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Address, THE "DIXIE" CO., Atlanta, Qa. life. f life were on- danca in a toreh-!It hall, If life were sweet musie and that wer2 all, It would be as guy as a Summer day. But music ceases and lights die out, And what of the darkness of night without? If life were hut lover and lady gay, No armor to wear and no riding away, It wouid be as bright as a wedding night. But Morning bugles and Honor calls. And, oh! the silence of widowed halls f One rare brief moment they fight no more. The sailor is home from the distant shore. Away so long ! and rest but a song Begun by a bride la tha dead man's ears. And lost in the tempest or shock of spears. Dowjlas Sladen, in LippincotVs. A LITTLE COWARD. EY ANNA snEILDS. 'Such a little coward P The words como floating up to me from a group of children playing under my window and carry me back two years, to the summer I spent in Vc3tonville and the 'little coward" I metthoro. I had been in practice as a physician for several years, when Aunt Jane, the rich aunt of the Hutchinson family, wrote to invite me to spend a few weeks with her. I was rather amazed at the invitation, as Aunt Jane had never had the slightest affection for me; but the letter was cordial enough to tempt me. "I have three youag ladies visiting me," she wrote, "and you may fall in love with any of them, with my consent. Thsy are alt well-born and well-bred, which is more than can be said of most girls nowadays. Serena May bury is just the woman for a physician's wife, self-possessed,- calm, courageous and yet perfectly womanly. She is very hand some, t(x. Julia Strong is a literary girl and writes for the newspaper?. She is pretty, but abstracted, lives in a poetic region above my reach. Susy Markuam is scarcaly mor J than a child, eighteen years old, aal small as a R-irl of twelve, r air-haire J, bme-eyed, gentle and loving; but will not attract you, as she is tha worst little ooward I ever taw screams at a spider, faints at a mouse. el:g to the bout when an the water and gets as white as a ghost if a horsa prances. But corns ami sea me and the girls, and stop poisoning patient?, sawing bones and pranc ing about sick-rooms, for a month at least. " So I went. I had been tit Aunt Jane's fomy boyish dayg, and the hv-e, beauti ful house, with its wide, high-ce'dingjd rooms, its broad porches, and airy halls, was quite familiar to me. Lyin- near a river and in the shadow of a mountain, Wcstonville was a most charming summer residence, and Aunt June had visitors t orn the lirst warm day to the last one, so that I was not surprised to Hud others beside those mentioned in my letter of invitation. Pleasant days were the rule, and we boated, rode, drove, clambered up the mountain for picnic parties, played lawn- tennis and croquet, and enjoyed life as youth only can enjoy it in summer days free from toil or care. Aunt Jane gave me a most cordial wel come, and the Grst time she was alone with me, said "It i time you were married, Harry. I have thought it all over, and I mean to give you a house well furnished as soon as you introduce me to Mrs. Hutchinson. No! You needn't gush about it. I can afford it, and you deserve it! But don't imagine from my letter that the girls know of my match-making intentions. They would pack up end leave at five minutes' notice, if they suspected it. And they are all popular in society, ma'c ing a sacrifice of other pleasant invita tions to come to Wcstonville. Serena is the wife for you, if you can win her." And I cordially admired Serena. Cer tainly she was the most queenly, self-sustained, beautiful girl I ever met. Noth ing fluttered her, or moved her from a calm composure. It was impossible to imagine Serena in hysteric?, and her health was absolutely perfect. I devoted myself to Serena, aud found her mind .'is attractive as her face. She was well-read, and had a keen interest in the current topics of the day. I never met any one who so thoroughly read and understood a newspaper, and she could converse well on all the political, foreign and domestic affairs. Julia was in agonies of composition, gathering scenes and incidents for her lirst novel, and going about as if asleep with her eyes open. And Susy. The first tiure I saw 3asy she was in the orchard, dressed in some thing blue and thin, all ruliles and bows. She was standing under an apple-tree absolutely paralyzed with terror, and gazing at a huge caterpillar creeping up her arm. Hearing my step, she raised a colorless face, with stained blue eyes and quivering lips, to say "Oh, take it off! Oh, please take it off!" Another minute found her sobbing hysterically, and with a choking word of thanks she ran away. It all passed so quickly that she was gono before 1 saw how pretty she was, leaving behind a half-picture of short golden curls and frightened baby blue eyes. The next time I saw those eyes they were full of tearful gratitude for my heroic handling of caterpillars. It was odd how they haunted me. Quite resolved to win Serena, if persist ent wooing would accomplish it, I sought her on all occasions, but, being a united party of friends, we were not often tete-a-tete. Aud it was to me, always, that