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The Van Buren press., 1894-06-09
MAKING MAPLE SUGAR.
Description of Mos. Interesting Amer
lean Industry.

lean Industry.
Maple sugar, which is made from tha
sap of the hard maple, is generally
manufactured in tho months OF March
and April. When it is time to begin,
the men go around and with half-inch
bits bore holes n little way into the
trees, and drive in iron spouts. In
these spouts are hooks on which to
hang the buckets. Only q few years
ago every sugar-malscr used wooden
spouts and buckets, and boiled the sar
in huge kettles hung on pole over the
fire. When tho buckets ore nearly
full, the sap is gathered in q large tub
on sled drawn by horses. When this
is full, it is drawn to the boiling-place
and emptied into large vats or storage
tubs. The sap is then strained and
boiled.
There are two methods OF boiling
now used, viz, long pans and evapora'
ton. In the first case the mnnufac
turer usually has two pans, one called
the sap or back pan, and the other the
sirnp or front pan. The sirup pan Is
shorter than the other. These are SCI
ON huge arches OF brick or stone, witt
a large chimney at the back end. The
fire is built at the front end under the
short pan. The back pan is kept near
ly full of sap, and us it boils down 1t ii
dipped into the front pan, and every
dny when it is thick enough it II
dipped out of this pan and strained
Although some sugar their sirup off In
the woods, it is usually taken to the
holase to be canned or calscd. In the
evaporation the sap passes from the
back to the front of the pan through
small tubes so slowly that by the time
It reaches the front end 1T can be
drawn off as sirup. This Is the more
rapid method, and makes whittier sugar
Sometimes there is such big run OF
sap that they have to boil nightsin order
to prevent the sap from wasting. This
is the happy time of sugaring for tht
bows, whose great delight is to boil al
night. They roast potatoes in the
ashes, broil meat over the Goals ano
boil eggs in the pan. 1t is a fine sigh'
70 see the flames shoot up and hear thu
cracking of the wood as it burns
Edgar S. Pilkin, in Harper's Young
People.
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NEAT SUMMER HOUSE.

A Charming PIace OF usst for Every Msm-
ber OF the Family.
1t pays, even In dollars and cents, 70
make ones home attractive, but 1t also
pays much better In the increased COM
fort and enjoyment that is afforded
every member of the family when the
home is attractive. An attractiveness,
It may be said. that can be secured at
small expense, il one hns little taste,
and will devote some Of his extra mo.
ments to the work Of beautifying his
home and its surroundings Directly
in this line is the construction Of such
q summer house as is shown In tho
illustration. Such house will make
q magnificent playroom for the chill
dren, q cool sewing-room for the
mother, and q place to rest or read tor
any member of the family. 1t is built
in the form of an octagon, and has .
dishing, shingled roof, and matched
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BICYCLE BOAT OF THE no1s DE pour.oesE.

BrcYCLE BOAT OF THE DoIs DE BoULOaNE.
of modifying the motion Of the pedals,
. backward or forward movement or
even complete stoppage, II the shaft
be given an intermediate position. As
for the steering, that is effected
through bar, analogous to that OF
bicycles, which controls the rudder.
The ratio Of the gearings Is 80 cal.
culated as to obtain o multiplication
of five, and the pitch Of the screw is
IS centimeters Each revolution OF
the pedal therefore causes the boat to
move forward 80 meters. Suppos-
ing that one stroke Of the pedal be
given per second, an advance Of ia
meters will be made per minute or
1915 kilometers per hour. But prac.
tically it would be impossible to keep
up one stroke OF the pedal per second
very long, and 1t Is necessary, too, to
take into account the resistance OF
the water, which increases very rnp-
idly with the speed Of the boat. From
our own experiments, we believe that
1t is possible to attain q speed of about
eight kilomcters per hour in calm wa
ter and without wind.
This question Of speed, however, ID
of no great Importance, for we have .
pleasure boat rather than one for
racing, and the speed is Of slight con.
sequence, provided that 1t be adequate.
We have been surprised Mt the easy
motion of the pedals and at the facili.
ty with which the maneuvering is done
without fatigue. 1t Is very agree.
able mode Of locomotion, that we And
more convenient and more within
reach Of everyone than that effected
bv the oar or paddle.-La Nature.
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wretched little vagabond and saw him
safely out of the town in good condi.
tion.
Ono day he brought specially bad
specimen home with him. He came
into the house and into tho dining
room, where the family were at dinner,
the wretched little tramp dog at his
heels.
He looked up at his master, wagging
his tail, asking for something to eat.
A plate of food was set down and the
little dog snatched at 1t ravenously.
Brown seemed to think that it was all
right. He did not offer to touch the
food When the little dog was through
he asked for another plateful and had
his own dinner.
He kept the little dog for quite
awhile, always permitting him to eat
first. At night he took the dog into
his kennel, himself sleeping outside.
He was not at all intimate with the
dog, but treated him as u visitor, not
ut any timo Us friend. The tramp
finally went on his way strong and
we'll, and as plump and sleek as any
dog need be. What was said between
these two dogs both at meeting and
parting would be very interesting k
know.-N, Y. Recorder.
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-09
The Selection Of Colors.

