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t»j, Si & & I f. I ft 1 1 1 1 buR. PICTURES ON THE WALL. frames in not expensive and the pictures they are plain, A-broodlng there where sunlight of tho firelight softly falls: mtbrn stranger would not note them, yet no "fc. hope of greel or gain ||$ .Would make uq think of parting with Sp our pictures on the walla! Kay, we would have no changes In the portraits if we couM. 11 For gaslng on the faces, wo can see them -,-y aa they were QThe father strong, and slstem In their lovely womanhood. "i The mother sweet and tender, and the baby in his chair. Their voices come at even or on quiet aft S ernoons, And while we look upon them we recall the deaier days And atOI they seem to love us as when hope Its sweetest tunes "Went chanting low and tender here among the homestead ways. tThe years have been so many, and the days have gone so slow. Since we were undivided in the years the mind recalls And yet we feel less lonely aa we on our Journey go, 1 With the faces over with us—with the pictures on the walls! *»W1U T. Hale, in Memphis Commercial Appeal. TIGER IN THE POOL. BY W. A» FBASER. lint* E N O S be longed to the In dian state railway vi didn't mean any harm by that it was only a way he had of making a living. He was en gineer in charge of a district where there was good shooting, so, in ad dition to being a "rail-carriage fellow," he was a tiger hunter of well-known prowess. The following adventure which be fel him he related to me one evening over a glass of sugar and water and a cigar—remarkably good sugar and water Reynolds kept in his bungalow, too. Settling himself In his long chair, ho took a few vigorous puffs at his cigar, though his eyes were jamming car tridges in a magazine rifle, and gave me the following account of his adventure with a man-eater: MI was stationed near Warora, In A good tiger country, and one day my bunter brought me news of a pair o* tigers that had been killing cattle near neighboring village. They were a rather vicious pair, too, not much afraid of man, and must have been at the busi ness for some time, for a farmer who had gotten in their way through pro tec ting his cattle had received a sweep ing pat from one of their mighty paws which crushed his skull like an egg shell. "Accompanied by the hunter, I went put to survey the ground. It was the dry season, and after along search we found the royal pair's drinking place and an ideal resort it was, too, for Mas ter Stripes, a deep, cool pool in a thick -SLABED AT MB WITH ITS BALEFUL EYES. jungle. The pugs showed me that they came there regularly to drink. •They were here this morning, sir," exclaimed the hunter, after he had ex amined the freshest footprints. 'Perhaps they came in the evening.' I answered. 'How do you know it was the-morning?' "He pointed out to me that all the other pugs were covered with a fine network of woven cobwebs, on which the dew sparkled and glittered like rare diamonds the fresher pugs had none of these they had been made early that morning, after the busy night weavers *»ajj retired to their crevice homes. "The pool would do better than 'a kill,' for the tigers would be sure to come there, but as they had plenty of meat of their own killing they would probably fight shy of a bait, so I deter mined to build a sort of stage and get a shot, at, them as they came-to drink. By evening I had it built and all ready, taking care to locate it on the lee side -of the pool, so that unless the tigers came up directly behind us they should dot get our wind. Quite comfortable and strong I had made it, too, about 12 feet from the ground and long enough so that I could lie down comfortably, for sitting in a stage for hours, perhaps all night, was not to be thought of cramped muscles would disable one long before the time when they must be fimn as steel, yet supple as a silken cord. 'Blankets and guns, a flask and «igars—yes, even cigars, for a tiger will wind a white man quicker than he will cigar„,and pay far more attention to lii^tod. "Thus equipped, I took up my station tn the. platform at nightfall, together with the hunter. As I lay there my head was almost directly ovef the edge of tfc {tool, and'I flattered myself that -I should get a smashing good shot at Mr. Stripes or his wife. I did not ex pect them before morning, but as tigers u4ure rather erratic Jjft- their movements "'.I thought it besfcto put in the night for them. About midnight I fell asleep, Baloo, who had hod a long nap, taking my place to watch. "I was awakened by some one pinch ing my afm Baloo was whispering: "The tigers are here, sir and sure enough, down In the pool, not 50 feet from me, I could hear them lapping and splashing the water. "It was still dark—very dark, so dark that their forms failed to outline against the dense mass which, sur rounded the water. This was a contin gency I had not taken into account. They were there, but it was so infernal ly dark I could not shoot with any certainty of not planting my bullets in the mud banks opposite. Just in the center of the pool