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A DAY IN THE WOODS.
A filler‘feels UUo drowsin'—for tho nlr is
full o dreams;
l?ar of? the cow-bells tinkle by the cool an’
Bunded streams;
.An’ the wooin* winds invito you whero
the bees are on tho wing,
An the birds are mnkin' merry whoro tho
honeysuckles swing.
Sing a song v» buiuiuv
"Ting-a-ling-a-ling!”
Cattle boys n-slcopin’
summer—
i-linjr!”
uu.» B u-slceinn’
Where tho honeysuckles swing.
'A feller feels like loafin’; for the weath
er 8 fair and fine,
An tho tailin’ rod's n-bobbin’ to the
throbbin’ o’,the line;
An the river-banks invite you where a
breezy chorus swells,
An scenes o’ joy delight you where the
cattle shake their bells.
Sing a song o’ summer—
“Ting-a-ling-a-ling!”
Fishermen a-noddin’
Where the honeysuckles swing.
It’s good to bo a livin’ in this weather-
night an' morn;
When you hear a song o’ plenty in tlio
rustle o’ the,corn!
When a picture o’ tho harvest shines in
everv drop o’ dew,
An’ the old world’s rollin’ happy ’heath a
livin' bond o’ blue I
Sing a song o’summer—
" “Ting-a-lmg-a-ling!”
All the country smilin’
-Where the honeysuckles swing*.
—I. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
fjer Love Crowded,
•. E wns tall and
strongly built,
n1s features
were cast In
t bo rogulnr
mold, yet uo
ono tbouglit of
saying bo wns
linudsouio. “Ndt
bad looking,"
accompanied by
•* sbrug of the shoulders, wns genor-
-«lly the acme of praise awarded Jus
tin Seymour.
He lmd flue, dark eyes—eyes which
looked nr you lmlf searcblngly, halt
•suspiciously—eyes which told ypu iu
glance that ho had little faith In Ills
fellow men. But, no oynlenl light
.gleamed In those oyes now, for they
rested on tho earnest face of Myra
-Blaine.
Myra’s earnestness wns too much
for him—his cynicism vanished before
it. Shu talked to him ns no ono had
talked to him beforo; she cast somo in
fluence over hint—an Influence lie tried
to resist at first, hut seemingly lio
.yielded to. It now, for every morning,
found him sitting hero In this pleasant
room, where Myra came with her
handiwork.
“Justin Seymour lins considerable of
his Satanic Majesty In his composi
tion, but I believe, my dear Myra, that
Is always an attraction for your sox.
Ho lias been deceived nnd disappointed
until ho hasn’t any fnitli loft, hut lie’s
si very good sort of fellow, for nil that.”
.Tills was what Philip Aymer, My-
ra’s Intended husband, snld to her tho
•dny he brought Justin Seymour with
him on a visit to hor fnthor’s house.
And Instantly lior pure heart went out
in pity to this strong man, who was,
she thought, so much In need of a help
ing hand.
Ah, dangerous pity! Myra’s embroid
ery lay in her lap. She lmd not set n
si stitch In it for tlio last fifteen min
utes. Her grant, earnest violet’eyes
were raised to Justin Seymour’s dark
ones, ns sho sat talking to him.
A footstep sounded In the hallway
without, and Justin Seymour roBC and
abruptly quitted tho room ns Philip
Aymer sauntered In.
What meant Justin- Seymour’s Slid--
den departure when Philip entered?
This same thing lmd happened before,
hut Philip noticed It now for tho first
time. He looked over at Myra. With
cheeks aglow hor Jiend was bent over
her embroidery; nor did sho raise her
eyes to see who entered.
He crossed over tp tho window nnd
looked out for several moments, and
still Myra did. not raise hor oyes to
look at him.
“Myra,” ho said, suddenly turning
from tho window, “you nro getting In
terested !h Mr. Seymour, or ho Is get
ting Interested In you—which Is It?"
“Perhaps we are getting Interested In
each other," snld Myra, smiling.
