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Show I for a soFniriu imrgf: of th iiMHit popuhr p'in ly i (rwr.t H. T;.kt a i hf 'Iir:rc r w rite : Jviarut ituirai 1liil his work N Iotw! Cloc his m JOn t aum-unis- ir ry: Vh;t to him Kio of in lo'Min or fm-in- l tliov wulhisl sh wlv ulon: : timer the tTi mv rtvinrs. Faiher his written li. e so much about you that I was anxious Slid glad to gi-- homo that 1 for might make your acquaintance person, u ally.'' or of Min. ll.uxl of min, or UN of womou? Luy him low, I:iy hmi low n th i tut or the Minw ! What rurrs to? ho cannot know; Jiv him low . A mm nny, ho fmiuht his tizht, his truth hy his mkaur; s p in oVi?iit niirht, Iit him for r ami forever. Sioep I ay him low, lay him low In tin ck tr or llu mh ! What cari hi? he eaniiot know XjUv him low. VoM him in his country's stars. Roll the drum ami lire the volley! What to him are all our w ar, What, hut death beinoekiuif fully! Ijay It ini low. fciv him low In the e!o r or t!ie snow What eares he! he cannot know; ltv him low. 1 rrmJ BABBETTE. a shawl over her brown curls out unobserved into the mid shadowy night. One would have thought lier a mere child judging from her slight figure and appearance ; hut tonight Babbette was eighteen. They knew it in the groat house, hut what eared they fiy the birthday melting into blank night without ten a word or token of nflectiun? The tears dropped oil' the long and a bitterness settled over the white face so very white now in the deepening twilight. s Kate and Clara were in the drawing room entertaining friends, and the soft light came through the drawn curtains of lilmy lace with a I dreamy radiance suiting well the slow, sleepy music of the guitar some one was playing inside. The girl pauzed to look in at the cory enjoyment hungrily, llow she loved but then 6he could not sing. sr.Vo; the musical vein of the Wiltons I had failed to throb into her life for She nut la-li- es (.km-in- . some reason. nhThe big tears hesitating on the dark down on the crimson i Ir lashes, pia-lie- d shawl, and Babbette turned away with a choking sensation in her throat. Out acros there, tliot gh, where the to. twinkle through the trees, lived lights ou 'a dear old friend, the gray haired rector. llow many happv hours she had fork passed in that pretty cottage; the little study with its modest ingrain 'carpet jnbnnd softly shaded lamps, with its mu-rogreen shutters opening out on a v long, piazza hy day, and Closed on tho little happy world at to the lonely was a a t night, girl. Doubtless the low rocker in its snug oob forner waited her coming as fteu before, and they wouldn't mis courier in there where the soft, sweet tunic mellowed tint air amltloatea out on 00rier desolate night. No, there was no room for her anyway, had she chosen to have remained s "ndoors. Her place must be among hose in the dreary ways of life! entk jat (ho rector, kind old man, was 'ass. ompanionablo She and a friend. hers rould step in and have another of o. hose long, serious talks she delighted 8eatn. Ioor man! lie, too. was alone mw, with none but tho housekeeper o the look after him. Iliswife slept over here in tho churchyard, and hi son- ;en tit veili Babbette didnt mind of ever ifter him. eeing la tat jje w;v, awily (0 college somewhere, ut the rector had told her that he would rerv e at home shortly. After his coming. alder f course, Babbette argued, she wouldn't feel as free to occupy the 0 jjjrvillow rocker at the rectory, for she was now 18 and really a JOVO Yell, hihl no more, for all Aunt Marie, kept er in ankle dresses and long, childish room urls. :c ut Tapping at the study door she was d milted by the gray haired clergyman, t eot-- usual, who drew tho familiar rocker itep iiorward, and, pushing his books aside, anted around for the talk he knew to he forthcoiiiin up stas expe-leAnd I am 18, said I5ab- fcdeb tho shawl ette, letting drop from or touldfirs with a weary gesture, and 'hat have I accomplished, or where the piospective niche for Babbette Tilton? that step sounded in the hall. The dure ictor looked up. its my son Mux, vo K1 3 explained. lie came home veter-- g Max ! poitiy; I didn't tell you, did 1? ing s illing) hero ia our little friend whom ;0,i b have spoken of so often; come in and her. who , Pot Oh O my! and Babbette looked , tressed as sire rose quickly to go. said the old man, 8tay, please! i 'eadingly. g0 want j,, and Tax to he friends, too. more At this moment the son came