THE IRON PIRATE A Ytain Talc of Strange Happenings on the Sea By MAX -OQO- CHAPTKU XII. (Continued.! The room vn filled with the scum of ea-going humanity : foul smoke from foul pipes floated in eh. king clouds to the dirt- Is-crmied ceiling. Now and again, be twixt the shouting ninl tin singing, a vonng girl, wh'W presence com pany turned my heart sick, played upon a harp, and there was a mahogany-faced hag whom the men addressed an ".Mother Catch." She seemed to have the eye of a hank; nor did I escape her glance. She shuffled up to me and s:od glaring with lier shining eyes for a moment or two. the very presentment of an old-time witch. The glass d.vir again swung open: three men entered through it, and 1 recognised the three of them in a moment. The first was the Irishman. "Kour-Kyes ;" the sec ond whs the lantern-jawed Scotsman, who bad been addressed in Paris as "Pick the llanter;" the third was "Koar.ng John." into whose f:iv lVin had emptied the ivn- j tenia of his duck gun three days before. The ruffian had his mouth all bound in a Moody raj. but lie was in nowise depress n ; and. altli-v.igh the gun h id s:opied his speech, he snia.-ked Paolo ou the back when he greeted him. One of the men startej a wild dance. It was an extraordinary exhibition, and it I leased the men about so that they roared wi.h delight. I was watching it. but my intention was suddenly diverted by the cnse that sa.-ucrhinp under a near table w.is pulling at my leg. I looked down iutckly, and saw a strange sight : it was (he Mack fa.v of the lid Splinters, wh bad been treated so brutally in Paris. He. Touching under the table, was making signs to me, earnest, meaning signs, so hat without any betrayal I leaned m lie'id J nvn as though u;on rny hands, and p;ke to him : "What is it. lad?" I asked in a whin ( T. "What do you want to say?" "I)in"t stop here, sir I" he answered ir. a state of great agitation. "They know Jon. and are going to kill you I" He sail no more, crawling away at once: but he left me hot with fear. I left my seat, and pushed amongst th tren, passing nearer and nearer to th -troet, until at last I was at the very por al itself. Then I saw that a change J id bn made while I had been sitting The doors of glass were wide open, bu 4he way to the street without was n. inger clear an iron curtain had been Irswn across the entrance. This was a terrible discovery. It seem ed to me that the ir n ilwr had been clos f. for an esp'ial purpose. I knew, how -vr. that when the dance was over soin of the audience would wish to go out. an V) I ware I bv the eir.ain. The nieti wen then about to push t!i"ir tabl-s to the cen er again, but the ha; raisod her voice j.rd cried : i "As you are. my prvty gentlemen; h'f 1 1 1 y the first par'y ye've been treated to No. n.; ye don't have the door drawn ye: awhile. (Jood boys, all of ye. there's work do: ho', ho! work to do." Somehow, all the men immediately uro'ind ir. slunk away, ami I found my -self standing quite alone, with many star rug fit me. The f j.ir men whom most I le.ired hid turned their backs, but th lest of the assembly had eyes only for th torriV.e woman and for myself. Presenrh he discordant music liegan again. Thf Jiag moved with a ho'ole and a jig to the far end of the room, and began to com ; might down to the door whereby I mood. I know not what presentiment forewarned me to beware as the creaturi iiew near. I had my revolver in rn pocket, but had I shown it twenty barrel would have answered the folly. Ther was nothing to do but to face the screech ing woman: and this I did. At the last, the old witch, who had danced for some moments at a distance of ten paces from the spot where I stood became as one possessed. She uttered fl piercing shiek, and hurled herself