BANDON 11E< ORDER
FACTS IN FEW LINES
my little folks had these (Mper pad?
thia year that bad only been used a
abort time; more than one-half the
I «ages were there and I thought they
were gissl enough, but the teacher dif
fered 'with me, and they had to get
out and out new books. Another
thing that is an injustice, to my mind,
is that the leat hers allow the children
to correct each other’s |>a]iers. Many
times the children who are doing the
marking do not know right from
wrong. My little daughter had so
many errors marked in her work that
she took it up to the teacher. What
kind of a reception do you think her
relielling at the injustice received ?
‘Go back to your seat,’ said the teacher
without looking at the iia|>er, ‘and I
w ill have to check you for coming up
to my desk.’ ‘But it is wrong and I
am right,’ said the child. 'Another
check,’ said the teacher, and that is all
tlie satisfaction the child got. 1 hap
pened to overhear a child telling an
other, ‘1 got even with Mabel for her
meanness, for I hail to correct her (ta
per, and you better believe 1 marked it
from top to bottom.’ What are the
teachers paid for, if they put the work
ott on children they are expected to
attend to, and who are not prepared to
judge the merit of the work? I tel)
you the school system is all wrong.”
WOMAN AND JASH1ON THE AlOTIIEtt-lX-LAW
For ihe VbouU1”
Tbe achoolgirl la su luportant per
soli. ige at ibis s..asoli oftbe yaar. aud
ber wardrube require* • geuerou.
atuount uf tbougbt aud eousideraUuu
Here ia an excwedlugl) ni art aud at
tractive little frock wbcb «ulta ber
netals to a uicety, I h atiailutely altuple
at thè asine tltne tbat B la 1» thè
beighl uf style aud la adipted to vari
ous materiata, lu thU luXauce plaid 1«
trillinosi wlth black and «bit» baudlng
aud eoiiiblued wltb cbeOiaatte of taf
feta eiubrolitered In uyaat atyle, aud
I Gems In Ver6e
HER STRANGE POSITION AMONG MANY
OF THE WORLD’S PEOPLES.
The Atlantic tx-eau ban an average
Haves Where She la Selther Penalt
depth of 1*1,000 feet
ies to Speak to gar Look I poa the
“Talk about graft, Polly, why, you
Mahxloroua automobile aud motor
Husbaad o< Her Daaahler—Theories
won
’
t
find
a
worse
specimen
of
thia
cycles are not allowed at Pontreatna.
About This queer Castelo.
the fashionable Nwl»a resort.
vampire method of doing busiueiM any
Among tbe Arawaka of South Ameri
Two mlaalouarlea from Afghanistan place or in any line of businwH than
ca it Is uulawful for a youug man to
have arrived in Mverpool. Their lu you will in our Hfhool-book system of
See tbe face of his mother-iu-law. If
tentiou la to convert England to Islam. the prexent day. The parents and
they live in tbe same bouse a purtition
Mauna I.oa, In the Sandwich Islands children all over California should rise
uniat lie set up between them. If they
13,000 feet high, la the highest moun en niaase and lift up their voices in one
tuln which rises directly from the sea Milid cry of protestation against the re
go iu tbe same boat she bas to step lu
E. S. Kami A Son. farmers, of Stet
first, so as to keep her hack turned ou
cent order made by the State Board ot
son. Me., claim to own the largest pair
liim. Rochefort says; “Among the Ca-
education
to
the
efleet
that
no
more
of
of oxen In the world. They weigh
ribs all the women talk with whom
B.'XXi pounds aud girt irtne and a ball the present advanced grammars are to
they will, but tlie husband dare not
lie printed, owing to a desire of that
feet.
converse with Ills wife's relatives ex
progressive
body
to
sulutitute
a
mote
Tlie question of utilizing trolley pole'
cept ou extraordinary occaaluua.”
as sewer ventilator« Is under the con modern work. Thia means that next
In many part» of Australia a woman
alderatlou of the Wakefield (England; year all the Isioks now in use will be
will
not look at her daughter's husband
town council, and the city’ surveyor discarded ami the parents becom|*elled
at all hazards. She bides whenever he
bas been Instructed to submit a plan.
