AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING TO THE
FARM AND HOME.
Tee Many "Penny Win and Poond
Fwoliah" Farmers-Value of Motton
for the Home-Over-Feeding Fowl
a Miatakc-M.klus Cheeae.
Reading Firmer
When first commencing business a
fanner should be willing to sell bis
produce for what It will bring, but In
11 eases he should use bis utmost en
deavors to produce the best article.
This be can do to some extent by care
fully experimenting, but to obtain the
highest state of perfection a man must
lie a constant and careful reader, thus
adding to his own experience the ex
lerieuce of others and also receiving
much benefit from the Investigations of
scientific men like T. P. Terry, Galen
Wilson, Waldo Brown and others who
contribute regularly to the Practical
Farmer. But we often hear from the
farmer the declaration: "We have no
lime to read." "Why?" "Because we
have too much manual labor to do our
selves, and if we should spend any time
iu reading, investigation or experiment
ing, we should have to hire more men
and pay more cash for the additional
labor, thereby incurring Immediate
financial loss." Quite true; we agree
such appears to be the case, but we also
know the Idea Is "penny wise and
pound foolish," for by adhering to It we
keep in the same old ruts as our fore
fathers. But this we can do no longer,
as the soil has lost much of its virgin
fertility, and calls loudly for more en
lightened husbandry. We have repeat
edly noticed studious young farmers
who had no better school advantages
and noi as good fluaucial starts In life
as many others, who have in a few
years taken honorable situations In our
country aud have been the means of
elevating the agricultural standard of
the l ulled States and Canada. These
men have been ridiculed as "sclcntillc
farmers," etc., but the hard times of
the hist few years have shown that
these men have shielded themselves
from much of the evil that has fallen
tin the other class.
Another noticeable and praiseworthy
feature in favor of the reading farmers
Is that their home and farms are more
beautiful and more comfortable In ail
ways, and if this were the only argu
ment it should be sufficient to convince
any sane man; buf besides this, their
families are more refined and intelli
gent anl better lilted for higher and
more useful sphere in life. The read
ing far;,.er also becomes fully convers
ant with each department of his busi
ness. :id does noilting iu the dark, a
trikliiif contrast to the non-reader, who
docs much at haphazard, hoping for the
best results, but not knowing whether
they will be obtained or not. The wis
est, most useful men the world has ever
known have been to a greater or less
xteut studious readers, and there is no
calling in life which demands more
treful study aud Investigation than
that of farming. Heading will elevate
the fanner from a tired drudge to ait
Intelligent and resiweted citizen. Then,
.and not until then, w ill his calling re
ceive the respect to which it Is entitled,
for knowledge means power. R. II.
Canady in Practical Fanner.
Mutton for the Home.
Whatever uuty he said of the present
prospects of sheep as a commercial ven
ture, there is one aspect of sheep hus
bandry in relation to which no farmer
can ever make a mistake, and that is
the keeping of a sufficient number of
the right kind of sheep to provide an
abundance of good, wholesome meat for
the use of his own family. There Is no
time like the present for the wide
Awake farmer to secure a dozen or
more good sheep of one of the mutton
breeds, tbe Increase of which will sup
ply nig own table at a lower cost and
tn a more satisfactory way than It can
be done with any of the other domestic
. animals. If It Is not written that man
hall not live by hog alone It ought to
be, and any fanner who once adopts
as a part of his bill of fare a regular
and frequent use of good lamb and
mutton of bis own raising will be so
satisfied with the practice that he will
never abandon It Sheep of the right
kind were never so cheap as now and
the cost of a small flock for the purpose
Indicated will be almost nominal. As
compared with other live stock tbe
cares uses are small, and there Is only
a small part of the year when a healthy
family cannot consume a lamb, or a
mutton while It Is yet fresh, or If this
be too much for them an exchange with
a neighbor is never bard to effect
There is further advantage In this,
that the sheep industry will revive be
Con a great while and become one of
the Beoat profitable, commercially. In
the not distant future, as It has been
la the past The farmer who retains
or purchases a small flock now will not
alr aupply himself with good meat
Bar his own table, bat he will be ac-
cajatnmed to tbe management of sheep
men tne good times for tbe golden
oome again be, will be readv
take hold, not as a novice, but as on
a viag a working knowledge of the
He will, moreover, have
flock to start wltb that baa cost,
at bioght at present prices, very little,
and has paid Its way during the whole
atase be baa bad It Iowa Homestead.
