Lag FINIS I ask not, — When shall the day be done, and rest come on? I pray not That gone; I seek not A oon from me the “curse of toil” Irowsy curtain sluggard's couch with drawn, But give me Time to fight the battle out best 1 as may; And give me Strength and place to + labor still at even. ing's gray; Then let me Sleep as one who toiled afield through all the day, —Waitman Barbe, A TRANSACTION IN ICE. i he r beaten homestead, | Ld het be they all Mr. Hiran the Knicker greal house the river, gave her her tools, Now A mannis in the do bo scolding the came qj OT tors oid | ta, brandishing chi nen, Was very ma on to avoid sr woman, 10W drifts and kicking horses and holes in the ice and all such disagreeable things, Bhe actively oversaw her « nterpeise, and even ventured down on the ice once or twice, but trusted almost everything to her foreman, who fort nately was ex perienced and honest, The other ice packers made neighborly calls and offerea kindly services. Mr, Lawry was nearest, and almost every day with a disy ! money! he asked if he could help ber or gave her | a good suggestion, When her clovator suddealy broke aud Mr. Lawry seat one of his spare chains and had the break mended in an hour, Regina thanked him with blushes; he had saved her a» round sum, “Oh, Reejy, just think of the expense, vith all those men to pay while thy were loafing!” exclaimed Mary Alice, *‘Don’t you think it was very good of Mr. Lawryl! “I'm not wuch acquainted with him, : but he’s been very kind,” said Regina, becoming absorbed in her pay roll, That was a memorable year on the Kennebec, marked by an nnprece- dented mania for speculation in It came on late in the winter, after Regina's harvest was com- pleted. When, in the last days of Feb. ruary, it was certain that there would be no crop on the Hudson, or anywhere in the Middle States, and that the whole country would have to depend for its and ponds of Maine, the craze spread like & plague. It was too late to ce, ice on the rivers build additional houses; the ice was piled up the river banks in great stacks and hurriedly covered with boards, “Mary Alice, I'm going to put up a k,” Region exclaimed day. “There's a fine chance on the level just house, and I can double up just as well as not.” “You almost take said Mary Alice ‘Ie frightens me to on one below our old breath my away,’ had come a_i. | aa he arose to RO. | vise her to do? Did he think there was | the least prospect of a more favorable take such a risk—-but dear me! You | KDOwW 184] Mr. Lawry called two or three that winter ‘*Have you heard heme?” asked Mary A DI Her ip; senson advan ANY Ind vii hank, ** Me oealling gre ice loans and must ask you to pa v8. There's market, It seems and the bank can't risk such collateral any longer. If you've a mind to mortgage your home as if everybody put up some, stead, now. «Oh, I'll take up the notes,” inter. rupted Regina, but ber queenly spirit How could spe raise the Sue had been unable to get an offer of more than a dollar a ton for her ice, and that would not bring enough. Oh, if she had not put up that unlucky stack! Mr. Lawry bad been coming quite of. ten, of late, to sing to her accompani. ment on the jiogling old plano. When bie called, the next Tuesday evening, she put it off till the last moment, but in sheer desperation appealed to him just What would he ad. quaked, market! “1H sell you what I'M do,” said he briskly, “I'm always speculating, and will wake Jou an ofer for your ice. You ! she see I have better opportunities than you, and can take more risk, I'll give you a dollar and a quarter a ton for the lot.” A sudden elation tork possession of tegina, Before she fairly realized what was doing, she had accepted the | proposition and signed a bill of sale. { & small profit, { to take advantage of his sympathy. | fastened How is the following: | grown rat has taken up its abode with a | the kittens comes on the scene; then if Sixty-two hundred and fifty dollars! That would pay her notes and leave her After Mr, Lawry she hugged Mary Alico ina transport ol In a moment more she was weeping like a child, “What have I done! Ob, what have I done!” i. “I had no right He might as well have given me the noney, and | can him in the face Mary Alice, 1 shall go crazy.” Why, Reejy! : didn't het i perpie Xity joy and kissed Mr. Lawry's check, she sobbed never look He made the price himself, asked $, but cept his charity, demand my mblein nn No mach production heet of is made by f primitive fashion led, the size of the sheet of ith tw thes wwered On made, and is of molten lead is pours 1, and another brick in plac od on the top, which flattens the lead out the required size and thickness, | I'he sheets are then soldered together to the size of the interior of the tea chest: | the toa is packed in, and the top sheet is | in place. The workmen are very expert, and they turn out an im- mense number of sheets in the course of | a day, and, where labor is so cheap, at a price much less than if the articles were | produced byamchinery.