to furnish the children witii the new
comes near her, going out of her way
India rubber trees, which are tapped series. The teachers, who are the liest
to avoid him. aud If it is Impossible she
every other day. continue to yield sap judges, claim that the present gram
hides her face with her cloak. She
for more than twenty years, and It isu mar is one of the liest works in use in
curious fact that the oldest and moat the sc I kmi I s ot any State, and there is
would not mention bis nume for any
frequently tapped trees produce the
thing lu tbe world. The Kaffir woman
no
reasonable
excuse
for
discontinuing
richest sap.
bides lieldnd a bush and holds a shield
A young Maine couple went for a its use, unless it Is* for the purjsiee, as
to her face. She would far ratlier
rlile In the country on a recent Sunday one of our live daily pai>ers suggests,
speak to a stranger than to her sou in
of
giving
the
Eastern
book
firms
a
They saw a woman gathering apples
law.
hi an orchard near the road and asked chance to collect a royalty on the book
Franklin, who gave much time to the
If they might have some. “Guess so.“ of from twelve to fifteen cents from
studies of the North American ludlau,
BRIEF
REVIEW.
whs the startling reply. “I’m stealing every child who is conqielled in future
assures us it iu consider,si exireiuely
them.“
improper for a woman to speak to her
to lieeome a purchaser. It is time the
There are only three national boll parents were waking up and taking
Something About Bees.
son in law, and when she lias auy Im
days In Japan. Jan. 1 Is one of them, things a little bit into their own hands
portant communication to make It is
“One would conclude,” says Louis
and the birthday of the feigning em
considered proper for her to turn her
instead of leaving it in the hands of a Rhead, in the Outlook, “after a sur
peror, Nov. 3, is anothmf But Feb. 11
back ou him and speak by means of a
la the greatest of the thrts* dates, for It few, who can drain their pocket-book« vey of most that has been written
third person. The same law bolds good
Is the anniversary of the coronation of every year by this constant changing alsiut the honey bee, that he is en
among the Sioux anil Dakotas, and If
of ^school Imoks. They can make it dowed with extraordinary knowledge.
the lirst emperor, Jiminu.
violated the offender is punished by
Punctuation counts for a Jot, as Is one of the vital issues of the campaign Little or nothing has been said of his
having his garments torn from hls
shown by this sign, which used to when they are voting for their law ignorance or stupidity ; but I have
back and thrown away. With the Oma
ha« neither the father nor mother has
adorn a Manchester (N. II.) blacksmith makers, and semi some one to repre come to the conclusion, after three
shop. J. Welcome horse. Shoeing auil sent them who will put forward and years’ most careful study of my bees,
anything to do with the son-in-law
all kinds of Jobbing In. Wood and Iron. aid in passing a law that will require that in many instances they are far
nor he with them. They will not look
àn ATTBAcTrva ntocx
It was doubtless meant fco read; J. the State to furnish school Issiks free, less intelligent than the average insect,
at one another or speak hls name.
tbe
dress
la
altogether
chic
and
dealra
Welcome. Horse shoeing and all kinds
In his travels to Timbuetoo Caillies
regardless of the station in life of the isith in guarding their stores and pro ble. It could, however, be made from
of jobbing lu wood aud iron.
narrates that from the moment of be
pupil. It is the only way to solve this tecting themselves. It would be fool cashtvere, from benrletta, veiling or trothal the lover Is careful not to see
Queen Alexandra's laces, linens and
silks are perfumed In a simple and de question of sclKsil-lssik graft. When ish to deny that honey bees ¡show any dmllar material with trlmmlug of the father aud mother of the bride.
lightful manner. The drawers In which such a law is carried and enforced you many qualities of a high order of in a dezeii sorts. Bandings are exceed They avoid each other all the time. He
they are kept are Hued with white pa will find that there are fewer changes stinct, but they also show, in many in lug!y prolific this year aud In them- says, “I tried In vain to discover tbe
per«, strewn with rose leaves. A layet in school Issiks, and it won’t mean a stances, a remarkable degree of stu sel.es afford ample opportunity, while origin of the whimsical custom, but
of the fabrics to be scented Is placed change in books for each member of pidity. Yet for centuries poets and combinations of plaid and plain mate tbe only answer I could obtain was, 'It
over this, with more rose petals sprln the family every year. We talk about writers have belli them up as paragons rial are much In vogue, and plain col Is our way.’ ”
This custom extends beyond the re
kled upon It, and so on until the draw compulsory education and at the same of wisdom. On the other hand, Sir ora finished with bias bands and cbem
'sette of plaid are always effective.
