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e R ——— | BEYOND THE DAWN. —_— v I will take back the life T knew, The old life that T knew of yore, And seek beyond the sky-line "blue The old romance, the wonder-shore. 1 have forgotten it too long. The evemn]g darkens; down the street The puny pale-faced peoples throng The reeking squares with foolish feet. In the deep skies of mine own land The quenchless moons of magic rise; Em‘})earled.t_he fairy turrets stand, Whose vision lured my boyish eyes. Their cressets flare across the night That lowers upon the foreign main; But all the halls shall burst in light When I, their lord, come home again, I will go back to yesterday; The old adventure is the best; And down the unforgotten way Ride on the still unfinished quest. By druid wood and haunted mere, On goblin moor and mountainside Sparkling like stars go crest and spear, In chiming mail the warriors ride. Above the roads like flame and flower The knightly pennons flutter free; And in some glant-guarded tower A prisoned princess waits for me, The daylight dies in tog and rain, The grimy streets dissolve in gray; Ah, how the city throbs with pain! How far it is to vesterday! —J¥rank Lillie Pollock. e .. 3 § | FORTUNATR § MISFORTUNE $ Miss Lovejoy had been at her brother’s house but little more than a week, yet already she had to con fess to a vague feeling of disappoint ment, She had not seen her brother and his wife for more than seven years, during all of which she had longed for them with the homesick intensity of the exile. The anticipation of this homecoming had cheered her through wany a dreary term of teaching; yet now that reality had taken the place of anticipation, she found something lacking. The old home was still the same, and her brother and his wife were as kind as ever; but during this time of separation their only child had grown from childhood almost to woman hood, and with the growth had come a change in father and mother which made poor Aunt Ruth feel like an alien and a stranger. The merry, open-hearted brother had become quiet and care-worn. The bright, pretty, cultivated sister in-law, as dear to Ruth as if united to her by ties of blood instead of mar riage, had faded-into an almost shab bily-dressed drudge whose only pur pose in life seemed to be to keep Hazel’s bed of roses free from thorns. Both had been as glad as possible to see their self-reliant, independent Western sister; but it seemed to Ruth as if their principal interest was in noting the effect upon her of Hazel's grace and Hazel’'s beauty and Hazsi's eccomplishmentss That had besn the constant theme of &sawmersation when Mz, Lovejoy was not too precs cupied to talk at all er his wife kad an infrequent moment of leisuze. Now Aunt Ruth was quite ready to admit that the grace and beauty and accomplishments were there, but the greater grace of helpfulness and filial gratitude seemed to her both lacking and unlooked for. Nor was the girl wholly or even principally to blame. No return had ever been de manded of her for all that had been given, and the idea of giving unasked was yet unborn. Ruth’s own few gentle attempts at remonstrance had been met with such an air of mild surprise, such earnest disclaimers on the part of the par ents, that she had seen the futility of words and resolved to say no more. She did not wish to be regarded as meddlesome and disagreeable. | Just now she was feeling particu larly out of sympathy with the con ditions. As she went steadily on with the dishes she was washing, she could hear her niece chatting in animated fashion with a caller in the parlor. She knew that it was Mr. Bennett, the young man who had called in the afternoon to see if Hazel would sing at a parlor concert to be given at the Young Men’'s Christian Associa tion rooms the next week. Mrs. Lovejoy had answered the bell and informed him that Hazel was out; but Hazel herself, when she came home from her drive with a girl friend, had spoken of meeting him, and told as a great joke about his remark that ‘“he would call again in the evening, as the servant had as sured him she would be in then.” “If the child had only seen what it meant!” sighed Aunt Ruth to her self, But even Hazel's mother had laughed ihe matter off, although rather consciously and with a flush; and when Hazel had smiled and said: ‘““Never mind, mamma dear. When I get to be a prima donna you shall have all the servants you want,” the smile and the foolish promise had salved the wound effectually. As the young people talked and laughed together in the parlor, Ruth could hear Hazel’'s mother moving softly about upstairs, putting to rights in her prompt, methodical way the things which Hazel had left scattered about when she made her toilet and hurried down to meet her caller, Then by and by a door opened, and suddenly there was the sound of a fall and a suppressed cry of pain; and Miss Lovejoy, rushing out, found her sister-in-law lying near the foot of the back stairs, white to the lips and with her patient face drawn in agony. s “I've fallen, Ruth, and I'm afraid 'm badly hurt, I think my ankle is broken.” Ruth looked, and saw the poor foot hanging limp and twisted in its well worn slipper. 