almos' on me. In that instant I remember see ing the three men with Paolo suddenly rise to their feet, while the other in r h room called out in their excitement. Hut the hng herself drew from her breas: .omething that she had concealed there: nnd. as she stood within a yard of me. tihe brought it crash upon my head, and ail my senses left me. CHAPTER, XIII. When I regained consciousness It was because rain beat upon rny face, a driz zling warm rain of late summer, and there was spray from a fresh sea. For Home minutes I set myself to ask where I was; but I knew that I was bound at the left hand and at my feet, and when I raised my head, I saw that I lay in nn open boat, bin my feet were towards I he stern of it. and I could see nothing of the power which moved the boat or of the scene about us. The boat in which I lay was painted white, and was of elegant build. She bad all the fine lines of a yacht's Jolly Imat ; and when I raised my head I could me that ber fittings had been put In only at great expense. The silence was broken fit last by a shout, and the boat ceased to move. "All hands, make sail!" cried someone; end after that I beard the "yo-heav" of the men hauling, as I judged, at a main nail. The second order, "Sheets home!" proved to me that I was behind a sailing -hip, perhaps a jaeht. There came a sud den shout from the duck of the ship. "Ho, Hill, is the young 'un gone?" "No, my hearty." And then I beard a voice I knew, the voice of the Irishman, "Four-Eyes." "Is it the boi ye're niindln? Throw him sheet, one av yer; it's uieself that's not bringing the guvner a dead body when he wants a live one !" They tried to throw me a sheet as the man had ordered, and I heard it fall In the water at uiy bead. I pondered long on the remark of the Irishman, that the "guvner" wanted me alive. It was quite rli-ar that uiy life was safe from these (uui uutll they reached their chief. PEMBKRTON The rain ceased and the sun shone, drying tny clothes upon m. I struggled and in doing so I found that the rM binding my right arm were tiI with common hitches; anil tnr etjerieiice as a yachtsman let me get free of them with very little trouble. I d d not sit up at once, but turned my head to look at the boat which towed me. and saw that w'le was a barijue-rigged yacht after the Amer ican fashion ; her name Labrador being conspicuous across her stern. Mr boat was towed by a double hawser, but no man watched me, and I lay down again reassured. The hory of escape w as already in my head, f r I judged that we iiiuM nt le far out from New York. It o.1 curred to me that if they would only lot nie be until night I could get my left hand f roe. Finally there was a change In the mo- lotony of the s.vne. I heard an order to heave the barque to. I felt all motion ease, ami then someone hauling at the hawser, vi that tho iollv-Nvit was pu!l.sl against the side ,f the bigger ship: and. Iixikinc up. I saw half a d zen of P.!.i.-k's :ang watching me from the ipiarter -deck. Then a ladder wis put over the bulwark, md "Four l'ves" came dwn it with a creat can of steaming stu:T. lie stopix-d off the lad ler to the s-vru seat, and then tent over me. Vit I saw this only, that he had a knife in his bolt; an I I made up my mind in a moment to get it from him. lie held to the roje with one han while he put the can of hot stu!T to my Hps with the other. I drank half of it with great gulps, feeling the warmth spread through my body to my very toes is tho brot'i went dow n : and a great hope onsoled n: f r I had his knife, h.avin snatched it from him when first ho sto.;--'d. The good lu.