I ARMENIA'S RAG-CARPET. | { BY SUSAN ARCHER WEISS. £ "We can't afford it." said grandma, resignedly. "Why, a carpet at 60 cents a "yard would come to —how much, Tom?" "Wouldn't it depend somewhat upon the number of yards, grandma?" sug gested Tom, who was putting on his great-coat in the hall. "Well, say five breadths of a yard ■wide, each five yards long," said grand ma, in a business tone. "A carpet of five yards square—2s yards, at 60 cents per yard—sls," an nounced Tom, promptly. Grandma looked up at him admiring ly through her glasses. "It's a good thing to have a head for figures. As for me, I never could put two and two together. But we'll have to give up that carpet, I'm afraid, though it's a great bargain. Mrs. Hackett gave full S3O for it, and had It only one year, shut up in her parlor where it was scarcely trod upon. I'd like to get it for John's wife's room; but we've too many other uses for money just now." "What a pity?" said Lizzie, who was Bitting on the window-sill, dangling one foot just above the floor. "The room will look so bare and com fortless without a carpet, and John is so anxious: to have everything nice for Alice.' "Wouldn't the parlor carpet do?" in quired Tom, demurely. "I heard you eay it was getting too shabby for the company room." "No, it wouldn't do at all," answered Lizzie, sharply. "How would the par lor look with a bare floor at Thanks giving and Christmas?" "And Sunday evenings," said I, in dignantly. "Oh," said Tom, brushing his hat, "I had forgotten that. No, certainly. Young Mr. Smith wouldn't find it com fortable; nor the doctor either. They might be afraid of catching cold, and go away early." "I think I hear the stage, Tom," said Lizzie, leaning a flushed face from the open window. Tom kissed us all around, and went out with his valise to meet the stage. He was a drummer to the biggest man ufacturing firm in the town and was always coming and going. Tom would be Dack in six weeks — In time to meet John and his wife, on their arrival at the old homestead. John was making a good match, and he and his wife were to stay with us all winter, while his own house was being built, about a mile distant, and we were all anxious to have everything Dice for Alice. Liz and I, waving Tom a last adieu Crom the porch, returned to the sitting room. Cousin Armenia had laid aside her knitting and, seated in a low chair in front of grandma, was leaning forward and talking, with that keen light in her gray eyes which always bespoke some new idea or inspiration. "You see, Aunt Dorothy, 'twould be Bheer extravagance to give sls for a carpet for a bed-room. Now, when I was a girl, I made two splendid rag carpets; and though it's twenty years ago, I've not forgotten how to do it. Suppose I jest set to work and make one for John's wife's room?" "A rag-carpet?" said Lizzie, dis dainfully. "Yes, child, a rag-carpet. If 'twas called by some high-sounding name, I Suppose folks would like it better. If Alice is the right sort, she won't turn np her nose at a rag-carpet, 'specially If it's new and bright, A rag-carpet can be made to look handsome; and, anyway, it's better than none." "But where will you find the ma terial?" "Oh, I'll be bound to find rags enough! There's plenty of old clothes hanging in the garret, and the rag chest anl scrap-bag are full; and the neighbors won't begrudge me what old ecraps they have no use for." Grandma looked doubtful, and Liz eie a little scornful; but Cousin Ar menia seemed quite elate over her Idea. And being one of those active and determined spirits who lose no time in carrying out a plan as soon as It is conceived, we were not surprised to find her, next day, already to work upon her proposed carpet- First she visited the attic and over hauled the big rag-chest, and exam ined all the half-worn and cast-off clothing hanging about. Then she went over the whole house and ran- Backed every box and closet for any thing that could be appropriated to her work. The next few days were spent in washing and freshening up the various articles, and in ripping and tearing them into shreds, which were then rolled into great balls, according to their color. All the rag-carpets that I had seen were woven in a mixed medley of colors, without order or arrangement; but Cousin Armenia showed herself possessed of an artist's eye and an aesthetic soul. "The browns and grays and all the Other neuter tints," she said, winding her strips about an old ironing-board in the attic to illustrate her pattern, "are to make up the ground color. Then come red and blue stripes; be cause, you see, one always has most of those two colors: and in the middle of each a narrow stripe of green and yel low, -which are skeerce color* ti get. Fd Ilka a little purple; but that's what you hardly ever come across." "If you could get the purple," I said, •jou would have all the colors of the rainbow, and one would call your car pet the Iris pattern." She appeared struck with this idea. "To be sure, there's my old purple merino, which I'd had an idea of mak ing over for a Sunday school dress for little Kitty Leary. But I dare say a new calico would do as