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The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-03-02
| A MORAL TALE.

There was once boy in Kalamazoo
VINO used TO insist that he never would do
The things he was told he had got TO:
But of contrary mind would persistently
fly
In authority's face. and was minded to
try
The things that his mother said not to.
Now hold your ears hard. lest It happen
you rue
Gas once did the 10y from Kalamazoo).
Sch a high hanled way with the mater.
And bark TO the fate Of this boy who d
rebel,
For his laehrymal glands had occasion
to well
AS he shouted in vain for his pater.
His mother had told him. as mother tells
you
tFor mothers. though here or in Kala-
mazoo.
Are very much like one another).
That when 1t grew chill on a November
morn
His thick winter overcoat had to be worn.
And the boy with scowl said: "Oh.
botherl'
And then. unobserved. the boy took his
cue,
This bad boy l speak of from Kalamazoo.
And slipped out of doors quite uncoated
And thought himself clever and shouted
In glee;
His morals, alas so elastic could be,
/ regret that they have to be noted.
Now 1t chanced on that day, with much
hullabaloo,
bear had come down into Kalamazoo,
And the town in alright had stampeded.
But the boy knew 1t not. and when in
the stree.
He met with Sir Bruin he couldn't re-
treat
His legs weren't sufficiently speeded.
MY boy. you look coldl Your clothes are
too few"
Said this bear, with a wink. in Kalama-
zoo;
Now isn't my coat better suited?
No overcoat oni Now / really opine
You'd find 1t more comfortable inside of
mine;"
And this statement was never refuted.
And now have told all that ever I knew
OF the boy and the bear and Kalamazoo
For / never have heard how II ended.
SO let us all hope that the boy disagreed
And his pater, who found him no worse
off than treed.
Also found that his ways had beer
mended.
Waldo. in Good Housekeeping.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-03-02
THE STATUE.

The marble waits. immaculate and rude:
Beside II stands the sculptor. lost In
dreams.
with vague. chaotic forms. his vision
teens
Fair shapes pursue him. only to eluda
And mock his eager fancy. Lines of
And heavenly beauty vanish. and. be-
hold.
Out through the Parian luster. pure and
cold,
Glares the wild horror of devils face.
The clay is ready for the modelling.
The marble waits: how beautiful, how
pure,
That cleaning substance. and 1t shall
endure
when dynasty and empire. throne and
king
Have crumbled back to dust. Well may
you pause,
Oh. sculptor artist and. before that
mute,
Unshapen surface, stand irresolutel
& Awful, indeed, are arts unchanging laws
The thing you fashion out of senseless
clay,
Transformed to marble. shall ouuive
your fame;
And. when no more Is known your race.
or name
Men shall be moved by what you mold
to-day.
We all are sculptors. BY each act and
thought
We form the model. Time. the artisan,
Stands, with his chisel, fashioning the
Man,
And stroke by stroke the masterpiece is
wrought
Angel or demon7 Choose and do not err,
For time but follows as you shape the
mold.
And finishes in marble, stern and cold.
That statue of the soul, the character.
BY wordess blessing or by silent curse,
BY act and motive-so do you define
The image which time copies line by
line,
For the great gallery of the Universe.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox. in Success.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-03-02
HERE AND THERE.

Over four hundred species Of trees
are known in the Philippine islands;
of these about fifty have commercial
value.
The land may be fertile and well
titled, yet unless good seed are plant.
ed the harvest will be a disappoint.
ment.
The man who spends money sor
things he is as well off without, will
have to do without things he ought
to have.
Nearly half million people from
other parts of the world have come
into the United States during the
year 1900, seeking permanent homes.
To get the sweets of farm life
one must raise fruits and flowers. One
might as soon live in jail as TO live
on an old dilapidated farm, without
fruits and flowers.
"A man who can slep soundly In a
comfortable bed while his pigs are
squealjng, trying to squeeze beneath
his fellows for protection, comes very
near being hog himself.
Keep busy, but use some senss
about IL. The moth miller frequently
shortens its existence by being una.
BILE to stop beng busy around lamp
The moth seems silly. but there are
others.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-03-02
AN ANT FAMILY.
will burr

