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AN M. P’S INFATUATION. i A DOMESTIC DIFFERENCE. . The general impression asnong Jim Eercival’s friends was that he might ave done a good deal better for himgelf than he did in his matrimonial venture. ; 5 . An M. P,, with a safe seat and decided abilities, young, good-looking, well connected, but having only a limited income, he was just the man who should have married money, and this is exactly what he had not done. he met his wife in Paris during a holiday trip. She was a pretty, vivaclous Irish woman, lady-like and at~ tractive, but she had no fortune, and was of no particular family. The M. ®.’s friends shook their heads over the match, and. all felt convinced that before long he would find out what a mistake bF had made. | There could be no doubt that under {he circumstances his marriage was an mprudent one. With his eight hun! dred pounds a year Percival had pubsisted comfortably .enough as a bachelor, but as a married M. P. he found that his income went simply no, way at all. To cut himself off from society and to live with his wife in economical seclusion was, of course, out of the guestion. It would have made him unpopular with his constituents, as well s with certain influential friends in town, to whose good offices he looked for securing some post in the government when his party came back to power. And as he had no profession, but had launched himself for good or {Il upon 'a parliamentary -career, it would have been madness in him to prejudice his chances of political preferment. The natural consequence followed. Percival got into debt. He consoled himself first of all for outrunning the constable by the consideration tkat his party must soon return to power, and ~then he should. be able to recoup his present expenditure. But the radicals remained ‘‘in” session after session; the looked-for general election came no nearer, and Percival began to feel very lugubrious indeed. He already owed nearly one thousand pounds —a crushing liability to a man with a small income and no capital; indeed, he did not attempt to disguise from himself that unless something very unexpected turned up he must soaon be hopelessly insolvent. His wife had long been urging immuediate and rigid retrenchment, but each time she mentioned it Percival shook his head. The house was in committee on a bill which was being fought tooth and nail by the opposition, and urgent ~whips had been issued to the members of beth parties to be as frequently as possible in their places. But there were many dredary intervals of debate, ~when no big division was imminent, and during those intervals Percival did not always remain in the precincts of the house. : He might no doubt have spent them at home or in escorting his wife to one or other of the numerous social functions which, for his sake, she so religiously attended. But in his worried state of mind the dullness of a domestic evening, or the yet deadlier boredom of a political conversazione, was uninviting. He preferred to forget his troubles in more enlivening scenes. Within a mile of the Palace of Westminister there is, as all the world knows, a famoas theater of varieties. It is under urexceptionable management; it puts forward the strongest and most enterprising programme of the kind in London. One evening during a particularly drowsy debate a fellow M. P. had suggested to Percival that they should run across to the X. and see the Rainbow danseuse. Percival had complied. After that night he went to see her pretty regularly. Just before the dance the stage was darkened; behind loomed a background - of murky clouds, gloomy as the sky before an impending thunderstorm; then a brilliant blaze of sunlight burst upon the shadowed scene, and whirling wildly in its dazzling rays appeared the famous Rainbow danseuse. What a sight that was! How dexterously she managed her mass of gorgeous draperies, which floated all about her, and swirled and spun like a revolving wheel. At times nothing but the flashing hues of these robes was visible; at other times a lovely face, crowned with golden yellow locks, stood out among them, radiant, spiritual, superb—and then, while this entrancing apparition smiled and the audience clapped and shouted, rumblings of thunder rolled upon the air; clouds overcast the sunlight; and, amid their gathering gloom, the Rainbow goddess faded slowly from the scene. 3 G | If it had ended with his merely admiring this ravishing beauty from a distance, all might have been well. But such infatuation as Percival’s was not satisfied to confine itself within those modest limits. A strong desire came over him to make her personal acquaintance. He ought, of course, to have withstood it. 1t should have been perfectly obvious to him that, in giving way to his desire, he was voluntarily thrusting himself into the path of danger. . But he gave way, nevertheless. He went farther. He actually addressed one or two letters to the young lady. To his great chagrin she sent him no reply. At last, in desperation, he procured an introduction to the manager of the X., and besought that gentleman’s aid in his foolish and culpable project. % : -~ *“Just sO,” said the manager, rather coldly. ‘“‘Well, Mr. Percival, 1 will communicate your wish to the young lady. and will then let you know her reply. 1 cannot hold out hopes that it s will be favorable, for a number of other gentlemen have desired introduction to her, and have all been refused. You see, she is a simple, modest girl, who is merely using her talent tc support her family, and has no desire for a eircle of male admirers. However, as I said, I will tell her that you wish - to be introduced. _".'?"‘ o Lk ey The following ;ﬁuhc ‘when he ought “to have been in his place in the house, listening to the ministerial leader’s statementy by wee. hevering nese the \:-tm door of the X. He had made up and o find out her private address. n up opposite the stage door. : e %”Jrl*mm*mw‘mg;q%f e naing Maad Tt Pt ot RO R S K R R T N

