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"Grim Simplicity Of a Corrc-
SpUndent.

A story told me by the owner Of one
of the largest and wealthiest ranches of
Texas illustrates with grim simplicity
the rules of life by which the cowboy is
gnided. a little child died ON the ranch
and the mother desired with piteous en-.
treaty that it should have Christian
burial at the hand of the clergyman.
The ranchman, though now one of the
wealthiest men in Texas, was born and
bred a cowboy. With another lad he
had at the age of twelve, gone into bus
mess on his W account, with a stock
Of Il dozen cattle. He had never been
to church, as, indeed, he had scarcely
ever live d a day off the ranch. He had
the vaguest idea of what a clergyman
was or did. But he loved this woman
| very much, and, sadd!ing his horse, he
rode straight off fifty miles to the neares.
hamlet and brought back q preaching
man almost literally at his saddle bow.
The ranchman had assembled all
ceremony. AS they stood by
offering unprayer knelt and closed his
eyes. The ranchman was aghast. He
had brought this man over and felt per-
sonally answerable for his safety, and
here be was on his knees with his eyes
Slut AID scarcely two PAGES off a score
ofthe blacklist rascals u Tex $, not one
OF whom had ever been known to miss
his aim! This kind of a target he felt
would, with the best Of intentions, be
irresistible. and as sure as the preaching
man Knelt there he you'd be sho
Without the loss of a moments precious
time the ranchman placed himself be-
hind the kneeling preacher, and while
tue unfamiliar prayer Went up to heaven
over the open grave Of the child he,
with a finger on the trigger of his pistol,
covered the congregation, ard at the
first movement of a hand toward ristol
pocket would have shot the man as Ger"
tainly and with as little sense Of wro ig-
doing as if he were kil.inga wAsp.-Den-
veI Correspondence London News.
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Agricultural Itc ms.

Watermelon sugar is building Geor'
gia industry. ...-.
During the past year over 1872 900, 900
eggs were shipped to this country from
Europe.
Silk culture is increasing very rapidly
IN certain partsot the South, particular
ly along the Gulf coast between New
Orleans and Mobile. There is now on
exhibition at the cotto exchange in
New Orleans a bale OF raw silk from CO.
cocDs grown in Louisiana, reeled by a
Louisiana silk spinning mill. which
weighs 10 pounds and s ounces. a d
comprises GO skeins, making l,2e0,n0O
yards. This product is valued at ~ a
potnd.
Fall blowing Ia one Of the best meth
DDS OF Graduating cut-worIns, wire
worms, and many other insect pests.
w. H.. White writing to 'bo Count.
Gentleman, in favor of the use of ,-1en
rye for mannring land, makes & state
ment which our farmers should remem-
Der when raising any kin,i of crop to be
turned under for Inc purpose of enrich
ing land. He sav3 clover cannot be sub
stituted for rye in Young orchards, as it
is injurious instead of beneficial. it
makes its growth in summer. its roots
penetrating deeply, while rye makes its
Growth in tail and early spring, and its
roots keep close to the surface. 1t may
be readily understood why q plant MAX
ing its most rapid growth in summer
should be injurious to fruit trees, as it
draws moisture from the soil at a sea-
son when it is most needed by the trees;
and for this reason seeking down or
Guards is Objectionable, unless they are
yerv moist and rich soil. Mr.. White
also makes another good point when be
states that rye being plowed under 10
the spring any injury to the roots Of
trees is soon repaired, when if injured
in summer the trees woul1 receive a
check to their growth.
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HOUSE AND FARM.
Kitchcn and Markct Gardens.


