"MAKE GOOD." . Make goad. 'Cot out "if," "could" and "should," , And start in to saw wood. 1 You can still have the best Things in life, like the rest Of the men who've achieved Just because they believed ?n themselves. You're deceived, f you think fortune comeg 'iWith a rattle of drums And a fanfura of state 'To hand fours on a plate. :That isn't the way That Bhe visits to-dnv. iYou must get out nd rustle and bustle ana hustle; iYou need all your muscle, for you've got 10 tussle. IMunge into the fight, Hit to left and tC right And keep crashing and smashing. Don't let up with your Btriking Till things meet your liking. For God s sake, stop bawling Instead, do some mauling. It makes the world bitter To look at a quitter; Fate scowls when she seel A grown-up on his knees. A man with his health la a mine jammed with wealth Full of unexplored lodes. Why, the freckled-back toads Have the Bense to keep jumping And here you are trumping! Come, now, strike your gait It isn't too late, There's no such thing as fatel Drop that fool-talk of "luck," Get a grip on your pluck, And buck. Begin To grin And win. I Herbert Kaufman, in Everybody's, ...THE CAMEO RINGS., By Priscilla Campbell. ' Murnel sat in the twilight, with a tmall box In her hand, unmindful of the shadows which were beginning to steal into her room. It one could have peeped inside the box one would have seen a cameo ring ot a peculiar style. She was thinking of the one .who had given It to her eleven years ago, and her thoughts were tinged iwith sadness, for she had never been able to forget the donor in all these years. Just then a light tap at her door aroused her from her reverie, and she sprang to her feet. The box tell from her hand and rolled under the table. "Oh, it's you, Miss Fuller!" she exclaimed, opening the door. "Yes, it's I," laughed a young voice, and a girl of about twenty came into the room. "And why are you sitting In the dark?" "I didn't realize it was so late," ex plained Muriel, as she turned on the light. She stooped to pick up the box, but it had opened and the ring had fallen out, so she was obliged to Jook for it. The girl gave her a Btrange glance as she caught sight of the cameo. "That's a peculiar ring," she said, "and a beautiful one." Muriel's face crimsoned. "Yes, it has a strange setting," she replied. "I've had it a long timo. A very dear triend gave it to me." "Would you mind telling me about It?" said the girl, softly; and she slipped her arm about the other's neck. Lois Fuller was a niece ot Muriel's landlady, and during the last year had .frequently visited her aunt. Muriel had seen quite a lot ot the girl, for nearly every evening during her stay she had come up to Muriel's room. ThuB a pleasant friendship had formed between them, and they flrere very fond of each other. ' Lois was expectant, and at last the other broke the silence. "I've never told anyone before," she said, "but perhaps it may do me good to confide In you. I was very young when I first met Philip Browning." Here Lois gave a little start, but Muriel did not notice it. "He was an artist and came to our village the summer I was seventeen. He was a constant visitor at our home during his stay in town, and as he was far superior to any young man I had ever seen, it was not long before I grew to admire him. Before he returned to the ctty In the autumn he told me that he loved me. There was not a happier girl in the world than I when he put this ring on my finger. He said that it was an heirloom, and showed me another ring which was exactly like It, only a little smaller. This he wore on his watch chain. His parents had died when he was a child, and the rings had been left for him. This one was his mother's betrothal ring, and his father used to wear the other ring, as he himself was doing, on his watch chain. "The days after this were very bright until Philip was obliged to re turn home. At first I was lonely, but I tried to console myself with the thought that we would not be sep arated very long, for the following June we were to be married. I grew quite happy again as I made my plans lor our new home; but in a few weeks my happiness turned into sorrow. My father was suddenly taken ill with pneumonia, and in less than a fort night I was left alone. This was a severe blow to me, for I loved my father very dearly. Now I only had Philip left. Up to" this time he had written me long, loving letters; and It was a cruel shock to me the month following my lather's death to pick up a paper, and read of his marriage. I do not know how I ever lived through my sorrow; but I did not stay in my old home long. Just be fore I went away