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W. V. HAN1M5US, I'ulilHlior.
NJ3MA1IA, - - - NKUHASKA.
OUT OF DATE.
When the nun every mornliiB IooJjh down
on tlio earth,
TIo Ih Htnlllng, iih much (is to pay:
"If ycHtotdny failed you In comfort and
mirth,
You can start In hrand-now with today,
For tho nlKhtn, Hko thick atirtalnr l'vo
huriK to exclude
Tho past from tho weary and weak;
Ho prythee, ho dnlntf, nor lltuter to brood
O'er tho troubles that hnppencd hist
week.
"There arc pages of pathoH and pages of
cheer,
To bo read In each Htory of life.
Wo'll eloBo tho old chapters and still per
sevcro Through love, or good fortune, or strife.
Though present ovoiits may provoko our
dismay,
A solaco 'tis easy to neck:
Iot tho lion drift away, you will soon
llnd that they
Aro but troubles that happened last
v week."
-Washington Htar.
SGXX52?X?X5ra?)(
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OUR BALCONY BOARDER. I
WHKN wc nlovcd out to Spring
Creek wu were, to tiny the
least, Imnl up. For yearn we hnd
been experimenting with life in the
city, mid Honioliow had made a fnil
uro of it financially. So we went
bnclc to tiie old farm life rigain, tired
enough of tho elty and it crowded,
dusty wnyH. Still, wo wanted to bo
in close touch with It, ho as to bo
nblo to drive in with our products,
which wero to bo fruit nuil vegeta
bles. Sinter and T counted over our lit
tle pile, all that remained after the
above mentioned experienced. It
amounted to $150. "Kent, ti horse,
scccIb, hired labor and our living' to
coino out of that," said my sister.
"It can't be done, Amy."
"Summer boarders would help," I
responded, laconically.
"So they would; and It's such a
dear littlo place, so retired and ro
innntlo around that old creek back
of the house; and yet It's so con
venient to town, with the new trolley
line right post the door and one fare
to the city."
Consequently, I had a taking little
uflvertiscmont inserted in tho Daily
Liar, ami wo were only fairly settled
in our "bird's nest of a cottage," us
sinter insisted on calling It, when
wo received a letter from a lady in
delicate health, a Mrs. Avery, ask
ing for particulars, which wero soon
given and a room forthwith engaged.
Jt was to bo the front room up
stairs (there were only two above),
und tho windows opened upon a small
balcony. Wo had lltted the room up
beautifully, really having put about
everything nice we had in that room
und the junior, leaving our own rooms
skimpy enough; but then, bless you,
-we wero going to get $0 a week for
board, and if the lady in delicate
health remained through July nnd
August (us she hinted in her letters
would bo tho case, If suited), it
lueuut n half year's rent paid on our
littlu place.
When Mrs. Avery got olT tho trolley
ear wo wero surprised to scjb a, rosy
cheeked littlo woman of about 30, who
looked tho picture of health and hap
piness excepting for u littlo sad look
in her eyes. She assured us she was
not very sickly (which wo easily be
lieved), and only needed a quiet rest
ing time nnd good nourishing food.
As wo lingered on tho veranda she
inquired how soon wo could go for
her trunk, which was now at the sta
tion two miles away. She hud a suit
cuso and a largo telescopo valise with
her.
"r brought all my summer things,"
bIio explained, "because I hoped to
like it hero very much."
"And it. won't bo our fault if you
don't," returned sister, as she started
for tho barn to harness tip old Flora,
our horso of all work.
Well, Mrs. Avery proved a queer
boarder. Sho was u little, slender
woman, with n retlned, sensitive face,
nnd you couldn't help bo surprised
nt tho way tho food set before her
disappeared. Such quantities of meat,
vegetables, fruit and everything! She
had most of her meals sent to her
room, and nothing ever came back.
Wo sent up half a chicken one day,
with nil the fixings, salad, cheese, a
plato of fresh biscuit und half a
cherry pio. Tho chicken bones alono
returned to tho kitchen.
"I see no profit in this summer
boarder," remarked my sister, with a
comical lifting of her brows.
"Hut she's so littlo trouble," I pro
tested. "Sho stays up there in her
bower "
"Jt is u veritable bower," Inter
rupted my sister, "since sho's put
that bright awning around the bal
cony and trained thoso vines around
it. Sho is completely screened from
view, and yet can seo as much as she
Jlkes herself."
