X THE FUTURES BY Miss Dost thou behoM that sea? It stretches out before thee, bright and till: No sound of tumult does the calm air fill; All speaks serenity! The path along the shore Is bright with ttowers that bloom and fntte by turns, 'And high above the grasses and green ferns iWaves the tall sycamore. That path thou still must tread; 'Ani though the trees grow sparser by the walk, And blossoms wither on the drying stalk, By gentle showers unfed, Still thou must tread that strand, !And gaze on the horizon rolled in mist; lis useless fo complain or to resist J God holds thee by the hand. l And thou that flood must cross; At some strango moment shall thy path way bend, Ere vet perchance its beauty is at end Or thou has felt its loss. )1( ) ( BRICKS AND HIS HONOR. Tha Stsrv of Cvrui Blecerslike. CsltiDlsta Martes fm )I( ' Cyrus Blggerslake, of Montana, ; discovered San Francisco and Miss Sadie Van Vlnka simultaneously. This corpulent little man with one eye on Providence (alluded to by Ills friends as "that horrible squint") adopted the former without ques tion, and was similarly adopted by the latter. Miss Van Vlnka con fessed there was really nothing In him; that he had merely captured her by an epigrammatical remark on her favorite poet, Austin Dobson, "that Giant In Trifles;" that she was dying to change her name; that he was so like a little dog of hers that had departed In peace. Mr. Blggerslake took to the Idea of double harness kindly when she proposed to him behind a potted palm in the Palace Hotel. He was suffering from one of his periodical fits of somnolent boredom, and, , though marriage had always been labeled in his mind as a splendid ein he would never have the courage to commit, when this dashiDg vision, with courage enough It seemed for the two of them, paused for reply, he coyly mumbled: "As soon as you like," and minutely inspected the TOOf. As his bride prospective was a "Van" and a popular society belle, and he himself a reputed millionaire, the press at once took the matter In hand, giving a generous measure of bold black type surrounding im pressionist portraits, and, after hav ing raked up a few dubious scandals In connection with Mis3 Van Vlnka, and commented disagreeably on Big gerslake's Montana antecedents, they unanimously united In blessing the happy couple, and let it go at that. The result, however, was quite pitiful. Cyrus Blggerslake discov ered he was passionately in love with his wife, while his wife dis covered that a leading physician, Dr. .Charles Falloon, was the only man In 'Frisco for her. Not that Cyrus had ever let It appear he had etill this discovery to make, or that Sadie let it appear her discovery was made. Both disposed of the matter somewhat in the manner of an ex perienced consumer of Manhattan cocktails disposing of the cherry. Mrs. Biggerslake had the courage Of Pacific Coast opinions. She was not one of those people with the fear of Sunday editions in their hearts. In fact, she was rather partial to headlines, but she was strongly averse to any vulgar scandal as be came a late society belle and a "Van," having that nice discrimina tion in her character that enables Justice in this country to distin guish between a "rake-off" and a gratuity. The doctor became her cavalier and confidant, as Cyrus possessed bis guide, philosopher, and friend in the person of Silas Moran, a promi nent lawyer and "divorce special ist" (as advertised); and, fortified by her girlhood's experiences in France (where they manage these things so much better), it must be conceded that she handled all parties concerned with cosummate skill. Her husband's "unfriscan" proclivl- ties, those very traits that had origi nally attracted, early started the wheel of Fate. He obstinately re fused to "take his position" In so ciety, "My little Masticator," he would eay, reaching up to dab a cautious thrilled finger into cosmetical snowy, Bess, "San Franciscan society al ways reminds me of popular photo graphs of the moon." Sadie, with her pearliness impaired, her temper ruffled, and her brain awhirl in cryptic labyrinths, would have gnashed her teeth with rage had they not been firmly embedded in gum. What was to be done with, a man who had even written a book? though in truth it had never been published and Silas Moran was the only reader thereof to return it to his anxious friend with laconic criti cism: "The er punctuation is admirable." - The gist of the matter was that, In marrying a man with nothing in him, as she thought, she had mar ried a man with a great deal Ki him, though the soundings sel dom proclaimed a depth of more than a few inches anywhere. Dr. Falloon was no villlan "In tragic life, God wot. No villlan need be" Then happy shnlt thou be If the dun vapor on the water' rim Khull lift, and show, however faint and mm, . i Some bright reality: Whether it be a scene Of nature glorified by brighter skies. Which, save in visions, greet no human heavenly and serene Or some city fnir, Which opes its golden gates to thy repose. Oh, happy they, who enter gntes like those That shut out all despairl But if the scene be black Or opens but to caverns vast and cold; Though thy tierce spirit be untamed and bold, Nor heed's the