WHO ARE THE HAPPY J
Who are the happy, who are the free?
You tell me and I'll tell thee;
Those who have tongues that never He,
Truth on the lip, truth In the eye;
T o Frieud or to Foe,
T o all above uud to all b elow ;
These are the happy, these are the free,
So may It be with thee and me.
— London Times.
Dave’s Triumphant Marriage
“ That little Allie Elsls is a d e a r!”
said one matron to another. ” Watch
her, now, over there talking with Dave
Ethbert. See how Dave brightens. A l
lie is really a magnet tor smiles; never
saw her like.”
“ Nor I ” said the other.
“ A llie Is
beautiful; an unusual type, anyhow—
small, black hair, blue eyes, rosy. She
and Dave will come to a proper under
standing some day, I hope. Did you
ever see another man who looked more
like a figure on a tailor's fashion-plate
than Dave does? The rooms will soon
be crowded. Here comes Mr. Clmnning
and Caroline Coree.”
The two thus singled out passed to
where A llie and Dave were, their group
soon becoming the most animated to
be seen.
‘‘ My husband thinks that Mr. Chan-
ning is already the most Important law
yer in town,” continued the matron’s
monotonous flow o f speech. ‘‘ I suppose
he will eventually take his father's po
sition. It is time that the old Chan-
ning mansion should have a mistress.
How do you think Caroline would do?”
‘T h e best in the world,” the other
affirmed. ‘‘That high-lady air o f hers
would suit the grand proportions o f the
place. It ’s a pity she isn’t pretty.”
‘‘Not pretty? Why, Caroline is love
ly !” was declared.
‘‘ No. She is too much like dozens of
others; brown hair, gray eyes, fair,
plump. I think Caroline's chief attrac
tions are that she looks straight at you
when she speaks to you, and that her
dresses always fit her as if made for
her and not for another. Her hair is
an attraction, too; fluffy as A llie ’s, yet
done up in a style that makes one sure
It is not coining down, and that the
combs are going to stay exactly where
she placed them.”
The other lady smiled. “ You observe
very closely,” she remarked. “ I think
her pretty, despite your ideas.”
When Caroline reached home after
the entertainment, she and Mr. Chan-
ning seated themselves in her quiet
parlor for what they thought was to
be the happiest chat o f the evening.
It was only a few minutes until, ac
cidentally, the conversation turned to
personal affairs.
The two had been
friends since the days o f childhood, but
It had been only within the last year
that Mr. Channing had discovered that
Caroline was dearer to him than any
one else. He had never told her, and
there was a noticeable diffidence in his
mien as he said: “ It is good to be
alone with you, Caroline, and to feel
safe from
interruption.
To-night 1
want to talk of myself as I can talk
to no one but you. May I do it?”
“ You may begin,”
she permitted,
smiling. “ I may have to stop you since
I am in the dark as to how you mean
to handle your subject.”
She settled
her ell>ow on a pile o f cushions in the
corner of the settee, and nestling her
cheek in her palm, looked at him,
awaiting his words. Her ease was dis
concerting.
Moving his rocker side
ways, but in front o f her, he said, a
little awkw a r d ly :
“ You look so proyoklngly nonchalant.
Caroline, and I feel so serious. I al
ways do in a genuine home. You know
I have never had a home. Even when
I was a kid. there was only that big
house o f ours, full o f furniture and
an all-invading housekeeper.
Father
would come at night, and leave In the
morning. I certainly did have a bleak
boyhood.”
He turned his eyes from
an almost unconscious survey o f the
pretty room to surprise on Caroline’s
face, a responsive expression.
“ You poor fe llo w !” she said, with
charming intonation. “ I have thought
about you as homeless in that big
house!
Haven’ t
we
always
been
friends? 1 used to feel dreadfully sor
ry for you even when we went to school
together.”
“ Since then, also?” he asked, quick
ly.
“ Yes. since then, also,” she admit
ted. reluctantly.
“ I have needed It,” he said almost
sternly. “ Have needed it most o f all
In the last two years, because in that
time I have not even had father. Do
you know, Caroline, 1 am glad you
have been sorry? It does not sound
well, but I fim glad. It even makes It
easier for me to tell you that in the
last year I have come to know that I
love you. I am afraid, now that you
k n ow ; afraid, because, i f you do not
love me, Caroline, my life can never
again have any zest to i t Was it be
cause you do care for me that you
have felt sorry for my loneliness?”
