It Might II nrc Been.
' A withered loaf, a silken thead.
Homo grasses friill and anrn,
Am lying iliwolntn and uad
On Love's fnntnatii! blir.
Snt yet a eeasnlesa song tlioy sing
(X oruel, hopeless pain i
For, in tho swotnt thoughts they bring,
I hour thn sad refrain:
"It might have boon!"
A glove Hint dropped fr"m fln.nrs fnlr,
A ring with rubles aM,
A llttl tressof golden hair
With tonrs of sorrow wet,
11-r heart wm light j ao minx alone
llnlh lenrned to love and grieve;
Anil no through llfn's dull monotonn,
Tim gulden tress doth weave
"It might have boon!" .
tin boat lies Idly nt my foot,
Thn iky I blue above,
Tln sunlit waves make mtislo awoot,
And nil Is fnlr hut Lovei
And In thn eup Hint memory takes
I tntn again the lm s,
And one long Kllnnt chord wakej
And whispers to the breeze
" It might have been !"
Thn fondest love tho heiirt Inn missed
May come ng.ilu s unn day.
Though eye Hint wc;it nnd Hps we've kissed
Hiivm coldly turned awny ;
But In the love that llvns apart,
Through wastn of wenry years,
A voice will hnunt thn aohlng hnnrt,
Aud murmur In Its tears
"It might hnve been!"
HIS GLASS EYE.
Ho was tall, dark and, to my taste,
alto jollier charming.
L ml evening, for tho first time, wc
walked in the winding walk of the
jmrk. The at might avenuo, which
stretched itself within view of tho
hotiHC, hud lioen, until now, tho only
witnesses of our confidences.
1 loved dearly this avenue, with its
groat oak trees at regular intervals
apart the benches for talking quiet at
one'a easo, the green grass all around
and beyond. When one wandered off
bit, tho hugh window panes aeemod,
by the light of tho setting situ, great,
wide open eyes, all smiling at our hap
piucss.
Tlint cvoning, however, my hood was
turned, and something tugged at tny
heart-strings ho was to leave tho next
day to hunt up some paper necessary
for our marriage.
Eight days without seeing him?
How could I live And he, taking
advnntnuge of my trouble, made ine
turn into the damp, narrow walk
which, by the way, in spito of bad
reputation, scemod to mo as dry as
possible. .
"My Angcle, you are not going to
forget mo during those eight days?'
"IUoul, you lovo me, do yon not?
wm, men, i wish to tea you all my
faults. I shall bo moro tranquil if
you know them beforehand. You
would see them sooner or Inter ; so
listen. I am very willful. I will not
yield to you. You may as well mnko
np your mind to it. Then I am as in
flammable, as gunpowder. I stamp
my foot, I scream, I even cry at times.
Happily, all this passes quickly, lie
aides that, I am a coquette, liko all
women. You will uot be jealous.
hope. . And then what else? I can't
quit tell a littlo gourmand at times,
not wicked, ' not deceitful I flad
nothing else. So much, thon, for the
moral side. As to the physical, what
can I have wrong there? You must
know that also. Ah ! one of my fin'
gornnils is not quite the same as the
others. Look ; but it Booms to mo
that isu't too ugly.
Aud releasing my hand I showed
him a little pink nail, a littlo squarer
than the others, a very innocent ec
centrioity of nature. Raoul laughed
and wanted to kiss it, but I drew
way my hand.
"I have also lost a wisdom tooth
Wliii'u is gone lorevcr, alas I so 1 can
never altogether be wise. Thoy took
it out because it enmo too soon. Now
air, it is your turu. Confess your
suit."
liioui, visibly embarrassed, re
luniued silent
"Go on, tinve courage. You may bo
quite easy I shall not soold. I do
not know your faults, but it is quite
certain you have some. In the first
place, you are near-sigutou, lor you
wear a monocle instead of an eye
glass, with which it seems to me, you
would soo much hotter. Mamma says
that that glass causes you to make suoh
fearful faces but I dout think so J you
please me as you are. However, take
out the eyo-glass so that I can see how
you look wheu your fuoe isn't
crooked,"
I had seized with a little, gentle ges
ture tho string of the mouocle, wheu
IUoul stopped my huud.
