-Cincinnati Post
TIRED MOTHERS.
A little elbow leans upon your knee.
Your tired knee that has so much to
bear;
child's dear eyes are looking lovingly
From underneath a thatch of tangled
hair.
You feel the loving, trustful, tender touch
Of warm, moist fingers holdio? sours
so tight,
Too do not prize this blessing overmuch,
You are almost too tired to pray to
night. I wonder now that mothers ever fret
As little children clinging to their
gown,
Or that the footprints, when the days
are wet,"
Are ever black enough to make them
frown.
If I could find a little muddy boot
Or cap or jacket on my chamber floor,
If I could kiss a rosy, restless foot,
And hear it patter in my home once
more;
If I could mend a broken cart to-day,
To-morrow make a kite to reach the
sky.
There's no woman in God's world could
say
She was more blissfully content than I.
But, oh! the dainty pillow next my own
la never rumpled by a shining head;
My singing birdling from Its nest has
flown;
My little boy I used to kiss Is dead.
Toledo Times-Bee.
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lsi $ "I
YRIL THORNTON was abso
lutely broke to the world. Not
the ordinary want of a "fiver"
brokenness, but the real downright
thing, for be had not a penny In the
world.
More than that, he had no belongings
which he could deposit with his avunc
ular relative for a valuable considera
tion. More than that, he had not even
an attic to sleep In.
Neither wine nor cards brought him
to this stage, but pure, unadulterated
bad luck. A gentleman by birth, and
with a luxurious bringing up, he had
found himself suddenly thrown on his
own resources.
It was a beautiful morning In June.
London was filled with fashionable
people, and from some feeling of
"cussedness" Cyril went to church pa
rade In the park. Ills shabby clothes
did not worry him, for he had no false
sense of pride.
He walked listlessly along, watching
the fairest collection of feminine
beauty that the world holds. Cyril al
ways had an eye to the beautiful.
The crowd was thinning away when
he saiw ahead of him an elderly man of
aristocratic appearance. By his side
walked a young girl with the loveliest
face that he had ever seen. The man
signaled a coachman, and a victoria
pulled up near the curb.
As the girl was entering the car
riage, Cyril saw something glitter from
her wrist and fall into the road. He
was just hurrying to pick it up when
the carriage rapidly drove away.
He quickly stooped down and saw a
magnificent diamond bracelet. In the
center of which was a big black pearl
With a hurried movement he thrust
It into his pocket and looked hastily
around. No one had observed the incl
dent
He slept in the park that night and
wrestled with a mighty temptation.
His bettor thoughts were vanquished,
and the following morning he pawned
the bracelet with a confiding pawn
broker for fifty pounds.
THE COUNTY FAIR SEASON IN FULL
In a few days he sailed for the Cape.
These were the early days of mines,
and good luck followed him right
through. Within three months he had
redeemed the bracelet His next step
was to advertise In the agony column
of the Times:
"Will the lady who lost a diamond
bracelet set with a black pearl in June
last in the park kindly communicate
with C. T.. Box XT'
For many weeks he had this in
serted in papers, but no answer came.
As the months passed Cyril's success
increased with great strides. All1 his
Investments turned out well; and peo
ple began to look upon him as a com
ing man.
Then came the big booms. Mines
which were worth comparatively little
were raised to enormous prices. ..Cyril
realized when the excitement was
highest and returned to England a mil
lionaire. Of course, people made a fuss over
him, for he was young, good-looking,
immensely wealthy and an Englishman
strangely enough.
But Cyril was not a happy man
The bracelet still weighed on his con
science. It was to try and find its
owner that he accepted the Invitations
.which society pressed upon him. For
a whole season he searched for her,
but without success. He got tired of
the adoration which' was flung at him
or rather his millions; so he, one
day, packed up his portmanteau and
went into the country. I
His destination was a quiet little Inn
near Dartmoor, which he had known
in the days of his youth.
One afternoon he was casting a fly
along one of the streams that abound
on the moors. He turned a corner and
a sight greeted him which made his
pulse throb madly.
Huge bowlders studded with bloom
ing heather formed a background. At
their foot a piece of green, and lying
asleep, with her head on a cushion and
a rod by her side, was the girl for
whom he had been in search.
He approached closer. She was sleep
ing soundly. Quickly he drew the
bracelt from his pocket, where he al
ways carried it With gentle touch he
placed it round her wrist and snapped
it She moved in her sleep, and he
hastened away. He looked round, and
she was again sleeping peacefully.
Cyril had restored the bracelet to ts
owner, but with the bauble he had
given his heart
To make up his mind was to act
It did not take him long to discover
that she was Lady Allclt Doversford,
and that she lived with her father at
Doversford Court. He was also pleased
to hear that the earl was exceedingly
poor.
Again he chanced to meet her when
she was fishing.
She approached him at once.
"Can you lend me a 'black gnat? "
she asked him in a sweet voice that
thrilled him.
With trembling fingers he produced
the fly.
