THE LIVING SEA.
Row like the city Is onto the sea:
The mighty waves of commerce breaks una beats
In restless surges through the noiy streets,
Fwnyed by the master tide of energy.
How mnny derelicts, long morn to morn,
Drift at the mercy of wind and wave
The flotsam and the jetsam of the pave
Deserted, rudderless, and tempost-torn.
Here move great argosies with gold and bales.
Stanch ships that dare the cunning currents' might.
And through their long procession dart the light.
Swift pleasure craft with sun-emblazoned sails. i
Yet, am I minded only of one thing
. How much, how much these smiling waters drown.
Dear God, what wrecks this very day went down,
Unbailed, unsignalled, and unsignallingl , , ,
Theodosia Qarruoa.
On the Distant Prairie.
By J. E. GIBBERD.
a e a s -
"HI! HI, there! HI!" Henry
Frankson shouted. "Drat these
rags," he murmured to himself, as
It looked himself up and down and
repeated, "Drat these rags!"
i But, rags or no rags, there was a
nan on the horizon, and a man In the
prairie Is precious. As we multiply
cheapen. The one man yonder
pas all Henry cared about, and his
moment's annoyance was soon forgot
ten. He waved a handkerchief that
snce was white.. Frantically he
waved It, shouting again and again,
Hi! HI! HI!" and beginning to run.
1 Half an hour earlier the prairie
tad conveyed another shout to an
abounded solitude. Wilfred Wlld
Smlth had lounged against the door
post of his shanty, singing snatches of
old songs, till a dreary sense of lone-
!Slness overcame him, by no means for
he flrBt time. Then he shouted at
the hollow space, merely for the sake
bt hearing a human voice and break
ng an Intolerable oppression. The
Irst enthusiasm of the emigrant and
padding landowner had worn away,
and he looked the very picture of a
feored man.
He turned Inside and laid a plain
meal on the old packing-case that did
4uty for table and cupboard In one.
But In that outlandish place the
heartache of the exile was too strong
(or appetite. He rose off his stool
and stamped.
"This won't do at all," ha ex
claimed; "I'll Just go mad. Better go
over to the Emery's for an hour and
hake it off." Harvest was coming
on, and, he would have to barter
labor and machinery. His athletic
stride along the level track soon made
the shanty look smaller and smaller
to his backward glance.
The Emery's farmstead lay six
miles due weBt. On bis way the faint
est of distant sounds reached his
Snick ears and arrested him. He
tamed himself In the direction of St.
jWlniton, and caught sight of Henry'-
Giprovlsed signal. It took each of
era a Welsh mile or more to meet.
Wilfred was not one to turn a wan
ft scurvlly, but he took no liking to
Henry at first. Apparently they were
about the same age, and Henry spoke
iwell, and Wilfred knew that where
men are scarce clothes are of less ac
count; but he found Henry's gloomy
brow and sinister eye so suspicious as
lalf to neutralize his obvious anxiety
to make a good Impression. Still,
there was a chance of companionship,
an educated man out at the elbows
and begging for work. He directed
the stranger to his shanty, and re
sumed his walk to the Emery's.
Once within sight of the Emery's
be was greeted by the welcome of the
girls. Harvesting arrangements were
settled over the evening meal, and
harvest anticipations twinkled In the
glances Alice and Maud gave Wilfred.
For the younger girls were free, as
yet, from that maidenly reserve which
was beginning to impose silken re
straints on Mllly.
The girls all walked part of the
way nack with him. In the sweet
frankness prairie life had bred In her,
Mllly asked him If he would be com
ing on 8unday fortnight, when the
Bishop would be at St. Wlnlton, and
Wilfred promptly decided that to
travel over .two sides of a trinnuia tn
reach the town was, In given circum
stances, much better than a straight
line.
When he reached his own place his
- impression or Frankson was dls
srecnuiy counrmed. Th fnllnw-B
strange air and shuffling manner com-
jwuea mm to say he thought he had
o work for him.
. "I really think," he said. "I had
Better not take on a man till I have
had time to get It all under crops. I
m sorry to dUappolnt you. but I
Must not finish that sentence,
Henry thought, and broke it off nn
ceremoniously, with undisguised anx
v uu quivering eagerness In his
Plea for work.
