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ite very little and began to droop
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iu the bottom of his gilded cage. He j
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A CRY FOR WORK.
Ood! give me work! To thee I ory.
The busy millions pass me by;
They have no need for suoh as L
0 Ood of life, hast thou no need for mo?
Worthless to them, have I no worth to thee?
Not of thy children, and yot doomed to be!
1 ory to thee! Dear eyes upon me gaze,
Dear loving eye 9 that slow with hunger
craze.
0 Father Ood! a father to thee prays l .
To work! only to work! with hand or brain.
In sweat of brow, with labor's toil aad
stain,
The worker has his joy for every pain.
See, Lord—the useless hands are raised on
high.
From eut despairing hearts is wrung the
ory;
Oh. listen ye—forever passing bv!
—Charlotte Elizabeth Wells, in The Outlook
1 EVE and |
I an APPLE. {
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Eve and an apple overcame an an
cestor of mine. He would not have
wanted the apple, he said, but for
Eve. That was exactly my case.
Eve lived at No. 52, and I at No. 54,
lam not sure where the apple lived,
but it was at one of the two. It hung
on a high branch over No. 52's gar-
Jen, but it fatted on the soil of No. 54,
for which I paid rent.
It was Eve, of course, who called
my attention to it. I heard her voice
through the open window. She has j
an attractive voice.
"Oh, look, mother!" she cried.
"Thero is my apple."
"Hush, dear! It isn't your apple
at all. It belongs to the people next
door."
"Ho isn't people," objected Eve. I
am a bachelor.
"Anyhow, the apple is his."
"Is it?" She tossed her head. She
'has a graceful way of tossing her
head. "Then he shan't have it. Mr. !
Layton gave it to me every year." ;
Mr. Lay ton was my predecessor. "You j
know ho always lent me his ladder to |
get it." I felt inclined to offer my |
ladder there and then, but the time, I
like tlio apple, was not ripe.
As the summer went on the apple
grew iu size and beauty. Eve watched
the apple, and I watched Eve. She j
was so nicaio watch that I did not 1
offer her the forbidden fruit. Ire- !
garded it a3 a hostage for her regular !
appearance.
"Look at its rosy cheeks, mother!"
she used to say, teasiiigly. "If it gets
much bigger it must drop." She
made motions expressing rapture.
"Eve, dear," her mother protested, |
"you know it isn't yours."
"It would be if I had a ladder." .
Then she would give a merry little
laugh. She has a charming way of
laughing.
The apple still hung on, however, i
and grew aud grew. Iu the dusk of
evening Eve triad to reach it with a
clothes prop—at least it looked like
Eve. I knew it was a clothes prop, >
because she let it drop over my wall,
and it smushed three panes of a
cucumber frame. Next moruing she
happened to be in tha garden, so I
returned it with grave ceremony.
"I —I'm afraid it broke something,"
she apologized.
"Not in the least," I assure 1 her.
"I'll tell Mary Jano not to stand it
up against your wali again," she
promised mendaciously.
After that the apple blushed more
furiously than ever. It was so ripe ;
that it was marvelous how it held oil, j
I heard her say. She was probably
unaware that I had climbed up one
night aud secured it with fine wire.
Nextjshe tried knocking tennis balls I
at it. Of course, she never went ;
within a couple of yards. I picked i
up nine balls next morniug and re
stored them to her.
"I thought they wore windfalls
from ray apple tree," I said, and she
fled indoors.
"I believe he was laughing at me,"
I heard her tell her mother. "Now,
I will have it."
"So, no, dear! I forbid you to
touch it. It's no use looking like that,
Eve. I shall be really cross if you
do."
When I came home that evening the
apple was still there, in all its glory,
but when it grew dusk I noticed i
maneuvers with the prop going on
once more. Finally I heard a cry of
triumph, and the rustle of her skirts
as she ran indoors. Tlieu I went out.
I climbed the tree, gathered about
a gallon of apples and seut them in
with a note.
| '"Dear Madam—l trust you will
! accept a few apples from my tree
| overhanging your garden, as 1 notice
j that there is only one upon your side.
