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softened luster that thrilled me with
hope: and yet if 1 attempted even a
compliment, / blushed, floundered, and
was lost.
One evening we were talking of all
manner of subjects, grave and gay. and
so strayed to marriage. in general, and
especially TO the matrimonial lot OF
some of our old friends
You remember Boyd, don't you,
! Hip" asked Tom.
Tall, bashful fellow like me-" adj
ded.
Yes" replied Tom. laughing. "He
married Miss Cutting, our former school
teacher. | always thought she proposed
/ TO him."
Sensible girlr' 1 exclaimed. al
think it is positively n woman's duty
sometimes to help n man out You re-
member that book of the late Dr. nor-
ace Bushnell, published some years
ago. called "A Reform against Nature? p
In II he denounced the whole woman's
rights movement, but maintained that
every woman ought to have the right
10 propose MARI age TO the mar
she liked. / think he was scientifically
correct"
spoke with great eagerncsS. looking
always nj Tom: but ut the last words
my glance turned TO Mabel: her ewes
were fixed ON mine, and the look | met
there sent the blood To my heart with
such swift. tumultuOus rush. that
grew faint with confusion, and present.
~ rushed out of the room and to bed
though not TO sleep.
The next day | went out in the after.
noon by myself for n scramble through
n damp and very rough gorge, where
Tom and Mabel did not care to accom-
pany me. was half glad to be alone,
Tor | was nervous over my audacitv of
the night before; yet ut thought of Ma.
beIs kindly eyes, So overwhelmed with
binding happiness, that had to look
many times ut bit of rock before |
could sec the strie that denoted glacia'
action.
IL was late sunset when / reached the
inn. The last rosy light was flushing
the distant mountain peaks with that
marvellous beauty which is one of the
wondrous charms of Swiss scenery. j
made my way without pause To Mabe's
.parlor, led there by force that seemed
To draw me by power beyond my con-
wv Il ht IoOu was quite DUSK anu
she was alone. As entered she came
toward me with quantity of letters
and papers in her hands.
These came while you were away"
she sail.
Mechanically took the papers.
Among them there was a large pqckage
on which / dimly discerncd the word
educ" followed by an illegible stamp
You have paid something on this"
| said; chow much was it?' and looked
up.
Postage not stated" replied Mabel.
Promptly, smilingly, she uttered the
words. Then her dark eyes softcned
and faltcred. The papers and letters
were scattered over the floor. l had
caught her in my arms with all the au-
dacity that had been once before mine
in my boyish days.
Only now, rs 1 pressed passionate
kisses on her brow and lips, | found
voice at last t. utter the yearnng that
was consuming my heart.-DiO Le,oiS'
Monthly.
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Wise Savings.


Purity, sincerity, obedience anC
self-surrender are the marble steps thai
lead to the spiritual temple. Byad)oyd
Hold faithfulness and sincerity ms
first principles. Have no friends not
equal to yourself. When you have
faults. do not fear to abandon them.-
C0nJuciits.
To rejoice in another's gifts, useful
ness and honor is truly great attain
ment. Let each esteem the other bet
ter than themselves. ~ Young Chris.
ttG'1's P0cket-Bo0k.
"A holy life, spent in the service OF
God, and in communion with Him, is
without doubt, the most pleasant and
comfortable life that any man can live
in this Standardization.
BE cheerful; do not brood over fond
hopes unrealiZed until chain, link
after link, is fastened on each thought
and wound around the heart. Nature
intended you to be the mountaineering
of cheerfulness and social life, and moi
the travelling monument of despair anC
MISUNDERSTANDING Helps.
Seven days in the week the people
of Chicago are coaxed by lights and
music into its 5000 saloons. Only one
day in the week do lights and music in
vite them into churches. In the battle
that is being waged the devil seems t,
have his forces well i'm hand and fully
intrcnched for siegc.-Moody.
Resolve that nothing whatever
either in your feelings or circumstances.
shall deter you from doing what you
think you ought. BE sensible
that even the appearance of wish 10
show kindness, the attempt to pay at
tention and do good. are valued. and
that oftentimes a slight favor of which
you think nothing will be highly es-
teemed by others. --Henry Ware.
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Old Cows.

