THE LAST REFUCE.
Let tome what may, they can not take
One refuge that my heart haa knows
'And made to be its aecret own,
rA web of dream that shall not break.
From the harsh turmoil of the world
Mo dogging step can follow me
Where every about fades silently
(And every flag is dumbly furled.
There only doea my unrest cease
Where struggling fear and hope recede
'And leave me, in my sorest need.
The tender dusky tide of peace.
II.
Then let Ihem batter loud about,
( These winds of life, these waves of men.
' My aoul has slipped the narrow pen
'And left the strange confused rout;
'As from a noisy clamorous feast
The master might unnoticed turn
And watch the rising dawn-lights burn
Their tender flushes up the east;
Feeling himself borne fnr away
. From shouts of mingling revelers.
For him alone the dawn-wind stirs,
For him alone is born the day.
His are the purple misty hills
And his the cloud-spires of the sky,
Where the undiscovered cities lie,
'And his the light that through them thrills.
Let shout as will Hie noisy host,
He comes not back from those far gleams
Wherein his old unfinished dreams
Return hit., all that he has lost.
Arthur Davuson Ficke, in Scrihner's Mag
azine. mmm
HE IMPRUDENCE OF
PERCY PRESTON
MAT was a near thing. I
only Just escaped!" Percy
rreston exclaimed, ns be
and his partner swerved
quickly to the right Just In
time to avoid a collision.
It was the last night at Frince's,
end the skating rink Ats c-'owded
.with eager skaters, who flew along
the ice to the enlivening strains of the
Blue Hungarian Band. The bell had
Just rung in order to clear the rink of
11 except the wallzers, and the swish
of the skates intermingled pleasantly
With the soft hum of voices.
.'Who's that girl?" asked a man who
iwas watching this particular couple
with keen interest. "Nobody seems to
know much about her."
"Chetwynd Hartop brought her, I
think; he's not generally over particu
lar, but she must be somebody, or Pres
ton wouldn't be seei with her every
holiday like thisl" replied his com
panion. "He's not to be caught nap
ping. By Jove! she is handsome,
though. Look, they are coining ronnd!"
The couple flew past like a flush of
lightning, and were lost among the
crowd again. I
. "It's the Inst day!" she exclaimed.
"Yes, it has been rippin' meeting yon
like this. I never thought we should
become such pals, you know!" Tcrcy
Preston answered, letting his eyeglass
(drop from his eye. "I say, I'd like to
see more of you. How is it we never
meet at the same houses?"
"I don't know the same people us
you do," she replied, "and I'm always
so much engaged."
"I get so beastly bored with them
all," he continued; "you seem different,
somehow."
"I suppose yon don't associate with
many people outside your own set?"
ehe asked.
"No; one never knows what dreadful
people may claim one's acquaintance.
If one isn't particular. Shall we re
verse?" ' '
"I think it's better to take people for
What they are and not who they are,"
ehe exclaimed, and he did not see the
sneer on ber face. He. was too busy
tteering them safely along.
"That's all very, well in theory, but
It doesn't work," he answered. "So
ciety won't stand that sort of thing. A
(fellow must think of appearances."
The waltzing stopped, and the rink
Was again crowded with the usual
skaters.
"Are you tired, r shall we go on?"
tie asked.
"It's our last Cay," she murmured.
"Let us go on."
He took her hands in bis and to
gether they started off once more.
"It shan't be the last time we meet,"
be thought to himself, "if I can help
It I say," be exclaimed aloud, "you
know these days have been my one
relief from social boredom."
. "Ton flatter me," she laughed. "Btrt
I am afraid this one must be our last."
"You are going away?" he asked,
looking at ber keenly.
"No."
"Then can't we arrange something
to-morrow?"
"You're very persistent," she ex
glalmed.
- He smiled in a sickly way.
"I am when I want to be, don't you
now. And I've' made up my mind
about you. Are you going to the Went
iwortbs' dance to-morrow evening?"
"I don't know, the Wentworths," she
answered. . , t
"Some people object to them," he con'
tlnued, "say she's peculiar, and all
that. I believe her father did make
bis money in glue or something of the
kind, but since she has married Went-
worth, that has all been whitewashed
over. He's a rippin' good chap. Does
the thing splendidly with her money
"Money seems to be-1 your chief
thought," she said- - "I suppose you
Couldn't be seen with any one if they
ere badly dressed, even though they
plgbt be above you in rank?"
"Well, it would make a fellow look
o small in the eyes of bis friends.
(Nowadays we Judge so much by ap-
arances, don't we?" ,
"And tie opinion of tbt world la a
i I
X n-i
Bitter of such high Importance, Isn't
ltr
He did trot detect the sarcasm In ber
tone. He was not endowed with too
much wit.