I received a letter from Philip, but I returned it to him, unopened, scorning the idea that he should write to me when he was mar ried. I went to my aunt in the West and stayed with her three years. Then I came here-nd have been here ever since. In my sorrow I forgot to return the cameo ring, and when I remembered it was too late, for I heard that Philip had gone abroad. I cannot help looking at It sometimes I have never forgotten him, althougl I do not allow myself to think of him only as a triend of my girlhood. Somehow I do not blame him. 1 suppose I was too young to keep hie love." When Muriel had finished LoIb was looking very thoughtful. "Are you sure that there wasn't some mis take?" she said. "Oh, no," answered Muriel, "there wasn't any mistake. I only hope be is happy without doubt he is, and he probably never gives a thought to the girl he used to know so long ago." Lois murmured a few words ot sympathy, and then after a little while she left Muriel alone. "What a very lovable girl Lois Is, she thought, "and how much sunshine she brings into my life. I don't know what I should do without her." One evening about two weeks after ward, a feeling which Muriel could not define compelled her to again look at the cameo ring. After a little while she slipped it on her finger. At this Juncture Lois came up to her room, her eyes sparkling, and her cheeks flushed with excitement: "Auntie has gone out," she said, and I have a caller downstairs, a cousin of mine. I want you to meet him. You'll come down, won't you?" Muriel wanted to refuse, but Lois looked at her so pleadingly that she finally said that she would go down for a little while. As they entered the living room, made bright and cosey by a glowing open fire, Muriel started as a tall, familiar figure stepped toward them. Philip Browning! Could it be pos sible? Yes, it was he and no other who took her trembling hands in his; and as he looked down and saw the cameo ring , on her finger, there was the tender light of old in his eyes. Muriel noted that he wore the other ring on his chain. It took her only a few minutes to find out that there had been a mis take after all. It was Philip's brother who had married,' and it was through an error of the paper that Philip's name was used. He told her how pained he was when he received the letter, un opened, and how he had written after that several times, only to have every letter returned to him In the same way. At last he had been forced to believe that she cared for him no longer. It was then .that he had gone abroad, and he had returned home only two months ago. 'I owe my good fortune In finding you to Lois," he said, and he looked around gratefully, but his cousin had slipped from the room. Among the Brownings' possessions there is nothing they prize more than the cameo rings. Boston Post. The Pedigree of the Shirt. By FRAXK CRAXE. Why does this being we call a "gentleman" wear around his neck a band of spotless whiteness and un bearable stiffness, at his wrists sim ilar instruments of torture, and be fore his chest a rigidly starched linen plate? No one outside of a madhouse would call these articles of apparel agreeable. There is for the custom no reason at all drawn from comfort, hygiene or usefulness. There Is, how ever, the ghost of a dead reason. Once upon a time a "gentleman" was presumed to do no work, and he dressed to show this, by putting on these visible signs that he never soiled his hands, sweated his neck or bent his noble back. It matters not that we no longer believe in this defi nition of a gentleman; we did believe it once; its ghost rules on. No man is bold enough to appear in society without this impossible harness. Only a professional humorist, like Mark Twain, or some one who wishes to pose as a mild lunatic, dares rebel. Addison said that .the man who would clothe himself according to common sense would find himself in jail with in a week. The Atlantic. Southern Hospitality. Among the Southern writers who are firm believers in the hosnltalltv of the South is Thomas Nelson Page. According to Mr. Page, however, this nospitaiity is not always appreciated. By way of illustration he tells the fol lowing story about the . good old times before the war: "A guest in a Southern home re quested the use of a horse to carry him to the next town, where he in tended to stay for a few days. The host, with that true Southern hospi tality, let him have the horse, and even sent along a negro boy to bring the animal back. The days went by, and neither boy nor horse showed up. The host at last sent a messenger to see what had become of them. The boy was found on a plantation near the neighboring town. He was asked why he had not come back with the horse. 