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 (I ii I 't4 the the the Wi' YOUNG FOLKS. HAfiAUE. I Mw her first carrying » great fat baby, apparently heavier than henelf â€" a thin, mall- faced girl, looking aboat tea yean old, but, aa I afterwards found oat, nearly thir- teen. I shall always think Natiialie was itnnted by a perpetual b»by burden, for her aunt, with whom she lived, had a freqtient addition to her family, and Nathalie had nursed babies since she was seven years old. About that time her mother died, and the little orphan was thrown upon the tender icercies of her aunt. Madame Poiron was stout, red-faced, loud â-¼oioed, and with one ruliog passion that all around her should earn their salt by con- stant work. She would have liked to rise at midnight, And set her household their tasks, but as that was impossible, she contented 'herself with beginning at dawn, and grinding and driving aa no slave-driver in the antebel- Inm days ever ventured to do. Her husband was a farmer and miller â- ear the little town of Mapleton her two eldest sons worked in the fields with the other laborers, and woe to any of them who did not obey'the imperious dame. She did not spare herself, for constant employment was her religion bat she had a frame like iron, and the strength of a strong man. As for Nathalie, had it not bean for babies she was required to keep_ out of way, she would have been driven to grave by tasks impossible for her puny frame to perform. As it was, she ate her harried meals with the everlasting baby on her lap, whom she was ezpectctd to feed at intervals, and at- tend to the wants of the twins, about two years old, who sat beside her. She was then driven ont, with the three childem, to be kept out tf the way until dinner-time. "Ha, I treat the little one well " Madame PoirOn would say to her gosaipa. " She is my poor aister's child, and I have pity for her. I work myaelf, 1 work my children but for Nathalie, all she has .to do all day long is to play in the woods with the little ones. It is play, play all the time for her, and eat and drink of the best." Madame Poiron believed faithfally what she said. It was during one of these "play" times that I first made the acqaaintance of Natha- lie. I had been walking through the pretty little woodland which surrounded the town of Mapleton, where I was speniing the summer with a friend. Suddenly I came upon two stout, stolid-looking children, looking more like Dutch dolls than anything else. Their laps were full of flowers, and in front of them was lying the baby, crow- ing and kicking up its heels. Nathalie waa going through a kind of acrubatio periormance for the amusement of her charges, while the twins gravely stated at her with their big expressionless blae eyes. I have seldom seen any one so active and daring as Nathalie was, as she sprang from one grape-vine to another, and danced a kind of pas seui on them. I was hidden behind a clump of bushes, where the children did not see me but I noticed the little girl's face waa pale, and big drops stood on her forehead from fatigue. Whenever she stopped to rest, the Datch dolls set up a howl. " Oh, hush, Manette, hush, Marie, or Tante Poiron will ccme after na I Then ahe will not let ua come here any more. I am going to play again for you. Now look, look, and see me fly 1" She made a spring to a high vine, which hong far above the one on which ahe waa aitting. She miased it, and fell to the ground. In a moment I was beside her, and lifting her up. " Are you hurt " I asked. " 1 don't know," she said, rubbing her head. " My head hurts, but it haa hurt Be all day. O Bebe, don't cry I" The baby waa yelling at the top of ita voice, and the ehorua waa awelled by the Datch dolla, who were frightened by my audden appearance. " Don't cry, my durling I Ihalie ia coming to you." She roae