m SWKKTIIRART.
Twa. nualnt rhyme crawled In a
spelling book,
And handed to m with a bashful
oo'
By my blue-eyed .weethcart, ao tender
and true,
In th dear school day long year
ago
"It you Kve m aa I love you
No knife can cut our tovt tn two."
That "Saunder'a Speller" o tattwi .nl
and torn,
Itaa alwayi a halo of romanc woro.
And never a poet with honeyed pen
Haa written ao prectou a rhyma alnc
then j
"tf you lova ma aa I do you."
Ah drar, you know I did I do. ,
I've kept it safely for many a yi
Thl dog'-red, ahabby old epellng
book, dear,
And now, aa I hold It within my bond,
Again hv th school room I aem to
atand ,
Reading one mora with raptura new,
"If you lova ma aa I lova you."
How aom foolish aaylng from out th
pest '
Uhe a ma branch, la over tha path'
way caat, ..
And tha tlma of flowers, w still re-
Till wlnda blow cold tn the bleak Do-
eeniber. i
Cod gun It may alwaya be true
"That yi u love me aa I lov you,1
Carolyn L. Bacon.
A lawyer's Ghost Story,
''; gi-t t. m a
col ot tha Southern Pa-
I , a dabbler in tha occult or
believer tn thing aupcr-
natural, and yet, aa hla in-
tlmata fi-Veivti will revnnm
ber, he did believe tmnllctt
ty that he had aeen a ghoat Tha atory
ur there waa a ronmnc. and a traglo
one, connerted with tha ghcat-waa not
ono that the lawyer cared to U4t ex
cert to thoae who enjoyed hi personal
oottndence. Ha did not Ilk to b
charged with aupar tUtiokM fanclea, nor
did ha appraelagA Attempt to ridicule
urn out of hla faith In the evidence
of Ma own keen eya. To hla death he
maJntalned firmly UmU U hnd bern hla
fortune to meet fuoe to face tha aplrtt
or ona Who had paaaed from life
It wa early la tha flfttw when Hay
mond. than a otranger In California.
bwame an exprena ridor. lie utcd to
make regular trlpa Into the mounAalna,
Ylslting the campa at autd Inbrvabv
carrying tn hla Mddlebagw, letter, pa-
para, ana ucn email articlea aa could
be transported to that way.
On one of hi flrat trip In the 81-
rra he came to an altnoat kaerted
camp whnre a rtch all ike had been
made a:id the pocket aoon exhauated.
Only one family remained, that of a
man muned Rodden. In a email, wro
fortahle boure. clone acalnat 4 he wit
of nck which roae behind the camp
a ngnt waa nurmntr wnen Haymond
rode Into itha deaeirtel place. A knock
at the door brought forth the occuoant.
To Ilarmond'a rqueat for lodging the
roan growled a aurty reaponae and re-
tuciantiy let Mm In.
The exprea r:der waa aurpriaad to
ee altUng beHo the little table, on
which tood tha lamp, a young and
prttty woman, lis waa lurprteed to
. mogmx in hr a achoolmate. whom
be had tuppoaed to be at I It aaf in her
ra-nern noma. Aner tnelr ntwUlin
had been auM, Haymond explained to
tne ungracious -nuaband how he had
4 known Mra, Roddrn back east. Rodden
grunted some reaponee, but Haymond
and the woman wtre too buiy asking
and answering Queationa to heed hi
, manner. The man aeemed relieved by
lfaymond'a departure the next day.
He told the expreea rider to call when
ever ne waa pa sing over the trail,
and the woman urged him to come and
- w ."v -"f ' wvy ill in iil
taix about people and thing at home.
It waa more than a month bofore he
again came to the deaerted camD. and
thta time, reaching it an hour earlier
ha found the woman alone, her hua
band having not yet returned from hla
work. Haymond learned from her
that he had married Rodden against
the wlahoa of her family and had
eome to the mlnca with him without
, letting her parent know whore ahe
waa. She ald little about her Ufa In
the mountain, but that little ahowed
that It had not been a happy one.
They had come to the camp with a
number of others, but aome quarrel
had arisen between her husband and
' the rent of th miner, ao when they
moved on he had remained behind, and
by hard work waa making fairly good
pay In the deaerted digging. Bhe
dreaded the kmeMneaa of the place, but
with a patient algfh aatd the hoped
before another winter her hue band
might be willing: to move on to aome
t camp where thty could have company.
Haymond made two trip more, cal-
- ling each time at the cabin where hla
achoolmate lived. When leaving the
' aeoond time he told them that one
trip more would be all he could make
before the enow blockaded the trail.
Two or three time Haymond had
- auggeated to Rodden that he take hi
. wife to aome aettlemnnt before winter
hut them in, but he had received no
anawer. He did not feel at liberty to
aay more, and with the promise to vla
It them on hla return in a few weeka
he mounted his horae and rode down
the narrow trail.
A few tep took him out of alght
of the cabin. He heard a faint call,
and, looking back, aaw Mr. Rodden
running down the trail after him. She
. waved her hand for him to return
and he rede back. ' ;
"Will you do an errand for me while
you are In the city?" ahe asked.
Of course he eonaenited. and ahe gave
him hor commission, and with a few
parting word she ran up the trail
while he turned hla home again to de-
acend. He looked back after hJa friend
and to hi surprise aaw Rodden rise
w
' from behind a buah near the trail. He
thought the man had been hidden
watching his wife, but a reflection
maae me idea seem absurd probably
it was mere coincidence, Even If Kod
den had heard every word of the con
versatlon, It could only have spoiled
Mrs. Roddcti's little plot, which was
nothing woraa than a Christmas sur
prise for her husband. ,
Haymond was detained a week Ion
cr than he had expected, and when he
atarted for the mountains again his
irienos told him he would never sre
through, but he persisted and Anally,
aiier a long battle with the snow
drifts, he reached , the lost camp oh
hla route, having icst a week on the
way. . , , ,
It waa almost night, and wind and
mww were in riotoua possession of the
mountain, when he found himself rid
ing down the trail a mile or two above
tne camp, where he was to pass the
nifrnx wun the Roddens.
Dusk came on while he waa still
more than a mile from the cabin. He
pressed on as fast as he dared, when
rutwemiy his horse atopped short with
a snort and stood qulvermir. Hav
mond could see nothing, and soothing
tne animal wtth hand and voice, urged
him or. There waa still light enough
to see ckarty and duitlngulsh objects
near the trail, Haymond thought aa
he atartedtigaln that he saw some
thing move across the trail a Wttle
way ahead. The horao went slowly
forward, but with great reluctance,
and when they reached an open spot
where the Ugrht waa sufflcient to ehow
objects for some distance, he stopped
again trembling, and Haymond for a
moment could : not persuade him to
start. At itat ithe horse started for
ward with a bound, and a he did ao
Haymond t Mggle Rodden on the
trail, her hair hanging around her
pale fe.ee, br hand stretched plead-
fairly toward htm and n expression of
. mute agony upon ir whit fjoe,
I Homing up quickly a possible,
lfaymond turned to apeak to her, but
, .she had vanished. Ha rod back and
called hw wn but there was no an.
swar. It dismounted and looked for
At tha apot whore aha muit
iuv loft tha trail, but found mmt. i
Punted and , annoyed ie mounted
and rod oa rapidly aa possible to tha
Redden cabin.
