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almost entirely through. The mattress
es were Of the coarsest straw. ri. 81.

almost entirely through. The mattress
es We're Of the coarsest straw
A small, cheap pine table stood over
by the window, a cook stove by the.
mantel. There were four wooden chairs.
and one oldfashion.d rocker covered
in horsehair. That was all. What
scant clothing the family possessed,
save what they were actually wearing,
was hung up on nails in little recess.
A few plates, cups and saucers were
scattered in a lonely way on the row of
shelves along by the mantel.
Upon one of the wooden chairs Sulli-
van sat, his face buried in his hands.
On another chair, close by the stove,
was his wife, holding puny, pallid
four-months-old babe to her breast. BY
the shelves stood the oldest child, Ma
mie, girl fourteen years of age, en-
deavoring inner poor little way to "tidy
up and make things nice for mother"
Mother" needed to be helped-no one
more. For it is not one Of the least of
John Sullivan's troubles, terrible and
hard as they are, that he has crippled
wife. r
Between Mamie, the little housemaid,
and the baby of four months, Willie,
there are four little Sullivans. Nine
came, in all, to this household, the most
of them in the days of Sulliyan's COM
parative prosperity, but three have
died. The six living are Mamie, who
bids fair to be the prettiest girl on
Cherry Hill within few years, with
her piquant mouth, her prettily tinted
skin and her beautiful black hair; Liz
zie, aged ten; Johnnie, six and half;
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Woolly west" that there is more excuse
for the following account of
Colorado girls bravery which is taken
from London woman's magazine. This
is the story:
i when Eva Bates, the girl in ques-
tlon,was teaching her class an enormous
mountain lion sprung into the room,
and, falling upon a little antelope.
which had been brought here by the
child whose pet it was, killed it and
at once began to devour it. The chill,
dren were panic-stricken and fled to a
corner OF the room, where they huddled
together for mutual protection, while
the lion, which had left the dead an
telope, seemed to be preparing to attack
tnem. AS soon as the antelope had
fallen the little teacher saw she would
nave to be prepared to defend her
charges, and, remembering that there
was a gun loaded with small shot in
the next room, she decided to get it. To
DO this she was compelled to cross the
room and get out by the door, which
opened near where the lion was crouch
ing. She hurried by and in moment
had seized, the weapon. Then she Law
hat on the floor, and, creeping along
quietly with the gun in front of her
pushed it until the muzzle rested
against the head of the beast, and a
moment later as he was ABOUT to spring
she drew the trigger and the brute fell
back, with his head blown to atoms.''
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LOVE THE CHILDREN.
selfishness Being Taught to the Hefrs OF
the Republic.

selhshness Being Taught to the Heirs OF
the Republic.
The home is now ordered for and
Fholly controlled by the children. The
crown person receives NO consideration
among a housefuI Of children. The
meals, the house, the whole domestic
routine, is ordered for the little folks.
Fhe training of Lycurgus couldn't pre-
rent such children from being selfish,
sxacting and inconsiderate: At. home
conceded everything, abroad they exact
everything. Household rule is tyran-
ny of the small boy and small girl,
tempered by weak indulgence. The re-
suit is seen in the schools, railway
rains, in hotels-wherever the SMALL
person has a chance to- exhibit his
spelling. How can good manners be-
expected from children thus trained or
unframed? In college they are uninflu-
enced by the example Of the professors.
because their relations are purely per-
tunctory. The natunali bent, taken in
their tender years., comes out in harder
egotlsm more boorishs lack of con-
sideration for Others.
1t is a commonplace to- say that to-
be gentle one must be born: gentle, yet
1t is hardly the fact In other days,
when the home was not devoted en-
tlrelY to the pleasures and pastimes of
the young folks, good breeding was as
general as ill-breeding is now. In So
c1ety where children take: on all the
airs and go through all the social func-
TONS in miniature of their elders, there
seems to be no place for the correc-
nons and refnements once thought part
OF very young peoples training. The
press OF the country is perpetually
Satlrlzlng the public conduct, of Ameri-
cans In travel, in watering-places, in
theaters and public places, and it is
an extraordinary fact that the so-called
better ranks of the social system seem
TO: be the most culpable. Women who:
manifest their fndignationwhen toll
worn workman declines to give her his
place IN the street car by audible COM
ments on the selfshness, of men will
In their own household encourage this
very selfishness by making everything
In the house bend to the whims, of a
spoiled boy or girl, demanding the first
service at table or the entire house for
a playroom. Colleges can not make
line manners a natural part Of youths
who have been thus i'll reared at home
Good. manners must to certain degree
be the expression of good heart; but
conventional good manners are attain
able by Watchfulness, and are often &C.
qulred. by the extremely selfish.
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GRAINS OF GOLD,
A knave cheats others; a fool hi

