St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 20, Number 50, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 6 July 1895 — Page 2

THE OTHER ONE. Bweet little maid with winsome ey -8 That laughs ail day through tangled hair. Gazing with baby looks so wise Over the arm of the oaken chair, Dearer than you is none to me, Dearer than you there can be nine, Since in your laughing face I see Eyes that tell of another one. Here where the firelight softly glows, Sheltered and safe and snug and warm, .What to you is the wind that blows, Driving the sleet of the winter storm? Round your head the ruddy light Glints on the gold from your tresses spun. But deep is the drifting snow to night (h er the head of the other one. Hold me close as you sagely stand, I Watching the dying embers shine; Then shall I feel another hand That nestled once in this hand of mine; Foor little hand, so cold and chill, Shut from the light of stars and sun. Clasping the withered roses still That hide the face of the sleeping one.

Laugh, little maid, while laugh you may; Sorrow comes to us afl, you know; Better, perhaps, for her to stay Under the drifting robe of snow. Sing while you may your baby songs, Sing till your baby days nre done; But. oh, the ache of the heart that longs Night and day for the other one! AN EDGED PLAYTHING

TIE Doctor paled; decidedly it was something more than mere embarrassment that caused his unwilling-

ness. “I have given it up, ladles,” said he; "I have nothing more to do with magnetism.” ‘‘But why, why. Doctor?” the pretty pleaders persisted. “Put us to sleepone of us—you must, or tell us the reason why." “Well, so be it,” said he. at last, still visibly reluctant. “1 will tell you why; it may teach you a lesson. “Eighteen months ago.” he began, “1 went into the country to see a friend—we will call him Paul if you please. Though old comrades and devoted ‘chums,’ for a long time the chances of life bad separated us, particularly his marriage, which, for certain reasons, had obliged him to locate for a while upon one of his properties, situated, as I have said, in the depths of the country. But often and often my thoughts carried me—a trifle enviously, in the midst of my hard work- toward that forgotten corner, where his hours were passed in the quiet routine and bliss of a domestic life. “Nor was I mistaken in the picture my fancy had drawn: serenity, repose, breathed from the very trees, with their great moss-covered trunks, against which an old chateau leaned in the mingled shade and shine of the sunny Provence woods. “Paul met me at the station. His wife I did not see till later—just before dinner, indeed—a beautiful woman, with dark, brilliant eyes, which flashed, w hen not shielded by the long, curling lashes, with the light of burnished steel. She had a superb figure and a complexion the tint and texture of old ivory, through which was flowing vigorously the rich red current of a healthy blood. Very, very beautiful she was. but, oddly enough, as I looked at her I felt a sense of deception somewhere under that fair exterior. “Was it fancy? Or was this full, ro- ; bust beauty but similar to a too-fevvid , summer that forces the sap to rise so ! fast that the fruit turns sour? I do not know, only that this woman entered with difficulty into the idyl 1 had evoked from the shadowy aisles of these old woods, tiiat seemed always whispering and murmuring to themselves. “Her intense vitality seemed to shatter this setting of peace and serenity. Moreover, we were not alone: another guest had arrived—a young man and a close neighbor. From the moment of his coming, too—or did I fancy that, also?—Paul, my friend, seemed less genial. The first joy in his eyes at my arrival had calmdd; I saw him now in his habitual state, doubtless, a little aged, slightly constrained, with that vague, nervous reserve of the distrustful husband who in his inmost thougnts euspects treachery. “I had no time, however, to ponder long on these reflections; old memories, serious aud gay, crowded thick and fast

upon us in the ease and comfort of that well-ordered dining-room, looking out upon the lawn, the soft melancholy of the coming twilight slowly env,-rapping us and carrying hearts and minds both far back into the pa«t. “Dinner was nearly over when a chance word or question turned the conversation upon a subject no less absorbing then than now, ladies”—and the doctor bowed courteously to the circle of eager listeners closely clustered about him—“turned, I say, upon the subject of hypnotism and hypnotic suggestion. “My friend, from the first discover- | les, had watched the advance of these j studies with the liveliest interest, and many and frequent had been the discussions between himself and his wife concerning them, she denying the phenomena arising from these experiments and stubbornly denouncing them as humbug and charlatanism; and lie affirming that strange things could and did happen, as he knew from his own experience, a certain evening in Paris, when he had offered himself as a subject' as incredulous as she, and had been put to sleep promptly and made to accomplish in his sleep things of which they told him afterwards. “ ‘Bah! They duped you!' insisted his wife. ‘Doctor,’ suddenly appealing to me, ‘help me to get this rubbish out of his head, or Paul will certainly go crazy.’

