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SCENE AFTER A SUMMER SHOW ER.
BY AXDBKWj NORTOJf.
3s>o min is o’er—how dense and bright
Von pearly cloudslie!
Cloud abate cloud, a glorious eight.
Contrasting dark blue sky!
In eratcful silence earth receives
1 lie general blessing; fresh and fair,
Hi h rieiver expands its little leaves.
As glad the common joy to share.
The sunbeams pour around
A fairy light, uncertain, pale;
The wind flows cool; the scented ground
Is breathing odors on the gale.
'.Mid yon rich clouds' voluptuous pile,
Meihinlis some spirit of the air
Might rest to gaze helorv awhile
Then turn to bathe and revel there.
HOW THE DREAM ENDED,
A WIDOWER’S ROMANCE.
jCTW"— bwg) FTER the wedding there
S' vs was a supper at a bottle
-7¥ yard restaurant and, after
TX the supper, a dance. Early
hi the evening Marina
"■ ' I.mnnler approached (he
radiant young bride and extended his
hand.
“Good by, my child,'’ lie said. “Arc
you going so soon, father'! Please
stay a liitle longer,” Cecile coaxed,
looking at him affectionately.
'.No, yon cannot persuade me. I
fee! -rather tired.”
And he added with a dismal smile:
“I am not so young tig i used to
be."
Hr made his adieu* to the bridal pair
and walked slowly home to his cot
tage at Montrogue.
.Marius Fournier was fifty years old,
and possessed of a modest fortune
and a philosophical disposition. He
had long been a widower, and his ex
perience of matrimony had not been
pleasant enough to tempt him to re
peat it.
One drizzling November night, as lie
entered bis garden, bis attention was
attracted by the vaguely outlined fig
ure of a woman who at that Instant
sank rather than sat down upon the
public bench hard by. He peered
through the darkness at the shadowy
form and, seeing that it did not move,
tmelianienlly reopened the gate and
walked toward it.
He found a girl of perhaps twenty,
poorly clad, but with an appearance
of distinction. She seemed utterly ex
hausted and her face was bathed In
tears. lie questioned her gently, tint
her replies were vague and unsatis
factory.
“Hut you cannot stay here in the
rain.” said Marius.
In spite of her resistance—which wna
hut feeble, poor thinu!—Marius ra!*H
her from the benrh and drew her
toward the house. When at last she
was seated l>efore a cheery fire she
consented to tell her sad story.
Her name was Cecile MarM. aud
she was the daughter of ao army rap
tain who had difd in the service. With
her mother sh* had come to Paris In
the hope of obtaining a tobacco simp
license which had teen promised U>
J uelr Inst articles of furniture, tbetr
few inkets. had Imcd to ob
tain fends for the journey.
Soon after their arrival the mother
had died very suddenly. leariuj; r>c!!e
alone and almost penniless in the great
ciry in wh> h sh- d-d not know a
human soul
By dint of great economy th* girl
had contrived to lir* for a few weeks
on the little money remaining in her
purse; but that morning h*r landlady
had informed her with great polite
net* that she must either par her ar
rears of rent or g'> < !sewhere.
She had w andered through the streets
all day. without eating nr resting, and
t night had turned her steps instinct
ively toward the cemetery at Mont
rogue when* her mother lay at rest.
This pitiful tale, told in almost in
audible tones, and Interrupted by fits
of shivering and weeping, affected
M arias very deeply.
He hastily pot together the elements
of a rudimentary fv.'i.
in spite of her desire to show h**r ap
preciation -if this unhoped for succor,
could uot ct a mouthful Though the
room was warm, she shivered more
aud more, until at last, overcome tty
fatigue. she closed her eye* and f-ll
asleep.
"Thl* will never do,” thought Marina.
‘\Shv will got pneumonia or amncthlng
lu her damp clothes.”
"If only there were a woman In the
houae! Then we could put the poor
child to bed.”
He wrapped a big cloak about h°r and
fel* to atndying her face. It was not
atrikingly pretty, but it waa a pleaaing
faec nud a gooff face. Ita great eat
beauty was now veiled—the large, vel
vety black eyes, tender and pasainnatc
Suddenly she moaned, ami then Marius
aaw thnt her face was sear let and her
breathing labored.
"Ah! Just what I feared!" he pi
claimed, and ran to fetch a physician.
