ONE OF THE LOSERS. I htir stand In the twilight there, llttr linml nml her temple urajr i Hit furrowed fnoo It Is marked with earn, lioiiRh In hr giirb nml tliln with the wear Of tbo work o( tuo luug, long Uny. She turn her fnee to the dlxtnnt skies It Is anxious nml (Irnwn with imln And slowly ht shnkMi her lienil nml sighs, Bmlly the tanrs course from InT eyes As she enters bar cot ngnln. Oh, tho whits roml atrotches across ths plain. Add It's hers thnt sho comes each dny. For she Iim nut hmtrd thnt her boy wns Plain, And she does not know thnt Shu looks In vnin Through the twilight dim and gray. J luEG'S WILD RIDE. J t r-rnr.i.TS i.mi.u nrsTos. v Meg's "wIippI" wns notottoof those fascinating lady's bicyelps. She iliil not spin airily over nn nxphnlt pavement to park or boulevard. Meg's "wheel" weighed several Imiiilrnil pounds. Hho tode it out over the Nelrak plains. And, nfier nil, it wasn't Meg's wheel anyhow, for it lilnm1 to the North eru PnciHc railroad mid was mudo of iron and pnintod end, aud was a tricycle instead of a bicycle. Meg lived on n ranch, and tho near est village where tlio trains sometimes deigned to stop for n punting monipiit was cnllod Siptaw Crppk. Meg owned sturdy little hrcticlio pony, which she would ride on n swift lope down tbo long trail which lay like a white ri Liuon over the prairie, and at the village she would visit nt tho "store" where Mr. Smith sold candy nd saddles and ilnunol shirta anil lariats and many other things. And then sho would rattle her potty's henln, (dipping nnd scrambling down the bluff road to the station, where sho would arrive in a cloud of dust and merrily bail the agent, Frank Graham. It was hpie Meg would ride her tricycle, w hich was a railroad whpol" nd provided by tho company for tho agent's use. And though it was heavy Meg's strong arms could make the handlebar fly back and forth while the wheel glided swiftly over the gleaming rails. Late one afternoon Meg rodo to the "store" and found some little excite ment over a eattlo train thut bad been ditched about two miles below the station. The accident was caused by spread rails, the men said, and nobody' . was hurt, but it would delay tho ex press, which was due in two hours. Meg rode down to tho sceno of tho accident where the train nton were busy. It was already growing dark and they had built great bonfires to help them to clear np what they could while waiting for the w recking train. Frank, the agont, had been to the wreck on tho tricycle and bad raced back to the little station to wire for the wrecking ettgiuo and warn the ex press, as the mad wound snake-like along the broad Missouri rivor in the beavy shadows nt the foot of tho bin 11', and as it was the"llyer"it could hardly be signaled safely. It was quite dark wueu jueg llnully turned her pony a nose toward the station and cantered elowly along to say "how-do-do" to Frank aud get the papers ho promised ber to take home. Also it could not be long till tho "flyer" would bo due, and Meg loved to see the long, bright train loaded with passengers aud flashing its gleam of tho groat world beyond the plains into ber longing yes for a brief moment. As her pouy's heels thudded lazily along beside the track the station gradually came into view. And than Mog's heart leaped oddly iu her breast - and her eyes widened. For the sta tion was in total darkness. Meg's quirt came down with a swish on hor Sony's flank, and Teddy, amazed and idignant, bucked decidedly to ex press his strong disapproval of such .actions. For lie and his young iuIh tress understood each other aud the quirt wns never used except in gentle "love taps." Meg was not western raised tor nothing, however, and she retained ber place ou Teddy's back. Finally bis slender legs stretohed oat and Ms nimble heels skimmed the sage bush and sharp cactus till the station was reached. Then Meg flung herself from the saddle with a stifled cry, for the agent lay face downward on the dark platform, and the closed doors and black windows of tle sta tion, together with the nnlighted aignal lamps, toM a story that froze Msj'i blood. Hue rolled Frank ovor, but he was unconscious from a blow ou the back of the bead, evidently given by robbers. "And the flyer mast be duel cried Meg, in an agony of despair. Hue knew nothing of the mechanism of the signal lamps and to return to tho -wreck for help wonld be hopeless, for they wonld be too late. What was to be done? , As Meg moaned aloud Teddy whin nied uneasily in reply. She looked t him hopelessly. 