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SUNSET ON Lilt the red suu THE FARM. Down behind the western sink* to r.*»t. All the world 1» weary.and T am weary.too. The partridge seek* lt» covert, and the red- bird aeek* Its nest. And I am comlni? from the fl<'lds,dear heart, to home and you. Home, when the daylight Is waning ; Home when my tolling is done ; Ah ! down by the gate, sweet, watching eyes wait My coming at setting of sun. The sheep from oft tho hillside haste to the shepherd’s fold,— For death lurks In the mountains and dark ness comes apace. The Hoeing sun looks backward and turns the sky to gold, Then fol is tho mantle of the night across its crimson face. Homo, when the daylight is waning Home, when-my tolling is done ; Ah! down by the gate, sweet, watching eyes wait My coming at setting of sun. Lay aside the hoe and spade, and put the sickle by; All tho world is weary, and I am weary, too. Gently fades tho rosy light from out the western sky. And I am coming from the fields, dear heart, to home and you. Home, when the daylight is waning ; Home, when my tolling is done ; Ah ! down by the gate, sweet, watching eyes wait Mv coming at setting of sun. Arthur J. Burdick, lu American Agriculturist. L. going away. I am “What tlo yon mean?" slio ex claimed. “I—I am man.” I do not think I am mistaken. The color faded slightly from her face. “And the other girl?” she queried, faintly. “You are the other girl.” The red replaced the white, stood quite still, with her eyes downward, and then she began to trace figures in the snow with the toe of her tiny boot. ‘Good by,” I repeated. GOOD ROADS NOTES. | f Activity i n North Carolina. At the Boad Congress, lately held in Baleigh, N. C., a committee of twenty-five was appointed “to act J with the North Carolina Good Roads She ! League in considering' the revision of bent i existing road laws, and in urging the next General Assembly to adopt such legislation as will remedy the existing defects in these laws, and as will pro vide for the employment in public She looked np. “Of course, I am road improvements of all able-bodied very angry,” she said. And then she ; male convicts whose term of sentence smiled ami held out her hand. I took | does not exceed ten years.” it humbly and forgot to relinquish it. The Other Girl. Js ■When I arrived at the station Lady Manuiugton, Molly and the French maid had collected their chattels and ■too 1 round the immense heap, in at titudes denoting various degrees of im patience. I apologized. “It is of no consequence,” said Lady Mannington.tn a tone signifying it was of tho greatest. Molly shook her head at me and smiled. I looked at the two ladies and the French maid, and then I looked at the miniature mountain. “The brougham is only seated for two,” I hinted. “Celeste can walk,’’said Lady Man- nington. “I shall be glad of her company,” I responded, politely. Lady Mannington glanced at me doubtfully. “Perhaps she could manage by the coachman,” she sug gested. “His wife is most particular,” I in terposed, quickly. “I should prefer to walk, mamma,” said Molly, with an air of much good nature. “Perhaps that will be best,” Lady Mannington conceded, reluctantly. i “I am sure of it,” I indorsed, heart ily. “If only your aunt had sent the omnibus"—Lady Mannington began, aggrievedly. “It was most careless of her,” I ad mitted instantly. I caught Molly’s •ye. Khe has a curious way of smil ing at nothing. So Molly and I started to walk over the crisp snow. Just outside the sta tion I heli>ed her over the stile. “We may as well take the short out,” I ob- aerved; “it is not very much longer, and I have much to say to you.” “What libout?” asked Molly. I hesitated. “It is about u friend of mine," 4 replied at length. “Oh!”/ “iia-i/ in the douce of a mess,” I began, confidentially. “I want your help." “What can I do?” asked Molly, opening her eyes. “Yon canadvise me,” I replied,tak ing courage. “A woman’s wit ” Molly was pleased. “Go on, Mr. Trevor.” “I .fear you will think my friend particularly foolish,” I said, sorrow fully. “V’ery likely," replied Molly, indif ferently. “I assure you he has many good points; but it happened a girl wanted to marry him.” 4 “What!” exclaimed Molly. » “I can’t think what she saw in him,” I replied, uncomfortably. “I hope,” said Molly, “yon are not going to tell me anything that is not proper." “Oh, no,” I replied,earnestly. “The girl wai quite respectable. AH the parties are most respectable.” “8he could not have been