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J2 SB Hr nr rait full 3 3 3 3 Old Blazer's IHlcro 3 By DAVID CHRISTIE MURRAY. CHAPTER XVIIL (Contioued.) He did not look up at the house aa be pent by, and so missed the night of ; lepaibah, who atond mournfully preikig fce tip of her Done against a paue in j he window of the dark front room, mar-1 hg oat upon the street- She saw hin, bwever. and waa atruck by a something Uartleaa in hia gait and the attitude of. lie figure. He waa atrulliut in the di-j lection of the Miner' Rest, and Heppd J ah knew what her own feani were. She paused in the narrow hall to snatch a trap of some i--rt from a hook, and then lipped after him Into the street. He Ma going do slowly that ahe had no dilfl- Klty in OTertaking him, but when ahe d come within a yard or two her heart kiled her, and ahe found no courage to (peak to him. But be In a little while teeoming vaguely conacioua that a hur lying step behind him had euddenly ac lommodated itself to hia own, turned tound and recognized her. "Been out for a walk, Miater Ed aard?" ahe asked in as cheerful and caa ll s tone as she coi!d cnre. "Yes," he answered her indifferently, ind walked on a (tain. Ned,' ahe said with an effort, hardly knowing how ahe f-nd heart of grace b apeak at all, "it'd do yon a world o' rood if you d tell a body what it ia aa b on your mind instead o' carryin' it on 111 by yourself." He went dogged again, and aha, cateh- Bg sight of hia face in the lamplight, law the futility of her own worda, and et having begun to apeak could not re- ress them. "I wonder at you, Ned, yon aa used to e ao bright and brave, to throw your self away i' this fashion. What can't be lured most be endured, my darlin'. Do M a man, and wake tip a bit" "Good night, Hepxibah," he answered trlthout so much aa looking at her. The Hony roice and manner quelled her, and he dropped behind and suffered him to aalk away withoot further molestarioa. fteeing that be did not turn, she dared to sallow him, and haring seen him enter the open door of the Miners' Rest, she Kood for awhile In the street aa stricken fer and sadly as be himself had done a Ittle while before, and theu walked tome crying. Rlane sat down in a comer of the place, after having distributed a cold led here and there, and obscured himself behind a newspaper which he did not lead. Hia arrival cast a chill upon the ompany for a minute or ao, but the roken conversation was resumed, thongh pot without some meaning glances in his ktrection. The eld landlady served him fcawillingluy, and was evidently desirous at her unwillingness should be seen, e rook hta- with a stony unconcern, as he accepted everything. He was going h the bad, and he knew it He walked tor ward with his eyea open, and he would sot so much as try to turn back. In toe, he was bent on going to the dogs with all possible expedition, a condition If mind which ia only possible for men of originally good quality. CHAPTER XIX. Mr. Will Hackett was not the man to tuffer Very severely from the qualma of conscience. He had left his wife base ly, and in hia heart he knew just aa well ts anybody could have told him that he had acted like a cnr. Of course, that of Itself was a disagreeable thing to know, and equally of course it was easy to be lure that uo harm would befall her, and to promise that in due time he would go nek to her with his pocket full of dol lars and more than make up for er trything. And, side by aide with this excellent intent which be knew admira bly well he never intended to carry out was the natural sentiment of ill-usage, and a sort of forgiving resentment, Good wives make good husbands; and if Mary had known how to keep him, then waa ahe making in him of he knew not what f amiability and good fellowship. 8o, ta the whole, ha went away with a light heart His first appearance in New York waa fairly successful He took something like rat place in the second rank of singers known to the American public, and bla Bam came to be a aafa draw wherever ha was announced to sing. But if the manager could see that the ehief tenor of hia concert troupe sang nly at hia bidding, there were things anuch more important to the tenor's pros perity and hia own to which ha could not ttend. Ha could not Insure that Will ahould be early to bed and early to rise, er that ha should go to bed sober and rise with hia throat unparched. He could not insnra even that this Imprac ticable tenor ahould not dina heavily