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C H A P T E R X X I V . —(Continued.!
H e was leaving the room when she
H « turned aside, and remained silent called to him. “ Where are you going?
tor some seconds. When uext ho a poke I f yon are going to her room, I have the
U was in altered tones. “ Tell ms what key. I will accompany you.”
You want? Is it money?"
H a looked more aghast than ever; then
“ M oney"’ she cried.
“ Money from he broke out into strong anathemas
you! Look here,” and she tore open a against Montgomery, against whom he
tody's reticule that lay upon the table; vowed the most deadly vengeance.
“ there are the two hundred dollar? you
“ Montgomery has served me well, and
aent me enclosed in your farewell letter; I dare you to harm him in any way,
took what I do with them!”
And she she said, iu the same tone o f calm supe­
tors them into shreds. “ Hare are the riority. “ D * so, John Rod well, and be­
presents you ( a r t me; see what 1 do fore tw o hours yonr ancle shall know
with them!”
And she took out some all that I can tell him.
Do not fall
trinkets, and crushed them beneath her into a passion. You have fallen into
toaC “ Now will you ask ms i f it is the trap, and yon will never get ont o f
money 1^want o f you?”
it by beating yourself against the bars!”
H e r face was something awful to look
H e muttered and laughed scornfully,
upon in its deathly pallor, and convul­ but he wae conquered— cowed.
H er
sive quivering, and those glaring eyes. triumph was complete* Presently. they
That man, with all hia iron will, quailed left the room together. Judith double
before her.
locking the door behind her.
“ W hat do you want, foes?”
I saw no more o f Judith or Mr. Rod-
“ Respect, and I w ill haTe it. L et
well.
A s soon as they were gone 1
refresh your memory. You found me in crawled back to bed, utterly prostrated
a traveling show. I was a mere child both mentally and bodily. Soon after­
thee, possessed o f a strange power over ward* the nurse returned, and after giv­
certain minds— a power that to an am ing me my medicine, and some beef tea,
bitious, unscrupulous schemer like your­ wrapped herself up In a blanket, and
self, might one day prove Invaluable. patting the key o f the door under her
You saw no way to use me at the time, head, as was her custom, lay down upon
but you were loth to lose sight o f so ad the sofa to take her night’s repose.
mirable an instrument.
You wormed
yourself into my confidence, and
got
CHAPTER XXV.
from me that I waa discontented with
Hour after hoar I lay tossing about
a mode o f life which gave me but a in a sleepless, mental agony. Clara was
b e n living, and "filled the pockets o f my undoubtedly in the same house with me,
employer. I was vain o f the attention of exposed to heaven knows what sufferings
e line gentleman— I w h o had been and persecutions; and yet, fo t any hope
brought up in a back ‘ alley. Yon told o f seeing or succoring her, I might as
m y father that if he liked to go to Bury well have been hundreds o f miles away.
8 b Edmund's you would help to
A t last, nnable to lie there any longer,
him up in business— that you would rec- 1 rone and d»eased myself. A fire was
ommend him custom, as you
still smoldering In the huge grate, and a
some influence in the neighborhood.”
night light was burning upon the table.
“ H a ve you ever had reason to repent Th e nnrse, by her hard, regular breath­
taking my counsel T ’
ing. seemed to be in a deep sleep, and I
“ M y father hit upon a more easy and moved about cautiously. H er face was
profitable trade than shoemaking,
turned to the open side o f the sofa. I
went on, not heeding the interruption. crept behind It and inserted my trem­
“ H ad we depended upon your promises, bling hand beneath the pillow, feeling
w e might have starved. You thought no further and further until my fingers
o f them, and yearn elapsed after touched n hard substance— it was the
our parting n t Spalding before I ever ward key.
Little by little I drew it
beard anything o f you again. One- day away— ah* atill sleeping profoundly—
w e met in the streeta o f Bury. Although fitted It noiselessly in the lock, turned it,
years had elapsed, we recognized each and the next moment found myself in a
other instantly.
You expressed great large, dark hall, at the foot o f an im­
delight at tha meeting, which certainly mensely wide staircase.
waa not feigned, as it gava into your
I closed the door softly behind me.
bands the exact tool you required, to A long window, that stretched upwards
fashion one o f the most diabolical from the first landing, admitted suffi­
schemes that was ever batched in hu­ cient tight to guide me, and, with a
man brains. But before you dared to noiseless step, I crept np the stairs. A t
propose it to me it was necessary to the top o f the first flight was a long
make me your slave.