What shall be done with the old cowss
Years ago the farmers used to feed up
an old COW, and fatten her on turnips
and corn meal, and the beef we used to
get in those days was as much better
than what we buy from the butcher now
as ''gilt-edge' is better than Chicago
lard. Now we are getting so .uppish"
that if the butchers cart does not come
around three times week, we think
things are going crooked, and the old
COWS are kept along, feeding and milk
ing at loss, until they can be worked
off to some peddler. No cow should be
kept in dairy after she's seven or eight
gears old. unless she is good one, and
her calves are good too. At that age a
cow is Just past her prime, and there
are fools enough who will pay a good
price for such cows rather than rear
heir own And farmer may turn off
some excellent beef from good Ayrshire,
Dutch, Devon or Durham grade, or any
fair kind of native cow, when she Is.
retired from dairy work at eight years
old.-Ihe Dairy.
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HOME, FARM AND GARDEN,

Forty degrees is the best tempere-
ture for the potato cellar.-C hic1qc
Journal.
The leaves of all grape vines tina;
are afflicted with mildew should be
burned As sOO1 as they fall.
The first prize for currantS, offered
by the Massachusetts Horticultural So
ciety, was taken by farmer who train.
his bushes to single stalk from each
root. Some of them are three inches il
diameter.
Pear trees come into bearing after
planting sooner than apple trees, al J
annual crops are more certain with the
usual treatment that both crops get.
Generally. too, pears bring the hes;
prices. Detroit Post
A very nice white cake, which is to
be baked in loaf. and should have tc
make II perfect n chocolate frosting. i.
made of one cup of sugar, half cur
of butter, one cup of sweet milk, one.
half teaSpoOnful of soda. one cup of
cOrn-starch. one cup of flour. one tea.
spoonful of cream OF tarter, and the
whites of three eggs. If this Seems:
thin after mixing. add a trille more
Hour. Ii is almost impossible to give
precise directions about flour, as some
brands Of flour thicken more than 9th.
ers.-N y Post
Chicken Pie: Put into a saucepan
one quart of water, an onion. a little
chopped parsley, a little celery seed
or, if attainable, a piece of celery, with
pepper and salt; simmer for an hour
then put in a chicken, cut into con.
vcnient pieces, and stew until thorough.
~ cooked. Line sh with good pic.
crust, then put in the ch cken in layers,
with slices of hard boiled egg between
each layer; add TO the gravy n small
piece of butter rolled in flour, and q
quarter of pint of cream: let it Just
boil, and pour over the chicken: put or
the top crust, and bake until the pastry
Is done.-N Y. HeraId.
Store away few bushels of dry
road dust for the hens to dust in next
winter. Give them enough of it ano
have it entirely dry. so they can s.make
the dust fly all through the hen-house
and cover the roosts and ill the cracks.
ana the lice must move out. This doe
not sound quite so nice as soapsuds.
car5ol;c acid, kerosene, perfect cieanli.
ness, etc, but it j. more practical and
more likely TO be done on a farm where
washing hen-roosts is not the main bus
mess. Dust is also good to sprinkle or
young stock, but should he carded anC
brushed out of the hair after the yer.
min have left.-Lir. or and Farmer.
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The Poverty OF a Worldly Heart.

1t is a pitiable Dissertation of such 2
nature as ours TO give itup to the world
Some baserthing might have been given
without regret; but TO bow down reason
and conscience, to bind them to the
clods of earth; 10 contract those facul
lies that spread themselves out beyond
the world, even to inlinity-to contract
them 20 worldly !rities-it is pitiable, il
is something to mourn and to WEEP
over; he who sits down in dunge OF
which anotic err has made has not such
cause TO bewail himself as he has thus
made for himself. Poverty and destitu
t on are sad things; but there is no sucE
poverty, there is no such destitution, n
that of covetous and worldly heart
Poverty is a sad thing, but there is nc
man so poor as he who is poor in hi.
affections and virtues. Many a house is
full, where the mind is unfinished anG
the heart is empty; and no howell OF
mere penury ever ought to be SO sad a.
that house. Behold. it is left desolate
to the immortal it is left dcsolatc rs the
chambers of death. Death is there. in
deed, and it is the death of the SOUL
DR.. DeUeY.
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Old Butter.

