Theie'a isn't a man in the German
Enr-ivo who coultl eh nib into Bis
marek's chair a:i<l sit down in it with
out feeling wabbly and lonesome.
The nrarest approach to the £290,-
000,000 earned by the American hen
last year is offered by the tutal value
of milch cows, they representing an in
vestiu: ut v -ldf), closely fol
lowed by th • entire c flto'.i crop, valued
at 3259,171.010, with wheat, the money
standar-l of. the farmer and the bread
stuff of t*ie nation, a weak fourth with
its offering in round figures of £233,-
000,000.
They have queer ideas of taxation in
Hamburg, ( i many, where dogs are
taxed according to their size. It might
be more fitting to levy upon the canines
according to the volume, or jutcli, of
their barks, or as logical to tax them
according to the respectability of their
appearance. Whether there are more
small dogs proportionately in Ham
burg th in in other cities, the census
informs us not.
1:11i:c v rv midst of ail exciting war
the United States issued 8200,000,000
of bond ■ at the low rate of three per
cent. They were all taken up at par
by the people without the intervention
of any syndicate or any bank. And so
great is the country's credit that with
the war : till on these bonds rose to
101 even before their issue. That is
to say, investors are so eager to get
the.n thai they are willing to surren
der u year and a quarter's interest for
th it purpoac. Was there over such
nut? >ua\ credit in the world as ours?
An interesting decision on the sub
ject of "compulsory" tips lias just
been made by the Higher Court at
Vicuna. The suit arose out of a (lis- ;
pate between a gentleman who had
passed a considerable time at a sum
mer resort and a hotel porter. A Mr.
I)., who, with his family, had stayed
for thirty-eight days at the hotel, pre
sented the servant who conveyed the
baggage to the station with six florins,
about 82.50. This tlio man emphati
cally decliucd to accept, demanding
instead ten florins. On the depart
ing guest declining to give that
amount, the servant refused to part
with the visitor's baggage, which ho
carried back to the hotel and deposit
ed with the manager, Mr. D. then
brought, through the Public Prose
cutor, a charge of extortion, accom
pauied with threats and injury to
property, against the porter. The
Lower Court acquitted the servant on
all the accounts. Then the suit was I
carried to the Higher Court, which has
confirmed the previous decision. The |
charges of threats an l injury to prop- |
erty the court considered unproved,
and declared that the servant, who re
ceived no wages, was thrown for his
sub. isteuce upon tho generosity of
the visitors; that of this Mr. D. was
aware; and that personal service for
thiriy-oight days, according to the
local usuage, at ton kreuzers a day, I
amounted to at least twelve florin?, to
wi.i -h the man had a legal claim; nr. 1
that he was quite within his rights in
retaining tho baggage to secure him
self flora pecuniary loss.
When Charette, a Merrimno hero, :
was asked by n Spanish officer in San. '
tiago the object of that intrepid action, •
lie said, standing at attention: "Sir, •
i:i the i nite 1 St ites Navy it is not the |
cus' om for a seaman to know or to a-k !
to know the object of his superior of- !
licer." yi words, these—in. tin t |
with the qualities that make nations j
entirely grc.it —end yoc not liner than I
the nets tbey have voiced so nobly
tlr.T.i -li many a trying year. Dircip
si< ' devt ti >ii to the fin r, these :ra
the I - on . ■ ht as tho beginning '
an l end of duty t > the American of
lic r and 1,1 ua jacket. Both accept
this S, If-elTacemeat and denial with
out qu • uh,n as to their rea jona' !en. .• s
in as •' io of livin j which s > c-s.ea
t&.y <• ii i bigli . rr.var.l than the
love it cor. ; rv, TiuireU a jiathos in
b:■an It ro mly come tn it irial fl-
Va • nu :1, t! • plaudits i adm; i
in nival nnn: Is. But laro i;. loi i it
that the blue j i-hiet may count w■ ,
more th \:\ th - hand grips of his ah'.] •
mates, the u forgotten dory of g -
hint deeds, the blurred tradition oi
nacriflc- that should have been death
less. And yet knowing this and ac
cepting this as a part of the duty im
posed he never falters, never questions,
and whore the fight is hottest and the
chance is least lie goes forward, cagr-i
to prove that what hie brain and brawn
may achieve belongs not to himsell
but to the nation. Honor them, then
--care for their. —for these nameless
heroes in blue aro the vanguards oi
American liberty on every sea.
