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NO. 34.
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.' r VHaT DOBS IT MATTERt
C r- - - n . '
It matters little where I was bora, -i
0 r If my parents were rloh or poo? j
tSVbether they shrank at the cold world's'
scorn,
Or walked in the pride of wealth socare i
iDut whether I live an honest man,
And hold my integrity firm in my olatch,
J tell you, brother, plain as I am, "'.
It matters muoh I Jijiyi'
ilt matters little bow long I stay
In a world of sorrow, sin and onre ;
"Whether in youth I am called away,
Or llvo till my bones and pate are bare ;
iDut whether I do the best I can .
To soften the woight of adversity's touch
'On the faded cheek of my fellow-man.
' It matters much I
- lit matters little where bo my gravo,
Or on tho land or on the sea,'
y purling brook or 'noath stormy wave,
t It matters llttlo or naught to me ;
tut whether the angel of death comes down
And marks my brow with his loving touob,
LAs one that shall wear the victor's crown,
It matters much !
AN ENGAGEMENT RING,
H12KE could
no longer be
any reason
able doubt.
Poor Jack
Lester had
been drown-
'UJi ed in the
jwreck of the Ootacuinund, and
, Celia Grey was the most un
happy girl in Woodbury. She was
forced to keep her grief to herself be-
. cause sho had not boen officially en
gaged to Jack. She thought it might
have been a little easier to bear if her
friends had known how unhappy she
wasv, and with what good reason. With
this great secret sorrow in her heart
tho ordinary routine of life grew
painful. She had no spirit for tennis
parties, she hated her gay summer
Sfrocks, she even wished she need not
'act as bridesmaid to her cousin Susie,
jshe used to lie awake at night and
'think about Jack, and wonder how
much he had minded being drowned.
However, Celia went to her cousin's
wedding, and spent three days away
'from Woodbury. . The news of tho
(wreck -was a fortnight old and forgot
jten by most people when she came
back again. Sho arrived by a morning
train, sent' her trunk to Beechdene
.'House with a porter, and walked home
'through Woodbury High street, where
'she wished to do some shopping. As
'she went into tho stationer's she saw
Fannie Potter there, a girl she knew
slightly and disliked. If it had been
possible she would have escaped from
the shop rather than speak to Fannie,
- but she was recognized at once,
j "Good-morning, Celia," said Miss
. Potter, putting down a packet of
black-edged envelopes and coming for-
.jward. For a short time some years
'ago the ' two girls had been in the
same class at the high school, and on
the strength of this Fannie continued
'to address Celia by her Christain
name. She did not often get the
kshance of doing so. The Potters were
not people with whom the Greys
wished to be on friendly terms. Mr.
Potter was an. attorney of doubtful
reputation. It was well known that
on Fannie's behalf he had threatened
a well-to-do farmer with a breaoh-of-promise
case, and that the young man
had only got off by paying a substan
tial sum. . Since that time Fannie had
pressed more fashionably than ever,
but she had not been asked for her
hand and heart again.
- Celia bought what she wanted, ' and
was about to leave the shop when Fan
nie followed her and said that they
might as well vralk a little way to
gether. "She was going past Beech
dene. ' f Celia had no excuse on the tip of
her tongue, , so she did as she was
asked, although she rather objected
to 4 be seen in Miss Potter's society.
The two young women walked through
the town together, and were soon in a
quiet country road. It was a very hot
morning. v"
' "You must find that gown rather
heavy," said Celia, who saw that her
companion wora mourning deep
enough, for a young widow, i
"My heart is very heavy," said Fan
nie, with an accentuated sigh,
i Celia reflected. She had not heard
of Mr. Potter's demise ; and Mrs. Pot
ter she had seen at the station dressed
in bright blue. ,
"I did not know you
were in
trouble," she said, civilly. '
It was rather difflouH to be more
thrvKcivi!, because Fannie showed her
t ief in bucu an objectionable way.
Sho had pulled out a pooket handker
chief with a broad black border, and
was sobbing into it so loudly that any
one they passed stared at them.
"Didn't you know?" howled Fannie.
"No," said Celia, "WhM is the
matter?"
"I thought everyone knew. I am
staying fith the Lesters. ' Thai is
why I have to pass Beechdene."
Celia felt as if her heart stopnwMxa
a moment and ' then went on in i
greater hurry than was comfortable.
She laughed rather nervously and said :
"I don't know what you mean. You
are not in mourning because you are
staying with the Lesters, I suppose ?'
