LUCK , OR JUDGMENT? 
How often do we hear such expressions 
as -‘Well, Jones always was an unlucky 
dog,” when referring to any streak of mis¬ 
fortune which may have overtaken said 
Jones. Nine tenths of the world seem to 
believe as much in the existence of some 
kind of a being or spirit which they term 
“luck,” as they do in the existence of their 
own souls, and other invisible ruling spirits. 
When a small boy, a good old auntie once 
said to us, “there is no such thing in this 
world as luck. Good luck is only the result 
of good management, and bad luck the re¬ 
sult of bad management.” And we are free 
to admit that?our own observations through 
life confirm this opinion. Luck is the re¬ 
sult of management, and management is 
the outgrowth of judgment. Therefore, he 
who exercises the best judgment in all his 
actions will have his works crowned with 
the best “luck,” and vice versa. There may 
be some pleasure in wreathing a horse-shoe 
of roses and hanging the same over our 
doors to protect us from the spirit of ill- 
luck, in honor of the old superstitions, but 
for practical workings it will pay far better 
to keep a sound mind in a healthy body 
and exercise it to its uttermost ,—think well 
before you act, and then if your actions are 
not crowned with success, lay the blame to 
a defect in your judgment and try and 
profit by your experience. Fate is a Fairy, 
and if ever the Fairies inhabited this world 
their race has so long since become extinct, 
that even their fossilized remains are not to 
be found with those of the Mastodons or 
the Aztecs. True, we are all at the mercy 
of the elements. No man on earth may 
have a judgment sound enough to protect 
him from a stroke of lightning. Yet the 
laws of Nature are inexorable, and he 
whose better judgment enables him to best 
protect himself from injury by fire, flood or 
frost, will usually be the most “lucky.” In 
accepting the promise from on high that 
“as ye sow so shall ye also reap,” it must 
be understood that we must sow late 
enough to escape June frosts, spend our 
nights in conjuring up some plan by which 
we may entrap or defeat a myriad of insect 
enemies, spend the profits of one crop in 
purchasing or manufacturing fertilizers 
with which to feed the next, sow in a sit¬ 
uation which our judgment, based on ex¬ 
perience, tells us will neither be engulfed 
by flood or burned by drouth, and shut up 
the hens, in order to rest assured that we 
have done our part towards making the 
divine injunction come true! Yes, Luck is 
a myth, but Pluck must be as lively as a 
bedbug and as persevering as “pussley,” to 
keep a man abreast of the contingences of 
this world. 
Fearless Threshing Machine. 
We call tlie attention of farmers and threshermen 
to the advertisement of the celebrated Fearless 
Threshing Machine, on our last cover page of this is¬ 
sue. Unparalleled honors have been bestowed upon 
this machine at fairs and exhibitions, State, National 
and International; and, if universal victory at trials 
is evidence of superiority, then most assuredly was 
an ex-President of the New York State Agricultural 
Society correct in saying of the Harder Machines, 
“they are the best ever made.” And, as equally good 
and reliable testimony has been borne times without 
number, persons designing to purchase will do well 
to consult the manufacturer of the Fearless, Minard 
Harder, Cobieskill, N. Y. 
We find on our desk a copy of The Northwest 
Home, a nicely printed and well illustrated magazine 
of some seventy pages, devoted to the opening up of 
the great “new northwest.” It is the design of the 
publisher to issue it monthly, and to deal with live 
questions pertaining to home affairs, agriculture, the 
mechanic arts and domestic economy. It is said to 
be the organ of nobody; the fearless expositor of 
right, and the unswerveing foe of monopolies. The 
E resent issue is in the main devoted to an interesting 
istory, Progress and Resources of the Great Terri¬ 
tory of Dakota. W. R. Bi*-rly, Publisher, Grand 
Forks, D. T. 81.00 per annum. 
_ FRUIT PACKAGES-ALL KINDS. 
Best and Cheapest. Send for free Illustra¬ 
ted Catalogue. N. D. BATTERSON, 
Mt. Jewett, Pa. 
All interested in Bees or 1 II All COLONIES 
Honey should send at once 1 IIIIII of Bee* 
PIARIES. for our Price List I 1MIII for Sale, 
and Catalogue of Bees, Queens and Apiarian Imple¬ 
ments. Satisfaction guaranteed. FLANAGAN 
& ILLINSKI, Lock Box 995, Belleville, St, Clair Co., 111. 
DO YOUR OWN PRINTING. 
Presses and outfits from $2.00 to $500. Over 2000 
styles of Type and Cuts, Chromo Cards, etc. Reduced 
price list free. 100 page catalogue 10c. HOOVER 
SUPPLY CO., Box 2795, Philadelphia, Pa. l-b-6 
■■ for Hatching from P. Rocks, White 
EL XJI vJI ^9 Leghorns and Pekin Ducks, $1.00 
per 13. GEO. F. MILLER, Justus, Lack’a Co., Pa. 
Canvassers Wanted! 
St.50 
STOP THIEF . 
ONE Ounce to 10 Pound*. Sold at 
hardware, or sent by express for $1.50. 
Address, JONES OF HINUHAMTON, 
BINGHAMTON, NEW YOBS. 