“Forced to take sides, I was obliged to admit that I myself was deeply Inters ested in these matters, and had wlt--nessed things that I did not dare to doubt. She was still obstinate, still mocking; she would believe what she saw—no more, no less. , “ ‘lf Paul is a subject, as he declares,' said she, ‘the thing, too, is easy enough; convince me—you have done such things, you say—by trying it here and now.' “Paul was willing. I looked intently at him; his eyes wavered curiously from my gaze; ho was a marvelous subject and fell Immediately under my will. "Wo passed into the drawing room, placed him in a chair, and 1 had not made six passes over his brow when he was In a sound hypnotic sleep. " 'Well, he Is off,' said 1. “ ‘lmpossible! No!' “She bent over him, called him, pinched him no movement; raised his arm it fell Inert like a log. “ ‘Quick, quick, suggest something!' said she, a strange eagerness showing

suddenly in her face. “ ‘You would, perhaps, feel the proof stronger, matlame, did you make the suggestion yourself.’ “She appeared to think, murmuring half aloud: ‘lt must bo an unaccustomed act, something unusual, that he can not divine; that doos not enter into his habit of life.' “She looked about her. Near by on a table a magazine lay opened at a recent article on ‘Hypnotic Suggestion,' a slender. mother-of-pearl paper-knife thrust between the folds. She turned the leaves hurriedly. “ ‘Ah, we have It at last!' said she, putting her finger upon a certain paragraph; ‘an experiment just made—successfully, they say—at the hospital of La Salpctriero. Repeat it with Paul, and I shall be convinced.' “The experiment was tn suggest, to the patient at a fixed hour a predetermined act—the act In this case suicide with some harmless object that the ‘subject’ should be made to believe a poniard. “ ‘Willingly,’ I responded. “She handed me the paper-knife. ‘This is harmless enough, isn’t it?’ she said, yielding it to me with a charming smile; ‘it would not hurt a fly.’ “ ‘Perfectly harmless,’ and I held up the little pearl dagger before Paul's eyes. “ ‘Do you see it, Paul?’ said I, slowly and impressively, ‘this poniard here? Well, I am going to put it on that table yonder; to-morrow, when the luncheon bell rings—the luncheon bejl, remember —you will come here, take this poniard and kill yourself!’ “Then I roused him. He remembered nothing and felt nothing, only a little comic uneasiness concerning the act that he was to accomplish and from which he was determined to defend himself. “The evening finished gayly with a rubber of whist, ending at 10 in order to give the handsome young neighbor a silent listener to what had been going on—time enough to reach home at. a reasonable hour. “We were walking, Paul, his wife, and I on the terrace next morning when the luncheon-bell rang. Paul raised his head, listened a second, turned brusquely and re-entered the chateau. His wife had become very pale. “‘Come, quick.’ said 1; ‘he has gone for that paper-knife? “She remained motionless. “ ‘To what good?' she said. *1 see already that suggestion has reason in it, for Paul has gone. He will come back madder than ever, I suppose.’ “I did not wait for her to finish; 1 I hastened to the drawing room, where j my ‘subject’ had gone. “I ran; I threw open the door, and I Paul was there dead, face downward on the floor—a dagger in his heart!'' “A real dagger, Doctor?" cried the mistress of the house, laying her hand softly up Ui the Doctor's arm. “A real dagger, madame. I turned to tb.e table—the little mother-of-pearl pa-per-knife was gone. Who had taken it? Who had put. the other the real dagger —ln its place? “God knows: but she. Paul’s wife, and he, the neighbor who dined with us that night, were married ten mouths ago."—Translated for the San Francisco Argonaut from the French of Relbrach. LAFAYETTE’C GRAVE. It Is in Old Paris, and an American Flag Always Floats Over It. “While in Paris a short time ago,” said a traveler recently, according to