"I am not really like that, though,"
he hastened to assure ber. "Once I
like a person I'd stick to them through
thick or thin."
"I'll remember that," she repeated,
significantly. "One doesn't meet that
sort of a friend every day. But this
must be our last round, for people are
beginning to leave."
The band was playing one of Strauss'
valses. Tercy Preston felt almost ro
mantic' "Where are you going to-morrow
evening?" he asked eagerly. She hesr
fated a moment, then gave a little
laugh.
"Shopping," she said.
' "So am I." She looked slnrtled.
"With my sister," he added, hurried
ly. "I often do." They both laughed.
"Where shall it be, then?" he in
quired again, as they stopped skating.
"I really must go now," she cried.
"Well, if. you insist, Uay ford's at 12.
Good-hy."
"Oood-by," he replied. "Don't for
get." And they parted.
It was some minutes past 12 the next
morning when Percy Preston nnd his
sister entered Gnyford's, Bond street;
he looked eagerly around. Hats of
every description greeted him on all
sides, but he saw no signs of the par
ticular person for whom he was seek
ing. She had distinctly said 12 o'clock,
and it was now only a few minutes
past. Surely, she could not have come
and gone again so soon. That would
he too annoying. He had looked for
ward to seeing her so much, too, that It
would be a morning sadly wasted If
she did not come.
He watched the door eagerly each
time it was opened to admit some new
customer, but still she did not appear.
Would Bhe break her promise? At
last, in despair, he turned impatiently
to his sister, who was busy trying on
a large black hat.
"It suits madam beautifully, does It
not?" exclaimed a voice at his side.
He started violently. He would know
that voice anywhere. But surely no,
it was impossible. He turned In
amazement, and took one look at the
tall, black-robed figure, who was now
trying on the hat herself in order to
show it off to its best advantage. For
one instant they gazed at each other,
he with horror, she with calm amuse
ment. Then, without a moment's hesi
tation he looked quickly away again
and made a bolt for the door.
"Good heavens!" he muttered. "What
an escape; Thank goodness no one
saw. I could never have looked soci
ety in the face again. To think that
she was a By Jove! I've never
been so taken in before."
"Thank goodness," she was thinking.
though she felt a strange choking in
her throat, "one doesn't meet friends
like that every day." But aloud she
said:
"To what address shall I send It,
madam? The gentleman seems to have
gone."
This, by the way, was the first mis
take of the kind be had ever made in
his life. Evelyn Vanderzee.in Madame.
Fish Cheap In Florida and Cuba.
Commissioner George W. Bowers, of
the Bnreau of Fisheries, returned yes
terday from Florida and Cuba, where
he went to study the culture of sponges
and the marketing of fish in that com
munity.
"I have always held," said Mr. Bow
ers, "that the old woman who raised
chickens and the Bureau of Fisheries
were the greatest benefactors of man
kind. As long as chickens and; fish are
to be had all the beef trusts In the
world cannot run the meat market up
unreasonably, because the masses of
people will then eat chickens and fish."
Mr. Bowers stated that the fish mar
kets of Havana were a model of effiy
iency and thoroughness. This condition
is probably due to the large number
of Catholics, who are heavy consumers
of fish.
In Florida Mr. Bowers faund that
fish were generally eaten, and were re
markaby cheap. The negro fishermen,
bringing in shad and other fish from
the St. John River and other streams,
where they are plentiful, sell them to
the dealers at three cents each, and the
consumers can procure fish weighing
from two to five pounds each for a
nickel. This assures the poor people
an abundance of cheap food. Wash
ington Post
Bask la Horse's Eya.
Dr. Murray, a veterinarian, of Per
ry, O. T., after examining the eyes of
a horse belonging to a reservation1
farmer named George Blair, cut into1
the eyeball and after fishing a shorf
time brought out a wriggling, twist
ing snake of a white color and perfect
ly developed bead, says the Cincinnati
Commercial.
The doctor says he jot there through
the blood when young and would have
continued growing until the horse was1
blind or dead. Such, cases are men
tioned in the horse doctor books, but
are exceedingly rare. The horse's eye
sight is apparently as good as ever
since the operation.
Twentieth Century Proverbs.
Time never hangs heavily on the
hands of a clock.
When you want to bet, put up some
thing stronger than a bluff.
Live up to your good intentions and
put the devil out of business.
A man Is never too old to Icarn, but
he may be too young to realize It
Some people take fiendish delight
in always being on the wrong aide.
There Is no fool like an old fool, un
less it be a young fool with plenty of
the old fool'a money.
