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YVON 11 V TIII! SCIIOOLM.V'AITI.
Tlie ecliool dlrectors of District No.
10, Perry Township, were bolding a
meeting.
Nobody woulil liave thought it. Tlie
chairman was leamng agaiust hls front
gate, with his checked shirt sleeves
turned back and an ax in bis hand. eur
Teying the other two nierabers of the
board, who stood outaido tho fence.
It waa a meeting, nevertheless; and
!Ib object was nothing less important
thnn the selectlon or a teacher for tlie
fall term.
'Lyman Doty spoke to mo nbout hav
ing the school,' said the cbair, dubiously.
'Lyman Doty?' exclaimed Steve Ten
ney, a stalwart young fellow with thick
brown bair, white teeth and o square
chin to make up for hia lack of down
right good looks. 'Why, Lynio Doty
couldn't teach a baby. Ile quit school
bofore I did, long enough, and ho hasn't
studied anytbing but potatoca and wln
ter whcat since. tliat 1 know of. Detter
atick to bis farm eli, Larkla?'
'Gucss you're right,' responded tlie
third nieniber of the board, a little man
with a chcorful faco nnd a tuft of gray
bair aticking straiglit out froni hia chin.
And the cbalrman nodded bis agree
ment. 'Well,' continued little Mr. Larkin
with an air of importance, Tve had an
application that I guesa will auit. It'a a
eort of relative of my wife's and just as
nice a girl as ever wna. Smart, too. She
got a certiflcato for two yeara laat exam
ination. She'd make a aplendid teacher.
Alolly Sanborn wouluv
'Sanbornl' said Steve Tenney ehortly :
'any connection with tho Sanborna over
on tne river t
'That's where slio'a from ,' said Mr
Larkin. 'She's old John Sanborn'a girl
bim that died last winter,
Steve frowned.
'You won't nut her Into tbat school.
then, with my consentl' ho aaid detcr
rainedly. 'Wbatl' said Mr, Larkin with a gasp,
whlle tho chairman etared,
iwi..i -ou ju iliinlr ' Ihn vnnns
man responded, ' a man sohl you lirty
head of sheep at a good price, and balf
of thcm died o(T in the next wcek of n
diseaao ho must haro known before
liand ? That waa tlie trick John Sanborn
eorved me. And he laughed in ray face
wben 1 wanted my monev back. JNo
sirl I can't conecientlously consent to
putting any of tho Sanborna tn that
school. Jfad lot, in my opinionr
Larkin's small, bright eyea snapped.
'Old Sanborn wasn't too straight, and
evcrybody knows it,' he ndmitted. 'Iiut
what that's got to do with Molly ia more
than I can see, She's as lino a girl as
you eyer Bet eyes on ; not a bit of her
iather about her.
'Well, well, llght it out between you,'
Baid the chairman good-naturedly, and
returned to hia wood-chopping.
The tall young man and the little old
man walked up tho streel togcther, talk
lng briskly.
Mr. Larkin was liot and indignant;
Stevo was cool and immovable.
'There don't seem to bo any morcy in
you,' Baid the former, almost tearfully,
as Steve was preparing to turn m at his
gato. 'If they'd been left well oil it
would bo dilferent; but thoy'ro poor as
poverty, and Molly needa the placo the
worst way.'
'You hadn't mcntioned that,' said the
young man, turning back. 'If that's the
case '
Mr. Larkin walked away triumphant
flve minutes Iater.
But Steve Tenney had Burrendered
with bad grace.
'I couldn't hold out after that, you
ee.' he said to hia niother, relating the
Btory over their tea; 'but I don't np
prove of it. There's not much good in
the Sanborna or I loso my guesa!
School began two weeks later, when
the first cool wave waa depopulating
front porches and increasing tlie attrac
tion near kitchen Btoves.
Stevo Tenney held to his opinion con
cerning the new school teacher and nct
ed accordingly.
IIo did not call at the echoolhouse the
first day, aa was hia custom, to leave the
register and eeo if anythlng was wanted,
tho chairman having turned theso du
ties over to bis younger colleaguo.
He sent the register by a boy, and was
utterly iudifferent aa to whether any
thlng was wanted. He turned tho sub
joct when tho new teacher waa men
tioned; and ho avoided Mr. Larkin's
comfortablo honic, whero tho teacher
boarded.
Tho little man mado him a call, how
over, a month or so atter school had be
gun. 'Guesa you'll have to own up to being
in tho wrong, Steve,' ho began. 'We
hain't had a teacher for years that's
given the Batisfaction that Molly does
The children ravo about her all of 'em.'
But Stevo waa unimpresaed.
'My opinion haa vet to bo altered,' he
eald rather stiflly. "
And Mr. Larkin looked diacouraged.
'She epoke about needing a new brootn
and water pail,' he said aa he rose. 'I
told her sho'd belter como to you about
it.'
'That schoolhouso had a new broora
la8t term, and water pail terra beforo
laat,' said the young director cmphati-
ca"y. ,
And Mr. Larkin took a diacomfited
leave,
Tho flext Sunday evening tho young
man, sitting in tho pow of a small wood
en church witli hia mothcr, and allowing
his eyea to rove about during the rather
long sermon, Buddenly discovercd a new
face, and sat Btudying it for the remain
dcr of the evening.
It was tbat of a young girl not a re
markably pretty girl, but fair and fresh
and innocent, with a bright intelligence
in her dark eyes and a sweetnesa in her
full lipa.
'Who ia she?' was the iirst nuestion
after thn services were concluded, ad
dreaaed, as it happcned, to little Mr.
Larkin, who had como in late.
'That 't' tho latter a6ked in astonish
ment. 'Why, that's our teacher that's
Molly Sanborn. That's my wife ehe's
with, don't you see. I am waiting to
take them home.'
Stovo Tennov found himself wishing
quite often after that that tho new
teacher would come to him about the
brootn and water pail.
Not that he ebould furniah them if
he found they were not needod. But ho
felt that he should not object to an in
terview with tlie school teacher.
IIo even mentioned the subject to Mr.
Larkin carelessly when ho met him one
day.
'Well, you see,' was tlie response, 'ahe
sort of hates to come to you. Tho way
you felt about her having the school haa
got all around town, and I s'poao she'a
heard of it. She can't help what her
fathor was, Molly can't, and she's real
sensitive.'
The young man looked disturbed.
That afternoon he left hia work at an
carly hour not, however, admitting to
himself hia purpoan in doing so and
strollsd down tho atrcot, turning oll (but
hp persuaded himself that it waa not in
teDtional) in tho direction of tho school
house. 'I inight as well go In nnd seo about
that hroom and water nail.' he Baid to
himself when he stood opposite the littlo
baro-Iooking building.
And hn went in nRcnrdinclv.
Tho little toacher looked considorably
Btartled when she opened tho door to
bim. She dropped the Bpelling book she
held, anu lier voico waa nacuiy sieauy ua
Bho expressed her gratification at seeing
Kvidently, Stovo rcllecled, Bomo ldiot
had potnted him out to her at church
the other evening. IIo sat down in a
front seat feeling unpieaaantiy ogreisn.