"1 have, however, a special roason
for desiring thnt one. May I enter
your garden to gather it? Yours very
truly, FRANK NEWTOJT.
In a few minutes Sarah Ann re
turned with Mrs. Parker's thanks,and
an assurauco that she would be
pleased for me to gather the apple
! whenever I liked. So, aftor putting
the ladder over the wail, I weut round
to their front door and knocked. I
was shown into a cozy sitting-room.
Mrs. Parker received me very pleasant
ly, but Miss Eve was rather quiet, as
a young lady should be.
"You will be surprised at my
bothering you about a single apple,"
I said. "The fact is I want it for some
one who has particularly alinired it."
"We have noticed, "said her mother
with a side glance at Eve, "that it is
a singularly fine apple."
"Au exctptionally fine apple," T
agreed. "It would be almost impos
sible to match it."
"I should like to Reo it when you
have picked it," Mrs. Parker con
fessed. Eve said nothing. She ap
peared to have become absorbed in a
book.
I "I'll bring it in at once."l promised.
i
I went through tho French window
and ascended the tree. No one was
looking, so I gathered another fine
apple from my own side. Wheu I re
turned Miss Eve had disappeared.
"It doesn't look quite so large ofl
tbe tree." I suggested, placing the
apple upon the table.
"No," said her mother, examining
it critically, "I scarcely tliiuk it does ;
but it is a very fine one."
"Perhaps your daughter would like
to see it?"
"Ye—es." She laughed. "I am
afraid it will make her feel rathei
envious." She rang the bel l , and th«
servant came. "Ask Miss Eve tc
come for a moment, please."
After a few minute*' waiting during
which Mrs. Parker discovered that w«
had some mutual frien Is, aud
me to call iu there sometimes, pretty
Eve reappearod, looking guiltily de
fiant.
"Mr. Newton wants you to see his
apple, Eve, dear. Isn't it a beauty?'
Eve flushed and gave me a swiff
glance.
"Yes," she said, hesitatingly. She
seemed to be studying the floor rathei
than the fruit.
"It might be a fellow to the on«
that tempted Eve!" I observed, with
a smile. She traced a pattern witl?
her foot.
"Adam was also tempted."
"By Eve, I believe? I don't fancy
he wanted the applo much, did he?"
She blushed again.
"You could not have a nicer apple
thau this, anyhow." She looked right
at me at last. Her eyes said quite
plainly, "i r ou needn't tell mother."
As if I had any such intention!
"I am glad you like it," I said,
"because I waut to give it to you, if I
may. I could not help noticing that
you admired if."
"There, Eve!" said her mother. "I
told you that everyone would see that
you coveted it."
"I—l am sorry," she said, in a sub
dued little voice.
"Please don't say that, or you will
spoil my plonsure in giving it."
"Then—l am not sorry." She took
it with a laugh.
Soon afterward I went, assuring
Mrs. Parker that I should soon avail
myself of her kind invitation to call
again. I hope they did not hear me
laughing wheu I got indoors.
'The next day was Sunday. In the
afternoon Eve sat under the shade of
my apple tree reudiug a book. So I
strolled out and looked over the wall.
"Eve," I remafked, ' was turned
out of paradise for stealing an apple."
She looked up aud smiled. Then
she looked down.
"The annual apple on this side has
always belonged to Eve," she asserted
pretending to cut the pages of her
book. They were cut already.
"She might spare a tiny piece for
Adam," I suggested. She glanced at
me out of the corner of her eyes.
"Adnm was better without the
apple, you know," she assured me.
"Adam," I declared, "needed no
pity at all."
She rested her chin on one hand
and looked at me inqniriugly with her
big eyes. I would put down how she
looked, if it were possible. It isn't.
Mere ordinary charms of feature or
coloring is common enough to have
words. Heal prettiness is unique, i'.n
nameable; little wilful curves of the
features, little waves of tho hair —
and "ways." Sha is pretty like that.