Some fellows worry because they
can't meet their obligations; others, be
cause they can't dodge them. The Bohemian.
v
New York City. Pointed yokes
make exceedingly attractive features
of many of the most charming of the
season's blouses. This one is combined
With a shirred lower portion and Is emi
nently graceful and well adapted to
the fashionable soft and crushable
fabrics. As shown it is made of hand
kerchief linen with trimming of Valen
ciennes lace, but it can be utilized for
Misses' Fancy mouse,
such soft silks as radium, Adrea and
the like, as well as for cotton and linen
materials. A yoke of plain material,
inset with medallions and insertion, as
Is this one, is always attractive, but
it can be cut from any all-over material
If better liked.
The waist consists of the yoke and
the blouse portion, the blouse portion
being shirred and Joined to the yoke
and the seam concealed by the trim
ming. The closing is made invisibly
at the back. The sleeves can be either
in elbow or full length, and the lining
can be used or omitted, as material
renders desirable.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size is three yards, twenty
one, two and three-fourth yards twenty-seven
or one and one-half yards
forty-four Inches wide, with six yards
of insertion to make as illustrated,
five-eighth yard eighteen Inches wide
for the yoke when cut from contrasting
material, one and one-eighth yards if
yoke and deep cuffs both are used.
A Popolar Dress Gooda.
Some new makes of crepe chiffon
have appeared purposely adapted for
making seasonable dresses; preference
is given to rather light colors, particu
larly to raspberry pinks, pale shades
of Parma violet, ash gray and rose
shades.
' Vogna ol Jet.
Jet Is increasing in vogue. It trims
all parts of the costume, from the toe
of the slipiier to the hat or the coiffure
ornament. Black and white maline
toques trimmed with Jet are very
smart. '
Jeweled Crosses.
Some medium-sized crosses of green
tourmalines or of sapphires have the
splay ends composed entirely of dla
monds or of pearls set about with dhv
monds.
HIoum or Shirt Waist.
A dainty blouse that Is prettily
trimmed with lace or other banding
Alls so many needs Hint it may fairly
be considered a necessity. This one Is
made of Persian lawn with trimming
of German Valenciennes luce and is
uullned. The model is an adaptable
one, however, nnd would be effective in
any of the thin, soft silks or light
weight wools that are made In lingerie
style, as well as washable. materials,
while In addition to the lawn are a
great many other cotton and linen
fabrics that will be found available.
When silk or wool Is used the lining,
which Is made soft In blouse style, will
be found desirable. 'The German Va
lenciennes lace is one of the most fash
ionable ns well as the most desirable
of nil trimmings, but there are a great
many other bandings, and every sort
of lace is fashionable this season, so
that there Is every opportunity for the
exercise of individual taste and prefer
ence. The blouse Is made with the front
and the backs. Fine tucks are laid
at the shoulder edges and the trim
ming is arranged on indicated lines,
the closing being made invisibly at the
back. The sleeves allow a choice of
the popular elbow or full length, and
the lining can be used or omitted a
material renders desirable.
The quantity of material required for
Design by May Manton.
Misses' Tucked Skirt,
the medium size is three yards twenty-one.
two and three-fourth yards
twenty-seven or one nnd one-half yardl
forty-four Inches wide, with five yardl
of insertion.
Gowns Kaay to Make.
The dresses of summer how many
very pretty desigus and most of these
are of a kind to recommend themselves
to the woman who does her own dress
making. They are easy to make and
very pretty when done, two points
which are very desirable In a gown.
For pne thing, most of the flounces are
weighted at the bottom to keep them
from flying out.
Fsrorlie Fanrv Silks '
Among the fancy silks pea a de crepe,
figured and brocaded, is a favorite.
INTFDRST
M1 V-" " .'V- "
GRADUALLY HARDEN HORSES.
Work the horses a little each day, if
possible. Where they have been stand
ing in the stables the greater portion
of the time they should be gradually
hardened to full work.
ANGORA GOATS USEFUL.
Angora goats are used for clearing
off underbrush from lands that could
not easily be cleared without their aid.
They prefer the bark and twigs of
small trees and brush to the best
grasses.
COUNTING THE EGGS.
We notice the wife of die farmer
who Is always complaining the "hens
don't pay" Is sure to count the eggs be
fore she lakes them to town, and who
ever beard her complain that Bhe had
too many eggs? " No, this never hap
pens, for the complaint is generally
that the eggs are. too few. Think It
ver. New York Witness. " ,
POULTRY ON PLOWED GROUND.
