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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-09-14

Oh. could die happy just to see that
man in my place"
He lay and watched the man he
hated, but he divided his attention.
His blooGshot agonized eyes were fixed
now ON the splendid barn that had cost
the farmer so many thousands of dol
lars, and was the pride of the surround
ing country. The fellow writhed with
impatience.
81 hope he'll read the writing on the
wall, and recognize the tramp's hand. l
hope he'll-ha-it's working!'
He saw thin spiral of smoke rising
like crooked forefnger from the roof
OF the barn. The farmer sitting now
with his back turned did not see 1t.
The tramp watched 1t and smiled as
Cain might have smiled when he slew
Abel. lie gesticulated fercely as if to
sustain himself in some awful deed;
then another look came into his face
as he saw boy ride gayly up to the
barn, turn his horse loose, and carrying
the saddle on his arm, disappear in
side
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-09-14
GETS IDEAS FOR PREACHERS.
Collegian After Many Failures Has
Finally Got q Good Job.

Collcgian After Many Failures Has
Finally Got q Good Job.
The Cincinnati Times-Star has found
a man who holds the position of agent
for popular preacher in that city. He
was q college graduate and had studied
law, theology, horses, music, the drama
and had tried the newspapers, all with
out success Then he made the dis
covery that the preachers were the
hardest pushed Of all professional men
for IDEAS to incorporate into their SER
mons. The old, old story is all right
us foundation, but 30 many changes
have been rung on it since the year
that 1t takes an extraordinary man to
conceive IN original view Of It,
"Now this" said the agent, "is what
l do. A preacher hires me to wander
about town and report to him little in
cidents or queer ideas that strike me.
He takes these and weaves them into
sermons For instance, q preacher who
hasa largo congregation with much Wis
iting to do could not, If he were so In
clined, visit all the public meetings.
the resorts of gamblers and drunkards.
the factories and slums of the city
am tho eyes through which he sees these
things, and using my information he
speaks learnedly and intelligently of
all phases of life and sets his congre-
cation a-wondcring where he gets
time to see SO much. He is thus en-
abled to interest every element In his
congregation, appearing to the sport
ing men as q sport, to the athlete as
an enthusiast in athletics, to the mu-
sician as a musician, and to the thea
ter-goer as one well versed in the
plays of the day. I also tell him what
the people are saying about him, and
so he is able to talk to the different
classes In way that leads them-ig-
norant of my offices as go-between-
to think him really wonderful In read
ing their thoughts. am liberal In my
ideas. One month I serve Method
list, the next may look at the same
things with Baptist eyes, or Presby-
terian, or may do service for hereto.
l am at present working for a preach
er in this city whose sermons are very
much noticed by the papers, and who
is noted for his original ideas, which
furnish, but for which am well paid"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-09-14
THEY ARE NOT LOST.

The look OF sympathy, the gentle word,
Spoken SO low that only angels heard:
The secret act of pure self-sacrihce
Unseen by men, but marked by angels eyes,
These are not lost
The happy dreams that gladdened all our youth,
When dreams had less of self and more OF truth;
The childhood's faith, so tranquil and so sweet
Which sat like Mary at the Masters feet-
These are not lost
The kindly plan devised for others good.
So seldom guessed so little understood,
The quiet, steadfast love that strove to win
Some wanderer from the ways of sin
These are not lost
Not lost o Lord for In thy city bright
Our eyes shall see the past by clearer light
And things long hidden from our gaze below
Thou wilt reveal. and we shall surely know
These are not lost.
Richard Metcalf, in Christian at Work
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-09-14
The Human Family.

