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JACK'S HOUSE BY ftJMMMU. ft. HAMILTON T was only ,t plain, snug little booae, rising slowly from 'tbe smsll, neatly fenced tot, and gradually assuming . boose-Uke pro Ihm ikhm; bat Content watched Its flat ly growth with a wonderful light of ?atUfactlon In her brown eye*. She could see It plainly from Aunt Prlssy's little shop, window, looking down the quiet road and across ? Held white wltb daisies; and she loved to wstch the sea of bending blossoms, and whis per softly to herself, "The path tlmt leads to It Is all pure white." "Growln* finely ain't it?" ssid Miss Prissy, cheerily, dusting snd nrrsng iug the bright silk handkerchiefs, skeins of yarn, boxea of needles, jars of candy and the rosy cheeked applca that decorated the show window, even while she looked beyond them at the uew building, "it's goln' up slick as a new piu." "Yes, yes," returned Uncle Jaochlm, shaking his head: 'if there only don't foiuc a hard wind and blow It over, or ?i heavy rain to flood" the cellar, or somebody set it a -Are, mebby. There's jo tcllln*? uever no tellln' in this un certain world!" "La, Joachim." said Miss Prissy, nimbly mounting the counter and pur ->uiug conversation and a spiiler-web together, "we hain't bsd a drop of rain this three weeks, and It's just what we're lieedin'. As for winds, 'twould take something more'u com uon to blow such walls as them Jowu%" "I don't kuow 'boot that? don't Know," answered Cncle Joachim, un convinced. "It blew a pretty smart freeze last uight. and I cofald (eel our ?iousc shake. Thought tery likely our roof would be' carried away afore inorniu'? more'n likely. I went up to the garret to-day and t!ed a rope to llio rafters and then hitched'tbe oth er end fast to the old splnnln' wheel; tint It's doubtful if that'll save It doubtful." Content laughed softly, but Undo Joachim hoard it. * "Don't make fun of solemn things, child; don't never do that," he said, re provingly. "I knew a nan once that "idieuled the Idee of any burglars ever .?reakin* into his house, and the very text day his brother had his pockets ;>ickcd. A good many folks have n many things happen to 'em, and t'n host to be prepared." "Well," commented Miss Prissy, ?riskly. "I must say for't, I'm "bout as well prepared for pickpockets as for my thing I know- of. Nobody 'd make 'inch out of my pockets, unless they ams sufferln' for a pair of steel-bowed spectacles and an old brass thimble, t'here comes the mail," she added, as ? rusty, dusty horseman stopped at the ?loor. "Content. and me'll 'tend to it, litnchim, dear; you're feelin' poorly Jo-day, I know, and you'd better sit itlll." He had no idea of doing anything ^ise; but it was a pleasant Action of Miss Prissy 's that "brother Joachim" ?vas always Just about to do something ise(ul and energetic? a belief that had icver died out iu r.ll tho twenty years j^'nt she had taken care of him. Fath er, mother, sister, all were gone bat 'hose two and the sister's orphaned ?hild, Content, a bonny, winsome mal tmi, who had come like sunshine to the quaint, quiet old house. Uncle Joncliim sat In his, easy chair, ?vlthgatc that wandered afar off, ov?t ihe hills that were not f^Veled, the valleys that never would i,0 filled up and the mountains that wouldn't come to Mohammed. Hp bad no time nor strength to spare in help ing to do the daily work nnd bear*tlie little dally trials, because he was hold ing himself as a sort of reserve corps ignlust the terrible calamities that never came. But Miss Prlssy's keen uid kindly eyes could, fortunately, see nearer home? even to the sewing of butttons on brother Joachim's coat, the mending of rents In his linen, and) the necessity of providing for three meals a day. So she whHkcd about, always busy, worked and planned, turned and darned; made over lier .tresses wrong side up and Inside out. contrived neat caps out of nothing, ind collars out of what was left. She took care of the small stdre that was j iso the village postofilce, and looked lfter the diminutive garden besides, nil the whole family grateful, and in nocently pitying any "poor lone wo men folks that hadn't any man to help ur pertect 'em." ' The arrival of the inn II was always * pleasant little ripple in the day's still current, aiul Content and Aunt Vrlssy sorted the small bundle with some good natured guessing and neigh borly sympathy? hoping tbls fol- Mrs. (Jrcy was from her sailor boy, and Hint the one for Deacon Cole would bring good word from Ills sick daugh ter. Content was listening with deep ening color meanwhile for a fctep that wns sure soon to com?, "Any letters for me. Miss Prissy?" nwked J;ick Howard's clear, hearty voice. "Not one." answered Content, laugh ing up into the bine eyes that did not look particularly disappointed. In fact, ?Tack's correspondence was not im mense: but it fcns a satisfaction to know whether there was anything or not? a great satisfaction, ono would have said, seeing bow regularly he