WHAT ON2 COY THINKS. A itlth la alwaiadrn. jiliirf In tbo rUitlng knttttn.:. . Ao'l tlie n ell- tliat I tlroa-lfd. uo, Ton to il In 1 1 mint to 'lir ; AnJ 1 Inintr-I for Mm niaci till I thoucht mv lio'l w ni'll'iiim. VS'lii n thorn iii-on her lureli-sil si calm Mocka llicy lay. I'irt-ltn 1 1 it till I ai b iarm, the I'iiuuU n J th r t'itl , Wbn th otlirr lya nerel.irnlng tarl.arnli Hon tn tft ; . An.l I vt. ataM ami l-rrvl hit varans whan I I rir.l h't willow wliltlm. An I I uta d niul tail uir cliaj'trr will Or to I o b uir tret. Anil l'eliai to alk I (-Hide tier n ilia went ti ri.lnu in l Init. V lin t nautt-d to b raclnj. to I kl king, to I nit. , Anl 1 va aaitr-l wlilla alie gavo tba folk a wcrtl or tan of urri'ttim, lirt on on- fiK.t niul tlio otbt-r, aud 'inot atraiil' "lib aioutib. 'You ran talk of Young America." I Bay, "till ymi air 'nrltit, It n lil Aim r lea tbat bat tho InaMe of th trnrkl" . ,, 7beri ulir rapa me ltb tier thltiihle auJ calla mo a Y'.iiuk varUt ; And riian xIip l-oka 0 iroelh'oiio I have to Uko It t.a-k. Put ! There la alwayi a jxri'j-criinnt or a jMiny in I . iNH-ket. Then, tia.er a xKkot tbat mat bn f to Mg and '!.!- Au 1 nil li'tn tlia candla In tny r mm burn wajr ... wn t- tl i k.. , W liln- lm atnwe and I'ultere rnuua aliout till 1 iuii aouiid anlwp. Tl.r' alwoT iJiniii,lr at boino hon err ot.o la M-attarum . bb i twin ilin lain uiwu yiur lueivl In a way to link" vou Kf"" i f-La alna. t ki- a fellow's auk' wheu errj mi la 1-at '.mint , Aud wh' ii I toar my Jai kei. t know juat where ti tfo! Anlwii"n 1 e l'ii In awimmluK afler fa-her uid 1 nhnuMn't. And HMitlmr l.a I l.T a l or nil according to tlnur, Il i n.i,.l. an K'net a iilvi r. the voice tbat nr 1 millMll I i The Imy tbat w-.n t Ko awltmnlng auch a day aiul-i I a tool '." Bouio inira tlio e a n.me'htng in l.er volco o If aliM fc'w a lilewmiu. At, I I I -,k at htr a 11101110111 and 1 kerp at III at a iiimiim! - And n aha U by thla tluia tbore la no need of nn-al! 1! ; ... lor th.ro a n tiling llkoa. Kraudmitlierta l av alMitit t he hiitiao. Harriet I'tincott r.KifTotd. AX ASTONlSlfKI)" LAD. That's a iiuocr-lookinj objee', Aleck, Coating lu tlic cove. It loons like a hue (ileco of hard snap." 'Hard soap don't swim." replied Aleck shortly. "It's prol.ahly a dead hake, or a little yoiiker's aty seal) io.t Hut wo must lanry. Dcnnv, and gut these tl-h upon the Hake. The sun is coiniiih' out finely this luorniiirf. 'J he speakers, two Newfoundland lads, limthcts. aicil II and I, lived at Hear o e, i.onavista Hay, on the northeast oast of that wrcat, loucy island, and (liev had never Lcuii out side the "lay ditrlct." Their lot in ll!c was not an easy rne. Since a recent disaster to the oeallntr fleet, when their lather had lost insure, they hail leen tho whole support of a family of ten po ons, Ine.iiJin two uxed (,'randparcnts their mother and live younger broth ers and sisters. In that romoto settlement of Usher folk there wero no schools nor oppor tunities 9nr.1i1K aC.j y-"'t stt-vo fishing and sealintr. To provido even the barest necessities of life for thein sclvcsaDJ their kinsfolk tho boys wero obliged to work con-tantly and attend sharply to their tihiiiK. The llouti u obJL,c however, ex cited Penny's curiosity. It was pe culiar in appearance. Ho did not be lieve that it was a dead il-h, and he irlauccd at It occaloually as he spread tho dres-cd co lllsh on tho Hakes to cure in tho Juno sunshine. At length, when h.s task lor the time beinii was over, ho picked uu an oar, pushed their era y old dory Into the water, und skulled out to make sure what the i,ueer-lookin' mass was Tho straime object was of a siniru lar. variegated, grayish, w'reet.ih. yellow color, and at tlrst binht he thought it was Jelly. Hut on tmirh. liikf 11 with the oar ho found that it was hard as hard, in 1-ed, as hard so t p. Then he touched it with his lingers, and found lint H uave luitli a pe u liar odor. At iciiiHIi he reaclnHi dnwn, and Kttiiur a tlrm bold mi the nus, HMe l it into the I oat. It was of irn'K'ular shape, nearly as lar,'o as a half -Imshi'l ine isure ami about as heavy as he could lift, lleca ned il ashore ami set, it on one end of the tlsh-ilake, wtiero both he and Aleck tested it with thou knives. It is a hard, iruininy st'.itT,'' said Aleck. "1 don't behove it is good fur au tiling'. 