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_-_ -- “a ‘p it is desired to turn the rely over, a plow with a y curved mold-board is urns the furrow smoothly and breaks the furrow the , harrommg can be done ‘0 do good work with one ’,r.o all kinds of land. .A; Ved, short, high mold-board the furrow very high and teak it. up; this is suitable My 3011. For smooth, male u? for plowing sod in the the beam of the plow is ng Lhe home near to the istunce, the draft will be ere should be several {inks beam and whifiletree, to arses some leeway when a mound or into a depres- the point of the plow may (1 .up or down. dlopour m more cold wa- hmg the ghurn, and the! ham-n g‘xpldly about W! (1 thus illustrated a few an. institute, and the re- ach lit- 53 OF SOFT BUTTER. .er that is made in am usoft or mushy, though, host of it is solid and of 'lhe reason why the is not of the same qual- hard is that it is not Ie same mannerâ€"which anludes the handling of ill: and cream. The soft- butter is generally due to sture being too high, and soft butter is the rule in during the hot months of u-gust. Perhaps the rea- Le difficulty is not over- ; of convenience, pressure ies, and. in some cases, is To over-come all this, keep j Have the cream at thO' erature, and if you cannot beans of making it so, it ter to give up the idea tter during the summer. he a great deal better poor butter even if 300 ed in the smallest kmd reamâ€"during the moral!!! hbt be bestâ€"at a temper? t 56 or 68 degrees. for th!‘ fits becoming mushy-mg a this facc ning that 'n the concentl‘at rs as compared with But in both the-'9 f“ It m which farm gives the“ ed min- sta- l fertilizer t t. 0f pOta-EJL sawholl DR’IIONS 0F MANURE ; not always depend 0}! .3 this facc which farm- 31' acre, it man . concentrated oncentrated f0 La la. '- =oncentrated form. 'e there is always )1) of mineral fel Tiset by the availal the stable manure s decomgosing. Tl .as also another eff 0 its.“ sod begin With with. ‘v “331'! â€" m... an. ufcoLLJ uUWo named is the man who thought. he 59am bmketzake her! Not though he? .ne'YQI‘ noticing big no}: or tone. .“h-at ‘as I but a poor Ziftle peasant gee-maker. when my generosus young ‘0”1‘ the father of Victorine, marned me?" . . Hénri made no answer, but Ins taunt? ., - . family pride had received 8 mm- “Mam-ma, teach me to work it,” she said one day. “My fingers are ever so much finer and. tinier than ours!” So she began to work a veil or her doll. and the facility with which she learnt the graceful work was surpris- ing. At the age of fifteen she was so expert that Adele allowed her to take part in the creation of the wonderful veil izself. in idle luxury, but enough to give him a fair Start in business life. Know- ing that in Paris his noble relatives would no: scruple to oppose such a- Course as he had decided on, he chose London as the scene of his efforts- and Bu: as they only worked at it by fits amistar15, as the fancy seized them, i: was s i 1 unfinished when Victorine H mi came of noble blood, and was weil-toâ€"do. His parents had left him gumgxqoney; not enough! to live upon mmenced “I will finish it for you,” she said, ”and then when the time comes for my little Victorine to be a bride, she will have a veil to be proud of.” So again the pretty taper fingers toiled busily over the delicate lace, and masses of graceful flowers and fairy- like ferns grew steadily under them. Little Victorine watched the pro- grrss of the work with keenest in- terest. was seventeen, and Hmri Riviera came a-goo'mg her. we fabric to her lips. the story of its making. "Oh, the pretty lace 1” she cried, clapping her hands, and dancing with delight as Adele shook it out of its folds. “May I have it for a wedding. dress for my dolly, mamma 3” The pretty matron laughed and shook her head as she pressed the deli. It 900!) . 9" ‘ r!” ufinfl‘.’ But Arthur came to claim her long More the veil was finished, and she wried himâ€"her young English lov- u. as poor as herselfâ€"and went with mm :0 England. The veil went with them, packed away at the bottom of a gunk, andâ€"furg‘Otten. I, 13:: forgotten for twelve years, unzil a lonely liLtle ten-year-old fairy broke its long sleep at last. She had dark eyes, like the little french laceâ€"maker of old, but she had the English golden hairâ€"Arthur’s pretty French peasant girl began ‘ sitting under the He, Lover Was far over the sea. Adele d a family of lace-makers, and said to herself: "I'll work my own bridal veil in my hoiidai time, and then when Arthur A“... to marry me, shall I not be a 1'10 the scene of his efforts, and business as a merchant knowledge of his bride’s racxion so annoyed him that _ irritable, impatient, fret- uw-wc, uupuu vub, 1160' 1'1)“ he cone ei ed an absurd dislike to the bridal veil. 9Sight of it!’ he cried one L('11 be and Vic‘torine were aker!” he