Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905, June 02, 1904, Image 6
"0T:3 Secret By JAME8 CHAPTER XXL ry end ad tu th heart f Char a Bi)nia whn on th valng f th 16th T Bapteab1. that watch u eub- rueet to th eplaod at SehlaaIbnrf. saw th dom and towr of St Petersburg glittering la gold and bronaa, h green end fiery or fantastic colore, aaud Th net glow of ruddy (unset, ad where rising from th has of th raat city. th polished eaaoia of St laaar'a Cathedral, and tha ludr pir it tk Adsnlrsltj, like a ne41 of flame, nam ill to (oat In midair. la ha entered tha first guarded bar rlar ha mot a party of lanrara at a trot, their tall far cap having larg plnmoa. their lane each with a loaf bannerol waring In the wind. They escorted a eorered wagon, and were led by Bal asain, a Scottish oSSeer, who in after years stormed Kit's, in the Crimea. "Whither go yoot" liked Balgoni. "For Schlaaaelbarg the palace of or irt." "With a prisoner, of rotsmtV "Yea. I regret to aay, with tha nleco of Mierowitx, with Mile. Marinlizxa. She Is to be confined under a warrant from tha Grand Chancellor poor girlf' Sadder aad heavier grew the honest heart of Balgooie aa the escort and Its hearse-like carriage passed on, and aa he looked after it tha fair, merry face, the graceful figure, the gay manner of the betrothed of poor Basil, ss hs had seen her at I.ouga, came back vividly to mem ory. Balgonle was at St Petersburg wbeo Hierowitz wis executed, when his father died, and when other horrors followed. Moreover, he was closely and repeatedly Interrogated by the Grand Chancellor, tha TriTy Councilor and by Gen. Wey marn aa to all he knew and had seen of tha conspirators so closely thst nothing surprised him so much aa to find that no suspicion waa attached to himself. But being a soldier of fortune, who possessed nothing in the world but hia sword and his epaulets, he waa not worth suspecting by the imperial government. Ere long the name of Natalie came be fore the Secret Chancery as a prisoner la Schluaselburg, and. like the rest, she waa tried and condemned in her absence, andefended and unheard and sentenced, too, amid the solitude of her prison. To Balgonie the charm of life seemed to have passed sway, and durj the week or two that followed his return to St. Petersburg, dreary, weary and un meaning indeed seemed the routine of hia dutiea as aide-de-camp at the vast parades, the brilliant receptions, the court martial, and other public affairs h which ha followed his chief. Lien. Weymarn, at the palaces of Taarsky Selo, or Oranienbanm, and elsewhere. while ignorant of the fata of Natalii while the very life of her ha loved hung hi tha balance. Charlie, in hia desperation, applied to tha ambassadors from France and Brit ain; and both received his verbal pray er; but they wero unheeded; and the dn inters replied only by bows, grim aces and shrugs of their diplomatic aho- cars. Their interference waa Impossible quite: and, unfortunately, his old pat ron. Admiral Thomas Meckenxie, waa with tha fleet Balgonie, returning from Cronatadt whither he had been sent by Gen. Wey marn, auddenly met CapUin VlaatVer faca face to faca near tha palace or tne rto faca near tha palace of the favorite 1 naked. 1 This personage ha would hare avoided like a toed or a leper: but from him only might he laarn aomething of her ho loved hi Schluaselburg, that hateful place to which the captain waa returning; ao, overcoming or rather concealing his re pugnance, he adjourned with hia to a cafe. . "I dare aay you have heard," aald Vlaafief, with a atrange leer In his eyea, aa h tossed his hat and saber on the sofa and deposited his Jack-booted limbs on another, "how tha eatatea of tha Mie rowitx and thoae of Usakon! have been sold or gifted away; pillaged and rav aged by Laoskol with a party of Cos sack; and that the plunder haa been stored up in SchlnsselburgT "Something of all thia I have heard," replied Balgonie, "and and but you bar there two ladiea of tha family?" "True one beautifully fair, the other black-hatred like a Pole. Poor glrle! 1 remember them both In happier and brighter times; but those who plsy with lira will, you know, be burned. The sen tences on all have been found, recorded and, in two Instances, executed; and they are truly terrible!" "Executed the sentence ! replied Bal gonle. in a faint voices. , "Tea; ah! ha la a stera old fallow, Panlm!" "How what? Vlaafief, yon Jtr "'Tia no Jest; w don't Jest on such matters in Russia," replied Vlaaflet "Yon are a Scot, like Balmain. and aa the Turks say, truly, Thoao who have never aeen the world think It is all like their father's house.' In short, the the two ladles, in the wlldness of their grief .