5 » “It is broken, Helen,” she said. “I will call Hazel, and send her for the doctor at once.” But even in her extremity Mrs. Lovejoy stretched out a detaining hand. ‘‘Please, Ruth, don't frighten her,” she said. *“Couldn’t you go your self? Tl'll stay quietly here till you come back.” “My dear, I think Hazel will want to go, and, anyway, I'm sure it is best to tell her.” Then, as Ruth started toward the parlor-door, something which she al ways says was an inspiration flashed into her mind. The boldness of it terrified her for a moment and made her pause, but only for a moment. Then, with a calm face but a little sick feeling at her heart, she walked through the hall and into the parlor, She paused only long enough to bow to the caller, and then said, quietly: “Hazel, our poor sérvant has fallen on the stairs and hurt herself badly. Can you go for the doctor?” For just a second after she had uttered the terrible words, Ruth felt airaid of the issue. If Hazel should fail—if the canker of thoughtlessness had eaten too deep—she knew that she should never forgive either her self or her niece. But the girl, as the meaning of her aunt’s words made itself plain to her, rose to her feet, and over her face, to the very roots of her hair, poured a flood of crimson which quickly gave place to a deadly pallor. “It is my mother,” she said, with a dignity which no one had ever no ticed in her before, ‘“Le me go at once.” Then she turned to her visitor, wholly indifferent as to the .impres sion she might make, anxious only to atone for her previous cowardice. “I know you will excuse me, Mr. Bennett,” she said. “It is my mother who has fallen. My aunt is punish ing me very justly for not having told you, as I should, that the lady who opened the door for you this after noon was not our servant, but my mother. We have no servant.” People had often said that Mr. Ben nett was fastidious. He may have been, but he was also a gentleman. The scorn which Hazel’s confession could hardly help arousing had no chance to show itself in his face. Pity for the girl’s embarrassment and suffering, and admiration for her final courage and loyalty and frank ness, blotted out every other feeling. “It was my mistake, Miss Love joy,” he said, gravely, “and I am afraid an unpardonable one. I am more sorry than I can tell you.” Then, before any one could object, he had seized his hat and started for the doctor.” . He found him and brought him back, and remained to help him lift and move the sufferer; and by and by, when there was no excuse for staying longer, he said to Hazel’s aunt, with an almost boyish difidence and hesitancy: “Miss Lovejoy, pleagse do net thizk me presuming, But my father and mother are both away, end our ser vants bass simost nothing to do. Will you not et me seud sp= of them to help you—a woman who has been with us a great many years? She would be most willing to come, and I'm sure you would find her of as sistance.” ‘With all her independence, Aunt Ruth was almost tempted to accept ‘the offer, but it was Hazel who de cided the matter. ‘ “It is very kind of you, Mr. Ben 'nett,” she said, “and please don’t think us, unappreciative; but just now, at any rate, we shall get on very well. I have a vacation now, and I can give all my time to my mother and the house. I want to do it. She has waited on me all my life.” She was equally determined when her father came home and somewhat excitedly urged the necessity both of a nurse and a kitchen girl. She con vinced him-—although he knew it only too well before—that they could not afford it, and she had her way. Like all young piigrims, Hazel found the road long and sometimes rough, and she traveled it often with aching feet. But she never turned back, and ir the long days which fol lowed, filled as they were from early morn till late at night with petty household duties, she learned as she conrid never have learned in any other way the cost of that mother-love which had so long and jealously shel. ‘tered her.—Youth’s Companion, For Spanks, “What sort of a _girl did he marry?"”’ ““The most forehanded girl you ever heard of!” “How’s that?” “Why, when they started off in their auto after the ceremony there was the usual shower of rice and old shoes, and a big broad-soled slipper landed right in her lap, and what do you suppose she did with it?” “Give it up.” ‘““She bent over and put it in her suit-case with the remark that it might come in handy aiter awhile.” —Houston Post, ; Nothing. “Nature plans well for mankind’s needs.” “I should say so! What could be more convenient than ears to hook spectacles over?” — Houston Chroni cle, .':.:‘\ . g Y D - el - v N\ S B F°R. THE N fif{_i‘ev“\ 1 S o 1 TR Aot : Ag A \ N%‘ I—_Al? : e 2 ¥ IS RN S AN \%): ¥ A Lowd” < P'; eBS RO R (R Wiy S AND £ 2LI s ‘ o SR Q. & f N ‘ ‘S‘X""*\;’,r % fij'?:‘fi :”J gy gl RTR ¢ o ———— '.*" e R b e o e o o AT PN CA2 Ffl)\‘% AR 7 ..A,:.cT”' = *\" “ r":‘&‘ R PN % 5y S NN The Useful Sunfiower, | Sunflower seeds are said to give an extra fine flavor to eggs and are much used by the French people for that purpose. Remember this when you plant your garden and drop in some seeds around the edges and in the odd corners. A few planted near the sink drain will help to keep away miasma and give you heads of seed that will be mammoth in size.— Weekly Witness. ; Choice Farm Butter, Use a barrel churn. The dasher churn injures the grain of the butter. Have clean milk and take every care to secure cleanliness about the dairy room. Keep the churn and separator sweet. Cool the cream after separat ing, set it away to ripen ,and stir it each time fresh cream 'is added. When ready to churn scald and cool the churn and put in the cream at about sixty degrees. Color it with vegetable butter color and churn steadily and not too fast. Do not churn until it forms lumps, but stop when the butter is in shot form. Draw off the butter milk and pour on enough cold water to cover the but ter. Draw away the water and add more, repeating until the water runs clear. The butter should now be free from milk and still on shot form, Remove to the butterworker, add salt, work it evenly into the butter, using in most cases about one-half ounce to the pound; but some use more, from three-fourths to an ounce to the pound. The more salt the better keeping quality, but less of the butter flavor. In putting butter away for winter use, I wet the jars with strong brine, then pack the butter firmly, filling nearly to the top, and covering with a layer of salt.—Mrs. H. H. Cham berlin, in the American Cultivator, ' Finishing Celery. The most common method for blanching celery on a small scale is that of banking with soil, and it is by this means that the finest flavor can be obtained. Where the plants are set in single rows the soil can often be partially thrown up by means of a plow, or, better, by a cel ery hiller. There are several forms of this implement, but they all work on one principle, that of a dlafl?pfilr set surface to throw up the soif, Instead of tying each plant by knotting around it a short piece of string, fasten the end of the string around the first plant in a row, then pass to a second plant without cut ting or breaking the string. While the outside leaves of the second plant are brought up together by the left hand, carry the string once around by allowing it to run between the thumb and finger of the right hand, and so on from plant to plant until a whole row is held up without break ing the string land by tying it at the ends only. Another very good meth od of holding up the celery while the earth is placed around it is by tem porarily setting up boards which are removed as soon as the soil is in po sition. ‘Where celery planted in solid beds is banked with earth, the entire quan tity of soil required must be thrown up by hand. Under these conditions banking with soil is not profitable ex cept on a very limited scale. Owing to the cost, blanching by banking with earth is not to be recommended, ex cept when the crop is to be stored where grown for late fall marketing, and even then it is better, especially on muck or sandy soil, to treneh that part of the erop which is to be held for a short time.—W, R. Beattie, Bu reau of Plant Industry, Washington, D. C. The Cow at Her Best, It is frequently asked when the cow is at her best. Of course that must depend on feeding and manage ment, A recent bulletin of the Wls-! consin Station says that a cow, for milk and butter, during her fifth and sixth year, and that the length of time the cow will maintain her maxi mum products depends upon her con stitution, strength and the care with which she is fed and managed. A good dairy cow should not show any marked falling off until after ten years of age, Excellent records have been made by cows older than this, The quality of the milk pro duced by heifers is somewhat better than that of older cows, for a de crease has been noted of one-tenth to two-tenths of one per cent. in the average fat content for each year until the