A Little Boy For Salo
A mother ws busy at work one day.
When ." dimr llttlo boy, with his toys,
Ban In fr n his piny, bright as ilXy,
With nil of bis traps and tiol.
"You make such A din," she snld to him,
While ho worlt'd with his tools, his Joys t
"I'll put yoa to bed or I'll evil you," she
enid,
"To the mnn who buys llttlo boye."
A llttlo boy for snln ;
A llttlo boy for snloi
The price Is so low you ena buy him, I know ;
My llttlo boy's for snloi
A little boy for snlo
A llttlo boy for anlo ;
Ho makes so much noise with his hnmmor
nnd toys.
My liitlo boy for salo.
Th" dear little boy wns quiet one dn
ll'i hnd Inid his toys nMde.
Tho mother hnd cenel her work to prnyj
"Oj, Lord with me nlld"s"
As she site by the bed of her curly hend,
A soft sweet song sho sings i
When out of tho gloom of that smnll, quiet
room
Come the rustlo of nng"ls' wings.
There's no little boy for snloi
There's no little boy for salo;
IIo was bought by tho lovo of tho Fathor
abovo
There's no llttlo boy for snlot
Them's no little boy for salo.
Thore't no llttlo boy for sale;
Uo was bought by the lovo of the Fathor
above,
Thero's no little boy for snle.
Omnha World-Horald.
ALMOST PARTED.
HI FERN GRKENLEAF.
"If Colin Dcloruia would only fall
in love with anil marry Mies Camp,
bell, how nioo it would be!" said
stout, good-unttircd Mrs. Guy to her
companion in a loud nsido.
"For her yes," was tho curt reply.
"He is wealthy enough in any caso;
'but what wonld half of old Campbell's
property be for ono brought up as
ehe has been ? I hear tho place is
mortgaged heavily, and the old man
lost by speculation beforo ho died ; so
his niooo is not tho heiress we fancied.
Yes, it would be a very lucky thing
for hor if Colin Do 'or me should auk
her to marry him, and I have no
doubt she wonld jump at the chance."
"Madame," said a clear voice at the
-woman's obair, which modo her start
and glance hastily at the fair young
fhee above her "madnme, you honor
myself and my affuirs too greatly."
Voice and face belonged to the girl
of whom they had been speaking,
Honor Campbell ; and as the gossip
' Stammered forth some tort of apology.
she turned and glided from the room,
every pulse in her body quivering
with angor, woundod prido, and por
hnps a far keener pain.
Why had she allowed herself to be
cosxed into appearing among the
guests of her cousin, to w horn tho old
-man laid so recently in his grave was
nothing, while to her he had been
dear as a father?
Why had she brought hor mourning
robes and hor mourning heart forth
from retirement, even when frionds
pleaded with her to do so?
' 4A.d they thought her poor enough
""to jump at the chance" of marrying
'Colin Dolorme, because be was to
hare hot unclo's possessions with her,
- and had wealth of his own Colin
'Delorme, with hia frank, handsomu
Taoe and his cherry voice, and his
heart of gold, which any living woman
might prize more than the orown of a
king!
How heartless and material people
irere I she told hersolf, as she went
hurriedly ont of the little garden,
which sloped down to a sheltering
pot a dell often visited by her.
In the path, with its checkered
light, she oame face to face with the
object of her thoughts Colin Dol
orme.
"How pale yoa are, Honor, "be said
to her, looking with eyes the tender
est of which she did not see, into her
young faoe. "Are you ill ?"
"Thank you- no,"
"Then let me toll yon what I've
been thinking of. Honor, our nnole
divided all he had between us. Let
nt make no division, dea and let us
join oar lives and leave the old place
as it is. Do you think I could make
you happy aa my wife, . Honor, my
-darling. I would try bard. I think
I eonld succeed. Will you risk your
sue in my nanus l iionor, yoa are
s white as death. Have I startled
yon ? I thought you knew my heart
this long time. I know that unole
did."
Had be aaid suoh words to her the
previous day but an hour before
how gladly she would have put out
.ber bands to him and said:
"Tea, Colin i I know your heart, and
I will trust my life in your hands.
diaa known no love save that which
' yoa have taught it, and I am only
happy when yoa are near."