the twinkling stars were reflected, and in desperation I de termined to take one as a mark, and when It was darkened by some object to blaze away. I soon got my chance and emptied my 'express,'not into tho star, but intd some dark object which had come between it and me. "For a few moments pandemonium reigned in (.hat bit of jungle. One of the tigers was hit, and hit hard, judg ing from the fiendish row it was kick ing up. I emptied my spare rifle into the noise, that was all I had to fire at, but with what success I could not tell, for the first shot had stirred up as much row as tw'o tigers are capable of mak ing. "Presently there was a lull* in the conversation, and I concluded that they had made off. It was really too much to expect that I had bagged them both, and that they were both dead. "There was nothing for it but to stick to the platform till daylight, which I did, putting in the time asleep. I was awakened by Baloo at the first sign of day. Feeling very cold and numb, I scrambled down from my night's rest ing-place, and proceeding to reconnoiter very carefully, I must confess, for I did not relish stumbling over a wounded tiger so early in the day. "We found tracks on the other side of the pool and plenty of blood tracks, showing that one of them at least was severely wounded. I followed up the tracks for a short distance, but seeing that we were likely to have a pretty long tramp of it, called a halt and sat down to eat the lunch I had brought with me the night before. "Washed down by a whisky and soda, and the inevitable cigar going briskly, I felt quite equal to the task ahead of me—a task in hunting, perhaps the most dangerous in the world—the fol lowing up of a wounded tiger on foot in a broken country. "A long tramp of about three miles, sometimes losing the trail, having to quarter back and forth to pick it up again, and sometimes pressing forward in hot haste where it was easy picking up the marks brought me to a deep, dry ravine. I felt that we were not far from our game in this place, and Baloo's eyes sparkled in anticipation as he whispered, in eager tones: 'Near, sir very near.' "We were going steadily along the ra vine bed when. Baloo suddenly caught me by the arm and craned his head in a listening attitude. We could hear some thing moving in the jungle to the right of the ravine, just beyond where a smaller ravine cut into the one we were in. Almost at our very feet I saw the pugs of the tigers in the soft banks, where they had taken to the jungle. "Bidding Baloo keep close with the •econd gun, I started up the second ra vine. It was more like a path cut in the deep clay banks by the rains. As I stood in it it was about shoulder high, and not more than three feet wide. When I had reached a point just oppo site to the place I conceived the tigers to be, 1 determined to crawl up the bank, through the almost impenetrable jungle undergrowth on its top. Grasp ing a email creeper, J- pulled my body up so that I could force a passage through the undergrowth with my hands. As I reached over the little mound-like structure of the bank, my hand touched something wet and sticky. I drew it back—it was blood. "Then there rose up before my eyes, not three feet from me, the most hid eous sight I ever saw in my life—a sight which chilled the blood in my veins, and transfixed me with horror— a tiger, with the lower jaw shot away, glared at me, with its baleful eyes burn ing into my very marrow. "How long we stood thus facing each other I do not know it seemed an eter nity. I saw he was about to spring, and fired my express at him point blank from my side, without waiting to take aim. "There wa* the screaming rush of a giant body, the flash of a rifle so close that it scorched my cheek, and I found myself flat on my back in the ravine, stunned and almost senseless. Baloo was down, too, but I could see that he was unburt. He was pointing to the other bank, and I knew that the tiger had gone, clean over when he charged me. "Beyond being a little stunned by my fall, I was quite uninjured, but I felt sure that the tiger had gotten enough to settle him this time. Baloo had seen him rise up, and had fired the spare rifle into tiitw just as he charged. "Cautiously enough this time I worked my way up the opposite bank and through the jungle, which was less thick on this side. Not 20 yards from where we started Mr. Stripes up, we found him lying with a broken back, and soon had his skin on the homeward journey. "It must have been the mate we heard in the first place, just a little apart from the other. Be that as it may, I never saw him again. "Yes,' it was a close shave—the ravine saved me. "Have another peg."—Detroit Free Press. —Those whose minds feed upon riches recede in general from real hap piness in proportion as their stores in crease.