said to himself. girl! If I had but known 1y own bridal veil in my and then when Arthur r3: me, shall I not be a a? No lady’s veil shall understood him. The :‘hnd had been. slow to pride of this French he saw all clearly now. Then she told dinner. . A model young man, madam gmodel young man. How old is he? 1 Just two months. Vuvu w vâ€" So much the better, madam; the use of tobacco is a poisonous habit. Does he frequent the clubs? He has never put his foot in one, Allow me to congratulate you. Does he never come home late? Never. He goes to bed directly after Fussy Old Gentleman, to chance traveling lady companion. Have you any children, madam? Yes. sir, a son. Ah, indeed! Does he 81110383 No. sir; he has never: so much as touched a ciganettc. --â€" 1‘...- ‘kn “an Pale and thin, and somewhat care- worn still, was the. bride of the Mar- quis on her wedding day; but in his eyesnthe eyes of true and faithful love â€"it Was still the sweetest face in all the world that smiled under Adele’s bridal ve-il. And so at last they parted coldly, Imam aHn -4» 1L..-_.L z . wilfiny : UV “V"‘ “w And so it was. Many a fair and high-1mm bride wore “the bridal veil of Riviere” in the years to come; but among them all none were more truly blesz than the poor lace-maker, whose mocher was a peasant girl, but who for true 'love’s sake and for love alone, was chosen by her faithful lover to be Madame la Marquise de la Ri- known it you have regretted our - gagement. Do .not speak. I 11:39 segn .a change In you. I- know that Fine in an “ML “ trembling hand, “since I learn this be- fore it is too late. I will the favor you ask.” have kissed the trembling hand, but ghe drew it quickly away. uv-.-_ Lâ€"9 ,_ _.....- ‘uv.’ yusbcu WIUIy, lovers still at heartâ€"for, ah! love dies not easilyâ€"but outwardly seeming scarce friends. She stood proudly as he left the room, but whemL'the sound of the clos- mg door struck like the knell of h0pe on {her passionate young heart, she 7 _ _â€"â€"vv :3- VHVHVU. Strange changes have been hap- pening theme. Three lives that stood between him and the title and estates of the Marquis de la Riviere had been suddenly swept away, and so they sent for him, the heir. “I borrowed it of a lace-maker,” the lady who wore it explained. “I would have bought it, but she would not sell. It was her mother‘s work.” “A young girl 2" he gasped. “Oh, no, indeedl. A poor, thin, jad- ed creature, with. fine eyes, certainly, but ill and worn. -’I shall be glad to give you her address if you have work for her. I am sure she needs it.” "Kid {fieâ€".Marquis kissed the lace and blessed it because through it he had found her_again.__ __ o s 1": I ,‘i The. next day saw Him starting for London. -vuu“ u-- " I love it now 1’ he cried. “It shall be kept as _a precious treasure always,” ___3 The once happy home was broken up; the husband and father had fol- lowed Adele to a better world; and their child, for Whom husband, title, and fortune were waiting in sunny France, was earning sorrowful bread as a lace-maker. So the Marquis waited for an ans- wer in vain; until after many months his own letter was returned to him through the Dead Letter Office. It c‘a'me like a. messenger of hOpe. So! She had not ne-fused to answer big, as be ‘bad thought. Vv'ell, she never needed for anything after that night; love and happiness came to her in bounteous measrue, and: stayed with her forever afterward. _ __ . vâ€" .â€"v “'- 1‘“; “V La Riviene. But she never got the letter. The house to which it came was empty. Need I describe his welcome there, or tell of the crowds that flacked to claim acquaintance with “the Marquis?” But none could tell him anything of Vic- toriue, except the story of her sor- One evening he made one ofaparty of a tableaux vivamts, for he had to go into Soxiely sometimes, however ht- tle he liked. il, and the particular tabâ€" leau in which he took part was that of a wedding. Suddenly one of the but- tons on his cuff caught in the bride’s lace veil. In an instant “he had recog- nized that onceâ€"hated laceâ€"it was Vic- torine’s bridal veil! And after three months’ search he had failed to find her. He had money, influence, deepest heart-interest to aid search, yet it failed. Gently. but firmly, as her true lover the Marquis de DIDN’T SMOKE. madam â€" a :IPRET‘I‘Y GIRLS ASTRIDE The male Lithuanian is not given to demonstrative patriotism; he doesn’t recognize a King of. Prussia at all, much less a German Emperor, Intense- ly provincial and forever living in the past, he looks upon William simply as his Dukeâ€"the Duke of ancient Borssia, i.e., “ the land adjacent to Russia.” As such he honors him. And because Wil- liam buys all the horses that can be raised on the big plains for his cavalry he regards him “ as a good thing,” gen- erally, but further than that he has no use for His Majesty. Hence