f4
iiil sun.
Aton on bis n he.gbu of ("-tig ;! dro-snj
ll iwr tli n, and of i' sjia-e I. .11
We on b.w !Kt:-J the Iuiu.iojs s'f .nn
. . And l.steuel id!, fur the Li.jt was cu.J.
Then cloud shut out the Tb-w, and be was gone.
And though the nay 1 dubious, dark the night
And though our diin eje still await the dawn.
We saw a face that oae beheld the light
-Arthur Ftrfnger, la Century.
I 111 ltimHM4rtll4 I I 4.
fWHtumii iiiini(Hmntntn tt
WINNIE'S
MM! I I I I IH I
THI handsome dining room la the
Msyberry mansion was all a
gutter with floods of gaslight
and the genial glow of the fire for
Mr. Joaiah Mayberry was a Tory qa er
lean, according to LI wife's opinion,
and this fam-y of LU to have nasty
asby fires all over the sp!e;ulld tuan
!on before the weath?r became cold
enough was one of LH "ec-en-rlc
freaks," Mrs. Mayberry called It, with
curl of her !i;, a to.s of the bead
and a Sinilrt of contempt directed at
the bale, hearty, bonest-faced old
gentleman who bad marri d ber for
her pretty f ee. tea years a;,o, when
be was an immensely rich widower.
itb hit handsome half -grown son for i
not undesirable companion,
They were sitting around the hand
some table, discu.-sing thj'r 7 o'clock
dinner, with the. sulmu Lutl r and
bis subordinate In s.l-nt, cb-epuious
attention these three Mayberrys, fa
ther, son, and the haughty, well
dressed lady who was wearing' a de
cided frown of displeasure on ber face
a frown she had barely power to
restrain from d.-gencratlug into a virb
al expression of anger while the serv
ants were in waiting, and which, as
the door finally closed on them, leaving
tba little party alone over the d.a
eert, burst forth impetuously:
"I declare, Mr. Mayberry, It Is too
bad! I have gone over the llt of
Invitations you have made, and to
think that there Is not oue no, not
ne of our aet among the.n, and such
horrid lot of people aa ou have
named:" '
Mr. Mayberry sipped hi tea con
tentedly. "I told you, didn't I, Margucr.t3, that
It was my Intention to g.ve "so old
tashloned dinner? And by that I
leant, and mean, to whom it will.
Indeed, be cause for thankfulness. As
te making a grand fuss, and seeing
around our table ouly the people to
arham a luxurious dinner Is an every
aay occurrence I shall not do It And
s to the guests on my list being 'hor
fht and 'common,' you are mistaken,
any dear. None of them have a worse
faJliac than poverty. Thr u jwjt
e mon,' vulgar person among, the
toa names on that paper." .
Mr. Mayberry's good old face ligb:ed
9 warmly as he spoke, and Ernest
Mayberry's handsome face reflected
the satisfaction and pridd he felt In
kla father's views. .
Mrs. Mayberry flushed, but said
nothing. She knew from experience
that hind and Indulgent as ber hus
band was, there were times when he
Suffered no appeal from his decision.
And this was one of tboe Li men.
"We will have dinner orde.ed for
12 o'clock, as it us d to be when I
Was a boy. We wlil have roast tur
key, wi:h cranber.y sauca, and ma bed ,
potatoes and turn ps, bo led on, oua ai.d
elery, and all on the table at .once,
i"or dessert, pie, cheese and cider, and j
nothing more. Marguerite, shall 1
I give the order to Lorton, or will you
tteud to it?"
"Oh, don't ask me to give such an
Insane order to him! I have uo wish
to appear as a laughing-stock before
my servants, Mr. May Lei ry. It will
le aa severe a strain on my end iranc-e ;
as I am capable of to hi forc d to sit
t a table with such peopie as the?
