Hint's Tlio Wny.
Take the old word in she comes
Think thnt times are brightening
Snn'-- to nil thn thunder's drums,
Ami ren I tho n-ws 'iv lightlig!
Pur time's soon gone,
Anil tho world moves on ;
Mi kiMp n Min watch on tho star,
Anil mwl thu mm nt ilnwn!
Take thn nlil worlil as shn eomns,
Hay she's still entrancing:
Hum Ihn unit the fiddle hums,
AnM dnn.-o while ho Is dsndngl
For time flits fast,
And it life's soon past,
fo let the hnart heat gladly,
And keep singing to thn last!
Pin mi L. hTASTo In Atlanta Constitution.
LARRY'S OLD FOSSIL.
Thorn wan no much talk about Pro
fessor Chesney tip fore lie arrived, thnt
Larry declared horsulf siok of tho
tnhjoot.
Lurry was tho only ono of tlio fam
ily w ho had not mot him, ami with
hnr nminl perversity, mailo up her
min.l not to like him. lie nun learned
in mathematics, which only scored
against him in her eye.
" 'Tho calculating power alone
whonld seem to lie tho leant human of
qualities,' " sho quoted, her small
none in tho air. "There in something
snrong about a man whom everybody
liken. My prophetic soul tells mo I
shall not take to him, at loast"
The Wednesday tho profossor wan
expected Larry went for a long walk;
alio met Ned Erskine and Harry Win
throp, two young artists with whom
aho wan good friends, and enjoyed
herself very much, getting in bnroly
in time to drona for diunor.
They were all assembled round the
tablo when she slipped into her place,
ami there waa a roproof in her mother'
voice, bb she said, "my third daugh
ter, Larinda, Profossor Chesney."
If there waa anything thit her
third daughter hatod, it waa being ad
dreM3d by her baptismal name. With
a pout of her red under lip Hho bowed
hastily, and it waa not until she had
-disposed of her aotip that alio looked
at her opposite neighbor.
A tall, thin man, with brown hair,
and a short brown beard and moiiH
iacho thickly atrcaked with gray, a
large, dome-like forehead, and near
sighted gray eyes that looked kindly
at nor through his apootaoles.
He wag a little aurpriHed at the hos
tile expression in the brilliant brown
eyes, which surprise doopeuod into
astonishment when, in answer to a
low-voiced remark from Jim, the
young lady replied, also in a low tone,
but so distinctly that he' heard every
word, "I think he is an old fossil 1"
Notwithstanding this, several times
during the meal his eyes strayed to
the white-robed figure, the bent, shin
ing brown head, and once, in the
midst of a remark from Augusta, ho
turned quickly to listen to a penl of
merry laughter from Larry.
Several of her friends came in dur
ing the evening, and she devotod her
self to their entertainment, complete
ly ignoring the .professor. When she
kept up this behavior for nearly a
week, it attracted the attention of her
family as well as that of the visitor ;
and when gentle hints were- soorned,
Larry was aoverely reprimanded.
"You are positively nuladylikel"
aaid Mrs. Austin ; "and I insist on, at
least, civility. Ho must think you an
iill-mniuered child."
"I daroBay I do seem a child to his
advanced years," saucily answered
.Lurry.
'You are exceedingly impertinent t"
'auswerod Mrs. Austiu, who was now
very angry. "I insist on your being
polite to Professor Chesuoy, and do
ling your share toward entertaining
ihiut, or I shall certainly complain of
you to your futhor. Leave thu room,
miss I"
A littlo ashamed and wholly angry,
Larry whisked out of thu room, al
most iuto the professor's urnis, with
uch force as to rather stagger him.
With a hasty 'Excuse me,' she spud
along the corridor and up the stuirs,
while the "estimable geutlemuu"
jrtood and looked after her.
An old fossil !" he murmured, with
alight smile, atrokiug his beard.
Shortly after this, to the surprise of
all, Larry suddenly changed her tac
tics, aud at diuuer cue day addressed
the professor. He nuswered eour
fenmlsy, and very readily joiued iu i u
argument between herself and Jim.
