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:.«.>*l«»i»,'i«»-tr.-^',4»|J I-j-;^ ifnuMiiH^ •X":~:":":":.«x..:.<-:..:..:..x..:..:..:.^.H' y Y Y Y The Boy Teacher. V t V •Y Y Y He was very young, and but just graduated from colk'gc. lie liad hia diploma, health, energy, ambition, and what often proves one of (Jod's greatest VdessingB for man â€" an empty purse. He was obliged to B*-'t work immediately, but he did not Want to teach school, although one in the country was ofiercd him. Ho could not see why ho should be Xortcd to eat the bread of bitter- ness. He did not understand why 'â- e must breast the whelming waves whilst others Hkimmed lightly over Hiiiooth seas. Ho could not know, in those early flays, that often, when God. wants to bring out the best in a man, he sends him iii<o some wilderness awhile. lie could not un- derstand that a cnunlrv school is good training ground, but he con- (luercd himself for duty's sake, al- though the fight was against habit, tawte. and de-ire for he must re- plenish his depleted purse. Hy such needs is the fate of a life often de- cided. You would not have called him a hero. Oh, no ! There was no clash of cymbals, no bugle'» blast, no beat of drum, to announce his battle between fils own ambition and stern necessity. Hut he fought a fight and gained a iiinstery over self, and »aid :.-"!. will do whatsoever my haud(5' fiiid !to do, iind with all my heart. "-'^ How hard it was to's leave home ! Mother's face looke^J; so tenderly kind when we are \st,>ing, and she isi fc'o brave ! The old'nSJine seems con- scious of the coming change. The rooms reach out their comfortable walls, as if they wished .".till to en- fold us, the windows blink and smile brightl.v at us. The hearth-lire seems to flash out a petition for us to sit longer by its comfortable blaze. How we dread the first night away from home, with only strange faces and unknown humanity round us. Hut he was a manly bo.v, aiul faced the emptiness of his pur.se, the need of new clothing, the dieary blank at the beginning of his-i young manhood, and the work he had accepted, but for which he had no love, with the same grit and nerve that made him catch the hard balls, with broken lingers in the baseball game, rather than give up the held. When the time came for the coun- try school to open, he was at his post. Jt was in the davs when the amount of whipping done In the schoolroom was the test of the ca- pacity of the teacherâ€"the days when the trustees "sized up" an applicaMt for the honor of "naming the job of three months' school" more by the brawn of his arm than the brains in his head. _Tho boys thought only of testing his j)hyslcal itowors and they came Slonda.v morning to the old schoolhou.se ready lior the fni.v. UuL the boy teat'ttfe'.jtiad hunted, fished, tramped li^Jiji^' and miles through the woofw,-- and by the ri\crti, and, ]>layed baseball aiul foot- bull, and his ariju w«s strong. his nerve steady and-^v|1o- Before" the first month liijd rolled aw'a.v, the.v hafl fi.'lt the power of,,h^ li4\ncl, l h ^ \ ."i power of his will, a!ifL*^et.t6r â- aUfrlk â-º Were compelled to nc-Un<)'rt"tertge 'h^ was kindly and courteous whiMi they attempted good behavior. AVith the e.xcoption of one; girl, Mattio Wur- roii, the schoolroom was in a state of S"ibjeclion to the new master. Hut Mat lie was incorrigible. ,She openly defied him. She broke the rules daily. She threw paper wads, she whispered, she wrote notes, she came late, and went early â€" she did as she pleased. The young teacher talked to her kindly. He tried to api oal to her pride, to hei' principle, her better natiire, but she con- tinued in open rebellion. lie decided to expel her, and called up the three gra.v headed farmers, who composed the boai-d of tni.s- tces. â- You can't expel her^thut's just wh:it she'd like;. Thrash her," .said one old trustee. "Wh.v, lialf the school 'ud like to be (ixjielled. That 'ud rufn everything, young man. Whip her. That's what .iho is u.sed to. Her own folks can't do nothin' with her, withoiit whippin' her," ex- claimed another mend)er of the en- lij{hlenori board. Mattic Warren was fourteen. "1 cannot whip a girl," said the yourg teacher, s-low'ly, nntl with great detei'mination. "W«ll, .you won't do much at teachin' here, it you can't whii girlB as well as boys. We can't hiwe none of tliiB foolin' nxpellin' bisnc^s here." was thc-comforting ropl.v. The teacher resolved to make one more appeal to Mattio Warren's bet- ter natiire. Hardly a boy in the school would ha\e opcni.y delieil the darlt-e.yert maoter at that time, but this girl delighted to piny with fire. Heretofore, when a girl ninde Ibis inexperienced, yet earnest boy. Was presented a problem no lese didicult to solve because ' both parties were young. If he hud only l)een a soul made for hire, he might have yielded, but born in him and increased by ti-ainlng, were the