THB TWO HIGHWAYMEN. '
I long have had a quarrel set with Time,
Because' he robbed me. Every day of life
Was wrested from me after bitter strife
I never yet could nee the sun go down
Hut I was angry in my heart, nor hear
The leaves fall in the wind without a tear
Over the dying summer. I have known
No truce with Time nor Time's accom
plice, Death.
The fair world is the witness of a crime
Hepeated every hour. For life and breath
Are sweet to all who live; and bitterly
' The voices of these robbers of the heath
Bound in each ear and chill the passer-by
, What have we done to thee, thou mon
strous Time?
'Vhat have .we. done to Death, that.w
must die?
Humble Beginnings
Not long ago a grizzled millionaire
miner from the far West dropped into
town, lie occupied a superb suite In
one of Washington's most luxurious ho
tels; during his stay here. Among his
callers was a young man from his own
state. This young man married, not
long ago, n young woman "out home.'
They got along nil right, tidily on his
$1,000 a year, earned as a government
clerk. The old miner had not only
known the young niau from his boy
hood, but he had ridden the young
man's wife on Ills knee all the way to
Banbury Cross, when she was a little
girl In pigtails.
"Son," said the grizzled miner to the
. young man from his home slate, when
the latter was making his call at the
fine hotel suite, "you and Aggie are
keeping house here, aren't you?" z 7.
"Well, we're living lu a little flat, If
that's keeping house," the young man
replied.
"Well," said the wealthy old miner,
"I sure do take It powerful hard that
you and Aggie don't invite me up to
your place and give me something to
eat I sure do."
The young man started to make some
reply, hut the old man wasn't through
"I'm getting mighty tired of hotel and
restaurant grub," he went on. "I can't
get any taste or good out of It It all
THE TWO SAT PEN81VI AND SAD.
tastes alike. If you and Aggie only
kuew how I've been sort 0' hankering
for a good, big flilln' layout of shoulder
and greens, I'll bet a box of matches
that you'd have taken pity on me and
asked me to your place to have Borne.
Ever have shoulder and greens? Noth
ing on earth like shoulder and greens,
after all, Is there?"
The young man looked a bit embar
rassed. "Well," he said. "Aggie and I have
talked time and again about asking
you to take dinner with us since you
came on here this time. Hut you know
what these dinky little three-rooms-iiul-a-bnth
flats are or do you? And
Aggie aud I had sort of an Idea that
maybe well, to be frauk.that after all
the splendlferousness that you're used
to, why, It might make you feel sort
of uncomfort oh, ours Is Just a plain
little dump, you know, and we thought
maybe It would er "
"Look a-here, boy," Interrupted the
old miner, "will you and Aggie give me
Home shoulder and greens to-morrow
evening, say at 6 o'clock?" '
"You know very well that we'll lie
delighted to have you," replied the
young man.
"All right," said the old man. "Write
me down the address. I'll be there."
"And, Joe," he added, as the young
man prepared to take his leave, "you'd
better warn Aggie about the low-down,
ornery, simmering habits of greens. It
takes a lot of greens to make a proper
mess of Vm. A pretty whopping bas
ket o' greens well, I've seen a bushel
o greens, almost, Ml dowu to 'most
nothing," and then the two laughed
and the. young man went away.
On the following evening the bluff,
ruddy, flne-looklug old mining man ar
rive! at the little flat on the minute.
It vm a neat and tastefully furnished
flat, but small, of course.
"Sure you've got plenty of greens?"
the old gentleman Inquired, with mock
anxiety, wheu be was greeted by the
pretty young matron, whom he had
known a a child. "I've been worrying
1 good deal over that to-day."
"Oh, stacks ami stacks of greens,"
she replied, adding, "but If there
shouldn't bo enough I could eke out
by lulling down the rubber plant, you
know," and so the little dUmer began
merrily enough.
The shoulder was a sweet piece of
mast-fed meat from Virginia, and after
the old intuer hud tucked his napkin j
under his chin In the old-fashioned
BOBKOWINOianLJNDINO
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: Quoth Toor IUcbard : ; "lie who goes a-borrowing goes n-sorrowing," but
really, Isn't It usually the lender who does the sorrowing?
