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MARIE.
1 cam about the last of Juno 4
On IxmrJ Jbc Gainer Ocean. Queca
And lamleaVIn the beat of noon,
Amid a cb'annlnjr Island scone
No azure eyes all batbed In dew
Had wau-tiu 1 nie vanish frcra thcirn!ght;
"No ruby If f breathed low: MIte true."
No loving anus bad clasped no tight.
I vrnn heart-whole: I smoked and strolled
For Iioum a J own the ?blr utrand.
-And wondered what the sca-nymphs told.
And traced mj mime upen the hixwL
.Atovonlnjc hojrs. and partio-. too,
At musicales r.nd moonlight sails,
3 alunyfe had n part to do.
And won renown at telling tales.
'J Flood the aleyeof scores of eyes
Kycs hoel, violet, black and gray,
.And lips of richest cherry dye,
And lent to slender walnt. u may;
But yst my dtf ny was there.
And while I deemed myself reoure,
-Oxiiiettlsli hiijlles and dusky bnlr
Had proved the ullsucce.-sful lure.
I cmne heart-whole, but when I went
doen ki-cpsiike, more or les
TJotniywl :ny heart's prt-dli-aineiit
Thouyh howjjtciitne I could nottfucs.;
'There was n bow of bahyMiie
That onceluul graced her plunder throat,
J It meant. idic wh!pered: "liver true."
And licre's her ttnt ito me) love-note.
.Ah, many ure tin l.inccs crossed
Jn .slimmer by the ocu.iu'h side.
And scne have won. and come have lot,
Some euifo the fate they valnlv tried;
A viclur iiiiwr I in homeward bound
.At:ro-t J he !eiiviii;r. restless sea.
As Im-storuM my trophies found
I.cl me present my wile. .Marie.
If. .1. Hire, in Clilui'jit Inter (jruin.
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MMGHTENEI) AT LAST.
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G. Boastful Younff Lady is Mado
Quito Sheepish.
"So yon think you Im.il better go,
Priseilla?'' said Mr.-. Allien, looking
.-anxiously out of the. window. 'The
..sun's irfttiiiir low, mid thu butcher said
to-day tint. :i trump had boon .suun
hanging about Triphammer."
Tramp! I wonder what a tramp is
like? I wouldn't a bit mind seeing one."
She had .a piquant face, encircled by
t tangle of golden-brown hair, over
which shi was carefully adjusting a
Fanney I'urncy h:v4, peeping at herself
meanwhile in thu antique mirror which
hung on the sitting-room wall. Her
figure wsB flight, and there was a
marked resemblance between mother
siml daughter, though the luizel eyes of
the latter had a frank, dauntless Jook
which thot;e of the mother lacked.
1 wi-.li you were not quite o fear
less." returned Mrs. Alden. "I'm
.afraid it'll get you into trouble yet."
It'll get Jtio out of trouble, mother
-dear, as it did that day when the red
bull chased me. Father .said it was
just my not being afraid thatsavedme."
She's a chip oil the old block,"
said her father, chuckling. "As like
my greal-grandniother a two peas, and
she was a daughter of Cap' en Church,
and wu'if t any more afraid of an Injun
lhau a-black snake; just as lieves meet
-one as t'other.'l
"So would 1, for that matter," said
Mrs. Alden.
"So 5-011 nvould, mother." answered
"her husbaniL, indulgently. "Seared tu
death at either. Well, well. Prissy 'n'
I have got courage enough for us all."
Priseilla had grownup to her fifteen
years on Cross Farm, a great reach of
arable land and wood 1 ing along the
river, the .road from which one way
led directly into a tine growth of tall
woods, with a corresponding thickness
of undergrowth. In this direction lay
Triphammer, a little hamlet consisting
of a few Iwusos. a store and uostoflice,
-and it was to Triphammer that Pris
eilla was going for a chat with her
special crony, .lanct Harlow. The chat
lengthened out beyond all reasonable
Jimits. at; girl's chats will, and it was
well into the evening when she started
for home-
"You're sure you're not afraid?'
said Janet, as she stood at the door
holding aloft the kerosine lamp, and
peering xuit into the darkness which
was intensified by its fervid glow.
"Afraid!1 said Priscilla. with a laugh
which had a touch of scorn in it- "1
was never afraid in my life,"
"lbit it's awfu'.lv dark. I do wish
.you'd stay all night. Your mother tl
know you were here; she wouldn't
mind.'
"Mind! She wouldn't sleep a wink,
and fat her d have to conic after me.
ven if 1 were afraid, I'd go home for
liersake. Say. Jetty, what Ls it like to
1)0 afraid?"
"Oh. if yon don't know. I can't tell
vou." laughed Janet. "You'll know
soon enough. 1 wouldn't o by the old
3Iorton Jjousc after dark, no, not even
for ?etof Dickens, and you know
iiowmucli I w-anjt that."
Priscilla laughed. and they said"good
night." and then Janet shut tho- door.
Priscilla walked away. She stumbled
.along at first with blinded eyea, trip
ling over .waj-side stones and getting
entangled in wayside brambles, '.and at
last collided violently with another
wayfarer.
"Uless niv soul, voting woman!" said
5i gruff, but familiar voice. "Who are
von. and what are you driving at?"