When you last corridor, on each side o f which, as far
saw me I was an ungainly looking, ugly as I could see, fo r the further end was
girl; now I w as-a well-grown woman, lost in obscurity, was a line o f doors.
with good looks enough to have secured Now came my difficulty; the slightest
several offers o f advantageous marriage. error would not only defeat my present
But I was proud, ambitious; tha life object, bnt consign me to a stricter sur­
I led, and all ita associations, were hate­ veillance than ever, and perhaps bring
fu l to me— I longed to be free o f them about Clara’ s removal to some spot to
ail. and I waited and waited. You. with which I could obtain no cine. Suppose,
your .fiendish cunning, divined my secret; by chance, that I should go to Judith’ s
prof essed love for me. Blinded by am­ chamber door? I shuddered
at
the
bition and vanity, I believed you— be­ thought
lieved that you, the fins gentleman,
I stood fo r some moments at the head
would marry me. But at that time you o f the corridor, irresolute what to do,
simply lied, ts serve your own purpose. listening eagerly for the slightest sonnd
You were very cautious, too— you bound that might guide me. Bnt the silence
m e down to breathe no word o f your was deathlike.
Down the corridor I
secrets to my father. You said, once moved noiselessly.
Through the crev­
in his power, you would never be free ices o f the third door came faint streaks
from hia extortions.”
o f light and faint muffled sounds, either
"Silencer* thundered Rod well, spring­ moans or a low, monotonous singing—
ing to hia feet.
the walls and dears were so thick, that
“ W ell, enough o f that) for the pres­ it waa difficult to distinguish which.
ent.
A fte r the girl’s flight, you left
I . listened more eagerly, until I fan­
Bury, and I did not see you again for a cied I could distinguish Clara’ s voice.
long, long time. A t last, you returned. I pansed for a moment, and then, with
Bo you have got her into your clutch my heart beating in my throat, tapped
again. W hat is it to be this time— mur­ gently. Breathlessly I waited for sev­
der or marriage?”
eral seconds. No answer. Then I tap­
H ow my heart leaped! Could it be ped a second time a little louder. A
’ Clara o f whom she was speaking? The sound o f moving, and then a soft, trem­
portrait l had seen in his namesake’ s ulous voice, that thrilled my very soul,
cottage— the likeness to her, forgotten asked faintly, “ Who is there?”
until that moment, flashed upon me with
I could doubt no longer.
The key
the force o f conviction. Oh, how eager­ waa in the lock outside. 1 tried it— turn­
ly, how breathlessly, I listened now!
ed it— opened the door— met her whom
“ H o w dare you speak such words to I sought— beard a low cry o f astonish­
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 1 fancied that 1 heard
deavor to establish such a charge against a sound like the click o f a lock in the
m e !"
corridor. I suddenly turned, disengaged
“ I believe you to be capable o f any myself from her arms, and looked ont.
crime. John Rod well.” she answered, dis­ A il seemed precisely as I had left It—
dainfully; “ although you would give the no light, no object, no sound; it mnst
I gently drew the
preference to that which compromised have been fancy.
key from the outside, and, reversing it,
you least.”
“ Suppose I admit that I intend to mar­ loosed the door from within. W e were
ry her. what then?” he demanded, bold­ aloDe— no one could surprise ns now.
T o her eager questions, how had I dis­
ly. “ You ivill seek to thwart me?”
“ I keep my Intentions to myself. But covered her, I scarcely knew what to
I bad forgotten; perhaps you are not arsw er; for, the first excitement o f out
aware yon have a rival?” she snid. mock­ meeting over, I repented that I had eve»
ingly. “ ‘You would not imagine Mr. sought it. Could I have freed her from
Carstou in the character o f a gay de­ her enemies then, and then only, would
ceiver; yet. I can assure you that, dur­ it have been justifiable? As it was, I
ing a short absence from hia loving wife, was feeding my own hopeless passion,
he was making violent lore to Miss and engaging more and more closely the
Clara as a aingle gentleman, and not affections of a simple-hearted girl, be­
neath tha very roof that sheltered the
unsuccessfully, I believe.”
implacable woman who claimed as her
“ This is no subject to Jest upon,” he husband. . Oh, all this was weak, crim­
said, haughtily. "D o you mean to say inally wehk; and I felt it so. and yet I
that this fellow has dared------”
had not the courage to end it honestly.
