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H From Timo.
H "Bill Jones is a liar. '
m Said father to .loo ;
M * "I'm Biiro thai he in ,
m For ho told mo bo. "
H "For that vory cause. " A
H ' Said Joseph aparo ,
j "I'll prove that Hill Jonrw
m Is off of his base. "
B "Ho Bays Iio'b a liar ,
H Well , now , if that's true ,
M There's no sort of Bonso
m \ la what ho told you.
fl ' "BocauBO , don' you see ? " *
M Continued tho youth ,
H "He can't bo a liar
M And toll you tho truth. "
H "If Bill tolls tho truth
B Ho'h aliur , you sec ;
m And ifho's a liar ,
M It's quite plain to mo.
H "That on his own word
m ( Wo cannot go higher ) ,
H Ho lies when ho Bays it ,
H And ho isn't a liar. "
UNEXPECTED VISIT
B It was with the air of a man pro-
B foundly indifferent to his own suc-
B -cesses , that Gerard Strickland , twitch-
B ing his cuffs and stretching his arms ,
fl before letting his hands fall into his
B lap , sank back into the luxurious
B -arm-chair by his library fire , ' after
B throwing on the tablo the letter that
K announced his promotion to anen-
B viable post in the civil service. Ashe
B "thought of the post , his advancement
B eemed to him no subject for con-
B gratulations , but only one of those
B grim jets with which fortune delights
K * o mock disappointed men.
B An old man-servant , one of a sort
B 'growing rare , entered the room with
fl an evening paper. Ho laid , it at his
B 'master's sideandstood at arespectful
B 'distance , waiting , half-hesitating ,
B "with some anxiety legible in his
fl • countenance.
r " "Well , Thomas ? " asked Strickland ?
H "I beg your pardon , sir ; but do you
B remember what day it is to-day ? "
"No , Thomas. "
B "Your wedding-day , sir ! "
Strickland's face clouded.
B "I did. not know , sir , whether you
B "Would wish for dinner tho same wine
B as you used to have. "
fl " 'No , Thomas ; I shall probably dine
B : at the club. "
fl "I ordered dinner as usual , sir ; and.
B a bouquet , in case"
fl "Quite right , Thomas , quite right/
B For an instant the heart of the
fl promoted official sank. The fidelity
fl of his old domestic was humiliating.
fl XEow he would , once have resented the
H suggestion that Thomas would re-
B nemberthis anniversity better than
H liimself ! And that it should fall to
H the old servant to order from the
florist the bouquet Gerrard himself
B bad been formerly so proud to bring
B ' liome , on this evening ; to his wife.
But the slight sense of annoyance
"passed away quickly. It was with
-absolute indifference that , seeing the
H anan-servant still waiting , he asked
"Anythingelse , Thomas ? "
I "This morning , when you had but
B | ust gone , a young lady called. Hear-
I Ing you were not at home , she said
B she would call again this evening
I about 6. She wished to see you on
important business. "
"Her name ? "
" 'She left none. "
- " "Did you see her ? "
• -"No , sir. "
I • * "Did John say what she was like ? "
I "Rather tall , sir ; a young lady ,
| , dark , and fashionably dressed. "
'Ifshe'calls ? I will see her. You
I nay go , Thomas. " Tne servantleft ,
I ind Strickland continued to himself.
I " 'Tall , young , dark , well-dressed ,
I business with me. Who can she be ? "
I "The lady is here sir , in the draw-
I Ing-room , " said Thomas , returning
I to the library after about ten minu-
B C S *
I " "Strickland went to the drawing-
I isroom. At the door he paused a mo-
I unent to steal a look at his visitor.
I Bhe stood by one " of the tables idly
II turning the leaves of a photograph-
II lbum. Her back was toward him
| § * ind he could distinguish only the tall
II end graceful figure of a woman , well-
II dressed and wearingexpensivelaces. '
I | ' "Madam ! " he said , advancing.
If The lady turned , Strickland
IJs letarted as if he had received an elec-
| g > tric shock. To conceal , to the best
II of his ability , his surprise and the
H sudden pallor of his face , he made her
II * k profound bow ,
H "I hope I am not inconveniencing
m jycmshe said , at the same time re-
H turning his salute. Then , with a
* qiiiet ease she selected a chair and sat
fl * down.
fl "Not in the least ; I am at your
fl reervice , " said Strickland.
