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THOMAS JEFFERSON'S PEN. Ur&gf VfTrfzru - This picture la a facsiinUe of the BUTTERCUPS. I wsndcred here forgetful, gny, I'ntil miidi.-n glare of gulil. From field flauie-kliiilleil after cold, Recalled me to that other May. And you were with me, down a way Hoofed low by branches tender-green; The Kim imiled through with gracioui mien And, Midas-like, made gilt of gray. There hangs an old gate by a brook, So tike another which we spanned When through the field our steps we took With childish chatter, hand in hand. Our arms with buttercups we heaped, ' You wore them In your gown, your hair; Our senses In spring joys were steeped It cannot be you did not care! I deemed the past, so passing sweet. Forgot, and I grown blithe and cold; These (lowers a-bloom beneath my feet Have thrilled me with May memories old. Philadelphia Ledger. I A Burglar at Bay. i: i Ci FIAD all but done the trick when It suddenly the room- was Illumin ated by a brilliant flood of elec tric light. So unexpectedly It came and eo dazzllngly, that I was struck all of a heap, aa It were, and stood stupidly caught In the very act, with one band lingering over my booty and the other ralaed Instinctively to shield eyes and face from the blinding glare. I A pretty position for a professional ffburglar. Taken completely at a dlsad ' vantage, like any greenhorn. Held up, . as you might sny, at the very psycho logical moment and by a girl the prettiest creature, I swear, that ever d.nned lace and cambric for the distrac tion of mankind. i She sat up In bed, a symphony In white, all be-laced and be-rlbboned. and confronted me, bending upon me two eyes as blue as twin sapphires, In which was neither alarm nor supplica tion, but satisfaction only satisfac tion complete and apparently long an ticipated. The loveliest hand In the world, white , as the lawn that fell back klndlv to re- veal it, and molded like that of ' the Medlcean Venus, hild, as If well-accustomed to It, a silver-mounted revolver -n toy, yet unmistakably a weapon; a trinket such as a dainty woman might bang at her chatelaine, but still suffi ciently convincing to hold me planted there deprived of any Inclination to run the risk of testing Its mettle. 1 "Well," said my appreuender, In a voice that betrayed no more emotion than did her lovely face, which was so Intoned as to set my susceptible heart beating, "at last I've got you! Now, drop Into that chair If you please. No, keep your hands In front of you, If you don't mind. Yea, so; and let me talk to you. Good gracious! But I'm lu luck! To think of my getting hold of a bur glar at last!" Her charming fentures beamed with delight. She even smiled, revealing a double row of the whitest, dearest lit tle teeth It Is possible to Imagine. Still keeping the muzzle of the little pistol leveled straight at me with a bund that never trembled, with the other she reached down to the foot of the bed and drew up a delicate woolen wrap of pale blue, which she flung deftly about her shoulders, after which she raised the pillows at her back so that they should support her In an upright posi tion, and sank back upon them wltb a luxurious air of establishing herself In comfort. It was evident from look, tone and gesture that the situation was exceedingly agreeable to her, and that he was bent upon enjoying it to the utmost.' "Now," she commanded, "tell me about yourself. All my life I've longed to hear something of a burglar's history from his own lips. Pardon me, but would you very much mind removing your mask? It Is only anticipating matters a little, you know. The police will do It anyhow when they come In." "The police!" I exclaimed Involun tarily. She nodded. "Yes; they're all over the place, you know. Or perhaps you didn't know that we were warned of your coming? One of their confidence men (stool pig eons, I think they call them)' discovered your Intentions and divulged them." "Confound It!" 1 ejaculated beneath my breath. "That skunk of a Boyn ton!" "What did you trust him for?" she aid with a note of reproof In her voice. "Heaven only knows," I replied In fierce self-condemnation. "But he'll pay for It yet. Just let him wait till I get my grip on him " My fair captor Interrupted with a mocking laugh. "He'll have to wait a long time, I ex- npnt " alia rsmnrkwl "I uhmilil.i' .,.... tier If you get about Ave years for this. Shouldn't you consider that would be about It?" I regarded ber anxioualj