The human family living on earth
to-day, says an exchange, consists OF
about l,45O, 100000 souls-not fewer.
probably more. These are distributed
literally all over the earth's surface
there being no considerable spot on the
globe where man has not found foot
hold. In Asia, the so-called cradle o.
the human race" there are now abou
500, 900, 900 people densely crowded, OF
an average of about 1870 to ever,
square mile. In Europe there are 800,
coo, 900, averaging 100 to the squar,
mile.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-09-14

bers were excluded, and thus we have
only as many different versions of the
story as there were members present.
Which one Of them had the distinction
of telling 1t first, l do not know, but
as there was probably not more than a
couple of seconds between her and the
last one, we will let that pass.
1t appears that an important ques-
tion was before the board and parti-
san feeling ran SO high that ladies
who wore their own hair which they
had paid for felt safer than those who
had not. The vote was taken by the
raising of the right hand, and in the
excitement the ladies lacked the time
for that calm deliberation which
lady needs when she is asked to decide
which is her right hand. In n spirit
of fairness they gave each of their
hands the benefit of any doubt that
might exist, and raised them both.
When the result of the vote was an
nounced 1t appeared that, of every
group of five ladies present, six had
voted In the negative and four In the
affirmative. One of the minority party
thcreupon accused the presiding officer
of counting only one hand apiece for
the weak side and two or three or moro
for tho other, She said that this was
not warranted by parliamentary usage,
and, furthermore, it was just as mean
as it could be. She said this not once
but many times, until finally one of
the majority party stopped talking
herself and heard the remark When
the presiding officer paused in an ad-
dress which she was making at that
time. the lady who had overheard
the charge of fraud reported 1t, and
at last the majority party learned
about it.
Then Vengeance with q large V
arosc and waved her sword. The Of
Tending member by vote of six
fifths to four-iifths of the ladies pres
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-09-14

sode that was transacted ut his back
door when his good wife, who had over
heard the dialogue, handed out some
bread and meat to the tramp.
No, Farmer Leslie knew nothing. of
that. He was watching speclx fur
down in the valley that was n whole
world to him, his boy galloping from
about farmhouse to farmhouse, where
his playfellows lived, showing them his
new possession, the pony his father had
given him for birthday present.
Farmer Leslie did have soft spots in
his heart, but rs / have said, they were
for ''me and mine" He gave no further
thought to the wretched, disheartened
man he had repulsed. He did not stop
to gently scan his brother man, and he
did not believe that to step aside is
human. So he put the object out Of
his mind and gave himself up to the
contemplation of pleasanter themes.
The tramp lay on the side of hill
far enough from the house to be unrecog-
nizable, and ate Mrs. Leslies bounty in
semi-savage mood. These were not
his real table manners-he had not for
gotten them, but II each mouthful he
devoured had been the head of an
enemy, he could not have been more
ghoulish or vicious. Every few mo-
n .ents he would burst into anathemas
of speech:
,Cattle! Curse hiinl What Is hep I'd
like to make him -suffer--yes. would
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-09-14

One - two - three minutes passed.
Nothing had changed except the aspect
of that ti.in spiral of smoke. 1t was
now column cut off from the roof by
blaze that the sunlight shielded.
Farmer Leslie was asleep In his chair.
The tramp rose to his feet. His ex-
preston and the evil purpose that had
possessed him changed to q look of dis
reputable virtue. His form expanded
and grew taller, but he stood as if
rooted to the hills.
Farmer Leslie was aroused now. His
wife and daughter were running here
and there, shrieking fire, and he was
wildly calling for help, TO which sum-
mons his men working in the field re-
sponded But there was no help that
could save the smoldering mass, and no
man that could enter that fiery fur
mace.
Let it burn" shouted the farmer;
thank God, we are all here"
And ut that moment his eye fell on
his sons pony grazing in the field near
by.
''Alfredl" he shouted. as he in tho
house? Where is Alfredo"
A man darted past him and disap-
peared in that seething mass of flame
and smoke. The group paid no atten-
ton to him, but ran distractedly about,
calling the name Of the boy who was
the pride of their lives.
Then there was cry from within, a
smothered cry, taken up and reechoed
by those outside as they recognized his
voice. :
''It is my boy-let me get to himi"
shouted Farmer Leslie, struggling In
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-09-14

