> DRAWINO NEAR THE LIOHT. i',1? Lo. when vre wr.do the tangled wool, f.V ■ _ If hnde and hurry to bo there, !},' Nought aoom It* loaves ami blossoms food, Jw ttll that they bo fashioned fair. But look up, at lost, wo see ifi, The glimmer of the open light, From o’er the place where we would bo v' lT.cn grow the very brumbies bright. ,V--; So now, amid our dnv of strife. With many a matter did wo play, When oneo wo see the light of life i.- ’ Gloam Urn. ugh the tangle of to-day. —Ilxton Bcucon. fCv ; ■ The nv Actor’s Story. JOHN (OM.Tin. CHAPTER VII—OoN’TiN’CEix Ono day Klspcth M'Dlnrmid and her husband came over to f,oe how ho wai getting on. Tito old woman had brought him a handful of primroses which »ho had plucked herself from the burnsido. Although ho hud uo actual ro'olloo tion of her. some liner instinct, whlen took the placo of memory, drew him toward her. and ho said. ••Kiss mo. mother." As she did sot Elspeth’s heart stirred within her ut the thought of her hoy lighting in tho wild Mahratla wars far a wav. and a tear foil on tho lad’s brow ns sho turned from him in silence. As sho was leaving the Infirmary with handy whom should she encounter at the door but Jamieson, who had just re turned from rehearsal. ’^andy, Sandyl" the old woman said, or rattier screamed. -Look at tho laddie the bonnio laddie! 1 ha'e seen him thrico by day and .thrice by nicht front to front wi' yon uiucitie beast with tho f . corbies beak, and tho ovi! een. Ynnce (. in tho kickynrd. ynnce in tho glen, an’ynneo In the granite street. Twice afoot and ynnce u horseback—yanee .¥j,r band to hand—yanco wi' the bluidy brand t' tho air. I soo them the noo >' —and it's ayo the snmo by day and '4 Dlchu Ohi Ay! Ay: Oh! I’vo ureod i my weird!" And down she fell. Willie came up to help her. and whon sho recovered, which sho did very soon, bo inquired of the old man the mean ... »lng of this extraordinary scene. .» -Why. you see. sir," said Sandy, i •the guldwife has a wee bit of second ; sight. It bus been in tho bluid of her forbears for generations, an she's ! just mixed him wi'. our nin Donald, who's in the Black Watch licliling out yoo'er for tbo queen, tied b!e-s her."' Jamieson s curiosity was aroused, so he told tho old people that ho was t.'urly’s friend and brother, coa.tod • them into Ills lodgings, got thorn to cat auixon if be thought be might venture to net. This wns exactly the healthful stimu lant that the doctor desired, and be at (once ' gave permission. Curly raa over the stare a boy once more caught Willie by both hands, and hugged him us he exclaimed: "i.ook here old man. I’ve got a surprise for you The doctor says I a>a act for your bcneQu lTease may I play some llttio part—some thing like CLarlci hU friend?"" £: •• "Charles, his friend* bo hanged!" replied Willie. •So. you shall play Charles, my brother.’ We’ll do the ■School for Scandal * eh. doctor? Do you think it will be too much for him?" ••Deuce n bit ” ropliod Dixon. 1'rom this moment Curly got better and better. At longth the night of the benefit arrived. Willie’s own abundant pop ularity. tho romantic interest sur rounding Curly’s first appearance, and tho known attachment of tho two young fellows to each- other, com bined to mako this night tho event of the season. The houso was full to ovcrllowing. tho musicians were crowded out by tho pitlitoa the over ture was played on tho stage. After the first act tho poor orchestra was I actually sent up to the ••IIins. ' then j tho box peoplo wore driven behind i the scenes, tend there they stood In the wings in sight of the audience, i At length, in the last scene, tho sluge j itself was more than half tilted, as m j tho old Elizabethan times, with the i elilo of the place, and when the tag i was spoken, hail it not been for the ; costumes, it would have been impos 1 sible to distinguish the actors from j tho audience. Curly never a'CjUittcd himself better, lie had taken a new lease of life—his careor was ubout to begin afresh. Willie, loot had dis tinguished himself admirably—indeed the comedy altogether was a great success, i’eople crowded round the brothers and began to congratulate them. ‘J’he performance was destined to form an epoch in the lives of the young actors. it so happened that that very night the managers of tho Royal theatre. Drury Lane. and of the Theatre Royal Edinburgh, were amongst the auditors Noxt morning Curly re ceived an offer for tho ensuing season at Drury i,nne. and Willie was en gaged as principal tragedian for the Theatre Royal Edinburgh. A month afterwards they took leave df their doar old manager with many pro testations of gratitude for past kind nesses and went on their way to