tybere'er I read In mournful history
: How all things crumble at the touch
f i of time, :
: And even great deeds, renowned In
f mighty rhyme,
Show but as cities burled 'neath the
- . sea, ,
Which, In calm days, men gaze on aw-
fully.'
My heart grows heavy; but one
I thought sublime
Rises, and, therewith the uplifting
, chime ..
. Of morning stars comes back remem
berlngly: Woman, thou art that thought, In
whom I know
That I alone gave Time his tyrant
might, -..-.
Dropping my foolish lids of clay too
low,
For, looking up, I see great Love, far,
. far . ....
Above all changes, like a steadfast
star if .1
Behind the pulsings of the northern
' light
James Russell LowelL
An Incomplete
Introduction
The express to the north was on the
point of starting. A girl was leaning
expectantly out of the' window of a
carrlagtt containing only one other oc
cupanta man, In the far corner, who
was looking with undisguised admira
tion at the girl's charming, animated
prpfile. Another girl came running
along the platform.
"Uefa or vonr naoers. Ethel: I
'''"thought I should not be In time."
' "Tmiaks, Marlon, and good-bye!"
As they shook Lands, the man In the
.'' eorr.er came forward. - . , ,
, , "Why, Stanley!": cried theglrKon
; he platform. ; "Goings to Trevor
-'? granger ',,iv ,.?' . T
fi' The guard's whistle sounded. There
A was a banging of doors. i
"Whv" nf course. Ethel Oh. I forgot :
yotf have never met" The train be-
SECRET OF AEEOPLANI'S FLIGHT.
MOVES SO FAST IT HAS NOT TIME TO FALL.
Suppose you had to cross a lake covered with cakes of Ice so thin that
If you were to stand upon any one of them you would sink. To cross the
lake you would have to run from cake to cake, so that you would not give
yourself time enough to sink on any one of them. An aeroplane is very
much in the same position. It-must move so fast that it never has time to
fall through any given section of air. Motion, therefore, Is the Becret of an
aeroplane's flight. New York Times.
three hours' tete-a-tete should be equiv
alent to many days in ordinary cir
cumstances."
"Perhat8 so." she admitted, laugh-
so
iTurln. "Besides. I have heard
v - v.... ni.li fit at T eaam tA know
" n r JUUCU HUUUL JUU, buab - ovv w
' gan to move. "I must lntoduce you tfl reputation Is a
i - I - J I 1 l.nA. na with "
nue crieu, ruuuiug iu n.coy v i ,. onB
the moving carriage. "Ethel, this is
my cousin, Stanley Mortimer " But
the train having gathered speed, she
was left far behind on the platform.
In the carriage, the two laughed.
She had heard much of Stanley Mor
timer. That he was a very handsome
HI WONDEBKD WHO BHf WAS.
fellow, Bhe could now Judge for her
self; but she was wondering whether,
as she had been told, he was such a
consummate flirt, captivating girls eas
ily, making love and leaving victims
on his path wherever he went while
he himself remained untouched by the
tender passion.
He wondered who she was. How silly
;.',!5Mf Marlon not to have begun the In
' Production In time to inform him of
' his companion's name. Anyhow, he
would have first innings and make
headway with her before any of the
other fellows at Trevor grange should
even have a chance of looking at her.
She smiled sweetly, making some re
marks on the length of the Journey.
"Oh," he observed, It cannot be too
long for me."
"Indeed?"
"Under present circumstances, yea,
"You mean, of course, the return of
fine weather," Bhe said, innocently.
"I mean," he answered, "the privil
eg of the society of a charming fel
low guest."
"Oh, well," she laughed, "you will
have the pleasure of many charming
guests society at the Journey's end;
the house party Is to be a large one."
"Still, I should prefer to retain the
present delightful situation as long as
possible."
"Would you? I suppose you have
stayed at the grange before?"
"Oh, yes, some time ago, before Har
ry Trevor was married. He has Just
returned from abroad and Is to be
there with his wife. You know her?"
"Very well Indeed," she replied,
smiling.