the Washington Post, “it occurred to me that It was a fitting act to make a pilgrimage to’ the tomb of that illustrious Frenchman dear to the hearts of all American patriots. Marquis de Lafayette. I asked a number of people before I could find anyone to enlighten me on to the spot, but after repeated inquiry ascertained its location. The grave is situated in old Paris, within the grounds of a convent that the ancestors of Lafayette founded, and where repose the remains of many of the French nobility. The first thing that attracted my attention in connec- | tion with the hero’s tomb was that i above it floated a silken flag bearing the stars and stripes. “It seems that a good many years ago an American gentleman left in his will a sum of money to be used for the special purpose of keeping an American flag forever flying above the grave of Lafayette. It has done so without intermission from the day the will went into effect, and whenever, through the wear of the elements, one flag becomes unserviceable, a new one straight^ ay takes its place. Through untold centuries the emblem of the country which in its early struggles for liberty had his beneficent aid will wave above his ashes.” If a man hopes to be well treated in business he should always buy, and never selL

AGRICULTURAL NEWS THINGS PERTAINING TO THE FARM AND HOME. Good Water Ta Important in Growing Stock- Talk Gently to Horses— Don’t Neglect the Vegetable Garden —Formula for Bordeaux Mixture, Plenty of Good Water. Tn the growing and feeding of stock for market, the supplying of all thj fresh, pure water that the animals cat! drink is an Important item. Not only is it necessary for the stock to have alj (lie water they want, says N. J. S.. m the Nebraska Farmer, but they shouM have it when they want it, and in addition, it must be pure and fresh. 'Ko compel animals of any kind to drink impure water is to greatly increase tlfe risks of disease, and the maintaining of good health is always an Important Item in the feeding of stock economical-

ly. When it can be arranged, waifr from good running streams, and especially if these are fed by good llw" springs, all the better. Still, therf^ ! always risk of disease being car J from one farm to another. A Z • plan, whenever it can be doneJjw,^ hnvr n good well, with tnnks nrraM. V** In the different paaifnrtMk stock can help themselves. AA Ith afc.e care the water can be kept puretnnd fresh, and with good tanks there cap always be a full supply. No other pay of watering will entirely answer, *To only supply water at stated times Is to compel the animals at times to positively suffer for it, and this cannot but lib a detriment. So far as is possible, there should boa supply kept where they can help themselves, and then. If it Is pure and fresh, it will be a help in keeping the stock thrifty. Talk Gently to Horses. Accustom your horse to a low, efilm tone of voice, and use it if any tiling breaks, or they become frightened, and they will always be manageable. The horse that listens for loud commands is carried away by panic. On buying a new horse get him into your habits as soon as it is possible to do so. Look to the Vegetable Garden. Do not neglect your vegetable garden. No other portion of the farm is a bettor paying Investment. Keep some of your luxuries for the home table. A crop of shouts will clean up the edible odds and ends of the farm to better advantage than anything else. Give them a chance. Bordeaux Mixture. The Cornell formula for Bordeaux mixture is: < 'opper sulphate, G pounds; quicklime. -1 pounds; water 40 to 50 gallons. Place the copper sulphate in a bag of coarse doth and Immerse in ■ at least four gallons of water, using an ' ••art ben or wooden vessel. Mhnjf-the i lime in like quantity of water. i to tlie dissolved copper sulphat<«Pk<bl the balance of the water. It IsA-ady ; for Immediate use. but will keepfudef initely. For peach foliage add nnextra pound of lime. For carnation and cab ' bages it will adhere better if aismt a i pound of hard soap be dissolved and I added to the mixture. The Bordeaux mixture is for use against rot. mold, mildew and all other forms of fungous disease. Spoiling Butter After It fa Mddc. Dairy writers frequently ciyition I against placing butter where it w|ll absorb tlie odors or flavors from decaying vegetables. Tlie worst thing about this is tlie need of it. Butter will ab- | sorb odors, not only from stale vegeta bles. but from sound ones, and they/impart to the butter a flavor that destroys or overpowers the true butler flavor. - i A case is in mind just now. The writer | I was supplying butter to the former owner of this farm, and one day | । planned what was intended for a pleas- ; ant surprise, so. before the cover was j I nailed down, some nice apples with a ’ delicious aroma were placed ia the ; package, separated from the butter by ! . a clotli circle and a layer of salt. The I i surprise was on the other side. Word » came back that the butter was line in . looks, grain and cvervihing but flavor, ■ tb.at was not agreeable. Now, some butter has an unpleasant flavor that never was near a rosy apple, and there was a possibility that the , cause should be sought elsewhere, but in due time came a later report saying • that tlie butter was excellent after the , surface layer had been removed. Uhis

