Anliimn, Thn dyintr lo.ivs full fnst i Chestnut, wllliiw. oak and liovh, All brown nnd wllli'md II", Now swirling In thn cutting Mast. Now sodden under foot -they tuach Thnt one n nit nil mini dl. Till autumn of I tin year ftimm sadly home to my poor hntt Whosn youthful h opns nr rlM, Thn darkening days am drear. Knell lnv once mine t sen depart As withered loivesnnd drid. lilt In It nil decay? All present loss -no gain remote? Monotony ot pain? Ah, no ! I li"iir a lay Thn roliln sings how sw,et thn notn, A pum tinciiiUily strain. And of nil flowers thn lint llnnnnlh those leaves III spring shall lilow Hw"t vlolnts hlllS ami white, tin nil lout loves -hall hurst In springlike Isuiity, summer (flow, In heaven upon our sight. IMnemlllnn. The Answered Pi'ayer, nv m. cnv. A little old French woman told tho following story to the travellers who had been investigating tint ruins and the chntcuu mid "doing" the little French town, ns tourists always mn.it, who obey Murray. "My mm, Jean Bnptistc, never will believe it. Ah, they are such skeptics, these men 1 "There in the churches we pray tor them. There the sailor's wife kneels to link for a Km id wind for her hus band's ship. There the soldier's sweet honrt pours forth her prayer, mid im plores the saints to ward bullet mid hword point from her lover's henrt. There I lined to go, hoping that Jesus would not forgot ln nnd my Ansel ; nod he died in his hod, nnd wan not Htnothered mid crushed in the black mine, us ho ninny nre my mnn Ansel, Jenn Baptiste's father. "Jean wan nil I had, in thntold time long ngo. He was young, Htrong, liomiti f ill, when the hour emtio mid he became a conscript. Ah, hIiuII I ever forget the day? We were nil upon the green, in the midst of the village all who had sons mid brothers and husbands and lovers, ami Home who had none, for the Hakes of those who hud, or for curiomty how do I know which? And the great gendarme turned the wheel, mid the blindfold boy drew the (mines mid numbers, nnd my Jean wns one of the unlucky oues he our only child. Hud I been a widow then, they could not have taken him ; but I still had Ansel. Aud we all three knew thut uo substitute waH to be had by us, for we had been liuliutky aud had no savings, ami 't is not to be expected that a man will risk life unci limb for a trifle. "Only a mother could have had a hope under micli circumstances, but, yon see, I could not give my Jean Baptiste to the. cruel wnr without a struggle. " 'You should be glad thnt your brave son lms a chance to do what he can for France nnd for his emperor,' said the uftiuer with the fur cap aud epaulets, touching me on the shoulder, as I nat weeping aud wringing my bauds. But I pushed him nwav an grily. "'What is the emperor, whom I have never hhcu, to me? And why should I love France more than my own child?' I cried. "Aud then a neighbor added: " 'Bah ! Ho will return with epan lots aud a sword perhaps, and you w ill be very proud of him. Don't cry.' ' 'They come buck often without epaulets, do they not?' I said, nnd my heart was bitter as gall. 'Generally they do not come at all. If they do, it is oftouest on crutches, or blind like poor Tierre Lntour. They shall uot Lave my boy I' "Aud home I went like a mad wo man. Aud I would have mild all I had to have raised the money, if it woul 1 have brought it. But we are only tenants, aud our uow was poor and old; aud I hail no flue clothes, and only two golden earrings for jew elry. I'oor Ansel just eurut enough to live ou, Aud what could we do? "I went to my brother at .walk' iug all the way there and back. He could not help us. I went to my old mistress's house, where I had lived lis dairy maid before I married Ansel. Alas, she wus dead ! "In a week the soldiers would march away, my Jean Baptiste with tlitun, aud ;I should see his suuuy face uo more, unless I could in some way gain the .money .with which to pay the sulmti .tnte. . I had wicked feelings enough, liuadame, I can tell you. I did not :feol that God was kind to me, as I had always felt before. I cannot tell you I'ltow I felt, for it is wicked to say any ,suoh words, but in the midst of my despair I met Father Ulrio. " 'You wore uot at ohnroh last Hue day, dauie,' bo said. " 'No sir,' snid I. 't have ho ranch on my mind that 1 forget everything else. Jean Baptiste is conscripted, and we have uo money to pay for a substi tute.' " 'ts thnt any reason why yon should tint remember heaven?' snid Father Ulric. 