I
A SISTER'S
By CEORCE MANVILLE FENN
CHAPTER YIII. (Oiiitinut'J.i ;
"There's plenty of Strang? plants out;
la these parts," said Dinny, Uughiug. '
'but I never see one that crew hies. Only
her more wavs or Eriiiug- a Cal taau-
hauling him, aa the praste said when he
minded his old brogues wid a glue-pot.
Cwrue here."
He took off his flannel jacket, folded it,
and laid it in the bottom of the boat, but
looked np directly.
"i'e'Fe got a bit o' sad," he said, "and
there's a nice wind. Where are you go
in first ?
Mary looked at her brother, and Abel
glanced at Bart.
"Ye haven't made up yer minds," said
liuuy, "bo look here. About twenty miles
out yunder to the west there's a bit of an
island where the overseer and two offi
cers wiut one day to abate wild pig and
birds, and I went wid 'em. Why nut go
there till ye make up yer tuiuda? It's a
nioigbty purty place, and ye're not ore
looked by the neighbors' cabins, for
there's nobody lives there at all, at all,
and we caji have it our own way."
"Wild pig, there?" said AbeJ, eagerly.
"Bedad. vis, sor; nice, swate bacon run
sung about on few legs all over the place,
and fruit on the trees, and fish ia the say
tor the catetiinz. Oh, an' it's a moighty
purty little estate!"
"And how could we 6nd Itf cried
Mary.
"By jist setting a saH, aid kaping about
tour miles from the shore tHi ye see it
lying like a bit o' cloud off ta the south.
Bare, and we could hang Mr hammocks
there before night, aji4 tie oiushket here,
ail ready to ehoot a pig."
"Yes," said Mary, in response Ut a
fiance from her brother.
"Thejp I'll hoist the sail," said Bart.
"Nay. let the -boy e it" said Dinny,
"and you come and sit down here. 1 i
poos show you a thing as would make the
Sergeaul stare."
Dinny drew a large knife from bis pock
et, and a flint and steel. The iatter be.
returned, and, taking the flint, he laid
his open knife on the thwart of the boat,
and with the flint jagged the edge of the
blade all along into a rough kind of saw.
"Therel" he said; "that will do. Thai
iron's as aoft as cheese."
This last was a slight Hibernian ex
aggeration; but as Mary hoisted sail, and
Abel put out an oar to steer, while the
little veswc! glided swiftly ever the f-un-lit
sea, Dinny began to wperate upon the
ring around one of Bart's ankles, sawing
away steadily, and with such good effect
that at the end of an hour he had nit ball
through, when by hammering the ring
........ otIiV, , V. ,1... miijr.a th
half-severed iron gave way, and one leg
was free.
"JUtok at that, now!" said Dinny, tri
umphantly. "Now, thin, np wid that oth
er party foot!" he erind; sad, as the boat
glided rapidly toward the west, be sawed
away again, with intervals of rejagging
at the knife edge, and soon made a cat
in the second ring.
Tbe island wrs fond just aa the Irish
man had foretold, and as e Teeing ap
proached, without having even sighted a
sail oa their way, the little boat began
coasting along, its occupant eagerly
scanning the low, cock-reefed shore,
above which waved a laxarlant tropic
growth. The last fetter had been labori
ously sawed through, Dinny having per
sisted in continuing the task, and he now
sat resting and watching the shore with
a critical eye.
AU at once, upon sailing round a jagged
point to which they had to give a wide
berth on account of the fierce race which
swept and eddied among the rocks, a
pleasantly wooded little bay opened out
before them with a smooth, sandy shore
whore the wavea just creamed and glist
ened in tbe sun.
"Look at that, oow," said finny.
"That's where w landed; but I wa
ashleep after palling a long time at the
oar, and 1 diaremembered all about where
we went ashore."
"How beautiful!" said Jack, gazing
thoughtfully at the glorious scene, and
asking herself whether -that was to be
her future home.
