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ing out over the row Of geraniums, she
saw the new neighbor at window in
the Leutz building. He was smoking
a pipe and reading. She inferred
that he was alone in the world and
had engaged one of the two front
rooms from Mr.. Lcutz, the delicatessen
man.
She saw him often enough after that,
and without having any especial inter
est in his affairs, she learned that
while he was in his room he spent most
Of his time in reading. that he was
rather fine-looking man in his black
suit. that he attended church every
sunday morning and went away some
where for his meals three times day,
that he wasn't a drinking man and that
his establishment for grinding and gen
eral repairing didn't appear to be over
whelmed with work.
Perhaps she would never have known
.ny more about him if he had not hap
naned To stroll along her side OF the
street one summer evening just before
dusk.
Mrs. Nackus was ut the window
above and Eleanor stood In front OF the
store. The mother heard thus CONVEX
Good evening. ard ars yos II
golin1
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DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Fried Cakes. with Sour Milk: Two
eupfuls of sour milk, one teaspoonful
of soda dissolved in one-quarter cupful
Of hot water, one cupful of sugar, one
beaten egg. three tablespoonfuls OF
butter or good meat drippings- Flour
to rOll.-Good Housekeeping.
To Dress Cold Fowl: Take the re-
mains of . cold fowl, remove the skin,
then the bones, leaving the flesh in as
large pieces as possible; dreige with
flour and fry light brown in butter;
toss it upin good gravy well seasoned
and thickened in butter rolled in -four;
serve hot with bits of toasted bread.
Farmers' Voice.
beef Collops: Any tender cold beef
will serve for this. Cut the beef into
pieces about three inches long, beat
them fiat, dredge them with flour, fry
them in butter; lay them in a stewpan
and cover them with brown gravy; put
in half an onion finely-minced, lump
of butter rolled in -four to thicken. and
little salt and pepper. Let it stew
very gently until done. Serve with
pickles or squeeze in the juice of half a
lemon to suit taste. Must be served
very hot.-Housekeeper.
-Banana Fritters: Mash three or
four bananas to n cream. Add one
egg, one cup of flour in which one tea
spoonful of baking powder has been
sifted. pinch Of salt and one gill OF
sweet milk. One teaspoonfnl of lemon
juice may be added. Beat until thor
oughly mixed. Have the fat heated.
rs for doughnuts. SO that the batter
will rise to the top Immediately. Do
not make fritters too large. Fry un-
til we'll Drowned, drain on soft paper,
sprinkle with powdered sugar and
serve with lemon juice.-Leed's Mer-
curry.
Fruit Candy: Take one coconut
and one and one-half pounds of granu-
lated sugar. Wet the sugar with the
milk Of the cocoanut, put it in q sauce
pan, let it heat slowly. then boil rap
idly for five minutes; add the cocoanut
grated very fine, boil for ten minutes.
stirring constantly. Try it on a cold
plate; if it forms firm paste when
cold take it from the fire. Pour part
of it out on a large tin lined with but
tered paper. To the remaining cream
add one-fourth of pound of raisins.
stoned and chopped. one-half pound OF
blanched almonds, one pint of pecans,
one-half cupful of chopped walnuts-
Beat all well together, then pour it
over the other in the tin, and when
cold cut it in bars or s4uares.-Boston
Budget
-Fisherman's Soup: Any sort Of
fish may be used, the smallest fresh
fish resulting from the days angling Of
the small boy, or one or more kinds Of
salt water fish. Cover three pounds Of
fish with . quart of water, adding a
tomato, q leek, a small carrot and one
onion, with parsley and the usual soup
herbs; cook to pulp and press through
q sieve, rejecting skin and bones to
facilitate the process. Return to the
sOup-kettle. and add q quart of hot wa
ter and q pint of hot milk; season to
taste; add tablespoonful of butter
rolled in flour, and when it comes to q
boil, pour into the soup turecn over
dice of fried or toasted bread. For q
change you may put in the tureen a
half-cupful each of dice, Of boiled
turnip and celery. = Orange Judd
Farmer.
