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H-R TRI3UTE OF SYMPATHY.
.Announcement That Called Out un Ex
pression of Dec, Sorrow.
It was tbe turn of thfe Columbia law
student who had figured successfully as
an intercollegiate debater.
"True sympathy sometimes crops out
where you least expect to see it," he
said. "One cold day last December I
was walking through a greenhouse in
Harlem. As I passed down one of the
walks near tho outside I noticed a little
girl with her face pressed against the
frosty winodw looking wistfully at the
flowers. The gardener's attention be
ing drawn to her, he asked her in. She
was crying, and tlie longing way in
which she looked at the flowers touch
ed us both. The gardener asked her if
she would like very much to have some
of them. The look of gratitude that
came into her glistening eyes needed no
words of interpretation. He gave her
a hunch of carnations freshly cut that
morning.
"We both took an Eighth avenue car
down town. She sat near the door and
as the cold wind blew in she would
shake and the tears caused by the cold
and her sad errand came unchecked.
The affection she bestowed upon that
little bunch of flowers soon aroused tho
attention and pity of most of those in
the ear. She would bury her face in
the flowers and in her attempt to choke
hack the sobs her thinly clad little
frame would shake so that 1 noticed
It from my seat at the front end of
the car.
"I had to leave the car at Thirtieth
street, and when I reached the curb
I noticed that she, too, had left the car.
By that time 1 was very much inter
ested in her, and decided to follow her
and see what she would do. She walk
ed toward the North river, and, then
turned down the avenue a.nd stopped
before a barber's shop. I thought to
'myself this Is a public place, and I'll
go in and see what is the cause of her
sorrow and tc whom she is taking these
flowers. She timidly approached the
first barber, and between her sobs told
him that she had brought these flowers
for that poor man who had died. The
barber looked up surprised and said:
" 'My child, you have made some mis
take."
" *>.o, sir,' she sobbed, 'I want to give
these flowers to him.'
" 'But you have made a mistake,' ho
replied. 'There has been no death
here.'
"With the utmost assurance she
looked up at him and said. 'Oh, yes, sir,
he did die here, and I want you to give
him these flowers.'
" 'You must bo mistaken. What
makes you think a man died here?'
"Turning to the front of the shop
she murmured, 'Please, sir, doesn't it
ray there on the window, "Whisker?
Dyed Here"?'"—New York Times.
A SPEAKING LAMP.
An Invention Which Reproduces
Sound Mlies Away.
The "speaking light" is the latest
novelty which has made its appear
ance in Paris. It is the invention of
a German professor, improved and
perfected by M. Charles Heller, an
electrical engineer residing in
France. The apparatus consists of
an ordinary arc lamp, minus the
globe; this lamp Is placed on a table,
anil is connected on the one hand with
a microphone, which can he placed
at any distance, even miles away.
On the current being passed and the
lamp alight anybody singing or speak
ing in l'rom or over the microphone
board is Immediately heard by every
body In the room where the lamp is
placed. The arc lamp reproduces
every sound with startling clearness.
It is necessary, however, for people
looking at the lamp to wear smoked
glasses, owing to its Intensity. The
invention is decidedly ingenious, but
at present it is difficult to see what
useful purpose it can serve, except as
a substitute tor the theatrophoue,
over which It possesses the advant
age of allowing a hundred or more
persons to listen to a concert miles
away instead of only two. as is the
case with the theatrophone. The in
ventor. however, is of opinion that at
a later period, when more thorough
ly developed, the speaking light mas
have great scientific possibilities he
for it.
The Chilian corvette Magellanes
has been placed at the disposition ol
Sir Thomas Holditch, the head ot the
British "commission for the delimita
tion of the frontier between Chili and
Argentina.
PECULIAR.
Oh, human beings are, in sooth, Each likes to talk about the tray
A most peculiar lot. He loves his fellow-man,
By them a lady or a youth But you will notice, day by day,
Is kidnaped, like as not. He "does him" when he can.