"And d'yer call that beautiful T aaid
Dinny, contemptuously. "Young man,
did ye iver aee Dubiia Bay V
"No," said Jack, smiling ia the earnest
fare before him.
"Nor the llill of Htwtir
Jack shook his head.
Then don't call that beaatiCal again
in me presence," aaid Dinny.
The boat was run ap on the shore and
hidden among the rocks, not that it was
likely that it would be seen, hut the po
sition of tbe fugitives and the dread of
being retaken made them dooUy can
tioua, Bart even going so far as to oblit
erate their footprints ea the sand.
"Now, then," said Dinny, "you're got
the mushket and the bagaet, and those
two make one; but U I was you I'd cut
down one of them ha taboos and shtick the
bagnet on that, which would make twu
of it, and it would bo moighty purty
tool to kill a pig."
t he hint was takes, Bart toes catting
(i'ttrn a long, straight lance shaft and
forcing it into the socket of the bayonet.
"Then next," said Dinny, "if I was
captain I should say let's see about some
thing to ate."
"Hear that, AbelT said Bart.
"Yea. I was thinking of how we could
get down some cocoasuts. Thare art
plenty of bananas."
"Ilapea." pal ia Dinny: "sad there's a
cabbage growing la tho heart of I very one
of thtm bandies of Wat sa tho top of a
htick as they call palnu; bat thlra's only
vegetables, captain, dear, and ass shtow
scji is asking for Mate."
"Can w ef.!.!y shoot a pig-yea
there are sooier" said A hoi.
"Aad is It a tally shoot a flfti" said Db
y. -Here, give m tho MahkeL"
He hold oat his head far tho pWee, aad
bat, who bore It, aesttaUd far a ato
asewt or two, u4 gkaead at J afc, wht
MtM abort!, aad the loadad weapon
wo passed to tat Irtokaau.
. T Ud sse." he anal teach
-tit attar artad; It's aUe mnL Osa.
r' tm 1 araa't ahaat mmm af aa aalaaa fa
f twsnr tzi arrtrt r"
VENGEANCE i
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yards, the ruar of the sea being hushed
and the overhanging trees which held
on among the rifts of the rocks sfliitliug
out the evening lif h t so that at times it
U quite dusk. Bat the. rcky barrier
was soon passed, and an open, natural
part spread before them.
A low grunting and squeaking which
bad suddenly been heard in the distance
increased loudly; and directly alter a
herd of Quite two hundred pigs came tear
ing down through a narrow opening in
the rocky jungle and made straight for
the lake. 1 Jinny had an easy shot at a
well-fed specimen which rolled over, the
rest dashing off through the trees. squeal
ing as if every one had been injured by
the shot.
"We shan't starve here." said Oluny.
with a grin of satisfaction, and before
many minutes had passed a fire was kin
dled In a sheltered uook, where the Bauie
was not likely to be seen from the sea.
and as soon as it was glowing, pieces of
the pig, were frizzling in the embers.
They had been a month on the Uland.
leading a dreamy kind ef existence, and
had begun to sleep of a night deeply and
well without starting up half a dotcn
times bathed la sweat, and believing thai
the authorities from I'lactatiea Settle
ment were on their track, 'i ke quest iu
had been debated over and over again:
What were they to doT
Finally aa Incident occurred one day
which settled the matter fr them. This
was no loss than the coming t the island
of the cutter from the penal fccitWuicnt.
It cnjined rde tbe crew a number
of soldier and the overseer. They had
nut come ia aerch of the fugitives, whom
thoy deemed hundreds of miles away b
this time, but far S day's pig hunting.
Thinking the inland uninhabited, they
only left one sailor on board the ressfL
whilit the others proceeded ta the woods,
where they were soon busy poppiug away
at the pigs.
The party concealed in the bushes
watched these proceedings with intense
interest, and soon determined that now
was their chaaoe to seize the cutter and
make their escape for good.
