WHAT DOES IT MATTER, {t matters little where I was born, Or if my parents were rioh or poor y Whether they shrank at the cold world's soorn, Or walked in the pride of wealth scoure, But whether I live an honest man, And holds my integrity firm {n my clutoh, tell you, brother, plain as*I am, It matters much! t 1 t {t matters littla how long I stay 3 In a world of sorrow, sin, and care} Whether in youth I am called away, Or live till my bones and pate are bare, jut whether I do the best I can To soften the welght of adversity's touch | Oa the faded cheek of my fellow man, pursued Kennet! Catuip t drink it! “It's the best thing in the for a cold on Renwick, wr if you had o1 camping part 1 "1 ha mistook he ei ' daughter the Renwick. ‘Kenneth, d talk I" urged worst thing you co with your lungs . “But I must t 1" said the captain “Consi ler, mother, Ji has Beat & Word About it, Sheonly came ““Nouser 1" said Joyce “A farm- laughter, seen through the big! You were al-| 184 er's end of the opera glass! ways a victim to delusions, Kenneth." “My dear Joyce, I assure you—"" | “Children, children!” remonstra- | lf ted Mrs. Renwick, piteously, *‘do have a little common sense. Kenneth, | vou know you ought not to talk | ) J Joyee, don't you hear how hoarse your brother is?” If puneamonia should set made an expres looked a litle lenwick Joyee Captain sive grimace, apprehensive, “Mamma,” wore a pessimist, ails Kennth." “But it is settling on his lungs, my dear,” said Mri Renwick, plaintively. “And out here in the wilderness there isn't even a drug store short of fifteen miles, Oh, dear! oh, dear! why did I ever allow myself to be persuaded to come to the Adirondacks?” “The scenery, mamma" said Joyce, soothingly. “But ono scenery. Aad said she, ‘yon always It's only a cold that can't ent and drink this woman knows absolutely nothing about omelettes and broiled a beefsteak in her lifo until I stone, and the mosquitees are unen- durable!” said Captain zine, in his reach after the cigar box. den of the world! 1 | on the enameled face of her watch, in after this exposure—" | i { in her notebook. ' mali. the doctor about his business.’ ciously whispered Joyce, “Bat I didn't know what sort of a doctor it was,” retorted the captain, Pneumonia did not set in after all. Doctor Barton proved a true prophet, | and soon dispelled the heavy cold. But Captain Renwick had yet another ailment in the region of the heart. “Mother,” he said, ecoaxingly, “wasn't I right? Ain't she lovely?" “The sweetest girl 1 ever saw,’ Mrs, | Renwick warmly answered: “and the | most talented and self-reliant.” “And if, mother—" French coffee, and she never howed her how, As for her soups, hey are simply uneatable. And the eds are as hard as the neither mill- | “All these are trivial annovances,” Renwick, skillfully con- riving to tip over the eatnip-tea on he current number of a popular maga- ‘To me, the Adirondacks are the gar- shall never be | willing to go anywhere else in the sum- | “You will be the most fortunate mer. And she cavs it is even finer | man in the world,” said Mrs. Ren- were in winter, with the trifling ex- | wick. It matters much! ception of a little solitude,” | Captain Renwick made the best use a 4 “Kenneth,” cried his mother, in |of his time, and, although Dr. Bar {t matters little where be my grave, agonized accents, *‘voumust not talk !”" | ton’s summer vacation was over, and Or on the land or on the sea, “My dearest mother, I am all rij she lingered and lounged at picnics, By purling brook or ‘neath stormy wave; if you only won't fret!” declared