cows have reached the full age. This is caused by the increase in the weight of the cows with ad vancing age. At any rate, there seems to be a parallelism between the two sets of figures for the same cows. Young animals use a portion of their food for the formation of body tissue, and it is to be expected, there fore, that heifers will require a larger portion of nutrients for the production of milk or butter fat than do other cows after a certain age has been reached, on the average seven years of age, the food required for the production of a unit of milk or butter fat again increases, both as regards dry matter and the digesti ble component of the feed, A good milk cow of exceptional strength, kept under favorable cone ditions, whose digestive system has not been impaired, should continue to be a profitable produeer until her twelfth year, although the economy of her production is apt to be some what reduced before this age is reached.—American Cultivator, Good Shelter Saves Food. Good warm dry quarters lessen the quantity of food required to supply the bodily heat in winter and when any feed above that required for warmth is fed it will be converted into good healthy animal growth or milk as the case may be. Put when the shelter is such that the animal is compelled to depend upon such food for heat, the food then is a loss rather than a profit. It is not for winter only, however, that shelter should be provided. All seasons have their advantages and disadvantages. Warmth in winter, and sufficient ventilation in summer should always be provided; in other words, the comfort of the animals should be considered at all seasons. In feeding all kinds of animals the greatest object should be the profit that is to be made by so doing, and every advantage should be taken to increase this profit. I think one of the heaviest losses incurred by many farmers is the consumption of food for the purpose of producing warmth for the body because of improper methods of sheltering the animals during the period when snow, winds and cold rains prevail. This is a matter that should re ceive attention by every farmer who alms to reduce his expense of feeding to the minimum. It is not extravagant to invest money in buildings that will keep the animals comfortable. Nor is it nec essary that the buildings be cestly. When the conditions regarding both feed and warmth are favorable the young stock will do much better and not only the young stock, but the older animals will show a great dif ference, and, therefore, the profit is more sure. The floor of the cow shed should be thickly covered with straw at least once a week, which will be much more comfortable for them, and every few days I turn a bunch of small pigs in with them to clean out anything that might be dropped. When the weather is not ”MW left to run loose in a square with a good roof, thor oughly ventilated and with plenty of light, will be more comfortable and less Hable to accident than when fastened in any kind of stall and be as clean as when on the summer pas ture,—R. B. Rushing, in the Indiana Farmer. B Hale on Orcharding. At a recent meeting of fruit grow ers, J. H, Hale, the noted Connecticut fruit specialist, told the orchardists present that the old cider orchards are passing out of existence and com mercial orchards must supplant them. The apple is the all the year round fruit. He further said in part: Give the orchard the best soil you have, rolling land preferred. Pre pare this land thoroughly and con tinue thorough tillage. Get good trees. Plan. ahead and transplant trees two or three times before set ting in permanent place or pay nurs erymen for doing it. Head your trees low, Manufacture them to suit your fdea. Get them down where you can handle them easily and cheaply. Prune annually and spray often and thoroughly. Thin apples. Good trees overbear. This is the most paying operation of all. Pick two to four times to get all of crop at proper stages, of ripeness. We don’t pick the whole of any other fruit crop at once, why apples? Don’t plant dwarfs, but rather dwarf your stand ard trees by summer and root prun ing if they are over-vigorous. He has thrown such trees into bearing by plowing deep and subsoiling. Cul tivate early and thoroughly until mid dle of July, then seed to cover crop and let alone, Has no use for mulched trees unless it be an expe dient to throw overvigorous trees into bearing. Mr. Hale has used commercial fertilizers supplemented by cover crops for forty years, and thinks them equal to barnyard man iure. Has secured results in color iand quantity with potash. Use care in harvesting. -+ If possible put apples in cold storage every night. Com imunitles should unite and build stor age plants, In concluding, Mr, Hale impressed upon the young men the importance of planting orchards and then caring for them., He knew of no more prof itable venture, but young men were too impatient and the majority of the apple orchards were being planted by old men. There might be a mar ket for a limited quantity of fancy Western apples at a high price, but the bulk used by classes of moderate means would be the apples preduced near home. Look about you. Most golden opportunities are fonnd near home if we can only see them. New York City's water supply wil) come from a watershed of 900 square miles when the Catskill system 1o | compieted, e S 1 o ———_ N s o, o — m— ;’, ‘ - . 