attetahe la Feediaa fowla.
The greatest mistake la feeding fowls
Is a, ewsr-feedlnf . Bens are gorged
which makes fat Instead of
those eletoeats which go to
wo the ef Gar. soaslsts at
jrtr. .mn Md Ag, ahd.
XiU kl fail Mel far fattealiig
, It to tarc wants an
aasaiss4
tyifjWPlh m
Ma
stantly given. It U quite possible that
the production of eggs may be largely
increased by a truly scientific system
of feeding, and every poultry-keeper
should make a study of such a system,
not being alarmed at the Idea of the sci
entific part of it, because science la
nothing more than perfectly right and
exact practice, and is nothing an ordi
nary sensible person need be afraid of.
Making of Cheese.
A most neglected part of the domestic
economy of the farm Is the making of
cheese, says the New York Times.
"Cheese should be a dally food of a far
mer, for It Is the most nutritious, one of
the most economical, and Is. or may be,
made of what Is frequently a waste
product Six quarts of skimmed milk
rightly managed will give a pouud of
cured cheese at a cost of less than two
cents all told, and there is three and a
half times as much nutriment In this
quantity of cheese as In a pound of
beef from the round, freed from the
bone. American farmers consider
skimmed milk as an undesirable thing
without value, but the total nutriment
In the whole of it is equivalent to 2X
pounds of the best round of beef per
head per year for every man, woman
and child in the United States, or 150
pounds per head for every Inhabitant
of North America from the Gulf of
Mexlca to the arctic shores. At two
cents a pound all the cheese that might
be made is worth not less than $22,
ikjO.Oui) every year. It may thus be
truly said that the wastes of tbe people
on this continent are, taken all togeth
er, equivalent to the complete mainten
ance of as many persons In Europe.
This may be saying much as to the pov
erty of the majority of European pop
ulations, but does It not say a very
great deal as to the neglect and extrav
agance of our people."
Pear for Market.
A writer In the Home Journal gives a
list of pears which he regards as of tbe
highest promise, when all their faults
and excellent points are taken Into ac
count In the first place he mentions
those which are least liable to the dead
ly disense-tbe blight. Tyson and
seckel are named first; next the Angou
leme, which is rarely affected. Among
the many Angouleme orchards which
we have seen there were as few or
fewer blighted trees than we have swn
of any other kinds. The Wlnkfield
would be valuable but for its liability
to this disease; the Harriett less; the
Anjou still less. Another pear, which
this writer has omitted, has always
been with us remarkably free from
blight This Is the Winter Nells. This
writer Is at loss what kind to plant In
ita- new orchard which he is about to
c?.iimenee, but rather favors the seckel
above rl! the rest.
To assist in his decision we cite him
to a single occurred e, showing the
fickle nature under some conditions. In
an on-hard of six hundred trees of
different varieties, and among them
fifty seckels. these fifty furnished such
an abundant crop eight years ago of
large and beautiful seckel pears as to
sell In the market for as much money
as all the crop of the rest of the orchard
The pi:.-tt two or thn
years these same
trees have Iwcn hardly worth picking. I
mi thu v.;ir nnt a tin-t.. ciuwitnun h. !
grown on any of the trees. The treat
ment appears to have had no Influence,
for a part stands In grass, a part are
handsomely cultivated, some are mulch
ed, some freely pruned and others not
pruned at all; but the fruit last year was
alike worthless on all, and all are now
alike barren. Baltimore American.
