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STOCK i.

Because the fodder is getting short do
not let your eagerness to get on the
spring pasture get away with your judy
ment. 1t will pay far better to buy
something to carry the stock for few
weeks in good shape than to turn into
the pasture too soon. By letting it get
good start it will last the longer, and
carry more stock all the season.
While horses are young make it a
constant effort to teach them to be rapid
walkers; there is no better way to in
crease their capacity for work. See that
they have change of food occasionally;
they should not have an exclusive corn
diet after they get at the heavy spring
work; and give them something better
than hard floor to sleep upon.
When the stock goes out from under
our closer supervision in the stalls, into
the pasture fields. if we do not make
some special provision for their wants
we are pretty sure to neglect them dur
ing the busy time of blowing. We are
too apt to let them go week or two at
a time without salt. Let them help
themselves. and they will take just
enough.
Sheep like to browse on young weeds.
shrubs and briars, but they can not
thrive upon them only. To be thrifty
they should have clean food, clear water
and plenty of salt. All who have raised
sheep with profit would give as the rea-
son for their success that they took good
care of their flocks, and they would say
this unhesitatingly.
The feeding principle in feeding hogs
is not simply to stuff them. A hog can
be overfed. Too much placed before
them may surfeit them. The hog is not
a dainty animal, and can not be easily
thrown off his feed, but when digestion
is interfered with an inroad begins to
be made upon the profit. On the other
hand. there will be loss on the food con.
sumed, if fed too scant
1t is not the pasture only which is
harmed by turning out the stock too
early in the spring, but often the stock
suffers as we'll. 1t does no stock good
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-05-02
A True Mother.
Advance.

"All that ever heard of Sir John
Murray redounded to his honor" says
Frederick Hill in his autobiography.
At Edinburg, under his hospitable
roof. were often gathered the most dis
tinguished men of his time. This mar
velously kind person, whose qualities
we're good nature, love of humor and
a love of pleasant society, formed CEN
trail figure round whom they all gath
cred. A pretty story is told of his high
sense of honor.
An old lady who had quarreled with
her adopted heir bequeathed her entire
property to Sir John. When the will
was read he found himself, to his great
establishment, possessed OF wealth, while
the heir presumptive found himself pen
niless. Sir John made inquiries into
the character of the young man and,
receiving satisfactory answers, he quietly
transferred back to him the whole prop
erty.
Soon after this lady called upon Sir
Johns mother, and indignant at what
seemed to her an act OF quixotism, de-
manded;
DO you know what your son John
has done?"
"Yes," replied Mrs. Murray, with a
happy smile; land he would not have
been my son John if he had done any
thing else. "-Selected.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-05-02
POULTRY.

On dairy farm buttermilk can not be
better disposed of than by feeding it to
fowls. 1t will decidedly improve the
egg production, and the hens soon grow
eager for it. Where given freely there
is little demand for water, and its saline
qualities are of benefit 1t is richer
than. skinned milk, and is fed for fat
tening with the best results.
The different parts of ordinary mar
ket bones contain in abundance the in
gradients which make up the growing
chicken. and the identical substances,
in wonderfully close proportion to the
different parts of the complete egg, shell,
yolk and white.
The lime phosphate in bone yields all
the necessary phosphates for the interi
or of the egg. These substances are
found in an especially digestible condi-
ton, more SO than in food supplied from
dry meat, corn or wheat; and is it any
wonder we hear so much about the ad.
vantage of feeding this new food to the
poultryP
Do not be too stingy to pay fair
price for we'll bred fowl Good things
come high, but are usually cheap. Poul.
try, for the money invested, pays doub-
ly more than anything else on the farm.
Every hen should make clean profit of
dollar year in eggs, besides what she
is worth when sold or eaten.
Sell off before September all your
cocks, old or young, and all old hens.
Old hens moult in the fall, will not lay,
and are liable to die, By no means use
the same cocks the second year, for in
breeding stops the laying qualities of
the birds. New cocks can be bought
cheaper in the late fall than in the
spring.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-05-02
John read the note, spelling it out,

