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ere Mr. I"eyton. soothingly,, yet with a
CSAPT> R plaintive ring in hie voice' that might
e but a wornan'a Tea- suggest thhe idea of hie- being eorry
have : ether I that such anawert mut be made, ,1
I think him so became) I think Inlet 1p1 Pure Horace is very much t o be
' so,'' kqt .
Shakespeare, - "Hew you say net 1"—reproachfully,
meeting '"It sounds untrue 1 Yet it can't be, •e Where tri is papa a she asks; xn What could any one say' against
fano of th0 servants m the sell. Bear.What
ace?' herb n .'
ing he is out, and will not be back the "May bdoer cueald nothIngkt. Youeaid
same time, ebe, too,' turns again to h Dorian but, his superior."
open door; and, as though the house is „Well I think hes the better mann
too small to contain all the thoughts of the two,"says Mr. Peyton, deep
that throng her breast, she walks out ately, hardly knowing what to say,and
the feeleasorely aggrieved in that he is
inthe air again and pewee thoughto compelled to say what must hurt her,
pardon, where autumn, kindly "3. cannot understand yyeu' you say
is touchingprejudicial w: in its advances, you' know nothm, preju cis to .¢gr-
elid plow impossible
evgrytlihng with the hand of death. yet (ou think Dorianthebetter)'man
y why should
Heavily hangs the broad h so essay ; If he has' done no wrong, W draw
Over its grave 1, the earth so chit y • any one be a better man? by
Heavily. hangs the hollyhock, the comparison at all? For the first
Heavily hangs the tiger lily time in all your We you are unjust."
"'No, Clarissa, I em not. At least, I
think not. Injustice is a vile thing
But, somehow, Bartoris and I had both
made up our minds that you would
Marrery Dorian, and--"
Erongee.
"Then your only objection to poor
Horace is that he is not Dorian 1" asks
she, anxiously letting her hand rest
upon his shoulder.
Well, no doubt there is a great deal,
in that," returns he, evasively, hard' put
to it to answer his inquisitor with
discretion;
And if Dorian had never been,
Horace would be the one person in all
the world you would desire for me?"
pursues she, earnestly.
George Peyton makes no reply to
this, perhaps because he has not one
ready. Clarissa, stepping back, draws
her breath a little quickly, and a dark
fire kindles in her eyes. In her
eyes, too, large tears rise and shine.
It because he is poor," she says,
in a low tone that has some contempt
in it, and some passionate disappoint-
ment.
"Do not mistake me," says ber fath-
er, speaking hastily,but with dignity.
Basing, he pushes back his chair, and
turning, faces her in the gathering
twilight. "Were he the poorest man
alive, and you loved him, and he was
worthy of you, I would give you to him
without a murmur. Not that "—bur-,
riediy—" I consider Horace unworthy
of you, but the idea is new, strange,
and—the other day, Clarissa, you were
a child."
" I am your child still—always." She
is sitting on his knee now. with her
With a sigh she ,,nits her beloved
garden, and wanders still further
into the deep woods that " have put
their glory on," and are dressedin
tender russets, and sad greens,
nd
fading tints, that meet and melt into
each other.
The dry leaves are falling, and lie
crackling under foot. The daylight is,
fading, softly, imperceptibly, but surely, 9
There is yet a glow from the depart-
ing sunlight, that, sinking lazily be-
yond the distant hills, tinges with gold
the browning earth that in her shroadud
of leaves is lying.
But death,or pain, or oorrow, has no
part with Clarissa. She is quite bap-
py,—utterly content. She marks not,
the dying of the year, but rather the
beauty of the sunset. She heeds snot,
the sullen roar of the ever-increan
g
streamlets, that winter will swell into
small but angry rivers ; hearing only
the songs of the sleepy birds as they
croon their night -songs in the boughs
above her. and twi-
light
an hour has passed,
light has come up and darkened all
the land, she goes back again to her
home, and, reaching the library looks
in, to find her father sitting there, en-
grossed as usual with some book,which
be is carefully annotating as he reads• arms round his neck, and her cheek
" Are you very busy?" asks erre'' against his ; and he is holding her svelte
earning slowly up to him. I want to lissome figure very closely to biro. She
be with you for a little while." is the one thing he has to love on
" That is right. I am never too busy aearth rth;ba da ostn now
pashe see ear un-
to
to talk to you. Why, it is quite an him
age since last I saw you l—not since Always, my dear," he reiterates,
breakfast; where have you been all somewhat unsteadily.
