"CLEAR THE WAY!" Hen of thought! be up an.l stirring Night ami day; Sow the seed, withdraw the curtain, Clear the way. Men of action, aid aud cheer them As ye may! There's a Tount about to stream, There's u light about to beam, There's a warmth about to glow, There's a itower about to blow; There's a midnight blackness changing Into gray; Men of thought aud men of action, Clear tho way. Once the welcome light has broken, Who shall say What the unimagined glories Of the day? What the evil that shall perish In its ray? Aid the dawning, tongue and pen; Aid it, hopes or honest men; Aid it, paper—aid it, type- Aid it, for the hour is ripe; And our earnest must not slacken Into play; Men of thought anil men of action, Clear the way. Lo! a cloud's about to vanish From the day, And a brazen wroug td crumblo luto clay. Lo! the Right's about to conquer- Clear the way! With the Right shall many more Enter smiling at tho door; With the giaut Wrong shall fall Many others, great nnd stnttil, That for ages long have held us For their prey; Men of thought nud mon of aeiion, Clear the way! —Charier Mockny, "GOOD WfiKimy' norE DARING. teg* 3LI AN SNELL, v vjpjjr teacher of the " first grade in I sv)'" is- g- V- building No. 3, •|gj; \f. g At public schools of • -. J- '■ , - • I O Windsor, turned '.f < ! uickl .v from tho blackboard where . ■ ' on she had been drawing a pert wren swinging on a spray of clover. "Who is crying?" she asked, in a sweet, firm voice. "It is little Agnos Gregory," volun teered a dimple-faced boy who sat near. Miss Snell crossed the room nnd bent over the child. "Agnes, what is it? Can you not tell me ail about it?" Sobs were Agneß's only reply. Miss Snell kissed her gently, then went back to her work. When it was fin ished and the children all provided with work, she lifted the sobbing child and tenderly carried her to the teacher's desk. Here, somewhat removed from the curious little ones, Lilian set about soothing her pupil. Agues was a pretty fair-faced child of six. She had sunny blue eyes and her hair, a golden chestnut, ourled about her face and neck. Her cloth ing was olean, but well worn, and Lil-' ian notieed the gaping hole in the tiny shoe as well as the thinness of the faded dress. Noticed it with a sym pathetic thrill of the heart that throbbed with something of tho divine spirit of motherhood toward tho chil dren in her care. Agnes's story was soon told. Her widowed mother had had no breakfaat for her little ones. "I don't eare so much about my self, Miss Snell," the child went on artlessly, " 'cause I'm mamma's brave girl, but when little brother Royce wakes up he will he so hungry, and he is only three years. He does not know he mustn't cry." A little more questioning nnd Lilian learned that someone owed Mrs. Greg ory for sewing, also that she hoped to have dinner ready when Agnes came home. Lilian looked out into tho driving storm of a January forenoon. She knew Mrs. Gregory, and her heart ached for the pale young mother. Miss Snell was quick of thought and action. Ten minutes later Agnes was in the warm cloak room feasting on the dainty lunch Mrs. Snell had prepared for her daughter's midday meal. The young teacher had written a note and a list of articles of food and was at tho door of the room across tho hall. The t<icher, Florence Fox, listened sympathy sally to Lilian's story and to the suggestion that her own twelve year-old brother be called from the sixth grade to deliver the note. "Of course Fred can go," she cried, "And Lilian, you say you havo written to Mr. Davis tho circumstances and asked him for good weight. I'll send an order to cousin Hugh for a half cord of wood, tell him the story, and ask him likewise for good weight," A faint crimson UushstninedLilian's cheek, but she warmly thanked her friend and hurried back to her work. Mark Davis was a stout, genial-faced man of thirty-eight. He sat in his office, his morning's work at his books just finished. Through tho open door he could see brisk clerks stepping about in tho grocery storo from which the office opened. There was an odor of spices, coffee, fruit and fish in the air. "Eight hundred dollars more profit this year than last," the grocer said to himself, "Somehow it don't do u man any good to pile up money, when he has no ono to spend it on." Here his reverie was cut short by the entrance of a clerk, who handed him an envelope, saying, "A boy just brought this." Two papers dropped from tho en velope as he tore it