The Flight of the Heart, The heart soars np like a bird From a nest of earn 1 Up, up, to a lorgnr sky. To a aofter air I No eye can moostiro Its (light And no hand ran tame, II mount to beauty and light, In mtiste and flame. Of all the changes of Time, There la none like thlst The heart warn up like a bird At the stroke of Ml 11. The heart soars up like a bird. It nt Its wings soon tire ; Enough of rapture and song, The cloud and tho fire; Its look, the look of a king Of a slnve, Its birth, lhs poor, tired, Impotent thing. Minks baek to the earth. And the mother spread her Inn, And she lulls Its pains 'Oh, thou who sighed for th fctin. Art thou mine again? ' Dora Rende Ooodal. A Transformed Portrait, Dt JAMES BL'l'KHAM. A quaint old house was that In" Louisiana whero I had planned to upend tho winter of my content tho winter followiug my engagement to Louiso Ericsson. It was largo, state ly, and aristocratic, but so old, ao an tiiiatcd in all its appointment, r h uch faded, dingy carpets ami furni ture, such worm-eaten and chipped d.mr-frames and wainseotings, that I hardly knew whether to lo proud or niliainod of my lodgings. But of one thing I was convinced the old house nfforded just tho environment for a man who was writing a Creole story. That was what brought me to Louisi ana, and was alio the reason of my going to lodgo with Madame Des lunior, in the old Deslanier mansion, four miles from tho town of Winn field. Tho house hnd but two stories, and the room assigned mo on tho second floor wag almost oppressively large and high for there is a certain op pressiveness about lack of space. As I sat in uiy easy-chair, that first evening, with three caudles burning nt my elbow in old-fashioned silver candlesticks, and looked up at the dim, faded frescoes, and around me at tho slmdowy, tapestried walls, I felt with' melancholy distinctness tny own insignificance and loneliness. Tho candles which were all Madame Peslunior hud in tho way of illumina torsdiffused n mere halo of light around my chair, whilo outside and above that dim circle swam and whirled tho mysterious twilight. It seemed to mo to flow in currents round and round tho room silent, slow, unccusiug. ".Shall I ever overcome this uncanny feeling?" I thought. "Shall I ever be ablo to write, or even to sleep, in this ghostly old place?" I lit a cigar and settled back, deter mined to throw off the depressed and fearsome sensations which possessod mo. As my eyes gradually became more accustomed to tho outer circle of twilight, I began to note niy surround ings moro iu detail, especially tho three or four old paintings that hung around tho walls. Ono of these in (particular attracted my attention. It was tho life-size portrait of a girl' faco a dark Spanish type of beauty, with lustrous eyes and hair, full crim son lips, and cheeks of olive and pomegranate, that seemed to fairly glow with actual life. This portrait hung directly in front of mo as I sat, but higher than the rest ; and, in tho dusk just below tho lofty ceiling, what wonder I imagined, now and thon, that the bountiful thing had life tmugiuod I saw the eyelids open and close, the eyos beuin with ohangoful meanings, and evanescent shadows of smiles flit across the beuu tiful lips. I lay back in my easy-chair for a long time, looking straight up into the lustrous eyes, which looked straight dowu iuto mine. Tho face was com pany to mo in my loneliness ;aud it was such a strangely delightful sensation, that of looking silently and at one's leisure iuto reul eyes, burning with jroal emotions and sciutilluting with real feeling. But I 1 flung the ' stub of my cigar into the smouldering grute and rose hastily. What would Louiso think if she could isee mo gazing iu that way oven into paiutod oven. It was wrong. How would I bo able to assure hor or my self that it meant nothing whatever ; that there was not tho slightest duuger of my evor becoming enamored of the Creole buauty whose portrait hung be fore me, and then in mad desire of my ideal, sottiug forth to seek the faoe which had driven my sweetheart from my memory. I gazed no more at the portrait that night, aud by morning the thought of it bad vanished from my mind. ' I was JitUo iu my room that day, but wbra evening eame, and I settled down to tny customary cigar, it was impossible to prevent my eyes wandering to the face which had so enchained them the pre vious evening. There it hung, more beautiful than ever, with a smile, I fancied, half of triumph, half of w in some reproach, in the lustrous eyes. 