Bs a a —————— DOWN BY THE GATE, There is dow on the grass and the throstle is still, But the crickets are piping above on the hill; The fireflies are lighting their lanterns, and soo! There's the smile of the moon through the boughs of the tree, And I catch the perfume of the rose as I walt For the sound of light feet tripping down to the gate. “Will she come? Will she come!’ cries a hope in my heart, Till the stir of a leaf makes me trerable and start; eT. And 1 peep through the dusk till my eyes are | a-blar With a warm mist of loye that is only for her, 0, the minutes drag by like the slow feet of fate As 1 listen and look for her down by the gate! There's a step on the path, there's a glimmer of white, And the darkness around me growns sud denly bright; And there no one to see, save myself and the moon, This fairest of all the roses of June, With a soft hand in yours would you not lin- ger late For another “good night” o'er the bars of the gate? —Munsey's Weekly, A GOLDEN BARRIER. “There is one thing which I partic- ularly wish you to remember, Kate,” said Mrs. Bamforth, emphatically, as she and her handsome daughter were pre- paring to descend to their carriage, which awaited them before the entrance of the hotel at which they had only that day arrived, ‘‘and that is, to treat Mr Harold 8t. Paul with just as little atten tion as possible when you chance to meet him. For see that he is a guest here a fact which I very much regret.” ‘‘But he is very agreeable, mamma, and you did not seem to find it necessary to caudon me so strictly last winter You know I met him in society quite oft then.” ““Yes, but here in this romanti mer resort it And—-" ‘“‘Have no fears, Kate, lifting her dark head haughtily, while a hard, proud seemed to vibrate her clear young voice “I am not likely to forget my position, nor But here the handsome young man who, smoking on the piazza below those open windows, had listened in a Kind of sum is altogether different returned rather mamma,” dazed surprise to the above dialogue, rose hastily and walked away, and what more those clear, ringing tones saw fit to utter he never knew. which had dyed his face at the first sound of them, and a flash of proud de fiance lit his fine blue eyes. “The fate of the ineligible,” he mut tered, bitterly, as he strode swiftly away from the vicinity of those open windows with compressed lips and darkened brow “Well, did I ever expect anything differ ent?! No: or, rather, I thought little about it, content to take the good that came, and leave the rest to chance. But to hear her voice indorse her mother’s hollow worldliness—to hear her m nounce my doom--pshaw! [didn't be lieve that anything could pain me so She ‘will not be likely to forget her po sition’ "—quoting with a sneer half con temptuous, half pathetic, Miss Bamforth's words. ‘‘Ah, well, I shall not be likely to ask her to. I came without knowing of her presence here, and now--well Pe : 3 1} at A i least I am forewarned, and shall not make | an idiot of myself, as I might else have done.” The roll of wheels sounded close to him, and Harold St. Paul looked up He had not noticed where he was go ing, but he now found himself near the driveway, and in the luxurious carriage | that was just rolling by, equipped with liveried servants, were seated the fashion able Mrs. Bamforth and her beautiful daughter. As their glances met he saw a glad, sweet light flash into Kate's beautiful dark eyes, and a charming blush glowed for an instant in her soft, dusky cheeks But both quickly faded, and a formal bow and smile were all the recognition he | received from either of the ladies. Harold returned the greeting in like fashion, yet with such a pleasant, care. less grace that no one could suspect the bitter sting that lurked behind it. Mrs. Bamforth mised her eyebrows slightly and Kate bit her proud red lip as the carriage whirled swiftly onward. “You see, mammal” she said, a trifle sarcastically, though there was a faint tremor in her voice. ‘Your fears were all thrown away even in regard to him." “I am very to know it, my dear,” and Mrs. Bamforth settled herself back among the satin cushions with a satisfied look on her fair, haughty face. Of course, my anxiety was merely in regard to a possible foolish flirtation. I know you are too sensible as well as too proud to marry beneath you in point of fortune, And Mr. Washburne will be here this evening or to-morrow,” she added com. placently, Kate Lrontiod a quick, half stifled sj at the sound of that name, and all t lon, bright light left her bHeautiful face, perfectly that it was uttered