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Then, in quick succession, Septem
ber 19 and 22, followed the sanguinary
battles of Winchester and Fisher's llill,
! both converted —the first from seeming
i defeat —ii'l > : ! rious victories by the
, genius of Sheridan and his able lieuten
! ants and resulting in driving Gen. Ear
ly to the mountains, where cavalry
j could not well operate.
In every skirmish, raid and battle in
I which Private Leslie took part he won
j golden opinions from his officers and
I comrades, and it was rather curious
; that on two occasions he owed his own
' escape from death or capture, and once
i the life of his captain, to his skill as a
I swordsman —an accomplishment ac
! quired from the teachings of Sydney
| Temple in their college gymnasium!
Of the first two incidents we need not
speak, but the last will bear telling.
| 'Twas at the battle of Winchester, when
, the union forces were being driven in
i confusion from the field, under the erro
i neous impr~ssion that they were beaten.
; In the melee, the commander of Her
; bert's troop had become separated from
I his men and was closely beset in the
angle of an old stone wall by five
mounted confederates, who, as it hap
pened, had already fired away their
scant supply of ammunition, and now,
with drawn sabers, rode down upon
their expected prize, summoning him to
surrender. Hut Captain Vincent's blood
was up, and his chagrin at the unlooked
' for rout of his men was so great that
he forgot all prudence and tauntingly
challenged the fellows to come on.
Still more rashly, having two cart
ridges left in his revolver, he dropped
a man with each one, and then defiant
ly sat in his saddle, his horse backed
into the sharp corner of the partial in
closure, and, with his single blade
against three, awaited the assault.
The men, furious at the fall of their
comrades, and crying out to "give no
quarter," charged all together; but the
space was rather narrow for three
horses abreast, and the riders, when so
placed, could not well use their sword
arms. Hence, one'of them naturally
was forced to the front, and as he
dashed in with uplifted saber, the cap
tain, lunging straight forward, drove
his own blade clear through his
body. The trooper dropped his sword,
reeled and would have fallen to the
ground, but was, for the moment, fop
held by Capt. Vincent's heavy pull in
attempting to withdraw his weapon. It
stuck fast, however, and, to save him
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A DEADLY THRCST EN TIERCE.
self from being dragged down with his
slain enemy, he was obliged to let go
the hilt, and was then quite defenseless.
Another moment, and the brave fellow
would have been hacked to pieces; but
ere the maddened assailants could col
lect themselves to strike a short, sharp
cheer rang out behind them, and they
turned to see Herbert Leslie bearing
down at full speed and already within
thirty feet.
Supposing that they had only a boy
to deal with, the half-trained soldiers
nonchalantly awaited the onset of this
new enemy, but were woefully unde
ceived when, with an easy motion, he
parried their downright, skilless
strokes, then sent the sword of one Hy
ing from his grasp, transfixed the right
wrist of the other and, with a deadly
thrust en tierce, whirled the'first dis
armed man to the earth —finally riding
off with his captain, both unhurt, and
taking the wounded confederate along
as prisoner. The two unionists then
busied themselves in aiding to rally the
demoralized battalions, in anticipation
of the coming of Sheridan, who, upon
being told of the affair after his bril
liant victory that night, gave one of
those peculiar smiles, which we boys
learned to know so well, and taking a
small notebook from his pocket made a
short memorandum therein.
"He jabers," said old Sergeant Boyle,
a "naturalized" citizen, who fought for
the pure fun of the tiling, "Little I'hil's
got that down in black an' white, sorra
a fear; and for a gossoon phwat was
picked up for dead at the Wilderness
plisantry, that bhy, Lislie's, got a
mighty sthrong arruin intoirely!"
"True for you, Pat," replied a stal
wart Wolverine, "and if he studied his
books at school half as much as he did
his fencing lessons, Private Leslie must
be a pretty good scholar, too."
The future —provided hi! could live to
seo it—did indeed appsar to be full of
promis • for our young New Yorker and
tor one piece of especially brilliant serv
ice, following upon his former record,
he was promoted, at one jump, to the
rank of second lieutenant.
This service consisted in carrying an
important dispatch from (Jen. Torbcrt
to Oen. Crook across a line of country
where all the telegraph wires were cut
and which was at the time thoroughly
patrolcd by the enemy.
