Selection ¢ of a Farm.
The size of a farm should be suited to
the capacity of the pocket-book. Many
buying a large farm with little money
to pay forit. There is nothing that so
binds a man as a heavy mortgage. It
eats the very heart out of the farmer
and hangs like a leaden weight upon
every aspiration of his wifeand ¢ hildren.
It is better to buy a small farm and
have enough capital to work it well,
As the surplus increase «ft may be in-
vested in more acres, or in a better cul-
ture of these that have already proved
profitable. There is a size below which
many of the economies of the farm can-
not be practiced to the best advantage,
and on the other hand there is danger
of going beyond that acreage where the
most profitable farming may be carried
on. It requires conside rable executive
ability to manage a large farm, and
therefore many men are excluded from
such by a lack which they may not fully
appreciate until the trial has been made
and the failure Farming is
not like the taking of and
cannot be done successfully with a.xush
and a noise. It is a thoughtful and
steady working out from well-laid plans
—a conquest for crops and t head
must be clear that wins where the seat
for a lifetime
townships or even square miles,
soil is the foundation of farming
should be fitted to the kinds of crops
that it is desired to raise. The differ-
ences in the nature and: capacities of
sand and clay
and a favorable
obtained if there is
choosing. A rich
management, means good crops, at once,
but it may be as profitable to
much
cropped land, and bring it up
state of cultivation by green manuring
and other methods of restoration. ;
farm house is to be the home
family, and, therefore, the locality for
the farm should healthful. The
richest land for the price may be on the
border of a malaria-breeding swamp,
but the profits of the investment may be
more than balanced by the
and loss of not to mention
discomfort of fevers in the
It is important that t
recorded,
a citadel,
he
covers
The
and it
of a campaign
be understood,
of the
an opportunity
should
mixture two
for
soil, with prope:
invest
less in an equal area of over-
high
oa
of
be
doctor's bills
the
household.
time,
be
dant water supply on all farms, |
the family and the live-stock.
are social considerations U
should
of a
alone ;
of
community
here
an
in making
farm.
the
Lait
good oy] i f
sympathy
plied with water,
a handy market, a
ted that he
around him happy.
ought to make
himself
those {hoose
and hold on to the choice A
Agriculturist.
.-
Jocose Clips.
The rid of
tical rogues is to cell them.
The money-lender never
business,
can in it.
A French writer says the art of
ing a dinner isa lost art. Then
not advertise and find it again.
When young Jones’ bullet hit the
wrong mark the other day, be said it
was simply a cage of “‘Lead Astray.”’
A peep behind the curtain--*‘Mother,
don’t get me mad now! Hany
ing and I shall be all of a flush,
The man who was hemmed in by the
crowd has been troubled with astiteh in ({
his side ever since.
We hope
exaggeration when we say we have re
ceived 1883 calendars,
The French War Office has
the drum to all infantry regiments,
and is again on its
taps,
“Why do you call your dog Oak?’
asked Smith of Jones. ‘Because he
has such a coarse bark,” replied Mr,
Jones,
When deaf and dumb Tovers are
married, two members of the wed-
ding party are sure to be’ unspeakibly
happy.
A shock-headed youth went into
Morris' music store, Saturday afternoon,
and softly scratching the shin of one
leg with the foot of the other, asked if
Mr. Morris had the new songs
“Certainly,” sald the gentleman step-
ping saryly back of the counter : ‘which
one do you wish ?*’ “Haye you got that
air piece called—called” here the young
man paused and stared wildly about the
best way to get our poli
neglects his
He takes all the interest he
giv-
why
is com-
we shall not be accused of
restored
each company
i
1
|
An Evening Call.
We lived in the far West, in a little
settlement called Siam Town.
My grandfather was named
church, he generally received that title.
I was called the deacon’s little Becky.