Her remarks were bright aud amus
ing, if aomewhut crude, and the
ibrown eyes and chuugeful face were
'vary attractive, Iu the evening she
:layed uud sang for him, and waa as
.bright aud bewitching mm thu heart of
'man could desire, much to the sur
prise of soino, and the auuoyauoe of
others, of iier family. - " '
"Hue lacuna mischief V' ' thought
Jim, tiueasUy, '-'Are you begiuuiug
-4a succumb to the professor' charms?"
ho whispered. "You know I gave
you ft week."
"I am thinking of getting up a col
lection of fossils," ahe answered, with
a mocking laugh, "and this is too fine
specimen to lose. Don't you dare in
terfere I
"Poor wretch I" rejoined Jim. "He
has my sympathy 1"
t'nntilo to account for tho change in
Larry's manner, tho professor never
theless found her very agrecablo;
and, though never noglecting any one
else, it soon heenme evident that alio
was tho attraction. The other two
relurtantly gave way to her, and ahe
it was who wont with him to picture
galleries and lectures and concerts;
who was tho life of theatro and opora
pnrties snucy, wilful, charming.
With all his gravity and erudition,
it was plain that ho admirod this ill
regulated young woman. He had
never before been thrown closely into
compntiioiiship with such a nature.
Ho admired hor beauty, her dainty
costumes; even her girlish extrava
gance of speech and saucy disregard
of his opinion pleased him better than
Augusta's unvarying politeness, or
Gertrude' cleverness. His eyes fol
lowed hor every movement, a wistful
light in them aomotimes that touched
Jim.
Larry was curled up in a deep window-sill,
overlooking the park, bask
ing iu tho sun, for she was a veritable
Persinu in her love of sunlight, when
Professor Chesney came into the
room. He loaned agninit tho side of
the window, looking at the picture
ahe made in her quaint puffed and fur
belowod gown, tho sunlight falling on
her browu head.
Larry looked up, noddod with a
smile that ahowed her small white
teoth, aud settled back in her original
position, waiting for him to speak ;
and so he did, after a whilo, but not
as she expected.
"I am going away tomorrow, Miss
Larry," ho said. "My pleasant visit
has como to an end all too soon."
"Tomorrow 1" echoed the girl, sit
ting up straight. "1 am very sorry
you are going."
And, much to her own surprise, she
roalizod that the romnrk was perfect
ly sincere.
"I am glad to hear you say that,"
said the profossor, trying to keep his
voico steady. "It makes it a little
easier to aay something that is in tny
heart." .
Then he told hia story in warm,
eager words, very unlike hia usual
calm ones words that stirred Larry
strangely. There was a queer expres
sion on her pale face as she stood be
fore him.
"Professor Chesnoy," she said,
with quivering lips, "I am not worth
the love you have offered me. You'll
realize that whon I tell you that I have
only been pleasant and civil to yon all
these weeks, not from any liking for
you, but to to plague tho othors."
Thoroughly ashamed, she bunt her
head, unable to moot his eyes.
"You mean that you have deliber
ately played a part all these weeks?
You, whom I thought so frank and
true? How could you do it? Then
you've not the slightest love for me iu
your heart that, I suppose, is out of
tho question?"
- There wag a hurt shocked tone in
his voice that touched Larry koenly.
"I don't love you," she answered,
"but I shall be very grateful if after
what 1 have told you, you will let me
be your friend."
Hue put out her hands and moved a
steji nosrer to him ; but, to her morti
fication, her cxtauded hunds remuiiied
untouched.
"I did not ask for your friendship,"
he said, unsteadily; "and just at pre
sent I want only what I ask for. By-aud-by
I may be able to appreciate
your offer; I shall try, but you've
tuught me a hard lesson, Larry, one
I'm not likely to forget. Perhaps I
ought to have known bettor ; but"
with a break iu his voice "I'm not
used to women. I'm only au old fos
sil, after all."
And, without another word, he left
her.
Up iu hor room Larry was still
more surprised to find a bit of crying
necessary. She could not account for
the uuhappy feeling that took posses
sion of bur as she reviewed the past
weeks, and realized that the kindly,
pleasaut companionship she had ac
cepted so heedlessly was at an end.
"1 suppose he'll hate me now and
forever," she thought, between her
sobs. "But how could I say I loved
him wheu I didu't?"
Thou she sobbed all the harder.
