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C H A P T E R X X I V .—«Continued.*
H e turned «aide, and remained silent
fa r aome seconds. When next he apote
It was in altered tones. “ Tell me what
roa want? Ia It money?”
“ Money!” she cried.
“ Money from
yon! Look here,” and ahe tore open a
lady’s reticule that lay upon tha table;
“ there are the two hundred dollars you
sent me enclosed In your farewell letter;
look what I do with them!”
And she
tere them into shreds. “ Hers are the
presenta you (a r e me; see what 1 de
with them!”
And she took out some
trinkets, and crushed them beneath her
feet. “ Now will you ask me If It la
money I want o f you?”
H er face was something awful to look
upou in its deathly pallor, and convul
sive quivering, and those glaring eyes.
Th at man, with aU hia iron will, quailed
before her.
“ W hat do you w a n t then?"
“ Respect, and I w ill have it. L et me
refresh your memory. T oo found me In
a traveling ahow. I wae a mere child
then, possessed o f a strange power orer
certain m ind»—a power that to an am
bit loes. unscrupulous schemer like your
self, might one day pro re invaluable.
Y ou saw bo way to use me at the time,'
but you were loth to lose sight o f so ad
mirable an instruments You wormed
yourself into my confidence, and got
from me that I was discontented with
a inode o f life which gave me but a
bare living, and filled the pockets o f my
employer. I was vain o f the attention o f
a fine gentleman— I
who had been
brought up in a back alley. You told
my father that if he liked to go to Bury
8 t Edmund’s you would help to set
him up In bnaineaa— that you would rec
ommend him custom, as you pamassed
some influence in the neighborhood.”
“ H ave you ever had reason to repent
taking my counsel T ’
“ My fsther hit upon a more easy and
profitable trade than ^hoemaking,” ahe
went on, not heeding the Interruption.
“ Had we depended upon your promisee,
w e might have starved. You thought no
more o f them, and years elapsed after
oar parting at Spalding before I ever
heard anything o f you again. One day
w e met in the streets o f Bury. Although
years had elapsed, we recognized each
other instantly.
You expressed great
delight at the meeting, which certainly
was not feigned, as it gave into your
hands the exact tool you required, to
fashion one o f the most diabolical
schemes that waa ever hatched in hu
man braius. But before you dared to
propose it to me It was necessary to
make me your slave.
When you last
saw me I waa an nngainly looking, ugly
girl; now I was a well-grown woman,
with good, looks anongh to have secured
several offers of advantageous marriage.
B u l l f i t Brand, ambitious; the life
I led, and all its associations, wera h ate-
fn l to me— 1 longed to be free o f them
all. and I waited and waited. You, with
your fiendish canning, divined my secret;
professed love for me. Blinded by am
bition and vanity. I believed you— be
lieved that you, tha fine gentleman,
would marry me. But at that time you
simply lied, to serve your own purpose.
You were very cautious, too—-you bound
me down to breathe no word o f yonr
secrets to my father. You said, once
In his power, you would never be free
from his extortions.”
“ Silencer* thundered Rodweli, spring
ing to hia fe e t
“ W ell, enough o f that fo r the pres
ent
A f t « : the g irl’s fligh t you left
Bnry, and I did not see you again for a
long, long time. A t la st you returned.
So yon have got her into yonr clutch
again. W hat is it to be this time— mur
der or marriage?”
H ow my heart leaped! Could it be
Clara o f whom she waa speaking? The
portrait I hail seen in hia namesake’s
cottage— the likeness to her, forgotten
until that moment flashed upon me with
the force o f conviction. Oh, how eager
ly, how breathlessly, I listened now!
“ H ow dare you apeak such words to
me in the presence o f a stranger?” he
cried. “ Yon are venomous enough to en
deavor to establish such a charge agalust
me!”
“ I believe yon to be capable o f any
crime, John Rodweli,” ahe answered, dis
dainfully; “ although you would give the
preference to that which compromised
you lea st”
“ Suppose 1 admit that I intend to mar
ry her, what then?” he demanded, bold
ly. “ You will seek to thwart me?” .