Slm nrnn linarinrr the last sDClllne claai.
flow pretty she looked, Btanding there
in her dark bluo calico dress and white
apron. What a eweet voice Bhe had,
though putting out 'hen, men, ren, to-a
lot of fidgoting youngsters could hardly
hnn it tn the beat advantage.
When the class was diamissed nnd the
last small student had rusbed wnoopirig
down tho street, the teacher and the
young director stood looklng at cacn
ntl.rr with somo awkwardness.
'I thought I'd come in,' Baid Stevo at
laBt, apologetically, 'and see if anythlng
18 neeaeu. ....
Ile did not mentlon tho fact of hia bo
lng Bomo six weeks late m tbo parform
anco of hia duty.
The girl dropped her oyes timldly.
'T rlnn't think to.' Bhe murmured.
'What a bruto she muat tbink met'
Rtnvn reilectcd. wltb some sclf-disgust,
Ho turned carelessly to tho corner
where the broom stood.
'Isn'tthls pretty far gonef ho aakcd,
with a coMCience-Bincuen giance at ua
Btubby end,
Anrl thn littlo teacher nodded.
'Your water pail eema to leak,' tho
director went on, indicatlng the empty
bucket and tbo wet floor.
'Yes,' tbe girl assented.
'I'll see that you have new onea,'
Stevo concluded.
And ho was rewarded by a grateful
giance from tho teaclier's soft eyes as
she took her hat from its nail.
Ile took her lunch baaket from her
hand bb tlioy started away together, and
having takcn it, could hardly surren
der It sliort of Mr. Larkin's gate.
Ile was a little reluctant to surrendcr
it oven then. For thcir first awkward
iiesa had quite worn olf ; their walk had
been far from unpleasant, nnd they were
feeling very well accjuainted.
He walked home in an ngrecable ab
sorption, repeating to himself the tliings
slio had said, and recalling her pretty
way of saying them.
Ile did not pause to conaider that it
was old John Sanborn'a dnughter of
whom he waa thinking; lie was only
conscious that she waa a bright oung
girl, whom it was cliarmlng to look at
and listen to.
Hia pleasant mood was rudely inter
rupted by littlo Mr.Larkin, who diopped
in that evening.
'Lvme Doty couldn't havo the school,'
ho nbserved with a chuckle, 'but it looks
as if ho was going to havu tho teacher I'
'What?' said Steve, with a sudden un
explainable ainking of tho heart,
Ho's hanging around considerable,
anyhow,' said Mr. Larkin. 'Went to
visit tho school last week, and he wna
asking mo to-day whether Molly's got
any way of gelting home Friday night.
Ile aaid he'd just as lief take her in his
buggy as not. Molly genernlly walks,
1,. I,MI K ,,f lift i
'You don't mean to tell me,' said
Stovo, wannly, 'that the'd have any
thlng to do with him?'
Mr. Larkin stareu. wuat couiu steve
caro wilh whom old John Sanborn'a
daughter had to do ?
But he only eaid. deprecatingly:
'Well, Lyme'a a good steady fellow.'
'ilumpli! was the scorniui rejumucr.
The young man mued long and se
rioualy when his visitor was gone, and
Went tO hot wilh n lijhlwr lioart, huTHlg
come to a firm conclusion.
When the new teacher closcd the
school the next Friday night she was
feeling rather worn out, as showasnpt
to feel at the ond of the week; nor did
the prospect of tho four miles walk
home servo to cheer her.
She locked the door and started down
tho pith with a sih.
A neat littlo buggy was coming brisk
ly up tho road. Molly gave a etart as
tho drivcr pulled up the horee and
aprang to the ground.
i won t mano any excuses, jiiiss San
born,' he said with a humnrous solera-
nity. 'I won t say I m going over the
river on businesa, and happenod to tlunk
you inight like to ride. Tho trulli is'
tliat it's a carefully laid plot. Willyou
be an aider and abettor?'
The little teacher laughed nnprecia-
tively as ho helped lier into tbe buggy.
'1 must stop at Mr. Larkin's and leave
my dlnncr pail,' ehe faid demurely.
Mr. Larkin was standing at tho front
gate. Ile stood ataring at tbe young di
rector as tne iatter asaistea tno teacher
to the ground nnd sat down on tho home
block waiting for lier.
'Lymo Doty was here after Molly lust
now,' ho said gaspincly. 1 eent him
down to the schoulhouse.'
'We met him, said Steve, 'You see,'
he nddcd. mnking a bold attenint at
carelefsneps, but speaking, noverthelesa,
in a snametaceu way anu avoiding tne
little man's eye 'you see, I feel as
though it's my boundcn duty to keep
Lymo Doty away frnm lier. Pure im
pudence, hls banging around her that
way.'
ihe littlo teacher came tnpping baclc.
and tho young dirtctor's buggy wliirled
away in a cloud of dust.
"atcve tenney s taking woliy home in
his buggy,' aaid Jlr. Larkin, joining his
wife in the kitchen and sinking dazedly
into a chair. 'I guess the worid'a com
ing to an endl'
bteve Tenney ain t a fool. Ius wife
responded, practically. 'I know ho'd
get over that ridiculous notion of lna
and especially afler he'd seen Molly.'
'Says ho's doing it froni n fcn.-o of
duty,' said Larkin, chuckling slowly as
the humorof the situatinn dawned upon
liim. 'Wonder how far his senso of
duty will take him V
l shouldn t be surpriscd at anythlng,
aaid Mrs. Larkin mysteriuusly.
Ine Larklns and periiapa Lyme IJoty
were tho only people who wero not
surpriscd when the new teacher gave
up tho echool nt the end of tho term and
waB quietly niarried to tho young direc
tor. The chairman of tho sjhool board is
wondcring over it yet. rilartford Daily
Timee.
su.vii.iv in oiiitniAnY.
IIoiv tho Ilny 1 Spcnt Not Ttade a
Tlnic ofllcnt- Dlrcsard lor tlie Ssb
bntli Sanctlty-Tlio Itcsulti on llie
rcoile,
Thoso who writo for American read-
ers conceriiinz tho habits and ciistoins
oftlio (Jcrnian people, generally speak
oi iuu inuiiuer iu wincii iuu ouuuaLii is
ob'ervcil, if not with absoluto com
meudation, at least with apologetic
sanction.