"What a heartless girl you must be
to make fun of us when we are in such
trouble !" sobbed Fannie. She paused
while a wave of extra strong emotion
shook her breast ; and then she added
in a sepulchral tone, "Poor Jack Les
ter is drowned 1" .
"I know that," said Celia sharply;
"but I don't see yet why you should
be in mourning." .
"Jack and I were engaged."
Celia turned ashen white. Other
wise she made no sign. She walked
lahead doggedly, and kept her open
sunshade between her companion and
herself.
"He gave me this ring," continued
Fannie, pulling off her glove. "Look
it it? 'From Jack to Fannie' is en
graved inside. Poor, dear Jack 1"
i Celia raised her sunshade, a little and
glanced at the ring. She thought it
rather vulgar, and quite suitable for
Miss Potter. It consisted of a large
ameratdXsurrounded by' coarsely cub
diamonds. She thought it' did not
look Jaok's choice.
"How long " she began, and then,
to her vexation, she oould not go on.
Her heart beat too much.
"How long were wo engaged? Oh !
only just before ha sailed. No one
knew of it ; but when I heard that he
was drowned I wrote to his father and
mother. I felt sure they would be
glad, poor old things. I am staying
with them now."
"Really!" Baid Celia, and then, have
arrived at the gate of Beechdene, she
rather abruptly bade goodby.
From her mother Celia learned that
the impossible story was true. Wood
bury rang with the news. The Les
ters were great people, the Potters
very little ones. No one could under
stand why Jack Lester should have
made such a trumpery choice or how
Fannie with her blowsy beauty had
managed to captivate him. Without
the ring she would hardly have per
suaded any one that she told the
truth. Directly the confirmation of
his death arrived sho had put herself
into mourning and drawn down the
parlor blinds, while Mr. and Mr3.
Potter, with an air of great surprise,
spread the story of hor bereavement.
They had not known. of any engage
ment, they said, until poor, dear Fan
nie swooned at the news of the wreck,
and afterward exhibited herring. She
nearly swooned again when Colonal
Lester called. She said ho reminded
her so strongly of her beloved Jack.
Colonel Lester and his wife were el
derly people, who led a secluded life in
their beautiful old homo. They saw
little of the world outside the Lang
uolme Gates. When Fanny's letter
reached them they had to make in
quiries about her, and the answers
Ihey got wereunpleasing. But in the
first stress of their great sorrow they
would havo welcomed the Woodbury
sweep at Langholme if he could have
proved that their only son had given
him an invitation. As it wa3, they
prepared the west bedroom for Fannie
Potter and asked her to spend a fort
night with them. -
Woodbury looked on astonished-,
Mr. and Mrs. Potter held up their
heads and . talked about the dear
Colonel and his wonderful affection
for their eldest girL Celia drooped.
Her mother thought of sending her to
the sea, she lost, color and weight 60
fa6t. The poor child was grievously
hurt. She had loved Jack Lester and
believed in him. There had been
enough of an understanding between
them to warrant her hopes. Had he
deceived her? And what made her
heart ache . most tho fable ; of ' his
treachery or the thought that he was
dead? , ; . . ..
About a month after the wreok of
Ootacamund Mrs. Grey said that she
must go and Bee Mrs. Loster one after
Qoon, and ehe hoped that Celia would
aocompany her. '
"You go without me," said Celia.
"Mrs. Lester is so fond of you," ob
served Mrs. Grey.
"Oh! but she has tho Potter girl
now," said Celia, dejectedly. -
Neverthless, when the afternoon
came she went to Langholme with her
mother. They - were shown into the
drawing-room and found Mrs. Lester
and her guest at tea. Miss Potter ad
vanced to meet them, and without any
loss of time began to show how much
she ielt at home.
How dlye do, Celia !" she cried,
and her jet bangles rattled as she wob
bled Oelia's hand to and fro in the
latest society manner. "3o glad you've
come. You'll cheer up the old lady.
Fresh tea, Wilkins, and some hot tea
cakes ; these are cold. Try this chair,
Mrs. Grey. The old lady's right ear
U not so deaf as her left one." v
But neif.her Mrs. Grey nor Celia
took very much notice of the young
woman. Mrs. Leslie welcomed her
old friends with affection, led them to
a distant part of the large room and
gave her orders to Wilkins, For a
little Miss Fannie felt out of it. She
put a word in on several occasions
when she had better have remained
silent she moved restlessly about the
room, and when the fresh tea came
she would have dispensed it if Mrs.