their respective engagements travel ing as fur us Edinburgh together. Before the coach started for London Willie thrust a, handful of coin upon Curly, it was half tho amount of thn Dundee benefit The latter ob jected as ho had a fow pounds left but the other would take uo denial, and so. with aching hearts and tear ful eyes Orestes ana Tyladcs parted. CHAPTER IX. Auld Reekie. To bo principal tragedian In the metropolis of his native land was a groat honor for Jamieson, and the lit tle dingy theatre which stood at tho foot of ihe North Bridge, on the site now occupied by tho general postof fico appeared to his unsophisticated mind a palatial temple of tho drama. When he reported himself to the manager that gentleman was dignified and even autocratic in demeanor. Alt ho vouchsafed to say at tho tlrst intorview was: ••Kindly report yoprself to the stage manager, sir. and he will Introduce you to the green room. The young man looked a little blank at this cool reception, but wisely remembering tho old adage; ••When at Home do as tho Romans do." bo bowed himself out and sought the stage manager. He found that worthy intrenched at his table on the stage, surrounded by the prompter, tho call boy, the scene pa nter, the carpenter, the property man etc. The moment was not pro pitious for an introduction, so Willie biding his time, waiting in the prompt entrance; tho quick eye of the pompous official spotted him out. however, and without ceremony he desired to know “What the stranger wanted.” ••Tho-strangor" did not want self-respect, and he introduced him self. Mr. R. had been an officer in the army, and was a martinet. He rose however, bowed atifliy, and ex tending two fingers snorted, -Glad to torm your acquaintance sir. This way. if you please." So saying he led tho way. As they approached, they heard the sound of pleasaDt voices and ripples of laughter, hut when poor Willie and his escort entered the green-room i (so-called because there was nothing j green in it, except occasionally some 1 verdant youngster) it might have been I a Quaker's meeting house. There 1 were about twenty gentlemen and i t«a or twelve ladles of all ages and , complexions all more or less stylish I persona Mr. 1J—merely said. ’-Ladies | and gentlemen, permit me to intro duce a gentleman who has come to I join us—Mr. Jamieson, from the | Theatre KoyaL Dundee." Every one bowed coldly, none more coldly than the new-comer. The captain retired, and left Jamieson to make his wav as best he could. Evidently ‘the greenroom was not disposed to offer him a cordial welcome. Theaters are very conservative insti tutiona *and the corps dramatique regarded the stranger as an inter loper. and a possible trespasser on * -vested interests." There was a dead silence. At last one insolent young puppy, an incip ient comedian who had been taking | stock of Jamieson through his eye I glass, superciliously remarked: I ’-Dundee! Hal h’m! There is such a j place somowhere. I believe it is j devoted entirely to the manufacture ; of marmalade." • j ’-Not entirely," replied Willie. \ "They manufacture men there occa sionally.” ••Men sir?” echoed Young Hopeful. "Yes. and very good men, ton" ; continued Willie, with inperturbable i gravity; "but they don't venture to compete with tho metropolis of tho ! country in tho manufacture of pup j pies." And turning on his heel, he left the room. The roar of laughter j which followed his exit told him that his first shot had struck home, j After that ttie fast young men ‘dot him severely alone.” and the other membors of the company. finding he was ds modest And unassuming as he could be pugnacious when the occa sion warranted, began to thaw, be came communicative and finally re ceived him with cordiality. Every day. and every night he visited the greenroom for a week or ten days, but no sign of his name uppeared in any of the casta At last up went ••Tho Miller and His Mea ” and he found himself down for Grind off. Then Master Willie did a very rude thing, •■llefore all Israel” ho smashed the pano of glass in the cast case, took out the cast of ••The Miller and His Men." tore it in pieces put it in the fire and stirred it up with tho poker. lmagioo if you can tho consterna tion of the court of ht. Petersburg upon beholding Ivan Ivanovitseh. ensign in the imperial guard. walking into the awful presence of the auto crat of all the Russia* and. tearing up. under Uls very nose. the last im perial ukase. Then you may form some idea of the consternation of the Edinburgh greenroom at this act or unparalleled audacity. At this mo ment the singe manager entered to put up the call for tho rehearsal of ••The Miller and His Men’’ on the