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intervening Sunday. Again she failed
to appear, but only for day, and the
remainder of the week she was in her
accustomed place.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
passed with no glimpse of her. In the
late afternoon of that last day, a man
who could be known for doctor half
mile away, made a long call upon the
head of the firm. They conversed very
seriously for a few minutes, and then
drifted to general themes and laughed
and pulled their cigars as if nothing
were wrong. That fixed my estimate Of
the gray-haired young man at a very
low point in the scale.
There was no sign of her during the
week. On Monday. I saw unusual sights
in the Office across the way. First the
old bookkeeper came in, and while he
had the Office to himself he sat in her
chair; and saw him shed tears. Then
the young man with the corn-colored
hair appeared, and upon my word
was afraid to see him stand by the open
window, with such a look upon his
face, lest he should cast himself down
to the bottom of the gulf. < a.
A little later the three clerks, the
gray-haired man, and an elderly per-
son whom took to be the second men,
Der of the firm, just arrived from
abroad-for had heard a rumor that
one of them had been in Europe nearly
a year-assembled in conference on a
plane of equality which only mutual
deep sorrow could have justified. After
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G J! !! ! d';{SSQlIlp5S
SOWING THE SEED.
How to Make the Good Roads Agita-
ton Yield Permanent and SAT-
isfactOry Results.

A dozen years ago, when the good
roads agitation was started, and the
early workers began to sow the seed
that they hoped would bring forth
fruit hundredfold, they had the ex
perience that always falls to the lot
of the sower-some seed fell upon good
ground; some fell where there was lit
tie depth of earth; some fell among
thorns, and others by the wayside.
It was not expected that all seed
could be sown on good land, nor that
all which should be sown would spring
up to bear fruit. In such an undertake
ing it was more than ever necessary
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BUTTER IN BOXES.
Putin: Up Dairy Products in Attrac-
tive Packages Is Very Profit
able Investment.

An attractive. package often sells
even inferior goods, while an at
tractive package and superior goods
make a combination that is simply ir-
resistible! Successful shippers of
many kinds of farm products have
found out the truth of this and are
profiting7 by it, OF two articles of
equal merit the public will, always
buy the more attractive goods. There
are two reasons for putting up butter
in the form shown in the cut. One is
that in this shape it is exceedingly at
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frequently got snubbed for his atten-
tions. He was Il tall and handsome
youth with corn-colored hair that
rolled hack from his forehead in a
wave which, he had the good sense not
to spoil withsa; comb and Brush
There was also a square-shouldere
fellow who bristled with energy. He
seemed to be employed in outside
work, and it was only in the early
hours that: he had a chance to talk
with her. She treated him with sutfi-
cient cordialitys to cause jealous feel
ings ON my side ofthe canyon forsit
pleased me to fancymy sclf5in love$w;th
her, &s 81 e 81 az - 49, *S @%a q
Lastly, there was the old bookkeep-
er, who must have lived somewhere in
the country, for he brought her such
flowers sethe florists do not selland
laid them on her desk before shescane
down. He#would be alone in. the office
then, and he did not know that was
watching him from across the chasm.
I have seen him. spend 20 minutes in
arranging half a dozen wild flowers
and then dodge quietly away at the
sound of a step in the hall. In all my
days at the window never saw him ad-
dress her till she had first spoken to
him. - SO ->zg
. There was a day in June when she
did not come to the office. A tribute
of blossoms awaited her, and I could
read anxiety in the old bookkeeper's
back where he stood by his desk on the
far side Of ftheaero oms as the minutes
passed on beyond the usual time of
her*appearance. When the gray-haired
young man came inhis first glance was
DIRECTED toward thesdesk, of which the
lid was closed for the first time atFhat
hourin manymont tbs. 81 5 d
Immediately a messenger boy came
in with telegram, and when the head
of the firm had read it he looked
toward the closed desk again, so 7
knew what must be ii the; dispatch
The bookkeeperwas watching soyer.hiss
shoulder, and by and by he plucked up
courage to ,asll.a timid, question of his
employer The-answer made him look
very grave. y
d Whatever the news.may have been
he communicated tito the light-haired
youth and the square-shouldered >fel-s
low IN the latter edge ofsthe luncheon
hour, before the chief had returned.
They took it very hard, and the young
er of them stood by the window after
wards, when he should have been at
work, and he looked the picture of
grief.
Yet the girl was on hand at the usual
hour next morning, and was the re-
cipient of cordial greetings, though she
had TO ask the bookkeeper for his. In
the afternoon, when she stood by the
open window for a few minutes, I
thought she looked quite i'll, and worse
than that, she seemed apprehensive.
The blight of melancholy was on her.
/ fancied her as one of those unfor-
tunates who in youth are told that there.
will be no maturity; that the seeds Of
death are planted and must grow
Three days later she was absent
again. Then saw her on three sue
cessiye days, leaving out of account an
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REST FOR MILK COWS.
A Matter Of Great Importance when
Is Ignored Far Too Often by
Many Dairymen.

