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VOL II.
A Tribute to the Sheaves.
All day tbe reapers on the hill
Have plied their task with sturdy will,
But now the field is void and still;
And, wandering thither, I have found
The bearded spears in sheaves well hound,
And stocked in many golden mound.
And while cool evening suavely grows,
And o'er the sunset’s dying rose
The first great white star throbs and glows,
And from the clear east, red of glare,
The ascendant harvest moon floats fair
Through dreamy deeps and purple air.
And in among the slanted sheaves
A tender light its glamour weaves,
A lovely light that lures, deceives—
Then swayed by Fancy's dear command,
Amid the past I seemed to stand,
In hallowed Bethlehem's harvest land!
And through the dim field, vague descried,
A homeward host of shadows glide,
And sickles gleam on every side.
Shadows of man and maid I trace,
With shapes of strength and shapes of grace,
Yet gaze but on a single face—
A candid brow, still smooth with youth!
A tranquil smile; a mien of truth—
The patient, star-eyed gleaner, Ruth!
—[Edgar Fawcett.
DAPPLE’S MISTRESS.
BY EMMA G. JONES.
“Stop, Dapple; wo must look to
this.”
The scene was a green stretch of
summer lawn in front of a flue old
Virginia farm house; the speaker a
slight, bright-faced girl, gracefully
mounted on a small, gray pony.
The sun was dropping out of sight
behind Hie green hills, and far away,
down the silver bend of (he Accoceck
came the tramp of retreating troops,
With now and then the muflU-d roll of
a drum or the shrill bray of a bugle.
Old Virginia, tho queen-mother of
the sunny South, was overrun with
eoldiors, devastated by firo and sword,
shaken to her very foundations by the
thunders of civil war.
Colonel Moreton was far away
from his pleasant home, in the front
ranks of dcatli and danger; but Irene,
bis only child, still braved the terrors
of invasion,and remained at ibo farm¬
house with her invalid mother aud a
few faithful old servants.
Cantering across the grounds, an
hour after the retreat of tho invading
troops, something attracted tho voting
lady’s notice—a prostrate figure under
tbe shade of the great cottonwood
tree.
; “Stop, Dapple, we must look to
this!”
Dapple stopped and Miss Irene leaped
lightly from her saddle, and throwing
the silken reins over the pony’s neck,
she went tripping across tlio ground)
to the spot where tlio figure lay.
It was a tail, soldierly figure clad in
army blue, with a pale, worn face,
and an abundance of curling, chest¬
nut hair,
Colonel Morcton’s daughter looked
down upon tlie senseless soldier with
all her woman’s divine compassion
stirring within her bosom.
“Poor fellow,” she murmured, lay¬
ing her soft hand upon liis brow; “I
wish I could help him.”
The soft voice and the softer touch
called back the veteran’s wandering
senses. He opened Ids eyes and looked
up in the young lady’s face. Great,
luminous handsome eyes they were,
that somehow reminded Irene of her
brother Tom’s eyes; and Tom was
down in the trenches in front of Rich¬
mond. The compassion in her heart
stirred afresh; she smoothed back the
tangled curls from the soldier’s brow.
“My poor fellow,” she said, “can I
do anything for you?”
lie struggled up to his elbow xvith
a stifled groan.
“My horse threw me,” he explained,
“and they left mo behind. 1 think I
must have fainted iroin the pain. 1
thank you very much, but 1 can’t sec
how you can help me. I suppose T
must lie here till they lake me prison¬
er, ami I’d almost as soon bo shot.”
Irene smiled, a smile that lighted
her dark, bright face into positive
beauty.
“I am in the enemy’s country,” she
6aid, “but if yon will trust me I think
I can help yon; at least, I will sec
that you are refreshed and made com¬
fortable.”
She put her hand to her bosom, and
drawing forth a tiny silver whistle
she put it to her lips and blow a sharp
little blast.
Dapple pricked up bis gray cars nnd
came cantering to her side, followed
instantly by a colored man-servant.
“You see,” smiled Miss Irene, flash¬
ing a beaming glance on tlio soldier,
**I hold my reserve forces at a mo¬
ment’s warning. Here, James, help
this gentleman to the house, and then
ride for Doctor Werter to dross liis
limb.”