The doctor pronounced the case very
serious, and sent a nurse to take care
of the girl during the night. In the
morning she must he sent to the hos
pital.
"The hospital!” thought Mnrlut, who
had a horror of hospitals.
"Hasn’t the poor child suffered
enough already?”
He lay awake all night, thinking, and
when the ambulance came in the morn
ing be eurtl.v sent It away.
Months elapsed before Cecile was
pronouucod out of danger. Marins
Lournler found himself Intensely in
terested in the battle of life and death,
and was overjoyed when the physician
Informed him that the crisis was
passed.
Soon youth and health resumed their
sway. Cecile wrought a wonderful
transformation in the lonely cottage.
Thoroughly feminine In taste, she loved
everything that Is pretty and delicate,
and .Marius, enchanted by the simple
elegance which had succeeded to the
former disorder of his home, smiled
gratefully upon the fairy who had
brought about the change.
He took his meals at home, and long
conversations with Iris Chatelaine re
placed the nightly sessions at the card
table. He was so happy, basking In
tfcia mild and wholesome pbyalcal and
1 he Hun breaks forth—from off the iicene
Its floating veil of mist is flung;
And all the wilderness of green
With trembling drops oflight is hung.
Now craze on nature- -yet the same.
Glowing with life, by breeze; fanned,
l uxuriant, lovely, as she came,
El-chin her youth, troin God's own hand:
Hear the rich music of that voice,
Which sounds from ail below, abevet
She calls her children to rejoice,
And round tiiem throws her arms of love.
Drink in her influence—low-born care
And all the trrin of mean desire
Refuse .to breathe this holy air,
And in the living light expire.
moral atmosphere, that he took no ac
count of the (light of time. After
some months of this Idyllic existence,
she suddenly became very serious and
sad. Marius, greatly surprised, ques
tioned her, and finally she said:
“I think 1 hat 1 ought not to live- any
longer at your ”
But Marius frowned so fiercely that
she cheeked herself.
“Oh, do not doubt my affection,” she
exclaimed. “I am not ungrateful, be
lieve me*. But 1 must earn my own
living. Sly self-respect demands that.”
"Well, well!” said Marius, impatient
ly. “We will speak of that to-mor
rw.”
But that very day a friendly neigh
bor, an old lady, said to hint:
“My dear M. Fournier, I feel it my
duty to tell you that people are begin
ning to talk. I know that you are the
soul of honor and that Cecile Is an
angel, but evil tongues will wag. Why
don’t you stop them?”
"How ran I?”
"By marrying Cecile.”
“What! Do you imagine that
site ”
“I Imagine nothing. I know she is
In love with you. Trust a woman's
Intuition.”
And the old lady added with a smile:
"What if you arc fifty, so long as you
don't look it?”
Marry Cecile? He? What an ab
surd idea!
But the more he thought aliout it
the less absurd it appeared. And. look
ing squarely into his heart. he saw
that he loved the girl passionately.
The little fairy had given him back
his youth and awakened the heart that
he had thought dead forever.
Ah! if the old lady's Intuition were
correct!
Then he began to pay great atten
tion to his dress and manners. ll
even gate up his pipe, f’ee-ile notleed
his rejuvenation and complimented
him upon it frankly, and then be f'-lt
Inspired to tell his love and ask her to
be his wife.
She listened in smiling silence and.
in a burst of grateful affection, put
her hand in that of her benegactor and
said: "Yes."
Meanwhile Marius lived at a hotel,
but came every day to bis old house
to see bis young sweetheart, who al
ways welcomed him with a smile of
tender affection.
The rummer wore on. ami i’nere came
a tine when the smile gave place to
grief and tears as soon as the uncon
scious lover's back was turned.
Tbetr. os e evening, he came and
heard Cecil.'s voice and another's com
ing tro'n the unlighted parlor. He
recognised the Other voice as that of
a young architect who was spending
his var-stion with his mother, the lady
who had suggested the marriage of
Marius and Cecile.
Ihe situation at once became heir*
rllily op at to Marius He listened.
"You ate unkind." Cecile was saying.
"! cannot be your wife; you know
that.”
"I oniy know that I hate the old
foolthe young man replied.
"Hnh! Robert! You shall uot in
niilt him."
"I hate him. I say! He has ruined
my life
"He loves me. Robert, and I owe
him everything. I have given him my
promise—and I will keep it.”
"But It Is enough to drive me mad!