came and the way in Which he lin gered. "How are you to day, Uncle Joa chim?" "Hard to say- hard to sny. Don't feel as If ( knew notliln' sure about ? myself even. I felt such a burnln' heat early this morn In' that I didn't know but t wns golif to be took right down with a fever, and sence then 1 had such a shivery-slinky spell as If 1 might be goln* to have a stroke of pnl ay. Either of 'ein Is likely enough; might one or both on 'em carry me off any time," concluded Undo Joachim. "Oh, I hope not." replied Jnck. con solatory, but alsriued. as he followed Content to the sunny portico. A trystlng place that portico had been for many a day. There the bonne across the daisy flehl bad Just been planned, and the promise given that made It not "mine," but "ours." Room by room, wtktfow b y wlndo*, It k#d been drttmed and talked of, larger and fairer tbam It aow could be la re ality, bat that only Jack and Content knew. Jack was aktllfnl and energet ic; be bad laid op some l?e or six hundred dollars, and tbat was not all. "You aee. Content," be bad said, gaily, when they talked of It In the spring time, with the old apple tree showering its pink blossoms around them ? where they stood? "you see, there Is that work for Began, If It suc ceeds, and I think It will. It Is some sort of a pumping apparatus, you know. He had got the Idea In bis bead, but wasn't workman enough to carry it out, and *o he cape to me. I dug Into it until I fanciSd I knew what he wanted, and Improved upon it a lit tle, maybe. I've spent all the time I could give, evenings and odd hours, on it for nearly five montha now, some times doing and sometimes undoing; but Began la to pay me 98000 if It works as be expects it to. He tlilnks I can do It." "I think so, too," said Content. "It will be something nice for us," remarked Jack, thoughtfully. . "But we won't say anything to any one about it yet a while, until we arc sure. There is no need, for we have enough for a little home, even without that." Uncle Joachim and Aunt Prissy were not very worldly wise. They thought, or Miss Prissy did, that love and even the (smallest home promised consider* able material for happiness; and her 'ej-cs twinkled with tears and smiles behind her old spectacles while, in one breath, she wondered how she was "ever goin' to do without Content," and in the next if they "hadn't better be liuutln' up rags to cut for a carpet for Content's floor? against she has one." Uncle Joachim was as nearly con' gratulatory as he knew how to be. but deprecatory also. ""I don't see why you two shouldn't stand as good a chance for comfort as anybody, s'posin' there is any such I thing, which is doubtfui," lie said. "Any way, 'tis risky, .very risky; like as not you won't enjoy yourselves. It'll be a great affliction to have Con- j tent leave us, but it'll be a load off my mind to know she's safe out of the j house. It's a dangerous place to live in, this is, keepln* a post office as we do. 'Couuts of folks robbin' the mails keep comin* all the time, and 1'vd just a feelin' that ours 'U be robbed, too, some night, and we all murdered in our beds." ? . "Dear me! I shouldn't think it would be worth while," exclaimed Aunt Prissy, unselfishly, scanning the mat ter in the light of a speculation. "Our mail! Why, I don't believe there's ever more'n ten dollars in the whole on't at one time, and mostly there ain't anything." * "That don't ? make no difference. Prissy? no difference/* persist??d Uncle Joachim, with n doleful shake of the head. "You don't know the sight of wickedness there is in this world. I tell you there's plenty of folks that would do 'meat anything for ten dol lars. "Well, well,**' succumbing to super ior wisdom. "maybe it's so; but it does seem dreadful low wages for any lku ln sn being t? do such work as tfeat for. I s'pose there comes some time for most all rff us, though, when the Kvll One comes along oar road and asks what we'll sell ourselves for. If we're wlllln' to do it at all. I don't know as it matters much about the price." As the dhyg passed l?r. and Jack's "prize-work," as he laughingly called it, bade more nnd more fair to prove successful, he and Content coujured golden plans for the fair little home kingdom It should bring them? how they would ndd to this and beautify that? talking it over, eveniug ufter evening, in the soft twilight. ?'It's Just ubout done," said Jack, one day, stopping for a moment at the door. "Itcgan wants me to take it down to the old stone quarry nnd tri it. It's a sort of quiet place, aim there's always water there, yon know; so I guess I'll go this afternoon." "Oh. I do hope it will be ail right! Just what you expect of it!" exeluitned Cpnteut. "Blii It good speed, then," ho said, with a hopeful smile, turning away down the narrow garden path, while the sweet fact watched him from the door-way. The sky was wondrousiy blue above his head ttiht day. and the whole earth tin r.v 61 ou sly fnir in the golden sun light. Every rustle of the