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the river. ’Tain’ t- that I hanker furw a-
ter inside. 011, no! that neV er fasci-
‘nates me. It’s jes’ outside.”
~ ai'us keeps awatchful eye on me, know-
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MY .AUNT POLLY.
The greenest grass, the sweetest flowers,
grew at Aunt Polly’ 8 door,
The finest apples, miles around, Aunt Poi-
ly’ s orchard bore;
Aunt Polly’ s cows were sleek and fat her
. chicks a wondrous size,
And Jabez Smith, the hired man, was witty,
great and wise. .
I used to go with Jabe at night, with clink-
ing pails to milk;
Sometimes he’d let me feed the colts and
ru their coats of silk;
And the moon that lose in those days, just
behind the cattle bars,
Was twice as large as it is now—with twice
as many stars.
Aunt Polly was a quaint old soul—a busy
bee—by day ,
Hiving the honey up for all, with never
thought of pay.
How many dawns we watched the sun, up-
rising in the east,
'Shake out its banners 0’ er the hills and
drive away the mist!
Gold-winged arrows pierced the gloom of
valley, wood and nook,
Bright flocks of crimson rode the clouds
and tumbled in the brook,
Gave back with cheer the apple’ 3 hue, the
pumpkin’ s and the squash,
Till dear Aunt Polly would exclaim: "What
a. perfect day to wash!"
W'hat steam of incense then would rise
from dear Aunt Polly’s tub!
For sun and sky her heart gave praise with
each all-cleansing rub;
No skylark’s note, no poet’s song, more
p1 aiseful than the tune
She hummed,whi1e her linen white upon
the grass lay strewn
Aunt Polly, faithful, gentle, entered long
since to reward;
Her kind old face has slept for years be-
neath the churchyard sw ard;
For her has dawned another day, more per-
fect, bright and glad-
Than when she rubbed the snowy clothes,
while I stood by—a. lad
*Edith Stokely, in Youth’s Companion.
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3 Water Fascinatcs Him i
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(it
AT-CH col‘d——not much'! ’Tain’t
no W orse’ n bathing in summer——
only a little colder.”
Mackey the sailor shook the dripping
water from his shaggy beard like a
Newfoundland dog, and then walked
leisurely down F1ont street toward a
saloon for a drink of hot- Scotch after
being in the river.
“I tistl’us manage to drop in the river
a. dozen times or so in winter. It sorta
er freshen-s me mind up—makes me
sober, too, sometimes. I ain’t never
full inside but. I have ter make straight-
for water. It fascinates me. Then I
tumble in, an’ when they yank me out
I’m sober agin. Mebbe its ’cause I was
bitten by a mad dog when a y oungster.
People said I’d go mad then, but I
didn’t. I just go mad when I get
liquored up, an’ then I want to go for
To the mild inquiry whether he
wasn ’t afraid of getting drowned some
day, he replied, promptly :1 “Perhaps
so seein‘ I can’t sVVim.’
“Not swim. I thought you were a
sailo ?” '
“So I am but what’s that got to do
with it? Can’ t a man be a sailor a’n
not know how ’to swim? We don’t
swim the seas—we let the ship do that
—we just- sail her. No, sir, I can’t
swim, an' neither can more’n half the
tellers that I ever sailed with. What’s
“A- TALKIN' ABOUT DISPOSIN’ 0' MY
THINGS. ” '
the use of swimmin’? If you tumble
overbo‘S'rd somebody’ll throw a linegan’
that’s all there is to it. Now, the best
swimmers I ever knew al’us git
(110anc(.. They get foolhardy when
they know how ter swim, an ’then some
day they go down and dont come up
agin. I don’ t swim, an’ they al’ us get
a line out ter me in a burly. I’ve been
over board in about any port you can
mention, an’ I ain’t dead yet. Theboys
521’ my failin’, 311' when "they see me
liquored up an’ startin’ fur the water,
they jes” say: “There goes Mac; get
ihe rope rcady.’ Then they let me
tumble in fur the sake of haulin’ me
out."
After warming up with the beverage
which a salt sea sailor considers essw-
tial to health after a dousing in the wa-
ter Mackey and his friend wandered
down by the water front.
“Now, on the last trip with the Mary
Ann I tumbled 0Verboard three times
an’ ahalf—once in Boston harbor, t’oth—
er time at sea, an’ the last time down
the bay jes’ af-ore we got up to Guvnors
island, ” Mackey continued. “A’n the
half? Oh, that was off Cape Cod. It
was a cold night jes’ afore Christmas,
an' on my watch I had to take a drink to
keep VV- arm. I guess I must heV taken
' the prow.
"clothes of his’n.