“ I keep tfly intentions to myself. Hot
I had forgotten; perhaps you are not
aware yon have a rival?” she snid, mock
ingly,
“ You irouM tvof Imngtne Mr."
Cnrston in the character o f a gay de
ceiver: vet, I can nssure you th a t dur
ing a short absence from hi* loving wife,
he was making violent lo v e , to Alisa
Clara aa a single gentleman, ¡rod not
unsuccessfully, I believe.”
“ This is no subject to Jest upon,” he
said, haughtily. “ Do you mean to aay
that this fellow has dared------”
H e advanced menacingly towards me;
hnt. weak aa I waa, I rose up, and con
fronted him. I felt no fear of him, al
though I was too agitated to apeak— too
overwhelmed by the thoughts o f my
worse than powerless position.
H e paused; then, with a look o f su
preme scorn, he turned upon his heal arid
addressed Judith. “ Such an object Is too
contemptible to excite anger. However,
I presume that for tha future you will
restrain in him such toving propensi
ties, more especially after ths confidence
you hare chosen to impose in him this
evening. Now let me understand. Do
w e part friends or foes?”
“ 1 pledge myself to nothing either
way. For years you used me as a root.
N ow we hare the reverse o f the medal;
you are utterly within my power, and I
will use that phwer to miuister solely
to my own interest, or caprice, as the
case may be, without one thought o f you.
Yon should have remembered that those
who lore intensely, hate intensely.”
H e regarded her for a moment with a
disconcerted look, which aha met by one
o f determination. H e trie»! to laugh off
fiie effect o f her words, hut the laugh
w M a woful failure. “ What a fool I
must be to stand listening to ths words
o f a mad woman!” be cried.
n e was leaving tha room when she
called to him. “ Where are you going?
I f you are going to her room, I have the
key. I will accompany you.”
H e looked more aghast than ever; then
ha broke out into atroog anathemas
against Montgomery, against whom he
vowed the most deadly vengeance.
“ Montgomery has served me well, and
I dare you to harm him in any way,”
she said, in the same tone o f calm supe
riority. “ Do oo; John Rodweli. and be
fore tw o hours your uncle shall know
all that I can tell him. Do not fall
into a passion. You have fallen into
the trap, and you w ill never get out o f
it by beating yourself against the bars!”
H e muttered and langhed scornfully,
but he waa rouqnered— cowed.
H er
triumph waa complete.
Presently they
left the room together. Judith double
locking the door behind her.
I saw no more o f Judith or Mr. Rod-
well.
Aa soon as they were gone I
crawled back to bed. utterly prostrated
both mentally and bodily. Soon after
wards the nurse returned, and after giv
ing me my medicine, and some beef tea,
wrapped herself up in a blanket, and
putting the key o f the door cuidei her
head, aa waa her cnitom, lay down upon
the aefa to take her night's repose.
CHAPTER XXV.
Hour a ft « : hour I lay tossing about
in a sleepless, mental agony. Clara waa
undoubtedly in the same bonne with me,
exposed to .heaven knowa what sufferings
and persecutions; and yet, fo r any hope
ef-neeing or anccoring her, I might as
well have been hundreds o f miles away.
A t last, unable to lie there any longer,
I rose and dressed myself. A fire waa
still smoldering in the huge grate, and a
night light waa burning upon the table.
The nuree, by her hard, regular breath
ing, seemed to be in a deep sleep, and I
moved about cautiously. H er face was
turned to tha open side o f the sofa. I
crept behind it and inserted my trem
bling hand beneath the pillow, feeling
farther and further until my fingers
touched a hard aubatance— it waa the
ward key. L ittle by little 1 drew it
away— aha atill sleeping profoundly—
fitted it noiselessly in the lock, turned it,
and the next moment fonnd myself in a
large, dark hall, at the foot o f an im-
mensely wide staircase.
1 dosed the door softly behind me.
A long window, that stretched upwards
from the first landing, admitted suffl-
dent light to guide me, and, with a
noiseless atep, 1 crept up the stairs. A t
the top of the first flight waa a long
corridor, on each side o f which, aa far
aa I could see, for the farther end was
lost in obscurity, was a line o f doors.