'Confound it I" I exclaimed. "The thing must bo alive!" Then the ab surdity of tho supposition struck mo with such force that I laughed aloud. Tho next morning I had not so easily forgotten tho lovely portrait, and glancing up, saw it for tho first timo by daylight a faded canvas enough, in a tarnished frame ; beauti ful ns the suggestion of beauty, but how tinlike the liviug, beaming face of my evening reverie! "I will watch the transformation of the portrait tonight," I thought. "I will seo how and when the wizard twilight changes that faded mass of color to vivid, beautiful flesh and blood." The sun hnd just dipped below the hills w hen I lit my cigar that afternoon, and leaned baek in my easy-chnir to watch tho transformation of tho por trait. Slowly tho daylight died from tho room. Madame Deslanier entered and placed candles on my tables. I returned her greeting without taking my eyes from the portrait. With the coming of the candles I fully expected the transformation to take place, but strangely enough, it did not. Although the conditions seemed now precisely the same as on the previous evening, when the portrnit surely lived, and spoke to me with its eyes, I could see nothing more than dull cauvas and painted features. As Madame Deslanier was passing out of the room I turned my head for a moment to ask if my rice and milk might be served that evening in my room. The good lady consented and closed the door, and I raised my eyes immediately to the picture again. But, presto! ' In that moment of averted attention it had changed from canvas and paint to flesh and blood, from death to life, from unresponsive ness to silent eloquence. The eyes that looked dowu into mine glowed with passion and tenderness, the lips smiled wistfully, the cheeks burned w ith faint and exquisite blushes. "My God!" I exclaimed, starting up and involuntarily lifting my hands to tho beautiful vision. For nn in stant the eyes of the woman and the eyos of tho man clove together in the burning bondago of unutterable pas sion. Then there oame a light rap at the door, tho knob rattled slightly, and I sank back in my chair just as Mndnmo Deslanier entered. "A letter for monsieur," she said, laying it on the table and retiring. I snatchod tho missive and tore it open. It was from Louiso. A small photograph fell out a mere card mini atnre but oh ! bo dainty, so sweet, so speakingly like my darling ! Remorse and love swept stormfully through mo. I caught the little photograph to my lips and rained kisses upon it. As I did so, something camo crashing down at ray foet. I started back. It was the frame of tho painting above me. Tho portrait itself had slid back, panel wise, leaving a gap of staring darkness in the dim old wall. Frank Leslie's Weekly. The Dead Letter Office. The infinite pains taken by this great government of ours with even tho most trifling interests of sixty mil lions of people is most forcibly illus trated in the workings of the Dead letter office. The scrawl of the illiter ate reooivea as close attention as the polished chirography of the univer sity graduate, a modest penny as much care in handling as a pretentious one-hundred-dollar bill. Sis million pieces of undelivered mail matter are annually reooived at the Dead-letter oflioe, and not ono, however insigni ficant, is overlooked or slighted. An amusing incident occurs to me just here, A postmaster in the fur west sent an official communication to the oflioe stuting that he had found loose in the mail a small bag valued at 820, which valuation was stamped on tho bag when found. He had not voutured to open it, but was carefully detaining it until instructed by the Post-office department bow to dispose of iU Forthwith ho was iustruoted to forward suid bag to the Dead-letter oflioe without delay. Iu the oourse of another week the precious bag arrived. A record was made of its receipt, and it wag given to a special olork to be duly examined and properly treated. Before this bad been done,a party of distinguished visitors were being shown through the oflioe by the ohiof clerk. While they were expressing wonder at what they saw, the offices remarked, "Wait a moment and I'll show you something curious that baa just arrived," and burried away. Returning in mom. ent,he held in bis hand the mysterious bag. It was a tiny affair of chamois skin tied with a narrow dark blue ribbon, and marked plaiuly in red figures, 20. "It has not been untied yet, but we think it probably contains gold dust," and be proceeded to give its history in detail, A lady clerk Bit ting near, and almost choking with laughter, said, as. plainly an sho could under the circumstances, "Why, Mr. I , that is an emery bag." A general lattgh followed, and the chief clerk hastened to divert the attention of tho pnrty to a new subject. Never theless tho emery-bag