my Wa ~ THE BLUFT THAT WON. “f sould not Le wife,” she sald, “A perfect slave for life,” she sald. stead, Xo I'll be gay while yet 1 may. If once we two were married, then You'd want your way, I'd not obey It is so hard to please you men. The coming years will bring tears; 1 know that happy lives are rare, The cares of one 1 wish to shun, And don’t want of two bear.’ those {to *1 grieve that you think so,” “Alone our troubles go ahead; When two unite, their cares grow light Dividing them, you know,” he sald, Your pleasures gay soon pass away, Bat love when true will never cease, Though care you shun, ere life is done, Each one you'll learn must have a share: he sun may shine, the day be fine, But days are always not so fair. “A sallor's life U'I try instead, i soon shall be upon the sea, For danger now I do not dread.” “You might be drown'd and never found: That fear,” she tne fret; Such dreadful care, said, “wonla By clinging to him oh! so fast, “Cares come low, ‘But love like yours, 1 last.” and go,” she whispered know will PREECE E IPDOIO EEG BG : s. Mansfield, Strategist ¢ POEERP IE @ EPEC EE “I have mu n sald Mrs. Mansfield her knitting John Mansfiehl, retired alderman Mayor of looked up from his paper “A discovery, my} snming ] “*'ray wha and Mansfield “his 1 Mansfield room and conte mph i she held my knoe france sta hid something graph fell to it up, flung «losed it, but nized it as § Jase tended not weferring to } vou.” Mr. wipless amazen Miss Apsom was a brig lady, w ¥ engaged ar Mansel pLiL a4 i“ i “1 am quits anil quite Pimperne. her by a mu “Then why shoul tery of it, and gi demanded Mrs, Mansfield grimly. “My dear.” sald Mr. Mansfield, with a return of digaity, “1 do stand you! If 1 mistake something she hid in drawer which she ‘gloated’ over, not the graph.” “I am not Mrs. Mansfield ness, Now that the first shock of amaze ment was over, Mr. Mansfield’s pom posity retarned rapidly. “Ah, very bp my dear, Miss Ansom, whom 1 have every reason to think is a young ment and sound judgment, has found something in my public life which she has been good enough to admire. Miss Ansom bas had every opportunity of » make a it in priva ms Pye not unde not it was the photo sire which it with was" strained said ealm- ssible, months, and also the general course of municipal life in what, I think, may be regarded as a noble borough. What more natural, the office of chief magistrate of this zentleman myself, bat photograph?” Mrz. Mansfield lstened with immov. able features. “A very good explanation” commented, vour official should photographs, of those you had taken about two years ago, before you were elected mayor. We otdered only a few of them, [ remember, and I thought we had disposed of them all. The ques tion ls-hiow did Miss Ansom obtain one? I did not give it to her.” “Then 1 can only say that you must be mistaken, my dear,” sald Mr, Mansfield, with asperity. “On your own confession you only saw It for an instant. How can you be certain’that ft was a photograph of myself?” “If you think my eyes deceived me, perhaps you will believe your own! The photo is still in the drawer; Miss Ansom has had no opportunity of re. moving it, for 1 sent her on an errand. ing table, if you wish to satisfy your curiosity.” magistrate, rising. “You MY dudgeon to nmke some alteration his dress preparatory to going out, He was forced to acknowledge him- in But an exhibition of was not confined to the Of the latter he had made a in his home, as Mrs. duties, qualities bench, will had driven their Mr. Mansfield had determined that magnate, But handsome Jack Mansfield elect liant plans by falling in love with a nobody, whom Mr. Mansfield had never even set eyes ona in a where he gover Ness house wis visit ing. Finding all arguments, persuasions, and commands alike useless, Mr either fall in with his wishes or leave his home forever, and look for no fur ther assistance himself. Jack chose the latter course, and within a week set sail for South Africa, The loss of her only son was a source of great grief to Mrs. Mansfield, But all her tears, pleadings and repronches could not prevail on her husband to re lent. and as time rolled on her impor from tunities ceased iL Having dressed himself Mr. Mansfield left nly his progress ght of a wide-open i could have I Singing “¥he taking { net hat i “In He Toon. and a few jacks min. Then | : doubt. wonld had Tins pug Ansom into the room rything, no happened just as he Mra. Mansfleld's followed Miss The strong in Tiny. wighed, darling spirit of Investigation was In the course of his { explorations naturally looked under the bed. He immediate ly sent up an ear-plitting of barks and at the same time dancing about with every canine token