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am not sure of it, and the assertion is
0yS1vt ~ bn1d vnn f11rrn nyts ynr 10 ~

am not sure 81 it, and the assertion is
only 8 bold venture on my part.
s I am not cryintg ! returns my sister,
in q choking voice. IF Trevor loves
me 50 little chat he can leave me forey-
or because 7 committed An act Of folly,
he isn't worth crying about. Perhaps
if he had known how my conscience had
pricked me all day J and how I had re-
solved never to go out with those shors
rid people again, he wouldn't havebeen
so hard on me" .a
1T is too late now" say, watching
Trevor's shadow. "After all, dear, he
was too exacting, you'll find some one
more kind and considerate, and learn
to forget him. u.
. Never !" replies my sister, indignant.
". If you had ever been in love, you
would know that such thing is impos-
sible. You have no feeling, Adeline. !"
"Darlng!" this expression does not
come from me, but from Trevor, who,
leaping through the window, clasps
Susetta in his arms. am about to re-
tire from the room, when Trevor, still
holding my sister in his embrace, takes
my hand and lifts it to his lips. '~
"Addie," he says, II shall never for
get the service you have done me-"
"Was tia plot between you?" asks
Susetta, struggling to free herself.
Trevor stoutly denies this, and so do
I, and Susetta appears satisfied. But
in her own mind I fancy she still has
her doubts. know one thing, she is
always very grateful to me for what 1
did that night. If she new all, per-
haps she would be more grateful still.
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Deep Ploughing.:.

The Kansas Farmer contains the fol-
lowing: when we pulverize the
soil deep the warm air; which is
full Of moisture; penetrates down
and all through it, and the ground
being cooler than the air, condenses the
water into drops which answer in place
Of rain !: SO the deeper and the more we
pulverize it the more moisture it will
collect from the air: Not only that,
but as warm air is rich in food for plants
it serves in place of manure. too.
Thirty years ago there was, terrible
drought in the east. Prof: Mapes a large
market gardner, had had his ground upf
derdraine ed and subsoiled, and his crops
where he could, were cultivated with q:
subsoil plow. A committees went to
see. Misplace after niae weeks Of drought
and it found everything as hourishing
asif there had been plenty ofrain. His
corn it was the Sd, of September) was
estimated at ninety bushels to the acre,
while. on land cultivated in the usual
way, near by, it was oil burnt up.
While. I do not think deep plowing is
everything, still I think deep and
thorough pulverizing Of our land will
lessen the effects of q drought"
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The Future of the Trotting Horse,

