AS TO ANCIENT SAWS. 1 love the good old sayings That the Ancients used to say; They ease the weary strayings Of this busy modern day. Yet with them all I'm not in chime; With prices on the wing. 1 cannot find “the stitch in time" Will save me anything ! That one about the Birdies— “One in hand”’—you know the one,~ A saying most absurd is When the whole is said and done. Two canvasbacks in any bush Are worth, in any land, Three times as much as any thrush You ever had in hand. Then there's the one on Duty— “Don’t put off what you can do To-day . . . "—that is a beauty For sheer nonsense through and through. There's lots of things that one can do To-day, that 1 recall, By waiting for to-morrow you Won't have to do at all. “The long lane has no turning—"' Well, that proverb makes me laugh; One doesn't need much learning To discern that it is chaff. The truth is really otherwise— The lane of that queer sort To any one with open eyes Is almost always short ! And then that one on Mother And the cradle—Oh dear me ! It’s bad as any other In the copy-books we see. Indeed, it goes by contraries, Our Mothers have unfurled : The hand that rules the cradle is The hand that rocks the world — Howard Dodd Gastil. THE RED CROSS TRAIN. Don Camillo Guzman y Ribera lay stretched out ly upon the short bunk of the hospital train that moved like a | caterpAior across the North An ia y the dim light of the oil- above his head he could dis- the faint outlines of the com- Go: the top bunk opposer Who man on top te, had and muttered t in his delirium, had suddenly become t,and his he fac aq out at him from among e eyes mo- tionless ne the nose like a blunt pea The man beneath that one had len aslecp M last and was snoring hoarsely. third was tossing in the bunk under him. But Don Camillo lay as motionless as the dead man opposite, he was unwounded. An orderly, dressed in blue with the red cross fiaring upon the white band on his arm, came through the corridor and looked in. He approached the dead soldier and raised the arm, which fell stiffly and heavily u the breast again. He turned to Don Camillo. “Does His Excellency require anything?” he asked. Camillo shook his head; then he remem- bered that he must lull “Wa- ter!” he in simulated agony, and felt the military canteen Jieced between his fingers and thumb. He carried it to his mouth with affected feebleness. In spite of his pretence, however, the fluid cooled his parched throat gratefully. ‘Then Don Camillo was left alone again with the dead man and the two wounded ones, lying in his bunk motionless,watch- ing the stunted olive-trees crawl past the slowly moving train. Thus every night, by the Kabyle warriors, it crept y down the line, flying the Red flag, to transport those wounded at the front to the base hospital at Melilla, thence to be shipped to Spain. The train would reach the terminal by dawn. Then Don Camillo must escape, before they learned that a deserter was shamming pie way to safery Srom She horrors of the battlefield. The uprolling scroll of time interminable as he lay there, only dissimulator among the and dead, the only schemer among simple heroes. Yet eyen the mental suf- fering that he now t seemed preferable—anything was erable to those scenes of violent death, the hissing bullet, the unexpected am buscade. It was not that he feared imprison- ment. His rank would prevent that, would suffice to send him home free to bear thescorn that would greet him. How i i i | i § : g 5 =H i t f d z i g : : 2 : i aes eT mis 32i Ii 1] i 1 22 4] 58 5 : § 2d $83 | 8% y. “The Kabyles |” hecried. “Massacre!” spoke, The Virgin save us; it is all over wit Even as he sank upon his knees and yed there came the rattle of musketry. illo knew that sound too well. The Silvages wore attacking the train—they who always respected it. The troops had left the line unguarded. Six men, all that could be mustered— of these two had wounds—knelt by embankment. Raising himself u ; | his elbow, Don Camillo saw, by the light moon, now newly ris- the eastern horizon, that charged wildly came a few scat- : In that instant Don Camillo saw Dona like a white statue at his side. One arm was placed protectingly upon him; the other she raised instinct- jvely in an attitude of defence. Shame overcame his fear. He lifted himself and felt at the belt that hung beside his blood stained tunic. Gropibg inthe darkness, he found his pistols. were filled. He took them in his Dona Isabella turned and saw. Then for the first time a of horror broke from her lips, and hesitated. The Kabyles were riding leisurely along the train, peering into the compartments. Evidently