an hoar before a concert, and aing rather badly and wildly after It "You're making a dread fa! idiot of ewarself," he would say at times, for familiarity with many men had taught aim candor, "and you'll regret It a lot ore than ever I shall. I dare say you'll last my time oat, even as you're going. I'm beastly disappointed ia you. of tourse, and it'a no am pretending that I'm aet Bat I'm speaking for your own good now, though I'm not likely to do vou much. You'll be about aa pretty to listen to aa a ravea la a year or two. Now if you'd only live straight sad work bit you've got a lifelong f attire. Go aa yon're going and III give yoa three reara to ruia yourself In." To this harangue Will listened often, generally ia aullen erora, though aome tiroea. If it came early In the morning wait-hia head waa aching, not without brief toward reproaehea. Meantime be lived ia clover, of the growth ha cared far. aad hia aalary beiag paid weekly he gOBeraily had plenty of money ia hia packet. Ha hecaase vary gnrgeooe ia la I meat, a ad had rather more of the saetr hail than tfca eoacart platform air ajbmat aim. Plraaag ap geld and Oliver, ha of coarse format aa aeod a ay ef bla gaine to hia Uat aawwajrtb waa wail la do. til 1 TmJ! tmi fi "il f T WCBaLfLl 5 ;53 and could take capital care of hex. There was no doubt a beat it, and he never per mitted hinuelf to doubt that the care was takeu. At any rate he refrained from making Inquiries, and ao eecaped any burden which might have been laid cpon his cm . Meantime the money caice in gayly, and for a man who had as little of forethought as he had it seemed inevitable that H should coutinuc to come in always. As time went on he and hia manager came over and over again to open quar rel, aud each grew heartily weary of the other. HiK-kett's constant cry was that the man who had found bun out aud opened the way to fortune fur him was fattening on his work. The manager's retort was that the work waa always indifferently done and often ill done. Each grew anxious to escape from the contract and after many days the man ager found his chance. The popular tenor had dined unwisely as hia habit was, but on this occasion he was pro hibited from appearing on the platform, and an apolnrv was presented to the public In his behalf. Next morning a formal letter reached Hackett to the ef fect that the contract waa dissolved, and that if he felt himself aggrieved he might seek legal remedy. He felt himself ag grieved, snd he sought his legal remedy. The mm went against him. The public found the details smuslug, snd Hackett found himself out of employment and early penniless. He shuffled along some how, sartorial glories growing dimmer, and engagements growing rarer and more poorly paid, aa be ahowed himself less and leas trustworthy In his work. The glorious vole began to go. It even cracked in public oa that noble high A of which he bad been so proud, and which had indeed been wont to ring ont like a clarion. He turned into a restau rant after that night'a concert aud sat alone In a sort of sick-hearted stupor. He had been hissed for the first time In Mi life, aud be resolved that It ahould be the last It was time to end it all. time to ring down the curtain on the poor tragl-comedy his life had been all along. The deaerted wife came back to him in memory. He recalled her as ahe had been when he had first known her, snd a faint remorse touched him. She had been right, after all, and had bad a reason for her reproaches. While la this mood ha sat absently tap ping with the tip of his knife upon a newspaper which lay on the table before him. The Journal was creased and crumpled, and bad evidently been left there by some recent guest. Uackett's eyea fell upon It, and he looked at it with bo Interest until he awoke to the fact that it was a newspaper from home, and betran to glance at its columns here and there. A Brocton newspaper! The thought touched him oddly, and he went oa glancing here aud there withont no ticing greatly what he read. And mean lime the knife went on tapping, tapping mechanically at the same spot of the journal. The fancy came Into bis mind sudden ly, what if there were something there where ha was tapping which might in terest him, which might be of good or bad augury to bim! He thought of this for a minute or two, fancifully and rnguely, and then glanced at the spot The tip of the knife blade fell upon the name of John Howarth. The name of John Howarth was in the