leaves, every bird-note, seemed to him most perfect music as 1k> passed down the old road that led to the disused fjunrry, bearing his precious burden. It was a quiet spot, not without its own lonely beauty In the gay shelving rocks and tho masses of broken stone that lay at their feet. Moss had grown upon sotue of these, nnd trailing vines from the green beyond had found their way I thither, rejoicing In the clear water that Jack had selected for his purpose. The place suited him altogether, and as he carefully proceeded with his ex periment, and trial after trial assured him that his work was well done, he leaned back upon one of the rude pil lars near him, glad to enjoy in that congenial solitude and si'.cncc the first delicious moment of success. "Hallo! Why, !s that you, Jack?" said a rather uncertain voice near hltn; aud he started suddenly from his rev erie to find that Uncle Joachim had approached unobserved. "Didn't know but you was a highwayman, or es caped convict, or somethln', when I seen you down here all alone. What you got there ? Some new-fangled water-wheel or somethln', I s'pose. Well, well: you young folks always think you cau turn the world' upside down with some grand new plan or 'notlier. but you never do It." "Maybe not; I don't think I'd care to try, for the side that Is up now pleases me well enough. What brings you here, uncle?" "Well," answered the old man, fumbling his way over the rocky, un even mass about him, "1 just thought I'd come down here and look round for a good, big, licftv atone. 1 tell . "Bat 1 4M*t m* bow yoa tro ioIbi to raise it yourself then," objected Jack. "Well. I cast tell exactly.** mlA Undo Joachim, somewhat discomfit ed. but pmeTcrlof. "We'll bare to tblnk some efjr, for If anybody got dow? there to rob, a ad joat touched off some powder down there, why. they could Mow ua all to flinders? to flinders, Jackf* The yoanf ifcaa watched with aa amused anile (or a moment or two, aa he i rendered about near by examining one stone after another, theft forgot him In his own occupation. A train went thundering by on the helghta above, and the old man paused in his search to watch It. "Dear! how these rocks crack now and then!** be exclaimed, as a audden, sharp sound fell upon his ear. ? Jack started and looked op with a thrill of horror as his quick eye de tected the rapidly widening fissure that was separating a mass of overhanging rock from, the main wall. "Uncle Joachim !" he shouted. But before the warning cry had left bis lips the old msn, too, had seen, and 1 turned to fly, but stumbled and fell. In the brief moment that followed a rush of conflicting thoughts swept through Jack's mind. Should he catch up his treasure and bear that to a place of aafety at all hasazds? It wss the first, the nstural impulse. But hia old companion? could he leave him? Must he mhke so grest a sacrifice for him! 4Was that worn-out, useless life worth so costly a price? the hardly won fruit of toilsome months, his brightest hopes for the future? Ought he ? dare he? to caculate the worth of any hu man life, however weak? Thought lives iu a region above tiuie. It was but an iustant that he paused irresolute in the sharp, fierce strug gle; then he sprang to the. old man's side, raised him up, anJ, half drag ging, half carrying, bore hiui away with the speed and strength that only such an hour can knoti? hurrying up the sloping bank until a deafening crash behind them told that they were safe. * They paused then, exhausted, and sank down upon the ground to survey the scene: A great mass of broken stone covered all the place where they had stood, and Jack's model was crushed to atoms and buried beneath It. "Well, troll," murmured Uncle Joa ?hlm, tremulously breaking the solemn iIIpim* that had succeeded the dying ?chocs, "that was a narrow chance, i ml I'd ueter Lave got away> but for ron. Jack. I'm 'bliged to you, I really i in; though, seeln' as somethla' Is sure 0 happen some time, I don't know as twoulrt have made much difference? >nly for the women folk*; 'twould inve been a great loss to the women 'oiks. Morc'n likely I'll be sick for 1 week or two now. Jack"? as a aud len thought struck him? "why. Jack, rou left that jimcraek of yours down [here,, didn't you? Kind of a pity to lave it smashed upr though I a'poae it wasn't Of much uar." Jack turned his eyes from the ruin ind looked at him with a strange smile ?n his-, pale face. How little he knew >f all the hopes aad plans that had mm.' n? or could comprehend the malue >f that which he a? carelessly called ivortlHesal And yet,' perhaps he him self eould as little understand this ivork of the great Creator beside him, >f comprehend HI? purpose in even I his seemingly feelde an;l useless life that he had saved. There was nothing >f contemptuous pity in the gentle ness of Jack's voice aa he said: "Hadn't you hotteir go home now. Uncle Joachim? I will go witb you." fie told Content the story that day? rmly Content ever knew It all? and she listened with tho light that shone through her tearful eyes growing brighter at every word. "Sorry but so glad!" she said, not so paradoxically but Jack could understand it. "It was hard to decide for a minute, though It seems a shame even to say It now," Jack said, honestly. "But I couldn't sell myself, you know, and so a good many of our hopes and plnns are ended for a long while to come, Content." "But Jack, dear," answered Content, softly, "I think our work often reaches farther than we know. It may be in building our earthly Mouses w* nro building for our heavenly homes as well, and some things ttffftt crowd and cramp these uiay make those a?