In Autumn, summer 18 done, And the garners are stored with the gifts of the sun. Shouting home from the fields, like the voice of the sea, jubilee Harvest home ! and again, ers on the plain, For the year, with its hope and its promise that ends, Crowned with plenty and peace, let thanksgiving ascend, Harvest home ! We shall gather a harvest of glory we know, ; : From the furrows of life where in pa- tience we BOW, Buried love in never dies, And its scattered sheaves in the skies, Harvest home ! —Rey. Theron Brown, in The Watch man. field of the heart the seed here will be The Lie Joe Told. Down in the southern part of Bay- lor County, Texas, you may still hes old settlers make occasional references rota This the all to the Savages, or the Savage | ers, as they does not refer t the Indians were that tin tant living mq thing es about tl question first half ers ol promine settled sometimes call them, time when y conntry, ie as to name inhabitants of were amor si events of sidered Western stric It the facts the brotl heart, n +! “i ¥ seein are stro: wise, WAS AS of Texas matter the final WAS § ciding Liss roic mold man of duly 1s e been hercul and Are complexic the apt seaaed AR VIE snch sncecessfnl fa really was asd : deformity nd streng peaked face . . I bnt he was a crip le he was 5 cyclone hs which the be living. The mothe but when through found J his lim ]ns to 1 ro heavy log foot ariel both Y, sleeping in absolh of the existence ing affairs as evel his injuries at the footed through and his right forearm had a big knot on it. and a crook that made his right hand ont when it should turned It said that proud his deformities rather than otherwise, presumably becanse they had been incurred in the defence of his baby brother, and that Bill was, for the most part, tenderly regardful of the brother who had sacrificed health and almost life for him Naturally enough, Bill was the more prosperous of the two. Before he was 80 he owned a considerable ‘‘bunch” of cattle, and leased quite a body of fand in the eastern part of Baylor county as a ranch. Joe was his line rider. and in that capacity was enabled $0 do a great deal of such work as did not require any great amount of mere muscular strength. Everything worked smoothly with them until May Conley came to live with a mar- ried brother of hers who lived only a few miles from the Savage ranch. She was not a highly educated girl, by any was she and that tells the whole story. In this case Joe was the first victim. He met May at one of the big camp meet- ings that are common in that country ret YEArs cabin bed w the the De very of any such As a res: time Joe ies, was club whole of his life, the turn have in ¢ OF 18 Joe more than fairly intelligent, but he was very pronounced in his atten- tions to her for several months. Then his attentions ceased as suddenly and abruptly as they had begun. People noticed this, and they also notice that just about that time Bill began going to see her. “Bill took it up just where Joe laid romarked one cowboy to another during one of the intervals in n dance On one Occasion, “Naw, that ain't it,” re ponded his friend “1 think lmid it just where Bill took it up.” One day as the two brothers and or two others engaged in branding some of Bill's yearlings the Joo dow n one were “‘Sure enough, Joe, whatever made you quit goin'to see that Conley gal so suddent?'’ asked Jim Smith, one of the helpers, in a jocular way. “I stopped to give Bill chance,” said Joe, with what was evi dently a forced attempt at gayety. “Shucks!” ejaculated his brother. “You needn't a stopped for that. If 1 I'd better quit There was just the len 80'S bn couldn't beat you ¢ r t f co hit © that A cnme on on tem ptuons emphasi 4 yon," and Joe noticed it ved, Er, 3 ‘W her, pained look hin face as he faltered well, I didn’t Way. | Suan kes r no was just from the My deliberate opinion 1s that this statement was a lie [tis my opin furthermore, that in this gle, un cal, mispronounced, mutilat of thought such An to ¢ +) Ww Of tae first." a, slN gramimatl éd lie there was a loftines: yf Angel 1n heaven m Bill matter, and parity urpose AN hit well aspire did not take any such vie NW { though, for he only locked up etorted angril ‘My opinion of any . i go 100iin man when he ' 1@ waitin fav t i again I &in she said. kaon's © fJa Ww nam H to the quarrel with tO rea Joe's face f Bi his bro a moment e been so quick ¢ ( who had wa take art Then Joe began son very fow moments sufficed to show the of Prompt changing gave her a detailed acco to Round Timbers. him futility the his he ny i ly plana 1 he a trace of anxiety in his voice as spoke, “Naw,” answered Joe promptly but in