-Mariolixsa especially on hearing of the death of Mierowits, permitted their tongues to run riot, and to say aucn thing of her Imperial Majesty and soma of tha favoritea aa no woman would par don; ao they are to be given In uecee slon to the master of tha shoulders." "Expiate, I implore you, explain!" aak ed Balgonle, with quivering lips. "Mademoiselle Marioliaxa has received six blow of the knout The torturer la a aaw man, and mangled her cruelly, tha baa had her tougus cut out and ber forehead branded with the executioner's anark, and aba goes to Siberia as soon as ah 1 stovers; but aha will aever reach It alrrc Tha other will n ad ergo exactly ahniler smetobnseat, and there ends the aa MlarowHa, wklca boasts at tu fro Boric the Yaregiaa f Old Ur.tmlliinil mini, mmn atjar-1 M esataial Jest, the eraei and a Jb Taawl wba, aa a parveara MC tws43M b Ma ltd aatod tka h- laX3airbjill lattaobla o Dispatch GRANT talking, bat hia salad sad thought war far, far away; and after a time he found : himself alone. Vlaafief had mounted and ridden off; and mechanically, like aa automaton. I Balgooie had bidden him adieu at the portico of the cafe, aa one in a waking dream; aor was it until the boll of St ; lease's toiled midnight, when the lights were burned low, sud ss ssw s drowsy waiter hovering near him, that he rose to depart: for to him, now, all place eeem ed alike. la tha street a ahower of teara revived him; and he wept unseen, like a great boy, while grinding his teeth aad twiat- Ing hia moatacbe like a furious and des perate mil. Russia, her laws, her ml- t era, her very air, he loathed and detest ed. But whst was he to do? which way waa he to turn? was be to permit these horrors sud live? He had been present when the Regi ment of Smoiensko guarded tha punish ment of Mnie. I .a pouch in. one of the most beautiful women of tbs Imperial Court, where she shone like s planet, was loved, sdmired and more than once fourht for. An alleged conspiracy brought her to the knout, in the light of open day; and Charlie remembered that eickeuiag eceoe, before the eyee of ss sembted thoussnds. and how, sa the Abbs d'Anterroche records, "io a few momenta all the skin of her tender back was cut away in smsll elripa, moat of which re mained hanging. Her tongue wax cut out immediately after, and she was ban Ulied into Siberia." "Oh. Nstslie, Natalie?' he could but repeat, while he wrung hia hands; and thus the dawn of day found him. After mature consideration of hia poel tion, hia powerlesaneas and the diffi culties that beset him. with the horrors imp aiding over Natalie. poor Charlie Balgonle felt maddened, crushed and heart broken. Could he aee her perish without a truggle, an effort, however reckless, fruitless and futile, on ber be half, even if he pistoled the executioner? "Hearta will break in this life," says a recent writer; "it is the nature of them; but if God wills it, snd it were possible. It Is honeater, brsver, snd no bler to live thsu to die." Moat true; but to lire is to hope. Bslgouie vague ly, but sternly, resolved thst he would do something, but being a poor, bewilder ed, loving young fellow, he could in no way practically se what that something might be. The next day was not far sdranced when Balgonie waa summoned by Gen. Weymarn, whose staff he bad been re solving to quit; but for what purpose, or whither to go, he knew not. With something of a shudder he beheld the Stepnisk the comrade snd confederate of the late Nicholas Panloviteh leav ing the general's quarters. Save that ha wore the scarlet livery of hia new trade torture and death he waa unchanged, and waa the same hideous and ill-visaged giant with square shoulders, enormous beard, mouse like eyes, hair shorn off straight across the beetle brows, snd the pinespple shsped hesd whom Bslgonie bed seen In the hut where the wretched Podateh kine perished. He was now public ex ecutioner of St Petersburg; under his felon hsnds hsd poor Mierowitx and Mariolizza been, and ere long would Na talia be! Weymarn waa a grave and stern, yet not unkind, old soldier; and on perceiv ing that hia young aid-de camp looked pale, he spoke to