—~Bwton Tran. script, Ww swt three sheots paper tht [| A Rat's Queer Caper. Some thing+ are stranger than fletion. in a manger at Barahill & Robertson's stables a full. litter of kittens about its own size. Everything goes well until the mother of is time for disappearing for the rat. At least 100 people have visited this strange spectacle to-day. The rat seems to en. joy the notoriety, —Marshall (Mo.) Pro gress, Mary Alice | «11 11 had left the ar) | | CHANGING BTREAM CHANNELA, Natural water courses which cross the farm can be re adily straightened by al. ways making little the new channel the a leeper and wider than not think Cniarge old one, the water channel, for n in ten disappointment will ult, The chan small streams is often of the the appearance Agricult the action of will a small ine times be the re. f nirses of o [ water ¢ creasing tillable land ira fem ssful, A may simple, uce pra ougniy Ca rihy adian, ROAD DRAINAGE, The on road Pave wis thorough dminage of the founda tion, declares John M. Stahl, of Illinois Money has been misapplied in road. mak ing because of neglect of thorough drainage, even when the money has been used to build roads of a material that should give them a permanent character, On the Western prairies, where the nat ural drainage is poor, undrined, gravel roads have suddenly become mud roads when put to the severe test of a long rainy spell in winter and early spring. Not the least unfortunate result of this has been a prejudice against gravel roads in particular, and a scarcely ler. pro nounced distrust of. permanent roads in geveral. Back of drainage was the real cause of the failure, Whether the road is to be of earth, gravel or macadam, the earth roadbed should be graded, crowning it twelve to fourteen feet wide, and twelve to eight. een inches higher in the middle than at | thing necessary earth, gravel, macadam or | Do | | never be spoken of slightly, This which, suit a shallow ditch. correct Course, cut is of peculiar cir. general statement, should be modified to Thus, if ditches should not cumstances, in 4 very country, e the easily, the the sides, as they are n § In Crow will become eriows gullies, country it is not to road bed so high, ywninyg Ire ready sur- guarded agains Much of the prot a the farm must ome from saving little things in this Kens are a good sid Taey pick » Recount bv Ip and in i many items that would otherw is: vasted, that have not Keep the be LI Ege been fertilized and for this reason if the to be stored away it is a plan to take away the roosters egas are good ten days tslore commencing 10 save up the eggs. The new crop of wheat will come up- on a market more nearly bare than for a long time before, This would Appear to indicate a better price for the « rop, but prophesying in such matters is uncertain work. While, if properly managed, the ste. ing away of eggs at this season for sell. ing in the winter can readily be made profitable, thcre is always some risk. The eges do not bring as good prices as fresh ones, The business of poultry. raising should Those who have tried it know that business ability, system and industry are essential to sue. cess, These are just the qualities de- the edges. Along each edge should be | manded for succuss in other lines, Pigeons for Naval Use. The United States practice ship Con- stellation, when she sailed on the ex lets’ summer voyage, of homing of hind aboard a number igeons, 10 be used as means bet weer e shir communication ip and The b points ashore ted hers Al intervals bring official me encoursge the with the carry out the enter for tra HOOD'S SARSAPA RILLA, HOODS PILLS JOHNSON 5 Anodyne Liniment. Ugg ANY OTHE “ » » , Q Izivz oF 17 ALYS ~ X08 CE¥ITR TA R. R. R. ADWAY’S READY RELIEF. CURES AND Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Hoarseness, Stiff Neck, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Headache, Toothache, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Asthma, Bruises, Sprains, Any Knows Remedy : x ating beuma nfs FREYESTs Quicker Than Ko mation v ! od ‘ » ale r prostrate wit apes ’ “ RADWAY'S READY RELIEF Will Aferd Instant Ease. INTERNALLY «a *aifa % | . » eur ps - half ater w cure ¥ ran * an ADWAY Ss Plies » V'S READY RELIEY, PRY a EUGHIETS Price 30 conta. WAM ) Kidney, Liverand Bladder Cure. 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