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A THANKSGIVING.

Sod, I thank Thee for the strength with
which I make my fight:
I had been conquered, aye and crushed, but
for Thy might. ..
am not wholly overcome, bow and bless
Thy name;
4 stood and waited for the strength, and
10! it came.
God, I thank Thee that while tests of truth
found me untrue,
+ have been faithful to my duty in a few,
That, though my failures sicken me, re-
alize my blame
And have enough sincerity to suffer shame
God. thank Thee for my failures; terrible
their truth
But they taught me se,f-control, although
they took my youth.
I thank Thee that still can struggle, still
believe and try, 49,
And that my faith in human nature did
not die.
God, I thank Thee that the conflict could
not make me cold;
That my pulses leap quickly as of old.
That my sympathes still lead me, and
though worldly wise.
That I still! can look about me with kind
eyes.
God, I thank Thee, through my tears I
still can see the stars:
There is of music in my soul few sweet
ba"S;
With gratitude which has survived the
sordid grind and strife.
Oh, God / thank Thee for the love which
glorities my life!
Minnie Macarthur Laing, in N. Y. Tribune.
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Military Tax in Switzerland.

To punish man for nonpayment of
certain tax by forbidding him to en-
ter restaurant is in vogue in the can
ION of Berne. Every man in Switzerland
must serve in the Swiss army it he be
physically capable, and if he be not phys
.cally capable he must pay what is
called the military exemption tax. The
government says, if man has money
20 spend for coffee, beer or liquors, he
must also have money enough with
which to pay his debt to the state. The
law cannot prohibit person from OBJ
tanning liquor through the Intervention
or help of a friend, but the privilege of
1ropping into favorite resorts and hob
nobbing with friends a custom which
% dear to every Swiss -must be fore
gone.-N. Y. Sun.
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P1TH AND POINT.

Strawberries can now be enjoyed all
the year round SO can dried apples. !"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
It sometimes happens that while a
man is watching his enemies his friends
get the best of him. = Chicago Daily
News.
Gerald-"I am not worthy to tie your
Shoes Geraldine - 81 know it, but
you'll have to do it after we're mar
ried, just the same. Town Topics.
People simply cannot keep secrets,
therefore do not run any risks by telling
yours. If you can't keep;your secrets,
how can you expect others to?-Atch-
ison Globe.
II never but once put my money in
one OF these ten-per-cent-a-week con-
cerns." 'How did you come out?" II
got ten per cent. The concern got CO.,
Cleveland Plain Dealer. -.
Doctor-"How many glasses of beer
do you drink daily?" Patient-''I will
tell you frankly, DOCTOR if you will first
go to the door and make sure my, wife
isn't listening."- Traveller.
"And now that you have made your
debut" said the matroE, do you find
the world at your feet?" NO." replied
the young debutante. "Most of them
are lowering around papa's bank
Philadelphia North American
Once upon time two birds, flying
over the desert, We're fainting with
WEAKNESS. ''Let us pause at yonder
oasis!" said one of the birds. ''Oasis!"
said the other bird. "How do you know
it isn't woman's hate" The spirit of
skepticism, while it doubtless imparts
an air of intellectually, is sometimes
the cause of much unhappiness.-De-
troit Journal.
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of doors. For general crop prefer to
burn brush heap where my plant bed
is to be, then dig up with mattock,
working in all the ashes while warm,
and sowing the seed in early spring.
The bed is we'll raked, thoroughly
firmed and covered with brush. This
makes an ideal bed where the plants
grow stocky and form good roots.
Transplanting is best done with dib-
BILE, putting the plants on the west
side of the burrows running north and
south. Ifyoung plants are watered too
much they will not grow thrifty and
are more liable to blight. When the
plants get about one foot high they
should be trellised by driving stakes
near each hill or putting them eight to
~ feet apart and tying with binding
twine.-American Agriculturist.
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Mixing Kerosene Emulsion.