"No, my littlo Angelo, leave it
there. Without it I should no longor
sue you. I am near-sigh tod, very
near-sighted, it is true ; and I want to
see you, Angole, for you are the joy of
my life."
. The nest day he was gone. What a
(rightful mouieut this ' departure,
whon, staudiug on the front steps, I
had turned away my head, so as not to
see James anther up tho reins, the
horses pull together, the victoria
sway ; in a word, so as not to soo thoy
wore taking him away from tno.
Papa had gone with him to the sta
tion, while mamma and I breakfasted
alone together. It was dismal in the
extreme.
Mamma ate as usual, which I
couldn't understand. As for myself,
I ate only a very little, just enough to
sustuiu mo, and even that with diffi
culty. Every mouthful stuck in my
throat. A
In tho midst of the breakfast Jus
tine opeuod tho door.
"Mtidntno, Monsieur tie Yalcnto tins
loft his gins cyo in his room. Khali I
send it to him"
Had the heavens been opened to let
fnll on the table tho sun and the moon
I could n't have felt a greater Bhock.
The end of tho world will, perhaps, be
nothing to equal it I repeated
with horror:
'His glass eye, Justine?"
'Yes, mademoiscllo ; it is on his
washntnnd,"
Mamma grew pnlc, but remained
calm.
"Very well, Justine, you may leavo
the room. Wo will soe if it is neces
sary to send it to him."
I had ouly two ways to express my
intense emotion cither to faint or
burst into convulsivo sobs. I chose
tho latter.
"Mamma mamma, ho has a glass
eye! Good heavens, is it possible?
How horrible 1 I shall nover console
myself 1 I shall die of grief."
Calm yourself, my child, calm
yourself. It is ridiculous to put your
self in such a stnte. This gentleman
has deceived us, that is all. I always
thought ho had rathor a queer expres
sion.
Mamma had risen, and I was sob
bing on hor breast
"Why di.l he not toll mo? I, who
had avowed all my own dofocts tho
wisdom tooth, aud tho anger all
everything I Dear me I How unhappy
I ami Aud only last evening he had
said You aro the joy of my eyes.' Ho
should have said, 'You are the joy of
my eye.' Ah, it is dreadful dread
full"
"uome, calm yourself J don t cry
like this. I tell you it is ridiculous
Think no moro about it i try to restrain
yourself. How unfortunate it is that
things hnvo gone so far. Only eight
days before tho wedding, aud overy'
body ready! Well, It is lucky we
found it out in timo."
I hnrdly ' listened. One question
burned in my throat.
"I am sure ho must hnvo lost that
eye in some honorable, magnificent
way ; it is wound of which he should
be proud ; iu saving some one, perhaps
from n tire; in sacrificing himself, it
is certain he is so good, ho has suoh
noble sentiments. I quite understand
he would disliko confessing it."
"What do you siy? Aro you crazy?
Do you think I am going to allow you
to marry this man with such an in
firmity? You, beautiful as you are,
aud only seventeen, and with your
fortune, too? No 1 a thousand times
no, my child. Do not weave for your
self a romance of dovotion and sacri
fice, it is perfectly useless. I will
never consent to your marriage with
a man with one eye. Should ho lose
the other he would be quite blind, aud
how agreeable that would be 1"
"But, mamma, I will be his faithful
dog ; I will lead him. I will take
care of him, and I will love him in
spito of his infirmity, in spite of every
thing which interferes to soparato us."
I was iu an extraordinary atnto of
exaltation. My sobs began ngaiu
harder than over, and did not promise
soon to stop, wheu Justine ro-outorod
the room, her Inmost face showing
every expression of astonishment and
stupefaction.
"It isn't possible that madamoisello
can put herself iu such a state because
Monsieur do Valcuto has forgotton his
eye ; at all events, he can buy another
if he needs it beforo this evening, and
he won't throw himself iu the river
because ho hasn't that thing in his
face."
And Justino showed me, hanging
delioately at tho end of her fingers,
Baoul's monocle that I know so well,
with its round glass, euoircled with
tortoise shell, which seemed to ma for
the momeut like a luminous halo.
My emotion forbade ma spoaking.