Some people seem to have' the borrowing habit. They're always "Just
out of something, and Instead of doing without, or supplying their own need,
they ask a loan. It's a postage stamp or a little change for the laundry boy,
car fare or a quarter for the contribution box, and a treacherous memory is
a convenient excuse for forgetting the small. obligation. :.v'-. ,.
There Is a saying, "The way to lose a friend is to lend him money."
This Is certainly true if the friend' doesn't or cannot repay, because he has a
sense of guilt or discomfort over an undischarged obligation, and the lender
.has n sense of injury over being kept out of-what belongs to him. He who
is refused a loan feels hurt- and affronted, and he who refuses feels uncom
fortable in denying. Moreover, if bornwed capital la. the beginning of a
business success, no matter how scrupulously the loan has been repaid, the
one who furnished the capital regards himself as In a way the source of his
friend's prosperity. . . "
"Neither a borrower nor. a lender be," Is a good working rule. But if
occasion comes when a temporary accommodation seems necessary, make it
a point -to repay, promptly. And the smaller or more trivial the sum or the
article borrowed, the more carefully should we charge memory with It. It
Is little things we are apt to overlook, but It Is not safe to predicate on the
forgetfulness of those who have obliged ns. One of the most awkward of
situations is reminding a friend of n forgotten obligation of this kind, and
the curious thing is that the neglectful one always feels a little affronted at
having been reminded. "Couldn't she have waited a little? ' I was lust coIiil'
to return it!" .
way and gone at it, he came pretty
close to looking like a thoroughly sat
isfied elderly man.
"D'ye children know," he said, as he
passed his plate over for the third
helping, "that I've been In training for
this ever since yesterday? Fact. I've
hardly eaten a mouthful since you lu
lled me or, belter, since I Invited
myself. And ii's worth the fasting."
After the dinner the old boy fixed
ilmself In a big rattan chair In the
tiny oozy corner near a window and
got a well seasoned briar pipe belong-
ng to his young host agoing.
"A cigar after shoulder and greens!"
he exclaimed, reprovingly," when the
oung man offered hint a cigar.
'Mighty tidy place you've got here," he
said, after a pause,- waving his pipe
around. "Slick as a- crick ell, I'd call
it. numb luxurious, In fact, and a
sort of mbtty. llgbt, of. recollectlou ap
peared In the gray old eyes of the man.
"I suppose Mary and I wouldn't have
looked upon this as a sort of heaven
away back yonder lu the tangle of
years when we were struggling along
the best way we knew how."
The young matron bad been picking
out soft little chords on the piano, but
she crossed over aud sat down by her
husband.
"Didn't have any such things as cozy
corners when Mary and I made our
start at housekeeping," the old boy
went on, crossing his legs and leaning
back and puffing away at his pipe. "Not
many scrumtlferous flxln'g of any kind,
for the matter of that.
Fact Is, It was a shack. And, on top
of that, a one-room shack. Built It
myself after working hours, Cut the
rub spruce and fir to build it, too.
"I was a tlmberman then In a new
silver mine sixty miles from a railroad.
(lot $25 a week, which wasn't much,
minting how costly It was to live.
"Well, after I got the shack built I
ent dowu to Boise and asked Mary
she was teaching school there. Mary
was agreeable about It we'd . been
beaus since we'd met a year before, al
though after I went to work in the
new mine I didn't have much chance to
see her.
"But Mary was ready, and we got
married In Boise City, and I took her
to the shack I'd built. Marvelous days,
those both of us young, you see, and
not bothering much about anything nor
minding any sort of lucouvenlence, so
long as we were dose enough to each
other so's'l could holler across the
gulch on my way to work and on my
ay home. And it was a home, plumb
and proper never bad any such home
since.
I made the stove myself, too, out of
an old rusty two-horse-power toller
that I cribbed from the engine house.
Made most of the furniture, too, Includ
ing the bed, spare times. Wagon
freighting was costly, and beds and
gear like that ready made, cost a heap
f money out there those days any
how, they were beyond me.
"Had a rag carpet on the floor of the
shack that Mary'd been making herself.
fter schK)l hours, for a year. Dishes
were mostly wooden I was pretty
handy with a jackkulfe those - days.
Had calico curtains In the one window
Mary had an artistic eye, and the
ay she draped those curtains sure was
something dainty.