fl ' { As I shall avail myself of your con-
B Hlescenoion , I hope that was not
B merely a compliment. "
C " "May I ask you how I can oblige
1 'The lady stroked the soft fur of her
M nuff , and once or twice lifted her
1 -searching eyes to his face. Apparenfc-
m ty she was hesitating to name the
H purpose of her visit. Meanwhile ,
§ j Otrickland gratified his eyes with a
H ( good look at her , lovely , fascinating
M ' 'Still , as the first day he had seen her ,
1 'Only her pure profile had gained
; 1 more decision , and her eyes had a
Iprqfounder.meaning than when he
JtasirliobSedlnto them , : * a th5)se of a > j
t -woman who had lived Jmd suffered. '
I At length she said :
"Do you still correspond with my
> - ' father ? " •
[ j "Yes. It is , however , a fortnight
? / ' since I lust wrote to him. "
/ ' "I received a letter from him
L Sesterday. . He is coming to 1own
h"Jr V-morrow. "
KT his time Strickland made no at-
pt to conceal his surprise.
| To-morrow ! Your father , who
% - 'leaves home ! "
P 9 medical men order InV to the
f x > ast , and he will , on his way ,
1 _ town , to spend the night
ifc sed.
k * ' ighter , "said. Strickland.
L- . his son. And so we find
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ourselves in a pleasant embarrass
ment. "
She leant back , and with a small
hand began drubbing a waltz on tho
tablo at her side.
"You call it pleasant , " said Strick
land.
"I did not come hero to discuss
words , but to discover a plan of ac
tion. "
"I see none. "
"And you are a politician , a man
ofgeniusl If those subtle arts , that
. have been so successfully employed
in your own advancement , could bo ,
without predjudice to you , this once
employed to extricate me from "
"Excuse me , madam ; but your re
proaches are scarcely likely to assist
me to exercise my imagination. "
"Bah ! Well , I have apian. First ,
I do not wish , cost what it may , to
let my father know the truth. "
"The unhappy truth ! "
She made a little grimace , and pro
ceeded : "My father would bo cruelly
hurt , and tho sins of the children
ought not to bo visited upon their
parents. My remorse I beg your
pardon , that is of little consequence
hero" she looked aside to warn him
not to expostulate , and continued :
"Hitherto , thanks to our precau
tions , the distance of my father's
residence , and the seclusion in which
ho prefers to live , has been spared
this sorrow. To-morrow our clever
edifice of dutiful falsehood falls to
the ground , and I , at least am una
ble to conjecturo the consequences. "
"Andl. "
"Mr. Strickland , it is absolutely
necessary to prevent the scandal. I
trust you will assist me. My father
must find us together : and we must
avoid everything that would servo
to awaken suspicion. "
She spoke sadly , as well as earnest
ly. A deep shadow of concern settled
on her hearer's face. Wrapped in
thought , he delayed the answer. His
visitor became impatient.
"Your promised courtesy costs too
much ? " she demanded.
"No. I am ready. But I see many
difficulties. The servants ? "
"Give the new manTservant Ijfound
here this morning a holiday. I will
speak to Thomas. "
"If a friend should call ? "
"You will see no one. "
"If we meet your father , people
will see us together. "
"We will go in a closed carriage. "
"Your father will stay here several
hows. Good and simple-hearted as
he is , do you believe it possible he
will not recognize a bachelor's
house ? "
"I will send my work , my music ,
and so on , this evening. My room ? "
"Is as you left it. "
"Sentimentality ! "
"No "
respect.
"Have you any further objections ? "
"None. It remains to be seen
whether we shall be able to deceive
Mr. Gregory. "
"By playingthe affectionate couple.
Can you remember your grimaces
and fooleries of two years ago ? " she
asked sarcastically.
"No ; I have forgotten them , " re
plied Srickland , with a frown.
And the two looked into each oth
er's eyes , like two duellists.
"When will you come here ? " asked
Strickland.
"This evening. I will bring my
things , and I shall slightly disar
range this and that. I hope I shall
not inconvenience you. You are not
expecting any one ? "
"No one. I was going out. If you
wish I will stay and assist you. My
engagementis unimportant. "
"Pray go. We should have to
talk , and we have nothing to say to
each other. "
"Nothing. Will you dine here ? "
"No , thanks ; I'll go home now , and
return by and by. "
She rose. Strickland bowed in re
sponse to her bow , conducted her to
tne door without another word , and
returned with a sense of relief to the
library.
When he returned home , shortly
after midnight , the'house had re
sumed an aspect long strange to it.
Lights were burning in the drawing-
room , and a little alteration in the
arrangement ot the furniture had re
stored to the room a forgotten grace.
Bouquets of flowers filled the yases ,
and a faint sweetness of violets float
ed about the hall and staircase. The
piano was open , and some music
stood on the bookstand. On the
boudoir table was a work-basket.