So desperate seemed the enterprise,
that volunteers were called for. From
among the crowd of brave fellows who
btepped forward, Herbert Leslie was
selected, ami, having received detailed
instructions, he set out at once on his
perilous mission.
For several hours, with singular ad
dress, he avoided the oulying hostile
pickets and having at length reached
the jfreat military road leading through
the Shenandoah valley, felt secure of
accomplishing his purpose.
Everywhere, as he rode along, the
fearful ravages of war were apparent;
smoking ruins, deserted dwellings,
slaughtered cattle and burning crops
were to be seen on all sides, and the
very soil itself seemed to smell of
blood!
By and by, in the heat of the day, the
solitary rider turned into a short lane,
at the further end of which stood an
empty house, and in front of this house,
near the door of a log stable, lay a
trough of water, supplied by a tiny
stream trickling through an old musket
barrel.
All appeared quiet; not a sign of life
was to be seen anywhere about; and
the thirsty trooper, without dismounting,
dipped up in his canteen a copious
draught and imbibed it leisurely, while
his good horse drank deeply from the
trough. Just as the unsuspicious young
man had thrown back his head to drain
the last drop of the refreshing fluid ho
heard a slight sliuflliDg noise and simul
taneously au elicit. Hflf turn
HFTLER. PA,FRIDAY. AUGUST 25, 1893.
ru« in xii> fuuttie nc saw wunrn a lew
yards of him two barefooted "bush
| whackers," who had evidently up till
I now been concealed in the stable,
j one ui tnese dangerous tramps car
i ried a long- ducking-gun, already stead
ily covering Herbert's breast, and the
other a locklcss rifle and bayonet.
"Up with yer hands, ye d —d Yank!"
yelled the fellow with the gun. But
Private Leslie was not that kind of a
"Yank." He had been carefully
\ coached for just such an emergency as
this, and instead of leaving his revolver
in the holsters had one of them l3'ing
on the pommel of his saddle. Quick
as thought he dropped his hand to the
I weapon, but swift as his motion was
I his fingers had barely touched its butt
1 when the menacing ruffian pulled the
j trigger of his smoothbore.
If the clumsy piece had exploded its
; three-ounce load of slugs and buckshot
would have torn the bold unionist's
j body to shreds, but fortunately for him
| the hammer fell upon a spoiled cap,
and seeing there was no time to replace
it the guerillas rushed forward with
frightful oaths.'
One took two steps, the other three,
and then both lay weltering in their
gore—shot down by the deadly, rapid
! tire of their bovish foe.
Xot knowing how many more of these
vagabond, no-nation stragglers might
be ambushed within hearing. Herbert
dared not wait to ascertain the condi
tion of his assailants, but, wheeling his
horse, rode off at speed, little imagining
what was next to befall.
He had arrived, with no further mo
lestation, within six miles of the outer
line of Crook's videttes and was riding,
now more slowly, along the edge of a
wooded tract, when he heard a low,
moaning cry which appeared to come
from an adjoining thicket.
"Some poor, wounded 'reb' needs
help," the humane young fellow mut
tered, and, promptly dismounting, he
proceeded to make a search, having
first, for fear of treachery, placed a re
volver in his belt. Creeping on hands
and knees through the dense under
brush and guided by the still-continued
plaint, he came presently to a prostrate,
blood-stained form clad in a torn uni
form —not of gray, but of blue!
"Ah! one of our own brave boys,"
thought he, and, kneeling by the side of
the helpless man, he gently raised his
head. The wan, pinched, hunger
stricken face, covered with mud,
seemed that of a stranger, but no
sooner had the sunken eyes turned upon
Leslie than the wounded soldier gasped:
"Oh Herbert don't—you know
me?"
"Merciful Heaven!" exclaimed the
astounded rescuer, "it is Fred Ainslie!"
and. throwing his arms around his so
st .gely found friend, he burst into
very unsoldierlike tears.
"Why, my dear Fred"—he began, but
t":e wornout boy had fainted aud now
lay senseless upon his old schoolmate's
breast.
Owing to the hasty manner in which
Herbert had been obliged to leave the
water he had not refilled his canteen,
aud now he had not so much as a drop
to force between the swollen lips of his
unconscious comrade. Yet not a mo
ment must be lost! He saw that Fred's
right leg was shot through above the
knee, that he was utterly exhausted by
loss of blood and might die before other
help could be brought, and, besides, his
own business would not admit of delay.