-k of tho theft made me Click to empty the ot of gravy. Four Eyes went over the side again, and the yacht moved onward lazily in the softest f breezes from the west. When I deemed that I had waited long enough I cut away the remaining ropes at ny fee-t. and crouched unbound In the boat. I crawled to the bow. and began "o cut the strands of the hawser one bv ne. I felt my boat go swirling away on the ba-kw.ish. It was a moment of su preme excitement, and I lay quite flat. vaiting to hear if I were missed : but I 'leard no sound, and looking around me presently, I saw the yacht away a mile, ind I know that I was a free man. When a couple of hours hail passed I ook a new consolation in the thought that I must be in the track of steamers bound ut frm, or to. New York : and in this 'iope I covered myself .'n the tarpaulins ind lay down again to shield myself from "he wind which blew with much sharpness is the nurht crew. I did not sleep, but 'ay half-dazed for an hour or more, and vas roused omy at a curious light which lashed al"ve n, in the sky. 'Hie light was clearly fo'usse l, being a vol irne of ptensely bright, white rays whh pissis "ight above me with slow and guide.) mo- ion, and then stopped altogether, almost axed upon th jolly-boat. I knew then vhat it was, and I sat up to see the great 'warns of a man-of-war's searchlight. -how ing an arc of the water almost as clear as bv the sun's power. The light shone in all its brightness for some five minutes; then it died away sud denly, and on the spot whence it had "ome I could just distinguish the dark hull of a steamer. Some moments, long moments to me. passed in feverish con jecture; and then in the pathway of the ight rekindled I saw in all distinctness "he outline of a long-boat, fully manned, ind she was coming stra.ght to me. Its progress seemed slow ; the men In it nade me no manner of signal. They came in a Iee-line towards me. and the radiat ing light never moved once whilst they rowed. In the end. I myself broke the silence, shouting lustily to them, but get ting no answer until I had rejeated the all thrice. The fourth cry, loud and in something desperate, brought the rcsnse so eagerly awaited; but when I recognized :he voice of him who then hailed me I fell down again in my boat with a heart stricken burst of sorrow, for the voice was the Irishman's, and Four-Eyes spoke: "Avast hailin', young "un," he cried; "we ain't goin' to part along o' your socie ty no more, don't you be frettin'," They dragged me into their boat, and, taking my own in tow, they rowed rapidly to the distant steamer, on whose deck I stood presently; but not without pro found fear, for 1 knew that at last I was a prisoner on the nameless ship. CHAPTER XIV. There was light from six lanterns, held by giant negroes, ' to greet me when I had mounted the ladder and was at last on the de-k of the great ship ; but none of the men spoke a word, nor could I see their faces. One of the men silently touched me on the shoulder, and I follow ed him along a narrow strip of iron deck, past a great turret which reared Itself above me, and again by the covered forms of quick-firing guns. We descended a short ladder to a lower deck, and so to the companion way, and to a narrow pas sage in which were many doors. One of these he opened, and motioned me to en ter, when the door was closed noiselessly behind me, and 1 found myself alone. My flint feeling was one of Intense sur prise. I Vhd looked to enter a prison. Phe enba was not large, but one more artistic In effect was never built. Hung all around with poppy-colored silk, the same material made curtains for the bunk. It was employed also for the cushions and covering of the armchair and the couch, and to drape the dressing glass and basin which were In the left-hand corner. It seemed, indeed, that the whole room wai a harmony In r.carlet, with a scarlet cell ing and scarlet hangings. The fis-t