One morning another boarder ar-
r . . f,
By fiva Rice Moore.
lUeii. fi.c wi8 a woiiiiu of son.o
nolo as u writer, of whom we luid
often heard. We had hoped to get
two for each of the upper rooms, bat
had had to be contented witli one la
each ease. '1 Ills Just one was n spare,
austere-looking, single woman of
middle age, .lean Jewell by name.
Sliu looked sharply at us, and spoke
In a brusque manner which might at
another time have disconcerted us;
but we were anxious to secure a pay
ing boarder, and beamed affably upon
her.
Things went along smoothly now.
Our new boarder dtdn't "eat enough
to keep a bird alive," sister said.
That helped to even tilings up some
what, i'ut she hud n curious, sly
way about her that we couldn't quite
admire. It wan startling to rub up
against her in tho gloom of the upper
lauding, or find iter sitting at the
top of tho stairs when you least ex-1
peeled. She would murmur an apol
ogy and go to her room, io emerge
ngnin, you felt sure, when tho const
was clear. j
"Maybe sIic'h a detective," sister
remarked one dny, after she had seen
her In the meadow across the road be
hind a clump of bushes, with an opcrn
glass leveled at otu house. She had
met Airs. Avery, our balcony bonni
er (as wo had como to designate
her) orily two or three times, as she
rose tint I took an early breakfast
Ith us. Mrs. Avery breakfasted
about eight, had dinner nt 12 up
stairs, and early ten, sometimes with
un, but morcoften alone, as wo would
be busy at our out-of-door work, and
Miss Jewltt liked to assist us at this
tlmo when wo were basketing small
fruits nnd vegetables for the market
man who called for them in the even
ing. She seemed to take a great in
terest in our small affairs, asking
many questions about the prices wo
received, the cost of raising, etc. Itul
she entertained no kindly feeling for
Mrs. Avery wo soon came to learn.
Indeed, she seemed strangely sus
picious of her.
"She's always talking, talking, up
there In her bower."
"Heading," corrected my sister.
"She's very fond of rending."
"She's got better eyes thnn ordi
nary if she can rend after dark and
no moon," snnppcd Miss .Tcwett.
"It's after dark it's the worst whis
per whisper." j
"Do you suppose she's a spiritual-1
1st " questioned sister, with round
startled eyes, "communicating with
her dead husband?"
We had never thought about her be
ing a widow, being too much en
grossed in our daily problem of mak
ing both ends meet.
"If it Isn't spiritualism, I don't
know what you call It," answered ,
Miss Jowitt, rising up from securing '
the cover on a. crate of raspberries'.
"And what an appetite site's got," ,
sho went on contemplatively. "I've
been keeping track, and she has eaten !
as much as two men this week."
One dny afterward, when wo hadn't
much to do, wo (Miss Jewltt, sister
and 1) took our sewing and luueh
baskct down to' the creek. Wo had
invited Mrs. Avery, but she had re
fused. We expected nothing else, ns
sho had not left tho neighborhood of
tho house since first coming. I put
her supper on tho table, spread a
fly-net over It and set the tea-pot on
tho oil-stove. All sho needed to do
was to strike a match for her tea.
There wus boned chicken and cold
ham, buns and blueberries, a plntc of
tarts, some jelly-cake and half an
elderberry pie left from dinner, be
sides radishes, cheese and pickles.
Altogether, there was considerably
more on the table than Miss Jewitt,
sister and 1 wero taking down to tho i
creek for us three, but I did not ex- I
pect to find much of it upon my re- '
turn. I
Down by the creek Miss Jewett
seemed strangely quiet and thought
ful. When we rallied her upon her
lack of spirits, sho astonished us by
Haying:
"Girls, l'vo got u confession to
make. Your mother had a younger
sister, who quarreled with her be
cause sho would get married and go
hundreds of miles away from her."
"You're not Aunt Jennet to?" I
cried.
"Jennet to Jewett lllair Is my right
and proper name. Jean Jewett is
my nom do plume. And l'vo earned
quite a snug sum by my writing.
'Under the Harvest Moon' is now in
its fifth edition. I've been saving for
years, with a view to a good time and
a rest from work, and If you girls
will join me in September for n Eu
ropean trip we'll see all that's to bo
seen, and you need the change."
