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Old English Families.

Families frequently die out IN real
life in manner which would be thought
an extravagant reach of the imaglna-
tion in a fiction. There is an English
Snuire at this moment whose father was
the Youngest son of the youngest OF
the Youngest of seven brothers; the
present squire has been married twenty
wears. but is childless; so Is his next
brother. and his youngest brother died
unmarried at twenty-seven. A baronet,
who died some years ago, lost two sons
bv boating accident. He sent the one
survivor to Harrow instead of Eaton, az
there is no river at the former place,
but the boy was drowned in small
pond. known as duck puddle. The
family is extinct. In 1858 died
the Scottish chief, The Chisholm,
whose grandfather, in 1777, en-
tailed his estate on his five sons,
and failing them and their heirs, on his
brothers and their issue, and failing
them, on Archibald Chisholm, eldest
son of Chisholm OF Muckratn. IN 1000
the descendant, residing in this country,
of the last, came into the property. The
present Earl of Breadalbane inherited
that title, and the finest seat in Scot
land, from thirteenth cousin. The
Earl of Chesterfield is about fifth cousin
of the late Earl. Mr. -L->r, lazs-=--S-
ber for Berks, was one of a very wealth!
family of four sons and four d"ngn'ers ,
none married. The sons are all deao
and one venerable sister holds the grea
estate. The late millionaire Duke
Portland and his three brothers all Hvet
to maturity and died single. Number
less other cases might be mentioned
The same thing occurs here, but IL
England it is easier to "keep the run
| of If
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A. I. Stewards Charity Failure.

Mr.. Stewart was very gifted shop
keeper, whose rare talent in single
line gave him both fame and wealth.
But he knew as little of charity as he
cared for it and when he came, at the
close of his life, to attempt something
in that direction, he blundered with
facility and self confidence which ought
to be enduringiy instructive. 1t had
been urged upon HIM that he owed
something to his working girls who had
done so much to build up his fortune;
and so, tardily and ignorantly, he set
about scheme in their behalf. He
built huge structure, capable of hous-
ing thousand people. Every feature
of this structure, in view of the pur-
pose for which it was designed, was
gIaring incongruity, and then, when
he had completed it, ne condescended
to ask the counsel of experts as to carry
ing his scheme into practical execution
He was informed by those whose coun-
sci he ought long before to have sought
that the very character of his building
prohibited it from being useful. He was
shown that to assemble one thousand
young women under one roof in a work
ingwoman's house, was to necessitate
one of two things: either a police so
vigilant and so intrusive as to be to any
decent girl intolerable or else, lazity
so provocative of evil as almost to guar
antee it. He was shown that be ought
to have built series of small houses,
each with a matron or housekeeper of
it's own, and each to contain a dozen
girls, at most, where the surveillance
could have been constant without being
obtrusive, and where something like
domesticity would have made home
in name home iR fact.
But Mr.. Stewart believed supremely
ia Mr.. Stewart. Successful men gen.
orally believe in themselves. He showed
this in his architecture, which was
hideous, where it might as easily have
been graceful and pleasing. He showed
it in his charitable plans to which he
gave but little thought, and in which he
chose to be sufficient to himself. And
so his great wealth has resulted in no
service to his fellow townspeople and in
scanty honor to his memory.
1t is a story which may profitably be
read by other rich men. Topics OF
the 1ia,ae," IN the July Century.
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CHAT BY THE WAY.