sank above the ankles In a soft Indian rug, whMi was ornate with the quaint mosaic like workings and penetrating colors of 11 Eastern Upewtry. For light, there was an arc tamp, veiled with gnue of the faintest yellow. The room would hv been perfect but for a horrid blot upon It --a blot which stareil at me from th nter .all with bloodshot co and hide ous visage. It was the picture of a man's head that had U-en severed from the body. The picture almost terrified me. but I thought, If no worse harm befall me, what odds? and I sat down, all wonder ing and da ed. My conclusion was that the man Itlaek could be show. tic me this marked consid eration only for some motive of self inter est. It was evident that he had been ti nt ow ns. with us in mid Atlantic. Fo. led there, he had tak'n advantage of my folly in f iltering such a piace as the Itowery, and had given orders that I should be carried to his own ship. Suddenly th' electric light went out. I sat unite still for some half an hour. There was no noise of movement save on the ilecK noove, ami my own eao.n re mained as still ns the grave. It appeared that I was to te left unmolested for that night at any rate. I undressed and lay down in one of the most seductive beds I have met with at sea. I was weary and fatigued with my sufferings in the open lxat that I fell asleep at on.v, and must have slept for many hours. I awoke in the day. The red curtains opposite my ! bunk were drawn back, admitting dull Ight fr.vii n jxrf hole through which I could lik upon a tumbling sea. an. I a sky all girt with rain clouds. My armchair was occupied by a man. dressvd with all the scrupulous neatness of a thorough going yachtsman. He had a bright, open fa-e. and there was something refined and polished in his voice. ; "too. morning to you." ho sad: "I hope you have slept well? I didn't wake you lfiro. b,s-:inse sleep is the best medi cine in your cnsv. I'm a doctor, you know." I "Oh! you're the physician In-ordinary J to the crew, I s.ippos; you must ses? a good ileal of pract i.-e." 1 lie l.s.k'sl rath.T surprised at my mean- ing remark, and then said quite calmly, "Yes. I wr.te a gHHl many death certiti- cares. ,0,1 must be hungry. I w;ll ring for breakfast : and. if vu would take a rh vnr !! h is her. . He opened t ,..r In the passage, and its marble and brass fittings, wherein was a full sized bath. I t.sdc a bath, and found him waiting for me when I had finished, We returned to the scarlet room, and th-re spre.nl upon the table was a meal worthy of lelm miisi's. There was cifTe svrved with thick cream; thoro were choice dihes of meat, game pies, new rolls, fruit, and the whole was finishe.1 with ices and hon-lsms in the true Amor- iian fashion. My new friend, the doctor, said nothing as I at; but when the re - past was removed he began to talk at on""- "I regret," he said, "that I cannot supply you with a morning newspaper; the latest journal tnal 1 can leti.i yo a ci)V of Saturday last. There i a pas- ....... - sage in it which may interest you. Th- nsr-r wa. fol.led and marked In - .nt f rM,i it ti-iK t.iunir amazotiienf. for It was a full account of the nameless shin's attack u;on the Amer. ican cni.s" and the (lean King. The matter r th-; suhjis-t of a profound sensation, .K only in America, but hroughoiit the world. The Chilian gov vn,..nr tin! K.H'n s oTiroached at unco, but had repudiated all knowledge of the mys- terious ship. Meanwhile war vessels from England. America and from France had set out to scour the seas and bring such t Intelligence as they could. The whole ac- count (sinciiiu.si ...e gentleman in New York had knowledge Ol llie nuaii ni.'J v ... ------ . Vie wen. i - "Yon see that intervi.a was unfortu Inroirnniw! " said the doctor. "You are the gentleman