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Show f - V 14 Mi. of a little home of their own Is just as alluring as It was to our forefathers, and, everything taken Into consideration. It.is not mush more difficult to maintain a family now than It was then. There are always toes to fight, contingencies to provide sgalnst, always chances of disappointments, but in the main the sweet old story gets told with quite as much sentiment as ever, the good-byaye just as hard to say, and the welcome Just as warm. It teems to me that people might be a great deal better employed than la worrying over the decadence of matrimony. Every article of this sort that is pat into print Is read by some one whom It may discourage or fill with forebodings. This sort of literature !s bringing about the very condition of affairs that It deplores, and more's tbs pity that those who engage In it are unable to see the mischief they are FOR WOMAN AND HOME ITEMS OP INTEREST FOR MAIDS AND MATRONS. - Elat Trat Old , Mrrl tka Great Objaatlva All aiagle Fsoplo Kata of the Godot. ftltl Still la Lift of boat Carnal es The Old Elm A It , Tr. H C morning, when my waking eyes first tee, Through wreathed lattice, golden day a p pear. There sits a robin the on the old elm tree. And fills my ear, 1 with stirring such music A Gown. I might foiget that life had pain or An house dress was defear. signed for a woman whose dark beauty And feel again as I was wont to do. When hope was young, and Joy and life itself were new. w oer his heaps of hoarded gold. Nor monarch in the plenitude of power. Nor lover, free the chaste maid to enfold Who ne'er hath owned her love till that blest hour, Nor poet, couched in rocky nook or bower, Knoweth more heartfelt happiness than No miser, he, That never tiring warbler of the elm tree. -- old ' From even the poorest of Heaven's creatures, such As know no rule but Impulse, we may draw much Lessons of sweet humility,-an- d Of apt Instruction In the homely law Of nature: and the time hath been, I saw Naught, beautiful or mean, but bad far FARM AND GARDEN. OF INTEREST MATTERS AGRICULTURISTS. Sao th- - Hints boll Hortlrultar- -, Flartc altar. Th-r-- of A boat and TO ea Yields ilUmlian and Fmrm Fipdrimnta. Is no disparagement to the work ot our different experiment stations to say that there Is a kimf ofJnvesUgs-tio- n It which they can never perform, says Michigan Farmer. The principles on which successful farm practice must depend may be properly and effectively studied by these institutions, but in the practical application of the results thus secured there remains much which can only be successfully accomplished on the very farm to which the principles srs to b applied. The infinite variety of soil and climatic conditions to which all crops are necessarily subjected, the wide differences which even Individual farms offer, preclude the possibility of securing in any one locality the detail ot data which shall control successful practice In all other localities and farms of the same political division. Upland and lowland, sand and clay, hard wood lands, and pine lands, dry lands and wet lands, all offer local peculiarities demanding variations of practical treatment which cannot be studied under opposite conditions and which render the results obtained under one condition wholly inapplicable to another. It seems, therefore, obvious that our official stations should devote a larger part of their efforts to the elucidation of principles snd to the development of schemes snd systems tor private investigation and lest time iq the routine of plot trials and variety tests, which can have only local application and many of which arc better and more effectively conducted by par-siwhose commercial Interests srs Involved. To Illustrate, the opinion or judgment of a reliable nurseryman or seedsman, always obtained aa a result of personal experience and trial, is usually a safer guide to the selection ot trees, plants, seeds and fruits adapted to the locality tn which ba is located, does business and has financial Interests, than any advice furnished on the same points by the experiment station located possibly miles away, and with soils and climatic conditions quits different from those Involved. It is Impossible to suggest a plan of Individual experimentation which shall be universally applicable, but a tew suggestions as to the conditions to be met and the methods best calculated to secure trust worthy and useful results seem feasible, The location should be as nearly as possible the average soil of the farm, as convenient ot access as possible and with an even aspect and drainage. The area devbted to the purpose must be controlled by the extent of the work contemplated. The alte should be carefully divided and measured Into plots, between which vacant spaces ot not less than, three feet in width must be left to prevent as much as possible the effects of the treatment ot one plot from affecting the results of Its adjoining neighbors. Tbe size of there plots will chiefly control not only the area required, but also the reliability of results. The common mistake In opinion and practice is that ot too largs plots. Really, the smaller the plots up to the minimum ot practical working