quite nice,” said Molly, decisively. I stopped to test the strength of the ice over a pool. “I have seen her look quite nice,” I remarked, thoughtfully. “You know her?" asked Molly, quickly. “Oh, yei. It wasn't really the girl who wanted to marry my friend; it was her mother. I mean the mother wanted the girl to marry my friend. I hope I mako myself clear.” “I don’t think that improves mat ters,” retorted Molly. “She has a large family of daugh ters,” I explained. “Go on,” said Molly,with a severe ly judicial aif. “My friend was in love with another girl—a really nice girl. In fact, a quite splendid girl. One of the very best,” I said, kindling. “You know that girl, too?” asked Molly, a little coldly. “Ye-es." “Well?” “My friend was staying at a coun try house and so were both the girl and her mother, and she ” “Who?” asked Molly. “The girl whose mother wanted her to marry him. I do hope 1 am clear. 8he got him into a quiet corner and somehow or other my friend found ont she had hold of his hand., I—I don’t know how it happened. It just oc curred.” “How clever of your friend to find it ont,” said Molly, sarcastically. I went on hastily—“And then he , 4AW her head coming nearer and near er his shoulder, and he didn’t know what to do.” She and the any -yyy y y y y V V V “I wonder,” said Molly, “he did not call for help.” “liou see,” I went on, “he was afraid she would propose or—-or—the mother might come. He guessed the mother was pretty near. Then he thought of the other girl, and he got into a dreadful panic. In fact,he lost his head.” “It could not have been a great loss,” observed Molly, disdainfully. “Xo-o; but it was the only one he had, and he w as accustomed to it. He didn’t know what to do. So he said ho was already engaged.” “Did he say‘already?’” “Yes.” It was a cold day, but I mopped my brow with my handker chief. Molly uttered n peal of silvery laughter. “I am really sorry for that girl, but it served her right.” “The girl didn’t turn a hair, simply straightened herself np asked to whom he was engaged.” “Well?” “He blurted out the name of other girl. He couldn’t think of other name.” “To whom, of course, he is not en gaged?” “No; and I don’t suppose she would have him. Sl*e is far, far too good for him.” “Is that your whole story?” “Very nearly. The girl went away and told her mother, who came up gushingly and cougnftulated him. She is a true sportswoman. Afterward she went about telling everybody of the engagement, and my friend has had to receive congratulations ever since.” “How awkward!” said Molly, medi tatively. “Has the other girl heard of it?” , f “Not yet. This all happened yes terday.” “Yesterday?” I nodded. “And the worst is the other girl is expected to arrive at the Towers almost immediately.” “Dear me,” said Molly. “So your friend is at the Towers now?” “I didn’t mean to let it out,” I re plied, a trifle abashed. Molly began to laugh, amusing; but why did about it?” “I want your advice." “Who is the other girl?” asked Molly, curiously. “Please don’t aak for names,” I im plored. “But my advice must depend on the other girl’s disposition.” “She is everything that is perfect,” I replied, fervently. “No doubt,” retorted Molly, satir ically. “You might almost be the other girl yourself,” I went on, with careful carelessness. “Really!” said Molly. “I believe that must be considered a compli ment. Thank you very much.” “What,” I asked, with elaborate in difference, “would you do if you were the other girl?” Molly stopped and broke off a sprig of red berries. They were not so red as her lips. “Of course,” she said, “I should be very annoyed.” “Ah, of course,” said* T, forlornly. “At any rate, l should pretend to be very annoyed.” “But really ” I began,delighted. “Oh, that would depend ou the man. ” “Mamma will be getting anxious,” she remarked. “We must hurry.” But we did not hurrv.