W0HAjni6AIN8T WW
BY MRS. M.
HAPTF.K VIII. j
The prow. of guests streaming ia
kepi the Karl well occupied.
tie stood at the head of the salon,
th slight fo.ia in sat.n ami diamonds
beside bim.
To all and each Alice (rave hr sweet
smile and gcntlo word; no trace of fear
or awarkdnesa- was in her demeanor, i
Everyone was amazed. I
They had come l.lled with a wild
curiosity to see the farm girl who had
so sud.u-niy and strangely become a
countess, and instead of tieho.d.ng a
series of lerri le social blunders per- I
formed by a stmdy dairymaid, they'
saw nothing but aiovely patrician girl, i
wm sc. charms and wondrous beauty
eelised even Mi.- Valerie ltoss, long
Considered the godde of all loveli
ness bv the folk around the castle.
From her chair, Lady Darreli noticed
their astonishment: and felt that she
sympathized with it. Her heart woke
from the hitter aisapi)intment that
h;id lived in it ever since the day she
learnt of her son's marriage, to ad nire
most genuinely the fair young wife.
'Where does she get her manner?"
she mused to herself. "She i patrician
from head to foot. Hoy has no ne d of
Shame to night: his wife has achieved
a success. '
Then she sighed a little as her eyes
wandered to a tall stute y for n, on t
whose red. brown hair the rubies and
diamonds quivered like jeweled dew
drops. "t'oor Valerie '." she said to herself,
'if it only could have been! 1 am
sure she loves Hoy now whatever her
feelings were before Eustace died.
She, too, would havo made a proud
countess to-night. Yet this girl holds
her own.''
At lust the quests were assembled,
the testimonial was handed to the
Earl, and dinner was announced.
Alice found herself led in by Sir
Holiert Carlyle, and smiled once or
twice to herself as she read the ad
miration and amazement on his face.
The dinner proved long and tedious
to her, tnough not to the majority, for
they ate heartily.
Alice hud more pleasure in looking
at all the wonderful gold und silver or
naments, cups, goblets, dishes, and
vases, that stood on the table.
It was a glimpse of fairyland to her,
and the Karl, t lancing: from his seat at
the far end of the room, watched her
bright Iook of admiration, and felt
again ' hut new sensation which was
growing stronger and stronger in his
neart.
Dinner over, the ladies withdrew,
and Alice found her time occupied in
chatting with all the great dumos.
whose faces she recollected from see
ing !h- m in their curriages dashing
along to Nestley town.
Valerie had said little all evening,
but she was thinking the more. Her
hate for Alice had grown to-night to a
passion; the truth that Hoy was gra4
ually lieeoming interested nay, at
tracted by his wife, lashed her to mad
ness. It "was indeed woman against
Woman.
Lady Darrel was right, Valerie loved
Hoy now with all the power of hr
heart: not as she had worshipped Eu
stace Hivers. but with a great passion
of genuine affection and tenderness;
she had been living in a dream these
two days past.
Khe felt secure In Hoy's love, and
thought of Alice only as a cloud on the
horizon of her happiness: but now she
realized she was indeed living in
dreamland.
Hoy's eyes all this night had rested
on his wife; a duwn of something now
and such' as hud never come for her,
appeared on his face, and Valerie saw
that once again her happiness would
be wrecked.
She had as yet no plan: she knew not
what or how she meant to uo 11; oui
she swore U) herself that before many
days the Earl shou.d bo effectually
separated from his wife, my Lady
' Alice, and turned to her.
The man coming in from the smoking-room
disturbed hor thoughts.
Lord Hadine hurried up to Alice.
"Countess," he exclaimed, "how
beautiful you look to-night! I could
not approach vou liefore dinner, you
wore so surrounded. The pale cheeks
produced by the ghost have quite dis
appeared.
"Ghost?" repeated Count Jura, who
had strolled up to Alice ulso; "have
you been frightened to-day, Countess?"
"Yes. Lord Hadine went on; wo
roilo over to the abbey ruins, you know,
this morning; and as we were ulsiut to
mount tho remains of the tower, Lady
Darreli turned deathly white.' uttered
a slight exclamation, und fled back to
to tho air. When I taxed her with
seeing a ghost, Bhe declared such to
bo the case."
Alico hud grown pain during this
speech. She had looked up and met
the gaze of Valerie's eyes burning with
thoir passion of hate, and there was
such a semblance at that instunt to the
sinistor face of Haul Hons, that she felt
again the dread that had attacked her
In the rains.