"Oh. I lx pardon. Squire Harlow.'
-said PriSvjilla. rallying from tho shock.
4lut it is 50 dark, and Janet would
bring the light to the door. Isn't it.un
vonnnonly dark?"
"Katherso," said the squire. "I didn't
ee your father at the store to-night.
You ain't alone?" he added, with an
"inflection of surprise in his voice.
4'0h, yes. I am," said Pi "la.
"But ain't you afnudr' he asked.
Xot at all,' she replied, with more
than her usual decision, a little nettled
that every body should put the same
silly question.
"For it is silly," she said to herseifn
; cs she walked aloo;. Tvc never been.
i afraid for the very geodreaaoa that
1 1 ve never seen any tfcffeg to fee afraid
of. Aunt Betsy says it's out o Qatar'
toot to be afraid of tito Jack, aad Faaay
Clapp thinks il'a lxjldta iddpr.vomanly
to be brave; she said fc tMWt:er d.ty,
wJien I laughed to set 1 crwi.ging to
Couiin rScd'rf arm. jusl 1- ccaiic a spider
ran up her sleeve, tit iravkoo fining"
for any tning."
Between Triphamfccr fifti'l Cro
Farm lay three other ifa mall he build-ing-i
upon them at long i uterfrda apart,
and then came the ol4 ? Iortn house,
which stood a short dfet mcj from the
woods. Prificilla hail! : Ircatly passed
the three farmbousaa, wharc lights
were burning, friendly leaMiij in the
darkness, apd was nw approaching
the Morton house. 44
This old house had 9cc n abandoned
for many years. Jt stao I settle back
from the road, with gain t wi apple
trecs and great clumpf o Jilats about
)L Some of the window Jrera boarded
up, and in others a fewlp inejof gla
still clung to the shattern francs. It
was built about 1720, abc ja?the time
of the Kevolution was occupied a a
tavenu 1 he landlord wn. a Tory, and
in the southwest chambci , wfiich cor
nered on the road all eat ly Xcw i'ug
land country houses ware built facing
the south, without regard x tt high
way a British deserter asifcot and
killed, after a struggle ia 'hick one of
the captors was fatally t. bboi v.-ith a
bayonet. It was said thai the gho-.N
of these two unfortunates i fteaualked
there at night, and fearful soB!-t had
been heard of men's voi ;.s ia angry
contention, shrieks, shot, claaliing of
steel and glass.vtnd groan-.
"Heard 'emciyself,'!. said Jake
Sampson, "convji' hum oti"n:gfi from
Jason's. Yer see. I'd ben a-hatin' all
dav powerful hard, andJ ison?- ife
she kind o' prrsuaded me t' sfci an'
take a little eider, some Ja m Mud bot
tled up the latter part O tholjv .nter.
powerful frisk-, but ez gO'Klcid-r e
ever I tasted. An' then Jason wifchi'"d
ben a-bakin' that arlernoon. 'n'nuthiti
would dew but I must t Hte -o' 1it
mince Dies: 'n' then I bed1:' tother b :
tic o' -ider, 'n' by that time 'twas Kite,
'n' dark ez piteh when 1" t' the old
house. U'al, I was jest goi n' by that
house keepin' one eve t' tin winil'ard.
kind o' expeclin' sumthin', yerknow.
wlien I heard the biggestki id o ll.
S
'n' the lire blazed right out
'that
ere
sou' west chamber, 'if Mtinth if gin iu
a kind o' a whack, 'if'm t thing I
r
I
knowed, there I was on tie ground,
a-cumiif t' mvelf 'if a-nib iinW niv
bed, which ached drufful. 'n' iscareder
crittur yer never see, 'if I j ;st got ii
'if legged it t' hum. 'if I've levar ben
by that jilaee after dark senci .'
Jake told this story one night at
Cross Farm, and after hesji d -gone.
Priseilla's father said most 'li!:clyJake
had drank too much of JasoaVtidcr.
and had fallen down an 1 fulien
asleep simultaneously, aad sal had
dreamed the whole thing. I uVatiicr
people, credible witnesses, ha4 af
lirmed they had seen andIiiaral the
same things, and so thu olu MfTton
house had gained thu re Hit ttiosi of
.being haunted, and others bci-ideswake
shunned it after nightfall. ,
Priscilla Iitened to these ta cs j'ith
a pleased incredulity. But. o-aljulit.
as she drew near the haunted ionic, a
"creepy" sensation stole over herv It
thrilled through every ncrv. fiShe
found herself stopping noy : nd'flien
to listen, and glancing furti jlv aver
her shoulder, expecting to see hejdid
not know what. She did ao UMer
stand whv this was, but she irviolotelv
turned her thoughts from tlie ragtdv
connected with the old hone ta a
charming storv which had originated
there also, a .story 'she had oftci heanl
from her father's lips, concerning the
great-great-grandmothcr from whom
she inherited both her intrepk spirit
and her name. As Priscilla our Pfl.
cilia, thu great-grcat-granddaiijrbtojfv-was
recalling this story for tl o bspi
dredth time, perhaps, and ill 1 criin
joyment of it was quite forgetvnjjJlie
other and ditlerent one which lei t ajrli
trayic interest to the old house, ilnjft
unawares she had
c
reached its varv
rate. There she
suddeitlv st qpav.
spell-bound, at the sight of aJi ;hfc;ln
the haunted chamber. It stream :d opt
through the cracks m the bi J111
windows in pallid gleams.