to her feet, and aank down again with a aharp cry. " Ah, my foot ia broken 1 I cannot walk I What will Tante Poiron aay! What ahall do? Oh, whatahsUIdo?" ' ^Tou will do nothing but lie here till I come back," I aaid. " It is a short walk to your aunt's, and I will go and tell her, so that she can send for yon. Perhaps these children will let me take them home." Bui as I apnroached the twins, they threw them- selves flat on their backs, and yelled as if I had been the Giant Blunderbore, ready to eat them up. " They don't like strangers " Nathalie gasped. " O madame, I must try 'to walk " Bat as she raised herself, ahe sank back al- most fainting with agony. I walked rapid- ly to the house, and, aa I neared it, saw Madame Poiron in the front yard, washing some clothes. I kneW' her well by aight, and aa I called her name, she raised her monsrrons, dripping arms from the suds, and turned to me. " What does madam want?" ahe asked, curtly. " Your little niece has hurt herself yonder in the wood. She has either sprained or broken her ankle. She cannot walk. ' " Oh, the miserable creature " cried the woman. " Forever and forever doing some- thing wrong 1 And nothmg to do but amuse herself all day Has she hurt my children " turning upon me fiercely. " No, but she ia bad!y hnr^' " Saints be praised it ia not my angels? Nathalie ia a atubbom, nagratcial girl. And now to lay herself up, and leave me all to do Pity ahe hadn't broken her neck at once " " Ton aught to be aahamed of yonrself, Madam Poiron " I cried, indignantly. " If you do not intend sending help to the poor chUd.IwiUdoao." "And where doea madame think I can get help? Call the man ont tiiA» field atthia hour, and loae ao much time No if any one goes, Imuat!" • She atods off, audi followad her. for wma bawtiiaidaaaf » dove in a valtnw'a dawa panned OM whan I thaii|^trfpoor, tnmbl tng little NadiaUa boniamtiM araa of the nnfsdfaig gfaatoM. When I reecfaad them, ahehadthegirl by the arm, ud had lifted her to her feet. " None oi year aba r ahe oried. Xf try to mik, yea oao. Yoawe mataad Stand n*r " â-  I eanglii the ohild ai ahe fell baoh,.iiaJ«t Aitt voMBkl mw aaaa nheml kMV well oonlqcdovft thsrae^ iahie *^lM»ii Pl«ie LMnMerjtiriad^ Dr. «X kwwlM wlSe«» cUT CO Pierre was- a good, hnmaoa iellow, nunc than williBg to do » kind ait, and Uftpd Nathalie into hia dxt at ettoe. Madane Ptriron, growling lik^a be a gyt it takpaMr self off with the baby in her wma, and the Dntoh dolla toddling after. " But then this is a bad boMneaa lor you, NathaUe," Pierre said* aa he. jofrged dong^ " That old fire-cat ia gidag to give yoa hard times." 'â- I never have easy time% Monmenr Pierre," ahe anawered, with her patient voice, the teara rolling down her white face. " I would wish to be dead, and witii mamma, if it waa .-ot for the children, bat I love tl)^m, and they love me." • Love you 1 Joat listen tc her I The little vampires that suck her life blood. The tyrants that get her more beatings than I can count And, madame, you hear her aiy ahe lovu them " "Yea, they do love me," ahe aighed, " Monaieur Pierre, they are all I have in the world. Tante Poiron ia not alwaya croaa. She haa good daya, yeuknow, and ia kind, bnt then, yon aee, we has ao many children, ahe haa no love to spare for me." "That's certain uid anre," Pierre mut- tered in his heavy beard, bnt we had reached the farm-house, and he lifted Nathalie oat tenderly. ** Farewell, madame, and thank yoa," she said, as he bore her into the house. I thought often of Nathalie during the next few weeks. I heard her ankle waa aprained, but that ahe waa doing well, did not venture to call, for it waa evident that Madame Poiron had taken an inveterate dialike to me. But I waa glad to aee the little girl walking out one morning with the baby in her arma. I harried forward uid intercepted them. Nathalie waa