" have never met her, but I hear
globus accounts of her."
"Fiople exaggerate so," she re
marked, s
l- "From which I may Inter that you
are not a blind admirer ot Mrs.
Harry r !
"I daresay she Is all right Ot
course," she continued, "you are ao-
qualnted with most of the guests you
are to meet?" v , ,
t "X have seen oneot them, at any
- .t nA b,v the Um.Ythat wa
our destination 1 j
will have Mpl
tnt my claim!
' -V:
"Indeed!" He laughed, well pleased;
he was Droud of the name of ladyklll-
er. "But, as you remarked Just now,"
he said, "people exaggerate so."
"Still one Is bound to be ft ntye
prejudiced by what one hears.
"You mean that" you, believe me to
be ft flirt?"- .
Well aren't your
"Not & bit of it." he assured her.
"You see, I believe that a man is bound
to meet the one woman In the world
whom he must love. Until he does, he
naturally, In the hope of finding her,
goes from one to the other. If hl3
quest is a long one, he Is accused of
flirting with all the girls he knows,
which Is unfair. Such a mans love
Is far more worth having than that of
a man easily won by the first pretty
face he encounters."
"Still, is it necessary that this man
while trying to find the woman who is
to fill his life, should make love to
girls whom he knows are not the one
Ideal?"
You must admit," be replied, light
ly, "that some girls are so reaay to
be made love to that they mistaKe or
dinary courtesies for something differ
ent." '
"Do they? Then all the more rea
son why men should be more circumspect."
"Yon may be right. My attentions
to girls might, in reality, have been
flirtations; my excuse is this: that
was before I met you."
"Have I converted you, then? Are
you really never to flirt again?"
"You understand, do you not, that
having met the one woman I longed
for, my flirting days are over?"
"And how many times before now
have you thought that you had found
her?"
"I may have thought so more than
once," 'he admitted, laying his hand
softly on her gloved one, "but I do not
think so now I know.
She gently disennaged her hand. He
thought he had gained an advantage,
and tried to pursue it.
"You will believe," he said, Impres
sively, "that you are the one woman
for whom I have waited.
They were approaching the country
station to which they were bound.
"At any rate, we may consider that
you have secured the friendship which
It was your desire to claim at the end
of the Journey."
She fluttered her handkerchief out
of the window. "That Is the car from
the grange," she explained.
Again he tried to secure her hand.
"Friendship? I want more than
friendship; I want your love."
"I am afraid I could not promise
you that."
"Do you mean that there is no hope
for me? Ethel you will not forbid
ml " -ne aoor oi ma currmgo ucw
open.
"Her you are. Ethel; had a good
day In townr said a cheery voice.
"Why, here Is Mortimer, too! How are
you, old boy? Let me introduce "
"Mr. Mortimer ana I traveaea to
gether. Harry," Interrupted Ethel.
"Marlon Introduced him to me in Lon
don, uat as our train was starting;
It made the Journey so pleasant, and
we have become such preAt friends,
hava we not, Mr. Mortlme "
" Mortimer followed, amllW to htm-
'aid such graious stress
'"' iw-toriied frtend
vio brtlrlaat
"her previous
' could only
have been prompted by coquetry.
Victory was at hand!
They were approaching a large mo
tor, where sat a nurse with a one-year-
old child on her lap.
Ethel took a quick step toward It,
"Oh. the darling." she cried! "Let ma
have him, nurse."
"Harry," she said, "Mr. Mortimer has
not. seen our son yet; isn't he a love?"
and she held up the lace-swathed child
for Mortimer's Inspection. Ladles'
Field. ' . ,
1 THE YOUNGEST SOVEEEIGU,
A SOLDIER'S LONG! BIBB.
Ha Carried Report 832 Miles est
Horseback tor Gen. Kearney,
'Gen. Kearney was ordered from
8anta Fe across to California with the
dragoons and wanted to get hia report
back to Washington as soon as it could
be done," relates Thomas Tobln in
Outing, "and asked me if I would
carry it to Fort Leavenworth. I
agreed to do It and started with only
a day's notice.
