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WHEN I CET RICH;
THion I (let rirh. oh, many tiling I'll do;
l or all poor .oiks whose live are full of
cure,
Tbeir dn. now drear, I'll mase so sweet
nd fair,
They'll know no grief, no aorrgw no de
spair When I get rich!
VThen I (tet Hon the friend I love no dear
Shall know uo uiore those weary, toilsome
hours:
I'll liitnt their skiea with sunshine, and
the showers
Will scatter on their pathway fairest
flower.
When I get rich!
When tou crt rich! Those iriends you
loved so well
May not be hero, but far beyond the
skies.
And never know the hidden love that lies
Within your l.e.irt ah! foolish, vain sur
mise When you ?et rich!
fVait not till rich, but hie to do It now!
Yea, sinter at "uliine dry the falling
tear
Light up with h.pe the u. rkenej heart
and drear.
That nav lie near you oh, never mind
tli year
When u jet rich!
The Rev P. II. Mot'uuley, in Freeman's
Join i.nl.
MRS.
3R0W1T3
HUSBANDS.
By MAX ADELEH.
OJV, R. MILLS, the minister,
5l tt JC "as a stranger In the
2 jVI 2 lown. and be win Just
called upon to visit Mrs.
"Wf Brown, who hud lost her
husband, and to console her, be went
around to see Deacon Wilt, go that tie
could post himself about the situation.
"I understand you to say," said Mr.
Mills, "that Mrs. Hrown has been mur
H"d three times? or was It four?"
"I say," replied the deacon, "that
she was Mr. I'.rown's '.bird wife, while
be was ber llftli husband. Hut she
was the fourth wife of her second bus.
band, and the second wife of ber tlrst,
60 that she '
"Let me see," said the parson, "the
second wife of her first and the well,
then, three and five are eight, and four
are twelve, nnd two are fourteen If
I get the hang of the tiling. Mrs. Brown
lias been married fourteen times, and
Mr. Brown was her "
"'So, you don't understand. Brown
.was only ber fifth husbaud."
"Ob, ber fifth. But jou said she was
the fourth wife of her second husband,
and she had three more, so that four
and three are seven she must have
bad seven husbands, und where are the
other two?'
"Why, don't you see? Her second
liusband was married three times be
fore be met ber. She bad been married
once "
"How could she be married only
-once when be was ber stcoud bus
band?" "Only once before she met him, and
-when she niarrb-d him she was bis
fourth wife, so that whi: be bad bad
four wives, she had bad only "
"Is this Brown you are speaking
of?"
"No, no! Brown was her fifth. He
bad been married twice before."
"Her second Brown bad?"
"I mean Brown, of course. Let me
explain. Mrs. Brown, say, married
John, Thomas. Jacob, William and
Henry. Thomas married Lulu, Mary.
Hannah and Susan "
"Before he married Mrs. Brown or
after?"
"Before. Well, then. Brown married
Emma and Matilda, and John married
Agnes. Agnes died, and John married
Mrs. Brown. Then John died and
-Lulu, Mary, Hannah nnd Susan died,
and then Thomas married Mrs. Brown.
Then Thomas tiled. Jacob's wife did
and William's wife died, and William
annexed Mrs. Brown. When Willium
lled, Emma nnd Matilda died, and
then Brown married Mrs. Brown.
Everybody erwe to Mrs. Brown, you
ee!"
"I see." said Mr. Mills. "I think I
grap the facts. I'll go rlyht around to
nee hr."
Mr. Brown was at homo. And after
Blinding to the weather and one or two
Other topics, Mr. Mills said;
"I am deeply grieved. Mrs. Brown,
to bear of your bereavement. It must
be very, very terrible, even for a per
on who Is so used to It."
"So used to It. Wbut do you mean.
Ir?"
"Why, I merely meant to suggest
that experience cannot reconcile us to
those ailllctions. But there Is this
cousolation. dear madam time dulls
the edge of our bitterest grief. You
.wept for John as If you could not be
comforted; but you see you "
"John! I do not understand you.
nr.
"Yon wept for John, but Thomas
came. When Thomas whs taken you
thought yourself utterly Inconsolable;
but there was Jacob be brought new
Joy. Whpn Jacob was wafted to a
better land your heart was nearly
broken, but William healed its wounds;
nil when William drifted off into
the unknown, Henry assuaged your
" grief. I'erhnpg there are other Henrys,
William and Thomases to whom this
blessed duty will full again. Per
baps "
"You are talking very strangely, sir,"
aid Mrs. Brown.