"Myrn, you should not got Interested
In Justin Seymour. Ho Is not a good
man—ho bad led a hard life ”
"Philip Aymer, for shame! to speak
-of your friend In such a manner! Do
you forget, sir, that you have left this
man, who Is so very bad—who has led
such an awful-life—nnd me to enter-
tnln.ench other every day since you
•came here?” cried Myra, Indignantly.
Philip Aymer’s face turned scarlet.
He crossed over to Myra’s side.
“Myra,” ho said, putting his arm
about her.
"Don’t touch me. don’t! I cannot
bear It!” said Myra, drawing from him,
and, frightened at her own words, she
covered her face with her hands.
“So It has come to tills!” thought
Philip, every vestige of color leaving
bis face.
They were engaged to be married.
Their parents had managed the en
gagement for them while they were
too young to do It themselves. But
Philip was very well satisfied with
the parental arrangement, not that ho
was desperately In love with Myrn,
but he liked her, and she possessed n
fortune—and money wns Philip Ay-
mer’s god.
And Myrn was willing to ploase her
parents. Philip wns handsome, she
liked him, but love sho knew nothing
about It until—until just now, when
Philip put his arm about her, and she
knew just ns surely ns she did In the
flays that followed that she loved Jus-
tin Seymour.
"Myrn, I think your conduct needs
an explanation.”
"Vos, It does," snld Myra, quickly,
her hands oropplng from her face. “I
never understood my own.heart till to-
dny. Philip, I do not lovo you; I can
never he your wife."
"You dp not lovo me, but you lovo
Justin Seymour—a man who never
cares for anybody but hlmsolf—n rover
ou tho fnco of tlio cnrtli; ho Is lioro to
day, and away to-uiorrow, having
faith In no one, earing for uo ono but
himself.”
"Philip!" eauio reproachfully from
Myra’s lips, but ho turned nwny with
n frown, left the room nnd went in
senreli of Justin Seymour.
it wns evening of the same day.
"Miss Blaine, I am going n'wny to
morrow morning, too early to seo you,
so i will sny good-bye now.”
Tho book Myra lmd boon rending
fell from her hands, her heart Boomed
to rise to her throat and suffocate hor
as Justin Seymour hurriedly entered
tlio room nnd, making his way over to
lier side, uttered tlio nbovo words.
it wns true, thou, whnt Philip had
said. ThlB limn would never enro any
thing for her; lie wns hero to-dny nnd
nwny to-morrow.
Myra struggled for composure.
“This Is quite unexpected, Mr. Sey
mour. I hopo wo haven’t failed to
mnke your visit hero n pleasant one?"
snld Myrn, looking straight before her.
“Miss Blaine, If It will glvo you any
pleasure to know It, I am leaving your
happy home n far better man than I
wns when I entered It.” ’
Myra looked up quickly and met tlio
dark eyes of Justin Soyuiour flxod ten
derly upon her.
“Oh, I nui so glad, Mr. Soymourl"
she cried In her old, Impulsive, enr-
nest manner, nnd, laying her lmml
upon his nrm, sho continued: "I mny
never again see you In tills world, Mr.
Seymour, but I- hopo you .will llvo so
that I slmll meet you tliera—," slio
wns going to ndd, "whoro wo will
’know no moro parting.”
“Good-bye, Myra,” wns all tho an
swer lie mndo her.
Ills voice wns husky. For n moment
lio held her linnd In his, nnd the next
Myrn was alone.
Myra sat In a dazed stnto. whoro ho
left her. Again sho lienrd him call tier
Myra, again sho felt Ills hand trom-
llng like n leaf. And this man eared
nothing for hor,
A year passed nwny. Myra Blalno
wad visiting an aunt In n distant vil
lage.
It wns Sunday, nnd sho sat In tho
village church by her aunt's side, sat
electrified, listening to that rich, pow
erful voice that led the village choir.
Surely, thoro was but ono ownor for
that voice.
"Who Is It that lends tlio singing,
aunt?” snld Myra, carelessly, after ser
vices, ns slie walked across tho church-
ynrd with her hunt.
“It Is Mr. Seymour. Do yon llko his
singing?"
"I think I know Mr. Seymour,” snld
Myrn, Instead of answering her mint’s
question, “Has ho lived lioro long?”
“This Is Ills untlvo place. Ho, was
nwny from hero qulto n while, though.