The professor left the next after-
uoon, while Larry was out
' A box of white roses lay on tho ta
ble addressed to her, a card attached,
ou which waa writteu "From your
friend, Roger Chesney." That w
all ; but she guessed dimly what an
effort it ooat to write it ...
With trembling fingers she mado
throe parts of tho flowers, and gave
them to her mother and sisters.
"I don't want them," she said,
proudly, iu answer to hnr mother's
remonstrance. ''I was only civil to
him to please you nil."
Jim noticed that the brilliant eyes
wero full of tears, and that she took
the card away with hor.
"It must be a relief to you to have
him gone," he said, as they stood for
a moment in tho hall. "Association
with such a serious man must have
boon a trial to you."
He was unprepared for the way she
flamed out at him.
"Such a trial as makes me more
willing to accept the statement that
man ii made after God own image,
and possesses some Godlike attributes.
Now go. "
And he did, a lurking smile under
his moustache, and a most emphatic
"By Jovel" upon his lips.
One bright morning, early in Juno,
Jim opened tho door of Mrs. Austin's
sitting-room. Larry was there alone.
She had an industrious fit on her, and
with the sleeves of her blue morning-
dress turned back, displaying two
prettily-rounded arms, feather duster
in hand, she was whisking the dust off
some rare pieces of old china.
"Larry, here is an old friend of
yours, Jim announcotl. "1 rent him
well, for he sails for Egypt tomorrow,
never to return. I'll be back in a
minute."
He vanished, and there, inside the
closed door, stood Professor Chesney,
thinner, grayer, but w ith the old kind
ly smile on his lips that she remem
bered so well. Startled out of hor
self-possession, Larry stood with her
duster suspended over gran'ma's hun
dred-year-old teapot.
"I sail for Egypt tomorrow," said
the professor, taking a few stops into
the room, "and I may never return.
Won't you wish mo Godspeed,
Lnrry?"
Crash went grand ma's priceless tea
pot iu a dozen pieces on the polished
floor, and the next thing Larry knew
sbo was crying.
The professor approached her.
"Are you crying becniiKe I am go
ing away, or because you have broken
the teapot?" asked the visitor.
"Both !' cried Larry, with a con
vulsive sob, which was smothered in
the folds of the professor's coat, as
the arms of that "estimable gentle
man" closed around her.
"How about your prophetic soul,
Larry?" Jim asked, later on. "I
thought you called him a fossil?"
"So I did," answered the young
lady, quite unabashed. "But I also
said I was getting up a collection of
fossils, and recognized tho fact that
he was too fine a spocimeu to lose.
Don't you remember?" Bow Bells.
A Mystrrr Kxplulnod.
Briggs I called ou that girl last
night that you introduced me to.
Griggs Did you?
BrigRs Yes. Aud she's a nice girl,
old fellow, but sho treated mo very
strangely.
Griggs How so?
Briggs Will you beliove it. she
showed mo into the dining-room, said
she really hoped I would excuse her.
No other room iu order, etc
Griggs Well, that waa rather
strange.
Brigga But that's not the worst of
it. In a few minutes iu comes her
younger sister. We talked a little,
nd then sho got up aud went out,
leaving her younger sister to -entertain
me. You can but I didn't stay
there long.
Griggs Well, I'm very sorry.
Briggs Oh, that's all right You
oouldn't help it. But what the mis
chief did she want to show mo iuto
the dining-room for?
Griggs I'll toll you if you won't
give it away.
Briggs All right. What for?
Griggs Well, you see, I was in the
parlor. Harper' Bazar.
The Cormorant.
There is a bird iu China tho cor
morant which is domesticated, train
ed to wonderful intelligence, and em
ployed in oatchiug fish. These bird
are reared and traiued with great care.
A pair costs from five to six dollars.
They are taken out ou the lakes and
river iu a small boat ; one man to
every ten or twelve oormorants. The
birds stand perched on the side of
the boat, and, at a word from the
mun, thoy scatter ou the water and
begin to look for fish. They dive for
the fish and then rise to the surfuce
with the fish in their bills, when they
are called back to the boat by the
fisherman. As docile as dogs, thoy
wiua to their master and are taken
into the boat, when they lay down
their prey aud again resume their labor.