—Burton. —One-quarter of all the people bora die before six years, and one-half be fore they are 16. FARM AND GARDEN. THE GRANARY WEEVIL. Vest Means of Extermination Is Bisul phide of Carbon. This is the time of year when the farmer will begin to be worried by the grain-bin beetle. We have heard a great deal about them in time past, and hnve no reason to expect less trouble in the future. We will describe the il lustration. The size of the insects may. be seen by the little straight line beside each one, the insect as shown being magnified. The mature weevil is seen at figure a. His Latin name is Calan dra gran aria. The lurvi, that is, the form as it comcs from the egg, is shown at b. The pupa form is shown at c. At is shown another insect, the name of which is Calandra oryza. Oryza is Latin for rice, and this insect is popu larly called the rice beetle, because he was first discovered in this grain. There is a striking similarity between this one and the one at a, but the reader will notice that the thorax is a lon gitudinally punctured. The granary weevil is not an insect of recent discovery. It is about as old as history, and we hear of it anterior to the Christian era. It probably once used its wings, but after many cen turies of sojourn in the granaries of man it seems to have lost that feature. Its wings remain, but he has not had the strength to use them. The head is prolonged in front into a long snout, or proboscis, at the end of which are the mandibles the antennae are elbowed and attached to the snout. The larva is legless, considerably shorter than the adult, white in color, while the perfect insect (a) is of a shiny chestnut brown color. The pupa (e) is also white, clear and transparent. The report of the secretary of agricul ture thus describes their habits: "The female punctures the grain with her snout mid inserts an egg, and from this is hatched a larva which de vours the farinaceous interior and un dergoes its transformation within the hull. In wheat, barley and other small grains a single larva inhabits a kernel, but a kernel of maze furnishes food for several individuals. The chief in jury done by the granary weevil is to wheat, maze and barley, but it also at tacks other grains. Unlike the moths that attack grain, the adult weevils feed also upon the kernels, gnawing into them for food and shelter." The best mode of extermination is by means of bisulphide of carbon, placed in the bins by means of a tube. Care should be exercised to secure only standard quality. Probably this will be best done by getting some that is sold especially for this purpose, as it is more likely to be of first-class strength. A little work early in the season may save a great deal later on. —Fanners' Review. Pasturing Winter Wheat. The subject of pasturing winter wheat has received some attention at the Kansas experiment station. The conclusion is arrived at that pasturing is always an iiijury to the wheat. The extent of the injury will vary with the character and condition of the soil. A comparison of plats pastured with those not pastured amounted to iy2 bushels per acre. The theory that pas turing wheat fields infested by the Hes sian fly is a benefit is thoroughly ex ploded. The pupa of the fly is entirely out of reach of the cattle, being lodged between the sheaths at the base of the' young stems below the surface of the ground. Pasturing such fields can only weaken the plants and leave them at the mercy of the fly.—Farmer's Keview. Preparing Cora for the Crib. The unusually large crop of corn will no doubt induce many farmers to make the kind of haste in harvesting their corn that in the end means waste. The cribbing of corn is a more important matter than many of us often imagine. Corn that heats in the crib is sure of being lost and every bad ear spoils its neighbor, as certainly as does a rotten apple in a barrel. The farmer should be certain that the corn is thoroughly cured before beginning cribbing. Aft er that push the work as rapidly as possible. It must be husked,-cleaned and thoroughly sheltered from the weather. The leaving of the silk on the corn is like offering a premium to mice to take up their abode in the crib.— ^Farm News. Kafllr Corn In Kansas. The acreage of Kaffir corn in Kansas this year is larger than ever before.. The drought of 1894 taught many farm ers that they must prepare for adverse seasons, and the fact that Kaflir corn Will stand a dry season when Indian corn will dry up caused many fields to be planted with it. The results have been satisfactory. In some counties of the state, notably^ Montgomery, the yield of the Kaffir corn has run as high as 60 bushels to the acre, and 30 or 40 bushels to the acre is considered a very ordinary yield. As a bushel of this corn will go as far in fattening cattle and hogs as a bushel of the Indian corn, it can readily be seen that a great point has been gained in its successful pro duction. If the bees need feeding there is noth ing better than to put a frame of sealed honey in their hives. EGG-EATINQ HENS. A Plan by Which They May Be Cared of the Pernlelous Habit. A correspondent writes: "It seems that too much cannot be said or done to prevent this worst of evils a. hen can fall heir to. It is very disgusting to any poulterer, or even any person who keeps poultry. When I built my hen nery I put