'The reply was: ' 'Cause dat gent'man don sold the horse.'- "Well, how did that keen you from coming back?' "He don sold me. too!' renlled the boy." The Prophet at Home. "Do you mean to say," began the tourist to the villager with whom the London Dally News says he had struck up conversation, "that the old man in front of that house is really one hundred years old?" "One hundred and four," corrected the native. 'No wonder you're proud of him!" congratulated the tourist. "I don't know about bein' proud o him." replied the villager, calmly. Far's I know, he ain't done any thing in this place except grow old. an' its took him a sight o' '.lme to do that. FARM AND FARM NOTES. A cow will drink often if water is accessible at all times. Do you know, reader, that one cause of tuberculosis is breathing Im pure air of close filthy, ill-ventilated stables. Oiling the separator occasionally with kerosene will cut the gum and facilitate the easy running of the ma chine. ; To the farmer who has been down to the mud hole to break the Ice so the cows can drink, I will say most earnestly, pure water Is an Impor tant factor In keeping the cows in good condition and yielding whole some milk. It Is sometimes inconvenient to bed the cows well when other duties are pressing but It Is cruel to let a cow He on a floor that is bare or nearly so. Shredded corn fodder makes an ex cellent roughage, we find to feed the cows at any time and especially be- fore calving if one doesn't happen! to have silage. The men that have succeeded In making dairying pay care for their cows so as to make them produce - the greatest amount of human food at the least cost and yet keep the cows In the best possible condition. 1 am sure we farmers who keep a few cows might learn much from these men who make a business of dairy ing. The trouble Is we are not will lngmany of us, to get out of the rut, to be learners. The sunny side of a building Is the best place for the cow stalls. No pro visions for admitting sunlight is a mistake. Ever notice the pleasure with which the cow greets sunshine? Grooming does much to quiet the cow and gain her confidence but It won't do to curry her with the pitch fork. Whenever the attendant feels like raising caln he is poor company for the dairy cow and he should leave the cow stable until he Is In a better humor. I used to know a farmer who had very poor fences. His cows would find a place where they could step over In a neighbor's corn field. The shiftless fellow would go after them and lay another rail on the fence. The performance was repeated each time the old fence was made a little higher and finally he had them edu cated so they could get over a high fence very ensily; and as long as that man lived In the neighborhood there was trouhle for himself and his I neighbors about his cows trouble I that might have been avoided in the stock was selling at inflated prices first place by good fences. Fjom an,j v cose out their herds when "Dairy Notes" by Mrs. F. M. W., in values are at the bottom. Any farm the Indiana Farmer. ; er who is qualified ns a breeder and SAVING HEN MANURE. Prof Morse, of the New Hampshire, experiment station, after referring to the loss of fertilizer value, and an swering the question how best to retain it, says the best materials for this purpose are gypsumt or land plas ter, acid phosphate and kalnlt, a cheap potash salt. Each of these chemicals has the power to form new 'com pounds with the ammonia as fast as it is Bet free from the original com bination. Wood ashes and slaked lime should never be used because they cannot combine with ammonia, while they do force It out of its com pounds and take its place. Plaster Is apt to produce a dry, lunrpy mix ture when used In large enough quan tities to arrest the ammonia, while kalnlt and acid phosphate produce the opposite effect of a moist sticky mass. Bulletin 98 of the Maine experi ment Btation says that, using their results as a basis of calculation, the weekly droppings of a flock of twenty five hens, when scraped from the roosting platform, should be mixed with about eight pounds of kalnlt or acid phosphate and a half peck of sawdust. If one desires a balanced fertilizer for corn and other hoed crops a mixture of nqual parts of kalnlt and acid phosphate could be used Instead of either alone. The same authority tells us that "good dry meadow muck or peat would be equally as good as sawdust, If not better, to use as an absorbent." Fresh poultry manure, at the pres- ent it values of fertilizers would bo - worth sixty cents per hundred