The TrMS. Slut of Uie world 1 the Trent the Press, Whit wonders l)Mt thou wrought I Thou rainbow realm of mentiil bliss; Thou starry sky of thought! Ai dew unto the thirsty flowers; As the blessed light of heaven; And widely as the summer showers, Thy silent aid l given. Tet canst thoii flume upon the earth T.Ike the dread volcstm's (jlowj And tyrants tremble at thy birth As at an earthquake's throe. Thy nod can lop tbe prondi'nt head ; The world thy scepter nwnt The p;illi (hon dost to elory tread, The path Is pi veil with thrones. Yet thou art urntle as the brecie The I test breath of day; Hi 1 1 clialnk-s as the mighty seas, In thy resistless sway. At thy command the seals were brou Th;it bound the s'lent deep, And liberty and truth awoke Krcim cciilurie of sleep. Then first on every sinful shore, That man In darkness trod. Thv brlubt and sim1Iii pinions bora The beacon words of Hod. The sago's liimp, the muses' lyre, Thou hro'ighfst o'er ocean's foam; The stellar Unlit of vestal lire; The cluiptence of Home. Thou flair of truth ! thy folds have streamed O'er many a Held of blood ; And o'er the wreck of empires gleume.: Ukc the rainbow o'er the flood ; The patriot's eye still turns Id thee, And balls thee from afar, ' As the wanderer of the trackless sea llath hailed bis guiding star. While to the hearlli-stnne of the ua 1, And to tbe cntHire hearth, Thou brlng'st a dully festival Of nameless, priceless worth. Thou Huhtrat tip the pnllld cheek Of the deserted poor, And to the, captive, worn and weak, Opened the prison door. Oh! ever In thy e.ilumni bright, Let tbe tru'b and virtue blend! Be ever, ever in the right I He ever labor's friend, tils strong and honest arm shall be Thy bulwark In distress; God bless the land of liberty! God save our country's prcas! U. V. Cutter, In New York Woekly. AN UMBRELLA EPISODE. 'I bey pardon P "Excuso mo A pair of black eves nttil a pair of blue eyes met defiantly, whllo a Miitill whito hand anil a lurgo white band each grasped tlio hnndlo of an um brella. umbrella ia mine, I think; 'did you wish to uao it?" murmured black eyes, with polito florceuoss. "I utti stiro It la mine, I bought it last year, ami have never soon another like it," answered blue eyes, with a Arm hand on tlio article in question. ' Vend ion und polite unbolicf were txprostod on encli face. Then tlio gentleman, with an Indulgent, pro voking lltllo smite, (aid: "If it is inino I can show you my nanio on tlio inside, if you will allow me to open it." "Very well, pray do so," said the, topping back. . 1 Ho opened it, and, behold, inside wat a tmnll tag with "Richard Han. orr.e'' Inscribed thereon. She fell back in confusion, rosy rod and liu- i mlliiitml. am retry sorry! I bejf your par don! Whoro can mlno bo? I am suro I loft it here! " alio exclaimed in dit. tross, glancing at tho falling rain without. lie magnanimously joined in the March, but no duplicate umbrella could be found. Ho was ashamed of hit HI temper and also mndo tho dis covery that sho was a lovoly girl; so, much to Lucy Dean's dismay, be In istcd upon escorting her home. ' She felt very much like a convicted thief, and wondered if he believed that sho had ever really had an um brella like his. "I am afraid our evening has not been as successful a we hoped," he remarked, hesitatingly, touching upon topic about which both wore seutl- tive. . "Oh, not I am to disappointed I It didu't seem to tako well that Is they did not appreciate it at we thought they would at they ought to have done, I mean " Lucy paused, conscious that the wat making ' bad much worse. They had bow reached a cross street ' which led to her homo. Here the paused, and acting on tho impulse born of a desire to fly from what she felt must be hit reproachful aud indignant glances, ho said: i "I tat an old friend who It going ' past our door, and I will not trouble - yea further. ' I am much obliged tor your kludneat. Good night." And 4hen the battily left him. lit ttared after bor and taw her join , gentleman whoso face, at aeon in the 'truggllug gaslight, showed both sur prise and nellgbt at being to honored, l Blchard Ransoms, after discovering tbaiuit umbrella ratted on bis shoulder nd that the rain wat beating on hit tdny tile,' pulled blmtolf