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O. O. SUKIK, P1UJFKHTOB
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NEBRASKA
Whew! Chill, Brazil aau Argentine
have combined against Europe.
Recent floods In the st mi-arid regions
have not swept away the irrigation
fund.
Some men achieve vacations. Others
ha "9 leaves of absence thrust upon
them.
Vanity is the effort to make other
people believe you amount to some
thing, and egotism is believing it your
self. Tatrons of the Roman amphitheater
never knew what they missed by liv
ing before the automobile was in
vented. r
'Is poverty an obstacle or an oppor- j
tunityr' asks a contributor to one of
the current magazines. I'overty is usu
ally a necessity.
A New York man lost bis voice re
cently when be had his tooth pulled,
lie will doubtless be wanting to take
his wife around to that dentist now.
Next to having a 5-cent cigar named
after you the surest road to fame
these days is to announce that you
want to make up Booker Washington's
bed.
A man named Ilamm and another
named Bacon are rivals for the affec
tions of a Miss Frye at Odessa, Mo,
There will doubtless be some egg
throwing, no matter who wins.
Dr. ILUlis thinks that a man with an
Income of $50,XMJ a year Is necessarily
going to the devlL The doctor ought to
have his salary cut by his good-natured
congregation so as to keep him in the
right path.
It is pretty hard to work up much
sympathy for the American girl who
thinks she has married a titled foreign
er, and then fjnds that he is a first
class waiter or has an honorable record
as a coachman.
Mrs. Langtry says that one of the
rules of her perpetual youth is this:
"Never bother with anything which
other persons can be hired to do." This
Is the invaluable rule that the Weary
Walker applies to labor.
A steams for the use of the missions
to seamen was recently launched in
England. The wife of the Bishop of
Durham broke upon the bows of the
vessel a bottle containing pure oil, and
named it the Good Hope.
Mrs. Eddy says: "I am rated as
standing eighth in a list of twenty -two
of the foremost living authors." Yet
she has not written a single historical
romance. She Is always . reasonably
sure, however, of advance royalties.
A man who has recovered his sight
after many years of blindness says
that with his sight returned also his
desire to smoke, which he had lost
during his blindness. In other words,
a man wants to watch his own smoke.
Down in Texas the other day a man
named Whele married a Miss Barrow,
and the editor of the local paper had
no more sense of the fitness of things
than to print his account of the wed
ding under the head of "Whele-Bar-row."
Dr. Helen Bradford Thompson de
clare that she has found men to be
more emotional than women. The con
clusions are based on experiments cov
ering twenty-five men and an equal
number of women, a proportion to the
whole of mankind which makes
further inquiry unnecessary.
Cod liver oil has lately been quoted
t a price nearly three times as high
as it commanded a year ago. The ex
planation of tbe advance la that prac
tically tbe entire supply of tbe oil used
for medicinal purposes cornea from tbe
Norway fisheries, and tbe cod have
been destroyed or driven from their
feeding grounds by predatory seals.
Let as not judge tbe seals too harsh
ly; perhaps they needed a nutritive
stimulant. And anyway, they have
given tbe American cod a fine chance
to prove that be le good for something
besides flea ball.
Dr. Depew aaye fco answer to tbe
charge of Rev. Dr. HI) He that "the
pampered eeos of tbe rich are rotten
bet or they aro ripe" that "the greatest
anger comes to eountry boys who go
to tbe etty to make thatr fortune." It
la those anfortanateo who aro to be
pitted more than the aaUUsmtrss' sons.
Tbe boll bedroom la not an agreeable
koaM aad tbe aalooa and poolroom be
osom their pleoej of raasrt, their dabs.
