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•w* W ICALEV sw» .,; "'HcHENBY, ^ t O. HUPP, PabiisK«»^ ILLINOIS. SEND THEM TO BED WITH A KISS. *<w mm of .iwa THE FARM. W*lte PIV ?H> 0 - •&- .. ,«sthll» i._ TooiMiwvointiBd Congfetiaof th« noiw and --, vat tbe day bring* to many nnugui 80 many things going amiss; Bat mother*. whatever may vex yon. Send tbechikh-en tobed vdlh a kjfal The dear little feet, wander often Perilaps from the pathway of rigl] Tbe dear litt lelinmls find new mis ' To trr you from morning 'an ..m Batthiuk of thedMotatowottMCB Whn vi ci ve all the world for your blits. And. as thanks (or your infinite blessings. Send the children to bid with a kin 1 For some day their noise will not vex yoa. The silence will hurt yon far more, Ton will long for theoweet, children voices. For a sweet childish fac« «t »be door. And to press a ohfld't; f&cw to your bosom You a give all the world iuat for this: For tfca comfort twill bring in your «o Bead the children to bed \rltha kiss! &A- • §m# F A MARINE BL ROLABY People said 1 was very fooiioh When I bought a ten-acre island three miles from the shore and built my summer house on it, but I laughed and said quiet was what I sought, and there I would have it, far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. Being a bachelor, with few wants, I took with me only my man H$nrv, who was an excellent housekeeper and cook. I don't think I ever enjoyed myself more than the first four weeks I spent on the island. In the morning 1 took to the water, or took a walk for an bour or so; then I wrote for three hours, and the afternoons I read and loafed, and at night I slept. Some days I would row over to the main­ land and every day Henry went over after the mail, unless it was stormy. Sometimes 1 had a friend or two to drive with me, but no woman was allowed to come ashore there I was rigid in my determination on this point, for had not one Isabella Ventnor told me two weeks before J bought the island that she did not think 1 was the kind of a man any woman ought to marry? She had, and for that I had for­ sworn all women. , As I say, I was supremely happy all by myself, excepting, of course, the hurt Isabella had done me, and I think that was healing slowly, when one night the entire scheme was over­ thrown. That night was a dark one, but quite still, and I went to bed reeling fairly comfortable, as a couple of my friends bad been with me until 7 o'clock and were to return early in tiie morning with a sail boat for a fishing trip out to deep water. About 1 o'clock, or perhaps later, 1 was awakened by hea ing a disturbance of some sort down stairs, and before I had my eyes fully opened Henry rushed into the room, slammed the door and locked it. •'What's the matter?" I exclaimed. "For God's sake, major," he gasped, •fcet up and help me. There's burg­ lars in the house and I'm done for." Then Henry went down on the floor in a heap, and I lit a lamp, as there came a terrified hammering on the door. The light showed me Henry cov­ ered with blood, his throat slashed, lying there dead or dying, as I sup- ' . - i*\ v i:-f * r • m $K: pi' f •% ' >' i - i t: What to do I did not know, for the only arms in the house were across the hail and the burglars had me shut off from that direction and rapidly demolishing my d"or. They swore and pounded, entirely regardle-s of the ordinary rules of burglary, for they knew that so far away from the shore they were per- fsctiy safe. "<Jo downstairs and get that ax," 1 heard one of them say, "and we'll have this d door out of the way In a minute. We've done one of 'em, and now we've got to do up the other; so there won't be any tellin' tales out of school." Then he laughed, and 1 heard foot­ step- ,1own the hall and stairs. I knew there was no help for me there, and only a chance anywhere, ••and £ look that. One window cf my room opened out on a back roof, and from that it was only a short distance to the ground Once out of the house I had one chance in a million of escape. In a minute I was out of the window, over the shed on the ground. I had on only my pajamas, and the sharp stones cut my feet cruelly, but 1 did not think of that It was life, and life is very sweet to us, even though some fair Isabella may have slipped a dnop of bitter into it Over the rocks and stpnes I flew, going I knew not wheret thinking of nothing but escape. What brought me to my senses aaraewhat was my rushing into the water, and at first I thought of swim­ ming out and trying to reach the ihainland, but I was only a poor swimmer, and 1 knew I should be drowned or caught and knocked on the head in the water by the burg­ lars as a hunter might knock a musk- rat in the head, and the horror of it drove me back. Then I thought of my own boat, but before I started that way, I remembered that my friends had moved it over to the mainland to return at daylight with the sailboat, leaving me only my rockets to signal the shore in case of seed, and what were signals now? Qnly a means whereby the murderers ; Slight discover me. One thinks rapidly at such mo- ^ fcents, I fancy, and all thie