They love to turn to reckless fun The golden rule he quotes as truth—
\\ hick undermines the health; 'Tis instantly forgot.
And each feels happiest when he's won These human beings are, in sooth,
Another's hard-earned wealth. A most peculiar'lot.
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=/ the night of the day that
I they moved into their new
flat, "tills apartment life
is worse than one of Dante's circles.
I'll make just one more move before
I die, and that will be into a bouse in a
suburb. Here wo are just moved,
.everything topsy-turvy and no girl.
Of course, tile latest acquisition from
tbe employment bureau had to leave us
just to throw all the burden of tbe
packing up and unpacking on us. Then
again tbe janitors of all flats are nul- 1
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ROSA.
sauces. I'll hot tlie one in this buildlug
will prove to be worse thau any of tlie
others, and even a man accustomed
to using stroug lungunge can't say any
thing stronger than that. Just look at
this muss, will you, and no one to help
us fix it up."
Just then the front-door bell rang.
Henry Sparks stumbled over two
trunks, his daughter's bicycle, barked
his shiu, bruised his toes and finally
reached the door. There in the hall
stood a young woman, comely and
strong-looking. 'Y.s this the place you
want a girl?" she asked.
A sudden joy leaped Into Henry
Sparks' heart. "Yes," lie said, "come
in. We've Just moved; we're all up
side down hero. Look out for the
boxes."
Then Mr. Sparks led the way into
the dining room and tnrned the caller
over to his wife. "Yes, we want a
girl," said Mrs. Sparks; "we've just
moved in, and may be you won't want
to stay now; you see how things are
and what cleaning Is to be done."
"I'm not afraid to work," said the
girl.
At this answer Henry Sparks, who
stood in a corner, almost fainted. The
girl produced a letter l'rom a Lutheran
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HE WASHED THE WINDOWS EVERY OTHER DAY.
clergyman in a little country village.
It happened that Henry Sparks knew
the man. The girl was taken on the
spot, as she declared she was ready
to go to work then and there and would
have her tilings sent right over l'rom
her cousin's.
During the whole conversation Mrs.
Sparks' face had worn a rather puzaled
expression. When the girl had volun
teered to stay Mrs. Sparks said: "How
did you happen to know we wanted a
girl?"
"I saw your advertisement," was the
answer. "Here it Is," nnd the girl
pulled out a copy of the morning paper.
Mrs. Sparks took It "Mercy," sho ex
claimed, "that's the advertisement of
Mrs. Smlthklns, who lives in the flat
underneath tills. You came to the
wrong apartment."
"Well, I like the looks of this place,
anyway, and I'll stay."
"Henry," said Mrs. Sparks, "won't
it he a ense of false pretenses if ' -•
keep her';"
"Not by n jugful. I'll send Mrs
Smitlikins the price of her advertise
ment in an anonymous letter. 'To have
and to hold' is a good motto In a case
like this."
The girl Rosa, who stumbled into
the Sparks' fiat that moving day night,
"William, you've been in the service."
"Yes, sir," said William, "I put in
five years in the Fourth Cavalry."
"I can tell a regular the minute I
clap eyes on him," said Mr. Sparks.
"I put in a good many years myself.
You have two line children here, Wil
liam."
"Yes," said William, assentingly, and
then Mr. Sparks said "Good-by."
That night when Mr. Sparks reached
home his wife said: "The janitor came
up to-day and washed the windows. I
was a dream. She cooked tnmgs to a
: turn; she was willing; she didn't have
■ a cross word in her vocabulary; she
• didn't care to go to balls on Saturday
night, and she was plump and good
looking. The Sparks' family life was
idenl.
One morning as Mr. Sparks was leav
ing the building to go to the oflice he
met the janitor, who was coming up
from the basement leading a child with
cacli hand. Mr. Sparks had barely
noticed the janitor Itefore. This morn
ing something in the man's hearing
struck him, anil turning, he said:
didn't think It was part of his work,
but he said it was all right and Insist
ed. lie told ine that he used to he in
the regular army and that he knew
you had been in the service, too."