The Chicago Horseman publishes a
carefully written paper prepared by
Gen. J. s. Brisbine, United States
army, reviewing the trotting perform
ance of American horses during the
past forty years. The paper gives In
teresting "reminiscences Of Lady Suf-
folk. Flora Temple, Dexter, Goldsmith
Maid, Rarus, st. Julien, Maud S. and
Jay-Eye See, and crlticises their rec
ords. Gen. Br1sbin thinks neither
Maud s. nor Jay-E Eye See will reduce
their records this year, hut believes new
horses will appear on the turf and that
tho record will be reduced three or
four seconds possibly from B O94t to 2.06
The general thinks the increased speed
of American trotting horses is due man
IL to better breeding, better training
better driving, improvements in bits
and improved tracks and sutkies He
says our trotters will ultimately attain a
speed Of q mile in two minutes, and
that we viii probably reach il within the
next ten years. 3 ....55
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were not for the sweet faces Of young
girls with their piquant say and
melting smiles.
After yonl have reached twenty, il
would be we'll to consider the, matrii-
monia1 problem with some seriousness.
Then ifyon have learned to think and
deliberate you will probably make q
suitable selection, and marriage wlth,a
|. worthy man is not only woman priv
/ ilege, but unless married too young,
her best and highest development,
|: mental and physical, can be attained in
this state. Men and women were made
for each other. and . very old
but nevertheless, true truism is
that 9 happy, marriage is the
very Garden Of Eden. An. unhappy
mrrriage is the.reverse and the greatest
of all calamities that can befall g. pure,
saffectionate, and noble woman. Faith.
in God, and 9 strong resolve to doevery;
duty, can alone keep such q one from
absolute despair: Miss Braddon, says:
A good woman who does not love her
husband makes the best wife" If this
is true it is because she is controlled by
duty instead Of the changing cap7ices of
affection. Trouble in the flesh" will
come to every married couple. Why
not accept it? The most wretched
married people T have ever known
were always quite willing, and
even anxious to see their children; set
tied for life in.marriage, knowing that
they would find shelter and protection
thereby, if not in the Affection. at least
by the law, which compels the husband
to support his wife, support perhaps
meager enough and. grudgingly be-
slowed. Look around on all your
friends, married or single, and ask
yourselves the question, which is the
preferable lot. If you are strong
enough to fight alone the battle of life,
to earn your own bread and butter, you
are just in the condition to gain the re-
spect, at least, of a husband, and, hav-.
ing hearty, genuine respect, admira-.
tion and love are not far distant. The
truth is, dear girls, too many enter
this holy condition, hoping to find it is
only ease, adulation, and pleasure.
Such persons will find the reverse
of what they seek. Read Tenny-
sons Princess" Had not he the true
conception of happiness in, this condi-
tion?
A. man must be bad, indeed, that can
treat with disrespect a woman who re-
:spects herself. AS rule good woman
will make good home-we know of ex-
ceptions to this, however: But if you
Lave made up your minds to follow the
bent:of your own Wills and pave way
for yourselves, you may do we'll but to
those who intend, to- enter. the married
state, should good opportunity come to
them, I haveonly to say, see to- it that
you Individually understand what is re.
quired of you as wife,. Be willing to!
make concessions at any time if in the
wrong, and, above all things, don't find
fault with your husband before others.
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AHnsband' . Quandary'..2 Z
From the Rookland Courier -Gazstta 3. .

From the Rooklsnd Courier Gazstta 81 N
q scientific Frenchnaan says be has
discovered 4 process for making artifl-
cial brains" said Mr.. yViiggIesworth,
looking up from the paper she was
reading. {. Artificial brains r shifted
Mr.. Wigglesworth, scornful1y;; that's
just like those nonsensical Frenchmen,
always fooling away their time making
something artificial. What want is
real brains none of your naake. believe
nonsense. Mrs.. Wigglesworth, Is she
resumed her paper, demuraly murmur-
ed that she had noticed II, too, but she
never should have dared to speak Of il
herseH. And Mr.. Wigglesworth rub.
bed his head ID 8 dazed sort oi fashion,
and wondered 1.-The really had express.
Cd himself Just Is hs meant 20.
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The New Postage, Law.

The Post Office Department. has re.
ioeived' inquiries fromall quarters as ia
the new legislation. in the Post Office
Appropriation bill. tt is>not possible,
on account of the changes made in con.
ference, to ascertain what the changes
as to postage were until the bill had
been officially printed. A. certified copy
of the bill, furnishes by the State De.
partment, has just, been received from
the Government Printer. The follow:
ing are the important changes which
will take effect, beginning with July l.,
1885:
l.. The weight of all single rate
letters is increased from one-hal1
ounce each or fraction thereof
to, one ounce each or fraction thereof.
The. same in<rease Of weight is
allowed for drop-letters, whether mail.
ed at stations where there is free de-
livery or where carrier service is not
established.
2. All newspapers sent from tho Of
fee of publications, including sample
copies, or when sent from news agen-.
cy to actual subscribers thereto, or to
other news agents, shall be entitled to-
transmission at one cent per pound Or
fraction thereof, the postage to be pre-
paid. This is reduction cf one-haH
from existing rates. .
8. Any article i'm a newspaper or
other publication may be marked for
observation, except by written or print
ed words, without increase of postage.
4. That special stamp of the value
OF 10 cents may be issued, which when
attached to letter in addition to the
lawful postage thereon, shall entitlethe
letter to Immediate delivery at any
place containing 1000 population or
over, according to the Federal census
within the carrier limit of any free
delivery office, or within one mile Of the
post Office, or any other post Office com
ing within the provisions Of this law,
which may In like manner, be designat-
ed as q special delivery Office; that
such special ly-stamped letters shall be
delivered between Z o'clock a.. M. and
midnight; chat book shall be provided
in which the person to whom the letter
is addressed shall acknowledge its re-
ceipt; that messengers for this special
delivery are to be paid 80 per cent. Of
the face value OF all the stamps received
and recorded in a month, provided that
the aggregate compensation paid to any
one person for such service shall not
exceed $50 per month; and provided,
further, that the regulations for the de-
livery of these specially-stamped letters
shall in no way interfere with the
prompt delivery of letters as provided
by existing law and regulations. s*
These are all the provisions Of the
new law which make changes in rela-
tion TO postage. The Government has
doubled the weight which may be car
ried for2 cents, has reduced the post
age one half on newspapers sent from
publication Offices, and has provided
that letter, for 10 cents additional, may
be Immediately delivered by special
messenger ct any time between Z O'clock
in the morning and midnight. The
friends Of this special stamp feaEure
expect that it viii materially add to the
revenue. s " ..:5s 81 Y 3 # y. .s +i5 IS 3
4 ~ E- g- r
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one. with peck measure IL j hand spen,