with the full partiou- lars I am here to ask yon to write accu- duately for ns a complete account of every stop you have taken in this matter since you were fool enough to follow Martin Hall." "And otherwise?" "Otherwise, you would give all you posnessed if I would shoot you now as If you would still have life, not jou " .. ', . t . v.A ,irwl,.p unfavorable conditions. ware of my intention to follow luiii from ' I 7.1, ,i?vi,.iViii ff io moment when Roderick purchased our1 tCjV tj Vtr-1 w ste.amyacht. He had put one of hi' .5Sfc.TT Y Z fi 1 n men craftily upon the ship to wat.-a V V -fiCXJ -Wpt , "V"! ami had made a N!d attempt to ileal 1,1 j -t ..fcr r"..v. I m auk for nen. nk anil na.."i'"o" l"" mv- , l j LJ ill, . i. i' 1 - - - -- - - r - i . ftnd to make yourself one of us." . ... a tit "That I will mver uo : Oh, you say that now; but we shall give you some days to think of it. Let rne advise you o be a man ol common sense, and not run your head against a stonewall. We are now bound on a four- ?BJV voyage. Luring these four days. you need fear nothing. So don't disturb .i.rwelf nnneces-arilv until Cautal , Iilack puts the question to you. (To be continued. I ItlKbtlna; a Wrong. MIggles I understand you tola Ilyker that I was u fool. Wiggles Never told him anything of the kind. I merely said that If I were you nml got a glimpse of the fool-killer corning up the Ktreet I'd dodge up un alley. Judicial Wisdom. "No," Raid the gniy-balred Judge, "I'm not In favor of women ou Juries." "Why not?" tiuerlud the young law yer. "IleeauHP," nnswered the venerable Judge, "we have too many disagree ment as It Is." Outclassed. She had Jut hauded him the frigid nd it. "Then I have a rival, eh?" he jacr- led. "Hardly that," nhe replied. "You are not In It with the other jmrty." Mound That Way. I Hlcks I Bee one of our clergymen has declared that there Is more xln In Itohtou than In any other city In the I country. wicks He's wrong. There's more Hln In Cin cinnati. ItoHton Transcript, TTTd Kind Lady My poor man, your coct Is full of rents. Here Is a needle nnd tlir(,1(j j (irttty George No use, mum. Doui rents are too big to be collected. ... - I ,1, .CT-t-T v . . h . . . m . If the (mwer if the mosiulto bad not (sfii proved to us Ix-youd 11 itmibt. we would ! Inclined to regard the cs- tlllUltc of 7lll.ttSI.(KSI Hlllllllll loss to cur r.iriu';ig Interests cniiwd by '' sis-ts. which 1ms Ix-vii innde by tlw I -pnitiiiciit of Agrlculturv its to start ling to ho true. The following table hIkiwh the basis of the cah'UliiJIoti : Annual Products. alue. Amount I I. of 1" . '00.0110,000 III ,,.!. OOII.INIO errsls . . . 000. 000 000 Hay .'..10,11110 imio nt i.n .... I oliseco . . 1 ru. k i-r.ipt Nilgai . . . "'"In .... I sr-.n fWrsts Mls. rlisii us ITiipn . . , Aultiul iro.l ut .... (loo, into. 000 f,.l, ihio. 000 IMl.'l.lMO.Oi 10 uO. 000. 000 1 .t.'i.OOll.OOO 1 IO.ooo.ooo Bl.oi HJ.UOll I.T.'O.issi.oisi 111 111 .0 10 I'll 10 do, 000, 000 r.aiMiiHio f.a.lHMI.OOO .'.OOO.IHMI 27, IMMI.nl IO 1 1,01.0. 000 10 10 r.,MKI.l'IK) Total . . I.V.VM, ooo.iNiil Natural rrrt an,) f.irv.t prod urts I'roOui-is tu atorMga JMiS. loo.ooo 1M.000 IMWI JiHI, IMMI. IM IO lirand total Tl'o. 100.000 Such uu Immense tsuui U-liitf well worth the saving, the department has In Its employ a large staff of men who are studying the life history of the ,.riilcU,us Insects to Und out where ,,, nr. v, . . .... , , , I 1 llV '"rk '-'''' f"r ,MW r u,u''" lror'hS bus nlrcady tM','i uiude. The cotton worm which formerly levied nil a mum I tux of $;U. Iski.issi mi tin cottoti crop, Is How coll trolled hy spruvs; It has been proven that the ravages of the Russian tly which Notiietlines have rcduivil the wheat acreage In Ohio 4 IT cent and In Indiana tX) is-r (vnt