All kinds of poultry delight in work
ing over newly-plowed ground for In
sects. The number of Insects destroyed
In one day . by a large flock of fowls
cannot be easily estimated. Observa
tion will show that each bird will fill
Its crop several times during the day,
and will also keep busily at work until
night The turkey and guinea will for
age over a wide territory when on a
grass plot and destroy thousands of
noxious Insects.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF WEEDS.
There are many different kinds of
weeds, and some of them start off
early In the spring, almost before the
frost leaves the ground. It Is the early
weeds that give the farmer the mosl
trouble. If the land wa9 plowed last
till, cross-plow it the coming spring,
and then harrow or cultivate It as of
ten as can be done until time to put In
the seed. Every time the land is culti
vated more weeds will germinate to b
killed, and the more weeds that can b
destroyed before the regular crop
starts the fewer there will be to com
bat later on.
SPRAY FOR GRAINS.
Oats Smut can be successfully
treated by soaking the seed eight to
ten minutes in hot water at 13-135 de
grees, or sprinkling with formalin (one
pint in fifty gallons of -j.ter) thorough
ly stirring during the process, leaving
in piles for several hours, then spread
ing out to dry.
Corn Smut in corn cannot be pre
vented by seed treatment Use varie
ties of corn most exempt from attack
and avoid use of fresh manure on land
giving the most trouble.
Corn worms can be destroyed only
by hand picking.
FOB THE "FOOT SORE" FARMER
Following the plow la sure to make
a great many "foot weary" in the
spring, and as a possible relief we sug
gest the use of a powder furnished to
the soldiers of the German army when
they are on long marches and which is
aald to accomplish great results by
"easing up" on , their feet and legs.
The powder is sifted Into their shoes
and stockings, and .consists of three
parta of salicylic acid, ten parts of
etarch and eighty-seven parts of pul
verized aoapstone. It is surely simple
enough and Is at least worth a trial.
New York Witness.
ENEMIES OF OAT PRODUCTION.
Rust and smut are two of the chief
enemies of oat production. Little can
be done against the former except by
selecting and breeding varieties re
sistant to its attacks, but there is no
for smut savs Farming. It 1
transmitted only by seed grain and cart
be entirely eradicated by treating xne
aaeii with a solution of one pound of
formalin (forty per cent formalde
hyde) In forty-five gallons or water.
HoaiI ehntild be thoroughly wet with
this solution, piled and covered with a
few sacks or blankets ror a rew noura.
If drilled' soon after treatment ww
one-half bushel more to the acre to al
low for swelling. If stored it should
be thoroughly dried before being put In
bins. Seed grain may easily be rein
fected by coming in contact with smut
ty sacks or drill boxes.
A BUTTERMAKER'S SUGGESTION.
A practical creamery buttermaker
sends the following advice to his pa
trons: If we are to have the best grade
of butter that will sell at the highest
price we must have only pure, sweet
milk. It is for your interest that we
make a fancy article, and with your
en-onerntion this can be accomplished.
Trusting that every patron will unite
with us in this effort, we Deg to oner
Hia following succestions: Thoroughly
brush the cow's flank and udder before
milking. Strain carefully through wire
mi ploth strainers. Don't allow cans
to remain In stables. Don't mix night's
and morning's milk belore cooling,
tfoon milk in cold water. Leave cov
ers up until the milk Is cooled, then stir
and close the cans. Don t leave SKim
mi lb- atnnrilnir In cans. Use brush and
warm water for washing cans, tben
rinse In scalding water ana siana iu
sun. Don't nse wooden milk palls.
Don't. violate any rule of common
cleanliness In caring for and delivering
'milk.
I
DUN'S WEEKLY 8UMMARY I '
Conditions Improved Settlement el
Labor Troubles Has Marked Ef
fect on Business Situation.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
of Trade says:
Domestic Industrial conditions are
greatly Improved by the anthracite
coal settlement and the resumption of
traffic on the lakes, while the Inter
national situation is much brighter
now that the French elections have
passed without a serious outbreak.
Foreign conditions are of unusual Im
portance to business Interests in the
United States owing to the present
close relations of the money mar
kets. Prices of securities have recovered
part of the recent loss and heavy im
ports of gold have at least temporar
ily relieved the financial stringency.
Manufacturing plants operate close to
their full capacity, with orders in
the steel industry already running;
well Into 1907 and structural work
was never more active. Wholesale
trade in fall and winter goods is on a
large scale, but unseasonable weather
causes much complaint regarding re
tail distribution of merchandise and
retards work on the farms in several
Important sections.
Dun's Index number of commodity
prices on May 1 was $106,059 against
$106,066 a month previous, the slight
decline being supplied by dairy and
garden products, but compared with
the level of all quotations a year age
there is an advance of 8.7 per cent.