as a kind of warning, a way Mrs, Bamforih had when she fancied that her daughter's heart was in any sort of dan. n ring | But a sudden pallor had ! succeeded the warm flush of pleasure | ed no small share of that same worldly pride and ambition which sometimes made her feel that she could relentlessly trample upon her own heart if by so doing she could reach the front ranks of wealth and power, “Yes, I am quite ready for the sacri- fice,” she thought, forcing the smiles back to her lovely scarlet lips; ‘‘but it is harder een than I thought, after having looked upon Harold St, Paul's handsome face again.” Mr. Washburne arrived the next day and became at once Kate's devoted shadow. Harold St. Paul looked " dangerous “ineligible,” and sometimes invited him to join their little party in a walk or ride or to spend an evening in | their private parlor. { “But, by George! I can’t stand this," | he muttered to himself one evening as { Kate, leaving her wealthy admirer to en | tertain her mother, came over to him { where he stood on the little balcony over- ! looking the garden. *‘I shall break that | iron-bound resolution one of these times and receive her scorn and contempt for my reward. No, I must fly from tempta- idiot of myself." He turned and looked again at that tall, queenly figure, standing there beside him, one white hand resting lightly on the balcony rail. How beautiful she was, with the soft moonlight proud dark face and just the sweet, ten. der shadow of a smile touching the scarlet lips and softening the large, dusky eyes. “1 am going to leave the hotel to morrow, Miss Bamforth.,” he began, abruptly plunging right into the heart of the subject before he had time to change his resolution. | She wheeled around and looked at him, | | 8 strange whiteness creeping slowly over the dark loveliness of her face “To the-hotel |” i blankly, seeming startled out of { al proud regal self-possession ‘Yes, My friend, Charlie Hartney, { has been urging me this long time to visit know He ars echoed her usu leave she { him at his mother's cottage; you where it is t a mile from here wets, and he shamefully the mo EW So | ming 1 and baggage, and i shall go over there bag { put an end t have the ple wure of i mother ocons wally in spite of that.” “Oh, « must: but” slowly and with keen regret » his grumbling. ing you and your riaiady, you | barrier this will be to all the little plans { we had formed for our enjoyment during the next mamma and | If week or so Harold interrupted with a light, forced : laugh. | “There is another he ex j claimed, in a voice that seemed utterly without feeling, bitter hard it | sounded ‘A barrier far insur. mountable than one of my creation—it is | a golden barrier, Miss Kate!" And casting one quick, fleeting glance upon the beautiful blanched face so ne him which revealed more t} { he dreamed of, in that reckless mood-——he passed from the bal | cony to the parlor without another word and, making a brief apology to the lady ind gentleman within, | revorr and hurried from the rooms A week passed and Kate had not seen ] H srold St Paul since that { balcony barrier,” 80 and mar 2 glance even sudden, bade them hour on on | with outward calmness, and hore himself | trath?” with such graceful ease and nonchalance | { that Mrs. Bamforth quite forgot him nas a | tion before I make a complete dolt and | falling on her | {of I hope to | “what a : 5 1 time who was that held her so firmly yet gently in his arms until she was suble to stand upon the ground beside him, And then: “Harold,” she whispered, with a shy glance irto his face ere she turned he own, all crimson with blushes, away “Harold, there is—-is no golden barrier. Some wicked fairy shust have told you wrongly.” Kate!” He drew the slender, queenly figure quickly to him, then held her of) at arm’sdength to study her beautiful, changing face. “Do you know what your are saying? Is it—can it be the “I know what I am saying, and it is { true; but—but perhaps I may have said | too much.” And with a swift smile of | tenderest coquetry she looked up into his | happy face. “No,” she added quickly, | # sweet seriousness on her lovely face, { “‘no barrier, save, just now, the barrier | of your love and strength which stood | between me and death,” “My Kate! My darling!” and Harold drew her closer to his heart—*'1 would | gladly have risked a hundred deaths for this!" — Family Story Paper. The Rag Plekers A prominent rag dealer says wher | business is so bad that the dealer can { hardly make both ends meet he doesn’t | know how the pickers manage to get along. And the life they lead is some. | thing terrible. Theirs is one continual striving to get enough to keep body and soul together. No man will remain at picking rags unless he be a drunken bum { or too old to do any manual labor. The | majority of the rag pickers are the poor Poles who land in this country by the hundreds annually. They are the only | class of people that can live on what they earn by buying and selling rags. These people can live on ten or fifteen cents a day. Their homes are on the top floors crowded Here they are crowded together like so many swine. 