Wilfred was sure of the man's edu
cation now, and asked him bluntly,
plckleT" 8 yU er 10 ,UCh
Henry's eyes moistened as the two
.aBu eacn otner In the face. "You
-uu i oc arram of me.
J"", ,Bl nna me 8 ro"en bargain.
i ii worx.
record Isn't just "
Shut up," Wilfred replied; "say
w more, man. I don't want secrets.
kit ,.falIow '"""o ber to pull
Wmseif together."
"Well. I'va hitn tmi ,
rtean breast of It. Perhaps If. bet
lot J10 ' bU wll(l' ln wlt bad
.-J fer gave lt me rather
hnl ,?d I owed 1 wouldn't go
home. I've been out a year and got
regular work."
. D. ,your folk knw where you
-Tonga"
No, not yet"
k 't T1'1 wiirrea,ia: "Do
Ton think they're worrying .k..
SafVd dTMt fcto fool
chafed the ground before be ,dde(i:
Uok here, old man. I'm Mrrya
.PT'.wV nothing
--iiiU(ii ni you.
Do you want me to till themt
Henry asked. mr
' '
Sunday of the Bishop', visit, and
i "tiaivwu was scattering if
self to every point of the compass.
The Emery's party made straight for
home, and the girls took Wilfred and
Henry off with them.
Henry soon discovered that Mllly
was perfectly bewitching. He also
discovered that to talk with an un
spoilt, unconventional prairie lass was
as easy and risky as swimming down
min-race. He was told about the
people they had seen and the distance
they had come and a lot more, and
they soon got ahead of the others.
"Where Is your home?" she said.
' He knew at once that Wilfred had
kept his counsel, but he hesitated for
a moment before he replied, "In Derbyshire."
"That's very different from this
place, isn't lt?"
"Yes, very. You've no hills near
here like they have,' and no fine man
sions and big estates."
"I should love to see England."
"I think your father's English. Is
he not?" Henry said.
He came here long before we were
born, but he knows England when
any one talks about lt."
Wilfred was not sorry when he saw
Mllly and Henry stop. They were
getting on too well for his peace of
Notwithstanding his high spirits
over his engagement, Wilfred turned
rudely remote and gruff during his
evening walk back with Henry, who
was at an utter loss to divine the
cause. But as evening advanced Wil
fred grew worse, and the next day he
was sullen as a bear. Henry bore
his absent-mindedness and silence for
days, till patience was well-nigh'
spent. As they sat down side by side,
Utter work on a bench outside the
shanty, Henry was In the mind to ask
Wilfred whether he had given offense)
or what was the matter with him
anything. Indeed, to end the gloomy
situation. But Henry got the thrust
he meant to give. For Wilfred blurt
ed outts.uddenly and fiercely that he'd
like to know how Henry's mother felt
about his running away and hiding
himself.'
"Look here, Henry," he said, "this
can't go on. It's got to be settled
It's wrong and unkind, it's unjust and
cruel." '
"Wilfred, don't hurry me. Don't,
please. I can't tell yet."
"Oh, but you must. One time's as
good as another to end lt."
"Wilfred, for pity's sake say nq
more." Henry pleaded. He swayed!
on his seat. Duty confronted him
personal, peremptory, overwhelming!
His distress, however, was re
strained by surprise. Wilfred sud
denly, rocked In his seat, and thonj
threw himself forward, with his face
burled in his hands, and shook wltU
sobs.
"If you feel like that about it I
suppose I must give way," Henry
said, "or else I must go on the tramp
again." His voice was hard and dryi
"Don't go," Wilfred answered.
I'm a brute. My folks are in the
dark, too."
By a common Impulse both men cat
up, looking straight before them,
neither daring for awhile tc speak,
while each battled with the tempest
of feelings that surged ln him and
tried to calm himself. A light came
Into Henry's face that banished, once
for all, the cloud which caused un
easy suspicions.
"The sooner it's done, tho better,"
he said. They rose si -nfttaneously
and entered the shanty together and
wrote. Then while the twilight deep
ened and the stars looked down upon
Feed For Live Stock.
Every farmer who has live stock
to feed should come in touch with
cowpeas and soy beans as often one
r the other can be used to good ad
vantage. Both plants are rich in pro
tein and make excellent crops for
lupplementlng carbonaceous food
ituffs, such at corn. Farmers Home
Journal.
Use of Corn.