in. and. sting eing Babbette, came forward for an I am happy lo meet trodnetion. wh as wo'-t- , Miss AAillon, lie said, in a clear, c?eet tone that thrilled her with it 1hL rmsa-sa- . Bather has written me often of you, and your delightful 3ha vliich brightened the days etherise. very lonely for. him. . . i g ' pat-adD- ht P i From , g,aw ai,(j wondered if college of al Iks noticed short dresses and scull i oor ng a "oes, and what they thought of ost Bggars who couldiit appear well. But the rectors son didn't seem jeca"' tiee any deficiencies in dress and talked of her favorite authors in an easy, chatty iy that made her feel at ease in spite c.uic ,r misgivings, handc" u)y0U;,i y011 y, ov nte to walk home ,o bfia:th asked Max us Babbette yon? to go ; it is quite dark. I have run acro-- s here after night-- s In inj answered she; .,nd si aono quite often, nt I might fancy myself cowardly ,, once, and, smiling, she accepted gJ Wilder- iC1. rt. , ifik U out H seems to me that we were never Miss A YU ton, said Max as angers. " It remuch to know me, ! am such joined Bahhelta. wiurily. a cipher. ;m,l -- uch a miserable, no account cipher, too. Tlea-- e don't -- ay Mich sad things, he said, in a pained way ; try to see the -- ih er lining for y ourself ; you fuel it for others. Let us be friend, and cheer one another up to grand, good purposes in life. I shall he glad. e, whispered clinging to his atm in the dark ness. Have you heard any news? asked I nele A iltott at dinner one day sutuj weeks later. No, papa, chorused his daughters. Bray tell u. 'Well, said lie, the rector's son ha, fallen heir to u mint of money. By the death of a relative he becomes Sole heir to his property, worth about a million or so. Oli, tny ! and he is handsome and a collegiate, too, simpered Kate, who was fast approaching the old maid line. e nni-- t invite him to our party down the river, put in Clara, l'il warrant he liand.es the oars nicely, and. besides, a millionaire at the Wilton's rowing party would he quite tne thing; we shah he the envv of outset. But Babbette didnt join in the conversation; she grew very quiet. The family knew nothing of the secret, and went on discussing the rectors son and his money, not aware that the girl left her dinner untouched as bhe crept away to her room to think it all over. Her cousins had never recognized their young neighbor before, but now, because he was fortunate in a financial sense they were ready to inveigle him into companionship and matrimony if they con'd. That evening Babbette walked slowly up and down tinder the darkening cedars, alone; she wanted lo he alone and the gloomy shadows were fitting the occasion. But she was not alone; no, someone was coming. I mil so glad to find you, Babbette, said the voice that always thrilled her,, for I have glad news, my little friend, I have heard, answered the girl, You are a wealthy gentlewearily. man now. Won't you congratulate me? lie asked. Arent you glad for Max? Why should I congratulate? and her white face was turned to him in the gloaming. Why should I, when it lifts you up so far away from me. Away trout you? Why, Babbette. don't you know me better than that? It only brings me nearer to you if if you will; it, gives me liberty to tel! you something very dear to my soul. Cant you guess. Babbette love. Then he did love her? She opened her liiis; but the answer would not come. I have thought sometimes that you loved me, dearest.; was I mistaken? No, she whispered; how could I help it? I dont know; Tam sure I dont want you to help it, ho said, with a low, happy laugh. Then you will be my wife, won't you, Babbette? Oh, Max! Why net, if you love me, dearBal-bett- est: I cannot appear well in society and and I atn poor and charitys child. Are those all the reasons why you cannot he Max Lawler's wife? asked lie, holding her hands while he waited her answer. I believe they are, she said faintly. I brush them aside, then, as I should cobwebs, he said, drawing her Will you marry me, little near him. one? Yes, Max, and the lonely, friendless orphan crept into the arms of the millionaire; lie whom she thought Shut away hy a wall of gold. At the boating party Max was the linn of the hour; but lie disgusted Kate Wilton very much lv devoting his atlie doesnt tention to little Babbette. know she is as poor as a church mouse, in spite of her good looks, she almost sneered to her companion. Why do you ignore the pick of our social circle and take up with that girl ? asked Uncle Wilton, pompously, as he noticed his own daughters wiles prove futile in ensnaring the young man. Because, Uncle Wilton, she is my wife, answered Max. calmly. If a thunderbolt had at that moment rent the very heavens the surprise anil astonishment could not have been greater. I)o you mean to say that you are in earnest? gasped Uncle Wilton, recovering from his helpless wonderment. I was nevermore in earne.