I ' I r:'" " RHYME AND JINGLE. HANDLING THE BEES. Tw. woman weal forth to th glory of (twa, Their beroaa returning from battle to meet. And one wu m white, wtth a rose at her breast. And one waa la black from her head to her feet Aa the train from the aouth thundered over the ralli One bluehed Hke the roue In her bosom, of now. But one woe aa pale aa the petals that droop In the dusk and the dew, when the day lUlea close. Two soldiers together were left by the train Where the long, narrow platform lny hot In the sun. And one had returned from his mnr-hta to rest. Bat the other his battles were over and done. For his saber was sheathed and his sash was untied. And his steed from the battlefield ncrer would rise, And his sleep waa too deep, in the folds of i the flag, To be wakened by weeplr.g or troubled by sigh". Town Topics. "All Is Wellf High o'er my weary duy u melody Is ring ing Uke fairy bclla afnr upon the upper air: Joy-bells that call with gay harmonious swinging Lifting the. heart from pain and tcaslr.c cure. Not to mlno cars they sound, but o'er my spirit Floateth the finest strain of woven song, Telling of realms where hungry souls In herit Musle and Joy, the benutlfu! and strong. O breath that comes from portals wide ex tended, Sweet I bought of sound, more si i t than word) can tell, Thine la the tone of hope and valor blended, Ever repeating: "COUragl ! All Is well!" ; Come, then, O gayest notes of gladness, falling Through earth's dark air an though n wllJernesH. Joyful 1 hear your distant echoes calling; joyful 1 feel your gracious power to bless, j -Elisabeth French, In Bprlngfleld Republican. J gkoaU Availed. It Paaatbla, tan Coal Days mmd Italny Days la Summer. wimt Daotb Bays. When flrnt to Dottle I waa wul One morning unto her I said: "The pies that mother Used to mak,.-, And likewise, too, h r bread and cake. Were of the best. Now strive, my laso, To get In mother's cooking class." She looked me squarely in the eye A.-.d mads this innocent reply; "To cook like h. r I'll surely try: r.at" and her look was very s.y "I want a cook stove, nice anJ lirlht, Sent up to me this vi ry r.lpTht A stove like father used to buy." The years are many o'er my head Eir.ce unto Dorothy I said A word about how mother cooked. I've not forgotten how Dottle looked The day I made tftat iir.Jt bad break Ahout how mother used to bake. But let me say a word, twist you nr.d I, That more than once with hi artfelt Mgh I've seer, her unto me draw nigh, And with a glitter In her eye Say unto me: "I want a hat, Ami yards of this und yards of that; Just like my father used to buy." -Will M. Maupln, in What to Eat No one should think of opening the hives and working with bees in cold weather in winter, or In cool weather in summer. There are but few days during the winter that one can Uo any successful work with bees,, saya a writer in Texas Karu) und Itane.i, anil that la only an mieaalonal iluy tint la warm enough for them to fly, and at any other tin it will be a detriment to them to molest them, llees should remain in absolute repose during all cold weather. Them should not be a at!i or road way uenr where the hives nre sit ting !.':.; I is to be traveled by cither man or benst during Winter. The jar ring that hives frequently get from heavy winds is very injurious to them. Not only in winter, but hi spring and summer there Is a wonderful difference in results by liauilling bee at the proper time. All ham! ii up; of bees ou fool (lays and rainy days ought to be avoided if possible. It makes bees irri ta'.iie lo be thus bandied. und with but liitle effort we can huve tbetu at u tight lug pitch. This is also true w hen han dling them early in the morning or late in i lie cvcuhig. The proper time to work with bees is on 'iri .it days, and from nine o'clock a. in. to four o'clock p, m. Much better work can be done, ami M itli greater satisfaction, when the bees are busy at work gathering honey, und the more busily i bey are occupied the less liable they are to show uny op position. During