this | and in the pearly shadow of water It matters little or naught to me { prodigal son. lilies, he still continned to make many But whether the Angel of Daath comes d¢ But Captain Renwick’s eyes were | appointments for seeing her; and, | Avd marks nn row with his loving touch, unnaturally bright, the hot flush of when he returned to the Handred-and- As one that shall wear the vietor's crown, | fever burned on his ch and his | Forty-seventh Artillery, he was an en- It matters much! breathing was alternate ly hurried and | gaged man, : Fr the Swedish, laborions, ‘‘And after the first of November,” a— EE — It was undoubted the t that he | he says, ‘Doctor Barton will be phy DOCTOR B ARTON'S Pp ATIENT had taken a severe cold during the | si wn advisory to b it one patient.” hd «41 VA : a | camping out expedition from which | Saturday Night He a 5 { he had just returned, and tl th —_—_— — 3% HELEN FO he GRAYED | cold had been proof, so far, at least, A Much Traveled Cat, =~ ND you don't even a ninst all the remedies Mrs. Renw “I hav wt a pet kitten at home." k| k her name!" ad used, aid WW, 1 . "a ) Ma oh i d \ 4 “Oh, doar! i 1 : AT ¥, ” f ‘ p re oy alwa 1 Vhat i P y , ——— - tt | r w : 1 t : 1 1 3 : 11 A Chinese and Music K ‘ $3 } t oF $ tip k= 4 The ( v extraordin ] ar + ar r atiz t i Mr I nd J 1 d i! tot r joer 4 4 y i Croat t in r hid + he captain w r | { rth for th f 4 4 : r { aan 8 ud ' v int to A i dona?’ Accor to the ( stial idea, th All that moment | primitive sounds sre hidden in was a slight rustle down 4, silks, woods of various kinds, siig I 1 The di etor amboo plant, pumpkbess in the f animals, in certain earths and ‘ ‘ . : last night. Faney, Joyce, my being | excitedly, *‘with such . . » ’ - ¢ taclt " vig 3 fool enough to mistake her for a boat- | horse and phaeton. O MF 138011 Auy das hd wan's daughter |” he isn't old. and he don’t ta of r { ] re of see ) "hy ' 1 : : { { hestra “Why, aré laughters | Ob, I'm rey I dida't ea . ’ REA a8 nice and | nal 1 nae of 1 , Fr 14:1 4 MJ . 1 4 ' { those y Joyce, ‘He ha ) l ¢ h . pta I'Ren tell tt pat | that tl id “ oan ™ . r vi od « ‘ Mrs. Ogden, ¢ | vy, 1 ' : rive the ether 4 [ 2 ’ ‘ | \ r sl at th . l LX oT | I ros { t of a i ASO, em, tor ‘ . ¥ » : Ww f pana j : ‘ | h Ar PR) . . hat yin { pi r ) ' XN i N $s au ' " $ 14 » te 4 : ’ it { But befor : : to Lake : AA r + wit, and : r b 5 po ¥ wl I saw her sitt f ) 1 r i do f 4 " : wad s it the water-lilies, 1 j | to | a y ' i . thie that ¢ - of » \ r : Fat r i'} b to h odd r ) ! M Perry! ‘ ], st h 21 far v! : 4 » » | 4 ——— TOW 1 to Needle I t. an a v : : Resene of a Sand Hill Crane, for again in the « s Wai y i thu i | “ vol ’ . to 4 . you a dollar to remember ! } r . at boa “And 4 1J Ay 1 r, Ar : + 1 W .P.} ' R V AP, i ¢ r I } Mi r 4 D } : 4 you ¢ ha t | ta 1 w a — ’ , she handled the r But i : a Dolph, the toba 1 1 1 i orey t r ; : \ ta t full. O man, who called for 1 4 i t 34 A “yy X ahot \ i a ¥ ‘Why didn't yon i t what w wn d ry y ax " : several « ter?’ says L It warn wrier, Bat.” added Ke th, stretel a tom} : the prairie At the © savs he; ‘it was M Perr Well, n to got a look at the I +t of thy grat the birds took fl " then 1 met her at the pm We h was still ght LAr, ¥ here with the « 4 tl rounded waltzed ther af tl ! th doctor? ] y told 10 Le Was alia t ! v 1 Wa Most r She is as beautiful ) ra 3 11 tainl : Haren I i rod bird and as intelligent as she i aatifn J beautiful | gat and vde several att ts to iv. and fins “Did y 18 ] ? iJ tiv ¢ k Ks ti Ronw LS Wr ’ lin r some ten or fifteen (M cour l apologized, 1 Ung inn