register of deaths, and the name that followed it wss the name of Fauny. hia wife. CHAPTER XX. There la hardly a vice or a virtue In the world which has not more or less the habit of reproducing itself. When a man begins to lie he finds himself often enough compelled to go on, and one false hood breeds many. He that has stoles may find himself so placed that he mast steal again. Bat the actual compulsive force of vice to vice is hardly found anywhere so strongly as ia intemperance. Tba habit catches, not merely on the maa who himself is abandoned to drink, but on people who surround him, and who are grieved and wounded by hia folly. Ned Blsne most needs take to drink ing because Will Hackett declined to keep himself sober; and now, for the sal vation of a life or two, as the fate which guides the destinies of men would have it for the nonce, another must Deeds en ter the demon's circle, and go whirling toward the gulf for a while, only to be arrested at last by the force which set him ia motion. Mary Hackett was on terms of some familiarity with the Bard, and In her happy days had been wont to laugh with soma heartiness over hia effusions. Mary had, oa one occasion, whea at a school room tea Baadraeh had read a set of verses mora or less pertinent to the oc casion, ao far relied upon ber power over her own risible muscles as to congratu late him apoa hia production, and from that hour he waa ber willing slave. It was a matter of absolute necessity that Mary ahould pat ber hand to some kind of work, and after much casting to and fro la ber mind aa to the best way of earning enough to hold body and soul together sne aecioeo oa ararung aa ib- fant school. News of this enterprise no sooaer came to the Bard 'a ears thaa be set to work to hunt out pupila for her, and brought her half a deaao of the poorer sort Whea the Bard happened to ha engaged oa Bight work at the Old Blaaer he would brlghtea himself ap oa aa afternoon, and hie, ia hia tall hat, ta the place which Mary had hired far her school and there humbly preaentiag him self wauld llatea with a beamlag eatle fartloa ta the lafaat Itassaa. The Bard waa allowed aa go ta the school, aad he bees me a familiar Ignra there; but tittle by little the beamlag ceoplaceaca faded eat a bim. aad dare esase whea be woaM alt glnia and alleat. aad whea evea the aebotaatlr aarraeaas of a alec of Mvpxiheb's. who waa ail yea re af age, aaat bai word ef one eyliable. filled fc delight Thea later he tegaa to hat tittle oddi ties of manner and motiuo which the schoolmistress was alow to uiJerstsud. By and by these little oddities so grew and multiplied that she are furred to (tattle with herself lest h might un derstand theui. And tfeea it last a spite of herself, she waa ooitpeiied to ubJ-rund and to beg the fallii-'g Shad ra b to t eaie Lis vusits- j The doing of this cost her hitler tears : sod urniiy a new heartache. But l.ulf her little world seemed uow fiuatiug un i that hideous drink whirlpool. anJ swirl ing towards iis depths. Her husband she had found out Long ago. Then hrr most faithful suilor. who had passed as a model of what a man should be, fol lowed on the same road. The smart bright genial lad waa clrau spoiled. lis had grown haggard and unkempt and surly, and hia old friends had begun to gtre him the cold shoulder, and to pasa him with averted unrecognlzing glance ia the street AU this, as she knew full eli, in prt the fruit of her unhap py marriage. It weighed upon her con-eciem-e to think that she was in any measure responsible for it. And now that the harmless, gentle hearted Bard had joined the ranks she saw Ler own work in the mttr still. Ned Klsne's misery and his failing off were breaking Ilepzibnb's heart and Hepzitiah's unbappiuess had starti-d Rhndrach down hill. This dreadful new departure could not long remain hidden from Hepzibab's eyes, and when she beheld it the suum h creature's heart seemed like to break at once. "Shad inch," she said, "yon can go home. You'd better. But oh! to think that a man si' gifts like youru should demean himself to this, which is a thing ss the brntca that perish would sot do." The wretched Shadrach swayed, aud beamed upon her with a fatuous smile. "What's the good talk in'!" said Shad rach. "Ioea man'a heart good." "I do' know what it does for a man'a heart," cried Hepzibah with sudden tears. "I knows it breaks a woman's. And Edward, too! Then you. that was thought to be the solierest 1' the town! Go