"Oh, no; I merely say that now that
John, and Thomas, and Jacob, ami
William and Henry buve been culled
way to Join Susan, and Hannah, and
Agnes, and Matilda, and Emma, and
Lulu, and Mury, and the rest, there Is
oni hope that that Why. Mrs.
Hrown, wbat-oa earth Is the matter?"
Mr. Brown flew out of the room
without replying;, and Mr. Mills, filled
with amaiomeut, went around to ask
Deacon Wilt to explain Si mystery.
. "I wa merely telling Iter." be said,
that Brown had followed John. Thorn-
and Matilda, and the ethers Into a
. tetter world, when ebe "
. "Good gracious!" shrieked th dea
con: "J 00 didn't allude to her dead
tuabaad and their wire by those
rime, ma your"
ert .nipia vml mmiA SI.. 4 H i'
1 "Ob, tbarder, man! Why those were
' z'l UnagUuux wui, Utt 1 used If
way of Illustration. Rrown's firs!
inline was Alcibndlcs. No wonder she '
wn tiuid."
Mr, Mills groaned aid went homo In
d!mn.v. And now Mr, Brown has left
his church, and gone over to the Epis
copalians. She In to be married souu,
tiny say. New York Weekly.
CUNS IN THE WAR Or 1817.
Two Classes or MuthI Cannon American
ml Ilrlllsli I'refrrenrea.
There were In those day.) two prin
cl;il classes of naval cannon long
guns, often simply called guns," and
carronades, says a writer on the Wat
of HV In Scribnor's. The guns bad
long range, with light weight of shol
llred; the carionndes had short range
and heavy shot. Now In long guns
the Americans weie four times n
strong as the British, while In carron
ades the British were twice as strong
a. the Ameriei.ns. It follows that
the American 'omiiiodnre should prefet
long range to begin with, whereas the
British would be careful not to np
proach within long range, unless with
such a breeze its would carry bltr
rapidly down to where bis catronades
would come Into play.
There was another very decisive re.l
sun why si-ch short range favored the
British against the Americans. The
schooners of the hitter not being buMI
for war, carried their guns on' n doel;
unprotected by bulwarks. The men, lie
lug exposed from the feet up. could
lie swept away by canister, which I
.a quantity of small iron balls packed
In n case and II red from a cannon
When discharged these separate an. I
spread like buckshot, strlklnr many !n
u group. They can malm or kill a man,
but their range Is short and penetra
tive power small. A bulwarked ves
sel was. so to say, nrinornl against
canister; for It tcakes no difference
whether the protection l.t six Inches of
wood or ten of Iron, provided It keeps
nut the projectile. The American
schooners were In Ibis respect wholly
vulnerable.
Over-insistence upon detr.ils of ad
vantage or disadvantage Is often wear
Isome, and may be pushed to petti
fogging, but these quoted are general
and fundamental. To mention them
Is not to cbnffer over details, but to
slate principles. There Is one other
that should be noted, although its
value may be differently estimated.
Of the great long sun superiority of
the Americans considerably more tlir.iv
one-half was In 'ic unprotected schoon.
ers, distributed, that Is, among several
vessels not built for war and not cap
able of acting well together, so as to
concentrate their fire. Th-re Is no
equality between ten guns ir. five snob
vessels and the same ten concontr1""
on one deck under one captain.
Just for Show.
An Easterner on bis way to Tall,
fomla was delayed by the Hoods in
Kansas, and was obliged to spend the
nlirht In u humble hotel the best In
the town. The bill of fare at dinner
time was not very elaborate, but tho
traveler noticed with Joy that at the
bottom of the card, printed with pen
and ink, was a startling variety of
pies.
He liked pies, and here were cus
tard, lemon, squash, rhubarb, Wash
Inifton, chocolate, mince, apple and
berry pies, and several other varieties.
He called the waitress to him.
"I'lease get me some rhubarb pie,"
said h,
"I'm afraid we ain't got any rhu
barb pie," she drawled.
He took another glance at the list.
"Well, get mo some squash pie,
please."
"We haven't got that, dtbor."
"Herry pie?"
"No."
"I-rnon pie?"
"No."
"Chocolate pie?"
"I'm sorry, we "
"Well, what on earth are they nl!
written down here for? On to-day's
bill of fare, tool"
"Well. I'll tell VOIl." said the irirl
apolouctlenlly. "That list Is always j
written down there for show when wo j
have mince pie, because when we have I
mince pu uo one asks fur anything i
cue.
Itlglit to Bullil Dovecot In Scotlumt.
It is not universally known that the
right of erecting a dovecot was tho
privilege only to be enjoyed In Kngbiud
by the lords of the manor, and the law
was vigorously enforced on this point.