together and went on bit way, soliloquizing at fol lows: "Well, Hilt Is a queer place! Odd folks, especially the girls. Snemod In a great hurry to get rid of mo. Didn't seem to tnke evidently blames me, too. However, 1 don't usually talk to empty tents." Then ho laughed. "Fancy me getting croti and rowing with that poor little girl about tlio umbrella! Hut aha was gamo and I had to prove my claim. Sho evident ly thought I was determined to make sure of tome remuneration for my services. Hope 1 ahull too her again." This hope was destined to bo speed ily realised. Tlrj next day wlion Mr. lUntotno wont to tbe society rooms to meet tlio committee for whom lie had lectured Lucy Dean wa thoro and shyly apologized to hint for her blun der of (ho evening beforo. She ex plained that her mother h id borrowe! Iinr umbrella without lior knowledge, lie found her pretty embarrassment very al'.rnc lvo and asked for permis sion to call nt her home: this was given him and he soon availed hlmsolf of It. Sho was a merry, Intelligent tittlo thing, and her fits of shyness, when a aenso of his nwfulnoss as a domlnlo Kama over her, added a touch of piquancy which fascinated him. Ho found M.s. Dean, who wits only a plumper and mattirer Lucy, a pleas ant companion wliou her daughter's conversation resolved itself into prim monosyllables, and ho paid tho elder lady so many flattering attentions that alio was half Inclined to bolieve Lucy's admirer her own. Indcod, Lucy might have been of that opinion, too, If it had not been for an occasional expression in his eyes wbon they rest ed on her, which always brought the blood to check and brow. As tho days passed on Mr. Hansomc discovered that Lucy exactly roalizod his ideal of womanhood. The idea of a final separation from her was intol erable When tho tlmo for him to resume his city duties drew near he knew that ho wanted to take Iter with liim, that ho doslred her for his wife. But, puzzled by her shyness, ho was not able to discover how she rogardod him. They wcro walking togcthor ono evening whou ho suddenly rosolvod to end his suspense and ask hor to be- como his wife. Lucy listened, dazed. She could not realize that her sccrot earns h d become real. Tho tre mendous fact that ho whom sho had sat upon a pedestal of dignity and learning was only a man, pleading for her love, socmed impossible to fnco. Siie could not lift bor eyes to hit, aud when lie tried to draw her noaror sho felt a sudden, loving fear of him. Habit and girlish modesty were bar riers too great to bo overcome at once. Sho gave him one twlft glance and then broke away and lied toward home. Ho stood thero, gazing at lor tho fly lug figure. Disapolnted love, wounded pride und amazemont struggled within him. Ho searched ills inamory to see If ho had ever hoard of any girl who had received a declaration of love In liko manner. Alas I he had not. Ho sadly concluded that somo other man must have been boforo hitu and that sho dreaded to toll him so. "Even though tho does not lovo me would have given me a chance If there wore uo one else," he said. Tho next few days were wrolched onct to both. Lucy knew that the had wounded Mr. Ruusome and wat In do tpair because she had apparently re acted the love the really desired. She longed to tell him sho was torry, but felt that to do to would bo to turrender entiroly, nud that the found at hard to do at ever. Sho hoped he would toek hor again, and st force upon her the opportunity the wat uoi bravo enough to teok. Aud then, alas! lie came on the very afternoon on which she wont for a walk down the secluded path where he had made hit proposal, to live over again the scene which wat ever in her thoughti. Mr. Ransome approached tho house with waverlug courage, aud on being informed that the wat not at home, immediately concluded that the re fused to too him, and he departed from the town forthwith. He returnod to hit work and found tome comfort lu the old routine of hit profession; yet he wat a more rettlost man than he had evor beeu iu all hit busy life. One afternoon, feeling the need of cheerful companionship, be started out, umbrella In band, to call upon lively friend who bad been a former resident of the town where lived the Deant. Perhapt ha secretly hopod