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ONLY A BOY.
, lealjaboy. with a heart light aad free;
lam brimming with mischief and frolic ana
Klee:
Idaace with delight, aad I whistle aad slag;
Andjrou think such a boy never cares for a
thing.
Bat beya hare their troubles, theagh jolly they
aeem;
Their thoughts caaga farther than Boat peo
ple deem.
Their hearu ae as epea to aorrow aa Joy.
And each has his feeuags, theagh ealy a bey.
Kowettwhi
wood.
iTt8 worked hard at poiag tke
Have done aU ay errands aad tried to be good,
I think X might then hare a rest or a play;
3athowahaUIamaaaget Caaaayoaesayt
If I start for a stroll it is "Keep off tbe street:"
ir I go to the boase.lt is "Mercy! what feet!"
If I take aseaVtls Here! giro me that chatrr
If I lounge by a window, 'tis -Don't loiter
there r
If I ask a few Qaestioas, tia "Doa't bother
mer
Or else. "Such a torment I aerer did see P
I am scolded or cuffed it I make the least noise.
Till I think in the wide world there's bo place
for boys.
At school they are shocked if Iwaat a good
Play;
At borne or at church, I am so la the way;
And it's hard, for I don't see that boys are to
blame,
Aad 'most any boy, too, will say just the same.
-Of coarse a boy can't know as much as a man,
-Batwetrytodor.eht jostas hard as we can.
"Have patience, dear people, though oft wean
" noy,
-jFor the best maaoa earth once was "Only a
Boy."
Aunt Lucy, in Ohio School Journal.
A MOMENT OF ANGER;
The History of Mr. and
BrownloWa Quarrel.
BY ROBERT BOTE.
CHAPTEE J.
jN their return from
the theater the serv
ants of Mr. and Mrs.
Brownlow saw with
the greatest aston
ishment that neither
of them was at home
Habitually, when
their master and mis
tress dined oat, they
returned towards
eleven o'clock. On
this particular even
ing the lady's maid
sat up waiting for
their return. At three
o'clock in the morn
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ing Mr. Brownlow returned alone. The
maid, astonished, asked for her mistress.
"She will not come home," was the gruff
answer. "You can po to bed."
The next morning the servants rose early
to gossip over the event. They began to in
quire into the facts. On the day before the
lady's maid, who was acquainted with a
dramatic author, had received some tickets
for the Star Theater. Knowing that the
master and mistress were to dine out, she
had asked for permission to go out with the
cook. Mr. Brownlow, who was in the room
at that moment, said that he bad no need of
the valet and they might take him with
them also. All the servants had left at
seven o'clock, leaving Mrs. Brotvlow dressed
ready to go out and her husband finishing a
letter. They had not sent for a carriage;
there was a cab stand a few steps from the
house and the weather was dry. From that
moment they knew nothing more.
The master and mistress had been mar
ried a year. They were evidently rich, be
cause they lived in a fashionable part of
Fifth avenue in a charming house beauti
fully furnished. One could well see that
there was no lack of money; the butcher,
the grocer, the baker, etc, had never to
present their bills twice, and at meal times
pecuniary matters were never mentioned.
Nevertheless, there were often stormy
scenes between them. Mr. Brownlow was
quiet, taciturn and headstrong; he was
never angry, but when he had once taken it
into his head that he did not want a thing
it was impossible to make him change bis
mind. The servants did not l.ke him be
cause he was cold and haughty. Naturally,
his wife was of an entirely different charac
ter; she bad many caprices, and became
vehement if disappointed in carrying them
out: she scolded, cried and wept, but, after
all, it was always she who smiled first and
came to embrace her husband. She was
jealous, did not like her husband to go out
alone, particularly in the evening, and was
anxious to read all the letters he received,
but he obstinately fought for his independ
ence, did not wish to tell her where he went
or where he had been and declared his in
tention to remain the master of his corre
spondence. Besides such stormy moments,
the two seemed to adore each other, but
their life m common was not without diffi
culties. They received few visitors, and the per
sons who came to the house were generally
members of the family or friends. The
lady's parents were mentioned at times, but
they never came to see her.