the hands of his men. II will save hin.
or die with him."
But they could see the shadow of
man who walked like Shadrach of old
in the fiery furnace, but unlike him
there was the smell of fire on his gar
ments, and If the Saviour of men
walked with him, their eyes were hid
den that they could not see. He car
ried n burden that he had covered with
his tattered coat The fire fought for
him and wound its long tendrils around
him. 1t put out the light in those
bloodshot eyes forever. He was liter
ally blazing when he gathered up the
last remnant of his strength, and threw
his burden to those who met him half
way. Then there was roar and a
crash, and never had man a more mag
nificent funeral pyre than this would
have made But he stumbled Just OUT
side, and fallen beam pinned him to
the earth.
"IIe saved me, father-I was asleep
and he just caught me up in his arms
and ran with me, and, oh, father, you
will give him money and clothes, and
he shall have my pony, and every
thing"
''Yes, yes, please God, will make a
man of him." said the farmer, as he
bent anxiously over the tramp, who,
blind and broken, was coming back to
consciousness.
Father - mother" he murmured,
-you-both-here? Take
my-hand."
Mrs. Leslie and her husband sank
sobbing on their knees, and each took
a hand of the poor outcast.
'It's-getting-light," he said, Il
must-get-up."
He tried to rise but the effort was
useless. His poor head refused to
move.
II know" he said in clear voice,
'it's-the-boy. Is-he-s safep"
Safe, and 1t is you who saved him.
Live, my friend, that we may show you
how grateful we are," said the farmer,
suddenly humanized.
"Yes-I-saved him-and lost-my.
self Perhaps God will know, and take
this into account. Forgive me-"
"Whatl For saving my boys lifep"
mo" There was brief death
agony, then a look of peace as life's
latest breath drifted with the words:
II would have been u murderer II | had
let him die in the flames that-my-
hand-kindled"- NJ L. Rayn g, In
Detroit Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-09-14

Mistress (who has long suspected
her servant Of having follower and
thinks she has caught her ut last)-
MARY, your master wishes to know
the meaning of those large footmarks;
can you explainP" Mary = 20, yes,
mum; my sisters been here, and she
has got the gout SO bad she has got to
wear big boots"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-09-14
for Infants and Children.

"Castoria Is so well adapted to children that
Irecommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-" II. A. ARCHER, M. D.
III So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, NY.
"The use of 'Castoria is so universal and
its merits so well known that it seems work
of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach"
CARLOS MARTYR, d. D.,
New York City.
Late Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-09-14

Csstoria cures Collie, Constipation,
Sour Stomach Diarrhoea. Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di.
gestion,
without injurious medication.
" For several years have recommended
your Castoria, and shall always continue to
do so as 1t has Invariably produced beneficial
results"
EDWIN f. PARDEE. NJ. D.,
"The Winthrop, ," 125th Street and 7th Ave-,
New York City.
COMPANY, n MURRAY STREET, New YORK.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-12-06
Little Deeds.

Little drops of helpfulness and little
deeds OF kindness will go far toward max
ing this world happy home.
A lady was standing in horse-car not
long since. She was not of sufficiently
advanced age to be classed with "elderly
women" but she was one of the weary
middle-aged ones, whose life was full OF
wear and tear. She was trying to hang
on to the strap with a lame arm, when a
young girl got up and said, in a sweet
tone of voice, "Take my seat. please"
The lady replied, mo dear; | do not wish
you to give up your seat" "But am
younger and stronger than you are, and
insist upon it," she replied. The lady
was so grateful that she could not half
express the love there was in her heart
for his stranger. 1t is quite probable
that these two will never meet again, but
the face OF that young girl is one OF the
sweetest pictures that hang on memory's
wall in that weary wOman's heart. And
such little courtesies as these make life
easier and brighter.
There are great many "little things"
in life that bring happiness or cause misery.
The thoughtles ness that will cause some
loved one away from home to neglect to
write to tie friends for an unusual length
of time, is a cause OF worry, and clouds
the happiness Of the family at home. A
little matter which has been a grievance,
and has passed, is often talked about
and dwelt upon in the home and thereby
brings discomfort and irritation. A word
of detriment spoken against some one of
whom words of communication have just
been told, casts shadow over the char
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-12-06
Don'ts for Young Wives.