But the words of the gossip were
fresh in her memory, the humiliation
which they roused still raged hotly in
Iker breast
With a low little laugh she turned
from him to gather up the long train
of her black dress, and her gray eyes
grew bitter.
Yon are far too gonorous," she
said, coldly. "I learned today that
you are quite ezpeotod to ask me to
marry yon, Colin, by our kindly ac
quaintances. You have not disap
pointed them you havo asked mo)
nt I am not yot so poor in soul if I
nm in purse. I will not marry you
for the sake of keeping tho old homo,
donr as it is. Thanks, Colin, for your
generosity. I am nottcmptod; I toko
no advantage of it."
His fnco was quite white as she spoke
those cold, hard words she who hnd
ever seemed so swootly gentle, so softly
womanly to him.
You put it in a vory singular way,
but I sttpposo you mean that since you
havo no love for me, you will not
mnrry mo for any more material rea
son, be said at last. "1 am giod 01
that; I would not buy a wife. But
when you do accept tho hand of somo
ther man, Honor, my beautiful
darling, pray hoavon that he may lovo
yon as truly as I do. The old place
is yours i I would not touch a leaf on
tiy troo thero. Good bye, dear. For
get that I have spoken to you in this
way forgot that I, loving you, havo
been fool enough to fancy you cared
for me!"
He turned from her and was gone
from hor before she could control hor
voico.
And when sho stretched out hor
arms ana cried: "olin, my iovo,
ray darling, enmo back! Do not go
from me! I love you I love yon!"
ho was too far away to hear or hcod ;
nd only a bird perched on a branch
far above her head, saw the girl fling
herself down among the grasses of
Maytime and sob as if her heart would
broak.
It did not comfort her so very much
after all, to know that now no gossip
could say sho had "jumped at the
clinuoo" of becoming Colin Dolornio's
wife.
How very poor a thing tho pride
which she hnd vindicated by rejecting
him seemed to her, as she wept pas
sionately for the chance of happiness
flung away for words from tho lips of
a pair of vulgar women who were uo
more to ber than any other disagree
able strangers !
"I will toll him the truth to-night,"
she whispored when she was calmer.
He loves me ; he will forgive me for
my folly."
But when she reached the house she
was told that Colin Delorme had gone
to the city on urgent business and
wonld return the following evening
by the 7 o'clock train.
Such a long night, such a long day,
as those were to poor Honor in hor
misery of remorse ! But nt last they
woro over, and in a few moments the
whistle which announced the arrival
of the train nt the small station bolow
wonld shriek on the evening air.
From a window of her room sho
knew sho could see the smoke from
tho engine a mile away, and at one
poiut, where the track run like a
thread across an open space, some
what elevated, she could catch sight
of the Hue of carriages ere the shriek
of the whistle told that thoy were
about to stop.
The puffs of smoke showed hore and
there among the tree tops as she
looked forth, then like a long black
serpent, the train darted arouud the
curve and sped out on the bridge.
There was a swaying of the train, a
snddon crash, which reached her
dully from the distance, and down
through the shattered brickwork hud
dled the engine and three of the car
riages attached to it down but a few
feet, it is true, but at the bottom was
death to many perhaps for Colin
Delorme.
Honor did not cry out, did not faint
bnt a sudden fieroe strength soemed
be infused into her slight figure, as
she sprang toward the door and
darted through. Down the corridor,
down the stairs, out at the hall door
she ran like a creature flying for her
very lifo.
In the drive a horse and bnggy
were standing J hia host was to drive
to the station for Colin.
Hatless, oloakless, with bare arms
and shoulders gleaming from the
blackness of her dinner dress, she
sprang into the vehiole and eaught np
the reins.
The servant at the horse's head
made way for her with a frightened
glance at her white face and dilated
eyes.
She turned the animal and dashed
down the drive, out at the gates and
on at a gallop along the highway,
It seemed an eternity to her before
she reached the wreoked train, and
others were there before her.
Still white as death, still silent, the
drew rein, aud leaping out) darted
into the crowd, which was endoavor
ing to extricate the crushed nnd man
pled passengers from the debris about
them.