After having commented on all these cir
cumstances, the servants found no motive
sufficient to explain why their mistress had
not returned. The valet could endure it no
longer, and he formally asked if he should
lay a plate for madame when he set the
table, and when she would come back.
" Lay the table as you always do and let
me alone," was the answer.
He laid her plate for breakfast, then for
dinner. The next day he omitted it.
The master of the house was moody and
silent; he remained absent tomctimes for
days. The persons whose habit it was to
call on him arrived as usual and were re
ceived by him, but nobody knew what he
had said to them. The mystery became un
bearable. The maid determined to call
upon her friend at service in the house
-where her master and mistress were to
have dined on the day of the event. She
learned then that the family had waited for
them until eight o'clock, and that they had
sot been sees there. They sight have
written, perhaps, since, but no dispatch
bad come on that evening. The lady's
absence became more and more unac
countable. Something extraordinary must
have happened immediately after the
departure of the servants to cause the
breaking of the engagement for dinner.
And where had they dined! Not at borne,
assuredly. I?. when they were alone, they
had changed their mind and taken a fancy
not to go out and to dine alone, they would
have disturbed the buffet in the dining-room
and the cupboard in the pantry. Nothing
had been moved. And then the lady bad
not taken any lnggage with her, not even a
valise, not even a traveling bag. She had
gone away in an evening dress, with noth
ing in her hand, and she had not come
back.
The storv soon spread through the neigh
borhood. It could interest directly but the
furnishers of the house, the baker, the
butcher, the grocer, eta, who knew Mr. and
Mrs. Brownlow. They said that she was a
very pretty and gracious lady and that they
did not think she was very happy. They
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spoke about it to their acquaintances, and
the affair made a great stir. People gen
erally are food of mysteries,- but on condi
tion only that they shall be told finally all
about them they consent to suspend their
curiosity during the first act of the drama,
for they know they will get satisfaction in the
fifth act. They must know the last word of
the mystery. Consequently they began to
sake inquiries m order to find out what
might have become of Mrs. Brownlow; they
were lost in conjecture upon what might
have happened on the day of her disappear
ance, between seven o'clock in the evening
and three o'clock in the morning; they
studied the face of their master when he
went out or when he returned, and they
found out that be seemed strangely care
worn. There were crowds of people before
the bouse; they discussed the possible
circumstances of the secret drama. Some
jokers invented a whole story which they
told to the passers-by, and the policemen of
that beat had to interfere to make the
crowds move on.
The serious people of the quarter, fathers
of families and store-keepers, disapproved
of these gatherings, but thought that
justice ought to take the affair in hand;
they hinted that it is not to be permitted in
a civilized country that one cause a woman
to disappear without rendering an account
of her disappearance. "Rich people," said
they, "have connections with the police
and they are asked no questions in a case
where a poor man would be arrested im
mediately." On the other hand, people won
dered why the family of the young woman
had not yet put in an appearance. One may
not be on good terms with one's children,
but this is not a reason to suffer them to be
murdered without saying a word about it.
Perhaps the lady's parents did not know
yet what had happened; there ought to be
somebody charitable enough to inform them
of the occurrence.
And then new crowds gathered on the
sidewalk near the house, with inquisitive
and threatening attitudes. Ihey did not
pay any longer attention to the injunctions
of the police, and order in the street be
came disturbed, so that one day the chief
of police presented himself at the house of
the Brownlows. "Sir," said this clever
functionary, " for some time past there has
been a serious tumult, the cause of which is
not very clear to me. I sent some police
men to disperse the crowd: but new gath
erings are found in proportion as the old
ones are scattered, and I bad to inquire into
the motives that brought them together. I
have heard some singular rumors to which
I can not attach the least credit; but I
should like to be in a position to answer
them intelligently in your own interest as
well as that of public order, and I have
come here to ask of you some explanation,
which will enable me to act in the matter
with propriety."