with farm method and imacre may b plements the better given as a maximum are and acre la probably a better and 'possibly the minimum feasible size of plot The reason for this fact Is not far to seek. Results must all be baaed on averages, and it must be obvious that 100 trials on 100 plots occupying an acre of ground will give greater probability ot average correctness of conclusion this though the results' were secured from x single trial occupying the entire acre. ery whenever Xn attack Is made upon them. Why not combine lessons of pt rccal utility along with mental discipline? , This may" be" dune by the teaching of horticulture. While uot all of the boys and girls will become farmer, or gradeuers. or fruit growe-- s, the knowledge gained of plant and tree and toil nd all of nature'i processes will bs of use to them in sny profession, and will make them wiser and better men andjaomen. While the study of horticulture la Intensely practical, It i also refining and elevating, it inculcates the grandest of all lessons, by leading the minds or our youth through nature up to natures Ood. It is easier to say why horticulture should be taught in our school than to prescribe just how. Thgt, it seems to me. is ths peculiar province of the teacher. We do not attempt to tell oar teachers just hqw they shall teach geography, or arithmetic, or grammar. Every good teacher baa hit own method ot teaching each branch. W try, if we are wist parent, to secure the beat teacher possible snd allow them to follow their own methods However, a good text book is a prime requisite to the successful study ot any branch ot learning. But let the state declare that horticulture is one of the breaches required by law to be taught In the rural schools and some ot the best mind in the country will at oace set to work to produce text books to meet the fie mand. W shall, in a short time, have excellent ones, aa we have tn all other branches of study. Our wideawake And progressive teachers will take up tbe matter in their own vigorous fashion, and then we may safely leave the how with them. The day la almost here when w hall 6a more think of leaving the study of horticulture out ot our schools than the study of arlthmetie. It asked why we teach it, we shall answer emphatically, "Because it is indispensable. BN, es me Some charm, even like the warbler of makes yellow a favorite. The skirt was made of yellow crepe, trimmed the old elm tree. with panels of pale yellow lace. The And listening to his joy Inspiring lay, waist was made of yellow and white Some sweet reflections ars engendered striped silk in tones that were almost thence: alike. The lining of the crepe skirt As half In tears, unto myself I say, was a thin yellow muslin, looking alGod, who hath gtven this creature most like silk. This same material sources whence lined the lace yoke and sleeves. The He such delight may gather and dis- stock and belt were of striped yellow silk ribbon that exactly matched the pense. Hath In my heart Joys living fountain dress material. The sleeves had biff placed, puffs of yellow and white striped silk. More free to flow, the oftener of Its Yellow roses or white chrysanthemums waves I taste. look well with this gown. FARNUM. mix buksh. a grove.' BVKifH be the Maharaja of Lenares, lofiged to and was lent by him one January to a small shooting la South party Mlzapur, consisting ot three gentlemen, two ot whom had their wives and children. He was without tusks, of great tire, and of what amateurs call beautiful points; ataneb with tiger, trained snd tracable, but credited from the first known of him with an uncertain temper. On the 15th of the month he took part In an expedition Into the jungle; pelted a wounded tiger Into a ravine with clods till the brute charged and fastened on hie ear; then got hi foe between his legs, and kicked him from hind-foto forefoot and back again til) he was done for. -- On tbe 19th ho carried some of tbe party. Including two ladles, for an outing, nothing unusual being observable In his manner, except a rather excited rivalry with a horse which wa cantering by his side, On arriving in camp, he was fed. as usual, by female bands, and his affectatlon humored of having his biscuit put actually into hie mouth. H bad. however, about kta rather a menagerie melt, for which a balhwjetgnbor-In- g river was prescribed. In prelect peace of mind all retired to rest Cut at midnight came the cry. "Mola Buksh has killed bis mahout! This wa true, but it waa generally thought the aet waa accidental The paroxysms had come on him about 2 a. m. He at once tore himself loose and went in search of ble second attendant This man was a purlolner of grain, inattentive and cruel, and greatly detested by tbe animal. The mahout and his deputy were sleeping side by side under a tree, shrouded In their coverlets, as the manner ot the country la Mola knelt on hie enemy and killed him, and, perhaps, la attempting to rise, slipped on to th mahout, who wa a drunkard, and not likely to be easily awakened, or to think of rolling aside. At any rate, some hours afterward, when the animal returned and saw the bodies, he only looked down at that of ibe mahout, but seized the other and tossed It hither and thither, , All