'Surely (Kid uiny well forget us if we forget Him.' " 'And though I did uot feel ns though I cared what Father Ulric said just then, I remembered his words when I wns alone, in the dend of the night, and nlso thnt I hnd not prayed thnt .tenn Baptiste might be spared to me ; and t felt as though if I prayed heartily and from my soul, an answer might come, nnd I felt comforted. Anil next morning I dressed myself in my very best, nnd went across the meadows to the church, and then I knelt down and tried to remember the good words I hnd been wolit to say. Hut I could not recall one, and I was forced to use my own poor language, and to say just this no more: " 'Heavenly Father, who knowest what a mother's love is, let me keep .lean Baptiste from the cruel war.' "I said it over Hnd over again. There was no one nenr but one lady in deep mo'.irin'tig, and I could not see her face. She knelt nlso, nnd counted her beads. And nil was Mill as denth only now aud then I heard my own voice, bs though it were another's. And something seemed to say that my players would be answered: And I nrosc comforted, and I went out into the church-yard, full of moss-grown stones, and walked there for a while. And the lady in mourning enme out also, and laid n wreath of immortelles upon a soldier's grave, and kissed the stone, on which a Hword was carved and his name, aud went away. And I went home also, and my heart was at rest. And all day I watched and waited for Home strange answer to my prayer, but none came. And I, was sad of heart again when the twilight fell, and it was time to milk the cow. I took my pail and went to find her. She had strayed into a meadow hard by, and wns cropping the Here nutnmn grass. I knelt down there to milk hr, aud my poor pail would not be full, I knew. It was another sign of our great poverty. I got my quart or no, and set it dowu nnd leaned against the fence and wept. And I said : " 'There is nothing to hope for, nnd prayers do no good. Jean must go to the war, and his mother's eyes shall never see him again.' "And my eyes were covered with my Hprou, when a hand as soft as silk touched mine, and a voice oh, so sweet and heavenly said softly: '"No, dame, he shall not go. Hold your apron. This w ill keep him with you.' "Aud I looked up, ami there stood n lady. Her face wus so beautiful thnt it frightened me. And the sun wus set, aud the moon was up, aud its whiteness fell over her. About her neck she wore a black cross, and gold en hair rippled down over her fore head. She was like the Madonna in the picture in our church. I could not stir. I could not speak. She sin Med upou me. '"Hold your apron, dame,' she said. "And I had just strength enough to do it. Aud theu a shower of gold and silver trickled into it. Aud again she. snid : '"Your Jean Baptiste need not go,' ii ml was gone herself like a vision. "And saved he wns, God be praised for it ! . "Never but ouce after that did I see u fuce like that I saw thut uight. It wns when Madame La Fontaine, the widow of the brave soldier, whose tombstone with the sword upou it stands iu our owu graveyard, lay in her coffin, aud we poor people went to look at her. Her hair fell over her forehead in just such yellow ripples, nud her fuce wus just as white and sweet. Aud my Jeuu Baptiste be- ' lieves that she knelt near me in the church aud heard my prayer, and be ing a charitable lady, and tender to nil soldiers' wives . and mothers. brought mo the money with her own hands. 'As for Futher Ulrict he tells me I that, since it is God who answers i players whatever the instrument, I need not trouble myself, but oulv re member that He can help me always, if it be His will. The Ledger. Poverty in India. Poverty is the most striking fact in Iudia. Iu the streets of the cities the rich are rarer than iu the streets of Bust Loudou. Iu the country the villages consist of huts of almost uni form small uess, and the fields are worked by farmers, most of whom are to poor to do auythiug but scratch the land. Iu oue city we weut from house to I bouse Miuoutf the uovr. A gummon friend gained Us a welcome nnd we were every where received with cour tesy. One house which we visited was entered directly from the street. There was neither flooring, fireplace, windows nor furniture. A few ember were burning ou the mud floor, on which only is it lawful for a pious per son to cnt, nud a few pots were stand ing agniust the wnlls, with, if I remem ber rightly, one chest. It wns a holiday morning, and the family which in India may include grandfather, nous, daughters-in-law and grandchildren, wns gnthered. The men had slept in the open warm air, nnd had come iu to be served by the women with the morning meal of n few ounces of grain nnd butter. After the usual courtesies, and when we hnd told them about ourselves, the talk went thus : "What is your trade?" "Shoemakers." "What can each worker earn?' "About five rupees a month." "What rent do you pay?" 