By the hearth his visitor was sitting
in a low chair , her little feet buried in
the bear-skin1 rug , 'and her head re
posed on her hand , while she gazed
wistfully into the fire.
Was it a dream ? Bertha's flowers ;
Bertha's music. Bertha herself in
his home again ! Two year's misery
cancelled in an evening ! In a mo
ment rushed across his memory a
golden wooing , a proud wedding ,
happy months , and the bitter day of
separation. He turned away , and
passed to his room , saying , "Good
night ! "
"Good night ! " replied his wife with
out moving.
The strange event that had taken
place in Gerard Strickland's house
prevented none of its inmates enjoy
ing a wholesome night's rest. Ber
tha , persuaded that to-morrow's
comedy could affect no real change
in her relation to her husband , went
to her with the of
room feelings one- -
who spends a night in a hotel. Strick
land , similarly regarding the past
as irremediable , read in bed for half
an hour , and then fell asleep.
To get married they had both com
mitted a thousand follies. After
meeting her at a table-d'hote , Strick
land hadjDursued her half over Eu-
rojfe vanquished the .difficulties of *
a.n'a.p ' proach to her father in his se
cluded country house , and ultimate
ly , assisted by the lady's prayers and
tears , gained the old man's reluctant
consent to surrender his idolized
daughter. The young married peo
ple , passionately attached to each-
other , enjoyed fifteen months of re
markable happiness , then came the
end.
end.Bertha
Bertha became jealous. Devoted
to her husband , proud , hasty , immo
derate in all her thoughts and emo
tions , she resented with all the inten
sity of her nature , a meeting between
Strickland and a former flame , a
dance , a note , half-an hour's conver
sation. The husband unfortunately
met her passionate expostulations
with the disdainful insouciance of an
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easy temporamont. Tho inevitable
consequence ensued , a bitter misun
derstanding. An imprudent servant ,
a malicious acquaintance , half-a-
dozen venomous tongues , lashed tho
wife's jealously into madness. An
explanation demanded from her hus
band was refused with a sneer. He
had begun to think her a proud , un
loving woman , and , under the cir
cumstances , judged self-justification
ridiculous. The following morning
she entered his library , and with
marvelous calmness , without quav
ering over a single word announced
to him their immediate separation
for over. Taken by surprise , Strick
land tried to temporizeacknowledged
that he had been thdughtless , did all
in a man's power to avoid the rupt
ure. Bertha only replied so proudly ,
and with so much severity , that self-
respect forbade him further self-
defense.
They separated. Strickland ex
ternally bore his misfortunewith quiet
ness , and , in counsel with his own
conscience , concluded his life broken
and ruined by his own want of tact.
The husband and wife met two or
three times , as peoplo who barely
know each other. He devoted him
self to professional duties , resumed
some of his bachelor habits , and
amused himself as he could. She led
a quiet , almost solitary life , restrict
ing her pleasures to such simple en
joyments as she could provide hersell
at home , and seldom appearing in
public. On one point both agreed ,
repeating such stereotyped phrases
as "Bertha is well , and sends her love.
I believe she wrote to you a fow daye
ago. " "Gerard is well , and at pres
ent very busy. , He will not this year
be able to accompany 'me to the sea
side.
It will be easily believed that to go
to her husbands house and to ask a
avor of him had cost Bertha's pride
a struggle. "For papa's sake ; for
papa's sake ! " she repeated to herself ,
to steel her nerves to the humiliation ,
which , however , Strickland's cold
courtesy had considerably lessened.
Ifthe would be equally considerate on
the mdrrow , a little spirit' , a lile
self-command and'some clever
- , pre
tending might enable them safely to
conduct her father through the few
hours to be spent in town , to see him
off from Victoria , and , with a polite
bow , to separate and return to their
several existences.
Dinner was ended , Mr. Gregory
smiled contentment and happiness ,
and the two actors at the opposite
ends of the table of necessity smiled
too.
too.Their
Their parts had proved difficult.
Fiom the moment of the old gentle
man's arrival they had had to call
each other by their Christian names ,
and to use the little endearments of
'two married people still in love.
More than once , a word , an intona
tion that sounded like an echo of the
dead past made Strickland pale and
Bertha trembled. Their embarrass
ment momentarily increased. The
more perfect their dissimulation , the
bitterer was the secret remorse that
wrung the hearts of both of them ,
whilst they exchanged for meaning
less things , words , looks and smiles ,
once the most sacred signs of affec
tion. With the fear of betraying
themselues by an indiscretion was in
termixed another , a misgiving lest ,
while they acted affection , they
should be guilty of real feeling
warmer than the courteous indiffer
ence with which they desired to re
gard each other.