Count Jura watched her cheeks
blanch: his brows were knit.
"Why, Lady Darreli," he exclaimed,
"you surely don't mean to tell me you
are afraid of spirits?"
"Not spirits," Alice answered with
an imperceptible shiver, as Lord
Radinn turned to a lady closo by: "but
of men, Count Jura, I am afraid."
"She has seen Haul," was Count
Jura s swift thought.
"Then you think this was a man?"
he continued easily.
i am sure of It.
The Count elovatcd his brows.
"Shall wo go for a Btroll Intothe hall
and conservatory?" ho said In his most
graceful fashion.
Alico hesitated.
Hho would much prefer to havo re -
mai nod alone.
Homohow sho disliked and feared this
man, tnitstie couiu not reiuse.
Hoy was sMaklng to his mother as
they passed.
Ijtdy Darreli saw tho glance ho gave
to his wife, and the way his brows con
tracted as If with pain and vexation.
"Hoy," she said aloud, softly, "she
does well to-night, and how beautiful
he is!"
Hoy turned and grasped his mother's
hand.
"Thank you. doaret." ho said hur
riedly; "She U Indeed most beautiful.
Mother, I begin to think we have
judged her harshly; recollect, she
E. hOLMES.
married me thinking to save my life."
"1 do remember It," answered his
mother gently, "and for the future Bhe
shall be welcome to me as my daugh
ter: mr pride has been against her ail
tli m time, but to-night she stands re
vealed a lady in every sense of the
word, and you have no need to blush
for vour w.fe."
"I shall seek or send to the Hrowns
to rnuke every inquiry aliout !ier birth.
1 am certain she has proud blood in her
veins, mother, and docs not lielong to
them."
Valerie was just behind him as he
exclaimed t his.
"Discussing my Lady Alice," she ob
served, wi.h an ettort to keep her
sneering temper down. "She has
really astonished me. What a liorn
actr.-ss the girl is!"
"Actress."' re;iettted the Earl, vexed
beyond measure at the words: "it is
not ai-tinir, Valerie: it is nature."
Valerie bit her lio, her worst fears
were continued. She altered her mood.
' I congratulate jou,' she said softly,
lust gluncing at him with her lustrous
eyes; ''it has been a severe test, and no
one among your friends is more
pleased ut the success than I am, Hoy."
I .o s face softened.
' Thank you, Va erie: it is like you to
be so kind. 1 am indous that vou
should be friends with my - my tho
Countes-i. You are so clever, vou can
help her."
"My 1-adv Alice does not need my
aid, Hoy: but since you wish it I will be
her friend, llrst for your sake and then
for hers.
The words were Soken bravely.
None knew what an agony of pain
was living Is-neath that smiling ex
terior. Ijidy Darreli overheard her son's re
quest and her face was puzzled.
l iOV Is like all men clumsy, sue
said to herself. "Vulerie will never 13
a friend to his wife."
Alice, meanwhile, walked awuy with
C)iint Jura. She scarcely heard what.
he was saying. All the evening her
memory had gone back with a thrill to
hor Husband und hisrejuest. To-morrow
they were to m ct and walk to
gether. It was like a beautiful dream to her,
and unconsciously brought her happi
ness.
Count Jura led the way to a marnle
anteroom.
St.itu s gleamed white amid the
foliage of rare tropical plants, dim
lamps were hung about, an I a fountain
played in the center.
"Let us sit here awhile," he said as
he led her towards a velvet couch,
placed close to the fountain; "we have
had no time for a chat, Ijdy Darreli."
"Nor shall I have any now," said
Alice hurriedly, forcing herself to
smile. "You forget, Count, I have my
guests to atten i to."
"And am 1 not one?" he asked quietly-
Alice opened her fan and moved it
to and fro, but did not answer.
so you were frightened in the ruins
to-day?" went on the Count, drinking
in the fair loveliness of her face with I
pu-sionato avidity.
"Yes: but it was very stupid of mo.
1 Mease do not think mo a coward,
Count."
"And if you are afraid in broad day
light, how can vou have the eourago
to sleep in a room with all these glor
ious jewels?"
He touched a glittering bracelet as
he sX)ke.
"lam not frightened in my own
apartment," Alice said, wndoring just
a little ut tho way in which ho always
discussed the diamonds.
The i ourt noticed hor surprise; he
adroitly changed the conversation.
