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I ?,?-'r 'AS-i ' " - fc A "'' ."i "5- . rlr ,-; v3 SF S&Ssrfrr-SiT cn-w rfT'r lm&fmff &&&&& "S&.-M& i .- . iT.-'ii.- i r VNwV "t'l v- v.vr&'euiVTJt Kilt-&a ftrw-'y J&dBwaw.'.-;... , :. ;r,-.T?-t(x:ifii t- -? mim. Sheep are efficient weed killers. 7 i- l . o -r MESRASKA NEWS AN, NOTES. Items of Interest Taken from Hera nnd There. Over the State. Four hundred birds made noise and attracted attention when the Dodge county poultry show opened at Fre mont. Gen. Casement, who died recently at Painesville, Ohio, laid the original .rails of the Union Pacific as far west as Cheyenne. He is well remembered by many old-timers in Omaha and throughout the state. Joseph Dukes, who -was one of the prize winners at the fiddlers' carnival in Nebraska City captured a sixty-three-pound catfish from the Missouri river, near his home at MInersville, and brought the captive to the city alive and put him on exhibition. Denver dispatch: Hogs sold at a new record price in the Denver mar ket, when a carload from Wauneta, Neb., sold at $S.47. A carload some days previous went at $8.40, the pre vious highest price having been $8.27 in February. Charles Cercl, son of a Saunders county farmer, will not be tried on the charge of being the father of the child of Miss Rosie Sanda of Lancaster county. The case has been dismissed and it is understood a marriage be tween the complaining witness and the accused is to follow. Uncle Sam takes deep interest in road building and in the government exhibit at the National Corn exposi tion, had quite an extensive exhibit on roads. There was a large steam rol ler at work showing Just how to roll the roads and how to prepare them in various forms. The plans and specifications for the new wing of the Normal building at Kearney are now ready and bids will be called for for the construction of the building. The plans call for a fireproof-construction, and the build ing will add greatly to the conven ience of the school and also give it a chance to expand. Adjutant General Hartlgan's office Is busy furnishing a tabulation of the records made by the Nebraska guards to the war department The indivi dual score of each member must be submitted. Compared with other states Nebraska will not make a very good showing, although the record as a whole will surpass last year's. Judge Hostetler gave Robert Had cliff one year in the penitentiary for forging- a cneck on the Union Pacific hotel of Kearney last April. Radcliff is the man whom the sheriff of Buf falo county captured at Des Moines and had difficulty in getting him from Iowa, owing to attorneys fighting the granting of a requisition for his re turn to Nebraska. Emphasis on the attention that should be paid to the proper prepara tion of the younger people of the state for their part in the agricultural life, which constitutes the backbone of all the business of Nebraska was the bur den of a speech by W. C. Coupland, member of the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, delivered at the National Corn exposition. Physicians of Fairbury were sum moned to the home of August Theye, living seven miles west of the city, to attend a young son of Mr. Theye, who met with a very serious accident. While running with an open pocket knife in his nand the lad fell in such a manner that the blade of the knife penetrated the abdomen. He will recover. The supreme court directed manda mus to issue to compel the Board of Regents of the university to locate and maintain two experimental sta tions in the sand hills, according to the provisions of an act of the late legislature. The law provided that the money should be paid out of the university temporary fund, and the re gents alleged this money could not be spent for that purpose. A series of important experiments are to be started in Columbus by the department of agriculture, beginning early in the new year, for the testing of corn, as to the moisture contained and as to its keeping qualities. The corn to be tested will be placed in bins which will be electrically wired, so that the temperature of the corn in the interior-of the bin can be tested as accurately as that at the edges. On complaint of his wife John Pat ton of Buffalo county was arrested for incest A full confession was made and Patton was sentenced to fifteen years at hard labor in the state penitentiary- Patton is about 35, and in dustrious, but ignorant His wife is a rather comely young woman of aver age intelligence, and $hey have six bright children, the oldest of whom, a girl of 13, was the victim of