OUR FAIRY.
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There’s a fairy lives in our house-
Don’t you wish you lived there too?
She’s always full of comfort
For everyone that’s “blue."
She is so sympatheticl
When you almost crack your head
She’ll bathe it with her sweet cologne:
She’ll sing when you’re in bed.
If your horrid, dull old jack-knife .
Slips, and cuts your hand most off.
She’ll bind it up withsalve and stuff:
(She giveslcdndy for a cough!)
If sometimes you are careless . '
And tear your bestest clothes, ‘1; .‘~
The fairy’s sorry for you;
She finds‘her thread and sews
The holes at tight and handsome as?
’Fore anyone can scold.
This fairy s v- ery pretty
Thougl. she’s very, very old.
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Her eye, are bright and snappy,
And ifie's fond of every game,
Thong]. she wears a pair of spectacles.
And "Grandma” is her namel
TWO AND LOVE.
It was a moist, unpleasant day. The
rain 1m! begun immediately after
breakfast, and now at eleven o’clock
it looked like raining till the crack
of doom. I had wandered up-and
111mm, seeking congenial company, and
finding none had finally cast anchor
in the billiard room where I practiced
the spot stroke.
I had made a break of nine, and
was beginning to feel more cheer-
ful, when suddenly the door opened,
and Miss Anstruther appeared.
"Oh,” she said, as she shut the door
and stood with her hands behind
,upon the handle. “I thought it was
Mr. McDonal .” .
“It is a better—and a poorer—
man,” I said, resting my one on the
floor. “Do you want to find Mr. Mc-
Donald?”
“Yes—no! it 'doesn’t matter,” said
Miss Anstruther.
“Perhaps you can say it to me as
well?” I suggested. .
Miss Anstruther thought a moment
or two, and then shook her head.
“No; I couldn’t say it to you.”
It may have been my fancy, but I
thought that Miss Anstruther blushed.
“Anyway,” I said cheerfully, “if it,
doesn’t matter. you ,come and play
billiards with me. I’m lonely.”
“But I play very badly,” said Miss
'Anstruther, doubtfully. “I don’t think
I ever played seriously.”
“Well, this won’t be serious,” I said,
selecting a light cue and chalking the
tip. “Now, all you have to do is to
make your ball hit the red and go
mm the pocket—or both.”
“Oh, dear,” said Miss Anstruther,‘
“what a lot to think about. There!
What does that count?” ‘
“One to me,” I said, and I missed an
easy hazard. .
“‘Why were you so funny last
night?” said Miss Anstruther.
“I am never funny” I said. “Seri-
ous, humorous, stupid—perhaps—but
not funny.”
Miss Anstruther aimed wildly. Her
ball went twice around the table and
hit nothing.
“How provoking!” she said.
Then she lifted her chin and rested
it on the tip of her cue. .
“You know what I mean,” she said.
“Why did you leave me alone all the
evening with Mr. McDonald?”
“Well,” I said, “I was talking—let
me see—to Miss Bates.”
“You found her amusing?”
“Not amusing. Better—pretty.”
“Oh, you couldn’t call her pretty.
Nice, but”—
“Decidedly pretty—in her way.
Now—you are plain. aren’t you?” I
said, seeing a likely cannon. '
“I beg your pardon,” said Miss An-
struther, coldly.
“I mean—I’m playing with spot.
By Jove!” I exclaimed as I turned
away in disgust after missing the
cannon. “There he is.”
“Whom?” asked Miss Anstruther.
“Mr. McDonald, walking up and
down in the garden, smoking a cigar,
in the rain. Shall I whistle him in?”
“Oh, no,” said Miss Anstruther.
“Why not?” I asked, facing round
toward her. I thought you wanted to
see him.”
“0h, there’s no hurry—no immediate
hurry,” she said. “He'doesn’t leave
till this afternoon”
“I thought it might be something
important’ I said.
“It is 1mportant ” said Miss Ans-
truther. “Oh, you are horrid!” she
continued, stamping her‘foot. “You
know quite well that—I shouldn’t tell
you, should I?”
“But you haven’t told me.” I said,
consolingly.
“Oh, but you can guess,” said Miss
Anstruther, shaking her head. “You
must have noticed—something. And
I have no right to say anything about
it.”
I paused judicially.
“It seems,” I said, after an appro-
priate interval, “quite a suitable ar-
rangement. Mr. McDonald is very
wealthy.” .
“Yes ” said Miss Anstruther, re-
fiectively, “he has money. But, then
so have I. ”
“That is what makes it so suitable,”
I said. “
“But,” said Miss Anstruther, lifting
her eyebrow s pathetically, “he’ s—
well.” ,
“That’s true.” I said. “but we all
have our faults.
worst of them.”
“I don’t think so,” said Miss Ans-
truther quickly.
