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blue-eyed and as bonny as you are, Har.
ry-came near being run over by some
runaway horses and gave him little
push out of the way, and he was Mrs.
Marlow's little boy, and now they are
all saying saved his life, which is all
nonsense as told her, and l dropped
my lace and thought l had lost
it, but they found it, and that
is how they came to know where ]
was. And" Miss Crimp took Kjtty's
small finger and with it made motions
as she concluded the marvellous story,
Mrs. NARROW wants my lace to match
old fashioned work is worth great
deal, and she paid me forty dollars for
it, and would insist and not cent less.
And now, Harry, run and bring mo in
that basket in the hall. Mrs. NARROW
sent it with her best wishes to a little
boy and girl who have been such good
friends to me-"
BEST after all, Mary Jane" said Mrs.
Roberts, in a low voice. ''Best just as
it seemed to get to the very worst. And
rejoice in it for you, for all that it
means l am to lose you"
Don't you think that" said Miss
Crimp, hastily. ''Do you think all this
blessing for the New Year can come to
me without reaching to you and to the
children?'
Happy New Year." cried Harry, tug
ging in the big well-flled basket. Hap
py New Year to every y."-Sidney
Dayre, in Chicago Standard.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
HOMEMADE HAY SCALE.

One That Can BE Put Up At Cost Of
Ten Dollars or So.
Many farmers want q hay scale, but
are not able to buy one. The cut and de-
scription following will allow a man OF
fair mechanical ability to build two.
ton scale for himself for $40 not includ-
ing odd lumber found about the farm
OF course pit must he dug and foun-
dation under each corner firmly laid, so
that 1t will not be heaved by frost.
Upon the foundation posts u bearing
pl tie must be secured. For levers shown
at A A, use four pieces of oak 6x6
inches. Each must be long enough to
reach from the coS0er to the center. To
each of these secure two bearings like
Fig. l. The bearings must be 6 inches
wide and the bearing at the corner end
of the lever must be just even with its
lower surface. The second point must
be on the upper side, just one-fifth the
distance toward the center. Upon this
point place the platform at eacl, corner.
TO the center ends of the levers secure
iron plates fve-sixteenths of an inch
thick and have them project beyond the
ends OF the levers just far enough to at
tach to the center pin or bolt Each
lever plate must have hole of differ
emit size from the others and be attached
to center bolt. This must be turned
in different sizes to hold the plates even
ly apart, and allow the levers free play.
One long lever, marked D, must ex-
tend at right angles across the bottom
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mated male birds, Is feet wide. is
the coop for minated female birds, Is
feet wide; C is the store-room for grain,
with stairs on the opposite side. Fig
3 is the main breeding loft, and nests,
N, around ono side and one end; D is
the drinking fountain: F, the feeding
room; w, a wire partition; S, stair land
ing.
Pigeons begin to build their nests
within a week after mating. Hay OF
straw cut into pieces about IL inches
long is the most convenient form to pro-
vide material. Pigeons can not always
make as safely constructed nests as de-
sired. The fancier then must take
handful of material and shape nest
within box or earthen bowl, and in
few days they will take possession. 1t
takes from II to 10 days to hatch their
young. It's good plan to feed wheat,
cracked corn and bread crumbs during
this time, as soft milky fluid which
the pigeon feeds its young is more
easily formed within their coops and of
necessity fed as soon afterward as the
young birds will take it. After being
fed a few days the young grow rapidly,
becoming as fat as pigs. In days the
pinfeathers begin to show and in three
weeks the young one is completely GOV.
cred with small feathers After they
are four weeks old they can be allo we'd
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the caressing fingers of kindly pros
perity.
"Yes, am sure it is all for the best, ~
she said to her friend, Mrs. Roberts,
that I didn't get that money any
sooner"
'Do you think SOP" said Mrs. Roberts
"Yes. Don't you see, if had had it
should have spent it long ago. I've
wanted it bally enough, dear knows
but here to-morrow's Chris tmas eve, and
just the time of all others to carry GU t
our nice little plans. There it is, all in
d lump-forty dollars"
Yes, there it is and there it NAV
stay"
20, Mrs. Monroe promised faithfully
that should have it before Christmas
told her exactly why wanted it just
now all about your being widow and
how you and I were going to cheaper
our living by taking double room to-
gether and so saving our fuel and
lights, and may be in other ways"
A wee girl had climbed into her lap
at the ton of Christmas, while a
curly-headed boy came and leaned
against her knee.
Take care, children" said Mrs. Rob-
erts. Don't get III the way"
"They're not in the way" said Miss
Crimp, laughing as she drew them
closer. "You know. Kitty, you know,
don't you, Harry, what the money
means? Yes indeed, you dear little
rogues. 1t means your doll. Kitty, and
your music-box, Harry"
Haven't l told you dozen time s
that it is a sinful extravaganza to talk
SOP" said Mrs. Roberts.
'Yes, two dozen times, l think. But
Kitty and Harry and know that Christ.
mas is the time of all the year for being
extravagant. Now I'd better go. Watch
for me as come back
Three quarters of an hour later Miss
Crimp with face more subd ued and
discouraged than usual, was sitting in
Mrs. Monroe's parlor.
But this is the fourth time I've come
this long way for it, Mrs Monroe" she
was saying. And you promised-''
"Yes, Of course l promised" the
lady's voice showed Impotence and an.
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Il CAN'T PAY YOU JUST Now"
noyance; but it seems to me you ought
to tave known better than to expect it
just before Christmas-a time when peo-
plo always need all they can get"
'Poor people always need all they
can get, Mrs. Monroe" The tone was
as gentle as the look. yet it seemed to
irrttate Mrs. Monroe still further.
II can't pay you just now, that's posi-
tive. 1t is such large bill"
Miss Crimp thought of the many
times she had tried not to allow the
bill to become SO large as she arose
quietl y, saying:
when may I come again, Mrs.
Monroe?"
The meek face touched even the sell
fish nature of the woman for whom she
had sewed through 50 many weary days
''Well, now, don't mean to keep you
waiting much longer" she said; "let
me see-I'll let you have it before New
Years day, say the thirty-f1rst."
eyes, ma'am." She went out and
Mrs. Monroe fastened to quiet her con-
science by working harder than before
on the Christmas tree she was prepar-
ing for her children.
Kitty and Harry stood at the window
At the end of the narrow hallway watch
ing for their friend, but it was dark be-
fore her tired footsteps assembled tba
staira
''sit ~ b, as stove .na set warm,"
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GOLD FROM FARM-LANDS.