<lay
1' " You have seen so little of Horace
You are apet," said Miss Peyton, lately," she goes on, presently trying
to find some comfortable reason for
in a loving whisper. rubbing her cheek what seems to her her father's extra -
tenderly against his, as a reward for ordi�yyblindness
yondniessee ao her lover
dews of him.
hhis pretty speech. " I have been at the you will love him! As it is, darling,
vicarage, and havepleaded Georgia's do—do sayy you like him very much, or
cause so successfully that I have won
it, and have made them half in love
"00 you know," she says, "When I
told Ilcraoe I thought1.alapuld like Sir
James te, know of our engagement, I
really think ho felt a little i;leal0u 1
At least, he didn't half like it, IioWab-
surd 1 --wasn't it 1 lfanoy being jeelpua
of dear old Jim I" of that.
"C1d1—o1d1' He is a hang way
Why, all you silly little gide think e
Man past twenty-nine to he boverin
on the brink of the grays, He capper
NS more than thirty-three, or so,
'$o is very dreadfully old, for all
that,' says Miss Peyton, wilfully. for,
is positively ancient; I never knew any-
one so old. He is so prefound, and
earnest, and serious, and---,
' What on earth has he done to you
that you should call him all these ter-
rible mattes?" says Mr. Peyton, laugh -
' He scolds we," says 'Clarissa, " He
lectures me, and toile me I should have
i
an aim n life. You, have been my aim,
darling, a d I have been devoted to at,
haven't I
"You have, indeed, dlut now'I shall
bo out in the Bold, 00 course. His
is somewhat wistful. "That is all one
gains by lavishing one's affection upon.
a pretty child and. centering one's every
thought and hope anon her."
"No, you are wrong there; it mint
be something to gain love that will
Last forever." She tightens her 'arm
around his neck. 'What a horrid lit-
tle speech I I could almost fancy James
dictated it to you, He is askeptic, an
unbeliever,' and you have imbibed his
notions. Cynical people are 'a bore.
You wouldn't, for example, have me
fall in love . with James, would you?"
Indeed I would." says George Pey-
ton, boldly. "He is jut the one man
I would ehooso for you,—' not Launcelot
nor another.', He is so genuine, so thor-
ough in every wayAnd then the es-
tates join, and that. I really wish you
bad fallen in love with Sorope."
I love you dearly,—dearly," says
Miss Peyton; 'but you are a dreadful
goose I Tames is the very last man to
grow sentimental about any one,
least of all, me. He thinks me 01 no
account at all, and tells me so in very
polite language occasionally. Soyou
see what a fatal thing it would have
been if I had given my heart to him.
have died, and you would have.. put up
a toughing and elaborate tablet to my
memory, and somebody, would have
planted snowdrops,on my grave.
There would have een a tragedy in
Pullingham, with Jim for its hero•"
You take a different view of the
case from mine. I believe there would:
have been no broken heart, and no early
grave, and you would have been happy
ever after.'
"That is a more, comfortable theory,
certainly, for me. But think whata
miserable life he would have had with
me forever by his side."
"A very perfeot life, I think," says
Mr. Peyton, looking with pardonable
pride upon the half -earnest, half -laugh -
nag, and wholly lovely faze so near him.
"Idon'tknow what more any fellow
could expect."
"You see I was right. I said you were
a goose," says MissPeyton,•irreverent-
ly. But she pats his hand, in the very
sweetest manner possible, as she says it.
Then she goes on:
Horace .said he would come up to-
morrow to speak to you."
"Very well. dear. That is the usual
thing, I suppose. I hope he won't be
longwinded, or lachrymose, or anything
that way. When a thing is done it is
done, and discussion is so unnecessary."
Promise me to be very, very kind
to trim."
I shan't eat him, if you mean that,"
says Mr. Peyton, half irritably. "What
do you think I am going to say to him?
'Is thy father an ogre, that he should
do this thing ?' But have you quite
made up your mind to this step? Re-
member, there will be no undoing it."
I know that, but I feel no fear.' She
has grown pale again. I: love him.
How should I know regret when with
him? I believe in hear, and trust him ;
and I know he is worthy of all my
trust,"
Mr. Peyton sighs. Some words come
to his memory, and he repeats them to
himself, slowly, beneath his breath,—
"There are no tricks in plain and sim-
ple faith!"
Truly her .faith is pure end simple,
and free from thought of guile.
