THE BEST WAY. All must work, with head or hand For self or others, good or ill; Life is ordained to bear, like land, Some fruit, be fallow as it will; Evil has forve itself to sow Where wo deny the healthy seed; And all our cholee is this, to Pasture and grain or nois RTOW wood, Then in content Unenvious of ur hearts, lot, For those which seem the easiest POSSOss y each other's parts Have travail which t And he is bravest Who from the task within his Earns for himself his evening rest, And Ve reson ne happiest, best an inerease of good for man ~ Richard Monckton Milnes. I —— “G0 YE THEREFORE THE HIGHWAYS" BY JOHN PRESTON TRUE, HE hearty langh came ringing in at the windows, Just the mirthful, laughter- inspiring laugh. The day was warm and sunny, the Fy >» XD. TI ( © clouds in the sky 4 [5/4 ¥ pAN were white and § fi fleecy, and the birds in their way were all joyous with laughter, too. Yet that outburst of fun brought a quick response of frowns on several pained on another, and a general grimness on a number more. Perhaps it unfortunate that thet particular mossy spring welled up just there beneath the forked roots of a giant beech ; perhaps it was not well that the spot happened to be just Lalf way between two well grown with a sandpapered road | a road shadowed by perhaps it was stance that the suitable for faces, 1) look was towns nkir hot Inking them ; rel n unhappy 1 1 Pe } KDOil was altoge a resting piace. cendering The bel seased tolli vibrant with ceverberating tower, and the vo stealing softly the notes groping here, there, for hearts wi whi might echo their undertone attune, And then—and tl that rollicking laughter pealing the windows and jarring the harmony of soul that had already settle to quiet enjoyment of a coming quiet Sunday sermon, a decorous Sunday sermon, fall of thankfulness of blessings, prayer for and not too vigorous in its stirring up to look after duties over which half the world is content to draw a veil. What wonder that the frowned ! Deacon Endicott--an Endicott, he, with a generation or two of daty-do- ing Endicotts at his inherited back-— sat up briskly, glanced colleagues eo elders, noted the 1 ' wl down past more to come ; deacons across at his JUL ta the irresolute expression on of Brother Winthrop » pity, and reached under the hishat. One th for their hats habit was to lead, deacon was already at his when down from the pulpit camea low word, in a clear-cnt tone that car- ried it as though on eflortless wings of a sailing bird. “Brother!” The pastor is a younger man than his deacons, but something wonderfully compellis his win- some, penetrating eye, and the con- gregation, now fully aroused and eager, was not surprised to see first one and then the elders al face ith 15 another of rise from his seat and approach the pulpit to attend the impromptu con ference that was thus suddenly start- ed in the recess behind the rail. Even the sexton was called for, and & word was said; and then all dispersed as suddenly to their several pews, some smiling, some rather sulkily, while the pastor himself descended the pul- pit stairs and strode forward toward the door. There were grown people in that church who wished for once that they were not grown, and that they dared to tace public opinion and crowd the windows, Ther were oth- ers who were disposed to anathema- Will you not join ns? We should be very pleased indeed to have you!” The suggestion quite took them aback, i% was far from what the y ex- pected; and they glanced irresolutely at one another, and before they had time to think the voice began again, clear and winning, so full of genuine pleasure at the meeting. “Come, gentlemen, now don't ddis- appoint me! The sexton is unlocking the vestry door; it is on a slope, you rightin and stack them there: and if vou would like to brush off any dust INTO merriest, | there are whisks awaiting you, And {I am sure you will enjoy your ride | afterward a 1¢ more because o 10 viterward all tl 1 f tl | rest and the coolness---holding out al: hand to each of the two nearest to as- | sist them torise. They did rise, a lit | tle sheepishly at first, then a little de- fiantly, as though for once they did i not care if the fellows did langh at them! But the next breath that wise as-a-serpent pastor said innocently: “This is a beautiful spring! I can always talk better, I think, after I have had a glass at it, the water is so pure and wholesome. Let us take a part ing drink of it before we go!” And ic that flash of thi kindred feeling, last bit of icy constraint melted away. | niatls qu “iy Two of the wheelmen stole 3 from the crowd, and silently mounted and sped away, but the rest followed the pastor who never left them until he had seen their wheels stored, their clothes dasted, and they themselves shown up a rear stairway that thas avoided the display of a parade down the church, and which landed them quietly in a series of wing pews near the pulpit. them, blinds were their comfort, without commen service, All this had taken time, of cours and the sermon prépared for that « would not be too long Hymn books were handed