Loster had not chosen to take posses
sion of the tray herself. It was not
until Colonel Lester appeared that
Miss Fannie had a chance of reassert
ing .herself. . . ,
Then she. came .forward again and
made a to-do about his cup of tea.
She must pour it '. out for him. Sho
knew how much sugar ho liked. She
felt sure that draught at the baok of
hii head could not bo good for him.
He must really allow her to shut tho
window. The old man looked worried
by these attentions, but ho seemed to
reckon them well meant. He treated
her with exquisite, kindness, and Mrs
Grey felt sure that he rather than his
wife was responsible for Miss Potter's
prolonged stay in -tho house. Mrs.
Lester's manner to her guest had not
been vesf sordial.
Colonel Lester looked delighted to
see Celia, but he asked her why sho
had grown so whito and thin.
"What can a young girl lcir .A
fret about?" he said.
"Oh ! Colonel !" sighed Potter,
reproachful'-;:
Every one had finished tea, and
Mre. Lester proposed an adjournment
to the flower garden, when they were
stopped by Wilkins coming in and
asking, with a shaky voice, for his
master. The old servant looked soared
and upset.
"What ia it, Wilkins?" said MisC
Potter. "Anything I can do? The
Colonel is tired." v
Wilkins vouchsafed no raply. He
did not even look her way. Colonel
Lester got r.p and went out of the
room; Perhaps two minutes J!,
before he returned. The JacUs fca$
begun to talk of Something else wiwA1
the Colonel opened the door, stood
still for a .moment on the threshold,
looked fixedly at his wife, and thou
over hie shoulder toward the hall. It
was just as if Mrs. Lester could read
something in his face that no one else
understood. She got up and walked
in a quick, trembling way toward her
husband.
"Jack !" she cried. She went with
outstretched hands beyond the door,
aud before any one quite understood
what had happened, Jack rushed for
ward and took his mother into his
arms
Celia turned so white that her mother
thought she would faint; but the next
moment she had blushed rosy red be
cause Jack Lester had seized her hand
and seemed reluctant to let it go again.
No one noticed the Potter girl steal
stealthily toward the low French win
dow that stood open to the lawn.
"What docs it mean, Jack?" said his
mother at last. "You look, very ill."
"I've been pretty bad. I lay in a
hut on the Spanish coast for three
weeks. I was . knocked silly, you
know, against the rooks, and then
hauled out by some fishermen. The
poor chap they took for me must have
got hold of my coat with my papers
in. It all happened in the dark and
in such a hurry. I might have wired
from London, but I thought I would
just come on. When they put me on
board at Cardiz I was not in a condi
tion to act for myself, aai the people
who looked after me did not know how
to get at you." ' ;
"We have been taking care of your
bride, Jack," said Colonel Lester, who
was a good deal eurprisod by his son's
cool manner to her.
Jack looked puzzled, pleased, un
determined. "My bride!" he said, with a happy
light in his eyes, "Celia !" .
And he held out both his hands to
Miss Grey, at whose side ho had re
mained. But she hung back blushing
and embarrassed.
' 'Jack ! ' ' exclaimed his father sternly.
"I meat Miss Potter."
"There goes Miss Potter!" Mid
Mrs. Grey, pointing to tho" French
window that she could see from her
seat. Colonel Lester looked startled
and turned round. They could all
see a buxom crape-clad figure speed
ing down the lawn.
"3he said you were engage.!,"
gasped tho Colonel. "We beliwad
it."
"You did," said Mrs. Loster. "I
disliked the girl from the first."
"You never believed it?" said ack
to Celia.
"3ho wore your ring," stammered
Celia.
"That she most oertainly did not."
said Jack.
"It had 'From Jack to Fanni' in
side. I saw the inscription. "
"Yes," said the Colonel, "thera was
no doubt about the inscription."
"I did net give it to her."
"It is very curious," said Mrs. Les
ter. "How did she get the riug?"
"I think I know," Baid Mrs. Grey,
who had listened with a meditative
face to Jack's denials. "The man who
jilted her, the man she threatened with
a breach-of-promise case, was called
John Smith. He is in Australia now,
and the whole business happened
out of Woodbury, bo I suppose she
thought it quite safe to use his ring."
"None of us cculd understand your
taste, Jack," said Mrs. Lester.
"You do now, though," said Jack,
taking Celia's han,f. Illustrated Lon
don News.
'SuncjwneW loso ThoTr AvocaHon.