7 ho flyer some times stopped at a watering tank up the track, but there wit u bridge to cross between and Teddy would be useless. Then ber oyes foil on the -tricycle on the main track, where it had been left when Frank was at tacked. It was the only chance auQ Hag leaped on the machine. In a moment Teddy aud the nn. onsoloue agent were alone with the ilent station, while down the track the "olick-click, click-click" of the railroad wheel grew faster and fainter in the distanoe. The only hope was to reach the water tank before the ex ' press left. Meg's white lips parted with a sob, while her wide eyes trained before ber through the blaok Dees for that yellow eye of light that must surely be 'due. "Click-click," went the machine, "Waiting!" it seemed to ory, as tho Cl's hands tightened convulsive! on the bandies. The wheels spun over the track with a low roar that again and again, as Meg swung around the curves, seemed the oncoming roar of the express. The frightened girl's mouth seemed flllod with ashes, hor lips were dry and stiff and the sharp 'articles of sand that Swept np into inr face nnd eyes stung like a storm of needles. Her back ached nud pained nnd sMarp knives seemed shoot ing down her nrms nnd through ber numbed nnd stiff hands that now hardly folt tho handlebars. Suddenly the headlight of the ex press (standing at the tank) loomed in the near distance. Franticially Meg tried to stop ber niachino, but the bent she could do wan to retard its progress as it approached the now blinding glaring of the light. With a shriek of agony and despair Meg reeled back in n faint. The heltiless little hands fell from thn bar and one crush swopt her into a moieiful obliv ion. Jtut Meg wns not killed. When she opened her eyos her fnco nnd hair wore wet whoro tho trainmen had dashed water over her, and many anx ious eyes were looking down nt her face. Mio had been in time, nftor all. though the engine, wns just nbout to start from the wntnring tank as she dashed into it. The bicyclo wns n wrecK, nti'l Meg's loft nrm was broken and her head cut nud her body bruisod. Hut she had snvod the train nud wns a lieroino.Hympnthetlo women from tho l'tiUman coaches and from tho tourist cars nnd weary travelers from the emigrant curs together thanked tho whita-fnead girl lying on tho ground in tho yellow light of tho lanterns, . title Meg was convalcsc ing slowly nud being mended nn iren erally hor littlo brown-haired mother hovered around her iu an ecstucy of tuaiikfulnoss, and Irrnwny i auction rode in miles to see "that mil of Stun nurd's who saved tho flyor." Letters arrived from the president nnd other high vlllcals of the Northern Tncillc rood, containing beautifully printed pieces of paper (tearing very lllogiblv written signatures and mysterious littlo holes punched through,'nnd Meg (Uncovered that sho wan a very im portant young lady with a bank ac count. But, bent of nil to hor, whou she was well sho went down daily to the "store and to see Frank Graham. who was convalosoiug, too, nfter a very long illness, and she glided swiftly ami happily on a "Indy's wheel" of latent mako. Chicago llecord. DUG A FELLOW PRISONER'S CRAVE1 Kxiierlenra of an Ainrrlcnn Under Lovet In n Cuban ri-Wnn. Colonel H. F. Sawyer, a prominent Southern journalist aud at prosonttho chief editorial writer of the Rome (On.) Tribune, is one of the oldest nud most picturesque characters in the laud of Dixio. When a boy of ilftoou or sixteen bis fiery spirit loil him into our war with Mexico, and tho youugstor thorough ly enjoyed it nil tho way through. After returning to his homo in Ala bama the lud didn't foel like settling down. Me was lonrt of adventure, nud the lifo of a soldier iu a strange laud suited him exactly. It was not long before he bename interested in the cause of free Cuba, and as one of the periodical iiinnrreo tious iu that country was theniu prog ress ho joined the ill-fated expedi tion of Lopez. The capture and exe cution of his chief left the boy and his comrades in a bad fix. The few prisoners who were not put to doath were chained in couplea and placed' on the public works. Sawyer was harshly treated, and it looked as though exposure and hard work would kill him. He managed to send a note to the American