through the eye-holes In my mask. c t 'lQ?U'&ft pen wltb which Thomaa Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence. GUANTANAMO, OUR PROSPECTIVE NAVAL FORTRESS IN WEST INDIES, A GIBRALTAR UANTANAMO BAY has been selected as the site of the principal buai iuuien ui me unueu sioies in me west indies. Bah la Honda, the other Cuban port ceded on the north coast of the Island a short distance west of Havana, is likely to become merely a coaling station subsidiary to Key West, on the opposite side of Florida Strait. There could have been no better location chosen for the projected naval stronghold than Guantanamo. which was the base of operations of our fleet against Santiago during the Spanish war. Guantanamo Bay Is one of those bottle-shaped Indentations which are so numerous on the Cuban coast, with a narrow and easily defended entrance and room enough Inside to harbor an armada. The vicinity of Guantanamo abounds In small mountain streams and springs from which a supply of excellent water can be obtained; the whole of Cuba could be drawn upon for fresh beef and other provisions; a few batteries of high-power guns would make the bay Impregnable, and with a dry dock, repair shop and a stock of coal a fleet could operate from Guan tanamo Independently of a home base for years if necessary. On top of all these advantages, which are greater than would be afforded by St. Thomas or any other point In the West Indies that has been thought of as a possible naval base In that quarter, Guantanamo has the advantage of being located In the strategic center of the Caribbean Sea. It dominates the Windward passage between Cuba and Haytl. and an attack on the Panama Canal by way of any other Interinsular channels leading Into the Caribbean Sea could be readily Intercepted by a squadron Issuing from Guantanamo, because this harbor Is much nearer to the Isthmus than are any of the passages through which a hostile force could enter that sea . An assailing squadron coming from the other side of the Atlantic would be 81 'lco'1 and "victual before venturing to engage our ships with their full bunkers and storerooms; and on the first news brought In by our naval scouts of the approach of a hostile fleet a line of battle could be drawn up to dispute Its progress In the narrowest part of the American Inland sea. Just as Gibraltar and Malta are the real British defenses of the Suez Canal, so would Guantanamo become the true point of defense for the Panama Canal. It would be the Gibraltar to our Mediterranean -Philadelphia Record. "So you mean to give me up, then?" I hazarded. She returned my scrutiny with a look of humorous surprise. "What had you supposed I meant to do with you?" she asked. "Wear you on my watch chain as a curiosity, or All your pockets with those trinkets, which appear to have caught your fancy, and show you a safe and sure way of making off with them?" I don't know," said I, gloomily, for I really appeared to be In rather a bad hole. "Women sometimes have tender hearts. Beauty and youth bave often shown themselves generous and merci ful to the unfortunate " I broke off doubtfully. The gleam of humor In her eyes deepened. "Yes," s'he remarked, 'the female heart might well be moved to pity a man In your embarrassing position. Are you, perhaps, an orphan? And Is your present condition solely the result of the evil Influence to which you bave been exposed since early youth?" I shook my head, entering Into her mood. The girl was certainly a charac ter, and I lost sight of my own dan ger for the moment In enjoyment of her raillery. , "Ah, poor man!" she exclaimed. "No wonder you have been driven to Irreg ular courses with such Incentives to crime. Now, would you mind removing your mask? I am consumed with curi osity as to your looks. Rut wait a mo ment; I feel quite nervous over the event. You see I've been anticipating this moment for years. I've formed a dozen pictures of you In my mind, and do so hope you won't disappoint me. Tell me first, are you good-looking?" "On the honor of a house-breaker, an Adonis," I answered. Immensely amused. A troubled expression crept over ber face. "Hin m," she mused, half aloud. "I don't think you should be. It's rather upsetting, don't you know. I didn't look for It at all. Aren't you In the least ruffianly looking?" "Not In the least," I said with convic tion. She looked quite dissatisfied. "Perhaps you are not a competent judge," she suggested hopefully. - "1 have perfect