Hurriedly dismounting, lUym md
ealtod Hodden out and aakwd him If he
know that tola wife was wandering
alone through th auow away up on
tha mountain trail. Rodden waa too
much unnerved f-r a motnnt to reply,
Then h managed to say that tha ex
pre rider muat have dreamed be aaw
hor, aa she had kiu homo, gone buck
east, mora than a month before. Hay.
mond etuek to hla atory, but at laat
ha waa obliged to conoludt that hla
Imagination (had pUyed him a trick.
Ha couldn't help wondering though,
w: t htul frighten 1 th horse, There
waa nothing to ba don or aalJ, fur If
Mm. Rodden had gone horn a month
iefor. certainly ah could not have,
been roaming around In tha enow,
'tut U thnra w nn ntlm s'unwn
within mllea of tha camp hr muat have
ben mlntitven.
Hodden, tltou.h not
I at all hoapltabl In manner, g tup -
per ami allowed tha express rider to
atop for the night.
After auppr IfayuvmJ opened hla
saddle baga, aaylng:
uih i . x i . . .
-wen, aa aiogma ta noi nere 10 taaa " " ;! nm
her package, ,nd aa It wa Intended . llilrdom, they would, p rhp, atp
for you anyway, I auppoat I had better livelier at th familiar call of "Hoyt"
glvo it to you, ami you can writ htrj ml ""' Mrtt o luuke thematflve
t-hat her Chrtatmaa nww.it sot here a
little ahead of time."
H tossed tha package acroa to the
man who stared aa If pi'trin.d. H
atretohed out hla hand alowly and
opened It with shaking nngera. The
package contained a pair of thick
warm glovea-nothlng more.
"When did Waggle send for thenar
he said.
'The lajit tlma 1 wa hn. Vou
ccm near not netting them at all,
for ahe had no chance to tell ma to
buy them will 1 waa here and had
ta run utter me tn wivn the order."
"Wa that what ahe run after you
(Vu-f
"ThiMwaaaliM
Roddn ettle4 back In hla chair
with a groan aixl hid hi fac In hla
hml.
..,.. 4 .... .u.
!JZJ!tlZ
peak, he ooooluded that the h."t thing
that he uld do wan lo go to bd
Ha waa aoon slopping anl know noth
ing more until the morning llirnl ahin-
Ing through tho uncurtained window
awoke him.
He draw hurriedl and went out
L . I. ,, , " ,." '";
host. It waa silent and deamted. A
giant into the aid room ahownd
that the bed waa unoccupied and Hay
mond pushed open th door, and then
sprang back Into the pn air. Bwlrg
Ing by a halter from the rfur wan
Rodden'a dead body.
Haymond cut the body down and
. inoir oivmu n. irara .wnn ""
tna.1 one mmn puhiu noi noie i nig a
grave. Hastily aaddllng hla hore. he
rooe away, aiir eoarcnin tn caoin
In the vain hope that .k.e ml't find
some note of explanation. Not a line
of writing, old or now wa to be
found.
Haymond stopped at the flrat e de
ment and gave notlc of the aulolde
at the deserted camp, but th anow
was fatting and no party could reach
th place for weeka, If before prlng.
When he reached the city he wrote
a letter to bis parents, aaklng tliem to
break the aad news lo t.'ie widowed
aim. nouuMi. n eeai psi oeiore ne
a e n .1 . . a a t . I
receivoo any anawer, ana tnen ne waa
stounded to learn that Maggie had
never returned home-In fact had never
even wnuen ein.; an im tor uai-
ucrnia.
By this time spring had com and he
was about to make hi flr.tt trip to the
mountains. He reached town where hel
hsd given notice of the suicide In Urn
10 iwn wnii naa oejn niscovereit mi
the lonely cabin.
A thourough search haJ been made
but nothing could be found to explain
the suicide. Hidden away In one of
the distant cabin they fund Mrs.
Rodden' clothing, her few ornaments.
even her work basket, and In fact so
far a they could Judge, every attirl
tnat had belonged to nr.
Haymond told th men of th evei.U
of that. last night and hi Interpreta
meeting the ' wronged woman In th.
storm.
because his wife had gone down the
trail after Haymond, In hli anger had
kitted her. Filled with remorne when
he learned how cauxAtM the deed had
boon he decided to die In the ame
If the world knew of his
way aa
crime.
That was Cr-ed Halmond on ghost
story. Years passed bufjie he wculdl
speak at all of that me.!tln in the
storm and darkness, but until the day
of hi death he bellev! that the anlrlt
of murdered Mr Hod Jdii had appeared
to him on the trail. 3, V. Chronicle,
LHAnl.NU AN IGNUH FATUVS.
Some few weeka nco we niontloncd
Homouimg aiwtit tnree men wno wprc
(iiKKing for iniiicrnl wax on Cleuirlo x
ImwH hHwcMi lulno Tlllnmook nti-l
Artn t ape. it now appears they were
digging for mlncrul, not :n Its tm-
tivu stuff, but iu tlm form of a lill.lcii
ireuxiiriv 11 wfnm rrom tne Htoiy.
.1 t .... .. .
(li'lllli'U i ruill 1111; IM OSIH vIOrH. Ill 11 Ull
..I.I r...ll.... w. 7.. 1 1 ( I
" ". ? yi ', anu living
amueaum uo.ir ivciho, uhii., on u At l-,the age when so many mil
worvatlon, gave to one of 1 10 trio of ummn w.to adrift and look In for
! L i:'"" ,U,'1,Ml th.-lr first penny-youn, Fair vent to
vcHtlKitte, Tito ttvnsui'e wckorM luut
uiiiong other 'ilitiiga a goldomi'tor t,v
which they cltilimtl they could lucntt'
lilililci gold, unit thia golilonii'ti-i' h ml
located tho apot wliere they worif; ill-
King, iiie origin of tin tn,'tHiir
xtorv. us told hv thn nl.l K'..U r...i
n linn 1 x- 1
miin, Is tlmt litany, many yr-iira no
11 band of SptiiilHU (JiiUioIIcm liindofl 011
ihut wllil and Imrron spot lor the
pui'iKtHP or oRtabllHUlng a idIhsIoii, lint
before tliev could tirenarn in defend
tlioiiwulven tho Catholics wuro at-
tucked by the Indians anil nini-aa.
cred.. Of the bund only one jutiHon M the "boy" for a grocery tatabllah
cacaiNHl to toll the tale, und he only mont? Vet such he was. It might
succeeded in reaching a gentler tribe hav been back In WO: when RuHaell
or inillans, ninong whom he died.
li'iivliig with the chief tlm w.'cret of I
ine mineci goia rrom tne snip, on the
nun) diuii wuere it had been ( es irneil D
11 mlHMlon should Htand. It whs Ini- et
posHiDio to oiitam rrom tho tr 0 nnv
correct Idea of how long nco thin was of
NiippoHiNi 10 nave occurred, Put not
miiirtuiiiuiug, ine proNpeeiors were
Dent on searching for tho gold which
..i.-j m-ic hum: mm im-ie wniiewiierc,
is iney mini unnoi tun iiireraiilcrM or
the old Indian had taken part in the Sage," what his friends fay. Mrs
miiHsacro, and they wero wire tliek.m,,,,.t.rf(i,..Jl.1,.
Htory of the hlil.len tronsuro had boon
handed down to the tribe "stratirht."
i...... -
vner uiKKiiiK u noie nearly reel
deep they gave It up but Bay they will
return later and continue their seWh.