the honey season bees may be bandied right along everyday without the aid of smoke, ami much belter work can be performed without smoke if we bill go about it in a proper manner. Handling bees at the time above referred to, and doing the work carefully so us to moid arousing them by roii";li usage, we can almost dispense with the bee smoker during the honey season and get ulong much better with out it. lo use the smoker whenever we handle a colony of bees is to w hip them into subjection, which is al.sn ' lately wrong, for if the little fellows : want to be on friendly terms with us, and allow us to handle them thus, why ; should we make battle with them and w hip them Into subjection, w ithout any I provocation on their part'.' Such treat ment would seem that we had lcs.s in- telllgence than they. Helaw by a Tt. "I don't aee how it happena tbkt yon get the start of your business rivals so often," said the man to the pros perous undertaker. "Why, you must have nearly double the trade of any of the others." "Guess I do," said the man of cas kets, frankly ; "guess I do. Of course, mum is the word, but the fact ia, Dr. Cutter always gives me a tip when he's going to dig for appendicitis and I'm invariably the first man to apply for the job." Cleveland l'laiu Dealer. That Was All. Weary Clerk (after cutting off i'J samples of dress goods) Is that all, madam? Miss Qrabbe Cm I would like one more sample. My mother is so partlc nlar. Cut me off. u piece from that roll under your hand. Little Sister (loudly) Why, Moll, that won't do at all. Mother said she wasn't going to have any blue In that crazy quilt, 'cause it always fades. N. Y. Weekly. A Bookish Pal. Professor Jor.es was old and bald. Of habits sedentary. He was so wise that he was called A w alklng dictionary. He married a loquacious dame, 80 talkative and merry, That oa his work she soon became A running commentary. Puck. DARN-DOOn AMKMTina. WHO IS Wo''" " w'11 a '"en I " kidntv uinl bladder BLAME, trouble Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root the itreat kidney remedy promptly cures. At druggists in titty cent and dollar 1 sizes. You may have a sample bot tle by mail free, also pamphlet tell ing all about it. Address, Dr. Kilmer Ax Co., Bi 1 gbamton, N. Y. MODERN FRUIT FARMING. tt Pays Where u ln l r I'eoportloa the Crop Can lie Sold Illroclly to the C'ousuiuer. . VI.,,. a Wm Tram) ! reckon you'll know mi when you see mc again, stariu' so hard. Countryman 1 shan't if you wash yourself. St. Paul's. STROCj Or AN EGG. An Internstlnii Picture Showing Croaa Section of a lien's Kick Before Inoubatlon. Bo small. "Some awful stroke has caused rrlupse,' The anxious doctor SSldl The patient paid the modest bill And promptly fell down dead, N. Y. World. The cut shows a cross section of a ben's egg before incubation. A, yellow part of yolk; b. germ spot which is al ways present In fertile eggs and can be readily seen on breaking the shell; c, w hite part of yolU, consist ing of a cen tral flask-shaped mass and n nnLTGr of Ih Shot In. There Is a legend of u house that ntnnds Alone amid th' eternal calm and stress Of tossing waters narrow, wladOWltSS Set on a storm-swept Isle, by unknown hands; And of a man who, 'mid those shifting sands, Knows of his single room a dull duress Yet longs to know, and vaguely seeks to j guess What lies beyond the seo;o his eye commands. So life may seem a dim unwlndowod room Wherein we wait with y upon t': latch, ; As If Impilled to turn the fatal key: Ti'e yearn yet fear to pierce the eiitir i gloom, And ever ben.l an eegi r i ar to catch The secret of th' Illimitable sea. I Harper's Weekly. in the Meadow. Why should I ask of any love A relic or a wreath? I know the sky Is blue ahovr The meadow green beneath, And there Is no danger hidden In the lily's snowy sheath, The rose's white or crimson Shall never make you weep; The violet shall not wound you When In velvet vales you reap; If the poppy hides the poison, Yet the poppy brlngeth sleep, Then, for the wild, green gardens. With