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I THE QLDEW TIME. The olden time- of 'lonf ago! When skies were clear and blue, And hearts were young and light, you know, And yet so good and true when "yes" was"" "yes," and "no" was "no," And tears were rare and few. Our world was hedged by bounding hill. Beyond we could not see. We did not have the thoughtful skill To solve the mystery Of dlstaht place, nor yet the will To care If such could be. For us alone arose the sun For us the moon at night Came stealing up when day was done. With disk of frozen light. And when their courses these had run. They just dropped out of sight. The singing birds from Southland came. But that was "oil somewhere." The howling winds that none can tame Rushed in from "over there." And (lying snow—God made the same From bits of cloud and air. The long a.?o, now lost to view. The time of love and song, Whei days were all of life we knew. With nights a minute long. We dreamed of things we meant to do— Has life proved dreaming wrong? —John L. Shroy. in Saturday Evening Post. AN UNCONVENTIONAL COURTSHIP rp U1S sort of game is all well, but JL if it lasts mucb longer I shall be a perfect wreck," said Arthur Mason to himself one evening, as he sat gaz ing thoughtfully at the fireplace. "For the last six months I have been head over heels in love with Vera Fraj*, and, what is worse, not had the pluck to tell her so. But she is such a peculiar girl" (he argued in self-defense). "If it was anyone else I wouldn't hesitate a mo ment." Mason wa~s a man of about 25, and as full of passion and sentiment as a man well could be. But he had been brought up in orthodox English style with many sharp lessons never to betray his feel ings. These lessons had been so ham mered into him in his youth that he found now that even against his own wishes it was almost impossible to show what his real opinion was of anj'thing that affected1 his likes or dislikes. When he was most happy people thought him sad, and vice versa. It was, perhaps, on account of the pe culiar way he had of looking at things that he invariably saw the funny side first, sometimes on the most serious occasions. His passion for Vera at times made him laugh, and when on the verge of proposing to her the thought would strike him how foolish he would look. The truth of it was, he knew too much of the world, and the love qffairs of his friends had appeared ridiculous to him. Ore of the chief attractions of Vera in his opinion was her passive nature, and it was that perhaps which made him falter. The idea of her being in love seemed absurd to him. The week following the self-com munings just recorded, he knew that Vera would be at a dinner party to which he had also been invited, and he determined, if an occasion arose for a Rerious talk, to have the matter settled. How he would manage it he did not dare to decide chance, he thought, would have to be his guide. Mrs. Fairburn's drawing-room was packed on the night of the dinner. So much so that poor Mason's heart sank. If Vera did come his opportunity for a tete-a-tete with her appeared small. She was a popular person, and he knew she would be dragged off to entertain some of the "lions" of the evening. The Fairburns' house luckily boasted one of the finest gardens in Sussex, and if he could persuade his idol to go for a stroll in that garden he meant to do so. At dinner Vera sat directly opposite him, and he inwardly blessed his host ess for not crowding the table with flowers, ferns, or ornaments, which would have hidden her charming, clear cut features from him. When looking at her a calm always eame over him that he could not explain. Even when absent from her, he generally pictured her as a limpid spring from which peace was always flowing. Nothing on earth, he imagined, could ever rufHe her. The dinner passed off perfectly. All seemed thoroughly pleased with them selves and the world in general. It was an hour later, and he was sit ting by Vera's side in '£&e drawing room. They were enjoying an animated discussion on some topic of public in terest, and no chance bad so far pre sented itself. At last, in pure desper ation, Arthur blurted out, during a slight fall in the tide of argument: "Thi» room is terribly close shall we finish our little controversy in the arar den?" Vera was nothing loath. It was a lovely night the sky was a mass of twinkling stars, and the moon gave a light that one could easily read by. Such a moment seemed specially ordained for iovemaking, lov£ whis pefed in the trees and echoed in the bushes. And yet these two still con tinued to disagree, as if such romantic evenings were intended for the battle dore and shuttlecock of social common places. They had by now waudered to an ar bor, and without either of them draw ing attention to it, they entered and sat down in the two deck chairs it boasted*. Vera tried to continue the subject at issue, but Arthur remained silent. In this wise the conversation stopped, and each became absorbed, for the first time, in the be&uty and th£ stillness of the night: Presently, with startling abruptness, the slleridewas brrtkgn upon. "Vera," said Arthur, turning toward her, "would yon care to marr/ mif" It was not, by along way, the first time she had received a similar request, lor she had been vainly courted'by the richest and highest in the country. 