Cyril was not In the mood to make
haste slowly. They met again, and he
flattered himself she was pleased to see
him.
Next be wrote to the earl and asked
permission to Inspect the famous pic
tures (they were hearlooms and could
not be sold) at the castle.
He chanced to be walking through
the grounds of the castle after seeing
the pictures. He took a seat at the
foot of a bowlder, and was startled to
bear two voices speaking.
One was Lady Alicia's, the other that
of a man.
"I can never marry you. darling.
"Yon don't love me, Alicia."
BLAST.
"Heaven knows I do, Norman. But
you have no money. You are as poor
as we are. It isn't the money I want,
dearest You know that. I must mar
ry money, though. The dad expects
it, and"
The sound of a kiss, and Cyril turned
sadly away, stricken to the heart.
"It is 20,000," the earl said. "Some
one placed it to my credit at the bank.
No Information will be given as to its
source. It is an absolute mystery."
"God bless him, whoever it is," she
whispered, tenderly.
Among the wedding presents was a
magnificent suite of Jewelry. Each
article was of diamonds, with a setting
of a large black pearl, and the donor
was Cyril Thornton, the well-known
South African millionaire.
DIGGING IN ANCIENT RUINS.
Light Thrown on Grecian Life by Die
coverlea Made at Olbla.
Interesting and valuable archaeo
logical discoveries have been made on
the site of the ancient Greek city
Olbla. The site is situated on the
southern bank of the Boug, about mid
way between Otchakoff and Nicolaleff,
and not far distant from the estuary of
the Dnelper. This ancient city was a
colony of Miletus 666 B. C. and was
a great center for Greek trade with
the interior. It is generally maintain
ed among archaeological authorities
that a trade route extended from Olbla
across country to the northern sea, and
when a find of ancient Greek coins
was made it was contended to be sub
stantial proof of the fact Recently,
however, it was proved that these coins
were spurious.
Olbla was destroyed by the Getae
about 70 to 60 B. C, but it revived
and when It was visited by Dion Ohry-
sostum about 100 A. D. it was again
a flourishing city. The excavations
that are now in progress upon the site
of this city are being carried out by
M. Formakovskl under the auspices of
the Russian Archaeloglcal Society. M.
Formakovskl has succeeded In unearth
ing extensive portions of the walls and
foundations of the original city, which
date back from the seventh century,
B. O. The masonry is identical with
that of the ruins of ancient cities ex
cavated in various parts of Greece.
Before this depth was reached two dif
ferent strata of wails and basements
bearing descriptions of the fourth and
first centuries B. C. were encountered.
The stone blocks composing the ruins
of houses, temples, etc., In these upper
strata are of remarkably exact area,
square proportions ana excellently
dressed. The more solid constructive
work is, however, found In the remains
of the original city. At this depth
there was unearthed a perfectly pre
served wine cellar. Some fifty huge
Jars or vases had evidently contained
red wine, now turned to a light pow'
dery substance. A large collection of
valuable antiques in gold, marble and
ancient pottery has also been found
in these newly uncovered ruins. These
have been dispatched to the Hermitage
at St Petersburg. M. Formakovskl,
however, is carefully examining every
antique unearthed, to establish its gen
ulne character, as it was on this site
that the spurious tiara of Saltapharnes,
now in the Louvre, was alleged to have
been discovered.
One Blessing Adam Kntoyed.
"Ever hear of a man that didn't kick
about the dressmaker's bills?"
"Adam." Detroit Free Press.
No one ever had enough genius,
either Inspired or acquired, to avoid
saying ill-advised things if be talked
at tlL
Points in Corn Growing;.
The art of raising corn is summed
ap in Indiana Farmer: The cut ' of
corn plants in a row distance part i
shown for the purpose of impressing
the reader with the importance of bet
ter methods of cultivation than those
formerly pursued; in other words, to
show the necessity of shallow level
cultivation after the corn plant is a
few feet high.
This country hat the only produc
tive and profitable corn belt in the
world. The demand and Increasing
price of core in the last five years
have raised the annual production to
about 2,000,000,000 bushels, and yet
the average per acre for the whole
country is only 24.2 bushels. It Is a
rather remarkable fact that on the
poor soils of New England the aver
age production per acre la largest
This is doubtless due to the fact that
better fertilization, cultivation and
seed selection is practiced there. If
is very well known that there is great
advantage In seed 'selection. Many
instances of this have shown that on
the same quality of soils fifteen bush
els pei- acre Lave been produced, mr
than where the work of selecting seed
was neglected. Again, it has been
shown that corn growing on land the
previous year in leguminous crops has
greatly increased In production.
The best corn growers now begin
cultivation with weeders or harrows
before, or by the time, the corn be
gins to appear above the ground, this
both for the purpose of destroying the
germinating weeds as well as to put
the soil in better condition for corn
growth. It is always important that
the ground be stirred after rains,
where crust forms and starts rapid
evaporation of the moisture. It is
well settled now that a good dust
mulch of two or three inches' depth
is one of the things necessary in corn
cultivation.