'Eight rupees a month." From which answer we gathered that not even a paternal, government nor a system of land naturalization enn prevent the growth of landlordism. The ground in this ense probably be longed to the State, nnd had been let to Home individual nt a yearly rent, subject to reversion afterthirty yenrs; but the land had then been let ami sublet till the rent paid by the tenant far exceeded that received by the Government. Iu another house, or rather shed, lived a mill hand nud his family. He too, was prepnriug to enjoy a holiday iu "singing" and "seeing the lights." which on that night, iu honor of the new year, 'would bo placed iu every wiudow of the city. His ea-nings were ten rupees a mouth. Out of the margin, that is, out of about seventy flvo cents a week he would have to support a large family and save enough to enable him in a few years to return and get land in his own village. Fort nightly Review. Candles. The domestic use of candles for or ilinaty purposes of illumination has almost entirely censed ; oil has taken the place of them, but a great many candles are still used for various special purposes. I unities are used to go down cellar with, nud for servants' bedroom lights. They are used Mi breweries, in the vuts, because they dou't smoke, and they make less heat Candles are used in sum mines, Al most nil carriage lamps are lighted with candles. There is a large consumption of can dies by Hebrews in the observance ot religious rites at home, and they ara used also in the synagogues. Plum hers use candles about their work be. cause they are handier and safer. Candles are used for the illumination of political transparencies. They arc used ou dinner tables aud iu drawing rooms; they are made f r these uses iu various colors. There are at least ten kinds of Christinas candles; Ihey are made plain, ribbed or Huted, aud cable, aud in various colors. The caudles for these various special uses are made chiefly of steariue, par afliue and wax. The consumption ol them in the United States shows slight increase. We export candles to Mexico, Central America and South America. There were formerly many manufactories of tallow candles in thit countiy; there are now few, and the trade is decreasing. Scarcely auy tallow caudles are now used in thit country; those made are shipped to South America. New York Sun. Bnruraniauqiiliia. The name iu the headline is that ol a new species of fibrous mineral recent ly discovered by Seuor H. Elvoy Val enzueln iu the United States of Colom bia. It has many of the remarkable properties of asbestos aud is per fectly transparent as well as incom bustible. It cuu be reduced to pulp and molded into light fire aud water proof boards and shingles for houses. The discoverer believes that itisadapt ed to paperuiaking, aud that it will also be used iu the manufacture of carpets aud clothing. St. Louis Re public, Not Eujored, However, Composer "Have you cujoyed uij new opera yet?" Criticus "No." Composer "Why, I thought yon were iu attendance the other uight." Criticus --"I was." Chicago Reo old. , Tiresome Headwork. I "This headwork ii extremely tii4 me, you know," said Adolphus. I "What great problem have you been I tryiug to solve uow?" "Keeping iny hat ou wheu the nil U i blows." I WaauiuiituuSUr, 10U rAHM AMD IMRDE5. MANURiyO, The questions with farmers is how to keep up the fertility of the noil with the least possible expense. For that purpose good barnyard manure is the best. The chief difficulty is to procure a sufficient amount of it, and this is oue of the great benefits of plenty of stock. Commercial fertil izers are best used with the manure nnd together with green manuring prodiicj the bust results. New York World. AOHT nm-OUK SRt.t.tNO. The necessity of sorting before of fering for sale can never be too forci bly impressed upon those who raise vegetables for the large cities. Sort ing is applicable to the potntoes rained by the fanner as well n to the more perishable articles raised by the truck farmer. Very often n half bushel or even less of small potatoes mixed with the larger ones will injure their wile, reduce them ton lower grade, or other wise inflict injury on the grower far in excess of the value of the small po tatoes. Unsalable potatoes inny be profitably fed, mixed with bran or shorts, to the cattle during the winter, American Farmer. FOOD AND DHINR FOU i'noM. In addition to the value of some fcr t:Iixer bs plant food, the.r ability to gather moisture from the air doubles their usefulness in a time of drought Some substances have a great aftiu ity for water, taking it freely from the air, which is selentillcally known as deliquescence. The nitrates possess this property to the largest extent ; salts of potash are almost as deliipies cent nnd, gypsum, land plaster and artificial fertilizers generally have this property. Thus it is useful to ap ply fertilizers iu the dryest time, for the (lamp a if of the summer nights will supply nil the moisture needed to dissolve them and mkc them avail able for the crops. As soon ns auy soluble substance in dissolved, it spreads through the soil by diffusion, and thus the application of a light top dressing of fertilizer shows ts ef' fects in n few hours after it is mi tie. Farm, Field nud Fire.