Root Galls on Nnraerjr Stock.
A new disease appearing In the form
of nodules or galls on the roots of ap
ple, peach and other roots has done
considerable Injury In various parts
of the country. The galls are of two
kinds, crown galls, appearing In a
bunch usually where the root Joins on
the trunk near the surface of the
ground, and what are called nematode
galls, which consist tn a thickening of
the root In both these forms the ap
pearance Is much like the black knot
n n lilt' lit twwMi Tha noma fstfl a calla
are produced by small worms which
are killed by cold weather. This form
of gall Is not much known In the North,
but prevails In some of the Southern '
States. The crown galls are known
In Germany, and are believed there to
be due to Injuries to the roots by cul
tivation. As the bark Is broken tbe
sap exudes and makes a home for the
fungus growths. If this Is the explana
tion, cutting away the gall and apply
ing some antiseptic to the, wound
should remedy tbe evil. American Cul
tivator. Prott front Breeding Bows.
Sow pigs, If of a good breed, are
worth much more than their value for
feeding and slaughtering. If they are
managed properly, they will bring two
Utters a year, and increase la value
until they are four or five years old,
and longer still If they do not learn
bad habits. Each Utter of pigs repre
sents a value of $10 to $20 as soon as
they begin to drink milk sad can be ta
ken from the sow. Tbe breeding sow
need not be fed expensively, except
during the time she Is suckling her
young. No kind of stock can be kept
more cheaply and dobs will tarn Itself
Into money quicker If there Is need to
seU It Tbe breeding sew with pigs
will always sou ror more than her val
ue to the batcher.
oteaa.
Onions are ooea eaten raw with
bread In Spala aad Italy. Tbey take
the place or morn sneag te poorer
classes, to whoa, meat is altogether
too expsnetvo a laxnry. But the pan -
Isb oBtoas aro
bmm Btfidor flavored
the v wo3s i P tare. The
ooroBm moatho a tho cUn or ornl
orsaavMosod -toaaO oaloas
wwjrwtsTO. Thw
lat-x oaloas
grow flsm.fBBM to m eiftats so
flavored as aro oar w&iH iMdm,
SPRING HAT IS HERE.
MANY NEW STYLES AND SHAPES
PRESENTED.
Late SMlfaa Chleir Characterised
for Mas aad Bhowlaeee-Taa Cap
to Match the Oowa Are Entirely
Correct Bailor la Aloo Boca.
Modaa la MlUlaarr.
Caw Tors Correspondence:
T THE time the
end of March s
reached this an
nouncement I
found in tbe cal
endar of fashions:
"About this time
look for spring
hatm." They are
already on view
in great numbers
and are chiefly
character! ted for
else and sho wines. Tbe chief excep
tions to this are tbe sailor hats and
Tarn caps, the latter of which are made
of material to match the gown and
are entirely correct It is even said
that something in tbe nature of an
elaborated mob cap is to appear In
ginghams, lawns and duck to go wltb
summer gowns of the same materials.
Then a woman will be able to send her
entire rig to the wash tab, hat and all.
The other exception to the rule, the
sailor, is not so far from the law after
all. It is always sizable, It has caught
the Infection for highly wrought trim
mings, and comes out with Its one
time plainness pretty thoroughly dis
guised. Its brim la round, of the same
width everywhere, and curved up a
little. The crown is rather low. This
style of sailor Is always trimmed, the
trimming starting In front and ex
tending to the sides. There Is none
at the back. A bow of crisp satin rib-
OF STIIAW THAT 8 EASJLT BEST.
