INDIVIDUALISM.

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5 MISS KATE.

A £t JuA* F_ Bo:

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SlonJer. but Dot allm. with »ofL hazel eyea and long lashea. pale complexion. light brown balr. with hero and there a »trand of gray, not pretty but attractlre looking, utmple In man nor. speech and dress—that was Miss

Kate.

That the was an old maid was beyond dlsputek Hor most Intimate friend would not have denied It If lie could; though for the matter of that he could not, belonging, as he did. to the feline species, and not being blessed with the power of speech. She was “turned" 35 If she was a day. and the most hopeful of that social scourge as match makers had long since scratched her name off their list of

possibilities.

Miss Kate lived In her own cottage, and the lawn in front of It was the neatest in Grantley. as the little parlor inside was the tidiest. The cat that monopolized the hearth rug in the parlor of evenings was as sleek as could be. and exceptionally well be hmred. The furniture was old-faah- - io»sl, but the easy chairs were comfortable. and the room certainly bad a

cozy appearance.

That Miss Kate had a good heart and a kind one 1 can vouch for. and so could many a barefooted lad and many an overworked factory girl. There was no Sunday school teacher In Grantley as beloved by her scholar?,

and they a

by her » flavor

faW one. 1 a bit of

a cookies.

I was not surprised to

that Miss Kate had had

mance In her life that the younger generation had never heard of and ti e older ones had nearly forgotten. There had been a certain handsome young man who had courted her in the old days and not unsuccessfully. He had been practicing law for three or four yev* pnd his prospects were bright. He was genial In his manner, but proud to a fault. He was tall and broad shouldered, had very black hair

and eyes to match.

He had never been a lady's man. and despite the fact that many Jtunty caps were set for him. he had not'responded until he met Kate Morton at a church festival. From that evening he war a determined wooer .and although she did not apparently reciprocate at first, his youth, good looks and a winning tongue were finally successful . i$o at last she loved him In return— \snd the gossips began to wonder when the day would be set and to surmise among themselves that it had been set and was still a. secret. Whether It really had or had not ben Seth Gray knew and Miss Kate knew, but the gossips never found out. Of the matrimonially Inclined young ladles who had set their cape for Seth Gray before tne fateful church festival, none had set them jto artfully and hopefully as Barbara Martin. She wss a pretty girl, with sparkling black eyes and wont to deck out In the gayest colors and ribbons Imaginable. She had Spanish blood in her veins, and was proud of it. and proud of her temper, too. Although Seth had never paid her any serious attention, she had appeared atractlve to him until he met Kate. If it had not been for that there Is no telling what might have hap-

pened.

Miss Jijgrtln was not a young lady to submit TS a total eclipse calmly, and one day. about the time that the gossips had set led It satisfactorily, among themselves that the day had finally been set. she came to the con elusion that matters had progressed far enough, and made an afternoon call on her successful rival. She left her pretty airs and graces at home with her gay ribbons that day. and was a sad enough figure when her hostess ushered her Into the parlor— the same Hale parlor, although Miss Kate s mother was living the*, and It ' was brighter to her then ft was In after years. Barbara Martin told her story well, and wept seemingly blttor team over - It. She told how Seth Gray had wooed and won and had promised to marry her. and how the day had been named, and bow he btd kept up the Ante! deception ever after be met Kate herself. and how heartlessly he had finally thrown her over and laughed at her. Then, when she ssw that the glrl nt her side appeared sorely troubled, she became remorseful and vowed that she ought not to have told her. Then she grew hysterical and railed against all men. and despised heme If for a* Idle: to Bkve misted one of them. Her audlor was very quiet through it all, bat Barbara Martin knew that her shaft had been a straight one. and went borne exulting. After she had gone. Kate did what many another girl In her place won id hare done; she had a hard cry. She did not tell bar

loved, ih sack an altered light, bat the mere fact at thinking of him softened her and she at her heart

ty, in the loyalty

tell hTi^ tCt^rMlalbtrt^'

i even carelessly trifled i r girt, and the feeling. to< conscious Jealously In the thought that he had prolonged the farce after he had began wooing of hereeif. It was a feeling akin to resentment against him. In Justice to herself. When he entered the parlor a few hours later, he knew at once that something was wrong and Kate JI1 not leave him tong In doubt. She told him the whole story, only withholding the name of her Informant. She kept back her tears, too. and the effort made her voles hard. She waited for him to speak when she bad finished, and If they had been siting nearer to each other would have touched his

hand.