her delicate fin r foot in the air. bat as it « 11d t uti tain Kenneth “And we had a good loctor,” said she Have tain itself it fe sin to the ground _ 4 } has ! af y ‘ am : : in ot H N laugh over it. © had 1 after 3 to remain qui bill It tried ag , however, and the paren water-lilies, aid. She paints "em | a fow moments while 1 ascertain the rd, seeing the trouble the young one : wat ! n o has Oni unlse at 3411 unre ' i Py in water « r | vy | AYE On pul and t« Ape rata ¢ vas in, plac { h underneath it, when they are finished. Joyce, vou Captain Renwick was strack dumb. | 11 wine it to rest its feet on her back, ‘ know | } : ™ a electric Hl seeme p : : must know ner She is a perfect | An electric thrill seemed to dart | 4) birds continuing all the while to 5 al " ¢ on beauty. And she dances like a sylph, | through every pulse and vein. But | g ap their wings, In this way, much and sings like Patti, aad Joves's cyes sparkle 1, and th lim to my amazement, she sacceeded in ] les came oat aronn 1 her m ath “You!” ghe cried. “‘A doetor?’ | St Louis Glob Doctor Barton nodded, still intent | | " hearing it off to a place of safety,” Democrat, — Ny What 810 Will De in Egypt, “Pornella Barton They call me Perry for short. Captain Renwick | “Speaking of the valne of money to always ealled me Miss Perry I don't | an Egyptian native, said a traveler, “I recall when 1 wanted to take an in tolligont fellow me for a six | months’ trip to act as my servant, in terpreter and body guard, He said believe he knew I had any other name.” “And yon are really a doctor?” said “Oh, Kenneth, how fortun wilh Joy on, ate 1" Doctor tient's tongue, and made some abstruse hieroglyphies | Then she measured | ont some gray powders in infinitesi { mal papers, and left her directions in | the most business-like way in the | me | world, “1 shall look in again this even ing,” she said, “‘It seems to be noth ing more than a severe cold ut 1] asked. . { do not intend that it shall gain any “It is on largo sam,” headway." piteously. “d “I put mysell entirely in your| *“ ‘Well, name it." " : charge,” sail Captain Renwick, with “I burst out laughing and gave him a contented sir, *'I'm perfectly oer: | the money. Think of all that family tain that I shall get well.” “1 thought you were going to send | Free Press. Jarton examined her pa listoned at his lungs | culty, “What is that?” I asked. “7 must leave money enough with my father, mother, wife and four chil dren to support them for the six nthe while I am away,’ ” he replied. “I whistled. It was an unexpected request, he replied — he would go, but there was one diffi- | “'‘How much do you want?" 1! living six months on $101 "Detroit ENBILAGE FOR HORSES, when they are ————————————————— dormant. It then Sweet ensilage has been fed to horses | reaches every part of the tree and withont any ill results, but if it is sour, by faulty curing, it is not a safe food for theso animals, A small ration only | should be given, and when it is fed, it is desirable to feed whole grain in-| stead of ground feed. There is dan- ger of fermentation of the food in the while it will do v¢ ry se | the trees, | scalds the young scale insects, pre- venting thelr growth and spread. Jut when the trees are in leaf it can- not reach the pests so effectually, rious injury to The orchardist owes it to himself to stomach when meal is given with the | acquire at least » rudimentary enusilage, If fed at the beginning, | knowledge of entom gv in order to with caution, horses will get used to | cope successfully with his inscet en- it, after which