took ^.fjkee in much less time than it re- %ltfres to t,ell it; but there was time •(tough for the burglars to learn I was not in the room, and with their quick eyes see the window through Which I had escaped, and I heard iomeofthem coming along the course (haa ̂ l^n, and one going down to- tarda mj boat landing to cut me off lere Tden aimlessly again and utterly dazed, I began ®o olrcle the little is­ land, running on the leach. They epuld not see me and my bare feet made no noise in the sand and 1 vushed madly ahead, when all at once X went down with <t terrible crash . ever something on tbe beach. They were near enough to hear my fall and one of them shouted: ••Here he is, Bill; we've got him; him for givin' us so much ' kpllMt TTtf'il *** .hfrn. HfliiT " - I-- • • syt,*• «||. A??*.**# I thought about as the lntt as I tried to get up I found I wis in a boat drawn half way up ©a the wind. shouted with ioy wiMNi I made this discovery. It was their boat and once in it ana on §the watfer I was safe! By this time I could hear their footsteps along the shore, which was quite rog^api.jrnfagh here, ex­ cept the littleWtfOTwaeh where the boat lay, and they cbuld not make .such headway as 1 did as they did not know the way through the rocks. But they were coming fast enough and cursing at every stej\ and with the energy of despair, I caught the boat in my ariufc and with a wild strain I-tried to shove it into the water. But ifc would scarcely budge. Again and again I tugged; the blood almost bursting through my ears by the exertion and the skin tearing from hands and bare arms. So near I thought to safety and still the danger increasing every second, then as I heard an oath more wicked than the others, as one of the burg­ lars fell over a stone, I felt the boat move, and a little wave rolled in and lifted it, so that with one more push it slid off iato deep water. I jumped in, caught the oars, and as the burg­ lars dashed down through tbe dark­ ness to where they heard the noise, the boat shot out into the water and 1 was safe They might, have shot me from the shore, but they had either left their revolvers in the house or had none, the revolver being too noisy a Weapon for burglars as a rule. Whatever the cause, they did not fire, and I did not wait for it, at least that close A hundred feet out, I began to be myself once more and I stopped rowing. •'Why don't you come on?" shouted back, halt hysterically. "Hold on," they yelled,and I could hear them running up and down the shore in the darkness. "Oh, you're all right," I laughed shrilly. I'll come back and take you off in the course of a few hours," and then fearful that they might get their guns, I rowed away as fast as 1 coulfl for the mainland. 1 think t maae that three miles in half the record, and when I found the first policeman, he was for run­ ning me In as a lunatic or a sleep­ walker, but he knew me, and as 1 told my story, a force of ten men boarded a tug and we returned to tbe Island. By this time tbe first gray streaks of dawn were showing in the summer sky, and as we cautiously ran up to my wharf, it was almost light enough to see the house We saw no burglars, however, nor any signs of them, though I knew I had them penned up on the island and escape was impossible We waited until daylight, and then, de-* ployed as skirmishers, the policemen began to move across the island, ex­ pecting any moment to flush a burg­ lar or get a shot from ambush. "As we came up to the bouse one of the burglars appeared in the door­ way and was covered on the instant by a dozen guns. •• 'Come in, gentlemen, come right in,' he said cheerily. 'We were ex­ pecting you and we've got a nice breakfast ready." "The man's coolness almost gave me the hysterics, for I know by the sound of his voice that he was the fellow who wanted to 'fix' me "But he was uttering the truth-- they did have a nice breakfast for us (out of my larder), and not that only, but they had found that Henry was not dead, and they had washed him and done what they could in caring for him, and had done it so well that he is alive to-day with only an ugly scare on his neck as a memento "There were four in the lot we soon had them handcuffed, then we sat down to breakfast enjoyed it, though I must confess that by this time the condition 1 was in physically was not pleasant " 'You're a queer gang,' said the Lieutenant of police to the leader, who had invited us to breakfast •What did you do this for?' •• 'The breakfast, you mean?' " 'And all the rest of it,' said the officer. " '"Well, cap'n,' he replied, it's like this: We wuz here fer de swag, kill er no, and we thought we had killed the fust one, and. of course the other one had to go, to stop talk. Then when he got away and had us penned up like rats we came to the conclu­ sion that we had better git out tbe best way we could. The - one we thought was dead only needed re­ pairs, so we repaired him, and we knowed you'd be here bimeby to look fer us, and probably comin' out so early in the morning you might be hungry. So, beggin' the gent's par­ don fer trespassin', we turned in and