Our most Important stock feeding
problem in the United States is the
most profitable use of corn. Corn
oappens to be particularly poor ln
mineral nutriment, especially so ln
.'alclum, the oxide of which we know
is lime. Our most profitable use of
2orn demands that we consider not
only proteld. but also mineral sup
plements. The subject is of greatest
importance, as it relates to growing
or milking animals nnd also to those
raised most largely on corn, namely,
hogs and poultry. Farmers' Home
Journal.
Totted Horry Plants.
Totted plants are largely adver
tised every fall and are very Interest
ing to amateurs. Any one who has a
(ew small flower pots, two and a quar
ter or two and a half inches, at his
llsposal, may grow these plants for
himself.
The pots are burled ln the soil be
ido the fruiting rows in the latter
part of June or the first of July. Each
pot Is filled with soil, and a young
ttrowberry plant, still attached to tbe
mother plant, Is set into tho burled
pot. Plants so treated should form
large, strong crowns by the last of
August. They may theD be severed
from the mother plants and trans
planted. Bulletin Massachusetts
State Board of Agriculture.
RELICS.
THREE p
little le
6. $7.
what tl
vlIREE pieces of yarn made from the fleece of Mary's
lamb have Just been sold at auction, bringing
7.75 and $4.60: respectively. Even considering
what the tariff is doing to the price of yarn, these "
figures must be regarded as tributes to the nersonal
qualities of the lamb. However, there are other relics fully
as authentic. Bids may be sent in for:
One crumpled horn, once worn by a cow of achievement.
Also, for the horn of the little Boy Blue, with a photo
graphic record of the note it didn't blow, owing .to the Inop
portune nap the lad took, while devastation ravished the
corn.
The shoe in which the elderly female once lived.
Jack's beanpole, now well seasoned.
Rind from the bacon made of the pig stolen by the
piper's son.
The penny for lack of which Simple Simon failed to ae-
m quire the wares of the pieman. m
Jt A number of others that appeal to sentiment and. are as fl
1 deserving as Mary's pet. Philadelphia Ledger. r
mind, and he was feeling awkward
twitches at his heart. He soon got
Mllly to himself and drew her apart
from .the others. Mrs. Emery noticed
lt, and nudged her husband.
"What is Henry's home like?" Mllly
asked.
"I hardly know."
"He seems a nice fellow. I should
think his family are nice."
"Oh, yes, he's not a bad sort."
"What brings him out here? And
that's your suit he's wearing, isn't
it?"
"Mllly," he said, laughing, "what
eyes you've got! You'd find the miss
ing link."
"There's a missing link in his story.
I fancy. Do his people know he's
here?"
"I'm afraid they don't." Wilfred
answered, beginning to feel a bar
barian himself under her sturdy questions.
"How wrong and unkind of him!"
she exclaimed with a ring of decision
that surprised him.
"Do you think so, Mllly? Ferbaps
'circumstances Justify cases' some
times."
"Oh, it's unjust, it's cruel! To
leave all who love him pining and
suffering to know what has become
of him!"
"But perhaps he was cut up,
ashamed, you know, and wanted to
pull himself together. I should think
he means to tell them some day."
"Oh. Wilfred," she said, "fancy
hiding from his mother! I'll be bound
she's fretting her heart out! "
"But suppose he had worried them
and upset them."
"I should think that would make
them want him all the more. I
should, lt I were his sister. It's Just
like thr Bishop said about loving the
lost and conscience making them
cowards. "
Wilfred was losing hold of himself
through an embarrassment too great
to conceal. She looked at him anx
iously.
"Mllly." be said, "don't let us talk
about Henry now. There are plenty
of naughty boys. I dreadfully want
to know something."
"Do you?" she said. "What is it?"
"I want to know whether you can
love a naughty boy?" he answered,
tenderly, putting out his hand.
Full thirty paces they walked side
by side in silence, during which he
took her hand and held lt fast. At
first she went pale, then a rosy flush
brightened her cheeks and lips, and
the sunshine of her soul made prism,
of tbe dewdrops In her eyes. His ar
dor was aflame and gave him confi
dence. "My dearest," hs said, "can you
love me?"
"I do," .bs answered.
He saw that the rest of the party
were well In front, and there, on the
open prairie, he put his arm round
her neck and tbey sealed their com
pact of love.