AT THE TURN OF THE ROAD.
A moment's rause for longirg and for The memory of a touch,' warm, trusting,
dreaming, clinging,
A moment's looking backward on tho The memory of that touch grown cold as
way; ice;
To kiss my hand to long-past turrets gleam- A voice hushed that was sweet as wild
iif-T, bird's singing,
To stand and think of life of yesterday. A love whose bright flame burned in sac-
A little time to dream of sunlit hours
Spent where white towers ri?e against the Only a grave! Life of to-day will teach me
_, . „ Its .stream fleets fast for sorrow and regret.
To tread agniu that path of too sweet flow- Beyond this turn its sweeping wave will
To lu-ar ng in tho greeting and good- I must go with It, as wo nil goi Yet—
.. ~ A moment's pause for longing and for
What is there, say you, in that far off dreaming.
A moment's looking backward on the
Of my pest living and past loving, loft way.
Wrapped la iu its golden haze, to stir my To kiss my hand to long-past turrets gleam-
P'ty i ng,
And call the bitter sigh of the bereft? To stand and think of life of yesterday!
—Donahoo's.
i i M® M © MM® MM
J PROVING HIS WORTH. 4
y ADMUNII W. DENNETT.
A- py- fR ff.
M . ,v o ..&■&)
HE thing I would |
like to know, Papa
*" Hun, is when I may
ask the snpeviuteu- j
___—! tleut for an office?" i
1 i anil Lyle planted
1 1 his sturdy fourtcen
year-old legs far
apart as he leaned
back against the telegraph table, for
once heedless of the insistent, metalio
clattering of the little brass instru
ments.
"When yon are old enough,my son," |
was the mechanically given answer.
"Oh, that's tho same old answer,"
disgustedly.
"To tho same old question," calmly.
"You know you said yourselt that
there was nut a better operator on the
whole road than I."
"Yes."
"And I do so want my name on the
pny roll," pleadingly.
"Are you not my assistant at a stated
salary?" asked Mr. Loomis, looking up
from his desk for the first tinio during
the conversation.
"Yes, Papa Han, but that is just
'make-believe.' I asked the paymas
ter last payday if my name was on the
rolls, and he only smiled and said it
would he some day."
"Should that not satisfy you, my
boy?" and a look of pain came into
Mr. Loomis' eyes at this repeated sug
gestion of tho inevitable parting,
Lyle slowly shook his head. Bat
now that it came to broaching his se
cret plans to his father ho could not
talk so lluently as ho had thought.
Something would keep rising up in
his throat, but finally he said:
"Papa, if you will let lue go and see
Mr. Chelton, tho superintendent of
telegraph, and ask hiiu for an office I
will he satisfied." This was not nearly
so elaborately Btnted ns Lylo had
planned, but it was straight to the
point.
Mr. Loomis drummed a moment on
his desk and then said.
"Very well, my sou, you may take
the down train for tho city iu the
morning and seo Mr. Chelton."
For one ecstatic moment' Lylo
doubted his ears. Then, as he finally
realized what this permission might
mean, his nimble feet (lew together,
and as he dived out of the open office
door he cried:
"Hurrah for Papa Han!"
Mr. Loomis arose and stepped to
the window in time to see Lyle's sturdy
form skipping from the end of tie to
tho end of tie as he went down the
track to the big curve, where a long
bridge was being built across tho deep
gorge. He could not but smilo bit
terly as ho thought how, in his anxiety
to have his boy always by bis side since
tho death of Lyle's mother three years
before, he had defeated that very de
sire. Ho had at first interested the
boy in learning telegraphy to keep
liiin in tho office by his side, and now
the lad wanted to try his now-found
wings.
