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LONE HOLLOW;
Or, The Pml if tto Fbbvjs.
ThrUIlDff and Romantio Story
of Love and Adventure
St Jakes M. Merriu, actbob or "Boers
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CIIAPTER XIX. --CosninJED.
M Mother, I will obey tou in all things
right, bat you must not speak harshly of
Austin WentwonL"
"Muin't IT" with a sharp intonation.
"MhiL well, has it come to this that 1
anrte be defied in my own house
and by my own daughter? Who is this
Wcntwonl, I should like to ask, that he
must be treated with such immaculate re
gard? Nothing hut a low mechanic, with
no thought above a saw and jack-plane. I
think"
Mother!"
" I will go oo. an yu shall not stop me
until I've had my say," insisted Mrs.
Penroy, growing hot with her own conceit.
"Austin Went word supposed that you would
some flay he rich, and that was why he paid
you such assiduous court. You have not
seen him since your grandfather's death, I
take it?"
I have not,"
"True. Well, bo won't he apt to trouble
you again. Why? Simply because he has
doubtless suspected that all is not gold
that glitters, and that the supposed heiress
has been cut off with a shilling. I under
stand these men, they are all sordid creat
ures." " Mother, cease, I pray you. Have you
forgotten my father" said Grace, in a
choked undertone.
" No; Mr. Penroy was a good man, tho
best one 1 ever met, yet ho had his faults."
"Who has not?" J!
"True; but it was of Wcntword that we
were spcakuig. Do you expect him again
to see you?"
Grace was silent.
"I understand your feelings; you hope ho
will return again, but, let mo tell you, he
had better not. I would sooner see you
dead than the wife of a low mechanic."
Mother, why will yon persist in speak
ing thus disrespectfully of Austin?"
"I express my true opinion."
"I Iiojk: not."
"I see that you entertain asneaking nffec
tiim for him.'l cried Mrs. l'curoy, angrily.
'Lei mo tell you that you receive his fur
ther attentions at your penL Should you
dare marry such as ha I would disinherit
vim."
It was Uracols turn to show resentment
now. Meek people aits usually Arm enough
when tho ruck of forbearance has been
pasted.
"Mother, I will not listen. You talk of
disinheriting me, but that you can not do,
siuco you have uoUiiug of your own; my in
heritance mines direct from Grandpa
Vandilile, and you can not touch it. While
I live, however, you shall not waut for a
home and all the comforts that money caa
give, but you must not Susult my feelings
as you have done to night."
The girl choked uttlie last, and there were
tears in the honest gray eyes, for it grieved
the heart of Grace to sieak harshly to her
mother, even tinder provocation.
A sneer curled tho lip of Mrs. Tcnroy,
which failed to improve her looks, and iu
her failed eyes there came a sudden, un
readable gleam.
" So!" she aspirated. "I see that the im
maculate Captain Starbright has played hi
cards well; but in spite of that he sha'.l not
succeed !"
"Captain Starbright f"
" Yes. Ho lias given you to understand
that Morgan, my father, made a will on tho
night of his last illness, giving you every
thing. Will you deny it?"
" No, for it is true."
"I knew it. When Captain Barbright
told you that your grandfather left a will
ho lied, for no such document was found,
and urn the only heir to my father's prop
erty. You see. the shoo is on tho other
fo.it, ami that yu remain an inmate of Lone
Hollow at my sufferance. Tho littlo plot
arranged between you and the Captain to
win a million has failed. I aui not the
dupe and fool you and, Captain Starbright
imagined."
The widow tapped tier gold snuff-box to
give emphasis to her words.
Grace regarded her in horrified silence.
Her mother must bo losing her reason, it
sccmod to Grace, else siio would never
make such on accusation, ao causeless and
wicked.
Stand there and gape, liko the silly fool
that you are," cried the unnatural mother.
"You didn't imagine that I would see
through your scheme, it was so neatly
planned."
"Mother, pleaso don't," pleaded Grace.
" Hut I will, just tho same, you ungrate
ful girl. 1 will not submit to be driven
from homo by you and that scoundrelly
Captain. 1"
"Mother, I can not listen," protested
Grace. " I know you are not yourself to
night. Some other time, when you arc
calm, I will talk with you on this subject."
1 am calm now," declared Mrs. Penroy.
" I wish you to tell me the truth regarding
this Captain Starbright."
" I know no more than you do altout him."
"lidhe tell ou that your grandfather
left a will J"
Yes. 1 know he left one, for I saw it
with my own eyes."
"When! Where?" demanded Mrs. Pen
roy, eagerly.
Grace explained how, on the morning of
Mr. Vandible's death, she had thought she
heard his voice calling and she had rushed
in to find him lyiugstilland white ou the pil
low: "The will wss lying before htm, and a
stranger, a lawyer. I supjtose. and Captain
Starbright stood at the bedside. Grand
father was dead even then, but in my ex
citement 1 did not fully realize it."
" And you saw the will, you are sura of
that?"
"I am sure of that."
lid you know what it contained!"
There was a flush on the widow's cheek,
a strange, eager glitter in the faded eyes
as she asked the question.
No, I did not," said the girl.