he added: ‘lfthat’s your sort, young feller, you may save yourself the trouble of doin’ the civil to me. For she’s a thoroughly good young ’ooman, I can tell yer, and won’t stand no followers foolin’ around-—not shel”

Percival affectédd to laugh and strolled away. In a few minutes he saw the girl hurry out and get into her cab. Then he jumped int 6 his own—having instructed the driver to follow the other vehicle and keep it carefully in sight. His heart was beating fast. He was in an almost uncontrollable ex citement. Yet he felt ashamed of hin{? ‘ self at the same time. To persecute a virtuous and modest girl with unwelcome attention was shabby conduct in anyone—especially in a married man. And_ Percival was conscious that he was committing a contemptible action. Yet, somehow, he could not help it. His ridiculous infatuation had bound him hand and foot. |

When they had driven ahout a mile his cab stopped. The M. P. got out. He saw the young lady alighting from her cab about a hundred yards ahead. She turned and walk€ rapidly away. With a beating heart and trembling steps, he followed her, keeping an interval of seventy or eighty yards between them.

She had not alighted at her own door, but at the end of a street of private houses, down which she was now walking. Percival realized. with a certain thrill of uneasiness that it was P—— street, the street in. which his own house was situated. Butsomething worse was in store. The young lady stopped, appeared to be carefully scrutinizing the numbers, then, after some evident hesitation, she walked straight up to the door of Fercival’s house and rang the bell. A minute later she was admitted.

All at once the truth flashed upon the unhappy M. P. There could, of course, be no doubt upon the subject. This young lady, annoyed and fright~ ened by his persistent attentions, and seeing that silent disdain had no effect in stopping them, had taken the ready and effective method of reporting him to his wife! Percival leaned against some iron railings, near which he stood and wiped his clammy forehead with his handkerchief. His dismay was altogether beyond words. If he had been on bad terms with his wife—if love on either side had ceased between them —if she had not been perfectly fond and trusting toward him he could have stood the thing better. But as it was he felt like a man who had suddenly received a knock-down blow. His knees were trembling violently; a sense of sickness, of faintness, stole over him; in the face of this fearful exposure his infatuation for the danseuse seemed to die; for the first time he seemed to realize what an‘abject idiot he had been. :

It was a long. time before he could make up his mind how to act. He patrolled the street for more than half an hour before he had decided—and a bad half hour he found it. Then he took a sudden resolution. He would go in and make a clean breast of the whole affair to his wife. That, after all, was the most honest, and, probably, the most prudent course. She, might, or she might not believe him; but he would tell her all the tfuth, express his sincere penitence, and throw himself upon her mercy. > He nerved himself to the effort. He went in. He entered the drawingroom. His wife was now alone. She looked up at him with a cold, altered expression, that made him wince. But he persevered. He spoke. He told her all. She averted her face, and heard his confession to the end in ominous silence.

' “And so, Jim, my make-up, my golden wig, and my wedding draperies —to say nothing of the shifting lights aud the shadows thrown upon one, baffled even your penetration, eh, sir?”

Jim was staring at his pretty wife, who had now risen and stood before him, smiling archly, in evident enjoyment of his obvious relief and astonishment.