"To-morrow! To-morrow, my name
on the pay roll!" buzzed and bounded
through Lyle's busy brain as he
bounded along to tho edge of the
gorge, whore the bridgomou weie
working.
All that night his mind was busy i
with the approaching interview with I
the superintendent. He thought the
train would never come, and the ride ,
to the cily, ncross the sky-pierciug ;
mountain, was hut a blur.
In some way that was never quite j
dear to him he found himself in tho
superintendent's office, staring at the 1
In. r. I i i k of a man ho knew to be j
t'no superintendent. An audlenoe with |
tiie K'.iii or of nil the Russians would j
not have h n half so terrifying to
him. Hlov. iy liio chair aud its occu-1
pant turned or au.l. Then, iu whai
sounded even to him: "If ns a very
small \ nice, Lyle made his errand
"Want a pmibon, eh?" asked gruff
John Chelton, alowly, looking poor
Lylo over -ahe id to foot '"I be
li-. i-e that we i : : not in need of any
met ■ a jer boys at present
"I do not wisha position ns messen
ger," sai.l Lyle. "1 aui an operator."
"An operator! An operator! Hold
on, let i i ' have a witness to this in
t■ rvicuv," touching a small call bell on
: his desk. Then as a man answer.-1
j the call he turned to Lyle and nodde .
fur him to proceed.
I "Yi , sir; lam an operator," s.; 1
; Lylo, us boldly as be might.
' "Well," eyeing him again fromhctl
i to foot, "when did babies take Iu
j learning telegraphy and wanting posi
tions, I should like to know?" and
Mr. Che'.t ■ i sto nl up iu nil the tower
ing h'dght of his six feet and stared
down at the boy. Lylo felt his woeful
lack of nature more than lack of age,
bal raid bravely, if n little shakily:
"Yo-u m-ay text me, if you don't be
lieve me."
I "That, s fair, at least," said the su
perintendent, with a small wink at the
man. "Here, Hoskius," addressing
j the man who had answered the bell,
j "sit down aud test this bo— young
man."
Yow, Hoskius prided himself on his
ability as a sending operator, and he
seated himself with a determination to
"rush" the joungster. Ho gave the
"key" a few preliminary rattles and
I smiled grimlj as he called up a uivi-
I sion office where there was a first-class
j man aud commenced to dispatch some
I accumulated business.
| Lyle's pen staggered and floundered
| over the first few words, aud then he
steadied down into the swinging
i "copy" of the old-timer. This was
■ ; nothing now to him—ho thought he
i was out at Las Palomas copying for
practice! Hadn't ho copied Hoskius
s by tho hour before for practice! Ho
always did like Hoskius' Morse—it
I was so even and well spaced! When
i lie finally looked up he saw a kindly
; light in Mr. Cfieitou's eyes that he had
not noticed there before. But his ris
t ing hopes were dashed by the first
- words of tho superintendent.
i "I couldn't put tho lives of whole
: trainloads of people in tho hands of
one so young, my boy, now, could I?
But I will remember you; I promise
you I will," and that was all he would
do.
"I did so want my name on the pay
roll for suro and certain," said Lylo.
"It will be there in time, my boy."
"That's what yon all say," said
Lyle, suppressing a sob as he'raufrom
i the office.
Soon tho Las Palomas train was
ready, and as Lyle took his seat in the
coach his heart was sore with disap
pointment.
"They all want a fellow to bo as big
aud as old as tho mountains before
they will let him do anything," he
thought, bitterly.
Tho crew on the train was a "plains"
crew, compelled to tako the run over
the mountain on account of a washout
: beyond Las Palomas. They were
very unsociable and "grumpy" on
: this account, us well as on account of
their engine not steaming well.
