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THAT TOICE.
A day In Juno, 190,1, and ono of tho
loveliest summer days tho world over
beheld cloudless sky, golden-bright
sunshine, aoft fragrant air, Joyously
tweet songs of bird, faint musical mur
murs of brooks and plashing of foun
tains, delloritely groon grass, lingering
Tioleta and budding rosea.
Ob the lawn In front of the elegant
mansion of Loon Flshback, Ksq., a ar
ty of young people lire playing Vol
ww-foflow-rae" a gamo aomewhat re
enabling (ao their mothera and grand.
Mothera tell them) an old game called
"ohm In the corner," played a quarter
of century or more ago, only In "fol-low-follow"
thepUyora, Inaleml of book
Blag to each other, beckon to ft group
of metallic balla, around which they
tftBd la ft circle, and ho or aho who
rovea to hare moat magneMa force the
bails follow with a ruth, while the ro
BiftlBder of the nlayera ruah aa wildly
U their efforta to secure tho place left
Tftoftat by the flying one.
At thla momont the balls are rolling
pell-mell, helter-skelter, knocking
ftfftlnat each other with ft pleasant ring
lag aound, after pretty, falr-halred
maiden, whoao little feet, clad In slip-
pan, ail gleaming with allror aud gold,
fV, c,vMh In the aunahlne bonoath herblue
flUn TurkUh trouaerleU aa she aprln
ntra
lightly ot the graai awartl amid the
xqulaltely modalftted laaghter no
ABM shouta Inudlv l tkla raMamA twon.
tfih oentary of her merry oompan-
la the bftok garden, on ft green do-Ttr-aweet
graae-plat stands ft broad,
deep basket of aowly washed, snowy
Wblta !!. anil m. hmaln.niit nuklu
rplftnted firmly la the middle of the pint,'
,m utuuiinuuuy raising ana lowering
wuu rmi, gTHuing me various
IM60M IB Ita Wondarfllllv nnnttnintml
aaads.and hanging them upon the atout
ao-clothee-pins lino, which Is slowly ro
tolTlng around It, and to which they
ftdhere without farther trouble.
la Um dairy the rosy-ohooked dairy
maid la reading a lovo-poem while the
Automatic miller la milking the beauti
ful white cow that stands just ouuldo
the door; In the kitchen the cook is in
dolently rooking to and fro In a low
rooking chair, watching tho maglo
rolling-pin" roll out tho paste for her
plea, ready to atop ita peudulum-llko
movement tho moment tho crust Is
mooth and thin enough: and a small
servant boy, "with his hands In his book
eta lounges against tho wall in ono cor
ner near a tall stool, whistling softly to
himself aa he waits until tho pair of
shoes the electric blacking-brush is
t polishing thereon attain tolho propor
degree of brilliancy aud mirror like-
UBM.
This la a prosperous place, this do
main of Leon Flshback, Esq.. and Leou
Flshbaok himself is a tall, handsome,
energetic positive man of ono and thlr-
, ty a bachelor who gives a homo to his
widowed sister Md her four half-orphaned
children, and la return is taken
oare of by herewith the assistance of
the old housekeeper as well aa any
brother was ever than oare of by any
sister.
BUU, people.as people wlll-especlally
people with grown-up single daughters
' -wondered that he had nevor married.
It was not for want of opportunity he
had not done ao; oh, no Indeed! for a
dosen lovely girls, half adoaen more or
law charming widows, and several la-
dlaa nf nlt)iiir nlua hail lnnal.l.nn.
, -ww w- . wwn, Hm,BIHVVIII,WUI(
(lag Into the property of his uncle and
ft swbhw-wt - cisnoacK, sen., (wttoae
I in nuu gum cmkoi auxMi in a
sort of shrine, made of a hundred rare
woods In the south drawing-room), in
timated to Mm, la every way that the
ortaklng sensitiveness of womanhood
would allow, their perfect willingness
nay. anxiety to assume the role of
mlatMsa of the Flshback mansion.
HnrLam hid WallrnH nalmlv amnn..
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them.dIat)eaalBaThoanltAltv.lrlnil wnni
and gracious smiles with tho Btrloteat
:'Af'P--w. untlfafow weeks
JC'vAWbn this beautiful June day when his
,hV Wtew-faiow.me, to their highly pol-
,;-Ulftwn.