-- t. uncle. Babbette anil I were married this morning at Grace Street Chapel, a few while my father friends being pre-en- t. Will was the officiating clergyman. you congratulate us, uncle?" Exchange, He AA iileil. Montana Bete (looking at hisovei-don- c beefsteak and j.ibbing his howie I'd like to cee the knite through it) scoundrel that conked this meat ! and redLarge AA'oman (ero-s-eyheaded, . appearing a moment later) The waiter tells me you wish to see Montana Bete wilts. Chi me, sir. Trihene cago City Ice From a Glacier. A company lias been organized at to. build a flume to a Tacoma, AVa-h- ., huge glacier on Mt. lanier, and to slide ioe to that city. The glacier is seven hundred feet thick, of the pi,-es- t quality of ice, and the expense of building the l.uinc is estimated at 75.000. ed roil of natire are uuder-too- d and obeyed, an.! it is to further the aualy-i- s of thc-- e WOMEN FOLK. from Far ar.d News and Near for the Fair Sex. or her livery own Mrs. Harri-odaughter (Mr-- . McKee) will wear this winter has been made in New Yotk by the man w ho cjiupo-e- d their inauguration toilets. Not a scr ip will Mrs. ti resident Morton or Mrs. anamaker put on that was not purchased in laris. liven their hoots, gloves and hosiery Mr- -. were bought there. Secretary Blaine has divided her custom between Baris and New Yoi k, ami she is described by u friend as alw ays buying the be-- t. no matter if lie article is a kerchief. Mis. Wimlom, Mrs. Noble and Mis. Wiline ding hae done a pile of -- hopping in New York, and everything promises w ell for the glory of the first season of the Harrison social reg hue. V ice-- 1 You modest home bodies who are well dre-se- d content to call your-clvwith a gown for church ainl another for the ceremonious gayer ion and dinner party, would shudder a little at the thought of spending sdi'u for a single dancing toilet. You might, too, raise your brows protost-ingl- y if told that the underskirts of s ite and hue eo- -t half as much, and that the hill for cleaning the outfit amounted to ; hut such are the luxuries indulged in liy the daughters of wealth. (laitzy tulles of cherry, rose, tendril green and lilac are made up w ith pointed bodices of satin and garni-he- d with sprays, bouquets and wreaths of line linen flowers that need only pet futne for perfection. lumps of narrow rifbon in silk and velvet float out from the belt and shoulders in the dance, and about the hem of the border of petticoat is a hand-mad- e gold ho c and embroidery. es re-ce- p, eo-tu- Helen Gladstone, daughter of the grand old man writes of our girls col- lege at New nham : The scale of living at Newnham is simple; students as a rule, though not invariably, have only one room, furnished for them as study and tied room, lrayers (at 8 a. m.) and all meals breakfast, luncheon, dinner and afternoon and evening tea take place in the dining halls of each hall ; anil there are also common sitting-room- s in each hall. It is an important object to keep the fees as low as with thorough educational efficiency and oil making the college account of the narrow means -- f many of those who wish to come; hut it is aiso that with simplicity in household arrangements comfort and he beauty should as far as combined. To members of large fatiiilies the limre fact of a quiet room is usually a great luxury ; each to her-e- lf and all students take pleasure in arranging and beautifying their rooms. con-i-te- nt iat - that will not lie thc-- doing young e ADOLT THE EAKM. If they are not as hardy, ruggaxl and growthy as you Would have them, not golden in color ot skin, now su ciy the time v reduce the flock ami introduce fresh loud. Dont wait in h.q es of something impos.s.hle taking p ace. Srrik out now by weeding out ad tualc-- , and marking the pullets to lie used as breeders next year. Don't retain one that is not plump in body, broad aero-- s tne hack, mid yellow in skin and leg. Then procure a male that is exceptionally strong in loose at tho jm nts and you will he surpri-oimprovement in