haustible fertility and well watered,
and at the same time easily worked, be-
ing prepared by nature for the pillow, you
may reasonably expectto find farming a
profitable occupation and the farmers in
such a country making more than a bare
living. Agriculture in such country is
like mining-simply taking gold from
the soil in the shape of the finer grades
of wheat and other cereals, and it pos
sesses the great advantage over mining
that the amount of actual work neces-
sary to make it pay is comparatively
very small.
Upon the great fertile prairies of West
ern Canada, where millions of acres of
the richest land in the world are COM
prised within the Provinces of Mani
itoba, Assiniboia, Alberta, etc., settlers,
old and new, have simply taken gold
from the ground in the shape of mag
nificent crops for the season of 1890.
Their gold is golden grain, but it
yields as sure returns as any metal ever
mined. The writer visited farm after
farm II Manitoba the past season
where the yield of wheat averaged from
80 to 80 bushels per acre, and where
oats yielded frequently IS bushels per
acre of choice grain. Upon one farm of
1900 acres, the crop of wheat and oats
was close to 10000 bushels, and of this
the first lot of 10000 bushels of wheat
was sold for SIC and SOC per bushel.
Close beside this large farm was small
one from which the owner had taken
his first crop. He had started with no
capital the year before, yet his crop of
wheat was 1000 bushels and the quality
was so good that he got $50 per bushel
for it, one cent bushel more than his
wealthy neighbor, which meant just
$3.50 for his first season in wheat alone.
With climate peculiarly adapted to
grain-growing, and a population repre-
senting nearly every nation, Western
Canada offers to the settler most
favorable chance to succeed among
friends or fellow countrymen of his own.
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Harry, IS at dinner time tho two
watched for Miss Crimp.
If she don't it'll be the first time
she's ever broke her word" said Mrs.
Roberts. Upon which both faces bright
ened, but grew doleful as she added the
caution:
'But we don't know what she may
have lighted on since this morning."
"Hurrah! There's the same fine ca r.
riage," shouted Harry.
And she's in it," cried Kitty.
In it she was, sure enough, and with
face beaming with such a smile as
they had never seen on it before. But
by the time she had been hurried in and
was seated with Kitty in her lap, the
tears had come to her eyes and a sniff
was followed by sob.
whats wrong?" asked Mrs. Roberts
anxiously. ANY trouble come to you?
Now, Mary Jane Crimp, if it has you
amt going back on all your saying that
all's for the best, l hope"
mo, amt" said Miss Crimp, giving
Kitty squeeze that almost took away
her breath. 'But it's all so strange and
so astonishing. Dear me; if ever can
get to tell you the straight of it. I've
met an old friend. She was girl when
I was, and used to learn to make lace
with my mother when my father was
preaching there"
swell, now, that is pleasant" broke
in Mrs. Roberts.
eyes, and she's married and that's
her carriage and she has house frll of
little ones, and-now listen!-she wants
me to come and live there and be nurse
ry governess. Such home for mel"
But how did it come about?" asked
Mrs. Roberts. ''How did she get your
card?"
Didn't l tell you? Why, when
couldn't see my way clear to do any
thing else took my little bundle of old
lace to see if could sell it. And my
card was in the bundle. And when l
came out of the store where they
wouldn't buy it little boy-just as
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A GREETING.