her in human father. A. Zapp met with a peculiar acci dent at Emerson Saturday. He was working in his planing mill alone when in some unknown manner he was caught in the belting of the ma chinery. Every thread of clothing was stripped from him and ho was thrown unconscious to the floor, where he lay for several hours suffering greatly from the cold. While he is bruised and sore it is thought he is not dan gerously hurt Will M. Maupin, head of the bureau of labor, is getting out an innovation in the form of a blank to" be sent to all labor organizations. The blank contains a long and comprehensive list of questions in regard to the was schedules existing over the state. E. C. Hurd, engineer in charge of the work of finding the physical valu ation of railroad property wider the provision of the physical valuation law enacted by the recent legislature has submitted his report to the Stat Railway commission and it has bees made a part of that body's report to the governer. Frank Schmidt was arrested la Bel ville. Kan., and brought to Falrburjr. charged with forgery. It Is alleged that Schmidt, who was working for R. !m. Tyson of Tobias, took a blank checkbook and wrote a check in favor jOf himself and signed Mr. Tyson's t.Bame to it A well-earned promotion has come , to a former Lyons boy now of Dec Moines, la. Harry Durrie, who has ; been working for the last three -years with the Bankers,' Accident Insurance ! company, has been placed at the' head ;of a branch department that will ba opened soon at Omaha. , m fytyrfffir Keep chick free from mites. Be sure that the hens are provided with a dust bath. A lazy hen will soon be a sick hen. Make her stir around. Warm milk is better for fowls than that which is very cold. The- croon of the thresher is part of the world's popular music Get as much painting as possible done before winter sets in. Too heavy feeding is apt to cause breaking down among the poultry. Truck teams used !n the large cities are mated as carefully as coach teams. There is good in all breeds; but it Is true that while all are good some are better. When pigs are growing grazing is important and is conducive to health and profit Time in live stock breeding Is one of 'the most costly factors that enters into the business. New corn is not a safe feed for fowls of any kind. Let it get fairly seasoned belore you begin on it Style and finish count in the market value of draft horses as well as In coach or driving horses. There is no short cut to success in poultry raising any more than there is to success in anything else. The improvement that Is now being made in the cattle herds of the coun try has never before been 'equaled. The water used in the barn and for cleansing the milk utensils must ba tbsolutely free from contamination. A decrease of from 10 to 50 per cent in milk yield follows exposure at this season, or any other, for that matter. The dairy industry is one of the large industries, and in valuation when dairy cattle are included, ranks first Potatoes are good for swine, but they are best when cooked and mixed with some meal into a mash and fed warm! If there is anything about the farm worth all its costs, it is a windmill and pump pumping water just where it is needed. Be careful of the brood mare as foaling time draws near. Light farm work will not hurt her if you use good judgment Sheep despise a low, muddy place. They will not thrive there, but will soon have sore feet and will be all wrong every way. No person having any communicable disease, or one caring for persons who have, shall be allowed to handle the milk or milk utensils. The use of any preservative or col oring matter in butter or milk is an adulteration and its use is sufficient cause for the exclusion of the product from the market If you wish to kill an evergreen tree, girdling will do it If you wish to avoid the labor of girdling there is an easier method; let the poultry roost In the branches. There is no better time than before, you'll need it to build a feed floor -for that bunch of shoats. It certainly will not pay to shovel corn into a muddy feed yard, this winter. More hogs are being raised in Colo rado than for some time and it Is pre dicted that it will not be long before the state will supply a large portion of its own consumption of pork. Old. over fed, under fed or neglected breeding stock can never profit the owner. ' The eggs are few and weak or infertile. If the egg don't hatch, it isn't the fault of the egg but of the duck that laid it, or perhaps the man that failed to care for the duck that laid it There is more