consul, but nothing was done for him. One of the (Spaniards guarding him was rather clever, and tbe-enptive sent his letters through his ban is. The half starved young American awoke oue morning to find thnt the prisoner chained to him was lying dend by his side. The survivor was ordered to bury him, aud when the ohain bind ing him to the corpse was rudely broken he dug a grave for bis late fellow-sufferer. There was no coffin. Tho grave was scooped in the sand by Sawyer's tired nnd trembling hands. The situation was desperate. Saw yer then wrote n long letter to the British consul, telling his whole story his youth, his pitiful condition, the negloct of the American oouhiiI aud mauy other niattets. The very next duy a big English, man visited tho camp. Ho was very mad aud very overbearing in his man ner, lie talked with the boy pris oner aud told him to be of good cheer. How he did it nobody but himself and the Spauish authorities ever knew, but in less than twenty-four hours he secured Sawyer's release and put hint on a vessel bound for America. Sawyer devoted himself for a few years to politics and planting in Ala bama, bnt the first cull to arms in the oivil war found him ready. At that time he was a prosperous mn. He cared nothing for money, and when he organized his oompauy he insisted upon equipping it at his own expense. He paid for uniforms, guns, canteens, knapsacks and everything out of his own pocket. He was a gallant fighter, and his wen were imbued with his fearless spirit. Of oourse he was promoted. He rose to a colonelcy, and wonld hare gone higher if he had oared for suoh trifles as rank and title. Tho war loft very few of his men alive or unsoathed. They fonght liko tigers and nearly all of than wore slain ia battle. At the elose of tho war tho ooloaol faoed his new duties and responsible ties and showed that ho oould work as bard aWk 00014 BghU SCIENTIFIC SCRAP3. The only two animals whose brains are heavier than that of a mnn are the whale and the elephant. The femalo brain commences to de cline in weight nfter the age of thirty; the male not ten years Inter. A naturalist of emlnonce says that land birds make their journeys iu the daytime and water bints at night. Hydrogen is the lightest substance known, but corouium is supposed to be lighter, aud consequently wonld prove even more difficult to liquefy. The horse, when grazing, is guided entirely by the nostrils in the choice of proper food, and blind horses are never known to make mistakes iu their diet. Mercury is a foe to life. Those who make mirrors, barometers or tliorniom etcrs, who etch or color wood or folt, will soon feel the effect of the nitrate of mercury in teeth, gums aud the tissues of tho body. Tito fecundity of microbes In pro digious, so much so thnt if fifteen drops of water polluted with bacteria nre nllowed to fall into n cup of broth tho gorm population would have in creased in twonty-fottr hours to 80,. UUO.OOl). Thn FNUliiiniix Hog. Travelers in Esquimnuxland relate (iiriotin stories of the dogs that are almost the only means of conveyance in thnt part of the world. The ronl Esquimaux dog of puro breod is a rarity. They ai o so nearly nkin to wolvos that tho breeds become mixed, and it is found extremoly hard to keep them separate. Especially is this true where thero are not excellent facili ties for keeping dogs confined. It in Do unusual thing for the slud dogs-to run nway nnd take refugo with the wolves. It is said to bo very dilllcult to mnkn up tennis of thoroughbred dogs. In almost nil pases thoro will be several that show their wolfish origin most plainly. The wolf cross produces a dog closely resembling tho wolf. The creature is exceedingly vicious, unreliable and hard to man age, bnt vor.r hnrdy, swift nud endur ing. With several well-trained dogs in the band, tho sledge driver takes Urge loads of goods across the coun try. He travels rapidly nnd safely, provide 1 he can keep bin team in sub juotion. Occasionally the wolf dogs will gnaw the straps of their harness aud broak nway in spite of every pre caution. Some of these brutes seem to possess almost nuporhumnn iutolli gouco. They appear to read the trav eler's thoughts and know just how lunch they can trespass on his good nature. The lash is considered by many persons the only mothod of government. Moral suasion hns been tried, but with somewhat indifferent