was as careful ly preserved and treated as though it had contained gold-dust in very truth. But it had lost its value ns a show piece. Harper's Young People. It Wits His Sature To. A so vago looking bulldog, which be longed to a schooner lying at a wharf in Sun Francisco, fell into the bay tho other day unnoticed by anyone on board. After vainly trying to scram ble up the vessel's side, says the Call, ho caught hold with histeethona rope attached to a small boat lying along side. Then he attempted to place his fore feet on the line to use it as a rest, but in this ho was again unsuccessful, for every timo he mado the attempt tho small boat would back, the rope would sag, and tho bruto would duck beneath the Biirface. Every time be came up again he w as bangiug by his teeth with a sort of deathlike grip to the line. This exorcise, without bene ficial results, seemed to exhaust him even more than his attempts to reach the deck of tho vessel. For a few moments ho rested, thon turning bis ugly face and bis wicked eyes toward those on tho wharf he set up a howl. A Newfoundland leaped into the water, true to his instinct, and swaiu toward the struggling bulldog. Tho latter, also showing his nature, regarded the rescuers's approach as a challeuge to fight. Releasing bis hold on the painter, ho turned and not only put himself on tho defensive but growled and snarled, and finally made au at tempt to bite the one that would bavo helped him to a place of safety. Tho New foundland, not a coward by nature, but not a fighter, realized that his good intentiou was not appreciated or un derstood by the bruto that had given such bowls of distress, turned and swam to tho boat steps, from which he mado his way to tho wharf, shook him self, and trotted away. In tho mean time the unappreciative terrior swam back to tho painter, got another grip with bis teeth on it and howled anew. Aboit this timo some ono belonging to the schooner seized the rope, hauled tho shivering bruto alongside, and seizing him by tho skin of the neck, hauled him on board. A Fortune From Tarpaulins. Samuel E. Brook, better known as "Sam Brook.tho Tarpaulin Man, "who died recently in Now Orleans, proved tho value of tho faculty of "keeping one's eyos open, " "Sam" lauded at New Orleans about forty years ago, a young sailor "before tho mast," The ship he was on discharged a portion of her cargo on the pier, and beforo the uncovorod goods could bo removed, a shower seriously damaged them. "Sain" saw his opportunity, and graspod it. Ho obtained his discharge from the ship, and with his wages bought a lot of second-hand canvas and oil Then he set to work, and in short time had a stock of "tarpaulins" on band, which be rented to ship masters, who used them to cover their inward or outward cargoes while on the wharves. Business was good, and "Sam" atuok to it for forty years, accumulat ing the snug fortune of 8100,000. This property will go to his relatives in England, of which country he was a native. No meution of charitable in. stitutions or bequests of a public na ture were found iu his will. There is hardly a shipmaster who has visited New Orleans within the last forty years who baa not hud dealings with "Sum Brook," and approved his bills for the use of bis sheltering tarpaulins. New York Tribune. Banquet of Paris Undertakers. The traditional annual buuquet ol the "sour herring," so called, come ofl on Wednesday All Saints' day. II was numerously attended by the fra ternity of the undertaker assistants, and derives its name from the foot that wheu the custom was first estab lished, and these assistants were only culled "porters" they assembled ouce a year for a social entertainment, the time coinciding with the arrival of th sour berriugs in the Paris markets. Wednesday's festival was succeeded by a ball, at which, as a matter of oourse, the fair partner were treated tc "bier" and offered floral tributes in the shape of bouquet aud wreath. American BegUter. I0R FARM AXD UARDEX. WO DAIBT BELT. There is no "dairy belt" In this country. Just as good butter and cheese can be made in ono stnte as another. Some of tho finest dairies in the country aro to bo found in Ten nessee, Mississippi and Texas, whilo the West is famous for taking first prizes at interstnto fnirs. What is needed" is plenty of good water for cows and washing dairy utensils. Jt is a real calmity to run short of water in tho dairy, and no one should start w ithout a never failing supply. Then again it must bo conveniently located. Waste no timo of man or benst in going after water, make the water eomc to you. Lend it through pipes in barp. anj dairy hou, lo as liJtlc pimiping as possible either