The chief of police had had some trouble
to reach the end of this little speech; he ex
pected to be interrupted at the first words
and his little effort had not been studied
beforehand. But he found himself in the
presence of acool man, who listened to him
without opening his mouth, and who looked
straight in his eyes. When he had finished
Mr. Brownlow answered him:
"It is a fact, sir, that I have remarked,
too, for some time the crowds of people
standing before my house. lam ignorant
of the reason thereof; so far they have not
done any damage to me and I do not com
plain. If it hinders the travel in the public
street, if there should result any disturb
ance of the quiet and good order of the
neighborhood, it is your business to take
the necessary measure to put a stop to such
a state of affairs. For my part, I should be
glad not to bare to mix in these crowds
every time I go out or when I come in."
After these words he threw himself back
in
his chair like a man who had finished
speaking and had said all he had to say.
"Permit me to remark to you, sir," said
the chief of police, very politely, " that the
present situation can not be prolonged.
The gatherings of which yon are the cause
are not of a dangerous character; it is a
restrained and local movement; but if
prompt measures are not taken it will
spread to the neighboring localities, and on
the day when it Is generally known that
there is agitation around your house you
will have the whole city under your win
dows." "I should be sorry, I assure you, Mr. Chief
of Police, if this should give any annoyance
to the city authorities; but it does not con
cern me. If there is any disorder in the
street you have at your disposal the means
for its repression. Take your platoons of
police; if that is not sufficient, send for the
soldiers of the National Guard, and if the
movement takes a dangerous aspect you
will have it in your power to call out the
artillery. But I do not understand why you
should address yourself to me in this cir
cumstance. What am I to do?"
"As you ask me, sir, Twill tell you plain
ly. The reason of these crowds whose un
usual presence you have remarked yourself,
in a street habitually so quiet, is the disap
pearance of your wife. 1 do not know what
may have given birth to the rumors which
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'PERMIT ME TO REMARK TO TOC, SIR.'
are afloat; but it is said that for several
days she has been absent from her home,
and they even go so far as to accuse you of
a crime. I do not doubt for a moment that
all these rumors are without foundation.
But if you are willing to give me an expla
nation of your wife's absence, I shall then
be able to contradict all the reports which
are afloat on her account, reassure public
opinion and calm the fears of the people."
Mr. Brownie w rose, and in a few words
put an end to the chiefs visit.
I have no explanation to give you, sir,"
said he, "concerning the disappearance of
Mrs. Brownlow. The fact of her being ab
sent can not constitute on my part aa in
fraction against the laws or regulations of
the police, and if 1 am accused of a crime,
it is the business of the proper authorities
to fine the proof."
After this the chief of police had nothing
else to do but retire He had gathered no
information to satisfy public curiosity, but
to put his responsibility at cover be made
out a long report upon all the rumors of
the quarter, upon the conversation he bad
bad with tee accused, aad he gave a cor
rect plan of the situation of the house.
This was the first part of the brief.
The press could remain silent bo longer
upon the event. Several journals had re
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ceived already letters from their subscrib
ers, ia which they comatsised that there
was never any mention in their news
paper of the accidents and crimes which
took place on Fifth avenue. It would ap
pear that their columns were reserved for
the more central quarters of the city or for
a few privileged suburbs, as if aU portions
ef the city should not be subject to equal
treatment after their annexation, particu
larly under a republican form of govern
ment. Bu'as soon as the affair had become the
object of a report of the police, the news
papers began to speak of it. It was at first
in vague terms; they contented themselves
with saying that a fashionable quarter of
the city was in great excitement on account
of the sudden and unexplained disappear
ance of a young woman belonging to the
best society, but that they did not wish to
make themselves the echo of the grave ac
cusations which were as yet formulated
only in a whisper. The next day a news
paper, moro bold or more pressed for
money than others, told in full the name of
the street. Jt was the Journal that gave
the most complete details; one of its re
porters knew tho dramatic author who bad
given the theater tickets to the maid; he
could thus interview her, and, thanks to
the indications wh.cb she was only too
much flattered to furnish him, he was en
abled to inform his readers that the name
of the young woman was Leonora, and that
of her husband Gustave; he described the
furniture and gave some detailed informa
tion upon the habits of the house.
