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also meant his bow for the young lady
little in the rear, bur she did not
think so. She, too, stood still, pretend
ing TO be looking at something out
of the window, seeing only in a dim
way the board fence around the city
back yard with the warm sunlight
upon it.
I've thought we'd come in and see
you all to-day" said Julia Gregg, at
fably. You have a fine recreation
ROOM"
Very fine" said the old man.
Would you rather live here than at
your own home ?" asked Mary Alden.
4 red streak came into the old mans
cheeks; ne gave dry little cough. 81
lived az the country" he said.
Then, Liny did not know exactly how
it came about, perhaps she had really
been looking out of the window for a
minute, anyhow the old man was sit
ting in his chair and Julia Gregg was
standing with her hand upon his Shout
der, gazing down upon him with pity
irg eyes. and he was telling about how
he missed the country, the song of the
birds, the low of the cattle, the croak-
ing of the frogs, and people calling
across to each other from their little
whitewashed houses, and he was laugh
| ing and crying at once with the MEM
DRY of it all.
Then Julia Gregg said, half timidly:
to pay me a visit?'' and Mary Alden
pulled her arm.
Mamma would do it herself" said
Julia, in answer to the pull, and she
went on to tell the old man about her
beautiful home in the country, about
the fountain and the rose garden and
the horses and carriages and the woods
and the cool springs.
yes said the girl with the yell
low hair, you are to pay me a visit.
I'm going to send the carriage for you
tomorrow"
Liny Poss cast one glance back at
the old man whom they left sitting at
the window. There was a bewilderingly
happy look upon his face. Yet she was
anEry-angry with Julia Gregg for Civ
ing the impusive invitation, angry
with the friend for pulling Juha's arm,
angry with the old man who, without
any effort, was to have the happiness
of visiting at the great house, but above
all was she angry with herself for be-
ing angry.
John" she said, ironically, to the
old horse as she drove homeward,
we're not good enough to be noticed
by stuck-up people; we don't belong
to an Old Mems home" Then she
added, bitterly: I'm mean and hate
full, John, and | don't deserve to have
people speak to me and invite me to
their houses" And then she whis-
pered: Il really think she's lovely, and
| hope he'll have a good time
Mrs. Poss went into rhapsodies over
the rich girls invitation to the old
man; and she was mighty glad she
said, that Liny had had the spunk to
go visiting to the Old Mems home as
well as other folks; it cheered body
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would you like to spend the orfih Of
| July in the country with me? Not at a
grand place, | cant promise you that;
but they're going TO have fireworks not
far from us, we can see them on the
porch, and we can see the rockets in the
town, too"
81 want to see the green grass" said
the old man; Il want to see some chick
ems and a stream"
well, can show you them easy
enough" said Liny, land good-sized
vegetable garden"
Il want to see 'taters growing" said
old Mr.. Daggett. Il can work a garden
and cut wood, but that amt enough
to pay my board
'I'll 60 home and see ma" said the
girl, briskly, 'and I'll come for you
tomorrow. You needn't worry" she
| added, with a blush. II haven't got
enough other things TO think about to
forget, and | have to come to town
even on the Fourth of July, to bring
vegetables
Mr.. Daggett sat beside Liny the next
morning when she drove away from
the town, drinking in the country air,
| leaning out and smiling at every
stream, peering up wistfully at the
birds along the road. "The glorious
Fourth" he kept saying. 'The glori-
Gus Fourth. Freedom, emancipation,
independence, that's what it means
The old man was made very welcome
at the little house with the big gar
den, and Mrs. Poss had sumptuous
early dinner lin honor" as she said to
Liny on the sly. ''of both the freedom
of the United States and the freedom
of Mr.. Daggett."
He was told by his cheerful hostess
that he must enjoy himself in his own
way; so Mr.. Daggett did not spend an
idle day. He found a hoe and went to
i work in the garden. Mrs. Poss discov-
/ cred him at the end of long row OF
/ hoed cabbages, and exclaimed:
Laws, Mr. Daggett, but you do work
a garden beautiful"
YES" said the old man, II can work
garden, but that amt enough to pay
my board"
Later in the day Mr.. Daggett made
his way to the woodshed and cut up d
pile of wood that astonished Mrs. Poss
Laws, Mr.. Daggett," she cried, adj
miringly, but you certainly know how
to handle an axl"
II can work garden and cut wood
said Mr. Daggett, but that ain't
enough to pay my board"
/, And him eating no more'n spar.
row." said Mrs Poss, in the middle of d
long consultation which she and Liny
held in the front room.
They sat on the porch that evening
watching alternately the fireworks il
the grounds of the great house three
miles away and the rockets shooting
skyward from the city, and when they
had had enough of fireworks they went
into the house together.
"Well, I've had a glorious Fourth
said the old man; there amt no doubt
| about it. I've seen them things
was hungerin' for and more. Liberty
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open
FOR FEEDING GAINES.

