What no the Children Drink P Don't Rive them tea or coffee. Have you tried the new food drink called (IKAIN-O? It Is delicious and nourishing, and takes the place of coffee. The more (inAiN-0 you Rive the children the mors health you distribute through their sys tems. GRAIN-O Is made of pure grains find when properly prepared tastes llkf the choice grades of coffee, but costs about % us much. All grocers sell it. 15c. and 250 Poverty Is the grindstone that sharpens a man's wits. Visit to the IJlorioum Mountains ol North Carolina. Now in the time togo to Ashevllle, Try on, Henileminville and Pinehurst, N. C.. to es cape the disagreeable March weather; easily reached from New York, via the Southern Rsiiwav on perfectly equipped vestibuled I rains. Theie resorts are attracting attention nil over the country, and are visited daily by a lnrge number of tourists and health seekers The Southern Railway has tickets on sale at grent.lv reduced rates. Write for descriptive booklet of Winter Homes in the South, giving prices of board, etc.. to Alex. 8. Thweatt. Eastern Pass. Agt., 1180 Broadway, New York It's an ill wind that blows the doctoi good. What Shall We Have For Dessert'. This question arises in the family dally. Let us answer it to-day. Try Jell-O, a delicious and healthful dessert. Prepared In 2min. No boiling! no baking 1 Blmpiy add a little hot water A set to cool. Flavors: Lemon, Orange, Itaspberry and Strawberry. At grocers. 10c. V a state lunch in China usually consists of 14 j dishes. Te Care s Cold In On* Day. Take LAXATIVE BROMO QCININI TABLKTI. All druzgl-ti refund the money If it fails lo cars. K. W. ÜBOVK'S slguature_ls on e&cb box. Mo. Like nearly all Natal rivers, the Tugela is not navigable. Mrs. Wlnslow'sSoothing Syrup forchildren teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma tion. allays pain, cures wind colic, 25c.a bottle When n fellow falls in love he rises In his own estimation. Spring Humors of the Blood Come to a certain percentage of all the people. Probably 75 per cent, of these people are cared every year by Hood's Sarsaparilla, and we hope by this advertisement to pet the other 25 per cent, to take Hood's Sarsaparilla. It has made more people well, effected more wonderful cures than any other medicine in the world. Its strength as a blood purifier is demonstrated by its marvelous cures of Scrofu'a Saltßh?um Scald Head Boils, Pimples All kinds of Humor Psoriasis Blood Poisoning Rheumatism Catarrh Malaria, Etc. All of which are prevalent at this sea son. You need Hood's Sarsaparilla now. It will do you wonderful good. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest Blood Medlolne. Cough Syrup bronchitis and iucipieu t consumption. Price 25c. Getting liOgt AbroaJ. "The greatest trouble I had while f.hroad," said a mau that had re turned from Europe a few days ago, "was in getting from one place to an other. I went to the station togo to Naples, but when I spoke of Naples the station man looked puzzled. He insisted there was no such city. I went into the geographical location of the city, and he looked relieved. "Oh, you mean Noppallee,' he said, placing the accent on the first sylla ble. I vent to Noppallee. "Wheii I asked togo to Florence, I had the same experience. After go ing through tbe same performance I went to Flo-ren-chee, with the accent on tbe 'ren.' "I thought I would never get to Brussels, and when I was about ready to give up and goto some other plaoe, tbe station master started me to Bruxels."—lndianapolis Press. Backaches of Women arc wearying beyond dea criptlon and they Indloate real trouble somewherom Efforts to bear the dull pain are heroic, but they do not overcome It and the backaches continue until the oause Is re moved. |^Lydi^tJPlnWvii^ does this more certainly than any other medlolne• h has been doing It for thirty yearsm It Is a wo man's medlolne for wo man's Ills• It has done much for the health ol American women> Read the grateful letters from women oonstantly ap pearing In this paper* Mrs. Plnkham counsels women free of ohargom Her address Is Lynn, Mass. ADVERTISING {>l^^ HPUeiAMJOHH W.IHOBRIB, IjClialUll Washington, D.c; laHHBRSiBBafe NATURE'S MIRACLE. He who loves not a noble tree No fellowship may claim from me. Deop in the earth its great ro ots spread, lint heaven's own blue surrouuds its head. It holds tbe joy of summer morn, Tho strength of winter'f wildest born. flod's birds find shelter in its arms, Secure from everything that harms. It bows when B~ath winds wander past, But breasts unharmed the fiercest blast. "I'is Nt.