— J WHEN DREAMS ARE BEST, From heaven's high top, from earth's green breast, In softest influence stealing, A voice thmt rocks the heart to rest Sounds at the gates of feeling, “Thy feverish hopes, thy hurrying cares, Vain passion, doubt unseeing, Look, what a little part is their's On the wide sea of being! “Time,” says the voice, “how brisf a thing, Lost in the wave that bore it” My soul thrills like a trembling string And heavenly airs breathe o'er it. With many a fern the bank is sot, Pale sweot-briar studs the hedges, The lake, with niany a silver fret, Laughs through its darkening sedges. Beil, like a dream when dreams are best, Like perfume heavenward stealing, The voice of nature's infinite rest Sounds at the gates of feeling, ~Dora R. Goodale, New England re —. A NIGHT ON THE PRAIRIE BY MAURICE SILINGSBY. During a visit to the West, happening to be in St. Cloud, Minnesota, I remem- bered a very pressing invitation I had not long before received from an old friend, a Mr. Westerveldt, who lived only fifteen miles from St, Cloud, in one of the infant of the Pepin Valley, and I upon paying him a visit, I accordingly hired a carriage, drove out to his residence, where 1 re. ceived a most cordial welcome from my old friend and his family, consisting two daughters, whom I had last seen wien only six or eight years old respece- tively, grown, beautiful women. The days fle antoess amid a round of amusements, A gh it was unusually cold even for January, no snow had yet failen- settlements determined and Of but now developed into full. w by with extreme pleas. Ithou . -ii, and first fall ¥ abundant of th at least, not any worth mentioning we ATE anxiousiy awaiting the which m to sleigh bells Helen and Mabel visit to the o« which might yield them sleighir A promised to serve capacity of escort. sufficien AwWaxKen iugie some friends the of snow and | enviable casion of t+ . ¥ } taem ia th I shall never forget the sparkling eyes and looks of pleasure that animated the the two young ladies when their father entered just Sunset one evening, and declared that there would be snow—and he r ” a nf Countenances of before eckoned & pretty good quantity of it before morn ing; and his long residence i we Terri. tory had ably qualified him to judge with Correciness, Helen expressed the satisfaction she felt in her usual quiet way, while Mabel, more sangvine and demonstrative than her elder sister, fairly shcuted and danced about the room in delightful anticipation of the long wished-for event. And, to our united gratification, the next morn ing showed us that the statement of Mr. Westerveldt had been prophetic, for six inches of snow had fallea d wring the night. All were now joyous, and after break fast the cutter was gotten out and fille i with buffalo robes, for the thermometer was below zero, with a fair prospect of its being ever colder. A span of beautiful grays—the especial pride of Mr. Westerveldt—were attached to the pole; and cloake 1, hooded, muffied, and mittened for the o casion, we—FHelen, Mabel, and myself took our places in the double-sested cutter With a taut rein, aod an encouraging chirrup to the horses, we were off like the wind, cleaving through the frosty air like an arrow winged from a bow. In twenty minutes we had passed the only house on the road, and one of the young ladies mentioned the name of the owner-—Mr. Jaggers. His ranch, farm, was extensive, and his attention, I afterward learned, was chielly directed 10 cattle growing. He had but one child daughter—and she, the girls in. formed me, had but re cently been married to Gilbert Lyon, one of her father's hired men. He was a smart young fellow, they said, and it was con sidered a good match. After passing the house cf Mr. Jagzers we saw, at a considerable distance ahead of us, an oxsled loaded with hay, and J or — the oxen, a large and well kept pair, ! driven by a young man in a farmer's frock. As we passed the load, which was evidently on its way to St. Cloud, Helen Westerveldt informed me that the drives was the Gilbert Lyon who had married Sophia Jagger. He was a stout, good looking fellow, with ruddy cheeks, and dark hazel eyes He walked with a quick, elastic step, which, added to his otherwise prepos. sessing appearance, gave him a look of <onscious power and independence, We reached St. Cloud about ten o'clock in the forenoon, and remained at the Kamptons', whom we were visit- ing, until after tes. They tried to per- suade us to remain over night, assuring us we should freeze before we could Kei ball way across the prairie. But with the abundance of furs and buffalo robes at our command we were confident