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'fc# "n a ; -«a ^ J r i *T am such a poor, nerveless crea ture— so utterly destitute o f all pres ence o f mind— that I could only crouch in a corner aud sob with terror.” A fter a drive, which seemed to her excited fancy to endure for hourt, they stopped before a tall iron gats, which, after a time, was opened from within. They drove over a long, winding walk, at the end of which was • large, gloomy Jqokiug house, before which the v< 'licit stopped. Then, assisted by Montgomery, she waa suffered to alight. A femala servant conducted her to the apartment In which I found her. C H A P T E R X X I V .—(Coatiaoe4.l Ho was leaving the room when she “ She wnn very kind to ma,” Qlara H e turned aside, and remained silent called to him. “ Where are ydu going? (o r some seconds. Whan uext A « spoke I f you are going to her room, I have the went on, "and assured me over and m ar ------ P is a fo r Chicken-House. again that no harm would be dean to It waa in altered tones. “ Tell ma what key. I will accompany you.” A T ex a s wom an in Farm and Ranch me— that I waa among friends, and you want? Is it money?*' H e looked more aghast than ever; then “ Money!” she cried. “ Money from he broke out into strong anathemas whatever I liked to ask for I should describes * chicken bona# fo r the ben- you! Look here," and she tore open a against Montgomery, against whom he have, but that she could not permit me to ®ht o f any w ho may w ish a clean, cofi le* ts that room. But no entreaty could venlent one. lady’s reticule that lay upon the table; vowed the most deadly vengeance. “ there are the two hundred dollars you* “ Montgomery has served me well, and wring from her who her employer was. | I t la bu ilt o f 1x12 boards, w ell slat aent me enclosed in your farewell letter; I dare you to harm him in any way,” I have been here now nearly a fortnight ted on three aides; the fron t has a look what 1 da with them!” And she she said, iu the same tone o f calm supe — everythin* I have expressed a wish for stripped or latticed door In one corner, tore them into shred a “ Here are the riority. “ Do so, John Rodwell, and be presents you ya te me; see what 1 da fore two hours yonr uncle shall know roo*>* , r * n w ln tfii* point, n il» with them!” Aud she took out some all that I can tell him. Do not fall cut b . content In , n . pl.cn „ h . m I trinkets, and crushed them beneath her into a passion. You have fallen into treated kindly; but this evening, just aa teat. “ Now will you ask ma i f It Is the trap, and you will never get out o f I waa watching the great red sun sink money I want o f you?” it by beating yourself against the bars!” behind the trees, I beard my door open. H er face was something awful to look H e muttered and laughed scornfully, and upon looking round 1 saw------" She - buried her face . In her hands, upon in its deathly pallor, and convul but he was conquered— cowed. H er I know alee quivering, and those flarin g eyes. triumph was complete. Presently they seemingly uuable to proceed. That man, with all hia iron will, quailed left the room together, Judith double perfectly well whom abe had seen, 'a l though I asked the question. before her. locking the door behind her. “ Those terrible eyes!” she answered, “ W hat do you want, then?” I saw no more o f Judith or Mr. Rod- ainklng her voice to a whisper. “ Respect, and I .will have i t L e t me well. A s soon as they were gone I By the aid of words I had heard spok refresh your memory. You found me In crawled back to bed. utterly prostrated en a few hours before. I began to un a traveling show. I waa a mere child both mentally and bodily. Soon after derstand it all now, but only dimly. I then, possessed o f a strange power over wards the nurse returned, and after giv asked .her what she meant. certain minds— a power that to an am ing me my medicine, and some beef tea, OONTKHIENT CHICKEN HOUSE. “ Ah, 1 have never told you!” shot said, bitious, unscrupulous schemer like your wrapped herself up in a blanket, and with a shudder. “ I will tell you now, pended by heavy w ire, out o f the self, might one day prove Invaluable. putting the key o f the door under her that yon may understand my fearful po d r a f t T h e w alls com e w