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THE PICTURE. *
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Sunlight falls on her pictured toco ,
Jllmmcd in a frame of gold ;
The selfsame pose of a careless grace.
That I remember of old.
* 'Twos here we Htood long years ago ,
She in that very dress !
And I heard this syllable sweet and low
From her rose-red mouth 'twas
"Yes ! " '
So many years I And yet I'll swear
Xow , Ptanding in this place
I can smell the roan she hath in her hair ,
"While I look upon her face !
I feel the clasp of her tender hand , -
Gentle , yet clinging fast ,
And I almost feel I am young again ,
Though so many years have past.
And yet , could I live over the space
Of those Indian Bummer days ,
Bring bock to my life this sweet , fair face ,
The canvHS here portrays.
Were it wise to lose the peace that is mine ,
For the restless hopes that have fled ?
Not so ; whatever is is best ,
' 'Let the dead ' *
past bury its dead I' -
PHIL'S FIFTY CENTS.
* ( - .
BY JENNIE L. . WABREN.
[ DENUAM Martha against Richard JJ. ,
or cruelty. ]
Many there were who , if they saw the
names at all under the head of "Di
vorces" in their Chicago daily , had no
time to give to thoughts of ruined
homes , dead hopes , and broken hearts.
The world becomes used to the daily
aecord of misery.
Several months after the above names
found theirplace in the papers , Richard
B. Denham's divorced wife , with her
three boys , boarded the cars bound for
a thrifty Michigan town located on the
Michigan Central railroad. The oldest
boy , Phil , was a 10 year-old blue-eyed ,
brown-haired , honest-faced , sturdily-
built lad , old for his years , and showing
thought for his mother in caring for his
5-yearTold-brothers , Harry and Willy.
Through many a weary day the only
comfort Phil's mother ha $ found was in
his cheery "Never mind , mother , wait
until I am bigger , and then you shan't
have such times as these. "
The town in Michigan was chosen as
their home because Mrs. Denham knew
that the minister who had married her
was located there , and 'she hoped that
through his influence she might more
readily gain means of support for her
self and family. She would never go
back to her girlhood home in the east
and to those she loved best , she told
herself. Never !
She had brought some furniture with
her , and ehe had a little money
enough to rent a small cottage , where
she opened a select school , She was a
woman of good education , and through
the influence of the kind minister a
good many children were sent to her
school , so that the first year , by exer
cising strict economy , they lived com
fortably.
The next year was less bright. The
minister , whose influence haoT been so
helpful to her , went to Minnesota ;
many of the children she had taught-
the year before entered the public
school , and she was not successful in
securing uew pupils. At last she was
forced to abandon the little school , and
every other attempt at making a living
failing her , she resorted to the weary-
plan of going from house to house with
her basket of silver polishes , washing
fluid , stove blacking , sponges , and
toothpicks , leaving Phil at home to
take care of the twins.
One July morning , basket in hand ,
she rang tlie bell at a spacious brick
house. The door was opened by a
young and pretty blonde woman , at
tired in the daintiest of morning gowns. :
"Oh , Mrs. Denham , " she said with
evident disappointment , "I thought it
was Cousin Ruth , whom I was expect
ing. "
Mrs. Denham hesitated an instant ,
but the pretty blonde did not say
"come in , " so she told her errand
standing on the porch.
"I can't trade this morning , thank
you , " said the little woman , carelessly
glancing at the articles in the basket ,
"But I wnnt to speak to you about your
two youngest boys. They were in my
Sunday-school class. I h'ave not seen ;
them tliere lately. "
"No , " and Mrs. Denham's sallow
face flushed. "They have no clothes ,
fit to wear to Sunday-school ; as soon as
I can earn the money to get them some
they' shall go. You can't trade this
morning ? " .
"No , thank you , " airily , "but I do
hope you will get your boys back to
Sunday-school. Children of their age
should be in Sunday-school. Good
morning. " The door was shut.
"What luck , mother ? " Phil asked
that night.
She answered by laying sixty-five
cents on the table.
"If a tramp should come to-night I
believe 1 would feed him , " she said.
