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John Burroughs.
A MONTH.
"Too eaa't do it, Mab; you can't
kin a furnished house only for a
swath. It would be a chance in a
ktrodred."
"I can try, and I am going to, Ethel.
To stay stifling in this lonesome
hoarding house all the vacation is
unbearable, and country board
wobkda't be better, cooped up
In attic chambers with the
gosot of fried doughnut In all the
eloseta, People who have pleasant
eountry-places do leave them some
times In the summer, for the lakes and
the mountains; and the use of such a
house would be a godsend to us."
"Yea, dear. Well, what do you pro
pose to do?"
"Qo down and see the house agents."
"I'll go with you."
Hmm two young ladies were charm
tag slaters of about twenty school
teachers In the city. They had no
home but the large boarding house
where they had dwelt for the last
year, and this was cheerless enough
when deserted by the nicest people who
had hied away to green fields and pas
tures new at the first breath of sultry
air.
Ethel was a pretty blonde Mab, a
bright brunette; but just now their
beauty was shaded by overwork. They
needed rest and escape from the mo
notonous round of school teaching.
The house agents listened and shook
their heads.
"We have no furnished bouses to let
for so short a time as for a month. For
two months now, or for the season "
"We have only a month's vacation,
and would need it only for that time,"
said Mab.
"Can give you no encouragement,
positively. Sorry! Would be glad to
accommodate you, ladies. And you
might leave yqur address, and if
any opening occurs we will let you
know."
"I told you so." said Ethel.
So they turned away.
A handsome, buxom lady, richly
dreaced, passed in as they came out.
"Here's the key to the Pansles," she
said. "I shan't need It for a month.
I am going to the seashore, where It
Is Hvcl.er."
"But you hired the cottage for the
season, Mrs. Wllloughby."
"Well, all you have to do is to let
it for me. I am responsible for the
rent, of course, in any event. I prefer
to have it let. There is the garden,
horse and phaeton, poultry and cow.
Somebody may as well have the good
of them."
"Is the place quite vacant?"
"No. My boy Pixie is there."
"Fortunately we have a chance to
let it at once for you, Mrs. Willough
by," said one of the agents, seiz.ng
his hat and hurrying after Mab and
Ethel.
"Well, we have got the hundredth
chance, sure enough, Mab."
"Isn't it a gem of a place, Ethel?
And the strawberries and the flowers!"
"And the charming rooms!"
"And the pony phaeton!"
"And the Jersey cow that gives real
cream! Fresh eggs every day, too.
That boy, Pixie, seemed glad to see
us. I expect he was lonesome."
"Everything is Just delightful!"
The girls may well have congratu
lated themselves. The Pansles had
every comfort and convenience for
country life, but Helen Wllloughby,
being especially fond of society, and
her brother being absent on a yachting
trip for a month, had tired of its quiet
and seclusion. But the retirement
was just what Mab and Ethel needed
and desired.
The pure, balmy air gave them re
freshing sleep and good appetites.
With their own fair hands they
cooked the daintiest meals, trimmed
the room with flowers, lunched off
strawberries and cream, drove about
the green country roads in the luxur
ious phaeton, or played and gang In
the cool parlors for there waa a
piano and plenty of music at their
disposal. So happy and contented
were they that they could think of the
month ending only with a groan.
They put the unwelcome thought
aside and enjoyed the present They
had no neighbors and they didn't want
any. They wore cool wrapper all
day, read in the hammocks, braided
their hair down their backs, and lin
gered for two mortal hours at their
meals.
But In these days of liberty and
abandon came tue long rain-storm.
The rain came down In gheeta tor
reatg. It was a deluge.
The girls watched It from their
dumber window.
rrom a direction beyond their range
two sturdy pe Imtrtana, protected by
etngle umbrella, marched arm-It-arm
through U merciless fall of wa-
ar. -
"Very stupid of , Alaa; but 1
(sought we could make the six mile,
and get to my la tar's bouae before the
rain fairly act In. But here we are,
blowing our way through the water
like a couple of porpoises. If you
hadn't been nick I'm afraid you'll get
your death."