If she had ever doubted the tn th
the stories of the haunting ghosts,
doubted no longer, bhe stood wain
bated breath ami dilated eves, ai u aar
the lirst time iif her life terror to k ttjil
jiossession of her. She would lcvp-Jbv
have to ask again: "What is it li"!
be afraid?" Janet's reply to her qn
tion flashed upon her memory: iotta
know'soon enough." g
She did not stir she waited. Sofjfc
she hcanl them the supposed gl0;Si
sounds about which she had so. tfUaa
speculated. and the cause of whn h.
she ever did hear them, she had fu
meant to investigate. She heard
tierce struggle, the smothered th e.
that sounded like oaths, tuo sar e
the clashing as of steel or ?lass. f
lowed bv darkness and .silence; tin u
deep groan and footsteps ran "
rapidly down the creaking stair'
Pid she stop to iiwestigatc? No. st
vati Hkn the veriest coward nnJ; VI
can blame her? down the hillf'
the little bridge, past the old ban
black skeletons of frames in the
light and then stopped just b of
entering the woods to take breatli.
She took courage a little, too,.
began to reason with herself- 3v'
perhaps: but then rats do not maet
lamplight, neither do they gro
Perhaps it was an illusion after
She had heard that people whcir -(
ritied could imagine almost any tfci
The light might have been simpr
affection of tho optic nerve shi'
lieved it was tho optic nerve. Atr a '
rate, she had heard Aunt Betsey 3
that when she had one of her nefvr
spells &M saw flashing lights withf? 1
eyes suu. ixau mic uui uvitcc '
back, after all, and investigate?
At this thought she half-turned ft ?
backwhea she saw sometkiar coa&n'
a socMthing that loomed ehroght-
fog like the Spectre of the Brocket
tall was it. of sack vast rportic
aad its kead-waat a frifhtfally hid-
ous head the creature had! Again
panic .-'ci.ed her and she ran; but a
she heard the heavy footteps behind
her. .-he again took counsel of common-stii-.
"Cho-.ts do not run." she argued,
"they glide, they are noi'do-. this is
no gliost. Can it b.; the tramp?"
At this point, having got well into
the wood.-, and bving hidden by a curve
of the road from her pursuer, she sud
denly plunged into the bushes on one
side and as uddcnly stopped, caught
in a net-work of trees .-o close as to
forbid further progress. The creature
camy on: it passed by a little way and
then paii'cd. It had evidently become
aware that she had not gone on. It
came back and .-topped exactly in front
of her hiding-place. Pricilla felt an in
sane desire to giggle; then she put her
hand over her mouth lest she should
.ihriek aloud. It got down and grov
elled on all fours on the ground. Was
it trving by the dim light to make out
her footsteps? It parted the branches
and looked in. She could hear its
heavv breathing, .-he almost felt it-
breath: bv reaching out her hand she
could have touched it. Then it ran
backward and forward in the road
many times. Would it never go
away?
It seemed an eternity almost before
it di.-appeared, at la-t, in the direction
of ('ro-.-. Farm. A its foot-tep.s died in
the di'tance, Priscilla proceeded to
carry out the plan formed on the in--l-iiit
when -he plunged into the wood.-.
There w:ii a river-path leading to Cro--
Farm, along the edge of the woods,
with which site was -o familiar .-he
could e.i-ily liiitl it in the night, and
once having reached it. her way would
iio .-tr.tight and sure before her. through
the orchard ami garden to the back
do r.
In getting out from among the tangle
of trees he kit cked off iu-r hat. an in
cidt nt which in her extreme excite
ment :h. did not notice, and then
rapidh making her way through the
v.ood'. regard K'.ss of bu.sheand brir-,
she burst in like a .-null tornado upon
!i-r a-toni-hed mother, who . sat alter
nately knitting and notldiug. and
arou.-ed Jier lathr from his nap over
Hi" C.imptowu Jlrrulil. one corner ot
which was in Humes from the candle
which he held in his hand.
"Land o' liberty!" he exclaimed,
coming down upon the front leg- of
his chair with a crash, and crushing
the burning paper under his foot.
-What's the matter?'
The sound of the familiar voice, to
gether with the serene and peaceful at
mosphere of the room, restore I Pris
cilla at once toherusiial fearless frank-ne-s,
and she said, with a laugh which
was slightly hysterical:
"I have been such a goose! fright
ened quite out of my wits, an.l"
Hen a vigorous knocking at the
door broke in upon her speech and:
"There it is again!' she shrieked,
fleeing into the adjoining bed-room fol
lowed by her mother, exclaiming:
"It! what is itr
Mr. Alden was not a little bewildered
by this inexplicable conduct of his
wife and daughter: but true to his hos
pitable instinct-, he went to the front
door, still holding the scorched IlrraM
in his hand, and after struggling with
tin: latch, which would not lift, and
then with the door, which stuck,
ushered into the sitting-room Orin
Waterhouse, a good-natured giant of a
fanner nearly .-even feet tall, who
lived at Tarklin. four miles beyond.