1 duii't like the smell of it." "I do like tho snii 11 of it," said Icenny, "but it mak.-s uie feel iuoer. " 1 no old k'raudiua oi tin- family c ini'- out lu thi' Makes an I attci poking u and snlit.u it, said that it was ik "whale stune." It remained on the Hake for a iii'inih or more, when the Novia N'otla skipper of aco.iater which had p'lt in U buy their tUh liapp.-ned to uolb e it. After turning it over and puis nr it in li s hands to note it weuht, and trvinif hi- :a-k knife upon ,t, lie cast an in uiriiii! luok at Aloik. That's ijuito a chunk of resin," lie said. "Where d'ye net it'" Washed ashore," repl.ed A look. "branny savs it's a whale stone," added lcnny. The skipper turned away with ap parent careles-ues-. "My took pluyi tho flddlo." ho said, looking back. "I'll k'lvo yo a dollar fur that to rosin Ms lld llo bow with." Aleck would ha .e said yes at once: li'il l enny, who had uuicker percip ti'ins, had noted the furtive glance, uud said: "o; I'd rather keep it " The skipper talked of various mat ters for some time, hut at lenmh camo back to the subject, of the "losin," ami ollered two dollars, then three and at last live. Hut lienny still obstinately said, "No; I'd rathei keep It." Tho skipper staid with them for an hour or two, but ,at last went oil" to Ins vessel without further allusion to tho "rosio." Aleck, much vexed, 'called Denny a fool for not accoiklnj tho offer made by tie captain. Fl via dollars was a lare sum to those poor boys. Hut lienny still resisted. "I found It." he asscrtod. and 1 hall set my own price .Skipper Mc Leod cannot buy It for flvo dollars. I lo wants It moro than he cares to let us know. I saw that plainly enmwh In his eyes." Heforo night, too, Ionny prudently took tho whale stone olT the fish flake and hid It away la a safo place. This was a wise act, for tho next morning the boys found everything topsyturvy about the flakes and the landing jetty, us If some one had lcn searching thoro diligently, riic coaster still lay at anchor In tho bay. This very suspicious circumstanc, coupl d with th skipper's behavior, caused I'enny to think quit' serious ly about his whale ston and Its pos sible value, until at length h be came so earn st about It that he rcsolv.d to find out in somo way what it was and what it was worth. Hut the flsln rfolk who lived near had no knowledge of such matt rs. S3 during the following wo k, much against tha advice of Aleck and the older numbers of th family, I icnny took an o'd potato sack, and putting the gummy, yellowy mass within, started to trudgo with It on his back all the way to lit, John's, th capital of tho Island. It was a heavy load and a groat un dertaking for a lad of his ago and limited experience. II; was tlvo ot six days making thi Journey; and when at length ho arrived in the city he was oulto at a loss how to got the information bo desired. After walking tho streets for some time he mado bold to nt r a store and ask the shop keeper to buy his treasure. Tho man look at it, and laughed at him for fetching such a worthless loss as tbat to market. At another store a mao examined It curiously and offered i fur it lie was so disheartened that he wa much tempted to take the money and start at once for home; but ho re solved to try a little further. Ac cordingly ho shouldered his tiresome