One was drawn forth ns sho reached
the group, and at last hor lips tin
closod to givo forth a cry of anguish.
Was that sbnpelots, blooding, moan
ing mass, of which sho saw nothing to
rccognizo as human eavo a blood
stained hand, and a fow tresses of nut-
brown hair was that tho man she
lovod?
She pushed tho men nsido frantical
ly, and was trying to win hor way to
the dying man, when a hand was laid
on hor shoulder, and a voice that
made hor heart thrill, said :
"Honor, this is no place for you.
Go homo, my doarcst. Even a man's
heart faints before such horrors as
this,"
Sho clung to him with both handsi
trembling, sobbing, laughing in
short, nearly mad with joy.
"Colin! my love my lovo, you are
safe uninjured ?" she cried, incoher
ently. 1 feared I feared You are
safe Colin, dear Colin!"
"Bafo, and blessed beyond measure
to know yon care." And he drew one
of the hands that clung to him to his
lips. "I was in the smoking car. I
am unhurt, Honor ; but many a poor
follow is perhaps dying whilo I talk to
yon. Go back, my love, nnd let me
give all the aid I can ; for every man
who lies dying here be sure some
woman's hoart will break today."
"As mino would have broken had
you died," sho whispered, releasing
him.
And ho joiued tho many who wero
working for the lives of the unfortu
nate passengers, whilo she returned to
her cousin's, confident of the exist
ence of n God of Mercy.
Six mouths later, when a notice of
tho marriage of Colin Dolorme nud
Honor Campbell appeared, Mrs. Gay's
acquaintance of tho veuoiued touguo
mot and accosted her.
"I told you that if Colin Delormo
proposed to Miss Campbell she would
not be such au imbecilo ns to refuse
him aud let the property be divided,
and you see I was right," she said, ex
ultantly. And Mrs. Gny could not toll her
for she did not know that, owing to
her own idle and ill-natured words,
not property, but two hearts that
loved had been very nearly divided.
New York Journal.
Hazing at West Point.
At most of our colleges hazing has
been suppressed. I thought it a dead
letter at West Point, but the latest
information from the military acad
emy is to the contrary. It is not
necessary to mention names. That
would cause hnrd feelings, but it can
be dono if required. At tho summer
encampment there was one of tho
worst cases of hazing on record, tho
details of which have been suppressed.
A youug cadet was "exoroised" so
severely that for throe weeks his life
was despaired of. To "exercise" a
victim is to require him to stoop down
as low as possible aud hop aloug ou
both foot, ia a sitting posture, till ex
haustion ensues. The cadet in ques
tion was exercised till he fainted, w hen
his persecutors Hod. When he re
vived he crawled to the tent of tho
guard to make complaint. There he
fainted again. The officer of the
guard questioned him when he came
to.
"Have .yoa boon exercised?" he
asked, roughly. "Yes, or no?
Quick!"
"Yet," breathed the sufferer, faint
ing a third time. Reviviug, he gave
the name of the loader of the "gang."
A surgeou was summoned and the
youth was borne to the hospital, where
he lay at the point of death for thsee
weeks. The utmost oaro was used iu
moving him, his heart action being so
weak that the slightest roughness
would have caused its oessatiou.
Of CQurse. the hapeless Viotiui was
ostracised for telling the name of his
persecutor, and his life has been made
miserable ever since. The leader of
the "gang" was punished by the
authorities by being required to walk
for an hour and a half a day, with a
sentry behind him, in the presence of
the whole sohool. It goes without
saying that the boys regarded him as
a martyr New York Press.
Appreciative.
"I'd give anything for your voioe,"
said an auditor to au ambitious ama
teur vocalist.
"Glad you like it," replied the
gratified tenor.
"It would be so useful in my busi
ness." "What are yoa engaged in?"
"I'm a flshpedder."
One of the best-paid governesses in
the world is the King of Spain a, . She
receives $4,500 a year.
FOB FARM AMD GARDEN.
KEEP TO ONI BREED.
There is no neod for the average
farmer to go iu for thoroughbred
fowls. Tho desirod results can be
obtainod by buying evory year the
noocssary number of thoroughbred
males nnd marketing all the cockerels.