Nelmlem Times.
A VACATION IN BED.
A popular novelist nays that nothing as
equals a day in bed. It Is better than
holiday at Coney iHland. Spend the
whole day In bed, nnd then, next morn
ing, Jump Into a cold bath. This treat
ment will make you feel as If you have
been a week at tho seaside.
liLi. IIFFIli; HOYS
Famous Rich Men Who
Began tit the Button.
The Early Struggles of
John Wanamaker.
Wlier Homier (Jot Ills Start-Car-iiifle'i
Straitfa rarwr-Kussell
8ce utl thu Grocery.
"Boy! Where' that boyt"
Thl la an exclamation that la heard
a thousand time, a day In tha great
Ohio building vlinre th big financial
operathaui of the world are conducted,
and In th mart of trad and manu
facture, And the tut lo uuMengar thu
autnmofled by cull or bell appear at
th oroe door either willingly or re
luetantly ami receive th order,' for
-, tiM execution of which h I paid any.
1 wnw nothing at all to grant
nwe-" ween,
Hut If the ainnll men of trut t ould
n,,w mi h huttwy of nthera
netr wmi, who. like thim, have
' KjkiaH rtlHiia I. at kit iij m! a II
mm an.i rri', ill oiaor Hint
they, too, might atand th chanca of
''" ' lok
" " youmrui fiavery and
Pvny aa tnttig ao amereni rrom
condition ua to be mr
Pt .""- . .
LJ , """"""uter m an omce
"l rul n ' 'oo vivm
I w"n nim "ow v,r 10 oeeom v,tgue.
wa too hM, endured too much
Privation In order to aav mone. and
wtm wKnow mw many noura ui aioep
vcr w 10 Ior"
I PerkBC.
" ami r " "
I w'u to wwa ror ua m sen, an otJ
i fniiaaeipiua pubiiKhing niaise, un I hi
w rlrV u"1 "r 1 "um
,un" ni luncne anu aye money
I wm" o'"1 '"o oeguming 01 in war,
I wnen, naving naa mH aovance. ni
of fortune maklr,
liefor th period of being oinre boy
Mr. Wanamaker, then called "Utile
Jolnui)-," had an ocoupatloii, 11
v luatted" In tha wind and turned
brick In tha sun. HI pay her wa
8.) per day, and hi flml week' earn
ftm, w 7o Rg w lo muoh
ct.mvmion in th butln-M of turning
brUki to give htm the monopoly. And
tltU money, aaved, w.i th nuclwu
of th big Wanamnktr fortune. Hut It
whs wlmn in $1.60 a week thut he
rmlly coined iiumey and kavel until
of the 13.000 that aft-.fwar-l Iuuik bed
the tlr.VKo.Kl house on the wa of trade,
Robert flonner wa an otllce buy, and
New Kngland. Vouilg Itolwrt Kt
vrv imi.ll um in,l t.utn ihut h4
I mm lmrn mrtr ,f h- wull rvr ,,ftr(1
m,.,v. 0flBL ,i.v , of n,(. ,li..r
who was, a Mr. U hiiht nya, "a
dendy," aaked the boy, llj-im-r. u
"wash th roller."- 4rKi famlMar
to mry printer of th old day.
Young Uonner said that he wool I
w.oth the roller if the printer would
.Ho, him how to lock the pr. which
uai agreed upon aa a bargain. After
that Kotwrt, knowing more, became
mor than errand boy, pud earned a
Utile hi advance of hi ulotho. When
h came to New York, after tha war,
h had 102, which he deposit lit
ivlni hank. Purrenev itwn wa. u.
cnniUrt, and on of the dollar waa t.ot
WM, nm ,n ,nB ry, 0, Ult ,l)ljr,
"That waa th bitterest day of my
ut.
txtck to me." aava Mr. Boniun-. remain.
terlna even vet th. dai.j of his first
"shortage," although now he regard
140,000 small sum to p-y fur a trot-
tur.
Addlaon Cammack, now one of th
greatest men of Wall street, temcni
bet when be wa an errand boy. It
wa a long urn agj when he aa U
and the city of hi young endeavor
wa New Orleans. Young t'ammock'a
father had a tobacco plantation, but
the boy aa ambltiou to lee the world
" " " "'""7 """.r.,m"? "l
wiii 7v 11 a 1 an i ngi tu inv tnyi
Ha went Into, a shipping house, ran
hrPft,!1"j d'd l"tl J"b. m
way ahead a.tmehow,
Amlrow Carnegie ha had a very
"I!'.! C,alXTr'
He began upon a
airrull beginning tn a very alow bus!
nes. He waa office boy for tint At-
l?"110 0h'. Telegwph company
In
I'lttspurg, Detween the time when
r"n"ln.oul "ll.h c
1 iiBieneu 10 ine tnca or tne wsiruinuJUi,
n p'",nJ how be would lwu"n
"
After tlm he wa put In is a sub'
tute operator, and one day there wu
Bn om-r to be general mauagir af the
N'Rtaburg odl.-e of the Pennaylvania
nuiroau. g"t "'to kroat tlr.an-
ciai operatioiui la another story." Hut
remember, back of all the other sue
cesKful later operation wa the tic
termination which made the little er
rand boy reaoiva to advinco a nttiu
ao Nm as he could
-James O. Fair, the California milllon-
aire, and ex-UnlU'd States senator from
Niwudo, had a very hard lime p.-ttlng
0ut of the errand boy rut, "It was
i,iiiv hrt -1.,. 1 1. .
' '
nofl.vl tn hou tnll I.. ,..-..! i
' , in.-t vvwvr III
a, moment of confidence,
fin wo errand boy fur almow every
kind of a houmt, nnd served every kind
or a tiUHincsH, so far a doing Its chore
was concerned. Hut nh! how hard and
slow It was. At hngth, with the old
"forty-niners," young Fair ahouldered
. . , . . ... .
DUI1,"e "n" tnrt.;U for tho Cillfor
"4" H,'PC he "trUt,' ff'l after many
sl''lH'"l!4 ' ond here he made
M srmt always bilng, like
"," "ttmu ruir 10 lnol employed
w,l,h nlm and under him. ,
R"U Sage! Can you look at the
gray - haired man now and picture him
WM boy of about 14. The gr.wery
belonged to his brother, and the boy
was or great volue, because he could
aopenaed unon to enrvv the hr.KU
safely, and to hurry back, for the
next comm ssion. This was in th. .it
Troy, and there are oemiiA in iiiai
town now who can remember the tall
lanky boy as he then looked
"Great Industry, strict honesty, a
saving propensity and a wife i.f the
right aort. were tha thlnm ih.t
Bmm Wlllard seminary, and there s
nn ,,ht. v. ... .. vt " .
uioi iiicio ttciu inoiie wno
ujirhed dlnmall mhon .h 111,,1 ,
Sri .! th th. r
IT' ? 5. ,
clerk, Whatever may be the crltlels,ns
upon Buoaell Saae, there must alwsvs
be the admission that he Is democratic
and never fore-eta how hard he w.iritivi
a boy. His family was of the best
Old New York stock, which may in a
part account for his remarkable career.