pounds. Figures from different experiment stn tlons would give the product of twenty-five hens for the winter season of six months at 375 pounds for the roost droppings only. Poultry manure is especially adapt ed as a topdresslng for grass because of Its high content of nitrogen in the form of ammonia compounds, which are nearly as quick In their ef fect as nitrate of soda. A ton of the manure preserved with sawdust and chemicals would be sufficient for an acre when compared with a chem ical formula for top dressing. ' On the same basis of comparison, one hundred fowls roaming at largo on an acre should In a summer sea son of six months have added to its fertility the equivalent of at least two hundred pounds of sulphate of ammonia and sixty pounds of kalnlt. PICKING OUT THE LAYERS. Dairymen, to make the greatest profit, build up their herds through careful breeding, careful buying and GARDEN unmerciful culling. They do not ask the good ones to average up a record for the poor ones. This some "common-sense" plan can be profitably applied to the poul try business. Hens that lay 200 eggs In a year should not be averaged at 150 eggs with hens that lay 100 eggs. A dairyman uses care In breeding, If he buys, there are certain marks that govern the price, the shade from the end of the nose to the end of the tall is taken Into account, the small feminine neck and head have a value and clear down a line of points ho makes his estimate, the very same rules and the very same principles apply to the highest point in poultry raising, Any experienced, close-observing poultry raiser knows, at a glance, the laying hen. The small feminine neck and head count again, the bright, alert eye tells a tale, the drooping tall tells another tale and when she picks ner feet up an(1 ,plumpg them down we have another pointer, A very few club-beaded, thick-necked steer-horned cows are any good. Even wlth tne oow tne teilg a tale, the heavy clubtall seldom follows a good cow, while on the other hand, a slim tall Is one of the characteris tics of a good one. Farmers Alliance. HOW TO MAKE A HOTBED. J would like to know how to mako a profitable hotbed. A Reader. Select a well-drained location and shake out manure on It in a broad flat and thoroughly compact heap. After the manure Is properly packed and leveled, the frames to support the sash are placed in position facing to ward the south. The front board should be 4 to 6 Inches lower than the back. Three to five Inches of good soil Is spread evenly over the area in closed by the frame. The sash is then put on, and the bed allowed to heat. Have a supply of carpet to cover the sash on cold nights. Ven tilate on bright days by raising the sash a little on the opposite side from the, wind. In a week or so it will be ready for planting the seed. Indiana Farmer. BRED FOR CONSUMPTION. Hogs are bred for consumption, and an Imperfect animal of a full-blood breed of swine Is more valuable for the shambles than to reserve for a producer. Many Inexperienced men went into the breeding business when j will Invest In pure bred swine now is fully protected by current prices from future losses. Values are sure to rally. The breeder who starts a herd now Is sure to profit by the advance, as pure bred hogs are sta ple animals and will soil hlKhe Farmers' Home Journal. TELLING THE BIRD'S HEALTH. iDr. Salmon, of the New York Bu reau of Animal Industry lays down this rule for telling the health of the bird by its droppings: "The con dition of the droppings furnish a good Indication of the hen's health. They should 'be of sufficient consis tency to hold their shape, but b'jouM not be too solid. In color they should be dark, tapering oft nto grayish white. If the drooplngs-are soft or pasty and of a yellowish or brown ish color, It Indicates too much car bohydrates or a lack of meat. If on the other hand, the drooplngs are watery and dark with red splashes of mucus In them, It Indicates too much meat. A greeniBh watery diarrhea usually Indicates unsanitary conditions, either In the surroundings, the feed or the water." DID YOU EVER TRY THI3? Most people think the horse has no use for horse radish, but a writer says he once knew a market gardener who had a lot of leaves and other waste from the horse radish, and not having any other use for them he gave them to his horses. One of tho .hartlv broken wind- . . . the feed of horse radlsj, ef. . . compete fected a complete cure. This Is a cheap remedy, and we should like to see It tried so as to prove its efficacy. Spirit of the West. Official "Lazy List." The town of Great Barrington late ly came Into possession, by purchase from