\ the fairer." So Jack's house Is only a little one, but Coulent thinks Uncle Joachim speaks more truly than he knows wheh he calls It "well built;" and watching It from over the blooming meadow, she sees more than tho daisies, and murmurs to herself, as if the words were set 10 Inward music, "The path that leads to it is white clean and white, thank God!"? Gooil | literature. ? On* Tonencil Knglantl. Wlint strikes t lie American con* Bluntly in England is the homogene ousncss of the peoj)ie. We havo tlio foreigner so much with us that wo miss him when we come to England. When I take my walk in Central I'ark I am likely to hear any other tongue oftener than English, to hear Yiddish, or Hussinu, or Polish, or Nor. wogian, or French, or Itnlian, or Span ish, but when I take my walks 011 tho lens at Folkestone, scarcely more than an hour from the polyglot continent of Europe, I hear ? nothing but English. Twice, Indeed, I heard a few French peoplo speaking together; once 1 her.rd a Oertnau Jew telling a story of a dog, which he fdnnd so funny that he almost burst with laughter; and onco again, In the lower town, there came to roe from tho open door of an eating house the sound of Italian. But nearly everywhere else was Eng lish. and tho signs of Ice on parte Francals were almost as Infrequent In the shops.? W. D. ilowells, In Harper'* Magasine. * . Geronimo, tho noted Apache chief, has learned to road, and can write his name. He Is exceedingly proud of ills accomplishments. ? New writes (hat j ke has keptliihr net? City both In auaricer an<>?l?t?r kgr atmpty filling It Into Jar% fmrtttf the top neatly with cloth. uniting o? salt and pressing down hard With the hand ao that no air can set In. Often a paper la put orer the toph During warm weather It may be nacsaaaYy to add more aalt once In four or Ire week*. ?ear t? BalMl Oftvla. k When the inspects that a ?pav !u, large or Mill, la present, yet finds lameness absent, possibly due to con tinuous exerdae or some preventive measure adCaptsd for the occasion, he can speedily ascertain whether It Is Indeed present by a simple test. Hare an assistant land the horse out to hal ter and prepare to trot him Instantly at the word "fO." Now lift up the foot of the suspected hind leg and bold It as close to the horse's belly as possible for a few minutes. Suddenly drop It nnd Immediately trot the horse, when he will, for the trat few steps or even rods, go Intensely lame, but soon re cover. ^ This la an unfailing test and sbouhl l>e practiced in every case where there la {he slightest suspicion of a spavin.? Dr. A. 8. Alexander, In The Indiana Farmer. /lie stables where the cows are to be kept should receive first attention. They should be made sufficiently warm, should be well lighted andc should have means for ventilation. Then the floor under the cows should be properly constructed. The raised portion on which they stand should be four to six inches higher than the rest and of just sufficient plant to allow the liquids to run off freely. The floor should be smooth and even aud not full of cracks and holes. A* cement flooc. if properly constructed and kept well covered with bedding, will be froe from these defects, more durable than wood and altogether cheaper in the end. Cows should not be too crowded In their stalls. Tbere should be room enough for the animals and for a man to get between them comfortably uud milk or clean them. Thm Cow ttablM l'uttlag Away Potateca. One of yonr correspondents recently pro|>osed a method of housing thin use ful crop. 1 want to suggest that all discussion on that' subject Ik out of order. The tubers are already put away, housed or cared for where th??y grew. Leave them In the ground till frosty weather and then di;- tliem. If dug too s< mm i they are iu the way: they are subjcct to atmospheric action and some will rot; they are exposed to sunlight which turns them green aud bitter. The moles may eat a few of them iu the liBI, and the weed* may multiply i-u as to make them hard to dig. but a little extra care will govern, all tfais. and the loss will be lighter than after they are tbken out of the hill. If they are dug, the very best thing to do with them Is to pile them up ?nd cover them with dirt. That is tbefr natural element, and they cannot be so hearthy anywhere else.? W. S. S9io the