—ire's miracle to me, lier fairest work—a noble tree. —Ninette M. I.owater, in the New York Hun. i MOLLY'S DRESS. 1 $ BYMIRA L. COBBE. A Moilv was determined togo to the party, and yet she knew she would be the worst-dressed girl in the loom. Her frocks were shabby, aud none of them more so than the one she would be forced to wear if she accepted Frank Gillmau's invitation. With a i deep sigh she rose from the bed where she had been lying thinkiug the whole mutter over, and turned towards the tiny closet where all her dresses hung. Beaching into its musty recesses, Molly drew forth a muftli bedrabbled gruv dress aud looked at it sad y. When new the preceding summer it had served as a best gown, and iu that capacity did enough service to have been placed upon the retired list, but '■ "Aiolly was not as considerate as that, j With considerable ingenuity she had i transformed the coat basque into a low-out evening waist, and the long | sleeves into pretty little puffs. Around the neck she had draped a little cheap | chiffon, and above it her soft whito ; neck had emerged like a lily. Now, I however, the dress was crease 1 and stained and tho chiffon rumpled. She might attord new chiffon, but that 1 would not cover the stains or a great I tear in the skirt. All the other girls were going to have new dresses, but that was something beyond her scauly purse. "Ob, dear," she sighed again, tosa- ' ing the dress aside and sinking back ! on the bod, "if I were a girl in a story book I'd have some convenient garret togo to au.l there I'd find a handsome piano co , or, or a lamp mat or a bed- < spread, or something equally useful, 1 out of which I'd rig up a dress that ; would make all tho other girls turu i green with e ivy. As lam just Molly i l're t : sß,a clerk on livo dollars a week I can't have a new dies-!, o h, dear! ch, deaf I" r.nd poor Molly buried her pretty fuco in her linnds and sobbed bitle ly. She was only 20, and it was so hard to deny herself all the things of her ago most Jove. At last she roused herself, and sitting down wrote a courteous refusal to Frank Gillmau's invitation, although her eyes were so blinded with tears that she could scarcely write the address. Not waiting, for fear she would change 1 er mind, Molly caught up a shawl, and, throwing it around her, rushed out to the nearest letter box and dropped the letter in. As she saw it disappear she caught her breath, aud would have given worlds to have re called it, but it was too late, and she returned to her room very much de pressed in spirits. A boardiug house is not the most cheerful place iu the world, and Molly thought hers had never seemed so gloomy as it did that evening, and when sue went to bed at la-t she sobbed herself to sleep. The party upon which sho had set her heart was not a great social event, but to her it was of vast importance. It was merely a dauce given by the young men in the store where she was employed, aud Frank Gillman yas the floor walker of Molly's depart ment. For some time she had noticed I'iut he had paid her special attention, pverlookiug little things she Baid and ilid, but it was not until she had read his note, which was awaiting her when she reached home tho preceding night, lhat she realized that he regarded her ivith any special favor. When she took up her position be hind the counter and tied her black apron about her waist, Mtdly saw that Frank's eyos were fixed upon her faoo, which still bore tho tra.'es of her weeping, aud she tried to smile at him, but her eyes filled with tears. Tho young man noticed her emotiou, but was too busy togo over and iu- i quire into the i auso of it for sevoral hoars. When he did so she had re aovered her self-possession aud merely laughed away his inquiries. Wheu Frank received her little note, how ever, he began to understand that something was worrying her and he resolved to discover the cause of her iepression. During the days which followed, however, Molly avoided him ! constantly, and he felt that he must have offended her iu some mauuer or Dther, wheu he overheard a little con- i versation between another girl and ! her which enlightened him wonder- ; fully, it was