His round eyes blinked as he came into
the lighted room, and he held in his
hand the ring of a lantern from which
hung a portion of the wire frame. A
the night was damp and threatened
rain, he wore a fireman's cap and cape.
"("d yer go up t' the old Morton
place 'n help me ith a critter, squire?"
he asked. "Them pe-ky uoy.s!" and
then he stated hi- grievance.
It seemed that he pastured his sheep
near the old house, and .- uj mischief
loving boy.s had driven the leader of
his Hock, a belligerent old sheep, up
the -tairway into the chamber and .-hut
him up there. A kind neighbor had
-em word to Orin. and he had come
down in the evening, thinking he
should succeed better in getting the
sheep down stairs than in the day
time. But tiie sheep, thus premature
ly aroused from his firt nap. and at
the same time bewildered and enraged
the light, charged upon
1 :itL'r :l -harp but brief conllii
him, and
irp hut hrief coiillict consist
ing of a er.es of butts and dodge-
knocked him down and smashed hi
lantcrn. and there wa- nothing 'eft fot
him but an ignominious retreat, con
siderably bruied, and a good deal out
of temper. He had come to Mr. Ai-
Lien's for c-Mance, that being t.
nearest uouse. Alter .Mr. Aicen am
, Urin had gone. Priscilla made a clean
j I re .i.-t of her fright to her mother with
' all due. humility.
"I'll ne-.er laugh at von again for
j being afraid of a turkey-gobbler," she
siid. "Think of being thrown intc
s-ieh a panic by Orin Waterhouse and '
l.i- old sheepl'"
The Fanny Burney hat wa subse
quently found by Coum Ned. hang
ing on a twig in a x-ery limp condition.
Francis A. liumitlircy, in Yuulh't
Cumpanioiu
The mountain lions of Montana
are large and ferocious and they fre
quently attack full-grown steTs. The
territory offers eight dollars for cverv
scalp, and the cowboys make quite a
business of hunting them in the winter.
Lions are often killed measuring nine
feet from tip to tip. and weighing two
lundred to three hundred pounds.
Many more measuring from ten to
eleven feel are frequently bagged, and
sasionailva monster reaching twelve
Poet. xfentvr Tribune
We see that a fanner declares that
! can grow apples without cores,
e are the more ready to believe this
wing to the quantity of fruit in the
artet that might safely pass as cores
wn without, applet A'ew Brvnt-
kk A "etc,
STYLISH TRIMMINGS.
The l:omnr of the Kurano rillow Ijms
Pretty Appllcjiia l.iiliuona.
A striking instance of fashion's nu-
tnerous good works, which certainlv
outweigh her capnees and whims, b
realized in the recent revival of what
was for years considered a lost indus
try the creation of Burano lace.
When the demand for this curious aad
...... . . .
intricate uanu-niaue Jace ceasctl t.n
people on the Island of Burano lost j
their principal means of gaining bread,
and with that died their ambition.
On It l-rtt tim.. t ? n
- J OIIV1V kiliil uu, ikl I'lt Vi
j the starving condition of the inhabit
i ants, who were dying out. an Ameri
j can lady and an Italian Counte-s made
I sii ndrv efforts to re-establish the lace-
making industry, but while they were
sir-ces'jful in organizing forces and
gaining services of young girls, the
i old stitch, a peculiar knotting or twist
' ing of the tnread, could not be recalled.
! until lately a very old woman was
found who had been taught to make
the real Burano lace by her mother al
! mo-t a century ago. Materials for
I making lace were brought to her cot-
tage. and almost mechanically the aged
fine-era ave the thread the turn that
formed the stitch, and thus saved the
industry.
The island of Burano, after the re
vival of the lace-making indu-try, al
most magically became peopled with
an industrious population of girls and
women, through a woman's design for
a certain lace stitch, for Burano lace is
a texture at once delicate and rich, and
now. on a delicate ground, tlo-vers and
leaves and other designs asc wrought
in that peculiar stitch which a pair of
hands trembling with age saved from
oblivion.
The applique galloons which are now
used in place of embroidery are very
hand-ome. Indeed they are really
fancy braids, both wide and narrow,
woven on the Kurshudt machine-',
which are said to be capable of copy
in"' anv work a hand can execute.
Tiie.se briids are woven of the -same
wool of the dress they are to adorn and
show intricate or .simple designs in
gold, silver or other colors.
)n a handsome skirt of peacock -blue.
Henrietta is an elaborate design of
leaves and llowers in the same j
shade, relieved by silver. A clo-e- ,
luting coat in navy blue shows gal
loon in fern-leaf pattern, embroidered
in narrow braids of that color
mixed with gold. This ornamented
the center of the back, the neck and
the fronts. Barrels of metal, covered
with a chain netting of silk, represent
the buttons, and two rows of tabs,
made of braid interwoven with a check
of gold, are placed as closely as possi
ble round the edgo of jacket and
cutis.
Other adaptations of tho em
broidered applique galloons are most
noticeable. A very becoming dress
of white serge, made with a very full
skirt and full bodice, opens in front
over a waistcoat of the material liter
ally covered with rows of embroidered
galloon in Persian colors, with buttons
to match, closing front. Other cos
tumes of white cashmere or surge have
all the edges of their various parts
bordered with galloon in white, with
embroidery in one or many colors.
