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The best mixture is made of wvhalo oil soap and ho: waier, though hard Laundry soap is fairly good. “When the powor of these mixtures was first. recognized, it. was the cash-m to make them much strmlger than Later experiments have found necessary at the present time the liquid for spraying is made as follows: Four pounds of bluestune, 6. pounds of lime and 101) galltms of water. This mixture is for biigius. That for use for the leaf-eating insects is made by adding a half pound or les-l of Paris green to 150 gailons of water. For sucking insects, say 2 pounds 03 'whale oil soup to 1 gallon of hot water. If not convenient to get the whale oil- sutp, hard laundry soap may be sub- stituted, though iL is not. as good for the purpose. 'l’netime to start spraying trees, whe- ther lul‘ fungus or insects, is just as the buds are starting. There are spray- ing requisites advertised in all leading lagricudural paper-5. All portions of the tre: should Incl the effects of the spray- ing. If for insects, such aslapple and plum curculio, spray again jusll as the flowers fall, then again in about three or four wemlks, or earlien should rains uppear to have washed off ’the poisons. I'or leaf bligh-ts and fungus attacks of the fruit, such as plumltand grape rot, besides the spraying when the buds are about to burst, other doses should follow. The second one should be just; when the foliage is fairly expanded, then when *1he fruit; is first formed. and say twice more, an intervals of about a month. .\\'he.n foliage alone is considered, I have found two sprayings ump.e, one when the leaves were form- ed, alnotlher (near midsummer. It. is grolmbie that no morelthaxnlthis would 6 required for fruit. The San Jose and other Si'iLle insects are to be combated when the trees are bare of foliage. Give - one washing of the: bark as soon as the leavesfall, another in midwintcr and a third towards spring, on badly infest- ed trees. If but few scaleslare on the trees, one watching, to be {towards spring, will suffice. ’llhe San Jose scale is alormidable foe, as before noted in these. columns, and at. ethel’first' appear- ance of any scale, tlhe- trees should be washed at once, let, the intruder be San Jose or what it. .may. . . _'\\'e may add tilal.*ll1etp1'opet' propor- tion of runs green may be added to the biucstone mixture when the one compound will suffice for both, fungus and insects. This has been dune with great success. \ ' RIPEN IN G OI“ CREALI. As the flavor of butter comes largely from the action ofi certain germs or for- ments, it seems to me, says Prof. Mc- Kay, that the right degree of acidity, other conditions being favorable, deter- mines the flavor of the butter. ,As many of the lactic acid- germs require oxygen, stir the creamjfrequently. t'l‘he granullar appearance of cream. is not al- wuys a correct indication that it is ready to churn. It is frequently in this condition when the: acidity is very low. From experiments at the lowa station. it scans that as good butter can be made from the milk of strippers us from fresh cows; provided the cream. is prtperiy ripened. It also seems that if butter made from frozen cream is not good the fault. is; not due to the freezing, but to the excessive heat in thawing it out. Cream ripened at a low temperature, and for a long, time, with but little stirring, has a bitter taste and lacks flavor. We were on- abled to secure a difference. of from one. to two points from the same. cream div- ided and ripened at different degrees of acidity and differeyt temperatures, regardless of the sta ter used. I be- lieve that the right degree of acidity not only governs the flavor of butter, but moo that of cheese, under favor- able conditions: To get uniform re- sults with alkali tests, cream should be separated so as to contain about the same per cent of fat daily. - THE G.Uid).liN. The margin between the ptmibilitics and uctuaiities of the average farm garden is a thing of", goodly dimensions. it naturally exwugh, a difficult thing for the farmer to realize to what extent of practical usefulntxm he may put a. single. new of ground provided he is willing and careful to bestow upon it the right kind of; attention. This, is so because of the fact. that. in his farm work he looks more no general results. But \v hen he comes down to work on I smaller scale he finds things quite different. It is only recently that a committee took upon itself totinvestig- ate sommvhnt as to what was actually being done on come ‘of the small truck farms. near one of our large cities, and they reported that one farm of forty acres yielded annually $16,000 worth of fruits and vegetulkes; another of‘ six ms yielded $6.000; another 01‘ mner aches returned 8:30.000. and another of wrnty acres returned 88,000. These .gums represent good receipts, but Oren after making reducums fm' fer- £t£uern and other necessary expendi- tures, the not [alarms although not stal- cd, were no doubt, handsome. Apart, however from the profits from excius- ive truck farmim, the garden. acre on lt‘ase: 83 3'00 known" said-my (fiend 50b- tre farm‘can be made an important. item in the timnesac economy of the inane, if we take Lulu consideration all the expense attaching to the. purchase of garden product necessary to the l_2m._th, anion and “'ell being of the tummy. “ FEEDING APPLES. It is a disputed thing whethert feedâ€" ing appies 10 cows is beneficial or hurtful. It does make a. little differ- ence whether the cow is a summer or a winter miiker. Our own." idea, writes JohnGould, is against feedinga fresh cow apples, though it is not objection- able to feed a quantity to the cow that has been in milk several months. Only a few quarts should be fed daily to any cow. A prominent; dairyman says that something extra 'shuuid alâ€" ways be fed in unification With the ap- ples, such as clover, wheat, bran, cotâ€" tonsecd meal, or the lake, to balance up the food found “11'4ch app.es. flow “Quad l-l have resulted do have fed the extras mentioned and left. the apples on .ll 5911115 lake the case of the man feeding corn meal and :aw dust, half and half, though he had noticed that; dropping out some of the sawdust had no injurious effect. It. has been ‘stated that. where_pon1ace taluid be had, and this SOUd matter fed with grain, there seemed to be a fair va..ue LU it, Iand on the score 01‘ succulence was found L0 be of benefit. BLXILLNG CIDER VINEGAR. I First have a. good, strong, ironâ€"hooped barrel. Next have good apple cider. Cover the bungholes with mosquito net- ting or other material that; will keep out. the flies. The bungs ought not; to be put in, except temporarily; for .at least a. year. Keep the vinegar barrel In the garret or other place where the. lair is warm‘and sultry. The cellar is in bad plain) m which \to make vinegar. z’l‘o hasten fermentation occasionady turn the cider out. of) one barrel into lanother, thus exposing it more fully to :Lhe air, and by adding a gallon of istrong vinegar or a little “mother”: to ,each barrel. There are other methods lby which the process may be hastened lstill more, such as trickling it. through lbeech chips or shavings; (but; Lthese are ihardly to be reconuuended, for those ’who are content to' wait on the natural. process rarer fail to find themselves gamply repaid through the high value Iof their product. , FARM, NOTES. 'Mother Earth refuses to yield her ifavors without a good deal of coaxing, ;und it takcs‘a Scientific man to coax ther successfully. 1 Farmers need ‘ more curiosity than [many seem to manifest. {It takes but slight; trouble to make a post mortem ;§Xil.fnlll&l.lon of ad creatures dying girom unknown causes and often rich. :resu'its arise from Lt. ! . " The cheapest; winter food for swine is roots. They may not haveso much ,n‘u‘triment in themselves, but: they i'cause the hog to get. more out of his lOl her food, just. as good cover pasture :causes the hog to get; more out of .grain. - I .‘Weeds that we. look upon‘: with espe- ~cial disfavor pigs have a great liking .for. The other day we noticed a. young sow eating ragweed at. a rave- nous rate... \\’e do not know of any cheeper feed than this. There is a 'good margin between corn and pork, but a much greater one between ragâ€" weed and pork. ' Eggs for hatching to bezkept until a. sufficient number are accumulated from one or two select. hens should be put in Ia cool place but notlwhere they will abecome frozen. :\\"rap them in tissue ipaper and pack them in a starch box, {titling between the eggs with cats. .Turn the box three times a week, so as {to turn the eggs halt! over. Kept in thi5 manner they should hatch if six Crash! An ominous sound came. from the kitchen as I was sitting fora quiet talk with my friend, Mrs. Morrison. We had just been enjoying a well- prepared dinner at her table, and her husband and the two or three gentle- men guests had gone.» “SODIcLlllllg broken?" I saidJ "It: sounds like it," she replied. I expected her to get: up and run nervously to the kitchen, but. she quiet- ly continued the conversation. Al mo- ment later there appeared at. the door a Swedish girl with a. most: woe be- .gone look on her flue, and a tear tm either check. I could not forbear an exclamation of dismay at; perceiving that in her hand she held the fragments of my friend’s largest meat dish, be- longing to her fine dinner set. "Broken!" asked Mrs. Morrison, look- ing at. it. as she might have looked at. the wreck of a kitchen bowl. “You might; have selected something else to break, it seems to me. Lena,” she added, with a. little shake of the head, but still with a smile. "It. slipped right. out; of my hands," said the girl in great distress. "0 don't stop to fret. over it, Lena. You don't break many dishes. No, it's no use to save the pieces. It. can’t. be mended!