I wonder what James Scrape will say
to it all?" he says, presently.
"He never says very math on any
subject, does he? If you are going over
to the Hall, will you tell him about it ?"
' No; tell him yourself," says her fa-
ther, in a curious tone.
"There is the dressing -bell," says
Clarissa, getting up lazily. " I don't
feel a bit like eating my dinner, do
you know?"
Nonsenses The love-sick role won't
suit you. And people who don't eat
dinner get pale, and lose all their pretty
looks.. Run away, now, and don't be
long. I feel it would be injudicious to
put cook into a tantrum again to -night,
after last night's explosion. So go and
make yourself lovely."
' I'll do my best," says Clarissa, mod-
estly.
(To Be Continued.)
with her already."
A special pleader, indeed. Diplom-
acy is your forte; you should keep to
it."
"I mean to: I shouldn't plead in
vain with you, should I? She has
grown somewhat earnest.
" Oh I with me I" says her father,with
much self-contempt ; I have given up
all that sort of thing, long ago. I know
bow much too much you are for me,
and I am too wise to swim against the
tide. Only I would entreat you to be
merciful as you are strong."
What a lot of nonsenseyou do
talk, you silly boy 1" says Clarissa, who
is still leaning over his chair in such a
position that he cannot see her face.
Perhaps could he have seen it, be
might have noticed how pale it is be-
yond its wont. " Well, the Redmonds
seemed quite pleased, and I shall write
to Georgie to -morrow. It will be nice
for her to be here, near me. It
may keen her from being lonely and
unhappy.'
'Yell, it ought," says George Pey-
ton. "What did the vicar say ?"
The vicar always says just what I
FAY" replies she, a trifle saucily, and
^wit`h a quick smile.
"Poor man 1 bis is the common lot," was a little lisping motherless child.
says her father and than, baliov'ing He calls her by all the endearing names
she has said all she wants to say. and be had used to her than, until her sobs
being filled with a desire to return to tease, and only a sigh, now and again,
his books and his notes, he goes on: tells of the storm Suet past.
"So that was the weighty matter you When is it to be?" he asks•bar,after
wanted to discuss, eh? Is that aIlyour a little while. Not too soon, my pet,
news? I hoppee?
Not quite," returns she, in a low Not for a whole year. Ile said
tone.o 1 You are rich in conversation something about November, but I.
could not leave you in such a burry,
this evening. Who is it we are now We must have one more Christmas
to criticise 2" all to ourselves."
"The person you love best,—1 hope." " You thought of that," be says, ten-
"
"Why, that will be you," says George derly. ""013, Clarissa, I hope this thing
Peiyton. is for your good. Think of it seriously,
You are sure?" says Clarissa, a lit- earnestly while you have time. Do
tie tremulously ;and then her father not rush blindly into a compact that
turns in his chair and tries to read must be binding on you all your life."
her face. I hope it will be for all my life, re -
No ; stay just as you are' I can turns she, gravely. "To be parted from
tell you better if you do not look at Horace would be rho worst thing that
me," she whispers, entreatingly, 1:80VV could befall me. Always remember
ing him with her hands back to his that, papa. I am bound to him with
former position. all my heart and soul."
"What is it, Clarissa 0" he asks, has- "So be it 1" George Peyton, sol -
the though he is far from suspecting emnly. A sigh says es gimp
the truth. Some faint thought of James For some time neither speaks, The
hima (why he knows not) comes to twilight is,giving piece to deeper gloom,
him at this lme,moment, and not unihing. the night is fast approaebing, yet they
t. "Tell mo, darling. necessity,
do notg stir. What the girl's 'thoughts
that cnnme you, mut, of necessity, may be al this moment, who can say ?
concern mo stagy As for her father, he is motionless, ex -
Yes, I am glad I know thatc she cant that hie. lips move, though no sound
bays, speaking with sonde difficulty. comes from them. He in secretly, prav
but very earnestly. To -day I met ing, perhaps, for the welfare of his only
Honore Hse face
es a little childto her mother in heaven, who at
Yes? His face ahang this time must surely be looking down
from vagus expectancy to distinct dis- u��gon her with tenderest solicitude.
appointment ; but thea she cannot see Clarissa puts her lips softly to hie ceek.
Ins "Our engagement will be such a long
"' And he asked me to be his wife one, and we think—"
and—:[ said, Yes—if—if it piecses Yes?"
you, papa." " We should like it kept quite secret.