by haul or power. It is a back-breaking and wenry business, and in hot days in summer, cows drink a fearful amount of water. Lead the water from a point on tho farm high cnoitgb to deliver it np to the knees of the cows as they stand in tho stable. Homo nnd Farm. THE BITE OP A HOO. It is a serious thing to be bitten by any domestic animal, and the danger is probably greater when bitten by a hog than by any other. This is not because thero is an active poisonous gland w ith hollow tooth through w hich tho poison is pressed. That is tho way a rattlesnake bites or rather stings. The danger from tho bito of a hog may be as great ns from a rattlesnake, but there is danger from blood poisoning caused by carrying on the tushes of the bog some poisonous saliva with which its mouth is tilled. We call this saliva poisonous because tho bog is an indiscriminate feeder, and sot careful about getting particles of dirt or even of excrement of other animals with its food. It is poisonous just ns aro tho scratches from finger nails, which always leave an inflamed sore, hard to be healed in proportion to the abrasion of the skiu. This is because with ca?h scratch of tho nail, some of the dirt that always gathers under it is brought into contact with tho blood. A cut with a clean knifo heals more quickly, especially if treated at once with some antiseptic nnd tho air euro fully excluded. Chicago Times. FATTENING THE CHICKENS. The old hens, if they hnvo been well cared for, need no special preparation for killing ; but the chickens, nnd es pecially the cockerels, may need a lit tle extra feeding. The following plan wo hnvo seen followed with excellent results: A lady whom wo know, and whoso chickens had a reputation for being fat, used to shut fifteen or twentv cockerels in a bouso made with a tight roof and tight back, tho ends and sides being upright laths, nnilod to a simplo framo and placed about two inches apart. Tho bouse might be eight by ten foet on the ground. It was moderately dark, and yet uot very dark, as tho light camo in from numerous slits between tho lnths on thrco sides. Tho furniture of this house consisted of a roost, a feeding trough and a drinking vessel. Tho cockerels bad all the water they wished to drink and all the sound yel low flint corn they cured to cut. Corn and water for breakfast, water aud corn for dinner and corn and wuter for supper mado their rations. And yet cockerels, lean whon they went into tho bouse, were fat when they came out at tho end of two or three weeks. A still better method of feed ing is to give tho chickens a warm diet of corn meal mixed with scalding water and allowed to cook through. Americuu Agriculturist. WEEDS. It is a common remark of tourists from England and Europe when trav elling through our farming country, that we raise too many weeds. This reproach is doubtless true, and is due partly to the high price of labor iu this couutry, which makes it impossi ble to profitably adopt hand methods of killing weeds which are used abroad ; but we must admit that it is partly due also to a careless neglect of means that aro within our reach, aud which should not be neglectod. Chief among these moans is the carelessness of most furmers about the seeds of weeds. It is customary to plough under any weeds thut remain on the laud after harvesting a crop, aud this is the very best way to preserve and plant the seeds of many varieties of weeds. On garden land, where we can af ford to spend some time, the weeds should be out np with a boe aud carted off and burned, or piled up for a two years' process of composting to de stroy tbe seed ; soma weed can b mowed and carted off so as to carry the seeds with them, but other vari eties, especially purslane and chick weed, grow too near the ground to be cleaned tip in this way ; the boe is tho only tool that will do it. On farm lands, where it will not pay to take so much pains, tho best wny to get rid of weeds before plough ing is to pnsturo tho lnnd with sheep, nnd then seed heavily with rye and clover, which will usually choke out tho weeds pretty well. To tho rich man who farms for tho fun of tho thing, weeds are a repronch nnd a nuisance ; to the poor man they arc robbers which are yearly stealing the substance of bis farm and robbing his family of their heritage. Both should iiso their best wits to be rid of them. Massachusetts Ploughman, rtwsrt and crnnr comh. The wear or waslo which conies off the skiu of a horse in tho shape of small flakes and constitutes seruf must bo removod with the curry comb and brush. Perspiration goes on inces santly, even when tho horse is idle, but it does not show because it is evapor ated ns fast as it comes to the surface. When tho horse is at work, especially if he is worked hard, even in winter the secretion of watery fluid is heavier than when idle, aud comes to the sur face in tho form of sweat. If the sweat is allowed to dry on tho skin, quantities of dust will accumulate and mix with it, filling up the pores and, in a measure, prevent the throwing off of waste matter. The closing of the pores gives riso to many serious consequences. One of the objects, if not the chief object of grooming, is to keep these pores open and is fully ns important to groom regularly in winter as in summer. A horse will keep in much better condi tion with less feed if well groomed. 