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A RONDEAU. 0 sweet-day dream-that phautasy achieves, 1 would not wake to find my dream deceives, Itseems so real-that with my will at bay I stretch my arms out in a childish way To grasp the olden hope of morns and eves While the smiling flowers, the buds and leaves, In which the rapture of my mood believes t3Iak glad the summer air like roundelay Ob sweet day dream i .Ah, strange that * dreamland ever mocking cleaves, j Unto the pleasures, after-memory grieves, 'Time, when the sun of life filled youth's rare day, ' When all the future seemed endless May, And. Love drew near the light that Fancy weaves, Oh sweet day dream. .??-ANNIS G. MURRAY, in Boston Sunday Herald. "Dear me," said Letty Wyngard, shalt go crazy. Five (children all S?^oring-at once, -the preserve-kettle boiling over, the pickles fermenting, moths in my Sundny shawl: and the dog running;away with the Boup-bone ior dinner.*' And Letty stood in the middle of the roo ir, holding her head with both bands, as if she momentarily expected it to sail np into the air like a balloon. Letty wu very pretty, after an odd 'gypsy tyj e, with great dark eyes, a brown, healthy skin, and hair as black as a crow's wing-and, as yet, not even the five children, and the endless round of daily cares and duties to -whiob, as the wife of a poor, young ... carpenter, she was condemned, had g planted; a -wrinkle on her velvet : smooth forehead. John Wyngard burst out laughing, and that, in Mrs. "Wyngard's case, proved the one hair that broke the * cahrel's back. She began to cry. "Now, Letty, don't be a goose," **aid* lie, soothingly. "Why, what do vou know about real trouble?" "I don't care," sobbed Letty. "I'm sick of it all. I'm tired of patching old clothes, and hashing old meats, and hoarding pennies. I'mjlired of-" ."Tour husband and your children,", gravely interrupted Mr. Wyngard, "Ia that it, Lotty?" Mrs*. Wyngard pouted and was : silent. She didn't like to own to it, but for the moment she almost felt ^that she was tired of them. ^ "I might have married rich," she \?fcaid, slowly, twisting the baby's bib ' . strings around and abont her finger. f^M might have been Howard Linda , ley's wife, and he is a very wealthy man they tell me." "It's a pity you didn't," said John, ? provokingly. "Yes, it is a pity, " said Letty, stung ? beyond endurance, as she flounced out of the room. And then as she sat clown to sew a v button on Johnny's*jacket and braid Se little Helen's hair and show Hosie about the arithmetic sums, aud, finally, wiiea the four eldest ones were packed off to school, to bathe the baby and rock it to sleep, Letty Wyn ' gard could not help thinking how much brighter and smoother her path way would be if, instead of saying "no" to handsome Howard Lin da ley, she g had uttered, the other monosyllable. ". *Not but what she loved John better, far, than Howard-but this wearing, grinding succession of petty cares and | tpii was sapping-'all the. life and elas ticity ,ont of her. - She looked disdainfully down at the faded calico dress she wore, patched . .And.dArnedLin.more than one place. "If I had married Howard Linds ley," she said to herc Hi, "Icould "hate ftorn silks and jewels every day, 9 with hired servants to wait on me and an elegant carriage to drive out in whenever I pleased. Oh, dear, what a world of trouble this is!" And as Mrs. Wyngard laid her little "r?ayjcbeeked infant down fo sleep,she 5 felt as if her lot had fallen in very } thorny places. Just as soe had taken her place once ' again aver the brass kettle in which , ehe was trying to "do up" same rocky : poupd pears which a neighbor had given her, there came a knock at the door... . "Come in," said Letty, and the , housekeeper from Hadfield Hall, the J big mansion on the hill, came mincing across the threshold. Letty dusted off a chair in consider . able of, a flurry, for. Mrs. Ellison was a grand lady in her way, who wore black silks and laces and had her bon nets directly from a New York mil liner every spring and fall. . - "Won't you bit down, Mrs. Elli son?" said she, coloring to the roots of "Ber p^ett^liair. and secretely hop ,?ng^that5?rs. Ellison did not observe , the patch on ber calico dress. '? "Thank you, my dear-I am in a ,great burry," said Mrs. Ellison, "I 'have some fine "laces and xauslins and Valencinnes handkerchiefs here from ray lady at the hall. The laundress hasn't come down yet, and she ain't willing to trust the lady's maid with s 'em, and they must be ready by dark -and so I told ber I knew a person in tlie village that was a master hand at laces and fluting and such like, and I depend on you, my dear, to do 'em np for me." Letty hesitated an instant. "She'll pay you a dollar at least," said Mrs. Ellison. "3he ain't none of the stingy sort, my lady ain't*" A dollar, in Letty Wyngard's eyes, was no inconsiderable sum. A dollar would boy the new shoes that Hosie needed so sadly-or flannel for the baby's winter sacks-or half a hun dred other necessaries which Letty could think of. "Yes," said she, "I'll do it. My preserves will soon be finished. Lay .' the bundle on the table please. So the new family have arrived at the . hall at last?" Mrs. Ellison nodded assent She had lived housekeeper with the Had fields of Hadfield Hall for 20 years, and was sorry enough when the old place . went into other hands. But a sitna * tion was a situation,so she had stayed on. >? 