Mamma, however, wont quickly toward
Justino.
"Is that what you call a glass eyo,
Justine?"
"Certainly niadamo J it looms to mo
that's tho name for it. In any caso, it
doesu t suit Monsieur Itaoul, and
mademoiselle would do well to give him
spectacles when they are married. It
is strange that inon of tho presout
uay tuiug u pretty to look witu one
eye like that i it must be difficult to
keep it in plnce. I should nover know
how." Aud Justino with a comical
grimace, stretching her mouth and
turning up her uosn, tried to Intro
duce tho monoclo undernoath her
right eyebrow.
I couldcontnin myself no longor.
My tears and sobs turned to Miotic
laughter I was so content so happy.
IUoul had been an excellent litis-
husbntid quito ns unendurable as that
order of individual always is. He lias
worn spectacles now for a long time-
Tho monoclu is burled in a bitroau
drawer. I keep it as a retio of tears
nnd laughter, and shall will it to tny
grandchildren if God gives mo any.
My daughters are engaged, and I have
already told them Hint tho walks in
tho pnrk are cold and damp in tho
evening I Each ono has his turn in tho
world life passes, nnd very soon
there will be nothing left of out
household but my flunco's Glass eye.
From tho Freiich.
Their l.ait Hong.
A letter to Lord Giflord from his
son, sent through Renter' ngoney,
gives a touching incident of tho re
cent bnttlo in Ho u tli Africa in which
tho English forco tindor Major Wilson
foil in their attempt to capture tho
Mntnbclc king, Lobcngulo, Mr. Gif
ford obtained the facts from an In'
diina, who was an eye-witness of the
fight.
Major Wilsou and his party, num
tiering thirty-five men, were surround
cd by nearly three thousand of the
Mntabolo. The Indunas ordered their
men to shoot the horses first, but tho
Englishmen piled them up as ramparts
and fired over them.
Tho battle lastod three hours. The
Englishmen refused to yield in spite
of tho fearful odds, and so sure and
steady was their aim that the Mntabolo
warriors lay doad around thorn in
heaps.
The Induna states that ns the after
noon woro on nnd the situ went down,
largo reiuforcemouts arrived for King
Lobengiila's army. One by ono the
Englishmen had fallen, and their shotf
became slow aud fewer. Their am'
munition was giving out.
At last tbcro were but a half-dozen
of them lelt alive, among whom wo
Major Wilson himself, a large man
who was streaming with blood and
who fought desperately, rrcsontlj
tho shots ceased altogether. Tho last
cartridge had been fired.
"Then," tho Induna said, "they all
stood up togethor, shoulder to shout
dor, aud taking off their huts the;
snug a song iu English, like tbono the
missounrics sing to the natives. Thej
sang until the Mntabeles rushed in
aud assegaied them."
What was the hymn they sang will
never bo known. But whatever we
may think of tho cause of the Mnta-
bnlan war, its justice, or its wisdom,
the picture of the half-dozou Euglisfa
soldiers, helpless iu tho midst ol
swarms of savages, nnd facing an ill'
staut torriblo death, standing with
bared heads, shoulder to shoulder,
singing a hymn to God, which thej
had learned at their mothers' knees.
must quickeu our faith in the powei
of Christian sentiment to sustain men
in the most trying hours of life-
Youth's Companion.
He (iot the Position,
Alertness of thought and the ability
to adapt knowledge to any cast
which may arise, stood an applicant
for a lucrative position in good stead
a short time ago. When tho appliea
tion was made tho applicant was told
that tho position had just been filled
and that tho prospective employer wot
very sorry, but that there was really
no moro room. Tho applicant immO'
diatoly turned to a water-cooler, which
was at huud, and tillod the gluss to the
brim.
Is there any moro room iu that
glass?" he naked.
"No, sir. Another drop would make
it ruu over."
Ho turned again to the cooler and
put in just one drop and said : "There
was room for one more."
The employer saw the point and
placed the mau on the pay roll at ouoe.
Philadelphia Call.
Prepared for the Jump.