At Placitas a mountain "helper"
was added, and the tortuous climb to
the summit was commenced. • Tho
summit was capped by a tall moun
tain, pierced by the longest tunnel on
the road. Two-thirds of tho way
through tho tunnel was up a very
sharp grade, and it was not to exceed
a rail's length before they pitched
down ns steep nu incline into Las
Palomas.
All the way up the wiudiug moun
tain side Lyle watched the "double
header" freight following tho passen
ger within the ten-miuute limit. One
moment tho freight would be iu plain
sight, the next hiddon by some jut
ting point, only to appear later far to
one side, seeming almost that it was
on another track, aud again it was
going in an entirely different direc
tion, so winding was the road.
The passengers stopped at Rossitn,
half way up tho mountain, to take
water. As Lyle was standing at the
open telegraph window listening to
l his beloved instruments clicking so
i merrily, the nose of the freight on
j gine pushed around the curve, aud
: Bon Parr, engineer of tho big uioun
i tair. engine, waved a friendly greeting
| to Lyle as he stood a moment beside
j his eugine, oil can in hand. Then
; Lyle's attention was attracted by tiro
familiar sound of his father's send
| ing, and as the train started slowly he
| caught these words of the message:
I " —delayed twenty minutes in Suin
i mit tunnel—account wet, slippery
rail —"
i Lyle know the tricks of tho tunnel,
and that at times it was comparatively
dry and at others would be dripping
wet, and this without any apparent
: connection with th" rainfall upon the
I mountain above. This report gave
. him no concern, though, uajjl they
passed Fierce, tli9 last telegraph sta
tion on that side of (lie tunnel, with
out being notified of the condition of
' the tunnel.
i Then he became uneasy. Hal ho
not heard every train crew on tho
mountain say they feared Summit
tunnel when the rail was slippery and
another train following them? Ho
felt that he must speak to tho con
ductor of the message he had heard,
and when he did so that official looked
him over very coolly and said:
i "My son, I ran trains before yon
• were born. I will seo that yon are
not carried by your destination,"
i which showed the conductor held the
- information very cheap.
1 | All the while watchful Lyle could
! s see that the passenger was losing a
, few minutes' time, and tho freight,
j while staying strictly within her time,
• 1 was gaining on them slowly. To add
I to bi3 feelings of uueasiuess the shades
j <of nigbt were creeping down the
| elopes ami out from every gulch and
gully.
The headlights of the freight were
flitting from side to side of the high
walled pass like a will o' the wisp,
and finally to Lyle's excited mind they
seemed to take on a sinister and pur
suing glare.
He could stand it no longer, so he
mr.de hold to address the brakeniau,
who snapped:
"My very precocious kid, I know
how to protect the rear of this train
without any instructions from you."
Lyle sank hack in his seat and the
blood fled to his face to think he had
been so misunderstood.
"He don't understand," Lyle whis
pered to himself, "how different it is
flagging a train after you're Btalled in
Summit tunnel."
"If I don't protect this train," said
the brakeniau a moment later, with a
sueer, "you'll he ou hand to do it."
Lyle walked back to the rear conch
and stood outside on the platform to
hide his shauic. They were almost
at the tunnel's mouth, and the grade
was very steep. " —lost twenty min
utes—" rang iu his cars. Why* if this
train lost half of that ia the tuuuel the
freight would crash into them. Then,
as the engines struck the tunnel, Lyle
saw from the quickly slacking speed
that they would lose more time iu its
passage, if they did not come to a full
stop, with that badly steaming engine.
"If I stop that freight, and there is
uo need, the boys will never let mo
hear the last of it," he thought. Then:
"I am save that Hen Parr will not
blame me for being too careful," he
whispered to himself as he grasped a
red light sitting just inside the coach
and swung nil' of the now slowly mow
ing train just as it was swallowed up'
in the black darkness of the tunnel.
Even then ho was iu doubt, but
stumbled back a few rail lengths iu
the thickening gloom.
"Well," ho said aloud to himself,
half covering the red danger signal
with his baud, "if the freight is far
enough back I will not Hag them,"and
then he shuddered to think of letting
the train by him and that black tun
nel between him and home!