Without changing her position, Caro
line bad looked away from him during
his last few sentences, and an expres
sion near akin to sadness was on her
face. A new womanliness was about
her as she turned again to him, w ait
ing, and said, with the faintest smile,
and the gentlest tones, “ Are all men
so calm when they tell their love?”
Not pausing for answer, she put forth
her warm, tender hand, and let It rest
on bis amazed and trembling one, as
she said simply, a new pink suffusing
her fa c e : “ I have known o f your love
a long while, Harold, and you are w el
come to know that never can I give
to any other man love like the love I
feel for just you.”
She was looking
at him gravely, unhesitatingly, con
scious all the while o f the emotion
aroused In both o f them.
Perhaps It was the certain sympathy
In her tone, perhaps It was the volun
tary touch o f her hand, perhaps It was
what she s a id ; but calmness in Harold
Channing was do more for the time be-
lng. Caroline saw and heard, her face,
a beautiful transparency, showing each
successive feeling he awakened in her
soul. They talked on and on, time for
gotten ; then, at the last, they stumbled
unaware on a cause o f dissension.
Unbelievable as It may be, they bade
each other a cool, curt goodbye, the
engagement o f an hour broken.
It is seldom that any of the Inhabi
tants o f a small town can possess a se
cret. In a way mysterious past under
standing, the secret is shouted from the
housetops before it Is many days old.
So, every one In Greenville soon knew
that Caroline Coree had lovingly but
firmly broken an exceedingly short en
gagement to Mr. Channing. She had
done it lovingly, gossip said, because
she really did love him; and firmly, be
cause she simply would uot do what he
desired— leave her aged and Invalid
father to the care of her young brother,
after her marriage. Greenville at once
elected to take Caroline’s side, even be
coming proud, as time wore on, o f the
sad expression which was so at home
on the young countenance.
Harold and Caroline had agreed,
when they broke their engagement, to
continue their lives in accustomed
grooves, if possible, hoping thus to es
cape publicity. It was Caroline’s wish
especially, for she hoped that her fath
er would never learn o f the affair.
Thus each attended the same social
gatherings, even conversing together
whenever it would have been notice
able to keep silence. A t such times,
however, only each heart knew how
the tones of the other voice hurt ; while
both became conscious that their every
THE
WEDDING W A S A
H O M E A F F A IR .
the tension was almost unbearable, a
portly man, who had not been seen In
the rooms until tbeu, appeared, and
rapped for silence. It enveloped him
lu a moment, so quickly that he smiled.
“ At the reqpest o f the fam ily,” he
commenced, ‘‘ I have the duty, unpleas
ant and pleasant, o f making a few
necessary explanations.
It has been
decided that, lest the truth be warped,
an exact statement o f affairs shall bs
given out at once, preventing Injustice
all around.
*
“ When Mr. Channing stepped from
his carriage to-night, he learned that
the gentleman who was to have pro
cured the license had not done so, he
not being exactly himself. Consulting
with the minister before entering the
house, It seemed best, for the sake of
avoiding delay, and possible annoy
ance to the bride-expectant, to go
through with the ceremony at once,
T h e G a r d e n In S p r in g .
The first thing to do with a garden
though It would mean nothing. Then
to send for the license, explain things plot is to plow It, and harrow the land
to Miss Allie, and, as soon as the li until It is as fine on the surface as it
cense should come, perform another can possibly be made. I f the work is
ceremony upstairs, very quietly and to be done with a horse the longer the
I rows the better. Use only plump and
with but few witnesses.
from
reliable
“ T w o things happened to prevent sound seed, procured
some o f these arrangements. Miss Allie seedsmen and use too much seed rather
became indignant at what she thought I than too little, as It is easier to thin
unpardonable neglect in Mr. Channing. i out the surplus plants than to replant
She made trouble over it, and while the vacant places. Use only well-rot-
the matter was still
unsettled, Mr. , ted manure, and work It well Into the
I f fertilizer Is used, let It be
Dave Ethbert found his way to her, 1 soil.
did his talking satisfactorily, and they broadcasted and harrowed in. The sav
were married before the fam ily knew ing o f labor will largely depend upon
j watching the weeds. I f the w’ heel hoe
that she had left the house.”