Now came aay difficulty; the slightest
error would not only defeat my present
object, hat amalgn me ta.A_alrigtac.
veillance than ever, and perhapa bring
about Clara’s removal to aome spot to
which I could obtain no clue. Suppose,
by chance, that I should go to-Judith’s
chamber door? I ahuddered at
the
thought.
I stood for some moments at the head
o f the corridor, Irresolute what to do,
listening eagerly for the slightest sound
that might guide me. But the silence
waa deathlike.
Down the corridor I
moved noiselessly.
Through the crev
ices o f the third door came faint streaks
o f light and faint muffled sounds, either
moans or a low, monotonous singing—
the walla and doors were so thick, that
it waa difficult to distinguish which.
1 listened more eagerly, until I fan
cied I could distinguish Clara’s voice.
I paused fo r a moment, and then, with
my heart beating in my throat, tapped
gently. Breathieaaly I waited for sev
eral Beconda. No answer. Then I tap
ped a second time a little louder. A
sound o f moving, and theu a soft, trem
ulous voice, that thrilled my very soul,
asked faintly, "W h o is there?”
I could doubt no longer.
The key
was in the lock outside. I tried it— turn
ed it— opened the door— met her whom
I sought— heard a low cry o f astonish
ment, and my darling waa in my arms.
A t that moment I fancied that I heard
a Bound like the click o f a lock in the
corridor. 1 suddenly turned, disengaged
myself from her arms, and looked out.
A ll seemed precisely as 1 had left It—
no light, no object, no sound; it must
have been fancy.
I gently drew the
key from the outside, and, reversing it,
locked the door from within. W e were
alone— no one could surprise ua now.
T o her eager questions, how had I dis
covered her, I scarcely knew what to
arawer; for, ths first excitement o f out
meeting over, 1 repented that 1 had eret
sought it. Gouhl 1 have freed her from
her enemies then, and then only, would
it have been justifiable? Aa it' was, I
was feeding my own hopeless passion,
and engaging more an«kuiore closely the
affections o f a simple-hearted girl, be
neath the very roof that sheltered the
implacable woman who claimed as her
hushnud. Oh, all this was weak, crim
inally weak; and I felt it so. and yet I
bad not the courage to end It honestly.
A fte r a while I asked her what hap
pened upon the fatal night that we lost
her— how she came to be separated from
ns.
She told me that a rush o f people had
suddenly impelled her forward, and tliat
by the time ahe could turn her head to
look round, she fonnd thRt ahe had l>een
cniried out o f sight o f Mrs. Wilson.
A t that moment a young man, evident
ly the »affie who had delivered Montgom-
ery’a message to me, touched her uj>on
the shoulder, and said that 1 waa wait
ing for her in a cab a little way down
the street.
“ H e waa hurrying me along all the
tint« he waa speaking,” she went on;
"and I waa too bewildered by my situa
tion to offer the slightest’ resistance.
There was a long line o f cabs aud car
riages; the one he pointed out as ours
waa the last o f all. and stood up an un
frequented aide street. II# opened the
door and pnahed me in; at the same
moment a strange man jumped in past
me. the door waa slammed, the windows
raised, and the horses were off at full
speed, before I could recover my breath.”
From her description, 1 discovered
that this Blau who accompanied her
waa Montgomery.
... -
*1 am sue# a poor, nerveless crea
ture— so utterly destitute o f all pres
ence o f mind— that I could only crouch
in h corner and sob with terror.”
—"* ifte r a drive, which seemed to her
excited fancy to endure for hours, they
stopped before a tall iron gate, which,
after a time, was opened from within.
They drove over a long, winding walk,
at the end o f which was a large, gloomy
looking house, before which the v< 'licit
stopped. Then, assisted by Montgomery,
she waa suffered to alight. A female
servant conducted her to the apartment
In which I found her.