The important work at this time is
getting really to pla e crops in their
winter quarters Cn northern localities
they must be stored this monthly, and
making all possible preparation for
spring. Among roots, beets and carrots
should not be exposed to the frost,
while parsnips, satisfy, and s%corzonera
are not injured by hard freez ny. but
made sweeter and more tender. Where
the quantity OF roots to be stored is
large. they may be pitted above ground.
The roots are to be piled up in a
sharply conical heap, against viii. n is
placed a layer of straw. shutters"
tMade by fastening h If inch boards to-
eether with battens) are laid upon the
straw, and, before freezing weather,,a
sufficient covering of earth, to exclude
frost. is placed over the shutters, leaving
Il ventilatins space at the top, which la
ter may be closed with straw. Ii the
roots are in small quantity, or if it is de-
sired to lemove a portion during the
winter, the trench used by market gar
deners will be convenient. A trench or
pit is dug in a place where tae water
will drain away from it. 1t may tie three
feet deep aud six feet wide, or of
a size suited TO the quantity 10 be stored.
The roots are carefully laid up, for o
two feet Of the length Of the pit, until
they reach the level Of the surface.
Then another stack of roots is built, six
inches from the first, and SO on. The
spaces between the stacks of roots are
filed with earth. The pit, when fin
ished, consists of stacks of roots two teet
long separated by six-inch walls ofearth.
This allows the removal OF stack OF
roots without disturbing the others. A
covering OF leaves will be suIli lent at
first, but as cold weather approaches,
the pits must be covered with earth,
well rounded up to shed water. Large
quantities of roots should not be stored
in the house cellar, for sanitary reasons.
A moderate quantity for kitchen use
may be kept in the cellar in barrels or
boxes, and covered with dry earth. If
parsn ps. satisfy, ETC., are left in the
ground, enough for use while The or ind
is frozen may be stored in this manner.
A small root cellar for the kitchen may
be made by sinkinga cask, oil the better
If it has no bottom, not far from the kit.
chen door, and providing it with a cover.
American Agriculturist.
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New York Journalism.

joe " writes to the Boston Herald:
New York journalism understands dis
tinctly that alter nearly a quarter of a
century's service in the New York Her
aid during twelve and one-halt years of,
which heswas Mr.. Benefits scon6de n
tial executive, Mr.. Connery well based
in worldly goods, tired and half inclined
to accept a Tempt ng opportunity il an
Q her line of business, rendered his res
lgnation to his employer. Gossip has
extensively said that Connery was dis
mlssed-a lie, which was coupled with
the suggestion that there was some
grave business charge laid at his door.
And in confirmation of this rumor it was
remarked that nothing was said by the
Herald concerning his departure. There
may be here and there Il metropolitan
journal to whom sons one man is of
such consequence that HE death, OF res
lsnatlon or removal would be fatal, or at
least be, ina sense seriously detrlmeA-
tai. bnt Il know OF none. The New
York Herald lost the senlor James Cor
don Bennett, and stands to-day at the
h head Of Iew American YanL journalism Tr;h,na
lost Horace Greedy, and is to-day a po-
tent factor in affairs. The New York
Times lost Henry j. Raymond, and can
be SOLD to-day tor four times the amoun
it ever promised in value during Mr..
Raymond's lifetime. William =. Bryant
Was made an angel at the expense of the
Evening Post, and the Post to-day IS one
OF the best properties in the city. Along
line of really illus!ri. us editors lett the
Commercial Advertiser, WHICH, in spite
of the recent death oil its sa sacious CON
ductnr, Mr.. Hastings, is moving far be-
yond the horizon oil Its cid time proper
ty. Very few people have an idea which
in any sense stands on all fours with
truth concerning the importance or
necessity Of individual talent on any one
of the great metropolitan daiIies, and
least OF all upon the great New York
Herald. When Frederic Hudson, who
WAS manag during the present Mr. .Ben-
Nets boyhooh, va retired on u pen
sion of $4,000, no mention was III ,de of
it, aud when Mr.. Connery, who sue
ceeded him, sent in his resignation and
was permitted 10y the present rroprie-
tor to retire, attended by such pecuni-
nry arrangement as would bewilder the
! malicious gnats who seek TO sting him,
nothing was said of it. When JOHN
Russell Young, the brightest writer up
on the Herald staff, was made minister
to Chipa and lett the Herald, nothing
was said of it. The back bone, some
! years ago, of the Herald staff was Mr..
; Ivory Chamberlain: had he simply re-
tired from the paper nothing would
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The Care Of Seed Corn.