following day. The gallant captain was as much astonished us the rest when Jamieson said, very quietly. ••You can spare yourself tho trouble of putting up that call captain: I shall not be here. Make my compli ments to Mr. M-and say I don't play Grindoffs, or melodramatic ruffians of that description. It was distinctly understood that I was to open in Hamlet and I open in that part and no other. If I don't hear from you before II o'clock to-morrow morning I'm off to London by the mail Good-evening, sir; good even ing. ladies and gentlemen.” The moment be left the room the place wassail alive with eagerness and ex pectation. • Old M-ruled his people with a rod of iron. The means of commun ication with England were so few. and tho journeys so expensive that the majority of tho company had to grin and bear the managerial caprice, however unjust it might be. No one as yet had the pluck to 1 bell the cal" hence everybody regnrded Willie as tho champion of tho company. Tho stage munager pulled his white mustache. [TO BE CONTINUED.] MUTUAL CONFIDENCE. The Importance of Teaching Children to Speak the Truth. The perfect confidence between mother and child which should exist will not continue if tho child finds 1 that tho mother's promises or threuts j aro unfulfilled, says tho Orange Judd | Farmer. If a child is told that unless j he sits still while guests aro present j he will bo punished when they are \ gone, and then this Is not usually done as promised, or as is often the j case the punishment is deferred until ! the promise is forgotten, the offender will naturally soon form a habit of dis- ! 1 obedience which it is almost impossible to break. There is a criminal habit of affixing a penalty for wrong doing which is illy proportioned to tho I offense. For example: "If you do so j and so I will cut off your ears.” or I the like, done with the intention of forcing instant obedience, is apt j to lead to just the opposite effect Be sides destroying the confidence of j children in the parent they will I soon diverge farther and farther from I truthfulness, and s- y and do things j which they Know to be wrong with I out reflecting on tho consequences. | No one. especially no mother, should ever make a promise to a child which she does not expect to fully carry out Children are so impressible in all their younger years that their lives reflect tho influences of those about them. If lying and deceit are prac ticed towards them, they will soon imbibe the baneful Influence*, and all their after lives may bear the painful impress of this early teaching. Aftklntf too ITluch. Said Judge Duffy to a convicted malefactor: ••It has been proven that you burglarized a house, stole a ham, and forged another man's name to a note." "May be so." ••You have also been sailing under the false name ot Smith, McMullen. Goodrich and Perkins while you were committing your crimes." • Well judge you needn’t expect me to allow my own honest name to be mentioned in connection with such villainies and dragged through the mire"—Texas Siftings. Short on Suspenders. Countryman—By gosh, them sus. ponders air too short They pull my pants up so tight I can't work my legs. Haven't you got longer suspen ders? Mose Schaumburg—Mine fren. you vash mistaken. Dose susbenders vash de longest kind imborted goots. You keep dose susbenders, und sboost you puys for dree dollar und a half a bair of banta vat comes down more on der ground, und dot vill fit dose im broted braces. —Texas Siftings. The Force or Habit. Foreman of Boiler Shop—The work men is all kickin' on the new man. He makes too much noise at his work Superintendent—Well I suppose we'll have to fire him. I was afrai’d of that too It shows that habit is everything. Foreman—Why. what did he do before you hired him? Superintendent—lie was a hotel waiter. A Mere Matter of Justice. • But doctor, don’t you think your bill is pretty steep?" ••Nu madam, considering how sick your husband was."' ••But dear me, you let him die." • Of course I did. There’s the dif ficulty. It hurts my professional rep utation to have a patient die. 1 plight to have more money for a case ot that kind.’’—Texas Siftings. - r ... . . ■ ... -• * ■ .•% FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. A GOOD AND SIMPLE RATION FOR A STOCK BOAR. ' Skim Milk and Meal Ration—How to liaise Turkey*—Getting Ready for Harvest—Teaches on Heavy Soil— Dairy Items—Household Helps* Feeding a Stock Boar. Tho food for a stock boar is not an rlaborate ration, which only the fow ! may use. It is very simple; the op I positu of that mysterious complexity | which many are apt to associate with | successful feeding. The individual j selected for stock purposes will havo I learned to eat nicely before ho is taken from tho sow. Ho will then | be put in quarters which are notcon j tir.od. | When from 10 to 12 weeks old, says a Canadian writer, tho follow ing rations will cause him to thrive admirably if it can be secured for him. viz: a good supply of skim milk, ; with a meal ration composed of one | part ground rye, seven parts green j peas and sixteen parts shorts. Tho ! meal may with profit be stirred j into the milk and fed In the form of gruel. When skim milk or butter j milk cannot be had slops from tho J house may bo used; where peas can I not bo had substitute corn, and ■ whero shorts cannot be obtained use i ground, oats. ' The* relative proportions of the i grain substituted will remain the same. Along with this ration green food should bo used in summer, such as clover, peas and, in fact, anything in tho form of vegetation in a green and succulent condition. In winter some green food may be supplied in the form of roots or corn ensilage. The ringing of the boar should be de ferred as long as he remains tract able. The exercise of rooting will be good for him while he is developing. If ho should he inclined to get too fat the peas or corn ration may be re duced, but this is not likely to take place whore he is allowed plenty of freedom., Y\ hen he is well developed the same ration essentially in kind may bo given him, but house slops will answer in lieu of tho skim milk. A tablespoon ful of ground oil cake given three or four times a week has a good influence upon the digestive organs, and now and then some char coal or charred corn is thought to act beneficially. In time of severe use the food should be made stronger, but great care should be taken to avoid an over-fatty condition of the system. When the boar is kept strong and vigorous, and in good condition a9 to thrift, but yet not overloaded with fat, the results are likely to prove most satisfactory. It is equally hurt ful to rush tho growth of tho boar on too rapidly when he is young, or to hinder it by feeding him too lightly. When conditions thus natural aro observed, and when tho services re quired are not undue, the usefulness of the boar will continue for several vears. Getting Ready for Harvest, After a crop is grown it is quite i.n item to harvest at the time and in the manner best calculated to save in the best possible condition. With some crops like hay and small grain a very little delay will often make a very serious difference in the quality* of the product, and of course in the the value, as the quality with all farm products is the measure of value. The majority of. farmers reasonably expect to work a little harder during harvest than at almost any other season but even this will not answer to always secure the best results unless proper care is taken to prepare ahead so that the work Canute pushed ahead and the full advantage be secured of the extra work. .ine cultivated crops should be put In a good condition so that they will keep growing while the harvesting ia going on. This should be done even if it is necessary to hire a little extra help. Generally help will cost less before than during harvest, and if the hiring of extra help in cultivat ing will lessen the necessity of hiring help during harvest it will be good economy to do so. As a large part of the work of har vesting is done by machinery it is a very important item to have what is needed on hand and in good working order in good season. If new ma chinery has to be purchased look after it in good time. It is poor economy to wait until the wheat is ripe or the hay ready to cut before purchasing the binder or mower. If you have these and other machinery on hand then see that they are in good work ing order. Go over them and tighten lip all bolts or screws. If any of the working parts have got rusted rub or clean with coal-oiL It never pays to start into harvesting a crop of any kind with a machine that is liable to break down at any time. Better re pair before harvest begins than stop i after it has fairly commenced. After a certain stage of ripeness I has been reached a very little delay | will often lower the quality very materially, if the binder is used for : wheat and oats be sure of the twine 1 needed in good season. Have plenty . of good oil. It is poor economy to | use anything else but the best, and a ' good supply should bo secured in i good season. Kvery item that will save time should be looked after and every advantage taken to secure in the best condition. With a good outfit of machinery a considerable acreage of wheat and grass can bo handled in a short time and at a reasonable expense; but if