"You shall have a keepsake,
darling, lu memory of to-day. And
you shall choose your own," ht said,
before hs released her.
the prairie they walked five miles to
St. Winiton to post their letters, and
five miles back, feeling how, in due
confession, fetters loosen and re
straints dissolve. They reached home
whistling the songs of English boy
hood. Harvest was over and the farmers
had begun their preparations for the
hard winter. Wilfred strolled out
with Mllly, while Henry entertained
the rest Indoors with stories of Eng
land and merry songs.
"Mllly, dear," Wilfred said, "do you
love a naughty lad enough to forgive
him?"
"Forgive. Wilfred? I've nothing to
forgive unless I forgave you for
wasting yourself on a prairie girl."
"You don't know, dear, what you
say. You told me I was wrong and
unkind, unjust and cruel."
"Wilfred! Never! I couldn't.
You're mistaken."
"Not a bit of lt, my love. You did
not know you reproached me when
you said that about Henry."
She hung her bead bashfully and
said nothing.
"Forgive me, Mllly," he pleaded
"my name's not Wildsmith."
His faith in her was fully Justified,
and his taste of forgiveness waj very
sweet.
When he told her he wa3 the son
of Sir Horace Welbourne, he told net
also that be had a secret that she
should share. For what at first was
only a surmise had become so near a
certainty that he felt sure he inlgfc!
mention It to the ears of one who was
so deeply concerned.
"Mllly Emery," he said, "I'm Just
positive you are the granddaughter
of my father's old friend and neigh
bor. Sir Augustus Emery, and youi
father is his long-lost son, and if next
week's post doesn't throw .these twe
farms Into the market, you may for
bid me ever to prophesy again."
London Sunday-School Times..
The Cow's Cont.
ft Is an easy matter to tell by the
condition of a cow's coat In the win
ter time whether she Is getting Biluge,
as Its succulence has the game effect
an a cow's system that pasture grass
has, and it keeps her thrifty and in
the best of condition for her every
lay work. Silage Is also more diges
tible and nutritious than the same
amount of dry feed.
Another point in Its favor Is Its
convenience. With slluge ready for
feeding every day ln the year much
less help Is required to care for the
herd than will be needed where it Is
necessary to cut or shred fodder In
the winter time. Ten to twenty min
utes a day will be all the time re
quired to get out the silage and feed
the herd. Farmers' Home Journal.
Ing it effects are making the rich land
mors valuable and giving back to the
crop-worn the priceless elements of
which it has been in successive gener
ations despoiled by a conscienceless
husbandry. From Coburn's Book of
Alfalfa.
Circumvent Sheep-Killing Dogs.
Our experience in the sheep busi
ness for twenty-five years, and living
near a small town of 2000 inhabit
ants, with plenty of useless dogs, and
near a railroad station where, often
when a freight car door is opened
from one to ten dogs are let out, in a
strange neighborhood and no home,
to make their own living or starve,
we naturally have lots of trouble
with sheep-killing dogs.
One of the speakers at a farmers'
Institute in this county a few years
ago recommended to take a number
of sticks about eighteen Inches long,
sharpened at liotli ends, and on one
end put a plr-ro of sausage about one
Inch long with a llttlo strychnine in
lt. Late in the evening take these
and stick them around tho place and
gather them up early the next morn
ing, as an effectual remedy. But this
is a very questionable practice that I
would not like to follow. I first got a
No. 25 shot No. 22 Winchester rifle.
I could hit them every time, but the
ball being so small many of them got
home and made trouble afterword.
So I resorted to a splendid hard
shooting shotgun with No. 4 shot with
much better results. But this is a
little trying on the conscience if you
do not actually cat.-h them ln the act.
This is an age of woven wire fence,
and a good five foot, closely woven,
fence well anchored down and well
stapled up around the sheep pasture,
or, better, the whole farm, Is as near
ly effectual as anything I have ever
tried. This kind of a fence well
looked after will come as near obviat
ing the trouble as anything I have
tried or can think of, and rid us of
many of the disagreeable things ln
many of the other remedies. J. A.
E., ln the Indiana Farmer.
READABLE LORE ABOUT
ANCIENT BASE BALLS.
Crows Killing Chirks.