"Tbe conditions are afl against them,"
aa they as all In favor of tbe bore m
Htty booms. Tns sots aeeme well
Tbe Hairy aaa tm town has
of a fortstnds aa4 armseas of
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system. Already rails of the same
weight are used on the electric as on
The steam rouds and well nigh equal
speed Is made la rural districts, while
greater sp-d Is made inside city lim
its. The cars are being made nearly a
large if not so heavy as those on steam
roads, and In nearly all country places
mails and light freight are carried as
well as pHssngers. Trolley lines aro
connecting country towns which could
only be reached by wagons, and by
bringing them Into mmunication
with railroad stations are developing
their business. Nearly every State in
New England can now be crossed,
north and south and eat and west, by
electric cars and in some cases citiei
as far apurt as Portland, Boston. Prov
idence, Hartford and New York hav
been connected by "the broomstick
train." One of the latest development!
of the system Is the ute for the first
time by a steam and a trolley road of
tbi same track. The New York Cen
tral Is to use a stretch of track near
Oxford. Mass., about five inib-s from
Worcester, for delivery of coal to a
section it cannot now reach esaily.
This track was laid ami is used by the
Worcester ai;d Southl, ridge Street
Railway. The fact that a locomotive
anJ freight cars c;m run upon rails
originally laid for trolley cars Is open
ing up a wide !ic.'d of speculative pos
sibilities among railroad people. Tho
Boston Advertiser says that "the New
Haven road bus already done some
thing In the way of 'third rail' connec
tions with steam road truck, and of
course evtrybody understands that tho
time win come when at earn and trolley
roads will be run as parts of one sys
tem, the street railways acting as feed
ers to the main line of steam track."
Nostalgia that U what the doctors
call it. In ordinary phrase it is known
as homesickness.: It Is a real disease.
Strong men die of it In the Philippine
islands, lo ail ordinary diagnosis
they are well. No organic trouble
lit apparent. The patient la literally
sick for home, and unless he is sent
home he grows worse and often dies.
Officers of the army, private soldiers,
civilians, old, middle-agid and young
all these are subject to the illness. It
is no boy's malady. It is an American
disease. The Englishman is not trou
bled with it. He goes to India and
lives there for years. It Is not a matter
of climate, for the climate of India Is
as enervating as that of our aehlpei
ago. There is no nostalgia, or scarcely
any, in India. Why is this? Well, for
one thing the nerves of the American
are not aa well covertd us those of the
Englishman. The American soldier
will stand more strain of fighting than
any other soldier In the world. In bat
tle bis nerves are taut as fiddle strings.'
But he is peculiarly susceptible to pulls
on his emotional nature. His affections
are acute. He lacks the stolidity of
the Englishman. And then, the Ameri
can, though he is descended from wan
derers and conquerors and emigrants.
uw. a gooti cosmopolite. He Is es-
sentially a home body. He will travel,
but he will return home. He flourishes
oiny in nis own soil and latitude. He
seldom expatriates himself. The Amer
ican in tne Philippines is like a fish out
of water. Edward Everett in his "Man
Without a Country" shows us how
hardly an American can give up Amer
ica. There is so much to got homesick
for.'
After all that is claimed for heredity
and environment Is granted, It is sUll
generally admitted that a man pretty
largely makes himself morally. And
it can be as truly said that he also
makes himself physically. Scientists
and philosophers are coming to the
conclusion that no man has a good
right to be an Invalid. Most illness is
self-inflicted. Could we all cease to be
slaves to appetites and passions and
were we to give' half the care to the
ue-eds of our minds and bodies that we
give to money-making aad money
spending, most of the ignorance, im
morality and Invalidism would disap
pear from the world altogether. A
few years ago Harry Bennett Weln
burgh, of Hartford, Conn., was a bed
ridden cripple, well advanced toward
hopeless invalidism, brought on by
overfeeding and other thoughtless In
dulgences. He was Induced by an en
thusiastic Y, M. C. A. gymnast to un
dertake a fight for his life and health,
employing only tbe resources that lay
within bis own mind and body. In a
few days he could move his Joints
without aid; In four months be could
walk; in a year his health was almost
perfect He faithfully continued this
care of himself and In two years after
he had begun it he entered a New
York contest for a prise offered to the
most perfectly developed man In
America, and won it In two years
he had, by his own intelligent care of
n.mself, transformed a hopeleaa, bed
ridden cripple Into a physically perfect
man. There were no drugs and no
doctor. He learned to eat properly,
to breathe property, to bathe property,
to exercise naturally and correctly In
abort to study and live up to and In
accordance with the few and simple
rales that nature herself has estab
lished. That la what one man b
done. It la no more than all men
could do In greater or lee degree, If
they would. Kew think it worth while.