represented by the heavily-shaded por'
tions. As it stands, it is open and ready
for the calf to be put in. The lower
part represents the stanchion after the
calves have taken their places and it has
been closed. The uprights are held in
position by the small pin at a, b is two
inch board in front of the calves to
which the uprights are attached, C the
feeding pals where the milk or other
food is to be placed. The calves will
soon learn to take their places. They
can be fastened in and are compelled to
remain there until each one has dis
posed of his feed. Ny stanchions hold
II calves, but of course can be of any
size. One-ineh lumber is heavy enough
for all portions of the stanchion except
the lower board, which is two inches
Nj. j. Crouch, in Orange Judd Farmer.
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ONE OF the OLA school.

"Bahl" cried old Testyman, angrily,
as he finished the report of case in
which a school-teacher had been fined
for thrashing one of his pupils, bah!
things have changed since my time,
assure you. Boys were boys then, and
not afraid of good licking, and they
got one pretty often, | can tell you.
Why, sir, I've had my back SCARED with
weals for six months at time
You must have looked pretty pic
ture, / should think remarked a fell
DIV clubman.
II was said Testyman, briefly; "a
picture by one of the old masters"
And the old fellow chuckled grimly as
he toddled away to the card-room.-
Ally Sloper.
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BABIES FOR VOUCHERS.
Mothers Who Care for FoundIinRs
Bring Them as Evidence That
They Have Earned Their Pay.

A thousand women presented thou
sand babies as vouchers for the pay
ment of $4,000 at the New York found
ling asylum one day lately.
1t is the queerest parade of maternity
in the country. 1t is the strangest pay
day in the city.
The thousand infants are foundlings.
The thousand mothers partly support
either themselves or their families by
the proceeds from caring for them.
On the first Wednesday of every
month women with babies begin to APP
pear in the vicinity of Third avenue and
Sixty-eighth street. All their ways con-
verge at the entrance to the New York
founding asylum. From 1880 until
five o'clock in the afternoon the stream
of babies never ceases.
"Good weather, no baby, no pay" is
the rule, and the woman who can't
show baby or a doctors certificate on
sunny day must go away empty
handed.
On the first of May and November
each foster-mother receives a package
of clothing. The society of women who
'Lenten sewing class visited the asylum
this year and watched the distribution
of the o. Ms gifts.
One big room was full of mothers sit
ting on kindergarten benches and wait
ing for money or clothes.
Among these foster-mothers are
women of every nationality almost, and
some very charming young mothers
and widows.
Sometimes young mother who
has lost her own baby comes here
broken-hearted. We always gladly fill
the aching arms, for she's sure to make
a good nurse said sister. "She gives
it all her affection. The great trouble
is that she becomes so attached to it
that she suffers when it comes time
to bring it back to the institution.
Sometimes women keep children three
years if they suit us. The Italians make
fine foster-mothers for babies"
The Italian women are early on the
pay day scene. One corner of the room
looks like a Mulberry street tenement
block. Crying, eating, sleeping little
red-faced bundles of deserted humanity
fill every woman's lap or arms.
Germans, English, Irish and native
born. elderly women and young wives
there seems no kind of mother love I'M
represented. The colored nurses are
just as proud of their dusky darlings as
any of the fairest women.
The children in many cases are in
well-to-do homes, where their presence
Sc ,,,ora ~ 4ba xvo,par than tho rpapav
and more is spent on the baby's ward
robe than is received for its care.
When the babies are inspected any
not satisfactory are sent into another
room to wait for medical attention,
which they have free at all times, along
with medicines. If child is too sick
to be taken back to the woman's house
it is sent to the hospital of the asylum.
Sometimes another baby is found for
her to take home. Many women are
making motherhood business in this
way.-N. Y. World.
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PITH AND POINT.