As silently as possible they swam out
to where the cutter was anchored and
climbed on board to did the solitary sail
or had taken the opportunity to indulge in
a nap. lie was awakened only to be
made a prisoner of. Jack pulled up the
light anchor, while Bart and Abel rais
ed the sails, which, catching a lively
breeze, set the cutter going at a brisk
rate before the overseer and his men
knew what had happened.
"Well, Dennis Kelly," said the captur
ed sailor, whose name was Dick Dul
loek, as they sat together on board later,
with the stars gathering overhead and
faint sounds wafted to them from time
to time, as they glided rapidly aloag a
few miles from land, "you can only make
one thing of it, my boy, and that's piracy;
and piracy' yard-arm and a swing at the
end of the rope."
"Ah I get along with ye," said Dinny,
contemptuously, "and don't call things
by had names. They're three very plis
ant fellows, and they've burned the boat
and taken as prisbners to help them ia
the cruUe; or, if ye like it better, we're
pressed men."
"But what are they going to do next?"
"Not a bit do 1 know, and not a bit
do I care. I've no belts to pipe-clay and
you've no deck to boly-stoue. VV hat
there is to ate they share with ye, and
they take their turn at the watcu. Sure,
it's a gintleman's life, and what more
would ye have?"
"Well, l'inny, I don't mind for a
change; but it's piracy, and i hope as we
shan't all be hung."
The same to you," said Dinny, giving
the sailor's shoulder a sounding slap.
OUAITKU IX.
"Then we'll die for it, Bart," aaid Jack,
fiercely.
"If so be as you says die for it now,
or to-morrow, or next day, or neit week,
die it is, my lad," said Bart duspondeot-
ly; "but luck's agen us, and we're beat.
Why not give up'"
"Give up?" cried Jack, whose appear
ance waa somewhat altered by his two
years of hard sea life in the tropic since
the night when the cutter sailed away
into the darkness of what seemed to be
their fature. "Give up 7"
"Yes; and back out of it all Why not
take passage somewhere, not as Jack,
Commodore Junk's brother, but as oon
ny Mary Dell o' Devnsbire, going home
along o' Bart Wrigley, as is Bartholomew
by right T
"Well" said Jack, sternly.
"Don't look at me, my lad. I'm tired
a' boarding ships and sending people
adrift."
"Growing afraid, Bartf
"Ye, my lad; but sot for Bart Wrlg
iley. For someone else."
"You are preaching to-night, Bart."
"May be, my lad, for it's solemn time;
and something keeps a-saying to tue:
'Don't run no more rUka! There's Old
Devon a-waiting for you, and there' tbe
old cottage and tbe bay, and you'v got
the money to buy a decent lugger, and
there's plenty o' fish in the sea."
"Go on," said Jack, mockingly.
"Ay, lad, I will," said Bart "Ami you
might aettle down there, and live happy
with a man there to wait on you and be
your servant sy, your dog if you liked,
and some day. if you thought better of It,
and waa ready to say, 'Bart, my lad.
you've been a true cbsp to me, and I
know as you've loved me ever since you
wss s boy, so now I'll be your wife,' why,
then "
Bart stopped with his lips apart, gsslng
wonderingly at the angry countenance
before him,
"Yon madman I What sr yo say
lagt wss biased into hi ear. "Mary
Dell died whes ah left homo, driven
away by mao' tyranny when br
sought oat her brother cd b! frLad. to
Bad thorn working like Its lb Ut 4
taiios. It was Joha !! Utie
war companion: Mary IVJ l
"Ko," said Bart, speaUtg awiV aso
irltk a hsssoly pataos. aa u sat ta l he
g kmc aosru avorred
"Ho, ay lad, Man tXM Ua't
tL RaTs kilioa kmkar btwat
bonny lass with the dark eye sad log
black hair as 1 kuowed I loved as soou
as I knowed what love meant, and as
long as I live that lass will never die."
