——— ——————— THE LILY AND THE POET, A lily on the highland lay, Beneath the fleroo and scorching ray Of midday summer sun, It chanced a poet, passing by, Upon the lily cast his eye ; His sympathy it won, “Poor little flower,” he pitying sald, “Who left thee thus with drooping head Beneath a burning sky ; Ah, me! it was a thoughtless deed To east thee forth, like common weed, To wither and to die, “Away from cool and grateful shade O! garden bed or mossy glade, Where, erstwhile, thou didst bloom, My heart with pity bleeds for thee, Thus treated so despitefully, And left to such a doom. “The lily is the spotless flower, The emblem of the priceless dower, Of purity of heart, King Solomon, in all his power, Was not arrayed like thee, sweet flower, Thou work of Nature's art. “Ieannot leave thee in thy need, Amid the dust to pant and bleed, I cannot leave thee so, Close by thee lies a lovely mere, Whose sparkling waters bright and clear, O'er water lilies flow, “Upon its cool, refreshing breast, I'll lay thee gently down to rest, And banish all thy pain. The water sprites will change thy And, as a ‘Lily Thou yet shalt bloom shape, of the Lake,’ SANDY'S ORG? WONDE reflect- | | Mrs. Bentley. | "Mandy don’t | N. y 1" *y TR hoo! Hoo- ! You 'Man- “Yes, maw, what wd d’'youn wan 2 DON Bentley AWAY, an i ooking at her mo vas twenty or i she chickens were making so much wise she had to raise her to » Jisagreeable, rasping pitch. ( want! Why, 1 want ter jou don't feed them chick’ns, —that's what I want! Step around ively, now, 'n’ don’ forget 's Chris'mas Eve, 'n’ a extry w lone. You ac’’s if you whether the minister hed anything linner tomorrow 'r not!” “] don't care,” said the girl, with milen emphasis. She came out into the lane, and stood near her mother. TK ’ oO didn't care {oy ACS | of wheat from Satesnd | DUSA =» fing r ter be | and shook | can’t come in to-night. | Mrs. Quackenbush we'd be back early | to supper.” Hitt rene rant or dnb with WEE | oa NE TABU IEE oT some va; Maria's splendor ; then she gave a lit- tle sniff of contempt, “Well, I don't see where them Quackenbushes git so much money ter spend on foolishness! They got just the same fer their pertatos as we did -'n’ they didn’t have no bigger crop, I know. ’'N' they ain't sold their hawgs yet, It beat me where they git eame from the house, dressed for town, and crossed the lane to the barn. “T'll, show them Quackenbushes 'f they ean walk over my girl!” she was saying. Her lips were shut firmly together, and there was an ominous look in her eyes. Mandy's paw'll never git stirred up ter the pitch o' gitt'n 'n org'n; 'n' what's the sense o' their money ter pay fer things!” ‘She's got a pair o' gloves ter match, too." ‘Lian’ sakes! Just 's if that pair o’ gray ones she got 'n the spring wasn’t | good enough! It beats me. Well, | there's one thing mighty sure! They needn't any of "em think she's go'n ter look better in sll her finery than you'll | look 'n thet peacock blue o' your'n!" | “'Is 's old 's the hills,” said the girl. Her lips quivered, and there was | an undertone of tears in her voice. Her mother looked at her in mute sym- pathy. | “Maria Quackenbush ain't got nol such figger 's your'n,” she said, after a little, taking stock of the girl's good points; ‘nor no such hair, 'n' she don’t know how ter do 't np like you | do. I don't suppose he'll take a no- tion to her.” “Who will?” There was a conscious | look on the girl's face. | “Dick Underwood.” “Who's a-car'n' whether he does '’'r not?" exclaimed ‘Mandy, with exaggerated affectation of scorn and in- difference that but poorly concealed | the deep hurt her mother's words had | given. “He's welcome to, 'f he wants to! Nobody 'll hender "im, 1 guess.” ““Hev yon got them chick'ns fed?” “Yes.” She shook the last grains her apron. Her face was flushed, and tears were very close an | to her eyes now, As turned toward the honse, there was a clatter of unevenly gallop- ing horses on the winter ground, and up to the gate dashed Maria Quack n- d Dick U noisily, and with a gre sho nderwood, laughing it deal of color faces, as if they had been rid- | klessly. | oa!" cried Maria, with spirit, Hello, "Mandy! (tuess in their 1 Wh J h 3g slow on ham! “Won't you git down 'n wsked Mra. Bentley % ta 34 t mistakable disag gate, and man jumped of hands with her through the his horse uate, “I've only changed in with shining said, eyes, We promised & ¥arsic tn’ verE iy yo right hand she began scattering it on [a new org'n fer Chris’ mas, "Mandy." the hard, ungrassed ground. “Mebbe you think "tis fan ter hev