'VTTeB," says she. "Mr. and Mrs, . Howard Lindsiey." - v Letty gave such a start that the preserve kettle had nearly tipped over into the fire. . j. :"Lindsley!" cried she, with a little, hysterical laugh. "What a funny name!1' "Handsome, stylish people, with 0 more monty, to all appearances, than - they know what to do with," went on ... -Mrs. Ellison. 11 just wish you could . see her dresses and je weis I Stephanie, the French maid, showed me, when she was unpacking'em, and it's as good as a play!" - -A Letty said nothing, but stirred busily away at her preserves, while - the old housekeeper maundered on abont the wealth and grandeur of tho new -possessors of Hadfield Hall. And all thi3 might have been hers ! "When shall I send for the laces?" Hrs. Ellison Anally asked, when sh? rose to depart . I'll take them home myself, abont dusk," said Letty, inwardly resolving to get for herself a glimpse into tbe paradise which so nearly had been her own. Andso.at twilight,with the daintily ironed and Anted laces in her basket, she walked np to Hadfield Hall. How stately it looked with its broad j colonnaded facade, all glittering with , lights, its grand conservatory at the ( back, where palm-leaves and bananas ; brushed the glass top, and its terraced i grounds! Oh, if she had only said ? "yes" to Howard Lindsley ll year? tvjo! Within, everything was in keeping. Administer carpets, like banks of moss covered the floor-marble statues in velvet-lined niches-lights glowed softly, aud tables, loaded with lare ornaments, stood around. "Hush!" said Letty, as Mrs. Ellison with some pride, pointed out the vari ous beauties of the place. "What is [ that noise, like a woman crying? In the next room, I think." Mrs. Ellison's face clouded over. "ItVMrs. Lindley, poor dear," ( said she. "The master's a brute. He's j been drinking too much-Mademoi- ? selle Stephanie says he always drinks j too much-and he-jstruck her! Struck | her, and called her a whimpering fool j before all of us servants. 1 never saw j a man strike a woman before, and I: declare it made me sick all over. But Stephanie says it s a common thing enough. Oh, my dear, she's wretch ed in spite of all her money." "Has she no children?" Letty softly askod. "She had two,but she lost 'om both. Mademoiselle Stephanie says she often cries and wishes she wns dead, too. ! And I don't wonder much, with suck 1 a husband as she's got. Hush! there I he comes now." And shrinking behind a carved. group of Italian marble statuary, the two women watched Howard Lindsley j stalk gloomily by, with red, inflamed ? eyes, sullen, down-lookiug face and snuffling, unsteady footstep. Silently Letty Wyngard went home, thanking God in her heart that s h o was a poor man's wife. "Have you heard of the accident?" i asked old Peter Styles, who was stand ing out at his gate, as she hurried by in the deepening dusk. "No; what accident? What has happened?" "That there honse ns your husband was workin' in has tumbled in! AU a heap|of ruins! Something wrong about the foundation, they say, aud-" "Oh, my God!" wildly interrupted Letty, clasping her . hands. "Was he hurt? My husband?" "Well, "hesitated old Styles, "there, was two men killed and one had his arm broke. But-" Letty waited to hear no more. Swift as an arrow out of a bow she sped homeward, a horrible dread winging her footsteps with almo3t incredible speed. Oh! if John shonld be killed-John, her faithful, loyal husband, whom she had rocked so lightly of-whom that very day she had allowed to leave her without the good-bye ki s. If her children should bo fatherless-if "John! John!" she wailed, as she pushed open the door, and went, breathless, into the kitchen. "Well, little woman, what is it?" And oh! thanks to an all merciful Heaven - John Wyngard himself turned his bright, living face toward her from the hearthside, where he was sitting, with a child on either knee. "I know what is in ycur dumb, ques tioning eyes, Letty. I am not hurt, thank God. I bad just gone to the hardware store for another barrel of nails when the building fell. No, Letty, you're not rid of me quite so easily." Letty threw herself, sobbing, into bis arms. "Ah, John, John, love me. Hold mo closer to your heart. John. I've been repining and sel tish. I've never been half good enough for you; but, please God, I'll be a better woman, and a more faithful wife from this night henceforward." And then sbe told him the history of her day's adventures. "It's natural enough, little wife," said John, kindly, stroking her hair. "But for all that I'm glad you've real ized money isn't always happiness." And a more contented couple thun John Wyngard and his wife Letty never sat by cheery fireside upon that bleak winter evening. Letty profited by her lesson. PEARLS OF THOUCHT. Vain hope to make people happy by politics !