the ef- forts of the provincial Governors, Count Bismarck, the son of. the late Chancel- lor; Baron von Tischowa, and Herr He- gal, to get up some sort of popular welcome for the Kaiser upon the occa- sions of his semiannual visits to the province have always fallen flat. In less than a week over six hundred girls and women offered their services for a demonstration of a kind such as the century has hardly ever seen. " True to the customs of our ancestors, we will receive His Majesty at the frontiers of our, the Gumbinnen, dis- trict and from there conduct him to Rominten in triumph,{’ they told their councilmen and parsons, “but we make one condition; our Duke, meaning the Kaiser, must have no other bodyguard. During the time of his stay in our country we want to be his soldiers. We will garrison his castle, will ‘ beat ’ the game for him, will attend him on his trips around the country and see him safely home when he decides to re- turn.” ALL DEPENDS ON THE GIRLS. Count Bismmck communicated with the Emperor’s Court Marshal to find‘ out whether or not the offer proved; acceptable. The Court Marshal wrote:y “ It all depends on the girls; go and look them over.” So His Excellency in, vited his fair petitioners to meet him at Trakehnen, the celebrated horse farm, and at the same time arranged with the Governor of the place for the loan of a hall. But if the hall had been as big as a ten acre field it couldn’t have accommodated the assembly, for everyone of the 600 Lithuanian ladies came on horseback, many bringing led horses to boot, and all insisted upon attending the council seated on their charger. Such has been the custom of the country for hundreds, perhaps a thousand years and more, and the Lith- uanian rarely changes his habits and never foregoes a privilege. There was an open-air meeting then, and the Count, who is already alittle stiff in his joints, had to mount a b.ood- ed horse, despite his rheumatism, and make a speech from the saddle. President Hegel, of the Gumbinnen District, translated the address into the old Prussian tongue for the Lithuan: T0 ESCORT THE Five hundred peasant girls in the Province of Prussia are forming into a cavalry regiment to offer Emperor William a right royal welcome when he repairs to his hunting grounds in Rominten Prairies at the close of the present yachting season. This spring the Count decided to ad- dress his appeal to the country women and, brave girls that they are, they responded most joyfullyâ€"every moth‘ er’s daughter of them. wouldn‘t accept wasn’t written i tongue, which t1 does not mas’ger. mented liquor made of honey and wa- ter, richly spiced, soampered off in groups and m many. directions to re- turn to their homes 1n the endless flat broken by numerous streams and BEAMTIFUL FORESTS. They have been drilling under their hetmen ‘tyrioe a week ever since, and L -...- :mrn':nk31’ my! They are Lithuaniansâ€"of the race that became famous under the Jagel- Ionsâ€"and their homes are in the dis- tricts of Gumbinnen and Koenigsberg, between the Baltic, Russia. and Po» land. VA“ .. a “wâ€"wâ€" v ians do not undersmnd German, and a regular exchange of vxews follow- ed, thh this_ rgsult: “ r"he provinciai Gevernment accepts. the services of the .Lithuanian ladies with a view of selecting from them 500 to make up a regimeng. '1‘ .4---_I 2.. :Ls intimated, b0: LWLVV ‘- these hetn}en have invariabz y seen 9L‘L-.. _n “:wn+na n’ ,9 ‘LLIGD LVA o I having been arranged, the roman gave an impromptu ex- of their horsemanship, and af- ink of “ mead,” a strong fer- liauor made of honey_and wa- the negotiatipns that The only complaint recorded is the girls’ aversion to exercise on foot. “We have offered to serve His Majesty as his mounted bodyguard,” they say; “it’s out of our line to play at m- fantry.” Count Bill had to acknow- ledge, that, and slow-time marchlng and other “ lowly ” drills were drop- ped for more moving exercises cover- ing a great deal of space in an m- credibly short time. As their whole life is spent on horse- back, the girls could give points to the reviewing officers in most of these exercises. These Lithuanians scramble upon a pony as soon as their legs are long enough to hold on; they learn The drill decided upon is formation in squadrons, companies and sections, mounting of the guard, taking hurdles fences and ditches. attack en masse. deploy and rally, and finally " attend to the chase." to tend lar’ge herds of cattle before they know their prayers, and they can wield a three-yard whip sooner than a _cooking spoon. Learned meri claim that the Lithu- anians came originally from India, and that their language resembles San- scrit. That may be true or not, cer- tain it is that these faraway Prussian subjects in one respect, at least. re- semble the Hindu women. Like them, they wouldn’t think of mounting a horse