UNAWARE, Bome day, when falls a sudden sonse Of perfect peace on heart and brain, That comes, wo know not why or whence, And ero we seok is gond agalo, When breathes the unexpectant hour Btrange beauty of an instant blown, As if a rose were full in flower Whose earliest buds we knew not grown. Perchanoce one winged moment sped Down the white hights of heavenly alr, Bome spirit of our blessed dead Hath stood beside us unaware ! att ———— THE BOTKINE BATH BY ADELINE 8. WING, ROZESSOR Botkine, of the University California, was sitting on front steps at Berkeley in the morning of a sultry July day. He was delightediy watching the efforts of his pet toad to capture | a very large angleworm, and his enjoyment was enhanced by the fact that his beauti- ful German wife, who usually declined to interest herself in anything which she even suspected of a connection with science, was seated beside him, giving eager little pressures to his hand and uttering a pleased exclama- tion, in her pretty foreign accent, whenever the toad made an. extra sffort. The fact was that she, while entting roses, had been the one to see the In giuning of the contest, and felt the proper pride discoverer. The toad had been sitting still, looking as if carved a Japanese artist, and giving no sign that it saw anything The gave a little wriggle as it began to come out of the ground, when, quick as a flash, the toad made a leap and seized the end of the worm in its mouth, Then time that the of a Ly worm began a tug-of-war. Every toad gave a pull, the worm drew back. But the toad was not to be discouraged. It jerked and jerked until it fairly stood on its hind legs. Still, it conld not dislodge the WOT. At this interesting point whistled. “Why, Selma!" said the professor, *‘there is the train already. I had quite forgotten that I must go the city to-day. Where is my hat?” “Do wait an instant, ear; just sec what that toad she ans wered, holding him back. He glanced down and saw the toad dwisting its leg about until the. worm was wrapped twice around it, then the toad gave a hop, and ont came the Worn, a train ¥ ” Is aomng, To 6 Tae unwary professor, He dashed into the house and back again, kissed his wife, and, with a regretful glance at her rippling hair, and soft blue eyes, started off. Suddenly he rashed back. “Why, dear,” he cried, “I forgot to tell you that that Mr, Smith, the Ca nadian, wrote the paper on bacteria, will be here this afternoon to stay a day or two. He may coms before 1 am back.” She her hands despair. ‘But what shall I do with him?’ she wailed; ‘‘you know I ean oot talk science and pollywogs!” “Oh, don’t alarmed. He isn't so very dried up. Just let him havea good soaking in a bath-tub. Then he will come out perfectly human and happy. He's an Englishman, you know,” and the professor, who in mock clasped Lo with a laughing glance at his little wife's reo- fal expression, threw dignity and his coat-tails to the winds as he madly ran down the street, “looking like a great black bird of pre iy, as Mrs Jotkine laughingly remnarked to herself, But she grew sober as she thonght how rothlessly science and scientists seemed to dog her unwilling footsteps Her husband certainly loved her, but he had a way of becoming utterly absorbed in his studies, and then barst- Ing into her reflections with remarks which sounded positively ghoalish He had appeared only yesterday in her own private sanctum carrying a ‘hor rid suake r the tail, sand, although he had not yet reached the pitch of Professor Agassiz—~who have consigned infant serpents, for safe-keeping over night, to his wife's boots she did not know where his en- thusiasm might lead. © “I'm half afraid to go to sleep,” she had roguishly said to him one night. “I'm afraid that your deepest interest even in me is only seentifie, and 1 be- lieve you are capable of cutting me open to see what queer thing there is | in my heart that I love such a bookish old bear with.” i “Now here was this Canadian com- ing! And bow was she to be properl; interested in his old bacteria and not disgrace ber husband by betraying her ignorance on the subject?” herself. Marifestly, ho must take a bath, and | everything possible most be done to make that hath-room attractive, so that | he skofld stay there ns long as poesi- | upstairs, and with hor | ble, own dimpled hands got down a new eake of perfumed soap. She eyed it eritically. tific mind would he disgusted with such cffeminate luxury. Te Fg wen in it the presence of bacterial She had Beard it said thet a man with a theory finds examples of its trath in everything abont him, Never miindi Bhe wonld place beside it a cake of white castile and one of tar soap. Then, whatever his taster, he mast plessed. She put