LOVE UNEX PRESSED, The sweetest notes among the human heart strings Are dull with rust; The swoetest chords, adjusted by the angels, Are clogged with dust, We pipe and pipe again our dreary muslo Upon the self-same strains, ‘While sounds of crime «nd fear and tion, Come back in sad refrains, desola- On through the world we marching, g0, an army With listening ears, Each music He never hears: Each longing, sighing for fort, A word of tender praise, a word of com- A word of love, to cheer the endless Journey Of earth's hard, busy days. They love us, and we know it; this suflloes For reason's share, Why should they pause to give that love's expression Wit Why should are aching wi Of hungry love that loags to hear the music, And loags and longs in vain, h gentle care? they pause? But still our hearts th all the gnawing pain We love them and we know it; if we falter, With flugers numb, ; the unusad strings of love's expres. The notes are dumb. ¢ within ourscives in voiceless sor. Leaving the words unsaid, de with those we love the ence on we tread, on we tread, and thus each in silence Its fate fulfills ng { ad the The only difference of love in heaven From | r the heavenly music listant hills, ve on earth below, love and know not how to And there we all shallkn F. Woolson. A STRUGGLE FOR LIFE. D. 4 LIVE in a very #184) quaint old place. If youwere told it was baunted you would X= readily believe it. The house is a fragment of the v past—a half-de- w. ~Const ANCH MASON, year 1810 like a modern house that ; it curiously as they pass along the fashionable thoroughfare upor fronts. A mansion of gray #tands in the midst of exten- shaded by noble oaks, elms, pines and sycamores, Such elms there are in various portions of New Eoglaod; such pines over Fenimore Cooper's grave at Otsego Lake; such oaks pear Niagara or in the blue-grass region of Kentucky; such sycamores along the Ohio or the Wabash ; but there places one finds them They give the placs n such as brooded over sanast sive 14 a waere » inspection 18 required the house is built of it from foundation ealing doors and win- ng up under the eaves in lure. There are ivy, 1 trum VO gTOW, 1 & Dome as a reliving nyself loves, ely describe the interior. ble; tidy housekeepers me from them!) would My aged housekeeper She tries to please me, is not tidy. My assure me that the | aired, that there is a that the li. I confess that such The dynpness and musiine Deen apparent to me, sud my housekeeper has never men tioned the subject. I therefore conclude that the trouble lies chiefly in the fancy of certain prying and officious who have not ezough at home to keep them busy. Up in my toward the main rcular which swings back on a hinge. Vines half exclu the Birds come there, mostly sparrows—a truly detestable bird ~=but robins and bluebirds also visit the place at intervals. I once had a robin stand on the eave within a foal of my face, peering at me enriously, He winked and rolled his pretty head in a mos! ray. thought me rome gigantic species of bird — gigantic seen before I often peer shyly at the outside world through this little window, sten liug on my fect the while, as the opening is (Heave an del Call IL 8 Js not And occas visit roo. musty odor in brary is quite damp. remarks at Jus. y; but she re r ) patlor, arouse me, never women, attic, opening street. is a small « window, le light, divert balf believa he ing cousin he bad not higher above the floor than comma, | The attic it partly lights is seldom used, Old furniture, boxes, pictures, papers and violins take up most of the space ; cobwebs and soot are omnipresent. There are dark sagles and corners lato which nobody but mysell ever peers. I love the quiet of the place, and its utter Jack of order. Bometimes I take up ove of amy old violins and discourse a half-for. gotton air in so lgw a key that even the spiders are not disturbed, A recent warm eyeniog in July found me in the attic. A breath of sultry alr came through the vine-chocked window; the leaves ou my old trees were motioo- less. Many perple were moving on the street, brought out of their bowes in the hope of finding cooler alr. One young tady I elogled out walking alone, a tall, stately women, who face, while dimly seen at quite a distance, I could imagine to be handsome. 1 grow retrospective a8 I watched her. I am not given to sentimentality—indeed, I know women too well to lov them; longing, sighing for the heavenly | Ny eayed relic of the! but it eannot be denied that it fis him. Iam well aware that the word will convey my idea. natural deceivers; what use have they for sincerity? How well they know the power of a handsome figure, a bright eye, or pretty teeth! With what ad- mirable art do they add to and improve upon natural attractions! The sweet smile of a girl in her teens is hard to resist, I grant you; it overturns reason and philosophy as the great wheel of the wind mill overthrew Don Quixote; but if this sell same sweet smile fails to cap- | tivate you, itis not soon turned upon #n- { other! Faugh! I get out of patience! | Women wind men round their fingers, | Women of tact—polite women—rule the | world, If