of delight, Mr. Mansfield responded to Tiny's joyful recognition with silent curses, and, hearing Miss Ansom’s expressions she was ap- proaching the bed to learn the cause of Tiny's excitement, he slowly emerged with a very red face and a nresent he series yelps, “Don't be alarmed, Miss Ansom, I beg.” he cried, seeing that that lady looked dangerously like shrieking. "EBr-my unexpected appearance fills “Mr. Mansfield!” she ejaculated, in tones of incredulous astonishment. “Er-1 must, of course, explain, and conduct!” His worship then proceeded, with rold of thelr usual flowery trimmings, to explain his presence in ber room. Greatly to his relief, she did not She sald nothing at first, but, open- ing the fatal drawer, produced some- where from its depths two more photo. graphs, which she put into his hands, saying: “You see, I have photographs of other members of the family as well” Mr. Mansfield gazed at thom in as- tonishment. They were pictures of his wife and son! “Why, who gave you these, Miss An- som 7” “Jack,” she replied simply, with lowered eyelids and a pretty flush on her face. “Jack! he cried. “My son?” “Yes,” she whispered. “But 1-1 don't understand! [| was not aware that you had ever met him He is in South Africa!” *“1t was for my sake he went there she replied softly. There was silence for a few minutes “Then you are the young-er-lad} whom my son wished to marry in op position to my wishes?" said Mr Mansfield severely, “Yes,” she murmured, Mr. Mansfield thought deeply for the next few minutes, After all, he liked proved obstinate, she would, of course the house, and perhaps this morning's ridiculous adventure might he mentioned, and--yes, be would be merciful, “Well, Miss Ansom, I need hardly say that your story has astonished me beyond measure. But I will not dis have wou my highest esteem, and, io fact, 1 regard you with feelings of We must write to that young scamp and have him home, Meanwhile ” With cry of joy Miss Ansom flung neck im printed a kiss on his nose, At that moment the door opened, and and with hands uplifted in horror. She could not have timed her entrance with greater precision had she been waiting, with eye at the Keyhole, “John! Miss Ansom!’ she gasped. Mr. Mansfield looked frightenod. “My dear,” he cried nervously, “I am to write and tell to come home, She is, in fact, the young fady about whom we quarrel.” it took Mr. Mansfield quite a quar. ter of an hour to make his wife under stand the facts the But she did understand she burst Into tears and rapturously em Miss Ansom, of her undying affection. Mr. Mansfield at length managed to himself had ipleasant nj going Jack had that foolish clearly of Lise, when braced assuring her BiIpY AWAY, on § ! extri congratuiating fhe success with which he Fei gy f rove od himself frog posi was glad of an ex wont cored PROGRESS OF OUR RED MEN Conservatism. ng Was 10neS 1 LT 3 and | ws in their style of are Hing © Ve much progr dross Excluding the members of the five 09Y lized tribes and the Indians in Alaska, there are 18507 Indians in hom WLIO now wear wholly and 40.605 rapidly splaced by com- Indians cannot uniess they are decorated after this conntry, of w dross The pearing and fortahle readily sell thelr wares prepared crudely method of their savage ancestors That development Many of them have artistie ideas and mechani- eal training, yet to dispose of their handiwork they imitate the primitive designs of their forefathers, They are going back to beaded legging because pay more for rude and gaudy articks. Instead of manufacturing their own dyes as form- A pot citizens’ part. in fees ard disap- being cabing TI of retards he in which it was proposed to instruct to glaze their wares, But they refuse, the ungiazed, old-fashioned pottery sells better, and porous jugs water cooler, “It Is difficult, at times impossible, to conser. Not only is this an obstacle in the work of inducing we encounter it in our schools, where the young Indian, who Is will ridiculed by the other children and called ‘squaw. The work of the white man is regarded as servile, and the Indian children come to us preju- diced against iL We am gradually re. moving the old ideas, are making the children ambitious and are instilling the advantages of individual owners ship in thelr minds, A number of the children now own cattle, help upon the farms, and show a progress winch, in my opinion, will be more far reach ing in results than has followed the higher education of some of those at the normal schools.” INTEREST ON AGRICUL: | ITEMS OF TURAL TOPICS. | Rats and Mice--Plowing Corn Land. “er | manent Pastures--Two Ways to Ra» Calves-To Grow Cucumbers Properly | Etc, Etc, | Rats and Mice, No decently fed horse or cow