'; -' Thenoame to Visit his llitnran nl.l
ft i?'rid. LauraBeardsley by name,
. fo hsd been residing in a far distant
; !--? -- n-oni tae sister naa
H.5Pt up warm correspondence ever
?. afiwe,uNvpaieaa.wooueaTedoorthe
I 3K.?? WaWoh,-toh WM publloy halleil
t With Jpu4 acclamations as "Mlstrnsa of
Muw seardsley Is a lovely woman of
, flght-Md-twenty summers, looking at
IfiatjHTO summers less, with an oxcep
oauulv sweet volofl. anit Aroninnair
r iT" W .. - vnvvuiiuuMII
smite, an exceptionally graceful
' TT Vwf"5"l,M,Jr winning wave.
wwinhu woman aasie-
K. thai kithertn immmiI
IWe bachelor devoted himself
osMat he took her sleader
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to his homo. And it Is by her side ho
lofters, MBtomptcd by the merriment
without, In the deep, pleasantt vlno-en-wreathed
bay window of tho library
as the falr-fiairml girl comes flying
cro-4 tho garden, pursued by the tink
ling balls.
Laura starts nom her scat with a
blush, and, leaning from tho window,
entreats, "Coax them awayltellti, dnnr.
They am dancing on the flower bed.
Ami as tho girl obediently turns nntl
stMcds In tho opposite direction, slut
draws back her pretty hand, and, liMik-
Intf at tin inirianlnn vi. I'lffiia
much Holla. Is like her sister Torossa
that is, when Jeresa was only six
tccnl"
Itl. al.n a.tra Mr. VI.1il.anV
'Why, don't you remcmborP" says
ino inuy
"I do not," replies Mr. Flshback, with
emiihasls,
Miss Laura makes two Interrogation
points of her silken eyebrows, open
nor mouth to sneak, thinks better of it,
closes liar rod tips firmly, and turns to
tho window again as the Follow-follow-followme-ers
stop playing and gntlior
In a group, with their eyes (Ixcd upon a
small aerial car, gayly decorated with
flags, which is gently swaying between
hoavon and earth, as it slowly descends
toward tho lawn. In a few moments It
touches tho ground, and a hnndsome
young fnllowieaps out, and Is greeted
with many exclamations of pleasure and
surprise,
"Your brothor Reginald," says Miss
Iloardsloy. "8o loon returned from
London t Why, ho only started a few
days ago.'
"Yes; flying ship American Knglo
fastest of tho Air Lino. I heard of her
arrival Just nfter hronkfnst this morn
ing, when it was shouted by tho tele
phone at tho station below."
Thirty miles away!"
"Oht that's nothing. Wo expect to
bo able to hoar newa fram n hundred
miles away bofore many years are past."
"May I not be In the Immediate vi
cinity when that news Is shouted!" says
tho lady, with an Involuntary move
tuont of her pretty white hands toward
her pretty rose-tlpnod oars, "for I
should oxpoot to bo deaf forever moro."
"Novor foar, my dear I mean Mlsa
Doardslcy. Buoh a mlsfortiino as that
shall never occur, oven though you
should ohanae tn tin at thn vnrv alibi nf
the shouter. Kdlson Is at this moment
perfecting an Instrument that begins to
deliver its messages in a moderately
Inilil olnn. Urhlnh Innnium In vnlnnui
as it Is carried forward, until it reaches
ino most utstant point it Is intended to
reach, thus maintaining an oven tone
all atom? tho route. How irlnrlnua nil
thoso Edlsonlan Inventions are!" ho
continues, with a glow of enthusiasm,
"and what humdrum times our ances
tors must have had without tlinml Wliv.
they are tho very lifo of tho ago.
Thero'a tho phonograph, for Instance
but I beg pardon: You are looking bored.
I can not expect you to tako as much
Interest in thoso scion tl Ho subjects aa I
no. is not ueginam coming tins way r"
"He la not.'ranawora Mia I.anr. .1.
rmurolv! "tin la atlM .inl.llnt Holla'.
hand, and totally Ignoring all tho other
welcoming bands extended to him."
"aiii mo oiu, out awry that is over
newt" OUrilna Mr. Vlaliliank. aa hnnnnna
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ovor the shoulder of his fair guest at
tho now arrival; and then, suddenly
risuiK nun uuniromuig nor no exclaims:
"You must have hoard that story
vnrv. I'trn ifln. I. nun. tV....!.... .....
calling you so, but you used to permit
i in mo liny- wo worn nianKuorrying
together soma ten years ago; and, for
irlve me nirnln. hut. inmn mv wnnl 1
cannot help asking you, Impelled an I
nm by snmo mysterious power, Why
iinvu yon never married r '
A blltsb rise tit linr ulinnV lint aim
looks up In his fneo calmly, and replies:
"I don't romember the blackberry epl-
buuus, nun j. imvo reuiaineti uniuarrieii
because I vowed when n young girl nev
er to marry unless convinced that I was
tho Hint and only love of the man whoso
wife I became."