feed in the shock on some farms than there will be stock to eat 'it while in other instances stock may go hungry before spring Any farm produces more feed of the rough nature than the usual amount of stock kept can consume, at least in the corn belt, but some just refuse to put It in shock. We bought a corn binder this year just to keep us from getting tired of corn cutting before enough was up. Owing to the extreme dry weather which has prevailed throughout many sections of the country this season, bees were unable to secure muck honey except that from koneydew. Beekeepers will do well to be very cautious in offering suck honey for sale, or they may get Into trouble for violating the pure food laws. As this honey is likely to be of fair quality, and bees short on stores for winter jue to the protracted drought. It will oe well to feed tkis product back to tke bees. FmmLWmf hJanPt mIanJ'MSvMJaw'Pmnl "USHaalp BnKaarnVBamnaaaaaatLauBaumnaB4Kn l - J ' The sow.skould be large and roomys -r , - l r . -fc. ':l If the hens are too.fat they win' lay soft-shelled eggs. 5 X' The watched clock never strikes "Come thou up higher!" " A brooder will raise more than the. average old hen. chicks It Is just as easy to grade your flock up as It is to grade it down. - A brooder can easily be kept free from vermin. Not so 'the hen. Good management of the poultry plants allows no waste or leaks. Wood ashes are good in their place, but that place Is not in the hen house. Too constant sitting makes the bens of bad disposition and difficult to man age. Molasses is highly recommended as a portion of the ration for draft horses Many farmers are finding the use ot nameless collars a remedy for shoul der galls. ' Roots should not, generally speak ing, be fed alone, as they carry too much water. Some trees will bear planting quite thick, while heavy follaged trees must be set far apart The hands of milkers must be washed and thoroughly dried immedi ately before milking. Sheep of the common mutton breeds are not even fairly well developed un til fully eighteen months of age. Buckwheat is fine food for young turkeys and should be given them as soon as they are old enough to eat Swine need more room, more free dom, more grass and succulent feed than they get on the average farm. If an orcbanl is on low ground It should be drained because air must be admitted to the soil or the trees will die. Breeders should be in no hurry to dispose of rams in service, as some times lambs of little promise develop into good sheep. Clean the chicken coops thoroughly before you put them away. Get them under cover, too, if you can. They will last so much longer. Wyandottes, like other breeds that are not listed to lay pure white eggs do so in individual cases, or under certain systems of feeding. A two-year-old tree canbe started more easily than a three-year-old. With some varieties a one-year-old tree is even better than a two-year-old. One cannot afford to pay for gain on an animal, then lose it. Making stock live on scant pasture, when there is plenty of feed in the field, is poor economy. The more than usual number of wormy apples this season is a remind er that we must spray the trees thor oughly in the spring in order to have clean fruit in the falL Since the farm is the source of our wealth it behooves' us to learn more of our property, and the methods to keep it at its fullest producing capaci ty without impoverishment If there is a patch of late corn, cure and store it away: When chopped into sizeable pieces, it will be found valuable feed, when all green forage is sealed up with snow and ice. Were the turkeys good judges of human nature they would know that the extra feed and kindness now be ing bestowed upon them are but the beginning of a plot for their downfall. Do not have pullets and hens in .the same pen, for If you do it will be im possible to so feed that the pullets will come to laying at the right time. The house should be kept open and the pullets allowed outdoor conditions as nearly as possible. When cabbage is to be stored over winter, the heads should be examined critically and diseased ones rejected and kept by themselves. Black rot may be detected by breaking off the lower leaves and examining the' stalk. If the fibers of the leaf stalk are blackened the head should be de stroyed. The farmer Is not dependent on the prosperity of his neighbor for success. The husbandman is close to nature and derives his wealth from her 'la exhaustible resources 'while other In dustries depend on success In the ex ploitation of their fellow men. The