Brldice Builders. I
We tralld a bridge of truiit
From night to morn,
A mvsUo aroh of dreams
Till dy Is bom.
IfebalM abridge of trust
From friend to friend,
And ofton break the span
We cannot mend.
balld a brldgo of trust
From shore to shore,
And shadow figure stoal across
At ponce forevermore.
A. Munroe to Detroit Free Tress.
The Old Cherry Farm.
t HKT.EN WHITNEY CLARK.
"8cch roodiklis thing to do!" do
dared Aunt Luraiuey Mulford. "I
ah'a'd say Hnzot wasn't iu her sane
Tbe Mulford connection, fur and
sear, were torribly exorcised over tbo
fact tbat Hazol Heatuorton hnd in
vested nix hundred dollars for the old
Cherry Farm.
"An old place that ain't wurlh
hacks," thny assorted.
When Undo Hezekiah Mulford
died, leaving a thousand lollnrs to
ch of his two unnmrriud niecos, tho
two girls wore looked npon ns hoir
eeesby the numerous kin-folk living
in and around the little village of
Dripping Springs.
Bat when Hazel, in spite of all op
position, insisted on investing six
hundred dollars of her logiicy in the
ferni, at already stated, and invited
Anot Comfort Mulford to live with
her, their discontent kuow no
bound.
"She might of investod her logncy
ale with me," complained Uncle
Zeke, "an' I'd of give her five per
cent intrust on it She could o' lived
good on that; but no, ahe must go
spend her money fust thing 'fore
Uncle Hezukiab was fairly cold in his
grave."
"That ole place won't grow nothin'
bat piudey an' cocklo-burs," groaned
Annt Lurainey. "She'll starve to
death on it, shore. "
ItU be a jedgement on her, if she
does, declared Unole Zeke, grimly
baking his head as he lighted hia
eob-pipe with ooal from the fi re
place. And the rest of the kin-folks agreed
with him, and prophesied all manner
t ill-fortune for Hazol. All, that is,
witlr the exception of Cousin John
Hulford and his wife, Arvtlln. .
1 They pushed her in her unpopular
proceeding. Cousin John even wont
od mendod the roof of the leaky but
picturesque littlo oottage, which stood
on s grassy hillside, sholtered by tho
weeping branohes of half a dozen or
more black-heart cherry-treoa which
had givon the place its namo.
"It's a pretty plaoo," averred Cous
in John. "An' Hazol will hive a
homo there if sho ain't got uothin'
hie. Her an' Aunt Comfort '11 live
H happy as oows in a clover-flold."
Bat the othor relatives shook their
heads and drew long faces ovor Hu
sel'a future prospects.
.."8ba might of bought a lot in town
if she mnat have property," they
(rambled.
Bnt Hazel only laughed at their
forebodings.
"I never had home of my own,"
be said, "and I guess the old place
Will rapport me and Aunt Comfort as
veil as tbe robins tbat live op in the
berry trees. "
And when the three rooms of tbe
ottage worn scoured as clean aa soap
and water eould make them, the walls
aawly whitened, and the rooms filled
with protty household furniture Hazel
had bought, and wioh Cousin John
brought out with hia oxtoum, the
young mistress of Cherry Farm felt a
arena ooutout in her possessions that
all tbe ill-natured forebodings of the
Mulford clan failed to disturb,
"Thar yon air, Hazel snug aa a
bug iu a rug I " suid Cousin John,
aaoppiug his faoe with bis red cotton
handkerchief, aa he started the lum
bering oxen on their homeward way.
'An' wheu you git yer plunder all put
lo righta, me an' Arvilly'll oome an'
ake you a visit"
"Be sure yon do," cried Hazel
brightly. "And when tbe cherriea
at ripe, Arvilla can have all ahe wanta
o put tip."