He must have sowed Ills wild oats
While 1m was nwny, for since ho came
hack ho Is a changed man. There Is
his mother’s grave.”
Myrn pnusod before tho 1 handsome
monument which lier aunt pointed out,’
on which wns Inscribed that simple,
but most beautiful of nil names, “My
Mother.” ,
“I -will remain here a lltdo while,
aunt,” said Myra, nnd her aunt left
her.
IIow long slm stood thoro lonnlng
ngnlnst tho railing she didn’t know.
Sho wns roused by tho sound of n foot-
stop on the gravel walk near lier. Sho
was not In tho least surprised, hut lie
drew back as If doubting his eyesight.
Myrp held out her hand.
“Mr. Seymour, this Is, Indeed, n
strange meeting.”
“Mrs. Aymer,” wns nil ho said, ns
he took hor proffered hand.
“My name Is not Airs. Aymer; I am
still Alyra Blaine,”, said Slyrn, smiling.
"You are not Mrs. Aymerl” cried
Justin, his eyes beaming with delight
“Beforo I bade you good-byo that oven-,
ing a year ago Philip told me that you
werd to ho his wife In a few weeks.”
"Philip A^mor told nn untruth. 1
wns nothing to lilm that night, The
engagement between him and mo was
brokfcn that morning,” said Myra, with
downcast eyes and blushing cheeks.
He took courage from tho expression
of her face. Her hand was still In
Ills, nnd He put his arm about her now.
“Myra, hero nt my mother’s’ grave,
let me tell you that It wns becauso I
loved you that I left you so abruptly
that evening. I could not stay to see
.you his wife.”
“And It wns because I loved you a
year ago that I refused t. marry him,”
said Aryrn, softly:
And nt last her pure lovo wns crowned
with happiness.—New York News.
Clilinpiuizee With a tllntorr.
The zoological garden at Cincinnati,
Ohio, has purchased n big chimpanzee
from Hagcnbcck, of Hamburg. .It Is
larger tlinn the famous Pat Rooney
II., who died last April, and has nn
Interesting history. It wns purchased
by one of Oom Paul’s secretaries
from a trader, and he taught It many
tricks. The animal was so nffcctlom
ate that he took It with him on his
travels with the army, and about n
month ngo he wns captured by some
British soldiers. One of Hngenbeck’s
agents saw the animal, and, as’it was
so Intelligent, nnd qblmpanzceB being
almost extinct, he purchased It, pay
ing a good price. Ever since Pat
Roeney II.’s dfeath tho Cincinnati zoo
has had a standing order with Hngen-
beck for a chimpanzee, And ns soon
ns the concern heard that Its ngoat.
had secured shell a fine specimen’th#
management of the zoo was notified.
Dtnitlc lleinoily for Hjy$ ltatlui;.
A recent Cmmdinn government re
port advocates beheading! as the best
remedy for egg eating. This plan Is
too radical. Often egg-entlrig hens
will bo cured simply by furnishing
dark nests. At other times, tho enuso
of tho lmhlt Is thtu-sliollud eggs, nnd
feeding oyster shells will stop it. Fur
nishing animal food, especially
chopped veal, Is sometimes u cure.
•Ill some cases the fault Is confined to
two or throe liens In tho flock*, nnd re
moving them will, prevent tho luihlt
trout Bprendlng. , ,
Tim lllslit Kind or » llano,
A liog with n weak leg and a poor
foot Is not u profitable liog for the
feeder, for, when a hog's foot Is soro
and lio Is lqiue, lie does not fatten or
grow, lieuco the Importance of having
good foot and strong flinty bono In our
commercial hog. Tho butcher bus no
use for 10 or 20 lbs moro of hone to
each liog. Barge, coarse, spotigy bono
hits laid Its dny nnd Is not wanted now
by anyone. Tho experiment stations
have conclusively proved tlio fact that
tlio hone of tlio animal cun belmtdotiod,
strengthened and Unproved by tho
food given. Bono meal can he fed to
liogs In soinu Instances profitably nnd
Is recommended by somo, hut wood
nslies will answer nil purposes nnd can
ho lmd mostly without nay outlay ol’
money.