Wo careleaely shatter our health by
over-eating, over drinking, over-working,
loss of sleep, and a thousand and
one daily Injuries and , neglects, and
then make ourselves and-all about ui
miserable for tbe rest of our broken
lives, whining and complaining against
fata.
Device.
Elbe's Interested In things."
"Is sue so voattractlver
When ws go oat to dinner we like to
sat aad run.
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Fee Una Fodder,
There are almost as many ways of
feeJing fodder to advantage as there
ire feeders. One very convenient mrth
d of making a feeding rack for fodder
has been sent us by a subscriber that
Is constructed around the fence In such
I way that the cattle can reach
through between so. .e stro;ig po'.es to
Ibraln the fodder. The remainder of
the nick Is mude of common one-inch
(umber. A rack of trris kind will pro
fent waste, Is remlly filled from tlif?
outsld of the fence and the stock can
tot get in or brek the rack If It Is
properly constructed. A more elaborate
tack is shown In this illustration,
which consists of an ordinary hay rack
iround which has been constructed a
guard made of strong poles. Tbe fod
der is put in the Inside rack where the
stock can reach it and the outside rack
prevents waste by catching the piece
of fodder that are pulled out by the
stock. A great many like tills rack
very well. Another contributor sends
us a very good rack as shown in the
accompanying illustration. This cor
respondent has fenced in his fodder
yard with an ordinary fence on two
sides. The other side la made of two
2x8 pieces and a common board at the
bottom. The cattle reach through be
tween the elects and eat the fodder
from the ground as it Is thrown iwlth
In their reach. This place is kept pro-
.vided with fodder all the time. The
size an mete racks win depend on
the amount of stock to be provided for
-Iowa Homestead.
Appla-Tree Borer.
There are several borers of the apple
tree the flat-hendl, which bores un
der the bark and sometimes In the
wood; the round-headed, which bores
Into the tree, remaining in the larval
state three years, and the twig lorer,
which enters just above tbe bud. Dig
out the borers with a sharp knife or
probe into the bores for them with a
sharp-pointed wire. Scrub the trees
and apply early in June and July
whale oil soap for soapsuds i. with a
little carbolic acid added. Burn all
twigs attacked. The soapsuds Itppps
the mortis off. The digging out of the
round-h'wdt-d and flat-beaded borers
must be done effectively. The borers
are about an Inch long. A sharp wire
kills them in the tubes made by them.
New England Farmer,
Cover for Bp Ilncket,
During rainy and stormy weather In
sugar season there Is always a great
deal of trouble from rain In the sap
Some farmers have
covers for their buck
ets which dispense
with any devices
which may be suggest
ed. Among the many
ways suggested the
following proves to be
very profitable. Take
a piece or board or shingle about 14
inches long and one-fourth Inch thick;
round one end out to fit the roundness
of tbe tree. This may be done with a
knife or small saw. Then fasten a
good stiff wire at the end rounded out
for the tree with small staples or
cleats. Bend the wire so thet It will
hold tight to tbe tree. This will af
ford adequate shelter. Epttomlst.
MUfl for Dairy Cow.
Answering a correspondent. Hoard's
Dairyman says the amount of silage
required by forty cows will depend
upon the amount fed per day and flie
number of days It le to be fed. In this
latitude (Wisconsin) tbe careful dairy
man estimates for feeding 200 days
at least and at tbe rate of not less than
an average of thirty pounds per day
to eaon animal. More and more also
la be beginning to provide some eitra
for use during tbe summer drought
and does not consider four tons per
row any too much for a year's supply.