Formerly deep cultivation was prac
ticed, but It Is now seen that this was
a mistake. When the crop is three
or four feet high the ground begins to
mat with the fine fibrous roots which
extend from row to row, as shown in
the cut. When six to elgnt feet high
these fine root feeders of the plant
have made a complete mat between
the rows. In deep cultivation, reach
Ing down to five or six inches, these
ROOTS OF THE CORN.
fine plant feeders are broken off, and
growth toward maturity is checked
Of course, new fibrous roots will form
from those broken, but loss Is BUS'
tained and never fully recovered.
Is the same when a calf or pig has
Its growth checked by starving for
food; it can never fully recover the
loss.
Farm Notes.
Close Inbreeding is a short cut to
temporary success.
A poor appetite In an animal sug
gests some weakness.
Hogs may be fed corn as soon as the
grain begins to harden.
AH things considered, early plow
ing is best for fall wheat.
A fattened old cow has a larger pro
portion of waste than a young ani
mal. All animals require a variety in
their food in order to make the best
gains.
Set the milk as quickly as possible
after milking to get perfect rising of
the cream.
The temporary gate, or the make
shift fence, will often cause more
trouble than making a good one.
As many as a dozen farmers haye
found out that It does not pay to keep
hogs and poultry in the same enclo
sure. It is to be hoped that more will
learn this fact by another year.
Many a man who does not have any
confidence in himself or in God has
Implicit confidence in an old, warped
horseshoe. It is strange how some
people who are intelligent will act
The soil physiologist who claims
the soil needs no fertility to keep it
up, but that it produces according to
climatic and cultural conditions, has
bit wide the mark.
8om9 men make the mistake of "one1
man starting more work than. two can
finish."
Keep the chickens out of the gar
den and give them plenty to do on the
outside.
When fed dry, shelled corn Is more
economical than corn meal to feed to
fattening hogs.
If the conditions are favorable,
August Is the best time to set out
strawberry plants.
To obtain the best results the farm
work must be done In the best manner
and at the proper time.
The housefly lives about ten days,
during which time It can give at least
month of trouble to the house
keeper.
Quantity In clover hay counts for
less than quality. Now is the time to
arrange for quality by cutting it in
the right time.
Making; a Garden Boiler.
Get a piece of two-foot earthenware
tiling about fourteen Inches in diame
ter and set it on a board, as shown in
the top picture. Flace an iron rod
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GOOD OABDKH HOLLER.
exactly in the center, passing down
through the board about an Inch and
projecting above the tiling about the
same distance that Is, two inches.
Now fill in the tiling to the top with
cement and broken rocks, the cement
being two parts sand to one of dry
cement Have the ends faced with the
clear mixture of sand 'and cement
that Is, with none of the broken rock
appearing in view. Now arrange a
handle upon the projecting Iron bar
in the center, as shown in the lower
picture, and the roller is complete.
Should the outer covering of tiling
ever become broken by accident, thero
will still be left a firm roller of ce
ment that has hardened to rock-liko
consistency.
Poultry and Small Fruits.
The writer has been much Interest
ed In a fruit and poultry farm which,
he has visited yearly for the last five
years, and the results obtained on this
farm have been such that they aro
worth attention here. The owner was
over sixty years old when he took up
this work. He bad been a farmer all
his life and had raised both fruit and
poultry to a limited extent As he
grew older the sons left the farm and
It became too much of a burden. He
sold It and bought ten acres on tho
outskirts of a city of 25,000 people.
At the end of the first year from
chicks raised and fowls bought he
had ninety-four laying hens. One acre
of strawberries was also In good con
dition for a first crop the following
summer.
At the end of five years he has near
ly three hundred fowls and pullets for
egg production, markets many broilers,
roasters and fowls and has three acres
In strawberries. With the help of one
man all the work Is done and our
friend is making more actual money
beyond the cost of his living than he
had ever made on the farm of seventy
acres and with a much smaller Invest
ment There are possibilities in this
combination in many sections of the
country, and they are well worth look
ing into. Plenty of hard work in it,
of course, and many disappointments,
but under skilled management it will
bring success. Indianapolis News.
Largest Apple Orchard. v -The
largest orchard probably in tho
world is in Missouri. It is the great
Wlnnns orchard, near Marshfleld, in
Webster County. There aro eighty-six
thousand apple trees, ten thousand
peach trees and ten thousand pear
trees. The acreage covered Is 1,240.
It is estimated that the orchard Is now
worth $108,000. There are to-day in
the county one million bearing trees.
Homogenized" Milk.
The latest thing we have now la
"homogenized" milk. It Is milk that
has been heated to 185 degrees and
then forced against a porcelain plate
under high pressure. This breaks up
the globules of cream until they are
so fine they will not rise to the sur
face. It is said that milk treated in
this manner has been kept for six
weeks without getting sour or show
ing any cream on the top of tho milk.
Science is doing great things If this
be true.