thinner than ever, but her eyea â€" ^lovely eyea they were â€" brightened at aight of me. " Are you quite well, Nathalie " I aaked " My foot hurts me a little, madame, but I can walk. It ia the firat time I conld carry Bebeâ€" aweet Bebe?" klaaiog enthua- iaatically the paaty faced infant. " We are going to have a feU la the wooda, Bebe and I," ahowlng me a little paokage ahe held in one hand. " There la a alioe of pie and a piece of cake, and O madame, wiU you not come to our/ete " I aaid I would, bnt I muat run home fiiat for something. That something was an addition to die tea-party in the shape of some fruit I had just received. It waa good to aee the delight in Nathalie'a eyea, when I laid my contribntion before her. " Babe Bebe T" ahe screamed, clap- ping her hands, "bananas, Bebe I OrangesI and lovely white grapes I Oh, they are too beautiful to eat " When the repast was over, Nathalie wrapped what remained in her apron for Bebe and the twins. " You look quite happy, Nathalie," I said. " Happy ah yer, madame, there ia no'one happier than I am to-day. Only think, I can walk again and nurae Bebe. I love all the childrra, bnt Bebe ia a real angel of heaven I" I aat there wondering over that atarved young life whoae only modloara of aimlight wu putty-faced Bebe. What waa happineaa after all? A poor ill-treated waif, whose daily bread waa flavored by harah worda, aat there under God'a bleaaed aunlight and called herself happy. I gave up the prob- lem. Several weeks passed, and although I was often on the watch, I saw nothing of Nath- alie. The house where my friend and I boarded commanded a full view of Uie Poiron farm for some days none of the men had been working in the fields, and the load voice of Madame Poiron waa dlent. " What is the matter over at Poiron'a I" I asked our landlady, Mrs. BlaJ^e. Mra. Blake tamed very red and looked confuaed. " Well, the truth la, I didn't like to teU yon, ladiea, tat I thoaght yoa m%ht get acared, and there ain't a bit of dauer, for there'a no communication betweenthe farm and any houae in town. They've got amall Sox there bad. Nearly all the fanuly are own with it. Old Poiron caught it from a tramp. Two of the chUdren will die to night, and they aay the old madame oan't live. There ia no one|to attend them bnt one of the boya and little Nathalie." " She is not sick, then " I aaid relieved. "Nathalie? no. Old Darsui who haa been there â€" he'a had amall-pox nimaelfâ€" told Mr. Blake, the ohild goea from one to the other with Bebe in her arma. Bsbe haa amall-pox, too, and she never puta it down." I cannot express all I felt when the next day I saw the funerals leave the cottag( one of the sons and one of the smaller chil- dren, Mrs. Blake did not know which. Then a few days afterward the hearse stepped again, and two small white co£5ns were brought out. They held the poor little Dutch dolla. After that, I heard of the gradual recovery of the other patienta and that Nathalie did not take the disease. Nearly a month elaps- ed, and I waa piepiring t*) leave Mapleton when, in one of my walk a, I oama anddenly upon Nathalie, leading her aunt by thehan^ " Oh, I am ao glad to aee yon, madame 1" ahe oried. " We are taking a little walk, Tante Poiron and L She ia getting quite atrong again." " I.am glad to tee yoa out," I aaid. " I heard how ill you were." " la it the kind oity lady, Thalie T" ahe asked. "I un blind, madame. I live, yea bnt never to aee ag^ I Hdpleaa, naeleaa, ah 1" With a grMn ahe threw up her gaunt arma, and her face, torn and ploughed by the dread diaeaae, full of des- pair. "Oh hush, Tante r Nathalie cried. "Am I not here to help yon, and do all you want " "Yea, it ia ao," the woniui ottered, quietly. " The one to whosn I waa eroel and unkind, Grod haa given me my aole stay. I tell her to go and be happy. She shall have money to live where ahe irhftoaca bat8heaayB,'NolNor" "LsaveyonaadBebel" NathaBe cried 1 " Never I With yoa ia my home ai long as yoa want me." The womaa, stin waalc aad Bcrvoas, b^at lato taara, aad her Utdaiiaiaoe led her away. My pieUem wa^Mbvft U l|aft»aiie was hapfty fai loviag im2 Mt^riag wf^tie ahOd, ^ut iriU be he* 44Mae«f ilUdty tefiad hnaalf aeoaaaix taV whSi famflyâ€" her -*-**â€" inanifolfl. hat laiiliiljtr Oaloftf ud tnut for wMeh JMfl i^l»ftll Hub haagere^ "riiTirtWMiTlli theSSrjSXT^STm ar aakad A* oter vUtar •( Ui ad. "Olkaara She Got to IUbUw Hvw F^ff dE^ ,Wo|lci ' J- .