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C H A P T E R X X I V .—4Cos tinned.»
* H s turned aside, and remained silent
tar seme seconds. W hen next he apokn
It was in altered tones. “T ell me what
h a want? Is it money7 ’
“Money r she cried.
“Money from
yon! Look here,’* and she tore open a
lady's reticule that lay upon the table;
“there are the two hundred dollars yon
sent me enclosed in your farewell letter;
look what I do with them!”
And aha
tore them into ah reds
“ Here are the
presents you ( a r e me; see what 1 do
with them!“
And she took out some
trinkets, and crushed them beneath I
fe e t
“N ow will .you ask me if it is
money I want o f you?“
H e r face was somethin* awful to look
«p a n in its deathly pallor, and coarul-
s I to quivering, and those glaring eyes.
T h at man. with all his iron will, quailed
before her.
“W h a t do you want, then 7 *
“ Respect, and I will hare I t Lot sse
refresh your memory. T o « found me In
a traveling show. I w as a mere child
then, poeeaastd o f a strange power over
certain minds— a power that to«aa a n -
bttlena,'unscrupeloua schemer like your
self, might one day prove Invaluable.
T o « m w no way to use me at the time,
bot you were loth to lo w sight of ao ad
mirable an instrument
Ton wormed
yourself into my confidence, and
got
from me that I waa discontented with
a mods of life which gave me hut a
hare living, and filled the pockets o f my
employer. I w as vain of the attention o f
a fine gentleman— I
who had
been
brought up in n back alley. Ton told
any father that If he liked to go to Bury
I t Edmund's you woald help to sat
him up in business— that you would rec
ommend him custom, as you possessed
seme influence in the neighborhood.” i
“ H a re you ever had reason to repent
taking my counsel 7 '
„ .
“ M y father hit upon s more easy and
profitable trade than shoemaking.“ she
«rant on, not heeding the laterruptiaa.
“ H ad we depended upon your promises,
w e might have starred. Ton thought ns
snore of them, sad y e a n elapsed after
ear parting at Spalding before I ever
hoard anything of you again. One day
w e met in the streets of B u y . Although
jv m r m
uau e.apaeu, w . i
ether instantly.
You «
delight at ths meeting.
g a rs into your
hands the exact tool you required, te
fashion o a r o f the most diabolical
schemes that waa ever hatched in hu
man brains
But befbre you dared to
propose it to me it was necessary to
make me your slave.
When you last
saw me I was an ungainly looking, ugly
girl; now I was a well-grown woman,
with good looks enough to b are secured
several offers of advantageous marriage.
But I w as proud, ambitious; the life
I led, and all its associations, ware hate
ful to ms— I longed to be free of them
all. end I waited and waited. Ton, with
your fiendish conning, divined my secret;
profeseed love for me. Blinded by am
bition and vanity, I believed you — be
lieved that yon, the
fine gentleman,
would marry m s But at that time yon
simply lied, to serve your own purpose.
T o « were very cautious, too— you bound
me down to breathe no word of yonr
secrets to my father.
Ton mid, ones
In his power, you would never be free
fsom his extortions“
“ Silence P thundered Rod well, spring
ing to his feet.
“ W ell, enough o f that for the pres
ent.
A fte r the girl’s flight, yon left
Bury, and I did not see you again for s
long, long time. A t last, yon returned,
go you have got her Into your clutch
again. W h at is it to be this time— mur
der or marriage 7*
H o w my heart leaped! Could It be
C lara of whom she was speaking? The
portrait I had seen in his namesake’s
cottage— the likenem to her, forgotten
until that moment, flashed upon me with
the force of conviction. Oh, how eager
ly, how breathlessly, I listened n o#!
“ H o w dare you speak such words to
ms in the presence o f a stranger?“ he
cried. "T o n are venomous enough to en
deavor to establish such n charge against
m ar
“ I believe you to be capable of any
crime, John Rodwell.'’ she answered, dis
dainfully; “although you would give the
preference to that which compromised
yon least.”
“Suppose I admit that I intend to mar
ry her. what then 7* he demanded, bold
ly. “ You will seek to thwart me7 ’
“I keep my intentions to myself. But
I had forgotten; perhaps you are not
aware you have a rival?" she said, mock
ingly.