"1 carried on a blanket, a lariat,
knife, Hawkins rifle, with about
hundred rounds, a dragoon pistol and
For Cream Teat Balance,
A simple and sensitive weighing In-
about two spoonfuls of salt. I de- strument to do Known as tne wisum-
pended on my rifle for meat and on sin hydrostatic cream balance bus
finding Indian herds for fresh horses.
I weighed about 14Q pounds and was
tough as leather. I got my first re
mount from St;. Vraln at Mora, about
eighty miles from Santa Fe and rode
It two days, till I found a camp oil
Utes hunting buffalo and got a fresh
horse from their herd In the night. 1
had to be very careful about falling
In with any Indians, for they would
have killed a lone man for his outfit,
and half a dozen times or more I hid
In some draw on the prairie till night
or rode miles off the trail to keep away
from their hunting parties or camps.
It was very risky, too, riding into their
herds, and roping a fresh horse and
I always led him away some distance
before I tried to change my saddle, so
that If he made any noise, it wouldn't
stampede the herd and wake the camp.
"I didn't dare to make a fire in the
daytime but at night could cook a lit
tle meat on the coals and the little I
slept was while lying on my lariat, so
that my horse couldn't get away with
It out of my reach. I followed the
Arkansas as far as Big Bend and then
bore off across the country to Council
Grove and from there northeast, fol
lowing the plain trail to Fort Leaven
worth; In all, 832 miles, as measured
later. I rode it in little less than elev
en days and used nine horses; the last
two I got from government trains
which I overtook after leaving Arkan
sas." ; - . "
WONDERS OF THE DEEP.
been devised at the
agricultural experi
ment station of the
University of Wis
consin. This In-
.. 4 mfl.ta that
A tfo 1 o n g recognized
need for a simple
and accurate meth
of weighing cream
in the Babcock
test bottle for test
ing. The 'ordinary
cheap scales are
inaccurate, and the
more delicate bal
ances are too ex
pensive for general
use by farmers.
. The new Inven
tion consists or a
specially devised
brass float, similar
to a . dydrometer,
which Is 'placed In
a cylinder of wa
ter. The instru
ment floats stead
ily In a vertical
position, and sup
ports a platform
on which a cream
bottle and a nine
gram weight are
are placed. Small,
one - tenth gram
weights are placed
on the platform
until the float
sinks to a line
cbeam balance, marked on the
,t
spindle. The nine-gram weigm
then put into the bottle with a pipewe
in a sufficient amount to again sink
to a line of the spindle,
i
China, the oldest of nations, Is ruled,
if the expression may be allowed, by
the youngest of sovereigns, a boy of
3. He Is a nephew of the late em
peror, and until bis accession rbore the
name of Pu-yl, although the royal as
trologers have selected as his official
title Hsuan-t'ung, which means "Gen
eral Proclamation." The boj wjys ft
writer in the Overland Monthr , is in
delicate health, and the Chinese are
inclined to attribute this to his birth
on the unlucky thirteenth day of the
first moon. In order to escape the
evil influence as far as possible, it has
been decreed that his birthday shall be
celebrated on the 14th of the month.
Further, he Is to be brought up more
hyglenlcally than his predecessor was.
He will have plenty of fresh air, and
will not be expected to appear at the
midnight audiences which are the fash
ion at the Chinese court His first ap
pearance in public at his enthrone
ment was not a success, for he cried
loudly; and henceforth his father, the
prince regent, will attend all official
functions alone, and will receive digni
taries of state, and offer up the re
quired prayers for snow or rain.
He will also be responsible for plow-
lug the first furrow at the spring fes
tival at the Temple of Agriculture, for
the worship of the Lord of Heaven on
the white marble altar of the Temple
of Heaven, and for the propitiation ot
the local deities who watch over the
old city of Peking. ,
But the little emperor, although re
lieved from these duties, will not be
allowed to forget that he is an off!
cial baby. He may no longer live with
his own family, or see his parents ex
cept In the presence of the i whole
court Twenty-four nurses will keep
watch over htm, and he has three
wives already, aged 10, 12 and 13
years, each of whom receives an allow
ance of $400 a month.