confidence In my own discernment," said I firmly. "But since you doubt me, pray permit me to " I raised my hand to the. mask, but she cried out loud and sharp. "No, no; you are not to move your hands, you know. It Is never allowed." "Pray, then, my dear young lady, bow am I to uncover my face?" She considered a moment. "I think." she remarked presently, "that I shall be obliged to do It for you. Please come nearer." Still with my hands uplifted In the traditional attitude and covered by the small revolver, I advanced to the side of the bed. When I got quite close she reached out a beautiful hand and touched the mask that hid my face. I breathed the perfume of the exquisite flesh, and felt my heart beat In ecstasy at the near proximity of the lovely form. Joy was It to be a burglar, to find one's self detected In crime, to suf fer Imprisonment aye. even death It self, for the delight of feeling that soft hand steal to one's cheek, of drinking deep of the Intoxicating beauty of those wonderful violet eyes, of tasting that fragrant breath upon the lips. One moment and tbe fair shapely hand dropped again to Its former posi tion., the mask held daintily between Its white fingers. Another, and a soft murmur of pleasure and approval es caped the curved, red Hps. My dlvlulty was evidently well pleased wltb her capture. She smiled triumphantly. And I I was complete ly captured In more senses than one. But hark, what was that? A noise overhead! With astonishing rapidity 1 was transformed from th spell-bound lover to the commonplace burglar. My divinity was far too much occu pied at her own anxiety as to the noise to notice my change of expression. Burglar-like I took advantage of her pre-occupatlon and deftly snatched the revolver from her hand, and In another second was gazing back at her from the window-sill. She had completely recov ered her self-possession. "Yes, perhaps you'd better go," she suggested, "but please leave my re volver on the garden sent betow." I needed no second bidding, for foot steps were ploinly audible. In another minute I was In the garden, expecting every moment to run Into the arms of the police. But my divinity had lied. Not a soul did I meet, and my only me mento of that night's adventure Is a pretty little revolver which has not left my person from that day to this. New York News. HE WAS CURED OF LYING. Singular Instance Which Broke Boj of a Bad Hnblt. Rev. Dr. Twining, when he was pas tor of the Congregational Church Ln Hinsdale, Mass., told of the paradoxical way In which the habit he had when a little boy of telling startling big stories to his mother was once for all and completely broken up, says a writer ln the Independent. He had prevailed on his mother, after much earnest en treaty, he said, to buy for him half a dozen Shanghai hens Kinsley giving as reason for the purchase that the Shanghai was a vastly better layer than the ordinary hen. After waiting a good while for some evidence of this greater fecundity bis mother said to him one day: "How about your big Shanghais, Kinsley? In stead of laying better, they don't seem to have laid at all." "Yes, they are laying. I tell you, mother; there's a nest now under the cow's crib with twenty-three eggs In It." "Well, Bridg et, go and get Kinsley to show you where they are and bring them In." "Well," said the doctor, "I did not even know for eertaln that there was a nest there, much less that there were any eggs In It. However, as I was In for It, I went to the barn with Bridget, put my arm down Into the hole In the comer of the cow's crib, felt and took out an egg and put It in the basket. Then I reached In and took out In oil Just twenty-three eggs. Out wardly," continued the doctbr, "I was triumphant, but I was soon smitten with not only remorse, but terror ter ror because I thought that Satan was encouraging me to cast In my lot with htm by helping me out with my men dacity. That was the last of my wrong story telling!" About the Pepper Plant. The pepper plant piper nigum which produces the white and black pepper of commerce, Is a climbing, vine like shrub, found growing wild ln the forests of Travancore and the Malabar coast of India. Pepper is entirely trop ical In Its requirements. The white pepper Is the black pepper decorticated by maceration and rubbing. The I'aa of Coffee. The 1,000,000,000 pounds of coffee Imported, which gives each adult per son In the United States two pounds a month, Is SO per cent Brazilian and but 