86 vainly, indeed, that people were even beginning to hint of the shelf Wheii speaking of her. But Whether it was the' suddenness of the request, or the personality of him who made it, for the minute her confusion was obvious, thoqgfc luckily for her the friendly moos did not light up this little aibor. Calming herself immediately, and look ing quickly up at her companion, Vera queried: "Why do you ask me? You don't think I'm in love with yoU, dp S'OU?" "No, in fact I'm sure you are not." "Then that settled the question with out further trouble,** said Vera, care fully rearranging her shawl and estab lishing herself in a more comfortable position, as if some knotty problem had just been solved "Not at all, for you haven't answered me." "You have answered yourself, though you would hardly marry a woman who did not love you." "That's one of the reasons I am ask ing you," replied this cool diplomatist, slowly lighting a cigarette "Then before answering," she said, appearing to be interested in this strange species of proposal, "let me question you. Do you love me?" "No. I don't." "Then why on earth do yon talk such rubbish? How can you wish to marry me?" "Simply because neither of us is in love with the other, which shows that we are both mentally and physically in sound health." "You consider, then, that love is a disease in fact, I suppose," she added, sardonically, "a kind of disordered liver?" "Exactly. But let me put the case before you properly," said Arthur, ris ing and walking up and down in front of her as he spoke. "You and I have been friends for 12 years, and by now know each other thoroughly. I am thankful to say I have never loved j-ou. r.or, to my knowledge, have you loved me, and it is these facts which con vince me we should make a thoroughlj congenial and happy married couple. On these grounds I again ask you— will you marry me?" he concluded, stopping opposite Vera's chair. During this curious monologue the moon had traveled somewhat on its journey, and now cast a pale light into the arbor—just enough to show Arthur, that his fair companion's eyes were twinkling, and that she was on the verge of smiling. Looking straight at him, Vera composedly answered: i.' "Your philosophy, dear Arthur, is( ex cellent, and j'our case apparently fully proved, but—er—if you would'not mind sitting down here" (nodding toward the empty chair at her side), "hold my WANDERED TO AN ARBOR. hand and look me full in the face, and then tell me that you are not head over heels in love with me, I will be lieve that for the last five minutes you have been speaking—as they say in courts—the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth." Arthur felt dazed. He sat down and1 took his pretty companion's hand—he observed it was beautifully soft. He looked into her eyes—he noticed they had in them alight he had never seen before, and that on her face was a smile and an expression that could have but. one interpretation—and he faltered. And the silence of night wrapped the arbor in its embrace. A bird moved in the ivy—a nightingale came to its mate—and the moon traveled farther on its journey. It sank—but not before it had ^witnessed what, in the course of its considerable experience, it had often seen before, but of which—rit never told. —Mainty About People. PLAYED TO EMPTY HOUSE. Saint-Saens, the French Composer, Nevertheless Bowed Politely to the Vacant Chairs. Camille Saint-Saens, the distin guished French composer, is very near sighted, and his affliction was the only cause of the following story: Beino asked to play something at a party in Paris, he extemporized for an hour in the most brilliant fashion. Then some of the guests began to leave, and after two hours the resj. took their depart ure. The hostess retired to bed, and the master of the house alone remained in the room, but sitill Saint-Saens, lost in musical reverie, and not perceiving that the guests had departed, played on. At last, about two a. m., seeing Saint-Saens playing with more ardor than ever, the host, completely over come with fatigue, became desperate' and said: "I beg pardon, my dear sirj but, pray, are you not a little fa