1 | have been in the rag and paper business and am thoroughly convers the life of thoy tenements, all life, ant my with s mag picker Neve $ were adie Lo maxe Then eral Ago anywhere from £10 to $20 a week Years hundred :s un their tre OF BY river trade or nro given up their trad p ome of them are pleased to ' heir employment, and taken to the road lars 8 week tramping. he mg pi ker to earn five or six dol must travel a considerable and trudge from morning till night and the peddlers, those who have distances | horses and wagons make very litle more. i April and May when : au i the | There was regret in her proud heart, | but mingled with it was another feel ing ng something that was neither | por sorrow That | half scornful eyes had haunted her day and night since then If had | terpreted it aright Sut, then, she { would probably see him no more He would not come near her, | she Oh, no! too haughty and unyielding to permit her to obey the impulse which sometimes throbbed in her heart so strongly that it anger she and | sent the hot blood coursing to her olive { cheeks. | One morning she went | alone, for a wonder out to | a month for her old rags and paper st parting glance from his blue, | in- | Her pride was still | ride | If they make any big money itis by buy len goods or during the months of the business re- During house rag pickers are fre quently given the rubbish for hauling it People are glad to get their places cleaned up and their rag-bags emptied. Since the introduction of wmtural gas, the rag business has in- The pickers in the city do lit or no trading, as their customers are not so easily duped as the country peo- ple, and they do not have the time to quibble over a A good many rags are sent into the city from the country grocery stores, most of which are taken in exchange for goods. This class of rags finds a ready sale. The profits are not large, but there are usually so well assorted that there is little or no expense attac hed in the dealer handling them. A good, saving housewife can easily manage to get a couple of dollars And the earnings of the rag-bag have helped many a family tide over a tight place. The business is not what it used to be, but there is still a little margin in buy. ing and selling. It not the cleanest business in the world, but, notwithstand- ing all the talk, it is about as healthy an occupation as one can engage in.— New York Dispatch. 1r A 7 mE 50 & boom. cleaning time the ceives quite away eased. cent or two, is Billiard Balls are Weather Prophets “I can always tell when it is going to rain half a day ahead of any change in fair weather,” said Champion George Being in no mood for company of any | Slosson, as he was knocking around bil kind, she slipped away from Mr. Wash. liard balls in the Columbia Rooms re- burne, ever ready to be her escort, and | cently. would not even allow the trusty groom to follow her. Over the smooth | dashed on the back of her spirited bay: then she plunged fearlessly into a thick | grove, where the ‘roads wound like a road for miles she | “How's that 1” asked a bystander, get. ting interested directly. “‘Why, there isn't a better barometer in existence than an ivory billiard ball ot | a good billiard cue,” the billiard expert { pale ribbon among the flickering lights | | and shadows under the dark green trees, | “This is simply delicious,” she said to | herself, breathing in the pure, fragrant | | air as she cantered smoothly on. | minds me of Maid Marian in the deep | Sherwood forest, andee.” | She stopped speaking abruptly, with a slightly paling face, for close at hand | there had sounded the sharp report of a gon, and with one violent plunge of sudden fright her horse bounded forward | and went tearing down the white road | with a speed which she soon found she could not control. Kate was a good rider and kept her seat well. But in a short time her heart began to throb and her cheek to pale with terror, for just in advance she dis. cerned a stoep, rocky cliff, leading to a stream below--and how far below she