-Carlyle. The good man's life is like the spark that is brightest at the close. When interest is at variance with conscience, any pretence that seems to reconcile them satisfies the hollow hearted. Idleness is rf craven's goal. No man of worth wants to be free from work. Without work life is not worth the living. If you want knowledge, you must toil for it; if food, you must toil for it; and if pleasure, you must toil for it; toil is the law. To let a man know that yon recog nize and iejoice in some good quality of his, is to bless him with a new heart and stimulus. Courtesy is the passport to success. We double ^he power of our lifo when we add to its gifts unfailing courtesy. The world always begrudges room to a boor. The habit of blaming others when things go wrong is nu insidious and dangerous one. Far more is it to the purpose to inquire within whether the fault, or much of it, may not. lie at home. Beneficence shonld never be exer cised at random, nor upon irrational impulse, but should be the outcome and expression of a disposition trained and nonrished in the atmosphere of human friendship. The Foresta of Coba. Perhaps moat of us assooiate all tropical forests with terrible wild beasts and reptiles. In childhood's days wejbad picture books illustrating the anaconda reaching down from a tree *.o circle aroi nd a man and squeeze him. Tb pre were the jaguar and the dead hunter, the tiger carry ing off a woman on his shoulder, the lion springing on the bull, etc. In Cuba things aie different. A returned prospector, one of a rich sydnicate, that is bnying all the land it can find for sale in the "Pearl of the Antilles," says that wild beasts are practically unknown there. There is a wild animal, about the i ize of our black squirrel, called the "hutia," which is choice eating. Deer have come over from Florida, aud abound in some parts of the island. Only four species of snakes are found, and all are harm less. One may sleep uncovered in the forests without fear of molesta tion by beast, reptile or insect - New York Press. FOR THE HOUSEWIVES. Dealg-na on Table Linen. The dainty housekeeper pays mach attention to her table linen. If she can afford it she orders her tablecloths and napkins woven especially for her iu some unique,choseu design. Often, however, she contents herself with a conventional pattern in stock when she finds out the expense of the proc ess. Special machinery must be made, and that is no trifle. It must be kept in repair, and that is a neces sary consideration. Generally it is a coat-of-arms that she wishes woven into her linen, although patriotic sen timents have been known to demand some original designs in table linen. The Freshening of Fuco. "When black lace has lost its fresh ness, says a woman who looks careful ly after the de tails of her own ward robe, wash it first in lukewarm water and a little melted soap. Then p. e pare a deep blue water, and mix with gum arabic. The usual proportion is one tablespoonful of gum arabic to a pint of the water. Dip the lace in this mixture, squeeze lightly with the hands, and then pin the lace out on a cleau piece of muslin to dry. "When nearly dry iron on the wrong side. Another method is to dip tho lace in a mixture of milk and water,squeeze well, then iron with a sheet of lissue paper over it. Black veils can be freshened in the same way as black lace. Mirror in tho Celling. Formerly, when a young woman sal with eyes uplifted aud an expression of spiritual serenity on her counten ance while she discussed such impor tant subjects as the com'positiou of sandwiches or the last new cotillon figure, it meant that she was fully alive to tho attractions of tho up turodeyes pose and that she had found it effective by more or less incessant practice. Now it means that she is aware that carefully inserted in the ceiling of her den is a mirror which reflects her graceful positions, her dreamy eyes and the expressions vis a-vis when'he turns to regain his lost self-possession. . The mirror is now a needed comple tion to the draperies, tho sanctuary lamps, rosaries, Malay creeses, cush ions and the innmne able other things of the most charming and popular