James obeyed without a word, and
by the timo the sun was fairly out of
sight the Union soldier, refreshed and
made comfortable, ley asleep in the
TH E ENTERPRISE. T
best chamber of tlio pleasant old
Southern mansion.
Meanwhile, on the long vcvatula,
Irene kept watch, ho slight, willowy
figure wrapped in a scarlet mantle,
her flossy, raven tresses floating on
the win is.
By and by, as the midnight stars
came out and glittered overhead,abovo
the dreamy flow of the river, above
the murmur ami rustle of the forest
leaves, arose the clash and clang, tho
roar and tramp of advancing troops.
Irene’s dark face flushed, and her
lustrous eyes dilated. She crossed the
veranda with a swift slop and lapped
lightly at the door of her guest's
chamber.
“They arc coming,” she whispered;
“they will take you prisoner if you
remain. You must go.”
Tho soldier started to his feet and
made his way out, but ho reeled
against the door-post, faint and gasp¬
ing for breath.
“I can’t walk I" lie cried; “there’s
no hope of escape!”
But Irene held out her lithe, young
arm.
“Y'es, there is, 1 she said,cheerfully.
“Lean on me; 1 can help you down,
and you shall ride Dapple. lie knows
the river-road, and you shall over akc
your comrades by dawn. Hurry!
there is no time to lose!”
The soldier leaned upon tiie brave,
helpful young arm, and succeeded in
reaching the lawn below.
“Dapple!” the young girl called, in
her clear, silver n >es, “come here!”
In a breath Dapple was at her side.
The girl stood and looked at the gen¬
tle creature, and tlion threw her arms
about his neck.
“Oh, Dapple, pretty Dapple,” she
sobbed, “it breaks my heart to part
from you. Good-by, Dapple!”
In the next breath she stood erect,
her eyes flashing through a mist of
tears.
‘•Come, sir,” the said, “allow me
to help you to mount. Dapple, take
lliis gentleman down the river-road,
and at your utmost speed.”
Dapple uttered a sagacious whinny,
but the soldier hesitated.
“Why, don’t you mount, sir?”
cried the girl, impatiently, “Will
you remain here and ruin bolli your¬
self and me?”
lie vaulted into the saddle without
a word,
“Away, Dapple, like the wind!”
cried Irene, and Hie little mountain
pony shot off like an arrow.
The war was over, and once more
over the blasted an l desolated homes
of Virginia p-ruco and freedom
reigned.
Captain Rutherford made it his busi¬
ness to go back to tho Potomac hills,
and to Colonel Morcton’s farm-house
the moment lie was discharged from
service; but where the stately old
h unestead stood lie found nothing but
a mass of ruins, and of Dapple’s mis¬
tress not tho slightest tidfugs could ho
obtain.
Three years wont by, and the ex¬
captain found himself the wea’thy
heir of an old uncle, and took himself
off on a tour amid the Swiss mounta’ns.
Dapple went wi h him, as he always
did since that eventful night when the
brave little pony boro him safely be¬
yond reach of ilia enemy, lle had
been the captain's inseparable com¬
panion in all his wanderings. He
was with him now, ambling over the
green Tyrol valleys and climbing tbe
steep Switzer sleeps.
One September afternoon, when tlio
captain’s tour was drawing to a close,
somewhere in tho vicinity of Mont
Blanc, ho fell in with a traveling
party from New Orleans.. It con¬
sisted of Madame Lenoir, her son and
two daughters, and a young American
lady who was her companion and in¬
terpreler.
Captain Rutherford found madam a
woman, and while tho young
persons of the party busied them¬
selves in spreading out a coliatiou
under the trees, lie lay amid tlie long,
rustling grasses, listening to madam’s
pretty feminine chatter, and in liis
turn relating incidents and reminis-
cences of his own war experience for
her edification.
Among other things lie told her of
and of liis midnight ride
the blue Hills of old Virginia.
Madam was iuteusly interested.
“And the gall tut little pony carried
sarely through?” she cried, with
eyes.
“Safely through, madam, with the
at my.very heels,” replied the
captain.
“Miss Moreton,’ cried madam,
“will you have the kindness to pass
the coffee? And pray, Captain Ruth-
erford, whatever became of Dapple?”
The captain raised himself to a sit-
ting posture.