tigued?" Saint Saens replied, without leaving the piano: "Not in the least," and to show how fresh he was struck into a new improvisation with wilder enthusiasm than etet. The host gave it up, stole out of the room and went to bed. At daybreak Saint-Saens arose, gravely bowed to the tables and chairs] and went home, pomplcitely ignorant that the chairs and table's hid been for hourshis only audience. Ought to* Cat Hts Head Of. When a former sultan of Turkey was on a visit to: England-was enter tained by fWprince'Vf Wale* in a man ner befitting his rank. One day the sultan aiid the prince were driving when, the latter pointed out tiie home of the duke of Westminster (saying that it was the abiding place of his •richest subject. "How rich is he?" in] quired the eastern potentate yftth ini tefest. "Oh, enormously wealtfly, be yond all calculation!" returned.. thJ prinqe "Do you mean to tell igte that ne is richer than you are and y£t youij subject?" was the next questioK fronj the visitor. "Richer than Ir laughed England's future kingjr "Ini d«eed he is, ten, possibly twenty times richer." "Then why don't youc&t on his head?7'murmured the foreign ruler] as he settled back in hisaeatr-^icaffa Chronic* A GEORGIA INCIDENT. Story «t TtnputHni and Intea* ytrate Colonel and His Lesson. An oM man leaning on a cane and nearly blind is to be seen daily walk ing about his premises in North Den ver. xlib disability is so marked that anyone would say he must be a civil war veteran. But recently he cele brated his 75th anniversary. He is a typical "old. man," made so by war, says the Denver Post. 'Some 19 years ago a petition for a pension wait sent in by John1 C. Fit nam. The grounds for asking it were that he was disabled while in the ser vice of the United States as a corporal in the One Hundred and Sixth Illinois. It hung, fire for seven years. Then seme technical flaws were found and the aid was re fused. Mr. Fitnam, even then an old man, was disheartened. Twelve, years more rolled.1 by and then a lucky turn came to him. Aid from the pension bureau was out of the question. Some other means must le found. Why not. ask con gress? "I am a lawyer and surely will be- able to get aid from coprgress," thought Mr. Fitnam. He sought Con gressman Shafroth. The congress man was interested. He would aid Mr. Fitnam if there was any way of doing it. There was a way, and last December a bill was introduced for Mr. Fitnam's relief. Senator Teller gave his services and) thus it was pos sible to pass the bill through both houses by last February. It was not signed until a few days ago. The aid which had been so long sought was now lessened in its degree, for Mr. Fitnam, now almost blind and* helpless, is forced to employ a man who pilots him about when ever the aged lawyer moves from place to place. Though old- and blind and feeble, he is not helpless or weak-minded. The brain which has for fifty-three years argued before the jury is still in good condition. When asked if he were ever in the active service Mr. Fitnam answered: "No, but I was in a far worse place. The de fensive line with its hell of disease and filth is worse than the shot and shell of battle. I saw. active disease, but no active fighting. That disease has made me what I am. Let me tell yon a story," he con tinued "It's a good story and shows the type of men we had as command ers when I was in the service. While we were stationed at Daiton, Ga., I was placed in charge of a squadi to which the duty of bringing the com missary supplies from the surround ing country was assigned. At dress parade one afternoon an order was read. Col.—let us say Smith—our commander, ordtered that each and every man should do the proper amount of saluting at the proper time. If an officer did not return the salute of his inferiors then the in ferior would not be compelled to sa lute in return on the next meeting. "Now, our colonel was a good man, but subject to fits of temper and also of intemperance. Well, sir, one day I "DO YOU KNOW WHO I AMf Was returning from the commissary farm when I met our colonel. Liquor seemed to have a pretty good hold of him. I drew up my men in order that we might salute the colonel, but he rodfe on and said nothing. "The incident passed. I forgot it almost completely. Some weeks later I met the colonel at the same place. My squad1 happened to be the same men. I realized what I ought to do. The colonel was now sober, but I did not salute him. 'Men,' I commanded, 'you are not to salute the colonel.' "And we did not. "In an instant the colonel was in a rage. 'Do you know who I am?' he demanded'. 'Yes,' I replied. 'You are Col. Smith of the One Hundred and Sixth Illinois. But, sir, do you remember the order read at dress pa rade the other day? Not long ago I .met you at this place. I saluted. Yon did not return the salnte.' 