“You would not imagine Mr.
Carstou in the character of a gay de
ceiver; yet. I can assure you that, dur
ing a short absence from his loving wife,
he was making violent love to Miss
Clara as a gingle gentleman, and not
unsuccessfully, I believe.”
“This is no subject to jest upon.” he
said, haughtily. “D o you mean to say
that this fellow has dared-------”
H e advanced menacingly towards me;
hot, weak as 1 waa, I rose up, and con
fronted him. I felt no fear of him, al
though I waa too agitated to apeak— too
overwhelmed by the thoughts of my
worse than powerless position.
H e paused; then, with a look of su
preme scorn, he turned upon his heel and
addressed-Judith. “Such an object la too
rontemptibla to excite anger. However,
I presume that for the future you «rill
restrain in him such roving propensi-
tiea, more especially after the confidence
yon have chosen to repose in him this
evening.
Now let me understand. Do
we part friends or foes?”
“ 1 pledge myself to nothing
either
way. F or years you Used me as a tool.
N o w we have the reverse of the medal;
you are utterly within my power, and I
will use that power to minister solely
to my own interest, or caprice, as the
case may be, without one thought of you.
You should have remembered that those
who love intensely, hate intensely.”
lie regarded her for a moment with a
disconcerted look, which ahe met by one
of determination. H e tried to laugh off
the effect of ber words, hut the iaugh
waa a woful failure.
“ W h at a fool I
must be to stand listening to the vrerds
• f n mad woman!” he cried.
H e was leaving the room when she
called to him. “ W here are you going?
I f you are going to her mom. I have the
key. I will accompany you.”
H e looked more aghaet than ever; then
he broke out into strong
anathemas
against Montgomery, against whom he
vowed the most deadly vengeance,
i “ Montgomery haa served me well, and
I dare you to harm him in any way,
she raid, in the same tone of calm supe
riority. “ Do se, John Rodwell. and be
fore two hours your uncle shall know
all that I can tell him.
D o not fall
bate a passion.
Ton have fallen into
the trap, and yon will never get out of
it by beating yourself against the bars!“
H e muttered and laughed scornfully,
but he w as conquered— cowed.
H er
triumph w as complete.
Presently they
left the room together. Judith double
locking the door behind her.
I m w no more of Judith or Mr. Rod-
well.
A a soon aa they were gone I
crawled back to bed. utterly prostrated
beth mentally and bodUy. Soon after
wards the nurse returned, and after giv
ing mo my medicine, and some beef tea,
wrapped herself np in n blanket, and
putting the key of the door under her
head, aa waa her castom, lay down upon
the aofa to take her night's repose.
“I am suck s poor,
tore— eo utterly destitute o f all
ence of mind— that I could only crouch
in a corner and sob with terror.”
A fter a drive, which seemed to her
excited fancy to endure for hours, they
stopped before a tall iron gate, which,
after ■ time, was opened from within.
They drove over a long, winding walk,
st the end of which was a largs, gloomy
looking keuas, before which the v< Side
stopped. Then, aasisted by Montgomery,
ahe was suffered to slight.
A female
servant conducted her to the apartment
in which I found her.
“ She waa very kind to me,” Clara
want on. “snd assured ms over and over
■gain that no harm would bs done to
me— that I waa amoug friends, and
whatever I liked to aak for I should
have, but that she could not permit me to
leave that room. But no entreaty could
erring from her who her employer was.
I have been here now nearly a fortnight
— everything I have expressed n wish for
haa been given me, and I was growing
quite reconciled to my poeition, for I
can be content in any place where I am
treated kindly; but this evening. Just aa
I w as watching ths great red sun sink
behind the trees, I heard my door open.
snd upon looking round I saw-------”
She buried her face in her hands,
seemingly nuable to proceed.
I knew
perfectly well whom she had seen, al
though I naked Whs question.
*1
—
“Those terrible eyes!” ahe answered,
sinking her voice to a whisper.
B y the aid of words t had heard spok
en s few hours before, I began to an-
derstand it all now. but only dimly, J
asked ber what aha meant.
“ Ah, I have never told you!” shet Mid.
with a shudder. “ 1 will tell you now,
that you may understand my fearful po
sition. aud that you may take m e.«w ay
from i t "
,
8ha knelt down at my feet, snd nestled
close to me as she told ber story, speak-
tng in a subdued voice.