Melzenn Mulford, Uncle Hezekiah's
Alter legate, waa no less loud in her
denunciation of Hazel'a investment
"How does ahe ever expeot to git
married I'd like to know," ahe com
Mated, "away off in that lonely old
plaoe. with nobody but poky Aunt
Comfort for company? But I don't
are, I'm sure, if she wanta to .wake
. am old muid of herself. I'm a-goiu' to
have the good of my money while I'm
yong."
the accordingly indulged herself in
V purchase of numerous and aspen
c' dresses and gewgaws, baugud and
frizzed her hair in the latest style,
carried a scarlet parasol in her village
walks, and after enjoying the triumph
of exhibiting herself and her new pos
sessions to the iohubitnutsof Dripping
Springs, she auuoutiood her intention
of going to the seashore for the sum
mer. "Going a-hnsband hunting, "do
olared tho gossips. "There ain't no
body good enough for her in Dripping
Spring."
But if Melzena heard them ahe paid
no heed to their gossip, but packed
her new big Saratoga trunk with her
new finery and sot out on hor long
journey.
As tho weeks passed on, Hnzel and
Aunt Comfort enjoyed themselves in
their new home, in spite of the evil
prognostications.
And indeed, though the dissatisfied
kiufolk shook their hend over Hnzel
and her doings, they were very well
pleased to ride out to the farm on
summer afternoons and eat their fill
of the ripe, black heart cherries, or
drink tea from Hnzel'a flowered china
toa cups J or to spend tho day nud dine
on fried chicken, green peas, now
potatoes and other early vegetables,
raised by the industry of Hazel and
Aunt Comfort.
"Married? No; nor I don't never
expect to be," solemnly asserted Mr.
Nicholas Bycroft, as he fastened tho
hasp of bis trunk, aud took down his
breech-loading riflo to see that it was
in order.
For Mr. Nicholas was making fiual
preparations for his journey to Tcxhb,
where he was going into stock-raising
on a cattle ranch of several hundred
acres.
"Got married, indeed I" he con
tinued, muttering to himself. "There
nin't more'n one girl in a hundred I'd
have, an' like as not that oue wouldn't
have me. If there was a girl now
that thought of anything besides
n-curliug her hair an' dressing herself
up iu silks an' furbelows, an' had any
idee of what a home ought to be, I
dun know but I might But pshaw I
if there's any sioh girls, I'vo never
come across 'em, an' never expect to.
I'll be an old bachelor an' live by my
self, like Uncle Tom."
"BIobs me, Hazel!" oriod Anot
Comfort, oue bright summer morning,
"here's your Cousin John an' Arvilly
a-com in' out in tho spring wagon, an'
a man with 'em. Who kin it be?
'Tuint the minister, I know, fur he's
more grizzled lookin' an' hain't got a
p'intcil moustache like this one."
It was baking-day aud Hazel was iu
the kitchon, her sleeves rolled up aud
hor checks flushed to a bright dumask
red.
"I hope tho boat tablecloth is clcau,
whoever it is," ahu'returnod, pooping
into the oven at a pan of cherry tarts
that were almost swimming in their
own crimson juice.
Tho stranger with the "p'iuted
moustache" provod to bo Mr.
Nioholas Bycroft, who had stopped
on his journey to spend week with
his Cousin Arvilla, 'John Mulford'a
wife.
Mr. Byoroft's first visit to Chorry
Farm was by no moaus his last one,
and, for some reason or other, his
week's visit stretched to a month, and
tbe month had almost doubled itsolf,
and atill he lingered at his oousin's,
near Dripping Springs.
Oue summer night he stood with
Hazel on the latticed porch at Cherry
Cottnge, the soft moonbeams filtering
down through tho scarlet bean-vines
overhead.
"There ain't another woman in the
world I ever wauted to marry, Hazel
only you," whispered Nicholas ear
nestly. "I want a wife tbat can help
me to make a home and to enjoy it
after it is made. Think of my big
ranch out iu Texas, now. I shall live
there a lonely old baoholor all my
days, unions you go with me. Say,
Hazel, will you go?"
And so, much to the delight of
Cousin John's folks, and the surprise
of other relations, the wealthy cattle
rancher carried Hazel off, to be mis
tress of his Texas home.
Aunt Comfort was left in possession
of Cherry Farm, rent free, for the
rest of her days, aud here Melzena
Mulford was glad to seek an asylum
when ahe returned from, tbe seashore,
with only a remnant of her legacy
left and with no prospects of marriage
settlements on baud. -Saturday Night
Crusade Aguluat Student Duels.
