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.