I OB flBX AS I) UARDKX.
I'llEVENTION OF LEAF Bt.tOflT.
Experiment of tho Geneva, N. Y
station in spraying tho with Bordeaux
mixture for the prevention of leaf
blight of plum and nursery stock were
most successful, The plum trees
were treated iu 1802 and again iu
189U.
The good effects of the treatment
wero shown in the increased growth
of both tops and root and in the
healthier foliage. The foliage re
mained attached to tho branches about
a month later than did the ttnsprayed
foliage. New York World.
VHXsn straw ron shelter.
Wherever grain is largely grown,
stock of any kind need not suffer from
cold or wet in winter. We have often
seen farmers w ho had more stock than
they could stable iu the burr , make
an improvised shelter, building be
fore threshing time a platform set on
post firmly placed iu the ground, and
then making a stack on each side of
this exaept one, coming to a point
over tho platform. Cow and horses
will winter under such a sheltor as
oomfortably a on abasement barn. It
ia well to hava the enclosure built up
on the inside so a to keep stock from
eating their way through the straw
before warm weather comes. Under
such a shelter the droppings of ani
mals will not freeze, and the constant
addition of ntraw enables the liquid
and solid excrement to be saved with
out exposure to the elemeuts Boston
Cultivator.
CHEAP IMPERISHABLE FFNOR POSTS.
In the year 1808, writes an expert
agriculturist, I built a square picket
fence iu front of the lawn on my
fruit farm near Morris, III., using dry,
mall sized, round arbor vitas (white
cedar) posts, treating them as follows:
Tho bark was stripped off and the
rough place smoothed olT with a draw
ing kuifi. They wero then sot on the
lower ends in a kettle of boiling coal
tar, and with an old broom were
thoroughly coatod with it for two and
a half foot from tho bottom, taken out
and at onco rolled in dry, clean i-aud
until no moro would adhere. In a few
days they were set in the usual manner,
about two feet and three inches deep,
trampling tin earth well about thorn.
They wero afterward painted with two
coats, letting tho paint hip on to the
tarred surface of the ground. On
visiting this farm a few woek since for
the purpose of making improvements
and repairs, I examinod this fence and
found all tho posts as sound and firm
in the ground as when act The cost
of preparation did not exceed five
cents per post Western Rural.
BALKY HORSES.
When a horse acquires the habit of
bciug balky, at that moment it is for
general purposes reduced one-half in
money valuo. There is no habit more
disagreeablo or vicious except that of
the runaway or the kickor. The worst
feature of it is that tho driver is, niue
timos iu ten, tho cause of bulkiness in
horses. Too frequently it is caused
by overloading or working them uutil
weak and wearied, aud as they find
relief in resting they resort to it of-
tener than tho driver dosires. The
whip i applied, and if the animal is
of a nervous disposition it resents it,
or starts with a jump. If the load
does not move promptly, the horse
flies baok and twists about Another
trouble is wording uors'i with sore
shoulders, inis is observea after a
few hours or a nigbU' re it. The mus
cles are sore and inflamed. The pain
causea them to flinch, and unless the
driver is very considerate, troublo is
liable to ensue. This is more espe
cially observed witn colts or young
horses. Hence, be ou guard yourself,
also impose great caution on the
driver, for too frequently a careless
driver will reduoe the market value of
a horse fifty dollars iu an hour.
Americau Agriculturist.
BOWS KATINO) PltlS.
A sow in perfect health will nevor
eat hor pigs. Constipation or indiges
tion is the direct cause, being caused
by improper feeding. No harm will
be doue the swine in giving them the
run of the feed lot with the other
stock, horses aud eattle. Give thorn a
corn ration with an occasional feed of
bran aud ship stuff. If it is where
they can gut it, they will occasionally
chew on fodder and oorn-stulks. Three
or four weeks ruu iu the clover field
before farrowing will bring them
through all right It is uot uuusuul
for a sow to eat a pig that ha been
crushed or born dead, and we are not
alarmed to see them do it, but prefer
to have their systems in such a state
of narfrtM health that 0v ma have
no fetish for this kind of fond. If
ow have tho run of pnnturo or wood-
lands while in farrow, thoy will sel
dom if over dovelop this habit The
farmer who is oompellod to keep hi
sows in a dry lot, must make an ef
fort to bring about the same condi-
ions thnt the sow ha while on pas
ture; must put before her food that
will produco the same results.