““And you fell in love with my makeup. For that is- what it comes to, doesn’t it, Jim?” “By Jove!” he exclaimed with emphasis, ‘‘that explains it. It was your eyes that did it, little girl. Thev drew me to the theater night after night to worship you. I could not resist their spell. I could notexplain it to myself. Yet I felt there was something half familiar in their magnetic influence upon me. To think I never guessed. By Jove! I was a duffer. 1 ought to have known that no such other eyes were to be found in all England!” -

“Or in all America, éither?” questioned the Rainbow danseuse, playfully. Jim’'s explanation was, unconsciously, the most diplomatic that he could have devised. Those incomparable eyes beamed upon him with tenderness and loving humor. ’ “But, I say,” asked Jim, an idea striking him, ‘these social functions which you have been attending so assiduously for the past few months—have they been simple blinds to dupe your unsuspieious husband—eh, Jennie?” 0 :

“*Not at all, sir. I went to them all. But as my ‘turn’ at the theater lasted only ten minutes or so, I was able to go there as well. Besides,” she added, with the slightest tinge of playful reproach in her tone, “you have not been at home enough lately to miss me very much, have Jou, Jim?” : ) “By Jove!” he cried, “I'll turn over & new leaf in that respect to-night.” He went up, placed his arm round his wife, and kissed her fondly. She leaned her head upon his shoulder and held up a pink slip of paper to his eyes. “There! Dearold Jim!” she exclaimed. '“Mr. Y—— has paid me—what do you think? Fifty pounds a week. That is a check for ten weeks’ salary. At this rate your Rainbow goddess will soon dance you clear out of debt—won't she, Jim?”’ L And she soon did.—London Truth. e : Avaricious. ' Avarice is one of the vices that go with a man to the end. Mr. Watson, a man of very large fortune and uncle to Lord Rockingham, just before he died desired his attendant to give him a shirt out of a certain drawer to which he pointed. ‘“Gracious, sir,” said the attendant, “‘what do yon mean, to think of putting an ,anot%et" shirt now?” “Why,” said Watson, “aceording to custom, the shirt I have oon will be the p&rgnisltig of thosé who lay me put, and '?m is an old ragged Ade gER Soiugh (o, thep." Yol G e T R R s e S i e S s G R

FARM AND GARDEN. ' TIMELY BgE NOTES. THE agiaryﬁshouldknbe kept clean, neat and tidy—clear of high grass, weeds and rubbish. | - DAMPNESS in hives is the most damaging thing to bees during the winter that can befall them. A BUFFICIENT nuLnber of drones is necessary, but an overproduction of them should alwaysi be prevented. NATURAL swarming is not to be compared with artiﬁ[email protected] swarming, or dividing up, in securing numbers, if the proper plan is followed. THERE is mothing gained on either side by robbing. [t isan injury not only to the colony robbed, but also to the one doing the robbery. DrvipiNg may be jcontinued in safety as long as the honey fiow lasts, and if afterwards we desire more increase, it may readily be secured by feeding. | ONE of the first steps is to give an abundance of room[’ for storing honey. This will arrest ithe first cause of swarming to a considerable extent. Ir it is necessary[ to cover the hands in handling bees,’ use thin rubber gloves. The sting|of the bee cannot penetrate this, while it is not cumbersome. |

ALL surplus boxes should be arranged so that th%? can be inspected daily and removed as soon as they are completed, occupying the space with empty ones, and in this way giving plenty of room at|all times. MucH greater sugcess is obtained in securicg straight éombs by the use of foundations, either by using full sheets or starters of the same. But by proper management success can be secured to some extent, without either. A coLoNY selectéd for queens should not be the one in which dromes are produced, as this will bring them too near akin, which/ should always be avoided. We should infuse new blood in the apiary every year or two.

EMPTY combs arg valuable. They deserve the best of cia‘re, and can be made to last several years, doing good service six months out of the year. Combs that are new and bright are not nearly so liable to become infected with worms as those of!a dark color.

