AS DIES THE YEAR, The Old Year knocks at the farmhouse door, October, come with your matron gaze, From thie fruit you are storing for winter days, And prop him in on the granary floor, Where the straw lies threshed and the corn stands heaps; Tet him eat of the bread he reaped; He is feeble and faint, and cau work no more. tleman who was introduced by Mrs. Weldon as ‘*my brother, Doctor Ger. rish,” und to find this member of the family a cripple and invalid. He was a tall, shight-built man ot thirty-seven or eight, with a delicate, refined face, and with one shoulder deformed, while there was a decided halt in his gait, Shrink. ing evidently from notice, he yet made an effort to aid in entertaining his sister's guests, and conversed in a low, sweet voice, almost womanly in its delicate modulations. It was not until the next day that Frank, sauntering through the garden with Eloise, spoke of his uncle. “No,” he said, in answer to her ques- ticn, ‘he did not live here before you went abroad. He was practicing medi- cine then in Boston, but he was injured y by a fall, and he lost his property in some unfortunate investments; so mother insisted upon his coming bere, to take care of her while I was in Europe, Since then 1t has been easy to persuade him to stay. He enjoys the seclusion, and he is a close student, contributing largely to medical literature, though he has ceased He cannot trust ais nerves Weaker he waneth, and weaker yet, November shower your harvest down, Chestnut, and mast, and acorn brown; For you he labored, so pay the debt, Make him a pallet—he cannot speak— An a pillow of moss for his pale, pinche) cheek, With your golden leaves for coverlet, He is numb to touch, he is deat to cal Decembe And dead, A dover him lay a wan white pall, Take down the mattock and ply the spade, And deep in the clay let clay bo laid, r, hither with muffled tread, gaze on the Year, for the Year is And snowflakes fall at his funeral, to practice. My wage well earned and my workdays done, be nervous.” ‘Does he suffer much?" “Not physically, but I think he does mentally. He was ambitious and an en- thusiast in his profession. It was hard to be cut short in what promised to be an unusually successful career.” “Very hard,” said Eloise, with a great sigh, **It is as bad as being with no great object to live for.” Frank looked slightly bewildered, but made no reply. Eloise had never con- | fided to him the longings of her heart to be a oreat artist or a great singer, nor to fashionable And the seasons following one by one, To the slow sweet end that the wise foresee; Fed from the store of my ripenad sheaves, Laid to rest And with snow-white souls to weep for me, ~ Alfred Austin, in London World, A LEAP- BY ANNA SHIELDS, on fallen leaves, | | | "EAR STORY. ELDON Eloise in Luttrell, Carriage in PARK, said Mr. as the which the weary diszust to her that it was be only a with plenty of ! know she must money o: her in his daveb. Dis daughb had | he and her father's ter ¢/] cacnot even be Lady Dountiful,” thought this disgusted young lady, “for there are no very poor people about here and papa woul $ 1 not let rn 10 the same kn wing how the iotimacy commenced, Doctor Gerrish and Eloise became friends, Dear me, wish look ou were half asleep. Thus imon E sat more erect, and put sc animation into her greeting as the carriage stopped at the | turning to him for sympathy in foet of the flight of broad stairs leading | opinions, her evident Mrs. Weldon an She sang bis y welcome their his favorite colors; and when woula talk to her of his pursuits, she ished, ise tery in her respectful deference noe pleasure in his so- to the porch, where ber son waited te It had been understood in the Wi Frank the fortu The thems ciety. ests. | wore he far IRIS of book in progr felt a strange sense f elation at being thought worthy of his confidence. Alterations were being made at Lattrell where Mr. Luttrell talked of ablishing himself for future; were not urged forward very rapidly. grounds & portion of vears that | els, day unite | Marriage. a. when ¢ the but chu nd life ng frie r. ittrel hey belonged as Of house and property bequeathed to and Mr, Luttrell ofun abroad wgain, as if the settling dowa at Luttrell lecided upon. } . vise uer; when Mrs. i id , ana spoke of going was not entirely is as well to have the place in or Place 2 1 | a that it would be | ler.” he told Eloise. marry Frac m bject to living " houczh Mrs. Weldon would be as model