Ilurds and the Masons, aLd itbat ;
Thyrza Green and her larws bi-o'heJi
and that little id Wilmington and hij,5'ou are alter, ear
granddaughter, and-
Mr, Mayberry interrupted ber. very j
fently,
"U.d Mr. Wilmington was a friend
of mine long bpfore he went to In
dia. Since he came home wi h son's
orphan daughter and lived, in t-u-h
bscu.i y lo.rfortaH 'iiJtljug pi In,
for Winnie earns enough a s-lajy .g y
enies?! to support them bo'b . h aply
I regard him as more, wi.-rtby of
friendship- than ever. Iirnst,, my boy.
1 shall depend upon you t he.p- en
tertain our greets, and especially at
table, for I shall bare no servants
about to scare them out of their ap-
tltes."
And Mr. Mayberry disralsned the
anbjeet by aria ng from the table. -
"Would I like to go? Oh. grandpa.
I should! Will you go, do you thin.;?"
The little, wb.enfd old man looked
fond:y at ber over bis nepl-rimmed
glasses.
"So you'd like to aeceptjUr.-Miy
'fcvrry's Invitation to rt'nn1r'i,-Wln
arte? You wouldn't be n'tta-neAaas
fmr old faab oned grandfather. b
the line folk OF- thr falW I
Ceaaarkably One folk." i h a for nrrHrr8. ai'r' 'u l"ck upon hlai Ler
I en renrauber when Joe m a bf?
tztber with mys If. Kltw rtTk. a'uU
fat talak we'd bett '
I would like to go." rranrlpa.
C3t't hare roanr r -r-1sVl irf
Catt many, for I think er, t nt d. h n
Ct tabor is the grandest tblig In the
C3i4. and the brat ill c.pline; but
' -Jaewbat 1 can't toil why. I da want
:, ( I ran wear my barfc rnsh
: aad ivu'U ba aa pruod af bm."
4 I 111 l ,1 l II l t 1
FORTUNE
I MllltlHI I I t
i m HutttinHti nmttm
"Proud of you. Indeed, toy child, no
matter- what you wear. Yes, we'll
60."
And thus It happened that anions
the tea guests that sat down at Jo
siaa Mayberry's h spltable, overflow
ing board that roll, biue-skied clay,
Winnie Wilmington and the little old
man were two a:.d two to whom
Krnw-t Mayb rry paid wore devoted
attention than evea bis father bad
asked or expect d.
Of course it was a grand success
ail excepting the co d hauteur cn Mrs.
Mayberry's aristocratic face, and that
wa a failure b -cause no one took
the least notice of it, so much r;ore
powerful wire the luflu ne s of Mr.
Mayberry's and Ernest's courteous,
geml'man'y attention.
"I only hope that you are satis
fied," Mrs. Joslah said, with w hat was
meant to be wltLe.ing car a-m, after
the last guest bad gone, and she s;ood
a moment before the hr?; "I oniy bo;e
you are satisfied i artlcularly with
the attention Ernest pa.d to Liat
young woman very unnecessary at
tent.on, Indeed."
Mr. Mayberry rubbed bis bands to
gether briskly.
'Satisfied? Tes, thankful to God.
that It was In my power to make them
forget their poverty. If only for one
little hour. Uid you see little Jimmy
Ilurd's eye glisten wb?n Era 'st gave
him the second Mangle of pie? Bless
jhe youngsters' . hearts, they wont
want anything to eat for a week,"
"I was speaking of the young wo
man who "
Mra. Mayberry was Icily severe, but
ber husband cut It short
"So you were pretty little thing ss
ever I saw. A lady-ilke, graceful little
girl, wttb beautiful eye enough to
excuse the boy for adoring ber."
"The boy. You seem to bare for
gotten your son Is twenty -three old
enough to fall in love with, and marry
even a poor unknown girl you were
quixotic enough to Invite to your ta
ble." "Twenty-three? So be is. And If
he wants to marry a beggar, and she
Is a joAd. Tirtnotts girt why sctr
A little gasp of horror and dismay,
was the only answer of which Mrs.
Mayberry was capable.
a
"Grandpa!"
Winnie's voice was so low that Mr.
Wilmington only juat heard It and
when he looked up he saw the girl's
crimson cheeks and her lovely, droop
ing face.
"Yes, Winnie. You want to tell
me something."