IN managing sufrplus boxes, use but one tier at a time, and after they are about half full of comb add another, but never put in on top of the one being filled. Raise the full one out and place the empty one under it. In this way the bees will occupy the whole double tier at once. CARE must be taken to remove all section boxes as soon as they are completed and add jempty ones, always keeping the ones nearest full in the the upper tier. If the colony becomes so strong that two tiers of boxes will not accommodate them, add a third, or as many as will give the bees working room.—St. Louis Republic. ;

TROUGH FOR POULTRY. Devices Which Secure Cleanliness and Keep the Birds Healthy. Soft poultry food thrown on the ground or on a board is. quickly trampled and befouled so that it is unfit to eat. Placing it in a shallow pan or trough helpsi the matter little, if any. The best way of feeding is to use covered pans or troughs which permit poultry to obtain’food and at the same time keep them out of it with

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their feet. For small chicks, a double trough is made of tin as shown in Fig. 1. 1t is 98 inches long and 4 inches wide, each half being 2 inches wide and 114 inches deep, with square ends soldered on. Tin is best as. it is easily washed and kept clean. This trough is set inside of the box, seen in Fig. 2, the san:?e in width and length, inside, and 8 finches high. It has a hinged cover /fastened down with a hook and' handle to lift by. Each side is open and fitted with wire bars placed 2 inches apart, each end of these wires

Wil 777 AR e % = e L FIG. %.—BOX FOR TROUGHS. being bent at right angles, driven through the strips. of wood and elinched. The food is placed in the trough by raising the cover of the box. A tight cover is necessary to protect the food from their droppings when they jumpion the box and make a roost of it, which they are certain to do. Feed at onc time only what will be eaten clean and keep the trough well washed out. Nothing is more productive of mouth, throat and bowel diseases in chicks than soured and musty food or a filthy feed trough.—Farm and Home. | | E

Profit from an Acre of Hens.

It is a progressive farmer who can succeed in making one acre support a cow, and he is then perfectly satisfied with a profit of $350 from her, If an acre of land can be made to yield any kind of crop that will pay a profit of $5O, the success attending such a result will be. considered worthy of notice. Profit meaus, of course, all that portion of the gross recepts which remains after the full expenses are paid,and a profit of $5O an acre is very large. It is easy to figure (on paper) the possi-, bilities of an acre of land, but there dre facts abundant to demonstrate that ssois but a small sum to derive fromn one acre of land devoted to poultry. It is rare to find a case where a large flock of poultry has teen given the space of one acre that the hens did not pay well, although due credit is not always allowed for the “home” market, which calls for poultry and eges, xg@%unth not being kept with the family table.—Farm and Fireside. B Bulk Essential to Digestion. ' No animal will thrive if fed entirely on concentrated food. A certain amountof bulk is essential to proper digestion. This is the real value of fodder. jiwt too much bulk is as injurious a '}-";tc_»é-,m≤ Quality and gquano Kggo &w@ P give the best revurns. R e N SR b T KO R e e e e e R R

"BROOK TROUT CULTURE. A Pond for This Purpose Should Be Con= structed on Every Farm. : The culture of brook trout, even on a small scale, is a source of continnal delight, and with pure running water at hand anyone who has carefully observed the habits and requiréments of trout in their native brooks can successfully raise them. If a stream crosses the farm the pond should not be made directly in line with the course or bed of it, or freshets may wash its embankments away. At least every hard rain will roil the pond, depositing mud to the detriment of the finny prisoners., If a stream is to supply the water make the pond at one side of it, but never on a flat that may be overflowed. The best method is to delve the reservoir out of the side of some slope rising from the'stream, and then carry the water to it by an open feeder, high enough up in its source to permit of a gentle, easy flow, as seen in' the accompanying sketch. The feeder may be a deep, marrow ditch with sod banks, and protected at both its ingress and egress by finely woven wire screens. The pond itself need not be more than four or five feet deep in the center, sloping to a shallow edge at the circumference. Break up