take one of the white cocoons that
look like grains of rice, and run down
into the house with it, as fast as pos
sible. Then she will come back for
another, and pretty soon there will
be nothing left where you turned over
the stone by the narrow roadway,
leading down to Ant Town.
The ants are very busy workers,
and when you see little heap of dirt
in the path you know that they have
been making new room or digging
out a new roadway, and this is the
earth they have brought up while
they worked.
There are a great many different
kinds of ant folks. In some cities the
masters and mistresses are very lazy,
because they keep slaves to do all the
work.
at is so warm and sunny to-day
we must bring up the babies for an
airing" said one ant slave to an
other, as they met in one of the halls.
"You bring them up if you want
to, but have too much to do. First
must go with my sister slaves and
find food for breakfast. Then we
must feed our masters and misfresses,
and afterward go out and harvest
the grass seed for winter" So they
hurried along and the first brought
the babies up to the warm, dry cham
Der near the top of the ground.
The ant cows are tiny green bugs.
such as we often see on our house
plants. Their milk is like honey, and
the ants are very fond Of it. The ants
know that these little cows would die
when the weather grew cold ifno one
looked after them; SO when fall comes
they drive them into the COW sheds
they have made, and feed them all
winter. the same as we do our cows
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-03-02
THE RURAL PoSTMAN.
&c work. Hard for small Pay, Bu,
Enjoys Life and L. Welcome
wherever lie Goes.

II you like driving % OF % miles q
day in all kinds of weather, this is the
very thing you want. To be sure you
will have TO furnish your own, horse
and cart out of a salary of $500 a year,
but II you can be satisfied with a
chariot like the one in the picture, that
item will not be likely to cut large
hole in your income.
This particular man is a Pennsyl.
vania mail-earrier. Al nine o'clock
every morning, except Sunday. he
starts out from the village post office
and all day long he is driving about the
country delivering and collecting
mails. His route follows the main
roads, but branches out now and then
to this side or that, in order TO reach
some district where a number of fam.
lilies are clustered together. In one
place he makes a trip of three miles to
reach group of homes, coming back
to the main road not over 500 yards
from the point where he left it. Every
house has n mail box near the roadside,
where the carrier can reach 1t without
getting out of his cart. Sometimes,
where several families live at dis.
tance from the road. half a dozen
boxes, each marked with its owners
name, will be found nailed to the side
of a convenient barn and here the car
rier leaves the mail and the farmers
come each day to find their letters and
papers just as safe as If they had
hitched up and driven some two or
three miles to the post office after
them.
There is no end of variety in these
rural boxes. Some OF them are care.
fully made and painted, but more OF
them seem TO be simply the first thing
that happened to come TO hand. There
are tin cans and soap boxes, cracker
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-03-02
QUEER LITTLE PEOPLE.
They Have Cozy Underground VIII
Isges and Their Capital Ia
Called Ant Town.

The cities where the little people
live are down under the ground.
Each city is like one great house
with lots of rooms. There are nurser-
les for the babies, storerooms where
the food is packed away, living rooms
and long galleries leading from one
part of the town to another, and up
to the top of the ground. There are
even little COW sheds, where the tiny
cows live in winter.
Some of the little people are black,
some are red and others brown. Go
out in the field and lift up large,
fiat stone and you will find the gate
way to one of these cities.
The ants, as we call these little folk,
will bury about and each one will
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-03-02
LAST OF THE EXPOSITION.
tionaI Fair at ParIs--scenes
and Incidents.