Many speak of the emulsion as
troublesome to make. I find it very
easy by the following method: A bar
of common washing soap is dissolved in
a quart of water and allowed to boil,
then two quarts of kerosene are added
to the boiling soap. This is churned,
while hot, with revolving sgs beaten;
force pump would be better, but do
not own one, and beaten answers very
well. When the emulsion is properly
made it will come like butter, so thick
that the beaten will not work. A pint
of the thick emulsion is diluted with
eight quarts of water, making a liquid
resembling skim milk in color but
closely related to kerosene in odor.-
Vick's Magazine.
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CROP THAT PAYS WELL i
When Properly Cultivated 4 Few
Acres Of Onions Will Give Excel.
lent Money Returns.

When q good yield and quantity can
be secured, there are few crops that
give better return than onions. One
advantage with them is that they can
be marketed as soon as matured, or
they can be stored and kept to be
marketed whenever desired.
In growing onions successfully, it is
essential to have good seed, to sow
early, to have rich soil, prepared in
fine filth and to give thorough cultiva-
ton in good season. A failure in any
one of these will often so affect the
yield or quality of the crop as to deter
mine the question of profit or loss.
1t is an exceptional case to find
soil that is naturally rich enough to
make good crop of onions without
the addition of some manure or fer
tilizer; on the other hand, it is an ex.
ception to find soil too rich. The
onion is a gross feeder. A very heavy
dressing of coarse, fresh manure could
be given and incorporated with the
soil with profit, were it not that in
most cases this kind of fertilizer con-
tains so many weed seeds as greatly to
increase the labor of clean cultivation.
On this account, so far as is possible,
well-rotted manure should be used
taking care to thoroughly incorporate
it with the soil on the surface. Wood
ashes are one of the best fertilizers for
this crop, and if there is not enough of
well-rotted stable manure available,
commercial fertilizers can often be
used to good advantage.
Onions grow so near the surface that
the manure should be applied anu
worked in the surface, and for that rea-
son top dressing after blowing will
generally be the best plan.
One advantage with onions is that
they may be grown on the same land
for several years without change if
liberal manuring is done, and if clean
cultivation is given the first year this
will be found quite an item.
The very first favorable opportunity
in the spring should be taken advan-
tage of to prepare the ground and SOW
the seed as earliness is an important
item. The soil should be prepared in a
lille JllCu.
A better termination of the seed and
a more vigorous start to grow will be
secured while the cultivation can be
commenced earlier and clean cultiva-
ton be given with less labor if care is
taken to have the soil thoroughly pre-
pared in a good filth before the seed is
sown. Mark out the rows ten or twelve
inches apart. If the drill is used it will
mark them out, sow the seed and cover
all at once. One advantage in using
the drill is that the seed will be dis
tributed in the drill rows more evenly
and be covered at more uniform
depth. It is best to use plenty of seed
so as to secure good stand of plants
1t is better to thin out than to replant.
Give clean cultivation from the start,
keeping the soil in good filth until the
crop is matured.- Louis Republic.
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value Of Orchard Grass

Unquestionably it is good grass,
and if it can have plenty of water it is
a luxuriant grower. But it will bunch
lin spite of fate" At least that is my
experience. Thick sowing will prevent
that to some degree, but it is sometimes
recommended in a mixture for a per-
manent pasture. In that case it could
not be sown thickly enough to prevent
it from punching, and had about as
soon sow ten-pin balls and let them re-
main on the land. Stock would not
eat them as readily as it would orchard
grass, it must be admitted, but in time
they would not be more unsightly OF
more inconvenient in the care of the
pasture. Richard Preston, In Agricul-
tural Epitomist.
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boxes, and saw them through again
and again, as suggested in the dotted
lines. All that remains is to nail in the
corners the pointed stakes that hold
up the rails. Nothing better can be de-
vised for tomatoes than supports made
in this way. The same kind of supports
are also exceedingly useful for putting
about rose bushes or small shrubs that
one may be starting upon the lawn.
Such small growths need this protec-
ton until they are big enough. to look
out for themselves.-N. Y. Tribune.
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ARE GOOD MEDICINES,
More Eficacious Remedies Than
Drugstore Compounds.

