THE HUNTER'S MOON, A frosty presage fills the air, The hills are lost in haze, and soon High in the heavens, full and fair, Will rise the hunter's moon, And with the moonrise she will come Down garden paths we knew of old, Where summer's fairest flowers lle numb With withered red ard gold ; ’ All save the flower of love-——confessed The bloom that holds us most in thrall, Aud this within her faithful breast Doth spring perennial, Then rise, oh hunter's moon, and grace The dark earth with thy silvery boon ; A dearer light thou bring'st her face To me, oh, hunter's moon ! Minton Roallard N fn Frank Loslis’a re — - ISS HELEN. OWDY! word for it—too genteel by half. We were as wicked a set at our dig- gin's as New South Wales could show -no slight thing. If the world’s ket- tle had been set on the boil we'd have come to the top as prime scum--truth, and no lie, mate, But among us was a man dubbed ‘‘the Squire,” because, thongh he fared like the rest of us, toiled, lived and dressed just as we did, yet there was that in him which stamped him as of quite a different breed. Swells out of luck are to be found by the bushel in Australia: still, I never came upon his donble before or since, Ramor went that he was a baronet at home in England, but had been forced to cut and run : so he tried New South Whales and the gold dig- gin's, bent on succeeding He did not live alone; his daughter was with him, though how and when she reached him none knew: she had reached him, and bore her strange life as best she might They dwelt in a small shanty in the midst of many pines, A poor, rough place, : from the other ;: 8 for such a stately picture A Woman ~—a lady, with the same superior bear- ing visible in her father. I'd walked that way with the Squire once, and she ran i The sight of her struck me all of & he AD, 50 nnex pected in the lonely spot, where ther was no other company than the bright winged birds, no other sound than the stir of the windy trees. She was tall, the color of wild roses in her cheeks, heaven's blue in her eyes. Her dress, dark and close-fitting, had none of the flashy ornaments that women such as we take up with cram on coiled smooth sbont like black satin “This one of my dear,” said ‘‘the Squire,” voice and his hard smile. Since then, I had hung about the log hot often, labor ended. 1 fetched water, got in sticks, cleaned boots, or did such odd jobs which were not fis for her, and said no word ; but she found me out of "Tis no far apart jueer frame huts if MH ut to meet him. ' her hair, her head, shone is chums, ¢ ay with his soft 158 na to welp as I could give, braces and was for such |} hat I meant no harm, though I startled her at first—a ereat Orson of a chap in my rough One ev n her watch How eerie it trees; the i branches, bring ning I came tloaming 1CRLN the srigr hs ! th a | ha sough arough the ing a d Win ash of rain; a was in the delug: black clouds sweeping across the sky “] about a) 1 ae said, loc RIN anxious father,’ King like a tall white lily that somehow had shoved into ths wrong pot, ahd touching my big earth-stained fingers with her flue, slim hand. “I am always anxious about him; though, since knowing you, I has not felt so absolutely dis- tressed, for I am glad to recollect that yOu are You would stand harm, I think.’ “Why, Yes, my been 11 Cail and within his between him Miss ; make your mind easy on that re; 'twould with a will But what harm is like to some, that you need flurry?” “Ned I" eried, stopping sud detly, (her father always called me wo), ‘I had such a curious dream last night. 1 dreamed that 1 went down into the little valley beyond the wood, and there I saw my father lying on the grass sound asleep--s0 sound that I could not wake him; while the clus ters of wild flowers sprang up so high that they hid him and I heard the pines 1a the diftance chanting a 30! emn kind of litany. I was crying when I woke." *You are too much alone, Miss, and grow nervous.” “My father has been very fortunate lately, has he not?” she asked, ““He has had some good finds, miss: and to-day he got hold of two jolly big muggets.”’ “Iam glad. Will he bring them home this evening? What's that?" sud she sprang to the door, flinging it open, the shine of the lsmp behind her. it you?" But she broke off, alarm in her voice: “Nod! Ned!" for no father was there, but two of the worst of our lot—seamps for whom hemp was grow- #4 be done she ing; the one a hlackguard sailor; the | other a smartish, slimp obap, thin, dark, lying. His name was Phil Dawlish, I remembered now, as I saw him o the flash of the light, that he as well as I, had been near whon ‘the Squire” held up the two great nuggets; and it struck me—1'm quick at conslusions — that both scoundrels had not intended to come up to the house, but were just lurking round What for? Miss Helen—1 only knew hor by her Christian name then--faced them steadily, though she had called me to Yer, and asked whet they wanted. “Why. nothin’ ws svecial. mise.” “Dearest fathar I” she cried, ‘is | him; “‘on’y, is the old Boss at home? high, to show she was not frightened; but I, being close to her, could hear | her heart thudding like = | while the blood flamed to her { under the foul gaze roving over her. “Why do you ask?” “Just this, mum. Will yon be as good as tell him that me and my pal’s off to Hulton's Ranch for ashort spell, { and if he'd like to tramp over-—why, ‘tis a mighty 'andsome part ’'o the { country, snd he'd be welcome, that's all.” She shut the door unon them. draw. | ing a stout bar across it, ‘‘Are those {the men he works with?" she eried, flinging up her hands. ‘Heaven help us!" [ was casting round for another job, when she stayed me by asking if I would go to meet her father. “But you" “Nay; I do not mind. The little house 1s secure. Why,” with a wist- ful smile, “I am always alone from daybreak until dark.” { 1knew it was the fact; so, bidding her open fo none until she heard me or ‘the Squire’’ whistle, I started on my errand. Not very far had I to go, for I met him in that same little ravine of which his daughter had dreamed ; it skirted the pinewood. His pick was over his shoulder, his right hand in his pocket feeling the nuggets, perhaps. He Was singing a in some foreign lingo, Italian or Spanish. He looked more content than I had seen him more at rest, nodding to me in his patronizing fashion. Afters fewstray words, I related what had happened, advising him to be on his guard, “Thanks, I will,” he replied, haught ily, amused at the scamps asking him to pay a visit in their company. ‘But I've 8 secret to tell Ned.” he added. “I have done with Green Val ley Creek, and off its crow, Luck has favored me beyond my hopes I can afford to turn my back upon it hter to Mel- ‘ " . vhit might of BONK YOu, shaken I shall take bourne, I there As my laug have the he little tie of shattered ; the radeship between us y ’ moment we were sundereda t yv he brushed it [rie “You were always an hone Ned-—a trusty creature! you come fo-morrow; m will like to shake hands f wre alie F aves aw st fellow, surcthat daughts r with you be and he went on gay ly through the rich, thick grass No rest was 1 that night; was in the air $0 I e nine sleep, I got up and l—1 knew I mu myself! In went being a fo misery t empty ! empty! ou see, I was hard hit, mate, like the donkeys What was Miss Helen to me? What could been to me? lamber- to she ever have LL) ing, vagabond chap, not worthy Kisa the dust she trod on jut I must go back and watch the covered for this last night, so I returned to the ravine. In it were little dell with the flowers Australian those } ner house that Many wild sam outward, were ip his fallen pick, knowing My i } little kitchen door nndon 5 fiends In poss: fear of inter ruption. They were in *‘the Squire's” bedroom, making free with some whis ky which he had kept Where was Miss Helen I found her in the sitting room, tied in her chair, her h teeth had struck her 3 ssion had small in a cupboard her lips bleeding over the cursed hounds “There are three of ‘those man er white fw They them,” she who whispered ; came and another watched for my father, and murdered him-they told me Hark ! they are coming. Ned, they have pistols, and will shoot you where you stand Go away this instant-—only-—kill me first," and she lifted her white pillar of a throat, ‘Now, my beauty," roared a drunken through the thin partition, ‘‘we're bringin’ you a cup o' whisky to drink our ‘ealths in. Ain't you longin' for us to make love to ye? We'll stow away the rhino first, and then you shall have your turn.” “Be quiet,” 1 whispered back to her, hacking at the cords with my knife ; and in a few seconds I had her out of the chair, and we dashed out of the house together, On and on and on nntil the last tree | was at our backs, Then we made for n lane which led to Johnson's tavern, leaving the yells faint in the distance ; there we stopped, and there she told her tale. Nowa spread quickly at the diggin's, and Judge Lynch is for immediate action. Before noon the stolen gold including the two big nuggets had { been recovered, and a couple of fig ures dangled from an oak by the way- | side. 80 vyolioe hammer, | brows | stammered Dawlish, lifting his ragged debts which can never be repaid, and straw hat with swellmob politeness and | I am your debtor always a leer which made me tingie to kick | Ned!" and holding out her hands to always, me, she bowed her lovely head upon II mean your pa, miss," he translated. | my big, brown fists and sobbed, “No,” she replied, nodding her head | “Youn are very welcome, Miss Helen.” 