Is in the basement ~ 49,
dairy house, and nothing else is t-ert
theie. lie has boiler, with a tgyo-borss
power engine, for churning. He has his
cows come IN during the fan as far as r,rs-
sl5le lie lays down bushel Of corn and
Dushel Of cats in his windmill RE n7,fs
a bushel Of this with a bushel Of vbest
bran and feeds each COW four auarts q
Gay when in milk, also feeding good ba7r
in his large barn in cold weather fTe
temperature never goes below 45o He
uses spring water, which never freazes
In winter he waters his cattle only orce
q day OF course he does not vet ft,ife
as much milk in winter a. in srgro1,,f,.
lie cuts his corn early and feeds tbaf
lie gets more butter Ia November +ba,, ~,
any other month in the year He has
only Jersey grade stock. and raises fen
calves year, which are supposed to re-
pienish his dairy. He feeds the calves
with skim milk for the first month ard
then begins to feed a little hav and Grain
lie averages from 2j0 TO 21S uoupds ~
butter year from each COW.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-01

Celery intended to be taken to market
must not be removed from the pit or row
while 1t is green. 1T is not sala6Ie in that
condition The preparing for market Is
Ihe most expensive stage through which
the crop passes. Every separate.roC,t' b,,a
TO be dug trimmed, knitted, washed and
packed Sometimes two, or even three
roots are required TO make q bunch
equivalent 20 one good sized root Ten
dozen punches, even after the digging
ana bringing into the shed, win make a
lafee d9y work for one man to prepare
for market
Celery is usually packed in boxes Of
three dozen in each. If the celery Is
large, often two aud a half dozen win
I'LL the box. Celery cannot be grown
counting every root, for less than four
cents per root At wholesale the price
of celery varies from 81 80 to SG roI. nov
Of woand a half to three dozen, according
to the season.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-01

A curious lawsuit is in progress in small
town in Saxony. A man caught a rat, tied a
small bell round its neck and let il 60 again,
as he had heard that such rat would scare
every other rat out Of the house The plan
succeeded, aud his house in a few days was
clear of the plague. A few nights later, how
ever, his neighbor's family were nearly fright
ened oct of their wits by hearing the mys.
terious sound of a bell in various parts of the
house. They came to the conclusion that the
house was haunted, until the servant girl
accidentally heard Of their neighb0rs doings,
who now is 70 be fined. If be loses the SUIT,
for creating a nuisance. Chicago Herald.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-01
Eillinr Washes.

Recently we have taken advantage of
the comparative leisure on the farm to do
something toward stopping washes. In
many places we found little washes
started ON the upper side of bitches Our
practice for some years has been TO leave
an unplowed strip three or four feet wide
elong The upper margin of bitches to stop
washes and filter ont the dirt coming
down from above. 1t works admirably,
out sometimes, Notwithstanding this pre-
caution, little washes have started. We
had hand with a wagon load of leaves
follow each ditch on stubble land, throw
Raves in each wash, and where rocks
We're convenient put some Of them at the
lower end Of the wash to hold the leaves in
place. In the absence of rocks few
stubs may be driven across the mouth.
Leaves not only catch and hold dirt, but
enrich the spot, and next year grass and
weeds viii spring up in the wash and
inter out the dirt passing through them.
very little work of this kind every
summer VIII keep farm in excellent
condition. II should be done in summer
or autumn, so as to be ready for the win
Ter rains; not in spring after those rains
have done their destructive work. South
ern CultiVator
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-01
Food for the Sick.

Solid food should never be given to a
sick person without the Doctors special
permission. He viii say when, in his
Judgment. its use may be begun safely,
and thus the nurse is relieved from all
responsibility. A eonvalescent's diet
should be digestible and tempting The
appetite is beginning to return and must
be encouraged. except after typhoid
fever, when it has to be suppressed
During extreme illness food is a dis
agreeable necessity, to be disposed of as
quickly as possible. There is no de-
sire for it, it is swallowed under COM
pulsion as necessary but nauseous
medicine ana to escape from the oppor-
tunities of the nurse. In convalescence
1t is looked forward TO with eagerness,
and the dainty repasts are the events Of
the day. They should be made TO look
as enucing rs they can be, and all the
appointments should be daintily bright
and clean. A teaspoonful of tea spilled
in the saucer from full cup seems q
trifling matter to a well person, but il
is enoughto spoil the comfort OF an in
valid's meals Food that is intended to
be hot must be served very hot on q
well warmed plate set over a bowl OF
boiling water and covered in its transit
from the kitchen. 4 cup Of lukewarm
soup would be sent away antasted,
whereas if it had been really hot il
would haze been eaten and enjoyed.
Things that are intended to be cold
should be left in the ice box. or the
cool dairy, until the last moment before
serving 1epid blanc mango is not an
inviting article Of diet and custard,
which would be delicious ice cold. loses
its attractiveness when it is milk warm.
Straw berries and all fruit should be
placed on a plate over bowl filed with
chopped ice, and sliced tomatoes should
be laid on ice. Attention to these little
points makes all the difference between
comfort and discomfoIs. between food
being refused as unpalatable, or eaten
with relish. The prettiest china that the
house affords should be brought out tc
embellish the convalescenfs tray. The
eve must be pleased as well as the pa
late, and 4 victory is won when the in
valid saws, .'Oh. how delicious it looks!'
Butter should be rolled into tiny balls
with the grooved paddles sold for the
purpose, and bread cut in delicate
slices divided into four. r.-Elizdbeth Roo
f,,sa,a Seo3,a IA Good housekeeping.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-01
To be continued.
criticIs,n Of Unwholezome Fictior