In some of the German universities
the faculty of late has begun to show
uuusual severity in dealing with the
"measuren" (student) duels), and in
Halle Rector Droysen announoes tbat
the partiaipanta in such duels will
be rigorously punished, and that,
more especially, roaming the streets
by studeuts exhibiting half-healed sa
ber cuts in tbe faoe must atop. Chi
ougo Beoord.
Romance of a Wig.
A tragic ending of a oomio sceue
has resulted in the heroine of the ad
venture boing conveyed to the hospital
iu a very precarious state, while the
hero is securely under lock and key
at the depot of the Pcrfeotnre of Po
lioo in Paris. The whole affair turned
ou some silly fun and stupid horseplay
about a wig. A young man bad beon
fncinatod by tho attractions of a girl
a few years his junior and had asked
to be portnittod to pay hia attentions
to her, but she was by no means dis
posed to roturn tho complimcut, as
he hnd become very bald through ill
ness, and, as the object of his affec
tions concisely put it, she would never
dream of marrying any one with no
hair on his hend.
The youth moditatod over his dis
comfiture, and theu a happy thought
Unshed upon him. He would repair
tho ravagos of unkind nature by a re
course to art,aud forthwith ho wended
his way to a hairdresser's shop and
beenmo the dolighted possessor of a
wig with curls nud love-locks andolnb
nrato parting iu front and behind, which
as ho fondly hoped, would produce
the desirod impression on tho heart
of tho obdurate young woman.
'Thus adorned, he proceeded that
oveniug to a restaurant, where sho
was dining with some friouds, but to
his horror, she not only burst out
laughing when he appeared on the
scene, but presently made a dash at
his wig, which sho toro off, revealing
his denuded hand to -tho astonished
gaze of tho party. Tho youth on
dcavorod to wrest the wig from her
grasp, aud so, finding herself hard
pressed, tbe fair maiden passed it
over to tho other side of tho room, and
then, as ignorant of the fact, he still
struggled, sho dealt him a slap in the
face.
Bcsido himsolf with disappointment
and wrath, the young man snatched a
knifo from the table, and ere the spec
tators of the scene could interfere, ho
stabbed tho girl in the nock. "Cries of
dismay now resounded instoad of peals
of laughtor which hnd hitherto rent
the air as tho young woman fell faint
lug to tho floor. Tin police were sum
moned, and whilo tho vouth waa led
off in custody, tho girl was takou to
the shop of a noigboring druggist
ponding her removal to tho hospital.
It is feared tbat she will not recover.
London Telegraph.
Running a Tlgor In.
Admiral Sir G. W told.rao that
when ho commanded an Indiau troop
ship a full-grown tiger waa embarked
for passage to England as a present
from borne Indian prince to the Queen.
It was a magnificent animal, and for
many years aftorward cxhibitod at tbe
Zoological Gardens. One morning
about 5.30, the captain was awakened
by a messenger, who said: "Please air
tho tiger has broken looso I " His
reply was: "Lock my cabin door aud
call me when he's in his cage again."
It appears that in cloauiug the
cage, the men being then washiug
dock, the door of tho oage had been
unfastened, and the beast had escaped,
causing a regular stampede, the blue
jackets forward running up the rig
ging, aud the soldiers taking to the
hammook nettings and the hurricane
deck. The tiger ran aft; the men
had not heard of its esoape, and were
throwing buckets of water about The
scene appeared to puzzle tho tiger.
At any rate, an old quartermaster real
ized the situation, and taking his lan
tern, flashed it full iu the faoe of the
tiger. He then took the animal by
the scruff of the neck, ran it forward
to its cage, and slammed and fastened
the door in a jiffy. Westminster Bud
get Banking Underground.
A Clevolnud architeot thinks that
the oooupanoy nndergrouud quarters
by a large bank in that city is going
to mark a revolution in building. Ha
says "The idea is not new, but in
this case it hus been greatly developed
and I look for sturtling results. It
has been shown that with tbe aid of air
shafts and other applianoes quarters
a story below ground may be rendered
far more comfortable than those above
and with care exeroised in the venti
lation these quarters will doubtless
prove perfeot from a sanitary stand
point If this is so one story below
ground, why not three or four, and
if two, three or four, why not ton or
twelve if neoeasary? This may solve
the problem of economy in buildiug
spaoe and do away with tbe sky-sorap-ing
buildings that in other cities are
already causing unfavorable com
ment. It may be a long time honoo,
bnt I believe the time will come when
there are as many buildiugs ten sto
ries uudergrouud as there are that
number above the surfues of the
ground." This sound ouimerioul, but
perhaps it is not Bunker's Enoyolo
pedis Monthly.