farmer looks to tke soil for his suc cess and becomes responsible for bis own failures. In grading the surplus poultry and dividing it into lots for fattening, rJter the plan suggested a few weeks,ago, fanners . having pure-bred flocks will find an occasional cockerel which It seems a pity to send to the slaughter ing pen. Tke owner instinctively feels that more cash would be realized from the sale of such fellows as breeders than In the form of market poultry, and he Is tempted to remove them be fore the lot eaters the fattening pen. The satlon that any old kind of a wagon will do for the feed wagon Is all wrong. It in true that when .one goes on tke road away -from heme ke wants a vehicle that wfll bring him back without a bmhlsn a, but it Is not pleasaat to sefiisi'of fodder on. only a few rods tram tke house, and have a wheel taaaeV or as axle break But a wagon that oould jiot be' sold tor a dollar with a box on, aeOa for a ten-dollar bill at s sale, providing ii carries a rickety rnekand is called a feed wagon. lH(EEmm MByi Lmauf annul manual maaual auTauauauaau''mu'maauaCBaw maauaV T mRflai tLzPWA gfrw jSaKEy amBBaamammmmmmmmmmmammamammamamammBaamBBBBBBBBuBuBBB j51iJS5w9ilr CHAPTER I. WQ M,y,,J,V57S y PgJL0 Tr-. In Which Begins Adventure. Some may question the truth of this narrative, yet they will scarcely be found among those who "go down to the sea in ships." To them' the un fathomable mystery abiding upon the face of the great deep, the constant marvel of huge, heaving leagues of watery solitude, secret and profound, must ever remain so vast so Inex plicable, as to be beyond any interrog atory of the finite the strange, the unexpected, lurlclngv everywhere. To others, mere landsmen, confidently imagining that all phenomena can be reduced within the contracted limits of human comprehension, I need say no more than that witnesses still sur vive to corroborate the principal inci dents of this story, whlcli I no wN pur pose writing in the full glow of a mem ory still dominated by the events to be recorded. It had come to be the 5th day of April, the year 1879. 1, John Stephens, aged 24, occupied a rather comfort able seat upon the shaded balconyof that large, ultra-fashionable hotel at Valparaiso, which, as travelers- will recall, clings to the steep hillside over looking both the city and harbor be neath. I was alone, not having as ye't ordered the serving of the evening meal. A gayly attired military band was playing noisily in a near-by plaza, and through the intervening distance I was able to distinguish plainly the patri otic notes of national music I even believed that a medley of shouting voices, mingled with an echo of cheers, was borne to me on the rising night wind, and I leaned above the low railing to gaze down, slightly in terested, as a regiment of Chilean in fantry regulars of the line, from their white trousers and stiff hats swept swiftly past the hotel corner in rapid time, to disappear suddenly over the steep crest In the direction of the quay. Far away, toward the right, where the long row of gray stone barracks was still dimly visible against the darker background of sur rounding hills, was to be discerned a glimmer of steel, as squadrons of cav alry and artillery engaged in dress parade, their numerous banners flap ping against the sky. At the moment these several occurrences served to awaken the merest interest, tending rather to bring home to memory a freshening knowledge of the despera tion of my situation. It can all be told in few words: I was persona non grata to the Chilean authorities, with apparently every pos sible avenue leading forth from the country fully and effectively barred. While personally unknown to those officials, thus far successful in mask ing my movements under the guise ot a foreign gentleman of leisure tem porarily resident at a fashionable hotel, I nevertheless discovered It Im possible to break through the cordon of watchful government spies and shake the Chilean dust from off my feet. A rapid explanation will suffice. A native of Massachusetts, of excel lent family connections, together with prospects of furure wealth, I early de veloped the unrestralnable propensi ties of a rover, and afterva vain effort to turn my reluctant ambition toward one of the learned professions my par ents, despairing of ever doing better, finally consented to apprentice me to the sea. Unfortunately for the reali zation of their more secret hopes, I took to that hard, adventurous life as a duck to water, so that, at the end of five years' service, I had risen, through the various