ministers 'n’ their wives 'n’ a shildren ter 'n' work fer Chris'mas,”” “but I don't. [ wish Chris'ms all the go Quackeni rg'n,” of eagerness cams faded almost instantly. “Has he?” id Mrs. Be utley stolidly watching the chickens, *““'N "ts twenty-four stops, maw." “What has? “The org’'n Maria's paw got er Ohris"'mas,” The elder woman gether with a kind of “I gue : music tl mid. “No,’ a sigh ol indifference, ' she added, suddenly, with a very passion of long ing in her tone; ‘‘d’ you think paw’ll ever get me “] do' know,” reph “Looks ! f KR SNOW, Which o’ them pull'ts 'r’ you kill fer ter 4¢ “] COOK she added th f fer Chris'mas?"’ ed her mother. don’t it? enough A dull farm. came ar barn, and grayness lowered upon the Fhe wind und the eorner pushed some stray locks of the girl's hair across her neck. horse came runningup from the lower pastare, ai neighing and pawing the patiently, river, was the cow bell, “There comes the cows,” Bentler, down tinKie said Mrs. sighing unconsciously, It wis a sigh resignation, however, for Mrs. Bentley had beens farmer's daughter before she was a farmer's wife. “There!” she exclaimed, mild trinmph, as a cock erew, “Didn't I tell you it was go'n’ ter storm? You ean tell it by the mournful thet rooster’s voice. Oh, say, ‘Mandy ! Dick Underwood got home Ins’ week from town ter spend Chris’'mas 'n’ Xew Year. I just heard it while yon was out gether'n’ punk’ns!” “I knowed it yesterday,” said the girl. She did not stir or lift her eyes, but a faint color came into her snd a pulse in her throat began to beat quickly. Her mother gave her a keen, search- ing look. of “I gness he'll mos’ likely be go'n’ | ter Maria's ter-morrow, a-seein’ her new org'n,” she said, looking away, “Ves, I guess,” said the girl, After s moment's hesitation, she added: “Maria's maw got ‘er 'n offul pretty new dress.” “Did she?”—with » look of inter- est, ‘What's it like?” “'T'"s a sort 0’ brown "n’ gold stripe ~mmel’s hair, "T's offal pretty,” added the girl with a kind of bitter re- luctance. Mrs, Bentley was awed into silence for a» moment in contemplation © lot o' | go'n’ tor | whistled a little na it | of the big | Al looked over the tall bars, ground im- | near the | »inkle-inkle of a in | sound o' | face | “Yes, I heard,” said "Mandy, faintly. “Got twenty-four stops 'n’ two knee a loud 'n’ soft. "T's gota back, 'n’ places fer lamps h' Can't you come over ternight 7 I guness not,” said the girl lor left her face, and she on Vases, had " oy i ale, ,"" said Mra. Bently, with a hard ‘she’ll hev ter do all ternight. I'm a-go'n ter . look in her eyes, the work town." “Why, maw!" exclaimed amazement, “'R’ What yon go'n’ fur?” “I'm a-go'n’ ter git some things fer dinner termorrow. I'm all out.” She began "Mandy, {1 honest? you, Iramming with her coarse gate, There was a wok resoluti i almost stubbornness on her f ROoOrnnes 0 ner i red fingers on the le of sudden 34 woe ; and a cold glitter, like steel, in her eves ally when she looked at Maria. “I wish you ¢'u’d come € speci . | said ing her horse's ears “I"'ve got lots ter tell you" 'n’ ter i I've got a new dress that'll make your mouth water!” “Hunh!"” sniffe | ing her head con { “Ts brown 'n’ | offal fine—"n' it quarter s yard." | *“*Hez you paw sold his hawgs yet?” { asked Mrs, Bentley, with sudden and startling significance nothing could shake Maria's self-sat- isfaction to-day. She returned with placidity Mrs. Bentley's intense gaze, “I do’ know,” she replied lightly “'N' I've got a pair natch, ‘Mandy. Guess yon come, after all. Well, we'll hey ter | be go'n’, Mr. Underwood" she gave him a decidedly and boldly coquettish whereat poor "Mandy turned paler and Mrs, Bentley's face assumed a fairly purplish tinge—**'r we'll be late. Good-bye! Hope you'll hev a | good time ter-morrow.” *“Good night,” said the young man, | with a lingering look throngh the gate at the pale, pretty face and wide, hart “l wish you a very happy { Christmas!” *“Good-night,” said "Mandy, with a | poor smile that was hardly a smile at | nll, “Now, you go right 'n the house | 'n’ do up all the work, 'Mandy,” said | Mrs. Bentley, taking up a slop pail [and walkiug with quick, resolute | strides. Every step seemed to say, “I've made up my mind! I've made up my mind!” “Yon tell Peter ter hiteh Dock 'n’ Charley ter the spring | wag'n, while I'm dress'n. 