Moss-stitch embroidery is also new
and this comes in many designs and
colors, and is much used to give finish
to bodices and the plastrons ami pan
els of stylish dresses. It bids fair to
be exceedingly popular this fall, as the
few samples shown are greatly ad
mired. The novel Russian braid is in
solid and lace designs in various pat-1
terns and will be largely used to trim
dresses in the new woolen materials
for fall wear. Vhihvlclphia Times.
RIVER STEAMBOATING.
What a MUllppt ftlrnr rptin IIm to
Say About th l!uinr.
The prosperous days of stoamboating
on the Mississippi ended about IWX
During that year the three lines work
ing between St. Louis and St. Paul
earned close on . 1.000. 000. over half ol
which was made bv the Northwestern i
Union Packet Companv. now known
as the St Louis sx: St! Paul Packet
.-, ... .. tin.--. !.:., ......,.
UIIip.lll . IU H'UTU.1 llin LUIIIjIilIM,
which was operating a line of sujcrioi
boats between Dubuque and St. Paul,
decided to run on to St. Loui-. owing
to the inroad made upon their business
by the railroads. Then followed the
bitterest 'competition ever known on
the river. The Northwestern Union
had to fight against the Keokuk North
ern Line, the Northwestern Packet
Company and the St. Louis fc Quincy
Packet Company. The struggle was
terrific, and hundreds of thousands of
dollars were lost and gained. The
last-named company soon threw up
the sponge, and its boats were bought
up ny the orlliwcsteni Liuon. wno
spent over half a million on these and
new boats. It then owned such boats
ns the Phil Sheridan, Alex. Mitchell.
Tom Fisher. Congress. Belle LaCro-c.
Key City. Minneapolis. Mollie Mearkc. !
War Kagle.
Keokuk. Andy John-on.
Star. Victory. Damsel City of Quincy. ,
John Kyle. S. IL Mason Hudson.
tteorge b. eeks and .Motlic .vionier.
Tlie Keokuk company had the A.
Johns. Bob Boy. Harry Johnson,
Bayard and several others, and thp old
Northern Line had the Bni Wing. Du
buque. Bock Island. Keith-burg. New
Boston. Pembina and Canada. The
.! i t - -.. ih c rw"i
W. and by 1372 the Northwestern
Union had driven ail its rivals from
the field. The victors in the summer
oi inai year laiu up ;ui iuck is'-u c.-
eept two. on eacu oi woien ncy lo-t
$,000 a week, and it was the folly of
the other competing companies in
keeping their boats ail running which
SnaHv ruined them. When the mo
nopoly was established prices per hun
dred went up to four dollars against a
present tariff Tarying from thirty o
sixty cants, bat they soon dropped.
While they lasted a stern-wheel boat
earned $75,000 oa oac trip. $L !
GlotnDcmcnaL
MEXICAN WRONGS.
A lJIy C'orrrponIBt IUti t Jftll
rn fur UUttklnr Oar lVopI.
But the Mexican hmc mnvrcaorn
! lor J"Jking our people. A rc-pecta-
blc Amencan often nmls ocraMon to
blush for hi? country or rather for
the conduct of -omc of her representa
tives here. Perhaps it is the cao with
ill lands that the men and women who
i . .t i i ti .v
dnft over the border are generally tho
-cum of society the failure, crank
and dL-appointcd one-, if not :hoe
who-c actual ini-decds hare exiled
them for their country's good. ShouW
I undenake to tell you the doings of
some American (of loth ec- in Me-
tl. J9 J 4.WMLkVV; V rm-3
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the recital. The Mexican are by uat
ure extremely ho-pitable, but again
and again has their hopitality be-n
abused and their trust betrayed by for
eigners whom they have received into
their 'nrs, that they Lavr come
to re., ird us all with di.-trut
and aversion. There is much
unmitigated bo-h alout "tliti
civilizing influence of Americans m
Mexico." by rea-on of our milroaiis.
invr-tcd capital and contact with tho
people. This Is the sheerest nonsf n-e.
tinctured with the immediate vanity
of the typical "American citizen." In
the lirst place, all who were born upon
tin- hemi-phere are native Americans,
and theiu is no rea-on why tho-e oc
cupying that strip of the northern
continent called the United State- shall
arrogate to thcin-ehe- the exclusive
right to that di.-tinetiou. In a certain
sens" railroads are undoubted civiiue r
in opening up wiid rrgions as the
Union Pacific did iu our domain but
they can hardly be regarded iu that
light in Mexico, having been built only
throught th ino.-t thickly-popula;d
-ectious and connecting cities which
were hoarv with autuiuitv ln-fore thc
United Mates was thought of.
The popular notion of the North
that Mexico is a land of heathen and
greasers
is the u ildi
of
errors.
ruc, the poor and ignorant are vatlv
ii
in the majority a- to number.-, but
tlicv a:e rigorou-lv ruled bv the
controlling upper-class which has few
uperiors on the face of the cart'i fr
culture, refinement, good breeding and
that pride which can trace its ancestry
back through centuries of wealth and
power. As a rule, the "civilizing in-
i fiuencc" of the average railroader has
not yet been made apparent. The
higher officials are invariably gentle
men whose deportment, here or else
where, is a credit to the country that
claims them, but there is al-o a multi
tude of lower employes, some of whom
arc a disgrace to anv iiatioualitv.