Susy turned, in hours of peril, when a toad sat upon her white dress, when the boat tipped a hair's breadth more than usual, when horrible crawling things crossed our paths, and cows lifted their heads to contemplate us. On all such occasions, two tiny hands, white as milk, soft as satin, suddenly clasped my arm, and "oh! oh!" called my attention to the terror. And it was not done for effect. You cannot deceive a physiciau to that ex tent, and my professional eyes noted how th pretty face blanched, tho pulse quickened and the whole little figure tremhled. She really was the worst lit tle coward I ever saw. And yet, although I chide 1 myself for it, I could not share Serena's openly ex pressed contempt, or sufficiently admire her own scornful indifference to toads and grasshoppers, boat tipping or frac tious horses. She rode well, a magifi cent figure on horseback, while Susj trembled and sdiivered, and clung to tht j gentle animal she rode with desperate energy. It was lata in tho season and all of my Aunt Jane's guests haii departed except ing Serena, Susy and myself, when ono morning wo were seated in the sitting room, discussing an important matter. A lar-away cousin of Aunt Jane's had been a collector of rare jewelry and plate, aud had loft his valuable treasures, the result of years of purchase and selec tion, to her. "And the whole lot has been sent here," said Aunt Jane. "I am not a coward, but I have let it be well under stood in Westonville that I never keep money in the house, have very little plate and few jewels. There is nothing, discourages a burglar more than a cer tainty that there is nothing to steal." "Does any one know?" I asked. "The editor of the Westonville Ga zette purMshed the whole story on Satur day. He must have seen some of tho servants who heard us talking over the lawyer's letter.'' "I'll run up to the city and arrange to send the boxes to a safe-deposit com pany," I said. "Do! Go now! You can come back on the 5:30," said Susy. "I shall not sleep a wink if they stay here. Oh!" and her very lips wero white, "if I saw a burglar, I believe I should die I" And looking into her white, terrified face, I believe so too, although Serena said, loftily: "What nonsense you do talk, Susy." Hut, Aunt Jane consenting, I went upon my proposed errand, arranged to aave tho boxes sent for the following Jay, and was on ray way to the depot when I met an old friend and patient. The ten minutes' chat that followed cost me the loss of the 5:39 train. Not another one stopped at Westonville, ex cepting the midnight express, until the next day. Fretting, reproaching myself, 1 passed the time as I best could until midnight, my heart sinking at the thought of tho three lonely ladies at Westonville. There was but one man on the place, and he slept in a room over the stable. What if any thief attempted to obtain the valu able boxes piled in the hall? Serena could be trusted to bj cool and col lected; Aunt Jane was not timid; but Susy poor little Susy! she would die, she said; and I feared she would. As the train sped on, this thought of Susy's terror became almost maddening; and when, at last, I was at the little wayside station, quarter of a mile from Aun" Jane's, I started on a run for the house. The hall-door stood open, and I heard a iound in the sitting-room that seamed to chill the blood in my veins. Throwing open the door, I saw Susy little Susyl clinging at the throat of a man roughly dressed, who held Aunt Jane in a chair, while he tried to shake off Susy's arms, at the same time keeping Aunt Jane down. Serena lay in a dead faint on the floor. "You shall not hurt her!" Susy cried, her slender arms strained to choke the sufferer. "Lei go, you wretch! I'll kill you." One blow or. the top of his head from my heavy walking-stick brought the fel low down insensible. Susy dropped her arms and stood white as death, but per fectly calm, facing me. "Can you find me a ropo to tie this fellow?" I asked. She nodded, 6ped away, and returned with a coil of clothes-line. "Listen 1" she said, speaking quickly. "There is another one in tha china closet, locked in. He is trying to kick the door down. Do you see, this i3 James P James was the one man-servant Aunt Jane employed. Tying him firmly, I gave my next attention to Aunt Jano, whose whole face was covered with blood from a wound in tho head. Knowing how the sight of blood always sickened Suuy, I tried t3 keep her back, but she said, quietly; "Tell me, please, what you want and how to help you." I sent her for water, rags, laudanum, and while we bound up Aunt Jane's head and restored her to consciousness, Serena came to her senses and sat up, white and shaking. "Oh, Susy, that man will kick the closet door downP she cried, as the blows from the next room became more violent. It seemed as if he would, and I started to quiet him, when Susy grasped my arm. "Don't open the door!" she said. "There may bo more than one man there. You see, wo were all sitting up here, hoping you would come on tho midnight train, but Aunt Jane had not told James to go to tho station because she thought you had rather walk up than have us alone. So 1 suppose James thought you were gone for all night, and