one could find a really sin. | cere woman —rather pretty, too—what a | satisfaction it would to marry her! { But where in the wide world is one to look for such? | While gazing intently out of the win. | dow with an interest beyond the ordin. | ory~shall I confess iti—in the fair pedes- | trian, I thought I saw a man moving among the shrubbery near my gate, but | on closer inspection concluded that [ had been deceived. I watched the stately lady out of sight, laughing at my own | folly the while, and was about to turn | my attention to the old attic when I felt | something touch me. The touch was at first so faint that [ thought it might be be | fancy, or that I might have come in con- | } ue | tact with the wall. In order to see street plainly, I had been forced trude my shoulders through the aperture, | { which is too small to permit round, I had time to my head, the touch became a two stout arms wert was held as in Picture t was falling, 1 } douse, to withdraw one turn I Before grip, RDOUL my waist, f A Vise | in my own of bear me! I knew the house was empty My old housekeeper had gone out, and might not return for whom { J han i neck, making more apparent | ny faithful old gold mbered more year r piece bh myself, possessionl In a frenzy part partly of mage, I head and shoulders out of ti order to be on my dastardly like a babe more equal assatiant; Out h grasp, M5 blood chilled at the idea of being so powerless. Did the cut-throat intend to throttle me, or throw me from the window my own attici As yet he had not uttered & sound. I could hear the muffled movement of his feet on the floor; not a word, not a breath. A cold sweat broke out all over me; lim. The silence ailant was in 1s of but Worse * s ar VUAD al {ast failing. I felt a powerl: my twisting about to throw At about y from the window, Frenzy nerved me with a strength not my own. [I squirmed, reamed, and Kicked like a The extreme violence of my strengtn shall never cease to astonish me. 1 sue- 1 getting my head and shoulders out of the aperture, broke loose from the rillain’s grasp, and seat him sprawling a the floor. [I rolled over and over him in my frenzy. Every man has more or less him, and for own: he was twisted, madman. f the savage in hi being every savage instinct in my nature Was upperm It was a for life The attic had grown dark, and the floor was so strewn with and bundles that it was impossible to avoid them We fell over them repeate lly in our struggles. Precious though the old un framed paintings were, [ trod them derfoot; much as I prized my violins, I hurled them at the villain all my strength. 1 began to have some advan. tage over him; he did not know the atti He stumbled the angles, tipped over cases that [ knew the location of, bumped against the sloping My courage began to rise ome tha {1p Wilf time et. fight boxes with ws well as LL against ceiling, more, “‘Bagone, or I shall shoot!™ 1 eried. For the first time there came a sound from the villain, He chuckled! Well he knew | had no weapon, and well for him I had not! “You are at I called, in my mercy; surrender!” an voice loud and shrill enough to rouse the neighborhood, {| Again the dastard chuckled! What deviitry was he plotting? “Will you surrender!” “Well, hardly!" The voice startled me, These were his first words, 1 had not expected a | reply, and the words had a strange and { uneaany ring. 1 confess I trembled. “You are my prisoner,” [ mid ia lower key and with less confidence. {| *Am 1” The vlfrontery of the villain astounded and exasperated me. | caught up the | first thing I could reach and hurled it {at him, It crashed loudly against the wall. BShoftly after there came a | scratching sound, sod a light fekored in the darkness. He bad coolly struck a match! | Ilooked at him in smazement, One {glance was enough. As I have said, | every man has more or less of the savage {in him, and my savage again assumed | the mastery, 1 have boon angry many | times in my life; but never quite so sugry as then, Whose features did the light make apparent to mel A dark-faced, small. | eyed, abort-haired villala! a low-browed I demanded. very natural for & man to let them bamboozle word bamboozle is not elegant; but no other Women are | isin us —and played it feelingly. | rascal koew the way to my heart. | After all un- | And. Captain | of Directors, consisting cut-throat? Not at all! It was the se- rene and smiling countenance of my nephew, Mr, Percy ¥. Jenkins, the only one of my kin I had ever taken any in. terest in, Even the smirches of soot on his face——the marks of my fingers, doubtless—could not hide his identity or his pleasant smile. Dropping to ses me, on a vacation from college, he had seen fit to lessen my life at least ten years by one of his college antics. “Forgive me, uncle,” he cried; “I've been to picnics, but this tops them all!” For answer 1 threw an old violoncello at his head, He dodged, the match went out, and I hoped the scapegrace would not be able to find the door. But he did, What would I have given fora stout rattan and a chance to lay {it on his rascally carcass! He stum. bled down stairs, and I (followed at the top of my speed. I fervently | hoped that he would tall or miss | way, that I might catch him ; but he dis- | appointed me, The last thing I heard him utter was one of his villainous | chuckles as he swept down the hallway. {I might have iim, but | where! He was | wind, and the savage had good reason pass d } why, moving like a whirl. 