‘ ° “Well. Ruth!” I exclaimed as Lena. greatly comforted. took her departure, "Pope must. surely have known some newness of yours when he wrote: "And mistress of herself when china [n.lls.’ Any one would think to see how cool- ly you take the ruin of that. handsome ash, that you could have a new set. any day, if you wanted it." "Which is very far from being the ‘ weeks 01d. Aunt Rachel’s Treatment. erly. "I am afraid I cannot. match the dish. and if I can, I can scarcely of- l "But you do not. seem to mind the accident. at all," I persisted, quite un- able to understand her equanimity. “0 yes, I ticâ€"after a fashion," she went. on very deliberately. “That set was a present from dear old Aunt lia- ,Chcl, and I am sorry to see any piece of it. broken. But. if you are wonder- ing because I do not. fret. over what can't. be helped. I can only assure you, Eleanor, that I cannot afford to. It. 13 b3: enough to lose the dish without t. t." t “Any one will admit that fretting 15 of no use," 1 said. “But you are about. the only woman I have ever seen who really lived up to the idea." . "l didn't. begin that way," replied Ruth settling back into her chair with a thoughtful expression on her pleas- ant. face. "I was very much given to fretting over small annoyances when I was a. good deal younger. It was that same dear old Aunt Rachel who cured me by vigorous treatment. "I should like her recipe, if you can give. it to me." ' “0 it is only the same old one ‘you hear or read any day of your life: ‘Don't fret; it is thankless, rebellious and ut- terly useless, never does a' bit of good, and always does harm,’ with other such plain truths; I. think it must have been the sturdy administration which affect- ed me. When we were first married, Fred and I began housekeeping in our pretty little house with everything nice about it, and were as happy as young. people usually are. But my habit .of worrying over trifles began putting lit- tle blots here and there on the smooth surface of our lives. A' broken dish, a stained tablecloth, a. poorly ironed: article, the flies, the dust, the soot, any petty annoyance, would bring a cloud over me which, shut out: the brightness all abowt me. I could see that Fred was hurt and fretted by It. "Well, real trouble came at last. Our baby was sick for weeks and weeks, and we thought he never would get well. How I looked back on the days \VlllCh had been blessed, and wondered how I had ever been able to find troubles in trifles! As I prayed that the shadow of death might not so early darken our home, I believed I should never again allow myself to be moved by smalltrou- bios. I did not have an opportunity to test my resolution very soon; for as baby recovered, I became n11 myself. For many days I lay far beyond all resolving for the future; almost, mâ€" deed, beyond all hope of any future, so far as this world is concerned. The winter had passed before I won my way back to life, and began to take up its cares again one by one. . “I :held well to my good resolution as I rejoiced in being able to oversee the house-cleaning, until I came to the parlor carpet. The room had been shut up for months, and had not been prop- erly aired and swept, and the moths had made fearful. ravages all round the edges of the carpet. You. Will be aston- ished to hear, Eleanor, that all my equanimity broke down_a._t Sight of 1t.” "No," I said, sympatlnzmgly. “I don't: who would be fairly sic kover such a. wonder at all. I have known women thin ." " 1%. was a. beautiful catipet}, and I had been very proud of it. dld not find that anything else had suffered from neglect through my illness; but forgot all the other pleasant facts in wow of this distressing one. .Even when the baby crept over, crowmg 1n. deltght_at the bright flowers, and trying to plck them up with his chubby little hands, I forgot how much I would have given not so very long ago, to hear a merry note from him. \Vell. just as I was at. the very culmination of my ’pet,’ Aunt Rachel's kindly face beamed upon me for a. week’s visit. “ ‘Thankful to see thee so well, dear.’ was her greeting. 'The Lord has been good to thee. Not that I don’t mean that He would have been good If thee hadn't got well.’ " ' Yes, I'm very well now, thank you. Aunt Rachel.’ I said, after the first In- quiries were over. ‘IVell enough. you see, having got past my greatlroubles, to settle down to small worries. Look hereâ€"isn’t this enough to turn the soul of a housekeeper sick 2‘ ‘ "'11; is a pity,” she remarked, v10w~ ing the mischief, “‘Of course some things had .to be neglected while I was sick,’ I continued. petulantly; ‘but I never dreamed about. such a thing as this.’ _ . ” She looked at me With her. quiet eye, always so full,I used to think. of the very peace. of heaven. _ "‘Surely, Ruth. thee isn’t gotng to make the matter worse by vexing thy soul over a mishap ?' ~ “‘0. it’s all very well for you. to talk that way,’ Aunt Rachel,’ I replied, 'but I can't afford a new carpet just now.’ " ' Thee doesn't need a new one. The bad pieces don’t show much.’ “ ' But I shall always know they are there, and it will take away all my peace of mind.” . ‘ “ The eyes looked straighter into mine as she talked on something like this: :1 ‘ Thy peace is worth little to thee onto any one else, if it can be so easzly broken. Ruth Harvey, thee is start- , ing out in life; beware that thy dispos- l does not prove a curse to thee and thine. l Every thought of discontent; about mat- [itch beyond thy control is not only a. S!!! against the God. who orders for thee, l but. a sin against thy own soul. and an added weight to every annoyance. If cherished, such thoughts become a nest l of stinging serpents. in thy breast. Thee will grow old and wrinkled before thy time. Thee will be peevush. complain- 'ing and fault-finding. Thee _Wlll be a. terror to thy husband and chrldrcn.’ " Yes,” continued Mrs. Morrison, "she said all that and more. She saxdz.’ Is one thread of that. carpet woven into thy real peace of mind? Can it or any other small thing really concern thy welfare. or that of those dear to thee. 1 either for this world or the next '1" " I never heard it put. onto so strong- ly before." I said thong tfully. as my friend aused. "And if I hadn't. seen you, I-s ould have said it was very good talk indeed. but that no woman could live‘up to it." . "I had a week of it. you see." and Mrs. Morrison. “ When Aunt. Rachel lwent away. one of the last things she ,said to me was: 'I want thee to bear tin mind what; I said. dear. that ever ' 'fretful thought thee wastes on emu} .accidcnts is only so much added to their burden.’ "I think I took it well to heart. for . I concluded. Eleanor. that life's burdens 'are heavy enough without any such ad- dition." ford the money for it. just. now.” | in which he lived. , Frank's father was a merchant. who thought he could do better in a town ition to fret. thyself about small things i . ~ ’ . YOUN (1 FOLKS. STORY FOR BOYS. Harry Allen, Frank Johnson and 'Ibm Smith were sitting on the ground in the shade of a huge walnut tree in Mrs. Smith’s yard. Harry's father was a merchant who (as he thbught) had outgrown the town a hundred miles farther west. So the two families were going to leave Lâ€" Lhe next. day, and this was‘ the boys' last talk with Tom before going away. Tom's mother was a widow who had to work hard to feed, clothe and edu- cate her two children. The boys Were all fourteen years of age. Harry is tall and slim, with black eyes and black hair. Frank is short- er, with brown eyes and dark hair. And Tom is what. they call “chubby,” with blue eyes and light brown hair. "Boys," said Tom, "where do you sup- pose we all will be seven years from now, when we are all tWenty-cne't‘ Let’s lay our plans for the 'future and see if we can carry them out. Harry, what are you going to do f” "Well," said Harry, “I’d like to do just nothing, but I suppose I'llhave to go to school, and then ‘get‘. through' college some way without studying hard enough to have brain fever; and then I'd like to spend myfizvacations at some fashionable ‘resting place,’ and when I 'get through’ I'll just step in- to the store and. wait: on the ladies. That's the easiest thing I can think of." "\Vell," said Frank, “I don’t want. to get brain fever, e1ther,. butI do want an education. My fauher has no store for me to step into, ande don't; want. to be a mechanic. lMoLher says I will _ be strong enough to do hard- never work. You 'know I xhave dyspepsm. Sometimes I come home from school so hungry I have to eat every half hour till bedtime. Then I won’t be hungry again for a. weekâ€"just live on tea and coffee . I -"J. do that way sometimes," said Har- r . . 5. om wondered what their mothers were thinking about, and was very glad he had been taught. that. health was better than wealth. “Now, Tom, tell us what you are go- ing to do." _ “Well, I expect you will laugh at me, but I’ll try not to mind it. _I~'1rst of all, I'm going to get an education, and you know that; means work for me in school, out of school, through vacation and all the time. I have not; decided what I’ll be when I'm a man; whatever I'm best fitted for, I hope."