open. The first was a list, including a loaf of bread, potatoes, crackers, dried beef and a few other articles He glanced over it and opened the other. It was Lil ian's note, Dear Mr. Davis—A little girl in mv rno-u is crying because she fins had no breakfast, i-i -r name is Agnes Gregory, ami her mother is a poor widow who lives on the third door of -1 Hampton street. Please sond the things ordered at once. I will come in after school and pay for them. And, Mr. Davis, please give good weight. Truly yours. "LILIAN SHELL." Mr. Davis had been n friend of tho | Snell family for years, and it was not the first time that Lilian had appealed ' to him for help in her charitable work. I So that was not tho reason that so strango a look camo into his honest blown eyes. "Agnes Gregory and lives on Hamp ton street," he murmured. "It surely must be Margaret's child. Good God I Margnret and her child wanting bread!" A half hour later Mark Davis was making his way up the stairs to the lloor upon which Mrs. Gregory's rooms were situated. His knock at the first door was answered by a red-faced woman. "Mis' Gregory it is you air want in' ?" she asked sharply. "And it's no bad news you air after bringin' her, I hope. ' "I wanted to deliver somo groceries a friend has sent her." Tho clouded face cleared as if I'SS magic. "Heaven's biissin' be on your head then 1 Mis' Gregory, she's gone out, but I've Uer key hero, and will unlock tho door. That's her by, aud a swate child he is." Mark looked eagerly at the pink and white face of the boy. Ho held out a great golden orange, nnd little Royce tqiang for it, his childish laugh echoing through the room. Then tho grocer followed Mrs. Donnvan to the home ol Margaret Gregory. It was a bare place, but clean nnd neat. Murk sighed as he noted the signs of abject poverty. While the deliveryman was bring up the parcels, Mrs. Donavan volubly explained that Mrs. Gregory had gone to try to get money due her. The warm hearted Irish woman had surmised that for tune was at low ebb with her neighbor, I partly because of little Royee'a unu sual fretfulness, which had been quieted by a huge slice of bread and butter. "She's worked her precious fingers 'most to the bone," sue concluded, "but work's scarce, nnd I don't know what's ever goin' to become of her and her babies." The wood soon came. Florence's half cord had been reinforced by a whole cord, perhaps because she had written hor cousin that the needy widow was a protege of Miss Suell's. As to Lilian's order for groceries, Mr. Davis had added to it a sack of Hour, a ham, coffee, tea, sugar, apples, cookies, cheese, canned fruits and meats, and a big bag of candy. Mrs. Douavan went back to her own room, and the wagons rolled way. Mark hastily built a fire,then sat down to think how best to explain the liber ty ho had taken. The baro room faded from his vision as ho sat there. In its place came an old country garden overgrown with roses and clematis. It was June, and the air was heavy wilh the scent of many blossoms. By his side was a beautiful girl in whose curls the sun shine seemed entangled. He bent lower, and the rose-red lips of his companion murmured, "I love yoa, | Mark." Still lower his head sank un til his lips touched the ones that had uttered the sweet words. A start, and he sat upright,glancing around him. That was ten years ago. He was poor then, aud Margaret, beau tiful Margaret Henson, had beeu the only daughter of n wealthy home. So their engagement had been forbidden. They parted,vowingeternal constancy, A year later Margaret became the wife of Vance Gregory, but it was not until mouths after that Mark learned of the treachery and deceit that had been omployed to urge her to that step. It was too into then. There was nothing to do but to endure. Ho had known for somo time that Margaret was a widow and lived in the city. He know nothing of her poverty, supposing that her means were ample. To go to her now with a story of love had never occured to hira. She knew nothing of what had parted them. He could not blacken the memory of the man who had been her husband, the futher of hor children. He sprang to his feet. There was no need of an explanation. Ho passed out, pausing for a final word with Mrs. Donavan. "Toll Mrs. Gregory the things came from tho teaohera at No. 3." "To be sure, Mr. Davis," responded tho woman, who had recognized Mark. "I'll tell her all 'bout it. And may the blissin's of all the saints rest on your dear bond!" Mark hurried