suggests another point: Ciiytdgers । should have a . nimble place t<S-Weep i butter after they get it. If the surf arc 1 is all the time exposed to the odors of ' vegetables and kitchen flavors unclassified. the best of butter wil soon get off flavor, and the maker will be under suspicion of furnishing butter that will not keep. Feeding Pius Regularly. A pig's digestion is much more easily ruined than is often thought. The ravenous appetite of a hungry pig leads to the notion that it can be trusted to eat without regard to time. But nothing is surer than that a pig with food always before it will grow poor. Its digestive apparatus never has time to rest, and soon fails to work. There should be regular times for feeding, and these should be far enough apart to allow the pig to become hungry. A little less grain than will be eaten should be given if the pig is fattened. The balance can be made up with clover pasture in summer ami beet roots In winter. Breeding or store animals need very little grain, but can be fed all they will eat of roots and grass, though not. even with these giving food to be trodden under foot and wasted. Sacking Meat. The smoked hams, shoulders, jowls and sides should now be taken down and placed in oiled paper sacks, and then hung up in a dark, cool room. If

the cellar is dry and cool, that will an swer; but if It Is damp and not properly ventilated. It will cause the meat to mold. A darkened room in the house will suit admirably. Another good way is to pack the meat In whole oats or in coarse bran. Some pack in ashes, but the ashes, unless very dry. are sure Io give the meat a very unpleasant taste Ashes are also usually very dirty. AA hatever plan is adopted, it should be done at once, as the fly will soon blow the exposed meat, and do a "-rent amount of damage in a short time Examine each piece of meat as it is taken down, to see if there are anv At the hock 19 to I ,a Poi’ sacks can be hail for -cents each from any large furnishing store, and if taken care of, will last several years. in Transplantins. It often happens when plants have been received that it Is during a wet spell when It is impossible to get them transplanted. It would be better of course if the transplanting had been done before the rain, but if tlie plants or trees are heeled in and exposed to the rain a new set of roots will form In three or four days, and the transplanting can then be done with scarcely nn> check. The only (litHculty will probably bo too great haste to get nt the work after the storm ceases. The soil should not be worked while it is sticky. Wait until the soil will crumble when it Is stirred. Tills will keep the soil moist and will also admit air to the roots, which is quite as necessary as is moisture to growth. If heavy rains come after transplanting, the surface soil should bp stirred to break the crust that will form on It. Phosphates Exhaust the Roil. The only way in which I can see that superphosphate can “exhaust" the soil is by making the plants more thrifty, and more numerous, especially making winter wheat better, and hence tlie plants semi out more roots and farther Into the soil, thereby absorbing more of its natural fertility. Ami that is Just what we want, provided we make the proper returns. Profit in Sheep. Look more to the mutton ‘hie than that of the fleece, as there Is four times the profit in mutton, says th? National Stockman. A sheep may be fed for | one-seventh of the food that an ox ! requires, nnd will make a growth of nearly three-quarters of a pound a day for the 2SO days of Its life. And for the next will put on a half-pound per day. Don’t give up your sheep whatever you do. Nettle Hairs of Parsnips. The nettle hairs of parsnips are Irritating to animals, producing an annoying and painful skin eruption. If parsnip tops are fed to sto< k. <-an i should be taken that they are still fresh and unwlhed. The Bean Weevil. Prof. Llntncr says the bean weevil may be destroy rd by placing the beans In a barrel or close room ami setting a saucer of bl sulphide of carbon on • them, then shutting out all air. The ! gas from the b! sulphide, being heavy, will descend and