U-sldcs greatly i"'lniriug me yieiu ol tne reinaimng acreage, enn tie considerably clus ke., by planting wheat at (iifums when th ' fly la not no rapacious; the coddling mutli Is controlled by arsenical sprays I and JM'sjijoo worth of apples saved as result. lu,. oranitP aij ,.moti on bnrda of ,.,,, ,invp N.M, r,.,,,H of , , , . . . i white scsl w hich tbrenteniM to de- r"' them, by the Importation from Aiuf rulta of tho Imlyhlnl. natural enemy of the scale Many other In stances cotihl te given of the wladom of watching the Insects. Mrr-Mallnc. Vhf At'tde StHH-lallHt, In answer to ' Inquiry, gives the following lustruc tlotis how to make cider und keep il sweet: "n order to muke cider tlie Jules Ust . ,.xtractisl fpm the npples Tlil ft (,iiu, ,iy j.rlImK the apliles nto & . Juice out. The pumice is laid up In hoops and held In place by old nut king; made bv rli.plng gunny Hacks. It Is "'' l ' f"r,n. '"' a'K'V4? other, nnd prcHsure npplltsl ut tlu top. The cider works out through the Back nn,i Is cuught In a tub. Ilnnd cl- ,j,.r lnH are muile that lire exci-lleiit fur the work, nml nweet elder limy Im nH,j nt nny tme. Ther Is no way to k (.,(U.r BWH.t wt,out raeklng It off. ., ,t from ,. mm., to nllot,.r .vrnl tlnui Ifttlnif It rim thronirh out the sediment. It must ! allowed to run very Blowly no an to ktvp nil will ment In the bottom of the barrel. When thoroughly purified the barrel must tie ..i.,.,,,,.-! fii.t kua i.,.,,t in ,HK,i ,,t,iiw nd Bklmmln tle ,t " ....,,, , " " V . I'"t Unn a slight M,k- 1 ta1-'- " linTe '' thousand of barrels of elder und have tried nil klndn of Hcliemea to keep It sweet nnd have found nothing etjunl to racking off. It Is a slow process, however, und unless well done will not prove effect ual." Four-Row Corn Zlarkcr. The following miggestlon, which seems a good one, comes from a farmer wll() Uaa haUt nn(i UHttii one je hayH. "Thin will make four marks at a time on ridge or In furrows. To turn at the end of rows, pull gang pole out of hole, lay It back, fold up outside runners, and you have Just two runner to turn, the name as an ordinary sled. The sketch will clearly show the construc tion of the marker. On stumpy ground, ra I so the outNlue runners aa when turn- lug, and go right along. , Farm ni. M .1L . M ii.. .1 I - . A... une-rourwi oi ine ouiry cows or me country ao not puy ror tneir reea, and moro than half of them do not return uny I'roflt' I" nine months 4,184,181 dozen eggs, valued ai w,wi, were exported rrom the United Ktutes, double the number out auriug me same period last year. rOUS BOW 11 ABKEB. AlfuWa mm a Weed lilller. I'robnbly no other crop, without n single cxi-cplloii. picMcnls s.i iiuitiy characteristics of value. As It Is slud led more and more, nnd as new es ll hieiils are made with It In illfTcieiil capacities, lis wonderful capacities be come more nml mote manifest. A very eminent iiulhoiily has dls.aivired that It Is a weed eradlcator of iiiifiillliuJ Hwer. This will seem like i-oiit rudb' tlon to renders who have been can Honed nlsoit wivds, nnd which will pnivj more destrm the to alfalfa than any i-ombatnble Intlucine. Neerlhe less It Is strictly true that the I'I'int Is the greatest dcslrojer of we'ds known. This comes not so much from any dual Ity oiitaliied In the alfalfa plant, but from the Inability of the weed to en dure having their bends cut off mo many times In summer close to their feet. The most strenuous wis-d soon will succumb to this harsh treatment, while the alfalfa plant will thrle all the better the more It Is cut. If weed can be kept back from choking the young nlfnlfa plants tiulll they, the al falfa plants, are tall enough to N mowed, the ipicslloli of weeds III the particular parcel of ground Is settled. Therefore. It Is wis.' to