THE FAITHFUL HEART, Wherever 1 am lod by fate, In regions wild and desolate, Or in the hurrying crowd, more rude And alien far than solitude, One blessed truth in shine and storm, Consoles my heart and Keeps it warm ; One tender soul, through good and ill, holds Remembers and helps me still, In mountain gorge in treeless plain, In weary wastes unhlest Or hy rain elfish cities, lonelier far wilderness lesort are, S00 18 aver by my side, and guardian, friend and guide but 1 it I can see y thinks of me, miles stretch wearily nnd me thiui heart rgetting grace istance, time and space, r from afar ny wanderings are, I may stray, ioud by day, A VITAL CLEW. afte the tempers n cooled. Wild apologized offensive remarks he had made, and they shook hands. Gilbert now promised to do his best to help his old acquaintance, and invi ed Wild main an hour he i y I'WAr ol WO ne me to while went to Bad ! ar app inn uo Liber ground ert Stant eard him run erward er had elapsed Stanton his chambers wid the « Morton, vl admitte rning and noticed two gentlemen having some words, in question wi aving thal the were His res lefense was that Wild had found absence ; that the door of have described, i the shot was fired ; that although they had quarreled they were on pacific terms when he went out, and that the decensod had left a written confession of his onn guilt and Gilbert's inno- iver during his he was standing outside wi 4 LNs his whe DAMDEeTs, AS cence But sion? where was this written confes (tilbert Stanton declared that he fond it on the bed room mantel piece, but during the excitement of the hour had mysteriously lost or mis- laid 1t for it, mt without avail, Ee distinetly resnembered that, afl. fer examining the body, he placed the paper on a small table in front of bim, i and glancing out of the window, saw a policemen in the quadrangle. He nt once decided to call the constable and ran downstairs to do so, leaving his door ajar, On his return the paper had disap pesred, and he never saw it afterward, | The most liligeut search had failed to discover it, “Now, Mrs, Morton,” said Edith as they stood alone in the chambers, “this is n matter of life and death. That piece of paper must be found.” “Yes, miss,” was the laundress commonplace reply. “first of all you must please answer very carefully some questions 1 shall put to vou. "Did you on that day de- stroy any paper?” ‘No, MISS, " “Have vou destroyed or removed He had searched everywhere| i | solve) to put an end to it. In case sus | any since? “Not a serap, miss. Yon see there | ain't no fires this time o' the year, and | the little cooking I does is all done on the gi Everything was being turned upside | down and inside out, when Edith sud stove . denly stopped. “Do vou remember whether the win- | dows were open on that day?" she asked bib '{ #, IISA 3 Mr. to ‘uve 's winders open.” “Well, just open them as they would be if he were here.” The woman did as she was bid. Stanton always use Edith then placed a piece of paper on the table ‘$31 \ ) { where Gilbert he had isid the | confession, the door leading into the anid bed room and the entrance door hay been opened. There draught, and the paper trembled on the table, “Perhaps there was more air on that day,’ 1 Edith. “I will substitute a lighter piece of paper I'his she did, and almost immediate ly it | fluttered ae on the floor they were ! * ing frst Was considerable was caught by a current, and it m. As it fel startled to se fy ‘1 pring irom ross the ro ' Lis : fittie Kitten doorway and pounce upon the paper, rolling over and over with it in her th “Lor’, miss," suddenly broke u Mrs. Morton, ‘‘now I remember! | WARS WOK And oar she r Mrs. Morton she had further attendance, and was walking up sand down the cham bers in thought when there came a knock at the door. It was the laun dress herself. “I know where that bit o’ paper is, miss! I stays a bit in the kitchen just to see if I might be of auy use, you understand--snd while was waiting I puts a new candle in the candlestick rather small for the candlestick, so I takes » bit o the pail to bed ro Them ‘nines’ is wit © make it paper for wer and t that Mrs CAT Mon nl HIOoNs cieaniine said attracted by ths candle Froaae, and have dragged hosts she aper to t They sea where, but no 1 pe could be found lirected the mix a quantity of whiting, laced in a large flat dish in the floor middle of the room In the Inid a small saucer, and in that a piece of toasted cheese, When they returned there was a track of little white footprints aeross the room that led to a little hole above the narrow skirting board, hidden by a loose prece of wall paper, A man was calied in, and alter breaking down some of the plaster and taking up a corner of the flooring, the coveted scrap of paper was at Inst se enred, The confession was in part de stroyed, and required very delicate handling, but when the precious relic woman to which she Pace in the dish was | had been carefully monnted on another piece of paper it was found to