him with uuuaual kind ness, snd added: "I am aorry to aay that I have a new duty of importance for you to perform." "Thanka, general; any eicitement la better than than idleness." "True. You will have to ride to Scbtusselburg with an escort, composed of six Coaaack of the Imperial Guard, and bring back the aum of eighty thou sand roubles, which are there in canvaa baw. aealed. They have been levied on the estate of Mierowitx. You will receive thi'i from the officer command ing there; give a signed reecipt, snd de liver them Into the Imperial Treasury." Balgonie bowed In alienee. The gen eral, who, of course, knew well the cor rupt venality of the Rusaian aervice, added: "if the sum is brought entire to the treasury, Carl Ivanoritch, a reasonable gratuity will. Of COuf , b paid oti." "Excellency, I require none for doing my duty, either in this or any other mat tor," replied Balgonie, even haughtily. "As you plesse, air ss you please. Some among u might be leaa particu lar," aald the old general, tugging bia grialy mustache. "And sty. By the by, there ia a prisoner at Schluaselburg whose sentence 1 to be executed tomor row In presence of the assembled troops and people here " Balgonie thought of but one prisoner there, and an icy chill came over him a Weymarn aald: "With the escort snd tha wagon, Cap tain, you will at the aame time bring the culprit here." "And and thia pris-on-ner, Excellen cy?" faltered the poor fellow. "Is Jagouski, the Coaaack, who ao se verely wounded Col. Bernikoff when la the execution of his duty. An order will be ueceaaary for you a apeclal order altice the affair of that wretched young fellow Mierowitx we cannot be too par ticular; ao take thia: " 'To the Officer Commanding at Bchlua selborg: " 'Yon ar hereby directed to deliver to Captain Carl Iranovitch Balgoni, of the Smoiensko Regiment tha priaoner who la to be executed to-morrow. - 'WEYMARN, Llnt Gen..' "For the delivery of tha money her to a separata order fro tka treasurer. Adioa." CHAPTER XXII. Am Balgonl I ft th prearacs of Oaa. Waymara a anddaa light brok throng A. Jasfcnaasi af bto mlal is nnlaakad- far tfcoiagbt snd bap sodaanly Immirad Mas aad a prayar rkaaka to baavsa rwas to bto Una fhaMfsr. Ma arias etla Tbaa ia Itoa f tka Oaaaark be wooid demand that Natalia Mlatwwna be given into bto e tody, aad with her b wooid wrap, quit Russia aad lb ervir of th Esapraa at all rtoaa. Ha bad aa paper an leave of ab eaca, or pa sjsrt; bat a tha palt to sa aO-pwwsrfnl bod la Raasfa. bto aniform aad ala saber wenU b pass port aaangb. For tka rest, k mast trust to his owa lav aad coarag aad t hi kawldg of the coantry. But thea there we tha Coaaack escort bow wa be to rid binaolf of it? Th same bind heaves) wbiet favored aad taepirad him now would sot fail to a so, hs hoped, wbeo th crisis ram. Wail bia bast bora waa being sad dled aad acceuwrad h consulted tbs map of Russia. There waa ao wsy for it but to rids, at all basarda, toward th frontier of Finland. Thy wosld there be aaf beyoad pur ait ssf among th boapUabt Swoda. who are always hos tile to th grasping and agavaaslve Rus sian s. At last h ssw his wsy clesrly. aa he thought through Viborg from Schlus elburg northwestward In safety. He put all the money he possessed about hia person, tiled his rsrtridge box with ammunition snd buckled on his saber. "By tble time to-morrow," he mut tered, aa he glanced at bia watch, "the game will have been won or lost!" It wss considerably past the noon of aa October day whru they aet out for Schluaselburg. snd ere long th rain be gan to fall heavily, soaking ths busssr finery of the Cossacka of the guard; but Charlie Balgonle rode silently on at their bead, beedlea of the blind torrent and the bellowing wind, though he little knew that aa the darkness increased, and tha early night drew on, that the watera of the lake and river were rising fast, and that a peril, of which he had no conception, already menaced the exist ence of Natalie. But her voice seemed to be ever whiapering In hia ear: "Carl, Carl, my beloved Carl, come to my aid aave me help me, if yon lore mer When they were midway to Rchlusael burg the wagon driver fell awkwardly from hia seat, aud broke hia right arm. What wss to be done now? No Cossack of ths guard would condescend to sup ply his plsre, snd for more then an hour the party remained halted In a desolate spot, near a pine wood, while looking about to cspture