"Adam," she remarked, "lost Para
dise and the apples."
"But he hail Eve."
She studied her shoes, aud I seated
myself on top of the wall.
"You have plenty of apples," she
said; "and you are not shut out of
Paradise."
"Theu," I replied, promptly, "I
will come in." I did.
"How do you know this is Para
dise?" she asked, demurely.
"Eve is here."
She looked at me saucily over her
book.
"Poor Eve was much to be pitied."
She simulated a sigh.
"Because she lost Paradise?"
"No; because she kept Adam."
"Did she mind, do you think?"
"Well—you see, it was just a very
little bit her fault that he ate tbe
apple."
"She would have eaten every scrap
herself if she had been a modern
Eve."
She looked up at the desecrated
bough and laughed. A stray sunbeam
danced in her eyes, like the dazzle of
diamonds.
"I think she could be persuaded to
share it with the modern Adam," she
stated.
Thereupon she dived under the
chair cushion and produced it.
"Now you have Paradise—and tho
apple," she told me.
"They are nothing." I said, feel
ingly, "compared with — Eve."
But Eve—my dainty little Eve—is
coming to No. 51 in the spring. It
will save any further dispute, she
says, about the apple.—Owen Oliver,
in Madame.
Art I*l le Slirn.i in Itnlclnm.
There is no need of having hideouj
things for signs, says Municipal Af
fairs. Signs may be beautiful. In
Belgium porticularly, a municipal art
society has taken bold of the matter
and initiated competition for beautiful
signs. They give liberal prizes foi
the best signs. Sculptors and skill
; ful workers in irou compote because
' of the value of prizes and because of
! their iuterost iu tho work, and the
I merchants because of the advertise
ment which it gives them. The result
has been that all over Brussels yor
tind pretty signs, aud the curious part
is that the beautiful ones pay bettei
than the ugly, for, while the latter
receive only a passing uotice and then
a feeling of dihgust, the signs which
are beautiful attract permanent at
tention.
[FOR FARM AND GARDEN.]
Holding Rati #fo*e F©:%le in Check.
The San Jose scale is widely dis
tributed and cau never be extermin
ated. For many years it will remain
a contant menace to fruit growing.
We believe that the weight of evidence
showß that it can be held in check as
thoroughly as is the plum curculio or
the codling moth. Those who set
fruit of any kind in the future should
insist upon all the stock being fumi
gated, thus greatly checking the
spread of this dreaded pest on nursery
stock.
Graflffltoppni'ft ICofufte Clover.
A Kansas farmer makes the state
ment that last year he sowed his rye
field about the middle of March, using
equal parts of clover and timothy
seed. He obtained a fair stand, but
during the month of June the grass
hoppers came along and cleaned out
the timothy but did not touch the
clover.
If this is the case throughout the
West, that grasshoppers don't care for
clover, it' will be a big thing for those
located in the sections where grass
hoppers are abuudant It is earuestly
hoped that it is so, though no doubt
the grasshoppers would take the
stover upon being deprived of othor
food.
Fall Calve* the I'eit.
Fall calves subsist largely upon
milk, aud take but little room in the
shed; and there is more time in the
winter to give them attention. They
will be ready for the spring pastures,
and make good progress from the
start, and enter tho barn iu the fall
again to get full benefit of solid rations
there provided for them.
Spring calves are incapable of re
ceiving much benefit from grass the
first season, because for sotue time
after birth the ruminating stomach is
undeveloped, and, between summer
heat aud the pestiferous flies, the
thin-skinned creature has a sorry time
of it; but uu ler natural conditions
most of them come iu the spring.
Startln?a Strawberry Patch.
When starting a strawberry patch
select only youug, red-rooted plants
for setting. For a family garden two
first earlies, two medium and two late
varieties are sufficient, and one of
each season ivonld probably be better.