“Dapple, Dapple,” he called, “come
here 1”
CARNESVILLE, GA„ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11.1891.
From tho forest shadows near «■
hand a smill gray mountain pony
came ambling forth. Madam Lenoir’s
companion, advancing with tho collco
pot in her slim white band, uttered a
sharp little cry, and wasted all the
cotteo on tho rustling leaves at her
feet.
“Oh, Dapple, Dapple!” she cried.
Dapple hoard tho sweet voice, and
knew it in an instant Ho broko into
a joyous neigh, and shot like an arrow
for the young lady’s side. She caught
his shaggy head and held it close to
her bosom, sobbing liko tho silly child
she was.
“Oli, Dapple, my pretty Dapple,
liavo I found you at. last?”
Madame Lenoir, comprehending the
denouement, looked on with gliston-
ing eyes.
Two weeks later tho pleasant party
was breaking up. Madame and her
party were going back to France.
“And now, Irene,” said tho captain,
“how is it to be? You will not listen
to my suit or accept my love? Then
you will be forced to part from Dap¬
ple again. She is mine by tbe right
of possession. I cannot givo her
up. Cotnc, now, give me your finnl
decision—are you willing to part from
me and Dapple forever?”
Irene looked up with her old glori¬
fying smile.
“I could bear to part from you,”
she said, wickedly, “but never again
from Dapple. If yon take Dapple you
will have to tako her mistress, too,
Captain Rutherford.”
And ths captain made no objection.
A month later saw Dapple’s mistress
bis wife.— [New York Weekly.
Tho Foolish Sheep.
■ “No animal that walks on four legs
is as big a fool as a sheep,” says a
sheep raiser. “Wo have to watch
them every minute and if vigilance is
relaxed for an instant tlio entire flock
is likely to practically commit suicide.
In handling most animals some degree
of self-help or intelligence can be re¬
lied on to aid tho owner in saving
their lives, but sheep seem to set de¬
liberately to work to kill themselves.
If caught in a storm on the plains
they will drift before tlio wind aud
die of cold and exposure rathor than
move 100 yards to windward to obtain
shelter in their corral. To drive
sheep against the wind is absolutely
impossible. I onco lost over 1000
head because I could not drive
them to a corral not 200 feet
away. In the corral they are still
more foolish. If a storm comes up
they all move ‘down wind’ until
stopped by tho fence. Then begins
the'proceedings so much dreaded by
sheepmen, known as <p ling, The
sheep will climb over eaclt other’s
backs until they aro heaped up ten
feet high. Of course, all those at the
bottom are smothered. Not ono has
senso enough to seek shelter under the
lee of the fence, as a horse or dog
would do. Again, if a sheep gets into
a quicksand its fate tenches nothing to
those who come immediately after,
but the whole flock will follow its
leader to destruction, No more exas-
peratingly stupid brute than a sheep
walks.”—[San Fiancisco Chronicle.
A Wooden Tea Service.
County Commissioner Tolman has a
most unique tea service. It includes
not only the usual articles of a set—
tho tray, platter, butter dish, sugar
bowl, cream pitcher, cup and saucer—
but also a castor, supplied ; with the
usual cruets—the whole made of
wood. Two kinds of wood, black
walnut and white wood, were em¬
ployed in their manufacture, and the
contrasted colors, which appear in even
tho covers of dishes and tops of cruets,
have a beautiful effect. The whole
service is as useful as any made of
crockery, and was tho work of a
skilled woodworker while confined in
tho county jail for drunkennoss. Ho
agreed to make them for Mr. Tolmau
if tho latter would furnish the mate¬
rial. Tho wood of which they are
made cost Mr. Tolmau $8.—[Port¬
land Argus. \
Unprogressive Mexico.
A recent traveller in Mexico says the
natives are unwilling to adopt modern
ways, and it is nearly impossible to
make them change. An Englishman
engaged in mining put up a hoisting
plant, but found at once that it was
money thrown away, as tho workmen
would not consent to its use. They
had long been accustomed to carry the
oro in sacks supported by a broad can-
vas band passing over their fore¬
heads, and to receive so much for it
at the mouth of the shaft. To get it
there an ascent of over 200 feet had to
he made by means of ladders, and ac¬
cordingly progress was very slow.