Then a great roar filled the rocky
cut and a flare of light lit up tins
blackness. The freight was upon
him, botli massive engines working in
powerful unison and running much
faster than the passenger had been. A
few frantic swings of tho lantern
brought an answer f 'om Ben Parr that
was music to Lyle's ears, and with a
shower of sparks flying from the re
versed engines' wheels they soon came
to a panting stop.
"What's tho matter, little one?"
asked cheery Ben, as ho saw who the
flagman was.
"No. 3 will hardly got through the
tunnel without stalling, so I flagged
you down, Ben."
"I don't see anything of lier rear
lights," said Bon, peering out into
the black darkness, and his tone held
a touch of irritation.
"Didn't they have a crew on that
train to do the flagging?" asked tho
fireman.
But just then a little speck of light,
such as a firefly would make, was seen
wavering in the tunnel's black mouth,
and soon tho brakemau staggered out
into the fresli air, choked almost to
fainting with the smoke made by the
two pulling engines in the narrow
space. Coughing up black soot and
smoke tlio brakemau said:
"If you hadn't stopped you would
have beeu into us, sure," aud then lie
swore at being sent over such a
division with a "lame" engine.
And old Ben Parr took out his
watch, and patting Ben on tho head,
said:
"You have probably made a present
of their lives to several people this
day, mv boy. God bless you!"
And the brakemau peered up at him
from his watery eyes, caused by the
smoke undoubtedly, and said:
"Y'ou here! I know an old lady
back East who will thank you for keep
ing her son from being a murderer
through carelessness."
Strange how tliiugs will leak out.
A few days later Lyle received a
handsome autograph letter from Mr.
John Cbeltou, "begging" him to
accept the position of assistant oper
ator at Las Palmas, under his father,
who was being "eutirely too hard
worked," and containing assurances
of promotion as opportunity offered.
"But why did lie change his mind
so suddenly, papa?" asked Lyle.
"On account of your bravery," with
a look that implied he could tell more
if he would.
"Oh, that tunnel matter," said
Lyle. "That did not take half the
courage it did to ask him for a job."
"I guess it depends on the point of
view," said hi i father.
The "iv.li-reo Silkworm."
Ten tons of silkworms' eggs are re
ported by the British Consul at Batoum
to have been brought into that port
during 1807, representing a money
value ol .••31' . 120. Tlio cultivation of
the mulberry and tho silkworm is
destined to he one of the great indus
tries of Northern Italy. Tho bears
arc raid to be tlio greatest enemies of
the trees, which they break down to
cat the fruit. Pedigree silkworms are
much sought after. Some breeds are
renowned for quantity, others for
quality, and others for resistance to
disease.
Gut la Perch n Arllllclal Teeth.
Artificial teeth that have become
i firmly implanted iu tho jaws of dogs
i and men have been made by Dr.
Zauiesky from gutta percha, porcelain
or metal. Holes are made in tho base
of the tooth, which is then placed in o
cavity formed in the jaw, and in n
short time a soft granulated growth
enters the boles in tho tooth aud,
gradually hardening, firmly holds it
in place.
A Sorvlctsaiile Stablo Floor,
A stable floor that is cheap and ser
viceable may be made of stiff clay by
adding one-third ole.au gravel not
larger than a marble. Mix to the con
sistency of thin mortar, put it on tho
floor or ground surface, after smooth
ing it down well, eight or ten inches
deep and pound down hard. Go over
it every few daya iiud pound down
solidly any portion that shows a ten
dency (o crack, until all is hard. Such
a floor will last for years, and if plenty
of bedding is asod is not apt to get
muddy.
lisnewring Hnsphcrry rntclica.
A raspberry patch, of tiie black-cap
varieties, needs to be renewed every
four or live years, as tlie red rust comes
in una will injurs so many of the plants
that the plantation will cease to pay.
The black-cap raspberry will not last
FO long as this if it has been grown
from Backers. Those grown from the
tip ends of this year's shoots will keep
i'reo from disease longest. Bat after
four or live years it is too much labor
to keep the plantation free from weeds,
and a new plantation, after the first
year, will give more fruit, with less
cost of labor in caring for it.