â-  â- } c â€" 'f'i 5 ?* They were dttiiw together ia the warm parlor, aayiag litsle bnt tbinklftg mnoh. But lovera do no|_nee# to aay waaA to be companionable. The little clock on the maatel for a con- siderable time had been the only apenke^K Ita tick, tick, tick, tick, eeemed^to the yoath to aay, Eiaa her, kiss her, kiaa her. To the maiden it said, leap year, leap year, leap year, and ita reiteration of thia pbraee forced the maid to break the tdlenoo " How tai^at leme people «re 1" ahe aaid. "Funny f "Yea, aome people who are going to be married?" "Oh!" " Yea aome want to be married in a bal- loon, aome on tiie middle surah of a bridge, aome in a boat, aome in a railroad train, aome on horaetu^k, apm^ on tha edge of a precipice, aome down in a coal mine â€" " " Yea I have netieed it." " What ia their objaet, I wopdpr " " Marriage, of eeano.' "Bat I mesm their object in getting married out of the naual way." " Well, I'U teU yon what I think. IlMy get manied Inthia way ao that they can tell their children and their grsmdohlldren they were married under peonliar oiroum- acancea, sm, for inatanoe, ' Your mother and me, children, were married in a ooal mine,' or ' Your grsmdmother and me, children, were married ia a btJloon. ' " " 111 bet that'a just the reason," aaid the maiden. " Of courae it ia the reaaon." There waa a pauae. Then the maiden with a glowing oheek isdd " I've been thinking, John " Yes " he aaid, interrogatively. " I've been thinking how f r|»iy it would beâ€"" (a pauae and a deeper buOlh). "Wall, BeUa, yoaVe been thinking what?" " I've been thinking how fanny if would be ifâ€"" " Yea." " If when the anbject of marriage comes np thirty or forty yeara henoe yon could point to me and aay ' Why, children, your grandmother propoaed to me in leap year and we were married a few weeka after.' " John is very bnay these daya faraiahing a nice little cottage, and Balla ia aaperiatend- ing the making of her wedding dreaa. The Old, Old Stoiy. I think " feather-weight" ia the name that they gave The umbrella I purchaaed to-dajr. They called it slight, for the tung took winga. And sJaa I it haa floated away. The Trae Season. "I aee," and Mr. Barkina, '*that there sure a million more women than men in Ger- many." " Yea," aaid Mr. Smarty ' they do that to evade the military reqoirement of the Grerman government." A Too Jealous flosband. Mra. Gotham(to French maid)- "Why, thia is indeed audden, Babette. Why are you going to leave me?" Babette (shnurging her ahoaldera)â€" "Yetre mari â€" your hnaband, voaa oom- prenezâ€" eea too jealooaeâ€" disposition." "What do yoa mean, Babette r " II m'a defendu-'e will not pwmit me to promenade mvaelf aveo peraoaneâ€" With amy one but him.' Babette ia sJlowed to go withoat any far- ther worda. Jack. Scene in a private boarding-hoaae. Firat boarder â€" "There'a aome one in Mra. De Boota' room I hesur her talking." Seoond boarder â€" "It'a a mass, Liaten." Mra. De Boota in her room â€" '*Kias me. Jack." Choroa of boardera in sm nadertooe â€" " Oh I Oh I Oh 1 wd her hnaband'a name is Charlie 1" Mrs. De Boota within â€" " Do yoa love me Jack?" Deep maaonline voice In reaponaeâ€" " Well, I ahonld amile I" Boardera outaideâ€" " Heartleaa creature We shall leave this very day. Let ua confront