he came in at some time in the evtning, we do not know when, and hid in that china closet. I went to the dining-room in the dark for some water just a he crept out. I could just see him, and that another man was creeping after him, but not out of tho closet. I slammed the door, locked it, and ran in here just as James struck dear Aunt Jano on the head and tried to push her down in her chair. Then I flewiat him and you came in. But there may be more than one man in the closet. The door is strong, and I will mn down to the police station while you take care of Aunt Jane and Serena." Before I could stop her she was run ning across the hall, out at the door and down the road, while James suddenly revived and began to struggle and curse. My hands were lull, for Aunt Jane was severely hurt, and Serena was so terrified that she could not stir, sobbing and half fainting in sheer terror. I cannot tell how long it was beforo Susy came speeding back with three strong policemen behind her, but in the meantime some of the maids were roused and had come to my assistance. There proved to be but one burglar iu the closet, a Westonville man and cronj of James's, and the two were marched off, securely boned. Aunt June was put to bed and made as comfortable a tv sible; Serena had gone to her own room; the house was locked up when I tamed to bid Susy good night. She was standing at the f oot of Aun Jane's bed, holding fast to a chair, her face perfectly colorless, and her limbs trembling. I mixed her a dose of com posing medicine and put it to her lip3. "Don't mind me," she said, smiling faintly. "I always was n coward." "Nobody shall evor call you so where lam," I said, and then well, I will aot add all I said, but then and there I won my darling's confession of ovo for me, aud gave my life's allegiance to the wo man I loved. Aunt Jane was delighted. She under stood perfectly the love that prompted the child to attempt to divert the attack of the ruffian James to herself,and it was a delight to her to make ready the pretty house for us. Serena comes often to visit us, calm and self-poised as ever, and quite as contemptuous when Mrs. Hutch inson flies to my arms in an aony of terror if a mouse runs across toe rioor,or a spider crawls up tho wall. For, although she has proved herself a heroine, Susy is still, in such matters a mice and spiders, a little coward. The Lt.ljcr. There Las lately been orgaaizal in England a rent guarantee company, the business cf which is to insure landlords against loss by bad tenants. In order to reduce its risk to a minimum it makes a business of keeping landlords informed as to the standing of tenants, and for a consideration they are supplied w.th in formation which often enables thvm to keep undesireable tenants out of vheir hou-s. FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. INDIRECT FERTILIZERS. TtcQ are substances that in themsclve3 o not furnish the plant any needed in redient for growth, but when applied o the soil assist materially in augment ag the crop. One of the best illustra tions of this class of fertilizers is common alt. Lime i9 another substance rarely lacking in the soil, but when added as sists in setting free other substances that are much needed by the growing plants, that, otherwise would not have been available for the crop. Water is added in irrigation not as a fertilizer but be cause it is the gTeat solvent in nature and the vehicle of transfer of the various substances that go to build up a plant ben entering it from tho soil water. merican AjricultnrUt. DISEASES FROM PIGEON. The pigeon, as is well known, will feed at all the poultry yards iu a neigh borhood, and is no respecter of owners. flock of pigeons will soon learn to know the feeding hours, and will alight in yards when not desired. They are able to carry disease from one yard to another, even on their feet, and, as they are subject to many of the diseases that affect fowls, and particularly roup, they re a nuisance in any community. They nil also introduce lice from a distance,. If one wishes to keep pigeons he should lo so by keeping them confined in wire ards, covered, and not at the expense of his neighbor's feed, with the risk of :ausing disease in all the flocks. There bould be some protection for those who do not wish pigeons in their yards. Farm and Fireside. OUOCND BONE AS A FERTILIZER. In a report on experiments made at tho New Jersey Station with ground bones as a ferlilizer,itis pointed out that ground bone is both a phosphate and a nitrogenous manure, insoluble in water, but when in the soil 19 decomposed and i yields its constituents to the feeding! plant in proportion to the fineness. It varies but little in composition and 13 less liable to adulteration than most fer-, tiiizers. They, in fact, are usually pure. Ground bones have a tendency to cake, and to avoid this the manufacturer may use other substances which, while aiding mechanically, reduce tho chemical value of the mixture. Raw bone is most usually pure, but the fat it contains renders it less easily decomposed. Bones having served the purpose of the giuo maker are low in nitrogen and very high in phos phoric acid. The method now employe! of