thrown ope then 3 . an the began + 4 hE iad it aside, withonu A NOW Sermon i Hel As heard was al and ill-tempe often synonym other gifts, He Inspiring air, this the beantilul blue the horizon, in « pi yd along thr nu the dusty them as we went } ue up tell you all said, talk which his hearers long remem bered, And when it was the final hymn and the benediction and all (he quietly omitted taking up the customary o© ] 1 lown from over, lection opps his out his hands fo the embs Hereafter you will find to y ls, and hand prepared to cl durin thos pews re yar whee servi | vice tL 1s my again and often. That portion that came in carriages or on foo home ino A very c¢ That portion that stayed at home was for the rest of the day quite regretful. jut that portion that went awheel was for a long time as silent as their rub ber-tired conveyances; and it was not until they neared the towp most of them lived that a siagle com- ment was n “ae roughest looking mill hand in *%e centre of the lot said abruptly : ‘Boys, that parson low.” “Faot!" his neighbor, senten- tiously, looking sedulously down into the dust a few inches ahead of his ent : nversational mood where made, The was a good fel- said ! wheel, ““I thonght we were in for a lee | ture, and he never preached at us an tize the orgunist for selecting that | moment to burst forth with one of his beautiful voluntaries, which entrane- ingly throbbed and sang through the pointed arches overhead, but effectn- ally shut off any wound of voice which might have come from There was no one to see, none to hear, hearts a thrill of strode down the aisle, much as though he were the leader of a forlorn hope; | bound to be first in the battery, bound to be blamed if the assault was a fail- ure, bound to succeed, if he succeed at all, through no earthly power what- | ever, There were fully thirty-five wheel- | straightened up and gave a atom ““ "Nother fact I” said another neigh- bor as succinctly. Then number one took courage, vicious | look around to see if he could detect | & snicker, but seeing only sober faces, windoward, | allowed the lines of his own face to | soften, and blurted out: and the pastor felt in his heart of | loneliness as he | | ! men in a close group around that spring, sprawled at ease upon the | lowing Sabbath a number of wheel turf, and enjoying the light-hearted | men whizzed up and dismounted at breeze, when the tall, close-knit fig- | the spring, coming from different di- are of the pastor came swiftly down | rections, the steps and toward them. “Here comes the enemy 7" said one, | Sam I" jocularly, and instinctively a mnlish | ter of it?" “I don't mind sayin’ that I had a good time. And what's more—I'm going again!” Aud he sat up with an air of ‘there ! put that in your pipe and smoke it!" Bat the only response was the Spar- tanlike comment of two or three more in chorus: ‘Same here, Billy!" Just before church-time on the fol- | ‘Hello, Billy!” “How are yer, **30 you hain't thought bet. “Ain't aoy better!” but “ling of resistance settiod over them | under the chaff was a strained feeling oh, Zot ready and not before, They would move on when they | of wonder as to what they had really It had not | better do about it, Just then out came yet had time to crystalize, however, | the pastor with a large board in his when the pastor was among them, such a bright, welcoming smile, #0 vie thusiastie, that it by sheer contagion with | hands, He did not notice them until flash of pleasure in his face was a he reachod them, and when he did the brought a smile in answer on nearly | pretty thing to see. | “Now, this is really kind of yeu; 1 “Gentlemen we are just about to am very glad yon have come,” and his begin divineservice in our little church. | tone was #0 genuine that it once more every face, 1 broke the ice. that wonderfully persuasive voice, so | gee, 80 that you can run your wheels | “May I trouble yon to help me a bit before we goin? and he looked up at the brauches over - head. *‘I want to hang this sigs up, and I'm not dressed exactly for elimb- ing" with a humorous look at his | elothes, Up sprang a couple of active fel- lows, and were up among the broad spreading boughs like monkeys. Ina twinkling the sign was hanging just where it wonld meet the eves of one who was likely to be halting for a drink. On the board was painted a hand and the following inscription: IN DIVINE BERVI THIS DAY Pow The bell was tolling. Its tones wera booming in stately strokes above them ““(] boys, it 18 time to g in,” said the pastor choeerily “And” —as another followed him." MLE, has said Detroit Free —— Turtle were tartle and large in the tributaries side of the Big Sandy Kentucky, as this vear. explained fact that abound in the streams side of Big San ly, very Bri sicle I'he theory advanced is multiplicity of A Mighty Hunter, Never before fat south § 80 nnn Ous, the sR It is an uu- while turtles the ower few ever found on the upper SAIS RACCOON ¢ 1s the Heury, who live @ about mxiy mu room often y from her & general coualry trades pork and out in winder deligh prices range from fi ¥ each, —=New York Red - I — Flying Machine, The Langley flying machine, which vy 1000 feet on atrial tripso ro At Washingt mn, D C ‘ mechanical ingenuity, delicacy netry. Aluminum and steel the greater part of its frame, Its boil- ers and engines weigh less than four teen pounds to the the whole structure weighs the original safety bicycle if day * 18 8 Marvel LARA so power, and less than The hori- ly zontal plane section of the b has the contour of a mackerel, though all its traverse sections are circles. Tae machine about eight feet long, and the wings, of fine oil-glazed silk, at their widest portion not over twelve inches across, with a spread of perhaps four feet each. They are the wings of the dragon fly, rather than of the gull, motion in flight Secretary Langley has studied so closely. Ata trial flight of the model not long ago Professor Langley and Alexander Mel- ville witnessed 1t together, and when it sailed through the air danced with joy and hugged each other in exaber- ance like a pair of schoolgirls. — Atlan- ta Constitution. An Interesting Family. When Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Coleman ealled the roll at their breakfast table the other morning, they saw twenty smiling faces, the family having been doubled by the marriage of the pair the day before. Mr. Coleman, who is Chairman of the town of Eaton, Brown County, Wisconsin, is a wid- ower with ten children. He married Mrs. Dennis Fitzgerald, a widow with ten children. The ceremony was ob- served at the Roman Catholic Church, in the village of Humboldt, and the | children of the happy pair, all of whom were present, occupied the en- [tire front row of seats, —Chicago | Timos- Herald. si ——— A Custom Started fn Germany, The custom of celebrating gold and silver weddings belongs to Germany. The silver wedding occurred on the twenty-fifth anniversary and most | people could celebrate that, bat to be fifty years married was a sort of event | in o family, The house was qaite cov- ered with garlands, and the neighbors | from far and near were aisembled, is whos | and send out new fibres, | or twice transplanted is almost as dif- | | fioult to kill as a perennial. | only way to kill such a cover | dled fork. severest | vines, as well as briers, | but such is | have been milked. | earclessnesy of TRANSPLANTED WEEDS, Weeds should not be hoed wet weather, The moisture on during up, while the roots against the moist and loosened earth will get a root hold A weed once The weed it while wet with moist soil. Then the sap in the weed will cause it | to rot, and this will effectively check {| new growth of the root.—Boston Cul- | tivator. LONG-HANDLED FORE FOR BRUSH, When piling brush use a long-han- advantages of a long handle over a short one more apparent, To lift and streteh in vain to make a forkful of brush swing clear of the earth is the labor known. grape and other running which mink A short harrdle many persons that brush cannot be handied by a fork, not the Clear uj everything contains it hard to handle. has convinced CAC, and burn brush bef in E %4 re snow [alls MILKING, Under the head of milking may be comprised the cleanliness of the gni- mals and the manner and time of milk- ing. The introduc separators practically revealed the for Cov stable, At the DATR necessity cleanliness terminnti ting a» lhering to the side Its color and even Hi] 2 Mid adh varies fr i to ) putrefies rapidly. It consists in of dirt, and, as such, must injure quality of milk and butter, to keep the milk as f as possible, the c rubbed down with a their right kind quarters and n before they are milked in the morn ing. During the day it NECessAry to currycomb and brush each animal. The best kind of brush to be used is one made rather more open than an ordinary horse brush, but of the best hog bristle, The animals are first scraped cver with the curryecomb and then brushed, In addition, the udders of all cows ought to be washed and dried before milking, and ‘he milkers ought to dip their hands in cold water after milking each animal. Care must be taken to completely empty the udder when the cow is milked. In large establishments where several milkers are employed it is advisable the air for a s t 3 7] 15. | to select one or two of the more care- ful persons to strip the cows after they By this means the some of the milkers may be corrected. Each milker should have his own stool and pail marked or | numbered, and should be held respon. | #ible for the cleanliness of tho same. | The milk ought to be poured from the pail into the milk can double hair strainer, cans ought, if possible, to be placed outside the cow house, —Connectiout Farmer, through a TESTS OF AGRICULTURAL Bulletins No. 4 and No. 7 Utah Experiment Station contain in- teresting results from tests of draught of farm wagons, plows, mowing ma- chines and harrows, as measured by a | seif-recording dynamometer. The conclusions as stated in these bulletins are as follows: That colters add to draught of plows by some fifteen per cent, That trucks or wheels under the end of the plow beam decrease draught by about fourteen per cent. add uniformity