er Is filled.
time make the duty so hard on parents John Lubtsick, in bis ‘Ants, Bees and Tlie dress Is made with the blouse, tbe lations. If the lover is of a different
Russell Stiles of Rpringfield, Vt., has by this method of constantly chang Wasps,’ dismisses the honey bee with skirt and tbe fitted lining. The skirt camp lie avoids all the inhabitants of
the women's camp, except a few inti
established “rural dog route No. 1" ing the school Issiks that it is an utter
little ceremony, finding it infinitely can be attached to the blouse and mate friends whom he is permitted to
between his father’s house In the couu
opened with It at the left of the front
try and the office of the Springfield impossibility for parents living off a less interesting and intelligent thav or can be attached to the body lining visit. A little tent is generally set up
Reporter. Ills big yellow dog, Pete, is small salary to send their children to the ant. Tlie oft-repeated praise of the aud closed at the back, while the for the son-in law, and when he is
carrier and when given a letter makes school after they have reached a cer tender solicitude of the nurse and doc blouse Is separate, finished with the obliged to cross tlie camp he covers hls
face. This custom exists among In
straight for the Reporter office. Pete's tain grade, owing to the high price of tor bees seems in striking contrast with belt, as may be preferred..
dian tribes anil extends far beyond.
record among the other dogs makes the school books.”
the callous movements of healthy bees,
In the tribes of New South Wales the
him secure against holdups.
who (tass by their dead or wounded
Yoke Skirl Waists Popstar.
youug man. when courting a girl,
A Swedish Inventor lias patented a
Batiste
aud
handkerchief
linen
shirt
You would lie astonished if you knew sisters without the slightest notice, but
process for Improving the flavor of how many children dropped out of the will quickly remove them if work is wuists will be worn all winter, but avoids her mother as much as he can
and grows more distant after he Is
raw coffee. Coffee Is usually stored
impeded, taking no end of trouble to many waists of heavy linen are now married. With some Victorian tribes
for several years liefore roasting, the schools in San Francisco upon reach
being
made
for
tbe
forthcoming
sea
standing causing slight chemical ing the higher grades. Many of them pick the body up, fly some distance sou. There seems an Indication to re tlie estrangement is even greater—the
change« which Improve the flavor. This don’t leave school through choice; in and then drop it. A single liee may lie turn to the really mannish shirt waist mother and aunt ns well may not look
miiturlng process may be shortened to fact, they feel keenly the disappoint seen tugging and (Hilling, the rest lu tbe finishing touch of linen itellar at the youug man nor speak to him
from betrothal to death. When they
a few hours by exposing the new coffee ment in not lieing able to continue and working inertly on, taking no notice and black tie.
to the action of a powerful magnetic take advantage of the higher educa whatever nor giving assistance; yet in
Whether made of madras, heavy lin speak before each other they have to
field.
tion they crave and which is lieing en the hive comb-building, every one en, albatross or slcllleuue, all tbe new use a turn language. I’uder no con
Edgar Hagar, a twelve year-old New joyed by their more fortunate com helps his neighbor in building a cell. est models are yoked lu some sort of dition would tlie young man dare to
Hampshire boy, was pulled into the panions. Few will admit that they The same thing applies to a lie«- strug way. Tlie Ingenious dressmaker may apeak to hls wife's mother.
Maclean, who studied this custom
Arukee rher, in that state, and nearly are leaving on account of the lack of gling in a spider’s web. The strength develop all kinds of new Ideas In yokes
among the Zulus of Africa, says a
drowned by a big rainbow trout which
and be within the edict of fashion.
of
a
union
of
twelve
liees
flying
with
daughter in law must cut herself off
lie had hooked. By clinging to a tree funds to supply the necessary books.
from her husband's relatives. She Is
The Sew Seracs.
