“ W ell, 1 want to go In.” “ Don't ask me, miss. It's against or­ ders, au l------” She turned away. “ Oh, very well. I f this is all the thanks I get for»w astiiig my time down here, I shall go ou deck again. Mr. Frere will let me go in, I Jure say, if I ask him.” “ Go in If yer like; I won't stop yer, ■ M E S » # , but remember what I ’ m doin’ of.” u winter a* She turned again at the foot of the In the warm weather, and all should be ladder, and came quickly back. "T h a t’s tested on the eighth day. A piece or a good lad. 1 knew you would not re­ * w a s - ,a te * They strained their eyes to pierce C H A P T E R I I I . — (Continued.) fuse me;’’ and smiling at the poor lout cardboard, with a hole cut out in which through the obscurity. “ Pine,’’ say* Captain Blunt, ua the ahe was befooling, she passed luto the to fit the egg, Is usually employed to i l + i r i + 'J “ Best saw something like it before cabin. tw o were left alone together, "you and 1 assist the tester, aud this Is certainly dinner. There must be thunder iu the are always putting our foot iato it! * There was no lantern, and from the an aid, but by encircling the egg be­ Feed B a s ­ “ Woman are always iu the w ay aboard air.” partially blocked stern windows came tween the forefinger and thumb we in the Illustration below Is shown A t that iustant a thin streak of light only a dim vaporous light. The dull rip­ atrip.” returned Pine. “ Ah ! doctor, you don’t mean that. I shot up. and then sunk again. There ple of the water as the ship rocked on feed bag which can be convenient y shut the light out all around It, and know," said a rich, soft voive ut bis was no mistaking it this time, and a the slow swell o f the sea, made a mel­ used at any i>olut where the teamster thus obtain the same result Eg>?s eiuiullaueou^exclamation burst from all ancholy sound, and the sick man’s heavy elbow. should be tested In a dark room by the might be. When necessary it can It was Sarah Purfoy emerging from on deck. From out of the gloom which breathing seemed to fill the air. The suspended from a fence or the vehicle aid of a candle or lam p; hold the egg bung over the horizon rose a column of slight noise made by the opening door her cabin. up against the light, and It w ill lie wheel, but when these are not ava “ W o were talking of your eyes, my flame that lighted up the night for an rounsed him; he rose on his elbow and dear,” criea Blunt. "T h e y ’ re the finest instant, and then gunk, leaving a dull began to mutter. Sarah Purfoy paused able it can be supported directly upon more or less transparent, according as In the doorway to listen, but she could the ground or suspended from the beat to whether It is dark or white shelled. r ; eyes I ’ re seen In my life, and they’ ve red spark upon the water. “ It ’s a ship on fire!” cried Frere. got the reddest lips under ’ in that make nothing of the low, uneasy mur­ of the animal. It Is the Invention of Then. If the egg Is fertile, looking close­ P : “ Let me puss, Captain Blunt, if you muring. Raising her arm. conspicuous a Texas farmer, and comprises a reoep- ly a dark spot will be seen floating 1421— H enry V. entered C H A P T E R IV . please. Thank you, doctor.” conquest o f France. by Its white sleeve In the gloom, she table for the feed, having a bottom Inside the shell. This Is the germ which They looked again. The tiny spark beckoned Miles. ! V ' And before the admiring commander has awakened to life, aud Is growing. 