that no such disaster could happen to us, We accordingly started co our return Just as the round, full moon came palely blushing into view, It was intensely cold—I never knew it to be colder dur. Ing my sojourn there. Our breath froze as it left our nostrils, and hung in pen- dant icicles from our chilled noses. I was beginning to regret that we had mot accepted the advice of our friends, and remained over night in St, Claud, wien our ears were startled by a dismal how! at no great distance, which was Suiehl answered by similar sounds far. Lturned to the girls for an explana. tion, for the sounds were new to me, wen I noticed with ainrm that they were trembling violently, aud what could be seen of their faces was eadly pale. It was evident from their scared aod oh te Appearance that they were berri. 1 Magazine, ‘For Heaven's sake, Holen—Mabel— what is the matter! Was there anything in what we just heard to alarm you thus?” I anxiously inquired, “God help us!” answered Helen, with a shudder; ‘“‘the wolves arc on our track!” I bad never before heard the howl of those prairie demons, which are coward. ly enough, except when driven by hunger, or raiding together in large packs. On this occasion it was evident, from the repeated howls in all directions, that we were literally surrounded, What was to be done more than we were already doing? The horses, already frightened by the dismal sounds, were leaping over the crisp snow in flying bounds, with nostrils distended, and manes and tails coursing through the frosty air like streamers. The howls grew nearer, more numerous, more distinct and threatening every moment, Fortunately I had | pocket, though I seldom carried | 8a occasion like this. Every chamber | { knew was loaded, and I thanked { lucky stars that it was so. If they p | The horses required no urging, Terror was a sufficient spur. They sped on | the rushing wind, in fear ay | they heard our pursuers. The circle wa momentarily narrowing. Already a hundred gleaming eyes shot lurid fire out of the darkness, They were all around, my over. | took us some of them would sulle ' ing snorting 4] wis rang out on f " and their long bayieg h the fr sty air like the pe Some pursuing us off, and more sides, We ir doom. were heading our surrounded - pressin n upon were liter wnmed cut fron all outward ia ull measure of letermined not to near as I could § or Der ir peri, waste a shot, t had m th vie a ie Gistance with Jazgers' y Uniess we could fight or cut our through INGry, ravenous I waited with all the coolness a: ion I « pack. rat ald muster, until the -a 8 within three feet o fired, irate two flaring green orbs. The bullet went crashing through the maddened brute, dropping him as though he never meditated mis. Another leaped over his pros- trate carcass, and a similar gratuity, Two shots were expended, and but four left. They were pressing in upon all sides. How could I husband them longer? I fired as fast as they came, and quick- er than I can tell it, the four remaining shots were expeaded, and four more of the brutes were left behind, kicking writhing the snow, When lespairing look upon my to trembling om panions They were other's arms, and their as wihes. One of the fiercest of the pack had fastened to the side of the cutter, and was tearing away at the shawls and wrappers that covered the shrinking wm of Helen. I turned, shoving my left foot under the seat as I did wo, to add to the force and momentum of the movement, and struck a terrific blow at the head of the ravenous brute. He loosened his hold upon the cutter, nd dropped behind; but his place was In a twinkling by others of the Y pack. My foot, in striking at the Crute, had come in cor with underneath the seat, and long, taking nce tween the sKuil of the 4 biel, received savage and in locked in faces were as white each filled hungr tact : something with the desperation of a drowning per- | son I reached under and clutched it. I drew it out quickly, with some weak, faint thrill akin to hope. It was a han lie to something 1 had grasped. There was a steel-hke glimmer in the dim, white light of the wintry moon. Great Heaven! how my heart leaped. [ held in my grasp a sharp, strong hatchet, || dealt my blows right and Jeft—some. times with precision, oftener at random : avd in five minutes more I had hewed my way clear of the ruvenous pack. On rushed the noble grays at the rate of twenty miles an hour. Helen snd Mabel saw that we had escaped danger, and in the sudden reaction from d spade to hope, both sank fainting in the bot tom of the cutter. There was no help for it. 1 could not stop to look after them in the midst of the