2 1-5 per cent Java. "Disease" of Galvanized Iron. A white rust Is an unexplained "dis ease" of English and German galvan ized Iron that baa developed within a year or two. TRUMPET CALLS. ' Baa's Horn Sounds a Warning; Not to tba Unredeemed. ORECPTION In the heart tar nishes the crown on the bead. Mercy cannot depend on - merit or God could show us none. Sincere prayer strikes the heav enly pitch for the soul's songs. Hardness of heart Is not a sign of strength of character. Pure Idealism cannot be promoted by Impure realism. The best way to lose your own trou bles Is to lift another's. When tempted to despair of men it Is time to depend on God. The good Is seldom expedited by the consideration of expediency. Desert rather than desire should be the measure of expectation. If you can be happy without God you cannot be happy with Him.. Kicking ln the church conies peril ously near to cursing the Christ Men will trust In the churches when the churches cease to trust lu man. It may be easier to write a guide book to heaven than it Is to go there. When we might be swamped by suc cess God sends the lifeboat of trouble. Men who will curve- their own for tunes must expect to cut their own fingers. CAPTURED A BIG CRUISER. Feat of Little American Tag-boat with Crew of Thirty-Two. "Say, I'm tired of thut story. Cut It out." Boatswain J. W. Angus was the speaker and the crowd ln the Columbia hotel lobby all looked humble, says a writer in the Denver Republican. They wanted to bear how the senior petty officer of the Denver recruiting station made a British man-of-war stand and deliver just the same. Your ship was the Leyden, wasn't it?" "Yes," said the boatswain,, "it was." "And the English Hhlp?" "Say, that story's old." Mr. Angus reflected a minute. "Here," said he, 'this Is the way It was: "The Leyden was a tug 160 feet long and carried thirty-two men. We had two slx-pounders and a colt's automatic besides small arms, that were only good at short range. We didn't umount to much. Well. I took her out of Philadel phia Just after the war began, steamed her down to Key West and landed the first government filibustering expedi tion of the war. We were to deliver 500,000 rounds of ammunition nnd 300 rifles, two coses of dynamite and some supplies. Nunez, afterward governor or president of Cuba, was on board. We also carried Capt. Caytayea, who was killed later on. "When we reached Marlso. the place agreed upon, the boat was shipped and we started to get the ammunition on shore. Then who should turn up but troop of Spanish cavalry, about fifty, guess, and began firing on us from the shore. "Well, the odds were against ns, so I picked up my men and steamed back to Havana. When I returned the Wilm ington was along. She saw me started and then went five miles down the coast and blew up a Spanish blockhouse.As soon as she drew oft the Spanish cavalry came back. I tired of the Span ish cavalry, so I hoisted the red burger and that brought the Wilmington In. She come up, pointed her stern to the beach and fired two shots with her five- Inch guns. After that we finished the work. It was a complete success and we didn't lose a man." But the work for which Angus' name Is famous Is his audacious treatment of the Talbot, the second-clnss cruiser of the British, which be mistook for a Spanish ship. It embarrasses Angus to talk of that affair, but the facts, so It Is said, are these: He sighted a ship and called her to heave to; fired a shot across her bows, when that didn't work, and proceeded to board und( take possession of a ship that could have blown hliu out of the water. When be discovered his mistake as to the Talbot's nationality he Is said to have made handsome apologies. The English captain Is credited with saying: "If that's the kind of nerve the Yankees have there is no question about this war will end." "It was the most foolish thing I ever did," said the sailor. "I dou't want to talk about It." , One Woman'e View. "I suppose you turned me down be cause of my poverty," said the impe cunious youth who bad just been hand ed the frosty intt; "but you should remember that it Is possible to have plenty of money and still be unhappy." "True," replied she of the refrigera tor mien, "but I would rather be un happy with money than without It." Mammy Flowers. The remains of no fewer than fifty- nine species of flowering plants from mummy wrappings in Egypt have been Identified. The flowers have been wonderfully preserved, even