select II weedy piece of ground for the alfalfa field, but Is-fore sowing the wed every pre cmitl. HI should be taken to kill ns maiiy wissls ns Missll.le. This can best be Initio by simply following the oft re isuiled Injunction to tie. roughly pre pare the wed Issl before sowing the seed. If this lie done. IHld the tract harrowed and rolled after plowing ut il time when the tluy woisls begin to show green over the field, and agnln Just before time to How. there will be the cleanest Held on the farm Is-fure the jeiir Is out. There are many wis-d Infected farms and many fanners who have despaired of ever getting rid of the weeds Alfalfa suggests the means of riddance.-'. M. Chillier In Agrlcul tural Fpltomlst. TrkF Which Said far CITS. A - Here Is n fine Hpis'lmeti of a Itronze Tom Turkey, bred In Massachusetts. He Is 3 years old. and wild for $173. Ilry Karfh mm a lllalnfeetant. It Is well known that line, dry dirt Is one of the lsst of absorbents and (lis Infectnuts. It Is also plentiful, and (amts nothing hut the Inlsir of han dling. It makes excellent U'ddlng, If covered over with a few liicho of straw, and It really ki-eps the cows clean, even when used In the stalls without straw, as It Is easily removed from the hair with a brush. A stall bedded with dry earth can lie cleaned out In a much shorter time than when the earth Is not used, and, as dirt Hie sorbs the liquids and gases, tpilte a saving Is effected In that manner. Its use gU'S Is-yond the stall. As the sta ble tdioultl he ('leaned dally, quite a large quantity of dry earth will he used in the course of a year, nml It will ne-essarlly be added to the heap Itself, yet Its presence therein will double the value of the manure by pre venting loss of fertilizing material. It is a neiier aimorncni man straw or corn stalks, ami is easily Handled when the manure Is hauled to the fields. Testing; Individual Com, A circular by the Illinois Htatlon em phasizing the Importance of studying the production of Individual cows con talus records for one year of eighteen dairy herds In Illinois, Including V'Jt cows. Tho average production whs fi, lilO.IK) pounds of milk und "liil.ii:! pounds of butter fat. The best herd averaged 3.10.17 jsiunds of butter fat and the poorest 142.05 pounds. Tho best ten cows averaged 3N8.75 pounds of butter fat and the poorest 1(),10!I.I2 pounds. It Is believed that at least one-third of the cows In the ordinary herds are practically unprofitable. A marked Improvement was observed In herds where grading hnd been prac ticed. It was found iHisHlblo to remove five cows from a herd of ten and there by Increase the profit $7.02 per head. Milk Pat, Of 310 samples of whole milk analys ed by a Cumidlan station, forty-five were pronounced auulteruted ami eighty-five doubtful. This was more unfavorable than tho results obtained In previous years. Twenty-nine sum-; pies of cream examined showed per-1 centnges of fat ranging from 12.03 to 33.51. Tho author believes thnt the following standard should be estub- Hulled In Cuundii : Whipping cream not less than 25 per cent fut, and table cream not less than 17.5 per cent Ami ' $ '.?i$W ii-tM rom M'HCNny safc. A lianiliisnl Itr l'drral srm, slnrrs Isml l'ri-Nfrr II. I'.vcT since It wits H 1 1 n. i-.J f r i n t I'ort Mi lletiry, In t 'lieMipeiii.ii ill v to be iibiitidnued by the I nlted Muds Army mm h i,. gri t bus Ihcii i i pl'issei Hint pliice Willi which Is ii sin. In l im i, un of Die liiHpltlng eiclils of our liix toiv nnd which g.ie l.lilli ,i niir null. .mil it i 1 1 1 - it slnmlil fall Int., lulu. 1 1 1 ' I I . sili h n fate is spnt'eil tlic i, I, Illlltlllllll'C fi.tl. WW The Nallioinl Uuiird of Mar) land will take possession when I'm lc Sinu s h . I diets step out and will use the furl us n drill ground and slorelnuiw. The n. Ituus and relics will remain. The Si ns nnd Ntrls-s will colli lime to Hunt fr..iu the old rnmpnrls ns they ill'l mi t li.it me table Septejuls-r looming In .s when (he rising sun, pliti lug I lie siuul.e of I. utile during the hniiiluiritini iit . I the foil by the Ill-HUh. il Nd, ,.