An uncontrollable ripple or applause or wheel cultivator is used Just as the
at this point astonished and horrified weeds are api>earing above ground the
the speaker. Simply his expression top soil w ill always be kept fine and
appear
quelled the noise, and some one at the loose, and few er weeds w ill
Cultivated in
door asked how Mr. Ethhbert got his li n fter each cultivation.
cense so promptly. There stole a twin that manner, an ordinary garden can
be worked in an hour or tw o ; but If
kle into the speaker’s eye.
‘‘ Dave heard at the same moment the weeds are allowed to grow until
that Mr. Channing did,” was explained, they are several inches high they will
“ that no license had been procured. Injure the garden plants and Increase
Knowing the little lady pretty well, he the labor fourfold. That Is the main
beat Mr. Channing’s messenger to the point— to cultivate as soon as the weeds
ordinary's house, and procured the li germinate. Do not put in the seeds too
cense for himself with the result soon while the ground is cold, as they
may fall to germinate. When the ap
known.”
This time he had to raise his hand to ple trees are in bloom is the best time
hush the Irrepressible laughter, and, for planting the garden crops, as the
himself smiling, said; “ Mr. and Mrs. ground will then be In excellent condi
Ethbert left on the train which she had tion, warm, and the danger from frost
expected, before the first ceremony, t* past. Vegetables and small fruits cost
take. I suppose it Is now in order for less than corn, w heat and oats In pro
I>ortlon to area occupied and the labor
us to go to our homes.”
Probably every mortal In Greenville bestowed.
knew' o f Dave Ethbert’s love for Allie,
and when It became known how he had
Im p ro v i
th e W e ll.
sailed Into his desired haven, an exul
Those who remember bow’ pure the
tation in his daring made them forget water used to taste when It was draw’ ll
the pain of the other man in the affair. up from the old open stone walled well
Only Caroline cast a pitying look at w ill welcome any plan o f improving
tho solitary light high up In the Chan our present wells. The sw’eet, satisfy
ning home as her carriage passed It that ing taste which it possessed Is not now
night. On all sides she heard loud very characteristic o f much
o f the
cheers for Dave, and smiled at the e vi farm well water. The fact is that peo
dent youth o f Booie o f the cheerers. As ple, as a rule, are very careless nowa-
she stepped from the carriage, a boy
rose stiffly from the curbing, put a note
in her hand, and went off. whistling.
Pausing under the hall light, she tore
open the missive, and read these w ord s:
“ Caroline, I sweaB to you that I began
the affalrSvith A llie only to try to quit
thinking o f you, and that then I became
compromised through a blunder not of
my making. A fte r that, any honorable
man would have acted as I did. I am
only relieved immeasurably over the
turn
affairs
have
taken
to-night.
H. C.”
Did she believe him? Probably she
did. A very pleasant light was in her
VENT1LATED PLATFO RM .
eyes, and since her love was o f the
kind that endureth all things, and en-
days uhout the source o f
drinking
dureth forever, we may feel sure that
water. Wooden curbing, absolutely no
she read much between his lines. At
ventilation in many cases and poor
any rate, there Is a royal-hearted lady soils for the purification o f 'voter have
In the Channing home to-day, and her
brought about the change. A farm er
husband Is no selfish lover, though
who believes that plenty o f pure air
lover he surely Is.— W averley Maga
In the well will aid much in the purity
zine.
o f the water gave us the follow ing
p la n : The frame for the support of
M A R K T W A IN ON S L A V E R Y .
the platform Is made o f 2 by 4’s, al
lowing a space o f four to six Inches be
I n c id e n t o f t h e H u m o r is t * « B o y h o o d
tween the top and bottom parts o f the
D a y « R e v e a l e d I t s T r t f l e S id e .
In my schoolboy days I had no aver sides. This space Is covered on the
sion/’ to slavery, says Mark Tw ain In Inside with two screens. The first Is
the North American Review. I was a large mesh, to keep out large vermin.
not aware that there was anything O ver tlds Is a fly screen, to keep out
wrong about I t
No one arraigned It dirt. Insects, etc. The well never be
In my bearing; the local papers said comes foal. In winter the platform Is
nothing against it; the local pulpit covered with straw and snow.— Iowa
taught us that God approved It, that It Homestead.
word was caught by others, their every
movement was watched.
A fte r months o f this weariness, there
came a new phase ofsth e affair. Mr.