massacre proved no part of There were not realized wi if he did so, he would overthrow the ulti- nst | mate shred of her belief; he would stamp himself as the deserter that he had ac- ! knowledged himself to be. He watched the | her; he saw the scorn deepening in her eyes. Suddenly the wheels began to revolve again, very slowly, and the carriages lurched and ground out their way over the lines. At the same moment a s& shout came from the fore part of the train. The horsemen were riding at full tilt diagonally toward the carriages. The orderly ran through the corridor, panting with fear. “They're sticking the wounded. They're them through the windows," he loping. An officer spurred out to meet ey came back, nok instant before the com , and waved his hand. The bugle sou e was not telling her! He had said nothing. He had dreaming it all Jal, Jloword lid, ges, Ive pe. yelled, call ched i e in agon rantically. He crou against of mind. “Listen, then. ; fom to tell the lower bunk and began to babble out you,” muttered. She looked at him | his prayers. com) : she understood noth- | Camillo hesitated no more. He saw ey the tall figure of a chief seated upon his t he was teiling her now. They had | horse with couchant lance. As the train been sent forward to n a battery of moved he spied the woman in the com- captured guns. The Kabyles were said to With a yell of triumph he They , spurred his horse and darted forward, the lance swaying like a reed, yet aimed horse Sather himself | straight at Dona Isabella. At that mo- beneath him, saw the . | ment the pistol-shot rang out. The man fore him, felt the hail of le pl Inning be. fell forward and rolled from the horse's past his ears. Then suddenly, out of the withers just as the steed reared and clear air, there came the screech of the | plunged upon the summit of the embank- captured arillevy , ment; and the lance clattered against the mmediately the smooth plain was fur- | wheels. Then, joating from the window, rowed and sown; furrowed with trenches, sown with writhing ents of men. The sun grew dim; a ow sulphurous Camillo emptied both his magazines after the as Kabyles. The wheels revolved faster; the train cloud enveloped them, and, as through !| was moving at its old pace again. Camillo | rifts in a curtain, he ved screaming | and Dona Isabella surveyed each other steeds that can across the | silently. They did not hear the orderly plain, dark figures of men that tumbled and floundered in quagmires of purple | ers. She was regarding him inscrutably. mud, human teetotums thatspun and replaced the thick ochre clouds, their fingers pressed | the to their ear-drums to shut out that pan- “You *have been dreaming, Camillo demonium, their faces set into expres- | dearest,” was all she said. sions of unrestrainable fear. Astheyran,| And he was still lying there, feeling her bullets and splinters caught them, and | palm in his, still tended by her merciful they stumbled and tum and horses, | ministrations. But neither spoke for a looming up suddenly from without,tramp- | long while. led them with iron hoofsand dashed | Presently it lightened and lambent fires away, or pinned them under their heav- Played upon the eastern sky. Camillo ing flanks as they vellodiitingat cur and silence. upon the floor, still babbling out his pray- erable if he had never volunteered! | snaffle, upon the gro officer ran | “I must " he muttered. “At et all the young nobles of Spain had | past, swinging his sword. Melilla—they will discover me. You will gone to the t,many as sim, 8 soldiers, Then the world seemed to dissolve in | help me to escape from the train? You Do i of glory, had not revealed to him its craven fears until the first engagement Besides, his widow- ed cousin, Isabella, would never have betrothed herself to a coward. She had gone out with the Queen’scom- y of nurses. “We shall meet in Me- i a a met since soil be- hind them, for he been sent to the front immediately upon his arrival. Presently a soft palm closed upon his and he became aware that a nurse was smoothed back the hair from his forehead ‘a white illumination, thrown upon the screen of his dark thoughts, impelled him to an agony of self-confession. He turned his ; | of the railway line converged the y ro bur splinters of fire that sprang from a pyra- mid of mud. He saw the officer tumble | at his side, the screams of the injured | came faintly out of the smoky distance; ! insensibility enveloped him as one putson | a blanket and draws it over his skull. This man's face was like smoking lime, itted with rain-drops. One moment it d been stamped with the proud glance