H e advanced menacingly towards me;
A fte r a while 1 asked her what hap­
hut. weak as I was. I rose up, and con­ pened upon the fatal night that we lost
fronted him. I felt do fear o f him, al­ her— how she came to be separated from
though I was too agitated to speak— too us.
overwhelmed by the thoughts o f my
She told me that a rash o f people had
worse than powerless position.
H e paused; then, with a look o f su­ suddenly impelled her forward, and that
preme scorn, he turned upon his heel and by the time she could turn her head to
addressed Judith. "Such an object is too look round, she found that ahe had been
contemptible to excite anger. However, carried ont o f sight o f Mrs. Wilson.
A t that moment a yonng man, evident­
1 presume that for the future you will
rw traio iu him such roving propensi­ ly the same who ha<^ delivered Montgom­
ties, more especially after the confidence ery’ s message to me, touched her upon
you have chosen to repose in him this the shoulder, and said that I was wait­
evening. Now let me understand. Do ing for her in a cab a little way down
the street.
we part friends or foes?”
“ H e was hurrying me along all the
“ 1 pledge myself to nothing either
way. For years yon nsed me as a tool. time he was speaking,” ahe went on:
Now we have the reverse o f the medal; “ and I was too bewildered by my situa­
you are utterly within my power, and I tion to offer the slightest resistance.
w ill nse that power to minister solely There was a long line o f cabs and car­
to my own interest, or caprice, as the riages; the onq he pointed ont as ours
case may be, without one thought o f yon. was the last o f all, and stood up an un­
Y'ou should have remembered that those frequented side street. H e opened the
door and pnshed me in; at the same
who love intensely, hate intensely.”
H e regarded her tor a moment with a moment a strange man jumped in past
disconcerted look, which she met by one me, the door was slammed, the windows
o f determination. H e tried to laugh off raised, and the horses were off at full
the effect of her words, hut the laugh speed, before I could recover ***y ’breath."
From her description. I discovered
was a woful failure. “ W hat a fool I
most be to stand listening to the words that this man who accompanied her
was Montgomery.
f * t
o f a mad woman!" be cried.
“ I am such a poor, nerveless crea­
ture— so utterly destitute o f all pres­
ence o f mind— that I conld only crouch,
in a corner and sob with terror.”
A fte r a drive, which seemed to her
excited fancy to eudure for hours, they
stopped before a tall iron gata. which,
after a time, was opened from witblu.
They drove over a long, winding walk,
at the end o f which was a large, gloomy
lookiug house, before which the v< Mole
stopped. Then, assisted by Montgomery,
sho was suffered to alight. A ferns)«
servant conducted her to the apartment
- -A .
In which I found her.
“ She was very kind to me.” Clara
went on, “ and assured me over and over
P la n to r Chicken-Hoi
again that no harm wonld be dona to
▲ T ex a s wom an In F a rm and Ranch
me— that I waa among friends, and
whatever I liked to ask tor I should <*«»crlbes a chicken honao fo r the ben-
have, but that she could uot permit me to e&t o f any w h o may w ish a clean, con-
leave that room. But no'entreaty could veaien t one.
wring from her who her employer was. | I t la bu ilt o f 1x12 boards, w e ll alat-
I have been here now nearly a fortnight ted on throe aides; the fron t has a
-e v e ry th in g l hare expressed a wish , for Btrlpped
or r UtticBd
door
one
au
u
la iu r c u u
u u r i ,n
u w
u v c c v o i m
u v *.,
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has been given me. and I waa growing
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quite reconciled to m , p o s T r io n !^ “ *
^
pl* at* , ° f
can be content iu any place where 1 am the roosts ara sw in gin g poles, sus-
treated kindly; but this evening, just as
I was watching the great red aun sink
behind the trees, I heard my door open,
and upon looking round I saw------”
She buried her face in her hands,
seemingly unable to proceed.
I knew
perfectly well whom ahe had seen, al­
though I asked the question.