1t will not always do 10 laugh at old
fashions. There are some things which
cannot be improved upon. The human
race lived and succeeded pretty we'll
without IL valuable ne]pyears ago, and
in course Of time our successors will no
doubt think of us as we too often think
of our ancestors. Besides, many of the
new things which we think excellent
are old, and have been forgotten until
some one, raking in mus,y records,
found the old ideas and revamped
them. And in regard to keeping seed
corn, those who laugh at the old fogy
who braids the ears and hangs them out
of doors under the caves in the old, old
Style, does wrong to laugh, if it is true
that only che may laugh VINO wins"
For this old fogy farmer will win every
time with his good seed, while lie who
goes to the crib for his seed will have
no reason to laugh, but FAR otherwise,
when he sees the vacant hills in his
corntield. For some very careful ex-
%perlmeuts have been made With seed
corn, and of all methods OF preserving it
during the winter the old one of hang
ing the ears out in tie cold cxposei to
the frost and the rain has been found to
make the soundest and most perfect
seed. This accords with the ways of
nature. For the ear, is left on the stalk
in tES field. hangs downward and in
time the grams drop to the ground
where they sprout and grow. 1t may
lie accounted foolish thus to revert to
natures ways and consider them equal
to our artificial ones; but We think vel
OF nature as a generally successful mana
ger and a gooa and safe teacher, and al
though we have advanced a coed deal
upon her methods in many things, yet
sometimes we find it necessary t o 90
back to her old.iashioned school and
unlearn some of our new discoveries.
The past year thousands of farmers
have reason to regret their experience
with seed-corn. having lost their crop
through a bad selection, Every year
there are similar mistakes. Just now is
the season when the seed ears should
be selected. And when the best and
the ripest-not the biggest, unless they
are sound and hard-have been select
ed, let them be hung up out of doors
where they will freeze and mature, and
if some ofiicious neighbor objects, ask
him why not?
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The American LIE weller.

CIOul n Anew 1OFk LtI'er.
Speaking of alcoholic conviviality, !
met a man of national distinction-one
whose name, if l gave it, would compel
the reader to employ all his faith in my
yeracity if he desired to believe me-in
upper Broadway at 1 o'clock a. M, stag
geriLg drunk. His dress was disordered,
and his step SO uncertain that thought
he would fall; but when 1 caught him
by the arm, to steady him, he drew him
self away with SO much energetic dignity
as to nearly throw him into the gutter,
pulled his hat down over his face, with
a desire to avoid recognition that proved
his retention of a little presence ofmind,
II made his way into a bathing estab-
lishment in Twenty-third street. What
he wanted was a Turkish bath, to sober
and refresh him into daylight respecta-
bility of aspect. THIS practice has de-
come go common that several OF
the bath houses in fashionable parts or
the city are kept open all night. Half
an hour of roasting. followed by a show
er of cold water and a hard rubbing,
turns the dazed and rumpled roysterer
of the night into presentabllity for the
day.
Whisky" said a considerable of q
politician, the other night az he held up
a glass OF it in the Fifth avenue hotel
bar room, sis the typical American bev-
erage. 1t is q kind of ~leseller that is
characteristic of II glorious country.
Take a view OF this bar, and tell me if
l Am not right. AT end is a United
States senator, with whiskey in his tum-
bier, and here back of us stands a hack
driver, whose glass has been filled from
the same bottle. is there anywhere else
than a bar, or anything else than whis-
ky that puts all men on a level?"
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"COurt Life Below Stairs.'
from the London Anthsnnum.

