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PRAY FOR ME. Pray for me, love, at dawn. what Unv? I'or thee ,ny prayers arise. That, hand at hand, our vows may eiinib The steep path through the sihea. Pray ,'or me, love at eventide; So slinll the words wo say Meet in the tuists, an I side i.v -udj Sweep a >! ho lien:.<n w . y. Thai every tiitie I Icnecl for :li >? Jlay in> .inhailow ' ;<rav<T. Coining ^o colli- .\;n , rill.l weet aeecpli.f ise -o. ?Pall Mil. Hi: A BICYCLE^ CHASE ISY MU.S. M. Ii. RATVE. A j ILO WARREN r*wa? uinkiug h 4uvv^ Jtffik ?11^ ou " . y V;:"' ffij WL whom ho wag K| \\\ Jn * r fondly attached, 7 ^AW// / I although ho had 1 ' u? / C never told hoi rfi Nw | |j so* *''s w,l!< JlK In 11 c'l8e whoro no( / >SR tions speak loudf\ ? ll or than word-, V_X ami?leave a giri alone for finding out if a young man reg- rd hor with favor. Every girl is clairvoyant where nll'airs of the heart are concerned. They were talking about tuoir birthdays, and the pioasaut custom ot tji^iug presents at such a time. "Let ine soo," said Milo, thoughtfully, "did you say your hirtlaluy iMine in iscpiemuor. .uiss ."sell! ' "I did not ?1%v," remarked Mt-s Nellie. demurely. "* riieti it was December, it? Some Ineky fellow will be giving yon m diamond. peril to-. "Or a soil veil.I' SpOOIl," llVl Ifll ' I Nellie; "you know tliev made jowelspoons for birthday gifts, but all the girls changed their birthdays to December. and the young men could not staud the expense, ami then they sent a petition to the manufacturers, asking them to discontinue the custom, so no more spoons are in the market. " "I ? I?[?really wish you would tell me when your natal day arrives. I might at least seud you a bunch ot roses, in remembrance of .all the ? the ? happy days we have spent together. Is it this month, Miss Nellie?" "You remind me of the parlor games, 'Is it this? Is it that?' " said Miss Nellie, aud then fearing that the young man was becoming sentimental she turned the conversation to other subjects. Rllt II... ii.iv f* AT.!,. U dropped casually into the store where Mitss Nellie Newton's best brother was engaged as bookkeeper, ami inquired solemnly at the grated window whieii permitted a augment ot" 11is oeuntonance to ippear, if tliat young man would t:tki* lunch wi'h him. "Ceriaiuiy," ivntV' oruspio reply from a mouth full of peas, "I'll meet tiiee at I'hiliopi ? 1 mean at Hunger w (Jo. \s-- id an hour." lie was there, and at th pleasant .spread of good th.ti-'s pr vi I i Mil ? Warren protiouuc. <! tins conundrum : "If Voll like i r i .\wfuilv, l?Ut haven't I<>! 1 r: 1 y.?u tli'n!; ?d:o ttuivbc lii.es vnii w: il\ ?a , ! don't in "ill that?'nit t it - r. has a liicti'iM..y ami '. -v '.'i >!. i; -r a pie :i, in i > e ... t y d v. jieti it is ?: >.. . . v. v i'i l.tioW ?oh, h .:i :t a'.i, ' , . .e';r. g'y nr.i -d tip. ? u. * : . ;? v lo a Lyman Newton la: i nude his kr.ifh ami tori, and lookin ' Milo ?n the face, asked seriously "A n y in-au it v it: v i ir fa mil v, Miio Y 4,\.?|||? t'lilt \ iv.. ?n 1 ' - - ... i .1 H I in i' iii: I') os my own cu.S'-, tin? i'.,|ires.so'i mi.-wfP. 4,il ilnciiit.' vniir !i : i pbriu Ht.?t. metis, ; . -... ( ' ii r i?ii" i . . . ?,. 