Improving Hard Soil,
In tho field which I sowed to clover,
tlicro wns a corner that was bo dry
nnd sueli stiff clny that It would not
produce either grass or grain. When
ever It got a little dry It would become
so hnid that no crop would grow on it.
I used It for sotting my corn stover
on last spring tuid thoro were a few
shutterings left on It In tho spring.
When I sowed my clover I scattered
seed over that patch, ns well us the
other pnrt of the Held. I noticed Hint
tho clover grew better thoro than on
any other pnrt of the field. I am of
tho opinion that such lmid mny ho
made to yield good crops by scatter
ing n thin coating of straw of other
rough fodder on It nnd sowing to
clover. Tlio mulch will hold molsturo
sufficient to grow clover, nnd tho
clover crop and the' mulch nro both In
clined to loosen the poll and cause it
to hold molsturo afterwards,—A. J.
Bcgg, In The Epltouilst.
Proper Supports for Tomntoos.
It Is better for tho plunt and bettor
111 keeping the fruit clcnti nnd healthy
to have 1 nn adequate support for tho
mnln stall:. As soon ns the l’rult be
comes heavy It will either break down
tlic plant or bend It so ns to rest on tho
ground; If tho latter, It Is liable to de
cay.
The common wny Is to tie n linn
stake; woodon barrel hoops nro used
and sometimes ouo long strip of hoard
Is made to support five or six plants. A
writer In Orange JuddFnrnWr suggests
that for gardon use where only n few
tomato plants aro sot, somo kind of an
Inclined support or trellis will give
bettor results tlinn .tying tlio plants to
a stake or lotting thorn fall to the
ground In n tangled mass.
"In tlio use (if stakes," says tlio writ
er, "they will require frequent tylngs,
nnd, when not supported they fnll to
,tho ground. By contact with the soil
or In the nbsenco of n free circulation
of nlr, or In tho humid, atmosphere! the
fruit often deenys beforo It is ripe, or
wlicn'pnrtly ripened. This trouble Is
entirely nvolded or greatly lessoned by
the use it n simple support.” A trellis,
suggested by L. D. Snook, Is simply
four or five strips of bonrds two or
throe Inches wide, nulled to crosspieces
ns shown. The upper end of cross
strips lins an Inch hole bored til each
one, Into which short supports nro
placed. By another method qulto
similar the supports aro lilngod to tho
main frame, rendering It more portable
nnd easy for storing away. In either
plan various nngles may be obtained.
Set tlie rows of plnuts cast and west,
placing the support close to tho plants
upon the north side.
One ndvantuge of these supports Is
that they nre portable nnd can he kept
over from year to year.
Keeping Clilokenfl In Good Health.
There Is hut little use to study di
rections for feeding poultry unless they
can he kept healthy. Three-fourtlis
snd perhaps more of the diseases of
poultry nre due to the one cause, filth.
Much has been snld by poultry writ
ers about tho necessity of keeping
their Bleeping quarters clenn, removing
the droppings under the . roosts, and
using kerosene about roasts, nest boxes
and walls, or spraying with kerosene
emulsion or carbolic acid to keep down
the InBeet pests, until It seems ns If
we might think every one who keeps
poultry lind learned that lesson. But
there Is another point on which less
has been said and which Is more ne
glected by tlie poultry keepers than It
has been- by the writers, nnd that Is
having clean yards for them. There
Is no better way to do this than to
spade or plow up the ynrd ench year,
and In tho fnll sow rye on It, keeping
the bens out of it, or giving them tho
run of but a part of It during the win
ter. This cleanses the soil, and gives
the hens green feed la the spring.
Where one cun have two yards to
each houso It Is an Improvement to
lot the hern! use them alternately, de
voting mie encli year to the grdwlng of
such crops as lettuce, cabbage, rape,
etc.,’to throw over Into tlio other. The
sprinkling of tlio yard with laud plas
ter, sowing It thickly, does well us n
temporary expedient. When this Is
done there lived he no fear of gapes.