“ She. waa very kind to me,” Clara
went on, “ and assured me over and over
P l a n f o r C h ic k s o - H o c
again that no harm would be done to
A T ex a s wom an in Farm and Ranch
me— that I was amoug friends, and
whatever I liked to ask for I should describes a chicken house fo r the ben-
have. hut that she rould not permit me to ®®t o f any w h o m ay wish a clean, con-
leave that room. But no entreaty eould venient one.
wring from her who her employer waa. | I t la built o f 1x12 boards, w ell elat-
I have been hero now nearly a fortnight ted on three eldes; the fron t has a
-e v e ry th in g I have expressed a wish for itrlpp ed o r ,a tliced door ln 0ne corner.
r «• *-»• - «w '
“ d
can be content in any place where I am the poo* t* ar* sw in gin g poles, sus-
trested kindly; bat this evening, just aa
I waa watching tha great red sun sink
behind the trees, I heard my door opan,
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 aaked the question.
“ Those terrible eyes!” she answered.
■inking her voice »to a whisper.
By the aid o f words 1 had heard apr.k-
ea a few hours before, I began to un
derstand it all now, but only dimly. I
asked her what ahe meant.
OOHV a i l l lT CHICK XH HOCSK.
“ Ah, I have never told you!” shet said,
with a shudder, “ t will tell yon 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 cocoa w ithin four*
sition. and that you may take me a^ray
teen Inches o f the ground and the
from i t ”
nesta are made on the ontaide, then
She knelt down at my feet, and nestled
close to me as she told her story, speak securely boxed up w ith a slanting
co ver that ia hinged on and can be
ing in a subdued voice.
“ I was brought up by a dear, kind raised from the outside. This prevents
grandfather, the only friend I ever knew; h avin g to enter the henhouse when
for my father, who was an officer, died you wish to gather np the eggs. It
in India, when I was very youqg, and baa the appearance shown ln the illus
my mother followed him within less than
tration.
a year. She was my grandfather’a young
Small tin cans are tacked on the
est and favorite daughter; and, after
her death, he seemed to have trans .roost, tha w a ils and near the nesta;
ferred all hia affection to me, fo r he lit ln them is kept motblne bails; they
erally dpted upon me. I had a cousin keep out all vermin.
who was much— much older than my
M a rk e tin g the E ra*-
self, but, like myself, an orphan.
I
E ggs should be gathered every day
never liked him—-or, d should rather* M y,
I waa .always frightened of him; yet ev In summer anti oftener in w inter, un
erybody called him handaome. 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, he was
burnt the shell. F a t the eggs Into a
tha favorite nephew, and waa suppoeed
to be the heir to all hia grandfather’s basket w ith the small end down nntil
wealth. John Rodweli hated me, and ready to pack ln boxes fo r shipping
¿bowed it, too, and that turned the old and keep ln a cool room. Then pack In
gentleman against him.
When I was the box w ith the card-board separa
about thirteen, grandfather made a fresh tors, w ith the small end down. Th ey
will; and aa he was never content to w ill keep fresh longer if. packed ln this
have me a moment from hia side, it was w a y than I f pnt Into the boxes ln a,
dictated to the lawyer in my presence.
haphazard manner. T h e reason fo r
In it I waa named heiress to all ha pos
this
la found In the fa ct that the yolk
sessed, with the exception o f an annu
ity to John, and the former will, by cannot settle to the shell when the
which John would have inherited all his'sm all end ia pnt down and the air
wealth, was destroyed. I waa very much cannot strike the yolk as long as it
troubled when I heard this; and I told d0es not touch the shell. When, eggs
grandfather how much happier I should j,rini_ a
price lt la better to sell
be if he would let thing* fonrattr a i ttiey the
than tp raise chickens to sell,
were as I waa certain Cousin John
^
^
and thera
^
wmrid-knew b e «e e whM -to de « * » <he
a f i 1>M M 'r a to i
money than I should.
“ W ell, in. some way or other Cousin chickens when eggs do not bring a
John fonnd out that a new will had very good price. A m ong the most pro
been made, and that 1 - was present at lific layers w ill be found the Black
the time. Once or twice he put some Spanish, the Black, W h ite and Brown
questions to me I d an off-hand kind o f Leghorns, Poland, H am burg, Creve
manner as to ita contents; but mindful 0o#nr«aIld l * Fleche, which are larger
o f the strict injunctions I had received,
Black SpanIah> but ^ « w h a t
I was very cautious, and finding that he
sim ilar to them.— E pitom lst
could elicit nothing from me, he gave up
the attempt.