it may be used ns the | « , and at the same time not dam- reguls { | New Y i Tis ¢ Wi tr "ie hia $410 fot 3 gular food. New dork lin ce histrecsorin Lis iuseot friends, c— s insect foes u roughly divid- HOW MUCH CLOVER AX ACHE, ed into two class 1080 that eat with Threo bushels of clover seed per | VOIX Jaws and thc that suck with acre may be considered an excellent | ® PLL In doaling tia the Dret class, yield, and as the seed is always ob- | 8ROLY which are aterpiliars, slugs from the second growth of the | BUG beoties, ra preparations 1 pe | 1 8 most farm the seed | A 6ris green and Jd yn purplo—are crop is alm clear un or profit 108% elect 4 : In fight- Wi tho se 1d gr t of « ver in ing the su rs & uscless, for | ¢ 1 § est the reason that this f 1¢ 1 2 the market in + a r as ; to it show for all it is worth A quest ] ced 1 ) reasos is an ox it food dreds of t ers, savs | for ch It can 0 grown J. 8.1 A rican ] i par water with a sandy tto Tr ig ’ i, "Hos } " | » . 2 a o gaa i ater this it is 3 eq thon ’ I t al er, ALY i Of W se > . . 5 # * Whenes : r but i ry 1 | once a day to cattle w lon't { ’ so baked Bee alle af that t ap ’ AP OOULLE §¢ a OL aha ‘ +R - Ir " 1 . sides of ¢ " H rather tan 3 } ; ’ 3 . } 4 of er K ’ [ fs » 4 + a8 Re ? “- } : r wher lth vigor On anashle 4 ra bdr wealth and vigor. sig of A = a saad - % 2 a - pot with the kanokles it ris gs fror All admit that a cow Dneoods sheiter he bl . : “5 | in winter ;but it is equally necessary the blow By taking a dry plant and in y wT at | ia ay ee BEE) 1 n y p vs ‘ wokoating fanm 14 sounding it, and afterwards a wet one | i ot peotestion “30M 12108 re] 1 FY am a mrahing vs ¢ You will at once appreciate the differ- soorshing rave of the sun of | . sw hws § ence in sonnd Even whe the plant summer. . Even | he plant . dite is wet on surface, if the! Poultry raise be wicinity of ball, ¢ x sv the fact sumnner resort be apt to find ) .r . 3 ov + a {a ’ " ate at re 1 : ) posing of their in jar 4 va a ty wis during the Dot weather Shan later n An + 4 n the a hs 4 r ir | better milk development se- ex r at r red with tl rst calf, the better re- by t t asked t it is } to scoure, Mak ! ] t start e and keop in a Yo fd 4 wi a 214 Pi R excellent for late pasture or $ ¥ Y ja] . 5 ! BLWH € for #1 Quite a oro if it out (on d A pul Kw Ir Iate corn land. It s " . sa } w the la: apied bs — fava dt 1 or a PATAOTD Io ’ 4 7 pis 1 Animals oan i by v ‘ 4 Kg 5 v - ) * In riment 2% ‘ ay tb inted with a mixturd Tr ] $ 4 5 wv x . mana 3 : 3 { wi § ¢ noty . ap ww a ie petrol 3 tment st the re all w a { {tar and tons : fy & when } Brag saturated | of earbolio acid, well mix f wut : : : 2 * mn 4% n . . r 648 add Tops A 5 Fast, ra : i r } Rune af ; ! ud grown to suit the 1 ars ] AF wit H x 3 had a t sod # crops tha ring 4 a i x 4 : pr n proportion to t ' 9 ’ } a lb : A t r { id be grow: Ke 4 d ] : . If t A gs o put a wi of ti not Nor in the pen with 1 » , > a 5 3 be : t. If the cow has a you hon * 3 Roa r 3 I v h & wil 1 1 faitl : { | AY ha 8. ore a. k . " 3 3 J ' 3 i " af nr 1 tha Egrs packed A wat would do the busi al Te : “ yo iy w i salt during March and April, aft i . : wiping with vaseline, to w hsaliey i ladybird is a vainabie insect de- acid had been added, kept four or | str r. At is the special er y of five months withcut loss, the quality |! httie g A Aphis U estro) after four months being much superior | ¢ gr plants, and t ladybird is al to ordinary. Temperature of each : A upon 1 Dusies in sa box varying little fr sizty degrees | mer time, becan tho aphis especial. Fahrenheit, and