One, with peck measure IN hand, spent
an hour in cornering one horse and
taking him to- the + en-, whom he went
back to ochase the other. His neighbor
went to the gate, whistled loudly and
his horses came scampering toward him
and in q friendly way began nosing
around him. A lump Of sugar rewarded
their search, and taking. them BY the
forelocks the owner led them home
with ease The little bit Of sugar was
the secret in, the one case ;: q; cuff and q
club were that Id the other: There are
men who waste q large portionSof their
time in chasing horses, COWS and even
the chickens when the housewife needs
enc and in trying to overcome bymis.
taken and injurious discipline the ditfi-
culties ii controlling their animals
which are produced BY their own, mis-
management.
f. Docility is worth at least $40 q year
for every head Of stock kept on an or
dinary farm in the saving of time, and
labor in the use OF it. An animals
made docile by kind training when, it is
young. Colts should be trained from
the first to love their owner; calves
need patience and Kindness. when they
act simplify, as is their way, but
their stupidity is soon got over, and
they will follow their owner and come
when called by name, if treated kindly.
A flock of poultry is trained in this way
by hand-feeding the chicks. and when
one needs to handle his fowls it is easy
to pick them up ont of the crowd as it
presses around the keeper Eager to pick
a grain of corn out of his hand. If you
60 toa New-En England-fair and see the
trained calves and steers and ask the
boy who, leads them how they learned
their lessons, he will tell you it was all
done by kindness, and not by the whip ::
but if one has a vicious horse or kick
ing COW you may be sure the whip had
all to do with it.-A Stockman.
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No. Money in Base Ball.

'1There is no money in base bali
nowadays" said j. E. Allen. one of
the Directors of the Providence Club,
at the recent base ball meeting in this
city. 1.-The time was when a man who
put his money into a club was quito
sure of coming out more or less ahead,
but that is past. When the National
League had control of all the best
players in the country a few years ago,
and had no opposition, salaries were
low, and player who received $1,000
for his seasons work did well. In
1851, when the American Association
was organized in opposition to the
League, the players salaries at once
began to go up, as each side tried to
outbid the other. When the two Or
ganizations formed what is known as
the National Agreement the clubs re-
tanned their players at the same sala-
ries.
Several other associations were then
organized in different parts OF the
country and were admitted under the
protection of the national agreement.
This served to make good players, es-
pecially pitchers, scarce and forced
salaries up still higher, until at the
present time first-class pitcher will
not look at q manager for less than
So. 500 for a season. Radbourne, of last
years Providence Club, received the
largest amount of money that has ever
been paid to bali player. His won-
derful pitching, which won the cham
pionship for the club, cost about S., 900,
as he did the work of two pitchers and
received the pay of two.
''Some of the salaries which base
ball players will get next season are:
O'Rourke, Gerhardt, Deasley, Ewing
and Ward of the New York Club, $3,-
600 each. Mullane was to have played
with the Cincinnati Club for $4,000.
Dunlap has a contract with the new
League Club of st. Louis for $3,4
These are only a few of the higher
prices paid, while the number of men
who get from $4,000 to SO, 600 is large.
At these prices club with team
costing only from S15,0 900 to $20, 1000
is lucky, but it has not much chance
Of winning the championship. To this
expense must be added the ground
rent, the salaries sof gate keepers and
the travelling expenses, which will be
about as much more. %l .tas
Gas high-priced club, the New
York Club leads, while the Metropoli-
tans are nearly as expensive. The in
come of these two clubs last year was
nearly $130. 900, yet the Metropolitans
lost money, and the New York Club
was only a little ahead. The first year
the Metropolitans were in the field
their salary list was light, rs were
their travelling expenses, and at the
end of the season they were over $780,
600 ahead. -Neu York, Sun.
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AZ Preacher in Court.