the alcohol and a | teriology that she could find. | she ranged on a shelf at the his | i the effect with the ealm satisfaction of { 0 general who foresees the success of was maid to she asked Perhaps his severe scien- | | satchel to the Perhaps | cologne bottle within easy reach; got ont smooth and rough towels and a bath-blanket; saw that the shower: bath worked ; and with asigh of relief, went down stairs 80 impress the eook that during the entire afternoon there must be plenty of hot water in the boiler, Suddenly a happy though struck her ; she went into her husband's study and brought out every book on bac- These foot of the bath-tub. Standing out « little beyond the others, as if but just shoved in, was Mr, Smith's own pam- phlet on ‘Bacteria.’ Bhe was sure of the vanity of authors. Fe would at least take this down to see if any passages were marked, and might be lured into the perusal of some other i books. | of | some colored illustrations Mrs. Botkine pinned on the wall of various forme of bacteria, and then surveyed Lis manmuvres. She sighed regret. fully that she conld not bring.herself to introduce into the room a few sam- ples of the “‘germ culture” that her husband wes carrying on, but she felt that she must draw the line at living germs. She smiled again. To be sure, Mr. Smith might think her husband rather eccentric in pursuing hie studies in this room, bat he would certainly feel ! that he had found e congenial spirit in a man who eonld not tear himself away from his beloved bacteria even in his bath. She had done all she this virtnous feeling she zo about her occupations for the day, and in the afternoon even banished tl thought of her expected enough to take a quiet nap. She was awakened by a knock at her loor, and the maid handed her a ¢ard hearing the innocent in cription, “Mr. Worthington Smith was fille and her heart own the stairs, With to could, was sable 1 guest BOOT iagly She with a nervous fear, ont fast walk She hngered outside the drawing-room as long ss she dared, and then, putting her trust in the bath-room, walked in and greeted her visitor with a smile of timid He did not look at all slarming She was surprised to that he was young, darkly handsome, and dressed with more regard to fashion than the scientific mind generally deigns to be- stow, He saw her timid air and blonde beauty with evident admiration. After the first polite commonplaces, Mr. Smith smilingly observed: *‘‘Pro- fessor Dotkine's recent researches have been of such interest to scien- rific men that they must lay him open to s great deal of persecution from in quiring sdmirers, but" “Oh, not at all,” she answered, rather incoherently; ‘‘or, rether, I should say, he likes to be persecuted —that is” (with some confusion) ‘‘he will be delighted to find you here when bw 'n the meantime, 1 hope JK ry rR . ought that he should like nothing better, but contented himself with remarking : “Thank you, very much. Perhaps you would be so kind as to explain to me a few things I should like to know about Professor Botkine's theories on bacteria.” He was surprised to see a deep flush and a look of distress come over he r face, and, before she could answer, he hastened to add: “But I fear that I am trespassing on your time. Pray, le I have 1 a b he ns welcome Fan lo not let me incommode you, some uncut pamphlets in my satchel here, and will look them over as I wait,” and he looked down embar- rassed. A furtive feeling of relief crept for a moment into her Then the thoueht that she could not be guilty eyes, of such . inhospitality as leaving her | guest to shift for himself forced itself upon her. Bnt here he was, plunging into science the very first thing anf turning shy besides, Oh, she must send him off to that bath! It seemed rather awkward, but ghe nerved her- self to the effort. “No, Mr. Smith,” she said, gayly, “I am sure that T conld not tell you anything on the subject, and 1 ean not think of leaving you here alone, Youn must let me make you comfort able. I know that after your journey you would like a bath.” He looked amazed and barrassed. “Thank yon, very much, Mrs. Bot- kine,” he stammered, “but I do not care at all for a bath, 1 shall do very well here, and ‘No, no!” she said, nervously; *I know that you are ouly afraid that there is no hot water on such a warm day, and you do not wish to give trouble.” then em He put ont his hand and tried to in- | terrupt ber, but she shook her head and went on rapidly : “It is all ready. Everything is in the bath room, and I will ring for James to show yon up.” He looked thunderstruck at her in- sistence, “But, I assure you, Mrs. Botkine,"” he excinimed, *‘it is not at all worth | while. I" “Not another word, if you please, Mr. Smith. You will really annoy me if you refuse.” She thought to herself that he little knew how more than sanoyed she was at the thought of his possible ques- tions, As the man-servaut appeared, she said: “J nies, take this gentleman's nest chamber and show | him to the bath-room."” who knew ?