We take the following from an ad-
dress delivered by L. H. Galloway be-
fore the Illinois Horticultural society,
as published in the National Rural.
We can vouch for many of these vege-
table remedies as being quite as eff
cacious and much more pleasant to
take than the prescription often given
by physicians, and some day we may
add others to the list here given:
Honey is wholesome, strengthening,
purifying, healing and nourishing. 1
have reference to the kind made by
bees-not the glucose kind. Persons
suffering from rheumatism, nervous
diseases and nervous dyspepsia should
eat celery and turnips. Onions are al
most the best nervine known, and will
quickly relieve and tone up WORKOUT
system and are beneficial in cases of
coughs, colds, influenza, scurvy and
liver complaints. Lettuce eaten by
those who suffer from insomnia is
beneficial. Let those who need iron
for tonic eat spinach, and let the
drug Gron) alone. Persons suffering
AAoAA 6AoVO SuOu1u GU OulOuS ana
spinach. Carrots should be eaten by
those who have asthma. Let those
who need increased perspiration to
relieve overworled kidneys and lungs
eat asparagus. Cranberries are proper
diet for those suffering from erysip-
elias. They should also be applied ex-
ternally. Lemons satisfy and cool the
thirst in fever. Blackberries are
tonic. Blackberry cordial is the prop
er remedy for diarrhea. Persons who
are bilious, who have Indigestion and
dyspepsia, conditions for which cal
omel is usually prescribed, should let
the calomel alone and eat freely Of
ripe tomatoes. Let those who have
rheumatism and need an aperient eat
Pie-plant. The apple, excelling other
fruits in phosphoric acid, is an excel
lent brain food. It is aperient and
diuretic, and hence obviates indiges-
ton and dyspepsia and assists kidney
secretion and prevents gravel. It
cleans the mouth. Let persons who use
drugs classed as aperients and laxa-
tives and cathartics stop their use and
eat freely of apples, figs, bananas, pie
plant, tomatoes, onions, strawberries,
raspberries and blackberries.
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I'm ItlE M Sic HOUR By IHE XIV ER.
of her life. But with grief she discov-
cred that the song of nature had a
higher note than the love lyric of her
heart.
Perhaps it was because the hour had
been too long expected. George Cax-
ton and Barbara Merriden had gone
to school together. They knew every
event of each others lives. They had
always been attached to each other.
George had never thought of any other
girl with emotion, and Barbara had
dong felt that she was destined to be
his wife. She had said yes to his
earnest question with gratitude and
happiness, yet now, in the mystic hour
by the river, with the sun shedding it's
last exquisite glow upon an unreal
world, she felt a WEAKNESS of spirit
at the moderation of her joy.
She was turning from the beautiful
river, Inundated at the inadequacy of
her own emotions, when she saw walk
ing among the pines. with eyes fixed
upon the distant glory of the sky, a
young man whom she had never seen
before. He did not see her till she was
close by him, and then he looked with
a start at the face of the girl, spiritual
and exquisite with it's deep emotional
experience. He stopped and looked at
her, rapt, as if she had been some re-
Gently embodied soul, created for this
wondrous hour, and she stopped, too,
enchanted bv the eloqueEce of his face.
When he spoke it was to say something
remarkable:
ut is always mysterious and fearful
ay beautiful in &ssse woods?" he
asked.
TT is always beautiful here" she
said, speaking as if in dream. ''And
sometimes it seems unreal, and like
like phantom world-as it does to-
night"
Never before in her life had she
spoken in the way that she desired. 1t
was her habit to frame her speech in
commonplace words.
~ should like to walk out on that
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InOculatinE Soil with Germs.

DIR. Altman describes some success
full experiments made at the Alabama
experimental station on the inocula-
ton of the soil with nitragin, the new
germ preparation for supplying the
soil with nitrifying organisms for fix
ing the free nitrogen of the atmos-
phere. Some earth was taken from a
lawn which for several years previous
" had grown luxuriant crops of COM
mon vetch, and which consequently was
rich in nitrogen-fxing bacteria, and of
this solution was made in water In
this solution the seeds of the hairy
yetch were dipped before sowing.
There were four experimental plats,
and all were cut on the same day and
the produce weighed, with the result
that there was much greater increase
in the inoculated than in the uninocu-
lated plat.
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+ The TEST Of Love
or ALL the noble rivers; that go
I J bounding to the sea, none is more

