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and please don't think any of us
here are to blame.''
With that ! hurried her out as
fast as | could, and then had to
sit down for the weakness in my
knees.
Next morning-what2 Jist as /
told you. When they opened the
door to lead Joe to his death, they
dskivered his sister in his place,
and she was jist cute huff to smile
at 'em at that. joey had been gone
for hours, and was now safe in the
Yankee lines
Shoot herr No, no! They had
to let her 60, and it was SIGH
smart trick that the big officers
didn't want it talked about too
much. Me? Well, they did start
to do something or other, but Grant
made move iist in the nick of
time to bust up all proceedings,
and nothing further was ever done.
Nobody thought J had any knowl-
edge OF the plot, but they hankered
for victim, and might have put
me in a serious plight but for hav-
ing other business on hand.
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Sweet Minded Women.

So great is the influence of a
sweet-minded woman on those
around her that it is almost bound
less. 1t is to her that friends come
in seasons of sorrows and sickness
for help and comfort; one soothing
touch of her kindly hand sooths
the feverish child; a few words
let fall from her lips in the ca rof a
sorrow-stricken sister do much to
raise the load of grief that is bow
ing its victim down TO the dust in
anguish. The husband comes home
worn out with the pressure of bust
mess, and feeling irritable with the
world in general, but when he en-
tiers the cozy sitting room, and sees
the blaze of the bright fire, and
meets his wife's smiling face, be
succumbs in moment to the sooth
ing Influences which as the balm Of
Gilead to his wounded spirits that
are wearied with the stern realities
of life. The rough schoolboy flies
into rage from the taunts of his
companions to find solace in his
mothers smile; the little one, full
of grief with her large trouble, finds
haven of rest on the mother
breast; and 80 one might go on with
instance after instance of the inf1u-
ence that a sweet minded woman
has in the social life with which
she is connected. Beauty is an in
siicant power when compared with
hers,
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An Advance in Fish Culture.

Science says: Heretofore, in
planting salmon, it has been custo-
mary to place the little fish in the
streams and allow them to care for
themselves, but the new idea of
placing them in protected preserves
where they can be cared for by the
people living near at hand, and
their growth to the proper size as
sured, will, no doubt, revolutionize
salmon culture.
A similar experiment has lately
been made at the station of the U.
S. fish commission at Wytheville,
Va, where 10000 California trout
have been confined until they have
become vigorous fish of half foot
in length. They will be used, in
stead Of helpless fry just freed from
tie yolk sac, in stocking the Allan
tic slope with these fine species.
The conclusion of the Clendon
Brook experiment will be eagerly
looked for, not only by anglers
and economists, but by biologists
generally, to whom the extension Of
the actual habitat of large river
fish, some three degrees to the
southwark, will be a matter of con.
siderable interest.
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The alleged immediate cause OF
the present difficulty between Great
Britain and Burmah is Theebaw's
exorbitant taxation of the bombay
aud Burmah Trading Company
which has a lease for working the
teak and other Burman forests.
The company refuses to pay the de
manded tax and Theebaw will not
refer the matter to arbitration.
Meanwhile French company wants
lease of the teak forests and Thee
oaw Is open to negotiation with the
new customers. Theebaw has fur
Their offended by granting to
trenchman exclusive privileges in
Burmah, including the right to
lend money on mortgages Of land
and to do a banking business, in
violation of an existing treaty for
bidding the King of Burmah to
grant monopolies. Other complaints
cover the interference with British
business and interests in Burmah.
tits business from beginning TO end,
and Great Britain will make a bus
mess ofswallowing Burmah, il pos
sible.-World.
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contents of each trunk, drawer or
closet specified; it will prove a saver
of time and vexation. One often
Iorgets just where a bundle, or nit
tens, scarfs, etc, were put, especial.
" 1t the accustomed place has been
changed.
Keep if you can a closet for the
sole use of medicines and Appliances
Tor sickness or accidents. A mar
row, high chimney side closet an.
swers the purpose admirably. with
shelves half way down and keen
drawers to fill the remaining space.
Bundles Of old soft cotton and linen
pieces, roll OF cotton batting and
flannel, the rubber water bag, med.
icine dropper, bed pan, and feeding
cup and everything needed in an
emergency or long sickness. Have
every vial plainly labeled. those
marked poison place always on the
upper shelf. Keep the whole under
lock and key, aud the kew beyond
the reach of the children but easily
accessible to other members of the
family.
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Learned to Work,