ithin fou r You saw no way to use me at the time, head, as waa her custom, lay down upon sition, and that you may take me away but you were loth to lose sight o f so ad the sofa to take her night’ s repose. teen Inches o f the ground and the from it.” mirable an instrument You wormed nests are made on the outside, thou She knelt down at my feet, and nestled yourself Into my confidence, and got CHAPTER XXV securely boxed up w ith a slanting close to me e e she told- her etoryrspeak from me that I waa discontented with Hour after, hour I lay tossing about ing in a subdued voice. co ver that la hinged on. and can be a mode o f life which gave me but a in a sleepless, mental agony. Clara was “ I waa brought .up by a dear, kind raised from the ontaide. This prevents bare living, and filled the pockets o f my undoubtedly In the same house with me, employer. I was vain o f the attention o f exposed to heaven knows what sufferings grandfather, the only friend I ever knew; h avin g to enter the henhouse when e fine gentleman— I who had been and persecutions; and yet, for any hope fo r my father, who waa an officer, died !you w ish to gather op the egg*. It brought up in a back, alley. You told o f seeing or succoring her, I might as in India, when I waa very young, and haa the appearance shown In the lllus- my mother followed him withiu less than my father that If be liked to go to Bury well have been hundreds o f miles away. tratlon. a year. She was my grandfather’s young B t Edmund's you would help to set A t last, unable to lie there hny longer, Sm all tin cans a re tacked on th e him up In business— that you would rec I rose and dressed myself. A fire was est and favorite daughter; and, after roost, the w alla and near the neats; her death, he seemed to have trans ommend him custom, as yon possessed still smoldering In the huge grate, and a ferred all his affection to me. for he lit In them la kept mothlne .balls; they some Influence In the neighborhood.” night light was burning upon the table. erally doted upon me. I had a cousin keep out all vermin. ^ “ H ave you ever had reason to repent TYi# nurse, by her hard, regular breath who waa much— much older than my taking my counsel?” ing, seemed to be In a deep sleep, and I I ' M a r k e t in g th e K g g a . “ My father hit upon a more easy 'and moved about cautiously. H er face was self, but, like a ya elf, an orphan. E ggs should be gathered every day profitable trade than ahoemaklng,” she turned to the open side o f the sofa. I never liked him— or, I should rather say, went on, not heeding the Interruption. crept behind it and inserted my trem I waa always frightened o f him; yet ev In summer and o ften er In winter, un M D .J ____a . a « « a s ............ ...________________ "Had we depended upon your promises, bling hand beneath the pillow, feeling erybody called him handsome, especially less the ben houae la w arm enough w e might have starved. Yon thought no further and further until my fingers all the women. Until my mother brought so that the eggs w ill not freeze and more o f them, and years elapsed after touched a hard substance— it was the me home, a little girl, from India, ha waa burnt the shell. P u t the egga Into a the favorite nephew, aud was supposed our parting at 8paldlng before 1 ever ward key. L ittle by little I drew I f basket w ith the small end dow n until heard anything o f you again .. One day away— she still sleeping profoundly— to be the heir to all hia grandfather’s ready to pace In boxes fo r shipping wealth. John Rodwell hated me, and w e met in the streets o f Bury. Although fitted It noiselessly in'the lock, turned It, and keep In a cool room. Then pack In years had elapsed, we recognised each aud the next moment found myself la a showed it, too, and that turned the old gentleman against him. When I was the box w ith the card-board separa other instantly. You expressed great large, dark hall, at the foot o f an im about thirteen, grandfather made a fresh tors, w ith the small end down. Th ey delight a t the meeting, which certainly mensely wide ataircaae. w ill; and aa he was never content to waa not feigned, as it gave into your I closed the door softly behind me. hare me a moment from his aide, it waa w ill keep fresh longer I f packed In