"Laura, I havo never loved another."
"Mr. Flshback, you forget my old
friend Teresa, the sister of tho girl to
wnom your brothor Reginald is now
making lovo on tho lawn"'
"Oood heavens! Laura, how mistaken
you arol"
"'Twas with Acryou looked for blaok
borrlos. I nevor know you to And any
not with me, sir."
"Laura, how blind you wore! I sought
her society only to bo noar you. I do
claro, upon my word and honor, I lin-
fftiMit liv bar alita fai lr..i um.1 I
In tho hope that you would Join us for
a momout or two during the time, and
when you did, In that moment or two
was concentrated tho Joy of tho wholo
day. You were so proud, so cold, so
reserved, I did not dare to approach
you savo through your frlond; and"
'And vnu dirt nn) hum of...-..!
sooluslon for two yoara after aho Jilted
you and married Frank Huntington?"
...w ., mo u ,nuBva.
"Great heavensl how preposterous!
Laura, I swear--"
But, as ho Is about to swear, enters a
procession of small nephows and nieces
and attendant friends, tho loader of
which carries an odd-looklug box.
. .V809' "noloV tho bright-eyed little
follow calls out as ho approaches. "I
found this old phonograph on the top
shelf of your closot, whero I was look
Ing foryour Ijjh lino to play horse with,
and it talks like every thing,"
With this he begins to turn tho rnotal
crank, and a vnlca innii..l -u.iii
young voice, the voice of Teresa, sister
iuu.ua wunuuiinona oi Laura Uoards-
i-j uvgiaa mi apuBK;
"Yes, Leon, my awn,. I will grant
your impassioned prayer, and breathe
the words yen long to hear into thla
magical casket, and then, when you are
lonely or iaojlaed to doubt me, Jealous
one, you can call them forth to bring
back the smiles to your dear face, and
ioy to your dear heart. I do return the
love you so ardently avow, and f will
marry you when mamma gives her con
sent. Until then no lips shall touch
the lips made sacred by your kiss, no
hand shall clasp the hand that wears
your lovely diamond ring. But, oh,
Leon dear, try to like Laura a little for
my sake. I know she Is all that you say
she i to affected, cold-hearted, haughty
and disagreeable (I am Just naughty
enough to be pleased when you tell me
her beauty, so much' admired by others,
particularly Frank Huntington, fades
into utter Insignificance beside that of
your own little Tirisa) but. my Ieon,
try, old try, to tolerate her, for, strange
m It may appear to you, disliking her
as you do, am nulte'fond of her. Oood
night, beloved, urnam of your Tessa."
rliiar' something or oincr--"pno
nographT'sald Mr. Flshback;"! thought
I ilestroyed It long ago," as ho angrily
snatched It from tho hands of the small
discoverer.
"WhatfW our humdrum ancestors
do without these glorious inventions?"
murmured Miss Laura, as she quietly
fainted away for the first and only tlmo
in her life.
"If ever you go prowling around my
room again," continued Mr. Flshback
nddronslng his unfortunate nephew,
and supporting Miss Iloardsloy with one
hand, while ho flung the tell-tale out of
tho window, whore It broke into a doz
en pieces as It touched the ground with
nshrlll ear-spllttlngshrlek "I'll apply
thudouble back-action self-actlngspank-Ing
machine until you roar for mercy."
The procession considerably demor
alized, started on the doublo-nulck for
tho door, and Mr. Flshback looking up
on the Inanimate form he held In his
arms, cried out, as ho struck his fore
head with his clenched hand, "Hho will
never, never look at mo again!"
Hut she did, and what's more, she
married him a month nfter. And oh,
the marvelous progress toward perfect
womanhood In this twentieth century!
although they havo Itoou man nnd
wife for some twenty years, sho has
never once said to him, "That volcol"
The Jury System.