But nothing would induce them to use
the hoisting machinery, and it had to
be abandoned, every man working iq
the old fashion—’[Chicago Herald,
PRIBILOF ISLANDS.
\vnere the Far Seals Congregate
and Arc Killed.
Millions of Seals Assemble
There at Certain Times.
Tho ITibilof Seal Islands,' around
which (lie seal hunting which lias en-
gigod the attention of Great Britain
aud tho United .States for a long time
is done, lie in the middle of tho Ber¬
ing Sea about 200 miles norlhwaril of
Unalaska, tho nearest habitable land.
They were discovered in 178G by a
Russian named Pribilof, who com¬
manded a small seaFng sloop, the St.
George. There are two islands—St.
Paul and St. George—about thirty
miles apart. The superficial area of
tho former is 30 square miles; that of
the latter is nearly as great, being 27
square miles, but St. Paul, owing to
its low samly shores, has a coast lino
of 42 miles, of which 16 1-2 miles
are “hauled over” by seals, while St.
George, with 29 miles of eoast, has
only about two miles of beach that
are visited by the fur seals.
The rocky grounds on those islands
are thoso strelches of beach selocted
by tho seals for a brief period of rest
during the breeding season, which
begins in June and lasts until Septem¬
ber. During this time millions of
seals are congregated on tho shingle
beaches. The first to arrive are the
old bulls, each of whom selecls his
plot of beach about twenty feet square,
on which he lives with his wives, who
come to him a lew days after his ar¬
rival, and as soon ub they get settled
give birth oaeli to ono pup. A note¬
worthy fact is that tho males who
keep these harems are all six years of
ago and upwards, and obtain their
temporary homesteads and many wives
by desperate fighting among one
another.
Tho seals between the ages of ono
and six years arc those known as the
bachelors, and they only arc killed bo-
cause of the value of their furs or
pelts. These bachelors frequent strips
of beach separate and apart from the
rookcrios, living peaceably by them¬
selves. From these resting places
men drive them in droves of thousands
—at tho rate of half a mile an hour—
to tho slaughtering places, two miles
away, where they are killed by being
struck on the head .with a hickory
club. They are then dragged out,
slabbed to tho heart with a long knife,
and soon after skinned.
The reason why the Government
has decided upon allowing a catch for
the present year of 7500 skins is that
the North American Company is bound
by its contract “to furnish to the in¬
habitants of the islands of St. George
and St. Paul annually such quantity
or number of dried salmon” and salt
and barrels for preserving tbe neces¬
sary supply of meat as the Secretary
of the Treasury shall determine. This
company is further obliged to furnish
eighty tons of coal annually, and a
sufficient number of good houses in
which the natives may dwell. The
company also must maintain schools
and school teachers, churches and
preachers, dispensaries and physicians,
and provide for the fatherless chil¬
dren and widows and all who are su¬
perannuated.
The latest census, that of 1890,
gives 303 as the population of the isl¬
and, including old and young, male
and female. These people were orig¬
inally Aleutians, but have become so
mixed with Russian and Kamchatka
blood that they present a variety of
characteristics. In the main they are
an honest people if drink be kept from
them, though-they arc inherent gam¬
blers. They do all the work of kill¬
ing, skinning, etc., and load the skins
into the vessels. The company pays
them 40 cents for the labor of taking
each perfect skin.—[New York Times.
History of Vanilla.
Vanilla is a Mexican orchid, with
long, climbing stems asul thick, fleshy
leaves. The earliest European travel¬
ers an Mexico found tlio vanilla used
as a condiment with chocolate. The
Spaniards introduced it into Europe,
and the first accouut of it appeared as
long ago as 1605, and was published
by Clusius in bis “Exoticorum Libri,”
w ),o received a specimen from Mor-
gan, the apothecary of Queen Eliza¬
beth. Plunder called the plant Va¬
nilla, adopting the name used In 'Mex¬
ico by the Spaniards (the diminutive
of the Spanish vaina, a pod). Tow¬
ard the end of the seventeenth century
the vanilla reached France by the way
of Spain, nnd was used to flavor
chocolate and to perfume tobacco. In
England it was first valued as a drug,
and it was not until after the idea of
its medical value was exploded that it
camo into general u-q jp (looking.
