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Bering from home to
TI home.
•~n swallows wore building in early spring,
. -oses were re 1 in June;
vr H - *reat, white lilies were fair and
SAT4M tho August noon;
_ nds were blowing the yellow
TVng of the harvest nigh,
‘Jutiful wor d lay calm and sweet,
>u the joy of a cloudless sky—
Then the swallows wore full of glad content
In the hop • of the r northern nest;
Were sure that tin; land they w -re tarrying in
Os all other lands was the best.
Ah! if they hi I he ird in th >se blissful days
The Voice they must heed say: “Go,”
They had left th ir nests with a keen regret.
And their flight bad b ten sad and slow.
But when summer was gone and flowers were
dead.
And the brown leaves fell with a sigh.
And they watched the sun setting every day
Further on in the northern skj,
Then the Voice «as sweet when it bid them:
“Go,”
They were eager for southward flight.
And they beat their wings to a new-born
hope.
When they went at the morning light.
If the way was long, yet the way was glad.
And they brighter and brighter grew.
As they dipped their wings in the glowing
heat.
As they still to the southward flew;
Till they found the land of the summer sun.
Th • 1 n I wh re iho nightinir ib' “ingl.
And joyfully rested 'mid ros ■ and song
Their beautiful, weary wings.
Like swallows we wander from homo to
borne—
We are binls of passage at liost
In many a spot we have dwelt awhile.
We have built us many a n -st.
But the heart of the Father will touch our
hearts.
He will speak to u< soft and low,
We shall follow the Voice to the better land.
And its bliss and its beau:y know.
—Mary A. Harr in Harper*. Weakly.
JUDGE NOT.
In the ante-room of Meredith & Son’s
great co ton factory in Philadelphia a
group of girls were standing engaged in
an animated discussion. They were all
young, some pretty, all dressed neatly,
though many wore ill-chosen and unite
coming finery. One of these, who had
a mock gold chain and bracelets and a
profusion of jet trimmings upon a cheap
silk dress, spoke very emphatically: “It
is the stingiest proceeding I ever heard
of!”
“W hat are you all so excited about?”
asked a pretty little blonde coming in
from the loom-room.
“ Ellen Churchill!”
“Dear me! What has she been do
ing now? You are always discussing
some dreadful deed of Ellen’s. I like
her myself.”
“Yes, we all know that,” said the
first spea er; “you will defend any
thing Ellen does.”
“ But what has she done?”
“Refused to sign the subserip.tion list
for the tankard tobe presented Air. Rod
man.”
“And Mr. Rodman has been such a
good friend to her.” said a third voice. I
The little blonde, Susy Whiting, by I
name, looked rather staggered at? the '
new accusation against her friend. Mr.
Rodman, manager for Meredith A Son
for nearly silty years, was about to re
tire on account of the infirmities of ace,
and the persons engaged in the great
factory were collect ng money to buv a
silver tan aid to present to’him. He
was a kindly old man and always ready
to lend a helping hand to the small army
of wor. people under his control; so
that the presentation was really a gift
of love.
Ellen Churchill had come to the great
factory two years previous to the date
ot the indignation meeting in the ante-
Toom, and ha I r.sen to the position of
forewoman in eno of the loom ro >ms.
She was a handsome girl of about
twenty when she applied tor work, and
by every action and word betrayed the
fact that she had stepped from a life of
refinement to the hard drudgery of a
factory hand. Her low. even tone be
trayed the lady n its well-chosen words,
and her slim, white bands bore notra -o
of toil upon their smooth skin. Mie was
courteous to all who came into inter
course with her, but nt mate with none.
She had nursed Susy Whiting through a
long period of contagious fever, win
ning the devotion of that little maiden,
and the manager soon put her into posi
tions of trust till she became forewoman.
Here her education enabled h r to keep
lhe books re .uired in the room, thus
doubling her salary.
And here was the great ground of
complaint by her companions. It was
Well-known that the salary of Helen
Churchill was sufficient to warrant a
Sood style of living and dressing. In
le great boarding house, where sevent y
of the girls had rooms, she could well
afford to pay for the best, to contribute
to the amusements of the house and
dress well. Instead of all this she lived
in the attic, poorly furnished, with a
tiny stove, where she cooked the cheap
est of food Her dress was of the
coarsest description, made bv her own
hands, and no ornament broke its se
vere simplicity. She never spent money
in any pleasure-seeking, nor joined iii
any of the quiet merriment of the
house. But the crowning enormity was
ihe refusal to contribute to the silver
tankard.