She eut up behind him and lean
ed her hot cLeJk caressl igly against
bis. ber sweet, low voice wh.sperlng
ber answer;
"Grandpa, I want to tell you some-
thing Mr. we Ernest has asked
he want me to o.i, grandpa, cant
you tell what it Is?"
Me felt her cheek grow hotter
againKt bis. He reached up bis band
and caressed the other on!.
"Yes, I can tell, dear. Ernest has
shown bis unco.umon good sense by
wanting you for a wife. So-that is
what comei of that dinner, eh, Win-
liter
"And may I te I hi:n you are willing,
perfect iy wliilng. grandpa? liecau-e
1 do iove him, you Uno,v."
"Aud you are mire it Un't bis money
She. did not take umbrage at the
fcbarp quest o:i.
"I am at least sure it Is not my
money.be is fwer grandpa." she re
turned, lauhaig and patting bis
cher-k.
"Yes. yon are at least sure of that;
there, I hear the young man coming
himsi'lf. 8ii.il! 1 go, Wluni''
It was the "joung man hlmef,"
Ernest Mayberry, w.th a lmd-w'of
deep trouble and fil tr-ss'n bis face
as he fume straight up to Wi'inle and
took her band, then turned to the 'Ud
gentleman. '
".Vntil.iin hour ago I thought this
would be the proudect. happiest hour
of my life. sir. for I would, have ask
rd you to give me Wlnnl f.ir my
wife. Instead. I ninst lie content to
only tell you how dearly I lave ber.
and how patient and hard I will work
for her, to give ber the borne wlilcb
Mie deserves been use. Mr. Wllmlng
ton, this morning th house of May
berry & Thurston failed, and both
fumiJtes are beggars."
iim? :.handto ne face was pale, but hi
eyes were bright wi h a defcr.ulnatloii
rrhaJ -'Itrarenrss nothing could daunt
own i b eks paling.
Never mind. Ernet, on
my ac-
tS?Mi l"P-n,. .
ll Lid Mr. Wil ningtoi's eyes
tvere al-
Inaaf'ahhh tieitf.ifb iJe be ivy. irjwn-
Ing forehead, and a qul.ok-al look was
on bis shrewd o d face as be ilstrn d.
"Gone up. eh? Well, tba.'s too ba,.!
You stay here and tail Wliin.e I nn
Just as wii lng she siialt lie yonr w!f
whoa yon want ber. aa If aoUUag bad
hspfiened, becau 1 believe yon rt a
t na bread'and butter fr but'i ? y. i
and ney" trr-inie a tytitentH "li!f
pirL I'll LoM le up t the iwllce ei .1
se your falh r; be and I mere Ufi
together; and a wurd of y i patLy
wou't come a:nl.s f;o:u me."
And on" be strode, lea in; the br
ers alone, getting over the distance ii
remarkable t me, and presenting L!
wrinkled, weaiber-baten old face la
Mayberry & Tburstou's private f
lice, where Mr. Mayberry sat alone,
with rigid face and keen, troubHI
! eyes, that nevertheless, lighted at tUn
sight of his old friend.
"I'm glad to see you, Wljmington.
Bit down. The sight of a man whj
has not come to reproach me la In
deed a comfort"
But Mr. Wilmington did not sit
down. lie crossed the room to the
table at which Mr. Mayberry sat
among a hopeless array of papers.
"There is no use wasting words.
Mayberry. at a time like this. Ml
you know your son has asked my Win
nie to marry blai?"
Mr. Mayberry's face lighted up a
second, then the gloom returned.
"if tny son bad a fortune at Ms
command, as I thought be bad yester
day at th!s time, 1 w.mld aay, 15 oJ
s;fs?d you la your wooiui of Winnie
Wilmington As It Is for the girl's
sake, 1 disapprove."
"So you haven't a pound over and
above, eb, Mab rry?"
"There will be nothing less tbnn
nothing. I don't know that I realty
cure so much for mys if, but Erne:
It Is a terrible thing to happen to
him at the very begiauiug of bis ca
reer." Mr. Wilmington smiled gleefully.