,NE ALL the noble rivers that go
\ bounding to the sea, none is more
splendid than the Columbia. Its pine
clad banks give a majestic setting for
its silver stream. But why should it
be called silver? At times it is the
deepest green-deeper and more lu-
minous than the heart of a jewel. There
are hours when it's cascades have a
thousand colors, like mother-of-pearl.
There are dawns, after the mist has
lifted, when the BROAD surface of the
from or FURNISHED gold.
Barbara Merriden knew it in every
mood. and loved it whether it was SOM
Der with storm, or sullen in the harsh
autumn days, or scintillating under the
July sunshine. She was as much at
home upon the river as on the land;
and the firm earth, with all it's comfort
and beauty. could never give her the
JOY that she felt when the current
took her boat in it's strong embrace.
She went to the river i'm her sorrow
ful moments as well as in her happy
ones. She fled to it as friend. When
George CaNton told her that he loved
her, she ran to the river to tell it of the
blessing that had come into her life.
But, some way, she did not feel the &C.
stasy that she had expected to. The
pleasure in her heart did not rise to
meet the splendor of water and sky
and shore. She had often looked for
ward to this hour as the browning Joy
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Artificial Fruit Colorinx.

L Various fruits are colored on the
surface or in their substance to suit the
fancy of purchasers in France. For
example, strawberries that are unripe
are given red color by means of a
fuchsine preparation, ordinary oranges
Of poor quality are made to pass for
blood oranges by injecting rocelline
Into their pulp; and melons are rem
dered Of fine orange color by inject
ing solution Of tropoeline, and at the
same time aromatized with an artifi-
cial melon essence. Chicago Tribune.
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THERE'S MONEY IN IT.
Tomato Growing Can BE Made the
Most Profitable Part of the Gar.
dener's Occupation,

Tomato growing is one of the most
profitable lines for the gardner and
truck farmer. The yield under ordi-
nary circumstances ranges from $50
to 500 bushels per acre. The surplus
can be used for canning, making cat
sup and wine, and the refuse may be
proftably fed to poultry.
There are many varieties, but the
best I have ever planted are the Stone
and Canada Victor. The plants may
be grown in hotbeds> cold frames or out
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-03-15
THE DEER JUMPED.
Why One Man Who Tried Jack-IiSht.
ing In Maine Decided to Quit w.
the Business,

do you see that man over there by
the mill-shed; the one with cane and
the scars on his face? Looks as if he'd
run up against threshing machine not
SO long ago, eh?" said woods-guide to
New York man staying at Whitman.
tic, Me-, last October, hoping to secure
q pair OF antlers as trophy of his
weeks hunting. "Well, he earned those
Scars fair enough, and worse shaking
up that he got at the same time, through
trying to jack a deer. We guides are
all down on that illegal work, which
stands in the way of honest hunting,
and we knew why that man came limp
ing home one night last week too badly
used up almost to get there. But we've
agreed among ourselves to say nothing
to the wardens about it, for the man
got his punishment at the time and the
deer wasn't hurt.
"This man, being no great Of a, hunt
er, made up his mind that he'd bag a
deer without going to the trouble of
tramping for him. So he rugged up
dark lantern, and borrowed shot
gun, and after dark on still night
went down to the dead water on Ship
Pond stream, where deer were pretty
likely to be found between dusk and
early morning. He set the lantern in
the bow of his boat, and, sitting on the
middle seat behind, it, worked the craft
with his paddle softly along the shore.
It wasn't long before he caught the
shine of a deer's eyes directly ahead,
but thinking they were too far away,
be tried to work up closer before he
:isked a shot.
Snow, as probably you know, there's
| nothing so deceptive to distance as a
light seen in the night, and the shine of
! wild critters eyes is the most de-
ceiving of all. The deer was nearer
than he thought, but it stood still. with
its eyes fixed on the lantern, until the
bow of the boat was just ready to bump
against the critter. Then, as any old
hunter could tell you would happen, it
jumped straight for the light. The
antern didn't stand much in it's way.
or the man behind it; both went down,
while the deer went on, flying. By
miracle, the boat wasn't upset, or the
| man knocked overheard, but when, he
was able to sit up again on the seat and
feel himself. over, it was hard work for
| him to determine where he had been
nit the hardest. His face was cut by
| The deer's hoofs, there wasn't bone in
lis body that didn't seem Jared out of
place, and he was bruised from head to
| loot.
"Of course the deer was gone, but as
he man turned the boat for the shore
re saw the wreck of the lantern lodged
n clump of lily pads. Lame and sore
Is he was, he picked it up and threw it
is far as he could out into the stream.
"'Once and out, he said, and groaned
with the pain of speaking. No more
iaclk-lighting for me- -s.5-.
"Of course the story got out; he
couldn't keep from telling it to the boys
while we were splitting his frewood
Tor him till he could get about. But
ne DON'T give it away, except to
strangers. He's had his punishment,
Is I've said, and there's no use raking
Up by-gones with a reformed man.
Y. Y. Sun. .... .
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Strange But True,