freezing cold, aud the danger of our surroundings; but | resolving to stop when we reached the house of Jaggers, 1 drew the buffslo robes more closely around them, and | beld firmly to the straining ribbons. A few minutes after this we passed Gilbert Lyon, seated on his ox-sied, We soon left him far behind, and five min. utes after we drew rein in front of Me. daggers’ house, The family came out and assisted me in getting tae young ladies into the warm and comfortable kitchen, where at least | a quarter of a cord of wood was blazing | {in the ample fire-place, The horses were driven into an adjoin. | ing shed, and warmly blanketed. Helen | | aud Mabel ‘vere soon restored to a con. | the terrible cold and fright they had ex. perienced, fire I related, to their Amazemont, our perilous encounter with the wolves, The young wife shuddered as I orn. cluded, and wondered If Gilbert would be thoughtless to start that from St. Cloud? I told her that we him a mile or two back, seated on sled, but did not speak a revolver in my || : one on | 1# the horse of her friend, an a _mal re- | RIVER ong | sulks just as much " x | my last shot was fired, I turned a { opened every morning. | sciousness of warmth and safety, after | When we were all seated around the and wo heard him uttter an exclamation of surprise. We all rushed out and gazed upon the man, There ho sat, 1m- movable as a stone, Ho was frozen to death, We will not attempt to describe the grief and agony of the young wife when she fully realized the situation, but we will draw n vail over that great sorrow which so suddenly blighted her young lite. Our house of refuge was now con- verted into one of mourniag, moraing we reached home in safe New York Weekly. A Horse That Sulks, In a fashionable bosrding stable in New York is a horse called Tatters, about which the Brooklyn Standard- Union tells visits the stable without taking him some apples, carrots or sugar, of which he is extremely fond. Ina neighboring stall joicing in the name Phil. Tatters and Phil are on good terms, but the former sometimes throws his cars back and | manifests jealously when his mistress, after giving him an apple or a carrot, to Phil. One day she went into the stable while Tatters was in the hands of the groom, for an apple, and she deferred the wilt until the groom had s work and the horse had returned to his st all, Meantime she apple to Phil. He began beg ring finished hi ERve an { When Tatters had gone to his stall she | offered him an apple, but he refused to take it, and turned his head from her in dai For half an hour h but to no purpose. Then the tried to induce h it, gust, m, im to take an er groom made the same offs in, Take the apple he or would he rec Wize His ears dr joped of n ns His hi ' OLE mi appearance child n hors 4 ibly have it. art was ®4 } 3} played daily eight hours on a vicl and on Sundays a little lon To add to the misery « lived in a flat. The the ide was long enough for an ger sometimes, sed, the player before whon hours ing to L] Judge case came dex sd that three y human be play on a violoncello, and the injunction issued. In a case before the Court of Common Pleas some time ago in New York a per- son was brought up for trundling in » carriage overhead “his tecthing baby, both by night and day. The Judge, who must have been a married man, held that the noise was not unreasonable, and refused to interfere, In another Eaglish case a chime of bells at Deptford was not sllowed to ring noise was offensive to the majority of t property owners in the vicinity. The oewspapers recently mentioned case of a discharged chorister, 10 took a horrible revenge on the con. gregation by sitting in a pew and pur. posely singing out of Whether he indicted or not for disturbing public worship does not appear. There are few annoying sounds which have not, sooner or later. been alleged as nuisances, but the courts hold that many of them must be endured. Medi oul Record, because the haa ue Ww tune, WAS A Snake Swallows a Cat. When Barney Conaghan, of Dusnlavy & Conaghan, the Albany (Ga.) butchers, came down town to open up shop the other morning, he missed his cat, which usually greeted him when the shop was Mr. Conaghaa thought that the cat was out on an early morning prowl, and busied himself | around the shop for a few minutes put. ting things to rights, when suddenly his attention was attracted by an object noar [a meat block, which, at a glance, looked like a section of a cable rope in a coil. Earnestly did Mr. Conaghan gaze on the object for a minute, and then, as he | realized what is was, his heart stood still with fear, and he gave utterance