this hands the exact tool you required, to A long window, ..that stretched upwards w ay than I f put Into the boxes in a fashion one o f the most diabolical from the first landing, admitted suffi dictated to the lawyer in my presence. haphazard manner. T h e reason fo r In it I waa named heiress to all he pos schemes that was ever hatched in hu cient light* to guide me, and, with a this Is found In the fa ct that the yolk man brains. But before you dared to noiseless step, I crept up the stairs. A t sessed, with the exception o f aa annu cannot settle to the shell when the ity to John, and the former will, by propose it to me it was necessary to the top o f the first flight was a long make me your slave. When yon' last corridor, on each side o f which, as far which John would have inherited all his small end is pnt down and the air saw me I was an ungainly looking, ugly aa I could aee, fo r the further end was wealth, was destroyed. I was very much cannot strike the yolk aa long as it girl; now I was a well-grown woman, lost In obscurity, was a line o f doors. troubled when I heard this; and I told does not touch the shell. W hen eggs with good looks enough to have secured Now came my difficulty; the alightest grandfather how much happier 1 ehould b rln i „ good price lt u b€)tter to go,, than to raise chickens to sell. several offers o f advantageous marriage. error would not only defeat my present be if he would let thing, remain u. they ^ * .____ . . , * But 'T was proud, ambitious; the life object, but consign me to a stricter sur were, as I waa certain Coo*in John _ would know better what to do with th e .fo r Proflt * ° ° ^ * n« theT* « * I led, and all its associations, were hate veillance than ever,'an d perhaps bring money than I should. *> “ > ontlay. B y all means raise ful to.me— I longed to be free o f them about Clara’a removal to some spot to •Well, in some way or other Cousin chickens w hen eggs do not bring all, and I waited and waited. You, with which I could obtain no clue. Suppose, John found out that a new will hadiv< your fiendish cunning, divined my secret; by chance, that I should go to Judith’s (111 i was present at Uflc layers w ill be found the Black professed love fo r me. Blinded by am chamber door? I shuddered at the the time. Once or twice he put some Spanish, the Black, W h ite and Brown bition and vanity. I believed you— be thought. question* to me in an off-hand kind o f leg h o rn s, Poland, H am burg, C reve lieved that you, the fine gentleman, I stood for some moments at the head contents; but mindful Coeur and ^ Flecbe> w h ,ch are larger would marry me. But at that time you o f the corridor, irresolute what t » do. Spanish, but som ewhat simply lied, to serve your own purpose. listening eagerly for the slightest sound o rfE . rtrictJn uDctiee. I h .d r o c e h ^ “ ’ You were very cautious, too— you bo and tha’t might guide me. But the silence I was very cautious, and finding that hs sim ilar to them.— Epltomisrt could elicit nothing from me, he gaTe up me down to breathe no word o f your was deathlike. Down the corridor I the attempt. But he became a more C le ft G r a ft in g . aeerets to my father. You said, once moved noiselessly. Through the crev H e also took V arieties o f gra ftin g a re many, bnt la hie power, you would never be free ices of the third door came faint streaks frequent visitor to us. great pains to Ingratiate himself into from his extortions.” c le ft g ra ftin g represents the method o f light and faint muffled sounds, either “ Silence!” thundered Rodwell, spring moans or a low, monotonous singing— grandfather's good graces, and not un com m only In use fo r the gra ftin g o f successfully. ing to his feet. orchard trees w here the old top la to the walls and doors were so thick, that iTe be eonttaaed.1 W ell, enough o f that fo r the pres- w a ( difficult to distinguish which. be rem oved during the course o f a ift s s he <ri e l ’ s i irh t r o il o ft * •• . . . . . • ent. A fte r t the girl’ s fl flight, you l left I listened more esgeriy, until I fan fe w years and a new one la to be Bury, and I did not aee you again for a cied I could distinguish Clara’ s voice. C O W L IK E D T H E S M O K E . grow n in Its place. Th e Ideal tim e fo r long, long time. A