bon and a handsome cross piece In
front Is the usual trimming. A pretty
wing is sometimes tucked under the
last loop on each side, the point of the
wing slanting upward, and an upright
tiny plume or aigrette stAuds imme-
diately In front of the hat
1 e n or K'onnetl sanor mat nas
been described is seen in tne initial
picture, but the other Illustrations are
devoted to the showy kinds. There
Is no reason for losing hope because It
Is ordered that all bats must have
piquancy and an air of freshness, for
there are few startling changes In
styles. The pliable chips of former
seasons will be again used, and the
curve produced by a little stitch be
tween the base of the crown and the
beginning of the brim will be a becom
ing feature of spring bats. As a rule,
brims will be turned up at the back.
and a Jaunty deviation from the per
pendicular may add style by giving
a little tilt to tbe hat as it Is put on.
Trimming In general la flat with one
uplifting of plumes, aigrette or up
standing loops, tills embellishment to
come wherever It la most becoming to
the wearer, as a rule a little at the side
and back.
A charming model that conforms to
, Knerai rules ana u styi sn with-
out being unduly conspicuous is copied
here. It la of butter color chip, the ro
settes are corn color and the bright
green leaves and scarlet berries are
exact copies of tbe little "bunchberry
plant that will presently be making the
woods bright The feathers are black.
I The hat ties oa with narrow brows
velvet strings that cross under the chls
aad fasten Jost under each ear, the
' aad aubtaf ta rosettes to match
those oa the hat This wttl bs oae of
4 the oww restores of the spring "bonnet
fates" at the bask of this hat,
aM tho aaaa of the
assort the oaa
btiai to a baaeh
leavof Bad tho
a banco of th
leave had tiw s"Bftot barrios. Ta
tU ft Wmn aa
the vafvot at the
gif
f gs N
aSBITSO FOB AVDSOKB FACES,
Swagger folks whose purses permit
them to be well In advance of general
changes In fashion are to wear low
necked gowns outdoors as soon as the
weather permits. This fact explains
tbe presence of a novel combination of
scarf and hat that Is already sevn In
tbe shops. The third picture give an
Idea of the bat which is tbe airiest
sort of structure. Tbe brim ef lace Is
supported by a wire frame that leaves
tbe lace almost as gracefully free as If
It were not supported. The crown is a
mere soft puffery of chiffon in one of
tbe popnlar shades, usually cerise, or,
for a brilliant brunette, emerald. A
flare of black feathers Is set a little at
the side In front and one or two rich
single blossoms of generous size weigh
down the brim Into becoming curves.
Time was w hen the shape of the hat
Itself was the Important thing, and
when, once selected with care and pride,
A5 ODDITY ATOP A5 OVAL FACE.
It was then adorned by the trimming.
Hut all that Is changed, and now the
hat really hardly counts, save as a sup
port to the trimming. If the shape of
the hat peeps modestly out from under
ta load of adornment and shows Itself
to be of straw, felt or of whatever It
may be, it is as much privileged as It
may hope to le these days. Now that
the oval face Is the rage, and that the
hair Is spread to the sides of the head
and about the ears, there la a teudency
to Increase the bulk of the hat, too;
that la, to make the general effect of the
surroundings of the face such that the
llcate oval of It will be emphasized
The high aud spreading collars of the
Lew spring w raps all aid In this effect
and In some cases the result is so happy
that before you realize the hat you are
aware of the wistful oval of the face
which rounds delicately as It leaves
the dainty chin.
The final Illustration Bbould serve to
show how full of elaboration some of
the new hats are aud how much they
epend for their beauty on an uncer
tain bunching together of soft mate
rials, bright flowers and waving plumes.
all arranged rather to set off the beauty
of the wearer, than to conform to any
plan or law of their own. Extremely
pliable lace straw is crushed Into ail
sorts of pretty curves, each curve
mounted by masses of mixed flowers.