It is best to set strawberries iu the
spring. Early setting is not impor
tant, bnt they should be planted
wheu the ground can be putin good j
condition and given cleun culture
until late in autumn. Care should be
taken to remove all blossoms the first
season. Place the plauts in rows four
feet wide and 20 to 21 inches apart iu
the row. Turn the runuers along the
line of the rows so as to fill up a
matted row about one foot wide. It
is well to prevent the plants from set
ting in a tight mat. This can be ac
complished by pulling off runners after
the plauts have set sufficiently heavy.
Control of Aftparnßti* Him:.
Asparagus rust first came into uo
tice iu August, 1896, and at that time
was confined to New England, New
York, New Jersey and Delaware. In
1897 it spread into the southern states. '
By 1898 it had spread westward as far '
as Michigan, ami included Ohio, In- I
diana and Illinois, and recently it has !
been reported fouud iu North Dakota.
This example shows the extremely
rapid growth and advance of the dis
ease, aud also that it cau be carried
long distances by tbe wind.
Fields inclosed by forests and hills
are not so exposed to rust as those iu
the open. Bust of this form cannot
be treate 1 like superficial fungi such
as mildew. Spraying has not been
fouud satisfactory as a cure for aspara
gus rust, as has been shown by ex
periment on six kinds of asparagus
with 10 applications. As a result,
asparagus growers are cultivating a
shorter and stronger growth. In some
cases injects aro found to feed upon
the spores and aro quite a substantial
check upon rust No treatment of
soil cau be relied upon, and, in fact,
little can be don<» wheu plants are
once infected. The last resort is to
fnrnish the very bast conditions for
the growth of the plant.
Advantage of Farmers* Institute*.
Farmers' institutes are gradually
growing in favor with the people.
Their usefulness is uo longer doubted
by the progressive farmer. It brings
men aud women from differeut parts
Df the county and state together with
their experieuce and store of infor
mation upon the various branches of
igriculture, horticulture, stock rais
.ng, dairying, etc. This information
s freely given for the benefit of all.
l'lie information received at these in
stitutes furnishes a short cut to many
lseful reforms ou tho farm Some of
the most progressive farmei'3 of tbe
Hate are there as instructors. They
:cach us many things of value that
night take us years to find out by ex
perieuce. We ciiu hardly estimate
;he advantages derived at these in
jtitutes by those who atteud aud then
putin practice what they learn. We
;et valuable information along the line
jf breeding and raising stocks of all
sind—how to rotate our crops so as to
seep up the fertility of the soil aud to
secure best results, how to dispose of
>r utilize the crops grown to realizj
most money.
Iu addition to all valuable informa
:ion brought out by discussion aud an
.nterchuuge of thought at these far
mers' institutes, tbev have a tendency
;o broaden the views of the farmer. It
makes him more intelligent, more
tocial, a better farmer iu every sense
»112 the word. it teaches hiin
(hat braius, intelligence and refine
ment aro as necessary upon the farm,
in the kitchen, tbe parlor, as in tha
merchant's counting room, the law
yer's office, or at the banker's till;
that the farmer has brains to feed, a
mind to cultivate, as well as stock and
fields. They are calculated to give a
man confidence in himself which eu
able< him to get on bis feet and ex
press himself freely and intelligently
upon the various questions brought
before the institute for discussion.—
Farmers' Guide.
/
Hlrli Platform* for ClannllneH.
The first aud most essential item in
order to produce milk that will be
clean and free from stable odors is the
stable aud platform on which the
cows staud. When I built my new
barn last year, I put the platform
eight inches above the gutter, and I
the planks were sawed just four feet
four inches from the stauchions to the
gutter, with only one inch slant The
glitter is 20 inches wide aud slants
back tbe thickness of a shingle under
it on the sleepers. The scuttles are
back of it in the main floor between
every other sleeper.
My stable is on the south side of the
barn and has a six-pane 9x13 glass
window every five feet For several
hours in the middle of the day, the
sun shines directly on the cows' hind
quarters. The droppings are hoed
down three times a day, and the cowa
are carded and cleaned off once a
week. There is no manure on the
platform or cows, and I hear no com
plaint of "cowy" milk among my cus
tomers. A two-inch plauk platform
is no good at all, a four-iuch one is |
not enough, a six-iuch one is better,
but one eight inches high is just right,
and it should not be over four feet
six inches long for a large cow. At
tnis height, keep it nearly level and I
have seen no trouble in cows slipping
off.—S. A. T., in New England Home
stead.