"Ah, you should see the wonderful
caves and weird nooks I have beheld
in my travels. Ghosts and spirits dwelt
in them, indeed!"
"I should bo glad to travel and seo
other lunds."
Alice spoke dreamily.
"You would?" broke in the Count.,
"Ah, how would you like to leave this
cold desolute place, and see nothing
but blue sky, sunshine, and (lowers?
Fancy a garden, with orungo groves
Bcent.ng the uir, with terraces leading
down to a bay as blue-as blue us your
Btarlike eves! One can bu happy in a
homo like that!"
"Do you know of such a place?" the
girl asked euger to continue this con
versation. "Yes, I know of such a paradise. It
is mine - all mine. Now it stands
empty und deserted; it only waits for a
mistress a mistress fair, lovely as tho
sun, with gentle grace and maddening
eyes - such as yours. Yes, you uro "
"Count!"
Alice rose quickly, but his arm stole
round her slender waist.
"Yes, yes-you are tho only woman
in tho wide world thut could bring
happiness fn such a home. Have not
my eyes spoken clearly? Did you not
understand? Alico-my I July Alice
listen ! 1 will take you away from all
this gilded misery; you ure wretched
hero. I can give you more love.
Yes. girl; you cannot understand what
a passion is devouring my heart. For
you I live alone, for 1 love you !"
" Let mo go!" breathed Alice,
wrenching herself from his grasp.
"How dare you? How dare on insult
me like this!"
"Insult 1" The man laughed. "What!
you pretend you havo not seen my
love.'"
"Your love!" repeated the girl with
deepest w orn. "I havo seen nothing;
If 1 hud, should I come hero to near
your insults? Go-go -at once! You
aro a coward ! I scorn you I hate
you !
"Hate me! lleware, lidy Darreli
1 1 am your friend, jour lover now, but
! make mo your enemy, and I will fight
. you to the end."
The girl drew up her figure to tho
; full height, and pointed her right hand
u tho doorway.
, "(io!" sho said quietly.
I am not
frightened: a man to use threats to a
woman must be a coward. Go!"
The Count turned, then swiftly mov- f
ing buck, ho seize I her arm and pressed i
his lips to it with a passionate force j
that hurt her. j
"You shall sue to me yet," ho mur-
rnurod
"You shall lie In my power I
swear HI"
Alice sUkkI watching his retreating
form; nor hand was clenched on her
arm whero his lips had touched it. Sho
felt lick and 111, and was trembling in
every limb: she put out her hands
wildly: pride had lent l.er strength. but
now when she was alone, her strength
went quickly, and scarce knowing
where she was.she sank onto the couch,
white and almost insensible.
Her eyes were cosed: she did not
see a man's figure enter the doorway
and approach. She dimly heard a sud
den exclamation, and knew no more
till she felt herself geiitly lifted und
clan j ied in a pair ol arms.
Then she opened her eyes, and her
glaur-e fell on the fair handsome face
of Hoy Darreli.
"You are ill." he said hastily.
"What is it? What has happened?"
She drew her hands across her eyes,
then with a shudder remembered all;
her lips opened to speak of the Count's
perfidy and insult, but she suddenly
recollected that he was the Earlis
guist, and checked herself.
"1 am tired," she murmured; "the
ride was long, and the evening has
tried me."
"es, yes, you are quite fatigued:
why not retire to your room? my
mother will relieve you of the rest of
you duties."
Hoy was gazing at her unconscious of
the glow of tenderness that shone in
his face.
Alice felt it, and it thrilled her
strangely: she stood upright and put
aside his hands.
"No, no," sne said hurridly: 'i must
remain: it will not last much longer.
Thank you for your kindness. Had we
not better go to the salon again?"
"Yes, If you wish it," the Karl an
swered gently. "Hut where is the
Count he came out with you?"
"He left me a few minutes ago."
"Roy noticed tho sudden Hush on the
fair face, and again thut pang of jeal
ousy came.
"Vou like the Count?" he asked
abruptly.
Alice hesitated a moment, then
looked at him full as she replied:
'No; I dislike him. "
Hoy felt his heart rise.
"He will not rema n much longer.
Let mo lead you back; we may be
missed."
Alice put her hand on his arm, and
together they moved towards the
doorway. As they reached it Hoy
stojmed.
Remember you havo promised to
come with me to see the flowers to
morrow,'' he said, hurriedly.