'N' you harry up, too, so's I ean git off before you paw gits back! I won't git home to-mght; I'll put up at Mis’ Hantly's, Hurry up!” Too occupied with her own reflee- tions to give more than a passing thought to her mother's sudden reso- | lutions, and eager to get hor pale face {away from those wsolicitons eyes, ‘Mandy gladly obeyed, Twenty minutes later Mrs. Bont oy -simper + Ww Yi ing just piles sh 3 A “5 3 [Ag AINOL 8 DALr cost a dollar-'n'-a- | glance, eyes, { dress!” that young lady, sirily, to 'Mandy, flick- with her whip; But evidently | gloves tor | be tter my keep'n that hundred dollars ter bury myself with? Guess I'll gi} buried decent somehow, ’'N’then a "ticin’ Dick Underwood down there on’ the strength o' a new org’n 'n’ a new Her tone was bitter now ine “1'll show 'em!” deed. She elimbed into the wagon over tho the reins | front wheel, and took with decision, “Git up,” be trifled with. up | As she passed the kitchen, she lcoked | | in, but "Mandy was not in sight. | ominouslook de epened on the mother's she muttered | face. again, “I'll show em," The wind whistled around the corner, and brought with it the first flurry of snow, The ground was white when Mrs | Bentley drove with a flourish of tri. 'Mandy | nmph into the barn yard. ran out, barcheaded. Sho was still pale, and her eyes looke 1 0s if she had not slept. “Oh, maw!” she cried. got there?” “Stop holler'n’,” said her mother “Te a new org'n fer FOU 'n’ three “What you grimly. 'n' "ts got twenty-eight stops tL walla 11 KDee-swWells | “Oh, maw!” comple tely overcome. "Mandy, ‘you're exclaimed I'hen a holler'n’ yourself! ‘Say, maw, what's | . | the third swell fur?” ““1 don't know what there. 'N' 1 want to, 'N' I've g« loliar 'n’ gloves tow Wi “Oh, "ta Her '{ I m! 'ts far, but guess I can ho be I've showed '¢ it a dress fur you thet cost a » “i118 a half a vard, ' two pairs o he y tanks Mase maw ! holler'n’ Und: tor soe ou're a 'N' Dick Was Co tig ft mao he asked I'd hike ter I guess can Dod Over. Sensitive People, a olsas people with but the fact tl with an undue ss makes life and to othe AION often 4 Intense sensitiveness n in childhood when chil much of, nntil they ¢ ol grow {to be wonds riully CONSCIONns themselves - i | If parents, when they see the dawning | { of this trait, which grows to be such thay could ¥3%hent iti Hasire! {if those who have a temperament { which inclines them to sensitiveness would eall to their aid all the common sense they § reason out the which meet them much oftener than they meet hers, much of it has its in in imagination, both they and ossess and cases for oflense 80 ot and consider how the world would be gainers. The busy world bas no time to stop to listen to small complaints, and complainers are apt to be left in the background, and sometimes to be so pushed aside as to really have some groun is for discon tent, The wisest plan is to try as far as possible to forget sell. The slights which are usually so trying n nored, for it not a matter of so much importance how one is treated as it is the effect it has upon the char- acter. That ¢Teet is lasting, the other | is but tracsient. —Christian Herald. sti — - Thinz in Shoes, . most IH The Latest the striking thing Inte offerings in sole shapes is the last that turns almost skyward the toe, The curve begins at the ball, and the toe very mu the peakes turned Pe rhaps among the at th resembles i ip front of some centuries ago that had to be chained to the knee, only that it is not nearly so long, says a writer in Boots and | Shoes Weekly. It was not so very long ago that the { turned-up toe was in vogue with us, made with a stiff, unyielding, heavy sole-Jeather bottom. The advocates | of this shape contended then that this was the proper form for the sole of the | shoe, because the foot assumed this { position in progression. But there was no provision made in it for the foot at rest, If this new style of turned-up toes is adopted, however, the modern { flexible sole will in some degree | mitigate the evils of such a shape by | permitting the toes of the foot to { press downward partially at least. | This seems to be one of those novelties in footgear that is more caleulated | for novelty than comfort. cc —— enn Progress in Ireland, Statistics just published show tha during the past year 60,000 acres of land have been reclaimed in Ireland | Horses and mules have increased ir | the island by nearly 10,000, Sheey | and cattle have decreased 316,000 and { 72,000, respectively; but, | other hand, pigs have increased to the iextent of 237,000, and the poultry | census shows a goose and two fowls for every man, woman and child iv Ireland, with ducks and turkeys in equal abundance. New York World, asians High Price for a Ball, At » recent sale of Aberdesn-Angns eattle, the