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TIRED.
Tired
Po tiro aii'I weary. .?
Life seems a desert so dreary
Teardrop drv unin it?. sand.
Tired
Of Jovin? an 1 hatinr.
Jn-in- for re-t, anil then waiting
I or peace i h an&t her Ian 1 .
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To faifeoin the depth of lifeS riv -r -'lu
catch the stray sunbeams that quire.
Aud dance ou its glearuin breast.
Wondering
If all sweeping 'iir
Ceaselessly sn Hope's last dirges
Ite-quieai masses of re-jt. . 1
Lon-ing
To sleep In the gloaming
On dreamland' far hills to be roatnin",
With eyes that will never awake.
Waitinj r '
To see life' gray dawning
yiash In a glorious morning.
And the light of Eternity bnjak.
-New York Advertiser.
An Apateur Detective.
BY MBS. M. L. HAYXK.
J ViDENTLY
j: ariucr riii
well was very
much s u r-
k prise'I when
his only son
Charles Au
gustus told
J ibim he was
;goiu iu uie
, v'city to "look
t for a job."
' What's
the matter
v.ith stayiug
at liome and helping me run the farm?"
a'rked the old man.
t;I want a chance to rise inthe world,
to show what kind of stuil I am made
of," answered the youth.
4iI reckon you're made of the same
s )rt of clay a y'er mother and me," but
jer only about half-baked yet," said thy
old m m with a ;;rln. "This comes of a
little If'irnin. AuM better tarry at
.lu itho until yer beard is grosvu aa
you've cut yer wisdom teeth, son."
Hut the youug man jersisteJ. lie e.v
j.laiued to his father that he wanted to
tee the world, aud make his mirk in it.
He mut have to beiu low, but he was
bound to rise and be somebody, and lie
knew enough to keep clear of buueo
Fteerer.s and all such gentry. So liis
father ave hiiff Ids ble?sinj aud twenty
live dollars i'p rrold and let him go, with
a pardonable desirr to gratify hi.s ambi
tio;: and s'.e him rise in the world.
I n lue time a letter came from the
i.m;.; in;ir(. Hehvl found employment
as a cleric iu a jewelry store. It was
only a stepping-stone, h said, to the
fortune he intvnded to make, but he
should keen his eyes open and loose no
i;ood chance.
The next letter was from the chief of
police in the city where the young maa
was .'inployetl. It merely announced the
fact that the youth was in jail and want
ed liis'father to come and bail him out.
The consternation which this missive ia
t ro-1 need into the- fnrm household can
only be. imagined. They all loyally
clung to the belief tjiat their Charles
Augu-tu was not a criminal in intent,
but the fact of his being in jail was a
rent blow to their pride. -
. "It us return," as thy uovelUts say,
to Charier A.ugutus.
Thar enterprising young nvv.i had wou
golden opinion? from his employers by
!e.-.d- eonu..ct, his correct business
prinviplc-s. an 1 his devotion to their in
terests. Uae day, at a time when .he
was t-:c only clerk in the store, a stranger
entered aud a-ke 1 to he shown soma
diamond earring. He produced a bus
iness card, and tiie je.veler,-who person
ally attended to him, lecognize I the
unme a that of a mm recently estab
lished i:i business there, but who was
still a stringer to him'.-. The geutleuaaa
selec ted th-' earrings and risked that they
his wife to cx-
amine before purchasing them.
Then
he left the store.
Xnw this business was unbusinesslike
and the jeweler cautioned young tiil
we'l not to1 leave the diamonds unless
they were paid for, as the buyer had
said they would be if they suited. So
Charles Augustus went up to the hoial
with two idea fixed in his mind. He
was to return ,U -Tie the Spartan hero, with
0
his shield, or upon it in other words,
he w as to bring back either the diamonds,
or their e puivalent in cash.
'Know thyself," the motto of the
wise men of Greece, was aa unkuowa
auaatity ia the arithmetic of our Charles
Augustus. He had read eaougb dime
literature ia his salad days, which were
not yet over, to till his soul with aa une
qual appreciation of things. For in
stance, quit" unknown to hfs parent, he
yearned to be a detective. Cowboys and
raiders were ; not much to his liking;
they lacked the element of respectability.