A cloudy looping of chiffon softens the
whole, and for the necessary touch of
distinction a rich aigrette rises and
mnnnwos bchc-hhd tmrEBTAna-T.
curves above the pretty medley. A late
notion Is the use of a bunch of wheat
as an aigrette, or grasses, dried and
keeping their natural color, are bound
Into a sheaf and serve, nucn a nat
should always be supplemented by a
scarf, or a flower or chiffon boa. If
the latter, the flowers and cblffon
should bo tbe same as used on the
hat Cerise and violet are each much
used, carnations taking the eerlse color
nrtnv and violets themselves best
einloitins their own color.
Ia general, feathers and laces will
nradomlnate In the trimmings of spring
hats, bat tbey wlU be followed by a
showing of bloom on summer bats that
wtU be really surprising. Big nais an
m hioasom will be the Jnly rule, accord
ina- to the present outlook. The English
welkin bat of last year will renew
Its popularity to a considerable degree,
bocaoss too many women rushed Into
tho fashion late last season not to in
M a bis stock of the pattern already
tn the hands of the public. These will
be brought out again for a eecona sea
son's wesr, fresh enough to encourage
those, who like them to Invest for the
flrat trme now. This style of hat Is es
pecially becoming to tbe women who
are wearing their hair parted, and It
also suits tbe little curl In the middle of
the forehead. Tbe bat has a tendency
to oaks a girt look 4 little older, but
fnanv ef tho present fashion oo mat.
there being bobs compensatloo in tbe
fact that tbe wearer gains an air or ex
sctnoss aad tauor-maae neatness.
no Ktowo to aa Ihvtaa
oo Ms Basks fltoal Oft, tho ItaMaa
rOR TWO LONG MONTHS,
The Tearfal Partiaa of Oarcoas and
Hie Venerable Wife at the Depot.
It wss at the Louisville aud Nasb
vUle depot one hot evening last week.
says tbe New Orleans Picayune, and
the "good-byt" were being said as the
thrill whistle of the engine sounded
and the coast train prepared to back
out of tbe depot All was bustle and
confusion, when suddenly the attention
of tbe excursionists wss drawn to a
little old man and woman, so old, in
deed, and dried up looking that one
would have thought aU the sentiment
In their hearts was dried up, too.
"Adieu, chere Popotte," he said, hold
ing ber withered hands In his.
"Non! non! Ne dites pas adieu. Au
revoir! Au revolrr she added as she
clung to him, sobbing.
Tbe old man wiped his eyes hastily
wltb bis red bandana handkerchief
and tried to look brave. "Ma chere
Popotte," be said gently, "you Just
look like one silly girl, yas; fer what
you make like dat? You go'ne cry your
heart out yas; fer what you go'ne
make It so bard fer part? Come, aU
your eyes red like one crawfish. "
But she only sobbed : "Garcon, Gar
con, won pauvre Garcon, be got fer
stay two long months wlthont 111' Po
potte r
"AIlonsT he said, softly stroking her
old hand, "don't make like dat cherle.
You go'ne make It so hard fer say
good-by. You gone make me
cry, you." But the old woman
only clung to her aged knight
closer and said: "Mon cher Gar
con, male you go'ne make me one prom
lse fer write every day, eh, Garcon V
"OuL, ma chere Popotte, I go'ne write
you two letters every day since you
bin gone.
"An' you go'ne make your bead every
night for your poor 111' wife like you
bin promise ?'
"Before le bon Dlen!
dose bead every night.
I go'ne make
' he answered
solemnly.
"All aloaril.'" again cried the conduc
tor. There was a hurrying and scurrying
among the passengers, but still the old
woman clung to her garcon, and said
anxiously as she put her hand down
bis pocket:
"You sure you got dose bead what I
bin give you In your pock?"
"Mnls oul, cherle," he said, drawing
out his rosary, "you t'lnk I go'no let
dose lead go out my band?"
"AH alioard!" agnlu cried the con
ductor angrily. Hut the old woman
held her "garcon" fast and sobbed:
"An" you go'ne come some time to de
bay fer pass de day wld your Popotte,
and I go'ne make' you some fine crab
gumbo aud some nice court rtoulllon,
what you bin love for eat eh, mon
cher Garcon?"