Preventive For llloat In Cuttle.
If the farmers would haul a load of
dry hay or straw into tho clover pas
ture there would be no danger of los
ing cows with the bloat. If the cow
is already badly bloated let her get
where she can eat the hay or straw,
ami it will cure the worst case.
While this knowledge was gained
by accident it has nevertheless been
tried since with the best of success
by my brother. Ho never turns the
cattle into a clover pasture without
first hauling a load of dry hay or
straw where the cattle have free ac
cess to it, and has never lost a cow
with the bloat since using this precau
tion.—Mrs. W. C. Lane, in Agricul
tural Epitomist.
Foul 15rood anil Its Treatment.
In Cowan's guide for the English
beekeeper he suggests as a treatment
for foul brood the thorough disinfec
tion of hives and utensils. When a
diseased hive is to be treated and not
destroyed bo recommends that the
liivo be washed out with phenol—
phenol two teaspoonfuls, water one
quarter gallon—and the diseased
brood frames sprayed with a weak
solution—one-hall' teaspoonful to one
gallon of water. From other frames
the honey is to bo extracted and
boiled and the frame treated like the
brood frames. The bees are to be fed
a syrup containing phenol at the rate
of one-quarter teaspoonful to one
quarter gallon of syrup. If it is ac
cepted by the bees more phenol should
be added.
Palis Orflon For Squash Tlororj.
One of the worst pests of the garden
is the squash or cucumber stalk borer.
All its operations are confined to apart
of the main stem near the root, or
at most not more than two or three
feet from it. Once inside the stalk
the borer is safe from any outward ap
plication. But if his presence is seen
quickly enough, tho borer may bo dug
out with a knife and the plant will bo
saved. Prevention is better than cure.
If a strong solution of Paris green in
water is spread over the squash or other
vine stem for two or three feet from
its roots, tho parent fly will lay her
eggs as usual, and when these hatch
out, as they do in two or three days,
when the young borer begins eating
hi? way into tho stalk, his first mouth
ful will be his last.
C nvcnlenl Has 11 old w.
Sketched here is a simple and in
expensive arrangement for holding
bags or sacks, one that will lie espe
cially useful when handling grain.
Strong hooks fasten the box to the bin
while smaller hooks in either corner
and in front hold the bag. The box
may bo easily made by anyone handy
with tools, and the arrangement will
j j
_ \
/ y\_^r
H UW'DT ANR.AXVI FOR BAAS.
greatly facilitate handling grain when
ino man has to do all the work. This
box is ail improvement on the funnel j
sometimes usod by millers, which is j
only handy when a second person can !
atteud to shirring the string that
holds the bag about the lower end of
the funnel.
Use of Dust For Poultry.
Tho fine dry dust on the roads,
which is sucli a nuisance to the trav
eler, is a blessiug to the poulfcryman.
It is an admirable absorbent, and used
under tho roosts and mixed with the
droppings, it preserves the volatile
I properties of the ben manure, inereas
ins hi a very material degree the fer
| tilizer made by the flock." Used in a
dust bath, it penetrates the feathers
of tho fowls and stops up the air pas
sages of the parasites that.dwell upou
the bodies and hido among the feath
ers of the heus. thus promoting the
health and comfort of the fowls. Used
on the floors and about the house, it
assists in destroying little mites that
hide in tho cracks and corners of the
building, removes noxious odors and
exhalations, and makes the poultry
house a healthy home for its feathered
occupants, instead of a disease breed
ing prison. It pays to gather and
; use road dust, which is plentiful
I everywhere.