But to be a detective, a sleuth-hound of
the law, to rise to the high position of
jnpector-in-chief of poliqe, to be the
terror of snriH b jys aud evil doers was to
reach the ultimatum of his ambition.
Waea his employer imagined his new
clerk at the reading room of the A". M.
C. A. or souad. asleep in his boarding
house bed, Charles Augustus was hang
ing around the police station, watching
the criminals brought in, and admiring
the officer on duty who assigned each
one to a cell wttu a wave of his baton.
He thought he was getting a deep ia-.
sight . into human nature, and that he
could tell a criminal from an honest man
at the first glance. That was the inter
esting state ot nis mina when, he reached
the hotel with the valuable package i:i
bis pocket, the jewels iu a sathi-liue l
case, ready to be tenitpingly displayed
before eyes of the fortunate woman for
whom they Mere to be purchased.
In answer to his question the bey whe
opened the door said that he would see
if Mrs.- was in, and Charles Augustus
ent up the card--of his employer, and.
waited in the parlor for the lady to -see
bim. When the boy returned he was
requested to attend to the lady in her
own room.
"Ha!" he said to himself, "it's tne
old gag!"
The lady admired the jewels and told
her husband, who was present, that they
suited her exactly. Charles Augustus
had literally frozen to them; he stood
close to the lady while she tried them on
and furtively watched her lest she should
make a dash for the opposite door, when
he would snatch the diamonds and fight
the two conspirators single handed, and
he pressed something in the breast
pocket of his coat. It was tha first
purchase he had made, out of his father's
gold piece a revolver, which he needed
about as much as a cat needs two tails.
"A'ou can leave them," said the gen
tleman languidly gentlemanly villains
are always languid "I will call in and
pay for them on my way home from the
office."
na, the plot thickens," remarked
Charles Augustus, mentally. Aloud he
said:
"I beg your pardon, sir, but my or
ders are peremptory. I am not to leave
the diamonds without receiving the
money.'
The gentlemau smiled. But a mau can
smile, aud smile, and be a villain still.
Charles Augustus stood his guard with a
come - one - come - all-this-rock-shall-rly-from-it?
- first - base - as-soon-as-T Fitz
James' expression that meant business.
"The idea," said his wife indiguantfy,
"to think that you are not good for that
amount! They can't know who we
are."
"Never miud'dear. It's just as well
to pay for them now as at any time. I
will write out a check and give it to the
youug man, and you can keep your dia
mond?." But Charles 'Augustus saw
only a new move in the game in this ar
rangement. "I must have a certified .cheeky" he
said firmly.
"Ring for a coupe,' said the- gentle
man to his wife, "I will go to the bank
and get the cash, aud see it paid into
the hands of the jeweler myself. It's a
good idea to deal only with principals, in.
an affair of this kind.
This was carrying the war into
the enemy's camp with a vengeance.
Charles Augustus felt that he fTad met a
foeman worthy of his steel. These are
stock phrases which novelists ue, and
they were as familiar to Charles
Augustus; as they are to the rest of the
world, and served to illustrate a crisis.
The coups was announced, and the
two men went down and got ia together,
each visibly shrinking froai the other.
The fact was the buyer of the diamonds
was suffering from a raging toothache,
and just as the coupe got well started,he
remembered a bottle of ether, and some
other mixture which he had bought that
morning for that purpose, and forgotten
during a lull ia the misery. Now he
brought it out, removed the cork, and
was about to apply it, when the bottle
was snatched from his haad, aad da-shed
through the open window of the coupe.
. "No you doa't, I'm onto your little
game. A'ou dCa't chloroform rae!'
shouted Ciiariss Augu3t03,as he drew hh
pistol and pDpped it under the nose ot
aia captured "villain."
The noise of the two men righting
Tigorously ia the coupe, both doors of
wuicu caa nowa open, the cries . oN
"jxlice!" "murder I" "stop thief 1"
wliich could be bevd tor a blocs,finaUj
reached the driver ears, and brought
bim to a stand still when.ia a twinkling,
two policemen were on the spot.
