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& THE COMING MAff. & 'A pair of very chubby legs, , I»ea«e<|J^ scarlet hose; /A pAir of little stutfby, boots, Pith rather doubtful tbeb; L^Mtle kilt, a little coat- Cut as a mother can-- Litd lo! before us stand in state The future's "coming man." His eyes, perchance, will read the sttta, And search their unknown ways; Perchance the human heart and soal Will open to their gaze; •Perchance their keen and flashing glance Will be a nation's light-- Those eyes that now are wistful bent On some "big fellow's "kite. .Those hands--those little^Hbusy hands-- So sticky, small andJWown; ^ Those hands whose only mission seems -To pull ali order down;.. , •Who linows what hidden strength may be Hidden in their clasp, Though now 'tis but a taffy stick Q in sturdy l^old they grasp? Ah, blessings on those little hands, Whose work is yet undone, 6 And blessings on those little feet. Whose race is yet unrun! And blessings on the little brain (That lvas not yet learned to plan! .Whaite'er the future holds in store, iU. G!od bless the "coming man." ' ---Somerville Journal. TRYING FOR HIMSELF . -4 v ~p ~:: • _ & . : Br h "That's the rock, sir," said the.weafch- ^ <jr-beaten old tar. . ' Ted Rivers looked up and laughed a §| little bitterly. "A nice place to propose to a lady," said he. "It seems to me that it would not be so easy as you think to get her there ." , t . v . The old fisherman looked shrewdly at Ted and winked to himself. "Well, sir. if you'd like to try for •yourself " "I'm not thinking about myself at all," burst out Ted, with so much indig­ nation that his companion immediately drew his conclusion. "I never thought as you were, sir; 'twas only my little bit of a Joke. But --yon's the rock,, and the gal as is asked there is had for the asking. It's gospel truth, what's more, and It's there as I got my old woman, which wouldn't so much as look at me until I caught her a-sitfin' on the rim of that there rock. "Says I, 'Betsy, I've come to ask you to marry me,' and she looked round sorter scared like, and I says, Too'm a-sittin" on the love rock, Betsy, and ifs here as I've follered you, for you're the only gal what I wants; I've set my heart on marry in' you,' says I, 'and you're on the love rock.' "Then she looks up as meek aa a lamb and she says, 'Yes,' and falls a-cryin* ns if her heart would break, for Betsy, she always did admire that young scamp Pete, but she knew as well as me that she'd got to marry me, because I'd asked on the rock. "We was so took up with what had happened that we was all but caught by thetide.but we got off in time. The rock's niver quite covered, but 'twould be an ugly place to pass a night, and next to unpossible to, be got off; there's nasty breakers in the best weather, and •some sharp bits of rock around, so as na boat can get near." !" Ted had fixed his eyes on the love rock. He was not listening to the gar­ rulous old man and he certainly did not believe the superstition about it, but, all the same, he felt mcli&ed-to-^om- pass the difficulties in the way, and get Millie Lloyd there^-it would be as good a place as any he knew for telling the secret which had been his torment for months, and which he now felt was im­ possible to keep to himself, even if the telling of it meant the ruin of his hopes. I He could not endure to see her chat­ ting by the hour with old Fielding, who evidently admired her and was quite equal to asking her to marry him, old villain that he was! And Millie--who could guess what she would do? "It'« time to be going back," said Ted, pulling his watch out. "Good morning. I've an idea that this would be rather a nice spot for a picnic--not half bad." Old Jack Grice bent nearly double with laughter the moment Ted's figure disappeared around the cliffs, and then he went home to tell Betsy the joke. She was a shrewd old woman and gave it as her opinion that Ted was in love. Meantime Ted hurried back to the ho­ tel in a sort of panic; lie felt uneasy suddenly because he had been absent for several hours, and Fielding might be taking the opportunity! A set of tennis was being played on the asphalt court; Millie was not there. He^ient and leaned on the fence that guarded the cliff and gave a sweeping glance from right to left, taking in the long walk from the top of the cliff and the shore l>elow, both visible from this point. Neither Millie nor Fielding was in view. So lie went in and looked for them all in the public sitting roomsf. There was not a sign of either. Until the goug summoned all the visitors down to table d'hote lie was unable to find her,- and then he heard casually that she had been out for a drive with her mother. It was Ted who proposed a picnic and Ted who suggested the best spot for .iionel*' "That's close to the love rock, Isn't 1 it?" asked someone. "The love rock?" said Ted with the utmost innocence. "What's that?" "h With the impatience of young folk, the picnic was fixed for the next day, weather permitting or not. A storm had been predicted, but the objections of the elders were talked down with