well. Calico is only six or eight cents a yard; and, anyway, charity ought to begin at home." That evening she came down, cov ered with dust and bits of thread, just in time to tidy herself for supper. Deacon Hutchings had come Into seee grandpa on some business matter, and at table grandma apologized for the absence of hot cakes, on the plea of Cousin Armenia's pre-occupation with her carpet. "A rag-carpet, eh?" said the deacon, with interest. "Well, my mother used to be a great hand on rag-carpets; but sence her day they seem pretty nigh to ha' died out. Seems to me wimmen ain't as keerful and saving nowadays as they used to be. Now, if I ever get married," he said, with his dry smile, "I'll expect Mrs. Deacon to make the rag-carpet the first thing a'most." "Then don't ask Susie for me, please, deacon," said Lizzie, archly; "for we both hate rag-carpets—they're so ugly. "You won't think so when you've seen mine," said Cousin Armenia, with a confident nod; "and anyway, It'll save sls out o' nothing, and that's a consideration. « The deacon looked approvingly at the woman who could make sls out of nothing. He was a good man, general ly liked and respected, but bore tile character of being rather "closer" than there was any necessity for, see ing that he was well off, and with no family to support—for the deacon was a bachelor. When Cousin Armenia had used up all her "material" she discovered to her dismay lliat at least one-third more was required. So she went again over the house, collecting everything before rejected that could be made available. Colored hose and corsets were pressed into service—bits form erly considered too small were care fully collected and stitched together. The very rag-bag itself, when emptied, was seized upon; and even grandma's old red flannel dusting-rag did not es cape. The rag-carpet became a stand ing joke with us. "There's a pair of leather shoe strings for your carpet, Armeny," grandpa would observe, drily, "and some raveled rope-ends in the baiu, if you're a mind to havo 'em." But Cousin Armenia's soul was not to be put down by sarcasm, any more than it had been dismayed by difficul ties. The carpet progressed, and about the same time Lizzie and I began to discover various articles of our cloth ing missing, which upon rigid inves tigation were found reduced to strips in Cousin Armenia's carpet bag balls. Grandpa said little, but. as grand ma informed us in confidence, became very particular in putting away his clothes, and instead of leaving his coat hanging behind the entry door or over a chair a nip-lit. always carefully de posited it behind his bed or under his pillow. One day the deacon "happened in" when Cousin Armenia was piecing to gether a quantity of very small scraps wherewith to eke out her carpet. "You make pretty close work of them leetle rag-tags, Miss Armeny," he remarked in hi 3 slow way. "Yes, I make a p'int of never throw in' away anything that can be put to a use," she returned, complacently. "But I'm dreadful scrimped for rags enough to finish of my carpet in time. Mebbe, deacon, you haven't any old vest or such that you'd be glad to get rwd of, eh?" The deacon said he'd look, and ti.e next day he sent over some well-worn silk neckties and pocket-handkerchiefs, for which certainly no other use could have been found, save that which he himself suggested, of "putting em on a pole to scare the crows with." We laughed at the idea of a silk car pet; but Cousin Armenia, without a word, carefully Incorporated them in her work. After this she canvassed the village, importuning her friends for "old clothes," and the tailors and dress makers for selvages. And so in time, to the relief of every body concerned, a sufficient quantity of "material ' had been provided, and the carpet was sent to be woven at a neighboring farm house. Meantime, we had been busied in other preparations for John and his bride, and when these were all com pleted, nothing; remained save to put down Cousin Armenia's new carpet. "Lizzie and I rode with her to the farmhouse to get it.and on seein™ it, had to acknowledge that it was as near pretty as a rag-carpet could be. Still it was ugly, for how can a rag carpet be made to look like anything but coarse and common' We spent that night at a friend's in the country; and next morning return ing home.Cousin Armeniatriumphant ly ordered her carpet to be carried up to "John's wife's room." Lizzin and I followed. I opened the door and stopped short at sight mi a pretty, bright-colored, three-ply car pot lying in the middle of the floor. "Why, It's Mrs. Hackett's carpet!" Lizzie exclaimed; "the very one that wo wanted to buy when she broke up bous?keeping.' I "Yes," said grandma, a little du- biously, coming up behind us, 'll seems that Tom, when he heard how much we wanted it, that day that he went away, stopped at the Bradleys', and told Alf to get it for him, and All never thought of doing anything but keeping it until Tom came back, as ne did yesterday, just after you left. Hero he is now," as Tom came bounding up stairs, three steps at a time. Lizzie and I sprang to meet him, but Cousin Armenia received