Two Young fellows ones entered
Western train aud took seats. They
wero unaocustomed to railway travel,
aud were constantly on tho watch for
somo accident. Every few minutes
thoy would raise the window aud look
out. Presently as tno train came
arouud a curve, ono of them saw
fence which he soouiou to suppose
crossed the track. Jerking his head
head in, be said iu a frightened tone
loud ouough to be beard by every one
in the ear ;
"Hold on tiHit, Bill, ahe's goiu to
jump a fouoa 1 V Milwa.ikoe Wiaoau
sin.
TOR FAItM AND UAKUEX.
TnAININCt A OOt.T TO TltOT.
Tho way to train a colt to trot is to
trot lilni. Ho should be driven far
enough to steady him and tint fnr
enough to discourage him. If Nature
gnvo you tho requisites for a trainer
you will losrn to guess each day what
the colt needs, fur no two are alike
or is tho samo colt alike ovary day.
ow York World.
a BFAnr maiirrt ron Tns nr.sr.
A ready market always exists for the
est. Whon tho farmer produces a
bettor artiule than tho market con
tains, he will not only seoure a good
rico therefor, but tho market will
seek him the next season. The amount
f fruit and vegetables, butter, cheese
ud poor animals shipped to the largo
cities is enormous, and prices fall bo
cnusi such articles cannot be sold,
Aim to got good prices br selling
othing but what is iu demand and of
tlia highest quality. Home and Farm
PROFtTAnLB t'KRRAti CROPS.
As a result of a five years continu
ous culture of wheat and onts, eight
trials of wheat and twenty-one of Com,
on soils varying widely in character,
tho Ohio Station has reached tho con'
elusion that at present prices of corcal
crops and of fertilizing materials re-
pectivoly, tho profitable production of
corn, wheat and oats upon chemical
or commercial fertilizers or upon barn
yard manure, if its costs be propor
tionate to that of thochcmicnl Constit
uents of fertility found in commercial
fertilizers, is a hopeless undertaking
unless thoso crops lio grown in A sys'
temntic rotation with clover or A aim'
ilar nitrogen-storing crop ; and the
poorer the soil in natural fertility tho
smaller tho probability of profitable
crop production by means of artificial
fertilizers.
IIARVRHTINO OlXKWriEAT.
Buckwheat is harvestod in a special
manuor on aecouut of the slow drying
of the grain aud tho caso with which it
will heat in a mass, as when it is stored
in a bin. Tho cut crop is loft in a Hold
until it is dry enough to thrash, which
it docs quite easily on account of tho
thin and slender pedicels, or stems, of
the grain, which snap with excooditig
ease when they aro dry. So thnt it is
not usual to wnit until tho straw Is
quito dy to thrash the crop in the flold
or at the barn directly from the field,
as it is hauled. Thon the still dump
grnin is to bo trcatod with caution to
prevent heating, which will occur very
easily. So tho grain is storod on tho
barn floor iu a shallow heap, or in hol
low bins, and frequently tiirnod until
tho cold weather removes tho danger
of heating of tho grain. American
Farmer.
A HOUSE THAT DROPS HJS FOOD.
When a horso slobbers whon eating,
and drops tho food whon it is partly
chowed, tho cause is in tho teeth. Tho
tooth of any animal are subjoct to all
the woar and tear that our own teeth
are, ana more especially when tho
animals pasture on sandy land, as tho
saud on the herbage grinds the teeth
very fast Besides, the condition of
health has much to do with the teotb,
and they will become sore or decayed
whon the health is not good. The
remedy is to examine the teeth, and
if any havo broken and left sharp
edges or are decayed, tha mouth is
inflamed and sore, they should be at
teuded to. In the formor caso, tho
teetu must be mailo smooth with a
rasp mado for tho purposo, and that
may be proeurod at tho tool stores or
the harness-maker's. In the other
case, tuo tuutn must be extractor or
otherwiso treated by a veterinarian,
or iu many cases somo oooling laxative
medicine will remove tho trouble, the
most appropriate being Epsom salts
In one-pound doso, one given three
days aftor tho othor. Soft food,
cut hay and meal, wetted, with mash
es, will be required until the teoth are
in good condition. American Farm'
er.