"It has almost seemed as though I
were a tramp to-day. "
"Never mind , mother , " Phil said , in
his old , cheerv way. ij
"I don't suppose folks can always h
buy. You must stay with the boys a t'
few days , and we will see what can be ii
done. "
To the amusement of the boys a I
tramp appeared as they were seated at s
the table eating hot griddle-cakes and
molasses , and , true to her word , Mrs.
Denham baked cakes for him until the g
batter was alLgone. , , - ,
* The next day'Philiwas so fortunate as
to secure a job piling "edgings" at the
mill-yard. Some fine hand-sewing was a .
sent in for Mrs. Denham to do , and the h
world-looked much brighter to the little a
family. [
"Mebby it's because you fedthopoor
tramp , " Phil said to his mother. e\ t.
The next noon Phil came in from his
work , warm and hungry. "Mother , "
he said , while they were at the dinner
table , "there's a man down by the mill
on a pile of boards ; he's sick and tired ,
and his boots are all worn out. He told
some of the boys that he hadn't hod
anything to eat since yesterday noon ,
and he's walked all the way from
Augusta here , trying to get work ; but
nobody'll give him work , and he's out
of money ; but if he can get to Chicago
he flays he knows he'll get work.
Mother , will you lend me fifty cents to
give him to help him along a short way
toward Chicago on the cars ? I'll pay
you back Saturday night when I'm paid
for ray work. "
"Why , Phil , fifty cents ! " his mother
said. "You know nothing about the
man ; he might take the money and
get drunk. "
"No , he won't , mother , I know he
won't , " Phil answered earnestly. "He
has "a good face , and he don't beg.
The boys questioned his story out of
Mm. " '
"But it seems a little strange. Phil ,
"
that he can "get no work this time of
year. "
"Mebbe ft seems strange to folks
about us , " Phil answered ; "but I do
wish , mother , you'd lend me fifty
"I haven't fifty cents , Phil. "
"Then borrow it , mother , " Phil
urged. "You're more used to borrow
ing than I am. "
"No , Phil , I can't do it. "
Phil said no more , but his mother no
ticed that he carried his slice of bread
away with him instead of eating it , and
at night he told her that he borrowed
fifty cents of a boy down town , and
had given it to the man who had so.ex
cited his sympathy.
"I hope you don't care , mother , " he
said. "I'm sure he's a good man , he
was awful grateful , and tears choked
him all up. Anyway I'm glad 1 gave
it. "
'Another year rolled away , and during'
the time Phil and his motlier had paid
the house rent promptly , and none of
them had gone hungry. The last of
September came , and Phil had saved
enough to take him into the Chicago
exposition.
"Is it awful mean in me to want to
go , 'mother , " he asked one night.
"Hadn't I better give you the money
and stay at home ? "
"You have worked hard and faith
fully , my boy , and have been a great
help and comfort to me , " his mother
fondly answered ; "and you deserve a
little recreation ; but , Phil , I am afraid
to have you go to Chicago. You know
if your father should see you he would
take you from me if he could. "
But Phil was brave , and he quieted
his mother's fears , and tha next morn
ing started for Chicago on oneof the
early excursion trams , expecting to
come back at night. But he did not
come , and Mrs. Denham feared the
worst. The following morning brought
her a postal card. It reads :
DEAR MOTHER : I am safe and well , and
[ hope you ain-"t worried about me , though
[ know you have. I am having a boss time.
[ have seen my tramp. I'm going to stay
two or three days. It won't cost me any
thing. It's a surprise. Yocn PHIL.
Phil came home the third day , and
ifter tfie first greetings , when his'moth-
jr kissed him and cried over him , and
; he twins pulled about him in boister-
> us glee at his return , "he , told his "sur
prise. "
"It was while I was in 'Machinery
3all , ' at the exposition , " he com-
nenced , "I was looking at the different
nachines , when a man came up to me
ind said , 'Look up here , boy , let me see
f I know you , ' and I was a little bit
icared , mother , for I thought right
iway of what you said about father , but
yhen I looked up I knew it wasn't
'
ather. Then the 'man said , 'Yes , I
thought I wasn't mistaken. Boy , do
fou remember that something over a
pear ago you gave a piece of bread and
ifty cents to a * tramp ? ' And then I
law that he was my tramp ; but he
ooks different now , because he's well
ind dressed up good.