Channing began paying constant atten
tions to Allie' Elsis, thereby causing
Dave Ethbert the liveliest
concern.
Caroline saw and heard with feelings
she could scarcely analyze, and, ex
cused by the fact that her father really
was worse, she stayed much at home.
Not until then had she tried to over
come her love, because she had hitherto
felt that Harold’s love for her was real,
and would conquer his selfishness. It
was with a feeling o f horror that she
gradually realized the Import o f his at
tentions to Allie, and o f A llie’s seem
ing delight.
She could scarcely hide
her sympathy for Dave, who was open
ly miserable. He had been A llie ’s
slave-llke lover for years.
O f course, gossip was busy.
Even
Caroline was not spared listening to was a holy thing, and the doubter need
that dame. She heard that Dave had only look in the Bible if he wished to
begged A llie to believe that Mr. Chan settle his mind— and then the texts
ning was only striking at Miss Coree were read aloud to us to make the
over her shoulders. Deep down In Car matter su re; If the slaves themselves
oline’s heart, this was what she herself had an aversion to slavery they were
In Hannibal
believed, and her gentle soul was afraid wise and said nothing.
for Allie. So, it was like the news o f we seldom saw a slave misused; on the
woe past averting, that there came to farm, never.
There was, however, one small Inci
Caroline an invitation to the marriage
o f Harold Channing and A llie Elsls. dent o f my boyhood days which touch
She knew In that moment’s experience ed tills matter, and It must have meant
such suffering as had never before a good deal to me or It would not have
come to her. Either Harold had never stayed In my memory, clear and sharp,
loved her, o r he was a weak character, vivid and ahadowleaa. all these slow
unworthy the love she was giving to driftin g years. W e had a little slave
him. For a moment or two her face boy whom we had hired from some one
bent toward the paper in her lap, then there In Hannibal. He was from the
her head was raised with what was eastern shore o f Maryland and had
called her high-lady air. The pride o f been brought away from his fam ily and
the really gentle woman had come to his friends half way across the Am eri
her aid. Abundantly was she able, now, can continent nnd sold. He wns a
cheery spirit. Innocent and gentle, and
to hide her suffering.
Tlie wedding was a home affair. Her the noisiest creature that ever was. per
heart schooled and skilled, Caroline at haps. A ll day long he was singing,
tended. A llie was almost bewildering whistling, yelling, devastating, unen
in her beauty. Harold, a new expres durable. A t last, one day I lost all
sion on his face, looked neither at my temper and went raging to my
A llie nor at any one else. Something mother and said Sandy had been sing
of scorn was in Caroline's heart as she ing for an hour, without a single break,
turned her gaze for a moment on him, and I couldn't stand It, and wouldn’t
she please shut him tip. The tears
standing in front o f the minister.
The bridal party were to leave for came Into her eyes and her lip trem
a northern city an hour after the cere bled and she said something like this;
“ Poor thing, when he slugs It shows
mony, and an informal supper was
served in the meantime. The guests that he Is not remembering, and that
saw A llie depart to don her traveling comforta m e; but when he la still I am
he Is thinking and f cannot
dress; then soon l»ecsme conscious of afraid
some nnusunl excitement among mem bear It. He w ill never aee his mother
bers o f the family. First the parents again : If he can alng I must not hinder
left the room, then her sister, and at It. hut he thankful for It. I f you were
last even her cousins. Questions and | older you would understand m e ; then
suppositions went the rounds as the that friendless child's noise would
minutes Increased in number and the make you glad.”
guests were still left to themselves.
Some thought that something had gone
wrong with Dave E thbert He had been
seen standing alone on the front side
walk before the marriage, but no one
bad seen bfcn since. Train-time came
and passed, and the guests could
scarcely control themselves. None o f
the fam ily were yet visible, though
there was a constant passing and re
cessing Doing on unstalrD in at whoa
S p r a r le f fo r ten
J o se S c a le .
A s a result o f experiments with lime-
sulphur washes In the control o f the
San Jose scale, the author o f a bulletin
by the Georgia Board o f Entomology,
recommends
a boiled
lime-sulphur
wash. Sdlt does not appear to be nec
essary or desirable, hut the lime used
should be a calcium lime rather than a
magnesia lime. Self-boiled lime-sul
phur washes are often used with good
success, but are more expensive and
not quite so satisfactory
as
belled
washes. For spraying on a large scale,
steam-botllng outfits are most satisfac
tory. I t Is recommended that badly In
fested orchards be sprayed In the fall
and In the spring, but where two spray
ings are Impossible the applications
should be made In the spring.