C W. Bonynge, anothar California
millionaire, waa a working boy, And
In those days he did not dream of
coaat prosperity nor of stretches of
land reaching across flan Fr.m tlitjo,
Mr. IJonyngo waa not. utrletly apeak
ing, an errand boy, HI Arm appear
once In public an as a drummer boy
In the Crimea war, After I went to
CaHforntl ha worked a a gardener'
uoy, ana waa employed by W, II. Hoy
, a very rich real estate owner, to
lak care of his plant and nhnot the
g'1nw ana other noxlou thin it
, Her "Hill", as he wa called by h
family, aaved hi money,, Hi toy wa
tv a montn, (toon he had I Mod, Thl
atr. noyeo invested for the boy. and 11
waa Invtfaled so well that when yeung
iioiiyiuis ien tn work of gardening
ne nan eiu.ooo in itintk ,tnd money.
Mil... UV.,IJ 1 ...... it ..
ui mimu 1 snau nav to lesvj you,
to 100a aner njy atwkt nnd nit tnv,"
he tald to hla emplov.tr,
In the day auuh a very su.lddt
fortune would be hard to g.t.
Alls Virginia Honymt re t-inly jc.
uaiii th VUtoounte Jieerliurat, milk
ing on of tha rniwt brilliant fornlgtt
match aver arranx.J fur an Ameri-
can girl. Anl at th wedding, It will
be rooallod that th brtd wor a real
lac Veil, preaented by the PrineeM
Christian, with whom h la a great
While It cannot be stated that 11. a
Ilummid la mi of the great minion.
aire of Ann-rk a, there can be no doubt
mat hut fortun I not far from th
mark of mllllouaireditm. Thero are
many jiaprr millionaire whose for.
tune Mm great, beea us they causa
rumtir to b ClWUlated reaarnlnir
mem, iiui tt ta doubiful If many New
xoraera wno De.in aa omce boy can
show greater luxury of living, mor
philanthropy and gtaieroclly and a
hlagtr Ibank account than ha. Hi
tollectlon of Jewelry, seldom If ever
worn; hla library, hi picture and
brlc-a-braa and lit souvenir and mo
memo of famou periun, arc worth
a fortune.
At the ag of 13-about thirty yeaw
ago-'Abla" Hummel went to work
aa errand boy for William II. Howe.
And that h aeUed every avenue to
advance 1 apparent to nil who know
the history of the court of the city
for the past two deeadea. prolmbly
Mr. Hummel tan be reckoned auvmg
Ihe millionaire.
Cleoige M. t'ultmnn wna a critntr'
buy, HI father wa a cnrptttr, and
Itillo Ueorg worked for him ami the
other neighboring ; carpenter. - At hi
Hsure tut IoiuikhI .tabluct making.
At thl ha worked and naved monev.
He got hi start at the lime Chicago!
W raised," .
It will be remembered that the windy
city waa In mud once. Th water con
tlminliy flooded It, and the land could
never iMtunio very valuable. Young
I'ullnmiit who lived In Chautauoua
county, heard from a lady visiting th
place that Chicago wa to be "lifted",
nd hi ambition wa tired. Th elder
Pullman had patented a plan for lift
ing building without stopping traffic
In the trt or making a litter or
Injuring tha building, and hi ion
had th Idea perfectly.
Young Pullman went to Chicago,
got the contract for raising a whole
tikVk of buildings, Including a hotel.
and he set to work. He did It eu. e.m.
fully and cleared MO.OOO, 'with -twine of
which he settled up hi father' bunk
rupt buelneaa Afterward he f 11 mini
the leplnffcar buidhe, and actually,
In Ml, got po Monition of the whole
concern, patent and all, fir W.ono,
Ho much for th enterprise of the iuhm
Whoa early education n Debited In
watching the aaw and plane and may
http, handing tool to workmen.
( l Huntlnuton workytd aa " !)
at different thlnu, but the thing of
which he I proudest I th a he 'in.l
IM Ihe flrt year of hi errand run
iilng. and that he out the mony at
InliTckt. "It Isn't V.I111I 11 mult 1'iirnn;
It 1 what he (ivc," he f. M id ninny
limes.
Jnmra It, Keene ctune very ncor !
Ing an office boy. Perhaps be really
was rne. He wa born In Kngliinit
and came to thl country and went
lo California when a lad. He wmiti l
to read law. and to do this he clerked
In a law oirtce. no doubt acting a er
mud boy many a time. 'After gradu
ating the wrote newspaper urilrl
to support hlmst-lf, flnilng tlmt pro-
fwslon very kind to him. He made
friends, and soon got a rnito or two
at law of hi own. His after hlxlory
and hla great wheat deals with the
Ooulds, hi wonderful turf lnterets,
and hla delightful personality, with
th (octal position of hi family, all
combine to mak him a great a man
a ever rose above offlceboydom.
Qeorge W. Child wa an office boy
In Haltlmore, and when he at length
got control af the ntwipaper where he
made hla fortune, he had worked at
almost every branch of every trade
where a boy could be useful. He too
saved hie money. It wa only In later
days, when tie became very rich, that
he allowed himself the luxury of glv
Ing.
One of Mr. Chllds' prettiest simtoms
wsa the presentation to each lady who
called to see him of a beuutlful ten
tup and saucer of costliest mukc. Thm
little custom, It Is sold, occurred to
Mr. Chllita' one day In telling some
Morle of his early struggles, "That
dear lady gave me a cup of coffee
tut of her best cup," he said, In wind
ing up tha atory. And then, na the
thought occurred to htm, he addad,
And I delnre Hint from this time tor-
ward I sliiill give a nice cup nnd shu-
cer to every woman who step Into my
otllce."
Jumes Kvtrard, now many time a
millionaire, hud a pitiful struggle, A
ho nge of 8, with money sorely need
ed at home, ho went to work for it
stereotyper at tha corner of N.iksiiu
and Fulton streets, n:id for n 'lung
Ime tho child ran errands and as
sisted with the hot cauldron, doing
all that hi ttny strength would per
mit. Did he save his money? No.
He hardly had opportunity to save.
But he worked hard, learned much
and watched his chance for something
better, . . Ilia business now employs
many a small boy, but surely nonu ran
Ih higher In the branch of business
than has this enterprising man, who
began In tho very humblest way
at tight years old.
John D. Itockfeller .and his brother
William hnd early struggles, When
John, now tho wenlthlr of the two,
married, he waa only a book-keeper,
having risen to that degree by long,
hard work. And 8. V. Whlto, while
never an office boy, was a farmer's
boy, running errands and doing chores
until he was a man, ,..(.
But the Hat might bo greatly length
ened. Thcso are but representatives,
All are now living except George v.
Chllds, but if one were to go 'back to
the departed millionaire those who
left fortunes behind for tholr sons and
their daughters one might toll over
and over again the story of the oltloe
boy who persevered, saved money, and
became a millionaire,
. The secret of their great kuccwh
lies In this or that, according to the
Judgment of the narrator, ' But all
agree that two things must be piw
mt I for permanent suocesa honesty
and frugullty, After that come op
portunlty,, personal favor and luck, ,
THE HAPPIEST PHOPLR.
It has been said thai tho hiipplcnf
people on earth are the French. The
reason given for their superior felicity
Is that they live in houses that they
own. There are 38,000,000 ' people In
Franco and O.tXiO.OOO dwelling houses;
and It Is a matter of statistical ascer
tainment that two-tlilrds of thu house
holders are house-owners. There can
bo no doubt that tho separate living
of families made practicable by sep
arate dwelling houses Is largely con
ducive to comfort -' Independence anil
good morals. Philadelphia has more
dwellings in proportion to population
than any other large city in America.