a blue-bright sky above! The robin's breast Is bloody-red But the white down's on the dove; And the wide world's a-blossom With the lilies of God's love! Atlanta Constitution. STRUCTURE! tinea i ny. Little Virginia My mamma says you in a haunted house. Little Winnie The idea! Wo don't cither. Nobody ever heard of a ghost being inside of our house. Little Virginia Yea, but It's always haunted by u crowd of collectors. Chi cago Daily News. . Aver) Ins n TrnneOy. Chappie Averted tewihble tvmgedy just now. Chollle No! How? Chappie Man said he would pound ' me to mincemeat if I did not give him half a OWOWn, and I gave him hnlf a cwown. Tit-1 tits. of as F.ua. layers arranged around it, the outer lay er of white yolk lying just beneath the vitelline membrane, d. Outside this membrane is f, a layer of more fluid ul bumen; g, cbalaze; b, airspace; 1, shell membranes; j, shell; k, layer of thicker albumen outside the yolk; I, boundary between outer and middle parts of the albumen or white of the egg. Orange .Iiidd Farmer. NOTES FOR THE APIARY. Ilondel. What If we're growing old? We have been young together. O'er llelds of fragrunt hetln r, By sunny ways we've strolled. Our hearts huve ne'er grown cold Through all life's drearest weather. What If we're growing old? We have been young together. 80 why should wo care whether Some years have past us rolled? I'll wear, by love consoled, Age gayly as a.feather. What If we're grow ing old? We have been young together. Columbia Literary Monthly. The World of Tlinnahl, lou think your world a narrow sphere. And long to follow fancy's flight, Wiich makes the outside world appoar Hore fair than thot which lies so near, 1 localise It Is beyond your sight, pen life Is very much the same. Environment's Ihe common lot. lad few have won n deathless name, knd yet this life need not be lame, t'en though by destiny begot. T lying at your very door 1 1 all the whole wide world of thought. fh. why Its vustness thus Ignore. "lien all Its realms you may explore? boss waits you while It dies unsought, hl'lla Martin. In Minneapolis Housekeeper. As Yon Look at It. My m-lglilior's girl's a nuisance, And I wish that they'd move away: IHiey've purchased a piano. And she's learnlne how to nlav: Ill's "tump. tump, tump!" day after de.r, The same thlnit o'er and o'er: J wish the strings would break and they Could ne'er And any more. "y boy has got a fiddle. And he's learning how to play; ' expect that he 11 be getting Rich and famous, too, someday; practices ten hours Out of every twenty-four, ad I wonder why the neighbors Aren't friendly any more. Deny News. . . The greatest hindrance to large honey Drops is lotting the bees run short of .stores in spring. When the brood -chamber becomes so full of bees thut they arc somewhat crowded for room, additional spaoa should be added. We cannot look for much surplus honey if we allow the bees to swarm at will, because excessive swarming will be the rule w ith them. A colony that Is slow In building up now may have a defective queen er may have none at all. An examination will usually disclose the trouble Cross, stinging bees are iisually the ysiilt of improper handling. Rough treatment will not succeed, but will ir ritate the Ihm's almost beyond redemp tion. In handling do not kill a bee if you cun possibly avoid it. No one can get aong without a bee smoker when working with bees; even a specialist does DOt think of handling bees without it. The smoker is Indis pensable, and many fail to perform the work necessary by being w ithout one. It is a very erroneous Idea that some people hove, that Iwes arc always look ii:g uround for some one to attack and sting. Baas as a rule do not venture an attack oti anyone or anything. They simply defend, when attacked, in a vicious manner, and only make a de fense of their hives and stores. Jour nal of Agriculture. How to Cunnse Darks. Use wire netting IS inches wide. Ev ery six or eight feet nnll a shaxp-polnt-cd stake to the wife. The pointed end should extend down below the