his greeting with the air of a deeply injured and indignant person. "I don't see the use of having twc carpets in one room," she presently re marked, coldly. And Tom had to explain how he had not had time to make up his mind about the purchase of the carpet until he had actually driven off in the stage coach, when stopping at the Bradleys', he had arranged with Alfred to get it for him, but forgot to say that it must be sent to grandpa's. And as foi Cousin Armenia's carpet, he was In nocent of its existence, nothing having ever been said to him about it. "Well," said Cousin Armenia, "I've had all my pains and labor for nothing. The idea," she added, indignantly— "the idea of spending sls dollars on a bed-room carpet, when one just as ser viceable could be had for nothing!" and she looked proudly at her work. "For nothing, Cousin Armenia?" inquired Tom. "For skeercely anything. The weav ing did cost about four dollars; but that don't count." "Anrl the thread for the woof?" sug gested Tom. "Well, that might be a few dollars more," she admitted. And a rather uneasy light came in to her eyes. She left the room abrupt ly. Then Lizzie said: "And the good clothing destroyed, and the time spent on preparing those rags, and the hiring of the wason to go for the carpet—what do these amount to?" "To say nothing of the new dress that must be bought for Kitty Leary, and the new curtain for Tom's room," I added. " Why, altogether, these two carpets must have cost about the same, and Cousin Armenia has made nothing by her economical idea." Grandpa was standing behind us, his hands in his pockets, and a very knowing look in his eyes. "Mebbe you're a leetle mistaken, Susie, he said, drily. "My own idee is that Armeny's made more on that rag-carpet than she'd a notion of, and a good deal more than it's worth. It's likely the best investment she's ever made." "And meantime," said grandma, "we will put Tom's carpet in the parlor, and Armeny's in this room. She's done what she thought best, and it wouldn't do to hurt her feelings." That evening Tom slyly called me to look at Cousin Armenia, who, with a kitchen knife in her hand, was pruning away at the rose bushes in the gar den, while the deacon, seated cross legged on the fence, was deliberately and carfully whittling a stick. "Why, she will ruin the bushes!" I exclaimed. "See how she is chopping them to pieces. What can she be thinking of?" "What were you thinking of, Susie?" said Tom, solemnly, "that time in the parlor when the doctor was saying something in a low tone and you were deliberately picking your glove to pieces?" And then a light flashed upon me, and Iran out to tell Lizzie that I had found out what grandpa meant by Cousin Armenia's "investment." And Lizzie laughed and said. "How ridicu lous!" And then In the same breath, "Why, how nice it will be. Susie! I'm so glad!" Next day John and his wife came, and we were all delighted with Alice. Her father had money, and she had been brought up In a more dainty style of living than we were accustomed to, which made us rather anxious about her being pleased with Lungs. One day, when she had been about a week with us, grandma inquired of John if Alice were perfectly satisfied, or if there was anything that he would like to have done for her? "Only one thing, grandma," he re plied, cheerfully. "She's delighted, and perfectly satisfied and happy; but, you see, she has some fancies which you would think whimsical. The car pet in her room—" "I knew it!" exclaimed Lizzie, flush ing. "That horrid rag-carpet!" John laughed. "It isn't it3 being a rag-carpet that she obejets to, Liz; but she has a prejudice against any sort of a carpet in a sleeping room. She thinks it un healthy—and, you know, many physi cians hold that opinion. A little strip by the bedside and before the hearth are all that she requires." "I'll see to it today." said grandma. And then she looked up at us and laughed a little. "Poor Armenia's carpet seems un lucky," she said. "Oh. she'll find n use for it," said grandpa, quietly. "We must make her a present of it, Dorothy, and she'll find the right place for it before long.*' Grandpa was right. Long before John and Alice moved into their new house. Cousin Armenia's br'nht rag carpet was reposing upon Deacon Hutchings' parlor floor, with the dea con's silk handkerchiefs gleaming con spicuously in the centre, while Cousin Armenia herself moved about making his home pleasant and cheerful for him. "Saving is mnking," said the deacon; "and a woman who can make sls out i of nothing Is worth something." Nor do I rhlr.k that his wife has ever hinted to him what that carpet really i <viKt—l»t nriln v Nlchl- The Last Milk from the Cow. The last milk taken from the cow Is much richer in butter fat than the first. It is important that every drop of milk be taken from the udder. Much depends upon the milker and his treat ment of the animals. Some milkers will get more milk than others owing to their knowledge at the characteris tics of the animals. Par* Bred Shaap. The increase in the use of pure bred rams to grade up the sheep is account able not only for the larger clips of