away, leaving a shin ing silver dollar in Royce's hand. It was only n lew minutes after his departure that a thinly clad woman camo toiling wearily up the stairs. It was Margaret Gregory. The woman who owed her was out of town. The needy mother had applied at sovoral places for work, only to meet with refusal. Then she hail gone to a store and begged for credit, but in vain. Bhe bad reached the end. There was hut ono way open. Bhe would ask Mrs. Donovan togivoher children their dinner. When sho had rested aud conquered the hitler robellion in her heart sho would go out again and apply to the city for charity. Margaret Gregory was proud. Sho was already faint for the want of food, yet she turned in loathing from the thought of a ineul ohained in that way. It would bo worse than death, but death does not come at one's call, and there were her babies. A dry sob burst from her lips. Sho passed Mrs. Donavau's door iuailence. She must have a moment to herself before she could ask charity of one so poor as her kind neighbor. Hurrying on, she pushed open her own door. A bright fire was blazing in the cracked stove. Mrs. Donavan had prepared potatoes for the oven and or* slices ready for frying from the ham. TUo open dgor of tUo*Woo;l closet showed n huge pile, whilo the table was heaped high with food. For a moment she stood gazing wildly around her. Then Bhe dropped on her knees, and a shower of tenrs re lieved her overwrought nerves. Tho next day's mail brought a letter ! from Margaret to Mr. Dnvis. The j writer had gone to Miss Snell to thank ! her. Prom the young teacher she had learned of Mark's connection with the affair. It was un earnest grateful letter, blotted hero and there with tear stains. She accepted his generosity, for her children's sake she could not refuso charity. Sho referred to tho friend ship that had existed between their parents, but Mark was glad that she wos too womanly a woman to even j hint ut the relation they had once | borno to each. When he fiDiskud reading the letter, his heart was light, for ho understood that Margaret knew of tho treachery that had blotted the sunshine out of his life. Mark went straight homo and told his aunt, who was also his housekeep er, all about it. Mrs. Everts was knit ting before the open coal fire. She was a bright-faced old lady with soft white hair and a serene face. When ho had finished, she laid down her work and sat for a long time, gazing into the dancing flames. "Theonly daughter of my old friend, Robecca Heuson, in want of food," sho said, a note of pain in hor voice. "Mark, you and I both have plenty of money. There is room in this house, and in our heurt, for Murgarotand her babies. Rut she is proud. Go and ask her to come and sew for me. Tell her I am lonely and ask her to bring hor little ones to brighten me up." Mark bent to kiss the placid face. "Thank you, Aunt Elsie, I see you understand." A few hours later he knocked at Margaret's door and saw that years had changed her. The wild rose bloom had faded from her cheeks, tears had washed the joyous light from her blue eyes, yet it was snroly the Margaret ho had loved, that stood be fore him. Sho mot him frankly and with un disguised pleasure. Her voice trem bled when she undertook to express her gratitude. Mark made light of tho wholeafl'air and insisted on talking of their childhood days. The fruit and nuts he brought proved an open sesame to the hearts of Agnes and Royce, and they were soon on the best of terms with the caller. Margaret was very grateful for the offer of work. She hesitated a little over accepting Mrs. Everts's kind in vitation, fearing lest tho children provo an annoyance. But when Mark drew a touching picture of tho loneli ness of his aunt she gladly consented to come. It was arranged that tho curriago come for the Gregorys the following afternoon. One morning, two months later, Florence Fox tripped across tho hall of No. 3 and entered Miss Snell'a room. "Of course, you aro going to the wedding reception Thursday evening," she bogun. "I think it suck a lovely marriage, don't you?" "Indoed I do," Lilian replied warm ly. "Yes, lamtogo in the afternoon and help with tho decoratious. Tho wholo houso is to be in green and white, smilax, ferns, roses nnd carna tions. Mrs. Everts says Mr. Davis cannot do too much for his bride, 'our dear Margaret,' tho sweet old lady calls her." "And I bolieve it all came about from your begging him to give her good weight," "Florence cried, mer rily. "Ho is obeying your request in an extravagant manner. And Lilian is not that pretty pearl ring and the beatific expression on oousin Hugh's face tho result of my efforts along tho same line of charitable work?" The bell rang then, and tho blush ing Lilian was spared tho necessity of a reply.