The Rhode Island Experiment Sta
tion has received a number of reports
where crows have caused serious
losses to poultrymen. In one case
twenty-five per cent, of the chickens
hatched were destroyed by crows, all
sizes being taken from the time they
were Just hatched until they were a
pound in weight. Various efforts
were made to keep the crows away,
most of which were Ineffectual. The
first was a scarecrow, next corn
soaked in strychnine solution was
scattered on a field of planted corn
at a little distance from the chicken
yard; third, a steel trap was set on a
pole near the chicken yard, but with
out success. Finally a white twine
was run on stakes around and across
the chicken yard. This kept the
crows from the yard, but the small
chicks would get out and fall prey to
the crows. This being Ineffectual, a
crow was shot and hung on a pole
near the chicken yard, after which
there was no further trouble.
Danced the Minuet.
Tbe minuet, which Is to be a feat
ure of the Bath pageant, was ever the
aristocrat of dances. Before the lady,
of tbe eighteenth century elected to
step the dainty measure she had
many points to master, for to dance
the minuet was to court criticism.
The plunge was taken, she wore a
lappet on her shoulder to tell tb
company .he proposed to make ot
mar her ballroom reputation.
Another point of etiquette lay 14
the gloves. A soiled pair was good
enough for a country dance, but an
absolutely new one had to adorn the
fair bands which graced the minuet,
And so tbe lady of the eighteenth
century on dancing bent set out with
two pairs in her satchel Londor
Chronicle..
First and Iast. v
-i When a girl begins to call a maa
by his fli,H name, It generally Inrtl.
cates thai she has designs on bis lasti
Llpolccott's. ' ' '
Poisonous riant Investigation.
For several years the Forest Serv
ice, in co-operation with the Bureau
of Plant Industry, has been making
poisonous plant Investigations on the
National Forest which have been of
distinct value to stockmen. Tbe an
nual loss from poisonous plants in
many localities is quite heavy, and
some ranges are becoming practically
useless on account of these plants, or
if used, the losses by death are so
heavy as to materlallylcut Into the
profits ot stock raising.
No general plan of ridding the
range of these plants has yet been
devised, but lt bas been possible by
close study to determine the partlcu
lar species of plant responsible for
the trouble. It is believed that some
of these poisonous plants can be
choked out by planting certain ag
gressive grasses which In time will
take full possession. Other plants
like the wild parsnip, which Is so fa
tal to cattle, grow to such a height as
to be easily seen and are not so nu
merous but that they can be com
pletely eradicated by pulling them up
'by the roots.
Alfalfa Will Grow Everywhere.
While expert, have 'been declaring
that alfalfa would only grow ln cer
tain soils and ln certain climates lt
has proved its adaptability to nearly
all climates aud almost all soils. It
produces with a rainfall as scant as
fourteen Inches,, and ln the Gulf
States flourishes with sixty-five
inches. ' It give. crop, at an eleva
tion ot 8000 feet above sea level, and
ln Southern California lt grows below
sea level to a height ot sit feet or
over, with nine cutting, a year, ag
gregating ten to twelve tons. An au
thenticated photograph in possession
of the writer .bow. a wonderful alf
alfa plant raised in the (irrigated)
desert ot Bouthera California, .Ixty
feet below sea level, that measured
considerably more than ten feet ln
height. Satisfactory crop, are raised,
but on- limited areas as yet. In Ver
mont and Florida. New York has
grown lt for over 100 yearsi In her
clay and gravel; Nebraska grows it
in her western sand bills without
plowing, as does Nevada on her Mge
bruBh desert The depleted cotton
soils of Alabama and rl-h corn lands
of Illinois aud Missouri each respond
g!erously with profitable yield, to
the enterprising farmer, while it. ac
ii'vltel nitrogen and tbe sub-soil-
The famous Veteran, A. J. Reach,
Tell. Who Made the Flr.t Ball
Ever Used tnthe National Game,
The famous old-time player, A. J.
Reach, now president of the A. J.
Reach Company, the great baseball
and sporting goods manufacturing
conoern, was recently queried by a
California customer as to the original
balls used ln the Infancy of baseball,
Here is Mr. Reach's answer, which j
posseses a certain historical Interest
and value:
Philadelphia, Pa. My dear Mr.
Bekeart: Replying to your favor of
tho 19th ult. regarding baseballs
etc., you say Mr. Lowry would like to
have, will give you some thought!
from memory.