But he became a more
C le ft O r a ft in g .
frequent visitor to ns.
H e also took
V arieties o f g ra ftin g are many, but
great pains te ingratiate himself into c le ft gra ftin g represents the method
grandfather’a good graces, and not un
comm only in use fo r the gra ftin g q f
successfully.
.
orchard trees w here the old top is to
iTo ha continued.*
be rem oved during the course o f a
fe w y e a n and a new one la to be
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
B u t S h e R efu sed to (J ive U sual S u p p ly this top g ra ftin g ia w aen thg leaves
are Just pushing out, fo r then the
o f Mi l k.
A lfre d James, o f the U niversity o f
Vinglnia, w as a disturbing element in
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 the young man in
the barn about to begin the day’s ml k-
ing. H U friend Is a c ivil cng.ne.r, but
1; spending the summer at his coun
try home, in Baltim ore county, and de
lights in the simple occupations o f the
farm . One o f bis hobbies is milking
the cows, and he was about to begin
on a very ladylike old brlndle when
Mr. James climbed the fence and call
ed out to him.
Mr. R., the gentlem an o f bucolic
tastes, came to meet him, and the two
shook bands and chatted for a tew
minutes.
“ Excuse me, old :nan.” he said to
Mr. James, “ w h ile I milk the cow.’’
“ <P> ahead,” the hitter replied. “ I'd
CLEFT GRAFT RCIOW— CT.KFT GUATTIR0—
like to watch you ilo-it.”
A WAXED STUB.
Thereupon Mr. It. put hU stool in
place, arranged his legs as long-limbed
wounds o f g ra ftin g heal rapidly. But
milkmen bave tof do and proceeded.
in practice, i f a large amount o f w ork
Mr. James w alked to the co w ’s head
is to be done, It may be necessary to
and gently stroked her neck, saying
begin from one to tw o months earlier
appropriate and endearing things the
and to continue several weeks beyond
while. H e bad bis pipe in his hand
the Ideal point o f time. Th e whole
and held It under the cow ’s nose.
operation o f c le ft gra ftin g appears
She sniffed, looked a b ou t sniffed
d s a r ly ln the illustration.
again and loked about, and then sniff
ed. She seemed to like I t Mr. James
H o g » in th e O rch a rd .
began to laugh, but ln a fe w minutes
In regard to the boga skinning the
Mr. R. got up in disgu st H e said a orchard trees. If you put a dozen or
a fe w things about the cow and com tw o o f hogs on an acre o f land, very
plained that the “ bloom ing old thing likely they w ill skin the trees, or a
w on’t let down a 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.
T h ere must not be too
drove her Into her stall and turned the many in a bunch. I t Is said that hogs
jo b o f milking o ver to one o f the w ill tear down a pigpen to get »he
farm hands as he w en t o ff with his wood to e a t I f you throw them a lit
gu est
tle lim e they w ill let the pen alone.
Th e cow was so delighted art«* th « I know th a t they h ave 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.
T f you feed ft hog some corn and
Mr. James thought It was n great don’ t starve him to death, he w ill let
Joke on a suitable occasion. Rut Mie yonr trees alone. G ive the ljpg room
funniest part o f the Joke didn't seem enough and give him something to e a t
to appeal to him so'm u ch tlie morn — J. J. B lackw ell.
ing fo llow in g the Incident when nl
T ea ch in g ■ I l o r « « to fftand.
breakfast coffee bad to be drunk w ith
A s soon as tbs colt is fa irly gentle
out cream, aa lt did the afternoon be
and has been ridden a fe w times,
fore.
throw the .reins down, and w ith a
Th e greatest happiness come* from strong but soft rope bobble hia front
thè greatest activity.— Bovee.
legs. Fasten a rope tw enty fee t long
to out front
leg and the other to a
stout post o r stake.