It is, we think, fault of some of the
best breeds of mixers that they can
not be easily dried OFF, even when they
approach the time for dropping their
calf. An interval of at least a month,
and six weeks is still better, should be
left to the COW, in which she should
have an entire rest. Milk is not good
for food for varying periods before
parturition, depending much on the age
and condition of the COW and the kind
of food she receives and digests. A cow
hin in flesh may require eight or even
ten weeks rest before beginning milk
ing again. While we believe that young
heifers after their first calf should be
kept in milk until within a month or six
weeks before the next calf is due, it is
rather to get them into the habit of
long milking than because the small
amount they give will be worth the
extra feed and labor required to secure
it.
Unless to supply milk for household
use in winter there is little advantage
in milking the cows that calved in the
spring longer than January of the fol-
lowing year. From eight to twelve
weeks with comparatively little grain
feed will leave the cow in better con-
dition for next year than will crowding
her stomach with grain, so as to force
milk production until near the time her
next calf is due to be dropped. This
last will possibly increase the milk
flow when the COW springs her bag
for the coming calf. and thus cause gar
get, which is an evil that the best milk
ers arc likely to suffer from.
Until near the time of parturition
the COW should be fed enough grain to
make her gain in flesh. But for two
weeks before she calves this grain feed
should be withheld. lest it stimulate the
milk flow too much. After the calf is
week Old and the danger of infamma-
ton has past the grain feeding may be
resumed, taking care not to feed grain
in such quantities as to fatten the cow
rather than increase her milk flow
American Cultivator.
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ROAD AT COOLBAUGH, PA.
fPcople Come from a Long Distance to
E.. -. Oh, Use IT, -r..r ..

oSAAAS
=. -..'. Use IT, ...G '.
to follow the example which nature
sets, and SOW with wanton bounty, in
order that here and there some might
take root. In natures economy, pro-
vision to guard against loss and pre-
vent failure is made with lavish
hand, and thousands of blossoms and
seeds are blown bither and thither to
every one that rests in good soil and
terminates. "a ,.., s. -t-. .o's
It was thus with the doctrine of bet
ter. roads. When that gospel began
to be preached it fell upon a few will
ing ears; some received it with JOY and
protited<b by it. Many more who heard
it were needless and Indifferent; they
listened, were interested for the mo-
ment, and then forgot it. all. Then
hear, or who, hearing, would not un-
derstand. Lastly, there were those
who rebelled at the doctrine, who an
itagonized it, who controverted it,. and
who sought in every way to refute it.
! Nevertheless, the gospel of good
roads continued to be preached with
unremitting zeal until everyone had
heard or had the opportunity to hear
it. Into many sections of the country
it penetrated slowly, and the recep-
tivityj of mind of those who heard it
varied widely. The majority aroused
themselves but slowly to a realization
of it's truths. 1t was cline upon line,
precept upon 5precept, here little
and there a little"--the same truth
repeated and reiterated in a Thousand
ways.
At first consideration of the. OBJ
jects and advantages of permanent
highways is relied upon to arouse in
terest and show what can be gained
by instituting a course of improve
ments. This part of the subject may
be handled in thousand ways, and be
repeated DER and DER. 1t is pre-
liminary and all-important step.
When interest is aroused. an investiga-
tion of the conditions that actually
obtain reveals much that is surpris-
ing, and the character of improve
ments that should be made then sug-
gests itself. Then follows compare
son Of methods Of construction and
systems of care and repair, together
with the cost of the. same and. finally
an examination Of the ways. and
means" or the most Just and equitable
manner Of apportioning the expense.
The work is all new to our country,
and experience elsewhere can only
serve as a partial guide-to a large
extent we must work out the problem
for ourselves. This requires time and
patience and no little experiment. It
needs courage and determination, and,
as the work moves on step by step, it
must continue that persistent agitation
of every phase of the subject by which
alone it's Importance can be brought
home to every one-L. A. w. Bulletin.
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--EE - ~ - 4 ss%as~ a.
The antomitne IN the
Window Opposite. ~
....
Copyright, 1885, BY Willis Emery.
By Willis Emery.
Copyright, 1898.