to an alarm that startled the early morving echoes, and brought Ofcers Raley and Barron double quick to his assistance, The object was nothing more or less than a monster rat snake, which, in At 9 next Ly on | 8 story. Tatters belongs to a lady, who | makes a great pet of him, and never | the absence of rats and better employ: | ment, had brought Mr. Conaghan's oat | under the charm of its magnetic eyes, and had then commenced the task of swallowing him, and was in a fair way of succeeding when the officers reached the | scene and killed the helpless reptile, | much to Mr. Conaghan's relief. The snake was an immense reptile, | length, and if left alone for a short while longer would have succeeded in getting on the outside of the oat with but little trouble, Atlanta Constitution. | measuring not less than eight feet in | THE FARM AND GARDEN, JUDGMENT REQUIRED IN CHEESE-MAKING. | | Curd should coniain about seventy. five per cent. moisture when pressed, { and dry out down to thirty-three per | cent. when cured. To determine and retain this proper proportion of moisture in cheese is one point which requires good judgment in the operator, and can- not be determined by means now known | of a practical nature. Observation and practice are the only guides at present known, and a cheese-maker must rely on his own experience and good common sense. ~American Dairyman. HENS LAYING SOFT SHELLED RGGS. The shell of & fowls egg consists mainly of carbonate of lime with a small vither is wanting in their food the thells will be either very thin or entirly want. ing. Usually fowls find sufficic nt lime amount of phosphate of lime, and if | about the grounds where they ran, Dut it | half-burned oyster or clam the fowls find 15 always well to can them when wanted Somotim and are due to overfeeding consequent | indigestion, and in such eases oyster ’ shells are an excellent corrective, Geta bushel or me the with the yenieot rect tl ' mm unt 3 al When ear it, The meadow will start ir 3 - 5 =) . much quicker if the grass is cut about two or three es high than when be low that height, asd th pasturage which | gained will much more than bal be extra amount of hay of ! ity that is obtained grass can | by close cut A very ind spensal parts of © ntry. bes . dod geit Ar ’ 4 hoe | 3. The body ¢ teen it ’ on half tapering for the handle should end, two and one-half inches at its open ing, two inches at its lower end and six Any man can make a pat tern and get the casting at any foundry, The handle can be made of any hard wood, driven in and made of size to be easy to handle. Such a tool can be used with success in all kinds of soil, even in quite stony land. With an outfit con sisting of a punch, a heavy maul, and a short-legged stool to stand on to drive the posts, two men can set more fener posts ina day than in ten days’ hard work in the old way of digging the holes, and equally well for all practical purposes. The posts need be only half sharpened, just the corners shaped off a little with the axe--a rainy-day job at making kindlingw ood, Knowing the | above facts by experience, and soeing | soune men breaking thelr backs digging postholes 1 was led to write to you, New York Tribune. NEEKERPING, In abulletin on beekeeping, Issued from the station of the Rbode Island Agricultural School, at Kingston, Mr. Cushman says “Bees are poor property in crude and impractical hives, but in those well adapted to their purpose give & good return for the time and money 1n- vested. Heokeepers who have taken the time and trouble to study the busines have succooded with practical hives, easily opened, in which the combs are straight and even, allowing of quick ox. amination with litte distutbance of the | bees They unite weak colonies In the fall, feed them if in want of winter stores, and fn winter give protection from wind and prevent loss of heat from an outer case, with packing, or by comfortable the at fie moans Irteonive reed an, oven and end and round, four one at to a point at the mches diameler upper * noes be in the iarge inches de ep. ] » keep » supply of | shells where | " . | bee food, thou 8, however, soft shelled eggs |. y Was i honey. and burn | © | sults, several methods: an workers use up thir short lives in store ing honey instead of raising bees. The crop is removed, a young queen given in place of one whose best powers are used the remaining bees are allowed honey enough® for winter and raise enough young to keep up their strength until spring. This is followed your after year, whether the season be good or poor, 80 when the harvests come insured. Improvement in yield in some sections i 11 BE | en