from the London AnthsnIum.
Every reader" says Goldsmith, pre-
luding that inimitable discussion in
Chapter III Of the "Vicar of Wakefield"
-"Every reader, however beggarly
himself, is fond of high-lived dialogues,
with anecdotes of lords, ladies', and
Knights of the Garter" Students of
the social history and manners of courts
arc once more RECALLED, in Mr.. Mallov's
n-w volumes, "Court Life Below Stairs"
with the edifying spectacle of royal
and blk their mistresses; and
Europe" who breaks the most solemn
promises, shamefuliv deserves his dear.
est friends, rolls on the floor LII Mysteries
passes the greater part of his bridal
night dead drunk under the CRATE. We
trace again, stage by stage, that terrible
visitation which gives to the dull and
narrow life of George III a semblance of
tragedy, and brings out even more dark
" and unmls,akably the worthlessness,
the heartlessness, the utter selfshness
and unmanliness Of his elder sons
The account of the characteristics and
last moments Of George ~ is not new,
but it is freshly painted.
So his useless, b~urdensome life, volup-
tuous and petty, magnificent aud mean
to the last, passed on. In these, his last
days he was ~frieEuless, and would have
been alone save Tor his paid sycophants.
All his life he had passed as a fine gen
tieman, and had found many to believe
him such; he had dressed himself il,
gaudv stuHs, had worn five thousand
oeads on his hat. and had invented q
new buckle for his shoes; his bows out.
rivalled the.e of hisI French dancing
master, his smiles We're pronounced Ir.
resistibie, his department grace itself;
but behind this outward show all was
false; the puppet, perfect in its dress
and movements, VAS stuffed with bran,
and there was no trace Of near!, honor
or manhood to be found IL its compost
ton. He lied to and deceived men; he
battered and ruined women; was insin
cere to his friends; cajoled and
cheated his creditors; hated and inn
posed on his ministers, and burdened
his people in the days Of commercial de-
preston by boundless extravaganza.
With rize fighters. jockeys and money
lenders he WAS familiar: but h petty
German pride he Inherited never per
United him to be friendly Wild MS arlS-
tocrocy. Such he had been through lite,
and, how that his last days had come.
none were found to regret his inevitable
death. On the night of June,25, 1851.
having paid his visionary VISIT to the
mArclioiness (Lady C~onynghaD), he re-
tired to bed, without feeling any symp.
toms of illness, hut al 2 o'clock he sud.
denly woke in great agitation, and called
ont for assistance Sir Wuthen Waller
was soon by his bedside an raised him
up. "rhey have deceived me-" he
whispered fearfully, his bio tied face
wild fro a terror, his whole frame quiv:
erins; then came the terrible cry, 30
God, T am dying!" and with n short
gasp he fell back dead.
This is Just and graphic. Nevertheless
Ito end rs we begin-we trust taat,
clever as it is. this may be for a long
time the last look upon the laas OF the
Georges
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A.rL
crate and h, pocritica} courtesy which.
prlina donnas have neen showing TIC
each other OF late. Wle- she was asked
il Nilsson had not conce.ed the rart OF
0phe!ia to her, sembrich snorted and
SAID:
Conceded it to be! Why, she can't
even attempt to sing -"
sou she did sing it at one time"
Eyes. she attemp ed somewhere in
the eighteenth century, / b%elieve."
Semblich has been pettcd SO much in
London that she is as imperious as a
queen. The peculiariles of her voice
are its b%rilliancy, flexibility. and extra
ordinary compass. There is probably
no singer on the stage who can approach
sembrich in brilliant and ford pas
sages. She is expected to give Patti a
great rub in Lucia. in which she makes
her debut onthe oath of the month
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A g Discovery,

One of the most valua Bile disco ve,ies
recently made by practical men of
science is a means of lighting up the
human body with electricity in such a
name that the physician or urpeo
can'clearly see the field in which he is
to operate. The advantage of such a
discovery cannot be overestimated, as it
is a fact admitted even by the profess
sional gentlemen themselves that they
often fail to relieve pain because of be-
ing compelled to work in the dark; and
when treating an internal ailment they
are as likely to iniure rs to hrnpft rhss
pa'lent withexperimentai prescriptions.
Win tle newapparatus, however, there
is no Longer need TO grnpe in the dark,
ana troubles of the ear, nose, mouth,
throat ana other organs can be so illu.
ii,.'iaieu tf!as lac operator can %cleariI,,
see the minute parts.-st. Ioujs GIohn-
Democrat.
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ssHer', Mother in.LaW.