"Yes, I remember," faltered Alice,
her eyes sinking beneath his gaze.
Tney went on to the salon. IjoCi their
hearts filled with a strange und beau
tiful dream, which they knew not was
love.
As they passed out, Valerie Ross
stole from behind a statue: her face
was bloodless, her litis compressed: who
glared after the girlish form with a
tempest of rag'- and hatred in her face,
unconscious that she herself was being
watched.
"Valerie hates her," pondered Count
Jura from a dar.t corner. "I must en
list her sympathies she will rejoice
lo be rid of her rival, and I shall get
tho girl Into my hands. 1 will speak
now, there is no time to be lo-it."
He approached Valerie, softly whisp
ering her name. She turned after a
few wor Is, the expression of her face
changed to fear and surprise, then, as
he went on, to hatred, and lastly as he
finished, to a glow of unrestrained joy
and triumph.
TO BK CONTINCED.
A Keinnrkahle Career.
A remarkable autobiography goes
with a damage suit for trf.,000 tiled
at Washington. The complaint is
against a Washington street railway,
the complainant Is Henry Johnson,
who says he was badly cut and bruised
by the car starting while he was get
ting o.f. Attached to tne complaint
is the affidavit of Johnson that be
was born In Georgetown on Christ
mas day in the year 1800; was hired
out to Gen. Walter Smith, who com
manded the militia at the battle of
Hladcnsburg: was captured by (.'apt.
Patrick, and was' present and saw
them burn the Capitol, and when he
was 17 years old he went with
Commodore 1'ortcr as acali n boy on
a four years' cruise. In 1 8 J4 ho went
as a footman with his old mistress to
meet Gen. Lafayette, and escorted
him to Gen. Smith's In Georgetown;
was with Gen. Macon in Florida dur
ing the four years' war with the In
dians; had waited on (Jens. Scott,
Gaines and Jesup; lived with G -n.
Totteti, and waited on Daniel Web
ster, Clay, and Calhoun when living
with Mr. Nicholson at Georgetown
Heights. Was with Capt. Hcrndon
on the George Law, that was t urned,
and when the women an I children
and crew were oil he stood close to
Capt. Hcrndon at the wheelhouse,
and he said to hiru: "Y u go and
shift for yourself," and he begged the
Captain to conic with him, when he
replied: ' No; I must stand by my
Blilp." Then, strapping himself to a
do r, he was thrown Into the sea and
sacd and saw the sliip go down with
the Captain
Knew The Itoad.
An old Mlssourlan tells this story:
"Wc had aliout twenty-five miles xi
go by stage-coach in Missouri, ana It
was early spring, and the roads were
very bad. The stage staited about
half an hour before daylight, and
there were five men of us and two
women. These last had the back
scat, and talked only to each other.
We were not ovr two miles out when
tho stage got stuck, and down every
man had to get and lift and pull and
push. Three miles further on wc
were stuck again, and it was tho
same performance over again. In
going about fortocn miles wc were
stu k Ihe times, and In going the
twenty-live wo lifted that old stage
out of the ruts and holes und ditches
ul most a dozen times.
The live of us were wet, splashed,
muddy, and hungry, when we finally
drove up to the terminus, and you
can imagine our feelings when those,
two women got down, removed their
shuwis an I bonnets, and stood re
vealed as two hearty and robust men.
We were looking at them with oen
mouths, when one of them re
marked Thanks for your labor, gentlo
men. We know the road and pre
pared for It. Will you Imbibe?"
Hut wc were too Indignant to accept
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR
RURAL READERS.
Value of I ntftltutsi and Farmers' Mating
U- lee for Fretlln? from tlie Corn Crib
AtleftsetJ Lot of the Farmer How to Sort
Beau aud J'e is.
Feeding from the Corn Crib.
SUc!: feeders are often troubled in
removing corn Lorn the crib, because
of the corn sliding out on the ground
or the ai erture through wh.ch the
corn is taken being too small to be
taken out rapidly. The illustration
TO FKED PKOM THE CRIB.
Bhows a p- act leal plan to overcome
both the ob ectionable points I'lace
a tiox within the crib with the top
and front side removed. I'lace it
tglit against the side from which the
corn Is to be removed. 1 emove the
slats of the co n crib in front of the
box and substitute from three to five
posts. The side of the Ijox need not
be over a foot high. Co:n by this
means can be easily and rapidly re
moved, as the coin w.fl drop into the
Ijox only as fast as removed.