fixed you up a nice breakfast Now, wasn't that about the white thing to A DEPARTMENT FOR OUR LOCAL AGRICULTURISTS. Bow Oae Can Make a Small Hum Play-- Caftnf for the Horses Teeth--Improve- MM of jib* Sou--Blooded 8to«k-llam Xotai. and and and A Living from a SNWU Farm. The following from the New York Tribune is written with an eye to Eastern conditions, but the most of it can be adapted, unchanged, for other parts of the country. The small farm in the West is not the small farm of the East, but the argu­ ments in favor of trying it are even stronger in tbe West than in the East: "I freqentlv receive letters from men, and occasionally from • women, who are very desirous to go on a farm, and who yet fear to do so be­ cause of inexperience, lest they should make a failure. I have a deep sympathy tor the man who has tired of working in a factory, or a store, or a day laborer, and who is anxious for a more independent lffe 1 believe there are many such who might better their condition and lengthen their lives by going on a farm, AS a word of encouragement to such, I would say that some of the most systematic and thorough farm­ ers in the country are thosejwho have had a business training in other call­ ings, and who carried their methuds of thoroughness into their farm w6¥k. There are thousands of men whose wages range from $30 to <50 a month, and who pay from one-fourth to one-third of this amount for house rent, who are obliged to exercise rigid economy, and who know if they j were disabled from work their fami-; lies would soon suffer, or if through a j strike or panic in business they were j thrown out of employment their sav-1 ings would soon be swept away. Many such could make a success of ! farm life if they * would begin on a ' small scale, with a few acres of land, who would be sure to fail if they at­ tempt to manage a large farm and compete with experienced farmers in growing wheat, corn, and stock. •Two points must be observed if the novice would expect success: First, the farm must be so managed as to furnish as far as possible tbe family supplies, and second, until oue has learned what income the farm can be depended on to produce, the expenses must be kept at a minimum. The mistake too often made by the beginner in farming is to undertake too much and load himself down with debt My advice is to make it tbe flrsj. object to produce family sup­ plies. Even a small farm will fur­ nish an abundant supply of vegeta­ bles for the entire year; small fruits In their season, and enough to can; eggs and poultry, both to use and to tell; pork for hams and lard and dairy products. As the farm furnishes a bouse, one can live well with little cash. As there will be taxes, insur­ ance and some necessary expenses that call for cash, there must be some products on which one can defend for an income, and these must be deter­ mined by the soil and the market On even a farm of ten or fifteen acres I can heartily recommend coWs and poultry to furnish the necessary cash. It is quite a moderate esti­ mate that $1 per year can be received from each hen kept, and in many lo- Subeolling IOOWKH the earth and furnishes more plant food qjad moisture than shallow plow­ ing. In day lands it is desirable to change the conditions in order to keep it from baking during very dry weather. Air-slaked lime is one of the best substances which can be used for this purpose. The amount to ap» ply varies, ranging from three to twelve tons per acre according to the stiffness of the clay. Application can be made at intervals of seven to ten yeara H. A. Htiston, Indiana State Ohernist, advises farmers with heavy j clay lands to experiment with a small held in this way, being careful that the lime is left in small piles long enough to become well air-slaked and then have it distributed and well mixed with the soil. Using lime in this way makes the land easy to pul­ verize and changes it from a hard compact mass to one easily broken into particles which the plant roots can penetrate. Salt is also used sometimes in the same way and has the same effect on the soil but is not always beneficial, hence lime is more highly recommended. --Orange Judd Farmer. The Teeth of HOMM. A horse's teeth need as much at­ tention as any other part of his body. The recognition of this fact is of a very recent date, but all now ad­ mit the truth. At from two to three years of age a colt begins to change his teeth, and at the age of five years he is provided with his full set A horse has forty teeth and a mare thirty-six. The difference is in the canine, or as they are sometimes called, bridle teeth, which seldom appear in a mare A horse's molars are the organs of mastication and | have harder work to perform than j tbe incisors. The result is that-they get worn down so that the animal | cannot eat When a horse gets thin and refuses his food it is a good plan ! to have his mouth examined to see if this is not the case with him. Fill­ ing the teeth which have worn down will give immediate relief and the animal will soon pick up again. Ul­ cerated teeth are quite common among horses. The breath has