'.Mais oul, cherle," he said, drawing
out "I go'ne send you some pretty
flower an' some nice court bouillon,
what you bin love lettre every day an'
tell you all dose news what pass."
'Now, now," she sobbed, "I don't
want fer hear some news like dat I
Just want fer hear dose news bout
my Garcon and how he make out wld
no 111' Popotte."
"Come! come!" he whispered, "you
go'ne make It so hard fer part You
see, cherle, I done commence fer cry I"
"Puff! puff!" went the engine.
"Come along, old man, hurry up!"
cried the conductor, as the train steam
ed out
But still Garcon found time to hold
Popotte In his arms once more, and to
call ber "cherle" and his little "Po
potte." ,
And then the conductor pulled lilra
by the arm and helped him off the
train, while the old woman, blinded
with tears, poked her head out of the
window, crying: "Au revoir, Garcon,
au revoir!" And so she sat straining
her aged eyes to catch a glimpse as far
as she could of the little old man and
the red bandana that answered the
silent "au revoir" of her old white silk
handkerchief.
"A spoony old couple," remarked a
contemptuous dude as be cocked his
eyeglass and looked conceitedly at his
neighbor, a portly buslnexs man, who
muttered gruffly: "It's none of your
affairs."
Tbe car all tittered at this, as It had
been doing ever since the Interesting
episode began, but' for all this there
was not one who did not feel touched
by this pathetic drama of two old
hearts.
THE EDIBLE FROG.
Ia Defiance of SU Patrick He Pros
pered in Irleh Marahea.
The edible frog Is found In England,
though, as It was first noticed In Foul
ness Mere In 1843, It Is probably, says
tbe London Telegraph, an Introduction
from the continent In the course of
tbe but fifty years attempts have been
made to natural lse It In various parts
of tbe south of England, but without
much success. Nor has any better
fortune attended tbe Involuntary Im
migrant placed In Irish marshes,
where, It may be mentioned, the com
mon brown frog has prospered since
1000, In spits of tbe popular legend
touching Bt Patrick and bis enrse. It
Is difficult to understand this aversion
of the edlbla frog to the south of Eng
land. Tbe climate Is much the same
aa that of northern Prance, aad con
sequently the theory that Its tadpole
cannot undergo roll development dur
lng tbe dry summer, before tbe advent
of autumnal cold, most be unfounded.
At all events, It ought to flourish in
Bedfordshire. Even for decorative pur
poses some of Its kindred are worth
acclimatising. Tbe American bullfrog,
with a gaps wtds enoagh to swallow s
chicken, or tho unslgbtly AooMao
Alytss, tho male of Which bears the
eggs oa aM taifbo, woald
aot bo acasMable tatrodae-
But tho beaottfsl tm trogs.
si of whteb-he atoopoaa.Hyav-to
kept la Oermaay as b livtag
ater. sluklug and rising In the "
as rain or drought Is appr-acuuin.
ought to be unobjectionable. The
lovely striped si-ecl- of the North
African mountain streams. whU-h tt
Inhabits In company with a trout,
would be scarcely hardy -nongh. bot
the leopard frog of the I nited Butee
might with a little care, soon form
an Interesting addition to oor orna
mental ponds, and. supplemented by
the green "esculenta," Impart the con
trast of color to the homelier warms
of their brown denizens.
THE SALVATION ARMY.
Haa Lived Down Bldlcnle and Coat
manda Beepect and Admiration.