. ''Sundowners" have lost their avo
cation. Probably it is only in Wash
ington that "sundowners" are known,
and it is therefore necessary to ex
plain, writes Walter Wellman, what is
meant by that term. , A sundowner is
a clerk in one of the Government de
partments who has studied medicine,
law or. 6ome other profession and
reached a point where ho is entitled
to practice if he cau find olients.
While feeling his way in the profes
sion ho retains his employment under
the Government and attends to his
professional duties only after the de
partments are closed, or between 4
o'clock in the afternoon and bedtime.
Hence tho term "aundowner." There
aro several hundred of these practi
tioners in the city, principally in
medicine, and the regular physicians
have growled a good deal about this
method of cutting in upon their trade.
Yesterday tho Commissioner of Pen
sions issued an order forbidding any
employe of that bureau to engage in
medical practice, and this order will
doubtless be extended to other , de
partments of the Government. The
revolution was brought about by a
eolored doctor named Johnson, em
ployed in the Pension Bureau, who
attended a smallpox case after hours,
for which he was suspended. ' They
havo had one dreadful smallpox '. scare
in the Pension Office, and the officials
do not want another there. Tha
"sundowners" are in mourning. Chi
cago Herald.
Lcs Miserablcs.
First Despondent "Say, you ain't
foing to jump in the river, aro you?"
Second Despondent "Yes. 1 am."
"Well, tbat'ji what' I came here to
do also. What's your complaint?" '
"1 had thirteen poems rejected by
one editor." 1
"And I had one poem rejected by
thirteen editors. Join me."
(They plunge.) Life.
A Needless inquiry.
"What was the principal object of
interest in America when you wera
there?"
The eminent British novelist looked
at his questioner with chilling ecorn
and replied :
"I was, of course," Washington
Star.
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
PLANT WALNUT FOB TIMBER.
There is profit in black walnut tim
ber aside from the fruit they bear.
When planted on good ground a 'tree
will become in a single lifetime a valua
ble piece of property. Seventy-five
years ago Thomas L.Walker, of Ten-'
nessee, planted four walnut trees, and
before he died these trees had grown'
to a diameter of three feet, and worth
$400 each. A Tennessee paper remarks
that if Mr. Walker had gone through
Tennessee planting walnuts, as Johnny
Appleseed ninety years ago went
through the Northern States planting
apple seeds, Tennessee would now be
the richest State in the Union. It
might, however, have broken ' the
market for walnut timber. When
everybody goes to doing the same
thing for profit the experiment some
times results that way. Boston Cul
tivator. '
KILL THE POOREST HOG! FIRST.
When a lot pf hogs are being fat
tened there' is sure to be some weak
lings that, though apparently healthy
and good feeders, will not make the
gain they Bhonld. If the lot is very
large, it may be that these do not get'
a fair chance with the others, and put
ting them in a pen by themselves will
put them in the way to gain rapidly.
Usually, however, the hog that is in
ferior to its mates of the same litter
has not the digestive power to make
as good use of its food as does the
others. The sooner such a hog is
killed and the expense of feeding him
is stopped, the better will be the farm
er's profit. It is quite common at hog
killing time to save a few that are not
up to the average weight and feed
them longer. This is a serious mis
take. The hog that up to 150 pounds
has grown faster than the others will
probably make 250 or 275 pounds,1
while the weaklings are gaining up to
175 or 200 pounds.. Very often the
latter will eat as much, and if they
don't they are none the better for that
fact. A hog that will not eat well is a
failure, for it misses the most import
ant duty of the hog's existence and
mission.
SHELTER TOUR COWS. . .
Under fairly good housing cows in
cold weather will use up sixty per
cent, of the food they eat to 'keep
their bodies warm, and when exposed
to the cold by standing in the rain
and cold winds they will apply eighty
per cent, of the food they eat to keep
ing them warm. Now is not twenty
per eent. or one-fourth of what they
eat worth saving by making them com
fortable in the stable. And this is
just the time of year to begin that
work. Do not put itoff, but look up
some old boards if you cannot afford
new ones, or get some tarred paper,
that is about as good and much
cheaper than boards.
Go to the woods with the wagon
and the children and get loads of
leaves out of the stump holes and
fence corners and store them where
they will keep dry for use as bedding
for the cows. There is no greater
pleasure Uo a good man than to see his
cows on arcold bitter night standing
knee deep' in leaves in their stalls with
no breezeblowing around their legs.
He can sleep .well at night because he
knows he has done a good aot, is mak
ing money by it, and moreover will
have a comfortable placo to milk in
the morning. There is nothing so in
spiring to' action as a little selfishness
In our philanthropy. Atlanta Jour
nal. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Breed for vigor of constitution as
well as for form and pedigree.