—Piek-Me- Up. THE OMAHA FAIR. “It is most you tell me Some Queer Feature* of the Comfit); Traiia-MlaftUsippl KxpoaUlon. Among the curious features of the Trans-Mississippi exhibition, to open at Omaha in June, will be a represen tation of our American Indians. The idea, writes Frank G. Carpenter, is to have the government send here 15 In dians of each tribe, and to have each tribe have its own little camp or In dian village,so that by walkingthrough this exhibit one can get a knowledge of the Indians of the United States. These Indians will have their feast days. They will go through their vari ous games, and the show will be both instructive and interesting. Such a thing has never been attempted in any other exhibition. Mt will probably be carried on by the government, and will form a part of the general show, so that there will'be no extra charge. Tho nearness of many of the reserva tions to Omaha will make this part of the exhibition cost comparatively lit tle. At the same time the government will probably send its wonderful col lection of models, showing the In dians engaged in their vat ions occupa tions, which may form a part of this special exhibit. Among the other queer things to be shown will be Daniel Boone’s cabin. This will be brought from Missouri and will be rebuilt here. After Boone left Kentucky he moved to Missouri, and there spent his last days. There will be a representation of the Eygp- tinns of the Soudan and other shows, something after the fashion of the Midway Plaisance of Chicago. A day in the Alps will be the title of a de partment showing life in Switzerland, f This will be made -eal^oeawlw 1 . • CTjiaintfogs’. to represent the reality The Alps intelligent and their glaciers, the tourists climb- want good roads, ing the mountains, etc., will all be shown. Then there will be shows de picting life in the West of the dime novel description, or of the Buffalo Bill order. Shows containing Indian massacres, such as a re-enactment of the Custer massacre of 1877, and scenes of scouting life as they form erly took place in tho West. A repre sentation of mining at Cripple Creek will be given, depicting life in the mining camps and also other queer features, such as the Sherman um brella, in which passengers are sent flying around a circle in a car which is raised to a height of 300 feet above the earth. Road Work in New Hampshire. “This year, Concord, N. II.,” says tho Concord Monitor, “at the sugges tion of the highway commissioner, di vided its highway appropriations so that a small part was set aside for permanent work in the construction of highways and streets which would only require nominal repairs for a series of years. The result is all that could be expected, and the policy should he continued in succeeding years. Other towns would do well to follow this practice, seeking at the same time to get the most competent men it is possible to find to take charge of the road-building. There is no public work in which there is such a crying necessity for intelligent di rection as in the construction and re pair of our highways.” the by the HuwtoRalld Roads in Georgia. A suggestion for improving sand roads of Georgia, reported the Macon Telegraph, is to take misdemeanor convicts and “assign one gang to digging a ditch right down the centre of the road, with instruc tions to go to clay;*sand to be + hrown to one side and clay to tho other. The other gang would come along just behind and fill in with sand, and scat ter the clay over the surface of the road. The work would be done. The first rain would mix the sand and clay. It would never bog, as the roads do in portions of upper Geor gia, where it is all clay. And the roads would never be a sand bed again, as it is where all is sand. This mixture of equal parts of sand and clay make the best roads in the world, except where shell roads and mac adam are possible.” An enthnsiastio Georgian has said, “Kill the sand beds of south Georgia, and I would not exchange a home among the pines for any section on God’s green earth! ^ Favmw’s Sukk “Snpposing.for the sake of illustra tion,” said I surveying the wide ex panse of a neighboring field, “I was the man?” “This is nonsense.” said Molly. “We can’t make believe to that ex tent.” “Why can't we?” “Yon would never be so foolish.” “But if ” “Let us talk about something sen sible,” said Molly, with decision. “But my poor friend is depending on me for advice.” She thought. “Of coarse yonr friend must get away from the Tow ers before the other girl arrives." “You are quite clear he ought to get away?” I asked, mournfully. “There can be no doubt of that. Just fancy everybody rushing to con gratulate the other girl and your friend being present at the time. There might he a dreadfnl scene.” “I can picture it,” said I,repressing a groan. We had arrived at the entrance to the avenue. I stopped and held out my hand. “Good by," I said. Most Northern Hotel in the World. The most northern hotel in the world is ou the inhospitable shores of Advent bay, where it washes the west coast of Spitzbergen. “Tourist Hy- then” (Tourist hotel) is the name of the remote