A man with barrel of money ought
to get ahead.--L. A. w. Bulletin.
Faith and I-opc are beautiful pair
and are as inseparahle as the Siamese
wins Virginia Etchings.
Before you kick look around you and
see if you can find anyone whose kick
ing has done any good.--Atchison
Globe
Making Himself Popular.-Waggles
What a pretty babyi" Proud Mother
do you think so?" WaggIes-"Y Yes,
and perfect image of his mother, tool"
Somerville Journal.
Browne-'Waiter, bring me dozen
oysters on the half-shell." Waiter
Sorry, sab, but ives all out of she'll
tish, sab, 'ceptin' aigs." - Rochester
Union and Advertiser.
Young man, don't you think you
have been holding my daughter on your
knee long enough?" ''Yes, / guess !
have; my knee is beginning to get
tired. Town Topics.
Comment of a Friend.-"Bobbler'
wedding was the elimination of ro-
nance. He met his wife on train"
He did? Why doesn't he sue the COM
pany indianapolis Journal.
Professor, your monkey is climbing
over the globe; he'll spoil it," "Oh, nc;
he just turns it till he comes to the
Soudan, and then gets up and sits on it /;
that soothes his inconsistencies" File
gende Blaetter.
Her Theory.-"What makes young
Mr.. Bught wear his hair so long?" said
Maud. '.Oh. it isn't his fault, poor boy
replied Miss Cayenne. He has been
lionized so much he doesn't feel COM
Portable without a name Washing
ton Star.
Philosophic Widower. - He must
have been devoted husband who said /:
I've been married four times, and
every time my notions of women have
got so much higher that kinder look
forward to losin' wife jist for the sat
isfaction of gettin' another one. Lynn
Item.
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and freedom" he muttered, land all
over in a day"
1T wasn't that way with the United
States" remarked Mrs. Poss, proudly.
Mo- said Mr.. Daggett, looking
down, sit wasn't that way with the
United States" But this Fourth of
July had had to do with his liberty and
freedom.
I'VE want the Fourth to be as good
to you as it was 10 the United States,
Mr.. Daggett,' said Mrs. Poss. Laws,
Liny, you tell him straight out what
we do want"
MA and me would like you to stay
here all the time, Mr.. Daggett,' said
Liny. 'Lawsl don't thank me! If you
must thank anybody, thank ma.
Thereupon Liny escaped to the front
yard.
But was it an escape, after all? Out
side the gate was pony carriage with
the lamps throwing brightness on the
road, and there was man opening the
gate, and at the gate was girl with
yellow hair and a great mastiff close
at her heels.
"Oh, I'm so glad you've come ont!"
cried Julia Gregg. Il didn't dare to go
in. Mary and | saw you this morning
with that old man. | forgot all about
him, you know, until nearly week,
and then we agreed that he had given
us up and forgotten, too, and we were
expecting so many visitors, and-and-
when / saw you this morning | knew
I,l l,aorJ mo that dau
and that you knew | had broken my
promise, and that you had gone and
done it yourself. | told mother all
about it, and she says you must come
to see us. She wants to know you.
I've been seeing you in the post office
and different places all my life, and
when ! was little used to cry because
| didn't have black eyes like yours,
but | didn't know you were so good"
The pony had shifted his position and
the lights from the lamps showed two
glowing cheeks as Julia Gregg asked,
wistfully: HE has forgotten, hasn't
he? The old man, mean"
Yes" said Liny, Il think he has for
gotten"
Then the girl who was not American
enough TO shake hands with people in
the manner of the president of the
United States, put hand on each side
of Liny's face and kissed her quickly,
saving again: 81 didn't know you were
so good" Then she laughed and ran
and jumped into the carriage, and the
pony was turned around sharply.
And ever so many hearts were happy
on old Mr.. Daggett's glorious FOURTH
Louise X. Baker, in Housewife.
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reaching cnI,.es to Ienn.