On the stairs , when Mr. Gregory ,
preceding them , was for an instant
out of sight , Bertha turned back and
bestowed on her husband a grim
look of fatigue that meant , "How are
we to continue this ? "
" 'Tis only till to-morrow , Bertha , "
he replied..ni an undertone , wishing
to help her. But the Christian name
( which , because he had in the last
two hours used it so frequently , un
wittingly slipped from his lips ) ,
caused her to'turn her face away with
an angry frown.
By the fire in the back drawing-
room Mr. Gregory appeared actu
ated by a desire to ask all the most
awkward questions , and to broach all
the topics of conversation most diffi
cult for his host and hostess.
"Letters are welcome , Bertha , "
he said , "when people cannot meet ,
but I have enjoyed my little visit
more than all the pages you have
sent me. There is very little in let
ters. Don't you think your wife
grows handsomer , Strickland ? "
"I tell her so every day. "
"And so he tells me , Bertha. His
letters are all about you. You have
a model husband , my dear. "
"I have , papa. "
Strickland hung his head and re
garded the pattern of the carpet
"I should like to see your house ,
Bertha , " said Mr. Gregory , after a
moment.
The little party set out on a tour
ofthe mansion. After an inspection
of several rooms , as Strickland pre
ceded them into the breakfast room ,
the father stopped his daughter and
said :
"Bertha , where is your' mother's
portrait ? "
"The frame had got shabby and
we have sent it to bo regilt , " replied
the daughter , promptly.
- "Where does it generally hang ? "
"There. "
She assigned to the picture , which
she had taken with her , the first
empty space on the wall that met
her eye.
"I don't think that a very good
" the . "Ah what
place ! said old man. ,
a-woman-shefiwas ! What a wonder-
Ful woman ! You should have known
her , Strickland. You owe her your
wife. When she was leaving me ,
poor dear ! she made me promise never
to hesitate to make any sacrifice
that should be for Bertha's happi
ness ; and so , when my little girl came
to me and said , 'Papa , I can never be
happy without Gerard , ' I thought of
my dear wife , and let her go. I feared ,
when I senther abroad , 1 should lose
her. Weil , you were made for each
other. Do you remember your first
meeting in Paris ? "
They remembered it.
The tour ofthe house was complet
ed , and they returned to the drawing-
room , Gerard and his wife congratu
lating themselves , not without rea
son , that the good papa was not
very observant , for many a token of .
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something abnormal had been plain
snough.
With a common sigh of relief tho
two actors sank into their respective
corners of their carriage , after seeing
Mr. Gregory off the next morning
from Victoria. Not a single > word
was spokem Bertha watched the
drops of rain that trickled down the
windows. Gerard studied tho back
of the coachman. They had again
become strangers.
Presently , moving accidentally ,
Strickland touched his wife's arm.
"I beg your pardon , " he said.
"Pray do not mention it. "
Perfect strangers ! Yet both in the
silence were anxiously meditating
every event ofthe past few hours , re
membering the most trifling impres
sions and studying all they signified.
As they came near a cross-street , the
husband asked :
"Shall I drive you to your own
house ? "
"I am coming to yours , to super
intend the packing. My maid cannot
do it alone. "
On arriving , the wife at once went
to her chamber. Strickland , con
scious of his utter purposelessness ,
returned to the back drawing-room
and took up the paper. Bertha passed
backward and forward. Once or
twice he caught a glimpse of her
moving about the room. At last he
looked up.
"You will tire yourself , " he said ;
cannot I assist you ? "
"No , thank you. I have nearly
done. "
A few minutes later she came and
seated herself on the opposite side of
the fire. She appeared tired. As
she sat , she looked around to see if
anything had been forgotten.
• 'I think it rains less , " said Strick
land , who had laid down the paper.
"No. It rains just the same as be
fore.
"Is the carriage ready ? "
"I have sent to know. "
The carriage would be ready in ten
minutes.
Those ten minutes seemed an etern
ity. When the servant entered to
say • the carriage waited , Bertha rose
and stood for a while before tho
mirror , arranging her laces and rib
bons , with difficulty ; for her fingers
trembled. Then she slowly drew on
her gloves and turned toward her
husband. He had risen and was
standing waiting.
"Good morning , " she said , bowing
slightly.
He bowed , but made no reply. She
turned , and quietly , with calm , even
steps , walked fom the room. She
could hear that he followed her.
They were in the hall. Suddenly he
stepped to her side.
"Bertha ! You are not going with
out first forgiving me ? " he exclaimed
in a voice in which grief mingled with
passion.