permeate the whole mass, killing all insect life. Swecl-Seenl< it Mock Oranges. If about to obtain a mock orange for i your garden, do not forget that all va- . rietles are not sweet scented; at least, not greatly so. The name <>f the oldfashioned. sweet scented one is I'hiladelphus coronarlus. Not ea. Potato beetles will lea . e potatoes to ; attack egg plants. They -erm to have 1 greater partiality for egg plants than for anything else, though they will also | feast on tomato plants if iJOtaioes are not up ami growing. There may Im* overproduction in ev- | cry grade of farm stock excepting draft ' horses, and these buyers are engerly hunting; there is a top price for those ! weighing l.‘'i»> or more; for the cities i must have them, ami have them now. If tli • tomatoes, early corn, beans and : melons have been touched by frost, I though not killed, take no chances, but ‘ replant without delay. Some of the ! plants may grow, but they will be backward. The later plants will overtake them. The best varieties of plums are very profitable, and fruit-growers arc of the unanimous opinion that the curculio is a tiling now not much to be dreaded; where plums are planted in large quantities its ravages are hardly felt. Il is tlie isolated tree which suffers. AVinter wheat is one of the hardiest of crops, and unless attacked by insects seldom fails to produce fairly well. For that reason wheat will receive attention on many farms aud can be relied upon as being sure to return •something in the shape of straw and grain. Use a crowbar in setting up the Lima beau poles, and stick them down deep enough to protect, them against the winds. Minfli carelessness is sometimes noticed in tlie placing of the poles, and when a few of them fall down they cause the entire garden to appear unsighlly. Never gel the idea thnl .any old hack will do fora brood mare; she should be an animal of intelligence ami a good specimen physically. Then if the same rule is observed in selecting the sire, and the ancestors of both are well looked to, you may expect a colt which will pay for the raising, but not otherwise. Currant and gooseberry busiies are often injured by tlie borer. Tlie egg is laid about June 1. AVhen hatched, tlie young borer works its way into the cane and remains until tlie following spring, eating out tlie pith and causing death of cane. As soon as the leaves start the affected parts ire easily discovered and should be cut out and burned at once.

PRAY ON A MOUNTAIN BIG EPWORTH LEAGUE SE R VICE ABOVE THE CLOUDS, •International Convention at Chatta-noosa-Sacrament I a Administered to 10,000 People-Greet the Risi„ K 1 Bun with Praise from Old Lookout. ’ Life of Methodism Discussed. the FnwoS' I T internati, ' nal convention of , i-Pworth League convened at Chattanooga in the big tent, capable of accom-

modating ten thousand. The huge tent was crowded at the opening service, and an inspiring song lead by a ! chorus o f 1,000 ’ voices started the ■ great convention. Tlie opening remarks were made by J. A. Patten, representing the Chattanooga

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I’KEsinENT rArTEX. consni pt CP Eloquent atldrobSi s of welcome were delivered by Mayor George Ochs, representing the city of Chattanooga, and Rev. J. I’. McI'l.T’J’ 1 '?: V’l’rcsoniios the Methodism of 1 !, rn,, ' r ."«> responses were given by HiM’nop Hunclrit’ks of Kunsns Vity, representing the M. E. Chunh South of that city; Bishop Merrill of Chicago, for the M. E. Church, ami Rev. Dr. Jolin Potts of Canada, for the Canadian delegates. Following these speeches the conferenco was formally turned over to Dr. Steele, chairman of the general committee. Sacrament to 10,0 O People. At night Bishop I. AA'. Joyce presided and Bishop Galloway delivered the con- : ference senmm. A feature never before

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•een in a meeting of this size occiimxl in the administration of tlie sacrament of the Lord’s supper to fully 10.000 people. At 2 o'clock Fri d a y morning ”,000 to 5.€mm» of tb.e delegates 1 made a pilgrimage to the top of Lookout Mountain for the purpose of holding a sunrise prayer