uook in the house. Clutter Placet. Clutter places are an abomination to a neat housekeeper Do not allow refuse of auy kind to accumulate. Even old tin cans may become the source of mould and decay, and thus be a menace to health. The danger lies in the fact that they are generally neglected after being opened, and remnants of their conteuts are left to generate mould and impurities. The best way to dispose of old tin cans is to put thom in the ash pail, where they will be purified by the ashes, aud can be thrown away with them. If you wish to save these cans to paint for flower pots, wash them out at once and dry thom. Old leather and auy animal matter like old woolen can be buried with lime and soda, and will soon form valuable fertilizer. There is a place for everything in a well ordered house, and there need be no dangerous clutter places if o very thing is put to use. Take special tare of anything which will engender mould. If you have not time to put this to the proper use by burying it, burn it where the odor will not offend the nostrils, and use the ashes for a fer; tilizo-. No place makes a more dan gerous clutter place than the cellar. Hero mould and impura germs grow very rapidly ia the damp, cold air. Physicians believe they have traced cases of diphtheria to apples sto ed in such a cellar and handled by chil dren.-New York Tribune. It eel pen. Veal Salad-Cut cold roast or boiled venl iuto dice aud for eaoh cupful ol the meat allow oue cupful of tiny sliced colery, season with pepper and salt, mix lightly with salad dressing and serve on crisp lettuce leaves. Silver Cake-Cream together thor oughly oue-half cupful of butter and one cupful of sugar; add the beaten whites of four eggs and beat again. Then add one half cupful of flour and two teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Good cake can ba made iu the same way by using yolks in place of the whites. Butter Ealls- Beat a quarter of a pound of butter to a cream, stir in titre J egga; 'hen add three large tea spoonfuls of flour, a saltspoonfnl of salt. Have a clear soup boiliug gently. Take up tho batter in tiuy portions with the tip of a small spoon, drop into soup, and let them simmer 15 min utes before serving. Oue-half or even one-third this recipe would serve for the soup of five people. Lortfbn Tapioca-Soak one-third al a cupful of tapioca in one half cupful of cold water over night. In the morning add one-half cupful of cold water and the rind of one lemon and boil until clear, then remove the rind, add the juice of the lemon, half a cupful of sugar, a pinch of salt and one cupful of boiling water. Let it boil two minutes, then turn into a wet mold. Serve when cold with sugar and cream. Sweet Spiced Crab Apple-Beraove the blows from a peck of large, sound crabapples. Make a syrup of one pint of vinegar, one-half pint of water, five pounds of sugar, one tablespoon ful each of whole cinnamon, allspice and cloves, and one-half teacupful of mustard seeds. Put in the apples, a few at a time, skim them out when soft and put into a jar. When all the apples are done, pour the syrup over them. Headlines Extraordinary. A short time ago the Bev. T. De Witt Talmage, took for tho subject ol his sermon the story of Jephthah,and in the next issue of the Cincinnati In quirer there appeared a verbatim ac count of the discourse, but with the following remarkable headings added: "Jephthah-The Old Freebooter-At an Early Age He Was Forced to Rough it-He Held Up the End of his String in Great Shape-aud Soon Sewed Up the Games of Twenty Cities -On His Return from Victory Ho Kept a Promise-He Must Sacrifice the First Person Seen in His Door He Looks-Holy Horrors-It is His Fair Daughter-But Jephthah was a Man of His Word-And the Beautiful Young Girl Was Slain." Had Her Donbti. "I don't believe professors know so very much," said Mamie. "Why! How can you talk so?" re plied Maud. "Well, I don't see why Mr. Fulpate should have seemed so surprised and puzzled when I asked him how to say 'rubberneck' in Greek."-Wash ington Star. Blind Persons aod Dreams. Everybody dreams more or less, bnt bave you ever reflected upon the that people who are born blind have only "hearing",., dreams? In other words, trTS?? mental eye sees nothing they only hear sounds. This interesting point came np before a scientific society the other day, and lt was found that of 200 blind persons who had been questioned on the sub Ject those who had been born without sight and those who had become blind before their fifth year never saw things dr faces in their dreams, while all those whose eyeclght was destroyed after the seventh year had as vivid dream visions as seeing people. Blind pe: / ms, it may be observed dream just as frequently as do normal people.-Cincinnati Commercial Trib une. _ Kn tri;, H d'i Armored Traine. 