read as follows, the words in parentheses be- ing supplied on supposition : “(I am) sick of my life and (re picion falls on Gilbert Btanton (he is) innocent. I die (by my) own hand, ‘Raymoxp Winn,” Edith is now Mrs. Stanton, and her husband insists that he owes his life to the persistent and intelligent manner in which she followed up that vital and mysterious clew, - Be — a a — Yynacio Garcia, of Buena Vista, | Cal, is 113 years of age, as is shown | by incontestible records. He is erect | nud strong, snd has the full use of his faculties, He settled in Los Angeles AND BAD COWS The of a good cow in comparison to a poor difference allowed in the worth one is generally less than the figures will show, One-half pound of butter per day for 300 twenty-two cents per pound amonnts to $33, Al lowing one-half of this for extra food digestion still in eight days at on account oi greater leave # £16 0 A which the kept for dairy purposes, g152 New York ne VORrs, animals are 51 abont Average time ainoun PRIENDS OF THE FARMER difficult for farmers to distinguish friends from enemies among the birds which make thedr home smong us. A late writer in the Albany Cultivator speaks in defence of the red-tailed knov It is sometimes mors monly its nave nh wiraw Sid ght heifer into a dull cow A dirty strainer re flects as badly the milker as on her who washes it A good way to choke a valuable co jstof uncut vegetables Too much earbonaceons food in the will make fat faster than butter fat A cow that begins to lose flag oe fore the winter is gone, will be “spring poor’ by the month of May Do not let the milk get cold before it is carried from the milking stable to the dairy house to be strained Give the animals plenty of room in the stable in which to lie down, if you wonld make them comfortable Sawdust in the manure heap repre sents so much inert matter ; land plas ter is an absorbent that is also a fertil izer, To feed economically, and yet suffi ciently, give the cows only what they will eat up clean Trying to staff them beyond this limit will result in loss and not gain Do not foed the hay down to the tare boards in the mow over thastable ; for if you do the ingress of cold sir from this source will result in a veri table exposire to your dairy Think twice before you go into the business of raising veal ealves by lot ting them suckle their dams. The system will have n demoralizing effect on the dairy, offselting the temporary gain. «American Agrioulturist, THE SEARLE, Often there is little consideration given to the location and bmiding of eed her dairy bee! | No matter how LOW will not | the stable. that any out of the way place that is ) well enough Buch is useful ani- most convenient will do as a site for the horse barn. far from true, as the most mal to man is very susceptible to un- gurronndings, and affected by dampness, foul atmosphere and filth in general. The horse is a native of the dry, lofty tablelands of Central Asia Hence the strongest of reasons why his stable should be situated above the irronnding territory on an eminence : of at unt hygienic very unfavorably a little : y drainage siope On no that will give =» «ast a foot or two, set nl Arn in a valley It will bile to stannes, The stud, the feet Iu soe orse 1 hollow or deep ! y Just about impossi- keep dry un such cirecum- have INE nine or en od mals to breathe in s will give a go iT SPARC nira ait r ventuator mt thro KReeD RR SUPPLY ver ni i and "Tr three times a day sprinkle a few This is health to the horse, but a means of saving the best of manure for farm crops, 8 great in- ducement in itself. These absorbents, coupled with the of straw for bed i serve in no small degree to keep the stable clean snd whole handfuls behind each horse ¢ not simply & matter ol usd amg, sweet and SOM i of good sine vigorous With the aid of the dust bath the hens will rid themselves of hee Ihe Minor Inrgost egg of any of the Spanish family Black a lays the The choicest capons are the result of a Dorking cock and an Asiatic hen For health fee for fat corn, and for eggs meat seraps and wheat | oats, Every farmer should make a point f attending the nearest poultry show, It is attention to the little details that makes asuccess of poultry keeping Chickens require warmth and sun- shine and will not bear overcrowding The average customer wants about an ounce of salt to a pound of butter. Big horns and a fleshy udder are re garded as bad points in a mileh cow, No medicine or stimulants are neces sary for healthy birds in good condi- tion The ben that lays well is one that is moving around and scratching all the time The most important matter in rais ing the chicks is to give them warmth enough. when Thys 15 the season CEES PAY, and every effort should be made to | secure them There is no better fertilizer for the | the | garden than the manure from poultry house Do not ring a hog if you oan possi- bly help it. It interferes with the thrift of the animal, 1. B. Terry nays that a ton of home- made manure is worth