The excited group in the ante-room
dispersed for the day, walking home in
the twilight of the September evening,
and still they talked of the young fore
woman.
“The question is.' 1 said Mary Leigh
who had been foremost in the suite
room discussion “what doos she do
with her money? She never puts anv
in the factory savings bank; she cer
tainly spends nothing on her dress
Where is it all, then?"
*• Perhaps she supports her parents?”
“Both dead! I have heard her sav
so.” J
“ ell, I dare say Mr. Rodman won’t
think her quite such a paragon as he
has done, when he misses her name
from the subscription list”
“ And Walter Rodman will probably
resent the insult to his father.”
There was an exultation in the tone
pf the last remark, but ill-concealed.
” alter Rodman, the only child of the
old manager, was in the counting-house
of the factory, with every prospect of
soon becoming a partner ' A man past
thirty, he had risen in the etnplov of
Meredith <& Son from a lad of fourteen,
and had saved money from a handsome
salary, with the avowed intention of
purchasing a place in the firm upon the
anticipated retirement of Mr Meredith,
who was known to favor the intention’
Amongst all the clerks and workmen
in the great factory there was no one
so handsome as Walter Rodman, none
so quietly resin -d in manner, none so
great a favorite with all. But he had
gone through thirty years of lie fancy
free, until Ellen Churchill came to the
factory.
There was something in the noble,
refined face of the young girl that at
tracted Walter Rodmafi ffom the first.
That there was some heavy trouble
brooding in the sadness of her great
dark eyes he never doubted; but if ever
purity and goodness were pictured in
human countenance, they Were in El
len s. From his father he learned much
of the new-comer, of the quick adapta
bility she showed for work evidently
new to her, of the almost masculine
bran that fitted her so sooil to take con
trol of the loom-room where over a hun
dred g rls were at Work.
Os her antecedents he know only that
she brought a letter from the clergyman
of her parish, in a small town in New
York State. That she was a woman of
culture and refinement they could see
for themselves.
But Walter Rodman, by nature frank
and true, as his heart more and more
acknowledged Ellen for its queen,
grieved over the evident mystery in her
life. While in her conversation she ad
vanced noble and generous view-, her
whole st) le of living was penurious to an
extent rarely seen in women of her age,
when living upon a much smaller salary
than she commanded. It was not mere
ly economy, but saving pushed to ex
tremity.
There was a struggle constantly in
the mind of the young clerk -a strug
gle between his 16 e and his fear of re
pentance If ho Urged his su t It was
revolting to him to think of hs wi.e
conducting his household upon parsimo
nious principles, refusing to bestow of
his abundance in charity, dressing mean
ly, and perhaps influencing him in the
same miserable habits. And yet. one
hour with Ellen drove away all such
thoughts
The low, soft voice, always tinged by
her habitual sadness, conveyed such a
mirror of a pure, tender henri, a culti
vated mind, a no le soul, that Walter
forgot the course, moan dress, the many
Stories rife in the factory of Ellen's
stinginess, and knew he loved her as ho
hud never before loved any woman.
But when the silver tankard was pre
sented to Mr. Rodman, and Ellen's
name was not upon the list of qon'ribu
tors to the gift, Walter experienced a
sharp pang of disappointment. He
knew that his father’s recommendation
hid gained Ellen her first place in the
factory, that she had found a firm friend
in him. and owed her rapid advance
ment to liis interest and influence. And
yet she had refused her mite to the gift
that testified the good feeling of her
fellow-workers in the factory!
Father and son had long been con
fidential friends, and on the evening fol
lowing lhe presentation the latter
opened his heart and told all his doubts
and fears. Mr. Rodman listened quiet
ly. .
•‘Yet you love Ellen,” lie said.
“I love her,” replied Walter, “but
1 could never be happy with a miserly
wife.”
“Poor Ellen, how little she deserves
that reproach!” said Mr. Rodman. “I
shall violate a confidence reposed in me,
alter, when I tell you how you mis
judge her, but I think 1 can trust you. ’
“Has she told you her secret?”