In his address before the Stato liar
Association at its recent session In Dos
Moines, Judge Dillon spoke as follows
in regard to juries:
" i consider tho trial by Jury an es
sential part of our judicial system. It
is a cherished tradition. It Is protected
from legislative violation by tho national
nnd all of the State constitutions. It
belongs to our free Institutions. It
springs out of them, and tends to sup
port aud perpetuate them. In criminal
oases there Is no substitute that would
bo acceptable to tho profession or en
dured by the nooplo. Rut civil contro
versies, especially in modern times, are
much more complicated than criminal
trials, and tho verdict of Juries are
much loss satisfactory. This Is largely
owing to obvious causes. Juries ought
always to bo, but frequently are not,
composed of tho best cltlxens In respect
of Intelligence, moral character and
business experience, Judges have been
deprived in many of the States of some
of the powers necessary to secure a truo
verdict, and fall to exercise in such
States and olsow hero tho power to cor
rect tho'mlstakD of Juries by an un
restrained and froo oxorclso of tho right
to grant new trials. In some States
statutes havo boon passed which dogrado
thojudgo, as tho presiding and guiding
intelligence at tho trial, into an ofllcor
whoso functions rathor rosomblo thoso
of a moderator than thoso of judge. Ho
is forbidden to-ohargo upon tho facte,
to sum up tho case upon tho evldonco,
to express any opinion upon tho valuo
of tho testimony, nnd is required to con
lino his clmrgo or instructions to a
barren and often unintelligible state
ment of the law of tho cose, and is
somotlmos required to givo or refuse
instructions asked in the precise form In
which they aro adroitly framed by coun
sel. All such legislation Implle's a dis
trust of either tho capacity or tho in
tegrity of the judges. This Is an im
fair Implication. It does not oxpress
tho deliberate or general judgement of
tho community. Such statutes are
based upon a wrong principle, and pro
ducu bad results. Let tho blame for
such legislation be placed whero It be
longs. ThU legislation has originated,
I believe, In overy case, not with the
people, but with some lawyer who has
been disappointed by the full discharge
on the part of some independent judge
of his duty.
Under tho practice required by these
statutes mistaken verdicts are greatly
multiplied. At the samo time, as nn
indirect, although unintended, conse
quence of other legislation, judges havo
boon led to nay too much respect to er
roneous anil eccentric verdicts. I havo
known Judges who boasted that they had
never set aside a verdict. Tho evil is
Increased by tho grout prevalence of the
false system known as tho scintilla dao
trlno, vis.: If there is a scintilla of evl
donco tho caso must go to tho jury,
whorens the truo doctrino Is that ap
proved ny ino unucu aiaios aupremo
Court, namely, that no caso ought to bo
submitted to a Jury whore tho ovldenoo
in favor of tho pnrty who asks tho sub
mission is so weak that a verdict in his
favor ought to bo sot asldo by tho court,
And tho Injustice often produced by tho
scintilla doctrino and by the refusal of
the appellate court, except In cases of
tho most flagrant wrong, to interfere
with tho discretion of tho court in re
fusing a now trial.
it Is mainly to thoso causes, somo of
which are produced by unwise legisla
tion, but all of which, happily, are
remediable, that tho trial by Jury has
declined to such an extent that ft has
come, in many places, to bo aa avowed
maxim of professional action, a good
case is for tho Court a bad or doubtful
case la for the Jury.
A juror in St. Louis snored so loudly
that he awoke tho judgo, who was so
indignant that ho fined him ten dollars
and sont him out of tho box, after which
tho caso was adjourned, the dofondant
refusing to proceed with only eleven
Jurors. Snoring, accordingly, is con
empt of court, unless tho judge does
It himself; so that about the only
thing tho average juror knowa how to
do well la takon away from him.
Orange Cot. Mix two cups of sugar
with tho yolks of two eggs, then add the
whites, beaten to a froth, next add a
largo tablospoonf ul of butter, then ono
cup of milk aud flour to make as stiff as
cup-cako; flavor to taste; bako in jelly
pans; tilling, onolomon, two oranges,
grate the rinds, and add the Juice, one
cup of sugar, one tablospoonf ul of corn
starch, ono cup of water; boll until
smooth; cool before putting between
cakes.
Tennessee has twice as many
In wheat as ska had last year.
acres
FARM. fURBK.f ASI HOl'HKHOUJ.
alalaar Nlarp MMrl .
It may le regarded as a settled max
im, says Farm nntl Firtite, that a gcxxl
crop of both dogs and sheep can not Ihi
raised In the samo neighborhood at tho
same tlmo. Dog husbandry requires
but little skill, and having the advan
tage of tho law, they multiply with a
rapidity that would astonish the light
ning calculator himself.