She turned round , and in an in
stant had thrown herself into his
arms.
"Darling , you will never leave me
again ? "
"No , no , love. Never ! " From
Murray's Magazine.
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Pleasures of Being Chewed by Wild
Beasts.
In a recent letter to Junius Henri
Brown author of a paper of "The Fear
of Death , " Sir Lyon Playfair writes :
"I have known three friends who
were partially devoured by wild
beasts under apparently hopeless
circumstances of escape. The first
was Livingstone , the great African
traveler , who was knocked on his
back by alion , which began to munch
his arm. He assured me he felt no
fear or pain , and that his only feel
ing was one of intense curiosity
as to which part of his body the lion
would take next. The next waj3
Ru steh1 ; Pasha , " no ' w . Turkish a'm-
bassador in London. A bear at
tacked him and tore off his hand and
a part of his arm and shoulder. He
also assured me that he felt excessive
ly angry because the bear grunted
with so much dissatifaction in munch
ing him. The third case is that of Sir ,
Edward Bradford , an Indian officer
now occupying a high position in the
Indian office. He was seized in a sol
itary place by a tiger , which held him
firmly between his shoulders with one
paw , and then deliberatly devoured
the whole arm , beginning at tho end
and ending at the shoulder. He was
positive that he had no sensation of
fear , and thinks that he felt none
during the munching of his arm. "
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Mr. Yanderbilt's Flagstones.
There are now being shipped at
Oxford station , on the Ontario and
Western Railroad , a lot of the big
gest flagstones ever quarried in the
United States. They come from the
Clark quarry , about a mile from the
3tation , and are intended to form
the sidewalk in front of Mr. Frederick
Vanderbilt's new house on Fifth
AvenueNew York. There are twenty •
stones altogether , and each is twenty ;
feet long , ten to fifteen feet in width ,
and about twelve inches thick. Tho :
largest stones now lying in a New
York sidewalk are the enormous
3labs in front ofthe Equitable Build
ing , but the Vanderbilt flags are
considerably bigger and heavier than i
those. As they are now being ship- - .
ped thy are in the rough , and ure
consigned to Hastings on-the-Hud-
son , where they will be dressed and '
Snished. The flat cars on which the i
stones are transported were speci i
lally built of a strength to bear the i
great weight , and special machinery <
is required for loading and unload- i
Ing the flags. It is estimated that ]
the stones when laid down in the <
; valk in New York will have cost 1
jl,000 apiece. N. Y. Times. ]
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Praising His Minister. <
Ordinary compliments-are of small -
iccount , but now and then a man will
-ecieve one that is worth more than
Lhe most learned criticism. . ,
One Sunday the rector had been :
absent , and on his return naturally
asked his clerk how he had liked his *
"ubstitute on the previous Sunday. 1
"Well , sir. " was the unequivocal i
.reply , "saving your Hanoi * , not very (
welk" lie was a little too pline for me. t
[ like a preacher as joombles the |
r'ason and confoondsthejoodgment ; 1
and of all the born preachers I've 1
heerd , there's none comes up to your
reverence for that ! " Churchman. - <
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Ilorrlblo Details of a Premature In *
terment.
In Russia peoplo are oftener than
elsewhere condemned unintention
ally , of course to that most gruo
some of all doaths , of which E. P.
Poe had such unfeigned horror bur
ied alive. But tho circumstances
accompanying this frightful torture
are seldom so characteristic or so
horrible as in the case ofthe wife of a
peasant in tho government of Volhy-
nia , on tho borders of Austria , who ,
according to the local journal Volhy-
nia , was lately buried in a comatose
sfate. She was expecting soon to
become a mother at tho timo of her
supposed death. After tho "corpse"
had been kept the usual time , .the
parish priest , Konstantinoff , recited
the prayers of the burial service in
the churchyard ; the widower cast
three handfuls of earth on the coffin ,
and all departed except tho grave-
digger. In filling up tho grave tho
latter shoveled in an unusualty largo
sod of hard earth , which struck the
coffin with a loud noise , and woke up
the unfortunate woman from her
sleep. The horror of her position at
once dawned upon her. She cried
out in most piteous tones to the
gravediggers to rescue her from her
horrible death. She solemnly prom
ised them all her property if they
would take her from the grave and
coffin. The more she cried and en
treated the more strenuous were their
endeavors to fill in the grave ; and on
leaving the churchyard when their
work was done they still heard her
cries and moans. They at once hur
ried off to her husband , who was
surrounded by guests , drinking to
the memory of the deceased. Hav
ing related what had taken place ,
the matter was discussed by the
guest and neighbors , who soon came
rushing in , and it was finally resolv
ed nem. con. that ah evil spirit had
taken possession of the deceased , and
that , in order to prevent her walking
* at } night and disturbing the people ,
it was absolutely necessary to disin
ter her and drive an aspen stake
through her body. The mir sent a
deputation to the priest asking per
mission to disinter tho body and per
form this superstitious rite deemed
necessary in all such cases. Thepope ,
horrified , hurried off to tho church
yard and had the body disinterred
in the hope of saving alife , but su
perstition had already got its victim
the woman was dead , but unmis
takable signs showed she had strug
gled hard to escape from the most
horrible death the human mind can
conceive.
