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W KING'S MESSENGER. H Over the stubble grass. >- Over the hurrying plain, Kg Fleet as a cloud I pass, CE Hand oil the pulsing rein. Mother ami 9ire withstood "* . The bride in her bower alone, fig The embers warm from the wood, H And I, like the night., have flowu. iS 1 Eg A crii9t and a backwood look. || A breath for the heaving ateed, H A drink from the ice-bound brook, H And then but speed?and speed. H For them T leave,^is the^ sound ? Eg Ana Drnnance 01 souna ana ugut; ? For me. the echo from frozen grounc And the frozen stars at ni^ht. ?u I know not the way I go, H I read but the news I bring. ?6 I halt not at hail of foe. S I ride?I ride for the King. ?Alice Brown, in Harper's. L m?%???a [ IN SUSPENSE FrS1 jfL Af L 4'7t ya i-Jw I BY AN OLD MINER. I & -? & 8 to 54. EIERE were ten of us in th K X ]K prospecting party which, ii P O O the winter of '60-70 lef I $( Hardyville, on the Grea I Colorado, for Central Ari I zona and the mountains south of Zuni 8 Over 300 miles of desert, mountaii I and canyon Ave passed, and at last thi I JSierra Bianca, south of Zuni, wa: jg sighted and Ave were in the land o | gold and the Indian. i I bad command or the party, navim I fceeu through that region before witl .General Beale, and I fcave strict order against separating when we reache< the head waters of the Chiquito, wher 1 our prospecting was to begin. From the very first hour we were ii luck. Never had any of us seen sue! indications, and we were all sanguin that in a few months we could t*i i>ack, with our pack mules and h?rse laden down with gold dust and gol< i nuggets. I We were at work for' a tew week before we saw any signs of Indians ?md then but the track of one, wh' must have passed through, or rathe close to, our camp the previous night. I did not like* this; but the fact gav ns no trouble, and that day, in com pany with Sam Howard. I ascende on arroyo. along which the indication of gold grew better and better as w advanced. We were on foot, with our trust; rifles on our shoulders, and felt saf from the attack of Indians, particular fly on the mesa, for the sides of th i table-like hill were nearly precipitous and the only visible means of ascen iwas by the arroyo up which we hai 'conic. "One week at this if? nil I want,' exclaimed Sam, looking around, lik one in a delightful dream, at the prod] I gal profusion of golden particles. "Well, Sam, what will you do witl /all your wealth when you have go j back':'' I asked, as we proeeedei j .farther and farther across the 'mesa ! secyng no diminution in the visibl v iwealth it contained. "I will make a bee-line for home aod just as soon as Julia can get read; I will marry," lie answered, gleefully os he saw in imagination the blis of such an event. Then he turned am asked. "What will you do, old fellow? "I left home, Sam, to win wealtl Tor the wife and two little ones I ief behind years ago. That wealth se cured, I will go back, get a farm, am l?e happy with the dear wife who ha been so true, and in seeing my c-hildrei grow up with more of the blessings o (wealth and education than I ever eo ' jjoyed," the reply. My first impulse after making thi discovery wa3 to send down for m companions, but the fascination of th place was too great, to leave it for moment: so I determifled to make thorough exploration of this El Dorad( ?nd whpn this was done, to 20 dow nnd report to our companions, whos delight at tlie discovery it gave me great deal of pleasure to imagine. * We walked so slowly, and iu so man i vircuits?stopping at times to examin L the ground, and to put nuggets int I our bags?that the suit was nearl down when we halted under the r,he ter of a rock at the further ^ide of th mesa. and ate with a keen relish th bread and meat we had brought wit [ t lis. We bad walked a long distant-* ' tout I knew we were not over two mile I In a straight line from th? head of th arroyo; so when the meal was ovei <intl washed down by a draught c water from .Sam's canteen, we starte back, half intoxicated with deligh. .while Sam's boyish shouts came bac In laughing ec-hoes from the rocks an precipitous walls of the mesa. "Hold,'Sam!" / t I laid my hand restraiuingly on hi Bi-rn. for I heard a shrill y.