As to the first baseballs, my recol
lection of them dates from abouj
1855 or '5G. The most popular base
ball In those days was the Ross ball;
Harvey Ross, the maker, was a mem
ber of the Atlantic Baseball Club, of
Brooklyn, and a pall-maker by trade;
his home was on Park avenue, where
he mnd the balls. John Van Horn
! was n member of the Vnlon Club, of
i Morrif.inia, New York; he had a
little hoot and shoe store on Second
avenue, New York City. These two
makers turned out the host baseballs
for some years, and they were used
in nearly all of the match games that
were played up to the early '70s.
E. I. Ilorsman, of Brooklyn, New
! York, also made balls In the early
! 'COs for the market, not having tho
1 success, howevei, of the Ross and
! Van Horn balls among the experts of
1 that day.
The popular chilis of those days,
as I remember, were the Gotham,
I Eagles, Empire, Knickerbocker, Mu
! tual and Vnlon, of New York City,
most of them playing at the Elyslan
! Fields, Hoboken; the Atlantic, Ex
; celsior, Eckfords, Putnam and Contl
. nental were all of Brooklyn. These
! mentioned are the oldest contesting
clubs that I remember, having no
date at hand at present
O ousehold
I fl ....Matters
A HoNty Fruit Snlud.
For a hasty fruit salad when fresh,
fruit is not at hand open a can ot
peaches, drain it and arrange tha
halves of the fruit on lettuce leaves,
sprinkle them with shredded almonds
and a few cherries If they are at hand,
and dress them with mayonnaise. It
nuts and cherries are not at hand the
peaches are excellent alone. Indian
apolis News.
Lemon Spongf.
Soak one ounce of gelatine In a pint
of cold water for six hours, then dis
solve lt over the fire. Add the thin'
peel of two lemons, the strained Juice
of three lemons and one-half pound
of sugar. Let all boll two minutes;
strain lt and leave till nearly cold.
Beat the whites of two egi;B to a
froth, add them to the Jelly and whisk
all for ton minutes, till the mlxf.iro
becomes the consistency of eponge.
Pour Into a mold and set on Ice.
Washington Star.
Plums, Fresh nml Prosri-vrtl.
While the fhu r varieties of plums
make beautiful i.-.-.-sert, being rich
and luscious of flavor, they ore not
quite no wholesome uncooked as their
next kin, the peach. When it comes
to pickling and preserving, plums cap
hold their own every time. The fruit
Is found in nearly every part of this
country, and tho provident housewife
feels that there Is something decid
edly lacking If her store of preserves
has not Us usual good supply of
plum Jam, plum Jolly, plum cheese
and plum conserve. For there are
many delicious desserts to be made
from plums, fresh or canned. Xt
York Telegram.
Silo Construction.
A Canadian feeder of large exper
ience has this to say on silo construc
tion ln one of our Canadian ex
changes: Do not on any consideration build
a square or oblong silo. The walls
of such a silo are not strong enough
to stand the pressure caused by the
great weight of the silage, and tho
amount of silage lost ln the corners
will amount, ln a few years, to a con
siderable value. The best shapo is
circular. A silo should be more than
twice as high as it is wide. Do not
build a alio too large in diameter, as
the amount of silage spoiled from day
to day will more than pay the Inter
est on the cost of an extra smaller
one. The main qualities of a silo are
that the walls shall be strong enough
to withstand the pressure and lt shall
be air tight. To get this the first
step is to build a good, so'ld founda
tion, commenced below the frost line.
Perhaps the simplest and easiest
style ot silo to be built is the stave
silo. It should be made from two
inch narrow plank properly beveled
and held together by strong iron
bands. The staves, after beveling so
that when fitted together they will
form a circle of the desired size, are
placed on end on a solid foundation
and properly fitted. These are
strengthened and held ln place by
strong iron hoops, which nre eo made
that they may be tightened or loos
ened at will. Doors should bo built
at Intervals from the top to the bot
tom so that the sllime may easily be
got out. It Is not necessary to put a
roof on this silo, but it Is much to be
preferred. This style ot the silo
should be kept well painted, both in
Bide nnd out. If properly built r.nd
taken care of a stave silo is dr.v: M'--,
rigid and airtight.
Scrambled Ekrs With Asparagus.