body's rack, , .., Think not to shun the view, Nor hope to tread again thy earthly past. Breathe forth one prayer, be it thy first or last. And bid this life adieu. Scribner's Magazine, 1834. )( IB )( he was only Sadie's long felt want; a man of little or no Individualism, cast iron In manner, to be broken but not bent, but with just enough, for her purpose, of the sentiment, peculiar to young nations, that enters more or less Into American charac ter. "He is totally ignorant of bridge, thinks gambling sinful, abhors rac ing, and is odiously polite," she con fided with heaving bosom into her doctor's "cold, calculating ear." "He calls her a 'Jesuit in disguise' and chuckles. He says he comes from Montana, but" appalled "he must be an Englishman!" Grim-featured Falloon, whom she had trained to stand on his hind legs a la Dr. Johnson's dog, gave her complete satisfaction. Mystery stalked a-tlptoe. "Shade of Boccac cio, we are burning expensive in cense!" and so it was plotted. In the midst of his petty hustlings rushing In, rushing out, between intervals of "browsing" in his lib rary; sudden gusts of passion that compelled him to dance attendance up to the very doors of society, there to hand Mrs. Biggerslake out o! the automobile, bow, twiddle his mustaches, and betake himself oft; moon-struck periods during which he gaped like the mouth of Hades, swallowing his wife's little sins of omission and commission .that came flying in his face from all directions ("Caesar's wife!" he whispered to himself) in the midst of all this, with hints and warnings thrown clean over his head by well-meaning enemies, and muddy insinuations cast by friends falling from his un stained heart, Cyrus Biggerslake, running out of his library one sum mer's day, bubbling over with Im portance, fell plump against Death and Tragedy in a grim procession passing through the hall. Picture the poor little man, with arms flung aloft and blanched face, a wobbling note of interrogation! Dr. Falloon, pale and bloody, tread ing by the stretcher, gazed solemnly at him, finger to lip. Friends and servants held him back, to hold him up a minute later, when the conclu sive word, flitting on breathless wings from tongue to tongue, flut tered at last within his ear and sucked his senses from him. Judge then of the stir among the brethren of the pen when one blaz ing October forenoon Cyrus Biggers lake whirled down Market street in his automobile like a tornado, urg ing his mahout to slay and spare not the already outraged speed regula tion, and with waving arms and specimen oaths from Montana, dart ed under the brandished police' batons, and turned the corner into Montgomery street on two wheels. The fraternity resurrecting their features from foaming schooners, Ureal or imaginary, streaming in frantic pursuit, found the chariot indeed the mahout panting expla nations to the scandalized majesty of law but within the building, whither he had fled, an elevator boy, scared by his frantic appearance, shot their object skyward like a rocket from their upturned eyes and lolling tongues. "Elijah leaves us his mantle,' quoth a brother, diving onto an en velope addressed to Biggerslake in a feminine hand. The pack pricked ears and surged. But excitedly torn apart the envelope was found to-con- tain nothing. Silas Moran, chewing a choice Trinidad .over the morning's mail, nearly bolted it whole at his friend's cyclonic advent. Sinking Into a Lpadded elbow chair in the lawyer's sanctum, Cyrus could only toss his hands and Jerk about: "My wife my wife " puffing noisily. Moran recovered himself, discarded the ci gar, and waited in curious patience, "Yes, my dear old friend," he said at last soothingly, "the loss of your good wife must be a terrible grief to you, but " "Good wife!"- shrieked Cyrus, sud denly recovering his breath. "Good wife indeed! She's not dead, Silas. The whole thing was a put-up job. She's gone off with Falloon. Jeers at me from Los Angeles." His voice broke into a scream, and he threw his limbs about like a rude ly bandied jointed doll, "Keep quiet! Be calm!' deto nated Moran In the voice that has crushed many a cock-sure witness; into a quivering heap. "Good heav ens, Cyrus, if every man in 'Frls whose wife had strayed behaved ll!u you, the city would he an inferno." The deserted husband controlled himself with a great effort. "Listen, I'll read you her letter," he said, pulling out the crumpled communication whose erstwhile cov ering at that moment reposed in a dozen fragments in the pockets 01 the press. "Then the coffin contained interjected the lawyer. "Bricks," replied Biggersl "Bricks and my honor." The phrase caught his fancy. "Bricks and my honor," ha f- peated. Already his passion was dying from exhaustion; his future pose Il luminated the skyline of his thought. The picture of a grave, gray-haired man who 'never smiled rose before him, pacing slowly down the years In lonely majesty. People would hush their voices at his approach, and whisper In compassionate re spect, "His heart is broken!" His feelings were materializing. During the reading, executed in mechanical monotone (the reader's thoughts being engrossed In him self), -Moran, with his palms pressed professionally