in- stincts of a gentleuwn. The teacher wade one more earnest appeal to Mattie Warren. He told her she simply could not defy him iUid his rules, and remain in school. As his pupil, she must obey him. She was immovable, and her eyes laughed back defiance into his re- solute face. What could he do ? It was Friday. He went again to the trustees, and Insisted upon dis- missing the girl from the school. "Whip her ; she must be conquer- ed," said they. "I cannot strike a girl. I will give up my position first," answered the boy teacher, with risiing color and flashing eye, and the matter was laid over till Mon(la.y. All night the perplexed young educator tossed on a sleepless bed ; and when morn- ing came, the (luestion,â€" "What could, what must he do ?"â€" was still racking his weary mind. tJiving up his situation meant a great (leal. What could he do? With sudden resolve, he determined to go home and spend the .Sabbath. Home ! Mother ! Uod-given refuge for man from the cradle to the grave ! AVhen cruel trials come, when the bitter stroke wounds, when the strong temptalion assails, if a nuiu still has home and mother, where, for one short hour, he can lecover himself, he is safe. So the boy teacher thought that, if only ho could rest one night with the shadow of home over him, and the lace of his mother answering him in tenderness and sympathy; if he could see again the wonumly courage of her eye, he would feel strong again. Iiis mother had never failed him. .She would not fail him then. He had no con\eyance. There was no railroad, but he had strong limbs and an iron will. These should take him home. 'J'en miles in an ea.sy buggy, with a spanking team, does not seem far, but ten miles on loot, with a weary brain, and an aching' heart, is a long jour- ney and fearfull.v lingering. When Tie dragged his boyish feet up the Walk at luuue, aJid stepped inside the door. his face looked painful and haggard, and an anxious dread took hold of his mother's heart as ,--110 welcomed her son- She knew he was in trouble. A dozen fears pa.sse<l through her mind. Could he have given up his work for Want of grit ? Was he recording, his fh'st failure '? (Jr, oh, had hot hot, boyish blood caused him to strike down some human being, some pupil ? What Could it be '.' Hut she asked no (luestions. Sho must comfort him first. She drew him a rocking chair near the big, old-fashioned lireplace. She took his hat. Caressingly did *j!c smooth I'ack his glossy hair. She even smilin.iil.v told him some town news. In a few moments the blessedness of home had co\ered him as with a shelieriug wing, and ho was his own .self again. "Mother," he said, "Ihey tried to nuike nu^ whip a girl." "Well, you wouldn't do that, 1 know." "No, mother, I wouldn't ; but the trustees say I must whip her or gi\e \ip my position, and I told them if they continued to insist on t, I would n'sign." 'I'hal's right, my boy. You were never reared to. strike a wonum. e\en in miniature. If they insist, give up the school." "1 willâ€" but it me.inf, giving up clothe;, overcoat, and money foi' everything." How umch misery lies bottled ui for a boy just entering manhood, in these privations, few can realize without actual experience. The grown nam may face the world in seedy clothes, but the yoking one must bo fairly "well groomed" to he comfort.ible. "Never mind about the overcoat and new clothes," said the mother, and the half formed tears in her bravo eyes made them lieautifull.v tender. "Perhaps tJod will send a ndld winter. Stand for the right and trust in I'rovidonce." That was enough ; he was her own strong, gallant hoy again. "Let's have supper, mother," he said, "I'm nti hungry as a wolf." Ueiic.ihed b.v a hot supper, he wont to consult one of his old college professors. God bless those noble teachers whose heart follows and whose interest in a boy continues long after he has left the college Walls. When the boy teacher entered the "Old Log Schoolhouso" on Monday morning, his resolve was ironclad, strengthened by the oppro\al of his mother and the profeshor. In the afternoon the trustees were to meet there and the schoohnaster was to announce his decision. "1 hope the pupils will make this day a pleasant one, as it mny be our last together," the teacher said slowly, as the exorcises hogan. At noon a daughter of one of the trustees said : "Mattie Warren, I'll henself dkiagreeablc to the young be a;sh«nie«l of m.vselt if I were you. Mattie Warren turned suddenly away and took her Beat. As the lust lessons wore being end- ed tho three trustees, stern advo- cates of the whipping process, came in to wait the leisure of the teacher. 