“ I was brought up by a dear, kind
grandfather, the only friend I ever knew;
for my father, who waa an officer, died
In India, when I waa vary young, and
my mother followed him withiu I s m than
a yM r. She was my grandfather's young
est snd favorits daughter; and, after
her death, ha seemed to have trans
ferred all his affection to me. fo r he lit
erally doted upon me. I had n cousin
who was much— much older than my
self, but, like myself, an orphan.
I
never liked him— or. I should rather My,
I was always frightened of him; yet ev
erybody called him handsome, especially
sll ths women. Until my mother brought
me home, a. little girl, from India, he waa
the favoriti nephew, aud waa supposed
to be the heir to all his grandfather’s
wealth.
John Rodwell hated me, snd
showed it. too, and that turned ths old
gentleman against him.
W hen I was
■boat thirteen, grandfather made a fresh
will; snd as ha was never content to
have me a moment from his aide, it waa
dictated to the lawyer in my presence.
In it I was named heiress to ail he pos
sessed. with the exception of sn annu
ity to John, and the former will, by
which John would have inherited ail his
wealth, was destroyed. I was very much
troubled when I heard this; and I told
grandfather how much happier I should
be if ha would let things remain aa thgy
were, aa I was certain Cousin John
would know better what to do with tha
money than I should.
“ W ell, In some way or other Coe sin
John found out that a new will hadi
been made, and that I waa present at
the time. Ohce or twice he put some
questions to me in au off-hand kind of
manner aa to ita contents; but mindful
of the strict injunctions I had received,
1 w as very cautious, and finding that nW
coaid elicit nothing from me, he gave np
the attempt.
But he became a., more
frequent visitor to u a
H e also took
great pains to ingratiate himself into
grandfather’* good graces, and not an-
successfully.
«Te he continued.»
C H A P T E R ]* X V .
H our after hour I lay toesing about
in a alMplM i. mental agony. C lara waa
undoubtedly in the same bouse with me,
exposed to heaven knows what sufferings
and persecution«; and yet, for any hope
o f seeing or onccoring her, I might as
well have been hundreds of miles away.
A t Mat, unable to lie there any longer,
I rose and dressed myself. A fire was
«till smoldering in the huge grate, and a
night light w as banting upon the table.
The none, by her hard. regular breath
ing, seemed to be in a deep sleep,.and I
moved about cautiously. H er fa c e 'w a s
tam ed to the open aide o f the sofa. I
crept behind It and inserted my trem
bling hand beneath the pillow, feeling
farther end farther nntii my fingers
touched n hard substance— It waa the
w ard key.'
Little, by little I drew it
aw ay— ohs still sleeping profoundly—
fitted it noiselessly in the lock, turned it,
and the next moment found myself in a
large, dark hall, at the foot of as im
mensely wide staircase. ------- -
I closed the door softly behind my*
A long window, that stretched upwards
from the first landing, admitted suffi
cient light to guide me, and, with n
noiseless step, I crept np the stairs. A t
the top of the first flight waa a long
corridor, on each aide of which, as far
aa I could see, for the further end waa
lost in obscurity, waa a Hue of door».
N ow came my difficulty; the alightMt
error would not only defeat my present
object, but consign me to a stricter sur
veillance than ever, and perhaps bring
about Clara’s removal to some spot to
which I could obtain no clue. Suppose,
by chance, that I should go to Judith’s
chamber door?
I shuddered
at
the
thought
I stood for some moments st the hesd
of the corridor, irresolute what to do,
listening eagerly for the slightest sound
that might guide me.
But the silence
was deathlike.
Down the corridor I
moved noiselessly.
Through the crev
ices of the third door came faint streaks
o f light and faint muffled sounds, either
moans or n low, monotonous singing—
the walla and doors were so thick, that
it was difficult to distinguish which.
I listened more eagerly, until I fan
COW LIKED THE SMOKE.
cied I could distinguish Clara’s voice.
I paused for a moment, and then, with
B a t She Refused to G iv e U su al Supply
my heart beating in my throat, tapped
o f M ilk .
gently.