n ETWEEN her and me there was
D great gplf,a chasm with precipi-.
tous walls of stone. We we're SO near
together that 1 could see the color Of
her eyes when the light 'shone fairly,
but between us was the gulf, and in the
bottom Of it a. roaring river z
In the morning the river ran south
ward; at noon it was full of conflict
ing tides. elashedaands surged;a in
the late afternoon it ran mostly north
ward toward Printing House square
and the Brooklyn bridge. 1t was a
.river#ofr humanity, and thesgrf was
the canyon of Nassau street, in New
,York#city. Sss,gss& ssasasssH&
She was on the western bank and l
on. the eastern, a hundred and fifty
feet above the bed of the .stream.
Crossing was easy, but could not go,
because I hadgno errand. e How could [
invade. the office of S fought on & Bland
and say: ''Gentlemen, have come to
tell your secretary that admire her. I
I did not thints it fitting even togask'
what name she bore of such acquaint-
ances as might have been able to an
swer. 1 would not have known what
firm employed her, but. that Iscould
read the gilt le'.ers on the glass door
of their office when there was light be-
hind it in the hail. 1t was hard to
make them out, for of course they read
backward to me, being glued upon the
other side of the door, but looked
across so often that [ should have
made them out at last had they been
Chinese characters.
She used to wear neat and tasteful
clothes, and her hair was always just
right. Her desk and the typewriting
table were never in disorder, and from
that inferred that she had been well
brought up, a conviction reinforced
by my observation of her bearing
toward all WHO spoke with her Busy
from morning till night, she never
seemed to be hurried or worried, and it
seemed to me she never had unfinished
work to put aside at the clos. of the
day.
AS spring advanced her Wird low and
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awhile the two clerks came back,
bringing some large pasteboard boxes,
which contained flowers, for though
they were opened in a part of the Office
that my view did not command, l
got a glimpse of white blossoms and
green leaves. -..-.-.,a-
I think those men were all sincere,
but not one of them--not even the old
jbookkeeper-felt a grief that matched
mine. Nothing just like that has ever
come into my life. Perhaps I should
have found nothing sympathetic or at
tractive in that woman if had met
her face to face, but when that meet
ing, on this side of the grave, had be-
come impossible: / pictured her in
speech. and in heart and soul as all
that her sweet face had promised.
F.! Ilonged to share with those who had
known her. the privilege of expressing
my sorrow at:her early death; indeed,
I resolved to- do so, even, at the risk Of
committing an impropriety. There
fore, when / saw the pasteboard boxes
dispatched in the custody of the mes
senger boys, I fastened to intercept
them on the street. 1t was easy enough
to read the address upon the boxes;
but there was no name-only a street
and number in Brooklyn.
That was sufficient, however. L
FASTENED to a florists, and gave or
ders for such tokens as seemed to be
appropriate. ss's& @s'N sss-2s<s %f'zt
Even so late sas September had by
no means forgotten her or the Incl
dents connected with that time of
strange and fancifuls sorrow. 1t was
on the fifth day Of that month when
a man Of familiarsaspect, yet certain
ly not an acquaintance, walked into
my office. He: came slowly up to me,
and laid two cards upon my. desk. One
was my own, and the other bore the
inscription: 5gj .%-Y
| JOHN NJ. DOUGLAS, NJ. ID. ~
The name was not familiar, but the
man1himself:I had certainly seen. All,
to be sure!. Heswas.thedocto or who had
come to the office across the way, when
the end was drawing near.
S''That's my card, and the other one
is:yours, isn'tait ?''.said he. &*f Ssgass 3
L nodded.G44st b kEF4li iIe s3&3 4ra&l
you sent itsiwith some flowers to
81 De Vaux street, Brooklyn, on June
%, didn't you? s,..y4
EYES," I replied, they were for her"
And | glanced across the way.
We'll, you probably have some ra-
tional explanation Of it, said he, "but
hang me if I know why you should
have sent that cart load of funeral en-
blems to her on the occasion of her
wedding. # you wished to intimate
that marriage with me was equivalent
TO death, it was a bad joke, sir; and if
you don't, then what in thunder did
won mean? I've carried that puzzle
with me 1000 miles this summer, on
our wedding journey, and now by
Lucifer you've goteto tell me the an
swer!"
/ don't want to go any further with
this story. It has come to a point
where the recollec tions aroused are
really too painful.
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GnE sI I !! = ; kllfS
A SONG OF HEROES.