of command, and he had moved, brightin his insignia, an indomitable spirit amid the rout; and now! The battle line was gone, and Don Ca- millo was lying across the body, staring into the staring eyes. Only the stubble of the reapers Stop remained. Camillo a 2 round fi Sly. He Vas the O7uy iving thing upon plain; but a mile to the right, where the steel ribbons would not have me dishonored through- out Spain?” She only stroked his hand. She raised the water-bottle to his lips. “You have Joon dreaming, dearest,” horizon, he saw the train, he watched, he saw g engineer. “A good run and a clear line, sir,” answered. tle. As he watched the hospital train a thought came to him, desperate but offering Salety. If he could reach she Jor upon a : nent now. But he no longer cared. before £ i i : ik | } 5 2 y td 15348 i 2 f : they | the inner for backache. and | with backache and want felt himself lifted and placed |i Discovery was immi- from under his closed eyelids the tears coursed down his cheeks. what a hell of delirious, lying himself honored still! Dimly he perceiv- | Isabella Hell had striven with him and had not pre- knew now that death could not conquer him, save on some fu- ture field, where he might face it man- fully.—By Victor Rousseau, in Harper's crept and dreams he had come into the light, to ed Dona over him. vailed; and he Weekly. OCTOBER. 0, suns and skies and clouds of June And clouds of Junetogether, Ye cannot rival for one hour October's bright blue weather. When loud the bumble-bee makes haste, Belated, thriftless, vagrant, And goldenrod is dying fast, And lanes with grapes are fragrant. When gentian roll their fringes tight, To save them from the morning, And chestnuts fall from satin burrs Without a word of warning. When on the ground red apples lie In piles, like jewels shining, And redder still, on old stone walls, Are leaves of woodbine twining. When all the lovely wayside things Their white-winged seeds are sowing, And in the fields still green and fair Late aftermaths are growing. When springs run low and on the brooks, In idle golden freighting, Bright leaves sink noiseless in the hush Of woods and winter waiting. 0, suns and skies and flowers of June, Count all your boast together, Love loveth best of all the year October's bright blue weather. Planning Wide Streets. methods as rds width of streets. cient width is purchased years, taking into account increase Cc. This seems for the first years like as the sidewalks, while owners, coul for this a| of traffic requires widening of streets. countries the property is sier's Magazine. The Flag of Denmark. cross in the forward to victory. From this time had the cross on the country and it the Dannebrog, is, the strength of Denmark. I there is no doubt that banner, bearing on it a white oldest fie i years Cross, is The Housekeeper. Ba-cka-che. write to Dr. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. 1896,” writes Mrs. Loma Halstead, Claremore, Cherokee Nat., Ind. Ty. was racking with pain from the back Discovery,’ and from the hours a day, at hard work.” most as as its near relative—consumption. ~=Subscribe for the WATCHMAN. 2 —Helen Hunt Jackson. extravagance to purchase more property than is immediately needed; but in prac- | tice this is not true, for the street is laid | out with a width at first required, as well | e remaining | und is rented to the house owners to utilized for front gardens. This method law, otherwise they, the not cbtain the lieense for building, and by this method the city ad- ministration receives a considerable sum rently waste space. The roads thus look pretty, and the ground is | available at any time whenever increase In New England and other conservative bought of a width sufficient for present needs, and when, several years later, the thorough- fare has to be widened, additional space must be purchased at an excessive cost, as in the meantime the value of property has greatly increased. —F. Boettge, in Cas- In the year 1219 King Waldemar, of Denmark, when leading his troops to bat- tle against the Livonians, saw, or t he saw, a bright light in the form of « . He held this appearance to be a promise of Divine aid. and pressed of his that Aside from Denmark long. The flag of Denmark, a plain fu e For 300 Norway and Sweden were united with Denmark under one flag.