1t is often great inconvenience when
il is found that a grown COW cannot be
led. but must be driven. The accom-
plishment is one that should always be
acquired in calfhood, and once learned
IT will never be forgotten. II there is
any pulling back while the calf is being
Taught its first lesson, some one behind
to urge ii forward will be needed. and
may be a turn of the rope around the
animals nose, so as 10 make halter
of ii. will be advisable to prevent the
calf breaking away from the leader. a
hole bored through the nose and ring
inserted win make the teaching of the
calf to be led still easier. The ring in
the nose is often a great convenience as
the animal grows older.
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confe.,,on Of q m,,,,on.,re.

A millionaire confessed the secret of his
success in two words hard work He said
he put in the best part of his life in gaining
dollars and losing health. and now he was
putting in the other half in spending dollars
to get back health Nothing equals Hostel.
ter's Stomach Bitters for restoring health
to the overtired body and brain. 1t gets at
the starting point--the stomach-and over
comes nervousness, sleeplessness, dyspepsia
and Indigestion.
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Eridence of IL.

81 think" he said. that my wife has
haIlucination that she was once rich
or an heiress or something.
"Why SOP they asked.
Because whenever she gets provoked
she insists upon saying that / never
loved her. And yet ! married her.
fsl1icaoo Post
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FOREST RESERVES.
Give Direct and Indirect BEN
effts to Agriculture.

If we admit that forestry is profitable
it is desirable to develop the best plan
of forest reservation, system which
would at the same time insure the per-
sonal interest in the forests themselves
by the people of the district and all the
direct and indirect benefits to agricul-
ture which the forest could give.
We're it desirable TO reserve one-halt
Of the good tillable land in forests, then
with homesteads of quarter section
each the reservation of alternate 40
acres would enable the forests TO most
completely protect the farming lands
and at the same time place the wooded
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EIectric Bells Rung by the sun

Prof. Torvald Kohl, of the 0dder OBJ.
servatory, Denmark, reports that when
the huge sunspot of September last was
crossing the solar meridian, magnifi-
cent auroral lights flashed across the
heavens, and the electric bells in The
great telegraph station at Frederick
rang without any visible cause. The
Geographic service in Denmark was dis
turbed for hours during the auroral dis
play. Prof. Kohl thinks that the agen-
CIV of the sun in producing the phe-
nomena was evident. Similar exhibit
tons of wireless telegraphy" between
the sun and the earth have been noted
in the Youths Companion.
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A gentleman lately dismissed a clever
but dishonest gardener. For the sake
of his wife and family be gave him a
character, and this is how he worded
it: Il hereby certify that A. B. has
been my gardener for over two years,
and that during that time he got more
out of my garden than any man ever
employed - Iit-Bits.
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FEEDING THE CALVES.
An EasiIy-Constructed and EcOnom-
icaI Arrangement for Keep
ing Them Apart.

Where one has more than two or
three calves in pen, some arrange
ment must be made to keep them apart
while being fed. The accompanying il
lustration shows my plan. The upper
part is stanchion with the openings
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Descriptive Heading.-"Pm in trouble
again. said the new reporter Here's a
story of debate at the deaf and dumb In
stitute. What head shall | put on it?''
That's easy" suggested the snake editor.
make it 'Hand-to-H Hand Contest Cath.
Ole Standard and Times
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sYh.eoucn,Iv Conarmcd