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Brains or Beauty.
Dufresny married his washer-wom
an.
an.Goethe's
Goethe's wife was a woman of medio
cre capacity.
Emerson says , "It is not beauty
that inspires the deepest passion. "
Therese Lavasseur , the last flame
of Rousseau , could not tell the time
ofday.
Racine had an illiterate wife and
was accustomed to boastfully declare
that she could not read any of his
tragedies.
Heine said ofthe woman he loved ,
"She has never read a line of writing
and does not even know what a poet
is. "
It is an oft-quoted saying of Dr.
Johnson that "a man in general is
better pleased when he has a good
dinner on the table than when his
wife talks Greek , "
"How many ofthe wise and learned , "
says Thackeray , "have married their
cooks ! Did not Lord Elden , himself
the most prudent of men , make a
runaway match ? Were not Achilles
Ajax both in love with their servant-
maids ? "
Jean Paul Richter declared that he
would not lead a woman into the
matrimonial noose whom it would
not delightto hear the learned reviews
of Gottingen , or the universal Ger
man library , when they sounded his
praise , though it might be in some
degree exaggerated.
Seven hundred people sat up all
night to see the beautiful Duchess of
Hamilton get in her carriage , but
would one in a thousand lose a wink
ofsleep to get a glimpse of the
learned wife ofthe pundit Yainavalka ,
who discoursed with the Indian in
Sanscirt on the vexed problems of life ?
John Stuart Mill .regarded the
institution of marriage in its highest
aim and accept as "a union to per
sons of cultivated faculties , identi
cal in opinion and purposes , between
whom their exists that best kind of
equality , similiarity of powers with
reciprocal : superiority in themso that
one can enjoy the luxury of looking
up to the other and can have alter
nately the pleasure of leading and
being led in the path of develop
ment. "
Orerstocked with Mediocres.
When an y profe ssion or calling is
over-stocked it means , generally ,
that there's too large an amount of
mediocrity in such profession or
calling. Or , in other words , there
are too many who can do the same
thing equally well. There is always
a place for the bettei worker , the man
or woman whose individuality and
originality can strike out in some
new path and make an improvement ,
on the old method , providing' such' :
worker has force enough to keep on ;
pushing his or her talent to the front i
and not use that same force up in
dwelling on discouragements. ;
Prentice Mulford in New York Star.
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"Tom , " said a small child to her
younger brother , "if you are a good (
boy , when you die you'll go up to j
heaven and be an angel" Tom ]
looked up at the blue sky with big
inquisitive eyes , then he nodded his .
curly head. "I'll be a good boy , " he
said earnestly. "And if you ' re a very
good boy maybe you'll be an angel i
before you die. " Tom looked
thoughtful for a moment , then he (
said doubtfully , I guess I won't be a
very good boy. " .
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• THE FARM.
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Agricultural 5otei.
It is the same with butter as with
all other products , a uniform quality
coupled with quantity will always
create a market demand.
The creamery system , as wo find it
in this country , is far from being per
fect , and yet it possesses somo ad van
tages over the average farm dairy.
Two horses of ono kind will do as
much work as four horses of another
kind , and it ought not to bo hard to
determine which is tho more profita
ble.
ble.To
To remove warts from a cow's teats
a correspondent of Hoard's Dairy
man recommends a mixture of ono
part of sulphur to three of lard , ap
plied after each milking.
The necessity for every farm owner
to understand the special properties
of his soils is evident from the fact
that , with the great diversity which
exists in soils , no single compound can
meet the needs of all.
Cattle of all kinds should bo provid
ed with shelter , and now is a good
time to provide it if not already fur
nished. It need not always be expen
sive. Comfort should be tho first
consideration.
It costs something like § 40 a year
to maintain a cow , and tho profit
lies in what she yields above tho
cost of care and maintenance. From
this it follows that even a small in
crease in tho amount of butter very
materially affects the value of tho in
dividual.