>11 followin bis last shout, and my trained ear told me at once it was not an echo. We both listened breathlessly, and i a few seconds agaiu came the yel from a rock about 300 yards in fron and this was answered, not by echoe but by a chorus of fierce yells tbf seemed to come from the walls of th mesa around us. "Indians!" ejaculated Sam, with r*a!e face. i "Yes. Indians; and all around us!" replied, for the yells increased in fur: and I heard the zip zip of arrows o the rocks about us, though the arcbet were not visible. "Get your rifle ready. Sam. and Co low me!" I kue*.v that our only hope of safet depended on getting into the array i*efore dark?indeed, it was the onl means of descent I knew of?and one In there. I thought our friends beio1 luTght hear us, and come to our a, stance. We both had our rifles and pistoi /aady, ahd dashed ahead. The gold specimens were now a bu <ten. but we ching to them as if the ' were dear as life. We had not gone over 400 yarc n-lion in tho indistinct liirht. we sa1 the head of the arroyo: but, to 01 i horror, it -was guarded by a band of e: I ultant Indians. To add to the dang( of the situation, the savages .seeme rising boldly from the rocks about us Together up raised our rifles au fired, lit the Indians before us; the ? drawing our pistols, wc da3hed forward. I was straining every nerve, wiien I heard a groan behind me. and turning quickly, I saw Sam stagger and fall, while not ten yards behind him was a pack of exultant demons. I knew my young companion was wounded, if not dead, aud that in a few seconds the Yavapais would be on [ him with their glistening knives. I : sprang back and reached his side in ; time to bring my clubbed rifle down on the head of an Indian in the advance. The suddenness of my action checked I, the vest. Without a moment's hesitation I blazed away with both my plsI * 1 -- n ??J K'rtl'll IU15>, il 11U. n ilCU LUCCC *Ttn, VAuuuvk>.M, I picked up Sam's and answered every arrow with an unerring bullet. j Two shots more, and all the cham- i i bers would be exhausted, then there | [ would be nothing left but to die fight- | ? Lng over the prostrate form of my com- I I panion. j "Leave me! ileave mo! Remember ; ( your wife and children!" groaued Sam. i I did remember them, and with a ter- j rible anxiety at that moment; but the j thought only intensified my resolve to j save my friend. I took deliberate aim at one I sup- \ I posed to be a chief from his actions, i and I saw him leap into the air and e fall on his face. il One shot more was left, though I t raised both pistols as boldly as if every t chamber was loaded. I had my finger j. on the trigger, and would have fired, but I saw them running back in the i darkness, as if panic-stricken. 5 In a moment I slung both the rifles, s and securing the pistols. I picked up f Sam and ran back for the protection of the rock for which I had first aimed. t My first worlc was to reipaa au rue | j arms; then, watching to see that I s was not surprised. I examined Sam's 1 wound as well as the darkness would e admit. He had fainted and lay like one dead. I found an arrow had a struck him in the back, and now proii truded through his right breast. I e cut off the flint head of the weapon aud drew it out, and theu forced some s water between his lips from his own i canteen. at A groan told me that he was reviv- eai s ing, and at the same instant I heard | *? (( a rumbling sound that seemed to be q approaching. I was at a loss to dis~ onrpp what it meant at first; but the ' C mystery was soon solved. The In- , cos e dians were rolling rocks toward us in I at i- a circle, determined to crush us uufLer j doi i their weight, or to hurl us over the i wl s cliff. ! do; c The rocks came nearer. I could see vel the black outlines rolling in, tand hear j r the grunts of the Indians, who were | e taxing their strength to move them. j I had not many minutes to think. I e felt along the edge of (he cliff for i, some distance, and found thfft. while t not perpendicular near tiie top, the 1 angle was very sharp, and to the valley below it was fully 200 feet. It was " my only hope and I determined to risk e it. Hastily strapping Sam to my belt, [. I dropped first one rifle and then the other, and I heard them rolling down, k down, as if they would never stop, t Fasteniug the pistol. I took a last ? 