"Good. Neither do I enre for my
self, but for Winnie, my litt'e Win
nie. I tell you what, Mayberry, p r
baps you will wonder if I am crazy,
but I'll agree to settle a quarter of a
mllilon on Winnie the day the marries
your boy. And I'll lend you as much
more If It'll be any use, and I'll start
the boy for himself If you aay so.
Ehr Mr. Mayberry looked at blm la
speechless bewilderment Wilming
ton went on, "I made a fortune out
in India, and It's safe and sound In
bard cash In good bands a couple of
millions. I determined to bring my
girl up to depend on herself, and t
learn the value of money before shu
had the handling of ber fortune. Fhe
baa no Idea she's an heiress my heir
ess. Sounds like a story out of a,
book, eh, Mayberry? Well, will yoJ
shake hands on It, and call It a bar-'
gain?"
Mr. Mayberry took the little drled
up band almost reverently, his volco
hoarse and thick with emotion.
"Wilmington, God wlil reward you
for this. May He, a tbousandfo.d."
Wilmington winked away a auspi
cious moisture on bis eyelashes.
"You see it all cornea of that din
ner, old .fellow. You acted like a
charitable Christian grnUemaa, and
between ua we'll make the boy and
Winnie aa banoy thy 4erre, ch r"
And eren Mra. Mayberry admits
that It waa a good thing that ber bus
band gave that dinner, and when she
expects to see Mrs. Ernest Mayberry
an honored guest at her board, ahe
candidly feela that she owes every
atom of ber splendor and luxury tr
the violet eyed, charming girl wb
wears ber own bouors with suck
sweet grace. Waverley Magazine.
MY GRAfcOMoTHEa"
Her Helpful Spirit and Way Fonnl !
11 cr a clcoine Alwujra.
A clear-beaded woman of Hi) recent
ly toid bow her father s mother went
from Maine to Massachusetts to uiaki
bur home with bis sou's family, seventy-live
years ago this autumn, but
waa so frail that the captain of the
small sailiug vessel hardly dared to
take ber as a passenger, but event
ually found ber mott helpful in car-,
iug for the other storm lo.d trav
elers. "Although they had never before
met" continued the narrator, "my
mother greeted her with the word.s, 'l.
am glad you have come.' At this my
grandmother Lroke down, saying. 'I
was afraid you would uot be.' uur'
family waa very pjor, but we wu
(uuud her a mot helpful addition to it
She taught me. the jouuget ch.ld,
bow to sew and to read, wild did much
lo KUiuse and intere&t me."
The ne.giiorii i)a caaie to l!kf
this aged woman, and to send sin U
delicacies to ber whenever they hui
them. The first touilo that ber littit
granddaughter ever saw eutue lu Unf
way.
Oue.day the family was startled b
the sound of s-mie one falling. "It's
in gwudmothnr's room!" cried the lit
tle girl's mother, and together tliey
went there, to bad that the good old
woman bad breathed ber last "TbU
was .uearly seventy years ago." eon-;
ciudrd the narrator, "but the recollec
tions of my grandmother are among
the most precious of life's memories."
This story of the simpler ways of
earlier times doubtless has its counter
parts now, written over and over again
every day. As the last quarter of this
century opens In J0T5. one of to-day's
five-year olds may then tell, for the
benefit of readers of that time, -bin
she learned that a woman Is nevei
too old to find a welcome, If she ban
the welcome spirit Youtb'a Couipan
Ion. - ' , .' -
(. raiM m li.-r" 1 1 lute
in order (o obtain d.sjiiffaal mam)
German' soidlirs have liut afdaww)
of producing In tlie'ir ears au appa
rentiy bad ulcer by rubbing In a mix
lure which produces acute luflaiuiua
tlon.
Aa we get older, we hare to atop te
th.nk if this is tli" end of (he wwk
i the beginning of next
h:v&r Science
yriVcnlion
That eggs de- rease la weight during
ncubatlou has been provel by careful
aelgbings by II. & Glad-tone. Th
ive:age los of a pheasant's egg fro.n
Jie first to the twenty-first day was
'ound to be two draws twelve gralas,
ind one egg wbb-b weighed seventeen
Irams nineteen grains when laid bad
txvome reduced to thirteen drams teu
(rains on the twenty-third day.