a bad smell, and perhaps there is a swell­ ing of the cheek and tongue. These symptoms should lead to an imtnedi- ate examination of the moutli. The treatment of such cases is as neces­ sary to the well-being of the animal as it is for a human being. Many young horses have been reduced to a skeleton and died from the ignorance of their owners as to the cause of the malady. The teeth of a horse can be filled so that it is not necessary to re­ move the offending tooth. In the case of the back teeth this is a very troublesome task. Amalgam and bone are the substances generally used for filling. Wolf teeth are use­ less and should be extracted if they become worn by the bit. The idea that they affect the sight of the horse, long ridiculed, has become an ac­ knowledged fact The explanation is that the nerves of the wolf teeth are connected with the facial nerves, and pressure on the former reacts on the latter ao as to impair the aye* sight Blooded Stock. There is no question that the per­ son who first introduces blooded stock into an old, settled farming community is a public benefactor. The Introducers reap a financial ben calities where good prices can be had eflt therefrom, provided they manage do?' I hail had enough to put most men in a bad humor, but this candid state­ ment (struck my tunny-bone somehow, and I laughed until tbe tears ran down my cheeks, and even the police­ man smiled. 4 Of course, the burglars had done the best thing possible for themselves, and the very unique plan they had adopted or necessity was in their favor, and they only got ten years apiece,. Henry, testifying so earnestly to their polltenesis and care that that part of it was not taken into the count at all. But I can assure you I did not go back to the island again. I gave it to Henry, as it stood, and he lives there with bis wife, respected and ad­ mired, I do believe, by every burg­ lar in the guild, for be holds them in the highest esteem. Oh, yes, I almost forgot When this story came out in the papers, and my part of It was set forth, as only reporters knew bow to do such things, Isabella, of course heard of it, and one moonlight night she said to me: "Major, I thought once you were not the kind of a man tor a Woman to marry, but I've changed my mind." T feel under obligations to those burglars myself.--Free Press. MR?. SKINNER (to boarder who is slightly ihdirposed)--Don't you think a cup of weak tea would do you good, Mr. Thompson? The Boarders (in chorus)--Yes! POM him out cup, Mrs. Skinner. WHEN a man goes to a place, and has a good time, he is miserable be­ cause he knows it will be weeks be- for# deeently go agai* this might be doubled. Where con­ tracts can be made by the year to fur­ nish cream or butter, from $50 to as high as $100 per cow is received from many herds, and this can be none In jiany places. If the farm is small it will pay to keep the cows up in the stable and a small vard,and carry the feed to them and save all the manure. This will enable one to do without fences and to cultivate all the land. would grow corn, wheat, potatoes, and clover; wheat to follow the pota­ toes and corn, clover to be sown with the corn to be grown, with reference to furniehing food for the cows, and the wheat not only to furnish a suit­ able preparation for seeding to clover, but also to give breadstuff and straw for bedding. Insome localities other products may prove profitable on a part of the farm. Sweet potatoes, nutmeg melons, cabbage, and small fruits are profitable if there is a good market for them, and any one of these will yield from one to three or more hundred dollars per acre. But the beginner must feel bis way care­ fully before trying any new thing. Ilj would be less risk to grow only a fewi crops as I suggested, and depend! largely on cows and poultry for cash products*,, for, if the small fruits were grown, the poultry would need to be confined a part of the time "In these days of rapid transit and cheap fares men may work eight or even ten hours a day in town or city and live out where they can have a little land to cultivate, or a man may work by the day for his neighbors more than half the time and keep a cow or two and poultry on a small farm, which will give him profitable employment every day, when he would otherwise be idle" Improvement of the Soil, There are various ways in which land may be greatly improved and the careful farmer who wishes to make a success in his business will always be on the alert for new methods of culture and will also fol­ low those which he has found from actual trial to be good. Good drain­ age is essential for land on which cereal crops are to be raised. A farmer may easily obtain information regarding the drainage of a piece of laud by digging boles four or five feet deep in July and August and noting where the water stands in these. On corn landjthls water level should be forty-two inches below the surface Another method of improving the soil is by thorough cultivation. This is necessary iu order to obtain tbe best results. Opinions differ very widely in regard to deep and shallow plowing. At tbe