May the Old Folks BE Spared to Soc
| Many Happy New Years.
| 1t is always cause for gratitude when
new year greets the eyes and finds us
still living and in the enjoyment of
| 1t has sometimes been subject of ridi-
| Guile or the part of thoughtless young
folks that people, even when they are
aged and feeble, cling as they do to life.
| But life is very precious possession.
! especially as long as the faculties are
! SO far unimpaired as to admit of some de-
| gree of comfort and of taking interest
in what is transporting in the home cir
| Gle and the community.
Our Longfellow says: IL venerate old
age; and l love not the man who can
look without emotion upon the sunset
| of life, when the dusk of evening be-
gins to gather over the watery eye, and
| the shadows of twilight grow broader
| and deeper upon the understanding"
Every year facilities for living in ease
and comfort are increased, and into
| the lives of the old as we'll as the
young is crowded much that tends to
| brighten and render existence desirable.
True, there are many sad exceptions,
| and we think very tenderly and pitying-
| ly of those who grow old in the midst
! of poverty and anxious care. AS long
| as we live there is much to learn, but
| it is generally harder to teach the old
| than any other in our midst. So many
old truths are dressed up in new forms
and handed around as some thing new
and unheard of before, that the
| young are easily deceived; but
grandpa or grandma, from the ca
pacious depths of the comfortable
rocker, no sooner look into the
strange ailment, theory or creed, as the
case may be, than through the fiimsy
pretense of the new-fangled name they
easily detect the old symptoms, or rec
ognize the well-known truth, or scent
out the familiar doctrine. Oh no, it is
not 80 easy to teach or to deceive our
shrewd Old friends! They have a very
plucky way, moreover, of calling things
by their right names, and having long
since outlived all affectation and fear
of Mrs. Grundy, and if any there be
who want good, square, outspoken
opinions as to this that or the other
| Aoo1oA VI ooAAoA' JuSI AeI tuem RO con.
sultone of the grandparents of the fami-
~, or one of those oracles of wisdom,
an old uncle" or ''auntie" whose rela-
tionship extends over the entire COM
munity. And so courageous are they!
Life has not buffeted them, trials
pressed, sorrow worn, losses perplexed
and Affections grieved, to turn out
aught but brave and well-tried spirits.
No need preaching to an aged Christian
about the shortness of life, or the dim,
uncertain future. None know better
than they that
Life at best
| Is but passing shadow in the West,
Which still grows long and longer till the last,
When the sun STRIKES and it from earth has
passed.
| Old Folks, New Years greeting; we
do most heartily and sincerely express
the hope that they may long be
spared to enjoy all there may yet be
| of sweetness in life for them; be
spared to cheer the home with their
hallowed presence; be spared to impart
of their calm, brave spirit to those yet
in the heat Of life's conflicts. ~ Chrtstiin
~ Wotk -....-.. 81 ~.
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After all, the mild agencies
are the best. Perhaps they
work more slowly, but they
work surely. DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets are an aetz0e
agency but Qzflet and mild:
They re sugar-coated, easy to
take, never shock nor derange
the system and half their pow
err is in the mild way in which
their work is done. Small
est, cheapest, easiest to take.
One a dose. Twenty-Five cents
a vial. Of all druggists.
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BEETHOVEN AND MOZART.