away. Phadrach, do; and heaven for give yon!" "That's a little too much," Shadrach protested, moved vaguely and stupidly by her tears. "Tell you what it U, Hep aibah. It's Ned. That's what It la. Breaks your heart see a fine young chap like that" "Oh. you fool!" said Hepzibah bitter ly. "What's poor Ned's fault to you aa you should go an' copy itj Go away, and never let me see you any more!" "All right" responded Shadrach. "I sli all go to the Rest and ask for MUter Ned. Said he wanted me to pay for a drink, because he saved my life didn't he? So I will." "D'ye think he'd be seen drinking with the likes of thee?" demanded Hepzibah, driven nigb to her wits' end. "Go borne, an' be a laughing stock alone the road." And therewith her tears became a pas sion not to be resisted, and she bid her face In bar apron after the manner of her class, and cried as if her heart were fairly broken. Shadrach took himself away, aud left her to ber grief, ashamed enough to be glad of absence from her, too bland and mild to be wrathful with her or with himself, and easily restored to a conditio of vacuoua eelf-satisfac-tlon. It was early evening still, and when, an hour later, Ned Blane reached home, he glanced askance at Hepzibah's red eyea, and guessed himself the cause of her grief. The unspoken reproach of her face, its hungry pity and affection, stung him. It angered him to be pitied and w ept over. He aud Hepzibah were alone in the kitchen. She busied herself in preparing a meal for him, but she bad not so far mastered the hysterics of her weeping that she could control herself completely, and an occasional sob escaped her. He, lounging against the upright of the man tel shelf, with crossed feet aud arms, looked angrily at her for a time as aha went to and fro about her duties, and at last broke out fiercely. "What's the matter now? What sort of a bouse is this to come home to?" "Who made it the sort of house it ia?" Hepzibah almost shrieked, turning upoa him. "Eh?" he aald, advancing a step and staring wildly at her.. "Eh? What'a that" "You," returned Hepaibah. "Ay, yoo may bit me, if you like. Mister Ned Ma as nursed you when yoo was a child, and loved yon better than if even you'd been my own." (To be continued.) Needed a Slope. Among the storiea treasured by tha older Inhabitants of a Massjicliusetta town la one that relatea to a none to scrupulous shopkeeper who flourished over 30 yeara ago, and a variety of po tatoes for which he acted aa sponsor. They were known aa "Iover'g Seed llnge," and were favorites with tha people who succeeded In making then grow. Unfortunately, Eben Rhodes waa not one of the few, and he lamented hia failure in public, upon which tba shopkeeper remonstrated. "See here, Ebeu," be aald, flrmly, "you've got no right to go spoiling aalea. Where did yoa plant tboaa aeed llngsr "In aa good soli aa ever a potata could deaire," aald Mr. Rbodea, with dignity. "On level greaad?" asked tba shop keeper. "Lerel and Una," aald Eben. For a moment the shopkeeper waa atlent Then ba clapped bla band to bla forehead. "Come to think of It." ha cried, "I believe tboaa you bought were alda- bill Dover' a, Eben!" Joat Had to Oat Writ "Tow husband baa quit reoorersd. fratn bla Illneaa," aald ane wooiaa. "Tea," aiiawered the atber. The doctor'a msdlcla muat bar 4on bim good." "I dunae's It waa tba medlclna. Ha gat ta B gniing ap what tba bill would be ' coaduded he) bad bam alck aa tang ha could afford It lo be waat back to wark." Waabhagtoa tai Wheal aama aaaa kaww thatr aaV thay try to adga It by aafclag advW EVOLUTION OF THE DOO Traits of Kitiart Kp ifi Feaad in the Irrtiarr Period. Tl.e dog was d!iiii-ati'd by man in prt-iiistoiii- tinu-a. ami its remains ar frt-nieiitly found in au-ictit ill ,::;;f sites, shell mum.! and burial is.tn in tiie oki and new wor'd. Keuiiuiis of ariius other sptt-iee of it. faiuiiy ('Utiidaei are found In the older uartcniury dej.its alont: with t!mf of iu:ist'duli. iiiamtnotlv. etc , but there in little ' idem-e as tit ulni li. if any. of these sjktiei are iiiieti vstitl by man. s.iy the Montreal Her ald. It Is trolsib!e that tile ihiluestie h is tlie result of tunny and various in- tercroK-iiiKs with the jackal, wolf, eo- jote mill other wild m-cIck. so that the original strain au lutnllv ! deter mined. In the strata of the teithiry M-:iixl are found reu.ins of ininieniti eUiwt se-iei, which illustrate the evolution of the different sjM-cies of iinsl.