It is over. The dreaded announce- You will say nothing about it to any
Ment is made. The words that have ono 2'
Bost her so mush to utter have gone Not until you give me leave. You.
out into the air; and yet there is in have acted Wisely, I think, in putting
a Fa over. off' your Marriage for while." ' Al-
For
l
Fora full minute silence reigns, and Most unconsciously he le telling himself
ten. Clarissa lays her hand implotin how time changes all things, and how
iy upon her father's shoulder. He is many plans and affeetabns can be al -
red straight before him, tris ox tered n0 twelve months.
premien troubled and grave, his mouth
eo"But surely you will tell James
npreseed.
Speak to me," says Clarissa; entreat=' Scrope," he goes an after h while: that
inrly, After this he does speak. will riot be making it public. He has
" I wish it had been Dorian, he says, known you and been ; fond of jou ever
impulsively. since you were a baby ; and it seams
Then se takes her hand from his unciviland Unfriendly to keep him in
shoulder, as though it can no; 08 01r' the dark.
tell him; but no one also now
rest there in ..comfort, and her eyes fill papa, 14uito arranged Por eemee, be
with disappointed voted tears• P g
Why do you say that ? she asks, is moll an old friend, and so nits in
with some vehemence. "It sound, as every way,
if—as if you undervalued Horaeel Hera te'gmiles involuntarily,
Yet what reason have' yen, for doing after a tittle bit, leapoutright,
Y
hirn?' m spite of herself, as though at some
so' "`What do sem know tho,mat
Nothing, literally nothing,:' answy ridiculous recollection. „
you will reek my Saar
I like him very much," replies he,
obediently, repeating his lesson meth-
odically, while feeling all the time that
he is being compelled to say something
against his will, without exactly know-
ing why he should feel so.
And you are quite pleased that I
m.
agoin to marry him']" reading his
face with her clear eyes ; she is very
pale, and strangely nervous.
My ,darling, my one thought is for
Your happiness." There is evasion
mixed with the affection in his speech;;
and Clarissa notices it.
"No; say you are glad I am going to
=tarryhim," she says, remorselessly.
Bow can you expect me to say that,"
exclaims he, mournfully. " when you
know your wedding day must' part
08 1"
"Indeed it never shall!" cries she,
vehemently; and then, overcome by
the emotion of the past hour, and indeed
of the whole day, she gives way and
bursts into tears. "Papa, how can you
say that ? To be parted from you! e
must be the same to each other always:
my wedding day would be a miserable
one indeed if it separated me from
you."
en he comforts her fondly caress-
ing the pretty brown head that lies
upon his heart, as it had lain in past
years, when the slender girl of to -da^
PRACTICAL :FARMING,
Tullereulosls and Cpntlnupus Stable
ing,
Now that cold weather has nein come
the cows will be stabled much .of the
time by every good dairyman,; .writes
lair. E, 1:, Rockwood, Some good daily -
Men will stable there all the tole from
now until spring, On general principles,
the practice will involve conditions net
exactly conducive to the moat • perfeot
health of the animals, for in most sta-
bles very little if any attention is paid
to ventilation, the cows thus being fare -
ed to breathe over and ever their own
exhalations, If ventilation is supplied,
it is most commonly through feed chutes
or holes in the floor which allew the
stored fodder above to become' filled
with the vitilieting odors.
T' know that with the average stable
there is ample means of ventilation sup -
by way of cracks and crevices, far
too ample, indeed, This kind of stab],
ing, however, does not commonly belong
to the class of dairymen who stable
their cows entinuously. They are of the
progressive, up-to-date variety who re
alize the wastefulness of having this
kind of ventilation. But in their zeal
to shut out the cold,' do they provide in
lieu of this method of crack ventilation
another and a better one? While some
may, many, I fear; do not.
Proper ventilation' means to carry off
entirely all foul air, not by openings in
the floor above, but by pipes or ventila-
ting shafts outside the building entirely,
introducing fresh air in the same way.
Now in my mind breathing vitiated
air continuously, which is unavoidable
in any but a sable with strictly sani-
tary methods of ventilation, is one great
(salsa of tuberculosis. It is most often
found in highly bred: animals, those
which have been pampered and fed to
extreme limits on concentrated., food.
These animals are most often the pro-
perty of men who pride themselves on
taking the best care of their stook
whose barns are built after the most
approved and up-to-date manner. I have
not statistics to prove it, but is it not a
fact that it is also most commonly
foundin herds which are continuously
stabled?
