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Pruning.

One of our chief aims is to form an
evenly balanced. open, symmetrical
head, and this can often be accom-
plished better by little watchfulncss
during the season Of growth than at any
other time. If for instance. two branches
start SO closely together that one or the
other must be removed in the spring
pruning, why let the superfuous one
grow at all? 1t is just SO much wasted
effort BY rubbing off the pushing bud
or tender shoot the strength of the tree
is thrown into the branches that we
wish to remain. Thus the eye and hand
of the master become to the young tree
what instruction, counsel and admOni-
ton arc to a growing boy. with the
difference that the tree is easily and Ger
tainly managed when taken in time.
Trees left to themselves tend to form
too much wood. like the grapevine. OF
course fine fruit is impossible when the
head of tree is like thicket. The
growth of unchecked branches follows
the terminal bud. thus producing long
naked reaches Of wood devoid of fruit
spurs. Therefore the need of shorten
ing in, so that side branches may be
developed. When the reader remem-
bers that every dormant bud in early
spring is possible branch. and that
even the immature buds ut the axil OF
of the leaves in early summer can be
forced into immediate growth by pinch
ing back the leading shoot. he will see
how entirely the young tree is under his
control. These simple facts and princi-
pies are worth far more to the intelli-
gent man than any number of arbitrary
rules Us to the pruning. Reason and
observation soon guide his hand in sum-
nler, or his knife in March, the season
when trees are usually trimmed.
Beyond shortening in leading branch
es and cutting out crossing and inter
fering boughs. so as to keep the head
symmetrical and open to light and air,
the cherry does not need very mudfr
pruning. Ii with the lapse OF years it
becomes necessary to take of large
limbs from any fruit-tree. the authOri-
ties recommend early June as the best
season for the operatiOn.-E. p Roe. tn
Harper's Magazine for April.
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A Managers Lucky Number.

Col. John McCaull, of the Broad
Street Opera House. is in no way an old
man. except that he is a disbeliever in
many popular theories of modern times.
one of which is the fatalism of the num-
Der IS. He declares the dogma of one
plus a dozen being a combination of
misfortunes is hcrcsy. To the energetic
manager of 1.-The Mikado" and BLACK
Hussar" the number is full of charm
and luck. This was the conclusion
that the Times gatherer came to. after
q short talk with the Colonel. The con-
versation was brought about by the hap
py manner in which the colonel had
written an acceptance to a dinner to be
given by the famous '.l3" Club of New
York.
Colonel. do you have no feeling of
fear to sit down with company of thir-
teen?" was the query.
This made the managerial Napoleon
smile, and he Remarked:
Il should certainly feel uncomfortable
with any other nufiiber around the fes-
tai board. Some people lose their ap-
petites when there are, thirteen at the
feast and sit whole year expecting
trouble. At two of the most enjoyable
feasts ever sat down to there were just
thirteen in the company. They were
given when we opened The Mikado'
season here.
AT the supper given the night before
our opening with the DOyley Carte
Company there were just thirteen gen.
tlemen from Japan and maids from
school. including the daughter-in-law
elect On the night of our opening
we entertained Sir Arthur Sullivan ut
dinner and we had thirteen at the table.
and the great composer thought it 50
unique that he wrote home about it.
This was certainly pretty how
dye do for nervous folks, and a kettle
of fish for people who are superstitious.
We did not have such bad luck, after
all We opened with $l,30O house
and played a successful season of thir-
teen weeks.
Il never understood why thirteen was
my magical number until recalled the
fact thst l was born on the 18th of the
month. was the thirteenth John in
the family, went to school until 1 was
Is. and married thirteen years after that
time.
I'm looking over the register of the
boxes l find that we opened with box
party of thirteen, and out of ITO we had
during the season there were eighteen
that were composed of Is people. l be-
lieve in Is. 1t knocks out the biblical
40 and z, and to say nothing of the
mokes' suggestive 4-ll-44. take good
care that my shoemaker puts Is buttons
on my shoes and always wear my scarf
l3 inches long. am an original l3
man. Here is my coupe. I'm of for
the Broad Street Station"
On the lamp of the hack was the mys-
kieaI number 13.-Riiaietphia Times.
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A HARD FATHER.
How He Abused the COnndence Of Hts
Daughters Admiror.