together In the atti tude of prayer, wrinkled his brow and pursed his lips unavalllngly. Ha failed entirely to discover what was required of him. The letter afforded him no clue, being simply the senseless verbal vitriol of a silly woman, flushed with victory and the spoils thereof, who, not content with knocking her aversion down, must needs return to inflict fresh torture on the dazed victim. It seemed, however, that In this case the hot shot had gone astray. Cyrus Big gerslake looked up at its conclusion with an almost pleased expression like a baby. "It is a singular case," said Moran, groping for light. "I believe " "Stop!" interrupted his friend, scratching his head. "I am trying to think." For nearly a quarter of an hour Biggerslake sat bent in meditation. Moran followed him to the regions of thought, tracing circles in the air with his index finger. "And so," said Cyrus, rising on a sudden and stringing speech onto wordless deliberations, "I will say good-by. Sorry to have troubled yon. The formula begot its stereotyped reply in Moran, more mystified than ever, and before his brain could con trol the machine movements of his tongue, Cyrus Biggerslake had gone forth from his presence, the complete martyr, leaving a faint odor of gaso' line. The summoning of the auto mobile's master was productive of great Journalistic activity, and the breeze of excitement even stirred the wings of the Press Club albatroas. Those fatal fragments: Presently the flaring Sunday edl tlons showed their heads. The late Mrs. Biggerslake, the supposed vie ttm of an automobile accident, sworn dead by her husband, certified dead by Dr. Falloon, burled to all ap' pearances, was alive, and living with the aforesaid doctor at Los Angeles! The city rocked with laughter. "Go East!" implored the martyr's friends. But Urus would not could not. "I have lost Sadie," he said, "but I will not lose San Francisco." The fascination of 'Frisco held him In thrall. The erect alert car riage of the inhabitants, due to gaz Ing up at the Twin Peaks from one end of Market street, and at the Spreckels column" and the Ferry Building clock from the other, had his heart. Leave 'Frisco? Never! "Ridiculous sentimentalist!" cried his friends, and vanished. It must, then, have been sent! mentalism that took him periodically to . the cemetery with brilliant wreaths, and arrived at the grave: a torn soul. A stranger, in con' versation with one of the attendants, observing his abandonment of griel at a distance, Inquired the clrcuni' stances and the relationship of the dead. "Ob, he's bughouse," replied the man, contemptuously. "Should be. Napa for his. The grave's empty" and so on, with the whole story embellished and enlarged. . But Biggerslake, his fat body shaken with sobs, hung his wreaths on the tombstone, oblivious, as fai as might be, to the surrounding world. "Bricks and my honor," he gulped, sinking on one knee. In fact, Cyrus waB quite happy. T. O'B. Hubbard, in the San Fran' Cisco Argonaut. Cleaning and Taking Apart Machines When one has to take apart l machine for the purpose of cleaning it and of making any repairs that may be found on inspection neces sary, the proper way Is not to tak the whole thing apart, then to put It together and next to test It to sec it anything is broken or out of place; but to test the machine before taking it apart, then to inspect each plec and mend or straighten it, and after that to clean the whole thing and assemble. If, on the contrary, cleaning it done before repairing, all the re paired parts will have to be cleaned again, thus not only Increasing the cost of the job, but prolonging the time of delivery which latter Is a very Important element when we are dealing with typewriting ma chines. Scientific ..American. Callfornlans buy mors) baseball! and bats, proportionately, than th people ( any other State. "nig Ilccoids" Cost. With an average cow it is possible to get a production of TOOO or 8000 pounds of milk in a year at a mode rate cost, but when you get beyond this and try to make a "big record" It adds materially to the cost. Prof. Dean, of Ontario. Keeping Cnttlo From Choking. To keep a cow from choking when eating potatoes and apples, which you wish to feed, tie a rope around the horns and to the foot to keep her from raising her head above a level; or, If in stable, fasten a block cross the stanchion for the same purpose. Importance of Pedigree. The importance of pedigree Is highly appreciated by breeders. A sire of relatively low personal stand ard, but of good ancestry, is more to be desirsd than one of inferior pedi gree, though of individual excellence. It requires, however, a wide ac quaintance with the breed to read the pedigree intelligently ond know from it what may be expected in the offspring. Utilizing All Food. AH nnimnhi on the farm prefer foods that may not be relished by some others. The farmer should take advantage of this fact and util ize a.il the materials that might be wasted if there were some animals that would accept them. A judicious use of the feed cutter, mixing a little bran or meal with the food, and tempting the animal with a variety, will render serviceable even such foods as wheat straw and corn fod der. There