"And , mother , he was awful good to
lie , and he went all through the expo-
lition with me , and told me lots about
c that I never could have learned alone ,
ind he took me to a restaurant to din-
icr , and to Lincoln Park on the street-
ars to see the bears and alligators and
sverything , and to the North Sidewater- '
vorks , where there's a big engine , and
hen he took me to Pullman , where he
ives , and his wife and two girls were
ust as good to me , too. They all do
iewing , and he works in the carshops ,
ind they live in a real nice place : a
flat' they call it ; and Mr. Andrews
hat's his name said he'd come and
ice you as soon as he could get away a
lay , and he knows he can get a place
or me there to .work , where I can live ;
vith them , if you'll let me ; and oh ,
nether ! ain't you glad I borrowed that
ifty cents for him ? " ;
Phil was almost breathless when his
tory was finished , he had talked so fast
ind excitedly. His mother answered
urn by stroking his hair and smiling >
icr eyes were full of tears.
Mr. Andrews came to the little Mich-
gan home one day. He told Mrs. Den-
lam his story of sicbnees and bad luck
hat had brought him to the condition
n which Phil had found him ; of his
Liscouragements and .the timely help
'nil's 50 cents proved to be , and of
ubsequent success. He had found a
; oed place for a strong , trusty boy like
'hil. He bought Harry and Willie.
; oed warm clothingand Phil went back
o Pullman/with him , dressed in a new
pray suit.
Phil is working away industriously ,
.nd looking forward to the time when
le can rent a flat and have his mother
nd the twins with him in Pullman. >
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
How China's Emperor Lives.
Pall Mall Budget.
The ruler of the 250,000,000 of which
the Chinese nation probably consists is
now within five years of his majority
( the age of eighteen years ) , and is an
occupant , while yet a minor , of the
same apartment in which lived the
emperor who preceded him on the
Dragon throne. There , says the North
China Herald , he eats with gold-tipped
chop-sticks of ivory. There he sleeps
on a large Ningpo bedstead , I'ichly
carved and ornamented with ivory and
gold the same on which the noble-
minded Emperors Kang Hsi and Chien
Lung used to recline after the day's
fatigue last century and the century
before.
Like one of those living Buddha * who
may be seen in a lamasery on the Mon
golian plateau , he is knelt to by all his
attendants and honored-as a god. The
seclusion in which he is kept is far more
complete than that of the gods. The
building in which the emperor resides
is called Yang Hsin Tien , and is a little
to the west of the Ch'ien Ch'inn Meu in
the middle of the palace. At the back
of the central gate , on the south side , is
the great reception hall. When minis
ters of state and others enter for an
audience at 4 , 5 or 6 in the morning ,
according to custom , they have to go on
foot to the center of the palace over
half a mile , if they enter by the east or
west gate ; and when they got on in
years they can appreciate the emperor's
favor , which ithen by a decree allows
them to be borne in a choir , instead of
walking.
The rooms of the emperor consist of
seven * compartments. They are pro
vided with the divan , or k'ang , the
peculiar institution * of North China.
The k'angs are covered with red felt of
native manufacture , and the floor with
European carpets. The cushions all
have embroidered on them the dragon
and the phrenix. Pretty things in end
less variety are scattered through the
rooms , and are changed in accordant
with any wish expressed by the empe
ror.
ror.The
The rooms are in all thirty yards long
by from eight to nine yards deep , and
are divided into three separate apart
ments , the throne-room being the
middle one. Folding doors ten. feet in
height open into each of these apart
ments to the north and south in the
center of each. The upper part of
these doors is in open-work , in which
various auspicious characters and
flowers are carved. These doors remain
open , even iri winter , because during
that season a thick embroidered curtain
of damask is hung in the doorway ,
which , by its weight keeps its place
close to the door-posts and keeps the
cold air from entering. In summer
this is replaced by a curtain admitting
the breeze on account of its being made
of very thin strips of bamboo together
of various colors , and passing through
the whole texture of the curtain from
trom top to bottom are very sigreeable
to the eye. Tkese summer and winter
curtains are rolled up to give air to the
rooms when requirea. The hoppowho
lately returned from Canton , gave the
emperor a present valued at $8,000.