John read the note, spelling it out,
and absorbing its meaning slowly.
Il guess we kin keep her eff we
want to-" he said judicially, and then,
eagerly, ''What'll we call herr"
II wuz thinkin' Express 'ud be
good name," Mary answered.
cts too long," John objected, San
it's onhandy to say"
"Well, Pressie fer short, an Pres
sizes real pretty name. It's kinder
'proprite to call her somethin' like
that" Mary went on, for Mary was
romantic in her notions.
pore little mite," John said, SOL
emily, looking steadily at the same
place in the floor for several minutes.
Mary crept up to him and sat on
his knee. II didn't know what wuz
wrong with me, nor what l wanted"
she sobbed, "but John eff l ken keep
that baby, there amt nothin' 1 want
She won't cost much, john"
"No, it won't take much to board
her, an guess Pressie'll hev to stay"
John made answer, and then they
rose and moved together to the door
and out into the starlight.
John was moist about the eyes and
happy at his heart. He took new
and strange delight in everything, in
his present and future, his home, the
sky, and his wife beside him. And
they planned and wondered what
Pressie would be like when she grew
up. They said one to the other what
company she would be, and how
careful they would have to be be
about the track.
"Pll make gate for the door,"
John said, and he looked around for
timber as if he thought he ought to
do it tomorrow.
"Ye won't hev time to scrub yer
floor so much now" Johns tone was
mischievous, as he said it.
But Mary only sighed, long deep
sigh of content. Her childless misery
had passed away. She had put her
lips to the cup of motherhood. In
foa.,oa,
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THE RAINFALL FOLLOWS THE
Pillow.

I heard a farmer talk one day,
Telling his listeners how
In the WIDE new country far away,
The rainfall follows the plow.
Gas fast as they break 1t up. you see.
And turn the heart to the sun.
AS they open the burrows deep AMI free,
And the tillage is begun.
"The earth grows mellow, and more and more
1t holds and sends to the sky
A moisture 1t never had before
When its face was hard and dry.
"And so, wherever the plowshares run,
The clouds run overhead:
And the soil that works and lets In the sun,
With water is always fed"
I wonder If ever that farmer knew
The half of his simple word,
Or guessed the message that heavenly true
Within it was hidden and heard?
1t fell on my ear by chance that day,
But the gladness fingers now,
To think it is always Gods dear way
That the rainfall follows the plow.
Selected
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-05-02
SEND THEM TO BED WITH A
KISS,

U mothers, so weary, discouraged,
Worn out with the cares of the day,
You often grow cross and impatient.
Complain of the noise and the play;
For the day brings so many vexations,
So many things going amiss,
But mothers whatever may vex you,
Send the children to bed with kiss!
The dear little feet wander often,
Perhaps, from the pathway of right;
The dear little hands find new mischief
To try you from morning till night,
But think of the desolate mothers
Who'd give all the world for your bliss
And as thanks for your infinite blessings
Send the children to bed with kiss!
For some day their noise will not vex you,
The silence will hurt you far more;
You will long for the sweet childish voices,
For a sweet childish face at the door,
And to press a child's face to your bosom
You'd give all the world just for this;
For the comfort twill bring in your sorrow,
Send the children to bed with kiss!
FLORENCE A. JONES.
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HORTICULTURE.

II the strawberries you set last fall
show disposition to fruit bearing, do
not encourage them. Pinch off the
blossoms as they appear, and let the
strength of the plant go toward making
the plants more vigorous for next years
fruiting. Cut off the runners, except
ing where they may be needed to form
new plants.
For summer use the hedge may often
take the place of fence, and will shut
off some unsightly part of the premises.
Such temporary hedge may be OBJ
tanned by sowing double row of sweet
peas; and if no seed be allowed to form,
bunch of the sweet scented flowers
may be picked daily nearly all the sum-
mer, or they may be sown by wire
fence already there.
1t is urged that we are keeping up a
careful system of cultivation in the orch
ard by growing some small fruit therein,
and are getting some return while wait
ing flor the trees to come to maturity;
but the gooseberry alone does we'll in the
shade which comes after the first or sec.
ond year. Heavily MANFRED vegetable
crops are preferable. for thus we give
back to the soil all the drain we make
upon it.
Pear trees are heavy yieldere, and so
make heavy demands upon the soil
where planted; if not furnished in a
abundance we cannot expect large and
handsome fruits. II planting out one
or thousand this spring, select the
richest well drained ground you have
in which to place them.
1t is folly to waste time and money on
good tree and then fail to stay and
protect it with good stake. Tie the
tree to the stake with wisp of straw,
twisting the band in the form of figure
eight. Thus secured. it can neither
sway back and forth nor rub against the
stake.
The consumptive demand for fruit
may be. and should be, greatly increas-
ed. Fruit is healthful, and yet is a lux.
ury in many homes. The people eat all
the bread per capita they ever will, and
any increase swells the surplus, but the
country can easily use three times as
much fruit as now.
The demand for fruit increases won
derfully when it can be bought from
first hand by consumers. The hills of
the central ATTITUDES are we'll adapted to
fruit growing, and, since wheat and
stock seems to no longer pay, large
acreage is being devoted to peach, plum
and apple orchards.
Those who have been much among
the orange growers of California and
Florida find that the most successful
men are those who know their trees in
dividaally, their history. their yield.
their profit. One who grows fruit on a
large scale must give it attention in de-
tail. for from it comes their whole in
come.
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The Depth of The Sea.