_ . "I don't see anything to laugh‘ at; in that,” said Frank. "But I hadn’t told you my one! am- bi'tion. I'm just; bound to go around the world if I live." . “Ha, ha!" laughed Harry; "that IS extravagant. I don’t want to take any such trip. It would be too tireâ€" some." ‘ . Frank only smiled. He liked Tom’s pluck and would not have beenl averse to a trip around the world himself, but; he said it made him dizzy to think of working to make money to pay‘ for it. "Frank, you and Harry must; come to see me in seven years, and we. will] compare notes and see how our plans have worked." . "Maybe you won't. be here." satd Franlk. "You may ’be gone on that. trip around the \vorl ." “Oh, no, not so soon as that, said Tom, laughing. "If I’m living I'm al- most certain to be here. You see, we can't afford to move. and boys who have to work can (110 better where they are known, if they do right." “All right, we'll meet; you then, here u under this tree, if it stands. 80 long.“ 1 "And boys, there is another thing I wish you would promtse me before you go away.” 'He looked from one to the other, as if he were afraid to say what was on his mind. {He had tried to keep from saying anything about; it, but his. con- science would not let bun off. Me had said to himself, “It's none of'zmy busi- ness; it won’t do any good." Bull still he could not get. it off his mind. _ "Well, what is it?” said Frank, seeing he ‘hcsitated. ~ “Why,” said Tom ,“I Wish you would promise me not; to smoke .any more cigarettes till we meet. again." "Oh. come now, 'l‘otn. do you want: to rob us of the best. thing we. have? What. good Would it do you for! us to quit. :smoking t” "It would do me ever so much good to see you boys free from such a bad fhabit and enjoying as good health as ~the world with me, then." i “Oh fudge!" said llarry. "We. would : ,nct have any better helth if we did iquit smoking." Tom was discouraged. "Well, boys.” he said, “I wish you would ‘give it up, lbut if you wun‘t. for your own sach 30f course you won't for mine." -' “Tom can't you come to the. station and see us off toâ€"mnrrowt" said Frank. “I would like to. but I'm afraid gcan't. Do you see. that “bod-pile. over ,there at Judge Stanhope‘s? Well. I :have to saw and split. all that up this iweek, and this is Wednesday. Sorry. iboys, but you know I'm going around Ithe world." And so they parted. "Tom's a jolly good fellow, but aw- fully ‘cranky.'" said Harry, as they went down the street. . Frank was silent. He. could not help wishing that he could be more! like Tom, but he had not the moral courage to say it. Tom felt sad over the parting, but. had no time for repming. That. wood- pile was staring at him, and he march- ed right up to it and went to work, and thought and planned as he worked. That tour of the world seemed a. long way off as he thought of the ears of work and study before it. could )e. But be believed, as much as be believed that he was a. living. breathing 'boy, that he would accomplish it. 'Well, time went on. The two fam- ilies left for their new homes, arrived safz-ly at their destination. and wen 'soon doing fairly well though not. “get: ting rich” as fast as they had expected. ‘Tho boys did not. give up smoking. l have. You would want. to go around ‘ They entered srhool when the full term opened and studied as they had always doneâ€"just enough to “get through." as they expressed itâ€"and spent their vacations about as they pleased. Harry's father gave him all the, money he wanted to spend, while Frank (whose. father had no bank acâ€" count to draw from) “got around" his “soft-hearted" and suffer minded mu- tber and got all the money fmm her he wanted. The Stanhopes had no children and they wanted to do annething for the Smiths. but Mrs. Smith was a very proud woman. and ’l\un and his. sister Jessie were just us proud as their mo- ther. There was no false pride about them. They wanted Work and wanted ,pay for their work, but not a cent. more :than they earned. No charity, if you please, while we are able to Work!" l When school days were over for Tom fand Jessie. Judge Stanhopo concluded he had done without a secretary 'ust as long as he could. and would 'l‘om ike such a position? Of course, Tom would like nothing better. So that was settl- ed. Then Mrs. Stanhupe suddenly dis‘ covered that her eyesight was failing so fast that she must. have some one to read to her and write letters for'her. and would Mrs. Smith spare Jessie for a. time as a. kind of companion? So Jes- sxc was also installed at. the-Stanhmie's. The time had come for the promised visxt of Harry and Frank. As the time drew near for the arrival of the train on which they were to (mine. Tom was about. to start for the station when he remembered they were to meet und- er the walnut. tree. So he went out and sat down on a rustic. scat. which he had made under the tree, and was soon lost in a .