-her crawl—they’re: jes’ as good as the
' do ?.——get a. cold bath ?”
a d10p too, much. I jes’ had Sense
enough to know that I was startin’ fur i
the water. I knew then I was lost if
somebody di’dnt see me. So I jes’ let
out a wild yell that could be heard a
mile away. I couldn’t stop. so strongi
was the fascination of the water fur me,
an’ I jes’ tumbled overboard asI hcerd
my mates come runnin’ up the compan-
ionway. I heerd one on em say ‘There 1
goes Mac overboard; get a rope quick.’
Then I didn’t know no more.‘
“Well, what else. 9”
“Well, I jes’ woke up an’ found that
I had only half fallen in the water. My
feet was a-hangin' in, but my head and
‘m..-
I .
i
was mixed up in the rigging of
i couldn’t see the deck. but. I
could ‘h ear ’em talk/ ’bout. me. It
sounded queer like. fur they was a-
talkin’ aim at disposin’ o’ my things.
“ ‘Well he's gone {111 sure this time.
Poor Mac! Jim Lacey was a- sayin’.
“ ‘011, y es; lie tumbled CVei boaid
onct- too often.’ chimes in‘Tod Wiley.
‘I a-l’us told him he'd die that way. I
guess he belieV es me.’
“‘He dont leaVe no rclaiiVes
he?“ asked Jim.
“ l‘N-one‘ what I knows of.’ -
" ‘Then I guess his things b’longs- to
us, an’ we might divide"em.’
“ ‘Yes, but. afore he tumbled over‘.
board Mac says ter methat I could have
his pipe an’ baccy an’. that new suitof
' I don’t care. fur none
0’ the rest 0 his duds an’ you can have
’em an‘ VV elcome.’
“ ‘N0,V01‘1 don’ t come no such game
as thet on me, Tod Wiley’, Jim an-
swered, quick. ‘It’ll be a. fair diny, 01
none at {111.1 VV ant half the ’baccy an'
the pipe 01 the clothes’
“ ‘D’Ve mean tet say that I’ 111 a—lV'in’
tei ye.” demanded ’icd, sharp like.
Tod al’ us VV.1s a bettei fighter than Jim.
but Jim was plucky.
“ ‘I ain’t. sayin’ what- Iliillllk you're
doin’, but'l'm a-goiu’ ter' have my
s-hare.’
“ ‘Ye are, eh?
now, or I‘ll send y-e overboard
Mac, 1111’ you can settle it with
down at. the bottom.’
“ ‘I guess two can play at. that. I
ain’t a-feercd of ye, .Tod Wiley, an’ if
ye want ter prove itjes’ sail in now.’
“There was a. sound of scuffiin’ on
deck right over the bow where I was a-
hangin’, an’ I knew they was startin’
in ter settle among themselves what
each would take of my things. So I up
an’ yells like bloody murder, shoutin’
first to Tod an’ then to Jim. You can
bet they stopped fightin’ in double-
quick time. They was both so scared
that I couldn’t get neither one of ’em
to help me for a. plagued long time.
“ ‘It’s Mac voice,’ I finally heerd» Jim
say, ‘but it was a—quav-erin’ so I hardly
knew it.’
“ ‘No, it’s his ghost,’ replied Tod;
‘it’s come back ter settle this dispute
atween us.’
“ ‘No, I ain’t a ghost,’ I yelled back.
‘I’m jest as live as any 0’ ye. Jes’ drop
a rope dOVVn here an’ I’ll come up an.’
show y.’e
“Well, they finally got back their
senses ’nough to diop me a line, but
when I crawled. up on deck they kinder
steered clear 0’ me. It was nigh onto
a week afore they were convinced that 1
I wasn’t Mac’s ghost.”
Mackey and his friend reached the
deck of the Mary Ann by this time, and
as Mabkey helped his friend up the
plank to her clean deck he added, chagn m—
ing the subject.
“She’s a .1 eg ’ler downleras-ter—a spick-
an’—span. first-class Maine schooner that
ain’t got. her s’perior on the seas. An’
21 rms
does
Well, ye just shut 11 31
after
him
ship, except. maybe, the captain. He. is
a lititle queer at times. Now, there’s
Tod Wiley over there—see. him with the
blue jumper cub—an] the-t’s Jim Lacey,
one 0’ the best sailors an’ swimmers in
the country. ' But. what’s- he aritryin’ to
The sailor poin-t-ed out. as Lacey was
leaning over the bulwarks as if trying
to inspect something on. the bottom of
theschooner. Suddenly,with-outwarn—
ing, he lost his balance and tumbled
with a splash into the river.
“Is that Mac overboard? Oh, no, it's
only Jim Lacey,” cried some one.
Mac smiled at this remark.
“Jim’s a good swimmer, you see, 311'
they «think he can take care of himself.
Now, if it' was me!”