A knave cheats others; fool him.
SELF III
waiting" is the stumbling block Of
progress and reform. Doing is tn,
lever that moves in the world.
We should not too much rejoice IL
hope, if we would enjoy in reality, fol
the most agreeable pleasures in gen.
eral are those that we have least ex
pected.
Aversion from reproof is not wise; II
is the mark Of a little mind A great
man can afford to lose; little insig
nificant fellow is afraid of being
snuffed out.
He who is open without levity, gen
er0us without waste, secret without
craft, humble without meanness, bolc
without insolence, cautious without
anxiety, regular yet not formal, mile
yet not timid, firm yet not tyranical
passes the ordeal of honor, friendship
virtue. Free Silver Knight. 81
But few men comparatively have ar
opportunity to accumulate large for
tunes; but, when men fail to lay by
what is necessary for their comfort o,
independence, almost without excep
ton 1t is owing to their calculations and
management not being right. It is trut
there is liability to illness, and tt
other overpoWering causes, but it il
not to such things that disastrous re.
suits. in the great majority Of cases
can be attributed.
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Tommy, nearly five; Joey, one and a
half, and the baby, whom they call
Willie. -;'
, Troubles, of course, never come sim
ely. It is not alone poverty that this
man Sullivan has to fight. Besides his
manned wife, and his baby, that looks
almost as if a breath of air would blow
it away, the next to the youngest child,
Joey, is a pitiable sight. Joey was
born with what are called in the talk
OF the great east side rabbit feet"
That is, his delicate little limbs have
been twisted from birth so that they
cross each other almost and are shriv-
elled and do not grow. The toes turn
in instead of out, and the sight he pre-
sents is very sad one. ~ d
1T was at Bergen Point" said Sulli-
van, as he looked with sad eyes towards
his wife, that she hurried herself.
You know the houses out there have
high stoops, and she slipped on the ice
on ours one day in the winter, ten years
agone, and had a bad fall.
"I'd little money saved up then"
went on the strong-limbed man in the
blue; jumper, "but we had to spend it
all. She was in bed nigh three years.
1 got doctor out from New York, and
he thought at first that he could pull
her through. But he conldn't manage
it, - .-- 49,. ~. -.
What will be the fate of Sullivan, his
wife and children? II don't want char
ity,'' he said manfully, stretching out
his good right arm and looking at his
wife with the baby at her breast and at
his six children. IT want work, and I
want to meet the man who will give it
to me. That's ALL" ~ A8@&l 5s.,
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wHATsTHEY SAY ABOUT Us.
Some Interesting Tales from the. Forsleo

Some Interesting Tales from the. Forsisn
Magazines.
One must read the English magazines
to indfout, what queer things we do in
this country, says the New York Press.
Americans have, 1t is admitted, q deep
interest in potatoes. In many parts Of
the country potatoes are considered of
equal Importance with hominy. But
that the potato flower was born to
greatness had never dawned upon us
until we read that: 1.-The millionaires
of the United States are getting weary
of displaying their wealth in gorgeous
hot house flowers, palms, orchids, lilies
and other botanical rarities. Instead of
some hundreds of pounds being spent
on the floral decorations at some. big
dinner or reception, sweet and pastoral
or, more correctly, agricultural sim
plicity is now the fashion. The modest
potato flower reigns supreme. There
anyways have been fashions in flowers,
but we do not remember that the tickle
goddess has ever yet sought her favor
tie in the kitchen-garden. Was it
chosen as delicate compliment to the
Irish nation? Did the Americans sud-
denly feel conscience-stricken that due
honor had never been paid to the harm
less, necessary vegetable? So now,
with cultured Boston leading the way,
the potato flower adorns the proud
beauty in the ball room and blossoms in
the buttonhole Of the dandy" Amerl-
cans themselves believe such foolish
stories in regard to the wild and
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Dairy Notes.