establishment. Its season is necessarily short, extending from July 10 to August 18, but it extends a hearty welcome to the few venture some travelers w ho have tho temerity to seek its shelter. It has accom modations for thirty guests. It is an nounced that tho incre »se of travel to the gate of the Arctic regions has made the establishment of a postoflice in the hotel a necessary feature. The hotel is in an appropriate latitude of 7H degrees 15 minutes,or five hundred miles further north than Hammerfest. Probably a better idea of the situation may be gained from the statement that the late quarters of the Jackson- H arms worth expedition in Franz Josef Land were hardly more than one hun dred and fifty miles nearer the pole. The building naturally is unpreten tious in appearance, being only one and one-half stories high, with a diminutive porch at the front. As a matter of course, it is built of wood. farmer, “of course Farmers don’t like to ride over bad roads any better than any other class of men. We are all in favor of tho betteniient of the high ways, we arc only divided as to ways and means. Wheelmen are raising a great hue and cry over highway im provement and are full of schemes for providing for tho cost. I think the whole problem might be solved by a tax on wheels. By ‘wheels’ I don’t mean bicycles alone, bnt wheels drawn by horses also. Let a tax of 81 a year be laid on each bicycle, bnggy, road- cart, etc., etc., not owned by an ac tual taxpayer. Let every centof such tax be applied to improving the roads, and I think we would not be long in solving the highway problem. How would I provide for collecting such a tax? I would have tha town clerk is sue a certificate to each owner of a wheel or set of wheels paid up, and confiscate tho property of those who persisted in thus using tho roads with out paying tho tax. Farmers and oth er taxpayers could pay or work out their time just as they do now.”— Knickerbocker. The running; of s Relative. They were out walking one evening, and he lifted his hat to a fine-looking old gentleman as they passed. “What a distinguished-looking gen tleman,” she exclaimed. “Is he a rel ative of yours?” “Yes,” he replied, and there was a tremor of sadness in his voice as he felt in tho pocket where his watch had formerly reposed;yes, he’s my uncle.” And tha de^r girl never knew.— Chicago News. Lord Rosslyn, who has decided to become an actor, has been well known in the amateur dramatic world of Eng land for a long time, and at one time he had a company of amateurs, who were known as “Lord Rosslyn’s Com pany.” main roads. The cities and towns are willing to accept this proposition, and, the farmers should not fail to take ad« vantage of the opportunity, while they are ready to do so.” It is proposed to make some changes in the bill offered last year by appoint ing a single road commissioner at a salary of three thousand dollars, in stead of three at five thousand each’; reducing the assessment for the first year to one-twentieth of a mill, instead of one-tenth, thereby making the amount to be expended about $200,* 000; and having the expenses borne,' fifty per cent, by the State, twenty- five by the county, twelve-and-i- half by the town, and the same by abutting property, though these changes may be somewhat modified at a final conference. POPULAR SCIENCE. At Toulon, France, recently the bed of the sea was lighted up from a bal loon attached to a tug, in tho hope that a lost torpedo would be detected. The experiment was snccessful. Tho magnetizatiot limit of iron has been found by Henry Wilde, F. R. S., to be 422 pounds per square inch, with no gain in the power of magnets by the double-pole or horse-shoe form, Routgen rays have proved of great assistance to the surgeons of the British Army in dealing with gunshot wounds among the troops engaged iu the luckless expedition on the Indian frontier. < The total foreign patents issued from the earliest times to 1890 are es timated by the U nited States Patent Commissioner at 238,108; since 1870 to the close of 1896, at 819,120. The United States patents for tho sam’e periods numbered 120,573 and 463,- 725 respectively. Detachable pneumatic tires are be ing made in England which require no special rims to hold them in place,"* the edges of the outer cover being stiffened by interlocking metal bands, 1 which have protections to engage the wooden rims when the tire is inflated and keep it from twisting. Nervous folk may be relieved to learn that