Small boys often ask their parents.
"How deep is the scar" The answer de-
ponds entirely upon the sea. The fol-
lowing table, compiled by one who has
Investigated, may help one to the solu
ton of one of the small boys problems.
Average depth in yards; Pacific, 4,252;
Atlantic. 1852; Indian, 1868; Antartic,
5000; Arctic, 1880; Mediterranean,
1.476; Irish, 240; English Channel. ITO;
Adriatic, 40; Baltic, 43.-Harper'S Round
Table.
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THE BLUEBIRD.
April without bluebirdl
All, what could match her woes,
Save May without a bobolink
Or June without a rose!

q
Ammo Domini '95 will long be remem-
bered in bird annals as year of fatality
to some of our dearest songsters. The
extraordinary midwinter cold at the
south diminished their food supply,
lowered their vitality, and caused the
premature death of multitudes of the
beautiful migrants that render our
northern woods and fields tuneful in
spring. Conspicuous for poverty of num-
Der, were the thrushes. Long stretches
of woodland that in other Junes had re-
sounded with the veeries' joyous lays,
were wrapped in a mourning garment of
silerce. The cathedral wood" with
every tree spire. where in other years,
no hour in June from dawn to deepest
twilight had been without its chimes,
had become monumental forest, with
here and there a mournful hermit at
his vespers. Was it wholly fancy that
invested his hymn with elegaic qualities?
Or were there bells Of memory crossing
the bells of hope?
Even robin was lonesome in the April
fields. That brave singer who delights
to wrestle with the winds Of March and
compel them to bear his notes in their
chariot, was a month behind. Robin is
no laggard; and only the sternest rebuff
could have kept him back until April
LIST. His merry laugh never sounded
more gleeful than on that gray and
cherries All.fools' Day. Nothing can
make robin mournful. His family ranks
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Selected Story.
"PREssIE.'
BY ELLA S. ATKINSON.