are several modes of Berving corn fodder that will make it acceptable to dainty animals. Alkaline Soil Condition!). Lime can alBo do harm if used In judiciously. It may induce the soil to give up plant foods by drawing too heavily upon the resources of the land. The mechanical effect of lime, in changing the texture of tho soil, is also' an important result of its use. Lime gives excellent results when used in connection with green crops that are plowed under. It is the manure, or crop, th-t provides tho plant food, and not the lime, but lime induces hasty action, and en ables the materials added to the soil to assume the forms available for the plants. When the land is sour, and grown over with sorrel (which con tains oxalic acid), lime is said then to "sweeten the boII" by removing the sourness, but what it really does is to assist in changing the acids of the soil into carbonate of lime and oxalate . of lime, through chemical combinations, the sour soil becoming alkaline because the lime has taken up the acids which existed before Its presence. With the changes thus made follow others, but they may bo rapid or slow according to circum stances, sometimes the benefits of lime not being apparent until the sec ond year, but upon soils upon which lime has not been applied for years It never fails to give excellent results. In proportion to the benefits derived it costs but little, is plentiful, and should be used extensively. Lime may be said to be tho foundation of the clover crop, wood ashes also be ing excellent. Philadelphia Record. Don't Side-Lino Your Pigs. I know a farmer who formerly re garded his hogs as a side line to his business of grain growing. He raised a number every j-ear, but they were very scrubby stock; yet he al ways looked to his hog money for taxes, insurance, fence repairs, etc.. Bays Farm and Fireside. An old schoolmate called on him one day, and in one of their chats lie pointed out to hln how he was losing money In raising such a poor quality of hogs. He told him he would not have a meat animal on his farm that was not of the best quality. They looked well and sold well when young, and Invariably topped the market when matured. He advised him to sell off all his scrub stock and buy three or four first-class young sows and raise pigs he would be proud of. He said: "Don't side line your pigs any more, but make them a leading product of the highest quality, arftl they will make you a greater profit than the best crops of grain you grow." This farmer dates the beginning of his prosperity from the visit of that old schoolmate. When he obtained fine stock 'he im mediately set about'providlng it with the most comfortable quarters and giving it the best care, and the re sults can easily be guessed. As I have said before: Cne who has a small sum lying idle usually can find a place on the farm where it can be employed to good advantage where It will earn much more than three to five per cent, interest.' Poultry Manure Valuable. One of the best and most avail able manures Is that which our poul try supplies. It costs no ready money and is an article of value to any farm er who will utilize it. How to save, mix and Use this manure has been a study with scores of farmers during . AND ' Wkk0h the past few years. In nearly every farmer's yard there are to be seen from 100 to 200 fowls, and very often they have no proper shelter and the droppings are lost. Often no thought is given to gathering the manure for fertilizing purposes, and in the spring the owner will pay from $50 to $75 per ton for guano, while the poultry manure that goes to waste on his own farm Is almost equally rich in plant food and even belter than some brands of so-called pure guano. Poultry manure has the most value when kept In the dry; Its value Is also largely dependent on the kind of food which the fowls consumed while making the deposit. As a rule, the poultry are given richer food than any other farm stock. Wheat, rye, corn, also scraps from the table add to their rations, hence their drop pings must possess considerable fer tilizing value. The poultry should be kept to gether as much 83 possible. The floor should be kept dry and covered weekly with ashes. Regularly every week It should be removed and stored In a dry place, shoveled over and enough absorbent added to keep- it from heating. It is astonishing now much accumulates. If it is to be drilled, the manure should be sifted, otherwise it may be applied directly from the wagon. If farmers who keep poultry and let the manure go to waste would try this plan they would save enough the first year in fertilizer .bills to build a poultry house and fence a yard for their private fertilizer factory. Pniry Cleanliness. It is gratifying to notice that some dairymen wash tho udders and teats of the cows at every milking time, wiping with clean towels, avoiding every chance of filth entering the milk, but such dairymen get good prices, ' which are secured by their reputation for skillful management of their cows and their products. The importance of putting upon the mar ket milk that is clean and of good quality should be a special effort on the part of dairymen, for the reason than the consumer is willing to