Tho supply of vanilla, which is ob¬
tained from tho fruit or seed-pod, was
originally derived from Mexico, but
of Into years much attention has been
given to cultivating this plant in oilier
parts of tho tropics, and it is now pro-
duccd in Bourbon, .lava, Mauritius,
and Central Africa in largo quanli-
tics.
Shoots, about threo foot long, liav-
ing been fastened to trees, and scarce¬
ly touching the ground, soon strike
root on to the bark and form plants,
which commence to produco fruit in
tliroo years, and remain productive 30
or40. The fertilization of the flower
is naturally brought about by insect
ngoncy. Morrcn, tho Director of tho
Botanical Garden in Liogo, showed in
1837 that it might be efficiently per¬
formed by man, sinco which tho pro¬
duction of tho pods lias been success¬
fully carried on in all tropical coun¬
tries without tho aid of insects. Even
in European forcing-houses tho plant
prodneos fruits of full size which, for
aroma, bear comparison with those of
Mexico. * In vanilla plantations tho
pods aro not allowed to arrive nt com¬
plete maturity, and are gathered when
their green color begins to change.
According to tho statements of Do
Vrieso they aro dried by a rather cir¬
cuitous process, namely, by exposing
them to heat alternately uncovered
and wrapped in woolen cloths, where¬
by they aro artificially ripened, mid
acquire their ultimate aroma ail! dark
hue.—[Garden and Forest.
Indian Runners.
The Indian runners are familiar
figures in Moxico. They arc employed
by tho government to carry the mails
among the Sierra Nevada Mountains,
and mako better timo than any animal
that could bo employed. A runner
will carry from twenty to thirty
pounds of mail and never he delayed
by washouts or swollen streams, llo
is always on an easy run, that must
carry him along six or seven miles an
hour at least. He is nearly always
dressed in white cotton cloth,
which makes him a conspicuous
figure against the somber green and
black lints of the high mountain levels,
which, later in tho evening, causes
him to look liko a ghost or specter
flitting among tho pines and firs and
moss-covered boulders strewn along
the trail. Tho trails, on tho steep
places, wind backward and forward
in stretches from fifty to seventy-five
yards in length, in order to find a
grade up which n heavily laden pack
mule can make ids way. But the
athletic carrier docs not run tho whole
length of these windings in descend¬
ing a hill. Ho cuts off tho corners
at each bend by placing tho
hand on the edgo of tho
trail and vaulting to tho lower
level whenever the two levels aro not
more than six or seven feet apart.
All this timo lie never gives up tho lit¬
tle dog trot that is carrying him for¬
ward so lapldly. The carrier will in
half nn hour go down a mountain side
that would tako the best mule in a
bullion train or the fleetest one ridden
by tiro little Mexican cabal levo, the
best rider in tho world, half a day to
accomplish. In ascomling, too, tho
carrier has methods of taking shorter
cuts up the steeper inclines, so as to
gain timo and distance at every turn.
—[Picayune.
A Honeymoon Episode.
They had been married but two
months, and they still loved each other
devotedly (I am not describing ail in¬
cident in Franco). Ho was in tho
back yard blacking liis shoes. (In
fact, the incident occurred in Chicago
—if it had been in New York of
course they would bo living about
seven stories up in a flat.)
“Jack,” she called at tho top of her
voice, “Jack, come Imre, quick.”
He knew at once that slio was in im¬
minent danger. Ho grasped a club
and rushed up two flights of stairs to
the rescue. He entered the room
breathlessly and fouud her looking
out of the window.
“Look,” said she, “that’s the kind
of a bonnet 1 want you to get me.”—
[Brooklyn Life.
To Use Molasses for Fuel.