Ihis is a hard working people, thoy
say. They uso tho Sabbath as a ilay for
rest; a day for tho rccreation of thoso
spccial fimctions of tho body that havo
been worn nud cxhausteil by the six
daysoftoil. For instance. tno man of
mnnuai lauor will givo nia pnysical
lowcrs completo rest and will exercise
us miiid bv some amitscmcnt, sucli as
the theatro or tho opera if ho can nil'ord
it, ifnot, by louugliig in soiuo bccrgar
den, wl)oro ho niay listen to a good
hand conccrt, or may bo cnjoy somo
cheap stago show. Tho man whoso
wcekly labors tax the niinl seeks some
pliysical activity as a means for resting
on tlio Sabbath. An cxcursion into tho
country it niay be, or a stroll in tho
many parks nnd jrardens. If noither of
these.iio will at least allow himself to
be entertaincd iu sucli a inaiincr as shall
not call forth anv mental ell'ort. but
shall sootho and rcfrush tho niind. Tho
deep tliinker, tho seholar may get tho
needcd rest by listoning to tlio weakost
stago uonsenso wldlo ho drinks his bcor.
in sliort, iio who is sliut up in doors
all tlio wcok will rush to tho irardens.
parks or iields for fresh air on Sunday.
And Iio whose work is out ot iloors W)ll
a3 surely sjieiid his Sunday iu somo iu
doorresort.
All will thiis find thenisolves Monday
morning recrcated; mado bcttcr and
stronger by having observod the God
givcn Sabbath according to tho dictatcs
of a God-givcn naturo. This, thoy say,
is the natural way of obscrving or using
a day of rest. And they ask; "Ia it not
after all moro rational thnn tlio Amcri
can or puritanie inanncr of demanding
that all, whatsocvcr thuiroircuinstanccs
or vocations in life, observo tlio day in
one and tho self same way? Theoreti
cally this sounds very well, and if tho
itcrinau nconlc reallv id ouscrvo tbo
day as hero reiiresented thoy would bo
1CS9 Upi'U IU SUUip UL1L1U1SI11 111 IU13 JUUl-
ter.
Jt is ncrhaiis fortunalo that all obscrv-
crs do nut seo with tho samo cycs.
Eithcr their opportunitics for obscrva-
ttonuiuer, or somo "uaving oyes, sco
not."
What statcmcnts I ruako aro from
jicrsonal observa.tion, and, I beliove,
fairly rcprcbent tlio mattcr.
mo lact is tbo lari'cst norlion ol tho
peoplo aro occupied with tho samo
duttes ou Sunday as on wcok days, at
least untll tho last half of tho afternoon,
Storca of all kinds aro opcn and appar
ently do a driving business. They cotint
on faunday for a big trade. What sccms
most lnconsljtent is tho closlng ol tho
storcs on anv and all of tho nuinberlcss
ciiurcli uays uiiniig tlio week. lcstcr-
uay, bunuay, l could havo mado nny
purchase I inight haro dcslrcd nt any
iimo ucioro tiirco or lotir o ciock. lo
dav cvcrvthiuL' is sliut un
even many of tho bread houscs
cxccnt porhaps for two hours in tho
middlo of tho day, when a fow oftlicni
aro oncn. These thinirs aro nulto vcxa-
tions. Ilolidays, tho largcr part of
wiiicn aro cnurcn iiays, aro quito tno
bano of business and ontorpriso in. Uer
many. Theso jieojilo nover niurmur be-
causc tiioy nave iu worx on auuuav.uut
cannot bo pcrsuadca to uo so on a lioll-
ilay uiiring tno wcok. ii 13 not siniplj
in tho places oftrado that tho Sabbatl
is a3 other dayj. Tho nctors havo no
dav ol rcst.lor tho oncra nnd theatro rn
servo thclrmostattractivo and difOcult
bills for Sunday, when tho honso will
bo crowdcd. Tho tailor will tako an or
dcr for n suit of clotlics Saturday and
dcUvcr It Monday noon, bccauso ho nnd
liis inen aro at tlio buncli all dav Snn
day. Thotapoftho cobbler's hammer
is iustas consiant on bundav aa on
week days, An arlist gau tako aa ordcr
to completo a picturo on a certain day,
bccauso ho will bo at his casol Sunday
for that or somcthing clse. In tho hos
pitals instructors havo thcir Sunday
classes. Farmers, or at least thcir wives
aud danghters, niay bo seen at work in
thofields. At tho rcar ofour Vienna
anartmcnts was a dancim: school hall.
Sunday scemcd to bo tho hvolicst day of
uio wcck. ino grear, nuniuor oi nuie
bodicd men who dailv and almost nny
hour of tho day may bo found lounging
in tlio cafcs and bcor gardcns is quito
surprising Thcoretically they otiglit to
mako a ciiango. Givo up bccr and ex
ercise their muscles with work on Sun-
dav. but it is not so. Among tho oun
day throng you may sco tho samo faces
you havo seen cach day during tho
wcek. Tho only differenco between
Sundav and week davs is that Sunday
tlio crowd is a littlo largor, tho click of
tno uiinaru uau is moro consiant, anu
moro money changcs hands at tho card
tablcs. In speaking of thoso places, I do
not rcter to llioso ot queslionablo cnar
acter. according to tho German stand-
ard, but places into wliicli tho1 most
rcspcctablo Jlunchcso and Viencso ladies
do not hesitato to co for rcfreslinionts.
Just how much thia disrcgard for tho
sanctity of tho Sabbath Iias to do witli
tho moral status of society hero it is dif
ficult to say, so many anu various con
ditions and inllucnccs being prcscnt to
produco it. Ono thing is certain tho
pcopio aro niorauy corrupi anu iiccn
tlous. Tho Viencso boastingly do
claro that "with tlio possiblo oxception
ofl'aris. Vienna is tho wickcdcst city
in tho world." With a population of
i.iuu.ihhi sno nas moro tnan eu.umi ii
ccnsed prostitutcs, Fifty per cont of tho
children born aro illcgitiinato. Men
loaf and ganiblo whilo their wives and
daughters carn tho family bread by tho
most laborious out of door work. or by
attcnding to tho storo or othcrlike busi
ness. To theso peoplo, a wonian, liko a
horse, is a thing for use.- Aro thoso who
roally do givo up their usual work on
Sunday in a bettor condition for the
dutics of Monday after having resteil in
tlieir pcculiar way ono day? Manufac
tiiroriijiuildcrs, ctc.aro almost tlio only
class a largo proportion of whom do not
contiinio tlieir work on tho Srbbath. I
am informed by good authority that in
estiniating upon tlio cost and timo ro
quircd for fullilling a contract tlioy
cotint Monday as of littlo valuc, for
many of tho laborers will not prescnt
thenisclvcs, and tlioso who do aro so
uscd up by tho pcculiar rest they havo
takcn tho day bcloro that they aro un
fittcd for work.
With tlicso facts in vicw it cannot bo
ilcsirablo tiiat wo Anioricans shape our
Sabbath to this pattern . Fcrsonal effort,
tho nowcr of tho pulpit, tho prcss and
tho law should consiiro to proscrvo tlio
sanctity of tho day as a day for rcit and
thoworship oflfim whoso wiscly ap
pointed it. Special corrcspondcnco of
the Boaton Journal.
W1SU ANI OT1IKKW1SE.
TlicEnglishman whosaid that hugging
was ' 'armless' waa wrong. It is 'armful
Life.
Do not tako qulnino for malarial disordera.