Indiana Farmer. Hen* K*lh| Kri, ? Egg-eating hens ate a nuisance, a-nd after many years of experience in po?il try raising the writer feels that when his hens are discovered at the trick the best.way of stopping It is to kill the lieu. If our birds were not well sup plied with limy snfcstances, , such. as oyster shells and the like and all the grit they desire, we would furnish these before killing the heu. As a rule, the habit is merely a habit, and is not due to any lack of a food element ex cept that of lime. Usually the egg-eating hen gets Into the habit of eating an egg that has be come accidentally broken; Ukiug the taste, she acquires the habit, and once acquired it Is almost impossible to. break It. We hare found It the better plan to have both grit aud the lime material so placed that the Ivens may help themselves at will. Some hens re quire more of these than do other hens, so it Is hard to dole it out properly. It is better to let them decide as to their needs whenever possible. Rat Proof Corn Crib. A correspondent to The Indiana Farmer asks how a corn crib may be constructed so as to be proof against rats. We give reply to this by the cut of a crib on this page. The crib may be built cheaply, and of nny size de Sired. The cut fully explains the con struction. It is set either on wooden posts or brick foundation*, put fifteen inches in the ground, ns shown In (lie cut, nnd two and n lialf feet from the ground to the crib sills. Two-thirds of the distance from ground to the gill are galvan'lxeri iron hoods, projecting out nnd downward mound the foun dation posts four inches in width. Itats can never pass over this hood, whicti they would hnve to do to reach the crib. Such a crib Is absolutely proof against rats. It is constructed of inch lumber, open for nlr to reach the corn, but with flaring sides for protection against rain. For Dnrki. The writer Ims had many years of ex perience In raising ducks and has been more or less successful In the work, tr'. hough preferring other lines of poul ts Htlll. ducks nre protltable if r. ned under proper conditions and w hln easy reach of -n market which .muds them. Several correspondents have asked If water Is necessary to duck-ralsloK. and the reply is that It is and it Isn't. To explain: A number of years sluee we located the duck hatching houses on a portion of the farm where there was no water, In tending to transfer the ducks nesr Ihe creek later on. Pressure of other work prevented the transfer until the dncks were nearly half grown. It was then noticed that while som<> of the young ones were In very poor heslth, most Of them were ootng as well as we could wish and had shown no desire for water, except to drink It. This seemed so contrary to what had been the understanding of the require ments of ducks that we Investigated by going to the man from whom the eggs were bought. It was then found that for some five years the ducks 'raised by this man had had no access to water, except for drinking purposes. The desire for a pond had been bred out of them, so to speak. In raising ducks, therefore, ascertain what sur roundings their ancestors have had; If they, have been raised on ponds, water must be supplied your ducks or you will not be able to raise them prof itably.? Indianapolis News. SlrndM r*dd?r Cmm t* Stay. Well shocked fodder will not dam age much If not shredded for week*, unless It Is a very wet season. A very important item to be considered is tliv condition of the fodder when shredded. If dry it will be bright and sweet and will not beat, but If shredded when wet or much damp, will heat aud mould, aud a large per cent, of its food value lost. Wheu properly put up shredded fodder will feed ono-tbird longer than when fed whole for cattle and any kind of stock except sheep, which do, about as well on whole fod der as they do not waste It as badly. As to the feeding value compared with other roughage, one ton of shredded fodder is worth two tons of bright straw. # I find It almost equal to timothy bay for ail stock In winter except milk cows, which do better on shredded fodder. What the stock refuse to cat makes the best of bedding and is easi ly spread when hauled out. In short, you get the value of your fodder at once, there arc no stalks accumulating iu the stables, or wast* ing in the fields, but is in the best con dition to get the best results. There are also some disadvantages connect ed with shredding. Fodder shredded iiefore it is well cured after cutting is a total loss.? 1\ I*. E., iu ludiuuu Farmer. Turkey Railing. Turkey Bulletin (No. 200) by the De partment of Agriculture, now on tlic (?overument press, contains tin fol lowing three general rules* for select ing stock: I First? Always use ns breeders tur key hens over one year old. He sure they are strong, healthy and vigorous. Wild ?r good medium size. Do not strive to have them unnaturally large. Second? The male may be a yearling or older. Do not imagine that the large overgrown