Breethlessly I waited for sev
A lfred James, of the University of
eral seconds. No answer. Then I tap
ped a second time a little louder-
A Vlnglnia, was ■ disturbing element in
sound of moving, and then a soft, trem farm life one day last week, says the
ulous voice, that thrilled my very soul, Baltimore Sun.
asked faintly, “ W ho la there?”
H e went out to Reisteratown to visit
I could doubt no longer.
The key a friend. He found the young man in
waa in the lock outside. I tried It— turn the barn about to begin the day's mak
ed it— opened the door— met her whom
ing. His friend la a civil engineer, but
I sought— heard a low cry of astonish
It spending the summer at hia coun
ment, and my darling waa in my arm s
A t that moment I fancied that I heard try home, in Baltimore county, and de-
n aound like the click of a lock in the lights in the simple occupations of the
corridor. 1 suddenly turned, disengaged farm. One of bis hobbies is milking
myself from her arms, and looked out. the cows, and he waa about to begin
A ll seemed precisely as I had left It—
on a very ladylike old brlndle when
no light, no object, no sound; It mast
Mr. James climbed the fence and call
have been fancy.
I gently drew the
ed
out to him.
key from the outside, and, reversing It,
Mr. R., the gentleman o f bucolic
locked the door frifm within. W e were
tastes, came to meet him, and the two
alone— no one could surprise ua now.
T o her eager questions, how had I dis shook hands and chatted for a few
covered her, I scarcely knew what to minutes.
»ra w e r; for, the first excitement of out
“ Excuse me, old man,” he said to
meeting over, I repented that I had eret
Mr. James, “ while I milk the cow.”
sought it. Could 1 have freed her from
“ Go ahead,” the latter replied. “I ’d
her enemies then, and then only, would
K have been justifiable? Aa It was, I like to watch you do It.” -
Thereupon Mr. R. put his stool In
was feeding my own hopeless passion,
and engaging more and more closely the place, arranged his legs as long-limbed
affections of a simple-hearted girl, be milkmen have to do and proceeded.
neath the very roof that sheltered the Mr. James walked to the cow's head
implacable woman who claimed as her
and gently stroked ber neck, saying
hnsband. Oh, all this w as weak, crim
inally weak; and I felt it so. and yet I appropriate and endearing things tho
had not the courage to end It honestly. while. He bad his pipe ,ln hia hand
A fter s while I asked her what hap aud held It under the cow’s nose.
pened upon the fatal night that ws lost
She sniffed, looked about sniffed
her— how she came to be separated from again and loked about, and then sniff,
ns.
ed. She seemed to like It. Mr. James
She told me that a rush of people had began to laugh, but In a few minutes
suddenly Impelled her forward, and that
Mr. R. got up In disgust H e said a
by ths time she could turn her head to
look round, ahe found that she had been a few things shout the cow and com
plained that the “ blooming old thing
carried ont of sight of Mrs. Wilson.
A t that moment a yonng man, evident won’t let down a drop o f milk.”
He then kicked her In the rib«,
ly the same who had delivered Montgom
ery’s message to me, touched her upon drove ber Into h?r stall and tnmed the
the shoulder, and Mid that I waa wait Job o f milking over to one of the
ing for her in a cab a little way down farm hands as he went off with his
the street.
guest
“ H e waa hurrying me along all the
The cow was so delighted with the
time he was speaking,” ahe went on;
odor of the smoke that she forgot all
“and I waa too bewildered by my situs
tion to% offer the slightest resistance. 4 about giving milk as usual.
Mr. James thonght it «was a great
There was a long line of cabs and car
riages; the one he pointed out as ours Joke on a suitable occasion. Rut the
« f t » the last of sll. snd stood up sn un
funniest part of the Joke didn’t seem
frequented side street
H e opened the to appeal to him so much the morn
door snd pushed me in; at the sanie ing following the Incident when at
moment a strange man jumped in past
breakfast coffee had to be drunk with
me, the door waa slammed, the windows
out
cream, as It did the afternoon lie-
raised, and the horses were off st full
■peed, before I could recover my breath.” fore.
« __________________
From ber description, I discovered
The greatest happiness comes from
that this man who accompanied ber
the greatest activity.— Bovee.
was Montgomery.