T will tell him to his face that I love
yon and that you love me!”
"If you love me as you say yon do,
Robert, you will let me do my simple
duly."
Marius had heard enough. He went
hack to his hotel, staggering like a
drunken man.
He was an old fool, then?
An old fool?
He asked his mirror and it told him
tlie truth.
How had he eonie to forget his thin
gray hair and the erows’ feet about
tiis eyes and to fancy that Cecile
could realty love him?
Ye! He was an old fool.
To a night of agony succeeded a
heroic resolve.
lie sought Cecile and said:
My child, I have conic to ttie con
clusion that an old fellow like me.
who has been single so long, had bet
ter remain single. 1 give you back
your promise."
Cecile'* heart leaped for joy, but
she replied:
“1 do not understand you, dear Ma
rlus.”
"Hush!” said he-. “Call rip 'Father.*
won't you. my dear?"
She comprehended the admirable,
self-abnegation expressed in those
words, and cried:
"Oil, bow good you are to me al
ways -Father!”
“Ami now," said Marius, with hi*
old time, good nntnred smile, “suppose
we ask our neighbors to dinner.” New
York News.
Tost of Ills I.vlmnilv Airship
Advices just received from Europe
state that the l.chauily airship made
two ascents on the morning of April
U. On its first trip the airship cov
ered over fourteen miles, and attained
an altitude of one and two-thirds miles.
On the second trip, made a half hour
later, two and a quarter utiles alti
tude was attained, and good progre'
made against a atrong northeast wL
How to Hang Silk Skirts.
To make a silk skirt keep fresh
looking, sew loops under the flounces,
and hang it upside down when not
in use. Hanging in this way in the
opposite direction to which they are
worn makes them stand out, and gives
a skirt with somewhat crushed down
flounces anew lease of life.
Hot Weather Hints.
Be out of doors as much as possi
ble.
Eat plenty of fresh vegetables.
Fet fruit be the chief feature of the
diet.
Abjure meat more than once a day.
Drink plenty of lemonade or take
lemon juice in some form frequently.
Do not neglect the daily bath.
Do not sleep in a draught, or where
the night air blows on you, or that
tirod feeling will be unpleasantly pro
nounced. You can have good ventila
tion without running this rj.sk.
How to "Refresh” Bread.
How many housekeepers are aware
of the economic art of refreshing bread
and cake that is slightly stale and
hard by the s'mple device of baking it
a second time? Ends of loaves, bak
ers' rolls that have been left over for
a couple of days, and pound or cup
cake that has lost its first pristine ex
cellence should lie passed with the
swiftest movement through a pail of
pure cold water and then put in the
oven to recuperate. And these odds
and ends will recuperate in most won
derful fashion and be twice as digesti
ble for their rejuvenating experience.
When not dipped into water, it is al
most as effective to sprinkle the cake
or bread before setting it in to bake a
second time.—New York Press.
Passing of Orange Blossoms.
The orange blossom, that most sen
timental of all flowers, is sew’ng days
of adversity, for Dame Fashion, who
knows nothing about sentiment and
care les3, has decreed that for a time
at least the up-to-date bride shall
wear as her chosen blossom the lily of
the valley. One weuders how the
orange blossom ever came to rank as
the symbol of bridehood. It is hard
to ordain and not especially graceful.
At the same time it will be hard to ac
cept any other blossom as tho real
bridal token, for those little white
petals carry in their sweet-scented,
waxy hearts much tender association
and sentiment. And whether or not
we <are to acknowledge the fact, we
ore ail sentimentalists at heart. —New
t York Journal.
Ar. Artistic ROrtiere.
By cleverly combining burUp and
leather a Brooklyn woman has made
an extremely artistic portiere which
will hang between the parlor and din
ing room ID Her e.-mm..- - Ola ‘ ""
no nap is soft brown in tone, and dec
orated with iigures cut from red leath
er. There are open circles containing
a trefoil, the Intermediate portion of
the leather being cut out. The ligures
are put on at distances of a foot in a
kind of large ehe* ker board design.
A fringe ol red leather ornaments
the top and bottom of the portiere.
This same desigu is worked out in
another portiere in putty colored
denim and red leather, wbiie instead
of these trefoils, large violet fieur de
lis appear on a third portiere, also of
putty color.—Brooklyn Eagle.
After a Round of Shopping.