which had fallen Into the river and at They have too much pride to air savage force against the fragile web
the same time fighting gamely for bls their poverty, which would be the would at once set a prisoner free; yet,
Serge has undergone a radical not allowed even to pronounce their
prize the boy finally tired the fish out natural result should they ap)*eal to they are indifferent to their comrade’s change, like velvet and taffeta and names mentally. This statement shows
It weighed ten pounds. Hagar weigh the City School Board for the books, trouble. If a young terrier pup ven half a hundred richer stuffs. It can be that iu some countries tbe girl must
sixty pounds.
for by the time the officers had fin tures within a yard or so of the hive a had now In a quality combining both Ignore her husband's relatives ns much
as he does her mother, but this Is less
The royal ministry of Bavaria pub ished with the red tape required to dozen bees are on him like a flash, and the wlriness tbat made it such a satis
lishes a warning against the use of put the Issiks into their hands, an with unerring judgment they know fa story year round material and with frequent.
In Asia among tbe Mongols and the
the soft finish that permits It to be
colors containing lead in the manufac over-sensitive child would lie so hu his tender spots.
Calmucks a woman dare not speak to
treated as all new styles require.
ture of transferable pictures. Chll miliated by their alfairs lieing made
her father-in-law nor sit down iu bls
dren attach these transferable pictures known that they would lose all inter
Watching Out for Children.
presence. Fallas iu an interesting
In acraplxMiks. and girls and women
Fashion In Colors.
When a child is born in certain
use them for ornamenting glass jars, est. They would rather do without
As to colors, black Is back and plum work on tlie Ostiaks of Siberia declares
bottles, cigar boxes, fans, picture the schooling and content themselves English towns there is a race for the color promises to be strong. Blue Is that a young married woman avoids
frames, paper cases, boxes and many- the ls-st they can in obtaining a clerk health department, especially if the staple aud la popular this year as well, her father-in-law whenever she can,
ship. and studying and reading at event has occurred in the poorer dis carrying out the predictions made last especially during tbe early years of her
other small receptacles.
Good authority states that yellow to nights by themselves. Few do the trict. The reason for the haste is not a spring and summer. Next to blue is married life. In the meanwhile the
ver prevailed In Newburyport and Ros latter, however, for they lose all inter desire to see that the record of vital greeu, especially In the shades that de husband Is not expected to see any
If be
ton In 170'1. In 1797 forty-five persons est when they leav^ school, findingit statistics is properly kept, but because pend upon olive tones. And red will thing of his mother-in-law.
meets ner by chance he hides.
died with It In Providence alone. There too much of an np-liill work to pursue there is a reward of one shilling to the have a hearing.
In China, after tlie wedding day, a
were several cases In Norwich, Conn, their studies alone. If the sclusil- one who is first to notify the health
man never sees the face of his daugli
and New Bedford In 1801, ami the fol liooks were free for one and all, we officer, provided this notification is
Simple Waist Design.
ter-in-law. A similar custom exists in
lowing year ten cases were reported In
Simple designs, which can be made
Portsmouth, N. H. Providence had ten would find a marked increase in the given within 48 hours. As soon as the at borne by the Inexperienced home Borneo and the FIJI islands.
Some people consider it absolutely
deaths In 1806, nnd In 1820 Middle attendance of more advanced scholars. tip is received the mother is visited sewer, are always welcome. It Is often
criminal
for a young man even to give
and
given
a
printed
slip
with
direc
town. Conn., was afflicted
tbe home fashioned waist which out a stray glance to Ills mother-in-law.
One of the most wonderful discover
A gentleman w ho has a large family tions as to the best means of caring does the more elaborate tn becoming however good looking she is. They
les In science Is the fact that a beam
whom he is Jond of alluding to as an for the child, and the officer who ness and style. Here is a suggest, m say that they must not look on her
of light produces sound. According to
makes tlie visit is expected to see that In cf> ' ■
with pointed yoke and lest they go mail. It la tlie fashion
Milling, a beam of sunlight Is thrown “expensive luxury,'1 said to me recent the directions are clearly understood.
with some trllies In central Africa to
through a lens on a glass vessel that ly: “I don’t know what I am going
sit with bent kiiissi In their presence
contains lampblack, colored silk or to do to educate my small flock. They
Laboring Man Makes a Fortune.