How I* the Home Shod?
Every farmer should try to learn
something about horseshoeing,enough
at least to enable him to determine
whether or not his horses have been
correctly shod. In the trade of horse
shoeing there are mauy incompetents,
as is true of every other busi
ness. The fanner that knows
nothing about this important trnle,
really lacks the power of protecting
his teams against injury, and that,
too, of a very serious nature. Many
of the bad cases of lameness among
horses are due to bad Bhoeing, and it
is no uncommon thing for the veter
inarian called to look after a lame
horse to order the shoe on the lame
foot removed. The writer kuows ol
one veterinarian that had the shoe
from a lamo horse removed, as it was
the sole causo of the lameness, being
more than a third of an iuch too high
on one side. The result was that th«
horse at every step had lamed his
cords till they were reduced to such a
condition that every step or ever
movement of the leg meant intense
pain. How long do some of oui
horses suffer before we find it out?
The owner should see to it that the
shoes are made to fit the feet of thi
horses and that the feet be uo'
trimmed down to fit the shoe. I'
often happens that the blacksmith
puts a red-hot shoe onto the foot
burning away the horn of the foot and
iu uring the quality of the foot beyono
the part burned. If the shoe is tot
small he nails it on and then cuts anc
pares aud hasps the foot down to it.
Corns on the horses' feet are too fre
queutly due to bad shoeing, and the
same may be said of interfering. The
nale price of many a horse is lowered
because of the appearance of some
trouble that is,unknown to the owner,
due only to ignorance on the part ol
tiie man that put on the last set o)
shoes. Unfortunately, it is not al
ways easy to effect a cure of the de
fects that are so easily produced.
Furthermore some of the things that
have been brought on by bad shoeing
can only be got rid of by skillful shoe
ing to offset them. We are sometimes
led to the conclusion that we need
qualified horseshoers about as badly
as we need more qualified veterina
rians.—Farm, Field aud Fireside.
Farm nnil Garden Notes.
Everyone who has a taste for en
tomology ought to keep bees.
The farmer has many good friends,
but none so faithful as clover.
Mold from the woods is a big thing
for house plants. Give it a trial.
Earthworms can be got rid of by
giving tbe ground a liberal salting.
The increased value of meat ought
to be an encouragement to those who
raise stock.
It can never be expected that any
animal will thrive without a proper
amount of food.
The farmer himself should attend to
all matters pertaining to the packing
and shipping of his produce.
In putting up a building iu which
to keep cows or milk special attention
should be paid to ventilation.
The average yield of potatoes is not
half what it would be if proper methods
were practiced by the farmers.
A groat deal of the trouble experi
enced iu churning can be overcome by
having the oream properly ripened.
Strawberries will do well on almost
any well-drained soil, so don't deny
yourself or your family this luxury.
The man who does not make it a
point to see the sun rise every day is
not the man for the farming business
Wheu there is a deficiency iu the
hay crop it should be supplied by one
or more of the numerous fodder
crops.
I'nv, F»y, Pay.
Collector —This is three times 1
have asked yo i to pay.
Betera You're another of those
"Absent-Minded Beggar" elocution
ists, are you?— Baltimore American.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
It is stated that the authorities al
Scotland Yard are now eugaged iu
subjecting a police electric lamp tc
practical tests, to ascertain if it will
stand the necessary wear and tear o'
the serviie.
In South Africa the warmest month
is February aud the coldest is July.
The temperature is not as trying as
that of Central Europe. The rainfall
for the year is light, varying from live
to 20 inches.
The German army authorities ar«
experimenting on a cotton stufi
as a material for balloons. It is
I treated with rubber before befng used.
The fabric is said to have great
strength, and is better than silk which
is apt to genorate electricity.