could not guess, “That means danger, perhaps death,” she muttered, It re. | replied; ‘‘they are better than a favorite corn.” “How d'ye tell?” “A ball always rolls slow and with dif ficulty over the cloth when it is going to rain. Ivory is so sensitive to changes of temperature, particularly from dry to moist, that the effect is felt almost in. stantaneously, The cue will get cranky, too, when there ws going to be a change, long before the dampness is perceptible in any other way. Another peculiarity of the ivory globes is their tendency to and swell out at the sides, so that you might as well play with potatoes, if you don’t watch their idiosyncrasies, They are worse than old men in their suscep. tibility to draught. A draught will erack the ivory and make it chip off ws quick as a wink, and like old folks, CAND never the spheres acchi to these draughts, Just take a billiard ball and study its behavior, and you can best the clerk of the weather prophesying. You can bet on own prophecy every time, — New York Sun. it was that saved her, who iw' become egg-shaped. They contract at | what are called the top and bottom poles | THE FARM AND GARDEN, DO KOT CROWD YOUR PLANTS. There is nothing gained by growing three plants where there is only room for two. The two plants that the place would comfortably accommodate will be much finer than the three that you could manage to ‘just squeeze in.” And re- member that one plant, well-grown, is worth a score of poorly grown ones. One good plant is something to be proud of, while a number of poor specimens ought to make the grower ashamed, not of the plants, but of himself. Treat plants precisely as you would people, and give them all the chance they want to develop. Let them show what they ean do, and they cannot do this when they are cramped. American Agrieulturist, TEMPERATURE FOR CHURNING. The temperature at which cream should be churned varies according to the tem. perature of the air, but the proper num. ber of degrees is about sixty. In olden times, and even in modern days, with | some people, it was the rule for churning to go on until butter was found in great lumps. That was a great fallacy. point reached in churning beyond which any further churning brings no im- provement, and that point is when the butter has reached the size of small grains. The churning should take from twenty-five to thirty-five minutes; if it was much less the butter would not be in good condition, if the churning took longer it would be spoiled. As to whether butter should be washed or not the practise varied in different parts of England, and is a matter entirely of Those who are sceustomed to un- washed butter certainly will not like the flavor of butter, New York World is taste. Ww ashed EXAKES ARXD TOADS, Why is AENeTs ar it that and bound to many farmers kill £5] ar every toad and hay snake they pen COM In a short tims insects of any rigut there its qt juari the bed was free from description toad fat. great de ai i and bugs of Was waxing A few toads in a garden will do a yward ridding it of cut-worms all kinds, and sluable aid in the same d French gardeners realize this much more than those of other nationalities do, and : kept on in the In gardeners su PIs res, It is time for American garden to learn the value of the tures, and give them ald and in pay for their services, rather than pers the wsusl cruel, relentiess fashion Farm and Fire snakes also i give § rection in Paris toads are sale open market and La ers two Cres shelter cute them in and senseless nde. BALKY HORSES, The Societ) wo of Cru eity to Animals put forth a set of for the ety for the Prevent rules treatment of balky horses, which fortnnately The best way to have But, as well as 3 hun rules, un do not always work nothing to do neverthele is with balky horses i { thes dred others. do work in parts ular cases They are as foll 1. Pat the hors upon the neck; the harness carefully SINE one o rales, exam ine ¥, first on one side and then on the other, speaking encour agingly while doing so; then jump into the wagon and give the word go; erally he will obey 2. A teamster in Maine says he can start the worst balky horse by taking him out of the shafts and making him around in acircle until he is giddy, the first dance of this sort doesn’t him, the second will gen. go If Cur 3. To cure a balky horse, simply place your hand over the horse's nose and shut off his wind until he wants to go, and then lot him go. 4. The brain of the horse seems to en tertain but one idea at a time, therefore continued whipping only confirms his stubborn resolve. means