81 always form my opinion of man
from my impression at first sight OF
him." observed Rivers, land seldom
have to change it. Now, that fellow
who has just gone QUIT took an in
slant dislike TO him when he came in,
and nothing win ever make me think
differently of him."
~ noticed he had bill against you, y
remarked Brooks. Chicago Tribune.
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"a man in 10 Dayiess county sent two
dollars to New York for the purpose of
finding out how to make a hundred dollars
a day
And did he find out?n
Yes He received letter containing a
slip on which these words were printed .
Get a job in a mint Chicago Times
Herald
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B. Y. p. U. Convention. Richmond, Va,
July llth, 18th, 18th. Cheap side trips to
Washington, New York and Seashore Re
sorts. Address j. G. Tucker, g. n. A, Big
Four Route, Chicago.
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An Emergency

Mrs. Sleeper Henry. if you do not
arise and kill that mosquito he will
keep me awake all night with his sing
ing.
Mrs. Sleeper-Yes, and if | do Ill
awaken the baby. who'll keep me awake
all night with his singing Judge.
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Hospital Nurse Ito mangled victim of
aecident)-I understand that the der
rick fell ten stories TO the pavement.
Mangled Victim tweakly)-I was I'M
der that impression.--Th Rival.
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Do Your Feet Ache ana Burna

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot Ease,
a powder for the feet. 1t makes tighter New
Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions,
Swollen, Hot, Callous, Sore, and Sweating
Feet. All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell
it, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address,
Allen 8. Olmsted. LIE Row. n. Y.
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Sonny said Uncle Eben, lookout fob
deshere proverbs Dey tells you dar's books
in de runnin brooks, but don't you imagine
you's gwinter git yoh education goin' in
swimmin Washington Star.
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Hieks-"Does your wife ever ask you for
money!" Wicks-"Never" Hicks-"She
must be wonder" WicEs-"But she fire.
quently tells me to give her some. Boston
Transcript.
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Do not allow the bull to run with the
herd in the pasture. Arrange yard or
pasture that can be made secure by a
heavy. high fence.
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pIa,n nu.lne.. propo.it,on.

THE state can get more out of her
convict labor by placing it on the pub
lie roads than in any other way, and
would be decidedly more profitable to
letting them remain in jail in idleness, =
says the New smyrna (Fla.) Breeze.
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Cash or stamps will get you fine battle
field map or deck Of most beautiful scenic
playing cards. Address, W. e. Conklyn
n. w. p. A., c. & o. Ry., 234 Clark, Chicago
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God help me to keep from under the
thumb of the man who rigidly observes the
letter of the law, but who has no coneep-
ton of its spirit.-Virginia Etehings.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

Nodd-rm worried about my baby.
She isn't very precocious.
Todd Give her time. Remember,
she must learn to creep before she can
play golf.-Puck
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'fSeribbler has had a story accepted at
last" rs it possible?" "Yes. IIe went
home late last night with an awful yarn,
and his wife believed it. philadelphia Bull
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Uneasy lies the head that wears a
crown" Guess So Any fool ought to know
better than to lie down with crown on his
head.-Virginia Etchings.
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Just as Good-Yeast- "Did you ever take
any Of those mud baths?" Crimsonbeak-
well, | ran for office once. "-Y onkers
Statesman.
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Some persons chew chewing-gum and
some eschew chewing ehewing-gum. One
may chew or eschew chewing just as one
chooses.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
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We do not always realize what privilege
it is to be able to work--just to have the
strength and vitality to take up our tasks
day after day.-Boston Watchman.
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Her Advantage.
Thirty Cents

What is the need OF women proposing
when they can make men do il and then
fling it up 70 them all through lfe?-N. Y
Press
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strrchnIne.

The taste of strychnine can be de-
tected when one grain is diluted with
100000 parts of water.-Cincinnati En-
qCirer.
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Bill-"That fellow has some very good
ideas" Jill--"Yes; he must have lot of
bright friends "-Y onkers Statesman.
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Lord Rakeleigh My descent dates
bacl. 500 years.
Miss Gothamme-What long time,
And it seems to have been very steep
one. too.-N. Y. World.
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HIS way.

Ikenstein--Vat would you do oaf Fortune
vas to knoog at your door?
Grabbenheimer-Pu her in undt sell her
Something's Puck