1 look at the stars, and clasping Sam in' 1#' my arms, I lay on my back, and feet e foremost'I slid "over the side of the mesa. I kept my perpendicuiar position, ? , y though I felt my clothes being torn t as I was dashed over^he rocks with a s quickness that took my breath away. ? j Down! down! down! It seemed as if ! it would never stop. My breath was ! fre h leaving me, and consciousness, too, i ^ ' t when suddenly we were stopped with j 1 a jerk, and I must have fainted. When i & i I revived, I found we were balanced j c'a s one on each side of a stunted cedar | *ali a tree, while away below us I imagined i Iia' f I could see a black yawning abyss. | [. I can never forget the horror of that ' ?os long night?a horror increased'by the j . s thought of the abyss below, and the | jf 7 fact that Indians for hours hurled - - _ , linj e rocks down mac swept uy us wuu a ; . a thundering sound and a mighty force. ? a I had no recollection of how our ^ >, friends, who had been searching, ^ n found us at daylight, aud carried us aQ^ e to camp, nor could I believe til! I saw a^j a it. what they told me?that the cedar I to which we clung wns only sis feet J y from the solid earth, instead of being j jQr e over a frightful :}byss. o Sam got well and lired to go back j 7 wealthy to his Julia., as I did to my | y wife.?New York News. j j3 e ? I sto O rasalng of the Chinese. p;n h' In fifty years?perhaps less than fif- j bre ?. ty if the present laws remain in effect . a j s and are rigidly executed?the Chinese ! mis e population of the United States will ! eg? m nfirtO J1T- O 1 n fill U UCWUiC piav.liv.atij> VAUUVI, uvvv*\?*?n .v.. >f to the views of W. S. Harwood, in the : 41 d December World's Work. From 1890 j I'v t, to 1900 they fell away from 126,778 [ " k to 119,030. a decrease of nearly SOOO. ' the d or more than six p?r cent. In the fiscal j year ending June 30, 1903. more than i 4090 voluntarily left the port of San j . 's Francisco for the land of their birth, i "j? g the total deported and returning vol- | ? '8 untarily being 5020. i tt A generation ago there were in San j n Francisco from 30.000 to 40,000 China- i 1. men. The Chinese Consul-General ' t. there told me that, counting men. wo- i s. men and childreu, there ar<* now not 1 j it 10.000. i las e The total number of Chinese now in j ^ the United States includes 20,767 in ; un] a Hawaii and 3116 in Alaska, so that at i ma the beginning of this decennial period j I there were living in the United States ; "~~ nroDer only 89.000. A veneration ago j n there were ?.t least 150.000. s The main adult population is male. i<* unmarried, or at least wifeless in 1- America, and is rapidly approaching old age. Thus, by 1930 or 1940 the y maiu Chiuese life in America will be o extinct. y ie The Turkey ami the Boll Weevil. kV It has been demonstrated that the i s* turkey is a fine destroyer of the boll weevil, the tobacco worm and the tots mato worm. They get fat on that sort of diet and keep so with a bit of grain r- thrown in once in a tvhile and atteny tion to their sleeping quarters. The boll weevil gets busy in the spring. Is and so do the young turkeys. The tow mato worms are about the fields at ir the time the young birds are most k- zealous in satisfying an appetite that t has no bounds. The boll weevil and d the worms go into hibernation in the fall just about the time that there is d a demand for fat turkeys that can't be n satiated*?Houston "?ost. r IN THE PI PS SIR HIRAM SI The American Explosive expert ^ Sir Hiram Maxim is a product of th Tangersville, in the State of Maine, o rly Puritan stoclc. r BUTTONS ON BED CLOTHES. )na is very careful to button up overit and jacket when facing Boreas this season of the year,- and so uble-Iock the door, as it w?re, but iy all this caution should be abanaed on theNgoing to bed is a mnrI. Warm clothing is taken off, the sT?