the day of the party, ; »nd all the girls were chattering about it upon every opportunity. "Say, Molly," whispered one of the , j;irls to Molly, as tho two were sortiug ant some of their stock towards the 3lose of the day, "what are yon going | to wear touight?" ! "I'm not going," Molly replied, with a little catch in her voice. "Not going? Come, now, that's too bad. Didn't you get a bid?" "Yes." "Then why don't you go?" was the astonished question. "Because I have no fit d'oss," Molly replied, the tea's standing in her eyes. "I won't go in debt for anything, aud you know I have noth ing except what. I earn, since my brother died last winter." "Oh, that's too ad," retnrned her companion, carelessly, turning away to wait UDon a cu<tjmer and Mollv after making a dab or two at her eyes, continue I her work, unaware that Frank had beeu listening to her little confession. A few moments later she was waiting upon a disagreeable cus tomer, and he was calling to the cash girls to hurry, yet he managed to give her a tender, bri.gbt smile as he passed, that lifted the heavy cloud which was hanging over her, and she started for home with an almost light heart. As she was hurrying along the street she heard some one call her name and, looking around, saw Frank. Her cheek flushed, and she looked a? though she would have liked to have 1 run from him. He gave bo* another | tender look, saying, as he took bet baud anil drew it through his arm— "Why didn't you tell me your rea ' son for not accepting my invitation?" "Because," Molly began, and then hesitated. "I know what it was. I beard you telling Nelly this afternoon," Frank continued, looking down at her blush iug face. "Oh, graciou«!" Molly said, hall cryiug. "I wouldn't have had yor kuow it for anything." "And why not?" "Because I wouldn't," Molly re turned, striving to draw bur band away froui his arm. "sfou are silly," Frank snid, with considerable euergy. "Is there any disgrace in being poor? It is a good deal more to your credit that you weren't willing td make your liin lkidv wait for her money so yon could have a new dress, thau if you had cheated her. I'd sooner starve myself than do as most the fellows do-go into debt as deeply as they can; so you see I admire .ust that quality in you." "Well, it's the right thing to do,'' Molly replied, softly. "indeed it is, ami now I want you to do me a favor, will you?" "Of course." "I want you togo home nnd put on whatever dress you have, no mattei what it is, and I'll bring you some roses and we'll goto that party. Nc matter what your dress is, you will be the prettiest girl there, to me at least. Will you?" To her surprise Molly said yes, aud hu-ried along, her heart beating so hard she could hear it. Without waitiug for any dinner sh» rushed up to her room and again took out the desj isel di ess. At night per haps it wouldn't look so awfully bad, she though', as she shook it out anil began to spongo the stains, aud by tho time she had pressed it with a hot iron she begged from the cook, it really was improved. Removing the soiled chiffon she replaced it with a little lace, cheap aud somewhat torn, but cleau, and when she added a bow of ribbon to hide the mended place in the skirt Molly felt that it looked al most liko anew dress. She had scarce ly finished dressing wheu Frank ar rived, aud putting on her wraps she ran down to meet him,her face flushed and her eves sparkling. No one was in the hall as she came down, and Frank bent and kissed the face which had become so clear to him, saying as he did HO "You know that I love yon, don't you?" and Molly could only look hei answer. Wheu they reached the hall where tbe dance was to be held, Frank gave her a large bunch of flowers he had been carrying and lelt her at the door of the dressing-room. A few moments later be called for her and started when bo saw what a transformation happiness and a dozeu roses had wrought. She had pinned a great cluster of them in the torn lace, their glossy leaves aud velvety petnls hid ing ail deficiencies of the trimming, while one of them nestled in her soft brown hair. Her cheeks glowed like companiou roses, and her eyes were like stars. He said nothing, but Molly knew by his admiring look that be would not be ashamed aud she felt satisfied. After spending tbe most enjoyable evening of her life, Molly said,as she aud Frank were walkiug