Chooso one breed aud stick to it If
you try one breed ono year nnd An
other tho next nil tho vnlunble poluta
of various breeds will be lost. New
York World.
W ATER FROM A SPRING.
It is qnito easy to raise water from
a spring as much as eighteen feet be
low tho level of a building, nnd ninety
foet from it, by nu ordinary woll-mado
pump. The pipe need not bo more
than one inch in diameter, ns this will
supply ns largo a quantity of water as
any house or stable or barn will re
quire. To avoid freezing in tho pipe
it should bo laid below the surface out
of reach of frost, nnd tho pump should
bo sot over a dry well six or inoro feet
deep. Tho water should be drawn off
from the pump by making a smnll
holo in the pipe for enough below the
surface to prevont freezing. A check
valve should be placed at the lower
end of the pipe, in the spring, to re
tain the wnter iu the pipe. New
York Times.
TrnKEV noosnso OSf ir.EES.
Turkeys nro so little removod from
their wild state that they will
not bear confinement ns well ns other
kinds of domestic fow Is. In all our
experience, when Ihey are about half
grown, it was impossible, except by
closing it, to keep them in tho heu
bouse at night. They have an irre
sistible propensity to roost ou trees.
We believe it is generally better for
them to do so, at least while warm or
modernte weather continues. Iu the
trees they nre free from the vermin
which will nlmost always be found iu
hen houses in hot weather. . The more
nctive varieties of barnyard fowls
often roost on trees in tho summer.
It is the older ones which mostly do
this, nnd if thoy cannot be brought to
tho henhouse by tho time cold weuther
comes it is better to mark thein for
the butcher. Hen houses in summer
aro usually too close. The nir is bad,
nud in hot weathor it is fnr more
pleasant nud wo believe better for nil
full-grown fowls to roost out of doors.
Usually cold weather will make most
of them willingly roost iu the heu
house ugaiu. Boston Cultivator.
TO PREVENT SCAR ON POTATOES.
A special circular recontly issued by
tho Xew Jersey College experiment
station gives the results of the appli
cation of sulphur to prevent scab aud
rot of both Irish aud swoet potatoes.
Upon ono plot of ground sul
phur was used r.t tho rato
of 301) pounds por acre. The
freshly cut seed was rolled in the sul
phur, and the balanco of the sulphur
sprin led in the open rows. Adjoin
iug plots in the field had everything
ia common with the above except the
addition of the sulphur. So striking
wero the results that when the sul
phur was used tho potatoes came out
in fluo shapo, of large size and practi
cally free from scab, while elsewhere
in the field thoy wore all, with rare ex
ceptions, scabby and unmarketable.
Tho sulphur romody is said to be
equally efficacious in preventing rot in
awoot potatoes. The use of sulphur
for preventing fungus diseases is
nothing now, aud its application to
potatoes would naturally follow where
it had proved of valtto in destroying
fungi on othor kinds of plants.
Farmers who havo had scabby pota
toes this season should make a note
of this popular sulphur preventive,
and try it next planting time. New
York Sun.
EFFECT OF FOOD ON THE FLEECE.
To obtain wool of good quality aud
proper quantity tho sheep should be
well fed The increase of the wool ia
lougth and resistance eomes to a stop
if the animal be deprived of the amount
of food necessary for it. Well-fed
sheep pay for the inoreased expense by
the weight of the fleeoo and the better
quality of the wooL
There is, however, an essential Jif-
forence to be noted in long-woolod
sheep. To much and too rich makes
the wool of the short-wooled sheep
too loug, an 'inoouveuienoe which has
not to be feared in loug-wooled vnrie
ties. When the sheep receives little
food, or when that food given in suffl
eient quantities is not sufficiently
nutritive, the wool preserves its fine
ncss aud acquires a certain length,
but its resistance fails. It is deprivod
of grease,, which makes it weak, harsh
to the touch and dry as flax.
Regularity in distribution of the
food is of the highest importance, the
wool soon showing the effects of this.