P la n to r C k lc k ta - H o a ss.
A T e x a s wom an in F arm and Ranch
describe« ■ chicken houa« fo r the ben
efit o f an y w h o m ay w ish a d e a n , con
venient one.
It U built o f 1x12 boards, w ell slat
ted on three sides; the front has a
■tripped o r latticed door in o n « corner,
this to Insure plenty o f ventilation;
the roosts are sw in gin g
poles, sus
pended by heavy wire, out o f
the
d ra ft
T h e w alla come w ithin fou r
teen Inches o f the ground and
the
nests a re m ade on the outside, then
securely
boxed
up with a slanting
cover that to hinged on and can be
rained from the outside. This prevents
h aving to enter the henhouse when
you w ish to gather up the eggs. It .
has the appearance shown 1« the illus
tration.
Sm all th> cans are tacked on the
roost the w a lls and near the nests;
in them to kept mo thine b alls; they
keep out all vermin.
M a r k e tin g tk a ]
E g g * should be gathered every day
In sum m er and oftener in winter, un-
lees the hen bouse to w arm enough
so that the eggs w ill not freeze and
buret the ebel!. P u t the eggs Into a
basket w ith tbe email end d o w n until
reedy to paca In boxes for shipping
and keep in a cool room. Then peck in
the box w ith the card-board separa
tors, w ith the sm all end dow n. They
w ill keep fresh longer If pecked In this
w a y than If p at Into the boxes In a
haphazard manner. T h e reason for
this to found In the fact that the yolk
cannot settle to the shell w hen tbe
■mall end la put dow n and the air
cannot strike the yolk as long as it
does not touch the shell. W h en eggs
brin g a good price It is better to sell
the eggs than to raise chickens to sell,
fo r the profit to good snd there to not
so great an outlay. B y all means raise
chickens when eggs do not brin g a
very good price. A m on g the most pro
lific layers w ill be fonnd the Black
Spanish, the Black, W h ite and B row n
Leghorns, Poland, H am bu rg, Creve
Coeur and L a Fleche, which a re larger
thwy B lack Spanish, but som ewhat
sim ilar to them.— E pltom ist
C le ft G r a ft in g .
V arieties o f graftin g are many, bnt
d e f t g raftin g represent» tbe method
commonly In use fo r the graftin g o f
orchard trees w here the old top to to
be removed during the coarse o f s
fe w y ears and s new one to to be
gro w n in Its place. The ideal time for
this top graftin g to wuen the leaves
are ju st pushing ont, fo r then the
to one front leg and the other to a
stout poet or stake.
O rdinarily the
h ere« w ill not m ove when thus fasten
ed, but If he d oM be seen comes to
grief. A fe w toesona o f this sort w ill
never be forgetten.
A fte r a w h ile It w ill enly be neces-
eary to w ra p the reins «rou n d ths
h o n e ’s front toga, and later «Im ply
dropping the mine to the ground w ill
be sufficient I f any time the horse
goto to m oving around and forgets bis
early training, pass the reins through
tbe stirrup and then up and over tbe
horn e f the saddle. T h is polls the
bead around to one aide and the horse
w ill generally not go far.— F a rm and
Home.
■em edlM In the B a n k
T b e w rite r has recently erected a
■mall closet In the barn. In which to
kept a fe w articles such as expertonce
hue taught ns should be bandy.
At
the suggestion o f the mother o f tbe
fam ily a large bottle o f witch haxel
and several bottles o f vaseline w ere
added, together with a roll o f partly
w orn muslin. The very day this closet
Sw eden w a s obliged by tb s
w a s completed and Its contents place 1,
■trance o f Pru ssia to decline f i n g as*
one o f the b o n e s by accident struck
fered subsidy o f England.
Ita heed against the side o f tbe stall
T b e city o f Lubock, Germ any, warn
so that there w a s a decided bruise
surrounded by French troops to pre
around tbe eye. Ont cam e tbe # ltc h
vent English products from feeing In-
haxel, and by frequent applications of
trod need.
It during the day the sw elling w aa
Eighteen Am erican
■nbdned and the horse made
more
tbe port o f Am sterdam . *
comfortable.