LI Mo - ‘:‘3‘.‘@&\‘-‘“""' : R, el G GBI T g, A ‘,'»X**{‘_ 4'\,'A} s .0\:;'-" P b N e g ":‘QE.Q R , AN ?“\ peim ﬂ = .;‘, ' 7 //;—g — o~ // . o, CROSS SECTION OF TROUT POND. the ground with a plow, and then use | a common road scraper in moving the earth to the lowest side. Repeating this operation, a circular or oblong excavation is made, with strong earth banks. Then place four rocks on the bottom, each as large as a half bushel measure, letting them rest far enough apart to be covered by a large, flat stone, under which the shy fish may hide. One such covert is sufficient for a pond of two or three square rods in extent, while several should be provided in larger | ponds. If possible make a cold spring i tributary to the pond, or if practicable make the pond around it, utilizing the fountain head for the water supply. Trout will succeed best in cold spring | water, but common creek water, if | pure, will serve the purpose. Spread | sand and gravel over a portion of the : pond bed, but leave some of it with | earth bottom. The slope surrounding! the pond should be kept in grass, so that rains will not wash dirt into the| water. A neat gravel walk should en- | circle the pond, and shade trees planted about it will serve to keep the wa-! ter cool. 5 g : i

When angling” for trout in the brooks it will be noticed that more than one-half of the fish caught are so! little injured by the hook that they! will live if immediately placed in fresh, water. Carry a large pail, and by frequently changing the water two-thirds{ of the catch may be saved for stocking| the fish pond. A slower way is to obtain the young fry from a fish hatchery. Very voung trout can be fed on boiled eggs chopped fine, and larger ones on fresh beef cut into small pieces. Other scraps that the fish will’ eat, and which will not pollute thd; water, may be given them. They should be fed at least once a day, and in the cool of the evening they wili frequently leap from the water to snap gamily at the food that is thrown to them. : 1 T Trout spawn in September and October, and it is well to take the screen away from the terminal end of the feeder in the fall, that the female fish may be encouraged to lay their eggs there.—George E. Newell, in Orange Judd Farmer. 2

SEEDS AND SHEAVES.

HALF work very frequently brings half results. Think of this several times a day. ; ,‘ : 'THERE are men who never think the,fy are miserable sinners until after they have eaten too much pie. :

DoN'T miss a chance to go to a picnic. The good farmer is generally ready for such occasions, for he keeps about a day ahead of his work. o DoN't stop harvesting to talk pplitics, though both are important. Harvesting depends on the season and jpolitics we have always with us. - -WE heard one man say of ano{her: *‘He has always been too honest for his own good.” We kept our hand on our pocketbook until. the speaker was out of sight. P

So MANY have been complaining about the dry weather. The Scotch have a saying that “no drought ever brought a dearth.” and besides these things do not happen by chance.

‘Tae man who does not find fault with the weather has very strong symptoms of believing that an ovetruling Providence controls things in the best interests of the whole world. PeTer PorrEß always finds fault with the weather and the size of his crops. It rains so much of the time that he cannot cultivate the crops, for he does not like to go to town ‘except on a fair day. . . : A 6oop many farmers are not honest with themselves; they work too hard; they do not take pains enough in putting in their crops; they deny themselves all pleasares, and in the end they discover that it is best to be perfectly fair with themselves as well as with all other men.—Springfield (0.) Farm News. . i

A Good Remedy for Lice.

A writer in the New England Homestead says: The most effective remedy for lice on horses and colts that I have used is sperm oil. It will promptly destroy every louse and nit and also remove dandruff, dirt, ete., leaving the skin clean and the hair in nice condi4 tion. There is not the least danger of taking off the hair or injuring the animal in any way:. For large hog lice, apply common machine oil freely and it will kill them all at once. These are simple, reliable and effective remedies. e T : HorsesgAre Slow to Mature, Horses, as a rule, are short-lived animals. The visible supply is being used up at a very rapid rate, and the fact that it takes five years to produce a horse ready for the marketis lost sight of by %‘hesémke?q' who are now; and have been for the past three*‘iui?& crying the horse market down,