1 had been born in Maine, bat when ny
parents died my grandfather crossed the
continent, and brought me back with
him. He carried me all the wayin a
flat basket, filled with cotton batting,
which he held on his knees, He often
or taverns where he stopped with me
for luggage, and how much interest I
excited. 1 was only three imonths old,
and I found a mother at @éyery resting
place. Since then he had been all to me,
remembered nothing else, 1
At sixteen, 1 had
bad settled
under the
servant, Sally
and as I
was perfectly happy.
had
down
tuiton
Wells,
It was a still night, following a beau-
tiful day. As I sat at
could hear all the insect voices bard at
work-—ericket, katydid locust and
the queer little tree toad.
heart of the old woods a screech owl
Down in the the
were ringing for evening meeting,
they held on Wednesday.
Grandfather had gone to church.
had taken old Widow
her daug with
my schooling, and
to
of
be housekeeper,
our one
my window I
and
Away in the
Was
bells
hooting. town
which
He
Glennings and
liter him, and the buggy
would hold no more. So I stayed at home,
cakes
I didn’t
I had never knawn what it was
ide,
frightened me,
sally had gone to get some yeast
at the
mind it.
to be afraid of solita
store, and I was alone,
though a crowd
would have
The
Was
FOO Was our sitting room,
It
wir
early in
were open,
dow 8
a little log fire
A lamp,
orated
three littl
dee
eating a pound cake
stood on near it my work
rushbott
two
had
exception of
with chintz
the battle
Washin
ographs
basket. chairs Ooms,
with the
Joston
rocking chairs, cushions:
an engraving of
Hill, a
family
which
Bunker
portrait of
phot
was
and
some
wall, covered
paper with a pinl
srucd
nds,
other far
that I heard some unusual sou
voices calling to each AWAY,
the
the hill,
urging their
stopping place, or
wood cutters who intended to camp out,
to be ready for their work in the morn-
ing. As I looked at the bright dots
moving to and fro, I heard another
sound near at hand-— crunching of feet
on the stony road, and looking toward
the gate I saw a man open it and hurry
in, and come up to the door. I was not
surprised that he opened it without
knocking, for people were
nious there, bute, I felt a little startled
when [ saw that he was a stranger,
He was vut of breath as though he had
running. His face
perspiration, his
otherwise,
and saw lights now and then in
fringe of woods that covered
Belated
cattle on
drovers, perhaps,
to a safe
not ceremo-
been
with
were
though he had made his way
thorny bushes, and it
was damp
which
torn, as
through
that
clothes,
good were
was evident
listening intently. I, too, heard
something—what, I hardly knew.
As soon as he could do so he spoke,
‘ Are you all alone the
young lady ?'’ he said.
“Yes!” | answered,
“ For God's sake tell me where I can
hide!” he said, “The lynchers are
after me,’
he was
in house,
I knew what he meant. I knew, too,
that men were only lynched for fearful
egies; but I had a woman's heart,
Whatever he had done, he asked my
help.
Yet where could he hide? There
were five rooms in the house ; each had
u small cupboard. There was no exit
to the roof, no secret closets, no large
furnitore, and I heard them coming
Suddenly a thought struck me,
store, and then suddenly added-—*‘ecall-
ed— Gray hairs in the Butter 7° “What's
that ?'* said Mr. Morris, rubbing his
hands in painful abstractioh. “Gray
Hairs in the Butter,” repeated the
young man, changing lege. “Pera 8%
kindly suggested a gentlman who has
boarded for twelve "years, “‘our young
friend means ‘‘Silver. Threads among
the Gold.”” ‘“That’s it, by gnm, shout
ed the young man in a burst of plea-
sure. Mr. Morris had it
* Go into that room,” I said. ** Do
not shut the doot, = Get inte the bed
you see there aud tie thé handKercldef
on the bedpost over your heads Turn
your face to the wall, Ti four only
‘hanes,’ Fis i
He obeyed me, [ sat Town ay the
began to sew and sing, 1 md many
steps upon the road, The gate clanged,
1 knew that men came up the'path and
jeeped in at the window, Then the
door opened.
in, One man entered-
other,
another and an-
I knew them all by sight.
“Excuse me, Miss Becky,” said the
leader ; ‘but we're after a man, a
stranger in these parts, that has done a
murder. We saw him come this way.
We rather reckoned he'd get you to hide
him by some lie, Have you seen him ?
Where's the deacon !”’