began an he spoke, a very few to rest upon it that of Ho mente a cloud 1 though, guspect, instead of course he shonld have been-—he recpgl #0 May might occasion. He over the horn of his saddle, his face lighted up with its old sickly to throw into it, ‘SAY, Bill, ut May he began: } ah BAW Lie t now, | When y here at all.” stern and whit y won't she?’ he demand [ directed her tried to let him. her tell Ain't i faces dra wn and rom » next that consequent with Bill. After nde and oor Bill, started ont y find Hennes erowd, with some five others, “Get that rope off vour it along,” goin to string hi * was the rather an 1 up, are you, ious reply “No: just want to skeer him a littl. In a very short time they found the “Are vou ready to tell where May is or to go after her?” “N-no,” faltered Bill demanded. Joe, with a dis- ment to the whole “you're mistaken about “No, I ain't,” retorted Joe. trail’'s been changed lately. all right, Mav. "" “Fhe Come on Jim.” about that trail,” said Jim, the two men rode on together, “No. I wasn't mistaken,” “1 just lied—that was all. for Bill's sake. AH said Joe. I did it Again his brother sprang at him. This time he threw him to the ground and held him there with his grasp “Don't Bill, old fellow, for God's gasped Joe, as his brother somewhat relaxed the grip on his throat, ‘1 didn’t mean to harm by it honest I didn't. 1 won't more. What are you going to do with You're not going to G0 Timbers this morning.” ments in silence Joe began again. «Yim. old fellow, for God's sake nothing this morning. tongh on Bill, anyway.” “1 shore won't,” said Jim. There was quite a crowd assembled around the door of the little log school house when these two men rode up. | The groom was there, and so was the | preacher; so also were the people. | The house was decorated within and | other ornaments more or less appro- | priate to the occasion. However, there | was one ornament generally considered | necessary on wedding occasions which | was still missing—namely, the bride. | “Seen anything of May lately?” asked Bill, stepping to the front as tho new comers rode up. There was just i are you, old boy?" Without a word Bill and his attend- continued wrapping the rope around Joe. Then they stood him up touched the ground, doubled back 1n the coil of rope. “Now, you ungrateful whelp,” said Bill, as he started to leave, “I'll be back in thirty minutes to see if you're ready to tell me.” you was tying him?” asked some one ae they walked away. “PDogged if 1 know,’ “Pid he?” Hardly had they left when Jim Smith came up and at once began to untie the ropes, “Don’t!” said Joe. back in a few minutes, this loop kere, Thank youl ' said Bill “Bill will be Just uaslip The strain was on my right arm and 1% hurt it was sore, Jim, this is but I guess I can stand it, for [ nia’t hurtin’ so much was, It's mostly Bill was allers a powerful fellow to joke. I wisht you'd go tell him when he comen back I say please becnuse hn d Bill's waka, not to bring anybody else with him At the appointed time Bill saddled his pony off to where Was, “1'1 take the hoss, so that if Joe's ready by now he can start out after May and bring her back. I rather guess Maybe we'll get to eat a wedding dinner to and rode Joe he's ready by now, too, day vet te, of course.” After neither brother had 1 : 1 only a little la some time had 1 elapsed and up, "NS showed ne the phri i“ mi | walked Joe, had been too to m crippled bear and is bor aa 1 Wi . 1 ana owed the in rou and in May it a8 not the history of had the truth told late to do hum party world about A when any good fii LO ] ted 1d Antonio; Rd h lication sl ] Of be * DAS SOG An earache A fileial examination, hot foot over with but the gnper child sho pus to bed, i Or better better not to in & freely ACY ate ia tions iandannm, morphia, too, oft pain and the real trouble, Delays are dangerous, and in of approaching rupture, the tympanum should be freely incised, No physician shonld ever hesitate to call in an surist when in doubt. —New York Ledger. caine into the ear Opiates, en mask the conceal oRRe Telegraph Instrument that Prints. When it becomes possible to step into a telegraph office and send a message by means of a machine like a typewriter, telegraphy will be some- | what simplified. There is a new in- vention which prints a message on a sheet of paper six inches wide. It works after the fashion of the type- writer. It has been known and used for some time, but has hitherto been so slow that it attracted very little al tention. Recent improvements have added amazingly to the speed and it now transmits 2,200 words an hour, | besides keeping a perfect record of | the message. A large number of these | instruments are being put into use and their success is so far assured that | capitalists are seeking them as invest { ments. —The Ledger. mn si — Milan's Famous Opera.