Q(rwcan one think of politics or care if votes i areseld;s . ITowvcan he talk of silverites or those who . favor gold: . i ; How can he care- for anything that's made or | born or grows ' : ‘ Yhen all his thoughts are centered on a pimple on his nose? : How can a man look dignified or think of love | or fame; . at chance has he in any field to make himr self a name; : : : dow can he win a case in court,'when brainy | men oppose, . - . When all the time Lie's thinking of the pimple . onhis nose? ; | i 5 ow can he be an orator and move the waiting mass; : ow can he thrill an audience if it shall come i to pass L '#‘hat, while he is regaling it witg poetry or . =4 prose. ; fle‘s painfully reminded of the pimple on his f nose? . : : t_,{ow would he look as president or as a great | divine: How can he grace society or in the ballroom shine, | ' o How can he play the gallant’s pary when, { everywhere he goes He must be deeply conscious of the pimple on i his nose? . A little, painful reddish spot that soon will .{ < pass away— : A big, distressing mountain peak it seems to { him alway— But still he knows, what e'er its size, this fact .+ 1t does-disclose: z ) There’s naught in life for one who has a pimi - ‘ple on his nose. . i ~ —Chicago Post. He Will Not Drown Himself, 4 - B

| _ (Fromthe Troy, N. X., Times.) { R. W. Edwards, of Lansingburg, was prosgrated by sunstroke during the war, )and it has entailed on him pecuhar and serious consequences. At present writing {Mr. E. is a prominent officer of Post Lyon, G. A. R., Cohoes and a past aide de camp on the staff of the commander-in-chief of Albany Co. In the interview with a reporter, he said:

* %] was wounded and sent to the hospital at Winchester. They sent me together ‘'with others to Washington—a ride of about 100 miles. Having no room in the box cars we were placed face up on the bottom of flat cars. The sun beat down upon our unprotected heads. When I reached Washington . I was insensible and was unconscious for ten days while in the hospital. An abscess gathered in my ear and broke; it has been gathering and breaking ever since. The result of this 100-mile ride and sunstroke was heart disease, nervous prostration, insomnia and rheumatism. A completely shattered system which gave me no rest night or day. Aséa last resort I took some Pink Pills and they helpednie toa wonderful degree. My rheumatism is gone, my heart failure, dyspepsia and constipation are about gone, and the abscess in my .ear has stopped discharging and my head feels as clear -as a bell when before it feit as though it would burst, and my once shattered nesvous system is now nearly sound. Look at those fingers,” Mr. Edwards said, “do they look as if there was any rheumatism there?’ He moved his fingers rapidly and freely and strode about the room like’ a young boy. ‘‘A year ago thosefingers were .gnarled at the joints andso stiff that Icould not hold a pen. My knees would swell Uf), and I could not straighten mff leg out. My {91"“3 would squeak when I moved them. hat is the living truth. “When I came to think thatl was going to be crippled with rheumatism, together with the rest of my ailments, I tell you lite seemed not worth livin%.e I suffered from despondency. I cannot begin to tell you,’” sai«i Mr. Edwards, as he drew along breath ‘‘what my feeling is at present. I think if You lifted ten years right off my life and eft me prime and vigorous at forty-seven, Icould feel no better. I was an ol man and could only drag myself painfully ¥bout the house. Now/I can walk off without any trouble. That in itself,” continued Mr. Edwards, “would be sufficient to give me cause for rejoicing, but when you come to consider that I am no longer what you might call nervous and that my heart is apparently nearly heaithy, and that I can sleep nights, you may realize why I may apgear to s’lpeak in extravagant praise of Pink ills. © These pills %uiet my nerves, take that awful pressure from my head, and at the same time enrich my blood. There seemed to be no circulation in my lower limbs a year ago, mﬁ legs being cold and clammy at times, ow the circulation thereis as full and as brisk as at any other ;garb of my body. I used to be so lighteaded and dizzy from my nervous disorder that I frequently fell while crossing the floor of my house. Spring is coming. and I never-felt better in my life, andl am looking forward to a busy season of work.”