Ordinarily the
horse w ill not m ove when thus fasten
ed, but i f be dees he eo o » comes to
grief. A fe w lessons o f this sort w ill
nevsr 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’s fron t legs, and later simply
dropping the rains to the ground w ill
b « sufficient I f any tim e the horse
gets to m oving around and fo rg o t« his
early training, pass the reins through
the stirrup and then up and o re r the
horn o f the saddle. This pulls the
head around to one side and the horse
w ill generally not go far.— F arm and
Homo.
R e m e d ie s ia th e B a rn .
Th e w riter has recently erected a
sm all closet in the barn, ln which Is
kept a fe w articles such às experience
has taught us should be bandy. A t
the suggestion o f the m other o f the
fa m ily a largo bottle o f w itch hazel
and several bottles o f vagoline w ere
added, together w ith a roll o f partly
worn mnslin. T h e very day this closet
w as completed and its contents place i,
one o f the horses by accident struck
its head against the side o f the stall
so that there w as a decided bruise
around the eye. Out came the w itch
hazel, and by frequent applications o f
it darin g the day the «w e llin g waa
snbdued and the b o n e made more
com fortable.
W e have tw o bottles o f vaseline
each o f the plain aort and the ca r
belated vaseline, and this last has been
found very nseful on a num ber o f oc
casiono. A c a lf bad an ugly spot on
its side, a raw prond-flesh sort o f
eczema, fo r w hich w e could not ac
cou nt
W e took a spoonful o f flour
o f sulphur and made a batter o f it
w ith a little carbolated vaseline and
treated that spot fo r a w eek, healing
it perfectly.
H a v e a little closet os
described and keep odd things In i t
but don’t fo rg e t w itch hazel, vaseline
and a roll o f s o f t clean muslin.— In
dianapolis News.
U a e fa l B o w lin e .
T h e bow and knot Is one o f the most
nsefnl knots w e have, and one which
com paratively fe w -can tie.
I t ia a
knot sailors use constantly. T h e Illus
tration w ill show exactly how lt is
tied. L a y the parts together as ln the
Drat figure, b crossing o ver a. Then
brin g a o ver b, bringing the end up
Sweden w as obliged by the
strance o f Prussia to decline tha ]
fared subsidy o f England.
T h e city o f Lubeck, Germany,
surrounded by French h oops ts pre
vent English products from being In
troduced.
Eighteen Am erican vessels
the port o f Am sterdam .
Th a French governm ent
la w grantin g pensions to aU
from Santo Domingo.
Th ree thousand French troops
ordered to T h e H agu e to prevent an
upMsing which w as daily expected.
Re-enforcements o f French troops a r
rived at Santo D om ingo and effeetnal-
ly repulsed Em peror Desea lines’ arm y.
Portu gal purchased w ith the eoaenr-
reuce o f England the suffers see e f
France to remain neutral ln the mas.
' *
S e ven ty -five Y e a r s A go»
Yucatan declared its e lf independent.
Pastu rin g o f cow s oa the B e«tea
common w as forbidden by law .
Sioux Indians annihilated the Baa
and F o x tribes near Dubuque, le w s .
T h e first ligh t o f the Blackcock light
house a t Liverpool appeared.
Congress provided fo r a boundary,
line to be run betw een Louisiana s a d
Arkansas territories.
Petroleum w as discovered fea K en
tucky, and aa It waa supposed te hags
healing properties it w as bottled and
sold throughout the U nited States
Europe fo r medicine.
T h e first gold from Georgia
w as received a t the United
m in t
Fifty Yc
,, BOW TO Z U X U
KKOTS.
through the loop as in the n ext fig
ure.' N o w ca rry "to a round and under
a, passing lt down through the loop
as in the final figure. It Is.impossible
fo r this knot to slip when properly
tied. I t Is nseful ln all sorts o f em ergen
cies. In a loop tbns made a man can
safely be hoisted 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 me^ns o f It with
no danger o f the knots slipping and
choking the animal, no m atter bow
much it may plunge or pull.— A m eri
can A gricu ltu rist
Don Carlo«, the Spanish pre tra der,
died a t Trtest.
Tike N iagara suspension bridge w as
completed.
A r fr e e putrite eehpol
tabllshed ln Illinois.