T h e French government
W e have tw o bottles o f
vaseline
tow granting pensions to all
epch o f the plain sort and tbe c a r
from Santo Domingo.
bolatod vaseline, and this last baa been
Three thousand French
found very useful on a num ber o f oc
ordered to T b e H agu e to pro*
casions. A c alf bad a a ngly spot on
uprising which w a s dally expected
its side, a ra w proud-flesh sort o fi
Re-enforcements o f French troepe «ar
eczema, fo r which w e could not sc-
rived at Santo Dom ingo and effectual
count
W e took a spoonful o f flour
ly repulsed Em peror DesaoHnee' arm y.
o f snlphnr and made a batter o f It j
Portugal purchased with tha seneor-
with a little earbolated vaseline and!
rence o f England tbe sufferance ofi
treated that spot for a week, healing
France to remain neutral in ths mas.
it perfectly.
H a v e a little closet as I
described and keep odd things In It .!
but don’t forget witch haxel, vaseline Seventy-five Years Ago»
Yucatan declared Itself
and a roll o f soft, clean muslin.— In
P asturin g o f cows on tbe
dianapolis N ew s.
common w a s forbidden by law .
U s s fa l B o w lin e .
Sioux Indiana annihilated tbe
T h e b o w and knot to one o f tbe most and F o x tribes n ear Dubuque,
useful knots w e have, and one which
T b e first light o f tbe Blaekraek
com paratively fe w can tie.
It to a house at Liverpool appeared.
knot sailors use constantly. T b s Illus
Congress provided for a
tration w ill shojr exactly bo w It is line to T m ran between
'tied. L a y the parts together aa in tbe A rk an sas territories.
first figure, b crossing over a- Then
Petroleum w a s discovered fee 1
brin g a over b, bringing tbe end np tacky, and as it w a s supposed to 1
heeling properties It w aa bottled
sold throughout the United States
Europe for medicine.
T b e first gold from G eorgia mflaas
w a s received a t tbs U nited M a te s
m in t
•— - -
—-
Fifty Years Age.
HOW TO TIX THE KNOTS.
through the loop as In the negt fig
ure. N o w carry b around and under
a, passing It dow n through tbe loop
as In the final figure. It is impossible
fo r this knot to slip when properly
tied. *it Is u sefu l In all sorts o f emergen
cies. In a loop thns m ade a man can
M fe ly be hoisted to any height with
no dan ger o f the knot slipping. It to
especially useful for tbe farm er. A n
anim al can be led by means o f it with
no danger o f tbe knots slipping and
choking tbe animal, no matter how
much it m ay plunge or pull.— Am eri
can A g ric u ltu rist
T o P r e v e n t T r e e F ra u d «.
The Indiana farm er that has been
sw indled by tbe fruit tree agent will
be pleased w ith the law , enacted by
the last General Assem bly, providing
a fine o f from $50 to $500 for fruit
tree fraud.
It la said that the bill
which w a s Introduced by Representa
tive Shively, o f South Bend, g rew out
o f Notre D am e University’s purchase
o f trees that w ere not w h at they were
represented to be. A s introduced, the
bill provided a year’s Imprisonment,
but this w a s 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 best returns in feed
ing have the sheep as even as possible.
W h en breeding to Improve ewes
should be tw o years old when bred.
T b e more sheep yon can keep and
keep right the less per sheep w ill tbe
cost be.
C L K F T G R A F T SCIOIf— CT.EFT G R A F T IN G —
A W A X E D STUB.
w ounds o f g raftin g heal rapidly. But
in practice. If a large amount o f w ork
to to be done, it m ay be necessary to
begin from one to tw o months earlier
and to continue several weeks beyond
the ideal point o f time.
The whole
operation o f cleft graftin g appears
clearly In the Illustration.
H o g * In th e O rch a rd .
In regard to the bogs skinning the
orchard trees, i f you put a dozen or
tw o o f bogs on an acre o f land, very
likely they w ill skin the tree«, or a
flock o f sheep w ou ld also. T h ey must
have room.
There must not be too
many in a bunch. It to M id that bogs
w ill tear dow n a pigpen to get the
wood to e a t I f you throw them a lit
tle lime they w ill let tbe pen alone.
I know that they have been known
to d ig ont a stone w a ll fo r tbe lime.