1556— Truce for five years could prevent her, she modestly swept ■till burned, and Immediately over it T h e lantern,” she whispered— “ bring Germuny and France. By the eighth day It Is quite discern­ there grew out of the darkness a crim­ me the lantern. out of the cuddy. ible, but if the light Is good and the 1010— Jacob I a * Maire discos “ She’s a fine piece of goods, eh?" son spot that hung like a lurid atar In H e unhooked It from the rope where of Good Hope. operator experienced, fertile and un fer­ asked Blunt, watching her. “ I don’t the air. Mr». Vickers, with little Syl­ It swung, and brought It toward her. tile can be separated about the fourth 1620— Charles I. of England know where Vickers picked her up, but via clinging to her dress, came up to A t that moment the man In the bunk sat West minster. I ’d rather trust my life with the worst ■hare the new sensation. day, though the eighth Is quite soon up erect, and twisted himself toward / I • “ Captain, you’ll lower a boat. W e the light. “ Sarah!” he cried. In shrill, o f those ruffians ’tween deck than In enongh for the average poultry keeper. 1040— K in g Charles I. behtadgl her keeping. If I ’d done her in injury. may save some of the poor fellows,” sharp tone». “ Sarah!” and swooped Dark brown shelled eggs are more diffi­ 1053— N ew York City ineoi I don’t believe ehe’d think much of stick cries Frere, his heartiness of body re­ with a lean arm through the dusk, as cult to test than white, owing to the 1602— Massacre of Glencoe, M log a man, either. But I must go on viving at the prospect of excitement. though to seize ber. shell being more opaque; If any 1777— Great Britain grant«! ’’ Boat?” said Blunt; “ why, shejs deck, doctor." The girl leaped out o f the cabin like are doubtful put them back and Pine followed him more »lowly. “ I twelve miles off, or more, and there's a panther, and was back at the bunk marque and reprisal again* don’t pretend to know much about wom­ not a breath o' wind! They’ ve got their head In a moment. test again the follow ing n ig h t It 1708— Federal Street theater, The convict was en,” be said to himself. "B ut that girl’ s own boats. In the meanwhile we’ll show a young man of about four and twenty. Is well to have a fresh egg to ■troyed by fire. got a story of her own, or I ’ m much inis ’em that thers's some one near 'em.” Hia hands were small and well shaped, compare with the tested egg, If 1807— Montevideo taken by tht taken. What brings her on board this And, aa he spoke, a blue light flared and the unshaven chin bristled with donbtful about the latter, the difference •hip as a lady's maid la more than I hissing Into the night. "There, they’ll promise of a strong beard. 1800— Territory of Illinois His wild between fertile and unfertile show» can fathom.” And as he walked down see that, I expect!" he said, as the black eyes glared with all the fire of 1830— Independence of Ure«x them up more clearly. Be careful the the delirlam, and as he gasped for breath the now deserted deck to the main ghastly flame rose, extinguishing ed by allied powers. stars for a moment, only to let them eggs do not get cbllle«! If tested on a hatchway, and turned to watch the the sweat stood in beads on bis sallow 1835— Attempted assassmatk* appear again brighter in a darker heav­ white figure gliding tip and down, he cold night I f there are many eggs forehead. dent Jackson at the capiul la w it Joined by another and a darker en. "M r. Best, lower and man the quar­ to test It w ill pay to have one o f the The aspect of the man was sufficiently Lawrence. one, ho muttered, “ She’» after no good.” ter boats! Mr. Frere, you can go In ghastly, and Miles, drawing back, did very quick and convenient testers sold 1848— Treaty of peace signed A t that moment hi# arm was touched one, If you like, and take a volunteer or not wonder at the terror which had seiz- by the Incubator and poultry supply SUSPENDED FROM A FENCE. States and Mexico. by a soldier In undress uniform, who two from those gray jackets of yours »d Mrs. Vickers’ maid. With open houses.— New England Homestead. amidships. I shall want as many hands mouth and agonized face, ahe stood in had come up the hatchway. 