I said that Seth Qny was proud, and If ever a proud man was humiliated that man waa himself. No other proof than her own voice could have made him think that this young woman could believe for a moment such a base falsehood against hls manhood. The reeling of deep Injury and Indignation was uppermost in hls mind. Without a word he rose and turned to go. At the door he paused an Instant to look at her; then there was quick, firm step on the grave] walk, the gate shut noisily, and he was gone. From that night Kate never saw Seth Gray again. Never saw him again? How many times she saw hlfn In that doorway, when the cat was purring contentedly on the rug and the little earthenware

Beth could Influence, and when Seth had drvnk

two big cupe of It. around him. The little parlor had not changed so very much In all years, and remembering bow he had landed In Orantly the night before. It began to dawn upon him where he really waa. Then bis eyes rested on Mlaa Kate and he knew It a He buried hls face In hls ' sobbed. But the arms of were about the worn coat, and the tired head was on her breast, and the uncombed hair waa anointed with her

team.

Did they marry? What a Of course they did! Seth Gray waa not a habitual drunkard. He reformed. and with reiormation came health and eucceea There never waa a bet ter husband, and the happiest wife la Orantly Is—Mlaa Kate. — Waverley Magazine. FARMING IN JAPAN.

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lonely nights of the long years that folowed. when the whole bitter truth waa before her, only Miss Kate knew. How utterly dreary the tidy little parlor waa at times during the long, long hours, when the thought of that last night came back to her: how often the soft gray eyes wept bitterly when she thought of the wrong that she had done him. and that she could never undo now. Miss Kate and only Mist

Kate knew.

And that was the story of her romance. A laterfraln. westbound, carried Seth Gray away that night She lived her life as best she could, and be fore her little world the thorns In her path were trodden unflinchingly. Whenever a woman's hand was needed. there was Miss Kate; wherever chatlrable duties was the hardest. In

the coldeqt wlntt

class of people; there was Miss and although her purse was not a large one it was open constantly. I think that it was this constant doing of good, this never ceasing healing of bodies, minds and hearts, that kept the hard lines off her face, even whe» the early gray strands glisten-

ed In her brown hair.

If there was one weakness for which she had no compassion. It was the weakness of drunkenness. If thert; were any medic ants that left her door empty handed, they were those who went there with the fumes of alcohol on the breath. Truly the drunkard In

her eyes was detestable.

And so the summers and the winters posed until the time came when Miss Kate had become an old ms»J be yond dispute. New lives came into the little town and old lives went out. Girls In pinafores and small boys In trousers grew' to be women and men. married and set up for themselves: but to Mias Kate one year was but a repetition of another and It sometimes seemed to her that she was contin ually going around In a circle that had long since become monotonous. If^fls Kate ever thought that she might hare made her life happier, she guraded the thought well; and If the -mlllng matrons ever occasioned the slightest, envy In her breast, they copld as easily have learned.lt from the exterior of the neat cottage as

from Its prime mistress.