'Well—er ,' said the colonel, and then a suspicion entered his mind. He knew his weakness. In an instant he spurred his horse to the middle of the road and then saluted in a most sol dierly style. "The funny part of it was that every officer and! soldier knew about It in less than an hour.'* As to Divorce. "Mamma," said little Ethel, "Mrs. Gayley's husband isn't dead, is he?" "No, dear." 'Then what's she going to be mar ried for?" "Never mind, dear. You can't under- ktiow,"-exclaimed the* lh&le girl, "it's jyst like getting vaccinated. It didn't take the first time, did it?*'— Philadelphia Press. wit& Jtfce Colonel Wai. "Yov \ay the colonel was in the latest battle?" "Yes, he was." "Was he in the van?** "There wasn't any van. He was la the baggage wagon."—Cleveland Plain Ossl!^ 'r Ml'iagHBES ATHLETES IN THB ARMY. There Were Time* When Plenty mt Musele Was Heeded at the Gnus. "The enthusiasts in athletics,** said the colonel, relates the Chicago later Ocean, 'who enlisted in the?ar^|y in 1898 have certainly had full justice done them, but there were the same sort of enthusiasts in the army of 1861, and of them very little has been said. When I read the announcement of the death of William B. Curtis I remembered the stalwart Chicagoan who entered the service in 1861 as or derly sergeant of Capt. Hayden's zouaves, or company A of the Nine* teenth Illinois regiment. Curtis was at tjjat time one of the most notice able meh in the regiment. He was a skilled oarsman and was an enthusiast in all athletic sports. The first time our division crossed the Tennessee river the skill, and resourcefulness of Curtis were put to a severe test. Gen. Mitchell, or whoever was In command, was impatient over the de lay in crossing the river. That was early in the war, and the engineer corps was not well organized. Many expedients were suggested and some of them were tried, but all failed. The general spoke in a complaining way to Col. Turchin, of the Nine* STUCKgjN THE MUD. teenth Illinois, of the helplessness oi an army that ought to have men who could meet such an emergency. Turchin said that he had the man and sent Curtis to the gentTial. The plans were explained, the difficulty of the undertaking was discussed, the general remarking that if he could get a rope across the river, securely fastened to the only tree accessible, the problem would be solved. He asked Curtis if he thought he could get a rope across to that tree. Curti9 went up the river, threw a piece of wood into the water, watched it in its course down stream to get an idea of the drift of the cur rent, then took a boat and by skillful use of the oars and by taking advan tage of the current he landed at the right place, made the rope secure around the tree, and the engineers completed the work. This adventure, it must be remembered, required cour age as well as strength, skill and re sourcefulness, but the boys of the Nineteenth Illinois were from the first called on for the most perilous duty, There are many of them in' Chicago who can testify that there was no flinching. In another case where a battery was stuck in the mud and was in dan ger of capture, Curtis went to the res cue, and by the exercise of strength and skill literally lifted' one of the guns out of the mud, and by example secured the safety of all. Strong men were not always successful in such undertakings. I remember that at Stone river, when Negley's division was compelled to retire before the charging column of confederates, the guns of one of the batteries were abandoned among the cedars. A stal wart captain'commanding a German company in another division passing the abandoned guns stopped and in sisted that they should be saved. His men moving as a part of the regiment in line did not heed their captain's appeal to save the guns, pos sibly did not hear it. At all events the captain found himself with one man tugging and pulling to get the guns into the road. But the carriages were so tightly wedged between fche trees that this was a very difficult undertaking. The captain was very strong himself, and the man with him was a stalwart, and as they worked they became more tenacious and more interested. The result was that be| fore they fairly realized what was taking place they were surrounded by confederates who had been watch ing them for some minutes in wonder. The captain and his athletic friend were sent to Libby prison. After sev eral months they returned to the regi ment to be received with great en thusiasm. One of the first men to greet the captain shook his hand, looked around inquiringly, and asked: "Whiere is the cannon, cap?" At this there was a roar and the captain, flushing said: "I was a