1 lis i io . . . ?sr 1" ' 1' ? * il l4JII , "I ., .. . ill I ') - J i a;, w!;: , !-??>? p. !< - I - 1 *' Mi, ;iii n.ir. t . .. 4 . file 1 so t.'ii 11y. ! v 4.it t > Kirov i! she beinu- fil to ill" j> i t 4.. or i.i present. I tiik.? it ib- :i t.. it -lie's a New Wonmii V "I iimicrst.r.i i :i iw. V. i, 1 i> .Iiv.* hiie inis mlviisici I nt :i;:oiih, l?'it slit* isn't ono of those Ir.'it ll'cl cr.i.ituriM that arlrooato the wjarij-j of bloomi I ors. Nellio is the soul of womanly ; 1 modesty and?" "Xellie?" Do I kuow this bright 1 particular star?" "Why. of course you do?I quite forgot?who's your own sister J" "Well, I like that! Ami you want to make her a birthday present and don't kuow the day. Sorry, old fellow, but I can't help you out. Nellie would take my head olf if I told." That cuded the lunch, but an unforeseen tlnug happened. dust as Alilo Warn u left lus company at ine corner he saw an urchin he know. It was the infliction known as Nellie's youngest brother, ago seven, capacity for misclii if, seven times seven, pre cocity unlimited by any period oi i time .uiio, wuu rnnuco prepense, engageil the dear child iu a surfeit of sweets, aud thou asked, as if the idea was not of the least consequence and had just occurred to him: "When docs Sister Nellie have n birth lay?" The .U ar child looked at him for a moment, drew his mouth around under his ear, elevate 1 both eyebrows and said in a confiding, iufautile voice : YTLnt'II you give to Uh >w Advantageous terms hoia.* made, the hoy puokeie i his ni >uta for a whistle, thought better of it aud gave the following Saturday i-> Ins Ulster's birthday. 'An' if yer want to make yourself solid ? soe, just f-oud her a real stunner of a bike." "What! A bicycle! Does she ride ?" "How kin she? I reckon she kin h arn, mist r. You just sea I that Ink*?there ain't uothiu' Nell wants * nts nor tha?." With this advice, and being sw.irn to seerccy, the small terror bowled himself off. It gave Milo Warren something to do to inir 'base that bicvole aud have it delivered to Mis;* Nellie on her birthday in an anonymous manner. He oxpocte?l it back every hour tor about a week, but it did not come, an I he felt safe. The small brother Ua l not betrayed him after all Hut after a little ho hugnu to wish he hail, for Miss Nellie had evidently mounted that bicycle an 1 ridden out . of bis life. He called, but she was out ou her bicycle, no matter what the hour was, noon or night, an,! he got himself run over ou the street and knocked down daily by dashing out from sidewalk corners to see who tuo rider was, and getting hurt for his pains. When he could stuml it no longer, he came ton sudden res #lve ? he would buy a bicycle for himself, and perhaps be able to find Wile*. And now began an exciting chase for life and liberty, for at one mom in the amateur bicyclist was under tinfeet of a trampling horse, the next he was running over a wrutiiy pedestrian, and he usually ended Ins experiences by picking up his fri-ky steed an 1 carrying it to the shop for repair". And all this time he never caught a glimpse of Nellie, but he was .nclim-d to thiuk he divined the cause, -fudging from his own experience in b ar-.iing to ri,le a bicycle, Nellie might be exercising her own fractious a<- j wsit-oii ou some remote roadway out- d 1 _.'4i:t l)<> i:u l up !j r-. ii l?