in just a few nest boxes for the time being, until I had time to get more, and would not believe it took only two or/three days to learn the habit of 'egg-eating.' They would quar rel over the nest and break tlie eggs, then all would run to have a piece, until at last my two largest pens were full of good-looking egg-thirsty hens, and were, I thought entirely ruined, fox when I did give them more boxes they would pick hole in the shell quite leisurely and eat the contents. What was to be done was more than I could think of for awhile then I devised a plan which I thought would break some at least of the habit. I made nest boxes as follows: Eight feet long, 14 inches deep, and 11 inches wide, then divided it into eight nests, with one side of the box six inches high, so that when it was covered they had eight inches left to enter the nest then I set them one foot from the floor. In thero it was dark, the space covered by a lid over the box to remove the »»ggs. In this se cluded spot they would deposit their egg s, and only one hen could occupy each nest, and she hadn't room or light enough to do much damage. This was six weeks ago and to-day I don't think I have a hen that will cat an egg. If some poulterer who is troubled in like manner will give this a trial I am quite confident he will be amply repaid."— Poultry Chum. ATTRACTIVE FOWLS. Brief Description of the Saltan, Very Pretty Breed. This breed was introduced into Eu rope by way of Constantinople some 40 years ago. In many respects the Sul tans resemble the White Polish, but they have shorter legs and more abun dant plumage. The latter is very white and flowing on £be head they haye a compact Polish tuft the comb is only two little points, and the wattles are very small. They have five toes on each foot. The fowls are non-setters, small eaters and layers of large, white eggs. They are said to be hardy when ma ture, but are difficult to raise. They PRIZE HEX. are very small and are kept chiefly aa pets, being generally regarded as the most beautiful of all domestic fowls. They are, however, good layers.—N. Y. World. NOTES FOR BEEKEEPERS. Allow no stock of uny kind to run in the apiary during the winter. Windbreaks around the beehives dur ing the winter are very beneficial. Do not allow hives of bees to stand on high benches set them down close t' the ground. Do not feed bees at night. It throws them off their guard, interferes with their regular routine of work and is generally detrimental. If the weather is too cold for the bees to come out, and they must be fed, feed in the hives and try to keep all covered up as warm as possible. To prevent robbing close the entrance so as to give passage for only a single bee at a time. This is effective if the bees will defend themselves. To make the most out of keeping bees there must be the best bees, the best hives and all modern appliances- A man must also have a liking for the business. If he is not willing to spend the time on the bees that they require for theii proper management, he had better let them alone.—St. Louis Republic. The Klpenmg of Honey. Many beekeepers have gone to con siderable trouble to provide solar evap orating tanks and other means to ripen their honey, and, while it may be necea sary in certain localities and with some kinds of honey, the average beekeepet will find that if he will provide plenty of combs the bees will ripen and seal the honey under the cheapest and best possible conditions, and if extracted and run into vessels that can be covered tightly, so that it cannot absorb mois ture from the atmosphere it will re tain the flavor and aroma that is so highly prized in comb honey. Honey procured under these conditions will create a market for itself if properly put np and brought to the notice of the consumer. Dltehea Along Country Bonds. Deep ditches and holes caused by grading and excavating'-for other pur poses are common on both sides of country rodds. Years ago*deep ditches -were necessary to carry off surplus water. With the common use of tile, these are now superfluous, and should be leveled as much as possible, so that the roadside can be mowed readily with a machine. In a few instances it may be best to leave a shallow ditch, but have its sides slope gradually. Seed all the roadside to grass. They will then have to be cut but once each season, and will yield considerable hay, instead of being a hotbed for weed seed produc tion. DOMESTIC CONCERNS.. —Flannels should never be wrung or Ironed. First dip tliem in hot sujls, then rinse in water of about the same temperature in which a little soap has been put. —Apple Custard Pie.—Into a cupful of. grated sweet apples stir two large spoonfuls of sugar, one pint of sweet milk, two well-beaten eggs, and a lit tle salt. Flavor to taste. Bake in an under crust.—Housekeeper, —-Orange Fritters.—Peel the oranges, part in quarters, remove the seeds and boil for five minutes in "thick sirup, drain well in a sieve, immerse in alight flour batter and fry them quickly in plenty of clear, very hot fat to a light brown color. Drain on a cloth, sprinkle with powdered sugar, and serve on a folded napkin.