Teeeblaar Back.
G. B. 7. wanes some one to tell him
bow to teach a colt to back In harness.
My way la to stop a load of any kind
on a aids bill. Don't drire up a longJ
bill, just a few steps up, and let him
bold It (wHh a borne you can depend
on to back or go ahead when told).
When bo looks tired, ask him to back
aad at the same time give him a short,
quick Jerk with the reins, always while
lttlng In tbe wagon. Then loosen the
reins whether be steps back or not
After Billing a few seconds give an
other jerk. Always loosen the reins
and give him lots of time to think
whether it is not bst to let the load
go back and not hold It. If you suc
ceed in getting him to take a few steps
back, then go a little farther up the hill
and give him lots of time to hold the
load, then try as before. If you get
him to back, don't ask him to back un
less you know the other horse can back
the wagon alone. W. H. Itlker In
Stockman and Farmer.
The Clover Crop.
A year ago pestimfot were predict
leg the disappearance of clover as f
profitable crop. A previous dry sum
mer followed by a hard winter had
practically killed old seedlngs and also
tho.e of Farmers, after Kpcnd
lug a mint of money In clover wd
that failed to result In a stand, had
come to regard the great legume as
perms nently enrolled on the "has
been" list. But this spring another
tale Is Itelng told. King Clovir Is him
self again. Ail over the land he Is d--ing
well. Hundreds of thousands of
acres of clover baa will be cut this
year win re last season there Mas none.
The area in clover In VJ was unmu
ally large. Much of the crop was
ruined by a wet harvest w.son, but
the enteh of' clover was all that could
be desired. This summer there will be
a large decrease In oat acreage, but a
vast Increase in clover. Thus even the
disadvantage of a water-loggt d season
have their offset. This year's crop of
clover will have a feeding value not
easily cMlniHttd, and Its effect In re
storing fertility will have a percept!
ble Influence. It is a significant fact
that alfalfa sown last year In tbe corn
belt Invariably made a gol catch;
more proof positive that comiltlong un
der which clover will do well are ad
mirably suited to Its relative, alfalfa.
Live Stock World.
Ventilation In Bnramer.
It is very important that good ven
tilation is provided for the fowls dur
ing the hot mouths, months when the
nights are oppressively cioe. Fowls
will crowd together, no matter where
they roost, and unless they be given
pure, fresh air disease of some kind
will likely make Its appearance. A
bouse, Inexpensive and comfortable,
may be arranged so that the sides and
ends are entirely open. It matters but
little how open the bowse Is during tho
hot months. What the fowls need most
is a dry place, with plenty of freh,
pure air. An open shed does nicely
for the summer morrtns, but, of course,
the fowls must be made comfortable
before the cbiii winds of autumn be
gin to arrive.
One thing, though, that we should
jru&rd against is the common practice
of allowing the fowls to rootrt In the
tree tops. There is nothing more dan
gerous. They Injure themselves by
flying out, and often cannot be broken
to go to the house until after they have
contracted colds from the fall winds
and rains. Keep them in the house,
but arrange It so that they will have
plenty of freeh air,. yet not be subject
to the many dangers of a root on the!
fence or tree top.- Home and Farm.
Farm Notes.
A prominent Knglish poultry breeder
will make a large dlfplay of Old Kng
lish game fowls and Dorkings In th
poultry exhibit ut the World s Fair.
Ten acres of small fruits will often
maka a man more truly prosperous
than ten times as much land In wheat
or com. He may not be worth ai
much in actual capital Invested, but
he wiil be getting a larger net Income,
and doing it with less severe toil. Thu
small farm well tilled, whether it bo
In fruits, dairy, vegetal.li s, etc.. Is a!
lw;8t always the most satisfactory.
The principal ciipital noeded to utari
such a farm is a level bead and knowl
edge of the buslnes.