The serious objection to tho small
or dry lot rests in the inability to se
cure an abundance of exercise, which
is a prime factor in the production of
healthy embryo. With a dry lot and
sufficient corn to keep the bow con
tented almost certain disaster will fol
low at farrowing time. But with a
ration of wheat or if wheat is not fed
use bran and ship stuff, along with
cellar and kitchen refuse or waste,
such as potatoes, apples, pumpkins,
etc., we would have no fear that tho
sow would destroy her pigs, especially
if she can have the run of the feeding
lots, and gathoring the wastes. An
occasional blade of fodder, a clover
burr leaf or stem all help in keeping
tho system in condition. Wood ashes
and salt are necessary adjuncts in se
curiug health. The bow need the pro
pertiosfound in the ashes to aid iu
building up tho bone formation of her
young.
If wood ashes cannot be had,
small amount of ground bone iu the
feed will answer the same purpose.
But when tho food given is rich in
muscle and bone-forming properties,
tho farmor need not be particular to
add those things from other sources.
However, no better aid cau be given
tho system to get rid of unhealthy
tendencies than a box of wood ashes
constantly iu reach. Orange Judd
Farmer.
HTAONAST WATER AT THE ROADSIDE.
Aloug many highways tho depres
sion at some poiuts is so great be
tween the fence aud thd beaten path
of the roadway that water stauds fur
a greater portion of tho year. Iu
many eases it would bo a difficult
matter to draiu off this stagnant
water, as tho depression wero mado
by the use of the common road scraper,
but in every case it should bo done,
cvon if it bocomes necessary to resort
to undordraining. Iu most cases,
however, the object accomplished by
a trench dug aloug the side oi the
road, loading to a lowvr level, or
putting in a sluice, thereby emptying
the water to tho npposito side, where
oftou the natural lay of tho land
quickly drains off the surplus water.
Allowing water to stand by the eidn of
roadbeds is not only unsightly, but
positively detrimental and injurious
to the road, as by capillary attraction
the soil comprising tho roadway is
continually soaked. The top Boil
may bo dry, but underneath is damp
and soggy, allowing heavy loads to
deeply rut thu driveway. Amoricau
Agriculturist.
EAIIM AND GARDEN NOT F.I.
Growing pigs require wholosorao
food like other stook, and it will pay
to take pains to supply it
Great as is tho cittle iudusiiy, the
value of poultry and eggs produced
in the Ua'tuJ States annually is but
littlo less.
It is said that a horse will not bite a
crib mado of hemlock lumber and
that rats and mine will not cat through
that kiud of lumber.
Beet pulp is extensively used in
California as a cattle feed. Pulp-feed
is said to be a tender and juicy as the
best easteru stall fed.
English farmers prefer' the unhulled
cottonseed ouko bucuuse it is cheaper
and because it has a mediciual value
that also aids digestion.
The sheep crops a greater variety of
plants thau any other animal, except
the goat. They eat mustard, bur
docks, thistles, marsh mallow aud
about every other weed.
Ouo of tho secret of profitable
porkraising consists iu pushing an
animal when young so that it is ready
for market early, and giving food
adapted to the wants aud oonditiou oi
the animal.
For the whito grub that is so de
structive to young cabbage some one
aays: "Mix oue pound flour sulphur
thorou jhly through a bushel of hard
wood ashes aud give threo spoonful
to each plant.
The man who will cover a eow io
hot weather with a oauvos covering,
to keep the flies off, a we rooently
law one do, is cruel iu hi kindness.
He would not like to - wear a thick
ovorooat himself.
Here is the list of food with which
British mutton-growurs vary the ra
tions of sheep ou pasture: Turuip,
rutabagas, mangolds, vetch, rape, uab-
bage, beau, peas, linseed 'cake, bar
lor aud wheat brau.
Ti:o WlmllnlU.
"Chlldr ii !" "Y!, Ma'am."
'K.-irly In thn morning
Von will wither up the applostbnt have fallsa
ffom tllB trees
For thro' thn hmtnil tnrm
A ehlekiio for a worm
Would spllo a market apple though iu buok
Wheat to Ills knnns.
t'hllilrnn, do you hnar mo?"