her at once." They knocked and opened the door simultaneously. Mrs. De Boota oonfronta them with her parrot on her finger. " Oh I" they exclaimed, " we heard your parrot talking and came in to aee him." " Speak to the ladiea. Jack," aaya Mra. De Boota with a quiet amile. She had boarded before. Vater in CooUofr ' « Water ia me of the aaoeata of ooekiag,'*^ sententioaaly askifd*^ well-kaewa cAe/'ap-town to a Nsiw York Maii reporter. " I aappoae you mean that all food in ita raw atate ahould be waahed T" " Notiiiog of the kind," replied the artiat " few ooMU uideratand the msmy effeota ]prodaaed by hard smd aoft water in oooking vegetable* smd meat If peaa smd beana, for inatsmoe, are cooked in hard water, oontsdn- ing lime and sypaum, they will not boQ ten- der, becanae weae adbetanoea have a tmden cy to harden vegetable caseine. Now, many ,vesetablea, aa onicna, boil nearly taateleaa in soft water, becanae all the flavour ia boiled otit. The skddition of asJt often checks this, aad in the caae of oniona, canaing the vc^e tablea to retain their particalsur flavouring principlea, beaidea eneh nutritioua matter aa ndght be lost in the aoft water. Some o' tihe fiaeat diahea in the wmrld are rained by the use of hard water when aoft ia reqaired. It ia a iscience that can beat be learned by actual experience aa aaaistant chef. It re- quires a long apprenticeahip and a natural aptitude to bMome a great odok smd to under- stand water. New, to extrsMst the juice of meat to make a broth or aonp, aoft water, onaalted smd cold firat, u the beat), for it ji|uch mere readily penetrates the tiaane bat for boiling, where the juloea should be re- tained, hard water, or aoft water aalted, u preferable, and the meat ahonld be put in while the water ia boiling, ao aa to oloae np the porea at once. I have two aaaiatanta, and once a week I lecture them on the pro per uae of hard smd aoft water, in oooaing certain dishes. In answer to your faoetioos question above, I will atate that not only raw food ahonld be clean, bnt the water goea a lens way in keeping a firat-elskaa eucsine in a hesJthy smd aanltaiy oondition. Thnader Froverbs. If the bird* be ailent expect thander. If the c»ttle run around smd eoUeot to- gether In the meadowa expeat dionder. If the cloada grow rapidly larger expect much rain, and alao thander. Two currenta in Summer indicate than- der. If there be smy falling atara during a clear evening in Sammar expect thander. lacreaalng atmoapheric electricity oxidizea ammonia in the sdr. smd forma aitrio acid, which affecta milk, thua aoooantii^ for the nonring of milk by thunder. Thunder in the evenia| indicates much When it thundera in the morning It wil^ raio before night. Thunder in the north indicatea cold, dry weather. Thunder from the aouth or aoutheaat in- dicates foul weather; from the north or northweat, fair weather. With a north wind it aeldom thunders. Much thander in July injurea wheat and barley. Thunder In the Fall indicatea a mild open Winter. DIatant thander apeaka of coming rsdn. Got the Biff Head. "Good momin' to ye, Mra. O'Baherty. An' 'ave ye got any more newa from Mary Ann an' ue frinch /count at Chitanky " "Note wnrrud, Mra. O'Flahorty, ainoe the laat soime I heard from her." " la the Frinch count, aa ye do osdl him, wid her yit, I do wondw 7" " Indade sm' I don't know for anre, an' I don't oare, for I don't feel very well thia momin' I have a head aa bis sm a bnahel, an' I know Mary Ann's good looka an' boost and qnsmely wsJk will oarry her through iwherivar she may be; sm' 'pen me soul, I belave it'a to the liquor ahtore I maat be vAag' taf bring home at Iskiat a quart of the cnritter, SM tbia la wash day an' the oolond hhnael' isn't weU at all at aU' naither." It Made Him a Little Vexed. Uttle No finuns to Blow Oat* Sheâ€" Mr. SilLhead aent me ancfai a lovely novel, and I kxow he mesmt me to think th hero himaelf The hero ia diaappointed in love, smd at IsMt Uowa hia bndna out. The othw Sheâ€" Wall, Mr. Sillihead couldn't do tlmt,at all eventsâ€" for resMona Diffienlt to Fit. Miss Claraâ€" I have been ahopptng this afternoon for shoes. Mr. Sissy. I think it ia auch a taak to fiad ahoea to exactly auit onea aelf. Mr. Siaiy (never at a loea)â€" Ya-aa. I im- agine yon might find it a formidable under- taking. A StoimefGabs. Policeman (to" citizen dinging to Ump poat(-ShaUIhaaaoab,fri«S?