males "are the best. Strength, health ami vigor, wlt& well proportioned uiedlnm size, atv the main points of excellence. Third? Avoid close breeding. New blood is off-vital importance to turkeys. Better send a thousand miles for ifi:ew male than: to risk the chances o< in breeding.'' Secure onu> In the fall m? as to be assumed of his health and vigor prior to the breeding season, i Regarding, the kind <r>f hens to select the following advice I* given: No mat ter what variety of turkeys may be se lected for keeping, they should, above all things, be strong, vigorous, healthy and well matured, but not akin. Bet ter secure t&v females from one local* tty and the- male from another to In sure their non-relationship, rather than run tlxe risk of inbreeding. In all fowls it is well to? remember that size is Influenced largely by the fe nuile and the color and finish by the male. Securing over-large males to pair with small, weakly hens is not i wise policy. A medium sized male i with good* fair-sized females of good constitutional vigor and mature age, will do far. better than the largest with the smallest females*. Lcminii From Svlu Dilrylnr. It is possible fot uh to draw many lessons from Swiss dairying. I'rob ably this industry in Switzerland is the oldest occupation of man there; at least, ft lias been the principal In dustry since the narrow vallvys were occupied by the tlrst settlers. Ho many centuries has dairying been "Tarried on In these mountains that the records do not go back ti the commencement. We only know that long ago? cen turies ago? the Government of the ean ons of Switzerland** concluded that the people of Switzerland, as a whole, had a right to say how the pastures, nt least the pastures on the mountain heights, should be handled. So laws were passed governing both the pas tures owned by the public and the pas tures owned by the individual dairy men. To these laws the Swiss ap parently owe the preservation of their pastures. , The Alpine pastures are leased to the highest bidder, and the men tliat se cure them are prevented from sub leasing. This acts against a few men I getting control of all the pastures and subletting at figures that would be a hardship to the men owning cows. The lessee agrees to so handle the pastures that they will not only be kept In us good condition as when he took charge of them, but that they will be even better. The communities tyat own the pastures have them sur veyed and their capacity determined. The number of cows or other animals that can be kept on thciu Is fixed by rule, and this number is small enough so that the pastures will not be Injured by being fed too close. This is a rule that might be profitably adopted by our American farmers. The pasture season endures for about four months, and not till the grass is well started In the spring are the animals permitted to be driven on. Trees dot the paturcs here and there, and these trees are not allowed to be cut on any pretext, un less Indeed they become too numerous In certain localities. Where Ihcre Is danger of an avalanche starting, the trees are not permitted to be cut at all, but are left to bind the soil, which would otherwise be loosened by the rains nnd the melting snows.- Hoard's Dairy msu. CtTTHiO CVCH. ??w ? Waitwlpa ?M Uk? Cmtm rimy? m fwillMl Mw. "When I first fan a cafe In Salt 3#ke, fifteen yeari ago, .we didn't have Japanese dishwashers. and we had to take White men who were out of luck and were willing to do auytblnir," said Angelo Manca. "They did uot usually stay long, but some of tbeui might have stayed louger if the cooks and waiters bad sot made the!!* the butt* of practical joke*. "One morning iu answer to an ad, a big. husky fellow walked In and of fered to wasb dishes, lie might have been a little bit hungry, and lie cer tainly looked like a 'Hoosler.* I put him In the kitchen and after the wait* ers sized him up they went after hlin. One of them walked Into the kitchen solemnly with a plate or leftover cakes, set them down before the dishwasher and ordered him to eat them. The dishwasher was surprised and wanted to know why. 'It's a rule of the house that the dishwasher must cat all the cakes that come bark to the kitchen,' the waiter explained. The- new dish washer ate the cakes without further question. ?Trctty soon another dish of cakes was set down before hint and he ate those also. It was so funny thnt whenever the supply of cold cakes lagged for a while the waiters would call for a plate of theui, carry them out and leave them a little bit, and then take them back to the dishwash er. Early in the evening the recruit came out to me and asked for his pay, saying he was going to quit. I asked him what the trouble was. He said: " 'I hain't no fault to tind with the work, but I don't like that rule about the, cakes.* " 'What do you mean?' I asked. " 'Why. that rule that the dishwash er has got to eat all the cakes that go back to the kitchen.