The. secret of success in. the dairy is:
to- reduce the cost Of making goods.
The reputation Of this state for
growing alfalfa and mangels is a.
feather in her cap as dairy state.
Study the nature of your COWS and
fall in with their moods. 1t pays to be-
agreeable, even to COW. a.. T.. e
No business requires more emphatic
ally under ones thumb than does sue
cessful dairying. ......... III.
1t is always advisable to make q
cow in winter. It gives her increased
appetite. .-.-.
Everybody is agreed as to the virtue,
of the SilO as a means of preserving
corn and corn fodder in their best
estate. y., 49,
Buyers on the Utica board Of trade.
have decided to refuse to buy or even
handle on commission any cheese
made after the list of November.
After butter customers are secured,
the way to hold them is to always fur
nish as high a grade of butter as that
which at first won them as customers.
J. H. Monrad Of Chicago has recent
~ published most valuable pam
phlet on "Pasteurization and Milk
Preservation, with Chapter on Selling
Milk
81. B. Gurler thinks the first move
for dairy farmer who has not tested
his cows, should be to have them test
ed, and become acquainted with them
individually. Weed out all the I'M
profitable ones Then So1oot a hill
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10 poor that half loaf of bread must do
for your Christmas dinner-yes, half a
loaf of bread, divided among father,
mother and six little ones?
Christmas afternoon a New York
World reporter and a photographer
started down into New York's st.side
tenement district to find just such
picture of suffering and want as this.
In $4,000 tiresides, happy children and
men and women were clustered, $4,000
tables were spread with bright silver,
Blistening glasses, luscious turkey, rich,
red cranberries and fiaky pumpkin and
mince pies In 100000 other households,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-02
EHE MILKY SEA.
It. Is Due to- a Mist or to Phosph crescent

IL Is Due to, a Mist or to Phosphorescent,
Animals.
In. 1916 the: expedition. to: the East,
Indies under Martin Ping when in the
tropical Pacific had one night what was.
to, the members of that expedition a
very mystlfying spectacle, says, Black.
woods Magazine. They beheld the sea:
all about, them pale and white, resenn-
ping vast cheese vat, so1 that one
might have imagined 'the ship to- have
been sailing in whey instead of salt
water, 1t carried such milky appear
ance' along: with it. The air and, sky.
at the samestine looked whiteand haZy,
without doubt the effect Of the refec-
tons from the surface of the water so:
disposed and colored.'' In February;
1885,. Mr.: Daniel Pidgeon, very acute
observer, witnessed the phenomenon OIL
this milky sea- of the Pacific. when,
hessays;. the whole ocean, from the, shin.
to the visible horizon, looked exactly
as if 1T were covered with snow. The
snowy surface evidently reflected the
light of the sky, for Venus. being very.
bright. threw distinguishable line OF
radiance across it, while the phosphor.
escent crests of waves were, now and
then seen breaking above the layer OF
shining matter which overlaid the
water" He. convinced himself that the
appearance was due to thin layer OF
mist, produced when the sea- surface
happens to- be considerably cooler than
the moist atmosphere above it, SO thai
the. air In immediate contact with the
water is chilled below the dew point
and becomes misty, while the air above
remains transparent. 1t would be: in.
teresting to know whether the same ex-
PLANTATION will apply to all displays OF
the, milky sea" or whether the effect
should sometimes be attributed solely
to phesphorescent animals and plants
and # not, whether in any case those
sources of light contribute to illumi
nate the sea from below.
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Cleanliness i'm the. Stable:

This is the season, Of the year when
all dairymen will keep their cows quite
closely confined in the stables, and
cleanliness, which is always important,
becomes doubly So The bedding
should be- kept fresh and sweet, and
the floors on which the animals stand
should be- disinfected' once a week with
hot water, into which a teaspoonful Of
carbolic acid to the pailful has been
put. The COWS may be advantageous
ly washed with, a similar solution.
When they lick themselves a great
deal and are troubled by an itching of
the skin, a thorough washing of the
cows and stalls will remedy it. This
is: the substance Of the advice given by
a, well known creamery man to his
patrons in order that the product of
his creamery may be kept up during
the winter season when close housing
is the rule: "'.: ''".
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while there was less plenty, Christmas
cheer reigned over all.