—Womankind. Worry and Indigestion. It is so remarkably easy to offer the advice to persons whose lot is not altogether cast in pleasant places, nnd with whom things do not go well, to refrain from worrying, but how hard t it is to follow this well-moaning ad vioo 1 None the loss, worry is a fruit ful source of many of tho ills that flesh is heir to. It imprints lines on the face, and seams it with furrows, and has a most depressing effect upon tho stomach. Tho worry and anxiety which depress tho brain produco n semi-paruiysis of tho nerves of tho stomach, und the result is indigestion. Indigestion is a terrible enemy to temper, and this affects our happiness, and, of course, to health, for this affects our appearance. One unmis takable sign of mental health is serenity of temper and a self-control 1 that enables us to bear with equanimity nnd unruffled temper tho trials and troubles of life, more particularly those arising from contact with scold ing, irritating and irritable people. Coffee Blindness. Dr. Snaitken says: "It is well i known that the Moors aro inveterate I coffee-drinkers, especially tho mer i chants, who sit in their bazaars and [ drink coffee continually during the day. It has been noticed that almost [ invariably whon these coffee-drinkers reach the ago of forty or forty-live i their eyesight begins to fa'l, and by the time they get to be fifty veal* old , they become blind. One is forcibly impressed by the number of blind men ; that aro seen about the streets of the [ city of Fez, the capital of Morocco. It is invariably attributed to the e.t --j cessivo use of coffeo." Indian Ocean Sharks. i Although the waters of the Indian ; I ocean are filled with voracious sharks, the inhabitants of the numerous isl i ands near Geylon swim about in the 1 water with impunity, the sharks re- I fusing to molest them, while a s stranger would be instantly devoured. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. TO STONE RAI3IN3. Place the raisins in a basin and cover them completely with boiling water. Allow them to remain im mersed for ten miuutes until quite soft, thee drain off the water uud pinch out the seeds. The rai9ius can thus be stoned without the least in convenience in less than half the time usually demauded, and without any waste of fruit. A QUICK METHOD OP CLEANING KNIVES. After the knives have been washed and wiped, moisten a little ordinary knife powder with water; then take a clean cork, dip it in the mixture and rub each blade quickly up and down ou both sides several times. Every stain will disappear and the blades wiil 1)0 brighter than if rubbed on tho board in the usual way. They will want another rinso in water, and a linal polish with a cloth. If the knives do not seem quite sharp enough by this plan, a weekly rub on tho steel will do all that is required. DIET FOR NERVOUS PERSONS. Mrs. Rorer, in a diet suggested for nervous persons, does not veto coffee altogether.. Once a day, at breakfast, without sugar, it appears in the list. White bread dried out in tho oven, and lean roast beef, steak, or broiled ' chops three times a day are permitted. Fruit she advises to be used sparingly, and never in the latter part of the day. The surprises in the list are that cof fee should be allowod at all, that meat should be provided in abundance, and fruit sparingly. Finally, plenty of green salad, with all the salad oil, in a French dressing made with lemon, that can be taken. Fat around the nerves, sho says, smooths them out very quickly.—New York Post. TnE PORTAL TRELLIS. The beautiful spider web tracory ef fected in rope work is one of the irtistic devices for "bringing down the ceiling," i. e., shortening the ap parent height of a doorway where sliding door and portieres are in use. Sometimes tho upper space is occupied with strips of ornamental open wood work. Both these decorative schemes iuvolve dusting. The wood lattice work can be freed of dust by patient use of the bellows or a soft end of doth used in tho crannies. This is a langeroua performance, because it must be done on tho step ladder. If the rope work has been gilded or jilvered it should not be dusted ex sept with a feather duster, bocause