"It would bo delightful," I inter
rupted, "but thero are those pear nnd
plum trees," pointing to the heavily
luden trees in the near distance; "we
have to pick and ship them, and the
late apples top."
"Never you mind," answered Aunt
Jeanette; "there aro people who can
bo hired to pick and attend to the
rest of the fruit."
When wo spread out our lui'ch,
nfter our tongues hnd grown tired
(we hadn't done much sowing) we
discovered a lack of spoons.
"Wo can't eat grape jam without;
spoons," said I, "and as I'm pretty ,
stiff sitting on the ground so long, ,
i II jiwt tukc a run up to l.io hoiiac
and get them."
I slipped over the chcfy hiwn
pretty quietly, I suppose, und reached
the dining-room door just as a peal
of musical laughter came from Mrs.
Avery's lips. "Is the woman going
mad?" was my though' us 1 opened
the door just In time to hear a man's
oice saying:
"My darling girl!"
It was too late to retreat. I blun
dered in. A man sat at the toble op
posite Mm. Avery a man with n
white bandago across ids eyes. Sho
repressed a cry of dismay, then gave
mo an appalling look and held 'up
a warning finger.
"Arthur, dear," she said, in a, light,
bnntcring tone, "you've had a pretty
good supper; come upstairs now."
Throe radishes and a small bit of
cheese remained on the table.
"F feel ns though I wus out of
prison, Lily. Can't we take n little
walk?"
"Not to-n'lglit, Arthur," she an
swered, as she hurried him upstairs.
I slipped Into a choir nil In a henp.
So many things looked plain now, but
tho revolution hnd como too sud
denly. Mrs. Avery came down in n minute
or two. She stood by the door clasp
ing her hands together nervously.
"I don't know how to tell you," she
finally began, "but I think when you
hear me through you will forgive
hie. Arthur, my husband lins been
holding a responsible position in the
national bank for several years.
This summer his eyes failed. Dr.
Dlmond, the great specialist, advised
complete rest for three or four
months to prevent total blindness.
When his fee was paid, all tho
money wo had on hand was $00,
enough for summer board for onei
but not for two. Arthur reminded me
jokingly that we were one. I decided
to net on that idea and engaged board
for myself. We wero going to snvc
up when wo got to work again for a
'conscience fund' to reimburse you."
"Hut when did he come?" I in
quired. "Tho night after I did. I let him
in. He has gained so much In flesh
from the enforced idleness nnd your
tempting food. You must hnvc'won
dcrcd where it all went to," she
concluded, with a sobbing sort of
laugh.
"I did think you were a pretty
hearty eater," 1 replied, smiling, "but
don't distress yourself about the mat
ter on our account. Arc his eyes
belter?"
"Oil, so much! We think they will
be unite restored by September."
"You take the best of care of his
eyes, nnd wo will continue to look
nfter his stomneh," T said, laughing.
She laid her pretty face on my
shoulder and gave me a good sisterly
hug. Just then Miss Jewett, or rather
Aunt Jeannette, appeared.
"T thought I'djiome and help you
carry the spoons," said she, dryly.
Country Gentleman.
DRAWING THE LINE.
"When the DuiiKliters Were All Rne
tin Governor AVnittetl to Keep
the Old -Woman.
A good story is told in Missouri at
tho expense of its once famous gov
ernor, Claiborne F. Jackson. lleforo
ho solved the enigma of love-lock ho
had married five sisters in reason
able lapses of consecutiveness. After
ono wife had been lost and appropri
ately mourned he espoused another,
and ho kept his courting within a nar
row circle of his own relatives, for ho
rather liked the family, says a south
ern exchange. '
The antiquated father of these girla
was almost deaf, and when the gov
ernor went to this octogenarian to
ask for his surviving daughter tho
following conversation ensued:
"I want Lizzie!"
"Kh?"
"1 want you to let mo have Fliz-a-beth!"
"Oh, you want Lizzie, do you? What
for?"
"For my wife!"
"For life?"
"I want to marry her!"
"Oh, yes! Just so. I hear you.
boy."
"I'm precious glad you do!" mut
tered the governor.
"Well," slowly responded the vet
eran, "you needn't halloa so that tho
whole neighborhood knows it! Yes;
you can have her. You've got 'em all
now, my lad; but for goodness sake,
if anything happens to that 'ere poor
misguided gal, don't come and ask
me for tho old womnn!"