FOR FARM AXD OARDEX.
OVRRFBBDtNO FOWLS WITH WHEAT.
Wheat is not a safo food if given to
ny animal in excess, It swells iu the
fowls' crops and causes Indigestion,
which produces staggering aud paral
ysis of the neck and death in a short
time. Fowls will swallow conl if it is
lying about and gravel is not easily
procured. ' A supply of gravel should
be furnished to all poultry if the
soil has not plenty of it in it This is
iudisponsablo for the crushing of the
food in the gizzard, which is part of
the multiple stomach of birds. New
York Times.
lUtsixo carrots.
Make preparations to raise a few
carrots next season. In mauy por
tions of the country tlioy will sell at a
good figurn and thus add to the in
come of the farm. If they cannot be
sold readily they will make an excel
lent and profitable addition to tho feed
of tho horses, colts and cows through
tho winter. If you are a "winter
dairyman" a few pounds fod to the
cows each day will go far toward
making that fine "butter color" that
is so desirablo, yot often so hard to
got in the winter. Experienced culti
vators got eighty bnshelspor acre. If
you can grow half as many they should
-not cost (if cultivated largely by horse
power) nioro than 10 cents per bushol,
and it will bo worth very much more
thnn that as an addition to tho feeding
ratiou. Sow tho seed rather thickly
in drills, and thin out with a narrow
bladed hoe, so as to leavo the roots
about three iuches apart or in clumps
of two or threo or six inches apart.
Tho latter method will not give as
nice, smooth roots for market, but
will give as good a yield, quito as val
uable for feeding, and will greatly re
duce the labor of thinning. Uso the
stump-rootodor half-long sorts, as the
labor of digging is not so muoh as the
care with tho longor varieties. Wis
consin Agriculturist
A NEW WAT OP RAISING) ONIONS.
I had some Prize Taker onion scod
sown by a florist for me about tho
middle of March, with L. C. Beccher.
The ground was plowed, harrowed and
rnkod about April 10, and the sood,
which was to be sown in the open
ground, was drilled iu with a Plunot
Jr., seed drill as soon as tho ground
was roady. Tho adjoining ground was
cnltivated occasionally until tbo secoud
week in May, when I transplanted
thoso sown in tho greenhouse, those
sown in the open ground being about
1 1-2 inches high at the time. Tho
method of transplanting onions that I
had seen was to take a small basketful
from tho hotbed, then with a pointod
stick make a small hole, into which
the plaut was placed, aud after firm,
ing the soil around it, oue after an
other waa transplanted.
When I received my plants from tho
greenhouse the weathor was exceeding
ly dry aud I did not deem it best to
follow this mothod. I first moisteued
the plants in the box, and as I took
them from it they were placed in water
to avoid wilting. I made a drill about
two inches deep aud two inches wide,
into which was sown tho same quantity
of fertilizer as had boon bestowed
npon those sown in opon ground, I
used the brand of phosphate designed
for potatoes. This waa mixed thor
oughly with the soil, and water wus
poured into the drills. One plant at
a time was placed in the drills, ana
with my hands I pressed the moist
soil around it, at the same time draw
ing lightly some of tho dry earth to
make the ground level and to keep it
from baking. Tbe distance between
the plants was two and one-half to
threo inches. This may seem to be
a very slow process, but it can be
done nearly as quickly as you could
weed onions in the ordinary way, and
you save that weeding; and we all
know that weeding onious ia no envia
ble task.
The transplanted onions gave me
very little trouble, while those town
in open ground required twioe the care
to keep them free from weeds. Not
one from the transplanted plat wus
smaller than the lurgust of. those grown
in tbe ordinary way. All but three of
the transplanted ones ripened natur
ally, while in the others there was
about a peok of unsatisfactory ones
and the yield was twioe as much. The
only objection I can find is that retail
dealers complain tbat they are too
large, as mauy are sold by tbe quurt
This oould bo overcome, if they would
buy aud sell by tbe pouud.