Don't drive the horse in slippery
weather unless his shoes are sharp.
Wheat mixed with- corn and oats
makes a better feed than either alone.
The feeding value of wheat would
never have been developed at a dollar
a bushel.
After you get your blood, says a
swine grower, then everything depends
upon your feed and care.
Sufficient room, warmth, light and
cleanliness are the four points which
must be observed to render the keep
ing of animals profitable.
Adopt a system- of rotation whioh
will suit f your farm and conditions.
It need not be "iron clad," but should
be intelligent and systematic .
Feeding potatoes with long sprouts
to cattle is a very dangerous practice,' .
as the sprouts contain a poison whioh!
acts injuriously on the nervous eys- '
tern.
Plants elaborate the. food elements'
which they get from the soil and air
into more complex substance? whioh
make suitable- food for animals and
man. 1 1 '
Tillage should be begun just as soon
as the ground is dry enough in ths
spring. This tillage should be repeat
ed as often as once in ten days
throughout the growing season, which .,
extends from spring until Jalyor ,
or August. , A
It usually pays best to kill pigs by
tiie time they weigh 150 pounds, and
from that to 250. If allowed to grow
much heavier than this the cost ol .
food in proportion to gain is , in- ;
creased, except when the hogs become
too sluggish and fat to take exercise,' :
but after that the gain is at the ex
pense of healthfulness of the meat
when killed.
How abdut the water working is ,
through the wall to the floor of the
house? It will prove an expensive
leak before May. Cards of invitation
may as well be issued now to witness
the slaughter of the innocents, for it t
is sure to take place. That wet spot
will breed roup, and all its attending
evils. Look out for it before tho
ground closes up for the winter. ...
Every poultrj man finds more or less , '
cf the eggs in the basket at night j
stained in such a manner that wash-'. .
ing with water will not remove it. If j
he has a really choice market andi
every egg is to be perfectly clean, :
many of these eggs must be thrown. -out
for the home table, a common mar- v
ket. Rubbing the stain with home
made cider vinegar will remove every
trace of stain and leave" the egg .clean1,
and shining. ' '' .,.,-.
)
RECIPES.
Pdce Bolls Moisten cold boiled rice
with , a little milk, and stir in enough ;
white flour to make a stiff - dough.'
Knead on a moulding board, and roll
out about half an inch thick, but in-
finer lengths an inch and a half wide,'
place in a floured pan and bake in a
quick oven. . 1 . '
Coffee Cake One cupful of strong
cold coffee, one cupful of molasses.
two-thirds of a cupful of sugar, two- ,
thirds of a cupful of butter or, lard,) ,
one cupful of raisins, a teaepoonful of
salt, a teaspoonf ul of soda, and epices
Mix the ingredients quickly and light
ly, and bake in a brisk oven, i
Jelly Cake Fritters Cut some Etale
sponge cake, or plain cake into rounds
with a cake cutter. Fry them : a nice
brown in hot lard. Dip each slice for .
a moment in a bowl of boiling milk ;
drain, lay on a hot dish, spread thick-,
ly with jam, serve hot with cream.
Thistle Puffs Stir into half a pint
of 6ifted flour, to which, a saltspoon-
ful of salt has been added, one gill of
milk. Beat the white of an egg to a
stiff froth. Mix the well beaten yolk ;
with a gill of milk and stir into the
batter ; add the white of egg and bake
in muffin pans in quick oven.
New Tactics. '
At tho session of the school for non
commissioned officers of one of the
companies stationed at Fort Wayne,
the following question was asked of
Sergeant : j
"What is strategy? Give me an in
stance of it." . ; , "
After studying or a moment or two
the Sergeant gave the reply: .
"When in battle and you are out of
ammunition and i don't ' want the ene
my to know itj it is good strategy to
keep right on firing." , -
TBb captain gave the school a vaca
tion. Detroit Free Press; i ... ..
AYhere Polroleum is Found. .
Petroleum i3 found in Sicily, the
Northof Italy, in many volcanic islea
in the Mediterranean, at Baku on the
Caspian, on the slopes of the Caucasus,
at Bagoon, in Burmah. in the Island
oi Trinidad, in Ontario, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, New York, West Virginia, Cili
fornia, in Siberia, Tartary, China and
in several places in Africa. lew
York Advertiser, ,
' There are forty-five survivors of tho
War of 1812 on the roll of the Pension
Offloe, of whom fifteen nre ' one hun
dred or more years old. There are
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