" Then why do you imagine that my father
disinherited me, his only child, to take up
with a more distant relative!"
" I only know that he so declared his re
tention many times."
"To you!"
"Yes, to me."
"Indeed."
"Will you permit me to ask you a ques
tion, mother?"
"Certainly."
"I have no wish to claim what is aot av
)'own by law and right, mother dear," pre-
cecuea uruce, us ao mu io scat aaa re
garded Mrs. Penroy with a saddened glow
of the honest gray eyes. "I only know that
grandpa executed a will in my favor, bat
there is this that has pauled ao. If Ike
will was not signed, would it be lawful when
it was surely the testator's wish aad in tea
lion to place his name to the instrument,
death alone preventing!"
"Of course sach a will could not be bur
ial" "Then I bow toyour claia, mother dear.
The will that I aaw tkat fatal raeraiBg was
ssst -!."'
And your grandfather was dead!"
"Yes, I am sure of tkat."
A gleeful, exultant :
UW OX 1MB WM0W.
apon her daughter, aad ia a voice tremulous
with emotion she aaid:
"It is welL Aa evU aea has beea frns
trated. Ycm may go bow. Grace, aad seek
seeded real. Yob shall set repeat this
frankness, for while I have a home yon
WO! nave one. Good-night, my child; we
will talk further oa this aubject at another
time."
Mrs. Pearoy rose, weat to her daughter's
aide, kissed her with seeming tenderness,
aad then Grace went from the room.
M Saved ! thank Heaven V fervently ejac
ulated the widow.
CHAPTER
CSDEB A SPXIX.
In the meantime Captain Starbright made
his way to the stables, led out his grays
and with his own bands attached them to a
light vehicle.
"I have been duped in the worst land of
way," he muttered through close-shut
teeth. "Mother Cabera lied to me when she
pointed out that grave in the cellar and as
sured me that there lay the mortal remains
of my enemy, Lura Joyce. That girl, sharper
than a detective, is determined to be my
ruin. How did she escape death! I can only
answer that the ugly twins have entered the
league against me. It was all a plot to bring
destruction upon me, but it will not work.
Worst of all, Karl Vandible lives, t can not
understand that. Wonders will never cease
in this world, aod all of the fates seem just
now to combine against me, but I will defy
tho fates and win this game, elso go down
with colors at the mast."
Mounting the seat the Captain drove
swiftly away.
It was late at night when he reached
Btoncueld too late to consult with his law
yerso he put up at a little public house, re
solved to rest until tho dawn of another day.
He was early astir. Almost the first per
son be encountered in tho hotel office after
breakfast was Louis Fingal, the handsome
young hunter. Tho Captain was not exactly
certain as to the status of Fingal on the
whole he set the youth down as not his
friend at least, although he might nol be ia
active lcaguo with his enemies.
"1 am glad to seo you. Captain."
Fingal held out his hand.
"Indeed. We seem to meet at unexpected
times and places," returned Starbright,
accepting the friendly proffer.
"Yes. You came from Lone Hollow late
last night!"
"The hour was not early, that's a fact."
"Did you meet Miss Joyce !' '
"Sir?"
Captain Starbright glanced keenly into
the face of the youth before him.
"I asked if you met Miss Joyce. She is
a friend of mine, and as she set out to visit
her cousin Grace I thought you might have
met her. Tho roads seem dangerous to
travel these days, and I tried to dUsuadu
the girl from going, but sho insisted ou it."
"Indeed. You astound me, sir."
"How is that?"
"I supposed you were aware of tho fact
that Miss Joyce disappeared mysteriously
some weeks since, and it was supposed that
sho met with un accident."
"I heard about it," answered Fingal,
coolly, offering his cigar casu to tho Captain,
who selected a fragrant roll and proceeded
to light it.
"Then you will understand bow absurd it
seems to me when you speak of seeing said
young lady," said the Captain, as he sat
down next the window and proceeded to
putt great clouds of perfumed smoke up
ward. Fingal casta keen glance about the room,
returned his cigar-caso to his pocket with
out taking one himself, and leaning on the
Captain's shoulder, peered down into his
dark face, and with a half smile stirring his
lips, said:
"I supose you do think it absurd, my
dear Captain, yet it is, nevertheless, true
that I tlid see Lura Joyce, and that sho did
go to Lone Hollow last night. It seems that
an attempt was mado upon her life by a
couple of low ruffians, and that it failed,
thanks to tho interference of an unexpected
friend. I haven't learned tho full particu
lars yet, but 1 expect to when I see the
young lady again."
"Yousurpriso me," uttered Starbright.
"I am glad, however, to know that the girl
escaped. Why did sho remain away ao
long!"
"Of course you are glad. You and Miss
Joyce were such good friends."
Was thore a sarcastic ring in tho voice
of the young hunter ? Captain Starbright
imagined so, and tho small dark faco seemed
to takrf on a mocking smile. Tho Captain
fidgeted in his seat, yet, somehow, seemed
riveted to the chair.
He attempted to rise, but Fin gal's hand
pressed gently yet firmly against his shoul
der, and in a low voice ho said :
"No. no, my dear Captain, keep your scat
I am becoming interested as well as your
self." And tho Captain remained.