— It looks like Greek. But it is plain People who suifer to be cured, “] wrote you for advice February 4th, [J my head down to my heels. Had hemor- for weeks at atime, and was unable to sit up fpr ten minutes ata time. You answered my letter, advised me to use your valuable medicines, viz.: Dr. Pierce's avorite Prescription, ‘Golden Medical , ‘Pleasant Pullets, also gave advice about injections, baths and iet. To Foon prise. in four month your treatment was a well woman and have not had the backache since, and now I put in sixteen | i | | | { i | i | | | t | ' i | In A lesson can be taken from German ons of towns, some of which | are many centuries old, one naturally finds many narrow streets, but whenever a new street is laid out ground of suffi- by the com- munity as will suffice for the next 100 of | i | an | he of | and it is so restful , scarf-shawl. 85a FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. DAILY THOUGHT. Let your soul be filled with the morning air. Turn your head and your hands loose in it; The world is full of the possible, But you've got to fight to win it. —Wm. J. Lampton. In admiring the of the styles this season one is not to give full cred- it to the details which help to create the perfection of the t modes. For instance, few women ever waste thought upon hems. Yet no other details in a women's costume is so lacking in distinction, is so Siterly conmionpiace - cept, of course, the -fashioned plack- et. | "The ugliness of that, we are thankful | done aw with by the popularity of the habit back and the one-piece frock, so often opening on the side or down the front. And now the dressmakers come with | great folds of velvet and cloth bordered with fur or else bands of exquisite ¢'rien- embroidery, with taffeta with plaitings of mousseline. The commonplace hem is obliterated, and one of the most graceful effects of this season's st: is attained. short one. Then the sleeve this season has much to do with the charms of the new frocks. The graceful kimona lines are tremen- dousiy effective and lend an air of youth to nearly every woman. Here, too, the fashion is becoming to | both stout and slender women, while the really tight sleeeve, fitting severely into the arm hole, is after all becoming to the slender woman. And the enormous sleeves that were once the vogue were never becoming to either stout or slender woman. So the sleeve of the present seems to have attained more of grace and | variety than any sleeve of the past. And no fashion has ever been that is so and sensible as the col- larless frock. It is gi to all women, and even if it is not entirely at- tractive one gains so much in comfort, to the nerves, that the unbecomingness may be overlooked. And it can be mitigated. A little care of the neck, the arrangement of a soft and becoming frill of plaited mull help much. These frills, by the way, that have been so much in vogue d the sum- mer, are still very popular and will work wonder on many gowns. And for the women with swan-like necks no other fashion holds so much of beauty and charm. Particularly is this true of the collarless frock for winter wear. Worn with stoles of fur from which the neck rises with statuesque beauty the effect is enchanting. With the ugly, commonplace hem and lacket as things of the past, the thick, De collar completely done away with, the ful kimona sleeve firmly established, the latest styles 2 Possse not only more beauty, but infinitely more comfort for the fashionable woman than clothes have presented for many years. Black velvet is having a definite tri- umph. It ornaments frocks of crepe de chine and liberty satin. Black and white is a dominant of the season. The warmth and sombreness of black velvet lends to all a special charm. Itformsla “geisha” bows or fallsin long endsstraight and supple. It is seen everywhere on hats, in simple but immense bows, accompanied with roses in pale shades of mousseline. A rather amusing idea is seen in the It is made of mousseline with designs in imitation of the old In- dian cashmere. It is worn somewhat as a scarf, and somewhat like a real shawl. A very new and elegant scarf is of coarse linen lace bordered with maribou. It is very rich, but not very practical. One must not neglect to speak of the long three-pointed scarfs. A specially at- tractive one is of silk covered with pail- letre. They Jake the place ot a very ight wrap and are most graceful. They are often made of bordered chiffon of a rather heavy quality. One of the new fashions in hair or- naments is bead rosettes. These are worn instead of ribbon bows or flowers at the ends of fillets, and a very quaint effect they give. As such ornaments are costly to buy,all the girls are making them. It is and fascinating work,nothing being - ed but gold or silver wire, several sizes of es and beadsin various sizes and colors. String the beads as fancy dictates, be- ing careful to keep the graduation even; that is, use the same number of beads of a certain size or color each time the form is repeated. The wire should be cut jong Loose Shoes.