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THE RURAH WEW-YORKER. 
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ed and by the time we had ridden seven 
miles through city and country there was no 
room to doubt that it was a windy day. 
When wo were fully a mile from the great 
green mound it rose before us so distinctly I 
am sure that a man on the highest point 
would have stood out plainly against the 
sky. A more lovely day to enjoy a view of 
Kansas could not him 1 been had for the air 
was remarkably clear, the sky cloudless. 
About half a mile from the mound we turned 
off the road and drove for a short distance 
across the. treeless prairie, then hitched the 
team to a fence at the base of the mound, 
and began our accent on foot, which proved 
more of a climb than I imagined Kansas could 
afford. There is a much worn path t,o the 
summit, for no one who takes in the city 
of Topeka is well informed unless he visits 
Burnett’s Peak. Pansy, among other notables 
has stood there and seen “ the whole State of 
Kansas,” which indeed seems little exaggera¬ 
tion of the truth. It was so windy when we 
reached the cop that our only safety laj r in 
dropping flat to the ground and holding on to 
some one of the many huge stones which in 
this rockless country are one of the rnauy fea¬ 
tures of the mound. 
I cannot describe the view which met my 
eyes when once I was firmly enough seated 
to pay attention to something besides my 
feet. I presume the least distant point of the 
horizon is 20 miles, while toward the east 1 
would venture to guess 00 miles as the limit 
of vision. The mound itself rising like a 
great mole hill, has on it neither shrub nor 
tree, and at its base I should judge it to be a 
mile, at least iu circumference, rich, fertile 
fields and the open prairie on the east, spread 
out for miles. The country is by no means 
one unbroken level, but hills, big and little, 
rise on all sides in imitation of the mound, and 
just as far as the eye can reach ono cau see 
tiny houses which multiply like mushrooms in 
this new country. We found attractions near 
at hand, too, for the wild sensitive plants and 
numberless strange flower—epeeially of the 
pea family cover the hill sides. Altogether I 
was disappointed in Kansas spring flowers and 
found not one-fifth of the varieties wo have in 
Ohio, but tbe Summer flowers quite make up 
for the lack of earlier ones. On our way home 
from Burnett’s Peak, wo stopped on the banks 
of the Shunganmuga, and made careful exam¬ 
ination of the contents of a certain largo 
satchel. 
It was a picturesque little nook—and the 
mosquitoes thought so too. Topeka spreads 
over so much ground, fully half of our ride 
seemed in the city. New houses arc going up 
every day and appear in most surprising 
locations. I am acquainted with but a small 
part of Shawnee County, but that I love right 
well, and have a good word for Kansas at all 
seasons. We are much in need of rain now, 
but who ever saw a Summer without any draw¬ 
backs, even iu old Ohio. I wonder if any of 
the Cousins had a jollier Fourth than we and 
our boys had this year. Just imagine the fun 
and noise produced by a hundred boys. Rhyme 
entirely accidental—such genius! 
Truly yours, bertha knowlton. 
Topeka, Kans. 
. NEVER yet saw a boy who 
liked to turn the grindstone, 
v x have known boys to run and 
hide when the tools wanted 
I Vy- sharpening. They were al- 
J JjT ways found out, though, and 
made to work harder than 
‘lirfKSga: ever. Whenever the hired 
man has a spite against the 
*▼ boy,he likes to get him to turn 
the grindstone. By bearing down hard on the 
axe or scythe, the work is made a great, deal 
harder than it otherwise would be. When¬ 
ever 1 see a hired man doing that, I want to 
see him served as I once saw one served. He 
was “bearing on” as hard as he could, when 
the axe slipped and his finger went up against 
the stone. The skin on his finger was well 
ground off, and he had to go light for a while. 
While grinding is about as hard work as any 
on the farm, the tools cut enough better for 
the sharpening to pay for the extra work. 
Sharp, clean tools are what we want on our 
farms. We are going to have them when we 
have farms of our own. Remember that your 
hard work at the grindstone counts towards 
good crops as much as anything you can do. 
You may not get much credit for the work, 
but the help is there, just the same. 
You remember the story Franklin told 
about the man who wanted him to turn a 
grindstone? Franklin was a hoy, going to 
school, when he met a mail who called him a 
“smart boy,” and wanted him to take hold of 
the handle and turn, just to show how smart 
he was. Franklin turned like a good fellow, 
proud enough at this praise, while the man 
put his axe on the stone and sharpened it well. 
When the axe was done, the man stopped and 
said: “Clear out, you little rascal, or you’ll be 
late to school.” Now, when we see a person 
coming about very polite, and praising our 
work, we are apt to say be has “an axe to 
grind,” that is, he wants to get us to do some¬ 
thing for him. Look out for the people who 
do nothing but praise you. They are poor 
friends. I always want my friend to tell me 
what my faults are, and not praise me to my 
face and then go and tell somebody else how 
foolish I am to believe what he says. When 
you pick out your friends, avoid those who 
have nothing but praise. 