Mildew Is one of tbe greatest obsta
cles In the way of gooseberry growing
In most parts of tbe country, A grow
er of experience has found that salt
hay spread over the whole surface of
the ground to the depth of tbr Inches
Is a preventive. Common coarse hay
or bog grass, soaked in brine, would
possibly answer Just as well. - On ac
count of the manner in which tbe salt
absorbs water from tho atmosphere.
the mulching, end consequently the
vines, are kept at an even temperature.
In an experiment made to deterrjlne
tbe absorptive powers of milk there
was inclosed In Jars a portion of milk,
and to different Jars, but not m eonnoc
tlon,' different substances, giving off
flavors. At tho end of eight boors a
portion of tbe milk was drawn from
near tbe bottom of each Jar, by means
of a plppette, so as not to disturb any
psrt of tbe milk. In every one of
fifteen trials the milk bad absorbed
tbe flavor to such an extent that It
had penetrated the very lowest etra
turn.
t When the grass Is allowed to produce
seed It exhausts the soli mors than
when a crop of hsy Is cut before tbe
seeds are permitted to sppear. When
seed heads form then the plant has
fulfilled Its mission and has stored in
the seeds s larger proportion of tbe
mineral elements thai) remains In the
stalks of tbe plants, In many cases.
as tbe green plants, when cut down
earl, consist largely of water. A grain
crop and a crop of seed from grass
deprive the soil of a proportion of all
tho fertilising substances sz toting
therein.
GOOD
Sbof iQtorleJ j
4 ! I 1 1 I
A minister who was called in to com
fort the wife of an old Scotch caddie
assured her thst while John was very
weak he was evidently ready for a
better world, rneipectedly, however,
John rallied, and said to hU wife:
"Jenny, my woman. I'll niayt be
spared to ye yet." "Na, na, John!"
was the reply; "ye're prepared, and
I'm resigned! Dee nooi"
Wht-n a shot was fired In tho wings
of tbe TlvoII Opera Houeie during the
third art of "Carmen" on Zelle de Lus
Nan's opening night, a disappointed
spectator, who considered Tennery's
I oii Joho alxiiit "the limit" remarked,
with a siich of reiff, "Thank Cod."
Thee about lilin, who chared his feel
ings, snickered sympathetically. But
their erailcH were tumid to iea!s of
laughter when Hon Jose presently
lxlbi.l up fereiie'y. and the talkative
wag exclaimed i radically, "S'e gods,
her nl:a wr.J bad. Mie uiNhcI him!"
J. T. Trowbridgi. in the course of
bis reinin Si-cm i s in the Atlantic
Monthly, tells this story of Oliver Wen
dell Holmrs and iAi:g.'eilow: One
afternoon, in li:c yea: of which I am
writing, I chanced to call upon Mr,
Longfellow Juki after he had received
a visit from ir. Holmes. ''What a
delightful man be W. " tald be; "but be
has left inc. as be generally does, with
a hendaW'.o." When 1 Inquired the
crtuo, ho replied: "The movement of
h's mind is kj much wore rapid than
mine that .1 ofUn find it difficult to
follow him. and If I keep up the slraln
for a length of time a headache Is the
penally."
It Is related that one morning Cuy
de Maupassant lay In bed reading a
comic pajK-r in his modest atelier in
the Latin Quarter. After a little time,
IH Maupassant to his horror, beard
familiar and ponderous footstep at
the bottom of tbe wooden smlrbe
was four flights up. It was a severe
creditor, who had threatened him with
all sorts of punishments if he did not
settle his debt In an instant Ie
Maupascan was out of bed and seized
a aheet of ptipw, on which he wrote:
"M. de MfliipwiSftiit having died on the
IGtli, all having claims against bhn
must apply to M. M. Blanc," at somo
(false addrewj. He expected money
that day and intended to put matters
straight In tbe afternoon. He stuck
his notice outside the door, locked him
self In again, and was back between
the blankets. Fortunately the old
gentleman ascended slowly, like a hlp
.popotamus. When he reached the
landing, there was a sound of mutter
ing. Then down he went again. De
Maupassant breathed fretdy. In a lit
tle while up tripped Marie, a pretty
maid, who was In the habit of flirting
with the writer. After a few words,
she departed. Soon lie MaupasHant
recognized her steps again, and pres
ently there was another rap on th.t
door. When he orenel it, there stood
bis old creditor, panting like a steam
engine. He bad come up In his block
ing feet. The old man had kept his
eyes open.