"Hush, Bjrt, old friend!" saij Jack,
softiy. "Let her live then, there; but to
me she is dead, and I live to think of
her persecutions, and how for two years
man has pursued us with a bitter hatred
and hunted us down as If we were sav
age beasts."
"Aye, but see how we've growed. First
it was the bit ef a canoe thing as you
came in up the creek."
Jack nodded.
"Thi n we to-ik the cutter."
"Yes. Bart."
"And with that, cutter we took first
one ship, and . then with that another,
always masters, and getting, bit by bit,
stout, stanch men."
"And savages," said Jack, bitterly.
"Well, yes, some on 'em is savage like,
"specially Mazzard."
"Black Mazzard is a ruffianly wretch."
"True, lad; but we've gone on and got
better aud stronger till we have under
our feet the swiftest schooner as swims
tbe sea, aud Commodore Junk's name is
known all along the coast."
"And hated, and a price set upon bi
bead; and now that he is a prisoner bis
people turn against him, sad bis most
faithful follower wants to go aad leave
him in the lurch."
"Nay, don't say that, my lad," cried
Bart. "We was overmatched and he was
took."
"Yes, by his men's cowardice."
"Nay, you're cross, my lad," said Bart,
uncvasciously raising oue arm and draw
ing back the sleeve to readjust a baud
age. "Month to-night and the deck was
running into the scuppers with blood, half
the lads was killed, and t'other ba'f ail
got a wound. We was obliged to sheer
off."
"Ye, you coward! you left the captain
t bis fate."
"But I saved the captain's brother,"
said Bart, slowly, "or he'd have teen
shut up ia prison along with pour Abel
BOW."
"Better se," said the other, fiercely;
u then here'd be aa end ef a perse
cuted life."
"Better as it is." said Bart, quietly,
"but I did save you."
"Bart, old lad, don't take any notice
of what I say," whispered Jack; "but
Abel must be saved; and tbe men agree.'
"Aye; they say they'll have the skipper
out ef prison, or they'll die first."
"Brave fellows!" cried Jack enthusias
tically. "But I don't see how a schooner's to at
tack forts and cannon and stone walls.
My lad. it can't be done."
"It shall be done!" cried Jack. "How's
Dinny r
"Bit weak still: but he says he can
fight, and he shall go."
"Brave, true-hearted fellow! And
Dick?"
"Says he tfhall be well enough to go;
but he won't he's weak as a rat."
Jack drew a deep breath, and a fiercely
vindictive look flashed from the dark
eyes which glared at Bart.
"They shall suffer for all this. Abel
will pay them their due."
"Aye," said Bart; and then to himself,
"when be gets away."
"It was a cruel, cowardly fight four
to one."
"lie would attack," said Bart, heavily.
"He'd bad such luck that he wouldn't
believe he could be beat."
"He was right," said the other, fierce
ly, "ile is not beaten, for we will fetch
him out. and be shall pay them bitterly
for all this."
The speaker strode forward, and went
below into the cabin, while Bart drew
his breath hard as be rose from where
he bad been seated and limped, slightly
bending down to press his leg where a
severe flesh wound was received on the
night of the engagement when Abel Dell
whose name had begun to be well
known for freebooting enterprise as Com
modore Junk had been taken prisoner.
Bart walked to the forecastle, where
he fonnd Dinny and Dick Dullock,
"Well," asked Dinny, "what does he
say?"
"Says be shall fetch the captain out."
"And what does Black Mazzard -.ay?"
"Don't know. Hasn't been asked."
"Look here," said Dick, in a low toice.
"There's going to be trouble over this.
Black Mazzard's captain now, be say,
aad he's got to be asked, lie was down
here swearing about that boat beiug sent
oh, and he's been savage ever since."
"Hist! What's thstf - ssid Dinny.
starting up, and then catching at Bart's
shoulder to save himself from falling.
"Head swims." he said, apologetically.
"Ay, your're weak, lad," said Bart,
helping him back to his seat. "Why, the
boat' back!"