to the street cars— "l've had the bost time I evei had." "Have you dear?" Frank returned, pressing her arm to his side. "Are you willing to maks lue the happiest mau in the world?" and his voice trembled as he looked down at the little figure. "How?" Molly whispered, without looking up. "By promising to marry me," he returned, and Molly's answer must have satisfied him, for he said as they parted on the steps of the boarding house— "Now mind, Molly, this dress must be kept. We'll put it under glass and keep it the parlor, won't we, dearest?" and Molly answered, as she unlocked the door— "ies, we'll keep it, for it showed me that you care for me and not for my clothes." On CV»o«ins » Country Ilnusp. "I would say to any ono wbo is thoroughly iu earnest about a country home—make it yourself. Xenophon, who lived .in a time when Greeks were Greeks, advised people iu search of a country place to buy of a slatternly and careless farmer, since in that event they might be sure of seeing the worst, aud of m king their labor aud care work the largest results. | Cato,on the other hand, who represent ed an effeminate and scheming race, advised the purchase of a country i home from a good farmer and ju.li ; cious house builder, so that the buyer might be sure of nice culture aud equipments—possibly at a bargain. It illustrates, I think, rather finely an essential dill'erence of the two races and ages—the Greek earnest to make | his own brain tell,aud the Latin eager I to make as much as he could out of ' the braius of other peop'e. I must say I like tha (Ire k view bast." ,V r-1 thur Reed Kimball, in Scribner's. [FOR FARM AMD GARDEN. £ A Houxe Oi-clil«l. One of the most popular orchids grown for cut-flower purposes is Cy pripedium iusigne; and it is also val uable as a house plant, though pos sibly seldom so grown. Its spikes of solitary flowers on stiff stems make it the most convenient orchid to have abo it a house; and the lastiug quality of the flowers—from four to six weeks each—makes the plant equal to many that produce more flowers, but indiv idually last but a short time. The quaint "ladies slipper" flowers open a brownish yellow in oolor, turning quite yellow with age. When grow ing and blooming, an abundance of water is welcomed,provided the drain age be perfect. They are usually grown in pots, packed with moss or peat. During the summer, they may be kept barely moist and partly shadecL—Meehau's Monthly. A Dry Summer. This past season has shown to many farmers who scarcely need to have waited until now to learn the lesson, the importance of making preparation each year for a season when the grass in the pasture will be short, cows shrink in their milk, calves aud young Btock grow smaller, and in both ways a loss will be occasioned that cannot be made up by good feediug after ward. Wheu the price of milk and butter was the highest they had tho least to sell. Those who had ensilage iu the silo or greeu fodder to cut atd feed out were fattening their pocket books, while the mau whose fore thought did not come until afterward was growing poorer. It is as neces sary for the farmer to prepare for a dry, hot summer as for a cold winter, for both are sure to come every year, even though they sometimes are a lit tle delayed beyond the scheduled time. Look to the Colt*. The farmer who will closely watch his colts at this season of the year and seo that all their wants are satisfied will make money by it. Water should be supplied several times a day aud always before feeding. By frequent watering they will not drink so much cold water at a time, which is some times attended with serious results. Sen that they have a variety of food and at regular hours, for they know wheu meal time comes as well as peo ple do. Oats and wheat brau and good clover hav make the bost feed for young stock, as they supply mus cle aud bone growing material. Soe that they are not exposed to rainstorms—but that in dry weather they have a run in the paddocks and fields. Have warm beds for them to lie upon wheu they sleep —for they need refreshing sleep like all animals. Keep them growing. Not a day should pass without some growth, or what lias been fed to them has been wasted. To get value out of the feed o:ie must get weight, growth, size, and if colts nre well fod and treated every day's fend will increase their value- Rocky Mountain Husbandman. Worn