z “ law.” ire to aere you Iw, voted much of of invalidism, mi TCArs singe to her u ther-in It w bad left America to travel fit of Mrs. Luttrell’s died. n t} der Germany, and an Eog In the full they went to their own in Italy. She bad studied music under | home, snd Frank became a daily visitor, the best masters, had dabbled in art had | while there was seldom a week passed gone into society at filteen to *‘keep loise did not drive over in her papa company” when her mother was ill. | pony-carriage to call on Mrs. Weldon. Early developed, she had never yet had | She was unlike the calm, sell-possessed suy love-aflair, and when Frank Weldofi | woman who had returned from Europe, was sent abroad to finish his education, | in those lays. She was restless and pre- joined the Luttrells, Eloise gave him occupied, neglecting her usual pursuits, burning blush aod drooping eyes. More than once she had met any refer ence to that tacit engagement in the same way, but Mr. Luttrell questions. health, when she at time Eloise had been un. a German governess in 2 Freach aris sh governess ia London and the governess in when and a cool but friendly reception, quite pre- and often shutting hersell up in her pared to marry kim on the foreign plat- | room for hours together, coming out torm, to *‘please papa.” with red eyes and pale cheeks, but never They were together in many foreign speaking of iliness or sorrow. cities, but their love making was of the | Christmas came, and there was a ball most languid description, each giving | at Weldon Park, which would be fol- the other cordial liking and thinking | Jowed, it was understood, by a similar ardent quite superfluous under | entertainment at Luttrell Place on New the They parted in| Year's Eve. It was between these two Paris, and Frank bad at homo festivities that Mrs, Weldon came, one neatly two years when he welcomed the | day, to visit Eloise. Luttrells to America sad to Weldon The dear little woman was terribly Park. troubled and took her grief to headquar- “You must make us a long visit before | ters. Quite by accident, she had dis- you go home,” Mrs, Weldon had written | covered that her crippled brother had to Eloise, ‘it is so long since your house | given his heartto the beautiful girl who was opened that it will not be habitable | had so gently won his confidence, and feeling circumstances, been you can essily superintend all the clean | appalling to his warm-hearted sister. It ing or re-furnishing.” | was the strangest thing to ask, but she Bo, after a few days’ rest In New York | did ask Eloise to stay away from Weldon the Luttrells telegraphed to Weldon | Park until after her marriaje. Park and were mot at tie station by the “Then my brother and I will go carriage. abroad until be is himself again,” she It must be confessed that Mrs. Wel- | said, ‘and I know you will keep his se. don was not pleasantly impressed by the eret. You will never let him know I entire coolness of her daughter-in-law: | betrayed his confidence, Eloise!” she elect, She was a warm-hearted, impul- | pleaded. sive little woman, who idolized ber only | “I will never lot him know." son, and she made little allowance for “He feels the fact of his poverty and the early maturity into which Eloise had | his deformity so keenly,” said Mrs. Wel. been forced. It chilled her to see how | don, **that he would never dream of calm and self-possessed this girl of speaking of his love; but he has a true, twenty was, and even the statuesque | noble heart, and it will not be easy for character of her superb beauty rather | him to conquer the passion he feels, appalled her. She gave Frank a half | Poor Stephen! He bas had a hard life.” frightened look ms the guests swept up Eloise echoed the sigh, but made no the stairome to the rooms prepared for | comment, sod Mrs. Weldon departed, them, and Frank, as soon as they were only half satisfied with herself, Bbe out of hearing, broke into a boyish | might have been fess ao had she heard laughter. Nearly five years older than | 4 question Eloise asked Frank a fow Eloise he looked younger, belug blond | hours later, They were discussing the aud boyish, while she was brunette sad | ball in prospect, when Eloise said: stately. 