t last, you returned. I paused for a moment, and then, with Bo you have got her Into your clutch my heart beating in my throat, tapped B a t She R efu sed to G iv e U su a l S u pply this top g ra ftin g is w-ien the leaves o f M ilk . a re jnat pushing out, fo r then the again. W hat is It to be this"time— mur gently. Breathlessly I waited for sev A lfre d James, o f the U niversity o f d er or marriage?” eral seconda. No answer. Then I tap H ow my heart leaped! Could it be ped a second time a little louder. A Vlnglnla, was a disturbing element in Clara o f whom she was speakiug? The sound o f moving, and then a soft, trem farm life one day last week, says the portrait I bad seen in his namesake's ulous voice, that thrilled my very aoul, Baltim ore Bun. cottage— the likeness to her, forgotten asked faintly, “ W ho is there?” H e went out to Reisterstown to visit until that moment, flashed upon me with 1 could doubt no longer. The key the force o f conviction. Oh, how eager waa in the lock outside. I tried It— turn a friend. H e found the yonng man in the barn about to begin the day’ s milk, ly, how breathlessly, I listened now! ed It— opened the door— met her whom “ H ow dare you speak such words to I sought— heard a low cry o f astonish ing. H is friend Is a c iv il engineer, but It spending the summer at Ills coun me in the presence o f a stranger?” he ment, and my darling was in my arms. cried. “ You are venomous enough to en A t that moment I fancied that 1 heard try home, in B altim ore county, find de deavor to establish such a charge against a sound like the click of a lock in the lights In the sim ple occupations o f the me!” corridor. I suddenly turned, disengaged farm. One o f his bobbles Is milking “ I believe you to be capable o f any myself from her arma, and looked out. the cows, and he w as about to begin crime, John Rodwell,” she answered, dis A ll seemed precisely as I bad left it— on a very ladylike old brindle when dainfully: “ although you would give the do light, no object, no sound; it must Mr. James clim bed the fence and call I gently drew the preference to that which compromised have been fancy. ed out to him. key from the ontaide, and, reversing it, you least.” Mr. R „ the gentlem an o f bucolic “ Suppose I admit that I intend to msr- locked the door from within. W e were tastes, came to meet blm, and the two ry her. what then?” he demanded, bold alone— no one could surprise us now. T o her eager questions, how had I dis shook hands and chatted fo r a few ly. “ Yon will seek to thwart me?” “ I keep my intentions to myself. But covered her, I scarcely knew what to minutes. I bad forgotten; perhaps you are not a riw e r; for, the first excitement o f our “ Excuse me, old man.” he said to aware yon have a rival?” she said.‘mock meeting over, I repented that I hod evei Mr. James, “ w h ile I milk the cow.” sought it, Could I have freed her from ingly. “ You would not imagine Mr. “ G o ahead,” the, latter replied. ‘T d Carston in the character o f a gay de her enemies then, and then only, would C LE V T O H A F T SCION— CT.EKT G U A STIN O --- like to watch you do I t ” it have been justifiable? As it was, I ceiver; yet, I can assure you that, dur Thereupon Mr. It. put his stoo! In A W A X E D STUB. ing a short absence from his loving wife, was feeding my own hopeless passion, he was making violent love to Miss and engaging more and more closely the place, arranged Bis IVffjffis ■¿tog-limbed! wounds o f g ra ftin g heal rnpidly. But Clara as a single gentleman, and not affections o f a simple-hearted girl, be milkmen have to do and proceeded. In practice, I f a large amount o f w ork neath the very roof that sheltered the unsuccessfully, I believe.” Mr. James w alked to the cow'o heud implacable woman who claimed as her Is to be done, It may be necessary ta and gently stroked her neck, saying “ This is no subject to jest upon,” he husband. Ob, all this wns weak, crim said, haughtily. “ Do you mean to say inally weak; and I felt it so. and yet I appropriate and endearing things the begin from one to tw o months earlier and to continue several weeks beyond that this fellow has dared----- ” had not the courage to end it honestly. while. H e had bis pipe In his hand -the ideal point o f time. Th e whole