The exact meaning ot his new name,
"Hsuan-t'ung," is difficult to render In
translation, but the character Hsuan is
considered very fortunate. A certain
emperor of the Ming dynasty; called
himself "Hsuan Te," of "Proclamation
of Peace," and the symbol is common
on old Ming pottery.
Optimistic officials read into Hsuan'
t'ung, or "General Proclamation," I
reference to the promised constltu
tion; and it is confidently expected
that this child emperor, when he comes
of age, will Inaugurate a new regime
ot progress and reform in the govern
ment of China,
Caaao and Bffeet.
The census bureau tells us that there
is an overplus ot women in the cities
and a shortage In the rural districts.
Merely in a desultory way it may be
mentioned that there are not so many
show windows in the country as in
the city. Cincinnati Post i
Hindoo PlartaaT Cards. "
The Hindoo playing cards are near
ly all circular, and each card repre
sents some historical or rellgioog
vast .s
es uneseu wniiuriuiuiy, ueieruiiiieu iu iue weig
get,, the good of the trip, this is4 what however,
hajppensf. ( ;v , Jl? . , ,
i Ail excited passenger rusheji up; ,and . ; .
For the traveler crossing the Atlan
t1i in tanrv that hia nnssiairfl is to be a 1 the float
time of rest is a mistake, declares This gives the weight accurately and
Alan Dale, in "The Great Wet Way." the devise is so sensitive that It Is
Ha siivb that ah sonn ns one establish- offected bv a snKle drop Ot cream.
es oneself comfortably, determined to The weighing can be done rapidly,
1 p..:k,. ,' a
Skim-MilkfY i'-f
a 'tha . Wont Virtrinia exDerlment
"""" ' t " ' f. T hkfetttn 4t hi, Mia ifnnnd That BKim
-come to tne otner side or tne snip: f ... . . . hens ,8 wol.ta
Quick! For goodness' sake, don't miss . , t. a nuart. Other
it! EveryDoayB mere, uome on:" ,-,,. mi. amI that it
no iiciya uic uy, uu u.a6, " fc ,. . oat vfllns for feed
Ul ,1 !.! tk V,(r, D
. ,..-. i- j ii. "g pigs,
wnere u is oiowmg a gaie, ami is mrir, t th! rat. th milkman
hateful. All the passengers are there. who wholfl mUk ,g selng from
in agitated groups. Emotion Is in the 6Q g() centg, worth of Bklm mllk t0
air, wind-tossed Men and women are each and tne general market
talking in all kinds of voice; they are of & cftn o mllk ,s c!ose around
armed with opera glasses, field glass- Nqw tn,g caQ of mllk
es and telescopes. It is a busy mo- enough cream to make four pounda
mem.
of butter, which Is worth about $1
leaving only about 25 cents for the
skim mllk sold, or a loss of from 35
to 55 cents on each can over making
the cream into butter and feeding the
citrlm Tvilllr Alan whpn tha mtllr la
IS pieniy oi waier, ana vueie u,, Qn farm more fertnlzer ,
of sky, but not more than usual of wh,ch makes the ulfference
"Look!" cries my chaperon. "Look!
See where I'm pointing? Follow my
flnser. There! You've got it. You
must see It!"
But I don't. I see nothing. There
either. There are also many clouds,
I see all that, and nothing more, and
I say so.
"Nonsense !" he exclaims testily.
Here, take my glasses and . look
straight ahead of you. Now do you
see?"
I see a black speck on the horizon,
I hate black specks. A year ago I
saw so many of them that I went to
ft doctor, who told me that it was indi
gestion. I had to take pepsin after
meals for three months. Now this
still greater In favor of keeping and
feeding the skim milk.
Where ine can secure select trade
for whole mllk at extra price it will
pay to sell the whole mllk and buy
extra feed3 and fertilizers, but sell
ing whole milk at less than $1 for a
40-quart can is not profitable when
one considers the future of the land
on which he Is dairying.