—-ho might discover even | Mr. Smith endeavored to hang back and say something, but Mrs. Botkine | smilingly waved her hand toward the stairs and walked into soother room. Bhe had looked aiterastely vesed and trinmphant, As , followud James, Mr. Smith remarked to himself that before this wy she was too pretty to be occcentria He had no wish to bathe, but foaring to vex her, meekly proceeded to per form his shlutions, Bhe, meantime, wos vastly relieved, She smiled to herself at the thought tof how nmwilling be hud seemed to | give the slightest trouble, | “I suppose he thought we Ameri cans never had any decent facilities | for a bath,” she reflected. Then: “He really is remarkably good-lock: ing, for a scientist, If I had not known what he was, I should have thought he was justa nice young fel. low and rashly tried to get on with him. Oh, if George had not told me in time!” She shuddered as sho thoagat of her escape, “I suppose he will be dried-up look: ing before long. Ho is a whited-se- pulchre kind of man now. I eould not see the slightest sign of baldness in him, but has seething intolleet is bound #0 cook his hair off in a fow years. Even George is n wee bif bald. jut how delightful that Mr, Smith did not fathom my ignorance.” She was so elated that she went to the piano and sang for a half-hour, She was startled by hearing some one come rashing into the room be- hind her, Bhe wheeled on the stool | and encountered the gaze of Mr. i decidedly RNEASY. | “I beg pardon for interrupting you Mrs. Bodkine,' he said; “but I wish to thank you for your kindnessand te make my adieux.” “Why, Mr. Smith—" she and contined : “I am very sorry not to have foun! Professor Botkine, but perhaps 1 ean come again. There is just time for me to eateh the five o'clock train.” It was her turn to be astonished, She opened her lips to speak, but he went on, nervously: “Pray forgive my leaving yon se bruptly. Thank yon very much. wl afternoon,” snd, bowing pro ‘ 13 Fri oundiy, oe } Was pone, For moment she felt stunned questions poured Was the man in Or what had she done to offen: him? What would her husband say! What was there in apparently such a distraught savage? **Ah! recommend me to a plain commonplace man who has not baeilli on the brain!” she sighed. The rest of the day seemed endiess, but at last she descried Professor Botkine, and with him a rather desic- cated and “dog -up”-looking man. “Oh, dear!” she moaned; “there i Len 4 ier hs } 1r3el sarong n Ler mind. ane? science to turn ap young man inte | another sciontist, I know to look of | do, I wonder! | making and controlled by the best ex him. What Dissect my eay that he cannot with he never eats anything but bacteria?” {| “Here we are at last,” said the pro fessor ; “I found our friend on the train. gone to Alameda. Mr. Smith, let ge wt Myre Bethe She welcomed her guest cordially, but the minute she was alone with her husband, she seized him by the lapels of his cont. “What joke have you been playing on me?’ she demanded ; Mr. Smith?” The professor looked astonished. “Why, my d ar, there is no joke This is the Mr, Smith that I told you I was expecting this afternoon. What is the matter?” “Matter!” she eried; "who is the Mr. Bmith that came here this after noon with a satchel, and asked about your theories?” hie will Cat, ol because ane us “Why, we met him at the station. | { to handle his horse intelligently, treat He had a few specimens to show me. He is the son of my friend, Commo- dore Smith, of San Fraucisco. had just ran over for a short endl.” “A short eall!” she echoed agwin; nant, II Monkeys, Monkeys, with some notable exeep- | tions, are some degrees than savage men in their treatment of the sick. Worse the banks, and treat their sick com: rades in trae monkey fashion, The colony by the eanal being over crowded, and as a consequence un | healthy, did, and probably does still, | suffer from various unpleasant diseases. | When one monkey is 80 obviously un: | well as to so offend the feelings of the others, a few of the larger monkeys wateh it, and taking a favorable op portunity, knock it into the canal. If it is not drowned at once, the sick monkey is pitched in again after it re | gains the trees, snd either drowned or forced to keep aloof from the flock. At the London Zoological Gardens the monkeys torment a sick one with. out mercy, snd unless it is at once re- moved from the eage it has little chance of recovery. The