grades, to the non orable position of first officer In the old Leyland line, my steamship being the Vulcan, trading between New York and South American porta. Soon after I attained this berth my father died suddenly, leaving behind him a fair amount- of property, a good ly share of which came to me in cash. It chanced that, during a previous voyage, a passenger on board had suc ceeded in interesting me deeply in cer tain mining operations which he was conducting under a Bolivian' conces sion. Finding myself in possession of abundant means, and experiencing that occasional disgust for sea life common to all sailor-men, I embarked witn Doyisn entnusiasm in .this new enterprise, not only investing a con siderable amount of money, but like wise giving the companyjmy personal services as assistant superintendent Beyond doubt our concession was an, extremely valuable one; but, as we were soon destined to discover, it came to us with an , unfortunate flaw In the title, there -developing, a spirited controversy between tke constituted authorities of Bolivia and Chile, over whlcti"country the territory involved belonged. "From harsh words in pub lic', and the private exchange of dip lomatic notes, the argument rapidly advanced to blows, and was finally re ferred to the arbitrament of the rifle. As oar' financial interests were en tirely Bolivian, aad our invested moaey at stake, It was Sa more than natural that we should openly ally ourselves with that struggling faction which the Chilaan authorities promptly de nounced as insurrectos, and proceeded to crunk. It was something of a aomic opera war, resulting in two or three skir mishes wherein Ill-equipped and poorly officered aalsanos were pitted against regular troops of the line, and, as we received from Bolivia no more sub stantial aid than vague promises, our resistance, -though rather stubborn, was soon overcome. When the Sua wild stampede for safety, cam. I dto covered myself, aa emsrtermaeter gen- ffnfrT rr j Ugr A$5ZT?; 1 1 I LVw YL-1 r .mavmtmaut 3V I I r($ I I maaasaaVaajah&w- Sm I jISk & Hli' aBaflaHattfwtifcvaM Jrm fK t ' w i i '- i ii BBmMajmaamamau r ' vl ldf psfi tfe&d v &&&mm v yvsKYi Three Were In the Party, Apparently Father, Mother and Daughter. era! of the late revolutionary forces, still in possession of a considerable sum of money, to which no one else possessed any better claim, the un healed scar of a Chilean bullet In my shoulder, and an exceedingly flattering chance of being summarily shot by drumhead court-martial if caught. All opportunity for retreat across the Bo livian frontier was already effectively blocked, but, after several weeks of excessive hardship, skulking amid the dark recesses of Indian huts in the mountains, I succeeded in steang un observed into Valparaiso, feeling con fident that, as a sailor, I should be able to discover in that busy seaport some early opportunity for escape. This confidence was doomed to bit ter disappointment. The Chilean au thorities were especially desirous of apprehending me, inspired doubtless by visions of the war-chest, rumored to be of far greater value than truth could justify. They were both alert and suspicious. The American consul was obdurate to pleading, refusing peremptorily to become involved In the affair, while no war vessel floating the flag of the United States, to which I might flee for protection, entered the harbor. Manifestly it was impos sible for me to depart on any foreign vessel as a passenger without possess ing the necessary papers properly vised, nor could I even ship as sea man before the mast without running the gantlet of numerous suspicious officials especially warned to appre hend me. In brief, though possessing ample means, I was a helpless pris oner, my only safety the keeping out of sight from all in authority within the narrow confines of the hotel. Sitting there In solitude that even ing I thought it out all over again for the hundredth time, bitterly cursing myself for a stupid fool, yet utterly unable to discover any venturesome prospect of ultimate escape. I was trapped as securely as though the hand of actual arrest was about to be placed upon my shoulder. I might, by thus continuing Xo skulk in the dark, delay the result, yet the final ending was inevitable. Beyond doubt I was cornered, and the time was ripe for the eager acceptance of any reck less opportunity. Tet, desperate as I was, I could perceive none; every 'where arose the same blank wall of Chilean power, impassable, unassail able, insurmountable. Saint Andrew! mine was a situation to chill the blood. The