"Hold bim. He tried to chloroform
me!" yelled Charles Augustus.
"Arrest this man He's trying to rob
and murder mel" shouted the other oc
cupant of the coupe.
The result was that both men were ar
rested aud taken to the station, where
they ttere incarcerated ia separate cells
and booked as drunk and disorderly, uu
til such time as the law of police officials,
which is different from any(other kind
of law under the sun, should" admit of
their cases being looked up and the facts
of the affair brought out. The dia
monds and Mr. 's checkbook were
taken care of by tne same authorities.
They were both Sued for breakiu" the
peace, but the innocent party of the first
part, who bought the diamonds, or tried
to, was only kept in jail one night. Then
his distracted wife found him, and figura
tively warmed the policeman's ears for
ever putting him therb. The jeweler
finally got his money and the lady ia tha
case received her diamonds, but Charles
Augustus, the valiait, languished m jail
until his father came and bailed him out.
He is now running a plow on the home
ranch, but what new turn his genius will
take remains to be seen. For the pres
ent he is satisfied to be out of business
as an amateur detective. Detroit Free
Press.
ToCeokaSteak.
The steak should be purchased from a
good butcher.' It should be the sirloiu
cut, with the bone removed. It should
be an inch or an inch and a quarter in
thickness', and should weigh from a
p jund aad a half to two pounds, says aa
exchange. j
Two or three hours before cooking the
steak mix a tablespoonful of olive oil
with a teaspoonful of salt and a quarter
teaspoouful of pepper. , Rub this mixture
thoroughly over both side3 of the steak
and let it lie on a plate until time to cook
it.
Two objects are attained bv this pro
cess the steak is thoroughly seasoned
through, without waste of the juices,
which are prevented from passing out by
the oil, and the oil passes into the fibre
of the meat, making it tender and rich.
Put the steak in a broiler and place
the broiler over a fire of ; bright coals,
cook each side of the steak briskly for
one minute, then sprinkle a little ashos
over the tire to let the steak broil for ten
or fifteen minutes.
Finally, serve promptly oa a hot. plat
ter with water-cress; put no butter, salt
or pepper on the steak-. This is the way
steaks are piepared by the best cooks.
Feminino Trinkets Frim Africa.
The Englishwoman who lately explored
I he Kilima-Njaro country in Africa
brought out all sorts of interesting speci
mens with her, many of which the na
tives would never have surrendered to a
man; such as articles of attire that have
actually been worn by women, bells
worn on the little black babies ankles to
eucournge them to walk;wigs, ring, fly
leaf aprons, bracelets, anklets, belts and
girdles of beads, hair ornaments, beauti
lul spears, shields, poisoned arrows,
porabe. cups, household utensils, aad a
multitude of ' other strange and curious
things. The traveler was much struck,
by.ihe intelligence of these iace3, who
have but little pure African blood, and J
are anything but lazy. Perhaps the most
interesting reflection ia connection with
these people is that they are destined to
extermination by vicious indulgences
which will be introduced to them in tha
way of trade. The German potato alco
hol is more .destructive even than the
opium which was forced oa the Chinese -at
the mouths of British cannoa, aad has
been evet since rnaip.taicMl by the sam
agency. New York Sun.
Two new occupations have cf late
be-ea found for dumb and blind persas.
One is for the employment of deaf and
dumb persons as typewriters, where, as
much of the work i3 written, their de
formity does not interfere with its suc
cess. The blind womea are showing
themselves expert and intelli-gent- as
massage operator, tEeir delicate seoe
of touch aad deft mveaaeaU being f
special advantage.
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
rcrriNu thettastcre is order.
Can you put that pasture in better
fhape than it was last tear by spreading
just a little manure oa the burnt out
spots and then sowing a handful of grass
feed over that. Take a walk all through
the pastures as soon as the snow is off.
and nDte carefully the condition the
grass is ia. Take with you some sticks
splits from a board aud stick them In the
ground where the manure is wanted so
yoi5 can by this mark find theplace agaiu.