I meeting above tlie clouds, on the east ’ i brow of the mountain dir^ tly in front of I Ixiokont Inn. AA’hcn the sun appeared : I above the neighboring ranges its rays fell ’ upon the faces of more than 2,500 dele- ■ gates, who had congregated in front of Lookout Inn to begin the day with prayer. ■ The serviees wire led by Rev. George R. Steuart, who is associated with Sam Jones, the evangelist. Following the j prayer service there was a wonderful ex* peri”nce meeting and several of the dele- ' gates v.ere so . nthu fl by the fervor of the occasion that they shouted vigorously. The topic of the day was “Methouism, Its Life and Mode of Expression." The conference assembled at 9:30 o’clock, with

Judge Estes, o f Memphis, presiding. Tlie great choir led , a short service of ; song, nt*. which i the morning topics wen- taken up in ten- ■ minute speeches by , the delegates. “Life in the Local (“lurch lntclle<-tual Du - ties" was the first i

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-i <A: .t. Mtn 1.1., subject, by Rev. AV. : L ll.iy. of Mq n. Ga. Rev. AA'. E. Me- | I I- :, ci, of Berwyn, 111., delivered an nd- j dr< -s a mg th s line, (-mphasizing the idea ; | of w hat to read, nmler tic- head of “Edu- ; ’ eatioual ’ ipportimities.” Biggest in Die South. It Is declared to have been tlie largest i invention ever held in the South. It was । riainly one of tin- most remarkable ‘ i in its char.'K’ter ;;s well as in tlie numbers i in a’t-n lance. N arly 12,(XM) delegatt s wi t ■ pri -ent. And they came from every i par: of the coat try North and South, i I East ami AA'est. It was an intersectional, | I in:ernatiomi! convention of the Methodist ,

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j young people's orI gnuizatiuns known . as the Epworth ; 1. cues. AA hat-ver b ■ thought of its religious aspects, it was a convention which strikingly sig- . naliz.es the wonder ? ful change which has come over our country since that “bat-

| tic in the clouds" ohLTsIIOP FIiZGEI.ALD I Lookout Mountain thirty-two years ago. As has been well said, sectional and sectarian liir s are best obliterated by the feet of those who cross them. The Epworth League is an organization, • started only a few years ago. for the nat- i oral development of the religious, educa- ■ tional and smial life of young people, and ; has already over a million members. The < convention at Chattanooga v.as for Meth- | odists North and South alike. From this I warm-hearted and enthusiastic mingling . of so many representatives from all parts ’ of the country. North and South, as well j as East and West, there is reason to ex--1 pect a very considerable development of tiie finest sentiment of patriotic fellow- ; Told in a Few Lines. The reform wave has reached Saratoga. I Gambling and other sports will, it is said, I be abolished this year. “The Official Railway List” for 1895, : with its complete roster of American rail- , road officials, lias just been issued. A new trial of the Ilullet will ease at | Duluth was denied and the common law I wife of lite millionaire will get the f»r- . tune. A posse had an encounter in the woods , with the Rainy Lake bank robbers. The . ■ alter finally escaped across the Camilla ' border. The grand jury of Charleston, S. C., i has refused to indict in six of the cases ' laid before it for violations of the dispen- i sary law. Gov. Brown of Maryland has been left $250,000 by James Carroll, a cousin by marriage, who recently died at Atlantic City. N. J. ‘ After a light of eighteen months the i customs officers at Callao, Peru, have i admitted cases containing Bibles shipped i there by the American Bible Society. The ■ ecclesiastical party in Peru opposed the | admission of the books, claiming that they were of immoral tendency.