Stables_absolutel free from:odors
are rarely found. 1t is next to impos-
sible to confine a number of animals
in a warm stable and keep the air pure
and sweet.
Mind, I am not saying it cannot be
done, but I; do say that there' are very
few that accomplish it. A cow may keep
in_perfect health tied in her stall .from
fall :to spring, but does it look reason-
able that it was as healthful all around
as to allow her to breathe the outside
air once in awhile? . When we have
been confined to the houseforseveral
days how bracing and health -giving it
is to step out of doors and fill our lungs
with pure, fresh air. It is an actual
necessity if we would enjoy good health.
The advocates of continuous stabling Study your business and give your
claim that exercise is not necessary to flocks a great deal of your time and at -
notse in the ease of a. cow, yet I • can- teatime. A great author ones said:
not see why a cow alone of all seer- , ,.Shepherds are born, not made."
creatures is exempt from the genes-
IzCEMl6E t 20, 1.900
whop cold weather oomes the growth thle fleece may be constant and ra- 1I1f\`1+ ry`1"Pi, 0 he gtst care is demanded to
of 1111I ON[{
Slll ll lu kl ,
fatten is Poor sheep in the winter, and
it.iy oquality toe smith clip smith and as ---
o y wool froth it es might ITEMS OP INTEREST ABOUT THE
have been dyne' had it been in good BUSY YANKEE.condition before winter began.
The first thing to he done is to divide
or purpose. In most cases a division in- 01 Moment and girth gathered from MM Mx
your sheep into titmice according to. 0.50 Neighborly Interestln lila Dotage -Matter*
to four flocks will be auffioient, viz - Dally Record.
lambs, Yearlings, ' breeding ewes and The Germans of the United States
those desired to be fatted for lata number three millions.
spring market, Themshould Burglar-oof oars are now rying
separated from the othersras at ail timgbes, the inaiLs' bpretween New York carand St•
when not in use. .Gouts,
The Sebool Board of St. Josepb,
Tho locating and arranging of a@hoop- has voted t0 cape1 any boy who emoitoa
house are important faotora to bo taken oigalettes.
into conejdoretion. Locate on dry ground In Triggs county, Kentxaky, Mr. J.
and underdrain the Hoer well with,tile J, Thomas grew an apple that weighed
or dribble stone to provide against aur- a pound and ten ounces..
f ,ce water dining frepziggg and thawing In the Birmingham district, Alabama.
periodi, .Phe sheep lots• sloe Lewd be': sup- there are 19,000 morn men at Wprk teal
plied with a stream of lhving water, Ice at this' time last year,
water is injurious to abeep. Here is aThe telegraph wires used in the Un -
brief plan fora good end convenient itad,Statgs would go round the world
shee -,house that will apcommodate 200 something like 112teon times.
head of: sheep. This plan ie tor four Plailadel bia makes its own gas at
flocks of cheap, no difference how much p
they varyin number, and it can be the cost of 77 cents a thousand feet,
made to ccommodate more sheep by and' ht m sold to coneumers at $1.2
adding to length, only,• wbioh does not Pennsylvania produces 100,000.000 tons
disarrange plan of division:. Size of of coal every year -more than half the
building 28x40 feet. two story . with output of the entire country. ,
room above for hay. Plant three par- hall in
allel rows of stone pillars 6 in a rowThe largest the United States
row, The
Chicago•
par -
projecting above level of floor one foot; wbiohissaid willtobse eatthe 20,000waspemc,tatinors.,
the second row 14 feet from the filett. Mrs. Lizzie M, (Frost, of Monmouth,
and, the third 14 feet •from the socon Me,, runs a grist mill. She turns on
The length of the building should ex-. ower" and watches, the maphinerY
tend east and west. Place 18 posts on
while her husband writes poems•
the stone pillars 6 feet high, for upper Aman nWalker found hoar 5e- "
named .
sins to rest atop. 'This does away' withrecentl -a buried mark -
lower sills, which area nuisance. The brae, Ky.,y, jug
u er storymay be built to suit the ed by a ramrod sticking above' the
boiplder; btter make it large enough. ground. It contained, 5500 in godld.