How He Abused tho Conndencs Of Hts
Daughters Admirer.
The clock was on the stroke of twelve
and old man Stuffey was awakened by
muffled voices in the hall below.
''Wife." he said, 'what is that?"
"It's Sary and her young man." re-
piled the wife.
"'Tain't morning, is it?" he asked.
II don't know what time it is."
II will see about this" he said, get
ting up and putting on his boots.
In few minutes his wife heard . dull
thud down stairs, and shortly after the
old man returned.
II am not an astronomer" he said.
''and can not explain it, but l saw the
son rise q few moments ago, and it
is now midnight"
Then he looked reflectively down At
the toe of his boot, took them both OF.
blew out the light and went back to
bea-Neyck0n9 Traveller.
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The Hotel Hy9eia, Fortress Monroe

The Hotel Hygeia has this advant-
age. which is appreciated at least by the
young ladies. The United States fort is
close at hand. with its quota of young
officers. who have the leisure in times Of
peace to prepare for war, domestic or
foreign; and there Is q naval station
across the bay, with vessels that need
fashionable Inspection. Considering
the acknowledge scarcity of young
men at watering-places. it Is the duty of
. paterna government to place its mill
tary and naval stations close to the
fashionable resorts, so that the young
women who are studying the german
and other branches of the life of the
period can have agreeable assistants.
Il IS the charm of Fortress Monroe that
its heroes are kept from ennui by the
company assembled there. and that they
can be of service to society.-Charles
Dudley Farmer. in Harper's Magazine
for ADril.
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The famous diamond, the KOhinoor,
which Queen Victoria wears on great
occasions. belonged to an Indian prince,
but was appropriated by the English
during the Indian mutiny Of 1857.
Dhuleep Singh. whose property the
KOhinOor was before the English seized
it, now demands its restoration. He
wrote to Lord Salisbury on the matter
shortly before the lstter's resignation
from Office. and received in reply q note
in which Salisbury refused to discuss
such chimerical nonsense"
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David Siton, Ohio's richest man, is .
Scotch-Irishman. and grew up around
the big iron mills of Pittsburg. He be-
gan business rs . clerk in q country
store at q q month; then was a clerk in
q blast furnace. afterward manager. and
at last half owner. After that the ad-
vance in wealth was fast. He is worth
$4,000. 600, and gives largely to public
charities
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Some, basing their views on the obser-
yations of Prof. Agassiz, believe the dis
appearance of the fire is prelude TO the
extinction of Kilauea.
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Evidence of the decay of forests in
Australia is found in the present exist
ence of a few trees far exceeding in siza
any of those about them and supposed
to be survivors of departed race Of
giants. A tree twenty-five feet in cir
cumference at a height of thirty feet
above the ground was described at =
late meeting Of the Royal Society Of
New South Wales.
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The millennium Is due, according 10
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kldIc IiSutS tuc COuuuy 1OE uullCS 0uO
miles around. Angrier and angrier
grow the flames, until they leap out,
sending out long lines of red hot lava,
and there they lie like billows of fire,
exhausted yet terrible to behold. This
work goes on increasingly. What is to
be the future of this apparently gather
ing force no human can tell. The fires
are being pent up; they are exhibiting
nm awful restlessness that will not al
ways submit to restraint They un-
doubtedly will gather force until at last
the top of Mauna Loa will be blown
heavenward and the dwellers of this
fair isle win be as hopelessly buried be-
meath ashes and stone. as was Pompeii
in the days when the anger of Vesuvius
was satisfied only by the death of every
living thing within its grasp.
Near by this great volcano are vast
craters that indicate the dying down of
eruptive fires and the gathering of their
forces at this given central point Into
one of these craters about 1900 feet
deep. the writer and our Union soldier
descended. and SO far as is now known
the first white men that ever trod the
floor of that extinct crater. Kileau Ski or
Kilean dead. Then q fearful and dan
gerous climb out little further on .
view of the i'll fated Captain Cooks
monument and the journey is CON-
plete.
Since the above was written tele-
graphic advices from the Sandwich
Islands state that volcanic phenomena
which were accompanied BY . large
number of shocks of earthquake, result
cd in the total disappearance Of New
Lake and HaleMaumau. two pits in the
crater of the volcano Kilauea, and the
extinction of the FIRE in them. These
Phsnomena an believed TO be the pre-
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where Good Citizens Come
From.

The country boy or girl is face to
face with practical realities. He sees
how slowly money is made on the
farm; he is taught from youth up the
need of economy; no has the nature
of saving first explained to him every
day in the week; he is not exposed
to the temptations of the saloon or
ballroom, and he is not so much of a
lady's man before he has occasion to
use a razor on his downy cheeks. He
may be trife rude; he may not feel
easy in company, but in the long,
closely contested race of life it is the
chap that trudges to school barefoot
ed in summer and in stogas in win
ter, whose mother cuts his hair with
the sheep shears, who leads the chap
that goes to the city school with the
starched shirt front and fancy Slip
pers, and whose head is shaved with
q lawn mower at the barber shop.
Such has been our observance, and
we think we know what we are talk
ing about.-Io,ea Homestead.
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T oNWARD md UPUARD.
BY john +. cowAN.