Jackson solemnly promised that ho
never would.
A Dude of 1770.
From a nowspnper printed in tho
year 1770 is the following description
of a dandy: "A few days ago a maca
roni made his appearance in tho as
sembly rooms at Whitehaven, dressed
in a mixed silk coat, pink satin waist
coat and breeches, covered with an
elegant silk net, white silk stockings,
with pink clocks, pink satin shoes
nnd large pearl buttons; a mushroom
colored stock, covered with fine point
lace; hair dressed remarkably high
and stuck full of pearl plug." Cht
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HANDY MARKING TOOLS.
Description of Tito Simple Devices
Which Will Do the Work Hcuolrc"
of Tlicm llulte Well.
. t n,..t n description of a
handy device for marking ground. It
the inquirer lms on an"" " "'" """
frame walking cultivator, lie may con
struct a two-row marker with little
trouble. Iicmove nil the shovels but
the rear one on each side; spread the
frame to hold the two remaining teeth
or shovels nt the desired distance
npnrt, bracing with a four by one-inch
board of suitable length; wrap with
wire where ends of brace touch framc
picces to hold the board secure. In the
illustration, Fig. 1, is shown a two
hor.se marker of the kind thnt is most
In favor with farmers in general, by
reason of its simplicity nnd its adapta
bility to work on uneven ground. It is
well explained in the cut itself and but
little description is necessary. Use 2
or2y3-lnchplnnk,cightlnches wide, and
nnywhere from two to three feet in
length for runners. Two two by four
cross-pieces are spiked after mortising
slightly, to middle runners, projeet-
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TWO-IIOKSK MA11KEK.
ingsixinehesovertlie runners. Similnr
pieces are spiked to the outside run
ners and hinged to the projecting ends
of the middle pair by running a long
bolt or rod through, as illustrated. A
wagon tongue is fitted between a pair
of three by four-inch pieces bolted
lengtliwi.se on top of cross-pieces of
middle runners, nnd well braced. The
runners maybe braced by iron strips
as is shown on the two outside runners
in the illustration, or in any other
manner deemed advisable. A seat
may be easily fitted on, if required,
nnd a gage pole hinged to one of the
cross-pieces of middle runners, so as
to extend to either side of marker and
hold a drag chain or wooden toth.
When turning, lift side runners up on
top of middle pair.
An adjustable marker is shown in
Fig. 2. This may be u.sed to mark
rows of from six inches to four feet
distance apart. Use four two by two
or two by three-inch pieces of well
seasoned oak about eight feet and
ADJUSTAULli MARKEU.
eight inches long, nnd five pieces of
two by four-inch stuff, say 12 inches
long. Lay tho long pieces down in
pairs and bolt permanently three of
the two by four-inch pieces between
them, one at each end and one directly
in middle. The other two two by four's
are left movable between the long
pieces. Set a share from an old shovel
plow or the like In the center piece and
in the movable pieces. Holes l,ein"
bored in the frame, the movable shovel
holders may be set at point desired
and held by one-eighth-inch bolts. Fit
in shafts and attaeli old plow handles
as illustrated. This will mark three
rows at a time, and two of the markers
being movable, the rows mav be
spaced to suit the demand.
Xo exact rules need be adhered to in
making either of the markers de
fccrilM.il, and the constructor ninv
dapt them to suit his particular re
quirements, and use the material that
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in uiito i armor.
HELPFUL HORSE HINTS.
ITenting and conMipative foods arc
bad for ctdts and for brood marcs
Horses and colts do well on carrots
lions r0tH "S " PUrt "f Ult'ir ra"
Iron mangurs for grain are prefer
able to others, as they are eusi y kept
sweet and clean. ' l
The colt's future strength depends
upon his development ilurhig the flrsJ
two years of his life. "Ibt
The brood marc .should have regular
exercise, but it should never be enri ,1
to the point of fatigue. ,tt'lui
If u horso is Inclined to stool- ,,
tie stall, he shouid have t he fri'J
of a box tall. Try it. The 1,1 '"
iied, nervous horse will always do lX
ter in a box stall. """J do bet-
w: -m
A STRONG HAY RACK.
When I'ropcrly Mode, I'alittd nna
Kept Dry .When Not In line, It
Will Lust n. Lifetime.
