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f CAMPING OUT. sow that iiiIiIhiiiiinut days are here, And hours me long and kli' ore clear, . "l'ix time to leave tilt.' crowded street 1'lir (IlKlllllt tVIMldllllldH foul Mini sweet; There pilch tin- ii'iit near liy n brook Win-re tniiit kIiii hungry for the honk, There lui f iiinl limit ii ml rend. ud livu III IIIIIIIIIIT In ml pilniutive, Enjoying N ii t ine uh ii lilnl Enjoys hcr-cvcry sign mid word Interpreting, uulil tin heart, Of Nut lire' own hc-onics a part. Of rugged rock mi oven rude The ln'iirili"t"Hif of your nolitii J Nutllees well to cook your HhIi And lend ii lliivor to the dish; Or yet to send I lie fragrance up Of npicy colTcu from the cup. Wlm t Jny to wuki-n with the sun And find the fresh grass overspuu Wltb webs of gossamer, mid see The sunbeams nil-til from tn-e to tree, Jropiii(C tlii-ir gold along the wiy, To guide tht- shining fc-c-t of Day! Then when the breakfast hour I o'er, 'i'o loil'-r down along the shore With rod mill line, mid tempt the trout From his retreat to veuture out! Perchance u book would bent beguile 1'hen lie down where the nun eon simlo Tpon you rending, prone or rhyme. The wood-Kli'i'iim singing nil the time, Above yoi bird, around you flowers Heedless be liow the flying hours! Or diHlnnt moiintiilii heights may Jre Your feet to find the di.zy verge Whence, looking forth, the world you know Met outstretched Iti God's hmid below, And you, the iniiMer of It all, A speck Infinitesimal! 'Ah, It In good Just once to see The finite willi Infinity To see nnd feel mid comprehend A little the All-loving Friend! Now bnck again, the lire are lit , And round the blase the comrade tit Exchanging stories, weaving tales, X'util I n volition (bigs and fail. Then Slumber cull them to recline j' On friigriint pillow of the pine To steep and drenui and wake to be Grateful to God who made them frcf! Frank Dempster Sherman, in Youth' Companion. THE MOONSHINER. Two horsemen were trotting slowly Idown a niirrow path that wound along the Kentucky ridge of the Cum lierliinil mountains. Their horses were ridden out. and the men had but little o say. One of them balled from New York. His fnce la-spoke energy and n strong will, but the rugged features Inspired little confidence. Ills com panion, n could lie seen at n glance, vim an Englishman. The fair, ruddy complexion, the quaintly-shaped travel ing cap. the long yellow golshes were not long from old Knglnnd. The "OKNTI.RMKX, I.KT MB INTIIODICK YOU TO MY WINI.'IIKSTKII." men had met by aecldent at a crossing of country roads, and being both bound for (iluce City, in Virginia, they agreed to make (lie journey together. Tho conversation, anything but lively at any time, had censed altogether. The New Yorker answered Ills companion's questions curily, nnd lapsed Into si lence before they had traveled n uillo together. "There Is a house at last! It's ns far as we can go today," suddenly ex claimed tho American. "An old negro nhiinty, no doubt," pointing at n little ramshackle house, the roof of which )ecped out of a cornlield. "Hardly do cent enoug'i to give shelter to a horse. Imt there's nothing else to bo done!" The two riders turned their horse Into the narrow lane that led toward the house. When they were within 20 feet of It the door was suddenly thrown upon and on the porch in front of It ap peared the tall, gaunt form of an old man, with flowing beard and snow white balr. Ills right hand clutched the stock of a Winchester rllle. "Gentlemen," he cried and there was a threat In his voice "let me In troduce you to my Winchester! Tho first who makes n motion toward his hip pocket will llnd himself with u hole In his ribs large enough to give pas sage to a yoke of oxen!" The I'.ngllshman laughed heartily ot this recojillon. "What queer people yon Americans are!" be cried. "We've iio desire to enter Into au unfriendly Argument with you!" "Aha, you're n r.iitisbcr!" t "Yes, my good old friend. Just over from old F.ngltiud." "Your mate there looks like a tax collector in disguise." ! Tho Fngllshninn shrugged his shoul ders, while the New Yorker Introduced himself to the owner of tho Winches ter. "M.v name Is Ueorge leadinort" he said. "I'm a lnnd agent from New J York. Other people's business doesn't ' concern me in the least. I wouldn't know a moonshiner still If you held It I under my very nose." The old man made on angry motion and was about to send the Intruders . away, when Kentucky hospitality