handling will make the metallic sheath sraok off in flakes. CLEANING FCRNITCim. One roason why people fail in clean ing furniture coverings is that they ire too economical in the use of aaphtha. It must be literally poured an to be effective. Standing in the breeze, it will evaporate very qnickly, snd will destroy every vestige of moths. If tho articles are to bo left in the house, they may be wrapped in sheets tightly pinned around them. This keeps a certain amount of tho odor in the furniture for a long time, aud renders it doubly safe. It cannot be too strongly emphasized that no light of any kind must be takon into tho rooms while the □aphtha-cleaned articles recently finished are there. The inflammable nature of naphtha vapor makes it ex ceedingly dangerous when brought near a flame. Cushions,carpets and wool draperies may safely be cleaned in this way, and all that is neceßsary is to throw all draperies over a line in the yard, open the windows, remove the wrapping from the furniture, and let the breeze have a full sweep through the rooms for u day or two. Then there will be no offensive smell, aqd tho furniture may be used with perfect safety so far as danger from tire is concerned.— Carpet Trade Eeview. BECIPIES. Codfish Hash—For one pint of cold boiled potatoes, chopped line, take one large cupful of freshened and boiled codfish, pioked into tiny pioces. Mix them together aDd put them into a saucepan with three tablospoonfule of cream and a dashof paprika. When heated through the dish is ready to serve, and make an excellent break fast dißh. Sardineswith Parmesan—Open a can of the best sardines, and place tbem oarefully on paper, to remove as much oil as possible. Cnt stale bread in narrow slices to fit tho sardines, place a sardine on each slico, and plaoe in the oven until the bread is a nice brown and the sardines heated thoroughly. Sprinkle over them a little grated Parmesan cheese and serve. Gordon Cornhread—Scald one cup ful of cornmeal with enough boiling water to make a rather thin mash, add to it ons tablespoonful of butter and n scant teaspoonful of salt. Let cool until lukewarm, add the beaten yolks of four eggs, then the stiffly beaten whites. Pour at once into a well buttered iron pan and bake in a hot oven for about twenty-five minutes. Serve hot or cold. Savory Liver—One and a hall pounds of calf's liver, stewed the day before in one pint of water for thirty minutes. Chop the liver into half inch bits, also a tablespoon lul of breakfast bacon; brown the bacon and add to the liver. To the fat put one level tablespoonful of Hour, simmei smooth, then add the liquor left from the stew, a Baltspoonfnl of pepper, half a teaspoonful of salt and one tablospoonful of Worcestershire sauce; turn into thiß gravy the liver, with a third as much (in bulk) boiled and chopped potatoes as liver ; stir till the whole is moistened, then cover close ly ; beat thoroughly and serve. Plowing Young Clover. It always a mistake to plow the clover seeded a year ago unless it is late enough for the plant to get into blossom. There is little plant food in the early watery growth. It lacks nu tritive value also, as is shown by its rejection by all kinds of farm stock. It is possible that by delaying plowing until nearly June tile clover will begin to head out then, and it may be plowed under in time for a late crop of pota toes. But that is wasteful of the clover, as its manurial value after be ing cut and fed is very nearly as great as that of the green herbage. It also wastes fertility, for after the clover is cut its second growth develops soil fertility much more rapidly than did the first. This leaves, to make the most of the clover, only the alternative of cutting two crops of clover the sec ond year of growth, and plowing the stubble in spring forjeorn or potato ground, as is the general practice among the best farmers. Good ICoikl It is now becomiug evident that the farmers and others interested are be ginning to move in the right direction to secure for themselves good roads. In some States, especially the newer ones, in order to guard against ap propriations by their State Legisla tures to railroads and other internal improvements which may have only a local vulue, the constitutions are framed to prohibit expenditure for such purposes. In AYisconsiiiHhe prohibition seems to include public roads of all kinds. It is now proposed by some of the As semblymen, in order to meet the needs and demands of the farmers