done to the best advantage it is very necessary that everything bo ready in good season so that the work can be pushed. Ordinarily there will be •nough to hinder without taking the chances on anything that can be avoided-—-Journal of Agriculture. How to BmlM Turkeys. Gather the eggs before they get chilled, keep in not too cool nor too, warm a place in the light. Turn them over once a day, that is to the other side from the side they lie on. Treated this way they will all be likely to hatch. Keep. the eggs till the hens all commence to set, if it is not too long, then set your tamest hen with ten or fifteen eggs, and if you want the others to lay again you will set the balance of eggs under chickens; but the turkey hens would bo the best. Try to get them all set the same week if you can. j ii your chickens have gapes your I turkeys will have them worse. The best way—and it is a sure way—is to j keep them on a board floor well cov i ered. Have it made so that if the j hen does get out the young turkeys ! can’t, and give them all to one tur ! key hen. Have four or five inches of | old hayseed chaff all over the floor. If it is cool weather it must be kept as warm as possible, and if it is warm weather the sunlight must get in the greater part of the day. Keep them in till six weeks old, then when you put them out choose a day that is not too hot or it will kill them. Watch them for the first two or three days. Until they are quite a good sizo when it comes a rain I always drive them up and put them in coop, and keep them in coops till the dew is dried off mornings. Until they are six days old feed them nothing but this: Beat up three or four eggs like you would for custard in a pan, then add four tablespoonfuls of sweet milk for each egg, then set in the baker. Don't cook too fast or let it get brown. This makes a tough food like custard, and after you have fed this for six or seven days mix corn bread with it until they get used to the bread, then leave the custard out and feed them bread for awhile. Then feed them just a little smear case, make it real wet. Change the last two named feeds as often as you can. Spread an old oil cloth or car pet on the chaff and no feed will be wasted or get dirty. Be sure not to give water unless it is warmed, and not more than what could make one half teaspoonful to each one. But you can give them a pint of warm, sweet cream, and if they get it all over them so much the better. Every morning cut up s8me grass and plover fine, put in also a pan of ashes and one of gravel. If they are not shut up and they get to the water they will kill themselves before they will quit drinking. Keep on feeding the bread and cheese till they are big enough to eat corn, but never feed raw meal, and the troublo is over.— National Stockman. Dairy* Items. Good calves can be raised cheaper than they can be bought. A person, known to always make a good quality of butter has no trouble in selling it at tho best figures. If *a person who milks with dirty hands would reflect a little he would, or at least should be ashamed of him * self. Where there is q regular market for butter at a good price it will pay to feed the cow bran, etc., during the summer. No matter how good a milker the cow may be, she will become a poor milker unless sho is fed and cared for properly. To have good milk it must be prop erly cared for in its early stages. It will soon sour unless quickly cooled after milking. A man after establishing a reputa tion as a grower of good dairy cows ought to make it pay raising cows to sell to dairymen. Household Helps, Spirits of camphor will remove white spots from furniture. Mustard or celery rubbed on the hands will remove the odor left after peeling onions. When fish is served as a course at dinner, potatoes are usually the only vegetable presented. For housecleaning time it’s well to know that a mixture of two parts of crude oil to one of turpentine applied with a soft cloth makes an excellent furniture polish. Food becomes dangerous if put away in tin receptacles. China or glass dishes are the only safe things in which “leftovers” may be allowed to stand. Many cases of poisoning may be traced to the common prac tice of leaving canned goods stand ing in the open cans. 