9 ® 2 - GeL N Tae P i , - i D 2 B : 71y ‘ ) ®ose A < SLaeer e Yy ‘ - PRt T D ) © uEh o . BB e N DL St 5 20 ' S 5 gty el G Accept Life, ‘ One must accept life as it is. It gives us great happiness if we are wise enough to see it, and it balances the scales by sending great SOrrows, too. But that is life. If you would make the world brighter, try to for get your hurts, dry your eyes, and turn to help those who need the pres sure of a friendly hand, the encour agement of a smiling look. Sorrows and troubles of all kinds should teach one a great lesson—the lesson of universal kindness.—Home Chat. Simplicity. Simplicity is one of the most no ticeable features of the fashionable costumes, whether for day or even ing wear, says the Pictorial Review. And although trimming is used, and used extensively, its purpose is not merely decorative, for it must aid in the creation of modish lines and accentuate a salient point to enhance its beauty, else the attractiveness of both gown and trimming will be de stroyed. Artistic effects must be created and the trimming, as a trim ming, must be unostentatious, blend ing into the costume to form a com plete part of the whole, without de tracting from the simplicity and beauty of the classical lines which form the basis of present-day modes. Careful Exercise. A timely article on reducing the hips is published in the Pictorial Re view: When beginning the exercise one should be very careful to get used to it very gradually, as it puts a great strain upon the muscles and is liable to make one rather lame at first, if taken too violently. One should be extended upon the floor, supporting one’s self by one hand, while the OurCut-outßecipe Paste in Your Scrap-Book. Russian Cherry .Pie.—Beat two egg yolks, two table spoonfuls of fresh butter, one tablespoonful of sugar and one tablespoonful of milk to a smooth cream; add flour sufficient to make a dough, knead well, spread on a buttered pile tin and bake in a moderate oven to a golden brown. Thoroughly, clean, soak and simmer one small cupful of dried pitted cher ries, make very rich and sweet with sugar, and drain off the juice; whip one cupful of chilled sour cream-—being careful when whipping not to reach the “butter” point—llightly mix the cherries and cream together, fill the crust and set in a cold place until serving time. The reserved juice can be slightly thickened with arrowroot and served as a cold sauce to accompany the pie if so desired. other is placed upon the hip. While holding this position raise the body gradually from the floor until the whole weight is supported by the hand and feet. It is comparatively easy to get the body from the floor as far as the knees, but to bring it up to the full extent just described is mot easy at first. It should be tried first on one side and then on the other. American Princess in London. \ Princess Hatzfeldt has had a very} romantic history; according to The Sketch she began life as the beautiful Miss Huntington, niece and adopted daughter of perhaps the wealthiest of American railway kings. Her fa ther’s immense fortune was the sub ject of the most costly law sult ever fought in the States, but the charm ing lady won it, and she is probably the richest of the many beautiful American women who have married European noblemen. Both Prince and Princess Hatzfeldt are very fond of England, and they live there most of the year, having been for some years tenants of Lord Cowley at Draycott Park, near Chip penham, where the hospitable couple delight in entertaining large house parties.