They sing about the admirals; likewise the
commodores,
An the men that take their orders up
on deck,
An the lads that feed the big gun while
it rears It's head and rOars
A-pinin' for to see another wreck.
You'd think they'd gone clean through the
list and never skipped thing,
With their "jolly tars." 'hooray," and
"yo-heave-ho!'
But there's none as tunes string
While he lifts is voice to sing
OF the Jackies Wot's a-stOkin' down be-
Oh, it's here's to him a-fightin'
Where the shot kicks up spray.
It's glorious and excitin'
When ne rushes to the fray,
E But there ought to be some snatches
@r On the way it stirs your soul
When they batten down the matches
While you shovel in the coal.
We don't go much on uniforms. In all
that heat and dirt, - - e. 49,
With flames a-reachin' out to eat the air,
It's. just a waste of etiquette to wear a
wooden shirt; ...ssr
You never have your picture taken there
It's no use to deny it; in your throat there
comes a lump,
AS you think of home and wonder where
you'll go :; fl
While your heart begins to thump% fig =
Like the wheels that clang and thump
Round the Jackies wot's a-stokin' down
Oh, it's here to him a-fghtin'
And a takin' steady aim;
If he's hurt there's some delight in
ss., Thinkin he can do. the same ag.aaa,aa,,ee
BY the first un' that he catches
But we don't know watts the goal
When they batter down the atchesa
While we 5shovel in the coal & e
It's glorious consolation in the toilin' and
the thirst = & ss8 & 6 8 4s# =.
To:wipe the wetness from our brows and
+ think
=. case we. meet the worst, ::
D. With a MATHEMATICIAN coffin when we sink.
Our hearts lis. IN the fghtin'atops;;' we're
*: .N:tshin' Weswas there y: -: =.
= A-G0in, Of =our duty by'ihefee,,:" 80 -
But EACH must Ike :hfs share .::; ,s..s,,::s
And they couhn Ma rdly spare <... -
The sJackies wot*s a-stokin, down below=
SO here,ssto them that's fight t ms 1s;
- - Here's TO, the pilot, too;S.: ~ ~
=: We trust ''en to be rightins :--. * x.
8 Any job they're out to do: ~ .>s;l
+ Maybe we're, to meet our matches = a.
- But.itss allpast Our control $3.50 7...
When they sbatten down the Matches =
:. :. :Wl1ite we shovel in the coal. - :. :"
It amt the bloomin' admirals; 1t amt the
commodoreS
That the Spaniards is wishin' for to-
day,
Nor yet the lads that handle ammunition
-. out o. doors, sar a. ..
Where you stand a little chance to get
away.
They've had fighters instheir families and
the cubs'll fight again, 3 #& & /.
But they answered up most cautious-like
and slow g ssaa@@-a&EseE r.
When it comes to askin' men
To be huGdled in the pen r.
To be Jackies wot's a-stokin' down below,
Says they: well do your fightin'
But that locker amt our size,
Where you wedge the men so tight I'M
Fur them Dagoes realize
What uncertainty at taches : .'..-
To the fellers in hole
When they batteh down the matches
While we shovel in the coal. -
Washington Star.
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Economical Road building.

In Amador county, CAL, they are
building stretch of macadam road
by day labor, and figure the cost to
be S2,777 per mile instead of $4,000 as
asked for in the bids received. The
members of the bureau Of highways
give their services.
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Truth in n Few Words.

Next to good schools, upon good
roads depend the future welfare and
prosperity OF our New England coun-
try towns. Portsmouth Times.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-10-07
Got Back His Card.

A we'll known American newspa-
per proprietor had dispute with
one of the croupiers at the roulette
table at Monte Carlo recently, and,
being choleric gentleman and one
who cannot bear contradiction, lost
his temper and his head, attacked the
said croupier and knocked him down.
He was Immediately seized by Off
cials, rather roughly handled, hus-
tied about and expelled from the
rooms; furthermore, his card of adj
mission was withdrawn, and he was
informed that no would not be again
allowed to enter the Casino. He re-
tired to his hotel and indited short
note to the management, which was
the very opposite of an apology, in
forming them that unless his card
was returned, with an apology,
within IL hours he would, to use his
own expression, dynamite their
Casino" Such is the respect which
the Casino authorities have for the
press that the proprietor card, to-
gether with an ample apology, was
returned before 10 O'Clock the fol-
lowing morning. New York Post.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-10-07
Clarst and Win do Grave.