How Emperor Joseph Caused tho Youth
full Genius to Play Before the Veteran.
Here is an interesting story, which
does not occur in Louis Engel's most
charming book of anecdotes and remi-
niscences of musicians, but which in
points of interest and of prettiness is
of piece with the narratives contained
therein. When Ludwig Beethoven first
visited tho Austrian court he was six
teen years of age. Well provided
with letters of introduction to Emperor
Joseph, he proceeded alone to the palace,
determined to play his way into the
affections of the monarch.
Admitted to the palace, he was met in
an ante-chamber by worry civil gentle-
man. who told him that the Emperor
could not we'll receive him then, but
would be glad to have him present him
sent himself that evening for an audi
ence in the Augarten. Attracted by the
quiet and friendly demeanor of this per-
son, young Beethoven engaged in con-
versation with him and presently dis
covered that he was the Emperor's bar
Der, discovery arising from the stran-
gers casual admission that he "shaved
the Emperor every morning."
Tell me-" demanded the youth. "is
he indu'gent or severe?"
"That depends" answered the bar
Der; when he comes to music matters
he is strict enough"
Ives, know what that MEANS" said
Beethoven, sneeringly, che plays the
piano little, and strums away on the
violoncello, and composes sonatas, but,
between you and me, these big people
don't carry their music studies very far
after all"
This honest expression of opinion
seemed to amuse the barber nightly;
he simply roared with laughter.
That evening at the appointed hour
Beethoven came to the Augarten and
was shown into the mushroom, where
the Emperor and friend were seated in
conversation. Intense was the must
clans horror to learn that the supposed
barber and the Emperor were one. But
the Emperor took the joke with such
amazing good humor that Beethoven.
for his part, was willing to forgive and
forget He seated himself at the piano,
and at the Emperor's request impro-
vised on theme from Mozart's "Zaras-
tro." This he did so remarkably that
his auditors were delighted. The En-
peror's companion could not restrain his
joy; running across the room, he throw
his arms about the youth, crying:
''Such taste. Such skill. The youth
who can 80 interpret the thought of an
other composer will one day be great
master in the art himself"
''Ah, but the air itself is so beautiful"
said Beethoven, and then he added:
"Mozart's music is divine.''
my lad" cried the Emperor, BEAM
ing with delight, do you know whom
you are talking to? 1t is Mozart him
self to whom you have been playing and
whose lips have just predicted the great
future that lies before you" Chicago
News
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Takes 1000 people to buy
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy,
at 50 cents a bottle, to make
up $500:
One failure to cure would
take the profit from 1000
sales.
It's makers profess to cure
"cold in the head" and even
chronic catarrh, and if they
fail they pay $500 for their
over-conhdence,-
Not in newspaper words
but in hard cash.! Think of
what confidence it takes to
put that in the papers and
mean it.
Its makers believe in the
Remedy. Isn't it worth a
trial? Isn't any trial prefer
able to catarrh
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HOUSE FOR GEONS.

How to Raise the Birds with Profit on
the Farm.
In Fig. l we have an elevation of a
building rs feet long and Is feet wide.
The arrangement of the ground floor is
shown in Fig. 2. and the second floor in
Fig. 3. Height of building, IS feet,
giving 8 feet for each floor. Outside,
on one end of the building, second
story, there is a platform aviary or fly
mot shown in the cut), whore the birds
may sun themselves without being at
liberty. should this be desired. In Fig.
A is the coop for young birds and un-
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NEVER A FAILURE.
The Red River Valley of
Minnesota and
North Dakota
has
never
had failure
of crops.
1t produced 3O,O0O,O00
bushels of wheat
besides other cereals in 1890.
Farms can be had
on the
crop plan, or long time
cash payments.
1t is not all uncommon thing
to pay for farm
from the proceeds of
one crop.
1t has all of the advantages
of an old country in
the shape of school, church,
market, postal and railway facilities
and all the chances of
new country in
the way of
cheap lands, rich soil, and
increase in values.
1t is one of the most
fertile and promising
regions in America
not yet fully occupied.
In the rush to the far
west, however,
this rich valley has
been overlooked.
1t has room for q
million more people.
Write to
+. I. WHITNEY, St. Paul, Minn..
for particulars.
Publications sent free.
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Marvellous Development