1855— T ria l o f steam engiae Mil as I can spare to man the long boat the center of the cabin, like one turned made o f wood or shf*et metal, sides cut “ W hat is It?" wood, built at Cinema»: dES from canvas or similar suitable mate­ “ I f you pisse. doctor, one of the pris­ and cutter, In case we want ’em. Steady to stone, gazing at the man on the bed. C o n v e n ie n t P o n t P u lle r . discovered In Kern river, cJJPH And, as the first oners is taken aick, and as the dinner’s there, lads! E asy!” “ Ecod, he be a sight!” says Miles, at rial and a wire frame sewed Into the In removing a fence, those having 1850— Thermometer registered Ule Ol over, and he’s pretty bad. 1 ventured to eight men who could reach the deck length. “ Come away, miss, and shut upper rltn. The receptacle w ill p ref­ experience know what a slow, back­ below In Kansas........______Q parted to the larboard and starboard the door. H e ’s raving, I tell yer.” diatnrh your honor.” erably lie square, with four loops In the breaking Job It Is to pull the posts by steamer Cazadon lost; 318 1 quarter boats, Frere ran down on the “ W hy didn’ t you tell me before?" “ H e’s choking. Can’t you see? W ater! frame, one at each comer. Connected digging around them with spade and 1S5S— Launch o f the steana k* "* ’ In the meantime the woman who was main deck. give me w a.er!” with two o f the loops are rods which lifting them out. For the benefit of Eastern. the object of the grim old fellow’s bus * A t his nod the prison door was thrown And, wreathing her arms around the serve ns a support, being formed In piciona, was enjoying the comparative open. The air was hot, and that strange, man's head, she pulled it down on her those having such work to do— and 1801 Convention of seceding SaBCM the shape o f hooks, brace rods connect­ coolness of the night air. Her mistress horrible odor peculiar to closely packed bosom, rocking it there, half savagely, to at Montgomery, Ala. ■ ■ there Is more or less o f It to do on ing the support and the loops (n the and her mistress' daughter had not yet human bodies filled the place. H e ran and fro. every farm — I give the accompanying 1805— Thirteenth aniendmen: I'- ^ P come out of their enbin. The awning’ his eye down the double tier of bunks Awed Into obedience by her voice, front o f tlie frame. When not In use cut and description o f a simple little Constitution abolishing >1 q had been removed, the atars were shin­ which lined the side of the ship, and Miles dipped a pannikin into a small the bag can he collapsed Into a small device— not original with me— conveni­ 1807 Evacuation of Meiin anru ing in the moonless sky, ami Miss Sarah stopped at the one opposite him. space and carrieil beneath tlie seat of unheaded puncheon cleated in the cor­ French. ent and worthy of reproduction. There seemed to hnve been some dis l ’ urfoy was walking up und down with ner of the cabin, and gave it her; and, a veUV’ le or otherwise disposed. Straps One and two are pieces each 2x4 18»IS— Act exempting cotton in no lesa a person than Captain Blunt turbance there lately, for, instead of the without thanking him, she placed it to ! himself. She had passed and repnssed six pairs of feet which should have pro­ the sick prisoner's lips. He drank greed­ can also be supplied for attaching over Inches by 5*^ feet long. Three Is base him twice silently, and at the third truded therefrom, the gleam of the bull’ s ily, and closed his eyes with a grateful the animal's head and suspending the board one Inch by 1! or 8 inches by 3 1872— Massacre of Jews at Isai device as an ordinary feed bag. tarn, the big fellow, peering Into the eye showed but four. sigh. Just then the quick ears of Miles feet long, well nailed together, form ­ mania. twilight ahead somewhat uneasily, obey­ “ W hat’s the matter here, sentry?” h j heard the jingle of arms. ing a crotch (1 Inches from end for 1873— I ’ostal franking privilege»’ T h e D e s tr u c tiv e C lo v e r B o re r. ed the glitter of her great eyes ami join­ asked. "H ere's the doctor coming, miss!” he by net of Congress. ed her. The work of the clover borer has chain to pull in. Stand the Jack about “ Priaoner 111, sir. Doctor sent him to cried. " I hear the sentry saluting. Como "Y ou weren’t put out,” he asked, "at hospital." London's great fire. proved a serious injury to the clover 3 feet from post, leaning agnlnst post 1874— away! Quick!" Hook chain annual post at 1875— what I said to you below. I was a bit "B ut there should be two.” The amended civil rightiS crop in some parts of the country. It at top. She seized the lantern, and. opening rude, I admit.” eil the House ol Represent». | The other came from behind the break Is most destructive In the Middle West. the horn slide, extinguished it. “ I ? Ob, dear, no. You were not of the berths. It was Kufus Dawes. 1876— National League of H.nsebJ The grub of the borer Is a dingy white “ Say it went out.” she said. In a rude.” H e held by the side os he came, and fierce whisper, "and hold your tongue. organized at Cincinnati. Insect with yellow head and Is about “ Clad you think so!” returned I’ hln- sainted. Leave me to manage.” 1878— Steamship Metropolis ' one-eighth o f an Inch long. The grub eas Blunt, a little ashamed at what look­ “ I felt sick, sir, and was trying to She beut over the convict as if to ar­ eats out the Interior o f the main roots, K itty Hawk, N. C.; 100 l»vs ed like a confession of weakness on get the scuttle open.” range his pillow, and then glided out of 1881— Parnell and Irish hia part. causing the top to die. The Injury Maurice Frere stamped his foot In the cabin just as Pine descended the Sarah Purfoy laughed n low. full-ton­ diguantly. moved from House of Coi hatchway. As he groped his way with caused In this w ay is often ascribed ed laugh, whose sound made Blunt's 1881— Baker Pasha defeated 1 “ Sick! W hat are you sick about? I'll to unfavorable winters and other outstretched arms in the darkness, Sarah POST PULLER. pulse take a jump forward, and sent the give you something to sweat the alcknese tians near Tokar : loss ! causes. About the only preventive Purfoy slipped past hltn. blood tingling down to hia fingers' ends. out of yon. Stand on one side here!” ground and laying It over In crotch 1885— (4’ Donovan lto-.»a, IriaJ^ measure which seems to give any prom­ (T o be continued.) "Captain Blunt.” aald she, “ you’ re Rufus Dnwes, wondering, obeyed. shot by a woman in Sev !»* ise o f success Is to summer fallow as o f Jack, which gives an almost vertl going to do a very ailly thing.” “ Which of you fellows can handle an ....G e n . Gordon killed. cal l i f t — Homer Shirley, In Michigan Boon as the hay crop has been removed. L IV E S W E L L ON $10 A Y E A R . "W h a t T” oar?" Frere went on. “ There, I don’ t 1886— Attempt to assassinilij Farmer. |j ; A t that time the young are Immature, l “ You are going to fall in love with a want fifty! Three’ ll do. Come on now, W iscon sin Mnn lia s I>nne It fo r 40 of Ecuador.. . . House | make haste!" and If deprived o f food must |>erlsh. girl o f nineteen." f l u t t e r C o l o r I 'o ln o n . Y ea rs— Seems Content. shipping bill. The heavy door clashed again, and In "W h o is that?" N ear M irror Lake, In Wisconsin. Is a as they cannot truvel from one clover Coloring for cheese and butter used 1887— Stanley started to reM “ M yself!” she said, giving him her another inatant the four ‘‘volunteers’’ root to another. I f the meadow Is log cabin In which u man has lived for to tie made from annatto, hut coal tar Pasha.. . . President sisuedw^? hand and smiling at him with her rich were on deck. broken tip at this time and the roots colors nre so much cheaper that prob­ t • forty years on $10 a year. George “ T w o In each boat!” cries Blunt. " I 'll red lips. commerce bill. wither and dry the grubs perish. Thus ably four-fifths o f the coloring matter " I believe you aro right,” he cried; burn a blue light every hour for you. Swinner is his name and he seems per­ 1888— Lick observatory nt the spreading o f the Insect may lie pre­ Mr. Beet, ami take care they don't fectly contented, writes a correspond­ “ I am half in love with you already." used In both butter and cheese at the Hamilton, Cal. vented and the land largely cleared of "T h a t ia your affair," »he said; and ■wainp you. Low er away, lads!" ent o f the St. Louis Republic. present time Is made from coal tar. ami 18.8!)