1'he closing exercise was at length finished. Huddenl.v, as if nerved by strong resolution, Mattie W-arren stood up at her seat. Her proud little figure faced the august truatee.s and the whole school, and her clear gray eyes scintillated with brightness. I'"ew there will ever forget the look of her face as sho said ; â€" "Teacher, may I speak ?" There was a hush as of death in the schoolhouso. "Teacher !" The girlish voice was as clear as a bell. "1 have been the worst girl in school ; if you'll for- give me, I'll be the bo.st." The child- ish figure dropped into her seat convulsed with sobs. There was hardly a dr.y eye in the room. "Hy George, professor, you done right, and I'll stand b.y .you clear through I" said one noble old trustee. 1'he teacher didn't resign. He had won his battle.â€" Katie A. Orgain, in Success. WAYS OF COTJNTEEFEITEES Soldier Makes Bogus Coins in the Barracks. Coining the King's shilling in the King's barracks would seem to the uninitiated a nmre than usually hazardous method of pursuing an al- ways more or less risky calling. It is, nevertheless, a fact that more than one maker of base money has ere now deliberately enlisted, not for the purpose of forsaking his evil ways, but with the double bar- reled design . of hiding his tracks from possible pursniers while carry- ing on all the tiine his nefarious calling, sa.\ s the London Telegraph. A notorious case in point is afford- ed by the career of Kent, the at one time well known "king of coiners," wl'.o was actually arrested in a Portsniouth barracks clad in the i:nifoini of a non-commissioned offi- cer of the Iioyal Inniskilliug Fusi- Iccrs. The man had enlisted â€" of course, in nd had ri.sen "'V* master, he had only kept out of her society, and left lier severely, alone ; but tlUs was on« he could not simply igttftf^"â€" ""• who.se presence, for the tim«, a«u»t toe endured. Sho wa« young, anfl even the old- oA, Mid wlM*t man has not always knawn how to uaaag* a woman. To I done to displease wns the defiant re- W1»Rt have you, mias.v pl.v "Our teacher in going to quit school because you have behaAt:d so. The trustees want him to whip you, and he won't do it, rtt he is going to resign this «vcuiDg." I'iOHTlLIZLERS. In selecting fertilizers for grass land the funiier must take into ac- count the season, for if he wants to apply a fertiliiicr in the fall he must not jKut on nitrogen in an available form becauf<e much woiUd be lost during the winter by its passing into the air and leaching olf, but if applied in tho spring ni- trogen as well as phosphoric acid and potash may be applied with safety, writes Mr. 10. Hright. What materials shall I u.so to furnksih the dilTerent elements of plant food ? For nitrogen, nitrate of soda, sul- phate of anmionia and dried blood. For phosphoric acid, acid phosf^hato, dissolved bone, black and ground bone. For potash, sulphate of pot- ash and muriate of potasJi oi-e the cheapest forms we can buy potash in here ; but in Germany, where the potash rocks come from, tliey use kainite to a large extent. llcfore buying or applying any fer- tilizer to a mowing the farmer must decide whether grasses or cloversi are to predominate; because nitrogen ap- plied to the soil will stimulate the growth of grasses, while phosphoric acid and potash, especially tho pot- asih, will favor the GROWTH OP THE CLOVER. The reason is the clover is able to get its nitrogen from Uie air while the grasses are not, so we can read- il.V see why the clovers being sup- plied with nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash will predominate over the gra.sses which are able to get phosphoric acid and potash only. It seems best when api lying fer- I tilizers in the spring, to apply those which are directly available, as tho gras« makes an early, quick growth, and if insoluble fertilizers aie ap- IJlied they will not get around to woi'k until the season of growth is over. Therefore, if I wanted to ap- ply a fertilizer in the spring to a fieJd where market hay or chiefly grasses were desired, I would apply , nitrogen in the form of nitrate of an as.sumed immc!â€" nearly three .vears 50^^ 150 lbs., phosphate acid in the Pi eviously, and by good conduct j f„rm of acid phosphate T.^ lbs., pot- .ittention to his military duties L^sh in the form of muriate or high- to tho rank of corporal. ! grade sulphate of potash 200 tbs. Vet all the while he had been busily uut if i wanted to apply a fertilizer turning out base coins of every that would do for both a first and a (lesriptioii, and whoa his quarters 1 secy„(] c,.„p j ^(,^,1^, gj^j ^^ the above were raided after the arrest a I'er- Lji-icd blood 100 lbs., ground bone 50 fectly appointed miniature mint was , u.s.. ..^d 50 lbs. of sulphate or mu- dLscovered; and scattered about, initiate of potash. In applying fer- diiVerent stages of manufacture, more ihuu a tlioiisand pieces of bad money langinvc from sixpences to sovereigns, were brought to light by the ofiicer who oifected the calJtureâ€" ^Hetective Insiicctur Fox of .Scotland Yard. Another similar but in some re- si ectse\ en more remarkable case was that of .lames ClilTord, royal artillcryir.!!ii and "sovereign sweat- er." This individual had been, in his boyhood's da.vs, apprenticed to a wholesale firm of .silversmiths, and had in that capacity learned all al out electroplating. Afterward ho used his knowledge to rob his fellow- workmen by "biUTOwiiig" the half- linished products of their handicraft and snrrepliliously immersing them for nuue or le.