~ _ i / ~~~~~~~ CLAMPS ON THZ BED CLOTHES. ndow thrown up in the iaterest of sh air, and then some bedclothing loosely thrown over the body. Why, [t is necessary to button up so tightduring the day, when adequately d, should not the same care be :en at night? The covers are very ble to work loose and expose the protected 1)ody, but this kind of exsure is ' actually courted. Up in nada, where they have weather that really truly cold, they have become ?d of this illogical manner of band5 bed-clotbiug. and now they are ng in for bed-clothiug clamps. AOA n??A 11% M- I cuc aic lusicueu ii? iue stiue runs the bed so as to hold the corners the covers and effectually prevent 7 displacement. A shank and move jaws, the adjustment of which is Jtrolled by a spring, are all there is the device, but the idea is worth a tune in itself. A Chic Retort. rr. Choate's quickness at repartee well illustrated by the following ry: During a "week-end" at au 1 glish country house his neighbor at akfast one morning chanced to be : >retty American who had come to jfortune in trying to manipulate her ] ; in the English fashion. With face i 1 of dismay, she turned to him: Oh, Mr. Ohoate, what shall I do? | e dropped an egg!" Cackle, madam, cackle," - answered ] ambassador.?Lippincott's. Nothing Doing. ear," said the poet's wife, noticing abstracted look, "you are worried ' >ut something." Well?er?yes," replied the roct. Tell m^; what have you'ou your ' id?" ' Nothing. That's what worries me." 1 'hiladelphia Press. a London the anusual heat of the i t summer gavi? a further vogue to > straw hat and made silk hats so popular that the factories dismissed * uy of their workmen. PLOWING SALT IN ? : ft : - ... . . I I s 1 " . \ V * JBLIC EYE. 1 ft jl^: , |/aHnRHBn| I? i * . j ( 1 - ! I [ < s c c ( i | i ?, i 'EVENS MAXIM. ;vho won an Englisli knighthood 1 e land of steady habits. He was born , n February 5. 1&40. He comes of aii f c GERMANY IN SOUTHWEST S AFRICA. 1, ' <3 For many.years the "little wars" ol f England have been proverbial and :? have been made by the critics a cause e of reproach. Now Germany has a c "little war" on her'hands in Southwest o Africa. b It began with a a uprising of the de- a spised African negroes, and instead of n being crushed by the mailed fist of the li War Lord has now lasted four months, li and the powers tbat be in Berlin ex- g pect it to last at least a year longer.^ t It is by no means certain that this $rar' t t i?rt>i? Trrff tua isv DTflTn?rv/i % i t A AI fi iau uuaiua.19 i ivia^uiv | of Germany with the Herreros may ^ not yet develop a situation which England has many times confronted in ^ Africa and India. The Herreros are a sturdy people, capable of putting warriors in the field by the thousands. ! Racially and in habits of life they are c not unlike the fighting brutes who some b years ago followed such men as Chaka 0 and Dingaan, Cetiewayo and Loben- , b gula and their successors. ' The Plight of licusia. ^ Autocrat among autocrats, and j. grand beneficiary of a tremendous sys- t fnm i\f nnnra??mn ia flia C'.v.fiv Nirhnlflf* ' II. Fearing for liis life, he is like cla/ in the hands of the Grand Dukes. | ?| Diminutive and insignificant, when , be stands at full height he must peer ' up to see the eyes of a woman. He . Iia3 an- inborn weakness that ap- d proaches effeminacy. His voice squeaks In a high falsetto. His education has been grieviously neglected, {or he has ^ been bred entirely by woiien. The Czar of AH the Russians is weak {fnd vacillating, frightened by signs and ireams. - ,t< To sum up: Russia stands at a great ti :risis in an evil plight. Its aristocracy g is rotten and tyranhous, its people sod- 'j; len in ignorance, without moral sense, lull and brutish; its priestcraft often. 5 legraded, extortionate, and sensual; p its land of natural resource wasted r: !\nd consumed; its imperial line count- v ing human souls and bodies as bullion *a for its coining; and its Czar a grotes- rj iiue weakling.?John Fostpr Carr, in . World's Work. ^ : fi COLORADO DESERT '< a Cf o mmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrn ? > Si : - ". V* "v : 11 f X s t h A Bad Pitchfork. 