So, with infinite «are and tenderness,
he drew the motionless form out to the
road and placed it across his saddle.
Then, remounting, he held the light
weight fairly in his arms and, putting
his well-trained charger to an easy
canter, carried poor Fred safely, and
without a jolt, to Crook's headquarters,
where, by the aid of cautiously admin
istered stimulants, he quickly revived.
The shattered limb was then properly
attended to and in the course of the
next twenty-four hours Herbert heard
his friend's story from his own lips.
It seems that, three days before,
Sergeant Ainslie (for Fred had been pro
moted) had been sent out in charge of
a foraging party, which, being waylaid
by a greatly superior number .of con
federates, was obliged, after receiving
a volley or two, to beat a hasty retreat,
leaving the sergeant and several pri
vates, supposedly dead, upon the field.
Fred, however, who happened to fall
close to the thicket where he was
found, had presence of mind enough to
crawl into its shelter and in the confu
sion was not noticed by the enemy—
thus escaping capture and saving his
uniform. For seventy-two hours he
had lain there without food or drink,
except one rati an of biscuit and a sin
gle quart of water which he had brought
with him, and but for Leslie's oppor
tune arrival he must have perished be
fore the dawn of another day.
A single remark made by Fred after
he had told Herbert of the various bat
tles he had been in while the latter was
laid up in New York, will serve to show
how greatly a man's nature may be
tWy->y
"IT IB FRED AIXSLIE."
changed by habit and discipline and a
realizing sense of responsibility and
duty. "You remember, Herbert,"
said he, "how terribly scared I was at
the very idea of being obliged to fight,
und how, but for you, I would have
wrecked, perhaps lost, my lift; in that
vile attempt at desertion you so nobly
frustrated and even after so generously
concealed. You remember, too, how,
when we came uudcrflre at the Wilder
ness, I was utterly paralyzed by terror
until you cheered me up. To you, not
to me, should have fallen all the luck,
but you were shot down at once and
thus missed all the glorious opportuni
ties I have had to serve our country;
and I grieve over my present wound,
only because it will keep me out of the
field for awhile."
"God bless you Fred, you have made
me very happy," replied Herbert—and
he stooped down and actually kissed
the boy as if he had been indeed a very
own brother.
Trooper Leslie went back nest day
to his own squadron, and Sergeant
Ainslie was sent to the hospital at
Fredericksburg where ho was nursed
back ty health Uv his. mothvr.iUJd sister.
assisted quite often by Miss Jessie
(Tlynn, wliom no one would now have
thought a "butterfly," though she was.
notwithstanding her serious and thor
oughly discharged duties, the brightest,
most cheery and happiest little soul in
the place.
About two weeks after Fred was
brought in Miriam, one morning, an
nounced that an officer of Wilson's cav
alry brigade had called to see him
Fred tidied himself up as well as he
could to receive tli£ unexpected visitor,
and presently a handsome young fel
low, in a brand new, full-dress uni
form, was ushered to his bedside and
roguishly introduced by Jessie Glynn as
"Lieut. Herbert Leslie!"
Fred, however, got even with the
girls by solemnly affirming, then and
ever afterwards, that this joyful sur
prise did him more good, and more
greatly hastened his recovery, than all
their coddling and nursing put together!
And perhaps it really was 6o; for cer
tain it is that in less than four months
the young man was again on duty; but
this time as a sergeant in his friend's
troop, and the whole army could boast
of no better soldier than was he.
When (January 31, 1565) the constitu
: :. ) r lner.dment abolishing slavery
\ . f.r d. all men saw that the end of
.l.i fratricidal strife was near; and al
ready the matrons and maids of our
war-worn land indulged in fond hopes
of speedily welcoming to peaceful homes
those of their dear ones who still sur
vived—though, alas! many brave men,
on both sides, were yet to falL
In several of the greater or less im
portant battles occurring'in the follow
ing month of March, our young heroes
took part, and at that of Five Forks,
fought on April 1, both won promotion
by conspicuous gallantry in the field.