-House. La Scala at Milan, perhaps the most famous opera house in the world, ex- cepting the Baireuth Theatre and the Paris Opera-house, is now threatened with extinction. A series of disastrous seasons made it necessary to apply to the municipality for a larger subsidy, and a strong party in the town coun- cil were in favor of destroying the vast theatres in the world. Action, how- ever, has been postponed pending legal measures, ROOF OF TME WORLD. ———— Pamirs. Juat over the plain of the Pamirs. “(roing north eastward from Wakhan, where stout warriors and good hunters, to an exceeding high mountain, which there is said to be none fn the world. mountains is a great lake, ning the plain 1s river, The plain is twel pey in length, and is Onward the which 1 Such was Marco Polo “Roof of the World, well with that forbidding and run over ] jour called Pamere. road leads to Kashgar, tributary to the Great Khan Hes fe a three or country is bare, but region four miles immer yield Kirghis the I mit 5 (ss § 1 it, paid $8,000 to Mr took were the property Several RSEOCIAT | there was n« 8 Miller bse ng ests proved gol Montana) dispate | Globe Democrat. . To Exterminate insects. A noted bacteriologist has lately eonceived the plan of exterminating all bothersome insects by inoculating them with disease peculiarly fatal to their respective species, The plan was suggested by the snccessfnl results obtained by experiments in ridding fields of grain from chinch bugs. Mosquitoes, which are believed to convey malaria from the swamps to the humam system, would exist more. Flies, which are not as good scavengers as was once supposed, and for whose loss improved sanitary measnres wonld more than compen: sate, would no longer amble over the heads and noses of would-be nappers There is a pathogenic germ which could be cultivated in tubes, as con- sumption bacilli are now propagated, which would sweep millions of the lat. ter from existence, all insects which rain grain and fruit are to be the subject of bacteriological experiment. —Chicago-Times Herald. some no Do Not be Afraid of Lightning. Professor (3. Stanley Hall, presi. dent of Clark University, corresponded with nearly two thon. sand persons with a view of ascertain- ing what constituted their great fear, and ascertained that of 298 classes of objects feared thunder and lightning led all the rest. The Electrical En- gineer, editorially commenting upon | this subject, endeavors to prove the fairs, and says that there is only an } oven the whole of the IM nited Bistes in New York city alone 1,600 people 3 inlly mo idental In the same two people are drowned each wenlded more meet fi Yenr, while in eel nox deaths, hundred year, while 150 are | city Over urnt, or to death and five hundred kind or another, anything greater death by falls of one that if statist there is fifty per cent danger of being by a horse in New York city than of being killed by lightning It alwo that statistics are five time the « probably Of BL BO ICs prove kicked ing to there ' fatali- 1¥ interest earn show that Liat as many hghtning ties 1n ountry as in the « ‘ “$ ities, onunt of the metal roofs y 1 , and well-grounda Wi yates to ich carry off had grown of the diamond to kill the her 3 that opportunity has now passed. It that the was missing, and a thorough search of the premises failed to reveal any trace of the missing fowl. Some one knowing the true worth of the hen had doubtless stolen her to seture the diamond.— Cleveland Plaindealer. dete iay or two, but was discovered hen Cholera Microbes in Dish Cloths. The mails from India bring a re- markable story of how Professor Ham- lin sought and found the cholera microbe which had made havoc among thirteen people in Saugor. Of these thirteen, nine became seriously ill, three developed Asiatic cholera and one died. Every precaution was sup- posed to have been taken against in fection. Professor Hankin, prompted by curiosity and his love of science, im- mediately began a hunt for the mi- erobe that had caused all the trouble, | It was finally detected in a water po” lin the kitchen, but the supply froc which the pot had been filled wae | found to be absolutely pure. Further investigation developed the | fact that the dishcloth had been dried | on an infected sand bank. Thus con- | veyed into the kitchen, the microbe j ot only got into the water pot, but ' made its way to a chocolate pudding. Canada has about 3,700 cheese fao~
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