“Mrs. Anstruther thinks so,” I re-
plied.
“Yes, of course, you could see mama
wanted”—
Miss Anstruther tapped the floor
with her foot.
I turned to the window and watched
Mr. McDonald walking up and down
in the lain. ‘
“it happened here last night,” she
said suddenly, “when you were"— ,
“What happened?” I asked.
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And poverty’s the
“Oh, you know!" I {1,221.1'7”
“Your engagement?"
“1 am not engaged. ”
“Not engaged? Then what are you:
talking about?”
“You are stupid. Don’t you under-
stand? That is what I have tojde-
cide—to tell Mr. McDonald this morn-
ing—before he goes away. Oh, I
oughtn’t totell you all this. But you
made me, you know. And I think you
might help me.”
“I would with pleasure, if I only
knew”—
' “What should a girl do when her
mother wants her to—and the man
is”—
“Rich,” I suggested.
“Yes, and—like that, ” and Miss Ans-
truther nodded toward the window.
“It’s a difficult question,” I said. “a
very difficult question. As you have
asked me to advise you—well—do you
love him?” ..-,
' “You may put that aside,” said Miss
Anstruther, with a sweep of her hand.
“That simplifies matters,” I said.
Then there comes the question of filial
duty. ,You see, a ,parent judges in
these matters with less—I mean with
greater freedom from—personal feel-
ing.”
“But,” objected Miss Anstruther, “it
is a very personal matter, isn’t it’:
Besides, I am sure mamma would
never want me to—to marry any one
whom she thought I didn’t really—l
didn’t—or, I mean, if I”—
I shook my head gravely.
“You really must be frank with me
if I am to advise you profitably” 1
said.
“If I really cared for some one else."
Miss Anstruther nodded.
“Who doesn’t care for you?”
“Oh, yes he does,”,said Miss Ans
truther, quickly, raising her eyes for
a moment to mine, and dlopping them
again.
“I was just addressing my mind to
this fresh complication, when Miss
Anstruther jumped up.
“Oh, but we are not playing,” she
said. “It’s my turn, isn’t it?”
“It is.” I said with a sigh, for I
should have preferred to follow ‘out
the subject. “But, excuse me, you
won’t do it that way, and if you hold
your cue like that you ’11 dig a hole in
the cloth. ”
I went round the ‘table to Where
Miss Anstruther was standing.
“Keep quite still, and I’ll show you,”
1 said. I placed her hand in the right
position, at the butt end of the cue,
and, holding it there, showed her how
to make a proper bridge with the left
hand and slide the cue smoothly and
horizontally over it.
“Now,” I said, still retaining a guid-
ing hand on the cue, “if you aim so,
you’ll get the pecket—unless the balls
kiss. ” *‘
Naturally I was compelled to stand
ve1y close to Miss Anstruther during
this object lesson—so close that the
curl that nestled round her left ear
tickled my lips as mybreath stirred
it.
Miss Anstruther made her stroke.
It was a ridiculous stroke. .
“Were you really going for the pock
et?” I asked.
“I think,” she said, turning and fac
ing me, “the kiss spoiled it.”-
Miss Anstruther was strangely agi-
tated over her failure. Thinking it
better to change the subject from bil:
liards, I ‘said:
“Tell me what you are going to say
to Mr. McDonald.”
We were. as I have said, of neces-
sity very c10se together, and Miss
Anstruther dropped her eyes.
“I am going to tell him,” she said,
“that I don’t care for him—not in that
way—and”—
"And that’s just what you meant
when you said just now that—that—
you couldn’t say it to me?”
Miss Anstruther’s attention was
fixed upon the toe of her right shoe,
which she was rapping with the butt
end of her cue. Mine was concentrat-
ed on Miss Anstruther’s drooped 'eye-
lids. Consequently neither of us heard
the door open.
“Hello! Playing?” said Mr. McDon-
ald, walking round toward the mark-
ing board. “What’s the 'game?”
“The game,” I said, locking up, “is
——let me, see—two and love. “Isn’t it,
Miss Anstruther?”
Miss Anstruther looked quickly at
Mr. McDonald and then at me.
“Yes,” she said.
“H’m, lost forever,”
Donald,
door.
“I hope so,” I said, as I turned to
Miss Anstruther.
said Mr. Mc-
going out and slamming the
"T-r'mched.
“I haven’ t any thing new to sing to
you to-night, George”
“Well, give me something old, then. ”
She broke into a refrain that was “a
song of the day” seventeen years be-
fore.
- “That’s very, very old, Clara,” he re-
marked at the close.
“Yes, George; I sang that to you the"
night we became engaged.”—Boston
Globe.
Incurable.
One of the pupils in a public school
persists in spelling the word gone-goine.