-c lengthy periods in a private acid bath which he had lif- ted up in his spare time in a dis- used attic. lieing detected, ho enlisted in the artillery, and, hia technical know- ledge securing him a iiosition in the armorer's shop, started "sweating" wholesale money paid in to the non- commissioned olliccr in charge. He had a long inning, but in the end suspicion was arou.sed. Whereupon he deserted, taking with him his uiii- foini and a luuuber of blank fur- lough forms which he had secured while acting as temporur.y clerk in the orderl.v room. Th'-so latter he lilled u[), forging the necessary signa- tures: and b.v posing as a soldier on leave and changing his lodgings at the end of every two months or so he managed to ci)in)ilotel.v throw the police olT their guard, while en- gaged all the time in debasing the currency of the country. He was captured at last, though more b.v a lucky accident that through the sapaiily of the police, and received a well merited sentence of several years' i oiial servitude. IXSECTS TIHNK. Insects think as fj'ul.y as men do, although not, of cour.se, on the same scale. This is the belief of M. l'"orel, a French neurologist, who has been making observations of ants and bees for relaxation. lie ' thinks that, between the ideas of the naturalist who regards insects as more automatons and those of tho man who treats them as if they had human intelligence, there is a happy medium of comiiio;i sense, and this ho has tried to villain. His o)>- servations teach him that although most of the acts of insects can bo explained A>y instinct, there remain what he calls "small idastic judg- ments," b.v which they avoid difli- cultlcs and steer thoir way between dangers. The directive faculty of bees espociall.v, and their wonderful memor.v for places. ran hardly be explained on tho theory of nutoina- tisni. The King of Ital.y has a4 cup- boards full of coins. He has been collecting since he was 12 years old. tilizers on fields where clover is wantwl I would apny a mixture in the fall furnishing phosphoric acid in the form of acid phosphate 75 llj.':, grourd bone 75 Ihs.. and potash in the form of sulphate or muriate of potash 150 to 175 lbs. This last mixture is very desirable on farms where stock is kept and the hay fed out as it promotes the growth of clover, which is the richest hay to feed and it is storing nitrogen in its roots and stubble all the while ready to help feed the next crop. This shows wh.v mowings which cut largo yields of clover for two or three years gradually turn over to graseys. it is because the clover keeps feed- ing the gr.'iKses more and more upon the nitrogen laid up in the roots, until the grasses get the better hold ar.d CROWD THE CLOVER OUT. Homo-made manures are used to a large extent on most farms as it appears to be cheapi>r to use them this way and buy fertilizers for the other crops than lo use fertilizers on grass. But 1 tl\luk it would be bet- ter and cheaper for the farmer to use some feriiliier in connoction with his manure, esfecially potash : ar: manure is genorall.y cpiito rich in nitrogen and phosphoric acid ; and it having that composition it will promote the growth of grasses rath- er than clover if Uf-cd to any extent, it is gem-rally used in <|uautities of from ti to 10 cords per acre, but it seems better to nic for the farmer to use ;'. or 4 cords per acre, and in addition use perhaps 200 lbs. of sulphate of potash. By so doing he will get a ha.v of more value to feed and save mone,v. In writing tho preceding T have mentioned facts which I think ought to govern the use of fertilizers, both alone and in connection with manure. But tho farmer to use them to ad- vantage must, as in all cases, stiid.v his soil and the action of different substances u|:on it. If the agricul- tural colleges and experiment sta- tions keep on helping other peoiile as nuich ns this college has helped' .me this winter, it will not be long before tho farmer will see why he must study more and by so doing be able to use his manures and fer- tilizers to much better advantage. junction with so much corn anid bran should be fed for every hun- dred pounds of live weight, but it is an entirely different proposition to feed this in a way that will give [.rolitable returns. The cow has a language of her own, and this should be understood by the man who attempts to hanxlle her. One should learn to interpret what is meant by a dry, staring coat or harsh skin. These conditions may bo brought about by over- feeding, irregular feeding, or