A Convenient Cart,
j It is the utilizing of little things on
i the farm that makes agriculture a pleas*
. ant as well as a profitable pursuit. A
; hand or push cart, for instance, is of
i incalculable value, and the one pic
j tared herewith can be used with com
parative ease for conveying light loads
of material from one place to another,
such as grains and feeds, garden
sauce, tools for fence repairiug, small
quantified of fruit and vegetables, as
apples, potatoes, turnips, carrots and
the like, and various other things
never dreamed of until the moment
of their removal has arrived, elimiuat-
A USEFUL PUSH CART,
ing thereby the necessity of harness
iug up the loam or one's undergoing
extremely heavy lugging—lugging
which is good for no man, in that it
stiffens his joints and bends him over
with premature age.
Have you any old wagon wheels
that aro still capable of doing good
service? Well, then you possess the
chief requisites for this cart, the body
of which can often be made of a box
obtained at the grocery or drygoods
store; and in such a case all that re
quires,being done is to prepare a prop
er axle for the box to rest on, first
constructing the frame, however, and
inserting into the handles of it pieces
of very heavy wire (that which is
twisted is preferable) vertically for
the purpose of keeping the whole up
right when 110 one has hold of it.
This mode of constructure renders the
cost quite small, but not olio iota does
it detract from the availability of the
cart. Nicely painting tho cart add 3
to its attractiveness, and also makes
it more durable; and if it is only
properly housed and looked after, as
it always should be, it will endure
much service and last for a lifetime.
Nexr York Tribune.
Tlio Farm Garden.
The farmer who neglects tho gar
den and fails to grow ail ample supply
ol' vegetables for the use of his family
falls short of his plain duty. A diet
of which meat is the principal part is
not wholesome, and those who dwell
in cilies and towns know this and eat
largely of vegetable foods while too
many farmers' families live the year
through oil pork, beef, bread und po
tatoes. The farmer cau consume moro
pork and other meat than almost any
other man, because ho works hard in
tho open air and can digest heavier
food than the man who is shut iu the
houso most of tho time. Of all men
the farmer should be the last to suffer
from rheumatism, dyspopsia aud other
diseases that arise from the blood. A
diet composed largely of vegetables
insures immunity from all such dis
eases yet they aro very prevalent iu
tho families of the farms of this coun
try.
There Is hardly a single one of tho
vegetables that is not medicine as well
as food. .In Iho spring comes aspara
gus first of nil, which is a sovereign
remedy for kidney complaints, all of
which aviso from tho presence of a
particular aoid in the blood, Boon
after come tho various greens that
grow abundantly in country places,
and later tho berries aud fruits which
purify tho blood and invigorate tlio
system e.l a time in tlio year when the
hot weather enervates and makes
languid those who labor out of door.
Beets, onions, green peas, string beans,
celery, tomal >. t all possess important
medicinal virtues and all come at a
time iu the year when we need a cool
ing and hood purifying diet. During
cold weather we can consume quanti
ties oi fat meat with benefit, because
fats used as food ; ro.lnce beat and
help us to withstand cold, but with
tlio .temperature as high as it gets iu
this country during tho summer, wo
really need but little meat, aud vege
tables are all that we need to supply
us with strength topevform the heaviest
tasks. If the meats consumed in sum
mer were mostly mutton or poultry,
with eggs, we would be better off than
we are as consumers of so much fal
pork, but none of these take the place
of au unlimited supply of fresh vege
tables and fruits sneli as any farmer in
the land may produce at tho cost of a
small amount of labor devoted to theii
cultivation.—Farm News.
OUR RUDGET OF IIUMOR.
LAUGHTER-PROVOKING STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.
A Bravo Soldier Girl—Not Always tlie
Same—None But the Brave Would
Apply—What She Wan Afrahl Of—ln
I'se—A Wny to Learn—A Suro Sign*
film was deckel with soldier buttons,
Sho wns clad la army blue,
And she wore a martial emblem
On her natty sailor, too.
"But alas! a little sj filer
Crept across this maiden's band,
And with all her warlike trappings
She screamed to beat the bund.
—Tacoma (Wash.) Lodger,
None But the Brave Would Apply.
"The man I marry," said the Blond
"Wirlow, "must be a hero."