and not to put their feet out. A Kongo
worsted or other substances. A disk, all hnp|s'ii to lie the stud ions kind and
proverb states: "My mother-in-law Is
Hls
clothing worn and in rags, his
having silts or openings cut In It. Is the aim, from the smallest to theold-
angry with me, but what do I care?
made to revolve swiftly In this l*eam est, is to go through the High School body bent with the weight of eighty
We do not eat from the same dish.”
of light so as to cut It up, thus making ami then the State University. I let years of hard lalsir on a farm, Patrick
Some men will speak to tiielr mothers
alternate flashes of light and shadow them talk and dream on, for I know it Corcoran, who carried a small fortune
by marriage, but will not call them
On putting the ear to the glass vess.-;
is all a ‘fairy tale,’ and the rude awak in his clothes, appeared in the Probate
by name. This Is true of the people
strange sounds are heard' so long nr
Court to o(i|s;se the appointment of a
of
the Torres strait.
ening
will
come
soon
enough,
when
the flashing lienm Is falling on the ves
Many more instances might lie men
they will realize that the higher edu conservator nsked for by his relatives to
sei.
tioned, but these are enough to show
This Is the address on a letter re cation is not for them, unless they can care for hisproperty. Corcoran, work
that tbe position of the mother in law
ccited at the postoiflee at Calcutta, In manage to go io work and help earn it ing as a hired man ever since hisy outh,
among many peoples is strange. The
dla: “If the Aimlghty pleases let this for themselves. My oldest boy, I saved *14,775, which isde)sisited in the
cause for It is not positively known.
envelope, having arrived at the city of think, w ill manage to get through, for lis-al banks. Heearries the lianklssiks
Sir John Lubbock feels that Its origin
Calcutta, In the neighborhood of Ca he s|s>nds every vacation picking fruit In his pockets and has lieen sleeping in
Iles In capture where a man really
lootolah, at the counting honse of or in the harvest field, and saves every barns and out of the way places, expos
seized hls wife. This a roll Sisi the in
Slrnjoodeen & Ilahdnd, merchants, lie
ing himself in such a way that the
dignation of the girl's parents, who re
offered to and read by the happy light cent for Issiks and clothes. I don’t wealth is likely to be stolen from him.
sented bls doings by treating him with
of my eyes, of virtuous manners and know alsiut the rest, though. My sal
great scorn. Gradually this capture
lieloved of the henrt—Meenn Shaikh ary is small, seventy-five dollars per The court appointed a local lawyer as
was only make believe, but tbe moth
conservator.
month,
and
it
keeps
us
hustling
and
Inayut Ally, may hls life be long. Writ
er In-law still shows her disapproval
ten on the 10th of the blessed Rum economizing to get through without
by. having nothing to do with her
Hunting Armada Treasure
ran, Saturday. In the year 1200 of the going'into debt. We have no luxur-
tlons may be true in part, but they do
Hegira of our Prophet, nnd dispatch si ies, except the family, each one lieing
After an interval of nearly two years
not tell the whole story. It Is more
at Bearing ”
worth his or her weight in gold. Can’t the Duke of Argyll has resumed his
likely that a feeling of rivalry and
Nineteen years ago the general store
search in Tobermory l*ay, off theisland
jealousy Is at the bottom of It all.—
at Haynesville, Me., was robbed of a give any of them up, for we are a
straps of stitched silk or all over lsce
quantity of merchandise. Recently one happy family and rely upon each other of Mull, for the sunken treasure among There Is no difficulty possible tn tin Chicago Tribune.
daughter's husband. Professor K. B.
of the cows belonging to a farmer In for happiness and comfort. The be the wreckage of the great Armada gal
pattern, as tbe full fronts and backs Taylor says It Is an act of cutting.
that village failed to return to the ginning of last term the sehool-liooks leon, the Florida, which went down in
ars gathered at top and bottom, and
barn. Search revealed the fact that for my family cost just twenty-five dol 15*8. The o|s-rations are lieing con the yoke fits smoothly over the lining When a young man comes into a fam
she bad fallen Into a big hole lu the lars. That doesn’t leave much out of ducted with theutmost secrecy in Isiats A soft crush girdle In silk or tbe mn ily he Is Ignored; he la at least not coil-
lldered one of them. Both explana
ground which had been used by the a seuenty-flve dollar salary. In fact, it hidden from sight by a canvas awning.
terlal Is the most graceful finish at the
robbers of nineteen years ago as a cripples us for weeks to come.