The recent visit of Gen. Booth, tbe
founder of the Salvation Army, to this
city has been a memorable event In the
army's record, says the Chicago Tri
bune. During bis four days' stay be
made no less than sixteea addresses,
two of thera in the Auditorium before
the largest audiences ever seen In that
great building. I'pon one of these oc
casions a prominent orthodox clergy
man, the Uev. Dr. Barrows, on the oth
er an equally prominent Judge, Judge
Kohlsaat presided, and both heartily
indorsed the object of this unique or
ganisation. At the distinctive services
of the army at Its headquarters In Prin
cess Rink no less than 14i recruits
were added to the rank and file of the
army. In addition to all this the Gen
eral haa spoken to meetings of clergy
men and before the faculty and stu
dents of two universities, and has been
entertained by leading members of Chi
cago society. For the first time the ori
gin of the army, Us methods. Its pur
poses, and the results It has secured
have been stated officially by Its found
er. IU creed has been announced and
It may be summed up crisply as the
effort to help a man when he is down,
deserving or undeserving, by material
assistance and by inducing him to seek
salvation, which the army regards as
the only permanent cure.
At all these meetings the army Itself
haa been under the public eye, for thu
great majority of those In at tends ncu
were non -Salvationist at least from
the army point of view. Tbey have
borne the Inspection siinvssfully. Tln-y
have proved themselves to be a collec
tion of plain, simple, well behaved men
and women, mostly young, full of en
thusiasm, sincerity, good humor, and
happiness and Idolizing their com
mander and stuff officers. Their meth
ods at times may be a little noisy, with
good deal of bass drum and 1am-
Isiurlne, but It Is the noise of eMlm-d-asm
only, and their "aniens" aud '-hallelujahs"
an' as fervent as those of a
Methodist camp meeting, where their
founder first learned to shout Tbey
have shown themselves to be an esgt-r.
earnest, courageous. Industrious imna
of workers, aud as such they deserve
the res-ct of the community, what
ever their method or their movement.
As Judge Kohlsaat said. "You must eU.
mlt that they are a band of men and
women thoroughly organized and In
dead earnest They are willing that
hey shall be Judged by their works a
test that most of us on the outside are
a little bit afraid of."
It is but a few years ago that the Sal
vation Army was a term of reproach
and its members were the victims of
the rabble's Insults, mud-throwing, and
persecution. But times have changed.
Its soldiers have borne their persecu
tions patiently and heroically and have
never swerved from their purpose.
They have at last forced the recogni
tion of the world and commanded Its
respect Men and women who devote
their lives to work In the slums, who go
where no else dares to venture, who
care ror the sick, make themselves
friends with the drunkard, pass their
time In filthy tenements, plead with
criminals, feed the hungry, and swlt
to bring vice and crime and all man
ner of moral disorder under the Influ
ence of salvation must Inevitably com
mand the world's resisjct, and they
have done it With such an outcome as
this It Is a pity there is not more drum
and tambourine beating In this naugn
ty world.
Profeasor Jowett.
One evening while John Addlngton
Symonds was at Oxford, he dined with
Professor Jowett After dinner tho
latter sat staring at the Ore, and would
not speak, but yet hH did not seem to
want Kymonds to go. At last he spoke
oracularly: "When I don't sty any
thing, people fancy I am thinking about
something. Generally I am thinking
about nothing. Good-nlgbf At an
other time he said: "Mr. Swinburne
Is a most curious young man. He used
to bring me long and eloquent eaaaya.
lie had a very remarkable power of
language; but It was all language. I
could never And that he was following
any line of thought"
A Book Ageot'e Logic.
A book agent once stopped at a house
In the country where he told the owner
that be had been recommended to her
because she already bad so many
books. "I should think that was a
curious reason," she said. "Now, there
Is my next neighbor. You should have
gone to ber instead, for she has no
books st all." The wily agent shook
bis bead. "Ah, we know better than
that," be answered. Those who bars
no books never buy any. Those who
have many already are the only ones
we can hope to appeal ta"
His On agh tar's Portrait.
Veccblo'i pictures exhibit one femalo
face which recurs from time to Urns
so frequently as to attract attention
and excite cariosity. It la tbe portrait
of bU daughter. .
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