Tn making n buy rack I would by
all means use a low wagon; no other
wagon is as handy for hauling nay 0r
grain. Use strong pine nnd have it
smoothed. As shown herewith, tho
sills (a) should be 18 feet by 2X7
inches. The four cross pieces (c) are
ni3 feet by 2x5 inches. These can be
made lighter by cutting down to 3.
Inches from sills to end. Tho emr.ii
piece (c) explains how tills is done.
Cross pieces (c) are all placet, on top
of sills (n). Dropping cross pieces
(c), one-half inch In sills (n), ns
shown, will make the rack more dur
able and secure. Four bolts, one-hull!
by 12 inches, for end cross pieces, and
four bolts, one-half by M inches, for
the two centerpieces, will be re
quired. These 14-ineh boits will bo
long enough to fnstcn two strits of
PLAN OF HAY RACK.
boards underneath sills to rest bot
tom boards on. Two boards (b), ono
on each side, the whole length of the
rack, 1x10 inches, are placed on top
of cross pieces. It will require 1G
rx-inch bolts to fasten boards. I'ufc
these bolts down from top of boards
so as to have the surface smooth. Do
not put pins in top of hoards; they
are dangerous. Many farmers have
been severely injured by protruding
pins.
Make the back (e) 0 inches narrow
er than front of bolster. This will
be nn advantage in turning. Uore 2
inch holes about G inches from each
end of sills and insert uprights be
fore putting rack together. This
should fold down nicely when neces
sary. These uprights may be wired
to cross pieces, for if not folded down
they may cause trouble. For going
to the field holes may be made in sin
gle upright (f) with a pin to secure
boom pole. Take a scantling 4x5
inches for bolster and secure it to
rack about 2 feet from front end of
the sills (g) with one-half by 12-inch
bolts. The 2x4-inch scantling placed
on the bolster behind this ruck on n
low wngon will not interfere with
wheels. Use washers on U bolts; I
had my blacksmith drill five-eighth-inch
holes ttirough strips of iron 10
inches long to put bolts through
boards on cross pieces. Thjs will
keep boards down nicely. This rack,
properly made, wilJ last a lifetime. Do
not forget to paint it and keep dry
when not in use. Abram Stull, in
Farm and Home.
1'InfliiK Kkkh for niitcliiiiK.
Tf you use an incubator, select eggs
as near of an age as possible. Have
them as perfect in shape as can be,
and wash them with a moist cloth.
Have them all ready for the machine
at .c same time. If you employ the
old hen for incubation, select a quiet
one, and one not too large, so she
will be quiet when being handled.
Have nest large enough to allow her
to turn around on it without tram
pling the eggs. Set the hen where
she may conveniently come oil: at will
jo get feed and water. Keep some
kind of grit where she can get it.
Dust her well with some good insect,
powder when first put on the nest
and a few days before she comes off
with chicks. More little cnicks are
killed by liee than by nil other
causes. Ohio Farmer.
How to Prevent Swnri.,lK.
It is very nice to have swarms of
bees if we have use for them, but it
is tot, expensive a thing to have just
for the fun of it. If you wnntJtho
best returns in honey and no increase
TheTJ not n!!ow tl,em to sr'-
plenty of room to store tiirtiliis
IMhev? V?1! ChCOk m"" '
It, y persist in swarming, take out
ill the r queen cells as fast as they
..Hid then, preparatory to swarn I i
If they still persist in swarming, take
away their queen and this wil!"seU e
it is best to let these, persistent
tn new quarters. Farmers' Voice.
The Money Vnlt. f IIIoo1
If any nmn doubts the value of
lesso is venn. e0Pn U Icw TOh,ttbl
stoel L y V;111 t0 u ,nniet where
The 7, nmnfCders ,lro nilled.
co ni n ,11 H1 SCC w-bred steers
of e "S "P"''"" over others
oiie-? " LBrowth aml wolffht that will
evert wv dors handled
b it nr?r I 'lt m' ffreat ".
a I! VlnMy f th0 r,Bfc kind
o E NaIt'- Wlum l'xt bretI
ones come , they nro gobbled up
con inn'0'1 r,,'rU '-W'lless of tho
id Is v 17 th.U tr"llc for er
Mnds.-N ational Stockman.
The noreThWrrTmnll stom
al', d w tn'th Shm,Id ho kept in
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