“No. I heard the story from the
clergyman of Lenwood, her native vil
lage, who wrote to me before she came
here He is an old friend of mine, and
I new he could confide in me. 1 will
tell you what he wrote to me. Six
years ago Ellen's mother died, leaving
in her care a sickly step-brother, then
eleven years old. Iler own father had
left Ellen a pretty cottage, and she had
a small in emo from the fruit and
poultry on the place, while she made a
sud cient living teaching music and
playing the organ in the church.
When her mother died, leaving Stephen
Grady, her step-brother, an orphan and
penniless (for her step-father before his
death s uandered all her mother’s little
fortune), Ellen promised to care for the
boy. Remember, she was but sixteen
herself, though < arly care had matured
her far beyond her actual years.
“The boy grew r up like his father,
reckless of expenditure, loose in princi
ple, yet tender to his sister-mother, and
one of those loving scapegraces who al
ways win some good worn >n's devotion
He yvon Ellen's. She thought herself
bound bv her promise to her mother to
make e ery sa ritiee for Ste hen, and
she faithfully tried to lead him away
from the companions and evil influence
that were ruining his life. Thrxi years
ago a friend of Mrs. Grady took Stephen
into his count ng-house. Heie he was
to learn the book-keeping, and for a
time he worked steadily. Then the bad
company wh eh had ruined his boyhood
again exerted an evil influence, and he
had learned to gamble. Remember
\\ alter, he was but fourteen, and Ellen
but live years older.
“One of his accomplishments was the
power of imitating handwriting, and by
the persuasion ot some older heads he
forced ache k for twothousand debars
on the firm he was with. The cheek
passed the bank undetected, for the
Cashier yvas in the habit of pa\ ing over
large sums to Grady. Rut when it was
returned to the firm the forgery was
discovered and traced to Stephen—
when the truth came out that he had
gambled away the entire amount, and
the two men who had urged the crime
and |MH*keted the money had fed, leav
ing the lad to bear tho eonse pienei s
He was arrested, and repentance eanuj
when he saw the full consequence of his
acts.
“It was then that Ellen proved her
self the noble woman 1 believe her to be.
She was -tillering already for her broth
er r me. has ing lost her place as or
ganist. and most of her music pupils
having left her. Despite all this, she
went to the firm and pleaded for the
1:1,1 H r eloquence gained him some
th ng. I hey agreed not to prosecute,
but to allow the l>oy to leave the town
and go to an unde who was willin ' to
give him another trial in a Westerneitv
it mark that if, Walter—if Ellen would
pay the ¥2,000 and interest within t to
j ears.
“She undertook the task. Stephen
was released and sent to his father s
hiother whee he is doing well, and
Ellen left her homo and came here,
hoping for higher wages than «h« could I
Um in her own town. I, knowing all,
advanced her interest in every way.
Month after month, denying herself ev
erything but the merest necessaries of
life, she has sent her earnings to wipe
off her brother's debt. With the rent
of the house and what she saves here
she has paid it all. the last installment
being ackfaowledged ii a letter 1 hand
ed to her yesterday. You can under
stand why she could not take even a
few dollars to subscribe lor a present to
me when 1 tell you the two years ex
pired oil the very day when the last hun
dred dollars was received. Now, Whi
ter, you know Ellen’s secret. Judge for
yourself if she is a miser.”
“She is aS noble and self-sacrificing
as my heart always to’d me she W'a«, in
spite of appearances!” said Walter,
warmly. “To m<irrw I w.ll see if she
can ever return mjf IbVti "
“Not to-morrow,” said Mr. Rodmail,
smiling. “ Ellen went home this after
noon, her task finished. Out of the
sum I paid her fin- th*i Irtst week of her
toil here, she begged the acceptance of
the copy of Longfellow upon the table
beside you, a-king me to believe she
was grateful for all niy k ndness to her.
Let her rest a 1 ttle from her iong Strain
of self-sacrifice and toil, Walter; and
then, if you can win her love, I will
gladly give her a daughter’s place in
my heart.”
Winter had comean 1 gone and spr’ng
sunshine was mak ng all nature glad,
when, one cheery morning, the train
through Lenwood left a single passen
ger at the village stat'on. He was a
tall, handsome man, dressed well, with
out fopp shness, and he inquired of a
man at the station for the ree d r.*o of
Miss Churchill.
“ lhe first white cottage as you turn
the econd street from here,” was the
reply.
It was soon fhiinti, ahd itt the giitelhe
traveler halted. The windows, shaded
by a wide verandah, were open, and he
could see the tasteful parlor. Near the
window stood a handsome woman, trail
ing a vine over a net-work of string.