about as much as 83 worth of eommercial fertilizer. The first matter of importance in starting a dairy is to have good cows. ood the eare a heel o a profitable butter vow, 3 | nents of ‘celery HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS, o————— HOMEMADE CELERY SALT. A woman likes the flavoring was wondering what were the compo- salt” and found that she could make a better nrticle herself than she could buy, to a large seed store and buy yonr celery seed, Examine 1t carefully for foreign par- ticles, then in cold water and dry quickly in the open sir. When perfectly dry grind to a fine powder. Add three parts of fine dry sift the mixture times, then cork in who (io wash salt to one weversl mouthed bot Washing of celery, wide tle and keep cool and dry. ton Star, GASTRONOMIC NEATNY There is not enough attention given % in cooking and by some to cleaning preparing foods Cooking fn duinty art and ealls fo utmost neatness | aud appetiz and few d and do not stir until it is cooked readily and be beautifully white A novel and delicious flavor may be imparted to cake hy placing bits of rose geranium leaves under the greased paper with which the baking tin is ed a0 sufliciently TT : 11 ET nto The grains will then separate iin aE ny water remains pour it of wy L | of butter, iu ith a after tasting lightly This asl OF serve Iry and mealy be MAY into thi fish after the and 1t is put t« water Codfish Balls--Soak and pick into quantity « {f cold the fisn till soft shreds; have a mashed potatoes or cold boiled rice Mix the fish nor oughly with either. using ball the quantity of fish that you do of une pota , and into little round flat cakes. Dip them in beaten egg and roll in flour, sifted meal or finely powdered cracker ernmbs and fry in hot butter or drippings, Codfish Loaf Prepare the fish as for balls, mix with the potatoss or rice, or both may be used ; add pepper snd a dust of powdered sage, or celery salt ; mix with beaten egg, and if the mass does not seem rather moist add a little sweel milk. Pour iato a pan t+ pudding dish and bake done and brown 1008 OF Tice make out Broiled and Fried Codfish the fish in large pieces; remove all outside bones and any that may be removed without tearing the pleces | apart, When freshened sufficiently fold in a napkin to dry and broil over a clear fire. Drop bits of butter over the pieces while hot, Fish prepared for broiling may bé floured or dipped in ernmbs and fried in butter Boiled Codfish Select the largest snd thickest pieces; after freshenin tie in a cheesecloth napkin and boi till tender, Make a sauce by melting a spoonful of butter, and while hot, stirring into it a secant teaspoonful of sweet milk and a pinch of salt and bringing sll to a boil. Remove the fish from the napkin, place them on a platter and dip the sauce over them, sprinkle tig tly with pepper. «Farm, ield and Fireside. i —— The mines tributacy to Butte Qity, Montana, have an output of $23,000, 000 a your, Soak It Has Come, Will It Be Gentle? Gentle spring with the flowers of May may Woo us into a onreless tary laws, It indifference of sani i= the old story, a thrice told the conse quences, Theres no time in the whole round of the year when tale of being rash and taking results are more #ETIOns from an ordinary What with a want of ars than now, hangeful temperature fectious dampness, rheamat) alent and In the Even Inthe pursuit of the se is pastimes and sports, ther Hon 2186 Bus, S Lbs, Ont From One Bus seed, Shilok's Cure EICHTEEN YEARS A Peafaring Man Buffers From I FPolsonous Taint Expeiiod and Health Ime paried by Hood's A M mw khow what "a 1 Impure Blood fool & Laovwe f t boa ‘ & A Sereofulous Rove eighteen year ¥ past year the i Impurities have sprea through my and sores have broke out all over m i ied many kinds of medicine Hood's*=*Cures | me any good gan to try a Hood's Sarenparilia, | contin ith Fone * svete body. MYVe lake Now Perfectly Well PRAT MOMAR ( Hood = Fil) o and ee . Armor neh fwew MANE OC owed v thoes of Lee unde, has 30 inch the wheels are « hos #2 Whee n the mw the Sone thes 2B rhe wade by WO make the bot wae 0h » hnrde wre ued ak they will grartivally make wife boards Py rE these stakes Jomg emeugh and petting im end may be hand ie LR) mpie of our work. We make, and how verklom Trek ww Purvoshed wt of nl wert semen HALMS iassheame<Chewing Gum add Ed EE LL El hhh ht c snd Prevents Hoe Dyspepsia, Heartbhura iar Useful in Malaria ant Vor Teeth and Promotes the Aporetite the Broath, Cures the Tobmoee » Hatt “twtr Medieal Facaity Send 1 ‘ cant packs Rilver Ntampe ORO. KB HALM, 14) West 20: ‘ feo". Nd January 4, 7 seat per gon v eondit a Lures natis Indig ation, «» and Adama i anses th Hw ewten Endorsed 14 per cont, . : « 10 “ . . | " all, | Lo Ta “ - » . . . ~ - TOTAL, 63 per cont, We have paid te our castomers in 75 days, Profit: paid twice each month. money oss be withdrasn any thme; $30 to $100 can be invested; write for mformation FISHER & CO. 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