Hut lu .Scotland, according to a statuta
still held lu observance, nobody lias a
right to build a cot In either town or
country unless he is the owner of land
yielding about WHI Imperial bushels of
produce per annum, unit this property
must be situated wlihlti at least two
miles of the dovecot, or pigeon bouse.
A further enactment also states that
on the above-named conditions only
oue cot shall be built.
A distinguished authority on husban
dry estimated that In VUH there were
:i;,in dovecots In Kuglund, and that
allowing Wm pairs to each bouse tho
damage wrought by birds In devouring
com would work out at no less than
i:i,iKKUsiO bushels, that Is, an allow.
a nee of four bushels yearly to each
pair. Any one who destroyed a cot
was guilty of theft and Is so held at
the present time In Scotland (the act
was passed In 15791, while a third of.
fence of dovecot breaking was digi
tally punishable. Hour Glass, -
Koumanla.
The census of the population of Ron.
maiibi on January 1, l'.SK), has been
published. In view of uncertainty on
the point. It Is now officially estab
lished that at that date the population
aliHilinteil tr riil.Mir.lil ii.iil. ,.r u.i......
. - - - WW -. , V, ,1 1.1' 1 LJ i
there were 5,4S!.'.fHI Hoiimanlans, 2K!,
34S Jews and yo.-,,(Hti forelg.ipra. Of j
tiie jewa, oniy enjoyed the pro
tection of foreign States. The town
population comprised l.lluJHO., ot
whom 708,081 were Roumanians, 2o!t..
477 Jews and 142,'JiX) foreigners. In
the rural communes tbero .were 4.721,
245 Roumanian Inhabitants, 32.D34
Jews and 02,735 foreigners. At ia well
known, however, there baa been a very
strong Jewish emigration from Kou
manla during the last few years.
According to the atatistlcs of tb
Chamber of Commerce of Bucharest,
tb number of artisan Inscribed In th
guild of the capital la 18JM4, of whom
4'J29 are master and, 13,713 workmen;
M08 are Roumanians, 3109 Jews auJ
the. tKt of urlouj State. -
i ST. LOUIS "HAS THE
NEW YORK WRITER FINDS WORLD'S
;: FAIR BEYOND EXPECTATIONS t:
Addison Steele. After a Week at the Exposition, Expresses Amazement
at Many Features St. Louis Cool and Prices Reasonable.
tOM. R. ADDISOV STKKLE,
t L well-known newspaper and
MS
York, recently spent a week
t the World's Fair. Re-
'XOIT turning home, he wrote the
following appreciative ac
count of his iinn'.imi for Itrookiyn Life,
which should convince any n ailer tlint it i
wortn Ins wlnie to see tliia greatest of ex-po-aitioiut:
In the expressive language of the day.
St. 1.0111 "has the .) Is." I had expected
much of the Louisiana l'ureh.ie reposi
tion, lor I had ki t in touch Witii the
making 01 it from its very inception, live
years ago; lint .utcr neariy a week of jour
neying ilu-miL-ii this new wonderland I
must confess that in every essential par
ticular it is far bevond lev expectation.
The tiuri:c-,t and best it was nie;int to lie
and tin- liiugcsi and liest it is. The expo
sitii-i. tiiiiiuis notwithstanding, is quite
finished.
Those who imagine that the Cn'unbinn
FK;osit!.in rciTiji;is the last word in the
w iv of a world's fair should remember
that eleven years have rolled by since Chi
ca.ni invited all the uat-ion of the earth to
come within her Kates. These having been
yen s of reniarkalile piogru the mere fact
that it is up to date would place the
Louisiana l'uicim-e Kxposition ahead of
not only the Columbian Kxposition of lNt3
hut the Paris I'liivcrsal Imposition of lM'S)
the only other world's I nr of the period
mentioned. The great development of
holm-less vehicles, certuin woniienul ad
vances in tiie held ol electricity, the wire
less telegraph, the submarine boat and the
practicable Hying machine all of which
are special features at St. Imis are, lor
instance, matters of the period since the
Chicago event. To my mind, liuwcver, tiie
one distinctive feature which places it
ahead of all other world's fairs is the com
prehensive Philippine exhibit. Ahead also
of any previous showing are the individual
buildings of eight of the foreign nations
and, talcing everything into consideration,
the architectural asid landsca)e gardening
achievements are greater us they ought to
be with the world older.