ALL men are liberal some of those
who are in need and others to them
selves.
OLD Fuller's maxim is still full Of
wisdom :-"If thou art a master be
sometimes blind; if servant, some
times deaf"
DoN'T lend money to a friend, for
when you come to ask for it you may
find that you have lost your money and
your friend, too.
SOME men are fated to do things the
wrong way, and spend their lives in
grumbling at their hard luck. They
always try to split wood against the
grain.
IT is quaint saying which needs no
comment that che who is an ass and
takes himself to be a stag when he
comes to leap the ditch finds out his
mistake"
EVERY man who does criminal act
expects to escape the cons>a--~ses
ttrvreur; put 1t more frequently hap
pens than people think that, in the lam
guage of the ancient proverb, he comes
at last to be ''stewed in his own gravy"
LIFE is intensely logical. Every one
learns sooner or later that 'it's the
longest pole which reaches the persim-
mons" Don't stand still, then, and
beat the air with your short stick and
wonder why the persimmons don't drop,
but manage to get the long pole and
the persinamons are yours.
M1oAwBER, one of Dickens characters,
was always waiting for something to
turn up," and we have many such peo-
ple among us. To such an old mans
advice is offered: "Boys, don't you
ever specerlate or wait for something to
turn up. You might just as well go to
sit down on a stone in the middle OF
medder, with a pail 'twixt your legs,
and wait for COW to back up to you TO
be MIXED. ."--RO2le Sentinel.
THERE is nothing like telling the truth
in a prayer, and when one prays he
ought to go directly to the point, IN
stead of rambling all over creation. We
always took hearty interest in the fol-
lowing:-The Beaver family, up among
the mountains, were hard set. One
day the youngest of the boys was bitten
by rattlesnake, and the Did folks were
SO scared that they sent at once for the
minister, who knelt down and prayed.
ooh Lord we thank Thee for rattle
snakes. We thank Thee that rattle
snake has bit jim. We pray Thee send
, one to bite John; send another to bite
Bill: and, Oh, Lord, send the biggest
of Thy rattlesnakes to bite the old man,
for nothing but rattlesnakes will bring
the Beaver family to repentance
Amen. IN. Y. Herald.
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A Russian Story.
of it.

During the riots against the Jews at
Balta, in Russian Poland, thirty or forty
women sought refuge with their chill
dren in the garrett of a house used as a
synagogue. While thus concealed, in
breathless suspense, with the rioters in
the street and on the lower floor of t the
house a baby began to cry. At this
some of the women, in perfect frenzy
of fear, beset the mother, tore the child
from her arms, and endeavored to stitle
it. It's mother fought wildly for it, end
succeeded in recovering it, but 1t was
already more dead than alive. Some OF
the cruelties inflicted upon the women
during these riots almost surpass belief
The hospital at Odessa shows instances
Of fiendish ingenuity unfit for descrlp-
ton, and paralleled only by the atroci
ties of the Apaches.
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Something Good i'm Russia.

For long time we have been hearing
only of gloom and misery in Russia.
Here at last we have something cheer
ing.
The able correspondent of the Lon
Times gives an account of his visit to
Russian cotton mill, probably the larg-
est IN the world. This establishment,
called Krahnholm, or Grow Island, is
situated upon a precipitous rock in the
midst of the river Narova, upon the
verge of roaring cataract, which 1t dl-
yides into two parts. These falls sup
ply the power by which the mill is run.
It consumes 7, 562 tons of cotton yearly
and gives employment to nearly 5,OOO
people.
But it's most interesting feature is the
kind and wise relations between the
owners and operatives. The mill Is IN
itself a little community, its grounds
occupying several scores of acres, sup
piled with gardens, schools, libraries,
reading hospitals and infant
homes. The houses are clustered about
in scattered colonies, and are all neat
and healthful. The men are encouraged
to keep cooperative stores among them
selves to avoid extortions and adultera
tions.
The basis of all this is perfect free
dom. The men receive their wages II
cash; and are free to spend it as they
please, occupying the pleasant homes
provided for them at moderate rents, Of
dwelling in the neighboring town, al
they may prefer. They are sober and
p1ovident, and live together in peace
and unity. The owners of the mill real
from it an immense profit.
This is what can be accomplish ed by
intelligent kindness on the part OF capl
talists, and by thrift and sobriety OIL
| that of Workmen.
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A Very Modest Orator.