This number of the newspaper came into
the hands of the lady's parents; her father
came hurriedly to the bouse of his son-in-law
and at once he asked him :
" What have you done with my daughter I"
" I have done nothing with her, sir."
"Where is she!"
"I don't know."
"Then you will tell me nothing about her!"
"No, sir."
CHAPTER IL
The lady's father understood at once that
be would only lose t:me by insisting; he
questioned the servants, went to the chief
of police and gathered all possible informa
tion. The functionary quietly explained that
there were every day women disappearing
from their conjugal domicile; he had even
tho kindness to communicate statistics com
piled with great care by the head clerk of
the bureau of police showing that the an
nual average of these disappearances was
much larger for women between twenty
and thirty-live than for women that were
older or younger.
The desolate father clamored against the
hypothesis which this communication im
plied; he answered for his daughter's
moral character, and, besides, supposing
that she had left her husband willingly,
she would have made known her intention
or explained her flight; she would have car
ried with her some luggage, and, more
over, tbe husband would not have accepted
this departure with such incredible resig
nation. But the chief of police put to him
the following dilemma:
"Either your daughter went away will
ingly; in this case I shall send you to an in
spector, who will put at your disposal some
of his agents who are accustomed to make
these kind of researches; it will cost you a
few hundred dollars; but I doubt of the
success in the absence of the clew. Or else
there has been a crime committed, as yon
seem to believe. 1 have not sufficient
ground to order immediately a search to be
made; but you can address yourself to the
district attorney, who, upon your affidavit,
will put the wheels of justice in motion."
This was very grave, but the unhappy
father, after having consulted his wife and
a few intimate friends, after having sent
to the family lawyer, who could obtain no
explanation, he thought he could not pass
in silence Leonora's disappearance, and he
decided to put the case in the hands of judi
cial authorities.
The public prosecutor had the case ex
plained to him. Mr. and Mrs. Champion
were rich property owners. Leonora was
their only daughter. They had made the
acquaintance of Gustave Brownlow in the
country at tbe bouse of a mutual friend.
Gustave belonged to aa honorable family
who bad owned a fortune, but bad lost it
again. Nothing wrong was known con
cerning him, if not that he was without
money and without a position. They had
not encouraged his attentions to Miss
Champion ; but the girl had fallen deeply in
love with the handsome gentleman. The
parents refused to give their consent to the
marriage; the girl declared that she would
never take any man for her husband but
Gustave. They were obstinate on both
sides, and when she came of age she mar
ried her favorite suitor. Unfortunately,
Leonora, once she had attained her majori
ty, enjoyed the free disposal of a large fort
une which had been left her by an aunt,
and the young man must have been ac
quainted with this fact. The marriage had
taken place against the formally expressed
will of the parents, and since that time all
relations between the two families had been
broken off.
It was known through the servants and
the school friends of Leonora, who con
tinued to visit her, that there was trouble
in tho house, that there were often violent
storms between the husband and the wife.
Tbe absolute silence in which Mr. Brown
low shut himself up justified any kind of
supposition, for he had no interest in cov
ering up the wrong doings of his wife if
there had been any, or to hide the motives
of her absence if he knew them. Of course
it was repugnant to impute a murder to a
man whose education and bringing up
seemed to prevent such suspicion. But it
was not impossible that a man of a secret
ive nature might have been carried away
by a moment of anger and that once the
crime committed he had applied all the re
sources of a cultivated and intelligent mind
to wipe out all traces.
