COLUMBUS, Columbus was, they tell us new, A man of flaw and fleck A man who steered a pirdte prow, And trod a slaver's deck; In narrow, bigot blindness curled, Cruel and vain was hee To such was given to lift a world From out the darkendd sea. Though weak and cruel, untrue, From all earth’s high and low, God picked this man, His work to do, vain, Four hundred years ago, There in the distance standeth he, Bound on his mighty quest, This rough old Admiral of the Sea, Still pointing toward the West, There stands he on his westward prow, A man entirely strong: Bo great, the Can never do him wrong, Though slaver, pirate, he might He had that gift of fate That wise and sane bald truth spoken now insanity ror gre: That makes the great man ~Sam W, Foss SKE L ETON Gl FORREST 1D BLY AT | RANGE GRAVES, stood at of ther mem. river door book in one a stumpy lead il in the other. & tent the Abbey Arms Doctor Stokum’'s y be left at (with a Grange?” ivy opposite corn “Lor', miss.” mile 1 “hit air 's both Elaine and more tin "he pre been tran dat had been given comm down, a be violently rung tall, floweri: after the of a shipwre the vanishir vessel ] with it “Is this T ney at home? companio I faltered terror, ind ling appearan Mrs AMTICK , a black silk 1 had hobb of a kn gate with i She nodded h tories and fa in answer to my Then trunk, she “Lan ain't no meanfolk overly strong n | obeyed i and vigorous, and the trunk ally heavy, and thus I made ance before a ta with a dress o tering gold « yey profile, who betore a blazing wo The walls costral portraits, added to my « every nook and corner was crowded full of Chinese dra gous, Chippendale cabinets, old china on brackets, and grotesquely-embroidered screens, fs ee i being not esp Ci Appear nan of sixty silk, wit ¢ Roma Eastern ru my . Spare w lustreless b ack afi stood on an AARCE. AnD 1 fire were old an steady stare covered with whose afusion ; the | ‘“ " r 5 Take me | yeung | “Ab,” said the tall lady, ‘you are the | reader and companion?" | poor creature! I made a quaint little courtesy, un- | consciously infected by the proximity of | the stiff Chippendale furnitare and the family portraits, “Mise Carrick, madam,” your service.’ Looking back upon the circumstances | by the dispassionate light of the past, it I saldet'at i ] seems to me that this was the longest | evening I ever spent, trellis outside was thick, and the atmosphere so damp, that we sat close to the fire, and ten sad ate toasted mulllus to keep our- Although the | covernd with June | roses, the walls of The Grange were so | drank hot | selves warm, while Mrs, Pinkney related to me in sepulchral whispers the history of her grandfather, Squire Skellington, whilhom of Wales, who had built this venerable mansion, apparently without the slightest reference to the modern fads of drainage and ventilation, “He was a man of unusually strong mind,” Mrs. Pinkney, “and to show his scorn of popular opinion he built the house on the site of a former graveyard, which partly accounts for the way people have of calling it ‘Skeleton ' instead of using the proper pellation. I hope, Miss Carrick,” with a sudden pause in the stream of words, ‘‘that you are not superstitious?” “Oh, not at all!” said I, with chatter- ing teeth and ashy-white face. said Grange, ap- after the thin and sat at a respectful distatce. “If ee missus likes to live over dead an'-gone folks, I don't,” Hannah, “I'd ruther have live bors than dead uns any time." “You old with in, tea os were removed, said v} neg said Mrs AL 3g. " OOS } » ile. Pinkney, A superior sm the | father beside | mies own | Hannah, rea lings my grand house, and re-interred Saint Sulpicius’s Church, three were taken away vears bel built " ’ ’ ren s “MM 1y be eo were, maybe “Which room i said Hannah, mees to havet” told you before—the south it near yoursi” I whispered as my new mistress leaned » a vividly-painte the mantle. “Th AMNSWEered The ward to wank Goodnes on nod, evenl with 1 me rest of the from nor of Various 107% Mrs. Pinkney were, and herself it 1 apr turned iy mad stairway ios there wiere shriek | we had pea door rev { the still smolde: unspeakable n the vi ire of glassy flames, shiriek, I lost y back mother and Emily murmur, I once as and as 810 Inn i » ve ry