He hurried on deck, to find a boat
alongside, out of which four met climbed
oa deck, while Jack Dell, who had just
beard the hail, came hurrying up.
"Welir he aid. "What news?"
The one spoken to turned away and
did not answer.
"Do you bear?" cried Jack, catching
him by the shoulder as a heavy looking
man came on deck and walked fiercely
and steadily up to the group.
"Bad news, captain," aaid another of
the men, who had Just come aboard.
"Bad news of the commodore!" said
the heavy-looking fellow.
"Ye."
"Tell me," cried Jack, hoarsely, a he
pressed forward to gaze full in the speak
er' face, "what Is it? They bsve cot
sent him away'"
Tbe man was silent; and the rest of tbe
crew, attracted by the return of the boat,
clustered round. Jack reeled.
"Stand by, my lad," whispered Bart at
his ear. "Don't forget."
The words seemed to give nerve to be
sturdy, broad-shouldered youug man, who
spoke hoarsely.
"Trie J and condemned," be said. In a
hoarse, strange voice, "They've hung
him "
"Whntr
"In chains on a gibbet."
A hoarse, guttural sound escaped from
Jack's throat a he clung lightly to Bart'a
arm.
"The gibbet' on the low point by tbe
manarov swamp," said the man.
"They've cut down two palm about a
dosea fact f.r.,1 nailed another aero,
and the captaiu' swinging there."
"A lie!" .:J Jack: "not my l.rotaer!"
"Yes, s i sw it aui mrn-U sore:"
aad a Mu.t.r." of acquit a aiuo from
his Ib.ve spacious, who at J bora la
lb boat U oeor'h of far u:areaf Infor
mal! J U Utt ffbks t.Wy UJ hrowghL
"il.t uA h-y toother i" (roaaod Jteju
Tta, ' ta aUM. "II aS CsailO
tot JumV
the group, the dark, heavy-looking man
stood for a few minutes, gazing down at
Jack, who had dropped into a sitting po
sition upon a water ku. bis arms resting
1 upon his knees, his hands hangiug, and
bis head drooped; while Bart stood by
bis shoulder, with his face wrinkled aud
a pained expreh-siun upon bis brow.
The heavy mau nodded and seemed
about to speak, but remained silent for a
! time. Then pattiug Jack on the shoulder:
; "Brave lad! Good captain! For time
of war!" be said. "But never mind, my
lads. We'll pay them for it yet."
He walked slowly toward the captain's
cabin, uuiiuticed by Jack and Bart; but
Dinny's eyes were sharp enough to read
what all this meant, and he turned to
his comrade Dick.
(To be continued.) -
ILLUM NATIVE.
Only Light Suitalile f ir I'se in Cabin
of .Noun's H iHt.
At a meeting of tbe Archaeological
Club, so the New York Tillies ivp.jrtK,
I"rof. Lewis B. I'atou of tbe Hartford
Theological Seminary, who Is well
known as a distinguished student of
Semitic archaelogy, was approached by
a lady who bad eouie as a guest for
the purpose of Interviewing him.
"Oh, I'rofessor I'aton, I'm so glad to
meet you!" tbe lady gushed, shortly
after au introduction. "I want to con
sult you about a mutter which has
given rue tiiucb anxiety."
The professor looked politely Inter
ested, and the lady continued:
"We are arranging a series of tab
leaux for the benulit of our church, Il
lustrating events In the Old Testament,
and I am anxious that everything shall
be in keeping. One of the tableaux
represent Noah and his family lu the
cabin of the ark. I have tbe costumes
quite correct I'm sure, and the acces
sories are strikingly appropriate. Some
of them are more than a hundred years
old. But I cannot think bow the cabin
should be lighted appropriately. Now,
pr feasor, 1 want to ak you what sort
of lights Noah had In his cabin, so that
our tableau can be as nearly correct as
possible from the archaeological point
of view."