the estate of the late Henry C. Warner, of a bound volume of town reports for the years 1866 to 1888 in clusive. The annual school reports for the years 1872-73 to 1877-78 In clusive contain much information that is omitted from the school commit tees' reports of more recent years. One of the chief things In this line was called. "The Lazy List." The reports usually embodied roll! of honor, lists of star pupils and the lazy list. The 'latter embraces th names of scholars who were ofte-n tardy, but not necessarily the names of those who lacked diligence aftor reaching the schoolroom. The re port for 1872-73 contains twelve names. The lazy list went out of existence In 1S78. LETTUCE AND RADISHES. A few beds of lettuce, radishes, onions and beets don't require very much care, and it the women look after this, the men can have more time to attend to the truck patches, where planting and cultivation with a horse is practicable. We never believed much in waiting for the men to do it all, noticing that where this was the rule a bountiful supply of early vegetables, or of any vegetables, was usually the exception. The Epltomlst. A GARDEN WINDBREAK. It is' a good plan to have an ever green windbreak on the north and partially down the west side ot the garden. An objection raised is that nothing will grow near the trees. This 1b more due to the roots spread ing out into the garden ground than to the tree shade. To overcome this open up a deep furrow each spring eight or ten feet away from the trees and force them to sustain themselves from the other side. This will not injure the trees and will allow com paratively close planting. Indiana Farmer. LIME AND SULPHUR. An unexpected result ot the lime and sulphur wash on trees has been Its effectiveness in preventing attacks ot rabbits and similar pests. It has been found that a single application ot this wash will protect the trees all winter, keeping oft both rabbits and field mice. Such a plan is much less costly than the use of wire screens, which at present is the approved rem edy. The screens are more durable than the wash, but the expense is a serious item in a large orchard. American Cultivator. REPOTTING PLANTS. When repotting a plant that is root-bound, do not give it too large a pot. A rule that may be given as invariable Is to change to a pot one size larger than the old one. Put the bits of broken crockery in the bottom, All one-tblrd full of soil, turn the plant from its old home, and, disturb ing the roots as little as possible, place it in the larger pot and fill In around it, pressing the earth down firmly. Give water and set the plant out of the sun for a day or .two before restoring it to its place in the win dow. Treated in this way it will go right on growing. Farmers' Home Journal. A COLD FRAME. This illustration shows a cold frame, made by a woman whose only tools were a saw and a hammer, and who happened to have a 'left-over" window sash. The frame measured eighteen inches at the back, and sloped down (o ten inches in front. An excavation was dug, and the frame placed therein; the front two or three inches above the soil and the back about ten inches. At each corner, inside, was driven a stout stake, which materially served to keep the frame from sagging in any way. A well drained spot was chosen on the south side of a high fence and the earth banked up around the frame, making a ditch to carry off the sur face water. Later, when cold nights came, an old door was put on the glass sash, aTid a piece of carpet thrown over all. In this frame thrived sixteen California violets, that almost bloomed themselves to death, Violets are easy to winter in such a frame, if a little care is given to watering when necessary, airing in ' j' - I , f ' 1 II - sunny weather and covering up sung- ly when it is cold. Beside violets, any half hardy flower will do nicely, and many of them bloom. The ever popular geranium, stock, petunia, primrose, pansy, forget-me-not, mig nonette, sweet scented snap dragon, daisy, etc. Do not forget a pot of parsley and one of chives. Avoid all extremes; the warm sunshine on the glass will scorch the leaves, and fre quently do more damage than the cold night which caught the sash raised. See that the cold frame is put near the house, where It will be easy to get at, and not "out of sight and out of mind." A pit may be dug several feet deep, boarded or bricked up, covered with sashes, and will be a permanent winter garden. In the pit half hardy shrubs, which grow too tall for the cold frame, such as azaleas, orange and lemon trees, oleanders, hibiscus, roses, fushlas, heliotrope and kindred plants may be