eat food which the mice have worked | in much. The odor which they leave behind them is enough to disgust them. | This is one objection, and perhaps the | only one, to the use of oat hay cut when the grain is in the milk, Tt most impossible in some barns to keep the mice from working in it, and while the amount the} considerable the damage they the farm stock to reject it is tenfold great er. We do not know any was them out if they are abundant on the premises, and | pest will do the mio ke millet will is nl ent is do by causing 10 keep have This hay that And thes ydmost ar well as oats who fry for Aare not £0 fond of thos well to Plowing Corn Land for corn cannot be plow eel Too Land deep, provided the work is proper iy done, the plowing 1} for deeper the roots will penetrate, deeper the and the ile entin better will the plants resist drouti. feading roots will depth preparation encourages snariaes {rend ing roots, that often torn by even shallow aftercultivaiion Deep and thorough preparation and = pened 1 the af the loosenssd Shallow ars {4 allow end vation ig the proocss appro et experimenters, J me plowing differ Herel Soils that ran rains may be pl lands shonld Ix DOCOSBATS 3 Lue + soll af settled aj joose roots COMPA ter torn up and Parmanent Pastures. way that we © pARIeOst keep a permanent dition past ‘ ig to stoc) the grass will be un A aed KICK woody, and then gn ‘ ' arn so that (he ne jeast as much fertility grass takes from - oti} " 0 fertilizer Two Ways to Raise Calves. i i! 5 wavs 10 follow are evigenis) wo snd one food it receives, A starvation may be prolonged until calf develops a grass or hay-digesting stomach with sufficient capacity and power to assimilate vegetable food; in seh everit It lives a shrinking, bawl ing, d runt, Fafficient and prop er nutriment, like whole milk, will sup port life and growth until stomach development is attained, and the result is a square-backed, growing youngster, a joy to tne I have lived In a dairy district long enough to understand that there is a different between raising a ealf apon hay-tea and middlings and no milk after the first day, and raising another ealf on a proper quantity of whole or separated milk. In the spring I can drive through the conntry and pick out gran the same S§0, and piteons bawling nature's outcry against slow and croel starvation. 1 submit that a calf will do Immeas. urably betier on such a ration than on those frequently proposed, made by hay tea, hot water and middlings, with no milk. I think yon should come squarely out against these methods of raising calves by any other means than on appropriate and abundant food. -- Emory A. Prior, In Country Gentle man. ow To Crow Cucumbers Properly, No one but the person who has gone out early In the morning and picked a nice fresh encumber while the dew is on and eat it immediately can realize the full value of the cucumber as a table article. Every one, whether farmer or not, ought to have at least a small bed of them, and here is an ex- cellent account of how to grow them, which is taken from the American Gardening: Sow cucumbers In hills four feet apart each way, eight or ten seeds to the hill, and thin when they become strong to three or four plants. Take out the points of the shoots when the plant makes two or three leaves. The cucumber needs plenty of moisture and feeding; a few shovelfuls of rotten ma- nure in each hill will help to supply this. To get the best meturns they ghould be constantly looked after by * weak or too thick ang stopping or tak. ing the points ont of the strong ones to encourage The fruit ought to be cut as soon as fit, and also all bearing, deformed or useless ones, as they are in very dry weather they will require plenty of water to keep them growing and are greatly benefited mulching of Hf mueoes- by a manure, sional sowings are made on moist land il give one suet things as corn, ete, they w cf Secession 1o the early 1 fn omors open place Points of Success in Fruit Culture, There is n for ral consensus of opin. fruit that the coun Past than the of Zone aNong own growers there 15 profit in business if fuctisl properly, not more an remy follows h : just conception local differences amd advice con methods of culture there Ix that niry. «ol sections, will To ide n the first place to tain advice ver the piu of sane eess in Wage to the fruit uring the growing ft and methodical exmerience of one yg that will make more satisiaciory. means also good fer. ne by UM the ni Ix {f bee it the stir under crops help 10 Keep , and nprove Trees 1s odd onld be ' 1 I max 1s . £ fires Of AR When the hard machines growing so be penises blights Then iH do th but every used in ARON CONS inust ta from i » mildews frie ix no half-hearted work i oie shonla be | 1 nl i Wi i : proved that when elehteen inches high is the inchex middie apart rows forty-two when the plant is tasseling the § t& go three feet deep in the ground ripe they have four feet and literally flied the goil from the surface to that depth, He learned enough to win a prize, and in his crop: 180% ron and when the ear ie gone | consequence of that book have steadily increased until in he gathered from one measured | 169%, bushels (shelled grain), and entire crop averaged 115 bushels to the igere. Thin result a few years ago | would have been regarded’ impossible. 