1 spoke with a quiet voice. “1 wish—1I could have been an gentle- man for just a little while, so that I might have served you better.” “A gentleman!” she cried, lifting her face, and looking full at me, and then she raised these hard fists of mine to her soft lips and kissed them, Yes, she kissed them-—and I!—how was] to help it?—the touch of those soft lips broke me down smash. Yet she was not aogry--not offended She put ont her little hands to me again, meaning—JI knew it--both to silence and to comfort me. Bhe did speak for what conld she have said what could any stately lady such as the have said? engines wero puffing, up. a rain of pitying tears. When the pletely ont AJ ounce of sight, and its I hurried back to Green Valley Jreek, and took up my work again. Hard work is the best friend life has for us, | : | located directly under the kitchen an forgotten Mise ! K N sl | the bedro I. sometimes, But I have never Helen—1 never shall forget her: and I've trudged to the old spot often and stood before the ¢ mptiy house, That's my story, old chappie ; we've each our own, of sort or another. Chambers's Magazine. — Cashmere Shawls, one went to town to rikit » manufactory of Cashmereshawls, After a terribly unattractive approach, we again clambered up some staism and emerged into , full of looms, with about forty men all hard at work One we He had in fron sand shuttles out of these he would selee thread it through as many of the stretched tightly bef One day we a large room especially wached, t of him nearly a thon- {f different shades, and h one ine strands fore after him as his pattern ng he pulle heavy 80 doi bar, which [8 ish ttl cross thread the In out the now each has his ows of paper in at the shawls, the puting in d days one read pattern to rest, but i 1 Oona slip It is said often wen in taken Jhelum, It we were told, for inches of this yard wide, working from 5 in the morning till owning ay, so it wes hardly ‘o thet two yards shounid front o WAYY ' nay th i} v f thn f 8 41 curves of ontha, do Ten Din the be IrEroom, } RO rad to exchange its heated atmosphere for a cooler breath of air, to check the wi it was imposible thought of the contrast are {0 our own We with the gayly dressed crowd gathered to see a polo todrns- ment, and our thoughts straved back to that stifling room obvious such lives mingled with ta conseloss monotony and perpetual grind, where machines, wove hour f color into And yet the assert self, n one sense, are hour by ng in the tiny threads tl up the pattern and color The vie design, ¥ wh open be fore id DY An with he A The Cornhill Magazine, ——. Spring” in Georgia, Master han A “Petrifying The "Ro ’ ful properties of recent mints of the wonder- a certain creek in the Black Hills country, said to transform plants, nnts, , and flesh, into solid minds me that there is spring in Brooks County, Georgia, which in a very short time converts wood and several other substances into hard rock. The peculiar which is 1 ICRAY OR even stone, rer fn pualities of this Georgia fountain have been known since early in the century when an old “b'r hunter” accidentally lost his knife in the basin, which has been hollowed out of the granite strata by the ceaseless bubbling of the water A month Ister the old trapper again repaired to the spring and was agree. ably surprised to find his favorite knife. The water had had no effect upon the bright steel, not even to the extent of leaving a speck of rust, but with the wood of the knife's handle it was far different. The petrifying particles with which the water is so highly impregnated had entered every pore snd sap-tube in the wood, and what was but a few weeks before a | hickory handle of “home-make” was now two thin slabs of solid stone, wood-like in appearance, but as hard and unyielding as a chip from a granite bowlder, To this day the place is known as “Old Moore's Petrifying | Spring. "'--8t. Louis Republic, - - Cn —— The Biggest. Cask is the new tun at Munich. Diamond is the Jagersfontein gem of 971 karats, Cable message ever sent from Afries wos King Behanzin's $1500 message. Photograph was at the World's Fair ~-teon feet long, eighteen inches wide, Lump of coal ever mined