Mme. Couvreur, better known as the clever novelist “Tasma,” has become tlie Brussels correspondent of the London Limes. She has succeeded her late husband in that office. Catulle Mendes, the French writer, recently fought a duel with a Parslan Journalist and got pinked in the forearm. The cause was an article stating that Mendes was a familiar friend of Oscar AA'llde. George Moore will lay the scene of his next long novel in a nunnery. The , scenario of this story Is now complete; its writing will occupy Mr, Moore at least a couple of years. The central character is to be a prima donna, who, wearied of the garish day, seeks sanctuary in a convent, where, after a while, she takes the veil. The fact that the late Professor J. G. Romanes, who began his scientific career as a dogmatic atheist, ended his life in the communion of the Church of England, was made known at his untlmely detytU. of n. contemplate^ book explaining nnA defenA* ■ Ing this change of view were found among his papers, and have been printed under the title “Thoughts on Religion.” j The letters from R. L. Stevenson to । Sidney Colvin, written in Somoa, are | described by the Athenaeum as “long journal letters, giving an almost! daily ; account of the writer's life and occupa- । tlons in his Island home during the last j five years, and taking a place quite I apart in his correspondence.” Mr. Col- ‘ vin has been requested by the family ! aud executors to undertake the ultli mate biography of his friend, and asks j for help “in the shape of reminiscences or correspondence from those friends of Mr. Stevenson with whom he may not be In private communication.” AA'e find the following amusing paragraph in the Eureka (Cal.) Standard of ; recent date: “Apropos of man’s falli- ! bility in most things, that excellent

weekly journal, the Argonaut, carefully written by trained and intelligent writers, whose business it is to know everything and write accurately on all subjects, makes the startling assertion in an editorial article, eulogizing Robert Louis Stevenson and his works, that he is the author of ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.’ Rider Haggard wrote that thrilling work of unique fiction, and one would hardly expect a paper of the Arognaut's literary imputation to appear with such an error in its brilliant columns.”

ONLY A QUESTION O~ TIME. How an Impecunious Youth Undertook to Pay a Debt of S3O. * That hide bill?” said the debtor, ' pl. uruinUy. yen, or -w ■ you need not worry about that any ■ more. I've got things down to a system now.” I ‘ You've been a long time doing it," ■ suggested the creditor. “I realize it,” returned the debtor, ‘ but it's all right now. You see, §3O Is more than I can afford to let so of at ! any one time, but now I can get it together without missing it You see, a ' man never misses his small change, so ; I've bought a little bank that I can i drop it into every night. You've no idea how fast it accumulates.” “I've heard of the plan before,” said the creditor. "If a man lives up to it ( and doesn’t hold out oa the bank it I mounts up rapidly.” *‘Oh, I live up to ft,'” protested the ' debtor. "I put every cent of small ! change into it every night, and it's all : for you.” "I may hope then ” j "My dear sir, you may more than hope. The system makes the payment ■ in full an absolute certainty. It over--1 comes all obstacles and it's only a ques- ' tion of time ” J "How much time?” "Well, that's rather difficult to say. । You see, the amount of small change I I find in my pockets varies, and ’’ "What do you call small change?’ "Pennies. I—what's that? Oli, well, sue if you want to. That’s what a man ! gets for trying to do the right thing." Spring Changes in Milk* It is interesting to notice the variations of butter fats made by herds and ■ cows v. hich may be accurately shown ; by the Babcock testing machine. "Whoa i grass first comes in the spring and (•farmers begin to decrease their grain ‘ ration, exchanging it for the most perj feet ration ever grown, the flush feed of May and June, the incret^ing yield ' is perceptible. In the case of well-bred ■ Jersey' herds it is remarkable. Hol--1 steins and only ordinary natives ap- • pear to respond less liberally to the i change of food and conditions. The ; Babcock machine, and what It will ■ prove to the wideawake dairyman may be made of inestimable value to him. i ; —— Common .n Europe. The use of a third cylinder on a loco- ! motive, where tire latter is a compound ' engine and the steam has two chances ; to expand, is no novelty. Such a plan ■is quite common in Europe. But a I three-cylinder locomotive of the single i expansion type is much more unusual, i and, indeed, was unknown until quite I recently. It is an American invention, i too. Charitable. The Board of Health of New York ; City has received a gift of §25,000 from i Mrs. Minturn to establish a pesthouse ' where patients will receive better at- ■ tention than is commonly accorded i them. She was moved to this deed by ■ the incarceration of a friend in the misr i erable quarters now used. We are often made supremely happy hy what we don't get