Purdue, Indiana Experiment Station, experiments have been made on corn plats plow­ ing four to twelve inches deep The first year there was no perceptible difference but the second year there was a great gain from deep plowing and subsoiling. The effects of deep plowing and subsoiling are not always apparent the first year but where it has been practiced tbe crop of wheat the second year has been doable that the work on a strictly business basis. The public know that they have such stock, and if a male, that the ser­ vices may be obtained at not too high a charge. The charges for a ram may be $1; for bull about $5, and for stallion from $15 to $30, or, in most cases, just about twice the ruling terms for common sto5k, remember­ ing that pure bloods and a reliable pedigree have much to do with the business. With sheep, swine, and cattle, it is best to obtain one of each sex. This will not only enable you to increase your stock of pure bloods, but gives others an opportun­ ity to see them. Usually, by corre­ sponding with several breeders of the stock you wish to obtain, better terms can be obtained than by only consulting one breeder. At least you will be better posted regarding tbe prices, and If you are able to examine the stock before purchasing, so much the better for you and the seller, as then no cause for dissatisfaction should result --American Agriculture ist Farm Motes. ASHKS will always give mod re­ sults on light, sandy soils, and lime has been found one of the best fertil­ izers for such soils. The mammoth Russian sunflower is coming into favor .as a crop, the heads of seeds having been found of great value as an addition to the ra­ tion of cows. Is TOUR land good enough to stand two crops in a year? If it is not then don't let a crop of weeds follow the crop you take off first If it will stand double cropping, then let both be something of value A PROMINENT sheep breeder, who places higher value on lambs than on wool, states that If wool was the only product of sheept it would cost 50 cents per pound, but as lambs are the medium of profit the wool should cost nothing. THE farm needs for its work stout, chunky, "low-down" horses, that can draw fair loads and move with some facility and agility. The fast walker is a great treasure where loads pre­ clude, for the most part, the possibil­ ity of trotting much. LATE cabbages cannot be neglected. The crop thrives only when kept free from weeds, and it delights in fre­ quent cultivation of the soil. Too much working among the plants can­ not be bestowed on the cabbage crop. PROF. COOK of Vermont does not find any difference in results whether his cows are watered once oV twice a day, provided they get all they want once a day. John Gould says that most of his cows refuse to drink but once a day and that their perform­ ance at the milk pail is quite satis­ factory. ~ WOMEN are a great deal nicer to know than men: if you meet them in a drug store when you are buying a cigar, you are them on* • SAVED BY Hf8 NOSE. It Wasn't SIneh In the Keaoty Line, b«t It Was the Only €>ae He Had. "Gentlemen," said the man from Cheboygan County, as he leaned back in bis chair, "no doubt you have all remarked my nose. It is remarked wherever 1 go. I have seen three or four other noses like it in my travels, but I think I can truthfully say that it is the only one of its kind in the State of Michigan. Wine and erysipe­ las did the business for me I have had it frost-bitten three or four times, besides, and it's no use for me to pretend that it isn't a lulu of a nose There are times when I'd give $10,000 to exchange it for a fair-look­ ing nasal organ, and there are other times when I feel the greatest spirit of friendliness for it. It is just about three years ago now that my nose saved my life " We expressed our surprise and in­ terest and asked for the story, and after tenderly caressing his landmark the man observed: "It was down in Tennessee I had gone to bed for the night at a hotel in a country town, and being tired out I was soon sound asleep. The first thing I knew the door of my room was kicked in and a dozen men piled onto me. They dragged me down stairs without giving me time to dress and without answering any questions, and I was hustled through the front door and out upon the street There were a dozen men there on horseback, and ene of them pro­ duced a noosed rope and flung it over my head. There was a crowd of about fifty altogether, and they run me a quarter of a mile to a tree and made ready for a hanging. It was only when they had given me five minutes in which to pray that I could make my voice heard. I inquired what it all meant and oneof the crowd called out: " 'If that's Jim Burbanks he's got a new voice on him! Let's have a look at his face!' "They lighted matches and got a view of my phiz, and the fellow Vrho had called out before now ex­ claimed: " 'Hold on, boys! We've got the wrong man ! He looks like Jim la :?