He seemed subject to a strong spell, and
faces and objects began to float and be
come indistinct. Even the voice of Fingal
was but an indistinct murmur.
And still tho Captain puffed at his cigar,
and permitted a gentle lauguor to steal over
his senses.
'The girl was miraculously saved," pro
ceeded Fingal, "and sho has returned to
make it interesting for the villain who em
ployed a couple of ruffians to murder her.
It was the desperate work of an assassin
throwing off tho detective that was hot on
his track. A girl detective! That sounds
odd, yet I do believe that Lura Joyce is
nothing less, and that she will not cease
her efforts until a prince of villains is run
to earth."
Captain Starbright, although hearing but
indistinctly, yet felt a vibration of fear at
his heart, and tho smiling, dark faco of
Ixmis Fingal seemed like a black Nemesis
frowning upon him.
What was it that bound his limbs as
though in a vise, and held him on the
rack while being tortured? He realized
now that Fingal was his foe and he strived
to extricate himself from the unseen
meshes.
Vain effort
" Although two tramps seized and hurled
the girl over a precipice, she was not killed.
She lives, and you will yet meet her, if you
have not already, since her resurrection
from supposed death at tho bottom of
Hangman's Gulch."
"Why do you thus address me?" artic
ulated the Captain with no littlo difficulty.
" What has the fate of this simple girl to do
with me!"
" Do you say it has nothing?"
The mocking smile still lingered on the
face of Louis FingaL
" Of course, that is the fact."
"But in that case who paid those two
ruffians for their work!"
" I do not know."
"Captain Clinton Starbrightyou do know,"
asserted Fingal, with ringing emphasis.
"You would gladly give your right hand ta
he assured that Lura Joyce was dead."
"Where did you learn so muca!"
"From observation. Yoa attempted to
take Lura Joyce's life last night, but was
frightened from your work"
Captain Starbright shook tho hand of
Fingal from his shoulder ana attempted to
gain his feet. For the life of him he coukt
not An invisible hand held him down, and
seemed to bind the very throbbing of his
heart
Ah! what spell is this!
Captain Starbright writhed aad twisted
in his chair while Fingal continued no re
gard him with that pitying yet malicious
smile.
A tinkle oa the glass caused the helpless
Captain to look without A face was
pressed against the pane, the sight of which
broke the lethargic spell and caused Star
bright to come to hie feat wish the quick
aeas of aa electric lash, cry el terror faU
isg from ha lips.
"Heavens! rfcsf aw was.'"
right, ia a paroxysm ef
fright,
CHAPTER XL
nzznx -a. aast-aaaas
The face at the window was not a pleae-
aat oae. Fingal had aeea aad recognized it
aa that of the strange man, Don Benito.
Oae instant only it remained at the window,
then disappeared ia the crowd.
Captain Starbright toed staring like aaa
bereft of sense.
"He is gone."
"Gone," answered FingaL "Who was
K?"
" How should I know! "
"If you do not, your actions belie your
words," declared Fingal, grimly. "To me
be seemed like a madman."
"He w mad an escaped lunatic,"
breathed the Captain, gladly catching at
a loopholo of escape. "He ought to be
secured at once."
"You will offer a reward for his capt
ure "
Captain Starbright however, now that he
was out from under the magnetism of
Louis Fingal' presence, hastened to
separate himself from that individual, in
wardly vowing, however, to learn more of
the hunter in the future, and if need be to
crush him.
Before Fingal could finish his sentence
the Captain bad passed swiftly from tho
room, and was around the comer liko a
flash.
"You can't escape mo that way, you vil
lain," muttered the youth, who seemed
deeply interested in the movements of
Captain Starbright
Quickly Fingal passed out to watch the
movements of tho Captain. He glanced
keecly up and down tho cross street down
which Starbright bad turned, but that in
dividual was nowhere to be seen.
"Confound it!" muttered the young
hunter, "he seems to have given me tho slip.
Clinton Starbright is like an eel, when you
put your finger on him be isn't there. I
imagine I had him completely under the in
fluence of tho drug, but it socms that the
cigar was not aa heavily charged as I
imagined. I was foolish to permit him to
escape. I should, in justice to all con
cerned, have placed him under arrest
And yet such a move mtght block the
game entirely, and prevent the ends of
justice.
"No, I must permit the Captain full swing
for a little longer. Tho face of Don Benito
has startled the Captain, aud that certainly
means something. I might be able to guess
the truth bad the queer old fellow com
pleted the story he was onco telling. He
seemed sane enough then; he Is at times,
and but for an interruption I should have
kuown alL However, danger menaces Don
Benito and 1 must avert it if possible."
In tho meantime tho Captain turned
down tho nearest alley, crossed a block, and
tbencc passed down a narrow street to the
stable where be had sheltered his horses.
He seemed to think that it would be time
lost in searching for Don Benito in the city,
since he ordered his animals at once aud
was soon riding swiftly out of the city.