'A. farmer had nearly completed threshing and the weather was threatening. A pitchfork, loose in handle, which had been bought for twenty-five cents under the price of a good one, was standing near. In the rush to finish, this fork was used to throw up a loose pile of grain in the straw, and, fork and all went Into the machine, causing delay till next day. The ?trawstack was ruined by a heavy rain, the machine was damaged, the men had to be called next day, a total oss of perhaps $50. the result of trying :o save twenty-five cents. Fellow reader, can you get a lesson from this? lsks Mr. R. A. Craig, in The Epitomist. [t may be worth a life, a vast ?um of money and much time and trouble also 5e sayed if the lesson Is well learned. Good Paint For Farm Bnlldlngs. T?rtiirfonn mora o n?A toa nolnfn/1 1 * j tuio a(,v fTC paiuicu. ** granary built of rough hemlock and jattened. with. a paint' that' is to-day u fair condition. On account of its cheapness and lasting qualities, I ivould like to tell the falrmers how it vas made. It was composed of one )?trt of good linseed oil, mixed with one >art of strong lye made from wood ishes and three parts of water, thick;ned with oxide of iron for the body ind whiting for tho trimming. The vhiting did not last as well as the ixide of iron, but looked well for six ir eight years and shows some yet. )f course the whole wouid be much mproved by a new coat of paint, but he building to-day is in fairly good tondition as compared with other arm buildings painted at the same and ater times with expensive ' paints.? tfrs. E. G. Feint, in The Epitomist Fattening; Chicken*. To fatten chickens quickly and keep hem in good health, feed ground oats .nd barley meal alternately mixed pith any kind of fat tried out. The eeding troughs, which must be kept onstantly scoured, should be placed efore the birds at regular intervals, nd-when they have eaten sufficient t is better to remove them, placing a Ittle gravel near the coop to assist ligestion. Keeping the birds without ood for some hours after they are put ip frequently induces them to take it Qore readily afterwards; but sufficient are is seldom bestowed on the details f preparation and supply of food, lence complaints of the fowls deteriorting tn the fattening pen are very comqoii. Fattening must be completed 1 ten days unless a ^ramming machine 3 used, for after that period they be;in to lose weight. The best age for able birds is when they are from four o six months old. The coops should >e three feet high, two feet wide and our feet long; this will admit of from ix to eight birds, according to their ? - fni? i.-it*? J c . i. lze. JLue uunuui ami liuui suuuiu uc j f slats three inches apart; a board iutside the slats in front, six inches ride, will serve as a stand for the eed trough.' The coop should be in a farm, well-ventilated outhouse, and f kept dark between the times ff feedng. all the better. Sleep and warmth iromote fattening.~The Epitomist. Bristles. Hogs will make no gains in the lot rhen the thermometer stands much >elow the freezing point, hence get he fat porkers to market before they at. up the profit that you may realize !OW. The hogs should be dressed neatly ud the carcass marred as little as ossible. Have the water at th'e scaldng point ^nd put in a handful of ashes d help remove the hair. Store hogs should not be exposed in he autumn or early witfter. House hem early, but let them out in the ards and fields on fine days. Feed the pumpkins and small potajes cooked with bran and shorts. When scalding hogs, the bristles will ome off very readily if two or three andfuls of air-slaked lime is dusted vci tuc 11U5 uciuxc ^/uiuujj wu luc I oiling -water. Try it; it i3 a good deal letter than resin. Keep wood ashes in a convenient lace so the pigs can eat all they wish, ishes furnish mineral matter?potash, me. soda, etc.?which helps build up lie bones. They have a good effect il the digestion and kill intestinal rorms. If wood ashes are not plentiul.t give coal ashes. An old boar, or "stag," is too fieyce disciplinarian to be kept in the same >t with shoats: the pigs will soon learn eference fpr their elder, but pigs can't tand such culture and thrive. We now df a feediug lot where' this is eitig tried.?Farm Journal. Soli Fertility. Unquestionably the most potent fac>r in successful agriculture is soil ferility. Yet the soil's richness is rarely uarded with that care it demands, 'he restoring of worn soils and tbe maintaining of present fertility should e a study for all, farmers. Without doub't'the best means of eniching the soil i3 by the