1t is alwivs his m)ther-in-law upon
whom sarcasm spends its random inef-
fectnal shots. Her mother-in-law es-
capes. With manly egotism editors AMI
writers who are invariably and needless
y M sculine, remorselessly put the SLAM
ders in cold type and assume that their
mothers are perfect mothers in-law.
"Are we not their sons? ,',''Could SO per-
feet a specimen of manhood spring
from any but a perfect source!" Assur-
eddy not. But wives are proyerbially
known to be imperfect; hence their
mothers are more SO. Who ever knew
a wife that could cook like my ''muther,"
or make Il shirt that sci like ~"mother's,"
or darn socks that wouldn't hurt the ten
der feet. Mother used to do it: l don't
see why you can't" The wife being so
faulty what can her mother be?
II ls never disagreeable to him to hear
his mother say that MARY Jane dresses
too much, "''that Mary Jane enterta;ns
too much;" shat she is %extrayagant in
her housekeeping, careless in the a
agement Of the children;," too demon
strutiye,'' or the reverse" Oh! no, it is
his mother, and she must know. But
let her mother but hint in the Kindest
manner that George stays out too ate"
or that the ''club is to expensive for, a
young man just starting in life with his
own way to make;;" THAT his cigar bill
would suffice to bring many a little lux
ury into his home and then will flow
the vows made to his wife with profane
| prefixes unfit tor ''ears po!ite"l that he
wort stand that old woman's tyranny
auy longer" ''that he has put up with
it long enough although it may be the
first hint that she does not think ham
perfect" that if she keeps OF, in that
strain she will drive him straight to the
devil" ETC."
But these are nothing beside the trials
of a young wife taken to live with her
mother. in-law. Who ever saw a mother
with a darling son that could find a girl
splendid creature who one day
is going to make "Rome howl with his
phenomena! %cleverness and wonderful
abilities? Be she ever so pretty
and eve so sweet-she is not too sweet
mothers j AVERSION pdot The 'har first battle tie
ground fit looks like tattle ground as
written-Ep.l is the housekeeping O
this double household-and although al
the drudgery..of the housekeeper may be
%relegated to the young wi:e-be sure the
relns OF government are still in the
hands of his mother, This gives her ar
opportunity to c~riticise and admonisl
that is not to be gained by any other ar.
rangement. Who has not seen in theil
W circle of acquaintance some swee'
with her mother-in.law? Did no one
notice how, little by little, the happy
light faded from her eyes, the youthful
elasticity from her step, until people
began to say: How Mary Jane is fad.
ingE!' "She used to be so p~etty!!'
"Those delicate bright-looking girls fade
so soon!" Her mother has SEEM it if nc
n else has, and perhaps this is the be
J ginning of the trouble between him ant
his mother-in-law. of which he writes
80 fervently.-N. Y. Graphic.
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Household Paragraphs.

Many plush capes are worn just now,
and with a good deal of wadding, they
are nearly as warm as fur. The collars
are high, and the half sieeves set in in
the fashionable way. In color the are
expected to match the costume worn
with them, or. otherwise, to correspond
to that of The dress trimmings. \ new
shade of plush, very thick and heavy,
exactly matching the color of natural
beaver, is much used for pelernies and
shoulder capes, These cotae with jock
ey caps and muifs t o match.
A table scarf of olive felt vas made
handsome and tasteful by having on
ore end & corner Of plush, The piece
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Here Will We Draw the Line.

"a Nebraska widow with twenty-one
Children is advertising for a husband"
There is great virtue in printers ink: it
has brought, fortu mes to men and women
but we don't believe double column adj
;yertisement, inserted next to reading
matter every day tor Elk months. would
bring a husband to a widow with TWEEN
.y-one children-unless the latter are
keyt IN The background, or underground
or somewhere. We dislike to 20 back
on advertising, but the line must be
drawn Observation-Disclosures Herald.
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~ the FIRE of Mapleton. the hardware
store of Joel Gates was DESTROYED. with
most Of the stock goods to- the amount1of
$4OO or $500 on y being saved. The Guild
in. cost about 80 ZOO and wss in q good
state OF repair AID the stock raAged from
$4,000 10 5.90hfn value, There is an il
snrance of :. 500 in Msjor Roses agency.
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, negro preacher named James Eawkips.

while eating supper on the night ps the 18th
IN ST Louis, wss shot tt the ba TX by some
unkno n persons and ki,led. 1t is said
that the assassin Was dressed IN woman's
clothes. s.
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The Oldest mid wife in Paris has been
in practice since 1915, aud during 6S
years SHE has assisted in the bringing oil
about $3.50 children INTO the world.
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Tooth-pick shoes will 20 out of fashion
with the winter, and manufacturers will
produce mare sensible styles, including
perhaps, tue duck-bil
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have been said Of 1t; he dleu, ana of
course common courtesy. as we'll rs his
professional position in journalism, de-
manded the customary obituary notice"
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General James B. Steedman's body
was the first to ne placed in the vault
at Woodlawn Cemetary. Toledo. Ohio.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-24
Could Wo Eut Know.

Could We but know
The land that ends our dalk, uncertain travel,
Where lie those happier hills and meadows
low
All if beyond the spirits IAN, st cavil
Aught toftha, county could we surely know
Who would not 60?
Might we but hear
The lowering angels high imagined chorus,
Or catch, betimes, wi h wakciul eyes and
clear,
One radiant vista of tho realm b foro us.
With one rapt moment given Ia see andhear,
All! who would leall
Were we quite sure
10 find the peerless friend who left VI lonely
Or there, by some celestial stream as pure,
10 gaze in eyes that hero were lovc.lit only
This weary mortal coil, wcro We quite sure,
Who would nlur.7
--Edmund G. Stedman.