* " 'What in thunder are you talking about V* I asked. " 'I'm talking about just what I said ?this thing of making a man eat up all the cakes that come back. I've ate sixteen plates to-day, and I can't swal ler another bite, an\} when they brought me the last bunch I just quit and conic out. I'm done with it. I feel like I was going to bust.* "I looked at him and he was swelled up under the belt like a toad. I had to laugh as I told him to go back and leave the cakes alone. Then lie got mad. and I had to pay him off and let liliu go. As he went out he said: " 'I'll get even with that feller, see If I don't.' "A little later the waiter went out. lie. was a dude, lie was making good money and he spent a lot of it for clothes. He wy s lixed np a? If he was* going to be married. About live min utes after lie went out he came back with fme eye nearly closed and a big bump over the other. He had a rut on one Hp and another on the side of his nose. His clothes looked as if he had rolled over iu the mud. and they were torn iu two or three places.. I asked what, was the matter and he- said: " 'I met that dishwasher outside, and he certainly fixed me plenty, t thought he was full of prunes when he enine in this morning, but it didn't help his disposition any to till him up \vitb cakes." " ? Seattle Post-Intelligencer. OM War Horses. These old horses never forget the calLs,. no matter how long it lias been aliice they last heard tlieni. One day aoine years afro, when I was- passing arr open lot in the out skirts of Chicago, I found a hoy try ing to play on the cornet. While- the hoy and I were at work on the cornet, au old ash hauler came along driving an Knlmal that had onee been a good horse, but was now only a collection ?f skin and bones. The horse stopped when he heard us and stuck up his ears- I came to the conclusion that he had once been a cavalry horse and asked the old man where he got him. "From a farmer." he said. I could not find a "IT.. on the horse: he hail probably been discharged so long ago that his brand had been worn oft. Hut taking the cornet. 1 sounded the stable call, and the horse began to dance. "Hold fast to your lines, now,'" I warned the old man. "I am going to make that old horse do some of the fastest running he has ever done since he left the cavalry." Then, beginning with the call for the gallop, I next sounded the charge, and the old plug went plunging op the road at his fast est gait, dragging his wagon after him. I gave him the recall next, and he came down to a walk, much to the relief of the old driver. He said that this was the first time he had ever seen the horse run. He had never been able to get him to go faster than a slow walk before. "You don't feed hlri well enough to get liini to do nincli run ning." I told him. "That horse, when he did have to run. got his twelve ppunds of corn and nil the lia.v he could eat every day."? Forest and Stream. A Weighty Subject. Looking toward the holidays, an cx celler.t business Is assured fii the best grades of goods. It was believed by many last spring that large forms i i cravats had run their course and that this season would bring a return to narrower shapes, r.ut the trade is calling now for two ami three-quarter and three inch four-iu-hands, where as a year ago two and a half Inches was the standard width. This, too, In spite of the well known fact that the waistcoat opening Is higher tills year than last and that wing collars are not so extreme ! i form. The up per class tailors agree that waistcoats are to be higher next spring, and this will compel a return to cravats slightly narrower, say two and one-half inches. We have always advoeated the large cravat as more sightly to wear and more profitable to sell, and intelligent retailers have been quick to adopt this view. Of course, the demand for wide cravats must be created colncldently with tin demand for wing collars? tho two are Inseparable In their close rt" latlonshlp.? The Haberdasher. A llatti-Hntmn NliUkc. Around Stockholm there lire many suburban resorts where sea bathing Is indulged In when the weather Is warm enough. At one of these resorts a visitor observed a large signboard at a gateway, reading "Dam Bad Hans." This notice gave him finite a shock, until he found out It means "Ladle*' BatU House."