Comparatively recent Investigation
shows that there aro over one hundred
thousand dogs In Georgia, which an
nually destroy nearly thirty thousand
sheep, valued at W).(V)0. At this tlmo
thero wore only thirty -ono dogs to overy
sheep. It is estimated that while only
six per cent aro destroyed by disease,
fifteen per cent are annually killed by
dogs. It Is further estimated, that the
dogs require as food, In addition to the
thirty thousand sheep, nn amount of
food, which, If fed to hogs, would pro
duce bacon enough to aitord an annual
supply sufllclent to feed oO,(XX) labor
Ing mon. Kansas though ono among
tho largest and Ixtst adapted States for
wool-growing, has 71,00 dogs. And
so It is In nearly every State in tho
Union. Hardly a week passes that we
do not seo nn account of sheep being
killed by dogs. The aggregate number
thus slaughtered exceeds over one mill
ion head. There are, In the United
States, about IW.OOO.OQO sheep and (3,000
(XX) dogs, or about one dog to every live
persons. It Is estimated that these dogs
oat enough, aside from the sheep they
kill, to feed and fatten A.000,000 hogs,
each worth twelve, or sixty thousind
dollars In tho aggregate.
To the average farmer, sheep-raising
Is moro profitable than dog-raising, In
spite of the combined opposing Inllu
ences of dogs anil their allies, political
wire-workers. In the cotton States
it has been demonstrated that It costs
no more to raise n pound of wool than
ono of cotton, nnd tno market value of
tho wool clip in the United States Is
valued at fifty million dollars. There
must nnd should bo a more persistent
nnd united effort made by wool-growers
to properly protect their interests. Will'
they mako tno nocessnry effort?
The Va.
Under this nnmn wo give tho follow,
ing account of one of the curious family
which aro sometimes known as "Air
Plants." Tho locality alluded to is in
Louisiana nnd near Lake l'onchnrtraln:
"Hero too, Is f on nil that botanical nov
elty, tbo -Lovo Vino,' which derives its
name from a tradition to tho cflcct that
if when thrown ovor tho shoulder behind
a lovor, desiring to know tbo feeling
with which ho is regarded by his
charmer, and it lives nnd thrives where
it falls, ho may know that his suit will
thrive also. On tho other hand, should
tho vino fall to live and prosper, tho
suitor mny mako up his mind to sure
disappointment. It is said to bo an In
dian legend, tho tradition to which wo
refer, but tho Creole girls and boys in
tho vicinity of Chifunctco rivor, noar
Covington, religiously believe In tho
vino and its significance. Tho most ro
markahlo thing about thn Lovo Vine,
however, is the fact that it has no roots,
but grows spontaneously on vinos, bush
es, shrubbery, and the like. It has
evon been known to flourish on a bed
of shavings whero a certain amount of
moisture existed beneath, and with
out any contact whatever with the
ground, thus living on atmospheric air
alone. It has the flexibility of smllax,
and in tho color of .its leaves resembles
It. It is said to bear a little faint blue
flower, but wo never chanced to see ono
of thoso vines hi bloom. Tho region
referred to nbnvo is rich In delicate ferns
of rare beauty and infinite variety.
Flora seems to be a jealous mistress,
whero sho reigns in rank luxuriance,
nnd regal state; wild and free, she docs
not welcome tresspassers; human life
fades and wilts away whero her sub
jects thrive In gaudy splendor." Imcr
icfltt Cultivator.
TrnM-plaMtlnar Vegetables).
A very experienced market gardncr
gives tho following to tho Massachu
setts Mouyhman:
This Is ono of tbo most important op
orations ingardening.nnd to accomplish
it with certainty of making tho plants
thrive nnd receive as little check as
possible in their thrifty growth requires
tho exorcise of considerable skill on tho
part of tho gnrdonor. That they will
receive somo slight chock is unavoid
able and to bo expected, and whore the
seed can as well as not bo sown whero
it Is to remain, thoro is no advantage in
transplanting. Tho cases, however, In
which this can he dono aro much less
common than whore tho plants can bo
moved once or twico before thoy reach
tho spot whore thoy are to complete
their growth.
Tho advantages to bo gained by trans
planting are many tho gain In time
is ono of tho most important consider
ations in tho highly manured and ex
pensive gardens near tho city markets.