Professor B. S. Woodward of Col
umbia university, in a recent papei
shows reasons for thinking that the
earth's atmosphere extends to a height
varying with the distance from the
equator. At the equator he estimates
the height to be 26,0J0 miles which
diminishes to only 17,000 miles at the
poles. But of course, beyond a few
hundred miles above the grounJ, the
density of the atmosphere becomes sc
slight that its effects are impercep
tible.
The discovery of two Belgian chem
ists, Hoho and Lagrange, whereby
I iron may be brought to a while heat
by dipping it in water, is attracting
much attention iu Europe. A metal
vessel is partly tilled with water and
connected up to a source of electricity
supply giving HO amperes of current.
| The other pole is attached to the iron
I rod provided with an insulated handle.
The water oilers grout resistance to
the passnge of a current through the
combination, a very high ele-trical
potential being thus generated iu the
neighborhood of the iron ro.', where
by the water is rapidly decomposed,
and a temperature of 1200 to 1503
degrees is t>et up within aperiol of 20
seconds.
In the last 60 years the speed of
ocean steamers has been increase 1
from eight and one-halt' to 22 aud one
half kuotsan hour. .Ships have been
more thau trebled in length, about
doubled iu breadth, and increased ten
fold in displacement. The number ot
passengers carried by a steamship has
j been increased from 100 to nearly
2000. The engine power has been
made 40 times as great, while the rate
of coal consumption per horse powet
per hour is now only about one-third
what it was 1810. 1810. The weight ot
the machinery per horse power has
also been very greatly reduced. Were
the engines of the Campania propor
tionately as heavy as those in use 6C
years ago, they would weigh about
14,000 tons. In other words, machiu
ery, boilers and coal would exceed the
total weight of the ship as she float?
today.
IMAGINATION AND DISEASE.
Amusing Incident Cittifted by a I>octor*»
Lettflr* (iettimj Mixed,
Iu "A Journalist's Note-Book"
Frank F. Moore tells au amusing aud
significant story of the influence ot
imagination upon health. A young
civil servant in India, feeling fagged
from the excessive heat aud from long
hours of work, consulted the best doc
tor within leach. The doctor looked
over him, sounded his heart and lungs,
aud then said gravely: "I will write
you tomorrow."
The next day the young mau re
j ceived a letter telling him that lii-r
left lung was gone aud his heart seri
ously affected, aud advising him to
lose no time in ail justing his busines?
affairs. "Of course you may live for
weeks," the letter said, "but you had
best not leave important matters un
decided. "
Naturally the young official was dis
mayed by so dark a prognosis—noth-
ing less than a death warrant. Within
24 hours he was having difficulty with
his respiration, aud was seized with
an acute pain in the region of the
heart. He took to his bed with the
feeling that he should never arise from
it. Duriug the night be became so
m«'*h worse that his servant sent for
the doctor.
"What on earth have yon been
doiug to yourself?" demanded the
doctor. "There were no indications
of this sort when I saw you yester
day. "
"It is my heart, I suppose," weakly
answered the patient.
"Your heart!" repeated the doctor.
"Your heart was all right yesterday."
"My lungs, then."
"What is the matter with you, man?
You don't seem to hove been drink
ing."
"Your letter!" gasped the pntient.
"You .said I had only a few weeks to
live."
"Are you crazy?" said the doctor.
"I wrote you to take a few weeks'
vacation in the hills, and you would
oe all right."
For reply the patient drew the let
ter from under the bedclothes, and
?ave it to the doctor.
"Heavens !" cried that gentleman,
is he glanced at it."This was meant
for another man. My assistant mis
placed the letters."
The young man at once sat up in
bed and made a rapid recovery.
And what of the patient for whom
the direful prognosis was intended?
Delighted with the report thut a so
|ouru in the lulls would set him right,
he started at once, and five years
later was alive and in fair health.
The children of the Berkeley, Cal.,
public schools are required to bring
their owucup, towel,aud soap to school,
to insure the best of sanitary condi
tions.