File* nnd Srrno Iron. Save your cross-cut files, the three cornered ones, after you have worn them out. Old cross-cut files make excellent rake teeth for a garden rake. It takes only eight of them to fill the rake head, setting them in two inches apart, which is a good distance to have them. They will rtrve you longer, aud almost as efficiently, this way, as at first. And, in fact, all rods, bolts, plow points, and scrap iron of every sort should be saved and laid away iu a couvcuient place for thorn, ready for use, wheu anything of the sort is wanted about the farm. Almost everything may be utilized in some way. Old horseshoes make good lvooks for hitching posts,and a wornout ax stuck into a block of wood serves well for a miniature anvil wlieeon to clinch nails, rivets and such like work. An othor ax, fasteued securely, edge up, is convenient for clipping wire, nails, old hoops, etc. Besides, since the late rise in iron goods, old scrap iron is in demand, and can be sold to ad vantage. Gather up the scrap iron about the.farm and lay it away. You will see chauces to utilize it sooner or later. {■rowing Winter Cucnmbers. Sow the seed for raising the plants in some warm place, and as soon as they are well up, transplant into 6- inch flower pots, bury the pots in the soil of the greeuhouse up to the rim and keep well watered with water not too cold. It takes about five or six weeks to raise good plants from seed. After the house hail beeu prepared and properly warmed up, we set the plants over a trench 15 inches deep, nearly filled with fresh horse manure, ii 1-2 feet apart, one iu a pot or hill. This was about April 1. In the fall and winter, wheu tliey make less vine, two plants to the hill is better, aud at this time they may be set ouly 3 feet apart. Now, having strung out our plants, we run a high temperature, 100 de grees mid-day beat will not harm them for the first two or three days, reduc ing the temperature to 60 degrees or so at night. After they are well started, a mid-day temperature of !»0 degrees is sufficient. Water freely and now watch closely for lice. As soon as tbe plauts begin to run, we put up trellises, using galvanized wire fasteued to the supports with small staples; placing the wires 8 or 10 inches apart from near the ground to near the top of the house. We tie them to the lower wire loosely, so as not to girdle and kill the vines, using the same material as in bunching vegetables. They should be kept tied up as fast as the shoots get big enough. , Pruning should be carefnllv attended to. When the sun runs bigb anil hot it is easy to scorch the ends of vines. When I have found, from any cause, plants lucking the vigor and the healthy growth of their neighbors, I have applied a small quantity of ni trate of soda, not more than two table spoonfuls to a hill.—New England Homestead. Benefits of the Dairy to the Soil. Professor W. C. Latta of Purdue experiment station, read a paper at an Indiana dairymeu's meeting in which he said that the persistent growing and selling of bay aud grain without making returns to tbe soil must sooner or later result in failures. It is nec essary to concentrate tbe products that leave the farm. Butter, cheese, cream and milk are among the most highly concentrated products that leave the farm. A ton of batter, rep resenting many tons of bay, takes from the farm only one-tenth tbe fer tility that one ton of bay does. Com paring tbe losses in soil fertility on a 100-acre dairy farm as against tbe losses wbere tbe entire crops are re moved, we have tbe following result: Assuming that a 100-acre farm, sub jected to a five year rotation, viz.: 20 acres of corn, oats and wheat, and 40 acres of bay and pasture, would raise 1000 bushels of corn,4o tons of stalks, S'OO bushels of oats, 500 bushels of wheat, 20 tons of straw, aud that the meadows and pasture would yield two tons of hay or its equivalent in grass per acre,a little calculating shows that tbe total amountof feed grown and the amount of milk aud butter that could be produced from these foods is about as follows: Total food stuffs, 200 tons; total milk, 164 1-1 tons; total butter, 6 1-2 tons. Fertilizing ingredients: Food stuff, 5804 pounds nitrogen, 5877 pounds potash, 2114 pounds phosphoric acid; milk, 184 pounds ni trogen, 61 pounds potash, 66 pounds phosphoric acid; butter, 18 1-2 pounds nitrogen. Cash