AN ORCHESTRA, The world is one great orchestra Wherein each human heart Must tune his destined instrument And practice well his part, We cannot all be soloists And play the tune aloue, For some must beat the kettle-lrums Unlauded and unknown. But let each player do his best, Whatever fate’ He'll help to fill a dreary world With soulful harmony, «Milton Goldsmith, in Philadelphia Ledger, THE SIXTH BENCH. « decree: LUKE SHARP, xy HE was in earnest; he was not. When A NN exists everything 4 R may happen, The "MN 1] ~ f ™ 1 fo 3H [ commonplace, comic | KX or tragic, 7 = . ~ fA the wrament Pr of Ct ? In this pal “dl result | 3 ¥ ap- pointment—which both of them kept. Hector McLane came to Paris with noble resolutions, a theory of color and a Pari played He was eugaged to a MH that state of things } occurrence may be tem; 7 . — f AL => experience t} the woman. the was merely instance on small allowance. with all of these, nice g tined to become a great painter; a delu- ion which McLane shared. sred with great zest in student, but it equal his to the life somehow antici- read in books -— ir something better, every ttor wel Dear: y r I Whun hind beneh facing tain, or walked up and down on the cru the trees, In the afternoons they sled part of the park, in the the It was her send him dainty little notes telling him when she expected to be in the park, the number of the bench, for sometimes the duenna could sot be eluded and was seated there with Yevette, On these occasions McLane bud to content bimsell with gazing from afar, Bho was so much In earnest that the particular emotion which occupied the place of cquscience in McLane's being was Bal He thought of the nice girl at home, and fervently hoped noth. ing gravel under walked in the se shadow of eustom te great caurch, giving depending | havoc | irl at home, who believed him des- | "all | of the fountain {ost from the ¢ ae of this would ever reach ber ears, He was an easy-going young fellow, who bated trouble, and perhaps, know. ing that the inevitable day of reckoning wns approaching, this accounted for the somewhat tardy awakening of his conscience. He sometimes thought it would be best simply to leave Paris without any explanation, but he remembered that she often, and that by she could easily find out where his home i going to the school was, Bo there was to in Paris, rather than where the nics girl lived. when the time came he postponed it. But the inevitable ulti- mately arrives. He had some difficulty at first in | her to understand the but at last was no demonstration, avalanche, but | situation clear there She merely kept her eyes fixed on the withdrew when ho y sSUCCe eded gravel and from his. cry nor | silently to an gently To his surprise she did not hin nim, even answer but n y shadoy pind € in his heart ti was engaged known Yevette, He | to the other irl what love was unt was bound to could bre AN, because the y drew suct loveless life that a great wav withip him and } felt almost resen separation . When most desires be the seq mannt | was exactly th lt x it | Lake IL. Ing ™ le tell you to-lay.” she wrote, i : To-morrow you sisi know if you meet, Do not fear that | will reproach you Y will rece this letter in the morning At 12 o'clock 1 shall bs waitin fiw you on the saxth bench on the row sou «the sixth bench the farths ured “Yeverre” Mclane was overjoyed at his good luck. He felt that he hardly merited | it, Heo was early at the spot and sat dewn on the last bench of the row fac ing the fountain, Yovette had not yet arrived, but it was still hall an hour be. fore the time, Meolaoe road the mors- ing paper and waited, At last the bells | all around him chimed the hour of 13, | She did not come, This was unusual, | but always possible. Bhe wight not have u eo i : i knew his address, having written to him | be a scene it | was much better that it should take place | He nerved himself up many times to | make the explanation and bring on the | her hand | | had deep and firm foundations were un. | shallow | wrecked, | shattered houses showed that they were | New York Tribune, succeeded in getting away. The quarter and then the half hour passed before McLane began to suspect that he had been mado the victim of a practial joke. He dismissed the thought, Such a thing was so unlike her. He walked around the little park, hoping he bad mistaken the row of benches. Bhe was not there. He read the letter again. It was plain enough—the sixth bench, He counted the benches, beginning at the church, One -three—four—five. There were only five benches in the row. As he glazed stupidly at bench a man beside him said: “That is the bench, sir." “What do you mean?” ered McLane, turning toward him, astonished at the two the fifth remark. “It was there that t found dead t say.’ McLane stared sald huskily: “Who--who was shel ‘Nobo iy Know, he young girl was y fi! 8 morning--poisoned the at him-—-and then he " knows that yet soon for everybody, as you see, 18 going into the morgue, Dac s one on the bench to-day. Be e crowd ge McLane EADK On Nis BANA ACTOSS LIS jorenhes He knew she was waiting y Ing he sixth beach @ t A eralt, woman ————— Rattlesnakes and Prairie Dogs. times a week to wee Ary n to times wants time.’ Haye a six £ wealth «if ho the in ho keep his chin smooth all Bt. Louis Star-Sayvings —————— " ures aud Earthquakes, Flimsy Straet Careful studies made of the results of the big earthquake of last April in Sacramento Valley of California demon. strate clearly that the bulldiags which injured while those adjoining which had foundations were totally Bricks taken from scores of Inid dry with mortar that contained very small perosutage ol coment to send, GALLOWAY AND There is consid iderable tween ANGUS CATTLE. be. Angus cattle, difference Callow ny houet althoug i both are and hornless I'he former ede | the west coast of Beotland, the latter to the ¢ the { of they and black belong 10 ast coast and neighborho the ¢ ity of Aber. de en, whence Aberdeen are calle or Aber een M: are finer ir d sometimes Angus and cattle, form hair than allow AY, 1ich have silks ¥ : ~Y nd a good miikers Amer To really pays, let it for yourself, determine us si t that It must be the farm. given the very best land You can never grade til you begin to une | breeding The {astest wi dairy is to Keep alw AVE poor | The only weeds is to COWS, a time irg the uch birds pieasure and he fowls or egas al The farmer wi of which is than Are put al and over BK noney. not se on he market, : § all probabilitie i y American Farmer, Hite Yalue anywaere. NEMINDERS, Two boeves cnn never be made fat on | a pasture that has only grass enough for one, To keep the pouliry free from vermin, their quarters must be kept absolutely clean, Do not expect to sell butter at top price to private customers unless it is top quality. The only way to grow heavier crops each year is to make the land continually richer, Few farmers are so situated that they | ean afford to keep A cow merely to raise her oalf, i The best way to keep up with agri. cultural progress is to take a live agrie | cultural journal, | who do oan make goo pee and fat, All farmers do not s bul those ’ 5 BM Lhe ashes, It is well known that excellent walks can but they are valuable for another purpose. The hogs will be benefited greatly if the ashes are fed to them. They correct the acidity of the pigs stonmmch, and do a vast amount of be made of them: | good, The Berkshires are one of the oldest breeds in existence, and one of their | drawing cards is a disposition to take on of flesh Another point in their favor is the immunity which they have from dis- ease, This im not saying that they are disease proof, but on account of their strong constitutions they are more able to keep disears at bay, from the start a great amount —— ———— There are over 15,000 Masonic lodges in existence, green-soiling you try If tobacco is to be made a paying crop ID your stock un it does | A DARING ADYEXTURER, Captain William Andrews, alre famous for his daring boats ivintures in on the stormy sail on a novel sand inter He crowed the ocean twi the by ~ TAU Dix in r, wh again in the "Merm being few yeur made to Land's nie Bgo on animais for | give struggle of sixty we America on a bark wi te hit New York take ) and Mis sen very interesting pur He isn hard &« re He bas made the subject Hl ter, nan of fixed turn from the pg in the ce ebra. fu ja and thons whic will heidl In y of tha biscovery of Amerion, he wil] tara in one of the great sted ners anil arrange to h exhibit his baat and ths dog which writes up day by day, at the Worl d's Fair ia Cais sago, where he will be one of the features of the magnificent display HINO. facturers of Sapolio are now perfecting, The assurance, we might almost say the line pudencs, of these aggresive min ulacturers insecuring a Coumbus of thelr own a probably without preceient in advertising, which the The Government of New Zealand is considering the question of laying a new cable to Australia at an estimated cost of $750,000, The altitude of El Paso in the trans. Pecos territory of Texas is 3830 leet above the sea,
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