By this transplanting method we
can get onious muoh eurlitr,as there
will be several weeks diffureuoa iu the
time of ripening. . There ia also no
waste on aooount of . small ones. We
dispense with two weeding I am
perfectly satisfied that it it profitable
and labor-saving, and as we univer
sally adopt this tli4 buyors will be
better satisfied, as we can furnish on
ions of uniform size and much earlier
and they, too, will find it more profit
able to soil thorn by weight. Dr.
Sturgis experimented with rod on
ions and is satisfied as to its advan
tages. New England Homestead.
ftltKKP INDUSTRY.
In no form of stock husbandry has
a widor divergence occurred from for
mer practical financial foundations
than in shoop, Tho whole system in
tho sheep industry Hoods to be recon
structed to suit the widening market
for the form of products the sheep
affords, says J. F. Abbott In this
reconstruction whilo wool is forced
out of the estimate in profits, it can
not be wholly eliiniuated from the
discussion of the shoop industry, bo
cause from tho natural causes ns
founded upon fundamental law in the
animal economy, a good floeco forms
the basis of a healthy, vigorous con
stitution, and without that no animal
is fitted to servo iu its highest capa
city for profit and usefulness.
In the new order of things, the
question presents itself to tho farmer
whether sheep oan be mado profitable
on the present basis of the industry.
In considering this question it is very
evideut thnt sheep-breeding on theold
plan of raising the long-legged, small
bodied, thiuly-clothed sheep, kept
whon wool was the only object the
farmer could see iu raising sheep, will
not pay at the present time.
The time has come whon a sheep is
no longor a sheep in tho sense that
inferior stock can' be made to pay a
profit on its keeping. This is the
more emphatically so when lambs and
mutton are the principal or only pro
ducts of a money value accruing from
sheop.
In selecting stocks there are several
requisites to bo considorod peouliar to
looality. Our stook must bo adapted
to the climate, to the products it is
required to iuruisb, and to furnish
these in tho most economical way. It
is useless to attempt to grow healthy,
hardy sheep in thoso portions of our
country where the variuble and stern
climate in wintor necessitates feeding
and housiug at the barn four or five
months in tho year, without such are
clothed with a good floeco of wool.
Tho larger breeds, as a rule, aro
deficient in this respect Careful
housing in inolemont woatbor, es
pecially in time of cold rain storms
aud storms of sleet and snow, will
tend to evailo some of the difficulties
but I have observed thnt thoso who
have tried to practice ou that plan
usuullly cbaugo their oourso of brood
ing on that line after a few years'
trial.
As far as my experionoo goes, ac
climation does something iu tho
way of fortifying constitutional vigor,
but oaunot be rolied upon as a sub-
stitue for stumino. Crost-breeding
with some of the mixed breods we now
have is a pruotical remedy, and shows
fairly good results, wheu the breeding
stock has been well selected.
There seems to bo a growing de
mand in this country for good mutton
aud lambs, and a growing inclination
among farmers to breed more mutton
bbeep. Our large cities are every dny
appreciating good mutton bettor, and
the market for lambs in early Bpring
and summer has never been fully
supplied.
In fact the demand for lamb aud
young mntton ia not limited to spring
or summer, but all through the year
lamb retails in oar meat markets at
about the highest prioes for moats.
It is evident to meet this demand of
tbo market calls for changes in breed
ing. And to improve our stock or to
keep it np to a certnin standard, re
quires skill and good judgment Any
one to suooeed iu this line must look
well to the rams be soleots for sires
of hia ewes kept for breeding stock.
And it is proper to remark that on no
aooount should a cross-bred or grade
ram be used a a breeder. Farm,
Field and Fireside.
FARM AMD OABDEN NOTES.
A bushel of apploa make about sis
pounds of evaporated fruit
A berry garden for next season
should be deoided upou at onoe.
If the trees in tho orohard stand so
close together a to exclude air aud
suu.biue, the inferior trees should be
removed.
Geese are more hardy and much
less trouble than chickens and turkeys,
aud tbe profits are very muoh larger.