use of barn ard manure. Few farmers make but small portion of what they need, 'he best results, we believe, can be oblined by the application of manure ifh a cnronrlor nn VAiintr clnvW the ;il! after seeding, at the rate of ten >nds per acre. This stimulates a wonerful growth in the plant; adds a reat amount of humus, which cemlereial fertilizers do not supply, and rhich is sadly wanting in most clay oils. Manures should bo spread as lade, if possible without injury to the round by passing of team over it. ummer made manure, if spread late i fall, has a double value to the young lover plant. It stimulates an early nd vigorous spring growth and forms mulch for winter protection. The common practice of letting winjr made manure accumulate, to be auled. on bare ground and turned eeply iuto the soil, is a wastful one nd should lie discouraged. Everytiing that adds humus should be inorporated with the soil. Clover haulm, rampled straw ricks, all kinds of beding. leaves and stubble should be lowed under. Dry straw will return profit if turned under 011 heavy soils. -J. D. Burris, in Indiana Farmer. Kesnlt Al-wuys the Snuie. Timothy, Varnejr, who lives; three, j H J- .. v.;{''/" ': .V miles cast of Le Sueur, Ihd., and keeps ( about 200 liens, has been greatly ( troubled, as have most people who j keep hens, by the persistent desire manifested by the fowls to set In sea- j ] son and out, on eggs, stones or door* I t knobs, or anything etes that comes ! ] bpndy; but he has got hold of a plan j. how which he quietly tried this season ; \ with* perfect success, and which he i , warrants will cure the worst cluck ! < that ever vexed the heart of man 01! all j desire to sit, and all in less than three 3 hours. < The cure consists of a cheap Watch, with a loud and clear tick to it. inclosed i in a case that is white and shaped like ] an egg. When a hen manifests a desire < to set, place one of these bogus eggs 1 under her sheltering breast and the egg ] does the rest. It ticks cheerfully away, and soon the lien begins to show signs ' of uneasiness and stirs the noisy egg : around with her bill, thinking, per- 1 haps, that it is already time for it to : hatch, and'there is a chicken in .it. ( wanting to get out. She grows more I and more nervous as the noise keeps i up, and soon jumps off the nest to run < around a -while to cool off, but returns again to her self-imposed duty. It gets 1 foorse and worse with her, and she- < wiggles about and cackles, ruffles her. 1 feathers and lotfks wild, until at last, with a frenied squawk, she abandons i 1 the nest for good, and all. That incu-. 1 bating fever is broken up completely., 1 Mr. Varney fino^Rfr-for half a dozen 1 of these noisy eggs, and claims that 1 they pay for their cost over and over i during the year by keeping the hens at 1 the business of laying and not permit-, ting them to waste"the golden holirs in' j useless incubating.?Indianapolis News, i ~'J 1-1J > I * -i V I A Little Water Power. - < A friend of mine has a useful con- < trivance by which water is utilized as 1 a power for light mechanical work, like pumping, stirring a vat of cream, 1 scaring away birds, etc. It consists of a pole balanced upon a pivot, or bolt, 1 to one end of which is suspended a weight and to the other a water bucket. This bucket has a large auger ' IiaU i-r? ifn VkAffnm f Armir? o 'nniicrh . 1 JJLUiC IU iio WttVAJJf JLVI.UH U?> U AVU^U 4valve, the stem of which projects an ' inch or two through the bottom. (See cut.) , , ! Tlje motion is that of a walking 1 i beam. First the weight draws up the J bucket. Water running-inta the bucket ^ fills it, and its weight carries it dowD, , lifting the weighted end. When it strikes the ground, the valve is forced , up, letting the water out. Relieved of its weight the bucket rises* only to filf r ^AcnAn/l flonin auu The> valv? in tie out shows the loose plug with a head that completes the bucket valve. It has a pin. or spike, through its lower end, so it can not !' rise too high and float away. It is held down by water until forced up from below. This little power is quickly constructed and is quite effective for light uses.?H. S., in the Farm Journal; Farmers Moat Farm ltetter. Farmers must farm better, put more o| their