1think fo her heart of hearts | “Frank, don't you think this farce of Eloise rather despived lus merry, lght. | our en t bad better end! You hearted nature, but she never «expressed | will never care hall as much for me as say such opinions, you do for that y May Hilton.” hen the guests joined mother and | And Frank y assented, son in the drawing reow, before diooer, | The night of the ball was clear, bril. lsat moonlight, sad Doctor Gerrish, they were both surprised to meet a gen. # since his accident, and a doctor dare not | “You aed Frank ; o . | Like all Jong distance "phones, it is ar- who seldom left home, astonished his sister by appearing in full dress just be- fore the carriage started. “[ am going with you,” be said, but did not explain that there had reached him a little note from Eloise. “[ have a New Year's gift for you, and beg you will come for it on Wednesday even- ing." She had never seemed to him so win. ning ns on that evening when, in one of her exquisite Parlsian toilets, she re- ceived her friends. Stately as ever, there was yet a soft light in her eyes he had never seen there betore, and her voice was low and musical as she gave him cordial greeting. Just before midnight, she took his arm and led him to the conservatory, to ask his opinion of some new arrangement there. They were standing quite alone among the flowers when the church cloek struck twelve. Bilently they counted the strokes, and as the last one died away, Doctor Gerrish took Eloise’s hand in his own, saying, ina low, tender tone: “May I wish yous happy New Year?” She was very pale as she looked into his face and answered: “You alone can make it This is the first Lour of 1892 —leap.yoar—and I —]—you ought to know, stupid!” Nobody else was very much astonished, but Mr. Luttrell went abroad when Doce tor and Mrs. Gerrish took up their abode at Luttrell Place just week after Frank Weldon brought pretty May Wel- 80, one | don, nee Hilton, to Weldon Park. 8 woman | “He never would have asked me, | papa,” Eloise said, when she confessed | “and | dreadf the truth of her proposal to her father; et he loved —indiscreet—or unmaidenly, do h me! il you think, papal” And Mr. Luttrell only said: “ Very! see why any one else shou d object, And there was no doubt that Doctor than pleased with his The Ledger. gt hint y daugning heartily, Bat If he is pleased I do not " Gerrish was more lately acquired treasure. am ————————— The Long Dis'anes Telephone. : “ hin HStrange, ” remarked a ieman wh vou will be al London cockney drop his hs | gar Square.” ' Eloise would have indignantly denied | tering any one, | and yet there was the most delicate flat. | munication. to | Doctor Gerrish's opinions, her babit of | her | | pounds to the mile. favorite song and | | Chicago twice as large as the Lis | { of an Professor Bell says it is only the ¢ tion of a very short when all |} civilized world will be in telephonic com time between New York about an eighth of an They weigh 180 It was concluded to put up a wire between New York and ae in new cir The wires in uso and Pittsburg are inch in diameter. 180 be The y of wires one-fourth and the wire the mile. The as a double )}) mile circuit nthe 5 t is therefore mad inch in diameter, weighs 435 pounds to circuit 1s what is known cul | metalic circuit, containing two wires for | 528,500 pounds of to | s : wk ’ Mttshure her mother's | F#DUTE snd Pittsburg, fe {i town To make the wire were used. circuit runs west through East P an Ohio, wire The Mm, Har- Young «nd South the entire distance, and Toledo, is no difference in the appear. ance of the transmitter. It is the same littie instrument, undoubtedly one of the | ranged on an oak table, | apparatus is end . ' | the sound, aud the ara of the speaking And Eloise had answered only by a | 0 sound, sdb. 5 | bad asked no | | married at Taos, N. M., on greatest inventions of modera times. The working losed in glass to promote tube is longer und arranged so as to be on a level with the face. If the line to Chicago is profitable it will be exten ded to San Fraocisco.