"Never mind, Laaee. I'm dry as yet.
I see a gllmpae of white among the
trees. Is that the house?"
"Tea, that's the cottage. Helen la
a master hand at a hot negus. You ll
be all right in a minute, my boy."
"You're browned up so by your sea
trip, Lance, I don't believe your als
ter'll know you."
"SaH water agrees with me better
than fresh that's a fact."
, By the time they had reached the
Pansies, the rain storm had increased
to such violence that Mr. Laurence
Leigh ton burst open the door without
much ceremony, and hurriedly rellev
the virgin gold from the hills and
shoes and dripping coats in the hall,
where they proceeded to the parlor,
where the open piano, flowers and
books about gave the apartment the
air to which Mrs. Willoughby's broth
er was accustomed.
"Helen is somewhere about, Alan.
I'll find her in a minute."
Meanwhile the girls had heard the
sounds of intrusion with unspeakable
dismay.
"Robbere!" breathed Mab.
"Lunatics!" whispered Ethel.
Ethel looked as if she was going to
faint. Mab's black eyes flashed. She
picked up a parasol and marched down
stairs. Ethel, catching the spirit of
resistance, caught up a poker and fol
lowed. Lance, who was about leaving the
parlor in search of his sister, retreat
ed In dismay before the appearance of
these fjir but very eccentric-looking
Btrangers.
"Sirs!" cried Mab, "What does this
mean? What are you here for?"
"Madam ladies " stammered
Lance, looking at the parasol and
poker.
"A mistake," murmured Alan West
ford. "What mistake?" demanded Mab.
"This is our house. By what right are
you here?"
"Pardon, but I left my sister, Mrs.
Helen Willoughby. "
"She vacated the premises more
than a fortnight ago."
"Then pray excuse me! I am in
truding. I am Mr. Laurence Leigh
ton; this is my friend, Mr. Westford,
in whose yacht I have lately taken a
sea-trip. We landed only this morn
ing, and have had no late news of my
sister's movements. I supposed she
was here. We have Just walked from
Harborslde, overtaken by the storm,
and Mr. Westford has hardly yet re
covered from an attack of pleurisy;
but we will go to the village to the
hotel at once, of course."
Mab's black eyes looked Into Alan
Westford's blue ones; and Lthel's blue
eyes looked into Laurence's black
ones. There was a pause.
"If Mr. Westford is sick " said
Mab, dropping her parasol.
"Of course he can't go out Into the
rain," said Ethel, putting away her
poker.
"No, and I hope you will pardon
us," said Mab.
"And stay to supper. We are not
Inhospitable," said Ethel.
"And Pixie shall drive you over to
the hotel in the phaeton this evening,"
concluded Mab.
The supper was very nice. The
young ladles wore their most becom
ing dresses and put up their long
braids. Alan thought that Mab was
the prettier; Laurence thought Ethel
was.
The gentlemen spent the mot de
lightful evening of their lives at the
Pansles, and found their way back
there, by invitation, the next day.
Quickly two engagements followed.
These young people evidently counted
time by heart beats. When, in the
following spring, Laurence and Ethel
were married, they purchased the
Pansles as their summer home; while
Alan and Mab took their wedding trip
in the former's beautiful yacht.
CHEATING GAS METERS.
The New Automatic Kind Wry Popular
on New York' East Hide.
The automatic gas meters which
were placed on the east side by the
Consolidated Gas Company are not
doing their work satisfactorily. The
machines are so constructed that when
a 25-cent piece is dropped in the slot a
valve is opened which allows 208 1-3
feet of gaa to be used before it closes
again. Several thousands of these
meters were placed in the tenements
of the east side. At urst everything
went all right, but soon the company's
agent noticed that although a great
deal of gas was being used lew coins
were being dropped In the slot. An
Investigation disclosed the system by
which the gas company was being
cheated.
The quarter used was attached to a
string and lowered nto the slot. Tnere
It was worked up and down until the
valve had been opened four or five
times, when it was allowed to drop.