Ayer'fl Atio Cuic contnins lionc, nor nny other
iujurlousinxredlcnt. Xbid prcparation, If taken
strictly in nccordancc with dlrcctlons, H war
raat(d to curo all malarial diseuKes.
Next to n full grown mule, there ia
notlung quito so ohstinato as tlie clioir
of a country church. It is tbe thorn in
the eide of a many clergyman.
"Cilve us this our daily bread,"
Ho prayed it carly morn,
And then vienl out on the exchangc
To raie tlie nrice of corn.
-lUoston Courler.
It ia said tbat care once killed a cat.
If care is out of a iob, wo know n etroet
up town whero bo can llnd einploynicnt
by tho week at good wngea. l'uek.
Tliellfcgirlnff properllen of Ajer'a Snrsapa
rllla liave establWhed Ils wcll-earned rcpiilatlon,
and madc it tl c most effectual and popular blnod
purifler of tlie day. l'or all di'eascs ot tlio
stouiacb, liTer, and Mdnejs, this rcmedy Iias no
equal. l'rlco $1.
Jliss Singer that waa, daughter o tho
'scwing macliine man.' is now the Duch-
ess Decozes of France. As ye eew, etc,
and grcat oaks from little acorns, and so
lorlli. Uoston uazette.
'Aunt Jennio eava llon Conmound ia
just eplendid in the Spring, made n new
man ot james. 1'ints, ouc. Try it. Big
success.
Keatl tlie Next
Col u mii Arllclc.
There was a sign up -u a fence
Tlie ftlgn was "Ptilnt,"
And everybody tliat went by,
Slnner and Raint,
Put out d linRcr, touclied the fence
And onward fped,
And aslhey wiped their finger tlps
"It Is," they said.
Uoston Courler.
Kvrrl)ody Llkoa
to bo called bandsome, especially tho
young ladies. But tliat ia simply im -
possime as long as tlieir lacc is covereil
with pimplea, blntchea nnd sores. But
wait, there is nn nccJ nf thia; one or
two hottles of Sulphur Bitters will re
move all sucli disflgurations. and mako
vnur face fair and rosy. fFnnnie Bell,
Editresa.
I'm going to leave murul'
What for? T am suro I havo dono all
the work myself in order to keep a girl.'
wcii.mum. tne work s not uouo to
suit niel'
To cure a Cough, to rolievo all irrita
tions of the tliroat, to rcstors perfect
soundnesa and health to tho lunga, une
Dr. Wiatar's Balsam of Wild Cherry,
which ia still prepared with the same
caroaawhpii it was introduced to the
public by Dr. Wistar, over forty years
sir.ee.
Customer to Mr. Imactein 'Tlio coat
is ahout threo sizea too big.'
Mr. Isaactein (impresslvely) 'Mino
frent, dat coat makn you so proud you
vill grow into it.' Life.
MKDICINi: FOlt OltANHMOTlIlIK,
She not only wants .tbo kind worda
and attention which is her due, but
oftentimca she neods n medicino to tone
up her dehilitnted and nged syBtem.
1'aino'a Celery Compound will Btlmulate
her vital powers, promote lier digestion,
and regulato her kidneya and bowels.
A little Rochester girl drow the pic
ture of n dog nnd cat on lier slate, and
callinft her mother'a attention to it said.
A cat ought to have but four legaj but I
drew it with b!x. ro sho could run away
from the dog.' Exchange.
KnctA 'U'nrth Knowlnff.
In all diseasea of the nasal mucous
memhrano tlie remedy uaed must bo
non-irritating. Tho medicnl profeesion
haa been elow to learn thia. Notlung
satiafactory can be accompliahed with
douches, pnulla, powders, Byringea, na
tringcnts, or nny aimilar application,
becauso they nro all irritating, do not
thorougbly rcacli tho affected surfaces
and should be abandnncd as worso than
fallures. A multitudo of pcraons whn
have for yeara borne all tho worry ard
pain that catarrh can infiict, testify to
radical and permanont curca wrought
by Ely'e Crenm Balm.
WE VBE B0AP.
iT3
DISTOKTiiD IIAKD3 lll Etircly coniolo thosowho clcan houwand wash
clothc-'in tho old-fahl"ncd wuy -wllfi soap. How can it lo otbcrniso f You
rub rub - rub, ond you iichc ache atlio. You xiiend houra Inhallng tho hot
Bleam nnd odors which rihc from tho tub, iinprpgnated with tho Illth of soilcd
clothing. rjid with all tlilsvou liao not obiaini d tbo lxwtrcsulM.
WITH I'nAHLINEiKlcllealo vvoman anIo u largo woh. nudn not
havo lo rub yiurflflf and v..urlotbcslo t,!i"i You do notliavu to nhalo fetht
Elram when linl iheil yi 'u'lirf nut tx) tlnd t- h o lluit your work U well oml ccoa
oudcnlly dmie, nnd th:a v.i l.ae f ave.l ininv lintirs of m iim.nt'H Iiiinlcjt ttork.
JAJlEa I'YLE'd iuJ-l.LijlbttUiudcruboaii. lkwareunuiltallons.
Dudely who ia not aa big a fool aa
he look): -Did you, ali, give my card to
Mitli Boudclipper r'
Servant 'Yes. sir.'
Dudely 'What did Bhe they ?'
Servaut- 'She told mo to tell you, Bir,
that she was not in.'
Dudely 'Ah, indeed! 1'lease tell your
millilress that I said I wathglad Ididu't
call.' Mocking Bird.
Boila. pimplea. hives, ringworm.tetter
nnd all other manifeatationa of impure
blood are cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Voyager (on the banks of tlie Styx)
You look pretty weu piayeu oui oiu
man.'
C'haron 'Well, I am. If tbo 'oldest
Mnaon' doesn't stop dying, I'll have to
hiro a steamboal. ' l'liiladeliuia (Jaii
City Wife Haven't you got n nice
golrten yeliow cow oui ai your larnu
Dairvman Oh. yes. mn'am.
City Wife 'Well, I wish tho next
time you come in you would bring mo
some of her butter. To (cll the truth,
we aro u littlo tired of tliat from your
white cowa.' Tid bite.
A SIBERIAN PBISON. ,
IIE Juno numbcr of tha
Ctnlurv ilagaxine contalns
tho sccond of Ooorgo Kcn-
nan's lllustrated papors on
Riherin, nnd thn ElllO Bvs
I j I tem, which aro attractlng
tH t. such wido attention. Tho
!- L . i .
urucics uru ucujk uxluu'
sivoly coplcd into forclgn
papcrs, among othcrs tho
orcan of tho Russlaa lib-
crals, publishod at Oenova, by whom thoy
arovoryhlKaly commendeu.