This is scon when, in wiutor,the sheop
are well fed with hay, grains, beans,
and oilcako, and when tueso supple
mentary foods are too -quickly taken
away ia tho aping tho wool uudorgoes
a tinio of storage ; later, continuing to
grow under moro favorable circum
stances tho woolly hair is loss resis
tant, and in a part of its extent, covers
a dead spot, a real scar, indicating
tho irregulttarity of growth. Opin
ions dill'er as to tho action of dilToreut
foods on tho wool. All, however,
agree in attributing a marked effect
to fertilo pastures. Tho flceco is moro
almudaut, tho hair is longer nnd no
ticaablo by its softness, whiteness,
brightness nnd strength.
TO MAKE URNS LAY IX WINTER.
Good broods.of fowls are becoming
quite common on tho farm, and many
are using more pure-bred males writes
S. R. Woloott, A greater interest is
tnken in tho improvod flocks and bet
ter quarters. The results are so en
couraging that the poultry yard is
coming to be considered one of tho
paying departments of the farm.
Thero are but fow farms whore 100
hens will not support themselves nine
months in the year upon that which
would otherwise be wasted. Two
cheap houses, boxed, battened nnd
1; 1 i. fc '., T ''T
iiucu wuu uir paper, wnu a sueu at
tached to each where the fowls can
scratch and exercise on stormy or
Buowy days, will keep them comforta
ble and Inclined to lay all winter. The
sheds may be polo frames covered and
ided with straw or shock fodder. The
houses, if open, may be made com
fortable by setting fodder nroutid
them, to be removed iu summer, if
roubled with mites. A good house
is cheapest to begin with if one enn
afford it,but a clean straw-covered ono
11 answer if warm aud cleau. The
fowls should not be let out on stormy
days nor whilo the suow is on tho
ground, yet they neod exercise to keep
them laying nud healthy. So the
shed, protected from the cold winds
and 'open only on the south, gives
them a place, and small grain in the
heaf or scattered iu straw gives them
an Incentive to worn. a piece oi
ment hung just high enough to give
them a little trouble in reaching it
nterests them amazingly, while a few
bits thrown into the shod causes a
race that is healthful. Water with
the chill off should be provided
several times a day in cold weathor.
Keep the snow cleared away from the
doors and throw your coal ashes
around it and uuder the sheds. The
hens like to pick among them, and
they form a hard, dry surface not
easily in ado muddy. Grit is indis-
leusable. Coarso sand and brokon
dishes pounded flue will meet this
need. Muuy cases of so-called cholera
result from iudigostiou, caused by a
aek of grit to grind tho whole graiu.
I And ground oyster sholl relished in
small quantities, especially by the
Leghorn family. It furnishos ma
terial for the eggshells. American
Agriculturist.
FARM AND OARDKN NOTES.
Tlio theory that white fowls are
more tender and loss hardy than dark
ones is probably all a notion. There
is no reason why it should be so, aud
probably is not.
Nothing will bolp your bens along
into a laying condition sooner than
greon cut bouo. It helps tho hens
make now feathors and tonos up the
system gouerally.
If you haven't fixed np that coop
you'd better got a hustlo on. Plug
up overy knot holo; batten up every
orack ; aud stop every leak for a good
cold just at this season will knook a
hon out for laying all winter probably,
or kill her.
The primary requisites of a good
road are that the water be removed,
the surface level, and the foundation
solid. Get these conditions and an
earth road is good most of the year,
aud the bed is ia shape for the appli
cation of gravel or broken stone.
Whether the raising of horses be
comes profitable or not, the horses
most serviceable to tue farmer are
those he raises on the farm, provided
be breeds for the kind ho prefers.
Disposition, constitution, oapaoity
and perfection in any degree can be
best seoured by breeding for those
qualities.
When a oow is dry ahe should not
receive heavy rations of grain. Hay
and foddor, with a small proportion
of bran, ia better than oonoentrated
food, as suoh cows are non-produoers,
and if fed too heavily will become fat.
a oonditiou whioh ia not very favor
able at the calving period, milk fever
often resulting when the oow ia too
fat front overfeeding.
f OR THE HOUSEWIFE.
UINTS ABOUT TUB TABLE.
