'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
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T b s N iagara suspension bridge w a s
completed.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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