“ Those terrible eyes!” she answered,
sinking her voice to a whisper.
By the aid o f words 1 had heard spok­
en a few hours before, I began to an-
deratand it all now, but only dimly. I
asked her what ahe meant.
OONVEHIENT CHICKEN HOUSE.
“ Ah, I have never told yon!” shet said,
with a shudder, " I will tell you now, pended by heavy w ire, out o f the
that yon may understand my fearful po­ d r a f t
T h e w alla com e w ithin fo u r­
sition, and that you may take me away
teen Inches o f the ground and the
from it."
She knelt down at my feet, and nestled nests are m ade on the outside, then
boxed up w ith ' g slanting
close to me as she told her story, speak­ securely
c o ver that la hinged on and can be
ing in a subdued voice.
“ I was brought np by a dear, kind rained from the outside. T h is prevents
grandfather, the only friend I ever knew; h avin g to en ter the henhouse when
for my father, who was an officer, died you w ish to gather np the eggs. I t
in India, when I was very young, knd has the appearance shown In the Illus­
my mother followed him withiu leas than
tration.
a year. She waa my grandfather’s young­
Small tin rana are tacked on the
est and favorite daughter; and, after
her death, he seemed to have trans­ roost, tha w a lla and near the neats;
ferred ali bis affection to me. for he lit­ In them Is kept m othlne balls; they
erally doted upon me. I had a cousin keep out all vermin.
who was much— much older than my­
K a r k e t ia g th e
self, but, like myself, an orphan.
I
never liked him— or, 1 should rather say,
E ggs should be gathered eve ry day
I waa always frightened o f him; yet ev- In summer and often er In w inter, on-
erybody called him handsome, especially less the hen house la w arm enough
all the women. Until my mother brought so that the eggs w ill not freeze and
me home, a little girl, from India, ho was
burst the shell. P u t the eggs Into a
the favorite nephew, and was supposed
to bo the heir to all hi* grandfather's basket w ith the sm all end dow n nntil
wealth. John Rodwell hated me, and ready to pac*. In boxes fo r shipping
showed it, too, and that turned the old and keep In a cool room. Then pack In
gentleman against him.
When 1 was the box w ith the card-board separa­
about thirteen, grandfather made a fresh tors, w ith the small end down. T h ey
w ill; and as he waa never content to w ill keep fresh longer I f packed in this
have me a moment from hia side, it was w ay. than I f put Into the boxes in a
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
this
Is found In the fa c t that the yolk
sessed, with the exception o f an anno-,
ity to John, and the former will, by cannot settle to the shell when - the
which John wonld have inherited all hia sm all end I s put dow n and the a ir
wealth, was destroyed. I was very much cannot strike the yolk as long as it
troubled when I heard this; aDd I told d0es not touch the shell. W hen eggs
grandfather how much happier I should brlng B good price It Is better to sell
than to raise ch icken« to sell,
be i f be would let thing* remain as they ^
were, as I waa certain Cousin John
would know better what to do with the fo r tb ® proflt ,s S '**1 * nd there Is 1,01
so grea t an outlay. B y all means raise
money than I should.
“ W eil, in some way or other Cotwih chickens w hen eggs do not bring a
John found ont that a new will had very good price. A m on g the most pro­
been made, and that T waa present at lific layers w ill be found the Black
the time. Once or twice he put soma Spanish, the Black, W h ite and Brow n
questions to me in an off-hand kind o f Leghorns. Poland, H am burg, C reve
manner as to ita contents; bnt mindful
tn d L a Flecbe, w hich a re larger
o f the strict injunction. I had. received. ^
Black 8panlshi bnt ^ « w h a t
I waa very cautious, and finding that ha
sim ilar to them.— E p lto m lst
could elicit nothing from me, he gave up
the attem pt
But he became a more
C le ft G r af t i n g .
frequent visitor to us.
H e also took
V a rieties o f g ra ftin g are many, but
great pains to ihgratiate himself iuto
c le ft g ra ftin g represents the method
grandfather’ s good graces, and uot un­
com m only in use fo r tbe g ra ftin g o f
successfully.
orchard trees w here the old top la to
(T o he continued.»
be rem oved during the course o f a
fe w years and a new one Is to bs
C O W L IK E D T H E S M O K E .
grow n In its place. T b e Ideal tim e fo r
B n t S h e R efu sed to G iv e U su a l Su pply this top g ra ftin g la w uen the leave*
are ju st pnsblng ont, fo r then the
o f M ilk .