‘mvicw‘ of his past. life. Suddenly he was recalled to the pres- ent by Frank, who called out: “Here he is, Harry." . v Tom rose and faced his old-time friends-with a beaming face. but the next moment. a wave of grief andl pity swept over his soul such as he had never before felt. There stood flurry with bloodshot eyes and bloated cheeks, disstpation written on every feature w’hile Frank looked almost pttiablo. “0| what. will mother think f" was Tom's thought. But he forced himself to be cordial, and led them into the! house. Mrs. Smith was as sorry as '.l.‘om when she saw how the boys looked: And, Oh! how her heart ached for the motth ,of those two boys. When they were an gathered in Mrs. Smith's little par- llor \after supper, Tom said. “Well. Harry, I suppose you and Frank have finished your course in college 3" After some hesitation .is‘rank said. “Yes, we are through with School. and ,ready for work now, if we can find positions to suit us." “I suppose Harry finds a. position in his father's store." “Oh,” said Harry, “the ‘old man's' .dead broke." “Broke! {How did that happen?" “Oh, got in debt. Sold out by the is‘heriff. llle's aclerk himself now." ! “I’m very sorry to hear it,” said Tom and his mother at the same (time.. "So'm I," said Harry, “it; leavest me in a bad fix." “Selfish as ever," thought Tom. "ch- Ier gives a thought} to.his poor father ,and mother and his sisters, who, no .doubt, have to work for their. living." Mrs. Smith sighed and turned to {Frank “How are your family getting ‘aloug 9" “O, we are all sick," said Frank In a doleful tone. “Mother thinks we all lhave dyspepsia. She thinks it. is the itvater. Perhaps it is; at any rate the ‘supper I ate tc-night; is 'he first. llmvo eaten in years, it seems to me. that. did {not make me feel miserable for hours 1after eating it.” Mrs. Smith made no reply, but. she thought perhaps the difference was in the. diet instead of the water. "Well, Tom.” said Frank, after a. 'momenl.'s silence, "tell us what you have been doing. 'Done with school. I suppose?" l "Yes, graduated at; the close of last ,term." a "And what. are you going to do now? Go around the. world? Do you rent- ember how ambitious you were seven years ago 3” "Yes." said Tom, laughing, "and I am just: as ambitious yet." l "What! You don't; mvan to say you ‘stlll have. that. tour in your head? When do you think of starting ?" "I don‘t know. The time is as in- definite now as it. was seven years ago, but. I am going." 9 Frank looked at Tom with admira- tion. and wished as he had when they were boys that he could be» like him. ! “For "the present.” said 1Tom, "l'm Judge Slanhopc's secretary." “Lucky dog, as usual," said llarry drowsily. "Mother always taught. me. there was no such thing as luck, and. I believe it," said Tom, looking fondly at. his mother. And so the evenng passed. In a few days Frank and Harry be- came restless and went. away. ~Prank said if he could get, work that. was not. too hard he wtmld like to stay awhile, ‘as be thought his dyspepsia was bet.- ter what. little, time he had liten there. By some means Mrs. Stanbopc board of 'l‘otn‘s pet. ambition of making a .tnur of the world. So one evening the Judge and Mrs. Slntlllnpc called ottdlt‘fl. Smith and told her that. they had long thought of making a tour of the vwcrld, but had never felt that the rrigbt time had (mine until now; and ,they would like to have Tom and Jessie :accompan ' them as secretary and cum- I lpanipn, 1 she thought she could spare 4 Ithem. , “Of course they may go. A tour of lthe world has been Tom’s dream since .he was a. chilt ." So the Judge and his wife Went home happy. ' Such a happy family as the Smiths were that vvcning is seldom seen. But in the midst of their happiness canm a letter from Frank, telling of Harry's death from delirium trcmcns, and ask- ing if Mrs. Smith would let; him (Frank) board with her awhile. They sent him atelegmm of only one word, "Comm" He came in a few days, looking much worse than he did when they last saw him. He looked very thoughtful when he found Tom was preparing to make his long-wished for :our of the world. and wondering if he might not have done as mx-ch. He stayed with Mrs. Smith. got well of his dyspepsia and became as useful a man as it was [stsible for him to be- come after wasting the better part of his life. Tom did no more than any boy can in who will take care of hu health, his morals and his money. _. u» M. ._.