load, and went out on tho street a.'ain hancing to glance back, ho saw that the storekooner was following wry slowly after him, as if to see who:e ho was going. As he turned awkwardly to go on, he Jostled against a man in a uniform tho most splen did garb be had ever seen and felt greatly ashamed that his dirty gunny sack had rubbed ugalnst such a gor geous red coat. "1 didn't mean to, sir," ho faltered, deprecatingly. The otlicer laughed good-naturedly and a-ked him what he had got so heavy In his gunny-bag. "I don't know wtiat It is sir," ro plied Denny, rather disconsolately. "I wish I could find .some one wio could telf ma" 1 ' - - Let me look at ItA said tho of ficer. Denny turned his treasure o it of the sack; and li s new jac iualntance examined it, first with a smile, then more attentively. ' "If 1 am not mistaken, my lad.'' he said st length, "this Is ambcrgr s: and It so, It is valuable. Where did you gi't ItV" Penny told him tho history of the whale stone. "Soyouaroa stranger here'" the olllccr remarked. "Yes. sir. I've walked all the w.n from Honavi-ta Hay, uud brought this thin.' on my shoulders." "Well, 1 may be in error," observed the uniformed gentloman; "but come with mo to somo tradesmen whom J know. They will probably tell ut whether 1 am ri'ht" To tho m rcatitile house of some dealers of a 1 ctter el iss they accord ing.y repaired, and artcr a crltlca examination of tho gummy mass, anO various tests among others, heat, which comnlctcly volatilized a small f.agment ot It, these t aders pro nounced the substance ambergris, ol good iiuality, such as is formed in thi bodies of wnales. Heforo purchasing it, however, thej wanted a few diyV time In which U look more fully into t'.ie valuo of the article; und by advice of the major for that was the rank of the oilicei who had thus kindly Interested hitu self in Denny's behalf ho left hii load with them, and then sough! loiklnirs for tho night. It was a week or inoro before Uu merchants finally decided what the) could afford to give for tho ambergris and meantime 1 onuy grew very itn patient, for tho major had now go:. away from St. John's, and ho did not have tho benefit ot his counsels aftci the first evculng, Hut the mercantile firm at lasl came to a conclusion as to tho value ot tho substance; and the announce ment (Ulto took tho young flshor man's breath away. They could paj him, they said, at present prk-ei .'il.jo per ounce; and the masi weighed forty pounds uud fou ounces! At that rato tho total woulc bo 1 3, 4i. Denny's head fairly whirled around lie haa not expected over a few nun dred dollars at best. S:elng ni; aiua.onicnt, th i old merchant line his clerks lauuhed heartily. The; advised him to have the money placet on deposit and subject to bis order a' ouo of the city banks; and this lu did. 1 am glad to bo ablo to add tha' Denny has mado very good use of hii suddenly-acquired money. In ar economical maimer ho first made hit family very comfortable ut Konavlsti Hay, and then resolved to cxpenc $.',000 in obtaining un education it tho United States It was at one of our New Englanc high schools that tho writer mado hii uciiualntanco, and learned from hiu tho facts of this story. -llooert S, l'almer. in Youth's toiuqaaloa. A MODEL RESIDENCE. ELEGANT HOME FOR ONE WITH MODERATE MEANS. Thi On Embrace Many Morel Peat area ol Kalerlor Variety anil Interior Com partneaa Knot Are Slat and Window Mar Stained Olaaa Coat la 4,800. A Dealralit Horn. This country residence embraces many novel and good features of ex terior variety and Interior compact ness and convenience. The workman ship and materials throughout have been of the best description, the ma terials being purchased by the owner 2narccTin v. Bar. and the work done by the day, and no pains have been spared to make It first-class In every renpect. The