CHARACTER IN SMOKING,
r ui nunii mil iiaa ueen an
Observer.
According to a ncio's manner of
smoking you Khali know him Is the
opinion of a kern observer of habits
and characteristic.
Let him gnaw nt the end of his cigar
aud roll It lxtweca his lips aud you
nicy depend he Is cynltal, likely to
look always on the wrong side of hu
man nature, ami no i to trust any one j torl.il years which bridge over the in
completely. rM from lr ,() 2 ta tlmt ,je 8hal,
Ihe man who smoke with his cigar ,i welcome guest in families where
tilted upward has ihe tiaiu that make there are girls of tbe some age with
it,f xucceMs. Is brilt, nggnnsive. and ' himself. Indeed, the mmnloiin
llkmy to triumph over Interference
with bis wiMies.
The smoker who guards bis cigar
Jealously and will smoke It almost up
to the point of charring his mustache
or burning his nose is a tactician,
scheming, self -seeking, and with an
dateline desire for power.
The dgar tilted toward tho chin de
note the day dreamer, tbe person who
may have Ideas and ambitions but sel
dom the practicality to carry tbeiu
out.
The dgar held steadily and horlwm
tally Indicates a callous, calculating
nature, strong treiu, but poor princi
ples, the sort of man who could bo
brutal with Indifference should oera
slon arise.
Men who let their cigar go out and
then try to relight It aleo thoae who,
after smoking for a while, M the H
gar go out and then throw It away,
are likely to be Irrational and without
the capacity to put their powers to
use.
Men of quick, rlracloue temper hard
ly touch tbe tip of tbelr dgar with
their teeth and after taking two or
three whiffs will remove It and bold
It In their band In attsent minded fash
Ion. They are men who change tbelr
opinions sod ambitions often and re
quire tbe spur of novelty or neeeeslty
to make them exert their leet powers,
The man who, after lighting his ci
gar, holds It not enly between his
teeth and lips, hut wlih two, threeJUr
four Angers of his left linnd. Is fsdiftl
ous and possessed of much, personal
pride, inch a person whi often ro
movs his dgar and examine the light
ed end to see if It la burning evenly
and steadily. Much action Indicate
carefulness, sagadty, and a character
ffarthy of eonfldencejuid esteem.
Tbe smoker who seeds forth smoks
from both corner, of the moatk tB
two different puffs is iwchety and
hard to get along with, though he may
have good mental faculties.
The spendthrift, sometimes the ad
venturer, Is declared by the act of bit
ing off the end of a cigar. Lack of
Judgment, dislike to pay debts, and
not overnlceness of b&blts are declared
by this practh-e.
The pie smoker who grips his pip
so firmly Ixttween his teeth that mark
are left on the mouthpiece is mettle
some, of quick, nervous tamper, and
likes to be tenacious of hU opinions
one way or another.
Many smokers, no matter bow many
cigar cases they have, carry their ci
gars In the upper left hand waistcoat
pocket This habit Indicates n love cf
self-Indulgence and disinclination to
make the slightest exertion other thai
absolutely necessary.
These observations, it should be re
membered, are those of a woman wh
has been observing men who smoke.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
B R AJNtAT i N cTo CTO PUS.
Uiileuu Crratnro that Kill Men mi l
I'eTmir Thetr Hrniii.