T h e A tlan tic and S t Law ren ee ra il
road w as leased to the Grand T ran k
railroad fo r 990 years.
Nassau hall at Princeton university,
built ln 1756, w as destroyed by Ore.
Several persons w ere killed by the
fa llin g ln o f the floor o f the town baH
at Meredith, N. H.
T h e plenipotentiaries at Vienna ex
changed powers and commenced pro
ceedings tow ard agreeing upon the
term s o f Russo-Turklsh peace.
T o P r e v e n t T r e e F r a u d «.
Forty Y e a r s A go »
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T h e panie in gold carried quotations
down to 175)4, a drop o f 14% points
in three days.
T h e Parliam ent at Quebec adopted
the confederation scheme by a large
vote.
Reports o f Sheridan and Sherman’s
successes sent gold down to 189)4. A
short time before it was quoted at 220
and over.
N ew s reached the $orth that the
Confederate Congress had passed a
bill to arm and equip the negroes as
S h eep S h e a r in g «.
soldiers.
Sheep are more economical meat
Richmond (V a.) papers published an
producers than steers.
exposure o f an alleged conspiracy to
T o secure the beat returns ln feed oust D avis and Stephens, make Hunter
ing have the sheep as even as possible. president, and end the war.
President Lincoln Issued a proclama
W hen breeding to Im prove ewes
tion ordering that all citizens or domi
should be tw o years old when bred.
Th e more sheep you can keep and ciled agents trafficking w ith Confed-
keep right the less per sheep w ill the i erates be arrested and held as prison
ers o f war.
cost be.
T h e Indiana fa rm er that has been
sw indled 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 is said that the bill
which w as Introduced by Representa
tiv e Shively, o f South Rend, grew out
o f N otre Dam e U n iversity’s purchase
o f trees that w ere not w hat they were
represented to be. A s introduced, the
bill provided a year’ s imprisonment,
but this was stricken o u t
Under ordinary conditions the man
ure from sheep should pay fo r the la
bor o f caring for them.
Thirty Year» Ago»
Cut the black knot out o f the plum
and cherry trees.
Tw enty Y «
Th e H aw aiian treaty
w as
being
A good foot rot medicine must be fought in the Senate by sugar Inter
somewhat caustic, in liquid form and ests.
A t a Vbnsietory held at the Vatican
cbeap enough to use freely.
Sheep cannot be fattened profitably Archbishop McClosksy o f N ew York
was made a cardinal.
when they are fu ll o f parasites. K ill
Th e French Assem bly passed the
the ^ermln and then fatten.
m ilitary reorganization bill, the consti
I f the beet profit is realized, not
tution having been adopted several
only the wool, but the mutton and the
weeks previously.
lamb, must contribute their p a rt
A tornado devastated the town o f
I t w ill pay, i f you intend to sell Rlenzl, Mies. Th e river bottoms in
your sheep a t pnbHr sale, to have the Northw est States w ere flooded.
some one grade them up ln even lots.
Quite a sensation w as caused la
England by the outcome o f tbe Mor-
G athered in the Garden.
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.
Th e m ilitia wax mobilized at Sedalta
Radishes are usually ready fo r use
and other points in Missouri to sup
ln six weeks from sowing.
press riots Incident to the railroad
Bone meal and wood ashes ln the strike on tbe Gould system.
soil are great fo r sw eet peas.
London papers admitted that the re
Don’ t trim the cherry trees now. lations between England and Russia
W a it till June and then
be
light w ere strained almost to the breaking
handed.
point over th e’ latter’s A fgh a n frontier
T o bleed the grapevines by cutting aggression.
during March, A p ril or M ay la bad
President Cleveland leaned a procla
m anagem ent
mation barring the “ boomers” from
Cold fram es a fe useful fo r fo rw a rd Oklahoma.
Ten thousand o f tbe 12,000 coal min
ing lettuce and cabbage ln spring or
ers ln the Pittsbu rg district struck fo r
early summer.
Probably no other small fru it w ill higher wages.
T b e powers agreed to a conference
giva more w eigh t o f crop fo r th# space
to be held ln Parts to determ ine tlie
it occupies than tha cu rrant
status o f the Sues canal.