iN THE OLD BARN LOFT, "Tis thirty years or thereabouts Since 1 used to roll and play And turn all kind of somersaults On the fresh and fragrant hay; A-jumping and a-tumbling On the hay so sweet and soft, At my hiome away back yonder In the old barn loft How the pigeons used to flutter, And strut about and coo! And make love to one another, Like sweethearts used to do, When I walked the ¢ross-beam, Or clambered high aloft With half intent of falling, In the old barn loft. risky How I used to frighten sister, Who was looking for the eggs, As I dangled there, head downward, Holding by my little legs; And, giving them a swing or two, I'd strike the hay so soft At my home away back In the old { vonder, barn loft The twittering of the swallows, While making The gloaful game of hide-and-seek, The The pattering of the ra Above the hay so sof Are memories still cli Of the old barn loft --3. A. Harrison in the Inter Ocean TESTED. f homes of mud; slip, the sudden thud; rops ined 1G ‘hus mused Edith Lyl one of itt the cozy gant mansion, which athe Own there unde influen Rogar WOrads gant wealthy property always mae each As to appearan sidered handsome sdith had frary, she of each should other heard assumed was what be Co.’ Such w on the dor Tr a monti three p Mr her roposals Oswald, who summons, the lady next door that Miss Lyle had ceased to reside maved she knew not where, Disappointed that she should m and not let him know of it, he returned home and there found a note awaiting him, by the fair hand of Edith Hastily opening it lows: Mr. Hugh Oswald Dear Sir wind somewhat annoyed ve he read let you know the reason of my removel answer. The a case then pending at law, and in- volved the question whether certain securities could be collected off my es- tate. The decision is given against me, and by it 1 am rendered penniless, Fully understanding the difference in my position now and a short time ago, I am constrained, in justice to myself and you also, to regard your recent proposal as not made at all, and forth- with free you from all obligations con- nected therewith, I am at present liv- ing with friends at the above place, with no particular idea as to what my future may be. Believe me, Yery sincerely yours, Edith Lyle, The following day brought Edith a Jetter and two visitors, Mr. Stanhope and Dr. Norton, the latter of whom luckily enough had departed ere the other arrived, men expressed their concern for her disappointment in regard to the*law- suit, but would not allow their pro- posals to be sel aside on that ground “I love you, Edith, for yourself alone,” sald the doctor, “and whether you are rich or poor, that imperighable, Nay, more, I am almost selfish enough to rejoice in the change what | and love remains in your position, as it removes always considered a barrier does with the possibility of having my mercenary LWALy sentiments ascribed to any motive.” “The means by no of wealth beauty ‘and loss of your from the vid Mr. Stanhope can detracts our person, as my wife | you, to- gether with the the promise love « in honest heart, all luxury to which you have been customed While thinking over of Mr. Stanh dering i i fond ex he inf pressions » and the d tor ant WoO love wi follows ommunication and | your ed me you in vou | iit went doctor departed you will be goes her.” Dr. Norton was told by was in the much The next was at Mrs that lady that Miss surprised evening at Gray's, and Lyle as she did not wish the doctor on first entering to see the change in her features When thelr first greeting was over gether, Edith said “Doctor, « am fuliy sensible of your devotion in continu'ng to address me “Edith.” repided he, speak the truth of my hoart. 1 love you now with the same strong. honest and sincere love | have felt for you from the first, and my only hope of ance.” ‘But you have not seen James.” “Nor shall the sight of it, changed my face, fection. On, Edith, my love!” he con- tinued, “think how anxious | am await- ing your answer. Feep we no longer in suspense. Promise to be my wife” “Trusting fully in your love, I prom- ise.” replied Edith, also rising and per- mitting him to fold her to his bosom. “And now, Edith, I may see your face, may | not? Rest assured, my dear, I shall not alter my affection.” Very well, James, you shall,” and she called srs, Gray to come and Light the gas, While in the center of lover the parlor, Mrs, Gray but imagine surprise of the doctor when. the she yet stood with her did as requested; the de Hght and instead of disfigured features he expected to see, Edith Lyle was reveal- ed to him the ar, the skin fair ang smooth as alabas ter in all her former loveliness features perfect in every particu “Remember your promise, James, the sight of face is not to your affection.’ “And it pray explain!” And Edith learned that another ing forgiveness, which your has not, my dear Edith; but did one for her how she for explain her her beauty loved her money, only and, conf deception, only of COUrse. was readily given They took up thelr residence in Were soon after and Edith's in the after happy years rplexed by married for mer home; and he wa never pe i tion “Who loves me best? Romanee of the War, Winchester, Kj Sun vtucky Character shaped Was tom He lived FH 3 He w 1843, and was absent On his return he found that his had procured a married again “Ground Hog" Al enemies, and that his house had destroved by an incendiar) He that he had determined that no should burn him out again. He had dug a passageway from the bottom of thes cistern where he lived to a spring ad- jacent, but if had caved in, and he used a ladder as a means of ingress and egress to his strange residence — New York Times, Ars wife divorce, and had been said one A Queer Chicken, Mr. More, a chicken fancier of Great Bend, Pa.. has a queer chicken. It is & Plymouth Rock, two years old, that i in addition to all the