next years flocks. AA'e do not recommend shavings, sawdust or excelsior p;n king us material for nests. Air y valuable birds have been killed by feeding upon sawdust. Hens have been notice to pick all day at shavings and excelsior, until no material was left in tin' nest. Again, nests made in this wav are hard to keep clean. Nothing excels oat straw for ne-tcut up into lengths of about two inchc-- . AVI ere convenient, place a few handfuls of tobacco steins in the bottom of the nest. This is deatli to vermin. These stems can bo laid fo nothing from any tobacconist. AA hen tin- - hen is sot sprinkle a handful of tobacco du-- t over the eggs and she vv ill come ofi the nest with a strong, healthy brood, entirely free from lice. Tobacco is a valuable insecticide for the poultry house. The day s of spring chicken a will soon he numbered, hut in picpuring them for market let us suggest that it is not a good plan to shut them up jii't after they have had a free run ull of their lives, under pretense of fattening. They will always fret and pine and grow thin. Adult fowls that have been at various pel iods of their lives routined and therefore worry, fatten better when deprived of exercise. But as for li chickens we are speakii.g of most breeds they will not take on much fat. anyway, while their frames and feathers are increasing ut such a rate, and whatever fattening may lie possible is best secured by keeping them upon their accustomed ground and f eding them every few hours with all Ihey ran be induced to eat of it variety of grains, ground mid ungtouiid, raw and cookod. i- Women Hints for Farmers and Bus-'Housewives to Appreciate. their school. Grace will ,n rilii ed to -- '.length, but method-of develo; ment wJiicli aim at mere ni'i-- i ular ru'.ture w ill he discarded. l of a training one et of iiiit-- e es the harmonious development of the whole bo iy will he attempted, ami will lie h pt the womanly side of woman, which is at om e the extermination of iron dumh-b- t 11s and heavy dub-- . All the apparatus and appliance- that lielong to heavy gymna-tic- s are to b- - frowned at. and. put in a seamless -- nit of Jer-e- y doth, the pupil wiil lie drilled two hours daily five days in the week for grace, force, firmness, health and beauty. This drill will cou-i- -t of jsii-inbreathing exer-ei-e- -' and the essentials of grace as well as health and the principles that underlie correct postures in walking, staining, silting ami talking -- Tlio low pric' of beef and dairy inor- - attention to products is e.iu-iii- g le paid to sheep, which in consequence are growing scarcer. There is another rea-u- ii in the great amount of labor a herd of cows make, whether their milk he sold direct, or made into butter or cliee-- e. The old English rule was that the keep of eight sheep equalled that of tine cow. Sheep arc, however, more delicate feeders, and will not thiivc on coarse stocks as well as cows will. They are also close feeders in summer, and ou old pastures live where a herd of cows would starve. ( hi the other hand, sheep in w inter w ill not cat tie butts of conistocks rs will cattle. In-ic- g, s. If you haven't made kindling wood of your piano stool or go on it to the cook for her preparing table do so at once, and as a substitute buy a music chair of old mahogany, with a high, straight, narrow hack, a cushion of old ro-- e plush and a hag of orris or bal.-abuds to hang in ope corner. It won't eo-- t very much, and it w ill he a sort of Knickerbocker touch to your parlor. A eritahles of this sort may he lmd any day you care to make the round' of old shops, where such things lodge. In the dry goods stores very beautiful and 7. piano chairs are sold for Some are gilded, others finished in silver and a third class in ivory, with a hit of delicate plush in the scat, after the court of the famous, hut dead and The only trouble with gone Loui-e- s. tlie-- e goods is the extreme delicacy of n and liui-l- i. Although stout enough o support a weight of 180 Good, pounds, thev look unhealthy. .substantial chairs, enduring us the oak with w liich they are made, are in demand. and after the Spanish renaissance, there are graceful frames of black butternut, with flat seats of carved leather, showing snakes, draBrices gons and cuetuii i t relief. range lrom 12 to 25, hut like the black cranes ami the bra-- s candle-stick- s of other days, they endure the rust and abuse of time. AVillow stools that are so very pretty in n