H e advanced menacingly towards me; A fte r a while I asked her what hap and held It under the co w ’s nose. operation o f cleft g ra ftin g appears hut. weak as 1 was, I rose up, and con pened upon the fatal night that we lost She sniffed, looked a b o u t sniffed fronted him. I felt no fear o f him, al her— how she came to be separated from c lE a r ly In the illustration. again and loked about, and then sniff, though I was too agitated to speak— too us. ed. She seemed to like lt. Mr. Janies overwhelmed by the thoughts o f my H o g s in th e O rc h a rd . She told me that a rush o f people had began to laugh, but in a fe w minutes worse than powerless position. In regard to the hogs skinning the suddenly impelled her forward, and that H e pansed; then, with a look o f su Mr. R. got up in disgu st H e said a orchard trees. If you put a dozen or preme scorn, he turned upon his heel and b 7 the time she could turn her head to a fe w things about the cow and com tw o o f hogs on an acre o f land, very look round, she found that she had l>een addressed Judith. “ Such an object is too plained that the "bloom ing old thing lik ely they w ill skin the trees, or a contemptible to excite, anger. However, cniried out o f sight o f Mrs. Wilson. A t that moment a yonng man, evident w on 't let down a drop o f milk.” flock o f abeep would also. T h ey must I presume that for the future you will H e then kicked her in the ribs, h ave room. Th ere must not be too ly the same who hrfd delivered Montgom restrain in him such roving propensi ties, more especially after the confidence ery’s message to me, tonched her upon drove her Into her stall and turned the m any In a bunch. I t Is said that hogs you bars chosen to repose in him this the shoulder, and said that I was wait Job o f milking o ver to on* o f the w ill tear down a pigpen to g e t the evening. Now let ma undaratand. Do ing for her in a cab a little way down farm hands as he went off with his w ood to eat. I f you throw them a lit the street. we part friends or foes?” gu est tle lim e they w ill let tbe pen alone. “ H e was hurrying me along all the “ I pledge myself to nothing either T h e cow was so delighted with the I know that they have been known way. For years you used me aa a tool. time he was speaking," she went on; odor o f the smoke that she forgot all to d ig out a stone w all fo r the lime. Now we have the reverse of the modal; “ and I was too bewildered by my situa about g iv in g milk as usual. I f you «fe e d a hog some corn and you are utterly within my power, and 1 tion to offer the slightest resistance. Mr. James thought It was a great don’ t sta rve him to death, he w ill let w ill uae that power to minfater solely'* There wns a long line o f ca t* aud car to my own interest, or caprice, as the riages; the one he pointed nut as ours Joke on a suitable occasion. But the your trees alone. G ive the hog room case may tie. without one thought o f yon. was the last o f all, and stood up an un funniest part o f the Joke didn't seem enough and g iv e him som ething to e a t Yon should have remembered that those frequented side street. He opened the to appeal to him so much the morn ■J. J. Blackw ell. door and pushed me in; at the same ing fo llow in g the in ciden t when at who love intensely, hate intensely.” moment a strange man jumped in past H e regarded her for a moment with a breakfast coffpe had to lie drunk with T e a c h in g a H o rse to Rtand. disconcerted look, which she met by one me, the door wns slammed, the windows A s soon as the colt Is fa irly gentle out cream, as it -did the afternoon Is!- of determination. He tried to laugh off raised, and the horses were off at full and has been ridden a fe w times, the effect o f her Sfords. hut the laugh speed, before I could recover my breath.” fore. throw the telne down, and w ith a From her description, I discovered w a s * « woful failure. "W h a t a fool I Th e greatest happiness eomeg from strong but so ft rope hobble bis front must he to stand listening to the words that this man who accompanied her the greatest a ctivity.