H a r d t o P lo w .
Labor can be saved In plowing, and
the work well done by properly laying
ofT the p lo t
A square acre, plowed
with a 15-Inch furrow, requires 84
rounds and 336 turns. The same area,
In the form o f a parallelogram, 2x80
rods, requires only 13 rounds and K2
turns, thus requiring much lees time
to do the work. The same rule ap
plies to cultivation.
The longer the
rows the less time required, as there
w ill be few er turnings at the ende of
the rows. It Is the turning o f the plow
or cultivator that causes loes o f time,
to say nothing o f the extra work Im
posed on the man who Is plowing or
cultivating.
In d ia n «
'V a r v c a t
P o tato
••
In Nebraska the potato Industry has
grown rapidly. Much o f the work o f
harvesting is done by Indians. These
people come with tents and teams In s
th e H ad.
little band o f a doaen or more and lo
8b» stepped on to a rolling stone
cate along the highway In 'be potato-
And. though the pain may rankle.
g T o w I n g district*.
They hire out to
She has what every woman likes
pick up potatoes for $1.50 per day and
(And m an)—a well-turned ankle.
board themselves.
They are not ex
— Houston Poet.
celled at this kind o f work. They go
t this on the lid o f your tranks, about from farm to farm until tba po
friends are not aa sntoaau to tato asaaon la over, when they return
/on com* and see than m yon to their reservations.— Kimball’« D airy
Farmer.
hey m
L IK E OLD SHIPPING DAYS.
T h re e B i s W in d ja m m e r s B en ch N e w
Y o r k T o D * t h e r A f t e r L o n g T r ip .
The E a r lr P M lo r a g c .
Three large sailing ships came Into
port Sunday a short time ago— an un
usual number for oue day, and an old
sailor on the Battery said It reminded
him o f old times, according to the New
York Times. The first to drop anchor
was the three-masted ship Avon. She
has been carrying coolies from Calcutta
to Surinam, Dutch Guinea. Following
her came the British ship Lucretla,
ninety-two days out from Algoa Bay.
Astern o f her was the J. D. Everett,
from Buenos Ayres.
The Avon, Capt. Arthur Fox, tied up
at Beard’s stores, Brooklyn, having
docked lu the morning. Her crew was
glad to get In, for the ship has been
through a trying experience since she
left Calcutta Oct. 23. Her cargo on
the trip to Surinam was 590 coolies.
Indentured to the Dutch government for
five years. Eight died on the trip.
W hile In the Bay o f Bengal the Avon
ran Into one o f the worst cyclones that
Capt. Fox In his years o f going up and
down the world has ever experienced.
For two days the coolies— men, women
and children— were kept under hatches.
They were almost completely shut off
from the other part o f the ship and In
the darkness o f the hold they thought
that death was coming.
A rapid falling o f the barometer nnd
heavy gales marked the beginning of
the cyclone, and when the storm came
the vessel was hove to on the starboard
tack under three lower topsails. At 4
o’clock the next •morning there was a
terrific gale, sending the water flying
high over the bow’ , and as the ship lay
to before the wind great quantities o f
water came over the leeward quarter.
A lifeboat and many o f the ship’s sails
were carried away In the gale.
The Everett made the trip to Buenos
Ayres from Boston, taking there 1,800,-
000 feet o f Canadian pine.
One who la at work by the year o r
month la not obliged to work Sundays
or holidays, nor can be recover for
work performed on those days, without
a special agreement therefor.
Each
State determines Its own holidays, am i
there are no holidays In ahy State un
less made so by statute.
When stock is given the use o f early
green rye the results are uot always
satisfactory, and farmers find that the
" I f a woman dies and leaves tw o
cattle lose flesh and less milk Is given.
small children, and her father dies
Rye is one of the most useful plants
later leaving considerable property, but
for providing early preen food at a sea
making no will, ure the two chlklrci»
son when grass does uot appear, but
entitled to their mother's share o f her
its Injurious effects upon animals is
fath er’s property?”