"He, will be," remarked the Savago
Bachelor.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Not AltvnyH the Same.
His Grandson—"A ration is what
tho soldier gets to eat at on 9 meal,
isn't it?"
Tho Veteran—"lt is what he is sup
posed to get."—Puck.
What She Wns Afraid Of.
Mamma—"Aro you afraid of the
dark, Bessie?"
Bessie—"No, mammn, I ain't fwaid
of tho dark, but I'm awfully fwaid of
'lings 'at's in tho dark 'at you tun't
see.
A Hltrionle Triumph.
"What did the stage manager sav
to you?"
"He said he wished I would act as
emotional on tho stage as I do when I
strike him for more salary."—Chicago
Record.
Empty Tall;.
Higgins Hall—"Have you heard
that empty box story?"
Rustic Bridge—"No."
Higgins Hall—''lt's just as well you
haven't; there's nothing iu it."—Chau
tauqua Assembly Herald.
A Sure Sign.
Smith—"Brown is evidently finan
cially embarassod."
.Tones—"Why do you think so?"
Smith—"Ho is beginning to live
extravagantly and dresses bettor than
formerly."—Chicago News.
Iu Use.
Mamma (at the breakfast table) —
"You always ought to use your nap
kin, Georgie."
Georgie—"l am usiu' it mammn.
I've got tlio dog tied to tho leg of the
table with it."—Chicago Tribune.
At tlio Jungle Picnic.
First Monkey—"Did you ever see
an animal chango himself into another
animal?"
Second Monkey—"No."
First Monkey—"Well, there's the
elephant making a hog of himself!"—
Fuck.
Fln-dc-Slecle*
Old Lady—"Didn't I toll you uevei
to coiuo here again?"
Up-to-Date Tramp—"l hope yon
will pardon me, madam, but it's the
fault of my secretary; ho neglected to
strike your name from my visiting
list."—Tit-Bits.
A Wny to Learn.
"The only way for a man to lenva
all about women is to get married."
"And study the ways of his wife,
eh?"
"New. Listen to what she tells
him about the other women."—ln
dianapolis Journal.
An 111-lire! Hug.
Mrs. Faddlo—"l thought you war
ranted that dog I bought of you well
bred?"
Dog Denier—"Bo it is, mum."
Mrs. Faddle—"Oh, no, it isn't; it
holts its food iu the most vulgar man
ner!"—Pick-Me-Up.
Just I.ikc Her.
First Domestic—"There's Mrs.
Cameron, that you live with, over on
the other side of the street."
Second Domestic—"Gracious! I
hope she won't see me. It will be just
like her to go aud get a bonnet like
mine."—Boston Transcript.
One of Many.
Thompson—"You look pale and
thin, Johnson. Why will you persist
in killing yourself working night and
day such weather ns this?"
Johnson "I am trying to earn
money enough to pay the expense of
a week's rest iu the country."—New
York Weekly.
Cross Examination.
Attorney—"You reside ?"
Witness—"With my uncle."
Attorney—"And your uncle lives
Witness -"With me."
Attorney—"Exactly. And you both
live ?"
Witness—"Together."—New York
Journal.
Beneath Contempt.
Mr. l)c Broker —"I am a defaulter,
and I want 3*oll to defend me."
GreafrLawj'er—"Certainty, Mr. De
Broker, I'll get you oil' all right. Have
110 fear. How many millions is it?"
. Mr. Do Broker (with dignity)—
"oir, T am short on!}' a few thousand,
aud I hope to pay that some day."
Great Lawyer (to ofiice boy)
"James, show this vile scoundrel the
door!"
Rclf-Sacrllice.
A small hoy belonging to a family ol
fivo cauio into the houso one day with
live stones, which 110 cheerfully ex
plained were to be tombstones for each
member of the family.
Later his little sister, counting
them, said:
"Hero is a tombstone for father
dear! Hero is the baby's; but thero
is none hero for Katie, the nurse."
Then she quickly added, "Oh, well,
never mind; Katie cau have mine, and
I'll live."—Life.