waa alarm, naturally. In th camp. Cots were eiung up In the banian and tree one, fortunately, the ladies and children put In comparative safety. Morning was anxiously Joooked for. It came, however, the coast wsa clear. Mola Buksh was passing bis time in wrecking a village at a little distance, unroofing houses and plundering the sweetmeats and grain. The other elephants had been driven into tbe Jungle, The men were armed and vigilant, the servants on the watch. A no alarm waa given! a forced march was determined on, and off the whole party art for an encamp- ot ' , Rev Manj Roeeters to e Flock. The number of hens that can safely be put with single male and be moderately sure of getting the greatest per cent ot fertile eggs depends on ths breed, age of stock .and their surrounding. writes C. F. Reynolds In Farm and Home. During recent years I havs had experience with Plymouth Rocks that have shattered some of my theories on this subject 1 had a flock of forty hens headed by three males, all having unlimited range. I lost two of the melee, leaving only the one just aa the breeding season. was opening. During the epring this single male was responsible for the fertility of the whole flock. Tbe percentage ot fertile egge was high and has not been surpassed on my term even whan I have used several males. A year ago I had about an equal number of bens in this flock, varying from yearlings to mated to young vigorous cockrels n of a eastern strain, and the percentagreof fertile eggs was equally good. This season I used a cock of the same strain to about the same flock and our hatching has never been more successful than tbs past spring. I mention these instance merely to show that, so far as my experience is concerned, the old idea that one must proportion a male for every 10 or 12 hen is erroneous. There is on very Important thing upon which I base my success, and. that is I was careful to avoid any but strong, vigorous stock, especially in the male line. I might add that they were allowed free range and consequently had plenty ot exercise. This doubtless had considerable to do with the health and vigor ot the flock. Whether or sot a flock is yarded makes a great difference In tbe number of hens to a single ON THE RAMPAGE, male. I have known instances where mile off. This wa reached ment ten one male was allowed to 20 Brahma in safety, but the elephant waa toon in hens on unlimited range, and also have known cases where tbe birds were pursuit, upset tbe camels, loads and of tk same strain and of practically all, on tha road; flung to right and left the same general health, hut yarded, th bnrdena deserted , by tbe flying half that number of females being al- coolies, caught np two unhappy lingermost too many, la my experience 1 can ers and killed them both, and pounded - - HertteaUare la FabUa Sebeels. with mad instances where a yarded pen of away over th cite The heart ot tbe United States Is her six bens, mated to a male, did not give ness In Us bead and unnatural activ public school, for the citizens ot a aa bis high a percentage of fertility aa a ity of overheated excitement inseat-edand the flock country are her limbs. The anxious friends were !x unlimited of having range school children of y are the clti-setruaks. wstehing their growing the Tbe former had a of Is conceded that times IS bynumber, encampment, when the shout arose: 40. yard the hulk of our best citizens come, uot Mola la coming!" from the schools of the town and city, A Plea for Less Cotton. The English And, sure enough, headlong down a but from tbe rural school. In the manufacturer are our cotton steep pitch. Just descended with every getting country schools the hope ot the nation almost nothing. Your family needs caution by the party, swung into view Is centered, I It not then well worth for milk and butter, garden veg- the reckless mammoth, as If the fiends potatoes, our while to give earnest heed to the etables and orchard fruits, such as were close behind him. That waa a things which should be taught la there apples, apricots, pears and moment. Indeed! Wive, eyaha and peacbss,' schools and to the manner of teaching? blackberries. Joshua children were hurried to trees scarcely said to the chilWhy do we tax ourselves to support dren of Israel, "Choose ye this day of adequate height, and th men and these Institutions? What la the grand whom I say to you, tbe servants took their places for deyon will serve. object we have In view? Not the will yon raise nothing but cotton or fense, beside them. But me I shall cramming of the children's bewto with certainly name him Wlgram Money, you raise such things as your famas many dry tacts aa posslblef but ths will needs? Will you work for th milmagistrate of MIrzapur, advanced on ily proper training, of their young and lionaire factories of America and Engthe little plain before the tent alone crowing minds, so that they may be land, or will yon work for your famto meet th approaching brute, He healthy snd strong and sound able to Dear reader, will yon not this received Moia Buksh at fifty yard ily? think dearly and Independently and to moment resolve that yon will raise the with his first barrel, and'' the ball reason closely. The Studies best adaptstruck