The number?
believe, who,
their fault son ,
ous nature has
only to attach
parties. This!
thoughtlessly a
twnnA faith T.
ourselves and n
lng another. vi".,.
Patron, c wlscon8iv
recenUy-ijfcdt Bnmo vigorous"
tests gainst y9 products. It : ti
spired that ti creamerv was not ;'
the wrong, exvvt 80 far as the man- 11
agement put fft ln ft few 0f the pa
trons or tne creamery. Several or.
them had tr.u-tieggiy turned .their
V. 1 . , In
uciua miiu 'abbage, ; rape ana iuiin
paicnes imn.e(1jateiy after the f nrsi ,
heavy frosts, XTlA tne mnk thus tainted
was sent ln, v.lta the result of causing
inferiority In tne creamery's output
Aside from ti. fact that we should
not judge too bitHy or be too ready
ing farmer willi understand from the
case in point tllat feeding the stock
any old thing tl nrevent waste may
be the means ot,roducjng greater de
struction.
Oroduc
"W ln 1
, Dairying. , winter.
There are majijl advantages In hav
ing cows come f r,pn jn winter, when
all dairy products 'sell at, .a lilgh price.
r T '. i ' i.ii..
in Juan piaes tne price oi ouuor
is from S5 'jfo 50 per cent higher ln
winter tharj ii summer.
When tftJf cws calve ln the spring
they gsneralfy ynllk well until the pas
tures dry up, Wen the flow of milk
quickly falls off, so thaVy the time'
. . . , . i. . ,
""'i icms wcki u me who . muiwi. .
A tA XT , V Ann.a
uuou uii. lNuw, it xnv ivns tuuic ucau
in th fall, they produce a good rlo?
of milk during the winter monthsit.
and ln the spring, when they are
turned 1 on the grass,, this acts as a
second reshefling aitiT thus lengthens
the periW of mllk production. :
Anothet distinct advantage ln win
ter dairying Is that during this sea-'
son the fanner Is not so busy with
other workconsequenfly he can give
more time the care of the cows,
the mllk andjtie cream, than is possi
ble during tl busy season of the
year. . When 'inter ., dairying becomes
more general practiced, the subject,
of winter feed will be'given more at-'
tention. Of tlse silage is one of the
most important, since one acre of good
silage material M yield as much feed
v -
an luree acrp pasture.
X
No ma J
in shape f
ed comb
from the cj
ly ln the n y
breeds, wh
gear, or cor :
tractive. Ti 1
combs, as w
panylng lllut.
f-'
Combs.
ultry may excel
'ze, a malform
3V will detract
ccess, especlal-
Mediterranean
iamental head
(isplcuously at
jny kinds ot
1.' !iWWMfc.
. jns, which are de
serving of nnute. chief of .which are
f
New Corn Feeding;.
Not all farmers appreciate the value
Idiot appears to be Intensely rejoiced 0f feeding new corn. When handled
because he has forced me to perceive properly more good results can be ob-
a black speck on the horizon. tained from It than from any other
"It is a boat!" he cries, Joyously. cr0D grown. When fed ln the green
"There Is no doubt about It at all. gtage, from the time when grains are
If you look carefully, take your time, jn the mill, till they become hard and
old chap, youH see the smoke. Yea, tne blades dry up, horses and cattle
It'B & boat, a boat, ft boat!" wm eat almost, If not all, of the en
If he could see a Brooklyn trolley tire plant, and sheep and hogs will
car, ft Strand omnmus, or a touring eat much of It, utilizing to advantage
automobile, I should be able to under- au tnere i3 in the crop. New corn.
stand his excitement. But a boat! One just after it has passed the roasting
would think that a boat was tne most ear stage, is one of the best feeds for
extraordinary and dramatic thing that DOultry, both young and old, and hens
had ever happened, une expecu to wm iay eggs much better than on old
see boats, for ours Is not the only ves- corn. There Is no feed much better
Bel on the Atlantic Ocean. , Uor fattening horses and colts, as well
ni, cattle, than new corn.
rasia dw. We always plant some very earl v.