many arguments as unanswerable as they were illogical. "It's not at all the weather for pic- nics," growled Mr. Fielding, following the group of enthusiasts, and looking sourly on Ted and Millie, who happen- v ed to be talking together. "We don't mind the weather," said Millie. Her face was radiant, and she entered Into the plans with all her heart. Ted saw her smile and stepped ,0baek aghast. "I should much prefer a quiet day on the shore," said Mr, Fielding in a p lower tone. Millie glanced at Ted, and then she slipped away. Somehow she now felt out of heart with the picnic. As for Ted, there was nothing he. wo°uld have liked better than to take Mr. Fielding toy th* throat and throttle him. • mxm: Tfie next morning^ broke bright and sonny.. A brisk wind that afterward became boisterous was blowing from the sea. With baskets Of provisions and long sticks--which they called their alpenstocks--th^ party started for the love rock. They took their lunch in the shelter of the cliffs. The tide was out, and the love rock stood up gaunt and jagged in full view. They intended to explore it that afternoon. .The tide had turned before the party reached the'rock, and now the wind was so strong that a few less daring spirits turned back. Ted kept close to Millie, wlio refused to give up the ob­ ject of the picnic," though Mr. Fielding advised and almost commanded her to desist. The rest were too intent upon the difficulties of their way to notice that Ted and MilliQ had struggled round to the other sideband the return j>arty were already well on their way home. Clouds were gathering in the horizon, and every moment the wind was rising. Ted was right in thinking that the fur­ ther side was more sheltered; in fact, so well sheltered was it that he and Millie were easily able to ascend, though it was much steeper hero. Half way up they stopped, and as they sat in a nook to rest they heard how fierce the Wind was now. 1 " How the wind is blowing'" isaicl Millie. "And what is that boom ? Don't yon hear It?" I expect it's the breakers some­ where farther along the shore." it makes me nervous. Are you cer­ tain that we shall get off all right be­ fore the tide surround us?" •. , "If we don't," answered Ted, "we shall all have a rather interesting ad­ venture. At least ten of us are on this rock. The sea never coverssit." "It would be rather good fun," said the girt, a little doubtfully. When she was rested they sta rted once more on the ascent. Ted did not want to get to the top. He had not yet told her his secret, and he was deter­ mined to speak before they left. But a fellow does not like to shout that sort of thing at the top of his voice. Moment by moment he put off the sentence and. as so often happens, he lost his opportunity, and they reach­ ed thet®5> before he had said the words. Millie had to cower down, because she could not stand1 against the wind, and it was all he could) do to keep his footing. PI is hat blew off and was car­ ried he knew not where in a moment. Millie's distress amused him until she lost her hat, too, when his distress amused her. "How splendidly stupid we are!" cried Millie, laughing gayly. "Can't you see the others, Mr. Rivers?" "No, they're not up yet." Ted shad­ ed his eyes with his hand. It seemed to be raining in gusts, for lie was quite wet. "There's a shower coming on," he shouted, "we must find shelter." He found a nook for her and they crouched down just as- a furious shower of rain drove down upon them. Ted got wet, for there was room to shelter only one. When the shower was over lie went to look for the rest again, entreating Millie not to follow, as the rock was so slippery it was hardly safe for her. But she insisted on following; and the result was that she slipped- and fell, with a cry of anguish. "No, no, it's nothing," pantedi Millie, "and it serves me right." But when she tried to stand she found it impossible, and then she look­ ed up at Ted in terror. "How am 1 to get down, this wretch­ ed rock?" she asked, on the verge of tears. "When the others come we'll man­ age somehow," he answered, reassur­ ingly, and in his distress about her he actually forgot the object that had drawn him here. I wonder why they aren't here now?" lie added. He stood upon a bowlder and looked shoreward, and then he gasped. Putting his hands to his mouth he uttered a loud and piercing call, and then he whistled shrilly, but the noise of the wind was lounder than his voice, and the sea gulls' shrieking drowned his whistle. \ { "What is it?" asked **Millie; taking fright. "Why are you calling?" V "It's no good. I'm afraid," he an­ swered; "they've given it up, and it isn't likely they'll trouble about us. Most likely they think we .went iiome with the others." t "That means---" exclaimed Millie. "That wc must manage to get down as best we can alone, Miss Lloyd." Millie grew pale, but she set her lips resolutely and said she was ready. With Ted's help she managed to stand, but a shoot of pain brought an involun­ tary cry from her lips and when she attempted to take a step forward, 1 though he supported her, she