The HleHfted Farm.
A great many bus ness institutions
are passing into the hands of receiv
ers. Hut the farm, that solid and
enduring Ameri an industry, knows
no receiverships and assignees. It
does not go Into bankruptcy courts.
It keeps right on taking care of itself
and Its owner, supporting his fain ly,
schooling his children and turning j
out first-class mater al for American
citizenship and contributing fresh
blood to the other industries. Hlessed
is the farmer whose path In life,
though well worn with dally toil,
leads to health, longevity.stability of
cha acter, h nesty of purpose and an
abiding prosperity. Hanks may fail,
factories close, stores pass into the
hands of the .Sheriff, prolessional men
struggle for a bare existence and the
common laborer hunt vainly lor a
Job, tiUt the farmer has enough to
eat and the wherewithal io be
clothed and daily he views his treas
ures of Held, orchard, granary and
forest without Icar of financial pan
ics. Daily he tlnds companionship
not only with his human kind but
anid his Hocks and herds, in adniin
Isterin .' to whose natural wants he
himself receives a benediction worth
far more than the pride of station or
the vain allurements of society life
In the cit:es.
Jties.sed Is the lot of the farmer and
never is jts beneficence more strik
ingly portrayed than in times like
the present when other industries
are paraiyca ana unnappy men in
other vocal Ions pass Steeplers nights
because of the darkening prospects
of the coming day. liuilington
Hawkcye.
tureen Food for Pi(tn.
Prof. S. B. Thompson of the Ne
braska Agricultural College, has been
testing the relative value of green
food for pigs, and gives it as his opin
ion that green food makes thriftier
and larger hogs. Farmers who raise
many pigs and feed them exclusively
on indian corn, knnw that some of
the shoats will cease to grow at an
early age, beg n to lay on fat and
neer reach the size of good mer
chantable hogs. This tendency to
fatten prematurely at the expense ot
bone growth, is notsecn to any extent
in grass-ted hogs, a pig fed on bulky
green rood wilt develop a larger
stomach than one fed on concentrated
food like corn; and when you come to
fatten It this enlarged capacity will I
enable the animal to eat and digest
more corn and thus lay on tiesh more
quickly than the other and be a mote
protltable hog to grow for market.
Grass-fed hogs are healthier than
those gniin fed. Kvery intelligent
breeder knows the advantage of feed
ing gieen food to sows about to far
row. They have less dilltculty with
their pigs, are less liable to destroy
them, will give more milk and nurse
them better. Grass-fed hogs are less
liable to disease 'Ihe dreadful hog
cholera is not much to be feared
where hogs have the run of a good
clover pasture. Undoubtedly, if ex
posed to contagion thev would take
the disease, but they are not likely to
develop It.
Ailcml tho IfiNlitote.
It would be ditlicult to estimate
the great good which has been done
throughout the country by the prac
tice ot hold'ng institutes and lario-'
crs' meetings. With the beginning
of these- was taken the step which
moved farming toward v. higher posi
tion among tho businesses of the
world. It served to take it from the
"bay seed" level an- to put It r.itber
in the light of a profession, which Is
as it should be. With the increase
of knowledge In this Held of labor
comes the need for workers In It to
lie men of education and foresight
Tho time Is long past when the farm
was reserved for tho hoy of tho fami
ly who had not i rains enough to
bo a lawjer, doctor, minister, or mer
chant. Men know now that one's
business choice does not so much
ow a dilTrcnce In brains as In
taste. It takes as much brain to
make a man a successful farmer as to
make him a doctor, hut It docs not
require tho same kind, Henco, ho
who might have been a first-class
farmer sometimes becomes a poor
Cr mr , !
L, . e,
doctor, and vice versa fcarce'y any
mail would make a failure in life if
he followed bis natural leanings
rather than those of his parer; or
other directors.
Kaiita Sunflower He A. '
Why do not some of our farmers
who find no money In their present
style of crops try laising sunflower
seed? The Nortn Carolina Station
found in experimenting with sun
flowers as a farm crop that
they paid welL Though a new
thing in this country it is not
a. together new, for Russia has
rai-ed this crop for years. At the
North Carolina Station the average
yield per acre was sixty-uve bushels.
There is really no waste to the plants.
Oil is expressed from the seeds and
hul's or shells used lor fuel. The
stales and seedcups are fed to sheen.