By this means more than 1,000 feet of
gas was obtained for 25 cents. To
meet this trick the company placed a
small knife In the machine In such a
a way as to cut the string. This, how
ever, was soon gut around by the use
of wire Inste d of cord.
The east side, in a blaze of lights,
now awaits the next move on the part
of the ga company. New York Sun.
Tie Until If Ml f Knciand.
In London silk hats are worn In the
afternoon by all sorts of men with all
sorts of suits. It Is tberofore not sur
prising to learn that 12,000,000 of them
are made annually In the United Kln?
lorn.
SUN BONNETS FOR HOMES.
Tha? ant Wer Daring Hot Weather nad
Have Perreaaad Um Mortality.
Horses In London wear straw hats
during the warm season. For some
time the English Society for the Pre
vention of Cruelty to Animals has been
agitating the question of protecting
the heads of horses during the hot
weather. This agitation has finally
had a good effect, and nearly every
horse that is compelled to draw heavy
loads through the London streets is
now protected from the sun's rays by
a bonnet.
This plan has long been followed In
France and the hat adopted in Eng
land is the same as that used in Borde
aux. It looks much like the straw
hats familiar to visitors to American
summer resorts and bathing beaches.
The brim is wide and there are holes
through which the horse's ears pro
ject. It is held in place by being tied
to the bridle.
Manufacturers of straw goods are
delighted with the Innovation, as they
have been kept busy all summer mak
ing the hats. They sell for a trifle,
but such tremendous numbers are used
that the total cost is considerable.
The mortality among horses has de
creased greatly since the use of the
hats became common. As the hats have
high crowns, there is plenty of room
for ventilation. New York World.
STREET ARAB A GOVERNOR.
Ha Wu Adopted by a Gentleman and
Given a Fine Kducatlon.
John Green Brady, of Indiana, who
has been appointed governor of Alas
ka, never knew his parents, says the
Savannah News. He grew up a verit
able street arab in the utmost pov
erty. In 1860 he was sent to Indiana
with a carload of waifs. The car
reached Tipton, a county seat thirty
miles north of Indianapolis, and a
number of the youngsters were com
mitted to the care of residents. Judge
John Green, a prominent citizen of the
place, called for the "ugliest, ragged
est and most friendless" In the lot.
Jack, as he was afterward known, was
promptly presented, and the Judge
took the lad home. He appreciated
his home and the kindness of his ben
efactors, and diligently applied him
self to study. A course at the public
schoolB was followed by a year at
Waveland Academy, and that by four
years at Harvard. After he had been
graduated at Cambridge he was sent
by Judge Green to England to pursue
his theological studies. Returning to
Tipton in 1876, the next year he went
to Alaska as a missionary under the
auspices of the Presbyterian Church,
and he has since remained there.
er Way to Light Matctie.
A profitable noonday paHtime among
the gamins who frequent the vicinity
of the Reading Terminal never fails
to draw a large and interested crowd,
says the Philadelphia Press. One of
the boys will lay ten matches in an
even row on the hard asphalt. Tho
heads of the matches all point the
same way and the matches are about
an inch apart. Then the youngster
swings a cord on the end of which is
fastened a piece of lead.
Swinging the cord rapidly, he han
dles it so deftly that he hits at will the
head of each match and sets it blaz
ing. He makes an agreement with the
crowd that if he succeeds in igniting
in this manner each of the ten
matches without missing he is to have
ten cents. Usually the business men
who watch the performance are so
well pleaced that the gamin gets con
siderably more than a dime for his
trouble and skill.
The Wrong Man.
"Hold on, gentlemen, before you ad
journ; I notice that you elected Char
lotte Corday as an honorary member
this evenln'."
"That's all right, ain't it? She
killed a man."
"Yep, it's all right that far. But th'
man she killed was the biggest Anar
chist in all France."
"Sho! you don't say! Gentlemen,
I move that Mrs. Corday's name be
stricken from the roll and thet we give
her three groans. Carried." Cleve
land Leader.