property of a Mr, Grant, of Seotland, the yearling bull, Boaz, sold for $1450, elwimed to be the highest price ever paid for a bull of the breed, He was bought for an Irish breeder. The average for the forty-two animals | sold was about 8180 each. New York World, | | she said, in a tone not to | The | has its iren are | RY be g- | on the | PROYIT IN APPLE TREES, The Rural New Yorker quotes the following : apple orchards, for I am persuaded that the apple crop of the future 1s going to be a profitable one, as the population increases faster than the apple trees, and many of the orchards now standing are growing old and go- | ing into decay.” POINTS ON FARM ACCOUNTS Says the National Dairyman: “If you would keep an account with your fields, you would find out that can produce corn, oats, hay, or |» thing cheaper on a well-manured field. You would find that there are certain which whether you have » good erop or a poor These are: (1) Interest original of land, buildings and fences; (2) cost of certain extent (9) " tion. expenses are exactly the same one, on Bi i ed, and to ¢ cost of cultiva- WINTERIRG f of PARSBXIPA, " I'he practice leaving pa the ground through the winter is ver) general, writes G. A. Woolson, of Verma nt, tw the American Agricul The prevalent idea that freez thawing the of t ( Xe rience Ww dig Bore add materially to " } | flavor he vegetable LE Proves, : to prevent Lhe dis It 18 necessary only Ww 4s wh oh exposed to the disease until the of ¥ 2 Isointe ail subj ave Dewn per od incubation has expired. The period other words, the Line the the system and the appearance of the disease is usaally in the sonte form Bsn Aw of Incubation, or, In of receiving contagion into form it may be two or three months All exposed snbjects should therefore be quarantined for from § ] ™ ninety days There is n N LE for In the neighborhood wher sixty oO eure gianaers, the disease has prevailed due preean- taken to guard agains the spread All dis subjects sho ] and the All burned animals shot y kept vols FiGAry supervision be pronounced sound The stable the subjects have been kept, as where diseased 4 3 clothing, utensils, harness ete., should be thor ughly disinfected, American Farmer. well as all POULTHY DUST BATH, Nearly if not quite all species of fowls use the dust bath, says Albert F. Firestine. They choos a spot of fi iry soil and scrape little holes, where they pulverize dirt until duced to a fine dust In this they roll and shake their feathers and allow the dust to penetrate to the skin, pears nie Ey } ie is 18 To- that in some way thi ious to the parasites w hich In r the skin. it } said by some naturalists that as all in sects breathe not through the as warm-blooded snimals do, but through little openings in the skin situated in rows along the side of the body--the particles of dust close theso openings, so that parasites die of suffocation as quickly as a quadruped would if held under water. This has been denied by some scientists, who say that these holes are defended by a very delicate but effective apparatus that makes it impossible for any foreign plumage | As mouth ve matter to enter, no matter how minute ! it may be, Be this as it may, I know that wild birds take dust baths when. over the weather and the state of soil permit. Nature is a good guide, and whether the dust bath is for the pre veution and absorption of effete mat ter which has become too odorous, or . whether it acts as an insecticide, 1% is | certainly advantageons to fowls or they | ! would not use the dast bath, 1 say that the careful poultry -keeper will provide dust boxes for birds, filled with fine dust, coal ashes, thoroughly dried and mixed with insect power, It makes but little difference which of these varieties of soil yon use; the! principal part is to have it clean. That is, not a highly manured soil, but a comparatively unfertile one is prefer. able. The next quslifioation is that it must be perfectly dry.