could not bear it, and she sank down with a short sob. "I must go for help," said Ted. "What! And leave me! Oli, I dare not stay here alone." "Now you must let me bo your doc­ tor," he said, taking her foot in his hand and cutting the shoe laces. He made a bandage with his handkerchief, soaked it in a pool and bandaged the injured ankle capitally. "Thank you very much," she said, "that is so nice." The tide advanced steadily and now it had completely surrounded them. A curious thrill of joy ran through him. He glanced back to where Millie sat bearing her pain patiently. She mo­ tioned him to come io her. "What do you see?" she asked. "We are surrounded and will have to stay here until the next ebb. Old Grice told me that no boat could ap­ proach in the finest weather, and now there's a high sea running." "Are we safe?" she asked, looking at him in terror. "Perfectly. But it will be cold and wet and you are suffering." "Not much," she replied, bravely, "and it is all my stupidity. Do you think you can ever forgive me?" Ted was not able to answer, except with a look that brought a rush of color to her pale checks. They sat in silence for a long time, listening to the roar of the breakers. A Solitary figured appeared on the shore, but neither of them saw it. It was an old man who stood looking toward the rock through a pocket telescope. Then he shut it up and Chuckled. there; I'll go and tell missus to make some soup for 'em, the young leddy'll maybe feel a bit chilly, and-doubtless he'll come off that air rock feolin' in­ clined, to reward everybody all round, and me in partie'lor." In ordef to be before' anyone ^Ise Jack returned to. the shore and got ready his boat, and several ropes. Then he sat down and Smoked, keeping a lookout for any | of the hotel folk who might be coming. When he saw men running panic-stricken toward him lie pocketed his pipe and pretended to be desperately busy with his boat. "They're as safe as if they was in their own beds," cried the old man, "but I'm a-goin' to get 'em off at the risk of my life. I'm an old man and ain't of much account. If I get drown­ ed all I ask is as someone'll look after my missus." ~ ~ Millie's foot was better--it had not been much strained after all, and the perfect rest she had given it made it a very slight matter. With help she was able to descend the rock, old Jack eagerly guiding by the easiest way. When they got down he received a tip so large that he had not the slight­ est doubt that the virtue of the rock had been proved once more; and, in­ deed, not one of the party who had come to welcome the adventurers wras deceived by Ted and Millie's innocent manner, and Mr. Fielding took his de­ parture the next day, which no one re­ gretted--Household Words. THE FARM AND HOME SGS2EZ MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARM­ ER AND HOUSEWIFE. Best Way to ,Care for Sweet Coi^ft-- Cooking Grain for Stock--l3ed|fes Are Soil Robbers--The Farm Work­ shop a Valuable Building. Ingenious Patents. The advent of the steam engine was the signal for a host, of ingenious and amusing inventions. A writer in the Leisure Hour has taken the trouble to delve among these old railway patents, and has found his labor well repaid. He made acquaintance with the unique theory of that anxious patentee who was very snre that iu winter the steam engine woald be perfectly use­ less. because the thin coating of hoar frost that would gather in tfoe morn­ ing upon the rails would effectually hinder the wheels from moving along. Of course the objector had a remedy to propose. His rails were to be hol­ low, in order to allow hot water to cir­ culate through them, thus keeping the metal warm and preventing the formai- tion of hoar frost. Another writer, fully persuaded that no smooth-wheeled vehicle could be made to move along ordinary roads, fitted his piston-rods not to work wheels, but; a set of legs, that kicked into the road beneath the engine, mov­ ing it much ass » punt is poled In the water, only here there were to be four poles instead of ome. Decidedly move interesting than an engine that kieked its way along was one that was- actually t®» walk on four legs. There- were several varieties of these steam-walkers, oae of which burst on its- trial trip; and killed six persons. It was not till Hedley ex­ ploded all these ingenious theories by simply trying how a smooth wheel would really act on a; smooth road, that the wonderful inventions <?