>r pu.rs. !!- i",.- i i.;i tip" i? ???;; 1:r l>r.?th.>r, -Mil iiiui i> i-v .m I r.w/veon.tr.:tin!. So *i<* v* i;!" l an 1 *t . ?I Pi pi>->? vs i:is '.iul witli patiiu. :in ' i> iirii to ! i t li.o '-If wiiiio'it tin' z; :-/.> : Jn-it i 'ii ! ii.t* ii i?l i n I iiv;.':* -i Jin; Jivo- .>1' tin' ; ?;?nI:nr.? :ili i ii.'.ir.r ? ?*i ! i:i- irr>"<t !*?' tin' pniuv. i i i " t ' ! i-< V'-ry t ii it . f 111 : .: I V U It- !|.' I i, : t VI >i! ill III! . iV?) niuHl I..-:! :! v ;i ;i ! . i- I ., : t i . i ? . i t i .. : ? . ivii.i i i. ' , . i i . .i .u ii , i. iii ; !.!,< .t, 1 .r 1 on (ii-' iur, with u;i ''Xui 'Uit ti-> <>f !'r> lu.a 1:1 I I 1:_Iit. u:: i !. lolii i to N- lliu At <1 t- il h r \\ h ;t i' !. ! im * .1 t \ in. t j siy .'or months ? t hat in- ! >vo 1 her ! \n 1 .it tii.it nx>:n< rit tie re whizzo 1 I'.i-i him H vi-ioii in bloomers, <>;,e of those iir?-1 llil Now Women of whom in- lia l heard, mi l imw was to see. lie nliiio-t felt tii.it it wm disloyalty to gentle little Nellie to oven look at j such an apparition; but somehow she looked so ijuaiut in her saucy jacket , aud baggy trousers, her neatly-gait- ' ered feet were so pert nud independent, ' that Milo looked aud looked again, aud then ho gave a gre.it whoop, and took after the lying wheel like a streak of lightning. His couiideuee -.too l him in stea i of skill. He went spiurun ? atoug iu fine style until he re.icli I .1 parallel ' with the girl iu bloomers, thiu lie leu no 1 over to speak to lier, too ole I, anil fell iu a heap, but not before he had gasped "Nellie!" That youug in ly skillfully eluded the wreck, made a fancy run au 1 turn, and as Milo gathered hira-e'.f up. said dIphoi nil v* 4'Why, Mr. Warroa, I didn't know that you rode a wheel." "[ don't," said the young man ruefully, feeling ot his elbow to deteruxine whether it was dislocated or merely abraded, "hut von, Miss Nellie, are quite au expert." Miss Nellie umruuired something about tho wheel being i present 'roru her broth. r, mi l that ah-J had not eare-.l to ride, h i ;nst to please him. Hut you ought io see my iittle brother ride," she .vial, wit h euthiisiu-.m ; "he rides the wheel wi; ;u I am not using if. un l lie :n ikes ii ,pm. Why be rides standing up, aud I'm so at raid sometbiu i will happen to hiiu." Mil > was walking along, lending bis wheel, as if lie preferred that way, and Miss Medio rnvo !r.;u sov?.ral exhibit ions of her skill, and aeh moment ma le a stronger and uiore lasting impression on the poor fellow',-, heart. Hut even bieyele courtship emues to an end. ami tuev were if. Neilie's home, and he must leave her, unless?he asked to? a -glass of water, an I q'.-r if .?a< brought he sa* dowu with the wheel ij t the Hi'iewulfc. If was a s.i lden ami ;.i > >. elleetive s r die of irl. Nellie erie i, and asked he was killed anywhere- Mrs. Newton brought camphor; they got him into the house, ami then be was able to speak, aud said wb it was true enough? ,hat lie lire I >st 1*i; head for a moment. The two most expoc eye i 1sti on the avenue are Milo and Will You will ree ?11z her l>y her hrowu ldoo.ner suit, which is mi; i a.imired, isi 1 ho hy the -hi 1 .