The district attorney could hardly be
lieve that a man of position like Mr. Brown
low could have committed so frightful a
crime. .He knew besides bow difficult it is
to hide a body. It the husband had come
back from a journey one would suppose that
he had thrown his wife over a precipice,
drowned her in a river, or strangled her ia
some wood. But he could not have left hi?
house until seven o'clock; ho had returned
at three o'clock ia the morning. It was not
in eight hours that he could have found the
necessary time for the execution of the
crime. It was legitimate to exact from him
an explanation as to the employment or his
time aad to discover what reasons he might
have given to himself for this apparently
explainable disappearance.
On the next morning Gustave Brownlow
received an invitation to present himself at
the office of the public prosecutor. On see
ing him eater this officer was struck by the
expression of gloomy determination which
was stamped on bis face; oae could read
ia it at the first glance a cold resolution and
an entire self-possession. He took a seat
without saying a word, looking attentively
at tbe prosecutor. The two men observed
each other before opening hostilities. Tbe
people's lawyer waited for a moment in the
hope that his adversary would by his first
words betray sentiments ef some kmd ; but
the silence becomiag prolonged he was
forced to open tbe conversatioa.
"I have sent for yon, mr, to ask yon for
some explanation of the disappearance ef
Mrs. Brownlow. I warn yon that a com
plaint has been lodged by. your. wife's fam
ily, and I hope that yon will not persist be
fore mo in the attitude that yon held at the
time of the visit of the chief of police. The
circumstances which accompanied this dis
appearanco'are grave enough to impel mo
to demand an account thereof."
"I have nothing more to tell you, Mr. Dis
trict Attorney, than I have told already
to the persons who have questioned me on
this subject. I do not know where my wife
is."
"Under what circumstances did she leave
your house!"
" That does not concern you."
How, sir!" exclaimed the lawyer, con
founded. "You forget that you are speaking
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to the representative of tho law. Let me
remind you of it."
"I do not "know by what right you ques
tion me upon what passes in my house, and
I find your inquisitiveness offensive."
" There can be no offense in tho exercise
of a legal mission X invite you to answer
me and to do it politely."
" Set me the example by not mixing your
self in my affairs without being asked." .
" I am obliged to mix myself in your af
fairs," answered the prosecutor, becoming
impatient; "before going farther in this af
fair I had a wish to talk with you in the
hope that the explanations that you might
have given me would put me in a position
to calm the anxiety of a justly alarmed
family; but your answers justify all sup
positions." " What suppositions do you allude to!"
asked Gustave Brownlow.
" You have killed your wife."
" You are impudent, sir."
" Take care, sir; you insult me."
"It was you who insulted me first by
throwing in my face an allegation unbe
coming among well-bred people. Name two
of your friends; I will put them in relation
with my own and to them we will submit
our difference."
"What I A challenge! You may retire,
sir. I shall find a way to make you speak."
"It was not worth while to disturb me if
you bad nothing else to tell me."
The two interlocutors coldly separated.
ITO BE C05TINCSD.1
ABOUT HOUSEKEEPING.
Miss Parloa Tolls Why It I
as Be FN-
ferred to Boardiag.
Mismanagement and indolence are two of
the great causes of failure in housekeeping.
People do not always begin in the right
way. They frequently use so much money
in the first year as to become disheartened.
Unable or unwilling to economize, they
surrender their house and turn to some
body to make a home for them where the
expense shall not be so great. But they
would rather keep their house, much rath
er; and. were they courageous enough to
resolve on retrenchment, all might be well
in the end. It is the first years that are the
most trying. Estimates of tbe rent, cost of
furnishing, fuel, lights, service and some
few other things can be made, but the little
unexpected expenses are a source of surprise
and discouragement.
When retrenchment is discussed the av
erage husband is apt to urge a reduction
of the expense of tbe table, yet he is quick
to object to any change which will deprive
him of the food he likes or thinks he re
quires. A concession here by the husband
and there by the wife, and instead of fail
ure we should have success in housekeep
ing. If either be indolent, however, tbe
fault must be overcome, or a perfectly
happy home is not to be expected. Some
thing which should be provided or uone to
conduce to the comfort of the family is miss
ing or postponed. In time the eyes are
turned toward the beacon set upon the
boarding-house, and another failure in
housekeeping is to be recorded.