A striking Instance of the change
which the cultivation of natural
science la capable of causing in the
face of the earth is afforded by a re
mark of Andrew Murray concerning
the result achieved by horticulture la
England. They have, he said, affected
the appearance of all England. "No
where can a day's ride now be taken
where the landscape Is not beauti
fied by some of the Introductions of
Uie Boyal Horticultural Heclety."
There are bacteria and bacteria.
Dr. C'harr n, a French pbysiolog t,
las been experimenting up-in rabbits
with various vget.ibl -8 st rlliz-d by
die mo-t approved process, mid l.e
Las shown that It is erioaeous to de
riare that the les bacteria ll.ere are
i!i our dally food the better. What Is
r "quired Is to weed out the harmful
iranisais from the LennfiVe:it kind.
The rabbits fed on Rterliize I f k d soou
lied f.o:u ina lad e ict up by ncn-is-la.Ilatlon
of the vegetald s, but oth
r rabbits flourished on similar stcr
.lized vegetables that bad been after
ward treated with suitable bacteria.
Much int. r. st has teen awakened
oy the experiments at Lyons In feel
jig silkworms w.th leaves stained
with various dye in order to causa
them to spin silk of corresiioiidiiig
hues. When fed on red food the
worms spin reC coct-o;is. and the silk
eems to retain the color. The expe
Ineuts with leaves stain, d blue have
oeen less successful. Although the
xpectation has been raised that tbU
process may prove of commercial Im
portance, the experiments say that
:hey do not expect to make any dis
coveries which will affect the lndua
'ry of dyeing.
Hut for their expenslveness It Is
probable that pave.neuts of India-
rubber would be largely used In city
drects. That t least Is the Infer
nce to be drawn from experlenee with
ubber pavement in London, in 1881
'he two roads under the hotel at Sue
ton Station were paved with rubber
wo Inches thick. This pavement un
ler heavy traffic, remained In contin
ious use for 21 year. In 1S02 It was
-enewed, having been worn down to
ibout half lu original thickness.
Lately a rubber pavement haa been
nld in the courtyard of the Savoy
Hotel, London. The cost for covering
in area of 75 by bo teet waa nearly
10,000.
For two years an exhaustive mono-
rraph on a typical lake of Italy has
neen In course of preparation by the
!tal an Geographical Society. The pic
turesque lake of Bclena. within easy
leach from Rome, was selected for thj
purpose, and the studies Include the
ographlcal and geological features,
the rainfall and temperature and sea
tonal variations, the changes of level.
'.be seiches or rhythmical pulsations
)f the surface and the life forms. Tbo
seiches constitute one of the most lu-
-reding of (be phenomena. These
Siave a regular re: led of twelve or fif
teen minutes, the rise of the water on
eccasions reaching a foot, and the os
cillations are often so marked that th
latlves speak of the lake as panting.
fbey are more conspicuous at Mart a
!i:an on the oppodte tide of the laka
it Rolsena, a rise of reven Inches at
:be former being correlated with one
)f four Inches at the latter.
DRAINING THc tVEHGLADE3.
W onderfully Rich Hectinn of Florida to
lo lie Muds Productive.
There are great agricultural possi
bilities in the Florida everglades.