— Boveo. waa Montgomery. • f ■ mad woman!” he cried. legs. Fasten a rope tw enty fee t long X ^ s ^ i's ■.? r " T ,u,,n: to qns fron t leg and tbs other to' • ■tout poet or stalle. O rdinarily the horse w ill not m ove when thua fasten- ed, but I f hs does be aoon comes to grief. A fe w lessons o f this sort w ill never be forgotten. A ft e r a w h ile lt w ill only be neces sary to w rap the reins around the horse’* fron t lega, and later slmp.y dropping the rain« to the ground w ill be su fficient I f any tim e the horse gets to m o v lq g around and forgets bis early training, pass the reins through the stirrup snd than up and o v e r the horn o f the saddle. Th is polla the bead around to one aide and the horse w ill generally not go far.— Farm and Home. [THE WEEKLY Rem edies In the Barn. Th e w rite r has recently erected' a small closet In the barn. In which la kept a fe w articles such as experience has taught us should be handy. A t the suggestion o f the mother o f the fa m ily a large bottle o f witch hazel and several bottles o f vaseline w ere added, together w ith a roll o f partly Oat Hundred Yedrs Ago. w orn muslin. Th e very day thla closet Sweden w as obliged by tbe semoo- waa completed and ita contents place 1, stranee o f Prussia to decline the p ro f one o f the horses by accident strnck fered subsidy o f England. Ita head against the side o f the stall T h e city o f Lübeck, Germ any, wns so that there waa a decided bruito surrounded by French troops to pre around the eye. Out cam e the w itch ven t English producta from being In hazel, and by frequent applications o f troduced. lt da rin g the day the sw ellin g waa Eighteen Am erican vessels w ea* at subdued and the horse made more the port o f Amsterdam. com fortable. * T h e French governm ent passed a W e h ave tw o bottles o f vaseline law grantin g pensions to a ll em igrants each o f the plain sort and the car from 8anto Domingo. bolated vaseline, and this last haa been Threq thousand French troops rvev# fom fd 'very useful on a num ber o f oc ordered to T h e H agu e to prevent aa casions. A c a lf had an ngly spot on Its side, a raw prond-flesh sort o f uprising which w as dally expected. Re-enforcements o f French troops ar ecsema, fo r which w e could not ac rived at Santo Dom ingo and effectual cou nt W e took, a spoonful o f flour o f anlphnr and made a batter o f It ly repulsed Em peror Dessalines’ arm y. Portu gal purchased w ith the codcox - w ith a little carbolated vaseline and treated that spot fo r a week, healing rence o f England tbe sufferance o f it perfectly. H a v e a little closet os France to remain neutral In tbe was. . described mud k eep odd things In It, but don’ t fo rg e t w itch hazel, vasellnu and a roll o f soft, clean muslin.— In - Yucatan declared Itself Independent. Pastu rin g o f cow s on tbe Beaten dianapolis News. common w as forbidden by law. U s e fu l B o w lin e . Sioux Indiana annihilated tbe 8 a * Th e bow and knot Is one o f the most and F o x tribes near Dubuque, Iow a. useful knots w e have, and one which T h e first ligh t o f tbe BlackroCk tight- com paratively fe w cad tie. I t is a house at Liverp ool appeared. knot sailors uae constantly. Th e illus Congress provided fo r a boundary tration w ill show ex a ctly how It la line to be ran between Louisiana aad tied. L a y the parts together as to the Arkan sas territories. 'first figure, b crossing o ver a. ’ ^Then Petroleum waa discovered la K en bring a o v e r b, bringing the end np tucky, snd as It w as supposed to havo healing properties It waa bottled and sold throughout tha U nited State* Europe fo r medicine. Th e first gold from G eorgia w as received a t tbs U nited S ta te« m in t fifty Y< HOW TO T IE THE KNOTS. through the loop as In the next fig ure. N ow carry b around and under a, passing lt down through the loop as In the final figure. I t Is impossible. ‘ or Ul1" knot to slip when properly tied. I t Is useful in all sorts o f em ergen cies. In a loop thus made a man can safely be bolsted to any height w ith no danger o f the knot slipping. I t is especially useful fo r the farm er. An animal can be led by means o f It w ith no danger o f the knots slipping snd choking the animal, no m atter how mnch It m ay plunge or pull.