each box was turn v atta t OM Over once in every tw dava Little & « nr ars have been troubled difference was observed in the ke eping | with black 'k int toes. The fun of the fertile and unfertile egus, and | no difference was noticeable in the rs from differ keeping qualities of « Y liflerent ent fowls or from those on « rations, -- New York World. MISTAKES IN TREE SPRAYING, Mon often apply the same reme ly to all sorts of diseases, and frequently with Thus the | superintendent of a California orchard —a capable and energetic man, but not a “book farmer" «found his trees infested with red spiders Knowing that a spray of salt, sulphur and lim was good for some things, he believe dl it good forall, and with his trees in| | fall leaf and tender foliage, he them a thorough spraying with the | lime wash, with what result it is dif cult to tell at this writing, but prob | | ably he will kill the spiders, and not | improbably the trees also, | Much judgment should be used in i | disasterous results, gave i the application of all washes in the | | orchard, The leaves are the lungs of | the tree, the breathing apparatus, and whatever destroys them injures the tree. Lime-—the chuel ingredient in | the lime, sulphur, and salt wash-of ertios. It 1 this that gives it its ef fective qualities, and it should be used { the gus of the potato rot atiacks them on both leaf and fruit. There is no rem- | ody after it gets full possession of the vines, but an «¢ arly ase of Bor lonux | mixture is a preventive, | A first-class animal is sure to bring a good price, but he who has all first class stook usually obtains *“the top of | arket.” Wher they all seem to! be of one mold, asd that a good ene, ! there are dealers ready to take them | as a lot, and ab your price. 4 Iho sow must be in thrifty condi tion to produce thrifty pigs. Feod her | on succulent food. Cooked or steamed i ver, turnips, potatoes, beets, and a variety, with a due proportion grain, will keep her in the best condi. tin for producing thrifty pigs. ad 1 The milk test hos come to stay, be- cause it is right that it should stay. it makes better and more honest dairy- men, it teaches the farmer how to woed out his inferior stock and de- velop his best, and generally, it leads to improvement of farm methods. Currant bushes in vigorous growth always make a superabundance of oh and should be trimmed by out. ting out the old canes that were weak. ened by age and frait bearing, Also thin out new growth, and cut back of the ends of long, slender branches | course possesses highly caustio prop- | on deciduous trees only in the winter Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Hoor cures all Kidney and Bladder troubles, Pamphlet aud Consuliation free, Laboratory Dinghs on, N. X. is this year Ig mushiels, Tux wheat product of Tex estimated to be 6,000,000 $100 Reward, $100. The reader of this paper will learn that thers is at 1 that science 1 he plenced to ; o dreaded disease a8 best 6 curs in all stages, and that is Cstarrn, Haile Ad Cure is the only positive known to the medion] fratery # Bb Conmitle tional disnase ional 1ronte ment, H en internally, 4 1% BUF. g the the Die stitution . The ative lars ir list odo, 0, 4 Cure Catarrh be res moonstl Let s Catarrl One Hundred D to eu df Nature When ADWAY’ PILLS, Nwave Dalishis Darele Yadatahl AIWAYS Keliaie, Parels Yegatabls, 5 ¥ Ba AY SICK HEADACHE, FEMALE COMPLAINTS BILIOUS INDIA OTION, DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION All Disorders of the LIVER. 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