He was not long in crossing tho ten mila
stretch to Lone Hollow. He passed into
the house, to his own room, without disturb
ing the inmates, seeming regardless of tho
fact that Mrs. Penroy had once ordered him
to depart from Lono Hollow and never to
return. As be paced the floor he muttered :
"The elements of danger thicken. Tho
man I left for dead in California still lives,
although I believe him to be insano. What
of that? He saved Lura Joyce from my
hand last night There's method in his
madness. He seems to recognize me, and
while ho lives tho danger is doubled. Ho
must not live. I have gone too far to turn
back now.
"I have entered tho race and must con
tinue to the end. The end! What is it
destined to be! Success or failure? A bold
heart and strong hand will mako it the
former. I possess both, if I do not permit
my nerves to be anstrung at the outset
"Mrs. Penroy threatens, too. Confound
tho sex. I will never trust a woman again,
never. They are all treacherous. That will.
The loss of that precious paper has doomed
mo to much trouble."
He turned to a small cupboard and drew
forth a flask. Ha placed this to bis lifts
twice ero he spoke again. Ah I that is tho
puro stuff," ho finally ejaculated. " That
gives me strength, aud nerves mo to tho
work in hand."
Thrusting the flask in an innor pocket he
passed from tho room and the house. Ho
did not go toward the road, but walked
around tho mansion and disappeared in the
woods at tho foot of the hollow.
An old man stood on the vcrgo of Hang
mau's Gulch in tho twilight tall and
slender, with long beard and hair of silver.
He presented a patriarchal appearance as
he stood leaning lightly on a staff of native
wood, and gazed with eagle eye over tho
scene.
"Tho Doge has sent for mo. There is to
be somo reconciliation," muttered tho old
man. "I am glad of that 1 taw him at
the tavern and be seemed gentle as a lamb
it is welL If tho gentlo maid was only
here I might send a messago by her."
He paused. The sou nd of a step attracted
his notice. He turned, lifted his staff, but
was too lato to avoid the blow that fell with
the swiftness of lightning. In a silent
heap the old man of tho gulch lay at the
roots of a tree. A stout club in the hands
of one of tho twins had douo the work.
Strong arms lifted tho silent form and
bora it into the thick woods.
A third person followed the twins as they
entered the shadows of tho wood. " I can not
trust the rascals," muttered Captain Star
bright, as he glided swiftly after tho twin
assassins.
Tho two men, with their helpless burden,
paused at last beside a small pool some
rods in extent tho waters of which were
shadowed by a thick growth of cedars. Tho
ground was swampy about the littlo lake,
and a solemn stillness seemed a part of tho
situation.
As tho twins deposited their burden on
the ground near tho edgo of tho water, tho
third person passed quickly forward and
stood before them.
" Eh, Cap'n, you here! "
"I am," answered Captain Starbright
grimly. " I want no deception this time."
- Deception. Maybe you think"
" It doesn't matter. Let the past go," in
terrupted the Captain.
Then he bent and examined tho clothing
of the murdered old man.
An ejaculation of disappointment fell
from his lips. He thought perhaps to find
valuable papers, aud in this he was sorely
disappointed. It might bo that he thought
the missing will was on tho person of the
dead. It was not however, and hence the
discomfiture of the wicked schemer.
One of the twins was working at some
thing near while tho Captain was making
this examination. He now came toward,
revealing in his hands a heavy stone about
which he bad attached a stout buckskia
cord.
"This will forever hide the work," mut
tered the brute, as he proceeded to attach
the weight to the body of his victim.
"You are very thoughtful, Hana," said
the Captain, at the same time moving into
the dense shadow where he could watch the
movements of the twins without being him
self seen.
Presently a splash aad gurgling sound
announced the work complete. The maa ia
the shadows breathed easier as he saw the
form of Don Benito sink beneath the waters
of the forest pooL He had notbin g to fear
from the madman of the gulch. Neverthe
less ha realised that he had placed himself
ia a dangerous positioa by eapioyisg tha
twins to commit a murder.
He was now ta the power of these twe
low villains. Hi only safety lay in pack) g a
wide distance between the Cabera' aad him
self. The Captain would never have vent
ured apon this last tragic work hat tor the
exigencies of the case. The suadea sv
aaaraace of oae he had supposed long since
dead faint aaaervod him. Be had shewn
hi head ia the miml to remove Lara
Joyce fram ha aaah, ami every stasia
erase seemed by fate te
ether, sw tint te-ajgat he
snrdereria the eyes ef aa least tares
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SUMTITUTS
thoXeaer) Advantages ef the Se-Cnll 1
The introduction of a material com
bining all the advantages of glass with
none of the corresponding- disadvant
ages arising from it brittieness will be
bailed with interest by every class of
the public who suffer daily In one
form or another from the fragile na
ture of the article it is now sought to
supersede. The transparent wire-wove
roofing, which is translucent, pliable
as leather, and unbreakable, has for
its basis a web of fine iron wire, with
warp and weft threads about one
twelfth of an inch apart. This netting
is covered on both hides with a thick
translucent varnish, containing a large
percentage of linseed oil. The process
of manufacture is conducted by dipping
the sheets into deep tanks containing
tho composition until tho required
thickness is obtained; the sheets are
thon dried in a heated chamber, and
after being stored for some time till
thoroughly set, arc ready for use. The
sheets can be inudii any color desired,
and range from amber to palo brown.