lands into meadows and permanent pastures, grow more sto^T, make, save and apply more manure, plow less, cultivate better, grow larger crops of better quality, and prepare them to meet the demands of the market; grow relatively less of the staple agricultural crops whose prices are fixed by the peons and serfs of the -cheap lands of the world. Farmers should realize that it is more profitable to allow a part of their land to lie in permanent pastures than to grow crops and sell for less than cost. Mines are closed, and the wheels of factories cease to revolve when they cease to yield a .profit. Why should not farmers act on the same principle? In the matter of cheapening of production. Farmers must know their soil, their domestic animals; must read agricultural papers, study the experi- < mental bulletins published by Govern- ; ment, State and agricultural colleges; i must be close students of soils, domes- 1 tic animals, climatic conditions, and * should have technical as well as prac- t tical knowledge. All the granges of ? the United States should appoint each p member of their granges to conduct a * series of experiments, not for one year, but every year, of all crops, including orchard, garden, breeding and feeding of all domestic stock grown or kept f by theni, keeping a careful memoran- Al dum of everything affecting the same, an accurate account of time, labor and ail expense, stating fully and accurate- 8 ly when, how and why each process 0 was done. Fertilization, preparation v of soil, planting and all kind of seed, d culture, amount and quality of crop. S cost when harvested. local and general ^ value when hammed. These m^moranda will be equally valuable in experimenting with live stock. These re- P ports will furnish a fund of valuable P knowledge that cannot be secured in 11 any other way. When time will per- S mit they can be taken up and conaid- 0 ered by the grange. The sisters of the a grange may and will suggest ways and means to improve home buildings, rxf fcAAa ahiMihci k>UlU9, lilUlld; jlianiilig UI IICCC) ouiuva , and. flowers, and also make sugges- , tions "of labor-saving devices for the home?Mirror and Farmer. Si Ho Was Wondering, A Scotch doctor, who was attending ^ a laird, had instructed the butler of the house in the art of taking and recording his master's temperature with Ci a thermometer. On repairing to the house one morning, he was met by the butler, to whom he said: "Well, John, ^ I hope the laird's temperature is not any higher to-day." The man looked puzzled for a moment, and then replied: "Weel, I was just wouderin' ei that mysel'. Ye see, he died at twal ? o'clock." c v ' : I .... _ A...LOHIC. TOM) TALE;??v - | The Troublesome Experience of ? FondL Htubtsd la Story Telling. There was a friend dining with/Mx. ind Mrs. Guernsey a few eyeping* ig?v He was a few minutes, late .to ii for the train on which he had x>me out from the city had been deayed by a "hot box." "Tljat reminds me of an experience[ had a year ago," said Mr. Guernsey, when his friend bad explained ais tardiness. "Why, no. Prank, if you mean the :ime that the limited was late, it was eighteen months ago," said Mrs. . Suernsey. "Well, maybe it was, my dear. At my rate, it was a very chilly evening mil ?? "Chilly!" interrupted Mrs. Guernjey. "Why, Frank, it was frigid. I remember distinctly that it was eight?en below zero that night. I looked at the thermometer while I was waiting for you." /? ;' "Yes, it was very cold- Well, as I tvas about to say, Bronson, one of our neighbors, and I were coming out " from town- and"? "Oh, no, it wasn't Mr. Bronson that cftme out with you; it was Wilfred Olark. You met Mr. Bronson in the jmoking car after the accident oc- ? :urred. You told me so that night.''' "I dare say, but that doesn't affect < the story. Let me see, oh, y>fs, just as . >ur train was pulling in at Maywobd, . ie $5 "No, no, Prank, your train was just leaving Aldersoc. Don't you remem5er it stopped right there by the big ivater tank? I always thibk Vf'hat x time you had every time I pass that prater tank on the cars, and last sum1 ner, when I was driving by once "tflth. ,* '' -? the Reids,' I told them all about it,* '"The train came to a standstill with. j, i fearful. jOlt," continued Mr. Guernjey, "and, I said to Bronson-?