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LOST OPPOBTTJMTTY. There I? a nest of thrushes In the gln ; When we come back, we'll see the glad young things," He said. We came not by the way again ; And time and thrushes fare on eager wings ! "Yon rose" she smiled "but no ; when we return, I'll pluck it then." 'Twas on a summer day. The ashes of the rose in autumn's urn Lie hidden well. We came not back " r that -way. '. S , ' We do not pass the splf-same way again, Or, passing" by thnt way, no tiling we find i As it before had been ; but death or stain Hath come upon It, or the wasteful wind. The very earth is envious, and her arms Reach for the benuty thnt detained our eyes : Yea. It is lost beyond the aid of charms, If, once within our grasp, we leave the r"- prize ! Thou traveler to the unknown ocean's brink. Through life's fair field, say not, "An oilier day This joy I'll prove;" for never, as I think, Never shall we como back this self- snine way ! Waverley Magazine. THE REVERSE SIDE OF A VACATION The August outing was decided on In May. "Think of It, Anno!" cried Rebecca,' the day the question was Nettled. "I hnve never been Inside a big hotel ! Think of staying lu one a whole month !" Rebecca's father puckered his brows. "Yes," returned be, with n humorous twinkle In bis eyes, "and to think of the bills u big hotel is capable uf send ing In! You girls must get enough en joyment out of It to pay costs." "Indeed we shall! We shall !" re sponded Rebecca, enthusiastically. Anne's eyes shone, but she said noth ing. "And he sure," added It el wen's fath er, "not to bother sister or make Toin too much trouble." The girls were to accompany Rebec en's aunt, whose son Tom, a Cornell senior, hail promised them his aid In a "Jolly good time." "You see," Rebecca had explained to Anne, "some of the Cornell sophomores nre at the hotel, and Tom will Intro duce then) all. Oh, what fun we'll have! Rut. I dread getting ready to go all the sewing don't you?" At that Anne's eyes lost their spar kle, for into the prospective fun her father had reluctantly Interjected a certain If to her mother. "We can afford to let Anne go If there are no extra demands for clothes. Business Is dull this year." "No," returned Anne's mother, "Just a substantial walking suit and n few shirt-waists, which I shall make my self." And for Anne the matter was settled. Across the street she reported to the Browns oil the dress (uostlon, and .Mr. Brown smiled his relief, "That's good! Neither can 1 afford to tog Reeky here out to any extent; anyway, you're nothing but girls. You don't need many dresses." Rebecca nnd her mother exchanged glances; for Reluvcn the matter was liot settled, "I can manage, I think," Mrs. Hrown said, with a worried air, after the head of the house had gone. "Of course you must go well dressed. We will do'tlw sewing ourselves and begin right away. Your father will not notice what is going on If I ask liini for n little money ..1 4 I..... II iiuw iiuu wiru. Anne wiggled uneasily nnd coughed loudly, that she might not hear, but Ro boeca clapped her hands Joyfully. "Summer clothes are not expensive," she cried, eagerly, "and we can make them look beautiful by putting lots of work on them!" Then she looked com inlscratliigly at the uncomfortable Anne. "You know there are all Tom's friends. Couldn't you get a little mon ey at a time out of your father?" Re becca was as honest and sensible as her training would allow her to be. Anne rose. Tliere was nn Indignant ring In her tone, hut all she said was, "It's lovely of father to give me the mouth's outing without the new clothes !" Then she turned to Rebecca, Impul sively frank. "Anyway, Reeky, I'm not so Incoming to pretty dresses as yon are, so It's easier to go without." "O Anne!" protested Rebeccn, weak ly. ' Rebecca was undeniably handsome, and knew It, while Anne lalioml under the Impression that she was "almost sallow." At least, Hilda always spoke of her younger sister's complexion In that dubious way, and Anne, having great faith In Hilda's judgment, accept ed the verdict. . A few days later Anne met Rebecca hurrying home with her hands full or thread and insertion. . "O Anne," she cried, "mother and I are making me the sweetest dimity for August! Not expensive, you know, but we are going to make it look lovely by putting lots of work on it." They did, and it proved as lovely as Rebecca represented It. Anne ran across the street to view It a week later. She