BUOOESTIONS ON MILKING.
in tue course ol demonstration on
butter making Thomas Smith, dairy
instructor for'the Buteoounty oouncil,
Canada, delivered an address. In re
lation to the operation of milking and
the udder of the eow we make synop
sis as follows:
To milk a cow "clean" has always
been the ambition of the milker, and
when the oud was attained he was
perfectly satisfied. liut to milk a
cow in a eloauly way, although of
equal importance, did not, in a largo
per oontage of cases, oome within the
scope of his consideration. I have for
example, soon good dairy eowi quite
spoiled through bad, oaroless milkiug,
and have been quite astonished to
loarn how few miklers, comparatively,
there are who understand anything
about the cow's udder or milk ves
sel. A word or two on this poiut
may not be out of plnce.
The udder of tho cow is divided In
to two chambers by an imporvlous
mcmtirano. This dividing substance
runs in tho amodirection as the back
bone, and the milk from ono chamber
cannot pass Into tho other. For this
reason it is advisable thnt tho milker
should operate, any, on the front and
hind teats on the eido next to him,
and having emptied one chamber of
tho cow's vessel, shonld then proceed
with tho other. This is not, however,
tho general practice. It Is customary,
I believe, to operate on the teat of
different chambers simultaneously, on
tho ground thnt tho method of pro
cedure preserves the natural stalo of
udder, whereas such a contention is
quito contrary to foot. I am fully per
suaded that tho method of milkiug
according this notion is mainly re
sponsible for much of the malforma
tion in tho udder of so many cows.
This, of course, is a great evil, as it
detracts from the appoaranoo of tho
animals and lowers their money value
when offered for salo.
FARM AND OARDEN NOTM.
Use tobacco dust and boncmcal lib
erally about tho squash vines.
Wax or bush sorts of beans must be
plnntod repeatedly to have a succes
sion. Not moro than four good melon
plants should bo left to eaoh hill.
Keep tho ground well cultivated about
tbetn.
A little grain in addition to tho lit
tlo pasturage somo stock got these
days will help a great deal in keeping
up tho flesh
An Iowa stock grower says that the
"keynote of profitable stock growing
and farming can be summed up inoue
word clover."
Ohio furmcrs havo boon investing
heavily in a special variety of onions,
and find thomselves raising a superior
crop of jimson weeds.
An Animal that cannot yield a profit
has no placo on tho farm ; the more a
farmer keeps of such tho sooner he
will mortgage tho farm.
Do not let the steers begin to "fail
a little" during hot days. Keep push
lug tueru riglit along till the corn
comes for their finishing off.
The man that can improve his stock
without introducing new blood, proves
himself worthy of using tho best thor
oughbrcds that money can buy.
If you have not made provision for
a crop to cut green, it is not too late
yet to preparo for a drouth. Corn,
oats, clovor, spring rye and such crops
are good.
Tobacco dust, froely applied, will
drivo away tho floe beetlo, slug, groen
worm or tuo maggot ami cut worms
from cabbago plants you have set for
wiuter use.
For potato bugs, spray with a mix
ture of from four to six ounces of
Paris groen to fifty gallons of water
to which has been added a pint of
glucoso or syrup.
Celery plants will need booing and
perhaps an occasiounl thorough wat
ering. Prepare the ground for the
full and winter crops. Set plant five
inches apart iu the rows.
The first time a mau ever plants a
flower garden you can't persuade him
for a while that tho florist hasn't
swindled him by selling him the germ
materials for a lot of waeds.
The discaso known ut club root in
cabbage is always tho result of grow
ing them on tho same ground in sue
cossiou. Xt is also tho most prevalant
on laud which is delleieut in time.
The earliest strawberry runners
taken up carofnlly and set in a now
bed will give a fair crop of fruit the
next season, especially if attended to
and encouraged to grow after they
have been set out.
The hog that runs in a clovor field
or blue grass pasture waits on himself
and makes at least a healthy growth if
not a very fast one. A little grain
given in connection with good pastur
age will help to increase the growth
materially.
Turuips may be sown any time be'
fore the teuth of August. Thoy should
be sown on very well-prepared ground,
and if sown just after a rain they will
coma up and make a rapid growth.
Soot will sometimes drive the flea
boetle from them.