«a.sed. The idea of danger was always very prominent in the- minds of investors. One Was so convinced, tliat "accidents^ on railroads would lie- freqjien&r' that he proposed to minimize the loss of life by attaching, the' train. to the- en- giijjg by a long rope, so that im the event of a collision only, the- engine- men would suffer. Another adopted: the expedient of a feather-bed placed; between, the btiCers of the carriages, so>that "a> shock could not be transmitted;" and! a third, ami still more ingenious patentee; proposed fixing a pair of rails along the top of the train, falling at a gentle gradient fore and aft, so that in event of an­ other train meeting or overtaking ft, the two could pass over ;i>nd under each other, and both, could go. on their way rejoicing. Caring for Feed Corn. I like to shuck my seed corn in the field to judge the stalk, says a corre- respondent of the "Indiana Farmer." This year I gathered it atyout fair time, and spread it out on a hay loft. It will keep well in a house loft which a pipe goes through, or fairly well in grain Sacks, not shelled in a xhopr/The sack is some protection. But I am going to try this winter a plan given by a pro­ gressive farmer at Winchester Insti­ tute. After corn is quite dry he puts it in cracker barrels mixed well with dry threshed oats, the Corn still on the cob, and places them in a dry place. This protects the grain much as nature docs from sudden, changes of moisture and temperature. He says his corn always shows great vitality. It is not enou that corn may "grow," it should grow with vigor. /' " V The loft of a workshop is a typical place, I once bought seed that had been corded under the ceiling of a dry cellar. It was swelled tight on the cob, but was good seed. I never like to shell seed that shows a crumpled or blistered face. You all know what that is. It should be gioss.v and bright, clean and smooth.; 1 used to keep a knife handy and examine the germ of most every ear. but have- now become so accustomed to the "feel" of the grain that I seldom weed a knife. If it shells off the cob a little tough and leaves lit­ tle white points broken off of the grain and left sticking in the cob, I reject that ear at once. If any mold shows any where op1 the esrr, it is cast aside. If it is a good ear and shells rattling dry and the grains are bright, glossy and flat and broad! and deep, so as to drill one at a time and avoid thinning, ;t passes. Very much' extra thinning is caused by plaating slim grains, "rat- tooth," so that Swo' are- often dropped at owe. helps itself from the air freely. In til!* class he places peas, vetches, beans, lentils, clovers. These assimilate nitro­ gen from the air, and the more the roots and stubble become incorporated with the soil the richer it is in nitrogen for other plants. As nitrogen is an ex­ pensive manure to purchase, this dis­ covery is of vast importance. If you wish to restore wheat and corn land sow peas or clover'or plant beaus for a few years.--The Independent. SOUND USEFUL A MOTOR. Boiling Grain' fctr Stock. WMfe we believe every fars/ie.* who keeps stock in any quantity should have1 a steam boiler and 'mill to grind the gttadim he feeds, still thorn* who lack this can ffied the next b^st substitute by boiling the grains until' arareiled and feeding ifc im this shape. More of the grain must be fed to produce' the same result as- whole unboiled grain, be­ cause tlie cooking increases Milk with­ out increasing its nutrition. But the boiled grains is partly .digested rn the cooking process, so that it is Iras likely to injure when stock is- fed' oil it large­ ly. It is better to boil grain, cheap as it now is, than to draw a griisrt eight or ten miles, as we have often clone, and wait a whole day form 25-tmsheI grist__to J>erground;"nesrdt*s- paying in money the cost of grinding; A Mersiles.* Test. "What a dreadful cold yom have!" exclaimed one Capitol Hill girt. "It is rather severe." replied the other. "But I don't mind it. I caught it in a good cause." "Did you have to go. out sn the rain after a doctor?"" "No. It was a selfish experiment; but it is assisting me in a manner so important that I don't mind it." "What is it helping you to do?" "Decide a question ou which my fu­ ture happiness depends." "Goodness me!" "Yes. Father said that as soon as the weather got cool enough to have the furnace going Herbert would be­ gin coming to the house three or four times a week instead of only once. He said that he didn't think there was any heat in Herbert's hall bedroom and that he came here because it is a nice warm place to sit. So last night when lie called I had the heat turned off from the parlor. I got very chilly, but I stood it better than Herbert did,, for I knew what to expect, and dressed accordingly. 1 told him that we didn't expect to have that room heated all winter, because we used it so little. It was a dreadful ordeal, but I shall not regret it, for it will silence my doubts forever. If Herbert comes back now I will know that he really and truly loves me."