tried the front door, but it was locked. She rang the bell, but only a distant and curious ramble answered her. The back door yielded to her push, and the rumble became more- dis tinct. "They've taken the sewing machlm upstairs," thought Anne, "where call ers cant disturb them." Tucking her tennis racket under her arm, she climbed the stairs, and came on two workers putting the last bit of lace on the dimity. "It's a beauty," declared Anne. "Isn't It?" Rebecca's tone was rap turous. She whirled Anne round, facin; the big mirror, and held the dainty waist up in front of her. "Why," ejaculated Anno, in surprise, "it's Incoming to me!" Owing to her being "almost sallow," Anne was al ways surprised to find that dainty clothes looked well on her. "How I wish " she cried, nnd then paused abruptly. "Can't you?" asked Rebecca, under- standingly. "I know your father would " Anne turned from the glass, Inter rnptlng gayly. "Yes, to the extent of a walking suit and shirt waists." Rebecca drew a long breath of satis faction as she looked about the room. "This," she explained. Indicating a white fabric on the bed, "is organdy that we're going to put over that old blue taffeta of mine. Yes, it's got to be all made over, but won't the combina tion be sweet? And this is linen for a suit. And this is dotted mull for a lit tle afternoon gown. We can't have too .many thin things, you know." "Yes," said Anne, soberly. She sighed as she crossed the street ; but ten minutes later she recrossed It excitedly, the cause of the sigh forgot ten, and burst Into the sewing room. "Reeky," she cried, "Will Dunmore says we're going to have two boat clubs and races, and-the girls can belong- lie wants us on his side!" "A boat club!" returned Rebeccn. promptly. "O dear no, Anne ! With all this sewing I can't waste any time boat- ng! Mother has just decided that I must have a cream-colored mohair for mornings, In addition to the other things." niie twisted the knob of the door and hesitated. "Rut, Reeky, what about tennis? We play the first game this afternoon " Rebeccn Interrupted with n firm shake of the head. "You know, Anne, we'll get nil that at the lakes, rowing and tennis and golf. Now I can't spend he time ; I must sew." As the weeks passed that expression, "I must sew," became the only reply Rebeccn gave, because the creani-col- rcd mohair proved but the first of a number of additions to her pretty ward- obe. Tennis, croquet, boating, after noon walks, evenings with her. friends were all given up. "I must sew," said Rebecca; nnd one by one the dainty, filmy garments were hung away fresh and unworn for Au gust and the big hotel. "I must sew," said Rebecca ; nnd her checks grew hollow, while dark circles came under her eyes, for summer was also overworking that year, July heat prevailing in June and August sultri ness in July. It was one hot afternoon in the mid dle of July that Rebecca threw open the wardrobe in the sewing room for Anne's Inspection, saying, In n tone weary but full of satisfaction. "Only see, Anne, all the pretty things I have to wear!'' "Indeed, they are pretty," assented Anne, heartily. Then her eyes traveled thoughtfully from the contents of the wardrobe to Rek'oca's cheeks nnd on to Mrs. Hrown, bending over n shirt waist, on which she was laying Insertion. Mrs. Hrown's hands trembled nervously as she worked, nnd occasionally she paused to press her hand over her eyes. During one of these pauses she asked listlessly, "Have you begun to get your new things, Anne?" Anne still looked thoughtful. "You know all I'm to have Is n walking suit and shirt waists. Mother is working on a shirt waist." Mrs. Hrown bent n compassionate gaze on her, while Rolteeea murmured, "I supposed, Anne, that when you came to think hard nbout going you'd have " She- paused. Rebecca had a habit of Implying the end of a sentence by a glance or a tone. "No," replied Anne, simply. She walked across the street slowly, nnd came on her mother also putting Insertion In the front of n shirt waist, and her mother looked warm and tired. "Mother," said Anne, decldedjy, "there's enough trimming on that waist now." Abruptly she took the Insertion out of her mother's hands, adding anx iously, "It's nice now out on the porch." Then. Irrelevantly, "you just ought to see Mrs. Rrown." Mrs. Tupper looked up inquiringly. "Mrs. Rrown? Why, really, I've scarce ly caught a glimpse of her all summer. Hut I suppose she will let lier friends sh. her again