-.ide. COWH IX POOR COXKITIOV. Indigestion is one of the most se rions disorders affecting all aniinal-i, nnd it gives rise to many diseased con ditions that have uo apparent cause to olio who does Uot understand how disturbed digestion affects every func tion of the system. Thus cows suffer ing from this disorder are not proper ly nourished, aud if iu calf they are most apt to retain the afterbirth, an indication of weakness that prevents the auiinal from performing the ex acting functions of this period. And it is most often the case that this is the result of impaired nutrition due to indigestion. The remedy in such a case is to give the cow a few doses of linseed oil, a pint will bo sufficient, at intervals of three days during two weeks. Th'n will clear the system nud excite the liver to action and theu good feeding will do the rest. This should consist of brau and linseed mash, given daily for two or three weeks, or continued louger if fouud desirable, as it is a most excellent food, as well as being medicinal. The first result of disorder of the stomach nnd liver is decrease of milk, which is often of very inferior quality, not to say really uuuesable on account of bitterness from excess of bilo iu the blood. But as the cow im proves the milk increases aud improves iu quality. The common condition powders are Uot adapted to this dis ordered state of a cow, as ihey are mostly antiseptic in their character, and useful ehiefly for exciting the dis charge from the skin by the antimony they vontaiu, aud are thus very often quite useless and disappointing. Cul mau's Rural World. WINTERING HORSF.S. After the fall wheat is sown, ou most farms oue team will do all of the work required during the fall and win ter. It is uot best to sell off the extra teams iu the full aud buy again in the spring. It is better to wiuter the idle horses as economically as possible, taking cure of course to keep them iu good condition. With all kinds of stock it is poor ecouomy to allow them to run dowu at auy time aud then 'at tempt to feed up later ou. Aud while with the teams it is an item to feed as economically as possible, this should uot be done at the expense of their eonditiou. Select oue team to do the uecessary hauliug during the wiuter aud feed them grain iu connection with their rougbuess to keep them thrifty. la this way smaller ration or, at least, a cheaper one can be supplied to the rest and yet they be kept thirty. It is always bent to let the idle horses run in the pastures every day that the weather will permit. They will keep healthier and thriftier on lest food than if they are kept closely con fined. It is important, however, to provide comfortable shelter, as it will cost less to maintain animal heat with good shelter thnn to do bo by feeding grain. As the pastures fail it will be a good plan gradually to increase the rntion so ns to keep thrifty. One of the best nnd most economical rations to give during the winter is unthreshed ontr run through a cutting box, adding a small quantity of bran. If slightly wetted iu mixing it wilt be more pal atable. One advantage iu this in that there is little or no waste, while the ration is one thnt supplies grain aud roughness, nud is one of the best to produce a good development of bone nud muscle. Another good ration can be made by cutting hay nnd adding a sinull qunntity of whent brnn nud oilmenl. It is not always necessary to cut all the hay, but enough to mix with the bran and oilmenl. Better results enn uenrly always be obtained iu this way than by feeding the material sepa rately. It is usually best to give all the roughness thnt they will eat up clean, but no more, ns it is neither condu cive to good health nor economical to have any kind of feed before the stock all the time J nnd yet, of ronghuess ut least, they should have all that they can eat When the went her is severely cold cornmenl can bo used instead of brau. Corn, or cornmenl, is one of the best materials to feed to stock to promote warmth, and during the winter iu uiaiiv cases more or less cau be fed to v good advantage. By feeding regularly, supplying with water, nnd using all reasonable care to keep them comfortable, the horses can bo wintered, at compara tively small cost, and then at auy time that they are wanted they will be ready for service. St. Louis Republic. FARM AND OAIIKKX NOTES. Select only good cocks for inutimr. Poultry uecd plenty of pure, clean water. Honey kept iu a dry, warm place improves with ago. Reariiw oueeus at any season is only forcing nature. A poor sheepman with poor sheep will bo a sorry failure. Honey should never be kept where it can absorb moisture. Clean, bright, flcshv lambs sell on sight. Remember that. Teach a horse what you want him to do nnd he w ill always do it. If a lieu can be made to lay one egg a week, she will pay the cost of keep ing. To fatten poultry they must be fed regularly and plentifully ou the best food. It is a good plan to cull out aud sell early all the chickens that are uot to be wintered. Even iu winter it is an item to have dust for the fowls whore they can flut ter at will. The little trotter and the scrnb are not wanted. The demand is for big, heavy horses. The tendency of feather-legged breeds is towards scanty leg feathers and bare toes. It is Haiti that a small piece of cam phor placed iu the drinking water w ill prevent gapes. Breed for