They arc perpetually boasting of
their superiority and their rights as
American citi.ciis. running full tilt
against all the customs and prejudices
of the country which has the mis
fortune to tolerate their presence. A
Mexican seldom gets down-right drunk,
or swears noisily, or engages in street
brawls. He has his vices, but they
partake of his own gcntlu and quiet
nature. One Iow-cla-s Anglo-Saxon
out on a "tear." with his propensity
for smashing windows, etc., will raise
more racket and commit more deviltry
in a night than a city full of nalircs
can accomplish in a year. -Fannie V.
Ward, in Milwaukee SrutincL
THE TRAMP NUISANCE.
How It Might II- Finally nil KfTeetn.
ally Supprrrl.
The authorities of a Western city
have sent a circular to the authorities
of other Western cith s, requesting
them to meet in convention to discuss
the proper treatment of tramp;. So
far as the private citizen is concerned,
he needs no convention to tell him
what to do with tramps. He h:u only
to keep his doors locked, and to secure
a large dog who understands how to
insert his teeth where they will do the
most good. The tramp who, on com
ing to a hotisc to ask for roast turkey
with cranberry sauce, receives, instead,
a strong expression of canine opinion,
will sadly turn away from so iinappru
ciating a locality. Still, where one
person administers mastiffs and closed
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there wi I be many other pr-reons wh,w
charitable feelings will induce them to
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indulge in the ill-considered charily i
that, makes tramping a profitable pro-1
fession. The evil is so large and so
universally diffused that the action of
town or State authorities can alone
grapple with it successfully, and the
effort now being made in the Wot to
secure uniform municipal legislation
in the matter is a wise and necessary
one.
What is needed is to set tramps at
work. No doubt there is occasionally
an honest and industrious man who be
comes a tramp because he can not find
work. It would be hard to refuse Mich
a man the temporary relief which he
j orcJy need. b.:l indiscriminate pri
vate charity encourage' a -core of idle
vagrant' where it relieves one real
ca.- of suffering. The honel tramp
trill e'bullt nnr itir frto.' nnil lrwtin 1-
.f j ." . Jhn,liL
( . v w
i covers tnat ne can no longer itr,; on
charUr wV lind ihp c,
fr.Q- L.. j:
charm cf his pro-
have, in cverr
town, a relief committee of the town
olTicials. who will tnrn no man away
nungry. but who will require tramps o
work out the full value of wnat they
rcceirc. In this way the tramp nui
sance can be speedily aboli-hd. hocst
holders can be saved froia annovane-
K dr.rrri The .
J rimt.nt ha. hem ,ncd -n manr Li0ja.
Jed M hM Wa eIlSwJT SUOm
ryj
The uniform action of all the
towns in the country, however. Is
needed hciore the tramp nuisance can
be finallyaad effectually sopprcisrjd.
TJoe theatrical managers. war
egaifiat "deadheads" has begun. At
orjn koase the following notice has
'jeea placed in plain Tiew: Notkrsr
hot the air admitted free," Let ia fou
sf it aad kelp the p,n,i"1 - Chinfft
Jmtrnai. ---
THE RYE CROP.
fTIiy ft ShttuM Ktr lli At tn
TttMstlfal rrir.
Kve U considered a an inferior
Urain compared with wheat: tut when
it character t considered thl unfav.
orablc distinction cm, not t be do
isrved. Luallv a thing h valul in
proportion to tho ditScuitv in procuring
uu A diamond will umpt a pcroa to
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commit the wore, of er.nm for lu po- j
j vAon .while a quartz cryil which
t raigkl easily pa for it U treated with
! contempt. Povilly the auir. pnnciple
I j, n. WOrk when wheat M prctrrrrd la
.c lhe ,lAjr 0( Hf although rye it
I a" .r0nger and stottU-r Ij.'J and sup-
port than the wheat. A cotuparvd
with wheat, rye has the following ad
vantage and diittdvanUget Its gram
contains a little le gluton but more
starch, and a third more fat. It iv
therefore, a considerably lvltr and
more nutritious ftnl for ue in coM
clintatas and in tbc winter ms.smi. its
straw is more nutritious and contain
considerably ls.s mdig-s:lvio mineral
elements, to which fact m due Ip grrnt
er softness and elatcity. It bran ts
eoiishlernbly more nutritious, and a bet
tor food ior stock, for it contain mors
gluten or nitrogenous Mibstanrc. mirt:
starch and gum and nearly one-half
more fat. It is thus worth more money
a fact to be rvtueittbred by all th
who are purvhasiug bran for feesling
cows tir bor-cs. It is mom easilv
grown that wheat, is fnr h-v. exa.-ttng
a regards -nl nmi will rtkiUt tho rig
or of winti-r far better; it ts much Uss
subjtH-t to para-ittc fungi, and never
kuovvn to Im injured by rt. All th-
are much in its favor. On the other
hand this grain makes darker fkvur
than wheat, and th fastidious bou-e-kwjHfr
who thinks hrr snowy ruIU ansl
her white bread the (Kirftrctton of h-r
culinary skill will have no rye in hrr
kitchen. As woman rule the world,
and man depend' upon her favor for
his dailv biead, the .sweet, nutritious,
healthful, but somewhat somber rye is
forbidden to him. ami he in obliged to
content himself with the whitest niid
mot tasteless of the niw-prvK"csi wheat
Hour bread. No doubt the rye bmul
of the mountain cabins is preferable as
foiMl for a hiinf-working innn to the
white wheat bread of the city folks or
those farmers who follow the city
fashion-, and a farmer might do wiri
than request his better half to provblti
him with rye bread occasionally. Tor
tainly the farmer who will not or di
not lit his soil in the very best manner
for fall grain had letter sow rye and
gel a fair crop of grain than t sow
w heat and get half a crop. With wheal
at low urtccs : farmer could ailord to
grow this grain for sale and nutlicteut
rye for his own bread and for feeding
his hor""s. For the latter purpose the
grain is equal to barley and U-tter than
corn, and a mixture of equal parts of
corn and rye finely ground log t her ii
the best grain food to be procured foi
thesu animals.