If you come' in alter a long round of
shopping and receive a sudden sum
mons to the drawing-room to meet
some unexpected guest, do not lie dis
mayed at the crimson face which meets
your eyes as you stand before your
dressing table mirror, says the Phil
adelphia Inquirer. Likewise do not
seek a remedy in the bathroom. Many
women think the only way to cool off
is to bathe the faee lavishly in cold
water. This is a great mistake, and,
"'it!* a thin skin, will only intensify
the color.
Hash the water on throat aud neck
as freely as you choose, particularly
at the back of the neck; but if the faee
is bathed at all, let it he done spar
ingly; then sponge it with .Florida wa
ter, and, lastly, apply a generous coat
ing of rice powder. You will look
ghastly, but let the powder remain
while you add the few necessary
touches to your toilet. Then, just as
you are *o descend, dust off all super
fluous powder lightly, and you will
welcome your guest fresh and cool, uot
only in appearance, hut in reality!
Their Ider of Pretty Girls.
To begin with men are, without
doubt, susceptible to beauty's inllu
enee. pul they no longer expert their
wives to be a household ornament and
nothing more. They expect her to
combine many womanly and wifely
qualities with her physical charms.
Men think that merely pretly girls
cannot interest themselves properly in
the affairs ot the household; that they
are lar too much absorbed with the
ways and means of enhancing their
beauty, and that they require, after
marriage, constant expressions of de
votion, and are not apt to he content to
adorn o tly their own homes, hut must
seek admiration and adulation out
side.
One discerning man expressed the
firm belief that pretty girls w-ro in
variably fickle, and after marriage dis
satisfied and reckless; while plainer
girls, with no pretensions to beauty,
wore far more satisfactory as wives,
because they devoted to their hus
bands and children tho precious time
and thoughts the pretty girl wasted
on tier prettlnoss. He furthermore as
serted that beauty often caused self
pride. followed by petulance and often
stubbornness.
An < ligibie bach* or frankly re
marked that there wvs nothing more
(harming to admire than a really
beautiful girl, "but that as a wife,
well—she. wo.;ld not do.” his very
THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
commendable reason being that she
was accustomed to flattery and would
not be happy without it. Such a girl,
in bis opinion, would spend her time
flirting with other men and making
her husband miserable.
The soundest doctrine, however, Was
given out by a war Med mail, wlib said;
“Marry a pretty girl, if possible, but
do not marry her for her beauty alone.
Fet her also be sensible and good.”-*
American Queen.
She Manages Three Farms.
Mrs. M. A. Speakman, of Pennsyl
vania, has the unique distinction of
being one of the few successful farm
managers of the gentler sex. She has a
record in her chosen field which many
farmers may well envy. Mrs. Speak
man was educated for a schoolteacher,
but at the age of 22 married a very
energetic farmer, and together they
purchased a farm of 123 acres, paid
half down for it and then went to
farming in earnest.
By careful attention to detail and
shrewd business methods, they were
scon able to clear off their indebted
ness and at once bought a second farm
of 108 acres. A year after this Mr.
Speakman died, leaving his widow
with three children and the manage
ment of the two farms. Friends ad
vised her to sell the farms and put
the money in Kansas bonds, which
were very popular at that time. She
decided that her opportunities were
better on the farm, the children were
better off ip the country and it would
he to her advantage to remain where
she was. This she did and took upon
herself the active management of the
farms.
She has been superintendent of these
farms for 16 years and the farms are
now in a good state of cultivation, the
children-grown to manhood and
womanhood, and she has never had
occasion to regret her decision to stick
to farm life. For nine years Mrs.
Speakman was director of public
schools and she has been active Ift
other ways. Since her husband’s death
she has bought a third small farm,
which makes three in all. She ships
milk to Philadelphia from two large
dairies, reciving 4 cents per quart.
She finds farming a lucrative business
and does not hesitate to credit much
.of her success to the aid she had re
ceived from agricultural papers. Mrs.
Speakman has shown conclusively
that a woman can succeed in farming
as well as in other walks in life. What
she has done other women can do if
they have pluck and determination
and go about it the same businesslike
way.—American Agriculturist.
How to Dress Smartly.
A woman who has a reputation for
suart dressing, yet who has all her
gowns made at home and frequently
helps in the operation herself, attrib
utes her success in sticking to these
three rules:
Find out the latest novelty and adopt
it before it becomes general.