--Washingtor Star. Hedges as Soil Robbers. Land in this country is not so vari­ able as it is in* England; so'tifte- waste of ground occupied by hedlges and their roots extending: eittieir side has never been regarded: as- of much im­ portance. But as the lied&e grows older it extends its-roots-in. every direc­ tion, until as in tlio osago- orange each hedge plant becomes- a- lhcge' tree. In England hedges are kept eJo.vely trimmed, and this- restricts; tiix? exten­ sion of roots on either, smb.. We can­ not get the labor to> do this- in this country without making the hedge fence more expensivo tfaaw a: more per­ manent fence made wholly of Iron or of woven wire. If die hedg*? is al­ lowed to grow, the waste of land it will cause will make- its coat greater still. Most owners- of hedlges est farms would be glad to be rid! of fcbajii, if they could do so at little cost. Disease in the Foil. In a valuable paper on the relation of soil ferments to agriculture, Prof. Wiley, of the Department of. Agricul­ ture, draws attention to the dangerous possible results of burying animals that have died of some forms of con­ tagious disease. Our veterinarians have for years past insisted on the propriety of burning immediately after death of all animals that have died of anthrax, and Dr. Wiley, in his essay on ferments on the soil, says: "There are forms of ferments in the soil of a dangerous na­ ture, as w^ll as those which contribute to vegetable life. It has been observed in France that in localities where ani­ mals that had died of charbou (anthrax or splenic apoplexy) had been interred the germs of this infectious malady have persisted In the soil for many years, and that especially when cereal crops are cultivated on such soils „there is great danger of healthy cattle get­ ting contaminated w|tli the same dis­ ease. In one case where an animal died of charbon, sheep fed two years on the land where it wias buried were infected with the same disease and died." The same thing f» quite likely to happen with hog cholera. Every effort should be made by farmers to avoid infecting the soil by burying the carcasses ©tf any animals that have died of any zymotic disease. Banting is the only safe- way to dispose of carcasses. Science lias fully established! that several dises&fea- of this nature may have their germs kept alive in the- soil for several yea-rs, and for all such cases fire is the oniy safeguard Dehorning. An expert! will dehorn# aa animal very quickly either with: as saw or clippers. Sharp clippers with a slsear cut will take horns- offi'very nicely ffiiaid quickly. V good operator will'take off both horns in ten second^, either wit'hi a> saw or clippers. Calves ean<be del«Mniied when one or two weeks old" by tioueMng the embryo homi with.a.stick of huuir caus­ tic or a hot iron! By Ulle exercise of proper care and.applying, some healing mixture afterwards the' calves- suffer but little. Dehorning oanibe dbne-at: any time, except during- hot weather,, whom the wound is apt to > be fly blown* unless pine tar is applied daily, to prevent it. Young cattle are best dbhomedi w<hen about a year old. If' dehorned. w>lien much younger the liorniis more-liable to grow again. They-suffer but'little, and only for an instant'during the op­ eration. They almost invariably, begin eating as soon as liberated;, whichithey certainly would not d©>if: the pain con­ tinued. As-a-im -le-they-d6+not-bleed4s»> much as to make it necessary to iipply anything to stop it. The older the *anK mal the less they bleed usually. They should always be kept stablM untilItlie bleeding ceases. The quieter they, are kept the less will be the d&nger:' Quaint.Book Titles. The following are the titles of a lo: of curious books of Cromwell's time; "The Christian Sodality; or Hive ol Bees, Sucking the Honey of the Churches' Prayer From the Blossoms of the Word, Blowne Out of the epis­ tles and Gospels of the Divine Service Throughout th£ Yea re, collected by the Puny Bee of All the Hive, nor wor­ thy to be named otherwise than by these Elements in his name, F. P." "A Fan to drive away Flies; a Theological Treatise on Purgatory." "A Most De­ lectable Sweet Perfumed Nosegay for Saints to Smell at." "A Reaping-Hook, well-tempered, for the Stubborn Ears of the Coming Crop, or, Biscuit Baked in the Oven of Charity, carefully con­ served for the Chickens of the Church and the Sweet Swallows of Salvation." "High-heeled Shoes for Dwarfs in Holiness." "The Spiritual Mustarc1 Pot." ftouen's Great Clock. The great clock of Rouen, France, lia« been grinding out time and striking the hours and quarters for over 500 years, running all this time without interrup­ tion. Asian Bricks. The best bricks In the world a Blamed if I don't 4>eheve they're made by the tribes of Central Asia. A Farm Worifc»Uop. No more useful building, or one that will save more money to the. farmer, can be found than.a. workshop; In which should be kept a complete' set of tools for working in woodt SUxHi a set will not be very expensive, and having a house where they can be kept it will encourage habits o£ neatness, which al­ ways pay in every business. We would have the tool house- Large enough to be^ used as a general receptacle for all farm implements, wagons, sleighs, drills and carts when not in use. On# room should be partitioned off and have a small stove, so that it can be kept warm for working in it in winter. Make All the Land Pay. It is one of the advantages or dis­ advantages. as the case may be, of renting land that the man who rents has fully impressed upon him the need of getting full returns from every acre that he pays rent for. If the farm is owned this point is not often thought of. If the farmer gets a living, and if he can still lay by a few dollars in the bank at