In this battle, as everyone knows, tae
cavalry in great force assaulted the
enemy full in front, while the infantry
attacked the rear, the result being that
the federals took five thousand prison
ers at a loss to themselves of about one
thousand men.
As the cavalry, en echelon, moved up to
the attack, the regiment, in which
served Herbert and Fred, found itself
confronted by a vastly superior number
of confederate horsemen, and, despite
a stubborn resistance, was in imminent
danger of being routed, when Lieut.
Leslie, whose captain had fallen, called
Sergeants Ainslie and Boyle to his side,
dashed with them to the head of his
own troop, charged furiously into a
dense mass of yelling foes and, cutting
down or riding over all who opposed
his progress, made an opening for his
closely-following men, who spurred in
with reckless abandon and quickly re
deemed the fight, Leslie himself bear
ing off a guidon, fairly won in single
combat, from the enemy's standard
bearer, while Ainslie, whose horse had
been shot under him, actually, when
thus on foot, struck a confederate offi
cer from the saddle and, mounting in
his place, rode off with his victorious
comrades.
.Tolly Sergt. Boyl» received an ugly
slash on the cheek during the scrim
mage, but was, nevertheless, lively as
a cricket and brimful of fun, as his
squad gathered around their little camp
fire that night.
"Begorra, bhyes," said he, when
speaking of the day's doings, "yez may
say pliwat yez loike of viterans an' all
that, but do yez moind now, that
smooth-faced spalpeen the liftinant
calls his fi-fi-fi- ('Fidus Achates,'
prompted some one) —yis, yis, his
fidus achates, bates the divil himself.
Whin his baste rowled over to-day I
giv the bhy up for a goner, an' I wint
euttin' away right an' left to make a
kind of divarshun in his favor, whin
pliwat does he do but pulls himself
from under the dead crathur an' quick
as lightnin' runs that tall Johnnie
through the gizzard, hops into his
saddle an' was in the thick of the fun
agin in no time Faix, the liftinant'll
have to translilate his furrin name into
plain English an' call him fightees an
takeex, I'm thinkin'. It's liimsilf that's
made this no April fool day at all, at
all!"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
The Code.
Caller—Why are you waving your
handkerchief so wildly?
Murilla—Since papa has forbidden
Jack the house, we have arranged a
code of signals.
Caller —What is it?
Murilla—When he waves his hand
kerchief five times, that means: "Do
you love me?" and when I wave fran
tically in reply, it means: "Yes, dar
ling."
Caller —And how do you a&k other
questions?
Murilla—We don't. That's the v« hole
code.—liter's Bazar.
Not Exactly a I.exicog:rai>her.
"What became of that bright son ox
yours that you sent to college? Was
he graduated?"
"Oh, yes. He is at present interested j
in dictionaries."
"Ha! Become a lexicographer?"
"Well, not exactly a lexicographer.
He is soliciting subscriptions for a dic
tionary."—N. Y. Press.
A SPRING FIG.
H
it
-A#
There are spring chickens and spring
lambs; but here's a spring pig, and a
fine bouncing fellow he is!—liarper'e
Young People.
liow Those Girl* Love One Another.
Capt. Dash—What delicate, dark eye
brows and lashes Miss Budd has, and
what a rich color in her cheeksl Yet
a great many girls speak unkindly of
her, and say that her beauty is due to
cosmetics. Do j*ou believe it?
Miss Blank (who happens to be a
rival) —Capt. Dash, I am certain she is
not so dark as she is painted.—Truth,
reraiflaco Over the Baby.
"I'm going* to call my baby Charles,"
said the author. "After Lamb, be
cause he is such a dear little lamb."
"Oh, I'd call him William Dern,"
said the friend. "He Ilowellsso much."
—Brooklyn Life.
A RECREANT SPOUSE.
Colt—Why , this sadness, mommeri
why those tears?
The Mother—Ab, my son! 'Tis great
trouble I have. Your father ran ofl
with a woman this mornintf. —Puck-
WHO OWNS POPE'S FOLLY?
A l.lttlr Inland Which Is Still Claimed by
the Inltcd State* and England.
The northwestern boundary of the
United States is still a matter of dis
pute. Two commissioners, Dr. Men
dciihull for the Ignited States and Mr.
&iug for Great Britain, have recently
been appointed. They are to deter
mine whether Pope's Folly is on the
American or English side of the line
between Maine and New Brunswick.