I‘o cure him of the habit his teacher
told him to write the word seventy-five
times upon his slate. He did as re-
quested, but in the meant1me,h1s teach- '
er having left the room and he being
afraid that she would not return, wrote
underneath, “I am tired waiting and
have goine home. ”
Cost of Justice.
“Haven’t you got any schoolhouse in
this locality?” inquired the tourist.
“No,” answered the lank, bilious
looking native sitting on top of the rail
fence. “We wuz goin’ to hev one last
spring,
noss- stealin’, an’ that 111‘11 . ‘11
the pub-
1ic 1111 1:1-y.” -
but we had to hang a man fur ,
Homely Women May be Beautiful.
There is no excuse in these days. for .
any woman, to be ugly—since ugliness
sadistinguisheu from :plainness, which
is in no way repulsive, comes geneml~
1y :as the result of an unhealthy, mode
of‘life-
cise, is, fortunately,
Clothing _ sensibly made—knickers in-
stead of countless pettico-ats—known
rules of hygiene, 'which are easily fol-
lowed; simple styles of dressmaking
which.with care and attention, and
even a very slight amount of, clever-
ness, can be copied, are just a few of
the things which help the much-quot-
ed fin de siecle girl to look'u'beautiful,
even when not blessed at the start of
her; career with regular features, a
p ect figure and a rose-leaf complex-
A fine carriage of the head makes
a plain woman effective, even in a
drawing room of beautiful women.
The head thrown back, the chin and
shoulders held straight,give an» air of
distinction, of presence, which’. were
beauty» never confers. Pokingifthe
bust forward, resting the chin inlthe
hollow of the 'throat, and walking
with shoulders quite square is simply
a caricature of grace and elegance.
. The Way to Pour Tea.
There is more to be learned about
pouring :tea and cofiee than most peo-
ple are willing to believe. If those de-
coction-s are made at the table, which
is far the best way, they require ex-
perience, judgment, and exactness; if
they are brought on the table ready
made, "it still requires judgment so to
apportion them that they shall prove
sufficient in quantity for the family,
and that the elder members shall have
the stronger cups. Often persons pour
out tea, who, not being at all aware
that the tea grows stronger as they
proceed, bestow the poorest cup upon
the greatest stranger, and give the
stronger to a very young member of
the family, who would be better with-
out any. Where several cups of equal
strength are wanted, you should pour'
allittle into each, and then go back, in-
1 citing the or'de1 as you fill them and
11.0 strength will be apportioned prop-
erly.
An earthen pot isby far the best for
brewing; the tea may then be poured
into a silver port if desired. Heat the pot
and pour the writer out before putting
in the tea required, filling up at once
with boiling \1aie1, set from the fire
about ten minutes to d1aw, then pour
out as above.
Rho Small Waist thqupmlar.
The bicycle belle hlas sounded the
knell of the wasp waist.
Paris, the accepted fountain head of
‘all such information, has announced
that no waist which measures less than
twenty-seven inches can be considered
“good form.” The West End in Lon-
don immedi-ately accepted the verdict,
and rto-d'ay fashionable Engl-is-hwomen
are going about with waists- of gener-
ous circumference. Americans are not
far behind. Already their dressmakers
have received orders for liberal waist
11% in autumn gowns.
'9 years the voices of doctors ‘have
been raised in warning against the
practice of tight lacing, and for years
the women of civilized countries have
listened c'ourteously and‘ have given
their corset strings an additional twist.
The laws of hygiene have very little
weight when they are opposed to the
laws of fashion. Now that fashion has
grasped health by the hand, so to
speak, women have dropped their cor-
sets, and a little feminine sigh of re-
lief goes around the world.
A Rich Design for a Center Piece.
The flower should be worked in shades
of yellow, with brown centers; the.
leaves in green. with a lighter shade
for stems.
Badly Disappointed.
The highwayman had followed her
from town. He had 'observed the
pocketbook which she . held in her
hand. It was fat, even as a plump
partridge. She was returning from
the city, and he bided 'his opportunity;
Itwasdusk. A lonely part of the road
was reached. He sprang forward,
snatched the pocketbook from her
hand, and disappeared. Gleefu‘lly he
sought his attic room.
“I shall (line well to- night,” ‘1:. c s aid
And he opened the purse and 51100111-113
It was fat with samples!
A‘ Soft Snap.
“You’ll have to run the worn 111’ s 1' .1g re
Wlhile Miss Scissors is away,” said 111:-
managing editorto the dramatic critic,
“Can you do it?”- “Oh, nothing easier."
answeded the Willing colleague. "All
you’ve got to do is to change rec‘pes
for jelly by marking out jeliyt. 1nd 111-
serting ‘worsted,’ and they do fir .t 1111-,»
for ‘Fancy Work for Leisure” Homs. ’
——Boston Transcript.