to bear mention of thit ungrateful lady love. lie reaobed the place, and learnlu. that hit friend wat at home turned to place hit umbrella lu tbe rack, when, behold I there rested an other txaojiy like hit own. . lit folt tufa that Lucy wat within, and ttood a moment debating on what wat best to do. Finally a deslro to tee her again overcame all other feelings aud he enterod tho parlor. Hit hostess rose to greet him and presented him to hor friend, Miss Dean. Lucy received Mr. Uansntne with composure. Sho may have reoognlzed the pDsslbility of meeting him as a contingency of her trip. Ho made his call a short one, and as Lucy returned borne that evening he did not see her again. It was not until two weeks after ward that he discovered that ho was in possession of Miss Duau't umbrella instead of tils own. Ho was vexed beyond measure. The fact that he bad comtnlttod such a blunder betrayed tho state of tils mind at their last meeting. "She will think I mado the exchange because of some silly, sentimental notion. I will return it to her nud then throw initio away. I'll tnako It a purely business errand and let hor udorstnud that I'm not iu for any nonsense," he fumed. Accordingly ho wont down to the Wage one bright evoning. He wnlkod from tho station and wandered toward tho spot where ho had made his nliickv proposal. I'll just go and look at the place where she flouted mo. It may sorve to help tun forget this worry over hor bat I can't get rid of," he muttored. Ho reached the spot and there ho saw a littlo figure leaning against a young tree and weeping forlornly. Ho ropped the uinbrolla aud sprang for ward. "Lucy 1" ho criotJ. Sho tin ned towards him and held out hor hands; aud thou . Waver- ly Magazine. Baby Sue. About three miles from town I overtook n woman carrying a heavy bundle in her' arms. She was bare footed, wore a man's straw hat, end It was easy enough to Identify hor as motiutainoer't wife. I drow my horse down to a walk aud offered to tako tho bundle oti tho suddlo before mo. It's Daby Sue," sho said, as she passed It tip. 'Ah t a baby. Welt, I'll bo careful of her. How old Is the?" "Owlno on two years." "She's pretty lioavy for such a long walk." "I've dun walked over ten miles with hor already, but I folt I had to do It. Jim, he's a-waltln' fur her." "And who't Jim?'' "My man, sah. Thoy's done got him in jail fur moonshlnlng, nnd the Lawd only knows when he'll be free. I jest knowed ho'd near die If he couldn't hev one last look at Suo." The child was wrapped up In a faded old shawl and had a veil over her face. Sho lay like a log in my arms, and, I supposed, sound asloop. I had carrlod tier a mllo or moro before I raised tho veil to get a peep at her fuce. One glauco told me that sho was dead. "Why, woman, your baby is dead!" I exclaimed, as I made the discovery. "Yos, sah; dun died last night," tho replied. "And you you " "l'ze got to take her to the jail and let Jim tee her. FooroloJim! He dun loved baby Sue like his own life. Ho'd never forgivo mo if he didu't dun see her afore she was burled." She wiped tlio tears away as she walked alongsido the horse, looking up now and then at tho bundlo in my arms, aud wo didn't speak agalu until we reached tho Jail. Thou she took the little dead body from my hands, tenderly kissed the whito, cold face, and said: "Lawd bless ye, strangor, fur yet kindness I Jim's in ye re, aud when he sees baby Sue I reckon he won't care no mo' what they do with him. Pore Suet Tore olo Jim t" New York San. Cnrloat Hungarian Lake. There It a curlout lake in Hungary, known at the Neusledler See, sixteen miles long and tlx mllet wide in itt broadett part, which bat no trlbnta lies, but dorlvot all itt wator from the rainfall that dropt into it. It it a very large lake to be supported who! ly thit way. Thore are no mountains very near it, but it occupies a slight depression In an almost level plain. Ouce in a while' the lake bat dried up, aud within tbe past two years it bat lost one-half of itt water, and now itt dopth it otily three feet. The Hungarian government bat decided to do away with tblt lake, an hat commenced to dig a canal by which tho preolpltation will hereafter bt drained away from tbe lake bed. Somethontandaof acret of rich farm log land will be thus obtained. Boa- ton Transcript.' 