-,'Xiih' which untitles hi.*: e x p res -: ve e o; 11 i t e 11 anee. Nellie knows now who gave her the wheel, aud Milo has h i I another oxample of the total cleprnvitv ,>t the small tirother. Nellie's birthday eoiues in January, hut to expedite matters the imp changed it to July. However, all's well that ends well.---Detroit Free L'ress. The British Sea 3 o.' Gifir;. Everybody ; i Is an 1 i iik- n'oont lie .seal . o. ol'.i re. I'r Ji.ihly, howev. r, u ?t i'V .web > ly i.uo.vs w.i it thev actually aie. L'hev are soiiil metal seals, iii rlos d in a velvet ease. 'L'hev are never u i, au ! pro bihlv a Minister n >ver , s t'.ieui ;io n tiie day lie en;t rs no.mi o.h to the day he goes out of it. ?};, Saturday nioruing iii> Clerk tn t!i.? ( '.hi ;?pil <?.il!o.do 1 oil llio -i.mU from the <IiiTt*r?>nt ?, :t:i i t !i<>n too!: tliriu 'lowu Vi > \ ? III 1- if (.' 1st U?. i III' -III t _{<?! !i ? r- vt'iii. <! >wti !iti*r id r'io <Iir, . til ; i ?-.r? i Ivit'b :s: ' I'll: too . !in :in:i 1 s11r: t mt > \ . out \* of tin? O ?;i') | l! o:i it 11?* !?? In:1 It :\ A i lio'tr -ir lit it t!k> in* v.- \Jiti ?. -v< .irriv I r t;> ''tsti*. Kin1!, tot !?. : .tv ': : 'J it iii I r-v . : r .) 11 if >-i\ 'i' :. -> ;i i i tin -? !' i 1 ?::?'\ *!: ! . n . ?v t o.- otlt M in .'.. ; iiiu<toc Hands Ofi the Bird 0' freedom. On :? < u_'?: ttoiituiiiiii^ t ii v:i lsi?:n?t p'tir of "nil1!;' oi)M? i :' ?, '.vtiit'll i stori'k."- r o.i l-'nitoii ntr UmokIyn, li t j. i.i:-; li:? >r i > i : ,m i ?ii ; ;.i in'i i...? . i,?u ' .: ' 1 i.i:. ! ' ' ' ! 1 ! V .oil r number I.it. ;.'? > t 11 ' ? til' I. . i . M.ll^ on I don't Mo t .,. u it it t '.! ! i f I r? ; nil l ; rs i ulr in.jui v.11 p )-!? ii'?t ( - -.in* iij> tii inr i> v.;:U 1. i i (MMii'ii < an I 11 nl?r?.'i!ii In*.. 'ti. h i. u iihv ruin ? * i i'' i<-*i 1 i t u ir11 ill*.', uml tr - 11 >\v nui-i.,' I " r-iti: I iin^'T-, wliicii I iii"V ?' ?! ii i* '.111 witliun uhject Ii'.hsimi on {!: rVi-tiN >( '7 1. I'ins inr Is wort' on.i j;it in Louj ut'Suco.?Ntjw Y <; riw Sin. FARM AND HOUSEHOLD ! s rot tN roMATora. ( Tin1 rot ot' tomatoes id due to a fua- ; ejfts which grows iu the whole plant t and nifttiircs in the fruit. It is rela- v to I to the potato rot, nn<l is to he v treated in the name way, by the l5or- ,j deuux mixture. The disease appears t tirst ns a small spot o:? the blossom end of the fruit, thou spreads rapidly nil through it. It is prevented or ar. rested as soon as it appears bv spray* ? i:ig the lie, ;id, made as follow*, on ;o the plants, leaves, auil young fruit: l>i?*o've four pounds of sulphate of H cupper ihl:u>.Htotte> in live bullous ol w?* _ r, and six pounds of litue in four * gallons of water. Mix the two liquids and stir them well, then .strain atnl add forty gallons of water. .V less * quantity may he made l>y proportion- a ately lean ninteriul. 