In this Junonumber Mr. Kcnnan glvcs an
lntorestlncr account of nia visit to tho ior
wardlnenrison at Tlumcn, whero ho found
doublo tho numbcr of prlsonors conflncd
than thero was room for.
u In roply to a qucstion from Mr. Kcnnan
no to Lutv many prlsoners dlod during tho
ycar, tho warden rcplicd:
"About throo hundrod. Wo havoanopi
dcmic of typhus almost ovcry fall. A
prison so ovorcrowdcd can not bo kcpt
clcan, and as for tho air ia tho cclls, you
know now what it ia liko. Tho locai auinor-
ltica hero havo again and again urgcd tho
Govcrnmcnt to mako adoquato provislon
Xor tho largo numbcr of cxuca crowdod in
to tho prison during tho soason of naviga
Uon, but thus far nothing has bcon dono bo-
yond tho building of two Iog harracks."
In tho ovcrcrowdcd womcn'a prison Mr.
Ecnnan saya ho found no crimlnals all of
tho occupanta wero voluutarily going Into
banishmcnt wltrj their husbands.
" TIIE PniSON-YAHD AT TIUMEN.
From a tUich inatls ly an cxi!t, (n tht Jvnt
i , "cvnrury."
Mr. Kcnnan doscribc3 thomarchlng away
of an oxilo, and givcs, also, a grapbio pic
turo oi n convlct bargo. Tno musirauoni
oi this articlo aro rcmarkably intcrcsting..
l'Eon.r. Gr.NLUAi.LY iiki.ieve that
if the Illood is pure, the health will
be good. Tlie purity of tlie blood is
guaranteed only when the kidneys
are naturally active. The fluids may
flow frecly, and yct tlie kidneys fail
to keep the blood clcan. This will
be indicatcd if you liave MALAUIA,
ST03IAUI TKOUKLllS, UllKl'JIA
TISM, SALT lSIli:i'M, BCJItOlTLA,
SKLV DISEASKS, lMI'OTEXC'Y,
HKADACIIES, LAME BACK, NKl
ItALd'IA, CAKHrXCLKS AX1) HOILS,
AUSCKSSHS, AVKAK KYES, XEItV
Ol'SXESS. POOlt AI'I'ETITi:, and in
women I'EMALE TIMtl'KLES. Thcse
disorders show that your blood is
full of uric, kidney, acid poison, AXI)
YOU ( AX M;V1;K (!KT WELL umil
you clcan out tlie blood with the
only recognized scientific blood
tonic.
"Warner's Safe Cure."
ItAMKI.ll NOTi:S.
Oalileo conatructed a tele-copo in 1C19
and diroovered Juplter's satellitn Janu
nry 8, 1010.
ltussiun newapapera are forbidden by
law to tise uxclamation points in their
articles.
It haa just been discovercd that to cn
nlile one to peiiHtrato thick, smnky
placea tho month and lips ehouid berov
ered with cotton wool,
Clana are said to havo nrisen in Scot
land during the reign of King Malcnhn
II., about 1003.
John (Jowgne, a printer, published at
London in 14'd tlie carliest Englieh
treatise on bookkeeplng.
Edward, tlie Black I'rince, tlio oldest
eon of Eilivard 111,, was born Juno 15,
1330, and died June8, 130.
Francis, Dukc of Lorraine, who had
niarried Jlaria Theresa in 1','iG, waa
eltcted Emperor of Austrin in 1715.
Books witli leavea of vellum were in
vented by Attalus, Hing of l'oorgamus,
about 193 B. U , at which timo books
were in volumea or rolla.
Adlitlme, who died in 709, ia men.
tioned ns the llrst who introduced 1ml
lada into Englnnd. Minstrela wero pro
ttcled by a charter of Edward IV.. but
by a Btatuto ot Elizabeth they were
maue punisnanie among roguea and vag
auonus anu aturuy ueggars.
The oldest newspaper in tho wholo
wlde world is the King I'au, or "Capital
Slieet," published in 1'ekin. It limt u
peared A. D. 911, but cnme out only at
irregular lutervals. Since tbe year 1351,
nuwever, it nas been publlslieil weekly
nnd of uniform siz3. Nuw it appcars in
tnreo euuiona uauy.
The guvernnient of New Zealand liaM
pnclaiined all (Jhineto norts infected.
in ordor to put n stop to the entrance
lntothe colony ot Milncse immigrantB
Tho steel rrquired for the United
States ehip of war Maino aggregates
about 2,uuu tons.
There aro CO.000 Chineso in Austrnlia
In a tntal irapulation of a littlo over
2,500.000.
WEnSEPEAELINE.
i
"Did n't Know 't was
Loatletl"
May do for a Btupld boy's excuso ; but
what can bo said for tho parcnt who
sccs liis cldld langulslilng daily and fails
to rccognlzo tho want ot a tonic and
blood-purifler? Formcrly, a courso of
bitters, or sulphur nnd molassos.was tho
rulo tn wcll-rcgulatcd familica ; but now
all intelligcnt houscholds kccp Ayor'a.
Sarsnparllla, which Ia at once pleasant
to tho tastc, and tho most scarching and
cfTcctlvo blood medicino over discovercd.
Nathan S. Clovcland, 27 E. Canton st.,
Boston, wrltcs : " Jly daughter, now 21
years old, was In porfcct health untll a
year ago when aho began to complaln ol
futlguo, licadarhe, debllity, dizzincss,
lndlgcstion, and loss of appctito. I con
cluded that all hcrroinplafntsorigiiiatcd
in iiupuro blood, nnd induced her to tako
Ayor'a Sarsaparilla. This uicdicinosoon
restorcd her blood-iiiKklng organa to
bcaltliy a'ction, and in luo timo retstnb
llshed lier former health. I lind Ayor's
Sarsaparilla a most vnluablo remedy for
tho lassltude and debillty inchleut to
spring tlme."
J. Castriplit, Brooklyn Tower Co.,
Brooklyn, N. Y., says : "Aa n Spring
Medicino. I find n splendld substituta
for tho old-tlmo coiiipounils in Ayer's
Sarsaparilla, with a fow doscs of Ayer's'
l'ills. After tlieir uso, I feel fresher and
stronger to go th "ougli tho suiumor."
Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
I'KEI'AlIKD I1V
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
l'rlce tl; ili bottlni. t5. Wortli $5 a bottlt.
Dr. Ouppy r-oncludea tlu.t thenverage
ra'tifall on the higher slopea of Uuadal
canar, on the Snlomon Islands, is be
tween 400 and 000 liiches. lliat of bng
hnd Is thirty-two-iiichea.
Tho Electrical Iteview saya lliat the
lightuing rod ia a lelio of superstllion,
nnd that the day will cnmu when a light
uing rod on n hmite will be regarded in
the earae llght ns a lioraethoo over a
door.