—Quite as bad as too tight shoes, against which we are always warn- ed are too loose ones, they cause corns ad hanjons ad offen produce fistmine o it £5 E 8 i ; fe butter in the one nful curry ET salt, one tea- of lemon jutice, ous teacupiei to cook very slowly for ten i rd cooked eggs, add four of uarters, pour into a hot dish the other two 2 § i ik 3 & E i —-— = =2 : i -—The day of ing breeds is a thi of the past. I i100 wing Spa strain of hens that will eggs from the best layers, | and set them. —The fowls that are small for their age £0 now. r room is of more | value than their company. —Hens dread to get into dirty nest boxes. They won't do it if they can hel it. Why don't you see to this, right offs —Never change to a new breed simply because extravagant claims are given. It is better to try to improve the old ones. —No one can consistently be a fancier and a marketman at the same time. The branches are antagonistic to each other. —The experienced tryman breeds : only from his best | Ps layers. It is then when prices are at their best, and profits are to be counted upon in the poultry £ ; fot them | good cuckuiels later in the season. them now you will have them when needed. —Laid in your stock of dust yet for winter? Don't forget it. Neglect is one of the worst enemies hens have—almost equal to lice. Try to avoid dampness in your houses; sure to bring disease. —There are plenty of grasshoppers this month, but don’t think that the chickens can live on them alone; give { them all the feed that you can get them | to eat, with the grasshoppers asan extra. —It has been shown by experience that cows fed on ensilage in connection with other Jeuds il Joduce iors that 50 per cent. more buttér than equally as good Sows fed on other good feeds of the same —In the United States last year there were 21,720,000 milch cows, produci $1,000,000,000 in dairy products. One bil- lion dollars is a vast sum for dairy prod- ucts for one nation, yet the demands are increasing. —Now that the weather is so warm, be careful in gathering the eggs; don't let any suspicious ones get mixed in. One bad egg is enough to put a question mark on the whole week's production and may lose a customer. —Ringworm in calves is caused by a vegetable parasite, for which sulphur ! ointment is recommended. This is made of powdered sulphur, lard, oil grease. Wash the affected part with soapsuds, and then apply the ointment. —One pound of hay a day per 100 pounds weight, is enough for work horses. Too much is injurious, sometimes causing in- digestion or heaves. Colts may be fed all they will eat. but work animals will re- quire considerable concentrates. —Rake up the litter and rubbish that have accumulated in the runs, and then Spade or plow them up. If there are uble runs to each house, sow one of them into rye for winter green feeding. Don’t delay the sowing of rye much longer. —Be sure that the ducklings have plenty of shade and water. They will eat more in the morning and at night than through the middle of the day. Don’t keep the goslings in the hot snn; want pleniy of shade, fresh water grass. —The stomach of the young calf is very delicate, hence in feed must be made slowty. The calf will begin to gat gra) and hay when it is about four of age. Shelled corn is about the best grain feed, as it takes the place of cream in the milk. —Keep the house as cool as possible. The shady nooks are relished by the hens. Keep right on ting the army of lice and mites; they like to hide away under the end of the roosts. Every time you spray, ut the roosts and give the pests a that will drive them out for good and all. —Wood ashes can be used for any crops that need potash, and they may be applied at the rate of 25 to 50 bushels per acre. For cultivated crops they should be ap- plied broagcast after the land has been and then cultivated in by a light harrowing. They can be used also asa dressing in connection with phos- phate fertilizers. —Do not allow the pullets to roost in the Coops whert they were raised. The cooler weather gets the worse they will crowd. They will suffer from the heat, and when let out these cool morn- ings are apt to take cold, and roup is the next thing on the programme. The pllets expected to lay this month should roosting in a comfortable house at this time.—From Farm Journal. ~The United States ent of Ag- riculture has issued an elaborate bulletin on the subj of concrete fence - .
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