pre- I viiIUmI. I "Well, gentlemen, w bat can 1 do for your I "Show u the way to Glaoe City, that's all we want." 1 "(Since City Is CO miles from here. I wouldn't dare to travel over that de- ceptlvo pnfh fit tbo dead or night. You'll liavo to stay here till morning." Tho guests dlKiiioiinted and the hosts caught tho rein of tho horses nnd led them to the llitln shed In the rear of the Iioiihc. There lie uiiHiidilled and fed them. When he canio buck ho con ducted IiIh giicHta Into tho house, and Invited them to a frugal meal, eon slstlng of corn brend, bacon and a glim of whisky. Next morning the F.rigllHhmnn nwoko to find himself alone. Ill conipanlon had departed before daylight. "I didn't like to keep him," said tho old man, "for I don't trust him; but I hope you will remain with me for awhile. My name In Walker, Col. Walker, and I haven't alway lived In poverty. A beautiful country home stood on the site of tills old tumble down cabin, and hundreds of negroes worked in my fields. Itut tho war Kwept away my bouse, my lands and my slaves, and weeds are growing where tobneco and cotton flourished. I .:M n:Hk TIIKUU, GHASTLY WHITE, LAY HIS OLD FltlEVn. wos luckier than muny, for I held onto the lnnd, nnd I have good reason for living In this wilderness. That Yankee yesterday was not far out of the way. If It's unlawful what I am dolug. tho Yankees are to blame for It. They made me a beggar! Hut you, stay with me Just a little while, you've no Idea how lonely It Is for an old man to be cut off from everybody." Tho Invitation was given so heartily that the young Kjglishman decided to accept It. He had come over to this country to study the lnnd and Its peo ple, and here was a good chance to see a plume of life nnd a kind of people of whom he had rend In books. The days stretched Into weeks, the weeks Into months, nnd still the En glishman tarried. Ills days were spent In tiding about tho country, hunting, llshlng nnd exploring the beauties of the Cumberland hills. On one of these exploring tours he came upon a little distillery built close to the edge of a mountain brook. It was here the old man brewed his "moonshine" whisky. The arrangements were primitive nnd quaint, but tho Englishman uever dis cussed his discovery with his old friend. At night be nnd his friend ate their frugal meal, smoked their pipes nnd reveled In the loveliness of the southern night., Tho old warrior told of the days before the war when the country teemed with prosperity, nnd the Englishman listened lu sympa thetic silence. Suddenly their peaceful seclusion was rudely disturbed. While the stranger strolled through the forest on the hills n fusillade of rifle shots rent the air. They came from the direction or the little cabin. He hastened down and soon reached the clearing In front of the house. In his absence the old man hail been surprised by tax collec tors. Three of them lay dead In their blood at the edge of the com field. Leaning against a tree stump the En glishman recognized his former travel ing companion from New York. Col. Walker's rllle had done effective work. The riderless horses feasted on the tender ears of the corn In tho fields. Nothing was to be seen or the old man. The stranger, sick with rent- over the terrible tragedy, stumbled Into the cabin. There, ghastly white and with disheveled hair, lay his old friend, ltlood trickled from several wounds, and formed Utile puddles along the floor. The blue Jeans shirt rose and fell with tho labored breathing of the dying man. lie was unconscious. The Englishman knelt besides hint, mois tening his lips with drops of the burn ing liquid which was responsible for the tragedy. One bullet has grazed tho left temple, another bad shattered the elbow, nnd the third had pene trated the abdomen. The wound was deadly, there was no recovery from It. The wounded man regained conscious ness nnd Immediately recognized his young friend. "These scoundrels have poured more lead Into me than Is good tor my health. The New York chap gave me away, lie sent the tax collectors after me. Well, he Is dead, and I'll soon follow, but before 1 go I want to exact a prom ise from you. All my old friends are dead. They were either killed In the war or died soon afterwards, and I did sorely troubled about my little girl.' "Your daughter?" "Yes, my daughter. 