In tile early days Of primitive
Method dism, under the labors Of one Of
our veteran missionaries, q notoriousIY
bad character got converted. Quite
in harmony with the custom Of those
times, he soon began preaching. On
one occasion he had 8 large crowd of
people gathered by the Wayside, and
to these he. preached furiouslY. An
officious policeman came up. and took
our friends into custody. The news
spread like wildfire that old. Tom was
locked up. for preaching. Had it been
said that it was for poaching no, one:
would have doubted it, but his preach
ing gave quite different character TO
the affair. On the following morning
the court was crowded to hear the
trial. The charge was read over, and
the prisoner asked what he had to say
in reply. Now this man had. been in
that dockso often that he did not feel
at all concerned; he seemed quite at
homo. Very quietly folding his arms,
he addressed the magistrate: to the
following effect:
Gentlemen, do you mean bus
iness?"
Business! business! of course we
do.". a. n-.
swell, gentlemen, please excuse me;
but if you mean business, allow me to
say that of late a great change has
come overSme, and | never now COM
mence any business without first pray
ing about it; if you please, We'll pray
He did not wait to know whether
they pleased or not, but with aA the
fervor of a new convert poured out his
soul in. prayer. All in the court and
on the magistrates bench were deeply
moved, and some to tears. But he
prayed rather long, and, good as it
was, they thought he might now close;
so the presiding magistrate said in an
undertone: ..a~s
''That will do; just stop him. ~@7''"es
The officer, shaking our friends
sleeve, said, "Stop;' but he prayed
away. Pulling his sleeve yet more
vigorously, he said, ''Stop man, stop!''
but he prayed with increasing feryor.
, One of the magistrates saw one OF
our preachers in the body of the court,
and calling to him said, 'sMr. --, you
come and stop him." But our dear
old brother enjoyed this novel prayer
meeting too much to be induced to
stop it; so he replied loud enough for
all to hear:
May, nay, you've started him; I
can t stop him.
However, our friend in the dock
drew his devotions to Close. stood
upon his feet, and, again folding his
arms, said with becoming meekness:
"Now, gentlemen. if you please, 4
am quite ready for BUSINESS ~
The prisoner was ordered into the
ante-room while the case was consid-i
cred.
One of the magistrates. moved to-
tears, said:
''We have often had this man before
us, but never under such circumsta noes.
If this is a sample of the work achiev-
ed by the labors, of the Primitive
Methodists, I wish them success wher-i
ever they CO."
'1It did not take them long to de-
eide that he had broken no. law, and
therefore they would very gladly acquit
him.
"Well, gentlemen said an officer
of the court, 1'shall we call him in and
say he is acquitted?''
"What? what! call him in! No,
never, or you'll have him on his knees
returning thanks. Let him 90 out at
a aside-door, but tell him he is fully at
liberty to carry on his good work.
E1rRH7zne
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I An Artificial Lake.

"a company has, been organized to
build an artificial lake at Northfeld,
Staten Island, to cover LOCO acres Of
land and hold 10, ,O00, 600 gallons Of
water. Hundreds Of brooks and
springs will empty into the lakes and
Ii will have ten miles OF woodland for
a watershed. The dam will be 4,400
feet long and II feet high. It is pro-
posed to convey drinking water to
New Jersey by means Of iron aque-
ducts laid across Staten Island Sound.
----Ne,v York Journal. !,
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1 Good and Had Rostfs,. .