A ton of coal Is worth ft churchful medium and the patches of corn to be
of charity. . Cut and fed whole ln late summer and
A secret that yon can't tell is as bad I fan. in this way we have the best
as money you can't spend. 0f feed for the stock In August, Sep-
Cast your bread upon the watera It tember and October, one-fourth of the
may save your whole family from dys- year. While the new corn is being
pepsla. fed none of the stock requires much
There re men who would be recon- other feed, ana tne grain in the bin
died to death If they thought that and the hay ln the mow are saved.
could get their pictures in the new-
tne single serra.d mmh aa
such breeds rorcas, Leghorns,
Orpingtons, P, U h Rocks, Lang
shans, Dorkln; 1, liferent sizes- the
rose-comb, be ty jortscf
rugated, and .53 F small points, 'as
seen chiefly- li fl Redcap, Hamburg,
and Wyandottp family. ; Then there li
the pea comb or triple comb, that is,
three parallel; ridges (or very small
combs), as sd-en in the Brahman or
the Indian Game. 1 . '
paper.
No man can be secretly religious.
There are plenty of men who think
when they put ft penny In the collec
tion plate that they ought to hear ft
100-pound sermon.
' , . Farm Notes.
Get busy with the wobbly colt and
teach him that you are his friend and
master. - .It will be easy.
The average ewe requires from 3 to
5 pounds of salt a year, the variation
. I J.nnndiniT I U TV Ml V II I M I Tl Tna Bmnik sr
Ah. was he not truly Dravei h m'-s e- ---- """""I ui
walked out without ft single tremor to neural salts contained In the pas
discharge the cook. But, being ft kind- lures.
hearted man. before he reached the The bees should have plenty of wa-
kltchen door he reconsidered the mat- ter. They consume a great deal, and
.nrf dsclded to rive her another will travel a long distance to get It
trlal'New Orleans Picayune. Should there be no running stream
or lake ot pure water near, it is well
Disabled teachers In Munich receive t0 piaee a pail of fresh water near
pensions of 75 per cent of their -alar- tE- apiary every day. Water is used
lea, and ft schoolmaster's wife who Dy the beeu to dilute the heavy, thlcky
loeea her husband gets three-fifths of honey left over from winter to make
his salary, with an allowance for every it suitable for the young larvae aid
Water And Mr In Soil.
There must .tk s proper balance of
air and wates'towave the soil work
go on. Exclude .her and there Is
failure. Soil work! is stopped when
the soli becomes so dry that the water
films around the iollf particles are de
stroyed. The ls,when the plant food
ceases to be ,j elaborated, and what
plant food there ta in the soil is no
longer carried to the roots of the
plants. ", l ;
Great losses Jn Sfrops are annually
recorded because these simple funda
mental facts Ire not fully understood.
There must pe a balance. Drainage
will often do much to bring about a
good conditio! of aeration of soil; but
in some soils Ijinethlng else is needed.
Thus a sandsoil that is so light thai
the moisture film soon disappears to
ft depth of j foot or more will pro
duce notblii In such a case other
things mil Ve Incorporated with the
sand of tfe toil,, such as muck, lime,
humus, farUlW to give It the power
to'retainAhe ripisture film." "
child under twenty.
I fiA to make the cell wax pliable.
KeeptnarWeet Potatoes.
Therr are several different methods
for storing and kiping sweet potatoes
which' have provw successful. Po
tatoei, when flrstWug, have a large
amotnt of moistu in them, which
must evaporate. WW the weather is
good they should bleft out in the
field until tnis evanration
plete: otherwise the rWture
i.tense heat generatedW their 4-
in a hill will cause rot! When A
not possible they should e piled f '
ly ln a dry house for aVcek or
They may then be storeW the
of a buildiny or In a rooii whp-f
temperature will be such tt
not freexe.
t in the
is corn
and V ' '