and others for good roads, to have the Constitu tion of the State so altered as to make an exception in the prohibition of State expenditures in favor of "wagon roads designed to be used for free pub j lie travel." ! Tf tlii* change should be made it will allow State appropriations for this pur pose, which will no doubt inaugurate a new system of road linking in this State, that will, if wisely n *tsted, soon lead to constructing good r< vis where iu the citizens are willing to join in helping to bear the expense. New Jersey has tried the plan of aid ing in the building of roads when peti tioned by the property holders along and adjacent to the road to be built, these payiug ten per cent, of the cost, and the State the larger part of the re mainder. the county being taxed for a small portion. This legislation is in the right direction, and although it may not be fixed 011 auy fast lines byn statute applicable everywhere, yet it may be so modified by other States as to suit circumstances so that fanners may always expect State and county assistance in their earuest efforts to make good roads. It is said that the farmers in New Jersey are enthusiastic in favor of ex tending this system, which has been so successful in their own State. In this connection it should be re membered that the cost of building roads has been greatly reduced from what it once was, and from what it would be to the farmers if they should undertake it alone. Machinery for digging, for scraping and for placing the dirt for the road bed in place has been invented which works like a charm, under the operation of steam or horse power. Besides stone crush ers and methods of handling the crused stone have made all this work easy. Finally steam rollers have been con structed uud successfully used, which will make the road solid and ready for use in a few days, leaving it as smooth as a race ground. All this machinery can be secured by the State or county at a comparatively small cost, and will enable them to build good roads at a fraction of what it would cost without their use. With State or county ownership, these indispensable helps can lie used anywhere. The ball seems to be starting to roll in the right direction;* let each one in favor of good roads help to push, and it'will soon roll over the whole coun try and leave good roads everywhere in its track. It will lie worth many millions of gold and silver to us as a people to have good wagon roads everywhere over the country. In some counties of Northern Ala bama, and iu North Carolina where good roads have been made, farmers now haul ton bales of cotton with the same team and with less trouble than they could haul two bales before the roads were improved. Their voice is now for good roads, and so it will be everywhere where a change has been made,in the right direction. —Farm News. Home (lurileiift. In making home gardens in the yards of the city houses or in the grounds of the suburban houses the first thing to do is to prepare the earth where the seeds, bulbs and potted plants are to lie planted. The city yard is so shaped that it is always laid out in borders round the centre grass plot and in narrow beds running round tho yard against the fence. All these beds should lie filled to the depth of a foot with good earth. What is known as a rich garden mould is the best. I'eople make a great mis take in thinking any earth is good enough for grass. You want as rich soil as for plauts. Have the loam well odded ami seeded and rolled. Keep the grass well watered. May from tlie first to the last, is a goof an nth to sod and seed the grass plotl Tie first week in April is the time! to >-t the earth | ready. Phosphates kn other composts should be freely u led Roses require strong fertilizers. id the earth in flower gardens should tight and friable, so the water wi filter through easily. After the earth is all [fertilized, spaded, mellowed and rake J must lie exposed to the influence of he sun and air till it is thoroughly w in be fore the seeds are planted. I seeds are put in before the first ol 31 1 they are apt to decay and not gel guide. Sweet peas should be ph ntd first, and they may be put in if tl le - atlier is very warm in the latter ;rt of April. Seasons vary in thss mate, and one year seeds will gir unite if planted as early as the midlife ni Vpril, but it is always safe to wait til the first of 3lay. 11l yards surrounded by hw walls and where the modern exten-ou is built, where the sun gets