For a good monl of scvornl coursoff,
it is no longer good form to lny the
kuives.forks nnd spoons thnt are to be
used nt each covor nt the beginning of
tho men!. No more than four sots are
placed nt first ; sny, tho oystor fork,
tho soup spoon, the fish knifo nnd
fork for tho first relovo of mcnt Other
eating implements are added with
each courso that follows. This plan
prevents embarrassment to the guest
who is not used to sixteen courses, and
does not forestall tho appetite of one
who is. St. Louis Star Sayings,
TO CLEAN ECRU LACE.
To clean ecru lace, which bas be
come too dusty nnd soiled for further
use, give it a dry bath in flour. About
a quart of flour should be put into a
bowl, tho lace dipped into it, nnd then
rubbed and squeezed with the hands
ns if tho flour wero wnter. Aftor it
has received a good shaking, it will
look as fresh and good as ever. Lace
should never be ironed, for by so do
ing, it is robbed of its fine appearance.
Black lace may be revived, and saved
from the "rusty" look that is wont to
come with wear, by washing it in equal
quantities of milk and water.
THE WOODEX WATER PAtlj.
"It is a wondor to me how the hu
man system resists disease," said an
eminent physician and bacteriologist
n a chat ou domestio hygiene and
sanitation. "I had occasion to make
a professional call at a house tho other
day and wanting some water, went to
the family pail to get it. The pail
was nearly empty, and as I tipped it
up to see the condition of its contents
a spasm of nausea struck mo. It is
perfectly safo to say that there was a
quarter of an inch of slime and gela
tinous deposito in the inside of that
time-houored reCcptuolo. I went to
tho well to draw some fresh water,
nnd tho old oaken bucket wns just as
slim, just as green, and just as cov
ered with sediment as tho water pail.
It was not exactly the thiug to tell
tho family that their careless habits
were iu danger of oosting them their
lives, but all the same I wanted to do
it. I slyly cleaned out bucket and
water-pail before I was satisfied to use
tho water to mix medicine for my
patient. I would have enjoyed a
microscopic examination of the coal
ing on the inside of that pail just to
see how many microbes, bacteria, in
fusoria, bnoilli, et al. , there were to
the square inch. Untold millions no
doubt.
It is not always easy to exercise
proper care in regard to snob matters,
ond from force of habit people have
come to be indifferent about them,
many times because they are unaware
of the dangers that threaten from suoh
sources. New York Ledger.
BECIPES.
Cabbage Salad Oue quart .finely
shaved cabbage, two teacpoonfuls
salad oil or melted butter, one tea
spoonful salt, one-fourth teaspoouful
pepper, one-half cupful vinegar, one
teaspoouful sugar. Boil and pour hot
on cabbage.
Colery Toast Cut the tender, white
eelery left from dinner into inch
pieces, cook in a very little water
twenty minutes or until t- lor, add
sweet cream or milk, season to taste,
and pour over slices of toasted bread.
Serve hot.
Peaoh Pudding Slice a dozen ripe
peaches into a deep dish, sprinkle
with throe tablespooufuls of white
sugar and let them stand an hour.
Make a custard aud whbn partly eold
pour over the peaches. Sot in a oool
place for several hours.
Tripe Stewed in Milk Get fresh
tripe, cut one and one-halt pounds in
small pieces, chop one or two onions
and oook all in oue quart of milk
forty-five minutes. Thicken with a
tablospoonful of flour and one of but
ter blended in a little oold milk.
Colery Soup Boil large head of
celery in quart of water. half an hour.
In another vessel boil one pint milk,
a slice of onion and email piece of
mace; blend a tablespoonful of butter
with one of flour and two of cold
milk and add to hot milk ; salt and
pepper ; mash oelery in the water in
which it cooked and strain altogether
serve very hot.
Deep Apple Pie Fill earthenware
pu.Uliug dish with sliced applea,oover
with oue oup of sug.ir and two of eold
water. Make a light paste with two
caps of flour, one-quarter pound each
of lard aud butter. Put strips around
edge of dish, pluoe a cup upside down
iu middle of apples aud eover all with
paste, pinohing edges together. Bake,
in a hot oven half an hoar.