Philadelphia Itecord.
Another Letter from
Tenny Chiflin.
My Cook's Definition of
an Honest Man.
She Kayi llotirity In the True Type
I Soon In thn Family
Circle.
(Uy Lady Cook, he Tennessee rUflln.)
Th word honesty come to ua a
almost everyone know, from tha Latin
honeatux, and thl again, aa Vosslu
thinks, fintn the Greek word, 0110,
signifying to profit, or delight, and
whoa prlmatlve meaning, according to
other philologist, wo to ralte or ox-
alt. Thu, so lata a tho reign of
James I, our beat writer used the
verb, "to honest" for' "10 honor". In
Ihe older writer honesty also mean
honor, cnaucer use a a in th Latin
fur decency and good manner. The
lt vera of our version of th 14th
chapter of Corinthian I, says, "Let
all thing be done decently," Wlc
tiff' version gives, "lie all thing
doon honestly." In th laat century
ttr. Sharp wrote, "What la It to llvo
honeatlyr Why, everyone know the
meaning of thl phrase; It I to frame
our Uvea according lo the law of vtr -
tue and religion! It Is to deny ungodll-
mw and worldly lusts, and to llv so-
borly, and gutlllly In the present
WtWkl." lll Mr M1 lam 1Wni.li.
came nearer to our prcaeirt Idea when
he wrote, "Ooodnea I tint which
make men prefer their duty and their
promise before tholr pion or their
Intereauj and H Is properly fhe object
of trtwt; In our biguage it g o-4 rather
by ihe name of honesty; though what
we call an homt msn the itomamt
called a gKl man,"
Anungt the lunorant an honest mart
I mi rely on who dor not meat or
cheat. ienrlly, however, by honeaty
w mean ltr:iy. Jut'ilce, virtue, and
above ail sincerity, without which all
th rest are "an sounding bra and
tinkling cymbsls," Hl.uvrlty 1 the
touohaton by which all a 'Hon claim-
Ing to be honest must be tried. Tor a
man may be uttjimt and y d honest if
Incera lit hi motive. Him erliy, thtit,
I the mainspring and soul of honesty.
Indetxit it, and It alone, la true hon
esty ilaelf.
Viewed In this li;;ht, we learn to
charitable to our opponents, and to all
thm whtsie Idtwe miTer from our own,
If tliey sen things "aa through a glas
darkly" It la not for u to scourge
them beraue of our superior wisdom.
Or If v.. turtle p, ive!ve Imperfectly
we should not. t iterator, oppreea those
" " vivnpt'i m ntvi
rnitge. M I hard to l-o.etMte motlvtw tLt3 niiloitl k'-ys, slves tt yetttle "tup!
yet there are analyse, by which they Ul,j , tUtown h(.r ,,,, , hor.
may ba reached. But the an tthema o tthe cannot use a mmhlue tlmt
Hie prtetrt, and the opprobrious ei itiit wr,rks so liartl. When I the man
Itung by religious and political see- wbo ri.K,inll, typewriters, and will
tarles, th slander of society, and the n, not ctmie to tnnke the machine
rait of orthodoxy and heterodoxy, are work caster? This he tit, nnd for
brutal aa brlck-bata, Kducatton goes two week Mil goe well. Then the
for Utile If it doe not lead it to be regular t.ternior come home,
tolerant. And learning I misapplied The regular operator In proud, nay,
if it te.uh u to b arrogant. The Imughty. Khe find that the machine
ptoua and learned John Calvin en- nitrnt of necntedty have lsin sMdltl
trapped and burned Kurvetis on a by the substituted mitt her atnses nre
point of theotogy which could never keenly alert for fitulta lit Hie maelilne.
be tif the value of two straw to any- Tli ' first tap tells her that It work
btfcly. W quentlvn mdther the hon- too easily, nnd the second coutiunf
et of the piH:utor nor that of hla her Hint the nctlou t ao light Hint ahe
victim. But this, and all similar cases will make mistakes every minute. So
which hav disgraced, and are still Hie typewriter doctor Is culled to put
degrading hu tuiiiiiy, prove that hon- the machine back proclmdy a It wan.
ety doe nut necessarily lead tisarlht There 1 a large life limmance build
in wit'hatanding we alway g wnn l"tr l town where a regular call 1
wtthout It. We may be very sincere left for the typewriter repairer, lie
yot very mblnformwl. If our mental llenm usually at 1 o'chs-k and put
and m.irnl finger-post are mis tlrwted, ' ' of his day regulating the
we cannot f .ltw them without bolng mm-hlno. Sonietlnu-a he dtio not pt
t.t ,irv. What In nBn..,t foe nil tn nroUllll Until Hie lllltlllle Of the aft. f
enllghtetwitent-imre Ught-a wider
range of knowledge, a clearer perccp-
tt,... r..i .,.i V,U .it it,. h.Kit I
of taking nothing on trust which we
are able to vtrif, or disprove for our-
,
Knii:h.nMi h. n..iv i..,i- t., i.t..,rttf
to htpplneM. and to private and puh:
tin -.-....J.i, l.....l k-l. I.,l
unwise revolution, despoUMo. .motel
mind and body. The value, therefore,
of hortsty In any word or deed, de
penda upon Uie measure of It enllght
enment as well a tt sincerity.
W profc to be an hotuwt people on
(tie whole, We Justify It by a proverb
whicii shows the proround utilitarian,
Urn of our national thought; "Honesty
Is the btMt polley"-a proverb which
aomoiuttratca mat we uo noi Know
what honty mean. Hest policy,
forms-it hi As though men or women
could bo sincere from policy, or hon-
est without conviction! Such honesty
h worm just as murn as tne religion orituar stroke or it own operator It la
tne man who .aid, 'l prefer being re-1
ligious, because If t'.ere I a future
world I . hould like to go to heaven,
and If thre Is pot I shall be none thclfuct
w-.igk' f,r itrylnir to belle v thone
things. Hcsttli I always like being
on the sofj side." If honestv Is rpnllv
our cbflracterlstle, In what deixirtmcnt
doea It really lie? The loudest in pro-
fesalon of ui'liy I the church, is it J
In thi thuhih? Htimn at tht nvMoniu I
Af Mir., ivhnm h nlulmn am h. f,.,l.
er were, "Lay not up f.r youreelvcs
treasure on earth," "Take no thought
for tho morrow," "He that exaltcth
himself shall be abased," "Freely give."
Hut the extortion of the church In
time) past divided Uurope Into two
hostile camps, and today her voice ta
a tho voice of the horse-leech Olve,
Give she dreads the morrow. Hhe
seca dlaeatabtlah-mcnt., abolition of
tithes, existence upon Ood'a good prov-
Idenco in the morrow. Tithes, living.