give him a new subject to think of you will generally have no trouble in | starting him. A simple remedy is to take a couple of turns of stout twine around the fore leg, just below the knee, tight enough for the horse to feel, and tie in a bow knot. At the first check he will generally go dancing off, and after a short distance you can get out and re. move the string, to prevent injury to the tendon in your farther drive. B. Take the tail of the horse between | the hind Jegs and tie it by a cord to the | saddle girth, 6. Tie a string around the horse's ear, close to the horse's head, FALL FEEDING FOR COWS, Time is to be taken by the forelock, and | to prepare early for the fall feeding of cows is carrying out this wise principle. When the season is about to end, feed is usually scarce and poor, because prepara- tions are not made for it in good time, and the product of milk falls off at the _ meal, should be given as soon as the out door forage has become scarce. Later, the small potatoes may serve as succulent food along with the hay. Malt sproats steeped in water and mixed with cut hay have increased the milk-yield more than pasture has done, This food is very pleasant and palatable to the cows, and exceedingly nutritious and productive of rich milk. It can be purchased cheaply in summer and fall when it is not much in demand. Bran and shorts have great value, both as food products and for en- riching the manure, and cotton-seed meal fed with care and judgment is valuable, Apples are worth more to feed to cows than for cider. American Agricuilarist. MANURING FOR WHEAT. A good rich soil is essential to securing a good growth and yield of wheat. [If not naturally rich, farm manure or fer. tilizers should be applied in such a man- ner us to supply the elements required by this plant. The old way of manuring Al If you can by any! was to either haul out and scatter on the had been given and then turn under. In either case the manure was plowed under | after plowing, taking pains to scatter us | evenly as possible. The work of culti- | vating and preparing the soil into a good | condition will incorporate the manure | sufficiently with the soil. If a special | fertilizer is used it should be scattered | broadcast, either just before or at the time the Drills with fertilizer attachments can now be secured, so that | the work can be done much better than { by hand. seed is sown. | To grow a yield of twenty bushels of | wheat it will require on an average tl Lhuny one younds of nitrogen, fourteen sounds | | { of phosphoric acid, and cighteen pounds | | of Thes three | elements required. If we cent. of potash an these elements is already in the soll, and also wha is deficient ht readi: y supped dressing ol portion cna proper pr ( ! Clover, and with good 0 manure an certainly Ix mistake times dot at frst quite a number of but them mon less fertilizers can be used mistake to Farm manure must be the principal reli depend upon materials be sidered Prairie Farme ance and other aly as aids FARM AXD GARDEN NOTES floor is a risk no farmer can afford to continu hour after discovery A weak spot in a stable single WH salt Gauy ould have access t Dairy cattle = every day, and salt shou i 10 all their stable feed id be added you to In very hot weather it may pay shade the forming caulif leaves broken from the | lower heads with wer pari of the plant A balky horse on a farm be : of abated, even burying post If the grape vines, spray them with Paris green and th six gallon heap rose-bugs trouble your water in woportion of one hd Lot no soap stcls from the weekly wash be wasted. There is not {or cocumber snd melon Soak the soil around the hills ing better Hes Itis well enough to have a whip in driv. ing horses, but the occasions for using it should be carefully considered before tor. turing the poor animals A Georgia farmer tells that he has suc ceeded in subduing nut grass by putting the land in Bermudas and burr adding also Texas blue grass The value old orchards when properly treated, is hardly appreciated by one who has not had some practical work in getting them to 735 the great est profit possible. An orchard, whether young or oid, should not be allowed 0 grow wher heavy crops of grass are taken ever) It is weakening to the soil and | detrimental to the trees Feed the calves-feed them full if | hope of selling them in sutumn at a profit is to be justified, and if they are fo be | kept over winter the reasons for full | feeding apply quite as well, | The chicken range should afford plenty {of shade as well as sunshine. In hot woather chickens will