— A m eri can Agriculturist. T e P r e v e n t T r e e F ra n d s . Th e Indiana farm er that has been swindled by the fru it tree agent w ill be pleased w ith the law, enacted by the last General Assem bly, providing a fine o f from $50 to $500 fo r fru it tfee fraud. It Is said that the bill which w as introduced by Represents tive Shively, o f South Bend, grew out o f Notre Dam e U n iversity’s purchase o f trees that w ere not w h at they w ere represented to be. As Introduced, tho bill provided a year’ s imprisonment, but this w as stricken o u t S h eep S h e a rin g *. Sheep are more economical producers than steers. meat T o secure the beet returns in feed ing have the sheep as even as possible. W hen breeding to Im prove ew es should be tw o years old when bred. Th e more sheep you can keep and keep righ t the less per sheep w ill the cost be. Don Carlos, tbe Spanish pret ender, died a t T r le s t „ T b s N iagara suspension bridge w a s completed. ____ A fre e pu blic school system w a s e s tablished In Illinois. T h e A tU n ito and S t Law ren ce ra il road waa leased to the Grand Trunk railroad fo r 900 years. >* Nassau hall a t Princeton university, built In 1758, w as destroyed by five. Several persona w ere killed by the fa llin g in o f tbe floor o f tbe tow n hall at Meredith, N. H. Th e plenlpotentlarie* a t Vienna ex changed pow ers and commenced pro ceedings tow ard agreeing upon tbe terms o f Rnaeo-Tnrklah peace, Forty Y« Th e panic In gold carried quotations down to 175%, a drop o f 14% points In three days. Th e Parliam ent at Quebec adopted the confederation scheme by a large vote. Reports o f Sheridan and Rlierman's successes sent gold down to 189%. A short time before lt was quoted at 220 and over. N ew s reached the North that the Confederate Congress had passed a bill to arm and equip the negroes as soldiers. Richmond (V a .) papers published an exposure o f an alleged conspiracy to oust D avis and Stephens, make Hnnter president, and end the war. President Lincoln Issued a proclam a tion ordering that all citizens or dom i ciled agents trafficking w ith Confed erates be arrested and held as prison ers o f war. , Under ordinary conditions the man ure from sheep should pay fo r the la bor o f caring for them. Thirty Year« Ago, Cnt the black knot ont o f the plnm and cherry trees. Twenty Year« Ago. Th e H aw aiian treaty wns being A good fo o t rot medicine mast be fought in the Senate by sugar Inter som ewhat caustic, in liquid form nnd ests. A t a consistory held at the Vatican cheap enough to use freely. Archbishop McCloekey o f N ew York Sheep cannot be fattened profitably when they are fu ll o f parasites. K ill was made a cardinal. Th e French Assem bly passed the the verm in and then fatten. m ilitary reorganization bill, the consti I f the beet proflt Is realized, not tution having been adopted several only the wool, bnt the mutton and the w eeks previously. Iamb, must contribute their p a rt A tornado devastated the town o f It w ill pay, i f yon intend to sell Rtenzl, Miss. Th e river bottoms In your sheep at public sale, to have the Northw est States w ere flooded. some one grade them up In even lots. Quite a sensation was caused in England by the outcome o f the Mor- G a th e re d In th e G a rd en . daunt divorce case In which Lady Mor- Th e best thing fo r the g a r d e n - daunt was decreed guilty. brains. Radishes are usually ready fo r use in six weeks from sowing. Bone meal and wood ashes In the •oil are great fo r sw eet peas. Don't trim the cherry trees now. W a lt till June and then be light handed. T o bleed the grapevines by cutting during March, A pril or M ay Is bad m anagem ent Cold fram e# are nseful fo r fo rw a rd ing lettuce and cabbage la spring or early «um m er. Probably no other sm all fru it w ill give more w eigh t o f crop fo r the space lt occupies than tha cu rran t Th e m ilitia was mobilized at Sedalla and other points In Missouri to sup press rio t« lnckient to the railroad strike on the Gould system. London papers admitted that the re lations between England and Russia w ere strained almost to tha breaking point over the latter's A fgh a n frontier aggression: < President Cleveland Issued a procla mation barring the "boom ers” from Oklahoma. Ten thousand o f the 12,000 coal min ers In the Pittsbu rg district struck for higher wages. T b e powers agreed to s conference to be held In Parle to determine the status o f the Sues canal. A