Finish all home-made garments
perfectly and neatly, both inside and
out. Too many home dressmakers
neglect these details, which, though
seemingly unimportant, mean much to
fit and hang of a gown.
for too much simplicity.
most advice on the subject, for home
workers are usually told not to try
tci great elaboration and to pin their
faith to simple effect. But this clever
woman says: “Simplicity is ail very
well, if you go to the best tailor, but
a simple home-made gown Is generally
very dowdy, while good taste in color
and originality in designing are often
shown at their best in gowns that are
built by a day dressmaker undei cap
able supervision.” *
As an evidence of what she can do,
she has just designed and achieved an
exquisite summer gown along novel
but delightful lines. The gown itself
was fashioned out of the fairest white
organdy, with long, shm skirt, fluffing
out at the bottom like a convolvus
flower, on the underside of tnis she
arranged different shades ofgreenchit
fon, cut in the shape of different sized
maple leaves, one overlapping another,
ami tacked to the organdy with invisi
ble stitenes in fine white thread. The
leaves were arranged in a thick girdle
just below the hips, with ends running
down the seams of the front breadth,
and a band of the leaves around the
bottom of the skirt. The flowing
sleeves of the bodice were confined
around the arm just above the elbow
by a tight-fitting band, and the waist
had the tame trimming across the
chest. Under the leaf-bedecked or
gandy was a filmy skirt of yellow
chiffon, over a taffeta skirt of the same
color, looking, as someone said, "like
sunshine filtering through the trans
parent green leaves.” As the leaves
were placed under the organdy, there
was no occasion to turn in the edges,
which would have taken much away
from the transparent effect of the
shadowy green foliage.—Philadelphia
Telegraph.
Fashion Notes.
Smart white voile costumes are
made entirely white.
The fitted bodice is one of the pre
dicted autumn modes.
Wide girdles and corselets still pre
vail upon the handsomest toilettes.
The summer shirt-waist suit of plain
white China silk is very much worn.
Ecru muslin gowns trimmed in black
lace and black velvet, are very fash
ionable.
Crepe de chine trimmed with re
pousse lace is one of the aristocrats
of corsetdom at present.
Many of the dainty effects in em
broidered handkerchiefs seem especial
ly suitable for summer.
Whispers are heard of the return to
fashion of the mantella of 1830, but in
a much modernized, modified form.
, The collarless bodice, with elbow
sleeves Is fashion’s favorite for both
afternoon aud evening toilettes for
summer.
Woolen fabrics, far less than for sea
sons past, are not being used for
country and seaside frocks. Linens
and muslins are much more popular.
In white tailored costumes and sep
arate skirts butcher's linen is most
favored. The suits are made with a
blouse or a coat in the style of a cor
set coat.
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©ld Reliable Varieties;
Do not abaudon the old reliable! va
rieties. Try all the novelties that are
brought out, for some of them may
be excellent; but dd not venture on
them until entirely satisfied that new
varieties are adapted to all s">ii3, cli
mates and conditions.
Ventilation Needed for Fowls.
It sems to me that the chicken busi
ness is getting demoralized instead
of revolutionized. Instead of the big,
long and wide sod houses, straw houses
or log houses, poultry keepers must
have thin wall houses made tight as
a drum, with the notion that it is
the right way to keep out cold. It
they don’t open up their poultry
houses, let in some air and tear down
the fences around the prisons, in a
ft>v more years the constitution of
the great American hen will be broken
down so that roup will be a tame
thing alongside of hen tuberculosis
and a dozen more constitutional com
plaints.—J. Hefner, in Orange Judd
Farmer.
Notes on Pig Feeding.
Pigs should be well, but not overfed.
A good bacon pig of 12 stone ought
to be produced in seven months from
its birth. It should not be crammed,
neither should it be half-starved, but
fed steadily and regul&rly. Pigs fed
steadily and regularly will give the
most satisfactory results to the feeder
when weighed in the factories. A hog
which has been half-starved at any
period of his life, even though well
fed afterwards, will not do so. Feed
three times a day at fixed hours; never
leave food in the troughs after the
pigs have finished. The flesh of the
pigs is soft and flabby if fed on biew
ery or distillery waste or on turnips
or beets, and in comparison to their
size their weight in the scale is mis
erable. They may deceive the buyer
who buys by “guess,” hut they will not
deceive the scale-weight.
Chickens and Orchards.