This work done now will save money to
jou when labor is pressing as the months
come hot and work presses. American
Duirvmau.
SnXFLOWRHS.
Plaut sunflower seeds all along the
back fences, and iu bare, unused corners.
All along the side and front of the'
sheils and barns, put the seeds of these
rauk and brightly beautiful "growers."
They -will flourish anywhere, and turn
the backgound into a wall of green il
luminated by discs of oraage.and hiding
old weather-beatea wood work or fenc
ing. The seeds of the sunflower are in
some countries used for fattening lowls.
Iu Russia (and in some of our Western
States) they are cultivated for fuel.beiug
harvested iu two parts, the see 1 heads
cut off and put away iu a corn-crib, aud
the stalks piled in a shed.
When cut in the right time tb stalks
dry as hard as oak, and make a. good, hot
fire, whiie'the seed heads with the seed
iu make 'a better fire. thau the best hard
coal. The seed, being very rich iu oil,
will burn better and loager.ton for ton,
thau hard coal. --Detroit Free Press.
A PERFECT EUU-TKSTER FOR NOTHINU.
Having one of the lanterns with a re
flector aud a bull's-eye ou one side of
the chimney, which are made to put ou
the dasher of a wagon, as wsll as for or
dinary house use, I made an egg-tester as
follows, explains a Cambridge, (Mass.)
correspondent .; I got a box just big
enough to receive the lantern easily.
i
arranged one side al it to swing on
leatheru hinges as a door, and ot au
other side, just opposite the bull's-eye,
cut an egg-shaped hole, about a quarter
of an inch larger all round than a large
egg. Then over this hole I tacked a piece
of thin leather, in which was another
egg-shaped hole, slightly smaller than
an egg. By holding the egg firmly
against this opening in the leather, every
ray, of light is excluded, and the full
force of the lantern, reflector and bull's
eye are turned on the egg. Of course
there must be a sufiicieut opening in the
top of the box to let off the heated air.
AVith this tester I can plainly see the
embryo iu a fertile egg forty-eight hours
after the beginning of iucubatiou. -Farm
aiidPoliltry.
EEST PLACE FOR HEE.
Bee keeping should have more atten
tion from farmers. In locatiug the apiary
select some cool, shady, quiet spot. The
hives should never be placed against the
bide of almilding or dose to a fence, but
there should always be room to stand on
either side ot them while working. The
south silc of a building is also an ob
jectionable plare beciu-ie it is liable
from the intense reflected heat of the
sun to give them the swarming fever.
Also avoid placing the bees where cattle
or horses constantly pa-, as the over
turning of a hive by the anianls might
pro luce se rious result?. The .orchard is
a good place f r bees, or an apiary and
vineyard may be combined by placiug
the hives at a good distance apart and
planting a grapevine beside each. Bo
not tear that the bees will -spoil the fruit,
for it is a settled fact that they will not
puncture a grape in order to get at its
uice, but will only feed upon it after
the birds have taken a bite. Bees are
not at all destructive, aud they are es
pecially valuable because tney gather up
an I 'ore away that which would be
who.iy Iot if it were not that they can
utilize it.' Chicago Times.
FARM AND OARD&N NOTES.
A light loam, a porous subsoil, gives
the bestrresults in the gladiolus.
Guineas are great foragers aad destroy
many insects tht hens will not touch.
The great secret ia raising young
ducks is not to allow them to get wet.
Coal ashes shoal 1 always be sifted be
fore using for the dut bith of the fowls.
Mike it a ru'.e : dew th- hen nets
every week aad ptiut the. a with cu!
oil. . i .
A little oil rue.il at the moraiag or a'oa
fe I aow-ut ones a wee't keeps the bjtH
active, and makes the glossy plumage that
is often such a marked feature ia th
priie birds at the poultry shows.
With Bordeaux mixture for fungus
disease, arsenical, compounds for leaf
eating insects and oil ones for others,
the successful cultivatioa of many mora
plants than before is now made poiible.