the first pesssnt serf or civilian of sny kind whom they might meet, and press him luto the service. A skulking snd somewhat sulky toor, in a fur cap and canvaa coat, leather logging and hark shoes, who had been sleepiug under s great tree, was ere long discovered, dragged forward, and, with aundry threata, commanded to mount the ehaft and act aa driver, which he did with a reluctance he waa at do pains ta conceal. Knowing how neceasary It waa to con ciliate this new acquisition. BalK'itiii asked him a few questions, with stern nesa, but yet with politeness. The serf was a aiugularly handsom younc man, with eaglelike ejes snd ss aquiline nose, that waa almost booked he wss without his mustache, which seemed to hare been recently shared off but he hsd a curly red beard, with I complexion of well-nigh Asiatic dara nesa. "Trust me, dear Carl Ivanoritch," aid he, in a low and imprest voice, that waa atrangely familiar to rJaixon!, "My disguise, 1 find, I complete Indeed, when it deceives even you; but speak U French." "Your disguise yours?" "Ye I sm Apollo Uaakoff." he adde throngh his teeth. (To be continued. How to Fold a Letter. "I ee tou have lot of applications aid the advertising manager to tu, bualnea bouse manager who bad adV vertiaed for a typewriter and boom keeper. ' From ail over New England." ask the business man. Jamming bis pocket! full. "But what some of the girls wb answer are thinking of I can't Imagine Here la one girl who will com nrtj mile to take a place at $5 a week. "Can you tell much aa to their quatt ficatlons by their letters T' "Can I? Well, rather. For Instanca there is the writing; there Is the apell Ing of the words; there la the way th letter Is put together; there I even thi way the letter 1 folded. Ever thlu that letter are folded so aa to aav time nowaday?" "No." aald the advertising man. m all I can do to get the stamps put 01 em. Mr tenographer folds em al right. I guea. Mow should It be done? "Eav enough. lBiple enough, bis, folded wrong often enough," said thj business man ruleutloiiiy. "If ?. typewriter know her business shi take the sheet and folds it up from tni bottom toward the top, leaving th j nroner width for the envelope, the over from right to left and from leO to right so. Then when your letter k opened It Is right side up. Seer "l see" murmured the advertlslnl man. "And bow many applicants foil their letter that way?" "Oh. three or four out of a dozen perhap. Quite a commentary on bust neas aa she la taught, eh?" remarket the business man as ha strolled aw an Springfield Republican. Failed In an Emergency. The man who said be did not sat what good bis life Insurance would d him until be waa dead must have beej a hopeless object for tha auav attacl of the agent Like him la tha farme of a Flfeshlre village of whom V. O tells. He bad been advised from time tg time to Insure bis bouse glnt Or) The agent Sand M'Lery, could neve! get tha old man to listen to the familial argument that "his boos would nevel gang on Are." The unexpected happened, bowerea and the neighbors were aetonUhed when the old man Instead of trying U are bia goods, ran wildly op an! down th Tillage, crying: "Wham's that moo, steady, boo Whanr's that taamraisea etUsIt Te eu never get a body wfcea yere aaedia him.- Fawmiag aa pieija of bm. faf to a ailasa Can to Bala. Ill low Agricultural College at 4 me give the following liat of ran n-s of corn for the Stat: Krid a Yellow l'ut. average length t to Jo Incites, average circumference 7 to 7S Incnea, average tJm to ma ture l'JO dsya: Isuiiug. average rnglh 9 to 10 inches, average ctrcum .Vrence 7 to ly, uii hew, average time i) mature 125 to 129 (lays; Iowa Gold Mine, average leugth 71 to 84 Inca, tventge circumference 64 to ?U nches, average time to mature li lya; Iegal Tender, average leiijfth 'j to lo1 Inches, average eireuni-ft-rfiice 7 to 8 Inches, average time to aiature 125 days; Boone County Wbit!. average length 'J to 10 Inches, average circumference 7H Inches, average time t mature 13o days; Silver Mine, iverag length H tu l1 Inches, arer ce clrini mference 7 to 7 4 lnch,M, average time to mature l'JO days. Calico corn, average length 9 to 10 Inches, averape circumference 7 to 7 Inches, average time to mature 11. dnra. These are the varieties that are gen erally grown in the State, although there are everal other rarletle In different localltien In the State receiv ing favorable