1t is live question, Just at this time,
what success the holders of summer.
made butter will meet in disposing of
their stock. At present the demand is
almost entirely for fresh made goods,
and mostly of the kind known among
the trade in this city as extra cream.
cries, extra tirSts selling better as a
rule than any dairy makes. Owing to
the scarcity of these grades. little of
the best grades of butter which has
been held for short time has found
purchasers; but the majority of that
sold was for speculative purposes. The
sales of such held stock may continue
for n short time, when the cooler
weather will bring large amount of
butterine on the market, which will sell
ut much lower prices than holders are
willing to take for their held dairy and
creamery butter, and the result will be
that the butterine, being of fine quality
and fresh made, will sell in preference
to any old butter.
1t may not be we'll known. except
among the sellers of butter, but it is
nevertheless a fact, that butterine was
sold in this city last winter so fine that
many consumers could not tell it from
creamery butter. Consequently we may
expect avery lively competition between
the makers of fine butterine and the
holders of old butter during the
present fall and winter. That an in.
creased amount of butterine will be
made and sold there is no doubt; anC
that it will take the place of any old
favored butter that may be sent here to
sell, whether dairy or creamery, is be
yond question.
Consumers of butter have now be-
come so much opposed to ANYTHING MOI
fresh-flavored that they will use largely
of a product that is always fresh, though
it may not always have the fine, deli
cate flavors of fresh-made butter
But" say you, .'this is talking ur
adulterated butter" No; on the con
trary, we are merely stating the fact
as all dealers in the commodity well
know.
When man manufactures an article
for any particular market it would be
common sense to expect him to pro
duce goods which he is sure will find
favor i'll that market. When he goei
contrary to this plain business rule he
mNst expect, and surely deserves, fail
ure. So, too, with this question: The
amount of butter held this year is prob
ably as large, or larger than ever be
fore, and with the experience of last
winter to base judgement on, very
little old butter can be sold at profit,
as it does not suit the consumers, anC
holders are very likely to fail to see a:
many dollars for their goods as they in
vested in them. That the surplus will
sell at some price at some time before
another season ofens there is no doubt
But that butter, held after the first OF
October (summer-made), will sell foi
rs much as it cost, there is serious rea-
son to doubt Old-havored butter will
not now. or at any time in the future.
be wanted by the great centers of trade
distribution. and the quality that al.
ways suits, always pleases the market
and is most likely to produce profit tc
the maker, is fresh-made extra cream.
cry butter. american Dairyman.
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A Dairy Problem.

Not so much i'm the West as in the
East do the farmers keep their cows toe
short 1t would seem that every farmer
could put a dairy philosophy in few
propositions. 1t requires certain
amount of food to sustain life, and until
that is done the cow will not and can moi
give milk to any amount. The mill
coming from the surplus food, after
sustaining her life, the quantity and the
quality of her food determines the
amount and value of the milk she will
give. Hence, if the pastures are short
and the water low, or poor, stagnant
muddy stuff, the milk will diminish
both in quantity and quality. Nor is
this all. When COW ''dries up" more
or less at this season of the year, it will
be difficult TO bring her back to hei
usual flow of milk, and so the loss is
one which must be borne the balance
of the season. Herein lies one
of the problems of successful
modern dairying, the equalizing
of the irregularities of our weather,
of freshet and drouth, of sum.
mer and winter, so that our cows
shall have about the same kind of feed
at all times, the same kind of general
temperature and nearly the same flow
of milk the dairy-house the same tenn.
perature summer and winter, with cool.
iine-flavored and unbroken grained
butter. In the solution of this problem,
ice, corn-fodder, ensilage, corn-neal
and similar extras will have a very
important place.
To-day an ice-house is an indispensa.
BILE adjunct of well ordered dairy,
while ten or fifteen years ago but few
dairymen thought of such things. Corn.
fodder was once laughed at by many.
A few have not yet learned wisdom. Sc
Of ensilage. Some say it is failure.
Yes, and eminent scientists once proved
that steamships could not cross the
Atlantic, but the ocean is covered with
them. Every problem in dairying is
not yet settled, and one now of prime
Importance is to arrange the feed OF
the dairy cows so as TO maintain an
even flow of fine quantity of milk. The
successful dairyman has got to be SUI
perior to all conditions of seasons,
climate, freshet and drouth alike
The Farmers ReCicU.
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Preserving Salt Meat.