'When the teams are at work I'ettor results will bo secured if tho grooming is done at night after they aro brought to the stable. Tho pores of the skin will be open at night, the animals will bo much moro comforta ble and will derive more benefit from their night's rest. Generally tho brush should be used most. The currycomb iu some cases has a tendency to irritate tho skiu, especially if tho work bo dono care lessly. Of course, much depends upon tho animal, as the skin of boiiio horses is very tender, so that rubbing with a sharp-toothed currycomb is a positive torture. With tho coneeption of cleaning oft mud or mutter that bus become at tached to tho hair a good brush is better than a curry-comb for keeping tho skin clean and it can nearly always be used with less discomfort to tho iruimuls. By keeping the skin clean and tho pores open tho hair will bo soft uud glossy and tho health and appeurunce of tho animal improved. Wheu not groomed tho pores of the skin get closed up and tho waste matter that would otherwise escape through these pores must accumuluto in the system and givo riso to blisters, boils and other disturbances. Not only the skin, but tho whole system becomes discasad. St. Louis Repub lican. FAIIM AND OAItUKN NOTES. Never neglect a small mutter liko salting tho cows. Live queen bees aro shipped from this country to Japan. A dirt floor is best for young pigs. There is less cause for dampness. It is nonsense to talk of profitably dairying with a poor class of cows. For health of poultry feed plenty of oats, for fat feed plenty of corn. Fowls liko mustard seed occasion ally ; cook chopped onions in winter. Tho full-grown gooso should aver ago a pound of feathers during tho seano u. Oyster shells, being rich in lime, may profitably be crushed and fed to laying hens. Don't keep a oolt tied up in a stall without suitable exorcise. It is likely to spoil it. It is said thut one bushel of whent will do as much for the poultry as a bushel aud a quarter of corn. If you must winter oxeu with noth ing to do, be getting thorn iu shape for beef after spring work is done. Anything liko roots, cubbage, peas, sweet corn, aud bran is suitable for feeding tho cows wheu tho pasture is short. The bull . should be made to do much moro towurd earning bis living thuu be does. How? is the problem. He i not always governable in a team. Making him work a tread mill to saw wood, churn milk, eto., baa been suggested. KEYSTONE STATE CULLING OAICOMPAST VICTORIOUS. TJniontowx. The case of James Hamll ton versus th Fayette City Natural Oaa Company was np for trial her before Judge Slsgle. The plaintiff claimed $20,000 dam sge from the company for causing th death of hit wife. lis alleges that In 180 he was living In Fayett City, using gas fuel which he got from the defendent com pany and that from January 12 to 11 of thnt year his wife was ill and the gas com pany cut the gas off from all domestic con timers to supply a full flow to the glass works. The day before the gas was turned off lis notified the company of his wife' condition and asked them not to turn the (in oil' again without notifying him to that he could have time to provide other fuel. Hut he claimed thnt the gss wns turned off without any notice to him and that as a consequence the house got cold and that hi wife too a chill and eventually grew wore until about ten days afterward, when sh died. They were many doctors to testify and a heavy array of counsel, but th de fense moved ror a non suit aud got It. MAST TITOS OFTTVSBrSO. Harbisbibi Adjt (Jen. Greeljn'J said be was still considering th ofTet he had re ceived from Mt. Uretna, Gettysburg. Lewis ton, Huntlngdontand Altoona for the loca tion of th division encampment of th national guard for next summer. Many of lh officers of th guard liar expressed a decided preference for the Gettysburg bat tlefield, and lfthe objections to It sre over come It is likely that tba adjutant general will accept the offer made by th partle Interested in this