1t is not necessary that every boy
who learns q trade should follow it
all his life, bnt it is best to know
thoroughly some kind of york. 1t
is only by this one can prove his fl
deity and excellence.
Governor Palmer of Illinois was
a country blacksmith once, and be-
gan his political career as a consta-
BILE in Macoupin county. A circuit
Judge in the central part of Illinois
was once a tailor. Thomas Hayne,
a rich and eminent lawyer of Hi
nois, was once bookbinder. Eras-
tus Corning of New York was too
lame to do hard labor, and com
menced as shopboy in Albany.
When he applied for employment
first be WAS asked: "Why, my boy,
what can you doT' Can do what
am bid" was the answer that Sc
cured him a place. Senator Wilson
of MASSACHUSETTS was shoemaker.
ThurloW Weed vas q canal-boat
driver. Elk Governor Stone of Iowa
was cabinet-maker, which trade
the late Stephen A. Douglass also
worked st in his youth. Large
numbers of men of prominence now
living have risen from humble life
by dint of industry, without which
talent is as useless as gold coin on
barren island. Work alone makes
men bright, and it does not alone
depend on the kind of work you
have to do whether you rise or not.
1t depends on how yon do It.
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ing. He will see that his wife i
something more than a dead lette
in the family But 1 want you t,
go and see the house this afternoon
julia
"This afternoon" cried Miss Lesi
ardi. "We've no time"
"Yes, we have" said Beatrix
just exactly time enough if we hur
ry down to the cars and return il
1 the last train"
The level rays of the soft Apri
sunset were shining into the pretty
little double drawing-room of the
house on Willard square, as Bee led
her sister exultantly into it.
"Just look at those marble man
tels," said she, land the pattern OF
the cornices. And the pier glasses
and the gas fixtures go with the
house, and"
"Oh, beg your pardon, ma'am,
Pm sure" said falcon-nosed, ell
derby lady, who advanced bearing
with her a smell of dyed bombazine.
"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but
-
Beatrix Franklyn looked aghast.
You have not let the house?"
Eyes, ma'am, have. A poor
lone widow like me has her own in
terests to look to; and the gentle
man offered twenty-five hundred a
year if I'd sign the papers at once,
which, with a reflective look at her
handkerchief, 81 did"
81 told you So" said Julia, soto
voce.
Mrs. Franklyn rose in great in
dignation, her voice rising accord
ingly.
81 really think" said she, 81
should be justified in placing this
matter in the hands of the lawyer,
and"
"Why, Bee, my darling!'
'Laureneep'
The folding-doors slid back, and
Mrs. Franklyn found herself visa
Wis with her husband.
"Here's the gent himself" said
the ancient female, who smelled as
if she had stepped out of dye-tub.
(Which he can explainT"
"You never have taken this house,
Laurencer almost shrieked Mrs.
Franklyn.
eyes, 1 have, my dear"
"But / offered two thousand for
itp'
"And have signed a three years
lease at twenty-five hundred" said
the husband, somewhat sheepishly.
Miss Lesiardi burst out laughing.
49," said she, ''your profound Sc
crecy has cost you just five hundred
dollars per annum."
Mrs. Franklyn began to cry-the
elderly female looked as if she
thought the least might be vitilat-
ed by this matrimonial misunGer-
standing. Julia's eyes sparkled ro-
guishly.
"Never mind, Bee" said Mr..
Franklyn, soothingly. cts a gem
of house any way, and we'll be as
happy as the day is long in it. 1
only wish l had confded in you
about it,
"And 1 wi-wi-wish l hadn't
been so obstinate and hateful"
whimpered Bee.
Come" said Miss Lesiardi, "lets
make haste or we shall lose the z 80
way train. IN. Y. Daily News.
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Woman as a Fruit Grower,