-, llirn, to Hie delighted lew of Key, Impris oned on one of the Iti'ltUti warships, nnd lit-plred him lo write The Slur Spang'isl I'.imlier. The second w n r of America against the luothiT coiiiilry wns In progress. An liugllsh iiruiy had I'ninlct mi l ciljiliil iishlligt'ill, nml bad burned the lialt.ill.ll eiipllol. The ltl!tlli w i re massing llndr luint and -u fi.r.es f,.r other intnpiesls. nnd as Hie Meet ..il!i low II the r...ilinic. ir William Hc.hi.h. n pr.iniliieiit rlt'cn of Maryland, who hnd Is eu arresicl In his bnme In I 'ppcr -s .- rr;.-s- iiitn.KU' n.sr M III Mil. Mnrltsini, charged tilth some js'tly of fense, was curried off s prisoner. It was to Ms-tire the lllM-rntloii of hit friend nnd nelghUir that I r.im is Sett Key obtained leae of the president to go to the Hrltlsh admiral, under a ttig tif truce. He found the llrltuli (lis t ut the mouth of the I'otumac. Affcr considerable parleying. It wat finally determlinsl that I r. I'.eani s sliiuild Is- relensed, but as An ndwiin-e ou Unltliuore was about to bo made, It vtns required that the A rl'-aiis should remain under guard on board their own cssel unlll inorilllig. That night. Sept. II. M l, K.-y w ltiii-o.,-,1 the 1 .1 1 1 1 .ii r. 1 n i ii t of lort Mel li-iiry. I'or long hours the i iiniioiin.lliig inn. tinned. Suddenly It rensisl; there was no way for the Impatient Atnerl.aiiis tu tell whether the fort hnd surrendered or whether the I'.rllUh hinl found I he bombardment In vain. They slriilin-d their eyes, waiting for morning to dis close whether or Hot the Mar spangled banner was still limiting on the ram parts of Tort Mclleiiry. When the blessed inorilllig light dis closed the flag Mill erect. Key, In an outburst of enthusiasm, dashed off lilt poem, writing It on the hack of nn en velope. Thlnata Wa lirl front fha Ho. The hog Is a wonderful nnltnal when you come to sum hlin up nnd Is one of the fixed Institutions of this country. Konitsine oikv wittily described him as a manufacturer of hams, lard, hair brushes, head cheese, toot hbriishes. glue, buttons, fertilizer, fats, binun, knife handles, whistles, soaps, satn-e. sausngv ami satisfaction. As a inn denser, he bent the finest steam ma chinery. He will put ten bushels of corn Into less space than a biisln-l measure. Com loiitnd to n hog Is cash at a good Investment, safe and at a urk,,, interest. lie does what the an cient alchemists never succeeded in do ing by converting corn Into coin, and thus discovers the philosopher's stone. fnmm nt leerHlve A pprarsnrra. "Well," said the new nqiortcr nt the cnslltors' im-HIng, "It's easy enough to pick out the bankrupt." "Think so?" replied the older one. "Yes; see how shabby and careworn he looks." "That's tho principal creditor. The , nnnkrupt that man with tho fur over- '"""t and diamonds." Phllitdelpnla Te"- t pliriluaT tba I'ublle. Tim There goes a man who has done much to arouse the people. Hlin Great labor agitator, I sup jkjsoT Tim Nawj alnrm clock manufac turer. New York Times. How a Mlarhtr Mind Itests. Lot us pour a libation to croquet a sport of young and old. Innocent, slm- Me, accessible like ulavinc u-m. ti. "". and, like thnt exercise, nn escape '"to world of revelry that Is culm. C-olller's Weekly, Tn" average woman enn get an awfully big headache In having uu awfully nttlo good time, Nothing Interests a woman more thua man who refuses to ttxplulu things. I mi ruA.icts ricorr kv. I fiTlSn -pir .