1 have never spoken about her to nny one. I sent her away to a convent in Paris. This rough. Inhospitable life would not suit her at all. I Intended to have her come home when the place was built up again. For her I stinted nnd sayd and made 'moonshine' whisky, I nev er liked the business. It Isn't fit for a gentleman. Now my daughter has fin ished her education nnd Is coming here to see her old rather again. She will not find me alive; but she will come In to her own. There Is $."0,000 In the bank. And now, Tor the favor I'll ask or you. It's a dying uian'i request, will you rulllll It?" "Yes, as rar as Is In my power." "Then go to my daughter and make her your wife." The Englishman was dunifounded. He to marry the daughter of a mur derer. Had he forgotten that yonder In the grass lay three nieo whom he bad killed? ! "You are going to deny my request," Cried the colonel. "I know' what you are thinking. Have pity. In a few mo ments I'll bo dead. Come, make haste. She Is beautiful." he moaned, when the Kugllsliman still hcKltutcd. "Pure as the snow nnd highly accomplished. You need not be ashamed to cull her your wife." j "Slop," cried the Englishman, torn i with contending emotions. "Do nwt iiinke my answer more dltllcult than It Is. I am no longer free to give love. On my way over from Havre 1 gave my heart to n young girl. She gnve me hers. I cannot break my word, for I love her passionately. The dying man clutched the English man's sleeve. "Then take my orphan girl and let her live with you and your wife. Shield her from linnn, and some dny find n good husband for her." "That I will with all ray heart." promised the Eugllshmnn. "But tell mo, where can I flud her?" "She does not bear her father's name. The stigma of the 'moonshine still' at taches to mine. She wns called Josef.) i after her mother." "And what wns her other name?" questioned vehemently the young man. "Turner Josef a Turner." "Josefu Turner, the girl who prom ised to be my wife. your daughter!" Like a drunken man he staggered toward a chair and threw himself upon It, burying his face In his hands. The moments sped by and with them the life of the wounded man. When the young Englishman shook off the lethargy Into which be had fallen he rose and went over to the spot where the old man lay. He was dead, but over his rugged, wrinkled face lay tho sweet light of pence. New Economy. A Tennessee community, apparently founded on Institutes drawn from the precepts of Huskln, has Just establish ed a college, to which they gave the name of that rhapsodlst, at New-Economy, the town they have built up In the lust three years. The community now numbers 213 nnd possesses property valued at $80,000. When It started each hend or a family put In $500, and the Increment represents what they have earned In the Interval beyond their living expenses. The settlement lives ns a single fam ily; Its standard of value Is an hour's lulior; In Its home commerce It has no money and needs none a certificate that labor has been performed takes its place. A pound of tea costs eleveu hours' work: seventy hours pay ror a pair or shoes; two and a hair for a pound of crackers, and so on. Every body works aud all men and women alike receive the same wages. They have heretofore worked ten hours a day, but expect soon to reduce It to eight. They have a kindergarten and adequate educntlou machinery, music, languages and a limited technology being taught In addition to the regular branches. The majority of the communists are agnostics. There Is no church, but those who like can go to church out side. Of the great number of similar communities first and last founded in this country few survive. The most do not outlast a decade, and It would not be safe to predict a longer term for this one, though Its Institution of a college shows that it has so far no misgivings on thut score. New York Tribune. A Kiuinn (Stable a Luxury. A veteran turfmau, In speaking of the expense of conducting a racing sta ble, gives some rather startliug figures. One would want at least twelve horses, and these, If they are to be honest, fair racers, with some chance of success, would cost at least $73,000. This is a very low estimate, as Is eeu by the following figures. It cost August Bel mont $!K!,500 for four horses Henry of Navarre, $27,000; Hastings, $:!7,"00; Keenau, $18,000; nnd Dorian, $10,000. Iu the same year W. P. Thompson paid $20,000 for Requital. After the pur chase of the horses the next big Item of expense will be a trainer, who will want at least $3,000 a year, besides bis living, which will amount to fully $2,500. The trainer will also expect a