Inthe center' make a portable rack An enterprising butcher on Thirav-
8x8 feet, 6 1-2 feet high. From this enue, New York, has a piano in the ,
rack to center of each end and side make back of his shop upon wbioh a. colored
portable ,racks; this will divide the, maw plays popular tunes every night.
floor into four equal, divisions, which At the age of ninety-eight,. Mrs. Ann
may be changed by shifting the .racks. Featherstone, of Columbus, 0., has just
The hay can be thrown from above into cut a large tooth. This performance was,
the squarerack, from thereinto the preceded; by an illness of three weeks.
division reeks. Make two doors ataon
A spar 114 feet long without a knot
end, wide enough to drive a wagon or blemish, 48 inches in diameter mann,
through ;'then you wilt have two drive- big end 29 inches at the small end, was
ways' from end t nswe to remove manf run into Lake Whatcom, Wash.. re-
Telegraphof communication with Mil -
Make two sheep lot§ at each end and. ford; N.Y., was out off for four hours
the sheep cannot get under the eaves. the other day' by a tame 'bear, ;which,
Redtop or.other good hay, with corn and after. clhnbing a telegraph pole, tore
oats mixed, is the universal Toed and down the wire.
sheep will, do well on it. hes . A Minnesota judge was due in court
A ration. for 100 head of s at a town some miles distant. He ad-
2pks: of equal bulk of corn and oats and. Journed a referred case , to the car,
00 lbs. of hay, ' ono -third fed a the heard evidence en route, and granted
morningand best
in the evening• thepetition before getting off the train.
Stock diest best at night. ;Make a salt t has been raised in frui
box for each flock of sheepesimilar to one So much season that the local
described' for cattle but much smaller. California this
Mix 1 lb, of sulphur with 101bs. of salt markets have been glutted, and in San
and.. keep the boxes well supplied with Francisco tons of melons, pears and
the same. Permit sheep to run out or plums have been thrown into the sea,
fn during the day if it is not raining or According to the latest and most corn -
snowing. Sheep .can stand cold, but not plots estimatesthe American women
ton much wet. Keep the stable clean who have married foreigners . of title
and well bedded with stubs. Feed grain and rank within theast twenty-five
in the lots if our use common troughs..years have taken to Europe 5133,393,-
y000.
Mark Twain has Seen quite a prolifka
inventor. His first .patent, taken out
in 1871, was a strap for s P g
trousers. He has been assignee of
quite a number of patents, several of
recant. date.
A young Swede, going by the: name
of Charles Haydensen, who has been
employed as a farm hand in the neigh-
borhood of Henderson, Ky., for six
years, was discovered last week to 'be.
a woman.
J. Pierpont Morgan, the chief of the
syndicate which supplied. the United
States with gold in exchange for bonds.
began life as a clerk with the New York
banking firm of Duueate •6herman &lOo.
The -new -MS -hatchery, ball,an one
of the islands in the Sault rapids, to.
Michigan, will be the finest in the
world when completed. It will have
a capacity of 45,005,000 whitefish and
5,000;000 trout. '
Bears are reported to be mora numer-
ous in the Okefenokee swamp, Georgia,
this 'ear than for many years. past.
Onofarmer living near the swamp had
,.sixteen bogs killed by bears within
seven' days recently.
One of the novel features of the Utah
constitution,just adopted, is a provi-
sion for trials by a jury of eight
members. 'Utah is the first state to
establish a court of recordury with
leas than the traditional twelve aurora.
A party of `miners fromthe Yukon
iRver mines of Alaska arrived at Port
Townsend last week with their pockets
bulging with nuggets and gold dust.
They
rhad esult from
tw 1'Y ars at the anines.
The Arion Fish 'Company, of Duluth,
Minn., has begun a suit against the
Canadian Government to recover heavy
damages for the confiscation of a lot of
netting which the company claims was
ine American 'waters at the time of the
seizure.
Ten years ago, only, the logs in Wis-
feeolurfoilfttf averaged
four or
tweveti
and even twenty logs are required
furni4h as' much. In five years 1
decrease in diameter of the pixie tr
cut for lumber has been 35 per ce
Master, is it Thou 7
ally accepted fact that it is.
Now, so firm is My belief that contin-
nous stabling is in a great degree re-
sponsible for the prevalence of tubercu-
losis in highly bredherds, that if Iown-
ed any animals which were too delicate
to be turned out during pleasant weath-
er, even in mid -winter, for a breathing
for the should
ho e at
tand buy they blankets wd
go.
The fact that a cow wants to go back
in her stable as soon asreleased is no-
thing to go by. She is not supposed to
know what is best for her. So will a
horsereturn voluntarily to his tread-
mill,
readmill,' if he bas been kept in it long,
enough to establish the habit.