As all fruit growers agree that the
young orchard must be cultivated dur
ing the summer, some put the soil into
vegetable.! which is not objectionable
if they do not draw too heavily on the
soil fertility; one good way of turn
ing tHis work to profit is to permit the
young chicks to use this orchard a3 a
run. There will be sufficient growth
of the trees to provide shade for the
chicks, and if light cultivation of the
soil is done the chicks will pick up
many insects. It is a good plan tc
do some of the grain feeding for the
chicks in this orchard, scattering a
small quantity of grain over consid
erable space, immediately after cul
tivating, so that the birds will need
to do more or less scratching to get
the grain. Have some plan of supply
ing water near the orchard, or in it,
and the chicks will grow wonderful
way be being
thp r *> tt- 1 ”
Co-Operative Egg Selling.
At the present day there are in the
province of Hanover, Germany, 95
co-operative societies lor the sale of
eggs, of which 36 are connected with
poultry-breeding societies, 12 with co
operative dairy societies, 10 with
agricultural societies and two with
societies for the purchase and sale of
agricultural produce, 35 ‘ being inde
pendent of other organization. The eggs
are mostly sold to wholesale dealers.
The sale of eggs by mail to private per
sons has not answered expectations,
the quantities so sent, addtd to those
sold to private individuals on the spot,
being scarcely five per cent of total
sales. So far, only a few societies have
been in a position to sell eggs by
weight; nevertheless, nearly all buy
in that manner, a least weight being
fixed as a guarantee against under
sized eggs. This manner of selling
has, nevertheless, been adopted by
other German towns with the best re
sults. For packing the eggs, wooden
boxes, with cardboard apartments,
are used. The result of tnis co-oper
ative method has been to increase the
price received by producers of eggs.
When a Queen Bee is Lost.
It is very important to be able to
learn at once when a queen is lost
during early summer. The loss of a
queen fiorn a hive, even for a single
day, will make a marked difference in
the strength of the colony, for a good
queen will lay from 2000 to 3000 eggs
in a day at this season. Whatever
you do be careful and not drop the
queen off the combs when handling
them at this time of year, and do not
interfere with her work by changing
combs about to expose brood.
By a little attention you may be
able to detect a queenless hive by
the manner in which the bees act on
the outside. When they stand around
in a care-for-nothing manner and no
bees going in with pollen, it would be
well to open the hive and take a look
at them. If you find eggs and worker
brood you may be quite sure the queen
is there; if not, go ahead and find out
if there is no queen. Finding none
proceed at once to taka a frame of
brood from another hive and watch if
they start queen cells in about 24
hours. If not, then they have been
some time queenlecss, and if such is
the case, give them a queen if possi
ble.—George H. Townsend, in New
England Homestead.
Speak Softly.
It is a mistaken idea that some
drivers appear to entertain that the
horse is deaf. They must think so by
the way they address him. It Is uot
uneomon to hear a driver speak to
his horse in a voice resembling a fog
horn. Especially is this noticeable on
the part of teamsters and plowmen.
There are men that will sit in a wagou
and yell at a horse as if the animal
was on the far side of a 10-acre lot.
There is not the slightest use in bois
terous vociferation when addressing
the horse. Asa matter of fact, the
horse is very acute of hearing—much
more so than man or even the dog.
The trainers of circus horses know
better than to yell their commands.
They know that it is a useless waste
of words and physical energy. They
speak to the horse in ordinary tones.
Usually the horse in the ring however,
does not obey the word of mouth, but
the motion of the whip. But suppose
the ringmaster in a towering passion
should yell dfld swear at the horse.
Need auy T one be told ihfete would be
no performance; that the horse Would
lose h's head like the man? In many
places Itl ' this country horses are
driven to the piOtf Without reins.
They are guided entirely by the word.
Tho horse understands the different
words of command and obeys them
implicitly. We have worked a team
day In and day out to plow and har
row without reins, simply by the word,
and we did not yell, either. —Newark
(N. J.) Call.
Importance of Cleanliness.
Ws do not intend to repeat any
further how essential a feature of
successful dairying is the observance
of proper cleanliness, but at the last
meeting of Eastern Ontario Dairymen
Dr. Connell gave some fresh figures on
the question which afford further con
firmation of the position held by all
progressive dairy workers.