10lt FARM ASD (JAMIE. best horses for farms. Unquestionably the boat horse for a farmer to rear Is one that ho can tiso hlmsolf with the most advantage. Such a horse will pay for Its keeping after tho second year, and until It It sold when four years old. Tho Cleve land Day Is such a horse, and nt four years old will soil for 9300 to $500 each. The French conch horse is n similar animal. Tboso wilt weigh 1300 to loOO pounds when fully grown, and nro exccllotit for tlio heavy work of a farm. The training on the farm, too, It precisely what is needed for their future use. New York Times. makimi vs. m;yiso a lawn. It used .to be thought that pur chasing sod anil transplanting it was the only effective way to quickly get a lawn In good order. Unless a bed has been prepared and enriched, and tho sod is frequently watered, It is not likely to Jiake so good a showing as a good seeding on wull-preparcd land manured with Inderal fertilizers and kept closely cut as fust as it grows. It Is frequent cutting that cansos the tod to tblckou, unless tho soil is poor. In which caso closo cut ting causes tho sod to run out and leave bare places. If dry weather comes, sttspoud the cutting until there is prospect of ralu. Tho sod made will come cheaper than any that can be bought, and tho owner can have as great a varloty of grasses as he is willing to buy seod for. Boston Cultivator. ritOPKR WAT TO PltlNE. Proper pruning is done iiltogethor with one's thumb and forollnger, 1. e., to remove all surplus twigs nnd shoots as soon as they appoar, and thus pre vent tho waste of sap in building up worthloss wood, lays Orange Judd Farmer. Many orclmrdists, other wise intelligent, utterly neglect trim ming trees, or cite do it In a very lin perfect way. As a result, much of their fruit Is small and partly colored. Also (belabor of picking tho fruit from an unprepared treo is about twice what it should bo, as tlio hoad of the tree becomes so thick und tan gled. Open up the head by cutting out every branch t hat crosses or other wise Interferes with anothor, and the benoflt will bo two fold. The sun and the air will bo admitted to aid lu the growth of largo handsome fruit, to harvest which will be comparatively easy work and a real pleasure. The grape vine is, perhaps more neglectod than tho apple tree. If given its "own sweet will," It will cover everything within reach. iiULTHIK OF GARDE VEtiF.TAM.Gt. Ill the report of the horticulturist of the Maine Experimental Station for 1891 certain points in the culture of cabbages, tomatoes and egg plants are discussed. In tho culture of cabbages it was found that the best results were ob tained by transplanting eeveral times. riants grown In flower pots till ready for the field were hotter than those grown in boxes, it was onacrveu that some varieties of cabbage are attacked by tho cabbage worm much worse than others. Those varieties having firm, close heads aro least in ured. Of the twenty varieties grown those recommended for general cul ture are Jersey Wakofleld, Brunswick, Early Summer aud Flat Dutch. The Early York It condemned. Tho following is a summary of tho experiments lu tomato culture: 1. An Important requisite to successful tomato culture Is that the plants be kept growing vigorously, a condition involving rich toll and frequent till age. 2. Frequent transplanting makes ttocky plants. 3. Other things being equal, the earllnest aud produc tiveness of tomatoes it in direct pro portion to the earlineti of letting iu the field. 4. Trimming plants after a part of the fruit bad sot Increased the yield by more than one-third. 