Chemical analysis of sunllower seed
contain more protein, fats and crude
tllier and Icsb nitrogen free extract
than cottonseed hulls, which are just
half the seed This indicates that
they are at least e ual, if not su
perio , to cottons" d hulls as a cattle
food. Whole cottonseed weighs thirty
pounds to the bushel, y elding nearly
'I per c :iit. or i 4-" pounds of oil.
Thus sunflower seed kernels contain
the most oil, and the other nutrients
show tna1, after the oil is expressed,
the sunflower cake is rather more
nutritious than the cottonseed cake,
wh ch is now largely used in the
South. Ploughman.
flow IjOlig- to Milk Cows.
Ten months is not too long to keep
cows in the ,.airy, and in certain cases
even longer. The cow that gives
milk !te or six months In the year,
and then goes dry until her next
calving, is an unprofitable animal,
and the Rooner she is disposed of the
tietter. In training young heifers
with first calves, it would be well to
milk them the tlrst year nine months
steadily: m Ik them if they only give
one pint of milk at a time during tho
latter end of this period. The next
year it w 11 be found an easy matter
to keep up a far better yield of miik
to the end of th nine months. The
third year the habit is thoroughly
fixed and you have a persistent
milker. The cow Is largely a creat
ure or habit and her usefulness and
profitableness in the dairy depends
largely upon her careful training
from her entrance into milk giving.
For Kortlnic lit ans and J'ea.
It is often no slight task to pre-
i pare lor market the crop oi neans
that is raised upon the farm. From
the nature of things a large amount
of airt will be found among beans
and peas, even after pa-sing through
the fanning mill, and this must bo
I removed If the beans or peas are to
be soid as Brst-class. A device Is
shown in the illustration from the,
American Agriculturist, which will
aid both in sorting and In cleaning
these crops. Where band picking is
practiced, a tray may be provided,
broad at the upper en 1 and gradually
narrowing as it approaches the other
end. There Is ac opening in the bot
tom near the middle, over which is
tightly stretched wire cloth, with a
mesh just tine enough to keep the
perfect beans or peas from dropping
through. Under this opening is a
tray to catch dirt, small beans and
peas, and other undesirable material.
The beans or peas are poured into
the upper part, gradually worked
down the sloping tray as they are
sorted, and lodged finally in the bar
rel. Horse Talk.
Don't ask me to "back"
with
blinds on. I am afraid to.
Don't lend me to some blockhead
that has less sense than I have.
Don't think because I am a horse
that iron weeds and briars won't hurt
my hay.
Don't be so careless of my harness,
as to find a great sore on me before
you attend to it.
Don't run me down a steep hill, for
if anything should uive way 1 might
break your neck.
Don't whip me when I get fright
ened along the road, or 1 will expect
it next tlmeand maybe make trouble.
Don't think because I go Iree un
der the whip 1 don't get tired. You
would move up if under the whip.
Don't put my blind bride so that ft
Irritates my eye or so leave my fore
lock that it will be In my eyes.
Don't hitch me to an iron post or
railing when the mercury is below
free ing; 1 need the skin on my
tongue.
Don't keep my stable very dark,
fo when I go into the light my eyes
arc injured; especially if snow Is on
the ground.
Don't leaxe me hitched in my stall
at n:ght with a big cob right where
1 must "lie down. I am tired and
can't select a smooth place.
i on't forget to llle my teeth when
they get jagged and 1 cannot chew
my food. When 1 get lean it Is
sign my teeth want (liing.
Don't make me drink Ice cold
water nor put a Irosty bit in my
mouth Warm the bit by holding it
half a minute against my body.
1 on't compel me to eat more salt
than 1 want by mixing It with my
oats. I know better than any other
animal how much 1 need.
1 on't say whoa unless you mean
it. Teach me to stop at a word. It
mav check mo if the lines break and
save a run i way and smashup.
Don't trot me up a hill, for I have
to carry you and tho buggy and my
self. too. Trv It yourself sometime.
Uud up a big hill with a big load.
t
BEAN-SOinlMO API'AKATUS.
PROFESSIONAL BEGGARS.
W here Thj Coma From. "d What Thy
Kara Their Way.
The professional beggar says tha
North American lieview, is not a
modern innovation, by any means.
Leaders of the H ectaior will recall
'Scarecrow," the famous London
begvar who, having dl-abled himself
in his riuht leg, asked alms all day
in order to get a warm sup er at
night According to John T;mbs,
the "Kuff.ers," to whom we often
And mention in the literature of the
seventh century, were troops of idle
vagrants who infested Lincoln's Inn
Fields. They assumed the charac
ters of maiuif d soldiers who had suf
fered in th great rebellion, and
found a ready prey in the pecp'.e of
fashion and quality who drove by.