the deli cate violet color of the larkspur, the scarlet of the poppy and the chloro phyll ln the leaves remaining. Beyond a Doubt. It's a burning shame," said the man who occasionally thinks aloud. ' What's a burning shame?" asked the youth with the shallow bra Inbox. That cigarette of yours," replied the audible thinker. Stolen sweets frequently upset a man's digestive apparatus. A Weed roller. Another machine has been Invented for the use of the farmer. The picture shows the Invention doing Its work, and gives an Idea of the mechanism by which It Is operated. Two fluted roll ers are mounted on an adjustable sup port at the rear of a sulky, with chain gearing to rotate them rapidly aa the machine Is drawn over the ground. As the flutings on the face of the rollers mesh closelv toeether. It Is easy to un derstand hovv any weed or grass which once gets between them will be drawn up, until It Is finally lifted out of the ground, roots and all. To Insure the killing of higher growths, the machine has been fitted with a series of rotary blades, which feed the tops of the weeds down beneath the face of the first roller Instead of allowing this roller to strike the stems a ad push the weeds over, without uprooting them. Name Year .Farm. If you bave a fa rat name It. . That's the latest suggestion traveling abent in the rural districts, and It deserves to be acted upon at once and with judgment. When you come to think of It It seems rather strange that so few farms throughout New England have a name. Most of those so hon ored are the property of persons who live elsewhere the most of the year and patronize the farm only two or three months ln the hot weather. But farmers, real fanners, have never got Into the way of labeling their farms, and though, of course, In the farming district everyone knows where every one else lives, it certainly does lend a diglty and a sort of beauty to a coun try side If every bouse Is Individual ized by an appellation well chosen. Naturally some peculiarity of the farm should be embodied ln its name, and there are peculiarities and to spare In every New England farm. These may not be patent to the principal owner, but the sons or daughters who "go away to school" will discern them on the first trip home, and they might be trusted to select the term. Boston Transcript Device for Catch Inar Fowls. Whether or not a fowl will nnletiv submit to the approach of the Imple ment shown In the drawing any more than It would stand still and al low a man to get within reaching distance, only a practical applica tion can deter mine. It' Is possi ble, however, that the device can be moved more rapid ly than a person moves, and thus The Idea Is Intro deceive the fowl. duced by a Kentucklan, who states tat It will do Its work without Injury to the legs, and enable the fowl tn stand naturally after Its capture, with out however, giving It an opportunity to escape. The New Northwest The Canadian government has Uanad a census bulletin, which gives statis tics as to agriculture ln Alberta, Assln- lbola and Saskatchewan, which nnituH compose the Northwest Territories. rne total area or these territories is 190,063,117 acres, and only 6,569,004 acres are occupied as farms. Of this area, 75.99 per cent Is unimproved. Field crops, exclusive of hay, occupy fifty-three per cent of the Improved land, but only a fair beginning has been made with fruit trees and vegeta bles. The area of land ln wheat, oats, barley, rye, corn, peas, potatoes and other field roots ln 1891 was 194,773. acres. The Increase at the end of the last decade waa 694,073 acres, or 333 per cent The production of home made butter Is nearly twice as much as ten years ago, and In the interval ten factories have been put Into opera tion. Two New Sprays. The difficulty of killing plant and tree lice with the usual spray mixtures Is well known. Good results are 're ported from the use of a new mixture containing ene pound hard soa,?. one qaart easier ail, one-fourth pound car bonate of soda, one gallon water. The soap and acid were boiled In water and mixed with the castor oil while heated; the mixture waa then diluted witn 10 to 20 per cent of water for pray inn. It fighting tree lice, it la 1IAOUIM TO PULL TUB WEEDS. important to. apply the liquid used be fore the leaves begin to curl and en close the Insects. For scale Insects, a mixture reported satisfactory Is pre pared as follows: Ten quarts boiling water, one quart carbolic add, one quart