A lfre d James, o f the U niversity o f
Vinginia, was a disturbing elem ent iu
farm life one day last week, says the
Baltim ore Sun.
H e w ent out to Reisterstown to visit
a friend. H e found tbe young man in
the barn abofit to begin the day’ s nil k-
lng. H is friend is a civil engine . t , but
is spending the summer a t bis coun­
try borne, in Baltim ore county, and de­
lights in tbe sim ple occupations o f the
farm . One o f bis hobbies is milking
the cews, and he was about to begin
on a very ladylike old brindle when
Mr. Jam es climbed tbe fence and call­
ed ont to him.
Mr. R., the gentlem an o f bucolic
tastes, came to meet him, and the two
shook hands and chatted for a few
minutes.
“ Excuse me, old ;nan," be said to
Mr. James, "w h ile I milk the cow.”
“ (Jo ahead,” tbe latter replied. “ I ’d
C L E F T G R A F T SCION— C l. K I T G R A F T IN G ---
like to watch you do it."
Thereupon Mr. R. put his stool In
A W A X E D STUB.
place, arranged his legs as long-tlaiLed
wounds o f g ra ftin g heal rapidly. But
milkmen have to do and proceeded.
In practice, i f a lnrge amount o f w ork
Mr. James w alked to the cow ’s head
Is to be done, it may be necessary to
arid gently stroked her neck, saying
begin from one to tw o months earlier
appropriate and en d ea tin g ‘ tlfings tho
and to continue several weeks beyond
while. H e had bis pipe in his hand
tbe Ideal point o f time. Th e w hole
and held It under the co w ’s nose.
operation o f cleft g ra ftin g appears
She sniffed, looked about, sniffed
clea rly in tbe Illustration.
again and loked about, and then sniff­
ed. She seemed to like it. Mr. Jamea
H o g s in th e O rc h a rd .
began to laugh, but in a fe w minutes
In' regard to the hogs skinning the
Mr, R. got up in d isgu st H e said a orchard trees. If you pnt a dozen or
a fe w things nbout the cow and com­ tw o o f bogs on an acre o f land, very
plained that the “ bloom ing old thjng likely they w ill skin the tree«, or a
w on’t let down s drop o f milk.”
flock o f sheep» w ould also. T h ey must
H e then kicked her In the ribs, have room.
Th ere must not be too
drove her Into her stall and turned thq many In a buneb. It Is said that hogs
jo b o f m ilking o ver to one o f the w ill tear dow n a pigpen to get the
farm bands as he w ent o ff with his w ood to e a t I f you th row them a lit­
gu est
tle lim e they w ill let the pen alone.
Th e cow wns so delighted with tho I know th a t they have been known
odor o f the smoke that she forgot all to d ig out a stone w a ll fo r the lime.
about giv in g milk as usual.
I f you feed a hog some corn and
Mr. James thought It was n great iion’ t starve him to death, he w ill let
Joke on a suitable occasion. Rut the your trees alone. G ive the hog room
funniest part o f the Joke didn't seem enough and g iv e him som ething to e a t
to appeal to him so much the morn­ — J. J. Blackw ell.
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ing fo llow in g the Incident, when Tit
breakfast coffee had to he drunk w tli-
T e a c h in g a H orae to Rtand.
A s soon as the colt Is fa irly gentle
ont cream, as It did the afternoon !>».
for®.
_
and has been ridden a fe w times,
throw tbe reins down, and w ith a
T b e greatest happiness comes from strong but aoft ropa bobble hia fron t
the greatest a c tivity .— Rovcu.
toga. Fas ton a ropa tw en ty fea t long
to on * fron t leg and the other to a
•tout post -or stake.
O rdinarily the
tyorse w ill not m ove w hen thus fasten ­
ed, but i f
doe« be soon cornea to
grief. - A few Masons o f this sort w ill
never be forgotten.