the end of the year, he thinks he is doing all that can be expected. Quite likely this is true in times of low- prices, when it is most difficult to make farming pay. But it is not the result at which a farmer should aim. His attempt should lie even if not realized to get some profit from every acre, and to make his best land produce as large profit as it is capable of doing. When­ ever farmers aim at these purposes they will be able to withstand competition unless it comes from those whose nat­ ural facilities for cheap production are superior to their own. Crops that Fatten the Soil. Some of the.recent investigations in vegetable physiology are of extreme im­ portance to agriculture. I have before referred to the" growing knowledge of plants that do hot rob the soil. It is a, fact that some growths actually enrich the soil. Corn and wheafand tobacco deplete it of such constituents as are not easy to be had, but, on the other hand, leguminous plants and clovers make it more fertile. Prof. Paul Wag­ ner, at one of the German research sta­ tions, puts plants in two classes. In the first are wheat, rye, oats, barley, pota­ toes, turnips, tobaccb, vines, chicory, buckwheat, mustard, cabbage--all of which use up nitrogenous material and cannot help themselves to more from the air. On the other hand, lie shows that there is a class that does not de­ pend on the nitrogen in the soil, Irdt Methods of Tillage.-- ' The method of plowing, is not so'im­ portant ns the act of plowing or turn­ ing the sward, yet the method should differ with the soil. Sandy soils-de­ ficient in organic matter andi already open should receive a different- fum>w. from a compact clay. The former; should have a close and closed furrow, or flat furrow, while ttie' latter requires- a lap furrow. Such a furrow loses nothing in breaking longitudinally and crosswise in the act of turning.. As- such furrows plow harder, tlieir axh vocacy is of doubtful propriety, for we are in the age of effective after-tillage- tools in the cutaway type* to. harrows-,. No harrow with a tendency to-pack, the soil, like the old spike-tooth ebrss,. whose teeth act as wedges? should'bo used. As before stated^ 116 harrow should be used for the. purpose of pul­ verizing and of soil decomposition'that does not openrt.he soil; more freely to. the air than before its-use. After, ai moderate use no harrov.^-'onrinues^ to* make the soil more porous so far as in­ dividual investigations threw light on> the subject.--Country Gou:l >man. Golden Wax ISeans. The Golden Wax beans,, from, the tenderness of tly?Ir pods and! absence of strings, are much the moat popular bean for use when green. But not many know that next to the Lima bean the Golden Wax. is also, best for use in its dry state; It has a richer flavor, re­ calling the Lima when, it is cooked dry. There is, however, such a demand for wax beans for seed in spring that not many of them, can be afforded for eat­ ing purposes. Probably If the superior­ ity of the wax bean was understood more would be grown and used dry. The only drawback on growing the wax bean largely is the difficulty of sliel- ling it. The waxy condition of the pods keeps the beans from drying oiit, as most other beans will do, and tin- less shelled by hand some beans will be left in the pod. Poultry Yard. Fatten the fowls just as quickly as possible. When the fattening process is begun, stuff them. Are those broken window lights re­ placed by whole ones to keep out the wet and cold? When the wings are cut, the feathers do not renew until the bird molts, but where the feathers nre pulled new feathers will appear in a short time. Secure a quantity of leaves for the hens to scratch hi this winter. Place them in the. hen house and scatter the grain therein. The fowls will get need- "^cl exercise in hunting for it. ^ It is well to make an occasional change in the ingredients of mixed foo^s. Oats which have been boiled for two or three hours are excellent for an occasional breakfas?' for the fowls in winter, or for an evening meal iu sum­ mer. Buckwheat boiled is a great egg- making food. Select and make a purchase from some reliable breeder of such variety as may be desired, and then prepare good, warm, airy and comfortable quarters, and reap your reward in the well-filled egg baskets wheu eggs are high. Power May Be Developed by Harness injE the Waves of JSoise. A sound motor is the latest. It has been discovered that sound contains or can cause motion. This may be the Explanation of the mysterious lveely motor ivhich "went" without any ap­ parent cause. The new sound' motor is in the form of a wheel, whioli turns when a certain note is struck. As yet it has little power and may be easily stopped with the finger. But further experiments' may show that all sorts, of noises at present re­ garded merely as a nuisance can be made to accomplish useful results. The intensity of its manifestation depends upon the density of the air in which the sound is generated, nnd. not upon the density of the air in which it is heard. A tuning fork when in vibra­ tion molds the surrounding air into sonorous waves that we call soimd. While this may be termed simply an "exhibition of energy." who is the philosopher who can prove it is to be a "form of matter?" Sound is but a changed form of mole­ cule. In the first form of thy? sound motor vanes like those of .lk* radio­ meter were employed,. but without much success. Then the phenomenon of resonance was studied. .Ceiuain shaped bodies a pea red to re-enforce sound--make it louder, stronger. Ex­ periment. along this line revealed t'ho remarkable fact that botwevV.i the Saw of conic sections and the law of sound there existed; a.