Much of the corned beef and salt pork
put up by farmers becomes tainted OF
completely spoiled during the summer
and fall. The injury is not caused by
using too small an amount of salt. A,
a rule, much more salt is employ &c
than is necessary to preserve the meat.
Sometimes it contains impurities thai
cause the meat to contract bad flavor.
Pure salt should be employed for pre-.
serving meat and dairy products. II
costs but little more than that which /,
impure, and il is more satisfactory in al
respects. Meat packed in a barrel anc
covered with brine becomes tainted O,
spoiled in consequence of small Dor.
tons OF 1t or some of the fat or blood il
contains coming to the top of the
brine. The ar comes in contact with
It there and decomposition takes place.
The products of decomposition of ami
NAL substances always have an I'M
pleasant taste and smell and these. ir
the case of meat in a barrel, are comm.
nicated to the brine and from thence to
the meat. Meat packed in brine should
be cut in pieces with very sharp knife.
This will leave the edges smooth. After
it has been for few DAYS in brine. this
latter should be poured off and boiled
The boiling will cause all the impuri.
lies to rise to the surface, while the
blood will be coagulated. These sub
stances should then be skinned off
and when the brine is cold it can be re
turned TO the barrel. IL the brine doe;
not continue pure, the operation q
DO ling should be repeated. Specia
pains should be taken to keep the mes;
under the brine at all times. A per.
forated top or false cover, or frar,s
work. should rest on the meat and p
weighted down by means of clcss
stone. II these precautions are EN-.
ployed the liability of spelling viii +,
very hght-Neu England Farmee.
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"THE DANISH BOY's WHISTLE"
"Oh. whistle an, III como TO You.

oh, whistle an III come Co you"
Nearly every engineer on the New York
VIM New Eng and Railroad has "a sweetheart
or wife In New Britain Conn. Every train
would whistle " salute Ia some fair dame. and
Rtpcr.l
It's noon when ''Thlrty.nyr' l. due,
an she comes ON time. .ise a iia'hiof light,
~ you hear her whistle, "Ioc-tc'-toO"
Long forc tho pilot swings In sight
nm Maddon's drivin hrr In to-day
an he's callin' hl- -wecthca, far away
hertrudc Hurd-livcs down ly the mill
You might SO her blushiu.; sh' knows IL = BILL
Tu-dlcI fCot-cc! Tu-ie! Tu!'
six-nyc n m. there's local comes
Wakes up at Bristol. ruunin' clrt:
an the way her whistle sings an humt
u Twin caution a. man an beast.
Every one knows who Jack white calls
lait Lou Woodbury., down hy the Fails;
summer or winter, always the same,
Shc ~ ars her liver CulIib' hrr namo-
'Lou-tci lOutCi Lou-itr!
~ siS.nfty-clvht you can hear ,rwcnty-ono''
NCo thundrriu wcst. AMI 81 al the scream,
That ever startled the r,sin sun.
Johu Davis - mis- into our dreams;
nut don't mind a.. II makes mo grin
hor Just dgwn here wher" th crock lets IN,
Tvs vic, Icrusha. cnu hour him call.
Loud ~ throat OF trt-s cJtu huw.-
"Jccc-rooo shcc! I,-huN.'
But ~ one-nfty one. old '~ivty-four"-
horton byprrss runs east rlcnr through
br9wns h"r rattlr nud rumble md roar
WIN the sIftcst whist" That over blow;
An away on IN" furthcrrs' edge Of the town.
ssssse"t 80" winthrop clr~ ~ brown
shine liko tho starlight bright an clear.
Nhgn she hoarp the whistle 90 Abel Tear
y ouou ou. Su-t-u-u-c,'
An long NJ mdn'rht n freight comes In.
icaN,s H"rlin slmCtimC-i don't know
Whom
Bmt u rumblcs along with frarriI din.
TW IL reaches tho Switch thrrr aud then
The clcnrrs' mites ~ tho s,ftcst brn
mat out ~ a hrH'cu 90 let ~
wake Ncllic MlntUn Oft ~ her Il -cnma--
a.. n"r ia = wridinv bell " s'cm--
well, Nell, Neil! Nell. Sell, NCll."
An sotuewhcrr hate IN IN afternoon.
ga u SEQ Thirty. Sven" n4Etrpnkfns tvcef.
" lorHl. from Hartford: sam" old tune
No" 81 Tor The girl that loves him best.
rum Wilson Rios on the riuht hand si,lc
Twin her ~ am at every strife:
IN W touchOs tho whistle, Inv an clrnr
f1r Lulu Gray, ON the hill, 90 hrur-
Lulu! L1O-ioo!"
S', r,,i Ep,s y gu dey an al night.
%, llll inc uid fO.k have vote tho thing "A torc.
Old mails aud btchelOrs saw II min hight
for folks 10 de- cOurtin' with such ruar.
=. lut the engineers their kisses viii blow
sI1in whiatlc.valvc, Ia tho girls they know.
MI 'ne St"kers tho nam" of their swccth ,arts
With tho lc'lc! Noll! Dell! OF the swayinv
H. j. B,utiette. ia Lie.
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Religious Reading.
"MSUCH an HOUR as YE THINK
NOT"