The doctor gave the results of an
alyses of milk taken from cows under
tho different conditions as to cleanli
ness. In one case —where the cows
were blushed before milking, the ud
ders wiped, the stable kept in a thor
oughly sanitary condition, and the
person of the milker was also clean —
the milk still showed 4,300 bacteria to
16 drops of milk. In another case milk
was taken from cows the udders of
which had been wiped, which were
kept in a fairly clean barn, that were
milked into clean pails (but pails that
had not been scalded), and by men
whose hands had been wiped, but not
washed. In this case the number of
bacteria Were 15,500. In another case,
where cows were milked under the
average conditions which prevailed on
the ordinary farm, the number of bac
teria was 30,000 to 16 drops. The bac
teria found in the milk taken from
cows under the best possible condi
tions as to cleanliness were, it is be
lieved, for the most part just inside
the teat before milking began. The
old practice of squirting the first
stream of milk outside the pail has a
scientific basis to rest upon.
Absolute cleanliness in the stable,
cooling of the milk after milking,
sterilization of utensils by scalding,
cool curing of cheer.e, and no more
sending home of whey in milk cans,
are pointers which may also be
strongly insisted upon.
In touching on the question of wa
ter supply, it was stated that no fac
tory should be considered properly
equipped that is without pure water.
—The Maritime Farmer.
Tending Young Turkeys.
A little bone meal added to the
dough mixture promotes growth and
is a preventive of diarrhoea, but if
the food Is always given sweet and
fresh the latter complaint should not
appear. When about 10 days old, the
last meal of the day should consist of
A raykfcd -wheat —* — ■ ’
nnTßig enough to eat whole corn, the
latter may he substituted; millet and
•barley can all be given, and also buck
wheat If procurable. Up to the time
they develop the fleshy protuberances
about the head, which is called
"shooting the red,” they need a good
deal of care and attention, but once
this stage is reached they become
hardy, and are only liable to that form
of roup termed “swelled head” if over
crowded at night or made to sleep in
a badly ventilated house. They “shoot
tho red” when from two to three
months old. A sharp lookout for lice
should be kept, for if these infest the
poults they fail to thrive; their coop
should be moved daily, and the poults
reared by themselves. Fresh w'ater is
a necessity, and they need gTit or road
sweepings. To prevent their getting
wet they should be cooped at first on
short grass, and the herbage rot* hd
the coop kept short. It is not safe
to let the hen or turkey mother have
her liberty at first when rearing them,
as she will run them off their legs.
Let the coop have a run in front, and
keep them in it the first week or so.
”yit”sW- bylflp-iatwelvedbbvt ssa
To hasten growth, some meatmeal and
green food added to the soft food is to
be recommended, though they should
be able to pick up natural meat food
in the shape of insects for themselves.
When the critical time is over, give
them a well ventilated house, and feed
them four times a day—twice on grain
and twice on soft food. If it is safe
to let them be out at night, let them
sleep in shrubs or trees; when they do
this they are sure to be healthy. If
space is limited, or the ground much
used for other poultry, turkey-rear
ing should not be attempted; they
need space and sweet ground to thrive.
—American Cultivator.
An Object Lesson.
I don't see how you can say I’ve been
neglecting my home and wasting my
time attending club meetings,” pro
tested Mrs. Dorcas. “You men are
so sordid in your views you can’t see
good in anything unless there’s money
In It.”
“Well, what good is there in that
club of yours that keeps you from
home most of the time?”
"Intellectual good, my dear,” re
turned his better half; "something
more vO be desired than all the money
in the world. For instance, our club
has gone in for nature study, and I
have learned all about tile habits of the
interesting little creatures of the in
sect world.”
“You have, eh?" sneered Dorcas
“Well, all I can say is that if you’d
kept away from your old club and stud
ied insect life at home, I would have
been spared tho shock I receiv'd on
opening the wardrobe and finding all
my best clothes full of moth holes."
The Passing of the Gee-Gee.
Nine hundred horses were sold re
cently at an auction sale In London.
The animals were the property of the
London City Council and had been
thrown out of work by the introduction
of electricity.
An alarm clock is ajUethine not so
alarming as It sounds.
PEARLB OF THOUGHT, i
Word-energy is seldom work-energy.
Fife's little frets call for ita largest
faith.
Time spent In courtesy Is never
wasted.
The waste of time sows the weeds of
eternity.
Happiness oan only come in where
tt goes out.
The heavy laden are likely to rise
the highest.
Love is the best lens with which to
View another.
Patience and earnestness are pass
words to success.