1 bough they are yet merely au ex
pansive vvaxte of swamp and lake and
ungie, I venture to predict that they
a-,!1 be the location of hundreds of fer--jie
farms within ten years and will
jy decrees develop into one of the
iiost productive tracts of land In the
world. The barrier to the titllizuion
the everglades has been, of course,
:iie water which covers the greater
?art of them to a depth of from one to
lix feet Hut It haa been found en
:iiely practicable to drain ofi the wil
ier. Work to this end has already
seen begun, and Is being pushed rap
dly. When It is completed a tract of
and 1V miles long and sixty miles
wide will have been ;nd to culti
vation. The size of this region Is not
is Important as the remarkable pro
Jwtivlty of the soil. .The latter Is not
nly sbsolutely virgin, but has been
fcrtilixed by animal and vegetable life
through uiMjjy centuries. 1 am contl
tiu iuat its crops will lift Florida to
i place among the leading agricultural
States. '
The 'project Of draining the eter
lndes attracted the attention of Hen
ry B. Plant In the early 'UOs. but be
ivns by no means sure that the scheme
v.-fls feasible, so I. acting under bis .di
rection, undertook an expedition
I' i rough the region. Despite' its" rox
I njty to centers of optiliilloii. It wijs
'.lien for the first tlm thoroughly ex
; lored by white men. Ours was vlrtu
lly a voyage of discovery." We pad
lled our lip at boats on lakes and
?amped on Islands that,' 1 have good
eason to believe, had never before
een visited by any human beings but
Seminole Indians, and by these bnt
a rely. Wa aadarwaat aa asany bard
sblps hl seme of cur party wera
corujclle-l fj Inrn ba.'ki 'but our ef
forts were ni't In vain f r e sscel
tallied the i:uiX-.tT?r,t f.ct that t!-
everglade along the wbo Oiiies
-f the eioteru .de are rimmed by a
rock edge.' We furthrrmure learnd
that all of the lakes r M-vrai feet
above fcea level, finl we decideil that
there was nothing butevcrs to. pre
vent the water of the lkes from Cow
ing into the ocean and leaving the land
drained If vents could be made In this
long ledge of nx-ki The chief quetion
before us icrtalned to the practicabili
ty of cutting through the ledge In va
rious places and dredging out outlets
Into the Atlantic, which Is not more
than two or three miles away st nu
merous points.
Experiment proved that this work
would present no great difficulties. It
was merely a matter of a great deal of
digging. Henry M. Flagler took np
the project and It la being carried out
by bis lieutenants. We are not only
making artificial outlets through the
rock, but are also, by ditching and
dredging, turning large bodies of
water Into rivers and creeks which
flow to the ocean. The work has pro
gresses! far enough to enable me to
predict confidently the oi-eulng In Flor
ida within a very few years of a great
tract of land of almost unprecedented
fertility. Success.
TREES THAT CAN'T EE KILLED.
Wonderfol Vitality f Ilome.lic Bpe-ci.-
l'cri!cuce of CuliiipJ.
"riMpl talk of the wohd.Tful growth
of tbe tropical Jungle," s.i.d a traveler
last week, "but they rarely thiuk of
the wonderful vitality and awift
growth of our own domestic trees In
thla country. There la the popiar, for
lmstance. Itlp branches from a tree,
thrust them Into the ground without
any care whatever, and intiide of three
mouths every one of those branches
will have sent out a mass of roots and
be developing fust into a tree. I have
just passed through a thicket of pop
lars in New York State where trees
of about 35 feet In height stood so close
together that a man could barely push
bla way between them. They were all
flourishing, healthy young trees, with
good, thick trunks.
"To my surprise, I lea rued from my
guide that this whole little grove had
sprung up from branches stuck Into
the ground after a windstorm had torn
them from other trees along the road.
A still more wonderful tree Is the ca
talpa, known to most boys on account
of Its long bean, which some of them
use for smoking after It is dry. The
catalpn has such a remarkable vitality
that even a tree that has been cut
down and aawed In o lengths again
and again, bus been known to
strike root snd sprout and flu
ally grow up Into pood trees. I aaw
a fence In the middle West that con
sisted of a straight row of beautiful
catalpas, each of them nearly 20 feet
high. Tbe row waa so mathematically
irmigui iaai I wouuereu bow tba trees
had grown so, especially aa tbe row
waa nearly half a mile long. So 1 rode
over to them and discovered that barb
ed wire waa stretched from tree to
tree, evidently as a division fence.
Later I met the owner of the land and
he explained to me how tbe trees had
come, to grow In so perfect a line.