while there was less plenty, Christmas
cheer reigned over all.
But on the slope of Cherry Hill, at
No. 20 Cherry street, in a tiny room on
that dark and noisome byway known as
Murphy's alley, the Sullivans, father,
mother and six youngsters, sat DESC
late, respondent, with barely the half
Of loaf between them and starvation.
4 1t was an instance merely; not an ex-
ceptional case. The reporter could have
found thousand more equally wretch
ed families.
No fancy picture this. Merely an
actual story in simple and unexagger-
ated detail of what actually is. The
photographs here reproduced were ia
ken with difficulty in this little room.
so tiny that the photographer found it
almost impossible to focus the camera,
Indeed even to set it up. Alone, almost,
with the need of hardly line of letter
press, these photographs tell wildly
the story of the hapless Sullivans. =
You have seen at night time, out in
the open country, the headlight of a
locomotive far away, but growing
brighter and brighter as it swept on to-
wards you. So, for the past two years,
John Sullivan has had to stand pas
sively by and. watch starvation creep
ing closer and closer to his little family.
When the World reporter stood before
him Christmas afternoon, the mans
head was bent, and he sat crouched in q
low chair, a figure Of despair itself.
Christmastide, 1895, was to this
strong man a mockery. Able bodied,
willing, even keen, to work, man
clean limbed, who looked as if he would
be prize to any one wanting a pair Of
good hands and clear head, he had yet
not a cent in his pockets, and but little
more than half a loaf on the bare
shelves that did duty as cupboard.
Up to- two years ago he was pros
porous workman, sure of $50 q month,
and sometimes making a trifle over
that. Neither drink nor incompetence
has brought this man down to where
he is today, but simply the implacable
Juggernaut Of Hard Luck"
This was the picture presented in
the one room OF John Sullivan, station
airy engine fireman by trade, now long
shoreman by necessity, and out of work
good part of the time The room itself
was about II feet square. Y It. was on
the ground floor of the begrimed tene-
ment in the alley, just one step up from
the broken. ill-kept pavement. The
door did not even open upon hallway,
but on the alley itself. One small win
dow lighted the low-ceilinged room
from the courtyard, j another opening
on dismal air-shaft. s
In this ill-ventilated, narrow room
eight people had to eat, live and sleep
Hardly the barest necessities of life
were between these four walls. At the
back stood, end to end, two tumble
down bedsteads and ramshackle crib.
They had no sheets or pillowcases, and
the beds keads were ragged and worn
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Bitterness In Milk.

b.
would like to know remedy for
bitter milk and tedious butter gather
ing, writes G. w. G.. of New York. NV
COW Is pregnant since early In June
and the bitterness has been noticeable
nearly a month. I do not know that
the bitterness that sometimes occurs
IN the milk Of cows far advanced in
lactatiOn can BE remedied. In the case
mentioned, however, 1T may not be due
to that but to the growth of bitter
ferment in the milk or cream. Many
Of these bitter ferments grow at q
lower tempera ture than the Tactic fer
ments, but are kept in check BY the:
development of tactic acid. The prop
er course then to pursue is to aid, as
far as possible; the development of
Tactic acid by warming the cream to
70 or even 80 degrees and keeping it
at that temperature as uniformly as
possible. In most cases this is suff1-
clent to cause a sharp acid develop
ment in twenty-fOur hours, but if it is
not, the addition of a starter in the
shape of some clean sharply sour skim
milk or buttermilk or any one Of the
so-called Tactic ferments will aid in the
Development Of the acid. If a. good de-
velopment of acid is obtained in from
twenty-four to thirty-six hours there
will be little difficulty in the churning.
H. H. Wing, Professor of Dairy Hus-
bandry, Cornell University, Ithaca,
N Y
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The Newest Comet.

It will require fine telescopes to catch
a glimpse Of the newly discovered com
ct. 1t is now about 84,0O0,OOO miles
from the sun The distance will de-
crease and reach a minimum of about
20, 100000 on Dec. 18. 1t will undoubt-
eddy be visible with telescope assist
4nce within q few weeks.
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sBETTER THAN NOME
HAT is WHAT SOME WILL SAY
OF SULLIvAN'S DINNER.
graphic Picture of Poverty in q Now
York Tenement-A Family Of Eight
Have Half q Loaf Of Bread for Their
Christmas Dinner.