II was 6 o'clock. From the top OF the
Eiffel tower the cannon thundered, an
nonneing the final stoppage Of the
number Of admission tickets, says the
Paris Courier des Etats Unls. The
Chateau d'Eau blazed with yolleys Of
light in constantly changing colors,
nnd in the distance the Trocadero and
all The buildings became illuminated,
while the gardens displayed their gar
lands of translucent fruits. Then for
the last time the crowd mQYed toward
.Ae- luminous waters. II was cold and
threatening snow; but that did not
prevent the people from admiring their
favorite spectacle. Suddenly the lights
went ont, and IL was then only that
the crowd realized that the end was
reached. When all was comparatively
dark in the Chateau dEau the people
commenced to move out en- masse
through all the doors. The movement
continued until II o'clock. Then an
other gun was fired. An immense
clamor arose from the crowd, pierced
bg the shouts OF "Yiye la France"
while the wind bore along from the
distance the strains OF the "Marseii-
Iaise" or the Chant du Depart" Once
more the gun was fired. IL was the
farewell salute, followed by the roll
OF drums that had somewhat Of
sad echo in many hearts. II had a
crashing sound under the vaults and
continued gradually increasing until
all the drummers appeared. Another
guard came along, beating the retreat,
followed by crowds more or less sad
dened by the thought that the grand
affair was over. The exhibition was
already a thing Of the past. The cas-
cades were extinguished, and one after
another the domes Of the different
buildings disappeared in darkness. No
lights remained, except here and there
few globes that gave out soft or
ange colored light. They reminded
one OF watch lights at the bedside Ola
dead woman. The great Paris fair.
which closes for many years the era
Of expoSitions, passed into history.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-03-02
Mouse Killed by a Ring.

A lady suddenly missed valuable
diamond ring from her finger, and all
that she could remember was that she
had recently washed her hands.
Fearing it had slipped off in the oper-
alton, plumber was called in, and
all the traps opened, with the hope Of
finding the jewel. but without avail.
Some time later the set bowl in the
bathroom had 70 be replaced, and
when it was removed, 10 and behold,
crowded in behind the water pipe was
the skelstou of mouse, and around
the mech hung diamond ring. The
mystery was then quickly cleared up.
The poor little cerature had feas.ed
on box of bran, which the lady used
to whiten her hands. and into which
she dropped the ring. By accident,
probably, the mouse slipped its head
through the ring. and then fed in
alarm. In passing between the pipes
the ring was caught and pinched
the uouse's reck, and 30 II died,
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-03-02
Apretty Japanese story.

One of the prettiest of all the stories
relating to mirrors is that which come .
from the far east. In this a man
brings as a gift to his wife a mirror Of
silvered bronze. Then she, having seea
nothing of the kind before, asks in th e
innocence of her heart whose was lie
pretty face smiling back at her. Ard
when, laughing, he tells her it is. ncne
other than her own, she wonders still
more, but is ashamed to ask further
questions. But when at last her time
comes to die she calls her 1ittle.daugh-
ter and gives her the treasure she has
long kept hidden away as a sacred
thing, telling her: "After i am dead
you must look in this mirror morning
and evening, and you will see me. Do
not grieve." So when the mother is
dead the girl, who much resembles her,
looks in the mirror day by day, think
ing she there talks face to face with the
dead woman, and never guessing ii il
but her own shadow she sees. And it
is added, by the old Japanese narrator.
that when the girls father learned the
meaning Of this strange conduct Of
hers, 'he thinking It to be very pit
egus thing, his eyes grew dark with
tssrs."-TEoy Tines.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-03-02
Selection of Seed.

We don't know how much can be
added to the yield of our two great
staples, corn and cotton, by careful
selection of seed. On account OF the
diflicultyin keeping varieties unmixed,
the best seeds can only be had by
careful selection every year I'm.
proved varieties are not only liable to
contamination in the bloom through
winds and insects, but they have a
remarkable tendency TO revert to the
blood from which they were derived
in other words, to deteriorate. Ev-
cry generation must be culled, Just
as animals are, using only those that
posses the desired characteristics for
propagating the species. In the case
Of cotton, with any of the popular
varieties, II the farmer will 90
through his field selecting stalks that
possess the characteristics he wants.
and mark them so they can be easily
found, keeping a record of the rows
and number of selected stalks in each
row, carefully picking the cotton
from these stalks, and then planting
the seeds thereof as far away as pos.
sible from other cotton, and using
the seed from this second generation
f6F. planting, and keep this mp, he win
certainly make better crops than can
be done with seeds taken without
such selection. The same process may
be followed with corn with equal adj
vantage. On account of lack Of fixed
hess of character in both these crops,
the best seed can only be secured by
careful selection every year.--Farm
and Ranch.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-03-02