little nance, the best plnnts for borders an bego nias, fuchias and ferns. It is biter to buy these plants potted, us thy de velop quicker. Remove then from the pots, dig a hole in the emit and set them in in the early evening Do not pack the earth too tight round them. Water them well. If these plants do not blossom their fo age is decorative and luxuriant. There is not much use in trng to grow flowering vines on the wUs or fences of city houses. For vails, fences and racks, where there i suffi cient light and air, the lies' hardy vines are climbing roses, honey-ckles and the different varieties of clmatis and'convolvulus. Plants to be grown from seed hich are prolific in flower are the liinion ette, portnlacca, candy tuft and weet | ulyssum. These are suitable 1 both city and country gardens, an the seeds should be put in early in May. Later in 3lay, or the first of bine, plant bnlsnm seeds, then plan hem successively for two or three neks; then you will have blossoms tl the time. Verbenas, heliotrope,! in-it lily roses, geraniums and pennies ue all desirable flowering plants for tome gardens, and it is best to put tl m ill as small potted plants instead of eds. 3lay is the month for planting lem. Select pansies with a view to a king an artistic color display. Noting is more beautiful in a garden thai, bed of tastefully-arranged pansies. Salvia is a lovely garden plant lux uriant grower and flowerer. It my be raised from seed or plants; the bit re sults are from smnll, sturdy pints. Set them out late in May. S out verbena plants in the middle Of lay. Select them with a view to Co. sc. the variety may he as large as >ssi ble. Bulbs of gladiolus and tuberosi may bo planted in succession froi tha middle of May to the first of Aug! t. The first year yon plant yoi; gar den watch closely conditions an re sults. The plants which grow tlnbest should be renewed the following car. If a certain plant does not grow well in one part of your garden, try iu another next year. City garden) ced more frequent watering than sulnhau ones, ns the soil is not so deep. Ydd fresh composts when needed ito <>ep out the weeds. Turn up the nth lightly round the roots often an the result will be sturdy and cOuilass blossoms.—Gilmore Clarke, Flori, in New York Journal. A Coyote With a Bill: One of Charles Stall's boys, of lun gry Hollow, caught a coyote in a rß p recently that had a collar ardbn its neck with a bell attached to it. his would indicate that some one had ~n breeding coyotes for their scalps (lt l that thin one had either escaped <uha party or parties had gone out ci ha business when the State approfciu,,* was shut off. Another thing that leads to tl.i lief is the fact that coyotes are more numerous in that sectioß m they have been for years. A lfttl n . vestigating might produce soui#im r . esting results. The Slail's corrwp J. eut from that section has for the past year of the unusuwn a . ber of coyotes in that section aid le great annoyance and loss them ly e caused the farmers. If the Stale as still paying a bonnty of $5 fo# i .p, scalp the breeding of coyotes w iml > ( . quite a profitable industry.—Wq. laud (Cal.) Mail. Oncer-Looking Worlil. I Supposing that you had l>eeni,b n blind, and after living many veailsjt out from the beautiful things M , e world, some skilled surgeon Acq give to you your sight, wouldn® ; n ■ have some marvelous experiences! s- B ) the Chicngo Record. An old mA v„ • had been born blind had his siglmt. a i restored to him. At first be nrq 1 violently and was afraid of the s e things around him, the hupenfcs.f i his room and its contents. Oneßf e first things ho saw at the windoC\ H a flock of sparrows. "What ave tft;' asked the physician. "I think they are teacups.," wli „ reply. A watch was then shown t::> him, iff he knew what it was, probably bifca he heard it tick. Later, on stfelo, l the flame of n lamp, he triec'l to jffcq I up, having the slightest identic > nature, —— * f A SONG OF THE ROAD. Rain and sun, rain and sun, Cloud ami wind ia the sky; White roads that westward run, Hanks where a man may lie, Sleep and dream that Ids traraping's done And the loug, long idleness begun Crickets chirp by the flro; Grasshoppers wild are we, The white road's our desire Where foot and tongue wag froo, And kisses grow upon every briar. And dreams are hauging from every trco. Cloud and wlud, oloud and wind, These be our friends, instead; Every bush keeps kind Shade for a vagrant head. Sweet, let the dull world lag behind, The beckoning roud runs on nhead. Black and Whilo. II I'll OR 01' TIIE HAY. The bill collector looks forward to a promising career.