Interior arrangement is very complete and unique, the hall being finished in oak, parlor In maple, li brary and dining-room In ash, all the Qre-places having hardwood mantels of handsnmo design. The conserv. ntory Is a pleasing feature of the first floor plan, and Is accessible from the dining-room through a easement win dow; access Is also obtained In a like manner to porch in rear of dining room. A clothes-shuto is arranged from second floor to soiled clothes closet In laundry, nn arrangement that Is appreciated by every house keeper. Stained glass Is used In all tho windows above transoms. Hoofs are slated and rldgca covered with rt-d terra-cotta cresting. Too Interior woodwork Is filled and varnished. The heating Is done by Indirect radi ation. Cost about $ I, .100. The cost of a house is the one thing desirable. Every one asks what this and that will cost, and a great many people who have started out to build without first ascertaining what their building would cost, have leen very much deceived when all the bills have boon received und tho amount aggregated. We know of one In stance where a gentleman, Home years ago, was erecting a large resl. denco by tho day, and did not have "iv. idea ,wju-n he commenced' what it was likely to cost; and long beforo tho structure was completed ho had paid out over $:!0,000, and was so disgusted with It that 1 o would not I xa or riusT r i.oo it. kcp any futther account: and to-day this house, which cost so much money, could be duplicated for 10,. )00. That is what we call bad man. agement. However, as time aro at present, there Is likely to be but very little or t-uch. It is reasonable to suppose that anyone without building experience, who undertakes the erection of a building In this way unless there aro special circumstances governing tho case will have to pay for the knowledge he will gain. A business man wants to know, after his ideas aro put into a tangible form, how much all this will cost In dollars and cents, without any cxtias or addl- CSVfSjfc.". '.'' " ' ' Wtif r.t TL4N OF SkODDD rLooa. tlonal charges whatsoever, anc It Is right and proper that everyone fhould look through all tho links and com plications that require tho exiendt ture of a considerable sum of money. And no one who starts out wUh the Intention of spending 94,000 n the erection of a dwelling, and wlids up with three times that amount, will be likely to think they havi used much Judgment, and will ty und shift tho blame on some oru else. Hut it Is ono of those things that time will place where it belongs. A building will vary in cost of coistrue tlon according to locality, aid will """""" Zvj .--:-T .,. NT j IT"""! Som it 3 also depend greatly on tho business management. (CoprrtKht by laltlaer. Palllaer A Co.. N. T4 RAM'S HORN BLASTS. Warning Mote CaUtn th Wlckad to Baa pantaare. LOST opportu nity finds Its waj back. You began your eternal lifo at your birth. A PROFAHB tongue plays tbd devil's music Crooked steps are tho most apt to oe noiicoa U N BBPKNTEO iln Is a promissory note to the devil. Death only changes the surround mgs not the eternity. Wiikx you use an oath you defy ood and serve the devil. Most people believe In the total de pravity of somebody else. The day that does not begin with prayer docs not bcglu right Gnu's peace Is only for thoso who Jo not fear tho devil's war. There Is nothing tho devil is so much afraid of as the truth. Sin may try to hide Its head, but It cannot cover up its tracks. A drop of dew tries as hard to do God's will us u thunderstorm. Viktvk never stops paying divi dends because the bunks break. Tuk man who trios to deceive oth ers Is himself deceived by the devil. A i.ik feels easy only wheu It for fcts that It has a truth on its track. Too many Christians pay the Lord In promises, aud tho devil In spot