“Try not to wake grandfather,’’ I
said. ‘He's not well. You can look
under the bed if you choose, There’s
no other place to hide in that room,
a8 you see.
1
One of the men went into
the and looked under
laughed softly, and came out,
on tiptoe
room the bed,
if you
tind
the house,
can
‘ You may go over
like,’ said I, ‘“ and see if
the fugitive.”
“ He can’t get away if he's
about,” said the man: * Th
surrounded,’
They took
them went
They to
padlocked on the outside,
you
anywhere
§ house is
candles which I gave
through the
the fortuna:
sone
house,
and
went stable ely
80 they
{
They
the bushes and peeped into the
not see that it was empty. beat
coop, and we furious at
their disap
with
together,
and 1
man they had
fearful thing. =a
and drew
ointment, was left
{
i
alone the spoken
as that mugderer,
shut the
blinds,
dowi
his hidi
1
shutters
he
Hint
LILES
and came from
place pale calm, and stood
at me a moment.
‘You will hear
morrow,’ he
| guilty. I
hearted
mitted
but 1
said,
should
brute. ind
the crin
am innoces
your mercy.
He opened
fod ¥ 3
int
REAR £ ddim Bit,
Came none,
had he
an murder
who ard
woln
yond.
ither of them
advent:
nt}
uti
[ told ne
kept the
days after
ire to mysel
the ti } was discovers
was known that another woman
all had committed the
hen 1 told
pac kag @
no man at
der, and t grandfather,
A vear after a came
by express, [It
}
Wx
Personal and Political.
rabbis have
1 We ive
the Crar's coronation,
An
and indiv
of 5
interested in the
international congress « cieties
Aidusis protec.
tion of children will be opened
on June 15.
The House of mta-
tives has passed a bill appr priating
£15,000 for schools for colored child-
ren,
The
office
im Paris
Delaware Repres
Earl of Roseberry, whose term cf
as Lord Rector of Edinburgh
University willexpirein November next,
has already
nomination.
posetively declined a re.
1'a bill,
in Le §E-
A Detroit lawyer has? frame
which is now before the Michig:
lature, that a
prove during his
giving his heirs
and afterwards it shall be
able,
Mr. GG. A. of
the luckiest and most merciful things
that can possibly happen to a man that
he should be almost invariably unlucky
at cards. His own remembrances of
poker are brief, but full of acute an
guish,
Miss Edith Shove, who bears the
formidable titles of “M. B. Lond)
and “lL. K.'Q. P. 1,” has been
appointed Medical Superintendent of
the female staff of the London General
Post Office, It is said that the appoint-
ment of a woman to this position is not
agreeable to the female employees of the
establishment.
Mr. W, W. Corcommn, of Washing.
ton, has purchased and presented to the
Virginia Historical Society, of which he
is Vice-President a large collection of
Southern war ‘annals,’ embracing
many thousand extracts from Confeder-
Ate newspapers antl other publications,
containing hefoie, pathetig, and ho
morous anecdotes, personal sketches,
accounts of battles and sieges, prices
of: commodities at differenp periods of
the war, ete, ne
% $ wl Hh rr on
Senator Logan i" ld to to be pig the
appointment of A. C. Matthews, of
Ilinols, "as Commissioner of Internal
providing
his will
notice
man may
lifetime
ol
to at law,
UTHASSR LL ~
Sala regards it as one
Revenue,
AGE.
Be —
“Stepping westward,’’ did she say,
At sunset on that long Beotch day ?
“Stepping westward,’ yes, alway,
With staff’ and seript,
Wayfaring songs upon my lip,
Stepping, stepping, to the ¢ ne
As down the slanting path 1 wend
Behold a breadth of distant sea,
Between the hills on either hand,
Ships bearing from some unknown land
I'o other land unknown to me,
all that bie,
Or BA,
* Stepping we ws ard,’
Body.and soul, by land
Follof still the westering sun;
That must end which has begun,
Ww. B. Scorr.
Valuable Information.
P.O. Department.