bile manure. Stable manure Is to,
apt TO be out of the reach OF the
trucker in the south, at least, TO the
extent that he would like TO use it
and chemical fertilizers and legumin
Gus crops make an excellent substi-
tute. In fact, there Is no royal road
10 success in trucking. and IL is usual
ly only after two or three failures
that the unskilled gardener realizes
where he has failed. In this climate,
where the crop of early potatoes is
grown in short time and during the
cool months OF spring when nitriiica-
tion is not so active, there is a need
for heavier applications of nitrogen
in fertilizer used than there is in the
north. where the crop grows through
the summer when the nitrification OF
organic matter in the soil is most ac.
tive.
Hence, in the preparation of fer
tililer for the potato crop in the
south. we would always use more nj.
trogen than on the general cror
grown north, and not only would We
use more nitrogen, but we would use
portion of II in the readily availa.
BILE form of n nitrate, rs in the nitrate
of soda. for the same reason We have
given for the extra need of nitrogen
the short time during which the
crops grow. Nitrogen must get into
the form of nitrate before green
plants can use IL, and there is need
for the readily available nitrate in the
early growth OF the potato while the
organic nitrogen is getting into shape
for the plants. Hence we would adj
wise for the potato crop the follow.
ing mixture TO make ton; Acid
phosphate, 900 pounds. nitrate OF
soda, 100 pounds; cotton seed meal,
GOO pounds, and muriate of potash, 400
pounds.
II the land was In condition 10 re.
ceiye it, | would use from 900 to /, 500
pounds of this per acre; but on land
like that described ii is probable that
smaller quantity would be better,
since the soil is not in condition TO use
the heavier application, and. there.
fore, 700 pounds of the mixture would
be advisable at first, as the humus
content of the soil increases through
the growing of the peas, you can safe
ly increase the fertilizer application
with the certainty that IL will not
damage the crops as it might in the
unimproyed state of the soil.
The beans and pens following on
this same land the following year will
need little, IL any. heterogeneous fer
tlizer, and will need less fertilization
of any kind. Being n cheaper cror
than potatoes, they will not pay for
and do not need such heavy fertil
izing, and following n crop of peas
will be able TO get along with fairl,
liberal. say 400 pounds. dressing oi
acid phosphate and nitrate of potash
five parts of 10 first to one of th,
last. But after all, the first trucl
crops raised on land In the condition
described will be Disappointing, bu
the man who perseyeres and builds ul
his land by liberal treatment, and whi
sticks at IL, will finally perceive tha
what we have said is exactly true
Prof. w. II. Massey, in Texas Farm
and Ranch.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-03-02

NO." said Mr.. Erastus Pinkley, Il
never wears gloves"
II has noticed dat yoh hans amt
got de style on EN-" rejoined Miss
Miami Brown
Tain no lack o. style. I dasn' war
'em on account o. de police. Ell ] was
ter kivver dem hans wifi gloves I'd
be arrested inside O. two days fob
kyahyfn' concealed weapons, - Wash
irgtoH Star
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-03-02

Every day New York city uses 2,014,-
76s quarts Of milk. l.506,s1e pounds OF
meat, asl.sz5 pounds Of butter and
io,s7s barrels Of aouT,-N, \, spp.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-03-02
THE PROFESSORS
FOOTBALL STORY
BY Howard C. Warren.

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-19
ATE IDOLS FOOD.
Shipwrecked Sailors Lived the Offer
 ings to a Heather Deity.