— Detroit Free et ————— Kit Carson's Family. Christopher Carson, the famous pio. neer, guide, and Indian fighter, wm the 2d of His first child, Char- 1850, and died February, 1843 ley, was born May 1, | April 1, 1851. His second child, Julian | (Billy), was born October 1, 1852, He | Was four years Sheriff of Costilla County, and died there several years ago. His third child, Teresina, was born June 233, 1855, and is now living at Romerville, | near Las Vegas, N. M. His fourth child, Christoval, waa born June 12, 1868, and is now living at Las Animas, Col., and is commonly known as Kit Carson, Jr, | His fifth child, Charles, was born | August 2, 1861, and is now residing at : La Junta, Col., and posesses more nearly | all the noble characteristics of his fa- | mous father than any of the rest of Kit Carson's children, His sixth child, Re. becca, was born April 13, 1564, and died at Springer, N. M., April 13, 1885, His seventh child, Estefanita, was born | December 23, 1806, and is now the wife | for months, and you will be 20 near that | the hopelessness of his attachmeot was | of Thomas Wood, residing at La Junta, Col. His eighth child, Joselita, was bern April 14, 1808, and is now the wile of William Squires, residing at Glad. stone, N. M. All of Kit Carson's chil. dren were raised till of age by Thomas | 0, Boggs, who resides near Clayton, N. M. Mrs. Boggs Is a neice of Mm. Kit Carson, Sr, Nr , Jesse Nelson, resid. ing in Otero County, is a sister of the ploneer. There are no brothers or sisters of Mrs, Kit Carson now hving, —Trinl- dad, (N. M.) Advertiser. —————— Cure for Ivy Poisoning. Dr. T. B. Btanley reports that he had some is Sos tovere case of ivy pol. soning which was not relieved by the or. dinary remedies, As a last resort a strong decoction of chestnut leaves was used, bathing the inflamed parts every threo or four houm. In twenty.four hours all the distressing symptoms had subsided, and the twas d cured, Binee this experiment Dr, Stan. has bed the castanea treat. ment for all esses of rhus and ivy pol. soning, and in all of the inflamma. tion, with the sin result in every Was I very | Press. cane of from all symptoms fn from twenty four to wo hours, Boston Cultivator anda 1 LYE LIME FOR THE HENHOUSE. Lime should be frequently sprinkled about a benhouse; it should also be used in conjunction with carbolic ac id, both being deoderizers, purifying the air and exterminating vermin quickly from the premises. with a strong solution of sulphuric acid, and you need feel no fear of cholera or | many other disenses which poultry from time to time troubled York Independent. Are with, ~-Now ——— SMAL POTATOES. / years ago it was my duty to boil the small potatoes ) per boiler (built in brick, with an oven fire draft underneath), and then them with barley meal and feed them t the The method sprinkle the dry meal over the in a big cop hogs, used \ tatoes and then pquecze the the hand and thus thorougl rate the mea scmi-mash or slop, by adding the in which t boiled, tice I have followed in feeding in the West, instead of barley meal, as being th heapest and the food, My with them and waler were This prac using best {or little gre — ad oe the islands of » known as the banker, n on the sand banks of 1 and mainland are Ie he Sable Island pony milar in to the form AL Animal = rin every way y thy is « Peki ive but . in the sale this may be on account letnan ng nts Kis oi t 1 wut few farmers keep ducks, and th - who do hardly ever think of putting the eggs ou the market. In many farmers households it is preferable to keep the duck’s eggs for use, and place those of the poultry on the market, there e world why egy» laid by these web- footed « not fi Certainly i DO reason in : reatures should nd as ready a sale as those of the other denizens of the poultry yard It costs more to produce one of these eggs than an ordinary ben's egg. They are a good deal larper, this reason the; should get a better price But even with a better price it would not pay if the eggs were lad by the ordinary barnyard duck. It would pay just as Inng as the supply of eggs Is kept; but this class of animals are noted for the fewness of their eggs. The Pekin ducks, as we have said before, are best layers of any of the varieties of ducks, and if they are kept and fed carefully un doubtedly a profit would be derived from the sale of eggs. American Farmer. nd for SCAR ON SHEEP Those who have once had the sead disease in their flock of sheep do not need any description of its effects, but | for others, we will say that the lnclina. tion to be constantly rubbing is the first symptom, with a biting of the fleece where it can be reached, and a sore to be found where the wool comes off, | from the centre of which ye ‘ow matter | is discharged. To cure it the following remedies are used: Washiog the sheep with soap and water, and then dipping in an infusion of arsenic, at the Others mix the common mercurial oint. ment with from three to five times its weight of lard, and apply about two ounces to each sheep, parting the wool, | and rubbing it in at distances of about four