371, Postal la
hereby amended
Rulings of the
1116,
»
Regulations, is
Section ws and
80 as to
“Prepaid letters shall
from post-office to
the of the
vithout additional charge
3940,
forwarded one
request party
for
postage.”’ i. ™., section Under
nes refer-
ird
the January,
section the rull
second. th
rwarding of
fourth class mi
Postal
tier,
’
18K, Guide, are abrogated,
Ol
as to read as follows
Ruling 424, ‘Free county
1118,
rwarded to any
prinie
fh y» county where
and |
#
1119.
y matler
after
It reaches
postmaster tod tiers forwarded
:
# new ad SR, (Tope
of
mediately retu
i
ters fully prepaid,
4
the writer, should
bearing the car
be in med to the writer,
giving also information of the changed
address,
1127. of fourth-
class matter the following notice may be
printed : The
inclosed package sensitive
photographic dry plates,
Upon any package
HN atice to Postmasters,
contains
and it will be
damaged if opened and examined under
rex ruby light.
party
any other than a or
Please notify the addressed
their arrival before opening.”
i
request thus made will be complied
with. and upon application of the party
permit
addressed, the postmaster will
for
for examina-
Where
mailing at
will make exam-
under the
person to
such provide the post-
master’s use a ruby lamp,
tion of such package.
package is offered for
the postmaster
of the same,
fon.
1128. It is the duty
to keep his mail open as long as possible,
such
an
office,
ination same
condit
of a postmaster
office, but it must be closed in order that
the carrier should have time to carry it
to the train.
1129, If a letter is received addressed
to a person awaiting trial, in care of a
sheriff, the postmaster should deliver the
jetter to the sheriff unless he has orders
from the prisoner not to do so. After
guch letter is delivered the Post Office
Department has no further control over
it.
1180. If a postmaster bas a store in
connection with the postofiice and
the store is attached and closed for debts
incurred by the postmaster, it would be
the duty of the postmaster to furnish
another room for his ofice, as the Post
Office Department will not protect a
postmaster against state jaws being
ference with the mails,
1131. All persons are classed as
“newsagents” who make it a regular
business to purchase papers or take
them on commission for sale. This priv-
flege is also extended to ‘‘news-boys’
who purchase a certain number of any
legitimate second-class publication,
They can return unsold copies of such
papers to the publishers at the pound
rates, A news-agent is not required to
have a regular mailing list,
1132. After giving the required
notice to a publisher that his publication
is refused, thirty days should be allowed
to elapse before putting the same with
other waste paper in the office,
1133. In the opinion of the Post
Office Department the “‘penally enve-
lopes”” may be used by postmasters to
other
the
provided there is no
other matter contained therein,
Familiarity with the relative cost of
business done at various post offices, the
transmit te postmasters state-
ments showing business at their
respective offices,
clerical foree employed to do such busi
ness, ete., may suggest to postmasters
improved methods for their own «flices,
this character
may be sent in
1136.
circulars,” or
penalty envelope
Corrected proofs of printed
“printed blanks’ passing
job and cu
to
between the
are ect
unsealed,
38. Mail-mu
when
printer stomer,
sil hird-class rates when
itter hetore delivery
forwarile xi to new poste lice i
wa
should
be charg
Vas orig
warded before delivery
prey
cards for require
one cent wyvment. whether written or
specified
ntered into Ix
LWeen
nterested in such matier,
postmasts Sr
UVETY Cannon
NUL ua
spdered at
ut pausing
answered hi
tell you, Ti
him, tie around h
neck and hung him on the spot
up. Bill Skys, tel
about it. You were there,” Bill ¢rose
‘Yes, 1 was thar; it’s
Wolford then proceed-
own question: “1
ey tied his hands behind
«dl his feet, put a rope
Raise
Il what you kn
and OW
and said, slowly,
80, gentlemen,’
ed, before granting General Frye time
to collect himself at the audacity of the
witness’ dishonesty, “* What
Why,
took him to Fortress
i ull of a
until
and said :
Jeff Davis ¥
They
did they do with
will tell
Monroe,
boat and kept him
YOu.
put him in the 1 gun-
there he died
Bill
about
from rheumatic pains, taise
Skys,
that ;
answered
up,
know
Bill
I was thar.
one of the Then,
ford, asa sort of climax, said :
would
and tell what vou
and
I was
Wol-
‘ They
had they not
Turning to Frye, and
six-shooter, he fairly
shrieked : ** What Lave you to to
that ?' * Nothing,” answered Frye;
“ there is nothing vetween you and L.”7
yout were there,” rose
“1 was
pall-bearers.”’
have Killed me, 00,
been afraid.”
pulipg
out a
say
Success in Practical Life.