Despite all evidence to the contrary, how
ever, 1 am firm in my belief that housekeep
ing in general is not, all things considered,
a failure. The finest suite in tbe finest hotel
in town offered for exactly the same price I
pay to maintain my modest home would
not tempt me to make an exchange. Sur
render the comfort, freedom and happiness
of a home of one's own for luxury and lazi
ness in a hotel! Not I! And how can any
sensible woman do it if she be welL have
sufficient money to carry on the house and
know how to direct domestic affairs! Let
the reader pause for a moment to think
what it is to have a long illness at a hotel or
boarding-bouse; to be distressed by noise
made by thoughtless and unsympathetic
fellow occupants; to be able only with dif
ficulty to get some few simple dishes which
you crave.
On tho other hand, if you are ill at home,
what a difference 1 There is no noise to dis
turb you, for the members of the household,
longing for your recovery, go about silently
and are ever on the alert to prevent you
from being annoyed. Yon hunger for some
particular food and loving hands prepare it
ana bring it to your bedside. North Amer
ican Beview.
Am AbMBt-Mladed Man.
Cincinnati has the champion absent-minded
man. A gentleman living in tbe suburbs
went in a store on Walnut street to make a
few purchases. Tbe only light in the store
was a candle standing on the counter near
the money-drawer. After making his pur
chases he handed theproprietor a bill, aad
after returning him the change the propri
etor walked to the rear of the store to ar
range something, when suddenly he was left
ia the dark. He started toward tbe counter,
and groping around it found, not the candle,
but the change. It struck him then that
probably tbe man in a Jit of absent-mindedness,
bad taken the candle instead of his
change. He started out after him, ana
catching np with him saw that he had the
bundle in one hand aad the candle ia the
other. After apologizing for the mistake
the stranger took bis change aad gave back
the candle.
Western Bank Mateaaeat.
An old chap who has been running a
private bank in Wisconsin, being appealed
to for some sort of a statement or annual
report, posted this on bis door the following
day: "Notice This 'ere bank has got IBs
000 behind her. She don't owe nobody a
cussed cent. Good paper discounted, at
heretofore, aad nobody propose to est
sticks for Mexico or Canada.''
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FARM AND FIRESIDE.
The most useful implement oa as
farm is a level head.
Old ducks never get lice. The oily
nature of their feathering prevents
vermin.
To exterminate moths from trunk
and chests, wash well with borax
water, and after drying use benzine.
Air and sun well before using.
"Always have a nice bunch of hay
before the calf, to induce her to eat,
thereby expanding the stomach,' ad-
(visee a. cattle breeder.
Select seed carefully, and keep se
lecting. Build up. Pedigree in corn
is just as valuable as pedigree in tbe
shorthorn or Poland-China. Ameri
can Agriculturist
More sheep die in the spring from
1 indigestion than from any other cause
whatever, according to tho Michigan
Farmer, and this is due generally to
the innutritious food, as straw, poor
hay, etc., which they are compelled to
eat to sustain life.
Fried Fish: See that the slices are
cut across the body, if pieces of a large
fish are used. Wipe dry. Egg and
crumb, as for other fried article. Fry
in deep fat, which must be smoking
hot, using a frying basket. Set it back
a little aTter the first, and cook for five
minutes.
Poultry Is generally the most neg
lected of all farm stock, while in pro
portion to, cosl. it cpn be made the
most profitabier Putting a hen at fifty
ceot&,.she .oagbt to "pay a net profit of
twice her value in a year, and she will
do it easily if given a fair chance.
As tho season advances all the ani
mals upon the pasture or range should
bo freely supplied with salt. Hogs
should have a good supply of a mix
ture of salt, ashes and charcoal. Also,
an occasional lick of salt and sulphur;
charcoal and ashes aid the digestion,
while sulphur has a tendency to give a
healthy tone to the pores of the skin.
Farmer and Stockman.
Don't be afraid of "burning up"
your crop by using too much manure.