mention. Among the (Hrllest of thee are Ixinsfellow's Yel low lent, Kamier' Hellgnce, I'rUlc of the North, anil Minnesota No. 1:1; ami mining the later rarie'.li a. Mills County Prize. St. Charles White. Mrowa'a Choice. Iowa Cropper, Iowa King, etc. In otir Judgment the Boone Comity White Iegul Tender. Learning, ami Mills County Prize are better adapted lo the nouthern part of the State, say ah far north as the Rock Island Rail road. Here again elevation must de termine. The higher divide south of the Rock Island will not grow as eariy a corn aa some of the river bottoms north of the Rock Island. The Gold Mine, Reld's Yellow Dent, Silver Mine, and Brown's Choice will do well Id the territory between the Rock Island main line and the main line of th Illinois Central, while the esriler va rieties are to be preferred north of that line and In the corresponding latitude est and west. A IMrt-Holatlnic Itevice. Mr. J. II. Arthur, of Macon County, Missouri, writes to Ihe St Iuls Ite public a follow: "I send you a sketch of a device with which dirt can be hauled out of a well while dig ging or cleaning out. The line can be used for lowering brick or tone in walling a well. It I cheap and U far DIRT H01STIXO DEVICE. better than a windlass. Take a post U feet long, set It In the ground 18 inches and fasten the top with guv wires, each 30 feet long. Make a trian gle of pieces of 2x6 and bolt or hinge jo the post A screw eye la fastened it one end of the angle on which to bang a pufiey and another Is fastened It the foot of the post. A rope passed through these pulleys on which la placed a bucket completes the device, ave a singletree to which a horse tan be bitched. By placing the trlau Kle high on the post the dirt may be unloaded In a wagon and drawn off out of the way." Karljr Peas. The first crop usually planted lu the farm garden ia one of the earliest va rieties of peas. On account of the hardiness of the plant no amount of cold weather will do much injury af ter the peas are once up, but wh?n planted extremely early a part of tbs seed will rot In the ground, causing many gaps in the row. Early In th season usually there la little nitrogen In the soil and the plants grow very Slowly at first A little nitrate of sod fipplled In the row st the time of sow ing will hurry the growth of peas. P'he market value of the crop depends largely upon Its earllness. The kinds svhlch do not require bushing are most ropular for farm use. The late kind aften do not produce a crop until warm weather comes, and for that reason are jften attacked by Mljcht, which may e prevented by spraying with bor Jeaux mixture, same as for apple trees. A Good Orsftina Wax. For a good, all around grafting wai, to be used for any purpose for which jmeb wax Is used, try the following: (l'ake four pounds of rosin, one pound pf beeswax and one pint of linseed ol1. Put these In sa Iron kettle, pnt over a slow fire and mix thoroughly while heating. Then pour In the mas some ;old water and pull the wax with the hands until It Is the color of light molssses candy a light cream. Pull ;nto the form of sticks and put awny ;n a cool place until wanted for use. This wax I cheap and of the beet Quality, quit aa good as that made from . tallow In place of the Unseed Ml. Daa Beds Bad for Pfsja. Damp bedding la bad for pig and ret there are many pig raiser who neglect providing dry beds for their atiMta. faaahia to oaa of the beat tbiaar that pigs can hsv and it is not aJway possible to obtain it Son, year we are woefully short on sun blue. SometioM'S we have the suu ahine and no way for the pig to enjoy It It require some planning to con struct a good brood bouse for (de Cold drafts are damaging to pigs and cause great deal of mortality. Kxparisaantsi with Potavtoea, lturing the last year a tt In poUU growing was conducted at tha New Mexico Experiment 8tatioa with thj idea of dndUag out soni thing stciut the best time to plant, beat method of culture, as well as testing a large num ber of varied. Two plantlug were made, the flnst on on March 30, and the secoud ou April SO. I a each case part of the potatoes were planted about four incbee deep and th furrow mi plowed back on thaui, whll those n ridge were put In with a garden tiowel about the same depth. A few tif th potatoes planted In furrowi were covered with straw and then with dirt Immediately after planting all were Irrigated to atart them sprout