A PreeUe Definition.
"01 must conflss," said Mr. Rafferty,
"that It ain't clear ty me what's meant
by arblthration."
"It's a great t'ing," replied Mr. Do
lan. "Oi'll explain it till yez. 'Spose
two people hev a quar'l"
"Which Is liable to happen any
day"
"They call in three or four other
people to take a hand and Ix press an
opinion, an' the result is absolute
peace or a glneral free fight.ayther of
which is to be desired. Washington
8 tar.
An Unsympathetic Mood.
"Is It not sweet and inspiring," she
said, "to stand on the shore where the
waves sing eternally and gaze into the
offing?"
"Well," replied the young man, who
lacks sentiment. "I suppose that la
enjoyable if you know how to appre
ciate it. But the last time I went to
the seashore I didn't give much
thought to the offing. What I wanted
was an awning." Washington Star.
Carving on the Instalment Plan.
Preacher My man, how long are
you in for?
Boozer (serving sixty days for the
fortieth time) Well, boss, dig lg de
way of it. If I keeps on as I have
been, I'm doin' a life sentence on de
instalment plan.
"What makes Bumply so down on
the long distance telephone?"
"He called up a man In Toledo that
owes him 12.50. They wrangled till It
coat Bumply 1 11." Detroit Fret Press.
THE MAJOR'S SCHEME
BY A. hi
Major DeVanx stood on the steps
outside his dub In St. James street,
drawn up as stiff as If on parade, un
decided for the moment as to where b
should go, when be perceived bit
brother-in-law, Sir John Peraley, bun
rying towards him, vexation and an
noyance so plainly to be seen In the
expression of bis face as to make
the major inwardly exclaim: "By
George!' and call out at once: "Well!
what's amiss?"
"Everything's amiss," replied Sir
John. "Here's a regular kettle of
fish; Agatha Insists upon marrying the
groom."
"Whew!" whistled the major be
tween his teeth; "we must stop that."
"Stop It yes. But how? The fool
of a girl Is In love with the scoundrel,
and has told her mother, most decid
edly, that she intends to marry hni.
She is twenty-one, and her fortune is
her own. And then the brute is such
a handsome dog. It's enough to drive
cne mad. It's all my lady's fault; she
would have me engage the fellow be
cause be looked so smart on horse
back, and here's the nice result of her
folly."
The major knitted his brows and
thought for a few moments.
"Ah," he at length said, "we must
exercise a little diplomacy."
"If you coerce her she'll take the
bit between her teeth and bolt proba
bly, and then where will you be?"
"Saints in Heaven!" exclaimed Sir
Jobu testily, "would you have us give
in to the girl and agree to the mar
riage?" "Not at all; at least, only appear to
do so. Girls, like cats, must be
stroked the right way, if you wish
them not to use their claws. I'll think
the matter over, and call aud see you
and Maria this afternoon. When am
I most likely to find you in and
Agatha out?"
"Any time; we'll stay in for you."
True to his promise, Major De Vaux
presented himself In Clar?es street
that same afternoon, when he found
Sir John and Lady Persley impatient
ly awaiting him.
"Well, have you thought of any
thing?" said his sister, jumping up to
greet him. 'We are in the greatest
distress, and have decided to dismiss
Jorkins with a month's wages, and
leave town at ouce with Agatha. I'm
sure it will bring uiy gray hairs with
sorrow to the grave, if this detestable
marriage takes place."
The major smiled as he looked at
Lady Persley's orange-colored wig.
"Pooh!" he said, "no need to die yet.
I've thought of a plan. But, first ol
all, no dismissing of Jorkins Just now.
Say nothing whntever to him agflinst
his engagement, and take him into the
country with the horses, as a matter
of course. 1 have not the pleasure of
au intimate acquaintance wth your
groom, but I presume his manners are
much like the manners of other ser
vants, aud what I propose Is, that as
soon as you get to Persley Court, you
ask him to dinner."