One of the greatest, und certainly one of
the most agreeable, of my many surprises
was the supreme beauty of the main group
of buddings. For the nimple reason that
the camera does not exist which could
take in the vast picture as the eye sees it,
the early views of the group a hit here
and a bit there gave a scant idea of the
scheme as a whole. Nor did the early
views of the tell individual buildings which
niaka up its component parts do justice to
their nobility of architecture and general
grandeur. Then again in the ground plans
and bird's-eye sketches the only possible
manner of showing it the fau-shuped ar
rangement of this group looked stiff und
unsatisfying. Fur from that it is quite us
remarkable in its way as the famous Court
of Honor of the Columbian Kxposition. In
one respect it is even more notable, for in
stead ol two grand vistas it oifers a dozen.
Tiie main vista is, of course, the one look
ing up the I'laa of St, Louis whose
GOLDEN CHA NS.
Sf. Mas Kegl War (lultlen Ifanclrufl
Fur Wars.
It will be remembered, says the
Westminster Uazette, thai some years
ago M. Max Regis wus presented by a
group of lady admirers with a pair of
golden handcuffs, lu commemoration
of bis arrest and Imprisonment In the
great cause of Nationalism. The Anti-Semite
swore that be would wear
the manacles as souvenir bracelets for
the remainder of bis life. Kor some
time he kept bis promise, and then It
was observed that be bad abandoned
bis decorative fetters. Why? Was it
liilldellty to the cause, or what? Peo
ple wondered, and could get no satis
factory answer, until a few days ago
there was a public sale of unredeemed
pledges from the Mont de I'lete. The
golden handcuffs (weighing forty-live
gru mines) were Included In the cata
logue, M. Regis having deposited them
with "mu tunte" to relieve a tempo
rary Indigence, und having neglected
to recover them. To complete the
Irony of the situation, they were pur
chased by a Hebrew, who now wears
them in the streets of Algiers and ex
hibits them to all his friends.
Dr. Hal an
fir. Edward Everette Hale Is now an
LL. U. of William College, fruui
which his father graduated Just IU)
yours ago. The doctor read an extract
from his parent's graduating address,
which dwelt with the iiestlon "Hus
There Heen a Progressive Improve
ment In Society lu the Last Fifty
Yeurs?" lr. Hale Jocosely remarked
that a century ago the boys appeared
to be wrestling with the same prob
lem a are now discussed.
am Wamlnalli .
Party nomination for Vice-President
have been declined a number of
time. In the Democratic National
Convention of lfM4 811a Wright, of
New York, wa nominated for Vice
President on the tlrst ballot, receiving
2S4 ot the 200 vote. He declined to
accept, and George M. Da II us, of I'eun
sylvauia, wa nominated on the ticket
with James K. Polk. The Democratic
ticket wa successful In the election.
The nomination for second place on a
national ticket by third parties ba
been several Uuia declined.
crowning feature ia the great Louisiana
I'lin hase Monument ami across the (Irand
Basin to the Cascade Gardens. On the
right are the Varied Industries and Klec
trinity buildings and on the left the Manu
factures and hducation, these with Trans
portation and Machinery still further to
the light and Liberal Arts and Mines be
yond at the left making up the body of
the fan. Kor its handle the fan has the
Cascade Cardens rising :n a grand terrace
to a height of aixty live feet above the floor
level of the buiMinti mentioned and
emuned by the great Festival Hall, the
Terrace of States an I the Kast and West
Pavilions and the line Arts building di
rectly behind
In the architecture of the group there is
no uniformity of style. The very libtva!
use of vrreiit columns rn'fs the four build
nigs f ti 1:1 1 1 n j on tin- l'la?a and Basin a
-ertain architectural kiihip, hut tiie
Mines building, wirh it two huge obelisks
and s'ii;ewh,it K.'Vptian aspect; the much
tMiretcd and belinrd SI it-hmery building;
the huhly orna'.e Transportation buihluci.
uuli its gigantic arches and pylons, and
l'AI.ACK UK MINKS AND MKTALLL
the Romanesque Liberal Arts building
have pronounced individuality. Yet in lie
general nctuie all these buildings blend
tinely. Nor is there uny clashing in the
case of the French Ionic- style of the build
ings of ( 'uscitde Gardens. Twelve hand
some bridges across the waterways, which
form a figure eight by tunning Irom the
Grand Hasiu around the Klcctriciiy ami
Hducation buildings, further contribute to
the architectural sptcudor of the scene.
W
Rows of fine, large maples set off the
buildings in the main vista, adding nil
uitasuieably to the beauty of die picture
and furiii.-iiiug one of the muiiy demonstra
tions of the superiority of this exposition
in the m ittcr of landscape gardening.
Tle-re are also nmiiy trees to set olf the
other buildings of the group, shrubbery
and small trees have b'-en Used in profu
sion uround I lie entrances und the hriiigts
and there ure handsome sunken gardens iu
two places. The landscape irca;uieut ot
CascutU- 11 ill is sitnil.iriv line.