stars began to gleam in -.the black void of sky overhead, those bril liant, scintillating stars of the south In their unfamiliar constellations, for ever reminding me that I was an alien and a stranger. The city Itself, wrapped within the deepening folds of this early night mantle, appeared un usually noisy and demonstrative. I dimly wondered at It There was a ceaseless blare of bands, a medley of inarticulate cries, mingled with the I'uXimaJBS disorder of shuffling feet along tke roughly paved streets. I could distinguish nothing definite as I hang curiously over the bal cony ran, staring Idly down, yet k wan mtalmhj evident that tke entire population was astir with some la creasing; excitement Far oat toward the distant mouth of the harbor a fort ress battery was firing salvos of ar tillery, tke swift flames of discharge cleaving the black shadows la vicious spurts of yellowish red, tke sullen re verbsrattoaa of sound shaking tke ho tel casements Some Holy Saint's day. I Imagined, wondering idly what spe cial devotloa of the church could be y MM responsible for so much of uproar, so general an outpouring of 'enthusiasm. Still, the thought held me barely for a moment; my own personal affairs were far too serious and Insistent for any wasted. attention upon the saints. I turned back from the rail and glanced carelessly within. The great dining hall was already brilliantly Il luminated, and a number of the tables were surrounded by guests. It formed a cosmopolitan scene, the grouped faces being representative of a wide variety of races, the scraps of conver sation which floated to me through the open window revealing half the lan guages of Europe. Swarthy Spaniards, volatile Frenchmen, silent sons of Al bion, talkative Tankess, bewhiskered and bespectacled Germans, blonde, rosy-cheeked Swedes, together with representatives from half a dozen South American countries, were indis criminately mingled in sudden broth erhood. This motley, Interesting com pany was composed principally of men, exhibiting here and there the glitter of military uniforms, or some peculiarity of attire attesting the pres ence of the inevitable globe-trotter, al though the majority were plainly enough commercial gentlemen, Inter ested in various lines of trade, and drawn Into this vortex from the four corners of the globe in the wild scram ble after gold. No foreign passenger steamer had entered the harbor with in the past 24 hours, and I had al ready studied those faces before la the vague, shadowy hope of discovering a friend. I lit another cigarro, out- of sheer nervousness, and sat silently watching a Chinese attendant lighting the colored lanterns suspended along the balcony ,, roof. A sudden rocket went swiftly and sizzling up from out the center of the great plaza below, and. my eyes followed its swift flight into the black sky until It burst into a thousand miniature stars. When I turned once again, now half inclined to beckon a waiter and order the jMrvlng of dinner, a' newly arrived tfvwwwvvwwwwwwvwwwvm0t0WJyiyWttMWt0MWlAMAMMMAnMS'MAMMMM Getting Alone; All Right. A young Jspauese-'in one of our in stitutions of learning, having' ac quired a very good knowledge of Eng lish, went out to deliver a lecture la that language. On his return, says the Hartford Courant one of the in structors asked if he had a pleasant time. He replied: "Yes, very." "How did you get on with the lec turer "Oh, quite well, but the audi ence smiled atxaome things when I could see no jokes." "Could 'you give me an instance?" "Well, I opened my lecture by saying that although I was new in English language I thought I could deliver the goods; aad they all smiled." Now, doubtless the audience smiled at what they thought was the ready way In which a foreigner had adapted bit of American slang; but he did .sfl understand the smile be cause tagboaist ha was speaking ' " '" P'rovlnfl It. Tad Say women are smarter than men? "It's a dnch." "Upon want grounds do you base your opinion?" "Look at the number of men they have married. company of guests had taken posses-, sion of the small round-table Just within the open window. Three wer in the party, apparently father, moth-! er and daughter, beyond question of' high social class. Paterfamilias, sit-; ting: in stately dignity at what might be considered the head of the board.; . a broad napkin spread across his right' knee, was typically - aristocratic, of I spare figure, stern lean face, with iron-! gray hair, and mustaches trimmed to perfect point, his' eyes, cold andt emotionless, gleaming like steel points: behind