The Chicago, St. Paul 4 Kansas City
railway, although tho youngest of all the
western trunk lines has developed so rap
idly that it is now one of the most impor-
tant. It has become the popular route be-
tween Chicago and Dubuque, St Paul, Min
neapolis, Waterloo. Cedar Falls, Marshall
town, Des Moines, ST. Joseph and Kansas
with the best and fastest trains to and from
all points: By reason of its Superb Equip
ment, including Pullman Private Compart-
ment Sleeping Cars, Fast Time, Safety,
Courteous Attention to Passengers and the
Perfect Comfort of its trains, it is a favor
lite. The Garden Spot of America is tray
ersed by its lines-Try it.
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SEASONABLE RHYMES.
Tho Oh Year and tho New.

Tho O Il Year and tho New
The old year fingers for little space,
AS 10th to leave this active stage of life,
Zen as man would feel to part from wife
And child forever, mourning their absent place.
What wondrous deeds have left undying trace
Upon his memory? What ceaseless strifeI
While over earth's great ball was ever rife
The manifold desires and plants OF human
race.
The New Year waits, impatient for the old
TO take his flight; his piercing eye would scan
The future days and weeks he shall unfold
bringing alternate joy and grief to man.
For who can tell the happiness or woe
That lies enwrapped in one years onward flow
Alexander Macauley, in Christian at Work.
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He Fell In Love With Her.

C.-Have you been cured for that last
attack of malaria?
Doh, yes. Doctress Anna Curem
knocked it silly. But her treatment
left me With worse disease than ma
laria.
You don't say so!
Yes, sir; I've got an incurable case Of
heart disease now.-Texas Siftings.
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Borne Down with Inflrmitiea.

Borne Down with Inl1rmitieo.
Age finds it's surest solace in the benignant
tonic aid afforded by Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, which cOunteracts rheumatic and
malarial tendencies, relieves growing
Inactivity Of the kidneys, and is the finest
remedy extant Tor disorders of the stomach,
liver and bowels. Nervousness, too. with
which old people are very apt to be aflict,
ed, is promptly relieved by it.
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Beware OF Ointments fer Catarrh Thai
tai

Beware OF Ointments fer Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be
used except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they will do is ten
fold to the good you can derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney u Co., Toledo, O , contains no mer-
curry, and is taken inter nally and acts di-
rectly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
OF the system. In buying HALLS Catarrh
Cure be sure and get the genuine. It is taken
internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by +.
J. Cheney & Co.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
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MISS CRIMP.
AL Was For the Best, and Ended
with a Happy New Year.

HE was small
a n d subdued-
looking to an
e x t ent which
might suggest
to a ers o n
given to whim-
steal fancies the
conceit that she
had early come
under the iron
pressure of pow
erty and mis-
+ or t u n e, and
ne yer bee n
tnu11o1 outO bv
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Children EniOv

The pleasant flavor, gentle action and
soothing effects of Syrup of Figs, when in
need OF a laxative and if the father or moth
er be costive or bilious the most gratifying
results follow its use, so that it is the best
family remedy known and every family
should have bottle.
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Beginning Saturday, Dec. Goth, and ev-
cry Saturday thereafter, 'The Burling tom
will run Pullman Sleeper from St. Paul
and Minneapolis to Hot springs, Ark.
Everybody who wants to go to Hot Springs
should reollect that ''The Burling TOM is
the ONLY road by which you can reach the
Springs from the Northwest without change
o cars. For Tickets, reservation in Hot
Springs Sleeper, and further information,
apply to the ocal agent or write to W. J..
c. Kenyon, Genl Pass. Agent, G. B. & n
r. R., St. Paul, Mimi.