"That's it, Eliza," said Henry, "an
old soldier likes to do things for an
other old soldier. lie washed our win
dows because we had both done hard
duty on the plains. Nothing like it.
He must be a good, steady fellow, for
ho has a wife and two children. They
have a flat in the basement."
Mr. Sparks met William quite fre
quently after this. William alwuys
saluted. If he happened to oe stand
ing still as Mr. Sparks passeS ne would
come to "attention," clicking his heels
together the while and saluting like
the old campaigner he was. Almost
every night when he would reach
home Mrs. Sparks would tell Henry
of some new act of attention on the
: part of the Janitor. "He came up and
went all over the plumbing to-day,"
she said one night. "He said hu wanted
■ to make sure there wasn't any sewer
gas in the place. I suppose he fears
for the health of his wife and children.
He spent an awful long while in the
. kitchen examining the pipes there. He
said ihey would need attention for an
other day or two. I was afraid ho
would interfere with Rosa's work, but
she said he didn't."
"There, it's just as I told you, Eliza,"
said Mr. Sparks; "this janitor doesn't
want to see the family of an old sol
dier suffer. I'll give aim a box of cig
ars to-uight. Eliza, this is the finest
kind of life. Never talk to me again
about taking a suburban house. Here
the best girl that ever worked out
stumbles in on us by accident, aud we
get a janitor who serves us as though
we were moguls. We'll just drift along
in this Elysian atmosphere until either
we, Rosa or William die. It's great"
Things went on this way for two
months. Henry Sparks told five real
estate agents to quit looking up a coun
try home for him. "You can't beat the
combination I've got right hare in the
heart of Chicago," he said.
A box of cigars went a long way with
the janitor. He Insisted on beating the
Sparks' rugs, lie gilded the radiators,
he fixed the door knolis, and toward
the end of the second month lie was
ashing the windows every other 'lay.
The windows of the other Cats were
dingy and finger-marked, while those
in the Sparks' lint were us uudlnuncd
crystal. Rosa was a pearl of great
price. She anticipated every wish of
every member of the family. There
was little left for Mrs. Sparks to do hut
to embroider and to mend Frances'
stockings. For some reason or other
Henry Sparks, though ho had always
prided himself on his perspicacity,
never noticed that whenever William
fouud thnt something in the kitchen
needed tixing the job was always one
that required three or four days' time.
He told his wife one day that he must
give William another box of cigars, be
cause, although lie was an old soldier,
lie did not like the idea of having the
man do so much work for simply the
sake of sentiment. "I gave each of his
children a quarter this morning and I
gave his wife a dollar the other day,
but that's not enough to do for a man
who spends most of ids time making
your life happy in a flat."
That night Mr. Sparks went down
town to do some work. He didn't got
back till one o'clock. He slipped off
his shoes at the door so as not to
awaken his wife. He passed into the
hall and, feeling hungry, he went back
through the dining-room with a mind
and appetitp bent on exploring the
kitchen pantry. The door leading into
the kitchen was shut. In his stocking
feet Mr. Sparks made no noise. He
opened the door quickly. The kitchen
gas was burning. From the far end
of the room came a clicking noise.
William the janitor was standing at
attention with his heels brought sharp
ly together. As the man jumped to
the position of a soldier Mr. Sparks
saw that one of his arms had just
dropped from its position of embrace
about the waist of Rosa, the maid.
Mr. Sparks was horrified. He went
back to days when as a "non com" he
had verbally lashed some bluecoat duty
derelict.
"William," he said in a voice of thun
der, "how dare you! You're a scoun
drel, sir."
William's hand went to his forehead
in salute. "Rosa and I are to be mar
ried next week, Mr. Sparks," he said.
"Married!" wns the gasping response;
"how about your wife and two chil
dren down stairs?"
