MY NEIGHBOR, My neighbor met me on the street, She dropped a word of greeting gay, Her look so bright, her tone so sweet, I stepped to music all that day Tho cares that tugged at heart and brain, The work too heavy for my hand, The ceaseless underbeat of pain, The tasks I ¢ uld not understand, Grow lighter as I walked along With air and step of liberty, Freed py the sudden tilt of # That filled the world with Yet was this all, A woman wise, Her life enriched by many a year, Had faced me with her brave, true eyes, Passed on, and said, ‘Good morning, dear I" Margaret E. Sangster, in Youth's Co a —— LOVE AND HYPNOTISM. BY GEORGE STRBLEEDT WALSH , —_ . THAT visit { ~\ tor Secor fatal to my hop ah npanion to Doe- seen 1 always ewhat er- | ch her mental vies, There i A Way ward in meri- 1 n uel h turethat marked Crank or a xd sometim ar as ao subject for exhibit { supernatural j lo not wish t rou the maxing ¢ eyes scious of her pe er feverishly t ing. 1 that done, and I quietly waited the re sults. ¢ . the meet WAS right as we lef knew the mischief that was ne had thiLg it One nsual of mi be that inY, desperate m wishing to brin matters and mys my | Argumen cept me julet, the d that in my brain! 1 never of Sel; ind being | had alwavs led, pette i ad Selma's my own a halls and Sun d mn Vee if. i } ACRSIOoNn and sell absorpti great subject & | entered er room, I sor AWATE } articles changed, Onde became sensation. The ro had all been Selma herself looked strangely bright and fascinating. Her eyes were brilliant and attractive. dressed in an evening whizh off her beauty rather than concenled it, She glided toward me in s winsome sylph like fashion, and extended a warm hand to welcome me, I shoddered as I dropped the hand-—why, I could nct say. My eyes waudered around the room, and then back to Selma each time. She was always watching me, with her lips half-parted in s smile, “Why have you changed the furni ture so, Selma?’ 1 asked in & voice that seemed somewhat dreamy to me. “Why? Do you not like it?" she snswered slowly, without removing her eyes from me. They were very brilliant. 1 eonld almost imagine they were two stars They were a complete study in them selves. 1 wandered somowhat in my thoughts, aud then recalled mysell, *‘Have you anything new on hypno- tism?" I asked irrelevantly, looking toward her recent collection of books. “Nothing in book form, but I have" A strange idea flashed across my miod as if by intuition, and I inter: rupted her only to finish hor own ser tence, **You have seen Dr, Secor?" 4) Ol AT 4 the mn and yin never She costume more was not “Selma, this is going too far,” I burst out wrathfully. “You should not do such" and said decidedly: “Stop. You have said enough.” This was unlike Selma that 1 { obeved. I thought her eyes grew more feverish, and she was making graceful motions with her hands that fascinated me. I watched her mutely. Then I grew dizzy. I clutched the | arms of my chair and caught for my { breath, It dawned upon me that shi | was trying to hypnotize Dr. Secor had initiated her into the mys- | teries of his power. The thought at first was revolting and made me an- { gry. But before I could speak a heavy sigh came from Selma. She was breathing hard fast, Did she think to triumph over me, to bring ! my mind under her control? Sh might have a strong personality, willing to test my against hers. I braced leal, and returned he The sudden wave of 80 me and but 1 powers self for the teady gaze, | Was own my strength which seemed to confuse and and 1 not your su It was not necessary to tell me i could see that our two frit Wa tas minds were ling for the mastery, and each My feelings comprehension WAR Hed by the other. ge bey st os if 1 d that if 1 l your life, me of the future! Her hands fluttered nervously and ped. ped t ment 1 had gained yO yilapse “Yes, I must answer cannot ask me the questions | know wh are. You ask them, but I will answer what you ya wish. at they eannot confession yuld not ask her wi I'he thought ma the power 1 i1 ie me sme, [4 to keey unpperm at woul i ded Are Ovi that No; 1 my and get her confession from her. tried to frame my thoughts in appro r mt juestion was ming? priate language, but my mind was con- fused. I vainly endeavore i to begin, but each sentence that I revolved in my brain seemed unsuitable. My mind was never so uncertain and lacking in decision. Conld I not speak? Bashful lover never hesitated so long as I did to declare his love. Was she really ex- erting a subtle influence over me that confused my mind and kept back the words I wanted to utter? “Selma, when did yon Secor?’ 