The Rural World believes that the
general farmer with 200 acres of
land should keep fifty sheep for
utility's sake alone. Such men can
afford to estimate tho value of sheep
from thestandpoint of meat , fertility ,
and the the general advantage to
the market price of the wool.
The finer the condition ofthe man
ure and the more evenly it is spread
over the surface the sooner it will bo
converted into plant food and the
better it will nourish the plants. As
the fall is an excellent time to haul j
and spread the manure a little care
given the matter of spreading repaid
in the spring.
It is convenient and apparently
economica lto breed animals only
eight months old , or even younger.
The sow can be marketed when eight-
teen months old , being kept through
only one winter. But immature
animals cannot produce offspring
as strong and vigorous as the off
spring of older animals.
When farm implements are housed
for winter they should be painted
with crude petroleum mixed with
enough coloring matter to give it a
substance that will hold it on. If
this is done their durability will be
greatly increased , and one of the
most serious farm expenses be cor
respondingly lessened.
An observant Maryland farmer ,
who has been traveling in the West ,
writes : "I am confirmed in my old
opinion that if our farmers would
practice the same rigid economy , in
dustry and perseverance here that
the emigrant is forced to do in the
West , they would be as well or bet
ter off financially after a term of
years. "
There are in many pieces of corn
this year an unusual proportion of
what are called nubbins. These are
imperfect ears , caused by drought
just at earing time. It does not pay
to husk and put these in the crib.
Left on the stalk the cattle will find
them next winter , and eat husk ,
corn and cob with a relish that will go
far towards digesting the less palat
able morsels.
Winter JXje.
On many farms , says the Plough
man , a few acres of Winter rye might
be grown to as good advantage as
almost any crop. It requires but
little labor , and not much manure ,
and in most localities the straw will
pay the cost , leaving the grain as
clear profit. Very few crops draw
so little from the land , and very few
have so few enemies , or are so cer
tain to produce good crops every
year. Growing as it does in autumn
and spring it is not affected by
summer droughts , and it is gather
ing in substance from the surround
ing atmosphere at a season when
other crops use the least ; for this
reason a crop of rye takes but very
little fertilizer from the soil.
A Good Bale for Stables. '
The following is one ofthe rules of '
a prominent livery stable in this city '
where horses of many wealthy men '
are boarded. "No man will be em- <
ploj'ed who drinks intoxicating I
drinks. No man must speak loud to 5
any one of the horses , or in the stable '
where they are. Horses of good I
blood are nervous , and loud , excited
conversation is felt by every t
horse in the stable that hears it. t
Excited words addressed to one horse I
are felt by eveiy other horse that |
hears them , and keep them all ner
vous and uneasy. No man may use ;
profane language in the hearing of . "
the horses.Of such a rule prevailed
in all the livery and many other *
stables through out the country , the
welfare of all concerned would be proi i
moted. Let it be generally adopted , j.
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Malilnu tho Dairy Tsj.
A well known dairy writer , in one l ;
of our exchanges gives the following \ (
five rules as being essential in the 1
manufacture of first-class butter : t
Set out the milk quickly as possible °
after milking.
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Skim off the cream before the milk
gets thick.
Churn before the milk gets sour , i.
e. , slightly acid. a
Wash out the buttermilk with weak 2i
brine. *
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Salt an ounco to tho pound and 111
pack in small packages. IWi
If this article was written rolating jm
to milk sot in open pans , with no m
modern appliances , and in any placo * 1
best calculated to keep tho milk , ifj
without tho oxpense of preparing a Ij
place , tho rules mijrht work , except fj (
( ii regard to salting. This is too ijj
high for modern tastes. Tiureequar- l\ , \
tors of an ounce would como nearer I'I '
tho mark. But why advocate tho old \ Jjj
plan of open setting , when modern ij
appliances have simplified this qucs * } 'J '
tion , so that tho milk of 10 cows can | | j
be set in a vory small space , whero if y' s I
ice , or water from a spring bo not at | jl
hand , cold water from tho well may | |
surround tho utensils for creaming ? ' II
Prairia Farmer. { (1 (
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What Cnntes Bnldncu. IM
Spsaking ot the number of bald ill
heads to be observed in public gath- jl
srings , a prominent physician said M
to a ADiil and Express reporter : "I jl
cannot tell you tho cause of baldness. jl
Tho most plausiblo view among jl
many doctors was that baldness was m
sspecially liable to follow the wearing m
of a tight-fitting hat , tho blood ves- ' fM
sels being constricted and tho scalp I
deprived of tho necessary supply oi M
blood. Bub this view has been con'M
troverted by a fact brought to light '
about tho Parsees of India. The ,
Parsees aro compelled to keep tho '
head covered during tho day by a Jl
hat so tight as to crease the scalp .