small monkeys bite and pinch it; the larger onos swing it around by the tail. When it dies, se many moneys aa oan find room sit on its body, «New York Dispatch, — Horse-Power of a Whale, An interesting study of the horse: | power of the whalo has been made by | the eminent anatomist, Sir William Turner, of the University of Edin- | burgh, Scotland, in conjunction with John Henderson, the equally eminent | Glasgow shipbuilder. The size and | dimensions of a great whale stranded | several yonrs ago on the shore at Longriddy farnished the necossary data for a computation of the power neces sary to propel it st the rate of twelve mila a BOR, The whale measured ghty feet in length, twenty foot re the flanses of the tail, aid woighed seventy-fonr tons, It wa enlonlated that 145 horse-power waa necessary to attain the speed men: experience be would have vowed thas | tioned Smith, who stood before her, looking | 18 to be avoided. He had mistaken the train snd | “‘“who is this | He | | or two among ls live stock, | Are EARLY FATTENING OF ‘HOGS, It costs much less to make a pound of pork early thas it does late, though if corn alone be fed too much of it while the weather is warm is apt to in- jure digestion. The great a of early fattening is that it is done while there is usually plenty of waste vegetables, small potatoes, beets and small apples, more or less of which go to the pigpen and vary the diet of the fattening hogs. After these are all stored in the cellar it is very rare that nny are taken out, and then fattening hogs soon cloy on their ration of corn without anything to make it more easy of digestion, —American Cultivator, FEEDING A CALYING COW, The feeding of a cow soon to calve is an important matter as regards the { welfare of the animal, and by negleet’ or mistake many cows are injured when in this condition. It is safe to avoid all grain feeding for at least one | month before the calf is expected, but began, | A0Y kind of vegetables or roots may but he waved his hand apologetically | be given with safety and advantage. The principle on which such cows are | to be fed is that the bowels should be kept in a free condition, and all food that may unduly stimulate the system After the calf ap pears, stronger food is given gradually during two or three weeks following, | The cow may be milked a few hours after the calf is born, It is to be kept from sucking, which is generally ad visable, but the wh ly on the o Some copious n milking must depend ing before the cal Times A POINT IN BUTTER The readings of the Babeock test at Cliieago, in the dsiry test, and the actual results of the churn, indicat at the close of gixty-five days that, had it been possible to make separators and churns and other things to work to perfection, the Jerseys would have had ninety -eight, the Guernseys ninety two, the Shorthorns, ninety-thre pounds each more butter to their credit, and this with the most perfect mechanism ever devised in butter MAKING, perts obtainable. Now if with separa { tors and best churns, over ninety | pounds of butter is lost in about 2300 pounds, what ie the loss in the asual farm house, where butter is being made iu primitive ways, 50 to speak? This shows a loss of about one pound Rs I0Ns 8 Jom of about on AL | of Liitfer in forty of orginal fat, whil ordinary making shows about one pound in four is lost between and butter crock, Ore pan or at least ten times Prairie Farmer, HORKR XOTES Bran makes more bone than oats Beauty and speed combined will al- | ways sell Breed in fo fix the type and ont to strengthen the constitution, Horses kindly treated anl well groomed require loss feed than those which are wot well cared for. The horse breeder shonld know how it humanely and feed it scientifieally. The horse is a dainty feeder and will eat more heartily and with better | relish if the food is not kept con “what will he think of me? I sent him | up stairs to take that bath!” Argo: | stantly before them. When srossed, German coach horses are even upon INBTes, the colts produced are remarkable for size, bone and setion. common Young horses for rosdsters and driv ing purposes need to be fed properly | and upon the grain foods sidapted to On the new Jumna Canal, at | Delhi, menkeys swarm in troes upon | their needs and future development, Every farmer shonld include a colt If they the proper kind, they will pay better than almost any other kind of stock, : Turn the colts out every day to ex- ercise at will in a paddock, If kept in the stall their spirits and health suffer and they are apt to form bad | habits, In order to bring a good price young trotters must be trained. If the breeder cannot afford to do this he eau sometimes arrange with a trainer for development