characteristics of a fine cock, possesses the natural in- i stincts of a hen. He crows and fights and conducts himself as mout chant! cleers do; yei he has been known to adopt chickens, mother them, scratch i and pick for them, raise a note of alarm when danger appeared and foid them under Lis wings at night He | rained two broods of chickens last year, Ag soon as the chicks hatch under a ! hen, Mr. More removes them to a small | coop, in which the cock is placed. He { immediately adopts them, and is a | mode mother until they are ready to shift for themselves. --New York Press, A COYOTE PAR NERSHIP, How Prairie Wolves Get an Antelope ! For Breakfast, I'he prong-horned antelope Is the | swiftest animal on the plaing, and yet | the coyotes catch a good many of them down This yet it is quite by habits just by running them sounds like a paradox, the cunning the and Is of the antelope A single down a tired and hungry before he accomplish- true, explained wolves and the of coyote who under took to would get ran single antelope ed much, but when two or three coyotes are fhe « it is quite a different thing do all run after intelope together They take and the Others \ ind 80 at asi together yote not the turns while one runs they tire the rain had again become kn'tied As a final effort the gold a thin shes of fo the skull plate was removed and celluloid cape inlly Prosar ad for the Then the the gunbstituted and purpose trap it sewed Although this was nearly three ago, there been trouble since, and the physicians are confident that the celluloid will never crack nor break. and that the operation will prove a successful one it is the first time such an operation has ever been performed, and it has attracted much attention — Detroit Free Press Was door was closed Le] 3 up weeks as no State Fish Culturist A. N. Cheney tries to read everything bearing upon the subjects of fish and fish culture. but his buay life renders this next to im- possible, and his family aid him all they can by marking in the exchanges such articles as might be expected to interest the great fish expert. He tells this story of a recent experience: “if an item is not marked with pencil the | papers may be ever so carefully ar- ranged in consecutive order and con | veniently placed, and yet I miss it. | Very recently 1 was told that there was an article about frost fish in one of the | papers, and it had not been marked, | but I could easily find it in a certain | paper of such a date, as the eaption | was, ‘Frost Fish’ in large letters. It § was something past miduight when 1 got to the frost fish business, and then I searched the file of the particular pa- and searched it without The house was still and 1 final- ly gave up the search and retired, The next morning at breakfast 1 remarked that 1 had searched for the frost fish but could not find it, and in the future marked 1 could not fgain if articles were not undertake to look for them, and the nly time to 1 k an article was when the paper was in hand My gaid he could find the item at on knew exactly whore tO This and handed me proved Arthur Mall and Primitive American Cooking, chef nthusia ing expedition HNow 1 oh Though Beryea a great sufficiency i peared from cis and are id rarities They are seldom offered for sale. but those which have been of large There are existing fered brought a price BOVera among ooins experts as to the disappearance of this penny, being the older style and large. but the most genetally accepted is that penny was gobbled up in consequence of a rumor which started on the authority of an employe of the United States mint where the pennies were made, This rumo rwas that in making the composition of the metals for the coin 8 bar of gold was melted up by mistake for a bar of nick. el and that the reason why the penny disappeared was in consequence of ita The result of this and theories of the was that though there were just as many $4, Bb or BY day bring nearly one hundren times as much money as those of the other years mentioned. Some numismatistas have sition. They found no trace of gold It is one of the many peculiar things about the scarcity of some coins.’ Washington Star. In Germany the census is taken every five years, RA II a A CLOVE MAKING IN AMERICA, The Industry of Fulton County, New York® and Its Importance. The made recently by an importer of gloves that United States plays unimportant part in that line the American manufacturers to the front with a state statement the an has brought ment which shows that * One en employ HH) women INpoL i ig RiOvVes at wWagen ¥ $00 GOO and the hid 1 1 init 2,000 0040, The capits exiens ana chase in of dolls ace lasses of the people w hole Be he me of y the national cos- The same may be said of China, ndia and Japan, in all of which coun- tries the dolimaker plays an important The Chinese are fond of dolls representing mandaring. In Japan can get dolls illustrating every profession and rank from the Mikado down to the humblest peasant, The costumes for Japanese plays, such se Gilbert & Sullivan's “Mikado,” are always obtained from dolls, Thus they are be correct in every detail, very you class gure to Utilizing Water Power. - According to present indications, the waterfalls and rapids in the country will some day be utilized as a genera- tor of electricity. The latest achleve- ment in the way of utilizing power is throwing a large wing dam across the 8t. Lawrence at the Lachine Rapids. This dam runs oul something more than a thousand feet into the river, and takes in an immense body of water. The entire length of the dam is 10 be occupied by a power-house with an un- broken interior of at least a thousand feel, A large number of minor streams are being used for similar purposes. With a good fall, a force sufficient to run a good-sized dynamo may easily be secured.
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