.'
The Philippine section covers no less
than forty-seven acres, has loo buildings
and some 7o,0oo catalogued exhibits, and
represents an outlay of over a million dul
lars. A week could easily be sjwut there
to advantage. Kntrauce to the section is
free, but tvtcnty-live cents is charged to go
into each of the four native villages, which
are intensely interesting. The villages run
along Arrowhead Luke, ami the inhabi
tant all have some way of entertaining
their visitors. The Igorottes. who wear as
little clothing us the law of even savage
lands allow; Itoutocs, Tinguiiiies and Suy
ocs ure in one village; the lake-dwelling
Moros and Hogobos iu another; the black
Negritos in the third and the civilized Vis
cuyuiLS, who have u Catholic Church and S
theatre, iu the fourth. As a matter of ed
ucation this great eucampiuent of the "lit
tle brown men" is one thing that uo Amer
ican tail afford to miss.
Kight of the numerous buildings of for
ONE MUNOHE0 FOR AN EGG.
An Indian Ciamn Fowl That I Very
Valuable.
Not often does the price of a single
egg climb to $1ihJ, but this Is what wus
offered for each of the eggs of a cer
tain. Indlun gauiu ben, which was
brought to England some time ano.
Kor centuries the Indian game, or
Azeel fowls; buve been the very apex
of the game iireed, for the pureness of
blood and pedigree have been most
carefully preserved for so long that
the date of the origin of the luce kas
been lost In the past
It Is almost Impossible to procure
specimens of the purest blood, for they
ure treasured by the Indian sportsman
at the highest value.
As game fowl they are great fight
ers. Those who have seen them iu In
dia for the finest birds never reach
our coldei llmutes tell of their prow
ess and ungovernable 'ei.aclty In but
tle. With them it Is always victory
or death.
lu America, however, the game fowls
ure seldom raised for fighting pur
poses, lut for show, and as pets and
hobbles of poultry fancier. Country
Life In America.
A MlMlffat tltltflUtiniHIl,
I.Ike the traditional Englishman, Ar
thur Stanley, lieau of Westminster,
wore home, from tils' first visit to
America an expression of amazement
which only time could effuc. He was
at once beset by Interviewers, who
asked the usual questions. "Wbut
wa the thing which most impressed
you lu America T" was one of these.
Without a moment' hesitation I lean
Stanley 'replied: "My own Iguorance."
Arson ut.
Fur rood.
It I to be hoped that the movement
springing up In the East In the Inter
ests of pure food will travel acrosa the
continent to the West, even to Cull''-'
nla, and that the people will manifest
their anxiety to bave their flavorings
and canned meata and fruits pure aud
wholesome by holding up the hands
of those who may undertake to or
ganise a crusade against the adulter
ators. There Is. not a city In Callforn'a
where doubtful adulteration are nt
used In on way or another. Ban Jose
Mercury. -
GOODS."
eign nations would alone form sn expos!,
tion worth the journey from New York to
St. Louis. Germany's building, Ius
Deutsche Hans, is a reproduction of Cliar
lotteniiurg Schloss, 4.V) feet long and finely
located on an eminence overlooking Cas
cade Gardens. The interior as well ax the
exterior is a faithful reproduction of the
palace; Gobelin tapestries, the old Chars
lottenhurg furniture and the Kaiser's wed
ding silver having been brouiht over for
the superb aiiartmenta. Nearly a mile to
the westward France has reproduced, at a
cost of bail a million dollars, the (irand
Trianon, the building and great garden
covering fifteen acres. Great ltritain has a
copy of the banoiii'tiug hall of Kensington
Palace; .Japan, the Slushinilen Palace, one
of several buildings 111 a characteristic
park, and China, the country seat of Pr;ncc
I'll Lun. Italy has a superb Graeco-ltotnan
temple, Austria on architectural glorifica
tion of M iderue Kiiust. and licimuiti a
magnificent structure from an original de
sign. Lesser reproduction of note are the
tomb of K.tmad IJowlah. by Knt India, and
the new llannkok ten pie, bv .Sum.
UUY.
The Pike lias iu the Tyrolean Alps the
Jinest coii.cssion thai. I have ever sten.
There is a giea1. square with many quaint
h'.iiklings, a .ittie village street, and above
the snow-clad mountains-which look veiy
real as the evemnj talis. Tiie best scenic
railroad yd devised adords several tine
gluuiiscH (if the Alps, and there is a very
iti-aplii? exposition of the Oberainuierguu
pa-sum play hi the little church. The
Chii Uwelier' concession also looks- very
reaii.siie at nightfall. It is elaborate in ar
rangement, end the courting, snake and
other dances by the Southwestern ludiuus
make it another of the Pike shows which
should be taken ill by all. Ill Seville there
is uu amusing marionette theatre and some
Lcuuinc Spania.il dancing. For the rest the
Pike offers infinite variety, and as a rule
the full money's worth is given. The enor
mous Jerusalem and Boer W'ur concession!,
are not on the Pike.