o> 4 i sever hin or NKNeyY Was arenciing yder water, while 2 sheaf of burnt cod water ¢ he scared yuan, soothing hold your tongue!” said “The erves trouble Is purely CAN, and mu | 5 1 | Now Miss ( and | us 1.01 ING | Ar what yourself up Urace gasped. “‘Hidi nob sailed boots—under COro-h!" said Mrs. Pinkney. all? Why, 1 thought 1'd told you [ keep "em in every r to make we premises my i» wom of burglars think there's I told Hannah to ve them from your chamber, ugh ‘As true as ee lives, ma'am, Hannah, ‘‘ee clean forgot all “And the tiger! He sprung at my throat,” I sobbed, hiding my face in the bedelothes, “‘No, be dida’t!"” said Mrs. Piokney. “How could he, when he's ouly stuffed, I put him there every night since Don, the watch dog, was poisoned, to startle any thieves who may make their wayin., Goodness me! we poor, solitary womankind are driven to all sorta of contrivances to protect ourselves, in a lovely place like this.” I darted a reproschful glance at Han | nab, “Why dide't you tell mo this,’ manded, “Bless eo dear heart,” said Hanoab, 1 niver once thought o't!" “Hut don't fret,” soothed Mes ney. ‘We won't need the eronked about itl" I de. Pink old boots | and my grandfather's stuffed tiger after to-day. My nephew, Colonel Halkett, and his man, Giles, are coming this evening to stay six months, and they'll bring a new gardener, and two 8t, Ber- nard puppies, Then you shall see! For Giles makes a crack butler, and my nephew is a great geologist, and ean tell you the Latin name of every bug and bee- tle he sees.” And on this encouraging showing I re- mained at Skeleton Grange after all, Yes, I ought to have colonel, ut how could 17 He was forty, and wore a wig. Mate. over he was a greater old granny than both Mrs. Pinkney and Hannah put to. gether, married the | scientist, Old Hannah had brought her knitting | | remodeled so that the sunshine streamed | Into every bodies | they ! in great blocks near Paris | mostly quart | structure, But he was a and in sanitarian as well as a less than a month he had The prope rly drained and Grange room, and summer fres were no longer necessary, And Mrs, Pinkney, although extreme. y prove i the and most \ and I found i 1d money to fluest home every month, ul tiger AB fI'm Graoge. Songs and Their Writers. ition of | never be al first success.” New Advertiser, He —————— - A Ramrod Through the Brain. Australian jouroal ommercial nves Lhe as ren t to Mr Dr having first ' Ryan, assisted by wd the skull, When lealen vl vhich .. rep! il the wire ved the the bone was with it, omplet Danse had taken wn syringed through the he course the ramrod had by this means the wound was well washed came been ¢ ly s Was out Anti septic iotion 4 Ket, was t #0 along t taken, and Camyg cent." «Medical Rec What Millstones Are Made OF. All the in the States formerly came from France, were made of bell is now convales. ord, millstones used United where a silicious roex found The stone is 2, but has a regular extremely hard and pac t, and of all shades of « olor, whitish gray to a dark blue, cellular is com from » A number of years ago, however, an excellent sub stitute was found in America, in the buhr.stone of Northwest Peonsylvania and Eastern Ohio. Where millstones are employed at all this is now the favorite rock, and it answers the purpose so well that there Is no need of any miller going abroad for his millstones, A Fashionable Fuel. A fashionable fuel tor what is there nowadays that has not grades of elegance ~i8 the ‘spectrum wood" of the draw. ing room hearth. This is fireplace lengths of the timbers of old whaling vessels which, seasoned by wany a voyage and saturated with accumulated drippings of whale oll, offer a beautiful blaze na they burn themselves out on glittering andirons, As the supply is te some extent limited, aod as it eavnot be manufactured in a day, but must acorus with the years, it is likely to be kept sufficiently ‘rare to retain its exclusive, and consequently choleo and fashionable characteristic, ~~ New York Times DUCKE AS SCAVENGERS. nre Ducks great farm scavengers, eat ing much that cannot be oth jzed. Vi trimming parings, bread scraps mixed with a little bran, make a highly relished. It does not much water there is i: out all the shells and