1 be same farmer gave his son, a 12 | year-old boy, the turkeys on his farm to raise on shares and furnished him | the latest work on turkey-raising. The i boy read the book, pursued intelligent and up-to-date methods, and raised about $200 worth of turkeys: from one flock of 68 he raised 64. It pays to { know how, and this is all that scien i tific means. — Atlanta Journal. acre his —————— Much Priged Hora. The most magnificent of the wild cattle of Burope {called Urus or some times Anrochs, & name more often | given to the bison) was described by | Caecsar as having pearly the size of an elephant, and seems to have become extinct between (Wo and three cen | turies ago. It was probably domestl cated by the Bwiks Jake dwellers, om modern breeds of cattle being at Teast partially descended from it {is immense size is evident from a skull in the British Museum, which measures a yard in lengih, while ths of the horn cores is 8% feet, A porn of this splendid animal is a unigue relic that Dr, Nehring has Jost : from a peat bog in Lower Pomerania. Such horns have been un known of late, although they were quite common at public resorts in South Germany and Alsace Lorraine until a quite recent date, one known in i { "THE JOKERS’ BUDGET, Retribution. I'he Boer stood on the rocky veldt and ealmly swept the kopje. sf ver,” seiton, “feldt y i firing there! Btopjel” winid the ey, “Oh. no.’ the wily Boer replied, “You have attacked my trek, And sought to steal my gold beside, What did you, then expect?’ What He Most Desired. You he's a Jorkins” Y 5 Well, 1 wish he paid for £2 : ae * Squire way HOG re trivver Jorkins wir, would fetch him, then! Rqgaire the money 1 Ally Sloper A Real Treat her first meal in Mamma, what is the with this currant jelly? Hush, dear! Chicago Tri the tmnt Daisy (aking ountry) Ley Mamma (in It's real cu Fsremy a whisper) jelly, rant A Faith Preventive, 5 is an exit, pa?’ Fixit, proddy? Well, it is a Tatin placard hung around on the walls in theatres and opera houses to keep peo- from thinking they smell fire,” —In- anapolis Journal, 1 iid pie Perhaps. t's nothing but her last year's Whi { of those latest trains dress with one tacked on to iL” “I suppose she thinks ‘all's swell 1t ends swell A War Relic, peculiar ring fe~That's a wearing, Has it SBhe-Yes; it's a He--Indeed. Tell me about it, pray. Ob. there isn’t much to tell. 1 agement. —Chi- a history? war relic. Nt wiv first 1 : MA # Lor that 1 Li: send you round a thrashing, one with cand | handled his big STH HD tv Lierce nd drag me all over f Nneels As the Child v e 0 $e Understood. up pose L. “1 SErIBOnS eTver, COR Te Bits The Suburbanite. Le was showing a friend around suburban residence. riend. the cowshed.” nauired the 34 i 10 wv oodshed " that?’ bicodshed.” where we Kil Chicago Daily News, our ante AL WN Ready to Edit, Where's that music Dolly was play- tug this morning?” asked Mr. Cumrox. “On the piano,” answered his wife, “what do you want with ny “I'm going to Ax it up. I got Dolly to show me the marks that mean “re peat, and I'm going to take this eraser and rob ‘em out.”~ Washington Star. Proot Sufficient. \oiber— Are you sure you love him? Danghter—Am 1 sure! Do you see this dross? “Of course, 1 do. What of it? “Will you kindly tell me if it bears the slightest resemblance to the pres- ent fashion? “Well, really, it—er—it “No.” “Well, I'm wearing il likes it."--Tit-Bits. A Mean Revenge. Mr. Peckham--Lot me introduce you to my wife, Mr. Billbows. Mr. Billbows—-Oh, ‘Mrs Peckham and 1 are old acquaintances, We used to attend the same Sunday school. Mr. Peckham (seeing a chance to even up a few scores)—Ah, indesd! Were you a member of the infant class she need to teach? Chicago Times Herald because he ———— Life Is Earnest. “1 thoroughly dislike to see a man who has no occupation,” sald Mr. Meekton's wife. “So do I, Henrietta,” was the reply. “f always sald that po watter bow viel a man may be, he ought {o open up an office, sa’s he can go away from home daring the : with an the societies his wife may at the house”
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