A Boston paper has new reporter
who is enterprising and willing, as most
Young men are when they begin work
in iourrslisaa, but who doesn't know
nsma9h as he probably will at later
period of his career. He came in with
a report of public meeting the other
day. in the course of which he hao
stated that "the Hon. Mr.. So-and-so
followed the previous speaker with
few feeble remarks upon the case
under discussion"
The city editor demonstrated with the
Young man, and was not appeased when
the reporter told him that the honorable
gentleman in question had himself said
when he first got upon his legs that all
he could contribute to the debate would
be few feeble remarks. So the editor
took up his own pen and changed the
reporters manuscript so that 1T read
''the Hon. Mr.. So-and so then made a
few trenchant remarks upon the case IN
point, which he delivered in the eloquent
and scholarly way which is characterjs-
tic of all his public utterances," and
having achieved thisfeat with proficient
ease, he sent the reporter back to his
desk, and early the next morning Hon
Mr.. So-and-so sent his office boy arouno
and bought fifty papers, whereas If the
reporters original "copy" had got tc
the composing room unchallenged he
would probably have come up to tn
office in person with club.
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ssGracious p exclaimed her .
in surprise " do you know him
But Jack was already speaking.
SCI hope, Miss Bruen, you will excuse
Katie's impetuosity, he said.
Millicent looked up bravely into his
face. Her resolution was suddenly but
resoIutely taken. Perhaps it had been
taken before and only needed some op-
portunity like this to give it expression.
"Do you endorse her invitation ?" she
asked.
Jack for an instant was dumb. Gould
it be possible that she would accept it Z?
that she would parade up Fifth avenue
with tatterdermalion lot of children,
in the face and eyes of her fashionable
friends? More than all, that she would
go with him? His brain fairly reeled
and his heart stood still. 1t was little
time before he could speak.
"Of course L endorse it, Miss Bruen. ~
he said at length, and then he added in
lower tone, with all my heart"
They were only four little words. but
they brought new light into Mill
cents eyes and fresh Joy in her heart
Perhaps she had been vexing herseI
over her fathers old suggestion as t,
the reason of Jacks absence. But i
she had, Jacks tone and look even NOR
than his words told her there was n
need. With happy, half-embarrasse
laugh she turned to her friend, who wa
standing the picture of ill-conceale
t amazement and said:
4 81 guess I'll have to leave you. It
, pretty hard work for Mr.. Wendover
, take care of all those children alon,
d Good-by, dear"
Q And so before all the world she ca
r in her lot with John Wendover. Pc
l. pie laughed and stared, but what d
Q she care? Her friends, of whom 81
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Corn For the Table.

Mr. Miller, of Missouri, tells in the
,1,,.n1 Mean Yorker how he gains full
week in obtaining sweet corn for
w. +obla He says as soon as the
, Ollo = formed break the top down or cut
81 1 ~ h,t leave the stalk erect in order
.p,ot the pollen Of the tassel will be
o,,ro ~ 70 dust the silk of the ears, as they
may not be fully imPregnated should
tho stalk be topped. He stated that he
had | exnerimented for years and was en-
t;relv satisfied ths it is uniformly prac-
ticoble and of value. In fact, he thinks
thot the ear becopes more fully devel-
oned also. This hint easy to adopt
and may be of intrest to truckers as
we'll as for the pirate garden.
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Something Lacking.