An easily grown crop U too often iin
po-ed upon by carelen and neglectful
uagc. Kyei.s generally usedinthi way.
and a poor yield is therefore so com
mon that this grain is supposed never
to produce more than 1- or l' htihli
to the acre. But when it is well treat
ed and .sown upon soil as well prepared
as it is for wheal the yield will exreed
that of wheat, and considerably o in
an averago of years. We have hail t.'j
buhels of rye jwr acre over a l.'l-aere
field, and in a very unfavorable year,
when wheat was not half a crop, have
reaped 'f."t bushels of rye to the acre. It
will always pay to usa rye well. The
straw is in such general demand for va
rious purposes and inakiri such excel
lent fodder for hoio.s when cut into
chair that it will go far to equnli.o the
differing values of the grain. The N-st
preparation of the Mill Is therefore in
dispensable, even for this crop, and
when grass seed is .-own iu greater
advantages over wheat for this purpose
give.s it an additional value.
Bye is a valuable crop for coiling
purposes. It is excellent for a fall and
winter or early spring pasture for sheep
or cows where winter pasturing is
available. For cutting green in thu
spring for cow '.I . tbc only available
crop, as it come at a reason when no
other is ready or can b: made, readv.
and It carrier the cows along until tho
clover is fit for cutting. For this our-
joso we have been iu the habit of sow
ing three bushe of mmh! per acre, and
to gel an even stand over the ground
have taken the trouble to owthe eid.
one-half each way. with a harrowing
across thy last one to avoid having all
lh; seed come up In rows in one direc
tion along the harrow marks. For
grain a bushel and a half of wed je-r
acre i not too much, and early now
ing is advisable. b-cau.vj this crop Is
not troubled ith the rust or tho
He.sian fly which render later owiug
of wheat advisable. A. )". Times.
Save Your O-tn Seeds.
jf rrfrj farmer mi far a po4Io
rxie his own s-ls. snd he will then
know w-hnt to oxpct. Many can not
do thi. or do not rmlize lr impor
tance, arx! yiorbyyfar by th-ir s?d,
and .ometimes of Irresponsible sedis
meu tl reanll bing failure, and dis-appoinUii'-nl.
It ia ao oay mat:rr U
iaiprcrrc almost any togoabe by cari
fel -!ection and raising of o-d. With
in certain limit- a great dal may lej
don? towards svearing .sv-ed th.il will
prvlucj arH:r. fairer aad boitt-f Tegi?
tablea than before. This waiter U
worthy of cJos attoatioa. 4,'oayjxa-
The popalar sapcrtI:'ion concsm
iag the unluckine ot fpiliing dt
probably originated ia LronaUa dal
inci s picture of "Tl; La; Sopper,
where Judas 1 repres-enied a over
taming the aalt. ivsme proplc always
throw a ptach of the jpHlcd ak ovx
their Tight shoa'dtr, hoping thereby ft9
present asieiouaae.
-Don't try to make a fanasr of a
boy who Yam m fiaw for it.
fc
WACrfe rOrf FArlMll.
hfi kilt mot ml ihai
nainralu; who wa, oUcrrinj tW
it of iha ot avcovpn?d ihst 4rijC
one nlgbi fino o carrird dcTcn mis
to Ju voting. Dj3 JvtrnaL
All rtpcriVitc goe to hr t1
the fartHcr who ha mtn uw.
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and n-gl-rt. to ri? a rwot crop. ai
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to live up to hl pririlcj;. X Jt.
Partner.
It t th? aco with an animal
with a sloom-bsdlcr th more ct
plotethi combustion of tb Js.d orftxd
It gets the tnorv satisfactory will b
the rtssuU. tsscats there is Iv wavtA
'rjin flu mi,
Kcjhhi rises of the ! do not rnd
abruptly a: icwr or r Inches in dopih.
pt there am hundred of farm whrrw
all UsniaUi Is urra tocoaUA tvx;!o
no cvffort Kji exr bcru made to ra
p!orv .V. 1. 7Ar?riH.
-PrwI. J. W. SiVm. t the Mis
souri Agrirulutral CUgt, Juvs fm
e.xptriuctUnjr with prwUy tsa)mfmy
as a fwruf-i 4at. km waUc W tlndi
it making a jsxl gr th lt94i out
tings We Has UsioH nwabiw to fMNftiai
esw i to eat H.