Soaklug the earth In tlio’ house nud
yard with n solution of ono pound of
sulphate of copper In it gallon ol’ wntor
serves us n disinfectant, nnd should
not he neglected when diarrhoea ap
pears among the. flock, simply sprink
ling It about Is not enough, hut give It
n good Soaking, if applied just buforo
n ruin It might be uhoiI much stronger,
keeping the fowls out of It until It hud
well soaked In or dried up.
IIow. to Make thn Slioop l»ay,
Sheep have nn .nilvantngo over most
farm animals by virtue of tho inhr-
kotnble qualities of tho carcass nnd
wool, When wool Is III fair demand
nt reasonable prices It should pay for
the keep of tlio Sheep, with Interest on
tho Investment, and sometimes a little
profit additional. If tho wool will do
this why should a farmer ask for
more? Sometimes tli6 cry Is heard
tluit wool does not pay. Wlmt Is
Mount by tills generally IS that n cor-
tuin good profit from tho wool alono
cannot bo inndo onch year over nnd
nbovo oxpenscs. - Evan If wool does
not pny In tills way tho slioop can bo
made to pny. If tho wool will bring
In enough to pny for tho lteop of tho
sheep nnd tlio Interest, look at tho
profits tlint should bo mndo In ninny
other ways. Tho lambs Bhould then
represent clear ptottt, nud after the
owe lins seen Its host days of useful
ness thero Is nlwnys a market for It.
Hero Is another profit that Is not com
monly counted In, for the cost of the
ewo Is figured uputso much a year, nnd
the price received for.lt hardly soeuiBto
pay for tho kooplng.
Ouo must, In ordor to bo fnlr with
tlio slioop, figure out tlio different
profits from tho wool, tlio lnml)3 nnd
the mutton. It Ib a poor year, Indeed,
when the wool cannot ho inndo to pny
for tlio lteop of tho slioop, and with
prices ns they nro now It enn ho mndo
to bring In a good ilonl more. Ono
liiiui of course mnkcB more In . tills
way than nnother, because lie Is'able
to study the economy of feeding bettor,
nnd sometimes tlie conditions for rais
ing food cheaply aro In his fnvor. But
no one who attempts to raise sheop
for n living cun afford to noglbct inti
mate nnd constant study of this sldo
of tlio question, *The feeding that will
koep tlio slioop In good condition and
cost tlio least possible sum Is whnt wo
nro nil nlmlng at. Tlio lambs should
ho made n regular pnrt of tho crop,
almost ns regular ns tho wool, and tlio
lambs must ho raised nt tho right seas
ons to bring tpe greatest profit.: A
good owe tlint will drop a lamb rogu-
lnrly nnd rear It wltliout.troublo 1b a
desirable animal. But thoro Is nlwnys
n tendency to lteop good owes tlmt pro
duce valuable wool and good lninbs
too long. Repiombpr tlmt tlio carcass
of tho ewe Itself (s n pnvt of tho busi
ness, and. do not keep tlio mitmnl so
long, that It will die on your hands or
linvo no mnrkotnblo vnluo. it Is hotter
to rulso n few crops of wool nnd inmbs
from her, and then send lier to market,
raising nionnwlillo n good lamb to
take her place.’ In this wny wo Hoop
up a constnnt chniigo In tlio personnel
of tho iloclt, nnd uover hnvo pny old
crontures tlint have outlived their use
fulness.—M. P. Smith, In tho American
Cultivator.
Short ami Uzoful Tolntz.
Dirty cans will spoil any milk.
Vary the ration of all nnlmfils.
Sonpsuds nro sure death to forest
worms. 1
Parch somo corn for tho hens oc
casionally.
Judicious breeding Is tlio forerunner
of Improved stock.
As soon ns you find n buyer at a fnlr
price let tho stock go.
It Is n good plan to liavo somo pigs
to sell at different times of tlio year.
Fowls allowed to run at largo In nil
orchard do nn Infinite amount of good
To ho profitable ft dulry cow ought
to make nt least a pound of butter n
day.
Wlion you keep hut a Cow fowls it is
nn easy matter to overfeed. Book out
for tills.
When Betting out trees or prnnts
nlwnys thoroughly nilx the manure
with tlio soil.
Wetting the fodder when fed with
grain or when fed alone makes 11
more digestible.