size and quality horses that are iu demand iu all the horse markets of the world. Colonies with youug queens have less tendency to build drone-comb than those with old queeiis. This is the time to remove the culls from the rest of the poultry and pre pare to fatteu them for market. The wise poult ryinau avoids ex tremes, but feeds enough to keep the fowls in a good, thrifty condition. If a horse has weak joints which cause his limbs to give way he will transmit the weakness to his progeny. The objection to throwing out the egg shells to the liens is the liability of their getting into the habit ot euting eg. It is wheu the hens are idle aud closely confined that they are most liable to full into the habit of feather pulling. Iu oapouiing, the earlier a bird reaches maturity iu his natural state the earlier the operation should be performed, Iu obtaining the highest prices from speoisl oustonttt's, it will pay to put all the eggs of oue color together be fore seudiuK to market. Before ihe Daybreak. WTors tlis daybreak shines a star That tn tlis day's full ((lory fnliW Ton flnrenly Wight Is tlis grett lt(ht That her pale-glenmlng lamp uplsraliK linfore thn dsylirnnk sings a bird That stills her song at morning's llghtf Ton loiiit for Imr Is the diw's -tlr, The woodland's thousand toiiiiieil delight. Ah ! great th honor Is to shins A light whnrnln no traveller srrsi And rich ths prise, to rank dlvlnn Among the world's loud rhorKHrt. Cut I would Is' that nlr star. And I would lis that l nvll t Ii rd. To shine with hups whlln hops' af.ir, And slug o( lov wlin love's unheard. - I''. W. noiiKiui.i.ow. tl I'M OKI) I'M. Self-binders Women who lace. A fallen meteor has a very downcast nppearntico in its owu hole iu the ground. A friend in need is the gentleman whose face adorns n sample of Uuela Sam's legal tender. Rodgers "Do you find money close?" Podger-"No ; I find it en tirely tint of reach." It is the little things that counts when there are children at the table, aud warm biscuit for supper. "Didhe marry a girl he didn't know much about?" "Oh, no; a girl who didn't know much about him." A man's mouth is made to talk and eat with, yet he often hurts himself by talking aud kills himself by euting. Why ts It that the mini whoss snore Will pierce you through aud through, Is tin who likes to go to Iw.l llefors'tlin chickens do? There are two things in tho world upon which there have never been any improvement the wheelbarrow aud kissing. First traveler "Why is that pom pous fellow strutting about so absurd ly?" "He found some ham iu his railway sandwich." "I hear friend Rudiger has got mar ried to an Italian lady?" B. "Yea, he went there to save his lungs, aud has lost his heart." Ferfiuno is said to be tho song of the flower. If the song could be heard, the chances are that the flowers would bo boot-jacken out of existence, ''My train of thought," th poet cries, To whom ttie Muses bow, "Cannot transport you all, Iwatise It is a ipintralu now." Girley-girley (bitterly) "My par ents literally sold me to you." Hub-by-lubby (more bitterly) "Yon ueed uot twit me with my unfortunate Huuu cial investment." Clara. "You must have refused Hnrry Spurker lust night." Maude. "How did you know?" Clara. "He told me this morning he hud just had u narrow escape." Visitor "So your brother is taking lessons ou the violin. Is he making pro gives?" Little girl "Yes'm ; he's got so now we can tell whether ho is tuning or playing." "That's a fine baby, Wiggius. How much does ho weigh?" "Depends ou tho time of day. About three o'clock in the morning his weight seems to mu up to about eighty pounds." Prudeuee Pedantic HIih nearly went frantic IleeausH her young nephew said " 'Taint!" Hut wheu his hig liroth.tr KaliJ, H.ilnt got none, nuttier!" Hue fell ou the lloor In a faint. Jack (who lms popped) "It takes you a long time to decide." Sallie "I know it, and I've about concluded '.o wear a deniitrain of white chiffon over white silk nud have no brides maids." "Whut's that girl singiiig?" said Mr. Topfloor to the bell boy. " 'Oh, Promise Me,' " replied the youth "Well, for goodness sake, go down aud promise her whatever she wank aud chargu it to my aeeoiiut." Donald (an Americanized Scotch man, to his cousin Sandy, newly ar rived) "Sandy, me boy, and what will ye have for your breakfast, tho morning?" Sandy "Oatmeal." Don ald "And what for diiuier?" Sandy "Oatmeal." Donald "But what for supper?" Sundy "Oatmeal." Don ald "Aud what else will you have be sides oatmeal?" Sandy "Losh, mou alive, ii there anything else?" Kucuuragiiigr, Visitor "So your brother is taking lessons on the violin. L) ho making progress?" Little Girl "Yes'm ; he's got so now we cau tell whether he is tuning or playing." Good News. Had Plenty of Company. "Here's a little poem," said the poet, "which has uever been printed." "Nothiug strsugo about that," re plied the editor ; "Ave lmudred jnst like it in that waste basket there." Atlanta Coustitutiou.
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