tbe center of the forehead. This mentioned above for yonr famed to Ibis end should be carefully se- things or cotton milk stopped him, and a second mads im for Cheap England ily? lected. One of tbe most valuable leswhich turn toward th hill. He waa pursued for and your family, potatoes son to be taught our children is the and on horseback, and though he doubled babit of keen and quick observation of Wiir it beoanext year? Cat this out the tents, a round and again sppr-achfor tt read It the and wall paste the thing about them. -- J remlndrance every week for six he remembered his lesson; and. Ina deed, though he dorged the hurried "Not to know at large of things re- months. Home and Farm. r marches of the party, appearing sud' J mote tp-t denly and causing greet alarm, for the Grafting Wax. The grafting vr From nse, obscure and subtle, but to prepared by mixing, generally in equal next day or two he eeemed to have a know That which before us lies in daily life parts, rosin, beeswax and oil, Tbe dread of coming quit close,-T- he distances be traveled were la the prime wisdom. proportions, though, must be varied to ( suit conditions, If the weather is cold scarcely credible; by light and In the Horticulture is a highly desirable too much rosin will make the grafting dark it was one melted and destrucstudy, for several reasons: if teaches cloth gtiff and brittle; If It la warm too tive raid, without exhaustion and with a love of the beautiful; it cultivates the much oil will make It sticky and dis- out repose. He tore off the roofs, he observing babtt; tt stimulates original agreeable. In the former case nse A tor np wheat, be devoured or ecat-terthought; last, but by np means least, It little more oil, in the latter more roeia the contests of shops. la supremely practical a study of that and less oil. Make hot and mix thormen and women, chilThe villager which "before us lies in dally life, oughly. While hot soak a light weight dren and old people fled before him and a thorough knowledge of which is but strong domestic In it, then hang He invaded two other sporting camps the "prime wisdom" and essential to out to dry. In using tear" off strip besides tbe one be was at first attachour prosperity and happiness. A great about a fourth inch wide, and aa long ed to, tossing ths equipments about, deal ot time IS spent In our schools in aa may be necessary,--E- x, the horses, and at times maddening the teaching of things which nr not ' tome unfortunate Attend surprising ot the slightest practical nse, and tber -- store of old plaater and anL Lay up fs much talk about the mental disci keep it In th pm or near If yon wee this A On of 6 is last feats pUne afforded by these studies. They do that yon will not be so likely to ranee of waa on a pilgrim' birth high are of no practical value, bat think of neglect giving th fowls th Urn they wws encamped In age to Benares. the mental disciple they give is the seed. three-year-ol- ds well-know- ld 1-- 19 hill-sto- ne life-bloo- d, Marriage Still Popelar, "It Is always Interesting, said a woman of wide experience, middle-ageto read up and study the vrhys and wherefores of the various articles on the subject of marriage.. It always sets me wondering what mailner of people they most be who look no further for their authorjty than the frivolous gossip of the day, who never take the trouble to go down Into the heart of Nature and the Impulses that govern humanity, to find out why things are. Now somebody comes forward and publishes statistics of marriage In the various cities, and bewails the fact that the proportion is In some places much greater. than In others. Then they sigh and mourn over It. and really fall to wondering what we all are coming to. There seems very little In the situation to wall over, for marrying snd giving In marriage Is going on every day, and there Is no good reason to suppose that th end cf this Is anywhere near. Courting is just as de'l-clonowadays as, It . was a hundrfd years ago, carping critics to the contrary notwithstanding. , .The prospect d, us Training for Segro Girl. Leading women of Columbia, Mo., have organized a movement to estab lish an Industrial school in that city at which negro girl may be trained Ja cooking, sewing and in general housework. Thq movement has met a ready response from the housekeepers of Columbia and may he the means of solving the sevant-gi- rl problem, in that vicinity at least The negro populass favorable tion has expressed-ltse- lf to the enterprise, and the Industrial school promises to have all the pupils that It can accommodate. The school will have regular instruction given by Columbia women and be managed on the same lines as an industrial school for white children which is now in operation a a part of the mission work under the control of the churches of the city. 4 Jt , , ? ( ( - The Fatar ef Mexico now has lady bull fighters, A- tey. Br6oklyn has lady football players, and Middletown, N. Y., has s lady street csV motorman.. If this thing keeps op w shall ultima tely hsvs lady everything except lady women. Exchange- - Refi sud white striped tenfa were enclosed by the canvas walls; fix'" the j innermost, Wa.,shf herselfy tag-ra- g entourage of native rank encircled