-rii eniiidne and tin ir' Kiadunl ilivirneiM-e from the eoiniiion un-etnil type of the earnlioni. ,1'be eaniihie live niisst ly in the ojieii eoiiiitiv nd bunt in pinks, rutiiiini: down tlie'r prey in the oj eu mi'! e.i turnip it I y a chii! iiiatioa of superior inlelli;:eui-e tnnl renter fpot-d. 'I ll" il elopmeiit of this g oup of nrnioin tin Ison. aecordltitflr. i-hielly in I r:i'n ciip.n lty and hi lb ail uphill in if the fi1 Mini limb,, to suift and lona continued rtiiiuiiii;. The eariie-it e.-uiiihic. of the inmviic and ollps-eiie eMs li. were proMirtioiiei like the modern civet. h1i1.Ii lire for est dweller. They inn) short limb and lone lulls and their brain inpiiclty wit very mm-li less tlinu It is in their modern dei-eiiil:iiit. Some hud re tntetile ehiws; all bud five toe on each foot mid the full series of forty-four teeth of the primitive ma mmiilin. Be tween these ear'ie-t i-ii.iiilue anil tli"lr modern specie arc several Intermedi ate singes in tie- siien-Ksive tertiary formation. The modern rntii-'e from a high ly enniivofoii type, snob as the wolf mid esNH-l:illy the Indian dhole leyonl mid the South American bush-do;? (Ictlejoni to small oinnivorotm sim-cIi tiiiro)icliiiif the nnt'oon in the char acter of their ti-cth. The series of fossil forms leadlni: tip to these differ ent typi- are distinguishable at quite an early period and all pas through a courw of parallel evolution, oncb race prrif'ssind indeiM-iidenlly In the direction of Kreater Intelligence and hisdier Kxid. (it her race of dogs now extinct progressed in different di rection by divergent evolution, some assuming the size and proportions of the lear and from some of these the ls'iirs may be collaterally descended, while another scries l onnii t the dogs with IIih raccoons. TOLD BY OLD CIRCUS MAN. SVnsitlrn the Giant I'rotloi-eil When Trjveling by .Mt mboit. t '' The great gUmt never inuitc a great er sensation," said the old circus man, "llian be invariab'y litl when seen on tl.e upper deck of a stcamlsiat. "When we shipped from one town to another we commonly moved by the road; but sometime when we were going to stop at two towns along a river, ami the distance between the two towns "its great, and the old man c uM make a prnlltabl ' dicker with the steamboat people, why. then we'd make the !v!p by boat. And moving in tills way t ti- g.atir did tremi-mioimiy advertise the show. "You sec, we couldn't have bim crawl aboard a boat by the gangway, between decks, and curl himself up there somewhere lielow: we had to carry bim where be could be seen by all. "lie would step up from the wharf to the steamboat's upper deck, and stay right there straight through the trip, in full view from the river's banks on either side, a man as tall as the steamboat's chimneys. And seen walk ing or standing there n the !fOat came along, or sitting there, maybe, in a great armchair that we never failed to carry 'along for lilm, be made u night that everybody along the river came lo see and looked at with wonder. "And when we bud come to where we were to land, where they could see the great giant close at hand, why, the people there looked at hint with a we. "All of which, as you can easily see, made business great for the show In fact, we never hit a town any hard er than when we bit it so." New York Suit. Animal Hypnotism. The question whether (tome animals have the ijwer to hypnotize other Is largely a matter of opinion. My own view W that (here is no ttucb thing an hypnotism among animals. There un doubtedly Is fear-paralysis. which might easily be called hypnotism; but I do not think It ls-longs in that fins of phenomena. Human beings are at times as much subject to fear paralysis as are birds that are attack ed by dangerous aerpenls. I'aralysls from fear is a very different thing from hypnotic Influence. Hypnotism is always exercised by the surrender of the mental faculties to the will of the operator. Kenr, on the other band, often produces complete paralysis of the voluntary muscles, and also of the brnln, by a process which I consider entirely different W. T. Ilornnday, Director New York Zoological I'Mrk. St Nicholas. Women Do Better. Seventy live per cent of tba woman and but alxty -three per cent of the men taking the civil aervlce examination are able to paaa It There are men who wouldn't dare read the declaration of Independence o their wlrea. Ire and loll st-rjfe H ' While many fjnui r consider au h-e house it luxury that Is uot for theui, a build, j;- Slli