Don't talk too much about what Glove
~ times you used to have when you
were free and SINGLE or your husband
may wish that you were so at the present
tine, and it is a sad day in the life of any
wife when her husband cherishes that
opinion regarding her. tits asadder day
still for him.
Don't treasureup all Ofyour daily trials
for your husbands ears when he comes
home at night.
Don't tell him how bad the children
have been, or how hateful the kitchen
girl has acted, or how the stove wouldn t
draw, or how the clothslne broke with a
week washing on it, or how the baby
has cried all day, or how badly the iron
ing has been done, Or how the milkman
left milk that soureG in an hour, or how
little ice the iceman left for fifteen cents,
or how the grocer sent bad eggs for good
ones. Don't add all these things to the
trials your husband has borne all day.
He has had his trials, you may be sure of
that, and, unless he is an exception to
the general rule, he has not said any
thing at all about them to you.
Don't mag" at him all of the time.
That is the natefulest little word L know
of, and the ''nagging' practice is one of
the most vicious. Much should be for
given husband who has a "nagging"
wife-one whose tongue is never stll and
whose every word is a fault-fnding Or
complaint. Such a woman is blot on
the fair face of creation. and her husband
has much to bear. Whatever else you
may do, don't nag your husband.
Don't compare him to other men to bis
disadvantage. Don't tell him that you
"do wish" he were like this woman's or
that woman's husband. Nothing can
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-12-06
For THE HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT.
Green Grape Marmalade.

The Household Department OF October
25 contained an inquiry for green grape
preserves, and as no one as yet has offered
a recipe, venture to send one for green
grape Jelly, also green grape marmalade.
First pick them from the stems, throw.
ing out all poor and small ones, wash
and put into stone crock or preserving
kettle, with just water enough to keep
them from burning. Place on the back
OF range, stirring occasionally that all
may cook alike. Let them stand until
all or nearly all the skins have burst.
then drain through muslin bag but
don't squeeze. Measure the Juice, boil
fifteen minutes. skim, and to every pint
of juice, add one pound of granuIated
sugar - heated - boil fifteen minutes
longer, skim if necessary and pour into
tumblers.
While you are making the jelly the
grapes will cool sufficiently to sift through
colander OF ordinary -four seive. To
every pint of siited grape add one pound
of sugar and boil twenty minutes to half
an hour.
l use the green grapes, those that just
begin to turn, and ripe ones in the same
way, those that have just begun to turn
making beautiful colored Jelly.
am resident of the North but have
been an interested reader of the AGRI-
CULTUR1sT for several years, and look
back with great deal of pleasure to the
four months spent in the land of flowers
and sunshine. C.E.S.
Glencoe. Ill.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-12-06
A Thanksgiving Fable.

"Ah what delightful life this is! how
l shall enjoy myseli'' said a little rain
drop, as it came hurrying through the
air. The wind whirled and tossed it
about, as if it were glad to get such a
plaything, and q stray sunbeam shons
on it until it reflected all the cOlors OF the
rainbow. But true pleasure ia only to
he found in the faithful performance OF
duty; and there was work even for little
raindrOp to do. A blade of grass that
had with difficulty pushed it's way through
the hard ground was shriveling up for
want OF some freshening moisture. Poor
thing! it was looking so withered and
shrunken; but, oh! how it trembled for
Joy when it saw the raindrop coming
nearer and nearer, until at last it lighted
softly on it.
"Well, Pm glad the wind brought me
down." said the raindrop; "this blade of
grass looks greener than it was. I'll stay
here now and rest; it is better than being
swallowed up in that dirty-looking
clay"
ooh, pray do not" said the grass:
"your work is not yet done: under that
clay my little rootlets are perishing for
want of water; will you not share your
abundance"
The little raindrop hesitated for while,
then, nerving itself for one more effort,
slid gently down the blade OF grass and
disappeared in the ground. But alb! little
it knew what wonder of beauty it was
to be the means OF nourishing into life.
Other rootlets besides those of the grass
drank up greedy the refreshing moisture.
And 10! in few weeks. first dark green
blade appeared, and then after a time
white flower burst forth in flush OF love
Illness; and as The beautiful lily OF the
valley waved its little white bell ioyously
on the wind, it thought, "What a happy
thing it was for me that the raindrop
preferred to help others rather than to
please itself" -Selected.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-12-06
Hints from the Dining Room.