1 said, anxious to whether I had lost control tongue, “To-day,” she said, simply. “Did he teach you how to hypno- tize?"' I continued. “Yen, he tried to, but I have partly failed." “Not parily, but wholly." swered, quickly. She smiled as she answored: “You are mistaken. You are partly nhder my power, You cannot rise from your chair without permission from me, snd you cannot ask me the question you dosire,” To show how absurd her words were I attempted to get up, but my limbs were paralyzed. Icould not move. Neither could I well her of my love and ask her to | accept me. The realization of my | condition made the perspiration stand out in great beads on my forehead. “How oan I free myself from this Dr. discover of my feo I an- Bho nodded her head simply, and | position?” I asked in desperation. shrugged her pretty shoulders, “Only by obtaining my consent.” She waved her hand imperiously, | “And you? How can you return to | your normal condition ?" | She smiled, | “You have it within your power to " | relieve me, “Then I will do it as soon as 1 have | | shown my power over you, 1 must tell you that I—" : ““1 could not get any further. | words choked in my mouth. My pride forsook me at the thought of my utter helplessness, 1 bowed my head. “It is useless, There is Y terious power holding cannot tell you “If I willed it so yon could, and 1 { would have to answer you truthfully.” I did not raise my head. of the whole business, to the mind and nerves, 1 dreaded the result of upon Selma with her tional nature, “Release me, Selma, and I will with- draw my influence,” some mys back. 1 mo I was sick It was ruinous almost such a strain sensitive, ¢mo- N | said, sudde nly sing my head, But as my eyes met her bright ones delicious stole over me. a jump. The withdrawn. 1 only realized that Selma was before 14 bright, beantiful ensation with was spirits rose heavy oppression entrancing sud in the poured out I even rose : | to her asly by IY question sutomaton. r emotion in sappeareq seams dream. y, never,” she murmured. “It Jat it was x delicious dream, least part of it I thought eks, and wy Py wing. Her co a secret with ma ing in my ears, 1 tale of devot beforehand that ntwardly she might Home and Country. wld I —— seven Hundred Miles Above Your Head, tho If it were possib y rise above th nere the \tmosp surrounds the yuld appear of fire, 1 be earth, a8 A while wrapped in ’ a Ther¢ ALY sensa- to the brain this: Iw is ot 1 A contrary, our earth extended to a f 700 miles, the sun's heat and could never penetrate it, and nothing in the shape of an organized mld ever existed upon Again, if something that ald suddenly expand our atmosphere to a height of 600 or 700 i, Wo Ww ald all frecze to death while wrapped in darkness blacker than the blackest midanight, — St. Louis Republie. h Ave h Ap pe n w :} ERR pti ———— An Ironclad Railroad, A railroad which the Germans have built in Asia Minox, extending from Tsmid, a harbor about sixty miles east of Constantinople, east by south 309 miles to Angora, has as little wood in it, perhaps, as any in the world. Not snd telegraph poles are of iron, nine. tenths of it furnished by German works ; and chiefly by Krupp. There sro no less than 1200 bridges on the line, one measuring 500 feet, one 445, and three 827 feet. There ars sixteen tunnels, the longest measuring 1430 feet. This is the only railroad which penetrates into the interior of Asiatio Turkey, — Railroad Gazette, I — | Refinement of Cruelty, Two Rochester women were disonss- | construction, The first said: “Now for lobster salad I always get a nice live lobster that weighs about one | pound and a half or two pounds, and | boil it nicely.” The second spoke in with, “How do you kill the lobster? You know, I never buy live lobsters | boonuse I think it is so inhuman to kill them by putting them into a ket- | tle of hot water.” The first woman ‘replied: “Oh, I never kill them that | way; that would be too horrible, I always put them on in cold water and let them come to & boil." Post-Express, | | The | | as if I was waking out of CH { i (A ah nh wR nh EELECTING BEEDS. Every man that plants seeds, whether for the farm, the or ¢aerden, should select those that do the best in the loeality where they are to | be planted. Different require different varieties, and every or gardener should select, after trial, | the kinds that sucee ed bes One of th vegetable flower | soils iarmer best guide 4 in tion 1s to note the success ties used onsimilar soils by