"Well, madam." said TrofeHsor Tat
on, after reflection, "I do not know of
any data respecting the time of Noah;
but If It devolved upon me to make
suitably luminous the beautiful tab
leau you have described, and every
thing else was as appropriate, I should
certainly use arc lights."
An Kmb rraiti(t Kindness.
There la one young woman In Phila
delphia, declares the IuiUiter. whose
benevolent disposition received a se
vere shock recently. .She was at church
and aat directly behind a tall, we.l
dressed stranger, who bad a raveling
hanging over bis collar.
Being one of those generous-hearted,
whole-souled girls who grow up to be
motherly old ladles, a friend to every
body In town, she thought bow glad
she would be if some kind-hearted
girl would do aa much for her father,
if he were to go to church with a rav
eling hanging down bis back; so when
tbe congregation rose for tbe first
hymn she decided to pick It off.
Carefully raising her haud, abe gave
a little twitch, but the raveling was
longer than she supposed, and a foot
or more of thread appeared.
.Setting her teeth she gave a pull, and
about a yard more of that horrible
thread appeared.
This was getting embarrassing, but,
still determined, she gave another
yank, aud then discovered that she was
unraveling the man's undershirt.
Her discomfiture was evident when
the gentleman turned with a kindly
and Inquiring look to see what was
tickling hi neck.
Satiofled Them.
A lady who la a district Tlaltor be
came much Interested In a very poor
but apparently respectable Irish family
named Curran, living on tbe top door of
a great building In a slum district of
her parish.
livery time she visited the Curran
she was annoyed by the staring and tb
whispering of the other women living
In the buildlug. Oue day she said to
Mrs. Curran:
"Your neighbors seem Tory curious
to know who and what I am and tbe
nature of my business with you."
"Tbey do." acquiesced Mm. Cur ran.
"Do they ask you about It?"
"Indade tbey do, ma'am."
"And do yu tell tbera?"
"Kalth, thin, an' 01 do not"
"What do you tell them?"
"Ol Jut tell tblin," wa the calm re
ply, "that you are mo dressmaker, an'
let It go at thsL"
Oar Troop Well I)lclllnm1.
The army surgeon In tbe Philippines
attribute tbe deaths of American sol
diers from cholera almost entirely to
their disobedience of orders In refer
ence to diet and drink. They aver
that an American who take proper
care of himself I almost certain to es
cape tbe Infection. Admitting till to
be true, tbe small percentage of sol
diers who have died of cholera show
a pretty good state of discipline among
tbe troops. Minneapolis Tribune.
Kor Prriwmal Attornment.
A lighted lantern don not seem quite
the thing one would desire for a per
sonal ornament yet It serves that pur
pose lu I'urls. The fashion originated
with a speculative manufacturer,
whose "petite lanternes" wers bought
by tens of thousand at the fair of
Neullly. Tbe lantern Is rrry aiu.itl aad
neat and made In a Gothic for after
aa ancient model.
When It comes ta making payment
some uea never get beyond compli
ment. Drtaaid g by eMtrartaa ajal th maa
WlM ladaltfal al Uf-4tmm a) aiwajr.
Handling Corn Fodder
Where shocks are made of unbound j
fodder it will be necessary to employ
the aid of a horse for building them
ami tbey should
be well tied with
binder twine. Al
most any device
will answer for a!
horse around,
which to shock the corn. Herewith la
shown a device sent by a contributor
for tylns shocks that "is very news-
sary. After the shock Is made as largo
as desired, tbe shaft of this device Is
thrust through the shock a little above
the half way distance from the bottom
to the top, the end of the rope la
brought around the shock and tbe end
passed ever the smooth end of the
shaft By giving the handle a few
turns the compass of tbe shock will
be so drawn that It can be easily tied.
Khnr-lsa H...I In tt.l Tiinnmr shMiiUI ITBt
twlated or out of condition.