— Crown Prince Rude! As the second prisoner took the oar of It would seem that the ■ a the head o f Air. Frere appeared above The old man Is a C ivil W ar veteran. the Insect. consequently more or less poisonous. murdered. .. .T w o millioe the companion. Blunt walked aft, feel­ Frere’» boat, he uttered a groan and W hen he was discharged at the end modem system o f rotation, which In­ As In nil adulterated food products the in B u ffa lo... .Disolution ing consultrahly bewildered, and yet uot fell forward, recovering hltnself instant­ cludes clover for only n year or two. Canal Company by I’lraritef argument Is advanced that the amount ly. Sarnh Purfoy, leaning over the side, o f the w a r he had money enough to displeased. purchase an acre o f ground on the would be sufficient to keep the grub In of (lolson eaten with the butter Is so 1800— State capital of Arutaff” “ She'a a fine g ir l!" he said, cocking saw the occurrence. from Prescott to Phoeoii N. “ W hat Is the matter with that man?" shores o f picturesque M irror Lake. In subjection In localities where It has small as to render It perfectly harm­ his cap, "and I'm hanged If she ain't ery of plot to assassinatePj she said. "Is he 111?" this acre o f ground he planted vegeta- been Introduced.— American Cultivator. less. In fact It Is stated that the ordi­ •w ee' upon me.” Pine was next to her, and looked out blea and fru it trees. Close to the house dinand o f Bulgaria... And then the old fellow began to nary consumer o f butter would not get A n A n t o n m t l c G a te . daughter of Secretary nf| whistle softly to himself ns he paced the instantly. “ It's that big fellow iu No. there grow s a thick cluster o f black­ more than an ounce o f coloring mat­ deck, and to glance toward the man, who 10,” he »T ie d . "H ere. F rere!" A shows the Irons for the upper Tracy fatally burned. berry bushes and In the garden behind ter In four years. But there Is no end But Frere heard him not. n p was had taken hia place, with no friendly hinge. It shows the lower hinge which 1891— Dissolution of the l It there are long rows o f strawberries. to argument— a good talker w ill make eyes. But a sort of shame held him aa intent on the beacon that gleamed ee inches from slot to s lo t— Ex- buttermakers do not heat tlie skim behind which lay the tick man. b a rs you been?" Though not so hot ns in the prison, Hying machine” by the people o f D e l-! change. ndlk hot enough or keep It at that tem­ Iths looked up Into the young man's K ing Edward recently ----------- perature long enough. fa c e — a little leas harsh at that moment the atmosphere of the lower deck wss ton. Skinner »loes hls angling. King o f Norway with a close and unhealthy, ami the girl, paus­ Skinner lives during the winter as T h e o r r on s .p F lo v r ln .. than It was wont to be— and, creeping of carriage horses. ing to listeu to the subdued hum of con M i l k i n g M ach in e*. «loser to bill), whispered: well as he does In summer. From th e ' The 01,1 th* ory tha* « " » M not M. Fallieres, the ne* versatiou coming from the soldiers' “ Do you love m*. Maurice?" At the National Dairy show In Chi­ Fiance, is noted for hi» overabundance o f one season he saves flow’ nor top frr' l'vtl1 *nke PIace while berths, turned strangely sick and giddy H e raised one o f the little hands that enough to meet the necessities o f the th* roots