percentage of wlnulugs. No Jockey worth the name can be secured for less that $7,500 per year, besides valuable presents and tips. In 1800 August Bel mont paid Gritliu a salary of $17,500. This year Fred Taral receives from Marcus Daly $18,000; while "Tod" Sloaue, who Is riding Tor Pittsburg Phil, gets $15,000. Fred Llttlelleld gets $10,000 from the Morrises, while Thorpe draws $8,000 for piloting the Bromley string. India Rubber. Caoutchouc is a milky juice, white as It flows from the plant, but darkenlug with exposure to the weather. It Is commonly called India rubber, oud Is so useful and convenient nn article that civilized people could hardly get -long comfortably without It. It forms an Important article of commerce. Mex ico, Central and South America, and the East Indies are the principal places frrm which India rubber comes. The East ludlu rubber Is the Juice or a species or llg tree. The South Ameri can product Is taken from the syringe tree, which Is sometimes as ii.gu as an eight-story bouse. To erase pencil marks is one of the uses of India rub ber which will occur to you first, and then, you will thluk o water-proof clonks and shoes, without which you could not go out comfortably In stormy weather. But these only begin to be the list of articles which this obliging guui aids lu constructing. Tubes, fire lioso, elastic bands, mats, belts ror ma chinery, door springs, etc., are made of It, Combined .with sulphur It forms combs, canes, buttons, picture frames, brush back and surgical Instruments, and combined with sulphur and coal tar and polished like Jet It Is used to make beautiful ornamental Jewelry. J SEVENTY YEARS A SOLDIER. Count Hlumenthal, the Nestor of th I'riiamnn Army. I To be 70 years a member of one of i the greatest armies In the world Is a ' distinction that falls o the lot of few men. Hence tue recent ceieuraiion m honor of the seventieth anniversary of Count niumenthal's entrance Into the urmy or Prussia Is a noteworthy event. COTjNT BI.UMKNTnAL. The count was born, one may say, In the military service of his country. Ho has fought In every war Trussla has en gaged In since 1827. His promotion was rapid and his great fidelity to his royal master won him all sorts of praise In and out of the army. One of the first acts of the late Frederick William when he became Emperor wns to raise the faithful old soldier to the rank of field marshal. By virtue of that title he Is the chief of the general staff of the Prussian army. The count is now living with his eldest daughter, Frau von Guellendorf, near Rothen. Each year he spends a few weeks at Koenlgsteln-In-the-Taunus, where Em press Fredrick always visits him. YOUNG BELGIAN PIANIST. Rachel Hoffman Who Will Make a Tonr of America, Rachel Hoffman, the young pianist who will make a tour or America, Is one or the most admirable artistes In her line In Europe. She studied at the famous conservatory of music In Brus sels, and rrom the very start attracted attention for her marked genius and ability. The graduates of the Brussels Conservatory ore yearly Judged by such severe critics as Mme. Marches!, Ysnrge and others or that grade, but Miss Hoffman not only passed muster, but won unstinted praise from them. Eight years ago, when Miss Hoffman was but 15 years old, the late eminent Professor August Dupont presented his pupil to the concourse. She not Wvrrtft RACHEL HOFFMAX. only cnrrled off the principal prize but provoked such enthusiasm m tue jury ond the public that the Belgian news uaDers referred to her presentation aa a "musical furore." The young wom an Is not only a pianist of the highest quality but Is likewise gentle, Intel lectual, verj pretty and prepossessing. To Remove Tan and Freckles. The Juice or cucumbers pressed out wltu a lemon-squeezer Is one or the most effective nnd simple remedies kuown ror removing sunburn. For removing Trecklos take one cup of milk and two spoonruls or grated horseradish, and let It stand Tor one hour; then strain and bathe the face aud hands In It. A hair a pint of rosewater and one spoonful or lemon Juice Is considered excellent ror bathing the race In to re move tan. A complexion wash, which Is very highly recommended and removes freckles, Is made of a quarter pound of oatmeal soap, shaved fine into one quart of soft, boiling water; stir until it Is smooth and cool; then add a half pint spirkts of wine and a quarter ounce or oil or rosemary. Georgia Poetry.: A Georgia farmer has a son who writes verse, but Is