I f you feed a b o g some corn
and
don’t etarve him to death, he w ill let
your tree« alone. G ive the hog room
enough and give him something to e a t
— J. J. B la c k w e ll.
T each In s • H o r s t to s ta n d .
A s soon as the colt to fairly gentle
and
has been ridden a fe w time«,
throw tbe reins down, and w ith a
strong but soft tops babble bis front
toga. Fasten a rope twenty feet long
Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender,
died at T rie s t
T b e N ia g a ra suspension. bridge w a s
completed.
A free pnbllc school system w a s es
tablished in Illinois.
T h e Atlantic and S t L aw ren ce rail
road tras leased to the G ran d T ra n k
railroad for 999 years.
.
Nassau hall at Princeton university,
built In 1756, w aa destroyed by Die.
Several persons w ere killed by tbe
fallin g In o f the floor o f tbe town kail
at Meredith, N. H .
The plenipotentiaries at Ykenaa ex
changed pow ers and commenced pro
ceedings tow ard agreeing open tbe
terms o f ^Rusao-Turkish peace,
fo r t y
Years
Ago».
T b e panic in gold carried qnotations
dow n to 175Vi, a drop o f 14)4 petoto
in three days.
T h e Parliam ent at Quebec adopted
tbe confederation scheme by a large
vote.
Reports o f Sheridan and Sherm an’s
successes sent gold down to 189)4. A
short time before It w as quoted st 220
snd over.
N e w s reached the North that tha
Confederate Congress had passed a
bin to arm said equip the negroes as
soldiers.
Richmond (V s .) papers published sn
exposure o f an alleged conspiracy to
oust D avis and Stephens, make H unter
president, and end tbe w ar.
President Lincoln issued a proclam a
tion ordering that all citizens or domi
ciled agents trafficking with Confed
erate» be arrested and held as prison
ers o f w ar.
U n der ordinary conditions the man
ure from sheep should pay for the la
bor o f caring for them.
Thirty Year* Ago.
Cut the black knot ont o f the plain
and cherry trees.
»
Tw eaty Y e a r s Ago.
The H a w a iia n treaty
w as
being
A good foot rot medicine must be fought in the Senate by su gar Inter
som ewhat caustic, in liquid form and ests.
A t a consistory held at the Vatican
cheap enough to use freely.
Archbishop McCloakey o f N e w York
Sheep cannot be fattened profitably
w a s made a cardinal.
w hen they are full of parasites. K ill
The French Assem bly
passed the
the vermin and then fatten.
military reorganization bill, tbe consti
I f the beet profit to realized, not
tution having been adopted several
only the wool, bnt the mutton and the
w eeks previously.
lamb, m o it contribute their p a rt
A tornado devastated tbe town o f
It w ill pay, i f you Intend to sell Rlenzi, Miss.
The river bottoms la
your sheep at pnbllc sale, to have tbe Northwest States w ere flooded.
some one grade them np in even lots.
Quite a sensation w a s caused 1«
England by the outcome o f tbe Mop-
G a th e re d in th e G ard en .
daunt divorce « s e in which Lady M or-
T h e best thing for
the garden— Ununt w a s decreed guilty.
brains.
Radishes are nsnally .ready for o N
iq six weeka from sowing.
Bone meal and wood aahea In ths
soil a re ,g re a t fo r sweat peas.
D on’t trim the cherry trees now.
W a lt Ull June and then
be
light
banded.
.
To bleed the grapevines by cutting
darin g March, April or M ay is bad
m anagem ent
Cold fram es are useful for fo rw ard
ing lettuce and cabbage In spring or
early summer.
P robably no other sm all fruit w ill
glvs more w eight o f crop for the space
It occupies than the cu rran t
The militia w a s mobilised at Bedsit*
and other points In Missouri to sup
press riots incident to the railroad
strike on the Gonld system.
London papers admitted that ths re
lations between England and IIu M ia
w are strained almost to tbe breaking
point over tbe latter's A fg h a n frontier
aggression.
President Cleveland Issued a procla
mation barrin g the “boomers” from
Oklahoma.
Ten thousand o f the 12,000 coal min
ers In the Pittsburg district struck fo r
higher Wages.
The p o w e r* agreed to s conference
to be held In Paris to determine the
status o f ths Sues canal.