It is a myth that never materializes.
The only way to "burn up" a crop is
by neglecting it. Plenty of manure,
and the soil kept loose on the surface,
will always give good results. Con
centrate your work on a 6mall space,
and aim to leave the soil richer after
the removal of every crop.
It is very easy to over feed a brood
of young chicks. This produces vari
ous diseases dysentery, which de
stroys so many; paralysis, which pre
vents the use of the limbs and causes
the chicks to flutter about helplessly
and perish; apoplexy, which causes
them to fall over and die suddenly,
and others which kill off fully one half
of them. A chick, or a voung turkey,
or duck requires a little food and often;
a tablcspoonful is enough for a dozen
of them, and the food should be given
six times a day.
HARROWS AS HOES.
Bow to Leasea Uaad Labor la the Perform
ae of Farm Work.
I have harrowed my potatoes for
twenty years long before I had a
smoothing harrow. Since I have had
the latter implement I use it for both
corn and potatoes. As I plant my pota
toes very early and they are some time
coming up I run the harrow over them
before the vines appear, then again
soon after they are up. 1 plant in drills,
with the rows two and one-half feet
apart. In about a week or ten days,
according to the weather, and the
starting of the weeds, I run the culti
vator through, and before they start
again I run through with a horse-hoe.
I then run through with a double-mold-board
plow, which will do about all the
hilling needed; but if the weeds start
again before the vines are too large. I
run through with the horse-hoe again,
set so as to hill more. If the rows are
just far enough apart the plow works
splendidly. With corn, I run the har
row before the corn is up, and then
follow up with a weeder, unless the
ground is very free from stones. If it is
so, the harrow can be used until the
corn is six inches high. If the ground is
stony, the weeder is better, as it can be
lifted over any obstructions, and can
be used until the corn is one foot high.
I then use the hoe as long as needed.
If these machines have been used at a
proper time say, just as the weeds are
breaking through the ground there
will be no further trouble with weeds.
If I do not want to sow grass seed, I
hill a little, and that covers all the
weeds in the rows. One advantage of
this system is that I use no hand labor,
which costs too much. Another ad
Vantage is that one can choose a hot,
dry sunny forenoon aad go over all
the ground, while if the work is done
by hand, rain may overtake him, and
the weeds may get large and grow all
the better for the hoeing. I know of
no soils oa which one can not use, at
least, two of the implements named,
and these used at a proper time and in
a proper way will always take the
place of the hand hoe. One should al
ways remember that they must be used
before the w.ieds get much of a start,
otherwise they will often help the
weeds along. - They can be used ia hill
culture as well as in drilL They can
entirely supplant hand labor. I never
use the hoe to plant or cultivate after
tbe crop is up. As I have said, I4o
not believe any farmer can afford to
use hand labor as it is too expensive.
1 man must use his brains if he wants
to succeed with a machine, A harrow
er a weeder run over a piece of corn or
potatoes oa a hot, dry sunny day at
the proper time, will kill all the weeds;
but if used on a wet day or after the
weeds are up it is worse than useless.
L. W. Curtis, in Rural New Yorkac
- MISCELLANEOUS.
Montana is no "pent up Utloa,
It is considerably larger than the Stat
of New York.
A negro in Rankin County. Mis
sissippi, who had stolen a mule, was
lately given the option of going to the
penitentiary or receiving a hundred
lashes on his back. He chose the lat
ter, taking the punishmentlike a stoic.
It was Wanamaker, himself, who
once wrote an advertisement reading:
We have striped women's stocking at
15 cents per pair."- This was the be
ginning of a great man's business ca
reer. She "O. 1 shouldn't lKce to be
bitten by a boa constrictor." He
'Boa constrictors don't bite." She
"Don't they? What do thov do?" He
"They squeeze you." She "O. that's
ever so much nicer." Boston Herald.
A florist in England claims that a
rose bush, which has been bearing
white roses for more than thirty years,
has suddenly changed, and now puts
out only red roses. The only cause
assigned for this is tho enrichment of
the surrounding earth.