steaming tho bones under pressure im proves their quality without altering tho amount of the plant food ingredients. A3 the value of ground bones depends upon composition and their fineness, a me chanical as well as chemical analysis is required to determine their value. The farmer must determine by crop tests which grade he should buy whether, for example, pay a dollar for ten pounds of phosphoric acid in one condition, or for eighteen and a half pounds in another form. Average wood ashes are worth per ton, but the best vary considerably. Fruit Groicers Journal. FAR1I AND GARDEN NOTES. It is not a good plan to allow the hens to lay in their roosting place. The diminutive bantam lays more eggs by weight than any other fowl. By all means avoid exposure of the milk to hot sun and to foul air. Store up a supply of dry, cle;n straw for making nests during the winter. If pullets are depended upon to lay tho eggs lor spring hatching keep a two-year-old cock to mate with them. Old barrels or hogsheads are conveni ent for storing the poultry droppings. Geese eat the grass clo3o down to the roots and often kill it out in this way. Keep the new growth of raspberries and blackbjrries cut back tothrje feet. A paste made of lim; and turpentine is excellent to apply to wounds on trees. Unless fattening for early market two feeds a day is all that is necessary now if the fowls are allowed to run out. Test each cow separately and reject all not suited to your line of dairying or that fail in quaatity or quality of milk. After the surpl us fowls are marketed in the fall is a good time to begin keep ing accounts with the poultry for the next year. This is a good month for getting rid of the surplus marketable fowls; later on the markets are 1 Ubi3 to ba raor3 crowded. f-'eect liberally, have pure water &U ways accessible, and keep a mixture olj equal parts of salts, ashes and sulphu within reach of the cows. i The growth of late hatched poultry! should ba pushed along as rapidly &4 possible; after cold weather set3 in it ii more difficult to secure a good growth. Condiments are not health-producers,' and should be used very sparingly. Sound grain, pure water and comfortable quarter? are much better even for eggs. i'ure water should be given freely to fattening hogs. Milk, which is some times given in place of water, i3 too solid and docs not relieve the thirst a water does, and dishwater and swill from the hor.se are ofton salty. Giv fresh, pure water. Get a boy to like farm life aud its sur roundings, and you have him, in general, anchored to the farm. But if, through inattention, neglect, unkindness, o downright meanness, you make him hati it, good-bv to your hopes of keeping him at home. This is one great reason whj so many farm-boys see!; city life. Have a lock of nice hay or a lick ol meal in the manger each night and morn ing for the cow , and there will be n need .;f sending u dog or tired and cross hired hand after them. They will bcoa hand at milking time, read to hurry to their places, and they will express thei satisfaction by increasing the contents ol the pail. J RECIPES. Okra Wash tender pods of okra and cut iu thin slices. Peel two tomatoes fpf every quart of okra, and slice. Put to gether in a sauce-pan, add salt end sim mer for half an hour. Season with a tablespoonful of butter and a little sail and pepper. Boiled Mutton Wipe dry with a damp towel, dust a cloth thickly with flour and wrap the leg in it. Put into tho kettle, cover with water and boil fifteen ' minutes to every pound ; add a teaspoon ful of salt. When done, take up, gar-1 nish with parsley and serve with caper sauce. Baked Tomatoes Select smooth, round tomatoes of uniform size, not very juicy. Put them in hot water, removo the skins, cut them ia halves and scoop out all the seed?. Chop and rub to a powder one-third of a cup of boiled liana or tongue. And two-thirds of a cup of soft bread crumb3, one teaspoon of chopped pars'.ey or ono saltspoon of thyme, a littlo pepper, and sufficient melted butter to moisten. Fill the toma toes with tho mixture, place them in' a shallow dish and bake fifteen minutes.! Creamed Walnuts Tho white of cue egg and an equal amount of cold water,' ono teaspoon of lemoa or vanilla. Baat! until thoroughly mixed, then beat in confectioner's sugar, sifted, until tho dough i3 stiff enough to mold. Break: off pieces the size of a nutmeg, roll them, till smooth and round. Press the halved walnut meats on each side, letting tho cream show slightly between the meats.! One egg will require about a pound and a quarter of suar. Gooseberry Pie Pick of the stems and blossoms of your gooseberries, wash them and pour enough boiling water over them to cover th?m. Lit them, stand a few minutes and then drain them. Line your pie plates with paste, fill them with the fruit and add threa quarters of a pound of sugar to a pint of. fruit. Dredge a little flour over the top' and cover with a lid of paste; leave an opening in the centre to permit the blcam to escape and bake them. PGOiEB Absolute y Puro. A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening strength.. Litest U. S. Government Food Report.
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