after you and Reeky go.' They started the first of August. Mrs. TupHr went down to the station with Anne. They were preceded by an ex press wagon lu which a little flat topped one-story trunk rattled round In couspteuously behind Its heavy, throe story, Iron-lmund uelghlior. Just as the train drew Into the Hon Rebecca entered alone, bearing at umbrella and two hat boxes. "Mother has a headache," she ex plained, adding listlessly, "and so have I." During the journey to, the northward the owner of the three-story irunk day Ijack in her seat, ajwethaiutilerelilef across her eyes, while Anne, her fresh. eager face In the open window, kept her Informed of the varied outside attrao tions. , Several days later a w:til from the Twin Lakes, arrived by mall. It was directed to ' Mrs. Brown, but Mrs. Rrown was in no condition to rend !t, She lay in a darkened room. Buffering with Inflamed nerves and iiillamed eyes. Mrs. Tupper was caring for her. and It was Mrs. Tapper who raised tin curtain a trifle nnd read the wail aloud, "I haven't written much before," wrote Rebecca, "because I'm so tired I can't write or do anything else except watch the others hnve a good time esiecially Anne. She has the best mus cle of any girl here, nnd Tom's friends all want her on their side in tennis matches nnd bonting and that sort of thing. She looks so well and happy and active that I hear people say they like to see her around. O denr! I'm so tired I can write just this one thing more! If I go away next summer I won't kill myself getting ready! I'm glad, though, that you are well. I was afraid when I came away that you were going to be sick." There was a restless movement In the darkest corner of the' room.."I didn't write Reeky that I am sick be cause I didn't want to spoil her good time!" sighed Rebecca's mother. Youth's Companion. MISLEADING NAMES. Ternm In Science Hint Belle the Produce (o Which They A)l-. There are terms lu certain depart ments of science that positively nils- name the products to which they are applied. The word "oil" in Its more compre hensive and Indiscriminate uses, Is made to include hydrocarbons, like pe troleum, and nlso many other sub stances that have an oily appearance, like "oil of vitriol," which Is not oil- at all, but sulphuric add. Strictly speaking, the mineral oils, maiming nn petroleum products, nre not oil, although we speak of "coal oil" and "kerosene oil." The best classifications of oils do not include mineral hydrocarbons,' like naphtha, paraffin and petroleum, but treat only the two well defined groups fixed oils and fats and the essentia' or volatile oils. . "Copperas" Is not copper, but sul phate of Iron. "Salt of lemon" has nothing to do with the fruit of the lem on tree, but is potassium blnoxnlatt) or potash treated with'o.vaiie acid. "Carbolic acid" is not an acid, but a phenol. In structure it is allied to the alcohols nnd has only slight add prop erties. "Soda water" has no trace of soda. "Sulphuric1 add" contains no sul phur. "'Sugar of lead" is innocent of sugar. "Cream of tartar" has nothing to do with cream nor "milk of lime" with milk. "German silver" is a stranger to sliver, and "black lead" is not lead at all, but graphite. "Mosaic gold" is a sulphide of tin. These misleading names have come down from the vocabulary of an early and Inexact chemistry. As popular science extends the old terms are yield ing to the more scientific nomenclature. SOLVED THE PROBLEM. The Simple Secret of Blowing the 11 IK GIiimh GlolieH, Emperor Nicholas wished to illumin ate the Alexander column In a grand style. . The size of the round lamps to be used for the purpose was Indicated and the glasses ordered at the umiufac tory, where the workmen exerted them selves In vain nnd almost blew the breath out of their bodies in the en deavor to obtain the desired size. The commission must be executed that was self evident but how? A great premium wns offered to the one who could solve the problem. Again the human bellows tolled and puffed. Their object seemed unattainable, when at last a long bearded Russian stepped forward and declared that he could do It; he had strong lungs; he would only rinse his mouth first with a little water to refresh them. lie applied his mouth to the pipe and puffed to such puriKise that the vitre ous ball swelled nnd puffed hearly'to the required dimensions, up to them, beyond them. "Hold! Hold!" cried the lookers on. "You nre doing too much. Ami how did you do