therefore be We also ready, for in such y
hour rs We think not the Son of Man cometL.
Matt. Triu: ~.
He will como. perhaps at morning,
When TO simply live is sweet;
When the arm is strong, unwearied
BY the MONDAY toll and heat;
When the undimmed eye looks fearless
Up the shining heights of life,
And the eager soul is painting,
Yearnfng for some noble strife.
He will come, perhaps. at noontidc.
When the pulse of life thIobs high:
when the fruits of toll arc rpening
And the harvest time is nigh;
Thcn through all the full-orbed splcndor
OF the sun meridian blaze,
There may shine the strange new beauty
OF the Lords transfgured face.
Or it may be in the evening
Grave and sombcr is the sky
Clouds around the sunset gather
Far and dark the shadows lie:
When we long for rest q nd slumber
And some tender thoughts of home
Fill the heart with vague sad yearninp
Then, perhaps, the Lord will come.
If He only finds us ready
In the mornings happy light,
In the strong and fiery noontide,
Or the coming of the night
If He only finds us waiting,
Listening for His slldce en- call
Then His coming when we think not
Is the sweetest hope of all.
Bible Banner.
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A Death.Roll OF Eight Months.

The astrologis.s who selected 1888 as o
good year for earthquakes, pestilcnce
and accidents seem to have made hit.
During the eight months of the ycaI
considerably more than $4,000 lives
have been lost in notable disasters, in
that taking into account the yellow
fever in the South. BY simply follow
ing the big news of the press dispatches
the following table of people killed Is
made up: Loss of the Cimbria, 434;
Milwaukee hotel fire, so; Poland circu.
fire, 26S; Australian mine flooded, Il:
Tehichipa (Cal.) railroad nc.
cident. p; fatboat disaster. North { ar
DINA, IS; loss of City of Brussels, 10
Mine explosion, Illinois, 10; New York
school panic. 10; Braidwood mine dis
aster, II: February floods, Sc; drowned
at brownsville, Mimi, IL; April lorna.
does, 200; fall of n Texas hotel,
II. Brooklyn Bridge panic, IA;
May tornadoes, 11S; Sunderland (Eng.)
school panic. POP; June floods. So; Bal
timore pier disaster, ~; Carlyon
On. W railroad accident, IL; July
London (Ont.) floods, Ia; Ischia earth.
quake. $500; English fishing fleets, 1913.
German foods, 40; Mt. Ararat avail.
anche, 10; powder. explosions in Eu-
rope, 230; two mine explosions in
Europe, 1872; Bombay factory panic,
ETC., 104; Rochester Mimi tornado,
16; Lake Chem palace accident, %;
Cornwall mine accident, ~; collision
of Eddystone Lighthouse, 1S; Great
Banks fishermen lost, Go; Java earth
quake, 100000; India cholera, $1,000.
Egyptian cholera, 2l,000; Italian
steamer Ansonia, 20; steamer Kenmare
Castle, 30; steamer Gypsy. 18; steamer
Navarro, 46; ship Dunshoffrage, Of
Rome explosion, 40; Besseges (France)
explosion, 21: steamer Grappler, 40;
burning Lake Como theater, Al; steamer
Daphne on Clyde, 150.--.AttantG (Ga.)
Constitution.
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Keeping colts and horses fat with.
out work makes them soft and tender,
which is all very nice if we want to eai
them. as the French do, but the French
system of raising their draugbt Nor
man horses to work and earn their liv-
ing from cclthood up makes tough,
hardy horse. with good constitution. =
Western Agriculturist.
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"A young lady and gentleman drove
mp to parsons house in Oxford, Ala,
recently and were married while sitting
in the buggy, the parson sitting on his
own balcony and delivering the Gus
tomary questions, etc.
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"A dog gained access to Kansas
corral OF l,5O0 sheep one night and bit
oue-:hird Of them about the head and
face. Within eleven days 800 died OF
hydrophoDia- a. Chicago Neus-
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The number of country girls anx.
ious to learn dress-making from s
sharper. who gathers in sixteen dollar.
a head and then decamps, is almost
equal to the number of girls who light
fires with kerosene Indianapolis Jour.
nal.