The largo crop of sugar which
Louisiana is raising this year lias
greatly complicated the problem as to
what to do with the molasses. There
will be 700,000 barrels, or 27,000,000
gallons, or 300,000,000 pounds of
molasses which the planters do not
know how to get rhl ofi I he output
of molasses iu Louisiana js now so
great that there Is no market for
the lower grades. The Planter, the
organ of the sugar interests here, pro¬
poses that tlio molasses should be qsed
for fuel iu tho sugarhouses in place of
coal- It calculates that molasses
would be much cheaper than the
cheapest coal, and would he a good
fuel.—[Chicago Pteraldi
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
EASIEST WAY TO CLEAN LACE,
An old laco maker, who has wor*t
many agossamor web for thatcoanois-
sour of luces, Mmo. Modjeska, aud has
taught tho fair actress to fashion sotno
of tho daintiest patterns her deft lin¬
gers delight in doing, gives this sim-
plo receipt for laoe-cleauing:
Spread tho laco out carefully on
wrapping paper, then sprinkle it care-
fully with calcined magnesia; place
another paper over it ami put it away
between the leaves of a book for two
or threo days. All it ncods is a skil¬
ful shako to scatter tho white powder
and then it is ready for wear, with
slender threads intact aud as fresh as
when new.—[New York Herald.
EARTHENWARE IN COOKING.
The flavor of food baked or boiled
in earthenware is said by those who
have made the experiment to bo far
superior to that of vegetable or ani¬
mal food cooked in tho same way in
iron vessels, for tho reason that iron
is a conductor of heat, while earthen¬
ware is a non-conductor; consequently,
food cooked in the latter is ruroly
ever burned, tho degree of bout not
varying perceptibly during tho process
of cooking, thus preserving the flavor
of what is cookod, as woll as uni-
fortuity throughout the substance of
tho meat, vegetables or grains, untli
the process of cooking is completed.
So earthen ware takes tho premium, as
it deserves to, and those who have
found out how much better they can do
their cooking in tlieso vessels than in
ironware, givo pots and kettles a cold
shoulder often.—[Boston Cultivator.
TAKING CAKE of THE STOVES.
This is the season when tho stoves
of the household,with tlio possible ex¬
ception of the cookjng stove, whore
that lias not been superceded by the
gasoline burner, aro out of nso for a
season, but the cortninty that they
will soon be required again should
keep them from being neglected. As
soon as the season for tires lias passed,
if they arc removed they should be
stored in a dry place; tlio pipes and
elbows should be well cleaned out and
cared for, otherwise holes may be
rusted through them in a single sea¬
son. All the sheet-iron work about
stoves of any and every description
should be cleaned up and cither
bo kept blackened and pol¬
ished or be oiled to prevent
rust. For tlio cheap circular heat¬
ing stoves ono rubbing of kerosene
will bo sufficient if stovod iu a dry
place, but if put in the collar, as they
sometimes are, several oilings will bo
necessary through tho season. The
brick linings that have becomo cracked
or broken can often be repaired with
lirc-ciay cement with but little trouble
and so as to make them serviceable
for a very considerable time. Much
subsequent annoyance may be savod
by keeping all tho separate parts of
stoves together when storing them
away, so that none shall ho mislaid or
lost at the time they are wanted.—
[New York World.
RECII’ES.
Sherbet—Crush a quart of straw,
berries or other small fruit to a paste;
add three pints of water and the juice
of a lemon. Let the mixture stAnd
two or three lionrs, then strain through
a elotli to clear of seeds; add three-
fourths of a pound of sugar, and stir
until dissolved; add ice, and drink
when quiio cold. It is very delicious.
Bread Pudding—Four good-sized
slices of stale bread soaked, then
squeezed dry, add one pint of milk,
two oggs, beaten light, sugar, salt and
nutmeg to tho taste. Tho milk is
added last. Bake twenty minutes,
or until a knife can bo run through
clear, as in custard. Make a sauce of
butter and sugar rubbed together and
flavored witli lemon. Serve hot.
Angels’ Food—Whites of eleven
eggs bcatou very light, ono and one-
half goblets of powdered sugar sifted
twelve times, ono goblot of flour sifted
twelve times, one tcaspoonful of cream
tartar sifted into the flour, or juice of
part of a lemon. Do not butter the
tin you bake in, or very slightly.
When done turn wrong side up and
let it sweat itself out. Bake 40 min¬
utes in a slow oven.
Slewed Cauliflower—Use for thie
dljh any cauliflower; the smaller and
less perfect plants ate as good cooked
Jn t y g niai ,„ e ,.. Cut them into small
flusters and lay in cold salt and water
f 01 . ), a if a „ hour before cooking. Then
jtew iu hot water until tender—about
twenty minutes. When done turn ofl
in arly all the water, adding butter,
pepper, and salt and cream or piilk
enough to make a nice sauce, a little
oit of flour—very little if milli is used.