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In Tuscany you will often find peas
ants whose families have been on the
same farm for two or three hundred
years. They talk of themselves as gente
(the Roman gens) of the padrone Qand-
lord), and take an affectionate interest
in him and his family. But the Tuscan
peasant is a thorough conservative; he
has not yet grasped the changes brought
about by railroads, steamboats, and in
ternatiOnal communication. lie ham
kers after large extent of land on
which TO grow wheat enough to pro-
vide bread for the whole year, and is
inclined to regard other crops as acces-
sories. With the actual low price of
corn this does not suit the owner, par
ticularly as it is customary in Tuscany
to grow wheat two years running on
the same land, with little or NO ma
nure. So soon as the corn is carried
(early in JULY the stubble is piowed
up, and maize or millet is grown for
early autumn cutting rs green fodder.
The yield of wheat is, of course.
wretched, from six to thirteen fold, and
enlightened proprietors who possess
the requisite capital are dividing their
larger farms and building the neces-
sary Observation-Disclosures Maga-
zine.
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MIGHT BE WORSE.

Prices OF Farm Products are Low, Rut Sc
Are Those or Other Things.
We read a great deal in the papers
about present hard times. There is a
class of politico-agricultural papers
that TEEN with portentious prophecies
of terrible times, and worse coming" :"
The writer Of this paragraph has re-
Gently interviewed a number of farm
ers on this point. and the result does
not confirm the declarations of our
numerous American I'll PenserasoS." :"
Many of them grumble at the low
prices of farm products, but they are
buying as many comforts, and paying
cash, as they ever did when they
bought on credit, and they get
a great deal more for the money.
Only two weeks ago, in Dali
las, farmer who grumbled freely Of
hard times, received $50 off for cash in
purchasing 5000 piano. Then what
means the wagon-load after wagon
load of lumber going from town to
country? 1t certainly means some-
thing. Numerous similar instances
can be seen any day in the week, cx-
CcpG SuhOhys anu "C AIC SSSSA
that people suffering great privations
do not do such things. If this is hard
times, easy times would make fools of
some people. The facts of the situa-
ton are about thus: Prices of products
are very low, in some instances below
the cost of productions; but the general
system of farming has SD changed that
such crops are not the sole depend
ence.
Farmers have practiced better econ.
omy-and by this we do not mean that
they have been niggardly in expcnd-
itures-but they have more correctly
estimated the value of dollar, and
have learned how to get more good out
Of it than heretofore; they are paying
less interest on borrowed capital; are
producing more that they would other
wise have to buy: they are reducing
the cost of production by using labor
saving machines. There are many
farmers who are hard pressed to
make ends meet, and it was no
otherwise since the beginning Of
authentic history, and it will
be thus up to the beginning of the mill
lcnium. If our financial system were
not entirely out of joint, and il
productive labor were treated with
proper consideration by those who
make our laws and dominate every
species of traffic, we can scarcely con.
ceive of the prosperity that would
reign throughout the southwest. Bad
as it is, it might be a great deal worse;
good as it is, it might be great deal
better. But in any event, agricultural
prosperity is largely in the hands OF
the farmers themselves, and many of
them are equal to the occasion-others
arc not, and never will he. Farm and
Ranch
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W. G. KENTZEL. Edit
LIFE AND LOVE.

xnlie he nestled on her happy breast,
nus new. warm lite with pelptating glow,
lis rose-tipped. fragile fingers softly pressed
TO thrill and urge the fountains s pearlv flow.
Hs smiled. "the angels whispered IN hia
sleep"
aney said. "and lured him to a safer place. %
"oiie sac, In bitterness too great to weep,
eazed On his cold. and white unanswerin9
face.
NOT SO. she moanei. ''God Caly gives to take
away my idolizcd and Destiny all
40 mock my bright, seraphin joy: to break
nay Dlissfui. singing heart: 20 see me fall
from heights ineffable to depths OF woe:
TO abase my lofty pride. when am prone
40 worship human love to overflow
ne scourgcs me, and leaves me here alone
sacred birthday OF the years long past!
inc clouds are lifted now. the sky Is clear,
~ vision rapt. this mother sees at last,
through uncimmed ages, q radiant form ap-
pear.
a aair boy walking with the sons OF God.
0cyond earth s stain. pure and sinless child.
Tie beatific mounts already trod
Reflect his heavenward footprints undeflled
He may not come to her. but she shall 60
To MIN; and in that wondrous realm above,
Together they shall both be taught to know
The eternal mysteries OF Life and Love.
-Cornelia NJ Nicholl, in \. Y. Observer
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of a man who had hoped along for ten
years as bookkeeper in a wholesale
house, and had died as bookkeepcr,
leaving an insurance policy for 5000
in a brotherhood organization. The
only child, Eleanor, was three years old
when her father died.