The cost of raising a good cow is just
tho snme ns for a poor one. Get nil
you onn for your money.
Why Is It tho farmers do not eat a
larger amount of poultry? On some
farms poultry Is ft luxury.
In taking Into consideration tho cost
nnd trouble In raising them, guineas
are among tho prolltablo fowls..
Hons always lay round cggB; but If
fed properly you will find tlmt they
always keep matters square with you.
When transplanting trees nlwnyt
bear In mind that old ones require
more cutting hack than tho younger
ones’do. ■
Two extremes that nro good to keep
away from—tho "hind-foot oxtremo of
a mule and tho “horned-head extreme”
of a bull.
Experience tenches that farms, like
men, grow old and wornout. Tho
farm Is nt nn ndvantago though, for Its
youth can be renewed.
A Kansas farmer recommends spray
ing pigs for lice. It ought to be a good
plan; but he careful what you spray
with, or there will bo a lot of dead hogs
on somebody's farm.
A hqwmnc TERROR.
ftlHVvolmiN Moolmnlcsl Volvo Tlmt Con
Hu Heard Ten Miles Away,
A phonograph tlmt shouts so loudly
tlmt ovory word enn ho lienrd nt n
distance of ten miles link been tested
In Brighton.
You enn whisper n sentence Into the
nmehlno’s small fuunel-slmpod mouth-
ploco nnd It will repent It In tonos’
tlmt aro more deafening tlinn the
shrieks of a liner's steam Blreir. Yet
every word Is perfectly articulated,
nail a Bhbftlinnd writer ton miles nwny
can tnko down the message as easily
as If you wefo dictating to him In n
small room. .
Tlio machine (s tlio Invention of Mr.
Iloraco L. Short, of Brighton. Iu p-
penrnnee It Is Merely an ordinary pho
nograph, with a largo trumpet mens-
urlnjj four fuot in length. Inside this
trumpet there Is a small nnd dollcuto
piece of moelmulsni tlmt looks some
thing like a wlilstlo. This Is thotongue
of the machine.
Instead of tlio “records” being taken
on wax In tlio usual manner,n sapphire
needle Is mndo to cut the dots rep
resenting tho Bound vibrations on a
Bllvcr cylinder, and when tlio needli
travels over tho m'otnl a second time,
the vibrations enuso tho whistle to
produce n series of nlr waves, nnd tlio
machine thus/becomes n talking slron'
which transforms tho human voice In
to n donfoulng roar.
Tho experiments wore mndo near
tho Devil’s Dyke,. Brighton, whoro tho
Inventor has hlB workshops. The In
strument wftB plncoil on tho roof of
tho laboratory and was mndo to repent
a number ?f sentoncos. At a dlstnnco
of ton miles tho sounds woro plainly
heard by a largo number of people,
ovory word being perfectly dis
tinct, mill nt a second trial with
a favorable wind It was found
tlint nn unknown messngo could
bo taken down In shorthand nt a dis
tance of twolvo miles. Over tho wa
ter the Bounds will carry'still further,
they plight ho lionrd by persons on a
vessel fifteen miles at sell. Placed
on a lighthouse or lightship tho phono
graph would glvo a verbal warning
tlint would ho Infinitely moro effective
than tho fog-horns nnd detonators nt
present In use.
Tlio possibilities of tho machine nro
practically endless. It will render loud
selections In tho. open nlr, tlmt aw ho
listened to by tliousnuds of people, or
It will shout nows incssnges tlmt coqld
ho heard high above the roar of the
traffic and tlio thousand noises of a
big city.—Bonilon Mali.
Tlio IV/ilf or (lutihlo.
How St. Frpncls tamed tho wolf of
Gubblo is tho most famous, If not al
together tho most credible, of tho nnt-
mnl stories related of lfim. Tho wolf
was. ft quadruped without morals; not
only lmd ho eaten kids,- but nlso men.
