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ketchup), and when he said pa would pull 
through, ma looked awful sad. Then pa 
•opened his eyes and saw the minister and 
said that was one of the robbers that jump¬ 
ed on him. and he wanted to whip the min¬ 
ister, but the doe held pa's arms and ma 
sat on his legs, and the minister said he 
had got some other calls to make, and wish¬ 
ed ma a happy New Year in the hall, much 
as fifteen minutes. His Happy New Year 
to ma is 'most as long as his prayers. Well, 
we got pa to bed, and when we undressed 
him we found nine napkins in the bosom of 
his vest, that lie had picked up at the 
places where he called. He is all right 
this morning, hut says it is the last time he 
will drink coffee when he makes New 
Year’s calls."— Peck's Sun. 
- +43S&* - 
The Sliver. 
Far up on tlie mountain the river begins 
I saw it, a thread in the sun, 
Then it grew to a brook, and throi gh dell an l 
through nook 
It dimpled and danced to its fun. 
A ribbon of silver, it sparkled along 
Over meadows be-sprinkled with gold: 
With a twist and a twirl, and a loop and a cml 
Through the pastures the rivulet rolled. 
Then on to the valleys it leaped and it laughed. 
Till it stronger and stiller became: 
On its b inks the tall trees rocked their boughs 
in the breeze. 
And the lilies were tapers aflame, 
The children threw pebble and shouted with 
glee 
At the circles they made in the stream; 
And the white fisher boat sent so lightly afloat. 
Drifted off like a sail in a dream. 
Deep-hearted, the mir h of its baby life past. 
It toiled for the grinding of corn; 
It’s shores heard the 1) at of the. lumberman's 
feet; 
His ia L ‘t on its current v, as borne. 
At inlet and cove where its harbors were fair. 
Vast cities arc se in their pride. 
And the wealth of their streets came from beau¬ 
tiful fleets, 
Forth launched on its affluent tide. 
The glorious river swept on to the sea. 
The sea that engirdles the land; 
But I saw it begin in a thread I could spin. 
Like a cobweb of silk, in my 1 a ah 
And I thought of the river that flows from the 
throne; 
Of the lo e ' hat is deathless a d ree; 
O ’ the grace of its p a^v that shall never in 
crease, 
L'hrist given to you and to me. 
Far up on the mountain and near to the sky. 
The cup full of water is seen. 
That is brimmed till its tide carries beuisons wide 
Where the dales and the meadows are green. 
Is thy soul like a cup? Let its little be given, 
Not stinted hor churlish to One 
Who will fill thee with love, and faithfulness 
prove, 
And bless thee in shadow and sun. 
-Margaret E. Songster. in Am. Rural Home. 
NOTKS AND GLEANINGS. 
Sorghum for Sheep.— G. H. Wadsworth at 
a recent meeting of the Kansas Wool Growers’ 
and Sheep Breeders’ Association gave his exper¬ 
ience with sorghum for sheep. In the winter of 
1881-82 he fed 2 500 sheep on 250 acres *-f sor¬ 
ghum from November until February, and they 
did well. In February he sold 500 wethers at 4J 
@ 4 .t ceuts per pound. This last winler he has 
had 4,500 wethers in one pl .ee aud 2,300 in an¬ 
other—grade Merinos that, will shear seven 
pounds each—grazing on 350 acres of fcorghum, 
aud expects to use in all about 700 acres. JD 
has found that “Kansas Orange” Led is its 
better than the Early Amber, though he ex,^.* 
to sow 200 acres of the lat er ibis year. He 
thinks ne th**r the s >rghum or its seed are injur¬ 
ious to ewes m lamb, yet he said too much of 
any kind of feed would injure them if led with- 
our, stint. He had threshed the mops from ten 
acres and obtained 14V i ush Is of clear seel per 
acre. 
Early in May is unquestionably the brat 
time to set stia r berry plan s. The mo-t success¬ 
ful growers set them in rows ab ut th ee feet 
apart, in the row. Tee runners are ail kept off 
aud large hills produced by fall. They are then 
covere i in Nov-mber aud a full crop obtained 
the following June. A uew bed is set each 
spring aud the old one plowe 1 up after fruiting 
unless plants are wanted when the straw cover¬ 
ing is removed and the plants lett to ru t for an¬ 
other year. A large crop of fine you; g plants 
are thus pr duced at sma 1 cost. 
Flowers are the emblems of innocence 
aud purity, the tokens of affection. We pr^s-nt 
fl "Wfc'S to those we love in season* of joy and 
hours of sorrow, and it is well to lea r u how to 
arrange them iu the o ost aur ctive and express¬ 
ive forms, or, at ’east, how to avoid those lorms 
that are realty r-pulsive to persons of good taste. 
Presen: s of flowers are always appropriate; they 
may be choice exotics or the simple rosebud, all 
are alike acceptable, aud almost equally beau¬ 
tiful. 