During the summer all they ueed is a
good pasture. They begin laying
when a year old, and lay from thirty
to forty eggs in the season, Three
geese era enough for the company of
one gaudsr.
:iestific SCRAPS.
It ia impossible for a human boing
to breathe at a height greater than
seven miles above the earth.
Professor d'Arsonval of the College
of France has been makiug a series of
experiments with the torpedo fish.
A fabric made of pine aud spruce
wood pulp is made into overcoats in
Leeds, England. It looks like frieze.
The highest inhabited building in
Europe is the Alpine clubhouse, on
Mt Rosa twelve thousand feet abovo
soft level.
A man is as old as his arteries. If
they are soft and compressible, the
deteriorating effeots of old age have
not yet appeared.
Twenty millions of meteors are said
to fall npou the earth evory day, their
aggregate weight amounting to some
thing like two tons.
Sizo for size, n thread of epldor silk
is docidodty tougher than a bar of
steel. Au ordinary thread will bear a
weight of three grains.
If a man nto iu the spider's propor
tion ho would consume the equivalent
of four barrels of fish, a dozen hogs,
three xlioep and two oxen in a singl
day.
Penn's Cave, Penn.. near Bello
fonte, is to be illuminated by electri
city and electric railways are to be
built between the railroad station and
the cave.
A streot car in Glasgow, Sootland,
with a new oil motor in place of
horses was exhibited recently. Whilo
on tho trial trip tho oil tank took fire
nd burned the whole exhibit.
An exhaust pipe from the power
house of tho railway company at
Chester, Feun., pours out hot water
all day, Scores of economical house
wives regularly visit the plaoe and fill
their buckets with tbe boiling water,
saving themselves the exponas and
troublo of beating it.
Professor Proctor, the astronomer,
while on a visitto Florida, studied the
flight of turkey buzzards. He ob
served that they were able to soar
quite independent of any motion of
their wings. Thoy seemed to balance
themselves on the air aud move for
ward, and sometimes upward, without
the expenditure of any foroe at all.
Ho attemptod to account for this on
the hypothesis that as they were mov
ing forward at a very high velooity
they did not rest ou tho sumo air long
enough for tho air to be set in
motion.
Water ntill IJnld
It is npt generally kuown, oven la J
California, that millions of dollar
aro annunlly taken from rndi heapsSt
base-looking quartz by the flowfng of
wator over huge piles of broken rocks
that contain tho precious metal. (The
procoss of robbing the earth of its
gold has now beon re luoo 1 to such a
fine point that the gentle flow of water
ovor tho ore gleans it of its golden
treasures, aud this works well in oases
where the old chloride aud other
res, una tms works won in oases
the old chloride aud other
ds are not so useful. ,
i water used by miners in brin
ild from piles of mineral-beiw
lartz is charged with a simple
methods i
The'
ing gold
ing quartz i
chemical, which has the potency to
dissolve .gold aud hold it in solution.
The sparkling liquid, which flows
over hundreds of tons of quartz
trickles through the mines and seeks
its level laden with gold, ia charged
with a deadly poison, cyanide of po
tassium, a drug wniou ferrets out the
minutest particles of the yellowish
metal, and dissolves them and. brings
the preoious burden to the vats, for
conversion into refined gold agaiu.
The eyanidt) process is as noiseless
and unerring as tbe laws of gravita
tion. The method is based on the
fact that even a very weak solution of
cyanide of potassim dissolves gold and
silver, forming respectively auro-po-tassio
cyanide and argeuto-potassio
oyanide. The solution is separated
from the solid mineral, and the gold
and silver are preoipitated in metallic
form. During the last five years the
process has been introduced into al-'
most every gold field in California and
elsewhere, and more than $$0,000,000
has been recovered by tbe gentle flow
of the waters obarged with the magi
cal obemical,
Preoipitation ia effected by the use
of fine pieces of cioo, so arranged that
when tbe rich waters flow over them
the fine gold dusters in rich deposits
over the ziuo, for whioh it has an
affinity, The gold deposits itself in
the form of fine dust on the plates of
tine Boston Jouruul of Commeroe.
His Bluff Called.
He I was going to ask yon to go
sleighing with me today, but .there's
no snow on the ground. .
She Theu, I am afraid, yon will
have to get a oarrlags. puok.