ti as is sIiohu in the cut may Iw erected at small cost, and if the Ice mi be had for the cutting and drawing it will U- found profitable. Even in section win-re ice is scarce sinh a structure would le worth all it com to a fruit gnucr who desired M lio;d hark bis products In cold storage. To make the house cheap build It of any lumber obtainable, the csm-u-tal thing being to have it nith au In ner wall a tisit frim the outer wall and this sp.ice Hlhnl in hard with ' dust, straw, leaves or any similar ma terial. Then pack on the bottom of the floor a f'sit of straw or hay or sawdust i ml on this lay tae lakes of Ice. tilling In I., uvitii them cracked ice. and. if the weather Is freezing, pouring water oj-er each layer a it 1 lilhl In. Ii p IL Jl I .. hlttriE UK IIOI'MK. vide off a Kirtlon of the npai for a cold storage room, as shown In the lower part of the Illustration and one has a place where fruit, milk aud but ter may lie kept lu good condition dur ing the wannest days of summer. Try nn ice house, even though It be but a small one, and you will la- sur prised to see how little It will cost aud how useful It is. Winter Fruit Tree Trunin-. While the early spring pruning and the summer pinching back of the small shoots covers the main pruning of the fruit trees, much good work may Is? done during the open days of winter which will, at least, save time In the spring. Hroken limbs may Is' removed and many of the Inside limbs which are overlapping the fruiting twigs can bo cut off during the winter as well as In the spring. The work of pruning should always Ik done with a saw on limbs too large to cut with a sharp knife; in pruning saw from the under side of the limb first, sawing up n quarter or a half through and finishing from the top. This will n-sult In a clean cut and there will lie no splintering, as would be the case If a heavy limb was cut ilit-ough from the top. In the winter pruning of orchards keep your eyes o ami note the condition of the tri so thut at the proper time any remedy for any trouble found may be applied. Hnlf-nllnz (he Pled. ioleti made of poli-s an; almost a thing of the past since the sawed ones have come Into use. There are still -otne who do lint use the sawed soles because of not knowing how to put them on. after they have become dry. without breaking or splitting them. The illustration shows bow the trick is done. A teakettle full of boiling water, poured on very' gradually while :he sole Is being sprung. Is all that is necessary In almost every Instance, The stream should be no larger than a lend neil, and poured on contin ually. Any one who has never tried this method will lie surprised how lll.Mll.VU TUB Ht.KU SOI.K. juickly the sole will bend down into u place. II. A. (Jalllher, In Farm and lonie. VatnrltT of Fowls. .The I'ghorns may mature In six ninths, but with the lurger breeds n w l is not matured If under one year f age; and it is a settled conclusion tin t neither animals nor poultry should usi-d for breeding until the system ia had time to develop and make omplcte growth. I'ullet sometimes .fin to lay before they are fully attired, but in such cases their eggs liniild uot be used for batching pur tises. The use of eggs from pullets ,nit have not completed their growth i sure to Injure the Dock if the prac ce Is continued for several yeara. Indiscriminate Keedlaa. On some farms all klnda of poultry re fed together, old and young, and i-n, ilttcks, turkeys and chickens, ."re are always domineering indb liii.il In all barnyards, hence It will an ml vantage to separate the older ,iii the younger stock when feeding. natural eon:iieiio of promhvu- oiniulnglliig of fowls la that the .: '! ami strongest take their choice I -live the refuse to be eaten by the iier'. whereas the beat ahould be F""" guru to the poorest in order to help Uieui to a condition of thrift aad growth. It is also more economical ta niar.e some distinction when feeding. -lecUilly when a profit Is desired. Coat at Hateiaa Core. Tlw present low price of corn mol the enormous quantity which is piled up In bin and warehouse everywhere In this country is the most emphatic evidence that roru can lie produced at a very low cost, a ml it is plain frote the experience of hundreds of core isiscrs that there Is a profit in produc ing corn on a large scale, even at the present low prices, for many thou anils of farmers have made a gssl liv ing and laid some profit by from theia corn lands. It Is