Some people have queer notions. When I 
was a boy they used to tell me that if I ate 
milk and cherries, or milk and lobsters, or 
milk and tomatoes I would be poisoned. I 
thought it was so. I cau remember that in 
all our neighborhood, people never dared to 
drink milk after eating any of these three 
foods. They just believed what had been told 
them. One year a man came in from another 
town. He w ent up into acherry tree and ate all 
the cherries he wanted. Then he came into 
the house and saw r a bowl of milk ou the table. 
Being thirsty he drank it about all up. Then 
there was a great, commotion. Everybody 
supposed he would be dreadfully sick. But he 
never was sick, and people gradually found 
out that they had been deceiving themselves 
for years about food. They had taken for 
granted all that people had told them, without 
trying to see for themselves whether things 
were so or not. Our minds were given us to 
reason and think. We must uot settle that a 
thing is so just because somebody else says it is. 
Things that w e prove for ourselves are worth 
twice as much as things somebody else proves 
for us. 
1 always feel sorry for a boy who has a 
“cow lick'” 1 have seen some bad ones. The 
hair will stand up straight, in spite of all tbe 
combing and brushing you may do. There is 
no use getting discouraged about them, for 
they are sure to go down in time if you 
will only persist in combing and brushing the 
right way. Keep at them and brush them 
down. 
Wo do not claim that Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the 
only medicine deserving miblic confidence, but 
we believe that to purify the blood, to restore and 
renovate the whole system. It is absolutely 
unequalled. The Influence of the blood upon 
tho health cannot bo over-estimated. If it be¬ 
comes contaminates!, the train of consequences 
oy which the health is undermined is immeasur- 
Able. Loss of Appetite, 1-ow Spirits, Headache, 
Dyspepsia,. Debility Nervousness and other 
"little (?) ailments'’ are tho premonitions of 
more serious and often fatal results. Try 
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only by C. I. ROOD & CO., Lowell, Mass. 
IOO Doses One Dollar 
After half n century 
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LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS, 
Uncle Mark :— I see by Brother Willie’s 
letter in the last Rural, that you expect 
an article on celery culture from me. 
For first early we use “Nellis’ Self-Bleach¬ 
ing,” now advertised by most seed houses 
as “New Golden Self-Bleaching.” We 
make the beds soven feet wide, and make the 
ground very rich with barnyard manure and 
hen manure. The barnyard manure alone 
being too slow for the quick growth we ex- 
jiect in the Fail. We set the plants about seven 
inches by one foot apart in rows across the 
bed. The stalks of this variety grow upright 
and stalky. When tho plants get largo en¬ 
ough to market, we board one-third of the 
beds two feet high and hold them in place 
with stakes driven down in the ground. Wo 
then dig the remaining beds, leaving dirt ou 
the roots as much as possible, and pack it be¬ 
tween the plants in the frame, upright, We 
then cover tho frame with a supply of seven- 
foot boards we keep for the purpose, and cold 
frame shutters. Iu eight or 10 days they will 
do to use, taking out that which was packed 
in, leaving that which is growing to remain 
until the last. C’are must be taken in warm 
weather that it does uot sweat too much and 
rot. If it does, why take off the cover and 
give air until dried off. For next early we 
use Henderson’s White Plume. We plant it 
about one foot apart each way, and at the 
same time we plant Hartwell and Golden- 
heart for use in Winter and Spring. 
Dover, N. J. harry byram. 
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A KANSAS VIEW, 
THE STORY OF A DISTRICT SCHOOL, 
Dear Uncle Mark: Long ago I sat down 
to tell you all about an ufternoon I spent on 
the prairies, which seemed more characteris¬ 
tic of Kansas than any ouo of the pleasant 
outings I have had. 
It was u bright Saturday iu May when the 
good uncle catne in the big wagon to take an¬ 
other of the ladies here and myself for our 
first experience on the open prairie. We went 
to Burnett’s Peak, commonly dubbed “The 
Mound,” which on a clear day may be dis¬ 
tinctly seen some five miles to the southwest, 
but to reach it we must cross the river and so 
pass through Topeka, which takes us some 
miles out of a due course. There were six of 
us, or seven, if I include the very important 
factor, u big jug of w ater. Right merrily we 
rattled off, the three small boys and then- 
older companions all in the best of spirits. 
It seemed a little windy when we start- 
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A COLLEGE BOY’S DIARY, 
(Continued.) 
After a loug walk over the muddy roads, 
which ran for most of the way through the 
woods, I came to a brick schoolhouse which 
proved to be my “institute.” There was a 
general air of decay about it. The bricks ap¬ 
peared to be weak and discouraged. At the 
corners of the house they were iu tears—crum¬ 
bling away. Several of the windows held 
broken panes of glass. The doors were stained 
and cracked. The sills were worn flat to the 
floor. A broken fence surrounded the yard. 
A large belfry had crowned the structure, yet 
no bell had ever been placed there. The 
whole premises showed the marks of neglect 
iu every feature. 
A large house stood directly across the road 
Wo also manufaoturc Mowc ra. Itoapera, Twlno Binder*, tUkoa, 
Field Kollora. I’lowa, Fu«i Culler and (’ruabrr. Hand and 
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Make plaus early this year for getting a 
good supply of nuts. They will go well uext 
Winter, 