Dr. Falb’s prediction of a collision of the earth with Tempers comet on November 13, 1899, resulted from an error. Dr. F. Bidschof, of the Vienna Observatory, calculates that the nearest approach of the cornet in 1899 will be 11,000,000 miles. The Termite mounds of Australia^ are quite as wonderful examples of inj sects architectnreias the more famili| white ants, hes three mounds, town are doubt imnar “termitaria.l nests of the Airi< Sa villa-Kent argest ant nests the buttressed c< Road Sentiment in New York. A large part of a recent issue of the Farmers’ Union Advocate, published in Albany, was devoted to the Good [Roads topic, and the bill to be intro duced in the Legislature was en dorsed as “in every sense practicable, commendable and necessary. The Nvhole force of Good Roads sentiment Will be brought to bear upon tho Legislature, with the hope to secure favorable action upon this bill. The Good Roads men are alive and ag gressive, and they are not to be halted iu their purpose by empty po litical promises and subterfuges.” Letters from prominent men in many different counties were printed, show ing that the sentiment in favor of such a measure is growing rapidly. The Secretary of tho New York League for Good Roads says: “To-day the farm ers aloiAnaintain the public highways, which ail the people use, and they as sess 'themselves about $3,000,000 a year for this purpose. Why should this be so? We say the State ’ should do something for the public highways, and so should the county and the town. The main roads bear a traffic largely unrelated to the abutting farms. This is especially so near large cities. To care for them properly, the farmer is heavily and unduly burdened. This bill provides a way by which local op tion and home rule, main roads may be built, and fifty per cent, of tho cost defrayed by the State, thirty-five per cent, by the county, and fifteen per cent, by the town or adjacent property owners, if they desire tho improve ment. This, to a large extent, lifts from the farmer tho burden of these Improved methods of signaling wil be an important feature of future pol; exploration. The apparatus of E. S. Bruce, as described at the London Imperial Institute, includes a small captive balloon lighted inside by in candescent lamps, and this is to bo fixed to the ship or taken away by an exploring party, iu either case serving an a beacon that nnder favorable cir cumstances could be seen eighty miles or more. Such balloons can be inflated with compressed hydrogen carried in steel cylinders. Father Tacchini, Director of the Royal Observatory at Rome, has re cently published a resume of his ob servations on sun spots for the first half of the present year. From this it ap pears that the surface of the suu is be coming more and more quiescent as the minimum of the snn-spot period approaches. “I have observed no eruptions during six months,” says Father Tacchini; and he adds, after speaking of other indications of lack of activity, “One might therefore al-‘ most affirm that the constitution of sun-spots has undergone a change!” i In his report on the reindeer in Alaska, Commissioner Harris thus de scribes the useful qualities of the ani mal: “Providence seems to have adapted tho reindeer to tho peculiar conditions of Arctic life, and made him at once the best helper to man in the transportation of si pplies, the surest source of animal f< od, and tho producer of the warm st clothing. 1 His horns and hoofs furnish tho be^t material for the making of g ue; his hair, on account of its extreme light ness, is the best for use in the coil- strnction of life-saving apparatus, and ho also furnishes tho possibilities for large and w'ealth-produciug indus tries.” Over 1,000 Hoe* Halted in Ono Tree. W. T. Hannon, living on the Days Mill turnpike near Tilton, has in use a very curious but convenient hog pen. The pen is nothing more than a huge sycamore tree, which is hollow, and furnishes sleeping quarters for at least twenty large-sized porkers. The tree has been used for tho present purpose for over ten years, and during that time over 1.000 hogs have been raized in it.—Flemingsburg (Ky.) Gazette. Old Wooden C’tnrclie*. Some of the wooden churches of Nor way are fully 700 years old, and are ! still in an excellent state of preserva tion. Their timbers have successfully resisted tho frosty and almost arotio I winters, because they have been re- : peatedly coated with tar. Norway ! pine, thus treated, seems to beat re* ! sist decay.