TOHN BRAY and his wife sat at
e) the door of their little home on
Sunday evening. He was baggage
master at the brown station along
the track, and Sunday was his one
night off. He had tilted his chair
back to the wall of the house, his
feet were caught in the rung, and he
was drowsily content, sitting there in
his shirt sleeves, his wife beside him
and the long, pure twilight deepen
ing into languorous, fower-scented
night.
"Yer fiow'rs is dom pretty we'll,
Mary" he began presently. Mary
had been crouched on the step, her
elbows on her knees, her face buried
in her hands, and she had been so
long silent that he wanted to hear her
speak, to know if she were weeping.
ooh yes" she answered, without
enthusiasm.
There were no tears in her voice
but the tone was hopelessly dreary.
eyer 'sturtiums amt blowed yit,"
he continued, with wish to enliyen
her.
mo, jist buddin'."
"An' the sweet peasM with move
ment toward the window where the
thrifty vines were climbing up their
taut white strings.
They'll be out in "a week." and
then the silence grew around them
again. ,n vsf-~ -r4's3f3
"There's the down express" John
volunteered after a long pause, A
puff of smoke rose over the cutting
beyond the bridge; the headlight
leaped into sight, the whistle
screeched its warning, and the train
Numbered by, its window-lights
shooting inand out on the curve like
sparks tossed on a hurricane.
"There they CO." Mary said enyi-
ously, comm here an goin' there,
seem things an people, an enjoyin'
themselves, an we jist stick here in
the one place like the boulders over
on the roadside" t
Her tone was hard, the infection
was a complaining one.
II guess you git pretty lonely,
some days. John ventured, letting
his chair down on its front legs, and
putting his hand on his wife's shout
der in half clumsy caress.
"Oh! it's awful, john" she said,
brokenly, taken off her guard by the
tenderness, when I've washed up an
cleaned myself an there amt nothin'
more to do. 'Tain't but what l could
do knittin' or SEWN for winter, but |
can't get the things to do with. Then
the trains keep goin' by, an l hate
the people that kin go places. I'd
go ravin' mad, eff l didn't do some
thin, so l allus go an scrub up the
kitchen floor. 1t works off them feel
ms, an some days l do it mornin's
an afternoons too"
"Why don't you go over an set
with Jim Lawson's wifei" John sug-
gested.
81 don't like her." Mary answered,
promptly, SER she's allus braggin'
bout her babies"
"How many hsv they got" asked
the husband carelessly.
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have need of the SUM- 50 Also the faithful
Arrnenians who lie under your matestv.s
high protection have need OF your benevo-
lsnce. Your gracious favors will be balm
ard restorative 70 them Fer this reason.
confldent In the imperial regard we enio,y
your humble servant and the provisional
mixed council with him. come 10 the feet
OF your majesty's throne to declare that In
our fidelity 10 you we shall fulfilI the au-
Ties incumbent on US. ever endeayoring 10
conform our actions To the will OF your
majesty.
Nay God Almighty grant 4 long life fun
OF prosperity and glory TO your majesty.
After reading this document the sultan
assured Mons Bartolomoes that he was
Pleased at his election and that he woa'a
always continue 10 manifest his good Will
and solieitude toward his Armenian sub
1eets who remained faithful 10 the throne
Mons BartoloU1eos thanked the sultan
and said.
The Armenian subjects OF your ma sestv
have progressed and prospered i'm the shell
ter OF your government. The throne O z
your majesty has been and always will be
their refuge. They Zee for safety q, vo,.-
mighty and benevolent protection. Low
atty and sincerity have always guided
their actions II Is Impossible that / my
self should dsviate from this course
should succeed in gaining your majesty :
good win | viii consider rhat I had won
the greatest honor and greatest good for
tune OF this and OF future world"
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column of rebellious Indians when they
made their desperate charges upon the SOL
diers- She rode white horse and was at
all times during the battle in the thickest
Of the fight.
She was taken prisoner by the govern
ment troops and conveyed to the city of
chihuahua. Her wonderful power seemed
TO exert charmed influence over the gov
eminent authorities. for instead Of melting
out to her the usual punishment for such
offenses. they sent her across the border
into the United States. with the injunction
never to return into Mexico again
Santa Teresa then took up her residence
In small town on the Texas side OF the
river near FL Paso and lived a quiet life
for several months. In the early part of
last summer she set out down the river
visiting a number of small towns making
known her wonderful power In each place
In the course of few weeks she had col
lected a crowd OF several hundred ignor-
ant Mexicans about her and accompanied
by these followers she crossed the river
into Mexico and proclaimed another revo-
luton against the Mexican government
The soldiers at the frontier posts of Meyf-
co attempted TO dispense the mob of fam
atics. and number of sharp skirmisheS
occurred. each of which resulted in vic
tory for Santa Teresa. Finally large
force OF soldiers was sent from the civ NJ
Chihuahua, and these were successful In
dispensing the so-called reyolutionists
Santa Teresa fled across the river and took
refuge with friends In Texas She then
proceeded 20 FL Paso. where she remained