on ‘shares.” If horse mest could be made popu- | lar as an article of diet, it would be a boon to those people who have been foolisk enough to breed inferior horses which are not suitable for road or dranght purposes, The produce of pacing dams train more easily and develop more rapidly than animals in which that eloment is wanting, and theexplanation of this is that the fast pace is older than the fast trot and the instinet more firmly fixed, Moderate exercise to light enrt and 02 a smooth road or track during the coming winter is less apt to prove in- jurionus to last spring's foals than is the old-fashioned practice of turning them ont together in rongh or fey yards, when wore or less injury is sure to re sult from their play. New York World, m———— FARM BUILDINGS, In answer to the inquiry of “C. I," Clinton County, Ohio, regarding the best and proper location for build: ings on a furm that lies wholly on one whore at all practical, it is hy far best to place them near the roadside, for | potent reasons. | It is desirable particulsrly for so- | cial intercourse, ms your neighbors { and friends are much more apt to eall { and much better opportunity is afford- | ed in sending to town for mails or | groceries when inexpedient to go | yourself and a neighbor passes by, {It might be argued that tramps are | 1a liable to trouble when such build- ing are further back, but experience | teaches us that such is not the case, as frequent passers-by are n menace to such visitors and they seldom make their calls disrespectful. We are aware that if a farm be quite rectan- | gular, with a narrow frontto the road, | {it might be less convenient to build | | adjacent to the romdside than if the | long side lay there, yet we would | prefer to build there if site was satis. factory, and if possible let our fields reach the full length of the farm, if not too large, Of course there are farms where it is perfectly impracticable to build upon the roadside, other than for a | was | mere residence. The writer raised on just such a farm where the buildings are almost in the center. | This made it very handy for farm pur- poses, in hauling end passing to and from: work. Still there was a certain amount of social freedom that was always absent, which I find now living by the roadside. In fact, I would rather put up with many inconven- fences than to be moved back from the road, especially if a macadamized one ran besides my farm, for then, with my buildings on it it wonld be handy at any season of the year fo go to town or to market, I think it has a better effect on one's children to be thrown into the pos- session of certain freedom and privi- leges that remoteness from the high- way cannot afford them. Mostly our schoolhouses are situated along the road, consequently our children find less inconvenience in attending sehool As a rule, our highways pass some well located spot that v | prove a satisfac: tory location for our buildings, which | will prove an incentive to us to im- | prove their surroundings much more | shan if set too far back from theroad. | Yes, by all means C, H., build upon the roadside or sufficiently close to be practically convenient fo it.—Ohio | Farmer, POULTRY XOTES, Grease of any kind is a preventive ol scabliy Jogi gn yo hts It is best to have the roosts low and all on one level, Don't keep too large a flock for the secommodations you offer, Too much food is as bad as too little for diminishing the egg supply. Active breeds require more grain than those which take on fat readily, All grain should be scattered so | a How the Bes We are so used So regmr ling the worid sroand us froma the standpoint of our own sight theset it #5 lard to realize that to other ereastures, far out- mim bering us sud, gpeerbagss, quite as mportant in the economy of ture, it must look quite different The bonew bee, for exsmmple, ism supplied with a pair of compound eyes with bundreds of facets, emchi capable of sight by itself, and several occeli or little, simple eyes moré closely allied [to oar own. How these oyes arcused, what are their separate functions what ort of mages they oan grroesent to their owners, ail remain «uaestions as interesting and weli-migh mansolved as they were before the «days of our pow- erful microscopes. Notwithstanding the fact that bhandreds of entomolo- gists have been and mre interested in this subject, we vet are oniy ost the stage where we can mffirzsa that the honey bee sees a very different flower | fromm the one in whick: we observe her in search for sweets, milthosmgagh of what that difference is and Jae it is pro- duced we can form but littie ides St | Louis Republic. Nees, a EE — Their United Weight 159 Fik Pari N.C..a | man named Williarn