1 ho magnificent nrmorod trains usod by England in her war with the Doers will trans-* pert her troops, protect bildges and tele graphic communications in about the samo way that Host otter's stomach Hitters drives dyspepsia I rom I ho human stomach and then mounts guard that lt does not return. The Hitters has vron in every case of Indigestion biliousness, liver nu? kidney ' trouble for the past flity years. It ls Invaluable at all timos Too Severe n, Strain. "Rhynn tells inn Lo has gone out of politics entirely?*1 "Thill'* truo. Politically speaking, he wi? on the fence, and when the Lee ors began millin? a leg on e?ch side it was more than ne could stand."--Chicago Nows. VITALITY low, debilitated or exhausted enred by DT. Kllno s InvlRO-atlng.Tonic. FREE $1 trial bottlo for 2woek->' trontment. Dr. Kline Ld., 0;:i Arch St, i'hlladelpna. Founded 1S7L A Slight Misunderstanding. Slio-I suppose rou were presented at conrt while in London? Ho-Yes. twice; but I was acquitted both tim? s.- Chic.igo News, "Proof of the Gadding ' Is in the Eating, R is not 'what <wc say, but 'what Hood's Sarsaparilla, does, that tells the story. Thousands of people give the proof, by telling of remarkable cures by Hood"s Sar saparilla of Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Dys pepsia, Catarrh, Rheumatism, and e.U other blood diseases and deb?t?y. cT?ct? Sc COSMOPOLITAN A1ANILA. The People on Its Streets Are of Every Na tloa, with Chinese Predominating. Robert Godkin, just from Manila recently said: "Aside from its pure ly physical aspects Manila is unlike any other pince I have ever been .in. The people on the streets are of- ev?ry nation, but with Chinese pr?domin?t lug. There ave large numbers of pure blooded Chinese there, and the half castes, Chinese and native of tue island are innumerable. Aguinaldo himself is one, and the almond- eye shows every where. The Tugal race is no longer generally of the pure blood. The Chinese-Tagalog crossbreed ls called a mestizo, while a Spanlsh-Tagalog half-caste is called a Filipino. These latter are inordinately proud of their Spanish ancestry, hold themselves aloof, and constitute the aristocracy of Manila. - Japanese, Malays and repre 6entatlves of other Eastern races are frequently met, while Caucasians are also occasionally to be seen, though in fewer numbers. Of course, when I was there, the American Bedder, in brown uniform and campaign hat, was all over the shop, guards on every street and groups of them at every corner. "The Escolta, the principal business street, of an afternoon is a lively and Interesting place, with groups of sol diers, Chinese coolies, and linen or duck clad officers parsing to arid fro There used to be one old Filipino, who drove every day alone, who was really wonderful in his grandeur. Seated alone, in the center of the seat of his victoria, ho was always clad in a long frock coat, ?nd wore a high hat, which must have been one bf the first ever made.. It was said to be the-only one in, or that ever had been In Manila, and tho "old chap was Inordinately proud of lt "In the middle of the day the,na tives and acclimatized Caucasians go In for the siesta, and for two or three hours business ls almost wholly sus pended, but with our people it was dif ferent. Unused to the ways of the place, they have not as yet shaken off the habits of a lifetime, and pay no attention to the heat of the day. As a consequence the streets are lively now at all hours, whereas formerly there was a space of time in the middle of the day when they were compara tively deserted."_ Dyeing is as simple as wnahing when yon ase FCTNAM FADELESS DIES. Sold hy all druggist?._ The Disappointed One. A severe and elderly womnn passed by with one of her kind. We caught only this Iras ment: "It seems to me some persons are born just to got the flrst reading of now books at the Athenaeum."--Hoston Journal. STAT? OF OHIO. CITY OP TOLEDO, !.. LUCAS COUNTY. I ' FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath thatbelsthe senior partner of the Arm of F. J. CHENEY & Co.. doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and thatsald Arra will pay rhe sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each arid every caso of CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CURB. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in ray (-?-) piesenoe, this 0th day of December, < SEA i, VA. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON. (^-Y-') Xotary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are tho best After six years' suffering I was cured by* Plso's Cure.-M ARY TnoMSON. 29M? Ohio Ave., Alleghany, Pa., March 19,1891. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cureB wind colic. 