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A ft e r a w blla It w ill only be neces­
sary to w rap tha reins around tbe
horse’s fron t lags, and later sim ply
dropping tha rains to tha ground w ill
ha su fficient I f any tim e the horse
gets to m ovin g aronnd and forgets his
early training, pass the reins through
the stirrup and then up and o ver the
horn o f the saddle. T h is pulls the
bead around to one aide and tha horse
w ill generally not go far.— Farm und
Home.
r ...
Hem «d ie « in the Barn.
Th e w rite r has recently erected a
small closet In the barn. In which is
kept a fe w a rticle« such as experience
has taught ns should be handy. A t
the suggestion o f tbe m other o f the
fa m ily a large bottle o f w itch hazel
and several bottles o f vaselin e w ere
added, together w ith a roll o f p artly
w orn muslin. T h e very day tola closet
waa completed and Ita contents placo^,
o n « o f the horses by accident struck
Its head against the aide o f tbe stall
so that there w as a decided bruise
aronnd the eye. Ont cam e the w itch
hazel, and b y frequ ent applications o f
It during tbe day tbe sw ellin g w as
subdued and the horse made more
com fortable.
W e h ave tw o bottles o f vaselina
each o f tbe plain sort and the car
bolated vaseline, and this last has been
found very useful on a num ber o f oc­
casions. A c a lf had an ugly spot on
its side, a raw prond-flesh sort o f
eczema, fo r which w e could not ac
cou n t
W e took a spoonful o f flour
o f snlpbnr and made a batter o f It
w ith a little carbolated vaseline end
treated that spot fo r i w eek, healing
It perfectly.
H a v e a little closet as
described and keep odd things in i t
bnt don’t fo rg e t w itch hazel, vaseline
and a roll o f soft, clean muslin.— In ­
dianapolis News.
U a e fa l B o w lin e .
T b e bow and knot la one o f the most
useful knots w e have, and one w hich
com paratively fe w can tie. I t 1a. a
knot sailors use constantly. T h e Illus­
tration w ill show exactly how It is
tied. L a y the parts together as In the
fltift figure, b crossing o ver s. Then
bring a o v e r b, bringing the end np
8waden waa obliged by the
atranc« of Prussia to decline tbe » w f -
ie re d subsidy of England.
T h e c ity o f Lubeck, Germ any, w a s
surrounded b y French troops to p n -
vent English products from being In ­
troduced. <
Eighteen Am erican vessels w e n nt
the port o f Am sterdam .
Th a French governm ent paisael n
la w grantin g pension* to a ll em igrants
from Santos Domingo.
T h ree thousand French troepa n e w
ordered to Th e H agu e to prevent an
uprising which w as dally expected.
R e e nforcem ents o f French troops a r ­
rived nt Santo Dom ingo and effectual­
ly repnised Em peror Dessailnes’ arm y.
Portu gal purchased w ith the esneaT-
renee o f England tbe sufferance s f
France to remain neutral in the mar.
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Seventy-five Years Ago«
Yucatan declared Itself independent
Pastu ring oif cow s on the Boston
common waa forbidden by law.
Sioux Indiana annihilated tha Saa
and F o x tribes near Dubuque, Iow a.
T h e first light o f the Blackrock light­
house at Liverpool appeared.
Congress provided fo r a boundary
line to be run between Louisiana and
Arkansas territories.
Petroleum waa discovered In K en ­
tucky, and as it w as supposed to have
beating properties It w as bottled and
sold throughout-the U nited State
Europe fo r medicine.
T b e first gold from Georgia
w as received a t the U nited States
m in t
^
fifty Years Ago.
HOW TO T IE THE KNOTS.
through the loop as in the next fig­
ure. N o w carry b around and under
a, passing It down through tbe loop
as In the final figure. I t is impossible
fo r this knot do slip when properly
tied. I t Is nsefnl In all sorts o f em ergen­
cies. In a loop.thus made a man can
sa fely be hoisted to any height w ith
no dan ger o f tke knot slipping. I t is
especially u sefu l fo r tbe farm er. An
animal can be led.by means o f it w ith
no danger o f the knots slipping and
choking the animal, no m atter bow
much It may plnnge or poll.— A m eri­
can A g ricu ltu rist
■ T o P r e v e n t T r e e F r a u d «.