The Poor Moon.
waist line. The sleeve may be made
cache. It was five feet deep, six feet
All carnivorous animals lap up water short with a full frill of lace at the
Natives In Bulawayo. South Africa,
square and roofed over with log
with the tongue. Herbivorous ani elbow and the neck In Dutch round have a curious belief concerning the
There was a time when the old-fash
These, having become decayed, were
mals, as the horse and ox, suck it up. outline
inoon. They say that he has two w Ives,
not strong enough to bear the weight ioned slates were good enough, and one
one of whom treats him well aud the
of the cow. All the goods taken wen- tw enty-fivecent slate would go through
Xor.li* or Kvenlnst
other badly. During the first quarter
Motor vehicles are lieing sent to
concealed here
the entire family. I aaked the ques
The learned Henry Ainsworth says be goes over tbe hills to tlie Zambezi
Khartoum to tie trie*! as sulistituten for
tion of one of the teachers the other
that as darkness was before light (Gen and lives with his first wife, whom
Between Those «tris.
the camels <»f the desert.
esis 1, 5) tbe evening Is named first, they call Keep the Door Open. She
Miss Ascum When Mr. Richley saw day, why the slate bad been ignored
my photograph yesterday he said it and wn- a thing of the past. ‘Wall,
Since the first of tlie year this coun and tbe Jews liegan their day In the feeds him so well that he gets fat and j
was very pretty, didn't he? Come, the scratching oti the slate with the try lias imported $2,000,1)00 worth of evening. The Athenians did the same. full and romid But on hls way hack
The Chaldeans counted from sunrise, he stay« at Che hut of the second wife
now. honest? Miss <'hellos No; quite pencils made the teachers nervous, automobile*.
the Egyptians from noon, tbe Romans Shut the Door Tight -who starves
the reverse He said It was a good was one'of the main rt“asons,’ she re
from midnight.—Note« and Queries.
and III treats him, so it is a very thill
likeness Philadelphia Press
plied. ‘and then, again, the work on
The bapptuess of the wicked pai
and woebegone moon that finally re
paper
is
so
much
lietter
and
neater.
’
away
like
a
torrent.
—
Racine.
Those who have little are not the
Choose always the way that seems turns to start hls travels afresh.
poor. The really poor are those who ! That means-several note-liooks during
the beat, however rough It may be.
Bantam chickens came from Bantam Custom will render It easy and agree
want m#re than they have Woman's i the term at Jive cents a piece. There
The greatest fifth ultles He where we
able.
Life.
‘
are lead pencils galhsr. Why, some of a town in Japan.
are not looking for them. Goethe.
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OLD FAVORITES.
Annabel Lea.
FARM CONDITIONS.
The
Wlneli.« tomblaattoa off
Yields Mild Faylag Prleoo.
It was many and many a ysar a<o.
In a kin<dom by th« sea.
That a maiden lived whom you may know
By th« name of Annab«! Lee
And thia maiden lived with no other
thou<ht
Than to love and be lorad by me
Btg
While the greatest of all our grain
crops bas not yet been secured. It is
proliable that this year's harvests will
foot up the greatest total ever gar
uerel by American farmer». Wheat
Is not far from a record breaking crop,
outs a great crop and corn the greatest
on record if its present promise Is not
lowereil by untimely frosts. But when
the American farmer confronts his
Thanksgiving turkey be will have some
thing more tliau many bushels to lie
thankful for fair prices. We have
bad big yields liefore Unit brought
little joy because they bad to sell so
low, but now tbe agricultural pro
ducer baa the winning combination of
good yields and paying prices. Those
who are dissatisfied with preseut con
ditious will do well to look up quota
tlons ou farm pnslueta ten years ago.
I was a child and she was a child
In this kingdom by th« sea.
But we loved with a love that was more
than love,
I and my Annabel I*ee;
With a love that the win<«d seraphs of
heaven coveted her and me.
The angels, not so happy In heaven.
Went envying her and me-
Yes. that was the reason, as al! men
know'.
In this khurfom by the sea.