Six eggs, two heaping tablespoon
fuls butter, one gill of asparagus tips,
two tablespoonfuls cream, salt, pep-
As I look back to those early days j per, paprika and grate of nutmeg.
of our National game and remember j Boil the asparagus tip In boiling salt
the great Interest displayed then by j ed water until tender, drain well, put
the crowds on match days ln all the them ln a saute pan with one table
movements of the players, I do not i spoonful of tho butter, and saute over
wonder at Its growth, and that lt I tho fire for five minutes. Break the
now takes a field ln those same cities eggs ln a basin, add the cream, sea-
wtth a capacity to take care of the
crowds of from twenty-five to forty
thousand people, and they will even
grow fr6m these figures. Then the
playing field was a pretty sight, being
son with a little salt, pinch ot pepper,
paprika and nutmeg; beat up well,
put in a saucepan with the remaining
tablespoon ful of butter, stir over ths
fire for ten minutes, then add the ns-
fully two-thirds surrounded by car- ! paragus, stir again until the eggs be-
rlages nnd wagons filled with people,
; and lnsldo of the line of carriages
was the crowd sitting and standing
! until they almost encircled the play
ing field. I am referring back to the
aayg wnen no entrance tee was
gin to set. Dish up on a hot dish.
garnish with parsley and serve hot.
Slices of cucumber In place of aspara
gus points will be found a nice
change. A pinch of sugar Ehould be
added when sautelng the cucumber.
charged, so while there was no money I ls'ew York Press,
there was no lack of Interest and lots
of excitement when the strongest
clubs got together. With best wishes,
I am, yours truly. A. J. REACH.
What We Don't Know.
What we know about the home of
the Martians makes a short story, but, 1
considering that it Is 141,000,000 I
miles away from us, lt Is wonderful ,
that we know so much. The year
there lasts about 687 days, nearly j
twice as long as ours, but the days
are almost exactly tho same. Tho
diameter of Mars is about seventy- !
one-hundreds that of the earth. It
has two email moons, tbe nearest of
which goes around lt In seven hours j
and thirty-nine minutes. The density
of the planet Is considerably less than !
the earth. There are snow caps at :
Meringues.
To each whho of egg allow two
ounces of sugar. Whip whites till
on taking away the whisk the egg
froth stands up in solid points or Is
so stiff that lt can be cut ln two with,
a knife. Stop beating at once when
this point is reached; stir ln two
ounces Of sugar to each white of egg.
Lay it in spoonsful on a baking sheet
rubbed all over with white wax. Dust
them with a little Icing sugar and
leave them ln an oven for two or
three hours, or until quite crisp and
dry. The oven should feel Just warm
to the hand. If to be filled with
cream or jam take them out of the
oven before the bottoms are quite
firm, press each of these Into a hollow
with the back of a spoon, then return
the poles, which increase and lessen wlln ule "alK UI ,B1'oou' l"u rLluru
with the seasons; there are reddish tllenl tbe oven' ottom 8lde url'"-
most mis lime, 10 ury mem properly.
When quite dry put aside to cool be
fore filling them. These meringues
Kissing the Bride.
In the little Rumanian town ot
Helmagen an annual fair is held on
the feast of St. Theodore. On this oc
caslon the place swarms with newly
married brides from all the villages
ln '.the district; widows who huva
taken fresh husbands remain at home.
The young women, ln festive attire
and generally attended by thelf
mothers-in-law, carry Jugs of wine,
enwreathed with flowers, In their
hands. They kiss every man they
meet and afterward present the Jugs
to his lips for a "nip." As ho takes
lt he bestows a small gift on the
bride. Not to take ot the proffered
wine Is regarded as an Insult to her
and her family. She is, therefore,
reserved toward strangers and onlj
kisses those whom she thinks likely
to taste of her wine. The kissing if
carried on everywhere in tbe street,
ln the taverns and ln private houses.
Chicago Dally News.
patches which look like land; there
Is an atmosphere and there are num
erous long, straight lines which, it
has been assured, are canals artificial
ly made for irrigation. This assump
tion, which lt can not be said has been
established, has been made to servo
as conclusive evidence that Mars Is
inhabited. It is far too soon to havo
any definite opinion oc the subject,
but lt Is sate to believe that the next
generation will know a great deal
more about lt than we do. Cincin
nati Inquirer.
can be kept If put lu a tin.
ton Star.
-Washing
Athletic, ln China.
The Chinese have always Indulged
ln athletic exercisesof a sort, ln which
they have rather prided themselves,
though none ever seem to have taken
such a hold on the nation as ours
have on u. during the last century or
go. There are many stories of strong
men capable ot wielding extraordi
nary weapons, ot bending wondrous
bows, or of lifting heavy weights, etc.