p v 18 due to the planting of basswood trees | me rop was advanced in time twenty in private grounds and along roadsides | wr cont 3 | Mit. country | | for shade. Nothing in this equals basswood bloom for honey produc. tion. Alsike clover, now more generally a good crop is | d the large army of | Growing ' | ably used. | Lettuce by Fleetrie Light. It is now believed that where it is profitable to grow lettuce under glass for market, the electric light can be profit. Wm. Rawson, of Arlington, Muss. , has experimented for one season i and feels encouraged to go on with it, { | | | planted on heavy soil, in connection with | or in place of rel clover, is also grad. | ually increasing our bee pasturage, as well as the farmer's cru; of cattle fodder. | Bees may obtain the nectar from alsike bloom, while they are unable to reach | that in the blossoms of the red ¢ lover. table first crop of Juckwheat, usually a profit. from may ner supply of id honey, the aside be crop planted to still Case yh it does not always yi Mr. Cushman emphasizes the import. hive and one Kind Nn apiary, thus making possible good nave dividing, chs grow vegetables t) . ed i] can buy improvement of toa of improved The surest to stock is by the introduc Way blood Remember that in ordinary good soil, es is gained with otal he best crop of i al the manure out, it will not leech or fire yn the attacks of sOOt oO mn as they are above feed saves the pocket the man; whee ng: the combination Faves + calls attention to the berry, wholly dis. ietiesand possoss- qualities, no the harrow vit in the corn field from 1 is planted till you can i to advantage, her va Miuabie t The ks need looking after frequently Gay as they are apt to get on ir backs, and in t ring the 18 position they are will unless aad die turned on their feet, ntirely helpless The crab apples are both ornamental and useful, and may justly claim a place in ornamental gardenine. The single and double flowering varieties from Chins and Japan are splendid in flower. In many cases it will be a good plan to lot the turkey bens hatch out the second laving of The weather being warmer and more =sttied there fs od fe eqs, | loss danger of loss than with the earlier brood, In sending poultry to market remem. ber that size aad condition count for more than color or shade 1a skin. Live {and dressed poultry sell by weight, and be price per pound is often determined ! by the condition, | As s00n ne harvest begins is the time to commence saving fest for the poul- | try during the winter, With a little care a good supply of feed can be ob. | tained at a low cost and a good variety | be secured, Mr. W. OC. Barry tolls that Mme. | Georges Bruant is one of the hardiost | roses in his collection. Itomme through | the past winter without being injured in the least, So said the Rural New Yorke | a month ago. So mid Mr. Falconer. At this time many chicks die in the | shell because of wo rapid evaporation during incubation. Putting a sod under the eggs at the beginning or sprinkling the agus with water the day before the; are to hatch will help to give better re. Cholera is always to be dreaded dur. ing the summer. It is easier to prevent than to cure, and all pains should be taken to fowls in good health, "HAY FEVER The Worcester Co. (Mass, y Horticultural Bociety has published an account of what Mr. Rawson did. One house for forcing Jettuce, 200 feet by twenty-four, was given in charge of one are light, active till midnight, at a cost of #15 per month, One week's advance in five, is a great gain the market man. When the electric light was brought to some perfection, much was hoped for it as an ald in the artificial culture of plants. Dr. Sieman’s experiments indi- ented some good resulta, but no atte mpts have been made to apply the principle to It seems to be conceded those plant cirie 10 profitable ses, tant plants can with necessary proceed changes 10 healthy KTowil to a great degree under ele not ivy to the ander sunlight; | they do this to sn hght, though extent but the open extent vi Le they $4] pe profitanie 10 the cul 0 I How Birds Learn to Sing. A wren | Deafness Can't be ¢ ured TW TE you have a rumbling soun or imper foot hearing, and when i is entirely cl deafness is Lhe result and unless the inf mation can be taken out and this tube sored to its normal condition bearing will be destroyed forever: nine cases oul of ten are oatined by entarrh, which is Dothing but an in. Samed condition of the mu ir fnoe We will give One Hundred oase of dea. ness 1c 1 Send BS 4 Dol RUN cure i circuiars, free F. J. Causey & Co. 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