It is a case of dine at the German Pa
vilion and die at the Kxposition. Ill a
beautiful M iderue Kunst building adjoin
ing Djs Deutsche Hans the best tood and
the hi heat nce on the grounds ure to be
found, the table d'hote lunch and dinner
costing $2 und 3, respectively. There is
also a lu carte service. Everything consid
ered the prices are not excesaive. and at
least one meal should be takeu there for
the experience. Another should be taken
at the lyrolean Alps, cither outdoors or in
tiie gorgeous dining room in tiie mountain
side. The best French restaurant is nt
Paris, on the Pike. Lower in price and
iu every way admirable are the two restau
rants conducted hy Mrs. Rorer in the pa
vilions of Cuscade Gardens. The east one
has wuitresses and no beer and the vcst
one waiters and beer. Kor a bit of lunch
Germany, France and Kuglaiid all otl't-r de
licious pastry in the Agricultural building.
Thee are not free ails., but time saving
tips for the traveler. There are no end of
restaurants to tit all purses on the grounds.
the silence of butterflies.
Till Insert Kapresent a Truly Silent
Worlil.
After all. the chief cbarni of this race
of winged Mowers does not lie iu their
varied aud brilliant beauty, not yet in
tbeir wonderful series of transforma
tions, lu their long und sordid caterpil
lar life, tbeir long slumber iu the
chrysalis, or the very brief period
which comprises tbeir beauty, their
love making, their parentage und their
death. Nor does It lie in the fact that
we do not yet certainly know whether
they have In the caterpillar shape the
faculty of sight or not, and do not even
know the precise use yf their most
conspicuous organ lu maturity, the uu
tennue. Nor does It consist lu this
that they of all created things have
furnished man with the symbol of bis
own Immortality. It rather lies lu the
fact that, with nil their varied life and
uctlvlty. they represent an absolutely
silent world. All the vast ar
ray of modern knowledge hus found
no butterfly which murmurs with an
audible voice nnd only a few species
which can even audibly click or rus
tle with their wing. T. W. Iligglu
sou, in Atlantic.
Til I'lay wrlglil's Complaint,
A popular author, who bus lately
turned to play writing, has not suc
ceeded lu Impressing manager with
the availability of bis productions.
Not long ago, thinking to get some
useful pointers from the current dra
ma, he uiude an observation tour of
the theatres.
"Well," he remarked to a friend at
the end of-the evening, "I seem to be
the only uiau alive who can't get a
poor play put on," Harper' Weekly.
Grew No Fast U Ul1.
I'byslclau regard the case of Wal
ter J. Kicks, a youth who died at the
homo of hi parents lu Lafayette, Ind.,
ftm the erect of too rapid growth,
a one of the most remarkable in med
ical annals. Although but fourteen
year old, young Kicks wa over six
feet In height, but slender. The devel.
opmeut of hi internal organ did Mot
keep pace with that of hi body aud
hi limb, aud the strain on hi heart
reaulted In Injury to the vital organ
and caused hi death. Chicago luter-Oceau.
Sow Huckwheitt Eaily.
By towing buckwheat early and
Slowing In under when In blossom
two crops mny be obtained. Always
lse air-slacked lime on the land after
turning under a green manurlal crop.
Fins Batter.
Ollt-edced butter Is not due wholly
the excellence of the cow, but also
:o the Intelligence of the farmer who
menus to the stock and looks after
til the details necessnrv In order to
trodtice a superior article, and thus
ret tue Highest prices.
Orow Your Vegetables.
The garden supplies articles that can
lot b as cheaply procured as they
(an be grown. Kvery fanner should
mdenvor to grow nnd provide for him
iclf everything that can be produced
in the farm. When the produce re
lulred Is grown for use It will be
'resber and better than can be pro
ured elsewhere. Ripe tomatoes, fresh
Irom the vine, and placed on the table,
ire far superior to those bought In the
nurket.
tTliltewsstl.