The roofing is very pliable; anil bend
ing backwards and forwards without
any injury, readily adapts it.-elf to
curves or angles in tooling. Tho now
material is not only waterproof, hut is
unaffected by steam, the heat of tho
sun, frost, hail. rain, or indeed atmos-phericchutigesof-any
kind. Beinga non
conductor, buildings, winter-gardens
and similar structures remain cool in
summer and warm in winter. Owing
to its lightness as compared with glass
only half a pound per square foot
considerable economy in tho iron or
timber framing designed to carry it
can be secured, whilst saving in car
riage is obtained in addition to safety.
Turning now to the question of cost
Wire-wove rooting is more expensive
in first cost than ordinary glass; but
the many advantages, both in erection
and maintenance, already set forth
will, in the opinion of those interested
in tho question, more than counter
balance the primary additional outluy.
A material that requires no glazing,
can be cut with scissors aud fixed with
line nails, is an economical one to erect
For churches, passages, sftilrcasea,
special colored varieties to simulate
glass similarly prepared are manufac
tured. Both the Admiralty and War
Office havo availed themselves of tho
advantages to lo derived from tho em
ployment of tho new roofing material;
whilst it may bo added that the Koyal
Aqunrium at Westminster is entirely
covered with it
A list of tho many and varied uses
to which tho wiro-wove rooting may bo
applied would be a long ono; amongst
others, may bo mentioned: Roofs of
cotton mills, explosive aud other fac
tories, workshops of all classes, brew
eries, priuting-works. railway stations,
exhibitions, cricket pavilions, lawn
tennis courts, verandas, porches and
covered ways, boathouses, engitio-rooin
skylights, conservatories, ferneries,
garden-frames and summer-houses,
kiosks, stables, loose-boxes for horses
and cattle, barns, cowhouses and shep
herds' houses, pheasantries. poultry
runs, fowl-houses and kennels, sky
lights, markets, schools, laundries.
portable buildings, temporary struct
ures, hospital and military huts, and
all other buildings requiring to be light
and dry. Chamler.V Journal.
FACTS ABOUT SHIRTS.
Devise Calculated to Krdor the Laundry
Hills of llarliHor.
As the shirt industry grew and ex
panded the garment itself became the
subject of much mental exercise, and
the result is that there are more than
three hundred patents on various de
vices pertaining to the garment and
covering every part of it from the neck
band to the tail. Most of these are de
signed to add to the comfort of the
wearer, the strength of the shirt, and
the incomo of the inventor, and are of
no particular interest to the general
reader. One of the most singular of
these inventions is a contrivance to
cheat the luundress. called the "multi
bosom' consisting of one body and
many bosoms, either detachable or
otherwise. A man in Boston built a
shirt with many bo-oms so arranged
that when one was soiled it could be
dropped down below the waist and a
clean front expo-ed to view. It is sug
gested in tho Ilabor-daidier. from which
this information is obtained, that this
shirt should bo accompanied by an
automatic iortable laundry, operated
by tho legs of the wearer so that the
dropped bosom could be "done up"
while not in use. Another man has
produced a combination shirt made of
flannel with an extra bosom of linen.
which is made to appear on unbuttonin
a flap, and a Chicago man has secu
a patent on a shirt to which e
bosoms are attached by buttons.
notched neckband is a patented do
and consists in cutting V-s
notches in the top of the band.
permitting it to spread or conti
nt collars of different sizes. Anot
patent was issued recent! v on a s
open all the way down the back
front a shirt in two halves; and
another on the open shoulder.
has not yet become popular. The:
also a cumber of patents on sleeve
justcrs, most of which consist
system of buttons and straps to
late the length of the sleeve.
The linen for American shirts
entirely from Ireland. It is said"
me umieu staves caa never oecoae a
competitor in this domain for th
reason that it can not grow the proper
quality of Sax and that the extremes
of climate prevent perfect bleaching.
Ireland is the world's best bleaching
ground. Nearly all the muslia used
in the trado is manufactured ia the
mills of New York and the New En
gland States, the Southern mills sup
plying only the heavy fabrics kaowa
as "cotton linings.' Chicago Tribune.
In recently issued tables giving
statistics on the subject of divorce, our
country leads in having granted nearly
half a million divorces during the
twenty years past, but there have beer
only elevea divorcee througbewt the
length aad breadth ef Kria duriaf tkat
period. Proteataat or Catholic, ia
happiaeesor ia abase. Use Irish cea
tinuetae partaersaip aUl ia ia tie.
aalved by death.
FARM AND FIRESIDE. ,
-WatefUnderfoot !s a great detri
ment to sheep-growing, and hence in
wet seasons the flocks have to be
watched closely. Foul foot is seldom
known in a hilly country.
Where fertilixers must be boucht
to keep up or improve the land, hog
growers will in many instances find it
profitable to buy their fertilizer in the
shape of feed, such as the mill products
and oil raeaL Swineherd.
There will be no danger of a va
riety of potatoes "running out" if the
best tubers are saved for seed every
year. Every one who plants potatoes
can improve tho variety by carefully
selecting the seed and giving good
cultivation.