-.curious , relationship, the tonic, the dominant and the sab- dottiimmt of the sound scale corre­ sponding to the cylinder, the parabola and the hyperbola. A cavity shaped as a cylinder, having a spherical tt»r/ mination, offered a measurable resist­ ance to the sound of the tonic.v A cav­ ity shaped as a parabola resisted the sonnd of the dominant and a liyper- boLV- shaped cavity resisted the sub- dominant, the different shaped cavi­ ties but slightly or not at all affected by otfliier not.es. The" preseac form of the sound motor consist of " a flat disk mount ed upon an axle'. On tjhe periphery of the disk are twelve en pi ike cavities shaped either' parabolic, hyperbolic or cylin­ drical, according as it i'» desired to use a; certaim note,, tilie- axis of the cavity Seihgv ait a tangent to the eircumfer- oaoe1 of the diislS^. As a hollow sphere reflects to its eeater all rays of inci­ dence' originating withi® it, besides re- enforcing tliem, the motor Is inclosed in a> flat spherica-li casing, which while conserving the actuating, sound ex­ cludes-extraneous ones. The axis of the* disk is projected' outside of the casing, whose it carries a pulley. Tlits'soundi employed to move the disk is produced By a tuning forfe vibrated by :v small electro magnet. A curi­ ous feature iff that the- motor will only operate when the cavities are seven or twelve in number,, corresponding to the number of tones fn the major and chroma-tic scales'of the incomplete oc­ tave.--JSew York: .Journal.. Cured the- Mure, "I' was riding along a mountain road in eastern Kentucky a few weeks ago," remarked: a traveling salesman to a Washington. Star reporter, "when I saw a- mule running toward me with a single tree dangling at his heels. With great- difficulty I succeeded in turning out of his- way amd he contlnned to go down the mountain' at lively pace. "AJbouti a mile further ou I saw two front wheels-of a spring wagon, and a- short; distance a.way the other wheels and the wagon box.. I Looked around to see if the driver had' been hurt, but finding no> one d!ro>ve on. , "ISaia* few minutes, li met a man walk­ ing down, the road rather hastily. 'Stranger,' lie querfiedi, 'did yo' see a mewl, daw® thar?r "•'Xes.' " 'Did he- kev ai rag: ©vetr Is year?' "•'It didn't see any.r " 'Waal,, i'i's all right, I reckon 'e'll stop w.lien 'e gits flustered out, an' I reckon 'e's cured.' '•'What is-he-cured of?' I asked. •'BaLkin, Yo' see I heerd thet a grasshopper put in th* year o* a hoss or' me-wl ><3 cure 'ina from balkin', so. I tied a rag over th' critter's year so it oouldn' git out, cotched a grasshopper, put 'im in, an', stranger, ti's th' bes' remedy I ever seed. Th' mewl didnt giv me time to git in th' wagon. I never did see a mewl so sprightly. I reckon th' hopper's got out now, an' I'll go OR art cot eh th* mewl.' " . A Looomotive Fort. American locomotives are found all over the world. The Baldwin concern has just filled an order for a two-foot, gauge mountain climber for a Mexican railroad, one a little wider, and the first of a large number ordered for the Russian trans-Siberian railroad, a com­ pound engine for the Norwegian State Railroad, and an armored locomotive, which is almost a fortress, for the use of the Spanish troops in Cuba. The cab is protected by steel plates three-eighths of an inch in thickness, which can be slid over the grass when required. These shutters are provided with loop-holes, through which the en­ gine guards can operate rifles, or the machine gun which is to be mounted in the cab. Both in the Same Fix. A Tioga youth started to take his best girl to the city one evening last week. The couple boarded a street car, and when the conductor came in for his fare, the young man dived down in his pocket. To his horror, lie discovered that his pocket was absolutely empty. Looking up at the conductor, lie blurt­ ed out: ".I've changed my pants and left my money at home." Then he look­ ed questioningly at the girl. She shook her head, and murmured: "So have I." The conductor grinned, the maiden blushed, and the young man signaled to stop. "Hello," said the smoking ear as the damaged trolley rolled into the depot. "What struck you?" "Oh," replied the trolley, "1 thought I would hate a lit­ tle fun by running down a gang on the street, and hanged if they weren't all football players!"