value of fertilizing in gredients: Food s'.ufl's, $142i'.24; milk, 3375>.2(>; butter, $2.1)4. The ; e figures are believed to be approximate ly cor:ect, aud they speak volumes. Trimming the Orchard. The lato winter is probably the best time in the year for the trimming of tbe orchard. It most certainly is the best time in the year for the farmer if his convenience is takeu into consid eration, There is comparatively a lull iu his work nt that time and be can give his trees the time necessary to trimming them in the right way. Trimming a tree is one thing that cannot be done in a hurry. A man can easily cut off a branch, but he cannot grow one. He must cut of! only the branches that require cutting to benefit the tree, being careful to cut none that will leave the trun!- ol tbe tree exposed to the hot sun ajd wind of summer, or one that will de tract from the symmetry of the trees. No-two trees are of the same exact shape and each one must be studied individually before touching with pruuiug kuife or saw. This takes time. So many things must be taken iuto consideration that no set rules can be given in regard to trimming trees. Where there are heavy winds during the seasons when the trees are full ot leaves and ladeu with fruit, the limbs should be kept trimmed so that not too great a weight should be borne by tho main steins. For the same rea son the limbs should be closer to the ground. In au exposed posiliou the tree should be rather heavier upon the south side, aud when young should be inclined a little in that direction. This will tend to balance the heavy south winds and also furnish a shade for the trunk of the tree during the hot months of the year. Too great care cannot be takeu iu healing the stubs of the cut limbs. Many a line tree is ruined by the checking of this stub. Waters will rim into the crack thus formed aud the wood surroiuiding will begin to decay. This will in a very short time reach the heart of the limb, weaken ing it. The life of tbe whole branch, if not the tree itself, is but tbe ques tion of a year or so. Its doom is in evitable. It should be borne in mind that the trimming business can easily be over done. It is far easier to cut a tree than to grow one. Think well before putting the knife to a branch, and if you are iu doubt as to whether you should cut it or not—don't. Be sure you are right and then proceed, but better to let nature have her owu sway than to ruin a tree by over prun ing. One can see and judge of the importance of the limbs and branches while there is no screen of leaves to interfere with seeing all of them in their relative position to each other and the tree. For that reason, if no other, winter is a good season for trimming the orchard.—J. L. Irwin, in Farm, Field aud Fireside. Poultry Note*. • Exterminate the rats before the vouug chicks aro out. A tablespoonfu! of salt should be added to the morning mash for layiug he us. Do not put over 10 or 11 eggsuuder a sitting hen at this season of the year. Do sot let the young chicks get chilled. For the first week at least they should be iupt where the tem perature never gooS below 80. Those hens intended for this sea sou's breeders should be separated from the flock aud confined i!» yards where special care may be give.!* Do not cross pure-bre 1 There is nothing to be gained, a* a breed cau be found in its purity will fill any one requirement and nc ae will fill every one. Steam wagons are to be etr>.- i0 7 e< l in hauling borax in Oregon. JENNIE CREEK'S INVITATION. An IndiHiia Girl Bidden to the Paris Fail a® a (iuent of the Legion of Honor. Miss Jennie Creek of Millgrove, Ind., wlio is the youugest member ol the National Humane society ol France, has been invited tp attend the Paris exposition this year at the ex pense of the Legion of Honor. Miss Jennie is an orphan aud still lives with her foster parents in sight of the spot where her heroic act averted a wreck which would have cost the lives of a good many people. It was the afternoon of Sept. 10, 1893, that Jennie, then but 11 years old, was playing along the ledges and ravine ol her uncle's farm. She came to the Panhandle railroad and to hei great surprise found the railroad bridge which spanned the deep gulch it this point almost burned away. It lad taken tire from the burning grass which had been set on lire by a red lot cinder from a passiag