weighs As soon as it was possible Miss Helon | 50,280 pounds, and was, of course, st | started for Melbourne, whence sho was would join her mother's relatives very hoavy swells indeed, I believe. And I followed her in secret every | not until I stood by her on the deck | of the steamer, after I had helped to but" And then I shut up. ¥ inch of the way, thongh she knew it | stow her boxes & lely in the hold. | Then I blurted out that I hoped she biggest of their kind: “would not be offended at my coming, | Curtis, Neb,, who weigh as much as a | “Ned!” she cried, “brave Ned! grapes from Washin dear, kind, good Ned! There are, pounds New York the Fair, Railroad loop in the world is prob- able one on a Missouri road. It is seventy miles around. Chock ever drawn was for 814,940,. 052.20, and was written by the P. R. R topay forthe P., W. &B. RR. Other big things, perhaps not the Five men in ton of coal, 1160 pounds; a bunch of six Erinle not) 4 possible, fill a jar at & single churn- JAR BUTTER. Now is the timo to put down your potted butter. Use the same ROCUTACY butter. sgn ewe ws Voy wn Pes . . - EE EAE MMA, WAAR Wii Bia pBCE., had passel com- | long | Ti 2 ] 1s smoke line had died out from the sky, | y i potatoes, ing. On the top of each jar put ao ,. | thickness of parchment paper, ther besides, the steamer's | I paper, : and tine Wit! cool, dark place, absolutely free from She laid her head down on my | any odor, arm a moment, and then left we with | tie on a stout covering and place in a American Farmer, VENTILATE CELLAY IN THE WINTER. y Most farm cd Hars have no partitions. room ator other vegetables, the and butter, together with the frauite and meat. The cellar is usuall mn one Are i apples, milk canned y d sitting room, and not unfrequently It is a fact that unless the fruit and vegetables are lo 2.5 i Ovi 8 great constantly tamin carefully r every month there will be amount of obnoxious from them ti atuosphe re, ming ) being " } ’ thi best ste the and lighter than cold air it will rise rooms Hence it is the er WN " ‘ pleas cellar dos i BQ k 30 open entilatior lo, tightly April th the r them, a8 ma iy do, ntil quickly als m early winter n Milk nn OUOrs of the winter ane r, and will usually intter thie oth i to Rh ra regularly, comn are throngl The feathers i the summs in the at} "ad CALOCTS OAD in DOCCERATY biy 1 weather int of readily be secured to pay for their keep, that the eggs and increase may be con- s profit, ese, ospecially after the nnm- 8 desired to keep is secured nearly or quite all the younger fowls | are markcted as soon as they have made asufliciont growth, as the old fowls may be kept a number of years without change, and will give fully as good if not better results than the younger Ducks ean hardly be kept so long, mt should be sold when five years old at least. This gives in both ent am £0 ones cases the young fowls to market, and | théy will sell better and can be made ready for market at a less cost than | the older or more matured ones. With ducks, until the desired number ie | secured, it is a good plan to sell the sarly hatched and keep the later, But it is best to keep good stock in { making a start, and it will cost but lit- | tle more to secure good fowls, while the Embden is one of the best breeds of geese. One advantage of { both of them is that the festhers are white and will sell to better advantage, The Toulouse geese are a good breed, frat the feathers are dark colored. The Aylesbury is a good breed of ducks, but are not quite as large as the Pekin. Geese will come nearer living on - turage and taking oare of aretha than any other class of poultry. Too much grain is rather a detri- be market, Bulky food is much more de- mits in every way during growth. snd during what may be termed the ying mason it is best to pen at night LS fs regards temperature ae in other | Salt it a trifle over an ounce | to a pound, wash thoroughly while in | | dif | have to deal | supplied with water, otherwise the better plan is to give | them a good range ina pasture wel Colman's Rura World. WHEY FOR CALVER, In all raising of calves is cult cLisene of the the most patrons one problems that with, fare, rule, pot-h Hed, skinned and stunted, Calves that are t He fn scurfy » grow up and be- not kept in a they must be made to thrive and develop, says the Atlanta Farmer, Whey, in the best come dairy 0 beefy condition: vet condition, only forms a partial food; but whey that has become soured is » valne whatever, as the sugar is mly food ingre dient it contains, carefully fed on sweet dijnnets, I, oil eake, and w hey