soft soap.. The mixture Is stir red until an emulsion Is formed and Is applied by means of a brush. Amer ican Cultivator. ' Fertilizing; for Tnmato Crops. Although the following Information Is based on the work of a grower of tomatoes for canning factories almost exclusively. It Is of value to any one who grows the medium and late sorts for any market Muriate of potash 500 pounds, nitrate of soda 400 pounds, bone tankage 700 pounds, and acid phosphate 409 pounds, using of this mixture 500 pounds an acre. 800 pounds being used broadcast hefora harrowing and 200 pounds In the hills. Tibs formula supplies the food needed uy tne plants In addition to what la naturally supposeu to be In the fairly rertue soil, and should give as a result a, large crop of fine tomatoes of eood color. Naturally, the result will de pend somewhat on the varieties used. which for canning purposes should al ways be such as will rinen all over and be of a deep red color. It Is always safe to select varieties of this descrip tion ror any market, as thev are at tractive to the eye and generally of good quality. The old favorite Para gon probably comes aa near to the ideal variety as any. all thine consid ered. , Rock Gardens. A rockery Is attractive If well made and not out of place. It should be made only ln locations where a nat ural beap of rocks covered with flow ers and vines would not seem unex pected or out of, tune with surround ings. A sunken rockery Is th mnr attractive, but the hillock shape Is less costly. If convenlen, build ou a shady southeast slope. Dig below frost line and use the earth removed as side fill ing. The stone work should be finish ed and firmly wedged before filling with earth and gravel. Good plants. mosses, vines and ferns can he fnnn about any forest ledge, and the nur serymen sell rock plants and alpine plants adapted to such locations. Ex change. Make a Baa: Holder. A frame may be fixed is a few min utes that will hold bags while belne filled. Cut a board six inches wide and nail - together . a , shown. Fill a bag and set It Inside, then adjust the books the proper height The hooks (a) are elghtpdnny wire nails driven through the boards) bah holder. downward to pre vent turning and the ends then bent upward. The front books should, be a little lower than the bock two, A cross brace on the back will strengthen the frame. A. Gllmore, ln Farm and Home. Fo-Called Corn Wheat. In sections of the West there Is be ing grown a variety of wheat known as Polish wheat which has compara tively little value except, perhaps, as a food for stock. Public accounts of this wheat bave been so garbled that farmers have a wrong Impression of It Aa this wheat Is grown in the Northwest, It produces wonderfully. and the kernels are much larger than those of the recognized varieties of wheat, and when fed to stock It Is said to have wonderful fattening results. That It . has some merit there is little doubt, for It has given fairly good re sults ln the making of macaroni flour. although net so good as the results from the true macaroni wheat It la doubtful If It Is safe to use It largely In the fattening of stock, although It Is worthy of test In that way. Seeds men ln the North and West can doubt less furnish seeds ln small Quantities. and the reputation already acquired uj imes ii worm a test, in some sec tions the variety Is known as Emmer and some seedsmen catalogue It under that name. Farm Notes, More large fruit and of better nnai- Ity. can be secured by thinning out the iron on tne trees. It Is a loss of fruit and an Inujry to a tree when It ripen a large amount of fruit, and the crop next year will also be reduced. Ten'' barrels of prime apples will sell for more than three or four times as much Inferior fruit Growing a lot of DumDklna In a floM of corn Is an old practice, but It Is doubtful If pumpkins so grown are aa profitable as when grown aa a separate crop from corn. The pumpkins will prevent the proper cultivation of corn, as working the corn destroys the pumpkin vines, the result being that late weeds get a chance to grow and mature. It Is urged In defense of growing pumpkins In the corn field that they do not Interfere with cultiva tion until the corn Is "laid by," but much depends on the land rninr.n . 1 .-.man nau thoroughness of cultivation. Corn snouia never oe "iaia by" as long as weeds and grass can hav an m s y k7 tun::y to grow, cultivation being given ii ii is possmie ror a horse to pass along the rows.