Most plants make a slow growth at first
and require considerable care, which
can be bestowed upon thorn with the
greatest economy in a aeed-bod, or in a
piant-Dea, wnero largo numbers or
small plants can easily be tended and
weeded in a small snaco. Another ad
vantage to bo gained by transplanting
is tho hastening of the maturity of the
plant, which is effected by tho check
given to its roots. It is customary for
gardeners to transplant tomatoes three,
and evon four times, forthesakoot has
tening tho maturity, among other con
siderations. It must not be forgotten, howover,
that a recently transplanted plant is in
a delicate and unnatural condition, tho
roots being disturbed cannot for the
tlmo supply the necessary sap, and if
tho weather should prove both dry and
windy thoro will be danger of wilting.
Thoro aro several ways of avoiding this
danger. In tho first place, tho soil
should be carefully prepared and made
as flno as possible, so as to prevent tho
rapid drying of tho surface; then tho
roots can be dipped In water, as the
plants are set, and the earth firmly
nressod around them. And if the leaves
of tho plant are very large and soft, it
will be well to shorten them to avoid
exceselvo evaporation. In transplant
lag under glass, the conditions of light,
air and moisture are so completely un
der control that there will be ao need
of any waiting, with proper cat a given
to watering and shading. In the open
olr we are much at tho ni'rcy of the
weather, btt bv properly preparing the
ground, and pfnnting In'd.uup weather.
If possible, tfiere will generally be no
great trouble.
Celery plants transplanted In very
hot, drv weather, oruetlme need to be
watered once or twice after being set
out. When this has to be done, do It
thoroughly, using water enough to wet
down the ground to the roots of the
plant, or little advantage will mult.
'm IrllMar 'a.Vlk.
A correspondent of the Qiieeuslander
summarizes the physiological peculiar
ities of the mammary glands of the cow
In the following manner, thus explain
ing why cows can "hold up their milk:"
Tbo bag or udder I divided Into four
parts, entirely distinct from each other,
except as they are held together by
membranous ligaments, The milk In
each is held in confluent tubes, which,
like tho roots of a tree, are all contract
ed Into one, Just above tbo teat tho
milk entering that funnel-shaped organ
by a single channel. Just at the upper
end of the teat tho walls of this channel
are contracted, and the contraction Is
surrounded bv a band of muscular fi
bres. The wfll of the cow can operate
on this baud, contracting or expanding
It at pleasure, making it operate like a
valve. At the junction of each small
tube with a larger one Is a similar con
traction and band, also under the con
trol of the will. Ordinarily these bands
are contracted (as in tbo neck of tho
bladder) so that the milk has to crowd
Its way through them to get from tho
smaller Into the larger tubes; This Is
an ndmirablo arrangement for sustain
ing tho weight of the milk equally In
nil parte of the udder, ami preventing
it from pressing heavily upon tho tents.
When tho udder is full, If the milk is
drawn out of tho teats, relieving tho
pressure In thorn, It requires a vigorous
effort of the will of the cow to prevent
the pressure above from crowding tho
milk down to fill the vacancy. If tho
udder is only partly tilled, sho can hold
the milk back more easily, and the less
thoro Is In it, the more easily can sho
maintain the tension of the muscular
hands necessary to prevent entirely tho
milk from flowing through them.
When tho milker first takes hold of
the teats and begins to milk, tho excite
ment causes tho cow to contract tho
bands so tirmly as to hold back tho milk
perfectly for a time. Rut presently
this vigorous contraction will begin to
slacken, and tho milk will begin to pour
through, nnd if nil Is quiet she will re
lax tho bands fully, wheu tho milk all
settles down upon the teats, nnd if
quickly drawn in, can all bo milked out
to tho very last drop. Hut this perfect
relaxation will only last for a short
tlmo. If tho milk is not soon extracted
she will begin to tighten up tho muscu
lar bands again, and tho lost part will
bo held back and permanently retained
when tho milker probably thinks ho has
got It all, because it stops coming. A
cow should, thcreforo, bo milked quick
ly as well as quietly,
A calf will draw milk In throo min
utes, and a milker should come as noar
that tlmo as possible. If tho tlmo of
milking is much prolonged sho will be
come Impatient, and be suro not to
"givo down" perfectly. Tho quietest
nnd quickest milker gets tho most and
best milk, becauso ho gets all tho "strip
pings," which aro tho richest part.
Female Uamblers.