Horse Notes.
If your horse refuses a second feed,
take him out of work and give him good
care and nursing, even if you do not
medicate him. It is a mistake to work
a sick animal.
When your horse goes lame from a
sprain of either muscle, ligament' or ten-
don, give him rest till he fully recov-
ers.
The expense in developing a trot-
ting horse's speed and the enormous ex-
pense
x
A goal set free came trembling through
the night,
And stood all naked, in the; judgment
light,
"Alas,' she cried, " so pressed with life
was I,
No space 2 found to teaoh me how to
die.
Unshriven I come ; I was so full of
care,
No time had I for permenee or, for
prayer.
I dwelt where men wereinsuch evil
case,
wof`ul eyes still held me to my
place.
Nor did I heed my garment's fret or
stain,
If`so, I might a little ease their pain.
And scarce my thought.. from haunting
care could stay
To say at morn: ' Ah, Lord, another
y ,
Bat flying still, and followed hard by
fear,
I loved and toiled and waked to find
me here.
Then round the naked soul the judg-
ment light
Grew, like a lily's bloom,, to garments
White.
And a new dawn of rapture and sur-
prise
Shone through the doubt and sorrow
of her oyes.
As a voice whispered: Since thou
didst not fear
To drink my cup en earth',, tine share
it ;here l"
And gazing on a face, unknown till
naw,
She cried, exultingly, "Master, is it
'Thea?"
Good taste is the 'flower of good anise.
Rdinealot.
pens attending the campaigning of bite,
make it an,unprofitable business
times out of ten.
Every farmer and stock raiser should
own a pair of pinchers, a raspand draw-
ing knife for cutting and shaping his
colts' hoofs.
Before a colt is driven he should wear
the bitting harness not less than three
weeks.
Now -a -days very few farmers make
Money raising speed horses ; it costs al-
together too much money to develor
them.
If your animals are kept warm less
food will be required to fatten them.
Thousands of horses, cattle, sheep and
hogs are not supplied, with enough water
during the winter months. Water is
the cheapest food you can furnish them,
Do not waste good feed' in feeding
stock that are wormy, but eradicate the
worms and you will get good results
from your feed.
If y you keep your stook dry and Olean
Heaythy. ill thrive better and be more
Do not allow your stock to stand in
wet, filthy places ; by ao doing you will
prevent many eases of foot disease.
Regularity in feeding and milking will
be found quite profitable to rho farmer
and cost him nothing ; try it, '
Clean your bee roosts once every two
everythirty
days during weatherot,andonce eve y
Human Saerlfiees in Russta..
" The sacrifice of human lives under
certain conditions is still ,a custom in
certain parts of Russia; says Prof.
James F. Jenkins, M. ID. "Attempts
by the Government to put, a etc, to the
practice have thus far been in vain. It
prevails among a sect known as the
Tshukshem,' not fax from Yakootsk.
Old people who have lived beyond the
Biblical allotment and sick ones tired of
life offer themselves for sacrifice. When
one of these characters decides to 'offer
himself up' he sends word to all his
relatives, friends and neighbors, who
then visit him and try to persuade him
to change his intentions, but all to no
purpose,- Ho chooses the manner in
which he shall die, and he is killed with
great ceremony. The'body is then taken
to a crematory near:by, where it is re-
duced to ashes, which are carefully pre-
served, in an urn..of silver by the rela-
tives. During the cremation the rela-
tives pray to the spirits, begging them
to guard the lives of those mortals still
left on earth. This custom has been
followed by the sect for centuries."
British Columbia Fruit,
The capabilities of British Columbia
as a fruit -growing country have long
been recognized, but so far - the want
of a market has been felt, During the
last season, however, a considerable
sale was obtained in Manitoba and the
Territories. The growers in the Fraser
River Valley, have formed themselves
into an association, and at the annual'
meeting there Was a comparison of,
notes. Rhubarb found a ready sale,
and it was determined to grow 'more
of it. A number of the members bound
themselves to devote a portion of their
land to it next year, so that it could be
sent out in larger quantities. During
the season there was shipped to the
North-West :-Fifty, tons of plums, 71-2
tons strawberries, 1 1-2 tons ?cherries,
1 1-2 tons rhubarb, besides smaller lots
of apples; currants, blackberries and
gooseberries. The C.P.R. received, over
52,000 for carrying this fruit.