One wlntery March morning she started out. with a basket on her arm. to visit a sick family, and she noticed a small crowd of men and boys a abort distance from her gate. The gibes that reached ner ears and the incoherent profanity that followed. toM her that a drunken man was the center of

to pass them, but with the tlon not to be detered from her purpose by such an unworthy cause, she held her bead a trifle higher. Involuntarily drew her skirts closer about her. and walked., on. As she neared the group.'SKb*aw that the man was reeling ;'he was s wretched looking creature, with unkempt beard and much worn clothing. She gave him one look and-the basket dropped from her arm. She walked straight np to him. laid her hand on hls frayed sleeve and led him to her own gate, np the gravel walk and into the old parlor, which tortable this cold

She cried over him and bathed hls face with cold water .and finally cookeo b'm the daintiest breakfsrt Imaglnsble. Who would have thought It of Miss Kate? And what would the people say? Little she cared for Mrs. Grundy then! Notwithstanding her tears, there was not a lighter heart In that day than hers, bad been one bright spot In

«Mr -

this return; and as the years came sad west she had sometimes felt that many years b she was hoping against hope. And however, rem now be had come back. What did It matter bow he had come? He had i At first Seth was dazed and Insen

waa brouJS'.yito^hto^

ate Jlke a hungry i

Twenty-seven hundred years before Christ, the Emperor of China It duced a system of agriculture Into hls country. The soil had always been cultivated In an Inferior way. but this enterprising ruler saw the need of other method*, and made every effort to enforce their general adoption. In order to Impress the matter upon the peasant* he plowed a small plot of land and wowed It with the five most important cereal*. For this he was defied after hls death and made god of the crop*. For more than 4.000 years the rulers of the empire have followed his example In the matter of plowing and sowing. When these new modes of cultivation had been well established, and every hillside and valley were smiling ready for harvest, the Islands of Japan became known to China and they sent their missionary priest over to this country. They took with them the entire civilisation of China—their arts.

methods of enriching the soil. The Japanese farmer had many disadvantages that made the process of better cultivation very difficult. The entire country is of volcanic formation. and only one-twelfth, of the UnJ U sufficiently flat to admit of farming. Added to this the soil itself Is naturally of a very poor quality and requires special treatment both by ways of enriching and Irrigation. The greatest advantage of the farmer is the fact that he has divided the land into very small sections Perhaps It would be more accurate io say that extreme poverty makes It impossible for a farmer to possess more than a good-sized potato patch. At any rate, the smallness of the farms has Us advantage*, and the toll of the fanner of today Is not to be mentioned when

compared with that who took the virgin erty and lavished no «

and strength to bring It up to Us prevent producing capacity. Ye*, the fanner Of today has entered Into a rich heritage of hills already temced and plains finely irrigated, representing the patient, steady toil of many

centuries.

The first turning of the soli on a well-conducted plot Is done by a era is plow harnessed to a bullock or horse, usually the former. A crooked piece

d of energy

■ually th ’ wood f

this ancient structure. To one end Is attached a sharp blade, and to cne other a crossbeam, used for the double purpose of tethering the bullock, which It bmrnesaed with Indescribable rope trappings, and also furnishing a means by which the farmer may guide the plow. After this sort of plowing the soil Is loosened by a long-handled spade and the process of planting be-

gins.

The crude manner of the preparation of the soil Is of little moment when compared with the harvesting. The sickle Is scarcely largo? than a curved breadknlfd. and upon this the farmer depends for gathering everything that Is not uprooted.—Springfield (Ohio) Farm and Fireside:

SpMd of lh« CarrUr ricaou. w

Some years ago Grifflt made some observations (recorded In the FI®' February 1». 1887.) In a closed gallery on the speed stained by "blue-rock” pigeons and English pheasants and partridges. The two first mentioned flew, at the rate of only 81.8 miles per hour, while the partridge made but 28.4

I these rate* were all < >xceas of what they n

The carrier |

and

siderably U in the opc

rather a fast-flying bird/ yet the average speed Is not very great. Thus, (he average made In eighteen matches (The Field, January 22. 1887.) was only K English miles as hour, although In tiro of these trials a speed of about WlnGe* was maintained for

In this coon-

try the average racing speed Is appar ently about 35 miles an hour, althoagh a few exceptionally rapid birds'have

Fall River. Mass, an

as., an alr-ltn made In 16 1

i to the Indian traders, fore 1U settlement. It. the year 1769, when Boone and a few othIved it to be aa Inter-

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