sash. Philosophy may keep a man from doing wrong but it cannot make Dim better. Tiik Pentateuch seems to trouble iome Picn to-day, bat John i:lUdo ties a criticism. Helioion has begun to starve whenever it begins to walk with its bands In Its pockets. We are all living under a sentence of death. oouer or later tho sen tence will be enforced. Yor can generally tell how much religion a man has by measuring it with his own half-bushel. Tiik Hlnle speaks of tho bottom less p,t, to show that all lost sinners will fall to the same depth. The man who docs no good with his money helps the devil every time be puts u dollar in his pocket. Ik you aro over 70 years old you aro Hi ing i n an extended n t . It may fall duo at any moment. D ) not fool yourself. If the first man wasmado with eyes and ears, his itakcf can both see aud hear. -TfiEHK isn't .tttr uJ'a gof?g"tnto the church to work for tho Lord, II you lot the devil hold your purse. The reason so many Christians arc lean in soul Is, so lew ot them hun ger and thirst after righteousness. There would I o more success in life if more of us were willing for God to tell us where and how tv work. It Is a bad moral atmosphere where vulgarity passes for wit uud humor, aud men uro entertained by ,lt, Ik you love your enemies and do good to those who despitefullv us you, you aro i u the right r. ad to ll.uven. Small Mm antl Women. A photx grai her who has beep very successful in representing children at their best, says they should not be dressed and crimped and curled with a view to effect. What is wanted Is a natural picture. A carefully studied pose may bo very "sweet," but it Is pernicious from tho artistic point of view. "Show tho gentleman how pretty you can look," urges the fond mother. "Sit just as you did at home for papa." And tho poor In fant, willing enough to oblige, but desperately shy in showing o,l a rum key trick In an uniccu-itomed place, goes through his little performance with tho air of a martyr, or .with a hard, obstinate look creeping over the baby la o It is hopeless to ob tain a satisfactory photograph under such circumstancts. Just as It Is hope less to make a ll.enc which tug gesta life and vivacity when a child is of tho stolid, expiessiomess kind. When such a child Is usruTed Into the studio, sits exactly where it U told to sit, never moves a muscle, ot shows a sign of syrap it'ietlc Interest when attempts are made to pl;y with It, tho photographer's heart sinks. He will get a g tod likeness; tho feat ures, tho clothes, the attltudo will be exactly reproduced, but there will be no life In the plcturo. It frequently happens that the children havo been so much talked to about tho pho tographer that they regard him ai th y do the dentist who periodically pulls out their tclh. Their dread of the ordeal to come Is fatal to the prod u -lion of i really god photo graph. There can be no more satis factory 6ttters than clil.drcn from babyhood up to the a .re of 5 or ti years, before tho timo they be gin to grow self-conscious. Hut all naturalness Is often driven out ol them by the u n reason iu; exhorta tions of mothers which frighten th? children Into behavior while theli portrait is taken, which Is altogetbei rorelgu to them. To procure a satis factory plcturo tho small si iter j must be perfectly at ea-e. Should Trof. Garner, in his simian itudies, go s i far aa to get at the monkey literature, a collection o( their talfs might catch on.