chimney corner or on the landing of a staircase are shown in coarse, strong willow, painted in white and gold, green, blue or oxidized, and tied about the legs with bows of contrasting color. m To lee1 lire a crowd on advanced ideas in butter making, and then have the churn refuse to bring the butter perfectly, is only made mote ridiculous he an apology. By the wav, it sounds strange to heir tint chief leet liter at these New York i ouferenees say lhar he is not aware that there is any reliable test for the fats in milk. AA herein does the little shake bottle churn of Col. Curtis show any greater reliability than a big No churn can recover all of churn. the butter fats in milk, and utterly fail- - iti many instances to gel any great part of it, and why teeoinmeiid as a listing machine, a crude implement that can only tit tic- -t duplicate the errors of its larger though in fractional degree? Hoards D.iirwnuu. dc.-ig- The common American holly may b from its na,y tive habitat to the garden, if severely primed at the time of removal. If the trees are live or six feet high, cut away at least of all the brunehes, or, ill other word-- , shorten them lo d about of their original length. Aon need not pay any attention to the hud i ou the stems or branches, for there are always enough latent or adventitious buds from which new shoots will spring in due time. AYlion digging the plants preserve as many of the are roo's us possible, but if one-hapreserved, and the top cut back, us we have directed, there will he little danEarly spring is the ger of failure. best season for transplanting the broad-leave- d evergreen trees and shrubs. sucrc-sf- ul trail-plant- two-thir- one-thir- lf g, de-ir- ed po-sih- le Elegant women have all sorts of Mr: about their clothes. Harrison is fastidious about her footgear. Mrs. Wanamaker would wear a print dress rather than dispen-- e with e dainty, underclothing, and Mrs. Morton considers a glorious caprices hatid-nvid- costume wasted if t.ic gloves aic oil' in tone or fit. No toilet is perfect without a fault1 never less glove, she said. study the fabric or composition of my gowns, and, really, half the time I do not know until I don a dress what it is like. Every detail of the costume itself should be the tailors care, but a woman should always select he! own gloves. The shoe or slipper, of course, should be next. In answer to my question of what style of glove she wore, Mrs. Morton looked a trifle surprised : of course, and I Mouequetairc, never have worn t! em above the elbow, as no device can save them from untidiness if ihey end anywhere on the upper arm. As a result of these views the wife is always the best gloved woman in any assembly. Vice-Presiden- t's ll is a curious tiling tlmt swell people in New York do not seem to care to pay out adequate subscriptions towards an affair like the recent grand hall. It is true that AVanl McAllister only asked for a subscription of 100, and as this carried with it tho right to twelve tickets, these in consequence were only 8 each, very little more than is asked for admission to a public hall, where the arrangements are comparatively inUnder AA'ard McAllister's expensive. management the three Patriarch halls at Deimonieo's only cost about 0,000 or 2,000 each, an amount of money only half as much us that w)ich in many cases lias been expended for single private balls at the same estabAnd yet, if tho subscriplishment. there would probtions were increa-ed- , able he a good (leal of objection on tlie part of the millionaire subscribers. It mav lie set dow n as a lux ad and undeniable statement of fact that millionaires are stingy. Hit-se- ll Sage is simply B. a tvpo of this cla-- s. Jay Gould, n 'Huntington and other magnates are more careful of their single dollars' than men who do not one-lift- ii or one pos-c-- s This fact part of their wealth. demonstrated during the of the subscriptions for the canvas-bi- g Fashion Notes. It. All shoes for evening or promenade, wear are made with lower heels than last season. Embroidered backed kid gloves are. selling for a song, but unfortunately evervbodv knows it. Brocades are noticeable in all the display windows, and are in high favor for evening wear. Many of the newly imported French gowns have the skirt pi rmancntly .attached to the bodice. the three For ladies pocket-book- s, fashionable leatheis are elephant, kangaroo and lizard. 