The treaty of Washington in 1542. says
the New York Press, defined this
boundary, and in accordance with its
provisions the initial monument to
mark the line was established the same
year at a point near the source of the
St. Croix river. Thence to the south
ward to the Atlantic the line was to
coincide with the axis of the channel,
or the line of greatest depth. Notwith
standing 1 its importance as an interna
tional boundary, this line, if definitely
determined at the time, was not ac
curately and permanently fixed. As
sistant C. H. Boyd, acting 1 under in
; structions of the coast survey office,
. organized a party in the summer of
ISS'J, and began the work of definitely
establishing the boundary line. There
was at that time no map of the coun
try on a sufficiently large scale to lo
cate the initial monument, and they
were obliged to conduct a lengthy
| search, depending almost entirely upon
popular reports in the vicinity. The
monument was evidently discovered,
and consisted of a square cast iron col
umn in three sections secured to a
i bowlder which is situated in swamp
ground on the town lines of Amity,
Me., and Richmond, N. B.
On the north side of the monument
was inscribed "Treaty of Washing
ton," on the south side "Boundary,
August 9, 1842," and on the east and
west sides the names of the commis
sioners. The monument is 1 2-10 feet
square and 9 8-10 feet high. In June,
ISB9, Assistant Eugene Ellicott was
instructed to make a survey of the riv
er and to determine the channel by
taking systematic soundings. In his
report, which is now filed in the ar
chives of the coast survey office at
Washington, Mr. Ellicott recommend
ed very strongly a survey made with
great accuracy of detail to serve as a
basis for definitely markng the bound
ary. Pope's Folly is situated at the
southern entrance to Passamaquoddy
bay. about one mile to the northward
of Lubec. Me. In case of war the is
land is of the greatest importance, as
the nation possessing it has absolute
control of the entrance to the bay.
The latest United Stateshydrograph
ic office chart, No. 1,247, places the
island on the eastern or Canadian side
of the boundary line, thus giving Eng
land undisputed possession of the is
land. The English admiralty charts
of 1842, however, show the island on
the western or American side of the
channel. Our knowledge of this fact
Is due to the re<*-nt examination of the
charts of that date by Dr. Menden
hall, who is the present superintend
ent of the coast survey office. In ac
cordance with international law the
boundary was fixed by the axis of the
channel as it existed at the time of the
treaty of Washington, and the bounda
ry was a fixed line, although the chan
nel may have changed. That the
channel has changed is proved by
the knowledge of local shipmasters
and a comparison of the charts made
from the survey of 18S9 and those in use
in 1842. '
A KENTUCKY SNAKE STORY.
Remarkable Scene Witnessed by a Ken
tucky Judge While Oat Walking-
Judge J. B. Bowman, who lives
near Tallsborough, gave a Vanceburg
(Ky.) correspondent of the New York
World an account of a wonderful
snake fight that he recently witnessed.
He was going through a strip of wood
land on the way to his wheat field
when his attention was attracted by a
peculiar noise near his pathway. Look
ing in the direction whence the
sound proceeded he observed a black
snake and a rattlesnake twined to
gether in deadly combat. The black
snake was wound about its venomous
enemy, endeavoring to squeeze the life
out of him. The judge became an
eager spectator of the novel combat.
Ever and anon the rattlesnake would
bite the blacksnake. Then a remarka
ble thing would occur.
The blacksnake as soon as bitten
would uncoil himself, dart for a small
bush, and bite off one of the leaves.
He would moisten it in his mouth,
press out the juice, apply it to the bit
ten place, and then return to his en
emy again. This was repeated sev
eral times, until finally the black
snake squeezed the life out of the rat
tler.
Judge Bowman says he never kills
blacksnakes. He says it is their mis
sion and one they greatly enjoy to de
stroy all the venemous snakes they
can find. The judge has a pet black
snake that stays in his barn and keeps
away all the rats and mice.
The Rarest Plan's.