These are given by one who knows.
Sugar, milk and cream should always
be passed to guests.
Boiled ham and tongue should besliced
as thin as the knife blade.
Cut all cold meats and old bread very
thin. Trim the slices to make hem neat.
A soup plate should alwayscontain less
than the capacity OF the bowl; the limit
is half an inch below the brim.
The round table is ALWAYS prettier and
more convenient than the square one and
lends itself more easily to decoration.
When boiled eggs are served the she'll
is not picked IF. much less is the egg
turned out into glass or cup. The top
is cut by blow from a sharp knife, and
when one has done eating the shell is re-
versed in the egg cup so that it may not
offend by it's untidy appearance.
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acter of the subject, and oftentimes life
long prejudice is formed in consequence.
Words with stings in them, thrown out
to one and another, about this or that,
coming in or going out of the home, de-
stroy the peace and JOY of that circle, and
when thepeace Of the home CIRCLES marred
the mistake is great indeed and no delay
should be made in restoring the peace
and love.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-12-06

PROFESSOR DRUMMoND says II wonder
why it is that we are not all kinder than
we are? How much the world needs il!
How easily it is done! How infallibly it
is remembered! How superabundantly
it pays itself back! For there is no debtor
in the world so superbly honorable as
love-"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-12-06

THANK God every morning when you
get up that you have something to do
that day which must be done whether
you like it or not. Being forced to work,
and being forced to do your best, will
breed in you temperance and self-control,
diligence and strength of will, cheerful
ness and content, and hundred virtues
which the idle never know.-SeIected.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-12-06

fatter him so much as your openly ex-
pressed conviction that you have the
bt st and kindest and handsomest hus-
band in all the world. No doubt you
told him so once, and even if you think
differently now, nothing but harm can
come of your telling him so.
Don't go around slipshod and slovenly
before your husband. He may not say
anything about it, but it will have a de-
moralizing effect upon him, all the same.
Don't come to the breakfast table with
your hair in crimping pins because you
arr going down town later in the day and
the crimp will all cone out ii you take
your hair down before breakfast. Your
husband wont see you when you are down
town, and he does see you now, and
wouldn't you rather look your best be-
fore him than before any other man in
the world? The time has been when you
would have been mortified to death" had
he caught you with your hair in crimp-
ing pins.
Don't ask him to be both master and
mistress of the house. Don't ask him
what you shall have for dinner or burden
him with all OF the family marketing
Don't expect him to oversee your SER
wants or to do things, that you, as mis-
tress of your own home, ought to do. He
probably has his hands and his mind full
keeping up his end of the row.
Don't lock for perfection in your hus-
band. He has not found perfection in
you, has he? Perfect men are SO rare in
this world that if one conld be found he
would be worth his weight in gold as
dime museum curiosity, and perfect
women are equally rare. Ifyour husband
is ''as good as the average" be thankful
that he is no worse, and bear in mind
that it rests largely with you whether he
grows better or worse.
OF course nearly all of these "Don'ts"
apply to husbands as we'll as to wives.
Men are no better than women, nor as
good-they have their failings by the
score, but don't increase their shortcom-
ings by showing them the weak side of
your own characters.-Good Housekeep-
inr
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-12-06
LONGING.

No heart is quite at rest; no life so filed
With Joy and blessing that it Graves not more;
Our fairest day we otherwise had willed-
Some mist dispelled, some too rude zephyr
stilled,
Some discord hushed which vexed DER and
DER.
We scorn the good into our weak hands given,
And, yearning, reach for that hey ond our grasp,
Till from our hearts the joys they held are rven,
While those for which our souls have toed and
striven
Crumble to dust and ashes in our clasp.
o, human heart! o, unsolYed mystery!
Which none may ever fathom or explore;
Day unto day repeats thy history
How much soccer is rendered unto thee,
IT'S not enough; thou still dost long for more.
Selected.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-12-06

GIVE what you have. To some one it
may be better than you dare think
Longfellow.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-12-06

LIFE is not so short but there is always
time for courtesy Emerson.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-12-06

CIT is but short journey across the
isthmus of now"