1 hese hooks arc of medium size, and are mounted with gold or silver. The elaborate small wraps are never of plain woollen or silk; always of figured material; except in tit j case of velvet, plain velvet being used for all kinds of wraps. Short amber shell pins arc thrust through coils of light hair to show plainly, and cost only 25 cents apiece; gold pins are for golden hair, and silver pins for gray hair. Contrasting shoves have proved so acceptable that still another step has been taken. Not only does the front or top of the bodice dillcr from the bodice itself, as in tho early English gowns, hut zouave fronts of the same rich material as the sleeves are being added to a new and dainty style of basque. Broad, fitted girdles of black velvet embroidered with threads of gold or silver, or both, intermingled with silk flosses, are now being made tip by tasteful woman to wear with Molhcr-Hubbaneglige blouses, vests, and indeed, all sorts of full dress bodies ami gathered vests. They imto the finish a plainest dressy part bed-cloth- AVI) y is it that all tho of modern inventions and evidences of refinement which the farmer and his family get hold of are at, one time held the fanner's financial up as proof-o- f success and at other times as the cau es Sm li is the case. t f his poverty ? Every mowing machine, sulky plow, patent harrow, top buggy, nice lior-- e iris; ruiduukcl, fancy whip, mu-icmen s and ftmlory made car ot in tho bunds of farmers and their families have been enumerated as proofs that they live better than formerly, ulso as evidences of their extravagance and But. why causes of the hard times. should these things c mse so much reAV'ho mark in tint hands of fanners. has a hotter l ight to the good things of life? The organs and pianos are Usually bought hy the girls who got their or working in money teaching the mill or a shop and the c image and itsequipnicnis is usually purehu-c- d ban by the. hoys in some otlc r way farm work, hut these things ate alternately referred to as proofs of the fai'imr's wealth, or evidence ol hie extravagance or eatt-e- s of his povertv. Tim merchant may settle for2o cents on a dollar and hi- - daughter have a piano and his son u fast hoi so and the public will not question anv prnprii ty - the of such things in their hand'. society of this nation of freedom and equality so soon to lie divided into cla-- s es and each wear an cnibicui lo AAho has a belter show the stat km? right to the benefits of invention ami civilization Ilian the the i i linetnenl-o- f Is his share farmer and his family ? of t tit products of hi' own toil to he cut down so low that in order to live he mu-- t retain the primitive method and implements, wear the coarse dress and inhabit the rude dwellings of forMit't farmer's children mer years? start in life clad ill the proofs of their futlier's poverty? Such is the tendency of the times. llow long will it be so? al -- rd attire. As a fabric trimming velvet is decidedly the leader, being freely applied It frequently on all sorts of goods. forms parts of bodices, with good effect ; but as skirts are now almost of one material, anti there ?s an objection to In caking their graceful lines with sections of other fabrics, velvet is never seen upon them. Very full sleeves of ve.vet are much liked, and ate often seen when there is no more of the rich mat rial upon the gown. d 1 s, Farm Notes. A large number of salmon carp 1ms been distributed in various Vermont towns. A new creamery has been staffed in Belchertovvii, Conn., with A. V. Morse as president and F. I,. Stehiiins Another new secretary and trea-ure- r. one will lie organized at Milford at no far distant dav. The wood pulp business is booming down in Maine. The present daily consumption of wood in this industry is about olid cords, and when all tho mills now building in Maine are completed (lie business will consume 1,000 cords a day. The Florida orange crop will he smaller than usual this year, owing to the drouths that prevailed in tho orange-growinregion last spring. Last yetir it was estimated that about two million boxes of the fruit were sent out from Florid t. The annual meeting of tho New England Milk Brodueers Union will he held at the l'nited States Hotel. Boston, Tuesday, Jan. 1 4 ill, beginning at 10:30 o'clock. Local sections should hold their meetings for election of ofitcers und delegates as soon as possible. There are still a good many people who tiling that to ripen grapes the leaves must he pulled otl around the flusters, and the