"That's my widowed sister and two
little ones. She's been keeping house
for me," said William.
Mr. Spurks groaned and went limply
back into the front room. He waked
•his wife. "Eliza," lie said, "our dream
is over. Rosa Is going to marry the
janitor. It wasn't any old soldier senti
ment at all that made him wash win
dows. I'll tell Hunt in the morning to
look for a home for us In the country,"
and, sighing, Mr. Sparks went to bed.
At the breakfast table the next morn
ing William and Rosa came in, hand
in hand. "We're going to be married
nuxt week, Mrs. Sparks," said Rosa,
"but my sister wants a placo and I'll
send her here. She's a better cook thuu
I am."
At this bit of information Mr. Spnrks'
face cleared visibly. "You l>oth have
my blessing," he said; "send in your
sister Rosa, and if William leaves here
I'll get old Highrates, the landlord,
to send a good janitor in his place, but
I'll tuke good care that he's not an old
soldier." And thou, forgetful of every
thing else, Mr. Sparks turned to his
wife and said: "They can't resist an
old soldier, can they, my dear?"— E
dward B. Clark In the Chicago Record-
Herald.
Licking Envelope*.
The task of "licking" 50,000 long en
velopes is one which confronts the
United States Pension Oflice once every
three mouths, says the Helena Dally
Record. At one time this was a Her
culean undertaking, but the inventive
genius of man has now made it easy.
By means of an electric automatic
scaler the envelopes containing the
check and voucher which are sent to
50,000 pensioners each quarter, are
"licked" aud sealed at the rate of 25,-
000 a day. This daily capacity is not
reached, however, as not so many en
velopes are ever ready at one time.
The dally run during the quarter's pay
Is from 8000 to 10,000.
This machine, which "licks" and
seals envelopes as fast as thoy can be
fed into it, is simple in design. The
envelope is fed, flap open. It passes
between two rolls, the under one of
which is dampened by an automatic
fountain. In its passage through an
other set of rolls the flap is dexterously
turned over by means of a small catch,
aud a third roll presses it firmly in
place.
All this is done in the twinkling of
an eye, as fast as the operator can drop
the envelopes into position to be caught
by the first rolls. The machine, which
is equipped with an electric attach
ment, is longer than a typewriter, but
uot so bulky. It also has a foot power
attachment.
Trip In ti Unique Boat.
Captain R. 11. Greenlcaf and a party
of gentlemen are planning a novel trip
by water from Albuquerque to New
Orleans, and their boat i 3 now uuder
construction on the captain's premises
on Silver avenue, Albuquerque. The
boat will lie about twenty feet long
aud four and a half beam, and will be
well fitted witli a stove, also compart
ments for cooking utensils, tents, blan
kets, guns and ammunition.
Ducks and geese are plentiful along
the river, and the boat is to bo fitted
out with grnss blinds and decoys, thus
making a complete sportsman's outfit.
This craft is designed for river protec
tion. and will carry a heavy Hotchkiss
steel swivel gun forward aud two Gat.
ling guns behind, with one torpedo
amidships.
The craft will be under the command
of Captain George Toffey, and Cap
tain Greenlcnf will act as pilot, he
being well acquainted with the intri
cate channels of the river.—Albuquer
que Citizen.
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Acquiring a Select Trade.
It will surprise any farmer who has
depended upon the dealer to take his
milk how much can he gained by mak
ing good butter and feeding the
skimmed milk to pigs. Consumers
have faith in the farmers, and any
farmer who will aim to secure custom
ers by supplying the best will have uo
difficulty. Those who buy the choice
articles are always willing to pay good
prices whenever they are assured that
the quality will be maintained.
Itcsult or Planting One Potato.
An interesting agricultural item print,
ed in the London Times is as follows:
"A Mr. Vaeher, of Heckford farm,
near Poole, last year planted one po
tato, which produced him 335 in num
ber, and there would have been still
more bad not a boy tost one of the eyes
after the potato was cut in pieces.