save to straddle it. A girl hang- ing in a saddle is an object of the greatest curiosity and wonder in their country; nothing can persuade them that she isn’t a freak or a PROFESSIONAL CIRCUS RIDE. Count Bismarck says that up to the time he met the great cavalcade at Trakehnen, he inclined to believe in the time-honored assertion that the aver- age woman’s legs are too short to al- low of straddling and managing a horse. “ Clhe nonsense of it was most forcibly brought home to me when I met these natives,” he continued, “for the Lithuanians are a small race, com- pactly built, they have a limited stretch of limb, men and women beâ€" ing much alike in outward appearance; Yet these girls have what cavalry men call “ an iron seat.’ They seem to man- euver their horses at will, though scorning stirrups and spurs and whip.” The reviewing officers agree that they never met with recruits exhibiting so much intelligence and skill in the handling of homes and in obeying sig- nals. Every second girl or woman would make an efficient " flugelman,” they cried enthusiastically, if there was any need of them. The flugelman, you must know, is a sort of crack sol- dier, whose movements his comrades must simultaneously follow. ity. The regiment will have no hats. The only head dress custom permits the Lithuanians to wear is the raisztis, a sort of linen cap festooned with lace and flowers. To this they cling with something akin of religious fervor There are maids, brides, housewives widows and old women's caps, and woe to the party who dons one not belong- ing-“to” her rank. The gods will cer- tainly destroy herâ€"the ' gods, for though nominally Christians, the Lith- uanians still cling to thusday tower; uncommissioned officers, they are well able t_o teach the girls their business. 01' Late Count Bismarck ordered re- views of the different “ squadrons ” to be held under the guidance of officers of the cavalry reserves, and the re- ports received are most encouraging. Ordinarily the mariginne is half hid- den by a white apron in front and back, but this part of the costume has been discarded. the ladies admitting that aprroned soldiers wouldn’t be quite the thing. \Vith the colored skirt the mounted volunteers wear a black vel- vet jupe laced in front like the “Mieder” of the Swiss maiden. And, like hers, it is cut decollete, exhibit- ing a snowy white shirt bosom, with big leg of mutton sleeves fastened at the wrist. The skirt has pretty epau- lettes. embroidered in many colors, and the sleeves, too. exhibit elaborate em- broidery. For regimental purposes the company or squadron number will be placed on the shoulder straps. Around their waists the girls usually wear a girdle called “ josta,” which, like their garters. is inscribed with pious mot- toes in their own language. The Emperor has promised his vol- unteers beautiful new fangled “ jos- tas ” appropriate to the occasion in the national colors, black and white.bear- ing some patriotic motto. but it is not yet settled that the gift will be ac- cepted. The Lithuanians are a very superstitious race, and fear to lose caste with their fellows by adorning themselves with anything coming from Germany. All their stuffs and goods are home made. When the W0- men get too old to ride they turn to weaving and embroidery. Every farmhouse has its old-fashioned loom and the winter evenings are general- ] y spent The Lithuanians are bionde or brown; the race doesn’t produce dark or red- headed girls. One of the sights of the regiment will be the Amazones’ braids of wondrously long and thick hair. When the girls are on horseback their braids reach to their heels, They like to wear them drawn over the left b.3- som, but it’s a questibn Whether mil- itary rules will permit this act of van- Unlike the peasant women of oth- er parts, the Lithuanians wear skirts reaching nearly to the ground, which shows that their clothes are primarily adopted for riding; the uniform of the Amazone Regiment follows the nation- al dress common. in old Prussia in all respects. “Ho“; do yet). do it?” one of thém was asked. “ What have I got my thighs and kngegfor ?j’ she gave back. The troop has been divided into five squadrons, recognizable by the color of their “marginnes”-â€"skirts, from mar- gas, bright. “ The marginne” of the First Squad- ron, is light blue; for the second, vio- let has been selected; for the third green, for the fourth red, and for the fifth yellow. These frocks are accor- dion pleated and very wide to allow them to fall in graceful folds from the horse 8 back. IN TH E SPINROOM. Rominten is usually furnished with a guard of 200 infantry during the Kais- er’s stay there. The girls will take the places of these foot soldiers, and like them bivouac under canvas. Their long herding whips are their only wea- pon. but they will do in case of ob- noxious curiosity