it at nil?" "The matter Is simple enough," an swered the long beard, "but, first, where Is my premium?" And when he clutched the promised bounty he explained. He had retained some of the water hi his mouth, which had passed thence Into the glowing ball and then, becom ing steam, had rendered him tUs good service. (-Hutloita, Mr. rglimug This portrait doesn't look a bit like me. Artist I know it. I was afraid to make it exactly like you for fear you wouldn't take it. Some women break Into the gossip class because they nre unable to attract attention In any other way. A girl may refuse a man because she feels sure that he will propose again, but a wlilow never takes any chances. Every time you get your owu wtjf you make an enemy. 'L? - J 1 v Building a Dam. . I expect to" huild a dam on a creek for a saw mill. Dam will be about 100 feet long at top to raise the water tea feet. 1.J What would be the cheap est way of building the dam? 2. "Will yW give a plan of such a dam? 3. Wtiat size of turbine would be neces sary to run a 48-Inch' circular saw? Ans. The accompanying sketch shows a cross-section of the style of dam that would be required for -this purpose. Dams are sometimes con structed by a curbing of wood, mason ry, or cement, the Interior being filled with dry stones. Such a dam Is called a rock-fill dam. If stone is plentiful, the dam may be built entirely of ma sonry. The top should be laid either with plank or cement. As the Illustration shows, the dam is laid on bed-rock, the bed rock being blasted out sufficiently to secure a key nnd a solid footing generally. With a ten-foot dam the base should be ten feet wide. On the upstream side, the batter or slope of the dam is about 1 in 4, and on the downstream side the upper part of the batter Is about 1 in 3 and the lower part 1 in 1. The dam throughout its length should curve up stream, so as to present a concave sur- tea rock DAM FOR SAW MILL POWEB. face to the pressure of the water. The masonry work should be constructed of rubble with cement mortar, nnd all the work should be very thoroughly done. A necessary provision In connection with a dam is sufficient wasteway for water not utilized for power. The com mon form of wasteway is a tunnel through the dam sufficiently large to prpvide for the maximum amount of water that would be required to pass through it. In addition sluice gates should be provided, by which the flow of water would be controlled. The water to be utilized for power may'be carried to the wheel by menus of n flume. A fifteen-Inch turbine wheel would provide from 8 to 10 horse pow er, which would be sufficient to run a saw of the size mentioned. Montreal Star. For Feeding Stock. A bucket of peculiar construction, designed especially to be used by farm ers and dairymen in feeding slop to stock and ,iu the handling of fluid sub stances is the Inven tion of a Michigan mau. It serves in a sense ns a dipper. The arrangement Is Such that it can be filled by forcing it bottom downward In to a receptacle of fluid substance, the new bucket. hinged portion of the bottom being opened to permit the bucket to be filled and closed to hold the contents until carried to the place of feeding. The contents can thus be discharged Into a trough without wasting it and without the liability of spilling it upon the clothes of the operator. The hinged portion of the bottom of the can Is operated by a rod extending above the top, which term inates Into a handle. As the bucket Is carried by the latter, pressure Is always maintained upon the bottom to keep it closed. When it is desired to discharge' the contents the handle Is pushed downward. I"lg Money In AVaxte Land, The woven wire feuce is revolution izing the hog industry in the whole country, nnd when farmers learu to utilize every bit of waste land for pas ture for their hogs the herds will be healthy and the cost of production will be decreased many dollars. It won't do to allow the pigs to lie in the shade of the corn cribs or to allow them only a run of pasture. Feed a little corn all of the time that the pigs are running iu the pasture. The grass-grown pig does not appear so attractive with his working clothes on, but when he is well developed nnd ready to be fitted he makes the pampered pets look like 30 cmts. He makes a fine appearance and s a credit to his owner and feeder. Portable Canning Machine. A machine by which the farmer can prepare and can his fruits, tomatoes, coru, beans or any