Slack one-half bushel of unslacked
line with boiling water, keeping it
tovered during the process. Strain It
.tnl add a peck of suit dissolved in
vnrm water. Add also three pounds
if ground rice put In boiling water,
mil boiled to a thin paste; one-half
ound of powdered Spanish whiting,
tnd a i-ound of clear glue dissolved' In
vanu water. Mis all these well to
rether, and let th. mixture stand for
icveral days. Keep the wash thus
Prepared In a kettle or portable fur
lace. and. wi'cn tted, put It on as hot
is possible, v illi painters' or white
vash brush;'!. This whitewash has
een found by experience to answer on
vood as well as oil pali.t, and It is
iiuch cheaper.
r set nl Hints.
aly experience Is, that. "an ounce of
jrevention is worth a pound of cure;"
Iiat land will not become cloddy If It
harrowed as soon, as' plowed, or
lefore the wind blows through ft:
Jiat the common bouse scrub brush,
wld everywhere for a dime. Is the best
iilnit to clean horses' legs with; that
i good torch used judiciously once a
A-eek In the poultry house, and among
lie nests, will de strop more vermin
dian all the poison lu the drug stores;
.hat It is not a. good plan to feed grain
:o a horse immediately after drinking
leartlly, unless you keep poultry
round the stable to pick up the whole
; train undigested; that a small piece ot
I doth saturated with lard and rubbed
I in the Inside of a horse's ears will
five him great relief all day from the
nsects that get into the ear; that one.
lilng at a time advances the whole.
S. M. Humphreys, In The Epltotalst.
Snhsitttnte For Smokehouse.
When there is uo smokehouse, take
box two feet or more klgb, two and
ne-hulf feet square, and make a hole
n centre of the box us large as stove
tipe; cut out of one side of edge a place
Ike the draft on a stove, large enough
a admit a wash pan or cobs or chips.
After you start the fire, use dump
jobs, so there will be lots of smoke
tnd not much blaze; bore three holes
ii bottom of an old molasses barrel,
for the strings to coine through. Pro
ride a stick to run through the strings,
caking sure they ar securely tied to
'die meat; turn the box upside down
ind place the barrel over the hole in
Kx; wrap an old blanket where the
)ox and barrel meet so as to hold the
taioke. In cold w cut her you can keep
t tire all day. but If the weather is
warm a Are morning and nlu-ht is best
ind the process will require several
lays. Agues M. Knickerbocker, lu The
P-sitomlst.
I-arir Klorks.-
it requires but little time and atten
ion to manage a small flock, but If it
,s Intended to go Into poultry raising
is a business, it m ans work and plenty
)f It. Hard work is necessary to grow
crops, to conduct a dairy, or to manage
stock, and the same Is true of poul
try. In the winter time there may be
huge drifts of snow to shovel before
the hens can get out of the coops, the
lropplngs must be removed, the quar
ters cleaned, the fowls fed and the
water cans tilled. The eugs must be
jollected frequently, in order to prevent
them from being frozen, aud the sur
plus poultry and eggs must be shipped
to murket, und iu summer the yurds
must be kept cleun. All these details
:all for labor, and the larger the num
ber of fowls the greater the amount of
work required, ltut there Is uothlng
discouraging In being compelled to
work, bnt for the labor required there
would be no protit in the business. It
Is the labor thut sells In the shupe of
i gg and carcasses and not the chicken
Itself. The profit Is that derived ubove
:ost of food, labor, etc.
Buy a Pump,
oxygen gas, the new remedy for
milk fever, is attracting wide spread
attention, but it takes a Yankee to
wrest it from nature without cost. A
few weeks ago an ex-Senator who
own a tine Jersey herd In Southern
Michigan, on going . to his table,
round one of bis beta cow down with
the dread disease. Manufactured
oxygen wus fifty-seven mile away,
and uo cbunce to get it before morn
ing. The Senator Is noted for original
methods In emergencies; after standing
for a few moment In deep thought,
he started at a rupld puce for the
house and shortly returned with a
blwycle pump iu his hand. Cutting oft
the nozzle he Inserted a milking tube
lu its place, and was soou pumping
oxygen Into that cow' bag, tying each
teat a soon a It wu tilled, then he
awaited development. In less than
three hour sbe wa on ber feet look
ing for a bran masb; morning found
her entirely recovered. Farmers,
there la plenty of that oxygen left, so
buy a bicycle pump and be ready for
the next cow attacked by the dread
disease. Mrs. L. May Dean, In the
Epltomlst.
Kliltomlst Bm Kot.
Ifhen your bee get onmaaa gee trie
and when ordinary smoke doe not
aem to aulxlut them, gut Into our
smoker a little tobacco. This will help
to conquer them, and It will usually
soothe their grievances. It is also of
benefit to use when Introducing
queens. Just a little will do the busl
ness.
When the bees All the sections with
honey they will seal them over snovt
white. If the sections are left on the
hive for any length of time the cap
pings, become darkened, which l
caused by the bees constantly run
nlng over them. The sections will
never again look as clean and white
as when first completed. Therefore
when you find a super of sections1
filled and capped slip your bee escape
under It, nnd the next day you will be
able to carry off your honey.