o t a trpp or v,np nre frozen. cago a milking machine was on exhibi­ simple country life. rented on the taffrall. and, under cover She drew herself up. however, and held Sir W alter Gilbey bean other. H e catches on an average 109 has been shown to t>e fau lty by nn tion In practical operation. For a great out her hand to a man who came rapidly o f the darkness, kissed It. interesting experim ent at the Missouri jnany years Inventors have worked on of being one of the gn* “ Yon know I do," he said. "Y on across the misshapen shadows, thrown fish a day. mostly small oues. Ten o f station. The top o f a grnpevine grow ­ this problem. Several times it has been tl >rities on all kinds ol ^ may he a lady's maid, or what yon like, by the sulky swinging Isntern to meet these s u f f i c e for his two simple meals S i r . G e o r g e Rose. » ^ The other ninety are carefully ing by the side o f a house was drawn r*P°rted that tlie dlffleultles have been hut yon are the loveliest woman 1 ever her. It wss a yonng soldier who had j been that day sentry at the Convict gang­ cleaned and stored away In great bar­ through a hole Into a warm room, and overcome, and that a praetleal machine master In chancery. w*» m et." On one occasion he ^ this top leaved out and made several “ Then. If yon loro me, what does It way. was the result But up to the present rels o f hrlne kept In the cellar o f hls you not sec. gentlemen, t»* "W e ll, m'se,” he said, “ l am here, yer matter?” abtn. When he has enough barrels *nobp* ° f growth w h ile the roots were time the old-fashioned hand manlpula fore trying my client ba» “ I f you loved me, yon would tell see. watting for yer.” be „ tiiped reserved the point! The tons o f the sentence seemed to o f fis?» stored away to last him through tJ * M ly lookp,, ,n fr,,fon earth- The tUm has prevailed. It H I, i „ to w v ill m e." said he. with a qulckynesa which Ptore Ul> in own branches ! t,M,t llle inT*ntor has succeeded this ■ waken and remind ker of her errand in the w in ter he atop* fishing, a s ho The Czar o f Russia, •nrprised himself. It Is a sin to kill any creature dnrln* ,he fa l* cellular energy for I ' lme- be,' ause milking is one o f My below the average “ Bat I have n *thiug to tell, and I that place. Mhe laughed aa Inmlly ami thinks . . . __ . <1 .k. __ _ . . . - 1 th e * p II a o I ___ . L At.. M aa ll.l P li f 1 j L ’ O M is t - ____ the EKI earliest grow th iue the koiiowitu foil that ‘ <-wmw comes twice twice a day merrily aa she dared, and laid her hand even a except f«>r food. j —~ ? | ~ hard tasks u,« fully a head shorter than don't love go»»— y e t ” ou the speaker's arm. Tits boy reddened From his garden he cans hls vegeta- *prln* ’ whllp the roots are thawing j Sanday* and holidays and all. w * ami majestic Czarina. H e let her hand fall with an Imps llent gesture; and at that m mieut Itlunt, to tha Mots tK a am...... ■ A •• _____ ed theinselve* with ■> goes for tobacco, fish-hooks and cloth- ln* ,hp * round ** fallacious. W b i t You’ re a UJy, hot l love yer. I do, ami Just then, from out o f the t io ltl base F e e d ln * th e liens. ■ In*. TOn wartns np tlie top* and tlie sap The youngest kin* "\fHi*1 , , f that hung over the boriaon, a strange yon drive» me wild with yonr tricks.” Peas and beans In small qnantltles I»s„di Chits of TF» r ' ^ - * ” Unsh. Miles! they'll hear yon. Who ------------------------------ | »tarts lrxle|iendent o f wood action tl»- f lo w of light broka. _ are o f great value to laying bens. They torste of England. Six thousand people sleep in the open bu', , ,w pu » * 4 eventually burst I,it “ H allo o!" cries Krere. "D id you see ia In the hoepital?” are »o rich In albuminoids— egg pro. and holds court seated «" p| “ I d u u u o .” air in London »v e ry n igh t , bloom. «h a t? A Hash o f lig h t " with a leopard skin - , jag ducine material. * bearing in t»i» band a If If!