Many young travellers on visiting
Bordeaux have been struck by the
fact that the word claret as ap-
Piled to red wine is unknown in
France. But readers have the op-
portunity of becoming aware, even
in prehistoric dictionary days, that
Basseiin in the fourteenth century
used the word clairet OF the wine
produced about Tours, and that his
memory was kept ruby down to the
present century in a version of one
of his songs, Englished as Jolly
Nose" Also Beaumarchais makes
his Figaro contrast wine so named,
perhaps of Bordeaux, with wine of
Burgundy.-Notes and Queries.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-10-07

Theater Manager-You say you
object to having real food on the ta-
BILE in the banquet scene, Mr.. Grees-
paynt! The rest of the company arc
delighted at il
Mr.. Greespaynt = Yes, but my
part requires me to rise from the TIA
BILE after couple of mouthfuls and
say, Il cannot eat tonight-a strange
dread comes over me; / will seek
the quiet of yonder apartment for q
time. Boston Traveller.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-10-07
by Way of Illustration.

'Mr. Trimmer" said the artless
girl, what is a labial salutationi"
"Wh-why," stammered Mr.. Trim
mer, "l-I-that is, might per per-
haps illustrate it, b.but l d'don't
think
why not, Mr.. Trimmer? Here
are pencil and paper-piease SHOW
me.
Mr.. Trimmer trembled with agita-
ton. He was decidedly bashful
young man.
Il am such poor hand at Illus
trating," he murmured.
please, Mr.. Trimmer.
"Well," he gasped, ''if you will
promise to shut your eyes while I'm
doing the d-drawing, III TRY
The pretty girl closed her eyes,
the wicked Trimmer leaned trium-
phantly forward, there was long
drawn chez chee-cheep, and all was
over.
why, Mr.. Trimmer, said the
pretty girl as her eyes flew open, is
that what it isl"
Eyes, yes cried the frightened
youth. 1t is, indeed. III got the
Webster and show you.
'Never mind about the Webster, :"
said the lovely girl. trimmer is
good enough for me-"
And then their mutual under
standing was complete.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer. ~
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-10-07
SAN DAVIS
when the Lord calls up ear.h's heroes
To stand before his face.

When the Lord calls up ear.h's heroes
To stand before his face,
Oh. many n name unknown TO fame
Shall ring from that high place.
And out Of grave in the southland,
At the just Gods call and beck.
Shall one man rise with fearless eyes
And a rope about his neckl
For men have swung from gaiiows
Whose souls We're white Ms SNOW.
Not how thcy die nor where. but why.
Is what Gods records show.
And on that mighty ledger
Is wri, Sam Davis name
For honor's sake he would not make
A compromise with shame.
The gfsat world lay before him.
FOR lao was in his youth.
With love Of life yoans hearts are rife,
Eut better he loved truth.
He fought for his convictions,
And when he stood Mt bay
He would not finch or stir one inch
From honor's narrow way.
They offered lie and freedom,
II he would speak the word.
In silent pride he Razed aside
As one who had not heard.
They argued, pleaded. threatened
1t was but wasted breath.
Let como what must, l keep my trust"
He said and laughed at death.
he would not sell his manhood
To purchase priceless hope
Where kings drag down name and crown
He dignined rope
All, grave, where was your Triumph
All. death, where was your stins9
He showed you how n man could bow
To doom and stay king.
And God, who loves tho loyal
Because they arc like him.
doubt not yot that soul shall sot
Among his cherubiml
o southland ding your laurcls,
And add your wreath, o northi
Let glory claim the heros name.
And tell the world his worthl
-Elie Wheeler Wilcox In Confederate Veteran
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-10-07

Ancient Egyptian doctors knew
the groin and the perineum and had
name for each, which NJ Y. Lore
of Lyons has discovered in medical
papyri. The terms occur in the cele-
brated Ebers papyrus, but the mean
ing had not been proved.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-10-07
Tho Old, Old Story.

"You are the only woman ever
loved, said Adam.
"And you," murmured Eve, "are
the first man that ever kissed me-
Then satan smiled and said unto
himself. THAT is equal to burned
cork repartee, and posterity shall
perpetuate it." And it was even SO.
Chicago News.