big fool that time. But in the old country I was taught never to leave the guns.If. ten men strong like myself had come with me, we/would have Saved every cannon!" Celebrating a Loot Leg. On the 9th of June, as Burton N. Harrison, father of Capt. Harrison, who married Miss Crocker, entered Delmonico's Beaver street restaurant, he was hailed by Col. John C. Cal houn: "Come over here, Harrison we're celebrating want yen to join us." With the gallant colonel sat three friends—a railroad* president, a mining promoter, and Gen. Matthew Galbraith Butler, ex-United States senator from South Carolina. They were all southern men, and, as Harri son was President Davirf* private sec retary in the war, he was right (Wel come to enter the circle and") $£}rta|ee of several cold bottles. "What arp yon celebrating?" he asked. "Why," replied Co). Calhoun, "don't you kn&w thatScmattfr Butler lost his right-leg at the battle of Brandy Station on June 9, 1863? To-day is the thirty sixth anmversay of the Joss of that leg, find we axe celebrating it. We celebrate it ev£ry*yeaip."-*N. Y. Preset Old Features of the Paris Show. The Paris exposition of 1578 is com memorated by tfieTrOeadero ind thaifc of 1889 by the Eiffel tower, both of which form part of the present exhibK tio».—N. Y. Sua. "MANY A LITTLE." Little seeds make blooming acres. Woods from tiny acorns grow, Little drops make up the brooklet^ Brooklets into rivers flow 'Minutes make the endless ages, Word by word the book Is read. Grain by grain the wheat is winnowed. And the whole wide world Is fed. Step by step ascend the mountain. Soon the valley 'neath you lies Pile the little bricks together. See the stateliest mansion rise Just by one stone on another Was the wall of China laid Hlst'ry says It Is the greatest Work that man has ever made. "Many a little makes a mlckle," As the canny Scotsmen say. Put the simple rule In practice* Learn a little every day Here a fact and there a reason In your brain store safe away. What a treasury you'll garner If you add a mite a day! —C. G. Tharin, in Golden Days. A LIVE COAL TRICE. Hew to Put Red-Hot Coal oa a Handkerchief and Still Not Burn the Cloth. No one would suppose that it is pos sible to hold a glowing coal on apiece of linen or cotton without burning the cloth, but that such can be done is easy for anyone to prove, and at the same time the experiment teaches kn important natural law. Every child knows that the telephone and telegraph wires are made of cop per because that metal conducts sound well. It is also a good conductor of heat and electricity, which is only another form of heat. If a poker is heated in the fire you pick up a cloth to hold the outer end, although it has not been in the fire, because experi ence has taught you that the heat, is connected through the metal from the fire to the outer end.. This experiment with the flaming coal is based upon this principle, and HOW TO DO THE TRICK. the additional one that linen and cot ton are poor conductors of heat. Take a globe, of copper and draw a piece of cloth tightly over it, so that there is n.ot a wrinkle at the top. If the linen or cotton is closely woven, the trick is all the more certain. Then holding the clothing tightly in place you can safely put a glowing coal on. top of the cloth, and while it burns fiercely the cloth will not even be scorched. The reason is that the great conductivity of the copper draws the heat of the coal before it can burn the cloth. Dp not try this experiment with a good handkerchief first, for if the cloth is not tightly drawn it may burn but take some worthless piece of linen or muslin, and after you are certain of your experiment you can astonish your friends who do not know the secret.-— Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. A Hint to Stamp Collectors. Did you ever hold a sheet of white paper to the light and notice white letters or a figure of some kind in it? That is called the water mark. Most postage stamps are water marked^ some with letters, some with figures, while others have some simple little character. Very few stamps will re veal a water mark when held to the light, but a simple way to detect them is to procure an old "tintype" picture. Lay the stamp upon the back of it, I face down, and drop upon the stamp a few drops of gasoline. The water mark, if the stamp contains one, will be readily discernible. It is not generally known that the ancestry of President Abraham Lin coln, before their emigration to Vir ginia and then to Kentucky, lived in Berks county, Pa., and that the an cestral home still stands in Exeter township, eight miles below the pros- KUSK1UT AT SUPPE1L The- Little Creatare Is Partlealavly Fond of Buhei, Whtah He Ea|s la a Pecallar Way. In the department of "Nature