Calves flaxseed such as a little chopped : thrive and ds The w hey must, however, be iz condition, sand it might ioned that if whey is heated perature of 160 degrees F. fer will cense nee 1 vy ip N ANY OF HIRE ; here judi taken whole Gon calf in from made gradual to feed flaxseed gruel added addedaq mmence : snd quan } ni the quantity other com quarters r pasture lied with all clean fied n | salt and uivaient fut that has ¢ patrons « able to reas ve a creditable ap v. : ad that & Batt) : VRS are neEilaer £24 pot bellied New ns cockere leeding them ats your vere # pi EAN tore h thus « n light, Kranu- mney 1 the ] 8d i sls raised on the farm for the purposes they New and better blood will improve the health of the fowls and the pocket book of their owner, It is said that rye feed gives a good color to the yolk of the egg and adds richness to the flavor, Don't let your fowls stand out in all sorts of weather if you expect®o make any money from them. On the pruning given a tree during the first few years of life depends the future shape of the tree Potassic manures are best for fruit trocs in general. Bone dust and wood | ashes are a good mixture, i : i It is best to begin in good season so as to be ready to winter the bees in as good condition as possible. Give your hens gravel or some sort | of gritty material if you would keep : ] 3 | The | Pekin is one of the best breed of ducks, | : : i | : i them well and avoid indigestion. Fall is a good time to prune almost any kind of tree, as the wonuds made | mt this time will not produce decay. If you would keep the young stock growing steadily and rapidly, let them have plenty of clean water atall times, Do not spoil nice white honey by storing it away in dirty looking boxes, especially if it is to be sent to mar- ket, Commence in good season to gather up sand store away in as good condi- tion as possible all surplus combs and boxes, Toe sneccessin) fruit grower must be ment than IY benofit, and should only i able to tell what kind of insects ure von heavily when fattening for | injuring his tree, and apply the in- secticide that is most destructive to sirabie and will give much better re. | bem al once As in beekeeping, he that oan During the winter the need of shelter, | dnce the greatest crop is not the beekeeper; but he t ean effect it with the least expense and marage to in order to make sure of the egg, but | sell it at a good profit is the Lest, factory districts the Whey-fed calves | nypoaermie fojectisn of Perfumes, There was quite a rage some years ago in the Fast for perfuming the skin, Bome physicians discovered that the hypodermie injection of certain per- fumes, such as white rose, lilae or vio. let, under the skin caused the perfume to be exhaled from the whole body, and even from the bresth. All the ladies wanted to be perfumed. The operation had to be repested about once a week in order to secure the de. sired results, But, unfortunately, two or three of the perfumed ones suffered subsequently from blood poisoning, sud one or two died. That put a quietus on the hypodermic injection of perfume, and the whole matter dropped. — London Answers. I We Cure Rupture. No matter of how long standing. Write for free treatise, testimonials, ote, to 8, J, Hollensworth & Co., Owego, 1 wgs Co, N. X. Price $1; by mall, $1.15, it Is Not What We Say But what Hood's Sar that tells the story Hood’s Cures saparilia Does Pains in the Back " § y sullering H r Vents Was belple 1's Sarsaparill ckly notior s Sarsaparills till Hood lamin Hood's BIR DAY af Spi C ure S n " ’ Jons Saxton K praise (Lae , “Wood's Pills cure constipation. Try & bos “August | Flower” “What is August Flower for?” As easily answered as asked. It is for Dyspepsia. It is a special rem- edy for the Stomach and Liver. — Nothing more than this. We believe August Flower cures Dyspesp Weknowitwill We have reasons for knowing it. To-day it has an honored place in every town and country store, possesses one of the largest manufacturing plants in the country, and sells everywhere. The reason is simple, It doesone thing, and doesit right. It curesdyspep V8 STHEKIND & THAT CURES= ; "n MRE. OLIVER CHERBIER, on, NX. ¥ Ma y On Crutches 10 Years | EATING SORES THAT WOULD NOT HEAL CURED! CURED! DANA Samsarasniia On SARSAPARILLA of Davis Pros. BW me freee he Bewi. 1 took # taihtuily, mn now attend ER hat hald duties ool walk ww well) 1am were he! my vane 0m sear & Islra che anything that happens of Boe proses day — V7 he GLIVER cmemmien (ERTLRMEN ro We melons Sasfionmrial of Mos
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