"Well, does this remind you OF OLD
times ?" queried one veteran OF another
at reunion.
eyes" was the hesitating reply.
Anything lacking ??
"Wen, yes, few things. The dead
and wounded are missing-the generals
are too near the front-there are no
mud holes to drink out of-tnere will be
no bombastic reports-no hardtack-no
lean pork-no bean-coffee-no march
no sleeping in fence corners-no moth
ing to make an old vet enthuse and get
up on his high heels. Tell you what,
but us old soldiers need never expect to
see such good times again.
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psnEss 70 be measured 6y KSties stand.
ard, what became of Sidney ard Bay
ard. Sir Percival and Sir Galahad. The
thought was perfectly bewildering.
She looked down humbly into the
child's face, her eyes moist and her
voice a little tremulous as she said,
"And Mr.. Wendover bought you your
shoes and dress.
Katie nodded. !" He's KEEP us out of
the poor-house, mamma says"
It was just what her father had told
her he had done for them; and the re-
mainder was almost enough to upset
Millicent's composure. Perhaps after
all her notions of what hero ought to
be were radically wrong, and she might,
as Jack had said, fail to recognize him
when he came. Perhaps there was the
same kind of heroism in Jacks keeping
people out of the poor-house and sup
plying their needs as in Sidney's giving
the cup of water to the dying man
And maybe both were only initiating
| hlgn6r eAaHplc-h P1OOAh VI A OA'A
which this little child had led her t.
discover. She leaned over andsskisse'
the pale little face. " Good-by, m,
dear" she said, "Pm glad you've foun
so good friend"
When the child was gone and Mill
cent was left alone, all she could do wa
to go over the problem again; and "
, without coming to any satisfactory col
clusion. It involved mental revolt
ton to substitute for the tall elega1
man with brown flowing locks Va
t Dyck beard and symmetrical moustach
who was the Sidney of her imagination
: the figure of Jack Wendover, tall al
a staIwart it is true, but without a tra'
of sentiment in the firm set mouth,
a a particle of elegance about the smoot
shaven face, the short black hair or Il
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PAT borrowed some money of friend,
and was unable to pay it back when he
came for it; and the friend became very
angry, and said, "Now, Pat, If you
don't pay me that money by next Mon
day, shall give you thrashing." The
next day, as Pat was strolling along the
street, he jostled man, who cried out,
"Look out what you are doing, or l
will knock you into the middle of next
week" Be jabers an wish ye wud,
sorr; for thin | wud be over Mundy."
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Believing that the COun-
ty of LamOille could and
would support a good
Wagon business, we pur-
chased i'm 1881 the largest
and best stock ever brought
into this County.
Our expectations were
more than realized: our
trade was much larger than
we had any reason to eX-
pect. This encOul ,,sement
has been SO flattering that
we have again personally
visited the manufactures
of some OF the largest and
best makers, and selected
another complete stock,
consisting in part of
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met not few, stopped n the street for
amazement and wondered if Millicent
Rruen had got into any scrape that all
those children were following her. But
Ni,I,eent held bravely on her way.
With the interchange Of single SEN
tence she and Jack had come to per-
feet understanding.
"Have you found your hero yet. Miss
Millicent ?" he had asked.
And Millicent, blushing all over her
pretty face, shyly answered:
"He was pointed ont to me, Mr.,
Wendover, only five minutes ago.
Omr Continent.
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wen, s7-~ ~~-~~ss~1S rIeH-
into the man-unless he's found Y girl.
Strange if he hadn't. Might just as
well have had him yourself, Milly."
MilIicent felt indignant with herself
for blushing.
"I'm sure, papa" loftily, "Mr.
Wendover isn't at all the kind of man
I should like"
The father shook his head. 3" I'm
afraid you'll go through the woods, he
said, "and pick up a crooked stick. l
don't know any young fellow L like bet
ter. Besides, / owe him a debt OF graf
itude. It's due to him more than any
one else, Milly, that we're not In the
poor-house."
Mllicent turned white.
"What do you mean, papa !"
al mean, my dear, his company
has taken my boulevard lots eff my
hands and saved me from being bank
rupt."
1t was a brief statement of disagree
able fact. Millicent did not like to thinl
that she even might be poor. And tC
owe their wealth to John Wendover, whC
had given her besides, all the love anC
devotion of his life, was hardly tolerable
If her father was indebted to him hov
much more was she ? And how coul'
she ever pay the debt, save by ac
knowledging him as her hero, which sh
was no more ready to do than before. l
is true that she had lately got into tn
way, unconsciously perhaps to herself
of measuring other men by his stand
ard, and finding them little and unsat
isfactory, but this did not prove ths
Jack was at all heroic.
1t was about six months after his di'
appearance that Millicent discovered
new phase of Jacks character-nev
that is, to her. She had known hi
hitherto as a man of high principles an
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MYSTERY explained-Gus De smith
called at a very fashionable house on
Austin avenue a few days ago, and acted
SO queerly that when that lady nus us
band came home she said: What Is the
matter with young De Smith de acted
so strangely. think there must pe a
screw loose about him somewhere.
Reckon not. saw him this morning
and he was tight enough all over. -
TEXAS SiftinQS.
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MIbLICENT'ss HERO.
III 10
BY ELIOT MCCORMICK,