Home of LINCOLN'S ANCESTORS It Is Located In Exeter Township, Berks County, Penn. •ate-V perous e|ty of Beading. Pere Mor-* decai Lincoln, the gTeat-grandfa.ther Of the fampus president, settled about 1725, and^ built a stone hotise, which the ravages of--a century and a quarter have not destroyed, as is evidenced by a glance at,the"picture herewith pre sented. He had a son named Mordecai, imk tfce titter hkid 4 foil tfamed'&nt- ran4 Science" in St. Nicholas, we find £his account, by William J. Long, of the doings of a muskrat: If you know where there is a colony of muskrats^—and if you don't know you can easily find out any farmer or hunter will show you their village of green houses by the river—you can have no end of enjoyment by going there at twilight and calling them out. Squeak like a mouse, only louder, and if there is a pointed nose in sight, mak ing a. great letter in .the water, it turns instantly toward you. And if the place is all still, you have only to MUSKRAT DINING ON A RUSH. hide and squeak a few times, when two or three musk rats will come out to see what the matter is, or what young muskrat has got into trouble. If you go often and watch, you may see a good many curious things see "Musquash" (that's his Indian name) digging a canal, or building his house, or cutting wood, or catching a trout, or cracking a fresh-water clam, oi rolling a duck's egg along on the wa ter's edge, so as not to break it, to his little ones in the den, far below. And if you like bananas, you may some times smack your lips at seeing him eat his banana in his own way. This is how he does it: First, he goes to the rushes, and, diving down, bites off the biggest one close to the bottom, so as to save the soft, white part, that grows under wa ter. Then he tows it to his favorite eating place. This is sometimes the top of a bog, sometimes a fiat rock on the shore, sometimes a stranded, log but, wherever it is, he likes to eat in that one place, and always goes there when he is not too far away, or too hungry to wait. Crawling out to his table, he cuts off a piece of the stump of his rush, and sits up straight, holding it in his fore paws Then he peels it carefully, pulling off strip after strip of the outei husk with his teeth, till only the soft, white, luscious pith remains. This he devours greedily, holding it in. his paws and biting the end off and biting it off again, until there. isn't any end left—exactly as a schoolboy often eata a banana. Then he cuts off a second piece, if the rush is a big one, or swims and gets another, which he treats in the same way. And if you are a boy watching him, your mouth begins to "water," and you go and cut a rush for yourself, and eat it as Musquash did. If you an hungry it is not very bad. Skunk Pursued by Sparrows. While hunting on the flats of the lower Ohio a man saw a polecat at tacked by at least 200 sparrows. He did not tiiscover the animal's offense, but the sparrows were exceedingly angTj*. The skunk had taken refuge in a thicket, badly frightened, and wjts dodging from one side to the other of a log, trying to escape the savage at tacks of the feathered tribe. At last the persecuted animal took to the open and ran, but the birds kept pace with him and fairly riddled his hide with their beaks. The last he saw of them they were still pecking away., and the hunter thinks they killed the skunk. Wanted to Be an Anarel. "Oh, dear!" sighed small Tommy, as he gazed at the flaming posters across the street, "I wish I were an angel!" "Why do you wish that, Tom my?" asked his astonished mother. 'Cause," answered the little fellow, "then I could*see all the circuses at once." That B^ieball Funeral. Employer—Was much feeling shown at your grandmother's funeral? Bookkeeper—Yes they mobbed the umpire*—Harper's Bazar. ham, who became prominent in the affairs of Berks county during the war of the revolution. Another son "of Mordecai, Jr., John, settled. in Vir ginia. The latter had a son named Abraham, who was the father of Thom as Lincoln, father of President Lincoln. Nnmerous Lincolns still reside in Penn sylvania, and the old home in Exetet of tbe progenitor of the, greatest oil latter-day American presidents is as object of interest to many and should, in the opinion of scores of patriotic Berkscounty .people, b$ bough£ b£ .the government and converted into a nia' stioL'1 RE-ROOFIgQBAR^S. How Capacity of itrwtifc MayvEc Nearly Donbled. Vyithout jLena th cniig theJosta. I send you a rough plan showing a way We have here of re-roOffing old b.arns indeed nearly all new barns are built with the same kind of roof. The capacity of the barn is nearly doubled without lengthening the posts. Each pair of rafters is made of four pieces of. oak, 2x5, and of equal length, put