He walked up toward the stem of
the schooner. where a. group of sailors
were laughing at Lacey’s anitics in. the
water. The. best swimmer in. (the world
was acting very queerly, spluttering
and splashing around, and going down
flor some seconds at a. time.
“Jim’s a good one—dike a duck in
water,” nemarked one of them.
The. sport was entertaining, and the
sailors seemed to enjoy it; but Jim con-
tinued to act queerly.
“\iac, isn’t he”—be.gan Mackey’s
friend.
But \iac had gone away. The next-
moment the e was a splash in the water.
The n 213 m ebod y sh outed :
“Hello! Th‘e-re- goes1 Mac oveiboaxrd.
Get. a line quick; he can’t SVV im.’
How he had managed to get in the
water so quickly was a mystery, but
‘long familiarity with tnze business had
'made him an adept. The. next. moment
his head came. up to the surface, and
he was floundering arou'nd. The active
sailors a-ylreud had a line dangling 0V er
the. schooner’ s side. '
“Here, Mac, take this!"
Wit-h a. quick grab the floundering.
man, grasped the end of the rope and
clung tenaciously to it. His other arm
was around the waist. of Jim Lacey.
“Say, jes’ drop another rope down.
here!” he shouted. .1“ has fainted.”
When the astonished vsailors had‘,
hauled the twomen ondeck, they found l
Jim Lacey so far gone that a big. dose
of hot Scotch whisky was necessary
to bring him to life again. Mackey “as
only web.
“See, Jim's nag-00d swimmer, an be ,
came‘ near geittin’ drowned,” he said ;
with a leer. “But- I can’t- swim, an.’ was
in. no danger."
“Did you realize thatJim was drown»
ing?” his friend asked.
“Certainly; he had cramps; I used ter
have ’em, but I’ve been overboard so
many times they don’t hurt me any
more. Jim don"t take-to the water in
the winter, 1111’ it came near bein’ the
last of him.”
Then Mackey winked so knowingly
tha t. his theony was almost. convincing.
—~N. Y. Sun. . . .
Higheayt Paild Choir Singers.
TwoN-ewYork women are the highest.
paid choir singers in thp world; they
1eceive respectively $4, 500 and $3, 000 a
year. The men in the choir of West-
minster abbey' receive salaries ranging
from $400 to’ $500.
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DOES FARMING PAY?
I‘fllnusands of Times Ems This Quest
Mon Been Aakell, But the Answers
Have Been Few.
How often this question. has been
asked and how seldom answered; how
can it be answered, when there is not
One farmer in. 100 who can i'eil'ilhe
number of each kind of live stock he
had, and what they were wort-.h one
y ear ago?
There. is not one. in 1,000 who can
tell how much it has cost him the
past year in household and other
expenses. Bookkeeping is a tenible
bugbear to the average farmer-r, but
one would th‘ink he might take account
of stock once a. year, and make a memr
orandum of it, so as‘to be able to com-
pare one year with ano-Wther and if he
kept an. expense account, and also an
account of his income, he VV ould know
where he could retrench, if necessary,
and when he might safely expend, or
indulge in. something beside-s the. bare
necessaries of life. FeVV farmers know
how much it would take to support
their families in the way they live
now, if they had to pay house rent,
and hand out. the cold cash for every-
thing they consume; and that: is the
reason so many come to grief after sell-
ing or renting their farms and going
to live in. town. A farmer can, and
frequently does, drive as fine a horse‘
as any man. in town, but. he doesn’t
realize how much it costs the other fel-
low-to keep a horse just. for pleasure.
It is getting quite common for well-
to-do farmers to move into town to
educate their children, and both they
and the children. frequently learn more
than. is good for them. The cost of
keeping a pony for the children to ride
_or drive. to school would be small in
comparison, and would be keeping the
whole family out of the. way of tempta-
tion.
The moral side of this question is a
great deal more important than the
financial. The farmer doesn’t have to
Solicit. the patronage of anyone. He
doesn’t! have. to enter into competition
and strive with his neighbor like a
merchant; he. doesn’t. have to wrangle
and warp the truth for a. living like a
lawyer; he doesn’t» have to depend on
donations reluctantly d-oled out. like
many ministers; inslfort, he can be
the most independent- man. on God’s
green earth if he manages his affairs
in a business-like manner. He has
more time and equal opportunities for
improving his mind, he has less allure-
m-ents for corrupting his morals, and
his occupation is conducive to the high-
est development of his physical pow- .
crs. He. can be on. inztlim-ate‘terms' with
his own family, at peace with the
world, and he can worship God under
his own grape vine and apple tree,
none daring to molest or make him
afraid. 'es! Farming does pay!—
William G ill, in Agricultural Epitomist.
THE FENCE QUESTION.
How to Fasten Wdire to Posts so That
It “Will Hold and How to
Bruce the Posts.