The modern business woman of 111;- :11
earning capacity is said to lavishly
spend the money She earns for dress.
amusement and "in generous g‘i‘zs tr
relatives and friends.
Exercise, good healthy exer- ,
hobs
fashionable.‘ ' °
sent into the markets. N o wonder evap-
’ the stock must have extra feed, and a
' been thrown out of perpendicular posi-
, until the following Spring, but the s00n
,91' it' 1s done the better. .
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Fruit [in Evaporation. 1
T. 1e heavv and general storm in Au- .'
gust, 1893, caused many thOusand
bushels of apples to fall from the trees
in western New York. These were
only two thirds grown, not fit for any ‘
not even suitable for feeding
Still, they were gathered and
evaporated, and 50 carloads. or 125 000
pounds of these. immature apples, were.
purpose,
crated apples Were cheap in 1894 and
not high 111 1895. The people who got
such are not going to buy any more
evaporated apples of any kind. They.
will take prunes, apricots and peaches
instead. Those who are interested 'in
evaporated fruits can learn many valu-
able lessons from California fruit men.
While we have the advantage of best
fruit when it is properly cared for, Cal-
ifornians gain through being thorough-
ly neat and business-like in their meth-
ods of drying and packing for market.
If we wish to hold our position, a uni-
formly better article must be put out.
Nothing must be used but ripe fruit,
and it must be pared better, cored bet-
ter, trimmed and sliced better. We
must also insist that the bleaching pro-
cess be done properly, and that the
evaporating and curing shall be suffi-
cient to insure the fruit keeping in
warm weather.
Evaporated apples, in order to hold
their color must be packed in boxes
and put into cold storage before May 1,
and kept 1n 3 cool, dry temperature un-
til wanted for use. I recently examined
a case of evaporated apples which ]
made in 1891, and which had been in
cold storage since February, 1892.
They appeared as fine as when first
made.
The culture and evaporating of black
and red rasberries is steadily increasing.
Of the product of 1894, Wayne Coun-
ty, New York, shipped over 1,000,000
pounds of dried berries. The old say-
ing, “Good as wheat in the bin,” in
common use 25 years ago, no longer
holds. “Good as dried apples in the
box,” or dried berries in the barrel,’
would bs much more comprehensive.
Now, as wheat is no longer king, and
the fruit business, is, forehanded people
show the same disposition. When
dried apples or berries are low in price,
they hold them year after year. Ber
rias seem to keep all right. if, when
thoroughly dry, they are put into new.
tight barrels, and stored in a cool, dry
place.—B. J. Case, in American Agri
culturist.
A. Fodder Rack. .
'When the pasture :beglinsto gm short, '
feed. rack for the pasture or barnyard is
necessary. The illustration shows such
a rack built against a fence, which has
one important feature. At the ordinary
feed rack the strongest and most belligt
erent of the stock will course along the
length of the rack and. drive ofi the
weaker. With the one herewith illus-
trated all such difficulties are avoided,
as each animal must keep his own
place.
Weed as Feed.
Weed infested mowings seem to be
unusually common this year. This is
partly due to the fact that weeds, like
ox-eye daisy, wild carrot, shepherd’s
purse, etc., are able to thrive during a
spring drouth that gives a serious set-
back to our cultivated grasses. If such
mowings are out early, before either
the weeds or grass have become woody,
they will make very fair hay for dry
stock. Analysis shows that some of
these weeds have considerable feeding
value, and if they are out early and
cured, without being dried into a
woody state, stock will eat the hay
quite freely. This seems to be about
the best treatment that can be pre
scribed for such mowings.
To Get Rid: of Sorrel in Grass.
The presence of sorrel is pretty cer-
tain indication that the land should be
ploughed up and thoroughly cultivated
for a year in some hoed crop. Then
manure liberally, add a. good dressing
of lime, and seed to grass. If you want.
to do the job this year, out the sorrel in-
fested mowing immediately, plough as
deeply as the soil will permit, put on all
the manure or fertilizer you can spare,
harrowin thoroughly and sow to fod-
der corn, four or five ,kernels to every
three feet. If you can use a little hen
manure or quick acting fertilizer about
the hills,’ it will give the corn extia
good start. '
Care of Your Trees.
In ordinary seasons all spring planted
fruit and ornamental trees will be much
benefited by a ‘mulch of some'kindé—
straw, hay, co'rn stalks, chips, and even
stones, if no other materials is avails-A
ble. On an, average, one-half of the
trees that die the first summer could
have been saved had they been properly
mulched. In exposed positions, where
heavy "Winds occur, and the trees have
tion, they should be straightened and
staked. This work is. usually deferred
Little sticks put upon a dying fire
will rekindle it, but large sticks will
put the fire out.
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