for several months. few weeks ago she
again disappeared and is now at the head
OF another army of fanatics. who believe
she Is n saint delegated by divine will IN
lead them TO victory in a war against the
Mexican governreat.-San Francisco Ex-
amlner.
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ened- The Indians and Mexiczns pur-
chased arms esd amnunifton ard we're
making preparations to follow their So
called saint In : revolution against tire
government when the authorities Inter
posed A large detachment OF soldiers was
s1rz 70 qBea tire impending uprising. and
TO make the girl 3 prisoner This body OF
soldiers had hard time carrying out their
programme
The followers OF the girl nsassec them
SELVES around her mountain home and de-
fed the soldiers 20 lay haais on her. The
excitement grew rapidly. and several thou
sand fanatics went 20 the defense Of the
saint Bioodshed was only arerted by an
overwhelming force % troops being sent
10 the assistance Of TIRE nrst detachment
and The rsrl was forcihly made q prisoner
ard her followers dispersed. She was
placed on board Of train and accom-
pa MED by a strong guard OF soldiers was
escorted 20 the United States border and
left in the town Of Sogalsr-
When the armed body Of fanatics learned
Of this trick they turned their marching
direction toward Nogaies and arrived al
the new home OF the ontcast after weeks
OF hard travel The girl lived In Nogaies
for several months ard was an attraction
during that tine for hundreds % visitors
from all parts OF Northern Mexico She
continued TO perform. free Of charge. many
wonderful cures Of the sick and crippled.
Then came the news OF the Tamochic In
dian massacre by Mexican soldiers in the
rrpourfasrs % the state OF Chihuahua and
that Santa Teresa vaS at the head OF the
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came with the brides proud parading OF
the perfidious Yaqui before the community
as legal proof of conquest.
Teresa did not commit suicide. she did
not do murder. She went into CONFUSION
after convuision. growing weaker gradu-
ally with the severity OF the attacks.
Finally her body stiffened out In n cata-
Iertic trance. The home of her parents Is
on the Paio Parade ranch. just north of
Hermosillo. the capital city of Sonora.
Visitors poured out frem the city 10 look
M the sleeper. She breathed family. Her
eyes were wide open. with expression
IN them az IL they saw no material thing
but looked beyond the ken of man into
the unknown. The YaquIs are excitable
and supsFstitious.
farrambar' they said. standing beside
her couch. The lady Is bewitched."
After eight days she revived and told
the people that while they watched her
she had been with the lady angels in
the streets Of silver and gold. The people
marveied ~ what she said. She had COM
muped with the saints. she must he a
saint herself Forthwith she was hailed
IA Santa Teresa de Cahora. cabora Is fhe
small township in which the Urea ranch
Is situated. Thousands OF Yaquis came 10
be ministeresi to-
The yaquis are not Indians They are
ssrssi-tivilixed descendants of the Axtecs.
lhCs ara RsSktr. Suspicious feNNh&tiHi ana
FuperStt,.ous. lnasmGch as Sehlachser in
Colorado aInong Americans succeeded In
creating a belief in bis mira culous powers.
Santa Teress,'s influence among the va
VGis Is not unnatural
Tho scene 81 her FIRST operations was at
her humble home in tho heart Of the Sierra
MaSre range Hundreds OF ignorant Mexi-
cans weat on iorx piizrlnases 10 see her.
eud the excitement grew SO Intense that n
large uprising of her followers was threat
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From the infancy of the human race
mankind has been afflicted with disease,
due both TO his wilfull or ignorant viola
ton of natures laws and 10 the unfavor-
aoie conditions of his environment Gen
Grafton after generation and century aft
er century the faint OF disease has been
transmitted, and during all this time
nature has made d constant and heroic
water purifieS itself, nature always
strives 10 overcome fmperfections. but in
ner struggle TO extirpate diseases from
the human system she has been ufSuc-
cesSful because each generation has add
ed TO that inherited the disease con-
tracted by Its own deeds. earelessness or
deeply seated and apparently incurahle
chronic ills afflict millions of the people.
and nave done so for SO long that they
have been generally believed TO be incur
aofe- But this is not the case Nature
has failed simply because the odds were
against her. but now she has powerful
ally. who brings victory to her banners.
Science has come to her aid. 1t has come
to rescue the suffering masses from dis
ease and misery. Catarrh. that insidi-
ons. relentless and almost universal en-
envy OF mankind. whose ravages are the
real cause of nearly all the chronic dis
orders that afflict mankind. is con.
quered. The great master mind of the
scientific world. DIR. Copeland, whose
lection of "A cure for this disease. for
ages believed to be incurable has con
ferred upon his fellow men boon. under
the brilliance of whose radiance all the
great scientific achievements of the nine
teenth century lose their lustre Thou
sands upon thousands of afflicted ones
have been cured by the wonderful new
Copeland treatment. and still other thou
sands are now being cured by ii, while TO
thousands more of the suffering masses
complete relief is offered by the Copeland
physicians at a price that is so merely
nominal as TO make a cure practically
free.