RILEY'S LUCK. Biley was a lazy fellow, Nover worked a bit. All day long In some store corner On a chair he'd sit. Never talked much—too much trouble- Tired his jaws, you see. All of us were making money; "Jest my luck!" says ho. Some one offered him ten dollars If he'd work two days; Biley crossed his legs and looked up At the sun's hot rays. Then he leaned back in the shadow, Sadley shook his head ; . "Never asked me till hot weather; Jest my luck!" he said. Biley courted Sally Hopkins In his lazy way; When lie saw Jim Dodson kiss her "Jest my luck!" he'd say. Leap year came, and Mandy Perkins Sought his company; Biley sighed, and married Maudy; "Jest my luck!" says he. Kilcy took his wife out Ashing In a little boat, Storm blew up and turned thom over; Maudy wouldn't float. Bilev sprang into the river, Seized her by the hair. Swam a mile unto the shore, where Friends pulled out the pair. Mandy was so full of water Seemed she'd surely die: Doctors worked with her two hours 'Ere she moved an eye. They told Hi ley she was better; Doctors were in glee; Biley chewed an old pine splinter; "Jest my luck!" says he. —Detroit Free Press. r Therhaps, I will tell it badly." "Let's have it, by all means," I said. "Very well," answered the Judge; "take a cigar, and while we are smok ing, I will try to tell you the story." ; "The lady who just left has a twin sister who is now abroad. When they were girls together it was impossible to tell them apart, and when they grew to young womanhood they wero 'literally as much alike as two peas, and their mother was the only one aside from themselves that could tell which was which, when they were abroad in the same attire. They used to play jokes on the young men, for, being so much alike, this was easy to do. They were pretty girls, and had scores of young beaux, ready and willing to have all sorts of pranks played upon them, for just the sake of their companion. "Howard Gleason was especially etteutive to Maud, and he admits that he sometimes made the mistake of embracing the wrong sister when he to meet her suddenly in a poor light. ; "The father, old Mr. Wardlow, was Tioli and proud, aud only knew that (Howftrd Gleason was courting one of Ms daughters. Now, Howard was not •blessed with this world's goods, and Eld man Wardlow was ambitious for is daughters; so he very promptly iissned an ultimatum. The young man could have neither of the daugh ters, until he hail made a fortune, or at any rate, not until he had laid the foundation for one. "Maud wept and urged upon lier lather that he hud money enough for jboth, and tliougU the old mail agreed that this was true, he was obdurate, and refused to budge from the position lie had taken. "Howard was proud and plucky, even if he was poor; he wasted neither time nor words. He soothed his sweet heart, and then went straight to the 'mining regions of the west, where so many have sought, aud found the .smiles of fortune. Maud was to wait for him, and she promised to be faith ful, no matter how long the time of ■waiting might be. "The father had also commanded that there should be no correspond ence between the young people, dur ing the time of Howard's absence,and this condition was respected by both. "The months crept by wearily, and to the young man working so hard for ■the woman lie loved, this time seemed interminable. Day after day, and week after week he toiled uncheered by any message from the woman for •whom he toiled. Sometimes he felt tempted to break his pledged word, end write to the girl, imploring her to send him a few words, if only enough to tell him that she was still faithful. And then his pride would come to his rescue, and he would say to himself: "No, I will not write;Jif she can't be faithful to me better I should know it now than when it is too late." So he worked, and toiled, cheered always by the belief that a fair, sweet girl was Waiting to welcome him home, and counting the hours just as he was do ing. "Luck was with the young man,and in a little more than a year he ami his partner had 'struck it rich,' aud he was half-owner of a mine that prom ised to become one of the richest in that country. Then he determined to go back home and tell the girl of his heart of his good fortune. He would be his own messenger in carrying the glad news, so without a word, he put Jlis things together and started east. "Of course, having 110 correspond ence with any one in town, no one was aware of Howard'* good fortune, and When he arrived at his old home he came unheralded. He took only suffi cient time to brush up a bit, and then he started for Mr. Wardlow's. Ar rived at the bouse he knew so well, and the afternoon being warm, he found nobody about, save the old gardener, who was looking after the flowers. " 'Whore is your mistress?' Howard asked. "The old man hesitated. " 'Can't you understand English?' Howard said impatiently. 