That the wind came out of th« cloud by
niahl.
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee
But our love it was stronger by far than
tii« love
Of those who were older than we.
Of many fur wiser than we.
And neither th«* angels in heaven above
Nor the demons down under the sea
Can ever dissever my soul from th« soul
of the beautiful Annabel I xm .
For the inoon never beams without bring*
Ing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee,
Cattle Sllaatlon.
The most hopeful feature of the situ
ation is the Improved market for beef.
Tbe trust agitation has died away, aud
(Mirk and mill ion are dearer than usual,
nnd so In poultry, all of which tends
to expand the consumption of beef.
The promise of a great corn crop Is
als<x likely to be a source of benefit
to the fall cattle trade. It will lead
those who have cattle to keep aud
finish them anil will induce others to
Invest. Although the past three years
have shown no profits to most feeders,
they will probably finisli a large num
her again tlie coming winter. There
Is no other avenue open to them, with
prices of other classes of feeding stock
"out of sight." On the whole, the
present cattle situation Is better than
wu i anticipated earlier in the summer,
though there Is still vast room for
improveuieut.
And the stars sever rise but I f«el the
bright eyes
• Of th« beautiful Annabel L«e
And «O all the nlghttid« 1 lie down by
the side
Of my darling my darllng. my life and
my brlde.
In her aepuh her there bv th« sea.
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
—Edgar Allan Po«.
My Wife’s a Winsoma Wee Thing.
Bhd is a winsome wee thing,
tihe Is a handsome wee thing,
ghe is a bonnie wee thing.
This sweet wee wife o’ mins.
I never saw a fairer,
I never loved a dearer,
And next my heart I’ll wear her
For fear my jewel tine.
8he is
She is
She is
This
The Small Fvegers,
The tendency of the times Is against
the (irofesslonal feeder, tbe s(>eculatoi
who buys his stock aud hls feed aud
hires hls labor. The man who can feed
hls own grain on hls own land without
Increasing hls labor bill Is driving the
speculative feeder out of business. Tlie
small feeder has the great advantage
of cheap roughage, his own or hired la
lior at minimum cost and ability to gel
something out of the manure. With
all these things in hls favor he can feed
stock ou narrow margins und prosper
where the speculative feeder will lose
money. At ilistilleries, mills, etc., the
latter holds ou, but be Is passing out
elsewhere.—National Stockman.
The world’s wrack we share o’t.
The warstle and the care o’t;
Wi’ her 1 11 blithely bear it
And think my lot divine.
—Robert Burna.
I Cannot Sing the Old Songs.
1 cannot sing the old songs
I sung long years ago,
For heart and voice would fall me
And foolish tears would flow.
For bygone hours come o'er my heart
With each familiar strain.
I cannot sing the old songs
Or dream those dreams again.
1 cannot sing the old songs
Or dream those dreams again.
I cannot sing the old songs.
Their charm is sad and deep;
Their melodies would waken
Old sorrows from their sleep,
And, though all unforgotten still
And sadly sweet they be,
I cannot sing the old songs;
They are too dear to me.
1 cannot st ng the old songs;
They are too dear to me.
MARKETING POTATOES.
Sortin*
a winsome wee thing,
a handsome wee thing,
a bonnie wee thing,
sweet wee wife o’ mine.
ami Baaalna the Crop — A
Sorter Illustrated.
By W. T. MACOL'N. Canada.
Some of tlie varieties of potatoes
which are poor quality are freest from
blight; hence these are liecomlug pop-
I cannot sing the old songs,
For visions come again .
Of golden dreams departed
And years of weary pain.
Perhaps when earthly fetters
Have set my spirit free
My voice may know the old songe
For all eternity.
My voice may know tlie old songe
For all eternity.
—ClarlbeL
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
How I wonder what you are,
Vp above the world so high,
Like a diamond In the sky!
When the blazing sun Is gone.
When he nothing ehlnes upon.
Then you ehow your little light.
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
A POTATO SOHTKB.
ular with some potato growers. Some
of the potatoes of best quality, how
ever, are also freest from blight. We
believe that leaving everything else
out of consideration It will pay a po
tato grower to grow varieties of good
quality which are equally or more
productive than those perhaps a little
freer from blight nnd spray them with
bordeaux mixture. He would then be
In a position to offer the very best
potatoes to bis customers, who would
soon appreciate those of better quality.