: A Kicker. ) : The clouds are too dark, or the sunlight Is gleaming too hot for the meadows; The plan of creation is awry— And the earth is revolving in shadows That keep steady pace with our journey, Anon getting darker and thicker As the mind sees new cause for complaining— For man is at best but a kicker. ; A friend is too dull, or the brightness Of intellect fosters disgust; | + And we grieve, and we sigh and we censure, But rarely have time to be just: We light the great lamp of ambition. - But soon see it splutter and flicker, Because we neglect careful trimining— For man is at best but a kicker. Earth is too dry. or the gardens i Are drcwned with excess of the showers; The growth of weeds is too rapid, The insects are blighting the flowers: Ah, the day must be chill and foreboding, When man cannot make easy dicker - With the turbulent forces of sorrow— For man is at best but-a kicker. ;

There's the racket of wild childish laughter, There's a silence, oppressively sad; There's the passion of man running riot— And the universe seems to be bad; Though the angels might sing in the sunlight, The shadows would still glower, thicker; For the devil ne’er takes a vacation— For man is at best but a kicker. : —J. H. Mackley, in N. Y. Commercial Ade vertiser. . ‘ i Sweétheart, Good-By. - ~ The dew is on the summer rose, <The summer moonlight sadly glows; And softly, too, the night wind blows, And echoes sigh for sigh. ! Otttimes good-night with smile and bow - I've said. while laughter lit thy brow; But comes a sadder parting now, e Sweetheart, good-by. :

Good-by! If we should never meet Thy smile hath made the past so Sweet Fair memory’s lamp shall light my feet < Where'er my pathway lie. But now. when fortune bids me stray - From all that makes the. present gay, Alas! how hard it is to say, ; Sweetheart, good-by.

Good-by, sweetheart, with eyes of blue Whose glance can shame the morning dew, And teach the stars to shine more true, For thee I'd gladly die. : You are my dream asieep or wake, For thee my heart would rather break Than live in bliss for other’s sake. Sweetheart, good-by. : —Samuel M. Peck, in Boston Transoript.

i Her 8 Shoes. . She bought them in the town one day, My lady fair, my lady gay, . Those dollar shoes; ;' She showed thom to us all with prids, i “ The stuff was coarse. the last too wids, The place uneven where they tied, Those dollar shoes. _ But when she put them on her feet They looked so trim and fine and neat, i Those dollgr shoes, ; That Cinderella, coquette fair, Might have been glad to change her pair Of glass ones for a chance to wear , . Those dollar shoes. So with all things my queen doth touch, They gain in grace and beauty much. And coarseness lose; : R That we who know her as earth's leaven . Are willing, though wiih steps uneven, | Tofollow up the path to Heaven . - Ahosedoliorsboes o

~ Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report j @ RaYal paking N .= Powder ; ABSOLUTELY PURE

. “TaLk about tender-hearted children,” said Anna Post, rocking reflectively in her chair, “I never saw anybedy to equal the Marshall boys. You couldn’t ask either of ‘em to fet'c{ in ‘a_pail of water, but he’d burst right out cry‘i)g.” : THE FARMER IS HAPPY! The farmer reporting 60 bushels Winter Rye per acre; 6 tons of hay and 52 bushels of Winter Wheat has reason to be happy and praise Salzer’s seeds! Now you try it for 1896 and sow now of grasses, Wheat and Rye. Catalogue and Samples free, if you write to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., and send this slip along. = [x]

AX Avrißi—‘Where were you when the assault occurred 2’ asked the judge of the victim. “Sure’'n O'i dun’ no’, yer honor. He léit me so hard O’i couldn’t say.”—Harper’s azar.

Tobacco Stinking Breath.

Not pleasant to always carry around, but it don’t compare with the nerve-destroying Hower that tobacco keeps at work night and ay to make fyou weak and impotent. Dull eyes, loss of interest in sweet words and looks tell the story. Brace up—quit. No-To-Bac is a sure, quick cure. Guaranteed b{) Druggists everywhere. Book, titled “Don’t Tobacco Spit or Smoke Your Life Away,” free. Ad. Sterling Remedy Co., New York City or Chicago.

MEeN are born with two eyes, 'but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.-—Colton.

Laugh and Grow Fat!

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The Most Pléasant Way

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