| ,uF!^1?""^*'*^'" " (Wo), offshar don' (hie) haU any more oaba Aay Ve hailln' all 'roan' now. ' OldTriaads. Magiatoale (to pKiaoMr)-^lB thia the first tfagoa yoa have been baiaieaia,Uaala Raa- toa t Uaele Raataa-r«i^ gah btft yo' poo' oia " Adolphaa, d'ye know that I'm- a vexed at Mba Simmona " " What happened, Arthur, old boy " " Well, you know I pride myaelf on my singing. We were at the piano. 'I'll aiag one more aong smd then go home,' I aaid." " Waa it late " ^^23 "About midnight." ...V-* _j, " And whatdid ahe aay " " " " " She aaid, • Can't yoa go home first ' " " And did you " j C?^ ~y " Yes, Adolphns. I tell yon I'm a little vexed about it." Profitless JSemembrance. Bishop (on his semi-annual round) â€" ^o you don't remember me, Bobby 7 Bobby â€" N-no, sir. Bishop â€" I remember you very welt In- deed. Bobbyâ€" That ao? Well, why didntyou bring me aomething An Aooommedatiiu: Tonng Man. Her Fatherâ€" I oan't give her any dowry. I am very poor, Mr. Browne. My littia sdl won't foot np to mam than $25,000. Mr. Browneâ€" Oh, $35,000 ia enough for na to begin on, Mr. Jamyth. Pile It Away for Putnre Use. " Papa," aaid a beautiful girl, " young Mr. Thiatie haa written me a 3te In which he aaka me to be hia wife." " Written you a note 7 Why in thander didn't he come himaelf " " It would have been pleaaanter that way, no doubt, papa, bat I anppoaehefeela a little timid, and berides, papa, think how much more blading a note ia." Bo nl a ngiam aa a thing to oonjure witii has evidently loat ito power in France. M. Floqaefa aword-thraBt proved too maoh for the bit of by-pUy wlii^ haa been for montha paatv8n;ing OB tiie aario^ooado. M. Boa- laagar'alnoadBtoaa defeat in the *part- mntaol Doadagaa aad Avdedw, where he had thsMm hiaualf Into the oonteeta ia a •piiiftarhmMido.aBakaa,in aUprobeUUl(y, ""â- B^vUaii aaanoh waa a «p e u»d fay^aez- oitahla enmd whloh is evar laady to fellow atthahaabal a d«M«giw. Aq4 now to «• ^teaz of U^SalMUa^cha ooi^. G««Hy niflBfaOMMw ,09 1;^ JMDddedwHl diop^ OLOVBRLOJU^ Ti»Clmr«l^^,r7 **•â- **« »reSit*»«»»i^ toJ RFriea^Mchrwi^'^^^ffi aymbol, expressinR relicrjJ '•^"adS ancient GeriauB as^fcj!*?^ grades of Druids, B J^„J"' tiZ And as one legend or myth oJ ^^W begets many, go there ""S""" "«"•/. 80 there anw r^^ a nnmber which, howev^ «*" »« clover with four le^vea. ClS '!«« gave rise to the belief th»uf" wUci good luck to the one whS ^Jj^^Jd 1^ nru """tea It, When sittug in the im. A little four liteu*«««« •Tis luck for thee aKk?.:, Orluckforanylover ""«• It is beleived in the Tyrol th»t » has " a turn =• for magic he oS ji*?y»» art of working woud^irj^"' only «arch«rforandTarte' «^ "t*^"" St John's Eve. luthete the peasants believe that if a tr«.n " at thia time fall asleej w"??*" white dove bearing a four-lesv^T*' which it lets fall on the «'S k""' Should he awake before it fS£ once put itintohiimcuth, hewUlS.il^ Che power of becombg invirible aiw?" ..^•!T%?."'