"I got the water from thecrlek,
about 400 yards back of the shack.
sed to fill up the three big barrels
ouce a week, and let the water settle.
"Dtdu't have any frvsh meat, unless
I shot It o' Sundays freighters used
to fetch tu the salt meat once a week.
er the trail. Canned vegetables, too.
nd scandalously high they were.
"I'd started a truck patch, but the
soil wasu't adapted to truck raising.
All right for flowers, though. Mary
got hold of some (lower seeds aub-
scribed to a dollar'-a-year weekly, I be
lieve, aud got the seals as a subscrip
tion prize and she had the prettiest
little garden of flowers In front of the
shack you ever saw; sweet William and
pansies and bachelors' buttons and
china asters and marigolds and old
things like those. ', ; ,
"She used, to sit in that teenehy
flower garden of summer evenings and
play on the little old ten.strinw.rt
zither, fixed out with numbers for each
string, that I got for her down at Boise.
Mighty fetching and sweet the music
from the-zither sounded, too, out there
I11 the open air, with the wind stirring
through the branches overhead, and
Mary with her nrettv homf anA a.
er In her dark hair, tilted back against
a tree, humming the tunes she played.
Our first born nrrived In that shack
The medical man who officiated on that
occasion was a fellow who'd been ar
rested and locked up for horse stealing.
They allowed him to come to our shack
in company with a deputy marshal, and
then they took him back to the lockup
ngaiii. - .
"Well, Mary and I and. inter th'
first one kept house in that little, old
hand-made shack, snuattlns at th hnH
of the mountain, for three years.
Speaking for myself and if Mary was
on eartn sued Join me in saying it
those were far and away the happiest
years of our lives, they sure were."
After same music the old mnn tnnh
his leave, with cheery praises for the
young wife's dinner of shoulder and
greens. The two young ueonle snt wn.
slve and silent, for quite a while after
the old gentleman had gone.
"I guess our little flat Isn't so Hii.w.
after all, eh, little woman?" hum Mm
young husband then, pinching his wife's
cneoK. Washington Star.
A Conqueror of Circumstance.
Matthew II. Carpenter, of Wisconsin,
who entered the Senate In 1809, was a
hard student, but never Indulged In des
ultory reading. When Investigating a
subject, writes II. G. Howard in "Civil
War Echoes," he would never aban
d n the work until it was thoroughly
mastered, It was this habit that gave
him such fluency of speech. ' Ills skill
In grouping facts before a Jury, before
a court or. In the Senate, he always
maintained, was due to his study of the
style of Clarendon's "History otV the
Hebellion."
A friend who knew him Intimately
and who finished the study of law with
him, says:
"He was a wild, rollicking boy, full
of good humor and practical jokes, but
of the kind which are harmless. . lie
was appointed a cadet at West roint,
but after a year or two he could stand
the discipline and restraint no longer,
lie obtained a furlough, and never re
turned.' ; ... - " '..',.'. . . . . ' ..' ,
'ile had a most determined charac
ter concealed under a very jovial, free,
and easy exterior. After he beunn the
study of law he became totally blind.
and for two years and a half did not
see the light of day,
"Although It was believed that he
was hopelessly blind, he never f.ilti-i-wi
In his determination to master the great
principles of the law. He had a su
preme contempt Tor a mere case lawyer,
and would never read a second time
any case that was uot decided upon
principle.
Showed the Kneels.
"Where were ye last night. Casey?"
"Shure, Oi plinged into the sostml
swim at McCarthy's."
"01 know the watlier is nlver very
dape there, au' Judgiu frim yure fae
ye must have hit botthom," ruck.
If you have a secret to keep, lock
It up and throw away the key.
Xou may be as good as pie but ioa
f people dou't like pie.
FTTH AT A BAGGAGE AUCTIOW.
Gambling Spirit Caoaed Soma Un
profitable Pnrchaaes.
... Fatrous of a Grand avenue auction
house indulged In a mild propensity to
gamble this morning in bidding on a
quantity of uncalled-for baggage sold
for the Kansas City Southern Railway
Company, says the Kansas City Star.
There were more than 200 pieces dis
posed of, including paper parcels, paste
board and wooden boxes, handbags, suit
cases and trunks.