Mrs Mackus invested the bulk Of
her money in her little building next
to the church and put a stock Of goods
in the front room below. 1t was hard
" shop. The visitor found it more
like a sanctuary.
The showcase contained neat rows
of prayer books, catechisms and Bibles,
lined and clasped with gold, and also
strings Of beads, each string with the
suspended cross. There were candle
sticks and crucifixes on the shelves
and displayed Behind the narrow front
window. Prints of Mary and the
Child were framed and hanging against
the walls.
For seven years Mrs. Mackus had
sold books and symbols to the parish
ioners. among whom she was held in
high esteem. They came to her for
were preparing for communion serv-
ice. and as she was a neat seamstress
she was often employed to make the
white dresses. The parish priest, Fa-
ther Roman, sent trade to her, and she
had prospered. Mrs. Mackus was
plump and good looking, bordering
upon forty-a woman Of cheerful dis
position, and with an object in life.
The small earnings she put by month
nfter month were for Eleanor, who
was to have an academy education and
then study music. The child had
already shown aptitude as musician,
and in her school studies was two classes
ahead of her years.
One day in early spring Mrs. Mackus,
standing in her doorway, saw a new
sign across the way. 1t was at the
head Of the stairway leading to the
basement under Mr.. Lcutz's store, and
read: "S. Throberty, Grinding and
General.Repairs." The basement had
not been occupied since the cObblers
moved out. and the arrival of q neigh
because the short street was mostly
given over to cottage residences, and
changes in its outward appearance
were unusual. She saw the new man,
whom she supposed to be the IS.
Throberty' mentioned on the sign,
coming out of the basement or disap-
pearing into it several times during
the day, and in casual way she OBJ
served that he was of medium height,
with face Of plain, but honest pro-
portions, and no beard, except little
strip, slightly touched with gray. in
front of each ear. Two wagon loads
of tools and wheels were carried into
the basement, and trunk went mp the
side stairway.
That evening at six o'clock. sitting
at her front window upstairs and look
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arrive at the same conditions Of less
favored localities. Plants can not bc
fed on air. selling milk, wheat, corn
and hay and similar crops off the farm
without due and even return in manu-
rial matters, must soon put an end to
profitable farming. The fertilizing ma
terials in this case are exhausted in
about the same proportions needed for
growth that is, the land loses nitro.
gen. potash. and phosphoric acid in
about the same relative proportions
the growing plants require them. The
potash and phcsphoric acid maintain
practically uniform proportions, and
the manure made from the crops
grown may be used with sue
cess, or chemical fertilizer
resembling same in composition.
With cotton or tobacco, however, the
circumstances are different. The parts
OF these crops sold off the farm carry
away disproportionate quantity of
potash-beyond the reach of the usual
return as manure. Neither may be
fed on the place" and the fertilizer
ingredients thus retained in proper
balance ON the farm. Such is, per-
haps, one of the chief causes why the
soils of the southern states are to-day
uniformly deficient in available potash.
To illustrate: Suppose the stems.
seeds, hulls, etc, of che cotton plant
are carefully retained in the land.
One might think that the bare lin.
carried little off the land necessary for
its fertility. Such is far from the
facts. The analysis Of the whole cot
ton plant. lint, seed, stems, etc, would
seem to indicate that phospeoric acid
and potash are required in about equal
proportions, the potash slightly
in excess. A recruiting ferti-
lizer, therefore, would be made to con-
tain per cent. phosphoric acid, and q
per cent. potash. Let us see what
twenty years of such practice has done
for the south.
In the twenty years, from 1874 to
1894, the production of lint cotton
amounted to 50, 1a9, 30, 492 pounds. 1t
is obvious that little or none of this
material found its way back to the
land as manure. In this lint sold off
the farms, was contained 6S.9Sl. SOC
pounds of phosphoric acid, and 5Oa,
Goa,64l pounds Of potash. That is
twenty-scven pounds of potash for
each one pound Of phosphoric acid.
Is it any wonder that the soils of the
south are deficient in potash? The ex-
cess of potash over phosphoric acid
thus removed from the soils of the
south is the equivalent of 4i3,472 tona
OF high-grade sulphate, or l,773.sss
tons of kainit, an amount of potash
equivalent to that contained in l,3l9,-
s59,S7s bushels of wheat. Facts are
stubborn things - Cor. Farm and
Ranch.