Et consisted of chandeliers holding five
hundred wax candles each. His mag-
estyhaa also electrical machines and
numberless foreign curiosities.
The emperor was vaccinated when an
infant , before his high destiny was
thought of , otherwise it would have
been difficult to vaccinate him , for , his
person being sacred when emperor , no
lancet cau touch it. His mothei , the
Princess of Ch'un , goes in to see him
ance a month and kneels when she first
speaks to him , but rises afterwards.
His father does so , too. The emperor
studies Chinese daily for an hour and a
half , and Manchu also for an hour and
i half. He spends two hours in archery
ind riding , and in winter amuses him
self with sledging. He has a little
arother of five , whom it may be hoped
ihe mother takes with her when she
joes to the palace. The teachers who
instruct him kneel to him on entering ,
but afterwards sit. The emperor has
jight eunuchs , who constantly attend
iim , besides an indefinite number for
special occasions. He has his meals
ilone and the eight eunuchs wait round
iim , restraining him if he takes too
nuch of any one thing. His school
room is at the back of the Yang Hsin
Fien , already described , and the hall
'or conference each morning with min
sters is a little to the east.
Fust the Girl He Had Been Look
ing For.
< ew Orleans Times-Democrat.
A gentleman was riding with a lady
n an open carriage , "all of a summer's
lay , " and accidentally men's arms
ire such awkward things , are ever in
he way dropped an arm around her
vaist. No objection was made for
iwhile , and the arm gradually relieved
he side of the carriage of the pressure
ipon it. But of a sudden ( whether
rom a late recognition of the impro-
) riety of the thing , or the sight of anther -
ther beau coming , never was known )
he lady started with volcanic energy ,
ind , with a flashing eye , exclaimed ;
'Mr. Brown , I can support myself ! "
'Capital ? " was .the instant replv ;
'you are just the girl I have been look-
ng for these five/ years will you
narry me ? "
If seeds are buried too deeply many
not germinate. This is the most
Common cause of thin seeding. With
to-
be greatest care to deeply pulverize
he soil the seed is buried correspond-
ngly deep. '
"A never-failing spring , " as the boy
emarked when the schoolmaster jump-
id from from his seat , which had been
reviously inoculated with a bent pin.
-Boston Transcript.
SAILING TOWARD THE ICE.
Sailing northward ! sailing northward . .
Toward the'realms of cofd ff * *
Gives to me a chill sensation , f
A of growing old.
Sailing northwifrfl 1 veering northward
On the restless sea ,
Winds grow cooler , billows colder-
Ice is on the sea.
Sailing northward ! veering northward
On the sea of life ;
Hearts grow chilly , love in colder ,
With the toll and strife.
Sailing northward 1 veering northward ,
Glory dims ite fires ;
Riches lose their charm and splendor ;
"Glowinghope expires. "
Sailing northward 1 veering northward
E'en a lover's love
Loses warmth , and pales its brightness ,
Like the skies above.
But as we sail northward , northward ,
Suns increase tbeir sway ,
' , Till the crimson flush of evening
Meets the dawn of day. .
So as we veer northward , northward ,
May life's sunset ray
Mix its last beams with the sunburst
Of th' eternal day.
Yes , as veering northward , northward ,
Eve and morning kiss ,
So may death be but the brightening
To a dawu of bliss.
FARM AND HOME.
Science in Fanning : .
Jceoph Harris in Am. Agriculturist lor Nor.