The question which are the rarest
plants on earth admits of two answers
—as to rarity of distribution and rarity
in the numerical sense There are
some plants which grow in one small
spot and nowhere else. Such are the
Kerguelan cabbage, which is found
only on Kerguelan island, a remote
island in forty-five degrees south alti
tude and sixty-five degrees east longi
tude in the South Pacific, the species
of harebell which glows only on
Mount Parnassus, and a yam which is
found only on the Pyrenees. The
palm of numerical rarity is divided
among two hybrid orchids—artificially
produced crosses—laelia bella and lae
lia sedina, of each of which only one
specimen exists, a unique flower
called odontoglossum vecillarium, ex
hibited at the last exhibition of the
horticultural society in Temple Gar
dens, and a tiny Japanese plant, over
weighted with the pretentious name
schizocodon soldanellioides, which
was brought from Japan about two
years ago by Capt. Torrens. So far aa
is known it is the only one in exist
ence.
Sensible at I.ust.
Aunt Way back —What kind of a
thing- do you call that you're wearing?
City Niece—That's my Eton jacket,
aunty.
Aunt Wayback—Well, I must say
that's sort o' sensible. The front folds
back so you won't drop the vittles on
it. —N. Y. Weekly.
Not So Very Extravagant.
Mr. Cheeky— Your bill for gum must
be heavy. You have been chewing
gum every time I met you in the last
month.
Miss Peastraw (speaking with diffi
culty)—lt's the same gum. Town
Topics.
What Did She Want, Anyway?
"She's only a fussy old maid after
aIL"
Mamma—What's wrong now?
Johnnie —Well, teacher told me not
to speak out loud, and then kept mo in
for whispering.—Boston Globe.
Equal to the Emergency.
Perdita (yawning) —Did you propose
to me just now?
Cholly (languidly)—l don't know.
P'waps I did; and, yet, ordinarily, I—er
—aw exercise more judgment, don't
you know. —Truth.
Sheer Vanity.
"How did Fred come to get so hor
ribly round-shouldered?"
"He isn't. He humps himself that
way because he likes to look like an
athletic bicyclist."—Chicago Hccord.
THE CHILDREN'S RIGHTS.
Why r.iCi-c --li.nilil tlwtji liu p Faith
uit.'i Tkt it- It.'J
Thai .t man should keep I.is promise
is a prop )sitiou so self-evident that it
should s.eed uu argument. If he should
keep his promises) with iii.s banker or
merchant, how much more should he
do so with his own tiesh and blood.
While farmers, as a rule, recognize their
obligation to make good their promises
to their neighbors, merchants and
bankers, we are sorry t > : ay. preaches
the Kansas City Live Stock Indicator,
that a promise made t > the boy or girl
Is not always considered equally bind
ingl. If he has a pig, which for some
reason does not thrive, he says to the
boy: "Now, Jiuituie, if you take this
pig and make a nice pen for it and feed
it you may have half that it sells for
when it is (frown." Jimmie enters into
the scheme with spirit and with full
confidence in his father's word. For
months to come there is nothing too
I good in his sight for that pijj. and it is
with very laudable pride that he sees
| it catch up with its mates and event
ually surpass them. The fall of the
year comes and the pigs are to be sold,
and Jimmie's pig goes in with the rest,
probably not even weighed separately,
lie has !-pent a good many hours think
ing what he will do with that money.
I To plan what to do with it was a real
pleasure, lie awaits the return of his
: father with the pig money, and is
: grieved and hurt that nothing is said
' about the price of the pig. Then, if he
1 ventures to suggest that he is entitled
ito the half he is probably met
with rebuffs, or told that there are
1 taxes and interest that must be paid
and the money is abeolmely needed,
i Most boys in an emergency of this kind
will say: "All right, father." Frequent
ly, however, lie is met with a rebuke
and told that he has been boarded and
clothed for so many years and that he
owes all of this and more too. This is
simply brutal. The boy has contracted
no obligations to his parents that were
not known at the time the promise was
made. It was therefore made under
these circumstances and conditions.
The money for that pig is Jimmie's,
and to divert it to any other purpose
without his consent is simply robbery
no matter if it is done by the parent.
We are quite well aware that parents
do not intend to rob their children in
this way nor break faith with them,
nor deal unjustly, nevertheless the in
justice is none the less clear and the
boys feel it keenly. We know some
thing about this from experie-ice. It is
not a desirable thing for a boy to lose
faith in his father or mother, or to have
the slightest misgiving as to whether
or not thej- will keep their promises.