—Westery | Garden. FALL CALVES THE REST TO RAISE. There is no longer any use disput. ing the extra value of fall ealves for raiding. And they constitute one of the chief sources of profit to the but. ter dairyman, who has his skim milk and raises his own cows, finely bred. It is no wonder that such wise men esti. mate the value of skim milk at one oent per quart. And they have learned how to employ it to the best advan. *‘I approve of setting out | oon WRMYE wiheide id TO des iennin | | tage. ui! | | BAYH one, alwys feed it with But bran do, although it | growth because of its bone-producing elements, A little flaxseed, prope rly | prepared, returns to the milk =» part of the fat removed by skimming, and | keeps the Yowels in order, boil it in #1x times its bulk of water for twenty minutes, or until it makes a jelly. Two tablespoonfuls of this jelly plac 1 alone would not in ench gallon of milk fed the calves, with a handful or two of bran, accord- ing to the age of the calf, will make large, choice Too much bran fed to very calves is not desirable. There parison between fall earefn reared in the barn in this way for the first months, and spring turned out to battle with of two months after birth, sleek, animals, young 8 DO com- calves lly wx onlves flies in The dence is wholly in favor of the enlvi Ns. they begin to eat hay, Give them the | best early cut Many are beginning {to find a similar course satisfactory for veal production, slightly increas with full rations of un the meal ing the jelly alk, appetite, in junction with the ration when fat This must not m tl the old but not enough to cloy Some feed a little corn ing veal, CIOURIN ire a meal to Sach veal at this sea begins to be low in readily and save With proper n weight bogs are the most i rofitable to grow for the gen arket, Alagement medium ral © ste— for indigoes food that is nu imilated, is wasted Over feeding i 1118 the resuit i n+ sted If the ¢ are not thrifty when they go in to winter, it is doubt if they out thrifty in the spring. s URNS Young sock ful will come The boys snd girls of the farm ought to be allowed a plot of ground | wherein they oan grow something for | ! themselves, Give your children good, sound, en- 4 ing and 1 lly hesthifnl read- tertaining and morally JeRLIIN read ing. Subscribe for the best magazine for your wife How are the cow stables? Fall cracks attened? Winter here and you ought to have the stables or well 1 in in shape now, Laying hens will always give better results when supplied with plenty of sharp, gritty material with which to rrind their food. hits Never allow a hog $0 eat or sleep in the dirt. It is naturally a clean ani mal, but it does not alwsys have the opportunity to be so, All animals enjoy a clean, dry bed at night. Do youn know of anything better than good straw and plenty of it to furnish such a bed? "i mn It is a serious mistake to keep the teams in almost complete idleness un- til spring opens, and then force them suddenly iato hard work. There now in big, fat pork The market for lean The weight the hould not exceed two hundred pounds. i5 DO money ’ 3 Calis CATCASE bacon of Look well to the young calves, that they do not go into the winter stunted. I'wo months’ good eare through the winter will put them on grass next spring in good shape. The eapacity for work of the horse depends, in no small degree, upon the condition of his shoulders; hence by preventing galls and sores he is able to do the field work faster, Apples may be kept in cold storage for many mouths if perfect, unbruised | fruit is selected, carefully wrapped in paper and kept at a temperature of not over thirty-eight degrees. The farmer looks ialo fatare, does not do this because wise the He bran,” | is essential to rapid | of he is unduly anxions, or because his | faith in farming is weak, but because | it is a precaution which his business | demands. With present prices for wool and | mutton, as compared with the cost of | fodder, the keeping of old sheep can not be made profitable. It is a good time to dispose of all that are getting along in years The fall month» are importaut as | providing a time during which the food of the stock may be gradually changed from the succulent grasses of summer to the dry, concentrated foods of winter, With a large flock of chicks, abun. dance of milk, a good-sized patch of strawberries and vegetable garden, the health of the family may virtually be assured and the provision dealer's bill greatly reduced. In pig-keeping the breed is not of so much impo1tance as the t The kind wanted is one that will finish off symmetrioally at from six to eight raouths old if pushed, as market feed: ing in general should be, making good weights without excessive fat. | | | i { | i | pains | promptiy cures, | give them a Another adage is A Pertinent Pavngraph, “Our country if right, should be kapt right ; if wrong should be put right,” Is & polities] maxim which paraphrased applies to other conditions of Hie, thus: our health If right, should be kept right ; if wrong should be pus right, especially In bodily aliments, such ns and aches, which Ht. 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