" 'About- ten years ago,' said he, 'I
wanted to raise a barbed wtre fence
along the Hue of my property to pre
vent uiy cattle from straying. I went
Into the woods and vve chopped down
a lot of small catalpas, slxiut sapling
size. We chopped the roots off, leaving
a pointed end nt the base, and sawed
the crowns off clean, thus making
stakes about eight feet long. These wc
drove Into the ground In the row that
you saw, and attached our barb wire
to them. Iuside of six months every
stake bad begun to sprout and since
then the fence stakes have grown Into
trees." Letrolt Tribuue.
EvcrybHly' Cnmie.
"Try to plwse everybody and you
will please nobody," Is a well-known
truth, aud brings to mind the follow
ing story:
"A man In a forest was building a
canoe; a!o; came a traveler, and to'd
him he waa Bh.ipiiig tbe bow a, togeth
er wrong, and advised blm how to fix
it. The man changed it, and tbe trav
eler passed on. ' Presently along came
another travel' r, and. stoppiug to
watch progress, suicided some other
Improvement . which the man made.
Not long after, a third came, and also
tendered his advice, wh'ch was aeotpt
(d. The man having finished after the
wishes of the travelers, suspended It
from a tree, and commenced to make
another after his own Ideas; so wbea
tbe fourth traveler c:un along, and
asked why he did tills and that, t!ie
man looked up quietly, and said, "See
here, stranger, this is my canoe; there's
everybody's eano' ,' (pointing to the
nondescript) In that tree."
A HclKK.I l..p I abhli-a.
According to United States Consul
General Gueutber at Frankfort, tbe
Austrian government has sanctioned
the proposed system of training cab
men by which the Vienna Cab Proprie
tors' Association hopes lo produce the
Ideal driver. Every cabman seeking
to license will be obliged to puss an
examination en the following subjects:
The horse and bow to treat ll; har
nessing ii'nd driving; topography of VI
eiina' and description of Interesting
bnlldlnga, etc. politeness. Thepe nt
Jectswill be tauglit In a Ibree mouths'
course of lessons. Not only will tbe
professor of politeness give Instruc
tions lu good behavior, but he will
teach short phrases and descriptions
of ob ecta of Interest lu foreign lan
guages. j .
Business, like your aattry, might
alwaye ba baiter.
FARMINO BY INOCULATION.
Fall.Inytrnrtioa (sent by Cuvcrnmrat
will l.tcrjr I'Mkant of lltuia. "
A iorliuu of im.ulatiug uaUril as
it is iiiu.il .1 to ti.e farmer by the gur
ei u u.i-ht consists of Uuee diUeieut
;.ckaBes. l'uckjge No. 'I cuntuua
the ivituli with iU tuijlioiis of dr.cd
turn. l'iuLu.t- 1 and '& are' the me
dia or fix! by means of which. th
fuiiiit-r ran multiply the germs. The
dej.artn.elit Incloses explicit lustruc
Lious bow to use the bacteria, as fol
lows: l'lKECTIONS FOB USING INOCU
LATING MATEUIAL.
(Method patented lu order to guar-anlt-e
tbe privilege of uae by tbe pub
lic. Letters Patent No. TUIO grant
ed March 2, lUOs.)
Fut one gallon of clean water (pre
ferably rain water) lu a clean tub oa
bucket sod sdd No. 1 of the luclosed
package of salts (containing granulat
ed sugar, potassium phosphate and
magnesium sulphate). HUr occasion
ally until all Is dissolved.
Carefully open package No. 2 (con
taining bacteria) snd drop the inclosed
cotton Into tbe solution. Cover the
tub with a paper to protect from dust
aud set aside lu a warm place for
twenty four hours. I'o not beat the
hoiut.ou or you will kill the bacteria
it should never be warmer than biood
beat.
Alter twenty-four hours add the cos
ten La of piu-k.ige No. '& icoiitainlng aia
lii niiiiui phosphate). ' Within tweiuy
hours more the solution will have a
tioudy apj eaiauce, and 1 ready far
ue. To liiiM-ulute Keel:
Take Just enough of the sob'tinn t
thoroughly uioiten the seed. Hir
thoroughly so that all the seeds ara
touched by tbe solution. Spread out
the seeds In a shady place until they
are perfectly dry, aud plant at the
usual time Just as you would untreat
ed seed. The dry cultures as sent from
the laboratory will keep for several
months. not prepare the liquid
culture more than two or three days
previous to tbe time when the seeds
are to be treated, aa the solution once
made up must usually be used at tba
end of forty-eight hours.