Oats and onions are two crops that
as a rule, ought to bo ready to go in
tho ground just as soon as the condi
tion of the soil will admit If this is
done, it will be quite an"it-m to make
tho necessary preparations in advance,
so that at the projier time the work
can be pushed along as rapidly as jh
sible. Tomato Soup: Heat ono quart of
canned tomatoes with one pint of water
to tho boiling point then add one
small tcaspoonful soda. As oon as
they cease to foam add one pint rich
milk, two tablespoonfuN butter aud a
little salt and pepper. Serve as ioon
as it boils up again. Willi freh oyster
crackers it makes an excellent dish.
Just as many dairymen und other
cow-owners can not tell, with a reason
able degree of certainty, which of their
cows are sources of profit and which
of loss, so many farmers can not cer
tainly tell whether they gain or los
by this or that crop. Would it not pay
to pay a little more attention to this
matter? Might it not be as wise to cull
one's crops as to cull one's cows.
Illy ventilated quarters and the
absence of sun and light exert a pow
erful influence on the health of fowls.
Without fresh air, sun and light, fowls
would become like plants in a cellar,
pale and sickly, unproductive and un
profitable. If every avenue by which
the pure air of heaven can reach them
is closed, they would stifle to death by
fetid vapors, or else become the vic
tims of disease. Western I'lowman.
Corned Beef Soup: !.t seven
pounds of cheapest cut of corned beef
be soaked and parboiled so jus to re
move the surplus salt, then simmer
slowly three hours. Let tho liquor
stand until all the fat rises. Skim off
tho fat. Add a quart of tomatoes, two
carrots, two small white turnips, two
onions and four Inrgo potatoes, all
pared and sliced thin. Let simmer ono
hour. Strain and serve tho soup hot,
reserving the cooked vegetables for a
salad.
SELECTING A FARM.
Things That Should .Not H Overlooked
by rareHaarr at Land.
In buying a farm for a family home,
two things are so frequently overlooked
and are of so much importance that we
would impress them iqwn tho reader.
The first is the drainage about tho
dwelling house. No family can lo
healthy and happy unless Its dwelling
is situated on a spot whence the
drainage is good. On not a
fow farms the dwelling has been
located where tho drainage is very
jKRr and can not be much improved.
The person who located the house may
not have cared for drainage, or may
have thought of greater moment the
advantago of a location near a spring,
or grove of trees, or .something else.
No fertility of tho land or bargain"
by reason of low price will justify a
man putting himself and family in a
dwelling from which tho drainage is
imperfect Sickness and death, with
tho attendant suffering and expense,
will make the farm a bad bargain, no
matter how low the price or fertilo tho
land.
The other thing is the Intellectual
and moral character of the neighbor
hood; for no man can afford that be and
his family live among unintelligent,
immoral people. To no small extent
your neighbors will mold the characters
of your children; if you would have
bright, intelligent, respectable children
you must havo neighbors of tho same
sort In the country we must look to
our neighbors for social intercourse;
and, unless they are as they should le.
wo must live like hermits, or associate
with people whose companionship is
uninteresting while it is harmful. Land
in a good neighborhood may cost some
what more, but it is nevertheless the
cheaper. Land where there are not
good people, and the good roads,
schools, churches and books that thtse
people will'have. is always too dear for
a wise man to buy. It is also worth
--"-" "..near church
Blag, then ploft
and ridging up for sweet potatoes. . Id
the pea whore the manure was daily
picked up aad composted it was not
spaded over before using, though that
would have made it finer, but was sim
ply taken out and dropped from a bas
ket along ia rows before ridging up for
the potatoes. About equal amounts of
laaaure was used for each pes; ao
fertilizer was used forY&her. save the
dropplag of the cattle, "and the ashes
frees the buralag of palmetto roots aad
bushes whea the land was cleared,
which was about eqsai ia each pea.
Sis differeat varieties ef sweet potatoes
were tried in each pern. Retails as fol
lows: The laad plaated frees the oaav
pestod fertilizer yielded at least three
tiancsae maay potatoes as that treated
laTtae eoavaoe way ef siaply peaaiag.
FWrida Farater aad Fruit Grower.
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.G0OD HOME-MAKERS. -
ate Xetahto Literary Wea Was Are
fcarllt SMMVln
It was once thought that womea wr
lectured and wrote stories and poetry
were not and could aot be home
makers. Notable housewives spoke tl
literary women with a tone of eoc
tempt Only one woman, the noted
Knglishwoman. Mrs. Somervllle. was
cited as an exception, and she was ac
credited with so many achievements in
science and in tho domestic lino that
every othrr ambitious woman was
abashed. But u-day some of the most
prominent women before tho public
are the best of our country's home
makers. Mrs. Livcrmore. of whom it is said,
in addition to her world-wide fame as
a lecturer, that she is the only woman
who can fill the pulpit ha always bcn
known a. an exquisite houekeejerand
a devoted mother. When sho was as
sistant editor of the Chicago Covenant
and the author of numerous tales and
sketches a mutual acquaintance said to
me: "Mrs. I.ivenuorv discourages us
ail by the amount of work sho does.