A young lady Brought up on a
farm, though receiving between the
ages of fifteen and twenty the bene
fit of first clasa education in q dis
tant city, was suddenly bereft of
both father and mother. After the
settlement of the estate she found
herself possessed OF farm of thirty
acres, team of horses, and the i'm
plements of farm work, together
with the sum of one hundred and
fifty dollars in cash, with which to
begin her fight with the world. AT
ter due deliberation she decided to
retain the small farm and work it.
IL so happened that about two
acres had been set to Strawberries
sometime before, which would bear
its first main crop the summer fol.
lowing her removal to the small
farm. She Immediately had this
bed cultivated and MANFRED, doing
all but the heavy work with her
own bands. The crop netted her
about one hundred and ten dollars.
The next step was 10 increase the
plantation, adding raspberries,
black berries, etc, until now, to
make long story short, less than
six years from the time the work
was commenced, the original farm
of ninety acres has been purchased,
and paid for in cash too, and is be-
ing rapidly laid out in orchards;
a poultry yard of no mean dimen-
sions adds vastly to the income,
and snug bank account is ready
for a rainy day. More than all,
she has developed from a dependent
girl into strong, healthy, self-reli
ant business woman; and the secret
of her success is good sense, lack
of that bane to American girls, false
pride, an indomitable will, and de-
termination to ucceed.-Farmer
and Household.
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Secrets of the Household.

"Will you have a piece of pie,
Mr.: Goodman" asked Bobby's
mother of the minister.
"Thanks; no." he replied.
''Will you, Bobby2' she inquired.
"N-no, 1 guess not" said Bobby,
rather hesitatingly.
The minister looked at Bobby in
surprise.
81 thought al little boys were
fond of pie,' he said.
They are" replied Bobby. 81
could eat that whole pie; but ma
said if you didn't take any 1 mustn't
an she'd save it for tomorrow"
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For Good Cheer.
THE LITTLE BOY I LOST.
BIT HELEN LEE SARGENT.

In the haste of the busy day time
Sometimes the pain is still;
But when the gentle evening
Creeps up the western hill,
My heart cries out for my darling,
That little boy of mine,
For he was only little boy
A little boy of nine.
And when roam the hill-tops
Rhsre the early wIld-fowers grow,
1 cannot tread On the pretty things,
Because he loved them so;
And when the building sparrows
Twltter among the trees,
A bright face lifted toward them
My longing spirit sees.
There aresweet young faces round me;
Gay voices greet my ear;
But cannotSsmile,-I only wish
That the little boy were herel
They pirate of this noted singer
That artist 80 divine;
But through them all rings the tender voice
Ofmy little boy of nine.
life, thou mystery blindingl
o love, so full of paint
If only out Of your shadows
My child could como agGinl
And, OH If ever enter
The light of heaven divine,
Shall l find him just as he left me here -
A little boy of nine!
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nalebrating Hillla suooeag inLMara

An amateur astronomer of Te-
ramo, in the Abruzzi, named Pc
mignani, has ascertained the pres
ence on the face of the planet Mars
of several luminous points of ex-
ceeding brilliancy, which shift from
place to place with methodical reg
ularity, as il they were controlled
by some intelligent action. The OBJ
server has therefore concluded that
the sparks are telegraph signals
sent on speculation by the inhabi-
tants on Mars to their neighbor the
earth. Up to the present the mean
ing has not been interpreted.
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Grant Wanted to be on MoOlellans Staff.