For hauling In fodder we have two
designs. One of theme Is an ordinary
sled-like device that la easily construct
ed and will be found very handy for
hauling fodder. It will be found espe
cially bandy In loading fodder. Some
use this sled for hauling and the
shocks are not torn apart In hauling,
but are simply tipped over on the sled
and hauled away In this manner. The
other device consists In a peculiarly
constructed rack to be placed on a low-
wheeled wagon. By the aid of a sim
ple derrick-like contrivance on the rear
end of tbe wagon the shocks are easily
lifted on the wagon and placed in a
position on the load. We know of sev
eral farmers who have used this de
vice, and they pronounce It good.
Many ways can be provided for mak
ing racks that will be convenient for
hauling fodder, and thetm are only giv
en as starters along this line. Iowa
Homestead.
Winter Spraylnsr of Frnlt Tree.
The spraying of fruit treee during the
winter should not be neglected. Before
the leaves start tbe trunk and every
branch of the tree should be well spray
ed with a solution of one pound of cop
per sulphate In twenty-five gallons of
water to check scab, codling moth, bird
moth, tent caterpillar, canker worm,
plum curculio and San Jose scale on
apple trees, to be followed up after the
blossoms fall by the regular bordeaux
mixture of four pounds each of sul
phate of copper and lime to fifty gallons
of water. Some prefer to use six pounds
sulphate of copper Instead of four
pound, but we are not sure that this Is
any better than the other, while for
peach trees that have put out their
leaves the use of three pounds of sul
phate of copper to six or nine pound
of lime Is thought strong enough for
fifty gallons of water. But we are now
speaking of a winter spray before tbe
leaves come out The mixture of fifty
pounds each of lime, salt and flowers
of sulphur Is used on tbe Pacific coast
for the San Jose scale, but In our East
ern climate It docs not seem to he as
effectual, as the frequent rains wash it
off. A mixture of pure lime made as a
thin whitewash and used on peach tree
two or three times In the winter bus
been recommended as a spray that will
keep the leaves nnd buds from starting
tarly enough to be killed by the spring
trusts. American Cultivator.
Keeping- I,nt Cobhave.
Late cabbage laid lu shallow trenches
roots up will keep well If not placed
too close together in the trench. Dig a
trench about eight or ten Inches deep
aud two and a half to three feet wide,
putting some cross-pieces of wood In
tbe bottom of tbe trench for some odd
and end boards to rest up in, making a
rough kind of platform, leaving a space
of two or three Inches beneath. A little
Straw Is spread over tbe boards and the
cabbages are packed In head down In
two layers, tbe upper la) er being plsced
between tbe angles formed by the cab
bages of tbe lower one. A coping Is
placed over to keep tbcin dry and atten
tion paid that tbey do not get frosen.
Aaerlcan Gardening.
Tbe Co-Oporatlro Laaadrg.
Tfce co-operative laundry should be
Jvat aa practical as the co-open tire
tmbij, a aara is ao moor mat ia so
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bold duties to perform as la the work of
tbe laundry, and It Is asserted that II U
were not for this one Item of labor tbi
help question would not take on such a
herious aspect as It d-s at tbe preseul
time. It Is suggested that a laundry foi
rural 'communities" would give grcsl
satisfaction If not run on the co-operative
plan, but bimply placed on a busl
ncss basis like any other private con
ceru. If women simply demanded that
laundry should be done away from
home there Is no question but what
their demand would be mi tUfled.-Iows
Homestead.
Artidciiil Ice I'ond.