All of the pieces were more or less
dilapidated, The nature of their con
tents was kept secret, so that purchas
ers experienced the risk and fasclna
tiou of buying "a pig in a poke." Bid
ders were guided largely by ."hunches"
as to the value of a package, and they
would frequently compete in a spirited
fashion for a small parcel, when hardly
an offer could be secured for a larger
oue of similar appearance. "Good goods
come in small packages" was the old
saw that seemed to be In the minds of
a majority of the speculators. ! .
, "Oh-h-1 nere Is a valuable-looking
bundle," cried the auctioneer, holding"
up the smallest of a pile of parcels and
peeking carefully into a small hole In
the enveloping paper wrapper. ' "It's
red, too." '
This bit of Information so lntmmed
the Imagination of a stout colored wom
an that she bid 40 cents as an initial
offer and was awarded the prize before
she had a chance to change her mind.
The package contained a soiled red
"bandanna" handkerchief.
Well-trained employes passed up the
various objects to the platform on
which the auctioneer held forth. Hand
bags, "telescopes" and trunks were la
boriously hoisted up, the helpers strain
ing and groaning in an affectation of
bone wrenching effort. The Instant a
sale was concluded the object was un
ceremoniously slapped off the platform,
usually giving out a hollow echo as It
lightly struck the floor. A grunting em
ploye tugged desperately at a ' large
cloth "telescope" and slammed it down
with a crash on the platform.
"There you are !" exclaimed the auc
tioneer, triumphantly. "There Is a
valise full of gold nuggets lost by a
miner returning from the Klondike.
How much am I offered?" . ,
Eighty cents was bid and accepted.
Pushed from the platform, and "tele
scope" fell with a sound that unmis
takably proved it empty. The crowd
roared with laughter. ' - ;
A large crowd attended the sale and
the bidding was spirited, though the
advances in offers seldom exceeded 5
cents at a time. . , - - '
S Wit of the Youngsters $
Tommy Where have you been, Wil
lie? Willie Been, flshln' Tommy
Catch anything? Willie Not yet j but
I will when I get home. !
Teacher What is an engineer, Tom
my? Tommy A man that works an
engine. Teacher That's right. Now,
Johnny, what Is a pioneer? Johnny
A woman that works a piano.
"Now, Mabel," said" the Sunday
school teacher, "what can you tell me
about Adam and Eve? "Nothing," an
swered the little miss. "Mamma says
I mustn't talk about people behind their
backs."
After asking a blessing on various
members of the household the small
boy concluded his prayer as follows:
"And, Lord, don't forget to bless Broth
er Charlie and make him as good a boy
as I am." ......
"The Bible says there will be no mar
rying In heaven," said small Harry. "I
wonder If that Is true?" "Of course it
Is," replied his little sister. "How could
the women marry when there are no
men in the place?" ',.-..
Small Harold had attempted to draw
a picture of a horse on his slate. "Slam
ma," he queried, "can God see every
thing?" "Yes, dear," was the reply.
"Well," continued Harold, "I'll bet He
will laugh when He sees this horse."
A Mairulf ring Pinhole.
Obtain a piece of blackened card ana
make a hole in it with a needle; then
place a very small object say,, for In
stance, a tiny insect on the end of a
pin or gum to a strip of glass and view
this object through the needle hole In
the card at about an Inch from it The
Insect will appear quite distinct and
about ten' times larger than Its natural
size. If, however, you suddenly with
draw, the card without disturbing the
object, the lafter will be invisible: The
reason Is that the naked eye cannot see
at so short a distance as an IncB, but
the card with the hole enables the eye
to approach within an inch and to see
not only well, but, as It were, ten
times better than with the naked vi
sion. : :' -'.' -''' ' ' ,
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TbV Right Aaawef.
"I assure you," said the persistent
suitor, tbat I will not take no for an
answer" - .
-You needn't," replied Miss Bright
"I'll say 'yes" upon one condition." ,
; "And that Isr
"Just ask me if I am determined not
to marry you under any circumstances."
Philadelphia Press.'
Attend the Institute.