her. A seedy sepoy or so, with shako over their tied -- up heads, and old, unloaded flint muskets, stood about. There was a rush ot cattle and peasants down the road, dust tn clouds, , and a cry of The elephant! The ranees currish hirelings left her. Mola Bukish leveled all opposing obstacles, ' -and stood before the miserable princes herself. The slave girls bad hidden ' themselves. The old lady fled to her palankeen. The mad animal tore her from behind It, and put her to death He feasted on a heap of cakes htch had been prepared for the ehrmls of the holy city, A Brahmin crept in to e what the fat of hi mistress had r been. Mola seized him and destroyed him, and flung him on tbe road, where his body waa seen by my Informant On" the twenty-seventhe fit subsided, and Mola Bukish walked into hte stable at Ramnuggur, the fort of his master, near Benares, glad to have hi wounds attended to. He had been a week on the loose had killed twenty persons and wounded otbere.and had destroyed a greet deal of property. Morals to stories are dull appendages; '"n but I surely may aay such an occur- rence would create some excitement in th neighborhood of Primrose Hill," A e tol toujours. , , th "JOHNNY LAW. Tihmm l to Frovest IrkvatlM There ia no queerer Wgiwtauv va gary on th statute booka.of any states than wbat la known aa the Johnny law, passed by the last Ten ness assembly, and now being en. forced In that state, says the New Ore leans The law was passed, we are sorry to have to aay., for. ihe .restraint and- - humiliation t, Juvenile lovers, ss If "sparking tbe, girls had not been a recognized andv altogether legitimate pastime with th youthful lection of tbs male population from th day of Father Adam' until now. Her Is the "Johnny law of Tennessee; An act for tbe protec-- J tlon of boarding school and college for females and the principal and inmates thereof. Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the Itate of Tennessee, That hereafter tt J shall he unlawful for any person or persons to willfully and Unnecessarily Interfere with, disturb, or in apy way ' disquiet tbe pupils of any school or college for females ia this state, or J fee in charge of , principals or teacher them, while on any public road ot street, or la any building or structure, or on the school premises; nor shall any communication be had Tor such purpose with such pupils or sny of them, either orally or In writing, or by signs or otherwise; and B shall ho Unlawful for sny person to enter upon any such school or college premises, except on business, without first having obtained permission from the principal ia charge of same; and every person guilty of either of said offenses a shall , be deemed guMty of a misdemeanor and on conviction hereof shall pay a fin of not less than 5 nor more tbaa $50 for each offense on first t conviction; and upon second and sub- sequent conviction of a like offena j shall pay a fine of not less than $19 and not more tbaa $50 and be imprisoned at the discretion of th court in th county Jail not less than ten nor more than thirty days. Section 2, Be It further enacted. That it shall be no- lawful tor any person or persons to loiter, wander, stand or sit upon tha public Foads. Streets, alleys sidewalk of other places or to frequently and unnecessarily pass along the same la such manner and with intent to annoy, vex or disturb the owners or occupants of premises used for schdolor college purposes for education of females, ? Any person violating the second section shall be deemed gvtfty and shall be fined and punished ss in th first section. - Passed on March IT, ' Tlmca-Bumocr- 1S97 en to-da- SORTIE DE BAL AND RECEPTION COSTUME. - ed ed -- 1 ' it LArCfst Safe in tht world. Ralls fcr aa KSllnl Flrnjj If F SHgfaand IS Fat Wide. The highest. If not actuaIlyJhAlr est, safe In the world has Just been constructed in Liverpool by a n eafe manufacturing firm for a t bank: Iff Scotland. It Is a Steel atrure" tore, quit as big as many a cot tags, or even a bouse, It Is built iq tvr stories, and Is in height rather more 1 than 1? feet It other measurement are: Depth, 15 feet; width, 15 feet Th whole I divided off Into rooms or . , chambers of a fair size. This enormous cafe is to stand In a large room, u.. bottom resting on steel girders it j believed that this kind of safe is tea- - mensely superior to chambers of vaults built of stone, having fireproof and burglar-proo- f doors, because all such vaults can be undermined, as ha an- - . really happened in more than on la- stance. As this safe stands free of th ground, it is, of course, quite impos- -. lhie that tt can be entered by sny' process ot undermining without detec- -. i . , Ho. . i . . Owe well-know- j way the The quiver of the aspen Jeavts I due to the tact of the leaf stalk being Out on the sides and so thin about th , eii-k- -n. middle that the slightest breath of 4 wind seta all the leaves wagging horl- - , J , non tally, A eingl leaf plucked off and taken by the end of the leaf stalk be-tween toe thumb and forefinger ad- - ti mtrably illustrates, the peculiarity 4 , the aspen. , , . -- -- f Moth if rns H I Ret. The largest known moth Is the Glint Atlas, a native ot China, whose wing measure nine Inches across. -- |