Tho opening of a female gambling
house In San r rnncisco somo years sinco
nnd the extensive patronage ft received,
showed that the fair sex are partial to
fortune's favors. Gambling, however,
among tho ladles of the present day, Is
almost exclusively confined to tho sa
credncss of the private parlor or select
party. Yet thero havo been so late as
tho present century several noteworthy
instances of celebrated lady faro play
ers who won and lost largo sums. In
171)7 Information was laid against Lady
Riiekinghnmshire, of the Kngllsh nobil
ity, for Keeping a faro bank. She gen
erally slept with a bluiiderblus nnd a
pair 'of pistols under her pillow to pro
tect her winnings. On' tho Uth of
March of that year her Ladyship anil
Lady Suttorel anil a Mrs. S"turt were
convicted in a police court and fined
50 (f .AO) each for playing at faro,
while Henry Martindule was fined JE-OO
(91,000) for keeping tho faro table of
the lady in St. James. Martindale af
terwards failed for f .,600,000 and his
estato paid 7 cents on tho dollar.
Hut a moro curious caso occurred
somo years before. An Kngllsh lady of
the Peerage actually appealed to the
House of Lords for protection from the
intrusion of officers. Wo copy the rec
ord from tho journal of tho House of
Lords:
"Dio Lunas, 29 Aprilis, 1745 Gam
ing. "A bill for preventing the excessive
and deceitful use of it having been
brought from the Commons, informa
tion was jgivea to tho Houso that Mr.
Rardus, Chairman of the Quarter Ses
sions for the city and liberty of West
minster, was at tho door. Ho was call
ed in, and gave an account that the
claims of peerage wore mado and in
sisted on by tho Ladies Mornington and
Cassells, In order to intimidate the
peace officers from doing their duty in
suppressing the publio gaming-houses
kopt by the said ladles. And tno said
Rardus, thereupon in an Instrument in
writing of said Lady Mornington, con
taining the claim she made for hor oA
cors and servants employed by her in
hor gaming-house, as follows: I, Damo
Mary, Raroness of Mornington, do hold
a house la the Great Piaxsa, Covent
Garden, for and as an Assembly, where
all persons of credit aro at liberty to
frequent and play at such diversions aa
aro used at other Assemblies, and I have
hired Joseph Dewberry. Wm. Horsloy,
Ham. Cropper and George Sanders as
my servants and managers (under mo)
thereof. I have given them orders to
direct tho management of tho other in
ferior servants, namely: John Bright,
John Hill, John Vandendoren, as box
keepors; Gilbert Richardson, house-
Keeper; John Chaplain, regulator; Wm.
Penny and Jos, Fenny, as porters there
of. And all the above-mentioned per
sons I claim as my servants, and de
mand all those privileges that belong to
me as a Peeress of Great Britain apper
taining to my said Assembly, M. Mor
nington. Dated 8th of January, 1744."
8ad to relate, the House of Lords de
clared asralasttlw plneky or brass En-
gllih baroness. Oliver Goldsmith, "poor
Goldy," a Johnson called him, used to
tell o'f an old lady whom the Doctor hail
given up, who was so fond of gambling
that she played with the curate of the
parish to pass her time away. Sho
soon won nil his money, then proposed
to play for the funeral charge for which
sho would be liable, but she fell dead
before she took up her hand.
Lord Coleralne said "that
and wine ruined more women than al
the solicitations of men." and tho Dra
matists of the Restoration carried out
this Idea, for in "Tho Provoked Hus
band" we have Lord Townley repri
manding his wife for her lovo of play.
"Fortune," says he, "sometimes
gives them (. ., men whogamblo with
women) advantage which might mako
thinking women tremble."
"What do you mean?"
"Women sometimes lose more than
they are able to pay, and if the creditor
be a little pressing the lady might be
induced to try, if Instead of gold tho
gentleman will accept a trinket."
A priest to whom a lady was once
confessing her sins, toltl her'that gamb
ling occasioned great loss of tlmo.