-St, James" Gazette, * * " T*> TRANSPLANT FERNS? ; Many person* havo tried to t^H plant fortti from the woods success. owing- chiefly to tbe fact they did not attempt it at proper anH; son. or did not transplant to tbe pro^l per Mil. Probably tlm better way 19 1 to start tbcm from wmI. which ean b? ' bad from any seedauiau, of tbe hardy annual sorta. Ferns must haTe a part* ly shaded, moist location. and?a sandy, rich soil, with plenty of leaf mold in It. On the top of tbe permanent soil place two inches of mixture of leaf' mold and sandy loam. On this sow the seed thinly, and cover with wet ruoss ? sphagnum is best. Keep the iuos? wet and do not disturb it. Tbe fern* will germinate and root down into the prepared soil and accustom themselves to It better than plants brought in from the woods. BORERS IN THE ORCHARD. * A correspondent wishes to know it * there is any wash that may be relied upon to destroy the tree borers, or to prevent their depredations In the or chard. We cannot say that there is. I though there are several that an* ree- ? oninicndcd. and that may be more or less efficient. Simple whitewash ap plied early in June, ami worked well down into the ground may prevent the insect from depositing its eggs in the bark of the tree; but chis must be re garded as a preventive rather than a remedy, for once the larva finds a lodgment in the tree, a wash need not be depended upon to disturb it. Another wash still more highly ree- ' ommended consists of whale oil soap, or soft lye soap, made in the proportion of two pounds of soap to one gallon of water, to which is to be added a pint of crude carbolic acid. This ?s more efficient as a repellaut than the common whitewash. The soap wash is a valuable application even without any reference to the borer. When the insect has obtained a lodgement. / about the only remedy is to gouuc it out or pierce it with a sharp wire. I'p-to-Dale Farming. APPLES FOR STORAC.I'. Formerly it was supposed the ap ples ought to sweat before they were stored, but investigations indicate that any ripening which takes place between the picking time and the storage house is injurious to the keep ing qualities of the fruit. Peaches de layed twenty-four hours did not keep as well as those stored at once, ltart Iett pears delayed three or four days were soft in two or three weeks in smrage, while* the fruit stored at once was in prime commercial condi - thai at the end of live weeks. The in vestigations cinphasi/.e the necessity of qnick storing as soon as the fmit is picked. Fruit stored in the orchard or on the railroad siding, or in closed freight cars, in hot weather, is in jured seriously, and no treatment in the storage house can overcome tln> damage indicted. The investigations point out also that apples, pears and peaches ripen more slowly if left on the tree than when removed and stored in the or chard. The fruit is much better on the tree than off if it cannot be stored at* once.. The method of packing is. also of fundamental Importance in in fluencing the behavior of the fruit In the storage house. SHIPMENT OF APPLES. The sorting table should be of con venient width to reach across and large enough to hold :it least a barrel of apples. The fruit should be poured' over the table and allowed to run 1 down the- slope of the table and the sorting done from the lower part of the pile. In cold weather barrels for shipment, should he lined with paper, entirely protecting ,t lie sides and bot tom. The llrst two layers should be of uniform good specimens, with, steins down. Then lil! Hie barrel one half bushel at a time, shaking gently two or tli ice times during the process. The lining paper is then lapped ?v?r the top and the head | til on and pressed down. Tender apples. *uch as Spie.*. Bell flower, etc.. should be protected at the ends with excelsior or patent paper cushions. Apples which are to be shipped long distances should l>e pressed down very tlrmly, but. for a short distance only a mod erate pressure is required. The bar rels should be stenciled carefully with the address of the- receiver, the grade ?>f the apple and the address of the shipper. An account of the shipment should be sent to the dealer by mail us soon as the fruit is ready to ship. DEPTH OF PLANTl NfJ BL'LBS. Bulbs have a great faculty of ad justing themselves to the conditions in which they Hud themselves ? hence their popularity. Hut ail the same, they give the best returns when giv en the best opportunities to work in peace and comfort. In this respect they are almost human. One thing that makes the bulb so easy to handle is that it is, so to speak, fully grown before the gardener gets it. and the sole object he has is t?> put out tho young flower, and generally to sacri fice the bulb Itself. In practice i! better to get new stock each year. J rushing the bulb for all it is worth and throwing It out as soon as the flower is done. Tulips adapt them selves to almost any reasonable depth of planting, and flourish above mound Just as well, whether deep or shallow. Hyacinths do not, however, and, planted too deeply, will develop small, stunted leaves. The reason for this need not be discussed now, however. The crocus Is easy, too, but h:-s a ten dency to work up nearer to the sur face in succeeding years, owing to its method of reproduction, and at last It reverses the process and sends out "droppers," which descend and make the new bulb well below the surface. Hdllas do the same thing after a time, very much to the surprise of the ama teur, who misses their presence for a season. Generally a good rule Is to plunt ns deeply below the surface an the bulb Itself Is deep. But that Is not an absolute rule. ~ America u (int. deniug.