Tho United Slirtea Fish Commlssion
car leached A'hintn, Ua., the other day
when a Fingular incident occurred
tjliangeoi wnler wua found necessary
aud urttsian water was supplied. In
aidu of an hour 05.000 young fish wero
Uead. nnd nearly U.W0.000 rggs aro sup
poscu to be kineu.
l'rof. Poel of St. Pelersburg has found
llfty per cent. of pelroleum in tho cod
liver oil sold bv one druggist, tho nilul
teralcd article having tlio taate, smell
nnd appcarancc of tho genuine, Mineral
oll is also frequcntly found in olivo oil
The idea of putting monkeys to wrrk
seema to havo beenaccumplislicd in llrn
zil, where, uccording to a report from
Uio Janeiro, twenty of theso nnimala
have been euccessfully trained to cu
hemp on a largo henip farm.
Under the lawa of Iowa a papsenger
who aticks his hcad out of a car window
and has it knocked nll by a switcli bar
ia guilty of a misdemeanor and can be
Bcnt to j.nl for threo montlis.
Mr. Konnan givea one a good idea of
tbe enurmoua size ot aiueria by etating
that ita territory would contain tbe
United btati-s, including Alaeka, with
all of tho blsles of Lurope except Itua
Bia, and there would btill be 300,000
aquaro miles to sp:ire.
Tlie metrio b8tem ia now tho only
legal syatein of weiglita and measures
for about four hundred anil ten iiiilhons
of people, the only promiuenl exccptions
tn itsgeueral use being in Itusbia, the
United Stutea and (ireat Britain, in tlie
last two nf which ila usa is authuriz?d
altliougli not generally ndciptcd.
The Gloucester flshenneii expect to
settlo tlie nall queslinn by inlroducing a
O 'rinan pniceea of pre&erving herring
aud other small fish used for bait in a
stccl barrel containing un nntiseptic
to'ution as a eubslltutu for ice, which is
far more cxpensive.
TlieSupremo Court of Australia has
ordercd tho release of tho Chmamen
who weio refuscd pennission to land by
the Colonial authorities. on tho ground
tlutt the government has no power to
exclude lorclgners irom tne country.
It has been caleulated by l'rof. Kogera
of Washington that the dynamic power
of a Bingle pnund of good uteam roal is
oqulvu'ont tci ii tuan'a tvulk fui une dny,
three tnns for twenty years, nnd one
squnre mile of a seam of coal only four
feet lliicli will ripiesent tlie laborof a
miliion ol men for twenty years.
Hegulations have been catahlishcd in
tho colfeo districla in Guatcmala liy
which farmers arertquircd tn build fur
nncea ou tluir landn, und whenever n
Bignul is given to iudicaic tho danger of
froat, to ligiit iu tljrm firea of tar, pitcli
or other fcubttancelikely tomakea grent
aiiioko nnd ueepnway me trost.
The singular fact is demoustrattd that
wlnle the most rapiil cnmion sbots
scarcely attain n veloclty of C00 yards a
second, over 1 500 kno's per hour, mo
teorites are known to penetrato tlio air
with a v'ocity nf 10,000 or cvai 00.000
yards per second. a veinclty which raisi b
tlio air nt once toatemperaturo of 10.000
ilegroes to 0,000 ctnlicruse.
Oh, IVlint A Couuti.
Will ou heed the warnlng, ihu eic
tial pirh.ips of the ture npproach of that
moro trrr.ble disense. conjutiiiiti.:. Afk
yournelvc? if you can alTorJ for the tako
ol saving ou corile, tn ruu tho risk cnd
io njtning lor it. ue know irom ox-
perieneethat Sluloh'a C'uio will Cure
your Cough. It never f-iils. This ex-
plauis why more than a milllnii bottlcs
were aold the past yi-ar. It relievca
croup and whnoping cough nt once.
Molhera do nut be witliout it, For Inme
liaek, eide or cheot. use bhlloh n I'orous
I'lnsler. Sohl by J. T. Shurtleir. Main
street, llennington.
LUMBAGO LAME BACK
han re volutionlzptl Hia
ttorM iluiiiijc thclavt haU
rf'iitury NotleflPtnnuirg
the wondr of iorentlre
Crojrrf(8 Ii niethoU r J tytra of y ork that can
e irfonord all oicr the rounlry Mltliout wpar
atinir tho wnrkrnt from their home. V&r libcral:
anv oue cnn do thn work; rithcr per, younjf or
old; no iiMclal aMtitr reiuired. Capital not nml
ed; jou are atartetl frfc. Cutth-n out and return
to ua and we will end you fret, nnrnethlnf of
fcrrat Talim and linnortanco toyoa, that will atart
jou In bubint'ia, wlilch will Lrfiiff you In ntore
more moncy npiu away, uian nnyiimiK emo in
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Are You Sick ?
Do you have palns about tho Fiden, cliest and
tjackf Does your inouth have a bad taste, cspc
clally in tlie uiominKr Do you ft'cl dull nnd
nlcepy? tliere a sort of stuky tliine collects
nbout tho ttethf jour appctite pour? Is there
a feeling iikc a heavy load on the stomaeh -onie-timci
a faint, all ponc neusatlon ot the pit rf the
ptomach. which food doen not cntisfy? Do your
liamts and feet liccorae cold and rlammyf llaie
jouadry courIi? Are your yi'S Ruiiken? Io
you cxpfCtorBtc crci'iiih colored matterf Are
you hawklnp and FnltMiif all or p.irtof tlie time T
I)o you Wv tired all the while? Are jou iifrvous
irritablo and (flooiny? Do you havo eil forbod
iiigsl Is thero n niddiness a iort of whlrlinK
Fensation in tho hcnd wlien rlstns up suddcnlyf
Do your bowt'h become costlve? Is your ckin
hot and dry at tlmesT Is your blood thick and
stacnant? Aro tha whitca of your eyes tini;ed
uilhycllowr Doca it deposit a Eodiuient atter
itaiidingf Do you frpquentiy M-it up jour food,
sometimo1 with a sotir tatc ancfsomctimcs with a
fcweetr Is thia frenuently attendcd itli palpita
tlon of thc hcart? l!asour inion becoine im
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there a feeling of prent prohtration and weak-
nrsnr ii you 8uner irom any oi inee syinpioma
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Garriage, Sip
1 hae blrcj Mr.Tbomaa Crowd er, flrst-claas
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(iood work donereaaonably and wltb dcnpatcli
I bare alao made arraDemeDta to do CaniafC
Trimmlng and General Ilepatrlng.
i
-Glre mea call
ERI ALLEW.
FOR MRNAL
AND
EXTEMAIiDSb,
H W M bav. tbla book,
H Vi IH M nd xha' bo
H II ffl U nd for lt will
It, ahall r.clre a c.rtlflcate that tb. mon.y .ball
prlce, 3a cta. o botu... sz.oo. Expre. prcpald to
J0HN80N it CO., P O. Box 211B. Bo.ton, Ua.a.
LINIMENT
EDWARD J. HALL.
$1,000,000
600,000
What a Time
reopla formcrly hail, trylng to swallow
flio old-fashionca illl with its fllm of
niasncsia vaiuly tlisgulsins lti hlttcr
ncsa aml what a contrast to Ayer's
l'ills, tliat liavo bccn well called "nicil
icatcil sugar-iilums" tlio onlyfcar lo
ing tliat latlcnts may ho tcmptcil into
taUing too many at a iloso. Iiut tlio
ilirectlons aro iIa!n anil Ehouid bo
strlctly followed.