Her face Was partly averted, but the
stranger could see that all the pallor
and sadness of the past w<»~ rone.
Upon the graceful figure was a dress
of fleecy muslin, tastefully made and
trimmed with soft lace ruffles at throat
and wrist, and a few well-chosen orna
ments. Suddenly some inner sense
seemed to tell Ellen she was watched.
She turne I and saw Walter Rodman
looking earnestly, wistfully at her. A
quick flush swept across her cheek and
her eyes lighted glad / s’ J came for
ward to greet hiitt.
“May 1 come in?” he asked, opening
the little gate.
“lam very glad to welcome yoi,”
she answered, and then extended her
band as he sprang lightly up the steps.
It is not fair ttf repeat, lo“ rs’ talk.
Suflice it that before Walter hut the lit
tle cottage to take the return train he
had won the dearest wish of his heart;
and when summer roses bloomed Ellen
became the bride of the junior partnci
of Meredith & Co., the new firm of the
factory where she had worked so faith
fully.
Courting All of Thein.
“I don’t want to make any trouble,
but there is one man in this city who
ought to be gibbet?d!” began a blunt
spoken woman of forty-five as she stood
'before tho officials of the police station.
Wlimi they inquired the particulars she
handed out a letter and said:
“Observe the envelope., That letter
is addressed to me. You will see that
writer calls mo his jessamine, and he
yy ants me to set an early day for the
yy edding!”
When the Captain had finished tlie
letter, she was ready with another, add
ing:
“And this is addressed to my daugh
ter Lucretia. You will see that he calls
her his rosy angel, and he says he can’t
live if she doesn’t marry him. It’s the
same man.”
So it was, and his letter was as ten
der as a spring chicken. That finished,
she handed out a third, with the re
mark :
“This is directed to my daughter
Helen. It’s the very same man, and in
it he calls her his pansy, and says he
dreams of her.”
“Why, he seemed to love the whole
family,” remarked the Captain.
“That's just it. I’m a widow with two
daughters, and he was courting us all at
once and engaged to three of us at the
same time. Oh, what wretches there
are in this world!”
“Yes, indeed. It’s lucky you found
him out.”
“Yes, it is. If I hadn’t he might have
married the whole caboodle of us. If
Lucretia hadn’t opened one of my let
ters, and if I hadn’t searched the girls’
pockets while they were asleep, we d
have thought him an innocent lamb.”
“And do you want him arrested?”
“No, I guess not, but I want this
matter to go into the papers as a warn
ing to other women. Just think of his
sitting up with me Sunday night, Lucre
tia on Wednesday night, and Helen on
Friday night, and calling each one of us
his climbing rose! Oh, sir, the women
ought to know what a deceiving animal
man is!”
“Yes, he’s pretty tough.”
“It has learned me a lesson,” she said
ns she was ready to go. “The next man
t hat comes sparking around my house
has got to come right out and say which
he’s after. If it’s the girls I won’t say
nothing, and if it’s me it won’t do ’em a
bit of good to slam things around and
twit me of burying two husbands!”
—lt cost ¥120,000 to kill sixteen thou
sand million embryo locusts on the
Island of Cyprus this year, the British
Government footing the bills.
—The first newspaper that ever ap
peared in France is said to have the date
1494. A book-worm recently discovered
a stray copy in a library in Nantes.
Francis and George Darwin, the
sons of the great naturalist, are about to
move from the old Down house to the
vicinity of Cambridge, where they will
-tablish a large factory for making
idiilosophie d instruments.
—A stock-keeper reports hat ing cured I
many bad warts on cattle and horses
y applicat ion to each of one good daub
of tar.
—Black corn has been raised in Liv
ingston County, N. Y. It is described
as bein£ as black as an African, as sweet
as sugar, and retains all these attributes
when cooked.
an eighteen-inch death. 5
The Moil Malignant ‘
In lhe World.