1.11 willie my After 11 o'clock that night, f ppiy- to. Ag i ged and faithful housekeeper was a my narrative of the outrage, there i | ing arnica to my bruises and listening to | [| of iy answer the knocker When the old mmons, who stood there but the a banging on my Ir door, su | ¥ in, Percy F. Jenking! | “Really, uncle,” said he, as into my presence with a sheepish air; mean to carry the joke half so r you down stairs wi ) yourself my position, Night | u within I might call; but w id | ht I’ hou au hardly walk on my left leg at ootinued Percy. 1" cried IL. ‘‘And, uncle, one of my thumbs still as a stake.” I laughed outright. “Are you hurt badly, | tured to ask. “You know [ am, you vill { yo ' sch me 1'l : H COTng mpudent bo t him with a scowl, } p one of my violin best in my motley colle be handled the No doubt he will make a § ‘uriously, the first thing he played River" tl nat merican air that addresses thy best that The B delicately HATYEr, Was ttSuwanee the typical fore ie was hall through I forgave him sy Do great harm came of the escapade, and why should I beat him a grudge! He is young and has many a straggle for life ahead of him. If they all terminate as happily as mine, he will be fo tunate indeed I" — Pittsburg Bul. ' ietin, “The Sailor's Snug Harbor." One of the finest benevolent instit tions of this country is **The Bailors Soug Harbor,” situated on Staten I. It was toundpd in (S01 by Rob. ert Richard Randall, of whom very little is known except that he was the son of Thomas Randall, one of the founders of the New York Marine So. Isl. | clety for the relief of indigent masters of vessels, their widows and children. A charter of incorporation was granted February, 6, 1806, and since then the institution has been governed by a Board of se7en mem. bers. The first and mala building was erected in 1531 and dedicated two years | { later, at which time thirty seamen were installed as inmates, There are now over thirty buildings, consisting of nine | large domitories, with accommodations for one thousand men, » hospital, a church, dwellings for officers and em ployes, laundry, several shops, hot houses, ete. A second church aud a theatre are under construction, The inmates are al. lowed liberty of both mind and body, During the day they come and go at will, but must be in at nine in the even. ing. Long leave of absence is allowel; men may leave to make voyages or visit | their friends, and may return at any time, | being thus placed absolutely above want, «lllustrated American, EE ——— What Perfames Are Male OF Ambergris is nothing but a diseased secretion ofthe whale's liver. la whal. ing seas it is often found floating on the surface of the ocean, and after whales have been captured an eager seach is always made for the precious material, It is found much more abundantly in the lean and sickly than in the fat and healthy whales, but theumps are rarely more than ope or two pounds io weight, «New York Jouroal, . COLIC IN HOnSES, Horse colic 18 re adily cured in land, said Frederick Street, a horse cloth or woolen rug wrung of boiling water to the belly and his | {ts | or ! perc 108 fowls will the | not and cover with a h large bran poultice hot as can be borne retains the heat better, In we generally RiVe some 8 Pe IAL COLIC ¢ ure or a good dose of pals Agriculturist, this ¢ i-Killer,— Western BASSWOOD The liz no bass not only a handsome tree Fon den, or wool blos. pasturage, of Europe a the wood | Honey v tastes , but its make cxoelld nt bee 1 lowest perches, em wh 1 CORN J! per hich shoul } rem { bir LL ywding; 3 s A fault died. The nu is limited, to pr w mber « event overce i its worst form to We all of overcrowd from it the bet only way of preveating this is to have th The oe, and wil ‘} overcrowding in have a roost packed with fowls know the evil effects and the « carer we steer ter The 4 wding on the perches } on the n have n { accept the change, Even per hes do take up more room than when arranged in a haphazard way, it should bother the owner of the fowls, American Farmer all sane level, . h ugh the INFLUENCE OF FOOD UPON BUTTREN, fonds conflicting As to the influence of different upon butter there are many opinions, To throw some light on this subject five cows were fed at the Malone Station three different rations during as many periods The grain ration of the fin! period consisted of a mixture of cottonseod meal, cornmeal and wheat bran; during the second neriod of peas and barley and during the third period of linseed meal, cornmeal and wheat bran, The amount of nulk was diminished somewhat in passing from the fint to the after changing to the third period, The composition of the milk wariod by applying | : ‘ out | duced butter less easily melted and of a sides | orse-blanket to retain | the heat, renewing as required; or » | untry | wel A mixture of cottonseed meal or line Eng. | seed meal with cornmeal and wheat bran, I especially the cottonseed mixture, pro- more solid appearance than did the peas and barley. Upon the whole, from a review of the experiment as found stated in the Annual Station Report, it does not seem to have drawn out any results should change the more common that the individual animal is the most prominent factor in determin- ing the quality of butter. York World. wihicn opinion character of the —N Ww FARM AXD GARDEX XN Prepare potting soil for autumn use, Thin your fruit if you LEUR, want fine large il around the shrubs free Herbs ought to be cut before they are ful 1 UL oom. 1 the farm poultry All IAYe a good range have reg- 1 for everything, - pj) Aare not r need Leaild un be prevented by "out of the at weeks mew hat uncertain. Sas s # or hirke Kocping u an CUiCK ’ grass until thre 1 e Qi. al A cure is» Professor Fletcher, Dominion Eato- r Kentucky good head 3 WwW. new breed, they or feri + ar for r for to e hogs will a single sea. ot i To feed ground is a practice fashion wt The farmer who wages warfare upon binls often destroys his best friends. wy do more to keep down our insect than all the insecticides sad ng devices yet invented. “ es scraps should be fed to the lay. hens 2 some form st least twice a ; it helps considerably toward fil. we egy basket, and is a preventive to feather pulling and other wices., ” essful manufacturer always ost of producing aay article that be puts upon the market. When he cannot produce for than selling price ho changes his methods or stops. The much difference between the cost the food needed to pro. luce a pound of butter and that required for a pound of boel, Thea if the beel cattle must be housed and cared for the same as the dairy cattle, there is, of sc, the best profit in butter produc. tion, Professor Roberts, of Cornell Univers. ity, said in speaking of growing fodder corn: **Twenty tons of manure ia too much for an acre of land. Five tons is I would just as soon think of less ro u cour enough. | putting five bushels of oats into a horse's | manger at one time, as twenty tons on an acre.” Are you sure that you sre running the farm ‘forall it is worth!” Could not a few more calves be raised or pigs.be | kept, or a few sheep be added, or the | poultry yard be better‘filled with more | and better stock! | places now growing weeds that could be second period, and Increased slightly | made to grow profitable crops? Think it but little, even less during the threo | periods than is often observed when the ration Is not ebanged, The relation in quantity in fats lo the other solids varied somewhat, but appa; ently without reference to the food, While only limited conclusions can be drawn from this ex that quite radical changes can be made riment, it 3 "| PD ie | could bo shipped | quantity has been ox in the kind of grain mation fed without | affecting the quality of the milk, It was shown that the tendeney of butter to melt during hot weather may be ia. fluenced by the kind of food, and alse the degree of bardoess way be allected. that the w {these | % : | Are there not waste over and see how much idie land and spare time you have. Bricks From Japan. Dricks are extensively manufactured a Japan for home consumption, but & small ried as a veuture to Vancouver, and should the demand there justify further exportations, brioks thither as ballast at vominal rates, Mr. Layard mentions paid at the largest of es range from twenty to twenty-five cents per day for men, and from ten to fifteen cents per day for woe. —Seloutide American, or Ne as ' GEORGIA GOLD FIELDS, The Property and Prospects of the Atinnts Gold Mining Co. Fully Described, The two articles your journal have called of inquiries in relation to pects f the At Company, that the your pondent 10 answer { medium of the press the ! which otherwise would require a letter writers I'he property upon wh Mining Company proposes to ' i 1 ‘ ¢ mii ig in . which is crosses tle reve in ach a flosd {Hane Lr Gold M appearing forth the oq nnia has requ ete, 0 mimny COrres thr many qu ¥ L the Atlas Twegiins rita abou oonisist | Iiners lenses eire Wis un f i's jar va southern Banking Atiants, 'a.. 1s Lh Xmpany, and all orders Tor addressed to them or to the Nort npany of agent The shares shoul i Atlanta (rol } bh Pryor stree and Trust ( ® transfer , Mining x Al wpany, No, 7 mota, a The “Cursed Flower of India” Fretheina it a} tital Row as Pe: » : A, A DEAUR a Lizhtning as a Photographer oo van ng the Iw He wed at Arie, situated ien and of had t ) ssion of Y ARRES t Ba it was four that one LREeS negalive, have bes lightning, the gin was leit on the the ress ion LR on M s not upper piat- and the { such Sowers as are unt Ari The mlity of the mpaired at i, thot the ciear through the Hood's Sarsaparilla No prompt and efectu. ally THAT TIRED FEELING, ss LO com orm of observatory, ime i TOW. 1 vh 4 a impression seems 0 go CDses, ver res IIVely por eihis medicine * makes weak strong J.B orton, 8 well kn the Em. wn mer. rn hant of Anka Maine, Mr. J. 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