'An effective recipe for ridding a storeroom of a plague of red ants is to dissolve a lump of camphor in spirits of wine, add hot. water, and wash the Infested places with the mixture. Lumps of camphor tied in white p§per and left on closet shelves will also be of assistance in driving off the persevering ants. The perfect way of boiling eggs is not to boil them at all. They should be placed in a wire basket that the necessity of fishing the eggs out one by one may not keep some of them in the water longer than others. The basket should be submerged in a dish of cold water. When the water has come to a boil, not boiled, the eggs are ready to be served. Yawning cracks in the floor may be neatly an* permanently filed with a paste made by soaking newspapers in a mixture of half a pound of flour, half a pound of alum, and three quarts of water. The mixture, news papers and all, should be thoroughly boiled until it is about the consist ency of putty. It may be put in the cracks and smoothed fiat with a case knife. It will harden < like papier mache and will take paint like the wood. USP8,> by UTnr Pr*r*n and •hap. Wh.n itt„,dA^,"a* t The childish unZ^i herd time of it. and *] ssraffttf , church or Sunday ludicrous interpretation^ misinterpretations, would * | cover are fastened upon th.v9 i praver or £**!*>*..-_ \ u hm prayer or Scripture fondly believed the 2t ^ S mgr presentations of eosli the lambs of the tr,%i aaeipma Times. “When ti, . ** a-twistlng, would twist him » he need look no - * example than the' rend^a popular hymns the infant school class. The t course, cannot read, so ,ot!’ tendent (whose enunciation is”11"1 *»i«V for o! av< out line by line, and th« h ?• Qillfi IaTIPA Kartell., a_ , !!^en.C.e_r.aPi,dl‘V translate any»0 or ideas which are beyond their prehension into vernacular IL^ay^e understood of thecom®, the babies on the back seats ears the original dictation did , reach, catch the text as well asti may by listening to the others whatever has been lost in th« is glibly filled in with words and timects of the most secular and st ling character, and by the time hymn has circulated all through room the sense is pretty well ... out of it-like the measles In prolific Ward family, which Arte, said he escaped “beeau.se 4 wusn t enough of it to go around" ‘•Who is Etta Farr, maun#, asked one little girl who lives in Quaker city. “Etta Farr?” thoughtfully repii mamma, mentally connin» over^ calling list “I don’t know such person. ” “Oh, yes, you do,” persisted little one. “We sing about her know.” “The Sweet Bye and fyj was, indeed, a Sunday evening li orite in that home, but no one h ever noticed that "Girlie" had al*. faithfully rendered one lino: “By faith we can see Etta Farr.' And that curiosity concern.. Etta’s identity was rife within h small bosom. The tale will bear retelling of ft little girl who went around the hem. chanting, “I hardly think I ha: any father, I hardly think I haven] father;” as a result of conscicntioa drilling in a prayer beginning, heartily thank thee, heave. Father;” but the following may ranked among the desirable class the “hitherto unpublished." small colored girl, a veritable Tope] in originality, abruptly paused c. day in her ministrations, dust brad in hand, and demanded of her startli mistress: “What did you say was Lord’s last name?" The bewildered lady, who had never presumed to say anything that subject, replied that she did not know, but was assured: “O yes, you taught it to you’se’f; it’s in the bible”; and va further requested to “Jus’ say th» Lord’s prayer and I’ll show yon She accordingly began the obedi. repetition of the Lord’s prayer, 1 upon reaching the petition: "Hal lowed be thy name,” a dusky low finger was pointed at her in triumph “Didn’t I tell you? Dat’s 'is name—‘Hallowed.’ ’’ lpfc 1 This Is Nsnrs to Host People “Hello” is almost a new word, a it differs in form, sound and use fro® the old "halloo.” It is merely men tioned by Webster, and the searcher for information is referred to "Id loo, ” which is defined as an interjee tion. a loud call or the noise of t!» hunt. The forms there given— "Halloa” and “halloo”—are not adapted to the American tonpa neither are they susceptible to ths variety of expression that can given to • -hello." Probably the wort halloo grew out of the call “n oh!” which was almost universally used by wayfarers in olden time w halting at a house along the way “Hall, oh! the house,” was anotw form quite common in this sectio" early times. This would quite na ally take the form of “hal-loo house.” However, this denva 1 not given by Webster, but ®o suggests itself. Lemon Gri«» Lemon grass, known only i® m, grows to a height of 8 iven feet and ignites spontane ,t first a single curl of smoi right tongue of flame will ied. Soon, however, as the' ns down the stalks and P ^ ith the oil and acids conta er re pith of the curious herb n res burst Into view here, t very place, soon covering t lountain in a sheet of flam® The Passln z of the S»P* How water, commonly called^ M'ou! . , .hriekUr Willie, wriggling a™ ^ on!, No it don’t! You’ve got a i