gold-rimmed glasses a man certainly over 60, possessing to the! extreme that irritating hauteur pos sible only to an Englishman ef recogS nixed family and position. The ladyj occupying the seat opposite aim, whoaa I naturally presumed to be his wife,'' was fleshy enough to own aa amplaj double chin, wkick drooped to a vaster; expanse below; most expensively i gowned, her lagers ladea with dia monds, aad a lorgnette at her eye, through which she deliberately sar-j veyed the assembled camnaay. Herj evident attempt at duplicating thai calm haut-ton of her cmotlealeas. com panion was aevertheleas somewhat of a counterfeit, as It failed to conceal wholly n slight twinkle ef amusement curving the corners of her mouth, and a certain slight vulgar uneasiness of j manner. His Ideal was evidently that) of a. marble statue, cold. Immaculate.' his slightest movement revealing the frigidity of one born to the purple.: while my lady retained some sum--blance to flesh aad -blood. aMaaagh! well veneered by long social artlSce. He was nature, while ska had evident ly been developed by skill; yet the matron, to my tnlnking. proved far the more Interesting specimen of the two. I iaust confess, however, wasting, precious little attention upon either.! for my eyes early rested upon the. younger woman seated between the) two, aad hence directly confronting. me. I will not say I never saw a fair er picture of womanhood just when) the lovely flower becomes a blossom' fully blown, yet assuredly none other ever possessed for me the same in definable fascination, the same in effable charm. Twenty-two, possibly., although her age was difficult to guessv with oval face and clear, fresh skin., the rich, red blood of perfect health; crimsoning the rounded cheeks; eyes) of deepest, darkest .gray, the kind of! eyes pledging a thoughtful soul be hind to yield them such rare power of expression; a face reflecting the joy of living, yet responsive, and. in mo ments of quietness, saddened beyond! its years; an entrancing dimple visible In the rather broad chin; the lips moist and rosy with health, sufficiently parted to reveal a tantalising glimpse of white, regular teeth behind; the forehead low and broad, the wealth, of shadowing hair of darkest brown,' yet with an odd gleam of reddish gold' causing the gathered masses to seem an aureole of beauty. But it was not the outward ace alone, nor any com bination of pleasing features, which yielded such rare and Indescribable, charm it was rather a distinct and' unusual personality which gave te these both life and attractiveness. Her slightest glance or movement, natural1 and unaffected, seemed a new revela tion of self, the outer expression of a secret inward life which I instinctively longed to penetrate, the guarded mys tery of which was invitation. The three conversed little, speaking- English with that lack of common to those who have customed to having discreet1! behind their chairs, the- bling icily over the quality ef : nlshed and the indifferent service, my lady commenting with audible distinct ness on the personal appearance of the various people present, the girl contenting herself with an occasional monosyllable when directly addressed. I dispatched my own order, and. while idly waiting the return of the servant, had my attention attracted toward a group gathered about a second table Just beyond the one occupied by the English family party. a . (TO BE CONTSKUED.) The Passion Flower. The lovely Passion flower takes Its name on account of its characteristics, which symbolize the circumstances of; our Lord's death and pasclon. The leaves represent the spear, the ten drils the cords with which he was scourged, the ten petals the ten apos tles who deserted him, the central pillar the cross, the stamens the hammers, the styles the nails, the in ner circle round the center the crown of thorns, the white hue of the Sower is typical of innocence, and .the bine shade a symbol of heaven. The fact that the Passion flower remains open' for only three days and then dies. represents the death, burial and reeur- rection of our Lord. Home Notes. Send for the S. P. C C A "Young Mother asks our opinion of "the alleged Injurious effects of rocking on babies." We must frankly say that we con sider it a brutal practice. As thai father of a great many babies, of art' ages, we never rocked on any of' them intentionally, and we probably be arrested if we our full opinion of any woman would presume to do aa. Lippiucotrnt 1 Magazine. f -- feed fur- HH .ji - ii . - -.' - -V .v . SA$3f t "tJ'V .. - i fyC s pi. 1 & v V fc ..