wool, but for the increased demand for mutton and lamb in our markets. To use a grade lamb is poor economy when the pure bred can be bought as cheaply as now, and the larger profit In both lambs and wool will soon re pay the cost of a really good sire to head the flock. There has been much said and written about the large profit to be made In having lambs dropped in the fall or early winter and ready to sell in the spring, but unless one has a place well fltted us so that the lambs can be kept warm we doubt If there is much more profit in them than In spring lamljs. The extra care and extra feed take no small part of the extra price. For Winter or Spring Plea. Pigs coming In the months of De cember, January and February need the very best conditions of warmth and are quite expensive on account of the long time they must be kept penned up before grass grows. Pigs farrowed In January and February need a warm, roomy, well ventilated pen. which few farmers have. The two best months for litters to come, under or dinary circumstances, are March and September, and a good, thrifty sow can Just as well have two litters a year as one. The sow, when mated, should be In good, thrifty condition. It is a mis take to breed when either boar or sow Is in poor condition. When two litters a year are desired, the sow should be bred between Nov. 15 and Dec. 15. If only one litter a year is wanted, breed a month later. There is a decided advantage in not having pigs come until between April 15 and May 15. The weather is then quite warm and there will be no dan ger of losing the youngsters by cold. Grass will then be obtainable, and the sows having access to grass will give little or no trouble when farrowing. But those who mean to raise two lit ters a year must have the first litter come not later than April 1, so the sow can be bred in good time for the fall litter. —J. A. McDonald, in Orange Judd Farmer. Improved Method* in (he Dairy. American farmers are rapidly turn ing their attention to the utilization of farm products on the farms, in order to derive the most that is possible to be obtained therefrom. Dairying Is making great progress, but this is due to the invention of the cream separa tor and the improved churns and dairy appliances. Compared with the past a well-managed farm can support twice as many animals as formerly because of the great saving of labor. In some communities the farmers take their milk or cream to the factory and bring back the skim milk to be converted Into pork. If within convenient dis tance milk Is shipped to the cities. Dairying entails tedious work during every month of the year and every day In the week, early and late, but no In dustry on the farm gives such large returns, which is demonstrated by the large number of farmers who are an nually being added to the list of dairy men. The dairy farm provides a mar ket for the products grown, and the dairy farmer need not grow any crop that can not be used on the farm. Dairying gives the farmer greater con trol of his operations, and the work is also educational. It leads to the use of better stock, and the farms are gradually being depopulated of the scrub cattle which have caused so much loss in the past, the pure breeds rapidly coming into use over all por tions of the country. Dairy farms must also necessarily be kept clean and In good condition, and they increase in Attractiveness as each year comes in.— Philadelphia Record. When to Start the Incnbatori. December and January are the months when incubators should be started, and a few words now about their management will not be amiss. In the first place, don't experiment with cheap or home-made incubators. Select the kind you prefer, and after having it set up, run it for a few days In order to test the heat and familiar ize yourself with its workings. If af ter the second day, you find the re quired heat, about 102 degrees, is steadily maintained (a few degrees either way makes little difference), then the eggs may be put In. Select eggs of uniform size that are perfectly fresh, certainly not over a week old, and those that have not been chilled, and lay them gently In the machine. It matters not In what position they are placed, as they must be shifted morning and night during incubation. The temperature in the Incubator will at once go down, owing to the cold eggs, but will gradually rise, as the eggs become heated. Don't attempt to force up the tem perature by applying more heat Leave the lamp just as before, and tfee proper heat should aoon assert Itself. Aa he tore stated, a variation of a few de trees makes but little difference, 'hough uniformity of heat la better. The atrongest chlcka are thoee hatchoa by machines kept at an even tempera* ture. There is some question aa to time of putting moisture In egg cham ber, each factory furnishing directiona in this matter. After the first few hatches one will become familiar with the workings of the machine, and need no further in structions. The principal point to look after in running an incubator is to ad here as nearly aa possible to nature, and remember that it is not the clos est sitter among