A Belgian officer juxt returned from
the Kongo Free Siate reports that u
tbe caverns of the t elle Itiver tliertf
dwells a HMlcIcs of octopus that prc-
fictita a grave danger to all who navi
gate a river in wnail boats. Th
strange beasts arc called "megwe' .y
tho natives :md are numerous in the
neighborhood of the station of iha
Amadi.H, owing to the number of rock
and caves In that region. They at
t.'ick the native canoes, capsizing ihem
easily with their tentacles, and, ac
cording to their state of hunger, seiz
ing one or two men. The octopus drag
his human prey to his cavern, and
there, without inflicting ihe slightest
external wound, feeds on 111 vicilm'n
brains by Insert ing the points of h.V
tentacle In his txmtrils. He generally
keeps his prey fifteen hours and then
lett the body flout out on the river. v
"I was an eyewitness of a disaster of
this kind," says the Belgian, necord
I) g to the New York Tribune. "A ca
t. ;o was cajisIiMvl in the river ami one
of the thr oeeupants disuppeure-L
When the survivors swam ashore they
told us that an octopus hiid turned
their boat over and carried off their
companion. The next morning about
0 o'clock the liody was found floating,
and no trace of any wound could be
found, while the only abnormal ftp
pearance was the swollen state of the
nostrils. On examination It was found
that the brain had been extracted. Tho
natives of the Telle all dread the 'meg
we,' while thohe of the Itimbrl know
nothing of Its existence."
The Iloy of FtfWn.
We may well admit that at 13 a
boy is a trial of the nerves to variou
people who love hhn. His self-importance,
his crudity, his air of knowing
whatever there Is to be known, Ms Im
perious willfulness, the pwsslon of bis
desire for sport, the apathy of his ef
fort to study, are each and all sutfl
eiently provocative of reprobation. But
through this seething, boiling mess of
contradictions one may discern hope
fully a glimpse of the strength and
sweetness that are to follow, says a
writer in tjood Housekeeping. Tho
iRiy'a individuality is ntnigslliig to tba
front. Climbing by the stepping stones
of his own mistakes, lie w'il arrive at
a safer, broader plane of vantage by
and by. The lad needs time. Educa
tion, with its shaping processes, wl)
transform him Imperceptibly. Social
opportunities will rub off his angle
and soften his asperities. Next to what
a boy's own slsiers csin do for him aro
the Hiiienitles which come from com
panionship with the sisters of his
chums. One of the very best things
lii.it can happen to a boy !n the flrxC
d-iwning of bis manhood, tbe transl-
girls Is so precious and so valuable to
boys that he Is a short-sighted parent
who puts the slightest stumbling block"
In Its way.
Unmitigated Severity.
P anion Wllklns was the gentlest min
ister the church of Cranford Center
had ever known. It was apparently
a difficult for him to lose bis tem
per as for many of his parish to keep
theirs. One day one of the deacona
went to him with a complaint about
the boy who had been apprenticed to
the deacon to learn tbe carpenter's
tmde.
"He's so lasy and ungrateful, added,
to everything else," said ths deacon at
tbe end of a long list of grievance,
"that I've lost my patience, and I'm
sfraid to talk to htm for fear I shall
display inger. Now I want you to speak
to nlm severely, parson very severe
ly." "I will, deacon," said ths minister,
"1 will certainly spesk to him with
great severity." A few days after'
ward be received a caO from the ap
prentice. "Now, my boy," said the mlnlater.
Isylng a calm hand on the graceless
youngster's shoulder, "I have heard
from ths good deacon of the thing
you bars been doing and your neglect'
of your proper work, and I wish to;
say that I think you have been doing)
very poorly; thst If you persist In this'
course of ertlou I shall be forced,')
here lbs minister assumed the air oh
one administering a rebuke almost too
stern to be endured "to lower my
opinion of you; to lower It consider-'
shly, my boy."
The success of some people Is aaa
countable, considering that (nay never)
bsd a baccalaureate ssrmoa praacbeilj
to them.