Extreme care should be taken in the
selection Of colors, rs many that ap-
pear warm and lovely in the daytime
are quite the reverse by lamp or gas
light. Especially Is this true of many
puppies, that are hideous browns under
the glare of the gas. Likewise, some
pinks become yellow, some blues green.
The same rule holds good for evening
wear. Many colors are lovely by day,
but become dull in gas or lamp light.
If you are purchasing material for an
evening gown, 1t is well to make the
selection in a part Of the shop arti-
f1ciallv lighted
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heard soft, plaintive cry from some
where near, and, looking about. he
soon discovered wood-pigeon' whom
the heavy storm had injured, lying un-
der an oak tree.
"What are you doing here?' cried he'
haughtily. L.,
81 am sorry to be trespassing, dear
SIR" answered the pigeon, feebly, "out
the high wind and rain blew me hither
and brought me to the ground thus
but surely" she went on, you remem-
bcr me! Did not free you from the
clutches of the cruel bramblcs some
months ago, in our forest? Repay me
now bv assisting me to sheltered
SPOT where / can dry my plumage and
then fly home"
"How dare you speak to me in such
n familiar manner" said the migrate
full fox. "Do you know am the ruler
of this park nowP'
81 meant no offense," said the poor
little pigeon. Il only beg you to as
siat me now"
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PROGRESS OF SCIENCE.
rslesrapt,ins Withoup Wires Il n
Longer IN Utopian .Idea.


w. II. Preece, F. 4 g.. an eminent
English electrician, and the official IN
charge Of Great Britainb telegraphic
system, has long been studying the
possibilities Of signaling without
wires, or rather without metallic con'
nection between two stations. II 10
we'll known that one current OF cleo.
tricity will excite another in . parallel
conductor. This effect Is due to I'm.
duction." Telephone wires have fre'
quently brought Geographic messages
that were going over lines on the same
set Of poles, when the two conductors
were not connected. In such cases the
wires were not more than few inches
apart. Special tests, though, have
been made with greatly increased In.
tervals between the conductors.
For instance, two sections OF wire,
quarter of a mile long, were strung .
quarter OF q mile apart, and carefully
insulated, and suitable tclcgraphic In.
struments were connected with both.
A strong primary battery being used
for signaling over one Of these lines,
It was found that It's messages were
perceptible on the other also. In order
to make sure that earth currents had
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-09
Double or Binary stars.

All stars appear single to the naked
eye, but the usc OF the telescope has
proven that many consist of two or
more distinct orbs. When the sstron-
omer Herfchel first began to make .
special observation Of double stars,
only four were known. He increased
the number to 500, and now about 1000
are catnlogued by astronomers. Some
have argued that these stars only appear
to be double because they are on the
same line of vision, but Herschel, after
many years OF investigation, was con-
vinced that In hundreds Of cases they
actually revolve around each other,
thus proving beyond doubt that there
is an actual relationship between such
pairs of orbs.
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FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE EXPERIMENT..
.rve not o single lesson learned.