inches apart. Another remedy, and less dangerous to handle, is to mix one pound of sulphur and one-half pound of tar, then rub this well into about two pounds of lard, and apply in the sme way as the mercurial ointment. Others dip In a strong solution of to: bacco, well steeped. In this, which is perhaps, the most commoaly used in this country, as in the armenic solution, care must be taken to keep the sheep's head out of the liquid, The time for dipping is about one to three months after shearing, and the sheep should not be over heated, or thirst and t , should not stand in a hot sun, work should be finished early suough #0 that they may ry off well The runs should be sprinkled | to mix | to rate of | a half pound to twelve gallons of water, | Liga night. They should be kept in it from one to two minutes, and then | the wool should be squeezed as dry as | possible after they are taken out. Do | not allow the drippings to fall upon any thing they are likely to eat, and do not let unweaned lambs in with | few hours after dipping. them for a If the first application does not cure, in ten days or two weeks repeat it. One tub or trough { in which to dip them and another for | draining them, or squeezing the dip owt of the wool, There are | several patent preparations offered for Are NECESKATY. sale as sheep dips, and they are probably compounded of lines, all upon some these ~American Cultivator, THE CARE OF ROADS. Wisdom in construction gave France + best roads in the world a number of years organization and The most perfect for wears out; the ¢ road well taken care of will The French One man of road, by doing here a lit- The road is always lition, The gutters are grass plats side sn, and the main from f the roadway is ago. Complete care has kept them so. road uncared soon poorer slot soon have a smooth surface. roads are never out of repair, of a | often several takes care lone stretch miles, : y tie and there a little, in ideal siong Lhe are free all irains across the As the grassy th hes above the ut eight ight with rar rap ' hes dd ep, : 1 y Deati Fr 1 3 i Witla irRIDS ros in the d in dry. sand breaks up the ear, wel ust f road and in the #41. Pp 00s sLOnes, breaks hem in regular heaps for . takes care of trees mile posts the in the immediate y of the road and are expected to work during the day. ols Whee!- wooden sh vel, pic KX, m, rake, crowbar, This system of caring every - roadmen ive ) 8 COT y of the stant, slightest evi- The result is ns never ob He i» and secs are ordinary traveler, perfection an walk slong these getting his iry summer time from dust, All { coostant, diligent, g ization, The cal and prudent French people know good roads, and that good care of Field and wit! In the out eco. ing gat FARM AXD GARDEN NOTES, Do not leave the turnips out too long. If you buy an iocubator get a good one Give the heos chopped onions ocea- sionally. Clean up, whitewash and get the hen- house ready. All bree 1s of { in their favor. wis have certain points Do not try to winter more hens then you can care for well, From now on until spring early and late feeding should be the rale. Arrange convenient drinking vessels for the fowls during the winter, Fruit troes planted in the fall should have the earth well firmed about them. It is important to have the floor of the duck and geese quarters dry in winter. Olean up the coops and give a dose of | coal oll before putting away for the sea. son. One of the best ways of securing dry- ness under foot is by using dry earth on | T*MOTHERS' the floor. Dressed poultry should always be thoroughly cooled out before packiog | for market, Seo that there are no cracks in the hon-house through which draughts can | strike the fowls, By watching the fowls for the first appearance of cold and curing it croup may be prevented, When the fowls must stay in the house, soatter the grains among straw or litter to give them exercise, Por swelled heads wash clean with warm water and then anooiut the whole head with glycerine. Considerable care must be taken to | prevent the eggs from getting chilled, if they are to be hatched in aa incu. bator, While loss range is needed during the winter than ia summer, at the same time it is usually best to give the fowls every opportunity to exercise, I ty of clover is given to the Itry there will be much loss nooewity for supplying lime, as there is considers able ia the composition of clover. 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