NEWPORT, r. l.. November I'm
speaking Of the late Gen. Mcclellan
to-day, Ex-Goy. Vanzandt, who had
been very intimate with the deceas-
ed since 1880, authorizes the fol
lowing: "In a long conversation
with Gen. Mcclellan during the
past summer at Richfield, he was
speaking of Gen. Grant, and said:
i knew Grant very well at West
Point. Upon my appointment as
commander of the army of the Po-
tomac, / left headquarters and went
TO Washington to confer with the
president and with the secretary of
war and was absent more than q
week. During that absence Gen.
Grant left Galena and came to my
headquarters, he afterward inform
ed me, for the purpose OF asking me
either for an appQintment on my
staff, or failing in that, a contract
TO supply the army with certain ne
cessities, out of which he could
make a livelihood. He remained
there several days awaiting my re-
turn, until he received a telegram
from. Senator Yates, of Illinois, re-
questing him to return Immediately,
as he had secured him a commits
sion as captain of a company of II
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linois soldiers. He left Immediate
~ without seeing me and we did
rot meet again for q long time. If
had been at my headquarters l
would cheerfully have given him an
appointment on my staff, and with
his well-known loyalty and devotion
to any one who befriended him, he
would have adhered to my fortunes
and would have gone down with
me and the world would never have
known what a great general he
Was.'''
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Hand in hand with refined speech
goes the refined laugh. The prin-
cipal of large boarding school
once told me that close observation
of her pupils had shown her that
latent vein of coarseness was some
times revealed by laugh, when the
words and tones were carefully
guarded; and l have heard the
mother of a charming family say
that she had taught every one of
her children to laugh.
"Ohp says some one, edo not
ask us to talk and laugh by rule!
All freshness and spontaneity
would be lost, and nothing but ar
fectation would remain"
Does a pianist lose his spontanei-
ty when years of study have trained
his fingers to fly over the keys2
Has an artist lost any Of his inspi-
ration when his skilled brush paints
on the canvass the pictures OF his
heart and brain?
We reach the truest liberty when
our lives are so ordered by rule
that we are unconscious eff them,
and do things the right way be-
cause easier than the wrong.
"God hath made man upright, but
they have sought out very many
Inventions" and we, in conse-
quence, must study to be natural.
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THE LIGHT THAT Is FELT.
By JOHN G. wHIraER.

A tender child of summers three,
Seeking her little bed at night,
Paused on the dark stair timidly
"Oh, mother; take my hand" said she,
"And then the dark will all be light"
We older children grope our way
From dark behind to dark before;
And only when our hands we lay,
Dear Lord, in Thine, the night is day
And there is darkness nevermore.
Reach downward to the sunless days
Wherein our guides are blind as we,
And faith is small and hope delays;
Take Thou the hands of prayer We raise,
And let us feel the light Of Thee.
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There is unlimited room for i'm
provement of our flocks; and no
one can doubt, in comparing the
general average Of the sheep Of the
country with that of few fiOcks
scattered over the hills and plains
of the different states, that the
general average of the Hocks in
fleece might be almost doubled
with proper effort.
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Workmenls Wages IN 1890.

In the great cities unskilled
workmen were hGed by the day,
bought their own food and found
their gown siodging. But in the
country on the farms, or wherever
a hand was employed On some pub
lie work, they were fed and lodged
by the employer and. given a few
dollars a month. On the Pennsyl-
vania Lcanals the diggers ate the
coarsest diet, we're housed in the
rudest sheds, and paid Sc a month
from May to November and So
month from November to May.
Hod-carriers and mortar mixers,
diggers and choppers, who from
1898 to 1900 labored on the public
buildings and cut the streets and
avenues of Washington city, re-
ceived $40 year, or if they wished
$50 for all the work they could per-
form from March l to Decem Der
20. The hours of work were lnva-
riably from sunrise to sunset.
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A woman at Lagrange, Ga, was
feeding chickens tho other day
when her wedding ring slipped
from her finger and was gobbled up
by one of the fowls and shO
doesn't know which. As the death
of the whole flock might be neces-
sary to recover it she is in a guam
Diary what to do.
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Wheat nnltnre.