To Inoculate Soli:
Take enough dry earth so that tba
solution will merely moisten It. Mil
thoroughly, so that all the particles of
soil are moistened. Thoroughly mix
this earth with four or five times as
much, say half a wagonload. Spread
this Inoculated soil thinly and evenly
over tbe fiekl exactly as If spreading
fertilizer. This should be done Just
before plowing, or else tbe Inoculated
sol should be harrowed In Immediate
ly. Either of the above methods may ba
used, as may be most convenient
Enough germs are sent In each llttla
package to inoculate seeds for from
one to four acres. The package caa
be carried In your pocket and yet doea
more work than several cartloads of
fertiliser. It costs the government leal
than 4 eeclf Ck. 9f less thss A
rent an acre, and saves tbe farme
thirty or forty dollars, which be would
have to spend for an equal amount of
fertilizer. Different cultures are sent
for different crops. The results have
been surprising. Century.
No Place for the Cow.
A young woman of great perbspa
too great, sensibility begged to be ex
cused from visiting sn aunt who liv
ed In an old-fashioned bona, where
plrtnn-s of a certain period were ia
evidence. "There Is an engraving of
a blacksmith's shop In the dining
room!" she said, hysterically. "Yoa
can't Pxrect nie to cat my dinner there.
1 smell tbe hoofs.
A alml'ar crltl -Ism came from on
who suffered not from ovprreflnert'en
but from something quit" d fferen
f-'he was a woman of re -eu'ly aciu'rel
wealth, who, says the New Yo k Trib
une, went Into an art gallery and aslp
ed for a painting of a ce.-tnln size.
"1 have Just what you want," said
the dealer.
He showed her a bonntlfnl nnlmnl
pointing, but she looked at I for a fe
minutes, and then shook ber head.
"It won't do." sb sa'd "l want
this picture for my drawing room."
"lint It's a beautiful thi'.ig," vcn!tu
ed the denier.
"Not for a drawing nom." ntinmno
ed the woman, ennf tt Ively. "Vim
couldn't have a cow In a drawiuj
room." A St.ingliter of I no'-enis.
Impulsive, sum I J;ime. io tiewhit
out of brenth anil wi b b.s blue iee
' Inirly bulging. ruhe.! home aft r the
temperance le ttiri- and threw himself
upon bis metlii r.
"Ob, mother." he cried. "fi".d a saf
place, quick, and bide th baby!"'
"Why, James!" demanded nston'sh
rd Mrs. Bell,- "what in the wor d U
the matter?"
"Hide ber quick." parity JamesY
"That man that talked lo-il iy is com-1.
Ing right after her. He boards next
door, end Just ns soon ns I beard III in
si.y: i Intend to devo:e my life ta
eradicating the crying evil.' knew ba
meant our baby." '
Kug -.. n in 1 ra v iters.
In piickin; tru iks there often comet
that filial hour of de-pe slim, wlrn,'
after lust calls, muddy boot go In oa
lop of a t bonnet, and the hist lai 1
It.yed wash.ng ou top of lht; or pt-r
hups) unread p p r vvitu sn ne friend a
spei-cli are sacy.tl eif lo wrap up tlicua
shoes. To avo:il- this (brnn.iia, ia-kav
several pairs of bags of JlgiU-vvf.KHt
VaUliAir.e' MT '(ple.-os of summer
dieses, percale, lawn, etc.. niay lia
redi; make but em pal,- if one color.
Put each shoe or l p ier wl b Its on a
Irg. not a puir tne.her, as tiny will
rub and will not pack lo sdvan uge.
In searching for them, tbe col.tr ,t
tb bugs ahow which nr? mates.-
Woman'a II sine Coaipaaea,