neighbe the State experiment usanlly give goo griculturist station can advice Ane Ac not 1 mnt Dual ntract sari N60 it 18 wise f nimal that is severely foundered, followed by severe inflam mation in the logs and feet, is almost ecertain to have contracted i rompt atiention in the feet hoofs, unless giveny re fever in Ar al frie anything New Yo LIBERAL MANTRING If one gion from lecturers ter that grown wi lied or alread only got to try it to the error Corn, in comm other plants, draws on a store food out « to make growth If this supply is ne reach it refuses to grow, the as any and all other plants, The idea, then, that it does not exhaust the soil, or draw upon manures that may be the hear i past successfull ANDY has gained what has heen the be api of plant up its yt within same f which | applied is an error. only the rails and bridges, but the ties i It is true that through experiment in these later years it has been learned that in way corn will make a crop with a less application of the one material nitrogen than formerly was supposed. In some way it sup- some | plies itself, and without the hand of | the farmer, with at least a portion of this one important ingredient that is represented in the crop after grown. In many cases lands that have been | manured with barn manures for a long | series of years contain a surplus of | this one ingredient, which the corn | may draw upon possibly for several ling the subject of salads and their | crops, And then again, there is evi | dence that goes to support the theory i that the corn plant has the power to | pocare a measure, at least, of its needed mitrogen from the air. Whether it is the one or the other | that is really the source of supply, the | fact remains, all the same, that good | crops of corn are being grown with a | smaller application of nitrogen than | was formerly deemed nseessary, | But it is this one element oaly that oan be spared or can be reduce’ in uantity in the growing of this crop o phosphoric acid and the potasn wust be supplied in the full propor: | - tion called for | barn manures the application must be | gre In manuring with meet the wants of two elements or it If heavy crops are liberal enough to the crop in these will be a failure. | wanted the manuring must be liberal. make the of plant conclude crop without the full supply food Wo farmer, then, need he can w coru successfully with scanty ap- Maine Farmer, Corn eaunot piication THE to farmer than itis to sell, writes Michigan, to the Amer- 1 cost of baling FARM any gricultn straw i But is another point Oa | heavy soil nothing surpasses straw to lighten and loosen it. Spread the straw and plow it nnder, and ifit does i r, scatter it in the fur t {furrow slice to cover. Gnas arley straw make tock, given in conn When hay is high-pr wise to utilize A | this way Laer fitable use is in keeping out the If there he wind whistles through il boards to the the studding, nning at m, and fill the space between iteide with straw, stables is a begi the bo that and the ot is excellent pay fi ovedq © n my Is espe ally Nothing flow of m In more quickly ilk than cold sarinxs finding methods to dispose ¢ surplus siraw, do not forget the ho pen. No animal more enjoys a good dry bed than a bog, and there is ao more perfect picture of content than a number of hogs comfortably nestled in a pile of straw, There is no reason why a hog should be regarded as partial to filth If he could talk he would express himself in favor of clean food and dry quarters. Trae, he seeks relief from heat and flies in a mud hole when he can find no clean water, but if he had access to the straw stack he would show his appreciation of it. Feed the straw, work it into the manure pile, tread it under foot in tae barnyard, plow it under ground, dispose of it as a mulch aronnd trees, berry bushes or grape vines, but never sell straw off the farm. there in some way. FARM AND GARDEN NOTRS, Give the colts a foud start and there will be little trouble about the finish, | It would seem to be only a question | of time when the Clydesdale and Shire breeds would unite, The best grades of butter have no oreign market to sustain prices, hence the slump this year, The red raspberry is a good honey plant, and largor and better berries ars the result of the visit of the bees It is folly to raise a sorub, when a grade which will bring double price can bo as easily bred, and as cheaply raised and fattened. It is | needed at home, and should be used | Dr. Kilmer's Swany. 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