TIS USELESS TO Wa've done the best we could, my dear, There's nothing to regret :. We've taught the children many trot he + On which our hearts were set And if against our old-time ways They foolishly protest, We need nover regret, my dear, That we have done our best, ——— REGRET, There's many a plan that's come to naught ; There's many a light gone out ; And disappointments, griefs and cares Have hedged us round about : And many a sad mistake we've made Throughout our lives, and yot We've done the very best we could "Tis useless to rogrot, For out of evil good has come, And out of darkiines Mohs. And all wrong doing in this world Some day will be set right ; And though we have not reached the height Attained by others, yet We've done the best we « "Tis useless to regret, , my dear; We've tried to live like honest folks, To do our duty well, Gainst evil things to take our stand, In goodness to exes! 80 judge yourself not harsily, dear, Nor at misfortunes fret: We've done the best we cot "Ils useless to regret, - i - r Y DIITNADIO (Troe THE EDITOR'S VISIT, BY FRANCIS ©. ~~ t= HE noon hour had / come, and the city 218 ns : ; ops Te nt editor of the ( aron- icle was very busy, making out an signment list, when 1 1-f Ol ald, and so WILLIAMS, rN Hae a queer ashion- ed figure of nto the by the AN came Bnd stood waiting side of desk. “Well !" said the city itor, ing up sharply, after an inst do you want?” “I wanted to know make use of this" comer, timidly } bundle of manuserip “I'm sure we can't 1 thing a trifle less h that you broug The editor, tively voung man, very ale the look ant, “what could the new city yYery quick in speech, and all business, took the manuscript, unfolded it with a snap and ran his eye over the first fow lin »s Then he his chair around and said, straightening up apd speaking testily : “Now look here, John Harmon, once and for all, bringing such stuff that nd I won't be bothered w at it! Why, this is identic same ent hist off on m } “But the old man. “Polished up + exclaimed X couldnt p would be re wheeled understand that it's ne } here, ) 18 as in ' ith I ano ur other. lish that matt wdable if grandfather!” “Why, y thas | orked f the r 8 rine it In BRWAY WaAlk« vithout a w The wind was ing hard ontsi and he drew his collar about his esrs walked despondently down a sid He had not { * went up the 1 opel wi th the lack of awoma the few bits of served by their staring ahead of him as if yond the opposite wail. there, there came a from the other end “Oh, Gran'pop, I It's awfully saw be stood child's ery the room As glad he f glad ! you come lonesoms The old man's isce brightened Hq reached the little girl eame running to him, canght her up and laboringly lifted her to his breast Then he kissed her and put her down Bhe did not see the tears on his cheeks as he talked to her of the fun the y would have that evening “after work was done After work the season when these two had romps together. Work, as little Polly well knew, meant writing, writing, writing nntil she would erawl upon the old man's knee and beg him to come play, and he would drop the pen from is erampad fingers and let hor kiss from his eyes the mist which would gather there, when he kept his mind long fixed on the pages before him. John Harmon waa nearly eighty, ‘a bioken-down newspaper man” he was called, and his only inheritance from past days was a knowledge of news paper writing anda little granddeugh- ter, whose mother and father had died in a fever epidemic a fow yours before, The old man threw the rejected down and, as was done w» as grand manuscript on a chair, then set abont | getting something to est for himself and fhe child, the little one sll the ‘while chattering to him of what they | ‘would do in the evening. When they had finisned he pulled on his cont once | more, kissed the child and went out again. A publishing house had prom- ised to look over some manuscript he had left a week or so before, He was going there to get their answer. He comprehended dally that this wnswe: might mean something to eat, bat, | and dissppesr in the elevator. more likely, keener hunger than ever. When the child was left to herself | tial to her going down; but she paid | she sat down and fell to looking over | no more attention to him some illustrated papers which were her | invariable source of amusement By { and by, becoming tired, she wandered { over to the table, The rejected manu- | script on the chair caught her eye. Gran’pop's papers were forbidden arti- eles to her, but when she saw this { package and slowly spelled out the writing on its cover, “the Chronicle,” there came to her mind that Gran'pop had told her when he was writing this | address the night before and was too | busy to play with her, that the manu- seript had to be sent in to-morrow. This was to-morrow, she reasoned, and the manuscript had not gone, Gran'- pop must have forgotten it! He would | be sorry, she knew. Presently there came to her a bright idea and she stood very still for a moment, thinking hard, Why could { not she the manuscript to the Chronicle? She knew where the office was ; she had been there with Gran'pop. It would be such a surprise to him to find it already gone when he came home. She decided to do it. took the bundle from