Railway earnings thus far available
for April show a gain of 9.7 per cent
over the previous year, and foreign
commerce at New York for the last
week exhibit a gain of $4,520,277 in
exports and $428,538 In imports as
compared with the same week In
1905. Mercantile collections are still
somewhat irregular, but show a slight
Improvement on the whole. Bank en
changes at New York for the week
were 23.8 per cent larger than a year
ago, partly because of the much;
heavier trading in securities. At
other leading cities the gain averaged .
9.6 per cent.
Conditions In the Iron and steel In
dustry have been greatly Improved
by three settlements of labor contro
versies that handicapped progress to
some extent. Failures this week
were 209 in the United States against
197 last week and 17 in Canada com
pared with 21 a year ago.
MARKETS.
PITTSBURG.
Grain. Flour and Teed.
Wheat Nn. 2 red f SO sS
Kye No. s It 79
Corn No. 2 yellow, ear m el
No. 2 yellow, slielled 5) lift
allied ear Ml eg
Oats No. 2 white 87 88
No. 8 white W 97
Flour Winter patent 4 10 4 15
Fancy straight winters 4 no TISk.
Hay No. 1 Tlinuthy IS 00 IS 31
Clover No. 1 10 75 11 29
feed No. 1 white nil J. ton Ill 28 09
Hrnwn middlings 19 60 M 00
Bran, bulk & 00 21 60
Straw Wheat 7 Ml ISO
Oat 7 50 800
Dairy Product!.
Butter Elgin creamery I 24 2ft
Ohio creamery JO 81
Fancy country roll 19 .90
Cheese Ohio, new IK
New York, new 12
Poultry, Etc.
Hens-psr lb M 1J
Chickens dressed I
Eggs-Pa, and Ohio, fresh 17 IS.
Fruit and Vegetabln.
Apples DDI (go 5 50
Potatoes Fancy white per bu.... 75 80
Cabbage per ton 18 00 16 00
Onions per barrel go 2 26
BALTIMORE.
Flour Winter Patent I 05 5 8ft
Wheat No. 8 red 86 BO
Corn Mixed 44 47
Eggs 16 20
Butter Ohio creamery V4 g&
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Winter Patent I n 05 6 25
Wheat No. 2 red 84 6
Corn No. 2 ml led 85 M
Oats No. S white 85 8
Butter Creamery 29 M
Eggs PennsylTanla firsts 16 20
NEW YORK. .
Flour-Patents f 00
Wheat-No. red
Corn-No. 2 fj "
Oats No. 8 white J
Butter Creamery 88
Kgga State and PennsylTanla.... 10
LIVE 8TOCK.
Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg.
Cattle.
Extra, 1,450 to 1,600 lbs $5 75 15 86
Prime. 1,800 tol,400 lbs........ 6 60 6 70
Good. l.rOO to 1.800 lbs 6 80 6 50
Tidy. 1.060 to 1.150 lbs 4 90 6 10 1
Fair, too to 1,100 lbs 4 8f 4 75
Common, 700 to MX) lbs 4 00 4 tr
Common to good tat oxen 8 76 4 60
Common to good fat bulla 2 60 4 15
Common to good fat cows 8 00 4 00
Belters, 700 tol, lOOIbs 260 4 50
Fresh cows and springers 16 00 60 00 '
- Sheep.
rlmewethers..... ,..$ 5 75 6 80
Good mixed 6 60 6 76
Fair mixed ewes and wethers.... 4 75 b to
Cultsanu common H..H 2 60 4 00
Culls to choice lambs 6 50 6 00
Hogs.
Prime henry hog I 6 80 I 83
Prime medium weights M 6 90
Best heavy Yorkers...., 6 90
iood light Yorkers 6 KS 6 SO
PlgH, as to quality 6 7r . . AO .'
Common to good roughs 5 40 b 90
BUiKO ... 4 00 4 60
Calves.
Veal Calves ,.. U 50 50
Ueayy and thin calves ..... s 00 4 00
Oil Markets.
The following are the qiiiitittlouB for credit
balances In the dlflVri'nt Held:
Pennsylvania, fl W: Tlona, SI 74; Mecond
8aml.Sl : North Llm a. a-: South Lima. 9-V;
Indiana. 90c; Homerset, 01c; Kagland, 02c; Can.
ada, 11.38.
Portugal had 2,483 kilometers of
railroads at the end of 1904, of
which 1,395 were operated by priv
ate corporations. The operating ex
penses were 48 per cent, of the re
ceipts.. In 1904 there were 132,895 pounds
of opium valued at 1529,007 import
ed into Nankin.