«r Jbeww or Mommy, There are twenty or thirty great business centers in the city of Lon­ don, where property is of almost equal vaioe and rated exceedingly high. To buy the four acres DO^ occupied by the Bank of England and bounded by Princess, Thread needle, and Loth- berry streets and Bartholomew lane it would be necessary to produce a well certified check for the snug sum of $14,000,000. Ten million dollars per acre is the valuation made not long ago on a lot in the vieiiiity of the bank, and a lease was made on that basis. Plead illy, Strand, Fleet street Charing Cross, and other busi­ ness streets in London have corners worth from $50,000 to $100,000 a front foot. ' The owners of this property, being as a rule men or estates of great wealth, are satisfied with 3 to 3} per cent on their investments, while here the owners of such property ex­ pect 6 to 8 per cent, consequently land is a great deal higlfer in the business center of London than it is in Chicago. I notice that on the second-hand business streets in Lon­ don land is held about twice as high as it is here In the suburbs of Lon­ don a great deal of property has been sold out by the lot by methods similar to ours. London is fast becoming a great city of home owners. Tbe managers of large estate i that were held for a number of years upon leases made on low valuation con­ cluded that it would be better to sub­ divide the property and sell it out in lots and reinvest the money. This has been done to a great extent in all parts of the city of London and probably accounts for the wonderful increase in population during the last fifty years. Small buildings, such as we sell for $300 to $1,000, are sold in London for almost twice that sum. In Paris little property is offered for sale; in fact a sign board is a rar­ ity, although occasionally you see a piece of property on the back streets for lease. It is very hard to get any information about property in Paris. Most of it is held by owners who are wealthy and refuse to sell, but on the principal streets the rent of the stores is high, considering their size, the stores being very shallow and small, Prices are no doubt higher, the rental value considered, th&n in Chicago. In Venice scarcely any property is offered for sale The city has de­ creased in population, but there seem to be no vacant nouses, and the only way I could ascertain the value of property was to figure out the rents on the business streets, which were higher, all things considered, than in Chicago. In the old city of Rome rents on two or three of the principal streets are very high, and, the stores being small, it would seem thai a small income must be produced ac­ cording to the value held upon the land. In some directions from the center of Rome buildings are being erected, and land for an ordinary residencejlot, in a rather poor locality, compared with any of our suburb^ would be about 20 or 40 per cent higher than the price we ask. Even in Cairo, Egypt, tbe prlee of lots along the business streets would astonish an American. I asked the proprietor of an English store called the Manchester, located near Shep- heara's Hotel, what rent he paid. The store was about twenty-five feet front by about forty feet deep, with a small annex half as large He an­ swered that he paid about $2.000 per annum. It did not look to be worth over $500. Cairo has a population of about 350,000. and there are some stores in the Turkish quarters where tbe bazaars are, about four feet square--room enough for the pro­ prietor to sit tailor fashion and sell his wares to passers-by--which bring about $50 a month. Even in Jerusalem a boom is in pi ogress, on account of tbe railroad having been extended to the city, and lots were selling for $500 to $800 that we would consider high at $200; and I discovered in nearly every city I visited, even in old Athens, which is rapidly Increasing in population under the administration of King George, that lots were selling on the outskirts for $900 to $400.--Chicago Post mebbe he yen ?' bttt that Sim Burbanks at a country store xtBraL •«M had ah< dozen miles aUray. They said #e looked, as much alike as twin brothers --all but our noses, They had tracked the murderer in our direction, and the landlord had given'"me away to the pursuers. They treated me right royally when they discovered their mistake, nut I was assured over and over again that but for my nose I should have been pulled up to the limb."--Detroit Free Press. % A Ma^nanfmotHt A big Newfoundland was going peaceably along when a cross-grained cur began snapping at him and snarl­ ing savagely. This started one or two other aogs, who joined in the at­ tack. The big dog took no notice until compelled to do so in self-defense. Then he turned and sent the crowd of persecutors flying in all directions; all except the ring-leader, who fell sprawling in the middle of the street, and was beginning to get the drub­ bing he deserved, when things took a very unexpected turn. A cabie car came dashing along down the hill, with clanging bell, right upon the dogs. Nobody is expected to warn dogs of danger, and so the car was almost upon them when a policeman, who noticed the encounter, cried, ' Get out!" The big dog saw the danger at once and sprang aside, but his late assailant was on his back and too much in dread of punishment to see anything else. There he Irfy and in a second more would be crushed. The Newfoundland saw the situation and after he had partly turned away sprang back in front of the car, seized the cur in his teeth and snatched him, whining and begging for mercy, out of the very jaws of death. He laid him in the gutter, and then, as though further retaliation had en­ tirely escaped his mind, he gave a good natured wag or two of his tail and started on up the street uncon­ scious that for less heroic deeds than this men wear medals of honor. He was only a dog, but he taught a lesson to all who stood by.