"Ask the groom to dinner!" ex
claimed Lady Persley, In accents of
horror. "Are you dreaming, Wilfrid?
I'm sun? I'll do no such thing."
"Yes, you will, if you are wise," re
turned her brother. "And what Is
more vou will ask the county to meet
him."
"Publish our disgrace In that man
ner? never!" said Lady Persley, with
indignation.
"My dear Maria, Jorkins is a re
marknhly good looking young fellow,
and doubtless on horseback in the
hunting Weld, whore Agatha has chief
ly seen him, presents a gallant appear
ance. The girl's head, like that of
most girls. Is stuffed full, of nonsense,
and Jorkins may have encouraged nr.
idea that he Is above bis apparent for
tunes, or it may be simply a case ol
call' love.
"Any way, if Agatha can see bin
without his surrounding halo of nobl
horsemanship, at table, not knowing
even bow to use a knife and forU
properly, she will be disenchanted ami
disgusted with hlni, and break of)
with him herself.
"So long as she only sees him in his
proper position, as her attendnn'
squire, be Is quite handsome enough
to take any silly woman's fancy cap
tive." So it was decided to follow the ma
jor's advice.
"And you will let me know the re
sult," he snld, as he took leave of hb
sister and Sir John, and went back to
his club.
"I'm sure I don't know what to say
to Agatha," remarked Lady Maria, a
soon as Major De Vaux had quitted
the room, "for only last night I told
her she deserved a good whipping,
and I'd like to give ber one. What
would you do?"
"Well, women should know how to
manage women. I should say a little
kissing and crying over her would be
the best plan."
Thus fortified, Lady Maria left the
drawing-room, and went tip-stairs and
tapped gently at her daughter's bed
room door; for It was locked.
"Who's there?" In rather a choked
voice from Agntha Inside.
"It's only I, dear. Let me come In.
I have something to say to you."
As the key turned the door stood
open of Itself, for as soon as Agatha
had unlocked It she went and threw
herself face downwards on the bed.
Lady Maria went up to It and took
the sobbing girl In her arms.
"My dear," she said, "I cannot bear
this estrangement any longer, It makes
me miserable. Your father and I
have been talking the matter over,
and If you will only promise to do
nothing rash or without our consent,
we will try and see If things cannot
be In any way arranged satisfacto
rily" , , ,
"Oh, mother," cried Agatha, clinging
to ber, "bow food you are. 1 am mis
erable, too; but 1 love blm so."
"Yes, dear, I understand," said Lady
Maria with such a grimace that had
ber daughter seen it she would have
put little faith in those overtures of
peace.
"If you only knew Cyril better "
began Agatha.
"Cyril! who's Cyril?" returned Lady
Maria sharply. "Do you mean Jor
kins? I thought his name was
James."
"So it is, dearest mother, James Cy
ril; but we prefer his second name, it
is prettier do you not think so?"
Poor Lady Maria could scarcely
suppress a groan, but anxious to end
the interview, all she said was,
"Now, look here, my dear child,
you must wash your face and let Mile.
Toinette dress you In your prettiest
and come out for a drive. The fresh
air will do you good after all this agi
tation. I think we have all had
enough of town this season, and so
we will go back to the Court next
week and resume our old, quiet, hum
drum life."
Then Lady Maria kissed her and
went down-stairs quite proud of her
diplomacy.
Agatha was very pale, and her face,
now disfigured by grief, looked decid
edly plain. At no time could she lay
claim to any beauty beyond that of
youth and a certain distinction, de
rived from her tall figure and her
birth and breeding.
After this explanation with her
mother domestic affairs went on more
comfortable, no special allusion was
made to her engagement, and by her
parents' silence on the subject, she
naturally concluded that they were no
longer inimical to it.
This opinion she communicated to
Jorkins the first opportunity she had
of speaking to him alone, when they
had all gone down into the country,
apparently on good terms.
Once settled at the Court, there was
Major de Vaux's advice to be carried
out. and here lay a difficulty.