If you speak the right word at the
right time ; if you are careful to leave
people with a good impression ; if you do
not trespass upon the rights of others
if you always think of others as well as
yourself ; if you do not put yourself
unduly forward ; if you do not forget
the courtesies which belong to your
position, you are quite sure to accom-
plish much in life which others with
equal ability fail to do. This is where
the race is not to the swift nor the bat.
tle to the strong. It is where you make
people feel that you are unselfish and
honorable, and truthful and sincere,
This is what society is looking for m
men ; and it is astonishing how much
men are able to win for self-respect and
success and usefulness who possess these
qualities of good breeding. It is ab
most the turning point of success in
practical life.
os
For the Lighthearted.
—>
“Why is a foolish person in high
station like a man a balloon ?'7
“Because everybody appears little to
him, and he appears little
body.”
Thomas (oo
horse and cartj-
Jack #* John--**
for forty pianos. 2
a piano-forte v"’
the difference 77’
An old lady on hearing that a young
friend bad lost his place on account of
“Miss De-
Lost his place on account of
Well, well! I'm
it's too true that there's allus a
at the fii
of a man’s difli-
culties
in
to every«
*John, who is driving a
“Whar’ gwine,
I'm gwine ter de depo’
Thomas *Y ou mean
‘Well, what's
You
Jolin-—
misdemeanor, exclaimed :
meanor ?
Miss
afraid
Demeanor 7?
woman bottom
A schoolmistress, whil down
the
little
44
¢ taking
+ names and ages of her pupils at
term,
“What's your father’s
wing of the asked «
‘
name 7
’ Ln A ‘
, you needn’t take down his name
the
ool this yes
reply ; "he’s too
Was
sch
4
house
conducts
y
+ trv i
Wi KNOCK
“You de
said the peddler, **Lhe
rods are Hghining
tipped rods are thund
1 want.” and
when
and he
nks, and
ease him
“He's
That's
Wel
ARR,
the
or
iis,
their
+ eating,
8LvVer ol SOeSSATIY,
y» food
drink of
mouths,
they never make bread pi
speak ith 1 in
the table while
or leave
or cemplain of the dinner,
When the child is strong enough to
manage a fork, give him one instead of a
spoon, and when the dignity of a knife
is arrived at, teach him the use of it,
and also, when done with the knife and
fork, to lay them in close parallel across
the plate, the handles to the right
Teach him to use a spoon properly,
it in the
to
he drinks his
tea noiselessly (holding the by the
handle), the saucer if the
cup is to refilled, and to place it in the
empty cup when
ay saucer while
cup
to leave it In
done,
Tezble manners forbid all unnecessary
clattering of knivesand forks. Salt 1s
taken on the knife, which is tapped on
the forefinger of the left hand. instead
of the fork.
The hand is the proper medium for
removing grape-skins and fruit-pits from
the mouth to the plate, and the napkin
should hide all use of the toothpick,
Vegetables ave generally eaten with a
fork ora spoon. Asparagus may be
taken in the fingers; waler-crosses,
celery, radishes and olives are always so
eaten. Cheese is generally taken with a
fork.
Economical housewives cover the
table with a square of baize, cotton
flannel, or cloth of some kind, over
which the linen one is spread ; this im-
proves the appearance, keeps the cloth
from wearing at the edges of the table,
and prevents noise,
An attractive table is a good appet inex
and has something to do with good be-
havior. Human nature is easily affected
by the atmosphere with which it is sure
rounded ; children cannot be expectéd
to behave well in an hour given over to
fretfulness, disorder and flurry. Table
manners for the housekeeper begin in
seeing that ber table is neat and attract~
ive and calculated to inspire cheerful-
ness ; from it she should banish as far
as possible all vexations, cares and wor~
ries, Our Scoond Century,