The farmer, having saved the whole of
them, had them planted, and he has
now dug the crop, nnd liuds they have
multiplied to the number of 0230, and
weigh 13 cwt. 3 qrs.. which certainly
Is a very great Increase from one sin
gle tuber In two years."
Destroying Foul Brood.
At the annual meeting of the On
tario Beekeepers' Association, at Wood
stock, Out., Professor Harrison, of the
Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph,
described a new and simple method of
destroying the germs of foul brood.
He placed combs containing larvae
dead from this disease, capped cells of
brood, uud ceils of honey, in a box
which was air tight except for a small
bole at top and bottom. Then a small
alcohol lamp was arranged with the
reservoir at the top containing for
malin, and connected by a rubber tube
with tile bottom of the box. This con
veys to the box the formalin vapor pro
duced by the heat of the lamp. When
tlie box is so completely filled with
the formalin that the gas issues freely
from the hole In the top, both holes
are tightly closed for one hour. Pro
fessor Harrison has been unable to
obtain any signs of life from foul
brood germs treated in this apparatus.
A Flood GRI,
I wish to explain the following to
the people that live along small streams
who have trouble In keeping their
water gaps up. Take four ties, mor
tise thorn half through near the mid
dle in a slanting direction. Put two
of the ties together so that they will
tit tight, then nail a strip of plank
on each side of your frame so they
cannot come past. Be careful in cut
ting your ties so that when put to
gether they will be in the shape of a
letter X. Fix both pair alike, plac
ing a frame on each side of the creel:,
then sink them down in the bank or
rock bar about a foot which makes
them solid, then lay your pole between
the forks of the ties and you are ready
to hang your gate. This is a much
cheaper gap than the old way of put
ting a pen on each side of the creek
and filling it with rock.—Charles S.
Keen, in The Epitomlst.
Material For Munur*.
There is always a large amount of
coarse material in the barnyard tlint
has little or no plant food in it, espe
cially if it has been exposed. Such
manure is not worth taking to the
fields, and if turned under it will make
the soil dryer in summer. Sucli mate
rial should be made the foundation for
a new heap, so as to rot It down to less
bulk, but also to use It as absorbent
matter for fresli manure.
Personal interest, of course, has been
a factor in all thi% but genius and com
mendable desire for betterment and the
accomplishment of good in the world
have been great factors in this won
derfully advanced movement. Amer
ican manufacturers lead the world in
these great economic strides, and the
demand abroad for their products, con
stantly increasing, verifies this claim
for their skill and Ingenuity. No other
country in the world has been able
to advance the price of labor fifty per
cent., and yet reduce the cost of pro
duction more than 200 per cent. A
people who can do that expand the
area of their industry necessarily. The
parts of tlie world that won't improve
or advance in human betterment sim
ply have to get out of the way of those
who do. It Is the order of inevitable
law, not fate.—lndiana Farmer.
Lrliilclni? Water on Forms.
Drinking water on farms Is given but
little consideration as to its purity
when it is derived from springs, Jiut
many farms are supplied with water
from open wells, and Its purity In such
cases depends largely upon the mode
of protecting the well and the sur
roundings. Wells being deeper than
ditches or drains, and tlie tendency of
water being downward, much soluble
matter goes into the well that is un
known to the farmer. The water may
appear clear and pure, be free of odor,
nnd yet contain impurities. Farmers
who do not consider the matter have
no conception of the many sources
from which their drinking water Is
obtained. It comes from the clouds,
of course, hut it does not fall into the
well, only reaching it after passing
through the surface soil, and dissolv
ing the impurities. Because the water
passes through sand It is not filtered
of the soluble matter. If salt is dis
solved in water, the salt is not re
moved by filtering, as tlie dissolved
salt will go with the water to the
lowest place. If the well is cpen
there may be toads and insects in tlie
water, which drown nnd decompose.
The wells should be covered and the
surroundings kept clean, with good
drainage in all directions. Driven wells
are better than these that are open,-
and Ehould be used in preference.