23c a bottle. With Hoe and Gnn. The Transvaal Boer behind the hoe Perhaps maybe a triflo slow; Put he's a sight to make men ran '1 hat Transvaal Boer behind a gun. -Indianapolis Journal. BEBIII?? COUCH SYRUP Cures Croup and Whooping-Co?gh Unexcelled for Consumptives. Gives. quick, sure results. Refuse substitutes. . ? Dr. Buirs Pills cure Biliousness. Trial, to for ?c. POTATOES^ nrcrit Sr-r-t! POTATO CrowflM la Am,-rten \ \ Clover and Farta S?-??<:... Mend this notice am?. \ f JOHN A. RAhZKR PEED CO., LA CKOH8E, WIS. A. f. $ c Has the endorsement of tho TJ. S. Government and nil tbe Leading Bnilroads. Hi CURtS?WHERE ALL iLstT?lLS.EST lal Beet Cough Syrup. Tastos Good. Cse gj B3 In time 'Sold by druggists. -gi FOR FARM AND GARDEN.] Caro and Feed for Hones. . The stomach of horses and mules should not be overloaded. They should not be fed immediately before starting on a long journey, and moldy corn should always be avoided. Feed three times a day each from a separ ate manger. The amount needed by each-animal can only be determined by.observation. Corn and oats mixed with plenty of good hay and fodder with an occasional bran mash will keep the animals in good condition. Warm Shelter for Hogs. ~ In protecting fattening hogs from the cold of winter, it is best to depend rather upon warm sheds and * wind breaks than on the amount of bedding too much exposure will make neces sary. When chilled by exposure,hogs will invariably pile up, and with large heavy hogs this will prove disastrous to some of the herd where any num bers are kept together. Too much bedding will only add to the danger. Last winter a neighbor, on one bitter ly cold night, lost more hogs than would have paid for help to have made a warm and sheltered place for the swine to Bleep in. A hay shed three feet high at the back and four and a half feet high in front, facing the south, would have cost him nothing for material, as it was lyiug about his place unused, and if he himself could not have fonud time to construct the shed, he could have hired the work done for less than the cost of one hog. It is looking at such things as these iu time that mark the difference between the successful and the unsuccessful farmer.-Orange Judd Farmer. -r Charcoal ann Fertilizer. There is scarcely any fertilizing ele ment in charcoal itself, excepting the small amount of potash that it con tains. .Even this is not so available aa it would be if the charcoal were completely burned and reduced to tish. But the dark color of charcoal enables it to absorb the heat that the sun's rays bring to it, so that when spread upon garden land where warmer soil is desired it may often be an advantage to early vegetables, pro viding always tbat the plants where it is spread be covered at ni ?ht, so that the-warmth gained by day may be re tained during the hours of darkness. But charcoal may be made directly a fertilizer through its great capacity for absorbing ammo ia after it bas been placed in stables where nitro genous manures are fermenting. This ammonia the charcoal will retain, uniting with whatever potash is avail able for such uso in the charcoal, and thus forming a nitrate of potash. Charcoal is the best thing to place iu the bottoms of small plant pots to give the roots drainage way. Stones are often used for this purpose, but if any fertilizer material sinks down to the stones it would run through aud bo lost i i the saucer holdi g the. pot. Where charcoal is used it would re tain all the nitrogenous fertility so that roots coming i i contact with the fertilized charcoal could use whatever it contained that they needed. Indian Cultivators of the Soil. Those who contend that the Indian is incapable of becoming a good agri culturist take their cue from a few isolated cases. lu most cases where failure has been recorded the failure comes from the inability or incapacity 'of those who are appointed by the government to lead them. Whoever has had the opportunity of traveling through the country settled .by the Cherokees and Choctaws must ! have seen qnite as frequent evidence of ag ricultural success among those people S3 could be seen amoug white people anywhere. It is, however,' to be sug gested that this is chiefly on account of the country being more favorable to agriculture than localities further north. But we learn from the Helena In dependent that the Crow Indians are rapidly advancing in industrial agri culture. Crops have been raised in the Crow region chiefly by irrigation. In less than ten years these Indians have constructed eight large irrigating canals, sufficient to irrigate from two thousand to ten thousand acres each, .and are now working on another that IB even larger. It is to extend for probably fifty niiles. A few white men are employed as skilled artisans by-the Indians; but the work itself is dou? by them. -It is said that they are remarkably thrifty, not speeding all their money, but saving some, which is invested in ruly sensible and business ways.