Ang.— Yes. Chil
not due to the rye being an unsuitable
dren are the heirs o f the property th eir
food, but rather because o f allowing
deceased parents would have received
the animals free access to I t In Its ear
by heirship.
ly Btages of growth (which are really
As a rule, hotel-keepers and common
the times when It is most in demand)
carriers, such as railways and truck
it is comi>o8ed almost w’ holly o f water,
men, are liable for loss or Injury to
the proportion o f solid matter being
goods while In their possession as sneb
very small. It contains several salts
common carriers, whether such loss or
in solution, and its effects upon the
Injury Is caused by their negligence or
bowels are lax a tive; hence It Is not
not. T h is rule as to hotel-keepers Is
only weakening, but causes the animals
Bometlmes modified by statute, as In
to lose flesh. There is a right way to
Minnesota, allow ing the hotel-keeper to-
use early rye, however, und that Is to
post notices providing that goods »halt
allow stock on the rye field hut a short
he deposited at the office for safe keep
time each day at first, and then gradu
ing.
ally extend the period o f grazing. When
There Is a stock liability in Minne
cattle have !>een kept on dry food for
sota for most corporations for [>ecu-
six mouths the green rye Is to them a
ninry profit other than manufacturing
luxury, and If It Is allowed them Judi
corporations That Is: oue must pay
ciously it will Improve their condition.
for bis stock once, which Is called the
Both rye and crimson clover will be
stock subscription liability, and then he
ready for use In a short time, and they
Is liable to the creditors for the amount
will always prove profitable crops to
o f bis stock agsln, which Is called a
those who keep stock, as they shorten
stock liability. Koine other States do
the dry-feeding period o f winter. When
not have a stock liability, and therein
the early green foods are given the
they are more favoruble to stock hold
stock, and the bowels are affected, one
ers.
o f the indications is that the green
food is serving ns medicine, and should
“ A father dies leaving a w ill setting
too much green food have been con
forth how much money each child Is to
sumed, give a warm mess o f corn meal,
have, with the provision that the cap
seasoned highly with salt, and a full
ital la to remain undivided until the
A M IR 'S UN A M IA B L E W IF E .
allowance o f hay. There is no danger
wife, mother to the children, d ies A ll
in green food, however, if the cows are S h e H u
If
T h re e
H arden
C h a r r e d the property is In cash and notes.
not allowed to consume too much, but,
A g a i n s t H e r 111 T e m p e r .
one o f the daughters marries and dies
as every farmer knows, there Is liabili
Though subject to Great Britain In without offspring before the nfother
ty o f “ bloat” (b oven ) by eating any all its foreign relations, Afghanistan is dies, is that daughter's husband en
kind o f green food to excess.
independent in its internal affairs and titled to her share In the estate when
the Am ir is an absolute monarch. The the w ill becomes operative?" Ans.—
country covers an area about equal to Under the above statement the right o f
P r o fit In S q u a b « .
A squab breeder says for the past that o f the New England States plus the children to receive the money »m l
year our squabs hnve averaged us a New York. Its population is estimated, notes Is absolute. T herefore If either
fraction over sixty cents a pair. Now at nearly 5,000,000. The present Am ir o f the children dies before the distribu
with an average, as he places It, of was born in 1872 and succeeded to the tion, his property goes to bis or her
six pairs a y<*tr, we have a return of throne in October, 1901.
heirs.
$3.00. The cost o f breeding can bo
The Am ir supports a considerable
Money earned hy a minor and loaned
brought Inside o f ninety cents a pair, harem. I t is not known how many to Ills fattier, constitutes a legal obli
if bought in large quantities. It would , concubines he has, but there are four gation from the father to the son. AF
l»e well to allow 50 ceuts a pair for i regularly recognized wives, the chief though the father has the right to re
labor and supplies, as grit, charcoal, of whom, known as the queen wife, en- ceive the wages o f a minor son, yet it
tobacco stems, etc., although the ma ! Joys an allowance o f $375,000 a year.