undei'- fccding. Sometimes animals even when given good care get out ol condition. Under these circumstancea it is not always advisable to resort to free use of medicine.?. Foods properly compounded are nature's best cure-all. If one has been feed- ing too heavily on corn alone it is possible that the animal's system has become over-heated with this food, and change should bo gradually made to foods containing more pro- tein. A LITTLJ?: BRAN OK OIL MEAL, will suppl.y the ingredients that are necessary in the production of milk, and in so doing it often follows that the animal's system is toned up. Sometimes cows get out of con- dition for lack of mineral matter. This may generally be prevented by a free use of common salt. It is iilso advisable at intervals to mix a little sulphur with the salt. The eflect of this seems to be to open the pores of the skin, which is usual- ly followed by a glossy appearance of the coat. A dry coat is always the result of a poorly nourished skin, and when tho skin is in good condition the hair is generally an outward eocpression of this con- dition. Hegular watering is highly im- portant. It often happens on dairy farms that rush of work during some part of the day interferes with this operation, and it genorall.y results in decreased milk flow. When ani- mals have hein neglected in this way, they gonerall.y gorge them- selves when opportunity presents it- self, and this in turn tends to throw their system out of order. Regular- ity in watering, feeding and salting might be considered the fundamiental principles in feeding for profit in the dairy. Animals,, as persons, will not always consume exactly the same amount at each meal, and it should be the dut.y of the feeder to study the attitude of individual animals to their ration and gUard scrupul- ously against putting them off feed. It is even better to allow them to go hungry rather tlian that they should be srtalled. A man cannot expect the best results unless he wijl spend a little time around the ani- mals between feeding times. It is impossible to put in so many words just what can be observed b.y keep- ing close watch of all animals, al- though if a feeder will make it a point to^^yicnd a little time in studying his animals each day he will undoubtedly soon be in a posi- tion to interpret their needs. 1 .:..J LOOKS INTO MAN. tho has COW LANGUAGE. Successful dairying involves a good deal more than tho expert use of scoop shovel and pitchfork. It re- quires but little intelligence to deal out so much feed to an animal three times a da.v, and if success along this lino were based on mathemati- cal measurements or weights there is no doubt but what all would be successful who engage in dair.viiig;. It is [ oasiblc to take an authentic work on feeding standaj-ds, and even after giving this a close stud.v make most disastrous mistakes in feeding. It is an easy matter to say that so many pounds of clov«r hay, in com- M. Eykmann, a memlier of Royal Academy of Amsterdam, discovered a novel method by means of which it is possible, through the use of Roentgen rays, to obtain an exact photograph of any interior part of tho body, even while the organs in that part are a.ctively at work. In this way one can obtain a thorough knowledge of the move- ments of tho heart, the stomach and the intestines. M. E.ykmann has da- voted his principal attention to the movements necessitated b.v the act of swallowing, and experts say that his investigations throw an entirely new light on the mechanism ol this act, which is so simple, but which no anitonilst has heretofore been able to explain clearly. LOOKED LIKE WINNING. A curious wager was recently made between two laborcrsi. One of them Was boasting of the steadiness with which he carried a load to any height. The conversation ended in a wager being made by the one that tho other could not carry him in his hod up a ladder to the top of the building on which they were employ- ed. 1'he disbeliever placed himEclt in the hod, and his comrade, after a great deal of care and exertion, suc- ceeded in taking him up and bring- ing him <lown safely. Without any reflection of the dan- ger he had escaped, the laborer who had been carried paid the money, adding : "To be sure, I have lost : but about the third store.v you made a slipâ€" then 1 was in hopes !" WHY IT AVAS A NECESSITY. A minister of a rural parish in Scotland ob.'.erved one of his flock shootin.g a hare on the Sabbath. When cate<'hisiug day came round, he questioned him as- follows : "John, do you know what a work of necessity is ?" "I do," said John. "Well, do you think shooting a hare on a Sunday a work of neces- sity ?" "It is that," said John. "How do you make that out ?" "Wed. ye see, mcenister, it micht be awa' on Monday," was John's canny reply. IlSC^ff" Wt inay comings, that our sight. not recognize out .shortr but it is I retty certain fri'jftds know them by