- BUDGET UJ?. JbU. IIUMOnOf". ffKKTCIIR FROM VARIOU5 SUL'KCKS. Summer Days Her View of ft Whore the, Reaemblanre Cam lo-Th mil Kxtcnt, Etc., Kte. Brooklet mnalivtllv flowlnc. Z-iihyrs through th brtnolics sighing, Cnttln In tho mnadoir lonrinir. Glar potiila In linn lylnc. Bon blrla myt carol almjlrnr. Flower exhnlinir scent delicious, Mil ln in a h.immnck awlnnlnif While her mother' waattloir dlah. New York Press. WHKRS TnR RKSEMBLAXCE CAMS IN. "The buby is wonderfully like its mother." "Yea, I have to mind her just the lame." Truth. HER view or IT. She "I don't see how anybody can like caviare. It's a depraved taste." He "Sn, if a cultivated tAste." Bh- "Well, that's the same tbiug." -Life. A fOUXntR ATTIlACTIOM. First Citizen (year 1901) "I no ticed no female voters at the polls to day. What kept them all away ?" Second Citi.en "A big bargain tale on the next block." A SIllHT THAT OLADDEXS. MiiM Teatt "Dill you ever look at youraelf in the glass when you were angry ?" Rival Bello--"h'o, I'm never angry when I look in tbo glass." Life. THE FULL EXTENT. Little Clarence "Pa, what tloos Congressman Thickunck raeau when he any a, 'Upon my word of honor as a gentlemau?' " Mr. Callipers "Nothing, my son." -Truth. KOT THERE. "Will you not wait," he pleaded, "until yon know mo better?" "It is quite inole, I fitney'ahe answered, a oho rtn her fluster down tho index of tho commercial report.--Detroit Tribune. EFFECTUAL. "Gritmp has at last solved the prob lira of abolishing distress in tho world." "What's his scheme?" "To atnrve the poor off the face of tho earth "Truth. A LOGICAL CONCLUSION. "Cyrus," ho said, reluotsntly, "I don't think I would make a good wife for a poor man." "Then you'd make a mighty poor true tor a good man, ' tviilMd Crrat, grabbing his hat. Chicago Tribune. A MODERN MART. "Wonder what kind of an entry old man Golding mndo of the money he gave his daughter when she mar ried that noblemau." "Don't know, but presume he paid it on a count." Atlauta Consti tution. REVERELT WOUNDED. Iloax "Do you think the English tongue will ever become a dead lan guage?" Jom- "Well, judging from the way some people persist in mnrdoring it it ou:ht to bo dead now."--Philadelphia lieeord. CROSS-REFERENCE, The ever-acute Critic discovers this interesting cross-reference in the Cent ary Dictionary (page 4908) ; " 'To pop the question.' See pop." Cipher Donnelly never found more thtta that in all his Shakespeare hunts. Buffalo Express. HILENT PARTNER. Nibbitt "That woman who just went out is the partuur of your joys ud sorrows, I suppose?" Rufton--".She' partner to my joys all right, but wheu it comes to my sorrows she slips over to sue her mother." Boston Courier. PLAIN C01IOLLART. "Mr. IIoldgoLl sent mo up a beauti ful bouquet last night." Adole "It makes mo very happy, dear." "Why?" Adelo "I know now that flowers are very cheap." Chioago Inter Ooeau. LOST INDEED. "Aw, Bunkins is sou iul!y oatra ciBed." "Yes." "Completely an ontoast." "Completely. II is social status is so low that he ooullu't eveu lead money to a titled foreigner." Wash iugtoaStar. FLATTERED THE BEX. Teaoher "Why was Solomon the Wisest man in the world?" Boy "He had so many wives to advise him." Teaoher (a strong-minded female) "Well, that is not tho answer in -the book, but you may go up hoad." Good News. AN EXBAUSTLESS PLEASURE. Aunt Maria "I thiuk you and Mr. Mauu ouirht to get along nicely to gether. You kuow you both like the same people. " Matilda-"Yes, and what is better, we hate the same people. Just think what nice long talks we shall have to gether." Boston Transcript APPARENTLT XOT TJNWH-j.l "I should think yen wonl.J nnweleome visitor at thehoine,J yon call," said the philosopher u bill Olleetor. Tou would think so, but itlJ antvaae ft wma a Ka A If I II T7 f BJfJ BIS a "It doesn't?" "So ; I'm generally invited again. " CLEVER REPARTEE, Marie "Here is a madame." gray J Madame Sparkle-Eyes "Verj pull it out." Marie "But, madame, ten re ers will come to the funeral." Madame Sparkle-Eyes "Well uoes i matter uey will coaJ it I lit V " 1 uiaca I Jjiie. Ti THE 1KT OF HIS KNOWLEDlJ "Mr. Springs," said the law J pro iesor, "irora tuts artio! 