Fellow strugglers on life's pathway,
Though misfortune'S lot You know.
Though your path be rough and dreary,
Sink not meath your load Of woe.
Boldly up and face the future,
One OF vast creations heirs,
What though others be before You
You've right as great as theirs.
Rightly labor and exertion
Forward still to work your way,
Right to view through gloomy present.
Promise in the future day.
Right to cali the golden harYests
From the ever willing land,
Right to wage the war with fortune,
Stout OF heart and strong OF hand.
Let not doubt delay your pathway.
Let not error dim your sight,
Let not sneers at your cndeayofs
Turn you from the path of right.
What though others tower above you
With the wealth your fathers made,
Spreading out like forest monarchs,
VIII you perish in their shade!
No--continue your exertions,
Do not linger TO despond,
Rather burst into the sunlight
Waiting for you far beyond.
aOnward! Upwardw be your motto
Let your gaze be fixed on high
And on honor's brightning pathway
Hope will bloom and doubt shall die.
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prescription for "a Dyspeptic.

General John A. Dix was at one
time the unhappy victim of dyspep-
STA. After seeking in vain for relief,
he was at length led to consult the
famous DR.. Abernethy. After listen
ing impatiently to his story, Aber-
nethy interrupted him with these
words:
"Sir, you are pretty far gone, and
the wonder is that you are not gone
entirely. If you had consulted com
mon sense instead of the medical fac
ulty, yon would probably have been
well years ago. / can say nothing to
you excepting this: You must take reg
ular exercise,as much as you can bear
without fatigue, as little medicine as
possible, of the simplest kind, and
this only when absolutely necessary,
and modest quantity Of plain food,
of the quality which you find by ex-
perience best agrees with you. No
man. not even physician, can pre-
scribe diet for another. "A stomach
is stomach and it is impossible for
any one to reason with safety from
his own to that of any other person.
There are a few general rules which
any man OF common sense may learn
in a week, such as this: That rich
food, high seasoning, etc., are injuri-
Gus. / can say no more to you, sir;
you must go and cure yourself.
1t is needless to say that General
Dix was rewarded by restored health
and a good old age.
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Anxious Mother-'It was after
nine o'clock when Clara came down
to breakfast this morning, and the
poor girl didn't look we'll at all Her
system needs toning up. What do
you think of iron ?" Father-"Good
idea" Mother-''What kind of iron
had she better take?" Father-"She
had better take fiat IRON"
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Old Party-''Hey, officer, I want
to go to Chicago; is this my train 2"
Typical Metropolitan Policeman
''Begorra, OF don't know; the mem of
some railroad company is forninst on
the car, an OF suppose it's their praw-
perty. Have yees lost train my
where's ?"
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The Cleveland preacher took for his
text, HE giveth his beloved sleep"
And then he said, as he glanced
around, that the way his congrega-
ton had worked into the affections of
the Lord was truly amazing.
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The Best.

THE b. S. 5. & S. coarse kip and calf
boots for Farmers Mechanics and Rail
Road men, are the BEST goods made in
this country, for the prices. AS proof Of
our sincerity in what we say, we areipled-
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recommend that are NOT good.
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From Glenns Falls comes the sto-
ry that a compositor who imagined
he had talent for construction of SEN
fences had this line to set ga tall
woman with a slight stoop." He
substituted the word piazza" for
stoop, and suffers the consequences
of his rash act as he wanders across
the country looking for work.
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FOUTS Cologne is isuperior.to, and
much cheaper than any bottled cologne
made. Its odor is very agreeable, and
permanent. Sold in bulk by JNO. LEE
FOUT, Druggist.
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ooh, dearl' sighed Widow Jones,
"if John had only made will, there
wouldn't be all this trouble about the
property" do the lawyers bother
you ?" Bother mel They almost
worry me to death. 1 declare,
sometimes wish John hadn't died"
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Physician-"You are to take this
mixture after meals Poor Patient
-"But it's very seldom, Doctor, that
I get a NEAL Physcian-"In that
case, take it before meals"
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@Raise no more wheat

in the Middle and Eastern States, but make
your money out of tsr Bsrnyard, as Hirner's
Dairy and Doctor Book tells you.
England has now SIS, 900, 900 in vested in
agricultural Implement IS and seeds in india.
Germany obtained the whole of the Congo
territory in West Africa (equal to II States
like Peunsylvania) for wheat-raising also,
and they calculate to raise all the wheat
they need themselves soon leaving the two
thirds Of our whole wheat crop we used to
export, ON our hands, which VIII make
wheat so low. that it will surely ruin the far
mer who persists in wheat raising. Change
your tactics thereto at once. before it is
too late and make your money out o the
Barnyard RS the above book directs yor.
Books and ingredients at e. O. Williams
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Cornstalks cut, crushed and sailed
will keep the stock quiet between
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