"'" ",,,in1"'",1" '""'" ""'""'. ciintes,- replied the repairer. "Sup
more certain, more negotiable, than p,w0 n new machine Bot out of order
btlla upon providence. "lie that and the comimnv would not eennte it
humbloth himself shall be exalted,"
ui win uminiB ui ion cnurcn in me op-
postte direction have made the Driest-
nooa intolerable to the freo nations.
rne pope claims to be the vicegerent
or uou upon etvrtn, ana an beneath
mm share his woy. Even Methodist
minister are talking about creating
some or xnemsoives Disnops, can they
not real tha signs of the times? Many
or tna numwiest ministers of the doe-
trlnal Christianity da ' Indeed freely
give; they give tholr hearts, energies,
lives for tho faith that Ih In them,
working enrly and late amongst tho
lowest of hnmniiu u. ,..tui i..
sincere tiowerty of this small hnnd "".V A weililhitf was being solonui
w0 place the transparent hypocrk-y of f'0 l''m .r,,,,tl" bt'lng a
tho majority to whom the chore . Is .",1:v ' W lol,,,au Vw u.,ove ,n.t !
a guUd, and religion a profitable trade.
lobby, of the house of commons, for
thither rush to record tholr conviction
the ch..sen repra,tatlves of our free
and independent electors. But then
how comos It that no speech Is so elo-
fluent, no argument of England's chief
oratfirs ever so convincing as to secure
a slniglo vote from the opposite party?
Do motoric and reason losa their In
fluence on a man as toon aa he be-
oomea an M. , P, 1 .Evidently, else the If
obstinacy would be incredible. And
are the floods of speech poured Into the
nearers ear intended to convince the
house? Not for a moment. They are
meant for the elector only. It is all a
gigantic sham, and if there, were no
newspaper rejwrta freed front flaw
and gramtmrtteal error, titer would
be few speeches, and members would
not wlggl 4ot the government on
their tonsuo,
Hut peehap H 1 in trade that wa
halt meet our vaunted virtue. "Credat
Judae Apell. twn ego." Trad I
useful. benedclBl, lnditenslble. Nev
erthelee. except flnanolal sense,
It doe not uiwtlly "raise or exalt" the
character of those who enitag tn It,
It I ru that w generally find In It
higher ronk a strlet Integrity of con
duet, a professional sens of honor and
uprlglrtne that are moat wtrthy, but,
a w dmHfiHl, these too, often be
come conalderabty dllulel. Fur In all
eountrkw 'the mptatkinM to over
reach or Ui gut the better of a bargain
I conatantly too strong for our ac
quaintance, human nature. Buy In the
oheapeat market and aell In the dear
net, la th trade' golden motto. And
If the mnrkut I not sufficiently cheap
or dear, well, then, play i bull and
btwr and make It a you want H. A
few hundred, simple people may be
ruined thereby but what of that? It I
all In the way of trad. Tru. O bulb
and boars, But It 1 not all lit tha way
of honesty. It luck sincerity, It la
organlaed fraud, and, like fal
weights, It must be an abomination to
the Hoverlgn Lord of Juatlca.
Hontvtty muat then b sought In the
family. It la her wa ahall find tne
'..e;i.t h.ui If.. and
wl amaVal. other', fault.
-01...... iiuh.M -jyj .uur
witlxiut reserve. Brother and sisters
Dud tt their duty lo engage In a almi-
lar rt-elprooHy. Hut thl. sort of hon
ety aewm to give no gratification to
Its rectpletit. on the contr,iry It I
r-g!trdtd a impertinence. Tl. only
hoiuwty that please I that which
flatter. Thta, however, I. not a model
home. There 1 another whi r peace
reign from January to December, year
In and year out. But It owner, do
mt purchase tt In vanity fair. They
, "" ,ov ,v v"
ru u w,,l," '
6m ftml All wt and
M Innueneca aurround It, All vtr-
"" '"' "" " "' n '
And
Jy dw4l In U i per mktl gueat.
Hotieaty bulk tt, up. HorsMly ir
s.'rves it. The manly and wontunly
heart that beat wUhtn It glow with
sincerity, Thousands of such home
may be found In Kngland, and wher-
ever g-iUel honeaty make it abod.
And yet, strange to aay, no matter
what live w may hav lead, a aoon
a w are laid tow by tha great levekr,
11 olscovered that all men were hon-
"l 0,w " womn wr vikuou.
TVPKWUITKIt DOCTORS,
. - . "" ' .
r"m ,0 0,B,T , "nd
th,'' Aro .xcllKljr ny
The busiest profiwNloiinl nu n nowa
dfiya are tlm doctor of fypewrltera.
'i'liew go about from olllce lo olflctt
putting iiiitcliliii' iu reMiir, and the
reason for iludr great activity this
mouth Is on account of the return of
Hie regular oiioraior from Hie summer
vacation, AN Him sound enlgnmtl.ral.
But It w true, according to a New
York paper.
When a typewriter goe away ttpoit
her rneatlou she gels a gultstltute ta
sit In her place and do her work. The
mi,,HlH, ,,P,,IM,y nrH,
I MjiV lubttti aiiT tit flu ,,.l.Miifft finite
hHtn, 'iitnl tliett there Is a grat call
I iAh Itl... U. ...... . . iWa 1 Lik ...u
J, mill. -,'ine t.iii' .t iiiv A.K IIUI-
thine In Hie hullillug In sure to be
,,',,.,1f rd.'r d the operator nuiHt
" T'lT.. TbV
reMilivr must entry Ink rlblion and
",l ,h,, r P'' f V1H machlm
HI - IS!1')!'
I""" m.KIII III , lonillR
l"llmlillM Tim im nv.,v too ,..n .....
,tiim i ..U . i v,.. v-.ei, -t.
!Vil tint lUfmt ltiift 4)iv nn In 1Uh r.t
... tmii n flj eta n ll a V't a VHJ
of ,(, tvp,.wl.lnit rtHltshmenta, hihI
are sent, out by them. A fow work
independently, but the work doea not
pay thorn then very well, nnd they
,umy KV0 u p an, K0 ln l0 t.m,)loy
0f tl0 )nrK0 ooneerna.
u is Hald by the machine doctor
that the typewriter are m sensitive
aa human being and know who Is
handling them. A good machine, tlmt
has been properly treated "sulk"
when new nnd unskilled hands take
hold of It, nnd sometime It refuse
to work. As soon tt It feela Hie reg'
ft u right. 'itiiM is tt typewriter , stt
pcrstltlon. Aud otrnnge to any It
turns out In accordHnco with actual
All sorts of thine, "happen" to type
writing machines. Sometimes they
fall Oil the floor tt till? OlIlCO boy
movea them for tho sweep woman to
do nor wm'k- Occnsloiily they are
experimented upon by the same small
boy to their own great detriment:
OtHl, flgnltl, tllCV rtl'.! trCUtetl tO dOHCM
of 1 ,of .'1rt ,ot recommended ns
K , l"L,V " m-inuery,
Xolwdy seeing to n ason that the ma
chines are valuable nnd that a new
ono mean, something like a flOO bill
ror trie owner of the otriee.
"Why do Hie typewriting machine
companies keep repairers? ' was naked
of n man who make, a busluesH of
keeping a certain kind of machlno
In order,
"Because they tire obliged to do so
to defend the reputation of their ma-
unless nt great cost. Why, that nm-
ciiiuo company would get the blackest
kind of s hiuck OVA tl'ftm nil U'l.n .-la.
Ited the office where the defective nut.
chine rested. Thev nee obiim.il tn in
It for their own sake.
"Just now people are renalrlmr
their old tnnrhlncM Instead of getting
new ones; and '.tint is what, makes the
companies so blue although they have
ever own so ivusy in Hie world."
1
OXK WAY TO 0 KT MARRIED.
." , , T . , .
. t-
')? P'ce in r well-known church re-
"V .'. "'' .,? .'T
"w """
ZX " 0 and briXg oo.