"Yes, Ma'am."
"Children!" "Yw, Ma'am."
''Knrlvln Ihn ni.trnlni.
Emm will to thn orchard Ills bushxl Kaskst
take I
Tho' no liliwr nor a trcrm,
Por a lltlln. wortlilMa mttrm
A chii-knn spilm nn apple though In barley to
bis throat.
Children, do you hear mo?"
"Yps, Ma'am."
Children !' "Yes, Ma'am."
"Karly In the mornlntf
Gather up ths applus that have fallen front
the tron
To lose thom Is a pity i
I will soil thm In thu I'ltjr,
An, perhaps I'll huy you something thnt will
tleklsyou and lpns.
Children, do yoi; hear me?"
"Yw, Mn'nm."
Toronto Mall.
HUMOROUS.
Ho (pafsionately) You are my lifo.
8he (practically) Have you got it in
sured? There is only one man now from
whom star actors will take auy talk,
and ho is the promptor.
Perhaps some expert in color effect
can explain how it is that a man often
looks bluest wheu he is in a brown
study,
"Whon did you discover that you
truly loved Mr. JonoB?" Stella
When Fido would allow him to come
in without growling.
What Is It spenks to us In drnims!
Is It a volee from evermore?
Or Is it something that we ato
Thn night before?
Caller Can I see Miss Snuggle?
Scrveut She's engaged, sir. Caller
Of course she is, aud I'm the man
she's engaged to. Servant Oh I
Brown Smith aiu't at all suave and
polite to his typewriter. Jones
That' rather unusual, isu't it? Browu
I don't know about that ; sho's hi
wife.
"Do you haVe a good dcnl of trouble
changing servants?" "No, indeed ;
the last only stuyed an hour and the
one before didu't cveu tsko off hel
hat."
"I could a tail unfold" began tho
frog. He paused aud seemed wrapped
in thought. "That is to say, I could
last week. But I am no tadpole uow,
thank you."
"I have misfortune," erled tho youth,
"Of almost every kind,
Blnue my moustoehe Is down la front,
My necktie up behind."
"I know my faults, Harry, and I'm
trying to overcome them. Harry
Well, all I'vo got to say is, you have
a good deal of courago to fnco such a
multitude alone.
Featherstouo I hear that you aro
going to move, Ringway. Ringway
Move! I should like to know where
you heard that Featherstouo Your
landlord told me.
Proud futber (looking at his first)
Isu't he sweet? Mother Yes, in
deedyis. 'Weetest itty sing as ever
was. Proud Father Looks almost
human, doesn't ho?
One dny la the lillss of porfeetlon we'll live
And avoid all tueie troubles and shocks ;
More starch ia our shirt fronts the laundress
will give
Instead of so much ia our socks.
"You will doubtless bear me out,"
he iusisted. "when I say that I love
you." "No," she rejoinod, coldly, as
sho touched tho bell, "either pupa oi
the coachmun will do that"
"Do you find it very hard togotyotu
husband through the telephone?" in
quired Mrs. Boggs of her friend, Mr.
Scoggs. "I never tried it," answered
Mrs. Scroggs, "he wieighs 200t"
Mrs. Yeast Do you believe that
fish make brains? Mrs. Crimson
beak Of course I do. Why, when
my husband goes fishing the next
morning his head ia that big his hat
won't At him.
The hog looked at the butcher
With a sad aad pensive air,
And asked, wuon near the paekiug-house,
"Will you 'meat' me over there?"
Baker (disconsolately) I never saw
times so hard. Wife You have
plenty of trade. Baker Y-e-, but
flour ha got so cheap that I will
either have to stop baking bread oi
lower the price.
Lawyer Ou what do you base youi
opiuiou thut tho defeuduut is uaturally
of a peaceable dispositiou? Wituess
Wall, be lived for two years alongside
of a family with tun children au' he
never shot any of 'em.
Savage Party (auuoyed by yelping
dog) If I kiok that dog iu the rib
perhaps he'll stop barkiug at me.
Yelping Dog' Owner Perhaps ha
vilL He never want to bark whea
be' got hi mouth full '