To secure fence wire to posts, make
a handle as illustrated, of one inch
round iron, three feet long, and with a.
holein thehxandles near the turn. Each
FASTENING WIRE TO POST.
handle should be about six inches
long. Stretch wire along the posts,
staple lightly in place and cut
wire at end post. The-n bore _as
many holes in end posts, shown at. a,
b, c, as there are strands of wire to be
fastened in place. Slip end wire through
hole in handle, insert in post. hole, as
at. a, reel the wire up tight. fasten with
staple. and cut the wire on reel. Posts
should be. firmly braced—E. A. Tinst-
man, in Farm and Home. '
Threshing- by Hand.
In the older portions of the coun-
try, especially among those who grow
little grain, the steam thresher is much
less in demand than it used- to be. U111-
‘ less there is grain enough to make a.
full day’s work the‘job will not pay.
A great deal of extra help has to be
hired, and the money thus expended:
will hire the small job threslred by hand;
in. winter, thus giving work for several
days when. there is little work to be
had, and when for the poor the necessity
of earning something is the greatest.
There are other advantages of hand
threshing. Much' of tube
threshed straw‘ will. be eaten by stock
that would not touch the same straw
’ if it had been’ thrashed by machine
weeks before, and had lain. ever- since in.
the stack—American Cultivator.
About the Hull of 0am. ’
All who have fed oat-s know that
there is the greatest difference. in. their
feeding qualities. It is largely depend
cut on. the character of the hull. It-
has been thought that black-liulled oats
had' not only a greater amount of bull,
but that it, was also coarser andrrough—
er than white- hulled oats. But there
, are some comparatiVely new varieties
with white hulls that are as coaise
and rough as barley hulls. Most. new
kinds of cats originate in cold or at
least cool climates. If they are also
moist, as Ireland and. Scotland are the
bulls will be large but not tough. The
roughest hulled oats have their origin
in Norway, Sweden and Russian.
“—2:
Gene'i-ul Item" ’11 Address.
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, March 8.—
General Robert P. Kennedy, Major
Charles W. Watkins and Mr. Henry G.
CurtiS, members of the colonial com-
mission, who arrived here Monday by
the United States transport McPherson,
are making a very favorable impression
with all with whom they come in con-
tact. General Henry, military govern-
or, has issued an address in which he
expresses his anxiety to have all the in-
terests of th’e island fully represented
before the commission, by Porto Ricans
and Americans alike. The different sec-
retaries,, he says, will place themselves
at the service of the commission, which
he is certain will give an attentive
hearing to'all.‘
glad,” says the military governor, “and
feel that my hard work is well reward-
ed if the colonial commission finds that
Porto Rico is capable of self govern—
ment and 'no longer in need of military
control.”
British naua'netiu-e McKinley;
WASHINGTON, March 8.-—-Lieuten-
ant Dan Godfrey and his British guards
band, which arrived in New York on
the Lucania last Saturday, gave a con-
cert yesterday afternoon in. the east
room of the White House in the pres-
ence of the president and Mrs. McKin-
ley and ladies of the cabinet. That the
distinguished company fully appreciat-
ed the music of this famous organiza-
tion was demonstrated by the enthusi-
astic applause which followed each
number rendered. This was the inau-
guration of the first general tour of the
United States that has yet been under-
taken by an English military band.
To Stop netti‘fig at Races.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 8.—By a;
vote of 10 to 2 the Supervisors of this
city and county have passed to print an
ordinance prohibiting betting on horse
or dog races, both within and without
racing inclosures. This ordinance,
should it become a law, will kill the In-
gleside race track.- '
Porto Rico Customs.
__ WASHINGTON, March 8.——Assistant
Secretary of War Meiklejohn has made
public a. statement of customs receipts
at ports in the island of Porto Rico for
he month of January, aggregating $117. -
481. d
Schofield For Chief War Clerk.
WASHINGTON, March 8.—-The secre-
tary of war has appointed John C. SChO-e
field, now private secretary to the as-
sistant secretary of war, to be chiet
clerk of the war department.
Prosperous Peru.
LIMA, Peru, via Galveston, March 8.
—According to statistics just published
by the Lima chamber of commerce Pe-
ruvian exports for 1898 exceeded the
imports by more than 7,000,000 sols.
THE GRIP.
Attacks Young and {lid ii lite.
Take Vinol to Lessen the Danger of An ‘
Attack and Prevent Future Trouble.
Yinol should be taken when grip becomes
apparent.
With grip many die from weakness or
general collapse during an attack, or on ac-
count of the horribly depleted condition in
VV hich it leaves thé svstem from other diseases
folio“ mg it.
Keep Vour strength up during an attack
of the grip and you will be out in a. Very few
days. without fear of future trouble.
Vinol is the greatest known weight-in-
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