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In . Dllemma.

A citizen of the red brush" district
of Kentucky was in = sleeping car for
the first time, and when he went
aboard he got into the smoking com
partment and sat down. There the
porter found him and escorted him to
his section But he was uneasy there
and essayed to return to the smoker.
He made an effort, but he couldn't tell
1T which end of the car it was. and
after going the length Of the car twice
he stopped in front of passenger in .
semi-bewildered fashion and looked At
him helplessly.
''What is the natter inquired the
passenger, noting his dilemma.
''Dinged ef know. he replied, laugh
ing uneasily. "I'mlOokin' fer the place
whar fust landed. You zee me when
! come in dis verr
Thc passenger nodded.
'.WeN," continued the native, ZION
notice ef ] come in he'd fo'most or fee.
i0'lnost7'-Detroit Free Press.
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Ane fODin! NO, slr.
AHA, but you are the robin that
hear singing every day. You have q
very sweet voice."
THANK you, SIR"
''When l first heard it thought it was
. bird"
The child began laughing, and Mrs.
Mackus, who had stern notions Of pro-
priety, suddenly thrust her head out Of
the window, and said:
''Nellie, You mustn't talk to stran-
gers"
Mr.. Throberty looked up in alarm.
and after moments hesitancy, said.
You're right, ma'am; was about to
steal her.
Eleanor laughed again, and the
neighbor started across the street, but
he suddenly turned and said: 1T il
but right you should know, ma am.
that meant no harm by compliment
in the child. She's as sweet as her
mother, without the sharpness of the
tongue. l am proud to be neighbor
TO lady like youself, but I will tell
you this, ma'am, that you shouldn't
have said It."
With that he hurried away, and Mrs.
Mackus was SO angry with herself she
would not listen to Eleanor, who in.
sisted that the neighbor had been en-
tircly polite and proper.
After that Mr.. Throberty kept on
his side of the street.
Mrs. Mackus recalled more than once
what he had said to her. and she felt
that it was due her reputation as
an amiab creature to set herself right
with Mr.. Throberty, whose daily life,
as it fell under her observation, con-
tinued to prove that he was a man of
quality.
Perhaps she did really fear burglars;
at any rate, after two places around
the cor Ter had been broken into, she
sent for Mr.. Throberty to come and
put an extra bolt on her front door.
She was behind the show case when
he opened the door and softly stepped
in, removing his hat as he did SO.
''Have you locked up the youngster?'
he asked, with a twinkle in his eye.
Haven't you forgotten that?" she re-
piled. Il hoped you had. Do you
know, I went to confession about it."
''Bless me, so did L."
They both laughed and Mr.. Thro-
berty went to work putting on the bolt
and keeping up lively conversation
with Mrs. Mackus.
"Have you much work?" she asked,
cautiously.
No, they don't bother M, very often
an I'm glad of it-except in a case like
this" he hastened to add.
Presently the conversation had ad-
vanced to the poiut where Mrs. Mackua
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LOSSES TO THE LAND.


To Produce Good Results the Drafts ON
the Soil Must he Made Good.
The money crop on the farm is that
which is sold as such off the farm, and
the replacement Of the fertilizing il
gradients in which constitute almost
wholly the problem Of recuperativc ma
nuring. Every farmer understands
that it is necessary to put something
back on the land" but how to do this
in an economical manner, is the con-
slant study Of hundreds Of the best
technologists in the world The vast
chemical fertilizer industry grew out
Of this problem. 1t is an effort to
supply the necessary elements Of fer
tility in, for example, . bushel
Of wheat at q less cost than may
he obtained for the same when sold
ip the form of grain. Suppose. for
the sake of illustration, that the cost
Is producing one bushel Of wheat is
fifty ccnts-labor, rent Of land, ma
nure, etc. Suppose its value as q feed
stuff is forty cents. and its fertilizing
elements after such use are worth ten
cents. 1t is then evident that If fed to
stock on the farm and the manure
carefully saved. there will be neither
loss nor gain in the operation. But
suppose the elements of fertility, in
the form of chemicals. may be pur-
chased for fise cents Then it is evi-
dent that the bushel Of wheat may be
sold of the farm. forty cents paid for
its production, exclusive of manure.
five cents for replacing the necessary
amount OF fertilizer. leaving five cents
profit on the transaction. The whole
problem is = simple matter Of buying
IN the cheapest market and selling in
the dearest. but the intermediate
stages are SO complicated that few
men can clearly follow ont the steps.