T h e «Indiana fa rm er that baa 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 fruit
tree fraud. I t 1* said that tbe bill
which w as Introduced by Representa­
tive Shively, o f South Bend, grew out
o f N otre Dam e U n iversity’s purchase
o f tree* that w ere not w h at they w ere
represented to be. A s Introduced, the
bill provided a year’s Imprisonment,
but this was stricken o u t
S h eep Hhearltur«.
Sheep are more economical
producers than steers.
meat
T o secure the beet returns in feed­
ing have tbe sheep as even as possible.
W hen breeding to im prove ew es
should be tw o years old when bred.
T b e more sheep you can keep and
keep right the less per sheep w ill the*
cost be.
Under ordinary conditions the man­
ure from sheep should pay for tbe la­
bor o f caring fo r them.
Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender,
died a t Triest.
T h e N iagara suspension bridge w aa
completed.
A free public school system w as es­
tablished in Illinois.
T b e A tlan tic and S t Law ren ce ra il­
road w as leased to the Grand Trunk
railroad fo r 000 years.
Nassau hall at Princeton university,
built In 1756, w as destroyed by fire, j
Several persons w ere killed by t b « 4
fa llin g in o f tbe floor o f the tow n hall
a t Meredith, N. H .
T h e plenipotentlariea at Ylenna e x ­
changed pow ers and commenced pro­
ceedings tow ard agreeing apon tb «
term « o f Russo-Turkish peace.
Forty Y<
T b e panic In gold carried quotations
dow n to 17514, a drop o f 14% points
in three days.
Th e Parliam ent at Quebec adopted
tbe confederation scheme by a large
vote.
Reports o f Sheridan and Sherman's
successes sent gold down to 18»%. A
short tim e before it waa quoted at 220
and o ver.
N ew s reached the North that th «
Confederate Congress had passed a
bill to arm and equip the negroes as
soldiers.
Richmond (V a.) papers published an
exposure o f an sjleged conspiracy to
oust D a vis and Stephens, mnke H unter
president, and end the war.
President U n co In Issued a proclam a­
tion ordering that all citizens or domi­
ciled agents trafficking w ith Confed­
erates be arrested and held as prison­
ers o f w ar.
Thirty Years Ago.
Th e H a w aiia n treaty
wns
being
A good foot rot medicine must tie fought lu the Senate by sugar Inter­
som ewhat caustic, in liquid form and ests.
A t a consistory held nt the Vatican
cheap enough to use freely.
Archbishop
McCloskey 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
tbe verm in and then fatten.
m ilitary reorganization bill, the consti­
I f the b e«t profit Is realized, not
tution h aving been adopted several
only the wool, but the mutton and tbe
weeks previously.
lamb, must contribute their part.
A tornado devastated the town o f
I t w ill pay, i f you Intend to sell Rlenzl, Miss. T h e river bottoms In
your sheep at public sale, to have the N orthw est States w ere flooded.
some one grade them up In even lots.
Quite a sensation was caused In
England by tbe outcome o f the Mor-
G a th e re d In th e G ard en .
daunt divorce case In which L ady Mor-
T h e best thing fo r the g a r d e n - daunt was decreed guilty.
brains.
Cut the black knot out o f the plum
and cherry trees.
r « « r ty Yearn Ago.
Th e m ilitia w as mobilized at Sedalla
Radishes are usually ready fo r use
and other points In Missouri to sup­
in six w eeks from sowing. ■
press riot® incident to ' the railroad
Bone meal and wood ashes In the strike on the Gould system.
■oil are grea t fo r sw eet peas.
London papers adm itted that the ro­
Don’ t trim the cherry trees now. tations betw een England and Russia
W a lt till June and then
be ligh t w ere strained almost to the breaking
handed.
point o ver the tatter’s Afgh an fron tier
T o bleed the grapevines by cutting aggre«alon.
President C leveland Issued a procla­
during March, A p ril or M ay 1« bad
mation barring the "boom ers” from
m anagem ent
Cold fram es are useful fo r fo rw a rd ­ Oklahoma.
Ten thousand o f the 12,000 coal min­
ing lettuce and cabbage In spring or
ers In the Pittsbu rg district struck fo r
early summer.
higher wages.
Probably no other sm all, fru it w ill
T h « pow ers agreed to a conference
g iv e more w eigh t o f crop fo r the space
to
ba held in Parte to determ ine t h «
it occupies than the currant.
status o f tha Sues canal.