--N. Y. World. The Shy Man. One of the characters in a modern novel is made to say, "I love a shy man. He Is getting so scarce" Perhaps that is why he is so really delicioua When he blushes palpably, but without looking awkward, one is drawn toward him by a certain sen­ timent of affinity, and so long as he is just shy enough, but not too shy, he wihs more and more upon one To draw a really shy man out of his shyness is a pleasing task, and the more so as he is generally en­ chanted to give expression to the thoughts and ideas that he usually keeps locked fast away within him­ self. One comes upon a stray jewel or two now and then in such cases in the shape of an unexpected thought that astonishes the discover because it seems so different from the person from whom it emanates. I assure you 1 think shy men are sometimes very charming, but then one must be a little bit shy one's self in order to appreciate them. Do you know any nice ones, and do you know that they come out of their shell in a tete-a-tete, and not always then, so there is a pleasing element of uncertainty about them whioh adds to tbe interest they in­ spire?--London Truth. The Only Untaxed People. Hlbbert's Gore is the one pi ace in Maine where taxes are unknown. Only six families reside there--forty persons in all. The Gore comprises 300 acres, bounded by Waldo, Knox, and Lincoln Counties, and by some mistake was omitted by the engineers when the counties were laid out Having no connection with any county, and never having been organ­ ized 8£ % town or plantation, the residents of the Gore neither pay .taxes nor- vote They build their own roads, however, and send their children to the schools near by. By a special provision of the statutes the paupers of the Gore are cared for by tbe oldest'adloinlng town, Palermo, but there have been only three pau­ pers in the last forty years. A Clever Pagan Trick. The hatching of fish by hens is one of the industries of China, (says the Scientific American). The spawn of the fish Is placed inside of an egg shell from which tbe contents have been blown. After the spawn has been forced into the empty shell--a most delicate operation--the eggs are placed under the hen. At the proper time the shells are broken In warmed water, in which the fish hatch at once; they are kept in water perfectly pure until large enough to put in the ponds with larger fish. The selling of the spawn is one of the commer­ cial enterprises of jthe Chinese. Good Demand for Labor. While men are continually going around complaining of inability to obtain employment, orchardIsts and vineyardists find great difficulty in getting men to work in the fields. Ask a man to work in a vineyard and be says be is a cook or a carpenter. Want him to drive a team and he is a bricklayer or an engineer. Offer him a job at a plow and he is a saw­ mill man or a shoemaker. Seek a man to do general farm work and you will find plenty of cigar makers and horse shoers, but few who will milk a cow or chop weeds with a hoe. --Fresno, CaL, Expositor. Nobly Doing Her Part. * •tYour husband is tbe editor of the Buglet I believe?" said the neighbor who had dropped in to make a friendly call. "Yes." "And as you have no family and have considerable leisure on your hands you assist liim now and then in his editorial work, I dare say':"' "O, yes," answered the brisk little wife of the young newspaper manf hiding her strawberry-stained fingers under her apron. "I edit nearly all his inside matter."--Chicago Tribune. SCHOOLMASTER--Now Robert can you tell me how many pints there are in a quart? Publican's Hopeful --Why, ye* #** Oae aodf baU (hetrotti; . . ^ There comes a time in the Ufa of most farmer* when they need relief from and care of the term, and this is of- ten still more true of the ffcrm» * er's wife, who has been obliged t# • board the farm htip. This is a iertP" ous problem, on the right solution - of which the comfort and prosperity' of the future largely depend ' fif ' J many cases*tbat have come under xaf notice, the farmer rented his farm , and moved to town, and the result > has rarely been satisfactory. The habits of a lifetime are not fiSMDyp'} ? ,thrown off,and it is too great a chang^ from the care of the farm, livestock, garden and fruit, to a life in towii with nothing to look after. Some of^, ̂ them kill time by loafing at tjtid stores, but the majority go out to the farm nearly every day, and if it 1$ some miles away this