She writes and edits, tikes the roo-t
self-denying care of an Invalid
daughter, works for the church, and
has her house and table in order for
all chance guest, who appear often
enough hero in the West" The same
genius for presiding over a perf-ct
home and jterformlng wonders in tho
lecture field is transferred to her Mel
rose homo in MassachusetU.
Lucy Stone is a sweet, motherly, do
mestic woman when in the circle of her
home. Nothing can be purer or more
peaceful than tho atmosphere of that
place, and nowhere are tho sacred ms
and beauty of tho marriage relation
more nobly exemplified. A young
composer gave mo an enthusiastic ac
count of a Sunday afternoon in their
hoitso at Cambridge, when Mr. Black-
well brought out pile of music sheets
which ho had collected of some of tho
masters' works, and with his young
guest went over and over the gems,
while Lucy Stone, though confessing
that .she hal no ear for music, sat smil
ing and sympathetic with her husband'
enjoyment "The way sho said 'Harry.'
when addressing Mr. Btackwell,"
said the young man. "was perfectly
charming. I was never iu a lovelier
home."
Kliabcth Cady Stanton, mother of
Mve sons and two daughters. Is another
famous woman whose homo is one of
tho brightest and best Her heart is
as largo as her brain, and both go
toward tho building of a home such as
is always a safeguard to society and
State.
Annie Jenness Miller, tho popular
lecturer, editor, dress improver, and
one of New York's most beautiful wo
men, was reared in a homo of exquisite
order and neatness and carries its in
fluence to her present elegant sur
roundings. A commanding presence,
like that supposed to belong to an em
press, helps her to exact the strictest
obedience from her servants, while the
softer qualities needed in a perfect
home are not wanting. A husband that
absolutely worships her is proof enough
that the busy brain has not drained
tho fountain of the heart N. Y. Sun.
FASHION'S FOLLIES.
! l'lrkvd Vp HvrTaad Thar 11 a Chi
rac" Sorlaty Ksporlar.
(iobclin blue is again very popular.
In fact it has gained rather than lest
in favor.
Kutire ribbon dresses have appeared.
They are made with an alternate strijw!
of not or lnce.
The turban is slightly alt-jrrd. The
crown is lower, the brim narrower, and
the trimming lessa'la!orate.
Combinations of green with certain
shades of blue, brown, rose and Vene
tian red are to be seen In Paris gowns
and millinery.
Corded silks arc stilt retained for
evening wear. Tho favored shade arc
golden, willow, apricot I'arma violet,
golden tan and dove gray.
Soft low-crowned toques are the
most opular head covering of the sea
son. They are worn en suite with cos
tumes of nearly cvory description.
Delicate mask vails are worn on all
the stringless bonnets. The Hading
vail appears on princesso bonnet.
Knglish turbans, dircctoiro hats and
I English-walking hats.
Camel's hair and chuddah will be
, much used for wear at taa and small
dinners. These fabrics appear in pale
Uusinn green, dull rose color, rasp
I berry, golden olive, pale violet, prizn-
rose and magnolia white.
India silks displayed for spring and
summer gowns are very attractive.
Fatterns in silver and dove gray are
rr1 yltn ngures in wnite ana oia
e pompadour figures in deep
rose and Persian lilac are
and green silks.
ariety of fabrics are per
the new tailor-made cos-
fa will be worn this spring
re. princes, empire, and
lish styles. Classic Or
also in favor with the fash-
erof Paris aad London.
silks In finely dotted
are made into spring
p are jacket-shaped
till fronts, and
pen jet form in
e jet appearing
sometimes a en-
ply plaited
t down tha
are aeea upon
cer dresses. Tbu
-green satin brocade.
?u. has aa accordion plaitod
pettirsk of pale axure-blcs crepe de
chine decked with faint dots of rose
The brocaded fronts are bordered with
a band of emerald green, ruby, gold
aod pal turqaois beads wrought ia
arabesque devices. Chicago News.
Wherever the soil is io proper oa
ditioa to work, and crumble before the
plow, or whea stirred by the spade or
fork, a large share of the hardy wait
i zsay be kiss. The larger share of
1' seeds are sown ia rows twelve to tfteea
i laches apart, aad It is well to have a
marker that will sake furrows at than
distances. 3Variy all of the root crops,
parssip. early beets. earroU. eakae,
both seeds aad seta, leeks, etc..
also radisaea ia cold frame aad ia tha
opaa grooad. are aad sowa la tkia waj.
AdTi
-- litSCsMCOUl.
A busy dOp fa Scraatoa. F.
sent in a certint 0f death to the
health officer, and drerttntly placed
his name in the cw for rane of
death." This Is wfc migBt bn called
accidental cxactnee.
Among the !xjnomCA of eiit
ence without food aad njr l that of
a fast of slxty-sU days b.y, ,hep en
farm near Tuscola. I1L e poor ani
mal as imprisoned all th tlm be
neath a strawstack-
Large families, with taraiiidio
elaMs. as a rule, stimulate tcrtloa
and enterprise, and in the dlslri In
which there are the !arget birth ju.
there I the greatest amount of jco
pcrlty and the least pressure tho
means of subsistence.