Let boil pp gently and take up in a
hot dish. I f not soryed in)qaediately f
keep h°t. but not boiling
NO. 36.
Twenty Years Ago.
How wondrous sre the change
Since twenty years ago
When girls wore woolen dresso
And boys wore pants of tow.
And shoes were made of cow hid*
And socks of homespun wool,
And children did a half day's woj
Before they went to school.
The people rodo to meeting
In sleds instead of sleighs
And wagons rode as easy
As buggies nowadays,
And oxen answered well for learns,
Tho' now they’d be too slow,
For people lived not half so fast
Some twenty years ago.
Oh, well do 1 remember
The Wilson patent stove,
That father bought and paid for
In cloth the girls had wove
And all the neighbors wondered
How wo got the thing to go,
They said ’twould burst and kill us all
Some twenty years ago.
he girls took music lessons
Upon the spinning wheel
And practiced late and early
At spindle, BWifts and reel.
Tho hoys would ride the horse to mill
A dozen miles or so,
And hurry off before 'twas day,
Some twenty years ago.
Yes, everything lias altered so
I cannot tell the cause,
For men are always tampering
With nature’s wondrous laws.
And what on earth we’re coming to,
Does anybody know?
>r everything has changed so much
Since twenty years ago.
—[John Doc.
HUMOROUS.
Fruit full—California.
Have tho grip—Bulldogs.
Sound asleep—The man who snores.
Tho end of a long strike—A homo
run.
Royal rakes hr. lot of rubbish
to tlio sttrfaco.
Pet says: “Love is that tinder loiko
it do ho asily kindlod.”
According to history Pocahontas
didn’t believe in clubs. Blio prevented
Capt. Smith from joining ono.
“You talk a great deal in your sleep,
John,” said Mrs. llonpeck. “It’s the
only chauce I get," said John, meekly.
There aro a good many “lilgli-iliers”
in Chicago. But tlio fellow who lias
invented tho new flying machine is not
ono of them.
“A proposal,” mused Van Jenkins
“amounts to a man’s saying ‘Wilt
thou?’ interrogatively and a girl’s put¬
ting it imperatively.”
Mistress (benevolently to her maid
in anticipation of a compliment)—
What would you do if you could play
tho piano as woll ns I can? Maid—I
should tako lessons.
First Young Lady—Do you always
buy two kinds of paper? Second Young
Lady—Always. You seo when I write
to Charlie I uso red paper, which
means love; when I answer Jim’s let¬
ters I uso bluo paper, which means
faithful unto death. Seo.
“I can’t understand your father,
Mario. He doesn’t like me any better
than ho did at first, and lias always
treated me as if I was a blockhead.”
“I know, Tom, it’s too bail, but it
takes poor father such a long timo to
get over first impressions.”
Railway Official—Smoking not al¬
lowed in the waiting-room,.sir. You’ll
have to go out to the platform. Mr.
McFlnignn—I’m not smokin’, sir.
u But you have your pipe in your
month, sir.” “YU, an’ I have me fut
in me boot, but I’m not walkin’.”
A woman like a clock? No-no!
You’d not say that If oft you’d met them.
A clock serves to point out the hours,
But a women makes us ell forget them.
A Lemon Orchard.
F. A. Kimball of National City-
says tho Santa Barbara (Cal.) Inde¬
pendent, is convinced that $10 a tree
can bo realized from lemons four
years after planting. The root must
be good and healthy. Tho ground
must bo well plowed and pulverized
for planting. Trees may be planted
125 to the acre. They should bo
branched low, not over three feet
from the ground, and the branches
should be shortened to the length of a
pair of pruning shears. Red clay
soil is host. Mr. Kimball says that
lemons aro best cured by picking
them green and packing them in lay-
rrs of sand.
Answered.
“What would yon do if yon had a
voice like mine?” said Binks, who is
rather proud of his basso profundo.
“I’d take it out into the woods aud
yell with it till it bu’stsaid De
Garry, who prefers liis own tenor,—•
[Harper’s Bazar.
Trying It Alone,
“I can’t permit my daughter tt
marry you, sir.”
“But I can't live without Emily/’
“That’s just it. If you must starve
you had bptfev try it alone.”—[PltUfti
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