Truth knows how to be tolerant
without truckling.
No need td eat the brambles in order
to get the berries.
The frost of gold is worse than that
of the want of tt
The pruning off of sins will not of
itself produce perfection.
The absence of sanity does not prove
the presence of sanctity.
The most dangerous hypocrite is the
one who deceives himself.
Don't buy your frills before you bavs
paid for your foundation.
The robe of righteousness is not a
cloak for the sores of sin.
He who seeks to get without giving
is a gambler no matter wbat his busi
ness. —Ram's Horn.
The Veranda in Europe. I
“I have often wondered,” aid an
American woman, “why verandas,
which are so universal in America,
should be so completely overlooked,
as a rule, in European domestic archi
tecture. The very grand houses are
almost entirely without any outdoor
living spaces, and to get fresh air one
has to go out on uncovered terraces,
or in very fine weather to have rugs
and chairs brought out from the houso
and put under some shady tree —a de
lightful substitute for a porch, it
true, but necessitating a good deal of
preparation. In Italy and the south of
France the veranda proper is also coiw
spicuous by its absence; but, on the
other hand, the upper terraces to their
villas are generally paved witli marble
and guarded by a stone balustrade,
while awnings at either end afford
spots of cool shade, which, surround
ed by tubs containing flowering trees,
and furnished with warm hued rugs,
brightly covered divans, comfortable
wicker chairs, and small tables for
hooks and refreshments, leave nothing
to be desired. In England, however,
ex en these temporary outdoor living
rooms are unprovided for and tho
American who takes an English house
for the summer is apt to miss greatly
the comfortably furnished solid home
porches. American architecture, how
ever, like everything else in this
country, Is beginning to find favor
with our English cousins. Several
houses have been built recently by
American architects, with all our
American comforts, including the ver
anda, which, having at last arrived in
England, has undoubtedly come to
tv.”—“ll:n: ■'' * T
Thrifty New Yorker*.
Now Yorkers are thrifty. That is
readily seen during a visit to any of
the big savings banks. A call between
ten in the morning and three in tho
afternoon at a bank near Herald
square demonstrates this quite pal
pably.
There Is a constant stream of young
and old. wealthy and poor, coming to
deposit their savings. There is tho
small boy, with‘his first dollar saved;
the hard working woman, clutching:
In her hard hands the few dollars to
be laid aside for a rainy day, and tho
young colored “swell’ from Seventh
avenue, depositing some of his earn
ings at the race track.
It is not difficult to see who come to
deposit and who to draw money. The
latter usually have a sad expression
of countenance, while the former
seem joyful and jubilant. And this In
only natural, as persons who can lay
by money have more cause for joy
than those obliged to draw it.
Another interesting bank wherein
to study human nature is a German
bank, lower down town. Here tho
great east side deposits its savings.
Judging from the long lines of persona
waiting for the doors to open every
morning, the bank does a big business.
A majority of those waiting are wo
men—housewives—whose husbands
■re working and have no time to
spare to go to the bank.
They are all typical hausfratien,
gome with children in their arms and
others with market baskets, and all
Bhow on their faces that they know
how to work and know how to save.
It is these women who are the
mothers of some of our best citizens.
—New York Herald.
Oldest Ship in the World.
The time was when American ships
carried a broom at the mast head as a
sign that America swept the seas.
In those days lino shipbuilding timber
grew right down to the shore on the
Atlantic coast, and there was hardly a
bay on the New EnglamJ shore where
there was not a shipbuilding yard.
So it happens that most of the old sail
ing ships are built of American or Nor
wegian timber.
I have seen hundreds of old square
riggers roaming the world under
Strange flags whose every stick grew
on American soil. Ships built of Es
sex oak are famous for their longevity.
The oldest ship in the world, the mail
schooner Vigilant, running into st.
Vroix, F. W. 1., is now under the
French flag, but was built, so I have
been told, in 1802, of Essex oak at Es
sex, Mass., and was long under tho
Stars and Stripes.—l-eslie’s Monthly.
What a Woman Can Do.
A woman can’t vote, but she can
push a baby coach, carry a parasol at
the same time, and still have a hand
left to hold her dross in the latest
fashion, which is a heap more than
any man can do.—Philadelphia Tele
graph.
Hard work -does not shorten life."
Bancroft, the historian, died at 90, Pe
t*r Cooper at 92 and Humboldt at 9Q