the hens that hatches the most chickens. The writer has seen hens sitting in the coldest months of the year come off to feed when the temperature was almost zero, and still they brought out fairly good hatches. A strong, fertile egg will stand quite a lot of apparent rough treatment and yet hatch, nevertheless, It is not advis able to encourage such habits with them. —Home and Farm. Managing tlie Woodlot. Timber land in the section of New Jersey where I live is growing scarce, says Grant Davis, in the American Agriculturist. There is not 1 percent left outside of the mountains or rocky elevations which cannot be cleared for cultivation. Almost every farmer has his woodlot on the mountain, from two to 10 acres in size, and sometimes as far as 10 miles from the farm. Be fore the time of wire fencing, it was quite a feature of the winter's work to get out posts and rails. Considerable wood is still used for rail fences as well as for posts for wire fences. A good finished rail is worth 12 l-2c. and a holed post 25c. The original growth on these rocky slopes was chestnut, and it still predominates, although on account of the severe cutting the oaks and hickories have got a start and there are also some basswood and birch. Chestnut is the Ideal fencing wood, as it splits neatly and Is very lasting in the soil and to the weather. There are three ways in which these woodlots are treated. Some are cut off clean and the stumps allowed to sprout and are cut again in 20 years. This Is the coppice method. A few are well cared for and only moderate im provement cuttings made. Again, there are many which are treated with no system at all. The coppice method de pends upon the sprouting from the stumps for the reproduction of the wood crop. These sprouts grow rapid ly, but do not attain much size and are short-lived. There are lots which have been cut over two or three times where the chestnut is dying before it gets big enough to splitforrails. Chest nut Is a good sprouter and will hold its own with the other kinds, but for best results in the long run some seed lings should be left. Cutting should bo done in the winter or early spring. If cut in midsummer the stump will usu ally die. The growing capaoity of timber and the high prices of fuel and lumber make the farmer's woodlot worthy of his careful attention. It should be so managed as to get the most wood out of it every year without marring its future useiulness. ImproTinc Soil*. In order to get at the true condition of things today we need often to take a back track and note the condition of things at the beginning. Old soils are not new soils. The growth of for ests for centuries had prepared the soil for man's particular use. Being a New Hampshire farmer I refer now to New Hampshire lands. The glaciers centuries ago came grinding down from the north and left the debris they had taken on board or shovelled up by the way suited for forest growth, while the water from the melted Ice cut its way to the sea coast. We are not told from whence the seeds of the forest trees came, but the first settlers in New Hampshire found all of forest they cared to deal with. They found their lands lumbered up with giant trees not easy to to deal with. Yet witn the courage of the pi oneer they "laid the axe at the root of the tree," it came crashing to the ground. All but enough for their cab ins was converted into ashes a.nd strewn over the soil. Hundreds of cords to the acre of the roots decayed in tho soil, furnishing humus for the farmers' benefit for many years after. The ashes, too, were there to do their work, and the farmer had but to plant his seed, be it corn, wheat or potatoes, and he was sure of a large yield. In my boyhood days the failure of a crop of wheat, corn or potatoes was hardly known. The first failure was the wheat crop, when attacked by the weevil. I remember the sad havoc that pest made. Acres and acres were ruined en tirely and wheat raising in New Hamp shire soon became Impossible. No fault of the soil, for the straw was all right in length, but often injured by the rust. Many years went by before any fertilizer but barnyard manui-6 was talked of. The demand for some thing to grow crops was urgent. Chemistry was ransacked, and one en thusiastic student declared that the time would come when a farmer could carry enough fertilizer in his vest pocket for au acre. A wag standing by replied, "Yes, and he will carry off the crop in the other pocket." We want to get right back to first conditions. Fjll the soil full of humus if it be only sawdust and shavings; and apply the needed elements, hard wood ashes If you please, or their equivalent, and crops will grow again. Plowing in for age crops is a cheap way of putting New Hampshire soils In a good me chanical condition by separating tha solid particles of the earth one from the other, also furnishing plant food. There Is an A B C in farming fur nished us by nature, and it Is well far us togo back to first principles now and then. —Z. Breed, In New Gngluad Farmer. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY Cargoes or other masses at coal of ten take fire spontaneously. The pop ular belief is that this is due to th« action of moisture on the pyrites ant? other impurities in the coal. The Ma rine Review, however, now quotes th< results of Professor Threlfall's experi ments on the subject, and shows that popular tradition is again wrong. Tn« investigations showed that dry coa) to moie likely to take flre than wet. A lecturer at the London Polyclinic declared at a recent meeting that th« progress of leprosy could be arrested if sufferers would abstain wholly from eating fish. He cited several cases in his own experience. One was that ol a man who was blind from leprosy and who had had muscular atrophy for 15 years. After 18 months' abstinence, taking at the same time small doses ol arsenic, all traces of patches had dis appeared from his hands and feet. An extensive botanical garden has recently been laid out at Dahlem, a village within easy distance of Berlin, which possesses some novel features it is situated in very rough country, and unique advantage has been takon of this fact by reproducing, as far as possible, the natural scenery from which the various specimens of flora have been collected from all parts of the world. By this means a more com prehensive idea is obtainable of the native habitat of the plants and trees, And the conditions under which they thrive. An outbreak of typhoid fever has occurred in Lambeth, Eng., owing to infected mangles. Forty-one cases oc curred in 21 houses, all within a re stricted area. There was much inter communication between places and families living in different houses. Many of the inhabitants after washing their clothes in their own homes took them to some neighbor to be mangled. Owing to this custom, bedding and clothing of those ill with twphoid fe ver were mangled in the same ma chine, thus spreading the disease. Four different infected mangles were traced. Professor Koch, in describing his ex periences with the government expedi tion in Java and New Guinea, stated that he had reached the conclusion that gnat bites introduced and devel oped parasites into the human body. The germs are passed by a gnat from one human body to another, but they develop in the body of the gnat during the passage. Children are specially lia ble to impregnation. In a villago in New Guinea, 137 inhabitants out of 700 were infected by the disease. All inoculations have hitherto proved t» be failures, but the success of quinine is very gratifying. The liquid crystals with which O. Lehman n so startled the world a few years ago have now been proven to lack no quality that can be logically made part of the definition of a crys tal. The only general characteristic? of crystals are that they are not iso tropic, and that they possess a molecu lar directive force that governs their shape and the disposition of their par ticles. The directive force is preserved by surface tension, so that crystals may be liquid or solid but not gaseous. Liquid crystals may be produced by depositing solid crystals from a mother liquor on the cover glass of a micro scope and gently heating them above the fusing point A Scientific Violin. The science of the violin, as may be supposed, is but imperfectly under stood. The present form of the in strument was worked out more than 200 years ago by the Italian makers, but resulted from experiment rather than an intelligent application of acoustic principles, and i. gives vary ing results. When the curves of tho ribs or sides are uneven or incorrect the sound waves in'. ?rfere, causing some tones to be imperfect. After much study of tne subject, Dr. Alfred Stelzner, a German, has brought out a new model, in which sections of ellips es are adopted for the ribs and the op posite sides are made carefully sym metrical, so that the sound waves from sach side are reflected to the some foci, in the middle. Whether the theory of the violin has been fully mastered or not the new model is said to produce a remarkably fine tone. Se» Current* and Migration*. A French scientific journal calls at tention to a recent report of th» French consul at Hawaii which it thinks, throws light on some prob lems of ethnography. Not long ago a little schooner, dismantled and with Its rudder gone as the result of a tempest, was drifted by winds and ocean currents from Tahiti to Hawaii after 81 days of helpless wandering Hawaiian traditions declare that in t.ncient days people came from Tahiti, drifting with the currents, and settled Hawaii. The adventure tV the dismantled schooner seems to prove the possibility of such a migra tion. and it is suggested that the current? of the Pacific, which have not yet been oufficlently studied, may throw much light on the distribution of the native races among the Island groups.—"Youth's Companion. To £armoiint the Difficult v. "And If your party came suddenly to a stream," said the story teller, "too deep for your horse to wade over, too wide for it to jump over, and too swift Sowing for tt to swim over, what would you do?" "Why, that's easy," said one of the party; "we'd sit down and think II over."—Yonkers Statesman.
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