to the furrow and lessen the work of the plowman, When the traces are not in line with the draught of the plow the draught is increased. Lengthening the hitch slightly de- creased the draught. A share badly sharpened increased the draught thirty-six per cent. over a new share, A dull share drew harder than a sharp one, but not as hard as a badly sharp. ened share, Draught decrenses with their | leaves will prevent them from drying | is to | In no other place are the | Brush often | and the milk! IMPLEMENTS, | of the | the depth and with the width per square inch of soil, Walking plows gave slightly less draught than sulky plows with rider. { Bulky plows drew easier down hill, but { mueh harder up hill than walking plows. A share straight on its land side and bottom took land well and gave a slight decrease of draught, A loss of draught was found on a sulky plow when its adjustment to take land was made from the pole. A wagon with fellies 1} inches wide drew on moist, but blue grass {award 41.6 per cent. harder than wheels with fellies three inches wide, {On a dirt road, slightly n narrow tires drew 12.7 per | heavier than the wide tires. Draught on plank road is one-fif- tieth of the and not enth of the draught on a dirt road in | its ordinary condition after a rain. A load over the hind drow ten per cent. easier front wheels, Lowering tl thi Wagons clos e, A018 ] rik 1, OLe-BOY~ wheels than over pole, on draught; tract: and 1 to the yn has an upward incline, r wien Dorses Veit Dig out an root and appear 8s. A Wisconsin sheep breeder advocates ] ’ to sheep ten ru affected plants, a8 soon as disease fiver ALK § mouths in rain of raspberry liately after he fruit garden , growth and de- lant and fruit. and surplus rous ve vilies large, nice in em nil ranaers. The ho sti class cattle and b y raising first. gs, and does 1t with good judgment, will find it reasonably profitable, man w ks 1 An Iowa swine breeder says that a pig that has recovered from a genuine attack of thumps is about worthless fc r bre X ling purp NOR, Only unt will tell how groceries the egg supply pur- chases on the farm. Keep an account for a while, and then the hens will be more appreciated. a careful ace mans Do not let the chicks roost on small roosts while they are young. If they { roost before their breasts become firm and hardenea, they wili be sure to have crooked breast bones. The New York Experiment Station has been making some practical tests with cows, as to the amount of water they drank. It was found that during | Inctation, or the milk giving period, the average per month was 166( pounda, poultry business, both commercially and from a fancier's standpoint in {show records, is due to women, who | get no eredit. If the pasture is scant it can be made to go farther by herding and al- | {lowing the stock to eat down a por- [tion of the field at the time. Even with hogs and sheep this plan ean be followed without much extra labor, Movable fences sometimes meet the purpose, Bitter milk comes from bad feed. The rag weed which follows a crop of ryo or oats, dog fennel, bitter weed and the like, although but little may be eaten, will often impart a bitter flavor to the milk of cows pastured 1p such a field, Even this trouble can be overcome, A wise outlay is not extravagance. There is no money in following cheap methods with stock. Pay liberally for good breeding animals, and con: tinne the standard by giving the best care and food. The outlay is a little more, but the net returns are more every time, the { iraw easier when the The success of many a man in the | They have been the | | power behind the throne many a time when men have received the honors. | Fiour of Bananas, A good deal of attention has been drawn of late to the use of the bananas ns a source of flour or meal, and though such an application is by no menns new, or the discovery modern, It seems not at all unlikely that ban. nus flour is an article that has a Pros pect of great development in the near future, Wherever the bansns or plantin thrive, the fruits, when dry, are converted into meal, and used for making cakes, puddings, and for vari- other uses in An effort 18 being made to establish a factory ous COOKery. for the manufacture of As to the of banans brewing purposes, Mr. Kahlke the best known veast in Germany, IY ction . “Bananas richu meal, lour for y O04 of turers of this cone Danana $e { manufa writ nu flour, without doubt, from its mn and its good flavor, is particularly suitable for the wlarch manufacture yeast The easily rendered saccharine obtain i 1 y the other ingredient all the requisite flour is The yeast flour to vod eolor of All €¢X- adding banana has a g : prope rties 4 . | u yeast, and, more cellent class of ver, The sleohol obtained } » be desired, introduced ce, and em- pre para~ nents have breweries, of malt r flakes and flour lav ir of beer Was quantity of 4 ithe m Ive substance, keeps well from it leaves not ing t that this flour B85 An BO article ial ha LAs v 1 owas All WAS Wedding, Diamond Dr, Kilmse : all Widney and. 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