Whoro Good HorHi-s Arc Scarce.
Those States which have rolling
lands, with large amounts of limestone
in their soils, with short, sweet grasses
nnd pure water, are ho ones which
have led In the production of high class
horses. The Morgan family was a
natural product of Vermont, and Ilia
sound feet, clean bone and excellent
lungs were the sure result of the nat
ural conditions under which this fam
ily of the horse were raised. It re
quired good feet to travel over the
hard, stony soil, and good lungs to
travel all day up and down those steep A
hills. These conditions eliminated all v 1
animals of too great weight, with soft
bono or poor feet, and by the law of
natural selection they became extinct t .
in that State through discrimination
against them in breeding and exporta
tion.
It is the snine with the American
trotter and thoroughbred. New York
and Kentucky have been recognized as
tlie natural home of the trotter, and
Kentucky and Tennessee as that of the
thoroughbred. Natural conditions had
more to do with tills than tlie enter
prise of breeders, for as much enter
prise can he found among breeders in
other States. We should never select
horses raised on the flat lowlands of Il
linois, even If they had a greater
growth and weight than those raised
under the conditions referred to above.
Horses raised on corn land in the
prairie States, and fed largely on corn,
may show well In the ring, but tliey ,
will never have the stamina and use- *
fulness, either for work or in tlie stud,
as those raised on limestone soils, with
blue grass pastures and oats as their
usual food.—Michigan Farmer.
Give the Cows Sunlight.
The one thing that we think quite
as important to cows as either fresli air
or exercise is tlint of which they are
most frequently deprived in the old
fasliloned stables of those who believe
in having them out of doors during the
day, and it may be that it is so neces
sary to their well being that a few
hours' outing may do them good
cuougli to counterbalance the Injury
done by being out in the cold.
Sunlight is as necessary to the thrifty
and healthy growth of animals as of
plants. Every stable or place where
they are kept should he well lighted
upon the south side, not only by having
plenty of glass, hut that glass kept
clean enougli to allow tlie sun to pene
trate it freely. We have seen glass so
opaque with cobwebs and dirt as to V
admit ouiy enougli light to allow one to v
grape bis way about in semi-darkness.
The "dim religious light" of the an
cient and some modern churches is not
good enough for a barn. We do not
care for blue glass or other stained
glass, hut want a clear, clean, trans
parent glass, that will let in the full
rays of the sun. Even double sashes of
glass now cost but little more for the
space tliey occupy than tlie sldiug nud
painted clapboards, or a shingle sash
with a curtain to shut out the cold
at night
Not everyone can afford new barns
with the modern improvements, but
many old ones could be so changed at
small expense as to make tlie stables
much warmer and lighter, and when
this is done tliey well be found a bet
ter place for dairy cows than tlie
barnyard when the temperature is be
low freezing or wlicu there is a cold
wiud or rain.—Massachusetts Plough
man. y
Feeding Alfalfa Hay Economically.
Every time alfalfa hay Is handled
there is considerable loss from tlio
breaking off of dry leaves. Where it
has to he forked over several times he
fore it reaches the manger, little 1B
left but unpalatable stems. I recently
saw an alfalfa barn and feed lot con
structed with an idea of preventing
this waste. The barn was surrounded
with feeding racks, tlie common V
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ALFALFA BAHN AND CHUTE.
shaped rack made of one-inch boards.
Just far enough from the bam so that
a wagon can bo driven between.
The alfalfa hay is put into the barn
through theso dtor and when wanted
for stock a wide chute is used, reach
ing from the barn door to the rack.
By these means the liny is conducted
from the barn to the rack without loss.
These chutes are movable aud can
lie taken out when the barn is being
filled or for any other reason. The
work of feeding the stock is also great
ly lessened, as it consists simply of .
throwing tlie hay into tlie chute and jf
allowing it to slide down Into the rack.
—.T. L. Irwin, In American Agricultur
ist.