Finding himself in position to marry,
and having known Millicent Bruen more
or less intimately for six months, Jack
Wendover felt that the time had come
for him to express the devotion which
from the first he had entertained toward
that young lady and ask her to recipro-
cate it.
1t is evident he counted without his
host, as the following remark by Miss
Bruen plainly shows:
I" But this needn't be the end," ap-
pealingly; sit needn't disturb our friend.
ship, Mr.. Wendover. like you so well
as friend-better than any one know,
only not as the man the color rushed
up into her face, but she kept on
bravely-''not as the man whom /
would marry. He must be a hero
like Sir Philip Sydney or the Chevalier
Bayard."
Jack smiled humbly.
"Do you think you will know him
when he comes ?" he asked.
1t was not happy question. She
thought he was ridiculing her, when he
had no such intention. The color came
and went on her face, leaving only red
spot on each cheek.
"I have not the least doubt but that
[ shall, F" she said coldly.
Jack rose from his chair. "Well," he
said, wearily, 'Isuppose you know best.
never set out to be a hero. Good
night, Miss Millicent."
Now, if Millicent supposed that Jack
Wendover, rejected as her lover, would
be content to remain her friend-on the
same intimate terms, that is, as had hith-
erto existed-she showed small knowl-
edge of that young mans nature and a
limited appreciation of such affairs.
With Jack the friendship had been only
preliminary to his proposal. From
the first he meant to marry Millicent, if
he could, and all his visits and atten-
tions were so many means to this end.
They had given him pleasure, as any
pursuit does on which a mans heart is
OSut, DuO IL Was ll1A6u Will I6SllS6Su6SS
and uncertainty and pain. The chief
element of pleasure had been the posi-
bility that some day or other she might
be his. Now this was taken away. In
its place remained a dull sense of dis
appointment which Millicent's presence
could only emphasize. What he wanted
was not her society for an occasional
evening, but Millicent herself and if he
could not get that he would not expose
himself to the tantalizing fascination of
her presence. From that evening,
therefore, his social visits at the Bruens
came to an end.
This was something Millicent had not
bargained for. She felt grieved and
disappointed, and it must be said, lit
tie indignant. Her father, too, without
knowing the cause, perceived the deser-
ton.
Haven't quarreled with Mr.. Wend-
over, have you ?" the old ntlepan
asked suspicious1
weeks had 81
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after manipulation DIX kernels will
bring the wheat in condion to make
the best quality of flour ithout carry
ing large proportion OF iour OFF with
the bran.
The cuItivator's safet lies, there
fore. between the extrems of early and
late cutting. In a word harvest the
crop when the grain ha passed from
the milky stage to a daghy one. Ii
the wheat be cut, when tie grain reaches
the dough state the bra will be thin
and elastic and can be separated more
readily from the -four ban when dead
ripe. In addition to he -four being
finer, it will also be incnased in guam
tity in consequence of he bran being
lighter than when quiteripe. Asaving
of wheat is likewise gaiRd, which other
wise would be lost by shelling in the
field.
The novice can ascetain the exact
time when wheat and oher small grain
ought to be cut by opeing heads in diff
ferent portions of the field and examin-
ing the kernels carefully. The straw
near the ground will alO proclaim the
time for harvest by its Fellow hue.
Wheat cut in the dagh state ought
not to be dried suddely. 1t may be
bound and stacked at nee, or, if there
is only a small quantity, drawn to the
barn. Some farmers put it into small
stacks. If stacked SO that the wind and
sun will not dry up all the juices in the
plant, enough of thes will be slowly
concentrated in the seed to accomplish
the maturity of the gran in perfection.
If by rapid ripening in the sun the
kernels are shrivelled more bran is
formed in proportion tothe -four.
A large class of farmers practice
threshing from the shock and hauling
grain direct to market. The advantages
of this plan vary with the season. When
the wheat has been bieaehed out by not
suns and repeated rains, it should be
stacked and go through the ''sweat.
During this process the straw and grain
become damp and heat is evolved. AT
such times the grain cannot readily be
threshed, therefore it is not advisable to
attempt it until both straw and grain
are dry. Then it will be found that the
berry has been restored to color and ex-
hibits plump appearance, having alb
sorbed mutritive matter from the stalk.
The grain has not only undergone
change tor the better, but the straw Is
also improved in quality.
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81 SEE that p' Bonner mas palo
n,o ooo for NV title sister. 1t must
make papa and n'ruina ieei sooo W 'ee
how their daughprs are ee''ine in'o
a. frst foroiIias t-Maud s..