"Ah! yes," said she, naively, "that
Is what troubles me so much lime lost
in fhujjtiwj the earth T
KHKNCll WOMRM
were great gamblers. Refore the reign
of Louis XIV and XV they were oblig
ed to woo the fickle goddess on the slv,
as their social status depended upon too
secrecy with which they masked their
revels; but In tho days of tho "Lo Grand
Mouarquc," Pompadour and Mnlntenon
set tho fashion for the court, and gamb
ling was much In vogue. La Rruyero
says "gambling women make us chaste,
for they havo nothing of the sex but tho
garments." In 1801 tho Countess of
Schwlcchclt, nf Hanover, ono of tho
greatest gamblers of her day, tost at
play 60.000 llvres. To mako good her
losses she stole a magnificent coronet
of emeralds from Mmo. Demldoff, which
she purloined nt a ball given by tho
latter lady. Though Napoleon was so
licited by many of the nobility to grant
her a pardon on account of hor rank
and beauty, youth and accomplishment,
yet tho "man of destiny" left her to
her fate, and sho was condemned. The
Roman nnd Greek ladies had no time to
gamble.tholr domestic and houseliolddu
ties occupying all their leisure hours. A
gambling-house was once kopt at Sara
toga Springs for ladies, by ono Gridley,
and tho fortune ho mode bears us out
in saying that the fair sax did not fail
to give It a goodly share of patrenago.
Ladles Aumilton and Merivale were so
fond of faro that thoy were dubbed by
tho wits of tho gay court, "Faro's
daughters." Cincinnati Commercial.
Hlaklif Her Thirst.
I took the train for Birmingham at
about 4 o'clock in tho afternoon. Al
though, as I havo said, I had a second
class ticket, I entered by mistake a first
class carriage. Tho grades of tho car
riages aro Indicated on tho glass of tho
upper half of tho doors; but as tho
doors were opened and thrown back
against tho carriage, I did not seo
"First-Class" on tho door of tho ono I
entered. When tho guard came I said
"London," and put my hand to my
pocket for my ticket, and he, supposing
that I know my place, nodded his head
and passed on. When the train started
I was alone in tho carriage. When wo
reached tho next station, or the noxt
bat ono, a party of three, a young gen
leman and two ladles approached tho
carriage, nnd one of the ladles entered
it and took tho seat next to mo on mv
left hand, between me and the door, I
having one of tho middle seats. Her
companions appeared to bo hor brother
nnd sister, or her sister-in-law, 'ami
from their talk, which I could not avoid
hearing, I learned that sho was going n
short distance, and was to bo met oy
hor husband at tho station where sho
was to stop. Whon tho train began its
gentle, almost imperceptible motion,
both of them kissed hor the lady with
feminine effusion, but tho young gen
tleman In u perfunctory manner; and
when I saw his cool salute, and heard
his "Tako caro of yourself, old girl," I
was sure ho was hor brother. No other
man having his privilege could havo
availed himself of it with such indiffer
ence. For my carriage companion was
a beautiful woman; nnd hor beauty im
pressed mo tho mora becauso of its de
liberate character, and becauso sho was
tho first really pretty woman of hor
class that I had yet seen in Kngland.
Sho was just tall enough to bo notice
ably so, and the noblo elegance of her
figure could not bo concealed by hor
traveling dross. This was a long gar
ment, of a soft texture, nud light color,
between buff and cream, buttoned from
the throat to tho lowor hem with but
tons of tho samo tint as that of tho dress.
Hor hat, or her bonnet, was also of tho
samo material, and was without orna
ment of any kind. As a bonnet has
strings, I believe, and a hat has not, it
was probably a hat; for no woman not
inhumanly disposed, could conceal by
a ribbon tho innor outline of such a
check as hers; and sho was not inhu
man. In her dainty ears were small
gold car-rings, set with torquolsos,
which were matched by the brooch
which confined a lace frill around her
lovely throat. Hor eyes were bine, her
brow fair; hor mouth had the child-like
sweetness which Murillo gavo the Vir
gins; in expression hor face was cherub
ic. She apparently had no other lug
gage than a small Russia leathor bag,
which she put into the rack above our
heatls. We sat in silence; for there
was no occasion for my speaking to her,
and sho looked mostly out of the win
dow. After we had passed one or two
stations she took down the llttlo bag,
opened it, took out a bottle and, a silver
eup, and turning herself somewhat
more to tho window, pourod soroothlng
into the cup and drank it off at a
draught, I did not see what sho drank,
but in an instant I knew. The per
fume filled tho wholo carriage. It was
brandy: and tho overpowering odor
with which I was surrounded told roe
of tho strength of her draught as well
as If I had mixed her grog myself, or
had joined her tn a social cup. At this
I was not so much astonished as I should
havo been two or three days before, for
at the Birmingham festival I had seen,
during the Interval between the two
parts of a morning performance, pota
tion of the same kind by ladies of
whose respectability there could be no
quawtioa.-OreiU WkiU, in AttwHto
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