It is curious fact that the best
way to make both ends meet is to pur-
sue a straight and honorable career
Chicago Daily News.
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why wasps Don't Sit.

81 know why wasps never sit down,
mamma said little George.
''Why is it, dear?" asked his mother.
Because was the reply, "they
have pins in their coat tails and are
afraid to. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Our nation. Wealth.

the iap Of the nation, But our material wealth
and strength is rather in iron, the most use
full Of all metals, just as the wealth Of a hui
man being lies in useful stomach: If you
have overworked yours until it is disabled,
try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It will re-
lieve the clogged bowels, improve the appe-
bifs ana cure ana
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New Translation OF r. $. Y. r.

ne" 11ans1ut10h OF II. 8. v. II.
A clergyman entering upon the charge of
q new living not far from London resolved to
invite all his Pensioners to an sat home in
order to make their acquaintance, and ac-
cordingy sent out cards to that effect. A
district visitor calling at one of the houses
I have been wanting so much to see you. for
my neighbor and have got an imitation
card, but we are SO puzzled about the four
big letters in the corner. She says they
mean: Reply soon, victuals provided but
now you will be able to tell us. Chicago
Chronicle.
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SUPPORTS FOR PLANTS.
Although Very Easily Made, Nothing
Better Has Yet Been Discovered
for Tomatoes.

These should be made in winter, that
they may be ready when needed
Knock out the bottom from grocery
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. A hit-or-miss policy usually has few strik.
ing features Chicago Dispatch.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-30
CHURCH CHOIR ANNIVERSARY
Production of the Sacred Cantnta of
"Beishnzznr's Fenst.o

Production of the Sacred Cantata of
"Befshnzznr's Fenst.o
The choir of the Ninth Street Christian
Church celebrated its second anniversary
last evening with the performance of
George F. Roots sacred cantata, BEL
shazzar's Feast" The production was rem
dered under the direction of the orgapiat,
Charles Haydn Chase. '3'
The reproduction of the numerous num-
bers Of this beautiful sacred musical poem
was an Interpretation exquisitely rendered
and deserving of the enthusiasm which 1t
evoked. In the role of NItocrs, Queen of
Babylon, Mrs. Marie MacnichoI- Richmond
sang several solos with a voice distin-
guished for qualities of timbre and tone
20, That / Had Wings Like Dove" her
first solo, was especially well received.
William ST. ]. Blanchard as Daniel. and
Charles A. Moore, as Belshazza, were also
the recipients OF much approval. Other
members of the cast were Ralph W. Bowen,
as Hananiah; Miss A. Resale Holberg, as
lady OF the court; A. l.. Wieser, as a
lord OF the court; Jennie Shambaugh and
Edna Bowen, as Jewish maidens; Diller F.
Croft and w. Gait Bowen, as companions
of Daniel. and Mrs. Eva Seely, representing
an angel. The narrative was undertaken
by Rev Edward B. Bagby. chorus of
twenty-five voices represented the Jews,
Chaldeans, soldiers, citizens, etc.
The cantata was in ten scenes, and gave
opportunity for the rendering of solos.
duets, trios, choruses. and double choruses.
and concluded with a grand finale by the
full chorus. Magnify, Glorify, Extol and
EXalt the Lord"