other farm produce which can be canned, in the fields or orchards in which the vegetable or fruit Is growing, Is described in Popular Me chanics. Mounted on a wheelbarrow arrangement the machine can be pushed from one orchard to another or from a tomato patch to a cornfield as necessity requires. Water for the process is heat ed by a kerosene burner. mag Halt tor Lira Stock. Why salt should he regularly sup plied to stock Is thus put by. a famous English authority: Because la the blood of animals, there Is six or seven times more 'sodium than potassium, and that the coinposition of the blood is constant. ' T keep nniuiahr in good health a definite amount of common salt must be assimilated. The excess of potassium salts in vegetable foods causes by chemical exchange an ab normal loss of common salt This Is proved by the fact that the craving of an animal for common salt Is most no ticeable when the food contains a large proportion of potassium salts, such as wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, beans and pens. The addition of salt to animal food Increases the appetite, promotes the repair of tissue by Its searching diffusion through the body, and stimu lates the rapid using up of its waste products. Bousslngault's experiments showed that salt Increases muscular vigor and activity, and improves their general appearance and condition. The Right Way to Pack Frntt. If the fruitgrower simply tumbles his apples Into the barrel without sort- ng and without arrangement, in order to get the greatest number Into the larrel, heads it up and ships to mar ket, he will discover when he gets his "hek that his fruit has been sold for the lowest price. Thd only way to get the top prices for fruit is to sort it according to grades, arranging in bar rels or boxes In layers, placing each apple in by hand, and selecting for the top layer fruit of the same color. The top layer should be made up of apples all of the same size If possible, and the fruit should come Just to the top of the staves. Then the heading should be carefully placed on top and gently pressed down until It slips into the chine. This can be done better by the use of a block placed under a lever. Nitrate oi Soda. The value of nitrate of soda applied to barnyard millet at the New Jersey experiment station was stated by the experimenters as follows: Amount ap plied, 100 pounds per acre; yield un treated acre, 7.03 tons; treated acre, 13.38 tons; gain by use of nitrate, 5.75 tons ; per cent of gain, 75.4 ; value of gain, at $3 ter ton, $17.25; cost of nitrate per acre, $3.G0. net gain per acre by use of nitrate over cost, $13.05. The crop was seeded on June 10 on well-fertilized land at the rate of three fourths bushels of seed per acre, after a crop of oat and pea forage had -been harvested, which averaged six tons per acre. The nitrate was applied soon af ter the plants were well 'rooted and capable' of absorbing food rapidly. . Cow Stall. The stall as shown here Is four feet over all, but can be made less. Cow when eating will stand with her hind feet Just behind the 2 by 4, leaving the droppings behind it . When she lies down she will be com pelled to He in front of the 2 by 4 with her head under the feed rack. It is not necessary to have a gutter In a stall of this kind. There should be short partitions, ' however, to keep the cows from turning around. For building, use 2 by 4 for bottom feed rack ; bottom of rack 3 feet above floor. Strips of 1 by 4, 6 Inches apart form the rack, and should slope back GO degrees. From 7 to 8 feet from front of stall place 2 by 4 on edge; if set in dirt use stakes. Chemical Action ot Manure. Although cultivation is necessary and will Increase your crops, no matter how much you cultivate, or how you labor, It should be remembered that the plant food In the soil Is the vital element of crop production. The crop removes this element, but by applying manure it Is put back again. Manure not only en riches soil with the elements of fertil ity, but also renders the stored plant food of the soil more available. Im proves the chemical conditions, makes the soil warmer and enables It to re tain more moisture and to draw It up from below. Farming Notes. Remember the Importance of the kitchen garden. Some genius has figured out thnt a bee will on a busy day draw sugar from 120,000 different clover heads. . When mustard Is a serious pest the fields are sprayed with a solution that kills the weed, but does not harm the crop. The government spent $10,000 this last spring planning ways to destroy the green bug In Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. One hundred and thirty-nine cows, comprising the best of thirty-six Illi nois herds, produced an average ot 301 pounds of butter fat last year. A cow owned by William Maher of Sheffield, 111., gave birth to three good- Ized and perfectly developed calves. She is half Jersey, and raised the calves the first three weeks on her own milk. COW STALL. tkveekly !lr aL' IU2f&H& V 7G5 Riot in Boston on account of th stamp act. 1775 Continental army under Gen. Montgomery arrived at Tietmderoga. 