together as repve- 7/ufo /& I 4 36 OS -3^ -i- PamT/oor. A GROWING WOOD PULP. An Off-IIand Suggestion Which Seems to Be Worthy of Serious Thought and Consideration. A few daj*s ago I cut a silver pop lar which had been planted for orna mental purposes in the spring of 1889, and which had grown nearly 18 inches in diameter a foot above the ground, and probably contains a cord of wood. The tree became a nuisance where it stood, and so it had to come down. But it made me think of the possibili ties of growing such trees for commer cial purposes. Poplar is being much used for paper-making. How many years Will it take at the present rate" of using the native poplars for this purpose alone before the natural sup ply will be exhausted? Possibly we may be able to find other materials for paper-making, such as cornstalks, etc., but I would feel pretty safe to predict a ready sale of all poplar wood that one could-grow for the next 100 years. I do not know what price pa per-makers have to pay a cord'for the wood they use. But think how quickly one could produce a big lot of poplar wood* The tree grows marvelously fast. In ten years from planting you would have quite a good forest, and even before that time much of the wood could be utilized for various pur poses. as the trees could be set quite thickly at the start and gradually thinned out. Trees can be cheaplj* pro cured, too. I only offer this as a sug gestion.—Farm iand Fireside. PERMANENT PASTURES. To Keep Them in Good Condition Is a.Problem That Has Pussled Many Farmers. Probably the easiest way to keep a permanent pasture in good condition is to stock it hard enough so that the grass will be eaten before, it throws up a seed-stock or becomes hard and woody, and then give extra feed at the barn so that the animals will return at least as much fertility to the soil as the grass takes from it. Of course manure or fertilizer may be carried out, and spread on the pasture, but that costs money, and many farmers are often at a loss to obtain fertilizing elements enough for their mowing lands and cultivated fields. If they buy feed to use in summer when cattle are in the pasture, -they hope to and usually do get enough in the way of growth, fat or milk production to pay for -it, and look upon the increased quantity and extra quality Of the manure heap as an extra profit. In this matter of overstocking the pasture it is best done and produces best results where there are two pastures, so that the animds can be changed from one to the other about once a week, or as often & the feed is eaten down smooth. This helps to prevent them from gnawing so closely as to de stroy the roots, which they may do in some favorite spot if they are kep^ too long in one pasture.—Midland Farmer. How to Fight Hog lilee. H. V. Tellor, in his "Diseases of Live 3tock," says: These disgusting, para sites abound on ill-fed and hal£sick hogs. Indeed, their presence miy al most be said to be a sign that the ani mal is out of condition. It is not sufficient therefore to destroy the lice wtih an insecticide if the cure is expected to be permanent. the animal must be kept cleat inH^id,''$and supported with tonics, stffcir tfs^ul phate of iron, if occasion demands it. As a safe* and efficient ointment ,, to Irill lice we may use scotch rubbed up with lard or the following: St*jef^re_seeds four ounces, white h^iam«|ieOnnce,' watcCprajfoUwfr Boil to Two quarts, and appj^witfi ia brush where lie* are seen FIGHTING 1 INSIDE: BENT OP BARN ROOF. sented in the drawing. B, B, are pieces of board 12 or 14 inches wide at the widest point, spiked or nailed on each side of the joint in the raft ers. A piece same thickness as raft ers should be fitted in between these boards, filling space formed by the angle in the rafters and all firmly nailed together. is a piece of board eight inches wide spiked on each side of pair of rafters at ridge. The car track can be hung on these. The ridge of barn should be one half as many feet above the plates as the barn is in width. The dotted half circle touching at the points marked a, a, a, a, a, shows the form of the roof if properly made. Rafters two feet from centers. Raft ers put together as described Would break in solid wood before they would part at the joints. This is considered one of the strongest roofs made.