becomss a bur| den. I have seen old men whop owned farms four or five miles out of ' 3 town, going out to their farms day after day, in rain, snow, and cold,' Ji getting up to eat an early breakfasts and getting back to eat a late supper. If he lets the farm for money rent,c • ^1 and gives up the care of it he soon 1 flnds the fences, building, and farm,^ \ getting out of repair, and in many !v cases his tenant will abuse the fermic by allowinor the cattle to trample^ r* the meadows and pasture during thd T'r:> soft weather of spring. Then living in town, where one has not theh farm-garden and truck-patch, the !; poultry-yard and dairy to furnish thejf j luxuries of life and help pay the? store bills, means a large addition top expenses, as well as a decreased in-? V'"'| Cofne and there are few farmers wbo,> . '4 can cheerfully accept the situation * when this state of affairs them. A wise coarse confronts ̂ to pursue In most cases Is for the farmer to stay on bis farm and control the rotation, andf crops to be grown, but either rent to a neighbor who lives near enough to: attend to the work, or to put up a tenant houBeon the farm, and have the man who cultivates the land live in it. and take charge of the farm and! live stock. In making the change to te,nant farming one must make up! his mind to accept a reduced Income, and be willing to deal fairly by a, tenant and treat him with liberality, and when a tenant is found who will do his work well, and look after the interests of the farm, the longer he can be kept the better. By re­ maining on the farm and renting by fields, and usually for grain rent U will be easier to keep control of* the1 farm and to maintain fertility than if you are away ffom it You can give up all field work and look after the garden and poultry, and greatly lighten the labor of yourself and wife You should keep a good driving ;J horse, and you and your wife take ^ frequent rides together, and have an arrangement with your tenant by " which he can take care of your cow and other animals when you wish to leave home for a day or more. Have a written contract drawn up between yourself and tenant ih which you specify just what he is to do and what privileges h,e is to bave There should be no ioop-holes left or chances for misunderstandings, but all expressed plainly in writing, and each one furnished a copy, with tbe understanding that all differences are to be settled by this article. A fair understanding to begin with, and this reduced to writing, will go far toward preventing misunderstand­ ings and trouble in the future. In making 6uch a change in one's plans, it must not be Qxpected that everything will move along without a jar. There are trials incident in 3very life and calling, and we can lever hope to escape them, but it seems to me that every farmer earns relief from hard work and care in his old age, and that in most cases he will find it more certainly by remain, ing on the farm and giving the work to a tenant, than by leaving the farm and trying town life--Country Gentleman. •m • * • ' . • : % ' • M • Pnmai and His Economical Son. Alexander Dumas, the great French story writer, was fond and proud of his son Alexander, who also became a famous author. His regard for him was increased apparently by the fact that the son had a very good ap­ preciation of the ;value of money--a quality which the father did not pos­ sess in the slightest degree. A recent writer of recollections re­ lates that he once visited Dumas at St Germain. He had just been bit­ ten in the band by his dog and was unable to write, but was dictating a noveL His son went out as the visitor came in. J ; ('Alexander bas just left me," said the father. "What a good felloe that boy is! Just fancy, this morn­ ing I received six hundred and fifty francs. He said to me, 'I'll take fifty francs of it,' I didn't hear and thought hft was going to leave me only fifty. So I called out, 'Hold on! Let me have one hundred at least!' 'But I tell you I'm only going to take fifty!' he called out *Oh,oh,'said 1, 'I thought you were going to take the six hundred. Well, take as much as you want8" "What a good-hearted fellow Alex­ ander is," added Dumas, proudly. • i . • , slu *:«s\ i • *; fctf. Reconciling. A man going shopping with fete wife is usually a most woe-begone- looking object; bis face always bears upon it the marks of despair. But that to some men a shop crowded with shoppers is a boon there is evi­ dence in the following little story, which is quoted from a foreign peri­ odical As the story runs, a gentle­ man who had promised to meet his wife in a large establishment where all sorts of things are sold at low prices was making his way through the throng of women. Forced to pausa a moment near a counter be­ hind which stood a pretty saleswoman, he blurted out: "Is there anything on earth that would reconcile a man to su6h a crowd as this?" "Yes, sir," was the quick reply. "Belonging to the firm."--Harper's Bazar. YOUTH is neyer thankful; yonth takes the good things of earth tor granted, . 2t is those whom time has had bi^halntts on who can DegratefuL