too modest to sub mit It for publication. One day, when the farmer wns going to town, he took a bundle of poems along with him and handed them to an editor. "They're pretty fair," said the edi tor. "His rhyme Is all .right, but there's something wrong with his feet." "Well," said the farmer, "I won't deny It; he has got corns." Uncle Sam I'ehtnd. It Is strange that while this country Is so far advanced In electric railways it should be behind Europe in the pneu matic tube system of transmitting mes sages and small packages. Some of the large cities In Europe, such as Lon don, Birmingham, Tarls and Berlin, have been provided with pneumatic tube Tor messages ror forty years, and they carry an Immense business. "You men are a covet-us set," &id a young lady. Is Jwtm -fax w WWi CHILD BRIDES OUT OF DATE. SINGULAR how sentiment changes with the modes of a cen tury. Did you ever remark that, according to all authorities concerned, your mother aud the mother of every one else of the present generation was wedded at eighteen? The grandmam mas usually met their mutes and mar ried them while still at school, and ac cording to tradition their "first long frock was the wedding robe." Things have changed. The girl of eighteen to-day Is nardly fluished school, seldom in society, and she viry rarely marries until she has tasted two seasons of social Joys. To be sure, even with this late marrying, di vorces are more numerous than In olden time. But, then they are less frowned upon. Even a broken engagement In other days was a stigma which no young woman cared to bring upon herself. And the broken engagement Is ofteu a blessing iu disguise. The moral of the whole affair seems to be that young people should beware of impulsive betrothals. Boys and girls who are scarcely out or their teens cannot be regarded as having fixity or mind, and the chances are that before the hymeneal altar Is reached both will have seen that they were mistaken. When this stage Is reached It is Infinitely better to draw back before the fiual step has been taken which may ruin two lives. Leis ure Hours. (School l-'xamttier In Kentackr. Miss Ludle Steele or Pnruourville Is the first Kentucky member or her sex to be appointed one or the board or school examiners. She recently en tered upon her duties and Is giving MISS LUDIB STIiKI.E. entire satisfaction. Applicants for certificates of qualification to tench In public schools of the Blue Grass State must nil appear before the board of which she Is n member, nnd she Is credited with being one of the most efficient nnd satisfactory who ever held the position. Miss Steele Is 12 years of age, good looking and bright. Her success In securing the place she now worthily fills Is well deserved, as she has won her own way. She taught school aud thus earned money with which to finish her education, at the same time helping an elder 'irother to prosecute his studies In medicine. A IlirthdnT Gift. If any engaged girl wishes to give her lover a birthday gift that he will prize, and that will be full of the prop er sentiment, let her follow the pre vailing fashion and make him a sachet from her glove, advises Demorest's. A delicate pearl gray, snow white, or pale tan suede Is the thing. It ought to be a five-button mousquetalre, aud first of all, directly In the palm, she must cut out a space the shape of a heart, and fill this In with rich red silk. On the silk she must delicately, In geld threads, outline his initials, and then with cotton stuff the fingers, palm and wrist. The cotton should first be thoroughly Impregnated with orris nnd violet powder. A thin gauze Is laid un der the spot where the buttons cntch over, and the bottom of the glove Is neatly finished with silk, pink prefer red. ftnin Rptnovi,ntr Kemeiirs. Various remedies, oftentimes trouble some to apply, are now recommended for removing fruit and grass stains. It is agreeable to lie assured that as a general rule it is a safe plan to try the effect of pure water upon a stain before using chemicals. Most fruit stains, for example, can be easily re moved by boiling the stained portion over a vessel and pouring boiling wa ter directly through it. This Is a much better method than soaking the article, as it prevents the stain from spreading. Another way Is to rnb the stain with alcohol before putting It into water, and still another is to apply a little salts of lemon, letting it stand for a few hours, when It should be washed off in clear water. This, by the