Empty brood combs should be ex
amined every few days to see If the
wax "worm Is nt work In them. A
cool, dry cellar Is a good place to store
theui, but If they become Infested give
them to the bees at once. If yon-have
no swarms to occupy them, place them
under strong colonies so that the beee
will be compelled tt pass through
them. Bee Editor, in The Epltomlst.
Hoa't Stunt Hie Colt
It Is generally understood by far
mers that in raising colts the best re
sults can only be secured by keeping
the youngster growing all the time
and doing Its besf. A Mr. O. C. Good
ale, of Maine, gives an instance that
came ttnder his observation as a proof
of the truth of this tl eory. He said:
"A few years ago, while Judging the
colts at the Kennebec fair, a gentle-
nmn brought In a year-old stnlllou.
He was In One. healthy condition, of
fine conformation, finely gutted and
scoring ninety odd points he easily
captured the blue ribbon over a large
field of colts. His breeding was fine.
His owner said to me: 'I am going to
keep this colt for a stallion.' I told
him be would make a fine stallion, as
he bad the breeding, the gait, the fine
color and conformation. But I said:
'If you want a fine horse, keep this
colt growing and in good condition
until matured Six months later I
was going by his place and he called
me la to see his colt. I was surprised
to find the colt poor. He had not"
crown a bit for six months. I told
him he had spoiled his colt. He said
he had a fine pasture to turn him into,
and he would be all right. I said to
him: 'When this colt commences to
grow again he will grow out d pro
portion somewhere.' The rult was
that he grew ewe-necked, his shoul
ders grew upright and he grew sway
bucked. This changed his gait so he
could not show speed, and his owner
gelded him at four yours ul so'..". I: Ira
for u small price.
Th Darkened Stable.
Where animals are kept in the stable
during the summer months, as, for ex
ample, work horses, or, in some In
stances, the breeding stock, nothing
contributes so much to their comfort
us thut of protecting them from flies.
Anlmuls that are kept busy fighting
flies require more food to keejj theth
In condition, and. Indeed, It Is impos
sible with an unlimited supply of food
to keep them in proper condition.
Advantage should be taken of the
fact that files constantly tend to seek
the light places. A stable need not
be absolutely dark In order to prevent
annoyance from flies, and In fact, we
do not brieve In keeping stables too
dark, on account of the fact that ani
mals are liable, If kept In such quar
ters ' for any considerable length of
time, to go wrong In their eyes. Gun
ny sack nulled over the windows of
the stable will greatly reduce the num.
ber of files that will pester the anl
muls. These should not be nailed
down absolutely tight at the bottom,
or air will be excluded and the stable
will become warm and unhealthy. If
the sacks are partly loose at the bot
tom they will shade the stable satis
factorily and at the same time admit
air. Horses placed In the stable for
an hour at noon will eat better, rest
better, and we cannot help but think
they will work better afterward If
they are afforded some protection dur
ing the time they are In the stall. In
ome of our better class of stables reg
ular window blinds are used, these
being pulled down during the day and
run up nt night, thus freely admitting
the air wheu no protection from file
is necessary. It I chiimsd by those
who use such blinds that their cost b)
more than offsat in the tavlng cf food
thut Is effected by the protection wiih-h
they afford.
Ainin( th Chickens.
' Avoid having stale egg by g.i.: g
them dally..
Poultry hatched In bot weather doea
not thrive well.
Broken eggs In the nest start the
liens to eating them.
Ducks, for profit, must be pushed
rapidly from the start.
Houses that are denned dally need
very little disinfecting.
The utmost cleanliness about the
feeding place should be observed,
Eggs cannot be produced without nl
trogeiieous muterlal in some form.
A pound of eggs contains more nour
ishment than a pound of meat and
bone.
It la not good economy to feed even
small chicken ou ground or cooked
feed alone.
Young turkey especially should not
be allowed to wade uround In wet
weed or grass.
Sour milk, heated and skimmed, la
an elegant food for young fowla and
especially for young turkey.
With duck especially, all of the ear.
ly batched can be eold and the late
hatched kept for breeding purposes.
With contlnuou In-breeding the
fowl become delicate, bard to raise,
not a good layer, and In every .way,
las profitable,'
Pur bred fowl are no harder to
raise than common Stock, nor doea It
take any more to keep them, while
they are an ornament to the home.
Generally speaking, It wljl be better
to aell the yout g fowl a soon aa ot
marketable else, rather than to keen
until fall wheu low pricei art, aura
to DrevaU.