Jfe IS 5
wife. As they knelt down so did the
other couple kneel, nnd when the
bridegroom placed tho ring on the
bride's ringer the young mulatto did
llkewlso. At length, whim tho pro
cession emerged from the church, the
hnniblo double followed, looking ns
thev wore married. It transntren
Hint such was. indeed, their belief.
They hud no money whorewlth to
pny the priest or tho fees, so they
thought a marriage nt second hand
would be Just ns effective and cost
nothing, Philadelphia Times.
.11
tn
SIVS
October 20th: May De
cide the Question-
Astronomers Eager for
the Test.
ASulrtiuM Opportunity firr Iiiventl
ration wltb ikhu Cbiiice of
Mttlutlon.
Thl U a qtiesiloo vrlilch la greatly
lntrttig people at twwnt Unw,
fr thu reason tllllt Mar Will IHt III
npnoMllton with earth on (ictolter
" . - a kl,..L ta I ailla
atttli, of tnw year, nun mai t """'
exiMftMl that the Inhabitant of Slur
flf nnyl will take Hit favornblo oo
isirttiuliy to fotnniutilciiff ty algnaw
to our fairtli. Let u Imagine an
tronomer on Mara, who la giixknwly
itaiklng forward lo thia near riroacli
to 0r , W immm r-
...... a ,..
'rl to Urn Wt&
In Itl olmervBtory. elaooraU'iy umxi
up with every appliance ntwnor
olswrt .Hons, h turnea un moat iow.
erful telescope toward, thia IIHl globe
on which wo live. Hi. eye. may hav
giiiwl tilam reglou. of Hie "earth of
which wo know nothing from direct ob
servation it. tho cy of nun na. gaww
upon lamb nnd aena In Star., which
may not on yet na ueou mn a oy in
hnbltanl. of. Mam, becattmi of the dan
gent which prevent ttccea. to them
W may well doubt for InsUnco,
Mnrtlnllst hare Vet siiccetled In
reaching oltlmr pole of the planet. Our
eye. nave rtwled on theao polar n gion
even on tlm very pole, theiiwelvca, of
the planet white tho Inhabitant of
that planet ir atien mere are. -mnj
have been rolled again ana ncain. in
nit attempt, to penetrato wlihin Htel
polar fiuttneaae.- However. It I the
exlstcuce of intelligent being, on uhhk
remote world, which chiefly Intereat
ua, and the thought that th wonder,
of the universe are rwognlwHl bjr btt-
Ing In some sort like ourselves, and
again that our world may tie sub
ject of Interest and study for creature
thinking a. much, but knowing a. lit
He about u a. we think and know
about them. Now let u gee wlutt rea
son we have for supposing Mar. to be
Inhabited. To begin with, Mar. trar
el. next to the earth around the sun
and accordingly receive much !
light and heat; hi. actual supply vary
ing from one-half to one-third of the
earth', supply. Mar. I tery much
smaller than the earth, being In fact,
the smallest of all the planet, except
Mercury and the planetoid, t ndouwt
cdly wide aena and oceans, with many
strait, and Inland aeas. exist on Mar.
Know nnd teo gather In Urn winter
lime about his polar regions, dlniln
billing gradually ln extent a summer
procwHls, tint never entirely disappear
ing. Occaulc 'communication must be
far more complete (notwithstanding
the relative .mallne. of hi oceanic
surface) than on our earth. Ono could
travel by sea between alt parts of Mara,
with very few exception, or for sueh
Mnrtlnllst. as objitt to sea traveling
(and we can srareely mipimae sea-slek-
lies to be n phenomenon peculiar to
our own earth! may very readily avoid
It, aud yet not bo debarred from visit
lug any portion of their, miniature
world, save one or two extensive la-
lands. Kveii these are separated by
such narrow seas from the nelghliorlitg
continents that wo may regard It as
tuirly within the miwer of the -Mar-
Hallsta to bridge over the Intervening
straits, and so to enable the advocates
of land voyaging to visit those portions
of their planet. This View U encour
aged tiy tho cousldernHou that etiKi
peering o)M'tiitlon must Ihi much more
readily effected on Mars than m our
own earth. The force of gravity Ik mo
siiiiut at the surfatiof Mars, that a
mass which on the earth weliihs a
pound, would weigh on Mar alsmt six
end a quarter ounces, so that lu every
way the work of the engineer and his
ally, the spadesman, would be light
ened. A being .Imped as men are, but
fourteen root high, would be as active
as a man six feet high, and many time
more powerrui. un auch a w ale, then,
might the Martial men be formed. A
man weighing 150 nounds m nne
earth, would weigh but tW pounds on
Mars. So that between tho fur greater
lowers of Martial men, and the far
greater lightness of tho material, they
wotild have to deal with In construc
ting roatis, canals, bridges, or the like,
we may very reasonably couelude that
Uie progress of such lubors would be
wry niucn more rapm and their scale
very much more Importuut than iu uie
caso of our owu earth.
From observations made with the
speetroscois by Dr. Illgglns, lu isus.
It was lu-oved th.it Mara had an at
mosphere. Uiough whether tho consti
tution of that atmosphere exactly re
wmble. that of our cwn la not cer
tainly known. Kow lref. . Campbell,
of the Lh!k observatory has demon
strated with the sHHti-oscopo that the
planet Mars preseut. no evidence of
Imvlug au atmospheroi whilst i'rof.
llolden aays that If any atmospheric
or our . highest niountalns, aud thus
popular raucle. concemlni Hie ph.net
are Incorrect With such contrndiet.u-V
statemeuu b.foi-e ua it i..ii.i..
form any conclusions with egnrd to
M,,.no.,m:uto8.1t'u: "1. Alars l,"
hT 1 1 ..xet' "8 my faU i-ote.
lu his well known -work. i." T-'
pause of Heaven." we are apt to fori
get that Uio forms of nr. H
customed lo ttr not nm-ssurily the
only possible forms r nfu , I. " '
most Impossible to my under what
Colli! Itlnno lift, l- ..... , 1 " 1
Men of science hav i....... 7.?.. Z. . '
Itt ,t ., , 'Wia 1411
e t,.iirin ""'ui.
in a wiy HiriKinir nmiinoi. tv... , . .
ig by wimt th,.;i :
thlniM nt ,r,n i "e or
r ' ruiifilll lr rlni.
imnf' whiel!'6 Ut 0f rknwn crea!
Y Mt l" WM, UutHtUmtbly trite.
et it Is know Unit ei.....i .. . . '
uviut ,t ......."..""'- "H omy
miTVL ' ' 0,lt ut Uu-y aivso
viuit erenriicu . t .
are unable tn lien u"i
these marine mousteKioi d
M,i I""? wul" I'wall on
.. .. .. ....,, JUI
tnnl,,u u. .,, ..... 1
mipposo 'Hint If there are nnv v . L
ereutures on Mars m.,1
endowed win, " " im'f '"
aHourMt'ntySyn,
easonliiK beluga at least ,lH , i u .
o,i!o,,i,'NtiUul how m" i lu
habited, ns wo find it t., .is
. MAR1" rROCTOIt.
THE MOULTINO SEASON.
Hens cannot be nn.w t ....
much during the moultm. .
many of them do. m, Wm. Cook. In
London Poultry, in, somb caoea' ,n
lBftTnt0,Hb0 J!" blrd!,, V "uVe to
lay all the time thov v,.,J..."