ing. Th potato- on rldge sproutei first, aud a good stand aa well as fair growth was secured. Tboii planted lu furniws were very un satisfactory, and, ou the whole, th stand was poor. In fact the re suit from the potatoes were very unsatisfactory; the mull-slz-d tuler and poor yield were due. to a large de gree, to the soil puking so much around the plants after each irrli;:i tion. The cultivation given betweed the Irrigations did not aeeui to licit very materially to keep the soil loo4 In the middles. Ou the other band, the potatoes In the rldgc ripened ear lier, during the first week of July, and the tubers grew lo a fair size nn.l the yield wss good. The early plant lug did the best. Ou the whole, tlx results of the early planting and rldgi system of culture were very satisfac tory and encouraging. Out of the thirty-nine varieties plant ed, the How Seedling, Triumph, Ear.. Six Weeks, Early Ohio and New Ven rnout (ivld Coin did the besL Tbesi are all early varietie. It seem from these results tbnl early planting, ridge culture and a suitable early variety are among; tM more Important points to be cons d' ered In potato growing, at leaat lu t lis Mesllla valley. I'ablan Garcia. Rations for Ho The New York Farmer siiyn tl.t United States army feed Its cavalry and artillery horses 12 pounds of oali and 14 pounds of hay per day per !,! pounds of weight, and Its mules i pounds of oats and 14 pounds of liny The Wyoming station feeds Its dnv lug horses 21.25 pounds of alfalfa aud 8.2 pounds of straw, and Its carrliigl horses 10 pounds of oats and 12 pouuill of bay per l,OW pounds of horse pel day. The Boston fire company feeds HI horses 0.38 pounds of grain and l pounds of hay, and the Chicago fir. company feeds 4 pound of oats an 15 pounds of hay, all per 1,CM poundi of weight, per day. The Richmond (Va.) Express Com pany feeds Its horses 4.67 pounds o corn, 5.38 pound of oats, 8 pounds o bran, 4.10 pounds of corn meal, uni If poundi of bay. The Jersey City Express Companv feeds 2 pound of corn, 19 pounds ol oats, 1.15 pounds of bran and !. pounds of hay. The Boston Express Company feed! 12 pounds of com, 5.25 pounds of oati and 20 pound of hay. The Wyoming station feeds Its farq 1 to rues 13.73 pounds of alfalfa and 2 21 pounds of straw per day. The Utah station feeds Its farm horses 2(5 pounds of alfalfa and II pounds of bran, or 22.8 pounds of tim othy hay and 10 pounds of bran. It will be noticed that at '.) thesi Western stations alfalfa hay Is a pro ferred feed for farm liorces. At Chicago the daily rations of tin draft horses of large companies Is 7.8 pound of oats and 20 pounds of hay, and In South Omaha 15 pounds of oat and 12 pounds of bay. How to Keep Milk Cool. A good milk cooler on the gallery oi !2sdor the shsde of a tree ia 2 p ! 5 ure during tbe summer to every house wife. It Is so bard to keep milk at a low temperature during our hot sum mer weather, It Is hot from 8 o'clock In the morning until 6 In the evening There is no place about the bous that la cool enough unless we have 1 cooler. Water tends to keep everything co I so long as It evaporates. Wrapping milk vessels In porous wet cloths will temper the hot air. The Mexicans coo! nil their drinking water In this way, A number of devices have been pat ented for keeping milk cool and art sold to people who cannot ue Ice li cooling milk while It Is creaming Milk must be kept at 00 or 70 degrej to cream wejl. Every housewife win troubles with milk during the sum mer and makes butter of any sot1 would do well to use one of these milk, cooling device unless a bsnd seji arator Is kept which creams tbe milk while It Is hot and fresh. For a Rwaanpjr Place In the Yard. Many yards and lawns hare low, wet or moist plscea, which It does noi pay to drain, and In which ordinary plants will not grow. Such person) are to be envied, a they can have a class of flowers which are denied la their beet form to others. For the wet spot use tbe Japanese and German Irla MontbretUa, Ileucberla Sanguine, Caladiums and Flag. Tbe soli cat be well enriched by working In well, rotted manure and leaf-mould. They ean be protected over winter by pat ting ou brush first and covering it wit) Mayonnaise Irraaiaa Have all the ingredienta very cold. Into a chilled soup plate put tbe yolk f an egg from which all the whit ha been drained nd pour upon it few drop of lemon Juice. Stir with 1 ailver fork for a minut. then