8 there any reader
who did not have
enough to eat on
Christmas day? Is
there any reader of
this page who did
not have a Christ
mas dinner? Is
there any reader Of
this article who can
really understand
,r.. lF, b.
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front legs are made, Of inch boards;
the other is round piece Of wood. A
hoop on the front end holds the pail in
position. while a projection on, one, of
the front legs prevents it from slip
ping DOWN.. L.. Shippy, Kansas, in
Orange Judd Farmer " s""'. 81.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-02
A Handy Milk Stool.

The seat Of the stool shown in, the
accompanying illustration is made Of
a one-inch board, twelve inches wide
and sixteen inches, long,. The. two
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than those turned on grass May I, al
though the grazing steers were fed all
the grain they would consume, which
amounted to nearly as much as that
eaten by the steers kept at the barn
The results show a wide range In The
productiveness Of different cattle, the
eleven poorest steers requiring so pei
cent more food for pound Of increase
than the eleven best ones. Even the
poorest steers yielded handsome
profit, however, if the manure made IS
valued at the market price OF it's fer
tlllz1ng constituents, as such constitu-
ents are sold In Ohio in the form OF
commercial fertilizers,
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& The income Of q new cardinal for tn.
drst year. 10000 francs, is spent in fees
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-13
ATLANTIC COAST LINE.
SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE TUESDAY,
JANUARY 10. 1906.
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND-UNION
DEPOT

SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE IlESpA1,
JANUARY 10. 1906.
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND-UNION
DEPOT.
900 4. ~, Arrive Petersburg 9:3l 4. NJ,
Norfolk II .2j A. 81. stops only
al petersburg, Mavery, ami
9:0j a. NJ, Arrives Petersburg $50 4. ".
Weldon uAs A. ~, fayette-
willie i.3O j.. NJ. Charleston
1ll3 T.. NJ, Savannah l.i0 A.
NJ. Jacksonville l.55 \. NJ,
Port Tampa $40 =. NJ.
Connects at Wilson with No.
A. arriving Goldsboro 1908 I.
~, Wilmington 5:45 +. NJ.
Pullman Sleeper New York 10
Tampa via Jacksonville.
Z.JJ J. NJ, Local. arrives Petersburg 3a2
p. NJ. Makes all stops.
$50 L. NJ, Arrives Petersburg gl3 T. NJ,
Norfolk $50 =. NJ. Makes all
stops.
Weldon DAB y. NJ, Fayette-
Vile l.0l a. NJ, Charleston
e.2j A. NJ. Savannah 500 A.
Port Tampa $50 j. NJ. 49,
NEW LINE TO MIDDLE
GEORGIA POINTS-Arriying
Aiken l.-2 A. W., Augusta $500
a. isot N' ,a Macon on Il A. pMarli,5Asi5 An
Sleepers New York 10 WI
mington, Charleston. Thomas
Vile Jacksonville. Port Tam
pa, Aiken, Augusta, and Ma
ll.eO Z. NJ. Arrive Petersburg 1901 A. NJ.
Burkeville 2+l A. ~, Lynch
burg 4:55 A. NJ, Roanoke 1855
- NJ. Bristol 1873 A. NJ
Pullman sleeper Richmond to
1886 A. NJ, Arrives Petersburg 1910 \. NJ.
Weldon 2:55 A. NJ, Henderson
4.oi A. NJ, Raleigh 5.H \. NJ.
ElbertOn 2.0i +. NJ. Atlanta
400 p. VI. Pullman sleeper
Washington 70 Atlanta
GRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND.
$40 A. NJ, From Jacksonville, savannah
Augusta. and all points South.
$50 \. NJ, Florida special. from St. Au-
gustine. Jacksonville, Savan-
nah. and Charleston.
$40 A. N. Atlanta, Athens, and Raleigh,
Lynchburg, and the West.
sos A. NJ, Petersburg Local.
HOS A. NJ, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Peters
burg.
$40 =. N. Jacksonville. savannah,
Charleston. Wilmington, Colds
hero, and all points South.
7.00 p NJ. Norfolk Suffolk Waverly, and
Petersburg. Lynchburg, and
the West
500 p NJ. Petersburg Local.
II. NJ EMERSON.
J. r. KENI.Y, Traffic Manager.
General Manager
c. s. CAMPBELL.
Division Passenger Agent.
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