-J "No, you said to Wilfred. I reminded you a few minutes ago that you lid n't meet Mr. Bronson until afterwards." 1 $1 "So you did. Well, I said that: I thought we were in a collision, for the " ,r jolt was something fearful/ The few; \V, people that were standing In the cac tvere thrown violently to the floor." "Why, some fell on seats, Frank. I know that, because Wilfred told m& afterwards that one woman had hec ribs broken on the arm of a seat."' v.! "Yes, a few did fall In that way. But is I was saying, I told Wilfred?I sup[>ose it-Vjis Wilfred?that I was sure Li was a-icolllsion, and then w.e both. ran to the*rear end of the^car." "It was the forward end of the car. S Tou know that the rear end waa 1| blocked by a timber tbat had fallea across the platform." "Oh, here comes the dessert," re- V; marked Mr. Guernsey, Irrelevantly. 'Will you haVe whipped cream on Four pudding?" The guest said "Yes," and as he had m engagement in the suburb, be; left .'? shortly afterward. "Well, I declare," he said to himself as he walked away from the Guernseys, "poor, old Frank gives up. trying to ,'tgll his story; toeet him it lunch .'some day in town and get him to finish it I wonder that he at- ^ tempts 1:0 talk?under the ciycum- v ' stances,"?The Little Chronicle. >. \*-r?. } ' ^ Count Boni'a Palace. \ ? The house that Count Boni de Casteliane built in the Avenue du Bois de Boulogne.is once more the sensation of the hour. Since its outer walls, |f forming, an almost exact oopy of the- ; Grand Trianon Palacc at Versailles, tvere hirst displayed to an admiring public, a few years ago,, it had ceased to'be much, talked about... Now Count / Boni de Castellane and the Countess; nee Gould, are'astonishing Paris again' t>y the splendor of its fitting up., After i lull of,some years work has been re- /' * " iumed in tlie palace, and again Ver- ( ?ailles is being copied, The grand irawing room.is being decorated.,la ;xact imitation of the Salon d'Hercule '. n the Palace of Louis XIV. The walls ire to be almost entirely of white, jink, and saffron yellow marble, with 'dashes of emerald, ruby, and opal," whatever those may be. The painted veiling of. the Hercules room is being exactly copied. The salon is, tbirfcy?even feet by forty feet. There will be i 10 curtains to the immense windows. !n the evening gigantic mirrors, bidden n the woodwork, will be slid out . in 'ront of the panes, and will conple^ely ' >onceal them. The flooring is also to >e an accurate copy of that of .the 6aon d'Hercule. In this respect, how- N >ver, difficulties are met who, l>ouis ?IV. had each piece of oak, after sbapng and polishing, put away in the .-".-ij ofts of Versailles for five years beore it was laid down. The result is ' hat not a board ba.s warped by a faction of au incb to tbis day. Such laborate thoroughness is. ;it appears, impossible now.?London Telegraph. Doln* His Boat. "Yes. we're going to more." she said o.the agent. "We simply can't stand t." "Have patience, madam," he argued. "Patience has ceased to be a virtue." he retorted. "We complained twice f that woman in the fiat above rho pounds the-piano and sings both ay and night, and you said you would et her out. Instead of doing that you ave calmly let the flat next to her > a man who plays the cornet." . "But that's- part of the scheme," ho rotested. "We put him ther ^ on purose. His instructions are to make so iucIi noise she can't hear herself sing. * he lias a lease, you know, aud the my way u> get ua vui io iu ui.xuuige li or."?Birmingham (Eng.) Post. Bnbbie'a Pleii. Although Babbie had done his share ward demolishing the dinner, the essert did not leave him too "full i!or tte" ee. ... ? "".Mr. i" uraoier, ixi* uruse me ive ui ilence, "you haven't done your trick et. Will you do it after dinner?" 4,I don't believe I know any parlor icks, Babbie," replied the victim, isting- sheep's eyes as Sister Jennie. "Sis says every other time you open - [>ur uiouth you put your foot in it, nd won't you please do it, 'cause I ist love contortion stunts." For the rest of the evening Mr. umbier's mouth was not open wide nough for the insertion of a pin. to ty nothing of a No. 11.?Cincinnati ominerclal-Tribune.