The question of how to market pota
toes deiiends so much on local condi
tions that It Is uot considered desir
able to go very fully Into It here. Tbe
practice of the best growers Is to sort
and bag the potatoes just before they
are ready to market them. Good ma
chines for sorting and removing tbe
sprouts from (iotatoes can now be ob
tallied, which lessens tbe labor very
much. A sorter or separator Is here
renresented
Kxklbillnir Fruit* at Fair*.
One of tbe handsomest and most at
tractive exhibits of fruit we have ever
seen was tbat shown by Lucas county
at tbe Ohio state fair last fall. The
fruits, which comprised practically the
whole list of those available at that
season, were neatly arranged on a
large table about twenty feet square
and In such a manner tbat tbe com
blnation of varieties and colors at once
attracted attention and prompted com
ment on the lieauty of the products.
Too frequently color on exhibition ts
hies Is overlooked —Exchange
fARM
BREVITIES
Then the trav’ler in the dark
Thanks jou for your tiny spark.
He could not see which way to go
If you did not twinkle so.
j
In the dark blue sky you keep
While you through my window peep.
And you never shut your eye
Till the sun is In the sky.
- Jane Taylor.
Douglas, Douglas, Tender and True.
Could ye come back to me, Douglas,
Douglas,
In the old likeness that I knew,
1 would be so faithful, so loving, Douglas,
Douglas, Douglas, tender and true.
Never a scornful word should grieve ye;
I’d smile on ye sweet as the angels do—
Sweet as your smile on me shone ever,
Douglas, Douglas, tender and true.
Oh, to call back the days that are not!
My eyes were blinded; your words were
few
Do you know the truth now, up in heav
en.
Douglas, Douglas, tender and true?
I never was worthy of you. Douglas,
Not half worthy the like of you.
Now all men beside seem to me like shad
ows—
I love you. Douglas, tender and true.
Stretch out your hand to me, Douglaa,
Douglas.
Drop forgtvenese from heaven like dew.
As I lay my heart on your dead heart,
Douglas,
Douglas. Douglas, tendsr and true.
— Miss Mulock.
The American Flag.
When Fre» dorn from her mountain height
I’nf irled her standard to the air
She tore the azure robe of night
And “ t th* stare of glory there.
She mi
I with its gorgeous dyes
rh«- mill • baldric of the skies
And strip««! its pure celestial white
With streakings of the morning light
To make pigs profitable they must
Flag of th«* free heart’s hope and home.
be kept growing every minute.
By angel hands to valor given.
The watering tank should lie cleaned Thy stars have lit the welkin dome.
out frequently. It Is a shame to com
And all thy hues were born In heaven!
pel stock to drink water thick with dirt Forever float that standard sheet!
Where breathes the foe but falls be
and slime.
fore us.
Tbe Brahma Is a good winter egg With Freedom's soil beneath our feet
And
Freedom's banner streaming o'er
producer and makes a fine large roast
ua?
Ing fowl for market.
—Joseph Rodman Drake.
September Is a good month to set
bens for Christmas poultry.
Mishaps are mastered by advice discreet.
A small crop promises to make tip And counsel mi tigs tea the greatest smart
—Spenser
pies profitable fruit this season
Tbe farmer must uot hang back I
A Step Farther.
supplying things tbat are pretty to
Bplnks—No, I never get angry. If a
look upon, although they may not be
delicious to ent. One of the great buy man calla me a liar I simply look down
era of tbe products of tbe farm is the on him. Blinks- Well, If he was small
enough for me to look down on 1 think
human eye.
I'd take a poke at him.--Cleveland
leader
4n Odiosa (ooparlaoa.
“You haven't the aristocracy that dis
■asy.
tinguishes society abroad.” said tlie
Hyker I hear you have left the bank
critical foreigner
fn which you were formerly employed.
“No,” answered Mrs Cumrox. “we Pyker Yea; three weeks ago. I’m In
may not be as aristocratic as you folks, business for myself.
Hyker-R<>?
but some of us can art a heap hauffiit What are you doing? Pyker—Looking
ter.”— Washington Utar
for another job. -Chleagb NtK