5. The best varieties for general use ap pear to be Ignotum, Perfection, Boauty, Goldon Queen, and possibly Prelude. Egg plants ara uot extentively growu in Maine, but the varieties recommended for borne ute are Early Dwarf Purplo and Ear.y Long Purple, -New Y'ork Wf, W. PEA FOB TABLE AKD PEN. I never raited peat largely for feed, but for our own Northern market. I have fed them to hogt, and repeatedly purchased them for that purpose; I would rather have them, pouud fer pound, for fattening bogt than any oorn. I bare a furnace, and two large potash-ktttlet that will bold fifteen to twenty busliols, and I never liid hogs fatten to rapidly, or make nicer pork, than when fad bolloil peat and water sufficient to make the mats Into a thick soup. Sown In lime, and properly eared for, peas rtroly fall to yield a large crop, aud that, too, on almost any kind of land, from a stiff, heavy clay to a light, sandy toil. They should he sown early, to do their best. They will ondttre more frost and ttil hold their own than any other crop we grow. When we tow them on tight, sandy toll, as we oflon do, we like to have them covered threo or four Inches deop. They will thus stand drouth better than If covered only an Inch deep. I have never been what I consider thoroughly successful with peas when sown late in spring, but can hardly recall a failure when sown early and properly cared for. Wisconsin Farmer. MAl.t'tl.tCTI'F. AMON7I HOUSKSItOERS. Without wishing to do Injustice to onr rural knights of the anvil, it It nevertheless a lumcntnb'e truth that tbeso votaries of tho buttress and drawing-knife are, nil tho world over, so wedded to a number ot tradition, try pructlces, so heinous, so irration al, so prejudicial to the interests alike of tho horse nnd his owner, that ono might well be exeusod for wondering whether their mission wero not to mar Instoad of to protect the marvelously perfect handiwork of the Creator. Ignorant alike of the anatomy, physi ology and economic relations of the parts, they mutilate, they cut and carvo as whim, prejudice, or timo honored custom dictalos. Disaster, it may be slowly, but surely, follows, and all too often the poor dumb crea ture's sull'orl g foots tho bill. Let us glance in passing at some of these traditional practices. Formost among thorn Is tho Insane habit of trimming tho frog of tho horse's hoof aud tho thinning out tho solo till It visibly ylolds to the pressure of the operator's thumbs. The frog Is nature's cushion and boo f-cx pander, placed thero by an All-WUu band; by its elasticity it wards of ciwicussion from tho less clastic portions of tho structure, and by Us resisteuce assists in maintaining the natural expansion of its horny ambit; that is to say, it docs so in its natural stato, but the drawing-knife's touch is fatal to It. Once cut and carvod and deprived of pressure, thoso very aclt emtso It to shrink, dry, and harden, and at once lose those very attributes which con. ttltute Itt usefulness to tho foot. Robbed of its elasticity nnd resitence, It Is incapablo of discharging its al lotted functions both as a cushion and as an expander it is a dead fail ure; indood, it is worse, as In its al tered character it is now a menaco In stead of a protection, a bane rather than a boon to tho fojt that wears It. The destruction of thit important factor having been thus provided for, the operator probably next turns his attontion to tho sole, which, by all traditions of the craft, must be pared down until only a thin film of soft, partially-formed horn is loft to protect the living strueturct within against injury from tbe substances with which the foot necessarily comes in contact. Nor does the mischief stop here. The sole itself, or what is left of it, con sists uot of soft, moist, half-formed horn, which dries aud shrinks en ex posure to the air, and thereby entails a further and a still more serious in jury on tho foot. American Farmer. FARM AND GARDES NOTE. Keep different breeds separate and ttudy each closely. Give mother bent motherly atten tion during the brooding tcasoo. Young bronze turks shoud have dark shanks, approaching black. Cut fresh bono is excellent for hens. It contains just what they need. It i a good time to organize a general rat-killing to at to tave the chickt. More cau be had out of ten bent in a house ten by ten than twenty in the tamo tpace. Roosting placet should be scraped out at least as often at every twodayt aud retodded. Farmers in the New England dis trict of Australia are about to turn their atteutlon to grape growing. Chlcklet do not need a roosting place until four months old. Low roottt should then be given them. Chickens aud duckt can bo raised advantageously together; in fact, they do better together than separately. Successful poulterers have found it wise to feed littlo chickt five timet day aud