Is a right that he nmy waive, and If
nure will, we think, offset this If sold I The allowances of the other wives are he has waived the right to receive the
to the best advantage
Although some | $300,000, $150,000 and $75,000, accord
money, and has liorrowed It, he Is prob
o f the large profit stories In the squab lug to seniority.
ably liable therefor. T h e objection
business are absurd, it seems as if the
There is also a queen mother In this might be raised that there was no con
inexperienced breeder should get a complex family, and It is well knowrn
sideration for promise o f the father to
profit of $2.00 a year from each pair, that the young monarch has a mon
repay the money, Inasmuch ns he was
provided he starts with
well-mated, key and parrot time o f It lu maintain
entitled to It anyway. But we think
pure Homer stock. The one great se ing domestic discipline. The queeu
this objection would not be valid, inas
cret o f success is to have on’ y mated wife, who was formerly n slave girl
much ns the father receives the money
birds. The amount o f damage one un- and whose beauty infatuated
Habib on tlie strength of the promise to re
mnted bird can do in a loft really Ullah while he was yet a prince, Is a
pay I t
seems Incredulous.
Such a bird In termagant o f the fiercest description.
seeking a mate will visit each nest,
She Is madly Jealous, obviously with
B U Y IN G OF V O TE S NO T N E W .
an#l such a visit naturally results In a cause enough, and has not viewed the
fight with the legitimate owner. The accession o f other wives with any de- C o r r u p t i o n In B r it i s h P o li t i e s S h a m e *
damage may be Imagined— eggs rolled i gree o f equanimity, but she cannot
lean D u r i n g 1 8 th C e n t u r y .
out o f the nests nnd squabs trampled | help herself, because the Am ir main
Votes have been purchased shame
and killed. Good stock is the secret o f tains, and the law Justifies him, that lessly nnd on a huge scale In British
success, and the same care goes hand in his rank entitles him to at least four elections. An arrangement was once
hand with It.
wives. So the queen w ife takes it out made In the borough o f VVendover by
on her attendants. She chastises them which two candidates were to he elect
G r a s i n jr L a n d .
freely and frequently, nnd thus fa r has ed after a distribution o f £6,000 ($30,-
The grazing o f land by a mixed stock killed three o f them with her own hand. 000) among the voters.
o f cattle, sheep and horses result in Abominable ns this may seem In the
The account reads: "T h is being net
the land being more easily grazed than eyes o f western civilization, the worst tled, n gentleman wns employed to go
when only oue kind Is kept. Where, o f It Is, so fa r as the Am ir Is concerned, down, when he was met according to
however, many sheep are kept with that the queen mother, the queen w ife previous appointment by the electors
cattle, the sheep pick out the finest of and all the other wives are forever In about a mile from tlie town. The elec
the grass and clovers, and the cattle terfering In politics. Their jeslousies tors asked the stranger where he came
do not thrive as well. But sheep, on and conflicting intrigues keep the court from.
He replied, 'From the moon.’
the other hand, eat with avidity and In turmoil, and tenure o f office Is pre They*then asked, ‘ W hat news from the
Impunity much that cattle dislike and carious, for Habib UUah la not cele moon?’
avoid. Many pastures, grazed only brated for firmness.
He Is good-na
“ He answered that be had brought
with cattle, are often In the spring tured and prone to avoid trouble by from thence £6,000 to be distributed
time covered with weeds, which a few yielding to It.
among them. The electors, being thus
sheep mixed In with the cattle would
satisfied with the golden news from the
She F o rg o t H e r N am e.
keep down. Horses, when kept In a
moon, chose the candidates and receiv
"N ever, never (b all I venture Into ed their reward.”
pasture by themselves, are very uneven
grazers. A few kept In a large cattle that shop and face that clerk again," I A t Hlndon a man dressed fantastical
pasture w ill graze the rank places said a December bride as. In the com ly aa the dancing Punch called at t b »
where cattle have previously le ft their pany o f a woman friend, she passed a houses o f the voters and le ft behind
manure, and also about places where fashionable stationer's downtown.
him sums o f 5 to 10 gulncaa ($25 to
the land has been trampled. Both
“ About three weeks before t was $50).
Another device was to collect
horses and sheep will thrive much bet m a rre d ,” she explained, " I stopped In the citizens at the Inna and hand them
ter when they are able to select their there while downtown to order visit their reward through a hole In the door
ing cards, which were to be engraved For these offenses the House o f Coui:
own foods.