There never was a more unwholesome
idea than that every human passion is to
be written about. There are many things
which can not be written about without
doing almost unmitigated mischief. 1t
is not the moral put in at the tag-end OF
the book, and which nobody reads, which
shows its moral tendency. 1t is not only
the way in which a subject is handled
which does harm or good. 1t is the sub
jects that are handled. The fact that a
nation produces and reads novels written
on foul subjects is a fearful test Of its
state of mind, and no amount OK moral
writing on foul subjects viii cure it.
The only possible salvation for it is to
draw its attention elsewhere. 1t must be
educated to something better.-The Spec
tator
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-01
westward Course of Civilization.

Iwonder no philosopher has ever tried
to solve the problem why civilization
always travels west. suppose there is
no doubt whatever that once upon q
time China was the most civilized nation
in the world. The Celestial spot is about
as far east as you can get in the old
world. Next India was great, then
Greece ruled the world till Rome, still
further west, conquered her and held
the rod til more western nations took il
from her. Then England and France
became recognized as the leaders of civil
ization and fashion, until IN its western
course, the wave crossed the Atlantic
and reached America. a.-"C Cosmopolitan
in Globe Democrat
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-01

In the city markets part OF the year
are TO be seen onions of enormous size.
They are plainly onions, but four TO SIX
times as large as the. fiery, tough little
vegetables that pass under the name or
dinarily. They are sold by the pound.
and large ones weigh as much as pound
and half, sometimes more. In the eat
ing Of them it is found that they are as
mild as they are big The fire and biting
quality seems TO be spread through the
large bulk till the flavor l. quite lamb
ike, compared to our northern onion.
Marketmen tell us this is the Spanish
onion. 1t grows in Bermuda largely,
and Is shipped thence to the United States.
When one tastes it Il seems To dawn on
nm why the Spanish and Italians like
onions so well. II is one Of the main
crops Of export from Bermuda.
This fine favored, mild, big onion could
not probably be acclimated In the northern
states. But there III no possible reason
why IL should not grow and produce abun-
dantly at the south. II is 20 agreeable -
Taste that, were ii once made common,
everybody, even young ladies, would eal
onions 1t leaves little taint ON the breath
compared TO the common onion. south
ern truck farmers conld ada larrely e
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-01

We must increase the size Of cur stock.
not by crossing with other breeds. but
by iudicious selection of larger. better
constitutional merinos, having fewer
wrinkles, less grease and longer staple.
II can be done, and that too In "a season
able time, by selection and good keeping.
other breeders of fine wool sheep, who
have found their sales falling Off since
the decline in the price Of wool. are taking
the same view Of the situation. They
viii endeavor TO get the wrinkled merino
pelts to unfold smooth out and cover a
larger carcass. 1t win not longer do to
ignore the mutton value of a sheep in
addition to what it can do in the produc-
tion of fine wOol-New England Farmer.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-01

Since the INTRODUCTION Of rpaUiner and
moving machines the practice Of throw.
ing land mp into ridges to dispose Of sur
Plus water has gone into disfavor. Ia so
far as this has induced understanding it
has been an advantage, but an open fur
row on the surface is far better than uo
way for disposing of surplus water. Win
ter grain especially needs surface drain
age, as quite often the surface is flooded
while the soil is frozen, so that water can
not soak down to the underdrain. Land
for spring plowiug is all the better for
being thrown into the ridges this fan.
1t can be got at several days earlier than
If the surface is level, and if desired in
The spring the ridges may be pl0wed
doWn.-American Cultivation
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-01

In the fail butterflies are always seen in guam
titles ON sunny days flying eastward The
editor says I'VE sat talking to friend about
an hour on Monday morning, with an open
space Of 100 yards or more Immediately ia
front Of Us, and counted the migrating pill
grims passing before US, averaging one to
every minute Myriads may be seen in the
open piny woods. Camilla Ga Clarion.