the chair and pulled on her jacket and tied her hood fast. She was nsed to dressing herself and soon was on the steps, the mann. take She The elevator boy was quite deferen. than before, When she slipped out of the building | she hurried up the street, the letter in | corner { | near home sho ww “‘Gran’pop” just | to | her hand, As she turned the entering the door and ran hard | eateh him; but he had gone in before she came up, so she knocked on the door. and trembling, stood in the frame, “Thank God!" he breathed, drawing | her up in his arms and burying his face in her eurls, “I thought you were lost.” ‘No, I oniy been to th' office!” ex. claimed Polly, clinging to his neck. “To the office? Where do von mean?” ““Th' Chronicle office. I took writin' down there left chair and th’ editor gave me a for you; he was awful nice.” The old man took the enve lope she held toward him and dropped into a chair, With the child drawn cl against him he broke the paper with rembling fingers and read : Tug Danny Cusoxrone, Nao, 429 th' you on yRAY John Harmon, Esq. Dear Sir—We will use yor histoee fo @ oss ve script clutched firmly in her hand | Then she started off for the Chronicle | office, proud of her self-appointed mission The elevator boy sur. prised and not a little amused when she naked for the editor. He tried to chafl her on the way up, but she re- to take say of his re- marks, if she understood them. All her thoughts were on the top story and the editor fun making the elevator boy trifle and, thinking she might be old man's" was much fused notice Despite his Was 8 impressed, of the y arrived showed her to the the san and told her to } Then he | i 1d went back his pos r relations, wher upper floor he g door of at the nr ot to bring it down, she § | is 3 i, he up into his puzzled ones ow, the editor but this even for mm was not a man easily nfused, bere | having fliz P frighten: wt from here was no mystery to be obtained er. Fhe st ry was iy days tO any chair it and It it take him to decide a hand bell into the to me!” the editor said. A moment and the city editor of the entered, “Campbell,” began reading long, however, for what to do He struck on the desk and a boy cam ‘Send Mr. Campbell room Chronicle said the editor, writing that ia? the manuseript answered the other “it's old John Harmon's He brought it in here this morning snd I told him we couldn't use it. It's all ancient his tory " “Well,” said the editor a bit shortly, “it's the kind of ancient history the Chronicle wants. Can't you see that that's local matter that a good many would rather read than news? Give it # good place on the fourth page of to- morrow’s issue, and I'll tiy to see that we have a column of just such sic® twice a week. That'sall!™ Lhe eity editor did not see the little fignre in the big chair, and a bit dis. concerted at being turned down so sharply, he took up the manuscript again and left. the room wondering what wis the matter with the *‘old man,” and how the historical stuff had come into bis hands, When he had gone, the editor drew n sheet of paper toward him. Looking | at the little figure in the chair, he anid : | “I will write a letter for you to take | with you and give it to Gran'pop.” | She nodded her head wisely, snd ho | rapidly wrote a few lines. Then he | folded the sheet, put it in an envelope and rose, The little girl slipped ont of the | chair sand came neross to him, *“Clood : by!" he said, laying a hand on her | head, “and come and see me some | time again!” Then he opened the | door sud watched her ring the bell | yon OW wh he handed him Y es ba : : pleased to have you contrib: Hke matter as often as you for which we will pay Apace rates, Yours truly C. KN. Havaoon, There mans « an give it t al our reg Managing Edit 16 the read the last words WAS A m before Yes As li “Was he eross, Gran pop?’ queried Polly, seoing the “No, Polly," said the old straining her to him; *Y ATA, he has but it shall not your playtime, little d's Washing ya. Raising Foxes in Alaska, petunting us lots to do, with Kate ———— A Musical Canine ’ Critie, a Fre: r + L § Giradn ally tached to tl | named him Parade, and one or another of them always invited him to dinner He accepted the invitations and was a pleasant guest. It was discovered that after dinner always attended the theatre, where he seated himself ; corner of the orchestra and listenad eritieally to the masie, If a new picce was played he noticed it instantly and paid the strictest at tention If the piece had fine, melo. dious passages he showed his joy to the best of his doggish ability, but if the piece was ordinary and uninteresting he yawned, stared about the theater and unmistakably expressed his disap. proval. Brandon Bucksaw, me next day Iv tha in de he 2 : CRIMLY In & S— Salutations In Old Marblehead, The customary morning salutation at all seasons in old Marblehead, Mass. , in, “How is the fish?’ In the past rainy summer the answer, after a look down the street, has gene rally been, “Oh, her tail round.” This is the town's way o speaking of the weather vane on the Congregational Church, the infallible | oracle which determines whether boats shall put out to sea and leisurely lands men go n-riding. — Rochester Union and Advertiser, - EE ———— Fond of Captivity, It wonld be dificult to find & more eloquent tribute to the kindness be. stowed on the brutes kept at the dog pound than thet paid by a dog dis. posed of a few days ago by the pound authorities to some man on the other side of the river. The dog had not been away from the pound more than forty-eight hours before he broke away from his new master, swam the Ohio and all wet turned up at the pound entrance snd barked for wd mission, —Cineinn~ ti Times Star, The same instant it was pulled | open hurriediy and the old man, white | th' | lettor in going round and | MEASUREMENT OF HAY IN A STACK. Hay settles in the stack quite slowly on sceount of the elasticity of the It is a matter of guess work wholly how much it may settle, but in a month it may settle one-tenth in the height of the stack and more slowly after until it stops. New stacked twenty-four hours only will weigh more than a ton for 1000 cubic feet ; after a month the weight of a ton will be about 900 feet, New Yo rk Time $ grass stems, hay CuLiIc MULES The mule is used much horse in the South, probab part becanse Southern laborers to be trusted with the and valuable animal. A 3S SN TTY STIL) FOR FARM WORK, more gpirited Southern nares croj and os MOTHS | mre better idious ns { ardsiup better, Lr The farmers gril ana orthern BUYET REY Yi wil | as i sage {win Fhe Hes lower twines in Apart experienced j vines follow the wires, and This trellis wil think it is the poles Oe mt sixteen trouble is ai little ng th 8 CEBATY Years, and we t 1m vyement over ican Farme 4 PLANTING THE GRAPE Ex if Tie Tal d grapemen eve rywhe re leep planting and it is a Jesson must learn sooner or later. We may think it an absurd thing to plant avine afoot and a aif or two feet deep, but unless we do we may as well let grapes alone Nearly all planters recommend at least the former depth, and it is a cus tom followed in the oldest grape conntries. Not only is it an all but universal method, but in some of the Rhine countries all surface roots are ent off by thrusting the spade down alongside the vine, so compelling the plant to find its entire sustenence in the subsoil. Without a deep and thorough pre- paration of the soil our vines will be both short lived and unproductive, Drainage must be secured if necessary, for a grape will not endure wet foot, | nor will fertilizing the subsoil be of | the least ase so long ss water remains i in it, How to enrich the whole soil to the | depth of ot least one foot is, in the | vineyard, an important matter. It may bly be done otherwise, but to pro- mote & good healthy growth of vine and fruit, there isto my mind no way at all equal to ploughing in good com- post, either of muck well dried out or of parings of low rich lands, hudlading : bushes, vines, all the smal wire prot won de hand gs nrax ong with hardwood ashes and a sprinkling of bone, distributed all through the soil by repeated ploughings, will give you wood and fruit, Now, in preparing to plant, throw out w.de, open furrows, or dig holes at least three feet wide and a foot and a half deep, and put in 8 generous KULp= ply--a bushel or more—of the same compost Mix it with the best surface thnt plant # soil, RIG In 1H ne an 1 at suflice, will orchard will e¢ fruit and nscots th in the nsume wormy Change ¢ quarters and pasture your sheep occasionally the non-fruitage of trees » much wood is a prolific esas A creamery should not be started « less than three hundred cows Oil meal is a concentrated food and should be given in moderation The more Mowers are pieke 1. the more flowers the plant will bear Raspberries, with the exception of Blackeaps, can be planted in the fall Mulched tomatoes produce larger Crops than those that are not mulched. A little extra work in mellowing the soil will give a larger profit. when the erop is harvested Market gardeners are preparing the land and sowing turnips and lettuce for the late market, Those kinds of eabbage which have firm, close heads are the least injured by the eabbage worm. Tarnips will produce larger crops when weeded, but they will do well on the average ground if not cultivated. The loss by shrinkage of vegetables stored in cellars is very great; some claim it to be as high as forty per cent. To get the best results with rasp- herries, cut ont old wood and all weak stalks as soons as the bearing season is over, After the potato vines have died down, the } that beiy on them kre apt to attack the other plants, nls ly the ta, but they on be killed by appl Paris green. 1 \ It cost Americans $200,0 30,000 fog tobacco last year, es. ce Ehortage in Rubber Boots and Shoes, ————— Owing to the recent money stringency the Rubber Ehos factories a sprpendd wor several weeks, the only exception wing | Colchester Co., the demand Epading Boot obliging them to min on “padding Boot § need Lhe best Hu around wear. How's Thin! I dred Dolla thal cannot ire l.Cansey & Co signed, have kr « Hoxsie's Certain Croup Cure ’ ‘ “ ' We Cure Rupture, is. Beeck ux tio other 5 tent Hood's*#* Cures Hood's Sarsa parilla g 1a { ! re PILLS HOODS | “WE J. i “August Flower” ay | happy t to suffering humanity, tha has used y« August F] ~ ony alii ur wonderiui f Ne] oF IF NT tis u RR i ti MEE. 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