—Adams Freeman. Dyer— "Is Cutera a fashionable tailor?" Duell—"No ; he does astrictly cash business."—Puck. "Willie is absolutely madly in love with me." "How do you know?" "He told mo he would work for me, if the worst happpened!"—Answers. 3lias Huggum—"Frank has frac tured our engagement." 3liss Quixcm "How is that?" Alias Huggum— "He fell and broke his right arm." "They did nothing at 3lrs. Dumpy- Dimple's reception lmt talk about the weather." "Well, what groater variety could you desire at this time of the year?" "What's the matter between Blims and his typewriter?" "He thought when ho hired her that ho was going to dictato to her. hut he has discovered his mistake."—Detroit Free Press. Apparent Customor (inquiringly) "Got any clean collars and cuffs?" Storekeeper—"Plenty, sir, plenty." Apparent Customer (coolly) "Then why don't you wear some?"— Hartford Times. "But we cahnot live on papa," pro tested the savage's bride-to-be. "He is dreadfully poor." "We can wait until he is fatter!" oxclaimed the youth, for love is brave. —Detroit Journal. Reals—"ls Bagley head over heels in debt?" Beats—"Yes,l hear so. Ho signed a contract with his tailor to pay 32 a night for the hire of a dress suit till he returned it. After the second night it was stolon?" Philadelphia Press. "Why do you insist upon taking your wifo out for such long walks in this rough weather?" "The doctor has told her that she must ho very careful not to talk when she is oat in the cold air." "Say, who's your doctor?"— Cleveland Leader. "This," remarked tbo viotim, with great presenco of mind, ns tho dyna mite exploded, "puts me quito ont of countenance 1" It was evident at tho funeral that if he had waited till v.e landed he wouldn't havo had the lace to say it.—New York Press. "Papa," said the darling daughter of the household, "how did you pro pose to mamma?" "Don't ask me," answered the old man. "I can't re member a thing about it. Go and ask your mother. Sho managed the whole affair."—Cincinnati Enquirer. "This is not tho umbrella I lent you six montliß ago," remarked Tenspot as he surveyed the article Whiffet had roturned. "Oh, yes, it is," replied Whiffet. "I've had it recovered and a new handle inserted, hut it is tho very same umbrella."—Judge. Margerie, aged four, had just been told the story of Little Bed Riding Hood in, as tho raconteur thought, very thrilling style. At the conclusion 31argerio nskoil nonchalantly: "Did the wolf eat Little Red Biding Hood without any buttor?"— Washington Times. "You say that Goorgo Huxley has lost a fortune? I don't understand how that can be. I didn't suppose that ho ever had more than 35 at n time in his life." "He never has, but the father of the girl that he expected to marry failod yesterday."—Cleveland Leader. "Why, is thot yon, 31r. Tweddle?" shrieked the inquisitive lady at the man in the steamer chair. "I thought you were dead." "Just keep on think ing so, madam," said Tweddle, ns the ship gave another lurch, "and I'll try to verify the report ia a fow minutes." —Washington Timeß. Fourth Floor Neighbor (apologeti cally— "Does my baby annoy you when it cries?" Fifth Floor Neighbor "No, indeed! I like it." Fourth Floor Neighbor (pleased) "Oh ! I'm so glad!" Fifth Floor Neighbor— "Yeßj it drowns tho noise your daughter makes on the piano."—Puok, An Unwritten Law. It is one of tho unwritten Jaws that tho President shall never go beyond the boundary line of the country dur ing his term of office, and naval men sav that as soon as the President's ship loses soundings he is out of the jurisdiction of the Nation. This is not literally true, however, for all nlong the Atlantio seaboard, from the Virginia capes to New York, there is what is known ns tho 100-fathom mark, extending far out in the ocean beyond the three-mile limit, declared by international law to be the extreme limit of jurisdiction that a oountry has over its ocean boundary. The Hide In Evidence. A Chicago man who sued a street oar company for SSOOO damages for killing liis S2OOO St. Bernard dog, which was said to bo one of the largest in America, brought into court as one of his ex hibits a handsome rag made of the skin and the head of his dog. The jury were seemingly greatly impressed by its appearauce, but gave a verdict for the company.
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