Even within the last few years
feats of archery wes? done before an
officer could get his commission in the
army, and ln almost any village there
Is a bamboo with a pierced stone at
either end to test the strength of the
rising generation in lifting. But
there was nothing of regular athletic
training, except for a few wrestlers,
perhaps, before foreigners came
Woman's Life.
Overworked Snuke.
The new and very Btringent pro
hibitory law which goes Into effect ln
Kansas has revived an old story on
the subject. A stranger went Into a
Kansas drug store and asked for soma
whisky.
"I can't sell you any whisky," said
the druggist.
"But I'm sick," persisted the
stranger.
"That won't help any," replied the
druggist. "It dou't make any differ
ence. I can't sell you uuy whisky for
being sick."
"Well, what can you sell it to ma
for?" asked the strenger.
"The only thing we can sell whisky
for In this town," said the druggist,
"is for Bnake bites. Hold up now!
Don't ask me where to get bitten.
No use. There is only one snake ln
town, and he Is engaged for three
weeks ahead." Kansas City Journal.
HOUSEHOLD
HINTS
j Borrowed a Horse,
j My solution of the problem (about
a farmer wbo died, leaving seventeen
horses to be divided among bis three
sons, each ?ue to receive one-third,
one-half and one-nintn respectively)
: la as follows: The sons borrowed
one horse from a neighbor, making
' eighteen ln all. One son received one-
third ot eighteen, that is six; tbe sec
I ond one-half, that is nine; and the
third one-ninth, that Is two. The one
horse that Is left over Is returned to
j the neighbor from whom they bor
i rowed it. Simple, isn't it? Wash-
lngton Hites, In the Evening World.
The Coif Maiden.
Tbe girl at the window saw 'iici
lover coming up the steps saw him
slip saw blm carom kerfllp kerflop
back to the path below. "Heavens!"
.hs cried, turning pale. "Reggie has
foosled his approach! "Boston Tran
script.
The first pocket timepieces were
called "Nuremberg eggs," after the
city cf their rlgln.
'Barber Shop Factory."
Inspector Legarde ot city signs and
billboards recently discovered yester
day a most peculiar sign on Calle de
las Arte.. The sign reads: "Barber
Shop Factory, Owned By Tho Sams
House." Mexican Herald.
Tbe bottle that. keep. Its contents
hot or cold for hours was no catch
penny invention. Tbe ilass vacuum
jacket was first devised by Lord De
war ln 1835 for bis experiments 14
liouefving air aud
To acquire a straight back remem
ber to keep tho abdomen in and tbe
chest out.
Cold water dashed on the face and
chest each morning gives the same
tonic effect as the cold plunge without
danger of shock.
When tho skin becomes overheated,
as It too often does in summer, try
putting a little baking soda ln t'ae
water ln which you wash.
Nothing relieves the sting of mos
quito bites or the intense Itching ot
hives like bathing In a weak solution,
of carbolic acid and. water.
Learn to relax if you would Le free
of lines ln your face and cheat old
age. Most ot us keep ourselves at
tension, mental and physical.
If relaxing exercises will take tbe
kinks out of your face, relaxation
the kind beet suited to your taste
will remove kinks from your soul.
If you overboil potatoes, you caa
drain off the water and dry them out
over the fire. Afterward they can bo
maBhed and beaten ln the usual way.
A good furniture polish may be
made of parafflno. oil and turpentine.
Kerosene, too, is very good, while
crude oil may bo used to darken wood
that has not been varnished.
Dandruff arises from different
causes, but when lt Is very much in.
evidence it is usually a symptom of
depleted roots and the scalp needs
feeding with grease or tonics.
Brasses take a most beautiful
polish If washed in a mixture made of
one ounce ot alum and a pint ot lyo.
boiled together and used wblio still
warm.
Worn brooms or whisks may be
dipped into hot wster and unevea
edges trimmed with shears. This
makes the straws ba.-dar. and th
trimming makes the broom almost as
good as new.
Do not neglect the valuj of frrlt
In Improving the C3mplexlOu. Noth
ing equals the Juice of oranges and
lomsus te clear up skin and brighter
eyes. The latter must lo diluted aud
takea without sugar; a huU-leUi-u to
giaus of water.