site. ri.AMFSSWIKP MAHANOYOITY. Maha&ot Uiiiy. Fir destroyed th Mer chant hotel, Harry Stem's meat market, Michael Cully' saloon, Harry Ilelser' clothing establishment. John Adams' grocery and John Drumm' barber shop, mailing an aggregate loss of $40,000, par tially insured. The origin of the HrI un known. only roa public scnoot. csg. Harriihcko The mail of th department of public initruction I burdened every day with Inquiries regarding th us of fres text books under th e act of May 19, 1893. Superintendent Schaefler says the books cannot be used Iu any but public school. ANOTHER ALTOONA MILL STARTS. Altoona. Ther was another big break In the Industrial depression her when th Altoona rolling mill, employing 200 mo, started up in full. At I.sncasler, Col, 8. C. PlaymaVer wa tricken with apoplexy on the street and died. He was one of the best known civil engineers In the state and was engaged on the surveviofa number of important rail mads, lie was on the staff of Uov. l'ol locit, Tux Lebanon Manufacturing Company has closed a contract for several hundred cars for the Delaware, Hutuuchanna and IS. tiiiykill railroad and the car shops. willed have been Idle, will start next week with, employment for 200 men until spring. Jrna Vrnd, of Norristown, handed down a decision that women are eligible to admission In the Montgomery county bar. Thecase decided was that of Miss Margaret Richardson, whose right to practice wo contested. Miss Lizzir Finnrv. of .Elizabeth, whll out coasting last Friday tnight, held her escort's oveicoat while he rodo down hill. A revolver in the coat pocket was accldeutly discharged and Miss Finney was soriously wounded. Jrnr.r Gunnison at Erie refused to grant Michael I, en are naturalization papers be cause of illiteracy. He did not know th name of the president of the Fulled Htales or lhat of th governor of I'enusylrania, Tux Calumet Coal and Cok Company, near Ureensburg, have started up the works Iter an Idleness of several months. There are '.'25 ovens in the plant and 300 men are employed, Thr Enterprise Pottery Company, of New Brighton, will be sold bv the sheriff, on an execution for s,s;w !W in favor of th First National Dank of New Castle, Till Ell wood sleel and sheet mill has been sold at sheriff's sale to J. J. Drown, of Cam bridge, O. The works will be remodeled und may start up iu March. Mrs. Jonathan Barret, of near Waynts burg, was found dead in the road not far from home, tine had ended her jit by iwulluwiug carbolic acid. The Snxman Coal Company, at Latrobe, have notified their men of a reduction of 8 cents per ion for digging and other propor tional reductions. K. J. MiLnRRN, a brick manufacturer of Black Lick, Indiana county, has made ma assignment. His asset are iW.UUj and liabilities 30,0OO. Bi'Rolars after robbing Pool & Son' clothing store at l.ousdaio, netr Norristown set lire to th building. The1 damage wa slight. Judor Ewtxo, of th Fayett county court, has put precedent aside by appoint ing a woman tipstaff, Mrs. fjarau Elsies. An opera company, taxed at Uniontown the o0 license fee for performing will con teat the otncials'rigbt to impose the lee. Society women of Altoona. are planning a kinuess. Altoona preacher are strongly opposing th entertainment. Fine at Kiltannlng. destroyed Buyer Bros.' dry goods store and K 8. Hutchin son's jewelry store. Loss 13.000. Litr Cooi.ry, rather of tue notorious Fayette eounty outlaws. Frank and Jack L'oolcy, died at I'uioutown. Th Roaring Turn coal and coke company of Wextmoreland conutv was chartered at Harrisburg, capitul 10,000. Isaac Yarrrl, a farmer, was struck by a truin near Hecla, Center county, and uitj Irom his injuries. Tux old Mansion home, a landmark near Washington was destroyed by lire. Th iuu is ;,oou. Thr Eclipse Bicycle Company at Bcavet Falls has koii on double luru. Girl, 'What Do Tou Think of It? A London paper, moved by the pain ful spectacle of the modernbroacb-of-promlee caso, proposes a novel expedi ent In order to overcome the difficul ties which such suits present. It says: There would bo one very simple meth od of lightening the tusk of the jury, which would also afford to young wom en and tholr guardians a meuns of as certaining whether the lover hud any lorlou Intention of developing iuto a husband or not. Let no promise of marriage be held valid unless it la oiudo in writing upon projierly stamped pupor. If the plaintiff could produce a formal promise of that kind, there would be no need to go Into all the his tory of a doubtful oourtshlp, or to oon ilder any other factor In the assess ment of damage than the respective Income of the contracting partle.
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