?f ""'"•' wlitedlnWolh "Zeitochrift fur Deutsche Mytholorie"bh the effect that if, while a priest if Je»S! fhe service, anyone can, nnknoTOtTS lay a four-lea /ed clover on his nttabnj the unfortunate clergyman will notbeiS ^°^^!i^'^^-')^\yna. stand stock iffl and bewildered untU the person who b played the tnck pulU hU robe. Th« iu can proceed. When all is over the nuurt^ regains his " four leaf " wiU alwsvs lun luck at aU kinds of gamblmg. If h, hal tendency to tenpins in America or tonia^ pins, if It be in Germany, he mskesi"tai atrike" or aUe mum every time heroliii bsdi. It would aeem by this that thongk tke tri folium is a religions symbol, the fonrlaf smacks of a darker influence. If the bein or wearer of a four-leaved clover shosU come across witohwork or anynncansypr f ormance, he can detect or spoil it all u- harmed. If a man lovei a woman (or vioe versa), and can obtain two four-leaved dt- vers, and induce her to eat one while he himself swallows the other, mutual loreu sure to result Nay, according to ray good gypsy authori^, even a trin-patris! kas, or three-leaved clover, will have tUi effect Moreover, it ia advisable on ijl oc- casions when you make a gift to anybody, no matter what it ia, to conceal in it ado- ver, since it will render the gift donUj SMceptable. Also Take a four or three-leaved clora, and, makin^r a hollow in the end or top of your sdpenatock or cane, pat the leaf tlun- ia, taking care| not to injare it, and olon the opening cai«f ally. Then, so long as yei walk with it you will be less weary thu if it were wanting, and will enj oy lack in nusy waya. A German proverb says of a Incky sua, " £r hat sin vierblattriges Kleeblatt gefsi- dea " â€" "He haa found a four-leaved clover.' On this test Dr. Wilhelm Eorte in kii " Sprichworter der Dentchen," preachesibe following homily: "'This is,' yon say's stupid superstition.' Did yon ever kno« man who waa ganz und gar, utterly and n- tirely devoid of auperstition For if yti did, be sure there was nothing in him." m Flax Ooltnre. Mr. J. A. Donaldson in reply to a lettir regarding the f aailnre of the crops tUs s«- aoa. aad eqpeoially in the faU wheat, says " The queation arises why the farmeis do swt tarn their attention to other branchssol industry. None demands more favoanWj conaidwation than flax. The average yitU per acre obtainaUe from flax is as largs a that nanally got from wheat and the priMH about the same per bushel, with the wrfgM of flax four pounds to the bushel !«*'•'" that of wheat The produce of flax fim. when properly prepared for market, w realize even more than seed. Pe""".*?' phdidnff of short crops of wheat wonia ao well to visit the Counties of V\'elltogton^ Watorioo, where they will find in connecBM with the Daon flax mills some 1,400 aae under fl«, and a still larger acreage in »» neighborhood of Biden in connwtion ww the firm of James Livingston ^. ' also grown in other portions of these «»" In fact the success of this bM'!?,*i2 dUn industrv is beat ahovro m Mw"" among the Mennonites, whereit is »»»«»- Hummine Birds as Peta A young lady of New York •'"^-{J aelf with humming birds as pe». build tiieir nests in the lace cnrto"' havn raised Uttle i^-^^'r" c^^iUk There are planta for them ^^[r^^xi and every day the florist sends » ""^^ flowers for tiiem to extract tw "" »b*« They are like Uttle rainbows uyuWj tiieroom, and they light °^^l^^ their dainty mistress with f "fefeatherrf She has an especial affinity "^T^^vil* race, and pigeons, canaries »?" {^^jjitea are included among her household ttvoo The EngUah Government h»» I»"»^ fertile loss of life and V'^^^^rf^m by the Sultan running down a jnâ€" in Spanish waters. cup OI auut, f-m »~â€" -; fl^- wits »» and hutiy two cups of fff T'tj„psj«; comatarct, weU aiftod, ^^'^^f* folS of baking powder. Baltew-/^^ SeS^SSShe whites^orftjyffcjf. HghtrboO three cops «.Sraddo»»*f pbt if watef until i* f-^fj-S When about half »«J^!JoBaht»«^ beat aU togetiier until cool e»oaj» PCLLH. BMaD.