way, Is an excellent recipe for the removal of ink snots, though in all cases the tain will yield more readily to treat ment If It be taken in hand an Boon as It Is made. Grass stains may bo removed by rubbing with alcohol, and Iron rust by immersion In a hot solu tion or oxalic ncld, following by rinsing In ammonia water. Kn-rllnh Factory OlrU Those who have been commiserating the hard lot of American ructory gl ia have, no doubt, good ground ror claim ing thnt their lot Is unnecessarily op pressive. Yet lu Englau ' their sisters are In a rar worse plight. Miss Mere dith Brown, the English philanthropist, who has been the champion or the ruc tory girls ror some years, says that women who know only the slums or Chicago have no conception or the horrors and misery or the slums close to the aristocratic parts or London. The girls which Miss Brown's special mission reaches are so rough and law less that the Salvation Army would not take them in, aud the directors ol a mission which had Invited the girln to tea refused to allow them Into the building again. The girls came to the feast with pillow slips under their aprons and snatched everything to eat off the table before their hostess could top them. Finally the courageous women Interested in the welfare or 'these young semi-savages decided that to reach the girls they would hare to live among them. Ten dauntless wo men took up their residence lu a rick ety old house In the very heart or all the misery and squnlor which make the wild girls what they are, and their efforts at last were met with more than encouraging responses. "But it is very hard on the health," says Miss Brown. "Two years will break down anyone, so we have lost some of our best work ers." Uinbrullao chonlcl Be Rolled. A young woman who works on um brella covers, lu speaking of the treat ment given that useful appendage, said: "If half the citizens of the world only knew such a simple thing as bow to roll up an umbrella most of the um brellas brought to dealers to be mend ed would never have needed repairs. The right way to roll your umbrella Is to take hold of the ends of the rllt and the stick with the same hand and hold them tightly enough to prevent their being twisted while the covering is being twirled around with the other hand. Then your umbrella will be ns nicely closed as when you bought It. and the only wear nnd tear will be on the cloth. It Is twisting the ribs out of shape around the stick and fasten ing them there that spoils most of the umbrellas. Never hold the umbrella by the handle when you roll It up nnd you will find It will last longer and cost less for repairs." Since I nby Came Since baby cunie The birds all sing a brighter, merrier lay. The weary, darksome shudes have lied away, And night has blossomed into perfect day Since baby came. Since baby come The world is joyful and the home life sweet, And every day with brightness is replete, And time speeds by on swift and light some feet j Since baby came. Since baby came Dark, grim-faced sorrow is replae4 by mirth. , At last I realize life's precious worth, And far-off Heaven seems very near ta earth Since baby came. Ladies' Home Journal. Mnkrn a Penntlfut Complexion. It may not be generally known among American women thnt garlic Is an aid to producing lovely complexlns. It is to a steady diet of this plant and to the dump air of the wnshtubs that the pretty washerwomen or Paris, one or whom Is annually chosen queen of beauty Tor Mardi Gras, owe their un rivaled complexions. Mme. Adam, the editor or La Nouvele Revue, and con sidered a handsome woman to-day, re. malned In the first flush or her young beauty for many years r'ter she had passed the 20 mark. It was not witch craft which enabled her to defy time, but because she lived temperately and breakfasted on black bread and garlic. VcoinitiT In Cornet. Here is a hint for the woman who Is obliged to be economical: When yout corset seems to be losing Its shapeliness, steam It until the bones are sort and pliable, and then over a flat-iron you can restore them to their correct shape: this, or course, where whalebone It used. Woman's Home Companion. A cooking teacher Insists that It It not a notion, but a fact, that the cream should be poured first into the enp and then coffee added to insnre the most satisfactory blending of the two. At perfect coffee is a matter of several carerully rollowed small processes, ll is reasonable that this precedence ol the cream may be one of them. 1 1