'Forms of Judicial Procedure many kinds of judgment do ihett pear to be ? "Two," answered Mr. Rr: promptly. "Judgment for the t, tiff ami judgment for the defen.iJ Lhieago tribune. FIT FOR STATEHOOD. "Yon fellows think we are not ized down in Oklahoma, said tourist from tho West, "but wb tell you that we have sixteen men cler indictment for horse-stealing, haps you 11 change your mind. "I can't see where the civiliztt comes in on that soore. " "Dou't, eh? Seems to me wh- community goes to the trouble ol dieting a horse thief it s getting pi well along." Indianapolis JouraJ nAD MET BEFORE. Air. McMwat bad risen unm early, and as he opened his kit door to see how a sunrise looked, encountered the milkman. "Hello !" ho said. "Haven't I you somewhere bofore?" "Yes, sir," replied the milk; filling the crock on the Btep from can. "I initiated you night 1 last into the Royal Order of the X of the Anoient Mystery. I m tb jeHtio Generalissimo, yon know morning, isu't it?" Chicago Trib HIS PARTINO HH0T. She spurned his suit. "Never," she insisted. Nor yet did hope flee ais breait. "Can you not," ho askeJ, husk, "learn to love me?" She shook her head. "And still" He hissed through bis eleue teeth as he made for the door. "they say never too old to le She started violently, turned p and sank in a miserable heap .on floor, crushed by his cruel worJt, Detroit iribune. PRELIMINARY. lie leaned gracefully against th mautel. "Yes," he repeated, "I love yoi danghter." The old man in tho easy chair r garded him keenly. "Can you support a family?" h asked, after a pause. The youth knit his brow. "That depends. How " Ho looked tho father of his belove straight in the eye. "How many of you at there?" Presently they came to the term of an amicable understanding. Di troit News-Tribune. Car Horses lor Farm Purposes. The advantages to be gained b; buying foot-sore street car horses fo farm purposes was discounted yester day by a Bergen County farmer wh recounted his experience thusly: "SVheu the cable came on Broac way the papers were full of the cheap ness of tho old-time horses, I decide' that the opportunity of my lifetim had come. Into New York I went and I bought four horses. The; seemed sound and tough as shoe loath er. They had beou working regularl; on the oar service. Going home noticed that the horses seemed to ge very tired. They dragged their fee after them, and raised a perfeot clout of dust which nearly smothered me A few days afterwards I tried on team plowiug. The horsos seemei willing euoujh, but they were a clumsy as cows, and both of them fel in the course of the afternoon. Thej seemed to get very tired and final!; one ot them decided to quit on me and then the other. The fact of thi matter was that the difference in thi work brought into play au eutirel; different set of muscles not used oi the hard pavements, and tho horse became leg weary. It was severs months before tV.ey became thorough ly hardened, and 1 lost more in timi and feed than would pay for a fin team of regular country horses, and what's more, I didn't have an unusu ally good team at the end. No, sir ! . don't believe in cheap horsos." Nei York Mail and Express. The Oil Bean of Formosa. One of the leading crops of the ill and of Formosa is the oil bean. Twc kind are cultivated, both being rela ted to the soja bean. To extract the oil the beans are first crushed under i great stone wheel ten feet in diameter, whioh is drawu arouud by mules in i conoeutio channel containing tin beans. The crushed beaus are mad into a cake with straw, and the oil ii expressed by very primitive appli anoes. After the oil is extracted, th cakes are taken from the pross, thi metal bands and straw casings ra moved, and, after being left to drj for awhile, they are shipped away foi manure. American Agriculturist.
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