---Philadelphia North American. What a uniformity of opinion exists among men that good husbands' are made by letting men have-their own way! / When a boy says "No" at the table; it doesn't mean no; i+ means tUut Ue is trying to be polite. „. Mrs. Humphry Ward's "Sir George Tressaday" exhausted the first edition In London within a month. Edward S. Ellis, producer of juvenile stories, has condensed "Plutarch's Lives" into a single small volumes Rudyard Kipling jg enjoying himself at Torquay aqd announces his inten­ tion of remaining at that snug Devon­ shire seaport until the early spring. William .Allen White, editor of thp Emporia (Kail.) Gazette, is the author of a book of Kansas stories entitled "The Real Issue." Anthony Hope's next novel will be called "Simon Dale." and will be is­ sued serially in McClure's, beginlng in June, 185)7. It is partly historical, the scenes being laid in the time of Nell Gwynn. The same author's "Pliroso," which has awakened wide interest,, will appear in book form in January. Mr. Barrie ,has been visiting Boston and has also made a pilgrimage to ttee home1 of Miss Wilkins. Apropos of the rejection of the Macmonnies Bac­ chante by the- trustees of the Boston- Public Library some wag has suggest­ ed that) Bosto© will npt lack for art, since the- notary will always have plenty of SttrrieHteaVei!. The Sawny Beam legend on which Crockett's. "The- Gray Man" is founded comes frotn the- oldest. extant "chap book," of which- Mr.: Crockett has a copy dated 1G80:. Bus the most reliable source of this historical romance is "The Historie of the- Konnedys." The author declares lie has stuck, close to facts. ~ Tlie new edition oC the- woirks and letters of Lord Byron,, edited by W. E. Henley, is now on the point of appear­ ance. It will consist, of twelve vol­ umes. The letters, diaries,, and speech­ es are to be contained- in> four volumes and the verse in eight. The edition* de luxe, at six guineas net>. is for* soils- in England only. mm A Dreadful Father;. The young man had. called- on. tlw* father of the loved one to>ask. his>coni- Bent. "I came to see you on a matterof bus­ iness," said the young man. "What business?" inquired, the fatih»- er. "I love your daughter; , sir/.' banged! away the young man, though.he wasuSfc half ready. "Ah!" smiled the fathon "Yes, sir," said the young mam "Indeed?" continued the-fJithen "Yes, sir," repeated the young mam "Is that so, really?" went on. the- father. "Yes, sir," still insisted: the young: man. The father remained silent so^JOng: that the young chap thought he would; explode if1 the old one didn't say. some­ thing pretty soon. . ...V.W. "Um-er," began the old gent, "did: I'. understand you to say you... lOvei my daughter?" "Yes, sir," blurted out the yomig;mam_ emphatically. " ' "Ah:- ' "Yes, sir." "Indeed?" "Yes. sir." "Is that so, really r- "Yes, sir." , The young man wonderecKhow- long; this kind of thing would continue. "Uh--er," hesitated the .old gentle­ man, "so you love my daughter-?" "Yes " began the young man,, and! stopped. "1 beg your pardon, sir, but I' have told you that before." "Told me what?" said the-fatherv a» sweetly as an angel might talk./* "Told you that I loved your, daugju- tor." "All!" exclaimed the old gentlemam softly. "Yes, sir." "Indeed v" The young man saw what was conir- ing, and got hot in the gills; "No, sir," he said, sharply... The old gentleman looked, at: himi lis pained surprise. "I thought you said you didS'"lle sadii. "Did what?" asked the- young raana. not exactly kuowing what lie-was-say­ ing. "Loved my daughter,.-" "I do. sir," quickly put inithe-youdilk "Ah!" smiled the father; "Yes, sir." "Indeed?" followed: tho faitheii;. ais be­ fore. i It was too muchi.foiv the poor young man. "I beg your pardoni. sir;" he said, "but I think you are cruel;.sir," and; he back­ ed out and left, while the-old gemtleman settled back in his easy chair and snort­ ed a loud aild emotional snort of tri­ umph, short-lived' tltougli tt may be.-- Washington Star. Poor- Squirrel. An anthsquirreli convention has been held in the State- of Washington, and resolutions have- been adopted serious­ ly calling upon the law-makers of the State to take action for the "eradica­ tion of the squirrel pest." Yet the subject of this agitation la the cheerful little creature that was * weteosue denizen of the woods t.lirougrh- oirt most of the world long before the old-time humorous and tolerant poet sang: -r." - Tlio squirrel is a pretty bird; He wears a bushy tail; He steals Old Grimes' Indian corn And eats it on a rail. i i, Plies' Ocean .Tourneys. Among the things that furnish occa* pation for the eyes and minds of trans­ atlantic voyagers are the house flies which accompany the great steamships from one side of the ocean to the other. In fine, sunshiny weather the flies buzz cheerfully about the sheltered pjaeea on the decks, and when the wind blows high they take refuge in t he cabins and salons. The flies often remain with the ship while in port, and return With her on her next trip, thus crossing the ocean several times in succession, and perhaps spending the entire season at sea. _ • Don't put too much confidence in a dog because it wags its tail; that not the end it bitea with. 15