gravel, getable 5, potato and meat, all, dish matter how They will fish They will eat a pail of water, and if into the it. ing for § ARDY grain is | , throw 1t walter gooa deni t management, wN bot horses it eye | probably forn seems vantage plants a Many do not fn this done t in Te dry weather 1 in many cases # tained by earlier well By a half feet apart, IWS running 11bly shallow, f ti droj P three or r beans « foot, A better yield, can generally be re ceived by planting in drills four inches apart; do not cover deep; two plenty. Cultivate often enough to keep the weeds down and the soil in a good tilth. Generally be necessary to hoe or twice, ding somewhat upon the condition of the soil. Clean, thorough cultivation sary to get the best growth and yield, and the number of workings that may be necessary will dopend upon the character and condition of the soil, and in many cases one more working given at the right time, while not adding much to the cest of the crop, will increase the yield and quality. Especially when pleated early it will not always do to wait to harvest the crop until all the plants stop blossoming When the bulk of the pods are ripe the erop should be harvested, as after that there is risk of loss. The vines can bo | pulled up or cut off close to the ground and put 1sosely into small piles to cure out. In a few days as soon as the pods and stalks are dry enough they should furr reas ng is done in hills, ery two however, INCHes is it will pnoe depen i neces be hauled io and stored under shelter in | | sence of the ‘tou ghening”’ process, with be | threshed oul when the other work will | a barn or shed loft where there is a god circulation of air. They should it, If Ce weather is dry they can left to dry out suficiently to thresh fo the feld. Wita au average yield beans can be made a Bt. Louis Republic, profitable ¢ LO) 4 wee CARE OF THE The idea in past years, by the many, has been that was a one wns better of + breeding in HEIFER CALY. a Cow cow and, if than another, it was a luck.” his left fine hands few, It rich farmer's ‘‘sport,” wary farmer could not oe of Ap rd to keep | case Ow Oi rair bear ex pens I8 NOW and ratl develop : | or grade id heifer, have uld substitute cooked k, at the mdred induce a beef forming Qo wl gr ywih to fatten 'y is that, As Lo make od thrift, 80 feed ¢ heifer unduly, the n high feed fas tender v be ng for milk 1s avcempted, the beef form ag appears, and is hard y hold in check. Hat little calf develops into a heifer it habits, Make her life as as possible, Do not fool with through with least, so that in the dairy subjected to the in le the when it ¢ COW ke r, but handl motions, her: go at her piace she will not have to | “breaking” ordeal The two-year-old | eifers bad best run with the dairy herd, come and go with it, take their places in the stables and have their dish of bran. These heilers Are DOW expected to calve in October, and through the summer each one has the milking when she taker | not only her own life and growth te pro. vide for, but another life must be sup- ported, bone and muscle provided for, Nitrogenous foods, like oats and clover, | have had a stimulating effect upon milk production, and at this time it is fair to suppose also a developing eflect upon the udder itself, This, with good stable life in the win. | tor, flesh making foods rather than fat. tening ones, and those to some extent of asomewhat sucoulent character, regu. lar feeding and comfortable warmth, ab. plenty of pure air and abundant sunlight to build up constitution and vigor, will give us the hardy cow with power to transmit her good qualities to her daugh- tors, ~-Atuerican Agriculturist, The Poet and the Poets really do not feed on air, deed, though they may distraught and absent probably More, perhaps, som Heine once Jittle per bya m ard afterwards and yet Hi Was invi Niausnges, be hungry minded Way, cat as much as LIrn08 destroye BUj mindedness be cme abs ent supper pitabie pot vit host wood ' ———— Now's Thin * “It Is Invaluable.” Gn Hood’s Sarsaparilla a MAN, J r™ ROCD" Ss boty LL'S « n oy $ ream Bain WILLOLRE CATARRH rer LIX enin, | Apply Fade FLY RRoOs mo each Bo Warren St xy LA est abe ae ae ale SMe abe. 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