~rve not single lesson learned.
On dear, what shull dor"
Apa Tommy stopped and thought bt,
While tying up his shoe
.tguess Ill just begin to cough
And have stomach ache,
Ana grandma1l say when 20 down,
susan, for mcrcy's salso,
That 10y is sick and isn't lt
To go to school to day,
think that srandmas are so nico
Thoy always flnd way
To help boy when he is fast
In places like I'm in
oh, dear; eh, dear, think It's time
To have tho pain begin"
But grandma was too old to ba
Fooled by clever trick,
And so when Tommy coughed and cried
And said that ho was sicO
What do you think that grandma dids
She put him right In bed
And put solpstone ut his feet
And water on his head;
And then she gave him castor OIL.
And pennyroyal tea,
And mado plaster that was hot
And big as it could be
And grandma brought his dinner In
Upon littlo tray.
he had Just toast and oil tho rest
Had something good that day
And all that Tommy bore that day
Would bo too much TO tell.
NeSt morn when grandma questioned him
Ilo said that he was we'll.
-Jeannettc La Tiamboy, In Woman'S HON
Journal
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siding where the sides are boarded. II
vines are made to grow over the sides
the beauty of the structure as an orna-
ment to ones grounds will be greatly
enhanced. The whole building should
he stained to secure the best effect.
the roof being Of darker color than
the sides, and of color to contrast
harmoniously with them. Such o build
ing could have window sashes fitted to
It, and covers made to put over its lat
tice work, when 1t would serve as .
pleasant playroom for the children on
sunny winter days.-American Agri'
culturist.
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R.c,vo for Nes.elro,le Pudding.

One quart of milk and cream (nixed),
one-half pound of sugar, the yollss OF
four eggs, one ounce each of powdered
sweet almonds, preserved cherries and
preserved currants, and one pound OF
preserved peaches. Beat the yollss OF
the eggs, add tho sugar and almonds,
and the mixed cream and milk; boil
until thick. Remove from the fl e,
and when cold freeze. When frozen,
remove the dasher and stir in the pre-.
served fruit. Mix well and let stand
for two hours.
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SUBSTITUTE FOR PIPE roNas.

progress as though every facility were
available.
This applies especially in mechanics,
where it is impossible to provide tool
for everything, and when just the tool
required-even though there be such
TOOLS not at hand.
Our artist recently saw mechanic
who, desiring to unscrew a pipe, and
not having pipe tongs or any OF the
Usual appliances for such work, picked
up wrench and piece of n round fils
and applied Them in the manner shown
In the cut. In an instant, and without
difficulty, the pipe WAS loosened.-Sci-
sntifc American,
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Hot Water for Bruises.

There is nothing better, after all,
for bruise than hot water, as hot rs
can be borne. II it is assiduously APP
Piled, more being used so soon as the
first has cooled at all, there is little
likelihood of any permanent discolor
alton following the hurt
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GENTLEMAN BROWN.

lie Was tho Protector of Many . Poor
Littie Tramp Dog.
Brown was simply large dog who
was SO strong, SO fearless, so intelli-
gent and so active in affairs that he
was considered the champion OF the
town.
He could thrash any dog round about
md always did 1t when 1t was neces-
sary.
But he was extremely kind and be-
nevolcnt He showed great kindness
to tramp dogs and protected many .
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PRETTY SHOE POCKET.
Made Of Dark Rcd Denim aud Prcttily
OrnMmeDted.

Because thing 10 useful Is no rear
son why It should not also be pleasant
to look at. The handsome, dark rcd
denim which is found in all art stores
nt present makes an attractive and ex.
tremely serviceable shoe bag TO get
. correct pattern Of the bag here illus
trated, take piece of paper 20 inches
deep and 10 wide; turn the corners OF
the paper over on either end until they
meet and cut them off; this forms the
point top and bottom. For the pocket
cut piece OF similar shape at the bot
tom, with perfect square cut out Of
The Van Buren press., 1894-06-09
PRETTY idea .t a Dinner.

Recently, at large dinner, the hos
tess hit upon a charming plan for in
Producing, at the same time, variety Of
color effect and also all the pleasures
of little party in tete-a-tetc, with
the gayety of a larger company. There
were ten small tables, each adorned
with differently colored flower, while
the same tint was carried out in the
dishes, the candle shades and the little
eovorR
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WORKS JUST AS WELL.