wintered. The same precaution in regard to sun, air, wat er, etc., as the frame requires, Is necessary for the pit. The plants are usually bedded out in the frames, but grow in pots in the pit. Modern Farming. - LlxvjSevv(va Cteeaxses ttve System EtfecXwx Dispels cods aM neadae-nes Aits tvawoy, acsrv as aLaxcvYwe. To get s beteJco ejjecXs, always buy ttve Gexiuvcv manufactured by th CALIFORNIA Fig Syrup Co. SOLO BY ALL LEADING DRUGGIST one size only, regular price 50 per bottle. A Man To Be Envied. Hungry Higglns Say, what's a dip somaniac? Weary Watklns It's a guy that'i got money left after drinkin' all he wants. Indianapolis Journal. Breaking Up Colds. A cold may be stopped at the start by si couple of Lane's Pleasant Tablets. , Even fa cases where a cold has seemed to gain so strong a hold that nothing could break it, these tablets have done it in an hour or two. All druggists and dealers sell them at 25 ienta box- ,f you nnot set them send to the proprietor. Orator F. Wood ward, Le Roy, If. Y. Sample free! 11 Widespread Conviction. Most people seem to think that they preach a thing in a loud sh they needn't practice it even lnj iaint wnisper. isew xorK rress, Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Relieved br Murine Eve Remedy. I Compounded by Experienced Physician Conforms to Pure hood and Drus Law Murine Doesn t Smart; Soothes Jyt ram. It's a Two-Edged 8word. In condemning the part played by the president in the absorption of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Com pany by the United States Steel Cor poration, the senate sub-committee occupies unassailable ground. It was no business of bis to allow or disal low the transaction, and in assuming to say what the corporation might and might not do he was far exceed ing his constitutional powers. But when the committee goes further and undertakes to decide that the laws of congress have been violated by the big corporation, the question ar ises whether it Is not also assuming a position as untenable as that of the president. Whether the anti-trust or other law was violated by the corpor ation In that transaction is a matter for the courts' to decide on prosecu tion by the administrative authority, and not a matter for either the pres ident or congress to dispose of. Springfield Republican. Why Women Have Last Word. Man still carries the original num ber of ribs, but he Is short of a lung lobe. Where did he lose It? Eve got It. Man's right lung today consists of three lobes; man's left lung today consists of two lobes. Let us consider the missing lobe on the left. The lungs, mind you, are the life. Eve was made out of Adam's third lung lobe on the left, the lobe , nearest the heart. She was con structed out of wind, mostly. That Is she took part of Adam's breath away. Adam's posterity of the male persuasion in these later days can count on only five lobes to both lungs; while Eve's daughters can count on seven; which accounts for woman having the last word in a con troversy. New York Press. iXjiruismAij worm And Strength to Perform It. A person in good health is likely to have a genial disposition, ambition and enjoy work. . ... On the other band, if the digestive organs have been upset by wrong food, work becomes drudgery. "Until recently," writes a Wash ington girl, "I was a railroad steno grapher, which means full work every day. "Like many other girls alone in a large city, I lived at a boarding house. For breakfast it was mush, greasy meat, soggy cakes, black cof fee, etc. "After a few months of this diet I used to feel sleepy and heavy in the mornings. My work seemed a terri ble effort, and I thought the work was to blame too arduous. "At home I had beard my father apeak of a young fellow who went long distances in the cold on Grape Nuts and cream and nothing more for breakfast. "I concluded it it would tide him over a morning's heavy work, it might help me, so on my way home one night I bought a packags, and next morning I had Grape-Nuts and milk for breakfast. "I stuck to Grape-Nuts, and in less than two weeks I noticed improve ment. I can't Just' tell how well V felt, but I remember I used to walk the 12 blocks to business and knew how good it was simply to live. "As to my work well, did you ever feel the delight of having con genial work and the strength to per form it? That's how I felt. I truly believe there's life and vigor in every grain of Grape-Nuts." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellvllle," in pkgs. "There's a Rea- on." Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and fall of humaji Interest. A. ' I
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