Now a person who possesses twenty
or lea fowls will nnd some will com
mence shedding their feathers early,1
AuaM la luiiitl. and t tin, t..
fowl. cln through the moult byr!
end of ttlr. but t,f course that is v
usually tarty, during tha tltst i t
second week tn September It g m -
unfrenuimt thing t- mm a frw f c:
hen. right through the moult-that
they hava thtdr new plumage,
same tlma It I. not an unueust tbij
to find tin. which have nut I,!
to mouH i n't a tww feather eaa k.
era Upon lham by the end of txtsZ
tir beginning of November. Tber k
a large margin betwn th ti
nd. Thia la where gg can be
duoed from ona pen of old birds
through th autumn. Kven those
which have already shed their feauta
will often lay aa many etgs
tho 1st of October and Christmas tt
March h.U-hed pullet; then there tZ
manr bena which wtll I lay rkT
through October od November, u
few casta I have known bene k,
r'ghl up to coring, and moult in fZ
ruary and March. Much casea are t
course, eaoitdtona, If all hen mouim
at a certain month In the year, tt
should not expect egg front ordittM
bird; but aa they moult on or twt
at a tlma they will lay with pmp
treatment At th present day
are hundrNis of poultry keeper. u
do not keep trior than twenty
and art never without egg two tan
together In tha whole year; y tar,
er. and other who go on in the atatt
way a. tht y used to fifteen or twn
year, ago do not get a score of
for lx week., or two month L
often, at the end of autumn and k.
ginning of winter, simply berauaeit.
do not treat the bird, properly. Tau
ago w alvtuld have been .urprlae if
wa got many egg at thl. time of t
year, but wt begin to wonder if
don't got them how it la, partlctutrlv
If our neighbor, are getting a v4
apply ami we ar without Many
peoppl think tt I unnatural for Mia
to lay during' the winter, a. they ,
not in their natural .tate. Mo, ewtt
true; but ; It muat b rememkmi
fowl are domesticated, and they are
not only k pt a a hobby, but for aV
im-silc and useful purputvix: sup.
plying the demand for human food, a
that they have to be treated accord.
Iftgly. Thoaa who really go In for tra
ducing eg,; during th autuma er
winter uaualty glv their birds bt
ift fhl lo the morning, with a teak
to assist tbern through the moult; a
little boiled ilnated mixed ta the sort
fi-od, too, 1 a great help to them. Tim
method of feeding enable, th i
feather to grow ao much faater lata
they otbet wtaa would do, and thH at
the plan I hav worked upon for tk
laat few yeara. When the bird, ar
moulting they should be put ta eoM
and be placed out In the open in tfc
daytlmey then the bird ar kept ki
on even temperature. If coops art
not handy, an old abed or outbuilding
should ba utilised for the purpose, m
that tha bird, can be protected from
the cold and wet. By thia mean the
young feather will grow half aa faatly
again. All through th autumn ft k
well to put a Utile aulpbur and toe
meal In tho aoft food. Th BlDbcr
and bonemeat wilt help th feathcrfof
very greatly, a Utile salad oil should
alsc be mixed with It Hena kt
moulting, na a rule, have a very poor
appetite, and the pore of the iUa
are open, and thia I. why I recom
mend a stimulant and tonic. I do not
of course wish to Imply fowls cannot
shed their feather without thl tonic,
but they are ail the better for H, and
they coma on to lay so. much earlier.
sntrnxo wheat fok weed.
The Kanaaa City Drover. Telrram
saya: "it is eetimated that from forty
to nrty cat or wheat are leaving daily
to the feeder In Iowa, Nebraska an
Kansas, and a low grada flour t ako
being brought her for fevding ear-
poie. It ta aald to make a good chop
feed. It stem to be pretty well agree
by those cattlemen who have tried It,
that a bu-.hel of wheat la equal to a
bushel and a third of corn for feedlna.
That Is, slaty pounds of wheat 1 equle
alent to seventy-flve pounds of con.
With No. 4 wheat selling here at tt
l cent and corn at K cents. It I a
wonder that stock la being given mor
wheat and leas corn and that It I
being bought o freely tor th coun
try. The ptesent difference In the
price of the two grains and th greater
vtlue of wheat a a feed make It M
cent, a bushel cheaper than corn, or
wheat at 4 cents equal to corn at 9
centa But a better feed than atralgbt
wneat la corn and wheat mixed, say
two-thirds wheat and one-third corn,
which at 48- centa for wheat and H
centa for corn, would coat about 4!
cents, and would make a moat grow
ing and fattening feed. A. many
stockmen can buy wheat tn the coun
try cheaper than here, this ration can
be still further cheapened. Of count,
inese grain, .hould be ground before
fed, aa It I. waste to feed wheat
straight Th abundance of cheap
wheat must do much to mltlrate the
hardships of feeder thi winter, and
the effect of the ahortnee of the corn
crop on feeding operations greatly
overcome." .
STOCK NOTES.
Let the hogs have the refuse apple,
rrstty fair horsea ar selling la
some parts of the country for til to
uuen prlcea are very discouraging.
ine war department la at present
xportmentlng with the use of alumi
num shoes on the United State cav-
iry hornet. -'-'"-
A Massachusetts theeoman savs h
sn ke?p sherii st n oroftt even if wool
worth no more than hens' feathera
roe hog la aald to be nearly as good
scavenger tn the nrehard as th
meep, and if allowed to run there he
will destroy the worm-lnfeated fruit
that f alia to the ground, and In so
doing he will destroy the worm. He
will also enrich the ground.
A Stockman fed wheat In the fall
and. winter to a lot of choice 1-year-old
otled-Anrus Steers, tnrsthp with ona
pig wetghtnar SO nnmirla mil ha rlnlml
that 88 pounds of wheat made
pounds of beef and pork. He think
i wouiu pay to turn hon In on Blind
ing wheat, and anve expense of cut
ting. ';.,-'
T. Ii. Terry thinks one bushel of
wheat for feeding equal to two of
oats. He soaks the wheat before feed-
ii 110 puU lu pal1 of. water at
nlaht whet he wants to feed next day.
He says he has been feeding soaked
wheat to driving horses for quit a
while, and likes It. A little got
tnrough them undigested, but not
enough, when well soaked, to pay for
tbe troublo and expense of grinding.
UR DAtRT, INTERESTS,
There liaa boon a"great deal of Im
provement in the quality of Oregon',
output of butter during the past twe
three years. It may be said that
io Industry haa fairly commenced to
ov-veiop on modern lines. 1 At the asm
time the development ahould be muck
ftccelerajted. Unlws Oregon dairymen
oostir thenwclvca they will tie left be
hind by WflKRIn.w n r-j.
i- . " " -vn ftta WC-lt W .mm
rornta. Tte people of both Washinf
ton and Cai;rornda understand better
man the rxrDi nr nrann ik. nwt nt
advertising their business. Unless the
ctairynvm. of Oregon have enough In
terest In tbeir own hnatru tn.msJte
creditable ahowing of their produots
at the state fair, how can they expect
me publlo to understiand th imoort-
anc 01 this Industry? The dairymen
or Oregon need and will undoubtedly
for furthor legislation In their be-
naif at the ne-rt uau. ,k Ista.
tature. A good many member of the
leg slature will probably visit the fair
and a largo and v.n.u.... vt.ihit of
dairy producta will materially aid In
impressing upon their mindi the fact
there la a dairy Industry in th stat
which is worth protecting and foster
ing Rural Northwest.