-Meehan's Monthly. Foi nts About Milk in-. A good milker can not make a good cow out of a poor one, but a poor milker can and will spoil the best of cows and neutralize the most judi cious feeding, The foundation for a good or poor milker is laid at the very start. In order to succeed, the beginner should have a liking for the bu.:'uess. He.must become acquair'-ed with Ids cows aud not only kr ow them by sf got but should study their indiviaual characteristics and temperaments in order to know just how to handle them.. He should also have some competent person to show him just how to begin. No one could reason ably expect children to become good penmen by giving them a pen, a bot tle of ink and some paper, but that is the way a majority learn to milk. They are given a pail, a stool and shown a cow, and left to themselves. A miserable failure is ofteu the result. The cow on which to begin should be a quiet, easy milker, and one that is not giving a large quanti!;/. Under no circumstances should the beginner continue to milk after his arms or hands commence to ache. Better have auother finish 1he cow. This will only have to be done a few times. Milk well and milk fast from the very start, but don't milk too much. Al ways a% oid that jerky motion which is so common. Also the habit of strip ping with thumb and finger. The practice of wetting the teats is very bad, as it induces the growth of warts and scabs and is ns unuecessary as it is filthy. Deal gently but firmly with the cows, aud bear in mind that a good milker is always a skilled workman. New England Homestead. The Forent Worm. . The development of the. forest worm With such astounding rapidity compels ns to look into the future with a good deal of alarm. Are we to have this pest for several years in succession? As near.as I can find out they have appeared iu New York but once before within the memory of anyone now liv ing-that was in 1830 or in 1831. At ?hat time they remained for only two years. We have no record of tho cause of their disappearance. It is probable, however, that they were met by some counter attack, either of tho insect or of* fungoid character. My sons inform rn? that BUC?I enemies of the caterpillar are already at work, while other foes are attacking them in the cocoon state. They were hatched ont this year abont the first of April -appearing first on the plnni trees and apple trees, and rapidly spread ing to most of the other shade and frnit trees. They did not touch the magnolias, tulip tree, Kentucky coffee tree, persimmon, pawpaw, English elm or Norway maple, and in general did not prefer the soft maples of any variety. Among forest trees they objeoted to the buttornut and the walnut, lJut ate the maples, white elm, oak and bass wood, taking the ash as soon as it leaved out;-later thau the rest. Among the fruit trees it did not choose the pear or the cherry. It stopped its work of defoliation about the twentieth of June, although many cocoons were spun earlier than this. The moths emerged from the cocoons about July 1. The work of the moth lasts from two to three weeks. The eggs appear to be. identical with the tent caterpillar, but they are glued on all sorts of trees. T have-even fouud them wrapped avo'-.ud currants on the currant bushes. The tent caterpillar confines himself to the apple and wild cherry, with an occacioual nest on a pear, plum or peach tree, but tlie for est worm eggs must be sought for everywhere, even upou the flower shrubs. The problem what to do has no moro definite answer thau fight, fight, fight, and kill, kill, ki 1 at every stage of the existence of the pest. My'lawns and orchards are proof that where the worm is at its worst we can conquer. We met them with torch, with arseuical spraying, with kerosene emu sion, and where the worms were gathered, as they were,in vast masses, we crushed thom with gloves saturated in kerosene. We have only to re member that while kerosene is death to them -it is also death to trees if carelessly applied.-E. P. P., in New York Tribune. Clearing ami Fencing In Winter. During the next few months there will be a considerable leugth of time which can be devoted to clearing and fencing. Thickets and hedge rows of triers surrounding fields that are be ginning to encroach upon the culti vated lands should be cut back. We oftentimes see small rive or ten acre fields divided by a strip of two or three acres of second growth pia./. These little orchards of pines could be easily clea-ed and the small fields thrown together, makiug a large one. Time, a most important item, would be saved by bringing all the work pos sible ? in one field. The sunshine would have a better oj?portunity to reach and furnish the growing crops with its life