There are few better sources for get
tlnu' good Ice tlmii from a properly oav
struiieu uriuiciui -----
can be placed on a stream of pure ruo
ning water, which can be let off dunni
the summer months, and allow tu to iiu
j up before freezing weather. The hot
torn can be cleaned before tbe water u
j let !u, and If there Is no impurity above,
j tbe Ice will be much purer than fn.a
I the ordinary pond. A pond eontamini
one hundred square rails should cut
! about twenty thousand square feet, ot
j five hundred ton, when tbe Ice wll
aveiage nine inches thick, ana mu
would be enough for several fauiilicj
or dairies. For a single family with
small dairy, even six square rods would
fill un Icehouse ten feet square, twelv
feet deep, or about thirty tons, mor
than many use for a dairy. If the Ira
J was thicker or was cut more than one
! in a year, tbe amount would be largelj
j Increased. Both these might happen h
, ordinary winters In this climate. Th
Ideal DOIIll should be abOUt 3Ml feet
deep, and with a gravelly or sandy bot
torn. Water In tbe shallow pond
freeze more quickly than In a largei
pond or a running stream, and whew
It is filled quickly the Ice la clearer, i
grass bottom Is allowable. If It b
cleansed by mowing and raking befon
the water Is let In. Tbe shallow depth
prevents danger from drowning uulc
oue goes In bend foremost. Vor tbi
smaller bouses one needs no expensive
outfit of Ice tools. A straight-edged
board to mark off the squares, a cross
cut saw, and an Ice chisel, a few pikes,
a runway, with blocks and ropes ti
draw the Ice up the run. are all that rt
absolutely necessary. Two men to cut,
two to run It Into the bouse and one ts
pack It Inside will make a good gang foi
a small pond. New England Farmer.
t b tse Ire.
Here Is a sketch of a cheese press th.
we have found to be very useful; II
can be made at a trifling cost Th- up.
rights are 2x4 Inch scantling, 4 or S
feet long, with pieces of tbe same fast
ened to the bottom for hasps; 30 Inches
from tbe floor stout cleats are nailed
firmly to tbe uprights, upon which
rests a 2-lncb plank, which serves a
a table; upon this
plunk is a cheese
hoop with a cheese
Inside to be pressed;
above this Is a stout
strip (2x4) with ends
resting In mortises
cut lu the uprights;
this strip should be
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5 or 0 feet lu length; under It In thi
center. Is a block which rests upon t
round follower the exact size of tbi
cheese to be pressed. The power Is fur
nlshed by the eccentrics, or arms, whlci
are merely levers with unequal clrcnloi
i-nds; these work on a bolt which
pierces the circle near the top; to th
ends of the arms fasten strings, whlct
are tied to the side of tbe table to main;
, tain the pressure. When the cheese a
placed In the hoop, the follower and
block adjusted, by pulling down on thi
eccentrics a pressure of any required
degree Is applied upon the cheese. Bota
, tbe board and strip being elastic, tbi
j pressure Is maintained as long as re
quired. Jacob Harper, In the Epltonv
1st
The Infant H-,
When one thinks that any bee th
walks out of its cradle, pale, perhaps,
but perfect knows at once sll that li
to be known of the life and duties of
bee, complicated as they are, and con
prising tbe knowledge of an architect
a wax-modeler, a nurse, a lady's maid,
a housekeeper, a tourist agency and I
field marshal, and then compares thai
vast knowledge with the human baby,
who Is looked upon as a genius If U
gurgles "(ioo-goo," aud tries to gougi
Its mother's eye out with Its fingers,
one realizes that the boasted superior
Ity of the human brain depends lurga
ly upon vanity. Itural World.
The MilkhouM.
In planning a house for handling thi
milk the main points are veutllatlon,
kuiishiii", drainage and to have It handy
to an abundant supply of cold water.
The locution should be where the sir ll
pure, as milk absorbs odors nnd Is eas
ily tainted and spoiled for butter-making
or any family purpose. The build,
lug should have at least oue window
on (he south side, so as to allow tbe sub
to shine In when desired, yet so ar
ranged as to exclude the direct sunsblni
when necessary.
The twwt mulch for a strawberry bot
h One horse manure. Early In tbi
spring It should be raked off tbe rowt
and worked In close to tbe plants
using salt bay or any clean material la
Its place on the rowa aa a mulch aftai
the plants are well grown, to aa to pta
tact the fruit from dirt tad alae U
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