'Where is your mistress?' " 'She's—she's in the grove, sir, a-reading,' said the old man, bowing obsequiously, and without more ado Howard went to seek her. You can perhaps imagine the meeting. He came suddenly a fair young crea ture swinging in her hammock undei the trees and reading. Coming up quietly behind her he caught her tc his heart, as he covered her face with kisses. "Then he held her off at arm's length and said: " 'Maud, my darling!' "While she answered, 'Howard!' and hid her face on his breast. "Howard had waited sufficiently long for his wife, and so they were quietly married the next day, and left at once ou their wedding tour." Here the Judge ceased his story, and sat silent, puffing at his cigar, so long that the other said: "Well, I don't see anything so verv 'risky' in that." The Judge smiled and then went on: "Wait. It was the 'other one' thai Howard had married. Maud had sue cumbered to the charms of a foreigner, had married and gone away with him. The 'other one' loved Howard had al ways loved him, and when she saw that he mistook her for Maud of course she pitied him. When she found, too, that he had not the slightest notion of the true condition of aft'airs, she con ceived the idea of marrying him her self, and explaining to him afterward. After much coaxing, and because she believed that Iter daughter's happi ness deponded upon it, Mrs. Wardlow consented to the plot. When they re turned from their wedding tour. Howard's wife told him everything. He's a sensible fellow and was quick to see that what had happened was all for his happiness. "Five years have gone by, and to this day he has never quit thanking his stars' that he didn't marry Maud, but married 'the other one!' " —St. Louis Star. BUILT BY THE WINDS. Holland'ft Vigorous Battle Against the Advancing Sea. Appreciating the fact that the high chalk cliffs of England are no protec tion against the sea, the Dutch engi neers did not attempt to place an arti ficial vertical wall against the waves and the storm tides, but coaxed the sea to deposit its sands on the shore and so build it up, rather than throw them inland and then, hungry for more, eat into the shore. They be lieved it best to satisfy its appetite, but induced it to toy with the sands, which its own flood currents and waves bring from other shores, and from the offing depths. The sand thus depos ited blows, in the gales, over the in land country. The engineers induced it to stop and build a barrier for them against the sea. One of the heaviest dikes along the coast was built by the winds themselves. The sand formed between the jet ties becomes dry in sunny weather, and the surface is blown ashore when the wind is in that direction. It was desired to build a strong dike to con nect with the sand duues. This was accomplished by setting in the sand, in rows about a foot apart, tufts of the dune sea grass near by. The tnfts were placed about a foot apart—sim ply little handfulls of grass; the place for each tuft was dug out with the hands, the tuft set into it, and the sand pressed around it. The whole surface of the dry, sandy beach above high tide was covered with this plan tation, and, just back of it, at the highest point of the existing sandy area, one or two rows of reeds were set into the sand, their tops cut off, and the stalks left standing about four feet above the sand. The sand, drift along over the surface, catches and in one windy day will almost bury the tufts of grass and stand up a foot along the rows of reeds. Then another plantation was made, and another, un til a massive dike was built up to the height of the adjoining dike. In high storm tides the waves will eat into the toe of the slope and pull down the sand, but, by the same process of building, the dike is again restored to its former size.—Engineering Magp zine. The Chief ltnsoal. Thomas was a gentleman of Celtic origin, and it did not take long for the boys to notice his brogue, and they made all manner of fun about it, often mimicking it to a nicety. Thomas stood the torture as long as any able bodied man could be expected to, but finally he resorted to punishment for his tormentors. One day, full of wrath fit an exceptional breach on the part of a tow-headed youngster, he strode vengefnlly to the school. With much noise he climbed the stairway in search of the 'principal. He was courteously shown to that person, and began to bitterly denounce the actions of the pupils. "I am sorry to hear this," exclaimed his listener, "and I will try to put an end to it." "Oi wish you would, sirruh. Oime sorry to trouble ye, but oi've beeu so abused by thim rascals oi thought oi'd tell ye, as oi understand ye ari the principal of thim."—Harper's Bound Table. Since the beginning of this century no fewer than fifty-two volcanic islands have arisen out of the sea. Nineteen of that number have sinee disappeared, arid ten are now inhabited. I • ij TABfl i Double Walls for Warmth. In building for warmth it should never be forgotten that light double walls, enclosing a dead air space, are much better than a solid wall of any material. These are equally useful to keep out cold in winter aud the exces sive heats of summer. Air is one of the poorest conductors known, and wheu it is confined so that no current affects it, there is greater uniformity of temperature than can be secured by any other method. Full Colonies Are Vest. It is always beat to start with a full colony of bees,and one that is in every way in first class condition. It is true that you can buy a part of a colony for less money, but it is the dearest in the long run, and more liable to be a failure with you. A full colony of bees in one season are capable of stor ing 100 or 200 pounds of honey, be sides they may swarm and make from one to three colonies; aud more, a full colouv of bees are in a condition to take care of themselves, anil do not require such difficult manipulation as that of a nucleus, or pounds of bees, and a queeu, etc. Full colonies are always sent in the ordinary hive used in the apiary, and are equipped with the necessary fixtures to have every thing in working order the moment the bees are located, and the entrance opened.