bottom edge of the wire, 10 or 12 inches. Such a fence Is easily set, and when not want ed the stakes can feu pulled out, and the wire and stakes can be pulled up and put away for future use. The apple orchard or a portion of it, If in grass, will make a good place for the ducks. It is best to build the pen where there are some trees, on account of the wel come shade during hot weather. Dnt any out-of-the-way place will do. Farmers' Review. Ills Only llirnlnR. Mrs. Johnson Don't yo' feel terrible, Mrs. Jackson, 'cause yo'r son Mose bin arrested fo' stealin1 chickens? Mrs. Jackson (sobbing) Y-yais. De poor fellah won't be good fo' nulVm' after (lis disgrace except in jxilitios. Judge- A Talented Youth. Johnnie- 1 wish 1 was Tommy Jones. Mother Why 7 YOU are stronger than he Is, you have a better home, more toys nnd more, pocket money. Johnnie Yes, I know, but lie can wiggle his ears.- X. Y. Journal. The Way Mea An. Lilian Marie, does your husband ' get vexed If you Interrupt him when he's talking? Marie No; but he gets furious If I Interrupt him when he's eating or i sleeping. Detroit Free Press. Wronif All Hound. He I'm not at all pleased with that ; new party dress of yours. She (coldly) Aren't you? He No, the dress Itself is altogether too low, and the bill for it Is altogether loo Illgll. nomerv ine oournui. JnilRlnii from the Sample. Handout Harry When I wus a little kid day neater say I wuz de bast lxy In do village. Tlrpass Teddy Oeel Dat must 'a' been atOUgh village. N. Y. Journal. Couldn't OrOW Over Him. Hoy on the Fence You ought to see the rabbit's foot I've got at noma. Hoy in the Next Yard That ain't nothin'. My little brother's got a hare- i Hp. Chicago Tribune. it Wb Cheaper. Landlady It is our custom to return thanks each meal. New Hoarder Well, I rather think I i will like thut better than the old way of paying cash. Indianapolis Journal. Keeping n ( lose Wnlrh. Tom Edna and Mny appear to bo In separable. Carrier Yes; eaeh Is tifrnld lo trust 1 the other out of her sight. Town Top j Ice. A Mbel Iterated. "Women are cats," snapped Jarley, viciously. "Nonsense," sold Dnwson. "Did you ever see n woman try to climb ft fence?" Harlem Life. Labeled. "Look! There's a colored messenger boy running." "Sure enough. Tlu?y ought to adver tise him as 'warranted fast black.' " Philadelphia Bulletin. That well-conducted orchards, in cluding the small fruits, are more profitable than ordiuury brunches of farming is a fact thut thousands of farmers ure beginning to learn. Hut it is not the naturul conservatism of average farmers that keeps them from making this change. It Is one which. If made over the whole furm, will in volve expenses that few farmers cun afford. In fact, it cau only be done by large purchases of commercial ma nures, chiefly potash ami phosphate. Yet so many are the enemies of fruit that, even when the trees und plants haTe been fertilized lit great expense, the fruit may bo destroyed by bliglif, and the farmers be left in the lurch. The only remedy, as farmers ore slowly learning, Is to cultivate as great a variety of fruits as possible, so that if two or three entirely fail, there may be enough others to take their place. We do not mean by this that a large assortment of varieties of the same species be planted. Must market or chards have far too many, and if their owners were asked which of all these had more than paid expenses, their an swer would be restricted to not more than two or three sorts of any species, and in some not mure than one. For home use as many varieties as there are tastes may be grow n. But this is net business. Usually the farmer, n hose orel. a rd Is all of the best paying ariety, finds that kind good enough for himself and family. 