results. Tho animals are so accus tomed to force thnt they seem unablo to appreciate or underntaud kindness. Possibly if those dogs were taken In band aud gently trained from thoir birth something might be done with them. New York Lodger. Injudicious I'm at Disinfectant. It is a foible of human nature to pass from extreme to extreme Peo ple are slow to accept a now theory, but, having once adopted it, they m e roady to work it to death. How many years it is since medical ofllcors had to implore tho folk in thoir districts to use disinfectants, and encountered the most senseloss opposition in their crusade? Now they are finding a new difficulty. People have recognized the value of disiufeotantn nnd deodor izers, and thoy employ thorn by the bnckotful without rhyme or leuson. trusting blindly to their efficacy, on the principle that one canuot have too much of a good thing. So we find the Clorkenwell medical officer warn ing tho public Against this injudicious use, and declaring that "it ban been found that disinfectants are used in haphazard and indiscriminate manner by the public. Not only are they absolutely valueless in many cases, but, by creating a false im pression of security, they do an im mense ainonnt of harm." In other words, people imagine that cleanliness may be iguorad provided only that they empty unlimited carbolic waihes and powders over the unclean places. That is a dire superstition, born main ly of laziness aud aversion to soap and water. The latter are juot as neces- rary as they ever were. Loudon Telegraph. Msnt Kpr Forty. Knur Yenrs. In n recent display of canned meats in this city a case of mutton wns ex hibited which, it is claimed, holds the record for longevity. Forty-four years have elapsed since it was placed in the tius,and the can which was opened showed the meat to still be in good condition. When the good ship Furv wss wrecked in 1851 tho canned mutton, with other stores, was oast ashore at Prince's Inlet, in the far north. Sir John Bobs, the Aictio explorer, found them some eight years loter.and helped himself to a number of cans. The re mainder rente 1 there for twentv-four years, when the ship Investigator ap peared and brought tbetn home. For nearly a quarter of a century tbo meat had withstood a olimate where the variations of temperature range from ninety degrees below zero to eighty above, being alternately frozen and broiled. It is still preserved as an objeot lesson of perfection in canning. Philadelphia liecord. Overheard In A. D. 1910. "What a uniform look of disap pointment there is ou the faces oi Wilson's youngest children." "Yes, Billson, you remember, was one of tho volunteers of 1898, who didn't geta chanoe to do any fighting." Cleveland Plain-Doalor. Pi wrrrccrnwa u woo r.'C rnrs I! I. tpik realm ok fashion; A Cutaway Effseta Tho new oiroular flonnoe and enta way effeots introduced in capes this season are extremely fasoinating, and a reviral of this popular and convent ent wrap is already heralded. The model here illustrated in of light brown cloth, made on costume. The revers are faced with brown velvet, and brown satin in used for the hand some lining. The upper portion fits smoothly, n single dart taken up on each shoulder regulating the adjust ment, and the fronts are cut away from the nook down. The cape has addod longth given by the oiroular flounce that is joined to CAPB WITH CinOCLAn FLOUNCR. I"''v WOMAN'S BASQUE AND its lower edge, and 'extends on tho fronts, where it reverses at the top to form prettily shaped lapels. A piping of the cloth is included in the seam. The neck is completed with a high flaring collar, faoed with velvet, and made in scotions to roll over slightly at the top. Bows of machine stitching give an appropriate finish. Some very dressy capes are made of satin. silk or velvet, with one or more ruffles in this style, decorated with rnohings of silk or ribbon, braid, passemeterie or fur. Heavy cloths, in smooth or rough finish, may be used, the donble-faeed cloths being exceedingly handsome without lining. To make the cape in the medinm size will require two and a half yards of fifty-four-inoh material. A Stylish Autntnn Costnm. The stylish costume shown in the large illustration is suited for after noon or morning wear. The material is castor-colored broadcloth, with chemisette and collar of finely tucked white faille, and the trimming of black braid