We have much poor land in the Uni
ted States , and an immense area of good
land. The poor land will be used to
grow timber , or be improved by con
verting more or less of it , gradually ,
into pasture , and stocking it with sheep
and cattle. The main point is , to feed
the sheep or cattle with some rich nitro
genous food , such as cotton-seed cake ,
malt-sprouts , bran , shorts , mill-feed ,
refuse beans , or bean-meal made from
beans injured by the weevil or bug. In
short , the owner of such land may buy
such food as will furnish the most nutri
ment and make the richest manure at
the least cost taking both of these ob
jects into consideration. He will also
buy more or less artificial manures , to
be used for the production of fodder
crops , such as corn , millet , Hungarian
grass , etc. And , as soon as a portion
of the land can be made rich'enough ,
ho will grow more or less mangel wur-
zels , sugar beets" turnips and other root
crops. Superphosphate will be found
admirably adapted for this purpose ,
and two , three , or four hundred pounds
of cheap petash salts , per acre , can fre
quently be used on fodder creps , in
connection with two or three hundred
pounds of phosphate , with considerable
profit. The whole subject is well
worthy of careful study. Never in the
history of the world , has. there been a
grander opportunity for the application
of science to the improvement of agri
culture than now.
On the richer lands , the aim of the
farmer will be to convert the plant food
lying dormant in the soil into profitable
crops. The main point is good tillage.
In many cases weeds now run away
with half our crops and all our profits.
The weeds which spring tip after the
grain crops are harvested are not an
unmixed evil. They retain the nitrogen
and other plant ; food , and when turned
under make manure for the succeeding
crops. But weeds among the growing
crops are evil , and only evil. ' Thorough
plowing is the remedy , with drainage
where needed.
Increasing Lean Meat in Figs.
National .Livestock Journal.
We may well suppose that the habit
of the pig in laying on an excessive
quantity of fat has been caused by long
and excessive feeding of fat-producing
food , and it is not likely that any sud
den transformation could be brought
about ; but it is well known that the
pigs of different countries differ in re
spect to fat. We have only to contrast
fattened pigs of this country with those
in Canada. There pork is fattened
partly upon barley , bat largely
upon peas , a highly nitrogen
ous food , yielding a large pro
portion of muscle , and our pigs are fat
tened almost wholly upon corn , an ex
cessively starchy and fattening food.
The Canadian pork has a much larger
proportion of lean meat and less lard.
The difference is very marked , so much
so , that in a market supplied with both
kinds , purchasers easily select the oue
or the other as desired. Wild hogs do
not have such excess of fat , and the
southern hog , which is grown much
slower than those in the northern and
western states , and fed much less corn ,
is comparatively lean. There can ,
therefore , be little doubt that the habit
3f depositing this excess of fat is caused
by long-continued feeding adapted to
that end.- The hog is naturally a grass
ind root-eating animal , and in its do ;
mestication is fed almost wholly upon
3oncentrated food. Hogs fed upon
skimmed milk have a less , proportion
af fat than those fed upon corn. If
poung pigs are kept upon food that will
rrow the muscles and bones and de
velop a rangy frame , they will possess
so much muscle when haif grown that
i moderate length of time in fattening ,
jven on corn , will not pile on an exces
sive amount of fat.
Bees for Boys.
Unorican Agriculturist for November.
A farmer friend has sixty colonies of ;
aees , a fine flock of light Brahmafowls ,
ind a farm of one hundred and twenty
icres. He has two sons , aged thirteen
ind sixteen years respectively , and the
elder boy has entire charge of the bees ,
of which ho is very fond. Ho runs his
his sections , extracts the honey , intro
duces queens , divides his 'bees ' , and
rears queens with a skill which many a
veteran might envy. He Is already
well known in the city , thruc and a haft
miles distant , for'his honey , and talks
about bees , and quotes authorities in
the most intelligent1 manner. All his
honey is sold in one grocery store , and
though he has a good yield this season ,
and reaped a fine profit , he cannot fully
supply the demand at the store.
f
Artichokes for Swine.