-Tl«2 'Tkft aert thaa a pieoe of P^Si^Mi* Jy •hiaee and a o^V^f^io^^fH «„l«aithaiaaideoatrf^tS,^J^ iiMofaaaffg. ^o* "^^h^ait'^S hake a.i-lfc'^l^^ J^*^'fS- Ml «f flaw wd "i^ •2ia» •' " CHAPTER V. ^^j sbummiht, asd the ';r7^ TSQ SYSTEM. '^^ er n* to lend-that Is the qo Jtoar house 1 I'm anre it'a ••*2i the incorrigible wretch. ^*JjJ*^t yoa.had no fiw slack, l»J»,g2ifliealack?" aaid I, ver ^J-aestoif that'a wound upon wood," pouneing as she ep (1*5 mv moat aerviceable spools. *5l sSlot give you that I wai ^i didn't ask you to give it J^toborrowit tiU father go '^Ir'vish he would make ha^to, i ,; Nnmber of things you have Jj^ Mid which I cannot longer s " save me a knowing look, ai I I taPPened to menUon the i I v^-hi was constantly annoyed â- 'il. to* worthy English farm, JS near us and he fell a-laug ^«e that I did not know the 5*^es asweU aa he did, or I a L Mubled with them long. I ".ISe best ^^y.""*^ ""•';*" 1^ is to ask them sharply y CS' Mid if they give you no si Cnwr, order them to leave the i â- nSieve I can put you in a b ' L^ Bny aome small tu-ticle ot t them a trifle over the price, I to bring the change. I wil on it that it wiU be long bn iMWff you again.' T|nii impatient to test the cffic le. That very afternoon i BinaRht me a plate of butter for â- â- ioB was three and nine-pence «t by- the- by, that ic waa worth â-  •• I have no change," giving her "ta|t you can bring it me tomori I Oh, blessed experiment for th« liM quarter dollar I got rid of thii Idri for ever rather than pay me lirtsredtiie house again. I About a month after this, l â- â- â€¢king an apple-pie in the kirche laswons-looking woman, very landwitch-Uke, popped her ill-lo I age fato the door, and drawled th "Do yon want to buy a rooster Now, the suckmg-piga with wh Ibeenregaledevery day for three Ithe tavern, were called roasters Isaderstanding the familiar phrai IcooBtry, I thought she had a suck )sdL •• Is it a good one " "liness^tia." ••What do you ask for it " "Two Yorkers." ••That is very cheap, if it ia ai 11 dMs't like tiiem under ten I "Ten or twelve pounds Wh; lAat do you mcsua Would yoi I noster to be bigger nor a turkey Weataredateaohotiter. Ther Isat^aome miaconeeption on my "Bting the roaater up and if I win buy it though I must conf MS net very fond of roaat pig. " "Do you eaU this a pig " sai I â€" thint drawing a fine game adwher i^lftak. Ilaaghed heartily at my mil I psid hnr down the money for hbd. This Uttle matter aettied, Aa wonld take her departure I nealfer proved the deareat fowl i nr waa bousht "Do you keep backy and mm ahe, aidllng cloae up to n " We make no uae of those "Howl Not nse backy Ihaf a onoommcm." She panaed, then added in a tta^entiiJ tone "I want to aak you how yen me. an " It atanda in the cnpb ^ard,' dtriagwhat aU thia might mean 'I Know that bat have yon spate?" I BOW began to auspect wha OMtomer the strsmger was. " Oh, yon want to borrow so aoae so spare." "You don't aay ao. Well, â- tingy. I never asked anythini fate. I am poor, and you are ri Fat troubled so with the headac thing does me any good but a tsa." "The money I have just gi bay a quarter of a pound of the "Iguecs that iant mine. ••â- gea to my neighbour. Sh Ipcoodsed to seU it for her li^ric Money " ahe added, Jjne, " Where ahould I get mo •"•â- you; people in this coun JUfMy and those who come ou " it aeon loae it. But Emily Bb that yon are tarnation rict TMr money from the old cot! ptm yoa can weU afford to lend ^^iNttfiil of tesk" ^T^dfehbour I Where do y ^*«* la your name! .*[Hy nsme ia Betty Fyeâ€" old lOTe fat tile log ahanty overt! ••baakef your'n. The farir ^•Idaatson. I'm a widow â- |aajt|adti» hard to acrat 2 W»ypn "roar " Bwearl What harm? It Jj***!*** one'a vexed. E verj ?*â- *â-  ooaatry. My boya al Sf W l;and I used to sweai SB' ffl about a month ag( fli^ 'Wy parson told me that .2!^"nl ahonld go to a tt â- a -I dropped aome of *a wonld do wisely to d: *^MTer swear in my conn In* yoa don't aay 1 I a lia.vaiy ignorant Wil Aomsm waa each an or what die wanted. A iM took up one of the -.tyaahaye a fine orol F Hsr tfaa beat in the di "i no orcihard to bun