perfectly true that the maa with a small farm, devoted exclusive! lo .corn raising, can get only a very precarious living out of roru when th price is under cent on the farm. I'.ut even the small farmer can asaurt himself of a substantial surplus with the prospect of a substantial surplua ome years. If be devotes a part of ha land to raising the products whict he needs for his family, and ralsei corn, well cultivatl and carefullg cared for. on -the nt of It. It must not Is- forgotten that tin present low price of corn is due to twt years of very extraordinary yields. an though this year's crop is moderate, by comparison with those years, tin surplus In the country, added to what was produced this year, makes the sup ply lu the country alut as large ut It was ever known to le. and the cosl of proiiio lion of the corn which mo-4 farmers have on hand at the presoia) time, must be figured on the basis ol large yields, so that, evcu at presenl low prices, the great bulk of the con In the country represents a good de;s) more lliau what It has cost the furmet to produce It. Advantage of Farm Life. It Is the farmers' lxys who are mots likely to succeed, whether In btisiuesa or lu professional life. Spending mos( of their time under the open sky. breathing fresh air. inn', eating simple food, they are more likely to have vig orous health and strong constitution! than ore their city cou'simi. Ilryugtri Into constant contact w ith nature, thes absorb n great deal of useful knuwl i-dge, aud acquire habits of observa tint). Then, tis), the regular farit work, the "chores" and numberless oth er little thing keep them well orcupird and enable them to feel that they ar earning their way. thus giving td there a sense of independence and eultlvah lug n spirit of self-reliance and manli ness. The performance of a ileal ol drudgery is an Indispensable prepare thin for all real success In life, what I'lIT Hie ih-ciijiiu Hill. , in; WHO m If afraid of work or of soiling his hand) need not expect to accomplish inucl In the world. Country ls,ys have thell full share of fun, but there are inaraj disagreeable ditties nn a farm whirl f tinners' boys learn to accept ss matter of course. Kdward Eggleston speaking of the value of his farn training when a I toy. once said lo me "I learned one thing of great value end that was to do disagreeable thing! ehisTfully." .losiah Strong, in Success For Ittins ll"t. Mrs. Amanda Wilou write to tin Iowa Homestead; "1 have been verj much iitimiycd at times with persist'.'!" sitting hens. I ha vf tried several meth : o il of prevent! n them from becomlnj broody, and hftve at hist hit upon a slinplt eisip alaMlt two feel square and two fed high made of lath and Htlitchrd to l rope, as shown In tin Illustration. I' I act the lien inside the coop and let B swing nlsmt eighteen inches from thi ground. The excitement of the curl otis chickens which stand around ot the outside will quickly dispel tlu hatching Idea from the most persistent sitting ben. I'eed ami water should h given the same as usual." The Milkman's Mradjr jnl, A veteran New York .State dairy mat who has been In the business over link a century says that commencing it 1870 be was away from home but otn night in alsiut twenty-two years. Hi always used to do his own milking His average for many years was lint less than twenty iws night and morn lug. He milked one row nineteen yeari and about ten mouths In the year. Ii the year 1 ST1 twenty cows gave hln KS0.0OO pounds of milk, which net teg hint from the cheese factory l.t'sX), be sides having his winy to feed to thl Logs and calves. ' Kelntlnn "t "Ire in As;-. There Is no fixed relation between sl.e and longevity In breeds of llvt stock, though It Is a well establlshef fact that, generally, small or mediui sized animals live longer than very small ones. Also broods that have i marked tendency to take on fat art shorter lived than the leaner breeds Thse facts are recognized by lv stock Insurance companies, for thej refuse to Insure the heavy and fal producing breeds to aa great age aj others. Feed In a II-ae. Nothing baa yet been found whld fills the bill so well as a ration oh which the basis la skim milk in con Junction with finely ground oata o barley and shorta. All tbeae are deal' formera. aaya Up-to-Date Farming Itarley la a fat former. A very eatle factory mixture conaleta of Onely ground oata, Ave parts; finely ground barler. two parts; aborto, two part and oil meal, one part