AT SEA,
0, we go down to sea ir ships—
But Hope remains behind,
And Love, with laughter on his lips,
And Peace of passive mind;
While out across the deeps of night,
With lifted sails of prayer,
We voyage off in quest of light,
Nor find it anywhere.
QO, Thou, who wroughtest
sea,
Yet keepest from our eyes
The shores of an eternity
In calms of Paradise,
Blow back upon our foolish quest
With all the driving rain,
Of blinding tears and wild unrest,
And waft us home again.
—James Whitcomb Riley.
earth and
San ga
BESSA OTTO
Sandy and St. Kavi.
BY FRANKLIN WELLES CALKINS.
POLLS HBHRGAPE THO LDGSE
pRERRERERRMY FOPYIVRPVEEE
When Hercules man was chi
factor for the Astor Company at Pra
du Chien, 1
story of San
were pe
of
gether
They
was
stood
A SITVOVOEY
En 5 Zrenrrrree:
Dous
he used frequ
dvig and
haps as
and
r
friends
weig!
had
Denis
black
a
as an
voyager
good
and ¢
¢
OL
scum
stream.
Instan
traps
the nich
Was
on
ered whole “line.
in th
mouth
+3
canoes, they had
! gtream
ered
$
temper
BOCUre
river
arm.
lodge
a marsh
closely
ti
avily
y i which they
were he th
tected from fires
and ym the winds
thick fringes of will
The trappers
itched. They
the
were pro-
watercour
by
364
fre of winter the
WE,
approached this
Iowa town, walking up a narrow path
where the swaying corn-stalk tops
brushed Ole Sandvig's shoulder
But when, on arriving at the lo
the chief, they found that Cankey
John, a notorious Musquakie scala
wag, was “head man,” they aban-
doned all hope of immediately recov
ering thelr traps. Only the summer
before, at “the prairie,” St. Xavier had
offended this redoubtable scoundrel by
telling him some emphatic truths
about his dishonorable career.
Nevertheless the trappers boldly en-
tered Conkey John's teepee,
manded their traps and peltries. Con-
key John's answer was characteristic
of that wily thief. The
picked up, somehow, a fair smattering
of English.
“Ho! You tlaps?” he Inquirad.
“Heap Sac up libber (river).
by las’ night. Him have many tlap; |
heap muslat; heap skin.”
boldly
lge
of
tion.
St. Xavier poured forth a torrent of |
him from the lodge, compelled him to
be quiet. There was nothing for
but to return to Prairie du Chien emp
| ty-handed, and the sensible
wished to make a prudent
{ 80 dangerous a nest fre:
A wind, which had risen that
i ing, had increased to a gale, and
blowing directly in their faces
put on their skates at
lower extremity of the island. Ol
| Sandvig cast several furtive glances
behind him, and cocked his gun. When
| he had securely fastened his
the Norseman rose to over
| top of the waving gra
At the moment St.
ile cracked, and Sandvig
that the angry Frenchman
| fired into a thick tuft of grass. In-
! gtantly Ole darted forward to smother
tho first tiny shoot of flame, but
Norwegian
hooters.
of
| trappers
the
peer
Xavier's
turned
same
sprawled on the ice.
Before Sandvig could regain his feet,
gs, blown upon by the high wind,
ed higher than his head.
Now come!” he shouted angrily
“Ve gall boto be killed,
to mighty fast
at
oder
! alfeady!"
yuld not skate
n with Sandvi
runners He
ad
gathering
attempting
his fr
the
dove at
Indians
siralg
knocked two
and tore through
group
of his
the crowd of
Nevertheless
his
that
St.
out
like a
felt an
glancing
was clinging
cannon-ball.
tra tug
behind,
to
ex at
gaw
one
Tone,
indian
Xavier's
an
of
feet,
Ole then gave himself
His speed was greatly
fresh clog, and horde of yelling In-
dians were at his heels. But 8t. Xavi-
or drew the sliding Indian toward him
by simply doubling his legs, and then
delivered a kick with his free foot,
which, being well direct
his incubus,
Nevertheleas, Ole, tired and breath-
less, was now no more than a match
for the Indian runners. These were
clad only in shirts and leggins, and,
almost as sure-footed as the skater,
leaped and slid on their moccasins now
almost as fast as the tired trapper on
| hi. steel runners.
At the end of another quarter-hour
the pursuers were running like a per-
| glstent wolf-pack close upon Ole’s
| heels. Ten or twelve of them were so
close that a single mishap would pile
them, in a vengeful heap, on Ole and
8t. Xavier.
As for the Frenchman, he found
some satisfaction in shouting deflance
at the Musquakies. Having one frev
up for lost.
retarded by this
a
he als
which he held ready,
tremity, to eut the
head, and thus leav
gave himsel!
if
Indiaz
arm,
at the last
thong above
should choose,
to
he
ns made Bs
lings
no answer
the
nergy upon
Like
every ¢ Ww
and
pricked on by the keenest
incentives—the lust for r
when fell forward upon
as now and then happened,
fierce wind and his own
forward until, catlike had
d his fect reeptible
speed.