'I'uis preparation ' is used for preventing all kinds of l" rusts and rots ou all sorts of plants, ns the black rot of the vine, the rust of 1 k strawberries, raspberries, and black- t berries, tlio potato rob and the scab 8 lot of apples. ? New York Times. e the ran vna armr.. ii At the recent annual meeting o: the 1 N'owJersi, 'tat Iforticultural .Socio- 1 tv.an apj !? railed by the exhibitor the ' Uanaua apple wa- -ii >u :i. This varie- v iv h a seedling, originating ou the farm of C. iC. BhieUwcll. of Titusville, * fiercer County, N. .T., about twenty years ago, and it has in the m -antiiue x become quite well known in that sec- j. tiou. !t is thus described: Large, h roundish conical with a deep calyx ' it? Mm ' r IIIE BANANA APPLE. basin, which is somewhat irregular, fl calyx closed. some russet patches in basin. lu color when ripe it isayel- ^ lowish green, a pale copperish blush s on suuuv side and fainter splash ings 1 v n of the same color, and sparsely marked 1 over the surfoee with minute dots. 1 Stem a half inch, sometimes a little * more in lougth, in a basin of average size, rather deep and a little irregular. f Sweet. good tor family or market, 1 geasou January to March. The trees r arc sai i to be excellent bearers. ? ? American Agriculturist. ] 1 sowtN.i rriiNips. . . There are few crop.* grown that re- 1 quire :h little work as turnips and in a ? iavorable sea-mi) th r ; are few crops " that yield as well. While in what < may be termed a fair season they require but a comparatively .short season for errowth, yet t ilcin-' one ve.ir with another the hotter plan is to sow .1 reasonably early. I'rotu the mitldlo r to the latter parr of July is a "ood t ti tle to sow. the er.aet time beiu?j >i hirpely <!?lerin:ne I by t ie -eason and t the con lition <>. * ii" so;.. On* 11; :i s . ir.l and that is to i have thi ;>irei ill a tin-* tilth I ie order . i :h- -t -nr.' a _oo I ??er ni- 1 >i it : >..? * }! a.. then u ;,ooU ; s?lart o: the plants to-row. v Th .-<>:! -biocId be rea- iiiably rich; \ ii -'.v r.?ui: '. ;s r w . >n it ean '.?u so- i . ur< ! only, out <>' i -rrontel ein be (, ii- ! ii ii h.-.s .1- n. ; ;r . v. iih rotteil man ir i . > >n;o .* incorporatei with ^ lie Ton enuive fr di lntilitiro ib . a i ' i; ... ? a 1 . - 'U'op. , h r t -il , ",'i ?:; , i 1 e. e.o * or l i ' 'I or i ; 11" ?> '.. ... t ie o rally f r. n. iouii i will yive betti i" u v? r;. ..y than lilpth \1 t.;. tilllP, IV11( : it C.lti ' done, it wilt . ' ? ! > <>t\v i-i :ii(. ; .t ruin * in order to cur a ffoo i germination ' of tin.* >?" I. i [ii-'tity ni .m-u'1 iitiii ; )W IIS V <:iy r.s |>o-sible. A Very s good pi i:i is ??> int\ t4i?' Mj?ai with oleuii t wuo 1 ashes all 1 tic n sow, in by this 1 ! 1 :iti tin re is less danger of getting | | them too thick. i ^ One of the best varieties is the old ' j tundard purple top strap leaved. The vhite egg, a tnl also the yellow globe, ire goo I varieties". They make a good eeil for sheep or cattle so that all hut cannot he marketed to good adautage can always he fed to the stock kith heuetit, and there is very little [anger of growing too many.?Farm, 'ield and Fireside. KAItJI AXl) UAKOKN NOTES. In the frozen wiuters of the North reeu hc.ulock houghs are a good verumtge for sheep. Iteinemher thai young hit 10 stew id ml green peas go we'll toge tor ; then 1. II.. e ? . I ? : . I - msu i ut' luntiLT along Willi grain i*ed to l>e iii readiness for the latter. Uraiti foil to .sucking lambs designed or the batclior at an carh day pays t the rate of $'2 a bushel for corn nywhero in the Rastern and Middle itates. The tide of