seekers, or even of poachers. say. Lithuania comprises the greater half of East Prussia, and contains many royal castles, hunting grounds, studs and other crown domains. The flat country, intersected by forests, through which beautiful roads lead to the various country houses and villages belonging to His Majesty, is well ad- apted to a showy procession of that kind, and if, after reaching headquar- ters .at Rominten, William feels like alarming the garrison, he can do so without disturbing the sleep of out« siders. days well enough, but on the way thxther worship some traditional deity sppposed to reside in a tree, on tin nvqr bed or seashore, with offerings of gr_a_1n, eggs or chickens. Not the least interesting part of this Amazon regiment are the horses, bred from Arab, Neapolitan, Spanish and English stock. They are, as a rule, alert animals with brainy foreheads and intelligent eyes set wide apart The head of the Lithuanian horse is small and carried on a lengthy neck, He has sloping shoulders, a roomy chest and small ears. The best of these horses look like thoroughbreds W1th their prominent muscles, wide hips and their general air of gentleness and fearlessness. The regiment proposes to meet the Kaiser at some railway station not yet named, between Koenigsberg and Gum- binned, take him into its midst and march him in triumph all through Lithuania, or Lithauen, as the Germans ahcient mythology and heathen no- gons. They ride to_ church _on Sun- {Medical scientists tell us that we may no longer kiss, that it injures the health, and the evils resulting from the osculalory habit, if persisted in, are set forth ad libitum and ad nau- seum. ,Ma-n is the only animal that- kisse-s, as a mark of affection, and the kiss is undoubtedly as old as human nature. In: the old catacomb pictures of Egypt, fond lovers are depicted in kissing attitudes, while as far back as Jacob, we are told that this worthy patriarch kissed Rachel and “lifted up hils voice and wept," though why he wept: is only a matter for conjecture. The Romans divided kisses into three classesâ€"the, osculum, basium and sau- vium, which' meant the kiss of friend- ship, of politeness and of love. The Greeks recognized but one, the kiss of love. We of the present day have the kiss of reconciliation, of respect, of adoration, and who of us does not re« member the first kiss of love? Fair nights and: starry skies come home to every heart. Who has not wandered by love's Elysian streams? Who has not accepted a betrothal witnessed by Saturn's triple circlet? .And who has mouth, To kiss them all at once from north to somh." Kisses have even appeared as that- ters. of litigation. Then there is thc last kiss, which, with bursting heart we press upon the cold, senseless clay, which; will never more respond to our caresses. But saddest of all is the kiss of satiety. Who can tell the bit- terness of the worn out passion, thc jaded nelrves, the touch of lips unde: which whither all gladness, all joy, a1. liberty. The trite caress, the hollovs ecstacy is, alas, almost as well known as; the kiss which Herrick defines at “love's sweetest language," and 01 which the man or woman who havq never: loved knows as little as the in- lewd dweller knows of the sea. Pas siun and. the sea are like each other The kiss that burns, and the salt spray that stings; words shall n01 tell them or color portray them. Wha= will the scientists give us in lien 01 the sweet, time-honored kiss? Per haps, after awhile, we, like the Nev Zealanders, will rub noses as a mark of affection. torekeeperâ€"What kind of chew- ing-gum do you want, my. little boy: We have peppermint, sassafras, wih- tergreen, lilac, heliotrozz-e and attar 01 roses 2" Small Boyâ€"Wal, gimme lilac! [want some kind dat’l’l loo-k like plug-ter- backer when yer spits! Dunphy is pretty well battered up Yes He and MoCracken had a pas- sage of words. Only words? _'!’hat's a31_._ McCracken threw 3 dia Doesn't the shape 0’ yer nose suit yer; M.r:s.F11zriubons. W but do ye mane. airs. Corkms? Who :1 ye’ re lookin’ o‘er this way ye're« . ".way a Lurni n’ yet nose up. ment? Kisses {have also played a very prominent part in ;history. The celebrated kiss given Caesar by the conspirators, and “the historic one which James L, of Scotland, did not give to Anne, of. Denmark, are fami- liar to all. In romance and poetry they figure far more prominently, and are sometimes: chosen as a theme. The kiss which the angel took to the pear- 1y! gates as atonement for a lost soul will never be forgotten, while every one knows Byron's “Long, long leS. and kiss of youth and love,” and his wish . “That womanhood had but one rosy moL held. in _his arms a being of soft- est, most sensuous clay, and lived, per- haps, ’hour‘s of eqstacy in a single _mo- iACROSS THE BACK-YARD 'FEN CE. HIS PREFERENCE. A VVORDY ROW.