1 f it Isn't, t hen he bad better grow something else, for popular taste is capricious and cannot be long depended on to favor what is not really good. If the farmt r has money enough to tide over nonproductive seasons, will it pay him to n t liis whole farm in fruits? We bi lieve it will, if the farm is reduced In size, so that one man can ilo all the work i f cultivating and car ing for trees until fruit-gatbCring time. Most of the eastern good farm ing land Is destined, we believe, to be divided into small holdings and set with fruit. It will produce more in money value, and, We believe, also in nutritive value thus, than if cropped with ordinary furm en ps. An apple tree which occupied less than four squats rods of land has been known to bear upwards of ."." bushels of fruit In a single season, and this at the time sold at a price that W llld make the laud yield more than $T"l) per acre. There were more than IS barrels of apples on the tree, and they sold at one dollar per barrel. With berries, and these are surer than large fruit, larger money returns per acre than this hair been secured. With better understanding of the means for fight ing ini ects and fungous diseases, the growing of line fruit Is much less hazardous t ban It used to be. Much, however, depends on having a good location and with the small fruits on a good near retail market. This, of course, limits the amount t hat each in dividual grower can produce. At least part of the crop ought always to be sold ot retail. The farmer who goes into fruit growing depending wholly on selling it to commission houses, will find bo many profits taken between the Held nnd the consumer that liis own Fhare in the profit will bo nothing. American Cultivator. Ilrr USatltnsvte. "You ought to be very provd of your husband," remarked a caller to the wle of a great man. "Proud?" W'u the response of the worried-looking wife. "What's the use of being proud of ii man who Can talk political economy and the needs of so ciety, if he hasn't sense enough to put on an overcoat when It's chilly?" Washington Star. RIPANS TABULES arc intended for children, ladies and all whe prefer a medicine disguised as con fectionery. The) may now be had (put up in Tin Boxes, seventy-two in a box), price, twenty-five cents or five boxes for one dollar. Any druggist will get them if vmi Insist nnH thev mnv nl v;iv.-; lie XWL obtained by remitting the price to rj?S ihe Kipans UiemicalvfVjn Company - SMMJ i l i i 1 "Vi'V : t th .''rT'j ' , v r- Mi . ' -V . .. I' . .Hi 1 I a ; J flU gu ;' t. : - . i - t . ,.i .i. ... -I v.. . V v;.,v.'V' -aiESafcsTOgatrs Ita stroncrth cwim rrom Ets freshly roaatc . I, and ! oolcl only In oi6-pounil seal d m pacKages. tacn pacxaq win maKOij cups, i no pacK- ui ran la scaled at the tiui'? c Urtt 1h . i.. "a i :)" r weakonod. It ir "i '.ic ' . flavrr, Incomparablo Bi atrcntn. it loa luxury i.ntri . lOiaii. Promium LUt In ovory p&ckago. Cut ott yo ir L'on' ! 1 . .el and t;t vlur.b!o promlums f - i''.- - : Mti ;-.i ra?n tn blfl stars, 1 :.,. htiiuo nisi HadraH ttit wa i -.it i da iiii-r,. i imt saaopt i . itlMlto, . iii.liluN Ill'tOn CO.. T"li-I", Ohio. i ' Ini If your Grocer j BIGGIE BOOKS Silt- YViih llturht. "I cunnot slni ihe olil songs now," She trilled In alto, clucked And those who haard her trj'. Ell vow Bhe couldn't for u f net. L. A. W. Bulletin. One Sort. "Vim soli! this dug to me for u hlnl ilog. He doesn't know u l'lrd when he sees one. 1 took him out yesterday und he wouldn't look at u bird." "Well, how was the bird cooked?" Brooklyn Life. Injustice r Pats. "A man can't do much without money." "No, and when ho litis money he doesn't need to do anything.' Cincin nati Enquirer. She Merely Ite Inllated. Paterfamilias Nelly, I want an ex planation from you. I saw you kiss joiinf Johnson this evening. Nelly Well, papa, he kissed me nrst. Harlem Life. A Prleudly Tip. l'orkc IM1 you see thnt scurrilous nasty attack on you In the paper? Lane No; you're the first friend I've met tO-dAy .Town Topics. A Pcrtlnpnt Qneallon. Scribbler 1nh write for a living, you know. Miss Pert How interesting! Do you get It? N. Y. Journal. Jio Place for nickprinff. "A balloon club has just been organ ized In Poris." "Well, let's hope the members will not fall out."-Ove!and Plain Dealer. 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