In a village of Westphalia ches9 Is
one of the school studies. An exami
nation in chess is held annually in the
upper form of the school, and tho best
six players, who however, have to be
victorious three times running, are
presented with a chess board and
feasted for a whole long summer's day.
While a farmer of Stonington. was
plowing one of his fields, recently, he
turned up an ancient English pole-axe,
the first of these weapons ever found in
Connecticut, and it is supposed that
tho weapon was used in the massacre
of the Pequots at the Mystic forts by
the early colonists.
A wealthy citizen of Americus,
Ga.. recently received a letter from his
daughter who is attending a college
for women, stating that she had gone
to New York with a chap. The father
sulTered great mental excitement until
he learned that "chap" was intended
as an abbreviation for chaperon.
A celebrated barrister, retired
from practice, was one day asked his
sincere opinion of the law. "Why,
the fact is," rejoined he, "if any man
were to claim the coat upon my back,
and threaten my refusal with a law
suit, he should certainly have it. lest
in defending my coat, I should lose my
waistcoat also."
Harriet McKay, a Scotch girl, aged
twenty-eight, stole a man's clothes
whil he was asleep, and went and
offered herself as a soldier. She
passed the examination all right until
tho doctor's turn came, and he handed
tbe adventuress, who is tall and
comely, and belongs to New Zealand,
over to the London police.
According to a Florida paper,
firm of produce dcalors in Cincinnati
returned only $150 to a fruit grower at
Citra for two carloads of oranges.
Knowing that he had been swindled,
tbe Floridian went to Cincinnati, where
he discovered that the net proceeds
of the shipment were $1,340. He pre
sented his claim for$l,190out of which
he had been swindled, and it was
quietly paid to him. This is said to be
a frequent experience with Southern
fruit growers.
A Western office-seeker who said
he was going home by the next train
was packing up his satchel at a Wash
ington hotel recently 'when a friend
said to him: "They say President
Harrison takes a walk every day.'
"Yes, he does." "Where dees he
generally walk?" "I don't know where
he generally walks.but to-day he walked
on my neck." and he jabbed a night
shirt so deep into his satchel that the
dents are still in the floor. Washing
ington Post.
Revenge is Sweet. Mrs. Stetson,
wife of the operator at a little station
in New Mexico, was sick, and steadily
growing worse. At last she said to her
husband: "Stet! That Dr. ain't
helpin' me one sole bit. I'm gettin
worse every day." "I know it, Alice!
1 know it! Don't appear like he's
any good on earth.'? "I tell you, Stet,
I'm goin' to die! I feel it in my bones!1
"Wal, Alice" (with solemn earnestness
and comfort), "if you do, I'll be
blowed if ever 1 pay the doctor!"
Drake's Magazine.
A new fancy which girls are enjoy
ing through busy morning hours is that
of wood-carving, not in the Sorrento,
machine-fashion, but with the hand
work of pencil and tools. Every one
has heard of the passion for wood
carving in Sweden. Through the long,
dark winter, one of the chief recrea
tions of the people .is that of carving'
utensils or ornaments. Even the women
carve "thousands and thousands of
them," as a gentleman from Swedea
once said. But in this country, and
especially in the East, where there are
not many Swedes in comparison with
western cities, wood-carving is a deci
ded novelty.
Cats have not attained a high repu
tationfor intelligence.but instances take
place occasionally which go far toward
redeeming their characters from sus
picion of stupidity. A beautiful cat
which enjoyed the favor of a family
took such pains to do her duty on one
occasion that there could be no doubt
that she possessed some power of rea
soning. She came to her mistress
much disturbed, displaying by restless,
actions great distress. It w.-s evident,
after watching her. that she wished
her mistress to follow her. Wheat this
was done, and the mistress west down
stairs' after excited pussy, there was
found in the pantry another eat calmly
enjoying the inside of & custard pie.
The contented purr ot the first cat at
bringing the recrerjat to justice WH
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