punctually at ttated timet. If a poultry house can be tbut up fairly tight, the lice In them can be exterminated by burning tulpbur In them. FOR THE HOUSEWIFE. NICE POTATO PUFFS. If you want nice potato puffs, boll and wash three or four mealy po tatoes, add a tablespoonful of hot milk, a littlo butter and salt to tult your taste. Mould this Into little balls about at big at large-tlzed tnarblot, brush ovor with beaten egg and place on a buttered pan, to bo quickly brownod In the ovon. When done ervo on a hot platter in a heap gar nished with parttey. These are also pretty and useful to garnish a varloty of dishes. New York Nowt. liRINKS FOR TIIF. ttCK. Tlio following excellent recipes for beverages for the sick are givon lu tbe Forest IUmblor: Crust Codec Toast bread very brown, but not burnt, pour on boiling water, strain and add cream, also sugar and nutmeg, if desired. Sassafras Drink Tako the pith of stssafras boughs, break lu small pieces and let soak In cold wator till tho water becomes glutinous. Cinnamon Tea To a half pint of fresh new milk add stick or ground cinnamon enough to flavor strong and a little white sugar. Itriug to the boiling point and drink cithor warm or cold. Exccllotit for diarrhea. ItH'F.. Now rice, It may not bo general'y known, is ono of tho most Indigestible things that one cau eat Various do rangomcntsof the digestive organs are almost certain to result from rice eaton diroctly after It Is gathered, and the fact is so well known in rid produc ing countries that the pcoplo do not cat it until it has been kept nt least a year. Never, savo In cases of f inline, although it is tho staple article ot diet of the poople, is rico eaten in India till It is two or three years old. Tho following Is - an Indian reclpo for cooking i ice i "Wash him well; much wash him In cold water or rice flour make him stick; make water boil all ready very fast; throw him In; ho no' burn boiling water shako liim too much. Boil him quarter hour or lit tlo more, then rub one rico on thumb nud ringer; If all rub iiway, hitnqul o done. Put rice In colander; hot water, him run away. Pour one cup cold water on hlin rice; thon put him back in saucepan and keep him covered up near the fire. Rice all ready. Eat up." London Caterer. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Cloths dipped in hot potato wator nnd applied to rheumatic joints roliove pal ti. Coffee grounds make a good Ailing for a pin cushion. Putthetnina bug and hang behind the ttovo till dry. They do uot rust the neodlo. Tho addition of lemon juice to the water in which rico is boiled will In. crease the whiteness, aud the grains will readily tcparato when thus treatod. Clover toa Is admirable for purify ing tho blood, for removing pimplet aud whitening tiie complexion, and hat also good repute as a tleep-liiduc-lng draught. The yolk of an egg In half a pint ot tepid rain water, with a little pow dered borax and a tcaspoonful of spirits of camphor added, will take spots out of black goods. Good flour adheres slightly to the hand, and if pressed In it shows the impress of tho lines on the skiu. Dough made of it it yellowish white and doet not stick to the hands after sufficient kneading. Teapots should bo washed thor oughly with strong soda aud water and then rinsed well and porfectly dried each day If one would prevent the curious haylike smell often noticed tu a teapot. A good way to ventilato a cellar Is to extend from It apipo to the kitcheu chimney. The draught In the chlmuey will carry away tho gaset that would otherwise find their way into the rooms above. The valuable medicinal proportiet of onions have never been disputed They quiet the nerves, aud oateu twlct or three timet a week are a good spring tonle and can be prepared in numerous ways. . r For use as a disinfectant, mix car-' bolie acid with bolllug water. This promptly overcomes the utual antag onism betweeu the acid and water, and couverta them into a permanent solution which will keep for weoks. Paste a lict of its contonts on every box or trunk or closet of ttored-away goodt. Writ down each one at yon put it in, then the lltt will be beaded by the bottom onet. Then when the name it written on tacit package It U an eaty thing to led any needed artlole.