promoting rays, while the evil influences of shade from surround iug trees and their constaut drain upon the soil would be dispensed with. There is never a day, even in bad weather, when the farmers caunot find some useful employment for all the labor on his premises. There is not a farm, little or big, which does not at every season of the year find use for a good, well fenced pasture. Keeping the cow,calf and horse enclosed within a lot and no pasture in which to let them graze is , an expensive luxury. Oftentimes the trouble about provid iug water in sufficient quantities each day becomes a hardship on certain members of the household, and the work is but poorly done. It is rare' that one sees cattle confined in these dos . ?* " br -----V^+V 'pre-. .-* . . .?> ; s ? ; ?iav an ii woi win rail . .-. whi run., two pas tu res, one located on bottoms whore grasses can be found growing ' dnring-winter and the-other on higher lands if desired, to utilize the. summer grasses. Every pasture should be occasionally plowed and harrowed if possible, and such grasses and clovers sown as will give best returns for the labor expended, through the cattle and stock for which they are intended to feed. There is too little attention paid to our pastures. Oftentimes when the pasture looks green aud in viting, the grasses are deficient in nutrition and the stock do not fatten and thrive near as well if better grasses were used. There is no finer grass for permanent spring and sum mer pasture than Bermuda, and no grass which can be more easily sodded. For upland or bottoms nothing is superior, and it is the most nutritious of all grasses grown in the United States. Let us have more and better pasturage. It will mean' more and better cattle. It will give to each farmer a larger profit on his business and more satisfaction and pleasure in the coud net of his affairs.- Atlanta Journal. African Rivera. It is a distinguishing feature of most African riveis.that they contain no water for at least eight months of the year. It is true that water can almost always be found in a rive by digging for it, but in o*"** ap pearance a river is usr> .iv a broad belt of sand lying between high and precipitous banks. Many and many a coach has been upset in one of these drifts, as they are called The de scent is always steep, frequently so steep that the brakes cannot hold the coaches. They start going down at a crawl, and then the coach gathers way and goes on with a rush, the mnles are driven into a heap anyhow, and one wonders that they do not get their legs broken; but they usually land all right, while the coach, practically unmanageable, goes down like a sort of toboggan, jumping from stone to stone, and swaying like a ship in a sudden squall, and may or may not arrive right side uppermost at the bottom. In fact, the passenger who has gathered his ideas of coaching from a trip to Brighton or a drive to Virginia Water, finds that he has a lot to learn about the subject wheu he gets to South Africa. Still, on the whole, it was wonderful how few ac cidents did occur, and if one considers that the coaches ran night and day, and that when there was no moon it would sometimes he too dark to see the mules from off the coach, it re flects great credit on the drivers.-The Gentleman's Magazine. Prosaic Modiirnity. Bomance and chivalry are not what they were, alas! Once, the hero, having rescued the maiden from the tower, paused in his flight to exclaim: "Hark! The hoof-beats of pur suers!" But now "Smell! The odor of my father's automobile!" It is terrible, this sordid utilitarian ism!-Detroit Journal. It is estimated that Missouri farm ers received over ?8,000,003 for their mules in 1898. Tho .number shipped from St. Louis was 117,603. TALH Don't allow y ing a shoddy the best is South. Di( for some pe SEE OUR ?6EBT Oil WRITE DIRECT. Ri Artificial Eyelashes In France. Artificial eyelashes appear to be the latest French novelty. 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A son of the old time yachting cap tain, Jack White, of Red Bank, picked up a Mexican silver dollar of 1834 on Sandy Hook the other day. Captain Jack said It reminded him of many a dollar he had seen that had been picked up along the Jersey coast and on Long Island shores. "Mexican silver dollars," he said, "were the money of tbe commercial world during all the early part of thi3 century and you could find them when ever there were wrecks. Nowadays pir ating would not pay, but In those days I every ship had to carry a lot of money | every time she went on a voyage. Now adays a captain doesn't have to have | anything but a blt of pocket- money, and It ls ?*"-?'". often had big sums aboard, also, that were used in trading, cr that repre sented a cargo sold. 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