—The Epitomist. (iarden and Trurk Farmlnjj. There are several things to contend with in gardeuing and truck farming to make it a success: Ist. You must find a place where there is a demand for your product; where there are factories, mines or some similar concerns, employing many people who have little time or room to raise a garden. 2d. You must have good land and keep it good by frequent applications of the best fertilizers for the crop you expect to raise. 3il. Ascertain what vegetables yonr customers want and supply them with the best of each variety. Keep posted on store prices and don't undersell them, thereby commanding tlie re spect of your merchants. Thus you will get much better prices than if you sold at the store. 4th. Have regular days for making your rounds and make them, ruin or shine. Then your customers will wait for your coming instead of buy ing elsewhere. Sell for cash. sth. Be polite, dress neatly, have your wares arranged to look attractive and keep your rig in good repair. titli. He holiest and iudstrious, give good measure, ami success awaits you.—Charles L. Berry in the Epito niist. Growing Cabbage. Unless you intend to grow cabbage for early summer use, which is ex pensive and often unprofitable, it will not be best to sow the seed until March or April. Before that time make a hotbed, but without manure, for the young cabbage is quite as likely to "damp off" from too much heat as to be injured by cold. Make a bed of as rich soil as you can pro cure and cover this with straw or leaves to prevent it freezing. Then when the sun passes the March sol stice rake oil" the straw or leaves used as protection, and sow the cabbage seed rather thinly in rows six inches apart, and cover with a glass sash large enough to cover the bed and banking on three sides. The fourth side should merely tit against aboard, so that it cau be lifted to give air and ventilation. In ten days the cabbage will be up, and then the sash should be raised every day so long as the sun is shining and the air is above the freezing point. If you have some ni trate of soda to putin the drills with the cabbage seed it will make stronger plants. Ho soon as the plants are three inches high they should be transplanted into larger beds, which must be previously prepared for this purpose. Every time the cabbage is transplanted shorten its leaves so as to keep it from wilting. This will make a stocky plant, with plenty of roots. Such plants in fairly rich soil will be sure to head. The plants that are grown in masses and have no trans planting until taken from the bed ■where they have grown and set in the open ground are not worth taking as a gift where those that have been at least once transplanted can be had.— Americau Cultivator. Poultry for th© Table. It is singular, but it is true, that in our country yellow legs control most purchasers of fowl for the table in their selections. The shape of the body which comes on the table is ignored in favor of the color of the legs, which are cut off and become offal. It is a truth that there exists no breed of fowl bred for table poultry in all the long list of American productions save one; and in the wide world there is no distinctive table fowl with yellow legs. American lovers of roast fowl must give up their fancy for yellow legs or forego the choicest of table poultry. This yellow-leg business is a nonsen sical fancy. The uneducated gour mand who calls for yellow-legged chickens would never think of calling for a yellow-legged quail or turkey 01 canvas-back duck. The choicest of all our wild-game fowl do not have yellow legs. The quail, whose body shape is the perfection of shape for the table—a little bird which carries more meat in proportion to its size than any other foodfbird —has not yel low legs. The true table fowl is long in the body, wide in the back, full in the breast, aud plump over the keel meaty all over. Taking its legs as a centre, there must be more body in front of the legs than behind. The shape is a parallelogram. It may be carried more or less uprightly, de pending on the breed. America has produced one most ex cellent breed of table fowl. This is the black java, a fowl which deserves full recognition. I shall never forget what a beautiful sight at the first mid continental show at Kansas City, the pair of black javas of George McCor mick's, dressed by Armour, made. These black fowls have yellow skin but dark legs, long, deep, meaty bod ies of good size; they are a large bird. Those fowls attracted a great deal ol attention. I do hope our poultry societies will pay more attention to table poultry. I know that prizes are often offered for best pair dressed fowls, etc., but that is not what I mean. It must be made a