The farmers' institute season is at
hand. Now, Mr Farmer, these meet
ings are for you. They are held for the
purpose of bringing you and your neigh
bors together to discuss the fundamen
tal principles and facts concerning your
great business. State speakers will be
on hand to Instruct and lead the dis
cussions, but you must be there to get
any benefit from the meetings.; It is
your duty to yourself and your neigh
bors to attend an'd take part in the
farmers' institute when it is held in
your county or township. ? Do not go
in a critical mood, but go with a desire
to learn more about farming and if you
have some problem that Is worrying
you, tell about. lt and. may . be someone
can help you out. Perhaps your experi
ences will be of direct value to some
other man who l's having a hard time.
The farmers' Institutes were estab
lished for the same purpose as our ag
ricultural colleges and experiment sta
tions ; for the purpose of furthering the
cause of agricultural education ; ; of
helping the man on the farm better un
derstand his business and thereby make
a greater success. The State speakers
are all thoroughly practical' men and
women who have had - experience In
what they talk about and are willing
to give help and Information whenever
they can. But the success of any farm
ers' Institute meeting will depend upon
the farmers themselves whether they
will attend and take part in the pro
grams. Enthusiasm is generally mark
ed by numbers and when an enthusi
astic body of men get together, there
Is sure to be some good come of it
farmer's Guide. ' -
Cheering.
Aspirant You have heard my voice,
professor. Now please tell me candidly
what branch of vocallsm It la best
adapted for. Professor Well cheer
ing!
The. only time ouie husbands tae
tbIr wives arms Is when they assist
them into 1 carriage at funeral ,:,
The So-called "Alaska" Wheat.
The Bureau of "Plant Industry has
prepared the following statement In
anticipation of Inquiries concerning
"Alaska", wheat: ,
' A variety of wheat under the name
of "Alaska" Is being widely advertised
ns capable of yielding at the rate of
200 bushels to the acre 'under ordinary
soil conditions" and even better "under
?xtra conditions." It Is stated that
this variety was found growing wild In
Alaska, and claims of the most ex
travagant nature are made for It In
consequence of this notoriety the de
partment Is receiving many requests for
seed. ' ' ' ; ' .. ;''. ":'"V
This type o wheat has been known
for many years both. In this country and
In Europe. ; It has been tried at several
state experiment stations in the webt
ern part of the United States during
the past fifteen years, but nowhere have
the yields been high enough to merit
attention. The wheat has been grown
to a very limited extent on certain
heavy undralned soils In France for
many years. In such locations It is
said to yield rather better than ordln
ary wheat,; but as It is one of the pocr
est wheats known for making flour, It
Is never grown where ordinary varieties
f wheat will thrive. . ,
' Homemade Feed. Cotter.
An old lawn mower can be arranged
to tnake a fairly satisfactory straw or
feed cutter. One must rig up a hopper,
WORKING THE LA.WN MOWER.
as shown In the sketch, and attach the
mower to the lower end of it so that
the straw or grain will Just strike the
knives where the grass usually conies
Into the mower. A crank and a belt
arrangement makes it easy for one mail
(q feed and turn the the cutter.. This
is a good use for a lawn mower In the
winter time when it Is not working
outdoors. Farm and Home. ,
' Keeping Milk Siree.
In some of the mil ft studies made at
the New York Agricultural Experiment
Station t Geneva), It was observed that
carbonic acid gas in the , milk tended
to prevent Its souriug. t This seemed
worthy of further iuvestlgation and a
series of tesjs was conducted In which
the gas was combined with the milk
under varying pressures, using the
ordinary soda water charges and seal-
lug, the bottles to retain the gas and
exclude the air. With the higher
pressures of gas, souring of the milk
was delayed indefinitely ; as bottles
charged under pressure of 173 pounds
to the inch remained sweet for -five
months. The riillk, thus treated mikes
an agreeable drink, and It Is believed
that the process will be valuable for
preserving milk for use on sea-going
vessels. In hospitals, and elsewhere.
Full details of the tests are given in
Bulletin No. 292 of the station, which
may be obtained on application.
Prairie Hay and Cora.
As the result, of some experiments
In fattening cattle. It was shown; that
when prairie bay was fed with corn
lone it gave small, unsatisfactory
Ckliis and very little profit .
Loco Weed.