Egg plants require early starting,
warm quarters, vigorous plvitj, rather
late transplanting to the field, warm,
rich and moist soil, constant attention
to potato beetles and frequent cultiva
tion. That competition affects agricultural
industry it would be idle to deny, but
this competition does not iu the least in
terfere with the power of the farmer to
provide a living for himself aad family.
RECIPES.
Egg Sauce Beat together oue-half
cup butter and one tablespoonful of
flour; add a half pint boiling water, stir
ring constantly, pepper aad salt to tate
and when thick like custard aid tw
hard-boiled eggs chopped tine. k Servo
hot.
Shad Krv Boil the roe of a shal and
two eggs for en minute in salted water.
Put two heaping iablespo nfu!s of butter
in your (hating dish, together with a
tablespoonful of le nou juice or vinegar.
Add the roe (breaking it up lightly with
a fork) then the yolks of two hard
boiled eggs, mashed fine, a small cup of
grated bread crumbs, a little chopped
parsley, pepper aud fait. Stir constantly
uutil all is well mixed, and serve very
hot.
Lettuce Salad Do not cut, but pul)
the leaves apart, rejecting all bruised or
wilted onc., and place in a salad bowl
large enough to dress nicely without
scattering over the table. Make a dress
ing by adding two sallspoonfuls of salt
and onC of pepper to a tablespoonful of
oil; mix thoroughly, then add threi
tablespoonfuls of oil and oue and one
half tablespooufuls of best vinegar. Pour
over at the table when ready to serve.
1 omato Butter Choose perfectly ripe,
large, red tomatoes, scald them to maki
it easy to remove tho skin, and thca
weigh tVsmi. to each pound of tomatoes
allow six ounces of brown sugar and n
gill of vinegar; put these ingredients
over the fire in a thick kettle, heat them
gradually, and boil them gently, stirring;
them almost constantly to prevent burn
ing, uutil a little of the tomato butter is
as thick as j iru when cooled on a saucer;
when it is done and quite cold put it up
like other preserves.
Strawberry Shortcake To-a pint of
sifted flour jdd a heaping teaspoon of
baking powder; rub iuto the flour two
tablespoonfuls of butter and a little salt,
enough sweet milk to mike a stiff batter;
stir quickly and lightly and spread im
mediately upou buttered tins of even
size, bake in a quick oven, ten minute
should be long enough, b it the caket
should be a delicate brown; slip one cake
on to a hot plate and spread the berrie
over it, then put the other cake on top;
butter lightly; send to the table as sooa
as ready. The berries should be pulled
with care, and if gritty washed quickly;
never wash berries unless it is really nec
essary. If tii? berries are large, slictj
each one once or twice with a silver
knife, being careful ri.it to in ash the
fruit; sprinkle' plentifully with sugar,
and after standing a few iu-':neats lurn
lightly with a silver fork; use tine, fresh
berries, and prepare the cke as quickly
as possible; it shoul 1 al be eatea
soon as eerred. Never bruise or "mash"
the fruit it ruias the fine flavor and
spoils the-d iinty appearance of thi cake.
This is truly the kind of cake "tht
mother vted to icik
Msre Papers Than Ever.
The American Nesvsjfap.'r Directory
for jukt out, giv.-4 a t !! sh'jwiag
that there are ls,711 fii-w-:iawr and
niaazine pu i:.'- i 1 4-;. - raited
States. Tii-r-are 17.VJ .!tj's. ';.; tri
weeklies, i"'J Mibi-wcekliet. 13,404
weeklies, 3 b:-in'athh:s 221 seni
monthlie. 2751 moathii'., rJ bi -.monthlies
and 192 quarterlies. Xc v York come
first with a total i periodicals;
Illinois is second with 1 Ids and Penn
sylvania third with !tI3. ' .Wka Lx
the least number, 3; Indian T rritrv i
second lowest, with 23, aad Arizona
third -with 32. Canada and Newfound
land have a VAsl of period! ;:!.
In 191 thei? were lr,53C serio.cls
published in the Unite i State, and the
list for 19- shows a -jain rt 17v over
last year- figure. la Car; a !.t and
Newfoundland 22 niore j-trioJicaii are
Usued this rear tbaa tu 1591.
A
W. A. HAYES.
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