Wrench and Round File ~ . substitute
for Pipe Tongs.
The man who is full OF expedients Is
the one who gets along in the world.
If what he wants is not Mt hand. somc-
thing else is substituted, and matterR
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Southern Ch urchman.

1--WE notice in the Southwestern
Presbyterian, of New Orleans, the ed
itor's complaint of minister of his
Church, who, in announcing some
changes in his Sabbath Evenings Ser
vice. took opportunity of informing
his congregation. not only of their in
tended brevity, but promised to make
them 'entertaining,' much to that ed
itor's disgust. On all sides we see like
desire to give entertainment to congre.
cations. The old Gospel is not enough;
people want other things, and so the
detection from it goes on, in one way
in some places, in another way in 9th,
ers. They asked the Holy One, Lord
are there few that be saved p He made
snswer to them and to us. Strive to
enter the strait gate
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Rum-war-JuyeniIe MiIitarism.

AS showing the agency of rum in
precipitating strife, national as well as
individual, no event of the year lS92
was probably more suggestive than the
embroglio with the Republic of Chill
which very nearly eventuated in war.
By evidence then submitted, it was
shown that the quarrelsome sailors
from our warship being on shore at
Valparaiso, had visited one saloon and
disreputable dance house after another,
and were in anything but a proper
condition TO keep the peace.
Now we have been considering the
matter of war as affected by the saloon.
Let us look at this thing from some
what different standpoint. 1t is his
roric fact that about the time of the IL
nancial troubles of 1857 there was
religious revival throughout the coun-
try. For twenty years preceding that
date the cause of total abstinence ana
the enactment of liquor prohibiting
laws had been making most encour-
aging progress. A very large majority
OF the people of the country, church
members, but not conscientiously op-
posed to the war, being confronted
with the States rights and slavery
questions, were unable, they believed,
to settle them without recourse to war.
Those questions needed TO be settled
without any doubt. Nevertheless /
feel very sure that they were not deter
mined in the way that became q Chris
tian people, and after a manner thai
was we'll pleasing in the Divine sight
In the opinion ofa good many thought,
full observers the progress of the tenn
perance reform was set back ut least
a half century, while other moral ques
tions and the cause of religion 9ener'
aliy were disastrously affected. The
slave has been freed, but we have the
very serious negro problem to dea
with, and that, under conditions vastly
more unfavorable than would have
been the case had the enfranchisemenI
of the blacks been attained by meth
ods becoming us as a professedly Chris
tian people.
It is at least pitiful concession o
the permitted liquor saloon system
(uwise and unrighteous though deem
such licensing to be) that it forbids the
boys to enter the saloons. The advo
Gates of the necessity of war, it seems
| to me, are not so even so merclful a:
this, when they would seek to draw
the juvenile into the church's folo
through the means of military tactics
and of guns and swords whose pur
pose is the killing Of men:
Josiah w. Leeds.
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A. r. Presby terian.

In these latter times we need to
guard against the "club" idea of the
church. The "kitchen" attachment is
only one remove from the bowling alley
and the billiard table. True, the gos-
pei, in sense, is for the body as we'll
as for the soul, but the physical feature
is wholly subordinate one. If the
pulpit lose its hold on the people, no
substitute of ministry to bodily wants
or mere intellectual improvement will
avail to save men. Their moral degra-
dation will be certain and rapid. The
pulpit must be the lever power of the
Church. 1t was so ordained by Him
who declared his purpose to save men
by the foolishness of preaching. Have
the gymnasium and the kitchen, if you
will, as churchly addenda, but make
the pulpit the chief attraction.
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Nashville Christian Advocate.