feature, and the prizes must be awurded by au expert in dressed poultry—one who does not care for breed or color of plumage, but does know what the carcass should be for table purposes. As a rule, our poul try judges know nothing on this sub ject. If at our poultry shows we could have a classification "table poultry, first shown alive, and then the fowls to be dressed for final award," I tell you there is a whole lot of much advertised table fowls which would not be in it, aud some of our old breeds would come to the front in a single leap. There is one breed of fowls that should come iu here which 1 have not heretofore referred to. They are not described in the Standard; they are not recognized as a fancier's breed; yet there is no breed so truly a thoroughbred—no one which cau trace its pedigree so far back into by gone ages—not one which has more of general utility for all pur poses—for eggs, for the table. I re fer to what is now called "the old English game fowl." May the time come when pit-fighters cease to dic tate regarding this breed—when the Standard aguin admits and describes it as it was fifty years ago, and when its stalwart form and fearless bearing is again recognized in the poultry fancy as the chief of all poultrydom. --- Correspondence Country Gentle man. Poultry Note*. If half the hens lay during the win ter (50 per cent, of the flock) it is good enough. If the liens lay fairly well during January and February, it shows that they get proper care. In fact, meat should be fed every day in the year, only more should be given in winter than in summer. Keep the bone mill going if you have one. If not, then feed plenty of ground meat aud bone, put up for that purpose. Feed the mash every morning also. So many different grains, etc., can be thus easily mixed aud fed, aud acts as a change and invigorator. Do not overfeed. Give plenty of good, souud food, but in such a man ner so the fowls will have to work to get it. Never feed rye to laying hens. Meat iu some form is the. founda tion of winter egg-laying. Use one quart of prepared meat to every six quarts of the soft mash, seveu morn ings every week. Do not neglect to season the mash with salt. We use about a good tea spoonful of salt to a pail of mash. All these little things count iu the course of the year. Wheat is the best standby for o regular diet, yet if possible change to other grains. If very cold feed corn at night. Cracked corn (sieve out the meal) is the best, for it works down in the litter better. Never confine fowls to the same kind of food every day in the year. Make a change as often as possible. Small potatoes or any vegetable can be boiled, mashed and thickened with bran and fed warm will do nicely for a change. Clean, warm water mornings, dur ing cold weather, acts as a tonic on the fowls. It warms them up and gets them to work sooner than a drink of ice-cold water. The water can be boiling hot when taken from the stove. It don't take it long to cool at this season of the year. Fresh eggs and fresh-killed poultry will always bring a good price. 11 the quality (of egg) is regular—no new nest ones—the price will be way above market quotations. This ia where the farmer has the advantage. Make your own market in the nearest town. People will pay high prioes for strictly fresh eggs or fresh-kille< poultry. —Agricultural Epitomist. SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. All the land above sea level would ■ot fill up more than one-third of the Atlantic ocean. Boston's highest tide was April If,, 1851. It rose to 15.66 feet, and was 33 over the coping of navy yard dry dock. Sweden is about to undertake the measurement of a degree of latitude within the Arctic circle. An expedi tion will be sent out in May to make a preliminary survey. It has been recently claimed that iron ships fitted with electric plants suffer rapid deterioration of their pipes having direct connection with the sea, due to electrolytic action. *" Adding pencils are being made which have a sliding register plate set in the side of the pencil case to be raised by pressing the point of the pencil against the paper or desk and register any number of points. A Parisian opthalmologist says that the incandescent electric light is the least harmful to the eyes of all artifi cial light. Next comes the light of a good kerosene lamp, after that candles, aud the worst of all is ordinary gas light. Two Englishmen have invented a pneumatic tire for wagons and bicy cles which will not puncture, as only a solid or cushion tire rests on the ground, two small inflatable tubes being set in the bottom of the U-shaped rim to back the outside tire. Science announces that the Austrian steamship Pola has gone to the Red sea for scientific explorations, aud will this year cover the ground between Dscliedda and Aden. Dr. Franz Stein daehner, the ichthyologist, has charge of the zoological work, and observa tions will also be made in physical oceanography. Three specimens of the rare white partridge (Perdix cinerea) were re cently exhibited at a meeting of the Liu moan society, in London. All were shot eurly in October by Leon ard Lush of Gloucestershire, while hunting in the Berwyu mountains, in Wales. A remarkable fact was that of a covey of nine birds scared up