passementerie is laid over white ribbon. The hat is of brown fancy chenille braid, with castor satin and velvet loops. Small flowers iu brown satin aud burnt orange are bunched high in front. The waist is made over fitted linings that close in centre-front, the over front being cut in heart shape to ex- Eose the pretty yoke in front and aok. The fronts are corded in groups of three evenly apaoed rows, whioh must be done in the cloth be fore outting the pattern. The back is smooth across the shoulders and is drawn to the waist by gathers at the centre. The two-seamed sleeves have the slight fashionable fulness gathered at the top and the wrists are finished by pretty flaring cuffs. The basque portion is joined to the lower edge of the waist, tho seam being hidden by the shaped belt. Soth tho basque And the. stjlisb 'j z, o -j wa cr or gtrtt&crwritfit mam breteltes have an Interlining of tailor canvas between tho lining of white faille and the oloth. The fronts lap in uouoie-nreasteu style ana are ctoseu by diamond-shaped out steel bnttons. The skirt is seven-gored, in tbo latest mode, the narrow front gore being ontlined with the trimming, an effect whioh give height and dignity to the figure. The gnlmpe effect is a wonderfully attractive and becoming feature of the season's styles and may us piain-tnckeii or Ince-covered. Any of the plnin-cheoked or novelty mixed goods are appropriate for its develop ment, and braid, velvet or ribbon may be nsed in decoration. To make the waist for a woman of medium size will reriuire two yards oi iorty iour-tnou material. To make the skirt in the medium size will re quire five and one-eighth yards of the same width material. A Skirt Mnoh In Vogn. One of the most fashionable skirts now in vogne in here illustrated in mixed gray veiling trimmed with rnoh ings of the material edged with nar row satin ribbon. The upper portion is of olrcntar shaping fitted at the top by abort darts, to the lower edge of which tho graduated flonnoe is joined. The flounce is very deep in back nnd nar row in front, which gives the admired tablier effect so very generally becom iug. The plaokot is finished at top of the centre soam in back, the fulness at BKVJSN-OOHED SKIRT. the waist being laid in deep single plaits at each side. Oathers may bo devoloped to adjust the fulness if so preferred. The sweep at the foot measures four and three-fourths yards. Almost any style of material can be handsomely developed by this grace fnl model, and flat trimming of braid, gimp, passementerie or ribbon will decorate stylishly. To make this skirt for o lady of LADIES' CinCULAB SKIRT WITH CIBCOXA OBADCATSD FLOUNCE, medinm size will require four and one half yards of material forty-four inches wide. Far a Drooping Front. A novelty of the season is a piece of passementerie shaped like a bib. This fastens upon either shoulder and is attaohed to a belt It is designed to carry out the idea of the full drooping front, ' Frlarass Dross Popolar. The prinoess dress is so much liked that it appears again in the finest im portations. In many inatanoes the sides and baok are in prinoess form with tho front in bodice or jaoket shape. AGRICULTURAL TOPICS Pnro llreilt Pay, I find that I take a far greater Inw terest in beautiful thoroughbred fowl than in the common barnyard stock. They ore mnoh more ottraotive, too, being all of same color and size, Neighbors passing by and seeing then canuot resist the charm and straight way bny from one to five sittings. Late iu the season the grocer kept my eggs on sale for hatching, and quite a number of sittings were sold for donblo the market price. My experience ii therefore that it pays in cash returns to keep first-class thoroughbred fowls, even though you do have to pay largo prices at the beginning. More than thin, it pays in the increased pride aud interest you will take in your poultry; and when fair time come yon will have something worth while to pnt on exhibition. W. 11. Smith, in New England Homestead. tVMils Fnr lino. The hog in at much of a grazing ani mal as the sheep, but rnisod as it usu ally is in pens nud small yards, it has no chance to feed nn its nature de mands, nnd frequently suffers lor want of green food. As a rule, hogs are not ' particular what that greon goods is, ' and will cat weodn with tho same avidity as corn fodder. In the enrly autumn whon the weed growth is so rank