add a few drop of oil gradually aud, a tbe yolk thlckena. add tbe oil fate until a half pint h been used. Now seasou with alt. white pepper nd a added gradually. If this thins the few drop of lemon Juice or vinegar dressing too much dd a little more oil. Keep In the Ice obet until want ed. BatterniMli Bread. Two pounds of flour, browu or white, ?ne teaunoonful of baking powder, one eighth ounce of blcarlKinate of soda, a plncb of salt, a desHertupoonful of white sugar, If liked. Put the flour Into a basin, and mix all the other Ingredients on a board, taking care to leave 110 lumps; add to the flour, and mix In a firm dough with sour but termilk, knead It a little, make It Into loaves, and bake it at once. Sour do- not mean rancid buttermilk. If it Is sweet, double the baklliK powder and leave out the soda; but it will not b so good. Itoaton llrown Hread. Mix together a cup each of graham flour, wheat flour and iiiniineal. ad ding a teanpoonful of salt. Mix and warm a tcacupful of milk and dissolve In It a small tea spoon fill of baking soda, then add a teacupful of warm molasses. Into the mixed flour and meal stir a cup of boiling water, then the warm milk and molasses.. Heat hard and long and steam In a greased mold with a tichtly Httlng top for three hours. Set In the oven for a few minutes after turning from the mold. llcun Soup. One pint of kidney beans, 2 cpiarts t cold water, small piece of salt pork or bacon. Cook slowly, covered, until the beans are very tender tabout two hours should dni; then strnlu, mash the beans through a colander, add a pint of milk mixed with a level table spoonful of flour, and a generous lump of butter. Itetiiru to the Are, stir and cook until as thick as cream; add one half saltspooiiful of pepper, salt with one scant teaapoonful to three pints of soup. The salt pork should furtiixlj the rest of the salt required. Ml uce Meat. Two pounds each of raisins, currants and suet. One pound each of llghl brown sugar, beef chopped very fin and citron or candled orange peel) twelve large apples; three teasKKns each of allspice and cinnamon, one and a half teaspoons of cloves and one teaspoon of prut in nutmeg. Mraudy to taste. Cream Kurelilt. Melt a talileaiMxnifiil of butter, to which add one-half pound of chees cut fine, one Haltsuonfiil of salt, and one-fourth as much pepper. When th whole has liecome creamy, add grad ually one cup of cream and the beaten yolks of two eggs. Serve on toast of light crackers. White Cook lea. Two-thirda cupful of melted butter, tone and one-half cupful of sour cream, two cupfuls of sugar, soda and enough flour to roll out evenly. Have th materials cold and mix quickly, hand ling as little a possible. Flavor ai desired. Hickory Nut Macaroons. One pound of powdered sugar, on pound of chopped hickory nuts, tin whites of Ave unbeaten eggs, half :up of flour, one teaspoon fu! of baking powder. Irop on buttered paper and dry In the oven. Theso are delicious Short Hufttfciatloiis. To make ironing easier, rub the flab irons first en fine ssr.d ind then ov a piece of paper which lms lieen 8at united with kerosene. When making a pudding don't forget ho make a plait in the cloth at the top of your basin, so as to allow the pudding room to swell. . When making soup or stew with Jold vegetables add one tenHpoonful of sugar, which will sweeten them and !make thern taste like new. To clean tlnwnre first wash th tin thoroughly with hot soapsuds, wipe It thoroughly dry and then sennr with lour and well-crumpled newsjinper. To remove sewing machine, oil Htalns, rub the stain with sweet oil or lard and let It stand for several hours. Ihen wash It In soup and cold water. To keep sponges soft and white wnsH them In water with a tittle tartarlo acid In It, then rinse In plenty of told water. Take care not to put In too much tartarlo acid or th sponges will be spoiled. It I said that If new tinware i (rut died with lard and thoroughly heat. ed In the oven before being used. It viil prevent it from rusting. niAiua may 00 usen on at enninel jrd bathtub If It Is rubbed well with rough salt, moistened with vinegar. This will also clean enameled pots and bana, no matter bow burnt or Atl Colored they may be. When a spoonful of borax Is put Into the last water In which white clothes are rinsed It has the effect of whit nine thstn. sWam it 1. -m-m tthe rinsing water the boras boa Id atoaolTod la a little bet water.