opinion among beelepers is running strongly against Ive-uandors. They arc pronoauceit hort-lived, bad singers, poor v.iuterrs, excessive breeders, etc. Cross-breeding of cattle and sheep * tolerable, and is largoly practiced, ectiusc, though tin- progeny may be licking in trucness to tvi? and may ?e very rough specimens, the meat aim i-- always a consider ibh-asiet. t misfit in horse breehiu , i- h i.vover, iU absolute loss. ( nod clover hay contain-* i more >erfeet fool ratiou lhau anything lse grown. Loss corn, less wheat, jss cotton and more clover is a reform lany an American farmer may well ecide upon for the coming year to he decided advantage both of his took and his laud. hkcicks. \?tato Snow?Hoil large white poito<s in their skins in salt and water. >ry thoroughly by the fire and peel hem. Hub through a coarse sieve on U U UOl lllsU. Boiled Cauliflower?Lav in col<l rater for half au hour, quarter neatv, tie i.u iu a close net to prevent . reeking; put into boiling water, alted, and cook until tender. Pour .vei it a lar.ro cupful of drawn butter ina serve hot. Graham Wheatlets?Mix one pint of Irnham tlour and one tcaspoonful of lit. Scald into a soft, dough with qual quantities of boiling water and aiik. Pvoll about an inch thick, cut n round cakes, lay on a hot buttered in a.nl bake in a very hot oven. Turnip Soup?Leg of mutton and ire quarts of water. Cover close and )oil two hours. Skim. Put iu oue >nion, a doz-Mi small white turnips, plas tered, a little thyme finely minced, [ioil two hours longer. Take out the oint, strain the soup, return it to the ire, add a cup of milk in which has jcen stirred a tablespoonfui o: ilour ind one of butter. Season with salt ind popper, boil up once, stirring all ;ho time. Copper Medals for Invenlors. As an iuaeutive to inventiv genius, lohu Scott, a philanthropic Scotchmill, who apparently In 1 no other inerest in Pliiladelphia thaf that irons al by a profoiiud a lmirition of he cliaracter of II njamiu I:'r inicliu, rontu I ii fun 1, in my \fi-s a^o, tiiij ncomc i>: which was *'t > !> ; 1 ii I out u |?rc'iiiiuriis to he 11str: ? ale I u n >nr? u^ioiio'is men an 1 >\ ? n -o wij- niuku i-?iul inventions. an I al w;th rhioii shall he ijivvn i ? as-lnl." iuoit l?r >Vi I ; i tis it t !i. : : I i ? ;! I >e lutrualoil to t;i .M i i t o.' tin? 'rankhn Fui?<l. Out < ' i st1 iipilnl oi tile tr.;-.:, w now .mounts to S~?t ii r v. r- ?1 isriimt" I 1 ft v.: If .>: !? i i ; a ru*, .U'l ninetooii uir i lis .vi-r a i ic ?;t also I'urit 1 ' i< r> 11 iii? a 5u:nl t > !> > ! t i he mini mrpo- ;. ? tit" o." . >: .-'ran'.* in?loans to you si,' in irri . *?*i >, * ! il" i .v i 1 ivi; :t it o. .i. . i :t; 'p mi l now a :/! .jut s vil,_s ?. ? l'inl.ilcl;?hia I'k'ss :?*i? Uujio I iihii Vcr.i fc OH, While (uiiuluetill'..* a serii - of tetfl i it ii a 100 ton testin:; machine at tlio forhsliiro CoIIl'O" in lhi.;larnl, whieli liclllili'il tin- lestimr * t" ? .-Ik..I uir.. ope, Professor t ???>.Inian stated tlmt ueh ropes were not a modern invcu* ion, ami Unit lie had recently seen a iron/e wire rope one-half inch in liaructer ami from twenty to thirty Vet which had Wren fouml buried in he ruins of Pompeii and which must jayo been at least l'JOO years old.