generally sock to escape the direct rays of the sun during the warmest hours of the day. J. L. Budd says, in Formers’ Review, | that he believed the pear-shaped Russian | currant will ve specially valuable in parts of the West where the foliage of the common currants drop premature ly when exposed to the sun. When sweet corn is used in the family or sold, the American Cultivator advises to promptly cut and feed ite stalks to the Cows, stalks are better fodder than they ever will be again and all the remain clover of stubble, or apply after the first plowing | rather than worked nto the soil near the | : | surface; and, to do this, apply the manure | | a cigar dealer keeps his stock | keep this up all essential | know what per | © camowrs iin —— HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS, CARE OF THE PIANO. A piano tuner writes thus of the mecn- anism of that instrument and its sus- ceptibility to atmospheric conditions: “Pianos are not affected as much by heat or cold ss they sre by dryness or dampness, Of course, if you stick one end of a pisno against a stove or a heater or register and let the other come near a cold, leaky window it'll raise Ned with it. You know the sounding board the life of a piano--is fore ed nto the case when it's made so tightly that it bulges up in the centre, or has a thelly,’ ns we call it, on the same principle as a violin, The wood is supposed to be as dry as possible, but, of course, it contains some moisture and gathers a lot more on damp days and in handling. Now, when you puts piano in an over heated, dry room all this moisture is dried out and the bourd loses its ‘belly’ and gets flabby, Even if it doesn't its resonance and tinny, and the felt cloth 4 in the action dry up and the whole machine rattles and everybody kicks. How can you prevent it? Easi- ly enough. Keep a growing plant in the room, and so long as your plant thrives your piano ought to or else there's some- thing wrong with it. Just try it and see how much more water you'll have to pour in the flower pot in the room where your piano is than in any other room. Bome people keep a huge vase or urn with sopping wet sponge in it near or under the piano, and keep it moistened just as They fires are and finally cracks crack, the grows thin and tone loses and leather use the the [841 Ly time on gs much busy houseks eper, vet ys brin sot fail to put up a are times when a fra: r a glass of jelly is a d supply sit is softened, small stirring frequently then strais pity at = . fwoyt a & strong, Guany 1 wree fi L water: el % irain and » gh Lag wi ung out of juerze with the bag and ng used asunel of appics quand oe pieces, removed just them: into the r over ee ars ©O pints as larger quantities re Boil tes from first moment of add s and boil ten As a general rule, allow oe apd sugar An- in a large prevent we twenty minules, boil immediately, over two or three time the b "or Dong Jui ” ar Ap. SUA oven, stinming to and as in sur with up once, orms over the Covet y fit the glasses them In 8 Ary, jelly drop a and if itm tiom of vessel it jelly is not firm, let with pieces of window glass or mosquito bar netting, for a few Diets i F the x days ree Press, RECIPES Pickled Plums peck of plums, seven pounds of sugar, one pint of good Boil till One vinegar and to taste. well cooked Boiled Rice Pudding — Pick and wash the rice, put into a saucepsn with plenty of water: let boil till soft; strain off the water and set on the back of the fire till the rice becomes dry; put into a buttered mold to set, then turn it out and pour a sweet sauce over it, Crab-Apple Preserve-Pick large crab. apples, and to every pound of fruit allow a pound and a half of sugar and one pint of water. Boil and skim till clear, then to each pound of fruit add the juice and chipped rind of one lemon, Put in the crab-apples and boil slowly till tender. Fill the jars hall full of fruit and cover with the juice. Cauliffower—Cut off the outside loaves and let stand in salt and water for an hour or more. Put the head into a piece of net and boil until tender. Put a pint of milk into a saucepan, bring to a boil, add a lump of butter, a little thickening, » half cup of grated cheese and salt to ses son. Arrange the caulifiower on « fiat dish and pour the sauce over it. h Biscuit—One cup of sifted bolled squash, three cups of sifted flour, one tablespoon of sugar, two toaspoons of tartar, one teaspoon of soda, one tea: spoon of butter; mix the flour and well together, dissolve the soda » little bot water, and fill the cup Pices pa
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