sunlight let in. This old stupidity is about as hard to ki as faith in the mo ill's changes as a guide to bean or potato planting. Baldwin, Mass., is getting to be quite an apple town. Mr. John Flint raised nearly 3,500 bushels of picked apples, besides nearly 1,000 bushels of windfalls iast y ear, ami theie ure probably from 100 to twenty others who rai-e5oo barrel-- , while nearly every farmer raises from 20 to 100 barrels. AVIicn milk is turned out from a pitcher or pail and settlings are discovered in tlie bottom, so as to cloud the luilk, or make it look streaked, tho conclusion is safe that tlie dairyman is not as dean us he ought to lie. Tho settlings are minute particles of filth from the cows udder; which the milker neglected to clean otl. lie should lie reminded of his negligence. g 1 d Some Magazine Salaries. Mr. Gilder of the Century is paid 10,0K a year and has an interest Mr. Alden of Harpers receive about the same salary . hut 1ms no proMr. Burlingame of prietorship. e. JrribntT's is ul-- o paid a generous Mr. Aldi icli of the Atlantic receive- a more mo 'crate income, hut since he his duties are ie-- -, hlinlen-om- e h - only letier-pre-- 't and no to look al ter, which maks a wonderful difierenee in an editors ilntie-- . The, I allies Home Journal ha- - for several y oar- - paid its editor !.(Ko per y en'. Mr. Metcalf of the Forum receives o a large salary and i. a stockholder in the magazine beside-- . The editors of the North American arc also l.eview and the the owner-- , an thus derive, their income from tlie profits, or share the losses either of which is probable. A good business manager, be who can control a profitable advertising p:itrii-ag- o and knows how to boom the circulation of the magazine is tut invaluis a scarce able man and at pre-en- t commodity. Such a man cun command and easily get from ,7,aai to 10,000 a year, and - worth it, )f lie be the right man men, for example, hko Mr. Donbieday (ot Set ibner's), Mr. Are you fully satisfied with tlie size Httz.cn (of the Century), Mr. Seymour or Mr. Seaman (of tho ftndquuli'v of you. chicks? If not, (of Harper's) . now is the time to make the, change. i'-u- fi, among corn would grow. One woman had so much faith in this ru e that one cold season when the condition of the crops wtis in doubt she actually laid and shivered night after night, thinking that if she could stand it the corn would glow. And she was as consistent as the man who thinks ho is a good faruuT vv lnle robbing and skinning 5t) acres of pasture and wet meadow, and putting the manure, all on a few acres about the house. It m:if- he the best a man can do now. It is rertainly better than spreading his labor ami fertilizer over too much land. It 1ms been done so long on many farms that under present conditions the owners are not able to git) back and undo it. This is one reason why fanners cannot get rich wliero their ancestors did. The soil lias been skinned and exhausted, the pa,since is, almost barren, the timber is sold oft-and when the team goes to market it mu-- t bring hack a load of feed or fertilizers, a tiling which was not thought of two gt iterations ago. s, Catholicism kn America. Iloffmati's Catholic Directory for at which has ju-- t been of the Milwaukee, gives the a'i-lics ( atiio'ie (Jhtirch ill the United States. The Catholic population is estimated at 8,;;0!.:!G7, and the nmnbcrof priests is placed at 8,108 212 regulars and 0,:u7 secular'. of the CathoThe general slati-tic- .s Stall's comlic ( 'hurcli in the Unite in the Dithe with figures given pared AA'orlds Pair. rectory for 1882 show the following and Miss Jen-nes- s in. rea'es: Copulation, I Li.ti'.U ; priests, Mrs. Jenne-s-Millare about to open a physical cul- ;t 15 ; churches, 17: chape!-- , .2; or ture school which looks to the realiza- phan asylums, 3; codogos. 1; acadeschool', 410; tion of Edward Bellamy's id a, that mies. 83; parochial the millennium for which the world uupils attending parochial schools, waits is to come with woman's perfect 57.Ut. fine hundred years ago, when A belter and physical development. in morwomen men race and hierarchy was of stronger Catholic L'nited the the populaStates, as as and well physicmentally, ally ally, will certainly exist when the laws tion of the country numbered 44,500. was an old expression farmers that when the summer nights are warm enough so poop e did not over them, the want tiny 1 -t- well-know- th 1 er sal-ar- ttl-- i- Cu-seli- s) i 1 V |