—New York Telegram. Mrs. Montague’s Discovery. Thirty years have passed since the death of the woman who is supposed to have founded the collar industry in Troy, N. Y. As 20,000 persons are engaged in making collars and cuffs there, and as the city produces nearly nine-tenths of the collars and cuffs made in this country, it is evi dent that the distinction of starting the business is considerable. It seems that Orlando Montague, a Troy shoe manufacturer, was scrupulously neat, and that his wife found the labor of washing his shirts burdensome. The shirts of the time had the collars and cuffs attached, as have many fine shirts to-day. To avoid washing the whole shirt when only the collar was soiled, Mrs. Montague made detach able linen bands tied round the neck with tapes. Under this arrangement her husband could put on a clean collar every morning and every even ing without compelling her to spend too much time over the washtub. Her neighbors followed her example, and the demand for such collars was 80 great that a Methodist minister, who kept a notion store in town, soon employed several women to make them, while he peddled them from house to house. Mr. Montague saw that the business might be profitable, and opened a collar factory, where his wife’s invention was developed and exploited. Unlike many invent ors, Mrs, Montague, through the pros perity of her husband, profited by her discovery.—Youth’s Companion, Women at Work. According to figures recently pre pared by the Department of Com merce and Labor, 13,821 out of 185,- 874 employees in the Government civil service are women. These fig ures are incomplete, as the total number of such employes, even ex cluding the consular and diplomatic branches, aggregate 286,902; but they will do well enough for purposes of illustration. The number of wo men in Government employ is increas ing, both absolutely and relatively. The ratio is now three to ten, as com pared with the men, in Washington; one to twenty-five outside the capi tal. The average salary for the wo men is $837 in Washington and $766 outside, as against sll7B and $935 for the men. The salary classification offers these figures: Men. ‘Women. Under §720 ......28,819 6519 $720 to SB4O .....20,331 1491 SB4O to S9OO .....10,299 242 S9OO to SIOOO ....42,486 1804 SIOOO to SI2OO ...32,690 1431 SI2OO to SI4OO ...16,814 1457 SI4OO to SI6OO ... 8760 466 SI6OO to SIBOO ... 3186 ' | 152 SIBOO to S2OOO ... 2911 | 35 S2OOO to $2600 .;. 2314 . F 9, $2500 and over ... 1872 2 It is readily seen that, while only, some fourteen times as many men as women are enumerated, 900 times as many men draw the maximum sal ary, and some 250 times as many draw the next highest salary. Half of the women draw the minimum salary, less than one-sixth of the men. It seems that a woman is much less likely to rise to a good position un der the Government than a man. Yet it should be added that the av erage age and length of service is certainly far lower with the women than with their co-workers of the other sex. The women marry and retire. The men marry and resume the treadmill. Large as is the Government’s corps of women clerks, it is but a fraction when set down against the army of wage-earners in the trades and pro fessions. The latest census figures, available show 4,833,630 women at work in the United States, exclusive of Alaska and Territories. These fig ures are already eight years old, and are undoubtedly out of date. The census of 1910 will certainly show a largely increased number of women who pay their living expenses by the work of their own hands and heads.—Richmond Times-Dispatch, )\ P~ ~ e o — v ’; " { £ F'/?ILLS } or ~ - | FASHMN 3) /Pl Dull-finished leather shoes are in great favor among fashionable wom en, Next to broadcloth in the season’s mode come serges and other twilled goods. Dark and navy blues never g 0 out of fashion and are always a safe choice. Satin and satin-finished or dull crepe are the favorites in the realm of silk, New neckwear is exceedingly dain ty, fine nets and laces being much affected. . New raincoats are full length, with loose circular back and double breasted. One of the loveliest exponents of the new lace fashions is the lace-bor dered veil, Satin cords and bands are being extensively used for the new suits and frocks, ~ Collars made entirely of soft satin ribbon to match a frock or hat are very smart, There seems to be quite a fad for strictly ‘“‘leather” colors, esgpecially ag trimmings. A perfectly flat back line is fash lonable in conjunction with the slen derest of hips, Broadcloth will continue as a fav ored fabric for dress suits, as the soft, supple weaves will be preferred, A single large calla lily rests among the green-brown leaves that surround the crown of a large hat of felt, Not a coat but a cloak of cloth to match the color of the afternoon or evening gown is one of the new ideas this season. The bias band will be used again as a trimming to the skirt, but will be wide and set on from five to seven inches above the hem, A few rough tweeds will be seen, but smoothertweeds and rough-faced, unfinished worsteds will be most pop« ular made into suits for business and street wear, } R — ~ There are 327,975 miles of rail. ‘way track in the United States,