the hog pen ought to be kept liberally supplied with cut or pnlled weeds, as well as with the unsalable product of the vegetable garden, all of which hogs will connnme and thrive on. A usual source of vexation may thus be turned into a source of profit, and the hogs be nil tho bettor for this vnrioty of food. In feeding weeds or grass, have them fresh; do not allow them to wilt nud got dry bofore offer. ' ing to the bogs. Let them have the benefit of nil the fresh juices in the stalks as soon ns possible after they aro cut or pulled. Marketing (Inrdrn Veffittahlns, Only half, or often loss than this, of tho gardener's work in accomplished when he has successfully grown his crop. Thoir marketing in good con. dition and cheaply is of the greatest importance. There is more often failure here than anywhero else in gar. deuing. Frequently such failure is mnde inevitable, by locating the gar den where its produce cannot find a near market. Such places are also generally diffionlt to manure, and the necessary help to harvest the veoe- table crops as woll as to marltet thenr cannot be easily secured. The pro. ducts or the garden are much more bulky than those of farm lauds in or dinary crops. Tho difference of a mile or two milen in carrying each load to market , hecomos an enormous burden when a'pplied to tho bulkiest enrdon of vegetables. It is this that makes land near cities and villages, that is suitable for market gardening, so dear ns it is. And yet, the market gar dener who in wise will prefer this highest pricod land rather than the laud that is much cheaper because it is farthest trom market. Amerioau Cul tivator. The Cnnna of Mottlon. The prime cause of mottles is the nse of too cold water in washing the butter and the manner in whioh it is introduced into the churn. By using too cold water the ontside of the but. ter granules beoomes crusted or bard, ened like the shell of an egg, while the inside in soft. Now when thin mass is worked together those little shells re main in the same condition, and no amount of working or tempering salt, or even distribution of salt when added, will change the conditions. They do not work up, consequently do not take salt, henoe the fine threadlike streaks in the butter. The manner in which the water is introduced into the churn is responsi ble for the largo mottles, or seeming lumps of white butter throughout tho -mass. In the majority of creameries throughout the country the water is pnmped directly into the ohnrn, either through a hose or a pipe. Now, when the water strikes the butter these granules become hard and solid like in the first case, only that these hard granules are not broken down at all. and the large mottles are the result. The wash water should be tempered to within two or three degrees of the ohnrn temperature. New York Pro. duce Review. Us of Fertllliari, There is no question but what good stable manure contains all the valuable manurial elements, but so much stable manure used is of such a poor grade that other sources must be worked to supply needed chemicals to the soil. The nitrogen question has been easily settled sinoe it has been found that legumes will gather it for us from the air, so that we are left to deal only with potash and phosphoric acid. It is well known that there are large stores of these in the soil, which re mains, oftentimes, undisturbed for years simply because farmers do not go ;about getting them out in the proper way. Gradually it is being earned that the best way to make these elements available, either when they exist in the soil or ore placed there in the shape of dissolved bone or rock and muriate or snlphate of potash, is by frequent cultivation so as to admit air and moisture to sot on these ele ments and set them free for the use of plant roots. Potash and phoaphorio acid are not destroyed by the ordinary methods of farming and can be put on the laud at any time to be taken up by crops in the oourse of time. Both re quire some time to dissolve and if pat on this fall or winter they will be used by the coming season's crop. Sow broadcast on crimson clover if you have that orop in, or sow ou top of the soil if the ground is to be bare all winter, and harrow in. Unlike nitrogen, nothing will be lost by evaporation, but every bit of it will go down into the soil. Atlanta Journal.
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