Captain Murray a Port Royal bar pilot who has followed the sea since boyhood and visited nearly every sec tion of the habitabe globe, is full Of interesting "reminiscences of happen ings in distant lands in which he par ticipated, says the Columbia (S. C) State. The old pilot is fond of relating an incident which occurred near Cal cutta. India. The vessel which he com manded, fine clipper ship, was wrecked in a typhoon in the Bay or Bengal and all hands, save himself and two companions who succeeded Tn reachii shore in the ships gig, were lost The three exhausted men imme- diately sought food and shelter and while thus employed came upon an immense wooden image which they correctly surmised to be an Indian idol. Night was upon them and the men bivouacked near by and their attention was soon attracted by the appearance of scorce of loW-caste Hindoos, each of whom carried in his hands a savory dish which he placed
 
 native had deposited hIs offering with profuse signs and words they departed, and when the hungry sailors were sat isfied that their strange visitors had retreated for the night they greedily devoured the bounteous repast intend ed for the idol. Murray and his com panions remained in the neighborhood for several days subsisting nightly on the offerings brought by the Hindoos as a tribute to their god and remain ing concealed in the daytime One night about ten days after their ship wreck two natives suddenly surprised the three men while they were in the very act of making their usual meal and a fight ensued. The natives proved no match for the resolute and we'll armed Americans and soon beat an ignominious retreat. leaving the latter complete masters of the situation. The captain and his companions, fearing that the natives would return in force and massacre them, made their way to Calcutta, where they secured passage in a homeward bound vessel Some 15 years subsequently Pilot Murray recog- nized in Captain Cole of the ship Kir- kun, which called here for a cargo. one of his old companions in the eX- citing encounter in far-off India. The recognition was mutual and the two men were delighted to renew their &C., quaintance after half a generation
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-19
ST, PETERSBURG FASHIONS.
Short Skirts, Black Shoes and Gloves
 Without Fingers.

From St. Petersburg a correspond ent writes: Although Paris is enjoy ing a late summer and the garb of the moment consists of diaphanouS robes of delicate colors, trimmed with lace here the talk is all of winter over coats and galoshes The only novelty is the short skirt "a la bicycliste, but even that was worn in Paris as long ago as last spring. It is, how ever, none the less welcome, since what could be more inconvenient and fatal to the elegance of Welldressed woman than to be compelled to sus- tain the weight of long and heavy skirts during the muddy season which we are now experiencing? These skirts are worn plain, without any attempt at adornment. We have said goodby to white and even brown boots, and now wear only black cbaus- sures, cut high, and with buttons. A considerable change has been made in the matter of gloves. These are now worn without fingers, but beautifully embroidered on the backs, adorned with precious stones, and fastened with elaborate buttons. It is necessary to wear with them several handsome rings.-London Telegraph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-19
TITLES FOR SALE.
You May Also Acquire Line of Noble
 Ancestors

You May Also Acquire Line of Noble
 Ancestors.
 Would you like to be a baron, vi- eomte, comte CT marquis? Nothing is easier eff you have the price), and it is not such an expensive luxury, even though an ancient pedigree is thrown in with the title For $2 900 you may become a baron, for s4000 a vicomte, for $6,000 a comte What is more, if you buy in the right market you will have letters patent from European government attesting the genuineness of your title and descent. 1t is the no- bility of old Spain that is thus acces- sibie to the stranger with fat purse. \ circular marked "confidential" is be- newly rich people in America and Flu rope. It does not elicit many re- sponses from Americans, who are con- scious of the ridicule they would en- counter in their own country if they sported titles; but Europeans of recent fortune take the bait eagerly, and the 1900 Crop Of barons and counts has been large. If you call at the agency in Paris you are received by a gentle manly individual whose manner in- spires confidence. After explaining to you that every person has such a mob of ancestors that it would be miracle if count or even king did not slip in somewhere among them he will ex- hiblt the volumes of reference bound in red morocco and containing royal warrants of Spain delivered by the of fcial at Madrid, who has charge of all matters of heraldry, and countersign- ed by three court officials By means of one of these certificates any one may become the acknowledged descendant of the proudest Castilian grandees. Through the influence of a partner in Madrid the name of the aspirant is entered on the roles of the Spanish mo- bility, and that settles it. But the ac- complished agent does more than this for your money. If you are a French man he procureS the seal of the French embassy for your warrant of nobility and he claims that the seals of the German and Austrian embassies are equally at his command. Walk up walk up, ladies and gentlemen and buy Spanish title. signed, sealed and de- llvered, with patrician ancestry thrown in for good measure,-New York World.