Imb-ed, it is made clear by toi temp
orary allusion in comedies that this
s Mare was the regular haunt of
boifus cripples who lived by mendi
cancy, which they iarried on in the
most barefaced and even intimidat
ing manner.
It is related that George I V., when
Prince of Wales, once attenjed a
beggars' carnival in London, incog
n tio. I:e had uot been there long
when the chairman, addressing ine
toiupany and pointing to the Prim e,
said, "I call upon that ere gemman
with a shirt for a song." The ; rince,
as we.l as he could, got excu-ed upon
a friend, who aci ompau.ed him,
promising to sing instead, which the
latter did amid great applaus . The
health of the Prince and his friend
having been drunk, and dul., re
sponded to, they departed in order to
a ord the company an opportunity to
fix their difierent routes for the en
suing day's business: for at that time
the professional beggars of London
used to have a general meeting sev
eral times during the year, at which
they were divided into companies,
each company having its particular
waik. In those days their earnings
varied much, some gutting as much
as the shillings a nay. Mot of the
professional beggars in London to-day
and their Dame Is legion emanate
from two or three common lodging-
houses.
The most populous of these, which
is known as "The Dispensary," sup
ports an individulal known as a
scriver," who earns a living by
manufacturing the pathetic sign
boards which the sharn cripples and
the bogus blind men carry around
tneir necks, in Paris, as is well
known, the professional beggars hold
regular weekly meetings, at which
the routes to be followed by the
members of the guild are mapped out
by a standing committee. They have
an organ of their oisn, called the
Journal des Mendicants, which ap
pears twice a week. From a recent
issue the following curious advertise
ment is taken: "Wanted To en
gage a cripple for a seaaide resort
Good references and a small de osit
re uired. " This queer announce
ment is explained by the fact that
the proprietors of hotels and board
ing-houses at fashionable trench,
watering places assume that visitors
would be disposed to g.ve alms if an
o portunitv were afforded them, and
as they cannot very well do the beg
ging themselves, they engage pro
fessional beggars, to whom they grant
permission to solicit alms on their
premises, and the beggars in return
pay them one-half of their daily re
ceipts. The Danger or Prophesyinx.
A Gramme dynamo which had been
Imported from France was shown in
oteiation at the Centennial, and the
current derived from it was used to
drive a motor which operated a small
pump, thus furnishing a complete 11
lustraton of the transmission of
power by electricity. The Engineer
ing .kiurnal records the fact that a
certain well-known journal, which is
not always quite so scientific in tact
as it is in name, made the following
comment upon this exhibit, which
may be taken, perhaps, to fairly rep
resent the attitude of the average
practical man at that date: "As in
this double conversion of power into
electricity and electricity into power
less power is obtained than is ex
pended, the machine is apparently of
uo practical value, but is neverthe
less interesting, as showing the rela
tion existing between power and
electricity," Only twelve years after
the above was printed the writer
stood beside a massive multi olar
electric motor of 2 0 horse power,
which was smoothly and noiselessly
driving the machinery of an exten
sive woolen manufactory at Derend-
ingen, Switzerland, receiving its un
seen lower from a distant, Aipine
torreut through five copper wires
each about the thicki.esss of a com
mon lead pencil, and it was then and
there that he was forcibly reminded
of a certain dictum of llosea Hig
low "Don't never prophesy unless
ye know."
The Hot-Water Hcmetly.
Are you a busy, worried woman,
who comes home at n.ght with
temples throbbing and every muscle
aching from fatigue? If so, you often
say to yourself: 'T am dead tired,
and I haven't the ambition to dress
or even comb my nair tor tne even
ing." Then you lounge about and go
to bed about nine o'clock with your
head still aching and your limbs just
as tired as when you came in. The
next time you feel that way Just slip
off the waist of our gown, brush
vour hair up on tho top of vour head,
and bathe the back of vour neck with
hot water. When the pain Is a little
relieved wash your face with tho
same reviver, and by the t me that Is
done you will feel like brushing your
hair and fixing up a hit, or we aro
rery much mistaken. The hot
water cure Is quite as etllcaclous taken
externally. Philadelphia Times.
A man never means anything h
says to a woman.