"It is easy enough to make up a
dinner-party," said Lady Maria to her
husband, "although most of our
friends are still in town, but how am
I to invite that wretch Jorkins? I
cauuot send my groom a written invi
tation, he would boast of it at the vil
lage ale house, aud show it about
amongst the other servants; anyhow
every one of them must hear of his
being asked to dinner. Oh, it is in
famous of Agatha to have placed us
in such a false position."
"Let Agatha ask him herself, by
word of mouth."
"Well, that will be best, perhaps."
returned Lady Maria, "but it's dread
ful altogether. Fancy having to sit
at table with the man and smelling
of stables, too."
"We shall survive that, my dear.
Anything is better than that Agatha
should give him to us as a son-in-law.
That would be a disgrace nothing
could wipe out."
Then Lady Maria called her
daughter and told her to invite her
lover. "Because, you see, my dear,
if you are going to marry him, we
ought to introduce him to our friends
beforehand. He will so soon be one
of us."
Agatha's message from her mother
was such a surprise to Mr. Jorkins as
to completely dumfound him, for, al
though he had persuaded the girl to
marry him, he never for an instant
supposed such a marriage could take
place, unless he defied her parents
and ran away with her.
But modesty and a small opinion of
himself not being his most remark
able qualities, he merely said,
"Oh, that's the way the eat jumps is
it? Well, I'm agreeable. I suppose
I'll 'ave to get evening toggery."
"Of course," said Agatha, "and
mind you look very nice, so that I may
feel proud of my choice," and th
girl's plain face lighted up into al
most beauty, from the love that shone
in it, as she lifted her eyes to him.
In truth he was exceedingly good
to look at, with a face that might
have belonged to Antinous, and a
small, delieately-formed figure that
would have led one to suppose, what
he had more than once hinted at to
Agatha, that he was of noble blood on
one side.
"I mustn't stay now," said Agatha.
"I have to go out for a drive with
mother, and have scarcely time to put
my hat on," for Jorkins would have
detained her to ask a little more
about the invitation, the day fixed,
and who he was likely to meet.
"Blessed if I wouldn't sooner feed
in the servants' 'all," he said, "but I
suppose as Sir John and my lady re
quests the honor of my company, I
must do the polite, too."
The excessive Incongruity of the po
sition did not seem to strike Agatha
or her lover. He was Mo conceited,
und she too much in love with him.
Jorkins havlmr Informed the tailor
who made his liveries that he required
such an outfit as a "regular swell"
would wear In the eveniug. appeared
on the day of the dinner, faultlessly
dressed, and looking so distinguished
as to Induce Colouel Despard to ask
who he was.
"Don't know his face. Very like
Lord Henry Erie, only better looking."
"That young fellow. Oh, Cyril," re
plied Sir John, when luckily for him,
dinner was announced. Jorkins was
told to take In Miss Bolton; and, ex
cept that he offered her the wrong
arm, did not commit himself in any
way at that early stage of the even
ing. Lndy Maria hnd purposely so ar
ranged that Agntha should sit oppo
site blm and thus be cognizant of all
that went en. At first he was very silent
and awkward, not addressing a word
to his partner, and trying nervously to
Imitate the manners of those around
blm.
But after a while, as tba batter
filled bis glass and be emptied It
again and again, he became pot-valiant.
Why should be not enjoy himself,
like any other man? Bother these
swells! He was going to marry the
heiress, and a fig for Sir John and mr
lady.
With such feelings combined with
Dutch courage from the quantity of
wine be had taken, Mr. Jorkins, Jug
before the ladies quitted the dining
room, threw himself back In hi
chair, and thrusting bis bands into the
pockets of bis trousers, exclaimed in
a loud voice,
"Well, my lidy. this 'aa been a
downright, regular feed, I must say,
and I think therefore, as It lg every
one's duty to thank the givers of It;
and so, my lidy, 'ere's yours and Sir
John's jolly good 'ealtb."
Next day a telegram addressed to
Major the Honorable Wilfrid de
Vaux was received by that gentle
man, containing the following,
"Jorkins dismissed with a month's
wages."