Those who prefor branched rasp
berrios should top tuo young canes
whon about threo feet high. If per
mittod to get almost full grown be
fore being done, the branoh only from
the top, beooming top-heavy when in
fruit, thn defeatiug one of the ob
jocU of the proooas, which is to make
thorn of a eolt-eupporting nature.
The Bright Hide.
l.ookln' on the bright side
That'a the wny to go
All tho time the right side,
Summertime or snow I
Clouds Is got a light side
All the bolls will chime I
Lookln' on the bright aide
Oils there every time I
Whon the weather's hnzy
Mght the lamps an' still -Think
you se a dnlsy
Hear a whlppoorwllll
Whon you're out o' money,
Hmile an' take your nam!
Think about the honny
That'a a-eomln' with the boost
Atlanta Constitution.
IIUMOKOU.
A slritis necessity the dog pond.
High struug the suspension bridge.
By the sunshine of prosperity many
poople are eutistruck.
If a girl is homely, it is safe to As
sert that sho is a great deal of help to
her mother.
One of the hardost lessons to learn
is that we are mado out of the same
kind of clay as other folks.
"Baiikley is taking a great interest
in music these days." "Is he study
ing the piano?" "No tho baby."
He If I should propose to you.
what would be the outcome? She It
would depend entirely on the income.
Jack What are you going to take up
as your careor law medicine, or what?
Wild Marigold Matrimony, I think.
Sweot Sixteen Do toll me, Elsn,
whon tny accepted lover asks for the
first kiss, how many shall I give
him? '
Ho Will you think of mo when I'm
gone? She (yewningly) Yes, Mr.
Staylate, if you will give me an oppor
tunity.
"There's a ring around the moon,"
He wlspered In lover's glee i
Bhe sighed, and murmured dreamily,
"How happy the moon must be."
First Drummer Say, business is
lookiug riglit up again, isn't it? Boo
oud Drummer Well, it ought to ; it 'a
flnt on its bnck.
I sow a very curious thing today."
"Whnt was it?" "A woman driving a
nail with a hammer instead of with the
best hairbrush."
Mr. Small wort (sleepily) What i
tho matter denr? Was I snoring? Mrs.
Smallwort No, you wore not That'a
w hat made me wake.
Uncle So yon have several debts of
honor, eh? Come, tell me honestly
how much you owo. Nephew Just
as much as you are able to pay,
nnclo.
Tho following appears in A small
provincial paper: "Tho bridegroom'
present to the brido was a handsome
brooch, besides many other beautiful
things iu cut gluss."
At a country summer resort. Wil
bur Do they always keep thnt big
bell on tho cow? Papa Yes, Wilbur.
Wilbur I suppose it is to keep her
from falling asleep in this quiet place.
Who steals my purse stent trash"
Bo on my feelings never trample.
But he who steals my wife's parae steal
A wonderous lot of samples !
"There are no flies on me," said the
fresh young man, with idiotio gayety.
"No," said the sedate girl, with an air
of great thonghtfulness, "I suppose
they are some things even flies can't
stand.
He was a countryman, and he walked
along a busy thoroughfare and read A
sign over the door of a manufacturing
establishment: "Cast-iron Sinks." It
mado him mad. Ho said that any foo
ought to know that.
Mrs. Liteheart 5Iy husband gave
me some money this morning. Mrs
Spendit And aro you going shopping
today? Mrs. L. No indeed no shop
ping for me today. I am going down
town to buy something.
'Yes, I should like to have seen my
daughter married this fall, but I'm
afraid it can't be," said the ladv on the
summer-resort piazza. "Why not?"
aid the lady noxt her. "Why, yoo,
see, tho foolish girl' gone and got her
self engaged."
Mamma Well Tommy, did you
give tho poor dog his medicine while
I was away? Tommy Yes ma. I
read a receipt, and it aaid the com
pound could be mixed on an old
broken dish. I eouldu't find suoh
dish, so I had to break one.
William M. Evarts, being at the top
of Mount Washington, began a speech,
which the crowd of visitors bad begged
from him, with this felicitous pun:
"Wo Are not strangers ; wo are friends
and neighbors. We have all been bora
and brought up hero t"
The descendants of Queen Victoria
are either now iu possession of, or
will in the natural eonrse of event
oome to occupy eeven thrones iu Eu
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