In many instances the natural stor =
Of the fertility in the soil have been
snch = TO permit cropping long time
without compensation 10 tie Land, but
II tho long run sach fAsuaiag methods
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asked him where he boarded. He sait
he ate Mt a restaurant and was tired 9
it. With that she asked him to stay Il
dinner.
Eleanor upon her return from schoo
was amazed to find her mother and tn,
despised neighbor sitting opposite cacl
other, one vehemently complimentary
the dinner, and the other blushing ant
protesting feebly. Mr.. Throberty sait
that Mrs. Leutz should be sent acros
the street to take lessons.
He had tried the Leutzcs' cooking
and that's why he boarded at the res
taurant. Then he told of the objec
tions he had to certain cheeses ant
sausages sold in q delicatessen store
and said he had ordered Leutz to NOV,
out as soon rs the lease was up.
Mrs Mackus had q new opinion Of thu
neighbor after that day and could offel
no reasonable objection to his calls, es
pecially as he was deeply interested il
Eleanor.
IF she was my girl," he said ont
day, ''she should have the finest educa
tion that music-teachers could give
her."
When q man begins to talk that way
he is undermining every resolve oi
widowhOOd!
Be it said to the credit of Mrs. Mack
us that not until the matter was all ar
ranged and the day set did she learr
that Saunders Throberty owned five
or SIX other houses in addition to the
Leutz place and drew royalties every
three months on q patent steam nippeI
or something of the sort And in JUS
tice to Mr.. Throberty it may be said
that he did not know or care that the
widow had money in the bank. He
was ready to ret out OF lonely bach
elorhood and it was the good cheer,
the singing and the cooking that
tempted him.
There was to be nothing revolution
ary. The repair shop was to remain IL
the basement. Mrs. Maclus' stock wal
to go in the delicatessen room nnd the
apartments above were to be newly
furnished and Eleanor was to have .
piano.
Could there be any more satisfactory
conclusion Of . love story?
After the wedding in the church
there was q party in the old house
The bride and groom had gathered uT
their neglected and distant relative.
from all owe. town, and Father Ronar
was present, because for many year
Mrs. Markus had been practically s
part of the parish work
When they called on him for sspeech
he said, among other things: ''lsy this
happy union our friends have demon.
strated anew the fact that in this age
business interests are becoming ANAL.
gamated, joining together for mutual
protection. l propose the health OF
the new syndicate. Record
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A BUSINESS COMBINATION
RS, CAROLINE

RS. CAROLINE E
MACkUS owned
the small build
ing next door to
the church. 1t
was a two-story
structure with a
stone front and
q stockaded back
yard too small
for a arde n
patch, but large
enough to catch
a rip Of sun
shine.
Mrs. MackuS s
vv-oS fho xriIn-v.
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-Bellefield Il lent Squildig an
umbrella on Saturday and he returned
it. on Monday" Bloomfield-s.I have
long suspected that Squildig was a
freak" = Pittsburgh -Tele-
1raph.
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FAos FOR FEM,NlNITY.


90me Of the Latest Novelties for Her Jewel
Casket.
A safety pin with bunch of daisies
il charming idea.
Collarettes of rows of pearls fasten-
ing with bars of diamonds.
A novelty in clasps is an immense
hook and eye formed of paste.
Combs set with diamonds and pearls
are the height of fashion.
A couple of diamond birds make pref
ty lace pins. and the old pearl buckle
shape has been resuscitated.
Swords with the hilts set with small
diamonds are the favorite ornaments
for the hair for young ladies.
The last novelty in betrothed jewel
ry is the coupled brooch" Two
hearts set with diamonds or pearls are
joined with a coupling link Of gold.
A pair of salt cellars is new. the
shape being that of n gondoia with
swans head at the helm and prov.
The violin and the mandolin having
the body Of each closely studded with
diamonds make pretty brooches.
A couple Of red enamel hearts are
surrounded by q diamond tie, and
blue enamel heart is set with pearls
Jewellers Circular.
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The water Of the ocean contains.
gold. held in solution by the iodide o.
calcium. The quantity is about ON.
grain to the ton.