pay more for it if convinced of the fact of the superiority of the product. Milk passes through so many hands from the cow to the consumer as to render the matter of obtaining pure and clean milk a difficult one. The dairyman consoles himself with the fact that he strained the milk before selling It, but the strainer does not remove soluble filth. Any substance that is dissolved by the milk will re main in the milk. Dairymen are aware of the fact that it is not unusual for a cow to get down on the floor of her stall to rest, without regard to whether the floor Is clean or covered with manure and her udder and teats may have rested during the night on a heap of tresh manure. The cow. is not as clean as the hog, so far as se lecting a suitable place for resting is concerned and where the dairyman himself is careless and does not keep the stalls clean, as well as brush the cows and wash the teats and udders, it is almost impossible to have clean milk. That cleanliness adds to the profits has been demonstrated by many leading dairymen, who find it profitable to sell only the best and cleanest milk they can offer, the best price being secured when the fanner can sell his product himself or when the dealer handles milk only from well regulated farms. The Epito mist. Farm Notes. What do you think of the high class, high-priced thoroughbreds thai follow the fairs like the lawyers used to follow the courts? Fine, surely; but it is the high-class grades that fill the butchers' stalls. Clover bloat or hoven Is more com mon among cattle in wet seasoni than in dryi The cow that has had some dry hay and salt immediately before being turned on the clovei is not likely to have bloat. The orchard is a good place tc feed hogs In. Tho hogs may get an extra mouthful that is clear gain, and they will prepare for the trees many a good meal for next spring and summer. Don't let the months pass without a thorough cleaning up of the stables, barn and barnyard. Every shovel ful of manure 13 worth money if you get It. to the right place garden, orchard or meadow. The yearllng3 may be wintered much more cheaply, and make s great deal better growth it comfort ably housed. Pigs to be kept ovet should, by all means, have dry, com fortable quarters. Young Ladies' Club. A well-meaning lot of young ladies in Cowley County, forming them selves into a reform club, will be re sponsible for many a young man's downfall. The club refuses to be stow kisses until boy tobacco chewert give pledges to quit and now the boys who do not use the weed are learn' ing to chew in order to get the re ward for quitting. Wlnfleld (Kan.) Free Press. KEAVsr GLEANINGS. There Is a big surplus over the public expenditure In Russia. Elections to the new Russian I Dourna show continued Socialist gains. Relentless war on gambling is be ing waged in France by the Premier, , M. Clemenceau. Consul-General Foster gave a lun cheon In honor of Secretary Root at Ottawa, Canada. Jamaica supports a population of 750,000 people, only two per cent, of whom are white. The one hundredth anniversary of General Lee's birth was celebrated throughout the South. , The St. Louis Electric Bridge Com pany has been licensed to span the Mississippi at Venice, 111. Senator Bravo, Moderate leader, declared that the hope of Cuba Ilea in an American protectorate. Josiah Flynt Wlllard, widely known as the author tramp under the name of Josiah Flynt, died in Chicago. There were $60,000,000 worth of motor cars manufactured and sold in the United States the past season. The Supreme Court ordered that the defendants in the Chattanooga lynching case appear and give ball. Grand Duke Vladimir returned to Tsarkoe-Selo, as the St. Petersburg police would not guarantee his safety. Premier Clemenceau effectively; broke up what was meant to be a gi gantic Socialist demonstration in Paris. Archibald R. Eldridge, assistant chief engineer of the Burlington Rail road, killed himself at Chicago while cleaning a revolver. The police authorities of Paris ac knowledged that their force is not large enough to deal With the crimin als that are just now Infesting the poorer districts of the city. New' Military Step for Japan. The Japanese army has decided toj discontinue the German system In I the march step and adopt a new sys-j . I., nnnmuiMnn 1 1. a rcuvlatnn of 1(7111 lit WIIIUll.llI ...LI. , the Infnntry drill book. According tof the oil system infantry on the march J ouglft to raise the feet high and step I heavily, swaying the hands fore and I aft. The step under the new systena J Is very light and the march may "beX permanently continued, as tne ieei are not required to he raised so high and the handa are to be freely ex ercised. Each Infantry regiment la to send a representative to the Mili tary Model College to study the new stop system. Japan Gazette. If Henry C. Frick has paid 42,400; 000 for the city block in New York city, which contains the Lenox Li brary huilding, he has acquired the most costly residential elte in the United States, If not in the world. Not thirty years have elapsed since ture iwhlch James Lenox idw,1fgneS!,fc with reasonable expectation"; to he his monument to posterity. 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