—H. E. Taber, in Ohio Farmer. A Warfare That Calls ter Constaat and Exercise mt 'able Patience. One of ttyt worst pests in the bee yardis th^bee moth, says L. W. Lighty, in Country Gentleman. Neglected, weak or queenless colonies fall an easy prey^to them and are speedily ruined. The worst'damage they do is generally in hives where the bees died duririg the winter and the combs are kept where the moth can get at them. In an incredibly short time all combs are a mass of black ruins. The common black, br '^61#$^§erman bee is gener •e by the moth than might be accounted is very ise many/brbbgs per ally the' It^aj^ for by^'jtBfc. active, and: season 'climate? like Xfeftiy hence the ffaii$n face hps acquired,' through the long, experience of many generations, the rability/ to /esist the moth successfully So /if/(re wish ^to get rid of the moth's dfpred^iiolfs in our colonies, we simply Italianize them all. and then allow nothingin the-ynrd but good, strong, healthy', normal col onies, allowing none io remalifc^queen less any length of ti^ie, Vid we'may not see a wprm.in a comb all%ummer. .lftsum: If we Wish to keep combs^n empty hives where b^es have perisied^we must, fumigate, with sulphurJNfbout every two weeks T^' jjueirsily done by clQsihg the hlves and blowing some fum€fi of sulphur into them from the bee-smoker. I like to have a good mass of glowing hardwood co^ls in my smoker and drop a handfjil of sulphur on them and fill every empty hive with the fumes, though I prefer, when the honey flow begins, simply to tier up story on story on strong colonies, and one colony will take carp of many combs and often store an-|s£t&iishiag quantity of honey. Some -beMeve that anti-moth balls placed in the hive with the *mpty comb will .keep away the moth but it was not a success with me, and tte bees did not take kindly to the bad-smelling comb when, given to them later. It repelled the bies bet ter than the moth. HOUSE FOR TURKEYS. In Many Sections of the Country ff Will Afford Sufllclent Shelter All the Year Around. Those who have had experience with turkeys know that these birds prefer to roost on the ridge-pole of a building rather than under it and that, too, in exceptionally cojd weather. The tur key does not like close 'quarters, a9d HOUSE FOR TURKEYS. thrives best where it is given plenty of air. In many sections where winters are not too severe, an open house, as illustrated, will be found an excellent one for turkeys in winter, while in northern regions, even, such a build ing will be found most useful as a roosting place for both chickens and poults during the late summer and fall, since they need protection from rain and prowling animals, but plenty of pure air to secure the finest growth. This need of pure air at nig|ht is not properly appreciated by most persons who attempt to raise chickens.—Farm and Home. AMONG THE POULTRY. Plum trees like rich soil, and they grow well in a poultry yard where the fowls pick off the insects.. If the insect pests become tqo thick around fruit vines or in the orchard, turn in the poultry A cooped-up hen and brood of chickens are Lkewise ex cellent .insect exterminators in the vegetable garden. The young turkeys must be kept dry. This lesson comes dear to many young poultry-breeders. Up to the time the red appears in gills, turkeys are the most tender of all kinds of poultry after that, they are the most hardy. Many of the most prominent njep. of to-day had a flock of fowls when boys, and saved their spending money from the profits. Do not attempt to start the boys at the top of the ladder. Be content to see them climb step by stfsp,. and rest assured the foothold then will be more secure. When a flock is fed with the refuse from the table, the hens «re capable of appropriating and saving that •which would otherwie be wasted, and though in fact an expense has been incurred, as the refuse possesses a cer tain value, yet the hens provide a market for it and permit of it being exclyuiged fey eggs.—yidl|iigl Farmer. |rni. When $hoter* 3iM cgiipl iplpeared^ it' will b^eik o^!«gi£n |4flpjrerms are not alf destroyed.' To'do aft it is b.est. to clear out all the hens, and not allow one on the farm until the premises are cWi?t^A^,|hedwease may be continA usftif ^R|'H^ff this precaution .is Ubt taken. T!) eradicate chq^era ^-e quires a.great amount of cai'e' and la? bor. Dissolve a pound of coppetas and a pound of blue vitriol in six gallons of boiling water. When cold, add one To this add lei fca!lns§f^ tal§| ^pter, sprinkling the mixture everywhere, on the ground, in the poultry house, and on every spot that a hen has at any time occupied. Then whitewash everythinglnside and out. This will rid you of the germs |ng the ^certpOyPg not, however, mis- era is very fceVerSraSis qJnln^ P. W. Hearn, in Ohio Farmer. Re«| or jWhjUe Kalr Can. In western Kansas the farmers raise the red Kafir corn, thinking it a?3#ftri ^cen-raise tral Kansas*some eRRe'Relbrs both the red and the black-hulled white and feed alternately, the stock neining to relish the change. The records at the agricultural college farm show the red to be about ten ^&Uf£lffeN° black-hulled rte,-%htr^wWAglrded as of little importance in that section.