[London Telegr.ph.] . ,a ,
A tetfeid arrival at the Zioologwn
cietv’s Garden at lint's Park deserves
special notice, apart frond the fact hat
it is the first of its species known have
been brought to England It 18 *
called the CcAte cannata, abojt a I
and a half long, fliltl of
Yet, although in appeaftm*’ neither
interesting nor formidable, it M «ie
deadliest created things. This de
testable little worm, w’uwh hx’kmgj at it,
t,e spectator might make bold te.tray he
could imitate very passably in
putty, is, nevertheless, one Oi t. _ ■
cles and masterpieces of nature, toi i
death itself, flhd iWries in its tiny heav.
the secret of destroying life with the
sudden rapidity of lightning “nd the
concentrated *g«nv of all poisons. Ibe
echis comes to ns ir’otfl India, where it is
tolerably common, being fotliid in nearly
every part of the peninsula, and feared
wherever found as the incarnation o
instant and terrible destruction. For
tunately, however, for nifili, »t ™ no ,
like the cobra and the kormt, a hcrtise
frcqiiefiting »nake, for its tiny size would
give it a terrible fUDwtage over human
beings who live crowded together, as the
natives of India do, in small dftt'kened
rooms, while its aggressive habits. wottlil
make it infinitely more fatal to lif<! than
its dreaded relatives. this king vs
the asps, this modern basilisk, ks not 1
only venomous beyond conception, but I
s actively offensive. It does not turn to
escape from man, a" the cobra will, or
flash into concealment, like the korait,
but conscious, perhaps, of its deadliness,
deliberately keeps the path against its
human assailant, and, putting its own
eighteen inches of length against his
bulk, challenges and provokes the con
flict. A stroke with a whip will cwt it in
two, or a clod of earth disable it; but
such is its malignity that it will invite
attack by every device at its command,
‘'♦M.ing his otrn life on the mere chance
of his adversary coining within the little
circle of his power. At most, the radius
of this circle is twelve inches, but within
it, at any point, lies certain death, and
on the bare hope of band or foot trespass
ing within its reach, the echis throws its
body into it figure-of-eight coil, and at
tracting. attention by rubbing its loops
together, which, from the roughness of
the scales (hence the epithet carinata),
makes a rustling, hissing sound, erects
its head and awaits attack. No -tee hav
ing ever encountered this terrible worm
can ever forget its truculent aspect when
thus aroused, its eagerly aggressive air,
its restless coils, which in constant mo
tion one over the other, and rustling
ominously all the while, stealthily but
sun ly bringing it nearer and neiuer to
the object of its fury; the eye malignant
even beyond those of other vipers, and
then the inconceivable rapidity of its
stroke. For the echis does not want to
strike until it is within striking distance,
but vents its malice in repeatedly darting
at nothing, hoping, perhaps, to aggra
vate its antagonist into coming to closer
quarters, or, more probably, as a mere
expression of its own incontrollable
viciousness.
A I’ by Cnrrl.fic in the Hall.
• A cm-inge in the hull.
Th <• (p_>i piece of furniture that
my h-■ cui boast, always making an
■i ‘ i r !• c c ptian in favor of th?
r.idl •>.
T .it I aliy carriage means a homo.
V. .thoiit it, only a place to stay in.
It .leans a “dear little dimpled darl
ing ’ —t' at makes stinshineall the time—
w;i m it hasn't ; ot the colic.
It means i happy mother, whose life
is ‘ill <1 with ail tender care, all sweet
i■ sp ■ .si il,tics, all wonderful hop? for
the future.
It means a father who holds his head
up among men with the grandest dig
nity that any man may know.
To mother it is “Baby.”
Tofather it is “My boy.”
That baby carriage in the hall means
all the wealth of rosy hours as mother
sings lullaby songs—perhaps,
“ II S I mv tier, lie still and slumber,
Holy aide's gua d thy bed.”
When all the time she is the angel that
God appointed to guard it, as none of all
high heaven's host could do.
It means a word of plans and projects
which all center in that one little life
It means a father that studies his ba. k
balance with wonderful diligence, for
“ My son must have a good education,
and a good start in life,” you know.
And ho goes home and catches the
laughing toddler up, and reddens the
dimples with his whiskers, and then put
ting sturdy little twelve-month’s old on
his feet, sets him at his a, b, c of walk
ing, addressing him with comical dig
nity, “Well, Governor, where shall we
go now?”
And although he only calls him “Gov
ernor," the mother’s heart says—and the
father wouldn't deny it were she to put
it in words—that more likely it will be
President, in that dim, beautiful and
certainly very grand future.
Her choice, though, would lie that he
should l>e a good man and a happy one.
Between them both they parcel out for
his manhood s years all that makes life
worth the living.