Artichokes have been grown for swine
several years at the Michigan agricul
tural college. The method of manage
ment had been to have a small patch
of artichokes convenient to the swine
pens , upon which the breeding sows
were turned early in the spring and al
lowed to harvest the roots for them
selves. " The crop la thus grown with
very "little labor , since it requires no
harvesting , the roots remaining in the
ground all winter , and it furnishes suc
culent food for the sows just when it is
most needed and most difficult to ob
tain from other sources. Professor
Johnson , farm superintendent , is so
so well pleased with the results of this
management that he is enlarging , the
artichoke plantation.
Selecting : Nursery Trees.
Professor William Saunders , who has
had much experience in different sec
tions , says , ho "would generally select
those young trees at the nursery which
most people would be likely to reject
and leave on account of their small ,
runty appearance , as in the long run
being more sure to make the best growth
and become the best bearers of iruit. "
This is the testimony of many success
ful growers. Some urge which is un
questionably wise that the holes for
planting should be dng at least two feet
deep , and then filled about one foot
with old bones , stones or bricks , or all
of them , as it would afford more
thorough underdrainage and allow the
roots to run further.
Over-Crowding Fowls.
Over-crowding of fowls is the cause
of nearly all diseases that occur among
them. There is too much strife and
competition among them when kept in
large numbers , and the same is true of
animals. The largest breeder of fowls
in the world , Hawkins , of Lancaster , f
Mass. , divides his large flock into many
smaller ones. He keeps over 2,000heng.
on thesame farm , and finds them profit
able. In addition to this number of
hens thousands of chicks are annually
hatched and sent to the large cities.
To Make Woman's Work Easier.
Many farmers who secure for them
selves all the labor-saving improve
ments are slow in arranging similar
help for their wives. A reaper or I
mower is used at the most only a few
days in the year. A creamer , to make I
butter-making easier , will be in use
nearly or quite every day in the year , Pi
and the butter product will bring
enough more to pay heavy interest on
the first cost , besides the saving in
labor.
The Household.
ECONOMICAL PODDING. Cook a teaspoonful -
spoonful of flour in a pint of milk , add
a beaten egg , three teaspoonfuls of
sugar and a little salt ; pour over slices
of buttered bread and bake half an
hour.
VEAL OYSTERS. A good substitute id
for real oysters is made by cutting the
veal into small squares , dipping into
batter and frying in hot lard. They are
served with cayenne pepper and salt ,
and should be eaten while hot.
CINNAMON TARTS. Rub eight ounces
of butter and a pound of sugar to a
cream , add the yelks of three eggs and
the whites of two , and stir in a pound
of flour. Roll the mixture thin , and
cut it into squares , rubbing them with
the white of egg , and sprinkling with
cinnamon and sugar before putting into
the oven.
STEWED TOMATOES. Pour boiling
water over six or eight large tomatoes
to remove the skin , and then put them
into a saucepan. When they begin to
boil pour away a little of the juice ; add
a small piece of butter , pepper , salt and
a very little sugar. Let them cook for
about fifteen minutes , stirring in well
the seasoning. Some add a few bread
or cracker crumbs.
APPLE PUDDING. A delicious apple
pudding , to be served hot , is made thus :
Peel and quarter enough apples to cover
the bottom of a deep tin plate ; then
make a batter of sour milk , soda and
flour , with a tablespoonful of lard
to enough flour to make a batter which
ivill cover the apples. This should not
be thicker than for pancakes. Pour it
Dver the apples and bake till brown ;
then , when done , turn it on a. large
plate , with the crust down. Over the
ipples scatter sugar and cinnamon ; if
fou like it rich , spread a thin layer of
autter over the apples before putting on
he sugar and cinnamon.
In California prune culture is a great
success. Each tree bears about 100
pounds of prunes , worth about 14 cents
per pound.
A etitch in Time must make the old
jhap feel sew-sew. [ New York Jour-
lal ,
A man don't have to live long in
Paris to learn the road to Rouen. [ The
Fudge.
Captain Schufeldt , of the Army Me d-
calxsorps , has just forwarded to the
Smithsonian Institution a collection of
ome 3,000 specimens of vertebrates and
nvertebrates collected around New Or-
eans.
Funds are wanted for a zoological
tation in Java.
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