"What are the chh: nfjt;ilW for
nce- in the litrr.vrr world, ilrv
Nib-vav Inquired Softly. 'Then are
two that I may mention." replied tho
oraelo. "One of them U plenty of
pat iencaJl-JC What Is tho other?'
'lVntj of iotago stamp,' N.
Sun.
Somo slmplo country c&aat
came a celebrated sculptor n Vien
na, and ordered a ftuoof t Kraatfis.
"lo you want him dead or alive?
asked tho sculptor. "Well, you can
make him alive, and If ho don't !t
'twill be an easy matUir to kmvk him
in the head. From tho Gorman.
Keport says that the Judicious aad
wholesale advertising of cigarettes had
brought the consumption in this coun
try up to more than 2.X.C.CV0.
which figure was reached lat year.
This would give an average of thJrty
cigarettes every year to each m.tn.
woman and chihl in tho I'nited States,
or ntoiit 170 to each adult male,
A Kingston (Unt) girl made up a
package of clothing, preparatory to
eloping with her most adorable Adonis,
and left the said chattels out-of-door,
where he could find them ami carry
them off. In tho mean time the girl'
mother discovered the parcel, "got on to
the racket." and replaced the daugh
ter's clothing with somo of her on n.
Then she 'aid in wait for the young
man. and on his attempting to take
away the clothing she hod him arretted
for larceny.
it is a pity that some poopln are
nol so quick with their hand a they
are with their tongues. A farmer once
had a very laay helper. Ono. day he
returntHi from market and caught his
roan sound asleep under tho tree.
What!" exclaimed the farmer, "asleep
when you should Ik? at work? You are
an Idle wretch, and not worthy that the
sun should shine upon you'" "I know
it: 1 know it;" said tho man. sitting up
and yawning, "and that's the reason I
lay down here in the shdo!"- Youth
Companion.
The different tones of a piano are
made by having tho wires of different
size nd lengths. The longer and
larger a win 1. tho lower It tone will
1m but as a piano Is too short to put In
wires of the common alio which will
he long enough to make the lowest bass
note, the wires have to bo mad larger
by winding tlno wire around them.
'J"ht fine wire I sometimns of soft Irtm
and sometimes of copper. Tfcc sound-lng-lxiard
of a piano i usually made
of American spruce, entirely fre" from
knots. It is fastened to the frame by
tho edges only, so as to leave the whole
middle part of It free V vibrate when
the strings sound above It
A young Knglishman sojourning in
this country and connected with the
Ilritish Legation recently male two
purchases. Ono of these was some
Sowers. It came from the florist in
a box. Tho other wa an article
of underwear. The men's outfit
ter sent It also in a Imx. The
flower were destined for a beautiful
young lady from Chicago, who ha
captivated the heart of many New
Yorkers during the season. The other
article wn destined to keep warm the
attache's leg. He wrote a rardi
Wear thflse for my sake. and. attach
ing it, despatched the box of flswr
to the fair oae. A little Intr, when he
opened tho remaining box. ho found
the flower still there. N. T. Commercial-Advertiser.
RATHER EMBARRASSINO.
A Ta
Ls4f KSBrlw li
a riit-
tMrgts Juwrlrf storaw
A young woman brought a ring to a
jeweler the other day and requested
him to reset tho stone, which she said
wa loose. She apoko of it a a dia
mond solitilre. The jeweler took the
ring and said he would attend to It A
the customer was leaving the store the
jeweler called her back and said: "This
sUne is glass, ma'am I want you to
understand that"
The young woman colored up and
exclaimed with a wrath In her voices
It'snosuch thing lta real diamond.
Glas. indeed:"
"Excuse roe. raa'aa. politely re
joined the jeweler. "It's nothing mon
than a piece of common crystal or
glass. There 1 ao doubt whatever
about It."
"But It was a present given to e
last Christma by a very dear frUrad
who wouldn't think of giving mm a
ehaa diamond." the yeaag wosaa prr
lated. "I'm aerry. aa'aaa." replied the j?w.
eler. "somebody's been dw-lved Trj
likely, but this steae la mbmAuUly
worthless: a chip of gtaav."
Well, the young oau argued still
further about the ring aad iasisted it
was very valuable, aad at last took it
away with her. saying shw would take
it some where else to be repaired. She
was nearly ia tears whea she left the
tor.
After she had goce the jwer said
to ase: "I did aot weal to hart that
girl's feelings, bst whea a fiag afflux,
kiad 1 gis?a ae to be repaired I al
ways asake it a practloeef aaviag it
clearly esdrttood thai 'the et4 I
valcl. If 1 4U ae I saeetd ra
the risk of kar!x thai yeswg wesaaa
eoeaeback after sat aad disxmerwd
that the v-s aeaotadiaatoad.aa4
cease a ef ekaegiaf iik tVin
arttiag. SacaarnMawcatade
arsis tae aaderdwuiaHMsui oS Ik
kiad. aadstaeeltolhaeafsOewale
cism paUey far ay es
That girl was lain, ra aa
at laa at attar
Si '..'" swBwaai
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