A correspondent of the National
Stockman says his way to cultivate
wheat is to sow wheat two years in
succession on the same ground, and
with the second crop he always
sows grass seed. This gives the
soil sufficient rest and rotation.
Some SOW herds grass, others timO-
thy, but the best thing to go with it
is, In our country, orchard grass
and clover-the former in the fall,
and the latter in the spring. Tim
othy is too uncertain TO depend on.
With some soils timothy is very
fine, while with the majority it is
failure. 1t is easily killed by
droughts and freezes. 1t stands
we'll in the north where cold is con-
tinuous and snow lies on the
ground all the winter, while with us
we have frequent alterations of
freezes and thaws. OF course this
is more trying to plant life than the
other. Herds grass or red top suits
low grounds or bottom, but does not
do we'll on upland except the most
fertile soil. Orchard grass com
bines within itself a grass suited
equally for grazing or meadow.
Orchard grass combines within it.
self grass suited equally for graz
ing or meadow. While not so good
for hay as timothy or red top,
clover adds to it's value as hay, and
is of great advantage to the land.
Allowing the grass and clover to
remain on the land three or four
years, it can be again returned to
or take year in corn In
West Virginia prominent farmer
told US he always rotated with cle-
yer and grass, followed by wheat,
then corn, and wheat again, and
back to grass, the time of
rotation taking ten years for the cir
cult.
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"What makes Mrs. Jones so pop
ular? / am sure she is very stupid,
and can hardly see beyond her
nose," said one lady TREND TO
another. "My dear, shnrp-sighted-
ness is not what makes n person
popular. 1t is what Mrs. Jones
does not soc that G ives her popu-
laritY."
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To morrow may never come to us.
We do not live in tomorrow. We
cannot find it in any Of our little
deeds. The man who owns blocks
of real estate and great ships Of the
sea does not own a single minute of
tomorrow! To morrow! It is a
mysterious possibility, not yet born.
1t lies under the seal Of midnight,
behind the veil Of glittering con-
stellations. Chaplin.
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A negro being asked what he
was in Jail for, said it was for Dor
rowing money. But" said the
questloner, "they don't put people
in Jail for borrowing money
EYES," said the darkey, "but had
to knock the man down free or 10
times before he would lend it to
mo -
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Mr.. Mills, the apostle of ensi-
lage, or the preservation of crops in
"a green state for fodder, lays down
the following conditions as essential
to success; Air must be perfectly
excluded from the pit or silo by a
uniform and continuous pressure of
about $50 pounds to the square
foot; the crop should have lowered
before being cut, aud the knives
should be sharp enough not to tear
the saccarineA Jacks. Last year
Mr.. Mills fed for seven months 140
animals, cows and horses, from ten
acres of corn fodder.
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There Was An Opening.

81 have called to consult you"
he said, as he entered the lawyers
Office, sin reference to my son. be
is studying law and / thought ]
would drop in and ask if you knew
of any opening for him."
"Oh, yes"
81 am glad to hear that. What
is it2'i
"The door of the poorhouse."
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A Pennsylvania farmer last year
sold over $4,000 worth of potatoes
from twelve acres. He fertilized
with a compost of hard wood ashes
and oyster shell lime, plowed deep,
planted medium sized, well-formed,
uncut potatoes, three feet apart,
gave level cultivation and cultivated
often. From one hill bio took thir-
ty-one fine large tubers.-Journal
of Agriculture.
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Helps to Somebody, in Which Everybody
is Interested.

is Interested.
Press the finger against the upper
lip, close to the nostrils TO prevent
a sneeze.
For cramp in the feet, press the
hollow of the foot against some
thing hard and round; a broom
handle is the best thing.
Add to the covered brick used as
a weight for holding IA door open a
strip of the covering sewed strongly
to the sides, and raised just enough
to admit the foot, then lift by the
toes and save STOPPING.
An aid in making button holes in
garment which trays badly is to
take a piece of glue that has a
smooth and rather thick edge, dip
it slightly IN hot water, and pass
lightly over the goods before cut
ting the button holes. The result
will be satisfactory.
In case of very sudden sickness,
which often proves to be pneumo-
MIA, apply a plaster of soft soap and
Indian meal from the throat down
below the bowels the first thing; at
same timeisend for the doctor, for
unless immediate help is secured it
may prove fatal in short time.
In putting away summer or win
ter clothing for the season, label all
packages on the outside, and keep
handy memorandum book with the
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A large grower of tomatoes has
found the following plan for rails
ing plants all that can be desired.
He rolls strips Of resin paper into
cylinders, 3 inches in dimeter end
g inches deep, locking the ends by
driving two tacks through the pa
per and clinching them on piece
of iron pipe as an anvil or block.
These bottomless cups are arranged
in the frame and filed with soil in
which the seed is planted. When
the plants are ready to set out they
are large and well rooted, and are
transplanted with the cylinder
around them. This Is slipped up
so as to project three inches above
the ground and makes an obstacle
over which cat worms cannot climb,
and SO this danger is avoided, as
well as all risk of checking the
growth of the transplanting,