and possibly the skull , and at night M
they wear a skull-cap ; and yet not ono (
of them has been known to bo'baldi ,
Tho Orientals say that worry causes U
the hair to fall , and it may bo true in "M
3omo cases. The general state of M
health naturally affects the scalp , <
but tho fact remains that no special H
cause can be given for baldness. It fl
is doubtless congenitul , like many fl
other peculiarities , and the best fl
thing a man can do about it is to ( fl
keep his body clean , take care of hisfl /
health and let his scalp alone. ' * fl
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Direction * for Shipping Foul try. JH
The following directions for ship- fl
ping poultry to market aro furnished 'fl
by the well known commission firm fl
of New York , E. & 0. Ward : fl
Poultry should bo entirely cold , 'fl
but not frozen , before being packed. fl
If packed with any of the animal fl
heat in it , it is almost sure to spoil.fl
Slight freezing does not greatly infl
jure the sale , but hard freezing , espefl
cially whep it produces discolorafl
tion , reduces the value 25 to 50 per fl
cent. Boxes containing about 200 M
pounds are the best packages. Bar- M
rels may , however , be used , they aro ' M
better for chickens and ducks than M
for turkeys and geese , as the larger ' M
kinds get bent and twisted out of M
shape in them. For packing , use M
only very clean , dry and threshed M
wheat or rye straw in the bottom of M
tho package , then alternate layers M
of poultry and straw , stowed very , ' |
snugly upon the contents , keeping "i H
them firmly in place. Always put j M
the different kinds in separate pack- ! |
ages , and mark the kind on the rov- * fl
er. Generally our best markets for M
poultry are Thanksgiving , Christ- H
mas and New Year's. Turkey's sell H
well at either of these occasions , but H
best at Thanksgiving , especially > H
large ones. After New Year's small fl
turkeys sell better than large. Geese H
sell best at Christmas , and chickens- " < H
at New Year's. Lots shipped for fl
these special occasions should arrive ' H
in sufficient time before the event to H
meet the best sale. Poultry that ar- ; H
rives too late often meets a very H
poor market. , fl
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Emperor William's Income. . * } > - * rr H
Epoch : William n. has no fixed v H
palary as emperor of Germany , but H
there is about a million dollars that ! |
he can use if necessary. As king of fl
Prussia , however , he has a civil list H
amounting to § 3,550,000 ; but the H
taste for travel and other expenses fl
incurred in the interest ofthe empire |
necessitates , it appears , an increaser l fl
of revenue. So when thereichstag " " 1
reassembles a proposal will be made to fl
add several millions of marks to tho j fl
imperial civil list. The emperor's re- H
cent journey to Vienna and Rome * i fl
cost about $200,000. Among the H
presents that he distributed along his fl
route were eighty diamond rings , f fl
thirty diamond and emerald neck- j H
laces , fifty scarf pins , thirty gold < fl
watches and chainssix sabers studded- { j fl
with diamonds and emeralds and a I fl
hundred boxes of cigars. < H
Dogs Hare the Best of It. ! fl
Boston Congregationalist. f * fl
A city missionary , on her way to t fl
visit a poorfamily where a sickly fl
child was dying from lack of nourishfl
ment , was detained at a crossing by fl
a blockade of carriages. On the seat fl
of one elegant turnout , by the side fl
of my lady , sat a pug dog , a string fl
Df silver bells around his neck , gold < fl
bandages on his paws , and over his \ fl
3leek coat a daintly embroidered t fl
blanket , whose pockets bulged with I fl
lump3 of sugar. "How much somo • fl
children miss by not being born pet ! fl
Jogs ! " dryly remarked the missionary j fl
threading , her way among ths vehic- ' ' ' fl
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Great Mystery Explained. , fl
5bd Francisco Call. } H
- "Why do.so mam'men par ' tlieir ' H
mir on the left side ? " ' 1
"Because , " replied the barber , brush- ' |
back lock. " ' H
ng a stray "They've been !
irought up to it from infancy. A „ , fl
nother facing her boy always holds : H
ho comb in her right hand , and it. I H
leing easiest to comb tho hair fromi I j fl
eft to right , she parts it on the left. J fl
rhe boy when he grows up and is able . ! B
o comb his own hair finds the part ? * , fl
> n that side , and follows the line. 1 fl
narked out by his mother. That's L fl
i'hy the majoritv of men part on thefl
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What is the difference between an M
ipple and a pretty girl ? One you j B
an squeeze to get cider and tha j H
tther you get 'side her to squeeze. j H
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