by the hunter all but four were albinos, the rest being of the normal color. The first trial trips on the electric rack railway up the Corner Grat, near Zermatt, were recently carried out in the presence of the inspectors of the Swiss Railway department. The sec tion completed has a length of 1600 meters aud a gradient of twelve per cent. The tests were satisfactory, both the ascent and descent being effected without the slightest difficulty, the motors holding the locomotive per fectly to its proper spoed. Starting on the maximum gradient with a fully loaded train was also effected with great facility. Too Much Salt. The use of salt as a condiment is so general and so universally believed in as necessary that we rarely hear a word against its excessive use, but there are a multitude of persons who eat far too much salt; eat it on every thing—on meat, fish,potatoes, melons, in butter, on tomatoes, turnips, and squashes, in bread, and on a host of foods too numerous to mention. To so great an extent is it used, that no food is relished which has not a salty taste, and this hides more or less the realj taste, which is often very del icate. Now, the amount of salt re quired in the system is comparatively small, and if the diet has been right ly compounded, very little is necessa ry. Some go so far as to discard its use altogether, but whether this is wise or not, we will not here consider. What are some of the evils of the ex cessive use of salt? They are to para lyze the nerves of taste, or to pervert them so that they cannot enjoy any thing which has not a salty flavor, and in addition, there is a direct tax on both the skin and the kidneys in re moving it from the blood. Whether the skin is harmed by this tax we do not know. Possibly it is not greatly injured, yet we know that few people possess a healthy skin; but it is now pretty well settled that an excessive use of salt does overtax the kidneys in its removal, aud that the great number of cases of derangement and disease of these organs is due to this use. It takes only a little time to learn to enjoy many kinds of food without salt, and we advise our read ers and others to look into this matter and to try and diminish the use of this condiment, as far as possible. We believe they will be better for it.— ■ Journal of Hygiene. Tea Culture. Tea culture in the United States de serves a word, though it never had the extended trials which were granted to silk and sorghum. The idea was first broached in 1854 or 1855, aud in 1857 the government commissioned ltobert Fortune, the English author and botanist, who had spent many years in China, to send to the United States Patent Office from that country specimens of tea seeds and young plants. These arrived in good condi tion, and in August, 1859, over fifty thousand fine tea plants were growing in the United States Propagating Gar den at Washington. In the Agricul tural Report for that year considerable space was devoted to tea, with reasons why it coull be raised successfully in America. South Carolina seems to have been the only state which cared to try the tea experiment, and the results were Bhort-lived and unsatisfactory. In a year or two no mention of teaappeared in the Agricultural Reports, and the project was added to the retired list. It is not believed that it has ever since been revived.—New York Tribune. There is a clock in Brussels that is kept going bv the wind. Electric Organs, Electricity is used to operate a new ly-designed pipe organ, the keys clos ing circuits which operate magnetic coils to control the air valves, and the stops being operated by switches ar ranged above the keyboard. The old log cabin in Front Royal, Va., in which George Washington lived ■while surveying between 1748 and 1752, is still standing in fair condition and is used as a spring house. Oli, What Splendid Coffee* Mr. Goodman, Williams Co., 111., writes: "From one package Salzer's German Coffee Berry costing 15e I grew 300 lbs. of better coffee tliau I can buy in stores at 30 cents a lb." a. c 1 A packa"o of this coffee and big seed and Slant catalogue is sent you by John A. aizer Heed Co., La Crosso, Wis., upon re ceipt of 15 cents stamps and this notice. The coal output of West Virginia for 1397 amounted to 13,500,000 tons. 9100 Reward. SIOO. The renders of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease thai' science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu tional disease, requires a constitutional treat ment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the pa tient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much fa th in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars lor any ease that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. .1. Chrnev & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. The agricultural products of Kansas for 1897 amounted to $230,410,143. Florida. Florida literature secured free upon appli cation to.T. J. Farnsworth, East'n Pass. Ag't. Plant System, 2til Broadway, N. Y. About thirty-two per cent, of the tillable land of Arkansas is under cultivation. Chew Star Tobacco—The Best. Smoke Sledge Cigarettes. The supply of granite in Missouri is be lieved to be without limit. 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