So common is this, that the phrase
"Jimmie's pig," "father's money,"
"Susie's calf," "father's cow," "Torn
my'scolt," "father's horse," have passed
into proverbs.
Nor is there any way by which a boy
can be more completely disgusted with
farm life or his affections more com
pletely alienated from home than by
this method of dealing with him. The
excuse is sometimes made that the boy
may spend liio money foolishly. Wc
beg leave to say that it is none of the
father's business. He has a right to
spend it how he pleases. The boy,
however, who has the sand in him to
take a worthless pig, an orphan lamb
or a stunted calf and develop cither of
them in accordance with nature's in
tentions, will listen to a suggestion
from the parent as to the best method
of spending his money. What if he
does make a little mistake, lie must
learn to spend money wisely sometime
and will inevitably make mistakes. He
is a dozen times less liable to make mis
takes with money that has cost him
time, thought and labor, than with
money that the father gives him either
before his death or after. Therefore,
we say, keep faith with the boys or the
girls. They are priceless jewels of a
parent's crown! On them must the
name and honor of the fuinily depend
in the future. Let it be an untarnished
name. Let a boy or girl think of his or
her father and mother as persons whose
■word is as gyod as their bond, and have
no more doubt about the literal fulfill
ment of it than they have of the sun
rising or setting.
HAYRACK SHELTER.
The Barn Loft In the Place for the Imple
ment When Not In Use.
One of the most cumbersome imple
ments on the farm is the hayrack or
rigging, which takes up so much room
that most farmers leave it out of doors
when not in use. A good hayrack is
worth at least ten dollars, and leaving
it exposed to the weather throughout
HAYRACK IJF BARN.
the year renders it liable to give out in
some vital part in five or six years, and
the failure is apt to occur in a time of
greatest need. A convenient place for
the hayrack is in the barn loft. To
hoist it near the roof two pulleys are
used at each end. The position is
shown in the illustration. The rack is
raised directly from the wagon by one
man who pulls up each end a few feet
at a time, and winding the lower end
of the rope about a strong pin at a. It
can be raised entirely out of the way
of the threshing machine, or other farm
implements, and when it is to be used
one mau can easily lower it upon the
wagon.—American Agriculturist
The Hand of Fate.
"Mary Jane," exclaimed the editor
of the Bluegrass Vindicator, rushing
hurriedly into the house, "put me up a
little lunch as quick as you canl
Where is my valise?"
"In mercy's name what Is the matter,
Jared?"
"Matter?" he shouted, diving into
the bureau drawer for clean shirts and
other things necessary for a journey,
"nothing's the matter, only I wrote
last night that "we noticed Col. All
gore riding about the city this morn
ing at a comfortable jog.' and it camo
out in the paper this morning 'com
fortable jag!' I start for the world's
fair, Mary Jane, in ten minutes if I'm
still alive!" —Chicago Tribune.
Thin la a True Storr.
Yarnspun—Talk about grit. I never
saw the real article till I went west
It was in a little mining camp that had
been terrorized for months by a profes
sional terror. Everybody was afraid
of him. One day a little, white, deli
cate tenderfoot came into the cntnp
and the big bully went for him-
Chorus—And the tenderfoot did him
up!
Yarnspun —Oh, no; the bully whipped
him in thirty seconds.
Chorus —Then where did the grit j
come in?
Yarnspun—Why, the tenderfoot had
the grit to admit that he waa licked.— j
Chicago BecortL
O^IIIARDEM.
S;MPL- REFRIGERATOR.
Can R.,- at Home at HII rZxpenae of
:t Few OuU
I saw a refrigerator constructed last
summer at n:i actual outlay of so few
cents, whi h -'id stvh good work, both
in its tv ". ;u:nse of ice and in its
preserve;.>-. lof the food placed in it,
that it appears little short of a duty to
describe it- Two dry-goods packing
case; were seed red, one considerably
smaller than other. The size of
the inner box will represent the capac
ity of the ice chest (it is to be remem
bered when choosing a box for this
purpose) while the outer box should af
ford a space three or four inches all
around the box placed within. It
should also afford two inches of space
between the bottom of the inner box
and its own, and two inches also be
tween the cover of the inner box and
its own. All these surrounding spaces,
except that above the inner box, are to
be filled with dry sawdust. The in
terior of the inner box should be
painted white, for if left in the natural
, wood butter and some other articles
' placed in it may have a decidedly
' "woody" taste.