engine. In he distance she heard the World's 'air train coming. There was no time ;o summon help, and as the train Irew nearer a happy thought passed ;o her mind. Trembling with fright, »he tore off her red petticoat, and, standing in the centre of the track, (raved it valiantly above her head. Engineer Frank Williamson, who had jharge of the train, reversed his en yino and stopped on the brink of the laming bridge. The story of the little girl reached the passengers, who picked her up ind carried her through the coaches md showed their appreciation hy pre senting her with no small purse. \mong the passengers wore many irom Frpuce, returning home after a visit to the World's fair. When they reached their native country the So liefcy of the Legion of Honor was told jf America's little heroine. President McKinley, then g >veruor of Ohio, was asked for the child's address, and a mouth later little Jennie received a tivo-pointed star, aa emblem worn only by those who have performed exceptionally bave deeds. 'i'ho French Legion of Honor wat founded by Napoleon. At first he ex jluded women as recipients of de ora tions, but through the solicitation of Josephine this order was rescinded. But ono other American girl has be n thus honored, it being the lowa school teacher who savel her pupils in a cyclone by tying them together. For mouths after the stopping of the train the little girl received hundreds of letters. One of the school readers used in the primary grades of Indiana has the story of her act. Each year she has been urged by the officers of the society to attend tbeir meetings in Paris, the Society offering to pay her expense*. A few weeks ago Miss Creek, who s now 18 years of age, began a term it the Marion Normal college. The badge of the I.egion is still proudly worn l>y her, audit is more than arobable that she will accept the in citation. Shell* Broke Up Meal*. The late U. W. Steevens wrote from Ladysmith to the Daily Mail of Lon lon as follows: The liveliest day's bombardment pet. A party of officers who live in ;he main street were waiting for areakfast. The new president in the aext room was just swearing at ser vants for being late, wliep a shell :ame in at the foot of the outside wall aud burst under the breakfast .•ooui. The whole plac» was dust aud ihunder, aud the half-acrid, half-fat, ill-sickly smell of melinite. Half the loor was chips; one plank was hurled lp aud struck the ceiling. All the •rockery was smashed aud the clock hrown down; the pictures on the .vail confirmed to survey the scene, ■hrough broken glasses. "Much the same thing happened ater in -the day to.the smoking room )f the Koyal hotel. It also was iu labited the minute before, would haw oeen the minute after, but just then was quite empty. We had a cheerful uuch, as there were guns returning 'rom a recounoisance, aild they have ulopted a thoughtless habit of coming iouie past our house. Briefly, from t> .ill 2 you would have said thut the jarth was being shivered to matchwood *nd fine powder. But a!as ! mau ac- Mistoms himself so quickly to all things that a bombardment to us, uu ess stones actually tinkle on the roof, s uow as au egg without salt." Ye*-What. A good story is goiug the rounds at Harvard college concerning a last fear's graduate; a dutiful son and au ndustrious student, yet withal a fomewhat liberal youth. At the be ginning of his second year his father, .vho was just setting out for Europe, taid to him: "Xow, Harry, you get your degree »ud I'll send for you to come over and ravel all summer." Hurry was delighted. "Father," said he, "J. will." He studied faith fully all the college year, and in June iveut through with flying colore, i'hen ho cabled his father: "Yes." But the father, alas! had forgotten □is impulsive otter. He mused over ;he message, wondered, aud then ■abled back: "ies, what?" The son was in turn perplexed, but oeing a well-trained lad, he did not remain long iu the dark, and tired by luteous zeal, cabled ba.-k: "Yes, sir." Letters of explanation followed,and ae is now making the "graud tour." —Atlanta Journal. Lending Up to It. ■Miss DeMuir —Pano, this is Mr. Galloper —no, I mean Mr. Pacer. The Young Man—l beg pardon, but ny name is Trotter. Miss DeMuir —So stupid of me. I tnew it had something to do with aorse"", though.—Chieasro Tribune
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