Ignorance is self.contented; 1t does
not know its own deficiencies, and is
therefore without the spur to improve
ment. It is also narrow and bigoted,
inclined to sneer ut superior cultiva-
ton as q thing of no value. More
than once we have heard an empty
headed declaimcr in the pulpit speak
in terms of patronizing contempt Of
the great Biblical scholars, as if they
were a class of men unworthy of COM
plete respect. Does rot every sane
person know that our English Bible,
and all the helps to it's Interpretation,
our Protestant theology, and the whole
round of religious truths in which we
live, and move, and have our being,
are derived ID us through the
hands of scholars? The fact that they
feed the moral and Intellectual life of
the world, while themselves retired
for the most part from public view, is
nothing against them but is rather
much in their favor. Dr.. Andrew a..
Lipscomb used to say: "I would
rather be a root in the ground than q
branch on the tree" Men are not to
be valued by the prominence that they
have in the public eye. A quiet and
unambitious master of Looks may be
worth more thar the showiest of pop
ular orators.
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Keen the Old Paths.

Freeborn Garretson, in his semi
centennial sermon before the New
York Conference in 1926, says:
II fully believe that the doctrines
taught by Mr.. John Wesley are script.
ural and will stand the test ; but what
his people will be hundred years
hence we can not say. They may be a
numerous and learned people; but it is
possible that by slow degrees they may
retrograde until they have very little
of the spirit of Old Methodism. This
certainly will be the case without a
steady and conscientious perseverance,
in the old paths. The letter is good in
its place, but we shall be comparative
ly nothing without the life and power
of godliness. We must look well to
urdoctrine and discipline, and guard
the sacred ministry. Lay hands sud-
denly OH no man-look more 10 genu-
inc piety and to q real call from God
than to any literary qualification with
out. Keep pure ministry and you
will have a pure membership. The
fall of the primitive Church began
with the clergy, and should we fall
our declensicn will begin here. 1t is
better to have a pious. laborious, sue
cessful ministry, than to have wealth
and ease without it,"
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Buffalo Ch, ist!an Advocate.

"Tt is remarkable how little real in
struction in Church nutiers is given
in our churches. The proof Of the
truth or error of this statement is not
hard to find. How many of the young
people in your church can tell what is
our creed or what are our Church rules ?
How many can state the fundamental
doctrines of Methodism? How many
can give an Ineligible account of the
life of the founder of Methodism, or an
occount of the lives of any Of the great
men of our Church? How many have
ever studied Church History? The fact
is, we are giving next to no attention
to teaching these matters. We would
suggest to Epworth Leagues that they
give an evening to the discussion Of the
Importance of education in these lines,
and then. if possible, arrange for a
series of lessons or talks on Church
history, doctrines and government"
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The biologist, Bichat, whose intui
tions so marvelously anticipated the
conclusions of a later science, held
that the normal longevity of our race
should be average of ninety.siN years
basing his inference on the fact thai
the life.term of all known animals
exceeds at least six times the period
of their growth. A dog, growing fol
three years, may live to eighteen OF
twenty. A horse, growing for foul
or five, attains, and often exceeds, al
age of thirty years. A camel, grow
ing twice as slowly, may live to forty
years and upward. An elephant, even
in captivity, does not attain its full
growth before its fifteenth year, and
in India often outlives two masters
Some of the larger quadrumana like
wise grow very slowly; several varie'
ties of baboons, for instance, do moi
acquire the characteristics of maturity
before the beginning of their teens
and the naturalist, Brehm, mentions
a male chacma who, after becoming
the patriarch of his tribe, raided the
durra fields of the Zulu villages fol
nearly thirty years before he met his
Waterloo in fight with the outraged
natives. The males of our own
species grow for atleast sixteen years
but less than one-third reach even the
threefold multiple of that age, and
hardly onein three hundred the nor
NAL siXfOld.
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1t is related of the lin his day. dis
tinguished Rev. DR.. Beecher, father
of Henry Ward, that when asked why
he did not reply to an attack made
upon him in some newspaper, he said
that boy crossing field one evening
with an armful of books, he met a
small animal and hurled several VOL
umes at him, but soon found that he
got the worst of it, and this led him to
determine that he would never med
die with any such animals again.
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Undismayed.

Though humble be thy lot In lie,
And fame withhold her laurel crown,
Think not thy toll igpoble strife;
Let not thy spirit be cast down.
For even in thy low degree,
Though welcome praise be never won,
It counts for honor unto thee.
.If what thou doest be we'll done.
Alice Rockwell Thorne In Ladies HON
Journal.
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Lack of fear does not always mean
courage. 1t may mean O lack of
knowlege.