17701 Rritish defeated the Americans in battle of Long Island. 1785 fxrd George Germain, the irrecon cilable foe of America in the cabinet of Ixrd North,, during the Revolu tion, died. Rom Jan. 2G, 1710. 1795 French directory established, 1808 British under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeated the French and Spanish forces at Vimiera, in Portugal. 1814 British evacuated the city ot Washington. ."?.The city of Wash- I i. , a . i. t :.:.. i. 1818 The Savannah, the first steam ves sel to cross the ocean, launched at New York. ISiO The Duke of Richmond, governor general of Canada, died of hydropho bia. 1829 Copper discovered at Galena, 111, .... Warfare between Colombia and Peru ended. . . . First temperance so ciety formed in Ireland. 1S35 Sir John Gosford, Earl of Col borne, sworn in as governor of Can ada. - 1830 Opening of the Buffalo and Ni agara railroad. 184G Annexation of New Mexico to the United States. 1847 Republic of Liberia inaugurated. 1S4S Trials of the Chartists began In London. 1851 The yacht America won the new famous cup at the international re gatta at Cowes, England. 1857 Port Huron, Mich., incorporated a city. . .Beginning of a financial panic in the-United States, which culmi nated in an almost entire suspension of the banks. 1858 First treaty signed between Great Britain and Japan. . 1SG0 Victoria railway bridge at Mon treal opened by the Prince of- Wales. 18GT Thomas Chandler Ilalihurton, noted Canadian writer, died. Born 179G. 1809 First Confederate soldiers' monu ment unveiled at Griffin, Ga. 1878 The independence of Servia, pro claimed at Belgrade. 1880 William J. Kendall, clothed In a cork vest, swam through the Niagara whirlpool rapids. 1890 Maj. Gen. Sir F. D. Middleton re tired from "the command of the Ca nadian militia. 1891 Decenninl census placed the popu lation of Canada at 4,823,344. 1894 A tornado swept the shores of the Sea of Azof and caused the loss of 1.000 lives. 1897 President Borda of Uruguay assas sinated at Montevideo. . , .Congress of Salvador adopted the gold stand ard.... Gen. J. P. S. Gobin of Penn sylvania elected commander-in-chief of the Q. A. R. 1904 Battleship Louisiana launched at Newport News. 1907 British House of Lords passed the bill legalizing marriages with a de ceased wife's sister, thus settling a long pending question. Owing to the failure to secure advan tageous railroad rates between Salt Lake, Utah, and Ely, Nev., the proposed bout between Battling Nelson and Joe Gans, scheduled for Labor Day at Ely, has been called off. Forty-three strikeouts is the record 1 which was established in a remarkable game at Buffalo Lake between the home team and the fast Olivia team. The eon test was prolonged for twenty innings, during which Olivia used one t wirier, while Buffalo Lake used two. Olivia won. - At a meeting of the executive commit tee of the Central States Rowing Asso ciation it was decided to present the grand prize 'fir the highest merit to the South Side Rowing Club of Quincy, HI., and the association will have a duplicate prize made to present to the Mound City Club of St Louis. The original prize la a handsome bronze plaque presented by the Burlington Boating association. The Mount City and the South Side clubs tied (or first honors. At the close of the Olympic games in London, the American athletes were cov ered with medals. Queen Alxandra hand ed out fifteen gold medals to the Yankees at the stadium. These with a tray full of silver and bronze emblems of victory, made by far the most imposing array of "jewelry" awarded to any nation. Amer ica's victory, 114 1;3 to England's 601-3 was by the biggest margin on record. At Athens two years aeo the count i'U 751-10 to 41 in favor of America.- Tht Americans csme wilhin ten points of scor ing as much as all the other nations con bined.