Ratlrvay Between Russia and Persia
Persia is about to be prbvided with a
new railroad. The line is being engine-
ered by the Czar's officials, and con-
structed. by means of Muscovite capital.
It is to have its base, at the Russian port
of Baku, which is connected with the
entire Russian railroad system, and is
to extend across the plain of Mogan to
the frontier station of Dulfa, , Whence
it will proceed southward to the great
b way o Kazvin, it continues t
The Rev. Dr. Braun, motor of
Agnes' parish, New York, is one of t
wittiest divines in the Catholic church.
When asked' what he thought of the
movement to rename the Episcopal
Church, he said: It's; rather `late, I
should think, to baptize the child of.
Henry VIII..
Samuel Staples,•a sober citizen of Deer
Isle, in the prohibition State of Maine,
avers that the ether day:be dug out.
of one post, hole 259 snakes of various
kinds and sizes. There were green and
striped and brown snakes, and they
measured from two and a half inches
to eighteen inches in length.
weeks and whitewash once b sty A Waterous steam engine, manufac-
h r Persian city of Tabreez. From there,
Lured in St. Paul,- threw a stream a
sixty days in winter, y L disbt2ic of 302 feet horizontally, a few
Teheran whence branches aro to be con- n The tort was made through
Farmers are not particular enough struoted to the. great pilgrim resort of days Eta
o.
inking w their animals with Meshed, on the north-east frontier, and 'a 21-2 mora hose with la 11-8 inch nor -
clean drinking water. Many times die metropolis, 1s ahan, in zle.
on
case is taken into the system by drink- to the ancient, P P ,
in impure water. the South. Apart this from the political Death came , to Frederick Thbmps
7 he nos-
short-leggeed, chunky, coin sot- consequences of line, the practical of San Francisc0,, 1 a bootblack's place.
built, high ste ping cob Boras, a out g up of a great country so rich He was sitting
p pq and et ao undeveloped a on one of the mem streets o th 'ty,
15.1 and to wet h from' 900 to 1,025 lbs., h 11ood shined when heart
sells for the+ inghest price at the pres-
ent
res- Th end ca o so
anytime in American cities ; it pays. well
to tame thein.
English horse buyers prefer to ha; i
white markings on horses that they
ship across the Atlantic. 'Solid. colors
especially, blacks, do not sell well and
are seldom imported.
Running horses are much more pro-
fitable to gamblers than harness, hors-
es, The expense in educating and cam-
paigning trotters is twice as great am
that of the race:borse.
Horses weighing from fifteen toeigh-
teen hundred pounds cell for good
prices. in Cleveland market,
00 not breed sound mares to unsound
stallions; if you do you will lose money,
Winter Care of Sheep.
Sheep should be healthy and in good
condition before Wintai begins, that
3.11
s Persia can
not fail to 'prove of immense 'interest
to trade and 'industry in every part of
the civilized world.
Wanted higures,
He—',Chen everything is freed, and we
can bo married in May, cant we?
She—There is only bne thing I have
not spoken of, and mamma insisted that
I must.
He—Certainly, my angel. What is
it? Bid me go through' any trial for
your dear sake, and 1'11 de it. Ask for
the golden fleece, and if such a thin
is in existence I'll get it, ay, even though
I Must swim the seas, climb the loftiest
peeks, or search in the taming eratatrl
of mighty,voleanoes, 211 db it.
She—It isn't. much, nay dear. Mamma
sail.Imust ask you how such you in-
tended to allow me 8 week for pin -money.
Ile---Um•-er-bow. 'much are Inns a
Panes' now?. ,. -,
' E a of
having is s ,
disease killed lhim. a iii
quietly that the bootblack didn't know
Lis customer was dead. The old ,man
was 75 years old:
Major Quinn, United States enteg o E 1.
insists that the lower' delta and th
marshes along the Gulf of Mexico are
slowly sinking. The level of the gnk.a.
has consequently' ,been raised ono footle
since 1877. The major believes that'
the subsidence i8 occurring throughout
the Mississippi delta. and M bo southern
portion of Loaisiana'
Monterey Bay, California, hos for sev-
eral, weeks, been swarming with all
kinds of fish. The surface of the wa-
tot is constantly stirred and churned
by the soh0ols of fish. Saltines are
so numerous that they are taught by
bucketfuls along thewharves aOl beach.
King mackerel Weighing' from 200 to
500 pounds have been (Alight in the