All attempts to kill liljn failed, nnd
tho townsfolk were afraid of venturing
outsldo tho walls, oven In broad day
light. Ouo day St, Francis, against
tlio ndvtco of all, wont out’to Imvo n
serious talk with, tho wolf. Ho soon
found him, nnd “Brother Wolf,” ho
snld, “yob have enton not only ani
mals, but men mndo lit tho Imago of
God, and certainly you desorvo • tho
gnllows; nevertheless, I wish to mnlco
ponoo bdtiveen you nnd these people,
Brother Wolf, so thnt you mny offend
thorn no moro, nnd neither they'nor
their dogs slmll attack you." Tho
wolf seemed to ngroc, but tho saint
wished to have a distinct .proof of'Ills
solemn engagement to fulfill Ills pnrt
In tho pence, whereupon tho wolf stood
qp on Ills hind legs find laid Ills pa>v
on tho saint's head. Francis then
promised thnt tho wolf should bo
proporjy fed for the rest of his days,
“for wqll I know," ho sold kindly,
“thnt all your ovll deeds woro caused
by hunger”—upon which text several
sermons might lio preached, for truly
tunny a sinner nray bo reformed by
a good dinner nnd by nothing else.
Tlio contract was kept on both sides,
and the wolf lived lmpplly for two
years, at tho end of which 1m died of
old ngo, slncenfly mourned by nil tho
Inhabitants.—Contemporary Bovlow.
A 11 illr. T.lftlnir lSxperlenco,
“I was frightened twice. In my life,
onco when I wns a policeman nnd
<kee beforo I traveled a boat," snld
Captnln of Pollco Itowe, of tlm Cleve
land (Ohio) pollco force. “Wlion I
was fifteen years of ngo I was learn
ing my trade, thnt of marble cuttor,
iu a building at the corner of Allddlo
nnd Prospect streets, liiet'o wns a
trap door on encli floor. Through tho
door spaces a windlass wns operated
Ono day when I tried to lift ono of
tho doors on tho third floor It beenmo
dota'clmd from Its leather lilngos. Tho
windlass ropo lmpplly caught mo. by
tho nrm. thereby saving a fnll Into tho
Imsomont, whoro n man was work
ing. , I held on to tlio door, knowing
tlint If It foil tho man far below
would bo hurt. At tlio top of my voice
i yelled n warning, but tho nolso of
tho machinery drowned my efforts.
Just ns my fingers relaxed their hold
on tho door tlio man below stopped
nsldo wholly unconscious of Impend
ing danger. Down went tho door,
breaking tho machinery wlmrc tho
man had boon working. Workmen
took mo from Jho windlass moro dead
from fright than nllvo. I’ll not forgot
that experience.”
Mushroom Oulturo In Mnncliurln.
Mushrooms, or "mu-err,” ns tfio
Mnnchus call thorn, nro highly valued
as a table food 111 Manchuria, China.
Many natives earn a living by hunt
ing for them In tho Holds. Before'
cooking they nro sonked, and tho fluid
produced Is used ns a dyeing extract
by silk manufacturers. It Is snld that
tho extract of mushroom renders dyoa
froslior apd brighter In color. .
Ban Diego, Cal., has a lomon grove
covering 1000 acres. It is snld to bo
tho largest In the world. was begun
In 1890 with 170 ncl us.
HOUSEHOLD
HINT* i
Tim Cnro of llnuao rinnti.
In caring for lmuso plnntB It Is n
good Idea to trent them much ns tlioy
would ho treated out of doors. It
doesn’t rain ovory dny, thereforo It
enunot ho liccossnry tlmt they Blioulil
ho deluged every twunty-four hours.
To keep tho plants wot nil tho tlnio
makes them grow quickly hut poorly.
Tlioy mny eplhillo up, but tlio growth
Is not luxurlnut, On tho other linnd
tlio soli should never bo nllowcd to be
come so dry ns to Injure the roots. Do
not Voter tho plnuts too frequently,
hut glvo them plenty of wntor nt Inter
vals. Tour over them onough so tlmt
tlio soil becomes soaked and tlio wntor
oozes, out from tho nporturo In the bot
tom of ; tlio pot. Then do not water
them again until tho soli looks dry.
natures in tlio Nursery.