So far the ice chest has cost but a
trifle, but now it will pay to spend a
! little for a galvanized iron tray to fit
' exactly into the bottom of the inner
box, provided with a tub-» in one end,
as shown in the cut, of sufficient length
to pa«s down through the bottoms of
both boxes, which will carry off all
water from the melting ice. 'this tray
can be made of tin, or even sheet iron,
in which case it should be well painted,
both within and without, to prevent
rusting. The chest mentioned did not
have this tri.y, but it is really very de
sirable.
Cleats are placed upon the inside of
j the inner box, and shelves made of
slats inserted one above another, with
a chance for one such shelf directly
I over the ice. as it rests in one end of
the box. A thick cloth cover kept
well drawn over the top of the outer
box will help to keep the ice from
rapid melting, though without this in
the case mentioned the ice melted but
slowly.—Country Gentleman.
A TIN CAN SCOOP.
Ever j Farmer Should Make a Few for
Ilia Wife.
A very convenient little article for
the farm is a scoop made of discarded
tin cans. Cut the can with a pair of
old shears like the cut, sloping back to
within about an inch of the bottom.
Fit in a bottom made of a block of
wood, to give it strength to fasten a
handle to. Bore a half-inch hole in the
block for the handle, then punch a hole
through the tin and drive the handle
to its place. A good handle can bo
made out of an old chair-rung. Fasten
securely with a wire nail, cut a lid
from an old can and tack on the block
inside the scoop. The good wife will
thank you for several of these for her
sugar and flour bins, and nothing could
be handier around the barn for using
in the oats and feed bins, where a small
quantity is taken out at a time.—J. A.
Shafer. in Farm and Fireside.
FACTS 6OR FARMERS.
AFTER the wheat is harvested, sow a
small patch of buckwheat for the bees,
plowing under the stubble and putting
on broadcast.
THE recuperative power of clover in
restoring fertility and opening passages
in the subsoil, is too little appreciated
by the market gardener.
IF a patch of willows or swamp ash,
hazel or shrubs of any kind are to bo
grubbed this year, do it during the hot
weather of August.
SOME practical farmers recommend
sowing grass seed in August as that is
the time nature sows it. The ground
is, however, seldom ready then.
Mow THE weeds along public roads,
pasture fences and turn rows now be
fore the seed is mature enough to grow.
Under no circumstances let dock, this
tles, cockle burs, jimson, etc., get any
older.
IT pays to spend time in thinking
and planning the Work and fixtures on
farms. Hani work counts for much in
all cases, and is indispensible, but is
often poorly directed and avails too
little. —Orange J add Farmer.
C»e of the Harrow.
When wheat is to follow corn, pota
toes or beans the breaking plow may
often be dispensed with provided the
soil is in good condition. A disk har
row will cut front four to six inches
deep and make a tine, loose soil, which
may be easily compacted by the roller.
This will reduce the cost of preparation
very materially anl sometimes save
many valti::' !c days.
" AN Undesirable Guest.
Gamekeeper—llow do you like my
new assistant?
I nnkeeper—Oh! I like him and I don't
like him.
Gamekeeper—What do you mean?
Innkeeper—He eats enough for two
and drinks enough for three and I like
him for that, but he never thinks of
paying ine and I don't like liira for
that.—Fliegende lilaettcr.
Mrnnt WJial He Haiti.
Mrs. Smythe—What is poor Mrs. Per
kins going to do now that her husband
is dead?
Smythe—Take in boarders.
Mrs. Smythe—No? Why, she can't
cook?
Smythe—Precisely! Didn't I say that
she was going to take them in? —Jury.
The Heat He Could Do.
Hotel Clerk (to new bell-boy) Did
you wake up No. 4-1?
Bell-Boy—No, sah. Cuddent wake
him up, sah; but I did the best I cud,
sah.
"What was thfT
"I waked up No 45, sah."—Harper's
Bazar.
A Natural Inferein-o.
Van Pelt —1 infer that most of the
people who pel shaved here have hair
on their teeth.
Barber—From what do yon infer
that, Kir?
Van Pelt —The persistency with
which you poke the lather into my
mouth.—N. Y. Herald.
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