It has been found by Government
experts that the poisonous action of the
loco weed Is due to barium. Investiga
tions have been in progress for the past
few years to determine the cause of
this condition of range stock,, which
has come to be known as "locoed!" The
reason the weed Is so poisonous in some
sections and not in others is that on
some soils it contains no barium. The
Bureau of Plant Industry, In a recent
bulletin, says that it is possible to kill
out the weeds jf the pastures are
fenced, as the weeds grow In patches.
There Is no feasible way ; of ridding
ranges of the weeds,, however.
It was found that locoed cattle can
In most cases be cured by a course of
treatment with ! strychnine, while
locoed horses can generally be cured by
a course of treatment with Fowler's
solutions. The animals under treat
ment must not be-allowed to eat the'
loco weed and should be given only
nutrlous food, but as far as nnsihi
food with laxative properties. To this
enu magnesium sulphate was admlni.
tered to correct the constipation, which
iB.uuuosi universal among locoed ani
mals. It' should be noted, too, that
magnesium sulphate may serve to some
extent as an antidote to the polson;
. " Dipping Fowls for Lice. V
To treat ft number of fowls lndlvlo.
ually with louse powder Is a -tedious,
unpleasant task. An easier and equally,
successful plan Is to dip the fowls in
a reliable brand of sheep dip. ' ,
Hold the fowls by the legs, heads -
down, with one hand supporting their
heads. Let the solution cover , every '
part of the body from the toes up, ex
cept, the head and eyes of , the hen." Re- '
serve this part until last,, as the hens
gasp and struggle when their' heads go "
under.. Pull, the fowls to and fro sev-
eral times in.the tub, which insures the
solution percolating through the feath- '
era and reaching all sections of the -
body.v ;: . :,'''' '?;;','',,; J
Keep each fowl In the solution not
less than one full minute, and two. min
utes is often better. Dipping should be
performed only on warm, clear days so
the fowls can afterwards dry them
selves In the sun and will not catch
colds. Agricultural Epltomlst
. Graft and Stock.
The question of the influence of the
stock on the graft and vice versa has
been much discussed. The experiments
recorded by M. L. Gulgnard '" in the
Comptes Rendus were .made - with a
view of discovering whether there" Is ,
any migration of chemical substances '
from the one to the other. Plants rich j
In compounds of hydrocyanic acid were '
chosen, as this Is easy to detect. It was
found that when a plant containing-a 1
hydrocyanic glucoside is-grafted on one .)
destitute of it, or inversed, there Is no
passage of this substance from the one
to the other. The general conclusion
seems to be that grafting Is a sort of
artificial symbiosis in. which each spe
cies retains its Individuality.
It
Not a Cnre-All.
A great many have had an Idea that
pasteurization was going to solve all
of the difficulties regarding our milk
supply, but after a close study of the
matter we believe that it is often used
as a cure-all for milk and cream that
Is not fit for human consumption
has been proven that, the pasteurlza
tton given in the usual commercial way
kills only the lactic acid germs, which
nature placed In the milk as a pro
tection, while the pathological germs
which are the real menace to health are
left In an alkaline instead of an acid
medium all ready to multiply when
other conditions are favorable.
Breaking a Colt.
Everj- fdrmer's boy should break t,
colt to ride and drive before he can
call his eduention complete. ' It will be
an experience that . the boy will be "
proud of and which will do. him much '
good. Three things must be taught
every colt to make it useful. They are
courage, obedience and good workman
ship. The first is necessary to prevent
horses becoming frightened at unusual;
things; the second Is required in order
thnt If Itl'l IT Ka nt crnvl con-liw n.4 l
the third.case the horse's value-depeadaay
upon .the neatness and consistency with I
V. t ..1. 14. nnwnwMn l . .1 . , . I
uiiu 11 I'ciiuiua fus wiHK, rieju ana .
Farm. .--
- Good Feaec Wtro Splicer.
There are not many people who know
how to make a-good neat wire splice.
in tne picture ngure A shows the Brat- V
movement and figure U the ends after
they have Anally been secured. V
Valao of a Can.
A Denver dealer In dairy eowr'
the valuation of an animal ty
the price at the rate of $12 a ..
milk given daily rich enough to
34 per cent of fat To this pricA
adds or subtracts I for every oA,
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