Fill, weight sixty pounds. Hill is a masmrried man, has [two ehildren, and is = boot and shoe | maker by trade. His e weigh ninety-nine pounds. LB S=JOourna Pounds, There is living in waif 2 8 aE yh I ———— An Oversmigh, There was one oversight a* +h mn at Chicago xt Is Ly easy vital statistios of POSit 5 in Ta 1 view Branders wr gat Mar of hue ompared with facilities for th Then much we are it " La FE FN ww nr -e Are roasters hve line of general hav nearalig rermane? wiint we Of for instance, for taken ~ hawe any prems It bas do of the world been offered. grest Talrs casuxities f every-day, brultses, burns i is well know of the age. profes, OS ree - LS remedy Perhaps gree, but the people are never | knowing what is best, superior dis rmisiaken in How's Tis We offer One Hundresi I3ilmrs Revard fo any cee of Catarsh that cannot bDecured by | Hall's Caterer Cure, F. J.Cavsmy & Co, Toles, O. We, the undersigned, has ve Known FJ, Che | hey for the Inst IS rears, sated believe him per. | fectly honorabde in all beasiness Lransctions and Shisacially able to earry out any oblils tion sade uy their fire. Weer A Tat AX, Wholesale Drugaists Toledo, h | Wazonsa, Rixsay & DN arowy i Diruggista, Toledo, Ha i's Catarrh Care is | Ing directly upon the b anes of the system. T Ir ! , TOC. Per bottle, A Covon, Oop oR Soses not neglected TeoCcmeEs are a nt relief, = Teo ar should Brow x's HE RoNCHIAL simple rerraend and give » Ents Pax Lown OTE g rr. Hoxwie's Coerimim « remy { sre | In thee cd Cures Crows A. F. He Beeclam’s iidrens blessinyg Toe =. tout opium in mes y CY xsde, Buffalo, N - 2" Fills insted Franny "dampen owt mee i a5 OL, y mineral ots. a box. oat cwmred atl ome Ty s syredn. 2 oents at that the hens are compelled to search for it Cut bones are well worth what they | ost, and every farmer should own a | entter, If youn expect to make money out of | your poultry yon must give it rational | treatment Bronze turkeys are a cross between | the pure American gobbler and a do- | J g mestic turkey. Mixed lots in the chicken market are | generally purchased at the price the | poorest are worth, Give all the fowls a warm feed each day, if possible, and wvoid feeding any | musty or spoiled food, A good way to feed clover to poultry | is to run it through a cutting box and then soak it over night, By raising most of your roots and vegetables the cost of keeping poultry will be greatly diminished, Light Brahmas are the largest of | the Brahma family, They are good birds where meat is desired, The layers and the fattening fowls require different systems of feeding, and should be kept separate, Most people are unaware that eon: sumption is one of the many diseases | to which poultry are subject, Inbreeding will improve the appear. ance of the birds, but if carried to far { the health of the chickens will saffer, A three-year-old gobbler is generally esteemed better than a two-year-old { ons for the caieing of healthy chicks, The best laying hens are the most notive, Keeping food constantly be { fore them will spoil the best flock of layers, | Cieass in rans is possible only when | they are sufficiently large to allow each | hen from eighty to 100 square foot of pace. Yon may be too far from market to | pay for raising poultry to send thither, { but why not raise a littlo for your own { family? J Why not food your poultry a little ensilage? What is good for milk pro- duction shon'd also be good for egg production, Fowls are supposed to have been in: troduced into Enaropo from Persia, They ure believed to huve boon frst domesticated in Barmah, Everybody knows that the sick swallow liquids wore readily than solids, and ae suooessini ponitry keep of the road, I would thet | mon Yo 0 : BAD CASEOF SCROFULA I was a great sufferer froen soso ala, having | dresd Tal sores in my ears sand om my head, | sometiznes like in boi be @ mom rging all the | Ume. My bustbmnd insistent chat I take Hood's | Sarsag lin. At the first Tsottle | MY APPETITE aM PROVED, and I felt somewhat better. Soe T Bought an. ther Dxottie, and by the Lizme It wom all gone | the serofuin had entirely disappeared, am now entirely free from sosrofale asmead was never | in beter health, HOOD'S SARS AFARIT.LA | also cured me of a terrible = in my side | which was caused by neo religis of the heart.” Mus. A. C. MeEDLOCK, Or” owns, Ind. — "Hood's Pills cure constipation. HEllousmes, XY SN U—2 ‘August Flower” Miss C. GC. McCravs, School- teacher, 753 Park Place, ¥lmin, N. Y. **This Spring while sway from home teaching my first Term ina country school I was wretched with that buman helpesd me so that I have quite re- covered from my indisposition.” @ EE aT @&™ ] ad * -_, 3
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