J. T. Tellcr, 31. D., of ChittcnanKO,
N. Y,, cxiircascs cxactly what liuudrciU
havo wrltten at greatcr lcngth. IIo
says: " Ayor's Catliartio Tllls aro liighly
aiiprcciatcil. They aro iierfect in form
aml coatlng, nnd tlieir cffccts aro all
that tlio most carcful pliyslcian could
desirc. Tlicy havo supjilautcd all tlio
l'ills formcrly ioriular licrc, aud I tliluk
it must bo long beforo any other can
bo mado tliat will at all coniparo with
them. Tlioso who buy your rllls got
full valuo for tlieir money."
"Safe, pleasant, nnil certain in
their actlon," is tlio conciso testlniony
of Dr. Georgo E. Walker, of Jlartlns
ville, Vlrglnia.
"Ayer's l'ills outsell allslmllar prep
nrallons. Tho pullic liaving onco nsed
tliein, will havo no othcrs." Ecrry,
Vcnablo & Collicr, Atlanta, Ga.
Ayer's Pills,
I'rerand byDr. J. C. Ayer&Co.tLottin,Maa8.
Sold by nll Dealcrs lu SleUlclne.
Uf ACQUAISTCD W1TN THE CEOGRAPHY OF THE COUhTaf Wl
Y TAIN MUCM INft.,lMATlQK FftCM A ITUOV CF TMlS MP 0F TK
&&&&
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R'Y
Ita nialn llne. and brancho. Include CI1ICAQO.
PEOKIA. MOLINE. ItOCK ISLAND. DAVEN.
POBT. DE3 M0INE3. COtJHCII, MOTFS, MTJ3-
OATINE, KAN3AS CITY, BT. JOSEPn, LEAV
EHWOniH. ATCUISON. CEDAH ItAVIDa
WATEm.00. MINNE.VrOLIS. anil BT. PAtri
ond ecorcs cf lntcrmodiate cltlo Cholce ol
routea to anil from tho PaclHc Coast. All trana-
fcrs In Unlon dcrota. Faat tralus of Flne Day
ccacuea. clccant uinlne Cara. nuunimcent Pull-
man PUaco Slccperc, anct (betwcan Chlcaeo. st.
JuBOph. AtcnLon and Kansas City) Rocllnlng
Chair Coxs. Scau Frc.. to holdsrs of tbroueh
nr.t-doEa tlcket..
Chlcaeo, Knnsao &. Nobruska R'y
"CroatRock l.lnnd Route."
Exund. Wcct and Soutbwc.t from Kanaaa Citl
and BU Joteph to rrELCON. nOHTON.. BEIXE-
VH.LE. TOPEiLA. ExiroroToif, 'mcurrA.
llUTClIISSO:.-, CALDWXLL. and all pointa In
KANSAO AND 80UTHERN HEBRA8KA
andboTond. Eutlre ims.enffor equipment of tbe
cei.brated Fullman monufacturo. All .afotr op-
plianccs aud mou tni improvcmeniA
Tho Fainous Albort Loa Routo
13 tbo favorltd between cblcairo, EkX Island,
Atchlson. Kanias City ond Mlnneapol'. ond BL
PauL Ita Watertovm broncb tray.r.c. tbe creat
"VH5AT AN3 DAIRV DELT"
of Northcrn Iowa, 3ouUw0tni Ulnnesota. And
Eaat Central Dakotn to Watertown, Splrlt I.ake,
Sloux Falla ood many other town. and cltiea,
Th. Bhort Xjlno Tla f3eneca and ICwkakee offer.
.uperior facUltle. to travel to and from Indlan
apoll.. Clnclnnatl and otbcrSoutbcm points.
For TlcXet. Iap.. Foldem. or de.lred Informa
Uon, apply at any coupon Tlcket Offlco &r addrc.
E.ST. JOHN, E. A.HOLBBOOK,
Qenl Slanaf er. OenlTkt &Pom. Agt.
ciricAao, ii. r.
EliY'S
'CRKV3I BALM
riransrs t h c
Vasal I'a'jajrs,
IInys I'ain aml
liinammat i o n.
Ileals tlie Sorp.,
llrslorfs t Ii c
Scnsfs of Taste
and Smell.
HAY-EEVER trv the ri'RE.
A partlclc Is aj.ip.ifd Intoeacq
nontril, no pain; ajn-feablc to ue. rrice 50e, at
uruytni-iii, uy mau, rrfrlitrreo, w centi. f.ii
UHOTHEIU, 50 Warreii SL, New Yorlc. W.
t4 Coushii. foro Throat. tnf.uniz.i.
4lVhooilng: Co n ffh, Croun, Ilruachl.
JU, Attdinm.ana cvcry aucctiou of Uio
i Tliroat, L.unfTomI Cnratnro rpccdlly
3 aud pcnnducnlty cured by Uio uso of
IWIOTAR'S BALSAIYJ
OF WILD CHERRY,
j wbkb does not dry cp a eocjrb aml lcavu
J mm1n? tbo csdm o( tbe coraphlat. COX.
J SU5iriI0X CXX BE CUUtfi by a tltncly
by lxnilrcilacf tc-itoonlalj. 'Shejritvtne
Is tnx4 . r.nt'i" n thi mrrwr.
f-rn a r. iwvi.k e: . ".s, inor'm,
Uostra, Hu. ili ly dcalcn rracnllv.
I Sr IVomler. cxlst In thounands of
Iforms, kat are urpansed by the marrel
of ln rntfin. Tlins. who am ln nfil nf
UuJJl rrclllHl.le work tliat can lw donn while
i Ihlnjr .t lioiiie, ftltraiM at once i.rKt their adilnM
I tollal'ettfC'o I'ortland, Maine, and rrceire
irce. full lnfornialfnn how elllirr nl, of all ageft,
can carn frora fS to t per day and upwarda
I whercrrr tliey Ure. You arc ttartcd frte Capital
, not rtqulrcd. Some hate made 50Inainf!i-dny
ttthUwdrtf, AUsucceed. jl
CATARRH
AGUICULTUItAL NOTl!S.
Better let the carden run to wppd
than tlie mind. Miss F. E. Burr,
Some farmers nro all bralns and ol licrs
all ellxiw gfpase, and neithcr succeid.
No farm. largo or small. need to hn
and none uught to be witbout a well
cultivatml gnruen.
No animal kent nn the farm will nrn-
duce moro fertility or be better for the
leeu tnan swine.
Sow foddcr corn and other !fodder
crcps in order to have the cutting of
iuese come on in succession.
There Un't wisdom enough, put it al
together, to tell what makea one anule
sweet and the next one eour. The
C'entury.
I have never liiown of a case on
recnrd wheu a farmer failing has nut
paid ilfty cents on a Uollar. Dr. G. A.
Uowen.