As Is well known discrimination In
applying kuowledgo Is ns lmportnnt ns
tlio knowledge itself. In a nursery
seen recently, tlio walls woro covored
with ono ol’ tlio.pnpors specially de
signed for nurseries, showing In con-
stn’iit repetition ninny of tho characters
famed In children's stories. The paper
was n study for tlio chlldrou, nud,
having boon provided, It Rlionld linvo
hecil loft to he studied. Instead, tlio
walls woro wojl covered with pictures,
good, bad nud Indifferent, nn environ
ment which must hnvo been extreme
ly distracting ,to tho children wln>
phased most of thotr time In tho room.
Either n few good pictures ngnlnst nn
almost plain background, or tho riot
of fnlrytnlo happenings nloho put upon
tho walls for too occupation nud Inter
est of tho children, would hnvo boon a
much better arrangement.
Claiming tlio Oil tamp,
Every good housekeeper who enjoys
tlie light from a good oil lamp should
keep nlwnys on.linnd a little brush to
clean tlio holes In tho burners, tho'
lungs of tho lamp. Tuo lamp should
ho tnken apart ovory dny. That Is, It
should bo'opened to allow tho gas to
osenpo, nnd then carefully filled. Thero
Is no danger of nn explosion If this Is
done. Tho reservoirs should bo washed
out onco n wool: to Insure n clear flnme.
When tho lnnip is put out. tlie wick
should bo turned down low nnd tho
fiumo blown out across tho chimney.
If tho wick Is turned down below tho
tubo when tlio lnmp is not lighted tho
wick will not feed over tho edge nnd,
thero will ho no odor. It Is nover
noce.ssnry to do anything moro tlinn
to rub tho wicks to tnko off tho black
crust tlmt forms at tlio top, . If the
wicks become gummy they can ho
Bonked In vinegar nnd tliqrouglily
washed nnd dried, Chimneys mny ,bo
tompored by putting. In cold water nnd
nllowcd to come to n boll. In lamps
where tho reservoir Is glass a little
coarso foci: salt makes tho oil glvo a
clearer light, but It must not bo. used
When thero Is anything that will rust.
How to^Olean Urns*. *
Fine Cnllns sand mixed with a little
Oil of tartar In n strong solution of
soda; the articles to ho well scoured
with tills mixture, then dried nnd pol
ished wit’, n lenthcr dipped In wliltlpg.
For brass, It depends a good deal on
whether It Is lacquered or not. In the
former enso tho best thing is to put
them Into n boiling solution of soap
nnd soda, nnd leave them In It’for n
few minutes, then scrub them well
with a soft brusjt nnd googsonp, when
tho wntor Is Just cool onough to put
your hands In; now throw tho brass,
nil sonpy ns-it Is, Into fresh cold water,
rlnso well; dry anil lentljcr well, If
any strong chemical or cleansing paste
Is applied It will inevitably affect tlio
lacquer. ' For ordlnnry brass, If very
dirty, oxalic acid Is recommended, hut
this Is not a substance for inexperienced
hands; so If tho brass Is so dirty ns not
to yield to tho snmo treatment ns Is
recommended for the lacquered brass,
or to any good brass polishing paste,
linvo it profiorly cleaned by a compe
tent workman nnd thenceforward keep
It clean. Tills Is not nt all'dlfficult, if
dirt nud stains are not left to harden
on and oat Into the metal.
RECIPES
’ Green Tomatoes Fried—Out cross
wise In rather thick slices, drain an
soft cloth, dust with salt nnd pepper,
roll In flno broad crumbs and fry at
once In hot butter.
Creamed Eggs—Eight eggs, ono tn-
blespooaful of butter, half a cup of
st'ect crenni. Melt the butter, placo
the eggs In It, without bronklng; pour
over them the cream, simmer gently
until done, hasting frequently with
tho cream. Lift out onto hot platter
nnd pour the remaining cream around
them. Sprinkle with salt nnd pepper.
Morello Cake—Soak half of a pound •
of wlilto bread in milk; press out the
surplus mill:. Add four well-beaten
eggs, t vo ounces of chopped blanched
almonds, four ounces each of butter
nud sugar, n coflccspoon of cinnamon
nnd a cup and a half of stoned cher
ries (other Jrult can bo substituted).
Placo in nn Inch-deep pnD, strew su
gar, butter nnd cinnamon on top and
Lake a pale yellow In a slow oven.