In my future name. A t the appointed moils passed a resolution that Illn d o a
C h a r r e d C o rn f o r F o w l « .
time I called to receive the cards and should be disfranchised, but so lax were
Corn burnt on the cob and the refuse
pay for them, but, completely forget tho morals o f the time— the close o f the
— winch conelata almost entirety o f the
ting the mange o f nomenclature, I ask eighteenth century— that the resolution
grains reduced to charcoal and etlll re
ed for those o ' Miss Aline Smith.
was never acted upon.
taining their perfect slia|>e— placed be
“ O f course, no such entry could be
Again In 1850 the "man In the moon”
fore fow l», 1» greedily eaten by them,
found, as I had form erly bad mine turned np In Wakefield. He went about
with a marked Improvement In their
struck off at another bouse. The clerk openly distributing money and did not
health. This la abown by the brighter
searched through all bis books, made appear to be In the least ashamed o f
color o f tbelr combs, and their sooner
all poxHible Inquiries, with many apol bis occupation. A t Dublin In 1868 a
producing s greater average o f eggs to
ogies for the oversight, which be was hole In the wall served the purpose o f
the flock than ever before.
totally at a loss to account for. It oc a distributing renter for £5 ($25) notes,
cupied In all a good flfteen minutes’ w hile at Shaftsbury an alderman paid
R a t io « fo r a H o n « .
time. Then In a flash the awful truth through a hole In the door o f his office
It la claimed that 2 per cent o f the
dawned on me. I got as red as a bunch a sum o f 20 guineas ($100) to each
horse's weight o f good, nourishing food
o f beets, and suffered all the agonies of elector.
la all It ahould eat In a day. By tble
bridal stage frigh t In advance.
But
rule a horse weighing 1,560 pound!
S le e p r T im e .
there wus nothing to do but own up.
should receive 30 [munds o f food, but
In as few words as possible I explained The sandman comes with his sifting sand.
It must be considered that something
that the name to be looked for was I The head goes niddity-nod;
depends upon the amount o f labor per
The toys have (alien from the tired littls
Mrs. Morton Brown. O f course I got
hand,
formed, as well ss the digestive ca
them Immediately, hut the look on the
And the feet are weary that trod
pacity and appetite o f the animal.
face o f that clerk I shall never fo r g e t” A ll day In the games of the willing heart.
— New York Press.
T k ln n ln g P r . l t ,
All day o’er the playtime hill.
It Is not a good Indication, when
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loads o f fru it t r e n are propped, to pre
And in sleep they ere smiling still,
Here Is a simple method o f curing
vent the loss o f limbs. When s tree Is
thus overloaded It Is being compelled facial neuralgia. I f the neuralgia Is In Though sleepy and tired and weary and
worn.
to do too much work. It w ill always the right side o f the face the left
The lips and the heart smile, too.
pay to thin off the surplus fruit In the should be placed In a basin o f water as And somehow the arms that bis burdens
season. The remaining fruit on the hot ss can be borne. Or If neuralgia Is
have borne
tree will be better quality and a larger In the left side o f the face then the
Cling sweet ss In waking they do.
right hand should be placed In the hot He’» never so sleepy ss sleepy can be.
crop the result the succeeding year.
water. It Is asserted that In this way
But that the dear arms of his grare
T ho W a te rin g T r v a ,h .
re lief may be obtained In less than live Can find how to necklace his mother aod
me.
The stock water trough needs t thor minutes. The explanation Is that the
And slip, sleepy like, to their piece I
ough washing and scrubbing and flush two nerves which have the greatest
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Baltimore
Sun.
ing occasionally, If the water la to be number o f tactile nerve endings are the
free from dlaease. The watering trough fifth and the medium nerves. As the
O a t o f J o r ls d le tlo a .
Is ona o f the anurcea from which all fibers o f these two nerves cross any
“ Did you serve the warrant?” asked
tba diaeaaea on the farm are spread.
Impulse conveyed to the left hand will
the sheriff.
affect the right side o f the face, or If
"N o,” said the deputy. " I fount! the
Ih to -H H Ile s » 0 ,1.
applied to the right hand w ill affect the dogout In the brickyard where the des
Doga that become addicted to abeep
left aide o f the face. This Is on account perado had been biding, but he had
killing do ao from pure riotousness In
o f the croaalng o f the corda.— East In leftblatenem ent o f clay.” — Philadelphia
a m ajority o f eaaea the doga do not
dian Review.
Ledger.
eat any portion o f the carcaaa, but w ill
Nothing makes a young couple so
kill a doaen or mors abeep for tho de
You know bow Important politi
vain a « a tot o f wedding presenta.
light o f to doing.
to Then why don't you cultivate l t l