Lawyers, doctors, merchants, clergy
meD, etc, take pipera dcyoted to their
vocation. Farmers should do the same.
To Bay tliat the ordinary horse owner
does not attend to the fit of his harness,
is only the expression of a well-known
truth.
A man who feeds correctly and in
telligently will save from 10 to 20 per
cent. over a min who follows only a
haphazard method,
A good crop of both corn and weeds
cannot be grown on the same ground at
the eame time, any more than two rail
way trains can pass each other on the
same track.
It has.been ehown by experiments that
seeda of many kinds ot weeds are killed
in tlio coinpoat hpap if there is moisturo
and temperature of 90 to 110 degreea.
-rC. Ii. Djdge.
The ttatement that Yankee ingenuity
had succeeded in making nice-looking
cotnb honey by nnchinery, current in
the newspipers not long ago, is pro
nounced utterly false.
Next to a eure and certain provision
for the great beyond. the health of the
farmer and that of his liouneliold should
be his first conceru. Oftentimes he
makcs it his last concern.
A correspondent of the Slaine Farmer
Biys 'I don't care how pure, sweet,
healthy and handsome oleo may be, I
don't care if it contams the elixir of life
I would prohlbit the sale of it entirely
and forever.'
A ftvtem Of ffirmtnc uhinh ilnaa nrtf
provide In an cconomlcal way for a re-
turn, in an avauanie lorni, ot tne soil
constitutents carried o(I by the crop
raisnd. cannot othprwinn iiut nrnvp nlll.
mately a financial fallure.
Every flower Bhould be picked from
the plant as soon as it is faded. When
it has reached this point it is certainly
not ornamental, and the procees of eeed
development greatly injures the vitahty
oi ine piani.
I. C. Libbysayn, in theLewislon Jour
nal, that thectudy for the Maine farm
ers should be to raise their own grairi
nnd avoid paying so much cash for
Western corn. Ihis advice would be very
prolltible to other than Maine farmers.
As in determining the feeding value
of diirerent rations the stockman must
not rely wholly upon the cheraist's dic
tum, but must 'ask the honest steer,' so
in the case of fertilizra the farmer must
iiKjtiire of the plant. Its preferences
imift be laken into account.
J, II. Uale thinks that the proper
training of hlackherries and ranpberries
depends upon Ihe right prnning. In the
suinmer tlio new shouts that come from
the ground should be pinched off when
they are fiftcen or elghteen inches high,
to make them grow strong and throw
out new laleral branches, which should
be allowtd to grow at will.
If wo would have better roads, the
public must be made to see the benefita
of them so plainly that men will consent
to the closing of all unnecessary high
ways; tliat good men will accept the
oflice of oveiseer; and that the road tax
be collected in money, thot the overseers
may hire only honest men, or contract
for repairs, payment being conditiuned
on fuill.ful perfnrmance.
Iloard's Dairymen quolcs receut ex
periments in Sweden lo prove that the
practice of putting fresh pkimmpil cream
in the rhurns is wastelul. In the ex
periment alludcd to, epecimen No. 1,
was sweet and No. G was sour, tbe other
intermediate samples being more or less
sour in proportion. No. 1 gave S'j
pounds of butter, No, 3, 3! pounds; No"
4, 4)2, No. 5, 1 pound, and No. 0 three
fourths pounds.
If leguminous crops get their nitrogen
from tlie atmosphere, the farms where
benns are grown so largely and thevines
led out to sheep ought to bo very rich.
We do not learn that guch is the case.
In fact, it is daimed by some that beans
prove to be auexhaustuig crop, and that
the old bean growers are not making as
much money as formerly. American
Agriculturist.
In summer experiments withcows for
a small dairy, I found it as cheap to go
direct to the grain bin or hay mow for
extra food to bridge over droughts or to
maintain the mllk in the fall as it was
to depend upon green foods, daily to
cured at much troublc. In a large dairy
this element of iuconvenience would
disappear largely, J. W, Sanlwrn,
Jlirror and b'urmer.
Ilarrowing and rolling rcaulro moro
careful attention than is usually bestow
ed upon them. We do not roll to make
ihe iand lirni. Ilarrowing will make
the land firmer than it cau be made, ex
cept on tho surface, by a roller Wo
roll tu break the lumps. The roller will
iiotcrush the lutnpa tliat it cannot reach,
and so we harrow to break some of the
lumps and to pull the others to the sur
face, leaving it rough, and tben follow
with a roller.
It has been said that a farm witbout a
boy would soon come to grief, but what
place would not come to grlef witbout
liim? Who is it that 'does the chores.'
and the bothersome crrands? And what
ever amounts to much who is not laught
to do the chores well, and In time, and
to do errands in an exact way? It is
business rverp time, and fathers should
remtmber that their methods are noted.
and cnpied by the bojs, and if the
liatcnet, epjiie or rake is lelt to rust
under the tree in the yard, he llunks
tliat if Iather does it, it must be all
right. SpringQeld Unlon.
II i: I'OU.NO A litti.i:.
'Uml Yes! S ingularl' he said, as he
stood at the cashler's desk in the res-
taurant and fe t in bis pockets.
Ileen robbed, I eupposc?' sneered tbe
cnehier.
'I'crhaps. Iet's see. Did I chanire
my pataloons?'
Uh, ot course
I cuei8 I did. nnd left nll mv monev
in the other pair.'
'Say, that's too old to go down hcre,
misterl I want sixty cents!'
Yes ycs, but you see '
'I see a deadbeat wbo'll get a good
klcking if he doesn't hand over tbe
caohl'
'Jlerry! but you don't tako mo for a
d'adbeat I liop,-'r'
'S'xly cents!'
'Hut, I've left my money '
Sixty cents or you get Ihe bouncel'
'I'll go out and borrow it.'
Oh, not Hand it over or the kicker
will take charge of you.'
'Let's see, Did I change my clotbes ?
Yes. I did. Dut '
'No buts about it. I want tlxty cents!'
'Ilm I must liave slipped sumu money
in my hind picket. Ah! so I did, and
here it is.'
And he ftshed up a grcat wud, tossed
the cashier a $50 bill, and whilo waiting
for his change sliook hands with two
bankers and drew Ius clieck for f5,000
to settle a real estato transactlon.
The cashier is still in bed, and tliedoc
tor says it Is a very eeiious case. De
troit Frco Piess.
ALI. IX TIIK FAMILY.
Ilarrr II. Smith is one of the cditors
ot Aincrica, the now weckly journal,
and one ot his dutics is to pass upon
poelry offered for publication. One day
last week he recelved a very pretty littlo
tvne-written poeni signed bv a ladv
whom he had never heard. Tho pocm
was acceptcd and a check for its value
was immediately sent to tbe ladv's ad-
dress, together with a note from Mr.
Smith pratsing the poem And asking tbo
author to send in more nianuscripn.
The next day Mrs. Harry U. Smith pre
sented Ihe clieck and drew the money
r mt. t m:
lor ii, uuicagu iiiuee.