That baby carriage in the hall means
a good deni, does it not?
It means everything to the father and
mother.
It means more than can lie told.
B you have such apiece of furniture in
use you know all about it
If you haven’t, it’s a waste of raw ma
terial to bother with vou. Wheelina
Leader. ' y
A Hawk Steals a Hat.
A few days ago. as a son of Mr. Nich
olas Norrish, of Nassagaweya, was pass
ing through the w<xxls on his farm, he
noticed a hawk hovering around near
him. Thinking nothing about the mat
ter, he w alked on, when all at once, and
before he had time to make any defense,
the bird dived down and caught his hat
in its claws and carried it aloft. When
the bird got alwut the height of the trees
t let the hat drop.— Montreal Witness.
IredericC. Blodgett, of Spencer,
Mass., enjoys the distinction of being
the man twice pardoned out of the Peni
tentiary. Many years ago he was sen
tenced for life. Six years ago he was
released on pardon. Three months ago
he stole and was again remanded. Re
cently was again pardoned.
WM. A. MILLER, C.
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as Abdominal Supporters, Trusses, Lancets, Pocket Cases, etc., etc.
This firm also deals in Smoking and Chewing Tobacco, Fine Cigars and Snuff, and have the ex
elusive Drug trade in fine Wines, Whiskies and Brandies in Dalton.
Call and see them at the corner of King and Hamilton streets, Dalton, Ga. Prices guaranteed
compare with Atlanta. # je!B tfa
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Healthfnlness of Milk.
If any one wishes to grow lieshy, n
pint of milk taken before retiring at
night will soon cover the scrawniest
bones. Although nowadays we see a
good many fleshy persons, there are a
great many lean and lank ones, wh
sigh for the fashionable measure of
plumpness, and who would lie vastly
improved in health and appearance
con' 1 their figures he rounded with
good, solid flesh. Nothing is more cov
eted by thin women than a full figure
and nothing will so raise the ire and
provoke the scandal of the •• clipper
builds ” as the consciousness of plump
ness in a rival.
In cases of fever and summer com
plaint milk is now given with excellent
results. The idea that milk is feverish
has exploded, and it is now the physi
cian's great reliance in bringing throw h
typhoid patients, or those in too low's
state to be nourished by solid food. It
is a mistake to scrimp the milk pitcher
I ake more milk and buy less meat
Look to your milkman*; have larue
sized, well-filled milk pitchers on th<
table each meal, and you will havesoum
flesh ami save doctors’ t ills.
There is a quaint story told us about
a Texan preacher who had a falling out
with his congregation. While the con
gregation and pastor were at daggers’
points, the latter received an appoint
ment as chaplain of a penitentiary. When
he came to preach his farewell 'aermon,
he took the following verse for his text
“I go to prepare a place for you, so that
where I am ye may be also.”— Galveston
News.
A Trap to Catch a Polar Bear.
The natives of the polar regions have
a most ingenious method of trapping
bears. A thick and strong piece of
wludebone, about four inches broad and
two feet loug, is bent double. While in
this state some pieces of blubber are
wrapped around it, and the contrivance
renders it hard and compact; it is now
ready for use. The natives, being armed
with bows and arrows, and taken the
frozen mass with them, depart in quest
of their prey, and as s«x>n as the anim> '
is seen, one of them deliberately dis
charges an arrow at it. The bear, feel
ing the result, pursues the party, now in
full retreat; but meeting with the frozen
blubber, dropped expressly for it, swal
laws the lump. The chase, the exercise
of the inside soon cause the dissolution
of the blubber. The whalebone, thus
freed from encumbrance, springs buck to
its old position, and makes such havoc
with the intestines that the boast discon
tinues the chase, and soon dies.
A schoolboy spelled d-e-c-i-m-a-1 and
pronounced it dismal. "What do yon
mean by calling that dismal? ’’exclaimed
the teacher. “ ’Cause it is,” answered
the boy. “It’s dismal fractions. All
fractions are dismal. There isn’t a hit
of fun in any of ’em.”
For a mare with scratches: Give nrr
one of the following balls every day ‘° r
three days, then two a week: Barha
tloes aloes, two ounces: nitrate of P 0 *'
ash, three ounces; powdered gingei.
four ounces; mo’asses sufficient to i»*' e
eight balls. Feed flax-seed tea daib-
Exercise regularly.— Country
man.