HE WAS INTERESTED.
But the Knglnaer Did not Appreciate HI
Desire to See the Boiler Burst.
Lord Itosse, the builder of the fa
tuous Rosse telescope, waa not only a
scientist but an expert mechanic, and
was fond of watching and examining
all kinds of machinery. One of bis pe
culiarities was an absence of neatness
in his dress. He seldom looked to be
what be was, and many amusing mis
takes arose from this habit. One day
while visiting the engine room of m
large manufactory he suddenly became
Intensely interested in something be
saw, and with an apprehensive man
ner be pulled out his watch and looked
from it to the engine. The engineer,
a burly fellow, unaware of the distin
guished visitor's fame, came up and
growled out:
"Well, what's up with you? What
are you shaking your head for and
looking at your watch? See anything
to bother you?"
"Oh, no, nothing to bother me very
much. I was just wondering how
many minutes would pass before that
boiler would explode."
"Boiler explode! Say, you're crazy!
You get out of here right away.
Come!"
"Oh, let me stay; there's a good fel
low. It will take only a few minutes
more while that screw is loose there
before she goes off."
The engineer to humor his crazy man
glanced at the screw and gave a yell.
With a jump he was at it, tightening
it. like a madman. When he had fin
ished, the perspiration stood out on his
brow in beads.
"Why didn't you speak eooner?" he
demanded, after his fright was over.
"You didn't give me much chance,"
replied Lord Rosse; "and, besides, 1
never yet had an opportunity to see a
boiler explode."
PROPOSED COLONY OF WIDOWS.
A Farm Given to Each of Them Which
Mutt be Cultivated Without men.
Mrs. Hattie N. Bemis of Arabia.
Neb., owns a large tract of land In
northwestern Nebraska, which she
says she intends to give to twelve de
serving widows of Northwestern
farmers. In return she will require
them to cultivate it without male as
sistance. She says that she will start,
them out with all the machinery they
need, a sufficient number of cattle,
horses, swine and poultry to serve as
a nestegg, aud money to last them un
til the first harvest can be disposed of.
She admits that the climate is dry,
but she proposes to instruct her ward
in the operation of the Campbell sys
tem of soil culture, by which method
experiments have proved that the
rainfall of the section is sufficient t
insure bountiful crops. The nearest
the women will be allowed to come b
dealing with men is to sell their crops
to them. If Mrs. Bemis should learn
that a farm hand of the male persua
sion has been employed about the
premises the farm will revert to ber.
Any member of the community who
marries will also forfeit her title to
share in the property. Chicago Rec
ord. WOUNDED HEARTS HEALED. f
The Organ Laid Bare nnd Given Santa
Treatment an Any External Wound.
At Berlin a day or two ago Here Re
lin, of Fraukfort-on-the-Maln, aston
ished the members of the Surgical
Congress by recounting bis experiences
in the treatment of wounded hearts.
It has always been held that ninety per
cent of such cases must prove fatal,
death being caused either by shock or
by the flow of blood into the pericar
dial cavity, whereby the heart's action
Is gradually brought to a standstill.
Hitherto no serious attempts have been
made to save the patient's life. Herr
Itelin, however, conceived the daring;
idea of applying precisely the same
treatment that would be used In the
case of an external wound. A man
was brought Into the hospital suffering
from a stab in the heart. He laid bare
the organ, and succeeded In checking;
the hemorrhage by means of a suture.
The patient made a capital recovery,
and was produced before the congress
alive and well. j
Haw City Sparrow Get Coo try Luxarle.
Each day at the Union depot when
the trains pull In under the sheds a
number of the little sparrows that
make their homes about the sheds fly
down and bop and flutter about over
the pilot of the engine, chirping In
great glee as they And grass seed and
uther morsels suited to tbelr appetites
lying about the crevices of tbe pilot
that have been picked up as the train
sped through tbe country.
They do not fear tbe presence of tba
engineer, and act aa If they bad fall
licence to Inspect each engine aa II
comes In. Kansas City Journal,