-A CohWisrilie t N. V. Utnmn recent
ly sold Wis ctTsp of feopa x aias mmi
a Jhjhm1. 'l"ey wvne hUIx bi thn
market at forty erttts pr )MMHwt. Uvt,
he ,! one f Uloaa ehnnutimm who
Merer e a pafser. mm! cmmmtml9y
us ,)xdy ctkejuesl. Tfiof TVeaeA
Ahhoajrii orj-hBi ta k grvKit
stale k (fxcsrtlmt fsMstl. it U not adapted
t. using in wiahpr. Ate tTi.aa Its
greater vidoe for the prudrUs)i it
Mrup ad ngar. vh fast xkmt tl Ik m
fitU ttf xf mnrs it aioisMt imfmeaahh
to corf it drj. JPav . lWt-r.
If one taJtm a little peias ami
time, he can rvadilj rate aearty all
the tree and hruM he aeeiia. itr
trapiaaUt to n annrry p4io ttoawn
the toret uhea aall. or Wy aayhay
itruui the aanMiriea, where ikey an
vrow n from .sew! very eWaply. .4iair
SHfte fariayera always ! j(tMt
crop-. giHMl atiH-k mm! piosl price. It
U becaitou whatever thef mX. thntr
bands to they do well They farm
with broM a-s wed a,s htindti. If oalmr
funnel wosthl ImHutf lhir ettmj4:
they wiMild have bltT rnt, Jsuo
ceis does not depeml o tiiurb upon
giMI luck a. it dinr iijku gHl work.
For growing cucumber, vpiahet
or similar plants, put old w-dust or
rotuui wood about them '1 Iiomi who
have never trtid cucuiuImts on strong,
bushy stakes, like M-..tlckv will I
surprised to note hor they enjojf lt
Tim.ities do U'lter tr.iinei! to stout
stake, than any other way Tho raep
Iwrrv. gooeberry and currant. epe
cially the latter, thrive vltb applica
tions of rotten wood. llnltndtmnt.
Do not forget that fed. and plenty
of it. and the right kind, ba very
tiling to do with tlo making of a fine
animal. The bmt Hereford or Short
horn, tho finest Berkshire or Poland
China, will oon degenerate Into an in
ferior animal if not properly fed Some
farmers .eIJ their cattle after they think
they have them fattened, when tho fat
Is that they are only in bape thtm la
be fattened. Keep good slock ae4
feeI vll the venr round, the reaaltli
found when driven upon tho ealeaT--
I mlnimtj-hji Hmtitir!
POOH FAHMINO.
A ttm f AkI-'Ii Wlilrti
tta
llnlnil Man rrltl rrtu.
In going about the country we r
many farms where Ue gras Is out ofl
year after year, and no dressing put on
the land to keep up its fertility. Thlt
Is a dehlerate attempt to cheat nature.
No one has ever yet succeeded, and no
one evr will succeed. In doing thU
however. Year by yenr the cropi b
come less and less, until. In a few
year, tbc land will become run out
as to Ik- hardly worth mowing over. It
is a very great niitakn U attempt ticb
farming. What Is worth doing Is
worth doing well. This maxim Is a
applicable to the farm as to any other
department. If a man can not niako
money farming, by a liberal, but Judi
cious expenditure of money for they
necessary dressing, he surely can not
JV w itbholding the name, and had bet-
ter
erfiv up tlie buinej
j and eek noma
other "iVe'ipation. If. by a moderatrt
ti of ilnvng. w " make a profit,
on rvry acri-fultivatj-d. then, by n
fpro use of the a4r. be may rnn'vp j
still larger profit. H7y aw3dU ay
man mow ov-r foaracrfs of grM U
get four tons of hay. when, by proper
metho!. b may grt th Mtnn
amount from on-- i.tc? Few farmer,
txcept a few tuarkei gard-.ji'-r near
the riii-s, harm vrvr fully tnted tins
capodty of their farTn-s to prrJmrc
They har of largo crojs. but rvrr at
trtnpt to j-srure U;tn. Miit fanner,
arc unwnling Ui tywl Hut nxiey
bring Uier Untn up to tho higie
hUla A ocltivativo.
Tliis very great mltaii?. Wlrat
would l tbijsar oi a mr.ttafacturrr
who shsxild buifci or porttat a lirt
ami eity rnlUa'Ml rrio h tip U
iu ftdb-l capooitv. tpmUy t d
more than oo.j-haif r4 what it wa
.
j capable of iking MosX men wouW
tiuuc him xery loolisli. Wo ihUik it
ah to say that not oao in a. hun4xct
farr are aj.sd o rrJi trren taui- t
half of what thrv an- capahla at d&.g.. I
Vouog riMjft cocild fsjyi full and pro&ul
able scope for all taeir aWrprise o
the tana if they woscld oaly tai hold
of th. buiri&eM m a proper way. It
young a who go Wci whl
conv-at to isfTer th a-n aardeaSfMk
and priTiXlwo at horae lkt thay do at
the West ia ocdvt ta ka raeeiwav UUy
wocW make aa -. saoay d el
cure other advaettaea. We wl asas
coaatry boys cosM W ltd to se thia
t a a - - at
saaswT xa mm urat uarat, sjmi taxe aossl
msd reknrea'te anaaa of tlaa all aaval
negSecW ivau. aad saafce ilksys as is
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