Thus the race
turning an is
glimmer of
blis
ble line white
bles. a hundred yards in front of him
There, he knew, was a ak of this
Cros urrent ran
where a swift
sland bars. He had already
such air-holes, but
straight
ckened his
of the Indians
These
inning
the hotly contested rat
wero of sav
avenge
all
the
bore
re
one
impetus
at he
then,
skater
continued;
land, the
f almost
an impercepti
ters, ice-bub
¢
Ol
or
gire
8(
avoided several
now he continued
He sl
Ore
On.
speed until a dozen
were almost
him. thelr
for
od
RIDDLES
DOLES
Strength
.
ity.
and Elas.
ally
ere
of the st I have been m
nrobable quences
downs avert 1, by $4:
erty of steel to gain
wed to rest after ha
ject to stresses within
it was the knowl
which enabled the
steel and defend
purposes at a time wh
was not yet a favorile wita
gineer by any means, We
miliar with the discovery
getting stronger by tumhiing in a
barrel, but for all wo know
it iz stl an unsolved riddi> what the
conditions really are proiucing such
effects. Paul Kreuzpoinlaer, ia Cus
dge hi
author of fight for
steel for structur
the en-
are all fa-
of cast iron
3
o
8
Colors and Smells.
A German botanist is said to have
discovered that out of 4.300 species of
flowers cultivated in Europe, only 420
possess an agreeable perfume. Flow:
ers with white or cream-colored pet-
than others.
yollow flowers, then the red, after
them In blue, and finally the violet,
of which only 13 varieties oat of 308
give off a pleastg perfume. In the
whole list 3.880 varieties are offensive |
in odor, and 2,800 have no perceptible |
smell, either good or bad.--Youth's
Companion,
[TIVATION OF QUINCE TREES.
few farms contain quince trees.
two quince trees will be
for a family. The
tree is a great feeder and requires cul-
tivation it shows the effects
{ In the markets there is
a full supply of quinces, and
‘hey bring good prices.
jut
One found
quince
(31
as s00n0
negles
SHEEP.
and see that
within two |
For rough
the better.
and bright
when
FEED FOR
racks
clean
time,
variety
the
Timothy
excellent.
ROUGH
Watch
everything is eaten
hours from feeding
feed the
Good clover
fodder
early blc
the feed
greater
ig best,
hay
corn next cut
in yom §8 also
ABOR.
devote thelr
A garden
carefully
BEST I'NON OF L
Farmers
labor the b
may 1}
tended
DIREC
do not alway
in direction
HOR
if
1
weeds
Wr expensh at
as the
"ey
I'he
he
Besson.
be
3 i may
weather. American Cul
HOW TO MAKE
It ia time to
buy eggs
hase a trio or
have not pure
advantages in
pure stock. Pers
chasing a trio or
STA}
ne decide which will
pure breed or |
of birds, if
There are
of getting
mally 1 prefer. pur- |
more of birds. The
first coat of birds or eggs depends upon
how many are purchased. From $10!
worth of eggs one can hardly expect |
to have more than 24 pullets for ‘next |
do, of some
purty more
you stock.
either way
probably six salable roosters. While!
i
i
1
i
three hens, by saving the eggs until
dozens, and the
birds than
eggs are cared for properly.
From $10 worth of birds purchased
last February 1 now have 28 very nice
‘also the original birds, except one
| which was stolen. The birds secured
inst February were fine young ones,
the eggs until I had enough to set
four hens and set all at
were turned
dark and coo
chicks with
the
alse
un-
der Once,
CEES
before placing
The
}
if
ii
hours
an incubator.
much
Emm
Home
BO
of the
New
breed
England
FEEDING
I have
bees
tried many
and have found
this. 1
fru
comb {or
none
pract have
two of e
mpty the
ili}
empty top and
the
move
few
€ex-
in
raise a
flesh
affords
The
and
makes
a variety
ii better to feed a cow ¢
of food that she can pos
take care of than to try and make
profit g off on the feed
gibly
ur
by cuttis
gland, farmer should bestow
care and atiention upon
the milk pail
it
Might
as upset the
The careful dairyman usually knows
just about how much food each cow
There is no more
money in giving stock food that they
cannot use than there is in starving
them.
Dry-plcked poultry sells the best
When picked, let it le until all the ani-
mal heat is out of it, and then pack
in nice clean barrels or boxes. This
is one of the many ways of getting
good prices.
It is suggested as a preventative of
lice that a plece of burlap sacking be
tacked on the roosts and saturated
with kerosene. This ought to work
good, and should be of especial value
dering the summer months when lice
are 80 troublesome.
—
MURDEROUS FLOWERS,
ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY
TIVE PLANTS,
SOME
The Treacherous Nature of the Arum Lily
Death ppy Flies by
the Pitcher Pla Executed
Meted Out to Unha
nt
in Chi
Criminals
14
by a Plant na.
Profes
atirat
them upon the
tor
its inter
or, imprisons them
lization, 83
Mail. Sometime
of -
but
of the
ferti
the fly
to
plant
which
refreshis
4 ?
neted out
her
¢
Ol~
18
niteher-
bloom
BST
pon
aintio
matic
many
3s f re kind
of X 13 ed the “canni-
bal tree.” often twelve Tor t in height
his is ¢ ) ivellers to have the
power of ivi men in the same
way that plant dissolves a
fly. The extent its powers has not
vet been fully proved, but an unlucky
dog. was selected to undergo
martyrdom in of science,
was completely assimilated.
hug
he
ot
who
the cause
The Sawing A Machine.
Elias Howe has perhaps gained
more fame than falls to the lot of most
inventors, His product was the sew-
which was patented im
This was a simple affair hardly
del
cately adjusted, marvellously efficient
machine of to-day, The value of this
invention may be seen from the fact
that the cost of all sewn goods has
been reduced ten-fold in consequence.
The sewing-machine industry now
produces 856,000 machines a year and
gives employment in America alone to
more than a hundred thousand per.
sons,
It has Its disadvantages--among
others that it has ruined the health of
many well-meaning and Industrious
women-but this is an aspect of the
matter for which the machine's great
foventor can hardly be blamed. New
York World,
Yilne,