;
Professor Sanborn, Of the Missouri
Agricultural College, points out the close
relationship between miserably crooked,
hilly and soft roads and the losses: in
farming, inclusive of the cruel wear and
tear and premature decay of teams,
breaking of vehicles necessity of drag
ging slowly small jags into market, the
value of which is largely absorbed by
tho expense of delivery. Contrast these
discouraging conditions with those prev
alent in much of Europe over whose
solid thoroughfares immense loads are
more easily carried, and it will readily
be seen that the economic Importance
of good roads can hardly be- placed too
high: # -. /. .*E
'&From the above tests the. traffic
that will warrant $4,000 outlay per
mile of unimproved roads may be- ap-
proximately. estimated. If by prop
erly grading our hills, and graveling
our roadbetls we can double the freight
carried per team, we could, on the
basis of fifteen miles per day for q load
ed term costing So per day, save the in
terest' of this cost at. G. per cent. in, the
passage of 600 loaded teams one way. I"
But the commercial view is not the
only one, nor, indeed, the most import
ant. Good roads are as necessary to
comfortable living as good houses, or
good suits of clothes, or 8 Thousand 9TH
er things which ourcivilization demands,
and which cannot be measured by
money. AS medium of social fellow
ship and culture Macaulay did not
overestipaate their value when he said =:
EVERY improvement of the means of
locomotion benefits man intellectually,
materially, and not only facilitates the
Interchange Of the various productions of
Nature and Art, but tends to remove ma
tional and provincial antipathies. OF
all inventions, the alphabet and printing
press alone excepted, those inventions
which bridge distance have done most
for the civilization Of our species."
But while it stands as fact in history
that the character of country roads is one
Of the most certain Indications of the civ
ilization of any people, there are persons
who will be more Influenced by an appeal
to the pocket, and therefore we conclude
with another excerpt from Professor
Sanborn'a pen bearing directly upon that
phase of the important question: III
a 1T may be safely said that the culture,
power and wealth of our farmers may
be more rapidly advanced in the future
by good country roads than by an extern
sion Of our railroad system; that the val
ue OF our farms, the economy Of their
management and the character of our
social farm life are now more dependent
upon the character Of our roads than mp
on any single factor. and that strong
organized public movement should be
made for their permanent improvement.
I invite especial attention to the great
expenditure Of force required on poor
roads for the accomplishment Of mod
crate amount of work Ito the danger Of
overlooking on them while the appear
ance of the load indicates an easy demand
on the horse ito the value Of broad wheels
for farm work, and 10 the commercial
Importance of better roads. /"
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Don't b,5aa. Hurry . Oct aG.rr..a.


Girls. don't be il q hurry to get mar
ried. Il yon are utasixteen, don't al.
low such Al. idea q get into your head
for atleayt four yesfs Don't even run
the risk ois i m.tting any young
man to ct so fAr as The prop posing point
Fight them "a md sn1ke them wait or.
go 70 somel lodi Who = rsad Don't
live under The impression that you must
accept the arst love-sick youth
who proposes Be patient, deliberate
and sagacious. There is world
Of happiness for you between six-..
teen and twenty. The world would
bs . dreary old world i II
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Farming. Items.

According to conservative estimates
we have a total of 3, 100000 colonies of
bees, which annually yield 100, 100000
pounds Of honey.
Give all the animals little grain
each day, be it ever SO little. It will
keep them in good spirits. LA ,.
It has been discovered recently by
medical men that lump jaw" as it is
called, or Jumps found on the jaws of
cattle, are sometimes caused by decay
ed teeth. It is not known how much
the poor brutes suffer from the, tooth
ache. .,a- s-s:z"+:s ...>
The Cincinnati Christmas trade had
mammoth full H-cream cheese 8 feet
high, 81: inches diameter, IA feet circum-
ference, weight 1858 pounds. Itwas
made ia Central New-York. factory
from two days milk Of 200 cows, cured
in forty-four days. and is said to have
"exeelled the finest Holland" in rich
ness and flavor.
The Jersey Bulletin says that q real
test is not in the possibility Of a COW
making forty pounds OF butter q week,
but in the ability Of Q COW to make the
most butter on relative amount OF
food; for instance, COW that receives
100 pounds Of food should be compared
with one that eats a. less quantity. !.
Economy should govern all dairying,
e. ,k,1r;nn - and nfI, a.. h,,
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There is q movement to remove the
principal Of the public school at HALEY,
idaho, because, among other things,
he pronounces Indian ..Injun, I, and.
plays billiards.