—N. Y. Ledger. —Sweetbread and Lamb Fricassee.— Chop moderately fine one pound of lamb and one good-sized sweetbread, season with salt and pepper, roll in flour and fry a delicate brown in butter. Add one-half can tomatoes, a pinch of mace, juice of an onion, a pinch of sugar and some finely minced parsley. Stew slowly until thoroughly tender. —Chicago Ilecord. —Stuffed Onions—Boil gently one hour six good-sized onions. Remove center with a sharp knife. Fill with two tablespoons minced ham, three tablespoons bread crumbs, one table spoon butter, three tablespoons cream, one-half teaspoon salt, speck of cay enne, one egg, mixed together sprin kle onions with buttered crumbs and bake one hour slowly on earthen plates. Serve with cream sauce.—Orange .Tudd Farmer. —Bice Croquettes—One quart tnilk, one cup rice, salt and pepper to taste, one tablespoon chopped parsley, yolks of four eggs. Wash the rice and put it in a' farina boiler with the milk, boil about one hour or until thick, then beat till smooth. Add the yolks of the eggs and cook ten minutes longer. Take from the fire, add the parsley and sea soning, mix well, turn out on plate and stand away until cold. Then make into cylinders, dip first in beaten egg, then in bread crumbs and fry in boiling fat. —Mrs. Borer, in Farm and Fireside. HARD ON THE PURSE. Trimmings for Gowns Nowadays Cost a Pretty Penny. One can hardly tell from the looks of trimming, these days, how much it is going to cost, but in nine cases out of ten it is safe to guess that if it is at tractive it is expensive. In many cases the trimming costs more than a whole dress ought to. Feather trimming, combined with fur and jet, comes as high as eight dollars a yard, and sells, too, yet we are told that such trimming is made of the odds and ends of a fac tory, swept up by the thrifty makers. Even though this sounds almost too big to be true, it is pleasant to believe such things about desirable accessories that are unattainable. In trimmings (hat glitter, jewels are at a discount all that is wanted is sparkle, and span gles and rhinestones glow almost as warmly as do gems, and at a lot less money, though not as much less as one might expect. Even in jewelry, mag nificent pieces are made of rhinestones arranged in such choice design and set in gold that few can tell whether the jewels are real or not. The brilliancy of the properly-cut rhinestone rivals that of a gem, and there is left nothing but the exercise of good taste in the se lection of design and color to differ entiate the wearer of cultivation from the tawdry user of cheap brilliants. In trimmings the imitation gem sails under false colors to a less extent, for therein real gems are not expected.— Albany Argus. FRUIT BONBONS. How to Make Some Delicious Sweets for Christmas. Take candied pineapple, cut into cubes and dip it in fondant once or twice, as may be necessary, cover well, then hard en. Still another is to cut the pineapple in pieces pointed at one end in fondant, leaving the other end un covered. Cream cherries are candied cherries used in the same way as the pineapple. Do not use a whole cherry for the top of the candy, as a half or even a quarter is enough. Stuffed cherries are .made by taking candied cherries and cutting them so that there will be four or eight point^to Btick up fill the inside of each cherry quite full of fondant so that the points will lie against the fondant, thus making a pretty candy which will look like a flower. To make pecan creams, take a ball of fondant, flavor to taste, dip in melted fondant and lay a pecan nut meat on top and let it harden. Cream almonds, same as pecan creams. Al monds may be dipped in melted fondant if desired. English walnuts may be used in the same way. To make rasp berry creams, add to a desertspoonful of raspberry jam enough XXXX or con fectioners' powdered sugar to make a paste if not acid enough to taste like the fruit add.a speck of tartaric acid. Make into balls, melt some of-the hard est fondant you have and add a few drops of red coloring dip the balls twice if necessary, as it sometimes will be.— Ladies' Home. Journal. Wanted Figures. He—Then everything is fixed, and we can be married in May, can't we?. She—There is only one thing I have not spoken of, and mamma insisted that I must. He—Certainly, my angel. What is it? Bid me go through any trial for your dear sake, and I'll do it. Ask for the golden fleece, and if such a thing is in existence, I'll get it, aye, even though I must swim the seas, climb the loftiest peaks, or search in the fuming craters of mighty volcanoes, I'll do it. She—It isn't much, my dear. Mamma said I must ask you how much you in tended to allow me a week for pin money? He—Um—er—how much are pins tf paper now?—N. Y. Weekly. A Look Through SontA Missouri for Cents. The Kansas City, Fort Scott ft Memphis R. R. Co. has just Issued a magnificent book of sixty or more photo-engraved views oc varied scenery in South Missouri. 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